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Westfield ‘city on the rise’
Fireworks safer with professionals By Carl E. Hartdegen Staff Writer WESTFIELD – Everyone with a calendar knows that the Fourth of July will be here soon and many may be tempted to stage an amateur fireworks display to celebrate the holiday but the Commonwealth’s fire marshal urges the public to remember why such displays are illegal and to “leave fireworks to the professionals.” “I can understand the attraction and excitement of fireworks” Fire Marshal Stephen D. Coan writes but he goes on to point out that “our strong law and public education efforts are effective at keeping the fires and injuries lower than where they are allowed.” Coan compares the Bay State with Washington, a state with a similar number of residents and a law which allows some personal use of fireworks, and reports “They have almost twice as many fires from fireworks, and have 45 injuries from fireworks for every one we experience her in the Commonwealth.” Coan says that the majority of fireworks victims, both nationally and in Massachusetts, are children younger than 15 and says that all the fireworks that caused their injuries were purchased by adults. He said those adults should instead set a good example for children because “Children will imitate adults and think they can use them safely.” But, he said, “there are no do-overs when it comes to children’s eyes, hands and skin.” Coan said that fireworks manufacturers sometimes label their products “safe and sane” but says “in fact they are neither.” “Even sparklers burn at over 1,200 degrees F. No on would hand a lit match to a child, which burns at about 500 degrees F.” He noted that fireworks can be unpredictable and said that their illegal use in the Commonwealth “caused several terrible incidents despite our best efforts to educate the public.” See Fireworks, Page 8
The owners of the PCS Metro cellular phone store report that cellphones and accessories valued at more than $10,000 were stolen from the Main Street store. (Photo by Carl E. Hartdegen)
Cellphones stolen By Carl E. Hartdegen Staff Writer WESTFIELD – The owners of a local business have reported to police that dozens of cellular telephones and accessories have been stolen from their Main Street store and an employee is believed to be responsible. Officer Jason Williams reports that the absentee owners of Metro PCS, a vendor of cellular phones, audited their store and found that an employee had activated a great many
more phones than had been sold. The New Hampshire men who own the store told Williams that their losses total about $10,000. Capt. Michael McCabe pointed out that the investigation is incomplete but said that apparently the employee who activated the missing phones is believed to have “sold” them to legitimate customers but pocketed the money.
CRC readies summer concert series By Hope E. Tremblay Staff Writer WEST SUFFIELD, Conn. – The summer is shaping up at Babb’s Park and the Citizens restoring Congamond (CRC) are looking for volunteers. Members of the CRC will be at the former roller skating rink Saturday, June 28, finishing up siding the building and performing general yard work in preparation for the fourth annual Concerts on Congamond series at Babb’s Park. CRC member Jerry Crane said this season should be an exciting one at the park. “The Babb family has always supported us, and this year they have given us a sponsor-
ship to attract regional and national touring acts,” said Crane. The first Concert on Congamond in the Nelson W. Babb Memorial Music Series is Eight to the Bar July 6. Drawing its musical influences from American roots music – swing, boogie woogie, rhythm & blues, soul, Motown, – Eight to the Bar is known for its outstanding instrumentalists and sophisticated musical and vocal arrangements, highlighted by female vocals. All shows are Sundays from 2-5 p.m. at Babb’s Park, 433 Babb’s Road, West Suffield, Conn. Cost is a $10 donation at the gate, with See Concert Series, Page 8
Council sets year-end financial agenda By Dan Moriarty Staff Writer WESTFIELD — The City Council will conduct a special meeting on Monday at 6 p.m. to consider a number of looseend financial issues and to close the books for the end of city’s 2014 fiscal year. The challenge with that effort is the number of moving parts. The Council’s Finance Committee is slated to meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday to act on a number of appropriations which have been stuck in that committee, in some cases since May. Several of the pending appropriations are from the city’s free cash account. The Monday session is further complicated by the request of Mayor Daniel M. Knapik to “sweep” remaining funds from free cash and the Reserved for Unforeseen accounts into the stabilization account so that funding is immediately available when the 2015 Fiscal Year budget begins Tuesday. The amount remaining in stabilization will vary if the
“One of the sources of pride in being a human being is the ability to bear present frustrations in the interests of longer purposes.”
council approves any or all of the appropriations. Knapik said Friday that he anticipates the free cash account will have more than $2 million to be transferred to stabilization. “It’s kind of a moving target because of the number of free cash requests on their agenda,” Knapik said. “(City Auditor) Deb (Strycharz) will reconcile the numbers after the meeting. “The council will also have to vote again to move free cash into stabilization,” Knapik said. “They tried to do it at their last meeting (June 19) but an appropriation can only originate from the mayor, the council can’t originate an appropriation vote. Knapik said that one of the appropriations held in the Finance Committee is a request to transfer $38,655.10 from the Reserve for Unforeseen account to the Technology Department to install equipment at Westfield High School to “make the wireless system more robust by the time the school opens this fall.”
The appropriation was discussed at the May 28 Finance Committee session where Lenore Bernashe presented detail of the project, explaining that the present 10-year-old system “is at the end of it life” and that the upgrade will provide the high school with a secure system. “Our goal is to get it in over the summer,” Bernashe said. “We’ve been doing a major overhaul of technology at the high school and need the wireless system to support that. Ward 5 Councilor Robert Paul Sr., a Finance Committee member and former Westfield Gas & Electric Municipal Light Board member, suggested taking no action on the appropriation to give Bernashe time to work with the WG&E on upgrading technology at schools citywide. Knapik said that he had similar discussion with WG&E Manager Dan Howard on collaboration, but concluded that the skill sets and missions of the two department are so dis-
tinctly different that little, if any, overlap exists to exploit at this time. The Council will have the opportunity to approve the second reading and final passage of the $7.5 million bond for construction of a new senior center on Noble Street. The first reading of the bond was approved at the June 5 City Council session and Council on Aging officials had anticipated that the bond would be given the second reading and final passage at the June 19 meeting. The state requires publication of a proposed bond at least 10 days prior to the meeting where final passage could be approved. The publication of the senior center bond did not occur until June 11, meaning the council could not act at the June 19 session. There is also a 20-day appeal period following final passage of a bond, meaning that if the Council gives it authorization for the bond Monday, they can release the funding on July 20,
By Peter Francis Staff Writer WESTFIELD — A recent study published by the consumer advocacy website nerdwallet has confirmed what many have long suspected: Westfield is a city on the rise. In fact, the Whip City is the top “city on the rise” in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, according to the study. The nerdwallet study exhaustively analyzed and rated 61 cities in the state, ranking them based on the growth of their working-age population, employment, and median income between 2009 and 2012. Westfield topped the list with an overall growth score of 73.4, edging out the Middlesex County cities of Everett and Newton in the top three, who scored 67.7 and 66.2, respectively. The remaining municipalities in the top 10 were Methuen, Lawrence, Melrose, Revere, Winchester, Belmont, and Milford. Of the state’s top 10 cities on the rise, Westfield was the only city in the top 10 from western Mass. According to the study, Westfield saw a 1.3 percent growth in it’s working-age population, a 8.9 percent growth in employment, and a whopping 23.3 percent growth in the city’s median income from 2009 to 2012. While the city’s working-age population growth hasn’t risen quite to the extent of those in the Boston metro, it’s high growth in overall employment and in median income contributed in large part to it’s top score on the nerdwallet metric. “Based on our data, Westfield has the highest income increase in the state of Massachusetts,” said Maggie Clark, a nerdwallet analyst. “That’s not to say that people are making the most money, it’s that their income has increased a lot over the last three years. It’s a growing city.” See City of Westfield, Page 8
Chamber holds local legislative luncheon By Peter Francis Staff Writer WESTFIELD – The Greater Westfield Chamber of Commerce held a local legislative luncheon Friday, with Tekoa Country Club hosting the event for the first time. Following introductions from Tekoa President Dan Burack and Westfield Mayor Daniel M. Knapik, State Senator Don Humason, Jr. (R-Westfield) and State Representatives John Velis (D-Westfield) and Nicholas Boldyga (R-Southwick) updated the 50-plus GWCC members in attendance and took questions on the latest goings-on at the Statehouse. “We adjourn from formal session on July 31, so everything we have left to do is now being squeezed out in this last month, including the state budget, which is still pending,” said Humason. “The conference committee has been meeting now for almost a month, and they have to get that budget back to us typically by July 1.” Humason stated that a 1/12 budget had been passed to freeze spending until the new budget is passed, and said the size of the proposed $36 billion state budget for fiscal year 2015 is a concern. “This state budget is the largest in the history of the Commonwealth. Every year it has gotten larger and larger except for a couple of years during the great recession,” he said, adding that there are several bond bills being floated between the House and Senate. The current Senator for the 2nd HampdenHampshire District, Humason also stressed the importance of the upcoming gubernatorial election this fall. See Chamber, Page 8
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This Land is Your Land: A Song & Story Celebration WESTFIELD - The Westfield Athenaeum will celebrate its summer reading program theme “Fizz, Boom, Read!” by presenting Parents’ Choice Award winning performers Davis Bates and Roger Tincknell in a participatory program of stories and songs for all ages. Appropriate for all ages, this program will take place at the Westfield Athenaeum on July 16 starting at 10:30 am. The program, will include history ballads, regional nonsense songs, family stories and more. Hear how the bear missed the train, how coyote got his howl, and how foam got to be in the ocean, and be prepared to sing, move and dance. There will even be a short lesson on how to play the musical spoons and an appearance by a dancing wooden dog named Bingo. For more information, call (413) 562-6158 x5.
The Armstrong family of Granville recently visited Poland and brought their copy of The Westfield News with them so they could get a picture taken in front of St. Mary’s Church in Krakow, Poland Remember, as you travel this summer make sure to get a picture of yourself with a copy of The Westfield News and e-mail it, along with a description, to pressreleases@thewestfieldnewsgroup.com. Keep reading to find out where The Westfield News will show up next.
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New NYC museum explores death, all things morbid
EOLIA, Ky. (AP) — Black bears in eastern Kentucky are taking a sweet, sticky cue from Winnie the Pooh in the search for honey. WYMT-TV (http://bit. ly/1iMGAeu) reports that bears roaming in Letcher County have invaded bee hives. Carl Church says a bear broke through a window to get into his building where he keeps bee hives. It’s not the first time bears have ditched the garbage cans for something sweeter. Machaela Lee says bears have gotten to her bee trees as well as berry patches near her house. Lee says bears can slow down honey production, especially if they get to the queen bee. The beekeepers say they’ve seen multiple bears on their property, including a mom and two cubs.
NEW YORK (AP) — A new museum opening in New York City this weekend promises a fascinating journey into the dark side. The Morbid Anatomy Museum opens Saturday in Gowanus, Brooklyn. The ribbon-cutting will include a “spirit photo booth” and traditional mourning food from a cookbook titled “Death Warmed Over.” But creative director Joanna Ebenstein tells The New York Times (http://nyti.ms/TpwvYZ ) the museum’s mission is serious. It grew out of Ebenstein’s private collection of over 2,000 books on death rituals, the human body and esoterica. The three-story museum is in a former nightclub. Highlights at the opening exhibition, “The Art of Mourning,” include a brooch made from human teeth. There’s also a 1850s shadowbox containing a Madonna surrounded by a memorial wreath made of locks of a deceased loved one.
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n June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife, Sophie, were assassinated in Sarajevo (sah-ruh-YAY’-voh) by Serb nationalist Gavrilo Princip — the event which sparked World War I.
On this date: In 1778, the Revolutionary War Battle of Monmouth took place in New Jersey; it was from this battle that the legend of “Molly Pitcher” arose. In 1836, the fourth president of the United States, James Madison, died in Montpelier, Virginia. In 1838, Britain’s Queen Victoria was crowned in Westminster Abbey. In 1919, the Treaty of Versailles (vehr-SY’) was signed in France, ending the First World War. In Independence, Missouri, future president Harry S. Truman married Elizabeth Virginia Wallace. In 1934, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the National Housing Act, which established the Federal Housing Administration. In 1939, Pan American Airways began regular trans-Atlantic air service with a flight that departed New York for Marseilles, France. In 1944, the Republican national convention in Chicago nominated New York Gov. Thomas E. Dewey for president and Ohio Gov. John W. Bricker for vice president. In 1950, North Korean forces captured Seoul
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(sohl), the capital of South Korea. In 1964, civil rights activist Malcolm X declared, “We want equality by any means necessary” during the Founding Rally of the Organization of AfroAmerican Unity in New York. In 1978, the Supreme Court ordered the University of California-Davis Medical School to admit Allan Bakke (BAHK’-ee), a white man who argued he’d been a victim of reverse racial discrimination. In 1989, about 1 million Serbs gathered to mark the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo in 1389. In 1994, President Bill Clinton became the first chief executive in U.S. history to set up a personal legal defense fund and ask Americans to contribute to it.
Ten years ago: The U.S.-led coalition transferred sovereignty to the interim Iraqi government two days ahead of schedule. The Supreme Court ruled that the war on terrorism did not give the government a “blank check” to hold a U.S. citizen and foreign-born terror suspects in legal limbo. The United States resumed direct diplomatic ties with Libya after a 24-year break.
Five years ago: Soldiers ousted Manuel Zelaya, the democratically elected president of Honduras; congressional leader Roberto Micheletti was sworn in to serve until Zelaya’s term ended in January 2010. Michael Jackson was honored at the BET Awards, which
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had been completely revamped to recognize the legacy of The King of Pop, who died three days earlier at age 50. Death claimed TV pitchman Billy Mays, 50, at his Florida home and Las Vegas impressionist Fred Travalena, 66.
One year ago: Tens of thousands of supporters and opponents of President Mohammed Morsi rallied in Cairo, and both sides fought each other in Egypt’s secondlargest city of Alexandria, where two people — including an American — were killed and scores injured. The four plaintiffs in the U.S. Supreme Court case that overturned California’s same-sex marriage ban tied the knot, just hours after a federal appeals court freed gay couples to obtain marriage licenses in the state for the first time in 4 1/2 years.
Today’s Birthdays: Comedian-movie director Mel Brooks is 88. Senate Armed Services Chairman Carl Levin, D-Mich., is 80. Comedian-impressionist John Byner is 77. Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is 76. Rock musician Dave Knights (Procul Harum) is 69. Actor Bruce Davison is 68. Actress Kathy Bates is 66. Actress Alice Krige is 60. College and Pro Football Hall of Famer John Elway is 54. Record company chief executive Tony Mercedes is 52. Actress Jessica Hecht is 49. Rock musician Saul Davies (James) is 49. Actress Mary Stuart Masterson is 48. Actor John Cusack is 48. Actor Gil Bellows is 47. Actress-singer Danielle Brisebois is 45. Jazz musician Jimmy Sommers is 45. Actress Tichina Arnold is 45. Actor Alessandro Nivola (nih-VOH’luh) is 42. Actress Camille Guaty is 38. Rock musician Tim Nordwind (OK Go) is 38. Rock musician Mark Stoermer (The Killers) is 37.
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Representative Velis: Talking taxes
Greetings Westfield! Hope everyone is having a great summer so far! There is much to inform you of so I am going to get right into it. Ever since I first decided I was going to run for State Representative(almost a year ago!), I have knocked on thousands of doors here in Westfield. The reason I knocked on so many doors was to introduce myself to you as well as find out what was important to you. One of the main things I heard time and time again, was taxes taxes taxes; specifically property taxes, and all other taxes that always seem to be increasing and making it harder for all of us to make ends meet. These conversations regarding taxes resonated with me, and have been a guiding principle for me on all my votes concerning taxes. Here is an update on all of my fiscal-tax votes since I was sworn into office on April 16. On EVERY single tax vote I have taken since being sworn in, I have voted with my friends and colleagues of the opposing political party not only against any increases in taxes, but also to roll back existing taxes like the sales and income tax! Some of the specific tax votes I have taken are as follows: I voted in support of a municipal gas tax exemption; I voted for an amendment that would have made businesses incorporated after January 2014 exempt from the minimum excise tax for three years. I voted for this amendment because of countless conversations I have had with small business owners here in Westfield who explained to me that the most difficult time for them in terms of grown and profit is right when they open there doors; so I figured saving them some money with the excise tax exemption would be a good way for them to save some
REP. JOHN VELIS money and get started on the right foot. I also voted for an amendment to provide municipal property tax relief; this amendment would have allotted approximately $ 2.7 million dollars for local aid to Westfield. Which brings me to my next topic, local aid. Local Aid is the money that flows from the state budget to city and town budgets to help them with critical things like public works projects(fixing roads), paying public safety officials like police and firefighters, as well as money to fund our schools(Chapter 70 funds). It is an absolute understatement to say that local aid is the lifeblood of our communities. There has been a profound decrease in local aid over the past several years
that has seriously hindered our local governments ability to fund there budgets and provide services. The decrease in local aid has also had the effect of causing local property taxes to go up; when the money from the state stops flowing in local municipalities will often resort to increases in property taxes as a way to fund services that in years past would have been paid for with local aid(Hence my voting for the amendment to provide municipal property tax relief which would have allotted approximately $ 2.7 million dollars to Westfield in the form of local aid). Prior to my election a resolution was passed by the Massachusetts House of Representatives taking local aid out of the fiscal year 2015 budget process. Needless to say, if I had been in office when this vote was taken I would have absolutely voted against it. My foremost priority as your State Representative is to see local aid levels increased back to pre-recession levels. I will do everything in my power to see this happen. One of my first votes as your State Representative was in support of an amendment that would have taken a percentage of excess revenue that the State has and sent it back to city and local
governments(like Westfield) in the form of local aid. The amendment was defeated for reasons that still don’t make sense to me. As a State Representative, the economic and financial well being of your district(in my case Westfield) should be your number one priority. And it is for this reason that I will continue to fight tooth and nail to see local aid levels increased in the very near future. The good news my fellow Westfield residents and friends, is that both myself and my friend and colleague State Senator Don Humason agree on the critical importance of local aid and will continue to work and fight together to get these local aid levels increased again! I want to conclude my update by telling you again how much of an honor and privilege it is to be your State Representative here in Westfield. Not a day go’s by that I don’t realize how lucky I am to have such an honor. Please call or email if you have any questions, comments or concerns regarding anything in your State government. You can reach us by phone at 413-627-8722; 978406-5856; or email at john. velis@mahouse.gov and neesha.suarez@mahouse.gov
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Government Meetings MONDAY, JUNE 30 TOLLAND Men’s Coffee at Town Hall at 7:45 am Men’s Coffee at PSC Building at 7:45 am Board of Selectmen at 5 pm
GRANVILLE Monday Night Meetings at 7:30 pm
BLANDFORD Zoning Board Meeting at 7 pm
WESTFIELD Finance Committee at 5:30 pm Special Meeting of the City Council at 6 pm
SOUTHWICK Board of Selectmen at 6:50 pm
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Hello! I would just like to share my concern for the young children that attend a Westfield Parks and Rec. Program called “Adventure Zone.” This will be the 2nd year in a row that they have decided to hold this all-day summer child care program at North Middle School and this is a real shame with the children suffering! When it was located at the Vocational School, the children had daily access to the spray park, (getting wet and cooling off on a hot day is first and foremost in a child’s mind), the basketball court, the playground, and lovely Grandmother’s Garden to enjoy lunch with their group or wander along the little path and bog area behind it. Everything they needed was right there! Now, they are forced to endure much different conditions at North. They excuse they give is painting, but 2 years in a row? There are different locations at the Voke that would be totally fine, there is the gym, cafeteria, even a wide hallway. But to be crammed in 1/2 a gym in the back of North Middle with burned grass with full sun and a lot of pavement is a real shame! If the person is charge doesn’t care about the best interests of our wonderful young children, maybe someone else will. The Westfield News spoke with Jim Blascak, Director of Westfield’s Park & Recreation Department, and were told: The department’s first choice is the vocational high school. Unfortunately, the gym floor was scheduled to be replaced in the summer of 2013, but was not. They requested the use of the Voke again for this summer, but were informed that the gym floor will be replaced once school was out and the school would not be available this year. The camp mentioned does have use of the full gym at North Middle, not half. Also, the camp takes a bus trip to the Municipal playground spray park and the Agawam state pool on Tuesdays and Thursdays, as well as a different field trip every Wednesday. Some of the field trips include Look Park, ice skating at Amelia Park, Majestic Theater, Play Bousquet water park, Lake Compounce and Brownstone Exploration and Discovery Park. What a travesty!!! Four humans failed an innocent dog. As an avid animal lover this story made me so angry, not to mention sick!! Gigit, the dog, once removed from it’s owner to be quarantined should have never been returned. And for the dog’s owner and his mother to leave her where Ms. Gingras had any contact with her; was very wrong. It is time the Court system got serious about convicting these kind of people. Ms. Gingras should spend the two and a half years in the house of correction; maybe that will give her time to realize what she did was wrong. Apparently one aspect of the story was not made clear. The couple broke up, apparently over the dog, and she moved elsewhere. The dog was never removed from his owner to be quarantined after the biting incident (he was in quarantine and confined in his crate in the residence when he was assaulted with bleach) and his owner acted responsibly to ensure that Gigit received the care he needed, spending whatever was necessary to help him recover his health and at least some vision in his injured eye. C.E.H We enjoyed a lovely concert on the Green last night. We thank all the groups and individuals who put this together. It was a very enjoyable community event. We also appreciate the beautiful flowers, and landscaping with benches and young trees that are growing to eventually provide shade and trash barrels conveniently located. The improved upkeep of buildings, restaurants and stores all have created a very welcoming downtown. Westfield is becoming infused with hope for a bright future. We remember the Westfield of our youth in the fifties with its streets filled with shoppers. Westfield was and is a great community to grow up and live in. We are proud to call Westfield home. Continue the conversation http://thewestfieldnews.com/pulseline-form
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Drones now flying over Iraq, DOD confirms By Philip Ewing Politico.com Some of the manned and unmanned surveillance aircraft operating over Iraq are now armed, the Defense Department confirmed Friday, to provide protection to the American troops deploying there. Pentagon press secretary Rear Adm. John Kirby said the number of surveillance flights over Iraq has remained steady at around 30 to 35 per day, but he acknowledged some have begun carrying airto-surface weapons. “With the introduction now of additional U.S. personnel, in advisory capacity designed to go outside the Embassy confines, the commander on the ground … thought it was prudent to arm some of these aircraft to make sure we had additional force protection measures in place,” he said. About 180 of the 300 special operations advisers President Barack Obama said he could send to Iraq are there now, according to the Pentagon, and there are about 500 American troops overall. The American advisers are armed for their own self defense, but they are not taking heavy weapons or their own vehicles or aircraft. The armed drone orbits overhead buy the U.S. troops some additional insurance. About half the advisers, which include senior Army Special Forces troops, have set up a joint operations center somewhere in Baghdad. The
other half are beginning to determine how they’ll work with Iraqi military commanders at the higher headquarters and brigade levels. Thousands of Iraqi troops folded this month in the face of advances by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, the Sunni extremist group that made major gains in the Iraqi north. Obama wants U.S. advisers to assess the situation on the ground and then make recommendations to both Iraqi and American commanders for how best the U.S. could help start to beat back ISIL. Kirby declined to describe what kinds of aircraft are operating over Iraq or where
they’re based. He acknowledged that not all of them are flying from Navy warships in the Persian Gulf. The landbased drones likely include high-altitude Northrop Grumman-built Global Hawks, which do not carry weapons, probably flying from Qatar. The Air Force’s medium-altitude, General Atomics-built Predator or Reaper drones, which can carry missiles, could also be operating over Iraq. Obama administration officials have also said they wanted to “expedite” deliveries of military supplies to Iraq, but Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has complained that the U.S. is delay-
ing the deliveries of Lockheed Martin-built F-16 fighters. He has opted to buy used Russian warplanes instead to help attack ISIL’s positions. Kirby rejected the idea that the Defense Department was slowing down anything — the F-16s remain on track for delivery this fall, as Pentagon officials have been saying all along, he said. Plus the U.S. is delivering more Lockheedbuilt Hellfire air-to-surface missiles, and it has received other Iraqi requests for small arms and ammunition. “There’s a lot of energy being applied to this,” Kirby said.
The Air Force’s medium-range Predator drones expected to be operating over Iraq. (AP Photo)
President Obama’s recess gamble goes bust By Josh Gerstein Politico.com President Barack Obama’s big gamble on recess appointments was smacked down unanimously by the Supreme Court on Thursday, an embarrassing setback for the administration just as Republicans are turning up the heat on alleged overreaches by the chief executive. The justices all agreed that Obama took executive power too far by naming three nominees to a key labor panel during a three-day Senate recess in 2012. GOP lawmakers are already seizing on the decision as more proof of claims they make in a lawsuit House Speaker John Boehner just announced plans to file: that this is a president gone rogue. So while the White House braces for a new legal showdown with Congress over policies ranging from health care to immigration, they’re heading in with one loss already under their belt and Republicans feeling emboldened. “It represents a clear — clear rebuke to the president’s brazen power grab,” Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said on the Senate floor. “It was a unanimous — unanimous — rebuke of the president of the United States. … The administration’s tendency to abide only by the laws it likes represents a disturbing and dangerous threat to the rule of law. That’s true whether we’re talking about recess appointments or Obamacare.” Conservative legal experts said the ruling will bolster the Republican message. “This will put wind in the sails of Boehner’s effort,” said the Pacific Legal Foundation’s Todd Gaziano. “The court didn’t say today, ‘Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.’ The court clearly said, ‘Meet the new boss, worse than the old boss.’ … No one has gone as far as this president since Nixon in trying
to suspend laws he didn’t like.” White House officials defended the recess appointments and many of Obama’s other actions as legitimate efforts to work around legislative gridlock caused by the Senate GOP. “We’re of course deeply disappointed in today’s decision. … The president, though, remains committed to using every element of his executive authority to make progress on behalf of middle-class families,” White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said. “The president is in no way considering scaling back his efforts to make progress for the American people. … We would much prefer to work in bipartisan fashion with Congress to get that done. But if Congress refuses to act, the president will not hesitate to act on his own.” While the court’s liberals and Justice Anthony Kennedy cushioned the blow for the White House a bit by narrowing Thursday’s ruling, Republicans gleefully noted that every sitting justice had concluded that Obama’s appointments violated the Constitution. “All the liberals on the Supreme Court agreed that the president was trying to overreach his power,” GOP consultant John Feehery said on MSNBC. Complaints about overreach by Obama have been simmering for months, if not longer, but recent controversies have pushed that criticism to the fore. A flood of child immigrants crossing into the U.S. from Mexico has drawn new attention to Obama’s decision to allow illegal immigrants who arrived as children years ago to stay in America in a quasi-legal status. The new arrivals aren’t eligible for that program, but some were sent based on rumors they might be. Before swapping five Taliban prisoners at Guantánamo for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl last month, the president failed to
make the 30-day advance congressional notification the law requires. And some liberals and conservatives remain aghast at the National Security Agency surveillance Obama authorized — efforts that echoed, and at times broadened, programs in effect under President George W. Bush. See Recess Gamble, Page 8
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Police Logs WESTFIELD Emergency Response and Crime Report Thursday, June 26, 2014 12:56 a.m.: motor vehicle violation, a patrol officer reports a traffic stop, the officer reports the operator’s license was found to have been suspended, a criminal complaint was filed and the vehicle was towed to the police impound yard; 5:53 a.m.: a caller reports a tree fell on his vehicle overnight, the responding officer reports he could not immediately determine if the tree was on public or private property; 8:50 a.m.: city ordinance violation, Springfield Road, a code enforcement officer reports two illegal signs were removed from utility poles, the officer reports additional illegal signs were removed on North Road, Southampton Road, Long Pond Road, Holyoke Road, Grandview Drive, East Main Street and East Mountain Road, ; 9:13 a.m.: suspicious person, Westfield Athenaeum, 6 Elm St., a caller reports that a person of interest relative to a previously reported stolen wallet has returned to the library, the responding officer reports the person was identified and the larceny report was amended; 9:53 a.m.: fraud, Main Street, a Huntington resident reports fraudulent activity on her bank account, the responding officer report the victim said that a $2,500 wire transfer deposit was made to her bank account by a person she met online and she sent $2,200 back to North Africa, the woman said that she was subsequently advised that the wire transfer was fraudulent and the original $2,500 has been deducted from her account; 11:29 a.m.: found property, Old Farm Road, a resident came to the station to surrender two containers of marijuana for disposal; 11:36 a.m.: city ordinance violation, Buck Pond Road, a code enforcement officer reports two unregistered motor vehicles were found at a Buck Pond Road address, the owners were advised to register their vehicles; 2:10 p.m.: city ordinance violation, Country Club Drive, the assistant building inspector requests assistance, the responding
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Thursday, June 26, 2014 Christopher A. Lassard, 18, of 404 Southwick Road, was released on his personal recognizance pending an Aug. 19 hearing after he was arraigned on charges of larceny of property valued more than $250 and trespass brought by Westfield police. Mark H. Derouin, 19, of 402 Papermill Road, was released on his personal recognizance pending an Aug. 19 hearing after he was arraigned on charges of larceny of property valued more than $250 and larceny of property valued less than $250 brought by Westfield police. Malisa Barnes, 22, of 26 Bonnie View Road, Southwick, submitted to facts sufficient to warrant a guilty finding for a charge of operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license brought by Westfield police and the charge was continued without a finding and dismissed upon payment of fees and assessments totaling $100. Daniel C. Osman, 35, of 35 Moseley Ave., saw charges of operating a motor vehicle with suspended registration and operating an uninsured motor vehicle brought by State Police not prosecuted. Damien W. Dalton, 28, of 14 Matthews Road, Southwick, was found to be responsible for a charge of speeding in violation of special regulations and was assessed $100. He was found to be not responsible for charges of operating an unregistered motor vehicle and operating a motor vehicle without a valid inspection sticker and a charge of operating a motor vehicle with suspended license and a number plate violation to conceal identification were not prosecuted. Charles L. Curtin, 59, of 49 Grant St., Northampton, 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. He was assessed $50. Michael L. Vega, 31, of 118 Elm St., submitted to facts sufficient to warrant a guilty finding for a charge of unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle brought by Westfield police and the charge was continued without a finding and dismissed upon payment of fees and assessments totaling $100. He was found to be not responsible for a charge of operating a motor vehicle without a valid inspection sticker and a miscellaneous motor vehicle equipment violation. Miguel Ayala, 24, of 59 Waverly St., Springfield, submitted to facts sufficient to warrant a guilty finding for a charge of operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license brought by Westfield police and the charge was continued without a finding and dismissed upon payment of fees and assessments totaling $100.
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code enforcement officer reports that two unregistered and partially disassembled cars were found at a County Club Drive address and the resident was advised of the pertinent city ordinance; 6:19 p.m.: motor vehicle violation, Union Street, a patrol officer reports a traffic stop, the officer reports the registration plate on the vehicle had been issued to a different car and the operator’s license was found to have been suspended, criminal complaints were filed; 7:45 p.m.: suspicious person, Granville Road, a caller reports she had stopped to talk on her phone when a naked and wet man walked up to her vehicle and stuck his head into her car while ranting and raving, a second caller reported the man was in her backyard after he was coaxed out of the river and she has provided him with a towel and shorts, the responding officer reports the man was found near a small pond and was covered with a towel and numerous scratches which he could not explain, the man also could not say where he was or what month it was, the residents said that he appeared out of nowhere and jumped into the small pond on their property, the man was transported to Noble Hospital, the officer reports the man is apparently a Southwick resident but is the subject of a warrant issued by Vermont authorities, the D.A.’s office was asked to consider extradition options; 8:24 p.m.: suspicious person, Court Street at Elm Street, an auxiliary officer at a Park Square concert reports a male party was seen urinating in the middle of the street, Douglas A. McCollaum, 56, of 59 Artisan St., Chicopee, was arrested for indecent exposure; 11:16 p.m.: disturbance, Main Street, a caller reports a male party screaming in the area of the Lindbergh Boulevard and Main Street intersection, the responding officer reports he found residents who were involved in an argument and a routine check revealed that one was the subject of an outstanding warrant, Leo J. Poprovo III, 44, of 145 Main Street, was arrested on a warrant used by Westfield District Court in 2013.
Obituaries Shirley Peers ANDERSON, SC - Shirley Edwards (Creech) Peers of Anderson, SC passed away on Friday, June 20, 2014. Shirley was born on March 17, 1949, the daughter of the late Virgil (Jake) and Leah Edwards. Her childhood years were spent with her family in Montgomery. In the early 80’s, Shirley founded Scissorsmiths Hair Salon located on Elm Street in Westfield. Her love of life and sense of humor touched all who met her. Shirley is survived by her husband Chuck. She was predeceased by her beloved sister, Donna Grard. She leaves behind her sister, Kathy Drapcho, now in Coudersport, PA; her son, Todd Creech and his wife Barbara, also of Coudersport, PA, and her son, Michael Creech and his wife Wendy of Westfield, MA. She also leaves her beloved grandchildren, Kaitlyn, Jessica, Ian, Alicia, Logan, Alyssa and her great-granddaughter Madison. She is also survived by eight nieces who she loved very much. There will be an informal gathering of friends and family from 3:00-5:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 5th at 33 Old Main Road, Montgomery, MA.
LOST AND FOUND LOST: READING GLASSES, Brown frames, in the vicinity of the Maple Leaf on Arnold Street, or The Hangar, School Street or Court Street and Whitaker Road. Call Tim (413)454-
7243. LOST Dog - Chester Hill/ Huntington — Missing since 5/21/14 - Bromley is an eleven year old border-collie mix. He is friendly and much loved. He lives on Bromley Road in Chester. He has been suffering from seizures and went outside after one but never came home. He is a homebody who never goes far. We have scoured the woods for him and are hoping maybe he just wandered off and someone noticed he was confused and picked him up. He had on a blue collar with tags including one with his name and our phone. We are heartbroken. If you see him, please call Tom or Barbara Huntoon at 413-6675690. (5-21-14)
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RELIGIOUS LISTINGS 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, June 29 The Third Sunday after Pentecost 8 am Holy Eucharist 10 am Holy Eucharist, Cribbery Monday, June 30 YMCA Program begins 8-9 pm AA Meeting Tuesday, July 1 9:30am – 5:30 pm Farm Share Pickup 6 pm Healing & Holy Eucharist, 6:45 pm Tavern Theology Wed., July 2 Noon Healing & Holy Eucharist 7-8:30 pm OA Meeting
Thursday, July 3 1:30-5 pm Farmer’s Market (Front Lawn) 4:30-5:30 pm WW Meeting 7:30-9 pm NA Meeting Friday, July 4 Church Office Closed Saturday, July 5 11:00- 12:30 AA Women’s Fellowship Sunday, July 6 The Fourth Sunday after Pentecost 8 am Holy Eucharist 10 am Holy Eucharist, Cribbery Upcoming July 21-25 Vacation Bible School Southwick Congregational Church United Church of Christ 488 College Highway – P.O. Box 260 – Southwick, MA 01077- 413-569-6362 Rev. Bart Cochran - Minister JUNE 29 2014
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Church; 9:30 AM– Worship Service - Rev. Bart Cochran - Minister, Special Music – Terry Putnam Nursery Available; 10:30 AM Coffee Hour; 3:30 PM O.A. Meeting; JULY 2, WEDNESDAY – 9-1:00 PM Henrietta’s Thrift Shop – Open - . JULY 3, THURSDAY – 6:30 PM – Mid-Week Worship Service; 7:00 PM – T.O.P.S. JULY 4- FRIDAY: CHURCH OFFICE CLOSED; 6:00 PM O.A. Meeting, 7:30 PM - A.A. 12 Step Meeting; JULY 5 - SATURDAY: Thrift Store Open 9 – 1:00 PM.;
Electronic Recycling, Saturday, July 12, 9am to 2pm WESTFIELD — Held at the parking lot of Holy Trinity Church. Accepting all electronics to include: monitors, computers, computer games, stereo equipment, copy and fax machines, printers, and TV’s. We are also accepting any appliances such as small refrig-
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erators, washers, dryers, stoves, ac units, microwaves, dehumidifiers. If it has an electrical plug or battery it can be recycled as well as freon items. In addition will be accepting lawn mowers and snow blowers with the gas removed, gas grills, exercise equipment. The recycle event will have low fees of $5 each computer, $10 any monitor or any small TV under 19” $15 each TV 19” to 26” and $20 for large projection TV’s or wood console TV’s and TV’s 26” to 30”, TVs 32” and over $30. All appliances are $10 each. Any cell phones, car batteries are free. Bike Collection: older/newer road, mountain, BMX, adult or kid’s bikes collected. Will be fixed and reused. Any questions email: J.wood36@yahoo.com
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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. Robert Miskell, Parochial Vicar 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
— The Spiritual Life Committee of St. Peter & St. Casimir Church in Westfield is hosting a Day of Thanksgiving and Prayer with the saying of the Patriotic Rosary every hour of the day from 8 am - 7 pm on Tuesday, July 1st. during Eucharistic Adoration. Benediction will end the day and an Ice Cream Sundae Reception will follow in the Parish Center. You may sign up as part of a group for a particular time slot on the bulletin board or just come whenever it works out best for you. Enter the names of your military family members to be included during the recitation of the Hail Mary’s by emailing them to the parish website or fill out a petition form at Church. Please join us. For more information, please call Alicia Belanger at 568-0123.
July 26th Day Pilgramage to the Saint Anne Shrine Sturbridge, Mass. WESTFIELD — Come for a day away to enjoy this sanctuary of peace, serenity and tranquility within close proximity to us. For more than a hundred years pilgrims have made their way here to pray for physical and spiritual healing. On Saturday, July 26th., the Feast Day for both St. Anne and St. Joachim, the grandparents of Jesus, there will be a special Healing Mass and Blessing with a relic of St. Anne’s at 11 am. Pack and bring along a picnic lunch to enjoy at their shaded picnic grounds with tables and benches. Spend the afternoon exploring the natural beauty of the grounds, the Way of the Cross, the Lourdes Grotto, the Scala Sancta (Holy Stairs) and many other prayerful places providing an ideal setting for contemplation and meditation. There also is a large Gift Shop, Russian Icon Museum, and wheelchair accessible rest rooms. Everyone is invited to attend. Bring your friends and family to this sacred place dedicated to St. Anne. This event is being sponsored by The Catholic Grandparents Asso. of St. Peter and St. Casimir’s Parish, 22 State St., Westfield, MA. We are going to leave from St. Peter and St. Casimir’s parking lot promptly at 9 am. and return home by 4 pm. We plan to car pool so call Alicia Belanger at 568-0123 to sign up by July 20th.
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The White Church of Blandford summer entertainment schedule underway BLANDFORD - The summer entertainment schedule at The White Church of Blandford gets underway on Sunday, July 13 at 7 p.m. with Jimmy Roberts. Roberts, composer of the second longest running Off Broadway hit musical, I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change, will present an amazing repertoire that connects Bach and Beethoven with George Gershwin, Cole Porter and Stephen Sondheim. Written with playwright Joe DiPietro, I Love You received both the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations as Best Musical when it opened in 1996. It has since played in all fifty states as well as over 25 countries around the world. He also composed The Thing About Men (2003), again with Joe DiPietro’s book and lyrics (New York Outer Critics Circle award for Best Musical). His children’s musical, The Velveteen Rabbit, toured the United States for well over a decade. Recent compositions include two commissioned works: The Heart of the Matter, with words by poet Dana Gioia, performed at the Guggenheim Museum, New York; and I Sing, I Pray, for Cantor Roslyn Barak, Congregation EmanuEl, San Francisco. Roberts also performed his special piano arrangements for the Grand Piano Marathon at Merkin Concert Hall. He’s at work on two new musicals: All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go and Rex & Lilli, about Rex Harrison, his life and his loves, especially actress Lilli Palmer, and written with Rex’s son, Carey Harrison. Roberts is a sought-after performer. In entertaining programs that combine classical and popular music as well as comedy and singing, he has delighted audiences with his wit and his special way with a song. He sings and plays original material as well as selections from famous Broadway composers and musicals. A local suggestion is to enjoy a picnic in Watson Park, immediately adjacent to The White Church, beforehand. Tickets are $10 at the door, and by mail through the website: Thewhitechurch.org. Aurelia Quartet will perform Friday, Aug. 8 at 7:30 with Marcia Eckert, piano; Peggy McAdams, violin; Ruth Siegler, viola and Timothy Merton, cello. The quartet will perform selections by Mozart and Brahms. Aurelia, a chamber group of musicians based in New York City and Cambridge, consists of Peggy McAdams, violin; Ruth Siegler, viola; Timothy Merton, cello; and Marcia Eckert, piano. Peggy McAdams splits her time between New York and a house in Charlemont. She plays with the Springfield Symphony, the Vermont Symphony, Berkshire Choral Institute and other venues in New England. Tim Merton, divides his time between Cambridge, where he directs, and performs in, a high profile group called Sarasa, and Putney, Vt. where he has a second career making maple syrup. Ruth Siegler lives in the Bronx. The quartet will self-introduce by playing a group of short solo pieces, one for each instrument, followed by the elegant and cheerful Mozart Piano Quartet in E-flat Major and the tragic, full-blown romantic Piano Quartet in C Minor by Johannes Brahms. Tickets are $15 at the door, and by mail through the website: Thewhitechurch.org. Saturday, Aug. 23 at 7:30 is the Bel Canto Opera with Eve Queler. Tickets are $35. Once again, this year Eve Queler, Music Director Emerita of Opera Orchestra of New York, and Douglas Martin, accompanist, will present an outstanding performance. Maestro Queler’s selected vocalists will present excerpts from Bellini’s Norma, Franz Lehar’s Merry Widow and
Puccini’s Madama Butterfly. You’ll hear favorites and, as always, Maestro Queler brings new and exciting voices. This year sopranos Rochelle Bard and Ashley Kerr with tenors Jonathan Blalock and John Bellemer will enchant all in the wonderfully intimate venue of The White Church of Blandford. Tickets for this performance are $35; while there will be some available at the door, tickets may be purchased by mail through the website: Thewhitechurch.org. Rochelle Bard
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Fireworks Continued from Page 1 Among the examples of last year’s “terrible incidents” which Coan cited was one in Chicopee which required the State Police bomb squad to dispose of commercial-grade fireworks after a fireworks explosion severely injured a resident’s hand and also injured his young son. Coan says that both local and state fire officials work with fireworks professionals, who are licensed by his office, to ensure that modern regulations are enforced to make the shows safe both of the spectators and the shooters. As a result, he said, “fireworks mishaps and injuries at professional shows are rare in our sate.” “At illegal shows, there is no licensed, trained shooter,” he said. “No one is setting safe distances for the audience, no fire engine or EMT is standing by, and sadly alcohol is often involved and judgment impaired.” In Westfield, the Independence Day fireworks display will be sponsored by The Rotary Club of Westfield and hosted by Stanley Park on Saturday, July 5, at dusk. Not even sparklers are safe and all fireworks should be left to the professionals, the state’s Fire Marshall urges. (Graphic courtesy the National Fire Protection Association)
Chamber Continued from Page 1 “There will be new constitutional officers at the top of our state government, who appoint secretaries and commissioners who oversee the administrative agencies that we deal with,” he said. “Consider that when you go to the polls.” Humason then handed the mic off to Velis, the Representative of the 4th Hampden District, who spoke of talking points he gave at the GWCC’s breakfast last week at The Ranch in Southwick, encouraging locals to support their hometown businesses. “People aren’t going to downtown Westfield. They’re taking their business elsewhere and I view that to be a serious problem,” said Velis. “It’s something we need to talk about and deal with.” Velis spoke of the rapport he and Humason have developed during their time working on this current budget before touching on the topic of local aid, a favorite of all the legislators seated at the head table. “I hate to say it, but it is an issue that is pushed harder by my friends across the aisle in the Republican Party, but I understand the importance of it,” he said, adding that he and several other Democrats have supported the efforts of House Minority Leader Bradley Jones, Jr. (R-North Reading) to bring more local aid into the House budget. Boldyga, the Representative of the 3rd Hampden District, which includes Agawam, Southwick and Granville, also addressed the state budget. “When I first came into office in 2010, it (the budget) was about $30 billion. This year it’s roughly $36 billion,” he said. “So that’s a 15-18 percent increase over four years. It is pretty large and revenues are not up to where they should be.” “On top of the $6 billion in four years, local aid has gone down for Westfield by several million dollars and by several million dollars for the city and two towns I represent,” Boldyga said. “On top of the budget being $36 billion dollars, almost 40 percent of it is healthcare. The legislature has also proposed to allocate another roughly $35 million for the health connector website, so we’re at the tune of $70 million now.” “I don’t know where the $70 million is going, but we’re trying to get some accountability for that,” he said, joking that the state might be better served taking out a domain name on godaddy.com. Following their talking points, the three legislators were questioned by members of the GWCC on questions ranging from unem-
ployment insurance and the recently passed minimum wage law, which will increase the state’s minimum wage to $11 an hour by 2017, the highest in the country. “We were hoping to include in the unemployment insurance changes that were made a carve-out for staffing companies,” said Humason. “There’s a penalty for companies that use unemployment more often, who lay their employees off seasonally. By the same token, there is a reward for companies who use unemployment services less.” Humason added that the unemployment services component of the minimum wage bill signed by Governor Deval L. Patrick Thursday is now law, but he believes the battle is far from over. “It’s not the last time we in the Commonwealth are going to deal with unemployment or minimum wage – it will be back before us,” he said. “We can either file new legislation to improve the situation or to correct problems that are in the law, we can do that at almost any time. It’s just whether or not the legislature is willing to do that.” Velis said that the business community could learn from special interest groups such as the Gun Owners Action League. “One thing that GOAL is doing is going after all of the legislators, identifying and lobbying them. They are truly making a difference. It’s shaking up the Statehouse right now, how effective they’re being,” he said. “Maybe you’ll get with other groups from the business community. If you want to get our attention, come down to the Statehouse.” After GWCC Executive Director Kate Phelon referenced April 30 as the annual day when Chambers from around the state come to Beacon Hill, Boldyga stated that one day simply isn’t enough. “If theres an issue, don’t wait until April 30th,” he said. “I have heard from other groups that wait till their annual day at Beacon Hill, so if the votes in March, don’t wait until April to come down and talk to them (legislators).” After the luncheon, Burack had the chance to reflect on his first time hosting the event. “We’re here by the head table and everybody is still here, talking with the Senator and the Representatives about their own issues that maybe they didn’t want to talk about on the floor or just to say hello,” he said. “I think it’s a great event.”
Concert Series Continued from Page 1 the exception of Aug. 10, which is $20 at door for the Dave “Biscuit” Miller blues show. The CRC is responsible for the rink’s renovation. CRC is a citizen-based, volunteer, nonprofit 501(c)3 organization dedicated to the betterment of the Congamond Lakes. The membership is comprised of concerned citizens, primarily from the towns of Southwick and Suffield but also from bordering towns and even neighboring states. CRC is involved in lake monitoring, invasive weed control,
clean-up days, and various social and recreational events. For more information on CRC visit www.congamond.org. Crane said the group has made much progress over the years, but still has more to go. “We got the rink on the national register of historic places, which wasn’t an easy task,” he said. “We hope to finish siding this weekend and keep working on the inside.” The next major project, said Crane, is bringing water into the building, which was built as a dance hall in 1930.
“We need to bring in the water, put in sprinklers, put in a new septic, and build ADAcompliant bathrooms,” Crane said. “It will cost a couple hundred thousand dollars.” In the meantime, Crane said the CRC is keeping Babb’s alive with the concert series. “We just want to keep people coming to the park,” he said. Anyone who would like to join the efforts can visit the park today, or contact the CRC through its web site. A full list of summer concerts is available at babbspark.org.
Continued from Page 1 Clark said that the study was compiled through recently accumulated census data, and that the rest of Hampden County didn’t fare quite as well as Westfield. “Springfield is toward the bottom of the list and that is because the population shrunk and the percentage of people employed dropped also,” she said. “Chicopee had a strong income increase, while jobs and population are down there, too. Holyoke too saw a drop in population, and just a small increase in jobs.” Springfield placed 46th out of the 61 cities in the state, seeing negative growth in both it’s working-age population and employment percentages (-0.6 and -3.9 respectively) with a 5.7 percent increase in median income. Chicopee and Holyoke placed 24th and 21st, with both seeing negative working-age population growth (-0.6 and -2.5) and Chicopee facing a 3.0 decrease in it’s employment growth. Holyoke, often regarded as one of the poorest municipalities in the state, actually saw a 1.6 percent increase in employment numbers, and a 9.4 percent increase in median income, still shy of Chicopee’s 12.4 percent median income increase. Clark also stated that, in several locations throughout the state, median income increased by over 20 percent, a “pretty significant” jump. “Theres a strong split in the top 10. There were the wealthy Boston suburbs, Westfield in western Mass., and some pretty rough, up-andcoming, mostly Boston and Merrimack valleyarea cities,” she said when asked about how a city like Lawrence, notorious for poverty and crime, found itself in the top 10 of the 61 cities in the state. “What we saw there was the population increase in those places were really strong, upwards of two percent.” She added that a city with a lot of population growth but a lack of income growth can still come out strong, and that many of the state’s older industrial cities are finding their ways onto the list. “You’re going to get cities where there are revitalization efforts going on, and these are pretty significant. There’s an effort right now through the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston and some philanthropic groups to help those cities,” she said. “The immigrant populations are pretty large in some of these cities. In Everett, 43.6 percent were born outside the U.S., so that’s a lot.” Clark said that nerdwallet is at the beginning of a nationwide, state-by-state survey of U.S. cities, and have recently concluded with studies for the states of Georgia, Washington, and California among others. “In general, it’s an indication that Westfield’s economy has improved over the last few years, and we have a lot of private industry to thank for that,” said Westfield Community Development Director Peter Miller. “Westfield is a healthy community and that is a good thing.” “Just because the median income has gone up doesn’t mean that everyone’s has,” he said. “We have still have a population that requires attention, and we continue to work to make sure the city moves forward while continuing to pay attention to our downtown census tracks as well.” “There is no way to spin this badly. This is a great thing, to be seen as a community on the rise,” he said. “Among the mid-sized to larger cities in western Massachusetts, we’re the only one that has seen growth in each of the last five censuses. Most of them have seen at least one of the census periods where a population has dropped.” “That hasn’t happened in Westfield. We’ve continued to grow and hope to continue that trend going forward,” Miller said. “A lot of that is going to depend on employment opportunities being offered for people who are just now coming of age in the work environment.” City Advancement Officer Joe Mitchell, upon reading the NerdWallet report, stated that he wasn’t surprised by the lofty ranking. “For the amount of effort that’s being put into improving the city of Westfield, it doesn’t surprise me that we’re at the top of the list,” he said. “Since 2010, the city has seen approximately $114 million in private investment, and right now, I have about $74 million more of private investment thats in the pipeline.” “Will we get all of it across the finish line? Maybe yes, maybe no, but there is that interest in the city on the large scale,” Mitchell added. “All of the different groups that’re committed to the city of Westfield, and it’s all paying off.”
Recess Gamble Continued from Page 4 It’s clear the president and his aides view his use of executive actions as a net political plus. They’ve even branded it as his “pen and phone” strategy — wielding a pen to issue executive orders and using his phone to urge outside groups to pressure Congress to act. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) issued a statement on the court ruling that didn’t offer a view on the decision, but praised the president for standing up to GOP gridlock. “Since President Obama took office, Senate Republicans have done everything possible to deny qualified nominees from receiving a fair up-or-down vote. President Obama did the right thing when he made these appointments on behalf of American workers,” Reid said. However, when it comes to recess appointments, the court’s majority opinion squarely rejects the justification the White House and the president have repeatedly offered: that the moves are an antidote to
gridlock. “The Recess Appointments Clause is not designed to overcome serious institutional friction,” Justice Stephen Breyer wrote. “Friction between the branches is an inevitable consequence of our constitutional structure. … That structure foresees resolution not only through judicial interpretation and compromise among the branches but also by the ballot box.” One of the lawyers who advised Obama as he waded into the recess appointment fight, former White House Counsel Kathy Ruemmler, said she thought the Supreme Court ruling was far from a shutout for the president despite the unanimous rejection of his appointments. “I actually was quite happy with the court’s decision today,” said Ruemmler, who left the White House last month. “It effectively ratified what presidents have been doing for 100 years. It said recess appointments made during recesses of more than 10 days essentially
[are] presumptively valid. … That’s a big affirmation for presidential authority.” Ruemmler told POLITICO the president’s decision to stand up to Republicans’ obstruction was the right one legally and politically. “It had a huge impact and a politically positive impact,” she said, noting that the move also installed a director for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and allowed that agency to begin issuing rules. While some analysts have suggested that the recess appointment fight ultimately diminished presidential power, the former Obama legal adviser said that isn’t so. She noted that the practice of pro forma sessions began in 2007 and could not have been tested legally without the president defying it. “All it does as a practical matter is restore things to the status quo ante,” Ruemmler said of the court’s ruling. “I don’t see how he or any other president is any worse off.” Obama can’t say he wasn’t
warned that his recess appointment gambit might not pay off. “The question is a novel one, and the substantial arguments on each side create some litigation risk for such appointments,” Justice Department lawyers warned in a legal opinion made public after the ruckus that accompanied the president’s 2012 move. Some lawyers say they remain surprised Obama chose to make the appointments, knowing that lawsuits were certain. “This was the weakest possible case the administration could have taken to the court,” said George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley, a liberal who has testified in Congress against Obama’s assertions of executive authority. “It’s just shocking, this lack of adult supervision. … There was no evidence of intelligent design behind any of this litigation.” Other legal experts see merits in some of the complaints about Obama’s use of executive authority
but say they’re unlikely to be addressed through a lawsuit like the one Boehner plans to file. “I think there’s a case to be made that Obama has exceeded the recent history of executive overreaching, but I don’t know that its remediable in court — or should be,” said former general counsel to the House of Representatives Stan Brand, a Democrat. Brand said it’s undeniable and unremarkable that Obama was a steadfast opponent of executive overreach under President George W. Bush but seems to have a different perspective now. He noted that as a candidate, President Ronald Reagan favored giving Congress the authority to veto regulations, but as president he reversed course. “To me, it’s all institutional, not personal,” Brand added. “It was fine for Obama to be against all these things — until he became president.”
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Gateway’s Matt Hewes, right, receives a high-five from Jayden Marge after crossing home plate during last night’s Senior Little League game. (Photo by Frederick Gore/www.thewestfieldnews.smugmug.com)
Westfield right fielder Brad Klimezyk snags the bounce Westfield Senior Little League pitcher Hunter Jones delivers during last night’s Senior Little League game against during last night’s game against Gateway. (Photo by Frederick Gore/ Gateway. (Photo by Frederick Gore/www.thewestfieldnews.smugmug.com)
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Gateway blanks Westfield Gateway’s Jake McKittrick fouls back during last night’s Senior Little League game against Westfield. (Photo by Frederick Gore/www.thewest-
By Chris Putz Staff Writer WESTFIELD – Gateway Senior Little Leaguer Johnny Haskell set the tone for his team by clubbing a lead-off homer to begin Friday night’s district tournament game at Hampton Ponds Field. It was a harbinger of things to come. Haskell went 3-for-4 at the plate with a HR, 2 RBIs, and a run scored, and tossed a two-hitter in 3 1-3 innings of work on the mound in Gateway’s 11-0 win over Westfield. The Gateway starter recorded seven strikeouts. Gateway’s Matt Hewes broke it open with a third-inning grand slam. The long ball made it 6-0. Jayden Marge drew a bases-loaded
walk one batter earlier, and one batter later, Haskell singled. A run scored when the outfielder misplayed the ball. Haskell’s RBI single in the sixth made it 8-0. Smart Gateway base running and error-plagued defensive plays from Westfield allowed a ninth run to score. The lead ballooned to 11-0 when a two-out, tworun single from Marge found its way into center field. The game seemed to cruise along, save for the walks, but slowed to a crawl in the sixth inning when Westfield catcher Alec Best was injured on a play at the plate, and the umpire was smacked with a pitch on a misplayed ball from the backup catcher. Gateway reliever Trevor Bruno closed out the final 2 2-3 innings with hitless ball. He struck out three batters.
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Westfield’s Joey Dintzaen, left, waits for the ball as Gateway baserunner John Haskle Westfield’s Brad Alvordleft, left, makes the out on Gateway baserunner Josh Webster during last attempts the slide. Haskle was declared out on the play. (Photo by Frederick Gore/www.thewnight’s Senior Little League game. (Photo by Frederick Gore/www.thewestfieldnews.smugmug.com) estfieldnews.smugmug.com)
All three tournament teams are getting ready to play WESTFIELD — All three tournament teams are practicing and are getting ready to play in their games in the Open State Tournaments for 2014. In the 13’s Westfield will play Franklin
County in best of three games to advance to the State Tournament bracket play. The 14’s and 15’s will play in their brackets in the Open State Tournament to advance from the
Pool Play to their respective statement tournament elimination games. The 14’s and 15’s must finish in the top 2 in their respective bracket to advance to the State Tournament finals.
The schedule for each team is as follows:
State Tournament in Worcester North End July 12 & 13
13 Year Old Team Date Team Location Game Time Tuesday, July 1st Franklin County Bullens Field 7 PM Thursday, July 3rd Franklin County Abercrombie Field – Greenfield 5:30 PM Sunday, July 6th Franklin County – “if” game TBD TBD
State Tournament in Westfield July 10 - 13 14 Year Old Team Date Team Location Game Time Sunday, June 29th Sutton Bullens Field 6:00 PM Tuesday, July 1st At Uxbridge Uxbridge High School 5:45 PM Sunday, July 6th West Side Worcester Bullens Field 6:00 PM Tuesday, July 8th At Northbridge Vail Field 5:45 PM
Date Team Location Game Time Tuesday, July 8th Northboro Bullens Field 7:00 PM Thursday, July 10th Wauchett Bullens Field 7:00 PM Saturday, July 12th At Worcester North End Arron Krock Field 4:00 PM State Tournament in Worcester West Side July 18 - 20 Westfield Babe Ruth is also hosing the 14 Year Old New England Regional Tournament July 24th – 31st. Please come out and support our teams at home and on the road!
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Little League Baseball All-Stars • 9-10, 10-11, 11-12 Year-Olds (Americans - Cross Street Field; Nationals - Paper Mill Field) • Juniors - Hampton Ponds Field • Seniors - Westfield State University
Day
Date
Team
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Team
Time
Division
Saturday
June 28 Westfield National
at
Westfield American
2:00 pm
10-11
Saturday
June 28 Westfield National
at
Belchertown
7:30 pm
9-10
Saturday
June 28 Westfield American
at
Gateway
10:00 am
11-12
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SUMMER SPORTS SCHEDULE AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL
June 28 Westfield at Agawam 5:00 pm Senior Saturday Saturday
June 28 Winner Game 9
at
Winner Game 10
TBD
Junior
Saturday
June 28 Loser Game 10
at Loser Game 9
TBD
Junior
Sunday
June 29 Longmeadow
at
Westfield American
12:00 pm
9-10
Sunday
June 29 Agawam
at
Westfield National
5:00 pm
9-10
Sunday
June 29 Westfield American
at
Westfield National
2:00 pm
10-11
Sunday
June 29 Winner Game 28
at Loser Game 27
TBD
Junior
Monday
June 30 Northampton 2
at
Westfield American
6:00 pm
11-12
Monday
June 30 Westfield National
at
Southampton
6:00 pm
11-12
June 30 Westfield at Gateway 5:30 pm Senior Monday Tuesday
July 01 Westfield American
at
Easthampton
6:00 pm
9-10
Tuesday July 01 Agawam at Westfield 5:30 pm Senior
Saturday, June 28 Westfield Post 124 at Ludlow Post 52, Whitney Park, 1:30 p.m. Monday, June 30 Westfield Post 124 vs. West Springfield, Bullens Field, 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 2 Westfield Post 124 vs. Longmeadow, Westfield State University, 5:45 p.m. Thursday, July 3 Westfield Post 124 vs. Agawam Post 185, Westfield State University, 5:45 p.m.
Tuesday
July 01 District Championship
5:30 pm
Junior
Wednesday
July 02 Westfield National
at
Westfield Amercian
6:00 pm
10-11
Wednesday
July 02 Easthampton
at
Westfield National
6:00 pm
11-12
Thursday
July 03 District Semifinal
6:00 pm
9-10
Thursday
July 03 District Semifinal
6:00 pm
9-10
Thursday
July 03 District Championship
5:30 pm
Senior
Thursday
July 03 District Championship (if)
5:30 pm
Junior
Saturday
July 05 Westfield American
at
Westfield National
12:30 pm
10-11
Saturday
July 05 Westfield American
at Longmeadow
10:00 am
11-12
Saturday
July 05 Westfield National
at Agawam
1:00 pm
11-12
Sunday
July 06 District Championship
TBD
9-10
Tuesday
July 08 Westfield National
at
Westfield American
6:00 pm
10-11
Sunday, July 13
Wednesday
July 09 District Semifinal
6:00 pm
11-12
Postseason Begins!
Wednesday
July 09 District Semifinal
6:00 pm
11-12
Thursday
July 10 Westfield American
at
Westfield National
6:00 pm
10-11
6:00 pm
11-12
at
12:30 pm
10-11
Friday July 11 District Championship Saturday
July 12 Westfield National
Westfield American
Tuesday Golf League FINAL STANDINGS - 2014 Results from June 17, 2014
1st Place
Jim French & Dave Liberty 90.0 Points 2nd Place Barry Slattery & Bob McCarthy 86.5 Points 3rd Place Frank Kamlowski & Angelo Mascadrelli 84.0 Points 4th Place Fran Siska & Bill Wallanovich 83.5 Points 5th Place Joe Hebda & Tom Baker 83.0 Points 6th Place Tom Pitoniak & Bob Berniche 78.0 Points 7th Place Ed Harrington & Jim Crawford 76.5 Points 8th Place Terry Clark & Mike Clark 76.0 Points 9th Place Hank Bartniki & Jack Kennedy 75.5 Points 10th Place Ray West & Harry Pease 75.0 Points 11th Place Ed West & Bob Czarnecki 74.5 Points 12th Place Bill Murphy & Chris Olsen 74.0 Points 13th Place Paul Joubert & Ron Bonyeau 71.5 Points 14th Place Carl Haas & Bill Frothingham 62.5 Points 14th Place John Kidrick & Milt Holmes 62.5 Points 15th Place Butch Rines & Gary Marcoulier 61.5 Points 16th Place Erroll Nichols & Mark Dunn 61.0 Points Jim Johnson & Al Szenda 17th Place 60.5 Points 18th Place Dick Williams & Ron Sena 59.0 Points 19th Place Jack Leary & Jim Liptak 58.5 Points Low Gross Bob Czarnecki @ 40 Low Net Bob Czarnecki @ 25 Closest to pin on 3rd hole Ray West Closest to pin on 3rd hole (2nd shot) Angelo Mascadrelli Closest to pin on 6th hole Bill Wallanovich Shell Faunce we miss you on the course.
Sunday, July 6 Westfield Post 124 at West Springfield, Mitteneague Park, 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 8 Westfield Post 124 vs. Springfield Post 21, Bullens Field, 7 p.m. Friday, July 11 Westfield Post 124 at Longmeadow, Longmeadow High School, 5:45 p.m. ———
Westfield Little League Softball All-Stars ALL HOME GAMES AT SADIE KNOX FIELD District 4 at Westfield
Wednesday
5:30
July 02
11-12YO
District 5 at Westfield
Tuesday
5:30
July 08
Seniors
Westfield at District 5
Thursday
5:30
July 10
Seniors
5:30
July 11
Seniors
District 5/Westfield at Friday IF game; Location TBD
Junior Golf and Tennis!
The Blandford Club offers a great summer program for kids Blandford — Tuesday mornings are busy and fun at The Blandford Club! Your kids can learn how to play golf and tennis, plus enjoy lunch with their friends. This year’s session will begin on July 8th and run until August 19th. The junior golf clinic begins at 8:30am and is followed by five holes of play. The kids can then eat lunch at the snack bar and head out for a group tennis lesson. Registration takes place on the first morning, so get there early. Then, pay as you go each week. The golf clinic costs $4.00 for members and $8.00 for non-members. Lunch for the children will be $5.00 and tennis lessons cost $3.00 per child. We will end the program with a pizza party. Watch for more details at www.facebook.com/theblandfordclub. Children can participate in one or both sports each week, you decide! The Blandford Club is a private golf club which is run primarily by its member volunteers. This junior golf program will only be a success with the participation of parents. As in past years, we need each child to be responsible to an adult who stays with them throughout the day. Please call club pro Francis Kringle in the pro shop at (413) 848-2443 with any questions about the program. The course will also play host to a special tournament for kids this year on Monday, July 7th. The Massachusetts Junior Golf Qualifier is for boys between 14 and 18 years old. This is a sectional qualifier for the Junior Amateur Championship to be held later in the summer. Good luck to the competitors who will enjoy our local course in July. The Blandford Club has a rich history of getting kids and families involved in social events and sports. There are several membership options available with leagues played throughout the summer. Please call the pro shop if you’re interested in joining the club!
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QUESTIONS & ATTITUDE Compelling questions ... and maybe a few actual answers
HOT TOPICS: 3 ISSUES GENERATING A BUZZ
SPEED FREAKS A couple questions we had to ask — ourselves
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Junior has his sights set on Homestead. Win at Sonoma? Big sign for Edwards’ title hopes? GODSPEAK: Don’t get too giddy. This boils down to the last 10 races and surviving those knockout Chase rounds. KEN’S CALL: We’ve learned to not start polishing Carl’s trophy too soon. But this sure didn’t hurt.
Can we say the same for Junior’s thirdplace run?
GODSPEAK: Junior’s Sonoma run tells me this could be the Year of the Earnhardt. KEN’S CALL: Junior third at a road course? Somewhere today, cats and dogs are playing together.
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Ageless wonder Carl Edwards had to fight off a last-lap nip by veteran Jeff Gordon to win at Sonoma Raceway on Sunday. Gordon was so impressed with Edwards’ driving ability that he went to Victory Lane to shake the hand of the winning driver. And then Edwards let it be known that when he was a little kid watching television at home in Missouri, he was enthralled by Gordon’s skills on the Sonoma road course. “I’m a fan of this sport, and I grew up watching Jeff Gordon go through those esses (turns) and watching how he drove his car, so to be able to hold him off like that means a lot,” Edwards said. Oops. That little bit of innocent nostalgia from Edwards made everybody realize Gordon, now in his 22nd year of service to Hendrick Motorsports in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, is hurtling toward his 43rd birthday in August. The 20-year-old kid, who gave Dale Earnhardt fits as a rookie in 1993, is now old enough to be the father of a 20-year-old child. Gordon, who leads the Cup Series points chart, has plenty of stock-car driving ability. He took the age questions in stride, like an old pro. “Yeah, I’m starting to hear that a lot more where somebody was born when I won my first championship or was watching me as a kid,” Gordon said. “But I love racing here. I love be-
ing competitive and leading the points and having a shot at winning races at 22 years into my Cup career. It doesn’t matter; we’re having fun.” Gordon doesn’t have much else to prove. He is third all-time in Cup victories behind Hall of Fame drivers Richard Petty and David Pearson, and has won four Cup championships. Gordon said he’s rejuvenated this season because of the equipment he gets every week. Gordon said he’s clicking with his team “and that’s making it a lot of fun for me.”
WITH BLINDERS ON Carl Edwards was asked about his plans for the 2015 season after winning Sonoma. He had nothing to say about it. “I think you guys worry about that more than we do,” Edwards said of the rumors he plans to leave Roush Fenway after 2014. “We come out here and race every week, and the mission is to win the championship, so for me it’s really simple. I just have to give the best I can every week and that’s it.”
INDY WRECK Tony Stewart destroyed a stock car at Indianapolis last week during a Goodyear tire test. Goodyear said: “On Day 2 of the test, the three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion had a right-front tire lose air 17 laps into a 20-lap run.” Stewart said: “We blew a tire. It destroyed the car, so it was a good hit.” Stewart added: “That’s why you go to the test. I’m sure they’ll learn something from it and go on.”
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Carl chats with an old guy who, not long ago, was known as “The Kid.” What do we know about Carl’s future?
Officially, nothing. But it’s looking more and more like those late-spring rumors will hold: Edwards will drive a fourth entry for Joe Gibbs Racing next year. For better or worse, there are always all sorts of contractual issues that prevent — or at least discourage — the main players from giving more than a wink and a nod regarding their future plans. Actually, the nod has probably been deemed a breach of contract. We’ll have to go with the wink, and the wink indicates Gibbs.
How crazy is all this?
By auto racing’s historical standards, it’s actually pretty civilized. Back in your dad’s day, drivers and owners whipsawed back and forth. There were no contracts back then, so today’s “Jack the Bear” might be tomorrow’s unemployed hot-shoe looking for a wheel. Who knows, maybe that was better. But if you like some semblance of order and stability, today’s way is probably better.
Is Carl playing mind games with Mr. Gordon?
Let’s assume he didn’t mean to do it, but if you’re Jeff Gordon, pushing 43, and pushing it with a cranky back, the last thing you need is a guy pushing 35 to act like you’re Grandpa Jones. But there was Carl, glowing after winning Sunday and saying what a thrill it was to beat a guy (um, Jeff Gordon) whom he watched as a kid. Ouch. Ken Willis has been covering NASCAR for The Daytona Beach NewsJournal for 27 years. Reach him at ken.willis@news-jrnl.com
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Matt Kenseth vs. Dale Earnhardt Jr.: Earnhardt’s No. 88 Chevy got into Kenseth’s No. 20 Toyota, which spun hard into a tire wall, taking him out of the race. Godwin Kelly gives his take: “Earnhardt got out of his car and immediately started apologizing, but will that apology be accepted?”
CUP POINTS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. T17. T17. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43.
Jeff Gordon Jimmie Johnson Dale Earnhardt Jr. Matt Kenseth Brad Keselowski Carl Edwards Joey Logano Ryan Newman Kevin Harvick Kyle Larson Kyle Busch Paul Menard Denny Hamlin Clint Bowyer Greg Biffle Kasey Kahne Tony Stewart Austin Dillon Jamie McMurray Brian Vickers Marcos Ambrose Aric Almirola AJ Allmendinger Casey Mears Martin Truex Jr. Kurt Busch Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Danica Patrick Justin Allgaier Michael Annett David Gilliland Cole Whitt Reed Sorenson David Ragan Alex Bowman Josh Wise Ryan Truex Travis Kvapil Michael McDowell Parker Kligerman Terry Labonte David Reutimann David Stremme
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Gordon may soon need help finding his parked car, but once inside of it, he’s proving he still knows how to find the fast lane.
GODWIN’S KENTUCKY 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
Winner: Tony Stewart Rest of the top five: Carl Edwards, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Clint Bowyer, Brad Keselowski Dark horse: Paul Menard
Disappointment: Denny Hamlin First one out: Justin Allgaier Don’t be surprised if: “Tony the Tiger” makes his annual run through the summer schedule.
SPRINT CUP: Quaker State 400 presented by Advance Auto Parts SITE: Kentucky Speedway SCHEDULE: Friday, practice (Fox Sports 1, 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.), qualifying (Fox Sports 1, 5:40 p.m.). Saturday, race (TNT, coverage starts at 6:30 p.m., green flag at 7:45 p.m.) NATIONWIDE: John R. Elliott HERO Campaign 300 SITE: Kentucky Speedway SCHEDULE: Friday, qualifying (Fox Sports 1, 3:40 p.m.), race (ESPN, 7:30 p.m.) CAMPING WORLD TRUCKS: UNOH 225 SITE: Kentucky Speedway SCHEDULE: Thursday, qualifying (Fox Sports 1, 4:30 p.m.), race (Fox Sports 1, 8:18 p.m.)
WEEKLY DRIVER RANKINGS — BASED ON BEHAVIOR AND PERFORMANCE JIMMIE JOHNSON Kentucky natives love his beard
JEFF GORDON Say hey to this week’s winner
CARL EDWARDS Road course? What’s next, a luge?
JUNIOR EARNHARDT Third? This really could be his year
KEVIN HARVICK Does his ulcer have a sponsor yet?
BRAD KESELOWSKI Finishes fourth at Kentucky
MATT KENSETH Will eventually win, right?
JOEY LOGANO Seven months younger than Michelle Wie
RYAN NEWMAN Never heard of Michelle Wie
PAUL MENARD Recent runs deserve a nod here
SONOMA REWIND
Team Penske is ready to challenge for the championship Travis Geisler, competition director for Team Penske, told reporters at Sonoma Raceway that the team is on track to challenge for the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship. Brad Keselowski took the title in 2012. Penske switched from Dodge to Ford in 2013. The team, which includes driver Joey Logano, is well ahead of its 2013 performance. Where do you feel your team is right now compared to the same point last season? “Everybody is a whole lot more comfortable
with everybody we’re working with. We know our way around Ford a little bit better now and where the strengths are. Everybody has weaknesses, but the biggest thing is to figure out where the strengths are, and I think there are certainly a lot of those at Ford that early last year we didn’t know how to tap into, and now we’ve been able to work together a little better on areas that they can help us a lot, and I feel like as a company we’re a whole lot more stable. The relationship with the engine company (Roush Yates) was new for all of us.
So I think overall everybody feels pretty good about it. We came out of the gates very strong compared to last year when we had some issues early in the season.” Where do you feel Team Penske is in terms of competing for the championship this year? “I think you’re gonna see about four or five cars. I think if you looked at today, and everything can change by the time we get to there because this deal really ebbs and flows a lot, but I think the No. 4 and the No. 48 are probably the two main targets. I think it will
certainly be a difficult battle, but I think we’re getting ourselves in position and we’re focused on what we need to do for those last 10 races to be the best ones of the year.” The bottom line is you feel despite this Hendrick hot streak that you’re right there with them? “Yeah, I would say that week in and week out we’re there. We’re leading laps. We’re qualifying and we’re getting things done. I think being able to lead a lap in every race this season says that you’re there.”
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Annie’s Mailbox By Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar
Is such behavior acceptable? Dear Annie: My wife and I are in our late 60s and have been married for six years. We were both widowed. We have a great deal in common and are happy together. Our one bone of contention is her daughter. “Justine” is in her late 30s, married and living overseas. Yet every time she visits, she expects to get picked up and dropped off at the airport, despite the major problems that driving both ways can cause for us. Hints that she might want to get a taxi are blissfully ignored. When she comes without her husband, she reverts to being an irresponsible teenager, treating the house and its contents as if she had never left. She comes and goes as she pleases, helps herself to the fridge contents, takes over our cellphone, uses our car without filling the gas tank and hogs the computer to carry on long, loud conversations, all without a thought for the disruption she is causing. Her mother apparently doesn’t see anything wrong with this. Justine has just left after a two-week visit and did not put her hand into her purse once the entire time, not even at the coffee shop. She spent almost half of her visit out of the house, often staying out all night. I hate to see my darling wife taken advantage of like this. Do you think I am being too old-fashioned? Is such behavior acceptable? How can we change this before we have a major argument that will benefit no one? -- Cranky Canadian Dear Cranky: Please talk to your wife about some boundaries regarding Justine. Make concrete suggestions (Justine will take a cab from the airport; she will have restrictions on the use of your computer, cellphone and car, etc.), and ask your wife to agree to enforce these conditions for Justine’s next visit. But we warn you: Unless your wife is willing to put her foot down, nothing will change. If that is the case, please tolerate these visits as best you can, because getting between your wife and her daughter is a lose-lose situation for you. Dear Annie: Forty-two years ago, I married a kind, gentle, caring man. Over the years, however, he became hateful and mean. I spent the past 20 years trying to make it through one more day without spurring his anger, often unsuccessfully. Finally, I asked his doctor to check my husband for depression. His kind doctor prescribed a mild antidepressant. What a change I am seeing! I love my husband like I did 40 years ago and look forward to growing old with him. Please continue to encourage people to see their doctor about depression. Things can be better. -- His Wife Dear Wife: Thank you for the testimonial. Sometimes, depression manifests itself as anger, withdrawal, mood swings or other behavioral problems that are not recognized as depression. We are glad you could communicate the problem to his doctor, who listened and took action that helped. Dear Annie: “Hurt and Disappointed” said she sent money to her deceased sister’s children so they’d have an inheritance from Grandma. She was disappointed not to hear back from them. Even though she said it was “according to instructions,” many people die without a will, and most states’ intestate succession statutes provide that the children of a deceased child inherit their parent’s share per capita. It’s quite possible that these nephews were entitled to one-third of their grandmother’s estate. Please caution people to check the law of their state before they distribute any assets. -- Know Better 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 Walk This Way, Use This Spray Dear Heloise: My NEIGHBOR’S DOG loves to use the sidewalk in my yard for a bathroom. Do you know of something I can spray on the sidewalk to discourage this behavior? -- Margie in Ohio Start with washing the sidewalk with hot, soapy water. Rinse well and let dry. Then generously spray an enzyme-based pet-odor neutralizer on the sidewalk. The dog may keep coming back to that spot because of the smell, but if you remove the smell, it may take care of the problem. But you may need to wash and spray it often. You can check at pet stores for a deterrent spray that you can apply to your lawn and sidewalk if you still are having a problem. Hope this helps. -- Heloise PUPPY PADS Dear Heloise: I bought some of those puppy pads when my dog was younger and was potty-training. I had some left over. The other day, I accidentally dropped a whole glass of juice. Instead of using all my paper towels, I grabbed one of the pads and used it to soak up the majority of the juice. It worked great! I then just had to go over the spot lightly so it wouldn’t be sticky. -- Hailey in Alabama
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Saturday, June 28, 2014: This year you will be more dynamic than you’ve been in the past. Your personal life will take priority. Some of you will be in a position to buy a new home after July. You are likely to see a pay raise head your way this year. If you are single, others find you to be extremely attractive. You have to sort out who you would enjoy relating to and who offers you what you need. If you are attached, the two of you enjoy your life together more and more if you remember to be more sensitive to each other. Re-enact one of your first dates together in order to add more romance to the mix. A fellow CANCER is as temperamental as you are! 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 You might want to understand more of what triggers excitement and unpredictability in your life. If you enjoy this element of the unexpected in your life, then do not worry about it. Your stability comes forth in these situations. Tonight: Happy at home. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH If someone repeatedly seeks the same response, understand that he or she is testing you. You’ll gain unexpected insights, though you could be quite frustrated by this situation. A new beginning becomes possible later on. Tonight: Catch up on a loved one’s happenings. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH You might consider an alternative approach to a situation, especially as you see what is happening on a different level. A child or new friend could become quite rebellious. Try to maintain a more centered, quiet approach with this person. Tonight: Ever playful. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH You could feel tired and pushed to the max. Just the same, you seem to be more stable than you normally are. You have the ability to be direct in how you handle situations and people. A family member could be on the warpath. Tonight: Say “yes” to a pleasing offer. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HH Know when you need to move in a new direction; however, keep your thoughts to yourself for now. You might want to accomplish a lot on your own. If an irate friend or loved one shows up, stay cool. Nothing will be gained by getting angry. Tonight: Choose personal and quiet. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH You could be more confused than you realize. You suddenly might be able to turn a situation around, no matter how unsure you are about your choices. You know what is acceptable, and you won’t opt for anything less. Tonight: Where your friends are. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHH Tension builds to a new level, where you easily could feel like a firecracker. Be conservative with your funds, no matter how great an idea might seem. Remain optimistic about a decision you have yet to make. Just give yourself time. Tonight: All eyes turn to you. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Take news with a grain of salt. You might feel very upbeat right now, and that will encourage a positive response. Check out the details and facts of a situation before you give the OK. Be as clear as possible with others. Tonight: Opt to be entertained. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH You might want to see a situation evolve to where you can relate on a one-on-one level with a friend. You could be low on energy, yet your intuition will tell you to act anyway. You might be amazed at how good you feel once you make a move. Tonight: All smiles. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH Defer to others, and try to get a better sense of direction. The unexpected might occur with a partner, whether you like it or not. A disagreement could evolve out of the blue with someone who is essential to your community involvement. Tonight: Go with a loved one’s suggestion. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH You might want to listen to feedback from someone who is far more serious than you are. You could disagree, but this person will enlighten you about other styles and ways of handling a situation. Consider a trip in the near future. Tonight: Invite friends over.
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Celebrate your town RUSSELL - William Francis Galvin, the Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, has announced the 18th Annual Senior Citizens Art Show. The show is open to all citizens age 62 and over. The theme of the 2014 show is: Celebrate my town. Entries will be accepted from both amateur and professional artists. The artwork will be exhibited at the Commonwealth Museum. The date of the exhibit will be determined at a later date. Professional artists will judge the entries. All medium of art is acceptable (oil, watercolor, ink, pastels, etc.).The size requirements are a minimum of 5” x 7” and a maximum of 18” x 24”. If an artist is unable to mat and frame the entry the Commonwealth will provide matting using basic materials. Please print name, address and telephone number and medium on the back of the artwork. The deadline for entries to be mailed to Boston is August 1, 2014. An Affirmation of Award will be presented to the winning artists in a ceremony held at the Commonwealth Museum at a date to be announced. Before the local entries are sent to Boston, there will be opportunity for the artists to have their works displayed at the Russell Senior Center from July 10-25.Those with interest in having their work displayed at the Russell Senior Center or have any questions, please leave a message at (413)8626205 or e-mail Carrie Florek cfrcoa@g-mail. com
Outdoor Adventure Camp HUNTINGTON - Outdoor Adventure and Exploration Summer Camps will be offered this summer for Gateway students who are currently in grades 4 through 8. Students currently in grades 4 and 5 are invited to the Middle School camp, which will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays from July 8 to July 31. Gateway students who are currently in grades 6 through 8 are also able to attend a Jr. High program, which will run Mondays through Wednesdays from July 7 to July 30. Due to grant funding, the camp fee of $150 does not apply to students on Individual Education Plans or students who qualify for free and reduced lunch. For all others, the full payment is due the first day of camp. Camp registration forms are available in the Middle School and JRHS office.
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lection 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.
Shriners Hospital Fundraiser SOUTHWICK - A fundraiser for Shriners Hospital will be held on Sunday, August 17 at The Cove in Southwick from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. There will be the Melha Clowns, vendors of all types, activities for the kids, music, mobile arcade, dunk tank, raffle and much more. It will be fun for the whole family. Admission is free. For more information, call Wendy at (413) 314-5909.
Shelter Tag Sale WESTFIELD - The Westfield Animal Shelter is now accepting donations for our annual tag sale in August. It’s time for spring cleaning! Donate your unwanted items and help raise money for the shelter. The tag sale will be held on August 22 and 23 at the vacant lot across from the shelter. We are looking for gently used items but please no clothing or televisions. We are able to accept tag sale donations Monday through Friday from noon to 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. .
Summer Tours WESTFIELD - We cordially invite you to tour our beautiful treasure that is Stanley Park. Let us show you the many exciting areas this picturesque park has to offer. Witness what we have accomplished this past year and learn what our goals are for the upcoming year. Walking shoes are recommended for these tours. Tours will be given June through August. Tours start at 9 a.m. to approximately 10:30 a.m. All tours will meet at the Carillon. To make a Tour Reservation, please contact the Stanley Park Office at (413) 568-9312 or send an email request to lfiske@stanleypark. org or christinah@stanleypark.org.
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0315 Tag Sales FLEA MARKET VENDORS WANTED for busy outdoor parking lot in Westfield. Saturdays 93. Call (413)579-2549.
HUGE TAG SALE. 16 FOSTER ROAD, SOUTHWICK. Saturday, June 28, 8-3. Household items, vintage tools and kitchen ware, luggage, some antique furniture, books, etc.
MOVING/TAG SALE. WESTFIELD 11 CLEVELAND AVE. Saturday, Sunday, June 28&29. 8-2. Kids/baby stuff, household items, small pieces of furniture, It all needs to go!
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WESTFIELD 49 APPLE ORCHARD HEIGHTS. Saturday, June 28th. 9-3. Lots of children/baby clothing, housewares, etc. To benefit Walk For Autism.
0340 Apartment BEST VALUE IN RENTAL housing. Wonderful 3 room apartments in central Westfield with parking and air conditioning starting from $600. Call today! (413)562-1429.
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Chimney Sweeps HENTNICK CHIMNEY SWEEPS. Chimney repairs and rebuilds. Stainless steel caps and liner systems. Inspections, masonry work and gutter cleaning. Free estimates. Insured. Quality work from a business you can trust. (413)848-0100, 1-800-793-3706.
Drywall T-BEST DRYWALL. Complete professional drywall at amateur prices. Our ceilings are tops! Call Mike 413-8218971. Free estimates.
Electrician ALEKSANDR DUDUKAL ELECTRICAL. Residential, Commercial, Industrial. Licensed and insured. Lic. #11902. Service and emergency calls. Call (413)519-8875. alexdudukal@yahoo.com POEHLMAN ELECTRIC. All types of wiring. Free estimates, insured. SPECIALIZING IN PORTABLE AND WHOLE HOUSE KOHLER GENERATORS, SERVICE UPGRADES, SMALL JOBS, POOLS. Gutter deicing cables installed. I answer all calls! Prompt service, best prices. Lic. #A-16886. (413)562-5816.
Flooring/Floor Sanding
DAVE DAVIDSON BATHROOM & KITCHEN REMODELING. “GET IT RIGHT THIS TIME” Complete Bath Renovations. Mass. License #072233, Mass. Registration #144831. CT. HIC. #0609568. Now serving CT. Insured. Quality Work on Time on Budget Since 1984. (413)569-9973. www.davedavidsonremodeling.com
House Painting
Masonry
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 !!
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.
A RON JOHNSON’S FLOOR SANDC&N CARPENTRY. Suspended ceilING. Installation, repairs, 3 coats ings, home improvements and remodpolyurethane. Free estimates. (413) eling. Licensed and insured. Call 569-3066. (413)262-9314.
Gutter Cleaning RAIN GUTTERS CLEANED, REPAIRED. Antennas removed, chimneys repaired and chimney caps installed. Roof leaks repaired, vent areas sealed. Sr. citizen discount. Insured. Free estimates. H.I. Johnson Services. (413)596-8859 before 9p.m.
Hauling #1 PHIL'S DUMP RUNS/DEMOLITION. Removal of any items in cellars, attics, etc... Also brush removal and small demolition (sheds, decks, fences, one car garages). Fully insured. Free estimates. Phil (413)525-2892, (413)2656380.
At SANTA FE PAINTING CO. We're your color specialists! Brighten up your home for Spring! Get all your interior painting needs done now. We paint and stain log homes. Call DELREO HOME IMPROVEMENT for (413)230-8141. all your exterior home improvement needs. Roofing, siding, windows, A NEW LOOK FOR 2014. Let Home decks and gutters. Call for free quote. Decor help. Interior painting and wallExtensive references, fully licensed & papering, specializing in faux finishes. insured in MA. & CT. www.delreoServicing the area over 12 years. Call homeimprovement.com Call Gary Kendra now for a free estimate and Delcamp (413)569-3733. decorating advice. (413)564-0223, (413)626-8880. TOM DISANTO Home Improvements The best choice for all interior and exterior building and remodeling. Specializing in the design and building of residential additions, since 1985. Kitchens, baths, siding, windows, decks, porches, sunrooms, garages. License #069144. MA Reg. #110710. FREE ESTIMATES, REFERENCES, FULLY INSURED. Call Tom (413)568-7036.
FRESH START PAINTING. Certified lead renovator. Interior/exterior painting. Power washing. Wallpapering. 30 years + experience. Charlie (413)3138084. KELSO FAMILY PAINTING. Filling summer schedule for exterior painting, interior painting anytime. Call Kyle (413)667-3395.
Plumbing & Heating NICK GARDNER PLUMBING, WELDING & MECHANICAL SERVICES. Professional, reliable service. MA Lic. #PL31893-J. Certified Welding. Insured. Call (413)531-2768 Nick7419@comcast.net
Roofing ONE STOP SHOPPING for all your ROOFING needs! POWER WASHING/CLEANING revitalizing your roof, removing ugly black stains, mold and moss, we’ll make it look like new plus prolong the life of your roof. We do emergency repairs, new construction, complete tear off, ice and water protection barrier systems, skylight repairs. Snow & ice removal. FREE gutter cleaning with any roof repair or roof job. 10% senior discount. Free estimates. MA. Lic. #170091. Call (413)977-5701
J.D. BERRY CONTRACTING. Landscaping/Lawn Care Tractor Services Garages, additions, windows, doors, decks, vinyl siding and more. A SPRING CLEANUP. Commercial, JIM'S TRACTOR SERVICES. Grading & A DUMP TRUCK. Attic, cellars, yard, #CS077728. Call Jim, (413)569-6920, residential. Weekly mowing and main- leveling of driveways & short roads, trap rock scrap metal removal. Seasoned Fire- (413) 530-5430 tenance, tree removal, dethatching, and/or gravel material. Mowing and maintewood. (413)569-1611, (413)374-5377. mulch, gutter cleaning, etc. Shea Land- nance of fields and lawns. Post hole digging. scaping, (413)569-2909. Loader work & loam spread. (413)569-6920, PAUL MAYNARD CONSTRUCTION. (413)530-5430. All your carpentry needs. (413)386-
A.R.A. JUNK REMOVAL SERVICE. Furniture, trash, appliances. Full house cleanouts, basements, attics, yards. Furnace and hot water heater removal. 24 HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE. Free estimate on phone. Senior discount. Call Pete (413)433-0356. www.arajunkremoval.com.
Home Improvement A.B.C. - CARPENTER 18 years experience. Licensed and insured. "No job too big or too small, we do it all." Free estimates, 10% senior discount. Call Dave, (413)568-6440.
ADVANCED REMODELING & CONSTRUCTION. 25 years experience. Licensed and Insured. Free estimates. Call Don (413)262-8283. When Quality, Integrity, and Value count.
JIM FERRIS ELECTRIC. Senior discount. No job too small! Insured, free estimates. 40 years experience. BRUNO ANTICO BUILDING RELic. #16303. Call (413)330-3682. MASTER ELECTRICIAN 40 years experience. Insured, reasonable prices. No job too small. Call Tom Daly, (413)543-3100. Lic# A7625.
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MODELING.Kitchens, additions, decks, rec rooms, more. Prompt, reliable service, free estimates. Mass Registered #106263, licensed & insured. Call Bruno, (413)562-9561.
4606. Did your windows fail with the cold weather? Don't wait another year! Call Paul for replacement windows. Many new features available. Windows are built in CT. All windows installed by Paul, owner of Paul Maynard Construction. My name is on my work.
CORMIER LANDSCAPING. Spring cleanups, lawn service, mulching, retaining walls, excavating, decks, driveways, patios, tree work, stone work. Call (413)822-0739.
Tree Service A BETTER OPTION - GRANFIELD TREE SERVICE. Tree Removal, Land Clearing, Excavating. Firewood, Log Truck Loads. (413)569-6104.
LAWN MOWING, Spring/Fall cleanups, hedge trimming and all your landscaping needs. Also, bobcat & snowplowing AMERICAN TREE & SHRUB. Professervices. (413)626-6122 or visit: sional fertilizing, planting, pruning, caR.J. FENNYERY HOME IMPROVE- www.haggerscape.com bling and removals. Free estimates, MENT'S. Professional roofing & sidfully insured. Please call Ken 569ing contractor. All types of home repairs. Expert emergency leak re- PLUMLEY LANDSCAPE, INC. Call us 0469. pair. Reasonable rates. MA Lic. today for all your landscape needs. #CS066849. MA Reg. #149909. Call Landscape design and planting, irrigation installation and repair, and complete CONRAD TREE SERVICE. Expert Bob (413)736-0276. RJFennyery. yard renovations. Drainage problems, tree removal. Prompt estimates. com stump grinding, chipper service, bobcat Crane work. Insured. “After 34 service, gravel driveways, excavation and demolition, including getting rid of years, we still work hard at being that unwanted pool. (413)862-4749. #1.” (413)562-3395.
Home Maintenance
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, Upholstery lowest prices. Lawn mowing. Residential\commercial. No lawns to small. Weekly, biweekly. (413)330-3917. KEITH'S UPHOLSTERY & REPAIRS. 30+ years experience for home or business. Discount off all fabrics. Get quality YARD CLEANUP, thatching, leaf brush workmanship at a great price. Free removal, hedge/tree trimming, pickup and delivery. Call (413)562mulch/stone, mowing. Call Accurate 6639. Lawncare, (413)579-1639.