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SATURDAY, JUNE 7, 2014

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Council mulls BID dissolution

Juniper parents urge council support of school

By Dan Moriarty Staff Writer WESTFIELD – A group of Juniper Park Elementary School parents spoke during public participation Thursday night linking the taking of Main Street farmland and the construction of a new elementary school, imploring the City Council members to support both issues.

Parents expressed concern that their children will be placed in modular classrooms after June of 2015 after the city vacates the Juniper Park building at the termination of the lease for that property with the state. The building will revert to Westfield State University for its use.

A number of opponents to the taking of the 33-acres of Wielgus Trust farmland and to the construction of a 600-student elementary “mega” school at the intersection of Ashley and Cross streets, petitioned the council members to reject the land taking, an action which will have a dire effect on the future of the school construction project.

The political activation of the Juniper Park parents, Ward 4 residents, creates a difficult position for Councilor Mary O’Connell, who opposes both the Wielgus land taking by eminent domain, and the school construction project.

O’Connell said Friday morning that she has always voted her conscience and has not been swayed by the winds of political convenience during here nine-year tenure on the council.

“I have been opening a dialogue with the Juniper parents,” O’Connell said. “I want them to know that this is not on the City Council. It’s on the School Committee, which signed an agreement to vacate Juniper Park, an agreement which should have not been signed when the school (construction) project is not moving forward quickly. That action will put those kids into modular classrooms.”

Parent Zavras Bentrewicz said she “feels strongly that if the City Council does not vote to acquire that land” Westfield will “be bumped to the bottom” of the Massachusetts School Building Authority project priority list.

“As a voter and tax payer I’m asking you to look to the future. The past cannot be changed,” See Juniper Parents, Page 7

Traffic crosses the newly reopened Pochassic Street bridge Friday afternoon. (Photo by Carl E. Hartdegen)

Pochassic Street bridge open

By Peter Francis Staff Writer WESTFIELD – After four long years, the Pochassic Street bridge reopened Friday amid cheers from residents and city officials alike.

The long awaited $2.9 million project will reconnect the Prospect Hill neighborhood with Elm Street, meaning residents of the Prospect Hill neighborhood will no longer have to use Montgomery and Notre Dame Streets to get into town.

“It was in January 2010, right after the Mayor had been sworn in,” said State Senator Don Humason, Jr. (R-Westfield) of the bridge’s closing, mere days after the start of the Daniel M. Knapik administration.

“The Department of Transportation came in and said ‘We got some bad news – we’ve got to close the bridge. We can’t downgrade it, we can’t weight limit it, we’ve just got to close it altogether.’”

Humason said that city officials and legislators had hoped the bridge might be includ-

ed in the Great River Bridge Project, but that the state had told them no and added that, had the Pochassic Bridge been a part of that project, it would have been completed long before today.

“It took us awhile to convince several DOT secretaries to expedite the project,” he said. “We walked physically a couple of different secretaries up here to view the site and finally R. Bates and Sons was selected two years ago as the contractor, and they did yeoman’s work trying to get this thing open quickly.”

City Engineer Mark Cressotti was on hand for the ribbon-cutting and said that, as a resident of the neighborhood, he has additional cause for excitement, even if it will take some getting used to.

“It’s important for the city. It’s one of only two connectors to a good sized residential neighborhood and it’s been a long time coming,” he said. “It’s significant for Mayor See Bridge Opens, Page 7

DPW to get fenced in

By Hope E. Tremblay Staff Writer SOUTHWICK – The town put out two bid requests for the Department of Public Works (DPW), including one for fencing at the DPW garage on College Highway.

DPW Director Randal Brown said the fencing would help secure DPW equipment stored in the parking lot.

“It would be set back 80 feet from the road behind the landscape trees along College Highway,” said Brown.

Essentially, a large section of the parking lot would be fenced but the public and town employees could still access the DPW garage building through the current entrance

and exit.

“It will be the side and back area that will be fenced,” said Brown. “We’re using the parking area now to store equipment that doesn’t fit in the garage, so this would make it secure.”

The bid calls for the construction of approximately 350 feet of 4-foot high, black PVC coated chain-link fence, two 18-foot wide vehicle gates with operator systems, one 4-foot wide man-entry gate, electrical work, and appurtenances at the DPW garage.

“Town officials will have access through See Fenced In, Page 7

Students sample the world

By Robby Veronesi WNG Intern WESTFIELD – Gelato from Italy. Sausage from Poland.

Rice pudding from the United Kingdom. Crepes from France. Pastelillos from Puerto Rico.

This was just a sampling of the diverse foods, and culture, exhibited by eighth-graders at Westfield South Middle School’s International Food Fair Friday morning.

As part of an assignment made by Social Studies Teacher Jeff Piper, students were required to select a country and bring in a traditional dish to share with the rest of the class.

“We do World History in eighth grade, so this is the end of the year (assignment) where they have to make a recipe from around the world and bring it in,” said Piper. “Most of them go with their ethnic background. Some get one of their family recipes. Some will pick out of a cookbook last minute.”

Students selected and represented multiple countries, including Italy, See Food Fair, Page 7 Poland, Austria, Brazil and France, pictured. (Photo by Robby Veronesi)

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New equipment to improve town water

By Hope E. Tremblay Staff Writer SOUTHWICK – The town is seeking bids on a truck mounted valve operator for the Department of Public Works (DPW).

DPW Director Randal Brown explained that the piece of equipment would help the water division clean and maintain the town’s water system valves, which number in the hundreds.

The bids, due to Town Hall by 2 p.m. on June 18, call for the bidders to furnish and deliver the valve operator, which will be on an expandable arm and controlled by a remote controller/data logger. The unit will also have capabilities of a gas-powered hydro vacuum.

“The vacuum will allow us to collect any dirt and debris that settles in the valve,” said Brown.

While Brown did not know the exact number of valves in the system, he said “it’s quite a lot” and said it is very likely in the high hundreds.

The equipment, which Brown expects to cost somewhere in the range of up to $60,000, will be well used. The funds were See Town Water, Page 7

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By Dan Moriarty Staff Writer WESTFIELD – The City Council members were implored to dissolve the Westfield Business Improvement District by speakers dissatisfied with the role and performance of the organization, and others asked the councilors not to dissolve the organization and to allow it to continue its current function Speakers on both sides of the issue packed the City Council Chambers Thursday night, and stayed, many standing, for more than two hours while BID opponents and proponents alike stepped to the podium to speak.

BID opponents termed the mandatory BID dues “double taxation” and argued that BID was intended to supplement city services to the downtown, not replace them.

Proponents argued that the downtown revitalization effort needs an organization to sustain a “cohesive effort” to improve the downtown district.

Opponents said the BID creates higher expenses for its members, longer vacancies in commercial and residential buildings and results in lower rents from tenants.

Proponents argued that the beautification efforts of the BID have made people feel safer coming downtown and that it has fostered the city center as a cultural and entertainment destination which have brought a substantial number of city residents downtown.

One BID supporter, Ann Woodson, whose family owns an Elm Street property, said she is seeing more pedestrian traffic downtown.

“Before BID the downtown was dirty,” she said. “because of BID the downtown appearance has improved drastically.

“BID is not just for businesses, it’s for all of the residents of Westfield,” Woodson said. “The tangible and intangible benefits far outweigh the cost of what some of us have to pay.”

The petition to dissolve the BID was initiated by a group of businessmen and property owners dissatisfied with the recent change in the law establishing Business Improvement Districts within the state.

That group, led by Ted Cassell, Robert Wilcox and Brad Moir submitted a petition

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Young honored for environmental work WESTFIELD – The Westfield River Watershed Association is pleased to announce that it has chosen long-time board member Mike Young as the 2014 winner of the Richard A. Waite Award for his outstanding environmental service. The Waite Award, established in 1981, is given annually to a person who helps preserve and improve the local environment within the Westfield River watershed.

Richard Waite was a former executive director of the Westfield River Watershed Association.

Since 1999, Mike Young has been a leader of the Westfield River Watershed Association, holding the posts of president, treasurer and secretary. He leads Mike Young WRWA’s efforts to label storm drains on the streets in the watershed to discourage dumping. He coordinated WRWA’s involvement in the Atlantic Salmon Egg Rearing Program (ASERP) in local classrooms and has taken on the Trout in the Classroom (TIC) program, as well.

Young also volunteers for other WRWA events, including annual river cleanups, the annual River Symposium and Kayak Demo Day. He edits WRWA’s newsletter and updates its website regularly.

He is an associate professor at Westfield State University, teaching courses in astronomy, geology and physics. His academic interests include quarternary geology, geomorphology and archaeoastronomy. He enjoys a variety of outdoor activities, including hiking, cycling, canoeing and skiing. He has hiked all 48 of the 4000-foot peaks in New Hampshire’s White Mountains and all 46 peaks of the official list for the Adirondacks, plus the 35 Catskill peaks over 3,500 feet.

WRWA president Brian Conz noted that Mike is an ideal recipient of the Waite Award, bringing his “muddy boots” approach to teaching citizens and his students about the environment and inspiring new generations of watershed stewards.

For more information about the Westfield River Watershed Association, visit www.westfieldriver.org.

Resident to shave head alongside Gronk Westfield resident Timothy Moran has pledged to shave his head to raise money for One Mission, a local non-profit organization that is dedicated to providing support for children and families touched by pediatric cancer. The One Mission Kid’s Cancer “Buzz Off” is taking place on June 8 at Gillette Stadium.

Tim is participating because he is a nursing student and wants to help out in any way he can. (Photo submitted)

Stanley Park hosts Annual Father’s Day Hike WESTFIELD - Our Annual Father’s Day Hike will be held on June 15 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Wildlife Sanctuary Entrance across from the playing fields. Art O’Leary, Mountain Leader and member of the Nature Committee, will guide this hike in the little known regions of the Frank Stanley Beveridge Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary. Hike with ease while Art shares his vast knowledge of the area. Refreshments will be available during the hike. Wear spring hiking attire, good footwear and bring water. For further information, call the Christina Hockenberry in the Development office at (413) 568-9312 ext. 111 or visit www.stanleypark.org.

Odds & Ends SUNDAY

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WEATHER DISCUSSION

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Today will be sunny with highs in the lower 80s.

Tonight looks to be mostly clear with lows in the upper 50s. Expect Sunday to be sunny with highs in the mid 80s. Sunday evening will be partly cloudy. Lows around 60. Monday will likely be partly sunny with highs in the upper 70s.

Woman banned from cartwheeling at meetings PHOENIX (AP) — A Phoenix woman will have to keep both feet on the ground if she wants to speak at any public meetings.

Sixty-five-year-old Dianne Barker told KSAZ-TV this week that she’s been banned from doing cartwheels at meetings held by the Maricopa Association of Governments.

An attorney for the association that oversees regional transportation projects said in a letter to Barker last month that she must “immediately cease performing cartwheels.”

Agency spokeswoman Kelly Taft tells The Associated Press that Barker’s cartwheels are disruptive and a public safety liability.

Barker says she will obey the association’s request. She was a cheerleader in college and says the cartwheels are a way for her to show her passion.

Police: robbery suspect addicted to golf BREMERTON, Wash. (AP) — Police in Washington state say a man suspected of taking $9,200 worth of clubs and other merchandise from the pro shop at Gold Mountain Golf Course had no criminal history, but appears to be addicted to golf.

Bremerton police detectives spotted some of the stolen gear for sale online and arrested the suspect Wednesday in Kirkland.

Police Chief Steve Strachan (stran) said in a news release that robberies are often the result of addictions, but this is the first one police have seen “that looks like a golf addiction.”

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SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) — Something seemed a little bit different about Principal John Becchio as he made his rounds at Santa Barbara High School this week.

Was it the trumpeter? The violinist? Or the guitar and guitarron players? Probably all four.

The mariachi group that greeted Becchio in his office Tuesday morning and followed him around for an hour was a prank played by this year’s senior class.

TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Saturday, June 7, the 158th day of 2014. There are 207 days left in the year.

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n June 7, 1939, King George VI and his wife, Queen Elizabeth, arrived at Niagara Falls, New York, from Canada on the first visit to the United States by a reigning British monarch.

On this date: In 1654, King Louis XIV, age 15, was crowned in Rheims, 11 years after the start of his reign.

In 1769, frontiersman Daniel Boone first began to explore present-day Kentucky.

In 1776, Richard Henry Lee of Virginia offered a resolution to the Continental Congress stating “That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States.”

In 1892, Homer Plessy, a “Creole of color,” was fined for refusing to leave a whites-only car of the East Louisiana Railroad. (Ruling on his case, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld “separate but equal” racial segregation, which it overturned in 1954.)

In 1929, the sovereign state of Vatican City came into existence as copies of the Lateran Treaty were exchanged in Rome.

In 1942, the World War II Battle of Midway ended in a decisive victory for American forces over the Imperial Japanese.

In 1954, British mathematician, computer pioneer and code breaker Alan Turing died at age 41, an apparent suicide. (Turing, convicted in 1952 of “gross indecency” for a homosexual relationship, was posthumously pardoned in 2013.)

In 1967, the Haight Ashbury Free Medical Clinic opened in San Francisco.

In 1972, the musical “Grease” opened on Broadway, having already been performed in lower Manhattan.

In 1981, Israeli military planes destroyed a nuclear power plant in Iraq, a facility the Israelis charged could have been used to make nuclear weapons.

In 1984, the occult comedy “Ghostbusters,” released by Columbia Pictures, had its world premiere in Westwood, California.

In 1998, in a crime that shocked the nation, James Byrd Jr., a 49-year-old black man, was hooked by a chain to a pickup truck and dragged to his death in Jasper, Texas. (Two white men were later sentenced to death; one of them, Lawrence Russell Brewer, was executed in 2011. A third defendant received life with the possibility of parole.)

Ten years ago: A steady, near-silent stream of people circled through the rotunda of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, where the body of the nation’s 40th president lay in repose before traveling to Washington two days later for a state funeral. The Tampa Bay Lightning held off the Calgary Flames 2-1 in Game 7 to win their first Stanley Cup.

Five years ago: Extreme-right parties gained in European Parliament elections, including the first seats won by the all-white British National Party. Roger Federer completed a career Grand Slam, winning his first French Open title by sweeping surprise finalist Robin Soderling 6-1, 7-6 (1), 6-4. The British musical “Billy Elliot” won 10 Tony Awards, including best musical and

a unique best actor prize for the three young performers who shared the title character: David Alvarez, Trent Kowalik and Kiril Kulish. Pop vocalist, musician, songwriter Kenny Rankin died in Los Angeles at 69.

One year ago: President Barack Obama vigorously defended the government’s just-disclosed collection of massive amounts of information from phone and Internet records as a necessary defense against terrorism, and assured Americans, “Nobody is listening to your telephone calls.” President Obama opened a two-day summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Rancho Mirage, California. A gunman killed five people in Santa Monica, California, before police shot him to death.

Former French Prime Minister Pierre Mauroy, 84, died in suburban Paris. Death row inmate Richard Ramirez, 53, the serial killer known as California’s “Night Stalker,” died in a hospital.

Today’s Birthdays:

Movie director James Ivory is 86. Former Canadian Prime Minister John Turner is 85. Actress Virginia McKenna is 83.

Singer Tom Jones is 74. Poet Nikki Giovanni is 71. Actor Ken Osmond (“Leave It to Beaver”) is 71. Former talk show host Jenny Jones is 68. Actress Anne Twomey is 63. Actor Liam Neeson is 62. Actress Colleen Camp is 61. Singer-songwriter Johnny Clegg is 61. Author Louise Erdrich (UR’-drihk) is 60.

Actor William Forsythe is 59. Record producer L.A. Reid is 58. Latin pop singer Juan Luis Guerra is 57. Singer-songwriter Prince is 56. Rock singer-musician Gordon Gano (The Violent Femmes) is 51. Rapper Ecstasy (Whodini) is 50.

Rock musician Eric Kretz (Stone Temple Pilots) is 48. Rock musician Dave Navarro is 47. Actress Helen Baxendale is 44. Actor Karl Urban is 42. TV personality Bear Grylls is 40.

Rock musician Eric Johnson (The Shins) is 38. Actress Adrienne Frantz is 36. Actor-comedian Bill Hader is 36.

Actress Anna Torv is 35. Actress Larisa Oleynik is 33. Tennis player Anna Kournikova is 33. Actor Michael Cera is 26.

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Councilor VanHeynigan: council update Greetings, Citizens of Westfield, It was great to see so many of you join me at recent events in recognition of our city’s – and our nation’s – men and women of the military, including the city’s annual Memorial Day Parade, the program that followed at Parker Park, and the annual Memorial Day Program at Paper Mill Elementary School. We owe our utmost gratitude to these men and women for their sacrifices in their service to our country.

As I am now five months in to my inaugural term on the City Council, there is much MATT VANHEYNIGAN that has been happening over the past several weeks in Council and across the city to write about. Since being sworn into office on January 6, many residents have asked me about how things are going on the Council, and where I stand on the issues, so I will use this column to address some of these issues, and how I’ve been working on my own and with my Council colleagues to address them.

As most of you know, the Council is confronted with passing a FY15 budget for the city in the coming weeks – in the face of growing post-employee benefits, rising health care costs for city employees, and declining local aid from the state – while also advancing the core priorities of the city in service to its residents, who have been increasingly burdened with taxes each year. As a new councilor, I have taken an active role in gaining a more thorough understanding of the city’s finances by attending the meetings of the Finance Committee and asking questions in order to weigh the challenges with the needs the city must provide if we are to sustain ourselves over the long term. The council has recently received a series of significant free cash requests (totaling nearly $500,000), in addition to the $7.5 million bond request for the senior center (which I support). I have real concerns about burdening the city’s taxpayers any further going forward, and about maintaining a healthy stabilization account balance as well. Clearly, these are challenging times for us all, and the debates on these issues in the coming weeks will indeed be challenging, as well – and I hope that you can lend your voice as citizens and taxpayers to these discussions.

I support the $7.5 million bond request for the senior center because I believe our seniors – who represent nearly 20 percent of the city’s population, 2,000 of whom were served by our current senior center in FY13 – have waited far too long for a proper facility that can adequately provide the wide range of services that they require, and that the city is obligated to provide. Council on Aging Executive Director Tina Gorman and her staff have truly done wonders in their current 5,000-square-foot facility, but – speaking from my own firsthand visit there last fall – it is no longer a suitable facility for the population served and scope of services provided. A new senior center, in my view, falls well within the city’s core mission in serving our seniors, and the time to make the senior center a reality is long overdue.

We are at a critical point in determining the future of the city’s educational infrastructure, and its suitability for the needs of our children’s learning in the 21st century. By this time next year, the city will be preparing to vacate Juniper Park Elementary School in order for Westfield State University to pursue its own planned use of the building, which has been a part of their long-term planning for at least ten years.

Meanwhile, two other elementary schools – Franklin Avenue and Abner Gibbs – pose significant repair and heating expenses, and no longer meet the increasingly complex needs of our students and of today’s teaching methods. On a visit last week to Abner Gibbs Elementary School with Principal Maggie Adams, I saw firsthand, in almost every instance, the multi-use and maxed-out use of nearly every usable space in the building, and the lack of any dedicated space to meet the increasing needs for individualized instruction, special needs students, and breakout groups/collaborative learning that is at the heart of instruction in today’s classrooms. Clearly, we are facing a very real need for a new facility to serve a significant portion of the city’s elementary school population. This is a simple recognition of the facts. I believe – as I know many of you do as well – in the future of the Westfield schools, and the important role they serve in educating our students for the future, and the critical role a strong school system plays in helping to attract new growth in the city. For all of these reasons, I support the new school project. As a member of the Legislative and Ordinance Committee in which the order of taking of the Wielgus property – which will allow the school project to move forward – now sits, I hope that there may be a legal resolution to the acquisition of this property by the city, while also providing a fair dollar amount to Ms. Wielgus. This property presents a significant opportunity to allow the school project to move forward, while also creating much-needed recreational space for the city.

As many of you may already be aware, a petition to dissolve the Westfield Business Improvement District (WBID) has been submitted to the City Council. At last night’s (June 5) meeting of the Council, the petitioners and the WBID, as well as many members of the public both in support of and in opposition to

the proposed petition, had an opportunity – over the course of nearly two and a half hours – to present their perspectives on this issue. At the heart of the question of whether or not to dissolve the WBID is the state law that was passed in 2012 making membership in any BID mandatory for any property owner within the district (except non-profit and residential owners, which are excluded from the fee), effectively mandating an additional tax on these owners in the form of an annual BID fee. This followed the establishment of Westfield’s BID in 2006 which, at its outset, had voluntary membership. As the Council voted to close the public hearing on this issue following last night’s discussion, the Government Relations Committee (of which I am Chair, and serve along with Councilor Brian Hoose and Councilor Mary O’Connell) will be meeting prior to the Council’s June 19 meeting to deliberate on this issue and make a recommendation to the full Council, for a vote of the full Council on the petition to follow. I anticipate much deliberation on this issue both in Committee and among the full Council, as much is at stake from both sides of the debate.

On quality of life issues, I have been fielding calls and emails on a range of topics that directly relate to residents’ ability to enjoy a quality of living that residents deserve as taxpayers in the city. In particular on this issue, I am pleased to report that through the Legislative and Ordinance Committee, with the valuable input of the Westfield Police Department, and the support of the full Council, I was able to successfully lead the passage of an ordinance change that has increased the fine for noise violations from $25 to $100. Based on the input I received from many constituents across the city – particularly those who live in neighborhoods where police presence is common for noise infractions – this increase will (hopefully) help our police force to be more effective in maintaining the peace in our neighborhoods that we all deserve.

As life is incredibly busy for many of us, I understand the competing interests at hand that limit the extent to which you can get involved in the decision-making that occurs at City Hall. Nonetheless, it is of the utmost importance that you find the time to follow the issues, ask questions of your elected and government officials, and communicate your views – given the critical issues that touch us all, and the stake we all have in the long-term viability of our city, our schools, and neighborhoods. We need to remind ourselves of the core mission of city government – and the core priorities, including public safety, infrastructure, and education – that we must support in order to ensure the long-term health of our city. At this point, improvement of our infrastructure and investment in the education of our children are clear priorities that I have supported – and will continue to support. I believe that with even more efficient and prudent use of your taxpayer dollars and with new revenue streams from new businesses, Westfield will be able to thrive for years to come. I look forward to hearing from you and welcome your constructive thoughts and feedback to help shape the Council’s decisions, and the direction of the City, into the future.

Sincerely, Matthew T. VanHeynigen City Councilor At-Large Disclaimer: The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not the staff, editor, or publisher of this publication.

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Government Meetings MONDAY, JUNE 9 SOUTHWICK Board of Appeals at 7 pm

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

WESTFIELD

License Commission cancelled Finance Committee 6p.m.

GRANVILLE

Monday Night Meetings at 7:30 pm

TUESDAY, JUNE 10 RUSSELL Planning Board at 6 pm

TOLLAND Council on Aging at 9 am Conserv Comm Open Office Hours& Business Meeting at 12 pm

WESTFIELD Finance Committee 6p.m.

Conservation Commission at 6:30 pm Governmental Relations committee 6:30 p.m.

HUNTINGTON

Historical Commission at 7 pm

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COMMENT People gathered in front of a barricade at the regional administration building in Donetsk, Ukraine Monday, April 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Andrey Basevych)

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Clinton Library memos show debate over climate tactics

By Darren Samuelsohn Politico.com A high-stakes internal Clinton White House debate over climate change is spelled out in two memos released Friday by the Clinton Library that feature the president’s own handwriting notes in the margins.

The October 1997 memos — circulated just two months before crucial U.N.-led talks that led to the landmark Kyoto Protocol treaty — outline several potential negotiating positions that the U.S. was considering taking.

They include support for the creation of a trading market for carbon credits and strategies to pressure China, India and other developing countries into ultimately accepting binding cuts on their own greenhouse gas emissions.

One approach outlined in an Oct. 4, 1997, memo from several top Clinton advisers, including then National Economic Council head Gene Sperling, suggested taking a ‘two-step approach’ in Kyoto in which the U.S. would seek agreement among industrialized countries but not seek to implement it until negotiations with developing countries concluded in “several years, at a minimum.”

“This is better,” Clinton wrote in the margins next to the approach, which was also favored by the State Department, Energy Department and his environmental advisers.

Another section dealing with developing countries includes more of Clinton’s famous left-handed scribble, including that the U.S. “must” consider pushing for emission targets on countries like China and India that are less stringent than those for developed countries. Clinton also underlined a suggestion that the approach “might include a ceiling on costs.”

Clinton’s advisers, outlining their ideas for the president just days before a White House summit on climate issues, also noted the potential political obstacles ahead from industry, labor groups and Congress.

“Aggressive approaches would expose us to well-financed campaigns — by major corporations and labor unions — that demagogue our policies as excessively costly and as a large energy tax increase,” wrote Sperling and several other aides, including Kathleen McGinty, who was serving as chair of Clinton’s Council on Environmental Quality.

Clinton ultimately agreed at the Kyoto talks to cut U.S. emissions 7 percent below 1990 levels as part of the larger international treaty that established a global carbon trading market but no mandatory limits on emissions from developing nations. Then-Vice President Al Gore helped negotiate the final agreement and Clinton signed it, but the Senate never considered its ratification.

A former Clinton aide who worked on climate issues, reflecting on the memos’ release Friday, noted the irony that the U.S. nearly walked out of the Kyoto conference because of European opposition to carbon emissions trading.

Later, under the George W. Bush administration, with the U.S. sitting out Kyoto negotiations, European diplomats embraced the market-based approach to tackling climate change and slammed Washington for ignoring the issue.

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The country’s future hinges on one question: Does an ultra-rich political class always mean corruption?

By CHRYSTIA FREELAND Politico.com Ukraine’s crisis has had us reaching for our Sam Huntington or our Henry Kissinger. We have tended to understand the conflict either as the latest chapter in the clash of civilizations, or as an exercise in realpolitik.

But the most consequential driver of the struggle is economic, and a particular economic event at that—the wild east privatization in the former Soviet Union in the 1990s. In both Ukraine and Russia, the legacy of that period was kleptocracy. The turbulent events of the past six months have been driven by two big and divergent reactions to that kleptocracy.

It started with the Maidan revolution last fall, and the decision of millions of Ukrainians to overthrow their kleptocratic regime.

Astonishingly, they succeeded. But their victory was a threat to the kleptocracy next door, prompting Vladimir Putin’s annexation of Crimea and his continued effort to destabilize and delegitimize the shaky new Ukrainian authorities.

The irony is that in order to preserve their state in the face of this Russian aggression, Ukrainians are turning to the only powerful figures left after 20 years of kleptocracy—their oligarchs. If eastern Ukraine successfully resists the Russian-inspired and -funded separatist movement, it will only be because the regional oligarchs have decided to back Kyiv. And Kyiv itself will be ruled by Petro Poroshenko, a confectionary magnate known as the “chocolate king,” who will be inaugurated on Saturday after being elected as president with support from across the country.

The big question for Ukrainians—and for the Western states that have stood with Kyiv—is whether Ukraine’s oligarchs will now be willing to set aside their narrow self-interests and devote themselves to state-building.

Many of the precedents are not encouraging. Victor Yanukovych, the ousted president, used his reign chiefly to amass a fortune for himself and his family. Yulia Tymoshenko, a presidential candidate and former prime minister, was an energy oligarch before she went into politics. Ukrainians respect her for opposing Yanukovych— and for serving more than two years in prison as a result. But, largely because of suspected economic self-dealing in the gas trade with Russia, she is distrusted by many, earning just 12 percent of the vote in the presidential election.

And, of course, there is Putin himself. The Kremlin chief owes his political ascent to Russian public outrage at the rise of the oligarchs during the Yeltsin era, and he began his presidency by cracking down on them. But rather than replacing Yeltsin’s pluralistic oligarchy with the rule of law, Putin created his own, authoritarian version of kleptocracy—just as his Ukrainian protégé, Yanukovych, was trying to do.

But there is reason for hope, too. Kakha Bendukidze was one of Russia’s junior oligarchs during the Yeltsin era. In the late nineties, however, he went home to Georgia and became one of his native country’s leading economic reformers. He is now advising the Ukrainian government. Mikhail Khodorkovsky was the arch-oligarch of the Yeltsin era, and Putin made an example of him by expropriating his company and sending him to prison. He was released a few months ago, and is becoming a leading voice for democratic reform in the former Soviet Union. When he travelled to Kyiv in March to address the Maidan—a movement whose raison d’être was to liberate Ukraine from its kleptocracy— Khodorkovsky received a hero’s welcome.

Poroshenko himself put political values ahead of business interests by joining the Maidan in early February, when its victory was far from certain. That not only jeopardized his Ukrainian business interests—Yanukovych, after all, was still in charge—it also prompted the Kremlin to retaliate against his considerable sales and production inside Russia. That risky choice is why Poroshenko won.

Another precedent is our own history. Western capitalist democracy emerged because, at critical turning points, our own plutocrats, whether they were the feudal lords of the Magna Carta or the American robber barons of the interwar years, decided that a ruleof-law state was better for them—and everyone else—than rule by one autocrat, or by an angry rabble.

As it happens, that was actually the theory behind post-Soviet privatization. Russian and Ukrainian reformers, and their Western backers, didn’t set out to create kleptocracies. They knew the transfer of wealth would inevitably be messy and unfair. But their assumption was that once private property had been created, the new owners would manage the assets better than the Soviet state had done, and that they would eventually become a powerful political force in support of democracy and the rule of law.

Anatoly Chubais, the architect of privatization in Russia, described how he thought things would work out to his friend and colleague, Sergei Kovalyev, a former dissident and leading liberal politician in the 1990s. “They steal and steal and steal,” Chubais told Kovalyev. “They are stealing absolutely everything and it is impossible to stop them. But let them steal and take their property.

They will then become owners and decent administrators of this property.”

It didn’t quite work out that way. Even after they got rich, most of Russia’s oligarchs judged that continuing to manipulate the rules of the game in their own favor was a more lucrative strategy than fighting for a level playing field and effective state institutions.

Their greed paved the way for Putin, who replaced Yeltsin’s chaotic and competitive oligarchy with a top-down kleptocracy.

Yanukovych wanted to follow suit. His effort to establish fullblown Putinism impoverished and humiliated ordinary Ukrainians.

It also threatened many Ukrainian tycoons, who were all too aware of how Putin had exiled, imprisoned and expropriated many of the Yeltsin-era super-rich. The oligarchs’ consequent ambivalence about Yanukovych is one reason the Maidan was able to triumph over Ukraine’s would-be strongman: After government snipers shot and killed dozens of protesters, even his elite support melted away.

In the fairytale version of Ukraine’s uprising, an unsullied democrat—a Nelson Mandela or a Vaclav Havel—would be waiting in the wings to take over the post-revolutionary state. But Ukraine doesn’t have any dissident heroes handy, partly because the Maidan was explicitly about a self-organized civil society taking action and consciously rejected political parties and charismatic, individual leadership.

Butwith an irredentist Russia on the move, Ukraine needs new leaders now. Thanks to the messy history of the past two decades, the people most likely to have the money, institutional support,

networks and even the managerial skills to step up to that challenge immediately are the oligarchs.

Nowhere is that clearer than on the border between the eastern regions of Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk, an unmarked and previously barely noticed demarcation that has become the front line in the fight for Ukraine. In late May, I travelled to both cities.

The governor of Dnipropetrovsk oblast, or administrative unit, is Igor Kolomoysky, a small, burly, jolly and bearded mathematician whose economic empire ranges from co-ownership of Ukraine’s largest commercial bank to media to metals and mining.

Kolomoysky has been active in the Jewish community, but before the Maidan he was not otherwise particularly involved in national politics.

When Yanukovych fled, he left behind a state apparatus that was either deeply corrupt, or just melted away. Kolomoysky agreed to serve as governor of his home region. He describes himself as a “Jewish banderite,” a joking allusion to the term “banderites” that the Kremlin uses to label today’s Ukrainian leadership as rightwing extremists. The bookshelf in his reception foyer displays two volumes by Taras Shevchenko, the 19th century Ukrainian serfturned-poet and national hero, and a Russian translation of Barack Obama’s “Dreams From My Father”. The emblem of the Crimean Tatars, a beleaguered ethnic minority of around 250,000 people in Crimea who have been strongly opposed to the Russian takeover, is on display next to his desk.

Under Kolomoysky’s leadership, Dnipropetrovsk is well-organized and well-defended. During Yanukovych’s presidency, the Ukrainian government’s coercive branches were systematically staffed with Russian agents, some of them actually citizens of Russia, and, like the rest of the state, riddled with corruption.

In Dnipropetrovsk, Kolomoysky replaced the regional government leadership—one of his deputies jokes, “we are a government of millionaires.” He recruited thousands into a new police force and national guard. He and local business leaders have topped up government salaries, particularly for the police and national guardsmen. He offered a $10,000 bounty for turning in “little green men,” as Ukrainians call the Russian irregulars who took over Crimea and have been pushing into the east and south.

On election day, Dnipropetrovsk, a Russian-speaking city a few miles from the town where Leonid Brezhnev was born and educated and a key center of the Soviet military-industrial complex, was aflutter with blue and yellow Ukrainian flags—on cars, on apartment balconies, on backpacks, braided in women’s hair—and I saw dozens of billboards inviting men to enlist in the national guard.

To prevent the election from taking place, separatists in neighboring Donetsk stole and destroyed ballot papers and threatened the lives and families of election commissioners. But, working with local business leaders, Dnipropetrovsk established new government structures in four districts along its border with Donetsk, and voting took place normally there. Kolomoysky flew in ballots on a charter plane whose manifest said it was coming from Turkey—some Russian informants work at Ukrainian air traffic control, Dnipropetrovsk officials believe, and they feared the government airplane that was meant to deliver the forms to Donetsk would be shot down. As a further disguise, the ballots were loaded into half a dozen hearses and thus distributed around the districts.

The city of Donetsk is 250 kilometres east of the city of Dnipropetrovsk and the two oblasts border one another, but that three-hour drive has become the distance between war and peace.

When I visited Donetsk the day before the presidential vote, government authority had vanished and the only men with guns were irregulars wearing the orange and black ribbons of the separatist forces.

The city was outwardly calm—grandmothers accompanying children to tennis lessons at the Victoria Hotel’s courts, newlyweds taking pictures outside the spectacular soccer stadium built for the 2012 Eurocup, foreign correspondents popping in to local yoga classes during their downtime. But it was clear the separatists were the city’s only coercive authority. They were strong enough to prevent any elections in the regional capital and had begun looting, which they called “tax collection.” The fighting that broke out the day after the ballot already felt inevitable.

Kolomoysky faulted Rinat Akhmetov, one of Ukraine’s richest men, whose home base is Donetsk, for the lawlessness. A week earlier, Akhmetov had sided openly with independent Ukraine, bringing out his steelworkers in nearby Mariupol to prevent a separatist takeover. I saw a billboard in central Donetsk that read “A happy Donbass in a United Ukraine — Rinat Akhmetov.”

(Donbass is the region encompassing Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, the easternmost parts of Ukraine.)

But Kolomoysky worried Akhmetov had stepped in too late. “It was up to the oligarchs to take charge and rebuild the state,” he told me in his office in Dnipropetrovsk, where the first floor had been turned into a live election broadcast center. “We had the most at stake.”

One economic threat is Russia. Poroshenko’s considerable Russian assets are already in jeopardy. Kolomoysky, who publicly described Putin as “a short schizophrenic” after the invasion of Crimea, and was subsequently criticized by name by the Russian leader, is particularly vulnerable. But Kolomoysky also fears a popular revolt against capitalism and capitalists.

“The Maidan was a revolution against kleptocracy. We oligarchs need to show that we can make Ukraine work or we will lose everything,” he said. The Donbass separatists, he believes, posed an even greater threat: “They have already started talking about ‘taxing’ Akhmetov and nationalizing local business. They want it to be 1991 all over again.”

This is exactly what the post-Soviet economic reformers back in the early 1990s hoped would happen—businessmen, motivated by their own stake in market democracy, defending it.

Ukrainians today are extraordinarily idealistic—they believe in what they call their “dignity revolution,” and many of them are even prepared to die for it. But they are not naive. After 23 years of trying to build a post-Soviet state, and their very recent experience, with the 2004 Orange Revolution, of a democratic uprising that ended with a whimpering return to kleptocracy, they worry that today’s nation-building oligarchs could be tomorrow’s corrupt authoritarians.

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Police Logs WESTFIELD Emergency Response and Crime Report Wednesday, June 4, 2014 10:34 a.m.: larceny, Union Street, a resident came to the station to report his shop vacuum cleaner was stolen from his garage, the responding officer reports the complainant said that he suspects that a mobile crew which came to detail a neighbor’s car may have packed up the shop vac when they left; 12:23 p.m.: assist merchant, Springfield Road, a caller from a Springfield Road department store reports a group of protestors is expected, the caller said that the same protestors had been protesting at another store in the chain when a disturbance ensued, a supervisory officer reports he spoke with representatives of the store and three person passing out leaflets and explained the rights of each faction, the management representatives asked the protestors to leave and they complied; 1:44 p.m.: larceny, East Main Street, a detective reports that he was advised of a shoplifter in an East Main Street department store, the detective reports that store employees said they observed the man who is believed to have stolen from the store in the past acting as if he was going to steal again and when he was accosted he was found to have merchandise valued at $171.93 concealed in his coat, the detective reports he recognized the man to be a known heroin addict and he was found to be in possession of many small plastic bags with a white powder residue, he was also found to be the subject of three outstanding warrants, Nicholas Turner Patty, 28, of 247 Dorset St., Springfield, was arrested for shoplifting by asportation, possession of a Class A drug and on warrants issued by the Westfield, Holyoke and Springfield courts; 2:12 p.m.: officer wanted, Main Street, a caller reports a bank customer was handed a note by a woman asking that police be called, see story in the Friday edition of The Westfield News; 6:12 p.m.: found property, Main Street, an employee of a pizza shop surrendered an American flag which fell from a utility pole, the flag was stored for safe keeping; 7:53 p.m.: suspicious person, Russellville Road, a caller reports a purple van stopped on her road and when a sliding door opened a male party pointed what appeared to be a gun at her residence, the woman said that she believes the weapon to be a BB gun and said that she found no damage, the caller said the van stopped at a nearby house and did the same thing, the responding officer reports the suspect vehicle was not found, a caller subsequently reported that a vehicle matching the description had been seen at an East Main Street restaurant, the responding officer reports the youths in control of the vehicle denied any knowledge of the incident and allowed a search of the vehicle which did not reveal any contraband; 8:56 p.m.: larceny, Springfield Road, a caller from a Springfield Road department store reports there adult shoplifters fled in a described vehicle, the responding officer reports the car was stopped by West Springfield police, the suspects were identified, merchandise was recovered and criminal complaints were filed; 8:51 p.m.: motor vehicle violation, Springfield Road, a patrol officer reports a routine check revealed that the owner of a vehicle seen operating was the subject of an outstanding warrant, the vehicle was stopped and the operator was found to be the owner, Donna M. Strand, 49, of 1731 Carew St., Springfield, was arrested as a fugitive from justice and on a Connecticut warrant; 10:32 p.m.: found property, Hampden Street, a caller reports finding a mountain bike in his backyard, the responding officer transported the bike to the station for safe keeping; 10:34 p.m.: officer wanted, Russell Road, a caller reports an intoxicated guest is creating a disturbance and will not leave, the responding officer reports the young man was deemed to be too intoxicated to care for himself and he was placed in protective custody.

Thursday, June 5, 2014 9:56 a.m. : fire, Highland View Street, a multiple callers report a utility pole is a fire, tri-response dispatched, the responding officer reports power was interrupted in the area as firefighters extinguished the fire and G&E workers repaired the failure, the fire was extinguished and control of the scene was handed over to the G&E at 10:39 a.m.: 10:14 a.m.: suspicious activity, Westfield VocationalTechnical High School, 33 Smith Avenue, a school resource officer reports that he was advised by a student that the youth had received a ransom demand, the SRO reports the issue appeared to be a common current scam and the person allegedly in danger was found to be safe; 2:16 p.m.: vandalism, Powdermill Village, 126 Union St., a caller reports two tires on her car are flat, the responding officer reports he observed multiple punctures in each flattened tire on the vehicle which had been parked at the apartment complex, the victim said she

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knows of nobody who bears animosity toward her; 3:41 p.m.: violation of a protective order, Henry’s Trailer Park, 868 Southampton Road, a caller reports her husband violated a protective order, the responding officer reports the complainant said that her husband called her from the county jail in violation of the ‘No contact’ clause of an active abuse protection order; 4:41 p.m.: breaking and entering, Southampton Road, a caller from a Southampton Road business reports that his business was broken into the night before, the responding officer reports the caller said that he arrived to find his work table had been disturbed and he investigated to find an open rear window, the man said that nothing appears to be missing and his review of his security video does not show the intruder removing anything, the officer reports the video will be reviewed by city detectives; 5:03 p.m.: narcotics violation, East Silver Street, a caller from a rehabilitation facility reports a client is in possession of a crack pipe which he refuses to surrender, the responding officer reports he arrived to find a wheelchair bound resident hold-

Court Logs Westfield District Court

Thursday, June 5, 2014 Ryck Crabtree, 23, of 19 Sackett St., pleaded guilty to charges of assault and battery and intimidating a witness brought by Westfield police and was sentenced to two concurrent one year terms in the house of correction with credit for time served. A charge of kidnapping was not prosecuted.

Jessica Berrelli, 29, of 1 Mallard Lane, Southwick, saw a charge of assault and battery brought by Southwick police dismissed at the request of the victim.

Dean T. Szostek, 21, of 63 Stoney Lane, submitted to facts sufficient to warrant a guilty finding for a charge of operating an uninsured motor vehicle brought by Westfield police and was placed on probation for three months. He was found to be responsible for a number plate violation and was assessed $35.

He was found to be not responsible for a charge of negligent operation of a motor vehicle. In a second case also brought by Westfield police, Szostek was released on his personal cognizance pending an Aug. 7 hearing after he was arraigned on charges of breaking and entering a building in the nighttime with intent to commit a felony, malicious destruction of property valued less than $250 and possession of a burglarious stool.

Nikolay K. Forishin, 23, of 476 Loomis St., saw charges of operating an uninsured motor vehicle and operating a motor vehicle with suspended registration brought by Southwick police dismissed upon payment of $50 in court costs.

Victor Morales, 36, of 140 Union St., pleaded guilty to a charge of disorderly conduct brought by Westfield police and was fined $50. He was assessed $50.

Michael P. Walker, 32, of 91 Torrington St., Windsor Locks, Connecticut, submitted to facts sufficient to warrant a guilty finding for a charge of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of liquor brought by Southwick police and the charge was continued without a finding with probation for one year.

He was assessed $350, ordered to complete a Driver Alcohol Education Program at a cost of $817.22 and his license was suspended for 45 days. A charge of negligent operation of a motor vehicle was not prosecuted and he was found to be responsible for a charge of failure to signal.

Lumarie Sanchez, 20, of 24 E. Silver St., saw a charge of operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license brought by State Police dismissed upon payment of $50 in court costs. She was found to be not responsible for charges of operating a motor vehicle without a valid inspection sticker and operating a motor vehicle without a license in her possession.

Nicholas T. Patty, 28, of 247 Dorsey St., Springfield, pleaded guilty to charges of shoplifting by asportation (a third offense) and possession of a Class A drug brought by Westfield police and was sentenced to two concurrent six month terms in the house of correction. In a separate case also brought by Westfield police, Patty (with an address at 247 Broadway,

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ing something in his hand which he surrendered to the officer who recognized it as a crack pipe, the officer also noted crystals of what appeared to be crack cocaine on the man’s lap, the man said that he had gone outside to smoke crack and had consumed his supply, the man said what the officer saw on his lap was merely residue, a search of the man revealed an additional rock of crack as well as additional paraphernalia, the man was transported by ambulance to an alternative facility and a criminal complaint was filed; 5:41 p.m.: breaking and entering, Meadow Street, a caller reports his home was broken into in the past few days, the responding officer reports the caller said that he recently fond that a window in a rarely used room had been broken and someone had apparently entered his apartment, the caller said that the window was known to be intact May 30 and nothing appears to have been stolen; 6:26 p.m.: assist citizen, a patrol officer reports a resident asked for assistance removing property from an address where See Police Logs, Page 7

Springfield) was held in lieu of $100 cash bail pending a Nov. 20 hearing after he was arraigned on a charge of attempting to commit a crime.

Aixa Melendez, 44, of an address restricted by the court, saw a charge of operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license brought by State Police dismissed upon payment of $50 in court costs.

Gabriel Seda, 36, of 10 W. School St., 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 with probation for three months. He was assessed $50 and found to be not responsible for a charge of speeding.

Dennis Koshechko, 30, of 92 Great Plains Road, West Springfield, was ordered to stay away from the named victim when he submitted to facts sufficient to warrant a guilty finding for a charge of wanton destruction of property valued less than $250 brought by Westfield police and the charge was continued without a finding with probation for three months. He was assessed $50 and a charge of breaking and entering a vehicle in the nighttime with intent to commit a felony was not prosecuted. A charge of trespass was dismissed upon payment of $100 in court costs.

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RELIGIOUS LISTINGS Montgomery Community Church Main Rd PO Box 309 Montgomery,MA 01085 Pastor Howard R. Noe Ph. # 413-862-3284

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

Church starts at 9 a.m. with fellowship following with coffee and whatever is brought in by the people. We are starting our 15th year and blessed by God. Sunday the topic is; “Living in truth as a person that belongs to God.” The text is Ephesians 5:15-20. We will have children’s church directly following the children’s message. The children will go over to the Town Hall and enjoy learning about God. This will be available for ages 4-12.

Men’s Bible study will be at the pastor’s home at 1126 Huntington Rd. Russell, MA. (Crescent Mills) The study will be Tuesday evening at 6:30 PM. Women’s study meets on Tuesdays at the Pastor’s house @ 10 am.

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

First Congregational Church of Westfield 18 Broad Street Westfield MA 01085 Rev. Elva Merry Pawle, Pastor Carrie Salzer, Director of Children and Family Ministries Allan Taylor, Minister of Music Office Hours: Mon. - Fri. 9 –1 568-2833 Email:Office@churchonthegreen.org www.churchonthegreen.org Worship Service: Sundays 10 AM Fellowship Hour 11:00 AM Childcare Available -Handicap Accessible This Week at First Church Sunday, June 8, 2014 10:00 AM Worship Service 11:15AM Personnel Meeting/Parlor Monday, June 9, 2014

7:00 PM Line Dancing Wednesday June 11, 2014 1:00PM Bible Study Thursday, June 12, 2014 10:00AM-11:30AM Trauma Mama Meeting Friday, June 13, 2014 9:30AM-11:00AM Play Group Southwick Congregational Church United Church of Christ 488 College Highway – P.O. Box 260 – Southwick, MA 01077- 413-569-6362 06/08/14-06/14/14 Rev. Bart Cochran - Minister JUNE 8, 2014 - 10:00 AM– Worship Service - Rev. Bart Cochran - Minister, Music – Voice Choir; Nursery Available; 11:00 AM Coffee Hour; 3:30 PM O.A. Meeting; JUNE 10, Tuesday – 6:30 PM Bell Choir, 7:00 PM Boy Scouts; - JUNE 11, WEDNESDAY – 9-1:00 PM Henrietta’s Thrift Shop – Open.; 7:00 PM Adult Choir;7:00 PM T.O.P.S.: . JUNE 12 THURSDAY – 6:30 PM – Mid-Week Worship Service; 7:00 PM – All Church Committee Meetings; JUNE 13 -

FRIDAY: 9-1:00 PM – Henrietta’s Thrift Shop – Open; 6:00 PM O.A. Meeting, 7:30 PM - A.A. 12 Step Meeting; JUNE 14 SATURDAY: Thrift Store Open 9 – 1:00 PM.; 6:00 PM Strawberry Supper 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 First Tuesdays of the month - Healing & Holy Eucharist at 6 pm Wednesdays - Holy Eucharist & Healing at Noon The Rev. Nancy Webb Stroud, Rector Sunday, June 8 THE DAY OF PENTECOST 8 am Holy Eucharist 10 am Holy Eucharist, Children’s Word, Cribbery 7 pm Westfield Little League Board Mtg. Monday, June 9

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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

8-9 pm AA Meeting Tuesday, June 10 9:30am – 5:30 pm Farm Share Pickup Wed., June 11 Noon Healing & Holy Eucharist 7-8:30 pm OA Meeting 7 pm Westfield Girls’ Lacrosse Board Mtg. Thursday, June 12 4:30-5:30 pm WW Meeting 7:30-9 pm NA Meeting Friday, June 13 4:45-5:45 pm Music Together (Infant-5) 7pm West Coast Swing Dance Class Saturday, June 14 11:00- 12:30 AA Women’s Fellowship Sunday, June 15 TRINITY SUNDAY 8 am Holy Eucharist 10 am Holy Eucharist, Last Children’s Word, Cribbery Upcoming Tues., June 17 5:30 pm Potluck Supper Sat., June 21 10 am Prayer Shawl Ministry Thursday, June 26 Strawberry Festival on front lawn

Strawberry Supper WESTFIELD — Strawberry Supper at Second Congregational Church Saturday, June 21, 2014.

Serving will be at 5:30pm.

Menu will consist of Ham, Turkey, Cole Slaw, Gelatin Salads, Baked Beans, Potato Salad, Rolls and Strawberry Shortcake. Tickets are $11.00 for adults and $5.00 for children under 10. Reservations may be made by calling the church office at 568-7557.

Church is located at 487 Western Avenue, Westfield.

Healing Services SOUTHWICK — On Sunday, June 22, at 3:00 pm there will be a Healing Service with anointing and laying on of hands at Christ Church United Methodist in conjunction with Southwick Congregational Church. This will be a joint effort by both churches. Rev Bart and Pastor Ron Jackson will be officiating. All are welcome.

The Church is located at 222 College Hwy, across from CVS. We are handicap accessible.

Old Fashioned Picnic Dinner CHICOPEE — Grace Episcopal Church, 156 Springfield St., Chicopee announce their monthly dinner to be held Sat. June 21st at 5:30. Our picnic will include hot dogs,hamburgs,potato salad,beans, beverage and watermelon ice cream. $10.00 adults, $5.00 guests 5 to 12.

RSVP (leave message) Joan 413-592-3596 or Dave 413592-5621. Also, reserve July 12th for our Tag/Bake sale from 9 to 3. Full lunch menu will be available.

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Left to right: State Senator Don Humason, Jr., State Representative John Velis, and City Advancement Officer Joe Mitchell assist in cutting the ceremonial ribbon on Pochassic Street Bridge Friday (Photo by Peter Francis)

Bridge Opens Continued from Page 1 Knapik – it was closed a week after he took office – and I’m sure he feels really good seeing it open. It did take a long time, but things do take time.”

City Advancement Officer Joe Mitchell called the bridge reopening a “great day for Westfield.”

A temporary pedestrian walkway was installed at the Pochassic Street Bridge as contractors renovated the structure in 2013. The state Department of Transportation closed the bridge in 2010 after inspectors found it unsafe. The $2.7 million project was awarded to R. Bates & Sons of Clinton. (File photo by Frederick Gore) A temporary pedestrian walkway was installed at the Pochassic Street Bridge as contractors renovated the structure in 2013. The state Department of Transportation closed the bridge in 2010 after inspectors found it unsafe. The $2.7 million project was awarded to R. Bates & Sons of Clinton. (File photo by Frederick Gore) “It’s the completion of a very long project,” he said.

“Important measures were taken in the interest of safety. The job is complete while also preserving some important historic aspects to this bridge.”

“We first worked on the historic arch while the permitting was being approved for working over the railroad,” said Joe Spinelli, owner of R. Bates and Sons. “We got the final approval for the railroad somewhere in February 2013, and started demolition in March. We erected a temporary pedestrian bypass to get people safely over the tracks.”

“So here we are, 14 months later, not too bad for working over the railroad and a real tough winter that we fought through,” he said. “There’s a lot of utilities that cross this bridge – we had to build a temporary bridge for the Verizon conduits and wires that went across. There was a lot of communication between the gas company and city water. We pushed as hard as we could since the weather broke.”

State Representative John Velis (D-Westfield) joined in on the ribbon cutting, and while not in office when the project began, recognizes what the project’s completion means to residents.

“It’s great. It’s convenient for them (Prospect Hill residents), not to mention for all the businesses around here,” he said, stating he’s heard from business owners that the bridge closure was impacting them. “It’s a great day for the city and the people of Ward 1, and it keeps and preserves a lot of historical aspects, too.”

Business owners in the general vicinity are equally enthused about the reopening.

“It’s going to give exposure for our business that we once lacked,” said Donna Shibley, owner of Pilgrim Candles on Union Avenue. “It’s going to alleviate a lot of traffic that has been caused by this bridge being closed.”

“It affected a lot of us. We’re celebrating our 60th year, and I looked at the closing as a wonderful thing, actually,” said Mike Tierney, owner of Tierney Insurance of North Elm Street.

“The worst thing that could’ve happened is if nothing happened, and we lived with the same thing forever and ever. To have this happen in my lifetime is exciting.”

Ukraine yet to be dismantled. With their whiff of mob rule, they make the West nervous. But many Ukrainians see this permanent protest as an essential reminder to their new government that the revolution was about changing the system, not putting new people in charge of the old one.

With our hunger for simple, personalized narratives, we in the West were uncomfortable with the Maidan’s lack of a heroic leader or a clear political program (that was one reason so many bought into the Kremlin-peddled specter of a far-right takeover). But that was actually the point.

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to the City Clerk, which under state law, could lead to the dissolution of the Business Improvement District which was established in 2006.

Under that state law (MGL Chapter 400, Section 10) the City Clerk, upon verification of the petition, must schedule a public hearing before the City Council. The City Council, following the public hearing hearing can vote to either maintain or dissolve the BID organization.

Many of the BID opponents made a decision to “opt out” under the original 1994 state law which allowed businesses and property owner not to participate in the BID and exempted them from BID dues.

Those owners and businessmen feel they were shanghaied into the BID, and its dues, when the law was changed in 2012.

“It was voluntary (membership) when BID was formed in 2006,” Attorney Brad Moir, whose offices and property are located on Broad Street within the BID boundary, said. “The 2012 amendments changed all of that. In 2013 BID voted to force all owners who opted out to join, but (the opted-out owners) did not have the right to vote because they were not members.”

That circumstance led to the petition drive, with signatures representing 57 percent of property owners within the district and the public hearing Thursday night to dissolve the bid.

The opponents argued that much of the property within the district is exempt from the BID dues, including municipal buildings, churches, non-profit groups and residential buildings with three or fewer apartments.

“The overwhelming majority who do pay fees, 67 percent, don’t want this,” Wilcox said.

Cassell, who was a member of the BID Board of Directors until he resigned, said there are no “benchmarks to measure the progress of BID” in the revitalization of downtown.

“There has been a huge investment, of private and public money, that has changed the look of downtown,” Cassell said.

“It really has nothing to do with BID.” “Property owners have given BID eight years to prove itself,” Cassell said. “Now 57 percent of them are asking you to dissolve BID.” Patrick Berry, the owner of the Westfield News and a BID proponent, said he invested his life savings to purchase the business located on School Street.

“Community newspapers can only thrive and survive if there is a vibrant community,” Berry said. “Westfield is on track to becoming a great community. BID is the mainstay of that process.”

Barbara Trant of Westfield On Weekends (WOW) said that group is “distressed about dismantling BID” and that BID has been a “vital partner “ in giving “day-to-day support and services” to WOW and its events.

“Without BID, WOW will not be able to function as in the past,” Trant said. “BID contributes time, resources and financially to sustain a diverse calendar of events.”

The City Council referred the issue to its Government Relations Committee, which includes At-large Councilor Matt VanHeynigan, chairman, and members Ward 4 Councilor Mary O’Connell and Ward 3 Councilor Brian Hoose, for further review and to present a recommendation on a course of action to the Full City Council.

Continued from Page 1 This cultural assignment has been a big hit with the students over the years, according to Piper.

“Anytime there is food, they love it,” said Piper. “The other (class) went Wednesday, so they got a chance to see it and I think they got excited after.”

“This is usually their favorite project of the year (and) it has been like that for all the previous years,” he said. Students receive grades on their decorations, which need to be handdrawn, as well as characteristics including a displayed recipe and having properly proportioned samples for people to try.

As fun a job as it was for Piper to sample all the foods, picking a favorite proved to be a bit more difficult.

“There’s a lot of good stuff. We had a lot of drinks today, which was kind of cool,” said Piper. “The most interesting one was a Saudi Arabian drink. I had never had that ever before, so that was cool. A lot of the Russian and Ukrainian food is really good. They make a lot of good desserts.”

Ethnic delicacies such as British rice pudding highlighted the foods presented by eighth-grade students at Westfield Middle School South Friday morning. (Photo by Robby Veronesi)

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Tom Smith, a Holyoke resident whose family owns a Cross Street property, refuted Bentrewicz’s assertion.

“The MSBA regulations has no mention that (Westfield) has to go to the back of the line,” Smith said. “All that has to be done is to change the (school project) location and Alice (Wielgus) will not lose her land.”

Elli Meyer said she moved her family to Westfield 14 years ago because of the quality of the city’s school district. Meyer said that she is in “support of the model school because (elementary school) classrooms are outdated and overcrowded.”

Robert Braceland, a proponent of the new school project, said, “I wish we could just move forward. Good schools are mandatory to be good citizens. These are tough decisions, but we need to do the best for today and tomorrow.”

Another school proponent said, “I have a daughter with special needs. We need a school that works for my kids, a place where they can grow. What they don’t need are modular classrooms.”

Barbara Rokosz, an opponent of the Wielgus land taking, said the property is not needed to provide additional youth athletic fields and that fields existing today are underutilized.

“I hope the councilors tell the truth, that taking this land does not mean the school will be built,” Rokosz said.

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Continued from Page 1 the gate with a punch code,” said Brown, adding that there reserves the right to formally waive any informality in or to would be a gate on both the north and south sides of the fence. reject any or all bids, or to accept any bid in which in their The fuel island located in the town’s public safety complex on opinion, is in the public interest to do so.

Depot Street is set for relocation to the DPW garage. The police, fire and DPW departments use the fuel pumps for town vehicles.

“That will also be within the fenced area,” said Brown.

Brown estimated the cost of the fence in the range of up to $40,000. Funds were appropriated for the current fiscal year.

Bid documents may be obtained at the Board of Selectmen’s Office during normal working hours, which are Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.. A pre-bid meeting will be held on June 11 A large section of the Southwick Department of Public Works at 2 p.m. at the DPW Garage on 661 College Highway. All bids parking lot would be fenced but the public and town employees for this project are subject to the provisions of Massachusetts could still access the DPW garage building through the current General Laws Chapter 3, Section 39M as amended and must be entrance and exit. The fence would be located on the west side of submitted to the town by June 18 at 2 p.m. the front trees, left, and continue the length of the paved lot All bidders shall furnish with their bid a bid guarantee in the which would protect the vehicles. (Photo by Frederick Gore) form of a bid bond, cash or a certified check, treasurer’s check or cashier’s check issued by a responsible bank or trust company in the amount of 5 percent of the total amount of the bid and Continued from Page 1 made payable to the Town of Southwick. Performance and payappropriated as a capital item in the current fiscal year budment bonds, in the full amount of the contract price, will be get. required of the successful bidder.

“The water department is very excited about this,” he said.

Wages are subject to Massachusetts minimum wage rates as per MGL Chapter 149, Section 26 to 27D, inclusive. Owner “That department will be trained to use it, however, they do not need a license to operate it.”

The valve operator includes a remote control that helps increase the safety of personnel.

Continued from Page 4 Bid documents may be obtained at the Board of Selectmen’s Office during normal working hours. All bids for this project Mustafa Nayyem, the Muslim Afghan they can have a new state without politirefugee journalist whose Facebook post cians–Poroshenko’s electoral mandate is are subject to the provisions of Massachusetts General Law triggered the protests, told me the stronger than that of any previous Ukrainian Chapter 30, Section 5 and 6, as amended. All bidders shall Ukrainians who spontaneously gathered to president. But they realize Ukraine won’t furnish with their bid a bid guarantee in the form of a bid bond, cash or a certified check, treasurer’s check or cashier’s check form the Maidan had one condition when, be saved by a single charismatic figure. a couple of days later, opposition politicians The Maidan toppled a kleptocracy. Its issued by a responsible bank or trust company in the amount came to join them: no party symbols or job now will be to keep the new oligarchs of 5 percent of the total amount of the bid and made payable slogans. Hromadske TV, or Community in charge honest. This second act will to the Town of Southwick.

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he is no longer welcome, the officer reports that the man was able to gather some of his possession and advised that ownership of the contentious items would have to be determined in civil court; 6:27 p.m.: suspicious activity, Apremont Way, a caller reports two teenaged youths in an empty lot with shovels and a wheelbarrow may be stealing soil, the responding officer reports the two young men said that they had the permission of the property owner to use soil from the lot to construct ramps for their bikes, the officer reports the boys could not name the owner, his address or contact information, the boys were told to leave the property until they can get verifiable permission from the owner and they complied; 7:41 p.m.: disturbance, Colonial Pine Acres, 50 Southampton Road, a State Police emergency dispatcher reports an open line 911 call in which yelling voices could be heard, the responding officer reports he found a highly distraught woman with red marks and swelling on her face and head who said she and her two young children had been visiting a friend when a man who had been her boyfriend until recently barged into the apartment and an argument ensued, the woman said that the man slapped and punched her face and head and searched for her cell phone

which he destroyed when he found, the man had left the area and Holyoke police were advised that he might return to his home in that city, criminal complaints were filed and the Department of Children and Families was notified of the incident the children had witnessed; 7:55 p.m.: accident, Park Square, a caller reports that a tractor trailer unit knocked down some of the posts which encircle Park Square, the responding officer reports three posts were knocked over, the officer was unable to find the truck but the caller had made a note of the trailer’s registration number; 10:46 p.m.: burning complaint, High Street, a caller reports a neighbor has a fire in a fire pit, the responding firefighters report the resident was advised to extinguish the fire and complied; 11:09 p.m.: trespassing, municipal playground, Hubbard Street, a caller reports persons in the spray park are making excessive noise, the responding officer reports 6-7 highschool-aged youths were found playing frisbee in the park and were advised that city parks and playgrounds close at dusk so they were trespassing, the youths left the playground without incident.

Continued from Page 5 Timothy R. Broden, 24, of 4 St. Paul St., was enjoined from abuse of the named victim when he was released on his personal recognizance pending an Aug. 7 hearing after he was arraigned on a charge of assault and battery brought by Southwick police.

Zachary R. Brunneau, 25, of 627 Randall Road, Ludlow, was held in lieu of $1,000 cash bail after he was arraigned on three charges of breaking and entering in the daytime with intent to commit a felony and three charges of larceny of property valued more than $250 brought as two cases by Westfield police.

Timothy J. Abbott, 24, of 66 Larchwood St., West Springfield, pleaded guilty to a charge of shoplifting merchandise valued more than $100 by asportation and was placed on probation for two years. Judge Thomas H. Estes stipulated that, if Abbott is in compliance with the terms of his probation, it may be terminated after one year. In a second case also brought by Westfield police, Abbott pleaded guilty to a charge of shoplifting by asportation.

Shannon R. Pepin, 32, of 406 Ashley Road, was released on her personal recognizance pending a July 16 hearing after she was arraigned on a charge of larceny of property valued more than $250 brought by Westfield police.

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Health care has been a heated topic since the 1950’s, and the reforms under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act have caused both uproar against and enthusiasm in support. If anyone who is high school aged is interested in writing, please have them email the Student Coordinator, Devon Kurtz, at wnstudentthinktank@gmail.com.

As part of our mission to provide readers with varying thoughts on key topics, we reached out to local students in our area to create this column we call the Student Think Tank. Each month local students from our area will share with you their thoughts on a wide variety of topics. If you are a student, or know one, who would like to be involved please e-mail patrickberry@thewestfieldnewsgroup.com

Devon Kurtz 10th Grade Westfield High School In 2010, when “Obamacare” was passed by Congress, conservatives across the country responded with uproar. The ideas behind universal health care and health care reform are noble, but the implementation of it is the issue. In Massachusetts, our state has required health insurance since 2006. State governments should be determining what is best for their individual states, as the situation of health care is not the same in Alabama as it is in California, and the federal government should be providing incentives for states to require health insurance and provide for those who cannot afford minimal plans instead of trying to tackle the issue itself. Most conservatives are not against individual states reforming health care, as it allows a more locally run and directed plan, versus the distant and sometimes disconnected federal government trying to force health care reform into a cookie-cutter for the entire country. As with most federal programs, it is a work in progress.

healthy to pay for expanded healthcare. Obamacare also can be considered unreasonable because all members of an age group are required to pay the same cost, whether or not they are sick. Obamacare is especially needed by older individuals, who are at higher risk for obtaining sicknesses. When many older people buy into the policy, it largely increases the price for healthy people of the same age. This policy leads to healthier individuals avoiding buying into the program because, as soon as the amount of ill people in their age group increases, their health insurance cost is going to escalate. Many people have this mindset on the policy, and therefore, are discouraged from participating, leading to fewer healthy participants. A large amount of Americans oppose Obamacare for this reason, and most are in favor of an Affordable Care Act that they have control over themselves. Obamacare has also created issues regarding job loss. Many Americans find it easier to cut back on the amount of hours they work because they can receive health care outside of their work. Businesses are also cutting hours of their employees in order to fend off paying for their employees’ coverage. Overall, the requirements of Obamacare can be viewed as irrational, considering many healthy individuals are being charged more than they should be for extensive coverage that is unneeded.

Ellie Dufraine 10th Grade Westfield High School Clearly in 2014, the nation has not yet hoisted itself from the great bowels of economic recession, and suddenly, clear parallels can now be drawn between President Obama’s seemingly Socialist strategy for recovery and Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal of the early 1930’s. In the case of Roosevelt, Keynesian Economics and the outbreak of World War Two helped jog American industry back to life after the Great Depression, but that raises the question; in this day and age, would the benefits of an economic strategy of high deficit spending outweigh the inevitable damaging effects to follow?

In March of 2010, President Obama passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) also known as Obamacare. The main goal of Obamacare is to create a simple, nation-wide plan including an array of new benefits and rights protecting the public from harsh clauses often included in small health insurance plans (i.e. health insurance policies, under the PPACA, would no longer be able to turn away people with preexisting health issues). Unfortunately, Obamacare is only in theory an asset to the nation’s fiscal policy, as it severely limits treatment methods available to the people it covers, and in order to fund it, billions of dollars would be cut from pre-existing government aid programs, such as Medicare. Also, the promises of affordable healthcare do not include the effects on the medical care-givers, and Obamacare may be extremely damaging to an entire (and expensive) industry reliant on the full payments of its clientele. Obamacare further extends the reach and powers of the Federal Government, and although it has a pure goal to provide fair health insurance to the hardworking citizens of America, it is hard to predict which aspect of American life the government will seek to control next. In conclusion, the PPACA is theoretically a wonderful effort to guard Americans from the nit-picky insurance policies that deny hundreds of people their right to a healthy life, yet Obamacare is inherently destructive to the nation, as it cuts spending from equally helpful government programs, restricts healthcare methods, and gives the Federal Government too much power in determining the lives of American citizens.

Alex Gearing 10th Grade Westfield High School Obama Care is one of the most controversial government institutions in recent memory, many oppose it and support it for many reasons. While small business owners and middle class workers disapprove of Obama Care (National Health Care Act) or the Affordable Health Care Act, because they can provide themselves with health care and their employees at a cheaper and more effective rate. Giving them more coverage in specific work related accidents and more power over what the plan will entail. On the flip side a lot of Blue Collar workers approve of Obama care for cheaper coverage to them and more extensive care. This seems good and dandy but the issue I have is that when one person is injured the people who are not have to pay for said person. And those with poor economic situations need the help of those who are better off. This policy hurts business owners and middle class workers alike. In some cases those who are unable to pay large sums have to pay anyway.

Obama Care is good on paper but when put into practice it is a failure and needs to be reevaluated. If time and resources are managed properly then Obama Care could become a truly great system.

Marissa Katsounakis 10th Grade Westfield High School The concept of Obamacare is widely debated in America because the benefits of the program are at the expense of several problems. A program that is created to make healthcare more affordable, therefore lowering the price of coverage, relies on the participation of everyone; included in this participation would be younger people who are not at as great of a risk for major health issues. Those who do not need extensive medical coverage are being charged, under Obamacare, a price that is much higher than they need.

Although it is important to make sure older, higher-risk people are able to afford extensive medical coverage, it is unreasonable to require someone who is young and

Ben Jury 10th Grade Westfield High School Despite its good intentions the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or more commonly known as Obamacare, has developed flaws and has failed to accomplish what it was intended to do; make health care affordable for middle and lower class Americans. The basic goal of the act was to make President Obama’s ten essential health benefits more accessible to all Americans. In order to get all Americans their health care the act forces large corporations to provide health insurance, prohibits insurance companies from denying coverage or dropping a client because of illness or a preexisting condition, and taxes citizens who do not qualify for Medicaid and have not purchased health insurance. Although the bill is attempting to better the quality of life of Americans its many flaws have made it extremely ineffective. The large corporations who are required to provide health care have found that it is cheaper to pay the penalty than provide the care. Also, many insurance agencies have been forced to terminate accounts because they do not cover all ten essential benefits, and the replacement plan is significantly more expensive. A great deal of political turmoil has surrounded the bill since it was passed; largely because of the controversial tax on citizens without health care. Despite the fact that Obamacare is attempting to make a healthier and safer country citizens should not be penalized for not buying an expensive insurance plan with assets that are of no use to them.

Ultimately, the Affordable Care Act has many good intentions but it still has many issues and holes that must be mended before it can be effective and truly do what it was intended to do; make a healthier and safer America.

Billy Cordes 10th Grade Suffield Academy ObamaCare, typically referred to as the Affordable Care Act (ACA), has been a major topic of discussion among American families regarding its effectiveness and its loopholes.

The fact that it allows a very wide range of citizens to have a certain degree of healthcare and health insurance is an accomplishment. But there are specifics that can be pointed out as flaws. Because citizens can sign up for it at any time, it has created an issue for people staying un-insured until the last possible hour. If you have no coverage and you become diagnosed with a disease, you will need treatment that will be expensive.

Instead of people paying for insurance premiums indefinitely, they could opt to just sign up for coverage, knowing the costs will be taken care of by the Act. When a citizen doesn’t have insurance, they must pay a fine of about 95 dollars when they file their tax return. This fine is much less than the actual insurance program’s cost.

This contributes to last minute sign-ups. Nonetheless, there is a detail in the Act forgiving residents if they lose there job. If they aren’t on any insurance plan and they are fired, they will not be fined for three months. There are a few more benefits to the Act than we realize.

Children can stay on their parents plan until they are 26 years old. This is beneficial to those who are still matriculated in school at that age. You cannot be denied for pre-existing conditions. You will be accepted no matter what, if your state has accepted the bill. Over half of our states have chosen to either postpone or deny the exchange of the bill. The exchanges are being pushed back because many of the conservative states realize the long-term costs of it. Even with these setbacks, it has allowed 10 million Americans to be covered through this Act. Even though there are some flaws with the plan, it is a step in the right direction for helping all Americans to obtain healthcare.

James Sabatino 10th Grade Wilbraham & Monson Academy The idea of having a universal health care plan that is cheap and effective is a truly heartwarming idea. In small scale, this idea seems marvelous and fool proof, however, when one attempts to toil with this idea on a nationwide level as President Obama did the negative effects of it become obvious. Usually, when an experiment fails the inventor of it stops and figures out what went wrong and determines how it could be improved. In Obama’s case, his experiment, the Affordable Health Care Act, failed. Instead of logically pausing to determine what could be improved, Obama insisted that this idea was perfect, and should continue to be standard procedure to this day. In fact there have already been forty appeals by republicans in the House of Representatives to abolish this detrimental act, wistfully, they have all been in vain, this can be chalked up to the democratic majority in the House.

Some may wonder what exactly is bad about the Affordable Health Care Act, besides the fact that it is unconstitutional to force an American to pay for something they do not desire; the new act mandates large companies such as UPS to cover a wider range of insurance options. Since companies have to cover more options, they have had to lay off numerous workers just to account for their increased insurance costs. One may question what is so bad about having to pay for additional options, well when companies seek to buy health insurance for their workers; they aim to buy an insurance that is pertinent to the risks of their workers. A simple analogy would have to buy avalanche insurance for your car while you live in Arizona. In UPS’s case, they have had to drop spouse insurance for nearly 15,000 workers; simply because that is the bare minimum of what the new health care act requires. It seems difficult to afford healthcare if you have been laid off because of the “Affordable” Health Care Act. Not to worry, one can simply receive Medicaid from our government. Unfortunately, only 69% of doctors will accept Medicaid, according to a recent study by the Center for Disease Control. Also, Medicaid only covers 60% of what private health insurances cover. Now the thought comes to one’s mind, “What is so ‘affordable’ about the Affordable Health Care Act?” The whole idea of the Affordable Health Care Act is to make the lives of US citizens easier by reassuring them that they will be insured in times of need. However, when the living standards of US citizens plummets because of what our government unconstitutionally forces citizens to pay for one begins to realize that the idea of universal health insurance is a terrible idea that has been poorly executed.

REMINDER: If anyone who is of high school age and has an interest in writing, please email the Student Coordinator, Devon Kurtz, at wnstudentthinktank@gmail.com.

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THE WESTFIELD NEWSSPORTS Tigers end 5-game skid with 6-2 win over Red Sox Westfield’s Luke Chlastawa delivers a pass. The Bombers will need all hands on deck to try and snare the WMASS/ CMASS crown Saturday. (Photo by Chris Putz)

Underdogs seek fairy tale finish

By Chris Putz Staff Writer WESTFIELD – Knocking Longmeadow boys’ lacrosse from its pedestal perched high atop Western Massachusetts is in itself a memory made to last a lifetime. What will Westfield do for an encore?

No. 4 Westfield, fresh off a stunning 9-8 upset of topseeded Longmeadow in the WMass/CMass is now just one step away from clinching a championship crown.

All the Bombers have left to do now is take care of business against another tough opponent, No. 3 Shrewsbury (19-4). The two teams will meet in a Division 2 final Saturday at Foley Stadium in Worcester at 5 p.m.

“I think it’s going to be a great game,” Westfield coach Mark Cavallon said. “They’ve got some big athletic defensive players, an All-American goalie, strong midfielders, and forwards who’ve got moves and good sticks.”

“I told the guys it’s going to be like looking in the mirror,” Cavallon said. “We’re both riding a wave of momentum.”

Shrewsbury was also not expected to advance against one of the region’s other perennial favorites, St. John’s (19-2).

Apparently, this fairy tale ending featured more than just one Cinderella team.

“Trophy or not, we are the Western Mass. champs,” Cavallon said. “We are the only Western Mass. team standing, and we beat the top seed.”

It was the first time in five years that Westfield beat Longmeadow, and only the second time in 10 seasons. The Bombers were winless against the Lancers for several decades, more than 30 years, until a victory over their rivals in 2005.

“These guys work hard, they push each other and know that good things will happen,” Cavallon said. “Coaches have only had to say things once (this season). (Our players) get it. They grasp it and do it.”

Now all the Bombers have to do is reach a little farther to grab hold of the state’s WMASS/CMASS crown.

CHASING PERFECTION: Another historic event will take place when the top-seeded Westfield High softball team takes the field in a Division 1 semifinal game Saturday at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

The Bombers (21-0) are attempting to keep their unbeaten season intact while chasing a championship berth.

Westfield will have to get by fourth-seeded Minnechaug (15-6). First pitch is at noon.

Westfield’s Noah Swords (25) and goalie Jake Cupak, rear, protect the goal. The Bombers boys’ lacrosse team is seeking one more big defensive effort when they face Shrewsbury in the D2 championship Saturday at Foley Stadium in Worcester at 5 p.m. (Photo by Chris Putz)

Westfield High School boys’ lacrosse coach Mark Cavalon delivers a speech to his Bombers’ squad. (Photo by Chris Putz)

LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT (AP) — Ian Kinsler and Torii Hunter hit back-to-back homers in the fifth inning and Victor Martinez cleared the fences in the eighth, helping the Detroit Tigers beat the Boston Red Sox 6-2 and end a season-high five-game losing streak.

Drew Smyly (3-4) allowed two runs on five hits over six innings. He struck out four and walked only one.

Ian Krol and Joba Chamberlain each threw an inning of scoreless relief and Joe Nathan pitched the ninth in a non-save situation with a four-run lead.

Rubby De La Rosa (1-1) gave up four runs, nine hits and two walks. He had five strikeouts over 5 2-3 innings.

Boston has lost four straight after winning seven in a row.

Detroit had lost 13 of 17 games, including the previous four, since sweeping the Red Sox on the road a few weeks ago.

Smyly snapped a skid of his own. He was 0-2 in his last two starts, giving up a total of nine runs over nine innings, and was 0-3 in his previous six outings.

Brock Holt led off the game with a single off Smyly and Xander Bogaerts followed with double that nearly cleared the left-center field wall to make it 1-0.

Detroit shortstop Andrew Romine tied the game with an RBI double in the third.

Martinez gave the Tigers a two-run lead in the fourth inning with a sacrifice fly and they could have scored even more runs in the four-hit inning if Miguel Cabrera did not make a baserunning error. Cabrera was on first base with no outs when Martinez hit a drive to rightcenter, and he rounded second base by the time he knew center fielder Jackie Bradley Jr. caught the ball, leading to an easy double play.

Kinsler and Hunter cleared the fences during a threepitch sequence in the fifth, giving the Tigers a 4-1 lead.

The Red Sox pulled within two runs in the sixth when Dustin Pedroia reached on Romine’s throwing error, advanced to third on David Ortiz’s single through the right side against a shifted infield and scored on Jonny Gomes’ sacrifice fly.

Martinez sent a soaring shot over the left field wall in the eighth inning off Chris Capuano and backup catcher Bryan Holaday followed with a triple, chasing the Red Sox reliever after just six pitches. Austin Jackson followed with a sacrifice fly to give Detroit a four-run cushion.

NOTES: Red Sox hitting coach Greg Colbrunn is expected to stay hospitalized in Cleveland for at least another week after he had bleeding in the area between his brain and the thin tissues covering it. Tim Hyers, Boston’s minor league hitting coordinator, is filling in for Colbrunn while he’s away from the team indefinitely. ... Tigers SS Eugenio Suarez was held out of the lineup to rest his sore left knee and manage Brad Ausmus said he is “hour to hour,” when asked for timetable on his return. ... The Tigers will send RHP Max Scherzer (6-2) to the mound against Red Sox LHP Jon Lester (6-6) on Saturday in a nationally televised game. ... Boston RHP Clay Buchholz (left knee) is scheduled to throw a simulated game Saturday in Detroit, where Mike Napoli, who is on the DL with a sprained left finger, is expected to hit against him. ... Red Sox OF Shane Victorino (hamstring) took batting practice Friday. ... Detroit outrighted IF Danny Worth to Triple-A Toledo after he cleared waivers.

Riding club celebrates 75th anniversary

By Robby Veronesi WNG Intern WESTFIELD – The Westfield Riding Club celebrated a major milestone this year and they certainly know how to throw a party.

The club’s 75th anniversary celebration was featured at its annual 4-H and Open Spring Horse Show on their five-acre property on Fowler Road near the Southwick line Sunday.

The horse ring was filled throughout the day as about 75 riders and about as many horses appeared for the event, making this year the largest turnout in the event’s history, according to show coordinators.

“I’m really excited. First of all, my volunteers are rock stars,” said Sarah Bonini, club president and show manager. “They have been with me through thick and thin. I couldn’t do it without them. Just to be able and do this for everyone else. This is for the people that are here.”

She would know. As a former show rider herself, Bonini started to ride in the same arena when she was 4-years-old and has been passionate about horses ever since.

Since its inception in 1939, the club has put on a show twice a year to allow riders from across western Massachusetts and northern Connecticut to participate in multiple competitions in many categories.

“It’s for these kids to be able to get out here

and enjoy themselves just like I did when I was a kid,” said Bonini. “It comes full circle for me. For this to be the 75th and to have the

amount of people here having fun – that’s everything to me.”

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Mayor Daniel Knapik presents a citation to Sarah Bonini, president of the Westfield Riding Club, in recognition of the club’s 75th anniversary. (Photo by Robby Veronesi)

member of the club for three years and won first place with her horse, Copper, in several events, including a new event for the team, Open Driving Reinsmanship.

“He’s really good, no problems at all. That’s why I was so comfortable coming here,” said Fenton. “I love this show so much. It’s just so nice to see so many people here.”

Sunday’s show has proven the club’s growth. The club boasts about 45 members, meets monthly from April to December and continues to grow and expand across the area.

Families and their horses came to Westfield from as far away as Gill in Franklin County and from areas of northern Connecticut.

“It was large when I was young, then it kind of died off a little bit,” said Bonini. “We’ve got this resurgent crop of kids of people my age that are now showing and riding. We’re getting a large group of that next generation coming through now to keep it strong, which is huge.”

Throughout the year, the WRC will conduct trail rides and other events across western Massachusetts.

Later this month, they will host trail rides at Beartown State Forest in Monterey and October Mountain State Forest in Washington.

More information can be found on their website: www.westfieldridingclub.org.

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Kings’ Doughty is a presence in Stanley Cup finals

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — When Drew Doughty joined the Los Angeles Kings, he could walk around town unnoticed.

Almost nobody at the supermarket or on Manhattan Beach realized this slightly pudgy teenager was the No. 2 overall pick in the NHL draft, bound for hockey stardom.

After six dynamite seasons with the Kings, including a Stanley Cup title and two Olympic gold medals, the perk of anonymity is all but gone for the defenseman who has led the Kings toward another championship this spring.

“It’s changed drastically,” Doughty said wistfully. “I don’t know if I like it better or not. For sure, I don’t like it better, actually.

“Back in the day, we could roll in anywhere, and there’s no way anyone would know who you were, no possible way. Now, it seems like everywhere we do go, we are getting recognized.”

The hockey world is getting another up-close look at Doughty as Los Angeles chases its second title in three years, and Doughty is proving he can handle any scrutiny. He has been at the top of his limitless game during the Kings’ drive through the postseason heading to Game 2 of the Stanley Cup finals against the New York Rangers on Saturday.

Doughty is a favorite for the Conn Smythe Trophy as the NHL’s playoff MVP, leading all defensemen with 17 points in 22 postseason games while playing nearly 28 minutes per night.

He is the Kings’ fifth-leading scorer and their defensive backbone, playing on both ends of the rink with a furious energy that isn’t always present during the regular-season grind.

Doughty played a major role on both ends of the scoreboard in the finals opener. His overaggressive mistake led to a firstperiod goal for the Rangers, but he answered with a spectacular individual play for the tying goal in the second period, toedragging around Derek Dorsett and beating Henrik Lundqvist with an expertly placed shot.

“He’s a great player, and he made a great play on that,” Dorsett said. “We know what he’s capable of doing.”

Although Doughty was a dominant defenseman by his second NHL season, earning a Norris Trophy nomination and a gold medal at 20, his development hasn’t been smooth.

His mental approach to hockey has always been precocious, and he still plays largely on instinct. He still needed a few years of experience — and the help of coach Darryl Sutter — to turn into the game-dominating defenseman currently positioned to keep the Kings in contention for another decade.

His teammates are no longer surprised by Doughty’s abilities, which he developed on the rinks of London, Ontario.

Doughty started out as a two-way center, but switched to defense early on when one of his hockey camps ran short on defensemen.

“I’ve never been on a team where I’m at the top of any one single attribute, except my mind,” Doughty said. “I think the game well. I study the game well. I’m always watching other people to see how I can get better.”

That studious approach is easy to miss when Doughty is playing with the fire that he demonstrated in the Cup finals opener. Doughty lost his temper after the officials missed a New York stick hitting him in the face, and he got even angrier when he was whistled for his own penalty moments later.

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In this May 24, 2014, file photo, Los Angeles Kings defenseman Drew Doughty celebrates his goal against the Chicago Blackhawks during the third period of Game 3 of the Western Conference finals of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup playoffs in Los Angeles. Doughty once loved playing for the Los Angeles Kings because he could live unnoticed in a nonhockey town.

But after two Olympic gold medals and a Stanley Cup title, the Kings’ defenseman has lost his anonymity. Now he’s intent on adding second ring during an electrifying postseason run.

(AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)

“Maybe instead of just yelling at them, I can just talk to them, or just completely ignore it,” Doughty said. “But when I’m mad, I’m playing better hockey myself. I like being fired up.”

Doughty is increasingly ranked among the game’s best defensemen in recent years, but his versatility leads to multiple comparisons. Sutter sees elements of Chris Chelios’ game in Doughty, while others cite Scott Niedermayer and Nicklas Lidstrom.

“Not many guys in the league can do what he does,” Kings captain Dustin Brown said. “He has an impact on everybody on the ice when he’s playing at his best. The other team has to watch him all the time when he takes charge like that. It’s good to have him on your side.”

Doughty has five years left on his contract with the Kings, and he sees no reason why they won’t be a Stanley Cup contender every season and beyond. After years of patiently assembling young talent around Doughty and Anze Kopitar, the Kings are loaded.

At the ripe old age of 24, Doughty has been around long enough to know success beats anonymity every time.

“A lot of us that are on this team right now were on the L.A. Kings when they weren’t a very good team, and it was a frustrating time,” Doughty said. “To finally turn that around and now come to the rink happy knowing you have a chance to win every night, confident you’re going to win every night, it’s a great feeling.”

Tuesday, June 3 WMASS/CMASS D2 BOYS’ LACROSSE SEMIFINALS No. 4 Wesfield 9, No. 1 Longmeadow 8 Saturday, June 7 WMASS D1 SOFTBALL SEMIFINALS No. 1 WHS (21-0) vs. No. 4 Minnechaug (15-6), University of Massachusetts-Amherst, noon Saturday, June 7 WMASS/CMASS D2 BOYS’ LACROSSE CHAMPIONSHIP No. 4 Westfield (17-3) vs. No. 3 Shrewsbury (19-4), Foley Stadium, Worcester, 5 p.m.

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Tuesday, June 3 WMASS D2 SOFTBALL SEMIFINALS No. 1 Hampshire 3, No. 5 Southwick 0

GATEWAY REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Wednesday, June 4 WMASS D4 BASEBALL SEMIFINALS No. 3 Hopkins Academy 6, No. 2 Gateway 5

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away — — 8-2 W-6 19-13 19-11 Toronto 38 24 .613 6 — 4-6 W-2 13-16 18-13 New York 31 29 .517 6½ ½ 4-6 L-2 11-13 19-16 Baltimore 30 29 .508 Boston 27 33 .450 10 4 6-4 L-4 15-17 12-16 14 8 1-9 W-1 13-16 11-22 Tampa Bay 24 38 .387 Central Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Detroit 32 25 .561 — — 4-6 W-1 15-14 17-11 3 ½ 6-4 W-2 17-14 14-16 Chicago 31 30 .508 4 1½ 6-4 L-1 21-11 9-20 Cleveland 30 31 .492 4½ 2 5-5 L-1 14-15 14-15 Minnesota 28 30 .483 Kansas City 29 32 .475 5 2½ 5-5 L-1 14-16 15-16 West Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Oakland 38 23 .623 — — 7-3 W-1 17-12 21-11 6 — 3-7 L-1 15-13 16-15 Los Angeles 31 28 .525 6½ — 6-4 L-1 14-15 17-14 Seattle 31 29 .517 7 ½ 5-5 W-2 15-15 16-15 Texas 31 30 .508 Houston 26 35 .426 12 5½ 7-3 W-1 14-18 12-17 AMERICAN LEAGUE Thursday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 2, Oakland 1 Toronto 7, Detroit 3 Miami 11, Tampa Bay 6 Houston 8, L.A. Angels 5 Texas 8, Baltimore 6 Milwaukee 8, Minnesota 5 Kansas City 3, St. Louis 2 Friday’s Games Oakland 4, Baltimore 3, 11 innings Toronto 3, St. Louis 1 Detroit 6, Boston 2 Tampa Bay 4, Seattle 0 Texas 6, Cleveland 4 N.Y. Yankees 4, Kansas City 2

NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Atlanta 31 27 .534 — — 4-6 L-2 18-14 13-13 Miami 32 29 .525 ½ — 6-4 L-1 22-11 10-18 Washington 30 28 .517 1 — 6-4 W-3 19-15 11-13 New York 28 32 .467 4 3 6-4 L-3 13-17 15-15 Philadelphia 25 34 .424 6½ 5½ 3-7 W-1 12-19 13-15 Central Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Milwaukee 36 26 .581 — — 6-4 L-1 19-13 17-13 St. Louis 31 31 .500 5 1 2-8 L-2 16-14 15-17 Pittsburgh 29 31 .483 6 2 6-4 W-1 17-13 12-18 Cincinnati 27 32 .458 7½ 3½ 5-5 L-3 13-15 14-17 Chicago 24 34 .414 10 6 6-4 W-4 14-13 10-21 West Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away San Francisco 39 21 .650 — — 7-3 W-2 19-9 20-12 Los Angeles 31 30 .508 8½ ½ 4-6 L-2 13-19 18-11 Colorado 28 31 .475 10½ 2½ 1-9 L-7 16-10 12-21 San Diego 27 33 .450 12 4 5-5 W-1 15-17 12-16 Arizona 26 36 .419 14 6 6-4 W-3 9-22 17-14

Houston at Minnesota, 8:10 p.m. (Late results) Chicago White Sox at L.A. Angels, 10:05 p.m. (Late results) Saturday’s Games St. Louis (S.Miller 6-5) at Toronto (Buehrle 10-1), 1:07 p.m.

Houston (Feldman 3-3) at Minnesota (Gibson 4-5), 2:10 p.m.

Cleveland (Tomlin 3-2) at Texas (Tepesch 2-1), 4:05 p.m.

Seattle (Elias 4-4) at Tampa Bay (Cobb 1-3), 4:10 p.m.

Boston (Lester 6-6) at Detroit (Scherzer 6-2), 7:15 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Phelps 1-3) at Kansas City (Duffy 3-5), 7:15 p.m.

Oakland (Gray 6-1) at Baltimore (Gausman 0-1), 7:15 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Sale 5-0) at L.A. Angels (Shoemaker 3-1), 10:05 p.m.

Sunday’s Games St. Louis at Toronto, 1:07 p.m.

Oakland at Baltimore, 1:35 p.m.

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

Houston at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Kansas City, 2:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Texas, 3:05 p.m.

Chicago White Sox at L.A. Angels, 3:35 p.m.

Boston at Detroit, 8:05 p.m.

Monday’s Games Seattle at Tampa Bay, 1:10 p.m.

Boston at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Minnesota at Toronto, 7:07 p.m.

Cleveland at Texas, 8:05 p.m.

Detroit at Chicago White Sox, 8:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Kansas City, 8:10 p.m.

Houston at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

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

NATIONAL LEAGUE Thursday’s Games San Francisco 6, Cincinnati 1 Washington 4, Philadelphia 2 Miami 11, Tampa Bay 6 Chicago Cubs 7, N.Y. Mets 4 Milwaukee 8, Minnesota 5 Kansas City 3, St. Louis 2 Arizona 12, Colorado 7 Friday’s Games Chicago Cubs 5, Miami 3, 13 innings Pittsburgh 15, Milwaukee 5 Toronto 3, St. Louis 1 Philadelphia 8, Cincinnati 0 L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, 8:40 p.m. (Late results) Atlanta at Arizona, 9:40 p.m. (Late results) Washington at San Diego, 10:10 p.m. (Late results) N.Y. Mets at San Francisco, 10:15 p.m. (Late results) Saturday’s Games St. Louis (S.Miller 6-5) at Toronto (Buehrle 10-1), 1:07 p.m.

Miami (Wolf 1-1) at Chicago Cubs (Samardzija 1-5), 4:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (Garza 3-4) at Pittsburgh (Volquez 3-4), 4:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 8-2) at Colorado (Chacin 0-4), 4:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (R.Hernandez 2-3) at Cincinnati (Simon 7-3), 4:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Colon 5-5) at San Francisco (Hudson 6-2), 10:05 p.m.

Atlanta (E.Santana 5-2) at Arizona (Miley 3-6), 10:10 p.m.

Washington (Treinen 0-2) at San Diego (Cashner 2-5), 10:10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games St. Louis at Toronto, 1:07 p.m.

Philadelphia at Cincinnati, 1:10 p.m.

Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 1:35 p.m.

Miami at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at San Francisco, 4:05 p.m.

Atlanta at Arizona, 4:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Colorado, 4:10 p.m.

Washington at San Diego, 4:10 p.m.

Monday’s Games Chicago Cubs at Pittsburgh, 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.

Atlanta at Colorado, 8:40 p.m.

Houston at Arizona, 9:40 p.m.

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

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) San Antonio 1, Miami 0 Thursday, June 5: San Antonio 110, Miami 95 Sunday, June 8: Miami at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

Tuesday, June 10: San Antonio at Miami, 9 p.m.

Thursday, June 12: San Antonio at Miami, 9 p.m. x-Sunday, June 15: Miami at San Antonio, 8 p.m. x-Tuesday, June 17: San Antonio at Miami, 9 p.m.

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

HOT TOPICS: 3 ISSUES GENERATING A BUZZ

SPEED FREAKS

Monster smash

A couple questions we had to ask — ourselves

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Yes, he’ll lose again.

Some day.

TNT takes over this week. Good news or bad?

GODSPEAK: I’m sorry to the see the Fox boys go, but the good news is Larry McReynolds continues on with TNT. KEN’S CALL: I think we’re all in favor of a boogity-free zone now and then.

And now we’re asking, will Jimmie ever LOSE a race?

GODSPEAK: Jimmie may win three or four in a row just to make sure everybody knows who’s the boss.

KEN’S CALL: I was fairly sure he’d eventually win one; downright convinced he’ll eventually lose one.

A strange Sprint Cup season continued with yet another oddball occurrence Sunday when a chunk of Dover International Speedway’s concrete came loose and busted the front bumper of Jamie McMurray’s No. 1 Chevrolet.

Since Dover is called the “Monster Mile,” this incident could be best described as McMurray’s monster smash.

It happened in Turn 2 and produced a red flag to allow for track surface repair.

“When I came off of the corner, it just felt like I hit something, obviously, heavy,” McMurray said.

“Initially, I thought I’d blown a tire out.

“I didn’t see anything. It just hit the front end and ripped the splitter off, and it pushed the car to the right.”

Clint Bowyer, driving the No. 15 Toyota, was right behind McMurray during the hit-and-run episode.

“He couldn’t hit it any worse,” Bowyer said. “I was right behind him, and as soon as he hit it, boy, that thing took off and flew up in the air and ruined his day. What a day.”

McMurray’s Chevy hit the concrete chunk so hard that pieces of debris cracked the windows of Dover’s pedestrian walkover bridge, which connects the grandstands to the infield.

NASCAR Vice President of Competition Robin Pemberton said the chunk was from a previous patch that had come loose.

“It was two or three inches deep, and it was six or eight inches by maybe 10 inches or something

like that (long), so it was pretty substantial,” he said.

He said Dover’s operations crew used “an epoxytype filler” to make repairs. “It’s basically the same filler that’s used any time we make a repair at the track, whether it be asphalt or concrete,” Pemberton said.

Why did Dover go to a concrete racing surface?

Because its asphalt turns would come apart after a few years of wear and tear. Back to the drawing board at Dover.

WALKING WOUNDED Jeff Gordon has been fighting back spasms, and Tony Stewart’s right leg has not completely healed from a fracture nine months ago. This is the way of life for drivers entering their golden years of racing. Both are in their early 40s. The difference? Gordon said he would consider retirement if he can’t shake his ailment, while Stewart is secretly plotting a full-throttle return to sprintcar racing sometime this summer. Stewart was hurt in a sprint-car race last year.

YES, ADJUST YOUR SETS Darrell Waltrip said it best during Sunday’s broadcast. “It’s over at Dover,” he said. Fox Sports has finished its Cup Series broadcast schedule and turns stock-car racing duties over to TNT this weekend. TNT has the next six races, then is completely out of the game since NBC and Fox have all NASCAR races starting in 2015.

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

Thirteen races into the season, who should be worried?

Yes, we’re halfway through the regular season, with 13 down and 13 to go before the Chase cutoff. By my calculation, here are some drivers who would miss the Chase if that cutoff came today: Greg Biffle, Clint Bowyer, Kasey Kahne and Tony Stewart. Yes, Danica Patrick would also miss it, but it’s safe to assume those first four guys were on everyone’s list of definites to go Chasin’ this fall.

So, they’re worried?

Probably not quite yet, though their individual thermostats will be dialed northward with each passing week through a potentially winless summer. It didn’t help their cause to have Jimmie Johnson remember the way to Victory Lane. When he’s in tune, it cuts down on the winning percentages of everyone else.

How did Matt Kenseth get to the points lead?

The way he does everything: Quietly.

Kinda funny, but the new rules were designed to put a greater emphasis on winning races, and here’s Kenseth, the only guy in the top nine who’s winless.

Given how the Chase was born during Matt’s numbing championship run of 2003, it would be funny to see him carry a points lead to the Chase cutoff without a win. Matt would rather not arrive unadorned, of course.

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Matt has found the ultimate loophole in the supposed “win and you’re in” Chase format.

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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The Monster Mile doesn’t take a liking to many racers and teams, but Jimmie Johnson’s No. 48 is an apparent favorite.

JAMIE MCMURRAY

MILES THE MONSTER

Jamie McMurray vs. Dover Speedway: McMurray smashed into a chunk of concrete, which smashed the front end of his No. 1 Chevy.

Godwin Kelly gives his take: “This is payback for McMurray winning the 2010 Daytona 500 when the race was stopped for pothole repair.”

WHAT’S ON TAP?

GODWIN’S POCONO 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: Jimmie Johnson Rest of the top five: Kasey Kahne, Kevin Harvick, Denny Hamlin, Joey Logano Dark horse: Danica Patrick

Disappointment: Jeff Gordon First one out: Ricky Stenhouse Jr. Don’t be surprised if: Johnson continues his winning ways now that the slump is over.

SPRINT CUP: Pocono 400 SITE: Pocono Raceway SCHEDULE: Friday, practice (Fox Sports 1, Noon). Qualifying (Fox Sports 1, 4:40 p.m.). Saturday, practice (Fox Sports 1, 9-10 a.m., 11:30 a.m.). Sunday, race (TNT, 1 p.m.)

CAMPING WORLD TRUCKS: WinStar World Casino 400K SITE: Texas Motor Speedway SCHEDULE: Friday, race (Fox Sports 1, 9 p.m.)

WEEKLY DRIVER RANKINGS — BASED ON BEHAVIOR AND PERFORMANCE JIMMIE JOHNSON Back in the saddle again

JEFF GORDON

Hates strumming Hendrick’s second fiddle

MATT KENSETH Finds the Poconos oddly exciting

KEVIN HARVICK Hey, look, it’s this week’s winner

CARL EDWARDS Turns 35 this summer

JUNIOR EARNHARDT Will finish fourth at Pocono

KYLE BUSCH No fan of Bowyer’s spotter

BRAD KESELOWSKI Middle name is Aaron

JOEY LOGANO

Shares hometown (Middletown, Conn.) with Willie Pep

KYLE LARSON Ready to improve on “decency”

DOVER REWIND

Warning: Chad suggests the No. 48 hasn’t found its stride yet Chad Knaus, crew chief for Jimmie Johnson’s No. 48 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet, toughed it out through an 11-race losing streak and now enjoys a two-race winning streak.

Johnson has won NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races at Charlotte and Dover on back-to-back weekends. After Dover, Knaus talked to the media about what turned the team around.

Talk a little bit about the team’s recent performance.

“Gosh, I don’t really even know where to

begin. We had come in here with high expectations obviously after winning the 600 last weekend. We came here with a brand-new race car and things went really well for us straight out of the gate.”

What was it about this car?

“Yeah, actually going into the 600 last weekend I told Jimmie we were taking his favorite race car to the race track for the 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, and I told him that his new favorite car was going to be going

to Dover the following week, and then I told him his next favorite car was going to be going to Indianapolis.

“So far, I’m doing pretty good, and hopefully we can keep it true. The one thing I’m really impressed with at Hendrick Motorsports is when we do get behind — which we feel like we’ve been just a pinch behind this year — everybody digs down really, really deep, and they work hard, from the pit crew, from the guys that hang the bodies to the guys that

build the chassis to the guys that build the engines and they try to find an advantage.

“When we do finally start to hit our stride, all those things that everybody worked on starts to culminate, and we can get out there and really start to make things happen.”

Does this mean you’re closer to where you want to be?

“No, I feel like we’ve still got room to grow.

I’m looking forward to the next series of race cars that we build at Hendrick Motorsports.

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Annie’s Mailbox

By Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar

Sleepless in Seattle Dear Annie: My husband and I are both in our 60s and have had a mutually loving and enjoyable sex life. We were intimate once or twice a week. Until now.

“Bill” recently was diagnosed with prostate cancer, and we have elected to do nothing aggressive. The doctor suggested “dutiful watching.” Bill has some erectile dysfunction, and so he has all but eliminated sex from our bedroom. What used to be once a week is now less than once a month.

All I need is the cuddling we used to have and the touching and caressing. But I can barely get him to hold my hand.

Sometimes, I wake up during the night and find that Bill is also awake. But he won’t respond to my sweet caresses.

Bill refuses to talk about it. How do I assure him that I love him from the inside out? I don’t care if we don’t have sex. I just want the affection he used to show. -- Sleepless in Seattle Dear Seattle: So many of our readers have this same problem: Their spouses withhold affection because they fear it could lead to an expectation of sex. But lack of affection only makes one’s partner feel unloved and unwanted.

Men who suffer from erectile dysfunction often feel stressed about their sexual performance. And undoubtedly, the prostate cancer is weighing heavily on Bill’s mind. According to the American Cancer Society (cancer.org), survivors and their wives have greater success reviving their sex lives when they go through couples therapy (online or in person). Please suggest it to Bill.

Dear Annie: I need to get this off my chest. I am stunned at the number of events to which my husband and I are invited by folks who live in the same town but who have never once had the courtesy to offer a drink or a meal that didn’t involve our bringing a gift. These “friends” ought to ask themselves, before issuing an invitation, whether they have ever welcomed us into their homes for so much as a cup of coffee.

Right now, we are being inundated with graduation invitations and announcements, and we are putting down our collective foot. Obviously, these people think our pockets are deep and that we are unaware of how insulting this is. -- Jaded and Voting with Our Wallets Dear Jaded: We understand your aggravation at being invited to events for people to whom you are only marginally connected. When invited to a graduation (or sent an announcement), your only obligation is to send a card of congratulations.

Anything further is up to you.

Dear Annie: I read the letter from “No Free Lunch,” who doesn’t like it when people come into her restaurant with their own food.

I am a diabetic on a very strict diet for weight loss and bloodsugar control. When my friends want to have a meal in a place that does not have a menu conducive to my diet needs, I will get my food elsewhere and meet them at their restaurant of choice to share a table and fellowship.

Perhaps this is rude to the owners, but the only alternative is to take our business to a restaurant that will cater to my dietary needs. I think the restaurant owner first needs to see whether the person is actually freeloading and taking up valuable space, or just trying to share a table with legitimate customers. When I go into a restaurant that has hostile signs posted, it turns me off and I am less likely to return there. It does not create an inviting atmosphere. -- Just Saying 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 LIP-BALM MISHAP Dear Heloise: I always carry a tube of lip balm in my pocket. I usually am pretty good about checking clothing before putting it in the laundry, but I missed a tube, and it went through the wash. I now have clothes with dark grease spots on them. Is there anything I can do to remove the spots? -- L.S. in San Antonio I think I can help! You will need to treat each piece individually.

Find the spots and rub each with a liquid dishwashing soap that has degreasing agents in it. Once you have pretreated all the spots, wash the garments on the hottest water setting that’s safe for the fabric. Let air-dry, and see if the stains have been removed. You may need to re-treat. Laundry stains are a part of life, but they can be such a hassle. Want to know all my stain secrets? Order my pamphlet Heloise’s Handy Stain Guide for Clothing. To receive one, send $5 and a long, self-addressed, stamped (70 cents) envelope to: Heloise/Stain Guide, P.O. Box 795001, San Antonio, TX 78279-5001. Another hint recommended by a reader is to treat the greasy stains with shampoo to remove them. Put on the spots and rub the fabric together.

Wash and let air-dry. -- Heloise

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Saturday, June 7, 2014: This year you blaze a new path, and you’re more willing to take a gamble on your ideas. A partner, friend or associate supports you, and he or she feels as strongly as you do about your decisions.

If you are single, a romance could emerge from this association, and it is likely to become quite important to you.

Expect things to heat up as soon as summer starts. If you are attached, the two of you enjoy each other’s company a lot.

LIBRA loves to be around you.

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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ON a CLAIRE DAY Carla Ventresca and Henry Beckett

ZACK HILL John Deering and John Newcombe

ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH The presence of others inevitably involves you in their plans. If you don’t want to head in this direction, buck the trend. Follow your chosen direction as politely as possible. Your thoughts and energy could be elsewhere; direct them accordingly. Tonight: Meet up with friends.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHH You deserve some time off from the overwhelming demands of others. If you want to cocoon at home, do.

No one can say anything about taking some personal time, as you give so much in general. Screen your calls, and do what you want. Tonight: Keep it easy.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHHH You naturally choose fun plans. Your unusually high energy needs to be funneled into something you enjoy.

Make choices that allow your selfexpression to come through. Be direct with others. Tonight: Do not allow someone’s comments to bother you.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH Keep communication flowing, even if you want to end the topic of conversation. You need to hear what someone else has to say. This doesn’t mean you have to agree. Avoid a disagreement by respecting the other party’s feelings and ideas. Tonight: Do what you want.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH You don’t need to stretch far to find agreeable plans that you’ll enjoy.

In fact, you might already have several invitations that appeal to you. Accept the one where you will be most physically active. You could feel awkward with a loved one. Tonight: Dance the night away.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH Curb a need to be overly possessive and in control. That isn’t how you typically are, so ask yourself how you can let go and head in a more positive direction. You might want to spend more than you should. Try to stay within your budget. Tonight: Accept a treat.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Beam in what you want.

Others can’t resist you when you express the sunny side of your personality. A key loved one won’t be able to say “no” to you. Let others figure out what they want to do; it could be amusing. Tonight: No matter where you are, you will be noticed.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHH Listen more and speak less.

You could be sitting on some anger that might explode if it’s not handled properly. Try to understand these feelings, and share them in a way that they can be heard. Caring grows because of your willingness to be vulnerable. Tonight: Don’t ask, don’t tell.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH Your popularity and the demands of others could be overwhelming. You know how to multitask, but with this much going on, you might want to run away. Reach out to a close friend and make plans to visit. You need more relaxation in your life. Tonight: Where the crowds are.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHHH You might be involved with a project, or perhaps you have to deal with a parent or friend. Once you fulfill your obligations, you’ll have every reason to relax. Allow your sense of fun to emerge. What a good time you will have! Tonight: Choose something different.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH You have a way of letting go and escaping the here-and-now that others wish they could replicate. You are unlikely to be found at your normal haunts. Remember that you do not need to tell people where you are. A new friendship might be building. Tonight: Go with the moment.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Deal with a loved one directly. You will be far more successful if you

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GatorRoo Music Festival HUNTINGTON - Crafters are sought to sell their wares during the 5th Annual GatorRoo Music Festival on Booster Field at the Gateway school complex. The children’s music festival will be held on Saturday, June 7 from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. This event will feature the district’s children, as they perform outdoors for their parents and the Gateway community.

Booths may be rented for $25; proceeds will benefit the elementary music programs at Chester and Littleville Elementary Schools.

Applications for booth fees must be in by June 4 and are available at elementary school offices and may be downloaded from Breaking News, Gateway’s weekly e-newsletter. Checks may be made payable to the Littleville PTO. Set up will begin at 4 p.m. Please call 6673987 or email tmlstreas@aol.com if you have questions.

Music Festival HUNTINGTON - The 5th Annual GatorRoo Music Festival is an event that brings the entire community together to celebrate our youngest performers! Students from Chester and Littleville Elementary Schools will perform several numbers, along with a musical, “JOUST!” The festival will be held on Saturday, June 7 at 5 p.m. on Booster Field.

Trip to Show SOUTHWICK - The Senior Center will be taking a trip to Cheney Hall in Manchester, CT for the show “The Mythical Town of Almost Maine” on June 8. We will leave the center at 12:45 p.m. The cost is $19 per person. The show starts at 2 p.m. Stop by the center or call 569-5498 to sign up.

Sunday Night Concert Series WESTFIELD - The music of Neil Diamond will come alive on June 8. Join us for this wonderful show, which will be held at 6 p.m. at the Beveridge Pavilion Stanley Park, rain or shine and it is free of charge. Chairs will be provided and food service will be available.

For further information on the Westfield Bank Sunday Night Concert Series please go to www.stanleypark.org or call the park office at (413) 568-9312.

Beginner’s Walk WESTFIELD - On June 8, Stanley Park will host a walk that will be a beginner’s guide to some of the often ignored plant groups such as grasses, sedges, rushes, and a few other plants not in bloom. Bringing along a hand lens will be helpful, but not essential. Wear spring hiking attire, sturdy boots, and bring water. The walk will be led by Dave Lovejoy and will go from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

COA Book Club RUSSELL - The Russell COA Book Club announces the book selection for June will be the Hound of the Baskervilles by A. Conan Doyle. Discussion will take place on Tuesday, June 10 at 9:30 a.m. in the library room of Russell Senior Center. Pick yours up soon!

Farmers Market Season WESTFIELD - The Westfield Business Improvement District (WBID) is proud to announce The Downtown Westfield Farmers Market will be back every Thursday from June 12 to September 25. Once again we will be located on the beautiful front lawn of the Church of the Atonement at 36 Court Street. If you are interested in bringing your fresh local products and promoting healthy living to our community please contact Patti at the Westfield Business Improvement District, (413) 5721260 or email patti@thedistrictwestfield.com for applications to participate in this year’s market.

Seeking Instructors HUNTINGTON - The Gateway Regional School District is sponsoring evening adult mini-courses this fall and is seeking instructors who would like to teach. Anyone interested in teaching courses for this adult education program, please complete an Instructor Form and submit it to Stephanie Fisk at the

Gateway Central Office or email it to sfisk@ grsd.org by June 12. Instructor Forms may be downloaded from the current issue of Breaking News on the Gateway website (www.grsd.org/ news/breaking_news). We will then schedule a meeting for all instructors to go over the details for the fall.

Democratic Meeting WESTFIELD - The next meeting of the Westfield Democratic City Committee is June 12 at 7 p.m. in the Dolan-Ely Apartment Complex. The meetings will be held at the Administration Building. The meetings are open to the public and speakers will be attending. All are invited and welcome to attend.

School Benefit Concert WESTFIELD - The Westfield High School Band and Orchestra Parents are hosting a benefit concert at the Westfield High School Auditorium to raise much needed funds to support music education in their school. This event is titled “Keep Music Education Alive.” The concert series is the 2rd annual benefit concert for the WHS Band. This year’s concert will feature Tusk the Ultimate Fleetwood Mac Tribute. The concert will be held Friday, June 13 at 7:30 p.m.The proceeds will be used to support the Westfield High School Band.Tickets for the show are available on line at www.purplepass.com and at Rocky’s Ace Hardware in Westfield or by calling 800-316-8559.

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Benefit Yoga Class SOUTHWICK - The Dhira Yoga Center and Team Mary’s Marchers will host a yoga class and raffle on Saturday, June 14 at 2 p.m. All proceeds will be donated to the American Liver Foundation. This is a fundraiser in loving memory of Mary Eastman who lost her battle with liver disease last summer. The yoga class will be a flow class accessible to all. Raffle Prizes include gift certificates for yoga class packages. Suggested donation is $10 to $20 per person for the yoga class.

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Concert Tribute HUNTINGTON - A special Woody Guthrie concert tribute, presented by acclaimed performer Randy Noojin in his Hard Travelin’ with Woody show, will be shown Saturday, June 14 and Sunday, June 15, both at 2 p.m. at the North Hall. The event will include free music jams, art exhibits, and meet-the-artist receptions.

Truck Stop Troubadours WESTFIELD - On June 15, the Truck Stop Troubadours show brings back the classic sounds of country music and pays tribute to the legends who paved the way and set the standard in the industry. This performance will begin at 6 p.m. in the Beveridge Pavilion, rain or shine and it is free of charge. For further information on the Westfield Bank Sunday Night Concert Series please go to www.stanleypark.org or call the park office at (413) 568-9312.

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SITE MANAGER in the Pioneer Valley to oversee a 4 person co-ed residence serving individuals with acquired brain injuries. Qualified candidates should have a Bachelor’s degree or LPN and two years’ experience working with individuals with brain injuries. Two years management experience is required. Experience supporting people with brain injuries through medical situations and personal care preferred.

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Grandmother’s Garden Tour WESTFIELD - The 16th Annual Grandmother’s Garden Tour will showcase six private gardens open to the public June 14 and June 15. The public is invited to Honey Pot Road in Southwick June 13 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. for the annual Garden Party and Silent Auction for which tickets must be purchased in advance. Events include Music by Curran & Company and guests will stroll through perennial borders and gentle woodlands enjoying friendship, conversation and gourmet summer refreshment. For more information on tickets for wither of the above mentioned events, contact Sandy or Bob Watkins at 569-5562 or Bernadette Toomey at 562-9494.

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(413)214-4149.

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TOM DISANTO Home Improvements The best choice for all interior and exterior building and remodeling. Specializing Gutter Cleaning in the design and building of residential additions, since 1985. Kitchens, baths, RAIN GUTTERS CLEANED, RE- siding, windows, decks, porches, sunPAIRED. Antennas removed, chim- rooms, garages. License #069144. MA neys repaired and chimney caps Reg. #110710. FREE ESTIMATES, installed. Roof leaks repaired, vent REFERENCES, FULLY INSURED. Call areas sealed. Sr. citizen discount. In- Tom (413)568-7036. sured. Free estimates. H.I. Johnson J.D. BERRY CONTRACTING. Services. (413)596-8859 before 9p.m. Garages, additions, windows, doors,

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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.

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

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

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

A NEW LOOK FOR 2014. Let Home Decor help. Interior painting and wallpapering, specializing in faux finishes.

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

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

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

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

10% senior discount. Free estimates.

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KELSO FAMILY PAINTING. Filling summer schedule for exterior painting, FILLEY & SON Over 28 years of serving interior painting anytime. Call Kyle greater Westfield area and beyond.

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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.

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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.

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