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Councilors support singlestream recycling lease

By Dan Moriarty Staff Writer WESTFIELD - The Legislative & Ordinance Committee will give the full City Council a positive recommendation tonight to allow the city to enter into a five-year lease to acquire more than 13,000 new trash containers.

The L&O members and other councilors in attendance at the L&O session Wednesday night did raise several concerns about the operational reliability of the city’s fleet of recycling trucks, four of which are more than a decade old, and the city’s ability to collect recycled materials under the single-stream program.

The single-stream recycling program is doing away with the bins used to collect paper products in one bin and glass and metal items in a second bin. The bins will be replaced with residents’ current 96-gallon containers which, under the single-stream program, will be used to collect all recyclable materials.

The proposed lease-to-own contract is to acquire new, smaller 64-gallon containers for collection of residents’ solid waste trash at an annual cost of $116,899 over the life of the five-year contract.

The program is intended to reduce the volume of solid trash being collected by a third, a substantial cost avoidance, and to increase the volume of recyclable materials being sent to the Materials Recycling Facility (MRF) located on Birnie Avenue in Springfield. The MRF recycles materials from 78 communities in the four western counties of the state.

Mayor Daniel M. Knapik sent the resolution seeking authorization to enter a five-year, lease-toown agreement with Municipal Capital Markets Group, Inc. to the City Council at its Aug. 21 session.

The City Council is required to approve leases of more than three years as part of its financial oversight.

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Audience members listen to a question and answer session during the Hampden County District Attorney Candidates Forum sponsored by The Westfield News and The Greater Westfield Chamber of Commerce at the Westfield Womans Club Wednesday night. The candidates included, Shawn Allyn, Hal Etkin, Anthony Gulluni and Brett Vottero. (Photo by Frederick Gore)

Candidates spar at forum

By Peter Francis Staff Writer WESTFIELD – The four Democratic candidates vying for Hampden County District Attorney squared off at the Westfield Women’s Club last night during a candidates forum sponsored by The Westfield News Group and the Greater Westfield Chamber of Commerce.

With no candidates emerging on the Republican or Independent tickets, the winner of the September 9 Democratic primary will become the new Hampden County DA in January of 2015.

Attorneys Shawn Allyn of Agawam, Hal Etkin of Longmeadow, Anthony Gulluni of Springfield and Brett Vottero of Springfield took turns highlighting their past legal and life experiences.

They also each gave the over 70 voters who jammed the Women’s Club’s Court Street hall an inkling into what their vision for DA would look like should they be voted in to succeed now federal district judge Mark Mastroianni as the top law enforcement officer in Hampden County.

Moderated by Westfield News Group President Patrick Berry, questions were posed to the candidates on topics such as drug abuse, violent crime and gun control.

Allyn, who worked as a social

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Patrick Berry, left, moderator and owner of The Westfield News Group, questions Hampden County District Attorney candidates, left-right, Shawn Allyn, Hal Etkin, Anthony Gulluni and Brett Vottero, during a Candidates Forum hosted by The Westfield News and the Greater Westfield Chamber of Commerce at the Westfield Womans Club Wednesday night. (Photo by Frederick Gore)

worker before passing the Massachusetts bar, said that recent laws enacted by the Massachusetts Legislature are beneficial to victims of domestic violence.

“One of the most important jobs of the District Attorney’s office is to help a woman break the cycle (of abuse), to empower her and to hold the people who commit domestic violence accountable by swift and aggressive prosecution,” he said.

Allyn, 44, is viewed by many as the most progressive candidate running for the office and also listed reforming the district’s juvenile court system, making drug treatment more readily available and reducing the number of illegal guns on the streets as his key initiatives.

He also addressed his recent spat with Westfield District Court Judge See Candidates, Page 8

change gave students the opportunity to take seven or more classes depending on how they arrange their schedules.

He stated that many of the school’s vocational and science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) courses will get boosts from this scheduling change.

“I think welding will benefit to some degree because they’ll be able to offer one more period of welding per day, and the same would go for some of our core classes and woodworking courses,” said Hopson.

Many schools statewide already use seven period scheduling, according to Hopson and Gateway operated under a seven period schedule prior to the adoption of the old four block schedule, which the Hopson estimated took place over a decade ago.

While some regional districts throughout the Commonwealth have proposed and explored the possibility of implementing a four-day school week to save on transportation costs – something Hopson has advocated – he doesn’t believe that

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this scheduling shift would be impacted, or have an affect on, a potential move to a four day week.

“I don’t see where it would impact that at all,” he said. “Whether you have five periods or four periods or seven periods a day, it doesn’t impact whether you go to school four of five days a week, 165 or 180 days a year.”

Third year Gateway Principal Jason Finnie agrees with Hopson that some of the district’s elective programs and activities will benefit most.

“When you’ve got a modified block schedule of five classes, you’ll take four core subjects and get only one period for an elective,” said Finnie, adding that students on independent education plans receiving academic support were unable to take an elective in the past.

Finnie stated that the old schedule presented significant challenges in maintaining strong numbers in the school’s performing arts programs, which he said have already seen bumps in enrollment, as well as additional college prep courses.

By Dan Moriarty Staff Writer WESTFIELD – The City Council’s Legislative & Ordinance Committee last night discussed a proposed ordinance amendment requested by the Pioneer Valley Transit Authority which is seeking to relocate downtown bus stops.

The proposed ordinance amendment was requested by the PVTA because it is changing its routes in the city.

The new route, initiated Tuesday, has a bus coming from Springfield to the downtown, and then returning to Springfield along Route 20 on an hourly cycle.

A new bus route has been established between the downtown and the university. The new route is being operated on a 20-minute cycle to address the

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Gateway bumps up number of class periods

By Peter Francis Staff Writer HUNTINGTON – Gateway Regional JuniorSenior High School students will experience a class schedule shift, as the minimum number of required classes for students will jump from five to seven per day.

School administrators approved the measure in the spring and said the decision was made to help students maximize their school days.

According to the Daily Hampshire Gazette, classes will be trimmed down to 50 minute periods to accomodate the additional classes.

“The primary issue was that, with only five periods in the day, there wasn’t enough options for students who wanted to take a full academic load, as well as the extras like music, band, physical education and art,” said Gateway Regional Superintendent Dr. David Hopson. “We needed to look at a way to provide more opportunities for students.”

Hopson said that the district had experimented with creative schedules in the past, but that this

By Carl E. Hartdegen Staff Writer WESTFIELD – A Holyoke man will be on probation for a year after he pleaded guilty Wednesday to six charges, which included assault and malicious destruction, and was placed on a year’s probation for each of the charges.

The six charges resulted from a violent outburst after a woman he was with at a Holyoke bar ditched him.

Officer Elijah Wolfe reports that the woman told him that the man, Jose Rodriguez, 26, of 429 Apleton St., Holyoke, became verbally abusive toward her while they were at the bar and she left when he went to the bathroom.

The woman told Wolfe that Rodriguez “tracked her down” and caught up to her while she was driving on East Mountain Road.

She said that he pulled his vehicle in front of hers and

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Woman accused of shoplifting $144 in eye shadow FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas woman whose mug shot shows her in heavy aqua and maroon eye shadow is accused of shoplifting $144 in makeup.

Police in Fayetteville, Arkansas, arrested 31-year-old Brandy Allen, accusing her of stuffing handfuls of eye shadow into her purse Monday.

Officers said that, after being confronted, Allen went on a profanity-laced tirade and tried to damage makeup as she pulled it out of her purse so the items would appear used.

The Washington County jail said Wednesday that Allen was released on $830 bond on charges of shoplifting and disorderly conduct. Jailers did not have a record of whether Allen had a lawyer. A telephone number could not be found for the woman in Fayetteville.

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Thursday, September 4, the 247th day of 2014. There are 118 days left in the year.

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n September 4, 1944, during World War II, British troops liberated Antwerp, Belgium.

On this date:

In 1781, Los Angeles was founded by Spanish settlers under the leadership of Governor Felipe de Neve.

In 1886, a group of Apache Indians led by Geronimo (also known as Goyathlay, “One Who Yawns”) surrendered to Gen. Nelson Miles at Skeleton Canyon in Arizona.

In 1917, the American Expeditionary Forces in France suffered their first fatalities during World War I when a German plane attacked a British-run base hospital.

In 1948, Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicated after nearly six decades of rule for health reasons.

In 1951, President Harry S. Truman addressed the nation from the Japanese peace treaty conference in San Francisco in the first live, coast-to-coast television broadcast.

In 1957, Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus used Arkansas National Guardsmen to prevent nine black students from entering all-white Central High School in Little Rock. Ford Motor Co. began selling its ill-fated Edsel.

111 people on board.

In 1972, U.S. swimmer Mark Spitz won a seventh gold medal at the Munich Olympics, in the 400-meter medley relay.

In 1974, the United States established diplomatic relations with East Germany.

In 1984, Canada’s Progressive Conservatives, led by Brian Mulroney, won a landslide victory in general elections over the Liberal Party of Prime Minister John N. Turner and the New Democrats headed by Ed Broadbent.

In 1999, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat signed a breakthrough land-for-security agreement during a ceremony in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.

Martin Frankel, a Connecticut money manager accused of cheating insurance companies in five states out of more than $200 million, was arrested in Germany. (Frankel was later sentenced to nearly 17 years in a federal prison.)

Ten years ago: Hurricane Frances snapped trees, tore apart houses and flooded neighborhoods as it churned through the Bahamas.

A shaken President Vladimir Putin made a rare and candid admission of Russian weakness after more than 330 people were killed in a hostage-taking at a southern school.

In 1963, a Swissair Caravelle III carrying 80 people crashed shortly after takeoff from Zurich, killing all on board.

Five years ago:

In 1971, an Alaska Airlines jet crashed near Juneau, killing all

A German army colonel called in a U.S. airstrike on a pair of hijacked tanker trucks in northern Afghanistan, resulting in

civilian casualties. (German officials said up to 142 people were believed to have died or been injured; Afghan leaders estimated 30 to 40 civilians were killed.) Defense Secretary Robert Gates expressed disappointment at news outlets that had used a picture taken and distributed by The Associated Press depicting a U.S. Marine, Lance Cpl. Joshua “Bernie” Bernard, mortally wounded in combat in Afghanistan on August 14, 2009.

One year ago: Responding to President Barack Obama’s request, a sharply divided Senate Foreign Relations Committee voted 10-7 to authorize the “limited and specified use” of U.S. armed forces against Syria.

Today’s Birthdays: Actress Mitzi Gaynor is 83. Actor Kenneth Kimmins is 73.

Singer Merald “Bubba” Knight (Gladys Knight & The Pips) is 72. World Golf Hall of Famer Raymond Floyd is 72. Actress Jennifer Salt is 70. World Golf Hall of Famer Tom Watson is 65. Rhythm-and-blues musician Ronald LaPread is 64. Actress Judith Ivey is 63. Rock musician Martin Chambers (The Pretenders) is 63. Actress Khandi Alexander is 57. Actor-comedian Damon Wayans is 54. Rock musician Kim Thayil is 54. Actor Richard Speight Jr. is 45. Actor Noah Taylor is 45.

Actress Ione Skye is 44. Actor-singer James Monroe Iglehart is 40. Rhythm-and-blues singer Richard Wingo (Jagged Edge) is 39. Actor Wes Bentley is 36. Actor Max Greenfield is 35.

Singer Dan Miller (O Town) is 34. Singer Beyonce Knowles is 33. Country singer-musician Tom Gossin (Gloriana) is 33.

Actress-comedian Whitney Cummings is 32.

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Murray retires, Caruso named new Southwick library director

By Hope E. Tremblay Staff Writer SOUTHWICK – For 20 years, Anne Murray has directed the Southwick Public Library. She gave it her heart and soul and made it her home, but now, she is moving on to new adventures.

Murray was feted late last week at a retirement party held at the library. She recounted her time since she began as the assistant librarian in 1994.

“We were in the old building on College Highway – it was so small – but we had a tremendous number of people who used it,” she said.

By the time the library moved into its current location on Feeding Hills Road, Murray was its director and ready to take the library into the future.

Even as she was preparing for retirement, Murray was still helping the library take the next step – fully joining the C/WMARS system.

Murray said this will open up a lot of doors for the Southwick library patrons, which include not only Southwick residents, but residents of Agawam, Granby, Suffield, Granville and beyond.

“People come from other communities because we have a lot to offer, and the library is totally handicap accessible,” said Murray. “I just see the library expanding its programs and services.”

Longtime librarian Diane Caruso was approved by the Board of Selectmen last week – with a recommendation from the Library Board of Trustees – to take over the

helm as the director. Murray said the Southwick Public Library is in more than capable hands.

“I’m confident that Diane will lead the library in the right direction,” said Murray, touting Caruso’s knowledge of technology as a major asset moving forward. “I feel really confident I’m leaving the library in good hands.”

Not to say Murray’s really leaving the library.

“I may find myself volunteering,” she joked. “I love being at the library – I will be a patron, if nothing else.”

For now, Murray said she and her husband, who is also retired, will be spending time with grandchildren and catching up on home improvement projects in their Southwick home.

“There are so many proj-

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DIANE CARUSO ects my husband and I haven’t been able to get to,” she said.

Murray is mostly looking forward to an exciting trip she and her husband are taking in May – a viking boat tour through five continents.

“We start out in Amsterdam and end in Prague,” said Murray. “It’s the trip of a lifetime.”

Murray said despite her travel plans, she plans to stay rooted here in Southwick.

“We love Southwick,” she said. “This is what retirement is supposed to be.”

MONDAY, SEPTember 8 GRANVILLE Selectboard

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

SOUTHWICK Finance Committee at 6:30 pm

BLANDFORD Council on Aging Meeting at 7 pm Zoning Board Meeting at 7 pm

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Big E begins countdown WEST SPRINGFILD – The Eastern States Exposition hosted a Community Breakfast yesterday in the storied Coliseum to kick off the countdown to ESE’s 100th anniversary which will be celebrated in 2016. The event was the first of many events and activities the Exposition has planned for the next two years.

“The Exposition was chartered in 1914, when Joshua L. Brooks began his quest to showcase agriculture in the Northeast, and 2014 seemed a fitting year to begin our celebration, culminating with the 100th anniversary in 2016,” Eugene J. Cassidy, ESE president and CEO, said.

Cassidy, Chairman of the Board Donald R. Chase and West Springfield Mayor Edward C. Sullivan began the breakfast by officially starting the countdown clock and unveiling the organization’s new specially designed centennial anniversary logo. ESE Historian,

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academic class schedule of WSU. That discussion which included other City Councilors, city officials and members of the public, as well as the L&O members, was against the PVTA proposal to take three parking spaces and a taxi stand on Elm Street in from of the Westfield Athenaeum and United Bank for a new bus stop.

Several City Council members presented constituent communication from residents and downtown businesses opposing the proposed bus stop relocation.

“I don’t like this plan,” said Ward 3 Councilor Brian Hoose. “My constituents don’t like this plan.”

“We can’t attract businesses downtown if there’s no place to park,” Hoose, chairman of the Off-Street Parking Commission, said.

“Our downtown lots are still full while students are on campus.”

Hoose suggested that a small bus be used for the WSU route and that if an Elm Street bus stop is needed it should be located in front of the former Block buildings which were razed by the city and are now vacant.

Cheryl Collins, Athenaeum director and Karen Webb, a United Bank officer, both spoke against the proposed ordinance amend-

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Dennis Picard, director of Storrowton Village Museum, presented a pictorial program on the origin of Eastern States Exposition and the significance of founder Joshua L. Brooks.

Attendees were asked to fill out “Memory Cards” to share their fondest and earliest memories of the Exposition, some of which will be incorporated into an exhibit planned for the centennial celebration. All were also presented with a “Wooden Nickel” which will be good for free admission on Sept. 16, 2016 – opening day of the 100th Big E. To keep current on all 100th anniversary events and celebrations, visit TheBigE.com, join our mailing list, connect with us on social media or share your memories by emailing Memories@TheBigE.com.

This year’s Big E takes place September 12-28.

ment to allow the bus stop to be moved to Elm Street.

“We’ve had hundreds of patrons come into the Athenaeum who are strongly opposed to taking three parking spots,” Collins said.

Webb said that, in the past, there was a bus stop in the proposed location.

“We had major problems: people sitting on the front steps of the bank,” Webb said. “Our elderly customers were afraid to come into the bank. There was also litter. It should not be the responsibility of downtown businesses to clean bus stops.”

Frank Mills said the bus stop should remain in its present location on Main Street.

“It’s high time for the people of Westfield to get their heads out of the sand and stop the college from wagging the dog,” Mills said.

“The college has plenty of transportation at its disposal if used effectively.”

L&O Chairman Brian Sullivan rejected a motion to close the hearing to allow further input from residents and downtown business owners. The committee will refer the ordinance amendment to the Traffic Commission for further review and to make a recommendation to the City Council.

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Councilor Brian Sullivan said that council members generally support the proposed single-stream recycling program, but questioned the cost of replacing the current fleet of trucks needed to collect both the new 64-gallon trash barrels and the 96-gallon recycling containers.

“We can make the decision on single-stream (recycling), but we are taking a huge step back on the cost of (acquiring) new trucks,” Sullivan said. “What is the return on investment to get new trucks and how are we going to do it?”

Dave Billips, interim Department of Public Works director, said the two issues are separate and that even if the City Council does not approve the single-stream lease agreement, the city will still have to replace the aging fleet of trucks equipped with an articulated lift arm.

“The (present 2003 model) trucks have reached the end of their life cycle,” Billips said. “The bodies are rusting out.

Even without the single-stream plan, we’d have to get new trucks anyway.”

“We are developing a capital plan,” Billips said. “We can rent a couple of trucks until we get to the point where we can lease-to-buy.”

“These are completely separate issues,” Billips said. “If you do or don’t go single-stream, we’ll still be back here in a couple of weeks for money to replace the trucks.”

Purchasing Department Director Tammy Tefft said the goal is to begin the single-stream recycling program by the end of the present calendar year and that any delay in approving the lease program will push the start to next spring which could jeopardize a $100,000 Department of Environmental Protection grant.

Tefft said there is also a significant educational component to the single-stream recycling rollout to alert residents to the new recycling system.

Tefft said that the city is considering other options, such as hiring a contractor to haul the recyclable materials to the MRF in Springfield to reduce the wear on tear on the city’s truck fleet.

Sullivan said he has “no problem going into the five-year lease, but what is the timeline for Dave (Billips) to come back to us with a plan to get the trucks? I have no doubt that the council will approve the single-stream recycling, but we’ll need the trucks.”

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Writer’s Workshop on September 12, at Southwick Senior Center SOUTHWICK — This fall marks the twentieth year of the Writer’s Workshop at the Southwick Senior Center.

Facilitated by Elethea Goodkin, this group offers persons with a serious interest in creative writing an opportunity to develop writing topics, write without interruption for a short time during the class, and share work if desired with the group for constructive feedback. The class structure allows for individual choices as to genre—poetry, fiction, memoir, etc. The group meets on Fridays from 12:30 to 2:00 p.m. in the Land Use Planning Room of the Southwick Town Hall and there are several places open for new members.

A small donation is requested.

The group begins on Friday, September 12. For more information please call the Southwick Senior Center at 569-5498.

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

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Housing Authority at 6 pm Conservation Commission at 6:30 pm

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

HUNTINGTON Council on Aging at 12 pm

WEDNESDAY, SEPTember 10 HUNTINGTON Agricultural Commission Meeting at 10 am

BLANDFORD Conservation Commission Meeting at 6:30 pm Finance Committee at 7 pm Public Hearing at 7 pm

THURSDAY, SEPTember 11 TOLLAND Ladies Aid at 7 pm

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Continued from Page 1 “It opens up flexibility for students to take more AP classes or to build (their schedule) so that there is less conflict with band or choir,” he said. “It’s helping students who now won’t have to choose between doing something they really enjoy and something that they’re hoping will get them college credits.”

“There’s been different schedules that’ve been tried out and when you factor in declining enrollments and changes in faculty numbers, different needs develop,” he said. “It isn’t a data issue that we have to change around and press. It was just a matter of working together and having lots of conversations to identify the needs and do it in a way that will benefit students.”

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Police: Dog killed in Easthampton house break EASTHAMPTON, Mass. (AP) — Easthampton police say whoever broke into a city home earlier this week not only stole Want To Know A Secret? cash and prescription Ask Sarah.drugs, but killed the homeowners’ dog.

Capt. Robert Alberti tells The Daily Hampshire Gazette www.sarahgillett.org (http://bit.ly/1A9QLfO ) that the elderly homeowners, whose names and exact address have not been released, are “pretty distraught” over the death of their 12-year old toy poodle.

The homeowners returned home Tuesday afternoon and became worried when the dog did not greet them. They found their dog, named Hannah, dead at the bottom of the basement stairs.

A veterinarian who examined Hannah determined that she died from blunt force trauma to the head.

Police are looking for a gray or dark-colored SUV seen in the victims’ driveway on Tuesday.

Annual Employee Meeting at Westfield Gas and Electric WESTFIELD — The Westfield Gas and Electric will hold its annual employee meeting on the morning of Thursday, September 11, 2014.

Please note that the 100 Elm Street Business Office will open at 10am that day.

Thank you for your understanding.

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Biden: We’ll follow ISIL to ‘gates of hell

By Jonathan Topaz Politico.com Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday delivered a fiery response to the killing of American journalist Steven Sotloff, telling Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant militants that the U.S. will “follow them to the gates of hell.” “[W]hen people harm Americans, we don’t retreat. We don’t forget,” Biden said during a speech in New Hampshire. “We take care of those who are grieving, and when that’s finished, they should know, we will follow them to the gates of hell until they are brought to justice. Because hell is where they will reside. Hell is where they will reside.”

The vice president referred to ISIL — the group the Obama administration has said is responsible for the beheadings of Sotloff and fellow U.S. journalist James Foley, seen in a video on Aug. 19 — as a group of “barbarians.”

He touted the U.S. history of resiliency and said the videos documenting the killings of the two Americans would not scare the American people. “[T]hey somehow think that it’s going to lessen U.S. resolve, frighten us, intimidate us. But, if they think the American people will be intimidated, they don’t know us very well,” he said, adding that U.S. military forces killed Sept.

11 mastermind Osama bin Laden and that Americans united after the April 2013 Boston Marathon bombings.

“The American people are so much stronger, so much more resolved than any enemy can fully understand,” Biden added.

Biden made his remarks during a scheduled appearance at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in New Hampshire. He noted multiple times that Foley was a native of New Hampshire. The late journalist’s family lives in Rochester.

His comments were reminiscent of those made by Sen. John McCain in a 2007 Republican presidential debate, when he was asked about bin Laden, who at the time was still at large.

“We will do whatever is necessary,” the Arizona Republican said at the time. “We will track him down. We will catch him.

We will bring him to justice and I’ll follow him to the gates of hell.”

His speech came after President Barack Obama addressed the situation during a joint news conference with Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves. In his comments, the president also insisted that the U.S. would bring ISIL to account for its actions. “Their horrific acts only unite us as a country and stiffen our resolve to fight against these terrorists. And those who make the mistake of harming Americans will learn that we will not forget and that our reach is long and that justice will be served,” Obama said.

Secretary of State John Kerry offered similarly strong words early on Wednesday, decrying “the unfathomable brutality of ISIL terrorist murderers” and insisting that the U.S. will bring the group to justice.

“When terrorists anywhere around the world have murdered our citizens, the United States held them accountable, no matter how long it took,” he said in a statement, vowing the U.S. would do the same to ISIL. The administration has launched multiple airstrikes against ISIL targets in Iraq, where the group has swept across much of the northern and central part of the country and has targeted religious minorities. The White House has not yet made a public decision regarding airstrikes or other potential military response against ISIL militants in Syria.

Democrats chide Obama on ISIL

By Burgess Everett Politico.com Incumbent Democratic senators up for reelection this fall became the White House’s latest headache on Wednesday, criticizing President Barack Obama’s approach to confronting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

In a tough letter to Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday evening, Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) said he was “troubled” by statements indicating the administration lacks a comprehensive military strategy in Syria. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) channeled many Republicans’ rhetoric on ISIL in asking the administration to clearly articulate a comprehensive strategy to take on the extremist group. And Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) lit into Obama’s goal to make ISIL a “manageable problem.”

All three members are up for reelection this November and joined several other prominent Democrats — not to mention the chorus of Republicans — pressing Obama to lay out a clear plan in the Middle East.

“I was troubled by the President’s recent suggestion that the Administration has not yet developed a comprehensive strategy to address the growing threat of ISIL’s activities in Syria,” Franken wrote to Holder. “One American who went to high school in Minnesota has been confirmed to have been killed in Syria while fighting with ISIL, and others have traveled there to fight with ISIL as well. We must act diligently and responsibly to prevent Americans from taking up arms with ISIL, or from reentering if they do.”

The campaign for Franken’s Republican opponent, Mike McFadden, questioned why Franken didn’t take the same stance when asked about ISIL by local media this weekend.

“Senator Franken had his chance to criticize the President on Saturday, but he blew it,” said Tom Erickson, a spokesman for McFadden.

Migrants’ right to counsel argued

By David Rogers Politico.com The Justice Department and immigrant rights attorneys clashed before a federal judge in Seattle on Wednesday — a case dramatizing the split personality in the Obama administration over the question of providing counsel to child migrants faced with deportation hearings.

No less than Attorney General Eric Holder told the Senate last year that it is “inexcusable” that young children “have immigration decisions made on their behalf, against them, whatever and they’re not represented by counsel. That’s simply not who we are as a nation.”

But in making the case for Justice on Wednesday, Deputy Assistant General Leon Fresco painted a dire picture of what would result if the court were to insist that children be assured counsel before any deportation hearing.

“A preliminary injunction which says that there is a constitutional right to counsel would mean — without an appropriation from Congress, which I believe is unlikely — that you could

Poll: Mitch McConnell up 4 in Kentucky

By James Hohmann Politico.com Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell holds a slight, 4-point advantage over Democrat Alison Lundergan Grimes among likely Kentucky voters, according to a CNN/ORC International poll released Tuesday, in line with other surveys that show the Republican opening up a single-digit lead in what is expected to be the cycle’s most expensive Senate race.

The results put McConnell right at the key 50-percent threshold with Grimes at 46 percent.

This is consistent with other recent public polls, but it is also within the survey’s 4 percent margin of error. An automated SurveyUSA poll for the in-state media outlets released last weekend had McConnell up 46-42. And McConnell led by 5 points, 47-42, in a robopoll from the Democratic firm Public Policy Polling earlier in August.

The live-caller CNN poll of 671 likely voters was conducted between Thursday and Monday.

McConnell leads among men by 13 points; Grimes leads among women by 7 points. Only one in five likely voters said they “might change their mind.”

President Barack Obama’s approval rating is 33 percent among likely voters, with a whopping 63 percent disapproving.

McConnell is winning 16 percent of Democrats. The president’s party maintains a major registration advantage in the once solidly Democratic state, but many consider themselves conservative.

Shortly after Franken’s letter was made public, Warner issued a statement aimed directly at the White House.

“I urge the administration to come to Congress with a clear strategy and political and military options for eliminating the ISIL threat. The United States should not take any military options off the table, because stopping ISIL is in the national security and foreign policy interests of the U.S. and our European allies,” Warner said.

Obama set off a firestorm last week when he said “we don’t have a strategy yet” for airstrikes in Syria. Administration officials later said the comment referred solely to military action in Syria — not Obama’s broader effort to confront ISIL. Later on Wednesday afternoon, Shaheen hit back at Obama’s hopes to make ISIL’s influence in the Middle East “manageable” while blessing Vice President Joe Biden’s aggressive vow to “follow them to the gates of hell.”

“Do not believe ISIL is ‘manageable,’ agree these terrorists must be chased to the ‘gates of hell,’” Shaheen said on Twitter.

Franken also requested Holder place maximum attention on monitoring and limiting Americans’ travel to Syria, a request that comes on the heels of British Prime Minister David Cameron taking a hard line on preventing Britons’ travel to ISIL strongholds.

“The Justice Department, in coordination with other relevant agencies, should use its existing legal authorities to prevent Americans who intend to do serious damage to U.S. national security interests from reaching Syria or returning to the U.S. once they have done so,” Franken wrote.

Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California is also among those asking the White House to take a tougher stance against ISIL, while Sens. Bill Nelson of Florida and Tim Kaine of Virginia are urging Congress to vote on authorizing Obama to take on the militants in Syria and Iraq.

McConnell needs to run up his margins in coal country to offset Grimes’ strength in the metropolitan areas. The CNN poll shows the incumbent up 28 points in the western section of the state and 20 percent in the east. Grimes leads by 27 points in the county that includes the state’s biggest city, Louisville, 8 points in the Cincinnati suburbs and 10 points in the region that includes Lexington and the capitol of Frankfort.

There has been little reliable, live-caller public polling of the Bluegrass State, despite its position as the highest-profile Senate race of 2014.

Operatives on both sides agree that the Republican base has coalesced around McConnell since he defeated businessman Matt Bevin by 20 points in a May primary. More than 90 percent of Republicans are now backing him, the CNN poll shows.

McConnell’s campaign manager, Jesse Benton, resigned last week in the face of questions about his role in a payment-forendorsement deal when he was leading Ron Paul’s presidential campaign ahead of the Iowa caucuses. Benton denies wrongdoing, and the McConnell campaign has been working to move beyond the story.

Despite their stubborn, single-digit deficit in the CNN poll and other surveys, the Grimes camp emphasized that the race remains within the margin of error. “For over a year, this race has remained a dead heat — a disconcerting place for the 30-year incumbent nine weeks out from Election Day,” said Grimes campaign manager Jonathan Hurst.

not remove any child under the age of 18-years-old from the United States,” Fresco argued. “Meaning the border is completely open for children under 18.”

“The government cannot stop the removal proceedings of every immigrant youth in the United States,” Fresco said.

“That would create a magnet effect that the United States is not prepared to handle. … That is free education for all those children being funded by localities and the states. That is whatever medical claims those children need plus an insecure border because you have now sent the message internationally that no one here is going to be removed.”

U.S. District Judge Thomas Zilly made no ruling at the end of the arguments, which ran close to three hours Wednesday morning. But Zilly wasn’t shy of interrupting and challenging the claims of both sides. And more than once he sought to put the brakes on the fast-talking Fresco, a former aide to Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and important player in the Senate immigration debate last year.

“Slow it down,” the judge said.

When Fresco challenged the court’s jurisdiction to act in this case, Zilly seemed willing to push back a little himself.

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retained,” Zilly said. “How do you explain that there is no case out there that has addressed this kind of fundamental issue?”

“The question then remains if they can’t get retained counsel … whether it’s going to be a fair hearing if they don’t have the right to have appointed counsel?”

“Hasn’t the law and even Congress,” Zilly added, “recognized that children are different and that they perhaps have different rights?”

“There are no `rocket dockets’ your honor from the standpoint of any policy of any kind that says you have to speed up the cases for these kids,” Fresco said.

“What there is,” he continued, “is one policy that says the first hearing for the kids has to happen in 21 days after the notice to appear is served, which is the indictment. But after that, if the kid cannot find a lawyer, the immigration judge can continue the case as many times as the immigration judge wants without penalty to the immigration judge. … There are no case completion goals for minors in that situation.”

(Also on POLITICO: Gutiérrez: Act on immigration now) The Northwest Immigrant Rights Project in Seattle, the American Immigration Council and an arm of the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU Immigrants’ Rights Project, are among the major players in the bringing of the suit. And the choice posed to the court frames a central question in the debate now in Washington over the fate of thousands of children from Central America who have crossed into the U.S. this year, unaccompanied by parents or an adult relative.

The plaintiffs are six children from Guatemala and El Salvador, all of whom face immigration proceedings this month, some as early as this week. It’s expected then that Zilly must deal then with the narrow injunction request soon but also at stake is a larger class-action case with national implications.

“There are already, all around the country, proceedings going forward against children. … In Dallas children have been ordered removed in absentia,” said Ahilan Arulanantham, an ACLU attorney who helped present the case against the government. Children, he said, face a Catch-22 situation because if they later appeal on the grounds of not having counsel, the claim will be judged moot because they will then have counsel for the appeal.

“We have no ability to bring this claim any other way,” Arulanantham told the court. “If we are presenting a child, that child has no claim for appointed counsel.”

“That’s the genesis of the whole jurisdictional problem that we have here. It’s the reason why the counsel claim is always ruled out and can never be heard in the court of appeals. For children who have counsel, it’s moot because they have counsel. Children who don’t have counsel don’t have the ability to file a board of immigration appeal.”

Westfield District Court Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014 Omar Dejesus, 29, of Hundred Acres Road, was released on his personal recognizance pending an Oct. 1 hearing after he was arraigned on charges of assault and battery on police officer and resisting arrest brought by Westfield police Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014 Christian M. Chagnon, 40, of 9 Fowler St., saw a charge of larceny of a motor vehicle brought by Westfield police not prosecuted.

Rumvin V. Broslav, 20, of 17 Hancock St., was released on his personal recognizance pending a Nov. 14 hearing after he was arraigned on a charge of receiving stolen property valued more than $250 brought by Westfield police.

Kevin Widun, 28, of 62 Elm MDWA, Enfield, Connecticut, saw a charge of larceny of property valued more than $250 brought by Westfield police not prosecuted after an essential prosecution witness was found to have moved from the country.

Gail J. Badillo, 48, of 5 Miller St., was released on $5,000 personal surety after she was arraigned as a fugitive from justice on a court warrant.

Coakley reopens talks with Partners HealthCare

By STEVE LEBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Attorney General Martha Coakley says her office will renegotiate part of an agreement it hammered out with Partners HealthCare, Massachusetts’ largest hospital and physicians’ network.

Coakley’s office made the announcement Wednesday hours after the state’s Health Policy Commission released a report criticizing part of the agreement that dealt with Partner’s planned acquisition of Hallmark Health Systems, which owns Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Medford and Melrose-Wakefield Hospital.

A Coakley spokesman said the original agreement with Partner’s included a provision that allowed both sides to reopen negotiations in the event that the Health Policy Commission determined there would be a “likelihood of materially increased prices” as a result of Partners’ acquisition of Hallmark.

“Those negotiations begin today,” Coakley spokesman Brad Puffer said in a statement. “We continue to work toward this strong consent judgment that will fundamentally alter Partners’ negotiating power and save costs across the entire network, accomplishing more than a lawsuit would have done.”

A spokesman for Partners issued a statement defending the deal and saying the company disagreed with the report’s findings but expected to begin discussions with Coakley immediately.

“This transaction is a unique opportunity for us to work with Hallmark Health in order to improve patient care for Massachusetts residents living north of Boston,” said Partner’s spokesman Rich Copp.

Any deal between Coakley and Partners must still be approved by the courts. A public comment period on the agreement, filed in Suffolk Superior Court, ends Sept. 15.

The next court hearing is set for Sept. 29.

Coakley, who is also running for the Democratic nomination for governor, has come under increasing fire from her Democratic and Republican rivals over the agreement with Partners.

Coakley said the deal resolved her antitrust investigation into the company.

She said the deal bars Partners from raising costs across its network more than the general rate of inflation

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by Partners over the past decade.

The deal also seeks to slow the growth of Partners by capping its physician growth for five years, preventing it from negotiating commercial insurance contracts for doctors not employed by Partners for 10 years, and blocking hospital expansion in eastern Massachusetts and Worcester County for seven years, exempting Emerson Hospital, a Partners affiliate.

Coakley’s two Democratic opponents in the governor’s race — Donald Berwick and Steve Grossman — have called the deal a disservice to the interests of patients, arguing that it will expand Partners’ market dominance and drive up health care spending.

Republican candidate Charlie Baker, former head of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, said the agreement is too complicated and too hard to enforce. He has said the deal should have focused on two or three items, like requiring Partners to post the prices of their medical services and freezing any expansion of their physician network.

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The service for Lt. Col. Morris Fontenot Jr. will be at 2 p.m.

Sunday in the main hangar at Barnes Air National Guard Base.

Base officials said Wednesday it will be open to military members, their families, and invited guests.

Fontenot, a member of the 104th Fighter Wing, died Aug. 27 when his jet went down near Deerfield Valley, Virginia. He was flying to New Orleans for a radar upgrade.

A public memorial was held Saturday in Longmeadow, where he lived with his wife and two daughters.

Fontenot will be buried in early October at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where he graduated in 1996.

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East Coast Premiere: “Ether Dome” The fall theatre season kicks off regionally with a premiere at Hartford Stage, which spent the summer being renovated, and new seats will greet theatregoers this month.

In 1846, the history of world medicine changed forever, when a Hartford dentist, Dr. Horace Wells (18151848), discovered that nitrous oxide (laughing gas) could be used as an anesthetic, thus making all kinds of life-saving surgeries possible.

Wells’ story has been turned into a new play, “Ether Dome” by Elizabeth Egloff, which was commissioned by Hartford Stage’s former Artistic Director Michael Wilson (who directs), and is a

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The tours include seven nights at the four star Lancaster London Hotel, five tickets to the best of London’s current theatre offerings from West End (London’s Broadway) to the National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company, and Donmar Warehouse, as selected by Stevens. Matt Wolf, theatre critic for the International Herald Tribune, will join the group to present an overwivew of London Theatre.

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Kevin Rhodes: Springfield Symphony’s Maestro WESTFIELD – I managed to grab a late summer lunch with Springfield Symphony Orchestra Music Director Kevin Rhodes, who was “back home” after a summer spent conducting at The Paris Opera. Rhodes, who calls Westfield home, has a couple of weeks downtime prepping for upcoming concerts in Santa Fe (where he conducts the Santa Fe Symphony’s season opener on September 14) The Traverse Symphony in Michigan (where he’s also Music Director) on September 21, and The Springfield Symphony’s opening concert on September 27. For those people counting, that’s 11 pieces of music to learn in detail in short time. He also conducts the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra in Boston (their season begins on October 11).

Onstage, Rhodes is a dynamic conductor. He moves to the rhythms of the music; he engages the audience in patter before and between pieces of music, and he has an exuberant presence. Occasionally, he plays piano with the orchestra, and he gets totally into the music.

Offstage, smartly, yet casually dressed, he blends in with the lunch crowd. I assumed that at the popular restaurant we lunched at, that he’d be noticed. No stares.

He’s completely down to earth, totally unassuming, and just “one of the guys”.

Rhodes has led a varied career conducting concerts, opera, and ballet around the globe on a schedule that’s jam-packed. Before arriving in Springfield in 2001, he’d been living in Europe, conducting in 15 different countries with approximately 50 different orchestras. His credits include The Paris Opera, Vienna State Opera, Berlin State Opera, La Scala (Milan), The Dutch National Ballet, Stuttgart Ballet, and last year’s “The Nutcracker” with New York City Ballet at Lincoln Center.

Why would such a globetrotter choose Westfield?

“My wife, Jane, and I were returning to the United States after living abroad, and we wanted a locale convenient to an airport, so I could return to Europe for work frequently, as well as a place that had a sense of community,” said Rhodes. “I get to spend about 60 percent of my time in western Massachusetts. My wife, who travels with me, and I get to spend time with her family, when I conduct in Michigan, and we rent apartments when I’m working in Paris and Vienna. We have a nice balanced world.”

Rhodes couldn’t compute the number of airline frequent flyer miles he’s racked up of late, but he cashes them in for a ticket, so Jane can accompany him fulltime.

“She keeps me organized”, says Rhodes. “She researches apartments for our stays in Europe–a task made much easier thanks to the Internet.

She keeps me on track”.

He travels light, likes those suitcases that have rollers and swivels, and thinks Logan is a pretty convenient way to fly abroad.

Rhodes will be travelling a lot this season… in addition to his Springfield, Michigan and Boston commitments, he’ll be conducting “The Nutcracker” with The Paris Opera Ballet at The Bastille in November and December; “Swan Lake” in Paris in March and April; and “La Sylphide” and The Nureyev Gala at The Vienna State Opera Ballet in May. The pressure is on; he gets limited rehearsals before each performance run.

“I have to memorize 90 percent of the scores before each rehearsal period, and those are not generous,” he said. “I do get nervous before each performance, even after conducting some of the same works again and again.”

“I miss conducting opera”, says Rhodes, “and there are

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Away from the theatre, Rhodes likes 50s and 60s Vegas lounge music.

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tion to the school systems of many area cities including Springfield, Longmeadow, West Springfield and Westfield.

But, he and his wife Jane like the quiet, and they don’t go out all that much.

“People sometimes look at me as though they know me from somewhere, but I find that I can just be myself here”, said Rhodes, who has been visible away from Symphony Hall as host of the local PBS series Together in Song and guest host on WWLP-TV22’s Mass Appeal. “But, I really think of western Massachusetts as home, despite living in rental apartments in Paris and Vienna for up to 6 months a year”.

Rhodes began his professional conducting career at the age of 16 in his hometown of Evansville, Indiana.

He received his B.M. in Piano Performance from Michigan State University, and earned his M.M. in Orchestral Conducting at the University of Illinois. And then, the travels abroad began.

Rhodes just signed a new three-year contract with the Springfield Symphony Orchestra, so you don’t have to fly to Paris or Vienna to catch one of his performances. He conducts the opening of the Springfield Symphony season on Saturday, September 27.

Opening night showcases the members of the orchestra in three highly vivid works, Ravel’s “Bolero”, Debussy’s “La Mer”, and Mussorgsky’s “Pictures at an Exhibition”.

The Northern Express, a newspaper in Michigan, just named Kevin Rhodes as one of Michigan’s “20 Fascinating People of 2014”. They revealed that Rhodes has an ongoing fascination with all things Star Trek. He’d mentioned that to me with a sparkle in his eye.

For a guy who bounces from Westfield to Michigan to Springfield to Europe, time travel could become a Meastro’s best friend.

For information on the Springfield Symphony Orchestra’s upcoming season at Springfield Symphony Hall, call 413-733-2291 or visit www.springfieldsymphony.org.

For information on the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra in Boston. http://www.proarte. org To read a profile of Rhodes in My.North.com, the online home of the Traverse Northern

Michigan Magazine: http:// mynorth.com/2014/02/traverse-symphony-orchestraconductor-kevin-rhodes/ To visit Kevin Rhodes’ website: http://www.kevinrhodesconductor.com/ ——— Mark G. Auerbach studied theatre at American University and the Yale School of Drama.

He’s worked for arts organizations and reported on theatre for newspapers and radio.

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Obituaries Theresa A. Lingaitis WESTFIELD — Theresa Ann Lingaitis, 85 years old, passed away on Thursday August 28, 2014. Theresa was born on June 8, 1929. She was a factory worker for many years, and a homemaker. Theresa was the daughter of both the late Ester Cole Welch and Robert Welch.

She was the wife of the late Anthony Lingaitis. Theresa leaves behind two daughters Lorraine Williams and Tina Dublois, a brother Terrance Welch, nine grandkids, nine Great-grandchildren and two Great-great-grandchildren.

Theresa was one of a kind and will be greatly missed.

Services for Theresa are going to be private, and a private burial will be held on her birthday of next year.

Allen A. Cousineau WESTFIELD — Allen A. Cousineau, 76, passed away September 2, 2014 at Holyoke Medical Center. He was born in Holyoke to the late Leo G. and Rita (Lebrecque) Cousineau and was a graduate of Holyoke High School. Allen was employed as a truck driver for Texon and Roadway for 40 years before retiring in 2001.He enjoyed golfing, fishing, boating, classic cars, motorcycles, NASCAR and traveling.

Allen is survived by his wife, Susan (Struthers) Cousineau of Westfield, his son, Vincent Cousineau of Southwick, daughter Joie Cousineau of Warren, step-son Adam Vincent and step-daughter, Sarah Moquin, both of Westfield, his brothers, Donald Cousineau and his wife, Joanne of Holyoke and Paul Cousineau and his wife Gail of Florida, his sisters, Joan Muse and her husband Tony of Southampton, Barbara Lucchesi of Holyoke and Diane Monroe and her husband Richard of Florida, his five grandchildren, Peter, Danielle, Tyler, Jordan and Gretchen, and many nieces, nephews, extended family and friends.

Allen’s funeral will be held on Wednesday, September 10, 2014 with visiting hours from 10-11:45 AM followed by a funeral home service at 11:45 AM in the Firtion-Adams Funeral Home, 76 Broad Street, Westfield. Burial with Military Honors will follow in the Massachusetts Veteran’s Memorial Cemetery, Agawam. Contributions in Allen’s name may be directed to the Holyoke Medical Center, c/o Valley Health Systems, Development Office, 20 Hospital Drive, Holyoke, MA 01040. www.firtionadams.com

John T. Fitzgerald John T. Fitzgerald “Speckie”, 86 of Ft. Myers, FL passed away on July 30, 2014 at Gulf Coast Hospital in Ft. Myers. He was born in Westfield, MA on April 6, 1928 to the late Raymond F. and Katherine M. (Halloran) Fitzgerald. He lived in and attended schools in Westfield before relocating to FL in 1992.

In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his brother Raymond M. Fitzgerald, sister in law Barbara G. Fitzgerald and brother in law Robert Case. He is survived by his wife Julie Mercadante Fitzgerald of Ft. Myers, FL and her children Dean, Lori, Darcy & Jay and their families, his former wife Connie and their children: daughter, Debra of Westfield, MA and her partner John; sons Daniel and wife, Cindy of Charleston, SC; Neil and wife Conny of Ft. Lauderdale, FL and Scott and wife Jeanne of Marshfield, MA. He also leaves his sisters Claire F. Case and Marie A. Gallo both of Westfield and a brother in law Paul Gallo of West Springfield, 2 grandsons Scott T. Fitzgerald and J. Scott Fitzgerald Jr. as well as several nieces, nephews, stepgrandchildren and many special friends.

Memorial donations in his name may be made to a special cause of your choice. www.horizonfunerals.com There will be a memorial celebration of his life for family and friends at the Sons of Erin, 22 William St. in Westfield on Saturday, September 6, 2014 from 2pm-6pm.

Probation

Continued from Page 1 stopped quickly causing her to “back up quickly as she (was) afraid of injury that may have been sustained by Jose ramming her vehicle.”

She told Wolfe that the man “chased her through two yards with his vehicle and boxed her in the second yard” before he exited his vehicle carrying what she described as a crow bar “and smashed her windshield, driver’s side door and rear window with the crow bar before leaving the scene.”

Wolf found that Rodriguez’s license had been suspended and he was charged with operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license as well as two charges of assault with a dangerous weapon and single charges of malicious destruction of property valued more than $250, malicious damage to a motor vehicle and negligent operation of a motor vehicle.

Rodriguez appeared before Judge Philip A. Contant in Westfield District Court on Wednesday and pleaded guilty to all six charges.

Contant imposed a year’s probation for each charge, ordered that he complete a batterer’s program, enjoined him from threats or violence toward the victim and assessed him $340.

Contant also ordered that Rodriguez pay restitution of $300.

In a separate case, Rodriguez pleaded guilty to a charge of violation of an abuse prevention order and was again placed on probation for a year. He was also assessed $50.

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Continued from Page 1 Philip Contant, who threw Allyn off a motor vehicle homicide case and issued a scathing ruling in which he cited Allyn for a litany of potential ethics violations.

“Judge Contant and I clearly have a disagreement about my representation of the Carbone family and it’s taken it’s course. I respect Judge Contant and we have an appellate court for a reason,” he said. “Sometimes judges get it wrong and that’s one case in 1,500 criminal cases.”

Allyn also spoke of a recent editorial written by former Springfield Mayor and District Court Judge Mary Hurley, who said he was “disrespectful of the law.”

“When you’re going to run an editorial and attack a candidate running for district attorney, at least come clean and tell the public I had interest in running, but I couldn’t run because I had to work one day in July to get a $30,000 pay raise,” said Allyn of Hurley, adding that her sister had donated to the Gulluni campaign. “Mary Hurley has an interest in this race.”

Etkin, 56, highlighted his experience, from overseeing police training and a child abuse unit, to his tenure as a trial lawyer and almost a decade in the District Attorney’s office.

“The Hampden County District Attorney’s office has a budget of $8.5 million and has 150 employees,” he said.

“To make that office work, you have to have the experience of hiring, supervising, training and, in some cases, firing people.”

“The primary function of the District Attorney’s office is to protect the public from violent and repeat offenders,” Etkin added.

Etkin spoke at length about the need to make it “too hot in Hampden County” for violent criminals and gang members, referring to gun crime as a major crisis throughout the county. He also spoke of the need for treatment programs for opiate addicts and the key to releasing the county from the snare of heroin.

“We need to be working on deterrents and education, meeting with religious groups and in the school system. We need to eliminate the demand for drugs,” he said. “Nothing is worse than to meet a parent of child with a heroin addiction… the first step is education.”

Gulluni, the youngest candidate running for the office, has spent the past six years working as an assistant district attorney under Mastroianni and his predecessor, William Bennett, who recently endorsed the 33-year old.

A resident of Springfield’s Forest Park neighborhood, Gulluni espoused his platform as one of “modern, adaptable crime prevention and prosecution” that is in touch with the issues ravaging Hampden County.

“This county is in the process of changing… My neighborhood is one of the places that has changed most dramatically,” he said. “But things like drug addiction are plaguing the city of Westfield and towns like Longmeadow and Agawam.”

“If we are going to succeed in the war not only against crime but against drugs, we have to focus our efforts early,” Gulluni said.

“Impacting young people and people who are at the beginning of addiction, crime and

Patrick Berry, right, moderator and owner of The Westfield News Group, questions Hampden County District Attorney candidates Shawn Allyn, Hal Etkin, Anthony Gulluni and Brett Vottero, foreground, during a Candidates Forum hosted by The Westfield News and the Greater Westfield Chamber of Commerce at the Westfield Womans Club Wednesday night.

(Photo by Frederick Gore)

Hampden County District Attorney candidates, left-right, Shawn Allyn, Hal Etkin, Anthony Gulluni and Brett Vottero, respond to questions during a Candidates Forum hosted by The Westfield News and the Greater Westfield Chamber of Commerce at the Westfield Womans Club Wednesday night. (Photo by Frederick Gore) destitution. Prevention has got to be a critical aspect of what the District Attorney’s office does.”

When asked of his relative inexperience outside his capacity as an Assistant District Attorney, Gulluni fired back, responding that his experience as a lawyer and youth diversion worker makes him more than qualified for the job.

“Look at my campaign, the endorsements I’ve gotten, look at the folks who know the system best who say Anthony Gulluni is the right person for the job,” he said before listing off an extensive cache of endorsements. “The question is flawed. The experience I have is out there, the cases I’ve tried is out there.

The endorsements I have are people in the system.”

Vottero asked the undecided members of the audience what they’re seeking in the next Hampden County DA. “The truth of the matter is that we agree on just about every issue. We’re all talking about the need to deal with violent and repeat offenders, the need to prevent crime and to deal with substance abuse and mental health as public health issues,” he said. “I want a DA with unquestioned ethical integrity, and I’ve never had a conviction overturned for misconduct.”

The 53-year old Vottero, who spent several decades as an assistant district attorney, provided case summaries of his most significant cases as evidence of the experience he believes makes him the right choice for Hampden County.

“I have urged every DA I’ve worked for to change their emphasis from streetlevel drug dealing to drug use,” he said. “I believe the problem in our community is people using drugs – they’re the ones claiming lives, putting children at risk and dying.

I believe it’s a public health issue, not a criminal justice issue.”

Vottero added that the DA’s office has to focus resources on identifying users and getting them into treatment, referencing longtime tactics used in the war on drugs as “failures” and focusing on drug use as his major priority as DA. “For years, the police will

Candidate for Hampden County District Attorney Brett Vottero responds to a question from Patrick Berry, background, moderator and President of The Westfield News Group, during a Candidates Forum sponsored by The Westfield News and The Greater Westfield Chamber of Commerce at the Westfield Womans Club Wednesday night.

(Photo by Frederick Gore)

watch users make purchases and then arrest the dealer and the dealer goes to jail,” he said. “We’ve incarcerated more people in the last 30 years than most civilized countries in the world… do you feel safer?”

“You have to get beyond the words we’re going to utter and look at the evidence,” Vottero said. “The

role of the District Attorney is critical. It’s the most powerful person in the criminal justice system.”

The forum was recorded and can be seen on Westfield Community Programming Channel 15 tomorrow at 4:00 & 7:30 p.m.; Saturday at 11 a.m. and 5 & 10 p.m.; Sunday at 8 a.m. and 5 & 10 p.m.; and Monday at 3, 7 & 10 p.m.

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Junior Morgan Sanders is tripple teamed in Wednesday’s opening game against Taconic. (Photo by Liam Sheehan) Westfield Junior Annie Brozini passes a Taconic defender and looks for an opportunity to score. (Photo by Liam Sheehan)

Senior Captain Lindsay Stefano sends the ball upfield in Wednesday’s opening game against Taconic. (Photo by Liam Sheehan)

Sophomore Erin McDermott crosses the ball to the center of the field for a scoring opportunity. (Photo by Liam Sheehan)

Westfield Senior Karly Diltz heads the ball toward the Taconic goal in Wednesday’s season opening game. (Photo by

Westfield Senior Alicia Arnold shoots and scores a header in Wednesday’s opening game against Taconic. (Photo by Liam

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Bombers pounce

Southwick High School’s No. 4 Chris Molta chips to the green during yesterday’s match against Palmer at the Edgewood Country Club in Southwick. (Photo by Frederick Gore)

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BOYS’ SOCCER GATORS SILENCED Renaissance 2, Gateway 0 Renaissance scored on a fourth-minute penalty kick, and tallied another goal in the 20th minute en route to a shutout against Gateway.

Gators’ goalie Spencer Rock finished with seven saves.

Gateway looks to rebound at Granby on Friday.

GOLF SUPER START Westfield 163, Chicopee 180; Westfield 163, Chicopee Comp 219 Colin Dunn shot a match-low 39 for Westfield, who now boasts a 3-0 record to begin the 2014 fall season. The Bombers opened up with a 150-174 win over Cathedral Tuesday.

On Wednesday, Westfield received solid efforts from Dunn, Sebastian Soendergaard (3-over-par-40), Dan Hickson (42), and Ryan Towle (42).

Southwick High School’s No. 2 Bradley Durand chips to the green during yesterday’s match at the Edgewood Country Club with visiting Palmer. (Photo by Frederick Gore)

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PANTHERS PROWL Palmer 21, Southwick 3 Zach Jones (35) edged out Southwick’s James Longhi (39) in leading Palmer to a big victory Wednesday at Edgewood Country Club.

Southwick High School’s No. 3 Joe Stratton eyes the green during yesterday’s match against Palmer at the Edgewood Country Club. (Photo by Frederick Gore)

Southwick High School’s No. 6 Pat Mahoney Southwick High School’s No. 1 James Longhi chips from a ravine during Wednesday’s chips from the rough during Wednesday’s match against Palmer. (Photo by Frederick Gore) match against Palmer at the Edgewood Country Club. (Photo by Frederick Gore)

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By Chris Putz Staff Writer WESTFIELD – The Westfield girls’ soccer team got off to a blazing fast start.

Alicia Arnold, Erin McDermott, and Annie Brozini scored two goals apiece to lead Westfield to a 6-0 shutout of visiting Taconic Wednesday.

Arnold headed in both goals off corner kicks from Beca Sullivan, the first of which came in the sixth minute and the other with 12:42 remaining in the half.

McDermott scored the second goal of the first half in the 22nd minute. Kelsey Kiltonic assisted on the play. Brozini scored unassisted with 8:12 left in the half.

McDermott and Brozini each tallied second half goals.

Lindsay Stefano and McDermott assisted on the scores, respectively.

Jessica Healey (2 saves) and the Westfield defense earned a shutout.

“It was a super effort by the entire team, both attacking and defending as a complete unit,” Bombers coach Keith Saltmarsh said. “It was a good start to the year. It was super important to get a win under our belt.”

Westfield Senior Allie Helliwell sends the ball upfield in the WHS opening game against Taconic on Wednesday. (Photo by

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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SCHEDULES THURSDAY Sept. 4

FRIDAY Sept. 5

SATURDAY Sept. 6

MONDAY Sept. 8

Tuesday Sept. 9

WEDNESDAY Sept. 10

WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’ SOCCER at Pittsfield, Kirvin Park, 4 p.m.

BOYS’ JV SOCCER at Pittsfield, Kirvin Park, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. East Longmeadow, 4 p.m.

FIELD HOCKEY at Agawam, 4 p.m.

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

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

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

GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL vs. Longmeadow, 6:15 p.m.

FOOTBALL at Amherst, noon

BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Ludlow, 4 p.m.

BOYS’ JV SOCCER at Ludlow, Whitney Park, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ JV VOLLEYBALL at Sci-Tech, 4 p.m.

FIELD HOCKEY vs. Longmeadow, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL at Sci-Tech, 5 p.m.

JV FOOTBALL vs. Amherst, 5:15 p.m.

GIRLS’ JV FIELD HOCKEY vs.

Longmeadow, 5:30 p.m.

GOLF at Minnechaug, Wilbraham CC, 3 p.m.

BOYS’ CROSS COUNTRY at Amherst, 3:45 p.m.

GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY at Amherst, 3:45 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Northampton, 4 p.m.

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

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

GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL at Frontier, 6 p.m.

GOLF at Belchertown, Cold Spring CC, 3 p.m.

GOLF vs. St. Mary, Edgewood CC, 3 p.m.

BOYS’ CROSS COUNTRY vs. Cathedral at Pioneer Valley Regional, 3:45 p.m.

GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY vs. Cathedral at Pioneer Valley Regional, 3:45 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER at Belchertown, 6 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Sabis, Park & Rec Field, 4 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Sabis, 4 p.m.

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

FIELD HOCKEY vs. Turners Falls, 4 p.m.

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

JV FIELD HOCKEY vs. Turners Falls, 5:30 p.m.

SOUTHWICK-TOLLAND REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL at Commerce, 4 p.m.

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

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

GOLF vs. Monson, Edgewood CC, 3 p.m.

JV FIELD HOCKEY at Pioneer Valley Regional, 4 p.m.

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

FIELD HOCKEY at Pioneer Valley Regional, 5:30 p.m.

GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL vs. Dean Tech, 5:30 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER at Agawam, 4 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ SOCCER at Agawam, 4 p.m.

GATEWAY REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’ SOCCER at Sabis, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER at Holyoke Catholic, Rivers Park, 4 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ SOCCER at Holyoke Catholic, Nash Park, 4 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER at Granby, 3:30 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER at Easthampton, Nonotuck Park, 4 p.m.

JV BOYS’ SOCCER at Granby, Time TBA

BOYS’ CROSS COUNTRY vs. Franklin Tech at St. Mary, Stanley Park, 3:45 p.m.

GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY vs. Franklin Tech at St. Mary, Stanley Park, 3:45 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Mohawk, 3:30 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Mohawk, 3:30 p.m.

SAINT MARY HIGH SCHOOL GOLF at Monson, Quaboag CC, 3 p.m.

GOLF at Palmer, Quaboag CC, 3 p.m.

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

GOLF at Southwick, Edgewood CC, 3 p.m.

BOYS’ CROSS COUNTRY vs. Gateway, Franklin Tech, Stanley Park, 3:30 p.m.

GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY vs. Gateway, Franklin Tech, Stanley Park, 3:30 p.m.

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

WESTFIELD VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL GOLF vs. Easthampton, East Mt. CC, 3 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Commerce, Jachym Field, 4 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Smith Voke, Jachym Field, 4 p.m.

GOLF at Turners Falls, Thomas Memorial GC, 3 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Putnam, Jachym Field, 4 p.m.

WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY SCHEDULES Westfield State University Men’s and Women’s 2014 Cross Country Schedule

Westfield State 2014 Women’s Soccer Schedule DAY DATE OPPONENT Friday Sept. 5 Springfield College Tournament

Roger Williams vs. St. Lawrence,

Westfield vs. Springfield Saturday Sept. 6 Springfield College Tournament

Consolation

Championship Wednesday Sept. 10 at Johnson & Wales Saturday Sept. 13 at Eastern Connecticut Saturday Sept. 20 FITCHBURG STATE Wednesday Sept. 24 SMITH COLLEGE Saturday Sept. 27 at Bridgewater State Oct. 4 at Mass. Maritime Saturday Wednesday Oct. 8 at Elms College Saturday Oct. 11 SALEM STATE

TIME 6:00 8:15 5:00 7:15 7:00 1:00 3:00 7:00 3:30 12:00 7:00 3:00

2014 Westfield State University Men’s Soccer Schedule Tuesday Saturday Tuesday Saturday Tuesday Saturday Saturday Wednesday Saturday

Sept. 9 Sept. 13 Sept. 16 Sept. 20 Sept. 23 Sept. 27 Oct. 4 Oct. 8 Oct. 11

WILLIAMS COLLEGE SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE TRINITY COLLEGE at Fitchburg State ELMS COLLEGE BRIDGEWATER STATE MASS. MARITIME at Endicott College at Salem State

4:00 12:00 7:00 12:00 7:00 12:00 6:00 7:00 2:30

Saturday Wednesday Saturday Wednesday Saturday

Oct. 18 Oct. 22 Oct. 25 Oct. 29 Nov. 1

at MCLA at Rhode Island College WORCESTER STATE WESTERN CONNECTICUT at Framingham State

1:30 6:00 11:00 a.m.

7:00 12:00

Westfield State University 2014 Volleyball Schedule DATE DAY Friday Sept. 5

Saturday Sept. 6 Wednesday Sept. 10 Friday Sept. 12

Saturday Sept. 13

Tuesday Sept. 16 Saturday Sept. 20 Sept. 20 Saturday Saturday Sept. 27

OPPONENT Springfield College Invitational Westfield vs. Stevens Tech Westfield vs. Rivier Springfield College Invitational at Elms College Trinity College Invitational Westfield vs. Trinity

Trinity College Invitational Westfield vs. WPI Westfield vs. Eastern Conn. at Bridgewater State vs. Bay Path @HCC vs. Green Mountain @HCC Westfield vs. Wellesley @WPI

TIME 5:00 7:00 12:30 or 2:30 6:00 5:00 1:00 3:00 6:00 10:00 a.m.

12:00 1:00

Westfield State University 2014 Men’s Golf FALL Schedule DAY DATE Thursday Sept. 18

Wednesday Sept. 24

Sept. 30 Tuesday

Saturday Oct. 11

Sunday Oct. 12

OPPONENT MCLA Invitational Berkshire Hills Country Club, Pitsfield, Mass.

Elms College Blazer Invitational Westover Golf Course, Granby, Mass.

Westfield State Invitational Tekoa Country Club ECAC Championships Crumpin Fox Golf Club, Bernardston, Mass.

ECAC Championships Crumpin Fox Golf Club, Bernardston, Mass.

TIME 1:00 10:00 11:00 12:00 12:00

SEPTEMBER 6 – Trinity College Invitational @Manchester, CT SEPTEMBER 13 – Eastern Connecticut St. Invitational @Mansfield Hollow State Park SEPTEMBER 20 – UMass Dartmouth Invitational @North Dartmouth, MA SEPTEMBER 27 – Williams College Purple Classic @Williamstown, MA OCTOBER 4 - OPEN OCTOBER 11 - James Earley Invitational @Stanley Park, Westfield, MA OCTOBER 18 – Connecticut College Invitational @New London, CT OCTOBER 25 - OPEN NOVEMBER 1 – MASCAC/New England Alliance Championships @MCLA NOVEMBER 8 - ECAC Division III Championships @Westfield State University NOVEMBER 15 – NCAA New England Division III Championships @Williams College NOVEMBER 22 - NCAA Division III National Championships @Wilmington College, Mason, Ohio, Kings Island Golf Center

Westfield State University 2014 Field Hockey Schedule DAY Saturday Saturday Tuesday Saturday Wednesday Saturday Tuesday Saturday Wednesday Saturday Tuesday Friday Tuesday Friday Tuesday Friday Tuesday Thursday Saturday

DATE Sept. 6 Sept 13 Sept. 16 Sept. 20 Sept. 24 Sept. 27 Sept. 30 Oct. 4 Oct. 8 Oct. 11 Oct. 14 Oct. 17 Oct. 21 Oct. 24 Oct. 28 Oct. 31 Nov. 4 Nov. 6 Nov. 8

OPPONENT TIME WESTERN NEW ENGLAND 1:00 at Eastern Connecticut State 12:00 at Endicott College 7:00 UMASS DARTMOUTH 12:00 ELMS COLLEGE 4:00 PLYMOUTH STATE 3:30 at Bridgewater State 7:00 at Southern Maine 2:30 FITCHBURG STATE 7:00 FRAMINGHAM STATE 12:00 at Smith College 7:00 at Worcester State 7:00 at Keene State 6:00 SALEM STATE 7:00 MOUNT HOLYOKE 7:00 at Western Connecticut 7:00 Little East Conference Tournament Quarterfinals Little East Conference Tournament Semifinals Little East Conference Tournament Championship Game

2014 Westfield State Football Schedule DAY DATE OPPONENT Friday Sept. 5 NICHOLS Saturday Sept. 13 at Western New England Sept. 20 at UMass Dartmouth Saturday Saturday Sept. 27 BYE Saturday Oct. 4 PLYMOUTH STATE Saturday Oct. 11 at Framingham State Saturday Oct. 18 at Mass. Maritime Saturday Oct. 25 BRIDGEWATER STATE Homecoming Nov. 1 at Fitchburg State Saturday Saturday Nov. 8 WORCESTER STATE Senior Day Friday Nov. 14 WESTERN CONNECTICUT

TIME 7:00 1:00 4:00 1:00 12:00 12:00 2:00 1:30 1:00 7:00

Westfield State University 2014 Women’s Golf FALL Schedule DAY DATE OPPONENT Sat.-Sun. Sept. 20-21 Mount Holyoke Invitational Sat.-Sun. Sept. 27-28 Middlebury Invitational Oct. 4-5 Williams Invitational Sat.-Sun. Sat-Sun. Oct. 11-12 Wellesley Invitational

TIMES 8:00/8:00 1:00/9:00 12:30/8:30 11:00/9:00

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HIGH SCHOOL Standings, Results FOOTBALL Westfield………………….0-0 GYMNASTICS Westfield………………….0-0 GIRLS’ SOCCER Westfield………………….1-0 Westfield Voc-Tech…..0-0 St. Mary……………………0-0 Southwick…………………0-0 Gateway…………………..0-0 BOYS’ SOCCER Westfield………………….0-0-1 Westfield Voc-Tech…..0-0

St. Mary……………………0-0 Southwick…………………0-0 Gateway…………………..0-1 FIELD HOCKEY Westfield………………….0-1 Southwick………………..0-0 GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL Westfield…………………0-1 Southwick………………..0-0 GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY Westfield………………….0-0 St. Mary……………………0-0 Southwick…………………0-0

Wednesday’s Results

Gateway…………………..0-0 BOYS’ CROSS COUNTRY Westfield………………….0-0 St. Mary……………………0-0 Southwick…………………0-0 Gateway…………………..0-0 GOLF Westfield………………….3-0 St. Mary……………………0-0 Southwick…………………0-1 Westfield Voc-Tech……0-0

GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL Minnechaug 3, Westfield 0 GIRLS’ SOCCER Westfield 6, Taconic 0 BOYS’ SOCCER Renaissance 2, Gateway 0 GOLF Westfield 163, Chicopee 180; Westfield 163, Chicopee Comp 219 Palmer 21, Southwick 3

Several Bombers watch from the sidelines as Mai Kozak strikes the ball over the net. (Photo by Chris Putz)

Falcons soar

By Chris Putz Staff Writer WILBRAHAM – The Minnechaug Regional High School girls’ volleyball team swooped in and delivered the season’s first blow to Westfield Wednesday.

Minnechaug swept in three sets, 25-18, 25-16, 25-18.

Westfield’s Kenzie Chaban (4) hits the ball against Minnechaug. (Photo by Chris Putz)

Westfield enjoyed several leads in the first game, but Minnechaug surged ahead in the final minutes to seize it.

Westfield also led briefly in the middle frame, 7-4, before the Falcons went on a 6-0 run to take a 13-7 advantage. The Bombers fought back into it, cutting their deficit to 14-12.

Westfield’s Mai Kozak (12) bumps the ball as Sam Sperling (3) looks on Wednesday in Wilbraham. (Photo by Chris Putz)

Westfield libero Olga Korobkov awaits the ball. (Photo by Chris

Minnechaug responded.

The Falcons went on another run to take a commanding lead, 20-13, and never wavered.

In Game Three, Minnechaug opened with two screaming aces. The Falcons soared to an 18-3 lead.

Westfield faced a nearly insurmountable climb, but made a valiant effort with superb play from libero Olga Korobkov and a hard-working effort from center Mai Kozak.

With Elaine Prats serving, Westfield rallied for five

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Tekoa Country Club Tuesday Golf League Four person scramble August 19, 2014 Low Gross 1st Place –Ray West, Fred Rogers, John Kidrick & Milt Holmes 2nd Place – Butch Rines, Gary Marcoulier, Hank Bartnicki & Jack Kennedy 3rd Place – Jim French, Dave Liberty, Jim Johnson & Al Szenda Low Net 1st Place – Errol Nichols, Mark Dunn, Bill Wallinovich & Fran Siska 2nd Place –Bob Czarnecki, Harry Thompson, Carol Haas & Bill Frothingham 3rd Place – Dick Williams, Ron Sena, Terry Clark & Mike Clark Closest to the Pins :( two winners each hole) Hole #11 – Rich Chistolini & Bob McCarthy Hole #16 – Ray West & Errol Nichols Hole #18 – Ray West & Dick Williams

straight before Minnechaug pulled away.

Westfield will attempt to bounce back on Friday when it hosts Longmeadow at 6:15 Bombers’ Meghan O’Brien, right, and Sam Sperling (3) set up p.m. a defensive wall against Minnechaug. (Photo by Chris Putz)

Shell’s Tekoa Tuesday Golf League 2014 Results from AUGUST 12th

1st Place Barry Slattery & Bob McCarthy 181.5 Points 2nd Place Jim French & Dave Liberty 180.0 Points Joe Hebda & Tom Baker 172.5 Points 3rd Place 4th Place Frank Kamlowski & Angelo Mascadrelli 172.0 Points 5th Place Fran Siska & Bill Wallanovich 166.5 Points 165.5 Points 6th Place Terry Clark & Mike Clark 7th Place Tom Pitoniak & Bob Berniche 163.0 Points 8th Place Jack Leary & Jim Liptak 159.0 Points 9th Place Ed West & Bob Czarnecki 158.0 Points 157.5 Points 10th Place Ed Harrington & Jim Crawford 11th Place Erroll Nichols & Mark Dunn 155.5 Points 12th Place Hank Bartniki & Jack Kennedy 152.5 Points Paul Joubert & Ron Bonyeau 151.0 Points 13th Place 14th Place Ray West & Harry Pease 150.5 Points 15th Place Jim Johnson & Al Szenda 148.5 Points Butch Rines & Gary Marcoulier 147.0 Points 16th Place 17th Place Bill Murphy & Chris Olsen 144.5 Points 18th Place Carl Haas & Bill Frothingham 138.5 Points John Kidrick & Milt Holmes 135.5 Points 19th Place 20th Place Dick Williams & Ron Sena 134.5 Points

Low Gross Barry Slattery & Butch Rines & Jack Kennedy @ 43 Low Net Al Szenda @ 23

Closest to pin on 3rd hole Rich Chistolini Butch Rines Closest to pin on 3rd hole (2nd shot) Barry Slattery Closest to pin on 6th hole Shell Faunce we miss you on the course.

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By Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar

What do I do?

Dear Annie: My daughter has been married for 14 years to a wonderful, successful, caring husband, and they have four beautiful children. But she recently moved out of their home. I can’t believe it.

Everyone could tell the marriage wasn’t going that well in the past year, but we thought it was the usual ups and downs. Then my daughter started spending a lot of evenings with her girlfriends and staying out until the wee hours. She also became secretive and not the loving, open daughter she had been.

I asked her to see a doctor, thinking maybe she was depressed, but also to check her thyroid because I have hypothyroidism and so did her grandmother. But she told me to stay out of it, that it’s between her and her husband. She says there’s no abuse, drugs or alcohol, and I believe her. But I think she is seeing someone on the side. She says she just doesn’t love her husband anymore.

I asked her to please go to counseling or speak to their pastor, and she said no. She told me to leave them alone and let them work it out. Now she says the split is permanent. I am devastated and angry with my daughter. She left the kids with her husband, and she’s moved in with her sister. I cannot believe she would do this.

I see the kids two or three times a week when I babysit. My daughter has asked me to support her in this decision, but I just can’t. What do I do? -- Beyond Sad Dear Beyond: We know this is breaking your heart, but you must try your best to stay out of it. Whatever problems are going on in your daughter’s marriage are hers to deal with, good or bad. Try to spend time with the children, especially if you can bring them to your house, giving them a stable, calm place to visit. But don’t take sides. The best you can do is talk to your other daughter and ask that she encourage her sister not to rush into anything she’ll regret.

Dear Annie: We went to a family wedding last month. The ceremony was scheduled for 2 p.m., but the wedding party didn’t show up until an hour later. The reception was at another location, and dinner was supposed to start at 5:30, but the wedding party showed up at 7. No one ate until 8.

We thought this was inconsiderate and rude. There was no good reason why the wedding party was late for the ceremony and supper. Her 90-year-old grandfather and his 86-year-old grandmother and numerous seniors as well as young children all had to wait for the wedding party to show up. What do you think about this? -- Saskatchewan, Canada Dear Canada: We, too, think this is rude and inconsiderate.

There’s an amazingly selfish trend these days where some brides, grooms and attendants erroneously believe they are entitled to have a “before party” (although generally not before the ceremony, as well) because it’s “their” night. They delay arriving at their own reception, often by hours. In that case, they should not invite guests to share in the celebration, because obviously, the guests are not included in it. Unless the bridal party had a good reason for the delay, we’d have gone home.

Dear Annie: You had a letter from “Any Light at the End of My Tunnel?” whose husband is controlling. I was in the same situation, and all I can say is: If you love your children, leave now! You will find help.

I finally left after he threw a plate in my face, but unfortunately, it was too late for my kids, as I watched two out of the three enter into exactly the same kind of abusive relationship they saw growing up. You have a chance for your children to learn a better way of life. -- Been There, Done That

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014: This year you will become more involved with completing long-term projects, but the tension of meeting deadlines often could irk you. Use tension as an advantage, not a detriment; you will empower yourself that way.

This year is the perfect year to build on your strengths and eliminate what does not work. You enter a new life cycle next summer. If you are single, even if you are sure that Cupid has hit a bull’s-eye, continue treating a new potential sweetie with some skepticism. If you are attached, the two of you develop quite a closeness. Enjoy every moment.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH You seem to experience gawkiness, no matter what you do or with whom you do it. A situation where you have often taken the lead could transform. You might not want to be as much of a leader as you have been in the past. Tonight: Try to break free early.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH You could be giving off an aura of being extremely put-together, which might not be the case. Work on being as authentic as possible. A sudden insight is likely to make you wonder why you have never thought this way before. Tonight: Make plans for a fall getaway.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH One-on-one relating will be a dominant theme today. You might feel misrepresented in a conversation, as if the other party did not hear your message. Try to rehash the conversation in a different way. Change plans, if need be.

Tonight: Be with that special person.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHHH Others will come forward and want to take control. You know that no one can control anyone else. Refuse to get involved in any power plays.

Don’t forget to touch base with someone who is very important to you. Tonight: Know when to head in.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH Do whatever you do 110 percent, or don’t bother doing it at all.

Your energy might feel awkward at times, but your strength will see you through any problems. Be aware of how you deal with someone, as it could be quite startling to an observer. Tonight: Play it easy.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH You’ll have an opportunity to brainstorm creatively and come up with amazing ideas. Romance could play a major role in your day, if you are open to it. Be direct and caring when dealing with others, as not everyone will be as upbeat as you are. Tonight: Use your imagination.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Be centered and direct in your dealings. You will be on top of a situation and able to understand what needs to happen. Trust yourself and listen to your instincts. Honor a change, but refuse to get involved in a fight.

Tonight: In the right mood.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH You will want to understand what is expected of you, so ask rather than assume. Though you might not want the feedback, it will be important to get it. A relative could cause an unexpected problem. Don’t push this person away. Tonight: Favorite spot, favorite people.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH Your success is dependent upon you making the right choices. If you want to make a difference, let go of rigidity about anything that is happening. You will want to try a different solution to the problem. Tonight: Make it a point to indulge a little.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHHH Life is subject to fast changes. Don’t fight the inevitable; instead, make it a point to go with the flow. You know much more about what is happening than you realize. Loosen up, and understand what is appropriate.

Tonight: As you like it.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH Recognize that you will have an important choice to make. How you handle a personal matter could radically change as a result of that decision. The best course of action for you would be to reflect on the situation and sort out all the details. Tonight: Not to be found.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Listen to news, and be more forthright with others. You have every reason to believe what you believe, and

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AMERICAN LEAGUE Tuesday’s Games Boston 9, N.Y. Yankees 4 Baltimore 5, Cincinnati 4 Detroit 4, Cleveland 2 Toronto 8, Tampa Bay 2 Chicago White Sox 6, Minnesota 3, 10 innings Houston 8, L.A. Angels 3 Kansas City 2, Texas 1 Seattle 6, Oakland 5 Wednesday’s Games Seattle 2, Oakland 1 N.Y. Yankees 5, Boston 1 Baltimore 6, Cincinnati 0 Cleveland 7, Detroit 0 Toronto 7, Tampa Bay 4 Minnesota 11, Chicago White Sox 4 Houston 4, L.A. Angels 1 Kansas City 4, Texas 1 Thursday’s Games Boston (Workman 1-8) at N.Y. Yankees (Capuano 2-3), 7:05 p.m.

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