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School Committee faces failing pump station and accepts gifts at meeting Some of the teachers listened to the speakers under the shade tent. (Photo by Amy Porter)

Photo provided by family member of Cameron Davis.

Police seeking missing teen

By DAN DESROCHERS Correspondent WESTFIELD–Police are looking for a 15-year-old boy after they report he allegedly got out of a van on Elm Street.

According to Westfield Police Capt. Michael McCabe, police are seeking Cameron Davis, 15, after he exited a van on Elm Street Aug. 27.

Police received the report at 8:55 p.m. Sunday evening that Davis was a passenger in a van that, when stopped in downtown Westfield, he exited the vehicle and ran away.

The Westfield Detective Bureau released a statement via social media about the incident on Monday: “Davis was a passenger in a van on Elm [Street] near the courthouse. When the vehicle came to stop, Davis jumped out of the van and ran out of sight. He was last seen at this location and was wearing a red sweatshirt.

According to McCabe, Davis is reported to be Caucasian, 5 feet, 5 inches tall, about 115 pounds, with long brown hair and a scar on his forehead. However, Davis’s family member, Cassandra Fleming, reported that Davis is about 5 feet, 6 inches to 5 feet, 7 inches tall, 130 pounds, and his hair may be tied in a ponytail.

If you have information, contact the Westfield Police Department at (413)562-5411 or email officer Juanita Mejias at j.mejias@cityofwestfield.org.

Student speakers welcome back teachers and staff at Convocation

By AMY PORTER Correspondent WESTFIELD – The annual convocation welcoming teachers and staff back to school held at Bullens Field on Monday began with a delicious barbeque of chicken, corn on the cub, baked potato, ziti and cookies prepared by the culinary staff and students of Westfield Technical Academy and Westfield High School, along with barbequed ribs donated by Gary Cloutier from Cloot’s Auto Body.

School Committee members and district administrators could be seen behind the grill and serving under the tent, making sure that everyone got their fill. But it was the students who served as the special guest speakers who stole the show.

Westfield Mayor Brian P. Sullivan opened the program, welcoming the new teachers, administrators and veterans back for another year. School Committee vice-chair Cynthia Sullivan thanked members Diane Mayhew and Kevin Sullivan for their help, along with City Councilors Brent B. Bean, II, William Onyski and Matthew VanHeynigen. Sullivan also said the School Committee was there to support the teachers in any way that they could. Westfield Public Schools Superintendent Stefan Czaporowski thanked the Mayor, City Councilors

South Middle School eighth grader Charles Darling. (Photo by Amy Porter)

Westfield High School senior Fiona Cioch. (Photo by Amy Porter) and School Committee members for their ongoing support, and briefly shared his goals for the new academic year, ending by saying “great things are happening in the Westfield schools.”

Before introducing the students, Czaporowski explained why he invited them. “Last year, our key note speakers included an elementary and high school staff members from the district. Our guest speakers today are students. I thought it would be very beneficial to hear from them. They are going to talk a little about their experiences in our schools. To me, student voice is important…I hope that you agree,” he said.

First to speak was Highland Elementary fifth grader Ali Isam.

“During my five years at Highland, I was lucky to have such great teachers,” he said. Ali went on to say that the teachers were always kind, and always gave him self-confidence.

“You’re doing a great job,” he told them, saying the things his teachers say always motivated him, and they make him feel welcome by smiling at him.

Ali then listed all of the teachers by name he had since kindergarten. “All of my teachers care for my growth as a student at Highland,” he said. He ended by thanking them for creating “a beautiful and safe learning environment,” and said he was looking forward to meeting his new teacher, and seeing his friends and former teachers when he starts school.

South Middle School eighth grader See Convocation, Page 3

By AMY PORTER Correspondent WESTFIELD – At Monday’s School Committee meeting, city engineer Mark Cressotti said the City of Westfield plans to install a new pump station closer to the road to replace the one currently located at the southeast corner of Westfield High School near the turn to the teachers parking lot. He said Westfield engineer Mark Cressotti the new pump station will shows plans for the new pump station serve both city residents on at Westfield High School to the Montgomery Road and the School Committee on Monday. school, and will replace the old one. He said the plan required the district to transfer the property where the new one will be installed to the Department of Public Works.

Mayor Brian P. Sullivan said it was important to move on this project, before the old pump station has more problems.

Vice-chair Cynthia Sullivan said her only concern is down time for the high school. Cressotti said he would work with the school principal, to ensure that doesn’t happen. The School Committee unanimously approved the transfer of property.

Following the meeting, Cressotti said the existing pump station needs rehabilitation, so instead the city will build a new one that would serve the community. He said the funds for the project were in the $4 million bond for sanitary sewer extensions approved by the City Council in May. Cressotti said the new pump station will be closer to the road than the old one, which is off of the teacher’s entrance. He said that one will be removed, and a separate drive to the pump station will be put in. “It will relieve them of the responsibility, and save the school money in maintenance,” he said.

Westfield Public Schools business manager Ron Rix said the existing pump station is the original one from 1972, and has had numerous failures which the school has had to pay for out of its maintenance budget.

Rix said the district had $200,000 in its capital improvement plan to replace it for the last two years, but now that the city is taking it over, they can remove that item. “It’s a very good thing,” Rix said.

Gift donations acknowledged at School Committee meeting The School Committee also approved over $36,000 in cash and material donations to the schools at Monday’s meeting. Among the bigger items was $9,300 from the Southampton Road PTO to purchase and install fans in the Southampton Road Elementary School gym.

Baystate Noble Hospital donated $5,000 to the Westfield Technical Academy’s Allied Health gift account, which the committee voted to set up earlier in the meeting. Superintendent Stefan Czaporowski said the gift was the first of its size to Allied Health at the school.

WTA’s Aviation Maintenance Technology program received a Pitts Special S-1C aircraft, with an approximate value of $10,000 from John Chester of Wilbraham. The AMT shop also received a kit-built Moneria glider, with an approx. value of $3,000 from Robert Dill Burchard and the estate of George Bunnell.

Secure Energy Solutions donated a Nikon microscope, valued at $4,000 to WTA. Mobiusworks of Westfield donated $1,500 to purchase jackets for the SkillsUSA Club, and South Agawam Shops & Storage Facility donated silk screens to Graphic Arts, with an approximate value of $1,100.

Auto Collision also received two cars for students to work on; a 2007 Toyota Corolla valued at $1,800 from Trudy Weaver of Westfield, and a 2004 Jeep GCK, valued at $500 from Michael Steples of Westfield. Also, the Home Depot donated tile, self-watering pots, and a Baker’s rack, valued at approximately $5,203.96 to various shops.

Czaporowski acknowledged all of the donations during his remarks at the meeting.

Board of Health considering fluoridation to town water

By GREG FITZPATRICK Correspondent SOUTHWICK – During the Board of Health’s next meeting on Thursday Sept. 7, they will be seeking information about fluoridation to the town’s water supply. Dr. John Fisher, a dentist who practices out of Salem, Massachusetts and who is an advocate for fluoridation, will be speaking to the board.

The Board of Health is considering the possibility of having fluoridation in Southwick’s public water supply and they have invited Dr. Fisher in to hear about the benefits of fluoridation. At this time the Board is solely gathering information on the matter.

Although, if the Board of Health were interested in having fluoridation in the town’s public water supply and wanted to move forward with it, the town of Southwick can mandate it with a vote, but it can then be overturned by a vote at a town election.

According to Board of Health Director Tom FitzGerald, Holyoke and Longmeadow are currently the only towns in Western Massachusetts who have fluoride in their public water supply.

For more information or any questions or comments about the upcoming meeting, contact the Board of Health at 413-569-1212.

The Board of Health is considering the possibility of having fluoridation in Southwick’s public water supply.

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Today (August 28) marked the return of staff aspects of the physical plant (including the to the Gateway School District and consisted of renovated courtyard), support for enhanced a number of activities to prepare for the beginteacher leadership, making the district/school ning of the school year. In addition to the many improvement plans more user friendly and mandated activities (education on bullying, understandable, asking the towns to appoint using an EpiPen, network responsibility, acceptrepresentatives for the FY’19 budget developable use of electronic devices, state ethics, and ment process, and looking towards the future in evaluation) the staff also heard from several a manner that supports the MARS findings that individuals. the district is well run, efficient, cost conscious, Michele Crane, Chair of the School and high performing in a multitude of areas for Committee, shared the committee’s support for Gateway Regional both students and staff. educating the whole child, developing 21st School District The staff was also updated by local and state Century skills, and for our staff who continue to S u p e r i n t e n d e n t police on safety planning and some positive do so much to support a complete education for Dr. David B. changes coming that will be implemented our children. Michele also shared some of the Hopson. throughout the year that will keep Gateway on committee’s frustration with the lack of an the leading edge of school safety and innovaapproved budget but was hopeful that impletion. We were also treated to a safety presentamenting suggestions by the MARS study group tion that was very relevant and based loosely on around a shared budget development process and a facili- the “Cat in the Hat” story (our thanks to Joyce Hanousek tated discussion of larger budgetary issues—including for making a dry presentation both interesting and inforlong term capital planning—that the next budget would mative). be one that all of the towns will support at the first annuOnce again our administrative and maintenance staff al town meetings. manned the grill and, with assistance from our food serWe also introduced new staff and welcomed back our vices staff, served up a great luncheon. I also thank our returning staff. I also expressed appreciation for the won- food service staff for a wonderful breakfast treat for all derful work our custodians, maintenance staff, secretaries staff and for helping to make the first hour of social interand cafeteria staff did to prepare for the beginning of action such a positive start to the day. school. This work is evident throughout the district on It is certainly refreshing to see all of our staff eager to many levels and is so important for having a good start to be back, anxious to get started working with our students, the school year. I also echoed Michele’s comments and looking forward to meeting the needs of our students regarding the positive staff that the district has, the sup- at every level. Given such a positive first day for staff, port evidenced by the school committee for an exemplary I’m sure that this coming year will be one measured by student education, and the number of items from the success in the classroom, in athletics, in student activities, MARS study group that have already been reviewed and in the performing arts, and across the many other aspects implemented across many different areas. These include that make up the education of the whole child.

Holy Trinity Parish Fall Festival Holy Trinity Parish of Westfield will be holding its FALL FESTIVAL on SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2017, 12 noon to 5 pm at Pilsudski Park, 200 Old County Rd., Holyoke, MA. The day will begin with Mass celebrated at 10:30 am. The Festival will feature a Polish Kitchen serving the popular Polish Plate with pierogi, golumbki, kielbasa, and kapust. These items can also be purchased separately. The American Kitchen will serve hot dogs, hamburgers & kielbasa grinders. Take-Out will be available starting at Noon.

Our Bake Sale will have delicious homemade baked goods.

The festival will include Bingo, a Straw Booth, games of chance, a Chinese Raffle and a 50/50 Raffle.. There will be children’s games, activities and a Bounce House. The Grand Raffle has 10 money prizes worth a total of $2,000 with the first prize being $1,000. Tickets are $1 each or a book of 6 tickets for $5. Raffle tickets can be obtained in advance at the parish office during office hours and at the Festival. The drawing will be at the Festival. For your listening and dancing pleasure The “Mark VI Band” will provide Polish & American music from 1 to 5 pm in the spacious ballroom. The Festival is open to the public with free admission & parking, held rain or shine. Come for good food and a fun time. For more information call the Parish Office, Monday thru Friday from 9am to 4pm at 568-1506 or email htoffice@comcast.net. We hope to see you there!

Water Aerobics The Southwick Senior Center will offer Water Aerobics classes again this year, through Wilderness Experience on College Highway.

The dates for the first session are, September 8th, 15, 22, Oct. 6 and 20th, at 10:30am. Cost is $25 for the session, pre-paid at the Senior Center. Stop by the office or call 569-5498 to sign up.

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Missing macaw found 3 days after taking off from Ohio zoo POWELL, Ohio (AP) — A central Ohio zoo says a macaw that flew away from an open-air exhibit area was safely recaptured after people spotted the bright yellow and blue bird near a golf club a few miles away.

Milo the macaw typically flies between handlers at the Columbus Zoo but took off on a gust of wind on Thursday.

The zoo asked people in the area to call if they spotted the 8-year-old bird, and they did. The zoo says it got multiple calls from the same area in Powell on Sunday, and staff recaptured Milo when one of his favorite people called to him and he flew to her.

Zoo spokeswoman Patty Peters tells The Columbus Dispatch that the macaw seems to be in good health after his adventure.

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n August 29, 1967, the series finale of “The Fugitive,” starring David Janssen as a doctor on the run after being wrongly convicted of murdering his wife, aired on ABC-TV, drawing an estimated 78 million viewers.

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In 1533, the last Incan King of Peru, Atahualpa, was executed on orders of Spanish conqueror Francisco Pizarro.

In 1877, the second president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, Brigham Young, died in Salt Lake City, Utah, at age 76.

In 1910, Korean Emperor Sunjong abdicated as the Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty went into effect.

In 1944, 15,000 American troops of the 28th Infantry Division marched down the Champs Elysees (shahms ay-lee-ZAY’) in Paris as the French capital continued to celebrate its liberation from the Nazis.

In 1952, the composition 4’33” (“Four Minutes, Thirtythree Seconds”) by avant-garde composer John Cage premiered in Woodstock, New York, as David Tudor sat down at a piano, and, for four minutes and 33 seconds, played ... nothing.

In 1957, the Senate gave final congressional approval to a Civil Rights Act after South Carolina Sen. Strom Thurmond (then a Democrat) ended a filibuster that had lasted 24 hours.

In 1958, pop superstar Michael Jackson was born in Gary, Indiana.

In 1965, Gemini 5, carrying astronauts Gordon Cooper and Charles “Pete” Conrad, splashed down in the

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In 1972, swimmer Mark Spitz of the United States won the third of his seven gold medals at the Munich Olympics, finishing first in the 200-meter freestyle.

In 1987, Academy Award-winning actor Lee Marvin died in Tucson, Arizona, at age 63.

In 1996, the Democratic National Convention in Chicago nominated Al Gore for a second term as vice president. Earlier in the day, President Bill Clinton’s chief political strategist, Dick Morris, resigned amid a scandal over his relationship with a prostitute.

In 2005, Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast near Buras, Louisiana, bringing floods that devastated New Orleans. More than 1,800 people in the region died.

TEN YEARS AGO: Fellow Republicans called on Idaho Sen. Larry Craig to resign and party leaders pushed him from senior committee posts as fallout continued over his arrest at a Minneapolis airport restroom and guilty plea to disorderly conduct. Prayers, protests and a lingering disgust with the government’s response to Hurricane Katrina marked the disaster’s second anniversary in New Orleans.

Taliban militants in Afghanistan released 12 South Korean captives, part of a deal with Seoul to free all 19 hostages. Richard Jewell, the former security guard who was wrongly linked to the 1996 Olympic bombing, was found dead in his west Georgia home; he was 44.

FIVE YEARS AGO: Seizing the Republican National Convention spotlight in Tampa, Florida, vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan promised Mitt Romney would “not duck the tough issues” if he were to win the White House and that their party

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would move forcefully to solve the nation’s economic woes. Hurricane Isaac sidestepped New Orleans, sending the worst of its howling wind and heavy rain into a cluster of rural fishing villages. The NFL announced it would open the regular season with replacement officials.

ONE YEAR AGO: Huma Abedin, a top aide to Hillary Clinton, announced she was separating from her husband, Anthony Weiner, after the former congressman was accused in yet another sexting scandal. Actor Gene Wilder, the frizzy-haired actor who brought his deft comedic touch to such unforgettable roles as the neurotic accountant in “The Producers” and the deranged animator of “Young Frankenstein,” died in Stamford, Connecticut, at age 83.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Actress Betty Lynn (TV: “The Andy Griffith Show”) is 91. Movie director William Friedkin is 82. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., is 81. Actor Elliott Gould is 79. Movie director Joel Schumacher is 78. TV personality Robin Leach is 76. Actress Deborah Van Valkenburgh is 65.

Former Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew is 62. Dancerchoreographer Mark Morris is 61. Country musician Dan Truman (Diamond Rio) is 61. Actress Rebecca DeMornay is 58. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch is 50. Singer Me’Shell NdegeOcello is 49. Rhythm-and-blues singer Carl Martin (Shai) is 47. Actress Carla Gugino is 46.

Rock musician Kyle Cook (Matchbox Twenty) is 42.

Actor John Hensley is 40. Actress Kate Simses is 38.

Rock musician David Desrosiers (Simple Plan) is 37.

Rapper A+ is 35. Actress Jennifer Landon is 34. Actor Jeffrey Licon is 32. Actress-singer Lea Michele is 31.

Actress Charlotte Ritchie is 28. Actress Nicole Gale Anderson is 27. Rock singer Liam Payne (One Direction) is 24.

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GOVERNMENT MEETINGS TUESDAY, AUGUST 29

SOUTHWICK Planning Board at 6:30 pm Marijuana Sub-Committee at 7 pm

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30 Responsible for the food at the Convocation were Westfield Tech chef Eric Rogers, WTA culinary assistant Stacy Boisseau, WPS Superintendent Stefan Czaporowski, WTA culinary arts senior Paulina Urbanet (rear), Chef Philip Mucciarone, and WHS chef Margaret Toomey. (Photo by Amy Porter)

Convocation Charles Darling also thanked his teachers, saying “they surround us with a positive and encouraging learning environment.” He said teachers encouraged him to be involved in the school community. He then admonished teachers to encourage all students, “not just those who are excelling.”

Charles continued to press the point, doing a turn on Yoda from Star Wars. “Student neglect leads to anger, anger to hate, hate to the dark side,” he said.

Finally, he encouraged the teachers to be positive and welcoming in class. “If you want to keep your students engaged, you must be engaged yourself,” he said.

Incoming North Middle School eighth grader Madison Byers noted “how fast the past two years have gone by.” She said teachers seem dedicated to wanting the students to feel welcome, especially when they are greeted by name, and asked if they are okay.

Madison recalled activities that she really enjoyed, such as the scavenger hunt in math class, and group work in reading. She said she would like more choices for projects, and more access to technology and group time. “I personally enjoy school, especially the drama club,” Madison said.

When Czaporowski introduced Westfield Tech culinary arts senior Emily White, he said she was one of the students who helped to prepare the food they had enjoyed.

Emily also went back through her school years, mentioning teachers and events that had been important to her. She said now that she is in high school and about to graduate, “I know what I want to do with my life.” She said Westfield Tech has been hands-on, and offered her a lot of opportunities, including being class president for four years, in the National Honor Society, a member of SkillsUSA and a captain in sports.

Emily said she hopes to go to Johnson & Wales University next year to study culinary arts and business management, with a goal of owning her own restaurant one day.

“These years have flown by.

I’m so blessed. Nothing I have accomplished would be possible without all of you,” she said. She thanked both of her chef instructors, Eric Rogers and Philip Mucciarone. “It’s so unbelievable the amount of support I get from them.

Thank you for pushing me and others as individuals,” she added.

Westfield High School senior Fiona Cioch, who also served as her class president the last three years, was the final student speaker. Cioch said her grandmother had been a teacher in the Ludlow Public Schools, and she well remembered the end of year parties filled with joy, and the dreaded preparations for the

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School Committee member Diane Mayhew and WTA Principal Joseph Langone dodge smoke while barbecuing chiken. (Photo by Amy Porter)

North Middle School eighth grade student speaker Madison Byers. (Photo by Amy Porter)

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new school year. But she also said that teaching was her grandmother’s passion.

Cioch also shared memories from throughout her school year, including the kindergarten teacher that held her hand every day the first month of school until she felt comfortable. She thanked her middle school teachers for their patience. She also mentioned “exuberant music teacher” Patrick Kennedy.

“You and countless others all made a difference,” Cioch said, adding, “Westfield Public Schools should be extremely proud to have educators and staff who are so passionate about their work.”

Following the students’ remarks, Czaporowski thanked the student speakers.

He then shared a quote from Super Bowl and college championship-winning coach Pete Carroll: “Each person holds so much power within themselves that needs to be let out. Sometimes they just need a little nudge, a little direction, a little support, a little coaching, and the greatest things can happen.”

Czaporowski said this is not just true in sports but also in “our roles as educators. Our influence and leadership has a significant impact on not only the students, but also our colleagues that we work with every day. Let’s maximize this opportunity,” he said, adding “See you tomorrow.”

Tuesday will be the first full day in school for teachers and staff. Classes for students in

HUNTINGTON — The Huntington Public Library will host Minstrel Storyteller Mary Jo Maichack in a participatory family program especially recommended for children ages 4 and older with their caregivers, as well as all other ages. “Fairy House Craft” is a delightful “make and take” workshop that will take place on Monday, September 25th from 6-7 P.M. Families will receive natural woodland materials such as acorns, twigs, bark, and pine cones and use glue and imagination to create tiny houses or furniture for fairies in small containers. If families wish to bring more of their own woodland materials they are welcome to do so. Mary Jo will lead the fun and share a wee bit of fairy lore. This program is free and open to the public. To register or for more information call the Huntington Library at 6673506.

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Westfield Senior Citizen Property Tax Work-Off Applications Available Applications are now available for those who are eligible for Westfield’s Senior Citizen Property Tax Work-Off Program.

The program is limited to one $500 work-off per household.

Applicants must be the property owner of record or spouse, a resident of Westfield, 60 years of age or older, and willing to work approximately two hours per week from October through June. Volunteer opportunities include working in the public schools as greeters, library assistants, or reading tutors; clerical work within the offices of various City departments; and staff assistance at the Animal Shelter. Placement at a particular site will be determined by matching the skills, talents, and interests of the applicant with the requests of the various City departments. Income guidelines are $36,180 for a single household and $48,720 for a couple, including Social Security income.

Completed applications, along with all required documentation, must be submitted in person to Tina Gorman by 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 28, 2017. No applications will be accepted after that date. The selection of participants will be by lottery and priority will be given to those who have not yet participated in the program. If you would like an application packet or additional information, please contact the Council On Aging at 562-6435.

Ward 6 Office Hours Announced Ward 6 City Councilor Bill Onyski and City Council President Brent B. Bean II will hold neighborhood office hours on Wednesday, September 13, 2017 @ 5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. at the Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport, 110-115 Airport Road.

City residents are invited to attend the neighborhood office hours to meet with Brent directly and share their concerns and ideas. The sessions are open to all Westfield residents, no advance appointments are required.

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Southwick High School class of 1977 reunion Southwick class of 1977 High School reunion planned for November 24th at the Westfield River Brewing Company 707 College Hwy formerly ” Chucks Steak House” from 6 PM to closing. $5 per person Please send confirmation to Donna by text 413330-7711 or email Dan at dhess@ southwickinsagency.com. Please spread the word and we are hoping for a good turnout.

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Floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey surround homes Monday, Aug. 28, 2017, in Spring, Texas. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Jimmy Fund Golf extends its sincerest thanks to the organizers and sponsors of the Elsie Osman/Esther Cressotti Memorial Golf Tournament held on August 26, 2017 at East Mountain Country Club in Westfield, Mass. Special recognition and appreciation goes to Leah Cressotti of Westfield, Mass. and the committee who organized the 10th annual event.

The dedicated sponsors, participants, and volunteers helped raise critical funds to support the lifesaving mission of DanaFarber Cancer Institute.

The Elsie Osman/Esther Cressotti Memorial Golf Tournament is one of more than 160 golf tournaments in 2017 to raise funds for the Jimmy Fund, which supports patient care and cancer research at Dana-Farber.

The Jimmy Fund Golf Program presented by Mohegan Sun is the oldest and largest charity golf program in the country.

Now in its 35th year, Jimmy Fund Golf has raised more than $115 million to support adult and pediatric cancer care and research at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. From 18-hole golf tournaments to mini golf events and day-long golf marathons, golfers of all ages and skill levels can conquer cancer through Jimmy Fund Golf. To learn more, visit www.jimmyfundgolf. org.

Sincerely, Nancy Rowe Assistant Vice President, Jimmy Fund Golf

Scientists: Climate change could cause storms like Harvey

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — By the time the rain stops, Harvey will have dumped about 1 million gallons of water for every man, woman and child in southeastern Texas — a soggy, record-breaking glimpse of the wet and wild future global warming could bring, scientists say.

While scientists are quick to say climate change didn't cause Harvey and that they haven't determined yet whether the storm was made worse by global warming, they do note that warmer air and water mean wetter and possibly more intense hurricanes in the future.

"This is the kind of thing we are going to get more of," said Princeton University climate scientist Michael Oppenheimer.

"This storm should serve as warning."

There's a scientifically accepted method for determining if some wild weather event has the fingerprints of man-made climate change, and it involves intricate calculations. Those could take weeks or months to complete, and then even longer to pass peer review.

In general, though, climate scientists agree that future storms will dump much more rain than the same size storms did in the past.

That's because warmer air holds more water. With every degree Fahrenheit, the atmosphere can hold and then dump an additional 4 percent of water (7 percent for every degree Celsius), several scientists say.

Global warming also means warmer seas, and warm water is what fuels hurricanes.

When Harvey moved toward Texas, water in the Gulf of Mexico was nearly 2 degrees (1 degree Celsius) warmer than normal, said Weather Underground meteorology director Jeff Masters. Hurricanes need at least 79 degrees F (26 C) as fuel, and water at least that warm ran more than 300 feet (100 meters) deep in the Gulf, according to University of Miami hurricane researcher Brian McNoldy.

Several studies show that the top 1 percent of the strongest downpours are already happening much more frequently.

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Trump promises federal aid to storm-ravaged Texas

By ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has promised federal assistance to storm-ravaged parts of Texas, insisting Congress will act swiftly on a multibillion-dollar Hurricane Harvey recovery package as the government signaled current funds will be exhausted in the next few weeks.

"I think it'll happen very quickly," Trump said Monday of an aid package that could rival those enacted after Hurricane Katrina and Superstorm Sandy. "It'll go very fast."

The president said existing disaster balances of more than $3 billion are sufficient for the immediate emergency but promised his administration will send lawmakers a request for far more to help Texas rebuild from the record storm in which catastrophic flooding has hit Houston, the nation's fourthlargest city.

"The real number, which will be many billions of dollars, will go through Congress," Trump said at a White House news conference.

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., promised through a spokeswoman that "we will help those affected by this terrible disaster."

The Republican-led Congress appears likely to add an immediate infusion of aid to a temporary spending bill to prevent a government shutdown Oct. 1, though congressional aides say the larger recovery package may take more time to develop. It's way too early to guess how much will be required with floodwaters rising in Houston, people stranded in homes and the city essentially paralyzed.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency's disaster fund currently contains more than $3 billion, but FEMA on Monday said the response to Harvey is "quickly drawing down" disaster balances.

The upcoming disaster aid package is yet another item for a packed September agenda in Washington that includes preventing a government shutdown, making sure the government doesn't default on its debt obligations, and laying the groundwork for overhauling the tax code.

Vice President Mike Pence told a Houston radio station Monday that given the "magnitude of the flooding" in the area that "it will be years coming back." He said 22,000 people had already applied for federal aid but that as "many as a half-amillion people in Texas will be eligible for and applying for financial disaster assistance."

"We remain very confident that with the reserves and with the support in the Congress, we'll have the resources that we need," Pence told KHOU radio.

Democrats promise they'll help.

"Republicans must be ready to join Democrats in passing a timely relief bill that makes all necessary resources avail-

able," said House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.

Last week, Trump threatened a government shutdown if he didn't get his $1.6 billion request to begin building a U.S.Mexico border wall. But the need for disaster funding could make a shutdown showdown in September less likely since Trump may want to avoid a battle that could make him look like he's prioritizing wall funding over flood victims.

Asked if the natural disaster would make him reconsider a shutdown, Trump said: "I think it has nothing to do with it, really. I think this is separate."

FEMA announced Monday that it is prioritizing the Harvey response and holding off on less-urgent payments for earlier disasters to husband its money to make sure there is enough for immediate Harvey-related needs such as debris removal and temporary shelter for tens of thousands of Texans displaced from their homes.

Congress stepped forward with enormous aid packages in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and Superstorm Sandy in 2012, though some GOP conservatives — including then-Indiana Rep. Pence — chafed at the price tag. And White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney, who will be responsible for preparing any disaster request for Trump, opposed a 2013 Sandy aid package as a South Carolina congressman, offering a plan to cut elsewhere in the budget to pay for it.

Mulvaney's May budget release also proposed eliminating community block grants that are likely to be sought by the powerful Texas delegation to help with rebuilding efforts.

Lawmakers provided $110 billion to rebuild the Gulf Coast after Katrina, thanks in part to dogged efforts by Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Thad Cochran, R-Miss.

The Bush administration, politically scalded by criticism over its botched response to the tragedy, signed off on the aid.

But New York and New Jersey lawmakers seeking help over Superstorm Sandy encountered stiffer resistance. Many Republicans opposed the full $51 billion aid package, which included a $34 billion amendment by Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen, R-N.J., that included grants for housing and other repairs patterned after the Katrina response.

Some hard feelings linger on the part of New York and New Jersey Republicans, who had to battle to win help for their Democratic-leaning states in the bitter aftermath of the 2012 election.

"Despite my TX colleagues refusal to support aid in #SouthJersey time of need, I will support emergency disaster $$ for those impacted," Rep. Frank LoBiondo, R-N.J., wrote on Twitter on Monday.

Texas Republicans overwhelmingly voted against the final Sandy aid bill. The state's two senators, John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, opposed the aid package along with more than 20 House Republicans representing Texas.

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WESTFIELD Major crime and incident report Monday, Aug. 21, 2017 10:18 a.m.: Breaking and entering motor vehicle, Otis Street. Police received a report that a vehicle was allegedly broken into at some point between about 8 p.m. or 8:30 p.m. the night prior and the time of this log. A “purse and a large sum of money” was reported missing from the vehicle.

3:04 p.m.: Breaking and entering motor vehicle, Spring Street. Police received a report from Springfield Police that their department found two people allegedly inappropriately using a credit card to rent a hotel room. According to Westfield Police, Springfield Police reportedly found a number of other items related to other break-ins, as well.

4:06 p.m.: Accident, Franklin Street and Washington Street.

Police received a report of a two-vehicle accident. The two vehicles were a 2012 Acura TSX and a 2015 Nissan Altima.

Two tow trucks were requested and police reported two people injured. Both were transported to Baystate Noble Hospital via Westfield Fire ambulance and personnel.

5:38 p.m.: Officer wanted, Tekoa Country Club Russell Road. Police received a report of a group of youths who were swimming in the river near the area and had allegedly stolen the sixth hole flag at the country club. Police are investigating.

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Aug. 21, 2017 Joshua R. Tourville, 29, of 69 Strawberry Hill, Feeding Hills, was released on $500 cash bail pending an Oct. 24 hearing after being arraigned on charges of operating under influence of liquor, third offense, negligent operation of motor vehicle and speeding, brought by Westfield Police.

David W. Noga, 39, of 434 College Hwy., Southwick, was arraigned on charges of negligent operation of motor vehicle and operating under the influence of liquor. The charge of negligent operation of motor vehicle was dismissed nolle prosequi while the charge of operating under influence of liquor had an admission to sufficient facts found but continued without a finding with probation until Aug. 21, 2018, and fines, brought by Southwick Police.

Brigid Swords, 22, of 126 Union St., Apt. 5-16, Westfield, was released on her personal recognizance pending an Oct. 24 hearing after being arraigned on charges of one count larceny over $250, one count receive stolen property +$250, two counts larceny under $250 and one count receive stolen property -$250, brought by Westfield Police.

Michael P. Sagan, 50, of 65 Fox St., West Springfield, was released on $1,000 cash bail and with pretrial conditions pending a Nov. 2 hearing after being arraigned on charges of assault and battery, threat to commit crime and strangulation or suffocation, brought by Southwick Police.

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Also, calculations done Monday by MIT meteorology professor Kerry Emanuel show that the drenching received by Rockport, Texas, used to be maybe a once-in-1,800-years event for that city, but with warmer air holding more water and changes in storm steering currents since 2010, it is now a once-every-300-years event.

There's a lot of debate among climate scientists over what role, if any, global warming may have played in causing Harvey to stall over Texas, which was a huge factor in the catastrophic flooding. If the hurricane had moved on like a normal storm, it wouldn't have dumped as much rain in any one spot.

Harvey stalled because it is sandwiched between two highpressure fronts that push it in opposite directions, and those fronts are stuck.

Oppenheimer and some others theorize that there's a connection between melting sea ice in the Arctic and changes in the jet stream and the weather patterns that make these "blocking fronts" more common. Others, like Masters, contend it's too early to say.

University of Washington atmospheric scientist Cliff Mass said climate change is simply not powerful enough to create off-the-chart events like Harvey's rainfall.

"You really can't pin global warming on something this extreme. It has to be natural variability," Mass said. "It may juice it up slightly but not create this phenomenal anomaly."

"We're breaking one record after another with this thing," Mass said.

Sometime Tuesday or early Wednesday, parts of the Houston region will have broken the nearly 40-year-old U.S. record for the heaviest rainfall from a tropical system — 48 inches, set

by Tropical Storm Amelia in 1978 in Texas, several meteorologists say.

Already 15 trillion gallons of rain have fallen on a large area, and an additional 5 trillion or 6 trillion gallons are forecast by the end of Wednesday, meteorologist Ryan Maue of WeatherBell Analytics calculates. That's enough water to fill all the NFL and Division 1 college football stadiums more than 100 times over.

Wyman Family Reunion BLANDFORD — will be the site for hundreds of visitors from throughout the country on Labor Day weekend. Besides those who come to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Blandford Fair, over 220 members of one of the town’s oldest families will gather for a reunion. Wymans from all over the country will be gathering in Blandford for a huge reunion over Labor Day Weekend this year. The event will take place at the White Church in Blandford on Saturday and Sunday, September 2 and 3. Many activities are planned, including sharing the Wyman family history, sharing old photos and family artifacts, what life was like in Blandford for the Wymans, and since the event is being held in a church, a family service on Sunday morning. The descendants of William Horatio and Eliza Hanchett Wyman will be coming from as far away as California, but also, North Dakota, Minnesota, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New York, Maine, Connecticut, Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Anyone with questions about the reunion or the Blandford Homecoming should contact Gary Hart in Feeding Hills at 413-786-7131.

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A first: Drug lowers heart risks by curbing inflammation

Jose Beltran, center, makes his was out of his neighborhood with his nephew Jonathan Beltran, left, and Abram Gutierrez as floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey continue to rise in Houston, Texas, Monday, Aug. 28, 2017. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

Flooding disrupts care at Houston hospital, cancer center

By MARILYNN MARCHIONE and EMILY SCHMALL Associated Press Officials began to evacuate one of the nation's busiest trauma centers Monday as flooding from Harvey threatened the hospital's supply of medicine and food.

A spokesman at Houston's Office of Emergency Management said that all 350 patients at Ben Taub Hospital would be moved, hopefully within a day.

Floodwater and sewage got into the basement of the hospital's main building and affected pharmacy, food service and other key operations.

"Our kitchen is shut down so we're relying on dry foods" said Bryan McLeod, a spokesman for the hospital's parent company, Harris Health System.

Fresh linens and food deliveries were expected to arrive Monday, he said, adding that the hospital had been shortstaffed and running out of supplies since Friday.

Heavy rains thwarted plans Sunday to move the patients to other hospitals in the Texas Medical Center, a large medical complex southwest of downtown.

Only the designated "ride-out team" has been working in the hospital, with water levels around the city too high for additional staff — including the hospital's chief medical officer — to get in.

The nearby University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center also canceled outpatient services, appointments and surgeries at all Houston-area locations through Tuesday, and told patients not to

attempt to travel because of high water in the area of the medical complex. Patients who already had been admitted are receiving care as usual, a spokeswoman said.

Other hospitals also bore the brunt of the storm. As of Monday morning, San Antonio Fire Department firefighters had transferred about 800 hospital patients from Houston and other areas affected by Harvey, said department spokesman Woody Woodward. The city had an EMS convoy in Houston consisting of 12 workers, two ambulances and one am-bus — a "gigantic" ambulance with multiple beds, he said.

The situation at Ben Taub seemed the worst, and raised fears and memories of the dire straits at some New Orleans hospitals, where dozens of patients were trapped for days after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Ben Taub, a large public hospital that cares for many of the city's poor and uninsured, asked authorities for evacuation help on Sunday but new locations for the patients had to be found, said Houston emergency management spokesman Gary Norman. Highclearance vehicles will take patients to other hospitals in the complex and elsewhere in Houston, he said.

Harris Health System operates two other medical facilities — Clinton East, a 50-bed nursing home whose residents were moved Friday to Ben Taub because of concerns Clinton East would flood, and LBJ, a hospital on the northeast side

of downtown Houston that now has about 150 people from the community seeking shelter, "another 150 mouths to feed," McLeod said.

No other Houston hospitals reported serious damage but several canceled outpatient services because of the flooding.

West Houston Medical Center spokeswoman Selena Mejia said that the hospital is not offering outpatient services but has admitted a few critical care patients from other city hospitals.

Ben Taub and other hospitals in Houston's medical complex shored up their defenses after the city was swamped

by Tropical Storm Allison in 2001. That storm caused a blackout, inundated medical center streets with up to 9 feet of water, and forced evacuations of patients, some airlifted from rooftops by helicopter. Damage totaled more than $2 billion.

After a review of the area's flood weaknesses, member hospitals moved their electrical vaults and backup generators out of basements to areas above flood level. Scores of existing buildings were fitted with flood gates, and new buildings were built surrounded by berms. Underground tunnels were outfitted with 100 submarine doors, some 12 feet tall. The $756 million bill was paid by the Federal Emergency Management Agency; millions more were spent on the public works projects.

Ben Taub was the only hospital forced to shut down by the flooding from Harvey, Norman said.

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Lab-made ‘mini organs’ helping doctors treat cystic fibrosis

By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer UTRECHT, Netherlands (AP) — Els van der Heijden, who has cystic fibrosis, was finding it ever harder to breathe as her lungs filled with thick, sticky mucus.

Despite taking more than a dozen pills and inhalers a day, the 53-year-old had to stop working and scale back doing the thing she loved best, horseback riding.

Doctors saw no sense in trying an expensive new drug because it hasn't been proven to work in people with the rare type of cystic fibrosis that van der Heijden had.

Instead, they scraped a few cells from van der Heijden and used them to grow a mini version of her large intestine in a petri dish. When van der Heijden's "mini gut" responded to treatment, doctors knew it would help her too.

"I really felt, physically, like a different person," van der Heijden said after taking a drug — and getting back in the saddle.

This experiment to help people with rare forms of cystic fibrosis in the See Mini Organs, Page 7

By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer For the first time, a drug has helped prevent heart attacks by curbing inflammation, a new and very different approach than lowering cholesterol, the focus for many years.

People on the drug also had surprisingly lower cancer death rates, especially from lung cancer. An anti-tumor effect is an exciting possibility, but it needs much more study because the heart experiment wasn't intended to test that.

Doctors say the results on the drug, canakinumab (can-uhKIN-yoo-mab), open a new frontier. Many heart attacks occur in people whose cholesterol is normal and whose main risk is chronic inflammation that can lead to clogged arteries.

"We suddenly know we can address the inflammation itself, the same way we learned almost 25 years ago that we could address cholesterol. It's very exciting," said the study's leader, Dr. Paul Ridker of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston.

Results were published Sunday by the New England Journal of Medicine and Lancet, and presented at the European Society of Cardiology conference in Barcelona, Spain. The drug's maker, Novartis, sponsored the study and Ridker consults for the company.

WHY INFLAMMATION? Statins such as Lipitor lower LDL or bad cholesterol and have been the cornerstone of preventing heart attacks along with not smoking, blood pressure control and a healthy lifestyle.

Yet one quarter of people who suffer a heart attack will have another one within five years, and inflammation is a culprit in half of those cases.

Inflammation happens after a joint is injured and swells, but similar chemical responses can occur over time throughout the body with unhealthy habits. That chronic, unseen inflammation can damage arteries and set the stage for clots.

Twenty years ago, Ridker helped clarify its role and patented a cheap blood test for a sign of inflammation called high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, or CRP.

THE STUDY Canakinumab lowers CRP and is sold now under the brand name Ilaris for some rare inherited diseases.

The study tested it in 10,000 heart attack survivors with low cholesterol but high CRP. They got the usual heart medicines including statins and were given one of three different doses of canakinumab or a placebo as a shot every three months.

Those on the medium dose had a 15 percent lower chance of another heart attack, a stroke or a heart-related death over the next four years compared to people given dummy shots. About 33 people would have to be treated for five years to prevent one of these problems a ratio that outside experts called very good.

The highest dose also lowered risk but not by enough to say the drug was the reason. The lowest dose had no effect.

WHAT EXPERTS SAY Canakinumab's benefit was comparable to Repatha, a powerful new type of cholesterol-lowering drug called a PCSK9 inhibitor. It came out two years ago and has had tepid sales, partly because many doctors hoped it would help more and due to its price $14,000 a year.

It's hard to get big reductions in risk by adding a new drug like canakinumab if people already are taking optimal medicines, said Dr. Mark Creager, director of the DartmouthHitchkock heart and vascular center and past president of the American Heart Association.

But even a small improvement makes a huge difference considering how common heart attacks are, he said. "That's going to save a lot of people."

The best part is having a new way to help patients, said the Cleveland Clinic's heart chief, Dr. Steven Nissen, who has consulted for Novartis without fee.

"For the first time we have this new target inflammation," Nissen said. "It's sort of the dawning of a new era. I really think it's that big."

AN ANTI-CANCER EFFECT? Inflammation also affects how cancers grow and spread. The cancer death rate was only half as large among those getting canakinumab, and death rates for lung cancer were lower in people getting the top two doses.

Doctors don't think the drug prevents new cancers from developing, but that it might slow the growth of any tumors that had already started, based on other research.

The cancer results were unexpected and intriguing, but not consistent across all types of tumors, said Dr. Barnett Kramer, prevention chief at the National Cancer Institute. He called the lower risk for lung cancer "a promising lead" for future research, but said it comes with concern about the drug's side effects.

THE BAD NEWS Canakinumab raised the risk of fatal infections about 1 of every 1,000 patients treated. Older people and diabetics were most vulnerable.

The drug had no effect on death rates once cancer, infection and heart risks were balanced out.

"The fatal infections are something to be concerned about" but overall trends are in a good direction, said Dr. David Goff of the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.

The federal agency had no role in the heart attack study but sponsors one underway now testing methotrexate, a pill long used to treat cancer and rheumatoid arthritis. It may give a relatively cheap way to prevent heart attacks if it works, because canakinumab is a biotech drug that's likely to be expensive, Goff said.

Novartis said it's premature to discuss price for any use as a heart medicine. It costs as much as $200,000 now for rare diseases, and would have to prove cost-effective to justify its relatively modest benefits and risks for heart disease prevention, Dr. Robert Harrington, chairman of the department of medicine at Stanford University, wrote in a commentary in the New England journal.

The company said it would discuss the new results with regulators and pursue further studies on the lung cancer possibilities.

WHAT ABOUT OTHER INFLAMMATION DRUGS? Drugs called NSAIDs, such as ibuprofen, fight inflammation and pain, but they can raise heart risks, which may seem confusing in light of this study. But they work in a different way, do not reduce CRP, and can affect blood clot formation.

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Samples of mini organs are shown at the Hubrecht Institute in Utrecht, Netherlands on Monday, May 29, 2017. Dr. Hans Clevers, who pioneered the mini organs technique, says except for muscles and blood vessels, the tiny organs “have everything you would expect to see in a real gut, only on a really small scale." (AP Photo/Aleksandar Furtula)

Mini Organs Netherlands aims to grow mini intestines for every Dutch patient with the disease to figure out, in part, what treatment might work for them. It's an early application of a technique now being worked on in labs all over the world, as researchers learn to grow organs outside of the body for treatment — and maybe someday for transplants.

So far, doctors have grown mini guts — just the size of a pencil point — for 450 of the Netherlands' roughly 1,500 cystic fibrosis patients.

"The mini guts are small, but they are complete," said Dr. Hans Clevers of the Hubrecht Institute, who pioneered the technique. Except for muscles and blood vessels, the tiny organs "have everything you would expect to see in a real gut, only on a really small scale."

These so-called organoids mimic features of full-size organs, but don't function the same way. Although many of the tiny replicas are closer to undeveloped organs found in an embryo than adult ones, they are helping scientists unravel how organs mature and providing clues on how certain diseases might be treated.

In Australia, mini kidneys are being grown that could be used to test drugs.

Researchers in the U.S. are experimenting with tiny bits of livers that might be used to boost failing organs. At Cambridge University in England, scientists have created hundreds of mini brains to study how neurons form and better understand disorders like autism.

During the height of the Zika epidemic last year, mini brains were used to show the virus causes malformed brains in babies.

In the Netherlands, the mini guts are used as a stand-in for cystic fibrosis patients to see if those with rare mutations might benefit from a number of pricey drugs, including Orkambi. Made

by Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Orkambi costs about 100,000 euros per patient every year in some parts of Europe, and it's more than double that in the U.S., which approved the drug in 2015.

Despite being initially rejected by the Dutch government for being too expensive, negotiations with Vertex were reopened in July.

Making a single mini gut and testing whether the patient would benefit from certain drugs costs a couple of thousand euros. The program is paid for by groups including health insurance companies, patient foundations and the government.

The idea is to find a possible treatment for patients, and avoid putting them on

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This illustration provided by the Hubrecht Institute in Utrecht, Netherlands shows organoids (mini organs), created from the intestinal tissues of a patient. Doctors in the Netherlands are aiming to grow mini intestines for every Dutch cystic fibrosis patient to figure out what drugs might work for them. (Hubrecht Institute via AP)

expensive drugs that wouldn't work for them.

About 50 to 60 patients across the Netherlands have been treated after drugs were tested on organoids using their cells, said Dr. Kors van der Ent, a cystic fibrosis specialist at the Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, who leads the research.

Clevers made a discovery about a decade ago that got researchers on their way. They found pockets of stem cells, which can turn into many types of other cells, in the gut. They then homed in a growing environment in the lab that spurred these cells to reproduce rapidly and develop.

"To our surprise, the stem cells started building a mini version of the gut," Clevers recalled.

Cystic fibrosis is caused by mutations in a single gene that produces a protein called CFTR, responsible for balancing the salt content of cells lining the lungs and other organs.

To see if certain drugs might help cystic fibrosis patients, the medicines are given to their custom-made organoids in the lab. If the mini organs puff up, it's a sign the cells are now correctly balancing salt and water. That means the drugs are working, and could help the patient from whom the mini gut was made.

Researchers are also using the mini guts to try another approach they hope will someday work in people — using a gene editing technique to repair the faulty cystic fibrosis gene in the organoid cells.

Other experiments are underway in the Netherlands and the U.S. to test whether organoids might help pinpoint treatments for cancers involving lungs, ovaries and pancreas.

While the idea sounds promising, some scientists said there are obstacles to using mini organs to study cancer.

Growing a mini cancer tumor, for example, would be far more challenging because scientists have found it difficult to make tumors in the lab that behave like in real life, said Mathew Garnett of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, who has studied cancer in mini organs but is not connected to Clevers' research.

Also, growing the cells and testing them must happen faster for cancer patients who might not have much time to live, he said.

Meanwhile, Clevers wants to one day make organs that are not so mini.

"My dream would be to be able to custom-make organs," he said, imagining a future where doctors might have a "freezer full of livers" to choose from when sick patients arrive.

Others said while such a vision is theoretically possible, huge hurdles remain.

"There are still enormous challenges in tissue engineering with regards to the size of the structure we're able to grow," said Jim Wells, a pediatrics professor at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. He said the mini organs are far smaller than what would be needed to transplant into people and it's unclear if scientists can make a working, life-sized organ in the lab.

There are other limitations to growing miniature organs in a dish, said Madeline Lancaster at Cambridge University.

"We can study physical changes and try to generate drugs that could prevent detrimental effects of disease, but we can't look at the complex interplay between organs and the body," she said.

For patients like van der Heijden, who was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis as a toddler, the research has helped her regain her strength. Vertex agreed to supply her with the drug.

"It was like somebody opened the curtains and said, 'Sunshine, here I am, please come out and play.'" she said. "It's strange to think this is all linked to some of my cells in a lab."

Abuse in nursing homes unreported despite law

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — More than 1 in 4 cases of possible sexual and physical abuse against nursing home patients apparently went unreported to police, says a government audit that faults Medicare for failing to enforce a federal law requiring immediate notification.

The Health and Human Services inspector general’s office was issuing an “early alert” Monday on its findings from a large sampling of cases in 33 states. Investigators say Medicare needs to take corrective action right away.

“We hope that we can stop this from happening to anybody else,” said Curtis Roy, an audit manager with the inspector general’s office, which investigates fraud, waste and abuse in the health care system. The audit is part of a larger ongoing probe, and additional findings

are expected, he said.

With some 1.4 million people living in U.S. nursing homes, quality is an ongoing concern. Despite greater awareness, egregious incidents still occur.

Using investigative data analysis techniques, auditors from the inspector general’s office identified 134 cases in which hospital emergency room records indicated possible sexual or physical abuse, or neglect, of nursing home residents. The incidents spanned a two-year period from 2015-2016.

Illinois had the largest number of incidents overall, with 17. It was followed by Michigan (13), Texas (9), and California (8).

In 38 of the total cases (28 percent), investigators could find no evidence in hospital records that the incident had been reported to local law enforcement, despite a federal law requiring prompt reporting by nursing homes, as well as

similar state and local requirements.

“Based on the records we had available to us, we could not determine that they had been reported to law enforcement,” said Roy. The federal statute has been on the books more than five years, but investigators found that Medicare has not enforced its requirement to report incidents to police and other agencies, or risk fines of up to $300,000.

Nursing home personnel must immediately report incidents that involve a suspected crime, within a two-hour window if there’s serious bodily injury.

Otherwise, authorities must be notified within 24 hours.

Medicare “has inadequate procedures to ensure that incidents of potential abuse or neglect of Medicare beneficiaries residing in (nursing homes) are See Nursing Homes, Page 8

‘Cook Smart, Eat Well’ Series Coming to the Westfield Senior Center in September Beginning in September, the Westfield Senior Center, 45 Noble Street, will be the host site for a four-week cooking demonstration series for older adults. The sessions are interactive and are based on cooking easy, healthy recipes. All participants will have the opportunity to taste-test, take home the recipes, and ask questions about healthy cooking and meal preparation. The classes will be held on Thursdays September 14, 21, 28 and October 5 from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. There is no charge for participation in the series. Advance registration is necessary because space is limited. For more information or to sign up for the series, please call the Westfield Senior Center at 562-6435.

Water Aerobics The Southwick Senior Center will offer Water Aerobics classes again this year, through Wilderness Experience on College Highway. The dates for the first session are, September 8th, 15, 22, Oct. 6 and 20th, at 10:30am. Cost is $25 for the session, pre-paid at the Senior Center. Stop by the office or call 569-5498 to sign up.

LIVESTRONG at the YMCA The YMCA of Greater Westfield is committed to serving individuals and their families living with, through and beyond cancer. LIVESTRONG at the YMCA is a free 12-week exercise program for adult cancer survivors who are currently in or have completed treatment and are physically deconditioned.

Developed by Stanford University, this specially designed program has proven to help survivors regain strength, overcome fatigue, and enhance functional ability to do everyday tasks. Beginning September 19th, the class will meet twice a week, for 12 weeks on Tuesday & Thursday; 3:30AM-5PM to strength train and improve cardiovascular function. Currently enrolling for the fall, space is limited. For more information, visit www.westfieldymca.org or contact: Cindy Agan, Health & Wellness Director, at the YMCA of Greater Westfield 1.413.568.8631 or cagan@westfieldymca.org

Baystate employees - helping to make school a better place for students and teachers

It’s no secret that having the proper school supplies, along with an inspiring teacher, can make all the difference in the world when it comes to succeeding in the classroom.

On Friday, Aug. 18, Baystate Medical Center employees helped to make school a better place for students and teachers at several Springfield Public Schools by filling some 160 large plastic storage bins with school supplies, the culmination of the hospital’s annual “Adopt a Classroom” initiative.

The much-needed supplies – including colored markers, folders, spiral notebooks, glue sticks, Post-it Notes, disinfectant wipes, crayons and more – will benefit children attending Springfield schools such as the Brightwood, Margaret C. Ells, and Milton Bradley schools, as well as Lincoln Elementary, adjacent to the hospital on Chestnut Street, and the German Gerena Community School on Birnie Avenue.

A SEA OF BOXES “This is just so amazing,” said Kristen Hughes, principal, Milton Bradley School, surveying the room of endless boxes filled to the brim with school supplies.

“These are things that we often purchase ourselves for the classroom, because there is no real budget for them. For us to be able to start off the school year with supplies that our students need to effectively work in the classroom….well, it just helps us tremendously,” she added.

Several Springfield schools have established unique relationships with Baystate Medical Center, with students participating in special learning activities at the teaching hospital, and Baystate employees donating time and materials to the students to support their learning and growth.

BUILDING A HEALTHY COMMUNITY “At Baystate Medical Center, we realize building a healthy community means much more than providing expert medical care. There are many other determinants that drive health in the communities we serve, such as housing, jobs, access to healthy food, and education. Our generous employees really take it to heart to be able to help Springfield schoolchildren get a good start on the school year by making sure they have everything they need to flourish in the classroom,” said Nancy Shendell-Falik, RN, president of Baystate Medical Center and senior vice president of hospital operations, Baystate Health.

——— For more information on Baystate Medical Center, visit baystatehealth.org/bmc.

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The Arbors’ Residents gather by the fire to experience a Courtyard Camp Out WESTFIELD - On August 24th, The Arbors Assisted Living brought the residents outdoors to reignite memories of their youth by providing a laid-back cook out, live music and calm campfire. Families were invited to join as we roasted marshmallows and enjoyed each other’s company during one of our last cool, summer nights. Residents raved over campfire cupcakes created by Babbette, the food service director, and had a blast trying the “bug juice” punch!

The Arbors Assisted Living is a family owned and operated community based out of Western Massachusetts. We offer the care and services seniors need while continuing to provide opportunities for socialization and activities.

Massachusetts shutters troubled psychiatric hospital

Warren: Racism stymies economic fairness for all Americans

WESTWOOD, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts psychiatric hospital cited for lapses in care has been ordered closed by the state four weeks after it was cleared to accept new patients.

The Department of Mental Health ordered Westwood Lodge closed Friday. Twenty adult patients were transferred to other facilities.

The department told The Boston Globe it is investigating "an alleged incident that recently occurred at Westwood Lodge."

Police and the district attorney's office declined comment. The hospital did not respond to requests for comment.

The hospital's children's unit was closed permanently in April when a review found children had been sleeping on bare plastic mattresses and injured during fights. One boy was given the wrong medication for nine days.

The adult units have been cited for being understaffed and for not properly monitoring patients.

ATLANTA (AP) — Speaking at Martin Luther King's church on the anniversary of his most famous speech, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren warned that racism and racial tensions keep the United States from building a fairer economy that benefits all workers.

"So long as we stay divided, this economy will continue to work for the thin slice at the top," Warren said, as the liberal icon and potential 2020 presidential candidate buttressed her usual economic arguments with social and religious overtones.

In a friendly Q&A conducted by Bernice King, the slain civil rights leader's youngest child, Warren specifically bemoaned widening income gaps that disproportionately affect nonwhites and asserted that the only way to combat hate is to see "something holy in every single person."

Nursing Homes identified and reported,” the inspector general’s report said.

In a statement, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said “nursing home resident safety is our priority and primary focus,” and it is committed “to ensure these vulnerable people are properly cared for, and that all viable or alleged instances involving abuse or neglect are fully investigated and resolved.”

The agency said it has long required nursing homes to immediately report abuse and neglect to state officials, and it will have a formal response to the inspector general’s findings once the audit is complete.

The inspector general is urging Medicare to start systematically scouring computerized billing records for tell-tale signs of possible abuse of nursing home residents. Investigators used that approach to find the cases, matching

Warren's appearance at Ebenezer Baptist Church comes weeks after a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, turned deadly. Warren did not explicitly mention Charlottesville or President Donald Trump's widely criticized remarks blaming "both sides" for violence during the rally. Warren and King also did not mention subsequent counterattacks by leftwing anarchists in Berkeley, California.

But the women agreed that national discourse is increasingly defined by extremists.

King referenced commands from Jesus, the central figure of Christianity, to "do good to those who hate you."

Warren called it "a tough scripture," but added, "it's not a scripture that says just lay back and let hate roll on through." Rather, she said, "It's a scripture that says act, ...

raise your voice, not in anger, but make your voice heard for what is right and what is holy."

She said that kind of action has kept Republicans from being able to dismantle the nation's 2010 health care law, and she also pointed to nationwide women's marches that followed Trump's inauguration in January.

The event in Atlanta gave Warren an opportunity to tailor her standard economic arguments in front of an audience dominated by two key Democratic constituencies: black voters and women. It suggests she's well aware of the criticisms against her fellow liberal populist, Bernie Sanders, who was faulted after his 2016 presidential battle with Hillary Clinton for not connecting his message to the needs of black voters.

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Of the 38 unreported cases, 31 involved alleged or suspected rape or sexual abuse, or about 4 out of 5.

But even among the 96 cases that were ultimately reported to police, investigators were unable to tell if the federal requirement for “immediate” notification was followed.

In one case classified as “reported to law enforcement,” an elderly woman with verbal and mobility limitations was taken to the emergency room after she was allegedly sexually assaulted by a male resident of the same nursing home. The report said two silver-dollar-sized bruises were noted on her right breast.

Nursing home staff had helped the woman bathe and change clothes after the incident.

“These actions could have destroyed any evi-

dence that may have been detected using the rape kit,” said the report.

Nursing home employees did not immediately report the incident to police, although the federal reporting requirement was in effect.

The nursing home “should have reported the incident to law enforcement within two hours of witnessing the incident,” the report said.

Instead, the following day the nursing home contacted the woman’s family, who called the police, triggering an investigation.

Citing a separate probe by state officials, the inspector general’s report said the nursing home “contacted local law enforcement in an attempt to keep law enforcement from investigating the incident.”

The state’s own report found that the nursing home told police “we were required to report it but that we were doing our own inter-

nal investigation and did not need (police) to make a site visit...no one was interested in pressing charges.” The police continued their investigation.

The state later cited the nursing home for failing to immediately notify the patient’s doctor and family, as well as other violations of federal regulations. But state officials classified the incident as resulting in “minimum harm or potential for actual harm.”

No other details were provided in the federal report. The inspector general’s office reported all 134 cases to local police.

The number of nursing home residents is expected to grow in coming years as more people live into their 80s and 90s. Medicaid is the main payer for long-term care, while Medicare covers doctors’ services and hospital care for elderly people and the disabled.

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Practice makes perfect The Westfield High School football team hopes to catch on to what their head coach, Robert Parent, is preaching at Monday’s practice in order to make another run at the Super Bowl. The Bombers kick off their 2017 regular season Sat., Sept. 16 at Falmouth. Also on Monday, the WHS boys’ soccer team navigated the local fields with fancy footwork, and worked on delivering precision passes. The soccer team opens Sept. 6 at Holyoke.

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Championship bound?

WESTFIELD – The Westfield State University women’s cross country team has been picked to win its 14th consecutive Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) cross country championship, based on a vote of the seven coaches around the league in the annual preseason poll.

The 2016 MASCAC Champion Owls claimed six of the seven first place votes for 36 points. Westfield State senior Jessie Cardin (Sutton, Mass. / Sutton Memorial) won her third consecutive conference championship in the 2016, earning MASCAC Runner of the Year honors for the third straight year. Joining Cardin on the All-Conference team a year ago are returning teammates Lindsay Wassung (Feeding Hills, Mass. / Agawam) in fifth, Andrea Noland (Kingston, Mass. / Silver Lake) in sixth and Julie Carroll (Southwick, Mass. / Holyoke Catholic) in ninth.

The Owls will travel to Jacksonville, FL on September ninth to kick-start their season at the North Florida Invitational September 9.

SILVER LINING: The Westfield State University’s men’s cross country team is projected to finish second in the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC), based on the preseason coaches’

poll released Friday.

The Owls claimed the 2016 MASCAC Team Championship with 34 total points. The Owls return Tim Forrest (Grafton / Westborough) who placed third individually at the MASCAC Championship meet, and Patrick Brett (Hanson, Mass. / Whitman-Hanson) finished sixth. Both received All-Conference honors as top 10 finishers.

Westfield State will need to replace top finisher Derik Noland (Kingston, Mass. / Silver Lake Regional), lost to graduation, who was consistently the Owls top finisher last season and placed second individually at the MASCAC meet.

SERVING UP ANOTHER PREDICTION: Westfield State University’s women’s volleyball team has been picked to finish second in the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference in the league’s preseason coaches’ poll.

2016 MASCAC Women’s Cross Country Champions The Owls received 43 points (out of a possible 49) and one first-place vote. Framingham State, the defending league champions led the poll with 49 points and seven first-place votes. Coaches may not vote for their own team in the poll.

Westfield finished the 2016 campaign with a 5-1 mark in the league and placed second in the regular season, advancing to the semifinals of the conference tournament. The Owls posted an overall 13-19 record while playing

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a string non-conference schedule.

The Owls return a strong nucleus, led by all-conference defensive specialist Lizzie Taylor, and two of their top three hitters in Brianna Starkey and Natasha Belardo.

The Owls will begin their pursuit of a MASCAC title on September 1, playing at the Springfield College tournament on Friday and Saturday. – Courtesy of Westfield State University sports

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Ed Normand Golf League at EMCC STANDINGS WEEK 21 OF 22 196.5 194.5 190.5 190.5 185 182.5 182 170 162 159.5 150.5 115.5 195.5 192 189 186.5 181 179 174.5 170.5 169 168 166 162.5

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FRIDAY COUPLES LEAGUE • EAST MOUNTAIN COUNTRY CLUB

RESULTS FOR AUGUST 25, 2017 20 couples participated on a perfect evening for golf

8/17/17

DIVISION 1 TOM MASSIMINO – TIM HUBER RICK BROWN – JIM CARTWRIGHT TIM LARAMEE – DAN LARAMEE DAVE DUBOIS – ALAN VELAZQUEZ MIKE BERARDELLI – JIM JOHNSON DAN HARRIS – SHAWN BRADLEY PAUL CARRIER – LARRY COURNOYER RANDY ANDERSON – BOB GENEREUX MARC GRENIER – JOHN LAROSE MIKE COTE – RYAN MALONEY JESSE RASID – AL NUBILE SEAN CAHILL – MARK O’DONNELL

POINTS RESULTS FRONT-9: Dennis Desmarais and Linda Desmarais 42 points

DIVISION 2 BRUCE KELLOGG – RICHARD KELLOGG DAN BURNS JR. – GREG GLIDDEN JIM CONROY – FRAN COMO MARK LOGAN – JOE GAUDETTE GARY GLADU – FRAN DWYER CAM LEWIS – BILL GRISE III ED BIELONKO – BRANDEN BIELONKO CARLOS SANTOS – BILL GRISE II JAY O’SULLIVAN – RICK BURKE BOB COLLIER – DON CLARKE MIKE DOUVILLE – JODY WEHR MIKE MAHAN – JOE HEBDA

NET RESULTS BACK-9: Dan Harris and Nancy Harris 70 Mark Kurowski and Lynn Kurowski 70

NET RESULTS FRONT-9: Dave Palermo and Chris Palermo 66 POINTS RESULTS BACK-9: Jay Kiefer and Trish Kiefer 45 points Mike Foster and Patty Dushane 39 points

PIORIA RESULTS: Shawn Czepial and Shelley Czepeal 71 Congratulations to the winners. Winning teams receive pro shop “chits” money redeemable for pro shop merchandise. Winning “chits” may be used anytime during the season and must be used by October 31, 2017. Special orders must be made before September 29, 2017.

DIVISION 3 DAVE DOVER – BILL CHAFFEE GLENN GRABOWSKI – JEFF BERGER JASON GEORGE – DAN VAN KRUININGAN BOB LEWKO – NICK STELLATO MIKE SOVEROW – MIKE MULLIGAN ROY BARTON – BILL REINHAGEN JIM HAAS – AL HAAS DAN BURNS SR. – MIKE MANIJEK JIM STRYCHARZ – RICHARD ROY JOE BOUTIN – HENRY SMITH CHRIS FENTON – RYAN DROBOT JASON FITZGERALD – STEVE TOMAINO

Final evening for the 2017 Friday Couples League is September 29. Steak dinner and awards ceremony will follow golf. Teams must let us know if they will be playing and attending the final evening and dinner. The final evening will be a scramble format for each team with dinner to follow at approximately 7pm.

TEKOA GOLF RESULTS 2017 CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS AUGUST 12-13

SHELL’S TEKOA • TUESDAY GOLF LEAGUE 1st Place 2nd Place 3rd Place 4th Place 5th Place 6th Place 7th Place 8th Place 8th Place 9th Place 10th Place 11th Place 12th Place 13th Place 14th Place 15th Place 16th Place 17th Place Low Gross Low Net Closest to Pin on 3rd Closest to Pin on 6th

RESULTS FROM AUG222017 Fred Rogers & Bob Berniche Jim Johnson & Jim Floraski Bill Lawry & Dave Gile

Ed West & Harry Pease

Dick Williams & Ron Sena Rich Chistolini & Eric Wilder Gene Theroux & Jack Kennedy John Kidrick & Erroll Nichols

Angelo Masciadrelli & Frank Kamlowski Ray West & Harpo Czarnecki Dave Liberty & Jim French Bob McCarthy & Jack Blascak Skip Couture & Bob Dudas John Lucas & Carl Haas Harry Thompson & Jeff Guglielmo Conrad Clendenin & Stu Browning Butch Rines & Bill Wallinovich Ron Bonyeau & Mike Ripa

194 Points 175.5 Points 172.5 Points 171.5 Points 168.5 Points 163 Points 161.5 Points 159.5 Points 159.5 Points 159 Points 152.5 Points 151 Points 146 Points 144 Points 142.5 Points 141.5 Points 137 Points 129 Points

Eric Wilder @ 40 Jeff Guglielmo @ 27 Bob Czarnecki Jim French

1st Division 1st Gross – Tom Garvin 148 1st Net- John Lewis 137 2nd Net- Steve Prefontaine 142 2nd Division 1st Gross- Jim Dickson 157 1st Net- Ryan Lamagdelein 135 2nd Net- Gerry Banach 139

3rd Division Net Club Champ Mike Moran Jr. 132 1st Gross – Ray Rivera 172 1st Net – Tony Chiba 138 2nd Net – Dan Bray 143 Championship Division 1st- Bryce Piemonte 138 2nd- Todd Ezold 144 3rd – Steve Lefave 148 4th - Lee Alberston 149 5th – Logan Hjelm 149 Women’s Club Champ 1st Gross- Taylor Schmidt 152 2nd Gross- Sue Sendlenski 164 1st Net- Sandy Lajewski 146

Westfield Park & Rec Department Fall/Winter registrations WESTFIELD — The Westfield Park & Rec Department is now taking registration for all Fall/Winter programs, including Pee Wee Soccer for 4-6 yrs old, Westfield United Basketball for 5 -18 yrs old and Field Hockey for grades 3-8. For more information, contact Jim at 5736312, j.blascak@cityofwestfield.org or visit www.cityofwestfield.org and select the Park & Rec Page.

The ‘Wef’ golf tournament supports Westfield State students, honors late professor

Our league sends our sincere sympathy on the passing of Conrad Clendenin to his wife and family.

We share your grief in this profound loss.

Tekoa Country Club Senior Open Two-Ball Friday August 11 - 2017 50-59 Division 1st Gross- Todd Ezold – Rick Ferrari 65 $140 per team 1st Net- Mark Vincellette – Bob Lareau 59 $140 per team 2nd Net- Bernie Demeo – Tony Chiba 61 $80 60-69 Division 1st Gross-Greg Strycharz – Mark Consolini 69 $140 per team 2nd Gross-Dale Yvon – Mike Wrisley 70 $90 1st NetMike Hatch – Mike Catalfamo59 $140 per team 2nd Net-Ken Bregoli – Ron Gearing61 $90 3rd Net –Ernie Leithoff – Pete Grimaldi62 $60 70 + Division 1st Net-Tony Schabowski – George Nicoll 60 2nd Net-Bill Fouche – Bill Chishom62 3rd Net -Barney Muitti – Bill Murphy64

Senior Division 1st Gross – Bird Leal 150 1st Net – John Edinger 132 2nd Net – Tony Schabowki 137 3rd Net - Ron Gearing - 138

$120 per team $80 $40

WESTFIELD- Westfield State University’s Department of Communication and Division of Institutional Advancement will hold the second annual Henry Wefing Memorial Golf Classic, the “Wef,” on Friday, September 8 at 10 a.m. at Tekoa Country Club in Westfield.

Proceeds from the fundraiser will benefit the Henry Wefing Journalism Scholarship Fund.

The late Dr. Wefing began teaching at Westfield State University’s Department of Communication in 1985, specializing in journalism and writing courses. He was also seen regularly tending to a garden located outside of the university’s Horace Mann Center. Dr. Wefing created the garden in 2007 and donated all of the vegetables and herbs he grew to the Westfield Food Pantry. He passed away in May 2015.

Since 2016, the Henry Wefing Journalism Scholarship has been awarded annually. As the fund grows, there are plans to increase the number of scholarships awarded. Nearly 60 people attended last year’s inaugural event, including members of the Wefing family.

"The ‘Wef’ tournament brings together colleagues, alumni, students, and Henry Wefing's family and friends to enjoy a game Henry loved and to raise funds for students pursuing a career in journalism, which Henry taught and revered as the essential foundation of a democracy," said Dr. Thomas Gardner, professor of Communication.

Golfers must register online prior to the tournament at https://www.westfieldalumni.org/ events/upcoming-events/wefinggolf by Tuesday, September 5. The cost to participate is $350 for a foursome, $90 for individual players, and $80 for Westfield State students. Tickets include 18 holes of golf, lunch, and a post-tournament reception. Tickets are available for those who would like to attend the dinner reception for only $30 and there are also sponsorship opportunities at various different levels.

Tekoa Country Club is located on 459 Russell Road in Westfield. For more information, contact Suzanne Boniface, adjunct professor of Communication, at 413-478-2652 or sboniface@westfield.ma.edu. Those who cannot attend, but still wish to donate, can do so by visiting https://www.westfieldalumni.org/events/upcoming-events/wefinggolf.

Founded in 1839 by Horace Mann, Westfield State University is an education leader committed to providing every generation of students with a learning experience built on its founding principle as the first public, co-educational college in America to offer an education without barrier to race, gender or economic status. This spirit of innovative thinking and social responsibility is forged in a curriculum of liberal arts and professional studies that creates a vital community of engaged learners who become confident, capable individuals prepared for leadership and service to society.

For more information on Westfield State University, visit www.westfield.ma.edu, www. twitter.com/westfieldstate, or https://www.facebook.com/WestfieldStateUniversity.

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HIGH SCHOOL 2017 FALL SPORTS SCHEDULES SAINT MARY HIGH SCHOOL Tues., Sept. 5 No Sports Scheduled Wed., Sept. 6 GOLF vs. Smith Academy, Tekoa Country Club, 3 p.m.

Thurs., Sept. 7 GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. John J. Duggan Academy, Westfield Middle School North, 4 p.m.

Fri., Sept. 8 BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Putnam, Westfield Middle School North, 4 p.m.

Sat., Sept. 9 BOYS’ SOCCER at Westfield Technical Academy, Westfield State University, 3 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER at Westfield Technical Academy, Westfield State University, 1 p.m.

Mon., Sept. 11 GIRLS’ SOCCER at Franklin Tech, 4 p.m.

Tues., Sept. 12 GOLF vs. Ware, Tekoa Country Club, 3 p.m.

Wed., Sept. 13 BOYS’ CROSS COUNTRY vs. Pope Francis, Smith Voke, Westfield Technical Academy, Stanley Park, 3:30 p.m.

GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY vs. Westfield

WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL

Technical Academy, Stanley Park, 3:30 p.m.

Thur., Sept. 14 GOLF at Granby, 3 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Mount Everett, Westfield Middle School North, 4 p.m.

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

Fri., Sept. 15 GOLF vs. Franklin Tech, Tekoa Country Club, 3 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER at Hampden Charter School of Science, Bowie Field, 4 p.m.

Mon., Sept. 18 GOLF at Easthampton, Pine Grove Golf Course, 3 p.m.

Wed., Sept. 6 GOLF at Pioneer Valley Regional, Northfield Golf Course, 3 p.m.

FIELD HOCKEY vs. Northampton, 4 p.m.

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

Thurs., Sept. 7 GOLF at Northampton, Northampton Country Club, 3 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Monson, 4 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Monson, 4 p.m.

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

GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL at Franklin Tech, 5:30 p.m.

Fri., Sept. 8 FIELD HOCKEY at Pioneer Valley Regional, 4 p.m.

JV FIELD HOCKEY at Pioneer Valley Regional, 5:15 p.m.

Mon., Sept. 11 GOLF vs. Chicopee, Edgewood Country Club, 3 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ SOCCER at Amherst-Pelham, 4 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL at Ware, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL at Ware, 5 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER at Amherst-Pelham, 5:30 p.m.

Tues., Sept. 12 GOLF vs. Frontier, Edgewood Country Club, 3 p.m.

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

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

BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Pope Francis, 4 p.m.

FIELD HOCKEY at Athol, 4 p.m.

JV BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Pope Francis, 4 p.m.

JV FIELD HOCKEY at Athol, Time TBD Wed., Sept. 13 GOLF vs. Chicopee Comp, Edgewood Country Club, 3 p.m.

Wed., Sept. 6 GOLF at Holyoke, Wyckoff Country Club, 3:30 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER at Holyoke, 4 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL at AmherstPelham, 4 p.m.

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

GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL at Amherst-Pelham, 5 p.m.

Thurs., Sept. 7 GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Northampton, 4 p.m.

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

Tues., Sept. 19 GOLF at Turners Falls, Thomas Memorial Golf Course, 3 p.m.

BOYS’ CROSS COUNTRY vs. Gateway at Frontier, 3:45 p.m.

GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY vs. Gateway at Frontier, 3:45 p.m.

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

Fri., Sept. 8 FIELD HOCKEY at Minnechaug, 4 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Central, 4 p.m.

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

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

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

Wed., Sept. 20 GIRLS’ SOCCER at Westfield Technical Academy, 4 p.m.

Sat., Sept. 9 GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Central, Westfield State University, 5 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Pittsfield, Westfield State University, 7 p.m.

SOUTHWICK-TOLLAND REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL Tues., Sept. 5 GOLF vs. South Hadley, Edgewood Country Club, 3 p.m.

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

JV BOYS’ SOCCER at Easthampton, Nonotuck Park, 4 p.m.

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

GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL vs. Renaissance, 5:30 p.m.

Tues., Sept. 5 GOLF vs. Ludlow, Tekoa Country Club, 3 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER at Easthampton, 4 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ SOCCER at Easthampton, 4 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL at Central, 4:30 p.m.

GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL at Central, 5:30 p.m.

Mon., Sept. 11 GOLF vs. West Springfield, Tekoa Country Club, 3 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER at Agawam, School Street Park, 4 p.m.

FIELD HOCKEY at Agawam, 4 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ SOCCER at Agawam, 4 p.m.

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

Thur., Sept. 14 FIELD HOCKEY vs. Belchertown, 4 p.m.

Fri., Sept. 15 BOYS’ SOCCER at Monson, Moriarty Field @ Granite Valley Middle School, 4 p.m.

JV BOYS’ SOCCER at Monson, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Holyoke, 4:30 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Holyoke, 4:30 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL at Holyoke, 4:30 p.m.

GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL vs. Holyoke, 5:30 p.m.

Mon., Sept. 18 GOLF vs. Amherst-Pelham, Edgewood Country Club, 3 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Granby, 4 p.m.

FIELD HOCKEY vs. Palmer, 4 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Granby, 4 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL at Renaissance, 4:30 p.m.

GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL at Renaissance, 5:30 p.m.

Tues., Sept. 19 GOLF at Hampshire, Beaver Brook Golf Club, 3 p.m.

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

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

JV BOYS’ SOCCER at Hampshire, 4 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER at Hampshire, 6 p.m.

Wed., Sept. 13 GOLF at Belchertown, Cold Spring Country Club, 3 p.m.

JV FIELD HOCKEY vs. Longmeadow, 4 p.m.

FIELD HOCKEY vs. Longmeadow, 5:30 p.m.

Thur., Sept. 14 GOLF vs. Pope Francis, Tekoa Country Club, 3 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Longmeadow, 4 p.m.

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

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

JV BOYS’ SOCCER at Belchertown, 5:15 p.m.

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

BOYS’ SOCCER at Belchertown, 7 p.m.

Fri., Sept. 15 No Sports Scheduled Sat., Sept. 16 JV GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL at Wahconah, 2 p.m.

GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL at Wahconah, 3:30 p.m.

WESTFIELD TECHNICAL ACADEMY GIRLS’ SOCCER at Commerce, 4 p.m.

Tues., Sept. 5 No Sports Scheduled Wed., Sept. 6 GOLF at Pathfinder, 3 p.m.

Thurs., Sept. 7 GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Franklin Tech, Jachym Field, 4 p.m.

Fri., Sept. 8 BOYS’ SOCCER at Franklin Tech, 4 p.m.

Sat., Sept. 9 GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. St. Mary, Westfield State University, 1 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER vs. St. Mary, Westfield State University, 3 p.m.

Mon., Sept. 11 BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Pioneer Valley Christian Academy, Jachym Field, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER at Pathfinder, 4 p.m.

Tues., Sept. 12 GOLF vs. Central, East Mountain Country Club, 3 p.m.

Wed., Sept. 20 GOLF at South Hadley, The Ledges, 3 p.m.

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

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

Wed., Sept. 13 BOYS’ CROSS COUNTRY at St. Mary, Stanley Park, 3:45 p.m.

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

Thurs., Sept. 21 GOLF vs. West Springfield, Edgewood Country Club, 3 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER at Hampshire, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER at Hampshire, 6 p.m.

Thur., Sept. 14 GOLF at McCann Tech, Forest Park Country Club, 3 p.m.

Fri., Sept. 22 FIELD HOCKEY vs. Mohawk, 4 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Palmer, 4 p.m.

JV BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Palmer, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL at Pioneer Valley Christian, 5 p.m.

Tues., Sept. 12 GOLF vs. East Longmeadow, Tekoa Country Club, 3 p.m.

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

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

BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Northampton, 4 p.m.

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

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

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

Fri., Sept. 15 BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Commerce, Bullens Field, 6 p.m.

Mon., Sept. 18 GOLF vs. Mohawk Trail, East Mountain Country Club, 3 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER at Greenfield, 4 p.m.

Tues., Sept. 19 GOLF vs. Franklin Tech, East Mountain Country Club, 3 p.m.

BOYS’ CROSS COUNTRY at Granby, 3:30 p.m.

GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY at Granby, 3:30 p.m.

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

Wed., Sept. 20 GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. St. Mary, 4 p.m.

Thurs., Sept. 21 GOLF at Sabis, Veteran’s Golf Course, 3 p.m.

JV BOYS’ SOCCER at Ludlow, Chapin Street Elementary, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Hampden Charter School of Science, Bullens Field, 6 p.m.

Fri., Sept. 22 No Sports Scheduled Mon., Sept. 25 GIRLS’ SOCCER at John J. Duggan Academy, Tree Top Park, 4 p.m.

Tues., Sept. 26 BOYS’ CROSS COUNTRY vs. Mahar, Palmer, 3:45 p.m.

GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY vs. Frontier, Palmer, 3:45 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER at John J. Duggan Academy, Tree Top Park, 4 p.m.

Wed., Sept. 27 GIRLS’ SOCCER at Sci-Tech, Berte Field (Central HS), 4 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Ware, 6 p.m.

Thurs., Sept. 28 GOLF vs. Pathfinder, East Mountain Country Club, 3 p.m.

GATEWAY REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL Tues., Sept. 5 JV GIRLS’ SOCCER at Athol, Game Field 2, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER at Athol, O’Brien Field, 6 p.m.

Wed., Sept. 6 No Sports Scheduled Thurs., Sept. 7 JV GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Hopkins Academy, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Hopkins Academy, 6 p.m.

Fri., Sept. 8 BOYS’ SOCCER at Granby, 4 p.m.

JV BOYS’ SOCCER at Granby, 4 p.m.

Mon., Sept. 11 GIRLS’ SOCCER at Mahar, 4 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ SOCCER at Mahar, 4 p.m.

Tues., Sept. 12 BOYS’ CROSS COUNTRY vs. Hampden Charter School of Science at Granby, 3:45 p.m.

GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY vs. Hampden Charter School of Science at Granby, 3:45 p.m.

JV BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Athol, 4 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Athol, 6 p.m.

Wed., Sept. 13 No Sports Scheduled

Thur., Sept. 14 JV GIRLS’ SOCCER at Frontier, 4:30 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER at Frontier, 6:30 p.m.

Fri., Sept. 15 JV BOYS’ SOCCER vs. South Hadley, 4 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER vs. South Hadley, 6 p.m.

Mon., Sept. 18 No Sports Scheduled Tues., Sept. 19 BOYS’ CROSS COUNTRY vs. St. Mary at Frontier, 3:45 p.m.

GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY vs. St. Mary at Frontier, 3:45 p.m.

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

Tues., Sept. 26 BOYS’ CROSS COUNTRY vs. Pope Francis at Hampshire, 3:45 p.m.

GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY vs. Pope Francis at Hampshire, 3:45 p.m.

Wed., Sept. 27 BOYS’ SOCCER at Smith Academy, 4 p.m.

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

Thurs., Sept. 28 JV GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Ware, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Ware, 6 p.m.

No Sports Scheduled

Fri., Sept. 29 JV BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Hopkins Academy, 4 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Hopkins Academy, 6 p.m.

Thurs., Sept. 21 JV GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Pope Francis, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Pope Francis, 6 p.m.

Mon., Oct. 2 BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Granby, 4 p.m.

JV BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Granby, 4 p.m.

Fri., Sept. 22 JV BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Central, 4 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Central, 6 p.m.

Tues., Oct. 3 BOYS’ CROSS COUNTRY vs. Mohawk, Franklin Tech, Littleville Lake, 3:45 p.m.

GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY vs. Mohawk, Franklin Tech, Littleville Lake, 3:45 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER at Mohawk Trail, 3:30 p.m.

Wed., Sept. 20

Mon., Sept. 25 GIRLS’ SOCCER at Easthampton, Nonotuck Park, 4 p.m.

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

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Dear Annie

By ANNIE LANE

Financial Assistance or Manipulation?

Dear Annie: I have a family dilemma. My mother is 95 years old and still living in her own home. My wife and I see her five or more times a week and help her with household chores and getting to doctors appointments. My brother and sister also help but to a lesser extent. My father passed away last February, and my mother misses him, as you might expect.

The problem is that since Dad passed away, my younger sister has involved herself quite heavily in my mother’s financial matters. She got her name put on my mother’s checking and savings accounts. She also got her name put on my mother’s investments as a trader. These investment accounts each contain thousands of dollars.

My mother also has a will that names me, the oldest, as executor of that will. Right now it appears that I am executor of not much, as my younger sister has positioned herself as the recipient of these various accounts. This positioning took place within a few days of my father’s passing.

My wife and I believe my mother was manipulated into this situation: She was grieving and my sister took advantage. My sister explained her actions as an effort to help my mother write checks and balance her checking account, although my mother writes her own checks and balances her checking account without assistance. My mother’s will states that she wants her estate to go equally to her three children after she gives her nine grandchildren $1,000 a piece.

I don’t really want to think ill of my sister, and I keep looking for the silver lining in this matter. Maybe you can make some suggestions as to what I should do, if anything. -- Concerned for Mom Dear Concerned for Mom: Start with Mom. The next time you’re one-on-one with her, ask her open-ended questions to see how she feels about her finances. Then I would talk to your brother to see if he shares any concerns about your sister’s management of her funds. If she is siphoning money from your mothers’ accounts as you say she is, consider consulting an attorney about your options. It’s good you’re looking for the best in your sister, but it’s also wise to plan for the worst and do what you can to protect your mom from it.

Dear Annie: I have a 6-year-old son. We recently acquired 14 chicks to help take care of the tick population in our yard, and my son loves them. But our old coop is rundown and too small for all of these soon-to-be hens!

I’m a longtime reader of advice columns, and I seem to remember that years ago, a young man wrote in and asked for readers to send him a penny to help pay for college. I was wondering if my son, Tobin, could experience the far-reaching kindness of strangers to help with this problem. He loves getting the mail every day.

Could folks perhaps take a moment and send a penny to a boy and his special pets? -- Cooped in Connecticut Dear Cooped in Connecticut: That young man was ahead of his time: He was crowdsourcing before online platforms such as Kickstarter, GoFundMe and Indiegogo existed. I’d highly recommend starting a fundraiser through one of those websites. You can get your son involved in the process in many creative ways. He could create artwork about the chickens, or write a few sentences about his hopes and dreams for the new coop. Together you can spread the word in your community. Your son will not only experience the generosity of strangers but he’ll also be proud of his own contributions.

HINTS FROM HELOISE REUSABLE AND RECYCLED Dear Heloise: I always either recycle or reuse plastic containers. I save them for a number of uses, such as a container for small gift items (jewelry, watches, belts, scarves, etc.). For example, I’ll take a container that held strawberries, put some shredded paper on the bottom and put the little gift on top, then put a ribbon around it. I used a tub that held a whipped topping by painting it gold and decorating it for Christmas, then placed home-baked cookies inside. -Kaycee D., Chelsea, Mass.

Kaycee, what a great hint! It’s an inexpensive gift-giving idea and environmentally friendly. Readers, do you have more suggestions for empty plastic containers that you’d like to share? -- Heloise HELP IS ON THE WAY! Dear Heloise: HELP! I just got lipstick on my husband’s favorite Egyptian cotton shirt. How do I get it out without ruining his shirt? -- Carla Y., Manchester, N.H. Carla, immediately place the stained area over an absorbent towel and saturate with rubbing alcohol (test hidden area of fabric for colorfastness). Then rub the area with a cloth dipped in rubbing alcohol. You also may have good results with a pre-wash spray. Rinse and launder as usual.

This and many more stain-removing ideas are in my Handy Stain Guide for Clothing pamphlet. Just go to www.Heloise. com, or you can send a stamped (70 cents), self-addressed, long envelope, along with $5, to: Heloise/Stain, P.O. Box 795001, San Antonio, TX 78279-5001. There’s no need to throw away good clothing because of a stain that can easily be removed with a few simple cleaning instructions. -Heloise

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TV Sports Tonight Tuesday, Aug. 29 BASKETBALL 7:30 p.m.

ESPNU — FIBA Americup 2017, at Montevideo, Uruguay, USA at Uruguay CYCLING 6:30 p.m.

NBCSN — Vuelta a Espana, Stage 10, Caravaca de la Cruz to Alhama de Murcia, Spain (same-day tape) MLB BASEBALL 7 p.m.

MLB — Regional coverage, Cleveland at N.Y. Yankees OR Boston at Toronto 10 p.m.

MLB — Regional coverage, L.A. Dodgers at Arizona

OR San Francisco at San Diego (games joined in progress) TENNIS 1 p.m.

ESPN — U.S. Open, first round, at New York 7 p.m.

ESPN — U.S. Open, first round, at New York VOLLEYBALL 10:30 p.m.

NBCSN — USA Volleyball Cup, Women, United States vs. Brazil, at Anaheim, Calif.

WNBA BASKETBALL 7:30 p.m.

NBA — Connecticut at Washington

On The Tube

This image released by HBO shows Vladimir Furdik as The Night King on the season finale of "Game of Thrones." The series set yet another audience record Sunday with its seventh-season finale. Nielsen says an all-time high of 12.1 million viewers were tuned in to the wildly popular fantasy drama. An additional 4 million caught the episode on streaming channels. (HBO via AP)

‘Game of Thrones’ breaks audience record with season finale NEW YORK (AP) — HBO's "Game of Thrones" set yet another audience record Sunday with its seventh-season finale.

Nielsen says an all-time high of 12.1 million viewers were tuned in to the wildly popular fantasy drama. An additional 4 million caught the episode on streaming channels.

The seven-episode season began with 10.1 million viewers, while episode 5 drew 10.7 million.

This season "Game of Thrones" has regularly ranked as the second-most-viewed series each week among all programs, both cable and broadcast. Its eighth and final season is scheduled to air next year.

Lovato wears black lace, Perry changes up looks at VMAs NEW YORK (AP) — Demi Lovato kicked off one of fashion’s most out-there evenings Sunday at the MTV Video Music Awards as she strutted in a risque black lace bodysuit with matching sparkly harem pants by Zuhair Murad as the night’s host, Katy Perry, showed off a white one-shoulder dress by Stephane Rolland as her first of many looks.

Before Perry dropped to the stage in a space suit, then perused a rack of outfits to open the show, Lovato — a nominee and performer — turned some heads with her peekaboo look up top from Murad’s 2016 couture collection.

In the most adorable baby son category from the Forum in Inglewood, California, DJ Khaled’s 10-month-old Asahd sported a tiny blue pattern Gucci suit as dad cradled him in his arms.

“Asahd is Gucci down right now, you what I’m sayin’,” Khaled said during MTV’s warm-up march of fashion. “Gucci came by the crib, sized him up.”

While some dressed for fun, Lorde went classic red carpet in a mauve Monique Lhuillier gown with a feathered skirt.

She later changed into a pair of saggy gray joggers with a tinfoil-like skirt top with a pop of tutu underneath.

Perry’s white gown included a deep plunge at the front with a boxy shoulder and cape detail in the back. Her other looks during the show were classic Hollywood, though she wore one performance gown with a fake baby strapped to her chest in a carrier.

And Nicki Minaj? Well, she just did Nicki in a shiny bright pink tight-as-can-be pantsuit, long locks half blond and half soft pink. Nothing was left to the imagination. Nothing.

Cardi B, who went from Instagram star to reality TV star to hit rapper, posed confidently in a white Christian Siriano pantsuit with a full train, a cone-breasted bodice and shoulder cutouts. She changed quickly into all-over sparkle leotard and high matching boots to perform during the pre-show.

Winning youth on the fashion front were led by the bold 19-year-old Paris Jackson, a presenter who sported a Christian Dior bralette and boy-cut viscose undies under a sheer tulle dress with religious-esque iconography at the hem, her arm tattoos on display.

The mix of VMA style approaches is routine. This year, Vogue.com allowed users to weigh in with a vote of “daring” or “elegant” under key looks in its photo gallery.

Will Calvin Harris’s peacock button-down shirt rate? There was also a mini-genie sparkling gold skirt and midriff top that left Jasmine Sanders true to her nickname, “Golden Barbie.”

How about Pink in a three-piece tailored men’s cut suit with wide tie and short platinum locks? She glammed up the look with a diamond ear cuff and tie bauble and was accompanied by her young daughter, Willow, and her husband, motocross racing star Carey Hart, in similar outfits.

The night’s lady in red was Vanessa Hudgens in a bright hue with a strapless effect and sheer insert down the skirt.

Another fashion standout: actress-dancer Teyana Taylor in a cropped white T-shirt and black trousers. Her best accessory, those rock-hard abs that significantly raised her profile during last year’s VMAs, when she starred in Kanye West’s “Fade” video. She accepted an award for that performance this year for best choreography.

Host Katy Perry is lowered onto the stage at the MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Inglewood, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)

Israel’s embattled PM shows lighter side with Conan O’Brien JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing calls to resign amid a raft of corruption investigations, but the only prodding he got from Conan O’Brien concerned his choice of dog treats.

The two traded barbs over a meal at the prime minister’s residence as they tossed cucumbers to his dog, Kaya. Netanyahu quipped that the fluffy white dog is “paler than you,” while the fair-skinned O’Brien offered that “if you try to give an American dog a cucumber, he would punch you.”

The American comedian is in Israel to film an episode of his TBS show.

It was not clear from the brief video clip posted online Monday if the two discussed the corruption investigations or the weekly protests calling for Netanyahu to step down. Netanyahu has denied any wrongdoing.

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DUSTIN By Steve Kelley and Jeff Parker

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017: This year you open up to new, avant garde ideas. Generally you walk away from this type of risk, preferring to be more conventional. You feel safer. You discover the positives about taking risks. This attitude might impact various areas of your life. If single, you will want someone you can share more with. This person might not be ready to settle down when you first meet him or her. Have patience. If attached, the two of you might be open to a different lifestyle. You might want to move or travel more. Others will buy homes, possibly a second home. What you do could cause some tension and force you to look at your personal issues as a couple. You will find a midpoint where you can meet.

SAGITTARIUS helps you move past your self-imposed restrictions.

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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DOGS of C-KENNEL Mick and Mason Mastroianni

B.C. Mastroianni and Hart

ONE BIG HAPPY Rick Detorie

ANDY CAPP Mahoney, Goldsmith and Garnett

ZACK HILL John Deering and John Newcombe

ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHH Convert some of your stress and tension into energy. You might not be able to complete an ongoing plan at this point, but you can move forward and have it ready for the finishing touches. Someone whispers some news in your ear, but you wonder whether it is news or gossip. Nevertheless, you find a new perspective inevitable.

Tonight: Think long-term.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH One-on-one relating opens doors that previously were sealed shut. Dealing with some of what comes forward could produce stress. What is important is not to make a judgment just yet. A friend might not be as loyal as you would like. Tonight: Share with a loved one.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH Follow through on what needs to happen. A partner becomes unusually sensitive, yet what bothers this person doesn’t make sense to you. Just accept the way he or she feels. Caring flows through acceptance.

Others seem to need to touch base with you, if nothing else. Tonight: Let it all happen.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH You might want to clear off your desk and get as much done as possible.

Network and enjoy associates, but don’t take anything said as a given. Ideas flow, and you enjoy brainstorming with others. Tonight: Pace yourself and make time for some fun with a dear friend.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHHH Your imagination stretches far and could impact you at the oddest moments.

You also have a sense of humor that seems to kick in whenever you need it to, and in the oddest situations. Others envy your ability to gain a perspective no matter your mood.

Tonight: Encourage a friend to be more open.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH A family member or roommate could be involved with a charged area of your domestic life, which presents a problem.

Tension builds. Close loved ones might act as if they are on a different planet -their thoughts are far away from your concerns. Listen to a loved one, and try not to make a judgment.

Tonight: Go along with a suggestion.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Keep asking. You might feel as if certain matters need completion, yet there is an issue surrounding just that. Pull back when there is an obstacle, and find areas where you can move freely around that issue. Pick and choose your battles. A neighbor who often has a lot to share might seek you out. Listen to his or her sharing. Tonight: Get some extra R and R. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHH Finances are the issue at hand; however, you manage to handle the issue.

You have an ability to mend problems through discussions or by developing a different attitude toward handling funds. You are more flexible than many people realize.

Tonight: Take a midweek break.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH Use your personality and charm to resolve a domestic problem. Usually you receive a strong response when you mobilize the assets of your personality. What is important is that you relax and move through hassles. A boss or associate could be unusually difficult. Do not fuss over details, and work through a problem with this person. Tonight: Only as you like.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH Allow more time for you.

Sometimes your schedule is so intense that you don’t have enough time for your personal thoughts. Your ability to grasp various sides of a problem allows you to flourish at work as well as in your personal life. Tonight: Schedule some time to exercise.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH Your ability to deal with a money issue comes through. You might not agree with the majority of people in a meeting. In fact, despite this meeting, you could decide to head in your pre-chosen direction. Question your actions and accept someone’s challenge to your choices. Have a complete discussion before committing to a path. Tonight: Going overboard.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH A vague sense of confusion surrounds you. You hear what could be important news. Do verify the facts first. You might want to hold off on acting on any matter for several days. You might not need to follow through on all of your ideas. In fact, all you need is one. Take some needed space, and use it for sorting through confusion. Tonight: To the wee hours.

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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Boston 74 57 .565 — — 4-6 W-1 40-25 34-32 New York 70 60 .538 3½ — 5-5 L-1 37-24 33-36 Baltimore 66 65 .504 8 1½ 7-3 W-5 39-26 27-39 Tampa Bay 66 67 .496 9 2½ 6-4 W-2 34-33 32-34 Toronto 61 70 .466 13 6½ 2-8 L-2 35-32 26-38 Central Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Cleveland 74 56 .569 — — 7-3 W-5 36-29 38-27 Minnesota 67 63 .515 7 — 6-4 W-1 31-35 36-28 Kansas City 64 66 .492 10 3 3-7 L-5 35-31 29-35 Detroit 57 73 .438 17 10 4-6 W-1 31-32 26-41 Chicago 52 77 .403 21½ 14½ 6-4 W-1 30-34 22-43 West Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Houston 79 51 .608 — — 5-5 W-1 37-29 42-22 Los Angeles 67 65 .508 13 1 5-5 W-1 36-31 31-34 Seattle 66 66 .500 14 2 5-5 L-3 34-32 32-34 Texas 64 66 .492 15 3 4-6 L-3 35-29 29-37 Oakland 58 73 .443 21½ 9½ 5-5 L-1 37-31 21-42 NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Washington 79 51 .608 — — 6-4 W-2 38-27 41-24 Miami 66 64 .508 13 4½ 7-3 L-1 35-29 31-35 Atlanta 57 72 .442 21½ 13 3-7 L-3 29-36 28-36 New York 57 73 .438 22 13½ 4-6 L-1 28-39 29-34 Philadelphia 49 81 .377 30 21½ 6-4 W-2 28-35 21-46 Central Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Chicago 70 60 .538 — — 7-3 W-1 35-28 35-32 Milwaukee 68 63 .519 2½ 3 6-4 W-2 35-30 33-33 St. Louis 65 65 .500 5 5½ 4-6 L-1 37-31 28-34 Pittsburgh 63 69 .477 8 8½ 5-5 L-1 35-31 28-38 Cincinnati 55 76 .420 15½ 16 5-5 L-2 31-35 24-41 West Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Los Angeles 91 38 .705 — — 6-4 L-2 52-16 39-22 Arizona 73 58 .557 19 — 6-4 W-4 42-23 31-35 Colorado 71 60 .542 21 — 4-6 L-1 38-26 33-34 San Diego 57 74 .435 35 14 3-7 L-4 33-31 24-43 San Francisco 53 80 .398 40 19 4-6 W-1 31-35 22-45 AMERICAN LEAGUE Sunday’s Games N.Y. Yankees 10, Seattle 1 Minnesota 7, Toronto 2 Cleveland 12, Kansas City 0 Baltimore 2, Boston 1 Chicago White Sox 7, Detroit 1 Tampa Bay 3, St. Louis 2, 10 innings Houston 7, L.A. Angels 5 Oakland 8, Texas 3 Monday’s Games Baltimore 7, Seattle 6 Cleveland 6, N.Y. Yankees 2 Boston 6, Toronto 5 Tampa Bay 12, Kansas City 0 Detroit 4, Colorado 3 L.A. Angels 3, Oakland 1 Tuesday’s Games Cleveland (Bauer 13-8) at N.Y. Yankees (Garcia 5-8), 7:05 p.m.

Seattle (Ramirez 5-4) at Baltimore (Bundy 12-8), 7:05 p.m.

Boston (Sale 14-6) at Toronto (Anderson 2-2), 7:07 p.m.

Texas (Perez 9-10) at Houston (Fiers 8-8), 7:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Shields 2-4) at Minnesota (Santana 13-7), 8:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Cobb 9-8) at Kansas City (Junis 5-2), 8:15 p.m.

Detroit (Fulmer 10-11) at Colorado (Marquez 10-5), 8:40 p.m.

Oakland (Smith 0-3) at L.A. Angels (Scribner 2-1), 10:07 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Cleveland (Tomlin 7-9) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 10-5), 1:05 p.m.

Seattle (Miranda 8-6) at Baltimore (Bundy 12-8), 3:05 p.m.

Detroit (Verlander 9-8) at Colorado (Bettis 0-1), 3:10 p.m.

Boston (Porcello 8-15) at Toronto (Happ 6-10), 7:07 p.m.

Texas (Cashner 7-9) at Houston (Keuchel 11-2), 7:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Holland 7-13) at Minnesota (Berrios 11-6), 8:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 6-7) at Kansas City (Vargas 14-8), 8:15 p.m.

Oakland (Graveman 4-4) at L.A. Angels (Bridwell 7-2), 10:07 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE Sunday’s Games Miami 6, San Diego 2 Pittsburgh 5, Cincinnati 2 Colorado 3, Atlanta 0 N.Y. Mets 6, Washington 5, 1st game Philadelphia 6, Chicago Cubs 3 Tampa Bay 3, St. Louis 2, 10 innings Arizona 11, San Francisco 0 Milwaukee 3, L.A. Dodgers 2 Washington 5, N.Y. Mets 4, 2nd game Monday’s Games Washington 11, Miami 2 Philadelphia 6, Atlanta 1 Chicago Cubs 6, Pittsburgh 1 Detroit 4, Colorado 3 San Francisco 3, San Diego 0 Tuesday’s Games Atlanta (Dickey 8-8) at Philadelphia (Leiter Jr. 2-3), 7:05 p.m.

Miami (Worley 2-3) at Washington (Jackson 4-3), 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Flexen 3-2) at Cincinnati (Romano 3-5), 7:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Weaver 2-1) at Milwaukee (Garza 6-7), 7:40 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Kuhl 6-9) at Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 13-8), 8:05 p.m.

Detroit (Fulmer 10-11) at Colorado (Marquez 10-5), 8:40 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Hill 9-5) at Arizona (Godley 5-7), 9:40 p.m.

San Francisco (Moore 4-12) at San Diego (Perdomo 6-8), 10:10 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Atlanta (Teheran 8-11) at Philadelphia (Eickhoff 4-7), 1:05 p.m.

St. Louis (Martinez 10-9) at Milwaukee (Anderson 7-3), 2:10 p.m.

Detroit (Verlander 9-8) at Colorado (Bettis 0-1), 3:10 p.m.

Miami (Worley 2-3) at Washington (Scherzer 12-5), 4:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Montero 2-9) at Cincinnati (Bailey 4-6), 7:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Nova 11-11) at Chicago Cubs (Quintana 8-11), 8:05 p.m.

San Francisco (Blach 8-10) at San Diego (Wood 3-4), 9:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Ryu 5-6) at Arizona (Ray 10-5), 9:40 p.m.

LEGAL NOTICES

LEGAL NOTICES

August 22, 29, 2017 September 5, 2017

August 29, 2017 September 5, 2017

August 29, 2017

MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE

Public Hearing Legal Ad Special Permit September 12, 2017

LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain Mortgage given by Kelly J. Pitoniak to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for, American Home Mortgage, its successors and assigns, dated June 23, 2006 and recorded with the Hampden County Registry of Deeds at Book 16011, Page 451 subsequently assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as indenture trustee for American Home Mortgage Investment Trust 2007-2 by Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for, American Home Mortgage, its successors and assigns by assignment recorded in said Hampden County Registry of Deeds at Book 20600, Page 43;of which Mortgage the undersigned is the present holder for breach of the conditions of said Mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing same will be sold at Public Auction at 1:00 PM on September 12, 2017 at 117 Yeoman Avenue, Westfield, MA, all and singular the premises described in said Mortgage, to wit:

TOWN OF SOUTHWICK PLANNING BOARD

Certain real estate situate in Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, being known and designated as lots 188 (one hundred eighty eight) and 189 (one hundred eighty-nine), both as shown on the plan of "Victory Gardens ..." as recorded in the Registry of Deeds for said Hampden County in Book of Plans J, Page 70, said lots being bound and described in one parcel as follows: WESTERLY by Yeoman Avenue, shown as Yeoman Avenue on said plan, one hundred (100) feet; NORTHERLY by lot 190 (one hundred ninety) as shown on said plan, one hundred ten (110) feet; EASTERLY by lots 139 (one hundred thirty nine) and 140 (one hundred forty), both as shown on said plan, one hundred feet; and

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 22 Nicholson Hill Road

The Applicant proposes to disturbed more than an acre of land for a home in accordance with the Code of Southwick Zoning Bylaws, Chapter 185, and Sections 9, 12 and 36.1

TERMS OF SALE: A deposit of FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND 00 CENTS ($5,000.00) in the form of a certified check, bank treasurer’s check or money order will be required to be delivered at or before the time the bid is offered.

The successful bidder will be required to execute a Foreclosure Sale Agreement immediately after the close of the bidding.

The balance of the purchase price shall be paid within thirty (30) days from the sale date in the form of a certified check, bank treasurer’s check or other check satisfactory to Mortgagee’s attorney. The Mortgagee reserves the right to bid at the sale, to reject any and all bids, to continue the sale and to amend the terms of the sale by written or oral announcement made before or during the foreclosure sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. The description of the premises contained in said mortgage shall control in the event of an error in this publication. TIME WILL BE OF THE ESSENCE. Other terms if any, to be announced at the sale.

Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Indenture Trustee for American Home Mortgage Investment Trust 2007-2 Present Holder of said Mortgage,

By Its Attorneys, ORLANS PC PO Box 540540 Waltham, MA 02454 Phone: (781) 790-7800 15-008494

Date: August 28, 2017 Notice is hereby given, under Chapter 138 of the Massachusetts General Laws that Papp's Bar & Grill, LLC d/b/a Papp's Bar & Grill, 110 Airport Road has applied for a change of liquor manager from Peter Pappas to Sokharun Yim and change of beneficial interest and transfer of stock from Peter J Pappas and Nicholas Pappas to Sokharun Yim.

Bldg., 59 Court Street, Westfield, MA.

Christopher Mowatt, Chr. Edward Diaz Alice Dawicki

A copy of the application and the plan may be inspected at the Planning Board office or the Town Clerk’s office during regular office hours.

AUTO FOR SALE Any person interested or wishing to be heard on the application should appear at the time TIMOTHY'S AUTO SALES. and place designated.

Stop by and see us! We might Michael Doherty, Chairperson Southwick Planning Board

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August 29, 2017 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS THE TRIAL COURT PROBATE AND FAMILY COURT Hampden Probate and Family Court 50 State Street Springfield, MA 01103 (413)748-7758 Docket No. HD17P1501EA CITATION ON PETITION FOR FORMAL ADJUDICATION Estate of: Karen Marie Price Date of Death: 08/25/2013

Aaron V Price of Westfield, MA

The premises are to be sold subject to and with the benefit of all easements, restrictions, building and zoning laws, liens, attorney’s fees and costs pursuant to M.G.L.Ch.183A, unpaid taxes, tax titles, water bills, municipal liens and assessments, rights of tenants and parties in possession.

CITY OF WESTFIELD LICENSE COMMISSION

Notice is hereby given in accordance with the provisions of M.G.L. Chapter 40A, Section 11, that the Planning Board will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. in the Land Use Hearing Room, Town Hall, 454 College Highway on an application by Kenneth Hawhakek for a Storm Water Management Permit for property located at 22 Nich- Public Hearing upon the applicaolson Hill Road, zoned as Resid- tion will b e held, Monday, ential 40 (R40). The property is September 11, 2017 at 6:15 a portion of the land shown on P.M., in room 207, Council current Assessors Map 157, Chambers, of the Municipal Parcel 17.

SOUTHERLY by lot 187 (one To all interested persons: hundred eighty-seven) as shown A Petition for Late and Limited on said plan, one hundred ten Formal Testacy and/or Appointment has been filed by (110) feet.

SUBJECT TO an Easement of Way taken by City of Westfield dated 10/15/64 and recorded in the Hampden County Registry of Deeds in Book 3069, Page 488 for layout of Yeoman Avenue.

BEING THE SAME PREMISES conveyed to the mortgagor by deed of Edward W. Tenero dated August 25, 1999 and recorded in the Hampden County Registry of Deeds in Book 10903, Page 042.

LEGAL NOTICES

requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for such other relief as requested in the Petition.

The Petitioner requests that: Aaron V Price of Westfield, MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond in an unsupervised administration.

HELP WANTED

Outreach Worker, Part Time Southern Hilltown Councils on Aging Consortium Bachelors degree required, preferably in social work, human services, gerontology or related field.

Clean driving record and reliable transportation required.

Outreach experience, working knowledge of elder services, benefit and insurance programs, a plus.

Knowledge of Hilltown culture and resources, a plus.

Submit resume to: Jean Armitage SHCOAC PO Box 407 Russell, MA 01071

IMPORTANT NOTICE You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before: 10:00 a.m. on 09/05/2017. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) days of the return date, action may be taken without further notice to you.

UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM PROBATE CODE (MUPC) A Personal Representative appointed under the MUPC in an unsupervised administration is not required to file an inventory or annual accounts with the Court. Persons interested in the estate are entitled to notice regarding the administration directly from the Personal Representative and may petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including the distribution of assets and expenses of administration.

WITNESS, Hon. Barbara M Hyland, First Justice of this Court.

Date: August 8, 2017

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