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The Hangar prepares for Westfield landing Giving Tree Members of the Westfield High School student council gather around the Salvation Army Giving Tree located in the Westfield High School main lobby yesterday where students and staff donated 125 gifts that will be distributed by the Westfield Salvation Army Service Center. (Photo by Frederick Gore)
Storm causes early dismissals, closings By Hope E. Tremblay Staff Writer Although the season’s first storm did not impact schools, the second storm expected to hit today caused early dismissals and closings. Before a flake flew, Westfield Schools Superintendent Dr. Suzanne Scallion, and Southwick-Tolland-Granville
Regional School District Superintendent Dr. John Barry, made the decision to dismiss students early. Gateway Regional Superintendent David Hopson made the call to close schools today. The national weather service has issued a winter weather advisory for all of western Massachusetts until 7 p.m. Light snow was expected to arrive in
western Massachusetts by 10 a.m. and get a little heavier from mid-afternoon through early evening, which would make for a potentially slippery evening commute. Superintendents anticipated unfavorable road conditions this afternoon and opted not to risk students by dismissing classes early and closing school in the hilltowns.
DPW director makes budget requests By Hope E. Tremblay Staff Writer SOUTHWICK – Preliminary budget discussions continued with the Board of Selectmen last night with Department of Public Works (DPW) Director Randy Brown. Brown went through requests for each DPW division. In the water division, Brown said the priority is leak detection equipment. “Typically we subcontract that at a cost of $5,000-$6,000 every year or two,” said Brown. “I think there will be savings [by purchasing it].” The second request for the water division is a hand-held water meter. Brown said the department has two meters and often has to borrow a third. In the sewer division, Brown said topping the list of requests is Phase II sewer design. “I think it’s time to take the next step,” said Brown. “Let’s get that ball rolling and we need to appropriate some funds toward design efforts.” Another sewer priority is an upgrade to three pump stations at a cost of $570,000.
RANDAL BROWN Chief Administrative Officer Karl Stinehart noted that there may be some funds leftover from the last pump station upgrade that could be applied to the cost. Selectmen Chairman Russell Fox asked about the SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) system which was discussed last year as part of the pump station upgrade. “The SCADA system was on my wish list but it didn’t make the cut,” said
Brown, adding that he hoped to request it next year. Selectwoman Tracy Cesan said she thought the SCADA software had been purchased. “I think we have an appropriation for SCADA, but we have to fix the stations first,” said Stinehart. Under the highway division, Brown said the priorities included three culvert replacements at a cost of approximately $7,000. “The design is done and has been sitting on a shelf and we have more culverts that are failing,” said Brown. He said the funds would be split among the three culverts. Brown also said he requested $50,000 for road paving, which is on par with previous years. Fox said he wanted to have another discussion next month. “I want to have a work session in January or early February before we go into the budget season and look at some bonding options for roads,” Fox said. The board and finance committee will hold budget sessions with every department in February.
Noble Ball eclipses quarter-million mark By Peter Francis Staff Writer WESTFIELD – The results are in for last month’s Noble Ball, the local hospital’s largest fundraiser of the year. The ball, which was held at the MassMutual Center in Springfield on November 9, was the 49th annual event to be held to benefit Noble Hospital, and raised $253,000 that will go toward funding the Hospital’s Oncology unit. Over 700 guests attended the Mardi Gras-themed event, including former New England Patriot offensive lineman Joe Andruzzi, who brought with him the
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sizeable presence of his foundation, The Joe Andruzzi Foundation. The foundations’s mission is to provide financial assistance for cancer patients and their families. The night featured an auction which drew a large portion of the event’s proceeds. “These much-needed funds will improve the patient and family environment here at Noble by offering a more comfortable experience for our cancer patients,” said Jack Sarat, who chaired the fundraiser and auction with his family.
“We are so grateful for your support and commitment to Noble Hospital and our community,” he said of the event’s other business sponsors. “Your generosity enables us to continue providing an outstanding level of care.” “We’re thrilled to have raised these funds to enhance the outpatient oncology area at Noble,” said Allison GearingKalill, vice president of community development for Noble Hospital. “We will begin construction on a comfortable, welcoming environment soon to better service our cancer patients and their families.”
By Peter Francis Staff Writer WESTFIELD – A favorite of Amherst’s considerable student population in Amherst, The Hangar Pub and Grill has given folks a place to enjoy a nowfamous menu of burgers, ribs, sandwiches and, of course, chicken wings. The owners of The Hangar are now looking to expand southward to Westfield, potentially landing at 29 School Street, the former home of the School Street Bistro. With a hearing with the City of Westfield’s License Committee scheduled for this evening, Hangar owner Harold Tramazzo is looking to “steer
away from fanfare” at this present time and concentrate on going through the proper channels to make the expansion a reality. “I’ve been talking with Jeff Daley (Westfield Economic Advancement Director) for over a year now,” Tramazzo said yesterday. When asked of how the prospective Westfield location would compare to The Hangar’s Amherst flagship, Tramazzo said the two buildings are very different, but “it’s going to feel like The Hangar.” “I’m interested in the front room,” Tramazzo said, See The Hangar, Page 3
Residents report pot stolen By CarlE. Hartdegen Staff Writer WESTFIELD – A West Springfield Man is facing home invasion charges after a city couple alleged that visitors who had come to smoke marijuana with them stole their pot – and more than $1,000 which happened to be on their table. The robbery was reported at 10:01 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 4, by a female Brookline Avenue resident and Officers Michael Gibbons and Harry Sienkiewicz arrived within seconds of each other six minutes later. Sienkiewicz reports that the woman told him that a person she has known for several years came to her residence to smoke marijuana with her and brought an unknown friend with him. She said that as the two
men were leaving, one took a stack of cash – more than $1,000 – from the dining room table and when the caller and her boyfriend objected the unknown man produced a handgun and told them to stay back. The victims told Sienkiewicz that the men then also stole an ounce of marijuana, two cellphones and a watch before they fled in a vehicle the victims described. The male victim said that he followed the fleeing car but broke off pursuit when he saw the unknown man pointing the gun at him from the car. Det. Sgt. Steven K. Dickinson said later that the actual circumstances of the incident may be a little different that those described by the See Stolen Pot, Page 3
City seeks to expand public access By Dan Moriarty Staff Writer WESTFIELD – The Cable Commission is planning to conduct direct negotiations with Comcast officials in early January to expand local cable programming and public access. The city is negotiating a new contract with Comcast and is seeking to include funding requirements that would open local programming to residents of the city. Pursuant to Section 611 of the Federal Communications Act, local franchising authorities, such as the City of Westfield, may require cable operators like Comcast to set aside channels for public, educational, or governmental (PEG) use. PEG channels are not mandated by federal law, rather they are a right given to the franchising authority, which it may choose to exercise. The decision whether to require the cable operator to carry PEG channels is up to the local franchising authority. If the franchise authority does require PEG channels, that requirement will be set out in the franchise agreement between the franchising authority and the cable operator. The commission discussed equipment and programming
Walk-In Express Care is now open in Westfield! Noble Express Care is conveniently located at 57 Union Street. Hours: Mon - Fri 11:00am - 8:00pm | Sat - Sun 10:00am - 5:00pm
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Westfield State Foundation, Circle K raise $1,500 for local charities WESTFIELD — For the 30th year, Westfield State University hosted its annual Breakfast with Santa fundraiser (a Westfield State Foundation and Circle K club event). This year, more than 550 people came to the Scanlon Banquet Hall to see Santa and enjoyed a breakfast filled with activities for children of all ages. Profits were divided among various charities. An estimated $1,500 in net proceeds were donated to Shriners Hospital in the name of the Melha Clowns, the Make A Wish Foundation and the Kiwanis Pediatric Trauma Institute in Boston, MA as well as to Circle K charities. “I don’t think people realize how important this tradition is,” said Michael Knapik, director of Advancement and University Relations and an event volunteer. “Breakfast with Santa represents the best of the university/city relationship. It serves as a great touchstone for the community to connect and benefit from the university’s resources in a way that’s fun for the whole family.” Online-only availability of tickets was implemented for the first time. Prices remained the same at $7 for children and $9 for adults. A photo with Santa Claus was available for $5. Admission for children 3 and under was free. Seating times were 8:30AM & 10:30AM. The breakfast featured many activities including face painting, arts and crafts, entertainment by the Melha Shriners Clowns, and raffle. Each child three and older received a free gift. The event was managed by Ken Magarian, director of Special Programs and Community Service at WSU with the help of WSU student and Circle K Club president Alex Roche. Circle K is a student group associated with the Kiwanis Club of Westfield. Event sponsors included Easthampton Savings Bank and the Westfield News. For more information please contact Ken Magarian 413-572-5406.
Circle K volunteers at Breakfast with Santa. From left to right: Circle K President Alex Roche, Social Media Chair Chelsey O’Connor and Historian Bianca Oberg. (Photo submitted)
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Man charged in burglary swallows 2 necklaces LARGO, Fla. (AP) — A man faces burglary and tampering charges after an X-ray machine revealed a dark mass near his stomach while he was being booked into jail. Pinellas County Sheriff’s officials say the mass turned out to be two necklaces stolen during a Dec. 10 burglary in Safety Harbor. Twenty-one-year-old Joseph Ramos was arrested Dec. 11 when he was stopped for driving a vehicle that was stolen during the burglary. Various items from the home were inside the vehicle. When Ramos was being booked into jail, he stepped on the SecurPass X-ray machine and the dark spot was identified as the necklaces. He underwent surgery to remove them. The owner later identified the items. Jail officials have been using the X-ray machine since June to detect items concealed on inmates.
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TODAY IN HISTORY
Today is Tuesday, Dec. 17, the 351st day of 2013. There are 14 days left in the year.
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n Dec. 17, 1938, German chemists Otto Hahn and Fritz Strassmann discovered nuclear fission by splitting the nuclei of uranium into lighter elements while performing experiments in Berlin.
On this date: In 1777, France recognized American independence. In 1830, South American patriot Simon Bolivar died in Colombia. In 1865, Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 8, known as the “Unfinished” (because only two movements had been completed) was performed publicly for the first time in Vienna, 37 years after the composer’s death. In 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright of Dayton, Ohio, conducted the first successful manned powered-airplane flights near Kitty Hawk, N.C., using their experimental craft, the Wright Flyer. In 1925, Col. William “Billy” Mitchell was convicted at his courtmartial in Washington of insubordination for accusing senior military officials of incompetence and criminal negligence; he was suspended from active duty. In 1933, in the inaugural NFL championship football game, the Chicago Bears defeated the New York Giants, 23-21, at Wrigley Field. In 1944, the U.S. Army announced it was ending its policy of excluding Japanese-Americans from the West Coast. In 1957, the United States successfully test-fired the Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time. In 1959, Stanley Kramer’s anti-nuclear war drama “On the
Beach,” starring Gregory Peck and Ava Gardner, premiered on all seven continents (including Antarctica). In 1979, in a case that aggravated racial tensions, Arthur McDuffie, a black insurance executive, was fatally injured after leading police on a chase with his motorcycle in Miami. (Four white police officers accused of beating McDuffie were later acquitted, sparking riots.) In 1981, members of the Red Brigades kidnapped Brig. Gen. James L. Dozier, the highest-ranking U.S. Army official in southern Europe, from his home in Verona, Italy. (Dozier was rescued 42 days later.) In 2011, North Korean leader Kim Jong Il died after more than a decade of iron rule; he was 69, according to official records, but some reports indicated he was 70.
Ten years ago: Former Illinois Gov. George Ryan was indicted on corruption charges. (Ryan was later convicted and ended up serving more than 5½ years in federal custody.) The British government announced the first reported case of a person dying from the human form of mad cow disease after a blood transfusion from an infected donor. An attempt to re-create the Wright brothers’ first flight on the 100th anniversary failed to take off from North Carolina’s Outer Banks.
Five years ago: President-elect Barack Obama named former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack as agriculture secretary and Colorado Sen. Ken Salazar of Colorado to head the Interior Department. OPEC agreed to slash 2.2 million barrels from daily production — its single largest cut ever. Pro Football Hall of Famer Sammy Baugh died in Rotan, Texas at age 94.
One year ago: Newtown, Conn., began laying its dead to rest, holding funerals for two 6-year-old boys, the first of the 20 children killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre. A pair of NASA spacecraft, named Ebb and Flow, were deliberately crashed into a mountain near the moon’s north pole, ending a mission that peered into the lunar interior. Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim became the third Division I men’s coach, after Mike Krzyzewski and Bob Knight, to reach 900 wins with a 72-68 victory over Detroit in the Gotham Classic. Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii died at age 88.
Today’s Birthdays: Actor Armin Mueller-Stahl is 83. Pope Francis is 77. Singeractor Tommy Steele is 77. Rock singer-musician Art Neville is 76. Actor Bernard Hill is 69. Actor Ernie Hudson is 68. Political commentator Chris Matthews is 68. Comedian-actor Eugene Levy is 67. Actress Marilyn Hassett is 66. Actor Wes Studi is 66. Pop musician Jim Bonfanti (The Raspberries) is 65. Actor Joel Brooks is 64. Rock singer Paul Rodgers is 64. Rhythm-andblues singer Wanda Hutchinson (The Emotions) is 62. Actor Bill Pullman is 60. Actor Barry Livingston is 60. Country singer Sharon White is 60. Producer-director-writer Peter Farrelly is 57. Rock musician Mike Mills (R.E.M.) is 55. Pop singer Sarah Dallin (Bananarama) is 52. Country musician Tim Chewning is 51. Country singer Tracy Byrd is 47. Country musician Duane Propes is 47. Actress Laurie Holden is 44. DJ Homicide (Sugar Ray) is 43. Actor Sean Patrick Thomas is 43. Actress Claire Forlani is 42. Pop-rock musician Eddie Fisher (OneRepublic) is 40. Actress Sarah Paulson is 39. Actress Marissa Ribisi is 39. Actor Giovanni Ribisi is 39. Actress Milla Jovovich is 38. Singer Bree Sharp is 38. Actress Jennifer Carpenter is 34. Singersongwriter Ben Goldwasser (MGMT) is 31. Actress Shannon Woodward is 29. Actress Emma Bell is 27. Actress Vanessa Zima is 27. Rock musician Taylor York (Paramore) is 24.
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Westfield woman pays tribute By RICHARD ULSH Captain, USMC Deputy Branch Head, Media Relations HQMC Division of Public Affairs WASHINGTON, D.C. – A Westfield woman traveled to the nation’s capital Saturday along with 25,000 other volunteers to pay tribute to U.S. service members, who gave the ultimate sacrifice in the defense of the nation, by laying wreaths at their grave sites. Joyce C. Jutkus, represents Westfield as part of the Wreaths Across America’s annual event to honor America’s fallen heroes at the Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. The event began with a parade of vehicles that lead onlookers to an elegant stage set for a somber, but inspirational opening ceremony. Following the array of guest speakers, Jutkus and her fellow wreath layers spanned the vast grounds through cold temperatures and freezing rain to cover headstones with more than 100,000 wreaths adorned with red bows. Special ceremonies also took place at the USS Maine mast, President Kennedy’s tomb, and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. For Jutkus, though, the opening ceremony moved her most about the service. “It was all an unbelievable experience seeing the thousands of people along the cemetery entrance coming together for the opening remarks,” said Jutkus. “Seeing the young boys respectfully remove their hats during the singing of the National Anthem made me so proud of our youth.” The observance at the National Cemetery held a special significance for Jutkus. Her daughter, Pamela, and son-in-law, Marine Lt. Gen. Robert E. Schmidle, Jr., continue to serve the Marine
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Government Meetings NEXT SCHEDULED MEETINGs
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17 WESTFIELD License Commission at 6 pm Commission for Citizens with Disabilities at 6:30 pm Planning Board at 7 pm Public Works at 7 pm
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Council on Aging at 7 pm Fire House at 7 pm
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Corps and have done so for more than 30 years. Jutkus’s grandson Capt. Christian R. Schmidle is also a Marine currently serving on active duty. Their service to the country makes participation in the wreath laying ceremony a meaningful and memorable experience. “I couldn’t begin to tell you how overwhelmed I was to participate in the wreath laying,” said Jutkus. “We have been humbled and proud over the last 37 years of Bob’s and
now Christian’s service to our country and to the Marine Corps.” This was the Marine grandmother’s first time taking part in the ceremony at the National Cemetery, but Jutkus took part in a similar event with Wreaths Across America at Stanley Park in 2012. The significance of these remembrances and the opportunity to take part in them are something she cherishes, according to Pamela Schmidle. “Volunteering makes you
feel more a part of it all,” said Jutkus. “I am so proud and honored that I was able to be here for the Arlington wreath laying and pay tribute to our fallen warriors. It was a very emotional morning.” Wreaths Across America began laying wreaths at Arlington 22 years ago. This year’s event boasted the most wreaths ever sponsored and delivered to the National Cemetery, according to a press release from the organization.
Assessor’s Meeting at 5:30 pm Fire Department Meeting at 6:30 pm
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18 WESTFIELD Council on Aging at 1 pm Board of Assessors at 5 pm Traffic Commission at 6 pm Off-street Parking Commission at 6:30 pm ZBA at 7 pm Flood Control Commission at 7 pm EMTs at 7 pm
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Stolen Pot Continued from Page 1 victims. Dickinson reports that when he and Det. Timothy Grady interviewed the couple he learned that the couple’s visitors had come, not just to smoke marijuana, but to buy it. He said that the woman told him that a man she knew had called and asked to buy an ounce of pot but Dickinson said that more marijuana appears to have been involved. “We believe he (the resident) was in possession of a quarter pound” of marijuana prior to the robbery he said. The couple identified the man who they knew and who had set up the purported purchase. The police investigation led to the identification of the armed man. The victims said that they believed the gun the unknown man brandished to be real and said that it looked like a .22 caliber or pellet pistol. The detectives report that they sought and found the known suspect at his West Springfield home. An interview with him revealed the identity of his partner and some information about the crime. The man, Steven Ashley, 20, of 23 Queen Ave., West Springfield, said that his partner, Brandon Trevon Spigner, 23, with a last known address on Jennings St. in Springfield, had used his cellphone and pretended to be Ashley when he set up a purchase of a quarter pound of marijuana. He said that they were hoping to lure the victim outside to rob but were obliged to go inside where they bought one ounce before robbing the couple of their pot. He denied stealing cash. Ashley was arrested for three charges of firearmarmed home invasion and two charges of armed robbery. The three home invasion charges are due to the fact that in addition to the male resident and his pregnant girlfriend, the woman’s three-year-old child was also present. The Department of Children and Families was notified of the incident. With the second suspect identified, the detectives secured a search warrant but did not find Spigner when they executed it with assistance from Springfield police. Nonetheless, a copy of the warrant was left at the address. Dickinson said he found that Spigner is the subject of a Connecticut warrant for a robbery charge in that state. Ashley was arraigned in Westfield District Court on Friday before Judge Philip A. Contant on the home invasion charges only and was released after he posted $2,500 cash bail pending a Feb. 13 hearing. Contant ordered that he make no threats or violence toward the victims and that he must stay at least 50 yards away from their residence. Contant also ordered Ashley to remain drug-free and ordered that he submit to drug testing. Dickinson said that neighbors have suspected that the victims may have been selling contraband and one had gone so far as to set up video surveillance which captured what he believes to be a narcotics transaction. To date, no weapon has been recovered and the missing cash, three ounces of marijuana and the other stolen property is still unaccounted for, Dickinson said.
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Cable Commission Continued from Page 1 with Mark St. Jean of Westfield State University last night. The city has a contract with WSU to provide studio space and programming, including live broadcast of the City Council, School Committee and Planning Board meetings. Community Development Director Peter J. Miller Jr., said this morning that the city will seek a “more robust” local programming capability. “The commission is seeking three local access channels,” Miller said. “There would be a dedicated bulletin board channel, a governmental channel and an education and cultural channel.” “A lot of viewers use the bulletin board to get information, but that goes off air when programming is being broadcast. A goal of the commission is to have a dedicated bulletin board channel that would not be interrupted by programming,” Miller said. “The programming would be carried on the other channels.” The commission discussed access to the studio at WSU and the possibility of establishing a satellite studio downtown to provide increased access for city residents. “There is a question with people using the studio space at WSU
because of the time constraints and the fact that there is no staff available in the evenings,” Miller said. “There is also a cultural issue that people are not comfortable with going to an on-campus facility.” “The commission would like to try to create a satellite studio downtown, maybe in conjunction with a media concentration program at Westfield Vocational Technical High School for students interested in that field and in technical training,” Miller said. Comcast submitted a formal proposal for a new cable contract in late November. The Cable Commission is working to finalize a counter proposal that will be presented to Comcast and will set the table for face-to-face negotiations in early January to renew the contract. Part of those negotiations will be the duration of the new contract, which in the past has been for 10-year periods. The Cable Commission is slated to meet again on Tuesday, Jan. 14, following the initial direct discussion with Comcast. To learn more about PEG access, http://www.fcc.gov/guides/public-educational-and-governmental-access-channels-peg-channels
The Hangar adding that behind the restaurant a bar area would be “absorbed into the kitchen”, similar to the setup of The Hangar’s takeout destination Wings Over Amherst. “It would be a ‘Wings Over Westfield’,” Tramazzo said. Regarding the building’s third floor, Tramazzo said recent discussions with his staff have produced “a lot of great ideas”, and that the acquisition of a liquor license, which he is beginning the formal process of
Continued from Page 1 gaining this evening, will cover the entire building. “(The Hangar) has a good reputation in Amherst, and I’m very excited (to bring The Hangar to Westfield),” Tramazzo said. “I’m in this for the long run.” “He (Tramazzo) is still in the process of acquiring the licenses and the purchase of the building,” Daley said. “I’m very excited he’s decided to bring The Hangar to Westfield.”
Daley said that Tramazzo has a purchase and sale agreement in place for the property on 29 School Street, and a purchase would then be followed by remodeling of the building. “I’ve been working with Harold for about a year, and he’s always had interest (in Westfield),” said Daley, saying a formal announcement would be made soon. “He’s a wonderful businessman. It’s been a long time coming.”
Food court The sophomore and junior culinary class of the Westfield Vocational School held their annual Christmas buffet luncheon on Friday, December 13th. The delicious meal was prepared by students in the culinary department and was enjoyed by many who attended. (Photo by Don Wielgus)
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Hi! I applaud the mayor and the city council for trying to lower taxes but the only way you’re going to do this is to find out where the money is being spent and stop spending it, no matter who it hurts. Thank you. Yes, this is to the citizens of Westfield. I witnessed where a woman was threatened on Saturday and the police were called and the police treated that woman like she was the criminal. Why are police doing that in this city? Yes, it’s Monday the 16th and I’m reading The Westfield News. There is a picture on the right, on the front page about the north boat ramp in Southwick, where people can buy one of those benches, you know, for a loved one they want to try to remember or whatever, you know. The thing is, they had put one there a couple of years ago down by the water and it didn’t take long for somebody to start smashing it up. So I don’t think people are going to want to buy one to put there for memory purposes. I know it’s a good gesture but these people today around will break anything that doesn’t belong to them. But if they get caught, I guarantee you they should be penalized and they should be paying for everything, the damage they’ve done. Thank you. Join the conversation, email @ pulseline@thewestfieldnews.com
Fewer debates, dumber reporters By Roger Simon Politico.com I understand that politics is petty, vicious and disgraceful. I just don’t want to take all the fun out of it. The Republican Party is now considering changes in its rules to squeeze the last remaining pleasure out of politics. According to Peter Hamby of CNN, a special party subcommittee is considering dramatically reducing the number of Republican debates and taking control over which journalists get to moderate them. This is not being done in the name of reform. This is being done in the name of “let’s stop kicking ourselves in the groin.” The theory goes like this: The more the public sees the potential Republican nominees for president, the more the public tends to dislike them. One reason is that the potential Republican nominees dislike the potential Republican nominees. In February 2012, Newt Gingrich, while running for the Republican nomination, said that Mitt Romney was “fundamentally dishonest” and “pro-abortion, pro-gun control and pro-tax increase.” Accusing a politician of being fundamentally dishonest is like accusing a ballerina of dancing on her toes. No big deal. But accusing a Republican of being for abortion, against guns and for taxes is serious stuff. Naturally, Romney had to prove that he was none of those things. So every time Romney got attacked by his fellow Republicans, he had to move further to the right to get around them. Unfortunately, the people he had to get around included Rick Santorum, Michele Bachmann and Herman Cain. That was less like a presidential field and more like a therapy group. In 20 Republican primary debates, the other candidates got a chance to pound Romney. But Romney also got a chance to introduce himself to the American people. Which was the problem. At a debate in December 2011, Romney decided that Texas Gov. Rick Perry had changed his position on something, and when Perry denied it, Romney said, “Rick, I’ll tell you what.” Then Romney stuck out his hand and said, “Ten thousand bucks? $10,000 bet?” Good move, Mitt! Remind the American people that $10,000 is chump change to you! Remind people that you have $10,000 on you! The debates were full of bad moments, especially for Perry, who was considered by the media to be an extremely formidable candidate until Perry got on stage and opened his mouth. In one debate that many still remember, Perry could not name the third of three government agencies that he would shut down as president. He had a 53-second “brain freeze” on live television and ended up saying, “Whoops!” It is worth keeping in mind that Perry was not asked to name See Debates, Page 8
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Next Obamacare crisis: Small-business costs? By David Nather Politico.com Think the canceled health policies hurt the Obamacare cause? There’s another political time bomb lurking that could explode not too long before next year’s elections: rate hikes for small businesses. Like the canceled individual health plans, it’s another example of a tradeoff that health care experts have long known about, as the new rules for health insurance prices create winners and losers. But most Americans won’t become aware of it until some small business employees learn that their premiums are going up because of a law called — oops — the Affordable Care Act. Some will learn the opposite, that their premiums are going down because of the law. But as we saw with the canceled individual health plans, it’s the losers who will get most of the attention. And the timing will be terrible for Democrats: A lot of those small businesses will have to start dealing with their new prices in October — just in time for Republicans to make it an issue in their mid-term election campaigns. There are no widely accepted estimates for how many people could be affected, but even if it’s a relative minority, it won’t matter politically — because Democrats will once again have to defend the administration’s claims that the majority of Americans who have employer-based insurance won’t be affected by Obamacare. “The biggest shocker for the small business community is going to hit in October, which is interesting because it will be prime time for the election,” said Jessica Waltman, a top lobbyist at the National Association of Health Underwriters. Here’s why: Next year, small business health plans — generally those that cover less than 100 workers — will have to comply with a wide range of new rules, particularly the ones that say employees can’t be charged more if they have health problems. Their premiums will only vary based on their age, whether they have individual or family coverage, what part of the country they live in, and whether they use tobacco — and older workers won’t be able to be charged more than three times as much as younger ones. Those changes will be helpful to small businesses with older workers and employees with health problems, but they also mean that small firms with younger, healthier workers will have to pay more than they used to. The new small business plans will also have to cover the same set of minimum benefits that individual health plans will have to provide, including pediatric care and mental health and substance abuse services. “If you can’t use health [to set premiums] anymore, some people will move down and other people will move up,” said Gary Claxton, director of the Health Care Marketplace Project at the Kaiser Family Foundation. “If you’re a group of three 21-year-old men, you’ll pay more because a group of three 64-year-olds somewhere else will be paying less.” A lot of small businesses pushed off those changes this year by renewing their old, pre-Obamacare health plans early, extending them into next year. A common tactic, according to insurers and brokers, was to reset their plans with a Dec. 1 renewal date, which allowed them to hold onto the old benefits and rules as long as possible. Next year, though, many of those small businesses will have to upgrade to health plans that comply with the new Obamacare rules. Unlike the canceled health policies which largely hit this fall, those changes will be spread throughout the year. But there will be a cluster of December renewals, industry officials say, and those small businesses will get the first look at their new prices in October — right at the height of an election that’s increasingly being framed as a referendum on the impact of Obamacare. “You’re going to have Joe the Plumber times a thousand around the country saying, ‘I got screwed,’” said one health insurance industry official who asked not to be identified to speak candidly. That could be a big political problem for the Obama administration, which has taken pains to present the law as a badly needed source of relief for small businesses. It sets up health insurance marketplaces for small businesses, called SHOP exchanges, around the country to provide them with more choices and better bargaining clout, and it provides tax credits for the smallest firms. The issue is too far down the road to get a lot of attention from the administration now, since it has plenty of more immediate concerns, especially with the start of Obamacare coverage Jan. 1 and the need to make sure no one has a gap in coverage. But an administration official said the Obama team will be watching the small business situation closely as the time for those renewals approaches. “I think that’s something we’re going to take a hard look at and see if there are things that can be tweaked” if there is a lot of disruption, the official said. There have been some wildly inflated estimates about how many people could be affected and how seriously they’d be
hurt, and most experts say there are too many variables to know for sure. Republicans in Congress have circulated estimates, based on a Fox News story, that 80 million employees could lose their health coverage. That’s based on predictions from the American Enterprise Institute, but even the author of those estimates says it’s a rough guess and insists he wasn’t predicting that all of those people would lose their health insurance — just that they could be affected in some way, including higher premiums or changes to their coverage. Stan Veuger, a resident scholar at AEI and the author of the estimates, said his best guess is that 50 million to 80 million people could be affected by some kind of changes — and even that is a back-of-the-envelope estimate based on administration predictions of how many employer plans might lose their “grandfathered,” or protected, status. His main point, he said, was to argue back against Obamacare supporters’ claims that the law will leave the vast majority of Americans with workplace coverage untouched. “I just don’t think we have enough information to come up with an exact number,” said Veuger. “It’ll play out in different ways, and we don’t know for which groups it will play out in which ways.” Other health care experts say there are too many unknowns, like how many states and insurers will go along with President Barack Obama’s plan to let insurers extend pre-Obamacare coverage for an extra year — a plan that applies to small business health insurance as well as individual coverage. (Right now, 27 states are allowing the extensions.) They’re also not sure how many small businesses will see rate increases rather than decreases. But there’s enough of a chance that some businesses and workers could face disruption, they say, that it’s a good idea to start watching for the potential impact now. And even though small businesses were already facing big premium increases and dropping coverage, long before Obamacare, Democrats sold the law as a way to take that cost pressure off of the employers — so they’ll face a lot of tough questions from voters if the law appears to be making things worse. “You own all the changes when you put in new rules,” said Claxton of the Kaiser Family Foundation. Chris Foley of Abbot Benefits, a Houston-based insurance broker firm, said he expected about 75 percent of his clients to see “a noticeable increase” in premiums when they renew under the new Obamacare rules, while the other 25 percent would see their rates stay the same or go down. The increases would be largely because of the new rating rules, he said, not because of the new minimum benefits. There are also new taxes and fees that help pay for the law — including the tax on health insurers and a fee to compensate insurers who attract a lot of sick people — but those are mostly factored into the premiums for 2014 already, he said. John Arensmeyer of Small Business Majority, a group that supports the health care law, argues that any impact will be softened by the fact that small-group health plans were always better regulated than individual health insurance, and the new minimum benefits are based on the ones that most small businesses already offer. “You didn’t have as many outliers” as the individual health insurance market had, Arensmeyer said. When the impact does come, it’s also like to play out in a more muted way than the canceled individual policies. For one thing, the letters won’t go out to the individual workers — they’ll go to the employers, and while some may say the current health plan is being discontinued, in a lot of cases they’ll say the employer just needs to upgrade the existing health plan. And employers generally have insurance agents and brokers to work with, so they’ll have help researching their options if they’re facing a serious premium hike. “It’s effectively the same thing … [but] it’s one thing to get a cancellation notice, it’s another to get a notice saying, ‘Here’s the changes we’re going to have to make to your plan to comply with the law,’” said Paul Fronstin, a senior research associate with the Employee Benefit Research Institute.“When you get a cancellation notice, it gives you this sense of panic.” The political damage, though, would come if small business employers tell their workers that their premiums are going up and it’s because of Obamacare. And there’s always the chance — though it’s too early to know how serious it is — that some small business employers could decide it’s less expensive to just give workers some extra money and send them to the new health insurance exchanges instead. There’s no reason that small businesses with fewer than 50 full-time workers would have to cover their employees anyway, since they won’t be subject to the law’s employer mandate — so there would be no penalty if those businesses want to send their workers to the health exchanges. They’ve held off for See Small Business, Page 8
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Police Logs WESTFIELD Emergency Response and Crime Report Friday, Dec. 13, 2013 1:50 a.m.: disturbance, Powder Mill Village, 126 Union St., a caller reports that a known person assaulted her, the responding officer reports the woman was outside the apartment upon his arrival and said that the man had squeezed her neck and pushed her to the ground, the officer saw signs of minor injuries consistent with her account, the woman was transported to Noble Hospital where she was treated and released, Karel Lewis McDonald, 26, of 126 Union St., was arrested for assault and battery in domestic relationship; 11:50 a.m.: building check, Westfield Industrial Park Road, a caller reports some sort of alarm is sounding from a business across the street, the responding officer reports it is a sprinkler alarm sounding and firefighters were summoned who found waster gushing from a main drain, the firefighters were able to resolve the problem but no keyholder was found, a company representative in Kentucky was notified and provided the number of a real estate agent who may be able to determine who is responsible for the building; 1:55 p.m.: assist other police department, Taylor Avenue, West Springfield police request that city officers speak with the owner of a vehicle believed to have been involved in the theft of scrap metal from a railyard in their city, the responding officer reports the owner of the vehicle said that her brother was using it and called him on her cellphone, the officer reports that when he advised the man to return the missing property and that West Springfield police had identified the vehicle the suspect pretended not to hear him, West Springfield police were notified; 7:58 p.m.: harassment, Dubois Street, a resident came to the station to complain that a known party has violated a harassment prevention order, the responding officer reports the woman said that the defendant had been served with the order earlier in the day and had subsequently violated its ‘No contact’ clause by leaving her a voice mail message, a criminal complaint was filed; 8:28 p.m.: motor vehicle violation, Morris Avenue, a supervisory officer reports a traffic stop, the operator was found to be the subject of an outstanding warrant issued by Westfield District Court, Matthew L. Flynn, 26, of 349 Steiger Drive, was arrested on the warrant; 10:45 p.m.: suspicious person, North Road, a caller reports a male party passed out in a vehicle parked in her driveway is intoxicated and said he came to speak with the residents at her home but she does not know him, the responding officer reports the man said that he was there to see a woman and the officer was told by the caller that the person he was seeking had moved out earlier in the day, the officer deemed the man to be too intoxicated to safely operate a motor vehicle and he was placed in protective custody; 11:51 p.m.: accident, Holyoke Road, a caller reports a motor vehicle crash near his home, the responding officer reports the occupants said that no injuries resulted when the vehicle struck a large flower pot, the operator failed a field sobriety test and the officer noted numerous beer containers in the vehicle, the vehicle fit the description provided by a subsequent caller who said that his car had been struck in the rear on Clay Hill by a vehicle which fled the scene, Normand H. Woodward, 31, of 8 Camp Jahn Road, Southampton, was arrested for operating a motor vehicle under the influence of liquor, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, leaving the scene of a property damage accident, possession of an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle, speeding and a marked lanes violation.
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The Carson Center for Human Services Celebrating 50 Years of Real Help with Real Life 1963-2013 Shalini’s mom was, as all mothers of teenagers are, totes annoying, you know? She would not let Shalini sit up front until she met the weight and height requirements. And because Shalini was lightweight and short, this humiliation went on for years. “It’s safer in the back, anyway!” her mother would always chirp. Shalini would roll her eyes. Shalini had been up front now for a couple of years. At seventeen, she wished it were her turn to practice driving, but her mother rarely gave her a turn, especially in the winter. One icy day, they were driving passed some open farmland on the way to the grocery store. Shalini’s mom hated traffic and took back roads whenever she was able. Shalini was texting her friends, when her mom exclaimed, “Whoaa,” just as you would to a horse. Her mom slowed the car to a stop. In front of them was just the kind of thing Shalini’s mom would slow to a stop for: in the bend ahead was a tree. She didn’t stop just for a tree mind you, but for the way the light hit the tree. Shalini had to admit it, if she peeked just above the screen of her phone, she could see it was all pretty spectacular. The light hit the massive old tree in a way that made the bark appear a brilliant white. High up, certain of the tangle of branches intertwined like a Celtic knot, an intricate crown of sharp white shone against a winter sky. Later, Shalini often thought how, at that moment, she’d urged her mom to keep moving, but her mom had said that the light would change and the beauty would fly away, so why rush? That cars were too fast—they were metal objects hurtling through space, and she was more a horse and buggy kind of person, anyway. Why couldn’t everyone just slow down? Even though she was seated in the back, Shalini was the only one badly hurt that night, two weeks later, when her friend drove the car into that same tree. Her friend, the driver, had been texting about how the Quarterback was throwing to the wrong jersey and when he looked up, he said, “Whoa!” and the car hit the tree instead of turning the bend. The crown was dark and broken. Shalini had five strokes on the way to the hospital. A brain infection followed and so did a coma, and blindness. She can’t feel one of her hands and one of her feet. Shalini came to Carson’s Traumatic Brain Injury program with questions. She found some goals. She wants to have a career. She wants to live independently. But what would come right now? On her first new footing, she decided to go to schools to talk to young people about texting and driving. She had been a gifted athlete. Now she uses those physical sensibilities to find her way down the long halls of those schools, to the microphone on the stage. She can hear the students shift and breathe as they wait. She can hear the clicking of the covert texting. She’ll pause after the funny parts of her talk and listen for their laughter. She’ll wait at certain moments and listen for their growing awareness at what it means to careen forward, carelessly, and then what it means to have courage. More than any young person would like to admit, Shalini is like her mom; she looks for beauty. Her Carson worker doesn’t need this discipline; she looks at Shalini and beauty is all she sees. By JAC Patrissi
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Adonias Arevalo talks at his job as a community resources specialist Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013, in Houston about his attempts to sign up for health care. Before he could begin to look into signing up he had to deal with his immigrant parents from El Salvador who have been living in Houston illegally and feared that his application could bring immigration agents to their door. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)
Many immigrants hesitate to seek health insurance HOUSTON (AP) — Day after day, Adonias Arevalo tried to calm his parents’ nerves, attempting to convince them it was safe for him to apply for government-subsidized health insurance through the nation’s new coverage system. Like many other immigrants, Arevalo’s parents worried that personal information on their son’s application could somehow draw immigration authorities’ attention to the couple, who emigrated here illegally from El Salvador seven years ago. After a week of discussion, the 22-year-old Houston man, who works at a community center and has temporary legal status, finally eased their fears. But other immigrant families remain leery, and some are so concerned that they would rather see loved ones go without coverage than risk giving personal information to a federal agency. “They are afraid,” Arevalo said. “The majority of families, they know it’s something
they need to do. ... They’re just afraid of putting themselves out like that.” Immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally cannot participate in the system. But many have eligible relatives who are citizens or legal residents. Since the system debuted in October, immigrant advocates and the federal government have been working to reassure families that their information will not be shared with enforcement agencies. The effort has led to changes in the main health care website and a memo from immigration authorities promising not to go after anyone based on insurance paperwork. Immigrant families are important to the success of the health care overhaul, especially in Texas, which has the nation’s highest rate of uninsured people, many of whom are immigrants. Of the nearly 40 million people living in the U.S. who were born elsewhere, about a
New drug, study show breast cancer promise MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A novel way to speed the testing of cancer drugs and quickly separate winners from duds has yielded its first big result: an experimental medicine that shows promise against a hard-to-treat form of breast cancer. The method involves studying drugs in small groups of people and using advanced statistical techniques to analyze the results as they come in, instead of waiting for all the data to arrive. Whether the drug, veliparib, ever makes it to market remains to be seen, but it has shown enough potential to advance to finalphase testing aimed at Food and Drug Administration approval. Bringing a new cancer drug to market usually takes more than a decade and tests in thousands of patients, and costs more than $1 billion. Companies can’t afford many studies like that, and patients can’t wait years for potentially life-saving new medicines, said Don Berry, a biostatistician at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. He helped design the novel analytical method discussed Friday at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, an international conference. Researchers testing a drug usually don’t see results until
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LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — There’s more disappointing news about multivitamins: Two major studies found popping the pills didn’t protect aging men’s brains or help heart attack survivors. Millions of Americans spend billions of dollars on vitamin combinations, presumably to boost their health and fill gaps in their diets. But while people who don’t eat enough of certain nutrients may be urged to get them in pill form, the government doesn’t recommend routine vitamin supplementation as a way to prevent chronic diseases. The studies released Monday are the latest to test if multivitamins might go that extra step and concluded they don’t. “Evidence is sufficient to advise against routine supplementation,” said a sharply worded editorial that accompanied Monday’s findings in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine. After all, most people who buy multivitamins and other supplements are generally healthy, said journal deputy editor Dr. Cynthia Mulrow. Even junk foods often are fortified with vitamins, while the main nutrition problem in the U.S. is too much fat and calories, she added. But other researchers say the jury’s still out, especially for the country’s most commonly used dietary supplement — multivitamins that are taken by about a third of U.S. adults, and even more by people over the age of 50. Indeed, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is deliberating whether vitamin supplements make any difference in the average person’s risk of heart disease or cancer. In a draft proposal last month, the government advisory group said for standard multivitamins and certain other nutrients, there’s not enough evidence to tell. (It did caution that two single supplements, beta-carotene and vitamin E, didn’t work). A final decision is expected next year. “For better or for worse, supplementation’s not going to go away,” said Dr. Howard Sesso of Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. He helps leads a large multivitamin study that has had mixed results — suggesting small benefits for some health conditions but not others — and says more research is needed, especially among the less healthy. Still, “there’s no substitute for preaching a healthy diet and good behaviors” such as exercise, Sesso cautioned.
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they’re all in, to prevent biasing the study. But several years ago, an unusual partnership decided to try a new way. It involves the National Cancer Institute, the FDA, drug companies, dozens of cancer research centers and charitable foundations. The study, called I-SPY 2, puts small groups of women on experimental drugs or combinations, then gives them surgery to see what effect the medicines had. The best result is a complete response, where no signs of cancer remain. Each patient’s results are analyzed as they come in, and advanced statistical methods are used to calculate probabilities that the drug would help in various situations, depending on which women had a complete response. “This allows us to learn and adapt from each patient as the study goes on,” and results on early participants guide treatment that later ones get, said Dr. Hope Rugo of the University of California, San Francisco. When enough evidence indicates a high probability of success, the drug “graduates” to final-phase testing. On Friday, Rugo gave results on veliparib, the first of seven drugs being tested. It is made by AbbVie Inc., a North Chicago, Ill., company recently spun off from Abbott Laboratories. It is in a new class of experimental medicines called PARP inhibitors, which target an enzyme cancer relies on to grow. The I-SPY 2 testing suggests that adding the chemotherapy drug carboplatin and veliparib to usual chemo before surgery improved outcomes for women with “triple negative” breast
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Court says health plan lawsuit cutoff legal WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court says a contractual limit on suing over health plan benefits is legal. The high court unanimously ruled against Julie Heimeshoff, who worked as a Wal-Mart senior public relations manager. She filed for long term disability benefits with Hartford Life & Accident Insurance Co., after being diagnosed with lupus and fibromyalgia in 2005 but was denied in 2007. She sued in federal court for her benefits in 2010, but Hartford says her claim had to be filed within three years and she missed the time limit. Heimeshoff said the Employee Retirement Income Security Act doesn’t have a time limit but Justice Clarence Thomas said for the court that the contract is enforceable. “A participant and a plan may agree by contract to a particular limitations period,” Thomas said.
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Continued from Page 6 ity of success in such patients. If more types of cancer are included, the probability of success drops to 55 percent. The results show that “we can get early reads on something that is worth pursuing” and bail quickly on treatments that don’t help, said Dr. Carlos Arteaga of the Va n d e r b i l t - I n g r a m Comprehensive Cancer Center. Veliparib has now graduated and is eligible for testing in a definitive study. It’s not known how long that would take, but it surely would be shorter than the several years that traditional testing
requires. FDA officials have said that in certain cases, complete responses can be considered a basis for conditional approval of a drug, as long as followup tests are done after the product is on the market to prove that it indeed is improving survival. Last week, another company participating in the I-SPY 2 study, Puma Biotechnology Inc., said its experimental drug neratinib had also graduated and would enter a definitive study. Results of the early testing will be presented at a cancer conference next year.
Did 007 have alcoholic tremor? LONDON (AP) — He may have a license to kill, but is he sober enough to shoot? British doctors who carefully read Ian Fleming’s series of James Bond novels say the celebrated spy regularly drank more than four times the recommended limit of alcohol per week. Their research was published in the light-hearted Christmas edition of the medical journal BMJ on Thursday. Dr. Patrick Davies and colleagues at Nottingham University Hospital analyzed 14 James Bond books and documented every drink Bond had. They also noted days when he was unable to drink, such as when he was hospitalized, in rehab or imprisoned. The academics found that the spy also known as 007 drank about 92 units of alcohol a week; more than four times the safe amount recommended by the British government. One unit is about eight grams of pure alcohol. A pint of beer has three units of alcohol, about the same as a large glass of wine. Bond’s drinking habits put him at high risk for numerous
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WESTFIELD - Laurie A. (Crozier ) Price, 47, of Westfield died Saturday at home. She was born in Westfield daughter of William and Carol (Smith ) Crozier and was a 1985 graduate of Easthampton High School. Laurie was employed as a machine operator at Westfield Grinding Wheel for several years. She is survived by her parents, William and Carol Crozier and a son, Trevor Campbell all of Chicopee; a sister, Michelle Conlin and her husband Edward of Grafton; two nephews, Patrick and Shane Conlin, and her caregiver, David Geline and his parents, Sue and Dan Geline. She was predeceased by her sister, Tammy Marie Crozier in 1970. A memorial service will be held at Firtion-Adams Funeral Service, 76 Broad Street, Westfield on Friday December 20th at 1:00 p.m. A calling hour will precede the service from 12:00 p.m. until 1:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Shriner’s Hospital, 516 Carew Street, Springfield, MA 01104. firtionadams.com
Walter R. Waryck RUSSELL - Walter Richard Waryck, 89, died Thursday, December 12, 2013 at home. He was born in Russell on July 8, 1924 to the late Stanislaw and Mary (Chmieleski) Waryck. He attended schools in Russell and Huntington and graduated from Springfield Trade School. He was a U.S. Army Veteran of WWII. Walter worked for Texon for 43 years first as machine tender and he retired as a production supervisor in 1987. He was a parishioner of Holy Family Parish in Russell. He was a member of VFW Post 6645 in Russell. He attended the Senior Center in Russell and enjoyed playing pitch with his friends on Wednesdays. He was an avid fisherman and enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren on Cape Cod. He also enjoyed traveling with family to Ohio and attending his grandsons wedding in Wisconsin. Walter will be known for his love of cars and his Buick Riviera that he loved to drive and take care of. He leaves his wife of 67 years, Genevieve M. (Warzyca) Waryck; his son, Richard Waryck and his wife Marquerite of Russell; his grandchildren, Brian Waryck and his wife Lisa of Avon, Ohio, Sharon Shorey and her husband Greg of Chula Vista, CA and James Waryck and his wife Jennifer of Redondo Beach, CA. Walter also leaves his great-grandchildren, Sage, Luke, Jake, Zach, Noah, Brady and Liam; his sister, Stacia Florek of Enfield, CT; one niece and several nephews. A funeral mass for Walter will be held on Wednesday, December 18th at 11:00 a.m. in Holy Family Parish, Route 20, Russell, MA. Burial will follow in Russell Cemetery. Calling hours will be held on Tuesday from 3:00-6:00 p.m. at the Firtion-Adams Funeral Service, 76 Broad Street, Westfield. Donations may be made in memory of Walter to the American Cancer Society, 30 Speen Street, Framingham, MA 01701. firtionadams.com
Shaken, Stirred Continued from Page 7 alcohol-related diseases and an early alcohol-related death, the authors write. “The level of functioning as displayed in the books is inconsistent with the physical, mental and indeed sexual functioning expected from someone drinking this much alcohol,” the authors conclude. Davies and colleagues also suspect Bond’s trademark order that his martinis be “shaken, not stirred” may have been because he had an alcohol-induced tremor and was simply unable to stir his drinks. They noted his biggest daily drinking binge was in the book, “From Russia with Love,” when he downed nearly 50 units of alcohol. They also suspected alcohol may have been a factor in “Casino Royale,” when he knocked back 39 units before getting into a high-speed car chase, lost control and crashed the car. The authors recognized that Bond’s high-stress job may have also driven him over the edge. ——— Online: www.bmj.com In loving memory of
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Your loving family Lou Ann, Kerry, Rudy, Robin, Lois, Dave, Donna, Ted, Carol & Cecilia
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Continued from Page 4 the SHOP exchanges will help, when they’re fully underway, because they’ll help bring down the administrative costs small businesses have to pay for their coverage. Still, insurers have been warning for months that the Affordable Care Act will lead to premium increases for some small businesses — it was part of their pitch to get employers to renew their old coverage early. That suggests they won’t be shy about blaming the law for every increase they can, which would affect how small business workers view the law. For example, here’s how Aetna sold its early renewal option to insurance agents and brokers: “In 2014, changes set in motion by the Affordable Care Act (ACA) may lead to dramatic increases in premiums. Factors such as essential health benefits, maximum plan deductibles, the application of new taxes and fees, and new rating rules will combine
to push insurance premiums up substantially for some small businesses. The rate impact can vary.” Aetna didn’t respond to requests for comment. In the states that are allowing extensions, many small businesses may be able to renew their old policies for another year — as long as their insurers are offering extensions and their plans are up for renewal early enough. But the Obama administration “fix” won’t cover all of the businesses with December renewal dates. It allows extensions only for small business and individual health plans that are up for renewal between Jan. 1 and Oct. 1. And whenever the last extension is up, small businesses will have to deal with the transition to coverage that meets Obamacare standards, for better or for worse. The renewals under the old rules, Foley said, are “just delaying the inevitable.”
Small Business now, to give the exchanges time to work out their problems, but they might not show the same restraint later on after the exchanges improve. “They’re either going to be searching for new coverage and getting pissed off that it’s getting more expensive, or you’re going to have businesses saying ‘to heck with it’” and sending their workers to the exchanges, the insurance industry official said. Further complicating the issue, it’s not always going to be possible to tell what increases are happening because of the Affordable Care Act and what would have happened anyway, since employers’ health insurance premiums have been going up every year. “It’s hard to tease out … what’s due to the law and what’s due to continuing increases,” said Steve Wojcik, vice president for public policy at the National Business Group on Health. And administration officials believe
Debates Continued from Page 4 the three agencies by any of the journalists on stage. Perry raised the subject himself and then just drew a blank. At the end of his terrible freeze, he grinned. Though the press eviscerated him, to many viewers it seemed like a perfectly human and genuinely funny moment. Which is why the Republicans now want to make sure it never happens again. According to CNN, one Republican source says there is a “heavy appetite” not just to severely reduce the number of debates but also to control which journalists get to ask questions. “There is a definitely a consensus … to have less debates and have control over how and who we have run our debates,” the source said, “rather than just turning it over to X, Y or Z network and having a guy moderate who’s going to just dog you for two hours.” This is in keeping with the most important principle of modern politicking: control. Keep the candidate “in the box” as much as possible (fewer debates,
fewer news conferences) and make sure that you select a network and moderator that will be friendly and unchallenging. The ideal 2016 debate, therefore, would go something like this: ANNOUNCER: Coming to you live from the basement of Republican National Headquarters, an officially sanctioned debate moderated by Fox News Channel’s Megyn Kelly! MEGYN KELLY: My first question is to the entire panel: Is Santa Claus white? TED CRUZ: I don’t know if he’s white, but he sure is fat. Just like Chris Christie. CHRIS CHRISTIE: How about I come over there and bust your kneecaps? RAND PAUL: What I know about Santa is that he wants to cut the corporate tax in half to create millions of new jobs for the elves. RICK PERRY: There are actually three Santas. They are sometimes called the Three Wise Men. They are Donder, Blitzen and, um, um … (53-second brain
freeze). MEGYN KELLY: I think those are reindeer. But let me give you an easier question: What is your full name? RICK PERRY: James Richard … um … um … (53-second brain freeze). MEGYN KELLY: You can’t remember your last name? RICK PERRY: Rick? MEGYN KELLY: That’s your nickname. What is your last name, Gov. Perry? RICK PERRY: Governor? MEGYN KELLY: And that’s all the time we have! Join us in six months for our final debate — “Democrats: Threat or Menace?” In reality, the secret to choosing a winning nominee in 2016 is the same for both parties: It is not fewer debates or mushier journalists. It is stronger candidates. So good luck with that. ——— Roger Simon is POLITICO’s chief political columnist.
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Southwick’s Morgan Harriman, right, leaps for the net as Dean Tech’s Analucy Perez moves in during the second period of last night’s game in Holyoke. (Photo by Frederick Gore)
By Chris Putz Staff Writer HOLYOKE – Although many local fans may not have seen it, the Southwick-Tolland Regional High School girls’ basketball team received a big road victory Monday night. All 11 Southwick players scored in the Rams’ 43-11 rout of Dean Tech in Holyoke. Southwick’s Morgan Harriman scored a team-high nine points. Katelyn Sylvia and Ashley Shea led the defensive effort for the Rams. Southwick held Dean Tech’s high scorer to six points. “The girls needed to get off on a positive step for this journey,” Southwick coach Mike Gill said. “Hopefully we’ll get another one Thursday.” The Rams return to the court Thursday at home against Commerce. Tip-off is Southwick’s Monica Kucienski, right, goes for the net as a at 7 p.m. Dean Tech defender attempts the block. (Photo by Frederick Gore)
Southwick’s McKenzie Sullivan, left, dribbles past Southwick’s Jackie Maziarz, center, battles a pair of Dean Tech Dean Tech’s Analucy Perez during last night’s match Southwick’s Morgan Harriman, center, makes the throw during defenders for the rebound. (Photo by Frederick Gore) last night’s game against Dean Tech. (Photo by Frederick Gore) at Dean Tech High School. (Photo by Frederick Gore)
Santiago, Arnold solid in WHS loss Sophomore Alexa Morin also delivered a solid effort for By Chris Putz the Bombers (1-1). Morin scored just four points, had Staff Writer SPRINGFIELD – Westfield pulled within two points of a tie late See WHS, Page 11 against Central on the road in a high school girls’ basketball game before falling, 66-55. Westfield’s Beka Santiago (22 points, 7 rebounds) and Alicia Arnold (21 points) outscored Central’s top duo of Janea Bunn (17 points) and Alayah Sweeney (14), but struggled from the foul line. Westfield was just two points short of a tie, before Central won the free throw battle late. The Bombers made just 8-of-20 from the foul line, while the Golden Eagles finished 18-of-36. “We just didn’t shoot our free throws well,” Westfield coach Ralph Loos said. “The kids played unbelievable. We had a chance to win it in a tough building. I’m really proud of them.”
Westfield’s Karly Mastello, right, attempts the throw as a Westfield’s Beka Santiago, right, is hit in the face by Springfield Westfield’s Keri Paton, right, looks for the net as a Springfield Central defender attempts the block. (Photo by Central’s Octavia McAllister during the second period of last Springfield Central defender attempts the block. (Photo by Frederick Gore) Frederick Gore) night’s game. (Photo by Frederick Gore)
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HS WINTER STANDINGS GIRLS’ HOOPS Westfield 1-1 Southwick 1-0 St. Mary 0-2 Gateway 0-0 BOYS’ HOOPS Westfield 0-0 Southwick 0-0 Westfield Voc-Tech 0-0 St. Mary 0-0 Gateway 0-0
HOCKEY Westfield 0-0 St. Mary 0-0 BOYS’ SWIMMING Westfield 0-0 GIRLS’ SWIMMING Westfield 0-0 BOYS’ INDOOR TRACK Westfield 0-0 GIRLS’ INDOOR TRACK Westfield 0-0
SPORTS RESULTS Monday’s Results GIRLS’ HOOPS Central 66, Westfield 55 Southwick-Tolland 43, Dean Tech 11
Westfield’s Alicia Arnold, center, battles a pair of Springfield Central defenders during the second period of last night’s game in Springfield. (Photo by Frederick Gore)
Westfield’s Becca Sullivan, rear, looks for the pass as Springfield Central’s Aisha Figveroa attempts the block during last night’s game in Springfield. (Photo by Frederick Gore)
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE New England Miami N.Y. Jets Buffalo
W 10 8 6 5
AMERICAN CONFERENCE East Pct PF PA Home Away .714 369 311 7-0-0 3-4-0 .571 310 296 4-3-0 4-3-0 .429 246 367 5-2-0 1-6-0 .357 300 354 3-4-0 2-5-0 South Pct PF PA Home Away .643 338 319 5-2-0 4-3-0 .357 326 355 2-5-0 3-4-0 .286 221 399 1-6-0 3-4-0 .143 253 375 1-6-0 1-6-0
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W L y-Indianapolis 9 5 Tennessee 5 9 Jacksonville 4 10 2 12 Houston North W L Cincinnati 9 5 Baltimore 8 6 Pittsburgh 6 8 Cleveland 4 10 West W L x-Denver 11 3 x-Kansas City 11 3 San Diego 7 7 4 10 Oakland
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Pct .643 .571 .429 .286
T Pct 0 .786 0 .786 0 .500 0 .286
Thursday’s Game San Diego 27, Denver 20 Sunday’s Games Minnesota 48, Philadelphia 30 Atlanta 27, Washington 26 San Francisco 33, Tampa Bay 14 Seattle 23, N.Y. Giants 0 Chicago 38, Cleveland 31
PF 354 296 321 288 PF 535 399 343 295
PA Home 274 6-0-0 277 6-1-0 332 4-3-0 362 3-5-0
NFC 7-3-0 7-3-0 3-7-0 4-6-0
AFC 3-1-0 1-3-0 3-1-0 1-3-0
Div 3-2-0 2-2-0 2-3-0 2-2-0
Philadelphia Dallas N.Y. Giants Washington
NFC 7-3-0 4-6-0 4-6-0 2-8-0
AFC 2-2-0 1-3-0 0-4-0 0-4-0
Div 5-0-0 0-4-0 3-1-0 1-4-0
W L T New Orleans 10 4 0 10 4 0 Carolina Tampa Bay 4 10 0 4 10 0 Atlanta
Away NFC 3-5-0 7-4-0 2-5-0 6-4-0 2-5-0 5-6-0 1-5-0 3-7-0
PA Home Away 372 7-1-0 4-2-0 255 5-2-0 6-1-0 311 3-3-0 4-4-0 393 3-4-0 1-6-0
NFC 7-3-0 7-3-0 4-6-0 4-6-0
Indianapolis 25, Houston 3 Buffalo 27, Jacksonville 20 Miami 24, New England 20 Kansas City 56, Oakland 31 Carolina 30, N.Y. Jets 20 Arizona 37, Tennessee 34, OT St. Louis 27, New Orleans 16 Green Bay 37, Dallas 36
AFC 2-1-0 2-2-0 1-2-0 1-3-0 AFC 4-0-0 4-0-0 3-1-0 0-4-0
Div 2-3-0 3-2-0 3-2-0 2-3-0 Div 4-1-0 2-3-0 2-2-0 1-3-0
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Chicago Green Bay Detroit Minnesota
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Pittsburgh 30, Cincinnati 20 Monday’s Game Baltimore 18, Detroit 16 Sunday, Dec. 22 Tampa Bay at St. Louis, 1 p.m. Indianapolis at Kansas City, 1 p.m. Denver at Houston, 1 p.m.
NATIONAL CONFERENCE East Pct PF PA Home Away .571 364 349 3-4-0 5-2-0 .500 393 385 5-2-0 2-5-0 .357 251 357 3-4-0 2-5-0 .214 305 434 2-5-0 1-6-0 South Pct PF PA Home Away .714 359 270 7-0-0 3-4-0 .714 328 208 6-1-0 4-3-0 .286 258 324 3-5-0 1-5-0 .286 309 388 3-4-0 1-6-0 North Pct PF PA Home Away .571 406 391 5-2-0 3-4-0 .536 353 362 4-2-1 3-4-0 .500 362 339 4-3-0 3-4-0 .321 363 425 4-3-0 0-6-1 West Pct PF PA Home Away .857 380 205 6-0-0 6-2-0 .714 349 228 5-2-0 5-2-0 .643 342 291 6-1-0 3-4-0 .429 316 324 4-3-0 2-5-0
Miami at Buffalo, 1 p.m. New Orleans at Carolina, 1 p.m. Dallas at Washington, 1 p.m. Cleveland at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m. Minnesota at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. Tennessee at Jacksonville, 1 p.m. Arizona at Seattle, 4:05 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Detroit, 4:05 p.m.
NFC 7-3-0 6-4-0 4-6-0 1-9-0
AFC 1-3-0 1-3-0 1-3-0 2-2-0
Div 3-2-0 4-0-0 2-3-0 0-4-0
NFC AFC Div 8-2-0 2-2-0 4-0-0 7-3-0 3-1-0 3-1-0 2-8-0 2-2-0 1-4-0 3-7-0 1-3-0 1-4-0 NFC 4-6-0 5-5-1 6-4-0 3-7-1
AFC 4-0-0 2-1-0 1-3-0 1-2-0
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Oakland at San Diego, 4:25 p.m. Pittsburgh at Green Bay, 4:25 p.m. New England at Baltimore, 4:25 p.m. Chicago at Philadelphia, 8:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 23 Atlanta at San Francisco, 8:40 p.m.
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE EASTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 35 24 10 1 49 108 75 Boston 33 22 9 2 46 92 70 Montreal 35 20 12 3 43 88 75 Washington 33 18 12 3 39 105 97 Tampa Bay 33 19 11 3 41 90 80 Carolina 34 14 13 7 35 79 94 Detroit 35 15 11 9 39 89 94 Toronto 35 17 15 3 37 98 102 Ottawa 35 14 15 6 34 99 113 N.Y. Rangers 34 16 17 1 33 76 91 Philadelphia 33 14 15 4 32 76 91 New Jersey 34 13 15 6 32 78 85 Columbus 34 14 16 4 32 87 95 Florida 34 12 17 5 29 78 109 N.Y. Islanders 34 9 19 6 24 83 118 Buffalo 33 7 23 3 17 55 96
WESTERN CONFERENCE GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 36 24 7 5 53 135 101 Anaheim 35 23 7 5 51 111 89 St. Louis 32 22 6 4 48 112 76 Los Angeles 34 22 8 4 48 94 68 San Jose 33 20 7 6 46 108 82 Colorado 32 22 9 1 45 94 75 35 20 10 5 45 98 83 Vancouver Minnesota 35 19 11 5 43 81 81 Phoenix 32 18 9 5 41 104 100 Dallas 32 15 12 5 35 92 99 Nashville 33 16 14 3 35 77 92 Winnipeg 35 15 15 5 35 93 102 Calgary 33 13 15 5 31 86 106 Edmonton 35 11 21 3 25 93 120
Sunday’s Games Washington 5, Philadelphia 4, SO N.Y. Rangers 4, Calgary 3, SO Tampa Bay 3, Detroit 0 Florida 2, Montreal 1 Chicago 3, Los Angeles 1 Anaheim 3, Edmonton 2
Winnipeg at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Florida at Toronto, 7 p.m. Tampa Bay at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m. Phoenix at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Anaheim at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Washington at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m. San Jose at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Monday’s Games Pittsburgh 3, Toronto 1 Winnipeg 3, Columbus 2 Ottawa 3, St. Louis 2, OT Colorado 6, Dallas 2 Tuesday’s Games Calgary at Boston, 7 p.m.
Chicago at Nashville, 8 p.m. Vancouver at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Colorado at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Edmonton at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Ottawa at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m. Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, 8 p.m.
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION d-Indiana d-Miami Atlanta d-Boston Detroit Washington Charlotte Toronto Chicago Cleveland Brooklyn Orlando New York Philadelphia Milwaukee
EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf 20 4 .833 — 7-3 L-1 11-1 9-3 14-2 18 6 .750 2 7-3 W-2 11-2 7-4 13-6 13 12 .520 7½ 5-5 W-1 9-4 4-8 9-6 12 14 .462 9 6-4 W-2 7-6 5-8 9-7 12 14 .462 9 6-4 W-1 6-8 6-6 11-5 10 13 .435 9½ 5-5 W-1 6-5 4-8 8-8 10 14 .417 10 3-7 L-3 6-8 4-6 9-9 9 13 .409 10 4-6 W-2 4-7 5-6 6-7 9 14 .391 10½ 3-7 L-2 6-5 3-9 8-9 9 14 .391 10½ 5-5 L-1 7-3 2-11 6-11 9 15 .375 11 5-5 W-1 5-6 4-9 5-8 8 17 .320 12½ 3-7 W-1 5-6 3-11 6-10 7 17 .292 13 4-6 L-1 4-9 3-8 7-10 7 19 .269 14 1-9 L-7 6-8 1-11 6-10 5 19 .208 15 3-7 L-3 2-10 3-9 5-14
Sunday’s Games Sacramento 106, Houston 91 Minnesota 101, Memphis 93 Portland 111, Detroit 109, OT Oklahoma City 101, Orlando 98 Phoenix 106, Golden State 102 Denver 102, New Orleans 93
Monday’s Games Detroit 101, Indiana 96 Brooklyn 130, Philadelphia 94 Boston 101, Minnesota 97 Miami 117, Utah 94 Atlanta 114, L.A. Lakers 100 Washington 102, New York 101
WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf d-Portland 21 4 .840 — 8-2 W-4 10-2 11-2 11-4 Oklahoma City 19 4 .826 1 9-1 W-6 12-0 7-4 13-4 d-San Antonio 19 5 .792 1½ 6-4 L-1 9-2 10-3 10-4 d-L.A. Clippers 17 9 .654 4½ 6-4 W-2 9-2 8-7 11-3 Houston 16 9 .640 5 6-4 L-1 10-3 6-6 9-8 Phoenix 14 9 .609 6 7-3 W-5 8-3 6-6 11-7 Denver 14 9 .609 6 7-3 W-1 7-3 7-6 7-7 Dallas 14 10 .583 6½ 5-5 W-1 10-2 4-8 7-8 Golden State 13 12 .520 8 4-6 L-2 7-3 6-9 10-11 New Orleans 11 11 .500 8½ 5-5 L-1 7-5 4-6 4-9 Minnesota 12 13 .480 9 3-7 L-1 7-4 5-9 5-8 L.A. Lakers 11 13 .458 9½ 4-6 L-1 6-6 5-7 6-10 Memphis 10 13 .435 10 3-7 L-3 5-9 5-4 6-10 Sacramento 7 15 .318 12½ 3-7 W-1 5-10 2-5 6-13 Utah 6 21 .222 16 4-6 L-2 3-10 3-11 5-15
Orlando 83, Chicago 82 L.A. Clippers 115, San Antonio 92 Tuesday’s Games Portland at Cleveland, 7 p.m. Sacramento at Charlotte, 7 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Memphis, 8 p.m. Oklahoma City at Denver, 9 p.m.
New Orleans at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Utah at Orlando, 7 p.m. Indiana at Miami, 7 p.m. Charlotte at Toronto, 7 p.m. Detroit at Boston, 7:30 p.m. Sacramento at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.
Washington at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. Portland at Minnesota, 8 p.m. New York at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. Memphis at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. San Antonio at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Chicago at Houston, 9:30 p.m. New Orleans at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.
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Annie’s Mailbox By Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar
Is this cheating? Dear Annie: My husband likes to watch porn. I don’t care to watch it myself, but if my husband asks me to join him in his viewing, I will. Recently, I found out that my husband was watching porn on his phone at work. When I confronted him, he claimed it was just an advertising pop-up. But I knew he was not being truthful. I checked his phone and found that these were actual websites that you have to log on to in order to view the contents. I don’t like him to watch porn at all, but I’d rather we watch together than know he’s accessing live webcam shows and chat rooms. I consider this to be cheating. I have told him how it makes me feel and have asked him to stop. But he says he’s going to continue because he enjoys it and sees nothing wrong with it. Now he erases the data from his phone so I won’t see it. After 28 years together, he is now deceiving me, and I am terribly hurt. He doesn’t seem to care how I feel or that he is damaging the trust between us. What did I do wrong for him to treat me this way? I have asked him to see a marriage counselor or a sex therapist with me, but he’s not interested. I love him, but I don’t think I can live with this kind of life. Do you think watching and chatting with a real naked woman online is cheating? What about watching porn behind your wife’s back? Is this normal behavior in a marriage? -- Angel in Anaheim Dear Angel: A marriage is not healthy when one partner doesn’t care about the feelings of the other. Unlike old-fashioned pornography, the Internet provides real women, in real time, performing virtual sex acts. This not only creates unrealistic expectations of one’s actual partner, but it can become addictive. Your husband may not be having an affair, but he is both sexually and emotionally connected to other women, which could be considered cheating. Since your husband refuses to go for counseling, please go on your own and sort it out. Dear Annie: My husband, “Tom,” passed away nearly three years ago. He had a lot of friends, most of whom I haven’t seen since Tom’s funeral. Our daughter has since gotten engaged, and we are now in the process of creating the guest list. Are we obligated to invite Tom’s closest friends even though they have made no effort to stay in touch with our family? -- Bitter in Vermont Dear Bitter: Unless your daughter would like these people to be invited, you are not obligated to include those “friends” who have made no effort to stay in your life (or hers) for the past three years. Our condolences. Dear Annie: I read the letter from “No Early Bird in California” about DPSD, a circadian rhythm disorder that prevents people from having a regular sleep schedule. It has a name! Thank heavens! No one can understand the frustration and struggle I have had with this all of my life. I have tried so hard to go to sleep at a normal hour and wake up early, but cannot. I miss out on a lot, but I can’t help it. I feel fine when I am able to live according to my natural schedule, working night jobs and hanging out with other night people. -Night Owl Dear Night Owl: Many readers were surprised and delighted to discover that their late-night sleep schedule could be identified. Here’s another viewpoint: Dear Annie: I am typically up until 2 a.m. and sleep until 10. I get my eight hours each night. I do whatever my day calls for during my waking hours with no problem. Why should this be called a disorder? My order is fine. Who determines what is “normal”? Different is not synonymous with abnormal. -Massachusetts
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013: This year others, both from your professional and personal life, constantly seek you out. Their requests will run the scale of possibilities, and some of them could be excuses just to be around you. If you are single, your popularity is undeniable. Know that you don’t need to commit unless you want to. You could meet someone very special in the summer. If you are attached, the two of you enjoy each other’s company and want to spend more time together. You even might schedule that long-discussed vacation. CANCER handles your funds too carelessly. Seek advice elsewhere. The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult
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ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHH Return calls as soon as possible, and schedule a meeting quickly. Listen to your inner voice in the afternoon. Your intuition will push you in a new direction. Your ingenuity and imagination also will kick in. Tonight: Love being at home. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH Weigh the pros and cons of a risk. What seems good in the morning might feel like a bad bet by late afternoon. Someone you see nearly every day could cause a problem. Tap into your intuition, and look to fulfill a long-term goal. Tonight: Hang out with a pal. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH You will head into the morning determined to follow through on a call or meeting that evaded your attention yesterday. You could feel empowered by an unexpected message or statement. You know what to do. Tonight: Play the role of Santa’s helper. Snap to it! CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH You could start off the day on the wrong foot, but by the end of it, you’ll be smiling despite the fact that a roommate or loved one seems irritated about an issue. You will feel confident that you can handle that problem, and you’ll be right! Tonight: Do what you want. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH Pivotal meetings in the morning will force you to take stock of your life. By the afternoon, a quieter, more sensitive mood weaves through your day. Expect the unexpected where you feel vested. Steer a steady course. Tonight: Go for a good night’s sleep. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH You’ll have a discussion with someone in power whom you might have considered a problem. It will turn out that you were worried unnecessarily. A meeting later today lets you see how angry a friend is. Tonight: Opt for a heart-to-heart talk with this friend. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH You might be more aware of a boss and his or her expectations. In a sense, you tend to go along with this person’s ideas probably more than you need to. You might want to have a longoverdue conversation about boundaries and mutual goals. Tonight: You could be up very late. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Keep reaching out to a key associate or adviser who is an excellent source of information and who serves as your confidant. A child or loved one could act in the most unpredictable way. Refuse to take any risks right now. Tonight: Nothing self-destructive. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH Deal with others directly. Do not delegate; otherwise, you could feel very uncomfortable with the results. Others appreciate your presence more than you might be aware. You have a way of brightening up others’ days. Tonight: Join a friend to catch up on holiday news. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHH Others defer to you frequently. Your dominance and how you see a situation could change radically. With the understanding that people need to develop their own sense of timing and responsibility, you’ll toss your crown to others. Tonight: Now go have some fun. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHH Pace yourself; you have a lot to accomplish. An unexpected matter needs resolution. First you need to detach in order to find the right answer. Deal with a problem and understand that you might be partially responsible for what has happened. Tonight: Hunker down at home.
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Docket No. HD13P2374EA And also requesting that: CITATION ON PETITION Joseph W. Mazeika of WilFOR FORMAL ADJUDICATION brahm, MA be appointed as IN BRIEF Personal Representative(s) of Estate of: said estate to serve Without NELLIE M. MAZEIKA Surety on the bond. Date of Death: 03/07/2011 You have the right to obtain a To all interested persons: copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have A Petition has been filed by: a right to object to this proceedJoseph W. Mazeika of Wilbra- ing. To do so, you or your attorham, MA requesting that the ney must file a written appearCourt enter a formal Decree and ance and objection at this Court Order of testacy and for such b e f o r e : 1 0 : 0 0 a . m . o n other relief as requested in the 01/08/2014. This is NOT a hearWESTFIELD -Westfield ing date, but a deadline by which Petition. Community Education you must file a written appearAnd also requesting that: ance and objection if you object (WCE), an area community youth and adult, alternative to this proceeding. If you fail to Joseph W. Mazeika of Wil- file a timely written appearance evening education program of brahm, MA be appointed as and objection followed by an AfDomus Inc. will be holding an Personal Representative(s) of fidavit of Objections within thirty said estate to serve Without “Open Registration Night” on (30) days of the return date, acSurety theatbond. Januaryon14th the Westfield tion may be taken without further notice to you. Athenaeum beginning You have the right to obtainata 5:30pm in the Lang copy of the Petition from the Pe- The estate is being admintitioner or at theCandidates Court. You have Auditorium. will istered under formal procedure acomplete right to object to this and proceedpaperwork take by the Personal Representative ing. To do so, you or your attor- under the Massachusetts Unian assessment. Classes are 30 ney must file a written appearform Probate Code without suweeksandinobjection length atand ance thisbegin Court pervision by the Court. InventbJanuary e f o r e : 21st. 1 0 :Three 0 0 alevels . m . oofn ory and accounts are not re01/08/2014. This is NOT a hear- quired to be filed with the Court, classes are offered in addition ing date, but a deadline by which but recipients are entitled to noto a Computer Literacy and you must file a written appeartice regarding the administration Career ance andDevelopment objection if youcourse object from the Personal Representatto this proceeding. to ive and can petition the Court in which are availableIftoyou allfail resifile a timely written appearance dents of Greater Westfield. any matter relating to the estate, and objection followed an Af- including distribution of assets Classes are free with by a small fidavit of Objections within thirty and expenses of administration. charge for the text To (30) days of the return date,date acthis may year,be44 areawithout residents tion taken fur- WITNESS, Hon. Anne M Geoffrither to you.their high on, First Justice of this Court. havenotice received
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0235 Pets CHOCOLATE LAB PUPPIES, ready December 12th. 4/males, 3/females. Family-raised. $500. Melissa & Darryl (413)789-0297.
0255 Articles For Sale EXTERIOR DOOR. In swing. Wood clad on the outside, full glass. 77-3/16'hx31-5/8"Wx13/4" track. Complete with grid. Holes drilled for lockset and cut for hinges. $150/BO. (413)5680317.
PAYING CASH FOR COINS, stamps, medals, tokens, paper money, diamonds and jewelry, gold and silver scrap. Broadway Coin & Stamp, 144 Broadway, Chicopee Falls, MA. (413)5949550.
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0375 Business Property MONTGOMERY 5 miles from WHS. Beautiful office. $350/month includes utilities and WiFi. 2 adjoining offices. $525/month. Call (413)9776277.
5 ROOM, 3 bedroom, completely renovated Westfield/Russell area, country setting. NEW stove, refrigerator and heating unit. Large yard, parking. $895/month. No pets please. Call today, won't last. (413)3483431.
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WONDERFUL 1&2 bedroom apartments in beautiful downtown Westfield. Carpeting, AC, parking. Starting at $540/month. Call Debbie at (413)562-1429.
ROOM TO RENT in a quiet neighborhood. Kitchen and laundry privilege. Heat, A/C, utilities. 0380 Vacation Rental Available now to non-smoker. $600/month, Westfield. (413)355-2338 or (413)562- E N GL E W O O D , F L O R ID A . Lovely home for vacation rental. 7341. Two bedroom, two bath, garage. Close to beaches. Text/call for 0350 Apt./House Sharing details, 413-543-1976.
RUSSELL/WORONOCO. 2 bedrooms, 2 full baths, large kitchen, dining room, laundry hookups. $800/month plus utilities. No pets. (413)579-1639. WESTBRIDGE TOWNHOUSES, 2 bedroom, 1 1/2 bath, full basement. $800/month plus utilities. (413)562-2295. WESTFIELD Beautiful 2 bedroom townhouse, clean, quiet, 1-1/2 bath, carpeting, appliances, hot water included. Very reasonable heat cost. Sorry no pets. From $795/month. Call for more information (860)485-1216 Equal Housing Opportunity WESTFIELD 1 BEDROOM, kitchen and bath, 2nd floor. No pets. $650/month includes utilities. First, last, security. (413)250-4811.
WESTFIELD 1 BEDROOM, kitchen and bath, 2nd floor. No pets. $650/month includes utilities. First, last, security. (413)250-4811. WESTFIELD 1&2 bedroom apartments, rent includes heat and hot water. Excellent size and location. No dogs. Call weekdays (413)786-9884.
WESTFIELD 1&2 bedroom apartments, rent includes heat and hot water. Excellent size and location. No dogs. Call weekdays (413)786-9884. WESTFIELD 1st floor, 2 room apartment, all utilities included. Parking on premises. Storage area. Non smoking, no pets. $615/month. Available December 15th. Call (413)568-5905. WESTFIELD 2 bedroom, 1 bath condo. $875/month includes heat and hot water. No smoking, no pets. First, last, security. (413)519-8271. WESTFIELD 2 Bedroom, 2nd floor, off street parking, new bath, fresh paint, pantry, Laundry hook-up. $750/ month. First, last and security deposit (1 months rent). Call (413)519-7257. WESTFIELD 3 bedroom apartment for rent. 1st Floor off Court Street, 1.25 Miles from WSU and Stanley Park close to YMCA and all of Downtown. Unit includes stove, refrigerator and dishwasher, laundry hookups, private front porch. Separate entrances. $900/month. No Pets. Electric/gas not included. First and Last required for move in. (413)776-9995 Option 1. WESTFIELD 3 bedroom apartment, newly renovated. Large rooms. Washer/dryer hookups. Quiet street. Call (857)258-9721.
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ALWAYS CALL FIRST!!! M&M SERVICES-20 Years serving the Westfield area. Painting, staining, house washing, interior/exterior. Wall coverings. Commercial/residential. Free estimates. Insured. References. Mass Reg. #121723. Call 568-9731. No job too small !! At SANTA FE PAINTING CO. We’re your color specialists! Fall season is in full swing. Get all your exterior painting needs done now. Including painting and staining log homes. Call (413)230-8141.
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Snowplowing A.B.C. SNOWPLOWING. Westfield residential only. 15 years experience. Call Dave (413)568-6440. SNOWPLOWING / SNOWBLOWING. On time, reliable service. Average driveway, $40.00. Also specializing in fall clean ups. Call (413)727-4787. SNOWPLOWING, SNOW BLOWING, SHOVELING. Call Accurate Lawn Services, (413)579-1639.
ALL CALLS RETURNED! Fall cleanups, curb side leaf pickups, mow- Tree Service PAUL MAYNARD CONSTRUCTION. ing, aerating, overseeding, dethatching, All your carpentry needs. Remodeling mulch & trimming. Free estimates. Ask A BETTER OPTION - GRANFIELD TREE SERVICE. Tree Removal, Land specialty. Additions, garages, decks, for Mel (413)579-1407. Clearing, Excavating. Firewood, Log siding. Finish trim, window replaceTruck Loads. (413)569-6104. ment. Kitchens designed by Prestige. (413)386-4606. AMERICAN TREE & SHRUB. ProfesLEAVES -CURB SIDE LEAF REMOVAL - FALL CLEAN UPS. Call for your free Quote today! You rake um' & Leaf the rest to us. Residential and Commercial, Fully Insured. Visit our website at www.BusheeEnterprises.com for all of our services! Bushee Enterprises, LLC. (413)569-3472.
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