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Kenneth J. Albano, left, from the law firm of Bacon & Wilson and representing the Town of Southwick, discusses a complaint lodged against Southwick Selectwoman Tracy L. Cesan, right, during a public open meeting session at the Southwick Town Hall Monday evening. Michelle L. Hill, Southwick town clerk, filed the complaint against Cesan Jan. 27 and accused Cesan of being unprofessional with regard to a Freedom of Information request from a citizen. Listening in the middle is Cindy Pendleton, administrative assistant for the Town of Southwick. (Photo by Frederick Gore)
Cesan, Hill clash over complaint By Hope E. Tremblay Staff Writer SOUTHWICK – Selectwoman Tracy Cesan and Town Clerk Michelle Hill clashed during a complaint hearing last night. Hill filed a complaint against Cesan, who waived her right to an executive session and chose to address the complaint in open session. Town Counsel Ken Albano was asked by Board of Selectmen Chairman Russell Fox to conduct the hearing. Albano allowed both women to speak, uninterrupted and without questions, then allowed for rebuttal. Hill filed the complaint Jan. 27 and accused Cesan of being unprofessional with regard to a Freedom of Information request from a citizen. The resident was looking for an audio copy of the Aug. 26, 2013 board meeting which was overwritten by mistake the next day, according to Hill. Cesan had recorded the meeting herself and had a copy of the audio. The resident was given Cesan’s phone number to make arrangements for a copy. Hill said Cesan sent her an email reprimanding the clerk for her response to that request.
“She thought I did a terrible job,” said Hill, “but I never received the audio directly from Mrs. Cesan.” Hill said Cesan also wanted the office to provide the CD free of charge. Cesan responded to the statement and said Hill’s account of the situation was “misleading.” Cesan said the request was made Dec. 5 and she was not contacted by anyone to provide a copy of the meeting audio even though she said Hill and Selectmen Assistant Sondra Pendleton both knew she had it. Cesan said instead of calling her directly, the resident was given Cesan’s phone number to deal with Cesan directly. “Ms. Hill and her office staff never requested the tape,” Cesan said. Cesan said after speaking with the resident, she contacted Albano to see whether she was allowed to give the resident a CD. Albano said she could but he wanted to review it first so Cesan said she sent a copy to Albano. Cesan wondered why Hill did not reach out to her and said she included Hill on an email Jan. 2 stating that Cesan was giving Albano the
Southwick Selectwoman Tracy L. Cesan reads a prepared rebuttal statement in response to a formal complaint filed by Town Clerk Michelle L. Hill. Hill filed the complaint Jan. 27 accusing Cesan of being unprofessional with regard to a Freedom of Information request from a citizen. (Photo by Frederick Gore) CD. Cesan further stated that Hill was included in a second email later in January and she left her a voice message to call her and Hill refused See Complaint, Page 3
Animal cruelty charged By Carl E. Hartdegen Staff Writer WESTFIELD – A woman is facing a felony charge of cruelty to an animal after she allegedly poured bleach over her boyfriend’s dog and left the dog to soak in the bleach all day. The dog’s owner had reportedly reacted to her ultimatum by choosing the dog over her. Kenneth Frazer, the director of animal control operation in the city, reports that Officer Luis Morales referred the case to him after he responded to the owner’s complaint Thursday. Frazer said that his investigation showed that the woman did not like her boyfriend’s Jack Russell terrier dog and, he reports, “every chance she had, she kicked it or molested it in
some way.” Frazer said that the dog eventually bit the woman and she gave her boyfriend an ultimatum, a choice between her and his dog. “He chose the dog” Frazer reports and said that after the man left for work the woman poured bleach over the dog and also left for the day, leaving the dog in the bleach until its owner came home. “The dog’s feet were all burned, they were cherry red from sitting in the bleach all day” Frazer said and added that bleach got in the dog’s eyes. Frazer reports, “the dog’s doing fine” after appropriate medical treatment. He said that the woman will be summoned to
court to answer a charge of cruelty to an animal. Police Capt. Michael McCabe, Frazer’s supervisor, points out that there is no direct evidence to incriminate the woman for the abuse. He said that police have determined that the suspect woman was alone in the residence with the dog which had recently bitten her and with which she had reason to bear animus. McCabe said, there is no evidence that anybody else made entry to the apartment. Still, he said, nobody saw the woman pour bleach on the dog. McCabe said that he told Frazer to bring the charge against the woman. “I don’t know if it’s winnable”, he said, but filing charges will put the case in the hands of the district attorney’s office.
By Dan Moriarty Staff Writer WESTFIELD – The Finance Committee will give a positive recommendation to a transfer of $3,450,000 for the Gaslight District construction project that will replace underground infrastructure in one of the city’s oldest neighborhoods. The committee discussed the appropriation from the sewer undesignated Inflow-and-Infiltration account to the Water Resource Department sewer construction account with City Engineer Mark Cressotti and Water Resource Superintendent Dave Billips last night. Committee members expressed initial concern because there were two sewer appropriations on the committee’s agenda, the one submitted in January by Mayor Daniel M. Knapik and a second from July of 2012 for $2,750,000. Cressotti said the funding issues are both related to the Gaslight District project, but that the 2012 funding appropriation is no longer valid. “The City Council voted to put that $2,750,000 in place, but since we didn’t encumber that money before the end of the fiscal year you have to revote to appropriate it,” Cressotti said. “It’s higher because we have a clearer idea of the cost. “The sewer does need to be replaced. They are falling apart,” Cressotti said. “The water lines are not capable of supporting development in that area.” Billips said the four-inch water lines are clogged because of mineralization. “There’s no fire protection in that area,” Billips said. “Those four-inch lines have an inch and a half internal diameter now. If there was a major fire we’d be in trouble getting water to it.” At-large Councilor Robert Paul Sr. said that the co-operation between city departments has improved, especially between the public works, water, engineering departments and the Westfield Gas & Electric Department “I’m seeing in the plans where you’re all doing this together,’ Paul said. “That you’re putting all of the infrastructure in at once to support future development, the sewer (natural) gas lines, conduit for broadband service, water, drainage, instead of digging it up again and again.” Cressotti said that last year the City Council approved a $2 million water bond, used for the Elm Street water main improvements, and that the remaining funds will also be dedicated to the Gaslight District project which encompasses the neighborhood between Elm and Washington streets and between Franklin and Court streets. Cressotti said that the inclusive construction approach means that sewer, water, drainage line and conduit for fiber optic cable, will all be installed at one time. “That joint infrastructure upgrade is what you’ve been working to get to,” Paul said. “Let’s make it visible.” “This will be the first time we’ve done (mulch-departmental coordination) this,” Cressotti said. The committee voted 3-0 to give a positive recommendation to the full City Council Thursday night.
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Kids Dancing For a Cause A girl dances during the Kids Dancing For a Cause fundraiser for the Scleroderma A boy dances during the Kids Dancing For a Cause fundraiser at the Westfield Middle School Foundation of New England. The event was staged at the Westfield Middle School South South Friday. Proceeds of the event will benefit the Scleroderma Foundation of New England. The dance was sponsored by All-Stars Dance Center. (Photo by Frederick Gore) and sponsored by the All-Stars Dance Center. (Photo by Frederick Gore)
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Maine police investigating screams find happy pig CHINA, Maine (AP) — Police responding to reports of screaming coming from a home in Maine didn’t find a victim of domestic violence as they feared. Instead, they found an amorous pig. State police say a woman called last week after hearing what she believed to be a fight coming from a neighbor’s home in the town of China. The caller said she heard screaming and thought there was a domestic assault. The Morning Sentinel (http://bit.ly/1jafexV ) reports that four state troopers responded and talked to the neighbor. The neighbor explained that she raises pigs and the screaming was coming from an overjoyed male pig that had been placed in a pen with five sows in heat. Police say there was no assault and no disturbance “other than the screaming male pig.”
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TODAY IN HISTORY
Today is Tuesday, Feb. 4, the 35th day of 2014. There are 330 days left in the year.
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n Feb. 4, 1974, newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst, 19, was kidnapped in Berkeley, Calif., by the radical Symbionese Liberation Army.
(Two months later, Hearst declared that she had joined her captors; she helped the SLA rob a bank, was captured in 1975, convicted for her role in the robbery and sentenced to seven years in prison. Hearst, who has maintained she was a victim of brainwashing, served nearly two years before President Jimmy Carter commuted her sentence; she was pardoned in 2001 by President Bill Clinton.)
On this date: In 1783, Britain’s King George III proclaimed a formal cessation of hostilities in the American Revolutionary War. In 1789, electors chose George Washington to be the first president of the United States. In 1861, delegates from six southern states that had recently seceded from the Union met in Montgomery, Ala., to form the Confederate States of America. In 1919, Congress established the U.S. Navy Distinguished Service Medal and the Navy Cross. In 1932, New York Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt opened the Winter Olympic Games at Lake Placid. In 1941, the United Service Organizations (USO) came into
existence.
Five years ago:
In 1944, the Bronze Star Medal, honoring “heroic or meritorious achievement or service,” was authorized by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In 1962, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital was founded in Memphis, Tenn., by entertainer Danny Thomas. In 1976, more than 23,000 people died when a severe earthquake struck Guatemala with a magnitude of 7.5, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. In 1983, pop singer-musician Karen Carpenter died in Downey, Calif., at age 32. In 1987, pianist Liberace died at his Palm Springs, Calif., home at age 67. In 1999, Amadou Diallo, an unarmed West African immigrant, was shot and killed in front of his Bronx home by four plainclothes New York City police officers. (The officers were acquitted at trial.)
Ten years ago: The Massachusetts high court declared that gay couples were entitled to nothing less than marriage and that Vermont-style civil unions would not suffice. A Senate rattled by a ricin attack began returning to regular business with no illnesses reported. The social networking website Facebook had its beginnings as Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg launched “Thefacebook.”
President Barack Obama imposed a $500,000 cap on executive pay for companies receiving federal bailout money; the president also signed a bill extending health coverage to 4 million uninsured children. Lux Interior, co-founder and lead singer of the horror-punk band The Cramps, died in Glendale, Calif., at age 62.
One year ago: President Barack Obama signed into law a bill raising the government’s borrowing limit, averting a default. Authorities stormed an underground bunker in Alabama, freeing a 5-year-old boy who’d been held hostage for nearly a week and killing his abductor, Jimmy Lee Dykes. British scientists announced they had rescued the skeletal remains of King Richard III from the anonymity of a drab municipal parking lot. For the fifth straight week there was a new No. 1 in The Associated Press’ men’s college basketball poll: Indiana. Reg Presley, 71, lead singer for the Troogs on “Wild Thing,” died in Andover, England.
Today’s Birthdays: Actor William Phipps is 92. Former Argentinian President Isabel Peron is 83. Comedian David Brenner is 78. Actor Gary Conway is 78. Movie director George A. Romero is 74. Rock musician John Steel (The Animals) is 73. Singer Florence LaRue (The Fifth Dimension) is 70. Former Vice President Dan Quayle is 67. Rock singer Alice Cooper is 66. Actor Michael Beck is 65. Actress Lisa Eichhorn is 62. Football Hall-of-Famer Lawrence Taylor is 55. Rock singer Tim Booth is 54. Rock musician Henry Bogdan is 53. Country singer Clint Black is 52. Rock musician Noodles (The Offspring) is 51. Country musician Dave Buchanan (Yankee Grey) is 48. Actress Gabrielle Anwar is 44.
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State Senator Don Humason: settling in Hello! My name is Senator Don Humason and I am the new State Senator for the 2nd Hampden & Hampshire Senate district proudly serving Agawam, Southwick, Granville, Tolland, Russell, Montgomery, Southampton, Easthampton, Westfield, Chicopee (7, 8A, 9A), and Holyoke. Please allow me to introduce myself: I was born and raised in Westfield. I attended Westfield public schools and graduated from Westfield State College in 1989. I have been a tobacco picker, a camp counselor, a chimney sweep, a mental health crisis worker, a Judo instructor, a court security officer, a legislative staffer, a State Representative, and a Justice of the Peace. I am the son of a firefighter and a nurse. My wife Janice and I have a 2 ½ year old son named Quinn. I was elected last November in the special election to succeed Mike Knapik and was sworn in by Governor Deval Patrick in the Senate Chamber at the State House on November 20, 2013. Now I’m settling in to my new position and making my rounds
SENATOR DON HUMASON throughout the district to meet my constituents and listen to their thoughts and concerns. I’d like to thank this publication for allowing me to write this column which I hope to submit monthly as a way of keeping you, my constituents, informed about things happening at the State House and around the Senate district. I’m also settling in to my new office at the State House since I had to move out of my House office and into a
Senate office. My staff is in place and I wanted to give you their names and how to contact us if I may ever be of service to you. My Chief of Staff and Scheduler, Maura Cassin McCarthy and my District Legislative Aide, Andrew Renfro may be reached at my District Office, 64 Noble Street, Westfield, MA 01085, (413) 568-1366. My Boston Legislative Aide Patrick Healy and my Legislative Director Don Siriani may be reached at my Boston office, State House Room 213A, Boston, MA, 02133, (617) 722-1415. My email is Donald. Humason@MASenate.gov. My website is www. DonHumason.org. You can also find me on FaceBook. Next month I will write about my legislative committee assignments and the state budget process which has already begun with the release of Governor Deval Patrick’s budget proposal, called House Bill 2. Should you have any problems or need answers to a question about state government, or have an opinion on a
bill or budget item that you want to give me, please feel free to contact me and my staff at your convenience. I welcome your input. Thanks very much. Have a great week! Disclaimer: The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not necessarily those of The Westfield News. Senator Don Humason, his Chief of Staff Maura McCarthy, and Legislative Aide Andrew Renfro may be reached at his District Office, 64 Noble Street, Westfield, MA 01085, (413) 568-1366. Senator Don Humason, his Legislative Aide Patrick Healy, and his Legislative Director Don Siriani may be reached at his Boston office, State House Room 213A, Boston, MA 02133, (617) 722-1415. Email address: Donald. Humason@MASenate.gov We b s i t e : w w w. DonHumason.org Proudly serving Agawam, Southwick, Granville, Tolland, Russell, Montgomery, Southampton, Easthampton, Westfield, Chicopee (7, 8A, 9A), and Holyoke.
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Government Meetings NEXT SCHEDULED MEETINGs
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4 WESTFIELD Barnes Aquifer Protection Advisory Committee at 3:30 pm Board of Water Commissioners at 7 pm Planning Board at 7 pm
SOUTHWICK Park & Recreation Commission at 6:30 pm School Committee 5pm
HUNTINGTON Agricultural Commission at 10 am Historical Commission at 7 pm
BLANDFORD Assessor’s Meeting at 5:30 pm Fire Department Meeting at 6:30 pm
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5 WESTFIELD ZBA at 7 pm
HUNTINGTON Selectboard cancelled Water & Sewer Dept ZBA Council on Aging at 12 pm Conservation Commission at 7 pm
BLANDFORD Board of Health Meeting at 6 pm Finance Committee at 7 pm Planning Board Meeting at 7 pm
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A Southwick police officer, rear, watches Southwick Town Clerk Michelle L. Hill, pass a set of documents to Southwick town attorney Kenneth J. Albano, of the law firm Bacon & Wilson, during last night’s selectman’s meeting after a complaint was filed against Selectwoman Tracy L. Cesan. Hill filed the complaint Jan. 27 and accused Cesan of being unprofessional with regard to a Freedom of Information request from a citizen. (Photo by Frederick Gore)
to communicate with her. “We have a department head refusing to speak to a selectman,” Cesan said. “(Hill) states she is under no obligation to speak to me as a selectman. I believe she is.” Cesan addressed the comments about giving the disc for free. Hill said she was within the law to require payment. Cesan cited The Guide to Mass Public Records Law which Cesan said states that employees are encouraged to waive fees in order to give access to documents to residents. “I requested the copy I made be given to Person A free of charge because it was my time and my supplies and the town does not pay for my services as a selectman,” Cesan said. Cesan said it was Hill who behaved unprofessionally and did not respond to the resident’s request in a timely manner and did not reach out or respond to Cesan. When Albano gave Hill the opportunity to rebut Cesan’s statements, she said most of what Cesan said was untrue. “Anything I have done is by the law,” said Hill. “It was adopted by this board Nov. 25 and I follow it to a T,” she said of the town’s information request policy. Hill added that Cesan was blaming Hill for something that was not her fault. “The town clerk is not responsible,” Hill said in reference to making requests for the audio. “I am just the record keeper.” The board held a brief executive session then reconvened into open session. Fox then addressed the situation. “We have two individuals who view this matter differently,” said Fox. “I hope we can take a step back and try to diffuse the situation.” Fox asked that everyone behave with professionalism and respect and move forward.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6 WESTFIELD Personnel Action Committee at 6 pm Natural Resources at 6:15 pm Municipal Light Board at 7 pm
HUNTINGTON Selectboard at 12:30 pm
SOUTHWICK Capital Expenditures Committee at 6:30 pm
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7 HUNTINGTON Board of Assessors at 6 pm
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8 SOUTHWICK Budget Hearings Day 1 at 8 am Finance Committee at 11:30 am
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IN BRIEF guished members are recognized for their outstanding service. On the slate for Nation Council WESTFIELD - On Saturday February 8, Rainy Day People brings Recognition are Cub Scout Tyler Wade the warm, familiar music of Gordon of Pack 45 in Lee who will receive the Lightfoot and Jim Croce to East Medal of Merit. The Medal of Merit is Mountain Country Club’s Slim’s Sports awarded for undertaking some outstandBar and Grill located at 1458 East ing act of service that reflects an uncomMountain Road inCan Westfield. TheSarah? trio mon degree of concern for the wellbeing You Help features vocals, bass and two guitars of others. Four dedicated adult volunteers - Vicki playing classics from these legendary artists. Come hear genuine renditions of Kornacki, Sherry Kreps, Byron Izyk, favorites “Carefree Highway”, “Wreck Scott Massey - will receive the Silver of the Edmond Fitzgerald”, “Leroy Beaver Award , the highest council-level distinguished service award presented to Brown”, “Time in a Bottle” and more! There is no cover charge for this show, registered Scouters who have made an which starts at 8 p.m. Dinner is available impact on the lives of youth through serwww.sarahgillett.org prior to the show from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 vice given to the council. The program will also include recognip.m. A cash bar will be offered during tion for Mr. Neil Hawley’s 50 years of the evening. For more information, please visit service and Mr. Robert Kidd’s service for www.satinwood.net or visit Rainy Day 60 years. For additional information, please People at their Facebook page. contact Neil A. Daboul, VP of Communications at 413-875-5015.
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WESTERN MASS - The Western Alumni Band Reminder Massachusetts Council of the Boy Scouts HUNTINGTON – Gateway alumni of America will hold their annual Leader Want Ton o Know A Secret? (from any graduating class) are invited to Recognition Dinner Saturday Ask February 8 at the Castle ofSarah. Knights, take part in the first ever Alumni Band! Chicopee. Severalwww.sarahgillett.org volunteers will be This is a minimal commitment of one recognized for their service to the youth weekend, which will take place on of Western Mass; this event is also host February 8 and 9. This will be a fun, to a National Court of Honor distin- musical weekend; people do not need to
be playing currently in order to take part. This is part of the year-long 50th Anniversary Celebration of the Gateway Regional School District. Please RSVP as soon as possible by calling 685-1003 or emailing wlong@grsd.org . Please confirm that you are taking part and report the instrument that you play. We need all instruments, so don’t be shy! We may beSarah able to make arrangements Helps Seniorsfor the loan of an instrument; if this is a Can need, please let us know when you RSVP. Please RSVP by January 31. You Rehearsals will take place on Saturday, February 8. A run-through will be held Help on Sunday, February 9. The music will be of a “do-able” level!Sarah? The weekend www.sarahgillett.org will end with a short concert on Sunday afternoon for family and friends. All activities will take place at Gateway Regional High School in Huntington. We also need help getting the word out, so please share this information with your friends and former band mates! How Did This HouseHelp Seniors?
St. Mary’s Parish School
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Distinguished Alumni of the Year Mark Morin (Class of 1978) Jeanne Morin (Class of 1977) Please contact the Advancement Office, Schools or Rectory for tickets.
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Hi. I’m calling because I’ve driven by that General Shepard apartment complex in the past couple of months and I think it is terrible that they are flying an American flag that has been ripped ever since November and October up until now. I think they should be told to take it down and put a new one up. It’s disrespectful and disgusting. Please print this. Thank you. Bye. Yeah, this is to the council and the mayor. I know Massachusetts is known as Taxachusetts. These taxes are getting a little ridiculous. Pretty soon you’re going to be up there on Southampton Road taxing the dead. And not only that, you’ll take it over by eminent domain. That’s a beautiful piece of property. I’m sure you’d be able to get some business in there. But no, I forgot, you don’t want business to come to Westfield. You just want to try to grow some trees down in the center of town. Signed, M.L.
GOP strategist O’Connell pens ‘Hail Mary’ plan By Patrick Gavin Politico.com There are Republican Party manifestos and then there is Ford O’Connell’s. The GOP strategist and alumni of the 2008 McCain/Palin ticket has put his thoughts on how to improve his party in “Hail Mary: A 10-Step Playbook for Republican Recovery.” The book is short on diplomatic platitudes and long on blunt advice, as best exhibited by the book’s chapter titles: “Ronald Reagan is Dead. Accept it.” “Stop Giving a S—- About Obama’s Birthplace.” And “Hug the Gays (No, Really).” In an interview last month with POLITICO, O’Connell describes the current state of the GOP as “4th and long,” a reference to the desperate football position. “We’ve lost, what, five of the last six presidential elections in popular vote? And if Hillary Clinton is indeed the nominee in 2016 as many of us think she’s going to be, she’s going to have about 247 electoral votes coming out of the shoot and the Republican nominee, if they want to win, ten states are going to be in play. That means they have to win Colorado, Virginia and Ohio and, if they don’t, she’s going to walk right back in the front door.” His advice for Republicans looking to win the White House is to take a lesson out of — gasp — President Barack Obama’s playbook. “What the Republican Party has to do is something that Barack Obama actually did in September 2012 when he ditched the White House press corps and basically went on a bunch of variety shows, etc., and basically talked about everything but politics,” O’Connell said. “He projected the image of a hardworking guy and that really resonated with a lot of people. … The Republican Party needs to find five or ten of its best communicators — if it has that many — and basically go on a lot of what I would call nontraditional political media shows and just go out there and be likable and talk about anything but politics.” No discussion about 2016 is complete without the requisite speculation about a potential presidential run by Hillary Clinton and, accordingly, O’Connell includes a bonus section in his book with “six ways to beat Hillary Clinton.” One of them? “Stay out of her bedroom.” “This is about a woman in the White House and she wants to make it a lot like President Obama did, which is a glass ceiling shattering moment and part of it is we get crushed with unmarried women. … She knows that her base, if she’s indeed the nominee, is going to be unmarried women and we cannot look like we’re picking on her because if we do, it doesn’t matter: We’re going to turn them into single issue voters.” Another piece of advice on how Republicans should handle a Clinton run is to just leave Bill alone. “You’ve got to let Bill [Clinton] keep talking until he actually cuts his knees out. If you let him go unfettered, he’s actually going to become his own worst enemy — a lot like a lot of Republicans!”
Massachusetts Republicans see 2014 opportunity in Obamacare flaws By Kyle Cheney Politico.com Massachusetts may have inspired Obamacare, but state Republicans see its flaws giving them an opening with voters in November. The state’s transition from its own health reform law to federal reform — from Romneycare to Obamacare — has been a mess. Massachusetts’s first-in-the-nation exchange had to be revamped to meet Obamacare requirements, but it melted down, threatening coverage for hundreds of thousands of people. Officials are relying on costly workarounds so people don’t lose insurance altogether, and there’s no timetable for a permanent fix. Although the state’s a Democratic stronghold and has only gotten more blue in recent years, Republicans have begun their 2014 campaigns by pointing to the Massachusetts experience with the federal law. The state’s diminished Republican Party hasn’t won a U.S. House race since 1994 or a governor’s race since 2002. Scott Brown’s brief claim on a Senate seat came and went. Democrats hold supermajorities in both branches of the state Legislature. The GOP is looking for a path back. “No other state has suffered more from Obamacare than Massachusetts,” said Republican Richard Tisei, who’s running a rematch this year against Democratic Rep. John Tierney in perhaps the state’s most competitive House race. He’s making the president’s health law the centerpiece of his campaign and says the first bill he would file in Congress would exempt the state from Obamacare. “Our website was fully functional and hadn’t really experienced any problems,” Tisei said, referring to the enrollment portal that worked under the state’s pioneering 2006 law. “Now we have the worst website in the country … the state’s going to have to spend millions and millions of dollars just to get back to where we were.” Charlie Baker, the GOP front-runner in the race to succeed Gov. Deval Patrick, who chose not to seek another term, says he would also seek an exemption from Obamacare. “There are a lot of people in Massachusetts who are being negatively impacted by something that hasn’t really moved the ball here for people at all,” said Baker, a former health insurance executive who lost to Patrick in 2010. “Massachusetts led the country on health reform. I would like to see us get back into a leadership position.” Early polls show Baker trailing the Democratic front-runner for the nomination, Martha Coakley. And Democratic strategists say there’s time to fix the enrollment problems, which affect only a sliver of the population, well before the elections. Still, the GOP says the ongoing health law problems feed a narrative that seemed unthinkable just a few months ago. And Brown, after all, initially won over voters who backed the state’s health law but were dubious about its federal counterpart. After a bipartisan deal signed into Massachusetts law in 2006 by then-Gov. Mitt Romney, Massachusetts helped the state insure more people than any other — 97 percent, by some estimates. Its success became the model for the federal reform. After the Affordable Care Act passed in 2010, Massachusetts accepted tens of millions of dollars to rebuild its exchange. It chose a contractor to lead the redesign — CGI, the same firm that blazed the way for the federal website, HealthCare.gov, to catastrophic results. When HealthCare.gov collapsed in October, President Barack Obama flew to Boston to hold up Romneycare as proof his health law would still work despite the rough start. “It’s because you guys had a proven model that we built the Affordable Care Act on this template of proven, bipartisan success. Your law was the model for the nation’s law,” Obama said from a podium in Faneuil Hall, the same historical landmark where Romney signed Romneycare. By December, though, the Massachusetts exchange had fallen apart. The site spewed inaccurate data to insurers, and people seeking subsidized coverage were unable to enroll. Tens of thousands of people have been placed temporarily in Medicaid while the state tries to fix its broken system. Officials have turned to expensive workarounds so people don’t lose insurance. Supporters of the state law are losing patience. “I can’t name a single Massachusetts official who is leveling with the public on this national embarrassment,” John McDonough, a former Senate aide to Ted Kennedy who worked on both the Massachusetts and federal health reform laws, said in a recent blog post on Boston.com. In a New England Journal of Medicine op-ed, Jon Kingsdale — who ran the Massachusetts exchange from 2007 to 2010 — called out Massachusetts officials for being “true to script” and foisting blame on contractors rather than themselves. The ultimate insult came in a new Kaiser Family Foundation
report: Through December, Massachusetts ranked dead last in the nation in covering potential enrollees, just behind South Dakota, Mississippi and Iowa. Even other blue states with high-profile exchange failures outpaced Massachusetts. Massachusetts, of course, had a smaller share of people to cover given its earlier success, but it was still an embarrassing setback. Patrick has acknowledged the challenges but says they are not “the main event.” “People are not going to fall through any crack. They’re going to be covered if what it takes to work around failings of our private vendor is to have people sit on folks’ front stoops with a clipboard and make sure they’re signed up,” he told Boston’s State House News Service in a recent interview. A Patrick spokeswoman added that the administration is identifying new vendors to fix the website and is awaiting the review of an outside firm before taking next steps. Bay State Democratic operatives say Republicans are overshooting. “If it’s still a problem in June, July, September, then that’s a problem,” said Mary Anne Marsh, a Democratic strategist. Yet it’s not the first time Massachusetts voters have been asked to separate their own popular state law from Obamacare, noted Robert Blendon, a Harvard University health policy professor. “When Scott Brown won, the majority of his voters supported the Massachusetts law but opposed the national law,” Blendon said. However, Brown’s election ultimately failed to halt Obamacare’s passage, and he lost his reelection campaign to Elizabeth Warren in 2012. Republicans expect that Massachusetts’s Obamacare problems will be featured in many of the state’s high-profile races, from Baker and Tisei’s rematches to an expected Senate contest between freshman Sen. Ed Markey and Republican Brian Herr. It could trickle into state legislative races as well, added Emmalee Kalmbach, a spokeswoman for the Massachusetts GOP. “We made a complete 180 compared to where we were on our health care status,” she said. “We’ll be seeing a lot of it” in the 2014 campaign. Despite his concerns, McDonough told POLITICO that he doesn’t expect the issue to be long term — as long as the website gets fixed. “I don’t believe running against Obamacare is a winning argument in Massachusetts,” he said. In a statement, Tierney spokesman Daniel Rubin said Tisei’s Obamacare focus is an “election year ploy” to win donations from the Republican base. “The fact is Richard championed healthcare reform when he was in the state legislature and said he was ‘proud’ to bring universal coverage to Massachusetts … Now that he’s courting national Republican donors, Richard has conveniently changed his tune and says we ought to repeal the Affordable Care Act.” Republicans say their argument is about more than just the failed website. Massachusetts will also get socked harder than most states by Obamacare’s medical device tax — even Warren has supported efforts to repeal the tax. The so-called Cadillac tax on generous health plans is expected to hit unions, which have a strong presence in Massachusetts, when it takes effect in 2018. The state’s small businesses, too, have complained for months that the federal law’s restrictions are going to send their premiums skyrocketing. The Patrick administration twice requested a waiver from the Obama administration on behalf of small businesses and was denied.
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Police Logs WESTFIELD Emergency Response and Crime Report Friday, Jan. 31, 2014 12:17 p.m.: disturbance, Holland Avenue, a caller reports hearing yelling and screaming as if a domestic disturbance is in progress, the responding officer reports he found a woman alone in the residence and a routine check revealed her to be the subject of an outstanding warrant, Dawn M. Priebe, 48, of 17 Holland Ave., was arrested on the warrant; 1:44 a.m.: motor vehicle violation, Western Avenue at Overlook Drive, a patrol officer reports he observed a vehicle operating without illuminated headlights and he stopped the vehicle, the operator was found to be unlicensed and a passenger who was younger than the legal drinking age was found to be in possession of liquor, Matthew A. Nunes, 18, of 192 Ferncrest Drive, Taunton was arrested for unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and for a motor vehicle lights violation, Robert G. Chaiton, 20, of 4 York Lane, Franklin, was arrested for being a person younger than the legal drinking age in possession of liquor; 2:11 a.m.: motor vehicle violation, Lockhouse Road, a patrol officer reports he observed a vehicle operating at a high rate of speed and used radar to determine that it was traveling at 49 mph in a 30 mph zone, the officer reports the operator displayed the classic symptoms of alcohol intoxication and failed a field sobriety test, Sarah L. Meade, 27, of 21 Summer St., was arrested for operating a motor vehicle under the influence of liquor, negligent operation of a motor vehicle and for speeding; 4:35 a.m.: accident, Southampton Road, a caller reports a crash with a possible fire, dual response dispatched, the responding firefighters report a small fire in the car and surrounding grass was extinguished without incident, the operator reports he was not injured and he was provided a courtesy transport to his Wood Road home; 9:23 a.m.: arrest, Crown Street, a community policing officer reports he sought the subject of an outstanding warrant issued by Dudley District Court at his last known address and a resident there allowed him entry, the officer reports the subject was found hiding in a closet, Brian A. Annette, 26, of 9 Crown St., was arrested on the warrant; 10:03 a.m.: assault, Westfield Vocational-Technical High School, 33 Smith Ave., a school resource officer reports he was advised that school officials had investigated an incident of assault, the responding officer reports that a school administrator interviewed the complainant and the suspect and was told by the suspect that the male pupil had been making insulting comments to her in person and on a social networking website and she punched him when he again insulted her, the male party admitted making the derogatory comments and conceded that they were inappropriate, the girl was suspended for three days and the boy was required to complete a report with his family; 2:10 p.m.: larceny, Springfield Road, a West Springfield resident came to the station to complain that medications were stolen from his vehicle when it was towed, the responding officer reports the man said that he had run out of gas on Springfield Road and left to seek assistance but his vehicle was towed as abandoned during his absence, the man said that when he recovered the vehicle a bag containing two recently filled prescriptions was found to be missing from the center console, the officer reports that the towing officer noted a bottle of pills on the inventory when the vehicle was towed but the complainant said the bottle listed was not taken; 7:10 p.m.: assist citizen, King Place, a caller requests a police escort as he collects property at his girlfriend’s residence, the responding officer reports the man left rent money with his former girlfriend and retrieved personal items without incident; 9:00 p.m.: noise complaint, West Road, a caller reports a possible underage drinking party as four or five truckloads of youths are in the former orchard and the caller can see a bonfire, the responding officer reports he found no signs of alcohol or firearms and that the landowner told him he had allowed the gathering; Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014 12:33 a.m.: suspicious person, North Elm Street, a caller reports a male party stumbling in the roadway appears to be intoxicated, the responding officer reports a routine check revealed that the man was the subject of an outstanding warrant, Giovanni D. Garcia, 22, of 50 Southampton Road, was arrested on the warrant; 1:05 a.m.: officer wanted, Eat Main Street, a caller from an East Main Street gas station and convenience store reports a customer has been in a bathroom for about 20 minutes and does not respond when he knocks on the door, the responding officer reports the bathroom was entered and found to be vacant; 1:29 a.m.: vandalism, Franklin Street, a caller reports that while she was helping to break up a party and to transport some of the guests home a resident of the apartment building kicked her car to spur her on her way resulting in a small dent, the suspect was not identified; 9:05 a.m.: motor vehicle violation, Springfield Road, a patrol officer reports he observed a vehicle operating without a valid inspection sticker and stopped the car, a routine check revealed that the operator’s license had been revoked as a habitual traffic offender, Andre A. Derouin, 38, of 33 King St., was arrested for operating a motor vehicle with a license revoked as a habitual traffic offender; 9:30 a.m.: motor vehicle violation, Springfield Road, a patrol officer reports he observed a vehicle operating without a valid inspection sticker and stopped the car, a routine check revealed that the operator was the subject of an outstanding warrant, Andrew Joseph Gonyea, 19, of 15 Devens St., Springfield, was arrested on the warrant, during the booking process the man was found to be in possession of a small amount of heroin and was also charged with possession of a Class A drug; 11:14 a.m.: fire, Mill Street, a caller reports a neighbor’s brush fire is threatening to encroach on her property, a second caller reports a fence is burning, dual response dispatched, the responding firefighters report that the resident returned home while they were extinguishing the fire and said that he had recently dumped the week-old contents of a burning barrel at the rear of his property, the firefighters report two sections of fence, a tarp shed and toys were destroyed, the remaining fire was extinguished without incident; 12:12 p.m.: found property, Jefferson Street at Hampden Street, a resident came to the station to surrender a key on a lanyard he found near the intersection, the key was stored for safekeeping; 1:35 p.m.: motor vehicle violation, Court Street, a patrol officer reports a traffic stop, the officer reports the operator was unable to document proof of insurance and multiple telephone calls did not result in such proof, the vehicle was towed to the police impound yard, the owner of the vehicle brought proof of the insurance to the station about an hour later and the SUV was released;
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3:46 p.m.: larceny, Main Street, a caller from a Main Street drug store reports a female party stole several movies from the store, the responding officer reports the woman had fled the area in a described vehicle, security video will be reviewed; 3:53 p.m.: fire, Hundred Acres Road, multiple callers report a tobacco barn is burning, dual response dispatched, the responding firefighters report the barn was fully involved when they arrived and had collapsed, the firefighters found that an addition to the barn had been under construction and discovered that workers who had left less than an hour earlier had assumed that the contents of a burning barrel had burned out; 4:08 p.m.: burning complaint, Howard Street, a caller reports that her neighbor is burning leaves later than the allowed hours, the responding officer reports the resident was busy extinguishing the fire when he arrived; 8:03 p.m.: officer wanted, Samaritan Inn, 7 Free St., a shelter staffer reports he had been instructed to call police in the event that a man police were seeking to speak with about a vandalism incident returns, the responding officer reports a routine check revealed the man to be the subject of an outstanding warrant, Angel J. Rodriguez, 32, of 55 Arnold St., was arrested on the warrant; 8:59 p.m.: officer wanted, Garden Avenue, a caller reports that she believes while she was out somebody took her vehicle, took the registration plates from her vehicle and put them on another vehicle, the woman said that property from her car was also moved to the second vehicle, the woman said that she had recently consumed several drinks, the responding officer reports the caller was confused about ownership of her vehicle and agreed she should go inside to “sleep it off”; 10:39 p.m.: disturbance, Orange Street at Sackett Street, patrol officers report that they observed large gathering which dispersed as they arrived, the officers identified two persons remaining who are Orange Street residents but neither claimed a backpack which had been left at the intersection, the backpack contained two bottles of beer and a bottle of water and was seized for safekeeping.
Court Logs Westfield District Court Monday, Feb. 3, 2014 Andre A. Daouin, 38, of 33 King St., was released on his personal recognizance pending An April 3 hearing after he was arraigned on a charge of operating a motor with a suspended license, a subsequent offense, brought by Westfield police. Christopher T. Fulton, 26, of 48 Country Road, Huntington, submitted to facts sufficient to warrant a guilty finding for a charge of operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license brought by State Police and the charge was continued without a finding with probation for three months. He was assessed $50. Andrew J. Gonyea, 29, of 15 Deven St., Indian Orchard was released on his personal recognizance pending an April 3 hearing after he was arraigned on a charges possession of a Class A drug brought by Westfield police. Jeremy S. Batchelor, 26, of 48 Kendall St., Chicopee, saw charges of operating a motor vehicle with suspended registration and operating an uninsured motor vehicle brought by Southwick police not prosecuted after he defendant provided the Commonwealth with exculpatory evidence relative to both charges.
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Westfield State hosts spelling bee WESTFIELD – The third annual citywide spelling bee “Words with Friends” will be held Thursday at 6 p.m. in the Savignano Auditoriums at Westfield State University. The event is for fifth-grade students from the city of Westfield and is organized by The Circle K (Kiwanis) Club of WSU with assistance from the Volunteers in Public Schools led by WSU Circle K president Alex Roche and Westfield Schools VIPS director Barbara Trant. Sponsorship support is furnished by the Kiwanis Club of Greater Westfield and MoFroyo on 619 East Main Street in Westfield. MoFroyo owner Todd Cieplinski donated $500 to Circle K Club to support the spelling bee. Nearly 400 students took part in preliminary local school spelling bees at the following elementary schools: Southampton Road, Paper Mill, Abner Gibbs, Franklin Avenue, Highland Avenue, Munger Hill, Juniper Park, and St. Mary’s. This year’s finalists are: Jacob Kostecki and Ava Gaughan (Abner Gibbs), Isabel Persuitte and Karenna Stern (Franklin Avenue), Madison Johnson and Dominic Navarrete (Highland), Abigail Daley and Allyson Bancroft (Juniper Park), Jayne Gosselin and Alex Maggipinto (Munger Hill), Ryan Morash, Trent Stucenski, and Alex Robitalle (alternate) (Paper Mill), Jasmin Felix and Mia Calderella (Southampton Road), Kylie Liptak and Madison Serafinski (St. Mary). Each school sends their top two fifth-grade students to finals at WSU where the 16 students face off in this annual event. Each student receives a certificate and prizes are awarded to the top spellers. A permanent plaque with names of the winners and their school is awarded to the top student’s school each year. Members of the Kiwanis Club assist with the spelling bee with Kiwanis Past President and Lt. Governor Adam Wright serving as the moderator. The event is free and open to the public. The Savignano Auditoriums are located in Wilson Hall on the WSU campus. For more information, contact Barbara Trant at 572-6345.
Pittsfield man on scooter struck and killed PITTSFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Police have identified the man struck and killed by a vehicle while crossing a Pittsfield street on his mobility scooter. Authorities say 91-year-old Jack Joyner was struck at about 8:20 p.m. Saturday as he crossed Center Street near a railroad underpass. He was pronounced dead upon arrival at Berkshire Medical Center. The Berkshire Eagle (http://bit.ly/1gIQeNN ) reports that the driver, a 33-year-old Pittsfield man, is cooperating with the investigation and has not been charged.
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The Carson Center for Human Services Celebrating 50 Years of Real Help with Real Life 1963-2013 People in the helping profession use all kinds of fancy words to describe what’s going on with the people they help. Sometimes it is useful to have a special word that sums up a problem. Having a word for it tells you that you are not alone, because, well, there’s a word for it, so, somebody else must have experienced something like this, too. There’s some hope in that. Words can also feel like a plain cardboard box in which you are supposed to fit all the mountains and rivers of your world. Grief, for example. That word is just too short for the wide, yawning mouth of loss we face when someone we love dies. Other helper-words are meant to help us not react too strongly. They help us inhibit our disgust. We pack up the unsavory feelings about what’s happening in that plain cardboard box of a word and bring it to those helper-people who might know what to do with it. Like the word encopresis. But encopresis isn’t even a plain word. It’s mysterious and vaguely sophisticated. It sounds like a kind of Italian dessert. Or maybe even a Spanish dance. Or an expensive hair product. But it isn’t any of these things. Encopresis describes what happens when five year old Felicia, who is mostly not using any words at all these days, starts defecating on the floor in the kitchen and the living room instead of in the toilet. Felicia hasn’t used many words since she saw her father die suddenly at home last year. It was time to start kindergarten this fall, but that didn’t happen because of the encopresis. Our Carson Art Therapist went to Felicia and her mom’s home for a session together. The Art Therapist invited the mom and Felicia to draw together. Felicia crawled up into her mother’s lap and they drew together, hands and colors weaving a dance that left its colors on the page inside the shelter of their arms. All at once, Felicia got up and left the room. The Art Therapist believed that Felicia was simply signaling that she was finished. However, Felicia came back with a soft blanket, which she arranged on her mother’s lap. She crawled onto the softness, picked up her crayons to continue drawing for the rest of the session, responding in color to the therapist’s gentle prompts. Felicia’s mom says now every night they take that blanket and they hold each other. And there hasn’t been any encopresis since the day they drew nearer one another. By JAC Patrissi
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Sugar tied to fatal heart woes; soda’s a culprit LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Could too much sugar be deadly? The biggest study of its kind suggests the answer is yes, at least when it comes to fatal heart problems. It doesn’t take all that much extra sugar, hidden in many processed foods, to substantially raise the risk, the researchers found, and most Americans eat more than the safest amount. Having a cinnamon roll with your morning coffee, a
super-sized sugary soda at lunch and a scoop of ice cream after dinner would put you in the highest risk category in the study. That means your chance of dying prematurely from heart problems is nearly three times greater than for people who eat only foods with little added sugar. For someone who normally eats 2,000 calories daily, even consuming two 12-ounce cans of soda substantially increases the risk. For most American adults, sodas and other sugary drinks are the
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American Heart Association unveils 2014 Go Red Leading Ladies. The poster was photographed by Denise Smith, owner of Denise Smith Photography who donated her time to shoot and design the poster.
12 women from western Massachusetts become ambassadors for the American Heart Association’s Go Red For Women Springfield — The American Heart Association (AHA) recently held a search to find inspirational women to become the next Go Red Leading Ladies of Western Massachusetts. Dozens of women were nominated and 12 were selected to become Go Red ambassadors in their community as well as to be featured in a poster campaign. The women were chosen based on their commitment, support and experience with heart disease. All of the 2014 Go Red Leading Ladies participated in a professional photo shoot and are now featured on a poster that will travel throughout western Massachusetts bringing attention to the leading cause of death in women – heart disease The names of the ladies and the poster were recently unveiled at a special ceremony which recently took place at the Basketball Hall of Fame. “This is our seventh year doing this poster to raise awareness of heart disease in women and each year we have the most amazing group of women”, said AHA Director of Communications, Mary Ann Burns. “Some women are heart or stroke survivors; others have made changes in their lives to become more heart healthy, inspire other women or just simply understand her risk for heart disease and are taking steps to become more heart healthy”.
Cardiovascular disease is the number one killer of women, yet most women do not know that it is mostly preventable. The Go Red Leading Ladies poster will travel throughout Western Massachusetts over the next 12 months raising awareness so women may learn and live. Some of the Leading Ladies will also raise awareness of women’s heart health by attending or volunteering at local Go Red For Women events. The 12 women live or work in western Massachusetts and range from moms to entrepreneurs, health care specialists, heart survivors, retirees, and business leaders. The American Heart Association is pleased to announce the names of the 2013 Go Red Leading Ladies of Western Mass: Dee Emery-Ferrero – Resides in Agawam Sandy Fickert – Resides in Easthampton Janet Garcia – Resides in Westfield Bridget Glasheen – Resides in West Springfield Joanna Guindon – Resides in West Springfield
Teresa Hudson – Resides in Springfield Abby Mahoney – Resides in Holyoke Gerda Maissel – Resides in Longmeadow Maura McCaffrey – Resides in West Brookfield Angela Smith – Resides in East Longmeadow Lynn Vedovelli – Resides in East Longmeadow Allison Wolfe – Resides in Pittsfield Heart disease, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases kill more women each year than the next five causes of death combined, including breast cancer. Go Red For Women raises awareness of heart disease and empowers women to reduce their risk by learning the steps to prevent it. Go to www.goredforwomen.org for more information on the Go Red For Women movement, tips for healthy living, to sign up for Go Red, healthy recipes and more.
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Obituaries Sonja Mae Kirk CT - Sonja Mae (Anderson) Kirk, LCSW, (SMAK222), 71, also known as Petie, passed on January 29, 2014 of cancer. Sonja was the daughter of the late Sven and Mae Wyman Anderson of Blandford. Educated in the Blandford and Westfield schools, Sonja then attended University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and Indiana University School of Social Work. Sonja loved life and lived hers to the fullest. With her daughter, Sonja visited the 50 states, 18 countries, and 3 continents. With the Sound of New England Barbershop Chorus, she enjoyed music, friendship, and more travel. With the Red Hat Society, she enjoyed all manner of activities, with lots of laughter. She organized innumerable family outings and gatherings. Wherever she went, she brought the fun and the love with her. Sonja was devoted to helping others as shown through her work as a social worker in the East Hartford Public Schools. She also volunteered for 4-H, her churches, and the Blandford Fair. Most recently, she volunteered for the American Red Cross Disaster Services Mental Health team where she was the Mental Health Lead for the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island. Sonja is survived by her daughter, Colleen Kirk (Christopher “Duff” Dufrense) of White Plains, NY; her brother, Lynn (Shirley) Anderson of Charlestown, RI; her sister, Carol (John) Whalen of Westfield, MA; her significant other, Diquel Mendes of West Hartford, CT; her former husband, Peter Kirk of Cleveland, TN; her nephews, Eric Anderson of Portland, CT; Christopher Anderson (Linda Reeder) of New Haven, CT; Joseph Whalen (Amy) of West Springfield, MA; her niece, Michelle Downs (Steven) of Westfield, MA; her great-nephew Brendan Anderson and great-nieces Rebekah Anderson, Karenna Downs, Kailey Downs, Annabella Whalen, and Jennifer Whalen. She is also survived by many dear, supportive, extended family and friends who will keenly feel the loss of Sonja’s compassion and exuberance. A celebration of her life will be held on Wednesday, February 5th at 2:00 p.m. at the Bolton, CT Congregational Church, where she was a member for over 20 years, the Rev. Charles H. Ericson, presiding. A luncheon will follow in the church hall. Calling hours will be Tuesday from 4:007:00 p.m. at the Watkins Funeral Home, 142 East Center Street, Manchester, CT. Interment will be at the convenience of the family. Memorial gifts may be made to the American Printing for the Blind, P.O. Box 6389, 1839 Frankfort Avenue, Louisville, Kentucky 40206.
Members from the Westfield North Middle School Drama Club, left-right, Alex Natario, as the Tin Woodsman; Gilda Cardenuto, as the Cowardly Lion; Courtney Berry, as Dorothy; Madelyn Jemiolo, as Toto; and Julia Visconti, as the Scarecrow, are part of an all-star cast in the upcoming performance of OZ. More than 75 students will take to the stage Friday, February 7 and Saturday, February 8 at 7 p.m. in the auditorium. (Photo by Frederick Gore)
Westfield North Middle School Drama Club member Courtney Berry, as Dorothy, wipes the tears from her face with the tail of the Cowardly Lion played by Gilda Cardenuto, during a dress rehearsal of the upcoming play OZ. The play will be performed Friday, February 7 and Saturday, February 8 at 7 p.m. at the school auditorium. (Photo by Frederick Gore)
North Middle Drama Club presents OZ
A pair of Westfield North Middle School Drama Club students dressed as flying monkeys carry Gilda Cardenuto, as the Cowardly Lion, into the witches castle during a dress rehearsal of the upcoming performance of OZ. (Photo by Frederick Gore)
Jean A. Meharg Beers MELROSE, MA - Mrs. Jean A. (Balfour) Meharg Beers, a longtime resident of Melrose, passed away peacefully on Sunday, February 2, 2014 at the Melrose-Wakefield Hospital, at age 91. Jean was born on June 1, 1922 in Melrose, one of four children of the late Irwin A. Balfour and Essie (Towle) Balfour. Raised in Melrose, she graduated from Melrose High School. Jean worked at Clements Department Store in Melrose, at Dr. Vincze Office’s in Melrose, and John Hancock Life Insurance in Boston. Jean led a very active life that centered around her love of swimming. She was a longtime member of the Melrose YMCA where she coached the girls swim team. She taught swimming into her 70’s at the Reading YMCA and continued swimming until age 89. After moving to Florida, Jean enjoyed competing in the Ormond Beach Senior Games every year. She served as Chairperson for the Games for several years and at age 75 was the “one to beat” in the various senior events. She also enjoyed her membership in the Daytona Beach Rowing Club. Jean was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star Melrose Chapter #14, Phi Theta Xi Sorority, and the Melrose Highlands Congregational Church. Active throughout her life, Jean was always ready to organize a good time for family and friends. She also always looked forward to a date with the “Lunch Bunch” of friends from the Melrose Highlands Congregational Church. Jean loved spending the summers throughout her life in Westford where she had a cottage. She was actively involved with her beloved grandchildren, and great-grandchildren, and cherished the time she spent with them. She was the beloved wife of the late Gilbert L. “Gil” Beers and Joseph I. Meharg. Loving mother of Thomas J. Meharg and his wife Martha of Reading, and Kenneth I. Meharg and his wife Sue of Melrose. Dear sister of the late Alan Balfour Jr., Byron “Buddy” Balfour and David Balfour. Cherished grandmother of Nathan J. Meharg of Malden, Justin A. Meharg of Goffstown, NH, Julie L. Cincotti of Boston, Laurie S. Koski of Westford, Alison B. Lennon of Matthews, NC., Jesse J. Meharg of Revere, Kara Bame of CA and Drew Russell of CA. Cherished great grandmother of Garrett T. Meharg of Malden, Katelyn N. Meharg of Goffstown, NH., Avery J. Meharg of Goffstown, NH., Natalia R. Cincotti of Boston, Joseph J. Cincotti of Boston, Camila M. Cincotti of Boston, Carter D. Koski of Westford, A. Ryder Lennon of Matthews, NC and Josie E. Lennon of Matthews, NC. Also survived by many nieces and nephews. Relatives and friends will gather in honor of Jean’s life for visiting hours at the Robinson Funeral Home, 809 Main Street, Melrose, on Thursday, February 6th from 4:00-8:00 p.m. and on Friday morning at the Melrose Highlands Congregational Church, 355 Franklin Street, Melrose, MA where her funeral service will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. Gifts in her memory may be made to the Remembrance Fund at the church. For directions, online tribute or to share a memory, visit www.robinsonfuneralhome.com
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Cat Adoptions WESTFIELD – The Westfield Homeless Cat Project, a nokill cat rescue, holds adoptions at 1124 East Mountain Road on Thursdays 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., Saturdays 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., and Sundays 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. These friendly cats are spayed/ neutered, have their vaccinations and are ready to warm your laps and hearts. Email denisesinico@hotmail.com.
Westfield North Middle School Drama Club members, Courtney Berry, left, as Dorothy, chats with Heather O’Connor, as Glinda the good witch, during a dress rehearsal of the upcoming performance of OZ. (Photo by Frederick Gore)
Westfield North Middle School Drama Club member Kristen Stawasz, foreground, sings as a group of drama club students dressed as flying monkeys perform in the background during a dress rehearsal of OZ. (Photo by Frederick Gore)
In Loving Memory of
Ronald E. Thornton August 4, 1948 - February 4, 2004
Our time on Earth has Ended, And nothing seems the same. But when God calls me to be with you, Our love will live again. Deeply missed by your wife,
Carole
If I could write a story It would be the greatest ever told Of a kind and loving Father/Grandfather Who had a heart of gold We could write a million pages But still be unable to say, Just how much we love and miss him Each and every day Love,
Your Family
A Westfield North Middle School Drama Club member performs as part of a dress rehearsal with the flying monkeys. Students will be performing the play OZ Friday, February 7 and Saturday, February 8 starting at 7 p.m. in the school auditorium. (Photo by Frederick Gore)
Sugar Continued from Page 6 average were involved. The authors divided participants into five Previous studies have linked diets high in categories based on sugar intake, from less sugar with increased risks for non-fatal heart than 10 percent of daily calories — the safest problems, and with obesity, which can also amount — to more than 25 percent. lead to heart trouble. But in the new study, Most adults exceed the safest level; and for 1 obesity didn’t explain the link between sugary in 10 adults, added sugar accounts for at least diets and death. That link was found even in 25 percent of daily calories, the researchers normal-weight people who ate lots of added said. sugar. The researchers had death data on almost “Too much sugar does not just make us fat; 12,000 adults, including 831 who died from it can also make us sick,” said Laura Schmidt, heart disease during the 15-year follow-up. a health policy specialist at the University of They took into account other factors known to California, San Francisco. She wrote an edito- contribute to heart problems, including smokrial accompanying the study in Monday’s ing, inactivity and excess weight, and still JAMA Internal Medicine. found risks for sugar. The researchers focused on sugar added to As sugar intake increased, risks climbed processed foods or drinks, or sprinkled in cof- steeply. fee or cereal. Even foods that don’t taste sweet Adults who got at least 25 percent of their have added sugar, including many brands of calories from added sugar were almost three packaged bread, tomato sauce and salad dress- times more likely to die of heart problems than ing. Naturally occurring sugar, in fruit and those who consumed the least — less than 10 percent. some other foods, wasn’t counted. For those who got more than 15 percent — Most health experts agree that too much sugar isn’t healthy, but there is no universal or the equivalent of about two cans of sugary soda out of 2,000 calories daily — the risk was consensus on how much is too much. U.S government dietary guidelines issued in almost 20 percent higher than the safest level. Sugar calories quickly add up: One teaspoon 2010 say “empty” calories including those from added sugars should account for no more has about 16 calories; one 12-ounce can of non-diet soda contains has about 9 teaspoons of than 15 percent of total daily calories. The average number of daily calories from sugar or about 140 calories; many cinnamon added sugar among U.S. adults was about 15 rolls have about 13 teaspoons of sugar; one percent toward the end of the study, slightly scoop of chocolate ice cream has about 5 teaspoons of sugar. lower than in previous years.
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Westfield’s John O’Brien (1) launches a half-court shot as time expires. (Photo by Chris Putz)
WHS wins in 2nd OT
Westfield’s Manny Golob attempts a free throw during Monday night’s home game against East Longmeadow. (Photo by Chris Putz)
By Chris Putz Staff Writer WESTFIELD – The Westfield High School boys’ basketball team is alive and well for the chase for the Western Massachusetts Division I postseason. Westfield staved off the hard-charging East Longmeadow Spartans, winning a double-overtime thriller Monday night at home, 55-51. “It wasn’t pretty to watch,” Westfield coach Bill Daley said, “(but) it was a really good high school basketball game.” East Longmeadow rallied from a seven-point deficit by holding Westfield scoreless for the last 3-and-a-half minutes of regulation to force the first overtime. In overtime, Westfield stormed back from five points down. Isaiah Headley made a key steal and lay-up late to take a one- Westfield’s Demetrius Rogers, right, looks for an opening in point lead. The Bombers fouled on the in-bounds play, forcing the East Longmeadow defense. (Photo by Chris Putz) East Longmeadow to the free throw line. The Spartans made Westfield will have a few days to prepare for its next big one free throw, and a second OT ensued. contest. On Friday, the Bombers will host Amherst, beginning Westfield prevailed in double-overtime thanks in large part at 7:30 p.m. to converting 10-of-12 shots from the foul line. McCann Tech 60, St. Mary 32 Headley finished with 18 points. Alex Brown and Manny WESTFIELD – Brian Mickalay scored a team-high 16 Golob had 12 apiece for Westfield, which improved to 5-10 points for St. Mary at Westfield Middle School South Monday overall, 2-3 in league play. Colin Dunn, Richard Barnett, Patrick Wroth, and Aric night. LATE RESULTS Laplante came up big defensively for the Bombers. All four 68, Gateway 53 Palmer players combined to shut down East Longmeadow’s Luis PALMER – Kyle Ingram scored a game-high 22 points to Rodriguez, who came in to the game averaging 26 points per help Palmer to the home victory late Friday night. Curtis game. The four Bombers held Rodriguez to just seven points in Dowers (15 points), Calvin Dowers (13), and Justin Edinger (10) powered Gateway’s offense. The Gators fell to 10-4. regulation. He finished with 19.
Bombers’ Alex Brown (24) follows through on a trip to the basket. (Photo by Chris Putz)
St. Mary guard Drew Collins, center, leaps for the net as a pair of McCann Tech defenders move in. (Photo by Frederick Gore)
St. Mary’s Brendon Mickalay, left, catches an arm in the face during last night’s game against visiting McCann Tech.
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St. Mary eighth-grade student Jake Butler, left, attempts to pass a McCann Tech defender during last night’s game in Westfield. (Photo by Frederick Gore)
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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SCHEDULES TUESDAY February 4
WEDNESDAY February 5
SKIING – PVIAC RACE, Berkshire East, Charlemont, 5 p.m. GIRLS’ JV HOOPS at Ludlow, 5:30 p.m. GIRLS’ V HOOPS at Ludlow, 7 p.m. BOYS’ ICE HOCKEY at West Springfield, Olympia, 8:30 p.m.
THURSDAY FRIDAY February 6 February 7 WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
BOYS’ JV ICE HOCKEY vs. Agawam, Amelia Park, 4 p.m. GIRLS’ V ICE HOCKEY (Westfield/ Cathedral/Longmeadow) at Auburn, Joe Hogan Rink, 5:30 p.m. BOYS’ WRESTLING vs. Northampton, 7 p.m. BOYS’ V ICE HOCKEY vs. Agawam, Amelia Park, 7 p.m.
SKIING – PVIAC Race, Berkshire East, Charlemont, 5 p.m. BOYS’ JV HOOPS vs. Amherst, 6 p.m.
SATURDAY February 8
MONDAY February 10
BOYS’ WRESTLING – Quad Meet at Minnechaug, 9 a.m. GIRLS’ ICE HOCKEY (Westfield/Cathedral/ Minnechaug) at Archbishop Williams, Randolph, 3:10 p.m. BOYS’ HOOPS at Malden, Salem State, 4 p.m. BOYS’ JV ICE HOCKEY vs. Simbsury, Amelia Park, 6 p.m.
INDOOR TRACK – WMASS Championships, Smith College, 6 p.m. DIVING SECTIONALS – Springfield College, Art Linkletter Natatorium, 7 p.m. BOYS’ JV ICE HOCKEY vs. East Longmeadow, Amelia Park, 4 p.m. GIRLS’ JV HOOPS at Minnechaug, 5:30 p.m. BOYS’ ICE HOCKEY vs. Ludlow, Amelia Park, 7 p.m. GIRLS’ V HOOPS at Minnechaug, 7 p.m. BOYS’ V HOOPS vs. Amherst, 7:30 p.m.
***Sunday, February 9***
GIRLS’ SWIMMING SECTIONALS – Springfield College, Art Linkletter Natatorium, 9 a.m. BOYS’ SWIMMING SECTIONALS – Springfield College, Art Linkletter Natatorium, 3:30 p.m.
SOUTHWICK-TOLLAND REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS’ JV HOOPS at Cathedral, 5:30 p.m. GIRLS’ V HOOPS at Cathedral, 7 p.m. WRESTLING vs. Sabis, 7 p.m.
GIRLS’ JV HOOPS vs. Holyoke Catholic, 5:30 p.m. GIRLS’ V HOOPS vs. Holyoke Catholic, 7 p.m.
WRESTLING vs. Dean Tech, 7 p.m.
GIRLS’ JV HOOPS vs. Smith Academy, 5 p.m. GIRLS’ V HOOPS vs. Smith Academy, 6:30 p.m.
BOYS’ JV HOOPS at Hampshire, 5:30 p.m. BOYS’ V HOOPS at Hampshire, 7 p.m.
BOYS’ JV HOOPS vs. Easthampton, 5:30 p.m. BOYS’ V HOOPS vs. Easthampton, 7 p.m.
GATEWAY REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS’ V HOOPS at Pioneer Valley Christian School, 6 p.m.
GIRLS’ V HOOPS at Smith Voke, 6 p.m.
WRESTLING at Franklin Tech Quad, All Day
BOYS’ JV HOOPS vs. Westfield Voc-Tech, 5 p.m. BOYS’ V HOOPS vs. Westfield Voc-Tech, 6:30 p.m.
WESTFIELD VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’ JV HOOPS vs. Hampden County Charter School, 5:30 p.m. BOYS’ V HOOPS vs. Hampden County Charter School, 7 p.m.
BOYS’ JV HOOPS vs. Pathfinder, 5:30 p.m. BOYS’ V HOOPS vs. Pathfinder, 7 p.m.
BOYS’ JV HOOPS at Smith Voke, 5 p.m. GIRLS’ V HOOPS vs. Commerce, Westfield Middle School North, 5:30 p.m. BOYS’ V HOOPS at Smith Voke, 6:30 p.m.
BOYS’ JV HOOPS at Franklin Tech, 5:30 p.m. GIRLS’ V HOOPS at Dean Tech, 5:30 p.m. BOYS’ V HOOPS at Franklin Tech, 7 p.m.
BOYS’ JV HOOPS at Gateway, 5:30 p.m. BOYS’ V HOOPS at Gateway, 7 p.m.
GIRLS’ JV HOOPS at Commerce, 5:30 p.m.
SAINT MARY HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS’ V HOOPS vs. Sci-Tech, Westfield Middle School North, 5:30 p.m. BOYS’ JV HOOPS at Pioneer Valley Regional, 6 p.m. BOYS’ V HOOPS at Pioneer Valley Regional, 7:30 p.m.
BOYS’ JV HOOPS at Pathfinder, 5:30 p.m. BOYS’ V HOOPS at Pathfinder, 7 p.m.
WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY SCHEDULES ICE HOCKEY
DAY
DATE OPPONENT
Thursday Saturday Saturday Thursday
Feb. 6 Feb. 8 Feb. 15 Feb. 20
TIME Saturday
at Framingham State at Salem State FITCBHURG STATE UMASS DARTMOUTH
5:35 7:35
DAY
DATE
OPPONENT
Tuesday
Feb. 4
BRIDGEWATER STATE
7:30
Thursday
Feb. 6
at Western Connecticut
7:00
Tuesday
Feb. 11
SALEM STATE
7:30
Saturday
Feb. 15
at Worcester State
3:00
Tuesday
Feb. 18
at MCLA
7:30
Saturday
Feb. 22
FITCHBURG STATE
3:00
Tuesday
Feb. 25
MASCAC Quarterfinals
TBA
Thursday
Feb. 27
MASCAC Semi-finals
TBA
Saturday
March 1
MASCAC Championship
TBA
TIME
Women’s Swimming & Diving DATE OPPONENT
Feb. 14 Friday Feb. 15 Saturday Sunday Feb. 16
at Worcester State PLYMOUTH STATE MASCAC Quarterfinals MASCAS Semifinals MASCAC Championship
TIME
New England Championships New England Championships New England Championships University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Gamblers wagered a record $119.4 million at Nevada casinos on the Super Bowl, allowing sportsbooks to reap an unprecedented profit as the betting public lost out in Seattle’s rout of the Peyton Manning-led Denver Broncos. Unaudited tallies showed sportsbooks made an unprecedented profit of $19.7 million on the action, the Gaming Control Board announced Monday. That’s millions more than the past three Super Bowl wins combined. The Denver Broncos were a 2.5-point favorite, but the Seattle Seahawks took the championship 43-8. Oddsmakers said Peyton Manning fans drove the unprecedented handle, flooding Las Vegas and northern Nevada with wagers on the favored team and its veteran quarterback, who was named the NFL’s Most Valuable
Player for the 2013 season the day before the game. Many believed Manning was primed for a big game after his record-setting year. The previous record for the amount of bets placed, or the handle, was set last year, when gamblers wagered $98.9 million on the Super Bowl between the Baltimore Ravens and the San Francisco 49ers. The last record for casino win was set in 2005, when sportsbooks won $15.4 million. Some oddsmakers said they lost out on proposition bets, including whether a safety would be the first score of the game. Casinos paid out at 8-to-1 for the safety. Fans who bet that the first score would be on a safety cashed in at 60-to-1. It was the third year in a row that sportsbooks have been hit on the safety bet. “The safety is no longer in my vocabulary,” said Johnny Avello, who runs the luxurious sportsbook at Wynn.
in the next
American Profile
Men’s & Women’s Indoor Track and Field DAY DATE OPPONENT Saturday Feb. 8 MIT/Boston University Invitationals Feb. 15 MASCAC/Alliance Championships Saturday Fri.-Sat. Feb. 21-22 New England Division III Finals Fri.-Sat Fri.-Sat Fri.-Sat.
Feb. 28 March 1 March 7-8 March 14-15
Place Boston Southern Maine MIT (M); Springfield (W)
All New England Championships
Boston University
ECAC Division III Championships NCAA Division III Championships
Reggie Lewis Center @Devaney Center
7:35
Football fans bet huge amounts Sunday
Men’s Basketball
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Lincoln, NE
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DATE OPPONENT
TIME
Tuesday
Feb. 4
BRIDGEWATER STATE
5:30
Tuesday
Feb. 11
SALEM STATE
5:30
Saturday
Feb. 15
at Worcester State
1:00
Tuesday
Feb. 18
at MCLA
5:30
Saturday
Feb. 22
FITCHBURG STATE
1:00
Tuesday
Feb. 25
MASCAC Quarterfinals
TBA
Thursday
Feb. 27
MASCAS Semifinals
TBA
Saturday
March 1
MASCAC Championship
TBA
Sweet Career Moves Meet four candy makers who gave up conventional jobs to pursue their passions for creating chocolate confections.
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The Tigers attempt to pounce on the ball during a high school boys’ basketball game Monday night between Westfield Vocational-Technical and Holyoke Catholic in the Whip City. (Photo by Chris Putz)
Voc-Tech vs. Holyoke Catholic
Westfield Voc-Tech’s Matt Wood (5) attempts a shot from the corner against Holyoke Catholic Monday night. (Photo by Chris Putz)
HS Standings, Results GIRLS’ HOOPS Westfield 6-7 Southwick 10-3 Gateway 4-5* St. Mary 1-8* BOYS’ HOOPS Gateway 10-4 Westfield 5-10 Southwick 2-10 St. Mary 1-12 Westfield Voc-Tech N/A HOCKEY Westfield 7-2-2
St. Mary N/A BOYS’ SWIMMING Westfield 9-1 GIRLS’ SWIMMING Westfield 8-1-1 GIRLS’ INDOOR TRACK Westfield 5-1 BOYS’ INDOOR TRACK Westfield N/A WRESTLING Westfield 1-1* Southwick-Tolland N/A Gateway N/A
*No Report; NA=Not Available Monday’s Results BOYS’ HOOPS Westfield 55, East Longmeadow 51 (2nd OT) McCann Tech 60, St. Mary 32
Tigers’ Nick Wood attempts to lay up the ball under the outstretched arm of the opposition. (Photo by Chris Putz)
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf d-Indiana 37 10 .787 — 7-3 W-2 23-2 14-8 24-5 d-Miami 34 13 .723 3 7-3 W-2 20-4 14-9 22-10 Atlanta 25 21 .543 11½ 6-4 W-2 16-7 9-14 17-11 d-Toronto 26 22 .542 11½ 6-4 W-1 12-10 14-12 17-12 Washington 24 23 .511 13 6-4 W-2 12-11 12-12 17-12 14 5-5 L-2 13-10 10-14 18-12 Chicago 23 24 .489 Brooklyn 21 25 .457 15½ 6-4 W-1 13-11 8-14 14-16 Charlotte 21 28 .429 17 5-5 L-1 11-13 10-15 15-16 Detroit 19 28 .404 18 4-6 L-1 9-15 10-13 17-13 New York 19 29 .396 18½ 4-6 L-2 11-16 8-13 15-18 Cleveland 16 32 .333 21½ 2-8 L-5 11-12 5-20 10-20 22 3-7 W-1 10-15 6-18 13-17 Boston 16 33 .327 Philadelphia 15 34 .306 23 2-8 L-3 8-16 7-18 10-21 3-23 10-21 Orlando 13 37 .260 25½ 3-7 L-2 10-14 Milwaukee 9 39 .188 28½ 2-8 W-1 5-18 4-21 8-23 Sunday’s Games Boston 96, Orlando 89 Monday’s Games Indiana 98, Orlando 79 Washington 100, Portland 90 Brooklyn 108, Philadelphia 102 Miami 102, Detroit 96 Oklahoma City 86, Memphis 77
Milwaukee 101, New York 98 San Antonio 102, New Orleans 95 Dallas 124, Cleveland 107 Denver 116, L.A. Clippers 115 Toronto 94, Utah 79 Sacramento 99, Chicago 70 Tuesday’s Games Indiana at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.
WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf d-Oklahoma City 39 11 .780 — 9-1 W-1 21-3 18-8 23-8 d-San Antonio 35 13 .729 3 5-5 W-2 18-8 17-5 22-9 Portland 34 14 .708 4 5-5 L-1 19-5 15-9 18-11 d-L.A. Clippers 34 17 .667 5½ 6-4 L-1 20-3 14-14 19-9 Houston 32 17 .653 6½ 7-3 W-3 20-7 12-10 18-14 Phoenix 29 18 .617 8½ 8-2 W-5 16-7 13-11 18-12 Golden State 29 19 .604 9 5-5 W-2 14-8 15-11 19-15 Dallas 28 21 .571 10½ 5-5 W-2 17-8 11-13 15-15 Memphis 26 21 .553 11½ 8-2 L-1 13-13 13-8 17-17 Denver 23 23 .500 14 4-6 W-1 13-11 10-12 13-16 Minnesota 23 24 .489 14½ 5-5 L-2 13-9 10-15 11-17 New Orleans 20 27 .426 17½ 5-5 L-1 11-12 9-15 8-22 L.A. Lakers 16 31 .340 21½ 2-8 L-6 8-13 8-18 9-18 22 4-6 L-3 10-14 6-18 9-23 Utah 16 32 .333 Sacramento 16 32 .333 22 2-8 W-1 10-16 6-16 10-23 d-division leader L.A. Lakers at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Phoenix at Houston, 8 p.m. Chicago at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Minnesota at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. Charlotte at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. Dallas at Memphis, 8 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Atlanta at New Orleans, 8 p.m. Detroit at Orlando, 7 p.m. Portland at New York, 8 p.m. Boston at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Milwaukee at Denver, 9 p.m. San Antonio at Washington, 7 p.m. Toronto at Sacramento, 10 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Cleveland, 7 p.m. Miami at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Pittsburgh Boston Tampa Bay N.Y. Rangers Toronto Columbus Montreal Detroit Philadelphia Carolina Ottawa Washington New Jersey N.Y. Islanders Florida Buffalo
GP 56 54 55 56 57 56 56 56 57 54 56 56 57 57 55 55
W 39 35 32 30 30 29 29 25 28 25 24 25 23 21 21 15
L 15 16 18 23 21 23 21 19 23 20 21 22 21 28 27 32
Sunday’s Games Washington 6, Detroit 5, OT Winnipeg 2, Montreal 1 Monday’s Games Edmonton 3, Buffalo 2 Pittsburgh 2, Ottawa 1, OT Detroit 2, Vancouver 0
EASTERN CONFERENCE OT Pts GF GA Home 2 80 178 133 23-4-0 3 73 164 119 21-6-2 5 69 162 137 16-6-3 3 63 145 140 13-13-3 6 66 170 176 20-10-1 4 62 167 156 16-11-2 6 64 137 139 15-10-4 12 62 146 158 11-11-8 6 62 157 165 14-10-1 9 59 137 151 14-10-5 11 59 159 178 12-11-5 9 59 164 172 15-9-4 13 59 133 142 12-7-7 8 50 159 191 8-12-8 7 49 133 174 10-11-4 8 38 107 164 9-16-5
Away Div 16-11-2 17-5-0 14-10-1 12-8-0 16-12-2 12-5-1 17-10-0 10-9-3 10-11-5 12-5-2 13-12-2 13-8-1 14-11-2 8-6-3 14-8-4 8-5-5 14-13-5 9-8-3 11-10-4 11-7-1 12-10-6 11-5-5 10-13-5 9-10-2 11-14-6 10-7-3 13-16-0 5-14-3 11-16-3 9-11-1 6-16-3 5-11-4
Colorado 2, New Jersey 1, OT Columbus 4, Anaheim 2 Chicago 5, Los Angeles 3 Philadelphia 5, San Jose 2 Tuesday’s Games Vancouver at Boston, 7 p.m. Colorado at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.
GP Anaheim 58 Chicago 58 St. Louis 54 San Jose 57 Colorado 55 Los Angeles 58 Minnesota 57 Vancouver 57 Phoenix 55 Dallas 55 Nashville 57 Winnipeg 57 Calgary 55 Edmonton 58
W 40 34 37 35 36 30 29 27 26 25 25 27 21 19
L 13 10 12 16 14 22 21 21 19 21 23 25 27 33
WESTERN CONFERENCE OT Pts GF GA Home 5 85 191 143 22-4-2 14 82 205 161 18-4-7 5 79 185 125 20-5-2 6 76 170 139 20-4-3 5 77 167 143 19-7-3 6 66 137 127 16-10-3 7 65 140 144 19-7-2 9 63 142 149 14-9-5 10 62 159 164 16-9-3 9 59 158 160 13-9-6 9 59 142 172 14-11-4 5 59 161 166 14-11-4 7 49 132 173 12-14-3 6 44 150 196 10-14-2
Away Div 18-9-3 15-1-2 16-6-7 9-8-3 17-7-3 14-0-1 15-12-3 13-6-2 17-7-2 14-5-2 14-12-3 11-6-1 10-14-5 11-9-1 13-12-4 9-9-4 10-10-7 11-7-5 12-12-3 6-9-5 11-12-5 8-9-1 13-14-1 6-12-3 9-13-4 6-9-3 9-19-4 4-11-3
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Winnipeg at Carolina, 7 p.m. Calgary at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Toronto at Florida, 7:30 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Washington, 7:30 p.m. Ottawa at St. Louis, 8 p.m. Tampa Bay at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Dallas at Phoenix, 9 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m. Chicago at Anaheim, 10 p.m. Dallas at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
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Annie’s Mailbox By Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar
What should I do? Dear Annie: Last summer, I gave birth to twins who were several weeks early. Throughout the time they were in the hospital, we had family support. My husband and I made the decision that for the first day home, we’d have no visitors. This enraged my mother. She felt we stole away her joy of being a grandma and that we were very rude. Since that day, I’ve received letters and emails stating just what she thinks of me. In fact, many family members have turned their backs on us due to the situation. I’ve made attempts to fix things, but it only gets worse. This has been going on since August. What should I do? -- Mom of Twins Dear Mom: Your family is incredibly nervy to expect parents of newborn twins to want family members in their home the first day out of the hospital. While we trust you thanked them for their earlier support, once you were home, you needed time to adjust. You asked for one day, and they resented it. Your mother sounds like the type who could undermine your authority as a parent, so hang tough. Tell her that you and your husband needed a day to recuperate and some quiet time as a family, and you hoped they would respect that. Add that they are welcome to visit, provided they can stop insulting you and creating a negative environment for the children. The rest is up to them. Dear Annie: We are retired and consider ourselves to be hospitable. We maintain a guest bedroom, as well as two sofa beds for overnight guests. In addition, we host friends and families for meals, especially around the holidays. My wife struggles with seasonal allergies, as well as an allergy to animal dander, and so we try to limit her exposure. She has undergone allergy shots and uses two prescription nasal sprays. She can tolerate short visits with pets if she has plenty of tissues. Recently, we hosted overnight stays of our adult children and their families, as well as our siblings. We told them their pets were welcome, but the animals would have to sleep in the laundry room on the lower level. Unfortunately, these guests said they couldn’t sleep without having their pets next to their beds and insisted on bringing them to the upper floors. It’s been two weeks since the last guests left, and my wife still has a cough from the build up of her pet allergies. We had to purchase a new blanket for one of the sofa beds because a guest dog slept on it. Every time we vacuum the carpet, it brings up the dander. We want our family members to feel welcome, but how can we get them to comply with the boundaries we set? Do we have to pay for them to stay at a hotel or board their pets? -- Help Dear Help: No, but you need to be more assertive about enforcing your boundaries. Tell the family that you love having them, but your wife’s allergies make it impossible for the dogs to stay anywhere but the laundry room at night. If they cannot abide by that simple request, you will be happy to recommend nearby pet-friendly hotels and boarding kennels. Dear Annie: I’d like to address your senior driving respondent from Salem, Mass: So you are the one driving too slowly with his foot on the brake You’re impeding the flow of traffic. Worse yet, if your foot is always on the brake, then your brake lights are always on. So how am I supposed to know when you’re actually stopping? It is time for you to turn in your car keys. Not because you’re 93, but because you’re a bad driver. -- Baton Rouge, La. Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.
HINTS FROM HELOISE The Unwanted Bottles Dear Heloise: I try to recycle anything and everything. Can you tell me if there is a place that will recycle all of the brownish, small PRESCRIPTION BOTTLES? My city curbside recycling program does not accept them. -- Janet D. in Texas Unfortunately, these prescription bottles are not easy to “take care of”! Most curbside recycling programs will not accept them because of the small size: They can’t easily run through the automated recycling machines. If they get into the machine, they break into pieces, fall through and end up in the landfill anyway. Heloise Central (meaning my office staff, whom I call my magpies!) found that no pharmacies would accept the bottles back. There are some mail-back programs, but you would need to do research on any programs that are available in your area. With more readers wanting to recycle these bottles, hopefully the pharmacies will start taking them back. If you have no recycling option, then take the empty bottles, being sure to remove the labels, and place them in the garbage. -- Heloise SAFETY HINT Dear Heloise: Many of us hang a tea towel over the handle on the oven door. I used to, until one day when I was making a meatloaf in too shallow a pan. Some fat must have sputtered out of the pan, hit the hot element and sent out a quick flash of flame, just enough to set the tea towel on fire. I happened to walk into the kitchen, and there it was, burning away! Now I hang the towel on the refrigerator door. -- Linda M., via email Oh dear! How lucky you happened to walk into the kitchen! This is a reminder to NOT leave the house with something in the oven cooking! -- Heloise
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014: This year you have the opportunity to clear up a problem that affects your community and your professional image. You will feel like a different person. Your efforts seem to draw excellent results at work. If you are single, you could be overwhelmed by your many choices of suitors. More than one person seems suitable, but only you can decide what kind of relationship you want. If you are attached, the two of you act like newlyweds from mid-July on. Consider going on a special vacation that you often have discussed. ARIES can be testy and irritable. The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult
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ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH A situation involving money might add to an existing feeling of vulnerability. A hostile remark could trigger words and events that you will wish had never happened. Try to relax. You are in control of your feelings. Tonight: Whatever makes you happy. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH Remain sure of yourself, and honor what is going on within you. You could be more irritable than you think, as you are maintaining a hectic pace. Your demeanor might change later in the day, when you sense someone’s implied demands. Tonight: Make it easy. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH You could find it difficult to hold back, as you’ll want to run with an idea or a solution. Friends might encourage you to slow down. This suggestion will seem off to you. Refuse to get into a fight, or you could cause your own delay. Tonight: Allow your energy to flow. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH You might feel frustrated when dealing with a parent or supervisor. Your creativity seems off at this point, and you might find that you need to take a different approach in order to get your point heard. You could wind up in an argument, so try to avoid that. Tonight: A must show. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH If you can detach, you will see a situation in a new light. You might feel torn, as you see and understand the different sides of an argument. Be smart, and say little around a hot-headed person in your life. Your words easily could be misconstrued. Tonight: Hang in there. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH Focus on getting the best results. The key is to maintain one-onone contact with those who are instrumental. You could feel as if you need to pull back and evaluate what is happening. You can do this quickly while still keeping your present pace. Tonight: Dinner for two. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH You have been very active lately, which seems to have caused you a problem. Many might wish that you would return to your charming, diplomatic self. Perhaps you’ve been sitting on uncomfortable feelings for too long. Tonight: Go along with someone else’s wishes, if you can. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHH Get plenty of exercise, and know full well that you need it on many levels. Tension and stress will lessen as a result. You could feel uncomfortable in your day-to-day life. Make a point of moving a situation forward. Tonight: Get some extra R and R. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH Allow your creativity to make a stronger project or plan if you feel that the present one is weak. Rather than loll around with a sense of dissatisfaction, take action; it will prove to be the best way to handle a budding problem. Tonight: Something spontaneous works. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH A friend might not intend to give you bad advice, but that appears to be what you receive. Clear out quickly, rather than becoming more enmeshed in the present situation. Try to establish stronger foundations and a better sense of direction. Tonight: Order in. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHHH Keep conversations moving. You might hit a snafu with a boss who cares a lot about you. Nevertheless, a situation could become problematic. Your ability to brainstorm and come up with solutions will pull through. Tonight: Make a point of catching up on a neighbor’s news.
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ing that Elizabeth A Sloan of INCAPACITATED PERSON INCAPACITATED PERSON Easthampton, MA (or some www.thewestfieldnews.com THE WESTFIELD NEWS PURSUANT TO PURSUANT TO other suitable person) be apG.L. c. 190B, § 5-304 G.L. c. 190B, § 5-304 February 4, 2014 February 4, 2014 pointed as Guardian to serve Without Surety on the bond. In the matter of: In the matter of: COMMONWEALTH OF COMMONWEALTH OF MINERVA MENDEZ EDWARD KORZENIOWSKI MASSACHUSETTS MASSACHUSETTS The petition asks the court to deOf: WESTFIELD, MA Of: WESTFIELD, MA THE TRIAL COURT THE TRAIL COURT termine that the Respondent is PROBATE AND FAMILY PROBATE AND FAMILY incapacitated, that the appointRESPONDENT RESPONDENT COURT COURT ment of a Guardian is necesAlleged Incapacitated Person Alleged Incapacitated Person sary, and that the proposed Hampden Probate Hampden Probate Guardian is appropriate. The peTo the named Respondent and tition is on file with this court and To the named Respondent and and Family Court and Family Court all other interested persons, a may contain a request for cer- all other interested persons, a 50 State Street 50 State Street petition has been filed by Gov- Springfield, MA 01103 petition has been filed by West- tain specific authority. Springfield, MA 01103 ernor's Center of Westfield, field Care and Rehab Center Docket No. HD14P0099GD of Westfield, MA in the above You have the right to object to MA in the above captioned matDocket No. HD08P0128GC1 0001 Legal Notices captioned matter alleging that this proceeding. If you wish to ter alleging that Minerva Mendez is in need of a Guardian and CITATION GIVING NOTICE OF Edward Korzeniowski is in do so, you or your attorney must CITATION GIVING NOTICE PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT need of a Guardian and request- file a written appearance at this requesting that Ann Carson of OF PETITION FOR REMOVAL ing that Elizabeth A Sloan of court on or before 10:00 A.M. on Springfield, MA (or some other OF GUARDIAN FOR OF A GUARDIAN OF AN Easthampton, MA (or some the return date of 02/14/2014. suitable person) be appointed as INCAPACITATED PERSON INCAPACITATED PERSON February 4, 2014 other suitable person) be ap- This day is NOT a hearing date, Guardian to serve Without PURSUANT TO pointed as Guardian to serve but a deadline date by which you Surety on the bond. G.L. c. 190B, § 5-304 In the Interests of: COMMONWEALTH OF Without Surety on the bond. have to file the written appearMINERVA MENDEZ MASSACHUSETTS The petition asks the court to deIn the matter of: Of: WESTFIELD, MA THE TRIAL COURT ance if you object to the petition. The petition asks the court to de- If you fail to file the written ap- termine that the Respondent is EDWARD KORZENIOWSKI PROBATE AND FAMILY termine that the Respondent is pearance by the return date, ac- incapacitated, that the appointOf: WESTFIELD, MA RESPONDENT COURT incapacitated, that the appoint- tion may be taken in this matter ment of a Guardian is necesIncapacitated ment of a Guardian is neces- without further notice to you. In sary, and that the proposed RESPONDENT Person/Protected Person Hampden Probate Guardian is appropriate. The pesary, and that the proposed Alleged Incapacitated Person and Family Court addition to filing the written apGuardian is appropriate. The pe- pearance, you or your attorney tition is on file with this court and To the named Respondent and 50 State Street To the named Respondent and tition is on file with this court and must file a written affidavit stat- may contain a request for cer- all other interested persons, a Springfield, MA 01103 all other interested persons, a may contain a request for cer- i n g t h e s p e c i f i c f a c t s a n d tain specific authority. petition has been filed by GovDocket No. HD14P0099GD petition has been filed by West- tain specific authority. grounds of your objection within You have the right to object to ernor's Center of Westfield, field Care and Rehab Center MA in the above captioned mat30 days after the return date. this proceeding. If you wish to ter requesting that the court: ReCITATION GIVING NOTICE OF of Westfield, MA in the above You have the right to object to do so, you or your attorney must move the Guardian. PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT captioned matter alleging that this proceeding. If you wish to IMPORTANT NOTICE file a written appearance at this Edward Korzeniowski is in do so, you or your attorney must OF GUARDIAN FOR need of a Guardian and request- file a written appearance at this The outcome of this proceed- court on or before 10:00 A.M. on The petition asks the court to INCAPACITATED PERSON ing that Elizabeth A Sloan of court on or before 10:00 A.M. on ing may limit or completely the return date of 02/27/2014. make a determination that the PURSUANT TO Easthampton, MA (or some the return date of 02/14/2014. take away the above-named This day is NOT a hearing date, Guardian and/or Conservator G.L. c. 190B, § 5-304 other suitable person) be ap- This day is NOT a hearing date, person’s right to make de- but a deadline date by which you should be allowed to resign; or Massey will receive the Silver Beaver Award but a deadline date by which you cisions about personal affairs have to file the written appear- should be removed for good pointed as Guardian to -serve In the matter of: ance if you object to the petition. cause; or that the Guardianship , the highest council-level distinguished ser- or have to file the written appearWithout Surety on the bond. EDWARD KORZENIOWSKI financial affairs or both. ance if you object to the petition. The above-named person has If you fail to file the written ap- and/or Conservatorship is no SOUTHWICK - The Adult Book Discussion vice award presented to registered Scouters Of: WESTFIELD, MA fail to file petition asks the to deGroup of the Southwick PublicThe Library will whocourt have madeIf you an impact onthe thewritten lives apof the right to ask for a lawyer. pearance by the return date, ac- longer necessary and therefore termine Baker that the Respondent is pearance by the return date, ac- Anyone may make this re- tion may be taken in this matter should be terminated. The oridiscussRESPONDENT Orphan Train by Christina youth through service given to theincouncil. tion may be taken this matter quest on behalf of the above- without further notice to you. In ginal petition is on file with the incapacitated, that the appointAlleged Person Kline onIncapacitated Wednesday, February 5 at The will also include recognition further notice to you. In named person. If the above- addition to filing the written ap- Court. ment of a1:30 Guardian is program neces- without p.m. in the library’s Community Room. addition to filing the written ap- named person cannot afford a pearance, you or your attorney sary, and that the proposed for Mr. Neil Hawley’s 50 years of service and To the named Respondent and must file a written affidavit statpearance, you or your attorney Guardian is appropriate. The peInterested participants may pick up and pay Mr. Robert Kidd’s service for 60 years. all other interested persons, a lawyer, one may be appointed i n g t h e s p e c i f i c f a c t s a n d You have the right to object to file a written affidavit stat- at State expense. tition is onWife file with this court and must this proceeding. If you wish to do petition beenselection: filed by Westfor thehas March The Aviator’s For additional information, please contact grounds of your objection within so, you or your attorney must file may contain a request for cer- i n g t h e s p e c i f i c f a c t s a n d field Care andBenjamin Rehab Center by Melanie at the discussion orauthority. Neil A. Daboul, VP of Communications at 30 days after the return date. grounds of your objection within tain specific a written appearance at this of Westfield, MA in the above Witness, Hon. Anne M. thereafter matter at the Circulation Desk. 413-875-5015. 30 days after the return date. court on or before 10:00 A.M. on captioned alleging that Geoffrion, First Justice of this IMPORTANT NOTICE the right to object to According to The Washington Posthave the book the return date of 02/27/2014. Edward Korzeniowski is in You Court. IMPORTANT NOTICE If you wish to This day is NOT a hearing date, need of a intimate Guardian examination and request- ofthis is, “An theproceeding. life and The outcome of this proceeddo so, you or your attorney must but a deadline date by which you ing that Elizabeth Date: January 17, 2014 emotional mettle AofSloan Anneof Morrow.” Any ing may limit or completely have to file the written appearfile a written appearance at this The outcome of this proceedEasthampton, MA (or some take away the above-named interested patron is welcome to attend these limit or completely A.M. on ing –may HUNTINGTON Gateway alumni (from other suitable person) be ap- court on or before 10:00 Suzanne T. Seguin person’s right to make de- ance if you object to the petition. the above-named discussions. pointed as Guardian to serve the return date of any02/14/2014. graduating take class)away are invited to take part Register of Probate cisions about personal affairs If you fail to file the written apperson’s right to make depearance by the return date, acWithout Surety on the bond. This day is NOT ainhearing thewhich firstdate, ever cisions Alumni about Band! personal This is a affairs minior financial affairs or both. tion may be taken in this matter you but a deadline date by The above-named person has mal commitment of one weekend, which will without further notice to you. In The petition asks the court to de- have to file the written appear- or financial affairs or both. the right to ask for a lawyer. addition to filing the written apThe above-named person to the petition. place on February 8 and 9. This will has be termine that the Respondent is ance if you objecttake Anyone may make this rethe rightpeople to askdofor lawyer. If you fail totofile the written ap- weekend; pearance, you or your attorney WESTFIELD Noble Hospital is happy a fun, musical nota need to incapacitated, that- the appointFebruary 4, 2014 quest on behalf of the above- must file a written affidavit statpearance the return date, ac- Anyone may make this rement of a Guardian necesannounce upcomingisHeart Month eventsbyin be playing currently in order to take part. This named person. If the above- i n g t h e s p e c i f i c f a c t s a n d tion may be taken in this matter quest on behalf of the abovesary, and that the proposed February. On February 5, nurses from the is part of the year-long 50th Anniversary COMMONWEALTH OF named person cannot afford a grounds of your objection within Guardian is appropriate. The pe- without further notice to you. In named person. If the aboveMASSACHUSETTS lawyer, one may be appointed 30 days after the return date. Education Department willaddition visit to the named person cannot afford Celebration of the Gateway Regional Schoola filing the written aptition is on file with this court and THE TRIAL COURT at State expense. one may appointed you orDistrict. your attorney Governor’s andfor American Inn to speak Please lawyer, RSVP as soon asbe possible by may contain Center a request cer- pearance, PROBATE AND FAMILY at State expense. must file a writtencalling affidavit statIMPORTANT NOTICE tain specific authority. about heart health. 685-1003 or emailing wlong@grsd. COURT Witness, Hon. Anne M. ing the specific facts and On February 5 from 9:00 to 10:00 a.m. and org . Please confirm that you are taking part Geoffrion, First Justice of this Witness, Hon. Anne M. The outcome of this proceedYou have the right to object to grounds of your objection within Court. February 21 from 1:30 to to 2:3030p.m., report that you play. Geoffrion, First Justice of We this Hampden Probate daysNoble after the and return date.the instrument ing may limit or completely this proceeding. If you wish Court.so don’t be shy! We may and Family Court will Free Pressure take away the above-named do so,host you or yourBlood attorney must Screenings in need all instruments, 50 State Street Date: January 30, 2014 IMPORTANT person’s right to make defile written appearance at ground this theaCardiac Center on the floor. These beNOTICE able to makeDate: arrangements for the loan of Springfield, MA 01103 January 17, 2014 cisions about personal affairs court on or before 10:00 A.M. on screenings are free and open to the public. an instrument; if this is a need, please let us Suzanne T. Seguin The outcome of this proceedor financial affairs or both. theAnd return date of 02/14/2014. Docket No. HD14P0179GD on February 7, join us for Wear Red Register of Probate know when you RSVP. Please RSVP by Suzanne T. Seguin The above-named person has This day is NOT a hearing date, ing may limit or completely Register of Probate Day! Invite your and coworkaway the above-named January 31. the right to ask for a lawyer. but a deadline date friends, by whichfamily, you take CITATION GIVING NOTICE OF person’s make de- will take place on Saturday, Anyone may make this reers totowear red,written take aappearphoto, and share it right on toRehearsals have file the PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT affairs quest on behalf of the aboveance if you object to the petition. cisions about personal our Facebook page (facebook.com/noblehosFebruary 8. A run-through will be held on OF GUARDIAN FOR or financial affairs or both. named person. If the aboveIfpital) you fail to file the written apor email it to us (info@noblehealth.org). Sunday, INCAPACITATED PERSON 9. The music will be of a personFebruary has named person cannot afford a pearance by the return date, ac- The above-named PURSUANT TO Heart is in thethis number of both the right to ask“do-able” for a lawyer. level! The weekend will end with a lawyer, one may be appointed tion maydisease be taken matter1 killer February 4, 2014 G.L. c. 190B, § 5-304 this re-on Sunday afternoon for family at State expense. men and women in the US. In Let Anyone us spreadmay the make short concert without further notice to you. of the aboveaddition to filing thedisease! written ap- quest on behalf and word about heart COMMONWEALTH OF friends. All activities will take place at In the matter of: If the aboveWitness, Hon. Anne M. pearance, you or your attorney named person. Gateway MASSACHUSETTS MINERVA MENDEZ Regional High School in Huntington. Geoffrion, First Justice of this must file a written affidavit stat- named person cannot afford a THE TRAIL COURT Of: WESTFIELD, MA also need help getting the word out, so appointed Court. i n g t h e s p e c i f i c f a c t s a n d lawyer, one may beWe PROBATE AND FAMILY grounds of your objection within at State expense.please share this information with your friends COURT RESPONDENT Date: January 30, 2014 30 WESTFIELD days after the return date. and former band mates! - On Saturday February 8, Hon. Alleged Incapacitated Person Witness, Anne M. Hampden Probate Rainy Day People brings the warm, familiar Geoffrion, First Justice of this Suzanne T. Seguin IMPORTANT NOTICE To the named Respondent and and Family Court music of Gordon Lightfoot and Court. Jim Croce to Register of Probate all other interested persons, a 50 State Street Eastoutcome Mountain Club’s Slim’s Sports The of Country this proceedpetition has been filed by Gov- Springfield, MA 01103 Date:Mountain January 17, 2014 ing limit located or completely Barmay and Grill at 1458 East WESTFIELD - On Sunday February 9, ernor's Center of Westfield, take the above-named Docket No. HD08P0128GC1 Roadaway in Westfield. The trio features vocals,Suzanne Westfield State University will host the MA in the above captioned matT. Seguin person’s right to make deter alleging that Minerva Menbass and two guitars playing classics from Register of Probate Springfield Symphony Youth Orchestras for a cisions about personal affairs CITATION GIVING NOTICE is in need of a Guardian and these legendary artists. Come hear genuine Winter Concert. The program will feature dez or financial affairs or both. requesting that Ann Carson of OF PETITION FOR REMOVAL The above-named person has renditions of favorites “Carefree Highway”, Jacques Offenbach’s Intermezzo and Springfield, MA (or some other OF A GUARDIAN OF AN the right of to the ask Edmond for a lawyer. INCAPACITATED PERSON “Wreck Fitzgerald”, “Leroy Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffman, suitable person) be appointed as Anyone may make this reBrown”, “Time in Bottle” and more! Camille Saint-Saëns’s Marche Militaire Guardian to serve Without quest on behalf of athe aboveIn the Interests of: There is no cover charge for this show, Francaise, Arthur Sullivan’s HMS Pinafore Surety on the bond. named person. If the aboveMINERVA MENDEZ named afford a which person starts atcannot 8 p.m. Dinner is available Overture, John Alden Carpenter’s Adventures The petition asks the court to deOf: WESTFIELD, MA lawyer, appointed prior toone the may showbefrom 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in a Perambulator and John Williams’s Harry termine that the Respondent is at State expense. Tom Bashi RESPONDENT incapacitated, that the appointA cash bar will be offered during the evening. Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Bashista Orc sta, Incapacitated Let us help market your ment of a Guardian is necesFor more information, visit www. The concert will be held in Parenzo Hall at sary, and that the proposed Witness, Hon. Anne please M. Person/Protected Person “You will get ahards: Geoffrion, First or Justice this Day People at 3 p.m. Tickets will be available at the door at Guardian business to the The more satinwood.net visit of Rainy response from better is appropriate. pean Court. To the named Respondent and their Facebook page. $10 for adults and $5 for youth and senior. tition is on file with this court and in the Pennysav ad than 90,000 people er may contain a request for cer- all other interested persons, a For more information about the Springfield be ca use nearly evDate: January 17, 2014 petition has been filed by Govtain specific authority. we reach each week. eryone picks up Symphony Youth Orchestras call (413)-733ernor's Center of Westfield, paper for the this Suzanne T. Seguin 0636 ext.19 or email ssyo@springfieldsym- You have the right to object to MA in the above captioned matads!” Robin Sheldon, Sheldon Register of Probate that the court: Rethis proceeding. If you wish to ter requesting WESTERN MASS - The Western phony.org. Real Estate: “I grew up in usoratyour 413-562-4181 doCall so, you attorney must move the Guardian. Massachusetts Council of the Boy Scouts of the Westfield area and enjoy file a written appearance at this America will hold their annual Leader everything has totooffer. or e-mail asks theit court court on or before 10:00 A.M. on The petition Dave Albert, Recognition Dinner on Saturday February 8 that the News I love how The Westfield the return date of 02/27/2014. make a determination Brills Auto: e sales@thewestfieldnewsgroup.com Conservator projects this sense of at the Castle of Knights, Chicopee. Several Th day is NOT a hearing date, Guardian and/or RUSSELL - The COA Book Club will be This “I advertise in ws should be allowed to resign; “community” to their or readers, volunteers will be recognized for their service reading the Original Illustrated Sherlock but a deadline date by which you should eld Ne tfi es W be removed for good have to file the written appearallowing them to realize to the youth of Western Mass; this event is Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle for our ance the Guardianship Group productsve if you object to the petition. cause; or thatwhat I alreadyisknow.” also host to a National Court of Honor distin- February discussion. Updated versions are If you fail to file the written ap- and/or Conservatorship no because I belieof guished members are recognized for their now being shown on PBS and CBS.... now pearance by the return date, ac- longer necessary and therefore in the power g.” should be terminated. The orition may be taken in this matter outstanding service. let’s compare them to the originals written print advertisin without further notice to you. In ginal petition is on file with the On the slate for Nation Council Recognition over 100 years ago! addition to filing the written ap- Court. are Cub Scout Tyler Wade of Pack 45 in Lee Since this is a complete set, we will all read pearance, you or your attorney the Burns, right toWestfield object to Gas & Electric: “The Westfield who will receive the Medal of Merit. The at least the first three short stories and any oth- must file a written affidavit stat- You haveBeth If you wish to do Gas & Electric enjoys a mutually beneficial relationship Medal of Merit is awarded for undertaking ers you desire. Pick up your cop at Russell i n g t h e s p e c i f i c f a c t s a n d this proceeding. yourThe attorney must file and appreciates being given the with Westfield News grounds of your objection within so, you or some outstanding act of service that reflects Senior Center. a written opportunity appearance at this 30 days after the return date. to use their media forum as an additional an uncommon degree of concern for the wellJoin us on Tuesday, February 11 at 9:30 court on or before 10:00 A.M. on way to communicate with and educate our customers.” the return date of 02/27/2014. being of others. a.m. at the Senior Center. Coffee will be IMPORTANT NOTICE This day is NOT a hearing date, Four dedicated adult volunteers - Vicki served. All are welcome. The outcome of this proceed- but a deadline date by which you Kornacki, Sherry Kreps, Byron Izyk, Scott ing may limit or completely have to file the written appearif you object to the petition. take away the above-named ance The Original If ENNYSAVER you fail to file the written apThe Westfield Newsdeperson’s right to make News • Enfield Press • Ppearance • Longmeadow by the return date, accisions about personal affairs or financial affairs or both. tion may be taken in this matter The above-named person has without further notice to you. In the right to askINSURED for a lawyer. addition to filing the written apFREE ESTIMATES FULLY Anyone may make this re- pearance, you or your attorney quest on behalf of the above- must file a written affidavit statnamed person. 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A RON JOHNSON’S FLOOR SANDWAGNER RUG & FLOORING, LLC. 95 ING. Installation, repairs, 3 coats MAINLINE DRIVE, WESTFIELD. polyurethane. Free estimates. (413) (413)568-0520. One stop shopping for 569-3066. TOM DISANTO Home Improvements all your floors. Over 40 years in busiThe best choice for all interior and exteness. www.wagnerrug.com Hauling rior building and remodeling. Specializing in the design and building of residential A DUMP TRUCK. Attic, cellars, yard, additions, since 1985. Kitchens, baths, scrap metal removal. Seasoned Fire- siding, windows, decks, porches, sunChimney Sweeps wood. (413)569-1611, (413)374-5377. rooms, garages. License #069144. MA Reg. #110710. FREE ESTIMATES, HENTNICK CHIMNEY SWEEPS. REFERENCES, FULLY INSURED. Call Chimney repairs and rebuilds. StainTom (413)568-7036. A.R.A. JUNK REMOVAL SERVICE. less steel caps and liner systems. InFurniture, trash, appliances. Full house spections, masonry work and gutter cleaning. Free estimates. Insured. cleanouts, basements, attics, yards. PAUL MAYNARD CONSTRUCTION. Quality work from a business you can Furnace and hot water heater removal. All your carpentry needs. (413)386trust. (413)848-0100, 1-800-793-3706. 24 HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE. 4606. Did your windows fail with the Free estimate on phone. Senior discount. Call Pete (413)433-0356. cold weather? Don't wait another year! Call Paul for replacement windows. www.arajunkremoval.com. Drywall Many new features available. Windows are built in CT. All windows installed by T-BEST DRYWALL. Complete profesPaul, owner of Paul Maynard Consional drywall at amateur prices. Our struction. My name is on my work. ceilings are tops! Call Mike 413-8218971. Free estimates. Home Improvement
Electrician POEHLMAN ELECTRIC. All types of wiring. Free estimates, insured. SPECIALIZING IN PORTABLE AND WHOLE HOUSE KOHLER GENERATORS, SERVICE UPGRADES, SMALL JOBS, POOLS. Gutter deicing cables installed. I answer all calls! Prompt service, best prices. Lic. #A-16886. (413)562-5816.
TURCOTTE ELECTRIC. 30+ years experience. Electrical installations, emergency service work. Generac portable or whole house generator installations. HVAC controls and energy saving green technology upgrades. Fully insured. All calls answered. Master’s Lic #A-18022. (413)214-4149.
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HANDYMAN/CARPENTER. All home repairs: Honey to do list, bathroom remodeling, tile work, sheetrock repairs, winterization. No job too small. 35 years profressional experience. (413)5193251.
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.
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YARD CLEANUP, thatching, leaf brush CONRAD TREE SERVICE. Expert removal, hedge/tree trimming, tree removal. Prompt estimates. mulch/stone, mowing. Call Accurate Crane work. Insured. “After 34 Lawncare, (413)579-1639. years, we still work hard at being #1.” (413)562-3395.
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Home Improvement
DAVE DAVIDSON BATHROOM & KITCHEN REMODELING. “GET IT MASTER ELECTRICIAN 40 years ex- RIGHT THIS TIME” Complete Bath perience. Insured, reasonable prices. Renovations. Mass. License #072233, No job too small. Call Tom Daly, Mass. Registration #144831. CT. HIC. #0609568. Now serving CT. Insured. (413)543-3100. Lic# A7625. Quality Work on Time on Budget Since 1984. (413)569-9973. www.davedavidsonremodeling.com
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A NEW LOOK FOR 2014. Let Home Decor help. Interior painting and wallpapering, specializing in faux finishes. Servicing the area over 12 years. Call Snowplowing Kendra now for a free estimate and decorating advice. (413)564-0223, A.B.C. SNOWPLOWING. Westfield (413)626-8880. residential only. 15 years experience. Call Dave (413)568-6440.
PROFESSIONAL PAINTING & WALLPAPERING. Quality workmanship at low, low prices. Interior/Exterior Painting & Staining, Wallpaper, Ceiling Repair & AMR BUILDING & REMODELING. RICHTER HOME Building & Remodel- Spray. Free Estimates. Call Steve at Sunrooms, decks, additions, bath- ing. Specializing in home improve- (413)386-3293. rooms, window and door replacements ment services. Roofs, windows, and more. MA. Reg. #167264. Li- doors, decks, finished carpentry, re- Landscaping/Lawn Care censed and fully insured. Call Stuart models, additions, basement refinishing, and much more. Quality work Richter (413)297-5858. from a punctual, reliable and experi- LEAVES -CURB SIDE LEAF REenced home improvement company. MOVAL - FALL CLEAN UPS. Call for Licensed and Insured. MA CSL your free Quote today! You rake um' & BRUNO ANTICO BUILDING RE- #97940, MA HIC #171709, CT HIC MODELING.Kitchens, additions, #0633464. Call Dave Richter for an es- Leaf the rest to us. Residential and Commercial, Fully Insured. Visit our decks, rec rooms, more. Prompt, re- timate (413)519-9838. website at liable service, free estimates. Mass www.BusheeEnterprises.com for all of Registered #106263, licensed & inour services! Bushee Enterprises, LLC. sured. Call Bruno, (413)562-9561. (413)569-3472. Home Maintenance
C&N CARPENTRY. Suspended ceilings, home improvements and remodeling. Licensed and insured. Call (413)262-9314.
Roofing
JOSEPH’S HANDYMAN COMPANY. Carpentry, remodeling, kitchen, baths, basements, drywall, tile, floors, suspended ceilings, restoration services, doors, windows, decks, stairs, interior/exterior painting, plumbing. Small jobs ok. All types of professional work done since 1985. Call Joe, (413)364-7038.
ABC MASONRY & BASEMENT WATERPROOFING. All brick, block, concrete. Chimneys, foundations, hatchways, new basement windows installed and repaired. Sump pumps and french drain systems installed. Foundations pointed and stuccoed. Free estimates. (413)5691611. (413)374-5377.
Upholstery KEITH'S UPHOLSTERY & REPAIRS. 30+ years experience for home or business. Discount off all fabrics. Get quality workmanship at a great price. Free pickup and delivery. Call (413)5626639.