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New twist for Planning Board

By Dan Moriarty Staff Writer WESTFIELD – A Pontoosic Road resident will request the Planning Board to approve a special permit to allow construction of one residence during a public hearing slated for the board’s meeting tonight.

The special permit petition and review is routine business for the Planning Board, but not in this case where the petitioner, Henry Bannish of 225 Pontoosic Road, is seeking the special permit for an open space flag lot.

Bannish, the vice chairman of the Conservation Commission, is seeking that open space flog lot designation for 8.44 acres of land zoned for rural residential uses and which is completely within the aquifer zone II protection area.

Bannish’s petition is being presented to the Planning Board by Rob Levesque of R. Levesque Associates, Inc. “This one is kind of cool,” Levesque said last night. “It’s the first (open space flag lot petition) to go to the Planning Board. Hopefully it goes well, but you always wonder if it will because it is something they haven’t seen before this.”

Levesque said that Principal Planner Jay Vinskey suggested that they petition for the open space flag lot designation because Bannish proposes to create one two-acre building lot and to seek a conservation easement, to be granted to the city, for the remaining 6.44 acres in perpetuity for conservation purposes.

The property is in the estate of Jean Bannish and abuts the Southwick town line on the south property line. The odd-shaped parcel abuts Magnolia to the north and both Laro Circle and Canal Drive on the west.

Levesque has a prominent role at the board’s meeting tonight also representing the developer of the 10-lot Bent Tree subdivision which was approved by the Planning Board, but who is seeking a minor modification to the accepted plan.

The 10-lot development on 28 acres of land off Montgomery Road is being developed by Mark Bergeron of Bent Tree Development, LLC. The preliminary subdivision plan was approved by the board in February and the definitive plan at the board’s May 20 meeting.

The definitive plan is the document that will be filed with the Registry of Deeds along with the Mylar drawings signed by the Planning Board members. The document includes the board’s findings, condition and waivers.

The developer is asking the board to lift a requirement to install a four-foot chain-link fence included in the original plan as a condition for approving the special permit.

Bergeron argued that instead of installing the fence he would decrease the slops of the retention pond, changing the proposed 3 to 1 slope to a 4 to 1 slope and that the fence looks institutional.

“I’d like to put something in that is more natural,” Bergeron said at the board’s last meeting, adding that maintenance of the fence will be difficult and that, over time, it would become overgrown.

Levesque will also present changes to the special permit application for 99 Springfield Road representing Julie and Nabil Hannoush who purchased the former car dealership property and are seeking to redevelop that land which borders the Westfield River.

The original plan, submitted to the Planning Board by Levesque, included a stormwater retention basin on land abutting the north bank of the river. That plan called for removal of a large number of trees in the buffer zone between the property and river and creation of a retention basin.

The Conservation Commission and the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) opposed the tree removal, even though it is allowed under state environmental law, and modification of the stromwater management plan, which has to be approved by the Planning Board as an element of the special permit.

The Conservation Commission then signed off on the environmental permit and condition.

“The DEP did have some concerns that we were going to be disturbing forest and the riverfront area,” Levesque said. “We’re proposing to excavate a small area behind the existing retention basin to compensate for lost storage.”

The special permit petition includes renovations to the existing building and construction of three retail buildings at 99 Springfield Road, the former home of a Balise car dealership.

“We’ve updated the plans, revised the building footprints,” Levesque said. “The bank will now be a standalone building.”

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Elevator repair

Baystate Elevator technicians Richie Netzer, left, and Mark Frink, examine a new self-contained hydraulic pump system that will be installed in the Westfield City Hall elevator. Technicians should have the installation complete by Thursday morning.

(Photo by Frederick Gore)

SFD staffing needs examined

By Peter Francis Staff Writer SOUTHWICK – At a meeting of the Southwick Board of Selectmen, Vice Chair Joe Deedy spoke of staffing issues being faced by the Southwick Fire Department.

Reliant almost entirely on volunteers, the town has seen numbers drop over the past few years, and a letter written to the board by Southwick Fire Chief Richard Anderson indicated that the department is experiencing staffing issues with it’s emergency medical services (EMS).

Read aloud by Chair Russell Fox, Anderson’s letter said that the issues are stemming from the hiring of two volunteer emergency medical

technicians.

“Prior to their hiring, the two EMTs were doing four volunteer shifts each,” read Fox. “Now that they are fulltime employees, those shifts are open. We have probationary EMTs in training who will eventually be able to take up open shifts.”

Anderson, who was attending the wake of former Southwick firefighter Tim Bridges, was therefore unable to make it to the meeting but stated in the letter that the department is facing a “temporary situation” for two months that the department needs to support, and proposed covering these shifts with a pay of $12 an hour.

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By Carl E. Hartdegen Staff Writer WESTFIELD – The body of a homeless man was found in the Westfield River yesterday afternoon by a pair of fishermen near Whitney Playground.

City police report that at 1:36 p.m. a DPW worker reported that he had been advised by the two men that a body was seen in about five feet of water near the playground.

Officer Charles Kielbasa reports that the men had been fishing from a canoe when they saw the body on the bottom of the river.

One of the fishermen is an offduty city firefighter who told Kielbasa that he knew right away that firefighters would be recovering a body, not rescuing a person.

The men told Kielbasa that the man seen was clothed only in a pair of blue jeans and was face down on the bottom with his arms extended over his head.

The responding firefighters brought the body to shore and confirmed that the man was dead.

A wallet found in a pocket of the jeans contained a Massachusetts ID card with a picture that matched the deceased man.

Police report that the man, Joshua Ault, 39, was homeless, with a last known address on St. James St., Springfield.

His next-of-kin is his mother in Michigan and police delayed releasing Ault’s name pending contact with his mother.

Police report that the cause of death has not yet been determined but said that there are no obvious signs of foul play.

Officers found a homeless encampment nearby and, although no definitive evidence has been found, officers believe that was where the man was living.

WSU to enforce medical marijuana ban

By Peter Francis Lamontagne added that Westfield State’s take is not Staff Writer unique, and that even in Colorado and Washington, WESTFIELD – The Board of Trustees at Westfield states where marijuana has been legalized, colleges State University received word from legal counsel at and universities are still enforcing bans due to their a special meeting last night regarding the legality of a receiving federal funds, which is the area of most conproposed ban of medical marijuana on campus. cern to University President Dr. Elizabeth Preston.

In a statement, the University reiterated that it is in “Regardless of how any of us might feel about the compliance with federal laws such as the Controlled use of marijuana to treat a variety of medical condiSubstance Act, the Federal Drug-Free Workplace Act tions, the use of marijuana for any reason remains of 1988, and the Drug Free Schools and Communities illegal at the federal level under the Controlled Act. Substances Act,” said Preston. “We cannot allow the Although Massachusetts is one of a handful of use of medical marijuana on university property withstates that has legalized medical marijuana, the law out jeopardizing our federal funding.” itself states that it doesn’t require “any accommodaPreston added that the policy revisions approved ELIZABETH tion of any on-site medical use of marijuana in any place yesterday are intended to “eliminate any possible confuPRESTON of employment, school bus or on school grounds, in any sion as the state moves to establish dispensaries and youth center, in any correctional facility, or of smoking medical register physicians to prescribe marijuana.” marijuana in any public place.”

“Ultimately, we chose this route to be consistent with our sister Susan Lamontagne, the University’s dean of student affairs, said institutions, but I will tell you that we will bird-dog the issue as it after the brief meeting that the policy solidifies the school’s stance. continues to roll out over the course of the year,” said new Board “We’ve always had marijuana prohibited on campus, but with Chair and former Northwest District Attorney Elizabeth Scheibel. the newness of medical marijuana, we needed to clarify that that is “If changes need to be made, then we’ll come back and make not permitted, as well,” she said. “We still fall under federal law appropriate changes. We want to be flexible, but we want to be and receive federal financial aid, which we don’t want to risk for compliant and to be consistent. It’s a new issue, but one we’ll hear our students.” more about.”

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Giant African snails seized at Los Angeles airport LOS ANGELES (AP) — Inspectors at Los Angeles International Airport seized an unusually slimy package — 67 live giant African snails that are a popular delicacy across West Africa.

The snails — which are prohibited in the U.S. — arrived from Nigeria and were being sent to a person in San Dimas, said Lee Harty, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Customs and Border protection.

The snails were confiscated July 1 and a sample was sent the next day to a federal mollusk specialist in Washington, D.C., who identified them as a prohibited species, Harty said.

The mollusks are among the largest land snails in the world and can grow to be up to 8 inches long. They are native to Africa and can live for up to 10 years.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture incinerated the snails after they were inspected, Harty said. The animals are prohibited in the U.S. because they can carry parasites that are harmful to humans, including one that can lead to meningitis.

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Tuesday, July 15, the 196th day of 2014. There are 169 days left in the year.

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n July 15, 1964, Sen. Barry M. Goldwater of Arizona was nominated for president by the Republican national convention in San Francisco.

On this date: In 1799, French soldiers in Egypt discovered the Rosetta Stone, which proved instrumental in deciphering ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.

In 1870, Georgia became the last Confederate state to be readmitted to the Union. Manitoba entered confederation as the fifth Canadian province.

In 1916, Boeing Co., originally known as Pacific Aero Products Co., was founded in Seattle.

In 1932, President Herbert Hoover announced he was slashing his own salary by 20 percent, from $75,000 to $60,000 a year; he also cut Cabinet members’ salaries by 15 percent, from $15,000 to $12,750 a year.

In 1948, President Harry S. Truman was nominated for another term of office by the Democratic national convention in Philadelphia.

In 1954, a prototype of the Boeing 707, the model 36780, made its maiden flight from Renton Field south of Seattle.

In 1971, President Richard Nixon delivered a televised address in which he announced that he had accepted an invitation to visit the People’s Republic of China.

In 1976, a 36-hour kidnap ordeal began for 26 schoolchildren and their bus driver as they were abducted near

Chowchilla, California, by three gunmen and imprisoned in an underground cell. (The captives escaped unharmed.)

In 1979, President Jimmy Carter delivered his “malaise” speech in which he lamented what he called a “crisis of confidence” in America.

In 1983, eight people were killed when a suitcase bomb planted by Armenian extremists exploded at the Turkish Airlines counter at Orly Airport in Paris.

In 1992, Arkansas Gov. Bill Clinton was nominated for president at the Democratic national convention in New York.

In 2010, after 85 days, BP stopped the flow of oil from a blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico using a 75-ton cap lowered onto the wellhead earlier in the week.

Ten years ago: President George W. Bush signed into law a measure imposing mandatory prison terms for criminals who used identity theft in committing terrorist acts and other offenses.

The Senate approved a plan to pay tobacco farmers $12 billion to give up federal quotas propping up their prices.

Retired Air Force Gen. Charles W. Sweeney, who’d piloted the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki in the final days of World War II, died in Boston at age 84.

Five years ago: A Russian-made Iranian jetliner carrying 168 people crashed after taking off from Tehran, killing everyone aboard. After more than a month’s delay, space shuttle Endeavour and seven astronauts thundered into orbit on a flight to the international space station.

One year ago: Two days after a Florida jury acquitted George Zimmerman in the death of Trayvon Martin, Attorney General Eric Holder called the killing a “tragic, unnecessary shooting,” and said the Justice Department would follow “the facts and the law” as it reviewed evidence to see whether federal criminal charges were warranted.

(Federal authorities have yet to reach a decision in the case.) Miguel Angel Trevino Morales, the notoriously brutal leader of the feared Zetas drug cartel, was captured in the first major blow against an organized crime leader by Mexican officials.

Today’s Birthdays: Author Clive Cussler is 83. Actor Ken Kercheval is 79.

Former Sen. George V. Voinovich, R-Ohio, is 78. Actor Patrick Wayne is 75. Actor Jan-Michael Vincent is 70.

Rhythm-and-blues singer Millie Jackson is 70. Rock singer-musician Peter Lewis (Moby Grape) is 69. Singer Linda Ronstadt is 68. Rock musician Artimus Pyle is 66.

Actor Terry O’Quinn is 62. Rock musician Marky Ramone is 58. Rock musician Joe Satriani is 58. Country singersongwriter Mac McAnally is 57. Model Kim Alexis is 54.

Actor Willie Aames is 54. Actor-director Forest Whitaker is 53. Actress Lolita Davidovich is 53. Actress Brigitte Nielsen is 51. Rock musician Jason Bonham is 48. Actress Amanda Foreman is 48. Actor Kristoff St. John is 48. Rock musician Phillip Fisher is 47. Rhythm-and-blues singer Stokley (Mint Condition) is 47. Actor-comedian Eddie Griffin is 46. Actor Stan Kirsch is 46. Actor Reggie Hayes is 45. Actor-screenwriter Jim Rash is 43. Rock musician John Dolmayan is 42. Actor Scott Foley is 42. Actor Brian Austin Green is 41. Rapper Jim Jones is 38. Actress Diane Kruger is 38. Actress Lana Parrilla is 37.

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Energy a focus as leaders meet BRETTON WOODS, N.H. (AP) — The premiers of the Eastern Canadian provinces and governors of the New England states said yesterday that delivering clean energy to this corner of the United States is one of the most important issues facing the region.

Energy and economic collaboration were the main topics at a two-day conference between the five premiers and six governors that wrapped up yesterday at New Hampshire’s Mount Washington Resort.

Eastern Canada is rich in hydropower while New England markets are eager to shore up supply and control some of the nation’s highest energy costs. The six states have agreed to work together to increase supply and control costs.

In a conference call after the gathering, the leaders stressed that any energy solutions would focus on increased efficiency and protecting the interests of each state and province individually. They said they see the issue of energy as bedrock for fostering greater economic cooperation and growth in the provinces and states.

“Certainly we have a region of our country where we are facing increasingly expensive energy costs,” said New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan, who hosted the conference.

“We need to increase our energy efficiency efforts as well as create a more diverse, clean energy portfolio.”

“The regulators also understand that what this is all really about is economic development and the capacity for our businesses to create jobs and for our people to flourish,” she said.

Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy noted that several power generators, including the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant and other conventional plants in Massachusetts, are slated to close in the coming year, adding stress to the energy grid and underscoring the need for cross-border cooperation.

“New England is a particularly strained region,” Malloy said.

Malloy and Hassan said the rights and needs of each state and province will guide any decisions about power.

Two contentious topics were also discussed: the proposed

Tolland School Committee at 7 pm

Westfield Planning Board at 7 pm Cable Television Commission at 7 pm Commission for Citizens with Disabilities meeting cancelled

Huntington Assessors Meeting at 6 pm

SOUTHWICK Gov. Deval Patrick speaks at the New England Governors and eastern Canadian Premiers 38th annual conference yesterday in Bretton Woods, N.H. Energy and economic collaboration were the main topics at Sunday and Monday’s conference. Eastern Canada is rich in hydropower while New England markets are eager to shore up supply and control some of the nation’s highest energy costs. (AP Photo/Jim Cole) Northern Pass transmission lines that would deliver Canadian hydropower through New Hampshire and the prospect of oil derived from tar sands in Alberta that could be transported by pipeline into the United States. The Tar Sands Free Northeast Coalition conducted a protest and the Appalachian Mountain Club submitted a letter protesting Northern Pass.

Tom Marshall, premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, pointed out that hydropower is “safe, reliable and clean” while Hassan said she thinks a compromise is attainable.

“I think it’s quite possible to have excellent and reliable transmission for hydropower without sacrificing our natural beauty and without sacrificing our tourism industry,” she said.

group remains concerned because it doesn’t know the specifics of the documents that were withheld.

The documents released so far, the foundation says, prove the states and the New England States Committee on Electricity are working out details on energy distribution in secret and “selfinterested industry insiders” are shaping the plans.

But department Commissioner Chris Recchia says the foundation’s conclusions aren’t a “fair criticism.”

“I think CLF thinks decisions are farther along than they really are,” Recchia said.

The public will be more involved when the planning process is further along, he said. “Right now we don’t even have anything to propose.”

The department is reviewing the documents and Recchia says he hopes to respond to the foundation’s request this week. A response from Gov. Peter Shumlin’s office is expected by Friday.

The foundation is also asking for documents from the New England States Committee on Electricity, an organization representing the interests of six states on regional electricity topics. The committee said in a statement Monday that its records are not subject to release because it is a not-for-profit corporation.

Committee officials also said they have no decision-making authority.

“We add for clarity in light of misinformation that CLF has provided to the press that NESCOE does not produce an energy plan,” the statement said.

The Conservation Law Foundation maintained that Vermont law compels the committee to release the material as custodians of a public record.

“NESCOE works as an arm of the state governments and is responsible to comply with Vermont’s Access to Public Records laws,” Levine said in an email.

“It is unfortunate that NESCOE is not voluntarily meeting its obligations under those laws.”

Mass. gets $47M share of Citigroup settlement BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts will receive an almost $46 million share of a $7 billion federal-state settlement over Citigroup’s mortgage-backed security activities, the state attorney general’s office said Monday.

In the deal announced Monday, Citigroup will make a $4 billion civil monetary payment to the Justice Department, and another $500 million in compensatory payments to state attorneys general and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.

The bank will provide $2.5 billion in consumer relief, which will include financing for construction and preservation of affordable housing, as well as principal reduction and forbearance for residential loans.

The settlement stems from the sale of securities made up of subprime mortgages, which led to both the housing boom and bust that triggered the recession at the end of 2007.

Massachusetts, one of five states that entered into the agreement, will receive a direct cash payment of $45.7 million as a result of the settlement, Attorney General Martha Coakley said.

More than $15 million would go to direct consumer relief, and $6.5 million would help offset losses in the state’s pension fund.

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Group seeks access to energy documents

By BETH GARBITELLI Associated Press MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The Conservation Law Foundation is asking for access to more documents about energy plans in New England that the group says are shrouded in secrecy.

The July 9 public records request of the Vermont Public Service Department and the governor’s office seeks copies of records related to electric system transmission, gas pipeline capacity and electricity imports from Canada.

“The public has a right to see the analysis behind the development of these plans,” Conservation Law Foundation Senior Attorney Sandra Levine said.

The foundation received some documents from its initial requests filed in March but Vermont withheld others based on executive privilege protections, which are reserved for high-ranking officials.

Levine said that while the state promptly responded to the request, the

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STGRSD Building Committee at 4 pm Housing Authority at 5:30 pm Park & Recreation Commission at 6:30 pm

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

WEDNESDAY, JULY 16 Westfield ZBA at 7 pm Flood Control Commission at 7 pm Off-Street Parking Commission at 7 pm

Huntington Selectboard at 5:30 pm Conservation Commission at 7 pm Planning Board at 7 pm Water & Sewer ZBA meeting cancelled

BLANDFORD Finance Committee at 7 pm Board of Health Meeting at 7 pm

SOUTHWICK Open Space Planning Committee at 7 pm

THURSDAY, JULY 17 Tolland Yoga for Everyone at PSC at 9 am

BLANDFORD Library Trustees Meeting at 7:30 pm

SOUTHWICK Board of Health – Cancelled at 7 pm Cultural Council at 7 pm

SATURDAY, JULY 19 Tolland Yoga for Everyone at PSC at 9 am

MONDAY, JULY 21 Tolland Men’s Coffee at PSC Building at 7:45 am Board of Selectmen at 5 pm Planning Board at 7 pm

GRANVILLE Town Clerk, Tax Collector, Administrative Assistant, Police, Selectboard, Treasurer, Assessors, Building Inspector, Planning Board, Fire Chief, DPW Superintendent at 7 pm

Attorney General Eric Holder, center, standing with from left to right, Acting Inspector General for the Federal Housing Finance Agency Michael Stephens, Tony West, Justice Department’s lead negotiator, Colorado US Attorney John Walsh and Loretta E. Lynch, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, announces at the Justice Department in Washington Monday, July 14, 2014, that Citigroup will pay $7 billion to settle an investigation into risky subprime mortgages, the type that helped fuel the financial crisis.

The agreement comes weeks after talks between the sides broke down, prompting the government to warn that it would sue the New York investment bank. The bank had offered to pay less then $4 billion, a sum substantially less that what the Justice Department was asking for.

The settlement stems from the sale of securities made up of subprime mortgages, which fueled both the housing boon and bust that triggered the Great Recession at the end of 2007. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

The national settlement also stipulates that at least $10 million of the $2.5 billion in consumer relief paid by Citigroup would be available for borrowers in Massachusetts, accord-

IN BRIEF

Shelter Tag Sale WESTFIELD - The Westfield Animal Shelter is now accepting donations for our annual tag sale in August. It’s time for spring cleaning! Donate your unwanted items and help raise money for the shelter. The tag sale will be held on August 22 and 23 at the vacant lot across from the shelter. We are looking for gently used items but please no clothing or televisions. We are able to accept tag sale donations Monday through Friday from noon to 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. .

ing to the attorney general.

Coakley, a Democratic candidate for governor, said in a statement that her office has been a leader in holding large Wall Street firms accountable

for their actions.

She cited six previous cash settlements her office had reached that were related to the subprime mortgage crisis.

LOST AND FOUND LOST: Small address book with license inside was lost either inside of Price Rite or outside in the parking lot Saturday, July 5th. If you have found this, please drop it off at the Westfield Police Department or mail it to the address on the license. Thank you.

LOST: READING GLASSES, Brown frames, in the vicinity of the Maple Leaf on Arnold Street, or The Hangar, School Street or Court Street and Whitaker Road. Call Tim (413)454-7243.

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Just wanted to give kudos to the 3 guys from the Public Works dept who came to our aid yesterday (Sunday) afternoon when our sewers backed up into our cellar. There is very little praise on this forum for anyone or anything to do with the city, so I wanted everyone to know that within 45 minutes of calling into the emergency number, they had people at our house and fixing our problem. The guys who came were professional and took care of the problem (roots had clogged the line) in no time. Thanks again Westfield Public Works Dept.

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Tech mogul Parker ramps up GOP giving

By Alexander Burns Politico.com Silicon Valley billionaire Sean Parker has sharply ramped up his political giving to Republicans, directing upwards of half a million dollars to GOP candidates and causes during the most recent quarter of 2014, sources said.

Parker, the Napster co-founder and former Facebook president, boosted six Republicans seeking reelection – most significantly by donating $350,000 to a super PAC supporting Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran as he battled tea party challenger Chris McDaniel.

Prior to this year, Parker had given money overwhelmingly to Democrats, including President Barack Obama, New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker and Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe, as well as to groups backing progressive goals such as gun control and campaign finance reform.

His outreach to the GOP comes amid a broader intensification of Parker’s political activities ahead of the 2014 and 2016 elections.

In addition to supporting the Mississippi Conservatives super PAC, Parker cut checks to the campaigns of Idaho Rep. Mike Simpson and National Republican Congressional Committee Chairman Greg Walden, who faced primary challengers on the right. He donated to both the campaigns and leadership PACs of Illinois Rep. Peter Roskam and Ohio Rep. Pat Tiberi.

Parker also gave a six-figure sum to an outside group supporting South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham’s reelection campaign, according to a Parker adviser, who declined to identify the group.

Most of Parker’s GOP contributions will become public this week as the latest round of financial disclosure reports are filed with the Federal Election Commission. His lone Democratic donation this past quarter went to Democratic Senate candidate Michelle Nunn of Georgia, a former nonprofit CEO who has cast herself as a centrist Washington outsider.

Nunn and Parker have known each other for years thanks to her tenure leading the Points of Light Foundation, according to a Parker adviser.

Parker, who has recruited new advisers this year to help focus his political activities, has expressed a strong interest in backing middle-of-the-road candidates with a demonstrated interest in compromise and deal-making.

“The theme across the board is encouraging or supporting elected officials who have shown themselves willing to work across the aisle,” Parker said in an interview earlier this year.

Politico reported in April that Parker was embarking on an effort to carve out a space for himself in the electoral arena, seeking out advice from the Messina Group – the consulting firm founded by Obama’s former campaign manager – and longtime Washington GOP operator Charlie Black.

The billionaire has made sustained overtures to national Republicans whom he and his advisers view as more moderate conservative voices on economic policy: He has met in Washington with Roskam, Simpson and Tiberi, among other Republican lawmakers, to speak about issues including how to drive economic investment to distressed areas of the country.

So far, Parker’s largest GOP contributions have been directed at races where mainstream Republican lawmakers have faced competition from more hard-edged ideological candi See Tech Mogul, Page 8

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Netanyahu warns Hamas on rejecting truce GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warns Hamas that Israel will intensify its week-long campaign against Gaza militants if Hamas rejects an Egyptian-proposed cease-fire.

The truce was supposed to go into effect early on Tuesday morning but the Israeli military says 24 rockets have been

fired at Israel from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip since the expected start of the cease-fire.

Netanyahu says that “if Hamas rejects the Egyptian proposal and the rocket fire from Gaza does not cease, and that appears to be the case, we are prepared to continue and intensify our operation.”

A Clinton approach for angrier times

By Ben White and Maggie Haberman Politico.com Hillary Clinton has a unique asset if she runs for president — Bill Clinton, who presided over a booming economy and an era of sunny Democratic centrism.

But she also faces a singular challenge: convincing voters who are skeptical of some Wall Street-friendly policies during his tenure that she can connect with their concerns at a time when the wealth gap is massive between the very rich and everyone else.

After a decade and a half of being tethered to her husband’s record, Hillary Clinton established her own political identity as senator and as secretary of state. But a string of questions from interviewers during her book tour about her husband’s tenure as president underscores the ongoing issue she will face reconciling their past with her future.

On a broad range of issues from tax policy and Wall Street reform to religious rights, more than a dozen senior Democratic strategists and people who have worked with the former first family told POLITICO that Hillary Clinton will have to craft a platform that reflects the party’s shift left and populist sentiment across the political spectrum that distrusts entrenched interests and worries about growing wage inequality. Some described this balancing act as one of the most significant issues for the potential presidential candidate.

“This is the most important set of conversations going on right now. We are in a different economic era that requires a different kind of response,” said Simon Rosenberg, founder of the New Democrat Network who shaped the economic message for Bill Clinton in the 1992 campaign. “Apple isn’t making the same products they were 20 years ago, so you should not expect any Democrat to obey policies that are over 20 years old.” Rosenberg added that no one in the Hillary Clinton orbit underestimates the task she faces.

“Their eyes are wide open. No one thinks it’s going to be an easy election in the primary or in the general,” he said. “Things are very unsettled in American politics right now and no one close to her thinks this would be anything but a very tough race.”

The former first lady has embraced her husband’s overall record, which includes the fastest jobs and economic growth of the past half-century.

“The 1990s taught us that even in the face of difficult long-term economic trends, it’s possible, through smart policies and sound investments, to enjoy broad-based growth and shared prosperity,” Clinton said in a speech in May at the New America Foundation, adding, “Yes, a rising tide really did lift all boats.”

Her challenge is largely among Democrats, and is far easier if she faces only nominal opposition from her party’s liberal base.

Bill Clinton’s popularity among Democratic voters remains high, and he can be a powerful spokesman in making the case for America’s place in the global economy and helping the middle class, an appeal that President Barack Obama has struggled with over the past five years. Obama’s team used him repeatedly as a surrogate in 2012, in part as a reminder of a rosy economy that preceded the George W. Bush era.

What’s more, Bill Clinton has acknowledged that times have changed on a range of policy issues since he was president. He has even poked fun at himself, as he did throughout the 2012 race, as a member of the 1 percent who should be taxed more.

Bill Clinton’s great gift — and his political innovation — was his ability to tack right. Yet his strategy wasn’t timeless, and he was a man of his own times. Hillary Clinton doesn’t have that option or luxury — the base of her party is much more liberal than her husband’s Democratic Party, and it doesn’t want DINOs — Democrats in Name Only — any more than tea partyers want RINOs. Obama made pledges to the base that progressives felt disappointed by, and they hope to collect the dues from the next nominee.

The test for Democrats in the Clinton era was proving they supported Big Business. Their challenge now is proving they are serious about holding Wall Street accountable. And Clinton, whose gaffes about her own wealth made headlines on her book tour, will need to demonstrate that she can connect with the policies her party cares most about in the lead-up to 2016.

“You would not want to dissociate yourself from the overall results of the Clinton years because obviously it was a very strong economic performance,” said Mike McCurry, who served as Bill Clinton’s White House press secretary from 1994 to 1998. “But it’s a very different time now and it wasn’t apparent in the 1990s that you had this growing huge disparity in wealth. That’s largely a 21st century phenomenon, and she will need a broad economic vision to deal with it.”

Among the possible big-ticket, middle-class friendly items Clinton could champion are infrastructure spending, closing the carried interest loophole that gives a lower tax rate to wealthy private equity executives and expanding trade, according to policy experts.

Some of the policies that more moderate Democrats favor and

that Bill Clinton championed — such as more open trade deals with Europe and Asia — are less popular than ever with leftleaning Democrats and their powerful allies in the labor movement. And progressives’ unease with Bill Clinton-era policies was on full display last year when the Elizabeth Warren wing of the party killed Obama’s attempt to install Larry Summers — who served as Clinton’s Treasury secretary and supported Wall Street deregulation — as Federal Reserve chair.

The Democratic Party has also shifted over the past decade on social policy issues, most related to LGBT rights, and Clinton has had to grapple with them during her book tour, sometimes with significant difficulty.

Without a chief messaging strategist guiding her right now, her answers have seemed off-the-cuff and in some cases in direct contrast to her husband’s record.

Clinton recently told The Guardian that she and her husband pay “ordinary income tax” rather than lower rates paid by some who are “truly well off.” Yet close watchers of economic policy noted that it was Bill Clinton who in 1997 signed into law a measure lowering the top capital gains tax rate paid by some wealthy Americans.

Hillary Clinton also recently criticized the Supreme Court’s decision in the Hobby Lobby case in which the justices ruled 5-4 that the craft store chain could cite religious opposition to decline to offer certain contraceptive coverage to employees, calling it a “slippery slope.” That’s a position the Democratic Party has taken broadly.

But the suit was brought based on the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act, signed into law by Bill Clinton. When an interviewer pointed that out, Hillary Clinton said, “The reason that was passed and Bill signed it in the ’90s was because, at that point, there were legitimate cases of discrimination against religions.

This is certainly a use that no one foresaw.”

She has already said she no longer agrees with the Defense of Marriage Act allowing states to ignore gay marriages granted by other states, even though she ended up defending the bill when she was grilled extensively about her evolution on the topic in a contentious interview with NPR’s Terry Gross. Bill Clinton signed DOMA into law in 1996.

Former President Clinton also presided over the elimination of the Depression-era Glass-Steagall regulatory wall between investment and commercial banks. Both positions are now widely unpopular with the rising populist wing of the Democratic Party — Sen. Warren (D-Mass.), whom some progressives still hope will run despite her insistence she’s not a candidate, has proposed reinstating Glass-Steagall in some form.

Republicans are already trying to use Bill Clinton as a cudgel against his wife.

“The Democratic Party is more populist and more liberal than it was when she ran last time, and yet she’s more mainstream,” Ohio Republican Senator Rob Portman said at a Bloomberg event last week. “It is no longer the party of Bill Clinton.”

Clinton insiders say there’s an important component of her history such criticism overlooks — the 2007 and 2008 period when she was running for president.

“She didn’t build a time warp from the year 2000,” said one Clinton aide, noting she pitched “closing the carried interest loophole and regulating derivatives” in that race.

On trade, the aide said, “A lot of lessons have been learned by all of us since the 1990s.” The aide added that her New America Foundation speech showed her adopting some of the same “principles and values” of her husband’s era but not duplicating them.

Still, Hillary Clinton’s nostalgia for the 1990s has been visible in both her New America Foundation speech and her 2008 presidential run. In a Democratic primary debate in that race, Clinton declared that “it did take a Clinton to clean up after the first Bush, and I think it might take another one to clean up after the second Bush.”

Unlike her husband, who ran as a Washington outsider in a similar moment of national restlessness in 1992, Hillary Clinton has layers of experience as an insider — first lady, senator, secretary of state. And polls show the electorate highly distrustful of Washington. Some Democrats are hungry for a populist challenger who has been deeply critical of Wall Street excesses that preceded the 2008 financial collapse, in the mold of Warren. And Republicans in Virginia just sent House Majority Leader Eric Cantor to a humiliating primary defeat at the hands of tea party conservative David Brat, who pushed a populist message tailored to the economy.

The GOP so far has no easily defined populist among its potential hopefuls. But it’s possible that someone could seize the antiestablishment fever.

One Democratic strategist involved in races nationally said Hillary Clinton may need to employ the type of political needlethreading that her husband was known for.

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Police Logs WESTFIELD Emergency Response and Crime Report Friday, July 11, 2014 1:08 a.m.: Dickens Drive, a caller reports he returned home after a brief absence and found his bedroom was in disarray and his cat missing, the responding officer reports that the complainant said that nothing was found to be missing, the officer reports that his investigation suggested that the cat may have been able to escape via a slightly open window; 1:25 a.m.: unwanted guest, The Willows apartments, 19 Lockhouse Road, a caller reports his girlfriend is intoxicated and throwing things at him, the responding officer reports the caller decided that he wanted the woman to leave, the woman’s parents were notified and her father came to get her; 2:39 a.m.: disturbance, Southampton Road, a caller reports he and his wife were involved in an argument while driving and the woman attempted to exit the moving vehicle, the officer reports when he spoke with the man he noticed several obvious signs of a recent assault which he said his wife inflicted but said he does not wish to pursue criminal charges, the woman was found nearby, Erin Mary Shepard, 42, of 103 Otis Stage Road, Blandford, was arrested for assault and battery in a domestic relationship; 9:29 a.m.: officer wanted, City Hall, 59 Court St., a caller from a towing company requests on officer for an unruly person , the responding officer reports a young man upset because he had failed his driver’s licensee test had created a disturbance while workers were preparing to tow his grandmother’s vehicle, a tow worker inspected the vehicle and found the emergency brake was engaged, the brake was released and the vehicle was found to be operable, peace was restored and the vehicle was driven from the scene; 5:17 p.m.: narcotics violation, Collins Street, detectives report a warrant was executed and resulted in an arrest, see story in the Monday edition of The Westfield News; 6:12 p.m.: rescue, Russell Road, a person came to the station to report that five person tubing in the river are missing, the responding officer reports that the city’s hovercraft and boat are not available and assistance was requested from West Springfield officials who reported their boat is out of service, the State Police air wing was notified and Agawam’s rescue boat was found to be available, before the available assets were deployed the missing tubers were all accounted for at Whitney playground and the fire department, Agawam rescue officials and the state police were notified to stand down; 6:42 p.m.: serve restraining order, Devon Terrace, an officer detailed to serve an abuse prevention order reports he took custody of three antique rifles owned by the defendant of the order; 6:50 p.m.: larceny, Bates Road, a caller reports the larceny of a bicycle, see story in the Monday edition of The Westfield News; 11:49 p.m.: vandalism, Elm Street, a patrol officer reports he observed two young men one of whom kicked over a store’s sign, the officer reports the

youths were accosted and required to replace the sign, the youths complied and apologized; Saturday, July 12, 2014 12:06 a.m.: disturbance, School Street, a caller reports persons previously involved in an argument inside a nearby bar are currently involved in a verbal disturbance on the street, the responding officer reports he spoke with a woman who said that she had been at a bar speaking with a male party when a known female party approached and tried to pull her away from the man, the woman said that after a brief verbal altercation the woman threw a glass at her, the officer noted a small laceration on the victim’s head, a criminal complaint for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon was filed; 1:33 a.m.: disturbance, Church Street, a caller reports a large party, the responding officer reports that loud voices could be heard from an apartment upon his approach and the host was advised of the complaint, the officer reports the tenant was very cooperative and asked his guests to leave, the officer noted that 46 persons left the apartment; 1:40 p.m.: burning complaint, Kristen Lane, a caller reports a neighbor is burning something that smells foul, the responding fire captain reports the resident agreed to extinguish the fire; 2:24 p.m.: trespassing, Russell Road, a patrol officer noted several parked vehicles on Russell Road and found that the owners were trespassing as they were swimming in the river and cooking on a grill, the parties were advised to leave the area and complied; 4:34 p.m.: officer wanted, Hanover Street, a caller reports youths are swimming in the river in the area of a recent drowning, the officer reports the youths were advised of the hazards of their activity and elected to leave; 6:15 p.m.: weather complaint, Broadway, a caller reports a fallen tree limb is blocking traffic, the responding officer reports the DPW was notified, the DPW reports the road was cleared at 7:23 p.m.; 7:03 p.m.: larceny, Springfield Road, a caller from a Springfield Road department store reports two shoplifters have been detained in the store, the responding officer reports the suspects were identified and served ‘No trespassing’ orders for all the stores in the chain; 9:57 p.m.: violation of an abuse prevention order, Powdermill Village, 126 Union St., a resident came to the station to report that her former boyfriend, the defendant of an abuse prevention order, is following her and sending her text messages, the responding officer reports that the woman was visibly upset and said that the man had threatened her at a family picnic and subsequently sent her numerous phone and text messages containing angry threats, the officer reports that the suspect was not immediately found but at 11:26 a.m. Sunday searching officers found the man at a Sackett Road address, Daniel R. Lemarier, 37, of 10 S. Maple St., was arrested for violation of an abuse prevention order.

Bill to strengthen abortion clinic safety

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Police would be allowed to disperse groups substantially impeding access to Massachusetts abortion clinics under a bill filed yesterday in response to the Supreme Court decision striking down the state’s buffer zone law.

After a dispersal order is issued, individuals would have to remain at least 25 feet from the clinic’s entrances and driveways for a maximum of eight hours. A dispersal area would have to be clearly marked and the dispersal law posted.

The bill would also prohibit any physical act or threat of force from being used to intimidate anyone trying to enter or leave a clinic. It would also prohibit anyone from knowingly impeding an individual or vehicle’s access to a facility.

The bill is a response to the high court’s decision last month to toss out a state law that established 35-foot protest-free “buffer zones” around the entrances of abortion clinics.

Massachusetts Citizens for Life President Anne Fox cautioned lawmakers from overreaching as they craft a response to the court’s unanimous ruling on the buffer zone law.

The group opposes abortion.

Fox said no new laws are needed.

“There are already laws against blocking driveways or entrances.

There are laws against harassment, and injunctions are available against persons who violate existing laws,” Fox said in a statement released before the bill was filed. “Let’s not waste the time of the legislators and the tax money of the citizens to end up before the Supreme Court again.”

Gov. Deval Patrick said the legisla-

tion is about guaranteeing safe access to the clinics.

“Here in Massachusetts we know all too well why we must ensure that women and men seeking access to reproductive health facilities can do so safely,” Patrick said in a statement.

“This bill protects those patients, and the employees providing their care.”

Senate President Therese Murray and House Speaker Robert DeLeo, both Democrats, said they are planning to get a bill to Patrick’s desk before the end of the Legislature’s formal session on July 31.

The bill would also create civil remedies by allowing anyone who believes they are a victim under the new law to file a civil action in Superior Court seeking injunctive relief, damages, and attorneys’ fees. Any violation of an injunction would constitute a criminal offense.

Supporters say that portion of the

bill largely mirror civil remedies allowed under the federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act. The legislation would also amend the state’s existing Massachusetts Civil Rights Act to allow the attorney general to seek damages on behalf of affected individuals who have been blocked from clinics. The attorney general would also be able to recover litigation costs and seek civil penalties for the interference of constitutional rights.

Attorney General Martha Coakley called the bill “the best solution to protect those patients and employees” considering the Supreme Court’s decision.

“Women must be able to access reproductive health care free from intimidation and threats,” said Coakley, who is also a Democratic candidate for governor.

Gateway Superintendent’s Corner Several interesting items have taken place in the last several days regarding the Gateway District. On Monday, the Town of Worthington voted roughly 5 to 1 at a special town meeting to proceed with their plan to withdraw from Gateway and form their own school district.

Preliminary figures from the meeting show that the average taxpayer will be paying approximately $400 more per year in property taxes for the privilege of having a multiaged, K-6 public school physically located within their town. For the other six towns, this withdrawal may potentially increase town assessments by $630,000 if the state does not live up to the promise in the legislation to hold harmless the remaining towns.

Related to this change, the school committee voted on July 9th to move forward with the required educational plan for the district ‘post-Worthing-

Dr. David Hopson ton’ , which keeps the district’s physical and operational configuration unchanged due to the small number of Worthington students that would be lost in any given grade. This plan is one of several steps that must be taken to fulfill the requirements of the home rule legislation that allows Worthington to leave.

Within the next several months, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) will convene a needs conference to

review all aspects of education in the district and report their findings back to the legislature. At that point, the DESE will be taking input from town and school officials, parents, and other community members.

Because five of seven towns did not pass the budget at recent town meetings, DESE has now set a 1/12th budget for the district for the 20142015 school year that is based upon the school committee’s recommended budget (Version 1.2). To clarify, that budget is larger than what the towns paid for the year that just ended. At their first meeting in June, the school committee asked that a new budget be developed to reflect changes in educational needs that have arisen over the past several months, since Version 1.2 was developed for town meetings.

The Version 2.0 budget was developed and shared with the committee and public during

the last meeting in June with a total expenditure equal to that of the first budget proposal.

The major changes between the two budgets are line item amounts that reflect the need for additional pre-school space, a half-time Spanish/ Multi-Cultural teacher for the middle school and high school, increases in various items such as utilities, and decreases in items that we now have a definitive cost for (such as insurance). These changes, and the various versions of the budget, may be found online.

One of the items holding the committee back, and expressed in several towns, was the uncertainty of the amount of regional transportation reimbursement from the state that would be used to set town assessments. As of the school committee meeting on July 9th, the Governor still had not signed the state budget. The suggested motion by the com-

mittee was to adopt Version 2.0 of the budget and adjust assessments based upon the approved budget cherry sheet (once the state had an approved budget) and send that budget and assessments to the towns.

Unfortunately, adopting a budget requires a positive vote by 12 committee members and, at the time of the last vote, the vote was 11 to adopt and 1 to not adopt Version 2.0 of the budget. With this failure to adopt, and an apparent inability to get the required number of school committee members to attend a special meeting over the next two weeks, the district will be sending back Version 1.2 (previously not approved by the towns) for reconsideration. As the school committee had previously voted to turn back to the towns any additional transportation reimbursement, the school will adjust the assessments before sending this budget to the towns.

Senate to debate sweeping gun bill BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts Senate released its own version of a sweeping overhaul of the state’s gun laws yesterday, including many elements of a bill approved by the House last week.

Like the House bill, the Senate proposal would create a web-based portal within the state Executive Office of Public Safety to allow for real-time background checks in private gun sales and would stiffen penalties for some gun-based crimes. It would also create a firearms trafficking unit within the State Police.

The House and Senate bills would both strengthen local police chiefs’ discretion over issuing firearms identification cards needed for the purchase of rifles or shotguns, much like the discretion they currently have over issuing licenses to carry concealed weapons.

The bills would require police chiefs to give written reasons for any applications they choose to deny. Their decisions would have to be based on public safety and could be appealed in court.

Jim Wallace, head of the Massachusetts Gun Owners Action League, said the group supports the requirement that police chiefs must issue written reasons when they deny an application, but he said gun owners oppose expanding the authority of chiefs over firearms identification cards.

“We are pleased with many measures in the Senate version,” Wallace said.

“However, discretionary licensing for FID cards is not something we can live with or support.”

Both bills would also require schools to have access to two-way communication devices with police and fire departments and mandate that Massachusetts joins the National Instant Background Check System.

That includes transmitting information about substance abuse or mental health commitments to a federal database for use by police in reviewing firearms applications.

The House bill passed last week on a 112-38 vote. The Senate bill is scheduled for debate Thursday.

Supporters hope to win final passage of a single compromise version of the bills in both branches and get the legislation to Gov. Deval Patrick before the formal legislative session ends July 31.

Work on the legislation began last year after the 2012 mass school shooting that left 20 children and six adults dead at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut.

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Yet once the future brought e-mail, instant message, text, Instagram and little computers in your phone so that you could answer everyone at any time and immediately, Matt begged for it to slow down. It took a long time for him to figure out why.

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In her nomination, Brumley was credited with working hard to return to the job she loved – making a difference in her patients’ lives as a home health aide – following a serious car accident. A Mercy Home Care employee for eight years who also serves on the agency’s Quality Committee, Brumley is described as “a wonderful, caring aide who is always able to take on an extra assignment.”

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A hot air balloon (left) flies over the children’s exam table. The middle mural (right) features horses, hot air balloons, and animal The third and largest mural in the room features hot air balloons and more animals in the clouds. shapes in the clouds.

Noble Express Care

Childrens exam room fetaures murals by local artists WESTFIELD, MA –Noble Hospital and Noble Express Care are happy to announce the opening of a children’s exam room at the Express Care offices at57 Union Street. The children’s exam

room features hand-painted murals by area artists Natalie Birrell, John Barclay, Marie Flahive, and Judy Bayliss. A children’s exam table in the shape of a dog, purchased with funds received from the

Natalie Birrell Shurtleff Children’s Services, completes the child-friendly room.

The murals are the latest collaboration between Noble and local artists. Natalie Birrell and John Barclay have also kindly donated their artwork to Noble for use in waiting rooms, hallways, and other areas of the Hospital, Express Care, and Primary

Marie Flahive Care offices. We are proud to display local artists’ work throughout the Noble Network and to support our community.

NobleHospital and Noble Express Care would like to thank all of the artists for donating their time and talents to making a beautiful, cheerful room for children visiting Express Care.

A close-up view of the third mural shows children playing and more cloud animals.

John Barclay and Judy Bayliss. (Photos submitted)

iPad Rash Continued from Page 6 boy recently treated at a San “He used the iPad daily,” Whether all iPad models and Diego hospital, according to a Jacob said. other Apple devices contain report in Monday’s Pediatrics.

He got better after putting it Nickel rashes aren’t life- in a protective case, she said See iPad Rash, Page 8 threatening but they can be very uncomfortable, and they may require treatment with steroids and antibiotics if the skin eruptions become infected, said Dr. Sharon Jacob, a dermatologist at Rady Children’s Hospital, where the boy was treated. Jacob, who co-wrote the report, said the young patient had to miss school because of the rash.

The boy discussed in the Pediatrics report had a common skin condition that causes scaly patches, but he developed a different rash all over his body that didn’t respond to usual treatment.

Skin testing showed he had a nickel allergy, and doctors traced it to an iPad his family had bought in 2010.

Doctors tested the device and detected a chemical found in nickel in the iPad’s outside coating.

A close-up view of the middle mural features running horses.

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Obituaries Michael M. Kulik SOUTHWICK - Michael M. Kulik, 76, longtime resident of this town, passed away peacefully at home on July 12, 2014 surrounded by his loving family. Michael is the son of the late Michael & Stella Kulik. Michael graduated from Canton High School in CT and served in the U.S Marine Corps.

He worked for North East Utilities/ ISO New England as a billing supervisor and retired after 43 years.

Michael was an avid sports fan and a star athlete with a genuine love for baseball and basketball. He was also proud to be a UCONN Women’s Basketball fan. Michael’s passion in life was family and fostering countless cherished memories that will be with us forever. He will be dearly missed.

He is survived by his loving wife of 57 years, Grace A. (Sisson) Kulik; a son, Michael S. Kulik and his wife Theresa of Belchertown, MA; three daughters, Sandra E. Jendza and her fiancée Alfredo Diaz of Southwick, MA, Lori A. Marceno and her husband James of Feeding Hills, MA, & Kimberly K. Hutton and her husband Douglas of South Windsor, CT; ten grandchildren, Krista Comee, Samantha Gasser, Bryan Jendza, Kari Miller, Jessica Marceno, Mathew Kulik, Brooke Kulik, Jake Kulik, Riley Hutton, Dylan Hutton, & two great-grandchildren, Kalli Comee and Emma Comee; three sisters, Mary Ann Thompson of Bristol, CT, Marge Schaffer of Burlington, CT, & Anna Pelkey of Collinsville, CT. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, July 17 at 9:00 a.m. from the Southwick-Forastiere Funeral Home, 624 College Highway, Southwick, MA, followed by a Liturgy of Christian Burial at 10:00 a.m. in Our Lady of the Lake Church, Sheep Pasture Road, Southwick, MA. Burial will follow in the New Cemetery. Family & friends may gather at the funeral home on Wednesday, July 16 from 4:00-8:00 p.m.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Lung Association, 393 Maple Street, Springfield, MA 01105. www.forastierefuneralhome.com

John J. Shea SPRINGFIELD - John J. Shea passed away in Springfield, MA on Monday, July 14, 2014. He was born in Westfield, MA on August 2, 1937 to John and Anne (O’Connor) Shea from Caherciveen, County Kerry, Ireland. John was under the care of the Department of Developmental Services (Mental Retardation).

John is survived by his brother, James F. Shea of Westfield, MA; two nephews, Brian of Westfield, MA, Kevin Shea of Shawnee Mission, Kansas; three nieces, Maureen Shea of Amesbury, MA, Elizabeth Harris of Westfield, MA and Kellie Difilippo of West Newberryport, MA. John also leaves many cousins in the local area, Washington, D.C. and Caherciveen, County Kerry, Ireland.

He was predeceased by a niece, Tara Creamer, who passed away on September 11, 2001. John’s family would like to extend their sincere gratitude to Mrs. Terry Martin of Springfield, his health care provider for twenty years, for her love and dedication and also to the staff of the CCS Hampden County Program at 18 Egan Drive in Springfield for their outstanding work given to John and other developmental clients under their care.

A Liturgy of Christian Burial will be held on Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. in St. Mary’s Church, 30 Bartlett Street, Westfield. Burial will follow in St. Mary’s Cemetery.

There are no calling hours.

Contributions in John’s name may be made to the Department of Developmental Services, 436 Dwight Street, Suite 205, Springfield, MA 01103. www.firtionadams.com

Clinton

Continued from Page 4 “Does she have to have her Sistah Souljah moment; where she basically says, ‘There are things that happened when he was president that I didn’t agree with,’ or, ‘I’m not him?’” the strategist said.

“I would map out economics, social policy, a whole range of things and say, ‘This is where I am a Clinton, and this is where in 2014 things have changed,’” the strategist added.

There is also the question of what Hillary Clinton’s overall economic prescriptions would look like. There is no single or obvious policy — at least none that are politically feasible — that would quickly reverse the drift of overall national wealth to the highest earners or rapidly increase wages for middle-class voters who feel stymied even as the economy slowly heals from the Great Recession.

Hillary Clinton would need to put together a compelling package that convinces voters she understands their worries and has some concrete solutions that can actually surmount the gridlock in a Congress that may remain at least partly, if not entirely, in GOP hands in 2017.

“She is going to have to appeal to the struggling middle class because it is the most serious problem of our time,” said Gabe Horwitz, an economic expert at centrist Democratic group Third Way. “When you talk to middle-class families you have to find policies and a narrative that appeals to what they are talking about at the kitchen table every night, to use the obvious cliché.”

Horwitz suggested Clinton could focus on a package of infrastructure spending, middle-class-friendly tax reform and at least some expanded trade.

Democratic policy professionals say her challenges will be difficult but not insurmountable.

Robert Shapiro, who crafted Bill Clinton’s economic plan in 1992, said while Hillary Clinton cannot run as a populist outsider as her husband did, she still can come up with a compelling pitch for the current political moment, including on Wall Street reform, an area of perceived weakness given Bill Clinton’s record of deregulation and the former first lady’s high-paid speeches to financial firms.

“You embrace the reforms that have been done and say that they are not completed and that we need some additional reforms,” he said. “I think on capital gains you make it clear you are going to reduce the burden on the middle class and shift it onto higher-income folks using the argument that there has been this concentration of wealth at the very top, most of which is taxed at a lower level.”

Hillary Clinton has so far positioned herself to run as the experienced adult in the room at a time of global chaos. That overarching theme could help her, depending on what opposition she faces — and on her ability to look forward.

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SFD Staffing Deedy was apprehensive about the matter.

“I don’t understand what shifts we’ll be paying and not paying. It’s just not really spelled out,” he said, to which Fox responded that he had spoken with Anderson regarding that.

“I did have a conversation with him and I raised those same concerns, and what he said is that the volunteers wouldn’t necessarily have to be at the station,” Fox said.

Deedy played devil’s advocate in the discussion, and wondered aloud how the proposed measure would sit with those in the department.

“How offended are you going to be because you’ve been volunteering for 10 years and you’re covering your shifts, and now for $12 an hour, I’m going to step up?

That’s not going to sit well,” he said. “I’m all for it, I understand we need coverage, but this doesn’t explain anything.”

Deedy made a motion to approve the measure only after he has a discussion with Anderson about the proposal.

“We’re going to offend a lot more people by paying some or not paying some.

This doesn’t help morale and no pig roast is going to fix this,” he said.

Fox then appointed Deedy as an official Selectboard liaison to Chief Anderson on the proposal, and the motion to approve the plan contingent on the liaison’s discussion with Anderson passed unanimously.

After the meeting, Deedy spoke of challenges that may be awaiting the fire department.

“The town’s in a tough position. You’ve had a million years of a volunteer fire department,” he said. “I don’t know if $12 an hour is a huge thing. I don’t know the breakdown of the numbers. Is it

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coming out of the ambulance fund? The last thing I want to do is offend that volunteer guy that busts his ass and now all of a sudden we’re paying someone else, but he showed up and we never paid him.”

Deedy also asked a rhetorical question that has been on the minds of many in the town for some time now.

“Are we going to a fulltime department? I don’t think we are, but I understand if we can’t get people to cover shifts,” he said.

The possibility of shifting the department from volunteer to full-time is driven by town demographics, according to Deedy.

“There’s a ton of elderly (people) in this town, and that ambulance is running left and right,” he said. “During the day, those calls are coming in – the American Inn, Rosewood – and they’re running.”

“So is that day coming?

Sure it is. Do we have to find that million dollars to staff it?

Yeah,” he added. “Can it wait 20 years till we pay off the

new school? I’d love for that to happen, but it’s not.”

Another concern of Deedy’s is that of manpower.

“It’s great to have 100 guys, but lets face it, the day when we had a lot of industry in this town, and that alarm went off and Jimmy hopped off the tractor and onto the firetruck are gone.” he said. “Now, everyone works out of town.

We have the volunteer support and enthusiasm, but they’re not in town anymore.

You got great guys who will come on at midnight, but if we have a fire in this town, you’re lucky to get three guys in the truck to get there.”

Regarding the loss of volunteers year-to-year, Deedy said that they are accepting two or three new candidates every other week, and that Anderson has stated to him that he’s put 30 or 40 volunteers on the department in the last three years.

“We have a roster of 50 now is my understanding, but back in the day, there used to be a waiting list,” he said.

“Now, anyone who walks in

the door, if you can pass a physical, we need you.”

With many of the department’s veteran volunteers resigning or leaving on different terms with decades of experience, Deedy sees this as a highly unfortunate situation.

“I don’t know if they’re being asked to leave or leaving because a position is made and they don’t like what they see. Our lives do change,” he said. “We can all be volunteers at 18, get married, have kids, and then all of a sudden we don’t have the time for it.

But in the same breath, you can be 48 years old, been doing it all your life, and they’re walking away, and that’s tough.”

“Look at our current department: the age group is very young, because the gentlemen with the depth of knowledge aren’t staying,” Deedy said.

“I don’t the real deal, whether it’s just new blood coming in and it’s just a changing of the guard, I don’t know.”

iPad Rash Continued from Page 7 nickel is uncertain; Apple spokesman Chris Gaither said the company had no comment.

Microsoft also declined to comment on whether its devices contain nickel, said spokeswoman Ryan Bartholomew.

Amy Storey, a spokeswoman for CTIA-The Wireless Association trade group, said nickel isn’t widely used in the industry’s products’ outer coatings because it can block radiofrequency signals from reaching the devices. She said she didn’t know which makers use it.

People with existing nickel allergies are at risk for rashes from nickel-containing devices. According to an advisory about cellphones on the website of the Nickel Institute, a global association based in Toronto representing nickel producers, the risk arises from contact with nickel-plated outer surfaces “over prolonged periods of time.”

“The length of time required to elicit an allergic reaction will vary from 5 or 10 minutes to never, depending on the sensitivity of the individual,” the advisory says.

Nickel rashes also have been traced to other common products including some jewelry, eyeglass frames and zippers.

Jacob said evidence suggests nickel allergies are become more common, or increasingly recognized. She cited national data showing that about 25 percent of children who get skin tests for allergies have nickel allergies, versus about 17 percent a decade ago.

Clare Richardson, spokeswoman for the Nickel Institute, said research shows as many as 17 percent of women and 3 percent of men in the general population have nickel allergies.

She noted that the European Union has legislation aimed at limiting the amount of nickel that can be released from products that come in direct and prolonged contact with skin.

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This undated photo provided by American Academy of Pediatrics shows a rash on an unidentified 11-year old boy from a nickel allergy. Case reports in medical journals detail nickel allergies from personal electronic devices, including laptops and cell phones. But it was an Apple iPad that caused an itchy body rash in this 11-year-old boy recently treated at a San Diego hospital, according to a report in Pediatrics.

Nickel rashes aren’t life-threatening but they can be very uncomfortable, and they may require treatment with steroids, and antibiotics if the skin eruptions become infected, said Dr. Sharon Jacob, an associate professor and dermatologist at the University of California, San Diego and Rady Children’s Hospital, where the boy was treated. (AP Photo/American Academy of Pediatrics)

Continued from Page 4 dates. In the House, Simpson and Walden faced tea party money never became an important flashpoint in the Mississippi opponents, though both ultimately dispatched them easily. race. And if Cochran’s outreach to Democrats — black voters Cochran very nearly lost his seat in a June 3 Republican pri- in particular — infuriated the McDaniel campaign, Barbour mary before bouncing back to defeat his challenger in a June said it was a selling point for Parker.

24 runoff election.

“I think Sean liked the fact that we had a plan that was Parker donated $250,000 to the Mississippi Conservatives indicative of the kind of U.S. senator that Thad Cochran is — super PAC, led by Republican National Committeeman Henry somebody who has represented all 3 million Mississippians Barbour, before the primary. He re-upped with another with dignity and class,” Barbour said. $100,000 for the runoff election.

Barbour described Parker as a canny contributor who demanded a clear sense of how his money would be used to help Cochran win. He said he had no hesitations about accepting the support of a superdonor who had almost exclusively backed Democrats in the past.

“All Sean Parker seemed concerned about was: can we win, and the kind of job Thad Cochran’s going to do in the United States Senate. He liked the fact that Thad Cochran was somebody who could get something done in Washington in a productive way,” Barbour said. “This is a guy who doesn’t just want to write a check. He wants to make a difference in a critical race and he absolutely did.”

Up to this point, at least, Parker’s contributions haven’t triggered significant backlash within the GOP. In Mississippi, the McDaniel campaign assailed Cochran for accepting outside support from both Parker and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, as well as for actively courting Democratic and independent voters in the state’s open Republican primary system.

But on the campaign trail, the California tech mogul’s

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A member of the Western Mass. Knights sled hockey team practices at the Amelia Park Ice Arena Monday.

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Members of the Western Mass. Knights sled hockey team stay cool during a practice at the Amelia Park Ice Arena Monday.

The ice created a “fog-like” effect as a result of the high humidity in the arena Monday. (Photo by Frederick Gore)

Cespedes wins again, beating Frazier in HR derby MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Yoenis Cespedes knew how to pace himself in this rain-delayed home run derby, drawn out further by a new format.

The Oakland Athletics outfielder simply trusted his own strength.

Cespedes became the first repeat winner of the All-Star skills contest in 15 years, powering his way past Cincinnati’s Todd Frazier 9-1 in the final round Monday night.

Ken Griffey Jr. took the title in 1998 and 1999.

With a serious, determined look on his face the whole time, Cespedes finished with 28 homers. That was four fewer than last year, when he beat Washington’s Bryce Harper 9-8 in the final round.

The 28-year-old Cuban even told

Athletics teammate Josh Donaldson he was doing this wrong.

“I knew he wasn’t going to win because his mentality was to take the ball out of the stadium, and I told him that is not the way you win this competition,” Cespedes said through an interpreter.

He added: “I’m somebody who’s very conscious of the power that I have. So I don’t need to put more of a swing or more of an effort in order to hit a home run. I just have to look for a good pitch and put a good swing on it, and it usually takes care of it.”

Cespedes saved his best for last, a 452foot blast to the third deck above left field that officially measured as the longest of the night. A’s third base coach Mike Gallego again pitched to Cespedes, who

went deep 32 times in last year’s derby at Citi Field in New York. Gallego’s arm looked nearly out of gas by the final round, which started after 10:30 p.m. local time.

“Maybe next year I’ll put up a better showing at the end,” Frazier said. “Now that I understand, maybe I’ll do a couple of more push-ups.”

Cespedes topped Toronto’s Jose Bautista, and Frazier surprisingly beat Miami’s Giancarlo Stanton in the semifinals.

Bautista and Stanton each earned a bye to the semifinals under the new bracketed format, which gave each player seven outs and pitted the survivors from each side in the final round. Bautista went deep 10 times in the first round, keeping the fans in See Home Run Derby, Page 11

Chillin’ for charity

Westfield State basketball coaches Rich Sutter and Andrea Bertini take the Cold Water Challenge.

SWIM HONORS: The College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) announced the Scholar All-America Team Awards for the 2014 spring semester. A total of 140 college and university women’s swimming and diving teams in NCAA Division III have achieved the honor, including Westfield State University.

The Westfield State swimming and diving team earned this accolade with a 3.16 cumulative grade point average during the 2014 spring semester. The See WSU, Page 11

2014 Babe Ruth 13-Year-Old’s Fundraiser WESTFIELD — Westfield’s 2014 Babe Ruth 13 Year- Old’s are Western MA State Champions and the next stop for this team will be the 2014 Babe Ruth 13 Year Old Regional Tournament to be held July 26th – July 31st in Newtown, CT. It is costly to send a team to a regional tournament so the players and their parents will be out this weekend seeking donations at coin drops at many businesses throughout the city. Personal and Corporate donations may also be sent to:Greater Babe Ruth Baseball League Attn: New England Regional Fundraising P.O. Box 431 Westfield, MA 01086. Please support our fundraising efforts with any donations, large or small! Thank you for your support!

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WESTFIELD – Westfield State University women’s basketball head coach Andrea Bertini and men’s basktball head coach Rich Sutter beat the summer heat by participating in the new Kay Yow Cancer Fund program called “Chillin4Charity”.

The “Cold Water Challenge” initiative was started by the coaching staff at the University of Arizona several weeks ago and has spread nationwide as apart of a new coast-to-coast fundraising initiative in an effort to raise money to help support breast cancer awareness and research.

In the initiative, college assistant basketball coaches challenged to being doused with a bucket of water must donate $25 to the Kay Yow Fund and those who do not accept the challenge must pay $100 to charity. For head coaches the amounts are $50 for completing the task and $250 if declined.

Bertini was called out by Worcester State assistant coach Katy Howard. Before Westfield State basketball players dumped buckets of ice cold water on Bertini and Sutter, Bertini issued challenges to Eastern Connecticut women’s coach Denise Bierly, MCLA women’s coach Holly McGovern and Salem State men’s coach Chris Harvey.

WESTFIELD – A total of 660 student-athletes have been honored by the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference with selection to the league’s Spring 2014 All-Academic Team that was released this past week by Commissioner Angela Baumann.

Westfield State University was at the head of the classroom once again, landing the most student-athletes on the Spring 2014 MASCAC All-Academic Team with 149 total. Bridgewater State University was next with 135, Worcester State placed 92 and Fitchburg State finished with 90 student-athletes on the team.

Studentathletes that compete in championship varsity sports offered by each of the MASCAC institutions during the course of the Spring 2014 athletic season and have achieved a 3.20 cumulative or semester-based grade point average during the semester are eligible for selection to the Spring All-Academic Team.

“The number of MASCAC student-athletes recognized on the MASCAC All-Academic Team continues to increase each year which shows how committed our student-athletes are both in the classroom and on the field of play.” Commissioner Baumann said “The accomplishments that all of the MASCAC student-athletes have achieved in the classroom is evidence to that commitment to success.”

The Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference, the nation’s oldest Division III men’s and women’s playing conference, has a rich and storied tradition of competitive success while celebrating excellence in the classroom. MASCAC member schools include Bridgewater State University, Fitchburg State University, Framingham State University, MCLA, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Salem State University, Westfield State University and Worcester State University.

Two other institutions, the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and Plymouth State University, are affiliate members of the conference in the sports of football and men’s ice hockey, while Western Connecticut State University joined the conference as an affiliate member in football beginning in 2013-14.

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SUMMER SPORTS SCHEDULE Wednesday, July 16 LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL 11-12-YEAR-OLD ALL-STARS STATE SECTIONALS OPENING GAME Westfield National vs. Great Barrington Paper Mill Field, 5:30 p.m.

AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL DISTRICT PLAYOFFS (Double Elimination) OPENING GAME No. 2 Westfield vs. TBA Bullens Field, 7 p.m.

Thursday, July 17 LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL 10-11-YEAR-OLD ALL-STARS STATE SECTIONALS OPENING GAME Westfield American vs.

Pittsfield South/Holden Ralph E. Sanville Memorial Field, Cross Street, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, July 19 BABE RUTH BASEBALL 15-YEAR-OLD ALL-STARS STATE SEMIFINALS Westfield vs. TBD Logan Field, Worcester, 5 p.m.

Friday, July 25 BABE RUTH BASEBALL 13-YEAR-OLD ALL-STARS NEW ENGLAND REGIONALS OPENING GAME Westfield vs. TBA Newtown, Conn., Time TBA 14-YEAR-OLD ALL-STARS NEW ENGLAND REGIONALS OPENING GAME Westfield vs. TBA Bullens Field, 7 p.m.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away — — 7-3 W-1 26-23 26-19 Baltimore 52 42 .553 24-26 Toronto 49 47 .510 3½ 2½ 2-8 L-2 25-21 New York 47 47 .500 5 3½ 5-5 L-1 18-23 29-24 9 8 6-4 W-2 22-28 22-25 Tampa Bay 44 53 .454 Boston 43 52 .453 9 8 5-5 W-1 23-26 20-26 Central Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away 28-16 Detroit 53 38 .582 — — 6-4 L-1 25-22 Kansas City 48 46 .511 6½ 2½ 4-6 W-1 22-25 26-21 18-28 Cleveland 47 47 .500 7½ 3½ 6-4 W-1 29-19 Chicago 45 51 .469 10½ 6½ 5-5 L-1 24-21 21-30 10½ 6½ 6-4 W-2 21-22 23-28 Minnesota 44 50 .468 West Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away — — 7-3 W-1 30-15 29-21 Oakland 59 36 .621 Los Angeles 57 37 .606 1½ — 9-1 W-5 32-15 25-22 27-18 Seattle 51 44 .537 8 — 4-6 L-1 24-26 Houston 40 56 .417 19½ 11½ 4-6 L-1 21-28 19-28 21 13 1-9 L-8 18-30 20-27 Texas 38 57 .400 AMERICAN LEAGUE Saturday’s Games Chicago White Sox 6, Cleveland 2 N.Y. Yankees 3, Baltimore 0 Houston 3, Boston 2 Minnesota 9, Colorado 3 Tampa Bay 10, Toronto 3 Detroit 5, Kansas City 1 L.A. Angels 5, Texas 2 Seattle 6, Oakland 2 Sunday’s Games Cleveland 3, Chicago White Sox 2 Tampa Bay 3, Toronto 0 Boston 11, Houston 0 Kansas City 5, Detroit 2 L.A. Angels 10, Texas 7

NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Washington 51 42 .548 — — 6-4 W-2 28-19 23-23 Atlanta 52 43 .547 — — 5-5 W-2 25-19 27-24 New York 45 50 .474 7 7 8-2 W-3 25-23 20-27 Miami 44 50 .468 7½ 7½ 3-7 L-4 27-22 17-28 Philadelphia 42 53 .442 10 10 5-5 L-2 19-29 23-24 Central Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Milwaukee 53 43 .552 — — 2-8 W-1 25-24 28-19 St. Louis 52 44 .542 1 ½ 6-4 L-1 27-20 25-24 Cincinnati 51 44 .537 1½ 1 7-3 W-1 27-21 24-23 Pittsburgh 49 46 .516 3½ 3 5-5 L-1 29-20 20-26 Chicago 40 54 .426 12 11½ 2-8 L-2 20-22 20-32 West Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Los Angeles 54 43 .557 — — 6-4 W-2 25-24 29-19 San Francisco 52 43 .547 1 — 5-5 W-1 28-25 24-18 San Diego 41 54 .432 12 11 3-7 L-2 24-25 17-29 Colorado 40 55 .421 13 12 4-6 L-2 24-25 16-30 Arizona 40 56 .417 13½ 12½ 5-5 L-1 17-31 23-25

Minnesota 13, Colorado 5 Oakland 4, Seattle 1 N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore, 8:05 p.m.

Monday’s Games No games scheduled Tuesday’s Games All-Star Game at Minneapolis, MN, 8 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE Saturday’s Games Arizona 2, San Francisco 0 Atlanta 11, Chicago Cubs 6 N.Y. Mets 5, Miami 4 Minnesota 9, Colorado 3 St. Louis 10, Milwaukee 2 Pittsburgh 6, Cincinnati 5, 11 innings

Washington 5, Philadelphia 3, 10 innings L.A. Dodgers 1, San Diego 0 Sunday’s Games N.Y. Mets 9, Miami 1 Cincinnati 6, Pittsburgh 3 Washington 10, Philadelphia 3 Milwaukee 11, St. Louis 2 Atlanta 10, Chicago Cubs 7 San Francisco 8, Arizona 4 Minnesota 13, Colorado 5 L.A. Dodgers 1, San Diego 0 Monday’s Games No games scheduled Tuesday’s Games All-Star Game at Minneapolis, MN, 8 p.m.

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Compton has plenty of heart heading into Open HOYLAKE, England (AP) — Erik Compton was chatting outside the clubhouse at Royal Liverpool when Ernie Els strolled up with some disappointing news.

Turns out, the Big Easy won’t be able to play a practice round with Compton on Tuesday.

Not to worry.

Els made other arrangements for the following day.

“I’ve got you the world No. 1,” Els said, referring to Adam Scott and breaking into a sly grin. “That OK?” The offer was fitting. Compton’s stature is definitely on the rise since his inspiring performance last month at the U.S. Open, where the two-time heart transplant recipient tied for the runner-up spot behind runaway winner Martin Kaymer.

Arriving for his first British Open, Compton has the relaxed confidence of someone who truly belongs.

“I’ve played well this year,” he said. “It wouldn’t be a surprise to me if I played solid.”

His amazing story — Compton underwent his first transplant at age 12, another 16 years later after driving himself to the hospital while having a near-fatal heart attack — is not as well known on this side of the Atlantic.

That’s OK with Compton, who wants to be recognized more for the way he plays than what he’s gone through away from the course.

Still, there will always be those who look at him as that guy on his third heart, and he’s

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grown more and more comfortable with that role as well. Now that Compton has had significant success as a player, there will surely be more opportunities to spread his message of hope, to show the world that a life-threatening condition doesn’t have to be a death sentence.

He got a sampling of that on Monday.

During a practice round with three-time British Open champion Nick Faldo and Matt Kuchar, Compton was hardly the center of attention. But on his way to the driving range, he was approached by a woman and her young son, who suffers from a heart condition.

“I picked him up and took a picture with him,” the golfer said. “They were excited.”

Compton is excited about the state of his game, as well he should be. Ranked 362nd in the world at the end of last year, he’s climbed to 74th with by far the best season of his career. In addition to his performance at Pinehurst, he’s got two other top-five finishes and nearly $1.7 million in earnings — more than all his other seasons put together.

At 34, he seems to be just hitting his stride.

He can’t wait to tackle links golf, especially with temperatures this week expected to be in the 60s and 70s — conditions that are much easier for a transplant recipient to endure than the brutal heat at Pinehurst.

“I think it suits my game,” Compton said.

“Open golf is about making pars, and I’m See British Open, Page 11

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Shell’s Tekoa Tuesday Golf League 2014 Results from June 17, 2014

1st Place Barry Slattery & Bob McCarthy 128.5 Points 2nd Place Jim French & Dave Liberty 126.5 Points 3rd Place Joe Hebda & Tom Baker 120.5 Points 4th Place Fran Siska & Bill Wallanovich 115.0 Points 5th Place Terry Clark & Mike Clark 112.0 Points 6th Place Frank Kamlowski & Angelo Mascadrelli 109.0 Points 7th Place Bill Murphy & Chris Olsen 107.5 Points 8th Place Ed Harrington & Jim Crawford 106.0 Points 9th Place Tom Pitoniak & Bob Berniche 104.0 Points 10th Place Paul Joubert & Ron Bonyeau 103.0 Points 11th Place Ed West & Bob Czarnecki 102.5 Points 12th Place Ray West & Harry Pease 101.5 Points 13th Place Hank Bartniki & Jack Kennedy 100.5 Points 14th Place Jack Leary & Jim Liptak 97.5 Points 15th Place Erroll Nichols & Mark Dunn 94.0 Points 16th Place Butch Rines & Gary Marcoulier 93.5 Points 17th Place Carl Haas & Bill Frothingham 92.5 Points 18th Place Dick Williams & Ron Sena 92.0 Points 19th Place John Kidrick & Milt Holmes 89.5 Points 20th Place Jim Johnson & Al Szenda 88.0 Points

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Babe Ruth 14s repeat in regionals

By Peter Francis Staff Writer WORCESTER – Westfield’s Babe Ruth baseball program enjoyed a weekend for the record books, as it’s 14-year-olds replicated the continued success of it’s 13-year-old program, winning it’s regional tournament in Worcester Saturday.

Westfield defeated Pittsfield 8-5 in the come from behind fashion which the 13s duplicated Sunday, also against Pittsfield, 10-9.

Pitcher Dalen Mochak pitched a complete game for Westfield, going seven innings, striking out four batters and earning two of Pittsfield’s five runs.

“We came out with some jitters, and they got three runs in the first inning,” said Westfield coach John Bonini. “They were up 5-0 in the third and then Dalen absolutely shut them down from there on out. He was outstanding once he settled down.”

Going into the fifth inning of play, Westfield began chipping away at the lead, notching two runs, including an RBI groundout from Sam St. Jean.

The bottom of the sixth inning saw Westfield make it’s push, scoring six innings to take the lead, thanks to RBIs from Mitchell Longley, Jack Yvon and a St. Jean triple with two outs and the bases juiced.

Nate Bonini capped off a perfect 3-for-3 day at the plate with RBI single to send St. Jean home, propelling Westfield to the final score of 8-5, earning them a spot in the New England Sectional Tournament, which they will be hosted at Bullens Field next week.

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Westfield Babe Ruth 14-year-olds “Since we started in June, we knew we were hosting the Regionals, but the kids said they wanted to earn their way into the Regionals, that they wanted a state championship,” he said.

“They’ve worked hard from day one and they made it clear that they didn’t want to back into the Regionals. They wanted to earn

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team was also honored with a 3.15 cumulative grade point average after the Fall 2013 semester.

The Team Scholar All-America award is presented to college and university swimming and diving teams who have achieved a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher. The award is presented to teams achieving this standard in the fall semester and in the semester of the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships (Winter/Spring).

“We take great pride in our student-athletes,” said Westfield State swimming and diving head coach Dave Laing. “The young ladies on the team do a great job, both in the pool and in the classroom.”

The College Swimming Coaches Association is the oldest coaches organization in America.

In addition to Scholar All American Awards, the CSCAA recognizes All American Swimmers and Divers at the national championships every year.

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good at creating sound pars. Sometimes, you’ve got to grind it out.”

He certainly knows a thing or two about grinding.

After Compton underwent his first transplant, the medication required to make sure his body didn’t reject the new heart turned his face into roughly the shape of a pumpkin. The fresh-faced kid who had always been a good athlete — baseball was his first love — became the butt of jokes when he returned to school.

“All of a sudden, I was an athlete inside this body that looked like El Gordo. I had people calling me fatso,” he recalled. “It was tough for a kid. I changed schools, kind of changed my identity.”

Compton turned his full attention to golf, which turned out to be its own kind of lifesaver. It became his conduit to the University of Georgia, to the kind of life he wanted to live on the PGA Tour. Even after his second heart gave out, he kept plugging away, refusing to give up on his dreams while living with the reality that someday, in all likelihood, this third heart will give out, too.

“I’m not any more special than any other transplant recipient,” he said. “If this (heart) lasts longer than the last one, that’s great. It will definitely last long enough to play this game until I retire.

“Then,” he added, with a bit of gallows humor for a small group of reporters, “you get old.

Who wants to be old like you guys anyway?”

Compton is playing in Britain for only the second time, and there are times he sounds very much like a tourist. He looks forward to hitting the pubs, having a beer with the locals, ordering up some fish and chips. He marvels at this quintessential English town, with his sturdy brick buildings and narrow roads, hardly changing at all from one century to the next.

“This town, for us, is like going to Disney World,” he said, gazing out beyond the clubhouse.

“This is what we see in the movies.”

When it comes to the golf, he sounds like an old pro.

In his head, Compton is trying to script another scenario where he’s in the mix going to Sunday.

More than 26 million watch World Cup final in U.S. NEW YORK (AP) — Even without the home team involved, the World Cup final between Germany and Argentina set a television viewership record in the United States, capping a tournament that exceeded expectations for interest on both ESPN and Univision.

The month-long World Cup also was responsible for more than 3 billion interactions on Facebook and 672 million messages on Twitter, the social media companies said on Monday.

An estimated 26.5 million people in the U.S. watched Germany’s extra-time win on Sunday afternoon, the Nielsen company said. The game had 17.3 million viewers on ABC and another 9.2 million on the Spanish-language Univision.

In addition, just over 750,000 people were watching the game during a typical minute online through services provided by each network.

The 2010 finale between Spain and the Netherlands, along with the U.S. team’s 2-2 draw against Portugal earlier in this year’s tournament, both had 24.7 million viewers.

Given the growing interest in the tournament as it went along, the size of the audience for the final game wasn’t that big a surprise, said Scott Guglielmino, ESPN senior vice president of programming. The tournament as a whole exceeded expectations for ESPN, and surprised Guglielmino in the way it permeated U.S. culture as no World Cup has before.

The average viewership for all 64 World Cup matches was up 39 percent over 2010 on ESPN and its sister station ABC, and 34 percent on Univision, Nielsen said.

“We all knew that everything was in place to be well-delivered to the audience and we needed a good performance by the teams, and that happened,” said Juan Carlos Rodriguez, Univision sports president.

At least until some cautious games in the knockout round, play was more wide-open with

increased scoring and that was appealing to viewers, the executives said. The event also had stories that transcended the games itself, with Uruguay’s Luis Suarez suspended for biting another player and host Brazil’s historic meltdown against Germany.

On ESPN, tournament games averaged 4.56 million television viewers, compared to the 1.04 million viewers for games in the 2002 World Cup that were in Korea and Japan.

World Cup organizers FIFA said that more than a billion fans worldwide accessed information about the tournament through its digital platforms. “This has been the first truly mobile and social World Cup,” said FIFA President Sepp Blatter.

Facebook said 88 million people made a total of 280 million posts or “likes” about the final game. The most social “moment” of the tournament on Facebook, however, was right after Germany scored four goals in seven minutes during its semifinal victory against Brazil.

On Twitter, the Brazil-Germany match exceeded the final game for most tweets.

Both ESPN and Univision invested heavily to make the tournament an immersive experience, signing up former players for hours of discussion between match times.

Univision went high-tech, with virtual reality displays that pitted famed players from different eras against one another. The company also worked with an Israeli company to invest in technology that allowed its feed of games to appear on the network some five or six seconds before its English-speaking rival.

“We’re the real home of soccer in America, regardless of language,” Rodriguez said. He predicted that ratings for the Copa America Centenario tournament in 2016, which will match the best teams in North and South America, will exceed this year’s World Cup on his network.

their way into it and they’ve done just that with this championship.”

Westfield’s next game will be on July 25 at Bullens Field.

The time and opponent for their first game has yet to be determined.

Home Run Derby Continued from Page 9

the second deck above left field on their toes, and Stanton hit six.

That was all for him, though. After a long wait for his next turn, Stanton put up a zero in the semifinals and let Frazier advance with only one.

Oh, but Stanton’s six were beauties.

One landed in the third deck above left field, about a half-dozen rows shy of the very top of the ballpark. Another reached the second deck above the center field batter’s eye, a place never touched by a ball during an actual game here.

Bautista, the AL captain, has 11 home runs in 14 regular-season games here, the most by any visiting player. That’s only one less than Twins cornerstone Joe Mauer, who has played 284 career games at Target Field.

Cespedes, who beat Donaldson in a tiebreaker after each finished with three in the first round, breezed by Baltimore’s Adam Jones in the second round. Frazier topped NL captain Troy Tulowitzki on the other side.

Colorado’s Justin Morneau, the fan favorite after 10-plus years and four All-Star games for the host Twins, was eliminated in the first round.

Morneau returned to his roots, and so did the event itself, considering the inaugural contest was held at the Metrodome before the 1985 All-Star game. Admission then was a mere $2, slightly less than the $200-and-up price tags on the derby these days. The original form was actually a 1960s-era television show, featuring sluggers like Harmon Killebrew of the Twins.

Delayed 54 minutes by light rain on an unseasonably cool night — even for Minnesota — with a start-time temperature of 59 degrees, the contest began with a rainbow protruding from the clouds beyond left-center field that framed this limestone-encased ballpark that opened in 2010.

Frazier went first, and while he went deep twice, he didn’t quite reach the rainbow. Neither did Twins second baseman Brian Dozier, the smallest of the participants who had the backing of the crowd with chants of his last name during his two-homer round.

“Even my brother he said he got chills,” said Dozier, one of seven first-time participants. His brother, Clay, was his pitcher.

The loudest roars were for Morneau, the only left-hander in the event his year. His third derby appearance brought the fans to their feet with AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck” blaring in the background, and he hit two in the first round before Frazier beat him in the three-swing tiebreaker.

The only player shut out? Dodgers sparkplug Yasiel Puig. He was the first homerless participant since Robinson Cano two years ago in Kansas City.

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Annie’s Mailbox

By Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar

Trying to keep my dignity Dear Annie: Every year, my grandmother and I go to my cousins’ house for Christmas. This year is different for me. I have had the miracle of God helping me overcome some major addictions in my life.

I’ve expressed to my uncle that I do not feel like I know who my cousins are now that we are adults and have lost touch to some extent. There are also economic differences. My income is near the poverty level, and I receive government assistance. My cousins, however, are financially successful. I have made attempts to meet with them, but it never happens.

They are not into religion, and I believe they are controlled by materialism. (My aunt and uncle give me cash for Christmas.) I also notice that they do not open presents in front of us. I feel like a stranger who just shows up for a free meal and to get “paid.” I think that going there cheapens the importance that this day has for me. I would rather go where they feed the homeless and be an example unto them. -- Trying To Keep my Dignity Dear Trying: While we agree that the holiday season includes rampant materialism, you are being awfully harsh in your judgment of the relatives. The meal and exchanging of gifts is traditional in most families. Not opening presents is sometimes a way to avoid embarrassing someone whose gift may not be as fancy as someone else’s. Giving cash is a way of providing a gift when you aren’t sure what the other person likes and you want to please them.

These are all kind and thoughtful gestures, and we aren’t sure why you don’t harbor more charitable thoughts toward your family. However, if going to your cousins’ makes you miserable and you would rather spend the holiday feeding the homeless, we certainly wouldn’t try to dissuade you. We wish more people would lend a hand to those in need.

Dear Annie: My grandson and his family live in another state.

His daughter, “Mary,” is having her first birthday soon, and since it is not possible for me to be there in person, I went online to the websites of two major stores and ordered gifts from each store and had them delivered. I let them know the packages were on the way. When the packages were received, they called and said the gifts arrived and added, “Thank you for the presents.”

I realize that I am lucky to have gotten that much acknowledgement. But since I went to the trouble of picking out things I thought Mary would like, it is too much to ask that they at least tell me what they think? Could they not have said, “She loved playing with the toys,” or “The dress was so cute”?

Am I expecting too much? I could have gotten the same response with less effort if I had just sent a gift card. -- Picky Grandma Dear Picky: A proper thank-you includes specific comments about the gift, even if just to say how thoughtful it was. And if you are comfortable asking, you can inquire whether Mary liked the toys and dress. But, sorry to say, we suspect a gift card would please her parents just as much.

Dear Annie: I have a suggestion for “Thought I Was Part of a Large Family,” who feels distant from her siblings: Go to the reunion with a different focus. Take along family group sheets, which you can get at your local library or through Ancestry.com.

Distribute one to each family to fill out, and have them return the sheets to you during the reunion. That way, if you never go to another reunion, you still will have a lot of family information. Be sure they add their email addresses.

This could bring the family closer together. It is a beginning, not an ending. -- Retired Genealogist 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.

HINTS FROM HELOISE CLEANING SLEEPING BAGS Dear Heloise: My family and I go camping a lot. Our sleeping bags can get really dirty. What is the best way to wash them? -- A Reader, via email Who wants to sleep on dirty sleeping bags? The first thing you should do is look for a care label.

Each sleeping bag should have one that tells you if it can be machinewashed or if it needs to be drycleaned.

They usually can be cleaned in the washing machine. Set the machine to a gentle cycle and fill the tub with water. Add the detergent and let it mix before putting the sleeping bag into the machine. Push the sleeping bag down to remove all the air bubbles. If your machine has an extra rinse cycle, use it to remove all of the soap. Hang to dry. You can put the sleeping bag in the dryer if you want, but add a few tennis balls or clean tennis shoes to help distribute the filling so it will not get lumpy. Have fun camping! -- Heloise DISPOSABLE CAMERA Dear Heloise: Whenever my daughter goes on a field trip, I get her a disposable camera to take. She is too young for a cellphone, and I wouldn’t want anything to happen to my camera.

I love getting the film developed and seeing things through her eyes. I may have been to the places a hundred times, but it is nice to see what things she feels are important. And there are always several pictures of her and her friends, which are nice, too! -- Janice, via email

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Increased income is a strong likelihood. If you are single, you could meet someone very unique and intriguing. You will want to have a relationship with this person, but it might not be long term. If you are attached, the two of you seem to accept each other completely. As a result, your relationship becomes even more caring.

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Tonight: Get as much sleep as you can.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHH Zero in on what you want, and don’t allow a changeable situation to throw you off. A conversation you’ll have could be quite informative, especially if you can stay open-minded. You are likely to get a lot of feedback in a discussion.

Tonight: Where your friends are.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH You could be more wound-up about a money matter than you realize.

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CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH You might be coming from a place of doubt. If you detach, you will gain a lot of information. Your imagination could take you in a new direction as well.

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provements, public assessments, any and all unpaid taxes, tax titles, tax liens, water and sewer liens and any other municipal assessments or liens or existing encumbrances of record which are in force and are applicable, having priority over said mortgage, whether or not reference to such restrictions, easements, improvements, liens or encumbrances is made in the deed.

vicemembers Civil ReliefAct. If cord2014 entitled to precedence over you object towww.thewestfieldnews.com PAGE 14 - TUESDAY, JULY 15, a foreclosure of the claims in the nature of liens, im- Springfield, MA 01103 (413)748-8600

0001 Legal Notices July 8, 15, 22, 2014 LEGAL NOTICE MORTGAGEE'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE By virtue of and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Eric S. Kusnick to NE Moves Mortgage Corporation, dated May 28, 2004 and recorded at Hampden County Registry of Deeds in Book 14212, Page 314, as affected by a Loan Modification Agreement dated February 7, 2012 and recorded at said Registry of Deeds in Book 19438, Page 570 of which mortgage Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee for Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-10AR is the present holder by assignment from NE Moves Mortgage Corporation to Cendant Mortgage Corporation dated May 28, 2004 recorded at Hampden County Registry of Deeds in Book 14621, Page 324; assignment from Cendant Mortgage Corporation to Mortgage Electronic Registration System dated August 25, 2004 recorded at Hampden County Registry of Deeds in Book 14857, Page 90, assignment from Mortgage Electronic Registration System to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee for Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust 200410AR dated November 16, 2010 recorded at Hampden County Registry of Deeds in Book 18572, Page 263, and assignment from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company as Trustee for Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust 2004-10AR, dated November 13, 2013 recorded at Hampden County Registry of Deeds in Book 20128, Page 342, for breach of conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same, the mortgaged premises located at 15 Woronoco Road, Blandford, MA 01008 will be sold at a Public Auction at 2:00 PM on August 5, 2014, at the mortgaged premises, more particularly described below, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, to wit: The land in Blandford, Hampden County, Massachusetts, being 10.79 acres± on a plan recorded in Hampden County Registry of Deeds, Book of Plans 326, Page 97, being more particularly bounded and described as follows: Northerly by Woronoco Road and land now or formerly of C. Quinn and the centerline of Potash Brook one thousand one hundred seventy eight and 18/100 plus or minus (1178.18±) feet; Westerly by land now or formerly of Deveno six hundred eighty and 00/100 plus or minus (680.00±) feet; Southerly by land now or formerly of Wojick, Blood and Howe one thousand five and 00/100 plus or minus (1005.00±) feet along a wire fence; and Easterly by Lot A as shown on said plan four hundred twenty one and 54/100 (421.54) feet.

above-mentioned property on that basis, then you or your attorney must file a written appearance and answer in this court at Three Pemberton Square, Boston, MA 02108 on or before August 25, 2014 or you will be Terms of the Sale: forever barred from claiming that you are entitled to the benefits of Cash, cashier's or certified said Act. check in the sum of $5,000.00 as a deposit must be shown at Witness, JUDITH C. CUTthe time and place of the sale in LER, Chief Justice of this Court order to qualify as a bidder (the on July 10, 2014. mortgage holder and its designee(s) are exempt from this re- Attest: quirement); high bidder to sign written Memorandum of Sale Deborah J. Patterson upon acceptance of bid; balRecorder ance of purchase price payable 201405-1119-TEA in cash or by certified check in thirty (30) days from the date of the sale at the offices of mortgagee's attorney, Korde & AssoJuly 15, 22, 29, 2014 ciates, P.C., 321 Billerica Road, Suite 210, Chelmsford, MA NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE'S 01824-4100 or such other time SALE OF REAL ESTATE as may be designated by mortgagee. The description for the By virtue and in execution of premises contained in said mortgage shall control in the event of the Power of Sale contained in a a typographical error in this pub- certain mortgage given by Patrick J. Flynn to Mortgage lication.

Electronic Registration SysOther terms to be announced at tems, Inc., dated April 15, 2010 and recorded with the Hampden the sale.

County Registry of Deeds at Deutsche Bank National Book 18260, Page 31, of which Trust Company as Trustee mortgage the undersigned is the for Morgan Stanley Mortgage present holder by assignment Loan Trust 2004-10AR from Mortgage Electronic RegisKORDE & ASSOCIATES, P.C. tration Systems, Inc. to Metlife 321 Billerica Road Home Loans, A Division of MetSuite 210 life Bank, N.A. dated January Chelmsford, MA 01824-4100 13, 2012 and recorded with said (978) 256-1500 registry on February 22, 2012 at Kusnick, Eric 10-003633 Book 19130 Page 492 and by July 8, 15, 22, 2014 assignment from Metlife Bank, National Association a/k/a Metlife Home Loans, a Division of Metlife Bank, N.A. to Nationstar Mortgage, LLC dated May 11, 2013 and recorded with said reJuly 15, 2014 gistry on May 29, 2013 at Book 19842 Page 103, for breach of THE COMMONWEALTH the conditions of said mortgage OF MASSACHUSETTS and for the purpose of foreclosLAND COURT ing, the same will be sold at DEPARTMENT OF Public Auction at 12:00 p.m. on THE TRIAL COURT August 11, 2014, on the mortgaged premises located at 15 (SEAL) BRIARCLIFF DRIVE, WEST2014 MISC. 484739 FIELD, Hampden County, Massachusetts, all and singular the ORDER OF NOTICE premises described in said mortgage, To: Wade P. Austin and to all persons entitled to the TO WIT: benefit of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C. App. Certain real estate situate in §501 et seq.: The Bank of New Westfield, Hampden County, York Mellon FKA The Bank of Massachusetts, being desigNew York, as Trustee for the nated as Lot 117 (One hundred Certificateholders of the CWABS seventeen) as shown on the Inc., Asset-Backed Certificates, plan entitled ''Definite Plan, Series 2006-10 claiming to have AREA Four, South Brook Coran interest in a Mortgage cover- poration...'' as recorded in the ing real property in WEST- Hampden County Registry of FIELD, numbered 34 OTIS ST, Deeds in Book of Plans 147, given by Wade P. Austin and Ju- Page 58, said lot being bounded lie A. Austin to Mortgage Elec- and described as follows: tronic Registration Systems, Inc., dated April 24, 2006, and WESTERLY: by Briarcliff Drive, recorded with the Hampden shown as an unnamed way on County Registry of Deeds at said plan, One Hundred Eighty Book 15851, Page 201 has/have (180) feet; filed with this court a complaint f o r d e t e r m i n a t i o n o f NORTHERLY: by Lot 116 (One Defendant’s/Defendants’ Ser- Hundred Sixteen) as shown on vicemembers status. said plan, One Hundred Twenty One (121) feet; If you now are, or recently have been, in the active military ser- EASTERLY: by land formerly of vice of the UnitedStates of South Brook Corporation, now or America, then you may be en- lately of Bilda Realty, One Huntitled to the benefits of the Ser- dred Eighty (180) feet; and vicemembers Civil ReliefAct. If you object to a foreclosure of the SOUTHERLY: by last named above-mentioned property on land, One Hundred Twenty One that basis, then you or your at- (121) feet. torney must file a written appearance and answer in this court at SUBJECT TO Basement rights Three Pemberton Square, Bo- granted New England Teleston, MA 02108 on or before phone and Telegraph Co., et al, August 25, 2014 or you will be under instrument dated Novemforever barred from claiming that ber 15, 1973 and recorded in you are entitled to the benefits of Hampden County Registry of said Act. Deeds in Book 4380, Page 276.

The mortgaged premises are more particularly described in Witness, JUDITH C. CUTthe Deed recorded in Hampden LER, Chief Justice of this Court County Registry of Deeds in on July 10, 2014.

Book 14212, Page 311.

Attest: For mortgagor’s title see deed recorded with the HampDeborah J. Patterson den County Registry of Deeds in Recorder Book 14212, Page 311.

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TOGETHER WITH a right of way for all purposes for which a public way is commonly used with others lawfully entitled thereto, over the ways as shown on said plan.

For mortgagor's(s') title see deed recorded with Hampden County Registry of Deeds in Book 17546, Page 135.

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Docket No. HD14P1357EA

Estate of: THOMAS G. OUIMETTE, JR. Also Known As: THOMAS G. OUIMETTE Date of Death: 05/25/2014

To all persons interested in the above captioned estate, by Petition of Petitioner Nicholas GauA deposit of Five Thousand dio of Westfield MA a Will has ($5,000.00 ) Dollars by certified been admitted to informal proor bank check will be required to bate. be paid by the purchaser at the time and place of sale. The bal- Nicholas Gaudio of Westfield, ance is to be paid by certified or MA has been informally appoinbank check at Harmon Law Of- ted as the Personal Representfices, P.C., 150 California Street, ative of the estate to serve Newton, Massachusetts 02458, without surety on the bond. or by mail to P.O. Box 610389, Newton Highlands, Massachu- The estate is being adminsetts 02461-0389, within thirty istered under informal proced(30) days from the date of sale. ure by the Personal RepresentDeed will be provided to pur- ative under the Massachusetts chaser for recording upon re- Uniform Probate Code without ceipt in full of the purchase supervision by the Court. Inventprice. The description of the ory and accounts are not repremises contained in said mort- quired to be filed with the Court, gage shall control in the event of but interested parties are entitled to notice regarding the adan error in this publication. ministration from the Personal Other terms, if any, to be an- Representative and can petition the Court in any matter relating nounced at the sale. to the estate, including distribuNATIONSTAR tion of assets and expenses of MORTGAGE, LLC administration. Interested parties Present holder of said mortgage are entitled to petition the Court to institute formal proceedings By its Attorneys, and to obtain orders terminating HARMON LAW OFFICES, P.C. or restricting the powers of Per150 California Street sonal Representatives appoinNewton, MA 02458 ted under informal procedure. A (617) 558-0500 copy of the Petition and Will, if 201203-1023 - TEA any, can be obtained from the Petitioner.

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Docket No. HD14P1261EA INFORMAL PROBATE PUBLICATION NOTICE Estate of: HAROLD A. SAALFRANK Date of Death: 1/2/2014 To all persons interested in the above captioned estate, by Petition of Dorothea A. Saalfrank of Westfield, MA a Will has been admitted to informal probate.

Dorothea A. Saalfrank of Westfield, MA has been informally appointed as the Personal Representative of the estate to serve without surety on the bond.

The estate is being administered under informal procedure by the Personal Representative under the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code without supervision by the Court. Inventory and accounts are not required to be filed with the Court, but interested parties are entitled to notice regarding the administration from the Personal Representative and can petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration. Interested parties are entitled to petition the Court to institute formal proceedings and to obtain orders terminating or restricting the powers of Personal Representatives appointed under informal procedure. A copy of the Petition and Will, if any, can be obtained from the Petitioner.

July 15, 2014 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS THE TRIAL COURT PROBATE AND FAMILY COURT

JACK - Large long haired orange/ white cat, male, double paws, from 94 Foster Road, Southwick, MA (near route 57) since June 17th. Please check sheds/garages, under porches/decks, etc. Recently seen in the Provin Mtn area.

Call (413)335-0756 if seen in the area. Missed very much, large cash reward for info leading to safe return.

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Call (413)642-3657 TIMOTHY'S AUTO SALES. Stop by and see us! We might have exactly what you're looking for, if not, left us find it for you! Bartlett Street, Westfield.

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SECRETARY/CLERK BOOKKEEPER To the Clerk, Collector, Treasurers’ Office. The Town of Southwick is seeking an energetic individual for the above position. Full-time 37.5 hours per week @ $18.77 per hour. Union position with one year probationary period.

High School diploma or GED required. Prefer two (2) or more years experience as a secretary, clerk or bookkeeper. Special knowledge and abilities for position encompass strong customer service, word processing, organizational and bookkeeping skills. Interested individuals may obtain a copy of the Position Description and Town Employment Application by contacting the Selectmen's Office at 569-5995 or on the Town’s website at: www.southwickma.org Applications must be dropped off or mailed by July 28, 2014, close of business day, to:

These premises will be sold Selectmen's Office WANTED: HONDA ACCORD, and conveyed subject to and 454 College Highway Civic, CRV or TOYOTA Camry, with the benefit of all rights, Southwick, MA 01077 Corolla, RAV4 in need of rerights of way, restrictions, easepair.

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Must Hampden Division ments, covenants, liens or Southwick is an A/A, EOE have title. Please call Eddie claims in the nature of liens, im- 50 State Street ADA Employer (413)777-1306. provements, public assess- Springfield, MA 01103 ments, any and all unpaid taxes, (413)748-8600 tax titles, tax liens, water and Docket No. HD14P1357EA sewer liens and any other municipal assessments or liens or exINFORMAL PROBATE isting encumbrances of record Terms of the Sale: MA Lic:NOTICE 262 / CT Lic: 9 (413) PUBLICATION which are in force and are569-5571 applicable, having priority over said Cash, cashier's or certified Estate of: mortgage, whether or not refercheck in the sum of $5,000.00 THOMAS G. OUIMETTE, JR. ence toINC. such restrictions, easeCONSTRUCTION, Well Drilling - Water Pumps as a deposit must be shown at 373 College Hwy., Southwick, MA 01077 Also Known As: ments, improvements, liens or Sales & Service the time and place of the sale in CUSTOM THOMAS G. OUIMETTE A DDITIONS F ULLY (413) 569-6104 encumbrances is made in the order to qualify as a bidder (the WELL POINT05/25/2014 SPECIALIST Est. Date of Death: (413) 998-3025 REMODELING deed.

INSURED mortgage holder and its design- HOMES 1923 COMPLETE PUMP SERVICE FULLY INSURED • FREE ESTIMATES • LOG TRUCK LOADS ee(s) are exempt from this reTo all persons interested in the OF SALE: 348-0321 quirement); high bidder to sign(413) 568-0341 cell (413) TERMS CORD WOOD • LOTS CLEARED • TREE REMOVAL • EXCAVATION 237 Sheep above Pasturecaptioned Road • SOUTHWICK, MA estate, by Petiwritten Memorandum of Sale tion of Petitioner Nicholas GauA deposit of Five Thousand upon acceptance of bid; bal($5,000.00 ) Dollars by certified dio of Westfield MA a Will has ance of purchase price payable or bank check will be required to been admitted to informal proin cash or by certified check in Kitchens Additions New or Repair Zoning Brick-Block-Stone be paid by the purchaser at the bate. thirty (30) days from the date of New Installations designed by Garages time and place of sale.

The balthe sale at the offices of mortReplacements certified or Nicholas Gaudio of Westfield, Prestige gagee's attorney, Korde & Asso- Heating & Cooling, INC ance is to be paid by Decks has been informally appoinAir Filtration bank check at Harmon Law Of- MACONSTRUCTION ciates, P.C., 321 Billerica Road, Fully Siding EPA ted as the Personal RepresentChimneys • Foundations • Fireplaces Duct WorkCleaning fices, P.C., 150 California Street, All Your Carpentry Needs Certified Suite 210, Chelmsford, MA Insured ative of the estate to serve Tune-Ups Newton, Massachusetts 02458, 01824-4100 or such other time Steve Burkholder, Owner - License #GF5061-J Maintenance or by mail to P.O. Box 610389, without surety on the bond. as may be designated by mort(413) 569-6855 18 Years Experience Gas Piping Highlands, MassachuNewton FREE gagee. The description for the The •estate is • being (413) 569-3428 Free Estimates setts 02461-0389, within thirtySpecialty Remodeling Finish Trim Window adminReplacements (413) 575-8704 ESTIMATES Humidifiers premises contained in said mort(30) days from the date of sale. istered under informal procedgage shall control in the event of Deed will be provided to pur- ure by the Personal Representa typographical error in this pubchaser for recording upon re- ative under the Massachusetts lication. ceipt in full of the purchase Uniform Probate Code without price.

The description of the supervision by the Court. InventOther terms to be announced at premises contained in said mort- ory and accounts are not rethe sale. gage shall control in the event of quired to be filed with the Court, butGRANFIELD interested parties are enRYAN - OWNER an error in this publication.

Deutsche Bank National titled to notice regarding the adMOWING • MULCHING • PLANTING • SHRUB & TREE TRIMMING/REMOVAL Trust Company as TrusteeWe do it all! ministration from the Personal Other terms, if any, to be anBRUSH HAULING • SPRING/FALL CLEANUPS for Morgan Stanley Mortgage Representative and can petition nounced at the sale.

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NATIONSTAR 321 Billerica Road MORTGAGE, LLC tion of assets and expenses of Suite 210 Present holder of said mortgage administration. Interested parties Chelmsford, MA 01824-4100 are entitled to petition the Court

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CONRAD TREE SERVICE. Expert tree removal. Prompt estimates.

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Upholstery

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0345 Rooms HUNTINGTON 1 room with heat, hot water, cable TV, air conditioning, refrigerator and microwave included. $110/week.

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0390 Homes For Sale

WESTFIELD

Newly Renovated Large Brick 2 Family Duplex Each side has six rooms (three bedrooms), 1.5 baths, plus walk-up attic. Comes equipped with newly renovated beautiful hardwood floors, new carpeting, updated electric & plumbing, new roof, gas heat and hot water. Fenced in backyard with nice garden space. .13 acres, 3,600 sq.ft. total, separate driveways, divided basement, each with storage, washer & dryer hook ups, boiler, and electric panel, owner's side has garage with loft. 76 Orange Street. $225,000.

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Loader work & loam spread.

(413)569-6920, (413)530-5430.