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Redistricting discussion continues

A crowd gathered in City Hall Monday evening for the Westfield School Committee Finance subcommittee’s discussion about school redistricting.

(Photo by Amy Porter)

By AMY PORTER Correspondent WESTFIELD – Alerted by a robo-call from the district, parents packed City Council Chambers on Monday for a third Finance sub-committee meeting to discuss redistricting options.

Mayor Brian P. Sullivan summarized that the district is down to three options for next year (FY18), following decisions at previous meetings. The first is to keep Russell Elementary School open, with no changes in the schools until the following year.

The second option is close Russell, move the fifth grades up, and have two 5-8 middle schools. The third option is to close Russell,

and have one 5/6 intermediate school, and one 7/8 middle school.

Westfield Public Schools superintendent Stefan Czaporowski said that the second option could cost an additional $500,000 in busing, if starts times are not changed. The third option would add an additional $125,000 for busing if start times are not changed.

Czaporowski said the district has been negotiating with the town of Russell to reduce the cost of leasing the school for next year. He said he couldn’t give final numbers, but that it looked promising.

He said the priority of the team working on redistricting is to keep class sizes the

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Granville Brush fire contained

By GREG FITZPATRICK Correspondent GRANVILLE – On Sunday afternoon around 1:45 the Granville Fire Department responded to a reported brush fire in the area of 500 South Lane.

Once responding, the Granville Fire Department found that the brush fire was moving and about a half-acre into the woods. Firefighters were able to get the fire extinguished and continued to remain on the scene to contain hot spots that had to be mopped up.

According to the Granville Fire Department, the homeowner did have a burn permit.

The fire department reminds all Granville residents that if they are See Brush Fire, Page 3

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‘Retire the Fire!’ Getting the Help You Need in an Emergency

Alleged Westfield home invasion over the weekend

By DAN DESROCHERS Correspondent WESTFIELD–The city’s police responded to what one ranking officer described as a reported home invasion over the weekend.

We s t f i e l d Police Capt.

Michael McCabe said that the “reported home i n v a s i o n ” occurred on Summer Street Saturday evening, MICHAEL and according to the police log, the MCCABE was Westfield Police incident called in to police Capt. at around 9:05 p.m. According to the report, the call came in from the alleged victim and reported two males “wearing ski

same. Current goals are 28 maximum students in elementary school, and 25 in secondary school, although he said not all classes have those numbers of students.

The superintendent also said that the district is expecting to save $250,000 in attrition of staff who are retiring and will be replaced by new, lower cost employees.

Another factor on this year’s budget is that Governor Charles Baker just put in an extra $572,000 in Chapter 70 funds for Westfield in his budget, which still has to be approved by the House and Senate.

School Committee member Ramon Diaz,

some that will be arriving soon. Both principals said more technology is important, because all 8th graders will be taking online MCAS exams this year.

She also reported on an effective after school STEM program at Westfield Technical Academy for North Middle School students, which involves hands-on project learning. She said this year the program doubled in size, and has involved Automotive Tech and Graphic Arts, and working with an adjustment counselor on the social-emotional piece, which both principals said is an area of growing need.

Both middle schools are involved in PBIS, promoting a positive school climate, and both offer “Spirit Weeks.” Bourque said this year North Middle School will be holding a “March Madness” event, when they will open the school at night for a combination of a movie in the auditorium, basketball in the gym and music in the cafeteria, to try to draw students in.

School Committee member Ramon Diaz, Jr. asked the principals how often they collaborate to make sure that the district is providing the same education in both schools.

Bourque said that last year they met monthly, and plan to start again now that she is back from maternity leave.

Czaporowski followed the middle school presentation with his final Entry Plan piece, based on surveys to all of the district staff. He said the surveys show that communication has improved overall in the district.

By TINA GORMAN Contributor “9-1-1. What is the address of your emergency?” It is not unusual for older adults to require the services of firefighters, paramedics, or police officers. City residents should remember that in an emergency, seconds count. The faster that emergency personnel can get to the scene and assess the situation properly, the more likely that a life can be saved or a disaster averted.

Massachusetts law requires that every building in the Commonwealth, including homes, apartments, condominiums, and businesses have a number affixed to the building.

The number must be large enough and situated on the building so that, to the extent practicable, it is visible from the nearest street or road providing vehicular access to the building.

Addresses are entered into the electronic database for use in enhanced 9-1-1 service.

House numbers need to be at least four inches in height and facing the street.

TINA GORMAN The numbers should be put under lighting and contrast with the background of the house so that they are visible at night. If the house numbers are obstructed by trees, bushes, flags, or decorative ornaments, they will not be seen by emergency personnel. In addition, numbers on the mailbox must be visible from both directions.

Script numbers or numbers that are spelled out in words may be aesthetically pleasing, but are difficult to read quickly from the street. Brass or bronze numbers are also difficult to see. Numbers that provide a color contrast with the background of the house and are located on, above, or at the side of the main entrance will be most visible from the street. Numbers placed in an obscure area in the yard, for instance on a decorative rock, will probably go unnoticed by emergency personnel.

Often when a house has been repainted or resided, the owner fails to put the numbers back on the house.

It may be necessary to purchase new numbers if the color contrasting has changed and the old numbers are no longer visible.

In a crisis, the injured person, a visitor, or a grandchild may be unable to provide clear directions.

Emergency personnel from a neighboring community

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The North Middle Middle School 8th grade Chorus performed for the School Committee Monday evening.

School Committee hears from Middle Schools, Superintendent

By AMY PORTER Correspondent WESTFIELD – The School Committee meeting which followed the Finance subcommittee opened with the North Middle School 8th grade chorus singing two selections from their upcoming March 16 concert, including “Colors on the Wind.

North Middle School Principal Katherine Bourque and South Middle School Principal Justin Baker also teamed up to give a joint State of the School report for the Middle Schools. Both principals said that while there are differences in the student populations of the two schools, there are also many similarities.

The principals said that in both schools the high needs students are struggling with the MCAS scores. Baker said the MCAS numbers for both sixth grades line up almost exactly. In response to a question from the School Committee, Baker said students with high needs are those who are English language learners, students with disabilities and who are economically disadvantaged at the same time.

Baker also said because South Middle School is a Title I school, they are able to hold two Saturday School MCAS prep sessions in April and May. Cindy Sullivan asked which students will be called to take the prep classes.

Baker said they are looking for students on the bubble, within 2 or 3 points of getting to the next level across the spectrum, including students that scored as proficient and could move to advanced.

Bourque reported on some of the new technology in the middle schools, and

Behind the scenes of the Kiwanis auction

By PETER CURRIER WSU intern ’17 The 48th Annual Kiwanis Auction got underway on Sunday, where hundreds of items were auctioned off to the highest bidder so the proceeds could be donated to charity. Viewers were able to see Father Joe show off various items for auction such as a large beer cooler and a signed picture of Malcolm Butler’s ‘immaculate interception,’ but most viewers pay no mind to what is happening behind the scenes.

I had the opportunity to be a part of the production team for this years auction, and Kiwanis president Elect Cathleen I want to shed some light on the work that goes into the event before it airs and while Bastible (Photo by Peter Currier)

Sunday’s Child: Samantha

the cameras are rolling.

I walked into the Westfield State University TV studio Sunday morning ready to begin a day of what was likely to be madness. Despite the inevitable hysteria, the first thing I noticed was how quiet it was when I walked in, the only sounds coming from studio heads Mark St. Jean and Alex Simisky, both appearing so calm I would have thought it was a regular day had I not known better.

I went onto the main studio floor to see dozens of boxes filled with items to be auctioned off and separated by their respective blocks. These boxes had been

Samantha is a bright 10-year-old girl of Caucasian descent who describes herself as artistic and kind. In her free time, Samantha enjoys gymnastics, arts and crafts, drawing, baking, playing soccer and participating in Girl Scouts. If given the opportunity to meet any person or SAMANTHA character, Samantha names Claudine Wolf from Monster High. Samantha wants to be a singer when she grows up and her favorite singer she listens to is Taylor Swift. When

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Annual Budget Hearing held on March 1. Despite the small Gateway did get some questions about declining student crowd, a number of questions were raised and answered. In numbers and that certainly has made it possible for the end, it will be up to the school committee to adopt a Gateway to reduce costs, but it would be impossible to budget for town consideration. For the budget to be ratified, believe that the overall cost would go down at the same rate four of our six towns must approve their assessments at as decreasing enrollment, due to the pressures of inflation annual town meetings. We anticipate that the final March 1st on utilities, insurance, and salaries as well as the fixed census numbers will be available and that these will further overhead costs of our school buildings. Despite administradrive down the assessments for Blandford, Chester, tive and teaching numbers decreasing at or above the Middlefield, and Montgomery while increasing the assessdecrease seen in student population, there comes a point ments for Huntington and Russell (the assessments are where additional staff cannot be cut due to the need to have driven by the state’s calculations of minimum contributions appropriately certified staff and the need to meet state and the percentage of students enrolled by each town). regulations.

While understanding that all of our towns are facing difThere were discussions around various items by town DR. DAVID ficult financial times, and that the Gateway budget is only officials: providing for dual-certified teachers, seeking HOPSON part of town expenditures, it is important to note several waivers of certification requirements, further consolidation things. First, not only are four towns seeing another decrease in assess- of buildings, increasing shared services with other school districts, and ments, their assessments for next year are actually lower than they were even ‘super regionalization’. While each of these bear additional scrutiin FY’09. Therefore, these towns have actually seen a decrease in the ny (and many have already been discussed and researched in terms of percentage of their town budgets that is spent on the district. Second, the moving forward) the reality is that these are all long-term items that overall budget is also lower than it was in FY’09, in fact it’s lower than require significant work, as well as the desire by others to allow this to it was in FY’03! Third, the requested budget increase of 1% is only happen (DESE, other districts, MSBA). With the options Gateway has possible due to the diligence of all of Gateway’s staff taking multiple already explored, we’ve found that there are minimum savings and in steps to decrease costs, as well as to the district for not including the some cases, additional costs. So despite the statement that the district additional staffing positions suggested by the MARS study. Finally, if and towns ‘cannot revenue themselves out of this situation’, the reality the towns were paying their assessments strictly based upon student is that we must continue to push for the full implementation of Chapter percentages, then Huntington and Russell would be paying significantly 70 recommendations, increased funding of regional school transportamore than they are under the statutory method (in fact, Huntington and tion reimbursement, and the adoption of the Small/Rural Schools Russell are paying less per student than any of the other Gateway Initiative as part of an overall solution.

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Little boy gets finger stuck in barbershop gumball machine GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) — A young boy eager for a gumball during a visit to the barbershop got more than he bargained for when he got his finger stuck in the machine.

The Greenwich Time reports that firefighters and police officers responded in force to Palms Barbershop in Greenwich after getting a 911 call on Saturday.

Co-owner Tony Socci says staff first tried to free the boy’s finger by spraying oil on it.

Fire Lt. Tom Lenart says the boy, who was around 4, “managed to wedge his finger between the mechanism that spins and allows the gumball to drop.”

Firefighters freed him by breaking the plastic casing around the gumballs with pliers and dismantling the feeder with a screwdriver.

The boy was not hurt — and still got his haircut.

Free Pre - Diabetes clinic available at YMCA WESTFIELD — The YMCA of Greater Westfield is offering a FREE Pre - Diabetes clinic on diagnostic criteria, methods for preventing diabetes through diet, lifestyle and recipe modifications. It will be hosted by Eliana Lakritz a registered MS, RD & LDN Clinical Dietitian from Morrison Health Care.

Pre diabetes occurs when blood sugar levels are higher than normal but not high enough for type 2 diagnosis. People with pre diabetes may not have may symptoms. 89% of the 86 million with pre diabetes have no idea they’re at risk. Awareness is the key to prevention. Learn how to make small measurable changes that can help reduce your risks and add years to your life. It will be held at the Westfield YMCA on Wednesday, March 8th at 11:15AM- 12:15PM. Sign up by calling the YMCA of Greater Westfield, 413.566.8631.

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TODAY IN HISTORY

Today is Tuesday, March 7, the 66th day of 2017. There are 299 days left in the year.

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n March 7, 1967, the musical “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” based on the “Peanuts” comic strips by Charles M. Schulz with Gary Burghoff in the title role, opened in New York’s Greenwich Village, beginning an off-Broadway run of 1,597 performances.

ON THIS DATE: In 1793, during the French Revolutionary Wars, France declared war on Spain.

In 1850, in a three-hour speech to the U.S. Senate, Daniel Webster of Massachusetts endorsed the Compromise of 1850 as a means of preserving the Union.

In 1876, Alexander Graham Bell received a U.S. patent for his telephone.

In 1916, Bavarian Motor Works (BMW) had its beginnings in Munich, Germany, as an airplane engine manufacturer.

In 1926, the first successful trans-Atlantic radio-telephone conversations took place between New York and London.

In 1936, Adolf Hitler ordered his troops to march into the Rhineland, thereby breaking the Treaty of Versailles (vehr-SY’) and the Locarno Pact.

In 1945, during World War II, U.S. forces crossed the Rhine at Remagen, Germany, using the damaged but still usable Ludendorff Bridge.

In 1955, the first TV production of the musical “Peter Pan” starring Mary Martin aired on NBC.

In 1965, a march by civil rights demonstrators was violently broken up at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, by state troopers and a sheriff’s posse in what came to be known as “Bloody Sunday.”

In 1975, the U.S. Senate revised its filibuster rule, allowing 60 senators to limit debate in most cases, instead of the previously required two-thirds of senators present.

In 1981, anti-government guerrillas in Colombia executed kidnapped American Bible translator Chester Bitterman, whom they’d accused of being a CIA agent.

In 1994, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled that a parody that pokes fun at an original work can be considered “fair use.”

(The ruling concerned a parody of the Roy Orbison song “Oh, Pretty Woman” by the rap group 2 Live Crew.)

TEN YEARS AGO A sex offender was found guilty in Miami of kidnapping, raping and murdering 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford, who was buried alive.

(John Evander Couey was sentenced to death, but died of natural causes in Sept. 2009.) Ten people, most of them children, were killed in The Bronx, New York, when fire tore through their home.

A suicide attacker blew himself up in a cafe northeast of Baghdad, killing 30 people.

FIVE YEARS AGO President Barack Obama, speaking at a Daimler truck plant in Mount Holly, North Carolina, made his most urgent appeal to date for the nation to wean itself from oil, calling it a “fuel of the past” and demanding that the United States broaden its approach to energy. The Indianapolis Colts released injured quarterback Peyton Manning, who went on to play for the Denver Broncos.

ONE YEAR AGO Peyton Manning announced his retirement after 18 seasons in the National Football League. A jury in Nashville, Tennessee, awarded sports reporter Erin Andrews $55 million in her lawsuit against a stalker who rented a hotel room next to hers and secretly recorded her, finding that the hotel companies and the stalker shared in the blame. Stephen Curry scored 41 points and became the first player in NBA history to make 300 3-pointers in a season as the Golden State Warriors held off the Orlando Magic 119-113 for their 45th straight home victory.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS TV personality Willard Scott is 83. International Motorsports Hall of Famer Janet Guthrie is 79. Actor Daniel J. Travanti is 77. Entertainment executive Michael Eisner is 75. Rock musician Chris White (The Zombies) is 74. Actor John Heard is 71. Rock singer Peter Wolf is 71. Rock musician Matthew Fisher (Procol Harum) is 71. Pro Football Hall-of-Famer Franco Harris is 67. Pro and College Football Hall-of-Famer Lynn Swann is 65. Rhythm-andblues singer-musician Ernie Isley (The Isley Brothers) is 65. Rock musician Kenny Aronoff (BoDeans, John Mellencamp) is 64. Actor Bryan Cranston is 61. Actress Donna Murphy is 58. Actor Nick Searcy is 58. Golfer Tom Lehman is 58. International Tennis Hallof-Famer Ivan Lendl is 57. Actress Mary Beth Evans is 56. Singeractress Taylor Dayne is 55. Actor Bill Brochtrup is 54. Author E.L. James (“Fifty Shades of Grey”) is 54. Author Bret Easton Ellis (“American Psycho”) is 53. Opera singer Denyce Graves is 53.

Comedian Wanda Sykes is 53. Actor Jonathan Del Arco is 51.

Rock musician Randy Guss (Toad the Wet Sprocket) is 50. Actress Rachel Weisz (wys) is 47. Actor Peter Sarsgaard is 46. Actor Jay Duplass is 44. Classical singer Sebastien Izambard (Il Divo) is 44. Rock singer Hugo Ferreira (Tantric) is 43. Actress Jenna Fischer is 43. Actor Tobias Menzies is 43. Actress Sarayu Rao is 42. Actress Audrey Marie Anderson is 42. Actor TJ Thyne is 42. Bluegrass singer-musician Frank Solivan is 40. Actress Laura Prepon is 37. Actress Bel Powley is 25.

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GOVERNMENT MEETINGS TUESDAY, MARCH 7

WESTFIELD Planning Board at 7 pm

BLANDFORD Assessor’s Meeting at 5 pm

TOLLAND School Committee at 6 pm

Southwick-On-Stage auditions announced SOUTHWICK — Once again, the Southwick-On-Stage players will present a re-creation of a 1940’s radio show in progress. Auditions for reading parts will be held on The Stage At Town Hall (454 College Highway, Southwick) on Sunday afternoon March 12th at 3:00 p.m. and Monday evening, March13th at 7:00 p.m. There will be a cold reading from the script and potential actors should bring a head shot and a list of previous productions. Performance dates will be May 19, 20, and 21.

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Putz’s Ultimate Sports Challenge Due to the overwhelming popularity of our “Beat ‘The Putz’” pro football contest, we are about to give readers of The Westfield News sports pages something more. Beginning later this month, area sports fans will have a chance to put their sports knowledge to the test with our brand new contest, “Putz’s Ultimate Sports Challenge.” Pick the winner from each of the four men’s PGA Tour Majors, NASCAR’s biggest races, the Triple Crown, and the NCAA Division I men’s basketball Final Four. Win prizes weekly and compete for our overall grand prize. Putz’s Ultimate Sports Challenge began with the Daytona 500 February 26 and will end with the PGA Championship in August. Look for contest forms in future Sports Pages.

Members of the North Middle School 8th grade chorus.

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“We want to continue to have an open door policy at the Central Office,” he said.

Czaporowski said that updating of school websites will be completed this week, and they will be kept current in order for stakeholders to get the information they need. He has a new technology committee, and wants to start one on expanding alternative education in the district. He is also putting together a Parent Advisory Committee.

One of the superintendent’s goals is forming community relationships. “I feel our collaboration and presence within the community is growing stronger every day,” he said. He also wants to develop ways to increase parent and family involvement in the schools, and optimize the district’s relationship with fellow city departments.

Diaz thanked Czaporowski for the series of presentations.

“Now that you’ve been through all of it, what’s your number one priority,” he asked.

“We have to enhance our instruction. Make sure our students are constantly engaged in school. Make it so our students are interested in coming. I don’t want one student dropping out,” Czaporowski responded. He said that Westfield has an excellent teaching staff, and it’s all about getting them the tools they need.

Continued from Page 1 masks, showing hand guns” had “barged in and stole $15,000.”

According to McCabe, the call was met with a “full response” from Westfield Police, which reportedly included a police dog presence and officers reportedly armed with AR-15s. However, McCabe said that he would not comment further on the incident.

According to the police log, following the alleged incident the two suspects reportedly left the scene in an unknown direction. It was also not known if they fled on foot or in a vehicle.

The log also indicated that police found one possible suspect on Franklin Street, but that person was reportedly released when the alleged victim did not identify them as one of the alleged suspects.

Police are continuing to investigate the incident.

may be unfamiliar with the targeted destination. Precious time is lost if firefighters, paramedics, or police officers drive right by the house because it is not clearly identified.

Once the house has been located by emergency personnel, it is necessary to have a clear pathway into the home as well as to the location of the victim. In the winter, sidewalks should be free of snow and ice. All doorways, hallways, and stairs should be free of clutter so that first responders can get to the victim quickly. Objects can become major obstacles in an emergency.

Emergency personnel can treat victims most effectively if they have some basic information about the person. During a medical crisis, the victim may be unable to verbalize vital information such as previous diagnoses, medications taken, or an emergency contact. A File Of Life packet contains such crucial information. File Of Life is a red magnetic plastic folder that can be kept on the refrigerator for speedy access in the event of an emergency. The file contains important personal information regarding health and emergency contacts in the event that the person in need is unable to give that information.

Remember that in an emergency, seconds count. Emergency personnel can only be effective, if they can reach those in need and have some basic information in order to help. Factors such as darkness and poor weather conditions cannot be controlled. But preparing ahead of time with visible house numbers, a clear pathway for first responders, and written vital information can easily be done, and may be the difference between life and death.

House numbers are available through the Westfield Council On Aging and can be installed by members of the Westfield Rotary Club for those sixty and older who need visible numbers on their house. File of Life packets are available at the Westfield Senior Center for Westfield residents who are sixty and older. For those who would like assistance completing the File Of Life forms, Council On Aging staff members are available to help. Call the Senior Center at 562-6435.

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planning to obtain a burn permit, to follow all of the guidelines. If a brush fire does get out of your control, immediately dial 911.

Before Granville firefighters arrived on scene, the Lost Acres Fire Department from Granby, Conn. was requested to assist but were then cancelled prior to their arrival.

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Humason Announces Upcoming Office Hours WESTFIELD - State Senator Don Humason announced today that he will be holding public office hours in all 11 cities and towns in the 2nd Hampden and Hampshire District in February and March.

Senator Humason or his staff will be available at public office hours on the following dates: Wednesday, March 8, 2017 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, Granville Public Library 2 Granby Road, Granville Monday, March 13, 2017 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM, Westfield Athenaeum 6 Elm Street, Westfield Wednesday, March 22, 2017 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM, Tolland Public Library 22 Clubhouse Road, Tolland Monday, March 27, 2017 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM, Russell Public Library 162 Main Street, Russell

•••••••• Mondays •••••••• 6-8 am: Good Monday Morning! with Katherine Bentrewicz & Elli Meyer 8-10am: Owls on the Air with Michael “Buster” McMahon ‘92 •••••••• tuesdays ••••••• 6-8 am: WOW, It’s Tuesday, with Bob Plasse 8-10am: Ken’s Den, with Ken Stomski •••••• Wednesdays ••••• 6-8 am: Wake Up Wed., with Tina Gorman 8-10am: Political Round Table ••••••• thursdays •••••• 6-8 am: The Westfield News Radio Show, with host Patrick Berry 8-9 am: In The Flow with Rob & Joe: Westfield Tech. Academy’s Rob Ollari & Joe Langone 9-10am: Superintendents’ Spotlight with Stefan Czaporowski ••••••••• fridays •••••••• 6-8 am: JP’s Talk about Town, with Jay Pagluica

RADIO FOR THE WESTFIELD MASSES

Jr. asked if Czaporowski had an approximate total of cuts for next year, given the $2.9 million the district was short for a level-services budget. Czaporowski said it is too soon to give an exact figure, but said he thinks that they will be able to make enough cuts to bring down that deficit by two-thirds.

Mayor Sullivan said the Governor’s budget adds an additional $400,000 over last year to the budget, which helps. He said attrition is difficult, because the district loses senior teachers, but new teachers also mean savings.

“Thank you for looking at every avenue to keep class sizes where they’re at,” said Diaz, adding that as a parent with students in the schools, it matters to him.

Czaporowski said that while on the school end, the district knows the cost of keeping Russell open will cause more KEVIN J. SULLIVAN cuts at some levels; he said trying to close Russell now might not be worth the savings.

“There will be more buy-in from all stakeholders if we can take a year. That’s important, when we’re looking at what’s best for our students,” Czaporowski said. He also said the School Committee could make that final decision at the next meeting. He said the district has to notify Russell of its decision by April 1.

Kevin Sullivan, chair of the Finance sub-committee said the matter is in the committee because it is first and foremost a budget issue.

Mayor Sullivan said negotiations take two sides, and Russell is also part of the process. They’re in the third year of a contract that they’re willing to discuss, which he said he appreciated.

Diaz asked what more information the committee needed to make a decision. The mayor said he would like more solid numbers from Boston. School Committee vice-chair Cindy Sullivan also added that if they voted now, they would be closing the door on possible negotiations with Russell. Czaporowski said that Russell also has its budget to worry about.

The sub-committee meeting was then opened to public participation. Tricia Wysocki, a teacher at Highland Elementary, commented that with the opening of a new charter school in 2018, it would behoove the district to have this all smoothed out and parents comfortable, in order not to lose students.

Another parent asked if it would be possible to ask St. Mary’s school to change their times being one school, rather than having to change the times of all of the Westfield public schools to lessen the impact on busing. Czaporowski said that is being discussed.

Michele Douglas, a parent leader of SEPAC (Special Education Parent Advisory Committee), asked what the district means when they talk about special education efficiency in the redistricting process. Czaporowski said she could tell the parents that there won’t be any reduction in services. “We’re just in the process of developing the budget,” he said.

Kevin Sullivan said the final decision will be made on March 21, at a 6:15 Finance sub-committee prior to the School Committee meeting. An appeal was made to the parents to contact Sen. Don Humason and Rep. John Velis, and ask them to approve the Governor’s $572,000 increase in Chapter 70 funds for Westfield. Mayor Sullivan said if each person in the room made those two calls, or sent emails, it would make a difference.

“It is really important that people get involved,” Cynthia Sullivan said.

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Letter to the Editor To the Editor Looking back, Girls State was one of the most influential things I have ever taken part of. It is something that shaped my life, gave me new respect for my country and the military, and opened my eyes to what our state government is really like.

Girls State is a week-long event for junior girls in high school, a program of the American Legion Auxiliary. The purpose of the week is to stress responsible citizenship (such as always voting), the founding principles of our nation, and ethics. We participate in mock-government activities such as voting for positions in towns, counties, and state. The week concludes with the election of the Governor of Massachusetts.

There is also a Boys State which occurs the same week; both take place on the Stonehill College campus in Easton, MA. Last year was only the second year in a row that girls from Gateway went to Girls State. Ursula Barth went in 2015 and Anna Pless and I went in 2016. We were sponsored by the Gateway Education Foundation and the First Congregational Church of Huntington (Norwich Hill) last year.

I was so incredibly grateful to the First Congregational Church and the Gateway Education Foundation for giving me the opportunity to become fully immersed in the inner-workings of my state government. We were given the opportunity to take mini classes in law, government, or economics. My government class was taught by Larry DiCara, a well-known Boston attorney and politician. The Harvard graduate was funny, informative, and interesting.

The friends I made there are girls that I still talk to everyday. The phenomenal program connected me with a multitude of girls my age who were motivated, determined, intelligent, and interested in government.

For years the American Legion Auxiliary has sent two boys to Boys State. The Gateway Education Foundation would like to continue sending two girls. Russell First has already made a donation to assist in funding the girls, but the Foundation needs more funding to cover the second girl.

Anyone willing to donate to support Gateway’s participation in Girls State this year can send a check (payable to the Gateway Education Foundation) to GEF, 12 Littleville Rd., Huntington, MA. Online donations may also be made from the Foundation’s website: www.

GatewayEducationFoundation.org, using paypal or a credit card.

Sincerely, Rachel LeBarron Gateway Senior

Poll: Americans divided on admitting refugees WASHINGTON (AP) — Where immigrants are concerned, James Wright is OK with people who are here legally, as well as illegally — if they haven't committed crimes. But turn the talk specifically to the risks and benefits of admitting refugees to the U.S., and the New Jersey resident gives a fraught sigh.

"It's hard not to be conflicted," said Wright, 26, an independent who supports President Donald Trump's proposed travel ban on certain foreigners. "By no means do I want to be cruel and keep people out who need a safe place. But we have to have a better system of thoroughly finding out who they are."

Wright is part of a group of Americans a new survey suggests are making distinctions between legal immigrants who choose to be here and refugees — who are legal immigrants, too — fleeing persecution in their home countries. A new poll

by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research reflects that divide, with two-thirds of the respondents saying the benefits of legal immigration generally outweigh the risks. But just over half — 52 percent — say refugees pose a great enough risk to further limit their entry into the United States.

Interviews with some of the poll's participants suggest the distinction may be one of perception in an age of religious and politically inspired violence and 4.8 million refugees fleeing war-scarred Syria.

"Sometimes the vetting might not be quality," said Randall Bagwell, 33, a Republican from of San Antonio, Texas, the state second to California in settling refugees between Oct. 1 and Jan. 31, according to the State Department. "Nobody can do quality control when they're just reacting immediately."

President Donald Trump has long linked tougher immigration limits to a safer country, and on Monday signed a new travel ban that, in part, will suspend refugee travel to the U.S. for four months except for those already on their way to the United States. The new order, which takes effect on March See Refugees, Page 5

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Westfield Democratic City Committee Caucus WESTFIELD — The Westfield Democratic City Committee will be holding its Caucus to elect delegates to the 2017 Massachusetts Democratic Convention to be held June 3, 2017 in the Tsongas Center in Lowell, MA. The local Caucus will be held from 7pm until 9pm on Thursday, March 9 at the Dolan-Ely Apartment Complex Administrative building on Murphy Circle. The Caucus is open to all registered Democrats.

In this Feb. 17, 2017 file photo, the Capitol is seen at sunup in Washington. House Republicans on March 6, released their long-awaited plan for unraveling former President Barack Obama's health care law, a package that would scale back the government's role in health care and likely leave more Americans uninsured. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

GOP bill unlikely to settle passionate health care debate

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's passionate debate about the role of government in providing health care for citizens and paying the costs is unlikely to be settled by the legislation newly revealed by House Republicans.

With Republicans now controlling the White House and both chambers of Congress, the bill would drive government policy down routes long advocated by conservatives. The course correction would take at least two years to get rolling, and probably longer to show definitive results. If it falls short, it would give rise to a fresh set of health care grievances.

The Republican legislation would limit future federal funding for Medicaid, which covers low-income people, about 1 in 5 Americans. And it would loosen rules that former President Barack Obama's law imposed for health plans directly purchased by individuals, while also scaling back insurance subsidies.

Republicans say their solutions would make Medicaid more cost-efficient without punishing the poor and disabled, while spurring private insurers to offer attractive products for the estimated 20 million consumers in the market for individual policies.

But Democrats say the bill would make many people uninsured, shifting costs to states and hospital systems that act as providers of last resort. Individual policy holders might be able to find low-premium plans, only to be exposed to higher deductibles and copayments.

There are no easy answers, said Dan Mendelson, CEO of the consulting firm Avalere Health. "Health care is expensive and it becomes more expensive every year," he said. "Under the GOP plan, it will be more expensive every year just like it was under the Democratic plan."

Nonetheless, he called the Republican proposal a feasible alternative.

Over the next few days, stakeholders will be dissecting the GOP proposal, which may become the second major shift on health care policy in less than a decade. Democratic and Republican governors, hospital executives, physician groups, insurers, drug makers and consumer groups will have their say. The bill will be measured against expansive promises that President Donald Trump made during the campaign.

Trump "made a lot of promises about making sure that people would not lose coverage and that costs would be lower," said Ron Pollack, head of the liberal advocacy group Families USA. "This does the exact opposite of what he has promised."

House committees planned to begin voting on the legislation Wednesday, launching what could be the year's defining battle in Congress and capping seven years of GOP vows to repeal the 2010 Affordable Care Act. It's unclear if Republicans can manage to overcome divisions within their own party and deliver a final product.

The plan would repeal the unpopular "Obamacare" fines on people who don't carry health insurance. It would replace income-based subsidies the law provides to help millions of Americans pay premiums with age-based tax credits that may be skimpier for people with low incomes. Those payments would phase out for higher-earning people.

The bill would continue Obama's expansion of Medicaid to additional low-earning Americans until 2020. Beginning then,

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states adding Medicaid recipients would no longer receive the additional federal funds the statute has provided. Of even greater consequence, total federal Medicaid funding would be limited according to a formula taking into account enrollment and costs in each state.

Republicans said they don't have official coverage estimates yet, but aides from both parties and nonpartisan analysts have said they expect those numbers to be lower.

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., said the bill would "drive down costs, encourage competition, and give every American access to quality, affordable health insurance."

Solid opposition from Democrats is a given. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said, "Republicans have decided that affordable health care should be the privilege of the wealthy, not the right of every family in America."

Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, wouldn't rule out changes by his chamber, where significant numbers of moderate Republicans have expressed concerns that the measure could leave too many voters without coverage.

Thirty-one states and the District of Columbia opted to expand Medicaid coverage under the Obama-era law to an estimated 11 million people. Around half those states have GOP governors, who are largely reluctant to see that spending curtailed.

In another feature that could alienate moderate Republicans, the measure would block for one year federal payments to Planned Parenthood, the women's health organization long opposed by many in the party because it provides abortions.

A series of tax increases used to finance the Obama overhaul's coverage expansion would be repealed as of 2018.

In a last-minute change to satisfy conservative lawmakers, business and unions, Republicans dropped a plan pushed by Ryan to impose a first-ever tax on the most generous employer-provided health plans. Instead, a similar tax imposed by Obama's law on expensive plans set to take effect in 2020 would now begin in 2025.

Popular consumer protections in the Obama law would be retained, such as insurance safeguards for people with preexisting medical problems, and parents' ability to keep young adult children on their insurance until age 26.

To prod healthier people to buy policies, insurers would boost premiums by 30 percent for consumers who let insurance lapse.

——— Associated Press writers Mary Clare Jalonick and Andrew Taylor contributed to this report.

As president, Trump seeks answers on his own wiretap mystery WASHINGTON (AP) — If Donald Trump wants to know whether he was the subject of surveillance by the U.S. government, he may be uniquely positioned to get an answer.

In a series of weekend tweets, the president accused his predecessor, Barack Obama, of ordering wiretaps on his phones but offered no proof to back the claim. The White House then called on Congress to investigate the allegations.

But former government lawyers say Trump hardly needs Congress to answer this question.

“The intelligence community works for the president, so if a president wanted to know whether surveillance had been conducted on a particular target, all he’d have to do is ask,” said Todd Hinnen, head of the Justice Department’s National Security Division during the Obama administration and a National Security Council staff member under George W. Bush.

The latest storm began Saturday when Trump tweeted: “Is it legal for a sitting President to be ‘wire tapping’ a race for president prior to an election? Turned down by court earlier. A NEW LOW!” He followed up with: “How low has President Obama gone to tapp my phones during the very sacred election process. This is Nixon/ Watergate. Bad (or sick) guy!”

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Thomas H. Mulligan WESTFIELD – Thomas H. Mulligan, 74, died Sunday, March 5, 2017 at home, after a short battle with cancer. He was born in Bronx, NY and has been a long time resident of Westfield. He served in the U.S. Marines from 1959-1960.

He was a Springfield Police Officer for 20 years and was the Police Chief in Russell for 11 years. He was a member of the Sons of Erin, the Slovak Hall and the American Legion. He leaves his wife Jane Mulligan, his daughter Kelley Gibson, his granddaughter Ava Gibson, his son Scott Mulligan and his wife Lynne and their children Sara and Colby and his daughter Robin Mulligan all of Westfield.

Tom also leaves his brother Neal Mulligan and his wife Karen of CT, his sister-in-law Elizabeth Mulligan of Chicopee and several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his brother Eugene Mulligan.

The funeral for Tom will be held on Thursday, March 9th at 10 am From the Firtion-Adams Funeral Service, 76 Broad Street, Westfield. Burial will follow at 11 am in the Massachusetts Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 1390 Main Street, Agawam, MA. Calling hours will be held at the funeral home on Wednesday from 4-7 pm.

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Walter Carney WESTFIELD – Walter Carney, 68, (1948-2017) passed away peacefully at home February 20, 2017. He leaves behind his longtime companion Rosario Mejias.

There will be calling hours for Walter on Wednesday, March 8, 2017 from 9:30AM to 11:30AM, with a Funeral Service at 11:30AM at WESTFIELD FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATION, 4 Princeton Street, Westfield. Burial will be at Middlefarms Cemetery in Westfield. Westfield Funeral Home and Cremation has been entrusted with these arrangements.

Patricia Ann Reynolds WESTFIELD – Patricia Ann (Costello) Reynolds, 82, of Westfield died Saturday March 4, 2017 in Mercy Hospital. She was born in Westfield on July 15, 1934 daughter of the late Frederick and Alicia (Gorham) Costello. Patricia was employed as the office manager at Dr. Joseph Block’s dental office in Westfield for over twenty years. She also worked in the office of former mayor Michael O’Connell and was sales person for Beeline Fashions. Patricia was a communicant of Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Church. She enjoyed swimming and loved to read.

Patricia was the widow of Eugene Reynolds who died on October 19, 2003. She leaves her children Thomas K. Reynolds of Southwick, Michael J Reynolds of Shelburne Falls and Susan Crawford and her husband Brian of Westfield, a sister Joan Weisse, six grandchildren, Heather Knox, Kevin and Kirk Reynolds, David, Jeffrey and Scott Crawford and four great grandchildren. Patricia was predeceased by two brothers, Charles and James Costello and two sisters, Mary Costello and Barbara Dias The funeral will be Wednesday at 10:30 AM from Firtion-Adams Funeral Service, 76 Broad St. Westfield followed by a Liturgy of Christian Burial in Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Church at 11 AM with burial to follow in St. Mary’s Cemetery Westfield. Calling hours will precede the service Wednesday at the funeral home from 9-10:30 AM. Donations in Patricia’s memory may be made to the American Lung Assoc., 1661 Worcester road Suite 3001, Framingham, MA 01701. firtionadams.com.

Police Logs WESTFIELD Major crime and incident log Monday, Feb. 27, 2017 8:31 a.m.: Accident, Franklin Avenue and Franklin Street.

Police received a report of a two-vehicle crash from a crossing guard near the school on Franklin Avenue, involving a 2005 Chevrolet vehicle and a 2005 Chrysler Pacifica. Police reported no injuries but one vehicle had to be towed.

11:39 a.m.: Accident, hit-and-run, Lloyds Hill Road and Russell Road. Police received a report of a two-vehicle crash involving a 2011 Subaru Impreza and what was described in the police log as a possible Jeep Grand Cherokee. According to police, the suspected Jeep Grand Cherokee had allegedly fled the scene of the accident. Police searched but were unable to find the vehicle at the time of the report.

3:47 p.m.: Accident, hit-and-run, Southwick Road and Darby Drive. Police received a report for a two-vehicle crash involving a 2013 Nissan Rogue and a 2000 Subaru Legacy.

Police reported that one vehicle allegedly fled the scene of the crash and the driver of the Rogue had reportedly gotten a partial license plate number. Police received a report from an off-duty officer who reported that there was a vehicle that appeared to have damage parked on another street. Police investigated and found the alleged driver of the vehicle and according to the report from police, the driver became scared following the crash and allegedly drove the vehicle home.

Police issue the driver a citation.

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Rotary speaker promotes wilderness veterans program WESTFIELD - Veterans in New England have an opportunity to forge a community and enjoy New England’s wilderness, Westfield Rotarians were told Monday at their weekly meeting.

Todd Crevier was the guest speaker at the lunch-time meeting of the Rotarians at the Genesis Spiritual Life Center and spoke with the members and their other guests about New England Adventures, a program he founded to help veterans and their families enjoy “the wild places of New England”.

Crevier told the Rotarians about his decision to join the U.S. Army shortly after the attack on the World Trade Center in 2001 and his subsequent deployments.

After his Army career came to an abrupt end due to injuries, Crevier said, he learned of organizations which help veterans enjoy hunting, fishing and other outdoor recreations. Crevier said that, since he had grown up “messing around in the woods” he was interested but soon found that most of the groups were “out west or down south.” He conceded that programs in those areas

Todd Crevier, president and founder of New England Adventures, speaks about his program to help veterans enjoy the great outdoors Monday at a meeting of the Rotary Club of Westfield at the Genesis Spiritual Life Center. (Photo courtesy the Rotary Club of Westfield) make sense since there is much more wilderness available there than in New England but said, becauseof the distance, most of those programs are not accessible to the 750,000 veterans in New England.

Crevier said that because he enjoyed hunting and fishing while growing up in New England so he decided to

start a program which would allow veterans and their families to enjoy outdoor adventures nearby and New England Adventures, a nonprofit venture to benefit veterans and their families, was born.

This year, the program sponsored an ice fishing excursion in Becket and a Texas Hold ‘Em tournament

in Southwick. A ‘Trout Flotilla” is scheduled in the Berkshires in April, a climb of Mount Mondanock (NH) is planned in May and many other events are scheduled this year by New England Adventures at venues accessible to New England veterans.

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Court Logs Westfield District Court Feb. 27, 2017 Timmy Taskey, 21, of 6 Cycle St., Westfield, was released on his personal recognizance pending a March 6 hearing after being arraigned on charges of failing to stop for police, refusing to produce license/registration/plates and tire outside fender, brought by Westfield Police.

Brian J. Tierney, 33, of 18 Woronoco Ave., Westfield, was released on his personal recognizance and pretrial conditions

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pending an April 19 hearing after being arraigned on a charge of assault and battery on a family/household member, brought

by Westfield Police.

Nicholas A. Thurman, 33, of 139 Roosevelt Ave., Westfield, was released on his personal recognizance and pretrial conditions pending an April 19 hearing after being arraigned on two charges of malicious destruction of property over $250 and assault and battery on family/household member, brought by Westfield Police.

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The Justice Department, not the president, would have the authority to conduct such surveillance, and officials have not confirmed any such action. Through a spokesman, Obama said neither he nor any White House official had ever ordered surveillance on any U.S. citizen. Obama’s top intelligence official, James Clapper, also said Trump’s claims were false, and a U.S. official said the FBI asked the Justice Department to rebut Trump’s assertions.

Why turn to Congress, Trump spokesman Sean Spicer was asked Monday.

“My understanding is that the president directing the Department of Justice to do something with respect to an investigation that may or may not occur with evidence may be seen as trying to interfere,” Spicer said. “And I think that we’re trying to do this in the proper way.”

He indicated that Trump was responding to media reports rather than any word from the intelligence community. Other officials have suggested the president was acting on other information.

Sen. John McCain, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, said Monday that Trump needs to give more information to the American people and Congress about his wiretapping accusations. “The dimensions of this are huge,” McCain said. “It’s accusing a former president of the United States of violating the law. That’s never happened before.”

As for the genesis of a possible wiretap, it is possible the president was referring to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, a 1978 law that permits investigators, with a warrant, to collect the communications of someone they suspect of being an agent of a foreign power. That can include foreign ambassadors or other foreign officials who operate in the U.S. whose communications are monitored as a matter of routine for counterintelligence purposes.

The warrant application process is done in secret in a classified process. But, as president, Trump has the authority to declassify anything. And were such a warrant to exist, he could theoretically move to make it public as well.

If the president demands to know what happened, “the Justice Department can decide what’s appropriate to share and what’s not,” said Amy Jeffress, another former Obama administration national security lawyer.

The Justice Department applies for the warrants in a onesided process before judges of the secretive Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. Permission is granted if a judge agrees that there’s probable cause that the target is an agent of a foreign power. Though the standard is a high bar to meet, applications are hardly ever denied.

Targets of wiretaps are not alerted that their communications are being recorded. Defendants later charged in the criminal justice system may ultimately learn the government intends to use at trial evidence collected through a FISA warrant, but they are not presented with the actual application for a warrant.

“Unfortunately, the public has never seen an actual FISA application over nearly 40 years, so we don’t know exactly how the FISA Court has applied or interpreted the probable cause standard in this context,” Patrick Toomey, an American Civil Liberties Union staff attorney specializing in national security, said in an email.

Trump also could have been referring to wiretapping authorized under the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968. The Justice Department can obtain a warrant for that surveillance by convincing a judge that there’s probable cause to believe the target has committed or is committing a crime.

The White House turned Sunday to Congress — which is already investigating ties between Trump associates and Russians — for help in finding evidence to support his assertions. Some Republicans seemed inclined to try to help Trump get answers.

For Congress, getting to the bottom of this should not be difficult, said Dan Jones, a former Senate investigator and currently president of the Penn Quarter Research and Investigations Group.

“It’s a knowable, ‘yes or no,’” Jones said. If the answer is there was no such warrant, he said, the next step would be to ask the president why he made the claim. “That information would then be investigated to find out if it’s right or wrong.”

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Continued from Page 4 16, will impose a 90-day ban on entry to the United States for people from Sudan, Syria, Iran, Libya, Somalia and Yemen — all Muslim-majority nations — who are seeking new visas.

It was Trump's second effort at a travel ban. The first was blocked by the courts.

Also reflecting his hard line, Trump last week announced to Congress a new office to aid Americans and their families who are victims of immigrant violence. That's despite years of studies that have shown that immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than U.S.-born people.

Much of Trump's candidacy and young presidency have been powered by the idea that he will protect Americans from "bad dudes" who want to come here, issuing a mix of tough, if vague, policy — from "extreme vetting" to the travel ban, a border wall with Mexico and more.

Americans report conflicting feelings about immigrants just over six weeks into his presidency, the poll suggests. On the one hand, Americans see refugees as a risk apart from other legal immigrants, with a third of Democrats and 8 in 10 Republicans saying the risks are great enough to place more limits on refugees admitted to the U.S. Despite those fears, Americans still see legal immigration generally as a boon, the poll shows. More than 6 in 10 say a major benefit of legal immigration is that it enhances the reputation of the United States as a land of opportunity.

The good and bad of immigration has long been a painful and intensifying national debate. Trump has shown some flexibility — or inconsistency, depending on one's viewpoint — on his approach. For example, Iraq is no longer on the list of countries whose people are banned. Officials from the Pentagon and State Department had urged the White House to reconsider given Iraq's key role in fighting the Islamic State group. Also, the new order does not subject Syrians to an indefinite travel ban, as did the original.

Trump also has minimized talk of deporting all of the estimated 11 million people in the U.S. illegally and suggested that he could be open to comprehensive immigration reform.

That sparked both interest and skepticism on Capitol Hill, where a solution has stymied Congress for years.

But Trump's warnings about refugees in particular apparently have stuck in the American consciousness, according to the poll.

Refugees entering the U.S. undergo rigorous background checks, including a search of government databases that list people suspected of having ties to terrorist groups. Processing of refugees can take up to two years — and usually longer for those coming from Syria. After a year in the U.S., refugees are required to check in and obtain green cards. But U.S. officials have acknowledged that information on people coming from Syria, in particular, may be limited.

Mandy Gibson, 37, sees the benefits of admitting legal immigrants — but isn't so sure about refugees.

"Maybe it's the media. They are making refugees sound like they aren't legal immigrants and I don't necessarily understand, but they are different to me," said Gibson, who works in a Greensboro, North Carolina, grocery store. Either way, she said, "anybody who is coming from countries that have ISIS really should have a very thorough background check."

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HEALTHFITNESS The Truth about ‘Detox’ and ‘Cleanse’ Diets

By ELIANA LAKRITZ MS RD LDN, Clinical Dietitian, Baystate Noble Hospital These days, it’s hard to turn a corner without hearing about the latest “cleanse” or “detox” diet. Some non-credentialed health-care workers, so-called “health experts,” and many others claim that these diets aid in either weight loss, ridding the body of toxins, or both. However, many “detox” and “cleanse” diets are unnecessarily restrictive and thus, can be potentially harmful to those that follow them. It is important to understand what toxins actually are and where they come from in order to make informed decisions about your food choices.

“Toxin”is a general terms for endotoxins or exotoxins molecules (those inside or outside the body, respectively) that need to be removed from the body. Endotoxins are produced from our body’s normal metabolic processes while exotoxins are introduced to the body from outside sources such as diet, cigarette smoke, alcohol, and pollutants. Thus, lifestyle greatly impacts the body’s ability to rid itself of toxins that are introduced. While the body has many mechanisms of removing waste products and other toxins that are introduced, the liver serves as the main battlefield for doing so. The liver can aid in breaking down the toxins or in transforming and excreting Eliana Lakritz MS RD LDN, Clinical Dietitian, Baystate them via urine, feces, respiration or sweat.

Noble Hospital (WNG file photo) Since the body is so efficient at detoxifying itself, diets that

involve fasting or extensive restriction can actually hinder natural detox processes that require adequate nutrition to function. The best way to maximize your body’s ability to fight toxins is to support it with a healthy lifestyle. Below are a few tips from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics on ways to support your body’s natural detox processes.

• Achieve adequate hydration (aim for at least 8 oz of water daily) • Achieve 5-9 servings of fruits and vegetables daily, especially those high in detox-fighting nutrients such as cruciferous vegetables, a variety of berries, onions, and garlic.

• Include some pre and probiotic foods, such as kefir, sauerkraut, and Greek yogurt to control toxins produced in the gut • Include a lean protein source with each meal to help maintain production of glutathione, the body’s primary detoxification enzyme • Maintain bowel regularity by exercising regularly and eating adequate amounts of fiber If you are interested in learning more about nutrition counseling sessions with a registered dietitian at BaystateNobleHospital, please call 413-568-2811 ex: 5671 for more information.

OK to Grieve in a Medical Education Setting?

Dr. Brendan Kelly, Associate Director of Baystate’s Medicine-Pediatrics residency, a master clinician and mentor beloved to both his colleagues and trainees, died suddenly last year.

His death was announced at an emergency hospital-wide meeting at which the DIO’s eyes filled with tears when speaking about him.

When the news spread, one educator apologized for not being able to stop crying, another debated whether to choke back tears or openly show his grief. Many faculty members thanked the DIO for giving them permission to show their emotions.

Wary of Emotion in a Clinical Learning Environment These reactions—debate, apologies, seeking permission—prompted Rebecca Blanchard PhD, Senior Director of Educational Affairs, and Kevin Hinchey MD, Chief Education Officer, to write a letter to the editor of the Journal of Graduate Medical Education asking whether the reactions of their faculty were symptoms of deeper problems in the clinical learning environment.

Drs. Hinchey and Blanchard acknowledge that controlling emotions during high stakes emergency medical situations is a valuable skill that allows physicians to focus on clinical decision-making and to be effective team leaders.

But they ask whether suppressing emotions in a clinical learning environment contributes to toxic trends identified by the ACGME, such as the increasing rate of physician suicide. Adding that expressing emotion is

human and honest, they affirm that the emotional and spiritual health of both trainees and faculty must be supported.

Channeling Grief Appropriately in Residency Training Dr. Michele Gortakowski, who was in the med-peds program at the time of Dr. Kelly’s death, reported that residents reacted with “shock, disbelief, and overwhelming grief.”

Saying that it is very important to debrief and process these types of emotional and stressful situations, she added that residents were afforded “several opportunities to meet with faculty, chief residents and each other to grieve, share stories and support each other.”

They also came up with a tangible way to express their grief and memorialize him.

Wanting to buy something for the playroom of the Baystate Children’s Hospital that would be a symbol of his continuing presence, medpeds residents took up a collection and purchased a fun house mirror. “It fit his personality,” Gortakowski said.

The mirror was unveiled at a dedication ceremony to which all pediatric attendings, pediatric and med-peds residents, and other faculty and staff were invited. Dr. Kelly’s wife and children also attended.

“Patients and families love the mirror— we’ve seen children of all ages giggling in front of it,” said Jessica Hagerman, Child Life Specialist at the Children’s Hospital.

“I think the staff, residents and faculty who knew Brendan love it just as much! Not only because it’s fun, but because it’s an everyday reminder of the unique spirit and energy that Brendan brought wherever he went.”

In this June 28, 2016 file photo, Dr. Matthew Cooper carries a donated kidney at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital in Washington. Deep-freezing donated organs might one day help improve the transplant supply but scientists must first figure out how to thaw the delicate tissue without it cracking. Now researchers are taking a first step toward that goal, using nanotechnology to create super heaters for preserved tissue. (AP Photo/Molly Riley, File)

First step to help preserved organs survive the deep freeze

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Deep-freezing donated organs might one day help improve the transplant supply but scientists must first figure out how to thaw the delicate tissue without it cracking. Now researchers are taking a first step toward that goal, using nanotechnology to create super heaters for preserved tissue.

University of Minnesota researchers call their approach "nanowarming," and they reported Wednesday that it safely and rapidly thawed larger amounts of animal tissue than today's tools can.

The trick: Bathe pieces of tissue in magnetic nanoparticles and then beam radiofrequency energy to activate them. The nanoparticles act like microscopic heaters, evenly warming the tissue surrounding them, concluded

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Gene therapy lets a French teen dodge sickle cell disease

In this photo taken Feb. 10, 2017 at the Wisconsin Diagnostic Laboratories in Milwaukee, Dr. Ehab Atallah demonstrates a machine similar to one that tests blood samples in a study of chronic myelogenous leukemia, or CML. Atallah, a leukemia expert at the Medical College of Wisconsin, helps lead a U.S. study that is trying to determine which patients can safety stop taking drugs that control the disease. (AP Photo/Carrie Antlfinger)

Risk & reward: Stopping a cancer drug to see if you’re cured

By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer Imagine you had a life-threatening cancer that a wonder drug had kept in remission for years. Would you risk quitting?

Thousands of people with a blood cancer called chronic myelogenous leukemia, or CML, now have that choice.

New treatment guidelines in the U.S. say certain patients can consider stopping Gleevec or similar drugs which were long thought to be needed for the rest of their lives. It's just a pill or two a day but the drugs are expensive and have side effects.

A European study recently found it's safe for carefully selected patients to try, and a U.S. study hoping to confirm that just finished enrollment.

"Our goal is to truly cure CML, which is essentially to have patients off drug," said Dr. Ehab Atallah, a leukemia expert at the Medical College of Wisconsin who helps lead the U.S. study. "We're hoping to figure out better who can and cannot stop."

Some patients want to try, but others won't dare.

"Like playing Russian roulette," said JeeWon Schally, 54, a former history teacher from Milwaukee who has taken Gleevec for 10 years and doesn't want to stop.

Nor does Doug Jensen, 83, a retired engineer near Portland, Oregon, who still gets the drug for free because he was in the original study that proved it worked.

But for Nina Schlidt, quitting a similar drug nearly two years ago was wonderful and "financially, a godsend." The 67-year-old suburban Milwaukee woman's husband delayed retiring until 70 to keep insurance to cover her drug, which would have cost her thousands.

Meghann Bell, 38, a marketing director in Seattle, went off Gleevec in 2010 to start a family because the drug isn't safe during pregnancy. She resumed after the birth, then decided to go off again two and a half years ago.

"I kept thinking how I had been in remission" during pregnancy, she said. "I felt like I was cured and really didn't want to be on this drug for all my life."

CML, which starts in the bone marrow, has long been unique. Some other types of cancer, such as breast or colon, are treated with surgery or a course of radiation or drugs and the tumor either is gone or not, and may or may not recur. But once CML develops, it has been considered a lifelong threat. It's almost always caused by a gene flaw that usually develops during life, versus one that is inherited.

Gleevec blocks the gene's activity in more than 90 percent of patients. The drug's approval in 2001 turned CML from a fatal disease to a chronic condition for most folks, and 36,000 to 100,000 Americans are living with it now, the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society estimates.

Two similar drugs, Tasigna and Sprycel, also are sold, and generic Gleevec came out last year. Treatment costs $60,000 to $150,000 a year. Even with insurance, copays run $1,000 to $24,000 a year, and Schally had to meet a $10,000 deductible.

Side effects can include fatigue, nausea, chronic diarrhea, muscle pain and skin rashes.

Meals have to be timed carefully around some pills. Many patients want to quit, but the thinking was that they would always need treatment, the way some people need insulin to control diabetes.

Now, though, research suggests that long treatment may eliminate so many cells with the bad gene that the immune system may be able to keep the disease in check if it starts to return.

At an American Society of Hematology meeting in December, Dr. Francois-Xavier Mahon of the University of Bordeaux in France reported a study of 750 patients who stopped treatment after being in deep remission with no sign of disease in their blood for at least a year. After six months without treatment, 62 percent had maintained a deep remission, and 52 percent still had after two years. Most who relapsed were able to regain deep remission after resuming treatment, and

none developed advanced disease, he said.

Half a dozen smaller studies have been done, and "the data are all the same and it all looks good," said Dr. Kendra Sweet of the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa. She helped draft new National Comprehensive Cancer Network guidelines that say it's reasonable to consider stopping treatment in people who have been in deep remission for at least two years, with close monitoring.

Not only some patients are wary, some doctors are too.

"If I can keep a patient on medicine, I do," said Dr. Mikkael Sekeres, the Cleveland Clinic's leukemia chief and a spokesman for the Hematology Society. "There are those of us who don't think you can cure the disease with long-term treatment," that eventually it will come back.

But Gleevec's discoverer, Dr. Brian Druker, head of Oregon Health & Science University's cancer center, sees it differently. Nearly half of his 250 patients would be eligible to try quitting. So far, 49 have and only 18 have had to resume.

"When I discuss it with patients, I say there's a 50-50 chance you'll be off therapy and a 1 percent risk that your leukemia will become resistant to treatment," Druker said.

"Those are pretty good odds."

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By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer A French teen who was given gene therapy for sickle cell disease more than two years ago now has enough properly working red blood cells to dodge the effects of the disorder, researchers report.

The first-in-the-world case is detailed in Thursday's New England Journal of Medicine.

About 90,000 people in the U.S., mostly blacks, have sickle cell, the first disease for which a molecular cause was found. Worldwide, about 275,000 babies are born with it each year.

"Vexing questions of race and stigma have shadowed the history of its medical treatment," including a time when blacks who carry the bad gene were urged not to have children, spurring accusations of genocide, Keith Wailoo of Princeton University wrote in a separate article in the journal.

The disease is caused by a single typo in the DNA alphabet of the gene for hemoglobin, the stuff in red blood cells that carries oxygen. When it's defective, the cells sickle into a crescent shape, clogging tiny blood vessels and causing bouts of extreme pain and sometimes more serious problems such as strokes and organ damage.

It keeps many people from playing sports and enjoying other activities of normal life.

A stem cell transplant from a blood-matched sibling is a potential cure, but in the U.S., fewer than one in five people have a donor like that. Pain crises are treated with blood transfusions and drugs, but they're a temporary fix. Gene therapy offers hope of a lasting one.

The boy, now 15, was treated at Necker Children's Hospital in Paris in October 2014. Researchers gave him a gene, taken up by his blood stem cells, to help prevent the sickling. Now, about half of his red blood cells have

This 2009 colorized microscope image made available by the Sickle Cell Foundation of Georgia via the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows a sickle cell, left, and normal red blood cells of a patient with sickle cell anemia. Researchers say a French teen who was given gene therapy for sickle cell disease more than two years ago now has enough properly working red blood cells to dodge the effects of the disorder.

The case is detailed in the March 2, 2017 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. (Janice Haney Carr/CDC/Sickle Cell Foundation of Georgia via AP)

normal hemoglobin; he has not needed a transfusion since three months after his treatment and is off all medicines.

"It's not a cure but it doesn't matter," because the disease is effectively dodged, said Philippe Leboulch, who helped invent the therapy and helped found Bluebird Bio in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the company that treated the boy. The work was supported by a grant from the French government's research agency.

Bluebird has treated at least six others in the U.S. and France. Full results have not been reported, but the gene therapy has not taken hold as well in some of them as it did in the French teen.

Researchers think they know why and are adjusting methods to try to do better.

Two other gene therapy studies for sickle cell are underway in the U.S. — at the University of California, Los Angeles and Cincinnati Children's Hospital — and another is about to start at Harvard and Boston Children's Hospital using a little different approach.

"This work gives considerable promise" for a solution to a very common problem, said Dr. Stuart Orkin, a Boston Children's Hospital doctor who is an inventor on a patent related to gene editing.

"The results are quite good in this patient," he said of the French teen. "It shows gene therapy is on the right track."

——— Online: Gene therapy: http://ghr. nlm.nih.gov/primer/therapy/ availability

Old mold from penicillin discoverer auctioned for $14,617

By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — How much is an old, dried out piece of mold worth? Apparently more than $14,600 if it was created by the doctor who discovered penicillin.

The nearly 90-year-old swatch of mold has a rather extraordinary history: It came from the laboratory of Dr. Alexander Fleming whose revolutionary discovery brought the world its first antibiotic, credited with saving millions of lives worldwide.

The patchy bit of mold from his niece's collection was auctioned in London on Wednesday for 11,875 pounds ($14,617). The buyer was not identified.

The mold is preserved in a round glass case and features an inscription by Fleming on the back, describing it as "the mould that first made penicillin."

That, however, may be a stretch. The Scottish-born doctor likely made at least dozens of such mold mementos, derived from his original sample of the fungus.

Fleming "sent these samples out to dignitaries and to people in the scientific world, almost as a kind of holy relic," said Matthew Haley, director of books and manuscripts at the auction house Bonham's.

He noted that other bits of mold were given to Pope Pius XII, Winston Churchill and Marlene Dietrich, perhaps in an effort to cement Fleming's legacy as the discoverer of penicillin in 1928.

Before the discovery, infections like pneumonia and rheumatic fever were near deathsentences.

"When it first became available, penicillin was called a miracle drug," said Kevin Brown, archivist at the Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum . "Its discovery began a new, lifesaving era in medicine."

In some ways, the discovery was accidental.

Fleming found mold growing in an experiment when he returned to his cramped lab after a stay at his country house. One petri dish was full of bacteria except for an area where mold was growing. He later realized the mold — a rare strain of penicillin — was killing off the bacteria around it.

"Fleming noticed something that other people would have missed and saw the potential of penicillin to treat patients," said Brown.

Scientists at Oxford University further

In this photo taken on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017, a capsule of original penicillin mold from which Alexander Fleming made the drug known as penicillin on view at Bonham's auction house in London. The international auction house Bonham’s says it has sold a small, patchy disc of mold for $14,597. The off-white, nearly 90-year-old swatch of microbes has a rather extraordinary history: it was first created by Alexander Fleming to make penicillin, a revolutionary discovery that brought the world its first antibiotic. Bonham’s sold the mold Wednesday, March 1 during an auction in London. The germs are preserved in a glass case and feature an inscription by Fleming on the back, identifying it as “the mould that first made penicillin.” (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) developed penicillin, and production was ramped up so that enough of the antibiotic would be available for the Allied invasion on D-Day in 1944. Fleming and Oxford scientists Ernst Boris Chain and Howard Walter Florey were awarded the Nobel Prize in medicine in 1945.

Brown noted that not everybody was thrilled to receive the preserved mold medallions and that some got multiple copies, including Queen Elizabeth's husband, Prince Philip.

"Every time he met Fleming, he got another one of these things," Brown said.

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Students, staff, and volunteers in the studio for the live Kiwanis auction. (Photo by Peter Currier)

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sitting there since the week before, the fruit of the labor of the Kiwanis Club members who looked to local businesses to donate the items, as they have for many years, often in exchange for some ad space during the broadcast. The items were estimated to be worth over $50,000 according to a statement from Kiwanis.

The first stage of putting the auction together typically begins several months before the TV broadcast goes live. The Kiwanis Club convenes at the beginning of October and sets a budget. “We’re budgeting based on prior earnings,” says Cathleen Bastible, Chairperson and President Elect of the Westfield Kiwanis Club, “We averaged about $47,000 last year.”

After examining the items, I walked over to the row of phones on the other side of the room. Each phone was paired with a laptop that was running a software with which the phone operator would update the bids as they were called in, a smooth technical combination of sophistication and simplicity. The set up is a far cry from how it was run in the early days of the school hosting the show.

The auction was brought to the university in the 1970’s, and at that time it was broadcast on radio rather than television.

It was not until the early 1990s that video was introduced into the broadcast, although at the time that consisted of a camera pointing at a wall where the bid board was projected and there was no visible host.

The first time the auction began to resemble its present self was in 1992, when the campus TV studio was still in its infancy. Mark St. Jean began working in the studio later that year. “I was just the technical director on the video side,” says St. Jean, “There was a member of the faculty who was also in Kiwanis named Dr. Edwin Abar who took care of the logistical side.” After Dr.Abar became ill, St. Jean took on the role of logistical coordinator as well.

When I finished examining the set up of the studio we began doing our final

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Students, staff, and volunteers in the studio for the live Kiwanis auction. (Photo by Peter Currier) checks as more student crew members arrived.

The microphone levels were good, the cameras were white balanced, and all the pieces were in place for a good production.

At exactly noon we went live, starting with an introductory monologue from the Kiwanis Club President Geana Delisle. I was running the camera responsible for the opening shot. I have been running cameras for almost four years now, yet I still get nervous when doing a live shot.

After Geana finished her speech and the hosts opened up the show, the phones started ringing for the first bids. The hosts talking, the phones ringing, and the crew scrambling offered a stark contrast to the utter silence I experienced when I first walked in.

Once the show was well underway the crew began to fall into a groove. Everyone knew where to be, what to do, and when to do it.

Every so often people would swap positions to minimize fatigue. At the beginning I was standing behind the display desk camera.

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“There are healing properties in nature itself”, Crevier said, but “that’s just the hook”.

He said that the real value of his program is the community that it provides for the veterans who participate.

Crevier pointed that, in many cases, veterans leave their communities when they enlist in the service and join the ready-made community of their military unit. However, when those veterans are separated from the service, the tides of life may not return them to the communities they left when they started their military careers. His program, Crevier said, can help veterans in New England find a new community as they participate in outdoor excursions with other veterans who may

share similar experiences and outlooks.

Veterans who may want to learn more about the program are invited to contact Crevier at www.

NewEnglandAdventures. org, on Facebook at @ NewEnglandAdventures or by calling him at 413 328 3761.

The Rotary Club of Westfield meets at noon on Mondays in the Carriage House at theGenesis Spiritual Life Center on Mill Street. Visitors and prospective members are always welcome.

The guest speaker at the club’s March 13 meeting will be Heather White of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and on March 20 Ronald Bryant, the CEO of Baystate Noble Hospital, will visit the Rotarians.

Samantha

Eventually I found myself using the shoulder mounted camera to get a better view of individual items.

My only heart stopping moment was when the hosts cut to the display desk and I was not ready with the shoulder camera. I was standing on the left side of the shot, the camera was on the right, so I had to duck underneath the live shot to retrieve it and quickly hoist it to my shoulder so that I could go live. This task was only made more difficult by the weight of the camera, which left my shoulder sore for the rest of the night.

The auction is the only live production we expect to do every year. We also film As Schools Match Wits, but it is not live and there is room for error because we can usually go back and fix it in post production. There is no such liberty for a live show. If a camera shot gets messed up or a microphone malfunctions it is broadcast to everyone at home.

Thankfully this year went relatively smooth besides a faulty microphone near the begin-

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asked what superpower she would want, Samantha states she would like to fly. Samantha is in the fourth grade and is supported by an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) to assist with educational needs. Samantha likes school, particularly writing and of course recess. Samantha is a strong advocate for herself. She is able to verbalize her needs and feelings without prompting.

Samantha greatly benefits from clear, concise rules and limit setting from her caretakers.

Samantha would do best in a home with a single mom or a two-parent family. If there are other children in the home, they should not be close in age to Samantha. Samantha would thrive in a family that could give her a lot of attention and help her reach her fullest potential. A pre-adoptive family will need to maintain contact with Samantha’s relatives through phone and visitation.

Samantha would like a family with pets (maybe a dog) and older siblings.

How do I adopt a child from foster care?

To adopt a child from foster care, you must go through a training, interview and matching process. To begin, call the Massachusetts Adoption Resource Exchange (MARE), for referrals to agencies in your area. After submitting an initial application, a social worker will meet with you, then refer you for the Massachusetts Approach to Partnerships in Parenting (MAPP) training. After completing the MAPP course, you’ll have meetings with a social worker who will conduct your “homestudy” to explore adoption possibilities with you and begin to match you with a waiting child. It’s important to balance patience with persistence to make a match that will build a lifelong family.

To learn more about Samantha, and about adoption from foster care, call the MARE at 617-54-ADOPT (617-542-3678) or visit www.mareinc.org. The sooner you call, the sooner a waiting child will have “a permanent place to call HOME.”

ning of the broadcast. Of course a good production does not rely on luck, but careful planning. The studio begins the pre-production phase near the end of January. We begin to collect volunteers, make the graphics for the show, and finalize the logistics with the Kiwanis Club.

Next to the main studio lies the control room, where you will find the audio board, video switcher, and graphics generator. It is from this room that St. Jean gives direction to a dozen people all performing different tasks, while he follows a carefully timed script of how the show is supposed to run.

On camera, the viewers at home saw two main hosts, a new guest host every block, two people behind the display desk, and occasionally a shot of the telephone operators. Off camera were dozens of students, staff, and volunteers making a live show run like a well oiled machine. However it seems that those outside the frame are only acknowledged when something goes wrong.

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The Westfield Youth Hockey Junior Bombers are: from left to right, front row, Blake Cavallon,Thatcher Berman, Brayden Czarnecki, Joey Roselli, Evan Grant, and Jesse Spear; second row, Charlie Wilson, Evan Mastroianni, Francis Powers, Gwen Hosmer, Katie Collins, Sawyer King, and Darren Schnopp; and, back row, Coaches Kevin Czarnecki, Erik Schnopp, Head Coach Mark Hosmer, and Fran Powers.

Making history LAKE PLACID, N.Y. – The Westfield Youth Hockey Junior Bombers took to the ice this past weekend in the historic Olympic town of Lake Placid, NY., but it was the crew from the Whip City that left its imprint on the region.

The WYHA Junior Bombers Squirt One’s participated in five CAN/AM tournament games at the Olympic Rinks. They had a marvelous weekend, sweeping their respective bracket with four wins to finish first for the championship round, which was held early Sunday morning.

In the championship game, the Junior Bombers faced the Montclair Blues from Little Falls, NJ. Their game took place on the storied ice, where in 1980 the USA defeated the Soviets in what became known as “The Miracle on Ice”.

The Blues were eager to show their worth after the Junior bombers defeated them earlier in the season, 7-2. While the Blues gave the Bombers their best game of the weekend it wasn’t enough to displace the Bombers from a championship victory. With a final score of 3-1, the Westfield Junior Bombers won gold. In addition to going undefeated all weekend, the Bombers walked away with another win in the skills competition that took place on Saturday. Francis Powers, Gwen Hosmer, Evan Grant, and Joey Roselli powered the Bombers to went unbeaten run.

Blake Cavallon dekes out his opponent.

Sens double up Bruins

WSU Owls win opener WESTFIELD – A quartet of players scored two goals each for the Owls, as the Westfield State University women’s lacrosse team won its season opener by an 8-4 margin over local rival Western New England Unversity at Golden Bear Stadium in Springfield on Sunday afternoon.

After falling behind 1-0, Westfield scored five unanswered goals, including a pair

by Brooke Williams (Minnechaug/Wilbraham, Mass.), and Stephanie Godek’s (West Springfield, Mass.) marker with 7:36 left in the first half proved to be the game winner.

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — The Ottawa Senators got a preview of a potential playoff opponent — and liked what they saw.

Mike Hoffman had the power-play winner early in the third period and the Senators defeated the Boston Bruins 4-2 on Monday night.

The win allowed the Senators, who are second in the Atlantic Division, to take a four-point lead on the third-place Bruins and still hold two games in hand.

“That was one of the toughest games we’ve played all year,” Hoffman said.

“For the whole 60 minutes we had to be sharp, we had to be on our toes. I thought everyone played sharp.”

Derick Brassard, Jean-Gabriel Pageau See Bruins, Page 11

STEPHANIE GODEK

Williams, Godek, Sydney Lambert (Hanover, Mass.) and Elizabeth Navoni (Mansfield, Mass.) each tallied a pair of goals for the Owls (1-0).

Westfield out-shot the Bears 27-20 and had a 21-14 advantage in shots on goal.

Senior Alanah Melanson (Chelmsford, Mass.) (8 saves) and sophomore Maria Woodall (King Phillip/Norfolk, Mass.) (4 saves) split the game in goal for Westfield, each yielding just a pair of goals.

Western New England (1-2) was led by a pair of goals from Julia Canning.

Western New England will be right back in action on Tuesday afternoon, as the Golden Bears are set to host Castleton University at 4 p.m. Westfield State (1-0) returns home to host Mount Holyoke on Wednesday. – Courtesy of Westfield State University Sports

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THURS., MARCH 9 WMASS D3 HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP OLYMPIA ICE CENTER, WEST SPRINGFIELD NO. 1 LONGMEADOW (17-3-1) VS. NO. 2 WESTFIELD (16-5), 8:30 P.M.

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San Antonio 112, Houston 110 Denver 108, Sacramento 96 Utah 88, New Orleans 83 L.A. Clippers 116, Boston 102 TUESDAY’S GAMES Portland at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Washington at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

SAT., MARCH 11 WEST D2 GIRLS’ ICE HOCKEY QUARTERFINALS GALLO ARENA, BOURNE NO. 12 LONGMEADOW (13-5-1) VS. NO. 4 METHUEN-TEWSKBURY (18-1-3), 1:15 P.M.

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES Chicago at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Brooklyn at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

Charlotte at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

Detroit at Indiana, 8 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

New York at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

Toronto at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Utah at Houston, 8 p.m.

Sacramento at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.

Washington at Denver, 9 p.m.

Boston at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

THURSDAY’S GAMES Cleveland at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Memphis, 8 p.m.

San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.

Philadelphia at Portland, 10 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Phoenix, 10:30 p.m.

Friday’s Games No games scheduled.

N AT I O N A L H O C K E Y L E A G U E

Washington Columbus Pittsburgh N.Y. Rangers Montreal Ottawa Boston N.Y. Islanders Toronto Florida Tampa Bay Philadelphia Buffalo Carolina New Jersey Detroit

GP 65 64 64 66 66 64 66 64 64 64 65 64 66 62 65 63

Minnesota Chicago San Jose Edmonton Anaheim Calgary Nashville St. Louis Los Angeles Winnipeg Dallas Vancouver Arizona Colorado

GP 63 65 65 65 65 66 65 64 65 67 66 65 65 64

EASTERN CONFERENCE W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div 44 14 7 95 212 139 27-6-1 17-8-6 15-7-5 41 17 6 88 205 149 23-9-1 18-8-5 13-6-1 40 16 8 88 223 180 27-4-3 13-12-5 15-5-1 42 22 2 86 211 173 19-14-2 23-8-0 13-10-0 37 21 8 82 183 165 20-9-4 17-12-4 12-3-5 36 22 6 78 170 167 19-10-6 17-12-0 11-10-1 34 26 6 74 182 174 17-14-0 17-12-6 15-7-1 30 23 11 71 188 193 20-8-6 10-15-5 9-8-4 28 22 14 70 194 193 15-10-6 13-12-8 12-6-3 29 24 11 69 160 178 15-14-3 14-10-8 9-8-5 30 26 9 69 179 181 17-11-3 13-15-6 11-5-3 30 26 8 68 164 190 19-10-4 11-16-4 6-10-2 27 27 12 66 166 190 16-11-6 11-16-6 9-10-4 26 26 10 62 155 180 18-10-2 8-16-8 6-13-2 25 28 12 62 147 187 13-13-6 12-15-6 8-8-3 25 27 11 61 158 187 12-14-5 13-13-6 6-9-5 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L OT Pts GF GA Home Away Div 42 15 6 90 212 149 23-8-1 19-7-5 15-5-3 42 18 5 89 198 164 22-8-4 20-10-1 16-8-1 39 19 7 85 180 152 20-7-4 19-12-3 13-7-3 35 22 8 78 187 170 16-10-3 19-12-5 12-4-3 33 22 10 76 168 165 20-8-3 13-14-7 12-6-4 36 26 4 76 179 182 18-14-0 18-12-4 10-9-3 32 24 9 73 192 184 19-8-7 13-16-2 13-10-1 32 27 5 69 176 182 18-11-4 14-16-1 10-11-2 31 28 6 68 161 164 17-12-1 14-16-5 9-9-1 30 31 6 66 200 209 16-16-1 14-15-5 16-8-1 27 29 10 64 186 211 18-11-6 9-18-4 8-14-4 28 30 7 63 152 186 18-10-4 10-20-3 11-9-1 23 35 7 53 157 210 14-15-3 9-20-4 9-12-5 17 44 3 37 123 214 8-21-2 9-23-1 6-16-0

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

SUNDAY’S GAMES Calgary 5, N.Y. Islanders 2 Columbus 3, New Jersey 0 Pittsburgh 4, Buffalo 3 Minnesota 3, San Jose 1 Vancouver 2, Anaheim 1 St. Louis 3, Colorado 0 Carolina 2, Arizona 1 MONDAY’S GAMES Ottawa 4, Boston 2 Dallas 4, Washington 2 N.Y. Rangers 1, Tampa Bay 0, OT San Jose 3, Winnipeg 2 TUESDAY’S GAMES New Jersey at Columbus, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Florida, 7:30 p.m.

Detroit at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

St. Louis at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Edmonton, 9 p.m.

Carolina at Colorado, 9 p.m.

Nashville at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

Montreal at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

WEDNESDAY’S GAMES Detroit at Boston, 8 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.

Ottawa at Dallas, 8 p.m.

THURSDAY’S GAMES N.Y. Rangers at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

Anaheim at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Ottawa at Arizona, 9 p.m.

Montreal at Calgary, 9 p.m.

New Jersey at Colorado, 9 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Washington at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

Nashville at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

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Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin, left, and Boston Celtics forward Amir Johnson battle for a rebound during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Monday, March 6, 2017, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Crawford’s hot stretch helps Clippers beat Celtics

By TIM LIOTTA Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — For a few minutes, Jamal Crawford made the NBA look like nothing more than schoolyard basketball.

Crawford hit three 3-pointers in 70 seconds late in the third quarter, scored 17 of his 19 points in the second half, and lifted the Los Angeles Clippers to a 116-102 victory over the Boston Celtics on Monday night.

"I think I'm at my best whenever I'm just not thinking," Crawford said. "I'm just relaxed. I'm just playing, just hooping. It's just basketball. I've done it my whole life.

I've always said when you're at your best in the NBA it feels like you're like high school because your true game comes out."

Blake Griffin scored 26 points and Chris Paul added 23, but it was Crawford's electric display that shook up the Celtics.

"It's hard to stop a guy, especially a guy like him," Celtics guard Marcus Smart said.

"He's known for that. He can get hot real quick. When he gets hot, gets going, it's going to be a long night for you."

Down by as many as 13 points and still trailing 71-64, the Clippers ran off the 11 unanswered points in the final 1:41 of the third quarter. Crawford's three 3-pointers sparked the run, the last of which put Los Angeles up 75-71 with 31 seconds left.

"Obviously he made some tremendous shots, that's what he does," Celtics coach Brad Stevens said. "And then we weren't scoring on the other end. So obviously they kind of flipped the script there at the end of the third. You know from watching the NBA, 13 is nothing when you've got a team like that."

Behind Crawford, the Clippers made 23 of 37 shots in the second half (62 percent).

Up 75-74 early in the fourth, the Clippers ran off a 24-8 spurt, taking a 99-82 lead on Austin Rivers' 3-pointer.

DeAndre Jordan added 15 points and 12 rebounds for the Clippers, who won their second in a row and remained 1 1/2 games behind Utah in the race for fourth place in the Western Conference.

"I thought they outplayed us in the first half," said Clippers coach Doc Rivers. "They were more physical. And then I thought we turned that, and we became the more physical team in the second half."

Isaiah Thomas scored 31 points and Smart added 21 for the Celtics, who had one of their worst shooting performances of the season,

shooting just 41 percent from the field after being in the high 30s most of the game.

"I don't think our shot selection has been great for a couple of games now, but I also think they really defended us well and took some things away," said Stevens.

Boston has lost two in a row and five of its last eight games. The Celtics remained in the second place in the Eastern Conference, three games behind Cleveland.

TIP-INS Celtics: With his 3-pointer with 4:24 left in the fourth quarter, Thomas eclipsed 8,000 points for his NBA career. ... F Jonas Jerebko sat out the game with the flu.

Clippers: Jordan made his first free throw with 3:03 left in the second quarter, on his eighth attempt. ... For 19-year vet Paul Pierce, who played his first 15 seasons in Boston and was the MVP of the 2008 NBA Finals, this was the final game against his former team.

The Clippers ran a tribute video highlighting Pierce's career midway through the first quarter, and the crowd responded with a standing ovation. Pierce plans to retire at the end of the season. He did not play in the game.

HOPEFUL ON HORFORD Al Horford, who sat out Boston's loss in Phoenix on Sunday, tested his sprained right elbow, sustained blocking a shot against the Lakers on Friday night, with a pregame shooting session.

"First time since (the injury)," Stevens said. "Feel like sooner rather than later he'll be back, but I don't want to put a specific timetable on him."

ROAD WEARY For the Clippers, Monday night's game sat sandwiched between a pair of back-to-backs in the Central time zone. Fresh off games in Milwaukee and Chicago on Friday and Saturday night, the Clippers play road games against Minnesota and Memphis on Wednesday and Thursday nights.

"I would have loved to have just gone straight to Minnesota from Chicago," Doc Rivers said. "That would have made a lot of sense."

NEXT UP Boston: Visit Golden State on Wednesday night. The Warriors beat the Celtics 104-88 in their only other meeting this season back on Nov. 18.

Los Angeles: The Clippers play the Timberwolves on Wednesday night in Minneapolis, looking to avenge a 104-101 loss on Jan. 19.

Los Angeles Clippers forward Blake Griffin, right, shoots as Boston Celtics forward Amir Johnson defends during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Monday, March 6, 2017, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

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and Alex Burrows, with an empty-net goal, also scored as the Senators extended their winning streak to three games. Craig Anderson made 25 saves against the Bruins, who will play Ottawa twice more in the regular season.

Patrice Bergeron and Brad Marchand scored for Boston and Tuukka Rask made 25 saves.

The Bruins anticipated a hard-fought game, but struggled against the Senators’ forecheck.

“They played their game better than we played ours in a nutshell,” Boston coach Bruce Cassidy said. “It was a little disappointing at times that we were that stubborn.”

With just six home games remaining, the Senators gave the crowd at Canadian Tire Centre something to remember in what could be a preview of a first-round playoff matchup should the standings remain as they are.

Ottawa took a 3-1 lead early in the third as Hoffman scored his 20th on the power play. It was Ottawa’s first goal with the man advantage in three games.

The lead was short-lived as less than two minutes later the Bruins scored on the power play as Marchand picked up David Pastrnak’s rebound to score his 30th, giving him back-toback 30-goal seasons.

Shortly after there was a strange turn of events in the third when it appeared Hoffman was going to take a slashing penalty, but then the officials overturned the call after realizing Marchand’s stick had broken in the act of shooting.

Cassidy had never seen anything like it and was still confused by it after the game.

“It was a funny call. Through the course of the game most officials would tell you there’s times they look back and tell you that was one I probably missed, but they don’t tell you until after the game or the next day so again it was interesting to say the least.”

There were no goals in the second, but the Senators clearly held the edge in the period, outshooting the Bruins 16-5.

“We played a complete game against a team that’s played very well,” said Dion Phaneuf, who wasn’t expected to play as he wasn’t feeling well at the morning skate.

“It feels good when you come in and com-

pete the way that we did together. We come out with the result that we wanted in a race that’s tight.”

Ottawa had a number of chances as the Bruins turned the puck over several times, but Rask was solid and got a little help when Phaneuf rang a shot off the post.

“We knew it was going to be a hard game and we definitely didn’t have the start we would have liked,” Marchand said.

“We kind of played into their system. We didn’t get enough pucks in deep and that’s the game you have to play against this team with the five guys in the neutral zone they really clog it up so we have to get in a little bit more than we did and hopefully we can do a little bit better next game.”

The Senators had a strong start to the game as they held a 2-1 lead after 20 minutes.

“I thought we came out real focused, real strong,” Senators coach Guy Boucher said.

“When they got that goal we had a great push back.”

Trailing 2-0, the Bruins cut the lead in half as Bergeron took a pass from Torey Krug in the slot and quickly turned and beat Anderson with a wrist shot in the final minutes of the period.

Brassard opened the scoring at 1:21 as he managed to beat Rask with a turnaround shot through traffic and Ottawa took a 2-0 lead just three minutes into the game as Pageau redirected Phaneuf’s point shot.

NOTES: Ottawa D Fredrik Claesson, D Jyrki Jokipakka and C Christopher DiDomenico were a healthy scratch. The Senators remain without Bobby Ryan and Chris Neil, who both have broken fingers.

The Bruins RW Jimmy Hayes, D JohnMichael Liles, D Joe Morrow and LW Matt Beleskey were a healthy scratch. Adam McQuaid was back in the lineup Monday. The Bruins defenseman needed over 20 stitches Saturday after taking a skate blade to the neck.

UP NEXT: Bruins: Boston hosts Detroit on Wednesday night.

Senators: Ottawa begins three-game road trip at Dallas on Wednesday night.

Ottawa Senators' Tommy Wingels (57) tries get the puck past Boston Bruins goaltender Tuuka Rask (40) as David Pastrnak (88) looks on during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Monday, March 6, 2017 in Ottawa, Ontario. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)

Red Sox newcomer Chris Sale goes 2 innings in spring debut WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Chris Sale gave himself mixed reviews after his first spring training performance for the Boston Red Sox, an outing that ended a little earlier than originally planned.

Boston manager John Farrell had Sale set to go three innings Monday against Houston.

But after 37 pitches in two innings, Farrell decided the debut was over.

"I understand why, I mean I racked up a pretty good amount of pitches, which is another thing I'd like to get down," Sale said.

Acquired from the Chicago White Sox in December, the dominant lefty gave up two runs, one of them earned, and struck out two.

"Happy? I don't know," Sale said. "I got some good work in. I'm not a fan of sitting here and saying spring training doesn't matter. You still want to get results."

The scoreboard radar gun showed Sale's fastball hitting 97 mph a couple times during the first inning. His final offering was 76 mph slider that he took something off, striking out Marwin Gonzalez looking.

Sale had his own cheering section at the Astros' park. He's from Lakeland and his parents, in-laws and some former college buddies from Florida Gulf Coast made the roughly twohour drive to see him don the Red Sox uniform — red jersey, gray pants and a red cap with a blue bill — for the first time.

The Red Sox traded three minor leaguers and highly touted Yoan Moncada to the White Sox for Sale, a five-time All-Star and the 2015 AL strikeout king.

Sale's addition took on even more importance earlier this spring when lefty ace David Price began experiencing elbow soreness. Price's status for the start of the season remains uncertain.

"I think every player we have has got a certain amount of scrutiny just because it's Boston," Farrell said. "Independent of developments on our roster, health wise or other, Chris Sale is going to draw a lot of attention. Based on what we know of him, I think he'll handle this environment well. It can be unique for players coming in the first year and going through an adjustment period but he seems to be very well equipped to stay focused on the things he can control."

Farrell believes Sale's competitiveness will elevate his teammate's focus.

"You get the sense that the team, on the day he's on the mound, takes on that persona," Farrell said. "There's an edge about him, the way he goes about his work. He's got tremendous physical ability to back that up."

Dustin Pedroia, David Ortiz and Mookie Betts jerseys greatly outnumbered Sale jerseys in the stands on Monday, but that doesn't detract from Sale's budding relationship with Boston fans.

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Dear Annie

By ANNIE LANE

Stay With a Deceiver?

Dear Annie: I’m torn and hoping an objective voice will help me reach a decision.

I recently found out that my girlfriend of three years has been seeing another guy behind my back for the past couple of months.

I had been growing suspicious for some time; she has been distant and has not been physical at all lately. Then the other day, when she was in the shower, I gave in to temptation and snooped through her cellphone. I found that she’d been texting with some guy the night before about meeting up at a bar. She had told me she was going out for a girls night.

I immediately confronted her. At first, she was furious with me for going through her phone, but she finally broke down and admitted that she’d been hanging out with this guy from work one-on-one. She says it wasn’t anything physical, although he’s been flirtatious with her. She begged me to forgive her for keeping a secret from me, and she promises never to do so again. I don’t know whether to believe the part about their not being physical, but I do believe she really regrets the relationship. She says she wants to work things out between us. I love her a lot, and I am really torn up. I don’t feel ready to end things. Would I be nuts to stay with her? -- Aching in My Chest Dear Aching: I’ll answer your question with another question: Why do you want to stay? If you really see a future with this woman, then OK, give her another shot. You’d both have to work together to build a strong foundation of honesty and trust. You’d need to stop snooping on her; she’d need to stop giving you reasons to feel as if you have to snoop. (And if she were to break your trust again, that would be it. I’m a big believer in second chances, but not so much in third chances.)

But I’ve a feeling that the real reason you’re avoiding a breakup is you’re afraid to let go. If that’s the case, it’s time to end things so you can start the process of beginning again. You cannot simply wish that pain in your chest away.

Dear Annie: I have actually found comfort in reading the letters from grandparents and others who have shared their dismay in never receiving thank-you notes. At least I’m not the only one who has had this problem.

I tried talking to the kids and the parents, to no avail. The parents even tried to “explain” that their kids were too busy with activities. I was appalled. So I went to plan B. During one visit, when everyone was at one dining room table, I passed out thankyou cards to all the grandkids. The envelopes were pre-addressed to my husband and me and stamped. I also gave them an additional box of thank-you notes to be used for other gift givers. I shared the importance of sending thank-you notes whenever they receive a gift. I then advised that they were all on permanent probation. No “thank you” means no future gifts -- end of story.

I give them five days after receipt of a gift to send a note. This has worked.

Of course, their mother thinks I am a nag and old-fashioned. I think I’m teaching my grandkids an important life lesson, and shame on their parents for not doing the same. But now I enjoy notes from my grandkids, and some of them are even being more thoughtful and giving in other ways. -- C.A. in Sarasota, Fla. Dear C.A.: You are indeed teaching them an important life lesson, one they’ll thank you for when they’re older.

HINTS FROM HELOISE THIS ANIMAL IS WORKING! Dear Heloise: A family member uses A SERVICE DOG, and people come up, especially with children, and fuss over the dog. The dog is working and should not be bothered. They don’t seem to know that you should not pet a service dog. When Goldie is distracted, he can’t do his job the way he is supposed to. -- R.A., via email.

Dear R.A.: Thank you for the reminder! Readers, when a service animal is in work mode, its job is to help the owner. Please don’t pet, talk to or distract the dog unless you ask first!

This is especially critical if “the team” is walking on a sidewalk, waiting to cross a street or another high safety time when a distraction could cause a mishap. -- Heloise TOO MANY CHOICES? Dear Heloise: There is such a dizzying array of products for the home, for women’s products, vitamin supplements, office supplies, and on and on.

Did it ever occur to anyone that we all have too many choices? Who needs to ponder over 20 kinds of mouthwash?

Who needs 15 kinds of glittery eye shadow, 30 kinds of deodorant or 14 kinds of laundry soap?

We are confronted with a glut of similar products that do similar things, all in the name of companies that are hungry for your shopping dollars. -- T.D., Fort Wayne, Ind. Dear T.D.: It’s called a free market, and if there is a company that has a product it wants to sell, it can put the item out there on the shelf! Certain products, such as deodorant, laundry soap, tissue and toilet paper, are BIG moneymakers, since most everyone uses these daily. Stick to the brand you know, and don’t waste your time scouting out others. -- Heloise

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TV Sports Tonight Tuesday, March 7 BASEBALL 5 a.m.

MLB — 2017 World Baseball Classic, first round, Cuba vs. Japan, at Tokyo 8 a.m.

MLB — 2017 World Baseball Classic, first round, South Korea vs.

Netherlands, at Seoul, South Korea (same-day tape) 10 p.m.

MLB — 2017 World Baseball Classic, first round, China vs. Cuba, at Tokyo COLLEGE BASKETBALL Noon ESPN2 — ACC Tournament, first round, Clemson vs. NC State, at Brooklyn, N.Y. 2 p.m.

ESPN2 — ACC Tournament, first round, Wake Forest vs. Boston College, at Brooklyn, N.Y. 7 p.m.

ESPN — Horizon League Tournament, championship, N. Kentucky vs.

Milwaukee, at Detroit ESPN2 — NEC Tournament, championship, Saint Francis (Pa.) at Mount St. Mary’s ESPNU — ACC Tournament, first round, Georgia Tech vs. Pittsburgh, at Brooklyn, N.Y. 9 p.m.

ESPN — West Coast Tournament, championship, Gonzaga vs. BYUSaint Mary’s (Cal.) winner, at Las Vegas ESPN2 — Summit League Tournament, championship, S. Dakota St. vs. Omaha, at Sioux Falls, S.D. CYCLING 2 a.m. (Wednesday) NBCSN — 2017 Paris-Nice, Stage 3, Chablis to Chalon-sur-Saone, France (same-day tape)

MLB BASEBALL 1 p.m.

MLB — Spring training, Canada vs. Toronto, at Dunedin, Fla. NBA BASKETBALL 8 p.m.

NBA — Portland at Oklahoma City NHL HOCKEY 7:30 p.m.

NBCSN — Philadelphia at Buffalo SOCCER 2:30 p.m.

FS1 — UEFA Champions League, Round of 16, Leg 2, Arsenal vs.

Bayern Munich FS2 — UEFA Champions League, Round of 16, Leg 2, Napoli vs. Real Madrid 7 p.m.

FS1 — SheBelieves Cup, United States vs. France, at Washington TENNIS 11 p.m.

ESPN2 — BNP Paribas Showdown, at New York (same-day tape) WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Noon ESPNU — Horizon League Tournament, championship, Green Bay vs.

Detroit, at Detroit 2 p.m.

ESPNU — Summit League Tournament, championship, W. Illinois vs.

IUPUI, at Sioux Falls, S.D. 4 p.m.

ESPNU — West Coast Tournament, championship, Gonzaga vs. Saint Mary’s (Cal.), at Las Vegas 9 p.m.

FS1 — Big East Tournament, championship, Marquette vs. DePaul, at Milwaukee

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Historic drama ‘Underground’ reflects on state of US

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — As "Underground" starts its second season, it remains firmly rooted in history — but it also very much reflects on present-day American issues.

One of the show's stars, Aldis Hodge, says the political commentary is unintentional by "Underground" co-creator Misha Green, who was highly critical of President Donald Trump during his candidacy, calling him "a racist and sexist."

The series delves into the back story of the Underground Railroad. The second season , which premieres at 10 p.m. EST Wednesday on WGN America, explores the divide in the U.S. as the roots of the Civil War take hold.

"Call it a serendipitous coincidence," said Hodge, who plays Noah, a blacksmith who helped fellow slaves escape. "It's scary how the truth of 1858 still resonates so symmetrically to what we are going through today, especially in this political climate."

Jurnee Smollett-Bell, who plays a free former slave named Rosalee, took a break while shooting a courtroom scene to reflect on the likenesses between the mid-19th century and today. As the second season begins, Rosalee is attempting to free Noah, her lover, from prison with the help of white abolitionist lawyer John Hawkes.

"John and I are going at it. I'm frustrated, because he believes in the system," she said of the scene. "He believes in this justice system, but I told him 'It's actually unjust when it comes to someone like us, someone of color.' Then, I took a pause and reflected on the fact that I could literally be saying this exact same line to someone today in real life. The wounds of slavery are still not healed. Our ancestors went through so many obstacles. Our show calls us to action, and shows how they pushed through."

The series stars Smollett-Bell, Hodges, Amirah Vann as Ernestine and Aisha Hinds as Harriet Tubman. The show is executive produced by Grammy-winning singer John Legend, who will guest star as runaway slave-turned-abolitionist Frederick Douglass.

This season's story lines focus more on individual characters, Hodges said.

"We have our own independent journeys. First season, we were all running together. Now we're all split up. We're trying to get back with each other," he said.

The show attempts to humanize Tubman.

This Feb. 2, 2017 photo shows cast members from the TV series, "Underground," from left, Amirah Vann, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Aisha Hinds and Aldis Hodge in Atlanta. The second season premieres March 8 on WGN America. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

"I had a tremendous amount of reverence for her. But I didn't know how she moved her fingers, or what she sounded like or how she walked," said Hinds, who has appeared in "Under the Dome" and "Detroit 1-8-7." ''So I just inhaled all this literature.

As an actor, I was pushed to the edge of myself."

Tubman serves as a mentor to the timid Rosalee who eventually becomes more courageous as both travel to slave states to help others escape.

"There's a theme this season," Smollett-Bell said. "This season we're asking what you are. Are you a citizen or a solider?

Where do you stand on the battlefield? Are you going to be a bystander, sit on the sidelines or pick up the fight and rise up?"

Vann hopes the show's narrative can inspire viewers.

"Our ancestors were bold," she said. "They found a way, so we have no excuse today. This is an exciting time to make change. Our skills were called on to show how America was built. I hope this inspires people in the right way."

ONLINE: http://www.wgnamerica.com/series/underground

Lithgow keeps you guessing, and laughing, in ‘Trial & Error’ NEW YORK (AP) — Did he do it?

He does it. John Lithgow, who stars in NBC's daffy new comedy "Trial & Error" as a poetry prof who may or may not have murdered his wife, is clearly guilty of making viewers laugh.

He's also guilty, in a career spanning nearly a half-century, of freaking out viewers (item: his chilling psycho-killer in the Showtime series "Dexter"), or warming the heart with his character's humanity (such as his breakout performance as Roberta Muldoon, the transgender former pro football player in "The World According to Garp").

His birth certificate identifies him as John Arthur Lithgow, but as an actor, his middle name is "Versatile."

To wit: Right now he can be seen in the acclaimed Netflix series "The Crown" as British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

Meanwhile, he plays eccentric Larry Henderson on "Trial & Error," which premieres with back-to-back episodes on March 14.

Like the dead-serious docuseries (such as "Making a Murderer" and "The Staircase") it spoofs, "Trial & Error" tracks its wacky murder case across the season's 13 episodes, with Larry's innocence or guilt, and the verdict, kept under wraps until the finale.

Meanwhile, it surrounds Larry with fellow oddballs played by co-stars Steven Boyer, Sherri Shepherd, Krysta Rodriguez, Jayma Mays and Nicholas D'Agosto as an eager young New York lawyer who lands in this quirky Southern town to represent Larry, who can't help undermining his own claim of innocence: "I did NOT kill my wife," he moans before adding with a chuckle, "Back in the day, I was known as a

lady killer."

"I'm someone who's known for being really funny, very scary and occasionally very touching," says Lithgow over coffee on a visit to Manhattan last week, "and the role requires all those three parts."

As Lithgow sizes him up, Larry is a chap "with mood swings, mental blind spots and no sense of proportion: The cable guy failing to arrive and his wife lying dead on the floor are matters of equal urgency and importance to him."

He says he drew inspiration from the legendary French filmmaker-actor Jacques Tati, whose onscreen persona "was always a bit oblivious, just a little bit startled by everything, and acted in a completely rational but inappropriate way to whatever happened.

"But as loony as Larry is, the audience has to be able to buy it either way — that he either has or hasn't murdered her — and really want to follow the clues and red herrings and find out the truth."

Lithgow comes to "Trial & Error" as an established, multi-Emmy-winning sitcom star: For six seasons, he played the leader of a quartet of extraterrestrials who posed as a human family on a fact-finding mission to Earth on the 1990s hit "3rd Rock from the Sun." He has also appeared on the Broadway stage in some two dozen productions, including the musical "Sweet Smell of Success" and "M. Butterfly," the celebrated drama where he played a French diplomat who falls for a beautiful Chinese opera diva who is actually a man masquerading as a woman.

There's something endlessly adaptable, a faithful unexpectedness about Lithgow,

however readily familiar he is to audiences with that lanky, 6-foot-4 frame and the face a producer once defined for him as "in neutral: The audience never knows which way it's gonna go."

"Such a curious backhanded compliment — You have such a bland face — and it's always stayed with me," says Lithgow, his face at that moment ignited in a grin. "I love to be surprising."

He traces his urge to keep changing and surprising to his own background. Born in Rochester, New York, Lithgow, 71, grew up in a theater family, with his father producing Shakespeare festivals. From childhood, he was immersed in the Bard's full canon and, from the age of 6, was tapped for a range of onstage roles.

He attended Harvard University and was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, then returned to New York to pursue a stage career (and swiftly won the first of his two Tony Awards).

Then he moved to Los Angeles, though not to be a movie star, but out of love — he wed UCLA economics professor Mary Yeager. And within a two-year period he scored "Garp," ''Twilight Zone: The Movie," ''Terms of Endearment," ''Footloose" and "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension."

"I felt like that announced: 'He'll do anything!' — and, boy, I've done everything," he says, summing up. "I really enjoy playing people who end up not being what you thought they were. Everybody has some degree of good and bad in them, and I love exploring all that duality. I love crossing the line back and forth, playing the contradictions.

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Avoid controlling people at all costs; refuse to get caught up in their games. If you are single, visualize the kind of relationship you desire. Come fall, you are likely to meet someone who could become part of your life’s history. You will know when you meet this person. If you are attached, you rekindle the passionate fires you once experienced together. You will behave as if you are young lovers, and you’ll enjoy every moment of it. CANCER knows how to draw you in.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH Note how a friendship is changing in nature. Is this transformation what you want? You tend to go to extremes, and at times, you easily lose your temper. Follow your instincts, and you will land on your feet. Reach out to a close friend or loved one. Tonight: Close to home.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHH No matter what you think, you are likely to find that your immediate associates nearly always have different ideas. Be open to a conversation that could be volatile at times yet compassionate the rest of the time. Note how someone is feeling. Tonight: Hang with friends.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH A misunderstanding arises, and you might feel relieved and free in certain areas of your life. You could find that you like the present situation. You will want to come to an understanding with a very controlling person in your life.

Tonight: Treat a loved one to dinner.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH You will accomplish much more of what you want in the next few days. You see the power of being optimistic and positive. Curb a tendency to be overly emotional around a family member, as it makes him or her uncomfortable. Tonight: Buy a favorite dessert for yourself.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HH A lot goes on behind the scenes, and you might choose to stay mum about such matters for now. Reorganize your life, and make it more to your liking.

Opportunities head your way once you create an opening. You might want to jump on one now. Tonight: Get some extra R and R. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH Speak your mind, yet be honest with yourself about what could happen. You remain centered when you sense that others might lose it. What occurs might bring out several people’s fears. You will be amazed by the mental transition that occurs. Tonight: Just don’t be alone.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHH You have the get-up-and-go to make others turn around and wish they were you. A loved one affects you in more ways than you might realize.

Interacting with this person proves unusually valuable. This tie has a unique quality. Tonight: Meet a friend for a late dinner.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH You could bring about some dramatic changes in your day-to-day life.

You also have the ability to draw out others’ positive traits, bypassing a need for control. You have the drive and determination to succeed, which many people envy. Tonight: Your instincts guide you well.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH Close relating brings positive results. Don’t cause yourself a problem unnecessarily. You might want to come to a better understanding than you have in the recent past. Underneath all the discussion lies a power play of sorts.

Know when to say “enough.” Tonight: Be part of a duo.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH You might not know how you come off, but feedback and interactions point to a discrepancy. Remain positive with someone with whom you share a business investment. Touch base with a neighbor who always has a lot to share.

Tonight: Talk up a storm with a loved one.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH You could be in a jam, especially if you remain unresponsive to an individual whom you would prefer not to speak to. Be as diplomatic as possible; the responses will be much better as a result. Examine your long-term desires more carefully. Tonight: Go for what you want.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH Be more in touch with your needs. If you want to change direction, honor a long-term desire. At a certain point, you no longer can deny what is happening around you. Go with a fast change of pace, and remain responsive.

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"That's part of being comfortable and feeling a part of the team is having the fans right there behind your back, too, pushing you in the right direction and saying welcome to Boston — World Series this, World Series that," Sale said. "You can't help but get a little energized from that and feel good."

Some of Sale's troubles on Monday weren't of his own making.

Astros leadoff man George Springer lifted a seemingly innocent fly to the right side and first baseman Sam Travis broke back on a ball that normally would have landed a couple steps onto the outfield grass. Instead, a brisk 20 mph wind blew the ball and it dropped near the bag for an error.

Gonzalez followed with a one-hop double over the third base bag putting runners on second and third — a rough start but not completely undesirable during the spring.

"Those are good situations to be in," Sale said. "It's going to happen sometime throughout the year. It's nice to be able to get in those scenarios and try to work your way out of them."

The three hits Sale surrendered in the second inning all came within a foot of diving fielders.

"I was a little surprised to see the velocity he had in his first outing," Farrell said. "In a way you kind of think it's a high number for this early in camp but you can't tell a strong competitor to back off."

The Astros and Red Sox finished in a 5-5 tie called after nine innings.

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Kyle Schwarber tripled for the Cubs. Jake Arrieta struggled through two innings, allowing three runs.

Angels starter Jesse Chavez gave up seven hits in 2 1/3 innings.

PADRES 6, WHITE SOX 5 Three-time All-Star Jered Weaver pitched two innings and gave up one run. He signed with the Padres last month after 11 seasons with the Angels.

Yangervis Solarte drove in two runs for San Diego and Wil Myers added an RBI single.

Jose Abreu singled and scored, and Cody Asche homered for Chicago.

GIANTS 3, INDIANS (ss) 2 Indians starter Danny Salazar struggled with command through 2 2/3 innings, walking four and allowing two runs.

Matt Cain gave up two runs in 3 1/3 innings. He is competing for the final spot in the Giants' rotation.

Newcomer Aaron Hill had an RBI double for San Francisco.

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BELTRE SET Texas third baseman Adrian Beltre said he's OK to join the Dominican Republic for World Baseball Classic.

Beltre played his third game in four days Monday after missing the first week of exhibition games because of a strained left calf, an injury sustained working out at home before reporting to camp.

"Obviously if I'm good enough to play out here, I'm good enough to play," he said.

"I would like to represent my country. This is going to be my last WBC that I'm part of."

The 37-year-old Gold Glover planned to stay in Arizona with the Rangers as long as he could to get treatment and more at-bats before joining the defending champion Dominicans in Miami for their opener Thursday.

KAZMIR SETBACK Dodgers lefty Scott Kazmir exited after his first pitch of the second inning against Colorado because of tightness on his left side.

The 33-year-old Kazmir said he felt out of sorts during his pregame warmup and the first inning. He was 10-6 with a 4.56 ERA in 26 last starts last season, his first with the Dodgers, struggling with mechanics and flexibility because of injuries.

"The frustration is through the roof right now," he said after his second spring training start. "I've been dealing with this for a while now.

With all the treatment and exercises I do and to be in this spot right now is definitely a head scratcher."

AROUND THE GRAPEFRUIT AND CACTUS LEAGUES: RED SOX 5, ASTROS 5, 9 INNINGS

Hanley Ramirez went 1 for 3 as Boston's designated hitter.

His right shoulder injury has cleared to the point where he's in the early stages of a throwing program, but there is no word on when can play first base.

Colin Moran homered for Houston.

ORIOLES 7, TIGERS 2 Baltimore starter Dylan Bundy struck out three in three shutout innings. Johnny Giavotella had an RBI single in the third to start a six-run burst.

Mike Pelfrey pitched 2 1/3 innings and allowed six hits and five earned runs. He has worked 3 2/3 innings this spring and has a 7.36 ERA. TWINS 2, CARDINALS 1, 10 INNINGS Twins starter Kyle Gibson worked four innings, giving up two hits and a run.

Cardinals reliever Ryan Sherriff allowed the winning run in the 10th on a single by Chris Gimenez.

METS 8, MARLINS 2 Mets lefty Steven Matz pitched two scoreless innings in his first game since having elbow surgery in October.

Travis d'Arnaud and L.J. Mazzilli, son of former Mets star Lee Mazzilli, homered for New York.

Giancarlo Stanton hit his first spring home run for Miami. Free agent addition Edinson Volquez threw 3 1/3 innings, allowing one run.

PIRATES 13, YANKEES 1 Jordy Mercer homered for Pittsburgh while former firstround pick Austin Meadows hit a two-run double.

New York starter Bryan Mitchell was ineffective, allowing four earned runs in 2 1/3 innings. He is competing for a spot in the rotation.

BREWERS 14, INDIANS (ss) 4 Cleveland starter Corey Kluber went 2 1/3 innings and gave up six runs on eight hits and two walks.

Matt Garza started for Milwaukee and allowed two runs and five hits. Joba Chamberlain, a non-roster invitee, threw an inning of scoreless relief. Travis Shaw had a two-run single, walked twice and scored twice.

DIAMONDBACKS 4, ROYALS 1 Robbie Ray started and went three scoreless innings for Arizona. David Peralta had a pair of RBI singles.

Alex Gordon had two hits for Kansas City. Nathan Karns, obtained from the Mariners for outfielder Jarrod Dyson, worked into the fourth inning in the start, allowing two runs.

ROCKIES 10, DODGERS 9 Joc Pederson homered for Los Angeles.

Gerardo Parra hit a home run and Pat Valaika connected twice for Colorado. DJ LeMahieu doubled and singled.

CUBS 13, ANGELS 10 Jason Heyward ended his 0-for-15 start to spring training with a home run, double and three RBIs. Kris Bryant had two hits and scored twice, and

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LETOURNEAU & SONS PAINTING ONE CALL DOES IT ALL! We are a family owned and operated, painting and home improvement company serving the Westfield area since 1986.

We specialize in residential/commercial, interior/exterior painting and staining, ceiling and drywall repairs, water damage repair, exterior home repairs, and carpentry of all types including roof repairs.

Call Bill for your FREE no obligation estimate (413) 977-9633 or (413) 562-5727 www.Ls-painting.com LANDSCAPING & LAWN CARE

A1 ODD JOBS/HANDYMAN Debris removal, landscaping, Fall yard cleanup, interior and exterior painting, power washing, basic carpentry and plumbing. All types of repair work and more. (413)562-7462 ACCURATE LAWNCARE Leaf & Brush Removal Gutter Cleaning Trimming & Mowing, Snow Removal with Sanding Family owned & operated Call (413)579-1639 accuratelawncare2013 @gmail.com

TRACTOR SERVICES

Hagger's Landscaping Services LLC

JIM'S TRACTOR SERVICES

All your landscaping needs, Residential & Commercial ----Spring cleanups, seeding, plantings, mulching, topsoil, patios, walkways, lawn mowing and more!

----Now offering 5 step fertilizing programs! Sign up now for our program get the 5th application FREE!!

----Call today for your FREE estimate!!!

Spruce up for Spring!

FULLY INSURED

Grading & leveling of trap rock, dirt driveways & short roads; loader or backhoe work. Mowing of fields & lots with large rotory mower. Equipment transportation. (9 tons or less).

Trucking available. Removal or filling old pools. Insured (Div. of JD Berry Contracting) (413) 530-5430 (413) 569-6920

(413) 626-6122 or visit: www.haggerscape.com _________________________

TRUCK SERVICE

LOGGING

TOP TRUCK SERVICES CORP.

WEIDLER LOGGING

Family Owned Servicing Western Mass since 1998

Purchasing standing timber and specializing in land clearing. Local company in business for 20+ years.

Green firewood. Cut, split & delivered. Free delivery in Westfield area. Mixed hardwoods. $180 p/128 cf.

413-835-5491

MASONRY

SEASONED FIREWOOD 100% hardwood Stacking available Cut, split, delivered (128cu.ft.)

Volume discounts Call for pricing Hollister's Firewood

LANDSCAPING & LAWN CARE

ABC MASONRY & BASEMENT WATERPROOFING All brick, block, concrete.

Chimneys, foundations, hatchways, new basement windows installed and repaired.

Sump pumps and french drain systems installed. Foundations pointed and stuccoed.

Free estimates (413)569-1611 or (413)374-5377

PAINTING & WALLPAPERING HOME DECOR has been making beautiful new rooms for over 16 years. From cabinet makeovers to faux finishes, staging for sales and decorating advice for a new look. Call Kendra now for all your painting needs. Fully insured.

Free Estimates (413)626-8880 or (413)564-0223

PLUMBING & HEATING NICK GARDNER PLUMBING, WELDING & MECHANICAL SERVICES. Reliable service, Professional. Certified Welding.

Insured. MA Lic. #PL31893-J. Call (413)531-2768 Nick7419@comcast.net

SNOWBLOWER REPAIR AFFORDABLE Snowblower/Lawnmower Service. Tune-ups/Repairs.

FREE pick-up & delivery.

Same day service available.

786-0022

APARTMENT STUDIO, IN-LAW STYLE Fresh & New! Russell: 3 miles to Stanley Park.

Heat, H/W, Electric, Wi-fi all included. No pets, no smoking. $540/month; single.

413-530-7136

floram@thewestfieldnewsgroup.com • PROFESSIONAL SERVICES • To Advertise call 413-562-4181 Ext. 118 CHIMNEY SWEEPS

PAYING CASH FOR COINS, stamps, medals, tokens, paper money, diamonds and jewelry, gold and silver scrap. Broadway Coin & Stamp, 144 Broadway, Chicopee Falls, MA. (413)5949550.

Truck & Trailer Repair We repair Pick-ups, Vans, SUVs & Campers in addition to light, medium, and heavy duty diesel trucks.

NAPA Truck Service Budget Truck Rental Location 24-Hour Emergency Service Fleet Repair MA Inspection Station "No truck or job too big or too small" 165 Bliss St. West Springfield, MA

413-788-6787

WESTFIELD- 3RD FLOOR, 3bedrooms, LR, kitchen and bath. $950/month plus utilities.

First/last/security.

413-250-4811.

WESTFIELD- 2ND FLOOR, one-bedroom, kitchen and bath.

No Pets. $700 per month includes utilities. First, last, security. 413-250-4811.

ROOMS HUNTINGTON 1 room with heat, hot water, cable TV, air conditioning, refrigerator and microwave included. $475p/month. Call (413)531-2197.

BUSINESS PROPERTY STORE / PROPERTY FOR SALE A&L Market, Chester, MA, since 1840. Grocery, meat, dairy and liquor. Turn-key, with current inventory. Includes 2 apartments (currently occupied); 2 bedroom & 1 bedroom. $275,000.

Call Peter at 413-354-6593

LAND MONTGOMERY, MA Beautiful Mountain-top Lot

Panoramic views. Fully cleared, de-stumped and graded. Ready to build.

Minutes to Westfield. 5.69 acres. Asking $130,000.

Call (413)562-5736.

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MOBILE HOMES

TREE SERVICE

Monson: 2006, 2 bedrooms.

12'x52'. Air move-in condition.

Shingles. Small yard. $39,000 413-593-9961 DASAP.MHVILLAGE.COM

A BETTER OPTION GRANFIELD TREE SERVICE Tree Removal, Land Clearing, Excavating. (413)569-6104

American Tree & Shrub: Removal, pruning, bucket/crane work. Stump grinding, light excavation and tree planting.

Firewood Available Fully Insured, Free Estimates.

24-hour Emergency Services.

Veteran Owned 40 yrs. Experience 413-569-0469

SERVICES A DUMP TRUCK Attic, cellars garages cleaned out. Wood and brush removal.

Handy-Man services plus painting. Snowplowing.

(413)569-0794 (413)374-5377

A1 ODD JOBS/HANDYMAN Debris removal, landscaping, Fall yard cleanup, interior and exterior painting, power washing, basic carpentry and plumbing. All types of repair work and more. (413)562-7462

JIM'S TRACTOR SERVICES

UPHOLSTERY KEITH'S UPHOLSTERY & REPAIRS 30+ years experience for home or business. Discount off all fabrics. Get quality workmanship at a great price. Free pickup and delivery. Call (413)562-6639.

Spruce up for Spring!

Grading & leveling of trap rock, dirt driveways & short roads; loader or backhoe work. Mowing of fields & lots with large rotory mower. Equipment transportation. (9 tons or less).

Trucking available. Removal or filling old pools. Insured (Div. of JD Berry Contracting) (413) 530-5430 (413) 569-6920