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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 2014

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Committee votes to disband BID

Fucci ready to build next chapter

By Peter Francis Staff Writer WESTFIELD – After 34 years at Westfield Vocational Technical High School – 31 as a fulltime teacher - it could be said Clement “Clem” Fucci has earned the title of “Mr. Voke.”

Fucci, a 1974 WVTHS alum, knew he wanted to be a teacher long before he spent three decades teaching in the school’s manufacturing department and coaching the Tigers on the baseball diamond.

“I knew I wanted to be a teacher while I was still at Westfield Voke,” said Fucci, who worked in manufacturing for 13 years after graduation and earning his Occupational Education

Westfield Voc-Tech baseball coach Clem Fucci, center, speaks to the team during a game against Smith Academy.

Westfield Vocational-Technical High School Manufacturing Technology Instructor Clem Fucci, speaks to a group of students in the schools state-of-the-art computer aided manufacturing design lab. (File photo by chief photographer Frederick Gore) Certification at then-Westfield State College. “I’d work a 10-hour day, go home, get cleaned up, and go to school from 6-9, and I also coached Babe Ruth baseball. So my schedule was pretty full back in the day.”

An institution at Voke, Fucci took the school’s manufacturing department, a mainstay since 1911, and turned it into a juggernaut, earning the Society of Manufacturing Engineers’ Partnership Response in Manufacturing Education (PRIME) award, a national award given to the nation’s elite manufacturing program,s that WVTHS earned in 2012.

The award nets the school $10,000 each year for three years, which Fucci has used to buy equipment, and $5,000 for professional development and promoting manufacturing. The award also enables Fucci’s students to apply for scholarships through the SME. Fucci’s program has also done something that many colleges and universities nationwide are struggling to achieve: Help their students find jobs.

“The connections he’s made with business and industry and what he’s done for the students, 100 percent of those students have the opportunity – and 95 percent of them take it – to go right to work,” said WVTHS Principal Stefan Czaporowski.

“Just the amount of funding he’s been able to generate for the

(File photo by Frederick Gore)

See Fucci Ready, Page 3

Addict arraigned for October thefts

By Carl E. Hartdegen Staff Writer WESTFIELD – Although it took more than six months, the tenacious work of a city detective has resulted in the arrest and arraignment of a former city resident who allegedly stole his neighbors’ jewelry to support his heroin habit.

Det. Brian Freeman reports that in October of 2013 he investigated reports by two residents of a Russell Road condominium complex who both had discovered that a significant amount of jewelry had been stolen.

Freeman found that both cases were similar in that, not only do both victims live in the same unit at the complex, in neither

Developer seeks subdivision change

By Dan Moriarty Staff Writer WESTFIELD – The developer of the Bent Tree subdivision asked the Planning Board to allow a minor change to the plans accepted by the board last month.

The 10-lot development on 28 acres of land off Montgomery Road is being developed by Mark Bergeron of Bent Tree Development, LLC. The preliminary subdivision plan was approved by the board in February and the definitive plan at the board’s See Developer, Page 7

“The way of a superior man is three-fold; virtuous, he is free from anxieties; wise, he is free from perplexities; bold, he is free from fear.”

case was there any sign of forcible entry. In a document filed in Westfield District Court, Freeman reports that in both cases “the crime went unnoticed because the suspect did not make a mess, he placed things back where he found them, he only stole select items and left other items behind.”

The “select items” which were stolen were the better pieces of jewelry.

Coincidentally, the monetary value of the jewelry the women lost was very similar with one victim losing items with a total value of $2,875 while the other victim’s loss totaled $2,850.

Freeman explained that the burgled residences are two of four apartments which share common hallways and common outer

doors (which are kept locked) and said that he learned that the residents often leave the doors to their individual apartments unlocked while they are away for brief periods such as trips to the laundry room.

He learned that there are seven persons who have keys to the locked outer doors including the landlord, a longtime maintenance worker, the four tenants and the son of one of the tenants, Zachary R Bruneau 25, of 627 Randall Road, Ludlow, who had been living with his father at the time of the thefts.

The landlord told Freeman that he believed Bruneau was responsible for the See Thefts, Page 7

Aviation museum hopes to take off

By Peter Francis Staff Writer WESTFIELD – The Westfield Aviation Museum, led by President Harland Avezzie Sr. and Treasuer Paul Dion, has been in existence for over a decade under the title of Pioneer Valley Military and Transportation Museum and they hope that they have built up enough capital and support to build a museum in Westfield.

“We want a living museum with vehicles that are running and aircraft that are flying, and to be able to give kids rides,” said Avezzie, owner of North American Restorations of 40 Franklin Street. “It’s all about education. Let kids experience stuff that you’re not going to experience anywhere else.”

Avezzie’s group is taking pointers from New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, on how to build their own museum.

“We’ve spoken about going down with them and seeing how they’ve gone about coming up with logos and ideas. I’ve worked with them a lot, so I’m very famil-

iar with them,” he said.

“And it took them over 17 years to get their first building up. You’ve got to find donations,” added Dion, who stated that the Westfield Aviation Museum has accumulated almost $200,000 from local businesses, veterans and military vehicle enthusiasts toward building the facility on their leased property at 20 Airport Road.

“We finally have the money to put up a 75 foot by 100 foot building,” added Avezzie. “There are some issues with the lease. There are eight acres of land at the airport. But we want to get this thing up and running and break ground as soon as possible.”

“We’ve had three different attorneys look at it and they’ve said that the lease is valid,” Dion said. “It was signed by the airport commission and by the mayor at the time.”

He added that he feels that the city’s Law Department doesn’t want the group to build on the property.

See Aviation Museum, Page 7

By Dan Moriarty Staff Writer WESTFIELD – The City Council’s Governmental Relations Committee voted last night to recommend dissolution of the Westfield Business Improvement District to the full City Council at its July meeting.

The committee discussed the petition, submitted by property owners, to dissolve the BID. The petition to dissolve the BID was initiated by a group of businessmen and property owners dissatisfied with the recent change in the state law establishing Business Improvement Districts within the Commonwealth.

That group, led by Ted Cassell, Robert Wilcox and Brad Moir, submitted a petition to the City Clerk, which under state law, could lead to the dissolution of the Business Improvement District, established in 2006.

The City Council conducted a public hearing at its June 5 meeting to allow both BID opponents and proponents to argue the merits of the BID organization.

Many of the BID opponents made a decision to “opt out” under the original 1994 state law which allowed businesses and property owners the option not to participate in the BID and exempted them from BID dues. Those owners and businessmen feel they were shanghaied into the BID, and its dues, when the law was changed in 2012.

The Governmental Relations Committee members cited that state law change making BID membership compulsory as the reason for their vote to give the full City Council a recommendation to disband the organization.

Ward 4 Councilor Mary O’Connell, who served on See BID, Page 3

MCAS to stay another year

By Hope E. Tremblay Staff Writer SOUTHWICK – The Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School Committee voted last night to give only the MCAS test to students in the next school year.

Superintendent Dr. John Barry said the committee had to decide whether to test students with MCAS or the new PARCC test next year. PARCC is not yet approved by the Department of Education, but is a new test system that is more aligned with the common core curriculum and was designed to be used as a national test.

Barry said there is no guarantee the PARCC will be approved and added that many of the states that originally signed on to use PARCC as a national standardized test have dropped out.

“Is the intent of this still viable?” Barry wondered.

“My recommendation is to stay with the MCAS.” See MCAS, Page 3

School committee discusses budget, buses

By Peter Francis Staff Writer WESTFIELD -Chairman of the Westfield School Committee’s Finance Subcommittee Kevin Sullivan praised the efforts of Director of Technology and Business Services Ronald Rix, who presented the proposed school budget for the upcoming fiscal year at last week’s City Council meeting.

“I felt the presentation you made to the City Council last Thursday was very smooth and cohesive and I think we made some real progress,” said Sullivan. “I thought the budget presentation was very well done. Hopefully we can make some headway in some of the issues that they (the city council) brought up.”

Rix replied that it was the result of a “great team approach” and that it went “much better than I expected.”

Westfield Superintendent Dr. Suzanne Scallion took the opportunity to make a clarification regarding special education spending.

“The press did misreport the concept of cost in special education,” she said. “They indicated that we were spending an additional $2 million plus in our special education costs. In fact, we achieved a cost avoidance of over $2 million by bringing our special ed programs into the district.”

Scallion referred to the report as “completely a 180″ from what See Budget, Buses, Page 3

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Cope Taufan

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U.S. AND MALAYSIA: biennial large force employment exercise JunE 9-20th

A formation of U.S. Air Force and Royal Malaysian Air Force aircraft including an F-15 Eagle from the 131st Fighter Squadron, 104th Fighter Wing, Barnes Air National Guard Base, Mass., an RMAF SU-30MKM Flanker, a USAF F-22 Raptor from the 154th Wing, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, an RMAF MIG-29N Fulcrum, and an RMAF F/A-18 Hornet fly over Penang, Malaysia, during Cope Taufan 14, June 18, 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jason Robertson/ Released)

A formation of U.S. Air Force and Royal Malaysian Air Force aircraft including an F-15 Eagle from the 131st Fighter Squadron, 104th Fighter Wing, Barnes Air National Guard Base, Mass., an RMAF SU-30MKM Flanker, a USAF F-22 Raptor from the 154th Wing, Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, an RMAF MIG-29N Fulcrum, and an RMAF F/A-18 Hornet fly over Penang, Malaysia, during Cope Taufan 14, June 18, 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jason Robertson/Released)

U.S. Air Force Capt. Martin Clark, an F-15 Eagle pilot from the 131st Fighter Squadron, 104th Fighter Wing, Barnes Air National Guard Base, Mass., signals to his crew chief that he’s ready to taxi before taking off on an exercise sortie in support of Cope Taufan 14 at Royal Malaysian Air Force P.U. Butterworth, Malaysia, June 18, 2014. Cope Taufan is a biennial large force employment exercise taking place June 9 to 20 designed to improve U.S. and Malaysian combined readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jason Robertson/Released)

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LOCAL LOTTERY Last night’s numbers

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Expect scattered clouds with highs in the mid80s today. There will be mostly sunny skies tomorrow along with more comfortable levels of humidity. There will also be nothing but sunshine as we end the week on Friday with highs near 80.

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Arizona eatery shames art thieves on Facebook FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — Two accomplices in the theft of a painting at a Flagstaff restaurant have come forward after a shaming campaign on Facebook.

The Arizona Daily Sun (http://bit.ly/ UIyTeU) reported Tuesday that Tyler Christensen, the owner of McMillan Bar and Kitchen, went to social media instead of police after the painting went missing on June 9.

Christensen posted an open letter and surveillance photo of a man putting the painting in his backpack while the two accomplices acted as lookouts.

He says the two accomplices have since come forward and given $500 to cover the cost of the artwork.

Christensen’s Facebook post has been shared more than 7,900 times and received more than 4,300 likes and nearly 770 comments.

The artwork, however, was last seen hanging from a tree.

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Wednesday, June 18, the 169th day of 2014. There are 196 days left in the year.

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n June 18, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson and Japanese Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda spoke to each other by telephone as they inaugurated the first trans-Pacific cable completed by AT&T between Japan and Hawaii, and linked to existing cables between Hawaii and California. (Due to the time difference, it was already June 19 in Tokyo.)

On this date: In 1778, American forces entered Philadelphia as the British withdrew during the Revolutionary War. In 1812, the War of 1812 began as the United States Congress approved, and President James Madison signed, a declaration of war against Britain.

In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte met his Waterloo as British and Prussian troops defeated the French in Belgium.

In 1873, suffragist Susan B. Anthony was found guilty by a judge in Canandaigua, New York, of breaking the law by casting a vote in the 1872 presidential election. (The judge fined Anthony $100, but she never paid the penalty.)

In 1908, William Howard Taft was nominated for president by the Republican National Convention in Chicago.

In 1912, the Republican National Convention, which would nominate President William Howard Taft for another term of office, opened in Chicago.

In 1940, during World War II, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill urged his countrymen to conduct themselves in a manner that would prompt future generations to say, “This was their finest hour.”

In 1953, a U.S. Air Force Douglas C-124 Globemaster II crashed near Tokyo, killing all 129 people on board.

Egypt’s 148-year-old Muhammad Ali Dynasty came to an end with the overthrow of the monarchy and the proclamation of a republic.

In 1972, 118 people were killed in the crash of a Brussels-bound British European Airways Hawker Siddeley Trident 1C shortly after takeoff from London Heathrow Airport.

In 1979, President Jimmy Carter and Soviet President Leonid I. Brezhnev signed the SALT II strategic arms limitation treaty in Vienna.

In 1983, astronaut Sally K. Ride, 32, became America’s first woman in space as she and four colleagues blasted off aboard the space shuttle Challenger on a six-day mission.

In 1984, Alan Berg, a Denver radio talk show host, was shot to death outside his home. (Two white supremacists were later convicted of civil rights violations in the slaying.)

Ten years ago:

An al-Qaida cell in Saudi Arabia beheaded American engineer Paul M. Johnson Jr., 49, posting grisly photographs of his severed head; hours later, Saudi security forces tracked down and killed the alleged mastermind of the kidnapping and murder. European Union leaders agreed on the first constitution for the bloc’s 25 members.

Five years ago:

Tens of thousands of protesters filled the streets of Tehran again, joining opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi to mourn demonstrators killed in clashes over Iran’s disputed presidential election. Hortensia Bussi, the widow of Chilean President Salvador Allende who helped

lead opposition to the military dictatorship that ousted her husband, died at 94. Washington Capitals forward Alex Ovechkin was named the NHL’s most valuable player for the second straight year after leading the league with 56 goals.

One year ago:

The Taliban and the U.S. said they would hold talks on finding a political solution to ending nearly 12 years of war in Afghanistan, as the international coalition formally handed over control of the country’s security to the Afghan army and police. Declaring “the days of Rambo are over,” Maj. Gen. Bennet Sacolick, director of force management for U.S. Special Operations Command, said that cultural, social and behavioral concerns might be bigger hurdles than tough physical fitness requirements for women looking to join the military’s special operations units.

Today’s Birthdays:

Sen. Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va., is 77. Baseball Hall of Famer Lou Brock is 75. Rock singer-composer-musician Sir Paul McCartney is 72. Actress Constance McCashin is 67. Actress Linda Thorson is 67. Rock musician John Evans (The Box Tops) is 66. Sen. Mike Johanns, R-Neb., is 64. Actress Isabella Rossellini is 62. Actress Carol Kane is 62. Actor Brian Benben is 58. Actress Andrea Evans is 57. Rock singer Alison Moyet is 53. Rock musician Dizzy Reed (Guns N’ Roses) is 51. Figure skater Kurt Browning is 48. Country singer-musician Tim Hunt is 47. Rock singer-musician Sice (The Boo Radleys) is 45. Rhythmand-blues singer Nathan Morris (Boyz II Men) is 43.

Actress Mara Hobel is 43. Singer-songwriter Ray LaMontagne is 41. Rapper Silkk the Shocker is 39.

Actress Alana de la Garza is 38. Country singer Blake Shelton is 38. Rock musician Steven Chen (Airborne Toxic Event) is 36. Actor David Giuntoli is 34. Actress Renee Olstead is 25. Actress Willa Holland is 23.

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Fucci Ready Continued from Page 1 program. It’s pretty much self-sufficient.” kids after school.” he said. “It prepares them for coming right “We – myself and my advisory committee – were able to from school to work, not necessarily having to go to college or accomplish a lot at a time when there was no funding,” Fucci a technical school after high school. I was very fortunate that I said of his early days running the department. “We brought didn’t have to go to college to get a very good job.” millions of dollars into that program in a time when we were According to Czaporowski, who came to WVTHS in 2012, able to do some creative things. It’s huge to bring technology Fucci has one characteristic that has impressed him the most. to our students over the years to help them be successful.”

“His professionalism. You can’t even speak enough about Fucci’s work in boosting his program’s profile has attracted that,” he said. “He’s the consummate professional whose very national and state attention, drawing praise from Governor well respected throughout the school and with the students. He’s Deval L. Patrick, whom Fucci accompanied for a tour of going to be missed but we’re happy for him.”

Advance Manufacturing on Turnpike Industrial Road in “We’re confident in the program and what the people who’ve January. been working under him for several years are going to do.”

“I’m excited about what Westfield Voc-Tech does everyday “When I took over the program, it was one of the best prounder terrific leadership,” said Patrick of Fucci. “The point is grams in the area. As I leave the program, it’s one of the best not lost on me or my team that we’ve got to be thinking hard programs in the country.” said Fucci, who’s looking forward to about having alternatives to traditional classrooms and aca- taking the next few months to relax, golf, and go see his New demic paths that are just as successful as our traditional class- York Yankees play ball. rooms and paths.”

“I do have opportunities that’ve been presented to me, some Jeffrey Amanti, production manager at Advance whose fam- of them have been in consulting for other programs,” he said. “I ily has long been involved with Fucci’s advisory committee, can’t divulge a lot, but there’s some new technology centers that fondly remembers that day, along with the rest of Advance’s may be opening up in western Mass. that I hope to be a part of.” employees, many of whom share a common thread.

Regardless of where he finds himself next though, one thing “We have had a countless number of employees over the is certain: Clem Fucci will always be “Mr. Fucci” – and “Mr. years,” Amanti said of the great many of Advance Manufacturing Voke” – to a great many in Westfield. employees who were taught by Fucci. “There’s a group of companies in the area that are on an advisory board, and he’s worked with the advisory board and trained students for the needs of the companies in this area.”

“The type of manufacturing that’s done here in the city of Continued from Page 1 Westfield and Southwick is second to none across the world,” Fucci said. “Some of the most highly technological manufacthe district has achieved. turing in the world happens in this area, and most of our grads “We have achieved a cost avoidance of $2.4 million this fiscal year by bringing some exemplary programs into the city to serve our over the last 40-50 years have made those companies success- own kids, and we’re very proud of that,” Scallion said. “Cost avoidance is a very important concept, because we could be looking at a ful.” whole lot more damage in the budget if we were looking at that bill in addition to the numbers we’re already running.”

Todd Reynolds, a 1990 Voc-Tech graduate who currently Other topics of discussion Monday included bus transportation, and the issue of empty buses. works for Advance as a billing supervisor, remembers working Scallion informed the committee that she had utilized bus data collected by Westfield High Principal Jonathan Carter and District Transportation Supervisor Pamela Kotarski and drafted a letter she hopes to send to parents of high school students regarding transporwith Fucci well.

“He was a very good teacher and was great about teaching tation.

“What we found was a number of them (buses) were running with very low numbers,” she said. “(The letter) asks about the frethe kids and building the curriculum the right way,” he said. “(Fucci) definitely took the time and did the research to devel- quency in which their kids would be riding the bus, with the option to decline transportation services and with a way to opt back in, if op the curriculum. He’s a great asset for Westfield Vocational- you will.”

“Based on what I observed in the parking lot at the high school, we have a lot of kids who are driving and driving their friends,” Tech.”

Like many Fucci students, Reynolds began his tenure at Scallion said.

Scallion said she is aware of the district’s contract with Westfield’s Lecrenski Brothers Inc., provides three tiered regular education Advance in 1988 through the school’s co-op program, working transportation at almost $2 million annually. after school at Advance and alternating between attending The three-tiered system provides transportation for high, middle, and elementary school pupils. class and working fulltime every other week.

Scallion said that she is talking with Kotarski about possibly using the buses on a “different third tier.”

Under Fucci, the co-op program has blossomed and Reynolds “We’re not forcing anyone. It’s a friendly letter just saying, attributes much of it’s continued success to the man ‘if your child isn’t going to use the bus, please let us himself. know so we can take them off our list.’”

“It’s grown tremendously just by Scallion said. getting the word out there about the manufacturing needs of the area, to further and better the

Budget, Buses

BID Continued from Page 1 the three-person steering committee which led to the creation of the Westfield Business Improvement District, made the motion to support the dissolution of the BID. “The BID is near and dear to my heart,” O’Connell said. “I have been a supporter of BID, served on its Board (of Directors), but when 2012 legislation, making participation mandatory, passed, that was when the BID lost it.”

“That legislation creates a problem for us,” O’Connell said. “It’s the old taxation without representation situation. I wish the law had not changed.”

Ward 3 Councilor Brian Hoose, whose district encompasses half of the BID area, said that he was swayed by the arguments of the property owners who signed the petition to disband the organization.

“But as many said (during the public hearing) when it became mandatory for a service you’re not receiving a benefit for, there are people paying (the BID surtax) and not benefiting at all,” Hoose said. “I really don’t like having a dualistic model, this or nothing.”

Hoose suggested “putting off a decision to allow time for the people to come up with a Plan B” that would keep the BID intact, but modify the mandatory participation.

“I have a good number of these businesses in Ward 3,” Hoose said. “I’d like to keep the benefits and get rid of the determents.”

Committee Chairman Matthew VanHeynigen, and a long-time former member of the Planning Board, said he has been an “outspoken (supporter) of downtown revitalization.”

“The BID has been in posi-

tion for seven or eight years. I have seen some benefits, but the law was changed (compelling membership) by the property owners,” VanHeynigen said.

O’Connell said that, “due to the fact that the (public) hearing is closed, we’d just be prolonging this decision” then made the motion to present the full City Council with a recommendation to dissolve the BID. At-large Councilors David A. Flaherty and Dan Allie spoke after the committee adjourned the meeting. Both Flaherty and Allie said they supported the position of the Governmental Relations Committee.

Allie submitted a Letter to the Editor of the Westfield News in which he states that “The BID or any other similar enterprise or partnership should be locally controlled and managed, voluntary and not under the control of the state. The state changed the rules of participation after the fact and handed authority over to a nonelected, non-governmental agency with the power to put liens on property for non-payment of member dues.”

“The problem with the BID model in Westfield is it is a flawed concept, based upon arbitrary borders, and a gerrymandered district,” Allie said in the letter. “It affects some businesses and property owners, but not others. It exempts or accepts non-profits and government from meeting the same obligations as the private sector, with the ability to inflict penalties for non-compliance.

This places an unfair burden on the private sector, and those businesses or private properties located in the affected area.”

VanHeynigen said that he will not bring the issue before the City Council tomorrow because Ward 2 Councilor Ralph Figy, in whose ward the other half of the BID is located, will not be present.

VanHeynigen said that he plans to bring the committee’s recommendation out at the July 7 meeting.

MCAS Continued from Page 1 Committee member Jean McGivney-Burelle asked Barry what benefits were offered with the PARCC test.

“They say it’s the next generation of tests, but that’s not a definite,” he said.

Barry did say the online testing of PARCC is the future of student testing. He also said that even if PARCC was adopted, there would still be some aspects of the MCAS given.

“So we would have to be training eighth grades to take PARCC, and they would still have to take some MCAS in high school,” said McGivney-Burelle.

“Yes,” said Barry, “and we may need to flip back [to PARCC] again.”

Barry said if the district participated in PARCC, its accountability would not be impacted by the results. The accountability rate is a scale of one to five, with one being the highest score.

“Right now we’re a two,” Barry said.

The committee took Barry’s recommendation and unanimously voted to keep the MCAS test intact until the PARCC was approved by the state.

Anti-casino group: Enough signatures for ballot BOSTON (AP) — Casino opponents said yesterday they’ve collected more than double the number of signatures they need to ask voters in November to repeal the state’s 2011 casino law.

Repeal the Casino Deal said in a statement it will file signature papers representing more than 26,000 registered Massachusetts voters to local city and town halls by today’s deadline. The group has already submitted about 90,000 signatures for an earlier deadline.

The announcement comes as the state Supreme Judicial Court continues to weigh whether a repeal question should be placed on the ballot.

State Attorney General Martha Coakley has ruled that the repeal question would violate the state constitution because it represents a taking of gambling operators’ property rights without compensation. Repeal the Casino Deal then appealed the ruling to the state’s highest court. A decision is expected before July 9.

State law requires 68,911 signatures submitted in the first phase of the process and about 11,485 in the second.

Government Meetings

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18 GRANVILLE EMTs at 7 pm

NORTHAMPTON PVTA Van Riders Meeting at 3:30 pm

HUNTINGTON Conservation Commission at 7 pm

WESTFIELD Finance Committee at 6 pm Traffic Commission at 6 pm Committee of the Whole at 6:30 pm Special Meeting of the City Council at 6:30 pm Off-Street Parking Commission at 7 pm Flood Control Commission at 7 pm

SOUTHWICK Housing Authority at 5:30 pm

THURSDAY, JUNE 19

TOLLAND Yoga for Everyone at PSC at 9 am

GRANVILLE Library Trustees at 7 pm

BLANDFORD Library Trustees Meeting at 7:30 pm

WESTFIELD Legislative & Ordinance at 5:30 pm Special City Council Meeting at 6 pm City Council at 7 pm

SOUTHWICK Board of Health at 7 pm Economic Development at 7 pm Cultural Council at 7 pm

SATURDAY, JUNE 21

BLANDFORD

TOLLAND

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

GTDFS 40th Anniversary Event at 7 pm

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Just wanted to give a shout out to all involved in the performance at the high school Friday.the Tusk band was great and the WHS band and string players were fantastic. They were having a lot of fun up there.job well done.and thank you to everyone responsible for putting it together and volunteered.

Good evening. I was just reading the story about the school wants to negotiate with Russell to bring our children up to Russell. Why can’t they go and try to negotiate with the Holy Trinity School? It had been empty how long and it is right here in the city? I don’t know what problems there could be to try to find out if they could get to go to that one. I hope you think about it. Have a good day. Bye. This is a message to the mayor and city council people. I’m sure they all read the PulseLine. In regard to the state taking more and giving cities and town less, why can’t all the cities and towns get together and form a group and find out what is going on and if it comes to that sue the administration down in Boston. If we were supposed to be getting this money to start off with from the lottery, it shouldn’t have changed. What gives them the right to change the rules in mid-stream. They are just going to keep it up. So why don’t the mayor and city council contact other mayors in the cities in the whole state and do something about this? Thank you.

I was wondering what that thing they’re building down in the town green is. They started working on it about two months ago and then I see 2-4 guys there every couple of weeks. What? They can’t work to finish the thing in one week or one day? They’re going to milk it for a year and what the hell is it? Read all about it here: http://thewestfieldnews. com/?p=81057 Continue the conversation http://thewestfieldnews.com/pulseline-form

LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Editor, I would like to commend all of the employees, current and former members of the Business Improvement District, the business owners, volunteers and community members. Your hard work, entrepreneurship, volunteerism and sense of community pride represent the best America has to offer. Thank you. I believe we have what it takes locally, to make Westfield a great place to live, work, shop, eat and play.

The BID claims to be an advocate for all businesses. Yet, there are only 3 BIDs in Massachusetts. Business owners in Westfield and Northampton are asking to dissolve their BIDS after a number of years. There are other BIDs across the country and many in Canada. I am of Canadian French descent, and reminded that Canada is a Socialist country. America is a constitutional Republic with a representative form of government that I do not wish to lose.

The BID should be locally controlled and managed, and not be under the control of the state. The state changed the rules of participation after the fact, and handed over authority to put liens on property to a non-elected, non-governmental agency that is part of Smart Growth, which is a United Nations Agenda 21 program and an attack on land use and property rights.

Google “Business Improvement Districts in Massachusetts” Many former supporters and board members spoke in favor of dissolution of the BID. The City Council heard nothing from BID supporters or the director to address the concerns of those former supporters and board members. Anne Burke stated she was proud of her vote to eliminating someone’s right to opt out. By her own admission, she is saying that the current BID model does not wish to represent all businesses, or in the matter before us, a majority of the affected businesses and individuals.

The problem with the BID model in Westfield is it is a flawed concept, based on arbitrary borders, and a gerrymandered district. It affects some businesses and property owners, but not others. It exempts or accepts, non-profits and government from meeting the same obligations as the private sector, with the ability to inflict penalties for non-compliance. This places an unfair burden on the private sector, and those businesses or private property located in the affected area.

Supporters of the BID are correct when they say there is nothing economically fair when only some businesses have to pay, or meet their obligations. However, the BID failed to be an advocate for all businesses when local government changed the rules for meeting its financial obligations; or when state government changed the rules for opting out.

Approximately twenty non-profits are not required to pay member fees, but are considered members in good standing and allowed to vote on issues that cost them nothing, but can have an adverse affect on multiple types of businesses and property owners.

We are asked to give the BID four more years. Four years is a long time for a business struggling to keep its doors open, make a payroll, pay taxes, fees, mortgages and other obligations in a tough economy.

In 2013, the Bid could have waited a few years for the renewal process, and worked to give everyone a voice and a vote. It did not extend the same courtesy to others, it is now asking for.

I oppose any effort by government or non-governmental agency that creates a program, a tax or fee, then changes the rules or purpose after the fact. The board and director of the BID should have fought these changes. They did not. In fact, they encouraged and supported these changes. But right now, based on the vote of a majority of BID members, the only action this council can take is to dissolve the BID and support a new community based and managed business improvement plan.

If you believe in democracy, majority rules, justice, freedom, free markets, fundamental fairness and rules that should apply to everyone, please support the dissolution of the BID. Dan Allie City Councilor Westfield

The IRS’ email black hole

By Josh Gerstein and Rachael Bade Politico.com News that the IRS lost tens of thousands of emails sought by Congress unleashed a loud round of forehead slapping around Washington, and the obvious question: How could this happen?

It seems impossible to some that in this age of digital dominance, emails relating to a controversy involving federal government officials could simply vanish.

But transparency advocates and experts in retrieving email from antiquated government computer systems say they’re not at all surprised. The reason: The IRS’s record-keeping procedures — like erasing backup tapes every six months — have been known for years as critical weaknesses in government record collection. These observers say all of the warning signs were there for years before large troves of messages from as many as six IRS employees caught up in the tea party scandal were destroyed through a combination of equipment failures and inadequate archiving procedures.

“How do you possibly have backup tapes and then not even use them and recycle them after six months? … How typical this is,” said Melanie Sloan of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. “So many people are acting like, ‘Oh, this is an attempt to subvert the truth.’ … But this is a governmentwide problem.”

The dated computer systems and rules also make it likely that critical documents from other agencies and offices have been lost to history, and there’s no guarantee new records will be adequately protected and archived.

Indeed, records gone missing have become a tradition passed on from one administration to the next. The missing IRS emails call to mind the gap in Oval Office recordings during the Richard M. Nixon administration and vanished emails from the Bill Clinton and George W. Bush presidencies.

The IRS is blaming the newly disclosed failures on computer crashes a couple of years ago and contends the vanished emails, some of which may relate to the targeting of conservative nonprofits, are irretrievable — though they’ve been able to piece together several thousand of the disappeared emails by collecting them from other IRS employees who were on the chains and archived the data.

A former IRS official said a similar crash happened to him, and it’s not that unusual at the tax agency.

“My whole computer crashed. I lost all my emails and my documents. We had to reconstruct everything. I’ve had the investigations team” work on it, said the ex-official, who asked not to be named.

The official said some employees had the option of getting a limited amount of storage on a “special drive” or cloud of some sort in 2012, but he wasn’t sure when the IRS began offering that option. And he said it could have violated a taxpayer privacy law for the IRS official at the center of the storm, Lois Lerner, to have saved her emails elsewhere on a personal disk or thumb drive.

The IRS did not respond to requests for comment Tuesday.

Historically, the IRS has not routinely archived all emails. Before May 2013, when the scandal erupted, the agency only backed up employee emails on tapes for six months, then recycled the tapes, essentially throwing out the data. Even then, employees couldn’t keep many emails in their Outlook folders because IRS storage restrictions allowed them to keep only about 1,800 emails in their active inboxes. (Now they can keep about 6,000 at a time.)

Instead, the IRS generally depended on employees to archive their emails on their laptops. They’re instructed to print out permanent, official records and save them. The law requires only that records of permanent value to the government be saved and that agencies abide by published “records schedules” that say how long certain types of records should be kept.

A former litigation director for the National Archives said Tuesday that the IRS’s practice of having employees print out important emails isn’t the best way to make sure such records are preserved.

“The volumes are too overwhelming. Manual printing out or

NBC/WSJ poll: Obama approval rating low point

By Jonathan Topaz Politico.com President Barack Obama’s approval rating is tied for the lowest mark since the beginning of his presidency, a new poll says.

According to a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll, 41 percent of respondents approve of Obama’s performance as president, tied for the lowest point in his presidency. His approval rating on foreign policy sits at 37 percent, setting a new low.

The survey comes after the president has faced backlash on some major foreign policy issues, including the prisoner exchange that released five Taliban prisoners to free Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl and the recent sectarian violence in Iraq, where the U.S. withdrew in 2011.

A majority of voters — 54 percent — also said that they don’t believe Obama “is able to lead the country and get the job done,” compared with 42 percent who said they think he can.

And the poll suggests that things have gotten worse for the president in just the past year. Forty-one percent of respondents said the Obama administration’s performance has worsened during that time. The president has also lost considerable support among the Hispanic population over the past year, with his approval rating among Hispanics at 44 percent compared to 67 percent in January 2013.

The survey was conducted June 11-15 with 1,000 adults. The margin for error is plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.

manual tagging, drag and drop, are well-known to be essentially failed policies,” said Jason Baron, now with law firm Drinker Biddle. “We can’t rely on people. They’re too busy to keep up.”

An Obama administration policy issued in 2012 calls for all federal agencies to manage their email exclusively electronically by the end of 2016.

And last August, the Archives, which sets policies on federal records, issued a new policy allowing agencies to designate as permanent records all emails sent or received by particular employees or staffers doing particular types of work. It’s unclear whether the IRS has implemented the new program, known as Capstone, which is not mandatory, though the agency has said that it no longer recycles its daily “snapshot” of employee emails.

A spokeswoman for the Archives said the agency is looking into the IRS’s loss of emails. “The National Archives and Records Administration … was concerned to learn that the IRS has lost email due to a hard-drive failure. The Office of the Chief Records Officer for the U.S. Government has contacted the IRS to explore specifics of the situation,” the spokeswoman said.

The new Archives policy seems to acknowledge that relying on individual employees to determine what should be saved isn’t ideal.

“Capstone can reduce the burden on individual end-users by encouraging the greater use of automated methods for managing email accounts,” the policy says.

While the IRS’s loss of emails has some drawing allusions to Nixon secretary Rose Mary Woods, the history of email failures tripping up investigators dates back at least to the Clinton era.

Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr and congressional investigators encountered a series of problems retrieving Clinton White House emails. A huge volume of messages was never properly archived because a technician typed “MAIL2” instead of “Mail2.”

Another glitch caused a failure to archive messages from every White House staffer whose first name started with the letter “D,” because someone typed it as a “J.” As with the current IRS mess, Clinton White House backup tapes proved to be of limited value because they were recycled every three weeks until the archiving problems were discovered.

Email archiving issues have also complicated a variety of legal matters in recent years. So-called torture memos written by Justice Department lawyer John Yoo were lost, SEC records regarding the Madoff investigation vanished and millions of emails from the George W. Bush White House also disappeared, Sloan said.

Byzantine and antiquated government email systems have also complicated a pending lawsuit in which former Agriculture Department official Shirley Sherrod claims she was defamed by late conservative publisher Andrew Breitbart.

Earlier this year, government lawyers told a federal judge that it could take six months to respond to subpoenas in the case because relevant USDA employees have used three different email systems in recent years and two of those were not set up to allow the kinds of broad searches needed for litigation and congressional investigations.

“These older archives were based on older technologies and designed for the purposes of restoring information should there be a major systems failure, not for processing large electronic discovery requests,” Justice Department lawyers wrote. “Emails on this system are not indexed, therefore, searching in such an environment is equivalent to searching for a house without street signs and house numbers. … The archives for the prior email systems do not have the capability to perform keyword searches, and therefore, the entire email boxes for each custodian will need to be collected and transferred to a new platform before the emails can be searched.”

Frustrated with the email retrieval process, a federal judge ruled last week that Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack must testify in the case in the hope that document requests can be narrowed enough to allow the case to proceed.

At the same time, some people claim the IRS could recover the emails if it wanted to. House Ways and Means Republicans have received more than 60 emails from tech folks and skeptics who argue that the emails can be recovered by the magic fingers of a tech genius. And even Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) wouldn’t say what he thought when asked if the emails could be recovered.

“I have heard a variety of different viewpoints on this,” he said.

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Emergency Response and Crime Report Saturday, June 14, 2014 2:35 a.m.: assault, Powdermill Village, 126 Union St., a caller reports he was assaulted earlier in the evening, the responding officer report the callers said that he had been visiting a friend whose name he said he did not remember in an apartment he could not identify at Powdermill Village when another party he knew only by his first name asked if he could get some marijuana, the complainant said that he provided the man marijuana but he was displeased with the quality and punched him, the complainant said that he went to Noble Hospital and found his jaw had been broken but the officer noted that it appeared to be intact, the victim said that he knows where his assailant works, the case was referred to the Detective Bureau; 3:18 a.m.: larceny, Broad Street Apartments, 59 Broad St., a caller reports a female party he allowed to stay at his home is gone and his video game system and games are now missing, the responding officer reports the man said that he had met the woman in Palmer and allowed her to stay with him as she had no place to live, the man had called police earlier in the day after he developed reservations about his decision but at the time the responding officer found nobody at his apartment; 10:59 a.m.: motor vehicle violation, Moseley Avenue, a patrol officer reports a traffic stop, the vehicle’s registration was found to be expired and it was towed to the police impound yard; 11:27 a.m.: assist citizen, Russell Road, a caller reports he received a call from a person who claimed that the man had a problem with his computer and he gave the caller his email password at their request, the man subsequently regretted his decision and advised police of the apparent scam, the man was advised to change all passwords connected to the account and monitor his credit card and bank accounts; 11:58 a.m.: traffic complaint, Amy Drive, a caller reports a large tree branch has fallen into the roadway, the responding officer reports the limb is large and is blocking a lane of traffic, the DPW was notified and a warning sign was posted; 12:16 p.m.: motor vehicle violation, Franklin Street, a patrol officer reports a traffic stop, the vehicle’s registration was found to be expired and non-renewable, the vehicle was towed to the owner’s residence; 12:26 p.m.: fraud, Granville Road, a resident came to the station to report she was scammed, the responding officer reports that the woman said that she received a phone call claiming that her grandson was in jail and needed bail money, the woman said that she lost $3,530 to the scam; 3:39 p.m.: trespassing, Colonial Pine Acres, 50 Southampton Road, a call reports the defendant of a ‘No trespassing’ order was found in her home when she returned there, the responding officer reports that the man was intermittently conscious and when awake he was combative and uncooperative to the point that he assaulted the officer, the man was transported to Noble Hospital and criminal complaints for trespass and assault and battery on a police officer were filed, see 6:07 p.m. entry; 4:22 p.m.: suspicious persons, Springfield Road, an offduty officer from a neighboring community reports that two persistent men are attempting to sell makeup from a vehicle in the parking lot of a Springfield Road department store, the responding officer reports the vehicle in question attempted to leave as he arrived but was stopped and the occupants were found to be attempting to sell counterfeit makeup, a store representative confirmed that the items had not been stolen from the store and the men were sent on their way; 6:07 p.m.: assist other agency, Noble Hospital Emergency Department, hospital staff request an officer to assist with a combative patient, the responding officer reports he assisted as staff adjusted the patient’s restraints, see 10:22 p.m. entry; 8:17 p.m.: assist citizen, Russell Road, a caller reports her keys are locked in her car, the responding fire captain reports entry was made; 9:32 p.m.: traffic complaint, Granville Road, a caller reports a fallen tree is blocking most of the roadway, the responding officer reports that a DPW supervisor was notified and a crew responded at 10:47 p.m.; 10:22 p.m.: assist other agency, Noble Hospital Emergency Department, hospital staff request an officer to assist with a combative patient, the responding officer reports that a patient has been combative and had spat, kicked and punched staff and officers during mandated adjustments of the restraints required to control the patient, three officers responded to transport Benjamin Serrano, 40, of 25 Brown Ave., Holyoke, to the station where he was arrested for assault and battery on a health care worker, assault and battery on a police officer, assault and battery, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct; 10:22 p.m.: disturbance, Joyce Drive, a caller reports that during an argument her intoxicated husband threw things at her, threw her to the ground and smashed her phone before she fled to a neighbor’s residence to call police, the responding

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officer reports the man, Kyle David Felsentreger, 32, of 35 Joyce Drive, was found to be the subject to a warrant issued in 2014 by Springfield District Court and he was arrested on that warrant and on a charge of assault and battery in a domestic relationship; 11:49 p.m.: fireworks complaint, Sackett Road, a caller reports seeing fireworks for about a half hour, the responding officer reports the fireworks were found to be coming from a Sackett Road address and the cooperative resident admitted responsibility, the man was advised additional fireworks would bring criminal charges.

Sunday, June 15, 2014 2:00 a.m.: motor vehicle violation, a patrol officer reports a vehicle was stopped for a headlight violation and the operator refused to identify himself, the officer observed an open container of alcohol in the vehicle, the man was subsequently found to be Daniel J. Larrabee Jr., 43, of 22 Margerie St., a routine check revealed that his license had been suspended, he was arrested for being a motor vehicle operator who refuses to identify himself, operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license (a subsequent offense), possession of an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle and for a headlights violation; 2:12 a.m.: breaking and entering, Church Street, a caller reports his medication was stolen from his vehicle, the responding officer reports that the man said that the pills had been left on the front seat of his unlocked car and were stolen since 2 a.m.; 2:35 a.m.: suspicious person, Fowler Ave., a caller reports a male party was seen apparently attempting to break into his vehicle, the responding officer reports the caller said that the man had left the area, coin and cigarettes were found to be missing from the car but a search of the area did not yield a suspect; 9:13 a.m.: animal complaint, Russellville Road, a caller reports that while he was jogging he was bitten by a Doberman pinscher dog which was it’s owner was trying to corral, the responding officer reports a report was filed; 11:40 a.m.: found property, Stanley Park, 400 Western Ave., a resident came to the station to surrender a found driver’s license, the shift supervisor reports the license was expired and it was destroyed; 3:07 p.m.: motor vehicle violation, East Main Street, a patrol officer reports a vehicle seen operating with an expired sticker was stopped and the registration was found to be expired, the vehicle was towed; 4:30 p.m.: burning complaint, Foch Avenue, a caller reports illegal burning on Montgomery Street is spreading smoke with a chemical odor, the responding fire captain reports the resident extinguished the fire; 7:10 p.m.: vandalism, Foch Avenue, a caller reports his house was egged, the responding officer reports the caller identified a suspect he suspects may be responsible but the is no evidence to support the suspicion; 8:43 p.m.: disturbance, Edgewood Apartments, 134 Union St., the responding officer reports the complainant said that her child’s father came to visit while intoxicated and is causing a scene, Miguel Torres, 32, of 58 Sycamore St., Springfield, was arrested for disorderly conduct.

Court Logs Westfield District Court

Tuesday, June 17, 2014 Earl M. Bunnell III, 55, of 101 Abbott St., Springfield, was held in lieu of $500 cash bail pending a July 16 hearing after he was arraigned on charges assault and battery, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, assault with a dangerous weapon and attempting to commit a crime brought by Westfield police.

SirFrancis L. Carthon, 22, of no known address in Springfield, submitted to facts sufficient to warrant guilty findings for charges of trespass and wanton destruction of property valued more than $250 brought by Westfield police and the charges were continued without a finding with probation for six months. He was assessed $90 and ordered to pay restitution of $618.09. A charge of breaking and entering with intent to commit a misdemeanor was not prosecuted.

Melisssa R. Cegielski, 33, of 98 Norfolk St., Springfield, was released on her personal recognizance pending a July 30 hearing after she was arraigned on charges of operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license, operating an uninsured motor vehicle, operating an unregistered motor vehicle and speeding brought by Westfield police.

Randal E. Humason Jr., 30, of 433 Holyoke Road, was ordered to pay restitution of $91.56 and placed on pretrial probation for one month after he was arraigned on a charge of vandalizing property brought by Westfield police.

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Obituaries Elaine M. Albert WESTFIELD - Elaine M. Albert, 73, entered into eternal peace on Friday, June 13, 2014 surrounded by family. She was born in Westfield on January 18, 1941 to the late Andrew and Sophie (Kobuskaitis) Albert. She was a lifelong resident of Westfield attended local schools and was a graduate of Westfield High School.

Elaine had a long career in banking, having worked for the former Valley Bank in Westfield for many years and numerous banks in the area. She retired in 2013 from the Freedom Credit Union in Springfield. Elaine’s favorite pastimes included long walks through Westfield with her cup of Dunkin Donuts Coffee, shopping, scratch tickets, and the lottery, winning more often than not. Elaine took great pride in her appearance and loved outings and vacations with her family and friends. Her favorite place to vacation was Las Vegas. She leaves many beloved cousins, treasured friends and co-workers.

The funeral for Elaine will be held on Friday, June 20th at 12:00 noon from the Firtion-Adams Funeral Service, 76 Broad Street, Westfield. Burial will follow in St. John’s Cemetery. Calling hours will be held Thursday evening at the funeral home from 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Donations in memory of Elaine may be made to the Grace Lutheran Church, 1552 Westfield Street, West Springfield, MA 01089. www.firtionadams.com

Marjorie L. Carroll WESTFIELD - Marjorie L. (Chapman) Carroll, 81, of Westfield, passed away Monday, June 16, 2014 at home surrounded by her children. She was born April 9, 1933, the daughter of William and Verna (Mayberry) Chapman.

She grew up in Maine and was a graduate of Deering High School in Portland.

The wife of the late Walter L. Carroll, she was married in 1954 and moved with her husband to Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage Alaska where their first daughter was born. They moved back to Massachusetts in 1956, where they built their home and raised their family in Westfield, a home that she loved and resided in for the past 50 years. She was also a Homemaker and Mother. She was known for her gifts of sewing and crocheting, blessing those around her with her many creations. She was an avid doll collector, loved going to craft fairs and visiting her beloved birthplace of Maine. She loved her family and spending time with them. Her feisty, and humorous nature was a great source of a joy for those around her as well as her loving kindness she showed with her greeting cards that she dedicatedly sent. She will be greatly missed.

She leaves one son, Stephen L Carroll and his wife who passed in 1998, Elizabeth M Gelgut Carroll, and three daughters, Joleen Skrodzki and husband Mark of Chicopee, Susan Phillips and husband Brian of Southampton and Jennifer Fischer and husband Christian of Kensington CT. She also leaves her adored grandchildren, Sarah and her husband Gerry, Emily, Jessica, Heidi, Tyler, Stefan and Ting; and her precious great-grandson, Connor. Marjorie leaves one sister, Beverly Burdwood of Westbrook ME along with her best friend of over 40 years, Jackie Campbell. She also leaves many nieces and nephews and will be sadly missed by her cherished dog Willow, and cat Sammi. She is predeceased by her sister, Carolyn Chapman Way and Brother Dennis Chapman.

Her funeral service will take place on Friday, June 20th at 10:00 a.m. at the Robert E Cusack Funeral Home, 94 Main Street (Route 20) with Pastor Juhye Hahn presiding, with a burial to follow in St. Mary’s Cemetery both in Westfield. Calling hours will be Thursday, June 19th from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at the Funeral Home.

Memorial contributions can be made to Cancer House of Hope, 1999 Westfield Street, West Springfield, MA 01089.

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Good Eats to welcome Summer!

LEMON CHICKEN BREASTS

Serves 6 2 tablespoons lemon -pepper seasoning blend 6 boneless skinless chicken breast halves 1 tablespoon unsalted margarine 1/3 cup all-purpose flour 1 cup low-sodium chicken stock 1 medium fresh lemon, zested and juiced 1 tablespoon brown sugar 1. Pat chicken breasts dry.Place flour and lemon-pepper seasoning in a plate and mix together.

2. Dredge chicken breasts in flour mixture.

3. Heat margarine in a large skillet and add chicken.Brown on both sides but DO NOT fully cook.

4. Transfer chicken to a large casserole dish.

5. In a bowl mix zest and juice of the lemon,chicken stock and brown sugar.

6. Pour over chicken.

7. Bake for 30-35 minutes in 375 degree preheated oven (or place on your outside grill) until chicken is fully-cooked.

STRAWBERRY LEMONADE

Makes 10 cups 3 cups water 1 1/2 cups sugar 2 cups lemon juice (about 8-10 lemons) 1 pint strawberries hulled and halved 1 liter seltzer or sparkling water

WATERMELON, MACHE AND PECAN SALAD Submitted by Rebecca Ratchford 3/4 cups of pecans ,chopped 5 cups of seeded and cubed watermelon 1 (6 ounce) bag of mache, which is a tender heirloom variety of lamb’s lettuce (or use baby lettuces).

1 cup crumbled Gorgonzola cheese Pepper Jelly Vinaigrette *see below 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and arrange pecans in a single layer on a baking sheet.

2. Bake for 5-7 minutes or until lightly toasted and fragrant.Cool on a wire rack until cool.

3. Combine watermelon and mache in a large bowl;add vinaigrette and gently toss.

4.Transfer watermelon mixture to a serving platter and sprinkle evenly with pecans and cheese.

*Pepper Jelly Vinaigrette

1. In a 2 quart saucepan bring water and sugar to a boil.Reduce heat and simmer stirring occasionally until the sugar dissolves.

2. Let cool completely.

3. Place strawberries in blender with 1/2 cup lemonade mixture.

4. Blend until pureed.Strain puree through a fine sieve to remove seeds.

5. Add puree to remaining lemonade mixture and stir well.

6. To serve: Stir in seltzer and pour in tall glasses over ice.

1/4 cup rice wine vinegar 1/4 cup pepper jelly 1 Tablespoon fresh lime juice 1 tablespoon grated onion 1 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon pepper 1/4 cup vegetable oil Whisk together first 6 ingredients. Gradually add oil in a slowly steady stream.Whisk until blended.

FRESH TOMATO SUMMER SALSA 11/2 cups of diced fresh tomatoes 1 tablespoon diced and seeded chili peppers (fresh or canned).

3 tablespoons finely chopped onion 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh cilantro 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar or fresh lime juice 1 clove garlic minced 1/4 teaspoon salt In a medium bowl combine all ingredients..

Let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes before serving with your favorite tortilla chips.

Note: Stir in some sour cream for a baked potato topping.

TOMATO-BASIL PASTA SALAD Submitted by Rebecca Ratchford

3 Large ripe tomatoes, chopped 1/3 cup red onion, chopped 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar 1 teaspoon minced garlic 1/2 teaspoon each salt & pepper 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano 1 cup fresh basil leaves cut into thin strips 12 ounces of your favorite short pasta cooked according to directions and cooled to room temperature.

Put tomatoes, onion, olive oil,vinegar, garlic, salt, pepper and oregano in a large bowl and toss.

Let stand at room temperature for at least 30 minutes.

Add pasta and toss lightly. Add basil and toss again.

Serve or refrigerate up to one day.

ROASTED GARLIC Great to have on hand for additions to salad dressings ,mayonnaise or dips.

1 whole head of garlic 1 teaspoon of olive oil 1.Preheat oven to 375 degrees or use your gas grill 2. Place garlic on folded over double layers of aluminum foil.

3. drizzle with olive oil 4. Bake one hour . Unwrap and let cool.Cut across the pointed end of garlic head.

Squeeze out garlic paste into a small bowl and use as desired.

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“He was telling me he doesn’t feel the lease is valid and we keep asking them why and we really never get an answer,” Dion said. “We’re trying to continue and work with the city as best we can but we want to stay on that property because we need access to the runway.

Eventually we’d like to have three buildings that will allow us to have two display buildings and one for restoring aircraft.”

“Paul is a builder, he’s a contractor, and he thinks we can do it,” Avezzie said of Dion, who added that the organization has a 12-person board and a large group of volunteers.

They believe that the building’s construction would enable them to host events.

“We’d start holding events up there probably once a month, which would bring carshow type stuff and flyin’s,” said Avezzie. “I really believe that this thing, once we get it going, will take care of itself and the money will come to expand it. There are grants we can apply for if we had an actual building.”

Both men see the facility as one of great educational value to area students.

“We could do programs with students hands-on about how to build an airplane,” said Dion. “It would only help with our museum plans.”

“We understand that they’re trying to do an A&P (airframe and powerplant) course at the vocational school,” Avezzie said. “We have no problem sharing the property with them.”

Westfield Mayor Daniel M. Knapik isn’t sold on the project just yet though.

“We have our own reservations about the viability of something they are trying to pull off on their own,” he said. “We’re trying to have a dialogue with their group to discuss how the city and the museum can collaborate on something that can fit their needs and a future voc-tech A&P program.”

“Anything over 20 years has to be approved by City Council and theirs never was,” said Knapik of the group’s lease.

Knapik also questions whether the group has sufficient funds to complete the project. “(Dion) said he has $175,000, but you can’t build what he wants to build for $50 a square foot. The old saying is ‘you can build it, but can you operate it?’” he said. “An aviation museum is a nice thing, but a structure with somebody’s relics in it isn’t an aviation museum and that’s what we’re concerned about.”

Knapik used the Westfield Whip Manufacturing Company as an example of how a museum project can get off the ground.

“Here’s an operating business that still has an income stream that’s tied to a 100-plus year history in this city,” he said. “They went out, got a feasibility study with a consultant, demonstrated how they could rehab the building – part of it a living, working operation, and another part of it paying tribute to the industrial history of the city.”

Thefts

Westfield’s Melissa Hartman checks a radio communication headset as her pilot Harland Avezzie checks his PT-23A World War II aircraft. Members of the non-profit 501(c) 3 educational museum are attempting to construct a building to protect the vintage aircraft and vehicles which would be open to the public. Avezzie is president of the Pioneer Valley Military & Transportation Museum located at Barnes Regional Airport. (File photo by Frederick Gore)

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thefts as he had stolen from a third apartment in the unit in 2008 and the resident of that apartment told Freeman that he too believes Bruneau was responsible for the recent thefts.

The tenant told Freeman that he had spoke previously with Bruneau’s father about his son’s drug problem and said that, on one of the days which jewelry was apparently stolen from the apartment above his, he heard footsteps in the apartment. He said he knew that they were not those of his neighbor who, he said, “is light on her feet and makes little noise” but said he had not known that the woman was away for the weekend.

The man said that he knew nobody left the unit after the footsteps stopped because he had spent most of that day on his couch and “would have heard the person leave if they had gone down either stairway.”

When Freeman spoke with Bruneau’s father the man said “that he knows his son, Zachary, committed these crimes.”

He told Freeman that he confronted his son who did not admit to the crimes but “apologized for putting him in a bad position with the neighbors and the landlord” and agreed to leave “so that he wouldn’t cause anymore stress” for his father.

He said that he has tried to help his son with his heroin addiction for 15 years and said “Zack is capable of anything when he needs drugs.”

Bruneau’s father said that his son never admitted to stealing from his neighbors but said that his son made statements which he interpreted to mean “his son was saying that he was smart

enough not to get caught for this.”

Freeman found himself in a similar situation when he spoke with the suspect by phone.

Although the man did not admit to the crimes, he did say that he knew the detective would not be able to recover the stolen jewelry and said “you are not going to find my name at the pawn shops so you have no case.”

Freeman reports that Det. Kevin Swords, while investigating the 2008 burglary at the same condominium building, did find Bruneau’s name at a pawn shop.

The detective said that, after he spoke with Bruneau by phone, he was unable to locate him.

He reports he spoke with some of the ‘friends’ listed on his social networking web page but found that the persons he spoke with said that they were no longer his ‘friends’, either because he stole from them or because they were angry that he stole from mutual friends.

Bruneau stayed at liberty until Freeman learned that he was at a Klondike Avenue address in February and, having learned that he was the subject of an outstanding warrant, he was arrested there.

Freeman completed his investigation in March and filed a criminal complaint which brought Bruneau to Westfield District Court before Judge Thomas Estes June 5 for arraignment on three charges of breaking and entering a building in the daytime with intent to commit a felony and three charges of larceny of property valued more than $250 which were brought as two cases.

In each case, Bruneau was held in lieu of $1,000 cash bail pending an Aug. 7 hearing.

Emails Continued from Page 4 classified computers, thinks they may be retrievable: “My impression is there might be some forensic method of recovering the email.

When it comes to eliminating classified info, it’s not enough to simply delete the files; you have to overwrite them completely or physically destroy them. Assuming that was not done, it ought to be possible to recover.”

Aside from action by the National Archives, Sloan said her group has been working for years to try to push legislation to force the government to back up more email and documents, even though doing so would be really pricey. But the verdict is still out on whether the latest batch of vanished emails will force policy changes.

Continued from Page 1 May 20 meeting The definitive plan is the document that will be filed with the Registry of Deeds along with the Mylar drawings signed by the Planning Board members. The document includes the board’s findings, condition and waivers.

A condition of the approved plan was to install a four-foot high chain-link fence around the retention area where stromwater, collected in the subdivision, is pooled, then allowed to percolation into the soil. There is also a piping system to discharge stormwater collected during a significant storm.

Bergeron, represented by Rob Levesque of R. Levesque Associated, argued that instead of installing the fence he would decrease the slops of the retention pond, changing the proposed 3 to 1 slope to a 4 to 1 slope.

“The developer feels the fence is not manageable,” Levesque said. The proposed slope change will make it easy to get in and out.

Bergeron said that he conducted percolation tests which indicated that “the ground will soak up water, it will not go over two feet in depth.”

Bergeron argued that the fence “looks institutional. I’d like to put something in that is more natural.” He also said that maintenance of the fence will be difficult and that over time it would become overgrown.

Several members of the Planning Board

expressed concern of any change which eliminates the fence.

Board Member Jane Magarian said that two feet of water is more than sufficient to drown a toddler.

“I know that parents can’t plan for every contingency in life, but if the fence saves one life, isn’t it worth it?” Magarian asked.

Board member Carl Vincent said the retention facility is nine feet deep.

“Even without water in it a child wanting to explore could get hurt,” Vincent said. “We discussed requiring a six-foot high fence, than decided that a four-foot high fence was adequate protection. I’m not willing to remove any kind of restraint. I feel there should be some kind of fencing or a barrier.”

Several members of the board also supported the change as presented by the developer, viewing the slope modification as a minor change to the plan.

“I tend to agree with the developer,” Chairman Phil McEwan said. “Playing a round of golf is more hazardous than this. A two-year old could walk in and out of this.”

Levesque requested the board to continue the issue to its July 27 meeting to allow time to investigate options such as a vegetative barrier. The board voted to grant that continuance.

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Sons of Erin third baseman Jeremy McCormick, left, attempts the tag on Moose baserunner Daniel Provost during yesterday’s Majors Tournament Championship game where the Sons of Erin won 8-6 to claim the City Cup. (Photo by Frederick Gore/www.thewestfieldnews.smugmug.com)

Westfield Moose third baseman Nick Anciello makes the tag on a Sons of Erin baserunner.

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Sons rise to claim Cup

By Chris Putz Staff Writer WESTFIELD – If at first you don’t succeed, try and try again.

One year ago, Sons of Erin fell to Kiwanas in the inaugural Little League City.

This year, Sons rose above the competition.

Sons of Erin staved off Moose Club in the 2014 Little League City Cup championship 8-6 Tuesday night.

“We were a young squad last year – a lot of 10- and 11-year-olds,” Sons manager Jeff Koziol said. “Those kids have matured. We have a lot of 12-year-olds … These kids have been finding different ways to win.”

Matt Beattie found the team’s first hit – Sons first two runners reached on errors – when he crushed a two-run double to the left center field fence to give the team a 2-0 lead in the top of the third inning. A pair of fielder’s choices (Bobby Della Penne and Nate Pellegrini earned the RBIs) led to a 4-0 lead.

Moose Club battled back.

With two outs in the third inning, Moose rallied. Tobey Barlow singled. Ethan Saunders walked. Trot

Moose second baseman Joey Dekarski, left, attempts the out on Sons of Erin Bernie Sanchez during yesterday’s game.

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Gosselin followed with a tworun line drive shot to center field. James Renaudette hit an RBI single. An error knotted the game at 4-all. They enjoyed their first lead of the game when Joey Dekarski dropped a bloop single into shallow right field, scoring two runs.

Moose’s lead was shortlived.

In the fourth, Bryant Keeney opened the inning with a leadoff walk. Tony Torres chopped a single through the left side. A fielder’s choice (Andrew Pelligrini RBI) brought Sons within one, 6-5, and Jeremy McCormick’s sac-fly tied it 6-6.

Sons of Erin scored the eventual game-winning run in the fifth on Della Penne’s bases-loaded single to right field.

Tony Torres (2-for-3) manufactured an insurance run for Moose in the sixth by beating out an infield single, moving to second base on a passed ball, advancing to third on a wild pitch, and scoring on an error.

Sons starting pitcher Tanner Koziol was effective early, retiring the first four batters of the game (two via strikeout) and eight of the first 11 before Moose Club rallied in the third with two outs. Brody Zabielski allowed just one hit and one (intentional) walk over the last

Members of the Sons of Erin team hold up the City Cup after defeating the Moose Club during Monday night’s Westfield Little League City Cup championship at the Ralph E. Sanville Memorial Field on Cross Street. The Sons of Erin won 8-6. (Photo by Frederick Gore/www.thewestfieldnews.smugmug.com)

two innings to earn the victory on the mound.

Moose pitcher James Renaudette also pitched well on the mound to begin.

Renaudette retired the game’s first six batters before errors did him. He exited in the third inning with Sons leading 2-0.

Both runs were unearned.

“The chips fell for us against a tough pitcher,” man-

Sons of Erin third baseman Jeremy McCormick attempts the tag on Moose baserunner Nick Anciello during yesterday’s Majors Tournament Championship game at the Ralph E. Sanville Memorial Field on Cross Street where the Sons of Erin won 8-6 to claim the City Cup. (Photo by Frederick

Members of the Sons of Erin pose for a team photo with the City Cup trophy after defeating the Moose Club during the Majors Tournament Championship game at Cross Street. (Photo by Frederick Gore/www.thewestfield-

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A group of Sons of Erin “cheerleaders” hold signs in support of their team. (Photo by Frederick Gore/www.thewestfieldnews.smugmug.com)

All-Stars (ages 9-11) begin tournament play. This year’s All-Star selections were honored prior to the game, and stood along the edge of the outfield grass during the national anthem.

Mayor Daniel M. Knapik tossed out the ceremonial first pitch.

Said Beattie: “It was amazing.”

Sons of Erin baserunner Matt Beattie slides home as Moose catcher Ethan Saunders waits for the ball. (Photo by Frederick Gore/www.thewestfieldnews.smugmug.com)

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ager Koziol said. “It was a magical year for us.”

The game’s most sensational defensive play belonged to Moose Club outfielder Tobey Barlow who made a leaping grab to rob McCormick of an extra base hit in the fourth.

These types of plays will most likely be on display in bunches over the next several weeks when the Little League

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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away — — 3-7 L-1 20-17 21-14 Toronto 41 31 .569 3½ 1 6-4 W-1 14-16 22-17 New York 36 33 .522 4 1½ 5-5 W-1 16-17 20-17 Baltimore 36 34 .514 Boston 33 38 .465 7½ 5 6-4 W-2 19-19 14-19 13 10½ 4-6 L-1 15-21 13-23 Tampa Bay 28 44 .389 Central Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away — — 9-1 W-9 18-16 20-16 Kansas City 38 32 .543 Detroit 36 31 .537 ½ — 4-6 L-2 18-18 18-13 3 2½ 5-5 L-1 22-12 14-24 Cleveland 36 36 .500 Chicago 34 37 .479 4½ 4 3-7 W-1 20-18 14-19 5½ 5 4-6 L-4 15-17 17-20 Minnesota 32 37 .464 West Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Oakland 43 28 .606 — — 5-5 W-1 20-14 23-14 4½ — 6-4 W-1 20-14 18-18 Los Angeles 38 32 .543 6 1 5-5 W-3 17-20 20-14 Seattle 37 34 .521 Texas 35 36 .493 8 3 4-6 L-1 16-19 19-17 11½ 6½ 5-5 L-2 17-20 15-20 Houston 32 40 .444 AMERICAN LEAGUE Monday’s Games Cleveland 4, L.A. Angels 3 Kansas City 11, Detroit 8 Tampa Bay 5, Baltimore 4 Boston 1, Minnesota 0 Texas 14, Oakland 8 Seattle 5, San Diego 1 Tuesday’s Games Seattle 6, San Diego 1 Washington 6, Houston 5 L.A. Angels 9, Cleveland 3 N.Y. Yankees 3, Toronto 1 Kansas City 11, Detroit 4 Baltimore 7, Tampa Bay 5 Boston 2, Minnesota 1 Chicago White Sox 8, San Francisco 2 Oakland 10, Texas 6 Wednesday’s Games Kansas City (Guthrie 3-6) at Detroit (Smyly 3-5), 1:08 p.m.

Baltimore (Gausman 2-1) at Tampa Bay (Cobb 2-4), 1:10 p.m.

Minnesota (Gibson 6-5) at Boston (Lackey 8-4), 1:35 p.m.

San Francisco (Hudson 7-2) at Chicago White Sox (Sale 5-1), 2:10 p.m.

Texas (Tepesch 2-2) at Oakland (Gray 6-3), 3:35 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE East Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Washington 36 33 .522 — — 5-5 W-1 20-15 16-18 Atlanta 36 34 .514 ½ 1½ 4-6 L-2 20-17 16-17 Miami 36 34 .514 ½ 1½ 4-6 W-1 24-14 12-20 Philadelphia 31 38 .449 5 6 6-4 W-2 16-21 15-17 New York 31 40 .437 6 7 3-7 L-2 16-20 15-20 Central Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away Milwaukee 43 29 .597 — — 7-3 W-2 20-15 23-14 St. Louis 39 32 .549 3½ — 8-2 W-5 21-14 18-18 Cincinnati 34 35 .493 7½ 3 7-3 W-2 17-17 17-18 Pittsburgh 34 36 .486 8 3½ 5-5 L-2 20-17 14-19 Chicago 29 40 .420 12½ 8 4-6 L-1 15-14 14-26 West Division W L Pct GB WCGB L10 Str Home Away San Francisco 43 28 .606 — — 3-7 L-4 23-15 20-13 Los Angeles 39 34 .534 5 — 7-3 W-2 17-20 22-14 Colorado 34 37 .479 9 4 5-5 L-2 19-14 15-23 San Diego 29 42 .408 14 9 2-8 L-3 16-19 13-23 Arizona 30 44 .405 14½ 9½ 3-7 L-2 12-26 18-18

Houston (Feldman 3-4) at Washington (G.Gonzalez 3-4), 7:05 p.m.

Toronto (Buehrle 10-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Whitley 2-0), 7:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 7-6) at Cleveland (Masterson 4-5), 7:10 p.m.

Seattle (F.Hernandez 8-2) at San Diego (Cashner 2-6), 10:10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games L.A. Angels (Richards 6-2) at Cleveland (McAllister 3-4), 12:05 p.m.

Kansas City (Duffy 4-5) at Detroit (A.Sanchez 3-2), 1:08 p.m.

Seattle (E.Ramirez 1-4) at San Diego (Hahn 1-1), 6:40 p.m.

Toronto (Hutchison 5-4) at N.Y. Yankees (Phelps 2-4), 7:05 p.m.

Houston (McHugh 4-4) at Tampa Bay (Archer 3-4), 7:10 p.m.

Chicago White Sox (Quintana 3-7) at Minnesota (Pino 0-0), 8:10 p.m.

Boston (Peavy 1-4) at Oakland (Kazmir 8-2), 10:05 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE Monday’s Games Chicago Cubs 5, Miami 4, 13 innings Philadelphia 6, Atlanta 1, 13 innings St. Louis 6, N.Y. Mets 2 Milwaukee 9, Arizona 3 L.A. Dodgers 6, Colorado 1 Seattle 5, San Diego 1 Tuesday’s Games Seattle 6, San Diego 1 Cincinnati 6, Pittsburgh 5 Washington 6, Houston 5

Miami 6, Chicago Cubs 5 Philadelphia 5, Atlanta 2 Chicago White Sox 8, San Francisco 2 St. Louis 5, N.Y. Mets 2 Milwaukee 7, Arizona 5 L.A. Dodgers 4, Colorado 2 Wednesday’s Games Philadelphia (R.Hernandez 2-5) at Atlanta (Harang 5-5), 12:10 p.m.

Chicago Cubs (Arrieta 2-1) at Miami (Eovaldi 4-2), 12:40 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Colon 6-5) at St. Louis (Lynn 7-4), 1:45 p.m.

San Francisco (Hudson 7-2) at Chicago White Sox (Sale 5-1), 2:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (Simon 9-3) at Pittsburgh (Volquez 4-5), 7:05 p.m.

Houston (Feldman 3-4) at Washington (G.Gonzalez 3-4), 7:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (Garza 4-4) at Arizona (Miley 3-6), 9:40 p.m.

Colorado (J.De La Rosa 6-5) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 6-2), 10:10 p.m.

Seattle (F.Hernandez 8-2) at San Diego (Cashner 2-6), 10:10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Cincinnati (Bailey 7-3) at Pittsburgh (Locke 0-1), 12:35 p.m.

Milwaukee (Gallardo 4-4) at Arizona (C.Anderson 5-1), 3:40 p.m.

Seattle (E.Ramirez 1-4) at San Diego (Hahn 1-1), 6:40 p.m.

Atlanta (Floyd 1-2) at Washington (Zimmermann 5-3), 7:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Z.Wheeler 2-7) at Miami (Heaney 0-0), 7:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Buchanan 2-3) at St. Louis (S.Miller 7-5), 8:15 p.m.

Boston’s Holt scores twice in 2-1 win over Twins BOSTON (AP) — Brock Holt scored both Boston runs, Jon Lester weathered a shaky start and pitched six-plus strong innings as the Red Sox held off Minnesota.

Lester (8-7) has a winning record for the first time this season. The Red Sox have won two straight and four of six.

After needing 33 pitches to get out of the first inning on a hot, muggy night at Fenway Park, Lester settled down and took a shutout into the sixth. He left with one out in the seventh after striking out six and holding the Twins to one run, four hits and a walk.

Edward Mujica pitched the ninth and earned his second save.

Phil Hughes (7-3) took the loss for the Twins, who have dropped four straight.

YANKEES 3, BLUE JAYS 1 NEW YORK (AP) — Masahiro Tanaka gave up a home run to Jose Reyes on the first pitch of the game, then earned his major league-high 11th victory as the New York Yankees beat Toronto 3-1 Tuesday night for their 14th straight home win over the Blue Jays.

Brett Gardner hit a two-run homer off the right-field foul pole and the Yankees sent the AL East leaders to their seventh loss in 10 games.

Tanaka (11-1) struck out 10 in six innings and left with an AL-best 1.99 ERA. The Japanese rookie has made 14 starts this season — he’s gone at least six innings in every outing and never permitted more than three earned runs.

Dellin Betances worked two innings and David Robertson closed for his 17th save.

Pitching about 50 miles from his Long Island hometown, Blue Jays rookie Marcus Stroman (3-2) threw 98 pitches in 3 2-3 innings on a sticky night.

PHILLIES 5, BRAVES 2 ATLANTA (AP) — Ryan Howard homered and Kyle Kendrick won consecutive starts for the first time in 11 months for Philadelphia.

The Phillies, winners of two straight and six of eight, got a solid start from Kendrick (3-6), who had gone 2-11 in his previous 20 starts since last Aug. 11. Kendrick allowed six hits and two runs with one walk and six strikeouts in seven innings.

Atlanta has lost seven of 11 and 13 of 21.

Ervin Santana (5-4) continued to struggle, giving up eight hits and four runs with three walks in six innings. Santana, who struck out five, is 1-4 with a 6.17 ERA in his last seven starts.

BREWERS 7, DIAMONDBACKS 5 PHOENIX (AP) — Jonathan Lucroy homered twice, including a grand slam in an eventful seventh inning, to lead Milwaukee past Arizona.

Lucroy’s slam to center came on Brad Ziegler’s first delivery after Arizona reliever Evan Marshall was ejected for hitting Ryan Braun with a pitch.

Marshall (2-2) took the loss, facing three batters without getting an out after relieving starter Mike Bolsinger, who was called up from Triple-A Reno earlier in the day.

Lucroy had a solo homer in the sixth.

Aramis Ramirez also hit a solo shot for the Brewers.

Kyle Lohse (8-2), who had hit three batters all season, plunked two in his six innings, apparently leading to retaliation by Marshall.

Lohse allowed four runs, three earned, and six hits.

MARINERS 6, PADRES 1 SEATTLE (AP) — Robinson Cano hit a two-run homer and Jesus Montero got his first big league homer in more than a year to help Seattle sweep a two-game set with San Diego.

Roenis Elias (6-5) allowed three hits and struck out six without a walk in seven strong

innings. Dominic Leone and Danny Farquhar each pitched an inning in relief.

Cano’s fourth home run of the season gave the Mariners a 4-1 lead in the fifth and was enough to chase San Diego starter Eric Stults after the inning ended.

ROYALS 11, TIGERS 4 DETROIT (AP) — Alex Gordon and Mike Moustakas homered as part of a seven-run second inning, and Kansas City took over first place in the AL Central with its ninth straight victory.

Gordon and Moustakas hit two-run shots off Max Scherzer, and Kansas City has won the first two games of this four-game series emphatically. The Royals, who trailed the Tigers by seven games after a May 20 loss, now lead Detroit by a half-game atop the division.

Scherzer (8-3) yielded a career high-tying 10 runs in four-plus innings.

Yordano Ventura (5-5) allowed three runs and eight hits in seven innings.

ANGELS 9, INDIANS 3 CLEVELAND (AP) — Mike Trout homered twice and drove in four runs, and rookie Matt Shoemaker remained unbeaten as a starter as Los Angeles beat Cleveland.

Trout’s three-run homer in the fifth broke a 3-all tie and capped a four-run inning. He added a leadoff homer in the seventh. The two-time All-Star was 3 for 5, extending his hitting streak to 12 games, and has reached base safely in 35 of his last 36 contests.

Shoemaker (4-1) allowed two runs in a career-high eight innings. The right-hander is 4-0 in seven major-league starts, six this season. He also had a career-high 10 strikeouts.

MARLINS 6, CUBS 5 MIAMI (AP) — Garrett Jones hit a threerun homer in the seventh inning and Miami rallied to beat Chicago.

Adeiny Hechavarria started the Marlins’ seventh with a bunt single for his fourth hit.

Rafael Furcal had a two-out, two-run single in the fourth for his first RBIs since 2012.

Hard-luck Cubs starter Jeff Samardzija allowed three runs, two earned, in six innings but was again denied a victory. The Cubs are 4-11 when he starts even though his ERA is 2.78.

Luis Valbuena’s RBI double in the seventh gave Chicago a 4-3 lead, but Miami rallied against Brian Schlitter (2-2).

ORIOLES 7, RAYS 5 ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Chris Davis hit a replay-delayed grand slam to lead Baltimore past Tampa Bay. Davis was awarded a slam off Erik Bedard (3-5) during a five-run third-inning after a video review showed his drive struck the foul pole. He reached second base on an oppositefield shot down the left-field line. The review that lasted 1 minute, 18 seconds revealed the ball hit the pole a few feet above the wall, and Davis was given a home run.

The Orioles also got a two-run homer from Steve Pearce.

Sean Rodriguez and Desmond Jennings homered for Tampa Bay, which is 5-16 in its last 21 games.

NATIONALS 6 ASTROS 5 WASHINGTON (AP) — Anthony Rendon doubled twice and drove in three runs, and Washington opened a six-game homestand with a win over Houston.

Ryan Zimmerman added two doubles and two RBIs as the Nationals snapped a fourgame losing streak.

Tanner Roark (6-4) pitched five innings in winning his third straight start. Rafael Soriano worked the ninth for his 14th save.

DODGERS 4, ROCKIES 2 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hanley Ramirez homered before leaving with a hand injury,

and Zack Greinke pitched Los Angeles to a win over Colorado.

Matt Kemp also went deep and Carlos Triunfel hit his first major league home run after replacing Ramirez.

Greinke (9-3) gave up a run and three hits with five strikeouts in six innings, and tied St. Louis’ Adam Wainwright and Cincinnati’s Alfredo Simon for the NL lead in wins.

Brian Wilson pitched a scoreless eighth and Kenley Jansen got three outs for his 20th save.

X-rays on Ramirez’s right hand were negative.

CARDINALS 5, METS 2 ST. LOUIS (AP) — Michael Wacha escaped a pair of jams with strikeouts, Yadier Molina hit his first homer in nearly four weeks and St. Louis won for the eighth time in nine games.

Wacha (5-5) gave up a run and five hits in six innings and Molina got his first homer since May 24.

David Wright hit his first homer since May 28, and Lucas Duda also connected for the Mets, who have lost 11 of 14.

Mets manager Terry Collins batted the pitcher eighth with Eric Young Jr. hitting ninth for the second straight game in an effort to stimulate the offense. During the 14-game slump, the Mets have scored two or fewer runs seven times.

WHITE SOX 8, GIANTS 2 CHICAGO (AP) — Gordon Beckham and Dayan Viciedo hit two-run home runs, John Danks pitched effectively into the seventh inning and the White Sox snapped a four-game losing streak.

The slumping White Sox had managed a total of six runs during their skid.

Viciedo, who was just 2 for 23 on the homestand coming in, went 2 for 4. His fifth-inning blast ended a stretch of 51 at-bats without an RBI.

Danks (6-5) settled down after a somewhat slow start and gave up two runs — one earned — and five hits in 6 1-3 innings. In his last five starts, the left-hander is 3-1 with a 1.51 ERA. REDS 6, PIRATES 5 PITTSBURGH (AP) — Todd Frazier led off the ninth inning with a tiebreaking homer, lifting Cincinnati past Pittsburgh after the Reds’ bullpen blew a three-run lead.

Frazier’s team-leading 16th home run to center field came off closer Jason Grilli (0-2) and gave the Reds third fifth win in six games.

Cincinnati (34-35) also got within one game of .500 on its ninth try.

Billy Hamilton had three hits and two stolen bases for the Reds, while Joey Votto had two hits and three RBIs. Frazier, Brandon Phillips and Ryan Ludwick added two hits apiece.

Logan Ondrusek (2-2) pitched 1 1/3 innings and the eighth and Aroldis Chapman got the last three outs for his 12th save.

ATHLETICS 10, RANGERS 6 OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Derek Norris homered and drove in five runs, Stephen Vogt was 3 for 3 with two RBIs and Oakland held off Texas for its third win in four games.

Tommy Milone (5-3) won his fifth consecutive decision, matching his career-best, for the A’s. Milone gave up three runs and five hits over 5 2-3 innings in improving to 5-0 over his last eight starts. He walked one and struck out three.

Yu Darvish (7-3) lost his eighth straight to the A’s and the Rangers lost for just the second time in six games. Darvish allowed seven runs — four earned — and eight hits over 5-plus innings. He walked five and struck out eight, including Brandon Moss in the first for career strikeout 600.

Roughned Odor hit a home run, tripled and drove in three runs for the Rangers.

Tuesday Golf League FINAL STANDINGS - 2014 Results from June 11, 2014

1st Place

Jim French & Dave Liberty 79.0 Points 2nd Place Joe Hebda & Tom Baker 73.0 Points 3rd Place Barry Slattery & Bob McCarthy 71.5 Points 4th Place Frank Kamlowski & Angelo Mascadrelli 70.0 Points 4th Place Fran Siska & Bill Wallanovich 70.0 Points 4th Place Terry Clark & Mike Clark 70.0 Points 5th Place Tom Pitoniak & Bob Berniche 68.5 Points 6th Place Bill Murphy & Chris Olsen 67.0 Points 7th Place Ed Harrington & Jim Crawford 62.5 Points 8th Place Paul Joubert & Ron Bonyeau 61.5 Points 9th Place Ray West & Harry Pease 61.0 Points 10th Place Ed West & Bob Czarnecki 60.5 Points 10th Place Hank Bartniki & Jack Kennedy 60.5 Points 11th Place Butch Rines & Gary Marcoulier 55.5 Points 12th Place Erroll Nichols & Mark Dunn 54.0 Points 13th Place Jim Johnson & Al Szenda 53.5 Points 14th Place Dick Williams & Ron Sena 52.0 Points 15th Place John Kidrick & Milt Holmes 51.5 Points 16th Place Carl Haas & Bill Frothingham 51.0 Points 16th Place Jack Leary & Jim Liptak 51.0 Points Low Gross Butch Rines & Bill Wallinovich @ 44 Low Net Ron Bonyeau @ 24 Closest to pin on 11th hole Butch Rines Closest to pin on 16th hole Rich Chistolini Closest to pin on 18th hole Mike Clark Shell Faunce we miss you on the course.

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SUMMER SPORTS SCHEDULE Wednesday, June 18 Westfield Post 124 vs. Wilbraham Post 286, Jachym Field, 5:45 p.m.

Friday, June 20 Westfield Post 124 at Easthampton Post 224, Daly Field, Nonotuck Park, 5:45 p.m.

Saturday, June 21 Westfield Post 124 vs. Aldenville 337, Jachym Field, 1:30 p.m.

Monday, June 23 Westfield Post 124 vs. Amherst Post 148, Jachym Field, 5:45 p.m.

Wednesday, June 25 Westfield Post 124 at East Springfield Post 420, Forest Park, 5:45 p.m.

Friday, June 27 Westfield Post 124 vs. Greenfield Post 81, Jachym Field, 5:45 p.m.

Saturday, June 28 Westfield Post 124 at Ludlow Post 52, Whitney Park, 1:30 p.m.

Monday, June 30 Westfield Post 124 vs. West Springfield, Jachym Field, 5:45 p.m.

Wednesday, July 2 Westfield Post 124 vs. Longmeadow, Jachym Field, 5:45 p.m.

Brent Houle (10) and the Post 124 lineup made solid contact from the beginning of the game--and finally broke through with a five-run fifth inning to pull ahead and cement a 6-1 final score. (Photo by Robby Veronesi)

Five-run fifth backs Irzyk’s gem

By Robby Veronesi WNG Intern WESTFIELD – For the first time this summer, the weather held up to allow Westfield Post 124 to begin its home schedule at Bud and Jim Hagan Field on the campus of Westfield State University.

Even in a new ballpark, the Westfield bats awoke late in the game to support another complete-game performance from Matt Irzyk and give Post 124 (4-0) another 6-1 victory, this time over Northampton Post 28.

“It seemed like we had the opportunities (at first), but couldn’t come up with the big hit, especially the two-out hit,” said Irzyk. “We were on it, it was a matter of coming around, but obviously I’m happy with it.”

Northampton starting pitcher Kevin Ganas controlled the potent lineup through the first at-bats, but Westfield started making solid contact the second and third time around. Down 1-0 in the third inning with two outs, Nate Barnes, playing on his home field, hit one of Westfield’s four doubles. Cam Donahue

followed with another scorching double over the centerfielder’s head to tie the score at one.

With the top of the order batting to start the fifth inning, a costly misplay by the Northampton shortstop on a hit-andrun positioned runners at first and third base with no outs. Barnes drove in the go-ahead run on a sacrifice fly and the Westfield offense came alive after that.

“The second time through we were really trying to square up and make solid contact,” said Barnes. “We have a lot of talented guys and we’re blessed with a great team with a lot of guys that work hard for it.”

Post 124’s two-out hitting proved to be the difference. After a walk, single and hit by pitch loaded the bases for Connor Sas, the WNEU infielder crushed a bases-clearing double to the right-centerfield gap to break the game open.

The postgraduates accounted for four of Post 124’s six runs, much to the excitement of Head Coach Don Irzyk.

“The postgrads that really haven’t played are hitting (and) I’m really happy

with it,” said Irzyk. “We’re just going to be persistent. We figure the second and third time around, they’re going to be there.”

The offensive explosion was plenty for pitcher Matt Irzyk, who earned his second win of the summer by pitching his second complete game. The recent graduate of Westfield High School struck out seven while allowing three hits and just four opposing batters to reach.

The complete game is the fourth in four games for Post 124 pitching, which has allowed just 11 hits over the past three games and four runs during that time span.

“I didn’t feel that great at the beginning,” said Irzyk. “As the game went on, I felt like I had more command and locating. I hate coming out, so I always want to finish it.”

Post 124 returns to the road Thursday and Friday night, when they will play 5:45 p.m. games at South Hadley and Easthampton. The squad comes back to Westfield State Saturday for a 1:30 p.m. matinee against Aldenville.

Thursday, July 3 Westfield Post 124 at Agawam Post 185, Agawam High School, 5:45 p.m.

Sunday, July 6 Westfield Post 124 at West Springfield Post 2017, Mitteneague Park, 1:30 p.m.

Tuesday, July 8 Westfield Post 124 vs. Springfield Post 21, Jachym Field, 5:45 p.m.

Friday, July 11 Westfield Post 124 at Longmeadow, Longmeadow High School, 5:45 p.m.

Sunday, July 13

Postseason Begins

Westfield Post 124 will play the home portion of Matt Irzyk went the distance for Westfield Post 124, allowing just three its season at Bud and Jim Hagan Field on the hits while striking out seven Northampton Post 28 batters Monday night campus of Westfield State University, not Jachym at Westfield State University. (Photo by Robby Veronesi) Field as previously written. (Photo by Robby Veronesi)

in the next

American Profile Shortstop Colin Dunn records one of Westfield Post 124’s nine groundball outs. The defense helped starting pitcher Matt Irzyk force five 1-2-3 innings. (Photo by Robby Veronesi)

Inside this issue

• Grilling It: Award-winning grill master Chris Lilly shares recipes and tips • Go, See & Do: Festivals, events and more around the country • Backyard tips: Cool gear for a hot grill

Nate Barnes (4) drove in the eventual game-winning run on a fifth-inning sacrifice fly. Barnes and the postgraduates combined for four of the team’s six RBI’s. (Photo by Robby Veronesi)

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Annie’s Mailbox

By Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar

What should I do?

Dear Annie: My husband calls me the “Throwaway Queen.”

I have gotten into hot water for not asking before I trashed something. Now I think I’ve made a huge mistake.

My husband is now far into dementia. We are thinking of moving, so I started cleaning out storage bins. I threw away two items of my husband’s that had been in those bins for years.

Last week, his son came over to help clear out some things and specifically asked for the items I tossed. They apparently were of sentimental value to him.

I acted as if I hadn’t a clue what he was talking about, but I feel so guilty and ashamed. This is a burden on my conscience, and I don’t know what to do. I don’t want to keep lying to him, but I’m afraid of confessing. What should I do? -- Stepmom in California Dear California: Imagine the reaction from your stepson when he discovers that you threw out these two items. We think you can tolerate his anger and disappointment. Please tell him.

Apologize profusely. Say you had no idea he would want these things, or you would have saved them. Say that you are ashamed for not telling him sooner. Ask him to forgive your lapse in judgment. We think once he gets past his disappointment, you both will be able to put this behind you.

Dear Annie: Yesterday, I attended my son’s much anticipated college graduation from a very celebrated institution. Despite our hefty investment in education, what were we treated to?

Graduates in cutoff shorts and flip-flops and mortarboards with raunchy slogans written on them. Many graduates reeked of alcohol and were still visibly under the influence.

The behavior of the audience when they handed out degrees was startling: air horns, wolf whistles, bellowing, screaming and other inappropriate responses. What should have been a respectful, dignified celebration was tarnished by the too common behavior of a rock concert.

I am in my late 40s and am not a prude. But I feel such formal events, which ought to warrant a respectful and courteous audience, have instead disintegrated into chaos. So, please tell your readers: If you are going to a graduation this spring, please set a good example for your children and others. Don’t holler.

Don’t stand on your seat and scream. Don’t bring air horns, cowbells or whistles. Stand and applaud respectfully. Offer your support before and after the ceremony. Please don’t diminish the success and accomplishment of the graduates with your ill-conceived and unappreciated conduct.

Graduates: Dress and act your role as accomplished academics. Save the beachwear for another day. Stand tall and accept the congratulations due. Everyone will be appreciative, especially your family. -- A Graduate’s Mom Dear Mom: Good advice, and we hope at least some in the crowd will pay attention. People get excited. In some places, commencement exercises have become raucous free-for-alls.

The school should make an announcement to the graduates beforehand, and to the audience prior to the ceremony, explaining what type of behavior is expected.

Dear Annie: “Somewhere in the USA” was considering not returning to a restaurant where a group of senior men made audibly insulting comments about other customers.

If she decides not to return, she should tell the manager or owner the reason. The owners need to know whether they are losing business because of the “old coots.” -- Restaurant Manager Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. To find out more about Annie’s Mailbox and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www. creators.com.

HINTS FROM HELOISE Flour ... 00 Flour Dear Heloise: The other day, I saw a recipe for making pizza dough, which I love to do. It used something called “00 FLOUR.” What exactly is that, and where can I find it? My local grocery stores did not have it.

-- M.T. in California This 00 flour is an Italian flour.

The “00” is how the ground flour is classified, with the number “00” representing the finest grind. The reason this type of flour is used in pizza dough is because of its texture, which makes it very easy to work with, and because of its low gluten content. This helps make pizza crust light and soft.

If you cannot find it in your main grocery store, try a specialty grocery store, or order the flour online. -- Heloise SEND A GREAT HINT TO: Heloise P.O. Box 795000 San Antonio, TX 78279-5000 Fax: 210-HELOISE Email: Heloise(at)Heloise.com

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Wednesday, June 18, 2014: This year you often feel pressured by superiors and their expectations. You might be far more capable than you realize. Take a risk and go out on a limb; be willing to do something out of your comfort zone. If you are single, you’ll attract someone from work or from a commitment. Be aware of the problems you could encounter by mixing your private life with your public image before jumping in. If you are attached, you are likely to enjoy being around your significant other more often.

PISCES can irritate you, as you can’t read him or her clearly.

The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult

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Mark Buford

B.C. Mastroianni and Hart

DOGS of C-KENNEL Mick and Mason Mastroianni

ANDY CAPP Mahoney, Goldsmith and Garnett

ONE BIG HAPPY Rick Detorie

ZACK HILL John Deering and John Newcombe

ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHH You’ll wake up with a new perspective. A dream might have provided a solution to a problem. When you initially present this idea, you could receive a negative response. After a lively discussion, however, an agreement is likely to be reached. Tonight: As you would like it.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHH You see the potential in seizing the moment. You know what is possible, and you’ll try to move forward in a progressive manner. A suggestion that you initially had doubted will prove to work. Be willing to give credit where credit is due. Tonight: Continue as you have.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH Your pensive side will emerge, and it might encourage a novel way of approaching someone you look up to. The best thing to do is try it out and see where it takes you. Your more dynamic personality will shine through.

Tonight: Be willing to work till the wee hours.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH Investigate different solutions in order to achieve a certain end result. You could be very pleased by what emerges. Laughter surrounds a loved one. Your upbeat attitude and your willingness to let others chip in will create good interactions. Tonight: Reach for the stars.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH Deal with a partner directly, if you desire certain results. It is easier to work as a team than it is to work alone. A discussion might point to an adjustment being made, so try not to get discouraged. Set aside any uncomfortable feelings. Tonight: Dinner for two.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH Someone could be pushing you too hard right now. You might not be sure which way to proceed, even though you’ll have a limited number of choices. Curb a tendency to funnel your anger into spending money or partaking in other indulgences. Tonight: Let the fun begin.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Pace yourself, as you have a lot of ground to cover. You might not be sure how to prioritize your tasks. Your anger could emerge from out of the blue in a discussion with a higher-up. Find a mutually acceptable solution for both of you. Tonight: Have some fun.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH You might want to create a new beginning. Your ability to manifest much more of what you desire will materialize. You could be sitting on some anger that might trigger a strong reaction when dealing with foreign elements. Tonight: Indulge your imagination.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH You’ll be involved with a deceptive situation that surrounds your home and/or a family member. As a result, you could have difficulty rooting out the cause. Ask questions, and the answers might change your thinking.

Use care with your finances. Tonight: Head home.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH Make a point to help others (as well as yourself) understand a confusing project or idea. Your outlook could change once you grasp what is being said. You might not want to assume the lead here, so let someone else step in. Tonight: Don’t let someone else’s frustration get to you.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH You’ll see through a ruse, but whether you decide to let others in on it will depend on several factors. Consider the cost of keeping this deception to yourself. A friend could be involved, but you might prefer that he or she figures it

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PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH You seem to know the right way to go. Your creativity will point to the correct path for an emotionally trying situation. A friend could reverse his or her support with a critical issue. Trust yourself and your decisions. Tonight: Be the lead player.

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Strawberry supper FEEDING HILLS — Community Grange #382 of Feeding Hills will hold their 35th annual Strawberry Supper on Wednesday, June 18. The supper will be held at the Grange Hall located at 47 North West Street in Feeding Hills. Continuous servings from 4-7 p.m. The menu will consist of ham, turkey, homemade potato salad and cole slaw, baked beans, rolls, pickles, strawberry shortcake with whipped cream and a choice of beverages. Donation is $10 for adults and $4.75 for children under 12. Reservations are suggested and can be made by calling Pauline at 7892061. The public is invited to attend.

Open Enrollment WESTFIELD - Westfield Community Education (WCE), an area community youth and adult, alternative evening education program of Domus Inc., is now holding “Open Enrollment” until June 20. Candidates will complete paperwork and take an assessment. Classes are 30 weeks in length and begin September 8. Three levels of classes are offered in addition to a Computer Literacy and Career Development course, which are available to all residents of Greater Westfield. Classes are free with a small charge for the text. For more information, contact 568-1044 or go to www.westfieldcommunityeducation.org.

Canoe and kayak cruise

June 18, 25, 2014 LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC AUCTION

WESTFIELD On Saturday, June 21, the MONDAY, JULY 14, 2014 Westfield River Watershed - 10:00 A.M. Association will sponsor a SELF STORAGE scenic, mostly flat-water, sixOPERATORS LIEN SALE mile paddle from the new (Mass. General Laws Great River Bridge in Chapter 105-A Sec. 4) Westfield to Robinson State Park in Agawam. Participants Units contain household goods, should bring their own canoe furniture, bedding, tools, recreor kayak, paddles and per- ational equipment, clothing, sonal safety devices, as well closed containers, etc., the peras sunscreen and drinking sonal property of: water.

Robert Hullivan For those used to seeing the Unit #500345 - Unit #P32 river only in glimpses from the road, the canoe cruise Auction Address: STELLWAoffers a new, close-up view of GEN REALTY GROUP, INC, 3 the waterway. Organizers PROGRESS AVENUE, WESTrecommend that participants FIELD, MA 01085, 413-563be experienced paddlers, 7831. Auction run by Stellwagen Realty Group, Inc. given that river conditions may be unpredictable. TERMS: CASH. Units sold by Children under 18 must be entirety. Contents removed withsupervised by a parent or in 48 hours. Stellwagen Realty guardian. Children under 14 Group, Inc reserves the right to: must paddle in the same boat (1.) Bid at public auction; (2.) To refuse any and all bids; (3.) To as an adult. the auction at any time An admission fee of $10.00 cancel for any reason. per person and $25.00 per family will help cover refreshments, shuttle service and insurance. Registration is from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. in the municipal parking lot 0117 Personal Services off Meadow Street near the Great River Bridge in Westfield. Participants will CUSTOM PICTURE FRAMING register, unload boats and & A N T I Q U E L A M P S R E gear, drive their vehicles to PAIRED. Free estimates. Call Carlton at (413)568-2339 or Robinson State Park and (413)537-5842. return to the launch area by shuttle. Staggered departures will begin at 11:00 a.m.

PCA available, morning hours.

For more information about Housekeeping, etc. Call for dethe Canoe and Kayak Cruise, tails, (413)562-6081. visit www.westfieldriver.org or call Fran S. at 413-5624998.

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MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELOR The Westfield Community Crisis Stabilization and Respite program is looking for per diem mental health counselors to work on weekends in either the adult or child programs. Bachelors degree required, preferably in a human services field.

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COACHING POSITIONS

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ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT The City of Westfield seeks qualified applicants for position of Administrative Assistant. This position assists the Personnel Director in the administration of the Department by performing highly responsible administrative and clerical functions requiring a high degree of confidentiality, a substantial degree of decision making within Department policies and procedures. Associates degree in business preferred. Minimum of three years of human resources department experience. Minimum of five years of directly dealing with members of the public. Position is 30 hours a week at $20.00 an hour. The City offers excellent benefits packages to employees.

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PALLET MACHINE OPERATOR NEEDED Experience Preferred. Some type of machine operation experience necessary. Benefits.

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S O U T H W I C K 4 4 B U G B E E WESTFIELD 3 room apartment, ROAD. Saturday, June 21st. 8- first floor, stove, refrigerator, AC, 3. Moving. Everything must go! all utilities included. Parking on premises. No pets. Non smoker. $775/month. Shown by appointment only. (413)568-5905.

WESTFIELD-114 RUSSELL ROAD(ON FAIRFIELD AVE).

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ROOM TO RENT in a quiet neighborhood. Kitchen and laundry privilege. Heat, A/C, utilities.

Available now to non-smoker. $600/month, Westfield.

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

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ROOM FOR RENT in Southwick/Lakeview. Kitchen and laundry privileges. Female preferred. $475/month includes utilities. (413)2440787.

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WESTFIELD 47 MICHAEL DRIVE. (OFF RUSSELLVILLE ROAD) June 20&21. 8-4. Huge tag sale. Something for everyone. Rain/shine.

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DEADLINE: 2PM THE DAY BEFORE E-mail: dianedisanto@thewestfieldnewsgroup.com QUALITY SPACE in WESTFIELD - Up to 10,000sq.ft. available; modern building, excellent for technology, manufacturing or distribution.

Large clear spaces, dock and power. VG office space also available. Near RTE 90 & 91.

Call (413)568-3638.

COMMERCIAL SPACE FOR RENT 54 MAINLINE DRIVE WESTFIELD, MA 4,300sq.ft. 220 volts - 200 amp service PUBLIC GAS WATER - SEWER

OPEN HOUSE. WESTFIELD, WESTFIELD 82 BROAD 53 SPRUCE STREET. Sunday, STREET. 850sq.ft. 4 room of- MONTGOMERY 5 miles from June 22, 1-3. Charming 3 bedfice suite available. Utilities in- Westfield. Spacious office in- room Ranch, walk to Stanley c l u d e s u t i l i t i e s a n d W i F i . Park or WSU. (413)568-2254. cluded. Call (413)562-2295. $350/month. Call (413)9776277.

0375 Business Property COMMERCIAL PROPERTY. Southwick 642 College Highway for rent. 2 buildings zoned BR. (1) Auto repair or body shop (2) Office, storage or restaurant.

Great location, across from IBS. (413)563-8776, (413)568-3571.

0410 Mobile Homes QUALITY SPACE in WESTFIELD - Up to 10,000sq.ft. available; modern building, excellent for technology, manufacturing or distribution.

Large clear spaces, dock and power. VG office space also available. Near RTE 90 & 91.

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CHICOPEE. Redecorated, 2 bedroom, behind Hu-Ke-Lau, 14'x62', private cul-de-sac, AC, appliances, shed, move-in condition. $46,900.

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LOVELY 1 bedroom, 3rd floor apartment on quiet street, near park. Available August 1st. $675/month. No pets. Non smoking. Call (413)244-6500, (413)244-6501.

PARK SQUARE TOWNHOUSES WESTFIELD

$840-$860/month with $40. heat discount * Deluxe 2 bedroom townhouses, 1 1/2 baths, spacious, closets * Dishwasher, wall/wall carpeting * Air conditioning, laundry facilities, 900 sq.ft.. private entrances FREE HOT WATER Convenient to Mass Pike & 10/202

140 Union Street, #4 Westfield, MA For more information call (413)568-1444 SPACIOUS 3rd floor apartment, 1 bedroom. $650/month. First, last, security plus utilities. Washer/Dryer included. No pets. Non smoker. Quiet neighborhood.

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Air Conditioning & Heating ACO MASONRY, HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING. Heating & air conditioning service & installation. Furnaces, sheet metal, hot water tanks. All types of masonry work. Chimney repair, tile work, stucco. Stone, brick, block, pavers, retaining walls. License & Insured. Commercial & Residential. Free Estimates. Competitive Rates. Call Adam (413)374-7779.

K&G HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING. Now doing SPRING CLEANINGS. Call Ken (413)564-7089.

Carpet CARPET, LINOLEUM, CERAMIC TILE, HARDWOOD FLOORS. Sales, Service. Installation & Repairs. Customer guaranteed quality, clean, efficient, workmanship. Call Rich (413)530-7922.

WAGNER RUG & FLOORING, LLC. 95 MAINLINE DRIVE, WESTFIELD. (413)568-0520. One stop shopping for all your floors. Over 40 years in business. www.wagnerrug.com

Chimney Sweeps HENTNICK CHIMNEY SWEEPS. Chimney repairs and rebuilds. Stainless steel caps and liner systems. Inspections, masonry work and gutter cleaning. Free estimates. Insured.

Quality work from a business you can trust. (413)848-0100, 1-800-793-3706.

Drywall BEAUTIFUL 2 BEDROOM TOWNHOUSE in Westfield, clean, quiet, 1-1/2 bath, carpeting, appliances, hot water included. Very reasonable heat cost. Sorry no pets. From $800/month. Call for more information (860)485-1216. Equal Housing Opportunity.

WESTFIELD 1 BEDROOM. Kitchen and bath. No pets. $650/month includes utilities.

First, last, security. (413)2504811.

WESTFIELD 1&2 bedroom apartments, rent includes heat and hot water. Excellent size and location. No dogs. Call weekdays (413)786-9884.

WESTFIELD 2 bedroom, first floor apartment. Living room, eat-in kitchen. New carpeting, paint, kitchen appliances. Off street parking, storage, laundromat, electric heat. Near St. Mary's Church. No dogs. $675/month. (413)687-2813.

A1 ODD JOBS/HANDYMAN. Debris removal, landscaping, spring 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. Grading & leveling of driveways & short roads, trap rock and/or gravel material. Mowing & maintenance of fields and lawn maintenance. Post hole digging.

Loader work & loam spread.

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

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0340 Apartment AGAWAM - 2 bedroom, 2 bath, fireplace, garage and finished basement. No pet environment. $1,250/month. Please call for an appointment (413)569-2464.

STONEY HILL CONDO, Westfield. Garage, full basement, deck, lovely private grounds, pool, golf. Call (413)301-2314 or (413)977-9658.

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T-BEST DRYWALL. Complete professional drywall at amateur prices. Our ceilings are tops! Call Mike 413-8218971. Free estimates.

Electrician ALEKSANDR DUDUKAL ELECTRICAL. Residential, Commercial, Industrial. Licensed and insured. Lic. #11902. Service and emergency calls. Call (413)519-8875. alexdudukal@yahoo.com POEHLMAN ELECTRIC. All types of wiring. Free estimates, insured. SPECIALIZING IN PORTABLE AND WHOLE HOUSE KOHLER GENERATORS, SERVICE UPGRADES, SMALL JOBS, POOLS. Gutter deicing cables installed. I answer all calls! Prompt service, best prices.

Lic. #A-16886. (413)562-5816.

Electrician TURCOTTE ELECTRIC. 30+ years experience. Electrical installations, emergency service work. Generac portable or whole house generator installations. HVAC controls and energy saving green technology upgrades. Fully insured. All calls answered. Master’s Lic #A-18022.

(413)214-4149.

DAVE DAVIDSON BATHROOM & KITCHEN REMODELING. “GET IT RIGHT THIS TIME” Complete Bath Renovations. Mass. License #072233, Mass. Registration #144831. CT. HIC. #0609568. Now serving CT. Insured.

Quality Work on Time on Budget Since 1984. (413)569-9973. www.davedavidsonremodeling.com

C&N CARPENTRY. Suspended ceilings, home improvements and remodExcavating eling. Licensed and insured. Call SEPTIC SYSTEMS, house sites, (413)262-9314. demolition, land clearing, driveways, stumping, patios, retaining walls, DELREO HOME IMPROVEMENT for walkways. CORMIER LANDSCAP- all your exterior home improvement needs. Roofing, siding, windows, ING, (413)822-0739. decks and gutters. Call for free quote.

Extensive references, fully licensed & Flooring/Floor Sanding insured in MA. & CT. www.delreohomeimprovement.com Call Gary A RON JOHNSON’S FLOOR SAND- Delcamp (413)569-3733.

ING. Installation, repairs, 3 coats polyurethane. Free estimates. (413) 569-3066.

TOM DISANTO Home Improvements The best choice for all interior and exterior building and remodeling. Specializing Gutter Cleaning in the design and building of residential additions, since 1985. Kitchens, baths, RAIN GUTTERS CLEANED, RE- siding, windows, decks, porches, sunPAIRED. Antennas removed, chim- rooms, garages. License #069144. MA neys repaired and chimney caps Reg. #110710. FREE ESTIMATES, installed. Roof leaks repaired, vent REFERENCES, FULLY INSURED. Call areas sealed. Sr. citizen discount. In- Tom (413)568-7036. sured. Free estimates. H.I. Johnson J.D. BERRY CONTRACTING. Services. (413)596-8859 before 9p.m. Garages, additions, windows, doors,

Hauling #1 PHIL'S DUMP RUNS/DEMOLITION. Removal of any items in cellars, attics, etc... Also brush removal and small demolition (sheds, decks, fences, one car garages). Fully insured. Free estimates. Phil (413)525-2892, (413)2656380.

A DUMP TRUCK. Attic, cellars, yard, scrap metal removal. Seasoned Firewood. (413)569-1611, (413)374-5377.

A.R.A. JUNK REMOVAL SERVICE. Furniture, trash, appliances. Full house cleanouts, basements, attics, yards.

Furnace and hot water heater removal.

24 HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE. Free estimate on phone. Senior discount. Call Pete (413)433-0356. www.arajunkremoval.com.

Home Improvement ADVANCED REMODELING & CONSTRUCTION. 25 years experience. Licensed and Insured. Free estimates.

Call Don (413)262-8283. When Quality, Integrity, and Value count.

JIM FERRIS ELECTRIC. Senior discount. No job too small! Insured, free estimates. 40 years experience.

BRUNO ANTICO BUILDING RELic. #16303. Call (413)330-3682.

MASTER ELECTRICIAN 40 years experience. Insured, reasonable prices.

No job too small. Call Tom Daly, (413)543-3100. Lic# A7625.

Home Improvement

MODELING.Kitchens, additions, decks, rec rooms, more. Prompt, reliable service, free estimates. Mass Registered #106263, licensed & insured. Call Bruno, (413)562-9561.

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ALWAYS CALL FIRST!!! M&M SERVICES-20 Years serving the Westfield area. Painting, staining, house washing, interior/exterior. Wall coverings.

Commercial/residential. Free estimates. Insured. References. Mass Reg. #121723. Call (413)568-9731. No job too small !!

ABC MASONRY & BASEMENT WATERPROOFING. All brick, block, concrete. Chimneys, foundations, hatchways, new basement windows installed and repaired. Sump pumps and french drain systems installed. Foundations pointed and stuccoed. Free estimates. (413)5691611. (413)374-5377.

At SANTA FE PAINTING CO. We're your color specialists! Brighten up your home for Spring! Get all your interior painting needs done now.

We paint and stain log homes. Call (413)230-8141.

A NEW LOOK FOR 2014. Let Home Decor help. Interior painting and wallpapering, specializing in faux finishes.

Servicing the area over 12 years. Call Kendra now for a free estimate and decorating advice. (413)564-0223, (413)626-8880.

FRESH START PAINTING. Certified lead renovator. Interior/exterior painting. Power washing. Wallpapering. 30 years + experience. Charlie (413)3138084.

Plumbing & Heating NICK GARDNER PLUMBING, WELDING & MECHANICAL SERVICES. Professional, reliable service.

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

Roofing ONE STOP SHOPPING for all your ROOFING needs! POWER WASHING/CLEANING revitalizing your roof, removing ugly black stains, mold and moss, we’ll make it look like new plus prolong the life of your roof. We do emergency repairs, new construction, complete tear off, ice and water protection barrier systems, skylight repairs.

Snow & ice removal. FREE gutter cleaning with any roof repair or roof job.

10% senior discount. Free estimates.

MA. Lic. #170091. Call (413)977-5701

Stump Grinding

KELSO FAMILY PAINTING. Filling summer schedule for exterior painting, FILLEY & SON Over 28 years of serving interior painting anytime. Call Kyle greater Westfield area and beyond.

STUMP GRINDING / BOBCAT SERVdecks, vinyl siding and more. (413)667-3395. #CS077728. Call Jim, (413)569-6920, (413) 530-5430

PAUL MAYNARD CONSTRUCTION. All your carpentry needs. (413)3864606. Did your windows fail with the cold weather? Don't wait another year!

Call Paul for replacement windows.

Many new features available. Windows are built in CT. All windows installed by Paul, owner of Paul Maynard Construction. My name is on my work.

Landscaping/Lawn Care

ICES. Free estimates. Will beat any other competitors written estimate.

Best prices! Satisfaction guaranteed!

Call (413)306-8233.

A SPRING CLEANUP. Commercial, Tractor Services residential. Weekly mowing and main- JIM'S TRACTOR SERVICES. Grading & tenance, tree removal, dethatching, leveling of driveways & short roads, trap rock mulch, gutter cleaning, etc. Shea Landand/or gravel material. Mowing and maintescaping, (413)569-2909.

nance of fields and lawns. Post hole digging.

Loader work & loam spread. (413)569-6920,

CORMIER LANDSCAPING. Spring (413)530-5430. cleanups, lawn service, mulching, retaining walls, excavating, decks, Tree Service R.J. FENNYERY HOME IMPROVE- driveways, patios, tree work, stone A BETTER OPTION - GRANFIELD MENT'S. Professional roofing & sid- work. Call (413)822-0739.

TREE SERVICE. Tree Removal, Land ing contractor. All types of home Clearing, Excavating. Firewood, Log repairs. Expert emergency leak re- LAWN MOWING, Spring/Fall cleanups, Truck Loads. (413)569-6104. pair. Reasonable rates. MA Lic. hedge trimming and all your landscaping needs.

Also, bobcat & snowplowing #CS066849. MA Reg. #149909. Call AMERICAN TREE & SHRUB. Professervices. (413)626-6122 or visit: Bob (413)736-0276. RJFennyery. www.haggerscape.com sional fertilizing, planting, pruning, cacom bling and removals. Free estimates, PLUMLEY LANDSCAPE, INC. Call us fully insured. Please call Ken 569Home Maintenance today for all your landscape needs. 0469.

Landscape design and planting, irrigation installation and repair, and complete HANDYMAN/CARPENTER. All home yard renovations. Drainage problems, CONRAD TREE SERVICE. Expert repairs: Honey to do list, bathroom re- stump grinding, chipper service, bobcat tree removal. Prompt estimates. modeling, tile work, sheetrock repairs, service, gravel driveways, excavation Crane work. Insured. “After 34 winterization. No job too small. 35 years and demolition, including getting rid of years, we still work hard at being profressional experience. (413)519- that unwanted pool. (413)862-4749. #1.” (413)562-3395.

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JOSEPH’S HANDYMAN COMPANY. Carpentry, remodeling, kitchen, baths, basements, drywall, tile, floors, suspended ceilings, restoration services, doors, windows, decks, stairs, interior/exterior painting, plumbing.

Small jobs ok. All types of professional work done since 1985. Call Joe, (413)364-7038.

T&S LANDSCAPING. Highest quality, Upholstery lowest prices. Lawn mowing. Residential\commercial. No lawns to small.

Weekly, biweekly. (413)330-3917.

KEITH'S UPHOLSTERY & REPAIRS. 30+ years experience for home or business. Discount off all fabrics. Get quality YARD CLEANUP, thatching, leaf brush workmanship at a great price. Free removal, hedge/tree trimming, pickup and delivery. Call (413)562mulch/stone, mowing. Call Accurate 6639.

Lawncare, (413)579-1639.