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Council considers financial fallout of ordinance change

By DAN MORIARTY Staff Writer WESTFIELD – The City Council voted last week to close its public hearing on proposed changes to the Aquifer Protection Ordinance, but only after one citizen raised the issue that government action is in effect taking value of property without compensation.

Eminent domain laws are a part of the fabric of the constitution which protects residents from governmental action seizing assets, such as property.

The Planning Board and City Council have both been discussing a change to the city’s aquifer protection overlay zone ordinance, seeking to tighten language and increase

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protection of aquifers which provide about half of the city’s drinking water.

The Planning Board, which provides a recommendation to the City Council, voted to change the amend-

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ment and eliminate the provision allowing commercial development on less than two acres through its special permit review process “The Barnes Aquifer Protection Advisory Committee (BAPAC) Westfield VocationalTechnical High School student Jeremy Blackwelder, right, explains a part that was cut from a CNC machine to former Massachusetts Secretary of Education Paul Reville during a tour of the school in 2012. (File photo

by Frederick Gore)

State to manufacture more workers through Voc-Tech training

By PETER FRANCIS Staff Writer WESTFIELD – Instructors at four area institutions are relishing the opprtunity to train over 50 unemployed Hampden County residents in the coming months.

Of the nearly $2 million grant announced by Secretary of Housing and Economic Development (HED) Greg Bialecki supporting manufacturing workforce training at last week’s Advanced Manufacturing Collaborative (AMC) Pioneer Valley Summit at UMass-Amherst, $219,960 will be going to the Hampden Regional Employment Board (HREB).

HREB President David Cruise said instructors at Westfield Vocational-Technical High School (WVTHS), Springfield’s Putnam Vocational-Technical High School and two area community colleges will be helping to train workers, with WVTHS Principal Stefan Czaporowski adding that his four instructors who will begin training individuals are looking forward to it.

“One of the benefits of our program is that some schools offer only 80 hours of instruction – ours offers 300,” he said. “The additional hours of instruction prepares our students for the workforce.”

WVTHS manufacturing instructors Gary Nadeau, Ron Nadeau, Jayme Coggin and Lyle Washington will be assisting unemployed adults looking to break into the industry on the basics of manufacturing and it’s technology.

“It’s three nights a week, five hours a night and the candidates go through an interview process,” said Czaporowski. “What’s key about this program is that they (students) can’t miss any days – you have to be committed.”

While veterans of the manufacturing industry stress that the skills required to work in the field cannot be learned overnight, Czaporowski believes skills learned

requested the city, in 2007, to update the aquifer protection ordinance,” O’Connell said at the Planning Board’s Dec. 16 meeting, adding that the proposed revision will extend the ordinance restrictions to a whole parcel of land if any portion of that property falls within the aquifer overlay district and that it sets a limit on the amount of impervious surface allowed on a parcel.

The current ordinance has no impervious surface limit. The proposed amendment would set that limit at 65 percent of the total acreage. Impervious surfaces are typically buildings, driveway and parking areas.

Gene Kurtz, a general contractor, said that the proposed ordinance

does seize a property owners developmental right because the amendment extends restrictions to the entire parcel.

Kurtz, who owns residential apartment property at 810 Southampton Road, said just a corner of that property is over the aquifer, but that the whole property would fall under the aquifer protection ordinance.

“It takes a lot of development off the table,” Kurtz said. “I don’t want it to impact any plans we might have in the future.”

Ward 1 Councilor Christopher Keefe said the ordinance amendment “will have a significant effect on his property value.

See Ordinance, Page 3

Too much testing, says superintendent

By HOPE E. TREMBLAY Staff Writer SOUTHWICK – Southwick-TollandGranville Regional Superintendent John Barry is joining area superintendents in taking a stand in regard to educational changes and testing.

Barry told the regional school committee last week that he met with 10 superintendents recently to discuss changes in education in Massachusetts.

Between Common Core standards, a new JOHN BARRY evaluation system, English immersion and Southwick-Tollandmore, Barry said it’s all happening quickly.

Granville Regional “It’s coming at us pretty fast and it’s diffiSuperintendent cult to keep up with,” Barry said.

The group of superintendents has decided to make their concerns known to the state.

“This group wants to reach out and deliver concerns about PARCC and unfunded mandates,” Barry said, adding that there is too much required testing that taxes both students and teachers.

See Testing, Page 3

State gives Early College High School grants BOSTON – The Patrick administration today released $738,000 in grant funding aimed at creating new Early College High School programs in six Massachusetts communities, including Westfield State University at almost $50,000..

“Traditional high school offerings don’t work for every student and so we must create new avenues to ensure their success,” said Secretary of Education Matthew Malone. “The opportunities these students will receive due to these grants will put them at a great advantage when they

See Training, Page 3

See Grants, Page 3

Help kids get the sleep they need for Christmas

Holyoke Soldiers’ Home donation Holyoke Soldiers’ Home Superintendent Paul Barabani, right, accepts a donation of $10,000 from Health New England representatives Alicia Smith, left, and Lynn Ostrowski, center, during a ceremony at the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home yesterday. The donation is part of the Health New England Charitable Giving Committee and will help with equipment and comfort items for the veterans living at the home. Also in attendance were members of the junior ROTC program of Springfield Central High School. (Photo by Frederick Gore)

SPRINGFIELD – As the rush and excitement of the holidays approach, kids of all ages from infants to adolescents, and even adults, are likely to experience difficulty sleeping.

“Busy schedules, interrupted schedules, sleeping at grandma’s house, and trying to stay awake to hear Santa and his reindeer all contribute to sleep difficulties during the holiday season. If children have a very regular sleep schedule, they are more likely to stick to it even over the holidays,” said pediatric sleep specialist Dr. Anthony Jackson, medical director, Neurodiagnostics and Sleep Lab, Baystate Medical Center.

The Baystate sleep specialist offered the following tips to help kids get to sleep over the holidays: • Set a time when your children will open their presents. But, give one sleep-related present on Christmas Eve to your child, such as a stuffed animal, pajamas or pillow which may help relieve some of the present anxiety and help them to get to sleep.

• Warm baths help induce sleep by raising and then lowering the body temperature, even consider a glass of warm milk before bed, which will help them to relax.

• Turn off televisions, computers, cell phones, and other electronic devices which are a distrac-

tion.

• Keep a regular sleep schedule, and even if they do stay up later, try to get them out of bed by the same regular time the next morning.

• Have family time before bed such as reading a book, making a puzzle, singing songs or listening to Christmas music.

“If all else fails, try reminding your child that Santa doesn’t come unless he or she is asleep,” said Dr. Jackson.

As for adults, the Baystate sleep specialist recommends: See Sleep, Page 3

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College presidents attend holiday gathering SPRINGFIELD — Springfield College President Mary-Beth Cooper recently hosted a holiday gathering at her residence on campus for the presidents of the Cooperating Colleges of Greater Springfield (CCGS).

Joining Cooper in her home for some holiday cheer, from left to right, were Springfield Technical Community College President Ira H. Rubenzahl, President Cooper, Holyoke Community College President William F. Messner, Elms College President Sister Mary Reap, Westfield State University Interim President Elizabeth Preston, Bay Path University President Carol A. Leary, and American International College President Vincent M. Maniaci. Due to a prior commitment, Western New England University President Anthony S. Caprio was unable to attend.

Springfield College has been a part of the CCGS since it was formed in 1971 by the presidents of its eight member institutions. The CCGS is an educational consortium that fosters the sharing of programs, talents, and facilities, in an effort to bring to the Greater Springfield area the educational resources of a university while retaining the initiative and vitality of independent institutions.

Through cooperative planning at the presidential level and the functioning of committees from different administrative levels at member institutions, the CCGS continues to enrich the educational offerings, cultural events, and social activities available at each college.

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ODDS & ENDS TONIGHT

WEDNESDAY

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50-54 Cloudy with a few rain showers.

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Rain, then increasing sunshine.

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WEATHER DISCUSSION Expect rain showers today. Despite the clouds and showers, it’ll be above average this afternoon with highs in the low-40s. Expect rain from start to finish on Christmas Eve. The rain will be fairly light, look for bouts of moderate rain at times. It’ll be warmer tomorrow with highs in the low-50s.

TODAY 7:17 a.m

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Leg lamp stolen from New York store’s display NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y. (AP) — Who took the leg lamp belonging to Ralphie’s “Old Man” from a New York store’s annual tribute to “A Christmas Story”?

The owner of the Yankee Spirits liquor store in North Tonawanda says his annual window display honoring the holiday classic includes memorabilia from the 1983 film, including several versions of the nowiconic leg lamp.

The store’s surveillance video shows a man in a gray hoodie and sunglasses walking into the store and glancing around before he grabs a large leg lamp and leaves.

Store owner Gary Brennan tells Buffalo’s WIVB-TV (http://bit.ly/16IHHXI) even his customers are angry about the theft.

In the movie, Ralphie’s father wins a prize that turns out to be a garish lamp in the shape of a woman’s leg in a fishnet stocking. Ralphie’s mother “accidentally” breaks it, leaving the Old Man heartbroken.

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Tuesday, Dec. 23, the 357th day of 2014. There are eight days left in the year.

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n Dec. 23, 1954, the first successful human kidney transplant took place at the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston as a surgical team led by Dr. Joseph Murray removed a kidney from 23-year-old Ronald Herrick and implanted it in Herrick’s twin brother, Richard, who was dying of chronic nephritis. (Because the donor and recipient were identical twins, tissue rejection was not an issue. Richard Herrick lived until 1962; Ronald Herrick died in 2010.)

ON THIS DATE:

In 1948, former Japanese premier Hideki Tojo and six other Japanese war leaders were executed in Tokyo.

In 1953, the Soviet Union announced the execution of Lavrentiy Beria, former head of the secret police, for treason.

In 1968, 82 crew members of the U.S. intelligence ship Pueblo were released by North Korea, 11 months after they had been captured.

In 1788, Maryland passed an act to cede an area “not exceeding ten miles square” for the seat of the national government; about 2/3 of the area became the District of Columbia.

In 1972, in football’s “Immaculate Reception,” Franco Harris of the Pittsburgh Steelers caught a pass thrown

by Terry Bradshaw and scored a touchdown after the ball was deflected during a collision between Jack Tatum of the Oakland Raiders and the Steelers’ John Fuqua; the Steelers won, 13-7.

In 1823, the poem “Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas” was published anonymously in the Troy (N.Y.) Sentinel; the verse, more popularly known as “’Twas the Night Before Christmas,” was later attributed to Clement C. Moore.

In 1986, the experimental airplane Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, completed the first nonstop, non-refueled round-the-world flight as it returned safely to Edwards Air Force Base in California.

In 1893, the Engelbert Humperdinck opera “Haensel und Gretel” was first performed, in Weimar, Germany.

In 1913, the Federal Reserve System was created as President Woodrow Wilson signed the Federal Reserve Act. In 1928, the National Broadcasting Company set up a permanent, coast-to-coast network.

In 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt restored the civil rights of about 1,500 people who’d been jailed for opposing the (First) World War. In 1941, during World War II, American forces on Wake Island surrendered to the Japanese.

TEN YEARS AGO:

Democrat Christine Gregoire won the Washington governor’s race over Republican Dino Rossi by 130 votes out of 2.9 million ballots cast, according to final recount results announced from Seattle’s King County. Former Connecticut Gov. John G. Rowland pleaded guilty to a corruption charge (he was later sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison; he served 10 months).

Assailants claiming to be members of a revolutionary group opposed to the death penalty ambushed a bus in Honduras, killing 28 people, including six children. Two men were convicted in Houston for their role in a smuggling attempt that resulted in the deaths of 19 illegal immigrants crammed in a tractor-trailer. (Fredy Giovanni Garcia-Tobar was later sentenced to 15 years in prison; Victor Jesus Rodriguez, to 20 years and seven months.)

FIVE YEARS AGO:

Richard and Mayumi Heene, the parents who’d pulled the “balloon boy” hoax in hopes of landing a reality TV show, were sentenced by a judge in Fort Collins, Colorado, to jail (90 days for him, 20 days for her). Gary Patterson, who’d guided TCU to its best season in 70 years, became the first Associated Press Coach of the Year from outside the six conferences with automatic BCS bids. Yitzhak Ahronovitch, captain of the Exodus during a 1947 attempt to take Holocaust survivors to Palestine, died in northern Israel at age 86.

ONE YEAR AGO:

The last two imprisoned members of the Russian punk band Pussy Riot (Maria Alekhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova) were given amnesty and set free after spending nearly two years in prison for a protest at Moscow’s main cathedral. Auburn’s Gus Malzahn was honored as The Associated Press national coach of the year. Mikhail Kalashnikov, 94, designer of the AK-47 assault rifle, died in Izhevsk, Russia.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS:

Former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt is 96. Actor Gerald S. O’Loughlin is 93. Actor Ronnie Schell is 83. Emperor Akihito of Japan is 81. Pro and College Football Hall of Famer Paul Hornung is 79. Actor Frederic Forrest is 78. Actor James Stacy is 78. Rock musician Jorma Kaukonen is 74. Rock musician Ron Bushy is 73. Actor-comedian Harry Shearer is 71. U.S. Army Gen. Wesley K. Clark (ret.) is 70. Actress Susan Lucci is 68. Singer-musician Adrian Belew is 65. Rock musician Dave Murray (Iron Maiden) is 58. Actress Joan Severance is 56. Singer Terry Weeks is 51. Rock singer Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam) is 50. The former first lady of France, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, is 47. Rock musician Jamie Murphy is 39. Jazz musician Irvin Mayfield is 37. Actress Estella Warren is 36. Actress Anna Maria Perez de Tagle (TAG’-lee) is 24. Actor Spencer Daniels (TV: “Mom”) is 22.

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GOVERNMENT MEETINGS TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23 GRANVILLE Fire House at 7 pm

BLANDFORD Assessor’s Meeting at 5 pm

MONDAY, DECEMBER 29 TOLLAND

Men’s Coffee at PSC Building at 7:45 am Board of Selectmen at 5 pm

Southampton officials target inappropriate use

By DAN CROWLEY dcrowley@gazettenet.com.

SOUTHAMPTON — The state’s ethics and conflict-of-interest laws should serve as the best deterrent against personal use of town-owned equipment in the absence of any local policies, according to several department heads.

The issue arose after a ruling issued last week by the state Ethics Commission, which fined former Fire Chief Stephen J. Hyde Sr. $7,500 for falsifying payroll records for his son, a former firefighter, in 2011.

However, the commission found that Hyde did not violate the state’s ethics law by using a town-owned generator at his home for 2½ years between 2009 and 2012.

Several town officials said they do not support the unauthorized use of town-owned equipment despite the Ethics Commission’s decision and said they hope that the state’s mandatory ethics training for municipal employees sends the message that it is not OK to do so.

“You would think it would be obvious not to take equipment home and use it for personal use,” Southampton Fire Chief John C. Workman said. “I think with the Hyde situation, it certainly points a spotlight on it, and he probably had more flexibility as chief.”

“The fire chief did what he felt was OK,” Select Board member John Martin said, adding that the board is pleased that the longrunning ethics case has reached a conclusion.

Workman, along with Highway Superintendent Randall Kemp, both said that while their department policies may not specifically address the issue, the state’s ethics and conflict-of-interest laws do.

“My understanding is, you don’t use public equipment for private use,” Kemp said. “It’s the same thing if somebody asks us to plow their driveway. It’s absolutely inappropriate.”

Police Chief David Silvernail said there is no specific language in the Police Department’s policies and procedures that addresses off duty-use of department equipment, but he holds officers to high standards nevertheless.

“I can’t even think of any equipment that we have that a homeowner would use,” he said. “All of our equipment is pretty taskspecific.

“We have (all-terrain vehicles), but they’re strictly for official purposes only,” Silvernail added. “If the ATVs go out, the guys are on the clock.”

In the recent ethics case, Hyde had purchased a 7-kilowatt Briggs & Stratton home standby remote start generator for $2,050 with town money and moved it to his home without authorization by the Select Board in 2009.

He wired it to his basement circuit panel and connected it to his home’s natural gas line, according to the commission. Hyde paid for the gas to power the generator and testified that he did so in the interest of public safety to power his Fire Department radios during electricity outages.

The commission noted that the generator spared Hyde the inconvenience of returning to his home during extended power outages to refuel an earlier gasoline-powered generator he used, “and was of some benefit to Hyde personally in ensuring his home would not freeze.”

The commission ruled that the fact that other firefighters were not provided with generators for their homes does not prove the alleged conflict-of-interest violation because those firefighters were not, like Hyde, a full-time fire chief, who was using the generator to power his Fire Department radios.

“The fact that Hyde received a personal benefit incidental to that use does not prove that the use was unwarranted,” the commission ruled in its decision.

Southampton town officials said no town-wide policy on taking home town-owned property exists and that departments set their own policies and procedures.

A similar case involving a public works employee in Northampton went to the courts in 2012. In that case, an employee had kept a city-owned brush hog, or industrial-sized mower valued at $2,500, for personal use and was ordered to pay $800 in restitution to the city after being charged with larceny.

The incident exposed a long-standing practice of DPW workers borrowing city equipment for personal use in Northampton, a practice Mayor David J. Narkewicz promptly banned under any circumstances. It also led the city’s DPW to conduct an inventory and new tracking system for its property.

Hired as Southampton’s fire chief in 2013, Workman said he is still reviewing all the department’s policies and that it may be a good idea to look at instituting a policy on use of department equipment.

“It wouldn’t be a terrible idea to put something in there,” he said, adding, “If something’s going to leave the station, the chief needs to know about it. That’s pretty basic.”

Dan Crowley can be reached at dcrowley@gazettenet.com.

Grants

Continued from Page 1 graduate high school and will prepare them well for the workforce demands of the future.”

Early College High School designs allow high school students in six Massachusetts communities to earn college credit through college level coursework incorporated into the high school experience. The programs are aimed to increase the number of students who graduate from high school and go on to earn a college degree.

Awards announced yesterday will allow lead applicants, Salem State University, Worcester State University, Wheelock College, Roxbury Community College, Haverhill Public Schools and Westfield State University, to create programs that give high school students access to earn up to two years of college credit or an associate degree before graduating high school.

In the 2011-2012 academic year, a total of 4,140 students (including home-schoolers and those enrolled in Massachusetts public and private high schools) were dual enrolled at a public higher education institution in Massachusetts.

Funding for the grant is provided by the Acts of 2014, Chapter 287, An Act Promoting Economic Growth Across the Commonwealth, Section 2A, Item 7009-6406.

More information about the Early College Designs: www. doe.mass.edu/ccr/earlycollegedesigns.pdf.

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Training

Continued from Page 1 in the 300-hour course will be provide the fundamental working knowledge required to enter a community college or another job training program.

“They’ll actually work on computers for CAD/CAM (computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing) and on the CNC (computer numerical control) machines,” he said. “They’re going to basically get exposure to everything in our program.”

“We usually have about 12 students that come through the program at a time and a 300hour course is a snapshot in understanding material removal, primary machines and an introduction to CNC machines,” said Gary Nadeau, one of the Manufacturing instructors at WVTHS who’s in his 11th year with the department.

Nadeau said the HREB course is modeled after the Western Massachusetts Precision Institute, a four month, daily training course that introduced him and his colleague Ron Nadeau (no relation) to manufacturing.

“It was closer to a 600-700 hour program – three months, every day, eight hours – but we got a good jumpstart,” he said.

“I can’t speak to what the other schools do, but we try to emulate that program, which was the place to start in manufacturing in the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s.”

Nadeau believes adult students will get more of their training in the shops they proceed onto after they finish the HREB course and that their advanced maturity will help them grasp concepts, making it easier for their instructors to teach.

“We won’t have to worry about the disciplinary stuff so we can teach a lot more in a shorter period of time,” he said.

“All of us are passionate about manufacturing and think it’s excellent to have the opportunity to be able to work with these students.”

“The $220,000 will pay for the instructors and materials that we cover,” he said. “The four instructors rotate and have areas of expertise. It’s cool to know that we’re helping other adults on a new career path.”

While the HREB grant will benefit workers in Hampden County, Bialecki also announced another statewide grant of $747,160 to the Massachusetts Advancement Center Workforce Innovation Collaborative (MACWIC) program last Thursday in Milford, funds which will enable MACWIC to expand testing of manufacturing students and capacity-building among the state’s vocational schools and community colleges to better align instruction with industry needs.

Established in February 2012 to preserve manufacturing knowledge and to execute the transfer of knowledge and critical skills to the current and future workforce through the development of strong manufacturing curriculum, MACWIC works in partnership with workforce training providers, vocational technical high schools, community colleges and universities.

The MACWIC grant will be funded through the Advanced Manufacturing Futures Program at MassDevelopment.

“I am proud of the great work MACWIC has accomplished in aligning classroom instruction with industry needs to better prepare students for careers in manufacturing,” said Secretary Bialecki. “Expanding their work to reach all corners of the Commonwealth will train the talent needed in the industry and strengthen our economy for years to come.”

Mayor Knapik announcement WESTFIELDMayor Daniel M. Knapik is announcing that the City of Westfield will shut down operations on Wednesday, December 24, 2014 at 12:00 PM for all nonessential emergency personnel. All essential emergency personnel will work as scheduled.

All regular operations will resume on Monday, December 29, 2014.

As always, we thank the citizens of Westfield for their understanding during this time and wish you all a happy and healthy holiday season.

Ordinance

Continued from Page 1 “He (Kurtz) currently has a number of by-right uses under the current zoning that will all go away under the proposed amendment,” Keefe said.

Ward 6 Councilor Christopher Crean also objected to the Planning Board’s recommendation which eliminates all commercial development on less than two acres of land.

“I have blighted areas where nothing can be done,” Crean said. “There has to be middle ground. The way this (Planning Board version) is written, there is no middle ground.”

The council voted to close its public hearing and refer the matter to its Legislative & Ordinance Committee which will consider both the original ordinance language, which allowed commercial develo0pment on less than two acres through the Planning Board’s special permit review process and the Planning Board’s version while requires that commercial projects meet the twoacre minimum.

Sleep

Continued from Page 1 • Trying to keep their schedule as regular as possible.

• Planning ahead to avoid last minute shopping and other stress inducers.

• Getting regular exercise.

• Keeping alcohol intake in moderation.

More than half of all Americans suffer from some form of sleep disorder. Sleep needs depend on many factors, including age. Baystate Medical Center’s Neurodiagnostics and Sleep Center provides the latest high-technology testing and diagnosis for all types of sleep disorders, including sleep apnea, narcolepsy, restless legs syndrome, snoring, and sleepwalking for adults and children.

For more information about the Baystate Regional Sleep Program at Baystate Medical Center, Baystate Franklin Medical Center, and Baystate Mary Lane Hospital, call 413-794-5600.

Do heart patients fare better with doctors away?

By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Doctors joke that if you’re going to have a heart attack, the safest place would be at a big national gathering of heart specialists. But a new study suggests some older hospitalized heart patients may fare better when these doctors aren’t around.

Survival chances were better for cardiac arrest patients and for the sickest heart failure patients if they were treated at teaching hospitals during the two biggest national cardiology meetings, compared with those treated during weeks before and after the meetings. Also, some of the sickest heart attack patients got fewer invasive procedures during meeting days, versus those treated at other times — but that didn’t hurt their odds of surviving, the nine-year study found.

The findings were only at teaching hospitals, typically affiliated with medical schools and involved in doctor training and sometimes research; these are the workplaces for many doctors who attend major medical meetings.

No differences were seen in death rates at non-teaching hospitals.

The evidence is only circumstantial and the study lacks information on whether the patients’ own doctors actually attended the meetings.

“The solution is not to get the cardiologists to have meetings every week,” said Dr. Anupam Jena, a Harvard Medical School economist and internist and the study’s lead author. Identifying specific treatments that were given or not given during meeting times would be a better solution that might lead to better outcomes, Jena said.

It might be that doctors who don’t attend the meetings are less inclined to try the most invasive treatments, and that a less intensive approach is better for the sickest patients, Jena said.

The study was published online Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine.

The research is provocative and might help doctors figure out how to lower patients’ death rates throughout the year, said Dr. Rita Redberg, the journal’s editor.

Redberg is a cardiologist at a teaching hospital at the University of California, San Francisco. She usually attends the national American College of Cardiology and

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American Heart Association meetings, but said she does not think her absences have affected patient outcomes.

“I’m from a big academic institution so there’s always coverage while I’m gone,” Redberg said.

The authors analyzed 30-day death rates for Medicare patients hospitalized during the annual meetings in the spring and fall, which typically draw thousands of doctors. Data included nearly 3,000 patients at teaching hospitals during meeting days from 2002 through 2011. The comparison group was about 18,000 patients hospitalized on the same days during the three weeks before and three weeks after the meetings.

The 30-day death rates for meeting-day versus non-meeting days patients were: —60 percent versus 70 percent for cardiac arrests.

—18 percent versus 25 percent for the sickest heart failure patients.

— No difference for the sickest heart attack patients: about 39 percent for both groups.

Among the heart attack patients, the meeting-days group had fewer heart stent procedures to open blocked arteries. The researchers found no difference in rates for a few invasive procedures for cardiac arrest and high-risk heart failure patients, but said there may have been differences in other treatments not included in the study that might explain the results.

Dr. Patrick O’Gara, president of the American College of Cardiology, said the study’s observational design makes it impossible to know if the national meetings had any effect on patients’ survival. He also noted that the number of heart doctors who attend the national meetings is a fraction of the nearly 30,000 cardiologists nationwide.

The American Heart Association echoed those comments in a statement and said the group does not recommend any changes in treatment based on the study.

——— Online: Journal: http://jamainternalmedicine.com American Heart Association: http://www.heart.org American College of Cardiology: http://www.acc.org

Continued from Page 1 A letter is being drafted that Barry said will go to all the school committees, including Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional, for approval. Once approved, the letter will be sent to the Hampshire Educational Collaborative in Northampton.

“We will give them the option to sign also,” Barry said.

The letter will be targeted to the Mass. Board of Education, commissioners and the secretary of education.

“We want to wait until new people are in their positions and the new governor is in office,” Barry said of the timing of the letter.

“Basically, we’re saying it’s too much, too fast,” he said. “I think er’re doing too much testing and we’re getting away from the fundamentals.”

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By LUCY MCCALMONT Politico.com New York Police Department Commissioner Bill Bratton said Monday that tensions in the city are echoing those in the 1970s — a fear he expressed only days prior to the ambush killings of two police officers.

“Who would’ve ever thought déjà vu all over again, that we would be back where we were 40-some-odd years ago,” Bratton said in an interview on NBC’s “Today.”

When asked whether he had seen such tensions or divide before, Bratton replied, “1970, when I first came into policing — my first 10 years were around this type of tension.”

Bratton’s assessment comes as two NYPD officers were shot and killed Saturday afternoon. The suspect in the killings invoked the police-involved deaths of Missouri teen Michael Brown and New Yorker Eric Garner in an Instagram post before shooting officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu in their patrol car.

Bratton identified protests that followed the decisions by separate grand juries to not indict police officers in Brown and Garner’s deaths as a factor in the subsequent killings of Ramos and Liu. “It’s quite apparent, quite obvious, that the targeting of these two police officers was a direct spinoff of this issue of these demonstrations,” the police chief said.

Lawmakers and police unions have accused New York Mayor Bill de Blasio of inciting anti-police rhetoric — or at least failing to do enough to cool tensions. Over the weekend, a video circulated online showing police officers turning their backs to the mayor as he entered the hospital where the two slain officers were taken.

“There’s blood on many hands tonight. Those that incited violence on the streets under the guise of protest that tried to tear down what NYPD officers did every day. We tried to warn it must not go on, it cannot be tolerated,” Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch said Saturday in a statement. “That blood on the hands starts at City Hall in the office of the mayor.”

On “Today,” Bratton acknowledged the internal rift between City Hall and the police.

(Also on POLITICO: Obama: ‘No justification’ for killing of NYC police officers) “I think he has lost it with some officers,” Bratton said when asked if de Blasio had lost trust and confidence among the city’s cops, but he said the protest at the hospital wasn’t appropriate, “particularly in that setting.”

Bratton also praised de Blasio, saying he doesn’t believe the mayor has increased violent threats toward police officers, and noted that the police force had received an influx of $400 million in extra funds.

Only the day before the shooting of the two officers, Bratton had expressed concern that tensions and issues of “poverty, of race, of unemployment, of inequality in housing, educational systems” were escalating.

“Many issues of the 1970s are now revisiting us once again. And once again at the forefront of dealing with those will be America’s police forces,” Bratton said at a police promotion ceremony on Friday at NYPD headquarters, according to Capital New York.

Many Americans share Bratton’s alarm, according to a handful of recent polls.

Just Friday, a Gallup poll said the number of Americans citing race relations or racism as the most important problem in the country jumped to 13 percent, the highest since 1992 — in the midst of the Rodney King verdict — and up from 1 percent only one month previous in November.

Similarly, in an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll also released last week, a majority of 57 percent of Americans said race relations are “bad,” including 23 percent said they’re “very bad.” A pair of polls from Quinnipiac University showed New York City voters disapprove of de Blasio’s handling of relations between police and the community — with approval numbers dropping even further among minorities.

In the second poll, a majority of New York City voters called for an end to the protests over Garner’s death but said the state’s attorney general should investigate deaths at the hands of police.

“We’re in a change moment,” Bratton said Monday. “The idea is to take out of this crisis, find opportunity to move it forward and I think that can happen. … We will seize on this tragedy, we’ll seize on all these issues and we’ll move forward.”

By MAGGIE HABERMAN and GLENN THRUSH Politico.com Bill de Blasio, like his progressive political idol Barack Obama, is finding out that you can’t do the New Politics if you don’t pay attention to the old politics.

In Obama’s case, it was a failure to recognize the threat posed to him by Republicans who didn’t buy into his calls for a post-partisan partnership with Congress. For New York’s ambitious liberal mayor, it was an inability to keep long-simmering tensions with the city’s traditionally powerful police department from boiling over in the last few days.

Just over a year after sailing into office with 72 percent of the vote on a message of transformational change, de Blasio found his mayoralty subsumed by a torrent of anger, unleashed by the murder of two police officers in Brooklyn Saturday by a troubled gunman who said he was killing “pigs” to avenge the deaths of two men by cops in Staten Island and Ferguson, Missouri. By Monday, de Blasio was lashing out at the press corps that covers him, trying to paper over public divisions with his own police commissioner and coping with what friends described as the emotional blow of facing public rejection by many in the nation’s biggest police force. “He’s pretty badly shaken” by the murders, one told us.

That a civic tragedy would so quickly devolve into a fullblown political crisis for the new mayor was testament to the vehemence of anti-de Blasio elements in the police union – and the mayor’s mistaken belief that his 2013 victory gave him the right to shred an old Gotham political playbook that dictated a mayor show deference to the NYPD. You can’t be big-city mayor and alienate the cops – and that’s just as true now as it was under three-term New York City Mayor Ed Koch, or even a century ago.

“Koch was loved by the cops and always told all his successors that you must have the support of the cops, that the cops can be your best friend. If Koch were alive today that’s what he would tell Bill de Blasio,” said George Arzt, former press secretary to Koch, whose election in 1977 election greatly improved City Hall-police relations.

De Blasio “needs to press reset in his relationship with the cops,” Arzt said.

Good luck with that. The bad blood between the NYPD and de Blasio is nothing new – it dates back to an election campaign centered on de Blasio’s withering criticism of the Bloomberg administration’s stop-and-frisk policy, and his close alliance with the Rev. Al Sharpton, who has organized scores of protests targeting cops over their behavior toward urban blacks.

According to a former de Blasio aide, during the general election campaign in 2013, de Blasio’s team was even convinced that members of his police detail were eavesdropping on his private conversations in his city-assigned car. Things got so bad that de Blasio, according to the staffer, would step into the street to make sure he was out of earshot of plainclothes officers.

The low-boil contempt for de Blasio, which has been building for months, erupted publicly on Saturday when dozens of cops turned their backs on the mayor as he arrived at the Brooklyn hospital where the bodies of officers Wenjian Liu, 32, and Rafael Ramos, 40, had been taken.

In a sign of the growing strain, NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton told the “Today” show on Monday morning that the murder of the officers was the “direct spinoff” of protests against police violence – and added that police-community tensions were the highest since the 1970s. That infuriated de Blasio allies. An emotional de Blasio appeared later in the day at a Police Athletic League event, seeming jarred by the turn of events. His message, however, was now the same as Bratton’s: Protests could wait until after the funerals for the two men had passed.

City Hall officials seemed genuinely surprised by the ferocity of the backlash. They said de Blasio wasn’t concerned with the optics, and that he’s trying to calm the waters, even if it means allowing police union leaders to lambaste him in public.

“In these situations, the loudest voices are on the most extreme ends of both sides,” De Blasio senior adviser Peter Ragone said. “And what we’re trying to do right now…responsible actors are trying to avoid having the loudest voices [overtake the others].”

De Blasio allies often point out that he is governing at a time of transition in the city, the first new mayor elected since the population shifted to a majority of Hispanics, blacks and Asians. The police department has seen demographic changes as well, although its top union leaders — a set of hard-edged members who have long been quote machines for the city’s voracious media — have basically remained the same. The unions, whose leaders have long criticized city mayors, are currently in a contract dispute with City Hall.

David Axelrod, Obama’s longtime adviser whose former business partner, John Del Cecato, is a de Blasio adviser, said that de Blasio’s dilemma isn’t unique – it’s a burden borne by any progressive who wants to speak truth to power while wielding it. “My sense is that he sincerely appreciates both the hard job the police do and the gulf that exists today, and is trying to close that breach,” Axelrod said. “And he has to weather the storm and speak hard truths to police and the community and over time, the public will appreciate his role as a rational voice, trying to heal the city and move forward.”

It’s a point of pride for the de Blasio administration that the city never erupted in violence amid protests after a Staten Island man named Eric Garner, who was black, died after an apparent chokehold from a police officer trying to arrest him on suspicion of selling loose cigarettes. The move by Staten Island officers to approach Garner was in keeping with the same controversial broken-windows anti-crime strategy that Bratton first employed as Rudy Giuliani’s police commissioner.

People close to de Blasio also said he supported the Garner protesters not because he backed their position, but because he wanted to avoid antagonizing them in the wake of the grand jury decision not to indict the officer who killed Garner. Above all, one source said, de Blasio wanted to avoid provoking riots akin to the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, after a white cop shot an unarmed black man whom he later said had attacked him.

But de Blasio’s unpopularity with the historically whitedominated NYPD parallels his increasing struggles with white New Yorkers, who now disapprove of him by a nearly two-toone margin in public polling. When confronted with similar polling numbers over the last year, de Blasio allies have repeatedly said that the mayor retains the strong backing of nonwhite New Yorkers and the Democratic base – and claimed the mayor’s private polling showed a much more modest racial disparity.

The blue rage isn’t rooted in any one statement de Blasio has

NEW YORK CITY MAYOR BILL DE BLASIO made against cops – in fact, he has been universally supportive of the rank-and-file in his public utterances. But in his past roles as a public official, he’s often sided with the victims of police brutality, and recently told an interviewer that he has told Dante, his teenaged mixed-race son, not to reach for a cellphone around officers because it might put him in danger as a “a young man of color.” He took the unusual step — unimaginable under the mayoralties of Rudy Giuliani or Michael Bloomberg — of inviting Sharpton to City Hall, seating him opposite Bratton at a table where the activist proceeded to strongly denounce the police. (“If Dante wasn’t your son, he’d be a candidate for a chokehold. And we got to deal with that reality,” Sharpton said to de Blasio as Bratton looked on.) Last week, de Blasio privately met with organizers of the Garner protests, another moment that antagonized police.

But the action that turned off cops most of all was his defense of City Hall staffer Rachel Noerdlinger, a longtime Sharpton aide whose son and boyfriend posted anti-police messages on their Facebook accounts. The boyfriend allegedly tried to drive a cop off the road in Edgewater, New Jersey, and later pleaded to a lesser offense, according to the New York Post. The mayor stood behind Noerdlinger for weeks until her son was arrested for trespassing – and even then he didn’t fire her. When she left her job, City Hall officials said she was on leave.

“His words and his deeds don’t match,” said veteran cop reporter Leonard Levitt, who runs NYPD Confidential, a website fed by tips from inside the department and widely read by the rank-and-file. “You had Noerdlinger’s son calling cops ‘pigs’ and de Blasio doesn’t think that’s inappropriate? What message are you sending? De Blasio says it’s just the union guys who are angry. It’s not. It’s everybody. I’ve been covering this for 25 years and I have never seen anything like it… The mayor doesn’t have a clue.”

Axelrod, who recently visited with de Blasio in City Hall, said the mayor isn’t clueless - just trying to walk a fine line.

“Any mayor has to appreciate the incredible burden on police departments and the courage of men and women who put themselves into potentially dangerous situations each day to keep communities safe,” he said. “By the same token, there’s an obvious breach between the police and communities of color, not just in New York, but most urban areas, that is bad for both police and the folks they’re sworn to serve and protect.”

De Blasio allies often point out that the city has changed since the days of Giuliani. Blacks and Hispanics are now in the majority. The so-called Giuliani Democrats have largely passed away or moved. The same coalition that elected Obama also swept de Blasio to an outright win in the 2013 primary, helping him avoid a runoff.

Yet like Obama, de Blasio sometimes seems hampered by his inability – or unwillingness – to master the stagecraft of his own mayoralty, which requires Kochian force rather than Obamaian reason. Bloomberg – as stiff a politician ever elected to run the city – took office when the pit at Ground Zero still spewed smoke, and realized quickly that the ceremonial parts of being mayor mattered, as much as he hated them. De Blasio, by contrast, has struggled with those aspects of the job – routinely showing up late for events, including a recent commemoration for the victims of a plane crash in Far Rockaway, where he missed his window to speak.

De Blasio was clearly pained and jarred by the police executions Saturday, but he left the indignation to Bratton. The angriest moment de Blasio has mustered since the weekend was on Monday, and it was directed at the press.

“What are you guys going to do?” he asked, his voice rising, as he accused reporters of amplifying the few bad actors among the protestors. “Are you going to keep dividing us?”

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Experts: It was a busy, black-eye year for disease control

By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials are celebrating some important victories in 2014, and Time magazine even named Ebola fighters the persons of the year. Nevertheless, this was a black-eye year for public health.

Some vital vaccines did not work well.

Federal laboratories were careless with dangerous pathogens. And international health officials failed to stop a West Africa outbreak from exploding into the worst Ebola epidemic ever.

Such failings occurred during one of the busiest 12 months of contagions in at least a decade. In the United States, infectious disease menaces seemingly whizzed at us from every direction, from Ebola and enterovirus to measles and MERS. Mumps plagued Ohio.

California saw its worst whooping cough outbreak in 70 years. And a mosquito-borne disease called chikungunya burned through the Caribbean and took root in the United States.

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“If anyone still needed convincing, 2014 really showed that a disease threat anywhere is a disease threat everywhere,” said Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

But experts say others factors this year were shortcomings and errors at the CDC and in other public health organizations.

The leading example was the Ebola epidemic. Previous outbreaks numbered in the hundreds. As of mid-December, health officials were reporting this year’s epidemic had sickened more than 18,600 people, the vast majority in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone.

Of those, more than 6,900 died.

Those three nations were not prepared when Ebola visited them for the first time. Health systems were very weak after more than a decade of war in the region. Doctors were scarce in many areas. Ebola was sometimes mistaken for malaria, especially in the early stages, and care and infection control were poor.

An aid effort was led by the World Health Organization — the United Nations’ health agency. But the WHO staff let bureaucratic bungles delay important work, and was hampered by budget cuts and responsibilities elsewhere, a WHO internal report later concluded.

For months, the WHO got only limited help from various nations, and it wasn’t until the late summer — after the epidemic was out of control — that the United States and other countries pledged more substantial assistance.

The CDC was in charge of the U.S. Ebola response, and initially everything seemed well under control. CDC sent teams to help in West Africa. Frieden repeatedly assured Americans they were safe from an Ebola outbreak here, and that U.S. hospitals were able to isolate and handle any cases that should arrive from West Africa.

But public confidence was shaken after a Liberian visitor named Thomas Eric Duncan came down with the infectious disease in late September, days after he arrived in Dallas. He died October 8, and two nurses who treated him at a Dallas hospital were infected.

How the nurses caught Ebola was unclear, but Frieden later said he should have sent a much larger team to Dallas initially to help hospital workers prevent any spread of the virus.

No one besides Duncan died of Ebola in the United States, and no other transmission of the disease was ever reported, and yet Frieden came under heavy criticism for the CDC’s handling of Ebola. Some politicians called for his dismissal. President Barack Obama stuck with Frieden, but appointed an ‘Ebola czar’ to help coordinate the government’s response.

SOME OTHER LOWLIGHTS FROM 2014: —In January, a CDC lab scientist in Atlanta accidently mixed a deadly strain of bird flu with a tamer strain, and the mix was later sent to unaware workers at two other labs. In June, another CDC lab failed to kill anthrax samples before sending them to two labs with fewer safeguards for containing dangerous germs.

No one got sick from either incident, fortunately. The anthrax lab director resigned and administrative action was taken against “a few” other employees, a CDC spokesman said.

—Another startling lab failing was discovered at the National Institutes of Health campus in Bethesda, Maryland. A scientist cleaning out an old storage room discovered forgotten, 60-year-old vials of smallpox virus, one of the most lethal infectious agents in human history. No one got sick from that incident, either. But government lab practices became both a point of concern and something of a joke.

—In May, health officials identified a doctor who traveled from Saudi Arabia to Indiana as the first U.S. case of Middle East respiratory syndrome, or MERS. They also said the doctor apparently had spread MERS to an Illinois man he’d met in a business meeting. But what initially seemed to be the first transmission of MERS in this country wasn’t. CDC officials backtracked when additional testing showed the virus had not, in fact, spread to the second man.

—Researchers have come to believe the vaccine that’s been used since the 1990s against whooping cough does a poor job of preventing spread of the disease. Health officials believe that failing was an important contributor to an epidemic this year in California, where nearly 10,000 cases were reported through the end of November. Only 10 percent of children sickened in the epidemic had not been vaccinated against pertussis, according to a review of available records.

—This was the worst year for measles since 1994. About 600 cases were reported in Americans through the first week of December — more than the combined total from the previous five years. The measles vaccine seemed to work fine. The vast majority were unvaccinated people who fell sick in outbreaks sparked by a traveler who picked up the disease in another country and then spread it in the United States.

—Enterovirus 68, a respiratory virus that traditionally kept a low profile, became a national health concern in the late summer as some pediatric hospitals were flooded with wheezing children. Worries hit a new level when doctors noted some children with the virus also developed weakness or paralysis in their arms or legs. By early December, more than 1,100 infected people in 48 states had respiratory illness, including 12 who died.

CDC also had reports of paralysis in 94 children in 33 states, though investigators are still trying to establish whether enterovirus 68 was the cause.

Infectious diseases are a continuing threat, and no one should think of 2014 as an aberration, said Michael Osterholm, a University of Minnesota infectious disease expert.

“I think what we really hit is a new normal,” he said.

Indeed, it could get worse. Osterholm noted that Ebola and MERS barely touched the U.S. this year, and worrisome forms of influenza in Asia and elsewhere may be on the horizon.

Arrivals of people from overseas — and whatever germs they’re carrying — are forecast to keep growing. And adding to the threat of new bugs is the revived menace from old ones, as once-treatable germs are increasingly becoming resistant to antibiotics, experts said.

To be sure, there were public health success stories in 2014. There were not large U.S. outbreaks of MERS or Ebola. In Africa, though Ebola appeared in Nigeria, Senegal and Mali, it petered out during intense public health responses. The disease is still raging elsewhere, particularly in Sierra Leone, but the U.S. Congress acted to bolster the fight with approval this month of a $5.4 billion emergency appropriation. And some experts say Frieden deserves points for his forthright disclosures about — and attempts to correct — failings as they were discovered.

‘Also, the health care and public health workers who went to West Africa did show uncommon heroism, as Time magazine noted.

“The response to Ebola has been extraordinary” in both its scope and valor, Frieden said.

Some experts say the mistakes of 2014 were constructive. They led, for example, to an intensive review of safety practices at CDC labs and better preparations at U.S. hospitals for handling Ebola and other new infectious diseases that may appear, they said.

“I think finding problems is sometimes a good thing,” said Dr. Jeff Duchin, a Seattle public health official and national vaccines experts. “I think all of this helped us” get ready for what may come next.

Innovation Award Beth Cardillo from Armbrook Village proudly displays her “Innovation Award” from Senior Living Residences due to their Dementia Friendly Westfield initiative.

HMC offers Cancer Support Group HOLYOKE — The Holyoke Medical Center Oncology Department invites patients dealing with a cancer diagnosis to its ongoing cancer support group on the second Tuesday of every month from 4:30-6 p.m. The group meets in the Fran Como Conference Room located on the first floor. All cancer patients, families, and caregivers are welcome to attend.

Light refreshments are served and transportation is available depending on your area of residence.

For further information or to schedule transportation, please call the Jolene Lambert, R.N. in the Oncology Department at (413) 534-2501.

HMC seeking blood donors HOLYOKE — Holyoke Medical Center is actively seeking blood donors. The center’s Blood Bank depends on area residents, their friends, and neighbors to help meet the transfusion needs of the local community.

More than 50 percent of the blood needed by patients at the medical center comes from people living in Holyoke, Chicopee, South Hadley, and the surrounding communities, and blood supplies continue to be low. Shortages persist in all categories and emergency supplies from the Red Cross are often limited. A variety of recognition gifts is available for repeat donors.

The Blood Bank, located on the first floor of Holyoke Medical Center, is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 7 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and Tuesday and Thursday from 7 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Appointments are suggested.

For further information or to schedule an appointment, call the Blood Bank at 534-2591.

HMC offers Spanish Breast Cancer support group HOLYOKE — The Holyoke Medical Center invites patients dealing with a breast cancer diagnosis to attend its Spanish Breast Cancer Support Group held on the third Thursday of every month from 4:30-6 p.m. The group meets in the Holyoke Medical Center Oncology Department located on the first floor of the main hospital. All cancer patients, families, and caregivers are welcome to attend.

Light refreshments are served and transportation is available depending on your area of residence. For further information or to schedule transportation, please call the Jolene Lambert, R.N. in the Oncology Department at (413) 534-2501.

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For more information, please contact In this Nov. 15, 2014, file photo, health workers in protective suits transport Dr. Martin Salia, a surgeon working in Sierra Leone who had been diagnosed with Ebola, from a jet that brought him from Sierra Leone to a waiting ambulance in Omaha, Neb. Previous Ebola outbreaks numbered in the hundreds. As of early December, health officials were reporting this year’s epidemic had sickened more than 18,100 people, the vast majority in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)

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Obituaries Helen T. Anson SOUTHWICK — Helen T. (Kysiel) Anson, 85, a resident of Southwick for 58-years, died late Friday evening, December 19, 2014 at Genesis Health Care Center of Westfield. She was born in Clinton, MA a daughter of the late Alexander and Ceclia (Konkowska) Kysiel and was a graduate of the Springfield School system. Helen was employed for several businesses including the Strathmore Paper Company, Savage Arms, and retired in February of 1995 from the Hartford Insurance Company after twelve years of service. She leaves four children, William Anson of Alfred, ME, Jane Anson of Lyons, CO, Christine Anson with whom she made her home in Southwick, and Kellie Eades of North Carolina; three grandchildren, Jason LaVertue and his wife Nicole of Suffolk, VA, Sarah LaVertue of Easthampton, Jody Anson of ME, and Troy Putman of NC; and 2 great-grandchildren. “Although we are apart, your spirit lives with us, forever in our hearts.” At her family’s request all services will be private and there will be no calling hours. Contributions in her memory may be directed to Baystate Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice, 50 Maple St., Springfield, MA 01102.

Arrangements are by the Southwick Forastiere Funeral Home, 624 College Highway, Southwick. For more information, please visit www.forastiere.com

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Springfield TV pioneer Putnam dies SPRINGFIELD, Mass.

(AP) — William Lowell Putnam, who founded the Springfield area’s first television station and the first licensed UHF television station in the United States, has died.

WWLP-TV said in a statement that Putnam died Sunday. He was 90.

Putnam was also a decorated World War II veteran, a Harvard University graduate, an accomplished mountain climber, and for 26 years, the sole trustee of the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona, founded by his great-uncle, Percival Lowell.

As a member of the 10th Mountain Division, Putnam served in the Aleutians and Italy during World War II, rising to the rank of first lieutenant and earning two Purple Hearts, a Silver Star and a Bronze Star.

After earning a geology degree from Harvard, he founded WWLP in 1953. He sold the station in the 1980s.

Cure Setback

DCR seeks outdoor recreation partners and sponsors BOSTON – The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) is seeking partners for sponsorship for programs, services and other projects for the 2014 -2015 Season to identify, attract, develop and enhance quality programs and services for the benefit of the public.

“DCR is the steward of parklands across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and our success has depended on finding a multitude of ways to engage the public and work with partners on a number of levels,” said DCR Commissioner Jack Murray.

“Working together offers a unique opportunity to recognize shared purposes and achieve common goals.”

As the ninth largest state park system in the nation, DCR seeks to serve the recreational needs of a Commonwealth populated with more than six million people. Partnerships with sponsors must reflect DCR’s commitment to provide access to the public to more than 450,000 acres of land; including beaches, parks, trail ways, hiking paths, historic properties, camp sites, skating arenas, athletic facilities, playgrounds, skate parks, golf courses, aquatics and more.

Programs and services include both outdoor and indoor activities that promote health and fitness. Proposals should aim to establish, enhance, recommend and/or help create mutually beneficial partnerships with the agency that positively impact the health and well-being of residents while elevating the Commonwealth’s attractiveness as a place to live, play, visit and do business.

DCR will also consider proposals to participate or develop existing or new programs and opportunities throughout the Commonwealth that support the agency mission to protect, promote, and enhance our common wealth of natural, cultural and recreational resources for the well-being of all.

If you or someone you know may be interested in partnering with DCR, please contact Evan Hines at 617-626-1333 or by email at evan.hines@state.ma.us.

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people have selected, signed up and paid for coverage through the connector.

Another 37,000 have selected a plan, but still need to make their first payment. Not everyone obtaining coverage through the connector has the same registration deadline.

In all, more than 234,000 individuals have used the connector’s revamped website since Nov. 15 to determine eligibility for coverage.

Rhode Island’s health insurance exchange decided on Monday to extend their deadline until Dec. 31.

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the cases but did not perform the transplants.

One of the six patients was from Minneapolis. Two were from Germany and the others were from the Netherlands, Chile and Spain.

“They all died within a couple months of the transplant,” likely from their underlying disease or the risky and grueling transplant itself, Huetter said.

In some, there were signs that HIV had found another way into cells to overcome the natural resistance the donors had.

“That is disappointing ... we always knew that was a risk,” but it should not doom efforts to cure HIV infection through other means, said Dr. Steven Deeks, an AIDS specialist at the University of California, San Francisco.

He is working on other strategies to modify patients’ own cells to try to defeat HIV, something less risky than the transplants attempted in these cancer patients.

Earlier this year, doctors reported another setback to hopes for a cure. A Mississippi baby who doctors hoped had been cured by very aggressive, early treatment showed new signs of the disease.

Find the Stars Scavenger Hunt & Register to Win a Jar of Candy!

SOUTHWICK — Visit Southwick Public Library Monday through Wednesday, December 29-31 to find all of the hidden stars in the Children’s Room for a chance to win a jar of candy! The winner will be announced on January 2.

Happy Hunting!

Can You Help Sarah?

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Retired teacher dedicated to feeding homeless

By SARAH PLATANITIS The Republican WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — When Martha Tighe retired from teaching after 43 years, she wanted a job where she could continue to help others. Now in her sixth year as executive director of The Parish Cupboard in West Springfield, she can safely cross that line off her to-do list.

“I cannot think of a better way to have gone from one career to another. I found something inside of me that I didn’t even know was there. It’s made my life a richer place,” she said.

Tighe oversees the non-profit with a small staff and many volunteers dedicated to helping the homeless and local families in need by means of two programs, a food pantry and a hot lunch program.

The pantry gives out groceries to between 180-200 families a month from West Springfield and Agawam. The number is significant considering its size in relation to the other emergency food programs in the area.

“For the pantry, we get seniors who are living alone and moms with six or seven kids.

All ethnic groups visit the pantry. We are as generous with our groceries as we can be and give people close to 25 pounds of food, depending on what is in stock, what we’ve been able to get from the Food Bank or what churches or the public have donated. The more we have the more they get,” she said.

Lorraine Craven, the intake coordinator who does the paperwork for people coming in for groceries, runs the emergency food program. She also takes over in the kitchen when Bill Cawthra, facilities manager and cook, goes on a vacation.

“I have a wonderful back-up person so I don’t have to cook, which is probably a real good thing for everybody!” kidded Tighe.

The hot lunch program lasts one hour and feeds anywhere from 30-50 adults in a dining room that seats 15. Tighe helps at every lunch, greeting the day’s guests by name and coordinating the logistics of filling empty seats as the hearty and healthy meals are finished. She likes to joke and chat to stay connected with those coming in to eat. It helps her recognize when someone hasn’t been there for a while or when a person might be in need of extra help.

“We pull people out of their shells and we hear stories from them that they share with us.

That’s really when you know you made it with them, when they’re willing to talk,” she said.

“These people are filled with a sense of hope. They may have slept in a tent last night but you ask how they are and they’re happy.

They find a joy in life. It gives you a perspective on your own life and what you’re doing with it. That’s really cool.”

When Parish Cupboard gets donations of

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gift cards, they buy socks. Tighe lit up as she talked about stopping table to table to give each hot lunch guest new socks.

“They think they’ve died and gone to heaven with a clean, fresh pair of socks! We don’t take clothing but we give out sweatshirts when we have them in. If someone brings us a men’s jacket in the wintertime, we have a mental picture of who it could fit,” she said, sharing how her team also connect families visiting the pantry side with needed resources.

It’s the little things that warms hearts, Tighe says. A lending library for all ages in the foyer, colorful murals on the walls painted by artistic guests, salt and pepper shakers on the tables and, of course, the hot coffee cart when the weather turns colder.

“We have an older man who was so happy on the day when we switched over to coffee.

A cup of coffee made his day. Those are the things our visitors say mean they’re special to us, that they’re not just a number,” she said.

The Parish Cupboard started in 1986 with a little outpost on Main Street that was quickly outgrown. The organization has been in the “old house on the corner” for almost twenty years, a building which stood strong in the direct destructive path of the June 2, 2011, tornado. It is in a prime spot for the people it serves, close for the homeless living in tents or on loading docks in the area and right near a major bus stop for families and individuals without a car.

“It’s a really special place and we’re just really fortunate to be where we are. By helping people and treating them respect, they give back so much respect and so much joy.

Being here makes my day and my life a better thing,” she said.

——— To learn more about The Parish Cupboard in West Springfield, visit www.parishcupboard.com.

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left in it had been emptied on the seat and her wallet was missing; 10:16 a.m.: breaking and entering, a Clinton Avenue, a caller reports that copper piping was stolen from his property, the responding officer reports that a property owner said that he has been rehabilitating a house and when he found a water faucet was not working he investigated to find almost all the copper piping in the basement had been ripped out, the man said that the thief was considerate enough to shut off the water before removing the piping; 1:35 p.m.: vandalism, Westfield Vocational-Technical High School, a school resource officer reports student election posters have been torn down and he was able to identify a suspect by viewing security video, the officer reports that when confronted the boy initially denied the vandalism but recanted when informed of the video evidence, the SRO reports school officials enacted administrative sanctions; 2:49 p.m.: breaking and entering, Noble Street, resident reported two of their vehicles were broken into and gone through during the overnight hours and his unloaded firearm, which was locked in a strongbox and equipped with trigger locks, was stolen from one of the vehicles; 3:53 p.m.: diasbled auto, Franklin Street, off-duty officer reports disabled motor vehicle in his general vicinity, services rendered; 5:59 p.m.: minor property damage, North Road, caller reports that they struck a deer, with another vehicle calling in to report that the animal is injured, side of the vehicle was damaged, while the deer couldn’t be located; 8:17 p.m.: vandalism, Southampton Road, caller reports three off-duty employees vandalized the bathrooms, taking a snowman decoration and putting it into a toilet, along with removing the lid off the tank of another toilet and defacating into it, officers went to the home of one of the employees and advised the suspect’s parents to have their child call the police to speak about the incident and called the mother of one of the suspects, the suspects agreed to speak with the police in the presence of one of their parents, admitted to the offenses and were advised of the consequences if the incidents had caused any damage.

Saturday, Dec. 20, 2014 3:00 a.m.: larceny, Walmart, caller reports someone inside the store stole her purse and that Walmart security is in the process of detaining the suspect, when officers arrived, the caller told them she put the purse down in the store and went back to recover it, only to find it missing, six individuals in the store reported that they found the purse inside an item in the furniture section, with no money in it, the victim reported the purse had seven $20 bills, one $10 bill and three $1 bills, the six individuals who recovered the purse voluntarily emptied their pockets and none had the same amount of money, Walmart loss prevention stated they would be looking in surveillance video; 9:26 a.m.: accident/hit and run, Southwick Road, caller reports he just witnessed a vehicle with a female operator back up and strike another and leave the scene and described the vehicle to police, officers then stopped the suspect on West Silver Street and ordered them to follow them back to the scene; 9:51 a.m.: accident, East Main Street, caller reports being involved in an accident in the parking lot of Phipps Liquor Store, officers arrived and found a two car minor property damage crash, there were no injuries and no air bag deployment; 12:32 p.m.: burglary/breaking and entering, Wyben Road, caller reports someone may have broken into her home while she was out, adding that she noticed a window and air conditioner ajar in her basement when she went downstairs to water her plants, the caller reported that two ammunition containers full of collector coins worth about $2,000 were missing; 4:09 p.m.: trespassing, Sackett Street, caller reports three women on the roof of the Water Department Building, no one could be found when officer arrived on the scene; 4:50 p.m.: shoplifting, Springfield Road, a loss prevention officer at the Springfield Road Walmart called to report a man attempting to shoplift a pair of earbuds, officers arrived to find the suspect in custody, police then placed Adam Gilmore, 31, of 62 Pamona Street, Springfield, SarahandHelps Seniors under arrest on charges of larceny by asportation trespassing and transported him to headquarters; Can 6:44 p.m.: shoplifting, Springfield Road, a loss prevention officer at the Springfield Road Walmart reports trying to stop a patron suspected of shoplifting, Youan off-duty West Springfield police officer is on hand assisting, officers arrived arrived on the scene and found the suspect in Helpofficers then placed Angel front of Bertera Dodge, at which time the suspect denied shoplifting, Adorno, 31, of 148 Taylor Street, Springfield, under arrest on a charge of larceny over $250 and Sarah? transported him to headquarters. www.sarahgillett.org

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Westfield’s Geo DePergola, left, dribbles past Holyoke’s Jordan Nelson during the first period of last night’s game. (Photo by Frederick Gore)

Westfield’s Aric Laplante, left, is slammed

by Holyoke’s Jordan Nelson during the Westfield’s Manny Golob, center left, and Holyoke’s Jordan Nelson go for the tip-off first period of last night’s game at Westfield during Monday night’s game at Westfield High School. (Photo by Frederick Gore) High School. (Photo by Frederick Gore)

Westfield’s Richie Barnet, right, leaps for the shot as a Holyoke defender attempts the block. (Photo by Frederick Gore)

Golob, WHS slay Knights

Westfield’s Colin Dunn, center, loses control after Holyoke’s Anthony Hernandez, rear left, and Jerry Cruz move in during Monday night’s game in Westfield. (Photo by Frederick

By CHRIS PUTZ Staff Writer WESTFIELD – The Bomb Squad is back.

Westfield put together another impressive victory Monday night, soundly defeating visiting Holyoke 69-63.

Manny Golob notched a double-double, scoring 20 points, 14 of which came in the second quarter, and pulling down 14 rebounds to lead Westfield (2-0), which has shown early signs of returning to form after a couple of sub-par seasons.

“Manny had just a phenomenal game,” Westfield coach Bill Daley said. “He brought a lot of energy, and kept us in it.”

Westfield trailed after the first quarter 19-10, but rallied behind the play of Golob, solid first-half minutes from Rodney Bernard (4), Matt Garlo (2); double-digit efforts from Richard Barnett (13), John O’Brien (11), Colin Dunn (10, all in the first half); and nine points – all in the fourth quarter – from Aric Laplante.

“It was a well-rounded effort for sure,” coach Daley said.

“We’ve had balance up and down the lineup for two games in a row.”

The Bombers outscored the Purple Knights 41-23 over the second and third quarters to take command of the game. They led by one at the half, 30-29, and forged a 51-42 third-quarter lead.

Westfield will attempt to avoid a letdown game against Chicopee Comp Tuesday night in the Whip City at 7 p.m.

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Southwick Rams Dean Southwick 64, Dean Tech 55 Four players scored in double digits to keep Southwick above .500. The Rams improved to 2-1.

Lawrence Johnson led Southwick with 14 points, Rams’ Jon Collins recorded a double-double (10 points, 11 rebounds), and Matt Daley and Nick Hough scored 10 apiece.

Austin Leary provided a huge spark off the bench with seven points for Southwick, matching teammate Ryan Leclair.

St. Mary's Nick Garde, right, attempts to dribble past a pair of Pioneer Valley Christian Academy defenders during Monday night's game at Westfield Middle School South. (Photo by Frederick Gore) St. Mary’s Nick Garde, right, attempts to dribble past a pair of Pioneer Valley Christian Academy defenders during Monday night’s game at Westfield Middle School South. (Photo by Frederick Gore)

Garde Paces Saints Pioneer Valley Christian School 50, St. Mary 36 Nick Garde scored a team-high 13 points for St. Mary, and Saints’ Andrew Illnicki added eight.

“The kids played very hard,” St. Mary coach Joe Molta said.

“We’re just trying to find some offense right now. We’re very young. That’s a challenge for us.”

St. Mary’s Nick Garde, right, attempts to dribble past a pair of Pioneer Valley Christian Academy defenders during Monday night’s game at Westfield Middle School South.

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St. Mary’s Andrew Ilnicki, right, looks for the pass during Monday night’s game against Pioneer Valley Christian Academy. (Photo by Frederick Gore)

St. Mary’s Drew Collins, foreground, leaps for the basket during last night’s game against Pioneer Valley Christian Academy. (Photo by Frederick Gore)

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St. Mary’s Kyle Koloski, left, controls the ball during last night’s game against Pioneer Valley Christian Academy.

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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SCHEDULES TUESDAY Dec. 23

WEDNESDAY Dec. 24

THURSDAY Dec. 25

FRIDAY Dec. 26

SATURDAY Dec. 27

MONDAY Dec. 29

WRESTLING at Lowell Holiday Tournament, Tsongas Center, Time TBA ********* SUNDAY ******** GIRLS’ HOCKEY CO-OP at Falmouth, Falmouth Ice Arena, 2:15 p.m.

GIRLS’ HOCKEY CO-OP at Martha’s Vineyard, 2 p.m.

JV BOYS’ HOOPS at Central, 5:30 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ HOOPS at Monument Mountain, 5:30 p.m.

BOYS’ HOOPS at Central, 7 p.m.

GIRLS’ HOOPS at Monument Mountain, 7 p.m.

WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL JV BOYS’ HOOPS vs.

Chicopee Comp, 5:30 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ HOOPS at Northampton, 5:30 p.m.

BOYS’ HOOPS vs. Chicopee Comp, 7 p.m.

GIRLS’ HOOPS at Northampton, 7 p.m.

No Sports Scheduled

No Sports Scheduled

SOUTHWICK-TOLLAND-GRANVILLE REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL JV GIRLS’ HOOPS at Monson, 5:30 p.m.

GIRLS’ HOOPS at Monson, 7 p.m.

WRESTLING at Granby, 7 p.m.

JV BOYS’ HOOPS at Monson, 5:30 p.m.

BOYS’ HOOPS at Monson, 7 p.m.

No Sports Scheduled

No Sports Scheduled

GATEWAY REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL No Sports Scheduled

JV BOYS’ HOOPS at Smith Voke, 5 p.m.

BOYS’ HOOPS at Smith Voke, 6:30 p.m.

No Sports Scheduled

SAINT MARY HIGH SCHOOL No Sports Scheduled

No Sports Scheduled

HOCKEY at Mount Everett Regional, Berkshire School, 2 p.m.

BOYS’ HOOPS at Hampden Charter School of Science, Dunbar Community Center, 6 p.m.

HOCKEY vs. Easthampton, Amelia Park, 6 p.m.

WESTFIELD VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL No Sports Scheduled

No Sports Scheduled

JV BOYS’ HOOPS at McCann Tech, 5:30 p.m.

BOYS’ HOOPS at McCann Tech, 7 p.m.

WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY SCHEDULES 2014-2015 WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

2014-2015 WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING SCHEDULE DAY DATE OPPONENT

TIME

TIME 5:00 7:00

Sunday

Jan. 18

at Western New England

Saturday

Jan. 24

SAINT JOSEPH, CT

1:00

Saturday

Jan. 31

at Western Connecticut

12:00

Friday

Feb. 13

New England Championships

Friday

Jan. 2

at University of Saint Joseph, CT

5:30

Saturday

Feb. 14

New England Championships

Monday

Jan. 5

EASTERN CONNECTICUT

5:30

New England Championships University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI

Thursday

Jan. 8

at Framingham State

6:00

Saturday

Jan. 10

BRIDGEWATER STATE

1:00

Saturday

Jan. 17

SALEM STATE

1:00

Tuesday

Jan. 20

at Worcester State (@ Nichols College)

6:00

Sunday Feb. 15

12:00

DAY DATE OPPONENT Monday Dec. 29 Westfield State Holiday Tournament

RPI vs. Westfield State

Southern Maine vs. WPI Tuesday Dec. 30 Westfield State Holiday Tournament

Consolation Game

Championship Game 3:00

2014-2015 WESTFIELD STATE ICE HOCKEY SCHEDULE

1:00

DAY DATE OPPONENT

TIME

Saturday

Jan. 24

at MCLA

1:00

Wednesday

Jan. 7

BECKER COLLEGE

7:35

Tuesday

Jan. 27

FITCHBURG STATE

5:30

Saturday

Jan. 10

at Framingham State

2:40

Saturday

Jan. 31

FRAMINGHAM STATE

1:00

Tuesday

Jan. 13

SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE

7:35

Tuesday

Feb. 3

at Bridgewater State

5:30

Thursday

Jan. 15

at Salem State

Thursday

Feb. 5

WESTERN NEW ENGLAND

5:30

Thursday

Jan. 22

FITCHBURG STATE

7:35

Tuesday

Feb. 10

at Salem State

5:30

Saturday

Jan. 24

UMASS DARTMOUTH

5:35

Saturday

Jan. 31

at Plymouth State

Saturday

Feb. 14

WORCESTER STATE

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at Salem State

7:30

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MCLA

7:30

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New London, CT

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Hanover, NH

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Providence, RI

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Boston University

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Armory, New York City

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TBA

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TBA

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MASCAC Championship

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HIGH SCHOOL STANDINGS, RESULTS BOYS’ ICE HOCKEY Westfield 1-0* St. Mary 2-1 GIRLS’ ICE HOCKEY Cathedral (Westfield Co-Op) 2-0

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BOYS’ HOOPS Westfield 2-0 Westfield Voc-Tech 0-1 St. Mary 0-2 Southwick 2-1 Gateway 0-0*

GIRLS’ HOOPS Westfield 2-1 Westfield Voc-Tech 0-0 St. Mary 0-3 Southwick 2-1 Gateway 0-0*

WRESTLING Westfield 1-0 Southwick 0-0 Gateway 0-0

MONDAY’S RESULTS BOYS’ SWIMMING Agawam 96, Westfield 82 GIRLS’ SWIMMING Westfield 124, Agawam 99 BOYS’ HOOPS Westfield 69, Holyoke 63 Southwick 64, Dean Tech 55 PVCS 50, St. Mary 36

BOYS’ INDOOR TRACK Westfield 2-0

BOYS’ SWIMMING Westfield 2-2

GIRLS’ INDOOR TRACK Westfield 1-1

GIRLS’ SWIMMING Westfield 4-0

WHS stays unbeaten (4-0)

By CHRIS PUTZ Staff Writer WESTFIELD – The Westfield High School girls’ swimming and diving team remain undefeated at 4-0 after topping a talented Agawam squad 124-99 in the Bombers closest meet to date.

Westfield jumped ahead to a 12-2 lead by taking first and second in the 200 medley relay with the teams of Kate McCabe, Rachel Charette, Hayley Jurczyk, and Sara Russell, and Liz Gelinas, Kelsey Johnstone, Madison Stinehart, and Sarah Lander.

Johnstone went on to win both the 200 individual medley (2:18.82) and the 100 breaststroke (1:1:11.20).

The Bombers owned the sprint events.

The 50 freestyle was a very strong event for Westfield with Sara Russell (27.57) and Sarah Lander (28.28) taking first and second. Russell also went on to win the 100 freestyle (1:01.05) with teammates McCabe and Anne Goyette completing the sweep with second and third.

Westfield dominated the 200 freestyle relay (4 x 50), finishing first, second and third.

With the teams of Hannah Ditto, Charette, Georgia Seymour, and Kaitlyn Moran, the team of Lander, McCabe, Goyette, and Deseree Morceau and – completing the sweep – Casey Sturmer, Russell, Madison Stinehart, and Gianna Langone.

Charette (1:09.95) won an exciting 100 butterfly helping to extend the team’s lead. McCabe (1:06.82) and Alexis Bradley took first and second in the 100 backstroke.

BOYS’ RESULTS Agawam 96, Westfield 82 The lean Bomber boys’ team lost a very close meet to a tough opponent.

Although Westfield finished first in six of the first nine events and led with only three events remaining, the Bombers ran out of swimmers and couldn’t seal the deal for the win.

Highlights of the meet for the Bombers included an opening win in the 200 medley relay by the team of senior captain Chris Tu, Nick Rosso, Gabe Centeno, and Slav Pashuk.

Rosso and Centeno combined to take first and second place in the 200 individual medley. Senior captain James Wagner took top honors in diving in a close three-way competition. Rosso won the 100 freestyle handily in 55.98.

Westfield’s Sam Cloutier, quickly emerging as a tough competitor in the long distance 500 freestyle, won the event for the third meet in a row with a solid 6:02.62.

Westfield fell to 2-2.

Westfield’s Kelsey Johnstone competes in the 200 yard individual medley. (Photo by Frederick Gore)

Women’s Basketball hosts 2014 Holiday Tournament WESTFIELD — The holiday season is also tourney time in college basketball, as Westfield State University plays host to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the University of Southern Maine, and Worcester Polytechnic Institute in the 2014 Holiday Tournament at Westfield State on December 29 and 30.

“We have four quality teams coming in, and I think fans can expect great games to watch,” said Westfield State head coach Andrea Bertini. “They are all great programs, and Southern Maine in particular has been to a number of NCAA Tournaments and the final four on a couple of occasions.”

Westfield State was picked first in the MASCAC preseason poll, and has lived up to expectations with a 5-3 record at the break. The Owls are led by senior guard Jen Ashton, who averages 14 points, four rebounds and five assists per game. Junior forward Forbasaw Nkamebo is scoring 15.5 points and grabbing 9.5 rebounds per game. Sophomore Jill Valley is enjoying a breakout season, tallying 8.6 points per night. The Owls have good depth in the post with a rotation that includes Gabby Felix, Rebecca Sapouckey and Tayler Travis, and are forcing opponents to turn the ball over more than 22 times per game.

“Our team is getting into the swing, having won four out of five before the semester break,” said Bertini. “With the exception of the loss to Smith we have been playing pretty well.”

The University of Southern Maine has been a regional and national powerhouse under longtime head coach Gary Fifield. This year’s edition of the Huskies has posted a 6-3 record overall and bring a three-game win streak to Westfield. Megan Pelletier, a 6-1 junior forward, averages 15 points and almost 10 rebounds per game. Rebecca Knight (11.6 ppg) and Ella Ramonas (10.4) are the Huskies’ other top scoring threats.

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Sunday’s Games Colorado 2, Detroit 1, SO Dallas 6, Edmonton 5, SO Boston 4, Buffalo 3, OT N.Y. Rangers 1, Carolina 0 Chicago 4, Toronto 0 Philadelphia 4, Winnipeg 3, OT Monday’s Games Florida 4, Pittsburgh 3, SO Washington 2, Ottawa 1 Nashville 5, Columbus 1 Vancouver 7, Arizona 1 Anaheim 3, San Jose 2, OT Calgary 4, Los Angeles 3, OT Tuesday’s Games Nashville at Boston, 7 p.m.

Carolina at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Montreal at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.

Washington at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Dallas, 7 p.m.

Buffalo at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

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

Arizona at Edmonton, 8 p.m.

St. Louis at Colorado, 8 p.m.

Winnipeg at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games No games scheduled

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) enters the tournament with a 6-2 overall record. The Engineers feature a balanced attack led by 14.8 points per game from senior guard Dani Davis. Classmate Rachel Pineda adds 8.4 points per night. The Engineers have held opponents to just 53 points per game on 34 percent shooting, and nearly 20 turnovers per game.

Rensselaer Polytechinic Institute (RPI), from Troy N.Y., brings a 3-4 record into the tournament.

Also nicknamed the “Engineers,” RPI is led by the dynamic duo of Ashley Clough (16.7 ppg) and Amanda Lynch (15.9 ppg).

“Rensselaer is going to be a challenge for us,” said Bertini. “Fans will see four good games in the tournament no matter what the match ups are on Sunday. It’s a good opportunity for us to play a couple of good teams as we get ready for league play after the new year.”

Tickets are $6 for adults, $3 for senior citizens and students, and children under 12 are free.

The tournament tips off with host Westfield and RPI at 5 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 29, followed by USM – WPI at 7 p.m. The consolation game is Tuesday, Dec. 30 at 1 p.m. and the championship game will follow at 3 p.m.

NATIONAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE Sunday’s Games Toronto 118, New York 108 Cleveland 105, Memphis 91 Sacramento 108, L.A. Lakers 101 Phoenix 104, Washington 92 Miami 100, Boston 84 Philadelphia 96, Orlando 88 Brooklyn 110, Detroit 105 New Orleans 101, Oklahoma City 99 Indiana 100, Minnesota 96 Monday’s Games Charlotte 110, Denver 82 Chicago 129, Toronto 120 Houston 110, Portland 95 Utah 97, Memphis 91 Atlanta 105, Dallas 102 San Antonio 125,

L.A. Clippers 118 Golden State 128, Sacramento 108 Tuesday’s Games Chicago at Washington, 7 p.m.

Boston at Orlando, 7 p.m.

New Orleans at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Cleveland, 7 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

Denver at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.

Portland at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.

Charlotte at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

Dallas at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Golden State at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games No games scheduled

PAGE 12 - TUESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2014

Annie’s Mailbox

By KATHY MITCHELL and MARCY SUGAR

Extremely Disappointed Dear Annie: Two years ago, my sister called crying that they were going to lose their house. She didn’t realize her husband hadn’t been making the mortgage payments. She said she wouldn’t have taken all those vacations or eaten out in fancy restaurants if she had known they couldn’t afford it.

Of course I jumped in to help. My husband spent a day making sure all the money was transferred into the right accounts in time to stop the bank auction. This was a loan, not a gift, but without interest charges.

Now I feel betrayed. My sister and her husband continue to spend money frivolously. They took a big vacation and lied to me so I wouldn’t know. They’ve been eating out again. They promise to make payments, but rarely do. Any amount is overdue and in tiny increments. Now they’ve stopped inviting us to get-togethers.

Is this any way to treat the people who kept you from being thrown out on the street? We have never hounded them for the money, but I know now this was a big mistake. We must have had “sucker” written on our foreheads.

I am extremely hurt that my sister would do this to me. It’s not even the money anymore. It’s being lied to repeatedly by someone I loved and trusted. An apology might help, but I don’t see it happening. What do I do? -- Extremely Disappointed Dear Disappointed: If your sister knew how to be more frugal, she wouldn’t have needed your loan. Her lies and avoidance are how she deals with her guilt. We suggest you remove all vagueness about this. Have a lawyer draw up papers with the amount loaned, the amount repaid and a schedule of monthly payments. Insist that all of you sign it, and then remind her when she’s late with a payment. Be nice, but firm.

She won’t like it, but once the loan is repaid, you can start with a clean slate.

Dear Annie: My dad constantly calls me at work to ask when I’m going to come over to see Mom and my adult sister who still lives at home. But when I do make the time to visit, he can’t be bothered to talk to my husband, my kids or me, and my sister doesn’t bother to come up from the basement.

This has been going on for the past 20 years. I no longer feel welcome there. My dad is retired, but can’t find a moment to stop by my place or even ask how his grandchildren are. But he somehow manages to visit my brother’s kids. I’ve called him on this, and he says he’s not well enough to come to my place, but every day he stops by the donut shop that’s two minutes from my home.

I’ve never asked them for anything and don’t expect anything. However, my brother’s children are the apples of their eyes. Why does he keep asking me to visit when he doesn’t want to see me? -- Can’t Be Bothered and Don’t Care Dear Can’t: Where is Mom in all this? It sounds as though Dad wants to see you, but has no idea how to relate to you. If you know when he is at the donut shop, feel free to stop by.

And if you are willing to put in the effort, family counseling might help all of you communicate better.

Dear Annie: I was sympathetic to “Trying My Best,” the guest who is allergic to cats. We, too, have a relative who cannot visit our home due to his severe allergies to our cats and a dear friend who can visit for a meal, but cannot tolerate longer periods of time in our home.

We follow the procedures outlined in this letter when our friend visits, and we host our relative at a restaurant. But other guests don’t seem to understand that the cats aren’t temporary visitors. This is their home, and they are part of our family.

And in some cases we like the cats a lot more than we like the guests. -- Jim Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254.

HINTS FROM HELOISE FAST FACTS Dear Readers: Other uses for napkin rings: * Around small candles as decoration. * Slide ends of a scarf into one to hold in place. * Use to hold curtains open. * Attach a hanger and use as an ornament. * Slip appliance cords into one.

-- Heloise FLAT IRON FOR SHIRTS Dear Heloise: I hate ironing shirts because it is hard to get in between the buttons. I was straightening my hair with my flat iron and wondered if it would work on my shirts. I used a LOW setting and ironed that little section with it. It worked! -- Iona, via email

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Tuesday, Dec. 23, 2014: This year you will note a considerable difference in your priorities. You no longer will sit on situations until you obtain the results you desire. You will keep your eye on the big picture. If some area of your life has not been working, you might want to consider letting it go.

If you are single, you could act needier than you really are as you develop a distaste for being alone. You will meet someone who is likely to light up your life sometime around your next birthday.

If you are attached, the two of you enjoy taking off together. Do it more often.

AQUARIUS often provokes you.

The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH Take charge. Today might be the last day for a while that you’ll have enough cooperation from others. You might note that you have not heard from someone at a distance. Pick up the phone and call him or her. Tonight: Check out the holiday lights in your neighborhood.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHH Start making calls to those at a distance to wish them a Merry Christmas. You might feel as if you have less resistance from a loved one than in the recent past. Initiate a one-on-one conversation in the next few days.

Tonight: Found kissing under the mistletoe.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHHH Deal with someone directly. You could be in a situation where you want to change some part of your life.

Your creativity surges as you seek answers. You might be put off by a loved one who seems to be developing a stony attitude. Tonight: Where holiday music is played.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH You could be changing your focus because of the impending arrival of Christmas, and perhaps also because of a slight difference in a loved one’s attitude. One-on-one relating will be a bigger priority as the day goes on. Have a frank discussion. Tonight: Keep it jolly.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH What has weighed you down in the past will no longer be a problem.

On some level, you will feel as if you have been freed up. You also might notice a change in how you deal with others, and vice versa. Go along with someone’s offer. Tonight: The only response is “yes.”

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHH You might need to slow down some. Doing so will put you in a lighter mood, especially if you have a discussion about how to proceed in the next few days. Catch up with an older friend or relative before you get any busier.

Tonight: Get into the swing of things.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH You could be overwhelmed by a change of pace. Communication seems to take on a more intense quality than in the past. You could be concerned about other matters only to suddenly reverse gears and focus on visiting with family and friends. Tonight: All smiles.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Use the daytime hours to make calls, deliver presents and do whatever is a high priority. As the planets shift, you will be more jubilant and feel freer than you have in quite some time. You have reason to celebrate!

Tonight: Take a deep breath, and feel the difference.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH Clear out as much as you can tonight, because by tomorrow, you will feel as if you have had enough.

Understand what is going on with a child or loved one. Also, note what is happening within your immediate circle of friends. A conflict might be present.

Tonight: Holiday cheer!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH Use the daylight hours to the max. You will accomplish a lot more than you had thought possible and still have time to visit. Give up being so detailed at this point, and get into the swing of the moment. You will open up to change as a result. Tonight: Take a breather.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH You’ll race around with so much to do that you could feel overwhelmed and worn out. Decide on a cutoff point so you can relax and let go of having to run around. A friend is likely to reach out to you; he or she might be more depressed than you realize. Tonight: As you like it.

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Bengals beat Broncos to reach playoffs

By JOE KAY AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — With everything on the line, the Bengals picked off Peyton Manning — twice, no less — and ran back into the playoffs.

Dre Kirkpatrick returned Manning’s third interception for a touchdown in the closing minutes Monday night, completing a fourth-quarter rally that gave Cincinnati a 37-28 victory over the Denver Broncos and a spot in the playoffs.

Kirkpatrick’s 30-yard return with 2:41 left capped a game of big plays — long runs, big kick returns and two interceptions run back for scores. With 67 seconds left, Kirkpatrick picked off Manning again to clinch it.

The Bengals (10-4-1) secured a playoff berth for the fourth consecutive season, a franchise record. They’ll play in Pittsburgh next Sunday night, with the winner taking the AFC North title.

Manning rallied the Broncos (11-4) to three touchdowns in the

third quarter and a lead, but came up empty in the closing minutes and finished with a season-high four interceptions. The loss gave New England home-field advantage throughout the playoffs.

The AFC West champions failed in their attempt to clinch a firstround bye and came away with more questions about Manning, who was limited in practice during the week because of a strained right thigh.

Denver scored 21 points in the third quarter, with Manning throwing a pair of touchdowns to Emmanuel Sanders. With a chance to pull off his 51st game-winning drive in a heavy rain, Manning threw a sideline pass directly to Kirkpatrick, who ran it back untouched.

Manning finished 28 of 44 for 311 yards. He’d been 8-0 career against the Bengals with 20 touchdown passes and only five interceptions. He nearly matched that total in one game.

Demaryius Thomas had seven catches for 115 yards, setting a club record with his ninth 100-yard game of the season.

Andy Dalton settled down after a huge early mistake — an overthrown pass that Aqib Talib returned for a touchdown — and rookie Jeremy Hill led a dominating running game that finished with 207 yards overall. Hill had an 85-yard touchdown run with 147 overall, going over 1,000 for the season.

It was a breakthrough for the Bengals, who had been blown out in their two prime-time games this season and came in 18-41 alltime at night. They have one more left in Pittsburgh next Sunday.

The dominant running game immensely helped Dalton, who is 3-6 all-time in prime time. He started badly again on Monday, overthrowing A.J. Green for an interception that Talib returned 33 yards for a touchdown. Dalton finished 17 of 26 for 146 yards with two touchdowns and the one interception.

Green was hit in the right upper arm on the interception and was in and out of the game the rest of the way. He was held without a catch for only the second time in his career.

The ins and outs of the NFL’s playoff races

By BARRY WILNER AP Pro Football Writer With five of the six playoff slots in both conferences decided, some would think much of the drama of the schedule’s final week has been removed.

Think again.

Nine of the 10 teams already qualified for the Super Bowl chase have something to play for on Sunday.

Start with the defending league champion Seahawks (11-4). Excluding any Week 17 ties in the multitude of scenarios, Seattle not only will get the NFC West title by beating St. Louis, but also home-field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs. Not a pleasant thought for its opponents.

“They’re playing awesome football,” Cardinals cornerback Patrick

Peterson said. “You can’t take nothing away from that ballclub. They have a championship pedigree, what it takes to win on the road, what it takes to win the division. Obviously, it’s not over yet, but they’re one step closer.”

New England (12-3) doesn’t need to show up against visiting Buffalo on Sunday; it already owns the top seed in the AFC. The Patriots already are the first team since the current postseason format was adopted in 1990 to get five consecutive first-round byes.

Everyone else is still scrambling.

Denver (11-4), after losing Monday night’s game at Cincinnati (10-4-1), has the AFC West secured. But their home game with Oakland (3-12) has significance because a loss could force the Broncos to play in the wild-card

round.

The Bengals grabbed a playoff berth by beating Denver. They travel to face already-qualified Pittsburgh (10-5) on Sunday for the AFC North crown.

Indianapolis (10-5) has the AFC South title and will be either the No. 3 or No. 4 seed. The Colts are at Tennessee (2-13), which has the inside track for the top overall draft pick through 15 games.

The remaining AFC wild-card spot could go to Cincinnati or Pittsburgh, barring winning the North division; San Diego (9-6); Baltimore (9-6); Houston (8-7); or Kansas City (8-7).

The Chargers have the easiest task: win at KC and advance.

But all of them remain alive heading to the weekend, with Jacksonville

(3-12) at Houston, and Cleveland (7-8) at Baltimore.

The sixth NFC spot will go to the survivor in the South, where Atlanta (6-9) hosts Carolina (6-8-1). Yes, a losing team will not only make the postseason, but will be the No. 4 seed and host a game on wild-card weekend.

“It says a lot about the guys in here,” Panthers tight end Greg Olsen said.

“Every year you set out to try to win your division. We have one game left and it is right in front of us.”

With Seattle, Arizona, NFC East champ Dallas, Green Bay and Detroit all at 11-4, byes are up for grabs. The Cowboys have the most difficult road to get the top seed because the Packers host the Lions and both own the tiebreaker over Dallas. The Cowboys

need a victory at Washington (4-11), an Arizona loss and a tie at Lambeau Field.

Oops, sorry, didn’t mean to throw draws into the mix, but in that case it’s essential.

For Green Bay to get the No. 1 spot in the conference, it must win and have Seattle lose. Detroit must win and have both Seattle and Arizona lose.

As for earning a bye, the winner of Detroit-Green Bay gets one.

“It’s what you play the game for,” Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford said. “You play the game to play extremely meaningful games in December. They’ll be excited for it. I know everybody in our locker room will be excited as well.”

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THE WESTFIELD NEWS LEGAL NOTICES December 23, 30, 2014 January 6, 2015 NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Eileen K. Byczko and Jeffrey K. Avonti to Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., dated February 27, 2004 and recorded with the Hampden County Registry of Deeds at Book 13982, Page 336, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing, the same will be sold at Public Auction at 12:00 p.m. on January 14 , 2015, on the mortgaged premises located at 95 BEVERIDGE BOULEVARD, UNIT 1, 95-97 BEVERIDGE BOULEVARD CONDOMINIUM, WESTFIELD, Hampden County, Massachusetts, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, TO WIT: The Unit (''Unit'') known as Unit Number 1 in 95 - 97 Beveridge Boulevard, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, a Condominium established by Glenn A. Korostynski, pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 183A, by Master Deed of 95-97 Beveridge Boulevard Condominiums dated August 2, 2002 and recorded in the Hampden County Registry of Deeds in Book 12522, Page 468, which unit is known on the floor plans filed simultaneously with said Master Deed of 95-97 Beveridge Boulevard Condominium in Hampden County Registry of Deeds.

3. An easement in favor of the other unit owner to use the wires, pipes, ducts, flues, conduits, cable, public utility lines and other common elements located in the unit or elsewhere on the property and serving such other unit.

4. The provisions of the Master Deed, by-Laws, Master Site Plan and Floor Plan of the condominium recorded simultaneously with and as part of the Master Deed, as the same may be amended from time to time by instrument recorded in Hampden County Registry of Deeds which provision, together with any amendments thereto shall constitute covenants running with the land and shall bind any person having at any time any interest of estate in the unit, his family, servants, lessess and visitors, as though such provisions were recited and stipulated at length herein, and which include an option of first refusal The Unit is intended only for residential purposes. No use may be made of the unit excepts as a residence for the owner thereof or his permitted lessees and members of their immediate families.

Being the same premises conveyed to Eileen K. Byczko and Jeffrey K. Avonti by deed of John W. Mountain and Tracy Strniste dated February 27, 2004 and recorded in the Hampden County Registry of Deeds herewith.

For mortgagor's(s') title see deed recorded with Hampden County Registry of Deeds in Book 13982, Page 333.

Said Unit is conveyed together These premises will be sold and conveyed subject to and with the with: benefit of all rights, rights of way, restrictions, easements, coven1. An undivided 50% interest in ants, liens or claims in the the common areas and facilities nature of liens, improvements, of the property described in said public assessments, any and all Master Deed (''Common Ele- unpaid taxes, tax titles, tax liens, ments'') attributable to the Unit. water and sewer liens and any other municipal assessments or 2. An Easement for the continu- liens or existing encumbrances ance of all encroachments by of record which are in force and the Unit of any adjoining unit of are applicable, having priority Common Elements existing as a over said mortgage, whether or result of construction of the not reference to such restricbuilding in which the unit is loc- tions, easements, improveated or which come into exist- ments, liens or encumbrances is ence hereafter as a result of set- made in the deed. tling of shifting of the building or of the unit, after damage or de- TERMS OF SALE: struction by fire or other casualty, or after taking in condemna- A deposit of Five Thousand tion or eminent domain proceed- ($5,000.00 ) Dollars by certified ing, or by reason of or altera- or bank check will be required to tions or repair to the Common be paid by the purchaser at the Elements made by or with con- time and place of sale. The balsent of the Board of Trustees. ance is to be paid by certified or bank check at Harmon Law Of3. An easement in common with fices, P.C., 150 California Street, the owners of other units to use Newton, Massachusetts 02458, any pipes, wires, ducts, flues, or by mail to P.O. Box 610389, cables, conduits, public utility Newton Highlands, Massachulines and other common ele- setts 02461-0389, within thirty days from the date of sale. ments located in any of the oth- (30) Deed will be provided to purer units or elsewhere on the chaser for recording upon reproperty and serving the unit. ceipt in full of the purchase price. The description of the Said unit is conveyed subject to premises contained in said mortand with the benefits of: gage shall control in the event of an error in this publication.

1. All Easements, restrictions and encroachments set forth in Other terms, if any, to be anthe Master Deed. nounced at the sale.

2. Easements in favor of the adjoining units and in favor of the Common Elements for the continuous of all encroachments of such adjoining unit or Common Elements of the unit, now existing, or which may come into existence hereafter as a result of settling or shifting, or as a result of repair or restoration of the building or of the adjoining unit or of the Common Elements after damage or destruction condemnation or eminent domain proceeding, or by reason of alteration of repair of the Common Elements made by or with the consent of the Board of Trustees.

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setts, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage,

December 23, 2014 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS THE TRIAL COURT PROBATE AND FAMILY COURT

TO WIT: ALL CERTAIN REAL ESTATE SITUATE IN WESTFIELD, HAMPDEN COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: WESTERLY BY LAFLIN STREET, SEVENTY (70) FEET;

LEGAL NOTICES

LEGAL NOTICES

Docket No. HD14P2474EA

N O R T H E R L Y B Y L O T # 14 (FOURTEEN) ON AN UNRECORDED PLAN, ON LAND OF JOHN OLEKSAK, TRUSTEE, TOWN OF SOUTHWICK ONE HUNDRED TWENTYPLANNING BOARD NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NINE (129.00) FEET, MORE OR LESS; 707 College Highway December 22, 2014 December 29, 2014

Notice is hereby given in accordance with the provision of M.G.L. Chapter 40A, Section 11, that the Planning Board will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. in the Land Use Hearing Room, Town Hall, 454 College Highway on an application by Westfield River Brewing Company, LLC for a modification to the Special Permit Approval for property located at 707 College Highway, zoned as Business Restricted (BR). The property is shown on current Assessors Map 40, Parcel 1. The Applicant proposes to add to the existing building a kitchen and retail sales section in accordance with the Code of Southwick Zoning Bylaws, Chapter 185, Sections 9, and 17. A copy of the application and the plan may be inspected at the Planning Board office or the Town Clerk's office during regular office hours. Any person interested or wishing to be heard on the application should appear at the time and place designated.

December 16, 23, 30, 2014 NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Edward J. Forsell to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., dated October 12, 2006 and recorded with the Hampden County Registry of Deeds at Book 16320, Page 90, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder by assignment from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. to Bank of America, N.A., successor by merger to BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP f/k/a Countrywide Home Loans Servicing, LP dated February 25, 2012 and recorded with said registry on March 1, 2012 at Book 19144 Page 425 and by assignment from Bank of America, N.A. to Green Tree Servicing LLC dated June 13, 2013 and recorded with said registry on July 2, 2013 at Book 19902 Page 350, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing, the same will be sold at Public Auction at 10:00 a.m. on January 7, 2015, on the mortgaged premises located at 26 LAFLIN ST, WESTFIELD, Hampden County, Massachusetts, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage,

December 23, 2014

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INFORMAL PROBATE PUBLICATION NOTICE

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Estate of: VIRGINIA F. FLETCHER Date of Death: July 15, 2014

County of Hampden The Superior Court

To all persons interested in the Civil Docket# above captioned estate, by PetiHDCV2013-00834A tion of Mark S. Fletcher of Southwick, MA.

EASTERLY ON LAND OF ELOISE F. SALMOND, SEVENTY (70.00) FEET, MORE OR LESS; AND

RE: First Niagara Bank N A f/k/a S O U T H E R L Y B Y L A N D v Rines Estate Heirs Devisees FORMERLY OF WESTFIELD or Legal Representatives et al SAVINGS BANK, ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-THREE (133.00) ORDER OF NOTICE BY FEET, MORE OR LESS. PUBLICATION

Mark S. Fletcher of Southwick, MA has been informally appointed as the Personal Representative of the estate to serve without surety on the bond.

THE NORTHWESTERLY CORNER OF THE PARCEL HEREIN CONVEYED IS TWO HUNDRED NINETY-ONE AND 44/100 (291.44) FEET SOUTHERLY OF THE INTERSECTION OF THE SOUTHERLY LINE OF WEST SILVER STREET AND THE EASTERLY LINE OF LAFLIN STREET.

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

Commonly known as 26 Laflin Street Westfield, MA 01085 However, by showing this address no additional coverage is provided.

TO: Heirs, Devisees or Legal Representatives of the Estate of Wayne Rines, deceased, whose last known address was 121 Franklin Street, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, in the County of Hampden, Christine M RinesSvallin, a natural person, to the best of plaintiff's knowledge, having a last and usual place of residence at 137 Avenida Miraflores, Tiburon, California, and Kelly L King, having addresses at 7864 Farr Daniel Street, Charleston, SC 29492, 7468 Farr Street, Charleston, SC 29492 and 3013 Baltimore Daniel Street, Charleston, SC 29492;

For mortgagor's(s') title see deed recorded with Hampden County Registry of Deeds in Book 9250, Page 428.

AND TO ALL PERSONS ENTITLED TO THE BENEFIT OF These premises will be sold and T HE S E RV I CE M E M BE RS ' conveyed subject to and with the CIVIL RELIEF ACT OF 1940 AS benefit of all rights, rights of way, AMENDED 2003 as amended: restrictions, easements, covenants, liens or claims in the First Niagara Bank N A f/k/a nature of liens, improvements, New Alliance Bank, a duly inpublic assessments, any and all corporated financial institution unpaid taxes, tax titles, tax liens, having its principal place of busiwater and sewer liens and any ness in Amherst, New York other municipal assessments or liens or existing encumbrances claiming to be the holder of a of record which are in force and mortgage covering property are applicable, having priority known as 121 Franklin Street, over said mortgage, whether or Westfield, Hampden County, not reference to such restric- Massachusetts tions, easements, improvements, liens or encumbrances is given by Wayne Rines to First made in the deed.

Niagara Bank, N.A., f/k/a New Alliance Bank dated August 29, TERMS OF SALE: 2007

December 23, 2014 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS THE TRIAL COURT PROBATE AND FAMILY COURT Hampden Probate and Family Court 50 State Street Springfield, MA 01103 (413)748-7758 Docket No. HD14C0186CA

A deposit of Five Thousand ($5,000.00 ) Dollars by certified or bank check will be required to be paid by the purchaser at the time and place of sale. The balance is to be paid by certified or bank check at Harmon Law Offices, P.C., 150 California Street, Newton, Massachusetts 02458, or by mail to P.O. Box 610389, Newton Highlands, Massachusetts 02461-0389, within thirty (30) days from the date of sale.

Deed will be provided to purchaser for recording upon receipt in full of the purchase price. The description of the premises contained in said mortgage shall control in the event of an error in this publication.

recorded in Hampden County NOTICE OF PETITION Registry of Deeds, Book 16895, FOR CHANGE OF NAME Page 291 has filed with said court a Complaint for authority to In the Matter of: foreclose said mortgage in the KOLLEEN M BLANTON manner following: by entry on Of: WESTFIELD, MA and possession of the premises therein described and by exer- To all persons interested in peticise of the power of sale con- tion described: tained in said mortgage.

A petition has been presented If you are entitled to the benefits by Kolleen M. Blanton requestof the Service Members' Civil ing that: Kolleen M Blanton be Relief Act of 1940 as amended, allowed to change her name as and you object to such foreclos- follows: ure you or your attorney should file a written appearance and anKOLLEEN M JANDACZEK swer in said court at Springfield in said County on or before IF YOU DESIRE TO OBJECT 02/09/2015 or you may be THERETO, YOU OR YOUR ATforever barred from claiming that Other terms, if any, to be an- such foreclosure is invalid under TORNEY MUST FILE A WRITTEN APPEARANCE IN SAID nounced at the sale. said Act. COURT AT: SPRINGFIELD ON GREEN TREE SERVICING LLC Witness, Barbara J. Rouse, Es- OR BEFORE TEN O’CLOCK IN WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Present holder of said mortgage quire, Chief Justice of the Super- THE MORNING (10:00 AM) ON: SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO TO WIT: 01/13/2015.

WELLS FARGO HOME MORTior Court, at Springfield, MasGAGE, INC. Present holder of ALL CERTAIN REAL ESTATE By its Attorneys, sachusetts, this 10th day of WITNESS, said mortgage S I T U A T E I N W E S T F I E L D , HARMON LAW OFFICES, P.C. December, 2014.

Hon. Anne M Geoffrion, HAMPDEN COUNTY, MAS- 150 California Street First Justice of this Court By its Attorneys, S A C H U S E T T S , B O U N D E D Newton, MA 02458 Laura S. Gentile, HARMON LAW OFFICES, P.C. AND DESCRIBED AS FOL- (617) 558-0500 Clerk of Courts Date:December 16, 2014 150 California Street LOWS: 201403-0568 - TEA Newton, MA 02458 By: Stephanie Roscoe, Suzanne T. Seguin (617) 558-0500 W E S T E R L Y B Y L A F L I N Assistant Clerk Register of Probate 201303-0575 - YEL STREET, SEVENTY (70) FEET;

NORTHERLY BY LOT #14 (FOURTEEN) ON AN UNRECORDED PLAN, ON(413) LAND569-5571 OF MA Lic: 262 / CT Lic: 9 JOHN OLEKSAK, TRUSTEE, O N E H U N D R E D T W E N T Y • Full Line OMC Parts & Accessories Boat FEET, MORE OR NINE (129.00) • Johnson Outboards Well Drilling - Water Pumps LESS; Storage & On-Site 3. An easement in favor of theCanvas • Crest Pontoon Boats, Sales & Service Winterizing Sales & Service other unit owner to use theInstallation • Fish Bait & Tackle • Fuel Dock E A S T E R L Y O N L Est. AND OF WELL POINT SPECIALIST wires, pipes, ducts, flues, con-& Repair ELOISE F. SALMOND, SEVCOMPLETE PUMP SERVICE • Slip & Mooring Rentals • Boat &ENTY Canoe(70.00) Rentals FEET, 1923 duits, cable, public utility lines TIG MORE OR and other common elements loc- Welding LESS; AND 237 Sheep Pasture Road • SOUTHWICK, MA Rt. 168 Congamond Rd., Southwick •(413) 569-9080 ated in the unit or elsewhere on the property and serving such SOUTHERLY BY LAND other unit.

FORMERLY OF WESTFIELD SAVINGS BANK, ONE HUN4. The provisions of the Master DRED THIRTY-THREE (133.00) Deed, by-Laws, Master Site Plan FEET, MORE OR LESS. Southwick, MA (413) 569-5116 and Floor Plan of the condominium recorded simultaneously with General Plumbing Repair E N Work ORTHWESTERLY RenovationsT•HCustom and as part of the Master Deed, CORNER OF THE PARCEL Water Heaters as the same may be amended New Construction ADDITIONS FULLY USTOM HEREIN CONVEYEDCIS TWO Well ServiceHUNDRED & much moreNINETY-ONE from time to time by instrument Gas & Oil Systems AND R EMODELING I NSURED H OMES recorded in Hampden County Free Estimates • Fully Insured • Over 10 Years 44/100 (291.44) FEET SOUTHExperience Registry of Deeds which proviERLY OF THE INTERSECTION Licensed in MA & CT MA PL15285-M CT P-1 (413) cell (413) sion, together with any amendOF THE282221 SOUTHERLY LINE OF ments thereto shall constitute WEST SILVER STREET AND covenants running with the land THE EASTERLY LINE OF and shall bind any person havLAFLIN STREET. ing at any time any interest of Brick-Block-Stone New or Repair estate in the unit, his family, serCommonly known as 26 Laflin vants, lessess and visitors, as Street Westfield, MA 01085 One Call Can Do It All! though such provisions were reHowever, by showing Complete this ad- Home Renovations, Improvements, cited and s tipulated at length dress no additional coverage is Chimneys • Foundations • Fireplaces Repairs and Maintenance herein, and which include an opprovided. tion of first refusal Kitchens | Baths | Basements | Siding | Windows | Decks | Painting | Flooring and more...

For569-6855 mortgagor's(s') title see (413) RENTAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, TURNOVERS AND REPAIR SERVICES The Unit is intended only for resdeed recorded with Hampden (413) 569-3428 CSL & HICin Licensed - Fully Insured - Free Estimates & References idential purposes. No use may Free Estimates County Registry of Deeds be made of the unit excepts as a Book 9250, Page 428. residence for the owner thereof or his permitted lessees and These premises will be sold and members of their immediate conveyed subject to and with the families. benefit of all rights, rights of way, restrictions, easements, covenBeing the same premises conants, liens or claims in the veyed to Eileen K. Byczko and nature of liens, improvements, Jeffrey K. Avonti by deed of public assessments, any and all John W. Mountain and Tracy unpaid taxes, tax titles, tax liens, 16 North Elm Street • Westfield, MAsewer liens and any Strniste dated February 27, water and No Job 2004 and recorded in the Hampother municipal or (413) 568-1618 liens or existingassessments Lic. #26177 • AGAWAM, MA Too Small! den County Registry of Deeds encumbrances herewith. of record which are in force and are applicable, having priority

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  ANDERSON ALARM SYSTEMS  Residential & Commercial fire &  alarms.   security CCTV,  Access  control.

Full central station monitoring. Medical alert systems.

Over 14 years experience. MA  LIC#7136C. Free estimates.  fLoorInG & fLoor 413-561-5515                      cHIMnEy sWEEPs             A STEP  ABOVE THE  REST!    JMF CHIMNEY   SERVICE   Repair your chimney before  winter wreaks havoc. We do 

brick repair, crown seals and repairs. We also do stainless steel  liner installs, as well as stainless rain caps. We sweep all   provided.  flues.

Free estimates      Call: 413-330-2186

         COMPLETE CHIMNEY  CLEANING  Repairs, rebuilds, stainless steel

    POEHLMAN ELECTRIC. All  Free   types of wiring. estimates,   SPECIALIZING     insured.

IN P ORTABLE 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.

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    LandscaPInG & LaWn snoW PLoWInG HoME IMProvEMEnT      carE           

             Accepting RESIDENTIAL & ACCURATE LAWNCARE, Fall COMMERCIAL customers for    Cleanup, leaf/brush removal,       snowplowing.

Call for pricing.    trimming, mulch, gutter cleaning. 413-250-0352.     Call (413)579-1639.     RESIDENTIAL/COMMERCIAL Paul for replacement windows. 

              PAUL MAYNARD CONSTRUC TION. All your carpentry  needs.

(413)386-4606.

Did your          windows fail  with the cold weath er?

Don't wait another year! Call 

 20 years experience. 4 Trucks.

Many new features available.

Fully Insured. Shoveling, Snow    ALL CALLS RETURNED Windows are built in CT. All win-         blowing, Plowing.

Reasonable   Complete Fall Clean-ups and      sandInG dows installed by Paul, owner of     Rates.

Professional Services.            curb-side leaf & brush pick-ups.      Paul Maynard Construction.

My  Call: 413-530-4820 A RON JOHNSON's Floor Sand-  Free estimates. Please ask for      name is on my work.       ing.

Installation, repairs, 3 coats Mel. 413-579-1407       polyurethane. Free estimates.     SNOWPLOWING:   (413)569-3066.

Western Avenue area (West   HydraULIc rEPaIrs field).

Reasonable depend   and        K'S LANDSCAPING        able. All returned phone calls         Time forFall    Clean-ups!   promptly! Please call John GOT HYDRAULICS? cLEanInG GUTTEr       Leaf, bushes, tree work. Gutter 413-297-9099 Macfabrications - Industrial and              cleaning. Tractor & backhoe equipment hydraulic system    service, decorative & structural GET YOUR GUTTERS  Specializing in repair. John Deere antique   F retaining walls. Storm clean-ups.

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          RAIN GUTTERS CLEANED,   Antennas     REPAIRED. removed,      chimneys repaired and chimney  liners. FALL SPECIAL: $90 caps installed. Roof leaks re      Cleaning.

413-237-2110   paired, vent areas sealed. Sr.   citizen discount.

Insured. Free   estimates.

H.I. Johnson Ser (413)596-8859 before H E N T N  I C K  C H I  M N E Y vices.   9p.m.

SWEEPS. Chimney repairs and     rebuilds.

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Fully insured.          estimates.

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SERVICES-20 Years serving the snoW PLoWInG Westfield area. Painting, staining, house washing, interior/exterior. Wall coverings. Commer18 YEARS EXPERIENCE cial/residential. Free estimates.

A.B.C. SNOWPLOWING Insured. References. Mass Reg. Residential & Light Commercial #121723. Call (413)568-9731. Westfield/Southwick. Call Dave No job too small !!

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PAYING COINS, WESTFIELDCASH - 5 roomFOR apartment, first stamps, medals, tokens, paper floor, newly renovated.

Carpeting, tile money, diamonds jewelry, floors. Large back and yard.

Call gold and silver scrap.

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Coin & Stamp, 144 Broadway, Chicopee Falls, MA. (413)594WESTFIELD 1 bedroom, central loca9550. tion, parking for small car. No pets. $550/month utilities included. First, last, security. (413)862-4006.

APARTMENT WESTFIELD 1&2 bedroom apartments, $700-$800/month includes heat and hot water. Excellent size and 1location.

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(413)786-9884.Newly renovated.

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No smoking, room/bedroom. Available $575/monthDecemincludes $795/month. utilities. last, security. (413)568ber 1st.First, (413)348-5070.

3519.

CLASSIFIED 5 ROOM, 3 bedroom, comADVERTISINg pletely renovated Westfield/Russell area, country setting. NEW DEADLINES stove, refrigerator and heating unit. Large yard, parking.

• Pennysaver $925/month.

No pets• please.

Wednesday 5:00(413)348p.m.

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WESTFIELD: DUPLEX: 4 room townhouse. bedroom, 1 bath.

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Washer/Dryer hook-ups.

Clean, (413)562-4181 Ext. 118 dry basement. Smoke-free. $850, no utilities.1st/last/security. Back-ground check required.

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EAUTIF U L 2 B EOnly D RresponOOM sible mature adult need apply.

TOWNHOUSE in Westfield, (413)348-5070, (413)862-4522. clean, quiet, 1-1/2 bath, carpet-

ing, appliances, hot water included.

Very reasonable heat ROOM FOR RENT on bus route, fully cost.

Sorry no pets. Call for furnished. $100/week. Call (413)731more 9233. information (860)4851216. Equal Housing Opportunity.

House Rental 355 SOUTHWICK SMALL 2 bedroom house, all new. $900/month plus utilitW ES T Fyard I E Lwalk D 1to&South 2 b ePond d r o owith m ies.

100 apartments, rent includes heat beach front rights.

Call (413)525-1985.

and hot water. Excellent size and location.

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LAST RETAIL SPACE in new market place. 5 miles from Westfield in Montgomery. $400/month. (413)977-6277.

WESTFIELD 2 bedroom apartments, large closets, free heat Homes For Sale 390 and hot water included, laundry, pWESTFIELD. a r k i n g . PRECENTLY o s s i b l e RENOpet. $895/month.

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VATED! 3 bedrooms, new roof, hardwood floors. Central. Corner lot. $190,000. For more information call (413)244-4703.

WESTFIELD: Centrally located, good sizeHomes studio aprtments.410 ALL Mobile UTILITIES INCLUDED. OffWESTFIELD HAMPDEN street parking.

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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