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PHOTOS SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2013
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2013:The Year in
A man leaps from the shore into the frigid waters of Hampton Ponds as part of the Annual Penguin Plunge in this January 2013 photo. The annual event is a major fundraiser for the Amelia Park Children’s Museum. (File photo by Frederick Gore)
s, especially for It was another busy year for the Westfield New t few years, chief photographer Frederick Gore. Over the pas our dedication to driven by the 24/7 news cycle, we have proven readers. providing year-round community coverage to our ts this commitment. The sample found within today’s edition highligh
Grace Callahan, 2 1/2, of Westfield, screams with joy while riding the swings at Stanley Park with her mom Stephanie, background, during a spring-like day in November 2013. (File photo by Frederick Gore)
Members of the 25th Massachusetts Continental fire a volley during a Patriot’s Day Ceremony in Westfield as area residents, background, watch the ceremony at Parker Memorial Park in April 2013. (File photo by Frederick Gore)
a small plane crashed in Southwick. Emergency officials examine the scene where d the plane into a grassy field at 247 The pilot reportedly had fuel problems and glide collapsed after hitting a dirt road gear ng North Loomis Street where the front landi crash scene with minor injuries in May 2013. The pilot walked away from the according to witnesses. (File photo by Frederick Gore)
Renovations to the Westfield VocationalTechnical High School were formally unveiled in April 2013 along with state-ofthe-art light emitting diode (LED) technology to the schools cupola. (File photo by Frederick Gore)
Neal Colburn of Pignatare’s Farm in Westfield holds an ear of corn at the Farmers Market staged at the Church of the Atonement located at 36 Court Street in August 2013. (File photo by Frederick Gore) Southwick Girl Scout’s Kayla Andrade, Anna Ferrentino, Morgan Lawrenchuk, Morgan Gruli, Hannah DeGray and Kaitlynn Haseltine, all from Troop 40262, attempt to get attention for their drive-thru Girl Scout cookie stand at the corner of Feeding Hills Road and College Highway in January 2013. (File photo by Frederick Gore)
Saint Mary Elementary School student Matthew Rowbotham reacts after winning a geography bee contest in January 2013. (File photo by Frederick Gore)
Members of the Westfield High School Class of 1943 gathered at the Tavern Members of the Westfield High School Drama Club rehearse the musical Chicago during an April 2013 Restaurant in May 2013 to celebrate their 70th class reunion. (File photo by performance. (File photo by Frederick Gore) Frederick Gore)
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Westfield Resident wins Honorable Mention Barbara Krawczyk, President of the Westfield Camera Club and Secretary of the Springfield Photographic Society stands in front of her entries including her Honorable Mention print, Fantasia Dahlia at the Valley Photo Center Open Submission show that will be on display at the VPC gallery in Tower Square Springfield until January 10, 2014 Monday through Friday, 11 AM - 2 PM. Exhibit is open to the public and admission is free.
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Gambler rewards man who returned $300K left in cab LAS VEGAS (AP) — A poker player who left $300,000 in the back seat of a Las Vegas taxi made good on his promise this week, handing over a $10,000 reward to the honest cabbie who returned the stash. Yellow Checker Star Cab Company CEO Bill Shranko confirmed Friday that Gerardo Gamboa had been paid by the poker player. The cab company also honored the driver’s good deed by naming him employee of the year, awarding him $1,000 and giving him a gift certificate to a Las Vegas steakhouse. It’s unclear how Gamboa plans to spend the belated Christmas gift. He did not immediately return a call from The Associated Press on Friday. The tale, first reported by the Las Vegas Review-Journal, started Monday when Gamboa made a pickup at the Bellagio casino. A hotel doorman noticed a brown paper bag on the back seat and handed it to him; Gamboa thought it was candy. The driver said he had another passenger by the time he began wondering what kind of chocolates were in the brown paper bag. He peeked inside at a traffic light and spotted the cash. “I told my passenger, ‘You are my witness on this,’” the 13-year taxi driver told the Las Vegas Sun, “and then I immediately called my dispatcher.” Gamboa took the six bundles of $100 bills to the company’s main office, where Las Vegas police and casino officials linked it to the poker player. It took several hours to verify the identity of the owner and return the cash. Authorities aren’t identifying the poker player. Before he learned about the anonymous gambler’s gift, Gamboa said he wasn’t in it for the money. “If he doesn’t give me anything, that’s OK,” Gamboa told the Sun earlier this week. “I’m not waiting for any kind of return. I just wanted to do the right thing, and I appreciate what the company did for me.”
TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Saturday, Dec. 28, the 362nd day of 2013. There are three days left in the year.
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n Dec. 28, 1973, the Endangered Species Act was signed into law by President Richard Nixon. Alexander Solzhenitsyn published “The Gulag Archipelago,” an expose of the Soviet prison system.
On this date: In 1612, Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei observed the planet Neptune, but mistook it for a star. (Neptune wasn’t officially discovered until 1846 by Johann Gottfried Galle.)
as 50,000 spectators looked on. In 1917, the New York Evening Mail published “A Neglected Anniversary,” a facetious essay by H.L. Mencken supposedly recounting the history of bathtubs in America. In 1937, composer Maurice Ravel died in Paris at age 62. In 1945, Congress officially recognized the Pledge of Allegiance.
In 1832, John C. Calhoun became the first vice president of the United States to resign, stepping down because of differences with President Andrew Jackson.
In 1961, the Tennessee Williams play “Night of the Iguana” opened on Broadway. Former first lady Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, the second wife of President Woodrow Wilson, died in Washington at age 89.
In 1846, Iowa became the 29th state to be admitted to the Union.
In 1972, Kim Il Sung, the premier of North Korea, was named the country’s president under a new constitution.
In 1856, the 28th president of the United States, Thomas Woodrow Wilson, was born in Staunton, Va.
In 1987, the bodies of 14 relatives of Ronald Gene Simmons were found at his home near Dover, Ark., after Simmons shot and killed two other people in Russellville. (Simmons was executed in 1990.)
In 1879, a section of the Tay Bridge in Dundee, Scotland, collapsed as a train was traveling over it, sending an estimated 75 people to their deaths in the river below. In 1912, San Francisco’s Municipal Railway began operations with Mayor James Rolph Jr. at the controls of Streetcar No. 1
Ten years ago:
Libya, for the first time, allowed U.N. nuclear officials to inspect four sites related to its nuclear weapons program.
Five years ago: A bomb-loaded SUV exploded at a military checkpoint in Afghanistan, claiming the lives of 14 school children in a heartbreaking flash captured by a U.S. security camera. The Detroit Lions completed an awful 0-16 season — the NFL’s worst ever — with a 31-21 loss to the Green Bay Packers.
One year ago: Russia’s President Vladimir Putin signed a law banning Americans from adopting Russian children.
Today’s Birthdays: Comic book creator Stan Lee is 91. Former United Auto Workers union president Owen Bieber is 84. Actor Martin Milner is 82. Actress Nichelle Nichols is 81. Actress Dame Maggie Smith is 79. Rock singer-musician Charles Neville is 75. Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., is 69. Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., is 67. Rock singer-musician Edgar Winter is 67. Actor Denzel Washington is 59. Country singer Joe Diffie is 55. Country musician Mike McGuire (Shenandoah) is 55. Actor Chad McQueen is 53. Country singer-musician Marty Roe (Diamond Rio) is 53. Actor Malcolm Gets is 49. Actor Mauricio Mendoza is 44. Comedian Seth Meyers is 40. Actor Brendan Hines is 37. Actor Joe Manganiello (TV: “True Blood”) is 37. Actress Vanessa Ferlito (TV: “Graceland”) is 36. Rhythm-and-blues singer John Legend is 35. Actress Sienna Miller is 32. Pop singer Kasey Sheridan (Dream) is 27. Actor Thomas Dekker is 26. Actress Mackenzie Rosman is 24.
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Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Timothy Murray, right, chair of the Military Asset and Security Strategy Task Force, presents a special citation from the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), to Colonel James J. Keefe, second from right, of the 104th Fighter Wing of Barnes Air National Guard, during a ceremony in May 2013. Members of the 104th Fighter Wing were recognized as one of the best alert sites in the country by NORAD. Joining in the presentation ceremony are, Westfield Mayor Daniel Knapik, front row left, and his brother State Sen. Michael Knapik, front row second from left. State and city dignitaries, rear row, also attended the 30-minute ceremony which included a close-up look at an F-15 fighter jet. (File photo by Frederick Gore)
Political candidates prepare for a question and answer session from Westfield News President Patrick Berry during a Meet the Candidates night staged in the Westfield Vocational-Technical High School auditorium in October 2013. (File photo by Frederick Gore)
Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District Superintendent Dr. John Barry, second from left, joins a host of local, state, and business officials during a ceremonial groundbreaking in front of the school in September 2013. The $70 million makeover will include upgrades to Woodland Elementary School, Powder Mill Middle School, and the SouthwickTolland-Granville Regional High School. (File photo by Frederick Gore)
Westfield State University (WSU) Trustee John F. Flynn III, foreground, answers a question during a WSU Trustee meeting in August 2013 during an investigation about travel expenses incurred by WSU President Evan S. Dobelle, background. Dobelle has since resigned his position. (File photo by Frederick Gore)
The new 135,000-square-foot University Hall opened in September 2013 which features a mix of single and double occupancy bedrooms, a living room, study rooms. The new hall is home to 409 Westfield State University students. (File photo by Frederick Gore) Westfield High School senior Mark A. Chapman, right, receives his diploma from Dr. Suzanne Scallion, left, superintendent of the Westfield Public Schools, during a graduation ceremony at the school in June 2013. Congratulating the students is Westfield Mayor Daniel Knapik, center. (File photo by Frederick Gore)
Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. employees and management join state and local officials at its new 125,000-square-foot hangar service center at Barnes Regional Airport in Westfield. The facility opened in May 2013 and serves the Northeast region of the United States. (File photo by Frederick Gore)
Residents from the Ward 2 area of the city meet with attorneys during a hearing at Hampden Superior Court in February 2013 after James E. Brown Jr. resigned as Ward 2 City Councilor. (File photo by Frederick Gore)
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Common Core testing problems seem inevitable By Caitlin Emma Politico.com The education world is scrambling to avoid its own version of a full-scale HealthCare.gov meltdown when millions of students pilot new digital Common Core tests this spring. Technological hiccups, much less large-scale meltdowns, won’t do: The results of the Common Core tests will influence teachers’ and principals’ evaluations and other decisions about their jobs. Schools will be rated on the results. Students’ promotion to the next grade or graduation from high school may hinge on their scores. And the already-controversial Common Core standards, designed to be tested using a new generation of sophisticated exams that go beyond multiple-choice testing, may be further dragged through the mud if there are crises. States and the test developers have thought through some of the possible pitfalls. For example, some schools are stocking up on technology, and the tests have been designed to go easy on schools’ Internet infrastructure. But problems with the exams seem imminent if issues during other large-scale online assessments are any indication: Schools’ bandwidth could collapse under the stress of too many students testing at the same time. Computers could hang up or crash. And schools in some places will have to come up with creative schedules to test all of their students, who may far outnumber available computers. Some schools are already planning to take paper exams until their districts can get up to technological speed — even though those tests will cost more per student than online counterparts and might throw off comparisons with computer-based tests. The tests will be given on a massive scale: Roughly 4.2 million third through eighth graders will test the exams in math and English this spring, and 29 million students nationwide will use them starting next school year. Last spring, Kentucky students taking digital end-of-course assessments designed by ACT had to switch to paper and pencil after slow and dropped connections complicated the testing. Alabama and Ohio students also had problems. The Kentucky Department of Education wanted ACT to conduct a “stress test” in mid-November to see if the server could handle 20,000 students at one time. ACT was supposed to make software corrections and hardware fixes to improve the online system, but the testing company told the state those fixes wouldn’t be ready for the stress tests or next round of end-of-course exams. The stress test was ultimately canceled. In addition, CTB/McGraw-Hill apologized last spring for interruptions after its digital testing service disrupted exams in Indiana and Oklahoma. About 3,000 students in Oklahoma lost their connections to the testing provider’s servers. And nearly 80,000 out of a half million Indiana students who took the company’s tests in the spring had their testing postponed and about 30,000 were kicked off of the testing platform on a single day of testing. One Indiana charter school has said the errors are to blame for its F grade from the state. The company said the Indiana outage occurred because “our simulations did not fully anticipate the patterns of live student testing.” Members of the Indiana Board of Education called the situation “disastrous.” Oklahoma dropped out of one of the groups developing Common Core tests in early July, citing technology challenges as one of its leading reasons. Wyoming ditched its online testing system a few years ago, after network infrastructure buckled when 80,000 students tried to take state exams. The debacle cost the state superintendent his job. Those problems and others have the potential to play out on a much larger, more public stage in the coming years. At least four states have officially withdrawn from the testing consortia. Other states are teetering on the edge of their relationships with the federally funded groups devising the tests, decrying cost, federal overreach and the potential tech troubles. A shaky roll out could burn more bridges with those organizations and drive up the cost of testing for remaining states. The tests developed by the Smarter Balanced testing group are adaptive. An algorithm determines whether to ask a student questions that ratchet up in difficulty or are less challenging depending on how he or she answers the first few exam questions. Smarter Balanced’s Chief Technology Officer Brandt Redd said that adaptive function will help determine if a student is making progress or sliding behind. It also prevents cheating, because students are looking at different questions. Tests created by the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers will feature fixed questions, but the questions will incorporate interactive video and graphics designed to engage students while pinpointing what they know. Some elements of PARCC tests meant to assist students won’t be ready for the spring pilots, including word-prediction software, a notepad tool for students and a feature that will allow students to mask part of the test if it’s distracting them. Even if they were available, not everyone is equipped to capitalize on the bells and whistles. One survey conducted by the Consortium for School Networking and Market Data Retrieval found 99 percent of districts need additional Internet bandwidth and connectivity in the next 36 months. Jacqueline King, director of higher education collaboration for Smarter Balanced, said the consortium has been careful about building test items that won’t tax schools’ bandwidth. The pilot tests “will really be a full dress rehearsal,” she said. Redd said the exams don’t require any fancy or even somewhat new equipment, just “minimal” desktop computers. Even 10-year-old equipment works pretty well, he said. And to keep from taxing schools’ Internet and equipment capacity, PARCC is giving its schools a span of about four weeks to test students so schools can cycle them in, said Susan Van Gundy, associate director of PARCC assessment technology. Vermont Education Agency Secretary Armando Vilaseca said his state is piloting the Smarter Balanced tests in 27 schools, which involves about 12,000 students this spring. He said his agency has found that 75 percent of schools believe they are ready to take the digital tests, but many rural schools lack the broadband capability for the digital tests. He said the paper and pencil tests may deliver comparable results, but he’s worried because those versions don’t offer the adaptive feature of computer-based exams. Frederick Hess, director of education policy studies at the conservative American Enterprise Institute, said he is also concerned about how results from tests on paper will compare to results from the digital tests.
Most embarrassing tweets of 2013 By Tal Kopan Politico.com By 2013, public figures should be well aware that embarrassing tweets can’t really be taken back — but that didn’t stop politicians, media figures and others from stepping in it in very public ways this past year. Here’s a look back at some of the most controversial, accidental, deleted, and talked-about political tweets of 2013. Account deleted — again Former MSNBC show host and actor Alec Baldwin has had his share of Twitter controversies over the years, and this June it happened once again when he took on a British journalist. In a string of later-deleted tweets, Baldwin threatened the Daily Mail’s George Stark for writing about tweets his wife sent during the funeral of “Sopranos” star James Gandolfini. “My wife and I attend a funeral to pay our respects to an old friend, and some toxic Brit writes this f—-ing trash … If put my foot up your f—-ing ass, George Stark, but I’m sure you’d dig it too much … I’m gonna find you, George Stark, you toxic little queen, and I’m gonna f—… you …up,” some of the tweets read, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Baldwin later apologized and said his tweets were not meant to attack Stark’s sexuality. You are not the father! Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.) deleted several tweets this year, some poking fun at the media (including gushy tweets to Cyndi Lauper) and others to a woman he believed to be his daughter but whom he had not publicly acknowledged. But he continued to generate controversy with his tweets after he learned from DNA tests that the woman wasn’t his daughter after all. “Told AfricanAmerican towdriver my week - father -DNA test not father reporter/attractive fallout. he (not aware of TN9) says, You’re BLack! Yo,” Cohen tweeted in July. Despite raising some eyebrows, Cohen did not remove the tweet or backtrack, and he explained the story during an appearance on MSNBC. “He goes, ‘Man, you’re black.’ And I took it was a compliment. I hear it in Memphis all the time. My constituents don’t look at me as a white person, they say, ‘You’re one of us,’” Cohen said. The N word White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer learned firsthand the dangers of typos in October, when he appeared to mix up the adjacent “b” and “n” keys on his keyboard. Replying to a tweet from a reporter about a story on political polarization, Pfeiffer tweeted that it was a “smart point” and followed up with: “@jmartNYT also a much nigger factor on the right,” Pfeiffer wrote.” He deleted the errant tweet and apologized for what he called an “obviously horrendous typo.” Defending drone strikes Time journalist Michael Grunwald set off a social media storm one weekend in August when he tweeted, “I can’t wait to write a defense of the drone strike that takes out Julian Assange.” After a quick and heavy backlash, he deleted the tweet and apologized, but questions about his intentions continued. Huh? In the age of smartphones, sometimes your pocket sends a message to the entire world. That appears to be what happened to Rep. Scott Rigell (R-Va.) in December when he inexplicably tweeted, “13($$411/,)$&@’njjvv. Zzz c. aqedukfedqqhliobvvxxsaqaAsfvb bcvv.V. N. b. @m@m@@@@@cfv.” The tweet was deleted almost immediately, while light mockery ensued. “Nancy boy” Be careful what you retweet: Sen. Lindsey Graham’s Republican primary challenger in South Carolina learned that lesson firsthand in August when she retweeted a follower’s message that included an offensive term for her challenger. “RT @PaulSteel4: @nancymace we support you here in Florida. Nancy Mace vs Nancy boy graham.”” The tweet was deleted after about 10 minutes, but archived by Sunlight Foundation’s Politwoops. Think before you thank Texas gubernatorial hopeful Greg Abbott is a prime example that sometimes you get in trouble not for your own tweets, but for tweets you reply to. In August, Abbott replied to a follower “thanks for your support” after someone tweeted to him: “@GregAbbott_ TX would absolutely demolish idiot @WendyDavisTexas in Gov race - run Wendy run! Retard Barbie to learn life lesson.” Abbott was criticized by the Democratic Governors Association for allegedly endorsing the use of “retard Barbie” to describe his challenger, state Sen. Wendy Davis. Abbott later tweeted he did not endorse offensive language and urged his supporters to “stay positive.” Selfie of the year Fox News and radio personality Geraldo Rivera posted, then later deleted, a selfie of himself standing in front of a mirror, clad in only a very low-hanging towel, in July. “70 is the new 50 (Erica and family are going to be so pissed…but at my age…),” he wrote. River later explained that he was bored and had too much to drink when he made the decision to tweet. “I’m sitting around, I had a drink, and I had taken that picture on Saturday morning, and I was looking at it and I just said to myself: ‘You know what, I gotta tweet this thing,’” Rivera said on his radio show. “I look pretty good for a 70-year-old, and I think because I’m so old people will cut me some slack. They won’t take it too seriously.” Hacked Real estate mogul and former presidential candidate Donald Trump said he was hacked in February when his Twitter account tweeted a lyric from rapper Lil Wayne featured on a Will.i.am and Britney Spears song “Scream & Shout (Remix).” “These hoes think they classy, well that’s the class I’m skippen,” the account tweeted, before it was deleted. My thoughts exactly Former Sen. Scott Brown unintentionally created a meme in January when what he says was a pocket tweet seemed to capture the Twittersphere’s feelings. “Bqhatevwr,” Brown tweeted in the
midst of a series of late-night messages, some of which had said “whatever” to various followers. The tweets were later deleted, and Brown denied that any of the messages were a result of drinking. “Anyone ever hear of pocket tweet, pocket dial? I mean it was pretty simple, you know. I have an iPhone 5. If anyone has an iPhone 5, the keys are small,” Brown said in an interview. “It’s very, very sensitive.”“ Which account are you logged into, again? Even when an account isn’t hacked, sometimes a tweet never intended for that audience gets through. Rep. Raúl Labrador (R-Idaho) fired a spokesman in February after he accidentally tweeted during the Super Bowl from Labrador’s official account, “Me likey Broke Girls.” The tweet was deleted after 14 seconds but archived on Politwoops. The tweet was an apparent reference to an ad for the CBS show “2 Broke Girls.” No, U Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is well known for his unique Twitter style, and one particularly mysterious January tweet captured the imagination of curious followers. Grassley simply tweeted, “U.” Plenty of tweeters tried to complete the message, such as “Mad bro?” from @jimantle, “Complete me?” from @ ericdkoch and “got what I neeeeeed, but you say he’s just a friend” from @daveweigel. #RacismEndedWhen The Republican National Committee inspired a sarcastic hashtag in December when it tried to commemorate the anniversary of Rosa Parks’s arrest, tweeting an image of parks with “Today we remember Rosa Parks’ bold stand and her role in ending racism.” A number of critics jumped on the RNC for claiming racism was over and the controversy generated the hashtag #RacismEndedWhen, which was used to mock the idea that racism had ended. The RNC later followed up with a tweet clarifying its choice of words saying the tweet should have praised “her role in fighting to end racism.” Pause on the Photoshop The National Republican Senatorial Committee in November generated controversy when it tweeted a link to a blog featuring a photo of Kentucky Democratic Senate candidate Alison Lundergan Grimes’s head on the body of “Obama Girl,” the subject of a 2007 viral video who sang about a crush she had on President Barack Obama. “Is Alison Grimes The New ‘Obama Girl’?” the tweet asked, and the post referenced a campaign event Grimes held with first lady Michelle Obama. The NRSC later took down the tweet and called it a mistake. “Too far” D.C. Council member Marion Barry backtracked from a March tweet from his account that criticized the National Park Service’s plan to cull deer in D.C. “ICYMI:Nominees 4 DC MOFO of the Month: NPS &FingerHut. NPS 4 plans to shoot deer in RockCk& FH 4 peddling guns in SE.Honor ALL LIFE in DC,” he tweeted, along with other tweets bashing the park service. Barry apologized for the tweets and admitted the “MOFO,” which is a slang abbreviation for a vulgar phrase, “went too far.” He said he knew who sent the tweets, as his account is managed by both him and staff members, but did not identify the offender. Timing is everything Rep. Tim Griffin (R-Ark.) joined many members of Congress in tweeting about the situation when the Capitol was shut down for a shooting in October, but he was roundly criticized for one tweet that seemed to politicize the situation. “Stop the violent rhetoric President Obama, Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi. #Disgusting,” Griffin tweeted shortly after tweeting about shots being fired. He deleted the tweet almost an hour later, following up by saying he tweeted “out of emotion” but he agreed “the timing was not helpful.” “Lighten up” Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) poked fun at news in February that Iran had sent a monkey into space, but ended up getting criticized by a fellow Republican member of Congress for racially insensitive comments. McCain tweeted a news story about Iran claiming it had successfully sent a monkey in space, commenting, “So Ahmadinejad wants to be first Iranian in space - wasn’t he just there last week? ‘Iran launches monkey into space.’” After criticism, he followed up almost an hour later with, “Re: Iran space tweet - lighten up folks, can’t everyone take a joke?” Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.) responded, tweeting, “Maybe you should wisen up & not make racist jokes.”
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A small bicycle complete with training wheels were lodged under the front of a dump truck where a seven-year-old boy identified as Michael Ryan was killed near the NuCorner Variety store in May 2013. (File photo by Frederick Gore)
Federal and state law enforcement agents remove a crossbow equipped with a high-power scope and a container of arrows as part of a court authorized order on a multi-family home located at 5/7 Fairview Street during a November 2013 search in Westfield. Law enforcement personnel documented and tagged numerous items which were removed from the property and packed into evidence containers which were placed into a secure U-Haul truck where federal agents were waiting. (File photo by Frederick Gore)
A greenhouse roof collapsed as storm Nemo moved through the area in February 2013 causing high winds and snow. The greenhouse was part of the Southwick Florist business on College Highway. The destruction was found when employees returned to plow the parking lot. (File photo by Frederick Gore) Pastor Christopher Hazzard, of St. John’s Lutheran Church in Westfield, foreground, spoke to more than 150 residents during a “National Day of Prayer” ceremony in May 2013 on the Westfield Green. Also attending the one-hour event were, Rev. David Young, Pastor John Cruse, Rev. Wally Czerniejewski, Rev. Jason Steele, Rev. Chet Marshall, Rev. Wayne Hartsgrove, Rev. Merle Beal, Rev. Jordan Greely and Pastor Nar. (File photo by Frederick Gore)
Westfield City Clerk Karen Fanion, standing left, points to a challenged ballot as Mary Ann Babinski, Residents at this home located on Radisson Lane were right, listens during a ballot recount for the Ward 1 surprised to find a vehicle on its side after a January City Council seat. Babinski lost against incumbent 2013 snowfall. No injuries were reported at the scene. Christopher Keefe by 9 votes in the November 2013 (File photo by Frederick Gore) recount. (File photo by Frederick Gore)
Todd Soldate, of Hartland, Conn., fills four gasoline containers that will be used for emergency power generators and snowplowing as residents prepared for a snowstorm in February 2013. (File photo by Frederick Gore)
Robert Levesque, seated left center, of R. Levesque Associates Inc., explains a site plan about property owned by Southwick resident Paul Della Torre who wants to lease his property at 27 Hudson Drive to a state-licensed medical marijuana grower during an October 2013 meeting at Southwick Town Hall. (File photo by Frederick Gore)
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RELIGIOUS LISTINGS United Church of Christ 488 College Highway – P.O. Box 260 – Southwick, MA 01077- 413-569-6362 12/29/13 – 01/04/14 Rev. Bart Cochran - Minister DECEMBER 29, 2013 - 10:00 AM – Bell Sunday– Rev. Bart Cochran - Minister, Music – Bell Choir; Nursery Available; 11:00 AM – Coffee Hour; 3:30 PM O.A. Meeting: JANUARY 01, WEDNESDAY – New Year’s Day Church Office Closed: JANUARY 02, THURSDAY – 7:00 PM T.O.P.S; JANUARY 03 - FRIDAY: 9-1:00 PM – Henrietta’s Thrift Shop – Open; 6:00 PM O.A. Meeting, 7:30 PM - A.A. Meeting; JANUARY 04, - SATURDAY: Henrietta’s Thrift Shop – Open 9-1:00PM - 2:00 PM – 7:00 PM -Rev. Bart and Valerie’s Open House.
Montgomery Community Church Main Rd PO Box 309 Montgomery,MA 01085 Pastor Howard R. Noe Ph. # 413-862-3284 Sunday the topic is; “Time for a decision” 2 Corinthians 6:1,2. Men’s Bible study will be Monday the 30th at 6:30 pm at the pastor’s home at 1126 Huntington Rd. Russell, MA. (Crescent Mills) We will return to Wednesday evenings on the 8th of January. We have decided to go through the theology of God. R.C. Sproul presents a 12 part series and we will discuss each part every study night until we are done and have a better understanding of God. We challenge men to be a spiritual leader in their homes and all Christians to be a growing Christian through the love of Christ. Women’s study day has been set as Tuesdays at 10 am at 1126 Huntington Rd. Russell, MA. (Crescent Mills) For more information call Sandra Noe @ 413-862-3284. The women have just started a study of Exodus. Southwick Congregational Church
First Congregational Church of Westfield 18 Broad Street Westfield MA 01085 Rev. Elva Merry Pawle, Pastor Carrie Salzer, Director of Children and Family Ministries Allan Taylor, Minister of Music Office Hours: Mon. - Fri. 9 –1 568-2833 Email:Office@churchonthegreen.org www.churchonthegreen.org Worship Service: Sundays 10 AM Fellowship Hour 11:00 AM Childcare Available -Handicap Accessible This Week at First Church Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013 9:00 AM Senior Choir Rehearsal 10:00 AM Worship Service 11:15 AM Senior Choir Rehearsal 11:15-11:45 AM Junior Choir Rehearsal Monday, Dec. 30, 2013 7:00 PM Line Dancing Wednesday Jan. 1, 2014 Office Closed
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Advent Christian Church 11 Washington Street Westfield, MA 01085 Interim Minister: Rev. George Karl Phone - (413) 568-1020 Sunday - 9:45 a.m. - Sunday School for all ages; 11 a.m. Praise and Worship Service. Thursday - 7 p.m. - Bible Study & Prayer. All services open to the public, church is handicap accessible. Baha’i Community of Westfield Sundays - 10 a.m. to 12 noon worship and study classes for children and adults at Daniel Jordan Baha’i School in March Memorial Chapel, Springfield College. Open to the public. The second and fourth Fridays of every month at 7 p.m. Westfield study and discussion meetings Call 568-3403. Central Baptist Church 115 Elm St., Westfield, MA 01085 Phone - (413) 568-0429 Email:cbcabc@comcast.net website: http://www.centralbaptist churchwestfield.com The Rev. Linda D. Shaw, Pastor Sunday School - 9:30 a.m. Sunday - Worship Hour - 10:45 a.m. Christ Church United Methodist 222 College Highway, Southwick, MA 01077 Pastor Rev. Valerie Roberts-Toler Phone - (413) 569-5206 Sunday Worship - 10 a.m. Handicapped accessible. Air conditioned. Nursery available. Christ Lutheran Church 568 College Highway, Southwick, MA 01077 Rev. Jeff King, Pastor Phone - (413) 569-5151 Sunday - 8:15, 9:15, 10:15 and 11:15 a.m. 11 a.m. - Contemporary Worship with Children’s Hour and CLC Live with Children’s Hour. Childcare available. Thursday evenings - Weekender’s Worship - 7 p.m. Christ The King Evangelical Presbyterian Church 297 Russell Road, Westfield, MA 01085 Rev. Jason S. Steele, Pastor Office Phone - (413) 572-0676 ctkwestfield.org Weekly Calendar of Events: Sunday - Worship Service - 9:15 a.m. Sunday School for all ages - 11 a.m. Monday - Men’s Group - Sons of Thunder - 7 p.m. Tuesday - Women’s Bible Study Wednesday - Beginners Bible Study - 7 p.m. Childcare is available. The Episcopal Church of the Atonement 36 Court St., Westfield, MA 01085 (413) 642-3835 http://www.atonementwestfield.net Parking off Pleasant Street The Rev. Nancy Webb Stroud, Rector Sundays: Holy Eucharist at 8 am and 10 am Christian Formation for all ages following 10 am Wednesdays: Bible Study 9:30 am-10:30 am Holy Eucharist and Healing at Noon Congregation Ahavas Achim Interfaith Center at Westfield State University 577 Western Avenue, P.O. Box 334, Westfield, MA 01086 Rabbi Joyce Galaski Phone - (413) 562-2942 Friday Sabbath Services - 7:15 p.m. - 2 times/month and Holiday Services. Call for dates. An Oneg Shabbat follows the service and new members are always welcome. Monday Hebrew School - 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday School Adult Study Group. Faith Bible Church 370 Shoemaker Lane, Agawam, MA 01001 Phone - 413-786-1681 Pastor: Rick Donofrio Sunday School for all ages 9:30am Worship Services 10:30am Children’s Service 10:30am Fellowship/Refreshments-12:30am Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting and Bible Study 6:30 pm First Congregational Church of Westfield 18 Broad Street, Westfield, MA 01085 Phone - (413) 568-2833 Fax - (413) 568-2835 Website: churchonthegreen.org Email :office@churchonthegreen.org Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 9a.m.-2p.m. Rev. Elva Merry Pawle, Pastor Carrie Salzer, Church School Coordinator Allan Taylor, Minister of Music Worship Service : Sunday’s 10 AM Church School Sunday 10 AM Childcare Available - Handicap Accessible Fellowship Hour 11 AM First Spiritual Church 33-37 Bliss Street, Springfield, MA 01105 Rev. John Sullivan, Pastor Phone - (413) 238-4495 Sunday Service - 10:30 a.m., Sermon, Healing Service, Spirit Communication. First United Methodist Church (A Stephen’s Ministry Church) 16 Court Street Westfield MA 01085 413-568-5818 Rev. Valerie Roberts-Toler Email:FUMC01085@JUNO.COM Worship Service : Sunday’s 10 a.m. Sunday School: Sunday 10 a.m. Coffee Hour: every Sunday after the 10 a.m. Worship Service. Childcare Available-Handicap Accessible Grace Lutheran Church 1552 Westfield Street, West Springfield, MA 01089 Phone - 413-734-9268 Website http://www.gracelutheranonline.com The Rev. William M. White, Pastor E-Mail -pastorwhite@ gracelutheranonline.com Margit Mikuski, Administrative Assistant mmikuski@gracelutheranonline.com Sunday service - 9:30 a.m. Tuesday – 9 a.m. - Bible Study Wednesday service - 6 p.m. Granville Federated Church American Baptist & United Church of Christ 16 Granby Road, Granville, MA 01034 Phone - (413) 357-8583 10 a.m. - Worship Service, Sunday School to run concurrently with Worship Service. Childcare available 11 a.m. - Coffee Hour Monday - 8 p.m. - AA Meeting Thursday - 7 p.m. - Adult Choir Practice First Saturday - 6 p.m. - Potluck Supper in Fellowship Hall Third Sunday - 8:30-9:30 a.m. - Breakfast Served in Fellowship Hall Third Wednesday - 12 noon - Ladies Aid Potluck Luncheon & Meeting Fourth Sunday - 11:15 a.m. - Adult Study Program led by Rev. Patrick McMahon.
Holy Family Parish 5 Main Street Russell, MA 01071 Rectory Phone: 413-862-4418 Office Phone: 413-667-3350 Rev. Ronald F. Sadlowski, Pastor Deacon David Baillargeon Mass Schedule: Saturday Vigil 5 p.m. Sunday 8:15 a.m., 11:15 a.m. Daily Mass: 8 a.m. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday Communion Prayer Service: 8 a.m. Thursday Confession: Saturday 4:15 to 4:45 p.m. and Sunday 7:30 to 8 a.m. Handicapped accessible Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church 335 Elm St., Westfield, MA 01085 Rev. Rene Parent, M.S., Pastor Rev. Luke Krzanowski, M.S., Assistant Phone - (413) 568-1506 Weekend Masses - Saturday - 4 p.m. Sunday - 7 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. (Polish), and 10:30 a.m. Weekday Masses - Monday-Friday, 12:10 p.m. Also First Friday - 7 p.m. Holy Hour of Adoration Thursday, 6 pm. Sacrament of Reconciliation - Saturdays - 3 to 3:45 p.m. or by appointment Baptisms by appointment, please call the office. Hope Community Church 152 South Westfield Street Feeding Hills, MA. 01030 413.786.2445 Pastor Brad Peterson Sunday morning worship begins at 10 a.m. Contemporary worship, life oriented messages, from the Bible, nursery and children’s church available, classes for all ages. Weekly home groups and Bible studies, active youth group, special activities for families, men, women, and children. For more information, call the church office 413-786-2445, weekdays between 9 a.m. and noon. Please leave a message any other time. Valley Community Church and Agawam Church of The Bible merged May 2010 to become Hope Community Church Huntington Evangelical Church 22 Russell Road, Huntington, MA 01050 Rev. Charles Cinelli Phone - (413) 667-5774 Sundays - Adult Sunday School - 9 a.m., Sanctuary; Worship Service - 10:15 a.m.; Sanctuary; Children’s Church 10:15 a.m., (downstairs during second half service). Mondays - Ladies Bible Study - 9:30 a.m. Tuesdays - Women’s Guild, the 2nd Tuesday of every month in Chapel on the Green; Ladies Bible Study, (all but second Tuesday), 7 p.m., Chapel on the Green. Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses 117 Southwick Road, Westfield, MA 01085 Phone (413) 568-1780 English: Wednesday & Thursday - 7-8:45 p.m.; Sunday 10-11:46 a.m. & 12:30-2:15 p.m. Russian: Thursday - 7-8:45 p.m.; Saturday 4-5:45 p.m. Montgomery Community Church Main Road-Montgomery, MA Pastor Howard R. Noe Phone - (413) 862-3284 Office Nondenominational Services every Sunday 9-10 a.m., with Coffee Fellowship following all services. Weekly Men and Women’s Bible Studies available. Mountain View Baptist Church 310 Apremont Way Holyoke, MA 01040 Pastor Chad E. Correia 413-532-0381 Email: http://www.mvbaptist.com Sunday Morning Worship - 8:30 & 11 a.m. Sunday School & Adult Study - 10 a.m. Wednesday Prayer Meeting & Bible Study - 7 p.m. Thursday - Visitation & Soul Winning - 6:30 p.m. Saturday - Buss Calling & Soul Winning - 10 a.m. New Life Christian Center of the Westfield Assemblies of God 157 Dartmouth Street, Westfield, MA 01085 Rev. Wayne Hartsgrove, Pastor Phone - (413) 568-1588 Sunday - 9:30 a.m., Sunday School; 10:30 a.m. Adult Bible Study and activities for youth of all ages,Wednesday - 6:30 p.m. Sunday Evening Service - 6 p.m. New Life Worship Center 118 Meadow Street Westfield, MA 01085 413-562-0344 http://www.nlwcofwestfield.org Pastor Gene C. Pelkey Sundays - 10 a.m. - Worship and Sunday School. Wednesdays - 7 p.m. - Bible Study. Men’s and Ladies prayer groups (call for schedules) Changed Into His Image Class (call for schedules) Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Parish 127 Holyoke Road Westfield, MA 01085 Mailing Address: P.O. Box 489 Westfield, MA 01085-0489 Pastor: Rev. Daniel S. Pacholec Deacon Paul Federici Religious Education Director: Theresa Racine olbsccd@verizon.net Pastoral Associate: Mary Federici Parish Office: (413) 562-3450 Fax: (413) 562-9875 http://www.diospringfield.org/olbs Mass Schedule: Saturday 4 p.m. - (Vigil) Sunday: 7, 8:30, 11 a.m. Mon, Tues, Wed: 7 a.m. Saturday: 8 a.m. Miraculous Medal Novena Communion Services: Thur: 9 a.m. Fri: 7 a.m. Holy Day Masses: 7 p.m. (Vigil) 7 a.m., 9 a.m. Confession: Saturday 3:15-3:45 p.m. Our Lady of the Lake Church Sheep Pasture Road Southwick, MA 01077 Parish Pastoral/Administrative Staff Pastor: Rev. Henry L. Dorsch 569-0161 Deacon: Rev. Mr. David Przybylowski Religious Education: Lynda Daniele 569-0162 Administrative secretary: Joanne Campagnari - 569-0161 Office Hours: Mon.-Wed.: 8:30 - 3:30; Thurs. 8:30-noon Office, household assistant and Sacristan: Stella Onyski MASS SCHEDULE Sat. 5 p.m. (vigil), Sun., 8, 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Weekdays: Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday 8:30 a.m. Wednesday 7 p.m.
Penance/confession: Saturdays 4:15-4:45; Wed. before 7 p.m. Mass and by appointment. Baptisms: Sundays at 11:15 a.m. Arrange with Pastor and a pre- Baptism meeting is scheduled. Marriage: Arrangements should be made with pastor prior to any reception arrangements as early as one year in advance Exposition of Blessed Sacrament: 1st Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Marian Cenacle of Prayer: Saturdays 7:30-8:30 Charismatic Prayer Meeting: Thursdays 7 p.m. St. Jude Novena after Wednesday 7 p.m. Mass Miraculous Medal Novena after Tuesday morning Mass Chapel of Divine Mercy, Litany, Rosary, Friday 3-3:34 Home and hospital visits. Please call rectory Anointing of the Sick. Please call the pastor Prayer Line: for special intentions. Call Marian at 569-6244 Bible Study: Tuesdays 9:15 a.m. at rectory meeting room Pilgrim Evangelical Covenant Church 605 Salmon Brook Street, Route 10 and 202, Granby, CT 06035 Rev. Dennis Anderson, Pastor Phone: (860) 653-3800 Fax: (860) 653-9984 Handicap Accessible. Schedule: Sunday School - 9 am, Adult - Youth - Children. Sunday Praise and Worship - 10:30 a.m., Infant and toddler care available. Men’s Group Fellowship Breakfast - 7 a.m. - 8:30 a.m., the 2nd Saturday of each month. Call for a Youth Group schedule of events. You can visit us on the web at: http://www.pilgrimcovenantchurch.org. Pioneer Valley Assembly of God Huntington, MA 01050 Rev. Toby Quirk Phone - (413) 667-3196 Sunday - 10 a.m. - Service of Worship Weekly Bible Study. Call for information. Pioneer Valley Baptist Church 265 Ponders Hollow Road, Westfield, MA 01085 (corner of Tannery and Shaker Road) Phone - (413) 562-3376 Pastor James Montoro Sunday School – 9:30 a.m.; Sunday Service – 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday Service – 7 p.m. We provide bus transportation for those in need of transportation. Just call us at 562-3376. Pioneer Valley Baptist Church 265 Ponders Hollow Road, Westfield, MA 01085 (corner of Tannery and Shaker Road) Phone - (413) 562-3376 Pastor James Montoro Sunday School – 9:30 a.m.; Sunday Service – 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.; Wednesday Service – 7 p.m. We provide bus transportation for those in need of transportation. Just call us at 562-3376. Psalms Springs Deliverance Ministries 141 Meadow Street, Westfield, MA 01085 Phone - (413) 568-1612 Pastor Sharon Ingram Sunday School - 10 a.m. Sunday Morning Worship - 11 a.m. Wednesdays - Childrens reading hour, 5 to 6 p.m. with Pastor, 4 to 10 years old. Wednesday Evening - 7 p.m. - Bible Study & Deliverance Service Friday - Y.E.S. - Youth Excellence Services, 13 years old and up. Russell Community Church Main Street, Russell 01071 Rev. Jimmy Metcalf, Pastor Sunday - 9 a.m. - Sunday School, all ages - Fellowship, parsonage; 10 a.m. - Family Worship; 6 p.m. - Youth Fellowship, parsonage. Tuesday - 7 p.m. - AA Meeting; Family Bible Class, parsonage. Wednesday - 9 a.m. - Women’s Prayer Fellowship, parsonage. Friday - 7:30 p.m. - AA Meeting. St. John’s Lutheran Church 60 Broad Street Westfield, MA 01085 Phone - (413) 568-1417 http://stjohnswestfield.com Pastor Christopher A. Hazzard Sunday - Adult Bible Study and Summer Sunday School (Preschool - High School) 8:45 A.M. Sunday Worship 10 A.M. Tune in to the taped broadcast of our Worship Service over WHYN (.560 on your AM radio dial) at 7:30 on Sunday morning. Southwick Assembly Of God 267 College Highway Southwick,Ma 01077 (413) 569-1882 E-mailsouthwick_ag@verizon.net Pastor Dan Valeri Sunday morning worship - 9:30 a.m. (featuring contemporary worship, children’s church and nursery) Thursday night family night - 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. (featuring Adult Bible Study, Faithgirlz! a girls club for ages 5-13, Royal Rangers - a scouting program for boys age 5-18, and preschool for infants - 4 yrs. old) Nursing Home ministry - 3:15 p.m. at Meadowbrook Nursing Home in Granby, CT. Southwick Community Episcopal Church 660 College Highway Southwick, MA 01077 Phone: 569-9650 http://www.southwickchurch.com Rev. J. Taylor Albright, Pastor Saturday Evening Worship Service 5 p.m. Sundays 9:30 AM, Service that blend contemporary worship with traditional liturgy and a family-friendly atmosphere KidZone: Childcare and children’s ministry during the service Sign Language Interpreted Handicapped Accessible Women’s Group: Thursdays 9:30 to 11 a.m. Good coffee, fellowship and light-weight discussion of faith issues. Childcare provided. Southwick Congregational Church United Church of Christ 488 College Highway, P.O. Box 260, Southwick, MA 01077 Administrative Assistant: Barbara Koivisto Phone - (413) 569-6362 email:swkucc@verizon.net Sunday 10 AM Worship Service – Open Pantry Sunday Minister – Rev. Bart D. Cochran. Music – The Voice Choir Nursery Available 10:15 AM Church School 11 AM Coffee Hour 3:30 PM O.A. Meeting Tuesday 6:30 PM Bell Choir 7 PM Boy Scouts Wednesday 9-1 PM Henrietta’s Thrift Shop – open 6 PM Zumba 7 PM Adult Choir Rehearsal Thursday 6:30 PM T.O.P.S.
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St. Joseph’s Polish National Catholic Church 73 Main Street, Westfield, MA 01085 Social Center: Clinton Avenue Father Sr. Joseph Soltysiak, Pastor Phone - (413) 562-4403 Email - Soltysiak@comcast.net Fax - (413) 562-4403 Sunday Masses - 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Summer Schedule - 8 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. Sunday School - 9 a.m., social center Catechism Classes: Monday evenings Daily and Holy Day Masses as announced For more information & links: PNCC.org St. Mary’s Church 30 Bartlett Street, Westfield, MA 01085 Phone - (413) 562-5477 http://www.St.MarysofWestfield.com Rev. Brian F. McGrath, pastor Rev. Robert Miskell, Parochial Vicar Deacon Pedro Rivera Deacon Roger Carrier Weekday Mass - Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m. Holy Day Masses - 4 p.m. on the eve before, 8:30 a.m. & 6:15 p.m. (bilingual) Confessions Saturdays, 2:30-3:30 p.m. (lower church) Saturday Mass - 4 p.m. Sunday Mass - 7, 8:30 and 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. All Masses are in the upper church, the 11:30 a.m. is in Spanish Handicapped accessible, elevator located to the right of the main entrance. Adoration and Benediction - Wednesdays, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. St. Mary’s Elementary School (Pre-K-8) (413) 568-2388 St. Mary’s High School (9-12) - (413) 568-5692 Office of Religious Education - (413) 568-1127 St. Vincent de Paul outreach to the poor and needy - (413) 568-5619 St. Peter & St. Casimir Parish 22 State Street Westfield, MA 01085 Rev. William H. Wallis, Pastor Parish Office - 413-568-5421 Mass schedule Daily Mon.-Thurs. - 7:15 a.m. Saturday Mass - 4 p.m. Saturday Confessions - 3 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Sunday Mass- 8:30 a.m. & 10:30 a.m. Temple Beth El Worship Services Sunday - Thursday Evening, 7 p.m. Friday evening, 6 p.m. Saturday evening, 5 p.m. Monday-Friday morning, 7 a.m. Saturday morning, 9:30 a.m. Sunday and Holiday morning, 8 a.m. Ongoing Monday afternoons - Learning Center (Religious School), 3:15 p.m. Tuesday afternoons - B’Yachad (Hebrew High School) 6:30 p.m.; Parshat ha Shove study group, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday afternoons - Learning Center (Religious School), 3:15 p.m.; Youth Chorale, 5:15 p.m. Thursday evenings - Boy Scout Troop #32 meets at 7:30 p.m. Friday mornings - “Exploring our Prayers” with Rabbi, 7 a.m. Unitarian Universalist Society of Greater Springfield 245 Porter Lake Drive, Springfield, MA 01106 Rev. Georganne Greene, Minister http://www.uuspringfield.orgPhone (413) 736-2324 Handicap accessible. Sunday - 9 AM First Hour Forum Sunday - 10:30 AM Worship Service, religious education and nursery for children Thursday - 7:30 PM Choir Rehearsal Monthly UNI Coffeehouse Concerts. Check uNicoffeehouse. org United Church of Christ Second Congregational Church 487 Western Avenue, P.O. Box 814, Westfield, MA 01086 http://www.secondchurchwestfield.org E-mail: office@secondchurchwestfield.org Office hours: Tuesday – Friday, 9 a.m. to 12 noon, Closed Monday. Rev. Kimberly Murphy, Pastor Phone - (413) 568-7557 Sunday - 10 a.m., Worship Service and Sunday School for preschool through high school. Sunday evening - Youth Program. Westfield Alliance Church 297 Russell Road, Westfield, MA 01085 Rev. Jordan Greeley, Pastor Phone - (413) 568-3572 Sunday - 9:30 a.m. - Bible Life a.m. for all ages, nursery care provided; 11 a.m. - Worship and the Word; 6 p.m - evening service. Word of Grace Church of Pioneer Valley 848 North Road, Route 202 Westfield, MA 01085 (413) 572-3054 Email:office@wordgrace.us http://www.wordgrace.us Chet Marshall, Senior Pastor Sunday Morning Service: 10 a.m. Sunday evening, 6 p.m. Wednesday evening, 7 p.m. Westfield Evangelical Free Church 568 Southwick Road, Westfield, MA 01085 Rev. David K. Young, Pastor Phone - (413) 562-1504 Sunday – 10 a.m. - Morning Worship, childcare available; 8:45 a.m. - Sunday School. Wednesday - 7 p.m. - Bible Study. Friday - 6:30 p.m. Awana Children’s Program. West Springfield Church of Christ 61 Upper Church Street, West Springfield, MA 01089 Phone - (413) 736-1006 Sunday - 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m., Worship Service; 9:30 a.m. - Bible Study. Wednesday - 7 p.m., Bible Study. Wyben Union Church An Interdenominational Church 678 Montgomery Road, Westfield, MA 01085 Phone - (413) 568-6473 Rev. David L. Cooper, Pastor Sunday Worship and Sunday School at 10 a.m. Summer Worship at 9:30am Nursery Available Bible Studies in both Church and in Members’ homes. wybenunionchurch.com
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Obituaries Paul A. Driscoll SOUTHWICK - Paul A. Driscoll, 59, died Tuesday, December 24, 2013 at home. He lived in Southwick for the last four years, and resided in Westfield for 20 years previous to that. Paul was born in Springfield on December 10, 1954 to Arthur and Rosalie (Rohmann) Driscoll. He grew up in 16 Acres and was an active member of St. Catherine of Siena church growing up and was also a Cub and Boy Scout. Paul attended Technical High School, and graduated from Minnechaug Regional High School. Paul was a US Naval Vietnam Era Veteran. He Served the US Navy on the USS Richard E. Krause, and the USS Sierra, with an honorable discharge. Former owner and operator of Better Homes Exterminating, with a Construction Supervisor’s license. He graduated from Stockbridge school of agriculture, was a former greenskeeper at Franconia golf course. He had been active in Springfield politics, including the Indian Orchard citizens council. Former fitness instructor at Springfield YMCA, he coached various youth sports in both Springfield and Westfield. Paul was on the Auxiliary police in both Springfield and Westfield for many years. He received his Bachelor’s degree from UMASS Amherst and his Masters and CAGS from Westfield State College. He had also been employed for many years as a Building Maintenance Mechanic for the Bulk Mail Center in Springfield. While earning his Masters degree at Westfield State College, he founded the schools first Veterans Club. Paul was also past Deputy Director of Westfield Emergency Management, and past member of the LEPC. Former Red Cross instructor and EMT certified. Former member of Springfield Emerald Society. Life member of American Legion and DAV. Member of Westfield Sportsman’s Club and Sons of Erin. Paul always loved fishing, especially ice fishing and deep sea fishing, and always loved being at the ocean. He leaves his children; Linden and Conor Driscoll both of Westfield; his mother, Rosalie Wajdula; a sister, Lynn Driscoll and a nephew and Godson, Adam Knurek all of Springfield, and his former wife Lisa M. Driscoll of Westfield. Paul was predeceased by his father and step mother, Arthur and Mary Driscoll; a step father, John Wajdula, and his cousin, Joseph Kozlowski. The funeral will be Tuesday, December 31st at 11:30 a.m. from FirtionAdams Funeral Service, 76 Broad Street, Westfield followed by a Liturgy of Christian Burial in St. Mary’s Church at 12:30 p.m. with burial to follow in the Massachusetts Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery at 2:00 p.m. Calling hours will be Monday from 5:00-8:00 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations in Paul’s memory may be made to the DAV, P.O. Box 14301, Cincinnati, OH 45250. firtionadams.com
Developmental Screening at Fort Meadow Early Childhood Center for Peer Partners WESTFIELD - Families who live in Westfield and are interested in having their preschoolers attend Fort Meadow are invited to attend a developmental screening. The screenings will be held for children who are 3-5 years of age. Children will be chosen by lottery to fill current classroom openings and classes for the 20142015 school year. Currently Fort Meadow charges tuition for our high quality 4 and 5 day programs. Screening date will be January 10, 2014. Please call 572-6422 for a screening appointment.
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Patricia F. Lee SOUTHWICK- Patricia F. Lee, 86, formerly of Westfield, passed away Thursday, December 26, 2013 surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Boston, MA. She served as President of the Westfield Woman’s Club and as Chairman of the Westfield Theatre Group for many years. She also served on the City of Westfield Community Development Board. She was a great supporter of Noble Hospital including cochairing the Noble Ball with her husband Ed. She served as the President of the Noble Auxiliary and managed their gift shop for a number of years. She started the Bingo program at Noble and became known as the “Bingo Lady.” She was a volunteer at Noble Hospital for over 20 years and clocked 6,000 hours of volunteer time there. She is survived by six children; her daughters, Deborah Gustafson and her husband Robert of Plymouth, MA, Cheryl Rose and her husband Charlie of Springfield, Virginia, Patricia Lee and her husband John Gitlitz of Mamaroneck, New York,
Cynthia Andersen of Westfield, MA, Pam Kania and her husband Todd of Chicopee, MA, and son, Greg Lee and his wife Emmy, of Kingwood, Texas, 13 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. She is predeceased by her parents, Patrick and Eileen Curtin, her husband of 64 years, Edward M. Lee, and by her sister, Eileen Mackinnon and brother Edmond Curtin. The funeral will be Monday, December 30th at 9:30 a.m. at Firtion-Adams Funeral Home, 76 Broad Street, Westfield, followed by a Liturgy of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary’s Church, 35 Bartlett Street, in Westfield. Burial will follow in St. Mary’s Cemetery. Calling hours will be held Sunday from 5:00-8:00 p.m. at the Firtion-Adams Funeral Home, 76 Broad Street, Westfield. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Pat and Ed Lee Family Endowment, Citizens’ Scholarship Foundation of Westfield, Inc., P.O. Box 382, Westfield, MA 01086. firtionadams.com
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2013:The Year in PHOTOS Continued from Page 5
A custom designed chopper motorcycle was one of the main attractions of a car show staged in May 2013 at the Mestek Company. The event attracted hundreds of visitors and was staged by the Westfield Cruisers and Snap-On tools. (File photo by Frederick Gore)
Westfield High School Senior, Jeremy Doody, chips his ball onto the green during a golf match for the Bombers earlier this year. (Photo by Noah Buchanan)
Gabriella Presz applies the finishing touches to her backyard garden as part of the Annual Garden Tour fundraiser sponsored by the Westfield Women’s Club in June 2013. (File photo by Frederick Gore)
Students from the first grade class at Saint Mary Elementary School showed their support to the Boston Red Sox after school officials “lifted” the uniform dress code for a day in October 2013. (File photo by Frederick Gore)
Westfield High School band members, front row, left-right, Amaya Diana, Matthew Perreault, Carolyn Dufraine, John Kiefer and rear row, left-right, Nick Beauchemin, Natalie Diltz, Kayla Roskey and Ginny Svec will be performing in the following venues: students Beauchemin, Diana, Roskey and Svec will perform in the Massachusetts Music Educators Association Western Mass Junior Festival (MMEA) at the University of Massachusetts. Performing in the MMEA -WD Senior Music Festival at the University of Children gathered at the Powder Massachusetts will be students, Diltz, Dufraine, Kiefer and Perreault, January 12, 2013. Mill Middle School for a Summer Dufraine and Kiefer will also participate in the MMEA All-State Music Festival, March 2, Sports parade sponsored by the 2013 at Boston Symphony Hall. (File photo by Frederick Gore) Southwick Recreation Center in May 2013. (File photo by Frederick Gore)
Don Podolski and his granddaughter Maddy Jemiolo, of Westfield, lead a group of bicycle riders as part of the 10th Anniversary Worldwide Ride of Silence 2013 event in May 2013. The 8-mile ride which started at the Westfield Middle School South was dedicated to Howard Beardslee who was killed in January 2013 and John Kurty who was killed in November 2012 while riding their bicycles on Western Avenue. The annual worldwide ride is staged to remember and honor those killed or injured in bicycle accidents. The Westfield event was sponsored by the Friends of the Columbia Greenway Rail Trail, Inc. and attracted 18 riders. (File photo by Frederick Gore)
A big Mickey Mouse, Andy Martin, walks with his daughter Emily, a little Minnie Mouse, and his son, Jaden, as a scary Medusa eyes them during the annual Rag Shag parade hosted by the members of the Westfield and West Springfield Lodge 1481 of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elk in down- More than 1,000 participants in the Western New England Walk Now For Autism Speaks town Westfield in October 2013. gathered at Stanley Park in September 2013 for the 11th annual walk. Local officials, including Mayor Daniel Knapik, Rep. Donald Humason, Rep. Nicholas Boldyga, and City (File photo by Carl E. Hartdegen) Councilor David Flaherty participated in the event that raised about $100,000 for Autism Speaks. (File photo by Hope E. Tremblay)
Residents make their way down the parade route during the Wyben Independence Day Parade in July 2013. (File photo by Frederick Gore)
Snow piles along the newly redesigned College Highway in Southwick caused controversy after some business owners voiced their opinion on who would clean and maintain the sidewalks after a snow storm hit the area in February 2013. Local officials agreed earlier it was the responsibility of the property owners along the roadway. (File photo by Frederick Gore)
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THE WESTFIELD NEWSSPORTS HIGH SCHOOL WRAPUP
WHS’ Liquori, Shrewsbury excel By Chris Putz Staff Writer AGAWAM – Westfield High senior wrestler Dominic Liquori (182 pounds) and junior heavyweight Austin Shrewsbury each unwrapped another hard-earned holiday present, capturing individual victories at the annual Agawam Holiday Classic tournament Friday. Liquori pinned Agawam’s Vinnie DeRose. The Brownies were first; Westfield, fourth. “It was a good day overall,” Westfield coach Bob Coe said. “The kids are working really hard … Everybody came in heavy with the holidays, but now they’re working their way back down.” Several Westfield wrestlers enjoyed top finishes. Bombers’ Sean Donofrio and Aundre Popchuk each finished second in 152- and 160-pound matches, respectively. Nick McDonald, a 126-pounder, and 220-pound wrestler Ryan Bucko claimed fourth-place finishes for Westfield.
Westfield High wrestler Dominic Liquori grapples with Granby’s Steffen Janser in a 182-pound bout at the Agawam Holiday Classic Friday. (Photo by Chris Putz)
Westfield’s Sean Donofrio gains the upperhand on Granby’s Stephen Kopf in a 152-pound match Friday at Agawam High’s annual holiday tournament. (Photo by Chris Putz) “We’re working our way up,” coach Coe said in terms of the program’s overall health. “We’re doing a lot better. We have a lot of seniors, some juniors. The guys are working really hard. We have some great athletes.” With a smaller group of Division I teams in Western Massachusetts – most notably, the elimination of Cathedral wrestling – Westfield will wrestle in more tournaments. Next up for the Bombers is a tournament in Lowell, featuring a field of 72 teams on December 28-30. BOYS’ SWIMMING Westfield 94, Belchertown 61 Tim Kwarcinski (200 individual medley; 100 butterfly) and John Dolan (50 freestyle; 500 free) each won two events to lead Westfield on the road Friday. The Bombers also won the 200 medley relay and 200 free relay, among other events. “For the most part, it was a good solid effort by the boys,” Westfield swim coach Tom Lewis said. “There were some very good swims, but basically we overpowered a very weak, very small Belchertown team.” GIRLS’ SWIMMING Westfield 85, Belchertown 85 Hope Walsh won the 200 and 500 free races, and Erin Lewis took first place in the 100 breaststroke, ultimately proving to be key victories in the eventual tie, preserving Westfield’s unbeaten streak. “We had a lot of good times,” coach Lewis said, “but a lot of races were lost to a very resilient, very energetic Belchertown team. In the second-to-last race of the day, Westfield secured three of the top four finishes with Lewis and Ali Johnstone claiming
Westfield’s Jordan Cree, right, sizes up Longmeadow’s Anthony Belyy in a match-up of 170 pounders. Bombers coach Bob Coe looks on. (Photo by Chris Putz)
first and second for the first lead of the day. The Bombers had a chance to go ahead in the final event of the day, but finished second and had to settle for a tie on the road. BOYS’ HOOPS Ware 44, Southwick 35 Nat Olsen scored a game-high 17 points to lead Southwick, which led at the half 20-18. In other games, the Rams JV squad won 58-37 behind 31 points from Ryan Leclaire. Agawam 58, Westfield 54 (OT) Tyler Desrosiers scored a game-high 23 points, including a key 3-pointer early in overtime, to lead Agawam. John O’Brien led Westfield with 18 points, and Nick Hall had five points and 13 rebounds in his first start for the Bombers. GIRLS’ HOOPS Pathfinder 61, St. Mary 21 Donna Becker scored 13 points to lead Pathfinder at Westfield Middle School North. Elizabeth Lincoln and Karissa Foley netted eight points apiece for St. Mary. GIRLS’ ICE HOCKEY Cathedral 3, Arlington 1 Cathedral received its first victory of the season against Division I opponent, Arlington. Annie McKeown had one goal and one assist, and Molly McKeown and Katelynn Joyal tallied one goal each for the Panthers, who are comprised of Cathedral, Westfield, and Longmeadow female hockey players. Annie D’amario also had an assist for Cathedral. Lexi Levere made 31 saves in net for the Panthers, who were also boosted by a solid defensive effort from Madison and Mackenzie Pelletier, and Brittany Kowalski.
Southwick-Tolland Regional’s Colin Desruisseaux, left, prepares to take on Frontier’s Miguel Olvera in a 170-pound match. (Photo by Chris Putz)
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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SCHEDULES SATURDAY December 28
MONDAY December 30
TUESDAY WEDNESDAY December 31 January 1 WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL
THURSDAY January 2
FRIDAY January 3
JV HOCKEY vs. Longmeadow, Amelia Park Ice Arena, 4 p.m. GIRLS’ JV HOOPS vs. Holyoke, 5:30 p.m. GIRLS’ V HOOPS vs. Holyoke, 7 p.m. ICE HOCKEY vs. South Hadley, Amelia Park Ice Arena, 8 p.m.
Sunday, December 29 JV HOCKEY at Agawam, Cyr Arena, 8 p.m.
SOUTHWICK-TOLLAND REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS’ JV HOOPS vs. Pioneer Valley Regional, 5:30 p.m. GIRLS’ V HOOPS vs. Pioneer Valley Regional, 7 p.m.
GIRLS’ JV HOOPS at Turners Falls, 6 p.m. GIRLS’ V HOOPS at Turners Falls, 7:30 p.m.
GATEWAY REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’ V HOOPS at Smith Voke, 5 p.m. BOYS’ JV HOOPS at Smith Voke, 6:30 p.m.
WESTFIELD VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL BOYS JV HOOPS vs. McCann Tech, 5:30 p.m. BOYS V HOOPS vs. McCann Tech, 7 p.m.
SAINT MARY HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY vs. Mt. Everett, Amelia Park Ice Arena, 8 p.m.
GIRLS’ V HOOPS at Putnam, 5:30 p.m. BOYS’ V HOOPS vs. Lenox, Westfield Middle School South, 7 p.m.
GIRLS’ V HOOPS vs. Smith Voke, Westfield Middle School North, 5:30 p.m.
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QUESTIONS & ATTITUDE Compelling questions ... and maybe a few actual answers
CUP REWIND: TOP 5 RACES OF 2013
SPEED FREAKS A couple questions we had to ask — ourselves
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It seems that Kasey Kahne got all his friends at the barbershop to cast votes in the annual NASCAR popularity campaign. Do you smell a rat? Getty Images/JERRY MARKLAND
The Answer Man’s keen sniffer does indeed pick up a certain malodorous musk. It involves our recent discussion here regarding Kasey Kahne’s second-place showing in NASCAR’s annual “Most Popular Driver” voting. Junior Earnhardt won, of course, but Kahne’s runner-up finish was an eyebrow-raiser, because he just doesn’t seem like a driver who garners a whole lot of emotion from blocs of fans.
No, this isn’t Juan Pablo’s “Merry Christmas” face. Which NASCAR competitor is most looking forward to ditching the 2013 calendar? GODSPEAK: Brad Keselowski won the 2012 Cup Series and failed to make the 2013 Chase. I’m guessing he will enjoy seeing 2013 in his rearview mirror. KEN’S CALL: Mikey Waltrip is an easy answer, except that 2014 might be the toughest challenge yet.
Whose Christmas stocking includes coal? GODSPEAK: Juan Pablo Montoya got an early and large load when he was dumped by Ganassi Racing, then had to seek refuge in the IndyCar Series. KEN’S CALL: Everyone involved with butchering the manipulations at Richmond. Next time, be more creative. And quiet.
Surprised to see Bobby Labonte’s unemployment end so soon? GODSPEAK: I’m more surprised to see former car owner James Finch acting as Labonte’s pulling guard to get the former champ back in a race car for Daytona. KEN’S CALL: When you walk around with that “Past Champ Provisional” in your lanyard, people take your number and keep in touch.
KEY DATES Dec. 6: NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards, Las Vegas Jan. 9-10: Daytona Preseason Thunder testing (Sprint Cup) Jan. 11-12: Daytona Preseason Thunder testing (Nationwide) Jan. 13-14: Daytona Preseason Thunder testing (truck series) Jan. 29: NASCAR Hall of Fame, 2014 induction, Charlotte, N.C. Feb. 15: The Sprint Unlimited Feb. 16: Daytona 500 qualifying Feb. 18: UNOH Battle at the Beach (K&N Pro East, Whelen Modifieds) Feb. 20: Budweiser Duel Feb. 21: NextEra Energy Resources 250 Feb. 22: DRIVE4COPD 300 Feb. 23: Daytona 500
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Why the newfound suspicion?
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At first glance, it looked like a long, lazy, harmless spin by Clint Bowyer. But a shakedown of the participants, as well as those pesky audio tapes of team communications, painted a different picture of what Bowyer and Waltrip Racing might’ve been doing in the season’s 26th race.
Ruckus at Richmond
Editor’s note: We’re counting down the top five races of the 2013 Sprint Cup season. Today is No. 1, the Sept. 7 Federated Auto Parts 400 at Richmond International Raceway. Of the 36 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series points races staged in 2013, none was more mesmerizing or controversial than the regular-season finale, Race No. 26, at Richmond. There were nine drivers vying for four playoff positions — anticipation and emotions were running high. It was all about the numbers. For instance, Jeff Gordon was 11th in points, six behind 10th-place Kurt Busch. He needed a win to best Busch in points to make the Chase playoff. During the race there were 17 lead changes and five yellow flags that slowed 29 laps. The last caution was caused by a lazy spin from Clint Bowyer in the No. 15 Toyota on Lap 394 of the scheduled 400 over the .75-mile oval. “He was hemming around on the brakes and jerking the car around, and then the thing just spun out,” Dale Earnhardt Jr. said after exiting his car. “It was crazy.” While Bowyer has never admitted the spin was intentional, radio transmisRICHMOND sions between Bowyer and SEPTEMBER 7 his team indicate a caution would help put Michael Waltrip Racing teammate Martin Truex Jr. in a position to make the Chase. When the race went back to green for a threelap shootout, Carl Edwards was in the lead and won the race. The finishing order took Ryan Newman and Gordon out of the Chase and got Truex, who finished seventh, into the playoffs. “If it wasn’t for that last caution, we would be in the Chase,” Newman groused. “Just unfortunate, I don’t have really anything good to say.” Soon after the race, several drivers and
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Godwin Kelly is the Daytona Beach NewsJournal’s motorsports editor and has covered NASCAR for 30 years. Reach him at godwin.kelly@news-jrnl.com
This past week, Lionel Racing announced the top-10 die-cast sellers from 2013. Lionel, as the “official die-cast maker” of NASCAR, keeps such records, as any consumer-sales operation would. It turns out that Junior had the top three (THREE!) selling die-casts (one each in the colors of his main sponsors, and another with a one-off paint scheme). Nowhere in the top-10 sellers was a Kasey Kahne die-cast.
That settles it? The Answer Man believes no vote is as trustworthy as those votes that are cast with folks’ wallets. If Kahne truly had enough general popularity to be NASCAR’s second-most popular driver, he’d surely have a top-10-selling die-cast. In the end, we have to keep in mind that the annual popularity award is handled by on-line voting, and Kahne’s runnerup finish indicates a strong get-outthe-vote campaign that had enough momentum to put him immediately in Junior’s draft.
Then how do you explain the Miss Sprint Cup competition?
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Pre-race, the sun was shining and all was well, but a few hours later, Bowyer and Waltrip Racing were at the center of a NASCAR storm. teams cried “Foul!” and NASCAR immediately said the final laps of the race would be investigated. When all was said and done, NASCAR took unprecedented action. Truex was yanked from the playoffs while Newman and Gordon were added to the Chase. Waltrip Racing was slapped with a multitude of fines and penalties. “It is our determination that the MWR organization attempted to manipulate the outcome of the race,” said Robin Pemberton, NASCAR vice president of competition. It may not have been NASCAR’s most shining moment, but in terms of memorable and newsmaking events, Richmond topped everything in 2013.
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Good question. We’re not ready to take a stand on polygamy here, but we do wonder how Madison Martin, a 23-year-old Maryland woman, can be called the “new Miss Sprint Cup” when there are two others who go by the same title. It’s reminiscent of childhood, when you learned there are really two Harlem Globetrotter squads, which you never knew until you went to see them and got Geese Ausbie instead of Meadowlark Lemon. Or when you saw Santa at Sears, then an hour later across town at Woolworth’s.
A new title for James Finch? Finch sold his Phoenix Racing team to Harry Scott this year, but we should’ve known better than to think Finch was hitting the escape hatch. Same with Bobby Labonte. This past week, in announcing he’ll take a car to Daytona in February with Labonte as driver — and under the Phoenix Racing umbrella — Finch was described as Phoenix Racing’s “chairman emeritus.” It’s Latin, of course, and roughly translated it means: “Maintains some of the glory, but none of bills.”
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What NASCAR found at Charlotte … NASCAR held a recent test at Charlotte Motor Speedway to develop a 2014 “race package” for the Generation 6 stock cars, which will be entering their second full season of competition. Gene Stefanyshyn, NASCAR’s vice president of “innovation and racing development,” held a teleconference after the Charlotte test, which he called “the first installment in a journey towards a continual improvement process in regards to our race product.” Here are parts of that transcript: DOWNFORCE “We did play with downforce on the car … and we did play with the balance of front-to-rear. So we did do those things. For 2015, we’ll try some other things. “One of the things that I
think everybody felt most comfortable with was the chassis setup that we’ve got going into the ’14 season. What this should translate into is a car which feels more stable and predictable. (The drivers) indicate that sometimes when they get into heavy traffic, the car does get a bit unpredictable and less Gene stable. So Stefanyshyn we’re hoping that this will, in fact, provide the drivers with more confidence to drive harder and be willing to pass.” COMPETITION “Obviously, we wouldn’t be undertaking all these things if we did not think it was moving us in the right direction to improve
racing. So we are quite confident that we will see the field get closer together. When you get the field closer together, they should be able to compete and race better, and also be able to set up for a pass. So we think we’re moving in that direction. “We think we’ve got it right. We also need to understand that our average speeds have gone up by somewhere around 35 miles an hour, and our tire patch — the amount of tire we have on a track — has not changed. So we do have certain dynamics that have occurred over history that we’re managing.”
the most part, unchanged from ’13. There may be some slight things, but they won’t be major in magnitude. “So most of the changes we’ve done here will be changes that will be implemented on our intermediate tracks or small ovals or our road courses.”
THE CLEAR TOP TO THE SPOILER “Some of the drivers were talking about rear visibility. So we actually decided to create a composite base for the spoiler. Our spoiler today is 7.25 inches. So we’re creating a composite which is six inches, and then we’re putting a Lexan THE PLATE-RACE TRACKS blade into that. It was with “The package for Talan eye to giving our drivers ladega and Daytona … the better rear visibility than things we’ve worked on they have today. We were (at Charlotte) won’t affect looking at it saying, ‘Here’s those two tracks or those something we can do to venues. So those will be, for help them.’ ”
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NASCAR didn’t strip Clint Bowyer of his number. This is a test setup he used at the recent session at Charlotte.
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Annie’s Mailbox By Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar
In Love Dear Annie: I am an 84-year-old woman in love with a 92-year-old man. Since I’m rather old-fashioned, I do not believe in living with him unless we are married. However, marrying him could change our financial status. Is there any service that could be performed so that we may live together legally and not impact our children’s legacy? -- In Love Dear In Love: Please discuss this with a lawyer who specializes in marital law. There are clergy who will perform religious marriage ceremonies that may not be legally binding, depending on the state you live in, whether you present yourselves as a married couple and whether your state recognizes this as a common-law marriage. (The same goes for any secular ceremony that pronounces you “married” without a valid state license. It could, in fact, be legally binding.) A lawyer also can discuss a prenup that will protect your assets for your children, allowing you to marry legally without worrying about your financial legacy. Dear Annie: You’ve printed a few letters about married couples who are not enjoying a good sex life. I think there is more advice you should give on this subject. First of all, married couples should not sleep in the same bed. Sleeping together causes people to become overly familiar with each other, leading to boredom. It should be special. Therefore, in order to preserve a good sex life, each spouse should sleep in a separate room and use a separate bathroom. As far as the physical problems, there are many possible reasons for a low libido. But for men, it’s food preservatives, which often contain saltpeter. Men who want to stay virile must avoid packaged foods. Besides over-familiarity and physical problems, there is the issue of what to do in bed. Couples who explore the PersecutorVictim-Rescuer story are usually able to develop some very exciting scripts. This makes the bedroom experience much more intellectually stimulating and fun. It’s not just a random experience, but rather a planned game that both people can look forward to. -- R. Dear R.: You certainly have some interesting theories, some of which may be helpful. Of course, not all married couples can afford a spare bedroom and bathroom -- in which case, that is impractical. And we have no information on saltpeter in packaged food and the impact those foods may have on a man’s libido. Even so, avoiding those foods may do nothing for a woman’s libido, and that seems to be the more common problem. But we agree that playing fantasy roles in bed can add some spark to one’s sex life, and we recommend it for couples who wish to try, as long as it doesn’t become dangerous or abusive. Dear Annie: “Fed Up with Potluck” complained that one woman in her group of friends always insists that everyone bring a dish to their gatherings. Perhaps the reason is not financial, but something to do with health issues. It’s possible that this woman may have an illness or a health concern that she has not shared with everyone in the group. Perhaps she is simply unable to cook for such a large number of people. Isn’t the point of getting together more about the social interaction and not so much about the eating? -- 60-Something in Illinois Dear Illinois: We don’t mind potluck dinners, whether someone feels up to cooking or not. But it is important that the other participants are aware that it is a potluck dinner at the time the invitations are issued and they volunteer to prepare something. Otherwise, it appears that they are being taken advantage of. Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net.
HINTS FROM HELOISE TRAVEL HINT Dear Heloise: My husband and I have been fortunate to travel to many different countries. Of course, we go to the popular landmarks, museums and historical sites. We have collected many ticket stubs for entrance into places (like the Vatican). I now laminate them and use them as bookmarks. It is nice to keep them preserved, and seeing them brings fond memories of our trips. -- Linda W., via email I’m with you! I have my ticket stubs to see the Beatles! The price was $3! Of course, that was September 1964, and my big brother Louis took me! They are in a framed picture of the Fab Four, signed by all of them! -- Heloise ORDER FIRST Dear Heloise: I have a 3-year-old son. When at a restaurant, I always order his food when the waitress comes to take our drink order. His food comes out first, and I am not trying to entertain him and get him to sit still for a long time waiting for his food. A bonus is that when my food comes, he is already set up and eating, so I can enjoy my food. -- T.A. in Texas GREASY GUNK Dear Heloise: Today I cleaned our barbecue grill and ended up with black, greasy gunk on my hands. Having no heavy-duty cleaner available, I used a little trick I learned from Cajun friends years ago. A dab of mayonnaise works just as well to remove that gunk as any special hand cleaner I’ve ever used. Try it, and you will be surprised! -- Doug J., Watson, La.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013: This year you might be more deliberate in your choices than others realize. Follow-through counts. You also might choose to surround yourself with likeminded people. Still, know that you have a lot to gain from others whose minds work differently. If you are single, avoid getting involved with someone substantially older than you. You will have a very difficult time getting away from this person, should you change your mind. If you are attached, the two of you have strong commitments to other activities. Make it a point to get involved in a common interest. You both will enjoy being together more. SCORPIO understands you very well. The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult
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ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH Spend your day with a loved one. It is inevitable that you will have a conversation about a touchy matter. You tend to express optimism, and others could find that attitude to be contagious. Discussions revolve around a public commitment. Tonight: Be a duo. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHHH Defer to someone else, and allow him or her to get past any negativity or fear. Your positive attitude goes far to loosen up a key person in your life. Remember, you can’t make this person lighten up, but you can point the way. Tonight: Discuss a change on the homefront. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH It is time to get through a project. Make a point not to be too upset about what you might be missing in the meantime. You could feel tense, until you see the way through this stage of the project. You might decide to take a nap instead. Tonight: Relax at home. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHHH Take time to play and enjoy yourself with a child or loved one. You might be determined to carry the fun spirit of Christmas through the weekend. A new friend might have difficulty expressing his or her feelings. Tonight: Make a gesture, and someone will open up. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH Staying close to home will suit you perfectly. You might want to handle a personal matter or have an important one-on-one talk with a friend. Be positive about what you want to do. Discuss a domestic change, which could involve moving furniture. Tonight: Stay anchored. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH Consider getting something off your chest in order to get past a problem. The other party will listen, but only to a certain point. Try to be open; otherwise, the listener could completely close down. Make fun plans with a child or loved one in the late afternoon. Tonight: Hang out. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Be sensitive to a family member and his or her needs. Don’t risk having to deal with this person’s defiance. You will want to rein in your spending and start budgeting again. Bills will start coming in soon. Tonight: Fun does not have to cost much. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH You will want to make an effort to express yourself more fully. You might be tense most of the time, which holds you back. You need to choose a relaxing pastime to share with a friend or loved one that will open you up. Tonight: The night is yours. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHH Take off and go do what you want. You can head out alone or invite a like-minded person to join you. The sense of relaxation you experience as a result of this venture will help you return to your normal life feeling refreshed. Tonight: Use your free time well. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH Calls come in and invitations will be extended. You might want to get out and forget the holidays by joining your contemporaries. Opt to do what you enjoy most, but remember to put the company you choose as a higher priority. Tonight: Go to a spontaneous party. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH Take charge, but also listen to someone who has been in a similar position. Perhaps you can delegate part of what falls on you to this person. Still, realize that the buck stops with you. Choose someone who you know will
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Westfield State names outstanding educator WESTFIELD – Last week, the State Universities of Massachusetts recognized eight of the Commonwealth’s outstanding K-12 educators who graduated from the system’s teacher preparation programs. Ms. Jennifer M. Rodger, who teaches secondary mathematics at Norwood High School in Norwood, Massachusetts, was chosen by Westfield State University in recognition of her accomplishments as a teacher and as a role model for students for service to the community. “Jennifer Rodger is a rising star and just one example of the extraordinary teachers that Westfield State and the entire State University system are graduating each and every year,” said Elizabeth H. Preston, president, Westfield State University. “These are the great teachers who are adept at helping all students learn and who care deeply about the education and wellbeing of their students. These are the great teachers who years, even decades later students can recall as making a difference in their lives.” “Jen is one of the best first year teachers I have observed in over a decade,” according to the professor that nominated her for the award. Jennifer’s interview and resume revealed why. She is confident, articulate, professional and committed to continuing her professional growth. Her teaching practices include using differentiated instruction, group activities, and real world applications to help students understand difficult subject matter. She encourages students to use technology to solve problems so they can see the solutions for themselves and not just accept her explanations. Jennifer collaborates with other teachers by welcoming them into her classroom and bringing her expertise into theirs. Educators represent eight of the nine campuses across the State University System and received awards for their teaching excellence, especially in the face of challenging situations, as well as their contributions to the communities in which they live and work. Ceremony attendees also included representatives from State University campuses and education leaders in the Patrick administration, as well as members of the House and Senate. Almost two centuries ago, Massachusetts became the first to recognize the importance of teacher preparation programs by the establishing the first three schools dedicated to educating teachers. Today, these institutions have grown to become comprehensive state universities educating students in multiple disciplines beyond education. The Massachusetts State Universities continue to educate more than one-third of all public educators in Massachusetts. Currently, nearly one-third of all Massachusetts public educators are graduates of the State University System.
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HUNTINGTON – The annual College Fair, held at Gateway Regional High School on the half-day before Thanksgiving, yielded instant admissions to Holyoke and Springfield Technical Community Colleges for nine seniors who attended the fair and spoke with admissions counselors.
Gateway alumni who returned to speak with students about the college or trade school they are attending, military service, or place of employment. (Photo submitted)
The event was part of the school’s “College Week”, which offers workshops for students on the college search, application and admissions process. Students also had workshops in searching and applying for scholarships. Fifteen Gateway alumni were on hand to speak with current high school and junior high school students about their schools, military service and careers. Colleges represented by alumni included Norwich University, Union College, Skidmore College, Mount Holyoke College, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Springfield College, University of New Haven and six state colleges/universities (Worcester State, Westfield State, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, Salem State University, Holyoke Community College and the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences). There were 20 additional admissions representatives from technical schools, two year colleges, four year colleges and branches of military service. A former welding graduate had also returned to represent the company that he is currently working for, Advanced Management.
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SOUTHWICK - A new series of chair yoga for seniors is being held on Fridays at 11 a.m. at the Southwick Senior Center for all area seniors. These classes help with mobility, stress reduction, improved breathing as well as strengthening and toning. Please call SSC at 413-569-5498 to register or contact the instructor at 413-569-0444 or visit www.guidanceforinnerpeace.com for questions or concerns.
Recycle for enrichment WESTFIELD - Your cans and bottles can help provide enrichment and cultural opportunities for Westfield Public School students. Westfield VIPS (Volunteers in Public Schools)
supports the students and staff of all Westfield Public School by funding projects and supplies outside the traditional school budget. Teacher Mini grants allow students and teachers to expand their horizons through dynamic projects and meaningful interactions with our community. To find out more about the projects your cans and bottles have funded, visit www. schoolsofwestfield.org select Volunteer and then WHIPS. Your cans and bottles help fund these unique experiences for our students. If you would like to donate your cans and bottles, they can be picked up. Call Kevin or Dawn Mederios at 572-1324 or you may drop them off at 36 Crown Street in Westfield. We sincerely thank the people who continue to save and donate to us. Your help is greatly appreciated.
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