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One area of the balustrade project currently under construction, with protective fencing surrounding the area.
Bridge balustrade project moving along Lt. Rick Rindels of the Granville Police Department takes a photo with Granville residents Cate and Lilie Ripley during the Earth Day Clean Up. (Photo from Rick Rindels)
Communities join forces for Earth Day cleanup By GREG FITZPATRICK Correspondent GRANVILLE/TOLLAND – The towns of Granville and Tolland joined forces on Sunday for an Earth Day Clean Sweep Event. Residents met at the town green in Granville at Noon to be given their street assignment for helping pick up trash. Paula Sharon, who is a Tolland resident, created an event on Facebook for the clean-up and helped organize it with assistance from Granville residents Jess Ripley and Nicole Berndt. “It was nice to have the people that did come out, support us and help out,” said Ripley. According to Sharon, there were around 50 people combined from both communities that participated. People picked up trash up and down Route 57 and as well as Route 189 by the Gran-Val Scoop. “Everybody worked really hard, it was nice,” said Sharon. The police and fire departments were also involved. The Granville Police Department conducted traffic control and used their blue lights to help yield any fast-driving vehicles. Lt. Rick Rindels said that there were four Granville Police officers who attended the event in plain clothes and helped pick up trash with the residents. “We do a lot of community events,” said Rindels.” “We try to get involved as much as we can.” After the cleanup was finished, around 20 to 25 participants returned to the Granville Town Green at 4 p.m. and had a potluck picnic. The Gran-Val Scoop provided free ice cream to all who picked up trash. A local musician, Ozone Pete, played music. Being the first time that the Earth Day Clean Sweep has occurred, Sharon said that the plan is to continue this for next year and hopefully for years to come.
By DAN DESROCHERS Correspondent WESTFIELD–The city’s replacement of balustrades around two downtown parks is underway and is expected to be finished by midsummer, according to Westfield Mayor Brian Sullivan. The project is to replace the balustrades at the Women’s Temperance, Half Mile and Kane-Wojtkiewicz parks, located in the Great River Bridge portion of the city. The balustrades that were installed to protect from the edge of the parks were considered unsafe by the third-party engineering firm Habeeb and Associates. The removal of the balustrades is currently underway and is considered phase one of the project. “You may see some work out there but the demolition is mostly done,” David Billips, director of Westfield Department of Public Works, said. “They are designing a new system that will mimic the oth-
ers in the area.” Phase two will be a measurement and molding of the new balustrades, and is expected to have a lull in construction for “a couple of weeks” during that time, according to Sullivan. Phase three will be the final step, which will be installation, and according to Billips, will begin in June. The project was originally projected to cost the city about $300,000, with a majority of funding coming from previously existing money from the Bullens Field Restoration Project, which helped bring the Babe Ruth World Series to Westfield, and also helped to improve and modernize several portions of Bullens Field. The money left over from the Bullens project makes up about $275,000, which will go toward the balustrade repairs and should be able to at least cover its cost until the next fiscal year, if not altogether, Sullivan previously said to The Westfield
The new style of balustrades being put in that are currently around the Westfield River News in February of this year. If the city does need to cover additional costs prior to the next fiscal year, then they may have to draw from the city’s free cash account. This account has money that has not been declared yet for city projects, and is often used to fund projects and concerns not addressed in the city’s budget. The original balustrades were installed in 2012, as part of the Great River Bridge Project funded by the state, and it was suggested during an assessment by Habeeb and Associates last year that they should be replaced to improve safety in the area. Sullivan also previously said that the city will attempt to recoup the costs to replace the balustrades from the state, but in order to expedite the issue Westfield would initially pay for the replacement.
Westfield Planning Board votes on potential for Roots special permit revocation By DAN DESROCHERS Correspondent WESTFIELD—The city’s planning board voted on whether or not they will hold a hearing to address revoking Root’s Athletic Center’s special permit yesterday. The board voted four to two against holding a special permit revocation hearing based on Root’s outdoor light usage during a special The outdoor lighting is seen to be reflecting off another neigh- meeting at city hall yesterboring house at night. This picture was previously shown to day. This decision came in the planning board. (Photo previously submitted by Heidi Leonard)
spite of previous complaints to the board from neighbors about the lights at night, as well as two police reports that the city’s law department provided the planning board that referenced the light’s usage at night. According to a law department representative at the meeting, Roots was previously given a cease and desist notice from the city’s See Special Permit, Page 3
Blandford mini-town meeting uncovers conflicts By AMY PORTER Correspondent BLANDFORD – Blandford’s Finance Committee held a mini-town meeting on Monday to go over the budget and warrant recommendations in advance of the Annual Town Meeting scheduled for next Monday, May 1 at 7 p.m. in Town Hall. Committee chair Jeff Bacon, in presenting the budget to the approximately 40 residents in attendance, said the numbers were based on what the town realistically spent in FY16, keeping all department increases to 2.5%. The bottom line is a budget of $3,618,374 for FY18, compared to $3,539,974 in FY17. Of that amount, total education expenses are $1,642,022,
including the Gateway Regional assessment, vocational schools and vocational transportation. The educational portion of the budget generated no questions at the meeting, in part due to a reduction of nearly $80,000 in the Gateway assessment to the town based on student population. The budget did include $70,000 to the emergency stabilization account, an increase of $10,000 over last year; $30,000 in the reserve account, up $5,000, and $275,000 designated for building projects (highway, fire, library), up from a recommendation of $100,000 last year. Finance Committee member Eric McVey said the goal is to put aside money for building projects in stabiliza-
tion, to give the selectmen the ability to decide which projects to fund. Adam Dolby, chair of the Board of Selectmen, said that the town has a lot of capital needs, particularly with the highway department’s salt shed, which has no bathroom for workers, and the fire department’s garage, which is too small for new engines. He said the plan would be to assemble a group comprised of members of those departments to see which course to take. “I don’t think you fix both problems with $300,000, but it makes it so you don’t have to borrow so much,” Dolby said. Of the 20 warrant articles to go to the See Blandford, Page 3
(L-R) Blandford Finance Committee members Martin Lynch, Eric McVey, town administrator Angeline Ellison, chair Jeff Bacon and Andrew Quinn. (Photo by Amy Porter)
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Robert and Nina Cunningham and Richard and Holly Ross of Westfield are happy to announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their children, Alicia M. Cunningham and James R. Ross. Allie is a graduate of Salve Regina University and earned a B. A. degree in English Communications. She is employed as a Brokerage Coordinator in the Portland, Oregon office of SVN/Bluestone & Hockley, a commercial real estate firm. Jim is a graduate of Bryant University and earned a B.S. degree in Business Administration. He is employed as Senior Sales Engineer in the Lake Oswego, Oregon office of Keyence, an international automation manufacturer. The couple, formerly of Westfield, now reside in Tigard, Oregon. Their wedding ceremony and reception will take place on September 9, 2017, in Parkdale, Oregon at Mt. Hood Bed and Breakfast.
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Westfield Woman’s Mystery Dinner Theater Westfield Woman’s Club invite you to their annual Mystery Dinner Theater bring a friend for an evening of intrigue and who done it. On, Saturday May 6th, 2017 at the Westfield Woman’s Club be hosting their annual mystery dinner theater. Catered Italian cuisine courtesy of Emma’s Everyday Gourmet will be served as you and other guests of the Westfield Woman’s club solve the mystery. Dinner will be served at 5:00 p.m. Tickets are $15.00 for the dinner and the play. Please contact Muriel at 413-568-3201 to reserve your tickets. Deadline for reservations is April 29th. Make your reservations now! You don’t want to miss this show.
Fanfare Brass Ensemble at Chester Train Station The Fanfare Brass Ensemble will present a concert of light popular and classical music on Sunday April 30th at the Chester Train Station – 10 Prospect St. Chester MA at 7:00 pm. The 10 part brass ensemble includes 4 trumpets, French horn, 4 trombones and tuba. Music performed by this professional group of musicians will include: Shenandoah, music of George Gershwin, West Side Story, marches by Sousa, Irish tunes, Armed Forces Tunes and much more. For more information contact David Neill – tbn8@aol.com or 413-686-5027 This concert is sponsored in part by the Cultural Council of Massachusetts and the Chester Cultural Council.
ODDS & ENDS Torrents of juice flood Russian town after factory accident
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MOSCOW (AP) — A flash flood of fruit juice from a beverage plant in southern Russia has flowed into a town’s streets and into the River Don. The Prosecutor’s Office in the Lipetsk region said in a statement that the roof of PepsiCo’s Lebedyansky factory collapsed Tuesday morning, injuring two people. By early Tuesday afternoon, rescue workers were still working to clear debris from the factory floor. The prosecutors said several tons of fruit juice had been spilled, and local media posted videos of torrents of a pinkish substance streaming down the streets. Authorities said they were monitoring pollution levels in the River Don, one of Russia’s longest, after the juice was reported to have spilled into the river. Pepsico did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Tuesday, April 25, the 115th day of 2017. There are 250 days left in the year.
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n April 25, 1507, a world map produced by German cartographer Martin Waldseemueller contained the first recorded use of the term “America,” in honor of Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci.
ON THIS DATE: In 404 B.C., the Peloponnesian War ended as Athens surrendered to Sparta. In 1792, French highwayman Nicolas Jacques Pelletier became the first person to be executed by the guillotine. In 1862, during the Civil War, a Union fleet commanded by Flag Officer David G. Farragut captured the city of New Orleans. In 1915, during World War I, Allied soldiers invaded the Gallipoli (guh-LIHP’-uh-lee) Peninsula in an unsuccessful attempt to take the Ottoman Empire out of the war. In 1917, legendary jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald was born in Newport News, Virginia. In 1945, during World War II, U.S. and Soviet forces linked up on the Elbe (EL’-beh) River, a meeting that dramatized the collapse of Nazi Germany’s defenses. Delegates from some 50 countries gathered in San Francisco to organize the United Nations. In 1959, the St. Lawrence Seaway opened to shipping. In 1964, vandals sawed off the head of the “Little Mer-
maid” statue in Copenhagen, Denmark. In 1974, the “Carnation Revolution” took place in Portugal as a bloodless military coup toppled the Estado Novo regime. In 1983, 10-year-old Samantha Smith of Manchester, Maine, received a reply from Soviet leader Yuri V. Andropov to a letter she’d written expressing her concerns about nuclear war; Andropov gave assurances that the Soviet Union did not want war, and invited Samantha to visit his country, a trip she made in July. In 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope was deployed in orbit from the space shuttle Discovery. (It was later discovered that the telescope’s primary mirror was flawed, requiring the installation of corrective components to achieve optimal focus.) In 2002, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes of the Grammy-winning trio TLC died in an SUV crash in Honduras; she was 30.
TEN YEARS AGO Brushing off a presidential veto threat, the House passed, 218-208, a $124.2 billion supplemental spending bill ordering U.S. troops to begin coming home from Iraq in the fall of 2007. The Dow Jones industrial average topped 13,000 for the first time, ending the day at 13,089.89. Rosie O’Donnell announced she was leaving the ABC talk show “The View” (she returned to the program in 2014, but left again the following year). Singer-songwriter Bobby “Boris” Pickett of “Monster Mash” fame died in Los Angeles at age 69.
FIVE YEARS AGO The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on Arizona’s tough immigration law. (A divided court later threw out major parts of the law.)
ONE YEAR AGO The city of Cleveland reached a $6 million settlement in a lawsuit over the death of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old black boy shot by a white police officer while playing with a pellet gun outside a recreation center. A panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan ruled 2-to-1 that New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady had to serve a four-game “Deflategate” suspension imposed by the NFL, overturning a lower judge and siding with the league in a battle with the players union. (Brady ended up serving the suspension.)
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Actor Al Pacino is 77. Ballroom dance judge Len Goodman (TV: “Dancing with the Stars”) is 73. Rock musician Stu Cook (Creedence Clearwater Revival) is 72. Singer Bjorn Ulvaeus (BYORN ul-VAY’-us) (ABBA) is 72. Actress Talia Shire is 72. Actor Jeffrey DeMunn is 70. Rock musician Steve Ferrone (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers) is 67. Country singersongwriter Rob Crosby is 63. Actor Hank Azaria is 53. Rock singer Andy Bell (Erasure) is 53. Rock musician Eric Avery is 52. Country musician Rory Feek (Joey + Rory) is 52. TV personality Jane Clayson is 50. Actress Renee Zellweger is 48. Actress Gina Torres is 48. Actor Jason Lee is 47. Actor Jason Wiles is 47. Actress Emily Bergl is 42. Actor Jonathan Angel is 40. Actress Marguerite Moreau is 40. Singer Jacob Underwood is 37. Actress Melonie Diaz is 33. Actress Sara Paxton is 29. Actress Allisyn Ashley Arm is 21.
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GOVERNMENT MEETINGS TUESDAY, APRIL 25
BLANDFORD Assessor’s Meeting at 5 pm
TOLLAND Board of Assessors at 10 am
HUNTINGTON Board of Assessors at 6 pm Finance Committee at 6:30 pm
WESTFIELD Conservation Commission at 6:30 pm
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BLANDFORD Finance Committee at 7 pm Fire Department Meeting at 7 pm
WESTFIELD ZBA at 7 pm
Humason Announces April Office Hours WESTFIELD – State Senator Don Humason announced today that he will be holding public office hours in all 11 cities and towns in the 2nd Hampden and Hampshire District throughout April. Senator Humason or his staff will be available at public office hours on the following date: Friday, April 28, 2017 from 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM at the Westfield Senior Center, 45 Noble Street then from 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM at the Russell Council on Aging located at 65 Main Street
Blandford residents in attendance at the mini-town meeting on Monday.
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Annual Town Meeting, all are being recommended for approval by both the Finance Committee and the Board of Selectmen, except for one, which involves the funding of the newly created town administrator position, filled by Angeline Ellison of Sturbridge since mid-September of 2016. Article 6, sponsored via a Citizen’s Petition submitted by Don Carpenter, requests the town to vote to fund the Town Administrator salary line at $1 for FY18, effectively eliminating the position. Both the Finance Committee and Board of Selectmen recommended taking no action on the warrant article. Currently, Ellison is funded as a part-time employee for the town at a salary of $40,000, including benefits. Ellison is in charge of managing the town’s daily activities for all areas of responsibility that report directly to the Select Board, according to the 2017 annual report. Although Ellison requested an increase to a full-time position at $90,000 for FY18, the position was funded in the budget part-time at $40,000 plus benefits. The drive to defund the position does not appear to be related to the salary level, but rather to the relationship between the town administrator and certain individuals and committees in town that has been played out in recent months in public statements and letters. Tony van Werkhooven, a longtime member of the Finance Committee who was involved in uncovering the fraud perpetrated by the former tax collector, now under indictment for the theft of more than $150,000 from the town, resigned in December, citing Ellison’s poor communication skills and a “hostile work environment” under her leadership. Dolby, on the other hand, said that the difficulties arose from restructuring, and from asking committees that formerly reported directly to the Board of Selectmen and Finance Committee to report to Ellison first. He admitted in a public statement that he had done a poor job of introducing Ellison and her role to the various departments in town. “Admittedly, I did not do a great job of introducing Angie to Blandford residents and to the hilltowns,” Dolby said in his statement. During the meeting on Monday, longtime Selectman Bill Levakis also took issue with the Finance Committee for not increasing the salary for the town administrator. “I think it should be explained. We were not set up for a parttime administrator, I knew we needed full-time. The town is moving ahead. I don’t think the Finance Committee worked on the numbers hard enough,” Levakis said. Bacon responded sharply to Levakis’ criticism, stating that the part-time salary did increase by adding benefits on top of the $40,000, which is in line with the 2.5% increases across the board. He said the Select Board did not give his committee any new direction for the position. “If we were to increase the salary, we would have to bid that out again, especially at $90,000. That’s a whole new position,” Bacon said. The town administrator position was a recommendation made by the Department of Revenue in 2011 when Blandford underwent a financial management review by the state agency
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building department about the use of outdoor lights. In addition, abutters to the Root Road property have provided the planning board with complaints and photographs in previous meetings about alleged light pollution that has occurred into their homes and on their properties. William Carellas, one of two members who voted to hold the special permit revocation hearing said that it was important that the board be able to utilize this authority. “I think it needs to be out there that we have the ability to do this, whether we do it at our next meeting or three months from now, the ability for us to be able to exercise our rights should be out there,” he said. “I would like for normal, level heads to prevail. I don’t want it to be construed that we are weak about taking it off the table.” He added that the board should still leave opportunity for the business to be successful. “We are only discussing violations that have occurred, not the light use in the future,” Philip McEwan, planning board commissioner, said. “We don’t have to take it off the table.” In the end, the votes were counted and the revocation hearing was OKed. Final tallies are as follows: Carellas and Carl Vincent voted yes; McEwan, Robert Goyette, Raymond St. Hillaire and Bernard Puza voted no.
Westfield Woman’s Mystery Dinner Theater WESTFIELD — Westfield Woman’s Club invite you to their annual Mystery Dinner Theater bring a friend for an evening of intrigue and who done it. On, Saturday May 6th, 2017 at the Westfield Woman’s Club be hosting their annual mystery dinner theater. Catered Italian cuisine courtesy of Emma’s Everyday Gourmet will be served as you and other guests of the Westfield Woman’s club solve the mystery. Dinner will be served at 5:00 p.m. Tickets are $15.00 for the dinner and the play. Please contact Muriel at 413-568-3201 to reserve your tickets. Deadline for reservations is April 29th. Make your reservations now! You don’t want to miss this show.
Blandford town administrator Angeline Ellison.
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who admonished the town for poor financial practices and a lack of oversight. Among the recommendations were to convert the collector and treasurer from elected to appointed positions, and to hire a town administrator. Questions were also raised during the meeting about the continuing funding of the forensic accountant. That position has been filled on a contractual basis by Westfield resident Josephine Sarnelli, who helped the town “dig out from under an avalanche of financial mismanagement,” according to Dolby in an earlier statement. At the meeting, Dolby said that Sarnelli still functions as an accountant’s assistant “to make sure that all the work the financial team has put in won’t be undone.” Dolby said that due to the recent resignation of the town treasurer, also blamed by some on tensions at town hall, there would need to be a turnover audit. Dolby also said that the criminal investigation is now in the hands of the attorney general, and any expenses related to that should be reduced to nothing. Following the mini-town meeting, McVey said that the only contentious issues he expects at the Annual Town meeting next week will be those involving the town administrator, the forensic accountant, and the increase in the stabilization funds.
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Westfield on Weekends announces lineup for ‘WOW! … It’s Cabaret!’ WESTFIELD — WOW offers a new musical series featuring professional cabaret artists from New York City, Boston and Western Massachusetts to be held during the coming months in the Great Room of the Westfield Senior Center, 45 Noble Street in Westfield. The spring series will have “Songs from the Heart” starring international cabaret stars, Linda Mironti and Bobby Peaco, on Friday, April 28th at 8 pm. The season will culminate on Friday, June 2nd at 8 pm with Up-close and Unpredictable, headlining singer/ comedienne Carol O’Shaughnessy, who has been called the “The first lady of Boston cabaret,” accompanied by with noted musician/ arranger Tom LaMark. Tickets for the “WOW… It’s Cabaret” series are $25 for an individual show with a series subscription package of all three shows, available for $65. Reservations may be made by calling 413- 579-5967, by visiting Westfield Creative Arts at 105 Elm Street during regular store hours or at the door. Tickets can also be purchased below. Doors will open at 7:15. Coffee and desserts will be available for sale at intermission. Funding for the series has been provided in part with a grant from the Westfield Cultural Council, a program of the Massachusetts Cultural Council and with the assistance of the Westfield Council on Aging.
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US students score poorly on national arts and music exam By MARIA DANILOVA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When it comes to music and visual arts, American teenagers could use some help. The National Center for Education Statistics reported Tuesday that in 2016, American eighth graders scored an average 147 in music and 149 in visual arts on a scale of 300. Some 8,800 eighth graders from public and private schools across the country took part in the test, which was part of the National Assessment of Educational Progress, often called the Nation’s Report Card. Acting Commissioner Peggy Carr said the test shows students have a lot to learn in art and music and that no progress has been made since the same test was administered in 2008. “When I saw the results, clearly there is room for improvement, because clearly there is a lot of content that students weren’t able to interact with correctly,” Carr told The Associated Press. When asked to listen to George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody in Blue,” only about half of the students were able to identify that the opening solo is played on a clarinet. Students who scored 182 were able to label all the eight notes in C major, students who got 150 were able to label one note. While most students could point to one or two structural differences between two mother-and-child portraits, they usually struggled to explain the technical approach and meaning in an artist’s self-portrait. “The average student does not know a lot of the content that was asked of them on this assessment,” said Carr. “It was a difficult assessment, a challenging assessment.” On the bright side, the achievement gap has narrowed between white and Hispanic students from a difference of 32 to 23 points in an average score in music and from 26 to 19 points in arts since the previous test. Girls continued to outperform boys. The black-white achievement gap, however, remained unchanged. While white students scored an average of 158, black students got 129 on the music test and the margin of difference was similar on the arts portion of the exam — 158 for white students and 128 for black students, “Every student should have access to arts education to develop the creativity and problem-solving skills that lead to higher success both in and out of school,” said Ayanna Hudson, director of arts education at the National Endowment for the Arts. “Arts education can be especially valuable for our nations’ underserved students, leading to better grades, higher graduation rates and increased college enrollment.”
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Trump’s 100-days promises: Fewer than half carried out By JILL COLVIN and CALVIN WOODWARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sure enough, the big trans-Pacific trade deal is toast, climate change action is on the ropes and various regulations from the Obama era have been scrapped. It's also a safe bet President Donald Trump hasn't raced a bicycle since Jan. 20, keeping that vow. Add a Supreme Court justice — no small feat — and call these promises kept. But where's that wall? Or the promised trade punishment against China — will the Chinese get off scot-free from "the greatest theft in the history of the world"? What about that "easy" replacement for Obamacare? How about the trillion-dollar infrastructure plan and huge tax cut that were supposed to be in motion by now? Trump's road to the White House, paved in big, sometimes impossible pledges, has detoured onto a byway of promises deferred or left behind, an AP analysis found. Of 38 specific promises Trump made in his 100-day "contract" with voters — "This is my pledge to you" — he's accomplished 10, mostly through executive orders that don't require legislation, such as withdrawing the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal. He's abandoned several and failed to deliver quickly on others, stymied at times by a divided Republican Party and resistant federal judges. Of 10 promises that require Congress to act, none has been achieved and most have not been introduced. "I've done more than any other president in the first 100 days," the president bragged in a recent interview with AP, even as he criticized the marker as an "artificial barrier." In truth, his 100-day plan remains mostly a to-do list that will spill over well beyond Saturday, his 100th day. Some of Trump's promises were obviously hyperbole to begin with. Don't hold your breath waiting for alleged Army deserter Bowe Bergdahl to be dropped out of an airplane without a parachute, as Trump vowed he'd do at many of his campaign rallies. China's leader got a fancy dinner, complete with "beautiful" chocolate cake at Mar-a-Lago this month, not the promised "McDonald's hamburger" and humble pie. But many promises were meant to be taken seriously. Trump clearly owes his supporters a Mexico border wall, even if it doesn't end up being a foot taller than the Great Wall of China. One page of his 100-day manifesto is devoted to legislation he would fight to pass in 100 days. None of it has been achieved. The other page lists 18 executive actions and intentions he promised to pursue — many on Day One. He has followed through on fewer than a dozen, largely through the use of executive orders, and the White House is boasting that he will set a post-World War II record when he signs more this week. That's a change in tune. "We need people in Washington that don't go around signing executive orders because they can't get people into a room and get some kind of a deal that's negotiated," he declared in New Hampshire in March 2015. "We need people that know how to lead, and we don't have that. We have amateurs." Efforts to provide affordable child care and paid maternity leave, to make college more affordable and to invest in urban areas have been all but forgotten. That's despite the advantage of a Republican-controlled Congress, which the White House failed to pull together behind Trump's first attempt to repeal and replace "Obamacare." An AP reporter who followed Trump throughout the presidential campaign collected scores of promises he made along the way, from the consequential to the fanciful. Here are some of them, and his progress so far: ENERGY and the ENVIRONMENT: — Lift President Barack Obama's roadblocks on the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines. Done. Keystone XL is revived and construction of the Dakota Access is completed. — Lift restrictions on mining coal and drilling for oil and natural gas. Done. Trump has unraveled a number of Obama-era restrictions and initiated a review of the Clean Power Plan, which aimed to restrict greenhouse gas emissions at coal-fired power plants. — Cancel payments to U.N. climate change programs and pull out of the Paris climate accord Nope. Trump has yet to make a decision on Paris. His aides are torn. ECONOMY and TRADE: — Pass a tax overhaul. "Just think about what can be accomplished in the first 100 days of a Trump administration," he told his supporters again and again in the final weeks of the campaign. "We are going to have the biggest tax cut since Ronald Reagan." He promised a plan that would reduce rates dramatically both for corporations and the middle class. Nowhere close. Trump has scrapped the tax plan he campaigned on, and his administration's new package is in its early stages, not only missing the first 100 days but likely to miss a new August deadline set by Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin. Some details may emerge this week.
—Designate China a currency manipulator, setting the stage for possible trade penalties because "we're like the piggy bank that's being robbed. We can't continue to allow China to rape our country, and that's what they're doing." Abandoned. Trump says he doesn't want to punish China when it is cooperating in a response to North Korean provocations. He also says China has stopped manipulating its currency for unfair trade advantage. But China was moving away from that behavior well before he took office. Also set aside: repeated vows to slap high tariffs on Chinese imports. —Announce his intention to renegotiate or withdraw from the North American Free Trade Agreement. Backtracked, in essence. A draft of his administration's plan for NAFTA proposes only a mild rewrite. But in his AP interview, he threatened anew to terminate the deal if his goals are not met in a renegotiation. — Direct his commerce secretary and trade representative to identify all foreign trading abuses that unfairly hurt American workers. Done. Trump has initiated plenty of studies over the past 100 days. — Slap a 35 percent tariff on goods from companies that ship production abroad. Force companies like Apple and Nabisco to make their products in the U.S. Nope. —Embark on a massive $1 trillion effort to rebuild the country's infrastructure, including airports, roads and bridges. Not yet. SECURITY, DEFENSE and IMMIGRATION: — Immediately suspend the Syrian refugee program. Trump tried, but the first version of his travel ban was blocked by the courts. A revised version dropped references to Syrian refugees entirely. That was blocked, too. And he has yet to mention another campaign pledge: to deport Syrian refugees already settled in the U.S. — Inform his generals they have 30 days to submit a new plan for defeating the Islamic State group. Trump did indeed order up a plan. It's unclear what it is since it has yet to be made public. — Suspend immigration from "terror-prone regions" where he says vetting is too difficult. Trump's effort to bar immigration temporarily from some Muslim-majority countries has been stymied by courts. — Implement "extreme" immigration vetting techniques. In progress. The Homeland Security Department is considering a number of measures, like asking for visitors' phone contacts and social media passwords. —Build an "impenetrable physical wall" along the length of the southern border, and make Mexico pay for it. The government has been soliciting bids and test sections could be built as soon as this summer. Mexico is not paying for this work. —End federal funding to "sanctuary cities" — places where local officials are considered by Washington to be insufficiently cooperative in arresting or detaining people in the country illegally. The Justice Department has threatened to do so, but there are legal limits. — Immediately deport the estimated 2 million "criminal aliens" living in the country, including gang members, in joint operations with local, state, and federal law enforcement. Deportations have not increased. Arrests of people in the U.S. illegally are up and illegal border crossings are significantly down. —Cancel visas for foreign countries that won't take back criminals deported by the U.S. There's been no discussion of this yet. —"Immediately terminate President Obama's two illegal executive amnesties," one of which allows young people brought into the country as children to stay and work. Trump has made no effort to end the program, even though it would take a single phone call. In fact, he told AP these young people can "rest easy" and not fear deportation. GOVERNMENT and the SWAMP: — Ask agency and department heads to identify job-killing regulations for elimination. Done. — Propose a constitutional amendment to impose term limits on all members of Congress. Nope. — "Drain the swamp." On his pledge to curb the power of special interests, Trump has so far used an executive order to prohibit political appointees from lobbying the government for five years after serving in his administration and to ban outgoing officials from representing foreign governments. But he's discontinuing the Obama-era practice of releasing White House visitor logs, restoring a shroud over what special interests are getting in his gates. He's also issued at least one waiver to his lobbying ban, allowing a White House budget adviser to go advocate for a business trade group — Impose a hiring freeze on federal employees, excluding See 100 Days, Page 5
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Jeffrey T. Valliere Jeffrey Thomas Valliere, 56, of Coral Springs, FL, passed away suddenly on April 4, 2017. Born May 20, 1960, he was the son of Robert E. Valliere of Westfield, MA, and Joan B. (Kondelka) Valliere of Coral Springs, FL. Jeff was a class A PGA teaching professional in South Florida for the last twenty years. He was a graduate of Westfield High School class of 1978. Upon graduation, he attended St. Leo’s University in St. Leo, FL, and Texas Christian University in Ft. Worth, TX. Golf was Jeff’s one great love, and he devoted most of his life to teaching others to play and love the game as much as he did. Jeff lived his dream, working as a PGA professional since 1997 at several golf courses in South Florida, most recently the Grand Palms Golf Resort in Pembroke Pines and the new Mizner Country Club in Delray Beach. When he wasn’t on the fairway, you could find him rooting on the Miami Dolphins or sharing his zest for life with the many friends, old and new, he made throughout his life. He will be greatly missed and forever remembered by his daughters Kailee and Emileigh of Westfield; his parents; his sister Lindi Beebe and her husband Paul of Westfield; his brothers Larry and his fiancee Deana of Feeding Hills, MA, and Bobby and his wife Maria of Westfield; as well as his nieces, aunt, and many cousins. Liturgy of Christian Burial will be held Saturday, April 29, 2017, at 10:30 am at St. Mary’s Church, 30 Bartlett Street, Westfield, burial to follow at Pine Hill Cemetery, also in Westfield. Calling hours will be 4:00-7:00 pm Friday, April 28, Firtion-Adams Funeral Home, 76 Broad Street, Westfield. Memorial contributions can be made to the Boys and Girls Club of Greater Westfield, P.O. Box 125, Westfield, MA 01086, or The First Tee, 425 South Legacy Trail, St. Augustine, FL 32092.firtionadams.com
Raymond E. Gorman WESTFIELD – Raymond Ernest Gorman, also known as, Sea Ray, Mr. Ray, “RayRay”, Ray of Sunshine, and Raymondo, 60, (1956-2017) passed away suddenly, Saturday, April 22, 2017. He was born April 26, 1956, in Troy, New York, one of six children to James Grennon and the late, Florence (Oliver) Gorman. Ray was raised in Westfield, M.A., was a long time resident of Wilbraham, M.A., and had been living in Meredith, N.H. since 2011, where he was The General Manager of Oliver Lodge. He had a care-free personality and a zest for life. His pride and joy were his four children and newborn granddaughter. He loved watching them grow up and coaching them in all different sports. Friends became family, and there was nothing Ray loved more than spending time with his family. He was one of those people that got along with everyone. He could always put a smile on anyone’s face. When Ray met a person for the first time, he made them feel relaxed with his jokes and they were his longtime friend known to him for years. He made them feel immediately comfortable. Ray had a kind, charismatic soul, and he enjoyed many simple things of life, such as golfing, playing cards, boating, Frank Sinatra, singing and dancing, being barefoot, Dunkin Donuts original blend coffee, and “My Pillow.” He always made the best out of any situation, and he always took a positive spin under any circumstance. He exuded happiness and compassion. Ray was so supportive of everyone in his life and wanted others to follow their dreams and do what made them the happiest in life. He touched so many lives, and will forever be missed by many. Besides his father, he will be deeply missed by his four children, Lindsey Allegretti and her husband, Nicholas, of Matthews, NC., Jennifer Gorman, of Greensboro, NC., Andrea Gorman, of Portsmouth, NH., Daniel Gorman, of Wilbraham, MA.,and his granddaughter, Ava. He is also survived by his five siblings, James Joseph Gorman and his wife, Jennifer, of Norwalk, C.T., Pamela McCorkindale and her husband, Richard, of Westfield, MA., Jeanne Manimaren, of Groton, CT., Paul Gorman, of Westfield, MA.,Thomas Gorman, of Westfield, MA., his nieces, and nephews, Marissa Maren Baragar and her husband, Jared, of Jakarta, Indonesia, Daniel Maren, of Silicon Valley, CA., Joseph LaRose and his wife, Lindsay,of Putney, VT., Jessica Byrnes and her husband, Ryan, of Stamford, CT., Andrew Hough, of West Hartford, CT., Justin Cloutier and his wife, Lauren, of West Simsbury, CT., his former wife, and good friend, Susan Gorman, of Wilbraham, MA., and many other extended family. His funeral will be held on Friday at 9 AM from the Firtion Adams FS, 76 Broad St. Westfield, MA followed by a Liturgy of Christian Burial at 10 AM in St. Peter’s Church, State St. Westfield. Burial will follow in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Tinkham Rd. Springfield. Visiting hours will be held on Thursday from 4-7 PM in the funeral home. Donations in Ray’s name may be directed to the Intracranial Hypertension Research Foundation, 6517 Buena Vista Dr. Vancouver, WA 98661 or to the American Society of Hypertension, 244 Madison Ave Suite 136, New York, NY 10016. www.firtionadams. com.
Police Logs WESTFIELD Major crime and incident log Monday, April 17, 2017 2:31 p.m.: Fraud, phone. Police received a report from a person in Texas that claimed that there was a possible fraudulent effort targeting them. They reported that they received a request of $380 to be sent to Westfield. No loss was reported and police reported no fraudulent activities to note.
Court Street trees Trees on Court Street are all aglow on a sunny Sunday morning, revealing the colors of Spring. (Photo by Marc St.Onge)
Sheriffs: Raise pot tax, use money for addiction treatment By BOB SALSBERG Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Sheriffs urged state lawmakers Monday to boost the tax consumers will pay on recreational marijuana and earmark the additional revenue for substance abuse prevention and treatment. The proposal was discussed at the final hearing of a special legislative committee that was set up to review the marijuana law voters approved in November. The panel is expected to issue recommendations by June. "Not everyone will smoke responsibly, much in the same way many people don't drink responsibly," said Hampshire County Sheriff Patrick Cahillane, who predicted an uptick in addiction and more arrests from driving under the influence of marijuana. The law currently calls for a 3.75 percent excise tax on retail marijuana sales, expected to begin in mid-2018. The excise would be imposed on top of the state's regular 6.25 percent sales tax, and local communities would have the option of tacking on an additional 2 percent tax. The Massachusetts tax would be lower than those imposed in several Western states, including Colorado, Oregon and Washington, that previously legalized recreational marijuana. Sen. Patricia Jehlen, co-chairwoman of the Legislature's Marijuana Policy Committee, said she believed many lawmakers were receptive to the idea of earmarking some revenue from pot taxes to addiction prevention and treatment. But Jehlen has been skeptical of boosting taxes, arguing they should be low enough to entice consumers to purchase the drug legally and not continue relying on the underground market. Cahillane and Hampden County Sheriff Nicholas Cocchi said nine of the state's 14 sheriffs are sponsoring a proposal that would boost the pot excise tax by 5 percent. Advocates of legal marijuana have disputed claims that marijuana can be addictive or serve as a gateway drug to opioids and other more dangerous substances. Jehlen said she's seen no evidence of a surge in addiction in other states that have legalized recreational marijuana. Cocchi clarified: "I'm not saying everyone who smokes a joint is going to become an addict." But he pointed to his own experience of trying to cope with substance abuse through the county correctional system and the lack of financial resources available from the state to deal with the crisis. "Let's earmark that money ... and start to make a dent in the substantial lack of services around the commonwealth," he said.
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Massachusetts man gets jail time for slashing officer's face WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts man who slashed a police officer's face with a steak knife has been sentenced to 2 ½ years in jail. Patxie Delorbe, of Worcester, was also sentenced Monday to a year of probation after pleading guilty to charges including assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and assault with intent to murder. Police on July 17 responded to a call from Delorbe's exgirlfriend who said he had been threatening her in violation of a restraining order. The 31-year-old Delorbe arrived on the scene, and when police tried to arrest him he lashed out with the knife, causing a four-inch gash that required stitches on the right cheek of one officer. Prosecutors asked for at least 10 years behind bars for Delorbe, citing his violent past. Delorbe apologized in court.
Baker proposal targets revenge porn, teen sexting BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker is looking to toughen laws regarding so-called “revenge porn” while offering diversion programs for teens who post explicit pictures or videos online. The Republican governor plans to file legislation Tuesday to close a loophole under current law by creating harsh penalties for adults who distribute sexually explicit images of former spouses or lovers in order to embarrass — often called revenge porn. The governor says current law addresses non-consensual recording of an unsuspecting person, but doesn’t address the distribution of images without consent even though the original image may have been taken with consent. The proposal would also send minors who “sext” explicit images to an educational diversion program rather than getting them involved in the juvenile justice system that could land them in state care.
A gallon of gas in Mass. up 4 cents BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts gas prices are continuing to rise. AAA Northeast said Monday that self-serve, regular has jumped 4 cents in the past week to an average of $2.32 per gallon. That's still a dime lower than the current national average, but 20 cents per gallon higher than the Bay State price a year ago. AAA found self-serve, regular selling for as low as $2.18 per gallon and as high as $2.49. Rising prices are due in part to increased demand during the spring and summer driving season.
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military and public safety staffers. This was one of Trump's first actions. But the freeze has since been lifted. —Require that two regulations be eliminated for each new one imposed. Trump signed an order requiring agencies to identify two existing regulations for every new one imposed — though there is nothing in the order that requires the two to be eliminated. FOREIGN AFFAIRS: — End the strategy of nation-building and regime change. Trump's foreign policy posture is still in its early stages, though he has already intervened in Syria and has escalated rhetoric against North Korea. — Move the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. The administration says it is studying the issue. — Negotiate the release of all U.S. prisoners held in Iran, even before taking office. Renegotiate or leave the Iran nuclear deal. No prisoners have been released. The administration is studying the nuclear deal and Trump told AP "it's possible" the U.S. will withdraw. — Create a safe zone in Syria for refugees, paid for by the Gulf states. Not yet. HEALTH CARE, COURTS and GUNS: —"My first day in office, I'm going to ask Congress to put a bill on my desk getting rid of this disastrous law and replacing it with reforms that expand choice, freedom, affordability. You're going to have such great health care at a tiny fraction of the cost. It's going to be so easy." The bill to replace "Obamacare" was pulled from Congress
because it lacked enough support. He will try again with a revised plan. — Begin selecting a new Supreme Court judge to fill the court's vacancy. Done. Trump nominated Neil Gorsuch and the Senate approved him. — Eliminate gun-free zones in schools and on military bases. Nope. REALLY? — "I promise I will never be in a bicycle race." So far, so good. Trump's vow came after John Kerry, then secretary of state, broke his femur in May 2015 while riding a bicycle. He was not in a bicycle race. —Bar his generals from being interviewed on television. Never mind that. Army Lt. Gen. H. R. McMaster, as Trump's national security adviser, recently appeared on a Sunday news show. Several senior military officers have done Pentagon news conferences in the past few months that are taped by the networks. Gen. John Nicholson, the top general in Afghanistan, appeared at a news conference Monday. —No time for play. Most weekends as president, Trump has broken his pledge to avoid the golf course, after years of criticizing his predecessor for playing the game. "Because I'm going to be working for you, I'm not going to have time to go play golf," he told a Virginia rally in August. "Believe me." —Season's greetings. "If I become president, we're gonna be saying Merry Christmas at every store. ... You can leave 'happy holidays' at the corner." As president-elect over the holidays, he sent a "Merry Christmas" tweet. So did President Obama. And both sent Happy Hanukkah wishes.
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HEALTHFITNESS FDA approves 2nd near-copy of Remicade for immune disorders By LINDA A. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer Federal regulators on Friday approved another alternative version of Remicade, an expensive injected drug widely used for rheumatoid arthritis and other immune system disorders. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Renflexis, developed by Samsung Bioepis Co. of South Korea. Its U.S. partner, Merck & Co. of Kenilworth, New Jersey, will market Renflexis. Merck said Renflexis should be available in six months. The delay is required under U.S. regulations for a relatively new category called biosimilars. That's the industry term for generic but not quite identical versions of biotech drugs. Without insurance, Remicade generally costs more than $30,000 annually for adults; dosage varies by weight. The first biosimilar for Remicade, Inflectra from New York-based Pfizer Inc., went on sale in November at a 15 percent discount. The companies refused to disclose the list price of Renflexis. Many U.S. insurers are requiring patients to switch to lower-priced biosimilars, and the new competition will help insurers negotiate bigger discounts from manufacturers. Remicade is health care giant Johnson & Johnson's top seller, with 2016 sales totaling $7 billion. It's approved to treat eight different immune disorders, including two in children. Renflexis is approved for seven of those: Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and plaque psoriasis, plus Crohn's in children. Remicade and Renflexis both carry serious risks. More-common side effects include respiratory infections, headache, rash and stomach pain. Because the drugs suppress the immune system, their use can also result in serious infections, including tuberculosis, and unusual cancer types.
In this photo taken Oct. 14, 2015, file photo, the Food & Drug Administration campus in Silver Spring, Md. On Thursday, April 20, 2017, the Food and Drug Administration said they are strengthening warnings about the dangers of two types of powerful painkillers due to risks of slowed breathing and death. The FDA said it is requiring makers of prescription versions of the medicines, codeine and tramadol, to change the products' labels to warn against giving them to children under age 12, and to limit use in older children. The FDA also said breastfeeding women shouldn't take them because of possible harm to the baby. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
FDA further restricts pain medication use in kids By LINDA A. JOHNSON AP Medical Writer TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — U.S. regulators are strengthening warnings about the dangers of two types of powerful painkillers due to risks of slowed
breathing and death. The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday it is requiring makers of prescription versions of the medicines, codeine and tramadol, to change the products' labels to warn against giving them to children under age 12, and to limit use in older children. The FDA also said breastfeeding women shouldn't take them because of possible harm to the baby. Many of the products containing these drugs are only available by prescription, but several over-the-counter cough medicines contain codeine. The FDA urged parents to carefully read labels of nonprescription cough medicines to avoid codeine and to consult a doctor or pharmacist if needed. The agency in 2013 had warned against use of codeine
and tramadol in children and adolescents to treat pain after surgery to remove tonsils. On Thursday, FDA said that some children are at higher risk of harm from the medicines because they break down codeine and tramadol more rapidly than normal, which can cause dangerously high levels of the drugs in the blood. That can cause symptoms such as low or shallow breathing, confusion and, in breastfeeding infants, trouble breastfeeding and limpness. "They are powerful, effective medicines when they're used right. They can cause a lot of harm when they're not," said the FDA's Dr. Douglas Throckmorton during a conference call. Throckmorton said that the agency was both increasing restrictions on the products'
labels and issuing a warning to consumers and pediatricians because of new information and concerns about the drugs' risks. The FDA has been reviewing the safety of codeine and tramadol for a few years, including combing through reports about patients harmed dating to 1969. From then until May of 2015, the agency identified 24 deaths and 40 other cases of serious breathing problems in children under 18 taking medicines containing codeine. It also identified three deaths and six other cases of serious breathing problems reported between January 1969 and March 2016 in children taking tramadol. Most of those cases occurred in children under 12, and some happened after just one dose of the medicine.
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When seconds matter, teamwork saves lives On Friday night, March 17, Chuck Margarites, Sr. and his wife Jeanne were driving home in Westfield after a dinner out to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Chuck began experiencing chest pains and thought that it might have been something he ate. The pain worsened and Chuck began to sweat, prompting Jeanne to tell him to pull over so that she could drive him to the Emergency Department at Baystate Noble Hospital. The couple arrived at 9:09 p.m. and were greeted by Dr. Murdoc Khaleghi, the attending ED physician and a team of Emergency Department nurses including Lynnette Milidakis, who would be Chuck’s primary nurse. An EKG was obtained and within minutes a code STEMI was called overhead. Chuck had experienced a STEMI, an ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, a serious heart attack in which a coronary artery is completely blocked and a large part of the heart muscle is unable to receive blood. Teamwork = Success The code set off a carefully practiced series of events at Baystate Noble. ED staff, lab, radiology, worked in concert
while the call was placed to the on-call interventional cardiologist at Baystate Medical Center, who transferred the patient and ensured that all was ready when the patient arrived. Westfield EMS arrived at Baystate Noble to transport the patient – just 22 minutes after Chuck arrived at the hospital. Chuck’s son, Chuck Margarites, Jr., director of Critical Care Services at Baystate Noble Hospital was out of town and had received a text to call his ED team back in Westfield who caught him up to speed on the situation. By 10:20 p.m. the cath lab team at Baystate Medical Center had placed a lifesaving stent in Chuck Sr’s artery and luckily there had been no discernible damage to his heart. Chuck Jr. was able to fly home to be with his dad in the hospital where his father told him that he remembered the crushing pain being completely gone once the stent was placed. He was discharged from Baystate Medical Center three days after his procedure. Community Care Baystate Noble Hospital has been an original and active member of the western Massachusetts Regional Myocardial
Surgery without Incisions: Baystate Was a Pioneer In 2005, surgeons from Hyderabad, India shocked the world with their video of an appendix being removed from a patient’s mouth. They performed the operation using a standard endoscope to enter the abdominal cavity via the stomach. Thus was born a new type of surgery called NOTES—natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery. Less than three years later, Baystate doctors performed their own groundbreaking NOTES surgery, and they are still on the cutting edge of incisionless surgery. Baystate Becomes a Leader in the New NOTES Field In 2008, Drs. John Romanelli and David Desilets were confronted with a clinically unstable ICU patient who was not improving despite having an endoscopic procedure to drain his infected pancreatic pseudocyst. The patient needed an operation called a cystogastrostomy to drain the cyst into the stomach where gastric acid helps to digest the infected debris. Previously, this had only been performed open or laparoscopically, but this patient was too sick for either of these procedures. Romanelli and Desilets successfully performed the procedure through the patient's mouth—the first surgery of its type performed anywhere in the world. From the Laboratory Bench to the Patient’s Bedside Romanelli, from the Department of Surgery, and Desilets, from the Division of Gastroenterology, were ready for the challenge because they and their team had been collaborating since 2006 to research surgical techniques using an endoscope via natural orifices. The lessons they learned from their early experiments on how to overcome the limitations of only one “incision” and using basic endoscopic tools to perform surgical maneuvers
allowed them to develop a technique to perform a cystogastrostomy orally. They were able to apply lessons learned in the research lab to benefit this critically ill patient—who was discharged within 14 days and recovered completely. Still on the Cutting Edge of Incisionless Surgery When reports emerged of a technique to remove a gallbladder through the vagina, the Baystate team again turned to the lab to hone their technique. They have now performed 20 transvaginal cholecystectomies with no major complications. Some of these procedures were part of the first multicenter trial comparing the technique to standard laparoscopic cholecystectomy. The trial, which will be published later this year, showed that transvaginal cholecystectomy was not inferior to laparoscopic cholecystectomy. More recently, Baystate's expertise in a new operation called POEM (peroral endoscopic myotomy) has made it a regional referral center for the treatment of achalasia, a disease of the smooth muscle of the esophagus that prevents contractions and makes it difficult to swallow food or liquids. After learning the POEM technique directly from its creator in Yokohama, Japan, the Baystate team has performed 61 POEM procedures—the largest series in New England. Collaboration Leads to Patient Care Breakthroughs This collaborative work reinforces the importance of research in improving patient care. Further, it demonstrates that physicians from different disciplines can work most effectively when they collaborate to deliver disease-focused care in novel ways. “To us, this represents the future of healthcare delivery,” said Dr. Romanelli.
Kindergarten Screening For Southwick-Tolland-Granville Children The Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional School District Kindergarten Screening for the 2017-2018 school year will be held on Wednesday, May 10th and Thursday, May 11th, 2017 at Woodland School for Southwick, Tolland and Granville residents. All Parents May Register Your Children At Woodland School In order to be eligible for Kindergarten, a child must be five years old on or before September 1, 2017. There will be no exceptions to this policy. As required by Special Education Law, Chapter 766, screenings will be conducted in the areas of hearing, vision, speech/language, cognitive and motor skills. All parents having an eligible child should come to the Woodland School office at 80 Powder Mill Road, Southwick, MA to pick up an enrollment packet between now and April 24th. Open enrollment hours are 9:15 am to 2:45 pm. Granville residents may pick up an enrollment packet at Granville School or Woodland School and return it to Woodland School. A check off list is included in the packet for your convenience. Once you’ve filled out your paperwork and have the necessary documents (proofs of residency, birth certificate, immunization record and physical) as noted on the check off list, return ALL information to the Woodland School Office. An appointment will be made for you at that time to attend the screening (May 10th or May 11th) to complete the registration process. Please call woodland school 569-6598 with questions.
Alzheimer’s Support Group at Armbrook Village April 26, 2017, 6:00 pm at Armbrook Village Senior Living and Memory Support Community, 551 North Road, Westfield. Enjoy a light dinner and a chance to share your personal experiences and strategies for communicating with your loved one! For more information and to RSVP, call (413) 568-0000.
Russell Council on Aging Festival RUSSELL – Saturday, May 13th from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. the Russell Council on Aging will hold a Festival featuring vendors, crafters, and collectors from surrounding areas. Charles Flint, certified appraiser, will be available to offer an idea of what fine art, antiques or treasures are worth. Mr. Flint is a member of the New England Appraisers Association. There will be a fee of $2.00 per item or 3 for $5.00. The limit is 3 items. The Festival will be set up outside, on Main Street, and at the Russell Senior Center, 65 Main Street, Russell. Baked goods will be for sale and music provided by local talents. A pancake breakfast and lunch offerings will be available for purchase. For more information about the Festival please call Carrie Florek @ (413)862-6217 or email russellcoa@russellma.net. All proceeds from the festival will help support the Russell Senior Center programs.
Developmental Screening At Fort Meadow For Peer Partners Families who live in Westfield and are interested in having their preschoolers attend Fort Meadow for the school year 2017-2018 are requested to call 572-6422 for a developmental screening. The screenings will be for children who are 3& 4 years old. Children will be chosen by lottery. Currently Fort Meadow charges tuition. Screening date is May 19, 2017. Please come and see our school and meet some of our staff at our Community Open House from 6:00-7:00 P.M. on May 11th! We look forward to meeting you and your children!
Free Hearing Clinic The Southwick Senior Center will be holding a free Hearing Clinic by Ear Masters, Monday May 22nd starting at 9:30am. Hearing Screenings may be done, hearing aides cleaned and free batteries are offered. Please call the office to make and appointment at 5695498
National Cancer Survivors Day It is a celebration for those who have survived, an inspiration for those recently diagnosed, a gathering of support for families, and an outreach to the community. The YMCA of Greater Westfield will be hosting a free let your yoga dance day to honor cancer survivors and to show the community that life after a cancer diagnosis can be inspiring. Join us Saturday, June 3rd, 9:15- 10:30AM LET YOUR YOGA DANCE with certified instructor, Renee Rix YMCA of Greater Westfield. For more information, contact Cindy Agan, Fitness Director, cagan@westfieldymca.org or P.413.568.8631
Infarction Program,” says Dr. Aaron Kugelmass, chief of Cardiology, Baystate Medical Center. “Mr. Margarites’ care reflects the true team work throughout the MI program; the blocked artery was opened within 80 minutes of arrival at Baystate Noble, beating national standards. This level of coordination is difficult to achieve on a regular basis, and that is what has been accomplished through the Myocardial Infarction Program, as Mr. Margarites’ story exemplifies.” “My family lives here. Westfield is my community. I want the medical care here to be the very best,” said Chuck.” We are working to ensure that critical services are in place including high quality teams throughout our health system. We work very closely and drill with Westfield Fire Department for these types of events. Our community trusts that we will be there for them when they need us most. They were there for my family and I’m so proud of and thankful for my team here at Baystate Noble,” he added. “Being a part of Baystate Health, we work closely with Baystate Medical Center and we have front line access to a tremendous full service cardiac center,” Chuck said. Thanks to his wife’s quick thinking and the exceptional teamwork and coordination between the staff at Baystate Noble and Baystate Medical Center, Chuck is alive today and enjoying every moment he spends with Jeanne, Chuck, Jr. and the rest of his family.
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The Small and Rural Schools Coalition recentes whether they’re in a high school of 200 students ly reviewed its status and plans at a Massachusetts or 5,000 students, should be able to be engaged in Association of Regional Schools (MARS) meeta range of after-school activities, or be able to take the necessary coursework to qualify for the most ing. This is an ongoing effort by the Coalition to prestigious universities. However, the state fundmake the plight of small and rural schools (and ing formula does not take the size of a district into their member towns) part of the school funding account other than using a 5,000 student district as discussion across the state. As those of us who an ‘average’ district in determining finances. live in the smaller and more rural part of Perhaps it is time to reopen the ‘unresolved’ Massachusetts recognize, we are often an overeducational equity issues raised in the Hancock v. looked part of the state that seems to get more lip Driscoll case of just over a decade ago and send a service than actual funding to address core stronger ‘message’ to the legislature and executive issues. While some progress is being made in branch that is a bit more difficult to ignore. The alerting state officials to the issues—and we’ve DR. DAVID state has indicated that the Chapter 70 funding seen some financial assistance in terms of HOPSON program is not funded fully and we know that this regionalizing services, developing economic formula does not account for low enrollment displans, and the release of some funding for continuing the effort to bring broadband to the area—it’s not tricts, which leads to further inadequacies in funding and the potential charge of discrimination. In our area, we know that enough to ease our financial burdens. Even without new funding streams, many of our towns the state allowed Worthington to withdraw from the district would be better off if the state would just live up to past prom- using legislation that did not, and does not, account for the ises, for example fully funding regional transportation reim- financial impact on both the district and the town of bursement and the payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) program. Worthington. At what point do we expand our current lawsuit Instead, each year we advocate for increases in these programs to encompass the broader area of the state’s failure to act in and wait with baited breath to see the final result of legislation, equitably funding education for all students across a broader which allows the amounts allocated for these programs to vary spectrum of schools and communities? year by year based upon state appropriations. We know, for example, that the regional transportation reimbursement funding allotment has been going up each year but we also know that this money is being split between even more school districts. With more districts seeking reimbursement, and the fact that transportation costs are rising, the net result is that districts still don’t receive the 100% that was originally promised. If we even received a 90% reimbursement rate this coming year, all of our towns would have reasonable assessments. Town budgets in many cases would also be easier to manage if the state provided PILOT payments equal to what any citizen would pay in taxes for state-owned property. In our own towns, we have a history of seeing a selectboard or finance committee talk about not passing Gateway’s educaListen at WSKB.org or watch on Comcast Cable CH. 15 tional assessment as a way to ‘send a message to Boston’. It would appear from the lack of any significant additional finan•••••••• Mondays •••••••• cial resources from the state that these messages are not work6-8 am: Good Monday Morning! with ing. The Gateway towns are certainly not the only ones facing Katherine Bentrewicz & Elli Meyer these issues and one of the interesting items brought up at the MARS meeting was the potential to sue the state for addi8-10am: Owls on the Air with Michael tional funding based upon the idea that the state is essentially “Buster” McMahon ‘92 discriminating against smaller towns and schools. The idea of economies of scale when talking about sharing services (either town or school) may produce some minimum savings but •••••••• tuesdays ••••••• doesn’t impact the fact, for example, that all students should 6-8 am: WOW, It’s Tuesday, with Bob Plasse have an equal opportunity to take Advanced Placement cours-
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BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts gas prices are continuing to rise. AAA Northeast said Monday that self-serve, regular has jumped 4 cents in the past week to an average of $2.32 per gallon. That's still a dime lower than the current national average, but 20 cents per gallon higher than the Bay State price a year ago. AAA found self-serve, regular selling for as low as $2.18 per gallon and as high as $2.49. Rising prices are due in part to increased demand during the spring and summer driving season.
• Support the food insecure: Donate uneaten, untouched food that you are not planning on using If you are interested in learning more about nutrition counseling sessions with a registered dietitian at Baystate Noble Hospital, please call 413-568-2811 ex: 5671 for more information.
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BOSTON (AP) — Another Democrat is planning to enter the race for governor in Massachusetts. Robert Massie tells The Boston Globe (http://bit. ly/2pWkSdH ) he's formed a fundraising committee and plans to formally announce his candidacy for the 2018 Democratic gubernatorial nomination next month. A long-time environmental activist from Somerville, Massie was a candidate for lieutenant governor in 1994 and briefly ran for the U.S. Senate in 2011. He recently stepped down as director of the Sustainable Solutions Lab at the University of Massachusetts-Boston. The only Democrat to officially declare for governor so far is former state Secretary of Administration and Finance Jay Gonzalez. Newton Mayor Setti Warren has also set up a fundraising committee. Republican Gov. Charlie Baker is expected to seek reelection to a second term in 2018, but hasn't officially announced.
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None of the baby books said anything about this. Dante would not stop crying. He wasn’t hungry, not thirsty, not too hot nor too cold. He wasn’t wet and he wasn’t alone. Stacia remembered she had one of those little round activity centers that her sister had given her at the baby shower. Because it was for older babies, she hadn’t even taken it out of its wrappings. Since a three month old can’t hold himself upright, she rolled up towels and placed them all around Dante so that he could sit in the little fabric seat in the middle of the activity center. In front of him were buttons and knobs, musical instruments and other easy to manipulate toys. The moment she placed him down, Dante became quiet and got to work with the little toys. Could it be that her three month old son had been…bored? When he was two and a half, Stacia went into Dante’s room late one night to straighten his covers. “What are you doing up so late?” she asked. “I’ve been thinking about the number twelve. Twelve breaks into threes and fours and twos. Isn’t that so pretty, mommy?” Division. At four, a neighbor at church asked Dante, “How high can you count, young man?” “Numbers don’t end,” he explained. “They go to infinity.” “Oh! Well, yes. Yes, of course….they…do.” Dante loved numbers. In elementary school, Dante would spend hours decorating the house with numbers that corresponded to the days of school. The numbers were written on little symbols—either fall maple leaves, pumpkins, Thanksgiving turkeys, Christmas trees, Valentine’s hearts, spring flowers or suns. Each symbol corresponded to the season during the school year in which the numbered school day occurred. They symbols were taped in order on the walls of the house. Where a doorway interfered with his order, Dante strung yarn, and found a way to hang his numbers across the yarn. The house was filled with his beloved numbers. Similarly, Dante loved clocks and keeping track of time. Every moment of life had an associated set of numbers. Joy. People were not as predictable, reliable and as easy to understand as numbers. When Stacia said they would eat dinner at 5:30, Dante would become extremely agitated at every minute that passed following that time. 5:34 was so unacceptable that Dante would scream, “Why did you LIE to me?” By the time he was nine, Dante had decided that the world was filled with liars. “I’ll be there in a minute,” was at least as much of a deception as a cheerful, “Just a second!” The timing of televised sports games as in, “There’s only two minutes remaining,” felt scandalous to Dante. Two minutes in sports was at least ten minutes in real clock time. Language itself had so many hidden meanings that Dante was exhausted searching for them. People said his mom Stacia was “on fire” when she sang and, it turns out, she was definitely not on fire; she wasn’t even feeling unusually warm when she sang. They spoke of a “monkey wrench in the works” when there was no monkey to be found in any room in the house. Stacia just wanted to have family dinner together with Dante without fighting. She, too, was exhausted. Translating the world for Dante who argued every point had taken so much of the happiness out of mothering. Carson’s In Home Therapy team came to help. They started by introducing Dante to the idea that most people talk in averages, in approximation—most of the time, they mean something close to what they say, but not exactly what they say. “Only math is perfect,” his In Home Therapist told him. It’s a big idea for Dante, with lots of applications. So that’s where they are. Practicing. When they are stuck in traffic and his mom despairs, “We’re never going to get anywhere!” Dante remembers what his Carson team told him. He doesn’t yell. He doesn’t panic. He says to himself, “Yes, we are. It’s just going to take longer than we thought.” By JAC Patrissi
By ELIANA LAKRITZ MS RD LDN Clinical Dietitian, Baystate Noble Hospital In this country, food waste in the household, schools, hospitals, commercial businesses and many other industries is a primary area of concern. The National Resources Defense Council reported that in America, about 40% of edible food goes uneaten. Most of the problems do not stem from lack of production. In fact, America produces 36 million tons of food while 49 million people face hunger around the world.The main concerns regarding food waste lie from farm to fork. While much of this is beyond consumers’ control, there are some steps you can take in your household and as part of your lifestyle to reduce your individual contribution to global food waste. When At the Store… • Use a list: buy only what you need rather than buying impulsively. That way, you know you will use the product and it won’t sit on the shelf/refrigerator and go to bad. • Buy what you need: If you only need a certain amount of a product, stick to the exact quantity rather than buying in bulk (unless you have a good storage plan). • Buy imperfect produce: Although many of consumers search the produce stack for that perfect item, it is usually ok to eat produce with slight imperfections. This helps prevent perfectly good items from being thrown out. At Home… • Store food properly: If grains go bad quickly in your house (cereal/crackers/chips), it may be worthwhile to get some airtight containers to transfer them into. If produce is the main concern, make sure that you are storing it properly. Different kinds of produce require different storage techniques. Refer to the FDA website for best storage tips for your favorite produce to maximize on shelf life. • FIFO (First in, First Out): When you purchase items frequently, make sure to store the open containers in front of the new, unopened ones. Use these older products first to prevent waste. • Eat Leftovers: Using leftover meals the following day or two can help prevent food waste. It may be helpful to store them in clear containers to remind you that they’re there. • Use the freezer: Freezingleftover food extends shelf life. Wrap food in heavy freezer paper, plastic wrap, or aluminum foil. Date the items that you freeze and use the oldest food first.
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Westfield High School baseball leadoff batter Matt Hastings awaits a pitch from Pope Francis pitcher Cam Niemiec Monday at Forest Park in Springfield. (Photo by Chris Putz)
Westfield pitcher Ari Schwartz winds up against Pope Francis Monday. (Photo by Chris Putz)
Westfield’s Anthony Clark (21) fist bumps the first base coach after collecting a base hit. (Photo by Chris Putz) Westfield’s Mason St. Pierre steps into a swing of the bat. (Photo by Chris Putz)
Westfield’s Austin St. Pierre begins to take off his batting gloves as he walks to first base after drawing a walk in the first inning Monday against Pope Francis at Forest Park in Springfield. (Photo by Chris Putz)
Cards dealt loss
By CHRIS PUTZ Staff Writer SPRINGFIELD – Westfield rallied from an early 1-0 deficit, scoring three unanswered runs, including two in extra innings, to nip Pope Francis 3-1 in eight innings in a high school baseball game Monday at Forest Park. Westfield tied the game 1-1 in the fifth with a two-out pinch hit single from Liam Whitman. Colapietro, who also reached on a pinch-hit at-bat, scored. In the eighth, Mason St. Pierre reached when he was hit by a pitch. Bailey Collier came in to pinch run for St. Pierre. Austin St. Pierre walked. Sean Moorhouse advanced the base runners with a sacrifice bunt. Collier scored the game-winning run on a wild pitch. Anthony Clark drew a walk. Stefan Krol knocked in Austin St. Pierre for an insurance run with a double. Ari Schwartz went the distance, scattering five hits over eight innings. He struck out three batters, walked two, and allowed one run. Westfield entered Monday’s contest having lost to Billerica 6-4 Saturday. In Saturday’s game, Scott Murphy went 3-for-3 with a double, run and RBI, Alex Cruwys had a triple, run, and two RBIs, and Kyle Cortese doubled and scored a run to lead Billerica.
Westfield’s Aidan Dunn (run, RBI) and Moorhouse (RBI) each had a double. Matt Hastings (RBI), Austin St. Pierre (RBI), Stefan Krol (run), and Jack Blake also had hits for the Bombers.
Martinez collects four hits Hampshire 17, Southwick 2 Eddie Martinez went 4-for-4 with a double and RBI to lead all Southwick batters. Connor Roy (run) and Dan Burnett each had a hit, and Johnny Cesan scored a run. In JV action, Southwick lost 6-3. Nick Brandoli went 1-for1 with two walks, and Dominic Berzellone had a hit for the Rams. St. Mary 2, Sabis 1 (8 inn.) – Sat., April 21 Jake Butler went 2-for-4 with two RBIs, and Nate Bonini and John Daley pitched a combined five-hitter to propel St. Mary past Sabis. Quinn Powers and Drew Collins scored the Saints’ lone runs. Bonini scattered four hits over five innings, striking out eight batters, walking three, and allowing no earned runs. Daley allowed just one hit in three innings of relief. He struck out five and walked none. Matt Masciadrelli walked three times and stole three bases
for St. Mary.
BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL
Bombers sweep to stay unbeaten Westfield def. Sci-Tech 25-9, 25-9, 25-16 Noah Kappel (11 kills, 3 aces, 1 block), Luis Castro (3 kills, 5 assists, 2 aces, 3 digs), Scott Walsh (26 assists), and Tyler Stanton (21 digs) led the two-time defending Western Mass champion Westfield Bombers to their eighth straight win to begin the 2017 season. Chambers, Lachtara solid in defeat East Longmeadow def. Southwick 25-17, 25-21, 25-23 Nick Chambers (13 digs, 7 kills, 2 aces) and Andrew Lachtara (12 digs, 10 assists, 1 kill, 1 ace) led Southwick. BOYS’ TENNIS
Bombers soar Westfield 4, Sabis 1 Westfield improved to 2-1 with wins by Tristan Viale (6-1, 6-3) and Sean Mitchell (6-3, 6-2) in singles’ action, while doubles pairs, Matt Roberts and Jimmy Knapik (6-0, 6-3), and, Eric Unger and Donald Chang (6-1, 6-0)
Hampshire vs. Southwick Boys Baseball
Daniel Burnett hits one through the infield for a base hit. (Photos by Bill Deren) Southwick starter Nicholas Connor Roy makes a catch in deep center field. (Photos by Bill Deren) Kavrakis. (Photos by Bill Deren)
Tyler Orban catches the back end of a third to first double play. (Photos by Bill Deren)
Samuel Parker on in relief. (Photos by Bill Deren)
Daniel Burnett crosses second base on the Eddie Martinez hit. (Photos by Bill Deren)
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2017 SPRING HIGH SCHOOL SCHEDULES WESTFIELD TECHNICAL ACADEMY
WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL Tuesday, April 25 BOYS’ TRACK & FIELD at Holyoke, Roberts Sports Complex, 4 p.m. BOYS’ LACROSSE vs. East Longmeadow, 4 p.m. JV BOYS’ LACROSSE vs. East Longmeadow, 4 p.m. JV BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL at Sci-Tech, 4 p.m. GIRLS’ TENNIS at Agawam High School, 4 p.m. BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL at Sci-Tech, 5:15 p.m. JV GIRLS’ LACROSSE at Minnechaug, 5:30 p.m. GIRLS’ LACROSSE at Minnechaug, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, April 25 BASEBALL vs. Pioneer Valley Christian Academy, Bullens Field, 4 p.m. SOFTBALL vs. Renaissance School, Whitney Park, 4 p.m. JV BASEBALL vs. Pioneer Valley Christian Academy, Jachym Field, 4 p.m.
Wednesday, April 26 SOFTBALL at Ludlow, Baird Middle School Field, 4 p.m. JV SOFTBALL at Ludlow, Veterans Park Elementary Field, 4 p.m. BOYS’ TENNIS vs. Chicopee Comp, 4 p.m.
Thursday, April 27 JV BASEBALL at Granby, 4 p.m. SOFTBALL vs. Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School, Whitney Park, 4 p.m.
Thursday, April 27 BASEBALL vs. Minnechaug, Bullens Field, 7 p.m. JV BASEBALL vs. Minnechaug, Westfield High School, 4 p.m. BOYS’ LACROSSE at Minnechaug Regional High School, 4 p.m. JV BOYS’ LACROSSE at Minnechaug Regional High School, Lower Field, 4 p.m. GIRLS’ TENNIS vs. East Longmeadow, 4 p.m. JV GIRLS’ LACROSSE at West Springfield, Clark Field, 5:30 p.m. GIRLS’ LACROSSE at West Springfield, Clark Field, 7 p.m. Friday, April 28 BOYS’ TENNIS at Greenfield, Davis Street Courts, 3:30 p.m. SOFTBALL vs. South Hadley, 4 p.m. JV SOFTBALL vs. South Hadley, 4 p.m.
Wednesday, April 26 No Sports Scheduled
Friday, April 28 BASEBALL at Pathfinder, St. Joe’s Field, 4 p.m. JV BASEBALL vs. Pathfinder Regional Vocational-Technical High School, Jachym Field, 4 p.m. Monday, May 1 No Sports Scheduled Tuesday, May 2 BASEBALL vs. McCann Tech, Bullens Field, 4 p.m. SOFTBALL vs. Pathfinder, Whitney Park, 4 p.m. JV BASEBALL vs. McCann Technical High School, Jachym Field, 4 p.m.
Saturday, April 29 BASEBALL vs. Pittsfield, Bullens Field, 11 a.m. JV BASEBALL vs. Pittsfield, Jachym Field, 11 a.m. BOYS’ LACROSSE vs. South Hadley, 4 p.m. JV BOYS’ LACROSSE vs. South Hadley, 4 p.m. Sunday, April 30 BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL at International Volleyball Hall of Fame’s Boys VolleyHall Classic, Springfield College, 8 a.m.
Wednesday, May 3 SOFTBALL at Franklin County Tech High School, Whitney Park, 4 p.m. Thursday, May 4 BASEBALL vs. Commerce, Bullens Field, 4 p.m.
Friday, April 28 BASEBALL at Granby Jr./Sr. High School, 4 p.m. JV BASEBALL at Granby Jr./Sr. High School, 4 p.m. SOFTBALL vs. Easthampton, 4 p.m. JV SOFTBALL vs. Easthampton, Southwick JV Softball Field, 4 p.m. JV BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL at West Springfield High School, 4 p.m. BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL at West Springfield High School, 5 p.m.
Tuesday, May 9 BASEBALL at Franklin County Technical School, 4 p.m. SOFTBALL at Commerce, Marshall Roy Field, 4 p.m. JV BASEBALL vs. Franklin County Technical High School, Jachym Field, 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 10 No Sports Scheduled Thursday, May 11 No Sports Scheduled Friday, May 12 SOFTBALL at Putnam, Blunt Park, 4 p.m. JV BASEBALL vs. High School of Science and Technology, Jachym Field, 4 p.m. BASEBALL vs. High School of Science and Technology, Bullens Field, 7 p.m. Monday, May 15 SOFTBALL vs. Commerce, Whitney Park 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 16 BASEBALL vs. Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School, Bullens Field, 4 p.m. SOFTBALL vs. High School of Science and Technology, Whitney Park, 4 p.m. JV BASEBALL at Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School, Arcanum Field, 4 p.m.
Tuesday, April 25 BOYS’ LACROSSE vs. Monson, Boardman Field, 4 p.m. GIRLS’ LACROSSE at St. Mary, Boardman Field, 4 p.m. GIRLS’ TENNIS at Greenfield, Davis Street Courts, 3:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 25 No Sports Scheduled
Thursday, April 27 GIRLS’ TRACK & FIELD vs. Palmer, South Hadley, Baystate Academy, 4 p.m.
Monday, May 8 No Sports Scheduled
SAINT MARY HIGH SCHOOL
SOUTHWICK-TOLLAND REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL Wednesday, April 26 BASEBALL vs. St. Mary, 4 p.m. JV BASEBALL vs. St. Mary, 4 p.m. BOYS’ TRACK & FIELD at Putnam Vocational-Technical Academy, Berte Field (Central High School), 4 p.m. SOFTBALL vs. Gateway Regional, 4 p.m. JV SOFTBALL vs. Gateway Regional, Southwick JV Softball Field, 4 p.m. JV BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL vs. Athol, 4 p.m. BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL vs. Athol, 5 p.m.
Friday, May 5 No Sports Scheduled
Wednesday, April 26 BASEBALL at Southwick-Tolland Regional High School, 4 p.m. JV BASEBALL at Southwick-Tolland Regional High School JV Baseball Field, 4 p.m. BOYS’ TENNIS at Pioneer Valley Christian Academy School, 4 p.m. Thursday, April 27 GIRLS’ TENNIS vs. Palmer, Municipal Tennis Courts, 4 p.m. Friday, April 28 BASEBALL vs. Hampshire Regional, Westfield Middle School North, 4 p.m. JV BASEBALL vs. Hampshire Regional, Hamden Ponds Field, 4 p.m. GIRLS’ LACROSSE vs. Pope Francis, Boardman Field, 4 p.m. BOYS’ LACROSSE at Chicopee Comprehensive High School, 6 p.m. Monday, May 1 BASEBALL at Ware, Ware Jr./Sr. High School, 4 p.m. JV BASEBALL at Ware Jr./Sr. High School, 4 p.m. BOYS’ TENNIS at Greenfield, Davis Street Courts, 4 p.m.
Saturday, April 29 SOFTBALL vs. Mahar, 11 a.m.
Tuesday, May 2 GIRLS’ LACROSSE at Chicopee Comprehensive High School, 4 p.m. BOYS’ TENNIS vs. Greenfield, Municipal Tennis Courts, 4 p.m.
Monday, May 1 BASEBALL vs. Gateway Regional, Whalley Park, 4 p.m. JV BASEBALL vs. Gateway Regional, 4 p.m. SOFTBALL at Pope Francis, Holyoke Community College, 4 p.m. BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL vs. Commerce, 5 p.m.
Wednesday, May 3 BASEBALL vs. Monson, Westfield Middle School North, 4 p.m. JV BASEBALL vs. Monson, Hamden Ponds Field, 4 p.m. BOYS’ LACROSSE vs. McCann Tech, Boardman Field, 4 p.m.
Tuesday, May 2 No Sports Scheduled
Thursday, May 4 No Sports Scheduled
Wednesday, May 3 BASEBALL vs. Sabis International Charter School, 4 p.m. BOYS’ TRACK & FIELD vs. Hampshire Regional, 4 p.m. SOFTBALL at Ware Jr./Sr. High School, 4 p.m. JV SOFTBALL at Ware High School, Grenville Park, 4 p.m. JV BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL at Sabis International Charter School, 4 p.m. BOYS’ VOLLEYBALL at Sabis International Charter School, 5 p.m.
Friday, May 5 BASEBALL vs. Sci-Tech, Westfield Middle School North, 6:30 p.m. BOYS’ TENNIS at Renaissance School, Blunt Park, 4 p.m. BOYS’ LACROSSE vs. Granby Jr./Sr. High School, Boardman Field, 5 p.m. GIRLS’ TENNIS at Pittsfield, Reid Middle School, 4:30 p.m.
Thursday, May 4 GIRLS’ TRACK & FIELD at Monson, Moriarty Field (Granite Valley Middle School), 4 p.m.
Monday, May 8 GIRLS’ LACROSSE at Hoosac ValleyHigh School, 3:30 p.m. BASEBALL at Palmer High School, 4 p.m. JV BASEBALL at Palmer High School, 4 p.m. BOYS’ LACROSSE at Hoosac Valley High School, 5 p.m.
GATEWAY REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL Tuesday, April 25 BASEBALL at Hampshire Regional High School, 4 p.m. JV BASEBALL at Hampshire Regional High School, 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 26 SOFTBALL at Southwick-Tolland Regional High School, 4 p.m. JV SOFTBALL at Southwick-Tolland Regional High School, JV Softball Field, 4 p.m. Thursday, April 27 SOFTBALL at Renaissance, Marshall Roy Field, 4 p.m. Friday, April 28 BASEBALL vs. Monson, 4 p.m. JV BASEBALL vs. Monson, 4 p.m. SOFTBALL vs. Monson, 4 p.m. JV SOFTBALL vs. Monson, 4 p.m. Monday, May 1 BASEBALL at Southwick-Tolland Regional, Whalley Park, 4 p.m. JV BASEBALL at Southwick-Tolland Regional High School, JV Baseball Field, 4 p.m. SOFTBALL at Lee, Maple Street Complex, 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 2 SOFTBALL vs. Ware, 4 p.m. JV SOFTBALL vs. Ware, 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 3 BASEBALL vs. Palmer, 4 p.m. JV BASEBALL vs. Palmer, 4 p.m. SOFTBALL at Palmer High School, 4 p.m. JV SOFTBALL at Palmer, Legion Field, 4 p.m. Thursday, May 4 SOFTBALL at McCann Tech, 4 p.m. JV SOFTBALL at McCann Tech, Noel Field Complex, 4
p.m. BASEBALL vs. Mount Everett, 4 p.m. JV BASEBALL vs. Mount Everett, 4 p.m.
School, 4 p.m. SOFTBALL vs. Smith Academy, 4 p.m. JV SOFTBALL vs. Smith Academy, 4 p.m.
Friday, May 5 BASEBALL vs. Sabis International Charter School, 4 p.m. JV BASEBALL vs. Sabis International Charter School, 4 p.m. SOFTBALL vs. Granby Jr./Sr. High School, 4 p.m. JV SOFTBALL vs. Granby Jr./Sr. High School, 4 p.m.
Tuesday, May 16 No Sports Scheduled
Monday, May 8 BASEBALL vs. Ware, 4 p.m. JV BASEBALL vs. Ware, 4 p.m. SOFTBALL at Pope Francis, Holyoke Community College, 4 p.m. Tuesday, May 9 No Sports Scheduled Wednesday, May 10 BASEBALL at Sabis International Charter School, 4 p.m. JV BASEBALL at Sabis International Charter School, Hubbard Park, 4 p.m. SOFTBALL at Easthampton, Nonotuck Park, 4 p.m. JV SOFTBALL at Easthampton, Nonotuck Park, 4 p.m. Thursday, May 11 No Sports Scheduled Friday, May 12 BASEBALL at Granby Jr./Sr. High School, 4 p.m. JV BASEBALL at Granby Jr./Sr. High School, 4 p.m. SOFTBALL vs. Renaissance, 4 p.m. Monday, May 15 BASEBALL at Franklin County Technical High School, 4 p.m. JV BASEBALL vs. Franklin County Technical High
Wednesday, May 17 SOFTBALL at Ware Jr./Sr. High School, 4 p.m. JV SOFTBALL at Ware, Grenville Park, 4 p.m. Thursday, May 18 BASEBALL vs. Putnam Vocational-Technical Academy, 4 p.m. JV BASEBALL vs. Putnam Vocational-Technical Academy, 4 p.m. Friday, May 19 No Sports Scheduled Monday, May 22 JV BASEBALL at St. Mary, Westfield Middle School North, 4 p.m. BASEBALL at St. Mary, Bullens Field, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 23 No Sports Scheduled Wednesday, May 24 SOFTBALL vs. Sabis International Charter School, 4 p.m. JV SOFTBALL vs. Sabis International Charter School, 4 p.m. Thursday, May 25 No Sports Scheduled Friday, May 26 SOFTBALL vs. McCann Technical, 4 p.m. JV SOFTBALL vs. McCann Technical, 4 p.m.
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Southwick vs. Pittsfield Girls Softball
Allison Phelps (9) makes the out at 1st
Front: Gillian Ensign (2), McKenna Leary (13), Molly Petit (4), Grace Ingledue (11), Brittany Penland (7) Back: Nicole Willey (3), Emma Barnard (1), Tori Dellagustina (5), Sophia Kellener (6), Allison Phelps (9), Emily Lachtara (8)
McKenna Leary (13) catches a high fly for the out.
Tori Dellagustina (5) connects with the ball.
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Emily Lachtara (8) winds up for the pitch.
Allison Phelps (9) makes another out at 1st.
Extra credit By CHRIS PUTZ Staff Writer WESTFIELD – No matter how one looks at it, Saturday’s 15-inning marathon between the Westfield and Taconic high school softball teams was a thriller and heartbreaker all rolled into one. Westfield pitcher Haley Moniz pitched all 15 innings. Moniz tossed a whopping 175 pitches, yielding less than a hit an inning (11 total), walking two and striking out seven batters. Taconic pitcher Ashley Keegan was just as effective, recording 16 strikeouts, walking one, and allowing just two earned runs in a 208 pitch, complete game outing. Taconic prevailed 3-2. “This was a nail biter from the very beginning,” Westfield coach Tim Desmond said. “It was back and forth all game long with each team getting out of several jams and making the defensive stops when needed.” Morgan Zabielski got the scoring going with a delayed steal to third base, and scored on an errant throw at third. Moniz and Brit Kowalski had two apiece. Kowalski also made two inning-ending catches to preserve the tie during the game. Moniz assisted on more than a half-dozen putouts, making several nice defensive stops on hard hit balls up the middle. “I knew it was going to come down to one play that would decide the game and whichever team capitalized on the other’s mistakes would probably come out on top. “As disappointed as I am that we lost this game, I am very proud of the fight this team showed all game long. It was cold and windy and we could have easily let down, but this team is tough and they stayed focused for all 15 innings.” The exhausting loss apparently did not seem to phase Westfield in any negative way as the Bombers bounced back in a big way Monday. Westfield pitcher Nicole Clemente scattered six hits, struck out six batters and walked none in five solid innings, and the Bombers blew past Holyoke 14-2. Autumn Moccia, Haley Moniz and Britt Kowalski had two hits apiece to lead Westfield. Moccia also drove in three runs. Westfield will return to action Wednesday on the road against Ludlow at Baird Middle School at 4 p.m.
Tigers scare up 24 hits Westfield Technical Academy 11, Sci-Tech 8 The Westfield Tech Tigers offense roared to life to the tune of 24 hits, including six doubles and two triples. Westfield Tech junior Taya Allen led the way with four hits, two of which resulted in triples. Cheyenne Slack and Leilani Marsh had two doubles apiece. Lexi Doiron and Caitlin
NICOLE CLEMENTE
HAYLEY MONIZ
Murphy each doubled once for the Tigers. Westfield Tech freshman catcher Arianna Levere also had four hits to help the winning effort.
Cards deal Gators loss Pope Francis 9, Gateway 1 Grace Van Buren plated Dayna Brittland with an RBI single for Gateway’s only run.
Lachtara strikes out 12 in loss Pittsfield 6, Southwick 0 Giuliana Pierce (12 Ks) tossed a two-hitter, and Britney Perkett (run, RBI) and Hayley Tobin (double, run, RBI) each had two hits in Pittsfield’s shutout of Southwick. Southwick pitcher Emily Lachtara also had 12 strikeouts. Lachtara and Brittany Penland had the lone hits for the Rams.
GIRLS’ TENNIS
Saints rise above Green Wave
St. Mary 4, Greenfield 1 St. Mary’s seventh-grade doubles pair, Maura O’Neill and Gina Mulvenna won their first tennis match, defeating Pittsfield’s Gabrielle Fruet and Brennah Brickle 6-4, 7-6, highlighting a solid outing by the school’s girls’ tennis team Monday. “I’m very happy for these two young ladies,” St. Mary coach Frank Crosby said. “As first-year players to this team, they have been working very hard to improve. I’m very pleased to see them get the win.” St. Mary’s swept singles play with Jessica Demers (6-1, 6-0), Jessica Crosby (6-2, 6-0), and Ashley Forest (6-0, 6-2) all claiming victory. St. Mary’s suffered a hard-fought loss at second doubles as Alexis Shedd and Erin Olearcek battled back from a first-set defeat to post a 7-6 win in the second set before losing a 10-point tiebreaker at the end.
Gateway Regional vs. Pope Francis High softball
Donna Viel makes the out. Ava Auclair scores a run. Erika Wolfe works to drive a runner home.
SPORTS
Audrey Gamble pitches one down the line.
PHOTOS BY MARC ST.ONGE
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Dear Annie By ANNIE LANE
A Rift and a Dying Friend Dear Annie: My question is urgent and can’t wait. I don’t know what to do. My best friend is suffering from a quick and aggressive form of ovarian cancer. We don’t know how much longer she has and suspect it won’t be long. For more than 25 years, I have talked to her at least four times a week and seen her at least once a week. She has been an active participant in my entire family life and is beloved by my spouse, children and extended family. We are all taking this news extremely hard. The hole in our lives is huge. About 10 years ago, there was a rumor that she and my husband had a thing. It was small-town jealousy of the fact that the four of us had happy lives. If we had lived anywhere else, it would not have been an issue to have opposite-sex friendships. Small towns where people don’t move away focus on anything that seems interesting. We thought it was all fine, but it now seems her husband never was OK with it. He quit coming around, and we never addressed it. We thought that the reason he declined our invitations was that he was busy working. Now we know he is still uncomfortable with us. She probably didn’t tell us because she was embarrassed. If there were time to be mad, I would be so mad. We would have made it right if we had known he was harboring this type of resentment. We could have made sure everyone was OK. Now she is probably dying, and we aren’t there with her. There was a time when we would have been the people he would have called for any kind of help. We moved the furniture, chopped the trees, patched the driveway, etc. We were the best friends when he needed us to be and out of sight and out of mind the rest of the time, I guess. How do we fix this before it is too late? He is controlling of time and visitors and not receptive right now. We don’t want to go behind his back and want to make this right. This is so heartbreaking to all. The few family members who have been able to see her say she is depressed and so sad about the loss of control of her life and feels trapped and dependent. I miss my best friend and don’t know how to make this better for everyone. What do you suggest to heal this rift I didn’t realize was this deep? Don’t want my heart to die, too. -- Love My Friend Dear Love: If ever there was a time to heal this rift, it’s now. Call her husband. Empathize with the complicated emotions he’s no doubt feeling. He may have seized onto this issue as something external on which he could project all his anger over his wife’s illness. Whatever his reasons, remind him that a grudge hurts the person holding it. And if he’s so attached to the pain that he doesn’t want to let go, that’s his own prerogative. He can stay angry. But he can’t force his wife to be part of that anger. Implore him, for her sake, to allow you to visit. If he feels uncomfortable, he can leave the house for a few hours while you’re there. Ultimately, if you want to see your best friend and she wants to see you, go see her -- with or without his permission. Send your questions for Annie Lane to dearannie@creators. com. To find out more about Annie Lane and read features by other Creators Syndicate columnists and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com.
HINTS FROM HELOISE CARD WITH A CATCH Dear Heloise: My part-time job at a retailer offers direct deposit into my checking account. The retailer also can deposit my pay onto a PREPAID CARD. It’s like a credit card, but if I need cash, I use an ATM, which charges me a fee. Please tell your readers to read the fine print! -- A Worker Bee in Dallas Dear Worker Bee: Thanks for the good information that I’m more than happy to pass along! Readers, a prepaid (payroll) card is like a debit or gift card. There is no bank account to withdraw from or even check your balance. An employer “deposits” or “loads” your wages onto the card. You can shop, pay bills, etc., like it’s a regular credit card. However, when getting money from an ATM, YOU have to pay the ATM fee to get your money! So, if you need cash, take out more than you think you will use, so there is only a one-time fee. -- Heloise NO MAILING LIST Dear Readers: If you enter drawings or sweepstakes, or when signing on for a subscription, your name can end up on a mailing list! My HELOISE HINT: Use variations and initials of your name. -- H.H. Heloise FRESHEN UP Dear Heloise: When I want to freshen up my throws and bedspreads, I take them outside and give them a good shakeout. The fresh air helps, too. -- M.B., Fayetteville, Ark.
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O’Reilly surprised by Fox exit, says truth will come out By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Five days after being fired from his top-rated Fox News Channel perch, Bill O'Reilly used a podcast to express his dismay and vowed that "the truth will come out." "I am sad that I'm not on television anymore," he said in an episode Monday of his personal website's "No Spin News" podcast, available only to subscribers after this week's free window. "I was very surprised how it all turned out." O'Reilly, who exited Fox News amid sexual harassment allegations that he has denied, said he couldn't add much more "because there's much stuff going on right now." "But I can tell you that I'm very confident the truth will come out and when it does, I don't know if you're going to be surprised, but I think you're going to be shaken, as I am," said O'Reilly, who was Fox's most popular and most lucrative personality. He declined to expand on that point, he said, "because I just don't want to influence the flow of the information. I don't want the media to take what I say and misconstrue it." But his listeners have a right to know
exactly what happened, and "we are working in that direction," O'Reilly said. O'Reilly's remarks were the first since his exit on Wednesday, which took place while he was away on his vacation. He had issued a statement after Fox announced his departure, defending himself against what he called "unfounded claims" and saying he took pride in his 20-plus years with the news channel. O'Reilly's firing came after The New York Times reported in early April that five women had received settlements totaling $13 million after they alleged sexual harassment and other mistreatment and dozens of advertisers pulled out of his show. He was paid a reported $25 million upon his exit. During his podcast, O'Reilly didn't address speculation that he might land elsewhere in broadcasting or cable, but he discussed briefly how he intended to build his online forum into a "genuine news program." On Monday's roughly 20-minute podcast, he discussed topics including President Donald Trump's poll numbers. As the program is developed, guests and other elements would be added, he said. Not long after O'Reilly signed off
online, Tucker Carlson's show moved into the 8 p.m. EDT time slot that had been home to "The O'Reilly Factor." Carlson tipped his hat to O'Reilly at the top of "Tucker Carlson Tonight" without discussing why he left. "I watched Bill O'Reilly at this hour for years, and I always marveled at how well-prepared he was, how tough he was, and how crisply and directly he expressed his views," he said. "What O'Reilly did was not easy. He set a high bar, and I'm gonna do my best to meet it." One of Carlson's guests, Caitlyn Jenner, teased him about being shifted to various Fox News time slots because of the departures of Megyn Kelly, who left for a new job at NBC, and O'Reilly. "You've been running around .... Hopefully you're here for a while," Jenner said, smiling, and then discussed politics and gender identity issues with the host. Earlier Monday, former Fox News host Andrea Tantaros filed a lawsuit against Fox News saying she believes network operatives used bogus social media accounts to torture her after she complained about sexual harassment by longtime former CEO Roger Ailes, who resigned last July. The network denied her claims.
Sex, lies and physics: ‘Genius’ drama is Einstein tell-all By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The unparalleled brilliance and puckish wit? Check. The trademark wild mop of hair? Check. The marital infidelity and free-wheeling sex? Yes, check again for Albert Einstein, who in National Geographic’s miniseries “Genius” comes across as a full-blooded, hotblooded figure who lived by his own rules, both scientific and domestic. The 10-part series, starring Oscar-winning Geoffrey Rush (“Shine”) as the mature physicist and Johnny Flynn (“Lovesick”) as the budding one, also places Einstein firmly in a 20th-century world engulfed by political chaos and war. “Genius” (debuting 9 p.m. EDT Tuesday) is both entertaining and intelligent, as befits a drama that’s based on Walter Isaacson’s acclaimed 2007 biography, “Einstein: His Life and Universe,” and is the Nat Geo channel’s first scripted series. Also credit Ron Howard, who brought another complex scientist to the screen in “A Beautiful Mind,” the 2001 Academy Awardwinning film about troubled mathematician John Nash. There are some “Mind”type cinematic flourishes in “Genius,” restrained special effects that provide a visual sense of Einstein’s thinking and the universe as he sees it and helpful for the sciencechallenged. But the series opens with Rush’s Einstein and a young woman in the throes of passion (intercut, unnervingly, with an assassination that foretells of the upheaval ahead for him and the world). It was a deliberate choice, said Howard, who directed episode one and is among the series’ executive produc-
In this image released by National Geographic, Geoffrey Rush stars portrays Albert Einstein and Emily Watson portrays Elsa Einstein in "Genius," premiering April 25. (Dusan Martincek/National Geographic via AP)
ers that include Brian Grazer, his longtime creative partner, and Gigi Pritzker. Noah Pink and Ken Biller are the screenwriters. “Not only did it (the scene) appeal to us dramatically, but it also fulfilled the desire to announce to audiences right away that we weren’t approaching it in an entirely straightforward, traditional and academic way,” Howard said. “We were looking for the drama in the story and willing to deal with Einstein, warts and all.” “Genius” hopscotches through time as it follows Einstein flailing as an unconventional student; a young lover and imperfect husband and parent; a Jew clashing with the German scientific establishment; and as the conflicted father of the atomic age. Rush said he was more familiar with aspects of Einstein’s world-changing theory of relativity than with the man himself, a distant figure often reduced to a
beaming, wild-haired figure with brains. “We all know the look of Einstein — it should be an emoji,” Rush said by phone from Australia. As he delved further into Einstein’s life, Rush was struck by his many sides and the fame he achieved for work unknowable by many. “He experienced a level of global celebrity equal to that of his contemporary, Charlie Chaplin,” Rush said. But while Chaplin’s Little Tramp film character had an everyman appeal, Einstein “managed that by coming up with theories that 99.9 percent of the world had no idea what he was talking about.” Not all were fans. Einstein was seen as a threat by, among others, fellow German scientists who derided his work as a sign of foreign influence and “devoid” of reality in the changing political order destined to be ruled by Adolf Hitler. There are parallels with
today’s clashes over climate change and other science, Howard said. “This sort of tactic of trying to galvanize support around a particular agenda by narrowing your focus, as opposed to broadening it, by doubting innovation and trying to rigidly hang on to accepted ideas. There’s nothing new in that,” he said. Howard wants viewers to appreciate the courage it took the trailblazing Einstein to pursue his ideas against fierce opposition and, despite his own sometimes “less than noble” personal behavior, become a voice for shared humanity. “There’s a kind of courage required for Einstein to have given us everything he gave us, in addition to the transformative work in physics. The role that he ultimately took on as a philosopher and political force,” Howard said, “that was not something he welcomed at all. It was thrust upon him.”
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DUSTIN By Steve Kelley and Jeff Parker
HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Tuesday, April 25, 2017: This year you often step back and reflect. Others witness your quieter side emerging. Some of your friends might worry, as they don’t understand what is going on with you. Don’t worry -- they will adjust. If you are single, someone you choose to date could be different from how he or she was during your initial meeting. Get to know this person well before committing to a serious relationship. If you are attached, your sweetie will relate to you better if you stay open and express your feelings clearly. Avoid getting into a power play with him or her at all costs. ARIES understands you even better than you do! 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 You want to make the best impression possible, even more so than usual. You might inadvertently add an element of the unexpected or originality to the mix. Suggestions come forward as you are so open. Sort through them. Tonight: Time for a serious discussion. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHH You could feel at ease for most of the day. In your quietness, you’ll gain unusual insight. You might want to share what you’ve discovered with someone who knows you well. Feedback is important, as it allows you to hear a different perspective. Tonight: Enjoy the moment. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH Use the daylight hours to the max. You are likely to be especially sociable in a meeting. In business situations with other people, you shine. A friend might call your views into question. Remain open. An associate could give you strong feedback. Tonight: Take a personal night. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHH You are being noticed by those around you. You might feel that someone is acting in a most unexpected way. Take a step back and try to understand where this person is coming from. Open up conversations, and be willing to gain a new perspective. Tonight: Catch up with a friend. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH Understand what is motivating an associate. You don’t often have long conversations with this person, but something unexpected is likely to encourage more communication. Consider what it’s like to walk in this person’s shoes. Let others take the lead. Tonight: Out late. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH Your creativity can cook up a bad idea every so often. Brainstorm with others. Don’t hesitate to share what else is on your mind. A person with whom you share financial interests surprises you once more. Keep conversations open. Tonight: Let the fun begin! LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH Your ability to make a difference emerges, especially once you make an effort to understand what is happening between you and a friend. You might need to revise your thinking to see where this person is coming from. Once you do, you’ll be happier. Tonight: Hang out. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHH Your focus can be easily disrupted by interference from another party. Try taking a walk to clear your mind. Be aware of a feeling of financial tightness. Perhaps you are simply aware of your budget and its limitations, and are responding in a mature way. Tonight: All smiles. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH Your serious attitude could create distance between you and a key person in your life. You sometimes need to smile a bit more to relax. Move forward and handle a personal issue directly. Your caring nature will delight a child or new friend. Tonight: Know when to call it a night. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHHH You have the unique ability to move from one subject to another without lingering. Dealing with a personal matter could take a lot of time. This issue could affect your home or a realestate investment. You alone know the importance of this matter. Tonight: Happy at home. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH You might want to understand what is motivating you to overthink an issue. In fact, you might not even realize just how much mental space this thought is occupying. If possible, try to resolve the problem ASAP. Seek out new information. Tonight: A friend touches base. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHH You might be too tired to discuss a financial matter, but you might have no other choice. An element of the unexpected runs through your day. Others tend to see you as unusually dynamic because of your ability to shift quickly into different gears. Tonight: Catch up on a friend’s news.
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Regrouping Bulls hope Canaan can provide answer at point By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Rolling along with a humming offense not too long ago, the Chicago Bulls will now try to regroup. And they'll do it with a seldom-used point guard making a crucial start. The Bulls will go with Isaiah Canaan in Game 5 of their first-round series against the Celtics in Boston on Wednesday, hoping he can stabilize an offense struggling without the injured Rajon Rondo. More important, they will try to regain the lead in a series after back-to-back home losses. "I really thought he did a good job picking up the ball and pressuring the pickup point a full 94 feet," coach Fred Hoiberg said Monday. "I thought his initial ball pressure was good. We have to get off to a much better start if we want to have any chance of winning another game in this series." The eighth-seeded Bulls looked as if they were positioning themselves to knock off the top-seeded Celtics after taking the first two games in Boston. But they haven't been the same with Rondo missing the past two because of a broken right thumb. The cast he had on his sprained right wrist was off on Monday, though he still had a splint for the thumb and wrist. Hoiberg would not rule him out for the rest of the series. Rondo's injury seems to have exposed a lack of depth at a key position. Things got so bad in Game 4 on Sunday that the Bulls actually had to turn to Canaan in the first quarter. He played reasonably well with 13 points in 34 minutes in his first appearance since April 10 and tried his best to contain Isaiah Thomas. But it was jarring to see him in such a big spot. Hoiberg yanked struggling starter Jerian Grant after about five minutes and never went back to him. Backup Michael Carter-Williams then picked up two quick fouls and only made a cameo after that in the third, when Thomas led the Celtics on the go-ahead run. The Bulls had Cameron Payne inactive and opted not to go with first-round draft pick Denzel Valentine. That meant prime playing time for Canaan. He came in late in the first quarter after Carter-Williams got into foul trouble and got more minutes than anyone had reason to anticipate. "It felt good to be out there to battle with my teammates," he said. "I just want to go out there, just give energy, just try to make my opponent as miserable as possible. The opportunity came and I just wanted to take full advantage of it." That Canaan played such a big role was surprising considering he averaged just 15.2 minutes in the 39 regular-season games he played. Yet here he is with a big role and a huge assignment, going against one of the league's best point guards in a high-pressure situation. "Throughout the season, you just wonder when that opportunity is gonna come," he said. "I believe everything happens for a reason, and you never foresee what it may be." The Bulls have hit on backup point guards in the past. Nate Robinson, D.J. Augustin and John Lucas III all came through in big spots in recent years. The Bulls were hoping Grant and Carter-Williams would do the same. Maybe Canaan will be the guy, instead. If nothing else, the Bulls are clearly missing Rondo at the moment. And that would have been hard to envision at times during the regular season. After all, the four-time All-Star and 2008 NBA champion was in and out of the starting lineup. He got benched for five games at one point. He was also suspended a game by the Bulls and found himself at the center of their biggest controversy this season. That happened when he fired back at Jimmy Butler and Dwyane Wade for criticizing the team while defending the younger players. Despite all that, Rondo played well down the stretch in the regular season. And he was particularly good as the Bulls took the first two playoff games on the road. "This is a good team we're playing," Wade said. "It's a chess match, we have to figure out the game within a game, how to beat them. It's the next one. "So we're focused on Game 5. We got two days to prepare. Today was a good day mentally. Tomorrow will be mental and physical. Then we go up there late Wednesday night, late night and try to come out with a win."
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Building Lot for Sale Montgomery, MA 413-862-3376 MOBILE HOMES Springfield: Remodeled 2 bedroom. Beautiful kitchen. Room to expand. Aluminum roof. Entry porch. Appliances. Nice fenced yard. $45,000 413-593-9961 DASAP.MHVILLAGE.COM
SERVICES A DUMP TRUCK Attic, cellars garages cleaned out. Wood and brush removal. Handy-Man services plus painting. Snowplowing. (413)569-0794 (413)374-5377
A1 ODD JOBS/HANDYMAN Debris removal, landscaping, SPRING yard cleanup, interior and exterior painting, power washing, basic carpentry and plumbing. All types of repair work and more. (413)562-7462
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