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TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2015

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Commission approves East Main St. 99 Restaurant liquor license

Guitar thief sentenced

By CARL E. HARTDEGEN Staff Writer WESTFIELD – A city man has been incarcerated after he pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a larceny on Elm Street.

Humberto Baez, 48, late of 129 N. Elm Street, was found outside the Westfield School of Music at the corner of Elm and Meadow streets with an armload of guitars when the owner of the school responded to a HUMBERTO burglar alarm on the BAEZ evening of Jan. 25, 2014.

The owner told police that, because there had recently been a false alarm at the school, he did not call police immediately when the burglar alarm initially alerted him but went to the businesses with his son to check on the situation.

There, he told police, he spotted someone inside the building and called police.

When he went to the rear of the school he saw a man, later found to be Baez, walking away with eight guitars.

Baez stopped when the owner challenged him and attempted to talk his way out of trouble but was taken into custody when the police arrived.

Charged with breaking and entering a building in the nighttime with intent to commit a felony and larceny from a building, Baez was arraigned in Westfield District Court but the charges there were dismissed after he was indicted and arraigned in Hampden Superior Court.

Baez appeared before Judge Edward J. McDonough Jr. and pleaded guilty to both charges.

In November, Baez was sentenced to a three to three and a half year term in state prison on the breaking and entering charge, with credit for 303 days served while awaiting trial.

On the larceny charge, Baez was placed on probation which for two years, begining upon his release from incarceration.

McDonough also ordered that Baez remain drug and alcohol free and submit to random testing.

He was also ordered to complete a level-three community corrections program, a program designed to provide intermediate supervision of chronic substance abusers with criminal history. The program also provides services including substance abuse treatment, drug testing, health education, and job development and placement.

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Employees from the Department of Public Works Highway Department use a selfcontained Aquatech vacuum truck to help clean the stormwater drains along a residential street in Southwick. (File photo by Frederick Gore)

Southwick stormwater permit plan drafted

RANDY BROWN Southwick DPW Director

By HOPE E. TREMBLAY Staff Writer SOUTHWICK – Department of Public Works Director Randy Brown updated the Board of Selectmen on the latest steps toward a stormwater permit.

The stormwater permit is issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as part of its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Stormwater Permitting program.

The Phase II NPDES Stormwater Permit is part of a federally mandated program to address water pollution from stormwater under the Clean Water Act. Brown said there are numerous projects that must be undertaken for the permit, that he broke out over five years.

See Stormwater, Page 8

Student foreign exchange offered

By CARL E. HARTDEGEN Staff Writer WESTFIELD – Area teenagers seeking an opportunity for foreign travel and study this summer are encouraged to apply for the Rotary International Youth Exchange sponsored by Rotary District 7890, the Rotary district which include the Westfield and Southwick clubs, as well as many other Rotary clubs in western Massachusetts and northern Connecticut.

Richard Friedman, the district’s chairperson for the youth exchange program, said that the program “helps high school students around the world nurture an interest in international goodwill and develop a compassion and understanding of people in other countries.”

He said that the summer program matches each participant with a family in the country of his or her choice so the student can spend three or four weeks exploring the area with a host ‘brother’ or ‘sister’.

Then, Friedman explained, the host will become the guest when he or she accompanies his or her erstwhile host back home where he or she will return the favor and show the visiting youth a slice of Americana.

“They are like ambassadors of peace and goodwill sprinkled around the world” Friedman said and he pointed out that participants will not miss any school time and will not have to learn a language.

See Exchange, Page 3

By DAN MORIARTY Staff Writer WESTFIELD – The License Commission last night unanimously approved a full liquor license for the 99 Restaurant & Grill to be constructed on East Main Street at the former site of an automobile dealership.

The commission continued the public hearing from Dec. 8 to last night to allow the 99 Restaurants of Boston, LLC, which owns 62 restaurants in Massachusetts, six in the western part of the state, to submit additional information needed to grant the all-alcoholic beverage license.

The documents will be submitted by the city to the state Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission (ABCC) for further review.

The License Commission had requested the restaurant chain to submit a seating plan and other documents to enable Building Superintendent Jon Flagg and Fire Department inspectors to set a capacity limit.

The corporation, located in Tennessee, has not approved a restaurant design prior to the December meeting, information needed to establish the seating capacity of about 248 patrons in the 5,688-squarefoot one-story restaurant facility which the restaurant chain plans to open next fall.

Flagg said that the Building Department will establish an occupancy permit after the Planning Board and Conservation Commission have completed their processes.

“They will have to come back to us for a building permit after the Planning Board has approved a site plan and stormwater management plan and after the Conservation Commission has reviewed the project because that whole area of East Main Street is in a flood plain,” Flagg said this morning.

Flagg said the occupancy permit will be issued when the corporation comes back for it occupancy permit after completing construction of the new building, but added that a limit of 248 “sounds about right” for a building with an area of nearly 6,000 square feet.

Attorney Joseph Devlin and Restaurant Manager Paul Panarelli said the seating plan was submitted to the Licensing Department and the site plan to the Planning Department.

99 Restaurants of Boston, LLC, is planning to demolish the former Regency Oldsmobile automobile dealership at 342 East Main St. and to construct a new building.

Devlin said that construction phase usually takes about six months but that phase is also contingent upon initiating the lease which may contain conditions to bring the site into compliance with the language of the lease.

Wired western Massachusetts on the horizon

By PETER FRANCIS Staff Writer WESTFIELD – Residents of western Massachusetts live in varied environments, from small, densely populated cities like Holyoke and Springfield to the Berkshires and the hilltowns of western Hampden and Hampshire Counties.

While many of those living in greater Springfield enjoy easy access to the Internet, a luxury of modern life some might say has become an all-important utility, many of the Bay State’s most rural residents are still having to make due without broadband access – and are being left behind in the process.

Over the past four years, in 44 communities spread throughout Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden and Hampshire Counties, the WiredWest Cooperative has been laying the groundwork for wireless broadband

Internet to reach these previously unserved towns.

“This has certainly picked up steam in terms of the Mass.

Broadband Institute’s (MBI) backing (of WiredWest),” said Dan Jacques, a member of WiredWest’s executive committee and a member of the town of Montgomery’s Select Board.

Cummington Selectman and Vice Chair of the WiredWest Executive Board Jim Drawe said yesterday that the MBI will be footing $40 million of the project’s bill, which he estimates will be between $100-$110 million total.

Jacques added that a series of events must happen before the project can get off the ground.

“Each of the participating towns needed to submit a resolution from their Board of Selectmen saying that they are behind it, which allows the towns to be included in the engineering,” he said, adding that 34 of the 44 communities have sent in these resolutions.

“The second part is to ensure we achieve at least a 40 percent payrate in each of the towns,” said Jacques.

He said a campaign will get underway at the end of this month encouraging residents of all the communi-

ties who have signed resolutions to essentially put a deposit down on their first month’s service, which would come out to about $49.

“Forty percent is about what it needs to break even,” he said.

“Anything above that means that we are cash flow positive.”

The third and perhaps most tedious component of the project will be the approval of borrowing authorizations from all of the WiredWest member towns at their annual town meetings.

“The other 60 percent has got to be funded through bonds from borrowing authorizations, which will be amassed in a single WiredWest bond,” said Jacques.

Draw said that several towns in the four western counties have declined to join the cooperative, while several other towns have opted to go for a hybrid wireless-

fiber optic solution of their own.

“We have not come up with an apportionment formula to say how much of that $40 million will go to those 34 towns,” he added. “We’re working on (the apportionment formula) and the MBI board of directors will have the final say on how those dollars will be divided up. We expect a decision on that within the next month or so.”

The MBI received $50 million from the Commonwealth’s most recent information technology bond bill early last summer, according to Drawe, with $40 million going to the unserved communities, $5 million going to towns partially served by cable companies and the remaining $5 million going to the MBI for administrative purposes.

“The Request for Proposal for the See Wired, Page 8

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Gateway Superintendent’s Corner degree to ensure that the majority of The weather of the past few days the people they represent have the has certainly indicated that winter opportunity to gain some positive has arrived. Between the bitter cold benefits from any solution (as well and snow squalls, we’re all living the as realizing that sometimes the soluold New England adage that if you tion has to change over time based don’t like the weather, wait a minute upon ongoing results of the impleas it will most certainly change. mentation of policy). We know, from We’re also facing significant personal experience in our local changes in the state and national towns, that sitting down and discussgovernments with a new Governor in ing controversial issues in a positive Massachusetts and Republican conand collaborative manner can be trol of both the House and Senate in very difficult, stressful, and often Washington. Despite these changes, DR. DAVID ends up not with compromise but our problems remain and we’ll have to HOPSON rather battles to be won in the court of wait and see if new leadership brings public opinion or even just in court. improvements in how state and federal I certainly don’t have any easy solutions to governments deal with these ongoing issues.

From budgeting (the new ‘predicted’ short- the conditions we find ourselves in when dealfall in the Massachusetts budget is now at a ing with difficult problems but I am aware that billion dollars and the federal government the fact that so many people follow specific hasn’t had a balanced budget in years) to man- newsfeeds, do most of their ‘fact-finding’ on dated activities across the board; and from social media, and often don’t take the time to educational priorities (now we’re beginning to discuss things personally on a face-to-face see a move away from the overuse of standard- basis is making it even more difficult to reach ized testing and getting the federal government any kind of a reasonable consensus. I believe out of the local control of education) to the this makes the movement to support the acquivery basic decisions around the disparity sition of 21st Century Skills (such as collaborabetween the 1% and the rest of the country, tion, communication, and problem solving) in there are a plethora of activities that could be schools even more important. Hopefully, at least this aspect of educating the ‘whole child’ impacted by these political changes.

Of course positive change can only occur will gain some support as we potentially move when people of both sides of divisive issues away from a simplistic testing regimen that take the opportunity to discuss their differences does little to measure how well students are without rancor, can agree on some basic factual prepared for the real world. items, and are willing to compromise to some

Father Daughter Dance of 2015 WESTFIELD — Ages 4-12 accompanied by their father, grandfather or uncle. Dance will be held Friday, February 6, 2015 at Tekoa Country Club. The fee is $ 55.00 a couple, additional male or daughter is $ 20.00. Please make sure you send in the form below and write check payable to: Westfield Parks and Rec. Foundation. Do not include check with other programs. You must be registered before going. Dance Registration Form is available at http://www.cityofwestfield.org/DocumentCenter/View/1793

Spring Boys and Girls T-Ball and Baseball Ages 4-7 -Register in March!

WESTFIELD — The department will be taking registration for boys and girl’s t-ball and pitching machine, ages 4-6 in March. Our t-ball program is geared for the instructional player. We will also offer boys pitching machine ages 5-7 and boy’s baseball two days a week for ages 6-7. In addition, Girls t-softball for ages 6-7. If you want to be on the same team as a friend, then write that down on your registration form. Look for the 2015 Spring-Summer program guide early March. In addition, we will post on the website.

Westfield Bridge Club results SOUTHWICK — The following are the latest Westfield Bridge Club results from Wednesday, January 7, 2015.

1st, Vi Martinell & Cindy Fullerton 2nd, Vinny Kane & Rick Kane 3rd, Eileen Doherty & Candy Pennington 4th, Dot Burke& Shirley Bienvenue Duplicate is played every Wednesday evening at The American Inn in Southwick from 6:30 - 9:30. All players are welcome.

Early Release Day for students WESTFIELD — Early Release Day for Students/District Professional Development Friday, January 16, 2015.

Martin Luther King Day WESTFIELD — Westfield Schools observe Martin Luther King Day/No School on Monday, January 19, 2015.

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Today will be sunny, much colder with highs around 19. Temperature falling to around 12 this afternoon. Tonight will be mostly clear and much colder with lows around 1 below. Wednesday will be mostly sunny, cold with highs in the mid 20s.

Wednesday night will become partly cloudy, not as cool with lows around 10 above. Thursday looks to be partly sunny. Highs in the upper 20s.

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Black lab likes to take solo bus ride to her dog park stop SEATTLE (AP) — A black Labrador named Eclipse just wants to get to the dog park. So if her owner takes too long finishing his cigarette, and their bus arrives, she climbs aboard solo and rides to her stop — to the delight of fellow Seattle bus passengers.

KOMO-TV reports (http://is.gd/ R9Fa86 ) that local radio host Miles Montgomery was amazed to see the pooch get off the bus, without an owner, at a dog park last week.

The dog and her owner, Jeff Young, live right near a bus stop.

In Young’s words, “She’s a bus-riding, sidewalk-walking dog.” Young says his dog sometimes gets on the bus without him, and he catches up with her at the dog park three or four stops away.

Bus riders report she hops onto seats next to strangers, and watches out the window for her stop. Says commuter Tiona Rainwater, “All the bus drivers know her ... she makes everybody happy.”

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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Tuesday, Jan. 13, the 13th day of 2015. There are 352 days left in the year.

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n Jan. 13, 1915, a magnitude-7 earthquake centered in Avezzano, Italy, claimed some 30,000 lives.

ON THIS DATE: In 1733, James Oglethorpe and some 120 English colonists arrived at Charleston, South Carolina, while en route to settle in present-day Georgia.

In 1794, President George Washington approved a measure adding two stars and two stripes to the American flag, following the admission of Vermont and Kentucky to the Union. (The number of stripes was later reduced to the original 13.)

In 1864, American songwriter Stephen Foster died in poverty in a New York hospital at age 37.

In 1883, the Henrik Ibsen play “An Enemy of the People” was first performed in Christiania (Oslo), Norway.

In 1898, Emile Zola’s famous defense of Capt. Alfred Dreyfus, “J’accuse,” was published in Paris.

In 1941, a new law went into effect granting Puerto Ricans U.S. birthright citizenship. Novelist and poet James Joyce died in Zurich, Switzerland, less than a month before his 59th birthday.

In 1962, comedian Ernie Kovacs died in a car crash in west Los Angeles 10 days before his 43rd birthday.

In 1964, Roman Catholic Bishop Karol Wojtyla (the future Pope John Paul II) was appointed Archbishop of Krakow, Poland, by Pope Paul VI. In 1978, former Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey died in Waverly, Minnesota, at age 66.

In 1982, an Air Florida 737 crashed into Washington, D.C.’s 14th Street Bridge and fell into the Potomac River after taking off during a snowstorm, killing a total of 78 people; four passengers and a flight attendant survived.

In 1990, L. Douglas Wilder of Virginia became the nation’s first elected black governor as he took the oath of office in Richmond.

In 2000, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates stepped aside as chief executive and promoted company president Steve Ballmer to the position.

TEN YEARS AGO:

Major League Baseball adopted a tougher steroidtesting program that would suspend first-time offenders for 10 days and randomly test players year-round.

FIVE YEARS AGO:

Haitians piled bodies along the devastated streets of their capital a day after a powerful earthquake, while in Washington, President Barack Obama pledged an all-out rescue and relief effort. During the first hearing of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, top Wall Street bankers apologized for risky behavior that led

to the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, but still declared it seemed appropriate at the time. Rhythm-and-blues singer Teddy Pendergrass died in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, at age 59.

ONE YEAR AGO:

A shooting at a Wesley Chapel, Florida, movie theater left Chad Oulson, 43, dead; retired Tampa police captain Curtis Reeves, 71, is accused of killing Oulson during what authorities said was an argument over Oulson’s texting just before a showing of the movie “Lone Survivor.” Two Fullerton, California, police officers who were videotaped in a violent struggle with a homeless man, Kelly Thomas, during an arrest were acquitted by a jury in Santa Ana of killing him.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS:

Actress Frances Sternhagen is 85. TV personality Nick Clooney is 81. Actor-comedian Charlie Brill is 77. Actor Billy Gray is 77. Actor Richard Moll is 72.

Rock musician Trevor Rabin is 61. Rhythm-and-blues musician Fred White is 60. Rock musician James Lomenzo (Megadeth) is 56. Actor Kevin Anderson is 55.

Actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus is 54. Rock singer Graham “Suggs” McPherson (Madness) is 54. Country singer Trace Adkins is 53. Actress Penelope Ann Miller is 51. Actor Patrick Dempsey is 49. Actress Traci Bingham is 47. Actor Keith Coogan is 45. TV producer-writer Shonda Rhimes is 45. Actress Nicole Eggert is 43. Actor Michael Pena is 39. Actor Orlando Bloom is 38. Meteorologist Ginger Zee (TV: “Good Morning America”) is 34. Actor Julian Morris is 32. Actor Liam Hemsworth (Film: “The Hunger Games”) is 25.

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Baker names key leadership positions BOSTON – Yesterday, Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs Matthew Beaton announced Robert Hayden will serve as Commissioner of the Department of Public Utilities, Angela O’Connor will serve as Chair of the Department of Public Utilities, and Ronald Gerwatowski will serve as Assistant Secretary for Energy. The Secretary also announced other key leadership positions within the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs.

“We continue to assemble a team of top-notch talent to serve the environmental and energy needs of the Commonwealth and its residents,” said Matthew Beaton, Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs. “Both Bob and Angela will call upon their previous experiences and vast industry knowledge to ensure that utility consumers in the Commonwealth are provided with the most reliable and dependable service at the lowest possible cost. Furthermore, Ron’s experience and steadfast commitment to a clean energy future and cost-effective energy for Massachusetts will be a tremendous asset as we set forth to advance the mission of Energy and Environmental Affairs.

Bob, Angela, and Ron will be pivotal in making Governor Baker’s vision of a clean, reliable and affordable supply of energy a reality.”

“I’m excited to work on behalf of the Charlie Baker and Karyn Polito Administration to ensure gas pipeline safety, electric reliability and adequate supplies of energy resources to mitigate market price volatility in the Commonwealth,” said Robert Hayden, Commissioner of the Department of Public Utilities.

“I am eager to bring all of my energy expertise to the Department of Public Utilities and become part of Governor Baker and Secretary Beaton’s team to tackle the energy challenges facing Massachusetts,” said Angela O’Connor, Chair of the Department of Public Utilities. “I look forward to working with my fellow commissioners, and other state agencies in implementing policies that will further the goals of the Commonwealth and provide the most value to customers.”

“There are so many important energy policy issues facing the Commonwealth that need to be addressed,” said Assistant Secretary for Energy Ronald Gerwatowski. “I am delighted to be joining Secretary Beaton’s team to advance Governor Baker’s vision of implementing a thoughtful and balanced plan that maintains the Commonwealth’s commitment to a clean and reliable energy future at reasonable cost to consumers.”

Robert Hayden, Commissioner of the Department of Public Utilities Bob Hayden joined the Department of Public Utilities in 2001 and has served as a Hearing Officer in the Legal Division and focused on enforcement in the Pipeline Safety Division.

Prior to joining the Department of Public Utilities, Bob was a prosecutor with the Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office where he prosecuted nearly two hundred trials for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Angela O’Connor, Chair of the Department of Public Utilities Angela O’Connor has served as the Executive Director for New England operations for TechNet from February 2011 until November 2014. O’Connor joined TechNet from the New England Power Generators Association (NEPGA) – the largest trade association in the region representing electric power generators. As the organization’s founding president, O’Connor provided strategic leadership to NEPGA and served as chief spokesperson for the owners and operators of the electric generating infrastructure in New England.

O’Connor previously served as Vice President of Energy Policy at Associated Industries of Massachusetts (A.I.M).

Before joining A.I.M., O’Connor was Operations Manager for Massachusetts Health and Educational Facilities Authority PowerOptions program, the largest energy-purchasing consortium in New England consisting of colleges and universities, hospitals, other non-profits, and municipalities. Earlier in her career, she served as an environmental assistant to the City of Boston’s Environmental Department, and was a small business owner. O’Connor is a graduate of The University of Massachusetts – Boston.

Ronald Gerwatowski, Assistant Secretary for Energy Ron Gerwatowski is the former Senior Vice President for United States Regulation and Pricing for National Grid, where he had executive responsibility for rates and related energy policy matters for National Grid’s United States businesses. He retired from the company in July of 2014 after 28 years of service.

Ron has broad experience across all dimensions of energy policy, including energy markets, utility rates, renewable energy, and the regulation of electric and natural gas utilities. He has been directly involved with the development and implementation of clean energy policy initiatives in New England, including the Green Communities Act in Massachusetts. Ron also has served as a regulatory lawyer for the company over the course of his career, graduating from Boston College Law School in 1985.

Secretary Beaton also announced the following Interim Commissioner appointments within the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs: Alisha Bouchard as Commissioner of the Department of Agricultural Resources, John Murray as Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Recreation, Daniel Burgess as Commissioner of the Department of Energy Resources, and Mary-Lee King as Commissioner of the Department of Fish and Game.

Alisha Bouchard, Commissioner of Department of Agricultural Resources Alisha Bouchard is currently the Executive Director of the State Mosquito Control Board and has also worked within the Department of Agricultural Resources as the Director of Administration.

John Murray, Commissioner of Department of Conservation and Recreation John Murray is the current Commissioner of the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), a position he has held See Positions, Page 5

GOVERNMENT MEETINGS TUESDAY, JANUARY 13 TOLLAND Council on Aging at 9 am Conserv Comm Open Office Hours & Business Meeting at 12 pm

WESTFIELD Housing Authority at 6 pm Conservation Commission at 6:30 pm Board of Public Works at 7 pm

SOUTHWICK Library Board of Trustees at 7 pm Sewer Implementation Committee at 7 pm

BLANDFORD Assessor’s Meeting at 5pm

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14 WESTFIELD Board of Assessors at 5 pm License Committee at 6 pm

BLANDFORD Fire Department Meeting at 7 pm Finance Committee at 7 pm Historical Commission Meeting at 7:30 pm

HUNTINGTON Select Board at 5:30 pm

Baker, Democratic leaders signal cooperation on budget

By BOB SALSBERG Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Republican Gov. Charlie Baker and Democratic leaders in the Massachusetts Legislature signaled after their first formal meeting yesterday that they believe the state’s budget shortfall could be erased without a major showdown over spending or taxes.

Baker, House Speaker Robert DeLeo and Senate President Stanley Rosenberg met for more than an hour in the governor’s office. All three have pledged bipartisan cooperation in the early days of the new administration and seemed at ease with each other during a joint news conference after the meeting.

In his inaugural address Thursday, the new governor said he believed the shortfall in the budget for the fiscal year ending June 30 — which he blamed on a “spending problem” — would exceed $500 million. The following day he ordered a general hiring freeze in the executive branch of state government.

“We started with a hiring freeze and a contract review because we didn’t want to make the problem any worse than it already was,” Baker said yesterday.

Baker said the freeze would not prevent him from making high-level appointments to his new administration, including the yet-to-be-filled cabinet posts of Secretary of Transportation and Secretary of Public Safety.

He did not rule out the possibility of reversing some appointments made in the final weeks of former Democratic Gov. Deval Patrick’s administration.

DeLeo said the meeting represented a good start with the Republican, adding he did not foresee a “battle” between Baker and the Legislature over the deficit.

The governor has ruled out new taxes, and both he and the speaker have ruled out cuts in state aid to cities and towns.

All options should be weighed, Rosenberg said, but he also hoped to avoid local aid cuts and said taxes were always a last resort.

“I don’t think this problem is deep enough that we would have to go to that question,” Rosenberg said. “But from my point of view, everything has to be on the table when you are trying to solve a fiscal problem.”

Baker said his staff has yet to pinpoint the exact size of the deficit, with Medicaid still a “wild card” in the equation.

Patrick’s administration moved hundreds of thousands of people into temporary Medicaid coverage after the state’s health connector website failed last year. It remains unclear how many will remain in Medicaid and what the federal reimbursement rate will be.

The governor and legislative leaders also discussed other topics, they said, including Boston’s bid for the 2024 Olympics.

In a lighter moment, Rosenberg — who was elected to lead the Senate last week — told reporters the first meeting with Baker was “100 times better” than those he participated in in the 1990s when he chaired the Senate Ways and Means Committee and Republican William Weld was governor.

“I love Governor Weld, but they were much more social events than they were substantive. Mr. Baker is very substantive, and we spent the entire time digging deep in the weeds of policy,” Rosenberg said.

Can You Help Sarah?

Massachusetts Republican Gov. Charlie Baker, top left, Democratic legislative leaders Senate President Stanley Rosenberg, center, and House Speaker Robert DeLeo, right, face reporters during a news conference yesterday outside the governor’s office at the Statehouse inwww.sarahgillett.org Boston. (AP Photo/

Steven Senne)

UMass, Amazon reach deal to sell students textbooks AMHERST, Mass. (AP) — Online retailer Amazon has reached a deal with the University of Massachusetts to supply textbooks to students at the Amherst campus, saving them hundreds of dollars per year.

Under the deal announced Tuesday, the bricks-and-mortar on-campus bookstore will be replaced by an Amazon.com virtual bookstore that will allow students to but new, used and digital textbooks.

This will be Amazon’s first online university store in the Northeast, its third nationwide.

The deal is expected to save students an average of $380 per year.

The five-year deal that takes effect in May also provides free one-day shipping of books and course materials to campus and nearby communities.

UMass-Amherst vice chancellor of administration and finance James Sheehan says the partnership is a way to help students struggling with the high cost of textbooks.

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Applications for the program may be downloaded at http:// www.exchangestudent.org where videos and testimonials about the program are also available.

Additional information is also available from Friedman at 612-202-1995 or at richefriedman@yahoo.com. The deadline for applications is March 1.

Michael Roy, the District 7890 governor, said that Rotary sponsors a second exchange program which is a full year long In that program, a student will leave in late August and spend the entire school year abroad.

Although the application deadline for the 2015 iteration of the program has passed, Roy said “The New Year is a good time for families to begin discussing this amazing opportunity with their teens for the coming year.”

Berlin school closes for a day due to stomach bug BERLIN, Mass. (AP) — A central Massachusetts elementary school is closing for the day as a stomach bugs sweeps through the student body.

The Berlin Memorial School will be closed Tuesday because 25 percent of the students and a staff member were out of school Monday with a stomach bug.

The Telegram & Gazette reports that school staff and administrators were disinfecting the school Monday.

Karen Molnar, director of pupil personnel services for Sarah Helps Seniors the Berlin-Boylston public schools, said in an email that Can more cleaning will take place You Tuesday. She says parents have been asked to keep any Help student who has been sick home for at least 24 hours Sarah? after symptoms have ended. www.sarahgillett.org

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COMMENT Erika’s America

Superintendent Scallion was quoted in the Westfield News Saturday saying that her deadline for calling a school delay is 5:30am and “the snow hadn’t even started to fall.” I live in Westfield, in The Munger School district and woke at 4:45am Friday to see very heavy snow starting to fall along with strong winds. I also watched the local weather the evening before and that morning where they predicted a challenging morning commute due to icy conditions. It is a shame that the superintendant who is charged with the safety of so many lives did not have a more reliable source in Westfield to let her know the true weather situation here Friday morning. She showed very poor judgement in not delaying school , risking the well being of our school children, Bus drivers and educators.

Well, yesterday was our first day with the new trash barrels.

I had two bags of trash in there and plenty of room to spare.

I’m not sure why one bag was left inside the barrel. Is there a one bag a week limit? If so, you could have saved money and just given everyone a five quart pail with a lid.

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December report: More jobs, lower wages

By TIMOTHY NOAH Politico.com Jobs are up, but wages are down.

The economy added 252,000 jobs in December, the Labor Department reported Friday, down from November’s robust increase of 353,000 jobs. Unemployment was 5.6 percent, down from November’s 5.8 percent. But average hourly private-sector earnings were down 5 cents, compared to November’s increase of 6 cents.

Analysts had expected slower job growth compared to November, predicting the creation of about 245,000 jobs.

Overall, 2014 created more jobs (2.95 million) than any year since 1999. Unemployment fell from close to 7 percent to less than 6 percent — the steepest decline since 1984, when a nowfamous reelection ad for President Ronald Reagan declared, “It’s morning again in America.” The Labor Department even adjusted November’s job-growth number — already the cause of much jubilation — upward from 321,000. The economy grew a brisk 5 percent in the third quarter, and close to that in the second quarter, indicating that the recovery from the Great Recession of 2007-09 was no longer an anemic one.

But the picture for wages, both through 2014 and over the past decade and a half, remains dismal. Nominal average annual wages grew 2.2 percent in 2014, beating inflation projections by only 0.7 percent and leaving median income well below its level not only before the Great Recession began but also after the recession ended. In five-and-a-half years of economic recovery, the median income should have increased.

Instead, it is lower.

“As the labor market has steadily tightened, it has been expected that wage pressures would start to build,” said Sophia Koropeckyj, senior economist for Moody’s Analytics, in a statement. “The absence of wage pressures suggests that companies in most industries are managing to find and retain workers without increasing wages appreciably.”

Stagnating wages have displaced unemployment as the nation’s chief economic concern, and wages are becoming a central political concern too. The AFL-CIO hosted a wage summit this week in Washington and pledged to hold four more in presidential primary states.

Speaking at the Washington event, Sen. Elizabeth Warren said, “For tens of millions of working families who are the backbone of this country, this economy isn’t working. These families are working harder than ever, but they can’t get ahead.”

Jason Furman, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, conceded the point in his analysis of Friday’s jobs numbers: “The December decline in earnings is a reminder that more progress is still needed to overcome the decades-long challenge in this area that preceded the crisis.”

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By ERIKA HAYDEN WSU student, citizen journalist, and grassrooots writer David Joseph Kingsbury, located and Kingsbury did 34, was fatally shot on June not respond. The officer was 26 in Springfield by a police warned that Kingsbury had a officer. knife when he responded to Kingsbury was found to be the call. mentally ill and had been the The officer kicked the door subject of three restraining down to Kingsbury’s apartorders at the time of his death, ment and found it “dark and a report said. in disarray”. Kingsbury Kingsbury’s history appeared in the door way showed he had violent ten- with a large kitchen knife dencies, including complaints and, when he wouldn’t put it from a neighbor that he down, the officer said he threatened her with a knife, believed he was in imminent another who said he had bro- danger of neck or other bodiken windows in their second- ly injury, so he fired four story apartment, and a domes- rounds, and two struck tic abuse complaint reported Kingsbury, killing him. by his girlfriend, among other To me, four rounds seems complaints that included sev- excessive, and why, with back eral fires he started, within up, the officers were not days of his death. properly trained to disarm I wonder why, if Kingsbury Kingsbury without shooting had been acknowledged as him seems murky. An eyewitboth mentally ill and violent, ness said she heard what he did not have a safe haven sounded like a struggle, and or proper healthcare to pre- the police officers making vent these tendencies? The several attempts to communimentally ill are often neglect- cate with Kingsbury to “stop ed in terms of health care struggling – stop resisting” resources here in America. before the rounds went off.

After responding to a 911 The toxicology report said call, the Springfield officer that at the time of his death, that shot Kingsbury said that Kingsbury had ethanol he prompted Kingsbury to (drunk), marijuana (high), open the door where he was and had been on his antide-

pressants, bupropion. The combination of alcohol and medication may have set Kingsbury off, due to his mental illness.

A report from the DA’s office on January 5 concluded that the officer was validated in the Kingsbury’s shooting.

I have to say that with all the abuse by law enforcement that the media has brought attention to, this is a fairly understandable story. The officer was confronted by a man who was threatening the lives of his neighbors and their property and when confronted would not put down a deadly weapon (the kitchen knife was about 8 inches long).

How can we learn to prevent these situations from happening? How can we not have neighbors living in fear for their lives, or have one taken by the end of the day?

The key is better health care. It is something that we lack in this country. In particular, the mentally ill and the elderly, are treated as criminals or we neglect them.

They are left to self-medicate, and do not reach the

ERIKA HAYDEN havens they need to, to communicate issues they have on a day-to-day basis. Medication is unaffordable, and supervision may be needed in some cases to make sure medication is taken properly, or not abused.

These are issues that are left unresolved that become everyone’s problems. We must value each life and consider what each life needs to be successful and to live in a healthy mental state. Until we have better and more affordable health care for our largest minorities, the disabled, women, and the poor, we will have similar situations like this one every day.

——— Erika Hayden is a WSU student, citizen journalist and grassrooots writer.

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this column are those of the author and not the staff, editor, or publisher of this publication.

Warren wins on Antonio Weiss nomination Antonio Weiss pulls out of Treasury slot; will instead serve as counselor

By BEN WHITE Politico.com NEW YORK — Antonio Weiss, the Wall Street banker who President Barack Obama had picked to be the third-ranking official at the Treasury Department, has asked that the president not resend his nomination to the Senate following a major backlash from progressive Democrats who questioned his ties to the financial industry, Politico has learned.

Obama accepted the decision, which Weiss conveyed in a letter to the president over the weekend. But the Lazard banker will still join the administration in the position of counselor to Treasury Secretary Jack Lew, which does not require Senate confirmation.

Obama last year nominated Weiss, a widely admired banker with decades of experience in the industry, to the position of Under Secretary for Domestic Finance. He would have been responsible for helping managing the nation’s $18 trillion debt portfolio as well communicating with Congress over budget and other issues.

But Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), who came out strongly against the nomination, along with some others progressive Democrats, said that Weiss did not have enough regulatory experience and would be too deferential to the finance industry.

Weiss and his supporters strongly rejected that notion, arguing that his views on regulation were very much in line with Warrren’s and that he had strong progressive credentials on taxes and other issues. He also never worked at one of the large “too big to fail” banks.

But Weiss said he did not want his nomination to be a distraction to the White House.

“I am writing to request that the administration not re-submit my nomination,” Weiss wrote in the letter to Obama, which was obtained by Politico. “I do not believe that the Treasury Department would be well served by the lengthy confirmation process my renomination would likely entail.”

Instead, Weiss has accepted the position advising Lew on domestic and international issues, which “ will allow me to begin serving immediately in support of the Administration’s efforts to foster broad-based economic growth and ensure financial reform that protects consumers and reduces the likelihood of future financial crises,” he wrote.

He added: “I am grateful for the trust you have placed in me, and I look forward to being a strong advocate for your economic policy agenda as a member of your administration.”

The move is likely to be viewed as a big win for progressives as the new year begins. Weiss will be able to play a similar role at Treasury as counselor but will not wield as much clout or authority in the unconfirmed position. The administration will continue to search for a nominee to fill the Under Secretary slot. But it make take some time.

Warren issued an oblique statement on the Weiss news, never mentioning him by name.

“We’ve already seen that the new Republican Congress is going to aggressively attack the Dodd-Frank Act. It is critical that the Treasury Department defend the Act from those attacks and push for strong implementation and enforcement of the law,” she said.

“The risk of another financial crisis remains too high, and we should be strengthening financial reforms, not rolling them back to benefit Wall Street.”

While some criticized the White House for installing Weiss as a counselor, others noted that Warren herself previously severed as an unconfirmed “special assistant” to then-Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner when she helped created the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

The White House said it was still confident in Weiss but respected his decision.

“Over the weekend, Mr. Weiss asked the White House not to re-nominate him to serve as Under Secretary for Domestic Finance at the Treasury Department. Mr. Weiss made the request to avoid the distraction of the lengthy confirmation process that his renomination would likely entail,” White House spokesperson Jennifer Friedman said in an emailed statement. “We continue to believe that Mr. Weiss is an

extremely well-qualified individual, who is committed to the policy goals of this Administration and firmly supports the Administration’s policies on fostering economic growth and supporting our middle class. We are pleased that he has accepted the role of counselor to the Treasury secretary.”

Friedman added that White House officials “strongly believe that the opposition to his nomination was not justified, and we are confident that he will prove himself to be a dedicated, talented, and effective public servant.

In a separate statement, Lew said: “Antonio Weiss is exceptionally capable and qualified. He has deep expertise in financial markets … Given his tremendous expertise and shared passion for helping working families, I asked Antonio to join Treasury in a different role — as a counselor to me — and he accepted. In that role, he will provide advice to me on a broad range of domestic and international issues, including financial markets, regulatory reform, job creation, and fostering broadbased economic growth. It is a testament to Antonio’s character and commitment to public service that he is willing to serve his country in this capacity.”

Lew said he was “disappointed that Antonio will not have the opportunity to serve as Under Secretary, but I understand his request not to be re-nominated. I continue to believe that the opposition to his nomination was not justified.”

In the counselor role, Weiss will advise Lew but not have any statutory responsibility to run the domestic finance office, which is currently directed on an acting basis by Matthew Rutherford, who will remain in the slot for now.

Weiss, 48, is currently global head of investment banking at Lazard in New York but will relocate to Washington. People close to him say he is relieved by the decision after being surprised by the vitriol of the opposition to his candidacy on the left. These people say Weiss thought he could still win confirmation given that Republicans now control the Senate but it might have taken months and left him much less time to actually work at Treasury in the final two years of the Obama presidency.

Weiss can now work 0n the issues about which he cares including tax, fiscal and global economic policy without the delay and distraction of confirmation hearings.

The immediate reaction to Weiss’ decision split along expected lines.

“It’s really a shame,” said Tony Fratto, partner at Hamilton Place Strategies and a Treasury and White House official under President George W. Bush. “It’s embarrassing for the Obama Administration. Terrible for Treasury — including the eventual under secretary, who will have the preferred nominee in the building. It’s terrible for Weiss, to leave his career behind and not get the job. The things we put nominees through only to be upended by ill-informed, myopic demagoguery. The White House should have fought for him.”

On the left, meanwhile, it was a much more welcome move.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) said that while he has “no personal animosity toward Mr. Weiss … I am very glad he withdrew his nomination. The president needs economic advisors who do not come from Wall Street. In fact, he needs advisors prepared to stand up to Wall Street. We need economic policies in this country which ask the wealthy and large corporations to pay their fair share of taxes and which create millions of goodpaying jobs.”

Progressive group CREDO rallied its members against the nomination, drawing 160,000 signatures for one anti-Weiss petition sent to senators and coordinating more than 1,000 calls to the White House. Other progressive groups, including Democracy for America, also pitched in.

“President Obama did the right thing by listening to the demands of hundreds of thousands of supporters from his progressive base,” said CREDO deputy political director Murshed Zaheed. “He must fill this appointment with someone with a track record of fighting for Main Street, not Wall Street.”

One financial reform advocate criticized the administration for taking Weiss on without the airing of information that would come with a confirmation hearing.

“Avoiding the public Senate confirmation process and installing Mr. Weiss in a very senior position at the Treasury Department is unfortunate for the American people,” said Dennis Kelleher, head of pro-reform group Better Markets.

“The country would benefit from an open, public debate about the Wall Street-centric view that what is good for Wall Street is really good for America.”

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Police Logs Judge rules Cara Lee Rintala can travel WESTFIELD

Emergency response and crime report Friday, Jan. 9, 2015 2:26 a.m.: assist citizen, Main Street at Meadow Street, a patrol office reports she provided a man wearing a tee shirt in 15 degree weather a courtesy transport to his home; 8:34 a.m.: suspicious activity, Gary Drive, a caller reports that she believes someone attempted to break into her home, the responding officer reports the caller said that she was awakened by a noise outside and investigated to find footprints in the snow encircling her home and going up to her back deck, the woman described a person running to a described vehicle and leaving the area, no entry appeared to have been attempted and none was gained; 12:33 p.m.: noise complaint, Morris Avenue, a caller reports excessively loud music, the responding officer reports that the music was found to be so loud that he had to wait for a break in the music to get the resident’s attention, the resident agreed to turn down the music; 4:43 p.m.: animal complaint, Radisson Lane, a caller reports she took custody of an injured stray chocolate Labrador retriever dog, the responding animal control officer reports the dog was transported to the municipal animal shelter; 7:08 p.m.: incapacitated person, Church Street, a caller reports observing an intoxicated man staggering in the municipal parking lot, the responding officer reports he found a man urinating in a parking lot with his trousers down around his ankles and a large puddle forming at his feet, the man was placed in protective custody.

Court Logs Westfield District Court

Friday, Jan. 9, 2015 Albert Hannah, 75, of 16C Depot St., Southwick, submitted to facts sufficient to warrant a guilty finding for a charge of assault and battery brought by a Southwick resident and the charge was continued without a finding with probation for six months. He was assessed $50.

Jason W. Savage, 37, of 15 Maple St., was released on $1,000 personal surety pending a March 2 hearing after he was arraigned on charges of larceny of property valued more than $250 and conspiracy brought by Westfield police.

Mark A. Curran Jr., 29, of 71 Kittredge Drive, submitted to facts sufficient to warrant guilty findings for a charge of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of liquor brought

by State Police and the charge was continued without a finding with probation for one year. He was assessed $350, ordered to complete a Driver Alcohol Education Program at a cost of $957.76 and his license was suspended for 45 days. He was found to be not responsible for a marked lanes violation.

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The wage-decline figure increases pressure on the Obama administration to liberalize its overtime rules when it proposes revisions in February. AFL-CIO In a video statement, President Richard Trumka urged Obama “not to dilute the overtime regulation that’s about to come out.”

The administration is expected to propose raising the threshold for overtime pay from its present level of about $24,000 to about $42,000. That would increase the percentage of workers covered by overtime regulations from about 11 percent to about 35 percent. But liberal groups point out that would still be well below the 65 percent covered by overtime rules in 1975. Business groups oppose emphatically any increase at all in the threshold.

The new numbers aren’t likely to greatly alter a Federal Reserve decision on when to raise interest rates. November’s euphoric jobs report was followed, less favorably, three days later by a lowering of the Fed’s Labor Market Conditions Index from 3.9 to 2.9. The LMCI is a relatively new indicator, introduced by the Fed on a monthly basis in October, that places greater emphasis on factors that correlate with one another and less emphasis on factors that do not. It’s probably a better predictor of how the Fed will judge the labor market’s health than the Labor Department’s monthly jobs report.

“Measures of labor compensation indicated that gains in nominal wages remained slow,” state the minutes from the Dec. 11 and 12 meeting of the Fed’s Open Market Committee.

“Compensation per hour in the nonfarm business sector increased slightly over the year ending in the third quarter, and with a moderate rise in productivity, unit labor costs were essentially unchanged.”

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By DAN CROWLEY Staff Writer Daily Hampshire Gazette NORTHAMPTON — As a possible third murder trial for Cara Lee Rintala awaits a higher court ruling, a Hampshire Superior Court judge expanded the areas to which the 47-year-old Ludlow woman can travel as part of her bail conditions.

Rintala is accused in the slaying of her wife, Annamarie Cochrane Rintala, 37, by strangling her in the basement of their Granby home on March 29, 2010. Rintala has been tried twice, and both times juries came back deadlocked and mistrials were declared.

At a hearing yesterday, Judge Mary-Lou Rup granted a request by Rintala’s defense attorney David Hoose allowing her to travel to Berkshire and Franklin counties in addition to Hampshire, Hampden and Worcester counties.

Hoose said the request came after Rintala wanted to take her daughter to a butterfly conservatory in Franklin County, about five miles outside Hampshire County, but was not allowed to do so because of the previous travel restriction.

“She’s on GPS anyway,” Hoose told the judge. “It’s not like we don’t know where she is going to be. Anything she does is almost always for her

Defense attorney David Hoose, right, introduces himself, his law partner Luke Ryan, center, and their client, Cara Lee Rintala to potential jurors during the jury selection for her retrial in Hampshire Superior Court 1 last January. (File photo by Kevin Gutting, Daily Hampshire Gazette)

daughter’s benefit and not her own.”

Rintala, who appeared in court yesterday, is also on a curfew between 9 p.m. and 7 a.m. Her family raised $150,000 for her bail a month after the second mistrial.

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said he had no objections to Hoose’s request, but added that he wants bail conditions to ensure that Rintala stays as close to the area as possible.

In September 2014, Rup denied a defense motion to dismiss the murder charge against Rintala. A month later, Hoose appealed the decision to the state Supreme

Judicial Court, which has not yet ruled.

Another status hearing on the case has been scheduled for Feb. 17 in Hampshire Superior Court.

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

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since June 2014. In addition to his time at DCR, John has extensive experience in transportation and environmental management in the public, private and nonprofit sectors.

Additionally, John has worked for the United States Public Health Service and Hands On Network to coordinate recovery and relief activities in New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Biloxi following Hurricane Katrina. Murray is a graduate of Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and the University of Massachusetts – Boston.

Daniel Burgess, Commissioner of Department of Energy Resources Daniel Burgess currently serves as the Department of Energy

Resources Deputy Commissioner, and previously as the Energy and Environmental Affairs Legislative Director of Energy. He has a Masters in Public Administration from Northeastern University and Bachelors in Business Management from the University of Maine.

Mary-Lee King, Commissioner of Department of Fish and Game Mary-Lee King currently serves as the Legislative Director for the Department of Fish and Game, a position she has held since 2006. King has previously held the position of Chief Policy Advisor in the Weld Administration, and served as Chief of Staff for State Senator Paul Cellucci.

Foundation seeks projects for funding HUNTINGTON – The Gateway Education Foundation has notified all district staff members that applications are now open through its Funds for Learning program.

All staff were emailed with application forms attached.

To date, the Gateway Education Foundation has raised over $35,000 and funded 19 classroom projects, along with improvements to the Gateway Performing Arts Center (through the Rob Shipman Memorial Fund) and last year’s 50th anniversary celebration.

“We were able to release a new round of applications this month thanks to the many staff, parents, alumni and community members who donated to the Foundation on Valley Gives Day,” said Shirley Winer, president of the Gateway Education Foundation.

Awards have ranged from $265 to a high of $2750. Projects have included field trips to the Bodies Exhibit in New York City and Mark Twain Museum in Hartford; an ‘ecologist in residence’ from the Hitchcock Center to lead an ecosystems study of school grounds; several literacy and summer reading programs; a history/ engineering study of the Keystone Arch Railroad Bridges; glass fusion art classes, visits from Mt. Everest climber/author/photographer Ed Webster, Grammy winner Joseph Firecrow, and ‘Tractor Mac’ author/illustrator Billy Steers; an organic, heirloom garden at the high school; a student musical, “Really Rosie” for Chester Elementary School; materials to support wind energy and robotics units of study; a half-million minute reading challenge for the elementary schools; a field trip to Becket Chimney Corners for a daylong experience in collaboration, leadership and responsibility for the Jr. High; and establishing a Model United Nations Club at the high school.

“These projects make great use of donor contributions,” noted Wendy Long, the Foundation’s clerk. “One dollar paid for one elementary student’s participation in this year’s ‘Million Minute Reading Challenge’, a year-long project which includes pep rallies, guest readers, take-home books for students, and several BINGO for Books nights with parents. Joseph Firecrow, a Northern Cheyenne fluteman and winner of several Grammy and Nammy (native American music) awards for his recordings, visited Gateway at a cost of $1.75 per student.”

Applications for funding are due on Tuesday, January 20 at 4 p.m. Funded projects will be announced in late January.

Donations to the Foundation are tax-deductible and may be made any time of the year by sending a check made payable to the Gateway Education Foundation to 12 Littleville Rd., Huntington, MA, 01050.

Gateway seniors selected for NAEP exam HUNTINGTON – Assistant Principal Anthony Sabonis has announced that a sample of Gateway High School seniors will take the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) exam on Wednesday, February 25.

Letters were mailed to the parents of selected students in December.

The NAEP is the only ongoing, nationally representative measure of student achievement. Test results are used to create “The Nation’s Report Card”, which is used by the President and Congress to inform educational funding and policy decisions. It is different from the MCAS, PARCC and even the SAT exams, because it represents all high school students across the country.

Students will take a mathematics, reading or science assessment on computers. They will also be asked some background questions such as how often they use computer and the types of classes they take. It will take approximately two hours for students to complete the NAEP. Results are completely confidential. Student names will not be recorded on any materials that leave the school.

Test results will not affect student grades or educational progress in any way. No student, school or district results are reported – only statewide data is available.

Students may be excused from taking the test for any reason, are not required to finish the assessment, and may omit any test question. Participation is important, because each student will represent many other students and will be part of informing improvements to education. Parents who do not wish to have their child participate are asked to inform Sabonis (in writing or email) no later than Wednesday, February 11. Withdrawing will not affect a student’s grades or standing.

Students who have an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) or a Section 504 plan and receives accommodations for MCAS are advised that some MCAS accommodations are not permitted on NAEP. Questions may be directed to Sabonis by calling 413-685-1109 or emailing asabonis@ grsd.org.Anyone wishing to look at sample questions and additional information about the NAEP may go to http:// nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/itmrls/.

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HUNTINGTON – Parents of students living in the Gateway Regional School District are advised that applications are now available for students interested in applying to Smith Vocational or Westfield Vocational High Schools for the 2015-16 school year. Applications are available in the Jr. High School Guidance Office for 8th graders, and in the High School Guidance Office for any interested high school student.

All parents should note that an application for a vocational program must be submitted to the Junior High School Guidance Office (for students currently in 8th grade) or the Senior High School Guidance Office (for students currently in high school) by March 2 in order for

students to be eligible. The application process also includes attending the vocational school’s open house and/or contacting the vocational school admissions counselor, obtaining teacher and counselor recommendations and having an interview with the vocational program admissions counselor.

Students looking for a vocational education are reminded that Gateway offers a fully accredited vocational program in welding. This option affords students to stay at their home school, which features a strong academic program that allows for a career/technology track with different graduation requirements.

Gateway also offers strong athletic programs that include varsity and junior

varsity options. The welding program has begun using a virtual welding system that allows students to safely learn and practice new techniques. Students interested in visiting the Gateway welding program are always welcome and should see their guidance counselor to arrange a visit.

Parents/guardians of 8th grade students are encouraged to contact William Romani regarding the vocational application process. Romani can be reached by phone (685-1207) or email (wromani@grsd.org ). Current high school students who wish to apply for a vocational school next year may contact the high school guidance office (685-1107).

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Make it a meatless Monday to lose weight

By JENNIFER GIFFUNE, R.D., L.D.N. Correspondent Are you one of the millions of Americans that chose to make a New Year’s resolution to lose weight? Eating a meal or two each week that is plant-based may be one way to help you get to that goal weight. No, you don’t have to give up red meat and pork chops completely and become a full-time vegetarian to lose weight and eat healthy. However, keep in mind that vegetarians have lower rates of most chronic diseases such as Type 2 diabetes, stroke, diverticulosis, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and certain types of cancers (such as lung, colon, stomach, mouth, larynx, esophagus, bladder and maybe prostrate cancers). There is also evidence that a more plant-based eating plan can decrease the risk for macular degeneration and neural tube defects. Also, many vegetarians are significantly less likely to be overweight and obese.

There is research that measured BMI (Body Mass Index), percentage body fat, and hip-towaist ratios, showed that vegetarians scored much better than their meat-eating counter-

parts.

So, what do they know that we don’t know?

It isn’t that there is a big secret in the vegetarian world. What they are doing is filling their plates with vegetables, whole grains, fruit, and non-meat protein (such as lentils, black beans, tofu, veggie burgers, soy crumbles, tempeh and low fat cheeses). By choosing those types of foods, a vegetarian is getting a large dose of fiber, phytochemicals (naturally existing plant chemicals that benefit the

Midwives offer appointments at Chicopee Medical Center CHICOPEE - Certified Nurse Midwives from Midwifery Care of Holyoke (MCH) have begun providing services at the Chicopee Medical Center at 262 New Ludlow Rd. “The mission of MCH has always been to serve our community, and the Holyoke Medical Center community includes women in Chicopee, Granby and South Hadley. We’re excited to bring our services to where they are most needed,” said Certified Nurse Midwife Liza Winston, MCH service director.

At Chicopee Medical Center, midwives will offer a full range of well woman and obstetrical services, including prenatal, postpartum, and family planning care. MCH’s Certified Nurse Midwives are bilingual (Spanish/English).

“We value women’s choices and see them as the most important partners in our care,” said Winston. “It is our goal to tailor our care to what women and their families want and need. What’s important to them is important to us.”

For 30 years, Midwifery Care of Holyoke has provided high quality of personalized care to women and their families throughout the Pioneer Valley. They are dedicated to expanding their reputation of excellence by offering care in Chicopee, said Winston.

MCH now offers services in four locations: at the Holyoke Health Center at 230 Maple Street; at Holyoke Medical Center at 575 Beech St., Suite 501; in downtown Northampton on the fourth floor of Thorne’s Marketplace on Main Street; See Midwives, Page 8

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body), vitamins, minerals, heart healthy fats, adequate protein and, most often, a lot less fat & calories.

Keep in mind that you can be an overweight, and even an obese vegetarian. It is not a given that eating more vegetarian meals means automatically that you will lose tons of weight. This is because some people will smother their nutritious vegetarian foods with ooey-gooey, high-fat, high-calorie cream sauces, butter, oils and cheeses. They also may bump up their weight by using high-fat/ calorie cooking techniques (think batterdipped and fried). In the same way meat-eaters aren’t supposed to fry, vegetarians should follow suit by cooking foods in a healthy manner (e.g. bake broil, grill, steam, microwave, blacken, stew, sauté, etc.). Simply put, just because a person eats a plant-based diet, it does not mean that basic healthy cooking principles can be ignored.

If you love your chicken stir-fry and couldn’t think of giving up pulled pork, don’t fret. You can have those meals on other days.

Just choose one day, Monday for example,

and make it a meatless meal day. Examples of easy meals for eating meatless are listed below to help you try this new style of eating; complement each with a side salad or steamed or cut up raw veggies, a piece of fruit and a cup of low-fat milk – Familiar Meatless Meals 1. A bowl of split pea or lentil soup with a slice of whole grain bread 2. A baked potato stuffed with vegetarian chili topped with a sprinkle of low fat cheese 3. A peanut butter (natural style, preferably) and jelly (no sugar added) sandwich on whole grain bread 4. One English muffin pizza made on a whole grain muffin with tomato sauce, lowfat cheese &topped with peppers, onions, broccoli New Meatless Foods to Try 1. First-time tofu: Buy extra-firm tofu, drain out liquid, cut into dice-sized pieces and place in a bowl. Pour your favorite salad See Meatless Meals, Page 8

‘Go Red For Women Educational luncheon’ set SPRINGFIELD — The American Heart Association announces that Michael Matty, St. Germain Investment Management President, will lead the executive committee as chair and also serve as keynote speaker of the 2015 Western Massachusetts Go Red For Women Educational Luncheon.

Serving as chair, Michael Matty will lead recruitment efforts of volunteers, survivors, and business leaders to help raise over $200,000. Funds raised will go toward research and education to reduce disability and death from cardiovascular disease and stroke in Massachusetts.

The sixth annual event will take place at the Log Cabin in Holyoke on Friday, February 27, 2015. Over 300 women and men are expected to attend the event which includes an educational breakout session, silent auction, inspiring survivor speakers, heart healthy lunch and keynote speaker, Michael Matty. Matty is part of an elite group of 275 individuals who have successfully completed the Seven Summits, the highest peaks on the 7 continents. Matty has climbed the Seven Summits within a four year span.

“Most people are not aware that heart disease is 80 percent preventable”, said luncheon chair, Michael Matty. “The American Heart Association’s Life’s Simple Seven provides small steps you can take to lower your risk for heart disease.

Like each step I took to achieve my goal of reaching the top of each Summit, you too can take small steps to make simple changes in your life.”

Cardiovascular disease claims almost 460,000 lives each year. With 64 percent of sudden coronary heart disease deaths in women showing no previous symptoms, the Go Red For Women movement is the American Heart Association’s solution to save women’s lives by building awareness and educating women on the power of making healthy choices.

“Many people may not know the sad reality that one in three women will die from heart disease this year in Massachusetts which equates to 18 deaths per day”, said Matty. “It could be your friend, sister, mother or co-worker. The good news is that See Go Red, Page 8

BMC offers Free ‘Heart & Vascular Health’ lecture SPRINGFIELD – Baystate Medical Center will hold its popular Heart & Vascular Health Lecture Series during the month of February beginning with a look at “Heart Failure: What Is It, How Do I Know if I Have It, and What Can I Do if I Develop It?” on Sunday, Feb. 1.

The Heart & Vascular Health Lecture Series, presented by the Baystate Heart & Vascular Programas part of American Heart Month, will focus on presentations designed to inform those attending on the latest advances in heart and vascular care and how they can maintain or improve their heart and vas-

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Non-invasive cardiologist Dr. Gregory Valania, of the hospital’s Heart Failure Program, will present the first of four free seminars at the Baystate Health Education Center on 361 Whitney Ave. in Holyoke. His presentation will focus on learning more about the basics of heart failure, risk factors, signs and symptoms, and treatment options.

All lectures will be held from noon to 2 p.m.

The free lectures will continue with “Advances in Coronary Interventions” on Feb. 8, featuring Dr. Gregory Giugliano, director of both

the Cardiac Catheterization Lab and Heart & Vascular Research at Baystate, and on Feb. 15 with “Your Heart and Beyond: Acute Heart Attack in 2015,” presented by Dr. Amir Lotfi, vice chair of Cardiology at Baystate and medical director of Inpatient Heart & Vascular at the hospital, as well as the Regional MI Program.

The series will conclude on Feb. 22 with “History of Medical Ethics in Research,” presented by Dr. Richard Engelman, chief, Cardiac Surgical Research at Baystate Medical Center.

Heart healthy light refreshments will be served at the

lectures and educational handouts on heart and vascular health will be provided.

Parking is free.

Registration is required for each session by calling 1-800377-4325.

In addition, Baystate offers full HDL/LDL cholesterol screenings on the 1st and 2nd Wednesdays of each month from 7:30 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. for $10 at its outpatient care facility on 3300 Main St. in Springfield. A 12-hour fast is required before the screening.

To register, call Baystate Health Link at 1-800-3774325.

To learn more about Baystate Medical Center’s life-saving cardiac capabilities, visit www.baystatehealth.org/ bhvp.

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By LINDSEY TANNER AP Medical Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Head Start programs have been shown to help poor children do better in school, but they may also help them fight obesity, a study suggests.

During a year of Head Start preschool, obese and overweight children were much more likely to slim down than comparison groups of kids.

The study involved almost 44,000 preschool-aged children in Michigan and the researchers, from the University of Michigan, acknowledge it has weaknesses. But they say the potential benefits are important because obesity is so hard to treat and affects lowincome children disproportionately.

Five things to know about the research, published online Monday in Pediatrics: HEAD START Head Start is a federal prekindergarten program offered free in every state to lowincome families. It often involves full-day preschool, focusing on school readiness, healthy eating and physical activity. Many programs provide children two daily meals, and give families health and nutrition advice. More than 1 million U.S. children participate.

THE CHILDREN Almost 44,000 children participated, including about 19,000 Head Start kids. They were compared with children from Medicaid families and with those from wealthier, privately insured families.

Health records and Head Start data provided height and weight measurements between the ages of age 2 and 6.

THE RESULTS About 16 percent of kids entering Head Start were obese, versus 12 percent of Medicaid kids and 7 percent of the others. After a year, almost 11 percent of initially obese Head Start kids became normal weight, compared with none of the Medicaid kids and less than 2 percent of the others. The improvements lasted through the end of the study, or when the kids entered kindergarten.

Similar trends were seen in kids who started out overweight but not obese.

Nationwide, about 8 percent of preschoolers are obese, but the rate was mostly higher during the 2005-13 study.

THE SKINNY The study found a reverse benefit for underweight children. Those in Head Start were more likely to gain weight and achieve a healthy weight after a year than other underweight kids.

THE LIMITATIONS The Head Start group had fewer blacks and more whites than the Medicaid group; the non-Medicaid group had the fewest number of minority kids.

A more rigorous test would have compared more similar groups, randomly assigning only some children to attend Head Start. That would be

unethical because of Head Start’s educational benefits, said lead researcher Dr. Julie Lumeng. It’s likely that many kids in the comparison groups attended some kind preschool, perhaps including Head Start. That means it’s not certain that participation in Head Start explains the weight improvements, she said.

But Dr. David Ludwig, a Harvard Medical School pediatrics professor and director of an obesity prevention center at Children’s Hospital Boston, called the results are impressive and encouraging despite the limitations.

He said the researchers chose a “very reasonable” alternative study design, and that the results make sense, given the services Head Start programs provide.

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By DAN MoRIARTY Staff Writer WESTFIELD – Being ready when opportunity knocks is a process which vision, perseverance and patience to build the door to take the knock that opportunity gives.

That is especially true in the public sector where there are so many competing demands on limited financial resources.

The city’s development team, City Advancement Officer Jeff Daley and Community Development Director see any movement toward advantageously positioning the city.

It took several years to create an industrial park off Industrial Park Road. The city has owned the property for decades and it was the proposed location of a new landfill until the state imposed a moratorium on those projects, then lay barren in a Rural Residential zone until the City Council voted to convert

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Creating the opportunity for something to happen. That industrial park was down the list of on-going projects, something to develop down the road, when suddenly there was interest from across the country.

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There is an April 4, 2014 deadline for companies to submit proposals.

Daley said the California manufacturer could proposed a project for up to 30 acres of that land and that the city will leverage any proposal by requiring the applicant to extend infrastructure into their facility within the industrial park to reduce the city’s cost of installing those facilities.

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By JEFF HANoUILLE Staff Writer WESTFIELD – Since opening its doors a year ago April 1, Armbrook Village has been a boon to the City of Westfield.

East Longmeadow native Michael McCarthy, a local developer, saw the value of a senior citizen assisted living center because his mother, Jean, used to live in one. When McCarthy’s mother passed away, he immediately began looking for land to build a senior living community of his own.

“He was so taken by the concept of assisted living and the care that his

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By DAN MoRIARTY Staff Writer WESTFIELD – The Westfield Gas & Electric Department is taking an innovative approach to business, trying to reduce its revenue through customer conservation of energy.

General Manager Dan Howard said the traditional business plan of utilities has been to increase energy sales to maximize revenue. The municipal utility is doing just the opposite through innovative energy conservation programs for both residents and commercial customers.

“We’ve taken a different view from that traditional model,” Howard said, “that if we don’t use as much energy we save money, our customers save money. We are at the forefront of energy conservation programs.”

That approach is due to the higher cost of “peak” energy which far exceeds the cost of base energy. The department contracts for its base load to control costs based on consumption projections. Peak energy is addition power purchased on the spot market, typically at substantially higher prices See WG&E, Page 3

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mother got that he thought, ‘boy, I would like to build one of these buildings’,” said Beth Cardillo, executive director at Armbrook. “He started to look around for some land and found this spot in Westfield. The rest is history.”

Nestled comfortably on North Road, conveniently located near the intersection of Routes 10 and 202 on the Southampton side of town, Armbrook Village serves people from all over Western Mass., including Westfield, Southwick and the Hill Towns, as well as people from out of state. The 122-apartment community offers independent, assisted living and memory-

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Obituaries Rev. Gerard Boulanger ATTLEBORO – Rev. Gerard Boulanger, M.S., 70, a Missionary of Our Lady of La Salette, Province of Mary, Mother of the Americas, died Friday, January 2, 2015 at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire. He was born March 20, 1944 in Holyoke, MA, son of the late Eugene and Blanche (Godaire) Boulanger. After attending Our Lady of Good Counsel Elementary School in Easthampton, MA, he completed his high school studies at the La Salette Seminary in Enfield, NH and began his seminary studies at the La Salette College Seminary in East Brewster, MA and Altamont, NY. He entered the La Salette Novitiate in Bloomfield, CT in 1966 and made first profession of vows on July 1, 1967 and professed perpetual vows on August 22, 1970 at the La Salette Seminary in Ipswich, MA. After completing his studies at Catholic University in Washington, DC, he was ordained to the priesthood at the La Salette Seminary in Ipswich on May 26, 1973.

After ordination, Fr. Jerry was assigned to teach at the Seminary in Cheshire, CT and the following year, served as spiritual director and professor at the La Salette Seminary in Altamont, NY. In 1975, he was named Associate Pastor at St. James Parish in Danielson, CT. Four years later, he was assigned to the La Salette Shrine in Ipswich, MA where he was appointed Director of the Shrine Residence. From Ipswich, he went on to serve at various parishes in Missouri, Georgia and Connecticut.

In 1997, Fr. Boulanger was appointed Co-Pastor/ Administrator of St. Mary Parish in Jewett City, CT. In 2001 he was appointed Pastor of Holy Trinity Church in Westfield, MA and in 2006 he was named as Director of the La Salette Shrine in Enfield, NH. In 2008 he was named as Director of the La Salette Shrine in Enfield, NH. In 2008 he was named Parochial Vicar of Our Lady of Prompt Succor Parish in Sulphur, LA. Three years later, Fr. Boulanger was named Superior of the La Salette Shrine Community in Attleboro, MA. As Superior, he was noted for his great kindness and caring for his La Salette confreres. In addition to being Superior, he had recently been named Interim Co-Director of the National Shrine in Attleboro. Father was greatly esteemed by his confreres and over the years was asked to represent them at various Provincial meetings and on La Salette committees.

In addition to his La Salette brothers, Father Boulanger is survived by his sisters, Cecile Finn and Eleanor Lussier, and a sister-in-law, Thelma Boulanger as well as many relatives and friends. Father Jerry was predeceased by a brother, Donald Boulanger.

A Mass of Christian Burial was concelebrated on Saturday, January 10, 2015 at the La Salette Shrine Church in Attleboro. Contributions in Father’s memory may be made to: Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette Retirement Fund, 915 Maple Avenue, Hartford, CT 06114-2330.

A second Mass of Christian Burial was held Monday January 12, 2015 at the Our Lady of The Valley Church, 33 Adams St., Easthampton, MA followed with burial in St. Stanislaus Cemetery in Easthampton.

Arrangements entrusted to Sperry & McHoul Funeral Home, 15 Grove Street, North Attleboro.

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Meatless Meals Continued from Page 6 dressing on top and cover bowl with tight fitting lid. Let marinate in fridge at least one hour. Next, make a salad. Spoon out tofu with a slotted spoon, and place ½ cup of cubes on top of salad.

2. Soy crumbles: Add 1 package of crumbles to a jar of tomato sauce in a medium size pot over medium heat. Cook until heated through; serve 1 cup of “meat sauce” over 1 cup pasta. Use crumbles as the “meat” in stuffed peppers, lasagna, tacos- anywhere you would use ground meat.

3. Instead of chicken in a casserole, use a layer of canned/ drained peas or beans (such as chickpeas, black beans, kidney beans). You can also add these peas/beans to soupor on top of salad as “the meat”.

4. Make a sandwich using a layer of hummus topped with layers of spinach leaves, tomato and onion slices on whole grain bread with a glass of milk.

It is completely up to you whether you use a familiar food or branch out into unknown vegetarian foods. The point is to get more plant based foods on the menu. One meatless day a week may help tip the scales in the right direction and protect your body from disease. Time to get cooking!

Jennifer Giffune, R.D., L.D.N. is a freelance author, professional speaker and nutrition counselor. On the last Wednesday of each month, Jennifer can be heard on 89.5 WSKB radio on the “Wake up Wednesday Morning” Show. To make an appointment with Jennifer at Mercy Medical Group, call 786-1500.

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Brown identified outfalls, wet water, dry water, and said finding out where there are high phosphorus levels was part of the plan.

He also broke out projects by cost, time and resources.

“I’m estimating we need to put aside $125,000 to $180,000 per year to address fixed costs,” Brown said. “Some issues could cost $1,000 and others may cost $100,000.”

Brown said the town salt shed would need to be replaced as part of the permit. He also estimated about 1,000 hours would need to be spent on stormwater permit issues per year for five years to complete the necessary projects.

“We might be looking at bringing in parttime help,” said Brown. “We do have some time to absorb this and plan accordingly.”

Brown said work would not begin for at least two more years.

Chief Administrative Officer Karl Stinehart said the stormwater issue is another unfunded mandate from the state. Selectman Russell Fox agreed.

This storm drain filled with trash and debris restrict the proper flow of storm“It’s a huge unfunded mandate,” said Fox. water. (File photo by Frederick Gore)

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owners project manager will go out sometime in January, while an RFP for engineering services will go out in February,” said Drawe.

“There will also be an RFP for an engineering company to come in and do pole surveys, as we have about 70,000 service poles that have to be examined and talked about.”

“This will go a long way at Town Meeting to determine the costs, as right now we’re just working on estimates,” he said, adding that most Town Meetings will take place in early May. Drawe said the MBI is spending money up front to get better estimates and doing work that needs to be done prior to Town Meeting. He touted the project’s benefits to the region.

“The economic benefit, in our mind, is fairly significant,” he said. “The (UMass) Donahue Institute did a study

a few years ago on population trends in western Mass. and found that the older cohort will continue to grow as a proportion of the total population over the next decade or so.”

“Part of the reason is that young families aren’t living in these hilltowns because they don’t have Internet access,” Drawe said. “In talking with Realtors, they say that people will ask ‘Is the Internet avail-

able? Is high speed Internet available?’ We know people in the hilltowns who have had their homes for sale for two years and have cut prices, but the world out there thinks you have to have the Internet in order to have a decent lifestyle.”

Small businesses and schools will benefit immensely from the project, according to Drawe.

“DSL is not sufficiently fast

enough and widespread enough to accomodate their needs,” he said. “The schools have declining student populations and rising costs, so not having Internet limits their options in terms of using ebooks and online classrooms as alternatives that would save the school budgets money in the long run.”

“Without universal Internet, those options aren’t even on the table,” he said.

Go Red Continued from Page 6 each and every one of us has the power to help change this statistic.”

Michael Matty has worked as an investment manager for over 20 years and is currently President of St. Germain overseeing $950 million in assets. Mike is a dedicated mountaineer and has successfully climbed the Seven Summits; Mt. Kilimanjaro, Mt. Elbrus, Mt. Vinson, Mt. McKinley, Mt. Aconcagua, Mt. Kosciuszko, Mt. Everest.

Women from all walks of life are encouraged to attend the Western Massachusetts Go Red For Women Luncheon and learn how to take charge of their heart health. For more information on sponsorship or to purchase tickets, call Go Red For Women Luncheon Director Traci Heath at 413-262-3223 or go to www.wmassgored.ahaevents.org. Find out more about the Go Red For Women movement and heart healthy living at www.goredforwomen.org or call 1-888-MYHEART.

Prepared childbirth class offered at HMC HOLYOKE — The Birthing Center at Holyoke Medical Center holds Prepared Childbirth Class classes on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday evenings from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Birthing Center Conference Room. The classes run for seven consecutive weeks.

Classes will include discussions on: relaxation and breathing techniques; the birth process; how the baby develops; nutrition; environmental hazards in pregnancy; staying comfortable during pregnancy; newborn care; basics of breastfeeding and postpartum adjustment.

Prepared childbirth classes are held on a continuing basis. Expectant mothers and their coaches are encouraged to enroll so that classes are completed four weeks before the mother’s due date.

Registration is necessary, as class size is limited. For more information on starting dates of each series, or to register, call 5342700.

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Midwives Continued from Page 6 and now at the Chicopee Medical Center.

MCH midwives deliver babies atThe Birthing Center at Holyoke Medical Center, recognized as maintaining one of the lowest cesarean section rates in the state as well as one of the highest rates of vaginal birth after cesarean section (VBAC). The Birthing Center continues to offer cutting edge care with its birthing tub for labor and water births, nitrous oxide as an option for pain management and a comprehensive array of birthing and postpartum support.

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By CHRIS PUTZ Staff Writer WESTFIELD – The Westfield News has crowned its 2014-15 “Beat ‘The Putz’” pro football contest grand prize-winner, Bob Kidrick, Sr., 75, of Westfield.

Bob’s 21-year-old grand-

son, Matt, and his fiancé, Jen Balukonis, 21, both of Westfield, accepted the prize, a 32-inch Sony flat screen television, donated by Manny’s TV & Appliances, in lieu of their grandfather who was unable to attend. Manny, himself, was on hand to present the award at his Westfield store located in the Little River Plaza.

“I’m just hoping Bob Kidrick noted his for the Patriots disappointment in failto make the Super ing to win a weekly Bowl. If they wind up prize – The Tavern Restaurant sponsored all there together (with 17 weekly prizes – for Green Bay), that the first time, but would be wonderful.” expressed his enthusiasm for capturing the BOB KIDRICK top prize at season’s “Beat ‘The Putz’” pro football end. contest grand prize-winner “I can use that TV in my sports room,” he

Manny Rovithis, right, owner of Manny’s TV and Appliances in Westfield, and Westfield News sports editor Chris Putz, center, present Matt Kidrick and his fiancée Jen Balukonis, with a 32-inch Sony television as part of the Westfield News football contest Beat the Putz. Joining in the presentation are Manny staff members, left-right, David Loughman, Patrick Barrett and Mike Pelter. The television was actually won by Robert Kidrick Sr. who was not available at the time of this presentation. (Photo by Frederick Gore)

said.

Bob said his key to victory was purchasing several newspapers, and submitting multiple entries every week.

“More than one entry helped I guess,” Bob said. “I would fill out one sheet according to the experts, and then deviate on each one after that.”

Every entry better than “The Putz” was entered into a

random grand prize drawing.

Bob, who was born in Wisconsin, is a fan of both the Green Bay Packers and New England Patriots. With both teams winning in the Divisional Round of the NFL playoffs this past weekend, and a new television to watch the games on, he is feeling somewhat super these days.

“I’m just hoping for the Patriots to make the Super

Bowl,” he said. “If they wind up there together (with Green Bay), that would be wonderful.”

Manny’s prediction for this weekend’s AFC/NFC Championship games: “The Pats. It’s going to be a tough fight, a close game … and Seattle.”

Manny said New England is more likely to survive a showdown in the hot Arizona

desert than the Seahawks, should the two meet in Super Bowl XLIX. I have predicted all along that the Patriots and Seahawks will collide on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 1. I am sticking with that prediction heading into this weekend’s AFC title game between New England and Indianapolis, hoping that (Andrew) Luck does not play a factor.

Brady vs. Luck replaces Brady vs. Manning in AFC title game

Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck celebrates a touchdown pass against the Denver Broncos during the second half of an NFL divisional playoff football game, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015, in Denver. (AP Photo/Joe Mahoney)

Colts become surprise of championship weekend

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Defensive tackle Ricky Jean Francois never bought the notion Indianapolis couldn’t contend for a Super Bowl this season.

He had too much faith in his teammates and coaches to accept that perception.

Now, one day after a surprising 24-13 divisional-round win at Denver, the most unlikely entrant of championship weekend finds itself with a seemingly unlikely Super Bowl scenario.

“We expected to be here, even though no one else may have expected us to be here,” Jean Francois said. “We’re looking at accomplishing something, and we haven’t finished it yet.”

Outsiders aren’t the only ones surprised that the Colts are here.

Just last week, team owner Jim Irsay told reporters he didn’t anticipate things going this smoothly or this fast after he released Peyton Manning in 2012 and started over with a See Colts, Page 11

By HOWARD ULMAN AP Sports Writer FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — No Brady vs. Manning XVII this postseason. Now it’s Brady vs. Luck IV. Translation: After 16 matchups with Peyton Manning, Tom Brady will face Andrew Luck for the fourth time when the star quarterbacks lead the New England Patriots and Indianapolis Colts on Sunday night.

At stake in this budding rivalry is a spot in Super Bowl XLIX (that’s 49) — one year after Manning’s Broncos beat Brady’s Patriots in last season’s AFC championship game.

The Patriots (13-4) are much more familiar with Manning.

But his struggles in Denver’s 24-13 AFC divisional game loss against Indianapolis on Sunday accentuated his recent decline. The Patriots beat the Baltimore Ravens 35-31, overcoming two 14-point deficits as Brady threw for three touchdowns and ran for one Saturday.

The steadily rising Luck is more of a puzzle than Manning even though the Patriots are 3-0 against the thirdyear veteran with every win by more than 20 points.

Still, their lack of experience against him — and his growth as a quarterback — could mean extra time for defenders in the film room and on the practice field getting ready for the strong-armed Luck and the Colts (135).

“In the National Football League you just prepare for your next opponent,” Patriots defensive coordinator Matt Patricia said Monday. “I don’t think you worry about who is hard (to prepare for) or who’s not.”

At left, in a Nov. 30, 2014, file photo, Indianapolis Colts quarterback Andrew Luck celebrates a 79-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Donte Moncrief against the Washington Redskins during the second half of an NFL football game in Indianapolis. At right, in a Sept. 29, 2014, file photo, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady points on the line of scrimmage during the first quarter of an NFL football game against the Kansas City Chiefs in Kansas City, Mo. No Tom Brady-Peyton Manning rematch this time. Instead, it will be Brady and Andrew Luck meeting again in a matchup of star quarterbacks when the New England Patriots host the Indianapolis Colts in the AFC championship game Sunday. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

The Patriots prepared for both quarterbacks in the regular season.

And they beat both by 22 points in consecutive games.

They routed the Broncos 43-21 on Nov. 2 in Foxborough with Manning throwing for 438 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions. The loss dropped him to 5-11 against Brady.

After a bye, the Patriots went to Indianapolis and beat the Colts 42-20 on Nov. 16. Luck threw for 303 yards, two touchdowns and one

interception.

“Peyton Manning or Andrew Luck, both of them present very difficult, extreme problems that you have to defend,” Patricia said of the top picks in the NFL draft, both by the Colts, in 1998 and 2012.

The Brady-Manning rivalry began with the Patriots’ second-year quarterback’s first NFL start, a 44-13 win over Manning’s Colts on Sept. 30, 2001.

See AFC, Page 11

HIGH SCHOOL STANDINGS, RESULTS

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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SCHEDULES TUESDAY Jan. 13

WEDNESDAY JAN. 14

THURSDAY JAN. 15

FRIDAY JAN. 16

SATURDAY Jan. 17

MONDAY Jan. 19

WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL JV BOYS’ HOOPS at Sci-Tech, 5:30 p.m.

BOYS’ HOOPS at Sci-Tech, 7 p.m.

BOYS’/GIRLS’ SWIMMING vs.

Northampton, 4 p.m.

BOYS’/GIRLS’ PVIAC ALPINE SKI RACE, Berkshire East, 5 p.m.

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

GIRLS’ HOOPS at Longmeadow, 7 p.m.

GIRLS’ HOCKEY CO-OP at Auburn, 5:30 p.m.

WRESTLING vs. Ludlow, 7 p.m.

BOYS’/GIRLS’ PVIAC ALPINE SKI RACE, Berkshire East, 5 p.m.

HOCKEY at Minnechaug, Olympia Ice Center, West Springfield, 6:30 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ HOOPS vs. Belchertown, 5:30 p.m.

HOCKEY at West Springfield, Olympia Ice Center, 7 p.m.

GIRLS’ HOOPS vs. Belchertown, 7 p.m.

GIRLS’ HOCKEY CO-OP at Boston Latin, Dexter/Thorndike Rink, 1 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ HOOPS vs.

Minnechuag, 5:30 p.m.

GIRLS’ HOOPS vs.

Minnechaug, 7 p.m.

WRESTLING @ Midland Dual Meet, Quabbin Regional HS, 10 a.m.

GIRLS’ HOCKEY CO-OP vs.

Billerica Cyr Arena, 4:30 p.m.

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

GIRLS’ HOOPS vs. Mohawk, 7 p.m.

JV BOYS’ HOOPS at Granby, 5:30 p.m.

BOYS’ HOOPS at Granby, 7 p.m.

GIRLS’ HOOPS vs.

McCann Tech, 7 p.m.

GIRLS’ HOOPS at Holyoke Catholic, Holyoke Boys’ & Girls’ Club, 6 p.m.

GATEWAY REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’ JV HOOPS at Pathfinder, 5:30 p.m.

BOYS’ HOOPS at Pathfinder, 7 p.m.

GIRLS’ HOOPS at St. Mary, Westfield Middle School North, 5:30 p.m.

WRESTLING vs.

Franklin Tech, 7 p.m.

JV BOYS’ HOOPS vs. Franklin Tech, 5 p.m.

BOYS’ HOOPS vs. Franklin Tech, 6:30 p.m.

GIRLS’ HOOPS vs. Gateway, Westfield Middle School North, 5:30 p.m.

BOYS’ HOOPS vs. Holyoke Catholic, Westfield Middle School South, 6 p.m.

BOYS’ HOOPS at Westfield Voc-Tech, 6 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ HOOPS vs. Franklin Tech, 5 p.m.

GIRLS’ HOOPS vs. Franklin Tech, 6:30 p.m.

WRESTLING at Ludlow Duals, 10 a.m.

SAINT MARY HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS’ HOOPS vs. Westfield Voc-Tech, Westfield Middle School North, 5:30 p.m.

HOCKEY vs. Mount Everett Regional, Amelia Park, 10 a.m.

HOCKEY at Turners Falls, Collins/Moylan Arena, 6 p.m.

WESTFIELD VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL JV BOYS’ HOOPS at Franklin Tech, 5:30 p.m.

BOYS’ HOOPS vs. Franklin Tech, 7 p.m.

GIRLS’ HOOPS vs. Sci-Tech, 5 p.m.

BOYS’ HOOPS vs. St. Mary, 6 p.m.

GIRLS’ HOOPS at St. Mary, Westfield Middle School North, 5:30 p.m.

WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY SCHEDULES 2014-2015 WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S SWIMMING & DIVING SCHEDULE

DAY DATE OPPONENT

TIME

Sunday

Jan. 18

at Western New England

12:00

Saturday

Jan. 24

SAINT JOSEPH, CT

1:00

Saturday

Jan. 31

at Western Connecticut

12:00

Friday

Feb. 13

Saturday Sunday

2014-2015 WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

DAY DATE OPPONENT

TIME

Saturday

Jan. 17

SALEM STATE

1:00

Tuesday

Jan. 20

at Worcester State (@ Nichols College)

6:00

New England Championships

Saturday

Jan. 24

at MCLA

1:00

Feb. 14

New England Championships

Tuesday

Jan. 27

FITCHBURG STATE

5:30

Feb. 15

New England Championships

Saturday

Jan. 31

FRAMINGHAM STATE

1:00

Tuesday

Feb. 3

at Bridgewater State

5:30

Thursday

Feb. 5

WESTERN NEW ENGLAND

5:30

University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 2014-2015 WESTFIELD STATE ICE HOCKEY SCHEDULE

DAY DATE OPPONENT

TIME

Tuesday

Feb. 10

at Salem State

5:30

Tuesday

Jan. 13

SOUTHERN NEW HAMPSHIRE

7:35

Saturday

Feb. 14

WORCESTER STATE

1:00

Thursday

Jan. 15

at Salem State

Tuesday

Feb. 17

MCLA

5:30

Thursday

Jan. 22

FITCHBURG STATE

7:35

Saturday

Feb. 21

at Fitchburg State

1:00

Saturday

Jan. 24

UMASS DARTMOUTH

5:35

Saturday

Jan. 31

at Plymouth State

Tuesday

Feb. 24

MASCAC Quarterfinals

TBA

Thursday

Feb. 5

FRAMINGHAM STATE

7:35

Thursday

Feb. 26

MASCAS Semifinals

TBA

Saturday

Feb. 7

SALEM STATE

5:35

Saturday

Feb. 28

MASCAC Championship

TBA

Tuesday

Feb. 10

at Worcester State

8:00

Saturday

Feb. 14

at Fitchburg State

5:30

Thursday

Feb. 19

at UMass Dartmouth

7:30

Saturday

Feb. 21

WORCESTER STATE

Tuesday

Feb. 24

at Plymouth State

Saturday

Feb. 28

MASCAC Quarterfinals

Tuesday

March 3

MASCAC Semifinals

Saturday

March 7

MASCAC Championship

7:00

6:00

DAY DATE OPPONENT

TIME

Saturday

Jan. 17

SALEM STATE

3:00

Tuesday

Jan. 20

at Worcester State (@ Nichols College)

Saturday

Jan. 24

at MCLA

3:00

Tuesday

Jan. 27

FITCHBURG STATE

7:30

Thursday

Jan. 29

at Elms

7:00

Place

Saturday

Jan. 31

FRAMINGHAM STATE

3:00

New London, CT

Tuesday

Feb. 3

at Bridgewater State

7:30

Springfield

Thursday

Feb. 5

WESTERN CONNECTICUT

Middletown, CT

Tuesday

Feb. 10

at Salem State

7:30

5:35 6:00

2014-2015 WESTFIELD STATE MEN’S-WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK AND FIELD DAY DATE OPPONENT

2014-2015 WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE

8:00

Saturday

Jan. 17

Coast Guard Invitational

Saturday

Jan. 24

Springfield College Invitational

Saturday

Jan. 31

Wesleyan Invitational

Saturday

Feb. 7

Dartmouth College Indoor Classic

Hanover, NH

Saturday

Feb. 14

WORCESTER STATE

3:00

Saturday

Feb. 14

MASCAC/Alliance Championships

Providence, RI

Tuesday

Feb. 17

MCLA

7:30

Fri.-Sat.

Feb. 20-21

New England Division III Finals

Springfield (M); Smith (W)

Saturday

Feb. 21

at Fitchburg State

3:00

Fri.-Sat

Feb. 27-28

All New England Championships

Boston University

Tuesday

Feb. 24

MASCAC Quarterfinals

TBA

Fri.-Sat

March 6-7

ECAC Division III Championships

Armory, New York City

Thursday

Feb. 26

MASCAC Semi-finals

TBA

Saturday

Feb. 28

MASCAC Championship

TBA

Fri.-Sat. March 13-14 NCAA Division III Championships Winston-Salem, NC

@Winston-Salem State University

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Continued from Page 9 Luck was a rookie when he first faced Brady on Nov. 18, 2012.

And he played like one in New England’s 59-24 win.

He threw three interceptions with two returned for touchdowns covering 87 and 59 yards. He also lost a fumble one play before Brady hit Rob Gronkowski with a 34-yard touchdown pass.

“They’re good enough,” Luck said after the game. “They don’t need those gifts.”

In his next game against the Patriots, he threw four interceptions in a 43-22 AFC divisional playoff loss last season, one week before Manning and Denver eliminated New England.

Before this season’s loss to the Patriots, Manning said, “You know you’d better not be going three-and-out, turning the ball over, trying to figure out what they’re doing on defense. Because you know Brady & Co. are capable of putting up a lot of points and you’re going to find yourselves behind, especially up there.”

Luck learned that quickly and repeatedly.

“I’m just disappointed in myself,” he said after the Patriots beat the Colts two weeks later. “It’s up to us to fix what we did wrong and move on.”

They did that, winning five of their remaining six regular-season games, albeit against a weak schedule, before beating Cincinnati and Denver in the playoffs.

That last game ruined chances for another Brady-Manning reunion.

“The NFL is a very competitive league,” Brady said Monday during his weekly appearance on WEEI radio. “Peyton is an incredible player. Andrew Luck’s a great player. We’ve got one of the great young quarterbacks coming into our stadium, so we’ve got to be able to figure out a way to slow those guys down.”

The Patriots did that well enough to beat Manning 11 times in Brady’s career.

Now they’ll try to go 4-0 against Luck.

“It’s the National Football League. It’s the playoffs,” Patricia said. “Every game is very difficult.”

Colts

Continued from Page 9 rookie quarterback, a first- you’ll get to see it,” Pagano said time head coach and a first-time Monday. “We’ve got a bunch of general manager. guys in this building that believe But Andrew Luck has been in what we’re doing and believe better than advertised, Indy has in each other. If you can’t speak embraced Chuck Pagano and it into existence, it’ll never haphis philosophy and general pen.” manager Ryan Grigson has put The indications that Indy was enough pieces in place to win ahead of schedule were there 11 regular-season games in most of the season. three straight seasons.

During a five-game winning The two-time AFC South streak in September and champs have gone one step October, the Colts allowed 75 deeper in the playoffs each year points and the run defense was of the Luck-Pagano-Grigson on the verge of cracking the top era, and now they are just one 10. Andrew Luck was throwing win away from their third Super for 300 yards on a weekly basis Bowl trip in eight years. and led the league in touch“You’re excited that you’ve down passes thanks in part to an done so much so soon but you evolving ground game. also feel the weight. You know Then, late in the season, the where you have to go,” Irsay Colts defense played well said. “We know what we have enough to win five of its last six to do as an organization and games despite an uncharacteristhat’s to get to the top of the tic rash of turnovers and penalmountain. That’s what our goals ties. In the locker room, players are as we go into this playoff and coaches insisted they were run.” getting “hot” at just the right Getting there this time will time. take a monumental effort.

The critics, meanwhile, comAfter eliminating Manning plained Indy’s success was on his home turf, the Colts (13- largely built against sub-par 5) face Tom Brady on his home teams and pointing to their 2-4 field. Brady is 13-3 at home in mark against playoff-bound the playoffs, 3-0 against the teams and blowout losses at Colts, including last year’s Pittsburgh and Dallas and at 43-22 divisional-round drub- home against the Patriots (13-4) bing. as evidence the Colts would be It’s exactly the road Irsay eliminated quickly. expected to face when he told Even a convincing 26-10 The Associated Press last month wild-card round win over that Indy’s likely path to a Cincinnati didn’t change those championship would go thoughts. through Denver and New Sunday’s win over Denver England, then either Green Bay will help, even though the Colts or Seattle, who will square off remain the biggest underdog in the NFC championship left in the playoff field. game.

The Colts don’t care. They’ve Most thought winning any of got bigger things on their mind. those games would be too much “It doesn’t matter what anyto ask of Indy’s young team. one else thinks,” Jean Francois The Colts never saw it that way. said. “As long as the people in “Faith is believing in what this locker room believe, we you don’t see or can’t see, and can accomplish our goals.” the reward for believing is

Sullinger, Crowder, Smart lead Celtics to win over Pelicans BOSTON (AP) — Marcus Smart knows shooting is the biggest part of his game that he needed to improve. His work paid off with a timely 3-pointer on Monday night.

Jared Sullinger had 27 points and 10 rebounds, Smart made the key 3 in the closing minute, and the Boston Celtics beat the New Orleans Pelicans 108-100.

With the Celtics lead 101-100, Avery Bradley’s shot was blocked by the Pelicans’ Anthony Davis in the lane, before Smart got a pass from Bradley and made a fadeaway 3 from the left corner, falling into the seats as the shot swished through the basket with 39.7 seconds left.

“That was the biggest knock on my game that I couldn’t shoot,” said Smart, Boston’s first-round pick in last year’s NBA draft. “The last 12, 13 games I think I’ve been shooting the ball really well and working on it every day.”

Jae Crowder added 22 points, Marcus Thornton had 13 and Brandon Bass 12 to help the Celtics get their third win in 12 games.

“One heck of a shot,” Sullinger said of Smart’s basket. “I knew if he got it to the other side of the rim I was going to get that rebound. I was in perfect position to get that rebound. One heck of a shot.”

Davis led the Pelicans with 34 points, nine rebounds and four assists. Eric Gordon scored 21 points and Tyreke Evans 19 with eight boards.

“Turnovers, offensive rebounds and I’m not doing a good job of getting our guys to play the same way every game,” Pelicans coach Monty Williams said. “It’s plagued us all year long.”

The Pelicans had 18 turnovers and gave up 17 offensive boards to Boston.

“Too many turnovers,” Davis said. “You can’t allow yourself to do that on the road.”

Sullinger hit four free throws to seal it after Smart’s basket as the Celtics scored the game’s final seven points.

Smart finished with only seven points, but had six assists.

UP NEXT Pelicans: At Detroit on Wednesday.

Celtics: Host Atlanta on Wednesday.

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

GP Tampa Bay 44 N.Y. Islanders 42 Pittsburgh 41 Montreal 41 Washington 42 Detroit

42 N.Y. Rangers 39 Boston

43 Florida

40 Toronto

43 Ottawa

41 Philadelphia 43 Columbus 40 New Jersey 44 Carolina 42 Buffalo

43

W 27 28 25 26 23 22 24 22 20 22 17 17 18 15 13 14

L 13 13 10 12 11 11 11 15 11 18 16 19 19 21 24 26

Nashville

Anaheim

Chicago

Los Angeles St. Louis

Vancouver

Winnipeg

San Jose

Calgary

Colorado

Dallas

Minnesota

Arizona

Edmonton

W 28 27 28 20 26 23 21 22 22 18 18 18 16 10

L 9 10 13 13 13 14 14 16 18 17 16 18 21 24

GP 41 43 43 43 42 40 43 43 43 43 41 41 41 43

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

Sunday’s Games Anaheim 5, Winnipeg 4, SO Florida 4, Edmonton 2 Chicago 4, Minnesota 1 Monday’s Games Philadelphia 7, Tampa Bay 3 Washington 2, Colorado 1 Los Angeles 2, Toronto 0 Tuesday’s Games Tampa Bay at Boston, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

EASTERN CONFERENCE OT Pts GF GA Home 4 58 143 118 16-4-1 1 57 131 116 14-4-0 6 56 122 98 15-6-2 3 55 111 95 13-5-2 8 54 125 106 11-5-4 9 53 117 106 13-4-6 4 52 124 95 13-5-3 6 50 113 111 13-6-4 9 49 100 105 9-5-3 3 47 137 132 15-9-0 8 42 110 113 8-5-4 7 41 119 129 11-6-3 3 39 104 131 9-10-2 8 38 96 124 7-7-6 5 31 88 112 9-8-2 3 31 81 147 10-10-2 WESTERN CONFERENCE OT Pts GF GA Home 4 60 125 93 16-2-1 6 60 121 118 15-5-3 2 58 134 95 15-5-1 10 50 121 112 15-5-4 3 55 136 105 15-4-1 3 49 113 104 11-8-1 8 50 113 109 9-9-3 5 49 116 118 10-7-2 3 47 123 114 11-9-2 8 44 113 124 11-9-3 7 43 126 135 9-8-5 5 41 111 121 10-6-5 4 36 97 136 9-10-3 9 29 97 145 8-14-2

Away 11-9-3 14-9-1 10-4-4 13-7-1 12-6-4 9-7-3 11-6-1 9-9-2 11-6-6 7-9-3 9-11-4 6-13-4 9-9-1 8-14-2 4-16-3 4-16-1 Away 12-7-3 12-5-3 13-8-1 5-8-6 11-9-2 12-6-2 12-5-5 12-9-3 11-9-1 7-8-5 9-8-2 8-12-0 7-11-1 2-10-7

Div 10-1-2 12-2-0 6-6-3 9-3-1 9-2-4 6-6-6 11-2-1 8-5-3 7-1-4 8-6-1 6-7-2 5-7-2 5-5-2 6-8-4 5-8-3 7-10-3 Div 12-3-2 8-3-5 12-5-0 7-2-4 8-6-0 10-4-2 7-4-2 7-5-2 11-3-1 5-7-3 2-8-5 7-5-3 10-7-0 2-14-3

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

Minnesota at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.

Colorado at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Vancouver at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Florida at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.

Ottawa at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

San Jose at Arizona, 9 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Montreal at Columbus, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Washington, 8 p.m.

Toronto at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

New Jersey at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

NATIONAL BASKETBALL LEAGUE EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf d-Atlanta 29 8 .784 — 9-1 W-8 16-3 13-5 19-6 d-Toronto 25 12 .676 4 4-6 L-1 15-5 10-7 16-7 Washington 25 12 .676 4 6-4 L-1 16-4 9-8 17-7 d-Chicago 26 13 .667 4 6-4 L-1 12-8 14-5 17-7 Milwaukee 20 19 .513 10 6-4 L-1 8-8 12-11 13-12 Cleveland 19 19 .500 10½ 2-8 L-5 11-9 8-10 15-9 Miami 16 21 .432 13 4-6 W-1 7-12 9-9 11-12 Brooklyn 16 22 .421 13½ 3-7 L-6 8-12 8-10 11-15 Indiana 15 24 .385 15 5-5 L-1 8-9 7-15 9-11 Charlotte 15 24 .385 15 5-5 W-5 8-12 7-12 11-11 Detroit 14 24 .368 15½ 9-1 W-2 5-14 9-10 8-12 Boston 13 23 .361 15½ 3-7 W-1 9-11 4-12 9-15 Orlando 14 27 .341 17 3-7 W-1 4-12 10-15 10-18 Philadelphia 7 29 .194 21½ 4-6 W-2 2-15 5-14 6-14 New York 5 35 .125 25½ 0-10 L-15 3-17 2-18 4-20 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf d-Golden State 29 5 .853 — 8-2 W-6 16-1 13-4 17-5 d-Portland 30 8 .789 1 8-2 W-4 18-3 12-5 13-6 d-Houston 27 11 .711 4 6-4 W-4 13-6 14-5 16-8 Memphis 26 11 .703 4½ 5-5 W-1 15-4 11-7 17-6 Dallas 26 12 .684 5 6-4 L-2 13-6 13-6 10-8 L.A. Clippers 25 13 .658 6 6-4 L-1 17-6 8-7 14-6 San Antonio 23 15 .605 8 6-4 W-2 13-6 10-9 14-13 Phoenix 22 18 .550 10 6-4 L-2 9-7 13-11 10-12 New Orleans 18 19 .486 12½ 4-6 L-1 12-5 6-14 14-11 Oklahoma City 18 19 .486 12½ 5-5 W-1 11-7 7-12 10-14 Denver 17 20 .459 13½ 5-5 W-4 11-8 6-12 10-11 Sacramento 16 21 .432 14½ 4-6 W-1 10-11 6-10 12-14 Utah 13 25 .342 18 5-5 L-2 6-11 7-14 6-14 L.A. Lakers 12 26 .316 19 3-7 L-1 6-13 6-13 6-22 Minnesota 5 31 .139 25 0-10 L-15 3-16 2-15 2-21 Sunday’s Games Atlanta 120, Washington 89 Miami 104, L.A. Clippers 90 Memphis 122, Phoenix 110,2OT Sacramento 103, Cleveland 84 Portland 106, L.A. Lakers 94 Monday’s Games Detroit 114, Toronto 111 Houston 113, Brooklyn 99 Boston 108, New Orleans 100 Orlando 121, Chicago 114 Tuesday’s Games Atlanta at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

San Antonio at Washington, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Cleveland at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Golden State at Utah, 9 p.m.

Dallas at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

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

Wednesday’s Games Houston at Orlando, 7 p.m.

San Antonio at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

New Orleans at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Memphis at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.

Washington at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Atlanta at Boston, 8 p.m.

Dallas at Denver, 9 p.m.

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

L.A. Clippers at Portland, 10:30 p.m.

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Should I contact him again?

Dear Annie: My boyfriend and I are in our 60s and have been together for 12 years. We recently had a disagreement, and he walked away. I emailed him and he said he has feelings for me and always will, but he can’t make me happy. He said I need someone who is as romantic and financially secure as I am. He has no pension, no savings and a business that is barely surviving. He also told me that his health problems are why we haven’t had sex in four years.

I am his fifth relationship that hasn’t worked out. He used to phone me every night and I miss that. After previous disagreements, he always came back. He said he doesn’t want to be in a relationship now and needs to look after his business. He claims to be a workaholic. Should I contact him again? -- J. Dear J.: How much do you want to suffer? There are reasons this man is incapable of being in a permanent relationship. If he wants that to change, he would likely need counseling to understand his motivations better. But you cannot make that happen. You can only decide what is best for YOU. Unless this man gets help and makes major changes to his life, he cannot give you any type of commitment, nor does he want to. He prefers to leave the relationship. We think you should let him.

Dear Annie: When our relatives come for a visit, as they do every winter without fail, why do they expect to be treated to free accommodations and free meals, which we provide year after year, while they never offer a coffeecake or pizza or, better yet, to prepare one of the many meals expected during their visit? An offer to treat us to a meal at a restaurant, even breakfast, would be welcomed.

From my perspective, these “guests” freely take our time, our generosity and our kindness at a most stressful time of year, and their only form of appreciation is the blanket invitation to “come on down” offered at their departure. Why don’t they mention possible dates for a future visit to make the invitation seem genuine?

These guests do not suggest or pay for activities while visiting us. They think that since they paid to travel to us, we should be willing to cover all expenses while they are here. And since it is their vacation, they treat us as their employees.

We love our family members. We are happy to see them at every opportunity. But we feel taken advantage of, especially when they notify us of the dates for their next visit. -- Planning Now Dear Planning: You are being too accommodating, and they are clueless. You need to set some ground rules. This is family.

They visit every year. It’s OK to tell them what you expect. Ask them to pitch in for groceries and to help in the kitchen. Once they understand that even guests have obligations, these visits will run more smoothly for everyone.

Dear Annie: This is in regards to “Outvoted,” who is debating with her siblings about replacing the batteries in Mom’s pacemaker.

My family had the same problem. Dad was 92. My sister and I wanted to let him go peacefully, but my mom and brother wanted the batteries changed. We are now living a nightmare.

Dad has full-blown dementia. My sister and I are the caregivers, as my brother lives three hours away and Mom is too frail to care for him.

Dad is ornery and hits on every woman he sees. I change his soiled diapers and give him showers. If he were in his right mind, he would be horrified. Had Dad died two years ago, I would have wonderful memories. Now I am beginning to hate him. -- Let Her Die with Dignity Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@comcast.net.

HINTS FROM HELOISE INK REMOVAL Dear Heloise: I made a doll, and I’m trying to get rid of the blue-ink guidelines. I have tried alcohol and stain spray, but nothing works. I really don’t want to give the dolls to the girls with the blue ink showing.

-- Rosey R., via email Well, you did not say what type of doll, so I’m guessing it’s a fabric one. You’ve tried the products I usually suggest. But (again, guessing) if the “blue ink guidelines” are on the pattern, or you have drawn them on with an ink pen, I don’t really know of a way to remove them once the doll is sewn and put together. For general stain removal, you should work from the BACK of the fabric, not the front. If you spray or apply a stain remover just to the material, it will usually spread the stain.

You can try dry-cleaning solvent or spot remover that is sold in the cleaning aisle or at shoe stores. Do follow directions, and use only a little of the liquid. Last-ditch hint: Try to find a matching color of typewriter correction fluid to cover over the ink marks. Readers, want to help Rosey and Heloise? Send your hint to Heloise/Doll, P.O. Box 795000, San Antonio, TX 782795000, or email it to Heloise(at)Heloise.com and please put in the subject line “Doll/Ink.” -- Heloise

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015: This year you open up to experiencing more of life, yet you could feel a certain amount of tension surrounding the process. You are opening up to the unknown.

The excitement and newness will keep you happy but slightly on edge. If you are single, romance suddenly could knock on your door the second half of this birthday year. If you are attached, the two of you grow to trust each other even more. Your home life likely will have an element of the unexpected run through it. SCORPIO is a friend you can count on.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH Pressure builds. Know that an unexpected action might loosen up the status quo. Be careful about how you deal with your feelings. You probably will need to listen to some feedback. A loved one is likely to give you an earful.

Tonight: Have a frank discussion.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH Strive to get past a restriction. You might need some feedback from others regarding their opinion of your ideas. A male friend knows what he wants and could become pushy. The unexpected occurs when you least expect it. Tonight: Go with someone else’s suggestion.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH Your playfulness emerges in the morning when you hardly have time to settle in. You could be exhausted by everything that needs to happen. Make a point of loosening up and relaxing more.

Give yourself a much-deserved break.

Tonight: Keep an even pace.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH You could have a slow start, but when you get going, you’ll be a force to be dealt with. Your sense of direction coupled with a great deal of creativity will emerge in the afternoon.

Open up to all possibilities. Tonight: In the thick of the moment.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH You could be surprised by how a little excitement will affect your love life. Someone could be trying to tighten his or her connection with you.

You know how to handle this person, but see what happens if you say little. You probably will learn a lot. Tonight: Surf the Web. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH You could be seeing a personal matter much differently from how a partner sees it. What will be important is how you handle this problem.

Depending on the nature of it, you might want to choose the least combative path.

Tonight: Try to utilize someone else’s suggestion.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH You could be in a position where you would prefer to let someone else make the call, as he or she tends to be more knowledgeable. Letting this person run with the ball actually might create some free time for you. Don’t let others interfere with your projects.

Tonight: Your treat.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH You might be more comfortable observing instead of acting in the morning. By the afternoon, you’ll feel as if you want to take the lead. A loved one indirectly could serve as your muse.

Turn your focus to a creative project for now. Tonight: All smiles.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHHH Listen to news, and be ready to move forward. You can respond to someone’s request by offering to help him or her make a hard decision. It might be difficult to make a judgment call, but just follow your instincts.

Someone of interest could surprise you.

Tonight: Early to bed.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH You could be taken aback by a boss or older relative’s wishy-washy stance. You might be at your wits’ end with a difficult roommate or loved one.

You know when you have had enough.

Understand when it is time to pull away from the uproar. Tonight: Maintain a sense of humor.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHHH Unpredictability marks what you do and why you do it. Someone close to you could make demands that will send you into a tizzy. This person tends to see what you had not even thought of. Be open to change; you will appreciate the results. Tonight: Let it all hang out.

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By DAN MoRIARTY Staff Writer WESTFIELD – Being ready when opportunity knocks is a process which vision, perseverance and patience to build the door to take the knock that opportunity gives.

That is especially true in the public sector where there are so many competing demands on limited financial resources.

The city’s development team, City Advancement Officer Jeff Daley and Community Development Director see any movement toward advantageously positioning the city.

It took several years to create an industrial park off Industrial Park Road. The city has owned the property for decades and it was the proposed location of a new landfill until the state imposed a moratorium on those projects, then lay barren in a Rural Residential zone until the City Council voted to convert

that property to an industrial A zone.

Creating the opportunity for something to happen. That industrial park was down the list of on-going projects, something to develop down the road, when suddenly there was interest from across the country.

The Purchasing Department recently released a request for proposals (RFPs) for companies interested in developing land at that 66-acre industrial park.

There is an April 4, 2014 deadline for companies to submit proposals.

Daley said the California manufacturer could proposed a project for up to 30 acres of that land and that the city will leverage any proposal by requiring the applicant to extend infrastructure into their facility within the industrial park to reduce the city’s cost of installing those facilities.

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By JEFF HANoUILLE Staff Writer WESTFIELD – Since opening its doors a year ago April 1, Armbrook Village has been a boon to the City of Westfield.

East Longmeadow native Michael McCarthy, a local developer, saw the value of a senior citizen assisted living center because his mother, Jean, used to live in one. When McCarthy’s mother passed away, he immediately began looking for land to build a senior living community of his own.

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mother got that he thought, ‘boy, I would like to build one of these buildings’,” said Beth Cardillo, executive director at Armbrook. “He started to look around for some land and found this spot in Westfield. The rest is history.”

Nestled comfortably on North Road, conveniently located near the intersection of Routes 10 and 202 on the Southampton side of town, Armbrook Village serves people from all over Western Mass., including Westfield, Southwick and the Hill Towns, as well as people from out of state. The 122-apartment community offers independent, assisted living and memory-

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By DAN MoRIARTY Staff Writer WESTFIELD – The Westfield Gas & Electric Department is taking an innovative approach to business, trying to reduce its revenue through customer conservation of energy.

General Manager Dan Howard said the traditional business plan of utilities has been to increase energy sales to maximize revenue. The municipal utility is doing just the opposite through innovative energy conservation programs for both residents and commercial customers.

“We’ve taken a different view from that traditional model,” Howard said, “that if we don’t use as much energy we save money, our customers save money. We are at the forefront of energy conservation programs.”

That approach is due to the higher cost of “peak” energy which far exceeds the cost of base energy. The department contracts for its base load to control costs based on consumption projections. Peak energy is addition power purchased on the spot market, typically at substantially higher prices See WG&E, Page 3

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January 13, 14, 2015 ESTATE TO BE ASSIGNED FOR UNPAID TAXES Commonwealth of Massachusetts City of Westfield Office of the City Treasurer Meghan C. Kane The owners of the hereinafter described parcel of land situated in the City of Westfield in the County of Hampden and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and to all concerned: You are hereby notified that on January 29, 2015 at 10:00 o’clock A.M. local time in Westfield City Hall, 59 Court Street, Westfield, MA 01085 in the City Council chambers, pursuant to the provisions of General Laws, Chapter 60 §52 and by virtue of the authority vested in me as Treasurer, it is my intention to assign and transfer the Tax Title held by the City of Westfield covering the following described parcels to the highest bidder at public auction, for all taxes thereon with interest and all necessary and intervening charges of any balance of said taxes, unless the same has been paid in full before that date.

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Parcel ID: 064-00052-00000 Location: 19 High Street Assessed Owner: Adamites, Kajetan A tax lien perfected on 12/6/2013 securing about 0.264 acres of land with any buildings located at 19 High Street being designated on assessor’s plan as parcel 064-0005200000 and now or formerly owned by said Adamites, Kajetan Balance due January 29, 2015 $14,963.42 Parcel ID: 251-00011-00000 Location: 64 Woodside Terrace Assessed Owner: Andras, Edward F. Jr. & Terry A. A tax lien perfected on 6/24/2011 securing about 0.413 acres of land with any buildings located at 64 Woodside Terrace being designated on assessor’s plan as parcel 25100011-00000 and now or formerly owned by said Andras, Edward F. Jr. & Terry A. Balance due January 29, 2015 $26,884.98 Parcel ID: 105-00009-00000 Location: 114 Birch Bluffs Drive Assessed Owner: Bodendorf, Anne M. A tax lien perfected on 12/6/2013 securing about 0.5 acres of land with any buildings located at 114 Birch Bluffs Drive being designated on assessor’s plan as parcel 10500009-00000 and now or formerly owned by said Bodendorf, Anne M. Balance due January 29, 2015 $13,171.67 Parcel ID: 098-00011-00000 Location: 395 Southwick Road Assessed Owner: Bodendorf, Anne M. A tax lien perfected on 12/6/2013 securing about 0.344 acres of land with any buildings located at 395 Southwick Road being designated on assessor’s plan as parcel 09800011-00000 and now or formerly owned by said Bodendorf, Anne M. Balance due January 29, 2015 $12,889.55 Parcel ID: 136-00023-00000 Location: 2 Maria Drive Assessed Owner: Distefano, Lou Ann G. & Philip J. A tax lien perfected on 6/16/2010 securing about 0.367 acres of land with any buildings located at 2 Maria Drive being designated on assessor’s plan as parcel 136-00023-00000 and now or formerly owned by said Distefano, Lou Ann G. & Philip J. Balance due January 29, 2015 $11,674.15 Parcel ID: 030-00048-00000 Location: 6 Cortez Street Assessed Owner: Donner, Richard A. A tax lien perfected on 6/27/2012 securing about 0.225 acres of land with any buildings located at 6 Cortez Street being designated on assessor’s plan as parcel 030-0004800000 and now or formerly owned by said Donner, Richard A. Balance due January 29, 2015 $27,383.78 Parcel ID: 053-00031-00000 Location: 25 Woodland Rd Assessed Owner: Donner, Richard A. A tax lien perfected on 6/24/2011 securing about 0.367 acres of land with any buildings located at 25 Woodland Rd being designated on assessor’s plan as parcel 053-0003100000 and now or formerly owned by said Donner, Richard A. Balance due January 29, 2015 $29,697.71 Parcel ID: 122-00025-00000 Location: 6 Laurel Terrace Assessed Owner: Dupuis, Jason M. & Rivera, Amneris A tax lien perfected on 6/27/2014 securing about 0.284 acres of land with any buildings located at 6 Laurel Terrace being designated on assessor’s plan as parcel 122-0002500000 and now or formerly owned by said Dupuis, Jason M. & Rivera, Amneris Balance due January 29, 2015 $1,749.72

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Parcel ID: 070R-0027-00000 Location: 1120 Southampton Road Assessed Owner: Ezold, Frank A tax lien perfected on 6/27/2014 securing about 8.2 acres of land with any buildings located at 1120 Southampton Road being designated on assessor’s plan as parcel 070R-0027-00000 and now or formerly owned by said Ezold, Frank Balance due January 29, 2015 $28,356.59

Parcel ID: 024-00004-00000 Location: 12 S Maple Street Assessed Owner: Kanavaros, Demetrios A tax lien perfected on 6/27/2014 securing about 0.586 acres of land with any buildings located at 12 S Maple Street being designated on assessor’s plan as parcel 024-0000400000 and now or formerly owned by said Kanavaros, Demetrios Balance due January 29, 2015 $5,416.14

Parcel ID: 036-00050-00000 Location: 34 Mill Street Assessed Owner: Galanek, Constance A tax lien perfected on 6/24/2011 securing about 0.389 acres of land with any buildings located at 34 Mill Street being designated on assessor’s plan as parcel 036-00050-00000 and now or formerly owned by said Galanek, Constance Balance due January 29, 2015 $24,621.43

Parcel ID: 024-00005-00000 Location: 10 S. Maple Street Assessed Owner: Lemarier, Albert R. & Suzanne W. A tax lien perfected on 9/30/1994 securing about 2.29 acres of land with any buildings located at 10 S. Maple Street being designated on assessor’s plan as parcel 02400005-00000 and now or formerly owned by said Lemarier, Albert R. & Suzanne W. Balance due January 29, 2015 $16,514.58

Parcel ID: 049R-0019-00000 Location: Edgewood St Assessed Owner: Gietek, Victoria H. c/o Alyce Masco A tax lien perfected on 6/25/2008 securing about 3.2 acres of land with any buildings located at Edgewood St being designated on assessor’s plan as parcel 049R-0019-00000 and now or formerly owned by said Gietek, Victoria H. c/o Alyce Masco Balance due January 29, 2015 $2,419.52 Parcel ID: 049R-0018-00000 Location: Edgewood St Assessed Owner: Gietek, Victoria H. c/o Alyce Masco A tax lien perfected on 6/25/2008 securing about 1.74 acres of land with any buildings located at Edgewood St being designated on assessor’s plan as parcel 049R-0018-00000 and now or formerly owned by said Gietek, Victoria H. c/o Alyce Masco Balance due January 29, 2015 $1,491.22

Parcel ID: 013R-0046-0001A Location: 122 Sackett Road Assessed Owner: Malanowski, Ruth M. & Anna T. A tax lien perfected on 6/24/2011 securing about 0.952 acres of land with any buildings located at 122 Sackett Road being designated on assessor’s plan as parcel 013R-00460001A and now or formerly owned by said Malanowski, Ruth M. & Anna T. Balance due January 29, 2015 $8,074.39 Parcel ID: 026R-0083-00000 Location: City View Boulevard Assessed Owner: Martin, Joseph R. Sr. & Karen A. A tax lien perfected on 7/2/2004 securing about 6.86 acres of land with any buildings located at City View Boulevard being designated on assessor’s plan as parcel 026R0083-00000 and now or formerly owned by said Martin, Joseph R. Sr. & Karen A. Balance due January 29, 2015 $51,537.11

Parcel ID: 208-00110-00000 Location: Powder Mill Rd. Assessed Owner: Gietek, Victoria H. c/o Alyce Masco A tax lien perfected on 6/25/2008 securing about 1.74 acres of land with any buildings located at Powder Mill Rd. being designated on assessor’s plan as parcel 208-0011000000 and now or formerly owned by said Gietek, Victoria H. c/o Alyce Masco Balance due January 29, 2015 $1,491.22

Parcel ID: 260-00020-00000 Location: 800 E. Mountain Rd Assessed Owner: Mayforth, Dorothy A tax lien perfected on 6/16/2010 securing about 0.401 acres of land with any buildings located at 800 E. Mountain Rd being designated on assessor’s plan as parcel 26000020-00000 and now or formerly owned by said Mayforth, Dorothy Balance due January 29, 2015 $16,837.29

Parcel ID: 128-00045-00000 Location: 291 Steiger Drive Assessed Owner: Gonglik, Nancy M. A tax lien perfected on 3/13/2009 securing about 0.46 acres of land with any buildings located at 291 Steiger Drive being designated on assessor’s plan as parcel 128-0004500000 and now or formerly owned by said Gonglik, Nancy M. Balance due January 29, 2015 $15,825.07

Parcel ID: 031-00063-00000 Location: 21 Mather Street Assessed Owner: Moquin, David J. & Victoria E.; Pranka, Al A tax lien perfected on 6/16/2010 securing about 1.7 acres of land with any buildings located at 21 Mather Street being designated on assessor’s plan as parcel 031-0006300000 and now or formerly owned by said Moquin, David J. & Victoria E.; Pranka, Al Balance due January 29, 2015 $13,659.43

Parcel ID: 032-00079-00000 Location: 52 S. Maple Street Assessed Owner: Gresty, Grant H. A tax lien perfected on 6/24/2011 securing about 0.565 acres of land with any buildings located at 52 S. Maple Street being designated on assessor’s plan as parcel 03200079-00000 and now or formerly owned by said Gresty, Grant H. Balance due January 29, 2015 $25,435.82

Parcel ID: 289-00043-00000 Location: 53 Briarcliff Drive Assessed Owner: O’Connor, Sandra Dyal A tax lien perfected on 12/6/2013 securing about 0.502 acres of land with any buildings located at 53 Briarcliff Drive being designated on assessor’s plan as parcel 289-0004300000 and now or formerly owned by said O’Connor, Sandra Dyal Balance due January 29, 2015 $16,925.73

Parcel ID: 065R-0041-00000 Location: 1862 E. Mountain Rd Assessed Owner: Harrington, Todd E. & Lori A. A tax lien perfected on 6/27/2012 securing about 1.06 acres of land with any buildings located at 1862 E. Mountain Rd being designated on assessor’s plan as parcel 065R0041-00000 and now or formerly owned by said Harrington, Todd E. & Lori A. Balance due January 29, 2015 $544.20

Parcel ID: 145-00012-00000 Location: 46 Country Club Drive Assessed Owner: Pac, Robert I. & Linda A tax lien perfected on 6/25/2008 securing about 0.505 acres of land with any buildings located at 46 Country Club Drive being designated on assessor’s plan as parcel 14500012-00000 and now or formerly owned by said Pac, Robert I. & Linda Balance due January 29, 2015 $9,930.88

Parcel ID: 065R-0042-00000 Location: 1880 E. Mountain Rd Assessed Owner: Harrington, Todd E. & Lori A. A tax lien perfected on 6/27/2012 securing about 1 acres of land with any buildings located at 1880 E. Mountain Rd being designated on assessor’s plan as parcel 065R0042-00000 and now or formerly owned by said Harrington, Todd E. & Lori A. Balance due January 29, 2015 $21,115.92

Parcel ID: 027-00049-00000 Location: 32 Noble Avenue Assessed Owner: Parent, Marie T. A tax lien perfected on 6/27/2014 securing about 0.356 acres of land with any buildings located at 32 Noble Avenue being designated on assessor’s plan as parcel 027-0004900000 and now or formerly owned by said Parent, Marie T. Balance due January 29, 2015 $3,496.56

Parcel ID: 036-00006-00000 Location: 10 Paper Street Assessed Owner: Hibert, Michael J. A tax lien perfected on 6/24/2011 securing about 0.222 acres of land with any buildings located at 10 Paper Street being designated on assessor’s plan as parcel 036-0000600000 and now or formerly owned by said Hibert, Michael J. Balance due January 29, 2015 $36,572.79 Parcel ID: 017-00020-00010 Location: 48 E. Silver Street Assessed Owner: Hukowicz, Edward J. A tax lien perfected on 6/24/2011 securing about 0 acres of land with any buildings located at 48 E. Silver Street being designated on assessor’s plan as parcel 01700020-00010 and now or formerly owned by said Hukowicz, Edward J. Balance due January 29, 2015 $27,498.65 Parcel ID: 200-00048-00000 Location: 2 Montgomery Street Assessed Owner: Johnson, Kenneth W. A tax lien perfected on 6/27/2012 securing about 0.129 acres of land with any buildings located at 2 Montgomery Street being designated on assessor’s plan as parcel 20000048-00000 and now or formerly owned by said Johnson, Kenneth W. Balance due January 29, 2015 $30,189.18

Parcel ID: 225-00028-00000 Location: 125 Union Street Assessed Owner: Paroline, Joyce M. A tax lien perfected on 6/27/2012 securing about 0.7 acres of land with any buildings located at 125 Union Street being designated on assessor’s plan as parcel 225-0002800000 and now or formerly owned by said Paroline, Joyce M. Balance due January 29, 2015 $46,464.43 Parcel ID: 012R-0031-00000 Location: 1008 Granville Road Assessed Owner: Perez, Brenda L. A tax lien perfected on 6/27/2014 securing about 25.1 acres of land with any buildings located at 1008 Granville Road being designated on assessor’s plan as parcel 012R0031-00000 and now or formerly owned by said Perez, Brenda L. Balance due January 29, 2015 $23,060.32 Parcel ID: 257-00020-00000 Location: 7 Meadowbrook Lane Assessed Owner: Phillips, Jean F. A tax lien perfected on 12/6/2013 securing about 0.327 acres of land with any buildings located at 7 Meadowbrook Lane being designated on assessor’s plan as parcel 25700020-00000 and now or formerly owned by said Phillips, Jean F. Balance due January 29, 2015 $13,564.93

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Parcel ID: 200-00073-00000 Location: 12 Parker Avenue Assessed Owner: Poteat, James D. & Carol J. A tax lien perfected on 6/27/2014 securing about 0.114 acres of land with any buildings located at 12 Parker Avenue being designated on assessor’s plan as parcel 200-0007300000 and now or formerly owned by said Poteat, James D. & Carol J. Balance due January 29, 2015 $10,228.18 Parcel ID: 064-00051-00000 Location: 17 High Street Assessed Owner: Quimper, John A tax lien perfected on 12/6/2013 securing about 0.468 acres of land with any buildings located at 17 High Street being designated on assessor’s plan as parcel 064-0005100000 and now or formerly owned by said Quimper, John Balance due January 29, 2015 $11,310.81 Parcel ID: 065R-0032-00000 Location: 56 Lewis Road Assessed Owner: Sherman, Judith M. A tax lien perfected on 6/27/2014 securing about 0.58 acres of land with any buildings located at 56 Lewis Road being designated on assessor’s plan as parcel 065R-003200000 and now or formerly owned by said Sherman, Judith M. Balance due January 29, 2015 $4,888.79 Parcel ID: 148-00006-00000 Location: 198 Bates Road Assessed Owner: Sullivan, Mary A. Trustee of the Kathleen R. Wilder Supplemental Needs Trust A tax lien perfected on 6/27/2014 securing about 0.796 acres of land with any buildings located at 198 Bates Road being designated on assessor’s plan as parcel 148-0000600000 and now or formerly owned by said Sullivan, Mary A. Trustee of the Kathleen R. Wilder Supplemental Needs Trust Balance due January 29, 2015 $8,152.76 Parcel ID: 020-00127-00000 Location: 6 Gold Street Assessed Owner: Szenkum, David P. & Deborah A. A tax lien perfected on 12/6/2013 securing about 0.436 acres of land with any buildings located at 6 Gold Street being designated on assessor’s plan as parcel 020-00127-00000 and now or formerly owned by said Szenkum, David P. & Deborah A. Balance due January 29, 2015 $13,677.74 Parcel ID: 155-00017-00000 Location: 32 Gary Drive Assessed Owner: Talevi, Leonard A. & Anna M. A tax lien perfected on 6/27/2014 securing about 0.508 acres of land with any buildings located at 32 Gary Drive being designated on assessor’s plan as parcel 155-00017-00000 and now or formerly owned by said Talevi, Leonard A. & Anna M. Balance due January 29, 2015 $3,818.94 Parcel ID: 063-00040-00000 Location: 40 Shepard Street Assessed Owner: Wall, Edmund L. & Stella T. A tax lien perfected on 6/27/2014 securing about 0.167 acres of land with any buildings located at 40 Shepard Street being designated on assessor’s plan as parcel 06300040-00000 and now or formerly owned by said Wall, Edmund L. & Stella T. Balance due January 29, 2015 $8,292.96

Parcel ID: 055-00113-00000 Location: 24 Summer Street Assessed Owner: Wall, Edmund L. & Stella T. A tax lien perfected on 6/27/2014 securing about 2.9 acres of land with any buildings located at 24 Summer Street being designated on assessor’s plan as parcel 05500113-00000 and now or formerly owned by said Wall, Edmund L. & Stella T. Balance due January 29, 2015 $2,952.80 Parcel ID: 138-00024-00000 Location: 72 Northridge Rd Assessed Owner: Wallis, Eric D. & Stephanie J. A tax lien perfected on 6/24/2011 securing about 0.56 acres of land with any buildings located at 72 Northridge Rd being designated on assessor’s plan as parcel 138-0002400000 and now or formerly owned by said Wallis, Eric D. & Stephanie J. Balance due January 29, 2015 $35,494.95 Parcel ID: 082-00048-00000 Location: 191 Western Circle Assessed Owner: Whalley, Christopher P. & Jessica R. A tax lien perfected on 12/6/2013 securing about 0.353 acres of land with any buildings located at 191 Western Circle being designated on assessor’s plan as parcel 08200048-00000 and now or formerly owned by said Whalley, Christopher P. & Jessica R. Balance due January 29, 2015 $10,173.45

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MASTER ELECTRICIAN  40 years experience. Insured.

Reasonable prices. No job too     small. Call Tom Daly, (413)543     3100. Lic# A7625.     

    DAVE DAVIDSON Bathroom &    KITCHEN Remodeling. "GET  IT RIGHT THIS TIME" Com  plete Bath Renovations. MA. Li cense #072233, MA. Registra            ion #144831. CT. HIC.  t Now serving CT. In  FIREWOOD     #0609568 sured.

Quality Work on Time on   Budget Since 1984. 569-9973.    AFFORDABLE FIREWOOD. www.davedavidsonremodeling.   Seasoned and green. Cut, split, com

Repair your chimney before winter wreaks havoc. We do  brick repair, crown seals and re   pairs.

We also do stainless steel  as    liner installs, well as stain less rain caps. We sweep all  provided.   delivered.     flues.

Free estimates Any  length. Now         Call: 413-330-2186 ready for immediate delivery.

       Call  Senior  and  bulk discount.   (413)848-2059, (413)530-4820.  COMPLETE CHIMNEY       CLEANING   Repairs, rebuilds, stainless steel     FLOORING & FLOOR  liners. FALL SPECIAL: $90      SANDING Cleaning. 413-237-2110     A RON JOHNSON's Sand         Floor    ing. Installation, repairs, 3 coats        H E N T N I C K C H I M N E Y  polyurethane. estimates.    Free   SWEEPS. Chimney repairs and  (413)569-3066.    rebuilds. Stainless steel caps      and liner systems. Inspections,       masonry work and gutter clean-     GUTTER CLEANING ing. Free estimates. Insured.   Quality workfrom a business         G E T Y O U R G U T T ERS       you cantrust.

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FREEZE! We  clean,  flush and    check for leaks. Call Matt for    DRYWALL     free estimate. 413-777-8381           T-BEST DRYWALL. Complete             HAULING professional drywall at amateur       prices. Our ceilings are tops!       Call Mike 413-821-8971. Free #1  PHIL'S    DUMP  RUNS/DE estimates.  MOLITION. Removal of any     items in cellars, attics, etc... Also       brush       removal and small demoliELECTRICIAN      tion (sheds, decks,  fences, one    car garages). Fully insured.  A L E K S A N D R DU  D U K A L Free estimates. Phil (413)525 2892, (413)265-6380.

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terior. Wall coverings. Commercial/residential. Free estimates.  References.    Mass   Insured.

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

floors.

Large back yard.

Call (413)736-2120 leave slow message.

B E A U T I F U1 Lbedroom, 2 B Ecentral DROO M WESTFIELD location, parking for small No pets.

TOWNHOUSE in car.

Westfield, $550/month First, clean, quiet,utilities 1-1/2 included. bath, carpetlast, security.

(413)862-4006. ing, appliances, hot water included. Very reasonable heat WESTFIELD bedroom cost.

Sorry 1&2 no pets.

Callapartfor ments, information $700-$800/month includes more (860)485heat and hot water.

Excellent size and 1216. Equal Housing Opportunlocation. No dogs. Call weekdays ity.

(413)786-9884.

WESTFIELD.

Kitchen,

living

room/bedroom. 2nd $575/month WESTFIELD: Floor, 1includes Bedutilities. First, last, security.

(413)568room, Kitchen and Bath.

No 3519. pets. $650/month includes utilities. First, last, security. ( 4 1 3 ) 2 5CLASSIFIED 0-4811

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

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WESTFIELD 2 bedroom apartEmail: ments, largedianedisanto@ closets, free heat andthewestfieldnewsgroup.com hot water included, laundry, parking. Possible pet.

(413)562-4181 Ext. 118 $895/month.

(413)562-2266.

SNOWPLOWING: Western Avenue area (West      field). Reasonable depend  and  able. All phone calls returned  promptly! Please call John 413-297-9099

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TRACTOR SERVICE

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digging. Mowing of fields and lots with large rotary mower.

Full Snow Removal Services  (413)530-5430 

• Westfield News • 2:00 p.m. the day prior to publication.

WESTFIELD: 3 BEDROOM, LivRooms 345 ing Room, Kitchen and Bath, 3rd floor. plus utilities.

LARGE$950/month FURNISHED ROOM. Parking, First, last and security. bus route, walking distance to all amenities. $120/weekly. Only respon413-250-4811 sible mature adult need apply.

(413)348-5070, (413)862-4522.

WESTFIELD: 1 Bedroom, ROOM FOR RENT on bus route, 1st fully floor, off-street parking, heat infurnished. $100/week.

Call (413)731cluded, No Pets, No smoking.

9233.

New flooring, freshly painted.

House Rental 355 First/Last/Security Deposit required.

Call 519-7257 SOUTHWICK SMALL 2 bedroom house, all new. $900/month plus utilities. 100 yard walk to South Pond with

WESTFIELD: Centrally located, beach front rights.

Call (413)525-1985. good size studio aprtments. ALL UTILITIES INCLUDED. 375 OffBusiness Property street parking. Close to bus LAST RETAIL SPACE in new market route. $650-$775 per month. place. 5 miles from Westfield in MontReferencesw and deposits regomery. $400/month. (413)977-6277. quired. Please call 413-5197257 to set appointment for Homes For Sale 390 viewing.

      TREE SERVICE       

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

ROOM FOR RENT in South-

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wick/Lakeview. Kitchen and Mobileprivileges.

Homes Female410 laundry preWESTFIELD HAMPDEN Village. ferred. $450/month includes util$29,900.

2 bedroom, 14’x67’.

New ities. (413)244-0787

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 UPHOLSTERY     NO JOB TOO SMALL! We do:       Chimneys, Repointing, Stucco,     KEITH'S UPHOLSTERY & REw i n d o w s , d e c k s , s t a i r s ,  Foundations, Sidewalks, Hatch-             interior/exterior painting, plumb-  ways, Retaining Walls and more. PAIRS. 30+ years experience for home or business. Discount 5-year Guarantee. Reliable. 15  ing.

Small jobs ok.

All types of    off all fabrics. Get quality workyears experience.

Call for FREE professional work done since         manship at a great price. Free estimate: BAUER MASONRY: 1985. Call Joe, (413)364-7038.            pickup and delivery. Call 860-713-8859.          (413)562-6639.          HOME & OFFICE        ABC MASONRY & BASEMENT WALLPAPERING  &  WATERPROOFING. All  brick,            CLEANING PAINTING         block, concrete.  Chimneys,   foundations,  hatchways, new  FLEUR DE LIS CLEANING: basement windows installed and A NEW LOOK FOR 2015!

A "White Glove" housekeeping 

Finish Carpenter/Builder. All JIM FERRIS ELECTRIC. Senior basement converfinish,       discount. No job too small! In- interior suspended       ceilings.

Addisured, free estimates.

40 years sions,    tion/garages, decks/roofing. experience.

Lic. #16303. Call              Licensed  & insured.

19 years (413)330-3682.   experience. Call Dave: service company. Attention to 413-568-6440 detail is our business. Reliable, experienced, and professional.

POEHLMAN ELECTRIC. All Call Suzanne for free estimate. types of wiring. Free estimates, References available. insured. SPECIALIZING IN DELREO HOME IMPROVEP O R T A B L E A N D W H O L E MENT for all your exterior home 413-258-4070 or 860-309-6598 HOUSE KOHLER GENERAT- improvement needs Roofing, ORS, SERVICE UPGRADES, siding, windows, decks and gutSMALL JOBS, POOLS. Gutter ters. Call for free quote. Extensdeicing cables installed. I an- ive references, fully licensed & CINDY'S HOME CLEANING swer all calls! Prompt service, i n s u r e d i n M A . & C T . SERVICE Long & Short-term best prices. Lic. #A-16886. www.delreohomeimprovement.c available. Quality work, atteno m C a l l G a r y D e l c a m p tion to detail and dependable.

(413)562-5816.

Free estimates. 413-654-9930.

(413)569-3733.

5 ROOM, 3 bedroom, completely Westfield/RusCall renovated for more information sell area,(860)485-1216 country setting. NEW stove, refrigerator and heating u n Equal i t . L aHousing r g e y aOpportunity rd, parking. $925/month. No pets please.

WESTFIELD 5 room apartment, first Call today, -won't last.

(413)348floor, newly renovated. Carpeting, tile 3431.

W E S T F I EDEADLINES LD 1&2 bedroom apartments, rent includes heat Pennysaver • and hot •water.

Excellent size Wednesday No by 5:00 p.m. Call and location. dogs. weekdays (413)786-9884.

Specializing in COMMERCIAL & INDUSTRIAL  property plowing, snow removal, de-icing, sand and/or salt.      Reliable and experienced.   CALLS RETURNED  ALL    Call Tom: 413-244-3028 

Complete Fall and    Clean-ups     curb-side leaf & brush pick-ups.       PAUL MAYNARD CONSTRUC-   Free estimates. Please ask for TION. All your carpentry  Mel. 413-579-1407 needs.

(413)386-4606.

Did  your       windows fail with the cold weath er? Don't wait another year! Call           windows.   Paul for replacement K'S LANDSCAPING   new       Many features available.

Time for Fall Clean-ups!           Windows are built in CT. All win- Leaf, bushes, tree work. Gutter    of      dows installed

by Paul,  owner cleaning.

Tractor & backhoe        Paul Maynard Construction.

My  service, decorative & structural           name is on my work. retaining walls. Storm   clean-ups.  

hot water included. Very reasonable heat cost. Sorry no pets. From $795/month.

Let Home Decor help. Interior painting and wallpapering, specializing in faux finishes. Servicing the area over 12 years. Call Kendra now for a free estimate and decorating advice.

(413)564-0223, (413)626-8880.

BRING IN THE NEW YEAR WITH A FRESH NEW LOOK! All your painting needs, both interior and exterior. Only quality paints used. We don't cut corners, we paint them. 21 years experience. H.I.C. & Insured.

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sink, floor, windows, appliances, shed.

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