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Holcomb for City Council At-large By HOPE E. TREMBLAY Staff Writer WESTFIELD – Richard Holcomb wants to bring responsibility to the Westfield City Council. A candidate for an At-large seat, Holcomb said there is a lack of follow-up on projects, no long range plans, and no one taking hold of the city’s economy. “There is no fiscal responsibility in this city,” he said. “I think we’re overpaying for a lot of things, and I think it’s about time we had a budget that’s realistic.” Holcomb, who is a retired Ford Motor Co. mechanical engineer, said he lives on a fixed income and the city has to do the same. “We need to say ‘This is the money we’ve got and this is what we can spend’,” he said. “I grew up in a time when if you didn’t have money, you gave up something to get something else, or you just didn’t get it.” Holcomb said the lack of planning leads to fiscal irresponsibility. “The Cross Street School is a prime example of that,” he said, “as well as the Ponders Hollow land transfer.” Holcomb was born at
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RICHARD HOLCOMB Noble Hospital during a blizzard in 1944 and was raised in Springfield. He graduated from Springfield Technical High School and received his mechanical engineering degree from the University of Massachusetts. He worked for Pratt and Whitney before joining Ford. He traveled the world for work and lived in Japan and Korea before retiring in 2011 and returning to his birthplace. “I have tons of family here,” Holcomb said of his decision to move to Westfield. “My family was in Westfield before it was Westfield.” Holcomb is a member of the Grandmother’s Garden board, the Dollars for Scholars Board of Directors, and is an avid gardener. “I’m usually in the garden weeding,” he said of his spare time. “I have been part of the garden tour twice. I love gardening – it’s a tension reliever.” Holcomb said common sense is needed in government, and his goal, if elected, will be to influence and promote the concept of forward planning, fairness, transparency, and financial accountability in city operations.
By DAN MORIARTY Staff Writer WESTFIELD – The platform underlying David A. Flaherty’s bid for a fourth term as an At-large member of the City Council is basically the same as his three previous platforms, redefining the budgetary priorities of the city. “My platform issues are about the city’s finances,” Flaherty said yesterday. “We have a lot of needs in this city, but we have a horrible budget, we have a ton of debt and no way to pay it down. It’s crazy. “I ran for office six years ago to serve the community and to help make Westfield a great place to live, work and play,” Flaherty said. “Along these lines I donate more than half of my City Council pay to non-profit organizations, such as the Boy Scouts, youth programs, Westfield schools and other community organizations.” Flaherty said that he sees his role on the City Council not only to votes on issues but to inform residents of what those issues are and how they affect residents. “I make major efforts and spend the time necessary to fully investigate issues,” he said. “I take stands for what I believe is right, even when faced with strong opposition. I
DAVID A. FLAHERTY feel that residents have the right to know what’s going on in government and that you, as citizens of the city, should have all of the information you need to fully participate in the process. And, I make great effort to communicate with residents regularly with articles in newspapers, community forums, Facebook and other websites.” Flaherty said that he sees the function of the City Council to be a counterbalance to the executive branch of city government. “The City Council is supposed to be a second set of eyes, a separate branch of our municipal government that independently reviews finance plans, the hiring of key municipal employees, the implementation of programs and the development of laws that serve the best long-term interest of citizens,” Flaherty said. “I believe this independent thorough review is necessary. Asking hard questions and doing our own due diligence is critical to the check and balance system of government.” Flaherty said he is also focused on the present, and See Flaherty, Page 3
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Man gets probation for sexually assaulting a WSU student on campus By CHRISTINE CHARNOSKY Staff Writer WESTFIELD – A man who assaulted a Westfield State University student in her dorm room a year ago has received a year probation. Kristopher E. Howard, 19, of Holbrook, had charges of indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or over continued without finding when he appeared in Westfield District Court on October 15. On Friday, October 3, 2014, police were called to a dorm room in Davis Hall at 8:28 p.m. for a possible sexual assault, according to court records. The student told campus police that she knew Howard from outside of WSU and that they had “hooked up before,” according to court records. The victim had invited Howard to her room, but allegedly told him repeatedly that she was not interested in having sex, but he proceeded to make advances and try to get her friends to leave the room. “I told him at the beginning of the night we were not going to have sex and if that is what he wanted See Probation, Page 3
Alcohol compliance protocols challenged
By CHRISTINE CHARNOSKY Staff Writer WESTFIELD- Westfield police officers were called to a home on Day Avenue Friday afternoon and discovered five dogs in very bad shape, as well as an elderly couple in poor health. According to police logs a call for an animal complaint came in at 3:23 p.m. Friday. The Westfield Regional Animal Shelter reported on its Facebook page Sunday that when Animal Control Officer
By DAN MORIARTY Staff Writer WESTFIELD – The License Commission agreed last night to amend its procedures for conducting underage alcohol sales compliance checks after discussing the concerns of a group of licensed business related to a “sting” in September. The Westfield Liquor Licensee Association was formed to present a united voice and to protest what the individuals members feel are deceptive practices by the city. John Bonavita, owner of the Tavern On the Green Restaurant, served as the spokesman for the 35 to 40 licensees and their employees of restaurants, bars, and package stores across the city. “This is a great opportunity to have an open discussion in a non-confrontational setting,” Bonavita said. “This group is newly formed because we feel that there were discrepancies in the policy used for the September sting.” “We as a group have always trained (staff) by the 17 guidelines the Massachusetts ABCC (Alcohol Beverage Control Board) has put forward. Most of us were trained on those procedures,” Bonavita said. “We’d like to ask the commission to adopt the 17 state guidelines, then we’ll have something to follow.” Bonavita said the License Commission policies appear to involve “trickery” which would be alleviated by adopting of the ABCC compliance check guidelines. “It will be neat and clear if we adopt the state guidelines,” Bonavita said. “Under the state guideline you just ask the (underage person participating in the compliance check) if they are 21 years of age, then that person leaves.” Bonavita said that the city’s policy requires employees to check the person’s identification, of
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Committee formed to screen chief candidates By HOPE E. TREMBLAY Staff Writer SOUTHWICK – The Board of Selectmen voted last night to establish a screening committee to find a replacement for Fire Chief Richard Anderson, who will retire next year. Selectman Russell Fox suggested Selectman Douglas Moglin and Chief Administrative Officer Karl Stinehart serve on the committee. “We should also have someone with fire experience and I thought we could ask a former fire commissioner,” said Fox. Fox and Board Chairman Joseph Deedy agreed to include former commissioner Art Pinell. Deedy said he would like a member of the police force to serve as well and suggested Sgt. Robert Landis. Fox then said he would like to include Police Chief David Ricardi. “Then we would have a fifth person and he would give [the committee] an odd number,” said Fox. RICHARD ANDERSON The board also recognized the efforts of three police officers last night. Ricardi sent a letter to the board acknowledging exemplary work by Sgt. Donald Day, Officer Michael Westcott and Sgt. Robert Landis during the investigation of recent break-ins both in Southwick and Connecticut. The Board also announced a fundraiser for the Police K9 unit. The event is a spaghetti supper set for Nov. 7 at The Cove at 6 p.m. Cost is $10 for adults and $4 for children
The Westfield News will run our masthead in pink, in recognition of October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
One of five Cavalier King Charles Spaniels rescued by the Westfield Regional Animal Shelter (Facebook photo used with permission from WRAS) October 18, 2015.
Five Cavalier King Charles Spaniels rescued from city home
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White Coat Ceremony The Springfield College Physician Assistant Program hosted its annual White Coat Ceremony inside the Fuller Arts Center on Friday, Oct. 9. The White Coat Ceremony commemorates the formal presentation of the white lab coat for physician assistant students as they begin working with patients in hospitals. At the conclusion of the ceremony, the physician assistant students take the Physician Assistant Professional Oath.
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QUARTER AUCTION
Southampton Road School ‘fun’ fundraiser WESTFIELD — Southampton Road Elementary School will host a “Quarter Auction” Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at the school to raise funds to support the SRS Stars and school programs. The event is a Fun adult night out with 12 different vendors auctioning items for just quarters! A $5.00 entry fee with provide guests with two paddles for auction bidding. Pizza, cookies and raffle tickets will be available for purchase, and guests are invited to bring their own nonalcoholic beverages. Doors open at 6pm for cash and carry shopping, and the event starts at 7 p.m.
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At 100, woman still working 11 hours a day, 6 days a week BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Felimina Rotundo works 11 hours day, six days a week at a Buffalo laundromat and says she has no plans to quit working even though she turned 100 two months ago. She tells WGRZ-TV that she got her first job at 15 during the Great Depression and has been working ever since. Rotundo works from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. washing clothes and handling dry cleaning at the College Laundry Shoppe. She says she hasn’t considered retirement and will continue working as long as her health is good. Rotundo, who hit the century mark in August, says she likes being out and working because it gives her something to do. She says too many people retire too soon. Her advice to her peers: “Get out and do some work.”
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TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Tuesday, October 20, the 293rd day of 2015. There are 72 days left in the year.
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n October 20, 1965, in one of the more colorful moments of his presidency, Lyndon B. Johnson, recovering from gall bladder surgery at Bethesda Naval Medical Center, pulled up his shirt and jacket to show off his abdominal scar to reporters and photographers. (Although critics were appalled by the display, Johnson later said he was trying to dispel rumors that he’d actually been operated on for cancer.)
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In 1714, the coronation of Britain’s King George I took place in Westminster Abbey. In 1803, the U.S. Senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase. In 1914, “Stay Down Here Where You Belong,” an antiwar song by Irving Berlin, was published by Waterson, Berlin & Snyder Co. in New York. In 1936, Helen Keller’s teacher, Anne Sullivan Macy, died in Forest Hills, New York, at age 70. In 1944, during World War II, Gen. Douglas MacArthur stepped ashore at Leyte in the Philippines, 2 1/2 years after saying, “I shall return.” A series of gas storage tank explosions and fires in Cleveland killed 130 people. In 1947, the House Un-American Activities Committee opened hearings into alleged Communist influence and infiltration in the U.S. motion picture industry. In 1964, the 31st president of the United States, Herbert C. Hoover, died in New York at age 90. In 1968, former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy married Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis. In 1973, in the so-called “Saturday Night Massacre,” special Watergate prosecutor Archibald Cox was dis-
missed and Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William B. Ruckelshaus resigned. In 1981, a bungled armored truck robbery carried out by members of radical groups in Nanuet, New York, left a guard and two police officers dead. In 1990, three members of the rap group 2 Live Crew were acquitted by a jury in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, of violating obscenity laws with an adults-only concert in nearby Hollywood the previous June. In 2011, Moammar Gadhafi, 69, Libya’s dictator for 42 years, was killed as revolutionary fighters overwhelmed his hometown of Sirte (SURT) and captured the last major bastion of resistance two months after his regime fell.
TEN YEARS AGO: U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay turned himself in at the sheriff’s office in Travis County, Texas, where he was fingerprinted, photographed and released on $10,000 bail on conspiracy and money-laundering charges. (DeLay was convicted in 2010, but had his convictions overturned on appeal.) A defense lawyer in Saddam Hussein’s mass murder trial was abducted from his office and found murdered hours later. Jazz pianist and vocalist Shirley Horn died in Washington, D.C. at age 71.
FIVE YEARS AGO: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and visiting Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez hailed what they called their strong strategic relationship, saying they were united in efforts to establish a “new world order” that would eliminate Western dominance over global affairs. NPR fired news analyst Juan Williams after he talked about feeling nervous on airline flights with peo-
ple in Muslim attire during an interview on Fox News Channel. Bob Guccione, 79, founder of Penthouse magazine, died in Plano, Texas.
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The White House said former Nazis should not have been collecting Social Security benefits as they aged overseas as it responded to an Associated Press investigation that revealed millions of dollars had been paid to war-crimes suspects and former SS guards forced out of the U.S. Police investigating the slayings of seven northwestern Indiana women said they believed it was the work of a serial killer. (Suspect Darren Vann has been charged with two deaths; police said he has confessed to all seven slayings.) New York’s Metropolitan Opera opened “The Death of Klinghoffer” amid protests that the work glorified Palestinian terrorists. Fashion designer Oscar de la Renta, 82, died in Kent, Connecticut. Rene Burri, 81, a Swiss photographer best known for his black-and-white portraits of Communist revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara and painter Pablo Picasso, died in Zurich.
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Actor William Christopher is 83. Japan’s Empress Michiko is 81. Rockabilly singer Wanda Jackson is 78. Former actress Rev. Mother Dolores Hart is 77. Singer Tom Petty is 65. Actor William “Rusty” Russ is 65. Actress Melanie Mayron is 63. Actor Bill Nunn is 63. Retired MLB All-Star Keith Hernandez is 62. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., is 60. Movie director Danny Boyle is 59. Former Labor Secretary Hilda Solis is 58. Actor Viggo Mortensen is 57. Rock musician Jim Sonefeld (Hootie & The Blowfish) is 51. Rock musician David Ryan is 51. Rock musician Doug Eldridge (Oleander) is 48. Political commentator and blogger Michelle Malkin is 45. Actor Kenneth Choi is 44. Rapper Snoop Lion (formerly Snoop Dogg) is 44. Singer Dannii Minogue is 44. Singer Jimi Westbrook (country goup Little Big Town) is 44.
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Franklin Avenue’s garden project reaps educational rewards BY AMY PORTER Correspondent WESTFIELD – Five students from the Franklin Avenue Elementary School, along with Principal Fran St. Peter and Adjustment Counselor Kate Fahey presented their garden project to the School Committee Monday night. Fahey said the idea of planting a vegetable garden at the school came to her after a young student visited her office, and asked about her spearmint plant, saying, “I didn’t know gum grew on trees.” Fahey said she realized that many children didn’t know where food came from, and thought a garden would be a good way to teach them. Last fall, Westfield Technical Academy adopted Franklin Avenue for its annual elementary school partnership in order to help them create the garden. Dave Dion, Westfield Tech’s horticultural teacher, Principal Stefan Czaporowski and about six high school students helped the children dig up chives that had taken over the grounds, and clear a path. Then in October, United Way volunteers made two raised beds during the annual Day of Caring. In the spring, the school refitted the beds that had suffered over the winter with the help of Westfield Tech students. Dion talked to the elementary students about how to grow vegetables and different ways to grow them. The students planted in April and May, using all organic gardening. The family of Ray Vergera, one of the Franklin Ave. student presenters, donated tomato
Rescue Kerri A. Francis responded, she “was appalled at the conditions of the house and the dogs.” Five Cavalier King Charles Spaniels were removed from the home. “The owner’s were very cooperative and agreed to sign over the dogs to us,” according to Facebook. The post states that the animal control officers were also concerned about the “sick, elderly couple.” One of 80 comments left on WRAS’s Facebook page concerning the dogs stated: “The whole situation is sad. The elderly couple probably has no family checking on them and, that is just the start of a sad story that happens to a lot of the elderly who get dementia and a whole lot of other things and then the poor animals who are suffering. Let us not judge but let us just try to understand and maybe help prevent it next time and look at your neighbors instead of ignoring them!” “We reached out to several local agencies to assist this couple,” the WRAS post stated. “We hope that the couple
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Students from the Franklin Avenue Elementary School gave a presentation to the School Committee Monday night about their garden project. Front row, l-r: Mike Ventrice, Ray Vergera, Lily Stern, Dillon Lukasik and Neha Darjee. Rear: Kate Fahey, school adjustment counselor and Principal Fran St. Peter. seeds in honor of his grandmother. Linda Fahey, student volunteers, and others came throughout the summer to water and weed. St. Peter said the school’s custodians kept an eye on the garden and watered when needed. Mike Ventrice, a new student this year, told the School Committee he wasn’t there for the planting, but just in time for the harvest. “The tomatoes were as big as my fists,” St. Peter said. Fahey gave the tomatoes and herbs to families after school. Students and teachers also got to snack on them, St. Peter said. They also grew two giant pumpkins, one of which was brought to the meeting Monday night. Another of the student volunteers, Neha Darjee, had won the pumpkin in a drawing at the open house, and was finally able to bring it home after the meeting. The students also gave out small pumpkins they grew to the School Committee and staff at the meeting. St. Peter said they plan to expand the garden next year, and apply for a grant that one of the parents told her was available to schools for this purpose. She is also thinking about having some family garden beds at the school. “It was fun,” St. Peter said.
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Dream Builder Event or from where the dogs will be put up for adoption. Since people have expressed an interest in donating to their care, the WRAS said donations can be sent directly to: Blandford Animal Hospital, 46 Woronoco Rd, Blandford, MA, 01008. A gofundme page has also been set up at https://www.gofundme.com/ jd6n6m2c Alyssa Regalia set up the page saying, “My friend works in Animal Control and these dogs were taken into custody yesterday.” As of Monday afternoon, more than $1,200 of the $5,000 goal had been raised. “We thank you for your donation, in their care. Like most municipal animal shelters, it is always a struggle to find ways to help the animals in our care,” according to a WRAS Facebook post. ——— Staff Writer Christine Charnosky can be reached at christinec @thewestfieldnewsgroup.com
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I would have never invited him up,” the victim told campus police. Howard was found to be in possession of a water bottle three-quarters of the way filled with vodka. He had charges of person under 21 possessing liquor and selling/delivering liquor to a person under 21, dismissed at his October 15 hearing. Molly C. Watson of the WSU Public Affairs office said Howard is not and was not a Westfield State student. “After the incident he was charged with trespassing and barred from campus,” she said. According to annual reports of on-campus criminal offenses, filed in accordance with Clery law, in 2011, the campus had three sexual assaults (excluding rape), in 2012, only one complaint of sexual assault and in 2013, three offenses, according to westfield.ma.edu. Statistics for last year were not posted. Staff Writer Christine Charnosky can be reached at christinec@thewestfieldnewsgroup.com
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Please join us for this inspirational evening where you will see firsthand how Carson’s Kamp for Kids™ Program transforms lives with your help! Join us in honor of Kamp for Kids™ 40th Anniversary where we will be launching the “Hoyt Kampership Fund”, on December 2, 2015, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., at Tekoa Country Club, 459 Russell Road, Westfield, MA. Over the course of the evening, you’ll meet the Carson Community, witness powerful life changing personal testimonies of hope. The Dream Builder Events are for everyone. We want you to come and witness personal stories of triumph, and learn how you are making a difference in what we do! Come and meet the Faces of Carson, and see how your gifts directly impact your neighbors! You will have the opportunity to make a personally meaningful gift, if you choose. For more information or to R.S.V.P., please call Wendy Lane Wright: 413-568-1421 x312 or email Wendy.Wright@gbhninc.org The Carson Center is a program of Behavioral Health Network. Carson Center Programs continue to provide comprehensive community-based Mental Health and Rehabilitation Services, for some 7,700 Children, Adolescents, Adults, and Families each year, in 40 Communities, from Pittsfield to Ware.
Homeless cat and kitten adoptions WESTFIELD – As the weather cools, the Westfield Homeless Cat Project (WHCP) gets more calls about homeless cats and kittens freezing outside at night. WHCP needs to find homes for the cats already under its care before these others can be rescued and rehomed. WHCP will hold adoption open houses for cats and kittens in October as follows: Thursdays 5 – 7 PM, Saturdays 11 – 3 PM and Sundays 1 – 3 PM at 1124 East Mountain Road in Westfield. Adult cats are adopted to qualified homes that make a monetary donation in the amount of their choice to WHCP. These cats are neutered/spayed, up-to-date on vaccinations, deflead, dewormed, tested for FIV/FELV and come with a free vet visit to Blandford Animal Hospital and a bag of cat food. Westfieldhcp@aol.com.
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which there are several, to check the age and which under the lighting in bars is difficult to read. Commissioner Edward Diaz commended the licensees for appearing before the commission. “I’d like to thank everyone for being here,” Diaz said. “What we’re seeing tonight is a community at work. If people didn’t care this room wouldn’t be packed.” “John, is it the manner in which compliance checks are being done?” Diaz asked Bonavita. Bonavita identified three issues in the commission’s policy that are of concern to the association members. Police Chief John Camerota said that he had reviewed those concerns and suggested that the License Commission amend its policy to address those concerns. “All three of their requests, I have no problem addressing,”
Camerota said. “What we found is that there is a perception that we’re trying to deceive them. That is not our intent, so it’s easy for me to make these changes to bring our community together to make it the best it can be.” Commission Chairman Christopher Mowatt said the board’s policies were adopted to make the community safer and to protect residents. Mowatt said the commission would continue to review the associations concerns and to “fit their changes into our rules and regulations at the next meeting (set for Nov. 9, 2015). “We will take all of this under advisement and send a modified policy to the Law Department for its review, then we’ll send you notice about the changes so you can be here for further discussion,” he said.
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future, financial aspects of city government. “I am quite concerned about the long-term debt and unsustainable budget,” he said. “The city has a history of deferring obligations and passing bills to the next generation of taxpayers.” “I don’t believe this is right, nor fair, to future taxpayers,” Flaherty said. “I am trying to work with others to develop fiscally-responsible sustainable budgets and long-term financial plans. I want to stop wasteful government spending and establish appropriate spending priorities that focus on roads, schools, public safety, utility infrastructure and adequate maintenance of existing city-owned buildings and facilities.” Flaherty said that he will continue to maintain the current residential shift which taxes commercial, industrial and property at 1.8 percent higher than residential property. “Nobody is going to be happy with taxes, but residents want services,” Flaherty said. “The taxes are a complicated process because it involves the tax rate set by the City Council and property evaluations. Property values have been flat for the past several years, so the tax rate has gone up. If property values drop, we’d have to raise the tax rate even more.” Conversely, if property values increase, the tax rates should drop or remain stable, Flaherty said. Flaherty has served as a director of the Big Brothers, Big Sisters organization, as a volunteer leader and sponsor of the Western Massachusetts Council of the Boy Scouts of America, as a volunteer and sponsor of Junior Achievement and as a member of the Chamber of Commerce.
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Crunch time for GOP on new speaker, debt ceiling Paul Ryan returns to Washington to decide, and Republicans try to game out a debt ceiling strategy. By JAKE SHERMAN and JOHN BRESNAHAN Politico.com It’s decision time for Paul Ryan — or at least House Republicans hope so. The man who’s kept the House of Representatives in a state of suspended animation returns to Washington after a week spent mostly with his family. The Ways and Means Committee chairman will begin to survey the internal political landscape of the Republican Conference in earnest and make up his mind as to whether he will seek the speakership. Ryan’s goal is to gauge whether there is truly a widespread clamoring for him to run, according to sources close to him. Lawmakers who have spoken with him recently have come away from the conversation with different impressions of his mind-set. But people in his circle of allies expect him to have a clearer picture by the end of the week. Regardless of what Ryan decides, Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) — who plans to leave Congress in 10 days, but has said he’ll stay until Republicans pick a new leader — wants to set a date for the internal party election this week. Should Ryan take a pass, more than a dozen second-tier candidates are considering bids, and the House Republican Conference could tap someone off the radar to serve in the chamber’s top position. They will spend several hours over the next three days behind closed doors, trying to settle on a strategy to avoid a debt default and chart a path for their party. At 7 p.m. Tuesday, House Republicans will meet to discuss their agenda for the rest of the month. The following morning, the party will have its weekly closed meeting, and on Wednesday afternoon, Republican lawmakers will discuss proposed changes to their internal rules. As Republicans try to figure out their new, post-Boehner power structure, the clock is ticking on a busy fall legislative calendar, and there is little time left for fancy maneuvers or legislative schemes. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew says the $18 trillion-plus debt ceiling will be hit on Nov. 3, meaning Congress has to authorize new borrowing to avoid a catastrophic default. At this point, there’s no clear plan or cohesion within the conference on how to proceed. President Barack Obama and Democratic leaders have already rejected GOP demands for entitlement or fiscal reforms as part of the debt-ceiling package, while hard-line conservatives such as presidential hopeful Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and members of the House Freedom Caucus are urging Republican leaders to press forward on such demands. Boehner and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) had hoped to include the debt-ceiling increase as part of a broader budget deal with the White House. But there’s been no breakthrough so far, and Boehner may be forced to push ahead on a stand-alone debt-ceiling increase. Government funding runs out on Dec. 11, giving GOP leaders more time to deal with that issue. Boehner, who said early this month he wants to “clean the barn up a little bit” for his successor before he leaves Congress, also faces an end-of-month deadline to keep funding flowing to federal highway programs. There has been some consideration of extending highway funding until Dec. 11, bringing it in line with the overall government funding measure.
Should Paul Ryan take a pass, more than a dozen secondtier candidates are considering bids. (Getty)
Benghazi GOP preps for battle with Clinton Republicans on the House Benghazi Committee have settled on a plan By RACHAEL BADE Politico.com After getting pummeled by accusations of partisanship, Republicans on the House Benghazi Committee have settled on a plan for Thursday’s high-stakes showdown with Hillary Clinton: no cheap shots and stick to the facts — but don’t give an inch. The seven GOP members of the panel aim to strike the right balance during Thursday’s hearing with the former secretary of state. They’re hoping a professional approach, coupled with tough questions about security in Libya, U.S. foreign policy under Clinton and her email practices will help put to rest accusations that they’re ideologues bent on hurting the Democratic front-runner in the polls — or that the panel is a waste of taxpayer money. In a series of interviews, panel members and aides said they’re planning to touch on everything from Clinton’s hopes and dreams for Libya after the fall of Muammar Qadhafi to why she wasn’t aware of numerous requests for increased security by slain U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens. Those were ultimately denied by State, and Stevens and three other Americans were killed in the Sept. 11, 2012, attacks on the U.S. compound in Benghazi. They’ll also inquire about a number of Clinton emails they say they’ve asked for but that Clinton never provided to State. And they’re going to press Clinton about statements they think call her credibility into question, such as Clinton’s claim that advice about Libya she got from her longtime ally Sid Blumenthal was “unsolicited.” “I think you will see the committee has done a lot of really good work and has new information, which may be why there is such a concerted effort to delegitimize the committee before we get there,” said panel Chairman Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) in an interview this past weekend. For Republicans, and Clinton herself, the stakes will be high. Since early October, Democrats and the Clinton campaign have blasted the committee as a waste of money that’s found nothing new — and a political circus increasingly aimed at hurting Clinton on the campaign trail. Both accusations were given a boost after three Republicans — including one ex-Benghazi staffer — suggested the panel was an effort to bring down Clinton’s poll numbers. Gowdy has insisted that he’ll be “fair” and “fact-centric.” But that doesn’t mean Republicans will shy away from what they think are tough lines of questioning. “Trey Gowdy doesn’t give a sh-t about any of” the accusations, said a GOP source close to the probe when asked whether the criticism would affect the panel’s line of questioning. “He’s focused on his job. He’s a prosecutor. … He’s going to go after all these things whether or not they call him partisan.” In Clinton, the GOP will be facing a “seasoned witness,” as panel member Rep. Susan Brooks (R-Ind.) described her, and Gowdy has quipped that she’s “1,000 times smarter than I am.” Her appearance comes on the back of a successful debate performance last week, where she rebuffed questions on her email setup, arguing that voters don’t care about it. Her Democratic opponents agreed, and that performance gives her momentum that could play in her favor. This also isn’t her first rodeo on the Benghazi matter. In January 2013 she testified before the House and Senate — while recovering from a concussion and a blood clot — and she received high marks for her responses at that hearing. The hearing, which could last, sources say, until 8 p.m. or 9 p.m., will delve into U.S. policy toward Libya under Clinton, who encouraged U.S. support of the rebels fighting Qadhafi. Republicans want to know what the goal of that policy was and whether she was trying to make Libya a centerpiece of her foreign policy. Gowdy said he’s particularly interested in asking Clinton about “the increase in violence juxtaposed with the decrease in security” at the mission that was attacked, because “it’s counterintuitive.” A 1999 report after the East African embassy bombings recommended that the secretary of state take a “personal and active role” in security issues, Republicans — including Gowdy — have noted. Clinton, however, has testified previously that she was not aware of Stevens’ requests for more protection. And while it’s unclear whether the panel has any evidence suggesting that she was, Gowdy says there’s still the issue of “why” those pleas for help didn’t reach her. “Let’s say she’s right: Requests for more security doesn’t reach her inbox. Well, I think it’s fair to ask: What does?” Gowdy said. Gowdy may draw on Stevens emails the panel recently received, particularly a series from early June 2012 that he
says show Washington headquarters was not prioritizing the security needs of diplomats in the field. In the emails — sent around the time an improvised explosive device exploded outside the Benghazi compound and a rocket-propelled grenade hit the British ambassador’s convoy, triggering the United Kingdom to shutter its consulate — Stevens requested more protection. Stevens later joked to a colleague in another message that maybe the Qataris would pay for security upgrades. But at the same time, Clinton’s top policy aide, Jake Sullivan, emailed Stevens for his take on a Libya memo from Blumethal, who the panel believes may have personally pushed Clinton toward an aggressive Libya posture in hopes of furthering his business interests there. Blumenthal has denied those accusations and said he was merely helping out a friend. And former State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland emailed Stevens for his advice on how to publicly message the violence in Libya. Gowdy, describing the emails over the phone, said Stevens wrote back that he was concerned because there had been an uptick in violence and attacks against Westerners. She responded saying, essentially, “good stuff” and that she hoped he’d help shape State’s messages going forward. The hearing is also expected to touch on Blumenthal’s unsubstantiated intelligence memos that he sent to Clinton and what role they may have played in shaping decisions about State policies. Though he did not write them personally or verify their contents, he sent them to Clinton, who then passed them on to top staff. Clinton has said Blumenthal’s advice was “unsolicited” — but Republicans plan to challenge her, arguing that the volume of correspondence calls that into question. They’ll also likely ask about what she knew of Blumenthal’s business venture in Libya as well as how or whether her office and chief of staff Cheryl Mills ever influenced the State Department’s final report on how security broke down in Benghazi. Clinton’s emails and home server are also bound to come up at some point. That line of questioning will be particularly tricky, as the GOP has been blasted by Democrats for pursuing her private email account, which they say is tangential to any Benghazi probe. One GOP source linked to the hearing didn’t expect that would deter committee Republicans: “I would be surprised if [Gowdy] asked fewer questions about the emails for the purpose of avoiding accusations of partisanship … because the left is going to say it’s partisan anyway, so what do you have to win by holding fire?” Brooks called the matter “fair territory” — particularly because the panel has uncovered about a dozen Libya-related emails from Blumenthal that Clinton appears not to have turned over to the State Department. “We’re also hoping she can assist us in completing the record,” Brooks said. “We continue to be surprised by documents that are turning up that we don’t have. So I’m hopeful that she can enlighten how we can get our hands on all the Benghazi and Libya documents the committee needs to do our job.” It is unclear how much Republicans will probe the server setup, however. Panel member Lynn Westmoreland (R-Ga.) told Politico they “don’t have any interest in the fact that she had a private server.” “I’m sure the emails are going to be talked about, but I don’t think we’ll get into the server aspect of it,” he predicted. “She’ll have to answer to the FBI about that.” But Gowdy said that generally any changing or contradictory Clinton statements could be relevant because they call into question her credibility. Clinton has, for example, said she started using her email server only in the spring of 2009; but an inspector general recently found emails from that account that were sent months earlier.
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Police Logs Court Logs WESTFIELD Major Crime and incident report Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015 8:20 a.m.: assist other agency, arrest, Genesis Healthcare, 60 East Silver St., employee reports a man has been on the property three times that morning, man was subject of trespass order that was lifted recently, employee reports man left the area on a bicycle heading west on East Silver Street, patrol officer reports subject was located on Elm Street and going down Arnold Street, subject was followed on foot by an officer and apprehended at 16 Washington St., taken into custody on three warrants, during booking subject was found to be in possession of six steaks in Stop & Shop supermarket packaging, store security reviewed security tapes and determined that the merchandise was taken from the store without paying for it, Steven J. Nikiel, 39, of no known address charged with trespass, shoplifting by asportation and the three court warrants; 9:33 a.m.: fraud, Joseph Avenue, citizen came to station to report that his credit card number was used to ship items through FedEx, citizen reports contacting FedEx and explaining the situation, officer reports there has been no monetary loss on the part of the citizen; 2:10 p.m.: counterfeiting, arrest, CVS, 208 Elm Street, store employee reports a woman submitted a forged prescription for narcotics, employee verified with the doctor’s office that the prescription was not valid, woman is waiting at the rear of the store near the pharmacy, officer reports female located and taken into custody, Arabelis Martinez, 27, of 79 Leary Drive, Holyoke charged with uttering a forged prescription; 4:50 p.m.: motor vehicle accident with injury, intersection of Court and Pleasant streets, officers reports chain-reaction accident involving three motor vehicles, first two vehicles stopped, third vehicle struck rear of second vehicle, pushing it into the rear of the first vehicle, the operator of the second vehicle and a passenger in the first vehicle transported to Baystate Noble Hospital; 8:18 p.m.: minor property damage motor vehicle accident, arrest, Walmart parking lot, 141 Springfield Road, caller reports that he was told by another customer that his parked vehicle was struck by another vehicle which is still in the parking lot, officer reports that a motorist struck the reporting party’s vehicle while attempting to park, both vehicles sustained minor damage but the operator of the second vehicle was the subject of a court warrant, Elvyn J. Calixte, 23, of 117 Silver St., Agawam taken into custody on the warrant.
DA: Gun found at Pittsfield middle school was loaded PITTSFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Berkshire District Attorney David Capeless says a gun found in a locker at a Pittsfield middle school last week was “fully loaded,” a statement that runs contrary to information released by the mayor’s office that said the weapon was not loaded. Capeless told The Berkshire Eagle (http://bit.ly/1kmf89n ) on Monday he was “dismayed that the mayor’s office would release incorrect information.” Mayor Daniel Bianchi released a statement after the gun was found Friday at the Herberg Middle School that said it was not loaded, but had a clip with bullets beside it. The statement was attributed to Bianchi, superintendent Jason McCandless and police Chief Michael Wynn. Bianchi and McCandless said the original statement was correct to the best of their knowledge. No one was hurt and one juvenile student is facing charges.
Springfield woman jailed for beating children SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A Springfield woman prosecutors say beat three of her children with a broom and a bat has been sentenced to three years in jail. The Republican reports that Jessica Martinez-Zayas was also sentenced Monday to five years of probation. She pleaded guilty in August to charges including assault and battery on a child with bodily injury. Authorities started investigating in August 2014 when her 9-year-old son was taken to the hospital with a deep cut on his chin. The 39-year-old MartinezZayas told investigates she beat her children ages 8, 9 and 11 with a bat, belts, sandals and other objects. She also threatened to kill an 18-yearold daughter. Her lawyer says MartinezZayas has mental health issues and none of the children wanted their mother sent to jail.
Westfield District Court Friday, October 16, 2015 Eli A. Young, 22, of 227 Old Enfield Road, Belchertown, had charges of unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle continued without finding to be dismissed upon pay of $200 and was found not responsible for speeding and failing to yield at intersection, brought by environmental police. Ashley Gomes, 25, of 59 Fox St., West Springfield, had charges of number plate violation to conceal identity, brought by Russell State Police, dismissed at arraignment. Amanda L. Douglas, 31, of 1436 Morgan Road, West Springfield, was released on her personal recognizance pending a December 1 hearing after being arraigned on charges of failing to stop/yield, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, operating a motor vehicle under the influence of liquor, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and motor vehicle operator refusing to give name/address, brought by State Police Russell. Nicholas C. Allen, 25, of 309 Cook Ave., Meriden, Conn., received a 30-day sentence with credit for time served (a concurrent sentence with a case out of Springfield District Court) from October 1 after pleading guilty to failing to provide a DNA database sample, brought by Russell State Police. Thomas Bruso, 65, of 281 Feeding Hills Road, Southwick, had charges of filing a false motor vehicle insurance claim and attempt to commit a crime, brought by the Insurance Fraud Bureau of Massachusetts, dismissed. Kevin J. Malmborg, 28, of 59 Fox St., West Springfield, received six months probation after charges of operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license were continued without finding, brought by Russell State Police. Korey M. Los, 24, of 45 Pipit Drive, Chicopee, was released on his own recognizance pending a December 1 hearing after being arraigned on charges of felony breaking and entering a building in the daytime and three counts of larceny over $250, brought by Westfield police. Brian R. Gosselin, 20, of 44 Hillside Ave., received six months probation after charges of vandalizing property were continued without finding, brought by Westfield police. Robert L. Nichols, 25, of 538 Southampton Road, had charges of unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, uninsured motor vehicle and number plate violation to conceal identity continued without finding to be dismissed upon payment of $350, brought by Westfield police.
Thursday, October 15, 2015 11:09 a.m.: accident, 162 Russell Road at 7 Dana St., 2009 Pontiac, 2004 Chrysler Concord (towed) and 2001 Chevrolet Suburban, one person taken to Baystate Noble Hospital; 11:39 a.m.: fraud, Riverside Drive, party reported someone opened a credit card in her name and charged more than $500; 1:58 p.m.: hit-and-run accident, Powdermill Village, resident reported her vehicle was hit while parked in her parking spot at this location, suspect tried to tape mirror back onto her vehicle before fleeing the scene; 3:38 p.m.: found property, Meadow Street at Fowler Street, party turned in a lime green iPhone that he found at this location; 4:40 p.m.: accident, Mass. Air National Guard Bridge, 492 E. Main St., 2012 Nissan and 2009 Dodge Caravan, one person taken to Baystate Noble Hospital, no tows;
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The Carson Center for Human Services Celebrating 50 Years of Real Help with Real Life 1963-2013 The reverend had a woman come give the sermon in church today. My husband didn’t go. It’s a good thing. I already know what he would have said about her. I could hear him in my head, every last vile word, even though he was ten miles away. A home visitor from church drove me because I don’t have a driver’s license. That probably seems funny to you nowadays. In 1975, when I got married, I really wanted one, but my husband said my place was at home and that he would take care of everything else. The lady said in her sermon that October is domestic violence awareness month. I didn’t realize. I heard about breast cancer awareness. Not this, though. She said four thousand women are killed a year by their current or former partners. That is the same amount as 911’s Twin Towers, the pentagon, and the planes, all filled with women killed by domestic terrorism every single year. When she put it like that, the church became very still. I am aware of domestic violence. It’s been forty years of it. My husband Don says I’m his property. He has called me every name you can think of. My kids are grown up now and they are still terrified of him. They helped me get a restraining order. They introduced me to a domestic violence advocate from Carson. Did you know you could get a “no abuse” order? Don can still be in the house; he just can’t hurt me. I don’t know that the restraining order paper will stop him, but I am so sick of it. I’m going through with charges for the assault, too. The defense attorney said to the judge that we’ve been married forty years and that there is no record whatsoever of any abuse, and that in all that time, there’s been this “just this one, bad night.” The record of these past forty years is in my children; it’s all right here in me. Forty years I’ve been kicked and strangled out of my dreams. I wanted things for myself once. Now I just want it to stop. My advocate from Carson told me I could get a driver’s license. I know how to drive. I told her it was too late for all that. I’m almost sixty. She didn’t see it the same way. She thinks I’ve still got time for driving myself. Don could kill me now. He can feel that I have had enough. I already know this. I’m just telling you, in case you haven’t heard how it works: once they really lose control of you, they come after you with a mighty vengeance. My kids are safe; that’s what matters. I made a safety plan with my advocate for me, but I don’t know how it will be. Pray for me. Not for courage, because I’m just not afraid anymore. Pray that he will let me go and that the judge won’t treat it like nothing. Pray for peace for me. I need some of that. By JAC Patrissi
Rays of Hope to step off on Sunday Where to park, what to see and do SPRINGFIELD — This year’s 22nd annual Rays of Hope – Walk and Run Toward the Cure of Breast Cancer is just days away on Oct. 25, when large tents, pink balloons, music, colorful flags and a festive, hopeful atmosphere will welcome thousands of participants – all of whom will need somewhere to park. For walkers, free parking with shuttle service is available at locations near Temple Beth El, including in East Longmeadow at Lenox American Saw, East Longmeadow High School, as well as in Longmeadow at Blueberry Hill School and at Longmeadow High School, and at other locations found on the Rays of Hope website at www.baystatehealth.org/raysofhope. Runners, who will be arriving earlier than others due to the new early start time, can only park at Lenox American Saw. Handicapped parking is available at Temple Beth El with an official handicapped parking permit and/or license plate only. Greenfield-area residents who wish to participate in this year’s annual Rays of Hope – Walk and Run Toward the Cure of Breast Cancer, can board the “Pink Party Bus” offering a complimentary ride to Springfield and back to Greenfield. Advance registration is
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Drug lab to pay $256M federal settlement BOSTON (AP) — A drug testing lab has agreed to pay the federal government $256 million following allegations it billed federal healthcare programs for medically unnecessary testing. U.S. Attorney for Massachusetts Carmen Ortiz announced Monday that Millennium Health will pay $227 million to resolve allegations it billed Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal healthcare programs for unnecessary urine drug testing from Jan. 1, 2008 through May 20, 2015.
How to take a child’s temperature - Pediatric nurse offers tips SPRINGFIELD – Flu season is just around the corner. Sometimes taking your child’s temperature is the only way to know if they are healthy or sick. “Temperature tells us a lot about children,” said Teresa Connolly, RN, clinical nurse educator at Baystate Children’s Hospital. “Getting an accurate temperature reading is crucial in knowing if your baby has an illness,” she added. When taking a temperature, you’re measuring the core temperature of your child’s body. The core temperature refers to a measurement of the internal temperature around the abdomen and the chest. In a healthy child the thermometer should read around 98.6 degrees. However, every child is different and temperatures can vary slightly. If your child’s temperature is much higher, there are a few things it could be. One reason is they may be too bundled up. Try taking off a few layers, waiting a while and taking their temperature again. If they are registering a fever after that it may mean that a bacteria or a virus is present. “It’s important to observe your child because every child is different. However, if your child is warm to touch and irritable that usually means they have a fever,” said Connolly. Nurse Connolly knows first-hand the importance of getting an accurate temperature. Below she offers some tips on getting the most accurate reading. Best tool for the job When taking a child’s temperature it helps to use an updated digital thermometer. The old glass thermometers have mercury in them, which is toxic and can pose a hazard to your child. Plus, the glass ones are fragile and can easily break. Digital thermometers also come standard with a notification alarm that tells you when the temperature has been recorded.
least invasive to the most invasive they are: --Axillary in the child’s armpit. --Temporal artery, where a device scans across the forehead and behind the ear. While it’s not as invasive as some of the other methods, its accuracy can easily be compromised by the environment. --Tympanic, in which the temperature is taken in the child’s ear. This method is accurate but it requires a specific technique which can be difficult to for parents to do at home. –Orally, in the child’s mouth, --Rectal. This method is considered to be the most accurate and is the pediatric gold standard method for taking temperature. It is the most invasive method and should be reserved for younger children.
Methods of taking temperature There are five ways to take a child’s temperature. From the
So what’s best for my child? With some methods being more invasive and accurate than
others, it’s important to know which method works best for you and your child. Of the five methods mentioned above, three tend to be preferred by pediatricians. Rectal- This method gives the most accurate reading. If you choose this method, be sure to use an alcohol swab to clean the thermometer before and after each use. Label the thermometer so it isn’t used for any other purpose. After that you want to use a water soluble lubricant to lubricate the thermometer, then place it in to the anus. For an infant you want to put it in no more than half an inch, and about one inch in for an older child. Laying the child on their side works best for older children. For an infant, you can put the child on his or her back and bring their legs up, just like when changing a diaper. You can also put them on their belly on your lap or a safe, flat surface. Try them all to see which one work best for your child. Axillary – Under the child’s armpit is good for infants and children up to about 3 years of age. To take your child’s temperature with this method, first you want to expose the child’s armpit. Then put the thermometer in their armpit and hold their arm close to the body until the temperature has been recorded. Keep in mind that an axillary temperature is taken on the exterior of the body, so it will register one degree less than your child’s actual core temperature or rectal temperature reading. Adjust as needed to get the true temperature. Oral – When taking a child’s temperature orally, be sure it’s placed in the sublingual pocket, the area of the mouth where the base of the tongue meets the bottom of the mouth. Hold it there until the device indicates the temperature has been recorded. The child must be developmentally mature enough to use this method: It’s best used on children who are 3 years of age or older, depending on the developmental stage of the child. For more information on Baystate Children’s’ Hospital visit BaystateHealth.org/BCH.
Dietary supplements send 23,000 to hospitals each year in U.S. By MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer Many claim to be natural, which may sound safe, but dietary supplements send 23,000 Americans to hospital emergency rooms each year, a new federal study estimates. The riskiest ones are weight-loss and energy-boosting products, says the report, published in this week's New England Journal of Medicine. Here are some details: POPULAR PILLS The market is flush with pills and powders. Supplement products have increased dramatically, from about 4,000 types in 1994 to more than 55,000 in 2012, the report says. Roughly half of all U.S. adults say they have used at
least one in the past month, most commonly vitamins. Dietary supplements do not have to have federal Food and Drug Administration approval before they are sold, nor do they get the kind of testing prescription drugs do. The FDA can order a product off the market if it is found to be unsafe. THE STUDY Reliable information on serious side effects from supplements is hard to come by. Researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and at the FDA studied emergency room records from 2004 through 2013 at 63 hospitals considered to be nationally representative. Based on 3,667 cases they found, they estimated there are about 23,000
ER visits each year for health problems related to supplements, and that about 2,154 lead to hospitalization. BIGGEST TROUBLEMAKERS Products for weight loss or increased energy accounted for the most ER visits. These products caused 72 percent of problems involving chest pain or irregular or too-fast heartbeats, and they were the culprits in more than half of visits among patients ages 5 to 34. Bodybuilding and sexual-enhancement products also led to cardiac symptoms in many seeking ER help. THE SUPPLEMENT INDUSTRY'S VIEW "They sound like big numbers but they
really aren't," Steve Mister, president of the trade group Council for Responsible Nutrition, said of the ER visits. "The risks are so, so small" when you consider the millions of people who use the products, he said. ADVICE Ask your doctor before taking any supplements. Some can interfere with other medicines, and certain vitamins, especially in high doses, are known to be harmful, such as betacarotene and vitamin A for smokers. Online: Study: http://www.nejm.org/doi/ full/10.1056/NEJMsa1504267
Study: Calcium, vitamin D pills don’t prevent colon growths MARILYNN MARCHIONE AP Chief Medical Writer A major study finds that taking calcium or Vitamin D pills does not help prevent growths that can lead to colon cancer in people who have had at least one in the past. It’s the latest setback among many for efforts to prevent disease through vitamin supplements. The calcium finding was especially disappointing — three previous studies suggested calcium would help, but the new one, a more rigorous test, found no benefit. “That was a big surprise. We thought we understood calcium because the data was really quite, quite strong,” said Dr. John Baron of the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He led the new study, published in Thursday’s New England of Medicine. The National Cancer Institute sponsored it and Pfizer Consumer Healthcare provided the pills. It involved 2,259 people recently diagnosed with polyps, precancerous growths removed during colonoscopy. They were assigned to take either 1,000 international units of vitamin D3, 1,200 milligrams of calcium, both or neither. Women could choose to get
calcium and then be given either real or dummy pills of vitamin D.
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“We did that so that women concerned about bone health would feel comfortable tak-
ing part,” because they were ensured of getting calcium if they wanted it, Baron explained. Followed up three to five years later, 43 to 45 percent of all study participants had developed a new polyp, regardless of whether they took calcium, vitamin D, both or neither. Even when researchers took age, gender and other factors into account, supplement use made no difference in the results. Higher doses of vitamin D might make a difference, but this would have to be tested in a new study, and this one already tested a higher level
than the 600 IUs a day (800 for people over 70) that the Institute of Medicine recommends, Baron said. Aspirin is thought to help prevent polyps and colon cancer with long-term use, but it also can cause serious bleeding. Anyone considering long-term use is advised to talk with a doctor about the risks and benefits. ONLINE: Study: http://www.nejm. org/doi/full/10.1056/ NEJMoa1500409
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Susan Jane Potts WESTFIELD — Susan Jane (Radlo) Potts, 72, of Westfield died Sunday surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Westfield on June 23, 1943 the daughter of the late Martin and Margaret ( Moore ) Radlo and was educated in Westfield schools. She was employed at the former Sears of Westfield, Barry Plastics of Easthampton,and most recently the Arbors of Westfield. Susan is surived by her loving husband of fifty-one years, Edward, a son, Steven and his wife Tina of Easthampton, two daughters, Cheri Gaudette and her husband Don of Chicopee and Donna Quevedo and her husband Tommy of Norway, a sister, Patricia Hamer of Michigan. She also leaves eight loving grandchildren, Patrick, Sarah, Kara, Nathan, Kailey ,Nicholas, Amber and Magnus and two great grandchildren, Leander and Liam. Susan was predeceased by her sister Margaret Cross in 2004. Calling hours will be held on Thursday from 5pm until 8pm at the Firtion-Adams Funeral Service,76 Broad St. Westfield . Burial will be held at the Massachusetts Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Agawam on Friday at 2p.m. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in memory of Susan to the American Cancer Society, 30 Speen St., Framingham, MA.,01701 www.firtionadams.com
N. Kevin Kenney TOLLAND — Kevin, age 56, died quietly at home on 10/12/2015, with his wife, Loretta, at his side. Kevin, was born in 1958, the youngest of three boys, to Irvin and Marilyn Kenney. He spent the last 25 years in Tolland MA, bringing with him his true Maine attitude and enjoyment of the simple things in life. Kevin, a native of Searsport Maine, graduated from Searsport District High School in 1977. Kevin’s life revolved around family, motorcycling and the outdoors. He enjoyed spending time with his family, especially time spent with the children, his own and everyone else’s, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, and the neighbors. Kevin was an avid motorcyclist, in his glory when riding with his wife, granddaughter and friends, within the northeast states and vacationing with his wife out west, their last trip in 2014 exploring Utah. With great pride, he and family built their home in Tolland, allowing him to enjoy the outdoors from his own backyard, walking, mudding, cutting wood, snow shoeing, snowmobiling, ice fishing, as he had in his childhood years out in North Searsport. Kevin is lovingly remembered by his wife, Loretta; sons, Steven and Boyd; grandchildren, Jasmine, RJ, Luke, Lynsey, Lucia and Vince; parents, Irvin and Marilyn; brothers and spouses, Rick and Dottie, Alan and Barbara; and many other relatives and friends. On Saturday, Oct 24, from 2-4 pm, a gathering will be held for family and friends at the Community House, 20 Church Street, Stockton Springs, Maine. Memorial donations may be made to Noble Hospice, 77 Mill Street, Suite 201, Westfield, MA 01085.
Raymond Joseph Dell’Aquila WESTFIELD — Raymond Joseph Dell’Aquila, age 73, of Bel Air, MD, formally of Westfield, MA, passed away on October 15, 2015 at Lorien Riverside in Belcamp, MD while surrounded by his family. He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Eleanor V. Dell’Aquila (Drohan); son, Michael Dell’Aquila of Westfield; daughters, Christine Hagan of Baltimore, MD; Katherine Dell’Aquila and Dave Malo of Easthampton; and Mary E. Dell’Aquila and Jeffry Croteau of Abingdon, MD; grandchildren Andrew D. Hagan of San Diego, CA; Alexis and Mikaela Dell’Aquila of Westfield, Cheyanne and Dylan Croteau, and Felicity Laerke Dell’Aquila-Croteau of Abingdon, MD. Raymond is survived by two brothers, Michael Dell’Aquila and his wife Theresa of Aubrun, MA; Fiore Dell’Aquila of Worcester, MA; sister Rosemarie Flagg and her husband Arthur of Worcester, MA; and many nieces and nephews. Four brothers, Lawrence, Dominic, Joseph, and Santo Jr Dell’Aquila, and four sisters, Jennie Silva, Catherine Santoro, Victoria Zaparaska, and Josephine Rickheirt pre deceased him. Raymond was born in Worcester, MA, a son of the late Santo and Katherine (Tozzi) Dell’Aquila. He grew up in Worcester where he attended public schools. After graduating from high school, he proudly served his country in the United States Air Force. Raymond moved to Westfield in 1972 where he lived with his wife and children until he moved to Bel Air, MD in 2014. He worked in area factories in the Westfield area, retiring from Micro Abrasives in 1995. Raymond was an avid Red Sox fan, he loved playing cards, especially Cribbage and Pitch, and he enjoyed solving crossword puzzles. He had a passion for cooking, and enjoyed cooking for family and friends. He greeted everyone with a smile, and always had a joke in hand to make you smile. His family was his biggest pride, especially his grandchildren. He spoke about them endlessly, always with a smile. The family wishes to thank all of the staff at Lorien Riverside in Belcamp for their support and kindness. Calling hours are at Firtion-Adams Funeral Service, 76 Broad Street, Westfield, MA 01085, Wednesday, October 21, 2015 from 5 to 8 PM. Funeral services will be at Firtion-Adams on Thursday, October 22, 2015 at 12:30 p.m. with burial to follow at the Veterans Cemetery in Agawam, MA. Those who desire, in lieu of flowers, may make a contribution on behalf of Raymond to Muscular Dystrophy Association MD Chapter, 8501 LaSalle Road, Suite 106, Towson, MD 21286 or Lorien Riverside Activity Fund, 1123 Belcamp Road, Belcamp, MD 21017. www.Firtionadams.com
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Pioneer Valley residents expected to raise $60,000 to help HOLYOKE — Over 700 Pioneer Valley residents came together at Stanley Park for the annual American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer of Pioneer Valley walk on Sunday. The event is expected to raise $60,000 to help finish the fight. Since 1993, more than 11 million Making Strides supporters have raised more than $685 million nationwide. While significant progress in the fight against breast cancer has been made, more needs to be done. Excluding cancers of the skin, breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in women and is the second-leading cause of cancer death in women. According to the American Cancer Society Cancer Facts & Figures 2015, an estimated 231,840 women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 40,290 will die from the disease this year. Please visit www.makingstrideswalk.org for more information about upcoming Making Strides Against Breast Cancer events or to make a donation.
About The American Cancer Society The American Cancer Society is a global grassroots force of 2.5 million volunteers saving lives and fighting for every birthday threatened by every cancer in every community. As the largest voluntary health organization, the Society's efforts have contributed to a 22 percent decline in cancer death rates in the US during the past two decades, and a 50 percent drop in smoking rates. Thanks in part to our progress nearly 14.5 million Americans who have had cancer and countless more who have avoided it will celebrate more birthdays this year. We're determined to finish the fight against cancer. As the nation's largest private, not-for-profit investor in cancer research, we're finding cures and ensuring people facing cancer have the help they need and continuing the fight for access to quality health care, lifesaving screenings, clean air, and more. For more information, to get help, or to join the fight, visit cancer.org or call us anytime, day or night, at 1-800-227-2345.
MISSING: Toby. Grey small cat with white feet and throat. Very friendly however has hyperthyroidism and requires his medication or he will die. Last seen at the dike area in Westfield. REWARD. please call and hold him for us. Call: 262-1701. Thank u!! (10/19)
33rd Annual Convention offers reasons for hope BOSTON — On Saturday, October 31st, hundreds of people from across the state will gather for the 33rd Annual NAMI Mass State Convention: Reasons for Hope. The Convention aims to educate and empower individuals living with mental illness; their families, friends and caregivers; mental health professionals and the general public. The event runs from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Leominster, MA. Pre-registration is required here by October 26th. Two subjects of critical importance are among the workshop topics: mental health stigma in the workplace and law enforcement/ mental health partnerships. “In keeping with the Convention theme, Reasons for Hope, our workshops will highlight a variety of crucial mental health topics by examining related stigma-busting, recovery, community, and prevention programs and resources that are working and making a real difference in the lives of individuals with mental illness and their families,” said NAMI Mass Executive Director Laurie Martinelli. Dr. Edward Scolnick, Chief Scientific Officer of the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research, will serve as this year’s keynote speaker with his talk, Insights into Causes of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Illness: Road Map to Better Therapy. The NAMI Mass Annual State Convention is the preeminent day for mental health education in the Commonwealth. Ten workshops led by experts, community members and individuals with lived experience will offer information on a range of pressing issues in the field. The NAMI Mass Criminal Justice Diversion Project—acollaboration with local law enforcement, behavioral health providers and other community stakeholders to prevent unnecessary arrests—has helped develop new police training curriculums and systems that improve responses to people with mental illness. The workshop, Best Practices in Law Enforcement/ Mental Health Partnerships, will focus on community partnerships with police departments. Select police departments will be showcased, including Cambridge and Fitchburg. “The results of our combined efforts have been amazing,” said June Binney, director of the Criminal Justice Diversion Project. “Because of improved training and better community synergies, fewer police calls involving people with mental illness are resulting in unnecessary arrests. That is helping ease the burden on the system while providing better outcomes for all.” The stigma of mental illness exacts a high cost in the workplace. Mental disorders are the leading cause of workplace disability and account for high turnover, low productivity and increased disability leave. Because of the stigma surrounding mental illness, employees avoid treatment and can often experience severe repercussions later. These are some of the reasons NAMI Mass launched CEOs Against Stigma, which already has enlisted more than 30 companies representing more than 95,000 workers. The CEOs Against Stigma Campaign: An Overview workshop will examine the business case for changing workplace attitudes towards mental illness.
SCHOOL LUNCH MENUS WESTFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WED.
TUES. October 20, 2015 Hot Dog on a Bun with Condiments, Vegetarian Baked Beans, Chilled Mixed Fruit, Milk
October 21, 2015 BREAKFAST FOR LUNCH, Pancakes with Syrup, Oven Browned Sausages, Oven Baked Potatoes Chilled Applesauce, Milk
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October 22, 2015 American Chop Suey, Broccoli, Garlic Bread, Sorbet, Milk
October 23, 2015 NATIONAL FOOD DAY, Cheesy Bread with Dipping Sauce, Garden Salad with Greens , Green Beans, FRESH LOCAL APPLE, Milk
October 26, 2015 Mozzarella Sticks with Dipping Sauce, Seasoned Rotini, Green Beans, Fresh Local Peach, Milk
October 22, 2015 Macaroni and Cheese, Steamed Broccoli, Garlic Bread, Choice of Assorted Fruits
October 23, 2015 National School Lunch Week, Specialty Pizza, Tossed Garden Salad with Greens, Fresh Apple
October 26, 2015 Combo Basket w/ Chicken Nuggets, Tator Tots and Mozzarella Sticks, Steamed Green Beans, Whole Wheat Roll, Choice of Assorted Fruits
October 22, 2015 “Gator Bowl”, Chicken Smackers, Whipped Potato, Gravy/Corn, Shredded Cheese, Fruit Choice, Milk
October 23, 2015 Soup du Jour, Toasted Cheese on, Whole Wheat Bread, Carrot Sticks, Fruit Choice, Milk
October 26, 2015 Pasta & Sauce, Green Beans, Garlic Bread Stick, Fruit Choice, Milk
WESTFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOLS October 20, 2015 Cheeseburger on Bun with Condiments, Potato Wedges, Baby Carrots, Choice of Assorted Fruits
October 21, 2015 Chicken Fajita with Salsa, Spanish rice with Black Beans, Whole Kernel Corn, Choice of Assorted Fruits
GATEWAY REGIONAL SCHOOLS October 20, 2015 Cold Cut Sub, Lettuce/ Tomato, Pasta Veggie Salad, Fruit Choice, Milk
October 21, 2015 School –Baked Calzone w/ Marinara, Garden Salad, Strawberries w/cream, Milk
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WHS in league of own By CHRIS PUTZ Staff Writer WESTFIELD – The Westfield High School boys’ soccer team has gone where no Bombers’ squad has gone before. At least in the last several years, that is. Westfield tied Central 0-0 at Berte Field Monday to clinch its first high school boys’ soccer league title in recent memory. “We dominated the game, just didn’t score,” Westfield coach Andrew Joseph said. Despite the lack of any scores, Westfield achieved several goals. The Bombers not only secured a league championship, but also netted one point for the tie to qualify for the Western Massachusetts Division 1 championship. “We’re excited about that,” coach Joseph said. Westfield goalie Ian Saltmarsh finished with six saves.
Gators blank Renaissance Gateway 3, Renaissance 0 John Rooney scored two goals, and Joe Coon had one assist for Gateway (8-4-3), which earned a postseason berth with the victory. Ben Jameson, Alex Webb, and Anthony Palazzi assisted. Gators’ goalies Shane Mastello and Brady Parker combined for three saves, and the shutout.
Tigers shut out Eagles Westfield Technical Academy 3, Franklin Tech 0 Alex Stepanchuk scored twice, and Josh Bush tallied one for Westfield Tech. Sergiy Kabysh and Dominic Rosario each had an assist. Tigers’ goalie Anatoliy Suprunchuk made seven saves.
Butler does it for Saints McCann Tech 2, St. Mary 1 Jacob Butler finished with 18 saves for St. Mary. GIRLS’ SOCCER
DePergola stops 22 shots Smith Voke 7, St. Mary 0 St. Mary goalie Francesca DePergola made 22 saves on 29 shots to close in on 1000 career saves. DePergola now needs 36 to reach that mark. Lexi Shedd also had a fantastic game on the front line, putting many of St. Mary’s shots on goal. Saints’ Brianna Rivera and Elisa Kosinsky were solid in support. St. Mary defenders Sam Mancino, Jenna Turrini, and Steph Allen did all they could to try and contain the Smith Voke offense. “This team is better than their record shows,” St. Mary coach Andy Lussier said. “They have the desire, they are gaining confidence, and they are working better every time they step on the field.” GOLF WMASS D1 CHAMPIONSHIP East Longmeadow captured the Western Massachusetts Division 1 golf championship (336 points) behind individual champion Noah Peterson, who shot a first-place score of 78 Monday at Wilbraham Country Club. Agawam (340), Longmeadow (341), Minnechaug (347), and Ludlow (355) rounded out the top five. Westfield golfer Ryan Towle shot an 84 to advance to the state tournament.
Soares, Panthers soar past Rams
GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL
Palmer 2, Southwick 1 Joao Soares scored one goal in each half to lead Palmer at Legion Field. Brandon Castor scored the lone goal for Southwick.
Bombers edge Rams Westfield def. Southwick, 25-21, 25-15, 18-25, 25-17 Kelcey Johnstone collected 23 assists and six aces, Alexa
Morin (3 blocks) and Mckenzie Chaban (2 aces) each had eight kills, and Mia Pavyluk finished with seven kills and five aces to propel Westfield on the road. Emily Lachtara (4 aces, 3 kills), Olivia Diamond (4 aces, 12 digs, 6 assists, 3 kills), Olivia Diamond (4 aces, 12 digs, 6 assists, 3 kills), Caroline Methe (5 digs, 8 assists, 3 aces), Ashley Consolini (5 kills, 3 aces), and Taylor Keiderling (2 kills, 3 aces) all contributed for Southwick. FIELD HOCKEY
Falcons double up WHS Minnechaug 4, Westfield 2 Mary Kate Moriarty scored two goals, Kamryn Jebb had two assists, and two other Falcons scored to lead Minnechaug at home. Julia Rowbotham and Leighanne Sullivan scored one goal apiece for Westfield. Jordan Bower and Olivia Chaoush were credited with assists. LATE RESULTS Friday, October 16 GIRLS’ SOCCER St. Mary 2, Commerce 2 Olivia White scored two goals to help St. Mary achieve a tie on the road. Converted goalie Francesca DePergola assisted on both scores. “The combination of Olivia White and Francesca DePergola up front kept us with many scoring opportunities,” said St. Mary coach Andy Lussier, whose team put 25 shots on net. “We eventually put two in the net.” It was another solid game that easily could have resulted in a victory. “Our lack of subs creates a challenge in keeping fresh legs on the field. On the whole, the team is beginning to gel and are hungry for wins.” Jenna Turrini, Brianna Rivera and Steph Allen delivered solid defensive play for St. Mary. Saints’ goalie Jess Crosby made 11 saves.
Westfield High vs. Minnechaug
Westfield’s Julia Rowbotham grips her stick in anticipation of the play. (Photo by Chris Putz)
Westfield’s Moira McDonald defends the ball against Westfield’s Olivia Chaoush moves Minnechaug Monday in Wilbraham. (Photo by Chris Putz) in on the ball. (Photo by Chris Putz)
Westfield’s Miranda Boudreau attempts to dribble the ball around a Minnechaug player. (Photo by Chris Putz)
Westfield’s Rachel Gelina attempts to dribble the ball past a Minnechaug defender. (Photo by Chris Putz)
The race is on between the Westfield Bombers (black jerseys) and the Minnechaug Falcons (green and white jerseys) in a high school field hockey team Monday in Wilbraham. (Photo by Chris Putz)
HIGH SCHOOL STANDINGS, RESULTS Westfield Technical Academy 4-9 St. Mary 1-9
FOOTBALL Westfield 0-6
FIELD HOCKEY Westfield 3-9 Southwick 8-4
BOYS’ SOCCER Westfield 8-3-2 Southwick 9-1-3 Gateway 8-4-3 Westfield Technical Academy 12-1 St. Mary 0-10 GIRLS’ SOCCER Westfield 2-10-1 Southwick 6-5 Gateway 7-0-2
GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL Westfield 5-7 Southwick 7-8 GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY Westfield 3-2 St. Mary 0-4* Southwick 5-1
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MONDAY’S RESULTS BOYS’ SOCCER Westfield 0, Central 0 Gateway 3, Renaissance 0 Westfield Technical Academy 3, Franklin Tech 0 Palmer 2, Southwick 1 McCann Tech 2, St. Mary 1
GIRLS’ SOCCER Smith Voke 7, St. Mary 0 GOLF WMASS D1 CHAMPIONSHIP East Longmeadow, 336; Agawam, 340; Longmeadow, 341; Minnechaug, 347; Ludlow, 355 GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL Westfield 3, Southwick 1 FIELD HOCKEY Minnechaug 4, Westfield 2
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2015 HIGH SCHOOL FALL SPORTS SCHEDULES WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL Tuesday, October 20 BOYS’/GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY vs. Minnechaug, Stanley Park, 3:45 p.m. JV GIRLS’ SOCCER at West Springfield, Veterans’ Field, 4 p.m. JV GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL vs. Chicopee Comp, 5 p.m. GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL vs. Chicopee Comp, 6 p.m. GIRLS’ SOCCER at West Springfield, Clark Field, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, October 21 GYMNASTICS vs. Agawam at Chicopee Comp, 6 p.m. Thursday, October 22 JV BOYS’ SOCCER at Chicopee Comp, Ash Field, 4 p.m. JV FIELD HOCKEY vs. Holyoke, 4:15 p.m. FIELD HOCKEY vs. Holyoke, 4:15 p.m. BOYS’ SOCCER at Chicopee Comp, 6:30 p.m. Friday, October 23 GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Agawam, 4 p.m. JV FIELD HOCKEY vs. Longmeadow, 5:15 p.m. JV BOYS’ SOCCER at Gateway, 4 p.m. JV GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Agawam, 4 p.m. JV GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL at Pittsfield, 4:30 p.m. FIELD HOCKEY vs. Longmeadow, 4 p.m. GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL at Pittsfield, 6 p.m. BOYS’ SOCCER at Gateway, 6 p.m.
FOOTBALL vs. Central, Bullens Field, 7 p.m. Saturday, October 24 No Sports Scheduled Monday, October 26 JV FOOTBALL at Central, Blunt Park, 3:30 p.m. JV BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Holyoke, 5 p.m. BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Holyoke, 7 p.m. Tuesday, October 27 BOYS’/GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY at Longmeadow, Turner Park, 3:45 p.m. JV GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL at Ludlow, 5 p.m. FIELD HOCKEY at Amherst, 7 p.m. JV GIRLS’ SOCCER at Northampton, 5:30 p.m. GYMNASTICS vs. Minnechaug, Hampshire, 6 p.m. GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL at Ludlow, 6 p.m. GIRLS’ SOCCER at Northampton, 7 p.m. Wednesday, October 28 BOYS’ SOCCER at East Longmeadow, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, October 29 FIELD HOCKEY vs. Agawam, 3:30 p.m. JV BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Pittsfield, Bullens Field, 4 p.m. JV FIELD HOCKEY vs. Agawam, 5 p.m.
JV GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL at West Springfield, 5 p.m. BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Pittsfield, Bullens Field, 6 p.m. GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL at West Springfield, 6:15 p.m. Friday, October 30 JV BOYS’ SOCCER vs. East Longmeadow, 4 p.m. FOOTBALL at East Longmeadow, 7 p.m. Saturday, October 31 No Sports Scheduled Monday, November 2 JV FOOTBALL vs. East Longmeadow, 4 p.m. GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL vs. Sci-Tech, 6 p.m. Tuesday, November 3 TBA Wednesday, November 4 TBA Thursday, November 5 TBA Friday, November 6 WMASS GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIP At Chicopee Comp HS, 6 p.m. Thursday, November 26 FOOTBALL at Cathedral, Central High School, 10:30 a.m.
SOUTHWICK-TOLLAND REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL Tuesday, October 20 GOLF at WMASS D2 Championship, Cranwell Resort, Spa & Golf Club, Lenox, 10 a.m. – shotgun start BOYS’/GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY at Gateway, 3:45 p.m. JV GIRLS’ SOCCER at Palmer, Legion Field, 5 p.m. GIRLS’ SOCCER at Palmer, Legion Field, 7 p.m. Wednesday, October 21 FIELD HOCKEY at Palmer, 4 p.m. GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL vs. Putnam, 4 p.m. JV GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL vs. Putnam, 5 p.m. JV FIELD HOCKEY at Palmer, 5:30 p.m. Thursday, October 22 BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Hampshire, 4 p.m. JV GIRLS’ SOCCER at Central, 4:30 p.m. GIRLS’ SOCCER at Central, 6 p.m. Friday, October 23 FIELD HOCKEY vs. Greenfield, 4 p.m. GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL vs. Central, 5 p.m. JV FIELD HOCKEY vs. Greenfield, 4 p.m. Saturday, October 24 GIRLS’ SOCCER at Hoosac Valley, 1 p.m. JV GIRLS’ SOCCER at Hoosac Valley, 1 p.m.
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Tuesday, October 20 BOYS’/GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY vs. Southwick, Littleville Dam, 3:45 p.m. GIRLS’ SOCCER at Pioneer Valley Regional School, 4 p.m. Wednesday, October 21 No Sports Scheduled Thursday, October 22 BOYS’ SOCCER at Granby, 4 p.m. JV BOYS’ SOCCER at Granby, 4 p.m. GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Smith Academy, 6 p.m. Friday, October 23 JV BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Westfield, 4 p.m. BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Westfield, 6 p.m. Saturday, October 24 No Sports Scheduled
Monday, October 26 JV GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Ware, 4 p.m. GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Ware, 6 p.m. Tuesday, October 27 No Sports Scheduled Wednesday, October 28 GIRLS’ SOCCER at Hopkins Academy, 3:30 p.m. JV GIRLS’ SOCCER at Hopkins Academy, 3:30 p.m. Thursday, October 29 No Sports Scheduled Friday, October 30 JV GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Granby, 4 p.m. GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Granby, 6 p.m.
WESTFIELD TECHNICAL ACADEMY Wednesday, October 21 No Sports Scheduled Thursday, October 22 BOYS’ SOCCER at Pathfinder, 4 p.m. Friday, October 23 GIRLS’ SOCCER at McCann Tech, 4 p.m. Saturday, October 24 No Sports Scheduled Monday, October 26 BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Pioneer Valley Christian Academy, 4 p.m.
Tuesday, October 27 GIRLS’ SOCCER at Hampden Charter School of Science, 4 p.m. Wednesday, October 28 GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Pathfinder, 3:30 p.m. BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Easthampton, Bullens Field, 6 p.m. Thursday, October 29 BOYS’ SOCCER at Ware, 6 p.m. Wednesday, October 30 GIRLS’ SOCCER at Putnam, 4 p.m.
ST. MARY HIGH SCHOOL Tuesday, October 20 GIRLS’ SOCCER at Westfield Technical Academy, Bullens Field, 6 p.m. Wednesday, October 21 BOYS’/GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY vs. Greenfield, Stanley Park, 3:30 p.m. Thursday, October 22 BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Pioneer Valley Christian Academy, Westfield Middle School North, 4 p.m. GIRLS’ SOCCER at Renaissance, Marshall Roy Field, 4 p.m. Friday, October 23 GIRLS’ SOCCER at Hampden Charter School of Science, 4 p.m. Saturday, October 24 No Sports Scheduled Monday, October 26 BOYS’ SOCCER at Hampden Charter School of Science, 4 p.m. Tuesday, October 27
BOYS’/GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY vs. Southwick, Stanley Park, 3:45 p.m. GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Putnam, Westfield Middle School North, 4 p.m. Wednesday, October 28 No Sports Scheduled Thursday, October 29 BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Pathfinder, Westfield Middle School North, 4 p.m. Friday, October 30 GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Smith Voke, Westfield Middle School North, 4 p.m. Saturday, October 31 No Sports Scheduled Friday, November 1 No Sports Scheduled Monday, November 2 No Sports Scheduled Tuesday, November 3 GIRLS’ SOCCER at McCann Tech, 4 p.m.
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Annie’s Mailbox By KATHY MITCHELL and MARCY SUGAR
Should I just let it go?
Dear Annie: My family is very dysfunctional because of my mother’s poor parenting and her history of playing favorites. I maintain minimal contact with my siblings. One of my sisters is very controlling and has always manipulated my mother to get what she wants. She’s my mother’s “golden child.” A number of years ago, this sister took all of the old family photos from my mother’s home. Mom says she only borrowed them. Knowing my sister, I was concerned that the family would never see those pictures again. I recently decided to ask my sister to let me have the pictures so I could go through them, make some enlargements and copies, and write down some names and dates. My adult children also have expressed interest in having access to the pictures, as they have never seen them and would like to know about their family’s history. My sister lives four hours away, and I offered to pick them up. Well, my request has started World War III. My mother and sister are furious that I have asked to take the pictures to go through them. They cannot give me a reason I can’t have access to the photos but consider me the bad guy in this scenario. I could back down and let my sister have her way, but I would like to have that piece of my family history to pass on to my children. Ideally, all of the siblings would have some of the originals, but my sister never learned to share. Should I continue my quest for these photographs, even knowing I will be treated with contempt by my mother and sister? Or should I just let it go? -- Living in Dysfunctional Family Land Dear Living: There may be another way to get the pictures. Your sister seems controlling and possessive, so she is unlikely to hand over the photographs. Instead, as nicely and sweetly as possible, ask whether you can go through them in her home. Discuss scanning the ones you want into her computer and emailing them. Or you could offer to pay her to make copies. Bring your mother along so she can see that you are being reasonable and flexible. If Sis says no and your mother gets angry, you will be no worse off. Dear Annie: I read the letter from “Ohio,” who wondered why prospective employers never get back to her after job interviews. I would suggest that after the interview, she send a thankyou letter expressing something she liked about the job and explaining how she’s looking forward to working for that company. I learned about that when I attended a community college. It helps. One employer was so impressed that he kept the thankyou note in my file. -- B.T. Dear B.T.: We like this idea. It can only enhance your chances of learning whether you got the job or not. It also doesn’t hurt to make a follow-up phone call or send a polite email if you haven’t heard back within a week of the interview. Annie’s Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers column. Please email your questions to anniesmailbox@creators.com, or write to: Annie’s Mailbox, c/o Creators Syndicate, 737 3rd Street, Hermosa Beach, CA 90254. You can also find Annie on Facebook at Facebook.com/AskAnnies. To find out more about Annie’s Mailbox visit the Creators Syndicate Web page at www.creators.com.
HINTS FROM HELOISE A GLOWING TALE OF CAUTION Dear Heloise: A word of caution for anyone who gives away, or receives, GLOW STICKS for Halloween. (HELOISE HERE: Or use them yourself.) Someone gave some to my 4-year-old granddaughter. As she was putting some together, the end opened on one and squirted the solution into her eyes. She screamed, it burned so bad. I rushed her to the bathroom and washed her eyes out with water. They were red, but eventually her eyes were fine. Who knows what these could do to others? Please warn people that glow sticks should be used only with adult supervision, and as a caution, break the tubes AWAY from you. -- Neda M. in California Neda, glad your granddaughter is OK. The liquid in most glow sticks is NOT poisonous, but it can be irritating, especially to the eyes or mouth. You did the right thing by rinsing her eyes (do so for at least 10 minutes, and use room-temperature water) and monitoring her condition. However, to play it safe, please call the Poison Control hotline (800-222-1222) to double-check. If possible, have the glow stick with you. Please don’t take a chance with vision -you only have two eyes, and they are precious! From one who knows. -- Heloise SALAD-DRESSING TOP Dear Heloise: We buy salad dressing, and some do not have the little plastic insert top. You have a hard time measuring how much you should pour out. We save the tops from other bottles, wash them and put them on the ones that do not have the tops. Works great. Most bottles we found have the same-size openings. -- Joe C., The Villages, Fla.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2015: This year you must keep your eye on your long-term goals, as you often will be distracted. You know what you want, and you know how to get there. Bosses and supervisors demand a lot from you, which often might cause a problem. You will not be bored. If you are single, you will have to go through quite a few suitors before you meet the right person. Give yourself the space to date. If you are attached, the two of you often need an escape from your daily life. Plan a special few days away together as soon as you can. AQUARIUS provokes a wildness in you. The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult
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ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHH You’ll shake up the status quo and cause someone to become upset. Know that this, too, will pass. The results are very much in the ballpark of what you had projected would happen. A conversation with someone will add a fresh perspective. Tonight: Enjoy whomever is around. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH You could be facing quite a bit of volatility in the daytime. As a result, you will need to come to terms with the existing situation. A higher-up is likely to give you feedback. You know when you have had enough, so don’t be afraid to speak up. Tonight: Till the wee hours. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH Continue dealing with people directly, as you do better in one-on-one discussions. You could be overwhelmed by everything you hear from a friend or loved one. This person seems to want some distance. Use this time to evaluate and think. Tonight: Opt for the unusual. CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH Defer to others, as you might not have any other choice. It is as if people are running in and out the door telling you their plans. Maintain a sense of humor, and you’ll experience less tension. Be willing to break patterns and routines. Tonight: Follow your heart. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH You might be overwhelmed by all the requests you are receiving. You have a lot to do, and not enough time to do it. You could be jolted by news from someone afar. Don’t sell yourself short. Postpone a conversation until later in the day. Tonight: Catch up with friends. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHHH Your senses of direction and creativity merge once again. You might surprise some friends who seem to have pigeonholed you. If you get a strange reaction here and there, try not to worry. Curb frivolous spending, and you’ll be happy you did. Tonight: Meet up with a friend. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHH You might feel as if you are all over the place because of your latest interactions. Understand that you are likely to hear a lot of conflicting information. The unexpected hits when a loved one or dear friend reacts in a shocking way. Tonight: Add some spice to your life. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Conversations will reveal others’ natural resistance, especially someone in your daily life. Your instincts might not help you at present, because they come from your perspective. Be willing to break patterns, and opt to head down a new path. Tonight: Reach out to a friend. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH You might feel as if you need to have different concerns from those around you. You might want to ask more questions and come to terms with a changeable situation. Use caution with your finances and spending. Tonight: Fun doesn’t need to leave your wallet empty. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHHH Your effectiveness will be challenged by someone you look up to. Know that this person simply wants to present a different perspective. The unexpected continues to run through your personal life. Take a step back, and don’t worry so much. Tonight: Whatever pleases you. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHH Maintain a low-key profile during the day. You have a tendency to do the unexpected and shake up the status quo. You won’t even have to work on it -- it will just happen. A long-distance call will prove to be enlightening. Tonight: Take a power nap, then decide. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
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ORDER OF NOTICE TO: Kelly J. Pitoniak aka Kelly J. Barna-Pitoniak and to all persons entitled to the benefit of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act:, 50 U.S.C. App. §501 et seq.:
Philadelphia Eagles tight end Zach Ertz (86) is tackled by New York Giants middle linebacker Uani' Unga (47) and free safety Landon Collins (21) during the first half of an NFL football game Monday, Oct. 19, 2015, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Murray, Carroll lead Eagles over Giants By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Sam Bradford kept the New York Giants in the game. His defense wouldn’t let Eli Manning do anything. DeMarco Murray ran for 109 yards and a touchdown, Nolan Carroll returned one of Manning’s two interceptions for a score and the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Giants 27-7 Monday night. The Eagles had three takeaways, sacked Manning three times and forced two intentional grounding penalties. “All the credit goes to them,” Bradford said of Philadelphia’s defense. “For us to go where we want to go, I’ve got to play much better.” No kidding. Bradford threw for 280 yards with a 32-yard TD pass to Riley Cooper, but had three interceptions. The Giants got zero points off the turnovers. “We were stagnant,” Giants coach Tom Coughlin said. “They did more with their opportunities than we did.” The Eagles (3-3) have won two straight to move from last place in the NFC East into a tie for first with the Giants (3-3). The teams meet again in Week 17. Neither team looked sharp in front of a prime-time audience. They combined for seven turnovers and 21 penalties. “That’s bad football,” Coughlin said. The Giants gave the Eagles first downs on a roughingthe-passer penalty and a running-into-the-kicker penalty to keep both of their TD drives going. Wearing all-black uniforms for the third time in franchise history, the Eagles got off to another slow start. Manning completed his first 10 passes, including a 13-yard TD pass to Odell
Beckham Jr. for a 7-0 lead. But things went downhill for Manning from there. The Eagles took a 14-7 lead in the second quarter when Carroll jumped in front of a pass intended for Dwayne Harris and ran it back untouched for his first career TD. “Terrible read by me, bad decision to make that throw,” Manning said. “I should have gone to my next guys in my progression.” After Nikita Whitlock ran into punter Donnie Jones to give Philadelphia a first down at its 28, Murray took over. He had two runs of 11 yards each and finished off the drive with a 12-yard TD run to give Philadelphia a 24-7 lead in the third quarter. The Eagles were 1-3 before a 39-17 win over the New Orleans Saints at home last week. They’ll travel to play unbeaten Carolina (5-0) next Sunday night. The Giants had won three in a row. They’ll host Dallas (2-3) next week. Here’s some things we learned from the game: MURRAY’S BACK: Murray had his best game since joining the Eagles after a record-breaking season in Dallas. The All-Pro led the NFL in rushing last year and broke Emmitt Smith’s singleseason club record, but has struggled in Philadelphia. He entered the game with 130 yards this season. He has 192 of his 239 yards in the last two games. “It was good to get him going,” Eagles coach Chip Kelly said. RUNNING UP-TEMPO: The Giants came out playing Kelly’s style of football, running a no-huddle offense. They moved right down the field and Manning connected with Beckham across the middle for a score. But that was it.
THE NFC LEAST: The ugly, sloppy performance by both teams was fitting for a division that doesn’t have a team with a winning record. The Eagles have already lost at home to Dallas and at Washington. “We have to be able to own the NFC East if we want to go into the playoffs,” Eagles safety Walter Thurmond said. MISTAKE-PRONE: Kelly blamed a couple of Bradford’s picks on receivers running the wrong routes. Bradford said the team is “lacking attention to detail.” That’s not a good sign for an offense six weeks into the season. DOMINANT HALF: The Eagles held the Giants to 55 total yards in the second half, including 27 yards passing. “It was tough to find completions out there,” Manning said.
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Indenture Trustee for American Home Mortgage Investment Trust 2007-2, claiming to have an interest in a Mortgage covering real property in Westfield, numbered 117 Yeoman Avenue, given by Kelly J. Pitoniak to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for, American Home Mortgage, its successors and assigns, dated June 23, 2006, and recorded with the Hampden County Registry of Deeds in Book 16011, Page 451, and now held by plaintiff by assignment, has/have filed with this court a complaint for determination of Defendant’s/Defendants’ Servicemembers status. If you now are, or recently have been, in the active military service of the United States of America, then you may be entitled to the benefits of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. If you object to a foreclosure of the above-mentioned property on that basis, then you or your attorney must file a written appearance and answer in this court at Three Pemberton Square, Boston, MA 02108 on or before November 16, 2015 or you will be forever barred from claiming that you are entitled to the benefits of said Act.
OCTOBER 10/20/2015 7p.m. Men’s Soccer vs Rhode Island College 10/21/2015 7p.m. Women’s Soccer at Brandeis University 10/21/2015 7p.m. Women’s Volleyball vs Wesleyan University 10/22/2015 7p.m. Women’s Volleyball vs TBD 10/23/2015 TBD PM Women’s Volleyball vs TBD 10/24/2015 TBD PM Women’s Soccer at Bridgewater State University 10/24/2015 12noon PM Men’s Soccer vs Bridgewater State University 10/24/2015 12noon PM Field Hockey vs Plymouth State 10/24/2015 3:30 p.m. Football at Bridgewater State 10/24/2015 4P.M. Field Hockey at Mount Holyoke College 10/27/2015 7p.m.
By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Raymond J. Brouillette a/k/a Raymond Joseph Brouillette and Elaine M. Brouillette a/k/a Elaine Mary Brouillette a/k/a Elaine Mary Hezik to Household Finance Corporation II, dated November 23, 2004 and recorded with the Hampden County Registry of Deeds at Book 14656, Page 310, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder by assignment from Household Finance Corporation II to U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as Trustee for LSF8 Master Participation Trust dated August 6, 2014 and recorded with said registry on August 21, 2014 at Book 20397 Page 259, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing, the same will be sold at Public Auction at 2:00 p.m. on October 28, 2015, on the mortgaged premises located at 58 Ridgeway Street, Westfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, TO WIT: THE REAL ESTATE LOCATED IN WESTFIELD, HAMPDEN COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS, BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS LOTS NO. 80 (EIGHTY) AND NO. 81 (EIGHTY-ONE) AS SHOWN ON A PLAN OF LOTS RECORDED IN HAMPDEN COUNTY REGISTRY OF DEEDS IN BOOK OF PLANS 'T', PAGE 17, SAID REAL ESTATE BEING MORE PARTICULARLY BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED IN ONE PARCEL AS FOLLOWS: BOUNDED NORTHWESTERLY BY RIDGEWAY STREET, ONE HUND R ED ( 1 0 0 ) F E E T ;
NORTHEASTERLY BY LOT NO. 79 (SEVENTY-NINE) AS SHOWN ON SAID PLAN, ONE HUNDRED TWENTY (120) Witness, JUDITH C. CUTLER Chief Justice of this Court on F E E T ;
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SOUTHEASTERLY BY LOTS NO. 48 (FORTY-EIGHT) AND NO. 49 (FORTY-NINE) AS SHOWN ON SAID PLAN, ONE Deborah J. Patterson HUNDRED (100) FEET; AND
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WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY FALL SPORTS SCHEDULES Men’s Soccer at Western Connecticut State 10/28/2015 TBD PM Women’s Soccer vs Keene State 10/28/2015 7p.m. Women’s Volleyball at Western Connecticut State 10/28/2015 7p.m. Men’s Soccer at Massachusetts Maritime Academy 10/30/2015 7p.m. Field Hockey at Worcester State 10/31/2015 TBD PM Women’s Cross Country at MASCAC Championships 10/31/2015 PM Men’s Cross Country at MASCAC Championship 10/31/2015 PM Women’s Volleyball at Massachusetts Maritime Academy 10/31/2015 12p.m. Football vs Fitchburg State 10/31/2015 1P.M. Women’s Volleyball at Massachusetts Maritime Academy 10/31/2015 2p.m.
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DINING SET OVAL TABLE with two leaves, and six chairs. Chairs and table legs are dark wood, table top is wood-grain "formica" . Only $45 takes it all. 413-454-5660.
PRESSURE TREATED DECK WOOD Used. Boards up to 12' ft length. About 550 sq. feet of boards. All for $20. Call 413-351-6793
Vatican Stamp Album $1,100. 1929-1977 Mint collection. GOT STAMPS? Call Ron 413-896-3324
FIREWOOD AFFORDABLE FIREWOOD Seasoned and green. Cut, split, delivered. Any length. Now ready for immediate delivery. Senior and bulk discount. Call (413)530-4820 or 413-626-3888. 100% HARDWOOD, GREEN 3 year season. 1/2 & 1/4 cords also available. Outdoor furnace wood also available, cheap. CALL FOR DAILY SPECIALS!! Wholesale Wood Products (304)851-7666
1 Bedroom, 1st floor $775 Heat/Hot Water included. 1mile to WSU. Credit, reference and Inc. check $50. Laundry on-site. First/ Last/Security. Victorian home. 1 year lease. 860-836-3976
WESTFIELD: 26 Lynnwood Dr. Sat/Sun, Oct. 17th&18th. 9am-3pm. MULTI-FAMILY
SILO DRIED FIREWOOD. STORAGE (128cu.ft.) guaranteed. For prices call Keith Larson (413)537-4146 or 413-569-4132 GARAGE RENTAL in Westfield. $60/month. 7.5' x 18'. Perfect for winter car storage. Call 413WANTED TO BUY 568-5905
Top Dollar paid for your unwanted cars, trucks, vans. Running or not. We pay and tow away. Sell your car TODAY. 413-534-5400
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WESTFIELD AFFORDABLE FIREWOOD Seasoned and green. Cut, split, 4 ROOM APARTMENT delivered. Any length. Now 2nd floor, newly renovated. ready for immediate delivery. PAYING CASH FOR COINS, Senior and bulk discount. Call stamps, medals, tokens, paper Carpeting & ceramic tile floors in (413)530-4820 or 413-626-3888 money, diamonds and jewelry, large kitchen. Large 12' x 12' deck. $800 p/month. gold and silver scrap. Broadway Coin & Stamp, 144 Broadway, Call 736-2120 Chicopee Falls, MA. (413)5949550.
CHIMNEY SWEEPS A STEP ABOVE THE REST! JMF CHIMNEY SERVICE Repair your chimney before winter wreaks havoc. We do brick repair, crown seals and repairs. We also do stainless steel liner installs, as well as stainless rain caps. We sweep all flues. Free estimates provided. Call: 413-330-2186 HENTNICK CHIMNEY SWEEPS. Chimney repairs and rebuilds. Stainless steel caps and liner systems. Inspections, masonry work and gutter cleaning. Free estimates. Insured. Quality work from a business you can trust. (413)848-0100, (800)793-3706.
DRYWALL T-BEST DRYWALL. Complete professional drywall at amateur prices. Our ceilings are tops! Call Mike 413-821-8971. Free estimates.
POEHLMAN ELECTRIC All types of wiring. Free estimates, insured. SPECIALIZING IN PORTABLE AND WHOLE HOUSE KOHLER GENERATORS, SERVICE UPGRADES, SMALL JOBS, POOLS. Gutter de-icing cables installed. All calls answered! Best prices, prompt service. Lic. #A-16886. (413)562-5816.
TURCOTTE ELECTRIC 30+ years experience. Electrical installations, emergency service work. Generac portable or whole house generator installations. HVAC controls. Knob and tube wiring removal for insurance company requirements. Fully insured. All calls answered. Master's Lic #A-18022 (413)214-4149
MASTER ELECTRICIAN 40 years experience. Insured. Reasonable prices. No job too small. Call Tom Daly, (413)5433100. Lic# A7625. FIREWOOD AFFORDABLE FIREWOOD Seasoned and green. Cut, split, delivered. Any length. Now ready for immediate delivery. Senior and bulk discount. Call (413)530-4820 or 413-626-3888.
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HOME MAINTENANCE RAIN GUTTERS CLEANED & REPAIRED Antennas removed, chimneys repaired and chimney caps installed. Roof leaks repaired, vent areas sealed. Senior citizen discount. Insured. Free estimates. H.I. Johnson Services (413)596-8859 (before 9pm)
#1 PHIL'S DUMP RUNS/ DEMOLITION Removal of any items in cellars, attics, etc... Also brush removal and small demolition (sheds, decks, fences, one car garages). Fully insured. Free estimate Phil (413)525-2892 or (413)265-6380
A.R.A. Junk, Furniture & Appliance Removal Full house clean-outs. Basements, attics & garages. Demolition: Patios, sheds and swing-sets. You name it...we take it! Senior discounts. Free estimates on phone. 7 days a week. Emergency, same day service. Call Pete 413-433-0356
HOME IMPROVEMENT DAVE DAVIDSON: Bathroom & Kitchen Remodeling "GET IT RIGHT THIS TIME" Complete Bath Renovations. Now serving CT. Insured. Quality Work on Time on Budget Since 1984. MA. License #072233, MA.Registration #144831. CT. HIC. #0609568 569-9973. www.davedavidsonremodeling. com DELREO HOME IMPROVEMENT All your exterior home improvement needs. Roofing, siding, windows, decks and gutters. Free quotes. Extensive references, fully licensed & insured in MA/CT. www.delreohomeimprovement.com
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LANDSCAPING & LAWN CARE Plumley Landscape Inc. Call us today for all your landscape needs. Landscape design and planting, irrigation installation and repair, and complete yard renovations. Drainage problems, stump grinding, chipper service, bobcat service, gravel driveways, excavation and demolition, including getting rid of that unwanted pool. 413-862-4749 LAWN MOWING, Spring/Fall Cleanups, Hedge Trimming, Thatching, Aeration, Mulching Mulch & Topsoil Deliveries Koi Ponds All Your Landscaping Needs Residential & Commercial
ELECTRICIAN JIM FERRIS ELECTRIC Senior discount. No job too small! Insured, free estimates. 40 years experience. Lic. #16303. Call (413)330-3682.
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HOUSE PAINTING ALWAYS CALL FIRST!!! M&M SERVICES 20 Years serving the Westfield area. Painting, staining, house washing, interior/exterior. Wall coverings. Commercial/residential. Free estimates. Insured. References. Mass Reg. #121723. Call (413)568-9731. No job too small !!
MASONRY ABC MASONRY & BASEMENT WATERPROOFING. All brick, block, concrete. Chimneys, foundations, hatchways, new basement windows installed and repaired. Sump pumps and french drain systems installed. Foundations pointed and stuccoed. Free estimates. (413)569-1611. (413)374-5377.
LANDSCAPING & LAWN CARE ACCURATE LAWNCARE Cleanups, leaf/brush removal, trimming, mulch, gutter cleaning. Call (413)579-1639.
A NEW LOOK FOR 2015! 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.
PLOWING A-1 SNOWPLOWING by Affordable Building Contractor Residential & light commercial. Westfield only. 20 years experience. Call Dave 413-568-6440.
PLUMBING & HEATING NICK GARDNER PLUMBING, WELDING & MECHANICAL SERVICES. Reliable service, Professional. Certified Welding. Insured. MA Lic. #PL31893-J. Call (413)531-2768 Nick7419@comcast.net
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Exceptional 2 bedroom, 1 bath Westfield apartment in large house: quiet street very close to new bike/walking trail. Off street parking. All appliances including dishwasher and own laundry. Private patio, yard and porch. $925. Available now. Nanawestbrook@gmail.com or 413-568-6050
FREE 1 month, limited offer WESTFIELD: Beautiful, 2 bedroom townhouse. Clean, quiet, 1-1/2 baths, carpeting, appliances, hot water included. Sorry no pets. From $850. (860)485-1216. Equal Housing Opportunity
WESTFIELD 1&2 bedroom apartments, rent includes heat and hot water. Excellent size and location. No dogs. Call weekdays (413)786-9884.
WESTFIELD- 1 BEDROOM, kitchen and bath. All utilities included. No Pets. First, last and security. 413-250-4811.
WESTFIELD- Large first floor, 2bedroom with kitchen, dining room, living room, large pantry with washer & dryer, front porch, gas-heat. Near bike trail. $900/month plus utilities. First, last, security. One year lease preferred. (413)244-6500.
WESTFIELD: Jefferson St. 1st floor, 2 rooms. All utilities included. Stove/Refrigerator. Parking on premises. No smoking/no pets. Available Nov. 1st. $650 p/month. 568-5905
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Backhoe for small areas. Dump truck deliveries for compost, mulch, fill, stone. Grading & leveling for driveways, yards, pools. Store pick-ups. Boulders& rocks available. Fully Insured Call Paul at: 413-427-9213
TREE SERVICE A BETTER OPTION GRANFIELD TREE SERVICE Tree Removal, Land Clearing, Excavating. (413)569-6104 American Tree & Shrub: Removal, pruning, bucket/crane work. Stump grinding, light excavation and tree planting. Firewood 40 yrs. experience. Fully insured, free estimates. 24-hour emergency services. 413-569-0469
LARGE FURNISHED ROOM Parking, bus route, walking distance to all amenities. $120/weekly. Responsible mature male preferred. Non-smoker. (413)348-5070.
APARTMENT & HOUSE SHARING ROOM TO RENT: Accepting applications. Owner occupied for single occupancy. Country setting with woods & hiking trails in back yard. Southampton/Westfield line. NOT on bus line. 2nd floor. Includes kitchen and living room privileges. $400 per month. Matt: 562-9245. Leave message.
BUSINESS PROPERTY WESTFIELD: Commercial space available in down-town area. Perfect for office, hair salon and massage therapy. 600+ sq. ft. Call 4513-519-7257 to set up a viewing.
UPHOLSTERY KEITH'S UPHOLSTERY & REPAIRS 30+ years experience for home or business. Discount off all fabrics. Get quality workmanship at a great price. Free pickup and delivery. Call (413)562-6639.
WELDING WOLFE'S WELDING 24-hour Snow-Plow Repair On-site welding repairs Shop fabrication, weld services DENNIS WOLFE (413)888-0083
WINDOW CLEANING CRYSTAL CLEAR WINDOWS Cleaned inside and out. Including storms and screens. Fully insured. Free estimates. Call Paul: 413-237-2053
JIM'S TRACTOR SERVICES Grading & leveling of dirt driveways & short roads. Loam RESIDENTIAL spread, loader work, post hole WINDOW CLEANING digging. Mowing of fields and lots with large rotary mower. In business locally for 25 years. Dump truck delivery available. Please call early for scheduling. Our calendar books up quickly! Equipment transportation. 413-568-2566 Licensed & Insured (413)530-5430
LAND MONTGOMERY, MA Beautiful Mountain-top lot. Panoramic views. Fully cleared, de-stumped and graded. Ready to build. Minutes to Westfield. 5.69 acres. Asking $140,000. Call (413)562-5736.
MOBILE HOMES Chicopee: Granby Rd 2 bedrooms 12'X60' plus 6'X24' Handicap ramp Appliances Aluminum roof $32,500 593-9961 DASAP.MHVILLAGE.COM
SERVICES A1 ODD JOBS/HANDYMAN Debris removal, landscaping, spring yard cleanup, interior and exterior painting, power washing, basic carpentry and plumbing. All types of repair work and more. (413)562-7462