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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

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Beloved chaplain leaves lasting legacy

By Peter Francis Staff Writer WESTFIELD – Most people start to slow down and lose steam a little after they turn 80.

Rev. John T. Dean, the dynamic former Roman Catholic Chaplain of Westfield State University, isn’t most people.

For more than three decades, ‘Father Dean’, who celebrated the big 8-0 earlier this month, Rev. John commuted from his hometown of Holyoke T. Dean to celebrate Mass on Sundays and holy days and provide spiritual guidance for students, who he says were the best part of his time as chaplain.

“It’s the students. I loved visiting them, helping any way I could. It was real rewarding,” he said. “Over the years I’ve done so many weddings (of former students). I’ve kept a list – it’s like five or six See Chaplain, Page 8

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Juniper ad-hoc committee established

By Peter Francis Staff Writer WESTFIELD – At a special meeting of the Westfield School Committee last night, a special ad-hoc committee was created to vet the options for finding a site for the students of Juniper Park Elementary School when the city vacates the property in 2015.

The committee will be chaired by Ray Diaz and will also include School Committee Vice Chair Cindy Sullivan and Finance Chair Kevin Sullivan. They will meet next Monday at City Hall at 6:45 p.m.

“We hope to roll out the options and begin exploring them as a committee,” said Westfield Superintendent Dr. Suzanne Scallion, who added that there were several parents in attendance last night.

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Southwick Selectmen Russell Fox and Joseph Deedy, left, and Chief Administrative Officer Karl Stinehart, background, read a set of documents pertaining to a possible mutual-aid agreement with Granville for animal control services with Southwick Animal Control Officer Tracy Root, right, during last night’s Southwick Selectmen meeting. (Photo by Frederick Gore)

Mutual aid ACO agreement tabled

By Hope E. Tremblay Staff Writer SOUTHWICK – The Board of Selectmen tabled a mutual aid animal control agreement with the town of Granville last night after Animal Control Officer Tracy Root said she had no knowledge of it.

Root said Police Chief David Ricardi told her he was discussing a possible agreement and asked her what Southwick charges for daily boarding and picking up animals, but she did not know what the agreement entailed.

Chief Administrative Officer Karl Stinehart said Ricardi submitted a one-year agreement for animal control services as needed for Granville.

“This is just to have a mechanism in place should you go up there,” Stinehart said. “My understanding is we’re talking about several calls a year.”

Root said she received about a dozen calls from Granville for animal control assistance last year but she directed them to Westfield.

Now, Westfield is no longer responding to Granville and the town is seeking Southwick’s help.

According to the Westfield Police, the city

has not responded to Granville for some time and never had a contract with the town, it just helped out when an animal control officer was available.

Selectman Joseph Deedy was hesitant to sign-off on the agreement until he and Root reviewed it.

“The last thing I need to do is over burden them with things that aren’t from Southwick,” Deedy said of the animal control division. He also noted that just a few months ago Root came to the board to discuss being shortstaffed.

Stinehart stressed that it would be “an occasional thing” and would not likely interfere with the needs of Southwick.

Root was also concerned that the agreement included inspection of farm animals. Stinehart said it was only for picking up and boarding animals if necessary.

“Why don’t you review this with the chief,” suggested Chairman Russell Fox. “We can table it until the next meeting.”

Deedy and Fox agreed to table the matter.

Selectwoman Tracy Cesan was absent last night.

Mayor’s Big E event trimmed

By Dan Moriarty Staff Writer WESTFIELD – The Mayor’s Reception at the Big E following the Westfield Day Parade Thursday will be a much more subdued event because of an on-going investigation launched last April by the state Ethics Commission.

Mayor Daniel M. Knapik said this morning that it is “inappropriate to place any elected or city officials into the position where they may potentially be in violation of the ethics standards for a public employee.”

Knapik said he is treating the situation as an ongoing investigation of an ethics complaint filed last spring on the grounds that the value of food and beverages, including alcoholic beverages served by the Big E at the community receptions, may exceed $50, a figure that triggers an ethical conflict.

“I still have not heard from the (state Ethics) Commission,” Knapik said. “so I’m inviting only those people required by the Big E, Big E Trustees, past and present Grand Marshals and their fami-

lies.”

Knapik said that he will be present to greet people attending the reception and then leave.

Last April, a state Ethics Commission investigator requested Mayor Daniel M. Knapik to provide information pertaining to a social reception hosted by the mayor during the Big E’s Westfield Day event held in September of 2013.

“I spoke with the ethics investigation for about a half hour, who was investigating an anonymous complaint,” Knapik said for the April 16 article published in the Westfield News.

“I answered all of her questions to the best of my ability. In theory, any elected officials or public employee could be in violation for accepting the food and beverages at that party if they have a value of more than $50,” Knapik said. “The violation is for accepting something valued at $50 or more that they received only because of their status as a public official.”

“I take it very seriously, not just for Westfield, See Big E, Page 8

WESTFIELD – Increased military aircraft activity is scheduled over the city of Westfield through Thursday.

Due to operational requirements, the 104th Fighter Wing will increase its flight operations beginning today through Thursday. The increase in flight operations may be noticeable to the surrounding communities.

The Wing does not want to alarm the residents around the local area who may be startled by events that are in addition to our normal flying activities, and every effort See 104th Fighter Wing, Page 8

Indecent A&B case reveals arsenal

By Carl E. Hartdegen Staff Writer WESTFIELD – An investigation into alleged incidents of indecent assault and battery led police to the discovery of an unlicensed arsenal of firearms kept unsecured in a Southampton Road apartment which also houses teenaged children.

Det. Anthony Tsatsos reports that detectives went to interview Donald Stenico, 54, at his apartment at Evergreen Manor at 919 Southampton Road after he declined to come to the station for an interview.

He reports that he had learned earlier in his investigation that the man reportedly keeps firearms in the apartment, although a records check revealed that he has neither a current Firearms Identification Card nor a License to See Arsenal, Page 8

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88 percent pass MCAS, but achievement gaps remain statewide WESTFIELD — Nearly nine in 10 high school sophomores passed the standardized Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) exam on their first try this year, said state education officials Friday, though achievement gaps persisted and several schools in the state’s largest cities were in danger of failing.

Passing the 10th-grade MCAS has been a graduation requirement for high school students for the past 11 years.

According to statewide scores released by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), 88 percent of students in the class of 2016 met minimum testing requirements in English, mathematics and science.

The percentage was unchanged from a year ago, but up from 86 percent in 2012 and from

68 percent in 2003, the first year of the test.

The state also announced that six schools — three in Springfield, two in Boston and one in Worcester — had been added to the list of Level 4 “under performing” schools. Those schools must now develop turnaround plans and could be subject to a state takeover if they don’t demonstrate improvement.

Four schools that had previously been Level 4 were taken off the list after showing progress, including Boston’s Jeremiah Burke High School, two Springfield elementary schools and one Worcester elementary school.

Officials also said that the test scores show a narrowing of the achievement gap between white and minority students over the past seven years.

In 2007, 47 percent of black students, 43 percent of Latino students and 77 percent of

white students scored proficient or higher in English. On the most recent tests, 79 percent of blacks, 76 percent of Latinos and 94 percent of whites were proficient or higher.

In math, however, the differences remained more pronounced.

Gov. Deval Patrick, in a statement, credited the overall improvement on collaborative efforts between schools and students, but said that “as achievement gaps still persist, we must continue to invest in education so that each student has the chance to succeed.”

Officials expressed renewed concern about the glaring lack of improvement in reading scores on MCAS exams taken by younger students. The percentages of third- and fourthgraders scoring proficient or higher on the test had actually dropped slightly from 2007.

“This is an area we are very much focused

on,” said Mitchell Chester, the state’s education commissioner.

Chester also noted that four middle schools currently designated as Level 4 — one in Boston and three others in Springfield — had not shown an “improvement trajectory” and were in imminent danger of sinking from Level 4 to Level 5 and into possible receivership.

Lawrence is the state’s only school district currently in receivership, though Chester said test scores pointed to improvement in that city.

About 80,000 students in Massachusetts participated in a tryout of the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) test this year, Mitchell said, See MCAS, Page 3

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Westfield Police Officer Jerome Pitoniak and Westfield Fire Department Deputy Chief Andy Hart, recap the rules and regulations of Monday’s Westfield Public Safety Golf Tournament between the Westfield Police Department and the Westfield Fire Department where 60 golfers took to the Tekoa Country Club fairways. Monday’s match was won by the Westfield Fire Department. (Photo by Frederick Gore)

Odds & Ends Greece: Homeless used in VIP taxi scam ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Police have busted a phony VIP taxi service in Greece that was using the bank accounts of homeless people to collect deposits from cab drivers.

Police spokesman Christos Parthenis said Monday that seven people have been arrested.

They are accused of taking more than 110,000 euros ($141,300) in deposits from drivers who were promised a customer list that would include officials from the European Commission and the World Health Organization.

Parthenis said a 66-year-old man and 39-year-old woman, both Greek, were accused of paying panhandlers and homeless people in Athens to use their bank accounts to collect the deposits.

Taxi drivers, approached around the country, typically paid a 1,500 euro ($1,925) deposit to join the service, which promised to pay them 300 ($385) a day for at least a month.

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TODAY IN HISTORY

Today is Tuesday, Sept. 23, the 266th day of 2014. There are 99 days left in the year.

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n Sept. 23, 1779, during the Revolutionary War, the American warship Bon Homme Richard, commanded by John Paul Jones, defeated the HMS Serapis in battle off Yorkshire, England; however, the seriously damaged Bon Homme Richard sank two days later.

In 1908, an apparent baserunning error by Fred Merkle of the New York Giants cost his team a victory against the Chicago Cubs and left the game tied 1-1. The Cubs won a rematch and with it, the National League pennant.

In 1939, Sigmund Freud (froyd), the founder of psychoanalysis, died in London at age 83.

In 1952, in what became known as the “Checkers” speech, Sen. Richard M. Nixon, R-Calif., salvaged his vice-presidential nomination by appearing live on television to refute allegations of improper campaign fundraising.

In 1957, nine black students who’d entered Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas were forced to withdraw because of a white mob outside.

Bonne Homme Richard vs. Serapis September 23, 1779. (http://www.historycentral.com)

On this date:

In 1962, New York’s Philharmonic Hall (later renamed Avery Fisher Hall) formally opened as the first unit of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. “The Jetsons,” an animated cartoon series about a Space Age family, premiered as the ABC television network’s first program in color.

In 1780, British spy John Andre was captured along with papers revealing Benedict Arnold’s plot to surrender West Point to the British.

In 1973, former Argentine president Juan Peron won a landslide election victory that returned him to power; his wife, Isabel, was elected vice president.

In 1806, the Lewis and Clark expedition returned to St. Louis more than two years after setting out for the Pacific Northwest.

In 1981, the Reagan administration announced plans for what became known as Radio Marti.

In 1846, Neptune was identified as a planet by German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle.

In 1999, the Mars Climate Orbiter apparently burned up as it attempted to go into orbit around the Red Planet.

In 1889, American newspaperman and columnist Walter Lippmann was born in New York City. Nintendo was founded in Kyoto, Japan, as a playing card company.

President George W. Bush denied painting too rosy a picture about Iraq, and said he would consider sending more troops

Ten years ago:

if asked; Iraq’s interim leader, Ayad Allawi, standing with Bush in the White House Rose Garden, said additional troops weren’t needed.

Five years ago: President Barack Obama addressed the U.N. General Assembly, where he challenged world leaders to shoulder more of the globe’s critical burdens, warning they could no longer castigate the U.S. as a go-it-alone bully while still demanding it cure all ills.

One year ago: Facing possible firing, Lois Lerner, the Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the agency’s tea party scandal, retired. An Egyptian court ordered the banning of the Muslim Brotherhood and the confiscation of its assets. After 20 consecutive years of losing, the Pittsburgh Pirates clinched at least a National League wild card when they beat the Chicago Cubs 2-1 and Washington lost to St. Louis 4-3. (The Pirates’ year came to an end as they lost to the St. Louis Cardinals in a division series that went the full five games.)

Today’s Birthdays: Singer Julio Iglesias is 71. Actor Paul Petersen (TV: “The Donna Reed Show”) is 69. Actress-singer Mary Kay Place is 67. Rock star Bruce Springsteen is 65. Rock musician Leon Taylor (The Ventures) is 59. Actress Rosalind Chao is 57.

Golfer Larry Mize is 56. Actor Jason Alexander is 55. Actress Elizabeth Pena is 55. Actor Chi McBride is 53. Country musician Don Herron (BR549) is 52. Actor Erik Todd Dellums is 50. Actress LisaRaye is 48. Singer Ani DiFranco is 44. Rock singer Sarah Bettens (K’s Choice) is 42. Recording executive Jermaine Dupri is 42. Actor Kip Pardue is 38. Actor Anthony Mackie is 36. Pop singer Erik-Michael Estrada (TV: “Making the Band”) is 35. Actress Aubrey Dollar is 34. Tennis player Melanie Oudin is 23.

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Gateway Superintendent’s Corner The school committee will consider the approval of field trips requiring out-of-state travel this month (field trips within the state, unless they involve overnight stays, do not require school committee approval). These initial requests are primarily from the music department of the high school, but over time we’ve seen various requests and, just last year, the school committee approved a joint foreign language and science field trip request for high school students to travel to Costa Rica. As we progress through this year, I anticipate that we’ll see some additional requests for out-of-state student travel.

In some school districts around the country, student field trips have been severely curtailed, or even eliminated (with the exception of ‘virtual’ field trips where students electronically travel without ever leaving their school buildings). The reasoning behind this change varies but often revolves around time on learning (i.e., if you’re not in school you can’t be learning the essential units of curriculum), the legalities of travel with minors for whom the

Dr. David Hopson school district becomes responsible, the difficulty of traveling with students with any kind of challenge (physical, social, emotional, etc.), the ever-increasing cost of travel (and the challenge of making that travel equitable for all students), and even the difficulty of finding staff volunteers to arrange and chaperone the trips. I cannot discount any of these, or the myriad other reasons, schools have for curtailing field trips as they are certainly concerns that Gateway faces when considering and approving field trips.

I believe that field trip benefits far outweigh the costs (including financial, time in school, staff challenges, and ensuring that all of the various and sundry details are

accounted for in the planning for any specific field trip).

These benefits are plentiful yet hard to quantify which may, under the auspices of accountability by testing, be yet another reason some schools have cut back on trips. After all, it appears that in today’s educational environment, if learning cannot be measured by some sort of statistical, easily defined assessment such as MCAS, then it can’t be that important or significant. Thus, important measures of student growth and success related to being successful in life—such as independence, problem solving, communication, determination, and cultural proficiency—along with school subjects such as art, music, physical education, foreign language, and even history, are all relegated to second class citizenship due to not having a simple means to test any growth in student proficiency. Yet these 21st Century skills, and the breadth of ‘living’ skills in those untested subject areas, are what make people effective at living, working, and participating in a democratic society.

The inability to easily measure student growth in the many aspects that make up the

Government Meetings ‘whole’ child shouldn’t stop us from providing those opportunities to our students.

We’ve all heard, and most likely experienced, the reality that we learn best by doing, and learn more from failures and mistakes than from easy successes, and that we learn more when we’re reaching beyond our comfort level, all of which are often incorporated into the learning that occurs during field trips. The reality is that no virtual field trip can replicate the experiences of actual travel – of experiencing first-hand turtles nesting in Costa Rica, of having to determine the best way to move around Disney World, of determining how to split up the cost of a shared dinner (not to mention the gratuity), of meeting people from other cultures who speak a native language other than English, and of learning to be comfortable living with someone other than your family, even if only for a few days.

For those going onto college, into the military, or even just moving out on their own, these experiences are of incalculable worth despite never being tested on a multiple choice or short answer test.

Patrick: I lost confidence in sex offender board BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Deval Patrick said yesterday that a number of factors, including the handling of a case involving his own brother-in-law, led to the decision to dismiss two top officials at the state’s sex offender registry board.

The governor, in his first comments since returning from an overseas trade mission, cited a “cumulative loss of confidence” in the board, which tracks and classifies sex offenders.

That loss of confidence resulted in the dismissal of board chairman Saundra Edwards, who was relieved of duty last week. Executive Director Jeanne Holmes was placed on leave.

Patrick pointed to what he called a failure to update regulations and cited cases where the board’s decisions were reversed by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.

“The final straw was a settlement of a lawsuit which happened not quite a year ago now that involves some, inappropriate at least maybe unlawful, pressuring by the chair and the executive director of a hearing officer to change the outcome of a case,” Patrick told reporters yesterday.

That case involved his brother-in-law, Bernard Sigh, who was convicted of raping Patrick’s sister Rhonda Sigh in California in 1993. The issued surfaced during Patrick’s first run for governor in 2006.

The hearing officer filed a lawsuit in 2008 alleging that he was demoted after he raised concerns that Edward, Holmes and others were trying to influence his decision that Sigh not have to register as a sex offender. He also said Edwards and Holmes prevented him from releasing his decision and attempted to rewrite it. After he released his decision, the officer said his

MCAS as the state continued its implementation of Common Core academic standards.

In 2015, school districts will have the option of administering PARCC or MCAS for students in Grades 3-9 and Grade 11, but all 10th graders will still be required to take MCAS. In Westfield, MCAS scores ran the full spectrum in English/language arts, math and science.

Abner Gibbs Elementary saw improvements in three of the four testing areas, with Franklin Avenue Elementary improving in four of four and Highland Elementary improving in two of four.

Juniper Park improved in one of two testing areas, while Munger Hill Elementary improved in one of three.

Paper Mill and Southampton Road Elementary Schools saw improvements in three categories, while North and South Middle Schools saw either small improvements or no change in their testing.

Both city high schools, Westfield Vocational-Technical High School and Westfield High, each either improved or stayed at their 2013 levels for both of their testing categories.

On the science portion of the test, seven of the district’s 11 schools saw improvements on the test, with one school remaining at the same level as last year and two declining in performance.

Math scores in the city saw large declines throughout the city’s schools, but remained stagnant at the secondary school level, with Westfield High School and Westfield Voc-Tech seeing no change in performance.

“We’re making progress. We’re definitely moving in the right direction,” said Westfield Superintendent of Schools Dr. Suzanne Scallion, who added she was very pleased by the city’s cohort growth, which measures the test scores of the same students year over year and stated that there are certain factors that adversely impacted the district’s lowest performing schools.

“We have grown the number of special education programs district-wide, but at Munger Hill, we now have five different classes there of students with disabilities,” she said before referencing Munger Hill’s math cohort over the past three year years.

“As third graders, they were 28 per-

duties were diminished and he resigned in 2008.

The case was scheduled for trial in May, but the sex offender board agreed to settle before the trial with a $60,000 payment to the hearing officer. That settlement was finalized in April.

Patrick said the administration undertook a “months-long process of reviewing candidates” before announcing the decision to replace Edwards with Anne Conners, an investigator for the state Department of Early Education and Care.

A message left for Edwards was not immediately returned yesterday.

In an unrelated case, the Supreme Judicial Court last year overturned the classification of a former escort service manager as a low-level sex offender by the board, saying it was “arbitrary and capricious” for the board not to consider “the substantial evidence presented at the hearing concerning the effect of gender on recidivism.”

During the 2006 race, Patrick said Sigh pleaded guilty to the crime and served a short prison sentence in California.

In 1995, a year after his sister moved to Milton, she reconciled with Sigh and the couple has raised their two children, according to Patrick.

The public revelation of the 1993 incident struck a personal chord for Patrick. In 2006, the then-candidate said the couple’s children were unaware of the incident until the stories were printed.

On yesterday, he said the revelations, “nearly destroyed their lives.”

Continued from Page 1 cent advanced. Last year, they were 45 percent advanced and this year, they were 55 percent advanced,” Scallion said. “You’re happy with a three percent gain, but to see a 27 percent gain over two years is just outstanding.”

Scallion said the district needs to continue putting great effort into improving the programs for its students with disabilities.

“We’re not seeing the progress that we need to see in special education, but we’re also keeping more of our kids with extensive needs in the district,” she said, adding that this year’s data is based on performances on last year’s test.

She added that Munger Hill Elementary had the highest scores in the district for a while, but schools that were struggling during that same time frame such as Franklin Avenue are “on a tear” with its MCAS testing.

“Some of the CPI (composite performance index) scores, Voke leads the way and Franklin is second, but that is about their performance compared to the prior year,” Scallion said. “That (growth) is exactly what we want to see in our schools that have been characterized by low scores – that iswhere we want to see a breakthrough.”

The district efforts to finally align itself to the 2011 state standards has also had a negative effect on this year’s data for fourth- and fifth-graders, according to Scallion.

“This is the first year that those kids will be learning with aligned curriculum materials,” she said, adding that realigning the entire district to state standards in 2011 would have most likely required a special bond to pay for it. “I knew we weren’t going to have pretty scores in fourth and fifth grade but we started it in kindergarten, and those kids are now second graders, but they don’t take MCAS.” “In the fall of ’16, we will have our first set of MCAS on kids who started on the current state standards,” she said.

Scallion said that only two students failed the test at the high school and the presence of such a low number proves the district is on the right track and focused on the “end product.”

“The year-to-year data is important because it tells about our programs. We want to be sure that our kids can pass the MCAS when they get to the high school,”

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she said.

Scallion listed Westfield Voc-Tech as the district’s CPI leader, charting at an 89, with Westfield High School coming in second, and Franklin Avenue Elementary and Southampton Road Elementary rounding out the top four.

“You want to see a 40 or better,” said Scallion. “But at some point we’re going to max out some of our schools, when we have 90 percent of our schools scoring ‘advanced.’”

Scallion gave Paper Mill Elementary high marks as well, but expressed concern over the city’s middle schools.

“When our students hit sixth grade and were coming out of different programs in the city’s elementary schools, the sixth grade teachers had to manage a wide range of skills and needs,” she said. “I think you’ll see nothing but improvement from the middle schools. Rome wasn’t built in a day.”

Scallion said she saw a direct correlation between the city’s scores and its investments.

“Where we have in fact put resources in place, we’re seeing great results,” she said.

Regarding any changes in the academic status of the district’s schools, Scallion stated that she didn’t think there had been any movement.

“I don’t think we had any changes in the levels this year,” she said. “We were really hoping that Voke would’ve popped up a level, but we may have had some erroneous data in our dropout rate.”

Scallion explained that the school’s dropout rate was extracted from a district data poll that was done last October.

“Other than that, we met every target for Voke to go to level two. They’re on fire and we’re very excited. The high school is on the fly, too,” she said. “I expect an enormous jump at the high school in the years to come because of our partnership with MMSI (Massachusetts Math and Science Initiative).”

“Exciting things are happening all over,” Scallion concluded. “If you look at a patient recovering from strep throat, you’re going to still expect to see the throat red with a fever. We’re making progress and definitely moving in the right direction.

It’s been a lot of hard work and investment by the city.”

Tuesday, September 23 WESTFIELD Conservation Commission at 6:30 pm

HUNTINGTON Selectboard at 5:30 pm

BLANDFORD Assessor’s Meeting at 5:30 pm Fire Department Meeting at 6:30 pm Selectmen’s Meeting at 7 pm

WEDNESDAY, September 24 WESTFIELD

Traffic Commission at 6 pm ZBA at 7 pm

BLANDFORD: Finance Committee at 7 pm

SPRINGFIELD PVTA Paratransit Committee at 11 am PVTA Finance and Audit Committee at 11:30 am PVTA Advisory Board at 12 pm

THURSDAY, September 25 Tolland Conservation Comm Hearings-IF NEEDED

SOUTHWICK Local Emergency Planning Committee at 9:30 am

FRIDAY, September 26 Tolland Feisty Feast COA at 6 pm

LOST AND FOUND LOST CAT - Tall Orange Cat - “Chip”. Missing a piece of his ear. East Mountain Rd/Holyoke Rd area.

Please call 572-2750. (9-23) Found: Young red and white Springer Spaniel, red collar with blue tag. It has been running around the Washington St/King St area for two weeks or more.

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Springfield woman awarded $1.3M for death of son SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A federal jury has awarded $1.3 million to the mother of a Springfield teenager who was struck and killed by a passing car during a confrontation with a police officer.

The award came after the jury found Monday that Officer Sean Sullivan had violated the civil rights of 15-year-old Delano Walker during the confrontation in July 2009.

Witnesses say Walker backed into traffic as Sullivan grabbed at his neck because the teen would not hang up his cellphone.

Sullivan said he thought the teen was reaching for something in his pocket, The officer was cleared of misconduct charges.

A lawyer for Walker’s mother says he hopes the verdict leads to a halt of the Springfield police stop and frisk procedures.

Mayor Dominic Sarno says the city will likely appeal.

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Biden: GOP to see ‘Lord’ or lightning

By Kendall Breitman Politico.com Vice President Joe Biden challenged Republicans to “see the Lord” or the “lightning” in regards to immigration reform during a speech he made at a reception for Hispanic Heritage month.

“I’m not offering any false hope about what they’ll do between now and the election, but…I can tell you, when this election [is] over in the lame duck session, they may see the Lord. It is possible. But if they don’t they will see some lightning,” Biden said on Monday at the fifth Hispanic Heritage month reception, according to White House press pool reports.

Biden spoke to a crowd of “leading members, advocates, and educators from the Hispanic American community” focused on education within Hispanic communities, according to the pool report. The event was hosted at the Bidens’ Naval Observatory residence in Washington.

Biden promised the audience that if Congress does not act on passing immigration reform, President Barack Obama would take “an awful lot” of actions to address the situation. In doing so, he warned Republicans that if the party could not act on immigration reform, it would face extinction.

“I know you’re all waiting and you’re frustrated,” Biden said. “Watch when this election is over, watch what happens when all of a sudden our friends in the other team realize their prospects for future electoral success hing upon acting rationally.”

He continued, “They will either act rationally, or we will act for them, and if we have to act for them, they will not be around a whole long longer to act in large numbers.”

Tech’s surveillance hopes stopped in their tracks

By Tony Romm Politico.com Silicon Valley had high hopes for surveillance reform this year — but that was before Congress headed for the midterm exits amid talk of increased global terrorist threats.

The Senate fled Washington last week without taking action on a bill to rein in the National Security Agency’s bulk data collection, a measure that topped the industry’s agenda after Edward Snowden’s leaks about the NSA’s expansive snooping programs. Tech giants like Google, Yahoo and Microsoft have pushed the Senate to act on the legislation, which they regard as far tougher on the spy agency than what previously passed the House.

The developments mark another setback for the tech industry, which went into 2014 aiming for surveillance reform and other priorities, like an immigration overhaul — and is now barreling toward a total political shutout in the lame-duck session.

Congress will have just a narrow window to tackle NSA reform when it returns after the midterm elections, and lawmakers like Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) have suggested hitting the brakes given new threats from the terrorist group the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.

And with immigration reform dead in Congress, tech has been pushing President Barack Obama to boost high-skilled labor programs through a series of promised executive orders, but it’s unclear what the White House can — or will — do on that front.

Some industry players remain hopeful, but the bruised, battle-weary tech sector easily could end up 0-for-2.

“I think it was a frustrating year for us, the lack of action on our issues — but it was frustrating for everyone for the lack of action on any issues,” said Linda Moore, the leader of TechNet, a trade group representing companies like Cisco and Microsoft.

“But I do believe we made progress on our issues; there was a lot of discussion. Educating members [could] bear fruit next year.”

Tech companies may achieve a handful of predictable victories as the year draws to a close. The industry, long united behind a federal tax credit for research and development, expects it will win another reauthorization of that program once lawmakers return from their break.

But for all their lobbying, the bill to restrict the NSA’s authorities, the USA Freedom Act, remains at an impasse in the Senate despite last-minute support from James Clapper, the country’s national intelligence director, and other top White House officials. The delays drew a sharp statement last week from Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), a chief sponsor of a reworked See Surveillance, Page 8

Norton: Don’t close the White House area

By Jonathan Topaz Politico.com Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton is calling for the Secret Service not to close off the streets surrounding the White House and for the agency to make reforms in the “least restrictive” way possible.

The Washington, D.C. delegate, in a Monday letter to Secret Service Director Julia Pierson, said she agreed with Homeland Security Secretary that the agency should not “rush to judgment” following a security breach at the White House last Friday. She also requested a meeting with Pierson.

Officials say that Omar Gonzalez, a 42-year-old Iraq War veteran, climbed over the fence and made it through the front door of the presidential residence on Friday, not long after President Barack Obama and his daughters had left the building. According to the Associated Press, Gonzalez was holding a small knife and had hundreds of rounds of ammunition in his vehicle.

On Monday, though, Norton warned against restricting public access to the White House, saying the agency should complete its full investigation already ordered by Pierson “before any action is taken.”

In particular, the Democratic congresswoman said it was

crucial not to shut down the streets surrounding the White House, a particularly popular area for tourists and peaceful demonstrations.

“It is important to keep Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House and the surrounding area, including Lafayette Park, Pennsylvania Avenue, 17th Street and 15th Street, as accessible to the public as possible,” Norton wrote. “These are First Amendment protected areas used by the public on a daily basis to both see the residence of the president and engage in their constitutional right to petition the government, and must be kept open for their continued daily use.”

The congresswoman added that it remains unclear whether the agency could have prevented Gonzalez’s intrusion with its “existing procedures,” again warning against infringing on the public’s rights without a thorough determination.

Among the changes Norton said the agency might consider are raising the White House fence and increasing staffing and canine units.

The Secret Service has already increased foot patrols and surveillance around the White House and will increase training for officers, according to White House press secretary Josh Earnest.

Syria: We were told beforehand DAMASCUS (AP) — The Syrian foreign ministry said Tuesday that Washington informed Damascus’ envoy to the United Nations before launching airstrikes against the Islamic State group in Syria, attacks that activists said inflicted casualties among jihadi fighters and civilians on the ground.

A brief ministry statement, carried by Syrian state media, said “the American side informed Syria’s permanent envoy to the U.N. that strikes will be launched against the Daesh terrorist organization in Raqqa.”

The statement used an Arabic name referring to the Islamic State group, which seized large chunks of Syrian and Iraqi territory in a blitz this summer.

The airstrikes hit targets in and around the Syrian city of Raqqa and the province with the same name as well as the eastern province of Deir el-Zour, activists said, adding that there were casualties among Islamic State militants on the ground.

The city of Raqqa is the militant group’s self-declared capital in Syria.

The activists said the strikes did not only target the Islamic State group but also the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front.

The ministry statement was Damascus’ first official reaction after the U.S. and five Arab countries launched airstrikes on Islamic State group’s targets in Syria late on Monday, expanding a military campaign into a country whose three-year civil war has given the brutal militant group a safe haven.

U.S. officials said the airstrikes began around 8:30 p.m. EDT (0030 GMT) Monday, and were conducted by the U.S., Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates.

In Jordan, a government spokesman confirmed the Jordanian air force took part in the airstrikes, saying they were necessary to secure the stability and security of Jordan.

“We think it’s necessary for us to target the positions of the Islamic State group in light of the continuous attempts to infiltrate our borders,” said Mohammad al-Momani. “We will not hesitate to take further actions to target and kill terrorists who are trying to attack our country.”

In the past, Syrian officials have insisted that any strikes against the Islamic State group in the country should come only after coordination with Damascus. Without their consent, Syrian officials have said such airstrikes would be an act of aggression against Syria and a breach of the country’s sovereignty.

However, U.S. officials have ruled out direct coordination with Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government.

Rami Abdurrahman, who heads the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said the airstrikes targeted the northern province of Raqqa, its provincial capital, as well as the eastern province of Deir el-Zour, which border’s Iraq, and the northern village of Kfar Derian between the northern province of Aleppo and Idlib.

“There is confirmed information that there are casualties among Islamic State group members,” he told The Associated Press, adding there were an unspecified number of casualties among the militants, mostly on checkpoints manned by the Islamic State fighters.

The Observatory, which has a network of activists around the country, said the attacks came after drones flew over areas under control of the Islamic State group. Abdurrahman said about 22 airstrikes in all hit Raqqa province.

He said that other strikes included locations in the towns of Tabqa and Ein Issa in Raqqa province, as well as the border town of Tel Abyad on the border with Turkey.

Missiles also targeted the village of Kfar Derian, a base for the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front, a rival of the Islamic State group, he said. The U.S. strikes targeted three compounds belonging to the Nusra Front there, killing seven fighters and eight civilians, he added.

Another activist, Mohammed al-Dughaim, based in the northern Syrian province of Idlib, confirmed the Kfar Derian strikes. He said there were civilians among the casualties.

An amateur video posted online Tuesday shows explosions going off at night in an open area, blasts that are said to be from coalition airstrikes. The narrator in the video is heard saying that the footage shows the “bombardment of the Kfar Derian village.” The narrator then adds “Allahu Akbar” or “God is great” in Arabic. The video appeared genuine and corresponded to other AP reporting of the events.

An anti-militant media collective entitled “Raqqa is being silently slaughtered” said that the targets included the governorate building or municipality used by Islamic State militants as their headquarters, and the Brigade 93, a Syrian army base that the militants recently seized.

Other airstrikes targeted a military air base recently captured by jihadi fighters in the town of Tabqa as well as the town of Tel Abyad on the border with Turkey.

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WESTFIELD Emergency response and crime report Saturday, Sept. 20, 2014 1:22 a.m.: motor vehicle violation, North Cherry Street, a patrol officer requests a tow for a vehicle found to have expired registration, the vehicle was towed to the police impound yard; 1:27 a.m.: disturbance, North Cherry Street, a caller reports a college aged party is disturbing his peace, the responding officer reports the tenants blamed the disturbance on persons who were asked to leave and caused a disturbance, the tenants were advised that they were ultimately responsible for their guests when they choose to host a party but they maintained their had done nothing wrong, the officer advised them that they were “on thin ice”; 1:32 a.m.: disturbance, White Street, a caller reports a college aged party is disturbing her peace, the responding officer reports he parked at the caller’s address and could hear loud music and voices from a residence four houses away where about ten persons were gathered around two fires, the revelers were advised to extinguish the fires and move inside, they were also told that similar complaints could result in citations or charges; 1:37 a.m.: accident, Hillside Road, a caller reports hearing loud engine noises followed by the sound of a vehicle crashing into the woods, the responding officer reports hearing men near the vehicle who left on foot, the responding officer reports he found two parties in the area and one acknowledged that he had been driving when he failed to negotiate a curve and drove off the road, the officer reports he observed the classic symptoms of alcohol intoxication and the man admitted drinking two beers before declining to attempt a field sobriety test, the man was taken into custody and refused a breath analysis test, Nicholas M. 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Open house The Southwick Department of Public Works building on 661 College Highway has received numerous improvements including landscaping, security fence, and new lettering on the building as preparations are put into place for an open house Saturday, October 25 from 2-4 pm. (Photo by Frederick Gore)

Man killed, boy hurt in Springfield shootings SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Springfield police say two shootings this weekend, including one in which a man died, are not believed connected.

Police said 20-year-old Tavis Humphrey-Frazer of Springfield died at Baystate Medical Center almost five hours after he was shot in the head in while driving down Smith Street in the Six Corners neighborhood. Police said the shooter was with a group of people walking on the street.

People in Humphrey-Frazer’s car weren’t hurt. His car crashed a short time after he was shot.

Humphrey-Frazer’s high school football coach, Bill Watson, tells The Springfield Republican the youth had dropped out of college to help care for his infant son, and wanted to finish his education.

A juvenile was also injured in what appeared to be a driveby shooting late Saturday night in the Indian Orchard neighborhood.

Easthampton man convicted of killing girlfriend NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (AP) — An Easthampton man has been convicted of first-degree murder in the stabbing death of his girlfriend.

Thirty-eight-year-old Ryan Welch was found guilty Monday of killing 39-year-old Jessica Ann Pripstein at her apartment in Easthampton in 2012. He was given the mandatory sentence of life without parole.

Pripstein had called 911, saying her boyfriend was trying to kill her. Welch was also found in the apartment suffering from what police said was a self-inflicted stab wound.

Welch said someone else killed Pripstein, and he tried to kill himself when he discovered her body.

Pripstein’s mother, Rochelle Pripstein of Chalfont, Pennsylvania, said in court that her daughter came to western Massachusetts for college and loved the area, where she had many friends. She and other family members also spoke of their loss at a news conference afterward.

No verdict yet in 3rd trial on W. Mass. killings SPRINGFIELD, Mass.

(AP) — A Springfield jury has ended its first full day of deliberations without reaching a verdict on the final defendant charged in the killings of three Pittsfield men in 2011.

Jurors spent Monday considering the murder case against 34-year-old Caius Veiovis (KYE’-us vee-OH’vis). They are to resume Tuesday. Jurors got the case Friday afternoon.

Defense attorney James Reardon Jr. says there’s no evidence Veiovis was present when David Glasser, Edward Frampton and Robert Chadwell were killed. Their dismembered remains were found buried in Beckett.

Berkshire District Attorney David Capeless says the evidence against Veiovis is “compelling” enough to find him guilty.

The two other men charged in the killings have been convicted.

Authorities say one of those co-defendants wanted Glasser dead so he couldn’t testify against him in another case.

The others were killed to eliminate witnesses.

Court Logs Westfield District Court Monday, Sept. 22, 2014 Heather M. Savage, 27, of 15 Maple St., was released on her personal recognizance pending a Dec. 11 hearing after she was arraigned on charges of larceny of property valued more than $250 and conspiracy brought by Westfield police.

Nicholas Katsounakis, 54, of 15 Meadow Lane, Southwick, was released on his personal recognizance pending a Dec. 11 hearing after he was arraigned on charges of operating a motor vehicle under the influence of liquor, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, leaving the scene of a property damage accident, speeding and a marked lanes violation brought by Westfield police.

Thomas E. Lapolice, 52, of 26 Laro Road, Southwick, was released on his personal recognizance pending a Dec. 2 hearing after he was arraigned on charges of assault and battery on a family or household member, intimidating a witness and threatening to commit a crime brought by Southwick police.

Andrew B. Coach, 25, of 33 Normand Terrace, Feeding Hills, was released on his personal recognizance pending a Nov. 21 hearing after he was arraigned on a charge of operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license brought by Southwick police.

Tasha K. Vachon, 21, of 81 Expedition Terrace, West Springfield, pleaded guilty to a charge of operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license brought by Westfield police and was sentenced to a 60 day term in the house of correction, suspended, with probation for one year. She was assessed $50 and found to be responsible for a charge of operating an unregistered motor vehicle.

Bryan M. Torres, 25, of 48 Jefferson St.,was released on his personal recognizance pending a Dec. 12 hearing after he was arraigned on charges of operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license and a motor vehicle lights violation brought by Westfield police.

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A Liberian health worker prepare his Ebola protective gear before removing the body of a man that they believe died from the Ebola virus in Monrovia, Liberia, Friday, Aug. 29, 2014.

The Ebola outbreak in West Africa eventually could exceed 20,000 cases, more than six times as many as are now known, the World Health Organization said Thursday. (AP Photo/Abbas Dulleh)

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By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — New estimates from the World Health Organization warn the number of Ebola cases could hit 21,000 in six weeks unless efforts to curb the outbreak are ramped up.

Since the first cases were reported six months ago, the tally of cases in West Africa has reached an estimated 5,800 illnesses. WHO officials say cases are continuing to

increase exponentially and Ebola could sicken people for years to come without better control measures.

In recent weeks, health officials worldwide have stepped up efforts to provide aid but the virus is still spreading.

There aren’t enough hospital beds, health workers or even soap and water in the hardesthit West African countries: Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia.

Last week, the U.S.

announced it would build more than a dozen medical centers in Liberia and send 3,000 troops to help. Britain and France have also pledged to build treatment centers in Sierra Leone and Guinea and the World Bank and UNICEF have sent more than $1 million worth of supplies to the region.

“We’re beginning to see some signs in the response that gives us hope this increase in cases won’t happen,” said Christopher Dye, WHO’s director of strategy and study co-author, who acknowledged the predictions come with a lot of uncertainties.

“This is a bit like weather forecasting. We can do it a few days in advance, but looking a few weeks or months ahead is very difficult.”

They also calculated the death rate to be about 70 percent among hospitalized patients but noted many Ebola cases were only identified after they died. So far, about 2,800 deaths have been attributed to Ebola. Dye said there was no proof Ebola was more infectious or deadly than in previous outbreaks.

The new analysis was published online Tuesday by the New England Journal of Medicine — six months after the first infections were reported on March 23.

WHO is just one of the groups that have attempted to calculate the epidemic’s future toll.

On Tuesday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expected to release its own predictions for only Liberia and Sierra Leone — the two West African countries that recently have shown the steadiest and most alarming spread of cases.

The CDC calculations are based, in part, on assumptions that cases have been dramatically underreported. Other projections haven’t made the same kind of attempt to quantify illnesses that may have been missed in official counts.

CDC scientists conclude there may be as many as 21,000 reported and unreported cases in just those two countries as soon as the end of this month, according to a draft version of the report obtained by The Associated Press. They also predict that the two countries could have a staggering 550,000 to 1.4 million cases by late January.

The agency’s numbers seem “somewhat pessimistic” and do not account for infection control efforts already underway, said Dr. Richard Wenzel, a Virginia Commonwealth University scientist who formerly led the International Society for Infectious Diseases.

Other outside experts questioned WHO’s projections and said Ebola’s spread would ultimately be slowed not only by containment measures but by changes in people’s behavior.

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CDC: Severe respiratory illness now in 22 states NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials say 22 states now have confirmed cases of an unusual respiratory illness in children.

An uncommon virus — enterovirus 68 — is causing the illnesses. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials said Friday that 160 lab-confirmed cases were reported in the 22 states. On Tuesday, the CDC’s count was 130 cases in 12 states.

The newest states are California, Connecticut, Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota,

Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, receives a flu shot from Sharon Bonadies at the conclusion of a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014. “Vaccination is the single most important step everyone 6 months of age and older can take to protect themselves and their families against influenza,” said Frieden. Influenza hospitalized a surprisingly high number of young and middle-aged adults last winter, and this time around the government wants more of them vaccinated. (AP Photo/J. David Ake)

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By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s time for flu vaccine again and while it’s important for the whole family, this year health officials have some different advice for different ages: Certain kids should opt for the ouchless nasal spray. Seniors, expect to get a new kind of pneumonia shot along with that flu jab.

And too many young and middle-age adults are skipping the vaccine altogether, says the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — even though there are more options than ever.

“The best way to protect yourself against the flu is to get a flu vaccination,” said CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden on Thursday, before rolling up his sleeve to get his own flu shot.

Some things to know about flu vaccinations: WHO SHOULD BE VACCINATED The government recommends a yearly flu vaccine for nearly everyone starting at 6 months of age. Yet only about half of Americans get one, a number Frieden called unfortunate.

On average, the CDC estimates, flu kills about 24,000 Americans a year.

HOW MANY ARE Vaccination rates last year were highest for children under 5 — 70 percent — and for seniors — 65 percent, the CDC said. But just a third of healthy adults ages 18 to 64 got vaccinated and, surprisingly, last year hospitalizations were highest among that age group.

About 55 percent of school-age children were vaccinated. Parents need to realize that flu vaccine is crucial even for otherwise healthy children, said Dr. Paul Offit of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. At least 100 U.S. children died of flu last year, only half of whom had lung conditions or other illnesses that put them at high risk and most of whom weren’t vaccinated.

About half of pregnant women get vaccinated. The shot can be given during any trimester, and also protects the baby during the first few months of life, said obstetrician Dr. Laura Riley of Massachusetts General Hospital.

THE VACCINE SUPPLY About 150 million doses are being shipped this year, with no signs of shortages or delays, Frieden said. About half will protect against four strains of influenza instead of the usual three, he said, as U.S. manufacturers move toward vaccines with that extra bit of protection. CDC doesn’t recommend one over the other.

Ebola “It’s a big assumption that nothing will change in the current outbreak response,” said Dr. Armand Sprecher, an infectious diseases specialist at Doctors Without Borders.

“Ebola outbreaks usually end when people stop touching the sick,” he said. “The outbreak is not going to end tomorrow but there are things we can do to reduce the case count.”

Local health officials have launched campaigns to educate people about the symptoms of Ebola and not to touch the sick or the dead.

Previous Ebola outbreaks have been in other areas of Africa; this is the first to hit West Africa.

Sprecher was also unconvinced Ebola could continue causing cases for years and said diseases that persist in the environment usually undergo significant changes to become less deadly or transmissible.

Dye and colleagues wrote they expected the numbers of cases and deaths from Ebola

WHICH KIND TO CHOOSE For the first time this year, the CDC says the ouchless FluMist nasal spray version is the preferred vaccine for healthy children ages 2 to 8, after research showed it works a little better for them. But don’t wait if your doctor has only the shot — just get them vaccinated, said Dr. William Schaffner of Vanderbilt University and the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases.

FluMist also can be used by healthy people ages 2 through 49 who aren’t pregnant.

If a squirt up the nose isn’t for you, there are lots of other options: the regular shot; an eggfree shot for those allergic to eggs; a high-dose shot just for those 65 and older whose immune systems may need an extra boost; and a tinyneedle shot that just penetrates the skin. The Food and Drug Administration also recently approved a needle-free injector to deliver flu vaccine, although it’s not clear how soon it will be widely available.

NEW ADVICE FOR SENIORS This year, the CDC is urging people 65 and older to get a new kind of pneumonia vaccine along with their flu shot.

Children already receive Pfizer’s Prevnar-13 to prevent a kind of bacteria, called pneumococcus, that can cause pneumonia, meningitis and other infections. Now seniors need a onetime dose, too, Frieden said.

That’s in addition to a one-time dose of another long-used pneumonia vaccine, called a polysaccharide vaccine. The caveat: The two pneumonia shots have to be given at least six months apart. If you’ve had neither so far, get the new kind first — along with this year’s flu shot — and come back later for the second pneumonia vaccine, advised Schaffner.

Together, the two pneumonia shots are expected to cut seniors’ risk of pneumococcal infection by 45 percent, and the chance of severe disease by 75 percent, he said.

WHEN TO GET VACCINATED “Now’s the time,” Frieden said. It’s impossible to predict when flu will start spreading and it takes about two weeks for protection to kick in. Flu season typically peaks in January or February.

Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, Virginia and Washington.

The virus can cause mild to severe illness, with the worst cases needing life support for breathing difficulties. Kids with asthma have been especially vulnerable. No deaths were reported.

The strain is not new but rarely seen, and only a small number of labs can test for it. A spike in cases was first identified in midAugust.

U.S. scientist: Ebola unlikely to become airborne WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s incredibly unlikely that Ebola would mutate to spread through the air, and the best way to make sure it doesn’t is to stop the epidemic, a top government scientist told concerned lawmakers Wednesday.

“A virus that doesn’t replicate, doesn’t mutate,” Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National Institutes of Health told a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee.

Fauci said U.S. researchers are monitoring for mutations in the virus, which has killed at least 2,400 people.

But considering all the dire things to worry about with this out-of-control epidemic in West Africa, that mutation concern is not “something I would put at the very top of the radar screen,” said Fauci, head of NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

The unprecedented Ebola outbreak is believed to have sickened nearly 5,000 people, mostly in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea. The deadly virus also has reached Nigeria and Senegal.

Ebola is spread through direct contact with the bodily fluids of sick patients. But as the epidemic has grown, so have questions about whether, if left unchecked, the virus might transform and become more contagious.

In hearings in the Senate and House on Tuesday and Wednesday, lawmakers asked Fauci if it might even become airborne.

Viruses certainly mutate all the time, making mistakes as they copy themselves in order to grow and spread, Fauci explained. Most of those mutations are irrelevant, not

Dr. Anthony Fauci, left, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies before the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations hearing on the Ebola virus on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) associated with any biological change.

But sometimes, those mutations can make a virus a little more or a little less virulent, or make it a little more or a little less efficient at spreading in whatever way it normally is transmitted, he said.

“Very, very rarely does it completely change the way it’s transmitted,” Fauci said.

He stressed that he’s not saying it’s impossible.

“People might think I’m pooh-poohing it. I’m not,” Fauci said.

He said the government had funded the Broad Institute in Boston to study the virus’ mutations. In a publication last month, the researchers reported a somewhat more rapid rate of mutations than expected at that point in the outbreak, but that nothing had jumped out as being of special concern so far.

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Continued from Page 6 to continue rising from hundreds to thousands of cases per week in the coming months — and reach 21,000 by early November. He said it was worrisome that new cases were popping up in areas that hadn’t previously reported Ebola, like in parts of Guinea.

“The picture is too unclear at the moment,” he said, noting the outbreak is continuing

to double in size about every three weeks.

Scientists said the response to Ebola in the next few months would be crucial.

“The window for controlling this outbreak is closing,” said Adam Kucharski, a research fellow in infectious disease epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

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New chaplain appointed to Westfield State University

Ronald O. Caplette SPRINGFIELD — Ronald O. Caplette, 66, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, September 20, 2014, with his loving family at his side. Born in Southbridge on December 28, 1947, son of the late Joseph and Laura (Brunelle) Caplette, he has resided in Springfield since 1961. Ron was a graduate of Cathedral High School, Class of 1965, and continued his education at American International College where he earned a Bachelors Degree in Psychology, followed by a Masters Degree in School Psychology from Westfield State College. A US Army veteran of the Vietnam War, Ron served his country as a medical corpsman and neuropsychiatric processor, earning the Vietnam Service Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal and National Defense Service Medal. He retired in 2002 after working for more than thirty years for the MA Department of Mental Retardation. After retirement he enjoyed delivering flowers for area florists. A communicant of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Church, Ron treasured his family above all else, and looked forward to the many camping trips and adventures they took. Ron is survived by his beloved wife of forty-five years, Jean D. (Krawczyk) Caplette; his loving children, Lorie J. Perry and her husband Ian of Agawam, and Scott R. Caplette and his wife Jana of Chicopee; his cherished grandchildren, Brooke, Alyssa, Alessandra and Zachary; sister, Susan I. Alicea; brother-in-law, John R. Krawczyk and his wife Chris of Chicopee; and nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his brother-in-law, Juan Alicea. A funeral home service for Ron will be held Friday at 9AM in Kozikowski Funeral Home, 565 Front St., Chicopee, followed by a committal service with military honors in the chapel of MA Veterans Memorial Cemetery, 1390 Main St., Agawam.

Calling hours are Thursday from 4-7PM. Memorial contributions may be made to the Sisters of St. Joseph, Development Office, 34 Lower Westfield Rd., Holyoke, MA 01040. kozikowskifuneralhome.com

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WESTFIELD – The Diocese of Springfield has ity. appointed Father Warren J. Savage as Westfield State Creating a Culture of Engagement Participation in the President’s Interfaith and University’s new Roman Catholic Chaplain. In his new position, Savage joins Reverend Kim Murphy Community Service Campus Challenge builds on other and Rabbi Joyce Galaski, the university’s Protestant established Westfield State University service initiaand Jewish chaplains, respectively, in providing a tives. Through the Department of Higher Education, Westfield State University has become involved with range of faith services for Westfield State students. the American Democracy Project (ADP), a multiSavage completed his Theological Studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. He has campus initiative focused on higher education’s role in worked as an international speaker, lecturer and mispreparing the next generation of informed, engaged Father sion preacher. He currently lectures in the Religious citizens for our democracy. ADP is funded through the Warren Studies Department of Our Lady of the Elms College J. Savage American Association of State Colleges and in Chicopee.

Universities (AASCU).

Elizabeth Preston, interim president of Westfield State The university is also part of Campus Compact, a national University, is looking forward to the new chaplain joining the coalition of college and university presidents dedicated to promoting community service, civic engagement, and servicecenter.

“Meeting Father Savage is an experience. He is energetic learning in higher education.

“From Westfield State’s work with Campus Compact to and enthusiastic about living his faith and in caring for others no matter their background. Most importantly, his commit- ADP and now to the President’s Interfaith and Community ment to interfaith dialog and service aligns with Westfield Service Challenge, we are committed to helping our students State’s focus on increased community engagement and we are become informed, responsible citizens,” said Preston. “We are very much looking forward to having him be a part of our building relationships and providing experiences that encourcampus community,” Preston said. age students to examine their values, develop practical compeAlong with Murphy and Galaski, Savage will maintain an tencies and apply their learning to find solutions for social and office in the Interfaith Center. The university also plans to add civic problems both on and off campus.”

The administration at Westfield State University is taking an Imam for Muslim students.

Founded in 1982 by donation from the late Albert and further steps to foster a culture of civic engagement throughout Amelia Ferst, the Interfaith Center supports religious and the Westfield State experience including directly integrating spiritual life, as well as promoting interfaith understanding on civic engagement into course work in order to get more stuand off campus. It provides students the opportunity for wor- dents to get involved.

“We would like to attach a civic engagement message to ship, meditation, spiritual exploration, religious learning and service. more courses and even make civic engagement projects Savage, Murphy and Galaski’s first collaborative project requirements for certain courses,” Preston said. “Ideally, we will be working with students as part of President Obama’s would like to require students take more than one course at Interfaith and Community Service Campus Challenge. Westfield State that involves them in community service in Westfield State will be one of 250 “institutions of higher edu- some way. Our hope is that this will inspire students to get cation who are making the vision for interfaith cooperation involved in community service projects outside of coursework and community service a reality on campuses across the coun- as well.”

“I am here not just for the Catholic students but for all stutry.” Interfaith service involves people from different religious and non-religious backgrounds tackling community challeng- dents,” said Savage. “I am excited to be part of the Westfield es together – for example, Protestants and Catholics, Hindus State University campus community. I look forward to workand Jews, and Muslims and non-believers — building a ing with the administration, faculty, staff and students in creatHabitat for Humanity house together. Interfaith service impacts ing an environment where people from different faith tradispecific community challenges, from homelessness to mentor- tions, spiritual experiences and walks of life can respect each ing to the environment, while building social capital and civil- other and dialogue together.”

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“There is no excuse for not considering it in November,” Leahy said in a statement. “If senators want to vote against the bill, they have every right to do so — but the American public deserves to know where we stand on the issue of the bulk collection of innocent Americans’ phone records, and the intelligence community deserves some measure of predictability and certainty.”

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pages – with names and dates. I’ll check the alumni directory and call them when it is their anniversary.”

While Dean formally retired as chaplain several years ago, he felt the call to return to WSU soon thereafter and has remained at the institution until this year, when the Diocese of Springfield filled the position that Dean had more or less volunteered for since his retirement.

Despite no longer being the school’s official chaplain, Dean still frequents the campus to check his mail and eat lunch in the campus dining hall that bears his name.

Continued from Page 1 He hopes to remain close to the school that he served for so “Obviously everyone wants to know the plan and I think we all long and said he’s always available to provide advice, guidance and support to students in need, past and present. need an endpoint and a timeline.”

“I loved it, still love the place and always will,” he said. “It’s Scallion stated the biggest issue facing this committee is obvia very special place in my heart and my mind.” ously the opening of a new school.

“We have to guage cost over time and we don’t know what the Dean’s impact was never limited to just catholic students length of time will be in establishing an alternative site for up to though, as a “yo!” from the bald priest brightened the days of 300 kids,” she said. “We hope to vet our options next Monday and students – “dudes” and “dude-ettes” in Dean’s unique vernacutake a good month to explore the pros and cons of each and do a lar – of all faiths and creeds during his tenure at the institution. cost-analysis of each.”

A product of the Holyoke public school system, Dean graduScallion stressed that she expects the process to be open and ated from Boston College with degrees in philosophy and histransparent and wants families to weigh in on the process. tory, as well as a master of education, and returned to Holyoke “Our job is to make a recommendation to the full school com- where he followed in the footsteps of his father, a longtime mittee on where we’re going to place the students and what the teacher in the city of Holyoke, whose vocational school was plan is when Juniper closes,” said Diaz. “I’ve been told there are named the William J. Dean Technical High School in his five options. I haven’t been told what they are yet, but everything honor. is going to come out in open session.”

After several years of teaching in neighboring South Hadley, Diaz said that the committee is already planning on holding Dean became head of the history department at Holyoke High another meeting on Thursday of next week.

“I don’t know if we’ll get through all of the options and the pros School, but soon found himself being pulled toward a higher calling. and cons of each,” he said.

“I loved it and taught for I forgot how many years, but I read “The architect has finished his assessments for three of the sites and we expect to have five in place for folks next week,” she said. articles about John XXIII seminary for delayed vocations. So I thought I’d try that,” he said with a chuckle. “All my friends “Let’s roll out all five out on the table at the same time.” said ‘You’re the head of the department, you make more than we do! You’re crazy!’ But I told them I’m not doing it for the money.”

Continued from Page 1 Following his graduation from the Blessed John XXIII will be made to keep the disturbance to a minimum.

National Seminary in Weston in the late 70s, Dean was In order to protect the Northeast airspace, our unit occasion- assigned parishes in South Hadley and Springfield, eventually ally needs to increase its operational tempo. In order to main- becoming chaplain at then-Western New England College. tain proficiency in our mission, additional flights and regular It wasn’t until the early 80s when Dean arrived as the first training missions are integral to maintaining the highest degree Catholic chaplain at Westfield State College and while the colof readiness. lege as since become a university, Dean remained a pillar of The 104th Fighter Wing is equipped with the F-15 Eagle. consistency at the school.

One mission of the 104th is Aerospace Control Alert (ACA), “Nobody could put a smile on your face like Father Dean,” providing armed fighters ready to scramble in a moment’s said Mark Brothers, a 2014 graduate from Burlington. “No notice to protect the Northeast from any airborne threat. The matter how good or bad my day was, if I saw him in the DC unit is responsible for protecting a quarter of the nation’s popu- (dining commons) I would always go over and say hello lation and one third of the Gross Domestic Product.

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Arsenal Carry Firearms.

When the detectives arrived at his apartment Friday, Stenico admitted them inside where he was promptly asked if there were firearms in the apartment. When he acknowledged that there were guns there, he was asked if they were secure since he would be leaving, under arrest, with the officers.

When he said that the weapons were not secured, the officers asked if they could take them to the station, to secure them, and he agreed.

Tsatsos reports that a “Ruger Mini-14” (described by the manufacturer an autoloading rifle and by Tsatsos as a large capacity rifle) was found in the closet and a “High Point .40 caliber pistol” was found under the bed.

“Neither weapon was secured by a trigger lock. The High Point .40 caliber had a live round in the chamber” Tsatsos wrote in a court document and continued to write “These weapons would be easily accessible to the 16-year-old children that live in the apartment.”

Also found under the bed was “an empty box for a Firestorm .380 pistol” but Stenico did not answer when asked where the pistol was.

The ensuing examination of the apartment revealed the gun was “leaning up against the right side of the (suspect’s) recliner.“ “This firearm also had a loaded magazine inserted and there was a round loaded in the chamber” Tsatsos reports.

Also found were dozens of rounds of ammuni-

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because I knew that one of his jokes would make me laugh or put a smile on my face.”

“Whether he was telling a riddle at the end of Sunday Mass or offering a seat in the dining hall, he has always been a friendly guy,” said 2013 graduate Lindsey Howe of Chelmsford, who added that Dean would visit the rooms of parishioners with care packages. “He would stop by to present little ‘pick me up’ snacks around finals time. It seems small, but I will always remember picking a can of pringles from the bag and feeling relieved during a stressful week.”

“Father Dean was always there to brighten up my day at Westfield,” recalled Robert Blouin, a 2010 graduate from Fairhaven. “I never met a man who cared as much about college kids as him. Between his awesome jokes and his generosity, he is the face of Westfield State, in my opinion.”

Whether he was frequenting Owl athletic events, delivering pizzas to students or telling thousands of one-liners befitting a nightclub act, Dean earned the love and admiration of not just Westfield State students, but the institution’s administration and faculty, who honored him by christening the school’s dining hall the Father John Dean Dining Hall in 2008.

Michael Knapik, executive director of university advancement at the Westfield State Foundation, served as an altar boy for Dean when he was assigned in residence at St. Peter’s in Westfield and said that the Foundation has plans to honor him.

“We’re trying to find a way to honor Father Dean at our Interfaith Breakfast next spring for his decades of service to the university,” said Knapik. “As we commit ourselves to the next period of time at the Foundation to our 35th anniversary, we remember that we were founded largely around the creation of the Interfaith Center. I think it was 1982 when the (AlInterfaith) Chapel was built and that was around the time he came to Westfield.”

Knapik said that Dean set up a family scholarship at the Foundation and that he has made a “very personal commitment” to the school.

“He has had a tremendous impact on the university and the Foundation,” said Knapik.

“Father John Dean has been a presence on the Westfield State campus for over three decades, where he built a strong rapport with our students,” said interim WSU President Dr. Elizabeth Preston. “He was a fixture at meals, talking and connecting with students in the dining commons, a place that came to be so firmly associated with him that the university dedicated the Fr. John Dean Dining Hall in his honor at his retirement.”

“We are indebted to him for his continued commitment to the university since that time,” Preston said.

Continued from Page 1 session of a large capacity firearm, two charges of possession of a firearm without a FID card, possession of ammunition without a FID card and possession of a large capacity feeding device.

On Saturday morning, a Chester resident posted $5,000 cash bail and Stenico was released from the police station.

He appeared in court as scheduled Monday An image from the manufacturer’s website morning where he was arraigned on four charges displays possible configurations of a Ruger of indecent assault and battery on a person Mini-14 autoloading rifle.

14-years-of-age or older, three charges of tion for each weapon and a total of nine ammuni- improper storage of a firearm, two charges postion magazines. session of a large capacity firearm or feeding He reports that his earlier investigation had device and three charges of possession of a fireshowed that “Donald Stenico had indecently arm or ammunition without a FID card. touched a 15 to 16 year old female on five sepaAssistant District Attorney Magali Montes rate occasions.” filed a motion at his arraignment for pretrial Tsatso alleges that the Stenico three times gave detention based on dangerousness. the victim “full body massages” in which the In an affidavit filed in support of his motion, victim was “naked from the waist up” and he Montes writes “the defendant touched, on sev“touched the victim’s breasts” and, on one occa- eral occasions 3 minors over the age of 14, the sion, touched them “with his hands and mouth”. contact was sexual in nature.” He also wrote On a separate occasion, Tsatsos reports, “When the defendant became aware that he was “Stenico caused the victim to strip naked at his being investigated he went to (a) school” where place of work (Westfield) and stand upon a white officers asked him to go home and he complied. five-gallon plastic bucket while he ‘washed’ her There, Montes wrote, “He had a loaded gun entire body with soap, touching her naked (pri- next to him when the officers entered his home. vate areas). At no time did the victim consent to unsecured. (sic)” this unwanted touching.”

Judge Philip A. Contant allowed the motion After the interview Friday, Stenico was arrest- and Stenico was held without right to bail pended for five charges of indecent assault and battery ing a dangerousness hearing scheduled for on a person 14-years-of-age or older, three Wednesday. charges of improperly storage of a firearm, pos-

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but for all officials who attended the state and city day events, which could be in jeopardy,” Knapik said.

Knapik said he does not know who contacted the Ethics Commission, or the specific basis of the complaint, but noted that any decision finding him, and the city, to be in violation could have a wideranging impact because the Big E funds mayoral receptions for most other surrounding communities. That impact could extend to the Governor’s office because of the Big E-funded reception during Massachusetts Day. West Springfield Mayor Edward C. Sullivan said this morning that his community held the traditional mayor’s reception on West Springfield Day. “It makes sense to do what Mayor Knapik is doing until he gets a ruling from the Ethics Commission,” Sullivan said. “It’s good for him to be cautious because someone, most likely in his community, did file a complaint.

“We, in West Springfield, don’t believe that the reception has a value of $50, it’s not even close, so we don’t see it as a conflict,” Sullivan said. “We see it as an opportunity to celebrate our community, our city.

“The last thing anybody wants at the Big E is a political speech. We go for comradery, celebrating our city,” Sullivan said.

Ward 4 City Councilor Mary O’Connell said this morning that she hopes residents enjoy Westfield Day. “I hope it is a beautiful day Thursday for residents and the whole community,” she said.

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Rams link together 6th straight

By Chris Putz Staff Writer SOUTHWICK – Southwick’s Nos. 3 and 6 golfers, Joe Stratton and Pat Mahoney, each shot a 41 at the par-36 Edgewood Country Club Monday to help the Rams defeat Granby 16-8.

All six golfers shot in the 40s for Southwick, which won its sixth straight match. The Rams improved to 6-1 overall, 4-1 league.

“It was a well-balanced team effort,” Southwick coach Al Selden said.

The Rams return to the course Tuesday when they host Easthampton at Edgewood at 3 p.m.

GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL Ware def. Southwick, 24-26, 25-16, 25-16, 25-20 Holly Hosington (8 aces), Sadie Simons (9 kills, 3 aces), Emily Blair (19 assists, 3 kills), and Meg Adams (3 aces, 7 kills) led Ware to victory.

Lexi Degray (3 aces, 12 assists), Hannah Sitler (9 kills), Olivia Diamond (8 digs, 2 aces), and Ashley Consolini (2 blocks, 3 kills) played well for Southwick.

BOYS’ SOCCER Southwick 9, Sabis 1 Connor Geddis, Jon Collins, and Dan Lane scored two goals apiece to lead Southwick in a rout. Bailey Emerson, Evan Haynes, and Mike Sheil also scored for the Rams.

Emerson also had four assists.

Patrick King (1 save, 1 goal allowed) and Nick Chambers (1 save, 0 goals allowed) split time in net for Southwick.

Southwick High golfer Pat Mahoney chips from a ravine during a recent match.

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Westfied’s Mike Vissconti looks for an open man in Monday’s game against Agawam. (Photo by Liam Sheehan)

WHS posts stunning rally

By Chris Putz Staff Writer WESTFIELD – Better late than never.

The Westfield High School boys’ soccer team scored three goals in the final 3 minutes, 32 seconds of regulation to complete a stunning comeback against visiting Agawam 3-2 Monday.

The Bombers tallied three goals in a 52-second span.

“It was a fantastic game to be a part of,” Westfield coach Andrew Joseph said. “I’m very proud of the kids for not giving up. A two-goal deficit is pretty big in soccer, especially with 3:30 left.”

Dante White scored the first goal on a penalty kick with 3:32 remaining on the second-half clock. Twenty-six seconds later, Matt Butera scored the game-tying goal on a pass from Dmitry Doroshenko. With 2:35 left, Butera drove home the game-winner.

Doroshenka assisted again.

“To their credit, they really dug deep and didn’t give up,” coach Joseph said. “It was amazing.”

Agawam scored goals in the 14th and 28th minutes.

Westfield High junior captain Matthew Butera knocks the ball free from an Agawam defender Monday. (Photo by Liam Sheehan) Gateway 1, Greenfield 0 HUNTINGTON – Ryan Roberts scored in the 27th minute – the game’s only goal – to lift Gateway past visiting Greenfield Monday.

The Gators improved to 2-2-2.

Spencer Rock (2 saves) earned a shutout in net for Gateway.

Westfield Captain Chris Sullivan leaps for a header in Monday’s game against Agawam.

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Voc-Tech’s Dmitriy Stepanchuk (11) attempts to settle the ball as St. Mary’s Gio Depergola (13) slides into the play. (Photo by Chris Putz)

Westfield Voc-Tech’s Dominic Rosario (7) steps into a kick against St. Mary Monday at Jachym Field. (Photo by Chris Putz)

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Voc-Tech’s Sergiy Kubysk (13) and St. Mary’s Kieran O’Donnell (11) get involved in Monday’s action between high school boys’ soccer teams. (Photo by Chris Putz)

By Chris Putz Staff Writer WESTFIELD – The St. Mary and Westfield Voc-Tech high school boys’ soccer teams renewed their cross-town rivalry Monday afternoon with the Tigers getting the last word.

Voc-Tech slipped by St. Mary 2-1 at Jachym Field. Dominic Rosario had a hand in both goals for the Tigers.

Rosario scored on a pass from Alex Makarchuk and assisted on a goal from Dimitry Stepanchuk.

“The game could have really been opened up either way with both teams having many scoring opportunities,” Voc-Tech coach Kyle Dulude said. “The game became quite physical. (I was) glad to see our players keep their composure.”

Zac Girard notched the lone goal for St. Mary. It was the first goal scored against Voc-Tech this season.

“We gave up our first goal … and was happy with our response to play harder and show a little urgency in the later stages of the game,” coach Dulude said.

“It was great to see two Westfield teams being highly competitive,” he said. “Both programs’ future looks very optimistic … Overall, it was a great game played by both teams.”

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HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SCHEDULES Tuesday Sept. 23

WEDNESDAY Sept. 24

THURSDAY Sept. 25

FRIDAY Sept. 26

SATURDAY Sept. 27

MONDAY Sept. 29

WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL GOLF at East Longmeadow, Elmcrest CC, 3 p.m.

FIELD HOCKEY vs. Mahar, 3 p.m.

JV FIELD HOCKEY vs. Mahar, 5:30 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER at West Springfield, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ JV SOCCER at West Springfield, 4 p.m.

GOLF at South Hadley, Ledges GC, 3 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Chicopee Comp, 4 p.m.

BOYS’ JV SOCCER vs.

Chicopee Comp, 4 p.m.

GOLF vs. Easthampton, Edgewood CC, 3 p.m.

BOYS’ CROSS COUNTRY vs. Hampshire, 3:45 p.m.

GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY vs. Hampshire, 3:45 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Monson, 4 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ SOCCER vs.

Monson, 4 p.m.

FIELD HOCKEY at Holyoke, 6 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER at Hopkins Academy, 3:30 p.m.

JV BOYS’ SOCCER at Hopkins Academy, 3:30 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL vs. Central, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL vs. Central, 5 p.m.

GOLF at Cathedral, Veterans Golf Course, 3 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Central, 4 p.m.

BOYS’ JV SOCCER vs. Central, 4 p.m.

JV FOOTBALL vs. Putnam, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ JV VOLLEYBALL at Ludlow, 5 p.m.

GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL at Ludlow, 6 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER vs. Belchertown, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ JV SOCCER vs. Belchertown, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ JV VOLLEYBALL at West Springfield, 5 p.m.

GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL at West Springfield, 6:15 p.m.

FOOTBALL at Putnam, Berte Field, Central High School, 7 p.m.

SOUTHWICK-TOLLAND REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL GOLF at Palmer, Quaboag CC, 3 p.m.

GOLF vs. Smith Academy, Edgewood CC, 3 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL vs. Putnam, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL vs. Putnam, 5 p.m.

GOLF at Holyoke Catholic, Oak Ridge GC, 3 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Chicopee Comp, 4 p.m.

JV BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Chicopee Comp, 4 p.m.

JV FIELD HOCKEY vs. Palmer, 4 p.m.

JV GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL at Holyoke, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL at Holyoke, 5 p.m.

FIELD HOCKEY vs. Palmer, 5:30 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER at Cathedral, Lusitano Stadium, Ludlow, 6:30 p.m.

GATEWAY REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL JV BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Palmer, 4 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Palmer, 6 p.m.

BOYS’ CROSS COUNTRY vs.

Monson, 3:45 p.m.

GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY vs. Monson, 3:45 p.m.

SAINT MARY HIGH SCHOOL GOLF vs. Hampshire, Tekoa CC, 3 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER at Renaissance School, Marshall Roy Field, 4 p.m.

GOLF at Cathedral, Franconia, 3 p.m.

GOLF vs. Palmer, East Mt. CC, 3 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER at McCann Tech, 4 p.m.

GOLF at Hampshire, Beaver Brook GC, 3 p.m.

GOLF vs. Monson, Tekoa CC, 3 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER vs.

Franklin Tech, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER at Smith Voke, 4 p.m.

GOLF vs. Franklin Tech, Tekoa CC, 3 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Pathfinder, Westfield Middle School North, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER at Holyoke Catholic, Rivers Park, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER vs.

Pathfinder, Westfield Middle School North, 4 p.m.

WESTFIELD VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL GOLF at Easthampton, Pine Grove GC, 3 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER vs. McCann Tech, Jachym Field, 4 p.m.

BOYS’ SOCCER vs. Pioneer Valley Christian School, Jachym Field, 4 p.m.

GIRLS’ SOCCER vs.

Commerce, Jachym Field, 4 p.m.

WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY SCHEDULES Westfield State University Men’s and Women’s 2014 Cross Country Schedule

Westfield State 2014 Women’s Soccer Schedule DAY DATE OPPONENT Wednesday Sept. 24 SMITH COLLEGE Saturday Sept. 27 at Bridgewater State Saturday Oct. 4 at Mass. Maritime at Elms College Wednesday Oct. 8 Saturday Oct. 11 SALEM STATE Wednesday Oct. 15 at Western New England Saturday Oct. 18 MCLA Oct. 25 at Worcester State Saturday Wednesday Oct. 29 at Keene State Saturday Nov. 1 FRAMINGHAM STATE Tuesday Nov. 4 MASCAC Tournament Quarterfinals Friday Nov. 7 MASCAC Tournament Semifinals Nov. 9 MASCAC Championship Sunday

TIME 7:00 3:30 12:00 7:00 3:00 3:30 11:00 a.m.

12:00 7:00 1:00

2014 Westfield State University Men’s Soccer Schedule Tuesday Sept. 23 Saturday Sept. 27 Saturday Oct. 4 Wednesday Oct. 8 Saturday 2:30

ELMS COLLEGE BRIDGEWATER STATE MASS. MARITIME at Endicott College Oct. 11

7:00 12:00 6:00 7:00 at Salem State 1:30 6:00 11:00 a.m.

7:00 12:00

Saturday Wednesday Saturday Wednesday Saturday

Oct. 18 Oct. 22 Oct. 25 Oct. 29 Nov. 1

at MCLA at Rhode Island College WORCESTER STATE WESTERN CONNECTICUT at Framingham State

Tuesday Friday

Nov. 4 Nov. 7

MASCAC Tournament Quarterfinals MASCAC Tournament

Westfield State University 2014 Volleyball Schedule DATE DAY Saturday Sept. 27 Saturday Sept. 27 Wednesday Oct. 1 Oct. 3 Friday

Wednesday Oct. 8 Friday Oct. 10

Saturday Oct. 11

Oct. 14 Tuesday Saturday Oct. 18

OPPONENT Westfield vs. Wellesley @WPI at WPI vs. Worcester State @WPI vs. Babson at WNE at Western New England AMHERST Tom Hay Invitational @Springfield vs. Springfield vs. Vassar Tom Hay Invitational @Springfield vs. Clarkson vs. Smith at Salem State MASS MARITIME Mass. M vs. Pine Manor PINE MANOR

TIME 1:00 3:00 8:00 6:00 8:00 7:00 5:00 7:00 10:00 3:00 7:00 11:00 1:00 3:00

Westfield State University 2014 Men’s Golf FALL Schedule DAY

DATE

Wednesday Sept. 24

Tuesday Sept. 30

Saturday Oct. 11

Sunday Oct. 12

OPPONENT Elms College Blazer Invitational Westover Golf Course, Granby, Mass.

Westfield State Invitational Tekoa Country Club ECAC Championships Crumpin Fox Golf Club, Bernardston, Mass.

ECAC Championships Crumpin Fox Golf Club, Bernardston, Mass.

SEPTEMBER 27 – Williams College Purple Classic @Williamstown, MA OCTOBER 4 - OPEN OCTOBER 11 - James Earley Invitational @Stanley Park, Westfield, MA OCTOBER 18 – Connecticut College Invitational @New London, CT OCTOBER 25 - OPEN NOVEMBER 1 – MASCAC/New England Alliance Championships @MCLA NOVEMBER 8 - ECAC Division III Championships @Westfield State University NOVEMBER 15 – NCAA New England Division III Championships @Williams College NOVEMBER 22 - NCAA Division III National Championships @Wilmington College, Mason, Ohio, Kings Island Golf Center

Westfield State University 2014 Field Hockey Schedule DAY

DATE

OPPONENT

TIME

Wednesday Saturday Tuesday Saturday Wednesday Saturday Tuesday Friday Tuesday Friday Tuesday Friday Tuesday Thursday Saturday

Sept. 24 Sept. 27 Sept. 30 Oct. 4 Oct. 8 Oct. 11 Oct. 14 Oct. 17 Oct. 21 Oct. 24 Oct. 28 Oct. 31 Nov. 4 Nov. 6 Nov. 8

ELMS COLLEGE 4:00 PLYMOUTH STATE 3:30 at Bridgewater State 7:00 at Southern Maine 2:30 FITCHBURG STATE 7:00 FRAMINGHAM STATE 12:00 at Smith College 7:00 at Worcester State 7:00 at Keene State 6:00 SALEM STATE 7:00 MOUNT HOLYOKE 7:00 at Western Connecticut 7:00 Little East Conference Tournament Quarterfinals Little East Conference Tournament Semifinals Little East Conference Tournament Championship Game

2014 Westfield State Football Schedule DAY DATE OPPONENT Sept. 27 BYE Saturday Oct. 4 PLYMOUTH STATE Saturday Saturday Oct. 11 at Framingham State Oct. 18 at Mass. Maritime Saturday Oct. 25 BRIDGEWATER STATE Saturday Homecoming Nov. 1 at Fitchburg State Saturday Saturday Nov. 8 WORCESTER STATE Senior Day Nov. 14 WESTERN CONNECTICUT Friday

TIME 1:00 12:00 12:00 2:00 1:30 1:00 7:00

TIME 10:00 11:00 12:00 12:00

Westfield State University 2014 Women’s Golf FALL Schedule DAY DATE OPPONENT Sat.-Sun. Sept. 27-28 Middlebury Invitational Sat.-Sun. Oct. 4-5 Williams Invitational Oct. 11-12 Wellesley Invitational Sat-Sun.

TIMES 1:00/9:00 12:30/8:30 11:00/9:00

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HIGH SCHOOL Standings, Results FOOTBALL Westfield 1-1 GYMNASTICS Westfield 0-0 GIRLS’ SOCCER Westfield 3-2 Westfield Voc-Tech 0-1-1 St. Mary 2-2 Southwick 2-2-1 Gateway 2-1 BOYS’ SOCCER Westfield 3-3-2

Westfield Voc-Tech 5-0 St. Mary 2-2 Southwick 3-0-1 Gateway 2-2-2 FIELD HOCKEY Westfield 2-4-2 Southwick 3-0-1 GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL Westfield 1-2 GIRLS’ CROSS COUNTRY Westfield 0-1 St. Mary 0-4

Southwick 2-0 Gateway 2-0 BOYS’ CROSS COUNTRY Westfield 0-0 St. Mary 0-3 Southwick 0-2 Gateway 1-1 GOLF Westfield 6-1 St. Mary 1-3 Southwick 6-1 Westfield Voc-Tech 3-2

Monday’s Results BOYS’ SOCCER Westfield 3, Agawam 2 Westfield Voc-Tech 2, St. Mary 1 Gateway 1, Greenfield 0 Southwick 9, Sabis 1 GOLF Southwick 16, Granby 8 GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL Ware 3, Southwick 1

Westfield vs. West Springfield

Westfield Quarterback Tyler Delgado attempts to make a pass in Monday’s game against West Springfield. (Photo by Liam Sheehan) Westfield JV defense takes down the Westside ball carrier. (Photo by Liam Sheehan)

Westfield’s Full back attempts to throw a Westside defender off his arm and find a hole. (Photo Westfield punt returner looks for blocks and holes during Monday’s game against West Springfield. (Photo by Liam Sheehan)

by Liam Sheehan)

in the next

American Profile

Westfield running back puts up a tiff arm to block and create a whole in Monday’s game against Westside. (Photo by Liam Sheehan)

Shell’s Tekoa Tuesday Golf League 2014 Results from September 9, 2014

1st Place Jim French & Dave Liberty 221.0 Points 2nd Place Barry Slattery & Bob McCarthy 216.5 Points 3rd Place Joe Hebda & Tom Baker 209.0 Points 4th Place Fran Siska & Bill Wallanovich 205.5 Points 5th Place Terry Clark & Mike Clark 204.5 Points 6th Place Frank Kamlowski & Angelo Mascadrelli 203.5 Points 7th Place Jack Leary & Jim Liptak 200.5 Points 8th Place Tom Pitoniak & Bob Berniche 198.5 Points 9th Place Ed West & Bob Czarnecki 190.0 Points 10th Place Jim Johnson & Al Szenda 187.5 Points 11th Place Bill Murphy & Chris Olsen 181.5 Points 12th Place Ed Harrington & Jim Crawford 181.0 Points 13th Place Paul Joubert & Ron Bonyeau 180.0 Points 14th Place Erroll Nichols & Mark Dunn 176.5 Points 15th Place Ray West & Harry Pease 175.5 Points 16th Place Hank Bartniki & Jack Kennedy 172.0 Points 17th Place Butch Rines & Gary Marcoulier 171.5 Points 18th Place Carl Haas & Bill Frothingham 166.0 Points 18th Place Dick Williams & Ron Sena 166.0 Points 19th Place John Kidrick & Milt Holmes 147.5 Points

Low Gross Dave Liberty @ 44 Low Net Al Szenda @ 29 Bob Czarnecki Closest to pin on 3rd hole Closest to pin on 3rd hole (2nd shot) Angelo Mascadrelli Closest to pin on 6th hole Harry Thompson Shell Faunce we miss you on the course.

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Annie’s Mailbox

By Kathy Mitchell and Marcy Sugar

What’s your advice?

Dear Annie: I am a widow in my mid-70s and am comfortably well off. A year after my husband’s death, I moved to an apartment in a smaller city in order to be closer to my daughter’s family. However, they have their own lives and rarely include me in anything except holiday dinners. None of the fun things I envisioned doing with my grandchildren has happened, and I don’t have any old friends in the new city.

I did meet a widower, “Jim,” at a church social. We share a lot of common interests and enjoy going out to dinner and movies together. The only downside is that Jim lives entirely on his Social Security check, so I always pay my own way on our “dates.” My daughter says Jim is after my money, which may be true, but then sometimes I think she is, too. She’s always asking how much money is in the grandchildren’s college funds and whether I am dipping into it to pay my expenses.

Jim and I are thinking of taking a Mediterranean cruise in which we would share a cabin and I would pay for 75 percent of the combined cost, based on the fact that my yearly income is three times his. We have already taken some short weekend trips and got on very well.

My daughter is livid. I say it’s my money and my business. She said that her father never would have dreamed that I would be subsidizing a cruise for a boyfriend. Frankly, I wouldn’t have either, but that’s the situation. I don’t want to alienate her. What’s your advice? -- Sugar Momma Dear Momma: Your daughter needs reassurance that Mom is not being taken advantage of, and that you aren’t spending all of your money on some guy. Please let her know that you love her and your new relationship won’t change that. If you have promised money to the kids’ college funds, reassure her that you won’t use the money to splurge on Jim. But also tell her that you are too young to sit at home. Surely she wants you to be happy in a way that doesn’t require her to provide your entertainment. If she hasn’t met Jim, please introduce them so she can see what a good companion he is for you.

We also recommend you try to meet some female friends, because your entire social life shouldn’t be dependent on one man.

Dear Annie: I am a 9-year-old boy who needs your help with my 14-year-old brother. He sometimes gets emotional and makes fun of me and has mood swings. He is having minor problems in school and says that all the other students look up to him. I really care about him.

Also, I am having some trouble in school with adding and subtracting decimals. Any ideas? -- Agitated Student and Caring Brother Dear Agitated: Your brother is going through some changes that are both physical and emotional. He’ll be OK, but it will take a little time. If he bullies you, please talk to your parents about it. You also can vent to your school counselor or a favorite teacher who may be able to help you develop coping strategies.

As for decimals, we wish we could make it simple in a short sentence, but we recommend you ask your math teacher for some after-school tutoring. There may be another student in your class who is acing the subject and would be able to help you out.

Dear Annie: You printed a letter from “Recovered in Nebraska,” who had anorexia. You mentioned ANAD (anad. org) as a resource.

I live in Montreal and would like to inform your Canadian readers that we also have a support group, ANEB, which supports Quebec youth and adults facing the challenges of anorexia and bulimia. Information and support are available in both English and French at anebquebec.com. -- Daniel in Canada

HINTS FROM HELOISE HELOISE MAT Dear Heloise: Your mom had a great idea to use two hand towels, sewn together and kept on the kitchen floor, to remove spills immediately. I cannot find her instructions anywhere and would be most grateful for your help. -- Doris R., via email Doris, you are talking about the famous Heloise Kitchen Mat! They are easy to make and just perfect for a small spill on the floor.

You can use hand towels or two bath towels (you can use old ones, or buy some cheap ones that match your kitchen or bath) and put them back to back. Cut an oval, circle or square about 12-14 inches in size. You can trace a large platter or plate to make it easier, then sew around the edges. You can coordinate trim. Then drop it on the kitchen floor. When a spill happens, use your foot to swipe the Heloise Mat over it. Throw it into the wash when it’s dirty. Make several while you’re sewing so you always have one handy. -- Heloise P.S.: Visit www.Heloise.com to see the one I made!

FREE PUBLICATIONS Dear Heloise: There are several free publications in my city that are available at grocery stores, convenience stores, etc. I pick them up to see what is going on. They often have monthly calendars showing great events. I especially like the free events.

Sometimes they even have coupons! -- Hailey in Tennessee

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014: This year will be pivotal to your life history. One of your long-term desires could become a reality, and you will be delighted. Much goes on behind the scenes, and you might not be sure about the best way to proceed. Your professional status also could be enhanced this year. If you are single, know what or whom you desire, and you are likely to meet your match. If you are attached, the two of you enjoy life even more together than you have in the past. The mutual receptivity between you also will increase. Watch out for another LIBRA! This person could be jealous of you.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHH Avoid appearing overly serious and demanding. What people don’t realize is that you demand even more from yourself. No one is harder on you than you. There could be some remorse later if you push a loved one too hard.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH You could be sorry that you pushed a child or new friend so hard, especially as this person appears to have closed down. You wanted a reaction, and you got a reaction. Think before you tromp on this person again. Encourage a discussion. Tonight: In the moment.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHHH You could find yourself in a funk if you are not careful. Loosen up, and recognize that when you are positive, everything seems to fall into place.

You might need to let go of a personal problem or handle it quickly, if possible.

Tonight: Head on home.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHHH You are much more emotional than you realize. Assuming a cool demeanor just might throw others off.

You have some serious matters on your mind, and you need to resolve them.

What has worked before might not be effective now. Tonight: Join a friend at a favorite spot.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH You could be overwhelmed by everything that is happening around you. Don’t lose your grounding, especially where finances are concerned.

You know what works for you. Work with a friend or loved one directly to get the results you desire. Tonight: Be a duo VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHH You might feel unstoppable.

You are not. Don’t push your luck, especially if you get a strange feeling about a situation. Back off. If you tap into your instincts, you could have a spectacular day. Be aware of the costs of a decision.

Tonight: Your treat.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HH Be aware of the costs of saying the wrong words, even if you think you are sure of yourself. The less said the better, though you might have to deal with some direct and uncomfortable questions. Honor your feelings, not your thoughts. Tonight: Get some extra R and R. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH Focus on your long-term goals and what can happen, Refuse to get into a discussion of petty details, as it will prove to be irrelevant.

Nevertheless, you and another person could use these discussions to beat each other up. Stop. Tonight: Go for peace and fun.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHHH Pressure is likely to build to a level where you need to let off some steam. Try to keep your opinions to yourself right now. Express your caring, but hold back any negative thoughts.

You will be relieved when the person in question opens up. Tonight: A must appearance.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH Your ability to gain an overview will be marked by your actions.

Take your time making a decision, and be sure to weigh the pros and cons. You will know when you are ready to act.

Trust yourself and your ability to look at the big picture. Tonight: A must appearance.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH A partner has a lot to share.

Stop and listen. You will be amazed by the possibilities that that might emerge as a result. Your caring side will grow, and you’ll have a newfound respect for this person. Tonight: Only with a favorite person.

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By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The Chicago Bears took advantage of early mistakes by the sloppy New York Jets.

Then they had to hold their breath before hanging on for a 27-19 victory Monday night.

Jay Cutler threw two touchdown passes to Martellus Bennett and Ryan Mundy returned an interception 45 yards for a score. Cutler finished 23 of 38 for 225 yards and Alshon Jeffery caught eight passes for 105 yards for the Bears, who got a 45-yard field goal from Robbie Gould to make it an eight-point game with 3:10 remaining.

The Jets (1-2) had one last opportunity to tie, getting into Bears territory on Geno Smith’s 51-yard pass to Greg Salas. But Jeremy Kerley was out of bounds when he caught Smith’s desperation fourth-down heave from the Bears 9.

Cutler took a knee three times to seal the victory for the Bears (2-1).

Smith was 26 of 43 for 316 yards and a touchdown with two interceptions — and nearly had a few others. Kerley finished with seven catches for 81 yards, and almost came up with a diving grab off a tipped pass in the end zone on the final drive.

“There were some plays you wish you could have back,” Jets coach Rex Ryan said.

The Jets lost wide receiver Eric Decker in the first half to a hamstring injury after he was questionable for the game with tightness in the hamstring.

The Bears went up 14-0 just over 5 minutes into the game.

On New York’s second play from scrimmage, Smith didn’t see Mundy lurking in the flat as he floated a screen pass to Chris Johnson. Mundy stepped in front of the toss and ran untouched into the end zone for a 45-yard score.

It was the sixth-year veteran’s third career interception, and first score.

After the Jets stopped the Bears on three plays on their first offensive series, rookie Jalen Saunders dropped Patrick O’Donnell’s punt at his 40 and it was recovered by Ahmad Dixon. Cutler threw deep down the right sideline to Jeffery one play later, and cornerback Darrin Walls was called for pass interference to put the ball at the

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Three plays later, Cutler rolled right and found Bennett in the back of the end zone to make it 14-0 — and get the MetLife Stadium crowd booing.

The Jets got on the scoreboard on their next possession, capping an 11-play, 55-drive with Nick Folk’s 43-yard field goal.

Chicago answered with a 15-play, 79-yard drive helped by cornerback Antonio Allen’s holding penalty on a third-down incompletion by Cutler. Gould’s 24-yard field goal gave the Bears a 17-3 lead 66 seconds into the second quarter.

The Jets got their next series off to a good start with a 43-yard completion to rookie tight end Jace Amaro, but they stalled in the red zone again, settling for a 28-yard field goal.

New York got closer with a 77-yard drive on which Kerley accounted for 51 — including a 19-yard touchdown that cut the deficit 17-13.

A video review reversed a call late in the half on which the Jets might have taken the lead.

Cutler was sacked by David Harris and lost the ball, but was declared down by contact. A review showed Cutler had fumbled, but Demario Davis’ return to the end zone was negated because the whistle had blown.

The Jets then went three-and-out.

Chicago opened the second half aggressively, marching 80 yards on six plays and capping the drive with Bennett’s 13-yard touchdown catch to make it 24-13.

The Bears nearly had a 12-yard TD by Marshall, but it was wiped out by an illegal hands to the face penalty on left guard Michael Ola, who started for the injured Matt Slauson.

The Jets also blew a possible scoring drive when Smith was intercepted by rookie Kyle Fuller on a poorly thrown pass to David Nelson in the end zone on first-and-10 from the Bears 18.

“You can’t force it in that situation,” Ryan said.

“You learn from it.”

Folk’s 22-yard field goal late in the third quarter made it 24-16. His 42-yarder with 9:52 remaining got the Jets within five points.

NOTES: Bears fullback Tony Fiammetta injured a hamstring and safety Chris Conte hurt his left shoulder. Neither returned.

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ERA CONSOLE Bathroom STEREO - CLASSIC! was reTHERE'S NO PLACE LIKE Cleaning out my parents modeled HOME PET SITTING SERVICE. house and looking for a new and didn't Vacation care, over night sit- owner. AM/FM tuner; 8-track want to just tings, daily dog walks. player; cassette player; albring these (413)667-3684 bum player. All elements to the work and the only mechanicPAGE 16 -SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2013 www.thewestfieldnews.com dump. Each one is 29 5/8" al issue is the cassette playwww.collaborative.org/jobs wide by 57" high UnfortuFeed & Stables er. Gears need to be lubed nately the tracks were dambut it works. 61" wide by 19" Apply with cover letter, resume aged in the removal so these deep and 26" high. Minor and educator license number to HORSE BARN: 3 stalls with are the doors only. $50 and cosmetic scratches. Looking jobs@collaborative.org. they're yours. 413-388-3048 pasture. Call: 562-8602 for $100 OBO. 413-388(evenings).

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100% HARDWOOD, GREEN, 3 year season. 1/2 & 1/4 cords also available. Outdoor furnace wood also available, cheap.

CALL FOR DAILY SPECIALS!!

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WESTBRIDGE MANOR TOWNHOUSES, 2 bedroom, 1 1/2 bath, full basement, washer/dryer hookup. $800/month plus utilities. (413)562-2295.

BEAUTIFUL 2 BEDROOM TOWNHOUSE in Westfield, clean, quiet, 1-1/2 bath, carpeting, appliances, hot water included. Very reasonable heat Wanted To Buy cost. Sorry no pets. Call for more information (860)485PAYING CASH FOR COINS, 1216.

THE WESTFIELD NEWS Equal Housing Opportunstamps, medals, tokens, paper ity. money, diamonds and jewelry, gold and silver scrap. Broadway Coin & Stamp, 144 Broadway, WESTFIELD 1 BEDROOM. KitChicopee Falls, MA. (413)594- c h e n a n d b a t h . N o p e t s .

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ELECTRIC STOVE: G.E. StainCommercial/Multi-Family RED INK CARTRIDGE for Pitney less Steel, Black Top. Like new.

Mortgages 100%Call SEASONED OAK or mixed 569-2108 Bowes Postage Meter. Model $200.

40 years experience. No Brokers DM300C, #765- hardwoods. Cut, split, delivered.

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HAY FOR SALE: Horse Hay; $4 per/bale picked up; $5 per bale delivered. Call 413-357AFFORDABLE FIREWOOD. Seas8512.

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SEASONED FIREWOOD. Any length.

Reasonably priced. Call Residential Tree Service, (413)530-7959.

SILO DRIED firewood. (128cu.ft.)

STEREOS FROM THE guaranteed. For prices call Keith 1980'S! Larson (413)357-6345, One has speakers the(413)537other doesn't. One has AM/FM, 4146. cassette and record player.

Other has AM/FM, 8-track and record player Both 285 in Wanted To Buy working order: $15 each or both for PAyING CASH for $20 coins, stamps, 413-388-3048 medals, tokens, paper money, diamonds and jewelry, gold and silver scrap. Broadway Coin & Stamp, 144 Broadway, Chicopee Falls, MA. 413594-9550

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A SEASONED LOG TRUCK LOAD of hardwood, (at least 7 cords when you process) for only $800 plusVALLEY (depends on deAPPLE livery distance).

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Crane work.

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"After  PHIL'S DUMP RUNS/DE-   Call Mike 413-821-8971. Free MOLITION.  34 years, we still work hard at   Removal    J.D. BERRY CONTRACTING. of any  estimates. being #1." (413)562-3395. additions, windows, Landscaping & Lawn items in cellars, attics, etc... Also Garages,  decks, vinyl siding and  brush removal and small demoli- doors,       care              #CS077728. Call Jim, eLecTrician   tion (sheds, decks, fences, one more.     (413)569-6920, (413) 530-5430. ACCURATE LAWNCARE, Fall     car garages).

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1 & 2 b 340 edroom apartments, rent includes heat and hot water. Excellent size WESTFIELD and location.

No dogs. Call weekdays (413)786-9884.

Beautiful 2 bedroom townhouse, clean, quiet, 1-1/2 WESTFIELD: & 2 Bedroom bath, carpeting, 1appliances, units available, hot water included.off-street Very rea-parking, on-site laundry, very clean. sonable heat cost. Sorry Hot water included.

NOnoPETS. pets.

From $795/month.

First/Last/Sec deposit required.

Call 413-519-7257

5 ROOM, 3 bedroom, completelyDASHE-INTEL renovated Westfield/Russell area, country setting. NEW stove, refrigerator and heating COmPREHENSIVE u nLANDLORD i t . L a r g e SERVICES yard, parking. $925/month. No pets please.

Call today, won't last. (413)34822 years of service to Tenant screening including crimi3431.

LANDLORDS AFFORDABLE FIREWOOD. nal background and credit checks.

Seasoned and green. Cut, split, Call Steve or Kate Background delivered.

Any checks length. Now (413)579-1754 ready Credit for immediate - Personal delivery.

Senior and bulk discount. Call Call for more information Mechanic St. www.Dashe-Intel.com (413)848-2059, (413)530-4820. WESTFIELD: (860)485-1216 For more information 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, fenced CALL (413)572-1200 yard, off-street parking, full WESTFIELD: 2 Bedrooms. No ElectricOpportunity heat. Parking for basement, washer/dryer hook- utilities.

Equal Housing WESTFIELD S I L O D R I E D F I R E W O O D . Apartment ups. $775 p/month; 1st, 340 last and 1. No pets, No smoking. 1st and (128cu.ft.) guaranteed. For security deposit required. We do security deposit. $700.

5 room apartment, first SPRINGFIELD Call 413-- 862-4006. p r i c e s c a l l K e i t h L a r s o n WEST background checks. SQUIRES WESTFIELD (413)537-4146.

413-858-2610 Ext. 100.stove, re- floor, newly renovated. Carpeting, tile APARTMENTS, 1 bedroom, frigerator AC. $645/$695/month plus floors. Large back yard. Call (413)736-2120 leave slow message. utilities. Call (413)562-2295.

WESTFIELD: Triplex, 3-Bedroom apartment, downtow n area. $950. No utilities.

WESTFIELD 1 bedroom,Small centralpets. loca- No First/last/security. smoking.

Call 413-454-8308. tion, parking for small car. No pets. $550/month utilities included. First, last, security. (413)862-4006.

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Office Space WESTFIELD 1&2 bedroom apartments, W E S$700-$800/month T F I E L D 8 2 includes BROAD STREET. 850sq.ft. room heat and hot water.

Excellent4size and office suite available.

Utilities inlocation.

No dogs.

Call weekdays cluded. Call (413)562-2295.

(413)786-9884.

WESTFIELD. Kitchen, living Business Property room/bedroom. $575/month includes utilities. First, last, security. (413)568MONTGOMERY 5 miles from 3519.

Westfield. Spacious office includes utilities and WiFi. $350/month.

Call (413)977CLASSIFIED 6277.

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LARGECondos FURNISHED For ROOM.Sale Parking, bus route, walking distance to all amenities. $120/weekly. Only responPRICE REDUCED: sible mature adult need Beautiful, apply. private ranch. End unit condo (413)348-5070, (413)862-4522. located at Stoney Hill in Westfield. Enjoy maintenance free living in a peaceful park-like setROOM RENT on bus route, fully ting.FOR 2 large bedrooms, 2 full baths. $100/week.

Attached garage with dirfurnished.

Call (413)731ect entry to eat-in kitchen.

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Sliders onto deck. Large living room/dining room. Full walk-out House RentalHeated in-ground 355 basement. pool, golf course. Many amenitSOUTHWICK SMALL 2 bedroom ies. Call 413-977-9658 for showhouse, ing. all new. $900/month plus utilities. 100 yard walk to South Pond with beach front rights. Call (413)525-1985.

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Business Property

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LAST in new market A1 RETAIL ODD SPACE JOBS/HANDYMAN. Debris removal, landscaping, place.

5 miles from Westfield in Montspring yard cleanup, interior and gomery. $400/month.

(413)977-6277. exterior painting, power washing, basic carpentry and plumbing. All types of repair work and Homes For Sale 390 more. (413)562-7462.

WESTFIELD. RECENTLY RENOVATED! 3 bedrooms, new roof, JIM'S TRACTOR SERVICES. hardwood floors. Central.

Corner Grading & leveling of driveways lot.&$190,000.

For more information short roads, trap rock and/or callgravel (413)244-4703. material. Mowing & maintenance of fields and lawn maintenance.

Post hole digging.

Mobile Homes 410 Loader work & loam spread.

(413)569-6920, (413)530-5430.

WESTFIELD HAMPDEN Village. $29,900. 2 bedroom, 14’x67’. New sink, floor, windows, appliances, shed.

DASAP.MHVILLAGE.COM (413)593PATTY-O GREEN CLEANING: 9961.We are growing and taking on new clients. Friendly, reliable and experienced team.

Services 440 Environmentally safe products.

Excellent references. Insured.

A1 Come ODD JOBS/HANDyMAN, Debris home and relax! Call for a Removal, landscaping, spring yard free estimate.

413-248-7556 clean-up, interior and exterior painting,