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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 2017- PAGE 5
Obituaries
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Genevieve M. Waryck RUSSELL – Genevieve M. (Warzyca) Waryck, 96, (19202017) passed away on Wednesday, February 22, 2017 at Governor’s Center. She was born in Russell to the late Stanley and Eva (Samel) Warzyca and lived in Krakow, Poland then Enfield, CT before returning to Russell in 1946. She was a graduate of West Springfield High School and worked for Strathmore Paper for 33 years as a quality control tollgate inspector. She was a member of Our Lady of the Rosary Parish in Russell, now Holy Family Parish, served as a lector, church council member, chairperson of the Martha and Mary Altar Guild, member of the Liturgy commission, Women’s Club and secretary for the Huntington Rosary Sodality at St. Thomas Church. Genevieve was predeceased by her beloved husband Walter R. Waryck in 2013 and is survived by her loving son Richard Waryck and his wife Marguerite of Russell, three grandchildren, Brian Waryck and his wife Lisa of Avon, OH, Sharon Shorey and her husband Greg of Chula Vista, CA and James Waryck and his wife Jennifer of Torrance, CA, and her seven great grandchildren, Sage, Luke, Jake, Zach, Noah, Brady and Liam. A Funeral Mass for Genevieve will be held on Saturday, March 4, 2017 at 11 AM in Holy Family Parish, Russell, MA, with Burial to be held in the spring in Russell Cemetery. Visiting hours will be held on Friday from 2-4PM in the Firtion Adams FS, 76 Broad St. Westfield, MA 01085. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Holy Family Parish Renovation Fund, 5 Main St. Russell, MA 01071. www.firtionadams.com
The Big Broadcast! The Jazz Ensembles of Mount Holyoke College’s 12th annual presentation of a live 1940’s radio broadcast created and directed by Mark Gionfriddo (onstage as “Matt Morgan”) with WWLP-22News meteorologist Brian Lapis as emcee “Fred Kelley”. Under Gionfriddo’s direction, the Mount Holyoke Big Band, Vocal Jazz, and Chamber Jazz Ensembles perform well-known tunes from the swing era, including music by the Andrews Sisters, Bing Crosby, Benny Goodman, and Artie Shaw, among others. Tickets are general admission. $20.00 premium front and center seating. $15.00 regular seating. $10.00 seniors and students. The performances are Sunday, March 5, 2017 2PM and 7PM Chapin Auditorium Mount Holyoke College Route 116 South Hadley, MA. Tickets are available at the UMASS Fine Arts Center Box Office in Amherst; at the Odyssey Bookshop, Village Commons, South Hadley; and at the door (subject to availability). For phone orders: 413-545-2511 or 1-800-999-UMASS. Online ticket purchases will be available through the UMass Fine Arts Center. For information on The Jazz Ensembles of Mount Holyoke College: https://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/music/ jazz-0
Brian Lapis headlines The Big Broadcast!
Prosecutors drop charges against brother in Amherst shooting BELCHERTOWN, Mass. (AP) — Prosecutors have dropped charges against one of two brothers thought to be involved in a fatal shooting in Amherst last fall. Soksot Chham, of New Salem, had been charged as an accessory in the Oct. 15 shooting death of Jose Rodriguez at an apartment complex. Prosecutors said in their motion to dismiss that the state would “not be able to sustain its respective burdens” to prove its case, and the brothers’ relationship offers a defense. His brother, Soknang Chham, has pleaded not guilty to murder and other charges in the case. He is being held without bail. The brothers were apprehended in Arizona about 10 days after the shooting. Authorities have not disclosed a motive but people who know them say the Chhams and Rodriguez had been friends.
Ex-Employee of Berkshire County bank sentenced for stealing SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A former teller has been sentenced to 10 months in prison for her role in the embezzlement of $378,000 from the Berkshire County bank where she worked. A federal judge in Springfield also sentenced 48-year-old Melissa Scolforo to three years of probation and ordered her to help pay back the money. The Lee woman, who had worked at the bank 24 years, pleaded guilty in May. Prosecutors say she and another teller at Lenox National Bank stole from cash drawers and the bank’s vault over five years, and then submitted false reports to cover up the thefts. They spent the money on shopping sprees, dining out and household bills. Scolforo’s lawyer says her client is remorseful. Lenox National Bank was acquired by Adams Community Bank in 2015 for $14.3 million.
Bank robber gets 'adrenaline rush,' 10-year prison sentence MURRELLS INLET, S.C. (AP) — An adrenaline rush is going to cost a Massachusetts man about 10 years of his life. Authorities say 39-year-old Joshua Santerre of Holyoke, Massachusetts, pleaded guilty to the armed robbery of South State Bank in Murrells Inlet on Nov. 23. He also pleaded guilty to entering a bank with the intent to steal and threatening the use of a destructive device. The State newspaper in Columbia reports (http://bit. ly/2m7CcNk) reports that a news release Tuesday recounts that when a judge asked Santerre why he robbed the bank, Santerre responded: "to get an adrenaline rush." He was sentenced to 10 years behind bars, and officials say he'll have to serve at least 85 percent of that. Investigating officers found a sand-filled pipe at the bank. Santerre was arrested at a nearby gas station.
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Political Notebook
Westfield Democratic City Committee Caucus WESTFIELD — The Westfield Democratic City Committee will be holding its Caucus to elect delegates to the 2017 Massachusetts Democratic Convention to be held June 3, 2017 in the Tsongas Center in Lowell, MA. The local Caucus will be held from 7pm until 9pm on Thursday, March 9 at the Dolan-Ely Apartment Complex Administrative building on Murphy Circle. The Caucus is open to all registered Democrats.
Hyper • Local
SOMERVILLE, Mass. (AP) — The lawyer for a Somerville police officer says his client is pictured in photos released by police of man leaving a Cambridge hotel after they say he used bogus bills to pay for a meal. WCVB-TV reports (http://bit.ly/2m5134p ) Somerville police say they’re trying to identify a man pictured in grainy surveillance photos leaving the Hyatt Regency Hotel earlier this month. The man is accused of using counterfeit money — including two $20 bills and a $50 bill — to pay his bill after the restaurant wouldn’t accept credit card numbers he was reading from a tablet. Attorney Christopher Alberto says his client Alex Capobianco is the man in the photos, but insists Capobianco knows nothing about the fake money. WCVB-TV says Capobianco is a cousin of Somerville Mayor Joseph Curtatone.
WESTFIELD Major crime and incident log Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017 9:32 a.m.: Motor vehicle violation and arrest, Elm Street. Police initially stopped a vehicle after they reported that it had an expired inspection sticker. Upon investigating further, police reported that the driver allegedly provided a false name to police and that they also had a revoked license. Police arrested Paul Gardikis, 47, of Westfield, and charged him with operating a motor vehicle with a license revoked, unregistered motor vehicle and motor vehicle operator refusing to identify self. 12:46 p.m.: Breaking and entering motor vehicle, Fair Lane. Police received a report of a vehicle that was reportedly broken into within the past week and packages of flashlights and blankets were stolen. Police were investigating. 8:25 p.m.: Arrest, Springfield Road. Police, while doing another investigation, reported that they came across another person who they believed had warrants out for their arrest. Police provided the information to police headquarters and found that Patricia Ann Callahan, 28, of Ludlow, reportedly had warrants out for her arrest. Police arrested her on the two warrants.
Court Logs Westfield District Court
Feb. 21, 2017 Kyle R. Fuller, 21, of 14 Clifton St., Westfield, had a charge of assault and battery filed with sufficient facts found but continued without a finding until Feb. 21, 2018, as well as charges of assault and battery on a family/household member, strangulation or suffocation and cruelty to an animal dismissed nolle prosequi, originally brought by Russell State Police. Richard J. Ruta, 53, of 83 Whitaker Road, Westfield, had a charge of negligent operation of a motor vehicle filed with sufficient facts found but continued without a finding until Aug. 21, 2017, as well as a charge of operating under the influence of liquor dismissed nolle prosequi, originally brought by Russell State Police. Anthony T. DiSanto, 35, of Westfield, received a one-year sentence in House of Corrections after being found guilty of larceny over $250, as well as one-year sentence in House of Corrections after pleading guilty to charges of two counts receiving stolen property over $250 and larceny under $250, as well as one-year sentence in House of Corrections after pleading guilty to charges of seven counts of receiving stolen property over $250 and larceny under $250, with all sentencing being concurrent, brought by Westfield Police. Brian M. Giesing, 26, of 12 Eagle St., Southwick, was released on $500 cash bail pending an April 14 hearing after being arraigned on a charge of possession of class A drug, brought by Westfield Police. Derek L. Cabana, 60, of 5 Beach Road, Southwick, was released on $100 cash bail pending a May 2 hearing after being arraigned on a charge of assault and battery on a family/household member, brought by Southwick Police. Amanda Cowlan, 33, of 124 Valley View Ave., Woronoco, was released on her personal recognizance pending an April 14 hearing after being arraigned on a charge of assault and battery on a family/household member, brought by Russell State Police. Justin J. Hannigan, 35, of 3 Depot St., Southwick, was released on $500 cash bail pending a May 2 hearing after being arraigned on a charge of possession of class A drug—subsequent offense, brought by Westfield Police.
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LOST:Poinsettia Christmas pin. Lost 12/3/16 possibly in Big Y or CVS on E Main St or WS house tour. Call or text 537-6242. (12-14) LOST: White handkerchief with blue embroidery. Between Pine Hill Cemetery and Mechanic St on 11/11/16. 413-562-2268. (11-14) FOUND: Cat, Grey, short hair cat. West Springfield - Dewey St./Sibley Ave. Please call: 732-4954 (11-08)