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By Jennifer Robert
Quaboag Current Reporter
E
ach year as Easter time
rolls around the trend for
children to get a real live
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chick seems to grow. Cute and
fuzzy, chicks can be a delight;
they can also turn into a nuisance. On Wednesday, Feb 18 at
6:30 p.m. the Brookfield Agricultural Commission will be holding its third annual “Keeping
of the Chickens” presentation,
featuring Roseanne Thibault, of
Thibault Poultry.
“Since the founding of the
Brookfield Agricultural Commission the single most reported issue involves the keeping
of chickens,” Chairman of the
commission Clarence Snyder
said. “People have great intentions and go to buy a chick, then
find out that they often have to
buy a half-dozen when they buy
from a large chain supply store.
A few months later, full-grown
roosters are running around the
See CHICKENS I PAGE 8
Quaboag
receives
Arts for
Literacy
grant
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Developers:
State ‘very
involved’ at
racetrack
Septic, well hearings
continued again
By Jennifer Robert
Quaboag Current Reporter
Help other people
at all times
– PALMER –
By Douglas Farmer
Staff Writer
Town officials, neighbors
and developers of the two-mile
racetrack along the PalmerWare line were ostensibly attending last week’s hearing
of the Palmer Conservation
Commission officially to review specific septic, well and
road work related to it. But
they all knew that there were
ongoing complaints related the
construction on about 60 acres
of land of West Ware Road
that have drawn in the review
of various state agencies including the Massachusetts
Department of Environmental
Protection (Mass DEP), the
Natural Heritage Endangered
Species Program (NHESP)
and even – allegedly, though
not confirmed by – the attorney general’s office.
While members of a neighborhood coalition in opposition to the track, “Whiskey
Hill Track Impact,” have reported numerous points of negotiation and contention ranging from excessive borrowing
to wetlands violations to various media outlets including
this newspaper, both Catherine
Skiba and Jillian Fennimore,
spokespeople for the MassSee RACETRACK I PAGE 9
In conjunction with the
towns of Andover and Salem,
the Quaboag Regional School
District has been named as a
recipient of a four-year New
England Arts for Literacy
grant, funded the United States
Department of Education, in
the amount of $2 million. The
school was notified in the fall
of the award and is now planning for the summer workshop
that will really kick-off the
program.
“Madeline Smola [district
grant writer] and Brett Kustigian [superintendent] came
to Beth Hansen, the other art
teacher, and I and said they
were contacted by Andover
See ARTS I PAGE 8
Winter lecture
series announced
WARREN – The Warren
Police Department contacted
the Boy Scout Troop 281 for
help at the Senior Housing on
Winthrop Terrace after the last
blizzard to assist the seniors
whose cars were buried from
the massive snowstorm. Several
Boy Scouts who were off from
school on a snow day responded
to the call.
Quaboag Current courtesy photos by Dan Flynn
Boy Scouts Derrick Legault and Marty Flynn
from Troop 281 performing a Good Turn on a
school snow day.
BRIMFIELD – The Norcross Wildlife Sanctuary, 30
Peck Road, Wales has announced its 2015 winter lectures, held at the sanctuary.
These lectures are offered on
Saturdays at 1:30 p.m., and
last about an hour. There is no
charge. For more information
or to make a reservation, please
call 413-267-9654.
“Six-Legged Strangers” will
be presented on Feb. 21. This
is a hands-on Asian Longhorn Beetle and Emerald Ash
Borer identification workshop.
Greg Goodfellow, Forest Pest
Outreach Coordinator for the
Massachusetts Department of
Agricultural Resources, will be
talking about how to identify
the Asian Longhorn Beetle and
Emerald Ash Borer, the damage they cause and ongoing
See SERIES I PAGE 9
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UPCOMING
Community Valentine’s Day Party from 4-5:30 p.m. in the
church hall on Feb. 14. Come for FREE family fun, Valentine’s crafts
and cookie decorating. Stroller accessible. Holy Trinity Episcopal
Church, 446 Hamilton St., Southbridge, 508-765-9559, www.holytrinitysouthbridge.org.
Mardi Gras Community Sausage and Pancake Supper from
5:30-7 p.m. on Feb. 17 in the downstairs hall of the church. Come for
FREE food and fun. Mardi Gras crafts & games for kids. Come with
your family and friends! Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 446 Hamilton
St., Southbridge, 508-765-9559, www.holytrinitysouthbridge.org.
The Friends of Sturbridge/Fiskdale Seniors will hold their
regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 18 at 1 p.m. A History
Trivia game will be played after the business meeting with refreshments following. Bring a friend and enjoy a couple of hours of fun.
Mini Golf will be held at the Joshua Hyde Public Library, 306 Main
Street in Sturbridge, on Saturday, Feb. 28 from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
and Sunday, March 1 from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
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Knitters of all ages and abilities are invited to join a new,
ongoing knitting circle at the Warren Public Library. The group will
meet on Thursdays from 4-6 p.m. beginning Jan. 8, 2015. Stop by
for a while or stay the whole time. A knitting circle is a great place
to relax, create and chat with fellow knitters and to share favorite
tips and tricks. Basic materials and instruction will be provided to
beginning knitters. The local Salvation Army service unit offers support to
families in the Ware/Warren area. Services include helping families
find information on utility shut offs, food/clothing referrals, and fuel
assistance. If you are in need of information and would like to make
an appointment, call 413-277-5432.
A Caregiver Support Group, for individuals caring for adults,
will meet from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. on the 2nd Thursday of each
month at the Sturbridge Senior Center. Newcomers are welcome. For
more information, call Barbara at 508-347-7575.
The Sturbridge Council on Aging is now running a monthly
caregiver support group for individuals who care for adults. For additional information about the caregiver support group, contact Barbara
at 508-347-7575.
WARREN PUBLIC LIBRARY hosts Parent-Child Story Hour every
Tuesday at 2 p.m. Stories, finger play, music, and arts and crafts.
Geared to children age 2-5 years, siblings welcome. Every Wednesday, the library offers a Knitting Circle from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. All
abilities welcome. Bring yarn, needles and a project to work on. Stop
by to have some fun, socialize, and share tips and tricks with fellow
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Holy Protection Orthodox Chapel will be hosting a regular
“Inquirer’s Night” where visitors may listen to a short introduction to
the ancient faith of Orthodox Christianity and ask any questions that
they may have. Come to the Chapel, located at 280 New Braintree
Road in West Brookfield, on Fridays at 7 p.m. The Inquirer’s session
is preceded by the service of Vespers, to which everyone is also invited. In addition, all are welcome to attend our Sunday service, the
Divine Liturgy, at 9:30 a.m. on Sundays. The Chapel is a mission of
St. George Orthodox Cathedral in Worcester. For more information
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PAGE Warren Selectmen Notebook
-WARRENBy Jennifer Robert
Quaboag Current Reporter
Faulty Inspection
stickers questioned
Chairman David Delanski gave an
update on a topic that arose during the
last selectmen’s meeting pertaining to
town vehicles that shouldn’t have been
on the road due to lack of inspections,
failed inspections and other operational problems and said that he felt it was
appropriate to pass it over to the Chief
of Police and ask him to investigate the
matter and get back to the board at
next meeting with written report.
“We’ll see if we can figure out what exactly went on and what steps we should
take from this point on,” Delanski said.
The matter was originally brought up
because of a rejection sticker that was
seen on a highway truck that was being
operated and Delanski said that in addition to having the chief probe into this
further he also checked with the Registry of Motor Vehicles to see what differ-
ent types of rejection stickers meant and
what the possible solutions for getting a
proper sticker were.
Soltys praises property auctions
Resident Stanley Soltys complimented the board on getting rid of
some of the properties in town and said
that he thinks that it should continue in
to 2015. Bob Lavash said that the treasurer is working on selling more tax
title properties, a different set up than
an auction, but it will still generate income to the town.
“It is definitely profitable,” Lavash
said. “I think that title companies buy
them and then sell them to the public.”
Soltys also brought up the ongoing issue of the chimes in the town hall bell
tower not working and said that he
had found a company that was willing
to come out and look at them, free of
charge. He requested that a time be arranged when the board, as well as the
bell custodians, could be present for
the appraisal so that he could continue
to work on restoring the bells to working order.
Haston announces vacation activities
NORTH BROOKFIELD – The
Haston Public Library in North Brookfield has announced its February Vacation Activities. On Tuesday, Feb. 17
“Read, Build, Play,” bringing play to
story time and engineering to life, will
be from 10:30 a.m.to 11:30 a.m. There
will be stories, music and play activities
with a variety of construction materials. This is for children five years of age
and younger. Sign up in the Children’s
Room at the library, call 508-885-2934
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18 from 1-7 p.m. in the craft room. If
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your chance to show what you can do
with those little plastic shapes. All creations will be put on display for a week
in the Children’s Library.
On Thursday, Feb. 19 from 2-4 p.m.,
a variety of crafts will be available for
you to work on independently in the
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- opinion -
editorial
Breaking the cycle
takes all of us
T
hose of our readers who have families of their
own know well that teen dating can produce
plenty of anxiety and tension without adding
violence, threats and shame into the mix. But statistics show that dating violence is an all-too-common
reality for young people in this country.
So we believe that in February, officially recognized as National Teen Dating Violence Awareness
Month since 2010, it is time to face the truth that is
playing out in our homes and in our neighborhoods
every day.
According to statistics from loveisrespect.org,
one in three adolescents in the U.S. is a victim of
physical, sexual, emotional or verbal abuse from a
dating partner, and girls and young women between
the ages of 16 and 24 experience the highest rate of
intimate partner violence. And the results of that
violence do not end with the act itself – on average,
being physically or sexually abused makes teen girls
six times more likely to become pregnant and twice
as likely to develop a sexually transmitted disease.
Volunteers in the Palmer Domestic Violence Task
Force hear regular reports from Christine Harris, a
civilian advocate at the Palmer District Court regularly about spikes in incidents reported through that
venue. Unfortunately, many such acts of violence
are never reported at all and the effects may not be
known for years to come. It is incumbent on us to
start the conversation about healthy relationships at
home, and in our community, before it’s too late to
reach these victims who may well be teetering between a healthy life and substance abuse, often a byproduct of shame adolescents are too frightened to
bring up on their own.
Fortunately, there is a new passionate fighter in
this battle against violence in all age groups – Joyce
Axelson, the new domestic violence task force coordinator for the town of Palmer and an advocate who
has worked in several courts in Central and Western Massachusetts. While she is planning a number
of activities in the coming year including the White
Ribbon Campaign in March which has drawn support from students at Palmer High School, as well
as the sponsorship of the National Night Out in late
summer and the Take Back the Night rally in October, she has put out a call for the conversation to begin about teen dating violence this month, both by
answering quizzes available at loveisrespect.org and
becoming part of the task force itself which meets
the second Tuesday of each month in the Palmer Office Building from 3:30 to 4:30 pm.
And for those of who are looking for somewhere
to turn, domestic violence support groups in the
town are held Mondays from 5 to 6:30 p.m. and
Thursdays from 10 to 11:30 a.m. To register, call
283-1058.
We encourage those who have skill or interest to
participate in the task force, but – more than that
– we also ask that you have honest talk with your
family, friends and other members of the community about what our teens may be experiencing. It is
far better to talk about a problem that is embarrassing to bring up now than it is to ponder a tragedy
that could have been prevented tomorrow.
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Our Prodigal Lives
T
The other person in the story is the other brother
he Sundays prior to the start of Great Lent
each carry a theme in preparation for the start who stays with his father while his brother goes off to
of this holiest of seasons on the Church cal- do what he is going to do. When his brother returns,
he gets mad and lashes out at the father sayendar. In the Orthodox Church, this past
ing that he has been here all along and that
Sunday, we read the story from the Gospel
he has not dishonored the family. He tries to
of St. Luke about the Prodigal Son and his
make the case for why his father should throw
return home to his father’s house. This stohis brother out. The father simply turns to
ry is a reminder of not only the love of this
him and says that he is happy that he has reman for his son, but the love of God for all
mained with him. He tells him that his brother
of His children when they go astray.
who was lost has been found has come home,
It has become quite common for me to
and this should be a time of rejoicing.
hear of people speaking of sin as if it is
In the end, the goal of our spiritual life is
nothing unless someone else is harmed by
reconciliation with God and our fellow man
whatever it was that is committed. That is
and a desire to stay on the right path. Staying
certainly not the tradition of the Orthodox
By
Church as all sin carries with it a separa- Fr. Peter-Michael on the right path is not an easy journey, and it
cannot be done alone, we need to community
tion from God as well as a separation from
Preble
as much as we need God. The holy season of
the community. The son’s greed and pride
separated him from his family and the community Lent is upon us. Make this the year to get back on
when he took his father’s hard earned money and went track, I can promise you that you will not regret it.
off to do his own thing.
Fr. Peter-Michael Preble is the pastor of St. Michael
The striking part of this story for me is the arrogance of the son to believe that he has anything com- Orthodox Church in Southbridge Massachusetts and
ing to him from his father. His father has given him blogs at www.shepherdofsouls.com. Follow Fr. Peter on
life, and by all accounts in the story, very good life. Twitter @frpeterpreble
Where do we get the idea that our parents owe us anything? When his father does give him a share, his pride
tells him that he knows best and sets off, by the end
of the story we see how well that has worked out for
him.
This story is less about the three people, the father,
the son, and his brother than it is about us. We have
squandered our inheritance, the Heavenly Kingdom,
by our sinful nature as the son had squandered his inheritance from his father. This entire passage is about
etters to the edireconciliation and forgiveness.
tor should be 250
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PAGE WBES PTG debuts new fundraising approach
-WEST BROOKFIELDBy Jennifer Robert
Quaboag Current Reporter
Grab a burger, enjoy a meal with
family and friends, raise some money
for your school. Not just a win-win but
a triple win according to Nathan Buzzell
who, along with other members of the
West Brookfield Elementary School Parent Teacher Group (PTG), is excited to
debut a new fundraising approach this
month.
“We see this put in place at larger, chain restaurants sometimes and
thought it was an interesting idea and
that it would be great to do it at a more
local level and bring some business to
the local restaurants while benefiting
the school,” Buzzell said. “We started
to approach some of the businesses and
they were very interested.” One of the
benefits of doing such a fundraiser at
the local level is that the program can
be tailored to the meet the needs of each
business. Haymakers Grille, for example,
is offering a donation to the school for
patronage on Wednesdays, beginning on
Feb 11. They ask, however, that patrons
bring with them a coupon that is on the
bottom of the PTG Eating for Education flyer so they can track how the
fundraiser affects patronage. The Clam
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Preparedness is the best prevention
-WARREN/
WEST BROOKFIELDBy Jennifer Robert
Quaboag Current Reporter
The people keep asking Mother Nature for a pardon, but she isn’t listening.
After a Christmas that was decidedly not
a white one, it seems that all the flakes
decided to fly at once. People and towns
are still digging out, or trying to, at this
point-from the last foot or so that was
dropped on Monday, and Thursday’s
forecast calls for more, more, more. Even
winter lovers are getting tired; snowfall
in these consistent amounts make for
long, hard days of labor. Annoyance is
one thing, but the Warren West Brookfield Emergency Management Team
is also trying to spread the word that
people know how to stay safe during this
significant winter weather.
“The single most important thing for
people to know is how to be prepared,”
Timothy O’Brien, deputy emergency
management director in Warren, said.
The emergency management team advises people to stay informed of weather
forecast if a potential storm is brewing
and stresses that preparedness is the best
first line of defense.
“The best and safest place to stay during a severe storm is in your residence,”
O’Brien said. “Preparing your home and
putting an emergency kit together ahead
of time are key factors.” Items that
should be included when compiling an
emergency kit include alternative heating sources such as wood stoves and a
fireplace with extra dry, seasoned wood.
Those with generators should be sure to
have them properly serviced and do a test
run before it is needed. Fuel for such apparatus should always be stored outside
of dwellings and away from generators.
A back-up battery or car charger for cell
phones, a battery powered or crank radio and flashlights with extra batteries
should also be included. In addition to
personal hygiene items, people are also
advised to refill any medications that are
running low ahead of time and to keep
bottles water and non-perishable food
items on hand.
During times when power is lost
many people face the dilemma of how
to provide heat and warm food for their
family and turn to unsafe methods. Gasoline powered equipment, propane deck
Merriam-Gilbert Public Library News
WEST BROOKFILD – The Merriam-Gilbert Public Library in West
Brookfield has announced its programs for February. “Introduction
to Sign Language” for all ages with
Amanda Judycki is on Feb. 12 at 6:30
p.m.; please register.
“Open Scrapbooking Night” with
Angela Carter will be on Feb. 17 at
6:30 p.m. Bring your projects and
glue; please register.
The book discussion on “The
Other Language” byFrancesca Marciano will be on Feb. 26 from 4 p.m.
to 5 p.m.; new members are always
welcome.
The Knitting Group is on every
Wednesday at 10 a.m. You can drop
in—no registration is necessary. New
members are always welcome.
heaters, and charcoal or gas grills should
never, ever be used inside of a home. If a
car is running to charge phones or other
devices it should never be run inside an
enclosed garage.
While sheltering at home is the most
highly recommended option there are
times when the emergency shelter may
be activated and notification will be
made through the reverse 911 system if
the shelter is opened. For residents of
Warren and West Brookfield the shelter location is Quaboag Regional High
School.
“If you decide to go to the shelter,
please know that there is a group of volunteers from our towns-members of the
Warren/West Brookfield Community
Emergency Response Team (CERT)who have been trained to insure that
your stay is made as safe and comfortable as possible,” O’Brien said. To maintain a safe environment O’Brien said that
there are rules which need to be adhered
to including not bringing pets, except for
service animals, registering each person
to receive assistance, and absolutely no
smoking on school grounds. O’Brien
said it is recommended that each person
bring personal identification, prescriptions, a blanket and pillow, hygiene items,
reading material, a change of clothes
and small, non-electric toys or games for
children as well as anything required for
infant care.
“A backpack or duffel bag containing
these items per couple or small family is
suggested,” O’Brien said. “Space could
be limited depending on the number of
residents needing shelter so please use
your discretion when packing.” For further information on these
guidelines or emergency preparedness
contact Deputy Emergency Management Directors Tim O’Brien at (413)
813-7110 or Jim McKeon at (413) 2302382.
West Brookfield
COA News
CLUES ACROSS
1. Fashion dandy
4. Cycles per second
7. Strikebreaker
11. Aquatic reptile
(informal)
13. Express pleasure
14. Swiss river
15. Contains cerium
17. Ribonucleic acid
18. On top
19. Taxis
21. Banking machine
22. Small salamander
23. Voltage
25. Pointed summit
27. DWTS host
33. In a way, smoked
34. Peat moss source
35. W. African nation
Sierra ___
36. Cocoa plum tree
41. Holiday (informal)
44. Venezuelan capital
46. DWTS hostess
48. Hideouts
50. Actress Lupino
51. The content of
cognition
53. Point one point N
of due E
55. Plunder a town
59. No. Albanian
dialect
60. No (Scottish)
61. Blatted
64. X2 = a Pacific
tourist commune
65. AKA option key
66. Angelina’s spouse
67. “Wedding
Crashers” Wilson
68. Grassland,
meadow
69. Laughing to self
(texting)
CLUES DOWN
1. Licenses TV
stations
2. Metal-bearing
mineral
3. Meat from a pig
(alt. sp.)
4. A bottle with a
stopper
5. Short labored
breath
6. Hair washing soap
7. Steam bath
8. “R.U.R.”
playwright Karel
9. Beside one
another in lines
10. Not straight
12. Former OSS
16. Truck driver’s
radio
20. Dried-up
24. Million gallons
per day (abbr.)
26. Encircle (archaic)
27. ‘__ death do us
part
28. A single unit
29. A siemens
30. Prohibition
31. V. William’s
clothing line
32. Scotland’s poet’s
initials
37. Auto
38. Single spot card
in a deck
39. Crow sound
40. Former CIA
42. Factory where
arms are made
43. Radioactive
unit
44. Scoundrel
45. Freshwater
duck genus
47. 9 decades
48. Makes tractors
49. 55120
51. Southeast
Nigeria people
52. Arab sailing
vessel
54. Hay bundle
56. Blood type
57. Driver
compartment
58. “Das Kapital”
author Marx
62. Consume food
63. Dental degree
The West Brookfield Council on
Aging has announced some of the upcoming events for the month of February. Yoga will be held on Mondays and
Wednesdays with instructor Jen Tatro
from 12:45 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. beginning
on Monday, Feb. 23. The cost is $40 for
16 sessions. There will be no floor work,
and you may hold onto a chair if needed
for balance. No equipment is needed.
Comfortable clothing is recommended.
Advance payment is required. Please
drop by the senior center to register for
this class.
“Let’s Go Out to Lunch” will be on
Thursday, Feb. 19 at 308 Lakeside in
East Brookfield, formerly the Lashaway
Inn. They will meet at the Senior Center
to carpool at 11:30 a.m. A $5 deposit is
required to reserve your seat. This deposit will be returned to you on the day
of the lunch. Please reserve by Thursday, Feb. 12. The snow date is Thursday,
Feb. 26. There is a copy of the menu at
the senior center for anyone interested in
a preview.
The next D.A.V. meeting will be held
on March 3 at 7 p.m.
“Casablanca by the Sea” in Portland,
Maine, will be on Wednesday, June 10,
2015. This trip will feature Portland’s Island/Seal Harbor cruise, Old Port visit,
and Dunstan School House Buffet. On
that morning departure from the West
Brookfield Senior Center will be at 8:30
a.m. for scenic Maine on Silver Fox
Coach. After a leisurely lunch at Dunstan School House Buffet—with “over
100 items”—there will be a 90-minute
narrated cruise on the Bay View Lady
where you’ll experience Portland’s picturesque islands, lighthouses, Civil War
Forts, fishing boats, and seals basking
on the rocks in Casco Bay. After the
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‘Kids Run the
Nation’ coming to
West Brookfield
-WEST BROOKFIELDBy Jennifer Robert
Quaboag Current Reporter
Coming soon to an elementary
school near you: a new youth running club geared specifically for
children in grades three through six.
Modeled after the program of Kids
Run the Nation, West Brookfield
Elementary School (WBES) Parent Teacher Group member Denis
Childs will be leading interested
youth through a 12 week program
that teaches not only running but
associated healthy components and
will culminate in participation of a
community 5K race as an official
graduation from the program.
“My daughters started here at
WBES this year and I brought up the
idea of a 5K community event as a
way to both promote fitness and be
a fundraiser,” Childs said. “My kids
have been running with me since I
was pushing them in a stroller and it
was an organic progression to them
wanting to get out and run with me.
They both did their first 5K at age
4.” Childs said that his girls love
running and that his six year old ran
a 4-miler last weekend and came in
first in the under 18 category and his
8 year old is running 10K races. He
has seem how his kids react to running and how it is a great confidence
booster, he said, and thinks that
many other children could benefit
from a running program.
“We will be following the Kids
Run the Nation curriculum, and
will have one organized group run a
week on Saturday mornings,” Childs
said. “Each child will also have a
running log to keep track of their
fitness during the week, like if they
are running for basketball or soccer or another sport. There is also
a weekly curriculum topic so they
can learn about what muscles are
used when running and stretches to
do when you run.” The curriculum
covers topics like nutrition, energy
balance, running form and pacing.
Launched in 1986 by the Road Runner Club of America in a response
to the growing concern for children’s
health in the country the program
was revamped and re-named in
2008 and has grown to be a significant nationwide organization. After
the 12 weeks are completed the participants will be ready to tackle the
West Brookfield Classic, a 5K race
that Childs hopes will become an
annual event and will take place this
year on Saturday, June 13.
“I was looking for something
roughly 5K and also would highlight the schools,” Childs said about
the course. “There is only a mildly
challenging hill at the beginning and
then it is all downhill or flat so it is a
good course for beginner runners.”
There will also be a children’s fun
run on the day of the race. Complete
course information and registration,
which is only available online, can be
found at westbrookfieldclassic.com
“There has been a lot of focus on
healthy living and nutrition here in
West Brookfield so it seemed natural to me that this would be a wellreceived idea,” Childs said. “I’m really looking forward to it.”
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Warren Senior News
WARREN – The Warren Senior Center has announced its upcoming activities for the rest of February. The senior center will be closed in observance of
President’s Day on Feb. 16.
There will be a Birthday Party on Feb. 26. A sign-up
is required, and the cut off for that is Feb. 23 at 2 p.m.
The meal will be served at 11:45 a.m. Entertainment
will be by “Country Duo.” The cost is $6.
The Polish Dinner sponsored by the Friends of The
Town Hall will be on March 7. First seating will be at 5
p.m., and second seating is at 6:30 p.m. Takeout will be
available between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m. Tickets are $10.
COA I FROM PAGE 6
cruise there will be time for shopping and browsing at
Portland’s newly-renovated Old Port. Your arrival home
will be at approximately 6 p.m. The tour cost is $69 per
person. The buffet menu includes: carving—roast beef
and turkey; serving—salad bar, soups, pastas, taco bar,
mashed potatoes, fried clam strips, baked fish, onion
rings, gravies, vegetables, changing hot and cold beverages daily, sugar-free desserts, make your own sundaes,
delicious homemade pies and more. For reservations
please contact Peggy Goudreau at 508-867-1407. Reservations and a $40 deposit are due by April 10.
Bliss dog still in non-compliance
-WEST BROOKFIELDBy Jennifer Robert
Quaboag Current Reporter
Nearly six months after Susan Talbot requested a
dog hearing for the actions of Kenneth and Cindy Bliiss’ dog, Sydney, the matter is still an ongoing problem. Despite numerous orders by the West Brookfield
Board of Selectmen and offers of assistance by the
Animal Control Officer Leah Shattuck the Blisses
simply are not cooperating.
“Leah went up to take pictures for the board [of
selectmen] to look at after they were assessed a fine, so
you would understand why,” administrative assistant
Johanna Swain. “The gate was wide open in the pictures but Leah said that the boards that would have
closed it up are full of holes. They could put chicken
wire over the holes, she said, but if the gate is open
that doesn’t even do any good.”
Back in September 2014, Bliss was given 30 days
to fence the yard in and required to, effective immediately, ensure that Sydney was always leashed when off
the property. Bliss said that financial issues would prevent him from being able to install a fence and Shat-
PAGE tuck told him that she would help him look for free
of low-cost materials, as well as suggesting some ways
that he might be able to fence the yard using materials that were already at the property. The matter came
before the board for review again in December of
2014 when Shattuck informed the board that despite
numerous communications with Bliss the order was
not followed. There was finally a fence, but no gate.
At that point the board advised Shattuck to approach
town counsel and begin legal proceedings.
During that last week of January, the town issued
fine to Bliss.
“I don’t remember the last time a dog order had
come to this,” selectman Diane Vayda said. The fine
was $50, and under town by-law a person in violation
of a dog order could be charged up to one time per
day for as long as the violation remains in occurrence.
Before things get that far, however, the board is once
again ordering Bliss to fix the problem, this time citing
the specific repairs that must be made.
“I make a motion to have them put chicken wire
over the gate door,” selectman Sarah Allen said. “If
they don’t, we will have to fine them again.” The
board agreed to this, and said that they would revisit
the issue at the next meeting.
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three major snow storms each week
for the last three weeks, each system
leaving at least a foot of snow on top
of the previous layer as it came. While
school was cancelled—for some, several consecutive days—businesses
were closed, residents shoveled driveways and scraped snow from roofs,
and crews worked to clear and widen
roads, some tried to enjoy the white
stuff heavily covering the ground,
such as snowmobilers racing on snowcovered waters and children building
snowmen, though even those were
buried in subsequent snowfalls. But
after three weekly storms some are
tired of seeing the white stuff, including one person who painted “Free”
on their snow pile. And with winter
only about half over, there’s probably
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Tracks into the sunset left by snowmobilers on Wickaboag Pond.
to get involved in this and we were very
excited about this opportunity,” Jessie
Sutherland, Quaboag Art teacher, said.
“Research shows that students who are
engaged in the arts have better literacy
performance and with the three towns
that are part of this we have a really nice
mix of urban, suburban and rural to really explore diverse concepts.” Most of
the funding will go towards professional
development that will train teachers to
integrate the arts in other common curriculum areas. Each summer a five day
workshop will be held at rotating locations and teachers from all three districts will learn tools to bring art to their
classes as well as learn how to facilitate
the program concept.
“One of the really neat things about
this grant is that there are some additional opportunities for teachers and
students as a result of participating,”
Sutherland said. “The teachers will get
some fund to have a local artist come
in and help facilitate the art portion of
their curriculum and each class that participates will get a free field trip.” Part of
the grant guidelines is that each school
CHICKENS I FROM PAGE 1
neighborhood.” One thing about roosters is they certainly like to rule the roost,
which can cause complaints from neighbors as well as a bit of exacerbation on
the part of owners, who were likely expecting some return (eggs) on their investment (what they thought were hens).
Keeping chickens, it seems, can be a bit
of an art but Snyder said that even for
those who are totally new to chickening,
Thibault is a wealth of information that
can offers a great deal of guidance and
advice.
“She does a very nice job presenting
all the different points of keeping chickens,” he said. “She is very down-to-earth
and laid back and it is a great atmosphere for people who are new to keeping chickens as well as those who have
had chickens for some time.” Snyder said
that while the Brookfield Agricultural
Commission has held this workshop
two times prior most of the turnout has
participating has a cultural partner. The
districts that are involved have partnered
with the Addison Gallery, the Peabody
Essex Museum and the Springfield Museums at the Quadrangle.
“We are excited to be able to partner
with Springfield because there is so much
more than fine art there,” Sutherland
said. “There is a history museum and
the science museum as well, which gives
our students even more opportunities.”
Schools can take the field trip to any of
the museums that are part of the grant,
and the summer workshops for teachers
will rotate through the locations with
the first one being held at the Addison
Gallery. Sutherland said that the workshop will be run by Kurt Wooton, who
is a researcher from Brown University
who has been studying the link between
arts and literacy for a long time.
“Once the teachers are trained, they
will then develop a project that they
integrate into their regular curriculum
to brings arts into the classroom,” she
said. This summer there will 42 teachers attending the workshop, of them
from Quaboag. The project is being projected to teachers in grades kindergarten
though grade eight.
been from Brookfield residents and this
year they are really looking to expand
the audience to include folks from surrounding towns.
“I go to all these different regional
meetings and this has to be the number
one nuisance that affects all the agricultural commissions,” Snyder said. “That
is not to say that there has not been
young people who have been successful
at raising chickens and even benefited
from selling the eggs at local farmer’s
markets or to their neighbors. We just
want to address the concerns that are
out there and help promote the next generation of farm entrepreneurs.” While
Thibault will be talking about the how
to successful keep chickens members of
the AgCom will also be addressing how
they have responded to complaints regarding chickens.
“Brookfield is a Right-To-Farm community, and recognizes that waking the
neighbors at dawn or before is not helpful,” Snyder said.
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ments, some of which were related to impact on wetlands and the
safe passage of wildlife through
the property.
“I’m not sure why the DEP
hadn’t done all this review when
they looked at the whole package before,” said Palmer Conservation Commission Chairman
Robert Ring.
And finally, the commission
issued a negative determination
– meaning no further action was
required – related to the clearing
and site work done for a 3,000foot access road that was expected
to serve the north paddock area
of the racetrack.
“There was some misunderstanding with a contractor, so a
lot of that work was done before a
permit was issued, so this amounts
to an after-the-fact approval,”
said Trowbridge, adding that to
protect stormwater flow, some of
the access road would be porous
allowing for safe seepage of water,
though conservation commissioner Tharyn Nein-Large pointed out
that such road material needed to
be maintained regularly.
Palmer Conservation Agent
Angela Panaccione said she had
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DEP and attorney general office,
respectively, have declined comment on ongoing investigations.
The conservation commission
continued a hearing related to a
7,190 gallon-per-day septic system
until their next meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 17, pending the Palmer
Board of Health issuance of a Title
V permit, in accordance with state
septic regulations. Joshua Mathieu,
the town’s health agent, confirmed
that process is ongoing.
“The plans initially had two
septic systems but now it’s down
to one,” said Brett Trowbridge, a
biologist with Oxbow Associates,
speaking on behalf of the project
principals, Fred Ferguson (in attendance Tuesday) and attorney
Jonathan Fryer.
And the commission also continued a hearing on a proposed
well to the south of the property,
which Donald Frydryk, principal
of the local engineering firm Sherman & Frydryk, explained had
been redesigned and its capacity
would not be known until testing of the area were conducted.
Trowbridge said both the DEP
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few comments related to the above
matters because they had arrived
at her office only days before with
other projects pending in town.
“I know people are uncertain
if the state is doing anything up
there, but I can tell you that the
DEP has been up there regularly
and is working hard with us on
this,” said Trowbridge, confirmed
by Ferguson. “Given the site history, the state agencies are conducting a regular audit of each
filing, and when negotiations are
concluded, the results will be publicly known.”
However, nearby Palmer residents such as Marcus Nutter and
Greg Grover have complained
that work has been full steam
ahead for months, with little regard for any limitations that exist
on paper.
The project was initially
brought forward back in 2007
under the auspices of the Sports
Car Clubs of America (SCCA),
though it has passed through multiple owners since then. Town officials have pointed to agreements
that would preserve hundreds of
adjacent acres in conservation.
But while the “Palmer Motor-
search in the management of their property.
“Future Flora” will be on March 7. Plant
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What plants of the mid-Atlantic should you
be introducing to your yard that will tolerate
a shorter winter, hotter summer and shortterm droughts? With your help our native
plants will migrate northward. This lecture
will be presented by Leslie Duthie, Staff
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On March 14 will be “Turtles of Massachusetts,” presented by Peter Mirick. Mirick
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efforts to eradicate and control them. Come
learn about the invasive pests threatening our
forests and find out what you can do to help
stop them.
On Feb. 28 will be “Science and Stewardship at the Norcross Wildlife Sanctuary.”
The forest landscape is inherently complex
and increasingly susceptible to impacts from
invasive plants, exotic insects and a changing
climate. Dan Evans, Stewardship Forester at
the Norcross Wildlife Sanctuary, will discuss
how they are applying the latest scientific re-
PAGE sports Park (PMS)” has been officially slated to vehicle testing and
private sports car clubs, neighbors
have pointed to affiliations project
developers have with motorcycle
racing groups.
And Grover and others affiliated with “Whiskey Hill Track
Impact” have also referenced multiple mortgages recorded last year
at the Hampden County Registry
of Deeds, totaling over $8.7 million, to both Hampden Bank and
Granite State Economic Development Corp. in conjunction with a
loan from the Small Business Administration (SBA).
“PMS has a Facebook page
that has announced that motorcycle and drag racing have been added to the PMS program,” he said.
“That is in direct violation [of previous permits issued]. However, it
would appear to be the only way
that they will make any money.”
Mathieu acknowledged that
there is a lot of misinformation
related to the ongoing racetrack
construction.
“With any project of this size,
there are a lot of rumors and
you’re going to have people for
and against it,” he said.
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couple of non-native species. He will explain
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and restoration measures are being directed
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Lady Cougars lock up tournament bid
- WARREN By Tim Peterson
Turley Publications
Sports Correspondent
I
n what has become an annual event, the Quaboag
girls basketball team will
be playing meaningful games
following the February school
vacation week once again this
year.
The Lady Cougars, who are
the defending Western Mass.
Division 4 champions, locked
up a postseason berth following
a 44-22 home victory against
the Southbridge Lady Pioneers
in a make-up game played last
Wednesday afternoon.
“It’s always a good thing
whenever your team qualifies
for the postseason tournament,”
said Quaboag head coach Cliff
Lanier. “My players expect to
qualify for the postseason tournament every year and we’re
also hoping to win the Western
Mass. title again this year.”
Quaboag (11-4) was one
of the high school basketball
teams from Central Massachusetts who were moved out to
Western Mass. under the new
MIAA realignment plan a year
ago.
The Lady Cougars four
losses so far this season were
against Monument Mountain,
Millbury, Auburn, and Tantasqua. Quaboag did defeat
Tantasqua, 39-25, in the second
meeting of the season between
the two rivals.
ABOVE: Quaboag’s Brittany Herring (10) looks to go
back up with the basketball.
Turley Publications photos by Susan Swift
LEFT: Quaboag’s Kayla Klein (15) goes up for a shot
in the paint.
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Warriors run streak to 10
Cougars battle through busy week
- STURBRDGE -
Win two of three
By Dave Forbes
Turley Publications
Sports Staff Writer
- WARREN -
The Tantasqua boys basketball remained perfect for the
2015 portion of their schedule
as they picked up two more
wins as they extended their
season-high win streak to 10
games.
The victories came over St.
Peter-Marian, 63-41, on Thursday, Feb. 5, and at Southbridge,
82-63, on Saturday, Feb. 7.
In the win over SPM, Cam
Laird finished with a team-high
12 points. Griffin Brooks added
11 points and eight rebounds.
Nick Pechie came through with
nine, while J.J. Howland had
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By Dave Forbes
Turley Publications
Sports Staff Writer
The Quaboag boys basketball team had an up and down
week as they played three
games to get closer to the end
of the regular season.
Quaboag came away with
wins over David Prouty and
St. Peter-Marian, but fell short
against Bartlett.
In the 63-36 win over David Prouty on Wednesday,
Feb. 4, Dillon Perry and Ben
Wisniewski each finished with
double-doubles as Perry had 13
points and 11 rebounds, while
Wisniewski had 12 points and
11 rebounds.
Junior Will Watkins finished with a game-high 18
points for the Cougars (13-4).
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Locals prepare for Clark tourney
– WORCESTER –
By Sean Sweeney
Turley Publications
Sports Correspondent
Turley Publications staff photo
by Dave Forbes
Tantasqua’s Mike Ostrowski (21) looks to
back down his defender.
Quabbin’s boys basketball
team won’t have to wait long
to get the 76th Annual Clark
Tournament started.
The Panthers will open
this year’s tourney as the first
matchup, as they’ll face defending Clark Large School
Tournament Clinton this
Sunday, Feb. 15 with a 1 p.m.
tip-off at the Kneller Athletic
Center.
Quabbin, by virtue of its 105 record as of Thursday, Feb.
5, drew the No. 6 seed and will
wear the travelling blues. The
Gaels, which captured their
first Clark title in nearly four
decades in 2014, were seeded
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third at 11-5 following an 84-29 hammering of Gardner the night previous.
While Quabbin has played a brutal
schedule, Clinton has had a fairly easy
ride to the Clark with the exception
of an early season soiree against St.
John’s. But the easy ride shouldn’t diminish the Gaels’ credentials and pedigree: CHS is the three-time defending
Mid-Wach C champions, are threetime Division 3 semifinalists, and as of
the Clark seedings, have lost a total of
12 games in the last three seasons including the 2014-2015 campaign. One
of those losses came against the Quabbin boys in this very gym two seasons
ago.
Suffice it to say, they are not a team
that anyone should take lightly: Clinton is led by potentially-Clark bound
senior Brendan Kittredge, who recently shattered Clinton’s longtime boys
basketball school scoring record and
continues to build on that tally by the
bushel and the peck. But during that
game against the Wildcats, Kittredge
dished the ball off as the Gaels spread
the scoring out, with starters Ronnie Rojas and Greg Winn doing their
share of the work, doing so mainly in
transition and working the offensive
glass. Clinton only hit one 3-pointer
as well as a handful of outside shots,
mainly scoring off layups.
“Clinton is a very balanced team,”
said longtime Quabbin bench boss
Dennis Dextradeur. “No doubt they
are very balanced, well-coached team
that plays hard and up-tempo. We will
have a challenge ahead of us as they
like to run and play a harassing 1-3-1
defense.
“Clinton is a program with much
tradition and certainly coached by a
veteran and respected colleague of
mine, Tony Gannon. In fact, Tony and
I were selected by the Clark Tournament Committee to coach a representative Clark Tournament eligible team
to play against a team from China that
will be touring this area in early August. I am very honored to take on that
responsibility with Tony and I’m sure
he is, also.”
The Panthers, already playing
without point guard Griffin Bennett,
may be down another player for the
foreseeable future as shooting guard
Randy White suffered a high ankle
sprain during last Friday night’s game
at Marlborough.
White told Turley Publications via
Twitter that he hopes to be back this
WARRIORS I FROM PAGE 10
eight, followed by five from Jeremy
Carter, four from Scott Phillips and
Jake Webb, three from Mike Ostrowski and Reilly Lucas, two from Connor
McCaffrey and Jared James and one
from Bennett Paradis.
In the win over Southbridge, Howland had a double-double with 20
points and 11 rebounds, while James
did the same with 11 points and 10
rebounds. Ostrowski also finished in
double figures with 13 points, as did
Brooks with 10.
S. Phillips was next with six, followed by five from Pechie and Webb,
three from Chandler Beaudoin and
Lucas, and two from Adam Phillips,
Laird and McCaffrey.
Lady Warriors add
three more wins
The Tantasqua girls basketball team
had a busy week with three games,
which all turned out as victories.
The week started with a 53-22 win
over St. Bernard’s.
Claudia Fleshman knocked down
three 3-pointers as she finished with
week; he relayed that he’s been icing it,
and has even considered sticking it in
a snowbank.
Should Quabbin get beyond the
Gaels, the Panthers would take on
either No. 2 Shepherd Hill or No. 7
Leicester in Wednesday’s semifinal.
“I think it will be an exciting opening round game and although we are
the decided underdogs, from a 3-legged
dog to a 2-legged dog now, every team
will still have to play well to beat us,”
Dextradeur said, noting White’s injury.
The rest of the Large bracket:
No. 4 Bartlett of Webster (10-5)
plays No. 5 Nashoba of Bolton (10-5)
in the 6 p.m. game Sunday, while topseeded Uxbridge (13-4) plays No. 8
Grafton (10-7) in a battle of Southern
Worcester County League-East teams
at 7:45 p.m..
The Large championship is Friday,
Feb. 20 at 6 p.m.
In the Small School bracket, fellow
Turley Publications schools Quaboag
and North Brookfield drew each other
and will play at 6 p.m. on Monday,
Feb. 16. The 12-3 Cougars drew the
four seed while the 9-6 Indians drew
the five.
A tall task for North Brookfield?
Quite possibly, as Quaboag has played
incredible basketball.
“We have a lot of respect for the
Quaboag basketball program and what
they have been able to accomplish
over the past 15 years,” North Brookfield head coach Pat O’Connor said.
“Coach [Chris] Reilly has done a great
job. It will be a tall task, Quaboag is
one of the best Division 4 teams in the
whole state of Massachusetts and has
been to the Clark championship numerous times lately. This will be a great
measuring stick for our program. The
kids are extremely excited for the challenge. We are very lucky to be a part of
the Clark Tournament experience.
Monday’s schedule:
No. 3 Maynard (13-3) takes on No.
6 Douglas (9-6) at 1 p.m., before No. 2
Sutton (12-2) plays No. 7 Ayer-Shirley
(7-5) at 2:45 p.m.
In the evening session, it’s Quaboag
and North Brookfield, followed by
top-seeded Hopedale (14-1) and No. 8
Littleton (9-7).
The winners of each session play in
Thursday’s semifinals, before playing
the championship Friday at 7:45 p.m.
League participant breakdown:
Mid-Wach schools: 7, SWCL: 5, DVC:
4.
a game-high 19 points. Emma Boland
was next with seven, followed by six
from Maggie Simonds, five from Katie
Dobos and Liz Adams, four from Ali
Beaudoin, three from Moriah Burns
and two each from Liz Beaudry and
Sylvia Wong.
Tantasqua followed that up with a
62-27 win at Southbridge on Saturday,
Feb. 7.
The Lady Warriors jumped out to a
huge 42-11 advantage in the first half.
Fleshman scored 14 of her gamehigh 16 points in the first quarter. Beaudoin also finished in double figures
with 10. Adams was next with eight,
followed by four from Burns, Gabby
Roberts, Beaudry and Wong, three
from Grace McHugh and Kate Dalton, and two each from Simonds, Boland, and Kelsey Emrich.
The week concluded with a 60-31
win over Bartlett on Sunday, Feb. 8.
Roberts topped the Lady Warriors
with 14 points. Fleshman also finished
in double figures with 11. Simonds
added seven, while Burns and Wong
had six, five from Adams, three from
Beaudry, Dobos and Boland and two
from McHugh.
Hrybyk to hold Children Hospital’s
Boston fundraiser on March 21
STURBRIDGE - Tantasqua graduate Brian Hrybyk will be running in his
fourth Boston Marathon is support of
Children’s Hospital Boston.
The fundraiser will take place 7 to
11 p.m. on Saturday, March 21 at the
Alpheus Wight Room (Building 2), 420
Main St.
The cost is $10 at the door.
There will be a raffle and silent auction.
For more information go to MilesForMiracles.net, or contact Hrybyk at
508-769-9385 or send an e-mail to bhrybyk@gmail.com.
COUGARS I FROM PAGE 10
“The win against Tantasqua was
very big for us,” Lanier said. “It’ll give
us some extra points because they’ve already qualified for the postseason tournament.”
The Walker System is used to determine the seeding and pairings for every
basketball team that qualifies for the
Western Mass. tournament. The Walker
System isn’t used in Eastern or Central
Mass.
“I’m a fan of the Walker System because it rewards you for playing a tough
regular season schedule,” Lanier said. “I
would love to see the entire state use the
Walker System because there seem to be
less upsets in the Western Mass. Tournament. You also don’t see the top seed
losing to the bottom seed very often.
You can easily see that happen in the
Central Mass. Tournament.”
A perfect example is the Millis girls’
basketball team, who entered last season’s Central Mass. Division 4 tournament as the 10th-seeded team with a 1010 record. They wound up winning the
Central Mass. title before defeating the
Lady Cougars, 50-32, in the Division 4
state semifinals. A couple of days later,
Millis won the state title following a 5736 victory against Eastern Mass. champion New Mission.
The Lady Cougars, who were the
top-seeded team in the Division 4 Tournament a year ago with a 17-3 record,
defeated second-seeded Ware (15-4),
46-33 in the Western Mass. finals played
at historic Curry Hicks Cage, which is
located on the UMass Amherst campus,
last March.
Lanier is a little more familiar with
the Division 4 girls basketball teams in
Western Mass. than he was at this time a
year ago. He also receives plenty of help
with scouting from former Quaboag
girls basketball coach Dick Gowen.
“I’ve been following the Western
Mass. teams a little bit more this season.
I really haven’t seen any powerhouse
teams yet,” Lanier said. “Mr. [Dick]
Gowen also helps me out with scouting.
I did the same thing for him when he was
coaching the varsity team. I have a tremendous amount of respect for him.”
The Lady Cougars mostly play
against Division 2 and 3 opponents
during the regular season. Southbridge,
Douglas, and North Brookfield are
the only Division 4 opponents on the
Quaboag schedule this year.
Before the Western Mass. Tournament begins, the Quaboag girls basketball team will be hosting a tournament during the school vacation week.
They’re scheduled to face Douglas in
the first round. Lee and Notre Dame of
Worcester are also taking part in the Invitational tournament this year.
The duo of sophomore guard Kayla Klein, who scored a team-high 11
points, and sophomore forward Lexi
Paquette (10 points) combined to score
21 points in the second meeting of the
season against Southbridge.
Senior center Brittany Herring scored
eight points and sophomore guard
Emma Stanton added six points.
The Lady Cougars, who had a 15-0
lead after the opening quarter, led 27-4
at halftime.
The home team continued to dominate offensively in the third quarter, as
they took a commanding 37-8 lead into
the final 8:00.
Southbridge did play a little bit better in the final quarter, as they scored
14 points, but the final outcome of the
game was never in doubt.
Tim Peterson is a sports correspondent for Turley Publications. He can be
reached at dforbes@turley.com.
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WARREN – Committed to staying
informed about changes to laws and
updates in current criminal procedures,
the Warren Police Department recently
dispatched four officers to complete Law
Enforcement Liability In-service Training, held on Jan. 29 at the public library
in Charlton.
The Massachusetts Interlocal Insurance Association (MIIA), Warren’s
property and casualty insurance provider, conducted the full-day training
session free of charge for a total of 51
officers from 11 different municipalities.
The training served not to only educate
the participating officers, but also to help
minimize potential liability issues and
save money on municipal insurance premiums.
The interactive course covered the latest developments in motor vehicle and
criminal law and helped clarify the often
complicated jurisdictional procedures
faced by officers in their day-to-day jobs.
Participants learned how to best address
vehicle stops out of town, handle exit
orders and frisks, and vehicle impoundment. They also heard about new cases
related to operating under the influence,
as well as discussed developments in a
range of crimes such as drug distribution, child pornography, and animal cruelty. Participants examined procedural
updates for K-9 operations, marijuana
stops, shoplifting, cell phone searches
incident to arrest, children requiring assistance, and field interrogation.
John Scheft—founder of Law Enforcement Dimensions, LLC and author of widely-used manuals on motor
vehicle law, criminal law and juvenile issues—conducted the training on behalf
of MIIA. All attendees received a reference manual covering a range of issues,
including the topics covered during the
in-person training and more.
Warren Police Chief Bruce D. Spiewakowski said he attended the training in
Charlton along with three officers from
his department. “Through MIIA, Attorney Scheft puts on a great program and
provided all of the latest updates to the
legal issues surrounding police officers
every day,” Spiewakowski said. “He covered the hot topics of cell phone recording, medical marijuana, firearms law,
domestic violence and juvenile issues. He
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RIVER WATCH
Drainage area:
150 mi2
Discharge:
373 cfs
Stage:
4.12 ft
Date:
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Percentile:
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Class symbol: Light blue
% normal (median): 173.49 %
% normal (mean):
138.65 %
Water temperature 0.0 oC
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usually measured as cubic feet per second.
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a fixed reference point at the location where the
measurement is made; usually measured as feet.
Water level measurements are always made at the
same location so that comparisons can be made
over time. Stage is not depth of water, because
depth can vary significantly across a stream and
upstream or downstream, but a higher stage means
deeper water, and a lower stage means shallower
water. Some streams have an official flood stage
designated by the National Weather Service, which
is the level at which flooding will begin to occur.
Date: The date and time of the most recent update
of the data map. When more than one data location
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Dillon Antonopoulos also finished
in double figures with 10. Dante Ortiz chipped in with six, while Connor
Spencer had three and Brady Antonopoulos had one.
In the 68-49 victory at St. PeterMarian on Friday, Feb. 6, Wisniewski
knocked down three 3-pointers as he
finished with a game-high 19 points.
The Cougars had three players in
double figures as D. Antonopoulos
knocked down three 3-pointers for 12
points and Watkins had two 3-pointers
for 12.
Turley Publications staff photo by Tim Kane
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for individual locations may be up to an hour earlier
than the update time for the map.
Percentile: Compares the most recent value of
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the 25th percentile, it means that historically the
streamflow for the day has been at or less than
this level 25 percent of the time, or on average 1
day out of every 4. If the most recent value is at
the 75th percentile, it means that historically the
streamflow for the day has been at or less than this
level 75 percent of the time, or on average 3 days
out of every 4. Conversely, at the 75th percentile it
could also be said that the streamflow for the day
has been at or higher than this level 25 percent of
the time, or on average 1 day out of every 4. At the
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of historical observations higher and lower, and the
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for the day.
B. Antonopoulos also had two
3-pointers as he finished with eight,
while Perry and Steve Mellon each
had five, Matt Kozlowski added four
and Edwin Deleon had one.
In the 72-59 loss against Bartlett
on Sunday, Feb. 8, Watkins drained
five 3-pointers as he finished with a
team-high 21 points. Wisniewski was
next with 17, while D. Antonopoulos
made two 3-pointers as he finished
with 10. B. Antonopoulos added two
3-pointers for six points and Perry
added five.
Basketball teams
raise over $800
CHICOPEE - The Ludlow and
Chicopee Comp girls varsity basketball teams raised over $800 to help
pay for the medical expenses of Quabbin girls varsity basketball player Rachel Myra, who has been hospitalized
since the beginning of December.
The girls on each team decided
that they would create shooting shirts
to be worn at the game.
•
Between Feb. 2-9, Brookfield police made 14 motor vehicle stops, seven
building and property checks, three welfare checks, one notification, one motor
vehicle investigation, served one warrant, served one summons, performed
traffic control twice, and assisted four
citizens. Police responded to three motor vehicle accidents, one disabled motor
vehicle, four alarms, two lockouts, and
one parking violation. They appeared
for court-related matters three times and
four officers were initiated.
There were five 911 calls. Four were
for medical emergencies and one was to
assist a citizen. Brookfield police assisted
one other agency.
East Brookfield
Between Feb. 2-8, East Brookfield
police made 12 motor vehicle stops,
four building and property checks, two
investigations, two motor vehicle investigations, and served one warrant. Police
responded to two alarms, two motor vehicle accidents, six disabled motor vehicles, and one animal call. They appeared
for one court-related matter and one officer was initiated.
There were five 911 calls. Two were
for safety hazards, one was for a motor
vehicle accident, one was for a medical
emergency, and one was for a complaint
of motor vehicle operations. East Brookfield police assisted one other agency.
New Braintree
Between Feb. 2-9, New Braintree
police made 16 building and property
checks, one motor vehicle stop, and two
notifications. Police responded to two
safety hazards, one medical emergency,
one alarm, four disabled motor vehicles,
and one motor vehicle accident. Five officers were initiated. There was one 911
call for a carbon monoxide alarm.
West Brookfield
Last week the West Brookfield Police
Department made eight motor vehicle
stops, answered five alarm calls and responded to 25 general calls for service.
There were also four reports of motor
vehicle accidents, one animal complaint
and two calls medical emergencies to the
non-emergency number.
There were 14 911 calls. Nine were
for medical emergencies, one was for a
fire alarm, one was for a threat, one was
for a disable motor vehicle, one was for
an animal complaint and one was to
assist a citizen. There was one warrant
served, one summons served, three court
services provided, three investigations
performed and the department assisted
another agency on four occasions.
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or
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lic. & ins.
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AND
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Roger M. Driscoll
Owner
WE
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carriages, surreys, wagons, dr’s
buggies,
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or
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ornaments. Some furniture and
other
restoration
services
available.
Reasonable prices.
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Belchertown, MA
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Electrician
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Heating & Air Cond.
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and door replacement, painting,
staining. Call Gil. Free estimates.
Licensed, insured (413)323-0923.
HEATING
REPAIRSAFFORDABLE, PROFESSIONAL
service
on all brands, gas
furnace, heat pump & mini split
systems. Tony’s Heating &
Cooling Service (413)221-7073
SUNRISE
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REPAIRS:
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ramps,
painting,
property
maintenance, after storm/ tree
cleanups. Small jobs welcome.
Free estimates. (413)883-9033.
Home Improvement
Child Services
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they offer this service in their own
home.
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All work 100% guaranteed.
Licensed and insured. Call Bob
(413)596-8807 Cell
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CERAMIC TILE INSTALLATION
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Lic #086220. Please call Kevin
(978)355-6864.
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Ceramic tile, windows, painting,
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PELISSIER TILE- SPECIALIZING
in the timeless art of tile setting
since
1982.
Insured,
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estimates. Call Bill (413)446-7458.
WATER DAMAGE
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Complete
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Service.
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experience. Fully insured
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www.emcmasonry.com
Accepting all major CC’s and
Paypal
Painting
KEN’S PAINTING SERVICES
Interior/ exterior painting and
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repairs, quality products and
workmanship. Free estimates.
(413)896-8264.
Plumbing
LINC’S PLUMBING LIC #J27222
Prevent Emergencies Now
Call LINC’S
For Your Connection
(413)668-5299
Roofing
ALL TYPES OF ROOFING,
shingle, flat and slate. Call Local
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roofing systems and repairs.
Fully licensed and insured. MA CS
#102453.
Lifetime
warranty.
Senior Discount. 24 hour service.
SKY-TECH ROOFING, INC. 25
years experience. Commercial,
residential. Insured. Shingles,
single-ply systems. Tar/ gravel,
slate repairs. 24 hour Emergency
Repairs.
(413)536-3279,
(413)348-9568, (413)204-4841.
Snow Removal
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problem.. Let a professional do it
so no one gets hurt. Reasonable
Rates. SENIOR DISCOUNTS.
Call David 413-245-7366
Tree Work
AAA1 - TROM’S TREE SERVICE
affordable prices, tree removal,
hazard tree removal, cordwood,
stump grinding. We’re fully insured
and workmen’s comp. for your
protection. Free estimates. Mon.Sun. Call Jason. 413-283-6374.
ATEKS TREE- Honest, quality
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house lot clearing. Fully insured.
Free estimates (413)687-3220.
DUKE'S TREE SERVICE &
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Duke's Waste Management &
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413-535-9808
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Help Wanted
BE A RESPONSIBLE PET
OWNER - Financially needy? Call
for assistance to spay/neuter your
cat/dog.
(413)565-5383
CONCERNED CITIZENS FOR
ANIMALS.
Help Wanted
MAINTENANCE
20 to 25 hours per week.
Experience required in all
aspects of property
maintenance and repair. Work
includes, but is not limited to:
snow
removal,
electrical,
plumbing, painting, carpentry,
and grounds keeping. Must be
available every other week for
after hours on call emergency
maintenance requests. Valid
driver’s license and clean
driving record. Professional
references required.
Candidates will be subject to a
Criminal Background check.
Insurance and full state benefits
package available.
Please submit resume to:
Wilbraham Housing Authority,
88 Stony Hill Rd. Wilbraham,
MA 01095
Equal Opportunity Employer
RETIRED RACING
GREYHOUNDS AVAILABLE
FOR ADOPTION
spayed/neutered, wormed,
shots, heartworm tested,
teeth cleaned
Make a Fast Friend!
Greyhound Options Inc.
Call Mary at 413-566-3129
or Claire at 413-967-9088
or go to
www.greyhoundoptions.org.
Horses--
PART TIME WANTED to stack
firewood and run equipment. Must
be consistent. Tetreault & Son
(413)245-9615
PCA’S HHA’S, CNA’S NEEDEDfor Monson, Brimfield, Hampden,
Palmer, Ware, etc. Must be
dependable,
have
reliable
transportation and verifiable work
references. Please call Visiting
Angels 508-764-6700.
PCA’S, HHA’S AND CNA’s
needed in Monson, Brimfield,
Hampden, Palmer, Ware and
Belchertown. Highest wages for
home care agency. Days, Nights
and weekends. Must have reliable
transportation and verifiable work
references.
Call
HomeStaff
(413)746-0066.
HORSEBACK RIDING LESSONS
offered year round at our state of
the art facility. Beginner to
advanced. Ages 4 years to adult.
Boarding, sales and leasing also
available. Convenient location at
Orion Farm in South Hadley.
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submittal is February 13, 2015.
Help Wanted
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Real Estate
WESTMASS
AREA
DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION. Real Estate
Development Office Assistant
(Part Time Position). Provide onsite presence at Westmass
Ludlow Mills office for 25 hours
per week, 9am through 3pm
including a 1 hour unpaid lunch
break. Skills and Experience:
Excellent computer skills in:
Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook,
PowerPoint,
Adobe
Acrobat.
Excellent written and verbal
communication
skills.
Strong
organizational skills. Ability to
prioritize work, and ensure
accuracy of work. Strong customer
service skills and ability to
establish
professional
relationships
with
tenants,
customers and vendors. Work
independently
focused
on
completing all required tasks.
Multi-tasking ability and the ability
to meet required deadlines.
Confidentiality of company related
business. Please submit your
resumé to Marion Buck by email:
REAL ESTATE
ASSOCIATES
DIRECT CARE PROVIDERS
OPEN HOUSE EVENT
967-7355
WEST SPRINGFIELD
JILL A. GRAVEL, BROKER
Call us today
The May Center for Adult Services
1111 Elm St, Suite 7
Thursday, February 12, 2pm-6pm
967-7355
Meet with hiring managers and have
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safe home for children and teens
who have been abused or
neglected.
Call
Devereux
Therapeutic Foster Care at 413734-2493.
Evenings call:
NICOLE FLAMAND
JAVIER STUART
LORI FISHER
CLAUDIO SANTORO
MERRIE BROWN
KAYE BOOTHMAN
JILL GRAVEL
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413-695-2319
413-627-2700
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LUDLOW- CONDO FOR sale. 2
beds, 2 baths 1,645 sq.ft. Great
Meadow
Crest
Townhouse
Condominium with Hardwood
floors, white kitchen cabinetry, and
spacious rooms with a covered
back deck off the dining area for
maximum sun exposure and
peaceful enjoyment. Finished
Family Room in basement, with
attached 1 car garage. Close to
Mass Pike and walking distance to
Randall’s
Farm!
For
more
information or to view this condo
call Chris Bloom 413-687-5743,
Gallagher Real Estate.
TOOMEY-LOVETT
109 West St.
Ware, MA 01082
www.Century21ToomeyLovett.com
413-967-6326
800-486-2121
West Brookfield:
508-867-7064
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Country Location. Locked Storage
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A Turley Publication • www.turley.com I Friday, February 13, 2015
Fishing Derby
winners announced
BROOKFIELD – The Brookfield
Lions Club announced the results of
their 26th annual Ice Fishing Derby,
held on Jan. 31.
Turley Publications
courtesy photos
First place winner
Cameron Young of
West Brookfield with
a 24.9 Pike.
For the adult category, the winner
for catching calico bass were as follows:
Tim Lonczak of Ludlow took first with a
fish that weighed 1.81 pounds, Jeff Wilga of Thompson, CT, took second with a
1.42-pound fish, and Jonathan Clner of
Hubbardston, MA took third with a 1.05
pound fish. In the bass category, Brett
Smith of Ludlow won first with a 5.78
pound fish, Matt Robidoux of Fiskdale,
MA took second with a 5.65 pound fish,
and Ron Auger of Woodstock, CT took
third with a fish that weighed 5.09
pounds; other anglers placing in the
top ten included Eric McKeen of Spencer with a 4.99 pound bass in fourth; in
fifth, Scott V. Routes Hunter of Holland,
MA with a 4.9 pound bass; Judy Collette
of North Grosvenordale, CT, with a 4.79
pound bass; Tim Piehl of Charlton with a
4.68 pound bass; Susan Griggs of North
Grosvenordale,
CT
with a 4.53
field; Danny Kularski of Ware; Duane
pound bass;
Fredrick of Woodstock, CT; Seth Libby
Gerald Coland Brad Libby of Pomfret, CT; Gary
lette of DudLaBonte of Palmer; Jeff hill of East
ley, MA with
Brookfield; Peter Dupell of North
a 4.16 pound
Brookfield; Jen Hillside of Ware; Bob
bass; and May
Haskell of Bolton; Brandon Delp of
Hunter of BrimGranby; Sharon Jones of Worcester;
field, MA with
Duane Boulette of North Brookfield;
a 4.06 pound
Paul Mailhot of Gilbertville; Nick
bass. Cameron
Dupre of North Brookfield; Dave
Young of West
Piechota of Three Rivers; Patti MiBrookfield, MA
nasian of Auburn; Christopher Coltook first with
lette of Thompson, CT; Ray Billiel
a 24.95 pound
of South Deerfield; Peter Maybag
pike. Aaron Rathof Worcester; Walter Maysion of
burn of Three
Palmer; Betsy Cuddy of North
Rivers, MA took
Brookfield; Paul Siegmund of
first for pout with
Webster; Cameron Walch of
a 1.55 pound fish,
Palmer; Thais Bittencourt DeAndrew Delmaster
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Todd Cormier of North Brookfield; Riley
Four-Wheeler Give Away was Peter Ma- Mucha of West Brookfield; Shawn Mca 1.38 pound fish.
Other who caught pout included Joshua suzzo of Brookfield, MA.
Cleary of Sturbridge; Jason KozdronkieIn the children’s division, Ayden wicz of Bondsville; Spike Ostiguy of
Tuttle of Ware with a 1.33 pound fish;
Jonathon Cunnigham of East Hamp- Wood of Palmer, MA won first for a 2.98 Ware; Christopher Collette of Thompson,
ton and Steve Fuller of Ware who each pound bass. For yellow perch, Nathan CT; Tim Kane of the Ware River News;
caught a 1.2 pound fish; Ryan Doase Dube of Dudley took first with a 1.38 Jonathan Cunningham of Easthampof Ludlow with a 1.11 pound fish; and pound fish. For pickerel, Emma Dustin ton; Brenda Deome of North Brookfield;
Dandiel Jopoin of Chicopee, MA with a of Wilbraham, MA took first with a 1.9 Stanley Siok of Thorndike; Tony Pierpound fish, Todd Bailey of Worcester, MA marini of Hubbardston; Dave Dube of
1.1 pound fish.
In the yellow perch category Matt took second with a 1.69 pound fish, and Monson; and Tina Frizzell of Worcester.
Power of Holden, MA took first with a Jenna Rioux of Plymouth, MA took third Winning $100 prizes were Jason Barrett
1.59 pound perch, followed by Eon with a 1.46 pound fish. Dave Rojcewicz of Brookfield; Donald Gordon of ShrewsWoods of Princeton, MA in second with of New Braintree, MA took first place bury; Paula Hartlell of Oxford; Jim Allard
one at 1.48 pounds, and Nathan Dube with a 0.96 pound pout.
of West Warren two times during the
There were also fishing derby day; Kevin Hayden of North Brookfield;
of Dudley, MA with one at 1.38 pounds.
Others in the top ten for catching perch money winners. Winning $25 each Elizabeth Hawes of Brookfield; Joe Thi(in descending order) included Doug were Sawn Lemire of Southbridge; Nick beault of New Salem; Karen Chisolm of
Hagman of Rutland, MA with one at Bellido of Barre; Dan Stickles of North North Brookfield; Kevin Kularski of Ware;
1.36 pounds; Joe REsseguie of Brim- Brookfield; Tom Gravel of Barre, Paul Rene Casavant of Warren; John Yonnone
field, MA with a 1.34 pound fish; Doug Beauchesne, Jr. of Worcester; Robin of Paxton; Jon Davies of Worcester; and
Fedler of North Brookfield, MA and Joe Cherry of Worcester; Michael Christo- Wes Anderson of New Braintree. Mark
Paylino of West Brookfield, MA who each pher of Worcester; Tony Piermareni of Doucimo of Charlton won a $200 prize.
caught perch weighing 1.22 pounds; Hubbardston; Kevin Butler of Millbury; Winning $250 prizes were John MaEmily Bouckeay of Ware, MA with a Kevin Thompson of Worcester; Reid Jef- son of Spencer and Shannon Dickman
1.18 pound perch; Mike Waugh of West fery III of Ware; Peter Towns of Warren of Worcester. Frank Potter, Jr. of North
Brookfield with a 1.13 pound fish; and twice through the day; Adolph Leite of Brookfield won a $500 prize.
Joy Collette of North Grosvenordale, CT Webster; Kevin Odell of Bondsville; Jim
Other winners for the derby included
Wales of East Brookfield; Scott Under- Linda Porter of North Brookfield and
with a fish at 1.12 pounds.
In first place for catching pickerel wood of the Ware Police Department; Dennis Jennette of Spencer who each
was Jeremy Lizak of West Brookfield Cody Sullivan of North Brookfield; Pete won $50 for pout; Charles CItrone of
with a 3.79 pound fish, in second was Rubino of Holland; Michael Mace of Brookfield who won $75 for calico
Danny Johnson of Brimfield at 3.72 Gilbertville; Chris Hart of Winchendon; bass; Ronald Rogers of Brimfield, Ken
pounds, and Nick Hedge of Westfield David Quinn of Bondsville; Larry Re- Brooks of West Brookfield, Pam Wilga of
came in third at 3.58 pounds. Others delan of Easthampton; David Young of Thompson, CT, Cameron Dube of Sturwho also caught pickerel were David Ware; Rick Santos of West Brookfield; bridge, Maccia Terry of Brookfield, and
Vorce of Orange, MA at 3.22 pounds, Jay Oconnor of Millbury; Ed Esoiam of Tom Ford of West Brookfield who each
Eric Dunning at 3.15 pounds, and Rich- Worcester; Clifford Gaulin of Charlton; got $50 for calico bass; Cory Tetteault
ard Dube of Sturbridge, MA at 3.12 Mike Kubasiak of Spencer; Rob White of Spencer who won $150 for pike; Tony
pounds. The Mid Day Board Leaders of West Brookfield; Tim Kane of the Caron of North Brookfield who got $100
were Aaron Rathburn of Three Rivers Ware River News; Charlie Wisniewski for pike; Kevin Mallet of Orange who
for pout, Brett Smith of Ludlow for bass, of Jefferson; Corey MacIntosh of North got $75 for pike; Chad Santos of Indian
Matt Power of Holden for yellow perch, Brookfield; Mark Beatty II of Millbury; Orchard who won $50 for pike; Pablo
Danny Johnson of Brimfield for pickerel, Steve Fuller of Ware; Chris Chanis of Caffarena of Spencer, Paul Bousquet of
and Cameron Young of West Brookfield Spencer; Brendan Steele of Plymouth; Ware, Frank Rose of Belchertown, and
Lester Fitts of Fiskdale; Calvin Cieslak Sam Mountain of Leicester who each
for pike; each received $50.
Winner of the Polaris Sportsman of Warren; John Tivnan of West Brook- won $50 for pickerel.
Polish plates feed hall
hungry for repairs
-WARRENBy Jennifer Robert
Quaboag Current Reporter
D
uring the first round
of fundraising efforts
the Friends of the
Warren Town Hall raised over
$9,000. Funds were diminished, as repair work began,
and rebuilt through innovative
fundrasing. A modest sized
group of dedicated volunteers
remains as enthusiastic nearly
a year and a half after the formation of the group as it was
one day one and now the second annual Polish Plate Dinner, to be held on Saturday,
Mar 7, will bring them one
step closer to their next goal.
“There is a lot of things that
need to be done in the town
hall so it can be used again,”
Chairman of the group Arlene Norman said. “Even in
the part that is used by the police now there is a lot that still
has to be done. The minute
you go and fix something up,
though, it looks nice and you
can tell that there is someone
who care about the building
and is doing something for it.”
While the police department
has some maintenance funds
that it can use for repairs inside the portion of the building that houses the station, the
rest of the building is at the
mercy of “extra” funds to support any repairs; unfortunately this economy is not exactly
known for leaving extra funds
at the end of a budget season.
Norman said that with money
from the first round of fundraising the Friends installed
a new bulkhead door. Next
they are looking to replace
the door to the cellar as it is
rotted and water logged. Norman said that that the group
has been in communication
with a contractor from Lowe’s
and they are ready to proceed
as soon as they get permission
from the engineer of the building repairs.
“We do what we can,” Norman said. “Anything that we
can do to help is a step in the
right direction.” The townspeople can help to support
those steps by attending the
dinner, which will feature
a take-out option this year,
something that is new from
last year. The plate dinner will
consist of golomki, pierogi,
kielbasa, kapusta and polish
bread and is $10 a plate. Those
desiring take-out, which is limited to 75 plates, can pick up
their meal between 4 p.m. and
5 p.m. The first seating of the
dinner will be at 5 p.m., with
a second seating at 6:30 p.m.
Tickets will not be sold at the
door and must be purchased
in advance, although Norman
said that people can call to reserve tickets right up to the day
of the event. Tickets can be reserved by calling 413.436.5794.
The dinner will be held at the
Warren Senior Center, which
is located at 2252 Main St. in
West Warren.
SpencerBANK hires Lund
as Senior Vice President/
Revenue Officer
Spencer – SpencerBANK is proud to announce
the hiring of John T. Lund as
Senior Vice President/Revenue Officer. SpencerBANK is an
independent, mutual savings bank
with six locations
in Central Massachusetts and a full
range of deposit
and loan products
for both personal
and
commercial
customers.
Lund will work closely with
the bank’s Executive Officers
to enhance SpencerBANK’s
profitability, revenue growth,
and risk management.
“We are excited to welcome
John to SpencerBANK. His
financial expertise and depth
of experience are an excellent addition to our executive
team. We look forward to his
contributions as we continue
to grow,” said SpencerBANK
President & CEO K. Michael
Robbins.
Lund’s experience spans
nearly 22 years in the banking industry. He started his
career in 1993 with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in Hartford, Connecticut, where he served for
almost fifteen years as a Risk
Management Examiner. He
was the recipient of one of
the FDIC’s highest awards,
the FDIC Chairman’s Excellence
Award, in 2004.
Upon leaving
the FDIC, Lund
joined the former
Rockville Bank
(now United Bancorp) in Central
Connecticut, as
Chief Financial
Officer. He was
promoted to Executive Vice
President in 2011, overseeing the strategic direction,
financial planning, capital
management, and risk management of the bank.
A graduate of Northeastern University in Boston,
Massachusetts, John currently resides in Stafford Springs,
CT and has also lived in Massachusetts including Worcester County and the North
Shore. He is a member of the
chambers of Tolland County,
CT County and Worcester
County. He is also a Corporator of Eastern Connecticut
Healthcare Network, and is
pursuing other civic memberships in Massachusetts.