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Friday, June 17, 2016
School
Committee
reduces
budget
By Eileen Kennedy
Staff writer
T
he Quaboag Regional
School
Committee
unanimously approved
a reduced fiscal 2017 budget
Wednesday, a day after West
Brookfield Town Meeting voted $250,000 over the district’s
foundation budget instead of
the $307,911 called for in district’s first budget.
The original budget approved by the School Committee earlier this year assessed
Warren at $488,925 over the
foundation budget, although
Warren’s Town Meeting in May
approved a portion of that,
which was $225,000 over the
foundation budget but which
was $238,925 less than the first
budget.
The reworked budget now
calls for West Brookfield to
provide $250,000, as it voted
last Tuesday, and for Warren to
provide $394,662, in an effort
to work with the towns during
a lean fiscal year, officials said,
which would be $169,662 more
than Warren Town Meeting
voters approved in May.
School Committee member
Robert Souza said he made the
motion for a reduced budget
with “great discomfort.”
On Thursday morning, the
district’s treasurer certified the
vote and sent letters to Warren
and West Brookfield with the
new budget figures.
Once the letter is received,
Warren will have between 14
and 30 days to schedule an additional Town Meeting to vote
on whether to approve the figure of $394,662, the new figure
Warren is being asked to provide with the revised budget,
according to the district’s Director of Finance and Operations Camie Lamica.
“We want to work with the
towns, not only for this year but
for next,” said School Superintendent Dr. Brett Kustigian.
“We want to work with them
and come up with something
reasonable. I think the writing
is on the wall.”
At the West Brookfield Town
Meeting, officials and residents
said the town could not afford
to pay more than $250,000, because it would have to take the
See quaboag I PAGE 8
Legion holds
flag retiring
ceremony
– WEST BROOKFIELD –
By Sloane M. Perron
Correspondent
O
n Flag Day, June 14,
members of American
Legion Post 244 paid
homage to the stars and stripes
by properly disposing of worn
and tattered flags.
The flag retiring ceremony
began with members, the vice
commander, the commander,
and the chaplain speaking
about the importance of the
flag and what it represents
to the men and women who
fought for this nation. Chaplain Tom Long lead the group
in a prayer before the Pledge of
Allegiance was recited by Legion members and their family.
Long said that by honoring the American flag on Flag
Day, the members were honoring freedom. “The 13 stripes
on our flag are not just symbolic of the original colonies
but they are symbolic of the
American Legion
Members and their
family members
formed a line and
took turn placing
flags into the fire.
Turley Publications
photos by
Sloane M. Perron
founding fathers who hailed
from those colonies,” he said.
“They are symbolic of their
dreams for a great Republic,
dreams that have been forged
into reality by all the men and
women who have defended this
great nation.”
Those participating in the
ceremony then formed a line
and gathered worn flags that
had been collected throughout
the year. The members then
See flags I PAGE 8
10 years of helping Siberian orphans Next year’s
budget
nailed down
– STURBRIDGE –
By Lydia Grossi
Correspondent
T
he pouring rain did not
stop Socks for Siberia,
a Brookfield-based nonprofit that has provided new
clothes to Siberian orphans,
from putting on its annual
spring festival and announcing a change in its name and
vision.
This past Saturday from 10
a.m. to 6:30 p.m., the Socks for
Siberia Spring Family Festival
in Sturbridge was held at the
Hyland Orchard/Rapscallion
Brewery. Many people from
all over the area and the region
came out to support the organization.
Socks for Siberia is an allvolunteer based organization
who had a common goal: to
help the lives of less fortunate
Turley Publications by Lydia Grossi
A local family enjoying the face painting and the endless amounts of games
at the Siberia 10th annual Spring Family
Festival.
children. A unique strategy involving no corporate buildings
or salaries has used its proceeds
since 1999 to clothe orphaned
children in Siberia.
The venue at Hyland’s Orchard filled with many different
supporters and donators such
as the Knights of Columbus
Council, Quaboag Equipment,
Hyland Orchards, Brown Electric Co., and many more. “This
organization is made up of 72
volunteers and six board of directors,” said Michele Connor,
Socks for Siberia president.
“Everyone does their part and
the support is incredible!” said
Michele Connor, President of
the Socks for Siberia Inc.
This year was a special year
for Socks for Siberia, due to it
being the 10th annual festival.
Brookfield residents Michele
and Wally Connor are husband
and wife as well as co-founders
of the group.
It all started in 1989 when
Wally and Michele took a trip
umbers
were
the
name of the game at
the North Brookfield
Board of Selectmen’s meeting
Tuesday night.
A few members of the Finance Committee were available to compare budget numbers with the selectmen ahead
of the “funding” portion of the
annual Town Meeting scheduled for Friday night, June 17.
See siberia I PAGE 7
See BUDGET I PAGE 8
Town Meeting vote on Friday
– NORTH BROOKFIELD –
By Jennifer Grybowski
Correspondent
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Saturday, June 18
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WEST
BROOKFIELD – This town, long
noted for its Independence Day observances,
will host a special added
attraction this year: old
timey, classy and produced by a Hollywood
professional in a generous gesture to his new
home town.
Dan Hamilton visited here three years ago,
in search of his family’s
1600s history in a burgeoning Quaboag Plantation. He liked what he saw,
and decided to stay, settling in Wickaboag Valley
and acquiring a wealth of
knowledge about the area
while making numerous historically-minded
friends as well.
With an affinity for
history and expertise in
film production, he has
provided the Quaboag
Historical Society with
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This year West Brookfield’s Fourth of July celebration will include a
reading of the Declaration of Independence on the Town Common.
This is a photo of the 2014 celebration from the air.
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liven West Brookfield’s
traditionally lively July
Fourth celebration with
an old-time patriotic
presentation. To add this
town’s special flavor, he
has enlisted the help of
local people, adults and
children as speakers, the
Quaboag Choral Society
and the Sturbridge Colonial Militia.
The focus of the presentation will be the Declaration of Independence.
And the setting? West
Brookfield’s Town Common, at 7 p.m., near the
fountain. The stage? Two
hay wagons from historic
Indian Rock Farm, all
dressed up for the occasion
with bunting and strings
of red, white and blue
lights. The historic script
has been prepared, youthful speakers engaged, and
the Quaboag Choral Society is tuning up. Rob Lyon
and his friends from the
Sturbridge Colonial Militia have fifes, drums and
muskets at the ready. And
yes, there will be lights,
cameras, action. The halfhour presentation will be
filmed.
Hamilton,
outlining his plan, remarked
“this project started as
an idea over dinner with
Ed Londergan, who said,
‘wouldn’t it be great if
someone would read the
Declaration of Independence on the Fourth?’ I
researched online productions of such presentations and then reached
out to the Choral Society,
and we began to move
forward. As someone
whose ancestors were
here in Brookfield in
1776, and instrumental
in the town’s acceptance
of the declaration, I feel
a personal connection to
the event here, the memories, and the tradition of
honoring the birthday of
America.”
Amy Dugas, the historical society’s president,
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James Montgomery Band
Johnny Winter All-Star Band
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of area towns may recall
elaborate Independence
Day celebrations; photos
of bunting and flowerbedecked homes, horses,
buildings and parades exist in historical society archives or treasured photo
albums. The Quaboag
Historical Society, she
said, is delighted to welcome Hamilton and his
great ideas, his willingness to participate and his
expertise to the society.
The society, established in 1894 by representatives from all six
of the original Quaboag
Plantation towns, holds
monthly meetings at the
society’s museum, the former railroad station on
Front Street, at the end
of Central Street inWest
Brookfield. The museum,
open Saturdays from 11
a.m. to 3:00 p.m., holds
materials from all of the
towns and welcomes visitors and new members.
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PAGE - around the brookfields Merriam-Gilbert Public
Library summer
program begins July 5
WEST
BROOKFIELD – Participants
will explore all things
sports and fitness this
summer as the Merriam-Gilbert Public Library presents the 2016
Collaborative Summer
Library Program, “On
Your Mark, Get Set,
Read!”
The CSLP includes
performances, art programs, prize drawings, a
reading club and more!
Families may choose the
number of activities they
wish to participate in.
The
Merriam-Gilbert
Public Library will join
other libraries across
the nation to celebrate
literacy and learning.
The 2016 CSLP is open
to children ages 5 and
up, including all children
entering kindergarten,
and their families from
July 5 to Aug. 10 at the
Merriam-Gilbert Public Lbrary, 3 West Main
St., West Brookfield.
All programs are free of
charge.
Registration for “On
Your Mark, Get Set,
Read!” begins Tuesday,
July 5 from 4:30 to 6:15
p.m. in the Children’s
Room, followed by our
Tuesday evening performance “The Zoo in
Forest Park” from 6:30
to7:30 p.m. Registration is required to par-
ticipate in the programs.
Due to limited space,
additional registration
for specific events is required. Sign-up sheets
for the Tuesday evening
performances and the
Thursday craft programs
will be available in the
Children’s Room of the
Library beginning July
5 at 4:30 p.m. You can
join the CSLP after July
5 by calling the library.
Children under 9 must
be accompanied by an
adult. The performances
on Tuesday evenings will
offer a variety of entertainment to include puppets, science, animals,
and magic. CSLP schedules will be available at
the library and on our
website. For more information, call the library
at 508-867-1410 or visit
our website, www.westbrookfieldlibrary.org.
“On Your Mark, Get
Set, Read!” is sponsored
by your local library,
local businesses and
institutions, the Massachusetts Library System,
the Boston Bruins, the
Massachusetts Board of
Library
Commissioners, and also in part, by
a grant from the West
Brookfield Local Cultural Council, a local
agency, which is supported by the Massachusetts
Cultural Council.
WEST BROOKFIELD
– A longtime annual tradition in West Brookfield, the
Flea Market on the Common, will be held on Saturday June 18, from 8 a.m. to 2
p.m., and features flea folk,
growers, vendors, crafters
and those just cleaning out
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their attics and basements.
Come out and stroll the
beautiful common while
shopping for a bargain and
enjoy a delicious grilled
lunch by the members of
the First Congregational
Church. Grab a treat from
their home made baked
goods table, and let the
kids bounce in the bounce
house sponsored by Socks
For Siberia. Admission to
the market is $1 for adults
and kids are free. Vendors
sites are still available. A
20 x 20 grassy spot is $35
each. All funds raised from
site rentals go towards the
19th annual Washington
D.C. Youth Mission Trip
where 33 local teens travel
to our nation’s capitol to
feed the hungry and homeless population. Call Terry
at 508-867-4462 to sign up
for a spot.
Strawberry Quaboag Plantation Triathlon
festival
NORTH
BROOKFIELD – ST. Joseph’s
25th annual Strawberry
Festival will be held on
Saturday, June 18, with
one sitting at 5 p.m. at St.
Joseph’s Church Hall, 296
Main St. Take-out is also
available. Adults are $12
and children, 5 to 10, are
$5. There will be baked
ham, homemade baked
beans, homemade potato
salad, homemade cole
slow, rolls and of course,
strawberry
shortcake.
Coffee and iced tea will
be available. Call the rectory for more information
at 508-867-6811.
Henna
painting
WEST
BROOKFIELD – A free henna
painting session will be
held by Sangita Desai at
the Merriam-Gilbert Library on Wednesday, June
22, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.,
at the library, 3 West Main
St. in West Brookfield.
WEEKDAY DINE-IN SPECIALS
Monday Buy any Burger Get 2nd for 1/2 Price
Tuesday Dinner Buffet An array of assorted sh,
LAKESIDE
Free Valet Parking
Friday & Saturday
Flea market on the common
chicken, beef, potato, vegetables, and
more, dessert station too!
Baked Haddock Dinner
Roast Turkey Dinner
Beer Battered Fish & Chips
Saturday, June 18th
9pm
Saturday, June 25th 9pm
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playing all your favorites!
6 piece classic rock/contemporary
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WEST
BROOKFIELD – The Quaboag
Plantation
Triathlon,
which is in its seventh year
will be held on Sunday,
July 10, at 8 a.m. Registration forms are available at
the West Brookfield post
office, library, and town
hall. Registration forms
may also be downloaded
from the race website — a
link is provided on the
Quaboag Plantation Triathlon Facebook page as
Book sale
WEST
BROOKFIELD – The Friends
of the Merriam-Gilbert Library will hold
their annual book sale
well as www.RunSignUp.
com.
The triathlon will be
held at the West Brookfield town beach, check in
time is from 6 to 715 a.m.
The race will begin at 8
a.m. and continue until all
participants have finished.
The race itself consists of
a ¼-mile swim, 12-mile
bike ride, and a 3-mile
run for adults ages 13 and
older. The children’s race,
for ages 4 to 13, consists
of a 50-yard swim, ½mile bike ride and a 300yard run. Entry fees are
$50 per individual, $75
for adult teams, $25 for
students (ages 13-18) and
$15 for children (ages 413). All participants in
the kid’s race will receive a
finisher’s triathlon medal.
For more information
about the race, please visit www.RunSignUp.com
or find us on Facebook
for all race updates.
on June 18, from 9
a.m. to 2 p.m. At the
library, 3 West Main
St. in West Brookfield. There will also
be discounted library
T-shirts selling for $4
and hourly T-shirt
raffles beginning at 10
a.m. through 2 p.m.
SPRUCEDALE GARDENS
Nursery & Greenhouse
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Shop local at Sprucedale Gardens
Nursery & Greenhouse
• Flowering annuals - Temperennials, Wave Petunias
and more
• Full and flowering hanging baskets
• Savory herbs
• Vegetable plants and tomato hanging baskets
• Large variety of flowering perennials
• Colorful European balcony geraniums in pots and
hanging baskets
• Exciting selection of Japanese maples
• Huge variety of ornamental trees & shrubs
• Fruit trees and small fruits
• Seeds and garden supplies
ANNUAL SCRATCH AND DENT SALE
Bargain prices on plants that need a home!
Join us on Saturday, June 18,
the same day as Woodstock’s Town-wide
Yard Sale for some great shopping.
Under $24,000 for a
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OPINION PAGE/ LETTERS
- opinion jottings
Do you use a pseudonym
or nickname?
By Loren Gould
Guest columnist
D
o you have a nickname? The most
common nicknames are shortened
versions of your whole name, such as Bob
for Robert or Bill (did you ever see a bird without
a William?) for William. What about nicknames
that drastically differ from you name? My wife
was named Elaine Parsley, but in secondary
school she was called “celery” because of her last
name; that became shortened to “Cel,” and all
but her immediate relatives always knew her as
Cel. When cellphones came into use I called her
my “celphone” because of her nickname.
I made it through school without a nickname,
but when I was at the first National Park
Service Training School at Yosemite National
Park in 1957, a ranger from Hawaii nicknamed
me “Casey” after the infamous train engineer
because I wore a denim jacket. That name was
not adopted by other members of the class, but
my wife liked it and called me Casey for the rest
of her life whenever she really wanted to get my
attention.
We used a combination for signing joint
articles of KCel, KC for Casey and el from Cel.
Then, after she died and I began a friendship with
Carl, he and his friends did not want to call me
Dr. Gould when we first got to know each other,
and I became “The Professor.” That group called
me The Professor for the years I visited Carl. His
obituary listed Loren “The Professor” Gould
as one of his friends. A fellow professor living
in Worcester saw the obit and shortly afterward
paid me a visit, all because he had seen my name
and it brought back the past to him.
Now what about other people: Do you
remember Frances Gumm singing “Over the
Rainbow” in “The Wizard of Oz?” Perhaps not,
but you probably remember Judy Garland singing
that song. If you enjoyed country music in the
last century, you probably heard Harold Jenkins
singing such music although he was better known
as Conway Twitty, a name composed of towns
in Arkansas and Texas chosen at random by his
manager. You have surely enjoyed many movies
featuring Marion Morrison, better known
as John Wayne (who had his own nickname:
Duke).
Some personalities have borrowed another
person’s name, such as Arnold Dorsey who
reinvented himself by using the name Engleburt
Humperdinck, the name of a 19th-century
composer. My favorite nickname was the result
of a man with the family name of Doctor
becoming a doctor, thus being introduced as
Doctor Doctor, which soon was changed to the
nickname “Double Doc.”
Some nicknames are harmless and perfectly
acceptable to the recipient, but others can be
hurtful. Mel Torme hated the nickname of the
“Velvet Fog,” but had to live with it all his adult
life. You can legally change your name to a new
one, Ocho Cinco for example, although the
professional football player soon changed that
name back to his original name, Chad Johnson.
Joseph Stalin had his name changed to a man
of steel as a means of defining his role in the
history of the USSR; who could blame him for
changing his name when it was originally Josif
Vissarionovish Dzhugashvill.
Ted Williams had several nicknames such as
the “Splendid Splinter,” given to him when he
was young and slender. Many people have been
given nicknames for personal characteristics,
such as Tamerlane (Temur the Lame). Others
have chosen their own nicknames, sometimes to
create a new personality and other times to stress
some characteristic of their self-perception of
themselves. In most cases the use of a nickname
offers information about the individual, either as
to how they perceive themselves or how others
perceive them. Feel free to use a nickname, but
respect the individual who does not care to
have one as a substitute for their original name.
Remember, it is the individual that counts and
not a nickname, be it suitable or not.
POLICY
Planting beans in succession will
keep a constant supply coming
I
took a gamble and plant- sowing closer to Memorial
ed my first bush beans Day did much better. White
super early - I think it seeded varieties are especialwas during that warm spell ly picky about soil temperaover April school
tures. Black and tan
vacation. They are
seeds regulate moisin the
just about ready
ture intake more efto sport their first GaRden fectively, and thereflowers. Unfortufore are less likely
nately, only eight
to rot in cool, wet
plants germinated,
soils. If you want to
so there will be no
gamble with an earbumper
harvest
ly sowing, sow these
from those plants
instead. Usually by
Roberta
McQuaid
but perhaps I will
May 20 the ground
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get to enjoy a servis warm enough
Columnist
ing or two ahead
to sow all types of
of the neighbors.
beans. Succession
Bush beans are a good ex- plantings can be made evample of a vegetable that ery 10 days through July 30.
works well as a succession After that it is unlikely that
crop. What that means is plants will produce a viable
that they can be sown mul- crop before frost hits.
tiple times throughout the
Rather than sowing bean
summer. Why? Because un- seeds in rows, I make good
like most other vegetables, use of garden space by
beans produce less than planting them in a four-foot
eight weeks from sowing, wide block. Anything wider
are not finicky about heat, than four feet would make it
and as long as you have full difficult to reach in among
sun and average garden soil the plants to harvest. If soil
they can be grown with rela- has been turned over or rotive ease. Consider making totilled first, it is easy to simadditional sowings of this ply place the bean seeds on
versatile vegetable now be- top of the soil four inches
fore you get busy with the apart and push them into
harvest. That way you can the ground with your index
enjoy a continuous supply finger, up to the first knuckall summer long.
le. Pat the surface of the soil
You might still refer with your palm to firm, and
to snap or bush beans as water well. Germination
“string beans” even though will take place in a week to
the tough strings that con- 10 days.
nected the two halves of the
It is good practice not
pod were bred out of the to work among the plants
snap bean beginning in 1884 after a rainstorm or in the
with Calvin N. Keeney’s in- early morning when dew is
troduction of the Stringless present. Touching wet foliRefugee Wax Bean. Today’s age can encourage diseases
modern stringless beans are and spread them from plant
a result of those early breed- to plant. When the foliing efforts.
age is dry you will want to
All types of beans require be on the look out for the
warm soil in which to ger- Mexican Bean Beetle. A bit
minate; 60 degrees at least larger than ladybugs, and all
- hence the few plants from brown, these pests and their
that early sowing. My next fuzzy yellow larvae can deci-
mate a stand of bean plants.
Vigilance is the key. If
squashing bugs isn’t for you,
dropping them into soapy
water will also do them
in. Try planting marigolds
nearby to deter them. I have
also found through experience that subsequent sowings are best sited away from
one another. It will take the
beetles a longer time to find
the new plants than if they
are planted side by side.
Harvest beans when
they are still relatively thin.
Depending on the variety,
pods can average five to
seven inches long at maturity. When inner seeds start
to swell and fatten up the
bean they aren’t nearly as
tasty. As mentioned, bumper crops are possible, and
sometimes it may be difficult
to keep up with the harvest.
One variety known especially for its holding power
is Jade. Beans from this
variety retain a deep green
color and sport thin pods.
I have also enjoyed growing French beans “Haricot
Verts” because they are very
long and thin, never tough.
Fresh beans are easy to
freeze. Blanch in boiling water for three minutes, then
plunge into ice water until
cooled. Air-dry thoroughly,
pack in plastic bags, and
place in the freezer.
Roberta McQuaid graduated from the Stockbridge
School of Agriculture at
the University of Massachusetts. For the last 26
years, she has held the position of staff horticulturalist
at Old Sturbridge Village.
She enjoys growing food,
as well as flowers. Have
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PAGE - around the brookfields Inmates and dogs benefit from working together
By Sloane M. Perron
Correspondent
WEST BOYLSTON
– On June 10, the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office
celebrated the one-year
anniversary of Project
Good Dog, a program
that allows inmates in
the work release facility
to train shelter dogs with
behavioral issues and find
the animals their“forever
homes”
Project Good Dog
began when the Second
Chance Animal Shelter
in East Brookfield approached the Worcester
County Jail and House of
Correction with an idea
that would benefit both
the shelter dogs and the
inmates.
Worcester
County
Sheriff Lew Evangelidis
spoke about the positive
impact that Project Good
Dog has had, not only on
the inmates who train the
dogs, but on the facility as
a whole. He said that the
dogs have reduced stress
for inmates and staff
,which improves the level
of safety at the prison,
“The dogs have almost
become the pets of the
entire block,” he said.
During the first year
of the program, 20 dogs
have been in the workrelease facility and then
been adopted. Eight of
these dogs were even adopted by staff at the prison. Currently, inmates are
working on training three
new dogs as they teach
them behaviors and manners that will make them
adoptable.
“Public safety, that is
what this program is all
about,” said Evangelidis.
“Our job is that people
leaving our facility are
less likely to commit a
crime then when they got
here.” He recalled a time
in the past when someone
asked about rehabilitating inmates, to which the
Sheriff answered, “I don’t
care if they find God, or
a dog.”
Since Second Chance
Animal Shelter has part-
nered with the work-release facility, it is clear
that for some inmates,
having a purpose by training dogs and having the
unconditional love of a
pet has greatly improved
their lives. This program
does not cost the taxpayers any money, although
donations to Second
are always appreciated in
order to cover costs. “We
were able to find a wonderful, wonderful partner
for this program,” Evangelidis said.
Lindsay Doray from
Second Chance Animal
Shelter described the
types of dogs that enter Project Good Dog.
“We’ve got a lot of dogs
that are crazy and have
no manners or are scared
to death,” she said. This
is exemplified by Jenna,
a dog who was rescued
from a dog meat facility
in South Korea. Because
Jenna spent her entire life
in a small cage, her paws
are splayed out, and she
has never been on a leash,
been socialized with other
dogs or been trained. Second Chance trains the inmates how to teach these
shelter dogs and in turn,
the inmates are able to
provide the dogs with attentive, round-the-clock
care and training.
Doray said she was
very grateful for the partnership between Second
and the Worcester County
Jail and House of Correction, “These dogs would
not be here without your
help and we appreciate
that,” she said. During
the ceremony Evangelidis
presented Doray with a
citation and a donation
of creates and dogs beds
made on behalf of Ellie’s
Pet Barn.
Along with staff from
the prison and animal
shelter, pet owners who
adopted dogs after they
went through Project
Good Dog were also present. Jamie Lubelczyk adopted her dog Lucy about
a year ago. Lucy was one
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(above) On June 10, the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office celebrated
the one year anniversary of Project Good Dog. Starting as a partnership
between the work release facility in West Boylston and Second Chance
Animal Shelter in East Brookfield, the project gives inmates the opportunity to train shelter dogs and prepare them for adoption.
of the first dogs to go
through the program.
From the time she born
and until she was four,
Lucy lived in a crate. As a
result, she had no interaction with other dogs, other then her brother, or the
outside world. Lubelczyk
was interested in adopting Lucy, but was worried
that her home renovations at the time would
postpone the adoption.
Instead, she was told
by a staff member at the
shelter, “Don’t worry,
she’s in jail.” Originally
Lucy was a scared dog
with little energy. “She’s
a little bit of a princess
now, she thinks it all
about her,” she joked,
adding that Lucy “got
kicked out early” after
six of the eight weeks because she was getting too
attached to her handler,
Bob. Lubelczyk supports
Project Good Dog, “I
think it made a whole difference for her [Lucy].”
John and Annmarie
Lapierre adopted their 1year-old Australian sheep
mix Walter on March 31,
and he works at the prison and is one of the staff
members who donated
a pet from Project Good
Dog. As a result, Lapierre has seen the benefits
of the program first-hand
as both a staff member of
15 years and a pet owner.
“The day he came in, I
fell in love with him,” he
said. Walter loves the
Lapierre’s two daughters
and cat. “He wants to be a
friend with everyone,” he
said. Lapierre saw Walter
on a regular basis as he
worked which helped the
transition during adoption. According to Lapierre, the transformation
the Project Good Dog has
on inmates is like “night
and day. It gives them a
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Twenty-six
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have participated in Project Good Dog since the
program began a year
ago. Roger Holm recently
began training his first
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in jail, Holm was eager
to be transferred to the
work-release facility and
join the Good Dog Project.
He has been training
Walker for five weeks
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100 years of changing the world
BOSTON – On Monday, June 13, Senator
Anne Gobi (D-Spencer), Senate Chair of the
Massachusetts Caucus
of Women Legislators,
joined approximately 75
Girl Scouts from across
the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, their families, Girl Scout volunteers and leadership staff
from both Massachusetts
councils at the Massachusetts State House for
a “Celebrating 100 Years
of Changing the World”
event. The event included
a ceremony to honor the
community-changing
work Girl Scouts have
performed in pursuit of
their Gold Award. For the
last century, millions of
Girl Scouts have created,
developed and executed
“Take Action” projects
that have positively impacted their communi-
It’s
time to
ties and the world, earning Girl Scouts’ highest
award.
In this centennial year,
Massachusetts Girl Scout
Gold Awardees have
contributed in excess of
6,000 hours of community service, completing
projects that address a
range of issues including
the isolation experienced
by the elderly, domestic
violence, care of animals
and disparities in income,
education and housing
that limit one’s potential.
“The Massachusetts
Caucus of Women Legislators is always pleased
to play a role in the Gold
Award Ceremony of the
Girl Scouts here at the
State House,” Gobi said.
“The amount of time and
dedication that goes into
these projects is exceptional and it is moving
to see the positive impact
the future generation of
leaders has already made
here in Massachusetts.”
The Power of the Girl
Scout Gold Award: Excellence in Leadership
and Life, a research study
by the Girl Scout Research Institute, reaffirms
the lifetime benefits Gold
Award recipients receive
pertaining to positive
sense of self, life satisfaction, leadership, life success, community service
and civic engagement.
This year, Girl Scouts
of Eastern Massachusetts
and Girl Scouts of Central and Western Massachusetts are proud to celebrate 100 years of Girl
Scout Gold Award excellence, innovation and
visionary leadership. The
centennial
celebration
aims to raise awareness
of this prestigious award
to continue empowering
generations of girls to
follow their dreams, discover their passions and
make a positive impact in
the lives of others.
“What our girls have
achieved is transformative for their communities and for themselves,”
said Patricia Parcellin,
chief executive officer of
Girl Scouts of Eastern
Massachusetts.
“Gold
Award recipients come
to see themselves as leaders who can do anything,
a perspective that is very
valuable as they go on to
college and the workforce.
“Gold Awardees often
say they would not have
had access to these same
experiences if it were not
for Girl Scouts. That is
the power of our program
and why our mission still
matters 104 years since
our founding.”
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Town celebrates new po
––BROOKFIELD ––
By Eileen Kennedy
Quaboag Current Editor
lice station
T
he new Brookfield Police
Station on Prouty Street
is 4,000 square feet and
it
seemed as if every inch
was
with people last Saturday filled
as the
community celebrated
the building's opening.
Children and adults packed
the
building just before the
ceremony and then filed 10 a.m.
to briefly celebrate on back out
the lawn
before returning to the
station for
tours.
The Rev. Eleanor Blaisde
ll
Kraner, who recently retired
the Brookfi eld Congreg from
Church, offered a prayer ational
tured the moment and that capthe future
work at the building.
After giving thanks
for the
building and all the
hard work
in getting the process
going, she
spoke of its use.
“This morning we see
us those who will work around
in
and
through this building,
and we rec- compass
ognize their courage,
their com- a time ion and justice. We live in
mitment and the hard,
of
sometimes May this anxiety and uneasiness.
exhaust ingly-re lentless
newly constructed buildservice
ing be a reminder to
they provide to this commun
us of those
ity, who defend
and we give thanks for
our freedom , who
them
to them and pray for protectio and respond to our needs, and
who
n
for
protect our children
them,” she prayed. “We
and grandthink of children.
those who will pass through
”
this
Brookfield Sele
building…some in great
ctme
fear,
ers angry, and some having oth- Chairman Stephen J. Comtois n
II
havthanked residents from
ing brought pain and loss
the deepselves and others, and to them- est part of his heart for their
trust
we pray
that each will be received
with
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NEW PD I PAGE 24
Two Project 351
students recognized
Quaboag Regional
School Committee
Meeting, Jan. 25
student ambassador from
each
of the state's towns to participa
te
in a series of commun
ity service
projects.
Friday, January 29,
2016
Selectmen
announce
Purple Heart
community
ceremony
–– WARREN ––
By Colleen Montague
Quaboag Current
Correspondent
PHOTOS BY EILEEN KENNEDY
ABOVE: Brookfield Selectmen
Chairman Stephen J. Comtois
II speaks Saturday during
the
ceremony opening the
new
Brookfield Police Station
on
Prouty Street.
LEFT: Brookfield Police
Chief
Michael Blanchard talks
with
residents just before the
opening ceremony for the
Brookfield Police Station new
last
Saturday.
Selectmen annou
nced
that there would be
a Purple
Heart Commu nity ceremon
at the Municip al Building y
on
Wednesday, Feb. 3 at 3
p.m..
The Department of Massachusett s Military Order
of
the Purple Heart will
present
a plaque to the selectme
ognizing the town as n reca
Heart Community. The Purple
selectmen had read and signed
the
proclam ation designa
ting the
town as a Purple Heart
town at
their Nov. 24, 2015, last
year.
The board also announc
that the Veteran’s Council ed
was
working to identify
any
dents who were recipien resits of
the Purple Heart, and wanted
to
thank everyone who had
worked
on it.
CDBG
Selectm en approve
signing of a City and d the
Town
Owner Agreement for
a
201 Community Developfiscal
ment
Block Grant (CDBG)
Housing
See BOS I PAGE 12
Danger ramps up goal-s
etting
Senecal tells
Rotarians to shoot
for their dreams
and other such monikers
.
So, he told the Palmer
Rotary
Club at their Thursda
y,
meeting that while it was Jan. 21
important
to respect those around
you, it is
the responsibility of each
person to
set his or her own goals
and carry
them out.
All students meet in
– PALMER –
for a day of inspiration Boston
and
munity service. Jack helpedcomBy Douglas Farmer
put
together macaron i and
By Sloane M. Perron
“People ask me all the
Staff Writer
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packets to be distribut cheese
get nervous about what time if I
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might haphomeless and Morrow to the
pened to him,” said his
Before he made his
worked
with the nonprofit Cradles
T h e Q u a b o a g R eg
record jump over 22 cars world at the gathering at CJ’s wife Maria
to
Restaurant.
School Committee begani o n a l Crayons, which gathers
Knievel ’s own motorcyon Evel “I do, but I’m on
clothes,
their
this ride with
cle
meeting by hearing
in
Sturgis, South Dakota last
him. I’ve been with him
about the books, toys and school supplies
summer,
for some
accomp lishmen ts of
for
low-inco
me
Doug
students.
“Danger ” Senecal , Wales of his career highlights and
two
dents, Cassidy Morrow stulowThey said they will both
resident and Warren business
lights. And because of
from
work
what he’s
Warren and Ailin Jack
said the chatter on the Internetman, done, he’s revived
from West at their school this spring to help
the sport of
was
Brookfield, who were
less than flatterin g.
chosen as collect gently-u sed and new
Comme nts motorcycle industry, that’s why the
the school's represen
in chat rooms ranged
America
tatives to clothing for Cradles to Crayons.
n Motorcycle
from
Project 351.
They gathered at Faneuil
jump is insane” to “This “This has nomina ted him Association
Hall
to
guy is
be the
Quaboa g Regiona l Middle to hear from Gov. Charlie
probably going to die,”
Baker
and upon ‘Sportsman of the Year’.”
High School Assistant
reading these notes,
Senecal , who grew
Principal and other advisors before headhe said his
up in
Joe Salvado re introduc
ing off to their service
confidence dropped dramatic
Palmer, acknowledged
ed the
projects,
there have
ally.
eighth- graders and
and then they all met again
But after he successfu
been some life-altering
describe
aftertheir participation in Project d ward.
the 145-foot jump and lly made es in his life, including challenglanded on
being in a
Created under former Gov. 351.
the
coma for a month and
ramp on the other side,
relearning
he said
Patrick, Project 351 selectsDeval
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a “legend”
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Rescue, July 10
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Socks for Siberia board member Melissa O’Connell, left, selling children’s items during the organization’s 10th annual Spring Family Festival last Saturday.
siberia I FROM
PAGE 1
to the town of Abakan in
the Khakassia region of
south central Siberia on
a field trip with a group
of students from Valley
View School in North
Brookfield.
On this trip, both Wally and Michele fell in love
with the people and the
region itself. Years later
in 1998, both Michele
and Wally came across
a “Dyetski Dom” or a
“Yoletchka,” otherwise
known as an orphanage. Their hearts broke
as they realized that help
was needed for these children. In 1999, charitable
efforts began and Christmas gifts were followed
by more than 600 pairs of
socks, thus how the name
of the group came about.
Socks for Siberia gained
their status as a 501-C3
non-profit organization
in 2007.
“We travel every two
years to Siberia. We travel
to several different orphanages to find out the
current needs of the children and then we determine what to provide for
them. The reason how our
name came about is due
to the fact that we started
to bring and send over
600 pairs of socks, underwear and basic needs; it
then grew to other items.
There is no better feeling
then helping out someone
in need,” said Michele.
The event kicked off
with a trail race that
started around 9:00 a.m.
The race was a “Run your
socks off ” 5k Trail race
that went all through the
Orchard. There were 40
runners total. After the
race, there was live music
held under the wooden
pavilion by “The Otters;”
a band that has played for
this cause and many others for years.
“We have had many
bands play with us
throughout the years, but
“The Otters” have been
with us consecutively for
all 10 years, some of them
are actually volunteer
members; the amount of
support we receive is truly
great,” said Wally Con-
nor, treasurer of Socks
for Siberia.
Along with the live
music and dancing came
the great food, the Hyland’s brewery beers, all
the children’s games, face
painting, shirts for sale
and the raffle table. There
were many items at the
Rooski raffle including:
Lula Roe leggings, a ladies
moleskin jacket, Russian
beauty items and bath
relaxation items. There
was also a silent auction
table that included items
such as: two tickets to a
Boston Red Sox vs. New
York Yankees game, an
Eli Manning autographed
photograph, four tickets
to see Paul McCartney
and tons more. The festival raffle also included six
tickets to see Billy Joel in
concert at Fenway Park
with roundtrip limo transportation. There was also
a weekend getaway for
two in Portsmouth, New
Hampshire.
“It is so great to see all
the supporters out here
despite the rain. One of
our other great supporters has been Hyland Orchard. They have also
been with us every single
year and we are so fortunate to work with them.
Every year keeps on getting better and better. We
are expecting to raise anywhere between $10,00020,000 for this year’s festival! Not to mention, 87
percent of the proceeds
go to the children,” said
Wally Connor.
“We have gotten nothing but wonderful feedback from all of our supporters. It is nice to get
feedback that is always
positive. We have helped
5,000 children ranging
from birth to 17-yearsold in 19 years. It is an
unbelievable feeling,” said
Michele Connor.
As the event was winding down, both Michele
and Wally Connor made
an announcement that the
“Socks for Siberia Inc.”
name will be changing to
SONG. Though the name
has yet to be changed officially, it will implies a very
special message: Supporting orphans nationally
and globally.
STURBRIDGE
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Runners and walkers of
all ages are invited to take
part in the fourth “Run
Like the Dickens” 5K race
on Sunday, July 10, at Old
Sturbridge Village. The
race is the year’s principal
fundraising event for Bay
State Equine Rescue, an
all-volunteer, nonprofit
organization that rescues
and rehabilitates abused,
neglected and abandoned
horses.
The race begins at 8:30
a.m.and follows a course
that offers participants a
unique experience of Old
Sturbridge Village, as it
winds through the Village’s picturesque roads
and trails.
Prizes will be awarded
to the overall first-place
male and female finishers,
as well as to first-place
male and female finishers
in six age-based divisions.
The first 150 registrants
will receive “Race Like
the Dickens” t-shirts.
Entry fee for “Run
Like the Dickens is $25
until June 5; $30 from
June 6 until July 3; and
$40 from July 4 until race
day.
A children’s stickhorse race will be part of
the day’s events.
Participants can register online and find more
information on the race
and on the Rescue’s work
at www.BayStateRescue.
org.
Bay State Equine Rescue is funded entirely by
private donations and
is staffed exclusively by
volunteers. All proceeds
from the “Run Like the
Dickens” 5K will be applied to food, vet and farrier care for the 10 horses
currently recovering and
living at the BSER’s new
facility on New Braintree
Road in Oakham.
The facility was recently purchased with a
bequest from a generous
donor, and is still being
improved. Sue Sheridan,
a founder of BSER says,
“We depend on the public
to keep us going. It’s a lot
of work trying to keep up
with the bills. The race is
our biggest fundraiser of
the year and is very important to keep our work
with the horses going.”
BSER was founded in
2002, the outgrowth of a
4-H group’s effort to save
a horse named Rocky,
who had been severely
overworked and neglected. The BSER saw Rocky
through surgery and rehabilitation, and eventually
found him a loving home.
The group has since done
the same for many horses
endangered by abuse or
facing slaughter.
Horses who cannot
be placed find a permanent home at the Rescue.
Part of the organization’s
mission is to prevent neglect and abuse through
education: promoting understanding of all that a
horse needs to have a full
and healthy life. BSER
also maintains a placement list to help people
who can no longer care
for their horses and find
fitting homes for them. It
is all part of the Rescue’s
mission to provide horses
with human advocates
and help “abolish mistreatment and disrespect
of horses” in Massachusetts and across the country.
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in story and song! Join
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as the library celebrates
summer and all it has to
offer. Open to children
of all ages accompanied
by a caregiver. It is free
and pre-registration is
necessary. It is funded by
the Sturbridge Cultural
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Also on June 23, from
6:30 to 7:15 p.m., the library will hold Chalk
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month as we use book illustrations to inspire
simple crafts. A variety
of materials and methods
will be used. It’s fun for
the whole family. Pre-registration is required.
On June 29, at 2 p.m.,
the children’s summer
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music, laughter, puppetry,
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took turns throwing the
tattered flags into a supervised fire.
Long said he was
proud of the town participation at this year’s ceremony. A member of the
active Navy Reserves for
eight years and a lifelong
member of the American Legion, Long described how he would want
younger generations to
continue the tradition. “I
hope that going forward,
the future generations respond the way the present
generations do when they
protect and defend the
flag,” he said.
Brad, an enlisted recovery and evacuation
specialist in the Army
for three years described
what Flag Day meant to
him, “It means to honor
our country. It’s a symbol
of freedom.” Throughout
the year the worn flags are
dropped off at the American Legion where members find them all over,
on the doorsteps and out
back. They are collected
and then burned during
the ceremony. He believes
that more people should
understand the history
behind Flag Day, “I think
this is something that kids
should know, something
they should be taught.”
Betsy Cox is the wife
of an American Legion
member. For five years,
she has been participating
in the many events that
the Legion hosts. Prior
to being a member of the
American Legion, she did
not know the details surrounding a flag retirement
ceremony. She said that
the hardest part of organizing the event was coordinating the members
and setting up the huge
metal container in which
the fire is lit. Cox described the camaraderie that
is felt by all the members
at the American Legion
in West Brookfield.
Cox believes that the
younger generations should
know about the ceremony
and participate in honoring
Flag Day. “I think it would
be nice for them to see what
they do with old flags,” she
said. “Give them a final farewell, make it special.”
BUSINESS
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money from the town’s
stabilization fund, which
would leave only $167,000
for emergencies for the
rest of fiscal 2017. An
override for the money
for the schools, as well as
other town departments,
was overwhelmingly defeated at the polls in May
in West Brookfield, leaving the town no choice
about where to find the
money.
If Warren voters do not
approve the new budget
number at another Town
Meeting, the state’s Dept.
of Education would likely
get involved, and place the
district on a one-twelfth
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1. Marvin __,
journalist
5. Man
9. A fast gait of a
horse
11. Streamlined
13. Rope fastener
15. They get you
places
16. Ma
17. Filling
sandwich
19. Move away
from land
21. Sounds of
boredom
22. Tax collector
23. Days (Spanish)
25. Predatory
reptile (abbr.)
26. Hengyang
Nanyue
Airport
27. AJA camera
29. A computer
language
31. Blare
33. Prevent from
seeing
34 Long-haired
dog
36. Turfs
38. Villain
39. At the peak
41. Macadamias
are some
43. Chum
44. Not slender
46. Fido is one
47. Acidify with
this
51. Before
53. Guided
54. Extended
56. Units of
weight
57. Bedding
58. Greek portico
59. Descended
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2. Vessel that
purifies
3. Bachelor of
Laws
4. Loud noise
5. __ Sagan,
astronomer
6. Mound
7. Coming to light
8. Extreme poverty
9. Jewel
10. Commoner
11. Disasters
12. Adult females
14. Mineral
15. Regards with
disgust
18. Waterproofed
canvas
20. Teased
24. Carbon
particles
26. Delay
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28. Luminaries
30. Boxing champ
Spinks
32. A set of four
34. Most noticeable
35. He played
Milton
Waddams
37. __ Foster,
composer
38. Succulent plant
40. Two
42. Run naked
43. El __, Texas
town
45. Female deer
(pl.)
48. Art __, around
1920
49. Compound
50. Breaks to sleep
52. Doctor of
Education
55. Group of
vineyards
“We’ve worked very
hard,” Board of Selectmen Chair Mary Walter
said.
She explained that
the process began with
level-funding the budget; she said during the
process it was calculated
that the gap between
level-funding and anticipated new revenue
was about $220,000, so
the selectmen decided
to make a list of priorities and review budget
requests line item by line
item. The only salary increases allowed were for
those positions in which
the numbers of hours
worked were to be increased.
“We were pretty aggressive,” Walter said.
“It’s going to be a
squeaker, but I think
we will make it…That
doesn’t mean it isn’t going to be painful.”
It was reported that the
budget was finalized in a
marathon meeting Monday night. Walter said the
major goal is to not have
to rely on free cash to balance the budget.
budget each month until
additional Town Meetings
solved the problem or until
Dec. 31. At that point the
state would come up with
the budget it believed the
district should have, and
essentially mandate that
the towns pay it, Lamica
said.
At the start of the
meeting Warren Community Elementary School
first-grade teacher Mary
Peloquin thanked the
School Committee for
their hard work in developing and advocating a
budget that provides students with what they need
for their education.
During West Brookfield’s Town Meeting
Kustigian shared some of
the potential budget cuts,
which would include administrative staff furlough
days, a full-time secretary,
an increase in fees, School
Choice busing, a full-time
instructional coach, special education staffing, a
reduction of paraprofessional staff and institution of a parking fee. It
could also mean the loss
of a full-time IT person
and library staffing at all
three schools
“On behalf of the children and the staff, we are
really grateful that you
have worked so hard,”
she said. “You’ve spent
hundreds of hours and
we just want you to know
that it has not gone unnoticed.”
In the meantime, she
said, 2016 was “falling
apart” and budgets were
falling short, a problem
that had to be dealt with
immediately.
Finance
staff worked diligently
to work with departments to make transfers
to cover the 2016 budget.
Selectman Dale Kiley
pointed out that having
a level-funded budget
doesn’t leave a lot of
room for extras.
“We have a capital
plan we’re not putting
money into, which is
problematic,” he said.
In other numbers
news, the selectmen conducted two highwayrelated bid openings.
Bids for fuel, gas and
diesel, were submitted
by Peterson Oil and RJ
McDonald Inc. Bids for
highway materials such
as bituminous concrete,
line painting paint,
washed sand and stone,
guardrails and more
were submitted by Mass
Broken Stone, Bartlett
Consolidator,
Bond
Construction, Murray
Pavement and Reclamation, FT Smith, Highway Safety Systems, All
State Asphalt, Inc. and
Markings Inc. All bids
were voted to be taken
under advisement and
handed off to the highway superintendent for
review.
In other highway
news,
Superintendent
Gary Jean was in attendance at the meeting to discuss the aging
sweeper. It is 20 years
old, and needs to be
retired.“We’ve done everything we possibly can
[to fix it],” Jean said.
He submitted several
quotes for purchase,
lease and rental, some
of which were tens of
thousands of dollars.
He said this year would
be a good year to replace it because there
will be no paving done
this summer. Jean said
instead of paving, the
highway department will
be working on tying up
loose ends on projects
before his departure after the holidays. People
are needed to serve on
a Highway Superintendent Search Committee
and anyone interested in
doing so should contact
the selectmen’s office for
more information.
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Annual 5K race focuses on inclusion
– HOLLAND –
By Sloane M. Perron
Correspondent
M
embers of the
c o m m u n i t y,
Team
Hoyt,
and international athletes
took part in the Holland
5K Race on May 21.
Starting at the Holland
Elementary School, the
race celebrated athletes in
all their forms from those
who ran to those who
needed an extra push in
their specially-designed
racing chairs. Balloon
animals, music, games,
and food were also a part
of the festivities as the
crowd cheered for each
and every person who
crossed the finish line.
Robyn Hillard organized the first Holland
5K Race and has been
coordinating it ever since.
A runner herself, Hillard
explained that the idea
for a race developed seven
years ago when her oldest
child was in fifth-grade at
the Holland Elementary
School. The school was
looking for a new fundraiser at the time.
As the idea of a 5k
race developed, Hillard
asked famed Holland
residents, Dick and Rick
Hoyt, to participate in the
event. The first race consisted of just Dick and
Rick Hoyt followed by
35 members of Virginia
Beach Team Hoyt the
next year. With each year
the event got bigger and
bigger with Team Hoyt
athletes and fans now
traveling from California,
Virginia, Arizona, Texas,
Canada, Ireland and the
Netherlands.
“It really just kind of
blossomed from there,”
she said. “I could have
never created a race this
successful.” The response
from the community was
a complete surprise. Hillard said she would never
have believed that this
event would draw athletes from Ireland and the
Netherlands. However,
for Hillard the message
of inclusion is the most
important aspect of the
Holland 5K Race, “I’ve
learned that normal is
not normal.” She talked
about learning not to be
afraid of anything in life,
especially after watching
runners and those in racing chairs compete and
come together. “The way
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you finish is all the same,”
she said. “The way you
cross the finish line is all
the same. Everyone has
a different way of doing
things, but they all cross
the finish line at some
point.”
Dick Hoyt enjoys participating in the race in his
hometown. In the passed
he had pushed his son,
Rick Hoyt, in the race,
but for the past two races
the torch has been passed
to Team Hoyt member
Bryan Lyons.
Rick Hoyt was diagnosed with being a spastic quadriplegic after his
umbilical chord wrapped
around his neck during
birth. Despite the fact
that Rick can neither
walk or talk, Dick was
determined to give him all
the experiences that other
children have. Throughout the decades, Rick and
Dick have participated in
over a 1,000 races and are
celebrities at the Boston
Marathon. A bronze statute depicting the father
and son team was even
erected in Hopkinton in
their honor.
At the Holland 5K
Race, Dick Hoyt said
that there were nearly 100
people being pushed in
racing chairs along with
numerous runners. “Our
story has affected people
all over the world,” he
said. “It’s amazing. Seeing people not in chairs
competing and running.
They all do it at the same
time.”
Racing chairs are given
a five-minute head start
and are quickly followed
by runners.
Hoyt is always surprised by the people that
turn out for the event “It’s
just amazing that a small
town like this, to have so
many people here.” He
added, “I never thought
there would be a movement. But there is a movement across the country.”
In the past, Dick was told
to institutionalize his son
and give up on Rick. As
a result, this new movement of inclusion parallels everything that Team
Hoyt represents as demonstrated by their slogan,
“Yes You Can”.
Shaun Evans and son,
Seamus, 10, were the first
to cross the finish line
with a time of 17 minutes
and 36 seconds. Seamus
was born with cerebral
palsy and cannot walk.
Shaun pushed his son in
a racing chair throughout the course. The father
and son team are from
New York near Saratoga
Springs, and have participated in the Holland 5K
Race for three years. This
was there first time winning first place. Shaun
has always been a runner and remember being
inspired by Team Hoyt
throughout the decades.
“I was inspired by Team
Hoyt long before Seamus
was born,” he said. As a
result, when Seamus was
born with cerebral palsy,
Shaun used Dick and
Rick Hoyt as role models.
“Like any dad I wanted to share my passion
with my son,” he said. “I
had the honor and the
privilege to run and be
his legs.” Seamus’ favorite
part of the day was, “going fast!” Shaun called
this new movement, “The
next generation behind
Dick and Rick.” Shaun
and Seamus are already
looking forward to their
next event, a triathlon
in New York on Father’s
Day.
The race drew international athletes such as
Henriette, Robert, and
Noah Brethouwer from
the Netherlands. Noah,
11, was diagnosed with
Coudoal Regressive Syndrome meaning that he is
paralyzed from the waist
down and cannot see or
hear very well. Noah is
also nonverbal so he uses
hand gestures to communicate.
Robert said that when
his son was first born,
they only spoke about his
disabilities as negative.
Robert and Henriette had
seen Team Hoyt on television 10 years ago around
the time Noah was born
and were inspired to start
their own group, Lighthouse Sports Organization.
“We started over there
what they are doing here,”
he said. This is the family’s
second time participating
in the Holland 5K Race.
They enjoyed the event
as Robert described, “It’s
great to be here. Great
to see so many kids run
with disabilities.” He said
that this type of inclusion
was rare in the rest of the
world but that they are
working to further this
new movement of acceptance. “We hope to do the
same thing in Europe,” he
said.
From the Netherlands
to right here in the small
town of Holland, families
came from all over to race
and give support to one
another. The Lapierre
family in Holland, exemplifies this. Jordan Lapierre, 14, has participated
in the Holland Running
Club for three years.
Coached by Robyn Hillard, members of the Holland Running Club are
matched up with children
from Team Hoyt. Jordan
Lapierre pushed Michael
Hackforth, 18, from Virginia Beach Team Hoyt.
Endurance training is
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key for the Holland Running Club members as
they train to push others.
“I like the running part
mostly,” Jordan said. “I
like seeing all the people,
but mostly running.”
Hackforth has been attending the 5K for six
years. This is the second
time that he and Jordan
have been paired up together. He said about his
experience, “I’m just having fun.” Jordan’s younger sister, Camryn Lapierre, 11, is also a Holland
Running Club member.
She was part of a threeperson team that took
turns pushing someone in
a racing chair.
John Young from Salem participated in the
Holland 5K for the first
time this year. In 2009,
Young reached out to
Team Hoyt for help about
training for a triathlon in
hopes of inspiring his own
son. “I saw the connection
between Dick and Rick. I
have a son, 13, who also
has dwarfism like I do,”
he said.
At the time, his son
was has difficulty with
his body image and self
esteem. After seeing Dick
and Rick Hoyt compete,
Young was inspired to do
a triathlon himself. During his first race, Young
came in next to last but
he was overjoyed with the
accomplishment of actually finishing. Ever since
then, Young has gone on
to participate in 35 triathlons.
“What I really like
about it is that there is
competition on the elite
end, but for the most part
people are encouraging,”
he said. Young cheered
for every runner that
passed the finish line.
“It gives that message
that runners do not have
to have a particular body,”
Young said. “Whether it’s
a five-minute mile or a
15-minute mile, it’s still a
mile.”
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On May 21, the Holland Elementary School had its 7th Annual Holland 5K Race. Athletes from town and across the globe participated in the event.
The race included Team Hoyt, 100 people being pushed in racing chairs, and runners.
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SPORTS
Tantasqua
Sports
Camps set
to begin
Jankins
picked in
13th round
by Brewers
- STURBRIDGE By Dave Forbes
Turley Publications
Sports Staff Writer
W
ith the spring sports
season
winding
down and all of the
schools in the area getting set
to release for the summer, the
question for parents becomes
how to keep their kids active during the next couple of
months.
One way to do so would
be to have your kids attend
the Tantasqua Sports Camps,
which are set to begin on June
27 and will conclude on Aug.
18.
Camps run from 8:30 a.m.
to 3 p.m. each day with an extended camp day option in the
morning (7:30 to 8:30 a.m.)
and in the afternoon (3 to 5
p.m.) for an additional fee.
All of the camps are run by
teachers, high school and college coaches and high school
students with years of camp
experience.
The camps, which take place
over a four-day period each
week, are mostly sport specific,
but they do also offer arts and
crafts, band camp, dance, and
show choir. The All Sports
Camp is offered each of the
four-day sessions, while others
take place on specific weeks.
The schedule is as follows:
June 27-30 Tennis I, swim lessons and girls basketball; July
5-8 arts and crafts, boys lacrosse, golf I, culinary I and
tennis II; July 11-14 arts and
crafts, girls lacrosse, cheer
camp, boys basketball, band
camp and visual arts; July
18-21 arts and crafts, dance I,
softball/baseball, football and
visual arts; July 25-28 arts and
crafts, track I, dance II and
swim lessons; Aug. 1-4 swim
camp, golf II, show choir I,
culinary II and track II; Aug.
8-11 soccer I, show choir II,
football II (2 to 6 p.m.) and
advanced culinary; and Aug.
15-18 soccer II; golf III, volleyball II and field hockey.
For more information, go
to tantasqua.org/ths/summercamps.
Dave Forbes is a sports editor
for Turley Publications. He can
be reached at dforbes@turley.
com or by calling 413-283-8393
ext. 237.
Q
- NEW YORK, N.Y. -
uinnipiac baseball junior pitcher and
West Brookfield native Thomas Jankins
was selected with the 381st overall pick
and the 13th round of the 2016 MLB Draft on
Saturday, June 11.
“I’m extremely excited about beginning my
professional career with such a great organization,” Jankins said. “I am thankful for everything that Quinnipiac has given me over the last
three years.”
Jankins is the 16th player in program history
to be drafted in the MLB Amateur Draft and
18th player drafted overall. His selection is the
highest a Quinnipiac baseball player has been
taken since Bryan Sabatella was selected in the
ninth round of the 2005 Draft by the Seattle
Mariners.
“I’m proud of Tom, he’s worked extremely
hard for the last three years and it’s great to see
a kid like him get rewarded,” Quinnipiac baseball head coach John Delaney said. “He has
earned this opportunity and will be very sucSee JANKINS I PAGE 14
West Brookfield native Thomas Jankins
was selected in the 13th round of the 2016
MLB Draft by the Milwaukee Brewers on
Saturday afternoon.
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David Henry sweetdogphotos.com
Cougars take big step forward
- WARREN By Dave Forbes
Turley Publications
Sports Staff Writer
F
Turley Publications staff photo by Dave Forbes
Quaboag second baseman Zack Barrett (7) makes a throw to first base.
Phillips places
eighth at Outdoor
Pentathlon
- WORCESTER By Dave Forbes
Turley Publications
Sports Staff Writer
or the Quaboag varsity
baseball team, the 2016
season was one where
they were just looking to improve on the previous season.
The Cougars were coming
off a weather-shortened 2015
season where they finished with
a 2-14 record, so to take a big
step forward in wins is a huge
improvement for the program
as they were a plus-4 in that category as they finished the 2016
campaign with a 6-14 record.
antasqua junior Adam
Phillips was one of 10
male athletes to compete
at the 2016 MIAA Outdoor
Track Central/Western Massachusetts Division 1 Pentathlon
held at Westfield State University.
Phillips had a strong showing
as he came in eighth place overall with 2079 points. Westfield’s
Gabriel Piepergerdes won the
See COUGARS I PAGE 14
See PHILLIPS I PAGE 14
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- sports Quabbin Athletic Hall of
Fame induction Oct. 15
BARRE - Tickets for
the next induction of the
Quabbin Athletic Hall of
Fame are now available for
the October 15 ceremony
to be held at the Eagle Hill
School in Hardwick.
A total of five athletes
and one championship
team will be among the
next group of inductees.
The honorees will also be
introduced that Friday
evening when the Panther
football team plays host
to Hudson.
The individual inductees include Meghan
Inzerillo (1996), Jamie
Szafarowicz (1996), Dan
Conti (1999), Brooke Perron (2004) and Christopher Paquin (2006), while
the 1991 State Championship Field Hockey Team
will also be honored.
Banquet tickets are
available at $45 from Hall
of Fame chairman Louis Schoolcraft 978-3552293, Rich and Shelly
Zalneraitis 978-355-6524
or through the mail by
contacting the Quabbin
Regional High School,
Hall of Fame Committee,
P.O. Box 133, Barre, MA
01005.
sports camps
PYBA Cougar
Basketball
Camp
PALMER - PYBA
Cougar
Basketball
Camp 2016 dates are
set.
This year camp
will be at Palmer High
School from July 1114.
Grades 4-12 are full
days (9 a.m. to 4 p.m.)
and costs $120. Grades
K-3 are half days (9
a.m. to 12 p.m.) and
costs $55.
This is such a great
local camp and is open
to all communities and
players! Hope to see
all the PYBA Ballers
there!
For more information, contact Bob
Haveles at hav5@aol.
com or coach Paul
Phillips at 508-8425344.
British-style
soccer camp
comes to
region
WEST BROOKFIELD - West Brookfield Youth Soccer’s
week long “British
Soccer Camp” will
run July 11-15 at West
Brookfield Elementary
School.
The camp runs
Monday through Friday and each child will
be coached by a member of our elite team
of over 1,200 British
soccer coaches, hand
selected, trained and
flown to the USA exclusively, to work on
these programs.
The West Brookfield Youth Soccer
British Soccer Camp
has the following sessions available, for the
following ages: 4-6
Mini Soccer 9 to 10:30
a.m., 7-10 Half Day
9 a.m. to 12 p.m. and
8-14 Full Day from 9
a.m. to 4 p.m.
The cost is $96 for
ages 4-6, $131 for ages
7-10 and $200 for ages
8-14.
Teams are also welcome to attend and receive a week of focused
instruction to prepare
them for the fall season – team camp rates
are available. Please
contact your local
Challenger representative listed below.
Each camper will
receive a free camp tshirt, a free soccer ball,
free soccer poster and
a personalized skills
evaluation just for
signing up.
Space is limited
– parents are encouraged to sign up on line
in advance to avoid
disappointment.
To
register and for more
information please go
to www.challengersports.com or contact
your local Challenger
representative:
Mo
Abarek at mabarak@
challengersports.com
or call 1-800-309-0212
ext. 136.
for advertising
opportunities follow
@turleynews
Cicero grabs top spot at Spartan Race
By Karen A. Lewis
Turley Publications
Sports Correspondent
BARRE - Guts, grit
and determination re just
a few things needed when
competing in a Spartan
Race.
For 40-year-old Barre
resident Mike Cicero,
jumping over fire to complete yet another Spartan
race signifies how far he
has come.
“Four years ago I
couldn’t run a mile,” Cicero said.
Last Saturday, Cicero
added a seventh medal to
his collection of obstacle
course running (OCR)
events, six of them being
Spartan’s.
And it all took place
in the fields and acres
of land on Carter and
Steven’s Farm in Barre.
The nationally known
race blazed into the small
country town and set
up shop to prepare for a
weekend of Spartan Races for young and old.
Quite different from
your typical 5K, 10K or
even a marathon, these
particular races challenge both endurance and
strength. A wide variety
of obstacles are scattered
throughout the various
courses, testing all kinds
of abilities including
climbing, pulling, pushing, throwing and lifting,
just to name a few.
The races are nationally advertised and as
many as 6,000 people can
filter through a site on
event day. Last weekend,
the farm hosted two race
days, Saturday and Sunday, for what was known
as the Spartan “Boston”
Sprint.
According to Spartan Race Director Jason
Barnes, the Boston - Barre
version of the Spartan
Sprint was 5.6 miles.
“Our Sprint is our
shortest distance, with 22
obstacles and three water
stations,” Barnes said.
Barnes explained that
the Spartan races are
set up in three tiers, the
Sprint being the shortest,
the Spartan Super ranges
in distance from 5.5 miles
to 8 miles and the Spartan
Beast covers anywhere
between 8 to 12 miles.
Additional obstacles are
added to the longer races.
A kid friendly version
of the Spartan race in increments of one half mile,
one mile and two miles,
were offered as well.
“I came out in February to create the course
people are running on today,” Barnes added.
This well oiled machine is the brain child of
Spartan CEO Joe DeSena
initially meant to, “get
Turley Publications submitted photo
Mike Cicero, of Barre, won his seventh obstacle course running medal
last weekend.
Turley Publications photo by Karen A. Lewis
The Spartan “Boston” Sprint took place at the Carter and Steven’s Farm
in Barre last weekend.
people off the couch.”
For Cicero, that’s exactly what he did four
years ago when he was
diagnosed with diabetes
and was recommended
by his doctor to begin a
more consistent form of
exercise.
“I was intermittingly
working out,” Cicero said.
“I needed to maintain
and do things on a regular basis. I had a home
gym and started going to
kickboxing in Spencer.”
Finding out that Cicero liked running after
taking part in a Thanksgiving 5K, a buddy of his
suggested participating in
an OCR.
“My friend said that
if you like running, these
kinds of races are a blast,”
Cicero said. “Now I’m
hooked.”
Unless you are an
elite runner, and those
are usually sponsored by
large companies with the
thoughts of moving on to
national championships,
a large part of the runners compete in groups,
working together and
encouraging each other
throughout the often
times grueling course.
“It’s a good activity to
do together and a great
way to keep in shape,” Cicero said. “I never played
sports as a kid, but within
the last few years, I’ve
been in the best shape of
my life.”
Those are the stories
that make it all worthwhile to Barnes.
“Most people will push
themselves both mentally
and physically,” Barnes
said. “But the mental
is often harder than the
physical part. The best
part of my day is seeing those cross the finish
line. It’s what drives me
to keep doing this.”
“It’s that last racer,
it could take them five
hours,” Barnes continued. “Most of the people
already have left, things
are breaking down, but
we take the time, my staff
and volunteers, to cheer
them on to their victory.
Those competitors deserve that and we take
pride in being able to do
that.”
Barnes also mentioned
that the Spartan company donates to a number of charities as well as
reinvesting into the company to continue to make
the races bigger, better
and different from year
to year.
On any given day, over
500 volunteers are needed to man the event. In
exchange for their time,
they are allowed to race
for free, an opportunity
that James Matthews
from Lowell was happy
to take advantage of.
“Over the past couple
of years I’ve been working on a transformation
of myself with fitness and
nutrition,”
Matthews,
who was stationed at the
ropes, said. “I’ve looked
for something to take it
to the next level and this
is it.”
Matthews shared that
he recently read the book,
“Spartan Up,” by CEO
DeSena, which taught
him valuable life lessons
and inspired a whole new
way of looking at the
world.
“ ‘Spartan Up’ really
helped me,” Matthews
said. “I read his stories
of how he pushed himself.
Before reading it, I played
a lot of video games and
sat around, but this took
my mental game to the
next level. And if you
can beat the mental part,
you’ve won.”
For those looking to
get their Spartan fixes
around the country,
Barnes explained there
are other crews that cover the central states, the
mountain states and the
west coast. There are
even international groups
of teams going overseas
along with a new Spartan
television show on NBC.
Fans should take note
of the local connection
soon to appear on the
national broadcast. It
will be a family affair as
Carter and Stevens farm
owners, Phil and Erin
Stevens, son Will and
daughter Molly DuBois,
are scheduled to be on the
show June 20th.
Last December the
family flew down for a
taping of the show in
Georgia and ran as a
family in a Spartan race.
Details are more than top
secret and supporters of
the Barre family will have
to tune in to see the outcome when it airs.
“The Stevens family
was chosen out of thousands of video entries,”
Carter and Stevens Farm
Store Manager Meghan
Michalski said. “It was
really intense, they were
very nervous going in, but
coming back they were
different people. Their
family connection was
even better.”
Michalski shared for
those that missed the
chance to take part in an
OCR, the farm will be
hosting two additional
races this summer.
On July 23, runners
are invited to try the Battle Frog and the weekend
of Aug. 13-14, Spartan is
coming back to offer the
Boston Super, different
and longer than this past
weekend.
“It’s great to see people getting outdoors and
enjoying physical fitness,”
Michalski said.
“The
comradery of the runners, the families that
stop by, all the business
that comes into the town,
it’s an overall great weekend.”
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meet with 2743 points.
Phillips’ strongest performance came in the
1500 meters where he
finished second overall
with a time of 4 minutes,
58.71 points, which was
good enough to earn him
571 points. He also came
in ninth in the 110-meter hurdles at 20.13 (339
points), eighth in the high
jump at 1.52 meters (404
points), ninth in the long
jump at 4.73 meters (332
points), and eighth in the
shot put at 8.67 meters
(406 points).
Dave Forbes is a sports
editor for Turley Publications. He can be reached
at [email protected] or
by calling 413-283-8393
ext. 237.
Seventh annual Quaboag Plantation
Triathlon set for July 10
W
E
S
T
BROOKFIELD - The
Quaboag
Plantation
Triathlon, which is in its
seventh year will be held
on Sunday, July 10 at 8
a.m.
Registration
forms
are available at the West
Brookfield post office,
library, and town hall.
Registration forms may
also be downloaded from
the race website — a link is
provided on the Quaboag
Plantation
Triathlon
Facebook page as well as
www.RunSignUp.com.
The triathlon will be
held at the West Brookfield
town beach, check in time
is from 6 a.m. until 715
a.m. The race will begin
at 8 a.m. and continue
until all participants have
finished. The race itself
consists of a quarter-mile
swim, 12-mile bike ride,
and a three-mile run for
adults ages 13 and older.
The children’s race, for
ages 4-13, consists of a
50-yard swim, half-mile
bike ride and a 300-yard
run.
Entry fees are $50 per
individual, $75 for adult
teams, $25 for students
(ages 13-18) and $15
for children (ages 4-13).
All participants in the
kid’s race will receive a
finisher’s triathlon medal.
In years past, proceeds
h a v e b e n e f i t e d t h e
Q u a b o a g
P l a n t at i o n Tr i at h l o n
scholarship
fund.
Any Quaboag Regional
High School students
Youth track camp
starts June 21
BARRE - On Tuesdays
and Thursdays, starting
on June 21 and ending
on July 7, there will be
a Youth Track Program
taking place at the Quabbin Regional High School
Track.
This event is open to all
elementary school students
in any school district.
Signup sheets have
been sent home through
all elementary schools
in the Quabbin District,
these are to be returned
back to the school as
soon as possible.
If you have not received a signup sheet, but
still wish to participate,
there will be signup sheets
at the track. Parents are
encouraged to stay and
support their children
from the bleachers at the
track, this is not required
though, as there will be
many volunteers helping
facilitate the participants.
This program is free of
charge and once again all
elementary students are
welcome.
who
participated
in
or
volunteered for
the triathlon will be
eligible to apply for the
scholarship in their senior
year, during the college
application process. The
triathlon
committee
is currently accepting
scholarship applications
from graduating Quaboag
Regional High School
students.
Scholarship
applications are available
through the QRMHS
Guidance Office. If
the committee does not
receive any scholarship
applications, they plan to
donate proceeds from last
year’s race to a community
service organization. Last year, 196 racers
(120 adults and 76
kids) participated in
the triathlon. Proceeds
from the race were
donated to several local
organizations.
In the
past, race organizers have
donated $1,000 to the
Regional Fire Training
Facility and a Zoll AED
(automated
external
defibrillator)
to
the
Quaboag Youth Football
Team.
The triathlon began
seven years ago when the
town of West Brookfield
celebrated
its
250th
anniversary. Since then,
the triathlon has attracted
many participants from
all over Massachusetts.
For more information
about the race, please visit
www.RunSignUp.com or
find us on Facebook for
all race updates.
Amidio places 26th
at NCW Tournament
By Dave Forbes
Turley Publications
Sports Staff Writer
WORCESTER – While
the Quabbin girls golf team
came up just short of qualifying for the 2016 Girls
North/Central/West Tournament, the Lady Panthers
did send one individual
competitor to the event.
Marissa Amidio had a
solid round as she finished
26th overall with a score of
98.
Julia Ford, of Shrewsbury, won the event with
the score of a 75. She tied
with Jackie Gonzalez, of
Ursuline, and Anne Walsh,
of Boston Latin.
Also qualifying for the
state finals were: Angela
Garvin, of Agawam, Emily Nash, of Lunenburg,
Anne Spellance, of Notre
Dame, Catherine French,
of Shepherd Hill, Lauren
Fantaroni, of Notre Dame,
Jordan Yung, of Westborough, Skyular Frankiewicz, of Concord-Carlisle,
Ashley Coburn, of Notre
Dame, Caitlin Raymond of
Northampton, and Maddison Streeter, of Notre
Dame.
While uniforms for high school sports
have changed over the years,
our dedicated weekly
coverage of local games
has remained the same.
Our Sports editors and their staff of reporters and
photographers cover select varsity school games
weekly as well as youth and adult sports leagues. We
also accept photo submissions and write-ups from
coaches and players. Email your content to Dave
Forbes at [email protected].
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cessful in pro ball.”
Current head coach
John Delaney was drafted
in the 25th round of the
2008 Draft by the Milwaukee Brewers. Pitching coach Pat Egan was
drafted twice in his career,
once in the 35th round of
the 2005 MLB Draft and
once in the 36th round
of the 2006 MLB Draft,
both by the Baltimore
Orioles.
Through three seasons as the No. 1 starting
pitcher for the Bobcats,
Jankins will go down as
one of the top pitchers in
program history. His 180
career strikeouts rank
eighth all-time in program history and fourth
in the Division 1 era.
Jankins also has a career
3.50 ERA, which is 10th
in program history and
the lowest by a pitcher
in Quinnipiac Division 1
history. He also won 16
games in his career and
pitched 257 1-3 innings.
This season, Jankins
had one of his best seasons as a Bobcat. Despite
a 5-6 record, he recorded
a 3.26 ERA that stands as
the 10th best in Division
1 program history. His 79
strikeouts this season were
the second most in a season in Division I program
history and the seventh
most overall in program
history. Jankins’ 85 2-3 innings were the third most
innings in the MAAC
regular season while his
79 strikeouts were fourth
and 22 batters struck out
looking were fifth. He was
dominant throughout the
season, striking out six or
more batters in nine of
his 13 starts and nine batters in two games.
According to veteran
head coach Brian Guimond,
the Cougars had three goals
in mind for this campaign:
improve on last year’s record, contend for the SWCLWest crown and play better as a team.
In fact, the Cougars came very close to making
the Central Massachusetts Division 4 Tournament
this year. After starting the season with seven straight
losses the Cougars played .500 for the rest of the season with a 6-7 mark. The Cougars finished with a 2-3
record in one-run games and a 2-4 record in games
decided by two runs or less.
The senior captains were: Brannon McMullen
(catcher/pitcher), Edwin DeLeon (shortstop, pitcher).
The senior co-captains were: Tyler Wade (third baseman, pitcher), Zachary Barrett (second baseman,
pitcher), and Sam Bearor (center fielder).
Other seniors include: Evan Paquette (first baseman), Brandon Nichols-Hogan (outfielder), Riley
Mucha (outfielder), Conor McCarthy (outfielder) and
Corey Boucher (outfielder).
The junior class included: Dante Ortiz (third baseman, first baseman), Harley Richards III (first baseman, pitcher), Alex Cote (second baseman, shortstop),
Casey Pillsbury (outfielder). The lone sophomore is
Keegan Moynahan (catcher/infield/pitcher). Quaboag
also had only one freshman on the roster: Aiden Gilman (pitcher, shortstop).
DeLeon finished in the top five in batting average
in the SWCL at .471. He also had 32 hits and seven
RBIs. McMullen finished with a .391 average with 27
hits and 22 RBIs. Wade was third on the team at .349
with 23 hits and 23 RBIs, followed by Ortiz at .340
with 17 hits and eight RBIs, while Richards finished at
.300 with 12 hits and eight RBIs.
Gilman showed flashes of brilliance for the future
on the mound for the Cougars as he finished with a
2-1 record with an 0.72 ERA in 19 1-3 innings with 14
walks and 24 strikeouts.
While the Cougars will have to replace five players
off this year’s squad, the future looks bright for the
Quaboag baseball program.
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- public safety Police Logs
BROOKFIELD POLICE LOG
Between June 6 and
June 13, Brookfield police
made 30 motor vehicle
stops, three building
and property checks,
two welfare checks, two
investigations, five motor
vehicle
investigations,
performed two escorts
or
transports,
one
repossession, served two
summons, served one
warrant, and assisted two
citizens. Police responded
to three reports of
suspicious activity, four
animal calls, two medical
emergencies, three safety
hazards, three alarms,
and one report of scam.
They appeared for courtrelated matters four times
and officers were initiated
six times.
There were 12 911
calls. Of these, eight were
for medical emergencies,
one was for a report of
a threat, one was for a
complaint about motor
vehicle operations, one
was for a mental health
emergency, and one was
for a report of suspicious
activity.
Brookfield
police assisted two other
agencies.
EAST BROOKFIELD POLICE LOG
Between June 6 and
June 13, East Brookfield
police made one arrest.
Jeffrey M. Laine of 215
New Boston Road, Sturbridge, was arrested on
June 11 for operating
under the influence of
alcohol, second offense,
reckless operation, and
leaving the scene of a property damage accident.
Police made 16 motor
vehicle stops, one investigation, and assisted two
citizens. They responded
to one neighbor dispute,
one parking complaint,
two alarms, one comp-
laint about motor vehicle
operations, one animal
call, and one abandoned
motor vehicle. They appeared for court-related
matters three times and
three officers were initiated.
There were six 911
calls. Of these, three were
for medical emergencies,
one was for a report of
annoying phone calls, one
was for a motor vehicle
accident, and one was for
a complaint about motor
vehicle operations. East
Brookfield police assisted
one other agency.
North Brookfield martial arts teacher arrested
for failing to register as sex offender
By Sloane M. Perron
Correspondent
BARRE – A martial
arts teacher in North
Brookfield David Sanderson, 60, of 1037 Williamsville Road in Barre was
arrested May 25 around
11:30 a.m., and charged
with failure to register as
a level 3 sex offender. He
was released on $2,000
bail and is due back in
court on June 23.
The arrest was the result of an investigation
made by the Barre Police
Department after a caller
reported that a level 3 sex
offender was working at
the marital art studio,
Eternal River School at
209 North Main Street in
North Brookfield. Known
as “Grandmaster Doshi”
at the studio, Sanderson
had been working there
for over a year without
reporting a change in his
work status to the Barre
Police Department.
Sanderson was listed as
a level 3 sex offender after
being convicted of raping students at a karate
studio where he formerly
worked. In 1991, Sanderson plead guilty to six
counts of child rape, one
count of unnatural rape,
four counts of indecent
assault and battery on
a child under the age of
14, one count of indecent
assault and battery and
11 counts of furnishing
liquor to a person under
21. He was sentenced to
20 years at Concord State
Prison but was eligible for
parole after two years.
The Barre Police Department first received
word that Sanderson
might be working at Eternal River School when
a woman reported him
to a former Barre police officer. The officer
helped identify Sanderson through the Sex Offender Register Board, or
SORB. The location of
a karate studio being eerily similar to the original
1991 crime.
The North Brookfield
Police Department notified the Barre Police Department about the violation on May 9, ironically
Sanderson’s birthday, according to Barre Police
Chief Erik Demetropoulos. Demetropoulos then
went on the Facebook
and Instagram accounts
of Eternal River School
where he found pictures
of David Sanderson at the
karate studio dating back
to July 2015. After more
investigation and pictures
proving Sanderson was
at the studio, the Barre
Police Department discovered that he had been
working at Eternal River
School for over a year.
According to Demetropoulos, restrictions are
not placed on level 3 sex
offenders unless they are
on parole or probation.
Citing law Chapter 6, Section 187C, all sex offenders are required to report
any change in their status
such as residence, job and
vehicle registration. It is
the responsibility of the
offenders to report these
changes to the police department themselves. The
chief said that offenders are clearly told that
it is their duty to report
changes in their status.
“That info they should
know inside and out,” he
said.
As far as Demetropoulos knows, Sanderson
has never had a violation
or failed to report his status in the past. The Barre
Police Department has
not received any reports
of any injuries or crimes
committed against children at the North Brookfield karate studio, which
immediately closed its
doors the day that Sanderson’s violation became
known.
Demetropoulos
explained that had Sand-
erson followed the procedure and reported his
change in job status, the
Barre Police Department
could have notified the
North Brookfield Police
Department and Sanderson would not have been
arrested. However, by not
reporting his new place of
employment, Sanderson
was in violation. “The
great thing about the law
is that it allows a warrantless arrest,” he said. “If
you have enough probable cause to identify him
then you can put him in
violation.” In Sanderson’s
case, Demetropoulos had
a warrant for Sanderson’s
arrest. He said that Sanderson seemed surprised
that he was being arrested.
North Brookfield Police Chief Mark Smith
added his perspective
about the David Sanderson arrest. He said that
according to the law, reporting changes in status
is the responsibility of the
sex offender.
“The system is working but with all things, it
can be better.” He added,
“I don’t know if there is
something we can do but
it is worth looking into
to ensure that these type
of things don’t happen in
the future,” Smith said.
$3.25 million in grants to go to New England, Precious needs a loving
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$3.25 million multi-state
program to help landowners in the Long Island Sound Watershed
conserve and restore their
wooded land for biodiversity and water protection
is now accepting applications.
The funding will come
from the Healthy Forests
Reserve Program, which is
administered by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources
Conservation Service. The
Long Island Sound Watershed Regional Conservation Partnership Program
will screen applications.
This new program will
pair interested forest land
owners in parts of Connecticut, Massachusetts,
New Hampshire, New
York, Rhode Island and
Vermont with local land
trusts to restore, enhance,
and protect privatelyowned forests through
conservation easements.
The Long Island Sound
Watershed includes most
of central and western
Massachusetts.
These
projects will promote the
recovery of endangered
species, improve plant and
animal habitat and protect drinking water supply
sources.
Applications will be
accepted through Aug.
1. Information about eligibility, ranking criteria
and how to apply and a
map of the watershed are
available at http://www.
lisw-rcpp.com/forests.
html. Contact Bill Labich,
senior
conservationist,
Highstead Foundation,
413-658-5308, blabich@
highstead.net with questions.
“In the Long Island
Sound Watershed, 20 regional conservation partnerships (RCPs) of land
trusts, towns, and agencies
are already collaborating
to help individual and
family forest owners protect their biodiverse-rich
lands from development,”
said Bill Labich, Chair of
the LISW-RCPP’s Forest
Land Protection Technical Committee. “This
program ushers in the first
significant transfusion of
federal Healthy Forest
Reserve Program funding
for land protection in the
Northeast. We’re eager to
see how many landowners
and rare species we can
serve with this program.”
“This is a one of a kind
opportunity to address
nutrient inputs to Long
Island Sound from the
entire watershed by focusing on working lands
— agriculture, private forest owners, and restoration of vulnerable floodplains,” said Jeff LaFleur,
executive director of the
Massachusetts Association of Conservation Districts. “Traditional and
non-traditional partners
from all sectors are coming together to implement innovative conservation practices. This is a
win-win for landowners,
the watershed, and the
Sound.”
LISW-RCPP
was
formed in 2015 with a $10
million grant from the
NRCS as a multi-state,
multi-agency effort to reduce nitrogen pollution
from runoff within the
Long Island Sound watershed.
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for all your exterior home
Builders (413)626-5296. Complete
depending on your location. Our
improvement needs. ROOFING,
RETIRED RACING
roofing systems and repairs.
TRUCK DRIVERS
service offers professional look
SIDING, WINDOWS, DOORS,
GREYHOUNDS AVAILABLE
Fully licensed and insured. MA CS
without professional cost. For any
NEEDED
DECKS & GUTTERS. Extensive
FOR ADOPTION
#102453.
A & B CDL CLASSES + BUS
Lifetime
question you can e-mail me
warranty.
at
references
spayed/neutered, wormed,
available,
Fully
Senior Discount. 24 hour service.
Chicopee, Ma (413)592-1500
BRUSH WORKS PAINTING.
[email protected] or call me
Licensed & Insured in MA. & CT.
shots, heartworm tested,
UNITED TRACTOR TRAILER
Interior, Exterior Painting
at (413)478-4212.
&
Call GARY DELCAMP @ 413teeth cleaned
Staining. Powerwashing. Quality
SCHOOL
DON’T LET YOUR roof ruin your
569-3733
***A+
work. Reasonable rates. Low
DEVENO
Unitedcdl.com
LANDhome’s interior. Specializing
in
Make a Fast Friend!
SCAPING***
pricing on Ranch style houses.
Shrub trimming,
hard to find leaks. Call NP Home
HOME IMPROVEMENTS. REweekly maintenance, bobcat
Rudy (413)262-4007
Improvement for your free
MODELING. Kitchens, baths.
Greyhound Options Inc.
service, new lawns, new landevaluation today. (413)532-7603
Ceramic tile, windows, painting,
**ALL
SPRING,
Call Mary at 413-566-3129
SUMMER,
scaping, brick walks and patios.
FORBES & SONS PAINTING
Major credit cards accepted.
wallpapering, textured ceilings,
FALL** Specializing in shrub
&
or Claire at 413-967-9088
Free estimates. Residential/
STAINING Interior/ exterior, new
Financing
options
siding, additions. Insurance work.
trimming, tree pruning, landscape
available.
or go to
Commercial (413)746-9065.
construction, carpentry, ceiling/
www.nphomeimprovement.com
Fully insured. Free estimates. 413design, clean-ups, loam, stone,
www.greyhoundoptions.org.
drywall repairs, wallpaper removal.
246-2783 Ron. Member of the
mulch deliveries. Also small front
HYDROSEEDING AND LANDDeck restorations, Vinyl pressure
SKY-TECH ROOFING, INC. 25
Home Builders Association of MA.
loader and backhoe service. Fully
SCAPE Construction. Retaining
washing. Free estimates. Owner
years experience. Commercial,
insured. Professional work. Please
walls, walkways, patios, erosion
operated since 1985. Affordable
residential. Insured. Shingles,
MURPHY CONSTRUCTION- REcall
Bob
control, skid steer work, fencing,
(413)538-7954,
prices. Residential/ Commercial.
single-ply systems. Tar/ gravel,
MODELING, new construction. All
(413)537-5789.
plantings, loam, trenching, etc.
HORSEBACK RIDING LESSONS
Insured.
slate repairs. 24 hour Emergency
jobs big and small. Specializing
Free
estimates.
offered year round at our state
in
LAWN
Medeiros.
CAREwww.westernmasspainting.com
of
MOWING,
Repairs.
decks,
(413)536-3279,
porches,
(413)267-4050.
windows,
the art facility. Beginner
landscaping, debris removal,
(413)887-1987
to
(413)348-9568, (413)204-4841.
carpentry
work,
general
advanced. Ages 4 years to adult.
fertilizing, mulch & moreconstruction. 10 yrs+ in business.
Boarding, sales and leasing also
Competitive pricing. Call John
(413)374-7470.
available. Convenient location
(413)519-5821.
at
Orion Farm in South Hadley.
(413)532-9753
www.orionfarm.net
Community
Miscellaneous
to
ANY metal
FREE PICK-UP
items, appliances,
household
yard
auto parts,
pools, mowers,
fencing, boilers.
furniture, grills,
Call (860)970-4787.
TILE, carpentry,
HANDYMAN,
decks, window
sheet rock, repairs,
painting,
and door replacement,
Gil. Free estimates.
staining. Call
(413)323-0923.
Want it!
YOUR PRODUCT,
PROMOTE
to 1.7 million
service or business
Cleaning Services
announcement
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paper
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presented by
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ANTIQUE AND
new woven seats
Restored with
weaves available.
Many styles and
Call (413)267-9680.
2011
CAMPING TRAILER 19H, 19 ft.
Select
Jay Feather
Super
hybrid trailer.
six
dble. axle,
sleeps
clean,
&
Super
-2 Queens,
comfortably
sofa.
dinette, &
22”
convertible
Lav W/shower,
Heat/AC, Full
9440
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Computer Services
Buzzin’ Town Town
Eldercare
✦
✦
Home Improvement
Home Improvement
Landscaping
Landscaping
Electrician
Painting
Tree Work
Plumbing
Call Ed @
(413)536-5366.
Call
(413)536-8176
SALE.
Instruction
Pools
Pets
Roofing
Belchertown
Painting
Landscaping
Horses
or
$ Fill Out and Mail This Money
CATEGORY:
1
Monson (413)267-9631
FIREWOOD
$160.00.
Fresh cut & split $225.00
& split
Seasoned cut
All hardwood.
softwood for
*Also have seasoned(Cheap).
outdoor boilers
guaranteed!!
Quality & volumes
Forest Products
New England
(413)477-0083.
2
5
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COM
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6
10
&
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&
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rush 14
cane, fiber
+
refinishing instructor, 20
splint - Classroom Call Walt at
years 17experience.estimate.
18
for
(413)267-9680
21
3
Jackie B.
7
CLEANCHIMNEY SERVICES: repairs
dampers,
INGS, caps,
liners. The
and
11
to
including masonry Worcester
best for less!!!
413-650-0126,
8
12
16
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Base Price 23
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Quabbin Village Hills
Circulation: 50,500
Thursd
Pittsfield.
15
m
www.expresschimney.co
Base Price 22
24.50
25
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Base Price
28.00
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34.00
QUABBIN
❑
Suburban Residential
Circulation: 59,000
Buy the Quabbin Village Hills or the
Suburban
Residential ZONE for $24.00 for 20
words plus
50¢ for additional words. Add $5
for a second ZONE.
SUBURBAN
❑
NAME
PHONE
First ZONE base price
STATE
ZIP
THE DEADLINE IS FRIDAY AT NOON
Send to Turley Publications, 24 Water
St., Palmer MA 01069.
Must include check.
Or call 413-283-7084 to place
your ad.
Help Wanted
ATTN CDL-A DRIVERS
DEDICATED Flatbed Route
Westfield, MA area
Home Daily
Expect the BEST at TMC!
Top Pay & Benefits!
Call 800-247-2862 x1
www.tmctrans.co
DRIVERS: CDL-A. AVERAGE
$52,000 per yr. plus. Excellent
Home Time + Weekends. Monthly
Bonuses up to $650. 5,000w
APU's for YOUR Comfort +
ELogs. Excellent Benefits. 100% no
touch. 877-704-3773
DRIVERS: DEDICATED WINDSOR freight! 100% driver
unloading using rollers. Average
of
$52,000.00
yearly.
Full
Comprehensive Benefits Pkg!
Werner Enterprises: 1-855-6154429
Base Price
26.00
Base Price 28
27.50
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29.00
Base Price 35
31.00
Base Price 39
33.00
Run my ad in the following Zones(s):
ADDRESS
TOWN
Maker $
DEADLINE is Noon
ay, Aug. 28th,
4
Add a second ZONE
+ $500
Subtotal
x Number of Weeks
TOTAL enclosed
Did you remember to check your zone?
includes additional words
FOSTER CARE: YOU can help
change someone’s life. Learn
about working with children and
teens who have been abused and
neglected. Mandatory training
to
begin in September. Call
Devereux Therapeutic Foster Care
at 413-734-2493.
GRAPHICS PERSON- KNOWLEDGE of Quark and Photoshop,
Mac, for local printing company.
(800)245-3145.
HAIRSTYLIST WANTED FOR
booth rental in trendy East
Longmeadow salon. Please call
413-531-4125.
HHA’S,
CNA’S,
needed.
Highest competitive rates for
Home Care Agency, also paid
mileage. Professional Medical
Services, Inc. (413)289-9018
Ask for Denise EOE
LICENSED HAIRSTYLIST AND
RECEPTIONIST WANTED for
busy salon. Pay hourly
or
commission.
(413)786-6988,
(413)562-5988.
Classifieds
✦
www.turley.com
✦
Home Improvement
Pools
Tree Work
Help Wanted
WATER DAMAGE
-CALL JAY (413)436-5782FOR REPAIRS
Complete
Drywall
Service.
Finishing,
Painting,
Ceilings
(Smooth or Textured). 39 years
experience. Fully insured
ABC POOL PALMER is starting
its 13th year. We are AAA Plus
rated BBB member with ZERO
COMPLAINTS.
Insured
&
Licensed #150679. We’re a drug
free employer.
Our services are: Above &
inground liner changes. Our liners
are of top quality with pro rated
guarantee up 20 or more years.
Leak detection, Openings, spa
repair, pool removals, all types of
pool & filtration repairs. Mark Kirk,
owner/ operator. Open 7 days, 7
to 7 at (413)531-4192. Payments
due at service. Thank you for your
business.
ATEKS TREE- HONEST, quality
tree service. From pruning to
house lot clearing. Fully insured.
Free estimates. Firewood sales.
(413)687-3220.
FULL-TIME
GRILL
COOK,
experience a must on fryer, grill
and salads. Includes some prep.
Must have own transportation.
Assistand Manager, experience
with customer service a plus. 2530 hours a week.
Both positions must be available
on weekends and nights. Please
email your resumé to Kim at
[email protected]
Garage Door Serv.
MENARD GARAGE DOORS
Authorized
Raynor
dealer
specializing in sales, installation
service and repairs of residential
and light commercial overhead
garage doors and openers. Fully
insured. Free estimates. Call
(413)289-6550 or
www.menardgaragedoors.com
Instruction
AFFORDABLE POOL OPENINGS, cover pumping, tear downs,
filter repair, new/used filters,
motors, weekly vacs, chemicals.
Call
LaRue (413)583-7890
(413)289-0164, (413)386-8557
DL & G TREE SERVICEEverything from tree pruning, tree
removal, stump grinding, storm
damage, lot clearing and brush
chipping. Honest and Dependable.
Fully insured. Now offering a
Senior Citizen and Veteran
discount. Call today for free
estimate (413)478-4212.
Pets
RETIRED RACING
GREYHOUNDS AVAILABLE
FOR ADOPTION
spayed/neutered, wormed,
shots, heartworm tested,
teeth cleaned
Make a Fast Friend!
DON'T BE A STARVING
ARTIST - learn how to teach
painting with this special
method to people of all ages
and abilities and have your own
business with a stable income.
Fill the need for more art in
healthcare facilities. Check it
out at:
www.artis4every1.com or call
(508)882-3947
Painting
FORBES & SONS PAINTING &
STAINING, LLC Interior/ exterior
restorations,
residential/
commercial/ new constructions.
Carpentry, flooring, tile, wallpaper
removal, drywall, plaster, deck
restorations, Owner operated
since 1985. Free estimates.
Insured. (413)887-1987
www.forbesandsonspainting.com
TRUCK DRIVERS
NEEDED
A & B CDL CLASSES + BUS
Chicopee, Ma (413)592-1500
UNITED TRACTOR TRAILER
SCHOOL
Unitedcdl.com
KEEP IT PAINTING– Klems
excellent
exterior
painting.
Interiors too. Specializing in all
aspects of quality painting and
staining. 25 years experience.
Free consultation. Steve (413)4778217
Landscaping
KEN’S PAINTING SERVICES
Interior/exterior painting
and staining, wallpaper removal
and repairs, quality products and
workmanship. Fully insured.
Free estimates.
(413)896-8264.
www.kenspainting.tech
**ALL SEASON**
Specializing
shrub trimming, pruning, design,
deliveries,
loader,
backhoe,
insured. Professional. Please call
Bob (413)537-5789 (413)5387954.
*RICK BERGERON
LAWN CARE
Spring Clean-ups
Mowing & Landscaping
Loader and Backhoe
Trucking
Over 30 yrs. in business
All Calls Returned
413-283-3192
A1 QUALITY LOAM, 100%
LOAM NO FILLERS, $18/ yard
delivered
locally,
18
yard
minimum. Call for pricing on lesser
amounts (413)289-2026.
CHAMPAGNE LANDSCAPING
WEEKLY mowing, Spring, Fall
clean-ups, trimming, mulch, stone
beds, gutter cleaning. Total yard
maintenance. Call Dan (413)6824943
DAVE’S LAWN AND GARDEN
Mulch and decorative stone
application, aeration, full service
property
maintenance,
brush
chipping. skid steer service. We
do it all. Call today to get 15% off
your next project. We also offer a
Senior Citizen discount. Certified
and insured. Call Dave at
(413)478-4212 for your free
estimate.
MOSQUITO
MANAGEMENT
APPLICATIONS, child and pet
safe. All natural products, no
chemicals. Take control of your
yard and enjoy. (413) 531-2334
TRACTOR FOR HIRE
•Backhoe/loader
•Light excavation
•Brushhogging/field mowing
•Cheaper than renting
SCREENED LOAM
•Special- Delivered/Spread $30/yd
(18 yd minimum)
(413)530-0256
Lawn & Garden
*COMPOSTED
LOAM*
3/8
screened, $22/yd. deliv., 10 yd
min.; 3/4 screened $20/yd. deliv,
15 yd. min. No additives, fillers or
by-products. Local deliv. to
Oakham and surrounding towns
only. Oakham = $2/yd. discount.
Eliot Starbard 508-882-0140.
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PROFESSIONAL
PAINTING
CONTRACTOR.
Pelissier
Painting. Interior, Exterior, Historic
Restoration. Fully insured. I will
call you back. Free estimates
(413)427-8869.
www.advantagecoatings.net
QUABBIN PAINTING INTERIOR/
EXTERIOR
PAINTING,
handyman, house and deck
powerwashing, deck staining,
gutters
cleaned.
Prompt
professional service. Fully insured.
Call 413-323-6425
[email protected]
Plumbing
LINC’S PLUMBING LIC #J27222
Scheduling Replacement
Heating Systems Now
Call LINC’S
For Your Connection
(413)668-5299
Roofing
FREE ROOF INSPECTIONS. ALL
TYPES OF ROOFING, shingle,
flat and slate. Call Local Builders
(413)626-5296. Complete roofing
systems and repairs.
Fully
licensed and insured. MA CS
#102453, CT Reg. 0615780.
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.
Tree Work
AAA1 - TROM’S TREE SERVICE
Let me save you money. 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.
AFFORDABLE STUMP GRINDING. Fast, dependable service.
Free estimates. Fully insured. Call
Joe Sablack. 1-413-436-9821 Cell
1-413-537-7994
Greyhound Options Inc.
Call Mary at 413-566-3129
or Claire at 413-967-9088
or go to
www.greyhoundoptions.org
Horses
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.
(413)532-9753
www.orionfarm.net
Help Wanted
HIGHWAY
LEAD/HEAVY
EQUIPMENT Operator: Town of
Monson
seeks
a
qualified
applicant for the position of
Highway Lead Person/Heavy
Equipment Operator. Performs
skilled and semi-skilled work
operating
heavy
and
light
motorized
equipment
for
construction, maintenance and
repair projects of the Highway
Department; performs all related
work as required. High school
diploma is required, one to two
years of experience in light and
heavy equipment operation, or any
equivalent
combination
of
education,
training
and
experience. Possession of a Valid
C.D.L., Class B license and a
Hoisting Engineer license is
required. Forty hours per week
from 7:00am-3:30pm, overtime as
necessary.
Salary range is
$20.86/hr. to $26.05/hr.
Send
cover letter and resume to Town
of Monson, Highway Department,
198HW Main Street, Monson, MA.
01057
or
via
email
to
[email protected] by June
20, 2016. The town of Monson is
an EEOE.
AUTO TECHNICIAN, 5 years
minimum experience. Must have
own tools and a valid drivers
license. Drivability and engine
diagnostics a must. Excellent
benefits package. Apply in person
at City Tire of Wilbraham, 2830
Boston Road.
LINE COOK- EXPERIENCED
sauté/ grill cook. Apply in person
Salem Cross Inn, West Brookfield.
CASHIER
WANTED.
PARTTIME. Weekday and weekend
shifts available. Will train. Apply at
Bay Path Spirits, Rt. 9, Brookfield.
NOONAN ENERGY
is looking for a part-time diesel
station attendant for our Palmer
location.
The
position
is
approximately 25 hours/week
Monday-Friday afternoons and
possible
Saturdays.
Responsibilities
include
dispensing diesel fuel, kerosene
and propane to customers on
site. For additional information
or to complete an application,
please stop by the Palmer
Office at 1488 North Main
Street or contact 413-734-7396.
Alternately, send resumé to
Human Resources P.O. Box
2858, Springfield, MA 01104 or
[email protected].
EXPERIENCED
WAREHOUSE
AND machine operator help.
Valid driver’s license required.
Also
Farm
help
wanted.
Experience helpful. (413)4776600.
FOSTER CARE: YOU can help
change someone’s life. Provide a
safe home for children and teens
who have been abused or
neglected.
Call
Devereux
Therapeutic Foster Care at 413734-2493.
HHA’S, CNA’s, PCA’s,
WE ARE GROWING
Positions available at
Professional Medical
Services, Inc.
Highest competitive rates &
mileage paid. EOE.
Call Denise. (413)289-9018
MUST HAVE OWN vehicle!
Looking for experienced roofers
and carpenters. Please call or text
Tony @ (413)626-5296
PART TIME LPN 2:30 PM- 10:30
PM X 2 Med Pour/ Pass, Direct
Care and Records. Part-Time HK
+ Direct Care- 10:30PM- 6:30 AM.
Call
Nancy
(508)612-7525
Brookhaven Assisted Care 19
West Main St. West Brookfield,MA
CORRESPONDENT
OPPORTUNITIES
WRITERS/JOURNALISTS
SOUGHT FOR HOLYOKE
The Sun, seeks Experienced Writers/Journalists to produce
news and/or feature stories of local interest for the city of
Holyoke.
• Must be dependable, professional and able to
meet strict deadlines
• Photography skills and own a camera a plus
• Salary based on a flat rate by story and photo
Send writing samples with resume to:
Kristin Will, Editor
The Sun
Or email directly to [email protected]
Help Wanted
Help Wanted
On-site hiring event @ the Yankee
Candle warehouse! Friday, June
17th from 10AM-2PM 27 Yankee
Candle Way, South Deerfield, MA
Needed: warehouse workers
on 2nd & 3rd shift! $10.50$12.00/hr
Required: Drug test & recent work
history & positive references!
**Please apply online before
event** For more info and to
apply: www.unitedpersonnel.com
Questions? Call 413-527-7445
TOWN OF WILBRAHAM
HEAVY EQUIPMENT
OPERATOR
DEADLINE EXTENDED
Opportunity for a reliable and
motivated individual to perform
labor & equipment operation
duties for all DPW divisions,
operate trucks, snow plows,
backhoe, front-end/bucket loader,
jet vacuum, specialty mower,
sweeper, roller, street paver,
manual & power tools, etc. under
all weather conditions & for
prolonged periods of time. Req.
HS/GED, good work history, valid
Class B CDL with tanker
endorsement
&
Hoisting
Engineer’s License class 2B, 4E &
4G (or 4A) within 6 months of hire;
license fees paid by town; clean
driving record, up to $21.19/hr
DOQ,
good
benefits.
Must
complete application available
online at www.wilbraham-ma.gov
or in the Selectmen’s Office, 240
Springfield St., Wilbraham MA
01095. Deadline extended to
Friday, 6/24/2016 at 4:30 pm.
EEO
PART
TIME
BARTENDER.
Experienced, must know Keno
and provide references. Inquire at
Amvets Post 74, Three Rivers or
call (413)283-4518 after 1 PM.
PART TIME WANTED to stack
firewood and run equipment. Must
be consistent. Tetreault & Son
(413)245-9615
TEACHER NEEDEDLITTLE FRIENDS CHILD CARE
CENTER
58
Daniel
Shays
Hwy.
Belchertown, MA Full time position
Requirements: Dept. of Early
Education and Care Lead Teacher
or Teacher qualified. Classroom
experience Call Betsy Sawyer
413-323-8447
or
email
[email protected]
THREE RIVERS BUSINESS is
seeking
a
part-time
file
clerk/receptionist Monday through
Friday from 9 -2. Duties: filing,
copying, faxing, mailing and
answering the phone. Call Eileen
or Lisa at (413)283-8385.
TOWN OF WILBRAHAM
SEASONAL DPW LABORER
Looking for two hard workers to
perform grass mowing, weed
wacking, spreading top soil &
grass
seed,
shoveling/raking
asphalt, cleaning equipment etc.
Must have a valid drivers license
and be physically able to lift &
carry at least 50 lbs & perform
strenuous physical labor in all
weather conditions for extended
periods of time. $10/hr, 12-16
weeks, no benefits. Please apply
at 240 Springfield St, Wilbraham,
MA 01095, application available at
www.wilbraham-ma.gov, deadline
6/24/2016 at 4:30 pm EOE
VAN DRIVERS WANTED to
transport seniors and people with
disabilities in the greater Hampden
and Hampshire county areas. Fulltime, Part-time, and Split shifts
available: days- nights- weekends.
Must be reliable and caring, with
good people skills. DOT physical,
drug and CORI check required.
Training is provided. To apply,
bring your RMV driving record to
80 1st Ave., Chicopee, MA or call
(413)739-7436 and ask for
Brenda. EOE/AA
WATER/SEWER OPERATOR
THE town of Monson is seeking a
full-time Water/Sewer Operator to
provide technical work to operate
and maintain the water and sewer
systems. License requirements
include Massachusetts CDL Class
B Driver’s, Hoisting Engineer, D-2
and T-1 Certified Operator of
Drinking Water Facilities. Contact
the Monson Water & Sewer Dept.
at
tel.
(413)267-4130,
fax
(413)267-4106,
or
e-mail
[email protected].
Completed applications must be
received at the Monson Water &
Sewer Department, 198WD Main
Street, P.O. Box 388, Monson, MA
01057 before 3:30 p.m. June 30,
2016. This Institution is an equal
opportunity employer.
JOGGER / PRESS HELPER OPENING
Turley Publications, Inc. (Palmer Plant) is accepting applications for an experienced PRESS HELPER /
JOGGER, primarily first shift, but must be flexible to
float to other shifts on an as needed basis.
Candidate must be reliable and capable of working with minimal supervision on a cold web printing
press, while maintaining a role as a team player.
MAIL ROOM/BINDERY OPENING
Turley Publications, Inc. (Palmer Plant) is accepting applications for an entry level MAIL ROOM/BINDERY HELPER, primarily first shift, but must be flexible
for overtime shifts on an as needed basis.
Candidate must be reliable and capable of feeding pockets, catching and tying with minimal supervision, while maintaining a role as a team player.
Experience with mail preparation and handling a plus.
Please stop by our Palmer facility between
8am and 4pm to fill out an application:
www.turley.com
www.turley.com
Turley Publications, Inc. is a diverse, equal opportunity
employer with a benefits package and 401K plan.
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Health Care
For Rent
TOOMEY-LOVETT
109 West St.
Ware, MA 01082
www.Century21ToomeyLovett.com
Ware:
413-967-6326
800-486-2121
West Brookfield:
508-867-7064
WARE: Privacy on over 13 acres
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ASAP $700 First, last. No utilities.
No smoking. No pets (413)2625245 Lori
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$635 per month. First & Security
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HAMPDEN SINGLE BEDROOM
country apt, 1st floor. Appliances
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newly
renovated.
Quiet
neighborhood. No Smoking. $675/
mo + utilities. 1st, last required.
Call John (413)436-5262.
WARREN SMALL 2 room
efficiency apt., 1st floor, off-street
parking, appliances included. No
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