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School rallies
around student
Seventh grader fights through
traumatic sports injury
Public Safety
Page 4
in the Classroom
Page 10
Sports
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Volume 18 • Number 8
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THURSDAY, March 24, 2016
From Kosovo to the
classroom
By Tyler W. Leahy
Staff Writer
CHICOPEE – During a
routine offensive possession in
his Jan. 30 basketball game at
Bellamy Middle School, 12year-old seventh grader Hunter
Davis sustained a shocking injury. In a split second, his life was
altered forever.
“I went up for a shot and
someone tried to block me,”
said Davis, a student at 1st Sgt.
Kevin A. Dupont Memorial
Middle School. “I felt a knee
or an elbow hit me and I knew I
couldn’t shoot the free throws. I
knew I needed to go to the hospital.”
Davis, whom plays for the
Tiger AC Sonics, had suffered a
grade-four kidney laceration.
“Within an hour in the
emergency room, they realized
he had something very seriously wrong with his kidney,” said
Holly Davis, Hunter’s mother.
After a four-day stint at
Baystate Medical Center, he was
sent home. Doctors hoped his
lacerated kidney could regenerate the damaged tissue, which is
often possible. Within 30 hours
after arrival at his Chicopee
home, Davis was again in the
emergency room – knowing
something was still wrong.
Following three sepa rate embolization attempts and
weeks spent confined to a hospital bed, Davis’ internal bleeding
continued and his kidney had to
be shut down.
“One surgeon told us that it
is the first unique injury of its
kind that he has seen that didn’t
heal on its own,” said Hunter’s
father, Todd Davis. “Usually
if they see this type of injury,
it would heal on its own and
wouldn’t bleed out. His laceration was as severe as what would
normally be caused by a car accident or some other sharp impact.”
Todd Davis explained that
Hunter’s laceration was so
unique that his surgeons shared
their findings with colleagues.
“It’s shocking that his injury happened the way it did and
it just makes you think, especially as a parent, that it could
really happen to anybody,” said
Holly Davis.
See RALLY page 10
Mother surprises son with return
home
By Tyler W. Leahy
Staff Writer
D
Turley Publications photo by Erik Kaplan
Four-year-old Dominic Motyka hugs his mother, Sara Motyka,
during her surprise return from active duty in Kosimo.
onning a red, white and blue tshirt reading “This guy’s mom
is home,” made by his teacher,
Lisa Martin, four-year-old Dominic
Motyka knew he was holding a bouquet
of flowers for a surprise guest to his
preschool class. What he did not know,
however, was that the surprise guest
was his mother he had not seen in 11
months.
“It was very challenging being
away from him for so long, but his
See motyka page 6
Turley Publications photo by Tyler W. Leahy
Irish Cultural Center welcomes
new home, dignitary
By Tyler W. Leahy
Staff Writer
City raises the Irish flag
Turley Publications staff photo by Emily Thurlow
The Chicopee Colleen and her court join Mayor Richard Kos for
an Irish flag raising ceremony in front of City Hall. See page
4for photos and story.
WEST SPRINGFIELD
– The Irish Cultural Center,
amidst a large-scale move from
Elms College in Chicopee to its
new home in West Springfield,
celebrated their successes to
come on St. Patrick’s Day by
welcoming an Irish dignitary.
Now operating under the
moniker The Irish Cultural
Center of Western New England,
the nonprofit has signed a 20year lease for its new location, 429 Morgan Road in West
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City Celebrates
St. Patrick's Day
Chicopee residents march in
annual parade in Holyoke
Chicopee Marshal Timothy A. O’Grady
Chicopee Mayor Richard J, Kos
and his wife, Gina
Chicopee’s Colleen and her Court ride
atop their majestic steed.
Chicopee Comprehensive High
School’s Marching Band
Chicopee High School’s Marching Band
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One is a free, brief Death Notice listing the name
of deceased, date of death and funeral date and
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Board of Registrars issues
census reminder
Hallmark art event returns to Chicopee
Participating artists gather following the Fine Art Friends Art Exhibit reception held at the Chicopee Public Library on
March 17.
form or needs help completing it is asked to call
the Registrars of Voters
office at 413-594-1550 or
email to [email protected]. Residents may also
respond using the interactive census form posted
on the registrar’s page on
the city website at chicopeema.gov. City ‘Lights it Up Blue’
for Autism
CHICOPEE – April
is “Autism Awareness”
month and in recognition
of that, the city is celebrating their fourth annual
“Light it Up Blue” for
Autism event on Saturday,
April 2 from 1 to 4 p.m.
at the Chicopee Public
Library on 449 Front St.
At the event will be activities for kids, resources, a
storytime in the children’s
room from 1:15 to 1:45
p.m., a performance from
Berkshire Hill Academy
Orchestra from 1:45 to
2:30 p.m, and a special
lighting ceremony following a series of speakers at
2:45 p.m.
A special art exhibit
will also be on display
from students in an autism
program in Chicopee.
For more information,
email chicopeegoesblue@
yahoo.com
Feline Friends, Inc. to host
spaghetti supper fundraiser
CHICOPEE - Feline
F r i e n d s w i l l h o l d i t s
third Annual Spaghetti
Supper on Friday, April
8, from 5 to 9 p.m. at the
Chicopee Moose Lodge,
244 Fuller Road in
Chicopee.
Cat lovers of all
ages are cordially invited
to enjoy an evening of
food, fun and prizes! Dinner includes spaghetti (with and without
meatballs), bread, salad,
and dessert. A cash bar
will be available. Specials
guests “Toto the Tornado
Kitten” and local celebrity
dog “Jameson” will visit
with fans and sell their
children’s books, with a
portion of proceeds donated to Feline Friends. A
prize raffle will round out
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the evening’s events. Attendees who bring
a 16-pound bag of Purina
Cat Chow-Indoor dry food
or a case (12 cans or more)
of Friskies canned food
will be entered in an additional raffle for a chance
to win a Kindle Fire.
Admission is $17 for
adults, $9 for children.
All proceeds directly
support Feline Friends, a
501(c)(3) organization
based in Feeding Hills,
that provides a sanctuary
home for special needs,
elderly, ill and feral cats,
and also finds forever
homes for adoptable cats.
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By Tyler W. Leahy
Staff Writer
CHICOPEE
–
Organizers boast that
the 12th annual Fine Art
Friends Art Exhibit reception and award ceremony held at the Chicopee
Public Library was an
overwhelming success,
proving again to be one of
the city’s hallmark cultural
events.
“Chicopee had no
other event like this before
the library was built.
This is a beautiful venue.
The Henry J. Bazan
Community Room really
is an ideal space for an
art exhibit,” said Friends
of the Chicopee Public
Library board member
Nancy Michon. “This is
our biggest cultural event
of the year. It brings in
artists from surrounding areas and it brings
people of all ages into the
library.”
Michon won a merit
award for her pastel,
“Kitty in the Cabinet.”
Since the new
Chicopee Public Library in
2004, the Fine Art Friends
Art Exhibit has been part
of its identity.
“I can tell you, as
those of you who frequent
the area on a daily basis
can confirm, this building
[the library] is the most
valued and most used
building in the city,” said
Mayor Richard J. Kos. “I
think as you walk around
the room you’ll notice that
the arts are very strong here
in the [Pioneer] Valley, not
just in Chicopee. We’re
very proud to continue to
host this.”
The reception, held
on the evening of March
17, was met with a capacity crowd. Patrons, whom
attended free of charge,
enjoyed hors d’oeuvres
while hearing musical performances by jazz vocalist Teresa Hayward, pianist Charles Savage and
bassist Leo Catricala.
Artists received their
awards, judged by academically trained artist
Grace Mastrangelo from
Wilbraham.
“As I look at all of
this around the room…
this is stunning, fabulous
and striking,” said state
Rep. Joseph F. Wagner,
D-Chicopee. “I’m so
honored to be here and
be a part of this tonight.”
The Fine Art Friends Art
Exhibit is supported by
the Friends of the Public
Library and funded in part
by its patrons. The project is also partially funded
by the Chicopee Cultural
Council. The exhibit
opened on March 1 and
will remain open until
March 30.
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Chicopee resident Maureen McDonald won a second
place prize for her mixed media piece, “Colorstorm.”
ful event every year that
draws plenty of talent. The
artwork is absolutely fantastic,” said Chicopee resident Maureen McDonald,
whom received a second
place prize for her mixed
media piece “Colorstorm.”
McDonald said she is
excited to see more and
more artists participate in
the exhibit. She teaches art
classes at the RiverMills
Center every Tuesday
and four of her students
participated in the exhibit this year. McDonald,
now retired, taught art at
Holyoke Catholic High
School for 22 years and
South Hadley High School
for 10 years.
“Art is my lifelong
passion. It makes me really happy to see this great
of an event become a tradition here in Chicopee,”
said McDonald.
One of McDonald’s
R iv e r M i l l s s t u d e n t s ,
Marianne Paquette,
received a merit award for
her acrylic painting entitled “Now Showing.”
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asking city residents who
have not mailed back their
census questionnaires to
respond as soon as possible in order to eliminate
the need for additional
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public safety
Funds approved for temporary
dispatch communication center
CHICOPEE – The
City Council has approved
an appropriation of
$55,000 to fund a temporary dispatch communication center while the city
pursues a centralized dispatch center in our public
safety complex.
Preceding the construction of a centralized
dispatch center, which
will include the expansion of the existing police
dispatch center, a temporary dispatch communication center must be erect-
ed at the Chicopee Fire
Department to allow for
dispatch services to continue uninterrupted.
“This is step one in the
process of providing comprehensive emergency dispatch services for our residents,” said Mayor Richard
Kos. “This will bring us
into compliance with state
911 standards and will
provide cost savings and
improve response times.”
These funds will allow
the dispatch equipment
located on the first floor
of the Police Department
to be moved to the second floor of the Fire
Department. That process
includes cutting a hole in
the roof where the equipment is currently located so
it can be moved, necessary
electrical work, and communications systems work.
“This temporary dispatch center will allow
daily around the clock
operations until renovations
of the new dispatch center
are complete in the fall,”
said Technology Project
Manager Robert Liswell.
Fire Chief Dean
Desmarais said “This
is an important first step
toward the completion of
the Combined Dispatch
Center which will include
upgrades that will allow
the use of the newest technologies to receive calls in
multiple formats. It will
positively affect dispatch
procedures by reducing
response time and ensuring accuracy while also
making the process cost
efficient.”
Taskforce seizes 3400 Bags of heroin
H O LY O K E
Hampden District Attorney
Anthony D. Gulluni has
announced the arrest of
three individuals suspected of trafficking heroin,
as well as, the seizure of
approximately 3,400 bags
of heroin last week. Two
other suspects are currently being sought. After
a lengthy investigation
into the trafficking of heroin in the City of Holyoke
the Hampden County
Narcotics Task Force
(HCNT), which consists
of: The Massachusetts
State Police assigned
to Hampden District
Attorney Anthony
D . G u l l u n i ’s O ffi c e ,
the Hampden County
Sheriff’s Department and
the Holyoke, Springfield
and Chicopee Police
Departments, obtained a
Holyoke District Court
search warrant for 148
Pearl St., Apt. 2 in
Holyoke. In executing the
search warrant, members
of the (HCNT) arranged
to purchase 1,200 hundred bags of heroin
from German Pantoja.
Members of the taskforce
agreed to meet Pantoja
in the parking lot in the
rear of his residence at
148 Pearl Street. Pantoja
arrived with a male, later
identified as Luis Ramos
who remained behind the
wheel of the motor vehicle
Pantoja arrived in. While
a member of the taskforce
conducted the transaction
with Pantoja, officers converged and arrested him.
Simultaneously, officers
converged on Pantoja’s
vehicle, which was being
driven by Ramos. As officers approached, Ramos
escaped by continually
ramming the undercover
t a s k f o r c e
vehicle. Members of the
task force then executed
a search warrant at 148
Pearl St. where officers
seized an additional 1,150
bags of heroin. The suspects Lizmarie Pantoja,
Carmen Vega and Dayana
Mojica were arrested in
the residence. Dayana
Mojica will be summoned
due to the fact she had a
three week old child and
six year old child in her
custody, the Department of
Children and Families has
been notified. Hampden
District Attorney Anthony
D. Gulluni stated, “This
is tremendous work by
the Hampden County
Narcotics Taskforce. The
officers involved should
be applauded for the dedication and professionalism
in carrying out this investigation.” Gulluni went on
to say, “We will continue
to be relentless in our pursuit of taking traffickers
out of our neighborhoods
and aggressively prosecuting them to the fullest
extent of the law.” Arrested: German
Pantoja, 23, 148 Pearl
St., Apt 2, Holyoke,
for the following charges: Distribution Class
A Substance-Heroin,
Trafficking in a Class A
substance-Heroin (36
to 100) grams, resisting
arrest, assault and battery on a police officer.
Lizmarie Pantoja, 33,
of 148 Pearl St., Apt. 2,
Holyoke, for the following charges: Trafficking
in a Class A SubstanceHeroin (18 to 36 grams).
Carmen Vega, 41, of 148
Pearl St., Apt. 2, Holyoke,
for the following charges:
Substance-Heroin (18 to
36 grams). Criminal complaints will be sought for:
Dayana Mojica, 21, of 148
Pearl St., Apt. 2, Holyoke,
for the following charge:
Substance-Heroin (18 to
36 grams). Luis Ramos,
26, of 117 Mooreland St.,
Springfield, for the following charges: Trafficking
in a Class A SubstanceHeroin (18 to 36 grams),
leaving the scene of property damage, assault and
battery with a deadly
weapon (motor vehicle),
d r iv i n g t o e n d a n g e r,
marked lanes violation,
red lens violation, failure
to submit, attaching plates
to a motor vehicle. A total
of 3,400 bags of heroin
were taken off the street
during the course of this
investigation. ◆
arrest logs
The Chicopee Police Department responded
to 527 calls for service from Monday, March 14 to
Sunday, March 20. The department’s police officers
made 11 arrests or summons arrests. Those arrested
will appear at future dates in court and are innocent
until proven guilty.
Monday, March 14
Valeriy M. Sivokonenko, 37, of 27 Labelle
Drive, Chicopee, was arrested at 1:44 a.m. on
Labelle Drive for a WMS warrant.
Alex Logvinenko, 29, of 178 State St.,
Chicopee, was arrested at 4:57 a.m. on State Street on
the charge of breaking and entering a building in the
nighttime for a felony and two WMS warrant counts.
Carl Gregory Howard, 43, of 241 Pheland St.,
Apt. B, Springfield, was arrested at 1:02 p.m. on
Memorial Drive on charges of larceny over $250,
disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.
A 13-year-old juvenile was arrested at 2:10
p.m. on Dare Way on a charge of school disturbance.
Tuesday, March 15
Victor Jones, 23, of 414 Chestnut St., Apt. 805,
Springfield, was arrested at 12:13 a.m. on Shaw
Park Avenue on charges of operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license, possession of a class
B drug and attaching plates to a motor vehicle.
Thursday, March 17
Sean G. Brantley, 42, of 59 New Ludlow Road,
Apt. 14C, Chicopee, was arrested at 9:28 p.m.
on Buckley Boulevard on charges of operating a
motor vehicle with a suspended license, subsequent
offense and failure to stop for red lens or stop sign.
Felipe Rivera, 28, of 31 Nassau St., Apt. 2,
Chicopee, was arrested at 10:42 p.m. on Cabot
Street on charges of disorderly conduct, resisting
arrest, threat to commit crime and two counts of
assault and battery.
Friday, March 18
Jorangel Marrero, 21, of 20 Stephens St.,
Chicopee, was arrested at 10:59 a.m. on Memorial
Drive for operating a motor vehicle with a license
suspended for operating under the influence.
Saturday, March 19
Michael G. Riopelle, 33, of 6 Beaumont St.,
Apt. 1, Springfield, was arrested at 12:17 p.m. on
West Street for a WMS warrant.
Andrew D. Wrona, 34, of 665 Burnett Road,
Chicopee, was arrested at 3:32 p.m. on Burnett
Road for a WMS warrant.
Sunday, March 20
Mark T. Dewolf, 47, of 22 Dorothy Ave.,
Chicopee, was arrested at 8 p.m. on Lukasik Street
for two WMS warrant counts.
Compiled by Staff Writer Tyler W. Leahy
City raises the Irish flag
By Emily Thurlow
Staff Writer
CHICOPEE – Before
taking to their royal platform to meet thousands of
parade-goers in Holyoke
this past Sunday, the
city’s Colleen Kyleigh
Morin raised the Irish flag
in front of City Hall last
Thursday.
Joining Morin with
t h e t a s k wa s M a y o r
Richard J. Kos, city officials and Colleen Court
members – fellow CCHS
students – Ella Dion,
Kaylee Krajewski, and
Anna Kot, as well as
Chicopee High School
student, Lauren Foley.
Morin and the court
kept to a busy holiday
schedule, which in addi-
tion to a visit inside City
Hall – complete with
the no-tradition “selfie”
capture with the Mayor
– included a stop at
Sunshine Village.
“These meritorious
young women, whether
they’re of Irish descent
or not help represent our
city in a very positive way
while continuing to unify
together and celebrate this
culture and annual tradition,” said Kos.
Planning ahead for
the coming months, Kos
inquired about where the
young women plan on
going once they graduate from the halls of
the city schools. Morin
shared that she intends to
attend Bridgewater State
University with aims at a
degree in political science.
Having previously worked
with state Rep. Joseph
Wagner, D-Chicopee, as
an intern, she said that she
would like to work in policy making.
“It was great to be
able to provide research
[as an intern] for a bill that
made it to the House floor.
I want to continue having
a part in that someday,”
said Morin, who noted
how excited she was to be
able to vote in this coming
election. Before she heads
off to school, however,
she’s looking forward to
enjoying part of her summer in Ireland with her
grandmother. The top vista
on her list to behold is the
Cliffs of Moher.
Turley Publications staff photos by Emily Thurlow
But first…the Mayor Richard Kos wanted to take a selfie with the Colleen and her
court.
Prior to the Irish flag raising, the Colleen and her court were offered up an inside look
at the Mayor’s office and discussed some day-to-day tasks.
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City of
Chicopee
meeting
notifications
Thursday, March 24
Metal Fabrication
and
Joining
Technologies Advisory,
6 p.m., Chicopee
Comprehensive
High School, 617
Montgomery St.
Neighborhood
Meeting, 6:30 p.m.,
Dupont Memorial
Middle School, 650
Front St.
Friday, March 25
Emergency
Management Advisory
Committee, 8:30
p.m., Fire Dept.
Headquarters, 80
Church St.
Tuesday, March 29
Public Meeting,
6:30 p.m., RiverMills
Center, 5 West Main St.
Friday, April 1
Board of Registrars
of Voters, 9 a.m., City
Council Chambers, 4th
Floor, City Hall Annex,
274 Front St.
in the city
Harrington announces state Senate Bid
LUDLOW – Current
Ludlow School Committee
Member, James “Chip”
Harrington has officially
announced his intention
to run for state Senate
in the First Hampden
and Hampshire district
by releasing a video on
his Facebook page. The
seat is currently held by
state Sen. Eric Lesser, DLongmeadow.
“I refuse to sit back
and watch the quality of
life here in the Pioneer
Valley continue to deteriorate. This Senate seat is far
too important to be used
by a Washington, D.C.
establishment insider to
gain political experience
for his next elected office,”
said Harrington. “The opiate and heroin epidemic
continues to spiral out of
control while violent crime
grows more disturbing in
our neighborhoods. Small
business owners like
myself feel the effects of a
local economy that is still
slow to recover in Western
Mass.”
Harrington is married to Noel D. (Giard)
Harrington. Together,
t h ey g r a d u a t e d h i g h
school together in 1986
in Ludlow. Noel is a registered nurse at Baystate
Medical Center. They
have a son Connor who
graduated from LHS is
2013 and has enlisted in
the U.S. Air Force and a
daughter Riley, who is a
student athlete at LHS in
her senior year.
Harrington learned
from a young age the
value of public service
having served in myriad
roles; both in public safety
and government in addition to being a small business owner. Harrington
started his career in public
service as a Correctional
Officer for four years with
Chip Harrington
the Hampden Country
Sheriff ’s Department.
He then worked as a
Legislative Assistant in the
Massachusetts House of
Representatives for three
years before going back to
public safety as the Court
Services Coordinator for
Massachusetts Community
Corrections the next seven
years. It was during that
time that Chip became a
small business owner as
well. In 2003, he created C
& R Harrington, Inc., the
company which runs his
CHICOPEE – To raise
awareness of ALS, the
LaRosa family has planned
a fun-filled bus trip to
Mohegan Sun Casino on
May 15. Folks can have a
great day out while rais-
ing money for a great
cause. The bus will leave
the Chicopee Home Depot
at 10 a.m. and return at 7
p.m. The cost is $30 per
person and includes a $15
food voucher and a $15
Football Association,
t h e L u d l ow B oy s &
Girls Club Triathlon, the
Ludlow Pond Management
Committee, the Ludlow
Energy Committee, the
Ludlow Landfill/Solar
Field and Co-Founded
t h e U S M C Toy s f o r
Tots Parade in Ludlow.
Harrington won the JFK
Library “Fenn Award”
for political leadership
in 1996 and was a member of the 2007 Inaugural
Class of BusinessWest
Magazine’s prestigious 40
under 40. Chip also has
found the time to host a
popular local television
show since 1999.
The First Hampden
and Hampshire Senate
District encompasses Belchertown, East
Longmeadow, Granby,
Hampden, Longmeadow,
Ludlow, Wilbraham along
with parts of Chicopee and
parts of Springfield
big wheel voucher. There
will also be a raffle for
gift cards as well as other
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reaction when he saw me
was so great. He was more
surprised than I could
have expected,” said SSgt.
Sara Motyka, Dominic’s
mother. “The excitement
on his face was like as if it
was Christmas morning.”
An Aviation Medicine
Non-commissioned
Officer in Charge, Motyka
traveled to Fort Hood in
Kileen, Texas on April 21,
2015. On June 6, 2015,
her and her mob traveled to Kosovo for an
active duty assignment.
Last week, on March 16
Motyka surprised her son
at Side by Side Preschool
& C h i l d c a r e C e n t e r.
Dominic had not expected
her home until the end of
the month.
Students at Side by
Side celebrated what they
call “America Day” by
making flags, thank you
signs and decorations
before a visit by Mayor
Richard J. Kos. Distracted
by the Mayor’s visit,
students did not expect
Motyka as another surprise guest.
“I just felt really
happy,” said Dominic
Motyka. He confirmed
that it might be the most
excited he has ever been
in his young life.
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variety store and in 2005
he became a full-time
small business owner.
In addition to running his business, he
decided in 2012 to serve
his community yet again
as a Special Police Officer
with the Ludlow Police
Dept. where he works
part time. All the while,
he had a busy elected life
in addition to his work
career. From 1990 to 1993
he was a member and
Chairman of the Ludlow
Recreation Commission.
From 1993 to 1997,
Harrington was a member of the town of Ludlow
Board of Selectmen. From
1997 to 2005, he was a
Town Meeting Member
in Precinct 5. And finally,
in 2005 to the present, he
has served on the Ludlow
School Committee.
A m o n g H a r r i n g t o n ’s
other accomplishments,
he founded the Ludlow
LaRosa family hosts trip to raise awareness of ALS
motyka
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Accompanied by her son Dominic, Sara Motyka answers
questions from preschool students at Side by Side
Preschool & Childcare Center.
O w n e r, D i r e c t o r a n d
teacher, Martin explained
that she had been in contact with Motyka and the
two orchestrated the surprise visit.
“It was a great surprise. I knew she had been
gone so long and Dominic
talks about her so much,”
said Martin. “They just
have such a connection
that I said we ought to
make it a surprise…I knew
he could handle it.”
Martin explained that
during Motyka’s deployment, she had a “Kosovo
Corner” set up in the
classroom with photos of
Motyka’s work. While his
mother was gone, Dominic
looked forward to talking
to her on the phone and
Facetiming her as often
as possible, taking time
to visit “Kosovo Corner”
every day.
“It just worked out
that we were able to
make it really quiet and
it became a family homecoming. I just wanted
it to be special for her
[Motyka] and Dominic
– she really deserves this
so much,” said Martin.
“Eleven months is a long
time to have to be without
your son.”
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andmark legislation was signed into
law last Monday in a move to address
the deadly opioid and heroin epidemic
that has plagued the state over recent years.
The bill “An Act relative to substance
use, treatment, education and prevention”
had unanimous support in both legislative
chambers, showing solidarity to fight the
opioid and heroin epidemic. It is a strong
statement to send, not only to residents of the
Commonwealth, but also the entire nation,
that enough is enough.
For the nearly 1,200 people who lost
their lives from opioids in 2014, and the 1,100
who died between January and September of
last year, it comes too late. For those who are
still battling addiction, it may offer a glimmer
of hope.
Massachusetts has set the standard with
this being the first law in the country to limit
an opioid prescription supply. Though Gov.
Charlie Baker’s initial proposal to limit a supply to just three days did not make it through
to the final version, the seven-day supply
limit that did will make strides in the effort to
stanch the stock of addictive drugs.
The law immediately limits the initial
opioid prescriptions to a seven-day supply for
first time adult prescriptions and a seven-day
limit on every opiate prescription for minors.
Certain exceptions include prescriptions for
chronic pain, cancer pain and for palliative
care. The law also mandates, beginning in
July, that hospitals administer a substance
abuse evaluation to anyone who is brought
to the emergency room who is believed to be
suffering from an opioid overdose. Education
on opioid use and student screenings will
also find its way into schools, bringing the
message to young people who may be faced
with life-changing decisions.
“The passage of this legislation represents a commitment from the Legislature
to combat the substance abuse epidemic which affects every community in the
Commonwealth,” said state Rep. Joseph
Wagner, D-Chicopee. “This bill provides a
strong framework for decreasing the overprescribing of opioids and requiring doctors
to track patient prescription history.”
For those seeking treatment, assistance
will be – hopefully – at their fingertips. The
law strengthens access to insurers and the
bed-finder tool website; requiring patients
receive information on FDA-approved medication-assisted therapies after being discharged from a substance use treatment program; and ensuring civil-liability protection
for individuals who administer Narcan.
Beginning in October, practitioners will
be required to check a prescription-monitoring program before prescribing drugs that
have a risk for abuse – aiming to stop users
from doctor shopping. The new law also gives
patients a voice when it comes to the amount
of opioids they receive from a pharmacist,
allowing them a chance to reduce how many
pills are prescribed.
This law is just one of the many steps
that is needed to combat the epidemic. Based
on the strict guidelines set in place for prescribers, it also sends a message that the
problem starts with them.
Moving forward, the conversation needs
to continually change, and people need to
recurrently educate themselves and stomp out
the stigma that surrounds addiction.
Eggs-ceptional Easter traditions
By Joan E. B. Coombs
Guest Columnist
W
as cooking hard-boiled
eggs ever an eggs-speriment for you? Did you
eggs-perience times when both the
eggs and the cooker cracked up and
bubbled over? How often did the
kitchen look and smell like a laboratory? Or, resemble a painter’s
paradise? Or, appear as a homemade
disaster area?
No matter the messes, it was eggs-citing
to cook, cool, and decorate eggs. Hiding them
before Easter mornings, filling baskets and
giving away one-of-a-kind treasures are just a
few of many eggs-ceptional Easter traditions.
Just as farm-fed, chicken broods produce
eggs and under incubated warmth, hatch into
delightful chicks, so over time
new, contemporary customs have
emerged.
All during my youth and adolescence, I recall seeing hundreds
of baby chicks’ hatch from whiteegg incubation, at our next door
neighbor’s chicken farm. On our
small adjoining farm, our Rhode
Island Red hens sat on brown eggs,
and hatched their own chicks: one
at a time. Both farming rituals
birthed pale, skinny, sleepy-eyed wobblers
that grew into cute, soft, yellow, fuzzy, brighteyed peeps!
It’s no egg-aggeration to say that Lenten
and Easter egg traditions began centuries ago.
What were those significant meanings?
See easter page 7
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Early Mesopotamian
Christians stained eggs red
in memory of the blood
of Christ, shed at his crucifixion. Later Christian
churches officially adopted the custom and also
regarded the eggs as a
symbol of the resurrection
of Jesus.
In 1610, the Roman
Ritual published the
“Easter Blessings of Food”
which was lamb, bread,
new produce and eggs.
Their prayer of gratitude
was: “Lord, let the grace
of your blessing come
upon these eggs, that they
be healthful food for your
faithful who eat them in
thanksgiving for the resurrection of our Lord Jesus
Christ, who lives and reign
with you forever and ever.”
During recent centuries new Lenten and Easter
traditions have emerged,
yet still herald colorful
Easter egg traditions.
irish
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Springfield. Formerly an
Elks Lodge, the facility
and its 10 acres of land are
undergoing a multimillion
dollar renovation.
The Irish Cultural
Center welcomed its members to its construction
site on March 17, sharing
progress and celebrating
the holiday.
“We’re really excited
for this facility and the
possibilities it creates for
us,” said Irish Cultural
Center of Western New
England President Sean F.
Cahillane. “We’re calling
this a ‘before-and-after
tour’ because most of the
work is still in progress,
but it’s great to spend St.
Patrick’s Day here. It’s an
absolute honor to welcome
Martin [Ferris] and have
him be part of it.”
Irish Sinn Féin
politician and a former Provisional Irish
Republican Army (IRA)
volunteer Martin Ferris
spoke to Irish Cultural
Center members, commending them for keeping the Irish spirit of their
ancestors whom immigrated to the United States during financial strife alive.
“It’s a credit to you
that you’ve kept that culture alive–that beautiful
culture that Irish people
have, that special identity
that we have,” said Ferris
to attendees. “Many of
you and your families had
to leave Ireland because
you were betrayed by the
political caste, making it
impossible for young people to live and survive.”
Ferris, whom has
traveled the world promoting peace and participated
in a 47-day hunger strike
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in the city
Now, some shop for,
find and buy bright or pastel-spectrum plastic eggs,
decorate them, create a
wreath, or hang the kaleidoscopic gems outside on
a tree. All across our country neighborhoods create
attractively egg-citing communities! Indoor enthusiasts still cook and decorate
hard-boiled eggs, while
others eagerly fill colorful empty egg shells with
surprises - even tasty jelly
beans that look like mini
Easter eggs. Some households host both trends.
Wherever and whatever your traditions, may
they all egg-press the joys
of Easter, and all the life
that springs anew!
Joan Coombs shares
a weekly series of light
humor – “slices of life,
fresh from the oven of
experience” – through
her column. She’s a former resident of Chicopee,
and writes about national
topics, as well as lesserknown events that occur in
day-to-day life.
in 1977, also spoke on the
160th anniversary of the
political rising in Ireland
taking place this year. He
stressed the importance
of women and the prevalent roles they played in
Ireland’s uprising.
The Irish Cultural
Center is nearing the completion of reconstruction
phase one, with administrative offices set to be
completed in the next
two to three weeks, noted
Cahillane. Renovations to
a performance, banquet
and lecture hall, a museum
and library, a traditional
Irish pub operated by the
owners of The Delaney
House, an outdoor patio
and myriad athletic fields
will continue for months
to come.
“The West Springfield
property is the perfect
space for us. We have been
looking for some time for
a suitable property that we
can call home, and that
can meet all of our needs,”
Cahillane said. “This is
clearly it. We’re happy to
be working with the City
of West Springfield on our
new location.”
The center’s formal
name change to the Irish
Cultural Center of Western
New England, reflects the
broadened scope of the
nonprofit’s mission and
membership. The new
facility and name change
are the culmination of two
years of strategic planning,
Cahillane said.
Cahillane said the
Irish Cultural Center will
continue its strong collaboration with Elms College,
including offering Irish
language classes this year,
with a sixth consecutive
Irish Fulbright Foreign
L a n g u a g e Te a c h i n g
Assistant. The Center had
been housed at Elms since
its inception in 2009.
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Colleen and her court
visit the Arbors
CHICOPEE – Chicopee Colleen Kyleigh and her
court came to The Arbors Assisted Living at Chicopee
for Shamrock Punch and cookies. Colleen Kyleigh Morin pictured with Arbors resident
Dorothy Mclaughlin, who is 100 percent Irish and is
the Arbors Colleen.
Resident Charlie Daviau pictured with the Colleen
and her court. Daviau worked on the Colleen float for
many years in Chicopee.
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Chicopee hosts third
annual Best Buddies
formal ball
Gala event to be held
April 1
CHICOPEE - The
Best Buddies “Under the
Sea Prom” will be held on
Friday, April 1 at Dupont
Memorial Middle School
to celebrate our friendships. At least 250 Best
Buddies members from
10 chapters in Western
Massachusetts will attend
the event to show their
support for Best Buddies,
and a large percentage of
our school community is
participating in the preparation and execution of
this event in order to share
our mission of friendship.
Best Buddies is an
international nonprofit
organization whose mission is to establish a global volunteer movement
that creates opportunities
for one-to-one friendships,
integrated employment,
and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental
disabilities. In each district, high school students
with or without intellectual and developmental
disabilities are matched
in one-to-one friendships
for at least one academic
year. Together, the “buddy
pairs” talk at least once a
week, spend time together
at least twice a month, and
gather as a group for activities once a month.
In April 2014, the
Chicopee chapter of Best
Buddies successfully
engineered the first-ever
inclusive prom for members of all the western
Massachusetts chapters. This was a welcome
change, since it was challenging to travel to the
annual statewide prom in
eastern Massachusetts.
Dupont Memorial
Middle School is located at 650 Front St. in
Chicopee.
All visitors and guests
will enter at the rear
entrance closest to the basketball court.
Guests will arrive at
5:30 p.m. for registration,
photo opportunities, and
socializing. Dinner will
start at 6 p.m. in the cafeteria and from 7 to 9:30
p.m., there will be dancing
in the gymnasium.
Registration now open for
lifeguard certification classes
CHICOPEE – The
Parks and Recreation
Department is holding
American Red Cross lifeguard certification classes at the Chicopee High
School Pool.
There are two sessions to choose from: session 1 will take place on
Saturday, April 2, 9 and
16, and session 2 will take
place on Saturday May 7,
14 and 21. Classes will
be held from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m. Participants must
attend all three classes.
The cost is $295 per person. This course will
include certification in
Lifeguard Training, CPR/
AED (Automated External
Defibrillator) for lifeguards
and community first aid.
Participants must be 15
years of age on or before
the end of the course.
All participants must
take a pre-skills test on
the first day of class to be
officially enrolled in the
course. Register and pay at
the Parks and Recreation
Department.
Irish Cultural Center
to present ‘The Elders’
CHICOPEE - The
Irish Cultural Center
invites you to an evening
with The Elders, one of the
most critically acclaimed
American Celtic folk rock
groups touring today.
Show time is at 8 p.m. on
Saturday, April 9 at the
Portuguese American Club,
located at 149 Exchange
St. in Chicopee. Doors
open at 7 p.m. Tickets are
general admission, table
seating. Advance tickets
are $25, and $22 for ICC
members. All tickets are
$30 at the door.
Visit IrishCenterwne.
org to buy tickets online,
or call the ICC at 413265-2537.
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City presents April vacation
Art Ventures with ‘Let’s Gogh Art’
CHICOPEE
–
Looking for a creative outlet during school vacation?
Children aged kindergarten through fifth grades
are invited to explore Art
Ventures with “Let’s Gogh
Art.” As part of this fourday program, children will
be treated guided through
unique themes for each
class from April 19 to
April 22. Sign up for one
or all four! The themes
include: “It’s Raining, It’s
Pouring,” “Superhero Art
Blast Off,” “Silly Cities
and Wiggly Waves,” and
“Robots Eat Ice Cream.”
Chicopee Parks and
Recreation Department
is excited about continuing this partnership. The
classes will be held at
the Parks and Recreation
office from 9 a.m. to
noon. The fee per day is
$32 for residents and $35
for non-residents. Space
is limited, so organizers
encourage patrons sign
up early. Register online
a t G o g h A r t We s t M A .
com or at the Parks and
Recreation office, located
at 687 Front St.
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Seniors steer clear of financial scams
By Tyler W. Leahy
Staff Writer
CHICOPEE – As
scams continue to evolve
and run amok both locally
and nationally, Chicopee
seniors were treated to
a valuable presentation
on preventing financial
exploitation.
The presentation, entitled “Don’t Be a Victim,”
acted as an hour-long crash
course in reducing risk of
elder financial exploitation,
guarding against identity
theft, planning for unexpected loss of ability to
manage finances, preparing financially for disasters
and finding money-managing resources.
Held on March 15
at the RiverMills Center,
the program was offered
by the Chicopee Council
on Aging and sponsored by the Council’s
S.A.L.T. (Seniors and Law
Enforcement Together).
“Don’t Be a Victim” was
administered by experts on
the topic, which included:
Karen Volpe, Peoples Bank
Assistant Vice President
a n d Fa i r v i ew B r a n c h
Manager as well as Cheri
Mills, fellow Assistant Vice
President and St. James
Ave n u e ( S p r i n g fi e l d )
Branch Manager.
“This was a great
presentation. A lot of this
information I already
knew because I have
learned a lot about this but
it’s always a good idea to
have an awareness of the
different scams out there,”
said Chicopee resident
Barbara Stroshine, whom
attended the crash course.
“I guess I’m also still oldfashioned…I still mail all
of my bills because it’s
hard to trust anyone in
today’s society.”
Stroshine explained
that she has a heightened
awareness to scams, with
past experience working both in banks and
in the court system. She
cited recent news on the
Wounded Warrior Project
as reason to exercise extra
caution. She said the nonprofit organization, whom
used to call her to solicit
Cheri Mills (left) and Karen Volpe (right) of Peoples Bank explain recent elder financial exploitation statistics to attendees of a “Don’t Be a Victim” presentation at the
RiverMills Center on March 15.
donations daily, is probably not the only of its
kind to spend donations
lavishly on its executives.
Volpe and Mills provided attendees with
insight on just how many
seniors are victims of
financial abuse and some
of the most common
ways they are attacked.
Attendees were given a
handout with statistics and
safety tips for keepsake.
The 2011 MetLife
Mature Market Institute
Study determined that
financial exploitation
costs seniors at least $2.9
billion annually. Family
members, caregivers and
friends commit 55 percent of financial abuse in
the United States, a pertinent point of emphasis for
seniors.
“At the bank, especially around the holidays,
we’ve noticed that more
and more people are being
scammed,” said Volpe.
“These scammers think
really fast. Just as one of
their scams is being discovered, they are thinking
of another way to scam
people out of money.”
Vo l p e a n d M i l l s
explained that older adults
are particularly vulnerable
to financial exploitation
for a variety of reasons,
including having a regular
income with accumulated
assets and being trusting
in nature. Occurring at an
alarmingly frequent rate,
one of the most common
forms of financial exploitation is perpetrated by caregivers and in-home helpers.
To prevent against
exploitation perpetrated by caregivers, elders
should secure financial
documents and valuables,
monitor bank accounts
and bills and abstain from
lending money or personal
property.
Attendees were also
taught proper precautions
when granting power of
attorney.
“Power of attorney
can be a wonderful tool,
but there are risks to be
aware of, such as pressure
to grant more authority
than you wish, they could
misuse your funds, or they
could commit unauthorized actions such as gifts
and changes to beneficiaries that you have already
assigned,” said Mills.
While elders have particular niche vulnerabilities,
the Peoples Bank representative said that fraudulent financial attacks are
commonly affecting people of all ages and financial backgrounds.
“Since May 2009, we
have stopped, because of
our training, 511 fraudulent transactions which
totaled $1,556,042,” said
Volpe of Peoples Bank’s
17 locations around
Western Mass.
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life’s most
memorable
moments
Healthy Eating for Successful
Living class starts April 6
CHICOPEE – “Healthy
Eating for Successful
Living” will be held April
6 through May 11 at the
RiverMills Center.
A hands-on evidence-based nutrition
program, Healthy Eating
for Successful Living is
designed for older adults
who want to learn more
about nutrition and how
lifestyle changes can promote better health. The
focus of this program is
on strategies for improving heart and bone health.
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31. Without armies
(abbr.)
34. Portuguese
municipality
36. Old MarxistLeninist state
37. Malicious
satisfaction
38. Actress Julianne
40. Rural delivery
43. Bar or preclude
45. Unit of
measurement
48. Peninsula in
Greece
50. Bird genus
51. Releases
gonadotropin
53. Racquets
54. Southwestern
state
55. Town in Benin
57. Car mechanics
group
58. Brother or sister
59. Woollen rug
61. Milliliter
ticipants, 2.5 hours each,
and the seventh class eating out as an optional
meeting. Classes will
meet Wednesdays, April 6
through May 4 from 10 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m. and Thursday,
May 5 from 12:30 to 3 p.m.
and Wednesday, May 11
from 12:30 to 3 p.m.
Class limited to
12 people, sign up at the
RiverMills Center Chicopee
COA, 5 West Main St. or
call the center at 534-3698.
For more information, contact Violet Suska, Health
and Fitness Coordinator,
ext.117
RiverMills goes ‘For the Birds’
CHICOPEE – The
Chicopee Council on Aging
will offer “For the Birds”
on April 12 at 5 p.m. at
RiverMills Center, 5 West
Main St.
The Friends of
Chicopee Senior Citizens,
Inc. has 24 birdhouses that
need to be painted as part
of a fundraiser to support
the Building Fund. The cost
is $10 per person. Each
participant will get a birdhouse to paint and then take
home. Paint and brushes are
included. Participants can
decorate their birdhouse
however they like.
The fundraiser is limited to 24 people. Registration
is required by calling 413534-3698 or stopping by
RiverMills Center.
CHICOPEE - The
S c r a p b o o k i n g G r o u p
meets the first Wednesday
of the month, April 6, from
1 to 3 p.m. at the Chicopee
COA RiverMills Center,
located on 5 West Main St.
Bring your personal materials and supplies. Joann
Milloy volunteered to help
you with your questions or
ideas.
Basic scrapbook
supplies include items
such as albums, stamps,
paper, stickers, markers, background papers,
photo corner mounts (or
other means of mounting
photos), scissors, paper
trimmer or cutting tool,
art pens, archival pens for
journaling, and mounting
glues (like thermo-tac).
contact Violet Suska 5343698, ext.117.
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his calendar is intended to promote free
events in Chicopee or events directly benefiting a Chicopee based non-profit organization. To place an event on the calendar, email the
listing with date, time, place, organization hosting
and a brief description of what will be happening
to [email protected] before the end of
the work day on Thursdays. The item will remain
on the calendar until it has happened or has been
cancelled.
Thursday, March 24
MILLS OF CHICOPEE AND THE
POLISH IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE: A
genealogists look at the job and living opportunities for Immigrant workers at the Chicopee mills
at the turn the century on Thursday, March 24 at
6:30 p.m. at Chicopee Public Library, 449 Front
St. in Chicopee. Admission is free.
Sunday, March 27
EASTER SERVICES: First Central Baptist
Church, 50 Broadway Street, Chicopee will be
celebrating Easter with two services on Sunday,
March 27. Service times are 8:30 and 11 a.m. For
more information, call 592-5353.
Tuesday, March 29
PARENT/PROFESSIONAL ADVOCACY
LEAGUE at the Main Library, Bazan Community
Room, 449 Front Street, Chicopee. Tuesday,
March 29 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Join us for a discussion with John Moon, head of Programs and
Community Engagement at the national Education
for Assistance Dog Services (NEADS) and Doug
Elfman from NFI. John and Doug will demonstrate the power of service dogs and their impact
on kids with mental health issues. Contact: Nina
DelVecchio at 617-932-1302. OFFICE HOURS WITH SENATOR
JAMES WELCH will take place on Tuesday,
March 29 from 10 a.m. to noon at the Main
Library, 449 Front Street, Chicopee. One of
Senator Welch’s community liaisons will be present at the library today for office hours.
Wednesday, March 30
BOWIE SCHOOL in Chicopee will be
hosting its “Spectacular Supper,” starring their
amazing salad bar on Wednesday, March 30 at
Fairview Knights of Columbus from 4:30 to
6:30 p.m. Desserts and beverages are included.
Admission for adults is $7 and $4 for children 4 to
12. Children under 4 are free. Tickets are needed
for both salad and spaghetti. For ticket information, call 413-594-3532.
ONGOING
GOLF TOURNAMENT FOR SHIRNERS:
A golf tournament to benefit Shriners Hospital
for Children will be hosted by The Oregon
Sportsmen’s Club on Saturday, June 4 at the
Chicopee Country Club. Shotgun start at 9 a.m.
$100 per person includes cart, lunch, dinner. There
will be a prize for Hole in One, closest to the pin
on Par 3s, longest drive. The cost to sponsor a
hole, which includes company logo and name, is
$75. For more information contact Jim Adams at
413-627-1122 or Sue Adams at 413-627-1803.
S PAC E AVA I L A B L E F O R F L E A
MARKET & CRAFT FAIR: Saturday and
Sunday, June 12 and 13, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the
Oregon Sportsmen’s Club, 610 Lombard Road in
Chicopee. Sites are $10 for the weekend. Indoor
facilities, parking on site. To reserve space, Call
Sue at 413-627-1803.
UPCOMING
CAREER FAIR: The College Career Centers
of Western Massachusetts will host a spring career
fair at Springfield Technical Community College
on Thursday, March 31 from 1 to 4 p.m. in the
Scibelli Hall (Building 2) gymnasium. The event
is free and open to current students and alumni
from American International College, Bay Path
University, Elms College, Holyoke Community
See calendar page 24
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Riding along the thin blue line:
Keeping speed, safety on the radar
Editor’s note: This
is the second of an ongoing series looking inside
various aspects of police
work as a student in
t h e C h i c o p e e Po l i c e
D e p a r t m e n t ’s s e c o n d
run of the Citizens Police
Academy. In this week’s
piece, recruits looked
at both sides of traffic
enforcement and were provided some background on
the narcotics bureau.
By Emily Thurlow
Staff Writer
CHICOPEE
–
Texting and driving. It’s
an issue that not only
frustrates law enforcement, but also has the
potential to claim lives.
Unfortunately, nowadays,
motorists feel the need,
nay the urgency, to send a
message, a tweet, a status,
while behind the wheel as
routinely as they do strap-
ping in with a seatbelt.
But as recruits learned in
this week’s class of the
Citizens Police Academy,
they may not realize how
quickly those seconds add
up.
Instructors, Chicopee
Police officers Mark Page
and Rick Maynard, called
up one of their interns at
the police department –
Kelly Berge for their demonstration. As a 24-yearold student at Westfield
State University, Berge
prided herself as being a
swift texter. In the time
she was instructed to
text “Hi, I’m on my way
home,” Berge took 4.78
seconds to complete the
task. Another student,
Donna Conroy, was asked
to complete the same task
and took 9.06 seconds.
If Berge was traveling
at 30 mph instead of sitting in a seat in front of
the class, she would have
texted herself 210.22-feet
forward. If traveling at 45
mph, she would have traveled 350-feet.
If Conroy was behind
the wheel traveling at
30 mph, she would have
propelled herself 398feet forward. If traveling
45 mph, she would have
moved forward 597-feet –
almost two football fields.
“Wow,” Conroy said,
shocked of the results.
“That’s really surprising.”
Maynard and Page
were also guided through
the instruction by Sgt.
Rick Henry, who is not
only certified to perform
accident reconstructions,
but who also works under
the narcotics bureau.
The discussion also
included top reasons for
traffic infractions, including: speeding, stop sign
v i o l a t i o n s , d e f e c t ive
equipment, O.U.I.s (operating under the influence
of [drugs or alcohol]),
and more. Recruits also
had a moment to understand speed when Page
took them outside to perform radar and have them
make a guess, as well as a
description of the motor
vehicle and occupants
inside.
The second half of
the class, Henry gave
an abbreviated tour of
the world of narcotics
– describing the differences between scheduling
classes of classes as well
as packaging, transporting, using, and selling of
drugs.
This is just one class
recruits will take on for
the next few Monday
nights at the Chicopee
Public Library. Stay tuned
as recruits explore the
detective bureau, crime
prevention and investigation, social media, and
more.
HHS awards $6,807,060 to Massachusetts to battle epidemic
Awards put health
centers at forefront in
fight against abuse
REGION – Health
and Human Services
Secretary Sylvia M.
Burwell announced that
$ 6 , 8 0 7 , 0 6 0 i n f u n d ing through the Health
Resources and Services
Administration has
been awarded to support 20 health centers in
Massachusetts to improve
and expand the delivery of
substance abuse services in
health centers, with a specific focus on treatment
of opioid use disorders in
underserved populations.
“The opioid epidemic
is one of the most pressing public health issues in
the United States today,”
said Burwell. “Expanding
access to medication-assisted treatment and integrating these services in health
centers bolsters nationwide
efforts to curb opioid misuse and abuse, supports
approximately 124,000 new
patients accessing substance
use treatment for recovery
and helps save lives.”
Locally,
the
Springfield-based Caring
Health Center, Inc. was
awarded $406,250 and the
Holyoke-based Holyoke
Health Center, Inc. was
awarded $320,825.
The abuse of and
addiction to opioids, such
as heroin and prescription
pain medication, is a serious
and increasing public health
problem. Approximately
4.5 million people in the
U.S. were non-medical prescription pain reliever users
in 2013, and an estimated
289,000 were current heroin
users. HHS also estimates
the number of unintentional
overdose deaths from prescription pain medications
has nearly quadrupled from
1999 to 2013, and deaths
related to heroin increased
39 percent between 2012
and 2013.
Administered by the
HHS Health Resources and
Services Administration,
with these awards
Massachusetts will be able
to increase the number of
patients screened for substance use disorders and
connected to treatment,
increase the number of
patients with access to MAT
for opioid use and other
substance use disorder treatment, and provide training
and educational resources
to help health professionals
make informed prescribing
decisions. Nationally, this
$94 million investment is
expected to help awardees
hire approximately 800
providers to treat nearly
124,000 new patients.
“Health centers treat
some of the most at risk
patients in the country,” said
HRSA Acting Administrator
Jim Macrae. “These awards
position health centers to
be at the forefront of the
fight against opioid abuse in
underserved communities.”
Research demonstrates that a whole-patient
approach to treatment
through a combination of
medication and counseling
and behavioral therapies,
is most successful in treating opioid use disorders.
In 2014, over 1.3 million
people received behavioral health services at
health centers, a 75 percent
increase since 2008. This
funding builds upon and
leverages previous investments by providing support
to health centers to improve
and expand the delivery of
MAT substance abuse services in an integrated primary care/behavioral health
model with a specific focus
on treatment of opioid use
disorders in underserved
populations.
“HRSA’s innovative
investment in the delivery of medication-assisted
treatment for substance
use disorders affirms the
importance of behavioral
health to overall health,”
said Kana Enomoto,
Acting Administrator of
the Substance Abuse and
Mental Health Services
Administration.
Addressing the opioid crisis is a top priority for the Administration
and the Department. The
Department is focused on
three key areas: improving
opioid prescribing practices,
increasing the use of naloxone, and increasing access
to MAT. In addition, the
President has made addressing the prescription opioid
abuse and heroin epidemic
a top priority and issued a
Presidential Memorandum
last year on improving
access to medication-assisted treatment for opioid
use disorders. Building on
these efforts, the President’s
Budget includes a $1.1 billion initiative to help ensure
that all individuals with
opioid use disorders who
want treatment are able to
access it.
For more information
on areas of focus with the
opioids crisis, visit hhs.gov/
news/press/2015pres/03/
20150326a.html.
Public AuctioN
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23RD AT 11:00 A.M.
RECEIVER’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE
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To be sold on the Premises
Features:
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• ± 1,555 S/F of Total Living Area • Gas FWA Heat • Full Basement •
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Attorney for Receiver
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5% Buyer’s Premium Applies.
Other Terms to be Announced at Time of Sale.
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Youth sample steps in the real world
Students gain interview
experience
By Tyler W. Leahy
Staff Writer
CHICOPEE – For the
seventh consecutive year,
Chicopee Comprehensive
High School juniors participated in an event that
provided them with reallife job interview experience with the potential for
actual employment on the
line.
Success Skills, an
annual work readiness
and employment program,
was held at Chicopee
C o m p r e h e n s ive H i g h
School on March 17. Area
employers offered students
feedback on resumes,
interview skills, dress and
professional etiquette. For
many students, it is their
first experience interviewing for a job.
“The interviews were
a little nerve-racking, but
I think it was easier than
I expected…it was impor-
tant to stress how your
skills can be backed up
with evidence,” said junior
Nicholas Ricardo. “I feel
like the things we have
worked on in class helped
me feel comfortable.”
All students participated in mock interviews,
while some elected to
interview with employers who are currently hiring. Ricardo explained
that he warmed up with a
mock interview, conducted with Baystate Health,
before participating in an
interview with a hiring
employer, Stop & Shop.
“The students have
touched on resume writing and workplace readiness skills already in
class and this is a way
to put it into practice,”
said Community-Student
Workforce Developer
Kara Blanchard. “They’ve
done some networking
exercises and mock interviews in class and this is a
way for them to apply it to
communicating with real
employers from our area.”
School Committee
member Dana Cutter,
McDonald’s and ChickFil-A sponsored this year’s
Success Skills program.
Participating employers
included Callaway Golf,
Peoples Bank, Junior
Achievement, Walgreens
and Polish National Credit
Union, among many others.
“I actually felt really comfortable. The man
who interviewed me [from
Chick-Fil-A] just seemed
like a genuinely nice person,” said junior Selena
Ortiz. “I’m hoping it turns
into a real job opportunity…my teacher, Mr.
[Ryan] Martin prepared us
well. He taught us how to
write our resumes and we
did one-on-one interviews
in class. He prepared us
on what types of questions
to expect.”
Each interview, lasting 20 minutes, was concluded with an opportunity for students to ask
questions and gain feedback from employers.
Chicopee Parks and Recreation Superintendent Carolyn Porter explains potential job
opportunities to Chicopee Comprehensive High School junior Cristal Gonzalez while
looking at her resume.
To meet the growing
demand of students participating in the event, many
interviews, both mock and
real, were conducted in
groups of as many as five
students at a time.
“The most difficult
question I faced was when
I was asked to recall a
time I managed a group
of people,” said junior
Matthew Toledo. “Overall
this was great and I got
strong feedback. I’m hoping my interview with
Chick-Fil-A turns into a
job.”
CHS students compete in JA Pitch contest
CHICOPEE
–
Junior Achievement of
Western Massachusetts
held its second annual JA EnTEENpreneur
Challenge hosted by
the UMASS Springfield
Center on March 3 with
18 teams of future entrepreneurs showcasing their
products in a 90-second
Pitch Contest and Trade
Fair Competition.
Students from Putnam
Vo c a t i o n a l Te c h n i c a l
Academy, Chestnut South
School, Duggan School,
Chicopee High, and
Northampton High as
well as a JA Afterschool
program took part in the
event. The students are
part of the growing JA
Company Program, which
is designed to unlock the
innate ability in students
to solve a problem or fill
a need in their community
through an entrepreneurial
spirit.
The event was sponsored by local businesses and colleges. Smith
& Wesson was the Title
Sponsor.
“At Smith & Wesson
we applaud Junior
Achievement and their
efforts to encourage students to embrace economic education and
financial literacy. Smith &
Wesson is proud to support the EnTEENpreneur
challenge. This year’s
students showed passion
and enthusiasm while
presenting their products
to their peers and community businesses. All of
the participants should be
Turley Publications submitted photo
Chicopee High School students compete in the second
annual Junior Achievement Challenge.
proud of their accomplishments,” said Anne Bruce
Vice President of Human
Resources.
Savage Arms was
the Trade Fair Sponsor.
E l m s C o l l e g e ’s n ew
Center for Entrepreneurial
Leadership sponsored an
Elevator Pitch Camp at the
college on Feb. 12 for all
the students. Papa John’s
donated the lunch and
Panera in Chicopee donated dessert. Other sponsors
included Chicopee Savings
Bank Foundation, Country
Bank, Paragus Strategic
IT, Easthampton Savings
Bank, Adam Quenneville,
STCC, Arbor Kids, and
Get Set Marketing.
Little Surprise Gifts
from Putnam Vocational
Technical Academy won
Best Trade Fair Booth
and Charge Pro from
Chestnut South won Most
Innovative Product.
“Chicopee Savings
Bank and the Chicopee
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Savings Bank Foundation
are delighted to be supporting the newest
and growing, JA student competition, the
JA E n T E E N p r e n e u r
Challenge. This program
showcases the entrepreneurial spirit of our young
people in Chicopee,” noted
Darlene Libiszewski,
Senior Vice President of
Information Technology
for Chicopee Savings
Bank and Chair of the JA
of Western Massachusetts
Board of Directors.
Mother and Daughter,
Tr a c e y N o o n a n a n d
Dani Vilagie, creators of
“Wicked Good Cupcakes,”
who created the idea of a
cupcake in a jar, served as
Guest Speakers and two
of the judges. In April of
2013, Tracey and Dani
showcased their product in
front of 10 million television viewers on ABC’s hit
reality show Shark Tank.
They attracted the atten-
tion of “Mr. Wonderful”
Kevin O’Leary and subsequently struck a deal
that Kevin has since called
the best investment he’s
ever made on the show.
“It was an honor for us to
be a part of these young
entrepreneur dreams from
the very beginning! It’s
so exciting to see young
people working towards
a goal knowing that they
are putting their destiny
in their own hands. It was
great to meet all of them,”
said Tracey Noonan, cofounder of Wicked Good
Cupcakes.
Magda Potrykus,
founder of “Nature Décor,”
who took second place in
the JA EnTEENpreneur
Challenge and received
$350, said “I learned
a b o u t p r o fi t m a r g i n
when we studied Income
Statements in Accounting.
I used that lesson to help
me think about how I
would measure the profit
I could make in Nature
Décor.”
Toriel McPherson, part
of the CHS Entrepreneurs,
who fashioned ear bud
holders from used mint
cases, said, “Some of the
products were so good
I bought items from the
other teams!”
Lussier said “It was
interesting to watch the
group of students go
through the process of creating a variety of product
prototypes, discuss and
solve problems, then ultimately pick one they all
thought would be marketable.”
Turley Publications photos submitted by Holly Davis
Hunter Davis (middle), 12, prepares to head home in
a limousine after a long stint at Baystate Children’s
Hospital, accompanied by his 9-year-old brother, Connor,
his mother, Holly and his father, Todd.
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On March 2, Davis
had his damaged kidney
removed, in turn expediting his recovery process. After 40 total days
at Baystate Children’s
Hospital, Davis finally
returned home–permanently, riding in style,
with his mom, dad and
younger brother, Connor,
in a stretch limousine.
Holly Davis explained
that her son’s limousine
ride home was arranged by
his caregivers at Baystate
Children’s Hospital to
make his transition extra
special.
After losing substantial weight, Davis must
rest and recuperate before
returning to school.
“The hardest part
right now is being stuck
inside,” said Davis, whom
typically will be outside
shooting hoops in the
driveway early each morning while waiting for the
school bus to arrive.
With sports injury
rehab and physical therapy
sessions ahead, 6 weeks
will pass following the
March 2 surgery before
Davis can return to full
sports involvement. The
middle schooler also plays
youth football with the
Chicopee Chargers and
youth lacrosse with the
Chicopee Bandits. He is
hoping to return healthily to play lacrosse this
spring.
“The saying ‘you
never know how strong
you are until you have
to be’ applies to him
[Hunter]. He’s handled
everything so well and has
really shown his strength
in character,” said Holly
Davis.
“When he was still in
the hospital, he was going
through his own pain
but was still comforting
younger patients and doing
his best to make them feel
safe. We couldn’t be more
proud of him,” added Todd
Davis.
While he had not yet
returned to school, Davis
visited Dupont Memorial
Middle School last week,
greeted with a “get well
soon” banner signed by
everyone in the building.
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Holyoke Catholic, Cathedral to
host blood drives this month
Events are part of the
Red Cross high school
scholarship program
CHICOPEE - Pope
Francis High School today
announced that Cathedral
High School and Holyoke
Catholic High School will
host their annual American
Red Cross Blood Drives
this month. Cathedral’s
will be held from 8 a.m.
to 1 p.m. on Wednesday,
March 16 at the school
located at 310 Main St.,
Wi l b r a h a m . H o l y o k e
Catholic will hold its
blood drive on Tuesday,
March 29 from 8 a.m. to
2 p.m. at the Assumption
Church Hall on Springfield
Street in Chicopee.
“The blood drives
are part of the American
Red Cross High School
Scholarship Program,” said
Holyoke Catholic High
School Principal Maryann
Linnehan. “Through the
scholarship program, our
students have an opportunity to help others while
helping to establish a
scholarship fund for students moving on to higher
education.”
The scholarship program is available for high
schools who host at least
two Red Cross blood
drives during the school
year.
The actual blood
donation is a four-step
process:
Registration: Sign in
and review basic eligibility and donation information
Mini-physical:
Answer questions about
health history, check temperature, pulse, blood
pressure and hemoglobin
level present in a sample
of blood
Donation: Takes about
eight to 10 minutes during
which the donor is seated
comfortably
Refreshment: Before
a donor can return to nor-
College notes
Gabis earns graduate
degree from the
University of New Haven
W E S T H AV E N ,
Conn. - Mary Gabis, of
Chicopee, graduated from
the University of New
Haven with a Master
of Science in Education
from College of Arts and
Sciences.
The University of
New Haven is a private,
top-tier comprehensive
institution recognized as a
national leader in experiential education.
Students named to Southern
New Hampshire University
President’s List
MANCHESTER,
N.H. - The following
students from Chicopee
have been named to the
President’s List for the
Fall 2015 semester at
Southern New Hampshire
University in Manchester:
Matthew Bilodeau, BS
Business Studies in
Organizational Leadership;
Ericka Broderick, BA
Creative Writing and
English; Nicole Larson,
BA Psychology with a
concentration in Forensic
Psychology; and Daniel
Marchia, BS Justice
Studies, with a concentration in Policing and Law
Enforcement. To be eligible for
this honor, a student must
compile an academic
grade point average of 3.7
to 4.0. Roskuski named to
WPI’s Dean’s List
WORCESTER Worcester Polytechnic
Institute (WPI) has
announced that Andrew
Roskuski of Chicopee,
a member of the class of
Chicopee
Register
2016 majoring in computer science, was named
to the Dean’s List for academic excellence for the
fall 2015 semester.
mal daily activities, he or
she should have a snack
and something to drink
“We encourage anyone in the community
- especially those with
ties to either Cathedral
or Holyoke Catholic - to
consider scheduling an
appointment to donate
at one of the upcoming
events,” said Cathedral
High School Principal
John Miller. “Help us to
become one of the top
schools in the region.
The more donations we
receive, the more scholarship dollars we are eligible to receive for our
students.”
To s c h e d u l e a n
appointment at Cathedral,
contact Lynn Anne Leone
at 782-5285, ext. 4013 or
email [email protected]. To schedule an
appointment at Holyoke
Catholic, contact Jessica
Randall at 331-2480 or
email [email protected].
Local residents
achieve RIT
Dean’s List
honors
ROCHESTER, N.Y.
- The following Chicopee
residents made the Dean’s
List at Rochester Institute
of Technology for fall
semester 2015-2016:
Thomas Bizon who is
studying in the electrical engineering program
and Patrick Byrnes who is
studying in the engineering exploration program.
Degree-seeking undergraduate students are eligible for Dean’s List if their
term GPA is greater than
or equal to 3.400; they do
not have any grades of
“Incomplete”, “D” or “F”;
and they have registered
for, and completed, at least
12 credit hours.
Binghamton
University
announces
dean’s list
BINGHAMTON, N.Y.
- Binghamton University
has announced Taylor
Mcandrew, of Chicopee,
has been named to the
Dean’s List for the fall
2015 semester. This honor
recognizes students who
have achieved a gradepoint average of 3.5 or
higher.
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CHICOPEE – Principal Matthew T. Francis announced the most recent
Students of the Month at Edward Bellamy Middle School. January’s honor went
to sixth grader Ella Smith, seventh grader Tabitha Klaus and eigth grader Logan
Maslanka.
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Notice is hereby given
by Interstate Towing, Inc. pursuant to the provisions
of G.L. c. 255, section 39A,
that on April 5th, 2016 at
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KOUNTY AIR
5TH WHEEL CAMPER
VIN: no vin
Ann Portlock
354 Wdgewood Dr
Easton, PA 18045
1993 FORD EXPLORER
VIN:1FMDU34XXPUD55593
Curtis Leader
28 Montgomery St
Westfield, MA 01085
1994 FORD TEMPO GL
VIN: 1FAPP36X0RK243217
Christopher Young
89 Harvey Johnson Dr
Agawam, MA 01001
1994 SUZUKI RF900K
VIN: JS16T73A9K2101410
Karl Kober
42 Shepard St
Westfield, MA 01085
1996 NISSAN MAXIMA
GLE
VIN: JN1CA21D2TM425677
Eduardo Cumba
77 Pine St
Holyoke, MA 01040
1997 PONTIAC
TRANS PORT
VIN:1GMDX03E5VD292518
Joseph Colon
15 New Ludlow Rd
Chicopee, MA 01020
1998 HYUNDAI ACCENT
GL
VIN:KMHVF24NXWU524243
Daniel Drexter
52 Crainell Ave
West Springfield, MA 01089
1999 CHEVROLET
MALIBU
VIN: 1G1ND52J1X6248125
Jeffrey Pelkey
15 1A Colony Rd
West Springfield, MA 01089
1999 NISSAN SENTRA
BASE
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Leszak Matrowicz
416 Front St
Chicopee, MA 01020
2000 FORD EXPORER
XLT
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Victor Derby
41 Sunset Terr
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Westfield, MA 01085
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Ali Abdalghani
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Nancy Connor
51 Newhouse St
Springfield, MA 01118
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AM SE
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Holly Irwin
3 Stuart Cir
Westfield, MA 01085
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Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
The Trial Court
Probate and Family Court
50 State Street
Docket No. HD16P0352GD
In the interests of
Jonah Aizeah Mateo
Of Chicopee, MA
Minor
NOTICE AND ORDER:
Petition for Appointment
of Guardian of a Minor
NOTICE TO ALL
INTERESTED PARTIES
1. Hearing Date/Time:
A hearing on a Petition for
Appointment of Guardian of
a Minor filed on 02/26/2016
by Maria C Colon of Chic
opee, MA will be held
04/11/2016 08:15 a.m. Guard
ianship of Minor Hearing
Located 50 State Street, 4th
Floor Springfield, MA 01103
2. Response to Petition:
You may respond by filing a written response to
the Petition or by appearing
in person at the hearing. If
you choose to file a written
response, you need to:
File the original with the
Court; and
Mail a copy to all interested parties at least five
(5) business days before the
hearing.
3. Counsel for the Min
or: The minor (or an adult on
behalf of the minor) has the
right to request that counsel
be appointed for the minor.
4. Presence of the Min
or at Hearing: A minor over
age 14 has the right to be
present at any hearing, unless
the Court finds that it is not
in the minor’s best interests.
Date: February 26, 2016
Suzanne T. Seguin
Register of Probate
3/24/16
COMMONWEALTH
OF MASSACHUSETTS
THE TRIAL COURT
PROBATE AND FAMILY
COURT DEPARTMENT
Hampden Division
Docket No. HD15P0850PM
SALE OF REAL ESTATE
Estate of
LOIS ANNE RYAN,
otherwise LOIS A RYAN
of Chicopee
in the County of Hampden,
a protected person,
NOTICE
A petition has been pre-
sented to said Court for leave
to sell at private sale certain
real estate of said protected person, situated in said
Chicopee, for maintenance.
If you desire to object to
the allowance of said petition, you or your attorney
must file a writen appearance
in said Court at Springfield
on or before 10:00 in the
forenoon on April 6, 2016.
WITNESS, ANNE M.
GEOFFRION, Esquire,
First Justice of said Court at
Springfield, the ninth day of
March two thousand and sixteen.
Register of Probate &
Family Court Dept.
3/24/16
notice of sale
By Ma. Gen Laws c.255,
Sec. 39A, Chuck’s Towing,
78 West St., Chicopee, Ma.
is holding a private sale for
vehicles 4/5/16 at 2:00 p.m.
to satisfy garage keepers lien
for storage and towing charges and expenses of notices
of sale.
2014 Dodge Avenger
vin# 1C3CDZAGXEN138760
Owner: James Lawson
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1998 Honda Accord
vin# 1HGCG2252WA002351
Owner: Betty Cleveland
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Lady Colts
ride comes
to an end
By Nate Rosenthal
Turley Publications
Sports Correspondent
Colts had to foul in order stop
the clock. Natick made 11 of
those 14 shots, including going
eight for eight in the final three
W O R C E S T E R - A minutes.
week ago, the Chicopee
“I am so proud of the team,”
Comprehensive girls basketball said Coach Tony Couture. team won their first Western “They worked so hard in the
Mass title in 28 years when they game and left nothing on floor. beat Central. As the Western We stayed close until the final
Mass winner, the Colts earned couple of minutes but they just
them a trip to the state semifi- had more than we did at the
nals where they took on Central end.”
Mass. Champion Natick. Early on, Natick grabbed a
Despite a valiant effort, the 7-2 lead. Breanna Tack respondColts would come up short los- ed quickly with a three and that
ing 55-44 last Tuesday night at was answered by a put back
from Skylar Schmid. Rouleau
the DCU Center in Worcester.
The Colts trailed much hit a three and Schmid scored
of the game, but kept it close again underneath the basket. It
thanks to a solid defense and was Kathy Jaracz with a layup;
some timely shooting, especial- Lagan with a jumper; Rouleau
ly from beyond the three-point with a jumper; Schmid with a
arc. They were tied after a quar- rebound and basket. Comp then
ter, down by three at the break. went on a six-point run to take
After falling behind by six at the an 18-15 lead. But a trey made
end of the third, Comp closed it 18-18 at the buzzer.
back to a point in the first two
The teams had a very
minutes of the fourth. But that competitive second frame, but
would be as close as they would Natick pulled ahead 28-25 at the
get. Fouls would be their undo- break. ing, as the Red Hawks went to
the line 14 times in the final
frame. In the final minutes the
See lady colts page 14
Kathy Jaracz tries to drive to
the basket, but her path gets blocked.
Turley Publications photo by Gregory A. Scibelli
Changes coming to
high school football
Blain suggests
expanding playoffs
By Gregory A. Scibelli
[email protected]
REGION – Football is
undergoing major changes
again, and it is possible these
changes could leave some teams
on the outside of a playoff picture looking in.
A committee in Western
Massachusetts is going through
the process of realigning football
divisions from the six that were
in place just a few years ago.
Now, eight divisions (1,
1A, 2, 2A, 3, 3A, 4, and 4A)
Chicopee
Register
Marofit breaks record in 41st Road Race,
Habtewald breaks own record in women’s field
By Nate Rosenthal
Turley Publications
have been created by the
Massachusetts Interscholastic
Athletic Association. Western
Massachusetts will have teams
in four of those divisions.
The majority of the task
of realigning the teams has
fallen on Longmeadow High
School Athletics Director
Michael Capotosto. He said
the task is not over yet. While
the division alignments have
been approved, the Pioneer
Valley Interscholastic Athletic
Conference must still agree
on the alignment of regional
leagues.
See changes page 15
HOLYOKE - It was a
sea of green on the streets of
Holyoke and that can mean just
one thing, St. Patrick’s Day. On
this brisk Saturday morning and
afternoon, people from all over
the area turned out to the streets
of Holyoke for the 41st Annual
Road Race. In fact, the coolness of the air made for a very
good day to run for the 5826
who entered the 10K classic.
The winner in record time,
was Mourad Marofit of Floral
The 41st Annual St. Patrick’s Day 10K Road Race is underway.
See road race page 14
March 24, 2016 ◆
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Shriners Golf Tournament
set for June 4
CHICOPEE – The
second annual Shriners
Hospital for Children Golf
Tournament is set for June
4 at Chicopee Country
Club.
The tournament
begins with a shotgun start
at 12:30 p.m.
The cost is $100 per
person. Cost includes cart,
lunch and steak dinner.
Prizes for hole in one,
closest to the pin on par 3
and longest drive.
The cost to sponsor a
hole is $75, which includes
company logo and name.
please contact Jim Adams
at 413-627-1122 or Sue
Adams at 413-627-1803.
Foursomes are going
fast.
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Rockwal tallies for AmCats
PA X TO N – A n n a
Maria men’s lacrosse freshman and Chicopee resident
Ryan Rockwal scored two
goals and had assist in a
10-9 win over Lyndon State
on Tuesday, March 15.
Rockwal’s assist came
on the game-winning goal
with about 3:30 left in the
fourth quarter.
Rockwal scored his
first goal of the game 1
second left in the first quarter. He added a second goal
later in the contest.
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Samantha Spagnoli dekes from the sideline toward the
basket.
Runners from the first wave are off.
Turley Publications photos by Gregory A. Scibelli
from page 13
road race
from page 13
Park, New York, who took
top honors with a time
28:37.7, well ahead of
Haile Tegegn from New
York City, who crossed
the finish line in 29:16.8.
Mourad was third a year
ago, when Tegegn won
the race. Mourad broke
a record that has stood
since 1993, when John
Doherty ran it in 28:46.
While Marofit averaged
4:36 per mile, his 4:06 on
the last downhill sent people to scanning the record
books. Mourad competed
for Morocco in the 2008
Olympics.
Placing third and
fourth were a couple of
other New Yorkers, Desta
Alemu Mokona, 30:01.1
and Suleman, Abrar Shifa,
30:13.0. Philemon Terer
of Amherst was the first
from Western Mass to finish. His time was 30:38.2.
Etalemahu Habtewald of
New York, led the women
with a time of 32:50.1.
She was tenth overall. Her
time broke the record for
the second straight year.
She finished at 33:09 last
year.
M a r o fi t t o o k t h e
early lead off the starting gun. Joining him at
the front were Terer and
Shifa. Right behind them
was the duo of Tegegn
and Mokona. By the
time the lead pack had
Etalemahu Habtewold, the
female winner, won for
the second straight year
and broke her own course
record from last year with
a time of 32:50.
Maurod Marofit crosses
the finish line in first place
with a time of 28:37.
gone 200 yards, they had
begun to separate from
the field. As they headed past Dwight, the five
were bunched together
and Mokona moved up
second behind Marofit.
The order remained that
way as the runners passed
Fitzpatrick.
There was a big gap
between the front pack
and the rest of the field as
they moved onto Route 5
and then onto Westfield
Road. Soon after they
turned onto Roosevelt.
With the turns, the other
runners were out of sight.
The first hill approached
and it was here that this
lead group began to break
up. As they went under
the Route 91 overpass,
M a r o fi t a n d M o ko n a
started to separate from
the other three and then
in short order, Marofit
started to pull away
from Mokona. Passing
Schermerhorn’s, he had
a 20-yard lead, which he
kept expanding upon. At
the same time, Mokona
fell back to the group with
Tegegn, Shifa and Terer.
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lady colts
By himself, now,
Marofit built his lead and
maintained it as he passed
Holyoke Community
College.
M a r o fi t w o n t h e
race with that official
time of 28:37.7, more
than 30 seconds ahead of
Tegegn, third about 100
yards behind Tegegn was
Mokona, and right behind
him was Shifa in fourth
Terer, the first local finisher was fifth.
Following Terer, were
four more runners from
the area. Blake Croteau of
Westfield, 31:28.3, Daniel
Sheldon of Amherst,
32:09.9, Sam Conway,
of Wilbraham, 32:21.3
and Benjamin Lasky of
Ludlow, 32:29.8.
In 10th overall
was the first woman,
Habtewald, the defending
champion.
In the top 50, there
were several 15-yearolds, Daniel Nichols of
Danbury, 17th; Tyler
G r a n j a o f D a n b u r y,
33rd and Bill Carroll of
Southwick, 41st. On the
other end of the spectrum,
Robert Landry, 46, of
Ludlow was 42nd.
Said Marofit after the
race, “This was a great
day to run. The weather
was just cool enough and
I felt as though I was getting stronger as I moved
along. I felt good on the
hills and was able to pull
away when I got to them.
This was a very enjoyable
day.”
Natick was able to
extend the lead early in the
third quarter, but Comp
was able to come thanks
to Alyssa Stefanelli scoring five points, two free
throws and a three pointer,
to bring the Colts back to
one at 31-30. She then
scored again on a short
jumper and Comp had a
32-31 lead. But Natick
came back, with Gaziano
scoring twice in the final
minute to end the third
quarter with a 40-34
Natick lead.
In the fourth, Rouleau
kept the Colts in the game
early on, but with four
minutes remaining, Natick
would take a bigger lead
and pulled away.
Rouleau had 17
points, seven of which
came in the first quarter
and eight in the fourth. Stefanelli finished her high
school career with a ninepoint performance. Jacarz
also had nine. Herd came
off the bench and scored
five points in the second
quarter.
Said Rouleau, “We
tried to use our speed and
for a while, it worked
for while, but their height
was something we had
some difficulty with. After the first half, we did
a better job boxing out and
they did not get as many
rebounds. I am proud of
the team and of the fact
that no one expected us to
get this far.”
“It was disappointing,” said Stefanelli.
“We’re just not ready for it
to be over. But as a team,
we played as well as we
could. and maybe at the
end, we just ran out of gas. Still it was a great season
and I am so happy to have
played with these kids.”
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from page 13
Capotosto said that
has been the taller task
and has opened the discussion about expansion of
the playoffs.
He explained that
while there are more than
100 teams in Eastern
Massachusetts, the western end has just 40 teams
split among four of the
eight divisions.
Division 2, which
includes some of the largest schools in the region,
has teams like Central,
Holyoke, West Springfield,
Minnechaug Regional,
Putnam, and Westfield.
But due to new enrollment numbers, teams like
Agawam, Chicopee Comp,
Amherst, and Commerce
have been added.
The division determines what playoff a team
could enter. However,
with the Walker System
currently determining part
of how playoff teams are
ranked, the fear among
many coaches and athletic directors is that a team
like Amherst, which has
a weaker schedule, could
be left out of the playoffs
even with a good season. This is because more
teams in Division 2 play
in the top league — the
AA Conference.
“It’s one of those
things we are trying to sort
through right now,” said
Capotosto.
One suggestion that
has been made is expanding the playoffs. For many
years due to time constraints in the fall season,
only four teams qualify
for each tournament. This
makes just two rounds in
the playoffs, semifinals,
and a final.
Chicopee High and
Chicopee Comp Athletics
Director Jim Blain said he
has suggested expanding
the playoffs by one week
and having six or eight
teams qualify.
Capotosto said the
six-team format is still on
the table, but eight teams
are likely out.
“Eight out of 10 teams
making the tournament is
too many,” he said. “But
six is something we are
considering.”
Blain says he does
not expect strength of
schedule to be an issue for
Comp because their recent
success should move them
to the AA Conference, but
understands why other
schools have that concern.
He believes adding two
teams to the playoffs could
remedy that.
“It would give more
teams the chance to qualify,” said Blain.
Agawam was moved
from the AA Conference to
the Suburban Conference
three years ago because
the team was having trouble competing. But after
three straight years of
league titles and appearances in three straight
Western Mass. finals, the
Brownies are moving up to
Division 2 and likely back
to the AA Conference,
Athletics Director David
Stratton believes.
“It’s not a lock, but
based on the meetings we
have had, it appears we
are headed back to the
AA,” said Stratton. “We
were expecting this. We
have become more competitive.”
Eastern Mass. will
have teams in Division
1 a n d 1 A . We s t e r n
Mass. will have teams in
Divisions 2, 3, 4, and 4A.
Ludlow, which was
in a lower Division 5
under the old format, will
be in Division 3 this fall.
They will join Chicopee
and Belchertown in the
new Division 3. They
will contend with some
tough potential playoff
competition, including
Longmeadow and East
Longmeadow. Both are
strong AA Conference
members.
S o u t h H a d l e y ’s
declining enrollment
moves them down despite
recent success. The Tigers
were in Division 4 and will
remain with that same designation. However, under
the new format, Division
4 statewide consists of the
“seventh division.” South
Hadley will join Palmer.
The lowest division,
4A, includes Ware, Dean
Tech, and Pathfinder. The
competition level represents no change for these
schools.
In Central Mass.
Quabbin Regional will
join competition in
Division 3, with opponents
like Auburn, Oakmont,
and Hudson. Their athletic
director, Mark Miville said
the move was expected
and his team is ready for
the competition.
“We see a lot of these
teams already in the regular season,” said Miville.
“So we were expecting
this.”
Decisions about playoff teams and leagues
will be finalized soon as
scheduling for the fall
season will need to begin,
Capotosto said.
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Szlats teams qualify for playoffs By Nate Rosenthal
Turley Publications
tled back to the final of
17 points. Rodriquez had
32 points to lead all scorers. Brown, 23 and Yami
Matos, 21, led Holyoke. CHICOPEE - Last
weekend saw the sucThe Chicopee 7th/8th
cessful conclusion of the
grade team went 2-1 in
Ed Szlachetka Memorial
the ‘A’ group and finished
first. They beat Amherst,
Basketball Tournament,
known as the “Szlats.”. 46-40, dropped a 46The city of Chicopee has
39 decision to Pittsfield
been hosting this great
Boys and Girls Club and
then beat Dalton, 33-18. event for the past 23
years, with teams from
Chicopee lost that semithe Pioneer Valley, upstate
final game to Wilbraham,
New York, Central Mass
who would lose in the
and, the Berkshires. finals to Pittsfield.
Three teams rep The third Chicopee
resented the city and all
team was the 5th/6th grade
C team. They went 1-2 in
three them qualified for
the Gold group, where they
the playoffs. The 5th/6th
grade A team made it to
finished second and qualified. Chicopee opened
the finals.
The action got underwith a loss to Westfield,
way on Monday evening
22-11, then they beat East
Greenbush Hoxie, 19-8. with official tip off game at
5:30 between South Hadley
Their third round robin
and Longmeadow of the
game was a 24-12 loss to
5th/6th C at Chicopee
East Greenbush Poissant. Comp. There were also
The second place finish
two other games that began
got put them in the playoffs and into a second
at 5:30 along with this,
Chicopee and Lee, 5th/6th
game with East Greenbush
Poissant. They lost again,
A at Chicopee Comp;
Chicopee and Westfield,
this time, 32-4.
On Saturday, there
5th/6th C at Dupont. The
Turley Publications photos by David Henry sweetdogphotos.com
week’s festivities drew to Emma Puleri of Lee and Jordayn Padilla of Chicopee get was an alumni game feaa conclusion on Sunday ready for the ceremonial tip off from Mayor Richard Kos.
turing past player from
night, when the Pittsfield
Chicopee High and
Boys and Girls Club was
Chicopee Comprehensive,
crowned as champions of eight seconds in. Natalie trail again. Chicopee most of whom came up in
the 7th/8th grade A divi- Rodriguez answered her got as close as 17-15 on the Suburban program and
sion. seconds later. After a three a Rodriquez three with played in the Szlat’s. T h e fi n a l s r o u n d by Bianca Ortiz made it 5- 5:55 left in the half, but
The Szlat’s is about
b eg a n w i t h H o l y o k e 2, Chicopee got the lead by the break, the Holyoke Sportsmanship and winbeating Chicopee in the with a basket by JJ Lopez lead was eight, 30-22. n i n g i n t h e 5 t h / 6 t h
5th/6th A Division, 59-42. and two free throws by Holyoke opened the lead D i v i s i o n w a s E a s t
Holyoke controlled this Rodriquez. Brown got into double figures in the Greenbush. Longmeadow
game right from the out- Holyoke back into the second half reaching 20 took the award in the
set. Kyla Brown scored lead and they would never at the midpoint. It set- 7th/8th.
Pioneers 2016
camp dates released
L U D L OW - T h e
Western Mass Pioneers are
pleased to announce their
2016 camp schedule. All
camps are held at Lusitano
Stadium on the main soccer
field, along with its state of
the art synthetic turf.
Pioneers general manager and camp director
Greg Kolodziey said, “We
are very excited this year
for our camps. We have
more week long camps
than ever! The experienced coaching staff here
will ensure that attendees
have a great time learning
the great game of soccer
while having fun.”
Camps start June 27
and end Aug. 8. All camps
are staffed by Western
Mass Pioneers coaches
and players.
“We have camps for
all skill types, along with
our Premier Academy
week that focuses on
developing the skills
of serious players,” said
Pioneers head coach
Federico Molinari. “We
also have High School
Prep camps for players
that will be playing in high
school, so they will get an
edge on the competition.”
Visit http://wmpioneers.com/camps.html for
more information on these
Pioneers soccer camps,
and you can even register
online. Reserve your spot
early, these camps will
fill up quickly. Western
United Pioneers players and members of the
Gremio Lusitano club can
sign up for a half off discount on the regular price.
Please visit www.
wmpioneers.com to view
the entire Western Mass
Pioneers 2016 schedule.
Season passes are also
available, you can save
money by ordering now.
Please continue to
visit us at www.wmpioneers.com and also follow our Facebook and
Twitter pages to keep up
to date on all the news for
about your Western Mass
Pioneers.
Local 2016 Boston
Marathon runners
BOSTON – The 2016
Boston Marathon is set
to take place on Monday,
April 18.
Share your Boston
Marathon story with us by
calling Sports Editor Dave
Forbes at 413-283-8393
ext. 237 or send an email
to [email protected].
Listed below are the local runners registered for the race.
NAME
Evan Breeding
Geoffrey Gagnon
Debra Hevey
Timothy Londo
Steven Schindler
AGE
34
33
57
50
31
TOWN
Chicopee
Chicopee
Chicopee
Chicopee
Chicopee
Local 2016 Boston
Marathon runners
BOSTON – The 2016
Boston Marathon is set
to take place on Monday,
April 18.
Share your Boston
Marathon story with us by
calling Sports Editor Dave
Forbes at 413-283-8393
ext. 237 or send an email
to [email protected].
email your sports briefs to
[email protected].
March 24, 2016 ◆
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TURLEY PUBLICATIONS, INC. IS PROUD TO BRING YOU THE BEST IN CAMP ACTIVITIES ACROSS THE AREA
Every Child Deserves…..
Every child deserves a place that is fun
and where their friends are. Every child
deserves a place that provides positive
role models. Every child deserves a place
with trained and professional staff. That
place is the Ludlow Community Center/
Randall Boys & Girls Club. The Club
offers a Board of Health licensed summer
camp for children ages six through
fourteen, open Monday through Friday
from 6:30AM to 5:30PM.
The Club provides campers the
opportunity to experience activities both
inside our air-conditioned facility and
outside at our fields, playground, spray
park and covered pavilion. Campers will
participate in Red Cross Certified swim
lessons, arts & crafts, gameroom, gym
games, fitness, technology, outdoor play,
literacy programs and weekly field trips.
The Club staff is made up of a
combination of full-time professional
and part-time staff. Our full-time staff
brings over 40 years of combined
PIONEER VALLEY
FENCING ACADEMY
camping experience. All are trained in
First-Aid and CPR. All aquatics staff is
certified lifeguards and/or water safety
instructors.
This year the Club will be offering
nine themed weeks of camp. Parents
can choose how few or many weeks they
would like to send their child. Anticipated
weekly themes include: Stars & Stripes,
Sunken Treasure, Superhero vs. Villain,
Jolts & Bolts, Road to Rio and Camp
Champs.
Summer Fencing Classes
in Easthampton
NO EXPERIENCE
NECESSARY
Equipment
Provided
Ages 11+
Sign up now for:
SESSION 1: JULY 11TH-15TH
9AM-4PM
Requires No Experience
SESSION 2: JULY 18TH-22ND
9AM-4PM
Requires Session 1 or
Previous Class Experience
www.pioneerfencing.com
(413) 204-6387
Adventures Await You This Summer at Bement!
A Traditional Day Camp Experience for
Boys and Girls ages 4 to 15 years
From Bement’s beautiful campus in Historic Deerfield
Bement Adventure Camp
Session 1: June 27 - July 8 • Session 2: July 11-22 • Session 3: July 25 - Aug. 5
Outdoor Challenge Weeks with Adventure In Adventure Out
SUMMERFUN!
Mini Camp June 20 - 24
Full Session June 27 - July 22
Hands-on arts, creative arts and environmental
programming for children ages 3-12
Week 1: June 20-24 • Week 2: August 8-12
Week 3: August 15-19 • Week 4: August 22-26
Please visit our website for more
information & to register
www.bement.org/summer
Questions? 413.774.7061
PLUS: Counselor-inTraining Program
(ages 13-15 yrs.)
Junior Camp
(ages 4-6 yrs.)
www.commonschool.org
(413) 256-8989
521 S. Pleasant St., Amherst
SUMMER FUN FOR KIDS AND TEENS!
• Cooking with Chef Dino
• American Sign Language
• Wilderness Survival
• Cops and Crime Scenes
• Web Design
• iPhone Filmmaking
• Lego Robotics
• Minecraft Construction
• Soccer, Basketball, and
Baseball
...and much more!
www.hcc.edu/summer
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Chicopee
Register
2016
SUMMER CAMP
Things to consider before choosing a summer camp
find the right fit for their children. That’s why it behooves
parents to start thinking about summer camps for their
kids in winter, before camps start filling out their rosters,
which tends to happen in early spring. The following
are a few things parents should take into consideration
when seeking a summer camp for their kids.
Though February does not often elicit images of
youngsters building campfires or playing games in the
pool, the month more synonymous with the Super Bowl
and Valentine’s Day is a great time for parents to start
thinking about summer camps for their kids.
Summer camp is often something kids look forward
to, and something they will fondly recall long after
they reach adulthood. For many kids, summer camp
provides a first taste of independence, as youngsters
spend significant time away from home without their
parents for the first time in their lives. But as great an
experience as summer camp can be for youngsters, it
can be just as difficult an experience if parents don’t
Staff
The right summer camp staff can make all the
difference. Many children are understandably shy when
arriving at a summer camp, as their friends from back
home might not be joining them. That can make kids
hesitant to participate in activities or less enthusiastic
Belchertown Kidz Club
Enroll at our
PRESCHOOL & SCHOOL AGE
OPEN HOUSE
SUMMER
CAMP
10 differently themed weeks!
April 9th
JUNE 20TH – AUG 26TH*
FLEXIBLE SCHEDULE
CHOOSE FROM PART TIME OR FULL WEEK
See CAMP next page
Discover what summer
is all about.
10am-2pm
SWIMMING • FIELD TRIPS • CREATIVE CURRICULUM
Mon – Fri / 7:00 am – 6:00 pm
about those activities. But a good staff will know how to
make kids feel welcome, which should help them come
out of their shells and make the most of their summer
camp experiences. The quality of staffs can vary
significantly depending on the camp, so it’s important
that parents ask camp representatives about their staffs
before making any commitments. Ask how long the staff
has been together and the types of training new and
even veteran staff members undergo before the start of
camp season? Does the training include first aid and
emergency medical training and certification?
*Dates follow
Belchertown School Calendar
Follow Us
4 Stadler Street • (413) 323-5439 • [email protected]
8 weeks of summer sessions for ages
6 months - 12 years. Register online!
Summer
amherstmontessori.org 413.253.3101
BETTER THAN OTHERS
Pioneer Valley Montessori School
SUMMER PROGRAMS
Passport to
Adventure
For 3-6 Year Olds
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The Arbors Camp at East Longmeadow
999 MEMORIAL DRIVE
CHICOPEE, MA 01020
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Each week a new country!
Visit Japan, Brazil,
India and More! Traditions,
language, food, crafts.
Native American
Discovery Weeks
For 6-9 Year Olds
Each week a different region
of North America. Learn about
the many different lifeways,
traditions, common needs, crafts.
6 INDIVIDUAL WEEKS 3 INDIVIDUAL WEEKS
June 20 - July 29, 2016 July 11, 18 & 25, 2016
Call for a brochure or check our website: www.pvms.org
1524 Parker St • Springfield, MA 01129 • 413-782-3108
SUMMER CAMP 2016
EARLY BIRD
REGISTRATION
April 18th through April 29th
Monday-Friday 8AM – 5PM
$150 per week/per child: Ludlow Resident
$160 per week/per child: Non-Resident
•No Appointment Necessary •No Additional Discounts
•Pay in full or Automatic Debit
GENERAL REGISTRATION
LUDLOW COMMUNITY CENTER
RANDALL BOYS & GIRLS CLUB
91 Claudia’s Way, Ludlow, MA 01056
413-583-2072
For more information, visit:
www.ludlowbgc.org
Chicopee
Register
Wednesday, May 18th 5:30-7:00PM
Monday, May 23rd 5:30-7:00PM
Wednesday, June 1st 5:30-7:00PM
$170 per week/per child: Ludlow Resident
$180 per week/per child: Non-Resident
*Current immunizations due at the time of registration*
Questions? Contact: [email protected]
Belchertown Day School presents
BELCHERTOWN SUMMER FUN
Located at Chestnut Hill Community School
ENROLL NOW!
School age program for children
who have completed K – 6th Grade
Full Day Camp Includes:
Swimming, Field Trips, Sports,
Nature Exploration, Weekly Themes,
Flexible Scheduling
For more information
visit www.belchertowndayschool.org and/or
call 413-323-8108 and ask for Heidi
[email protected]
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well-rounded experience, while others might want their
kids to attend a more specialized camp, whether it’s a
sports camp focusing on a particular sport or a music
camp devoted to helping kids become better musicians.
Regardless of the type of camp parents are considering
for their kids, they should ask about what daily life at
the camp is like. Ask to see schedules and how strictly
camps adhere to those schedules. When considering
specialized camps, ask the staff representative if kids
will have the chance to simply have a little fun and which
types of recreational activities are planned to give kids
a break from what are often rigorous schedules.
It’s also good to ask about the vetting process
the camp employs before hiring new staff, including
the extent of its background checks. Are criminal
background checks conducted? How many references
must potential staff members supply to be considered
for employment? A good camp will be forthcoming
with answers to all of your questions, so eliminate
those that appear hesitant to share information about
their staffs.
A day in the life
When vetting camps for kids, parents should ask
what a typical day is like once the season hits full
swing. Many parents want their youngsters to have a
Camp goals
Another thing parents must consider before
choosing a summer camp for their kids is the goals of
2016
SUMMER CAMP
each individual camp. A camp should be dedicated to
ensuring kids have fun, even when kids are attending
more specialized camps that tend to be more strict. In
addition, parents should look for a camp that wants
its attendees to foster relationships with their fellow
campers. Camp can be lonely for some youngsters,
especially those attending summer camp for the first time,
but a summer camp that strives to promote friendship
among its campers can reduce, if not eliminate, any
feelings of homesickness.
Late winter is when parents should start looking at
summer camps for their kids, and there are a host of
factors moms and dads should take into consideration
during the vetting process to ensure their youngsters
have as much fun as possible.
Summer Camp means
Summer Physicals
Book your appointments now!
LUDLOW PEDIATRICS, INC
77 Winsor Street Suite 104 – Ludlow, MA 01056-3495
Tel: 413-589-9494
Co-Ed • Grades 1-8
July 11 - August 19
Space is
limited
so don’t
wait!
Race into summer at Camp MacDuffi
e!
Be part of this year’s camps and discover the true meaning
of summer...having fun and making friends!
Camp MacDuffie offers six weeks of exciting camp experiences:
Week 1: July 11 - 15
Week 4: August 1 - 5
Camp programs include:
Arts • Athletics • Creative Writing • Dance • Theater • Science • And More!
Monday-Friday 9am-3pm • Area field trips and lunch included
Additional morning and afternoon hours available
Register now for summertime fun at summer.macduffie.org
The MacDuffie School • 66 School Street • Granby, MA 01033
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JULY 11–AUGUST 5
Register early!
Popular classes fill quickly, and course cancellations begin June 27
Phone: (413) 572-8557
Fax: (413) 572-5227
Email: collegeforkids@westfield.ma.edu
westfield.ma.edu/cfk
Chicopee
Register
2016
SUMMER CAMP
Summer camp options abound
HAMPSHIRE GYMNASTICS
SUMMER MORNING PROGRAM
Summer camp is a beloved tradition in many families.
Many parents of young children fondly recall spending
their summers at summer camp, where they made lifelong
friends and learned the finer points of roasting marshmallows and competing in three-legged sack races.
Parents looking for the right summer camp for their
kids will soon discover there are various types of summer camps, each offering youngsters something different.
The following are some of the summer camp options parents can expect to encounter as they search for the right
camper for their kids.
Fun for Girls & Boys 4-10 years old
Monday-Friday 9 am-1 pm (early drop off available)
(4) 2 week sessions starting July 5th
Drop your kids off for a
morning of non-stop fun!
Our program includes
gymnastics instruction,
games, outside activities,
arts and crafts, and slipn-slide! They will love our
trampolines, air pit,
balance beams, rings and
rock wall! Price range
$365-$400. Call our
Day camp
Day camps are not overnight camps, which means
office or go online for
more information.
kids will return home each night rather than sleep over
at camp. Day camps typically offer many of the activities people have come to associate with camps, including crafts, sports and even day-trips to experience local
culture or attractions. Many day camps are co-ed, and
counselors typically live within the community.
Faith-based camp
Faith-based camps offer many of the same activities
as more traditional summer camps, but do so while simultaneously offering campers the opportunity to celebrate
and further explore their religious beliefs. Some faith-
See OPTIONS, next page
461 West Street Amherst, MA 01002
(413) 256-6990
www.hampshiregymnastics.com
PATHFINDER REGIONAL
TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
SUMMER YOUTH
ENRICHMENT CAMP
REGISTER
NOW FOR
SUMMER
CAMP
Dates: Mon.-Fri., July 11-29, 9am-3pm
Cost: $225 first week; $600 for all three weeks
EARLY BIRD PRICING:
Awesome
Activity Weeks
Summer 2016
Massachusetts Academy of Ballet
$200 per week and $500 for all three!
(Payment and form must be received by May 1st to qualify)
4 OPEN SQUARE WAY HOLYOKE 536-6200 MASSACADEMYOFBALLET.COM
STUDENTS WILL
PARTICIPATE IN
HANDS-ON LEARNING
INSTRUCTED
BY CERTIFIED
PATHFINDER
INSTRUCTORS!
Enroll
T
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mme
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Celebrating 94 Amazing Summers in the Berkshires!
Heated Pool • Sailing • Skate Park • Zip Line • Zumba • Team Sports • Gymnastics
Crafts • Pottery • Waterskiing Archery • Judo • Rocketry • Golf • Yoga • Guitar
Cheerleading & much, much more!
PROGRAMS AVAILABLE:
Auto-body • Automotive • Carpentry • Bake Shop • Cosmetology
Creative Art • Culinary • Electronics/Robotics • Environmental Explorers
Machine Shop • Photo & Web • Rocket Science
RETURNING FAVORITES:
NEW PROGRAMS!
• E2 - Engineering Explorers
(AGES 7-12)
• Survival! Plants, Predators
and Prey (AGES 6-12)
• Anatomy Academy (AGES 7-12)
• Brixology with LEGO™
• Secret Agent Lab (AGES 6-12)
• Crazy Chemworks (AGES 6-12)
• Space and Beyond
(AGES 6-12)
• Rockin’ Rockets (AGES 7-12)
• Red Hot Robots (AGES 8-12)
Locations throughout Western MA & CT
(413) 584-7243
westnewengland.madscience.org
For additional information & sign-up forms visit:
www.pathfindertech.org/youthprogram
Questions? Contact Paul Bouthiller
bouthiller@pathfindertech.org • (413) 283-9701 ext. 231
new
Week Long Programs offered all Summer
(AGES 7-12)
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!
240 SYKES STREET, PALMER, MA 01069
5-Day Programs
1/2 DAY & SOME FULL DAY
AM or PM
Sleepover Camp Ages 6-17 • Day Camp Ages 3-16 • Flexible Sessions
Beautiful Lake Buel Campus Only 5 mi. from Gt. Barrington, MA
CAMP DIRECTORS: We can provide your campers with “In-Camp Field
Trips,” Spectacular Stage Shows & Fun Hands-On Workshops!
Follow Us On Facebook
www.camphalfmoon.com ~ [email protected]
Birthday Parties • Company Picnics • Scout Programs
Preschools • Library Events • and so much more!
888-528-0940
Beginning June 27!
INCLUDES SPECIAL
EXHIBITS LIKE...
The Science of
May 28-September 4
Programs for kids ages 5 - 17!
Beech Tree Day Camp
Camp Tinkerpreneurship
Darkroom to Lightroom
Make it Move - Artbotics!
Man! Ball! Release!
Let’s Eat! and more!
SUMMER CLASSES
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To register, visit www.wma.us/summer
Wilbraham & Monson Academy · 413.596.6811 · www.wma.us
Chicopee
Register
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based camps may focus heavily on religion, incorporating faith into daily camp activities, while others may be
more subtle with regard to integrating religious beliefs
and lessons into camp activities.
Sports camps
Some summer camps focus on a particular sport, catering to young athletes who want to further develop their
athletic talents. Sports camps may feature guest lectures
and lessons from notable local athletes and coaches,
while some camps may provide instruction from current
and/or former professional athletes. Some sports camps
are overnight, while others are day camps.
2016
SUMMER CAMP
leaving their special needs children at camp. Facilities at
special needs camps are often built to accommodate the
specific needs of campers.
Special needs camps
Parents of children with special needs can still send
their kids to summer camp, as there are many camps
that cater to such youngsters. Special needs camps may
cater to campers who are blind, deaf, learning disabled,
or mentally or physically disabled. Staff at special needs
camps typically undergoes extensive training, which
helps to calm some of the fears parents may have about
TIGON
MARTIAL ARTS
4 Stadler Street • Belchertown, MA (behind Checkers)
A great
opportunity for
your child to build
self-confidence
and learn
self-defense
EXPERIENCE
SUMMER CAMPS NONECESSARY!
Week 1: June 27-July 1 (Ages 5 and up)
Week 2: July 11-15 (Ages 5 and Up)
Enrollment
Week 3: July 18-22 (Ages 12 and Up)
Limited.
Week 4: August 1-5 (Ages 5 and Up)
Reserve your
Week 5: August 8-12 (Ages 12 and Up) Space Today!
413-323-0291 www.BelchertownKarate.com
MIDDLE SCHOOL ENRICHMENT:
4 DAYS A WEEK (MON- THUR)
2016 SUMMER PROGRAMS
Career Explore Summer Program for Students
entering: Grades 6, 7, & 8
Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School
WEEK 1:
Half day (8:30 am - 12:30 pm) Cost $180
July 25-28th Carpentry, Collision Repair, Cosmetology and Manufacturing
Full day (8:30 am - 3:30 pm) Cost $225 - Animal Science and Culinary
Western Mass. Writing Project
Morning Session Only $135; Both Sessions $250
8:30 am - 12:30 pm Media in Digital; 12:30 - 3:30 pm Video and Comics
WEEK 2:
August 1-4
Thompsons
Quality Instruction Since 1981
Summer Gymnastics
www.FunWithUs.com
Half day (8:30 am - 12:30 pm) Cost $180 - Collision Repair and Manufacturing
Full day (8:30 am - 3:30 pm) Cost $225 - Animal Science and Culinary
Program Name
Week #1
July 25-28
Week #2
Aug. 1-4
Half Day
Full Day
TOTAL
Name of student_____________________________Entering Grade_______Current School______________________
Parent/Guardian name__________________________________________Phone_____________________________
Address_____________________________________________________City______________________________
Please enclose payment payable to SVAHS. Amount Enclosed:________
ANY questions contact (413) 587-1414 ext. 3414
Mail order form with payment to: Smith Vocational High School, 80 Locust St. Northampton, MA 01060
For more information: www.smithtec.org
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Fun Summer Programs
For 3 Year Olds and Up
Call or Go
On-Line
413-532-0374 • www.FunWithUs.com
200 Old Lyman Rd., South Hadley
Chicopee
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Buzzin’ from Town to Town
Classifieds
Turley Publications’ Community Marketplace
For Sale
Auctions
ANTIQUE AND PERIOD chairs –
Restored with new woven seats –
Many styles and weaves available.
Call (413)267-9680.
AUCTION OF ANTIQUES,
Saturday, March 26, 2016 10:00
AM. Quaboag Country Club,
Palmer Road, Rt. 32, Monson,
Mass. Preview Hours: Friday,
March 25th 3:00 PM to 6:00
PM. Saturday March 26th, 9:00
AM to 10:00 AM. Another
spectacular Auction that will
feature Furniture from Various
Periods
including
“L.&j.G.
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SERVICE,
Rubbish
removal,
attics, cellars, garages cleaned.
Light moving. Call someone you
know. (413)537-5090
CHAIR SEAT WEAVING &
refinishing - cane, fiber rush &
splint - Classroom instructor, 20+
years experience. Call Walt at
(413)267-9680 for estimate.
DRYWALL
AND
CEILINGS,
plaster repair. Drywall hanging.
Taping & complete finishing. All
ceiling textures. Fully insured.
Jason at Great Walls.
(413)563-0487
HANDYMAN SERVICES
One call does it all
Storm Clean-up
Snowplowing,
High Lift Service,
Remodeling,
Roof Repairs,
Excavating
Fully insured. Free estimates.
Reasonable rates
www.rlhenterprises.net
(413)668-6685.
PAINT AND PAPER Over 25
years experience. References. Lic
#086220. Please call Kevin 978355-6864.
PLUMBING JOBS DONE by fast
and accurate master plumber.
Small jobs welcome. Cheap hourly
rate. LC9070 Paul 413-323-5897.
WE
RENOVATE,
SELL
&
PURCHASE (any condition) horse
drawn vehicles such as sleighs,
carriages, surreys, wagons, dr’s
buggies,
driveable
or
lawn
ornaments. Some furniture and
other
restoration
services
available.
Reasonable prices.
Quality
workmanship.
Call
(413)213-0373 for estimate and
information.
Demers & Sons
Belchertown, MA
Appliances
COLEMAN
APPLIANCE
SERVICE. Servicing all makes
and models of washers, dryers,
refrigerators, stoves, dishwashers,
air conditioners. Also dryer vent
cleaning. (413)536-0034.
Child Services
www.turley.com
✦
Child Services
Instruction
Pools
Tree Work
Help Wanted
SPECIAL
EDUCATION
ADVOCACY- Need assistanceLet us help! From birth to age 22.
Special Ed Advocates of Western
Mass 413-246-3856
TRUCK DRIVERS
NEEDED
A & B CDL CLASSES + BUS
Chicopee, Ma (413)592-1500
UNITED TRACTOR TRAILER
SCHOOL
Unitedcdl.com
MARK KIRK, OWNER (413)5314192 We are a triple A plus rated
with zero complaints. License
#150679 and insured. A+ rated
BBB Member. ABC Pools is a
drug free workplace.
• Above ground and inground liner
changes, our liners are of top
quality guaranteed to last 20 years
or more.
• Above ground pool installations
• Above ground and inground
removals
• Leak detection
• Openings
• All types of pool and filtration
repairs
• Spa repair
Thank you for your business. You
can call 7AM- 7PM, 7 days per
week
(413)531-4192.
All
payments are due at time of
service.
ATEKS TREE- HONEST, quality
tree service. From pruning to
house lot clearing. Fully insured.
Free estimates. Firewood sales.
(413)687-3220.
CLERK - THE Hampden Board of
Assessors
is
accepting
applications for assessor’s clerk
position. This is a 15 hour a week
position that requires proficiency in
verbal and written communication,
computer literacy, dexterity in the
operation of office equipment and
good interpersonal skills relating to
courtesy, tact and discretion. The
primary duties include responding
to queries from the public relating
to various forms, applications,
general questions, etc., and
maintaining data base files
associated with excise taxes,
exemptions, abatements, deeds,
etc. Applications, which are
available in the office, along with a
resumé will be accepted in our
office between 9:00 AM and 2:00
PM, Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday. The deadline for filing
an application is Friday, April 15,
2016. The Board of Assessors
office is located at 625 Main
Street, Hampden, MA.
Cleaning Services
CRYSTAL CLEAR WINDOWScleaned in/out including screens
and storms. Fully Insured. Free
Estimates. Call Paul 413-2372053
Computer Services
LAWNMOWER TUNE UP
& REPAIR
✦
COMPUTERS SHOULDN’T BE
frustrating or frightening. I’ll come
to you. Upgrades, troubleshooting,
set-up, tutoring. Other electronics
too. Call Monique (413)237-1035.
Electrician
BILL CAMERLIN. ADDITIONS,
service changes, small jobs for
homeowners, fire alarms. Fast,
dependable, reasonable rates.
Insured, free estimates. E280333.
24 hour emergency service.
(413)427-5862.
DEPENDABLE ELECTRICIAN,
FRIENDLY
service,
installs
deicing cables. Free estimates.
Fully insured. Scott Winters
electrician Lic. #13514-B Call
(413)244-7096.
JAMES
FERRIS:
LICENSE
#E16303. Free estimates. Senior
Discounts. Insured. 40 years
experience. No job too small. Cell
(413)330-3682.
Excavating
LEGOWSKI LANDSCAPING &
CONSTRUCTION,
INC.
Lot
clearing, septic installation and
general excavation. Fully insured.
Free estimates.
Please call
(413)540-6990.
Finance
Landscaping
A+ ROZELL’S
LANDSCAPING &
TREE SERVICE
Full Service Property Maintenance
Bobcat & Chipper Service
Tree, Brush, Shrub,
Stump Grinding
Fully Insured
Competition Doesn’t Cut It!
413-636-5957
ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS, 12+
yrs in business. Can take care of
all your landscape needs. Owner
operated Godbout Landscaping
LLC (413)348-7021.
DETHATCHING, SPRING YARD
clean-ups, shrub trimming, lawn
mowing and more. Carl cell # 413221-2113
Free
estimates.
www.pinetteservices.com
***AAA DEVENO LANDSCAPING*** Spring Clean-ups, Shrub
trimming, weekly maintenance,
bobcat service, new lawns, new
landscaping, fence installation
brick walks and patios. Free
estimates.
Residential/
Commercial (413)746-9065.
FAMILY MAN LAWNMOWING
professional service at affordable
rates. One owner, one operator.
Reliable and efficient. Call Danny
(413)896-6922 Agawam and West
Springfield
LEGOWSKI LANDSCAPING &
CONSTRUCTION Retaining walls,
patios, Pool Scapes and all your
outdoor needs. Free Estimates
(413)540-6990.
Residential/Commercial, insured.
SELL
YOUR
STRUCTURED
settlement or annuity payments for
cash now. You don’t have to wait
for your future payments any
longer! Call (800)938-8092.
Home Improvement
C-D HOME IMPROVEMENT. 1
Call for all your needs. Windows,
siding, roofs, additions, decks,
baths, hardwood floors, painting.
All work 100% guaranteed.
Licensed and insured. Call Bob
(413)596-8807 Cell
CS Lic.
#97110, HIC Lic #162905
CERAMIC TILE INSTALLATION
Kitchen, bath, foyers. References.
Lic #086220. Please call Kevin
(978)355-6864.
DELREO HOME IMPROVEMENT
for all your exterior home
improvement needs. ROOFING,
SIDING, WINDOWS, DOORS,
DECKS & GUTTERS. Extensive
references
available,
Fully
Licensed & Insured in MA. & CT.
Call GARY DELCAMP @ 413569-3733
HOME
IMPROVEMENTS.
REMODELING. Kitchens, baths.
Ceramic tile, windows, painting,
wallpapering, textured ceilings,
siding, additions. Insurance work.
Fully insured. Free estimates. 413246-2783 Ron.
WATER DAMAGE
-CALL JAY (413)436-5782FOR REPAIRS
Complete
Drywall
Service.
Finishing,
Painting,
Ceilings
(Smooth or Textured). 39 years
experience. Fully insured
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
*NEW STATE LAW. Anyone
advertising caring of children must
list a license number to do so if
they offer this service in their own
home.
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SPRING CLEANUPS,
FERTILIZER PROGRAMS,
Dethatching,
Weekly/ Bi-weekly Mowing,
Residential/ Commercial,
Gutter Cleaning,
Insured and Licensed.
Free Estimates
(413)364-8090
Pets
ART’S CHIMNEY SERVICE For
over 30 years providing quality
craftmanship. Repairs, rebuilds,
new construction, walkways &
patios. Call Art (413)886-7985
Free estimates, Licensed, Insured.
STONEMASON SPECIALIZING
IN DRY stone walls, walkways,
patios, stairways, combination
stone and landscape timber walls.
35 years experience Europe/USA.
www.internationalstonemason.com
Kenn “Hawk” Kaminski
(413)572-6808
Painting
FORBES & SONS PAINTING &
STAINING, LLC Interior/ exterior
residential/
commercial/
new
constructions. Deck restorations,
minor carpentry repairs, wallpaper
removal. Owner operated since
1985. Free estimates. Insured.
(413)887-1987
www.forbesandsonspainting.com
KEN’S PAINTING SERVICES
Interior/ exterior painting and
staining, wallpaper removal and
repairs, quality products and
workmanship. Fully insured.
Free estimates.
(413)896-8264.
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
TAKE CARE OF your lawn and
landscape in all aspects this
Spring with Dave’s Lawn and
Garden. Let us help you obtain
that
beautiful
lawn
with
dethatching, aeration and much
more. Beautiful beds with our top
notch mulch and decorative stone
application. Call today to get 15%
off your Spring clean-up. We also
offer a Senior Citizen Discount.
Certified and insured. Call Dave at
(413)478-4212 for your free
estimate.
GREG LAFOUNTAIN PLUMBING
& Heating. Lic #19196 Repairs &
Replacement of fixtures, water
heater installations, steam/HW
boiler replacement. Kitchen & Bath
remodeling. 30 years experience.
Fully insured. $10 Gift Card With
Work Performed. Call Greg
(413)592-1505.
AFFORDABLE LAWN CARE
SERVICE COMPANY
20 years in business.
HYDROSEEDING, MOWING,
BOBCAT, PAVER PATIOS, TREE
WORK, IRRIGATION, SEPTIC/
SEWER, EXCAVATION.
(413)283-5780
WILLOW TREE SERVICE 30+ yrs
experience. Free estimates. Fully
insured. Removals, pruning, storm
damage. Serving Westfield and
surrounding areas.
(413)569-3383 (413)214-2779
Veterans and Senior Citizen’s
discount..
Masonry
www.ljsunlimitedlanscaping.com
Lawn & Garden
GREEN THUMB TREE SERVICE
Tree removal, tree trimming, brush
removal, lots cleared. Fully
insured. Free estimates (413)3319392.
LINC’S PLUMBING LIC #J27222
Scheduling Replacement
Heating Systems Now
Call LINC’S
For Your Connection
(413)668-5299
Roofing
CNA’s, PCA’s, HHA’S,
SIGN ON BONUS
KLARA IS A pocket sized Pibble
mix, 2 years of age. Klara is a
perfect average rated girl, perfect
for a first time dog owner. Crate
trained, walks great on a leash!
Ok with other dogs! Located in
Worcester,
MA,
completed
application/home
visit/$200
adoption fee.
Applications found at
www.destinysroad
animalrescue.com
RETIRED RACING
GREYHOUNDS AVAILABLE
FOR ADOPTION
spayed/neutered, wormed,
shots, heartworm tested,
teeth cleaned
Make a Fast Friend!
Greyhound Options Inc.
Call Mary at 413-566-3129
or Claire at 413-967-9088
or go to
www.greyhoundoptions.org
Horses
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
DRIVERS: QUALITY HOME time!
Earn over $1250+ per wk. +
Monthly
Bonuses!
Excellent
Benefits. No-Touch! CDL-A 1yr
exp. 888-406-9046
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.
O
EXPERIENCED
ROOFER
WORKS alone, quality work,
licensed. Best prices for sheds,
garages, and ranches. (413)7867924.
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.
Positions available at
Professional Medical
Services, Inc.
Highest competitive rates &
mileage paid. EOE.
Call Denise. (413)289-9018
Driver/School Van – New
openings for PT school van drivers
in your area. Starting pay at $13
per hour with annual raises during
the first five years! Earn $13-$14
with
previous
experience.
Additional bonuses can increase
your average hourly rate up to
$15! 7D license bonus, first time
physicals paid! M-F split shift, 4-6
hours a day. Keep van at home.
Join Van Pool now by calling
David after 9:30 at (413)5991616. EEO
DRIVERS:
LOCAL EXPERIENCED Yard Hostler Evening
Openings! Great Pay & Benefits!
CDL-A, 1yr Exp. Req. Estenson
Logistics Apply: www.goelc.com
1-855-416-8511
FULL TIME ADMINISTRATIVE
ASSISTANT – The Building
Inspectors
of
America,
of
Wilbraham/16
Acres
area is
seeking a qualified applicant with
experience in office duties;
answering phones, typing, and
scheduling. Must be confident
with computers and in customer
service. Email
resumé:
[email protected].
HAIRDRESSER
WANTED:
CHICOPEE Salon. 2 years
experience.
Mass.
License
required. Some clientele preferred.
Good commission paid. Call Carol
(413)222-2199.
REAL ESTATE BROKER sales
person, clerk. Top commissions.
Will train. Financial assistance.
Full, part-time or work from home.
Call Pete (413)283-6400
Expanding full-service propane company
has this opportunity available:
CUSTOMER SERVICE REP
Seeking an organized, self-motivated individual with ability
to work in a fast-paced office setting. Responsibilities include
collections and accounts receivable, data entry and office
administration. Strong communication and telephone skills
with computer and math proficiency required; experience
in account collection helpful.
Excellent Benefits Package!
Please Recycle This Newspaper
Interested candidates, please apply in person at:
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Classifieds
Help Wanted
Mobile Homes
WINCHESTER AUTO SCHOOL
Driving Instructor, full-time or parttime Monday through Saturday.
We train you. (413)739-2533 or
(413)567-1580
INDIAN ORCHARD 2007 3
bedrooms, 2 baths, 28’x44’, air,
appliances,
wood
burning
fireplace. New red mahogany
cabinets, H2O and roof. Deck,
carport, patio, porch $114,900.
413-593-9961
DASAP.MHVILLAGE.COM
Health Care
GOT KNEE PAIN? Back Pain?
Shoulder Pain? Get a painrelieving brace at little or no cost
to you. Medicare Patients, call
Health Hotline now! (800)2796038.
For Rent
Business Opp.
SMALL
LANDSCAPING
BUSINESS for sale. Quality
customers. Room for growth.
Encourage you to act quickly for
best deal. (413)301-4997
Real Estate
TOOMEY-LOVETT
109 West St.
Ware, MA 01082
www.Century21ToomeyLovett.com
ALL REAL ESTATE advertised
herein is subject to the Federal
Fair Housing Act, which makes it
illegal
to
advertise
“any
preference,
limitation,
or
discrimination because of race,
color, religion, sex, handicap,
familial status, or national origin,
or intention to make any such
preference,
limitation,
or
discrimination.” We will not
knowingly accept any advertising
for real estate which is in violation
of the law. All persons are hereby
informed
that
all
dwellings
advertised are available on an
equal opportunity basis.
413-967-6326
800-486-2121
West Brookfield:
508-867-7064
WARE- BEAUTIFUL, SUNNY 3
BR TOWNHOUSE APT. $850
plus utilities, w/d hook-up, storage.
No smoking, no pets. Credit
check/references (413)320-5784.
Buy Now! BE IN FOR SPRING!
WILBRAHAM- 2 BR, 2.5 bath,
wood pressed condo, 1 car
garage,
finished
basement.
Available immediately. $1,750/mo.
Call Pat (413)478-1166.
WARREN: 6 Rooms, 3 Bedrooms
Colonial $217,000
✦
www.turley.com
✦
For Rent
Vacation Rentals
FOR RENT
WARM WEATHER IS year round
in Aruba. The water is safe, and
the dining is fantastic. Walk out to
the beach. 3-bedroom weeks
available. Sleeps 8. $3500. Email:
[email protected] for more
information.
All real estate advertising in this
newspaper is subject to the Federal
Fair Housing Act of 1968, which makes
it illegal to advertise any preference,
limitation or discrimination based on
race, color, religion, sex, handicap,
familial status (number of children and
or pregnancy), national origin, ancestry,
age, marital status, or any intention to
make any such preference, limitation or
discrimination.
This newspaper will not knowingly accept
any advertising for real estate that is in
violation of the law. Our readers are hereby
informed that all dwellings advertising in
this newspaper are available on an equal
opportunity basis. To complain about
discrimination call The Department of
Housing and Urban Development “ HUD”
toll-free at 1-800-669-9777. For the N.E.
area, call HUD at 617-565-5308. The toll
free number for the hearing impaired is
1-800-927-9275.
Boats
14' BLUEFIN SEMI-V aluminum
fishing boat, 9.8hp mercury
outboard, Shoreline boat trailer,
Minn Kota Endura C2 stern trolling
motor (30 lbs thrust), brand new
Cabela's pro series AGM trolling
battery, brand new Schumacher
SE-82-6 battery charger, oars and
oar locks. $1100 or best offer. Call
413-654-7144.
Find Your
New Pet
in Our
Classifieds
LARGE 1 BR apt. Main Street,
South Hadley. 1st, last, security
$675/ mo plus utilities (413)5523556
Find local opportunities
or list your open
positions here!
www.turley.com
SOUTH HADLEY 2 BR, 3rd fl.
Heat & HW included. Appliances.
No pets. $800/ mo. 1st, last,
security dep. (413)427-9414.
Commercial Rentals
OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLE
now. Will sub-divide. Space 720
sq.ft. and less. Lots of extras. All
utilities, low rent. Call Pete at EZ
Realty (413)283-6400, evenings
413-283-4356
NEW BRAINTREE: 10 acres of
Open Fields plus Barn $127,000
Call for a market plan
to sell your property!
It’s EASY!!!
Dorrinda
O’Keefe-Shea
Jill Stolgitis
Mary Hicks
Alan Varnum
Bruce Martin
Joe Chenevert
Michael
McQueston
978-434-1990
413-477-8780
508-612-4794
508-867-2727
508-523-0114
508-331-9031
508-362-0533
REAL ESTATE
ASSOCIATES
967-7355
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gravelrealestate.com
Thinking of
Selling?
Call us today
for a Free
Market Analysis
of your home!
Make sure
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a Free One Year
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when you list your
home with any
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or VISIT WWW.TURLEY.COM
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for any of your
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Chicopee
Register
QUABBIN & SUBURBAN – FRIDAY AT NOON
HILLTOWNS – MONDAY AT NOON
CATEGORY:
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Circulation:
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Circulation: 9,800
Buy the Quabbin Village Hills or
the Suburban Residential ZONE
for $26.00 for 20 words plus
50¢ for each additional word.
Add $10 for a second Zone
or add $15 to run in
ALL THREE ZONES.
Name: ____________________________________________________ Phone: ______________________
Address: _______________________________________________________________________________
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Add a second ZONE ___________
Run my ad in the
Town: _____________________________________________________ State:_______ Zip:_____________
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C o l l e g e , S p r i n g fi e l d
C o l l e g e , S p r i n g fi e l d
Technical Community
College, Western New
England University, and
Westfield State University.
Students and alumni are
encouraged to attend and
visit with over 90 potential
employers and learn about
current full-time, parttime, co-op and internship
opportunities. Participants
are highly encouraged
to dress professionally
and bring copies of their
resumes. Pre-registration
is not required to participate.
F R A N C O AMERICAN WOMEN’S
A S S O C I AT I O N .
Members of the Franco
A m e r i c a n Wo m e n ’s
Association of Chicopee
will meet on Thursday,
March 31 at 7 p.m. in the
Church Hall at Saint Rose
de Lima Church, 600
Grattan Street, Chicopee.
Final plans will be made
for the April 7 Social and
Card Party to be held at
Saint Rose Church Hall.
Tickets Chairpersons,
Eileen Bombardier and
Annette Adkins request
that members make their
entrance ticket and raffle
ticket returns and members should bring any raffle prizes they have collected to this meeting. All
Scholarship applications
are due. The Card Party
Now Welcoming
New Patients
Suzanne Hangasky, ANP-C is pleased to
welcome new primary care patients to the
Ludlow Office, located at 1 Moody Street.
1 Moody Street, Ludlow • 413-583-2274
MercyMedGroup.com
A member of the Sisters of Providence
Health System and Trinity Health
SUZANNE HANGASKY, ANP-C
is open to the public and
tickets will be available at
the door for a donation of
$5. Door opens at 6 p.m.
Women of French heritage
are welcome to attend the
meetings. Both English
and French are spoken at
the meeting. Refreshments
will be served.
LIGHT IT UP BLUE
FOR AUTISM: Chicopee
Public Library, Front
Street on Saturday, April
2 from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Join
the library fun events all
day for Light it up Blue for
Autism Awareness Day!
Storytime, music with
Berkshire Hill Academy
Orchestra, Resource Fair.
PFHS VENDOR
AND CRAFT FAIR: The
junior class at Holyoke
Catholic High School
(Pope Francis High
School Class of 2017)
is sponsoring the Hop
I n t o S p r i n g Ve n d o r
Fair on Saturday, April 2
from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at
Our Lady of the Cross,
Pope John Paul II Social
Center, 76 St. Kolbe Drive,
Holyoke. Come shop and
support our students.
CARD,
COIN
COLLECTIBLE SHOW:
Chicopee Boys and Girls
Club, 580 Meadow St.,
Chicopee; Sunday, April 3,
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission
$1, kids under 10 are free.
Over 40 tables. All proceeds to benefit the Boys
& Girls Club.
NAMI
ART
EXHIBIT will take place
We’re now in Hampden County.
And we can help.
Senior Whole Health (HMO SNP) is a Medicare Advantage Health
Plan for seniors 65 and older. With Senior Whole Health you get
all your MassHealth Standard and Medicare benefits, plus more.
At no cost to you.
0 Help keep you independent at home*
0 Help with transportation to and from Doctor’s appointments*
0 Help with in-home services*
on Monday, April 4 at the
Chicopee Main Library,
Community Room, 449
Front St., Chicopee.
National Alliance on
Mental Illness will have an
art exhibit until April 28.
JAWS OPEN LAB:
If you or someone you
know is blind or has
low-vision, come to the
Chicopee Public Library
on the first Tuesday of
the month from 3 to 5
p.m. to learn about JAWS
screen reading software
with assistive technology
specialist Robert Baran,
M.Ed. on Tuesday, April
5.
ti (with and without
meatballs), bread, salad,
and dessert. A cash bar
will be available. Bring a
16-pound bag of Purina
Cat Chow-Indoor dry
food or a case (12 cans or
more) of Friskies canned
food and be entered in
an additional raffle for a
chance to win a Kindle
Fire. Admission is $17 for
adults, $9 for children. All
proceeds directly support
Feline Friends, a 501c3
organization.
S
N
A
P
A P P L I C AT I O N
ASSISTANCE: The Food
Bank provides SNAP
Application Assistance
READ TO ROVER at Chicopee Library. Too
will take place at the Main often people don’t apply
Library, Chidlren’s Room, for the Supplemental
449 Front St., Chicopee on N u t r i t i o n A s s i s t a n c e
Wednesday, April 6 from 4 Program (SNAP), formerto 5 p.m. Read to Rover is ly known as Food Stamps
a program brought to us because they don’t realby K9 for Kids. Children ize they are eligible. You
enjoy reading to trained may be eligible for SNAP
pediatric therapy dogs. even if you are earning
Studies have proven that an income from wages,
reading to therapy dogs Social Security, SSI, and
improves children’s read- Retirement or have money
ing ability. Stanley and in the bank. You could
Sadie provide us with also be eligible if you own
happy times and lots of a home or a car. Want to
wags. Please contact the find out if you’re eligible?
Children’s Room to sign The Food Bank’s SNAP
up, Barbara Pronovost coordinators will be at:
594-1800 ext. 4; bprono- Chicopee Public Library,
[email protected].
449 Front St. on Friday,
April 8 from 1 to 3 p.m. to
BLOOD PRESSURE provide prescreening and
AND
H E A L T H if eligible, help you apply
COUNSELING CLINIC for SNAP.
FOR SENIORS will
take place at the Main
C E LT I C F O L K
L i b r a r y, C o n f e r e n c e R O C K C O N C E R T:
Room, 449 Front St., The Irish Cultural Center
Chicopee on Wednesday, invites you to an eveApril 6 from 10:30 a.m. to ning with The Elders,
noon. Porchlight VNA & one of the most critically
Home Care will provide a acclaimed American Celtic
blood pressure and health folk rock groups tourscreening for senior citi- ing today, back by popuzens. Contact Porchlight lar demand. The Elders
VNA & Home Care, 413- take the stage at 8 p.m.
437-9862.
on Saturday, April 9 at
the Portuguese American
S P A G H E T T I Club, 149 Exchange St.,
S U P P E R : F e l i n e Chicopee. Doors open at
F r i e n d s w i l l h o l d i t s 7 p.m. Tickets are general
third Annual Spaghetti admission, table seating.
Supper on Friday, April Advance tickets are $25,
8, from 5 to 9 p.m. at the and $22 for Irish Cultural
Chicopee Moose Lodge, Center members. All tick2 4 4 F u l l e r R o a d , i n ets are $30 at the door.
Chicopee. Cat lovers of all Visit IrishCenterwne.org
ages are cordially invited to buy tickets online, or
to enjoy an evening of call the ICC at 413-265food, fun and prizes! Din- 2537.
ner includes spaghet-
F.M. PROPERTY SERVICES
LANDSCAPE CONTRACTOR
*Limitations may apply
If you have MassHealth Standard, but do not have Medicare Part A
and/or Part B coverage, you may be eligible to enroll in our MassHealth
Senior Care Options (SCO) program.
For More Information 1-888-566-3526 (Toll-free) TTY/TDD: 711
or visit seniorwholehealth.com/NHC. We are open from 8 AM to 8 PM, 7 days a week.
Senior Whole Health/Senior Whole Health NHC is an HMO SNP plan with a Medicare Advantage contract and a contract with
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts/EOHHS MassHealth program. Enrollment is voluntary and depends on annual contract
renewal. This information is not a complete description of benefits. Contact the plan for more information. Limitations,
copayments, and restrictions may apply. Benefits, formulary, provider network, and pharmacy network may change on January
1 of each year. You must continue to pay your part B premium, if it isn’t already being paid by another party. This plan is available
to anyone 65 or older who has both Medical Assistance from the State and Medicare. H2224_2016_128 Accepted 2/22/2016
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• Spring Cleanups
• Weekly or Bi Weekly Mowing
• Shrub Removal,
Installation & Trimming
• Mulch & Stonework
• Aerating & Overseeding
• Clean Outs & Junk Removal
• And More!
413-262-5260
Since 2001
Fully Insured
Petro’s Restaurant
Breakfast & Lunch
We are family owned with excellent service and mouthwatering food!
We have the BEST ham you can get in town, sliced fresh off the bone!
The BEST Fish & Chips & Seafood in Town!
Fridays 4-7pm ~ Dine-in or Take Out
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