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arts & Ent
community
Schools
community
MAC show
blankets walls
A forum
for poetry
School spirit
alive and well
Mustangs take
over diamond
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April 21, 2016 ❙ Vol. CLXVI, No. 15 ❙ $1.00
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Chamber Choices
Woodland Fire
have been made...
Turley Publications staff photo by Douglas Farmer
A plume of smoke can be seen rising from Woodland Heights beyond Converse Middle School in Palmer Saturday afternoon.
‘Playing with matches’
sets off weekend blaze
Juliet Bacchas (left) and Linda Spelko of Juliet Rose Gallery and Studio put finishing touches on the trophies for the upcoming Chamber Choice program
at their Monson studio.
Trophies to be
presented on Saturday
By Douglas Farmer
Staff Writer
REGION — In anticipation
of the Quaboag Hills Chamber of
Commerce’s “Chamber Choice”
awards program this weekend,
Monson artists Juliet Bacchas and
Linda Spelko have been carving
details about the winners into their
trophies, much as the recipients
have made their imprint on their
communities and region.
The duo, owners of Juliet Rose
Gallery and Studio in Monson, can’t
reveal the winners until Saturday’s
event. Winners in categories including 2016 Citizen of the Year, Teacher of the Year, Business of the Year,
Long-Term Service and Volunteer
of the Year will be announced at
the Cultural Center at Eagle Hill in
Hardwick.
But Bacchas and Spelko said
they do as much research as possible on each individual, business
or group and incorporate a design
about them, as well as something
striking about the New England
landscape in which they live and
work, including historic buildings
and fall foliage.
In recent days, Bacchas and
Spelko were busy shaping the hollow clay tubes, crafted in a circular
design with the mountains of the
Chamber logo inside, set in a base.
They noted they had to incorporate
air holes because of the hollow
pockets inside, but after doing the
project in advance of the program
for the last few years, they have
the process down. Spelko said they
have a folder of artistic elements
from year to year, though they do
try to add different characteristics
of the area each spring.
“The spiral design is symbolic
of the continuity, and the tradition
of people helping people that the
Chamber is all about,” said Bacchas. “We make several sizes of
tubes so the spiral can be continued
in the clay.”
Bacchas and Spelko said they
consider it an honor to prepare the
unique trophies that will be presented to unique individuals.
Nominees for Citizen of the
Year include:
Daniel Flynn of West BrookCHAMBER ❙ page 10
mother’s day
THREE RIVERS
We welcome
letters to Mom
Accusations fly at Prudential Committee
F
or our Thursday, May 5 edition, we are inviting readers to
submit a “Letter to Mom” in
advance of Mother’s Day on Sunday,
May 8. These can be penned to mothers who are both living and passed,
whimsical or emotional, about how
much your mother has meant to you
in your life.
Please submit letters by Monday, May 2 to [email protected]
or Editor Douglas Farmer, The Journal Register, 24 Water St., Palmer,
MA 01069.
tutoring
Tutors use technology to
reach across Pacific
By Wyatt Aloisio
Staff Writer
PALMER — The tutors at Top
Floor Learning in Palmer always
strive to provide their students with
whatever educational help they can
– even those who live half a world
away.
Tutors Carol Blair and Brad
Board to discuss fire
chief’s contract
By Douglas Farmer
Staff Writer
THREE RIVERS — If anyone came to the recent meeting
of the Three Rivers Fire & Water
District Prudential Committee to
hear shouting and accusations,
committee members did not disappoint at their Wednesday, April 13
gathering at the fire station. Much
of the conflict occurred between
Chairman Raymond Domey and
newly appointed member Richard
Pobieglo, with Pobieglo accusing Domey of using district funds
for his own personal agenda, and
Domey responding that Pobieglo
was “making a fool of himself.”
But in the midst of the acrimony were two apparent victories
for Three Rivers Fire Chief Scott
Turner.
After some confusion and
failed motions, came two, 2-01 votes (with Domey abstaining), with the first discontinuing
the practice of Turner making
emergency purchases through a
chief procurement officer for the
district, namely Treasurer Stephen Coache. And perhaps more
significantly was a vote to begin
negotiating with Turner for a new
contract, after his last one ran out
at the end of last year.
Turner has been the subject
of intense scrutiny on a range of
issues in recent months, for purported issues ranging from unauthorized absence from the district
to failing to recruit additional firePRUDENTIAL ❙ page 7
PALMER — According to
Palmer Fire Capt. William Bernat, a
blaze that burned 24 acres of woods
off Woodland Heights in Palmer was
started by a group of kids “playing
with matches.”
The call came in to Palmer Fire
at 1:41 p.m. on Saturday, April 16,
and equipment and personnel responded from Palmer Fire along
with mutual aid from the Three Rivers, Bondsville, Monson, Ware and
Brimfield fire departments. Wilbraham Fire provided station coverage.
“It was not a good place to be
playing with matches because the
wind rushed right against the hill-
side and there was a lot of kindling
around,” said Bernat. Firefighters
on scene called the fire “difficult to
contain” because of the topography
and conditions, with vehicles driving deep into the forest and hoses
stretched between tankers.
Although the smoke could
be smelled throughout downtown
Palmer and even into Monson, the
fire did not damage any homes and
no injuries were reported. The blaze
was contained at about 3:04 p.m.
Palmer Police reportedly did not
expect to file any charges in connection with the fire.
School committee
Schools to move fifth
grade, cut positions
Committee cites
$361,000 budget gap
filled seats and stood in front of book
shelves in the library as the members
of the committee deliberated on proposals for cuts.
School Committee Chairwoman
By Wyatt Aloisio
Andrea Mastalerz remarked about
Staff Writer
the ongoing need for the town to
PALMER — During a packed supply the schools with additional
meeting last week in the library of funds in order for them to move out
the Palmer High School, the Palmer of their “Level 3” status, according
to the state Department of
School Committee voted
Elementary and Secondto approve a budget proary Education, due to poor
posal that will move the
MCAS scores among cerfifth grade to Old Mill
tain groups.
Pond School as well as
“The budget that
reduce the full-time
the school departlibrarian position at
ment
presented
the schools to that
is $361,000 more
of a clerk.
than the town will
The
changes
Do we have an optimal
support,”
said
are among several
budget? No we don’t.
Mastalerz discussthat are set to take
ing the School
place in the wake of
Patricia Gardner
Committee’s meeta $361,000 gap beSuperintendent
ing with the Town
Palmer Public Schools
tween the approved
Council on March
school budget and
28. “However, what
funding
available
through the town’s budget. Dozens wasn’t mentioned is that there is $2.1
of faculty members from the schools
as well as concerned Palmer citizens
SCHOOLS ❙ page 7
“ ”
Education goes global at Top Floor
Sperry, who also serve on the TFL
Board of Directors, have been utilizing the Skype to converse with and
help to teach students from South
Korea for nearly a year with great
success.
Sperry, a former Holyoke Community College and Hampden County Regional Employment Board employee, said that he has come full
circle with his career, having spent
the past eight years volunteering his
time at Top Floor.
Blair has been with the learning center for nearly six years after
working for 34 years at the Monson
Developmental Center prior to its
closing and her own retirement.
Blair said that the correspon-
dence with the three current students
began after tutoring a pathology
student attending Bay Path University who had originally hailed from
Korea. Because the Palmer Public
Library, which houses TFL on the
building’s third story, wasn’t open
on Saturdays when the student was
available, Blair said that she began
using Skype as an alternative means
to connect and teach.
Eventually the same student
mentioned that a friend from Korea was interested in learning to
speak better English and had also
requested to be tutored through the
program. Unable to accommodate
any more students at the time, Blair
approached Sperry to see if he would
be interested in taking on the new
learner from across the globe.
“I had never used Skype before,” said Sperry recounting the
early days of working with his student. “I had my daughter’s old iPad
and I had originally started using it
through that before my computer.”
The Skype program utilizes a
computers camera and microphone
tools so that individuals can speak
with and see each other through a
video feed. Along with being able
to see and hear each other people
can also send digital messages, or in
Sperry and Blair’s case, assignments
utilizing various websites and interactive programs, to one another.
Since August, Sperry had been
teaching one student and also began
teaching another via the method last
December. Blair currently teaches
two students, with one living in
West Springfield and traveling to the
learning center every Tuesday. With
the start of summer she said that they
will begin Skype-ing for lessons
once again.
“It’s a whole different kind of
experience,” said Sperry who noted
that there are often both technical challenges with teaching using
Skype, such as video cutting out or
sound not working, and others not
commonly faced such as that of privacy.
“I’m pretty sure that one time
she was in her bathroom while we
were doing our lesson because that
was the only place that she could
find in her house that was quiet,”
said Sperry. He also said they occasionally deal with his dog and her
cat, and he met “Kelly’s” three-yearold who often waited up to see him
speak with his mother.
Sperry’s first student, “Kelly,” is
a young mother who does her lesson
while her husband is at work. His
second student lives and works with
her mother during the daytime.
The one-hour-long classes,
though taking place in the late afternoon here in the U.S., often take
place at closer to midnight or 1 a.m.
GLOBAL ❙ page 13
April 21, 2016 ❙ THE JOURNAL REGISTER
PAGE Where is it!
MAC show fills rooms with color...
Turley Publications staff
photo by Douglas Farmer
That antique
receptacle can be
found by a historic
structure somewhere
in Monson. Do you
know where it is?
Attendees packed into the Monson House of Art this past Saturday afternoon
for the 23 Annual Monson Arts Council Spring Art Exhibit and Sale in which
over 100 works of art in a variety of media were on display.
MONSON — The Monson
Arts Council 23rd Annual Spring
Art Exhibition and Sale is now underway at the Monson House of
Art, 200 Main St., Monson. Dozens
of locals gathered this past weekend for the show’s opening reception to see 109 featured works of art
on display created by artists from
throughout the region.
Awards and cash prizes were
given to 20 artists in the categories
of painting, photography, fiber arts,
and multi-dimensional, as well as
for categories such as Best in Show,
Committee’s Choice, Outstanding Monson Artist, Best Emerging
Artist, the President’s Award (selected by Monson Savings Bank
President Steve Lowell), and several honorable mentions. Attend-
Town-Wide
Cleanup on
Saturday
MONSON — This year’s Monson Town-Wide Cleanup is scheduled for Saturday, April 23 starting
at 8 a.m. and continuing throughout
the day until 2 p.m.
Monson Boy Scout Troop 168
is organizing activities for the day.
The troop will have bags, gloves and
safety vests available for distribution at the Dave Grieve Park gazebo
from 8 a.m. on for those wishing to
participate. There will also be a large
map of town roads for you to choose
from.
Lunch and goodies (supplied by
Adams IGA Supermarket) will be
provided.
As a reminder, many folks start
their streets the week or so before the
specified date. Call Joanie Simmons
at 413-206-8560 to let the group
know which street you are planning
to do so they can pick up the garbage
bags on April 23.
Support the local
businesses that support
your local newspaper.
Let them know you
saw their ad in the
ees to the opening cast their votes
for the People’s Choice award.
The show will be open to the public
each Saturday and Sunday between
now and Sunday, May 1 with a special Chocolate, Wine and Bluegrass
reception to be held this Saturday,
April 23 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. featuring chocolate from Maureen’s
Sweet Shoppe and music from the
Livestock Bluegrass Band. Additionally, a Poetry Workshop with
Springfield Poet Laureate Maria Luisa Arroya will be held on
Wednesday, April 27 from 6:30 to
8:30 p.m.
Those interested in learning
more about the art show or who
wish to sign up for the poetry workshop can visit http://www.monsonartscouncil.com/index.asp.
Artist Rachel Clark (left) took home first place in the painting category for her
work “Spring Street” which features her younger sister Ellie Clark (right) as
the subject.
Turley Publications staff photos by Wyatt Aloisio
Artist Juliet Bacchas of Juliet Rose Gallery & Studio took home the “Outstanding Monson Artist” as well as an honorable mention for her work “Hearts Not
Hidden.”
‘The History of Antiques in
Brimfield’ presented at PHCC
PALMER — How did one man
with a dream create what would
eventually grow into a large-scale
event that has an impact on much of
Central Massachusetts three times a
year? In her lecture next week, Laurel Prescott will provide a glimpse
of the past and present of the Brimfield Antiques & Collectibles Shows
in words and pictures.
The lecture will held on Tuesday, April 26 at the Palmer Historical & Cultural Center, 2072 Main
St., Three Rivers, beginning with
appraisals from 5 to 6:45 p.m. and
the talk at 7 p.m.
Prescott is the granddaughter
of the late Gordon Reid Sr. and Judith Reid Mathieu, and the niece of
Jill Reid Lukesh, the “Js” of J&J
Promotions in Brimfield. She has
participated in the antique show
operation with her family for more
than three decades. In addition to
helping with the family business,
Prescott has a degree in occupational therapy and is employed by
the Palmer Public Schools, along
with per diem work at Harrington
Memorial Hospital.
As part of the event, PHCC will
have someone on hand to appraise
items “Antiques Roadshow”-style.
Find out what your treasures are
worth with Peter Yvanovich, SPA,
senior professional appraiser, who
has over 25 years expertise as president of New England Inventory and
Appraisal Services.
Admission to the lecture is
free though freewill donations will
be accepted. There is a $10 fee for
each item appraised. Make an appraisal reservation by emailing
[email protected] or by calling 413-289-9295.
The event is being co-sponsored by the PHCC and the Palmer
300th Anniversary Committee.
Monson Rotary celebrates 75 years
MONSON — The Rotary Club
of Monson was established on Feb.
3, 1939 and sponsored by the neighboring Rotary Club of Palmer. On
Sunday, April 24, 2016, Monson
Rotary will officially celebrate its
75th anniversary as an established
club.
An open house and festivities
will be held at the Parish Center
of St. Patrick’s Church, 19 Green
St., Monson, otherwise known as
Columbia Hall from 1 to 4 p.m.
Light refreshments will be served.
Rotary District Governor Kyong
Wilson from District #7890, of
which Monson is a member, will be
in attendance along with state and
local officials and other dignitaries,
including Rotarians from surrounding clubs in both Massachusetts and
Connecticut.
All living Rotary “Citizens of
the Year” for the past 31 years have
also been invited. Historic exhibits,
pictures and videos of the many
activities that this Rotary Club has
been responsible for over the 75
years will be on display for all to
enjoy. Monson Rotarian Jeanne
Bailey of JB Catering will be providing an assortment of refreshments for the occasion.
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Register, it was incorrectly stated
that Holland Police Lt. Patrick
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actually a Marine Corps veteran.
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Housing rehab funds available
PALMER – The town of
Palmer has funding available for
eligible owners of residential property in Bondsville and Thorndike.
Program eligibility is based on
household income and available
equity in the property.
Household incomes must
be below the following limits to
qualify: one-person households,
$46,000; two-person households,
$52,600; three-person households,
$59,150; and four-person households, $65,700. Funding is provided in the form of a deferred payment loan, which is forgiven over
a 15-year period. No repayment is
required unless the property is sold
within 15 years.
The Palmer Housing Improvement Program will fund home re-
pairs such as a new roof, heating
system repairs and replacement,
hot water system repairs and replacement, plumbing repairs, electrical repairs and upgrades, foundation and structural repairs, kitchen
and bathroom repairs, asbestos and
lead paint removal, porch repairs,
ceiling and floor repairs, correction
of previous improper construction
and weatherization efforts.
The Palmer Housing Improvement Program provides funds on
a first-come, first-served basis. To
find out if you are eligible, contact
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Town Meeting
Schedules
PALMER
Thursday, April 21
Open Space and Recreation Plan Advisory
Committee, 11 a.m., Palmer Office Building
Palmer Public Library Board of Directors,
7 p.m., Library
Monday, April 25
Board of Health, 6 p.m., Palmer Office Building
Three Rivers Fire District Bylaw Study
Committee, 7 p.m., Three Rivers Fire Station
Wednesday, April 27
License Commission, 6:30 p.m.,
Palmer Office Building
MONSON
Wednesday, April 27
School Committee (Working Meeting),
6 p.m., Quarry Hill Community School
Scholarship Committee, 7 p.m.,
Town Office Building
School Committee (Regular Meeting),
7 p.m., Quarry Hill Community School
Celebration of rhyme helps library big time...
Palmer Poetry Pageant
draws readers, interest
By Douglas Farmer
Staff Writer
PALMER — The subjects of poems might have ranged from the flowers
growing in the garden to the state of the
cosmos, but all those who read original
or favorite work during the 12th annual
Palmer Public Library Poetry Pageant
shared a common love of the written word
– and rhyming it.
Palmer native and artist Denise Fontaine-Pincince said the event held on
Wednesday, April 13, coincided with National Poetry Month.
“We have 23 readers today, all of
whom made a donation to support the
library,” she said, crediting the effort of
event founder Paul Wisnewski, who was
seated in the audience. “This event is always successful and fun.”
Young Palmer students on up to elder
poets stepped to the podium for their crack
at this year’s theme, “Poems of Praise.”
Students from Old Mill Pond, Converse
Middle, Palmer High and Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical High schools
offered their original poetry, as did both
poets and fans from throughout the region.
Readers included Palmer Public Library Youth Services Librarian Stephanie
Maher; Old Mill Pond School fourthgrader Kayla Andre (sponsored by Jackie
Haley); Converse Middle School student
Madison McHugh (sponsored by Nancy
Bauer); Palmer High School teacher Michael Fuller; PHS students Kyle Tracz
(sponsored by Beers & Story Funeral
Homes) and Maddy Caci and Emma McCloskey (sponsored by Western Mass
Powder Coating); Pathfinder Regional
Vocational Technical High School teacher Catherine Yurkunas; Hannah Wrzesien
Poetry Pageant Chairwoman Denise Fontaine-Pincince introduces this year’s
theme, “Poems of Praise.”
Hannah Wrzesien (left) reads a poem to acknowledge her friend, Hailey Hasenjager
(right).
Youth Services Librarian Stephanie Maher
reads the poem “Delphiniums in a Window
Box” by Dean Young.
PHS teacher Michael Fuller, seen here reciting an original work, was cited as an
inspiration by several other readers at the
Poetry Pageant.
Palmer veterans affairs
PALMER — The following is a listing of local veterans groups and their meetings. All meetings are subject
to rescheduling due to holidays, etc. To submit corrections or add to this information, call Palmer Veterans
Agent Debbie Shilaikis at 283-2610 or email [email protected].
• American Legion Post 130 monthly membership meetings are held at Amvets Post 74 at 2150 Main
St. in Three Rivers the post on Thorndike Street in Palmer
the second Sunday of each month at 11 a.m.
• American Legion Post 130 Ladies Auxiliary
monthly membership meetings are at the post the second Thursday of each month at 6 p.m. Contact Shelley at
[email protected] for more information.
• American Legion Post 241 monthly membership meetings are at the post on 143 Palmer Road in Monson on the first Sunday of each month at 10 a.m. For more
information call “TJ’s” at 267-5570.
• American Legion Post 263 monthly membership meetings are at Hitchcock Free Academy in Brimfield on the second Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m.
For more information, call Commander Bernie Samek at
245-7174.
• Amvets Post 74 monthly membership meetings
are at the post at 2150 Main St. in Three Rivers on the last
Wednesday of each month at 6 p.m. The post number is
283-4518.
• Amvets Post 74 Ladies Auxiliary monthly
membership meetings are at the post on the second
Wednesday of each month at 6:30 p.m.
• Amvets Post 74 Sons of Amvets monthly membership meetings are at the post on the third Wednesday
of each month at 7 p.m.
• Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2596 monthly
membership meetings are held at the Wales Irish Pub on
the third Sunday of each month at 2 p.m. The number is
245-9730.
• Marine Corps League meets at noon on the second Sunday of each month at the American Legion Post
123 in Ware at 45 Maple St. For information call 413967-7349.
Former PHS Principal Bonny Rathbone
reads Edna St. Vincent Millay’s “Portrait
by a Neighbor.”
and Pathfinder senior Hailee Hasenjager;
school nurse Mary Ellen Blanchette; former nurse Sharon Suprenant; Ralph Ingersoll (sponsored by Beers & Story); Heather Marais, co-pastor with her husband
Ron Russis reads a poem he called “an
homage to the land” or “Ancestral Ties.”
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5K RACE AND WALK
April 30, 2016
Race starts at 9am
Register online at www.BrimfieldTrail.org
5K loop on gravel based trail, mostly flat with varied terrain.
Free t-shirt for first 75 registrants!
Start/Finish Location: Five Bridge Road, Brimfield, MA
Entry Fee: $20 if registered by April 16. $25 day of race.
eran Peggy Griswold; Cathlene Cahalane
(sponsored by Fontaine-Pincince); Interactive Schoolhouse founder Nancy Roy;
Stephanie Baird; poet Ron Russis; Monson Arts Council Secretary Gay Paluch;
Florence poet Jim Laurila; and former
PHS Principal Bonny Rathbone.
A number of the readers had personal
stories to share.
“I grew up in Palmer and four generations of my family live here,” said Nancy
Roy. “My parents recently celebrated their
72nd anniversary and I recently produced
a play in honor of my father.”
Meanwhile, Peggy Griswold related
her evolving understanding of the famous
poem “The Road Not Taken”
by Robert Frost.
“At first I thought of
the poem as a celebration,
then more of a lament,”
she said. “But I have had
the experience of being
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Stephanie Baird, a private psychotherapist
who enjoys writing and poetry, reads from
a book titled, “So I talk and talk and work
to try and fill the emptiness.”
both a nurse and a computer specialist, so
I’ve been able to take both roads in my
life, which not a lot of people can say.”
Fontaine-Pincince thanked all the
readers, as well as the large audience that
assembled in the library’s community
room last week.
Local establishments also donated
raffle prizes for the Poetry Pageant, including Pinocchio’s Ristorante, Steaming
Tender Restaurant, Day & Night Diner,
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feature has been added to the Facebook
page of The Journal Register, namely a
weekly reader poll. Readers will be able to
visit the page and answer a multiple choice question
on an important issue in town. These questions may
or may not stem from our top stories of the week,
but we hope the poll will generate interest. You will
also be able to view percentages of respondents answering one way or another.
This week, we reported on the plan in the
Palmer Public Schools to reduce certified library
teacher positions to library clerks. So our question
to readers this week is: “Do you believe certification should be required for school library staff?”
We look forward to your answers.
Our question to our readers last week was:
“Are you concerned with people your children have
made contact with online?” One hundred percent
answered no. Thanks for voting.
Time to talk
future is now
K
eep the doors open or shut them permanently? That is the question that will be
facing the Palmer community when it
comes to the fate of Converse Middle School in
the coming years. A scenario that has drawn much
consternation among families and residents in the
recent past must now be front and center once
again.
Just because it has not yet been publicly stated that this is so in some circles, does not make
the fate of the school, beloved by many of its faculty, any less uncertain. The time for niceties is
over and the time for frank talk of the future has
begun.
The shuffling of positions and reconfiguration
of duties to fill a budget deficit in the Palmer Public
Schools in the hundreds of thousands of dollars was
clearly unavoidable. At the meeting of the Palmer
School Committee last week, committee members
voted to approve a variety of changes to bridge the
gap between figures provided in the budgets of the
schools and that of the Town Council. A number
of these were met with criticism, including the reduction of certified librarian teacher positions to
library clerks in all three Palmer schools and the
elimination of bus transportation for the popular
Cougar’s Den afterschool program.
Surprisingly little public debate, however,
seems to have revolved around the administration’s plan to move the fifth-grade from Converse
Middle to Old Mill Pond School. School officials
have justified this approach, which they said would
allow for the maintenance of certain positions and
programming in the schools’ $15.5 million projected budget for next year. It should not be ignored that the move of an entire group of students
out of the confines of an aging building that faces
significant capital needs might just be sealing its
fate. Structural issues in the school’s auditorium,
the subject of an ongoing feasibility study, could
very well bring the issue to a head: Will thousands
of dollars be spent there, or elsewhere?
For his part, Palmer Public Schools Business
Manager Brad Brothers said that there is no current discussion to close the school, but that with
the district at a financial crossroads, the possibility will very much be on the table during next
year’s budget discussion. Underlying all of this,
of course, is the steadily declining enrollment in
Palmer schools. According to figures from the state
Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, the “Foundation Enrollment” in Palmer – all
students who reside in Palmer, excludes Pathfinder but including those who opt out through School
Choice – declined from a high point of 2,177 in
the 2000-2001 fiscal year to 1,501 this year. It will
be up to the district, and the town and its taxpayers
as a whole, to decide the best way to educate those
that remain, and where they will teach them.
What do you think? Email your thoughts to
[email protected].
Honor Earth Day
by starting a
compost pile
O
n April 22, we will observe Earth Day. Since
1970, this holiday serves to mark the beginning of the “modern environmental movement.” Earth Day founder Gaylord Nelson, then a senator from Wisconsin, proposed a
day of nationwide protest to put
in the
the environment on the forefront
GaRden
of our national agenda. Most
agree that his plan was a step
in the right direction! Yes, 2016
brings with it its own headlines,
and sometimes you or I wonder
what we can do on a local level
to help the cause. With billions of
Roberta
pounds of food waste thrown into
McQuaid
our landfills each year, a simple
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solution might be to start a compost pile.
It’s easier than you might
think to make your own compost. Most of us have an
adequate amount of kitchen scraps and yard waste on
hand to generate enough for a small garden. There are
numerous books on the subject that go into amazing
detail on what to include and what not to include in
your compost pile. Simply speaking, your goal is to
combine nitrogen rich ingredients and carbon rich
ingredients together so that they decompose to form
compost. Think of yard waste and garden debris in
terms of “green” for nitrogen and “brown” for carbon. Grass clippings, kitchen waste and freshly fallen
leaves, and weed plants (none with seeds, please) are
considered green, whereas pine needles, dried corn
stalks, and dried leaves are in the brown category.
Make alternating layers of these ingredients to form
a pile at least three-feet tall by three-feet wide. Add
a shovelful of finished compost or garden soil to the
pile every now and then to inoculate it with beneficial
bacteria and fungi.
Once you have completed the layering process
you can either let it sit a year until next spring, called
“lazy man’s compost,” or tend to it on a regular basis
and end up with the finished product in a couple of
months or less. This will involve watching the pile’s
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2016 Turley
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Letters to the Editor
Opposed to rattlesnakes at Quabbin
To the editor:
Although I’m usually in favor
of Mass Audubon, etc., I must disagree with their support of Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and
Wildlife’s decision to introduce
timber rattlesnakes on Mt. Zion at
Quabbin Reservoir. Depending on
the weather, I consider myself an
avid fisherman of the reservoir (I
usually fish on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays).
Being along in years, remaining on the water without relief for
seven hours is nearly impossible.
Thankfully, MDC has placed Sanicans in strategic locations for such
purposes. One of those Sani-cans
is located on Mt. Zion. These Sani-
cans, of course, must be serviced
and their locations provide for
such servicing. One might wonder
how this particular can is serviced,
being on an island. That’s because
Mt. Zion is not actually an island,
although the support letter continuously makes reference to Mt. Zion
island and it being “off limits to the
public.”
As defined by Webster, an “island” is a track of land surrounded
by water. Having been out of town
for several months, I have not been
privy to all the articles pertaining to
this issue. Of those that I have read,
none have mentioned the fact that
Mt. Zion is connected to the main
land by the baffle dams. I have often witnessed deer, otters and other
wildlife crossing the dam, along
with Division of Conservation &
Recreation trucks, and of course
the Sani-can service truck. Articles
often mention the swimming capabilities of the timber rattlesnake.
The snakes wouldn’t have to swim.
They could just slither across the
dam, or even hitch a ride on the
“honey truck.”
Before closing, I must take exception to the letter writer’s comparison of the bald eagle restoration program with the introduction
of rattlesnakes. This is the epitome
of comparing apples to oranges. I
have never heard of anyone ever
being attacked by an eagle or the
raptor posing a threat. If the letter writer would take the time to
examine the path to the Sani-can,
they would find it extremely thick
with underbrush and leaves. Even
with the ample warning of a timber rattler, at 72 years, I certainly
would not have the speed to elude
the venom. On the plus side, it
would negate the need for the use
of the Sani-can. In addition, it
should be noted that the eagles and
the snakes would be competing for
the same food source.
Should the writers truly believe
the timber rattlesnake deserves a
home in the Commonwealth, perhaps they should provide one in
their backyards.
Paul C. Laflamme
Monson
School libraries provide 21st Century skills
Part II
ful researchers, ethical users of information,
to instill a love of learning in all students and
ensure equitable access to information, to colhat is the most valuable thing in your
laborate with classroom teachers to design and
wallet? Former First Lady Laura
implement units of instruction, to assess stuBush answered, “I have found the
dent learning and align the school library promost valuable thing in my wallet is my library
gram with the mission, goals, and objectives of
card.” In part I of this article, I shared my conthe district.
cerns regarding the potential replacement of a
During the months of
certified teacher librarian
March and April, the liwith library clerks in our
brary media center at PHS
public school libraries as
was scheduled for 58 perone measure of reducing the
cent of the available blocks
proposed 2016-2017 budget
for class research projects,
for the Palmer school disdata searches, supportive
trict. The major points in
projects, reading promotion
Beth Zelazo
Part II will focus on the difactivities, special education
ferent job descriptions and
English research project,
job goals for each of these
AP boot camps, honors bipositions and the impact this would directly
ology, and School to Career presentations. The
have on our high school students.
subject areas included math, science, English,
The job goal for a library clerk position
history and music in all grade levels. In this
within the Palmer School district is “to provide
time period, school vacation week and Good
a well-organized, smoothly functioning media
Friday occurred. If these were two full school
center environment in which teachers and stumonths, the percentage usage would be higher.
dents can take full advantage of available reThe 58 percent does not include the unschedsources.” The education, work experience and
uled requests by staff for assistance with AV
licensure of an applicant is expected to be a
equipment, overseeing school to career interns,
high school diploma, G.E.D., or equivalent, at
processing new resources for disseminating out
least two years of prior experience as a library
into the school, corresponding with vendors,
clerk. Preferably, the district would like the apcollaborating with teachers on future lessons/
plicant to have at least five years of prior exprojects and a multitude of other smaller deperience as a library clerk. Special knowledge/
tails that normally would be handled by a liabilities for this position include strong interbrary clerk except no position exists at PHS.
personal and customer service skills. A proTherefore, our library teacher is performing
ficiency in typing and other secretarial skills,
all duties and responsibilities associated with
including bookkeeping. Applicant must have a
keeping our library center the hub of activity
working knowledge of basic office procedures
and knowledge.
and the operations of common office equipReplacing a library teacher with a library
ment and machines. The ability to work well
clerk would mean no more research instructions
with numerous departments and agencies and
with the latest methods being employed in inwork independently is important. Being fluent
stitutions of higher learning. We would lose our
in Microsoft Word along with comprehending
status in CWMARS and our ability to be part
verbal and written instructions closes out this
of sharing resources. Classroom teachers will
portion of the job description.
lose the support services when they bring their
The qualifications for a library teacher is
classes to the library media center. Our school
“a highly qualified candidate with state cerdistrict would have no professionally trained
tification as a school librarian, completed a
personnel to maintain the 25,000-plus titles in
teacher preparation program/education degree,
the library collections including weeding and
and hold a master’s degree from a program acupdating.
credited by the American Library Association
School library teachers provide our youth
or from a master’s level program in library and
with the skills they need to choose, interpret,
information studies.” The job goals are to encreate and communicate thoughts in engaging
sure that students and staff are effective users
ways with developing technologies, readying
of ideas and information, empower students to
students for the demands of a global economy
be critical thinkers, enthusiastic readers, skilland the workplace of the 21st century. Matthew
W
GUEST
columnist
Barrett, former chairman of Bank of Montreal
states, “Just as success in the Industrial Age depended on a school system that taught us how
to read and write, add and subtract; our success
in the Information Age depends on a school
system that teaches us how to manage information, utilize technologies, innovate and above
all – think.” This is what a library teacher will
provide not a library clerk.
Please don’t misunderstand me. I am not
underestimating or devaluing the work of library clerks. They are the support staff that
frees up the library teacher to directly interact,
engage, educate and encourage students toward
the skills to which Mr. Barrett speaks. Their
role, as that of a para, is to come alongside
the highly qualified library teacher and cooperatively further the goals of the school library
program. Would you hire an apprentice to build
without the master builder being present?
Our libraries are more than just books. Our
public library is the center of downtown Palmer. The three libraries in our schools are located
in the center or the heart of each building. Coincidence? I beg to differ. I believe they have
been strategically located there to demonstrate
what the town of Palmer values – knowledge.
For knowledge is power. If the school budget
cannot afford to staff a library teacher in each
library, we have to at least give our high school
students who are the closest to embarking out
from under their parents’ watchful eyes, leaving
the supportive, guiding hand of their teachers
and traveling from the comforts of their village,
the knowledge gained from having a qualified
certified teacher librarian who can guide them
into the 21st century information world.
Since the writing of Part I and Part II, the
Palmer School Committee voted on April 13 to
accept proposal #1 of three proposals for the
2016-2017 school budget. In this proposal, the
PHS library teacher position will be eliminated
and replaced with a library clerk. The School
Committee was quick to say they would consider reinstating any of the eliminated essential
services when state figures are confirmed possibly allowing more funds to be made available
to the town. The Town Council could also appropriate funds from the $2.1 million free cash
account to the school budget. These possibilities give a small ray of hope for our students
and an opportunity for you to petition the council to make education a top priority by investing a portion of the free cash into the future
– our students.
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In honor of Patriots’ Day...
Concord: A Springtide Address
Concord River in the rising Spring, Knee deep in the song of the flood;
History has been carried through these fields;
And the Mothers blood the drum beat moved.
Onward, long ago under the bridge to the sea.
When Patriot muskets supported freedoms
cause:
To keep the Earth was the destiny,
In response to ancient laws.
Dear river, the past comes back again,
Each year as it has before;
Those that assemble upon the green banks,
Come in remembrance of what others bore.
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To live ever – and its life to bring:
Harmony around the land for as long
As Concord flows and rushing voices sing.
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25 YEARS AGO
which was a tremendous success last
year, will fall into four categories:
Entertainment put on by both the elementary and high school music departments under the direction of Mr.
Weeks and Mrs. Baker; Sock Hop
in the gym, in charge of Mrs. Vincent O’Malley, chairman, and Mrs.
Thomas Turley, co-chairman; Games
of Chance, with Joseph Gralenski,
chairman; Booths, for which Mrs.
Denniss is chairman.
FROM THE PAGES OF THE
JOURNAL REGISTER THIS
WEEK IN 1991...
Palmer:
Superintendent of
Schools James Pasquill wants to reduce transportation costs throughout
the school system, and students, particularly those in the Three Rivers
and Thorndike areas may be walking
to school next year. However, the
School Committee has not yet made
any final decision…they still want a
study on just who would be walking
from where under the proposed recommendation that all who live one
and one-half miles from the school,
whether it be the K-4, middle school
or high school. The current mileage
limits are one-half mile for kindergarten, one mile for grades one through
eight, and one and one-half for high
school. Pasquill wants the one and
one-half mile distance placed on all
students. He also requested that the
committee give the administration
“…the latitude to set up centralized
bus stops so that buses do not stop at
every door. Doing this would reduce
transportation time, mileage, and gasoline usage and should consequently
result in overall savings.” The school
committee chairman couldn’t buy the
recommendation, especially for kindergarten and first graders, at least.
“It’s been our town’s history that
we’ve always had safe transportation
for the school children…”
Monson: It came with a bang,
but may go out with a whimper.
The largest subdivisions planned
for Monson…the 55-unit Hunter’s
Crossing Project off Stafford Hollow
Road—stands in danger of having its
approval rescinded. The planning
board will hold a public hearing April
30 in Town Hall to discuss what action, if any, to take on the subdivision
permit because of the developers’
failure to complete the project two
years after initial approval was granted. Planning Board Chairman Craig
Sweitzer said that his group would
look at the inactive status of the proposed subdivision in light of relevant
town bylaws and state statutes.
Palmer: It isn’t every day that
mom comes home from a war zone,
GARDEN
100 YEARS AGO
PALMER JOURNAL THIS
WEEK IN 1916...
FROM THE PAGES OF THE PALMER JOURNAL REGISTER THIS WEEK IN 1966:
The groundbreaking of the new library at Monson Academy was announced.
and goes to school to entertain the
classmates of her two children at
Three Rivers Grammar School. That
was what Kathleen Voiland did this
past week after she returned as a
medic with the 74th Aeromedical
Evacuation Squadron in the Kuwait
area for the past seven and one half
weeks. The Air Force medic showed
the youngsters various photos taken
in the war-zone, and explained to
them the difference between the land
war and the air war.
PALMER JOURNAL REGISTER
THIS WEEK IN 1966...
Monson: Construction of the
new Monson Academy school library will get underway with groundbreaking ceremonies on May 14, Dr.
George E. Rogers, headmaster, announced this week. Dr. Rogers said
that the long-awaited library, a project of the academy’s alumni association, should be ready for occupancy
by late September, and will be available for the fall term. Estimated cost
is $35,000. Special invitations to the
school’s alumni have been issued to
be on hand for the ceremonies, which
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additional fertilizers
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just mix those same
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will be followed by a luncheon at
Holmbrook Hall and an alumni association meeting. The new library
will go up next to the school’s Alumni Hall, largest classroom building at
Monson Academy. It will measure
48 x 28 feet and will be located on
two levels, housing 10,000 volumes.
Members of the alumni association
have worked constantly for over a
year to make the new library possible.
Monson: Pioneer Valley Cablevision Inc., will begin home
hookups in Monson in early May,
Operations Director Edward English
reported today. Progress has been on
schedule and 22 street miles of supporting strand and cable have been
installed with splicing 75 percent
complete as of today, English said.
More than 800 utility poles were utilized in the work. Electricity has been
connected to the Hovey Hill antenna
site, with antennas and electronic
equipment installed this week. The
antenna building and tower structure
were completed in the fall.
Palmer: The Second Annual
Spring Fair of the Palmer Teachers’
Organization will be held on May
27th, under the chairmanship of Mrs.
Paul Brouillette with Mrs. Homer
Denniss as co-chairman. The fair,
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FROM THE PAGES OF THE PALMER JOURNAL THIS WEEK IN 1916: Advertisement for Mellax, a product for making jelly, available at Taylor’s Store in
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Area: Protest against the cruel
practice of presenting children with
live chicks, recently hatched, at Easter time is being made by the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals. The organization is also trying to stop the custom
of taking young chickens and stuffing
them for the purpose of making Easter
presents. In the past few years it has
been customary in many sections to
sell stuffed chicks, mounted on pedestals. It is estimated that thousands
of these are sold every year. Editorial: The strike of transit workers
which virtually paralyzed New York,
a city which is absolutely dependent
on the public transportation system,
was an example of union arrogance
and disregard of the public interest
to an almost unbelievable degree.
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railroad strike. The question is not
whether the transit or railroad workers had just grievances. If they did,
there are established ways for bringing about correction. The question
is whether the country can continue
to allow a few labor leaders, wielding enormous and arbitrary powers,
to bring on havoc if and when they
choose.
Humor: What is the difference
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and a ham sandwich? One has seen
the mist, the other has missed the
scene. Do you want to know where
the ham sandwich comes in? Well,
that’s where you bite.
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PAGE Association stays
on the trail
Local legend keeps racing, inspiring others
Hoyt reflects on life of
challenges, adventure
The trust and patience between Adams and Hoyt is evident as they work
together in order to communicates
Rick’s thoughts and ideas.
Rick is a man of few words, but
By Sloane M. Perron
Staff Writer
STURBRIDGE – Two hundred
fifty-five triathlons, six ironman
races, and 72 Boston Marathons are
just a few of the over 1,000 races that
have been completed by Dick and
Rick Hoyt.
For decades this father and son
team have universally inspired others
through their Team Hoyt slogan “Yes
You Can.” This message is especially
meaningful to the family since Rick
was diagnosed as being a spastic
quadriplegic due to oxygen deprivation at the time of his birth.
Despite the fact that Rick can
neither walk or talk, his family was
determined to include him in everything they did. In 1977, Rick wanted
to participate in his first race, a fivemile benefit race for a lacrosse player
who had been recently paralyzed in a
car accident. Dick pushed Rick in his
wheelchair as they completed it and
the rest is history as the Hoyts became local celebrities at races and are
now a staple at the Boston Marathon
each year.
In 2014, Team Hoyt faced a
major change as Dick Hoyt retired
from major racing events with team
member Bryan Lyons taking up the
legendary “torch” and pushing Rick
at the Boston Marathon. Now 54,
Rick Hoyt lives in his own apartment
in Fiskdale. On April 12, he shared
some of thoughts on life, racing, and
the enduring message of “Yes You
Can.”
Rick is completely non-verbal.
As a result, in order to communicate
he relies on a system called the “Russell Method,” so named for his brother who created the process. Mike Adams, Rick’s personal care attendant
for eight years, explained the system.
Adams sits down with a pad of paper
and a pen and asks which vowel Rick
wants, A, E, I, O, or U. Due to Rick’s
physical limitations, he can only
slightly nod and move his shoulders.
When Adams says the correct vowel
Rick then motions to indicate that the
correct vowel was guessed.
For example, if Rick selected the
letter “I” then Adams asks if “I” is in
the first word. If Rick indicates that
“I” is not the first letter in the word,
then Adams knows that the first letter falls between “I” and “O” meaning it is J, K, L, M, or N. Like an
ultimate game of Wheel of Fortune,
this tedious process continues until
Adams either guesses the right words
or until Rick spells them completely
out for him. Sometimes Rick may
want to rephrase something or a new
thought pops up, at which point Adams has to restart the process all over
again. After eight years together, Adams understands the most subtle of
Rick’s movements and expressions.
Runners to stop off on
annual 5K
By Wyatt Aloisio
Staff Writer
Rick Hoyt, 54,
who is a spastic
quadriplegic,
has participated
in over a 1,000
races with his
father Dick.
that does not lessen the impact of his
statements. When asked how his perspective on life and his condition has
changed throughout the years, Rick
answered, “I became a role model.”
Adams agreed with Rick’s statement
saying that when Rick is in Boston
for the marathon, he is surrounded
by fans. “They all want their pictures
with Rick,” Adams said, and not surprisingly parents with children in
wheelchairs are eager to meet Rick.
The Hoyts’ story of perseverance is so well known that a bronze
statue was built in Hopkinton depicting Dick pushing Rick in his special
racing chair.
The slogan of Team Hoyt is “Yes
You Can.” To Rick, this message is
vitally important. “Anybody can do
anything,” he said. Rick has traveled
the world and participated in more
marathons than many able-bodied individuals. According to Adams, Rick
participates in races almost every
weekend, his schedule only quieting
down in the winter months.
However, even with all of Rick’s
accomplishments, he sometimes
faces general misconceptions. Rick
was asked to describe some of the
misconceptions he has to deal with to
which he replied, “Some people don’t
believe I have a brain.” This is in spite
of the fact that in 1993, Rick graduated from Boston University with a
degree in special education. “Over
the years it has become better,” he
said. According to Adams, Rick and
his father give motivational speeches
and presentations in schools throughout the area in order to relay the importance of acceptance.
Regardless of where else in the
world he has raced, the Boston Mara-
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A quilt of mementos from Rick Hoyt’s races.
A banner from a race that Team Hoyt ran in Japan.
thon remains Rick’s favorite race.
When the Hoyts race at the Boston
Marathon, Adams said they are surrounded by fans. “I can always hear
when they are coming a quarter mile
away, I can hear the screams [of supporters] when they announce that they
[Team Hoyt] are coming,” he said.
In 2013, Dick Hoyt planned to
run his last Boston Marathon with
Rick. However, the Boston Marathon bombings occurred, ending the
race in its chaos. However in 2014,
the Hoyts came back to run again and
participate in “Boston Strong.”
“I believe the bombing made me
stronger,” Rick said. Dick retired
from running in the Boston Marathon
but still continues to push Rick in
smaller five-mile races.
Racing is Rick’s favorite activity,
he said, because when he is running
he does not feel handicapped. However, if Rick could choose between
walking or talking, he said he would
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MONSON — Mary F. Watson,
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that nomination papers are now
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prefer having the ability to communicate with others.
Throughout the years Rick has
met a variety of sports icons, politicians and fans. However, Rick answered that out of all the people he
met, his favorite was President Ronald Reagan. After seeing the Hoyts on
television, Reagan invited father and
son to his office in California. A picture of the once-in-a lifetime meeting
proudly hangs in Rick’s apartment.
The Boston Marathon is the
oldest annual marathon and brings
together athletes from all over the
globe. This year, another timeless
tradition will take place as Rick
Hoyt takes part in the race, this time
pushed by Bryan Lyons, who heads
the Hoyt Foundation, instead of his
father. The inspirational story of Rick
and Dick has motivated other Team
Hoyt groups to form throughout New
England, California and Canada.
BRIMFIELD — Spring has
arrived, as evidenced by the runners who will soon set the pace
during what has become a tradition
in Brimfield.
On Saturday morning, April
30 the Brimfield Trail Association
will be hosting its eighth annual
Brimfield Trail 5K Race and Walk
sponsored by Country Bank.
Trail Association President
Robert Mahlert said that the gathering is one of the most popular
ones hosted by the group, drawing
in an average of 100 participants
and earning them around $2,000 in
fundraising profits, more than half
of the association’s budget.
Beginning at 9 a.m. on race
day, participants in the event will
gather at the starting line located
this year at the field on the corner
of Five Bridge Road and Holland
Road, roughly half a mile from the
trailhead. The race will follow the
same designated course as in past
years, and this year will accommodate walkers as well who will
follow the separate Lake Siog Trail
instead of the main race course.
An offshoot of the Brimfield
Trail Committee, the Trails Association is a designated nonprofit
that still works closely with the
committee but is able to apply for
grants and funds for the benefit of
the trail systems and other public
lands in the town of Brimfield.
“The trail system we’ve worked
on for almost a decade has become
a great community resource,” said
Paul Adams, director-at-large of
the Trails Association. “The race is
one of several ways we raise money for ongoing maintenance and to
advance our plans to connect it to
the Sturbridge-Southbridge trails
to our east and – eventually - to
Palmer in the west.”
The 2.8-mile-long Brimfield
trail, comprised mostly of flat gravel with some varied terrain, has
been regarded by both residents in
town and local legislators as one
of the best maintained, safest, and
scenic trails in the region. The trail
is laid over a former trolley rail
bed which at one point stretched
from Springfield to Sturbridge and
is also a section of the so-called
“Titanic Rail Trail” planned from
Palmer to Franklin, though plans
were scrapped.
The U.S. Army Corps or Engineers also assist in helping to
maintain the trail which is located
on land managed by the Corps as
part of the Quinebaug River flood
control area.
Mahlert said that over the years
the association has worked to purchase gravel and informational brochures for the trails in Brimfield. In
addition to their work in town the
group also sponsors several workdays within the town of Holland for
their trail systems as well.
“Volunteers help spread material during work days and we usually have a few each year,” said
Mahlert. “The amount of work
days really depends on what’s going on.”
“Last year we finished the
gravel on a trail connecting to Holland and that took two workdays.
We have a great group of volunteers that bring tractors and dump
trucks,” said Mahlert.
Mahlert credits the association’s success in holding the race
each year to the consistent sponsorship offered by Country Bank and
the work done by the volunteers.
This year the association will
be utilizing funds earned from last
year’s race to install trail signage,
which Mahlert said should be up
and ready for the public as early
as this week. The group is also
currently working on writing for
grants for the purpose of finalizing
surface work on several sections of
the Grand Trunk Rail Trail.
The race will be held rain or
shine with registration on site beginning at 8 a.m. The price of admission for runners ages 18 and under is $20 and $25 for those 18 and
older. For more information about
the Brimfield trail, to find out more
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PALMER — Carolyn Baldyga, the
town of Palmer’s tax collector, would
like to remind all taxpayers that fiscal
year 2015-2016, fourth quarter real estate and personal property tax bills are
due and payable by Monday, May 2.
The tax collector’s office, located in
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fighters.
While Prudential Committee member Donald Reim hesitated to enter negotiations initially, he said it was time
the committee sat down with Turner “to
talk it over.”
“In the three-year contract we had
with him, we were supposed to review
him every year to tell him what he was
doing wrong and what he was doing
right,” said Reim. “We violated that.”
After both votes, many in the room
applauded, at which point Domey bristled.
“This is a public meeting but if you
insist on applauding, you will be asked
to leave,” he said.
Not so successful were motions by
Pobieglo to sever financial obligations
the district had with Sara Rossman, an
independent paralegal that has been
working with the Prudential Committee, as well as with the law firm Mirick
O’Connell in Worcester, which has been
helping to defend the district from a lawsuit filed earlier this year to overturn the
last district election.
That lawsuit, filed on behalf of
Three Rivers resident Philip Dalessio,
accuses Domey, in particular, of illegally distributing absentee ballots to ensure
his victory.
“We’ve spent $60,000 in the last
few years on lawyers and our budget is
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Call the collector’s office at 2832601 with any questions pertaining to
tax payments. Office hours are Monday,
8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Tuesday through
Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The office is closed on Friday.
$15,000,” said Pobieglo. “This has to
stop.”
Domey responded that, “This is an
obligation that we have to pay, and the
district was mentioned in the lawsuit,
not just me.”
Pobieglo also accused Domey of
using district funds for his own personal
gain, charging for the use of an office in
his home, though Domey said the practice had been discontinued in February.
“Your mouth is going to get you in
trouble,” said Domey, to which Pobieglo
responded, “I don’t appreciate being
threatened.”
And Domey and Turner sparred
during the meeting, related to a fire in
Thorndike to which Three Rivers firefighters responded. Turner complained
that his firefighters were never paid for
their time, even though the incident happened over a year ago.
“I never saw a breakdown of who
was being paid and for what,” said Domey, though Turner said he had supplied
the information.
“Can’t you accept responsibility
that maybe you didn’t do something?”
asked Domey.
Turner fired back, “No, because I
did.”
At presstime, Turner said he had not
yet been contacted about negotiations
for a new contract.
Property the subject of neighbor, town complaint
Cleanup has begun on
Old Warren Road
“Joe has a legitimate gripe
and it is a mess down there,” said
Mitchell.
Griffin said she would not
comment on the matter, other than
to say, “I’m good with the Department of Public Health and I’m
good with my goats.”
Taylor said that he complained to both Palmer’s animal
control officer, Wendy LeSage,
and the Massachusetts Society for
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals,
but they have not acted.
For their part, LeSage and
Christine Allenberg, a law enforcement officer with the MSP-
By Douglas Farmer
Staff Writer
PALMER — The state of a
property on Old Warren Road has
caused neighbors to speak out, and
the Palmer Board of Health to issue an order to clean it up. Meanwhile, the resident has defended
herself, and town officials have
confirmed that some rubbish has
been taken away in recent days.
Palmer Health Agent Joshua
Mathieu said that a Feb. 29 list of
potential health violations sent to
Suzanne Griffin of 238 Old Warren Road are in the hands of the
town’s attorney, and could potentially be brought to Housing
Court.
“I do understand that some
cleanup has occurred,” he said.
“We do try to give people time,
and then we will inspect again.”
In recent months, Joseph Taylor, a resident of 242 Old Warren
Road, began making his concerns
public to both town officials and
local media, citing the piling of
rubbish near his property line, as
well as what he regarded as the
neglect of four goats that are currently housed there.
“I was friends with the previous owners, but there are problems
with the person who lives there
now,” he said. “It looks like the
goats might be going days without hay and water, and they need
something. There is filth there,
and where there are animals there
will be rats.”
A friend and nearby resident,
Jim Mitchell – who lives adjacent
to Burleigh Park – said he sympathizes with Taylor’s situation, and
referenced a public dispute that
Griffin and her late husband had
with the town of Agawam over
their keeping of goats.
Turley Publications staff photo
by Douglas Farmer
A goat looks out from behind a fence
on an Old Warren Road property.
Turley Publications photo courtesy of Palmer Board of Health
Refuse is hauled away in a trailer.
CA, have said that the animals
themselves seem to be healthy.
“The laws about cruelty to
animals are very specific,” said
Allenburg. “I look at the condition of the animal and they seem
to be happy and there is food for
them. Everybody has a different
idea about how animals should be
cared for. The issue in Agawam
was more of a zoning dispute than
it was a cruelty issue.”
But the Feb. 29 letter from
Mathieu to Griffin cited conditions on the property following an
inspection, including the accumulation of garbage strewn garbage
on the land, and the keeping of
junk in public view.
A public hearing before the
Board of Health was presented as
an option, though Mathieu said no
such meeting was ever requested.
“The owner must clear the
property or all debris and the
property must be maintained in
a clean and sanitary condition in
accordance with the state sanitary
code,” read the letter. “You are
hereby ordered to correct these
violations within 30 days.”
While the 30-day deadline
has passed, Mathieu said he hopes
the problems will be corrected.
“There has been some material hauled out of there,” said
Mathieu this week. “If I inspect
again and there is enough change
to bring it into compliance, then
the matter will be resolved. That
remains to be seen.”
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million available in free cash. This
money is to be used at the discretion
of the Town Council for emergencies. Our district is a Level 3. We are
at a critical crossroads, the additional
funding would provide the education
for our children, our future, they deserve. The ‘rainy day’ is here!”
Presently the schools are set to
receive approximately $15.5 million
from town revenues for next year’s
budget.
Mastalerz commented that much
contemplation had gone into this
year’s budget process by the council
as well as the school’s administration, but that the state’s budget process was just starting. Mastalerz said
and that she hoped that between now
and June additional funding from either the state or the town could be
procured and that dialogue would
continue with the Town Council.
“We are as frustrated as all of
you, however, we do need to move
forward,” said Mastalerz.
A presentation given by Palmer
Public Schools Business Manager
Brad Brothers showcasing the addi-
tions and reductions that will occur
assuming numbers don’t change.
In the proposal that was approved, major changes included
moving Grade 5 from Converse Middle School to Old Mill Pond School,
which will allow the schools to keep
a number of proposed new positions
within the budget, the elimination
of team leaders, directors of service
and department heads, and the elimination of the librarian positions at all
three schools (roughly $49,671 per
position), reducing them to library
clerk positions.
School officials said the transition process for the grade 5 teachers
had to begin now.
Palmer High School librarian
Elaine Fuller came forward to advocate for keeping the library media
specialist and teacher position, discussing the common misconceptions
about the position and the library itself. She said these included the belief that the library no longer being
used for research, that no one checks
books out anymore, and that the library teacher can be replaced by a
clerk.
Fuller noted the importance of
having a certified librarian to access
the Massachusetts Library System,
borrowing program service, a resource that allows the Palmer Public Schools to access resources from
other libraries.
Palmer High School English
teacher Jennifer McCarthy, as well
as PHS student Cyenna Hershey,
editor of the school newspaper, The
Paw Print, both came forward to attest to the need for having a library
teacher position present within the
school.
“I transferred from the English
department seven years ago because I saw a teaching opportunity
here,” said Fuller. “They pay me as
a teacher because I am a teacher. You
would be foolish to put my skills it
a small room for remedial reading
when you’re paying me this kind of
money.”
During his presentation, Brothers included the possibility of looking at a district-wide librarian for the
school, however clerk positions for
all three schools would still be needed and the cost of the position would
require other reductions, he said.
Brothers said that the schools
have been in touch with the Palmer
Public Library and are working to
find possible solutions in filling various services for the students through
a partnership.
James Ostrout, director of Cougars Den, Converse Middle School’s
after school program, also came forward to discuss the program’s history and the importance of keeping
the late bus.
As part of the approved budget
proposal, School Committee Vice
Chairwoman Lisa Murray made
a motion to move the $18,000 in
transportation costs for the Cougars
Den bus to the technology
funds for the school, a motion which was passed by
the rest of the committee.
Despite Ostrout’s input,
Murray said that funding
transportation for such a
small number of students
(roughly 30) was not a fea-
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Palmer Public Schools Superintendent Patricia Gardner thanked the
administrative team at the schools
as well as the members of the committee for making it through the past
few months despite the difficulties
faced in creating this year’s budget.
“Since March 11 we have been
stuck going over budget, budget,
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and a half month would want to do
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“The world is changing. Technology is changing. Do we have an
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are the best for students but also the
best choices for teachers and for
every teacher in this district. And
unfortunately there are going to be
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the money.”
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how small groups within the schools,
and the high school in particular, had
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administration and committee more
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Students carefully maneuver between catching a balloon filled with water and increasing the distance between each other as one of several events during the Spirit Week
competition at Converse Middle School this past Friday.
Physical education teacher Ryan Minns takes a half-court shot on the net while students and fellow faculty members watch in anticipation.
PALMER — Following a week of
activities and events, students at Converse
Middle School gathered in the school’s
gymnasium this past Friday to welcome
their spring break with a day of competition between the three grades and school
faculty.
As part of the school’s annually held
Spirit Week students squared off in events
such as “Capture the Flag,” dodgeball,
Events weren’t limited to
students only with faculty also taking part in the
festivities.
Monson High School Honor Roll
MONSON — Monson High School recently announced the names of the students
who achieved the third quarter honor roll for the
2015-2016 school year.
Grade 9
MAXIMUM: Nathan Bruneau, Jacob Carrier, Daniel Crocker, Madison Degnan, MacKenzie DeVries, Katie Dold, Kayla Gawron, Jacob
Griggs, Nathan Home, Rebecca Ingrassia, Derek
Joyce, Maggie Klassanos, Esther Kosobutskyy,
Cameron Kratovil, Yu Lin, Taylor Mitchell,
Meghan Monaghan, Gabriella Robert, Conner
Rogers, Kaitlyn Santos, Connor Smith, Hannah
Somers, Emily Strycharz, Linnea Wegge.
ed LaValley, Nicholas Lebel, Alysha MacPhail,
Gamaliel Marquez, Lauren Medeiros, Peter
Miller, Marley Nissenbaum, Benjamin Pagliaro,
Katherine Reed, Althea Smith, Erik Wegge, Tyler
Yesu.
GENERAL: Tyler Bailey, Matthew Breidenbach, Rachel Caputo, Lisa Cavanaugh, Alyssa
Demetrius, Rachel Flagg, Hannah Hicks, Liam
James, Desiree Jones, Natalie Klassanos, Sofia
Rose Mercieri, Kyle Monaghan, Ryan Monaghan,
Cienna Moriarty, Lauren Nothe, Hannah Richard, Nicklaus Somers, Lewis Vozzella, Delaney
Walat, Emily Wood, Aimee-Lynn Wutka.
GENERAL: Hannah Adams, Katie Burnham, Aliviah Emery, Hannah Garon, Ethan Haley,
Mairead Kealy, Robert McCray, Liam Metcalfe,
Shawn Moyer, Sofia Picardi, Kristy Piwcio,
Joshua Raymond, Gabrielle Roncarati, Abigail
Shrewsbury, Anthony Siniscalchi, Miles Stevens.
Grade 11
MAXIMUM: Jacob Braz, Elena Chechile,
Jessica Duggan, Emma Forest, Julia Giebutowski, Samantha Gilmore, Timothy Hedspeth,
Shelby Kelsey, Christina Kuss, Noah Malo, Caleb
Marcotte, Bradford Medeiros, Andrea Proietti,
Rena Reyes, Daniel Silva, Elizabeth Tyburski,
Hailey Verelst.
Grade 10
MAXIMUM: Anna Bilotti, Serina Bowen,
Kaleigh Cavanaugh, Holly Cote, Amanda Dee,
Mackenzie Edwards, John Fiester Jr., Dylan
Gunther, Amanda Hulbert, Shannon Jalbert, Jar-
GENERAL: Elizabeth Boudreau, Somer
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MAXIMUM: Patrick Bruneau, Valerie Christian, Julianne Clarke, Hannah Colling, Rachel
Corsetti, Victoria Corsetti, Miranda Couture,
Emily Crescentini, Kara Duprey, Madison Farquhar, Alyssa Fennyery, Emily Garon, Lea Hamel,
Hunter Hughes, Allyson Jarvis, Kyle Kacoyannakis, Allyson Kearns, Nicholas Kratovil, Meghan
Leach, Kyle Lewis, Nathaniel Lobik, Julia Malo,
Gabriell Marquez, Kelsey Martin, Megan McGuill,
Tyler Monteiro, Abigail Murphy, Lauren Murphy,
Madeline Murphy, Colton Nothe, Gianna Plescia,
Haley Richard, Briana Salerno, Robert Scibelli,
Amanda Sinclair, Alexandra Smith, Noelle Tetreault, Jordyn Valencourt, Carly Zielinski.
GENERAL: Shaddai Ayala, Nathan Barnes,
Mary Beaulieu, Samantha Chartier, Jacob Crafts,
Brenden Farr, Sara Foster, Zachary Gawron, Tyler Graves, Jordan Guertin, Alexandra Hebert,
Dominic Pannozzo, Gianna Perella, Antonio
Picardi, Stephania Robert, Kage Sasgan, Sydney
Summers, Noah Supernor, Allison Zollo.
water balloon toss, the human version of
“Hungry Hungry Hippos,” and a student
vs. faculty basketball game.
Members of the seventh-grade class
went home victorious at the end of the
day with the School Spirit Trophy which
will be rotated between the grade’s various classrooms for the rest of the school
year.
Jones makes
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EAST GREENWICH, R.I. — Dr.
Douglas H. Sherman Jr., senior vice
president and provost at New England
Institute of Technology, recently announced that Kayley Jones of Holland
was among those who achieved dean’s
list status for the quarter ending March
19, 2016. Students must achieve a
GPA of 3.6 or higher on a maximum
scale of 4.0 to qualify.
Cathedral
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quarter honors
SPRINGFIELD — Cathedral
High School recently announced the
honors lists for the third quarter of the
2015-2016 school year.
Receiving first honors were from
Monson, 10th grader Connor O’Neill,
and from Palmer, 11th graders Zhuoer
(Joe) Huang and Cameron Peritz.
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STURBRIDGE — Amidst lengthy discussions
regarding the town budget as well as warrant articles
for this year’s town meeting, the Sturbridge Board of
Selectmen also focused on the Tantasqua Regional
School District during their meeting on Wednesday,
April 13.
Selectmen welcomed Tantasqua Regional School
Committee Vice Chairman William Haggerty and Associate Superintendent of Finances and Business Affairs Deborah Boyd who spoke on behalf of the School
Committee.
For the past several years the members of the Regional Agreement Amendment Committee (RAAC)
spearheaded by Haggerty under the School Committee have been working to provide a new revised
agreement to present to the Tantasqua member towns
including Sturbridge, Brimfield, Holland, Wales and
Brookfield, featuring updated language that complies
with modern standards within the states education
system.
Haggerty said that the Tantasqua school contract
was originally composed and approved by the state
in 1952.
“Since that time there have been a few amendments made to the agreement,” said Haggerty. “But
for the most part the document itself has remained
pretty much intact.”
Investigating the matter between 2012 and 2013,
the members of Tantasqua’s Policy and Bylaw Subcommittee realized that much of the language found
within the original agreement was obsolete, with
much of what was written pertaining to the creation
and forming of the school region.
The document was further found to reference
Mass General Laws going as far back as 1945 which
had been rendered obsolete and was missing new, updated information required to meet the standards of
the dtate Department of Elementary and Secondary
Education.
According to Haggerty, Tantasqua is the second
oldest regional school district within the Commonwealth and that at the time of its founding, the concept
of a regional school system was still very new.
On advice from DESE, the Regional Agreement
Amendment Committee was formed three years ago,
comprised of at least one representative on the school
committee from each of the five member towns. The
committee has worked to revise the contract and provide current and updated language in accordance with
the law and state standards and practices.
A draft of the new agreement has been composed
and must first be approved by all five of the member
towns during each of the annual town meetings before
the department of education will give their blessing
for its implementation.
Sturbridge Selectmen Priscilla Gimas inquired if
the new agreement addressed the composition of the
school board in any way.
Haggerty said that at this point the amendment
committee had moved to leave the section dealing
with the board’s structure largely the same, as it had
been stating that they were mainly focused on the
“house keeping details” and could revisit the section
at a later date.
“It was really time for a clean-up of this level to
happen,” said Boyd.
Several new sections needed to be added to the
agreement, said Haggerty, citing the new Section 14
as an example. The section addressed the topic of
“severability” including in the agreement that should
one member town find a portion of the contract to be
unlawful and decide to strike it, that doing so it would
not terminate the entire agreement outright.
Other language introduced would ensure that
there were regular reviews of the language by the
towns, roughly every 10 years, to ensure that the contract remained well maintained.
“We don’t want this to go another 64 years before
we look at it again,” said Hagerty.
“The new document is much clearer and smoothing reading than it had been before,” said Boyd.
Sturbridge Town Administrator Leon Gaumond
Jr. asked if the members of the committee had thought
about how hey would present the new agreement at
the various town meetings.
Haggerty reiterated that he did not see the new
agreement as being “controversial” and that he hoped
to have the each of the members of the RAAC from
each of the towns take the lead in speaking at their
town’s meeting and that any sections needing further
attention would be given them after the three warrant
articles approving the new agreement as a whole had
been passed.
“This is something that has to be done,” said
Haggerty. “Otherwise there will be some point where
someone files a complaint because of the language in
the agreement and the department of education will
say that we have to do it then.”
Pestaina named to Worcester
Academy honor roll
WORCESTER — The Worcester Academy Upper School has announced its first semester honor roll
and headmaster’s list for the 2015-2106 school year.
The honors represent the achievements that each high
school student has earned through academic excellence, challenge and personal growth.
Among the students is Allison Pestaina, Grade
10, of Brimfield, who was named to the honor roll.
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By Wyatt Aloisio
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PALMER — Students in the Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical High School cosmetology program know that beauty is in the eye of
the beholder, especially in the eyes of those that
judge their work. And on Thursday, April 14, they
took a glimpse through the eyes of their peers
throughout Western Massachusetts as part of the
annually held Beauty School Battle.
Now in its third year, the Pathfinder cosmetology program has taken over the responsibility
of hosting the gathering from founders at Franklin
County Technical School in Turners Falls, with
hundreds of student participants from six separate
schools meeting in the Pathfinder gymnasium to
showcase their artistic talents and styling skills
and to speak and learn with others who are pursuing futures in similar fields.
“This is always a great gathering and a wonderful opportunity for our students in the program
and the school in general, especially with us hosting it this year,” said Pathfinder Cosmetology Many of the contest entries drew heavy influence Someone sure likes popcorn...
A SpongeBob-themed pair of heads submitted to the contest.
Department Head and Instructor Shelby Whalen. from pop-culture, often times featuring designs
“It’s a very social event. The students will meet from movies, television, and in this case comics.
others and make important contacts here that they
will hopefully carry with them for the rest of their
lives.”
Pathfinder welcomed not only students from
Franklin Tech but also students from Bay Path
Regional Technical High School in Charlton, McCann Technical School in North Adams, The Roger L. Putnam Technical Academy in Springfield,
and from the Lower Pioneer Valley Career and
Technical Education Center in West Springfield,
with many attendees remarking that this year’s
gathering was the largest, most successful to date.
Along with an afternoon of dancing and dining on cake and other treats made by Pathfinder
culinary arts students, they also competed, entering elaborately decorated and styled mannequins
into three different categories including before and
after, wedding, and the especially popular fantasy
category.
Whalen said that though there is an entry fee
of $12 per mannequin roughly, 77 were entered
into the competition that day. Last year Pathfinder Students at the Third Annual Beauty School Battle held this past Thursday, April 14 at
students placed both first and second in the fantasy Pathfinder.
Several students challenge others in a Rubik’s Cube-solving competition to see who can comcategory, with the winning mannequins displayed
plete the puzzle and how quickly.
at the entrance to the gym welcoming guests.
“The students can be as creative as they want,”
said Whalen. “There’s no limit. They can use jewelry and any style.”
A panel of six judges, each representative
from partner salons with the schools, carefully
inspected each of the entries to determine if they
met the criteria for the categories in which they
were entered.
“This is my first time competing in the competition,” said Pathfinder junior and Monson resident Samantha Montanez, who along with her
partner entered a Cruella De Ville-styled mannequin in the fantasy category. “I think that having
The winners of this year’s Beauty Battle.
something like the battle is really good and that
today has been going great for everyone. Kind of
like in the SkillsUSA program you get to meet
people who are into a lot of the same things as you
and share interests. It’s nice seeing what everyone
can do also.”
Franklin Tech cosmetology instructors Lynn
Wiles and Electra Manley said that the gathering
began when students from Franklin attended a
similar event hosted by a beauty supply store in
Manchester, Connecticut.
After the store was bought out and the event
stopped, the instructors at Franklin took it upon
themselves to create something similar, adding
in the competition and battle part as a new twist Lauren Granger of Lower Pioneer Valley Career and Technical
and inviting other schools and programs to join Education Center walks away the first place winner of the “Before & After” competition for her mannequin’s design.
as well.
“It’s always amazing to see the amount of
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gratulates student Kelly Cormier of the Lower Pioneer
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GRP’s ‘Willy Wonka’ cast
offering ticket giveaway
MONSON — Select cast of
Greene Room Productions’ “Willy
Wonka” will be visiting the Monson
Free Library and Palmer Public Library on Friday, April 22 to interact
with children and parents and promote
the upcoming production at the Academy of Music Theater in Northampton. The cast will be in Monson at
10:30 a.m. and Palmer at 11:30 a.m.
Test your luck and see if you win
a “Golden Ticket” at the library promotional events and purchase tickets
at www.aomtheatre.com for the oneweekend-only show, April 29 at 10
a.m. and 7:30 p.m., and April 30 at
2:30 and 7:30 p.m. For ticket questions call the AOM box office at 413584-9032 ext. 105, and for production
questions call Director/Producer Erin
Greene Wallace at 413-668-7284.
Characters include Willy Wonka
(Rob Olmstead of Amherst); Charlie
Property transactions in
Palmer and Monson
Garden Club makes
scholarships available
(Cameron Gray of Amherst); Grandpa Joe (Reed Coles of Monson);
Grandma Josephine (Jill Vickers of
Ludlow); Grandpa George (Peter Barnett of Monson); Grandma Georgina
(Carol Gray of Amherst); Mrs. Bucket
(Laura Kuczarski of Monson); Mr.
Bucket (Wesley Olds of Broadbrook,
Connecticut); Augustus Gloop (Noah
Desmarais of Longmeadow); Mrs.
Gloop (Jo Cobleigh of Hampden);
Violet Beauregard (Aelan Lisowski
of Wilbraham); Mr. Beauregard (Reva
Kleppel); Veruca Salt (Milena Gravante-Gunnells); Mr. Salt (Paul Healey); Mike Teavee (Michael Luszcz of
Hampden); Mrs. Teavee (Rae Banigan of Palmer); and The Candy Man/
Phineous Trout (Jacob McCurdy of
Westfield). Members of the ensemble,
production crew, set construction and
costume design also hail from the surrounding area.
MONSON – The Monson
Garden Club has announced that
applications for its high school and
college scholarships are now available to students who are continuing their education in any branch
of the life, natural or environmental sciences.
The $500 High School Scholarship is open to a high school senior who resides in Monson and
plans to continue at a two or fouryear college to study in any branch
of the life, natural, or environmental sciences. Applications may be
obtained in their guidance office.
This application is due by April
26.
To be eligible for the $500
College Scholarship, a student
must have been a Monson resident
at the time of their high school
graduation and is presently attending a two or four-year college
studying any branch of the life,
natural or environmental sciences.
Applications may be obtained by
writing to the Monson Garden
Club, Scholarship Committee,
P.O. Box 307, Monson, MA 01057
or by calling 267-3969. It is due by
June 4.
Athletic hall nominations sought
PALMER — The next Palmer
High School Athletic Hall of Fame
induction ceremony is scheduled
for Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016.
Nominations of candidates for
potential induction can be made by
submitting their names and current addresses to Al Murray Jr. at
[email protected] or by
phone at 413-283-7219.
Editor’s note: The following is
a list of deed transactions recorded
at the Hampden County Registry of
Deeds for Palmer and Monson from
April 12, 2016 to April 18, 2016.
Palmer
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and
Richard
Paul Kenyon to
Muhammad A.
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$220,000
– 14 West Ware
St. - Brad Brothers to Adrian Syrowik
$106,000
– 93 Belanger
St. - Mark M.
Morin and Katie A. Morin to Katie
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field, a sales representative at Turley Publications and
Scoutmaster for Boy Scout Troop 281.
“Dan has set a personal example of community
service, ranging from organizing the community-wide
Scouting for Food drives to the dedication of serving our
military organizations here in Ware,” read a nomination
letter.
Margaret “Peg” Gorman of Warren, public relations
coordinator for the Salem Cross Inn and a promoter of
small business and community activities.
“Peg goes above and beyond in her dedication to
tourism and helping to promote the entire area. She does
a lot of her work on her own time and has never done it
merely for a personal reward,” one individual wrote.
Holly Harper of Ware, who is active with both the
Ware Business and Civic Association and Knights of Columbus and was also involved in Ware’s 250th Anniversary Celebration Committee.
“Holly was an integral part of Ware’s first Fall Fest,
held at Memorial Field this past August. She also spent
much time and energy committing ot the success of the
Ware Rotary Club’s Holiday Flair, contributing to the fun
of this annual event,” read one letter.
David Libby of North Brookfield, pastor of First
Congregational Church in North Brookfield who has
been credited with traveling great distances to provide
comfort to those in need.
“Whether there has been celebration or crisis, Pastor Libby has been there for the people, to join in their
triumphs or tears. His supporting labors, while stemming
from his pastorate, are not limited to his congregation,
and are multiplied further by his personal investment in
goodwill and compassion for all,” read a nomination letter.
Tracy and Paul Opalinski of Ware, co-owners of
American Athletic Shoe, who have also been instrumental in the Ware Business & Civic Association.
“Their energy and motivation have helped a struggling business association to become a big part of the
‘new look’ for our town. Both of them have used their
creative talents and business knowledge to bring about
use of what we already have at hand and encourage new
ideas to prosper,” one person wrote.
And S. Patrick Swain of Oakham, an officer with
the Holland Police Department, who is also the veterans
agent in several communities.
“As a police officer with the Holland Police Department – outside of his formal duties in repsonding to calls
– he’s helped to organize events that connect the community with the department and better establish community
relations,” his nominator wrote.
Meanwhile, nominees for the Teacher of the Year
include Karen Anti, the school-to-career coordinator at
Palmer High School; Mary Lou Callahan, principal at
Palmer High School; Chris Carlson, a fifth grade teacher at Hardwick Elementary School; and Darren Elwell,
principal of Ware Junior Senior High School.
For Business of the Year, nominees include Lizak
Bus Company in Warren; the Palmer Historical & Cultural Center in Three Rivers; Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical High School in Palmer; Real Oldies
1250 AM WARE in Palmer; St. Germain Insurance in
Ware; and the Ware Business and Civic Association.
Long-Term Service award nominees are Breezeland
Orchards in Warren; Beers & Story Funeral Homes in
Palmer; Livingston & Haynes, P.C. in Ware; and Karen
Wallace, MA Homes LLC in Brimfield.
Choices for Volunteer of the Year, that are made by
QHCC President Lenny Weake and Director of Member
Services Patty Clark from among Chamber volunteers,
include Teresa Grove of Baystate Wing Memorial Hospital in Palmer; Julie Manning of Simply Focused Wellness
Coaching in Palmer; Julie Quink of Burkhart, Pizzanelli,
PC in West Springfield; Patty Ostrout of North Brookfield Savings Bank, Art Torres of Post Computer Sales
in Wilbraham; and Doug Turley of Turley Publications
in Palmer.
“This can be a stressful time, because a lot of nominations come in at the last minute, but we’re very pleased
with the nominations,” said Weake. “These folks do so
much for their community and it’s great to give us a
chance to recognize them for what they do.”
The QHCC Choice Awards program will be held on
Saturday, April 23 at the Cultural Center at Eagle Hill in
Hardwick, beginning at 4 p.m. The cost is $39 per person, and for more information call the Chamber at 413283-2418.
Event sponsors include “Oscar Award” sponsor
North Brookfield Savings Bank; “Academy Award”
sponsors Burkhart, Pizzanelli, PC, and Chicopee Savings
Bank; and “Emmy Award” sponsor SpencerBANK.
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monson softball
Mustangs shut out Rams
college pitcher
By Tim Peterson
Turley Publications
Sports Correspondent
MONSON—The Monson varsity softball team hasn’t lost a BiCountry East league game since
losing to archrival Palmer at the end
of the 2013 season. The Lady Mustangs faced their toughest challenge
so far this spring last Friday afternoon against Southwick, a first-year
member of the league.
After giving up a leadoff base
hit in the top of the first inning,
Monson senior right-hander Carly
Zielinski did not allow any more
hits during the final six innings of
the contest leading to a 2-0 shutout
victory against the Lady Rams at the
Quarry Hill Community School softball field.
“We lost to Southwick in a nonleague game last year and we were
really worried about today’s game,”
Palmer native Nicole
Handzel recently made a
pitch of a different kind
at the 2nd Annual Design
New England Design
Showdown.
SOFTBALL ❙ page 12
Turley Publications photo submitted by Craig Kaufman
Carly Zielinski pitched
a shutout over
Southwick last Friday
afternoon with 13
strikeouts.
Handzel finalist at New
England Design Showdown
Designed focused on person with PTSD
By Craig Kaufman
Special to the Register
NEWTON – Palmer native Nicole Handzel is no stranger to making
pitches.
As a junior hurler for the Mount
Ida College softball team, her prowess
at doing just that has already helped
her set the school record for strikeouts
in a season and earn a Great Northeast
Athletic Conference (GNAC) All-Conference selection as a freshman, and
post a 1.82 earned run average with
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Allie Zollo comes up throwing from
the outfield.
youth spring soccer
Opening Weekend
56 strikeouts in nine appearances this
season.
Recently, the Interior Architecture
and Design major was on a different
stage, making perhaps the most important pitch of her college career.
She was presenting her design
work to a panel of judges, family and
friends at The Boston Design Center as
one of eight finalists in the 2nd Annual
Design New England Design Showdown, a competition in which design
students are challenged to imagine a
living and working space that combines innovative design, functionality,
and elements of social responsibility,
HANDZEL ❙ page 12
PALMER – The Palmer
U13 soccer team was
in action Saturday
against Hampshire,
picking up a 5-0 victory.
Then a 1-1 tie against
South Hadley on Sunday.
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Abby Rathbone advances up the field with the ball.
Avery Labonte corrals a pass.
Skyleigh White tries to out maneuver a defender.
Olivia Sloat takes the kick defending the goal.
Chelsea Bigos tries to head off a forward.
Olivia Sloat makes a head ball.
Hannah Haley tries to outrun the defense.
Olivia Coughlin and Lexi Buzzell move up the field
together with the ball.
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Lady Pioneers slug out two wins
By Dave Forbes
Turley Publications Sports Staff
Writer
PALMER – To say that the
Pathfinder softball teams were involved in games that featured a lot
of offense in the past week might
be a bit of an understatement.
The Lady Pioneers and their
three opponents — Renaissance,
Commerce and Dean Tech —
combined to score an astonishing
136 runs in those three contests.
Pathfinder scored 75 of them,
while surrendering 61 runs.
Pathfinder did manage two
wins in the week, the first being a
26-13 win at home against Commerce.
The Lady Pioneers used a
10-run first inning to take a 10-1
advantage. Commerce would respond with six runs in the second
to close the gap to 10-7, but a seven-run bottom of the inning and a
six-tun third pushed the advantage
to 23-11 by the end of the frame.
Pathfinder scored three more in the
fourth and Commerce answered
back with two in the fifth to close
out the contest.
Savannah Granger had three
hits, three runs scored and an RBI
for Pathfinder. Allie Barnes had
a double, a triple and three runs
scored. Maddi Dexter added two
hits and four runs scored. Maddie
Weldon belted two homers and she
scored four runs. Alicia Keaton
and Melissa King both had three
runs scored and a hit. Trista Daley
scored two runs. Emily Carpenter
added a hit and two runs scored.
The other victory for Pathfinder came in the final game
against Dean Tech, which was the
highest scoring of the week, at 3428. The game was relatively low
scoring at the end of first with a
2-2 tie.
The Golden Hawks had a 9-2
advantage after two and 14-4 after three when the Lady Pioneers
responded with eight in the fourth
and four in the fifth to grab a 1615 lead. Both sides scored twice in
the sixth to make the score 18-17
heading to the seventh. The two
sides then combined for 25 runs in
the seventh inning after Pathfinder
scored 14 in the top of the seventh
to go up 35-17 and Dean Tech responded with 11 in the bottom of
the seventh to make the final 3428.
Maddi Dexter led Pathfinder
with five hits, as did Ashley Bourdeau. Maddie Weldon had four
hits, as did Elizabeth Hamilton and
Alicia Keaton. Trista Daley added
two, while Melissa King had two.
Sam Allard, Corin Latulippe and
Allie Barnes each had one.
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ongratulations goes out to the Palmer resident.
Recently, the Interior Architecture and Design major was on a
different stage, making perhaps the most important pitch of
her college career. She was presenting her design work to a panel
of judges, family and friends at The Boston Design Center as one of
eight finalists in the 2nd Annual Design New England Design Showdown, a competition in which design students are challenged to
imagine a living and working space that combines innovative design, functionality, and elements of social responsibility, as it is created with a randomly assigned disability in mind for its occupier.
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the week with a 13-9 loss to
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Amanda
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makes
contact for
the Mustangs.
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Pathfinder’s Joshua Gagne
(13) gets ready to throw
the ball back in.
Pathfinder first
baseman William
Sikorski (14) reaches
out to catch the ball.
Thursday, April 21
Baseball
Pathfinder at Bay Path
Girls Lacrosse
Chicopee at Monson
Girls Track and Field
South Hadley at Palmer
Friday, April 22
Baseball
Monson at Granby
Sabis at Palmer
Dean Tech at Pathfinder
Smith Academy at Monson
Palmer at McCann Tech
Pathfinder at Sabis
Saturday, April 23
Softball
Monson at Drury
Sunday, April 24
No games scheduled.
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The Week Ahead
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4 p.m.
4 p.m.
4 p.m.
4 p.m.
11 a.m.
Softball
4 p.m.
2 p.m.
11 a.m.
12 p.m.
Monday, April 25
Baseball
Gateway at Monson
4 p.m.
Palmer at Putnam (at Blunt Park)
4 p.m.
Boys Lacrosse
Belchertown at Monson
4 p.m.
Softball
Monson at Athol
4 p.m.
Palmer at Frontier
4 p.m.
Dean Tech at Pathfinder
4:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 26
Baseball
Pathfinder at McCann Tech (at Joe Wolfe Baseball Field)
4 p.m.
Girls Lacrosse
St. Mary at Monson
4 p.m.
Softball
Sci-Tech at Bay Path
4 p.m.
Girls Tennis
Palmer at Turners Falls
3:30 p.m.
Girls Track and Field
Monson at Southwick
4 p.m.
Wednesday, April 27
Baseball
Palmer at Drury (at Joe Wolfe Baseball Field)
Boys Lacrosse
McCann Tech at Monson
Softball
Ware at Monson
Boys Track and Field
South Hadley at Monson
Belchertown at Palmer
Thursday, April 28
Baseball
Pathfinder at St. Mary
(at Westfield North Middle School)
Softball
Bay Path at Pathfinder
4:15 p.m.
4 p.m.
4 p.m.
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as it is created with a randomly assigned disability in mind for its occupier.
One of three members of the
Mount Ida College community and
the only Mount Ida undergraduate to
be selected as a finalist, Handzel’s
design for a potential client suffering
with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
(PTSD) foreshadowed the work that
she would like to do in her career,
and though it was a nerve-wracking
experience, she described it as an
overwhelming success.
“I would really love to work in
commercial and residential design,
and universal design, creating a
space that’s accessible to more people, is very prominent right now,”
said Handzel, who researched PTSD
extensively in preparation for her
entry. “When people think of disabilities they think of designing for
physical disabilities, like a wheelchair. PTSD was a different way of
creating a space that’s a positive experience, and it’s really overlooked
in design.”
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Under the guidance of Mount
Ida College professor Senofer Mendoza, who assigned the project to
her upper level interior design class,
Handzel created a training room for
therapeutic dogs for people with
PTSD, including a lounge for people to socialize with good acoustics
to help absorb noise, the safe haven
that she found in her research many
people affected by PTSD are craving to prevent isolation and startling
noises.
“In the residential space I used
digital camouflage with bright colors to convey the message that you
don’t have to hide. The retail space
has blues, greens and neutral browns,
which are calming colors, while the
upstairs living space is more muted
to be more comfortable,” said Handzel.
Over 40 entrants from across
New England, including Professor
Mendoza’s class, presented concepts
of their design in Round 1. Once selected as a finalist, Handzel had to
expand on her ideas, creating visual
presentation boards and a power
point to accompany her five-minute
presentation and Q & A session.
Mount Ida was the best represented school with three finalists at
the event, which was a collaboration
between Design New England magazine and the Boston Design Center
with support from the American
Society of Interior Designers’ New
England chapter. Graduate students
Nicolette Gordon and Augusta Hahnel also represented Mount Ida, with
Gordon claiming the title of 1st runner up at the post-event awards ceremony and after party.
While she enjoys her work creating new environments in interior
design, Handzel stressed that it is
softball that she uses as an escape
from work. And after missing most
of last season with a torn labrum in
her non-pitching shoulder before returning to pitch the Mustangs back
in to the Great Northeast Athletic
Conference (GNAC) tournament,
she is feeling good about how her
season has begun.
“My goals for this year are to get
stronger physically, back to where I
was so that I can be the workhorse
for this team,” said Handzel, who
has already pitched 50.0 innings and
collected a pair of wins in Florida
this year. “I want to make sure that
I hit my spots and cut down on my
walks. I set a goal in practice where
I throw ten straight pitches and have
to hit every spot in a row.”
Handzel also equated her preparation and concentration in design,
particularly to this competition, to
how she goes about preparing for
and executing each pitch when she
takes the ball for the Mustangs. In
both cases, it’s about staying focused and finding your groove.
“Softball is 90 percent mental,
so it takes both mechanics and focus. When I have my rhythm and
I’m focused, that’s when I’m good
to go.”
With incredible talent and a determined attitude, Handzel will undoubtedly find herself making great
pitches for many more years.
said Zielinski, who won her 58th career
varsity game. “This is a very big win for
us and I’m proud of my teammates.”
Both teams entered last Friday’s
game with perfect 3-0 records.
Monson began the regular season
with a pair of league wins against Granby and Central, which were sandwiched
around a non-league victory against
Athol.
Southwick also had a 2-0 league record after posting two shutouts victories
against Palmer and Granby. Their other
win was at Mahar Regional, which was
also a shutout.
Monson head coach Jim Zielinski
was expecting a very close game against
Southwick.
“I thought the final score of this
game would be something like 2-1 or 31,” he said. “We expected a tough battle
against them. There are a lot of very
good teams in our league this year.”
Last year’s meeting between the
two teams wasn’t very close, as the
Lady Rams players celebrated a 14-0
victory against the Lady Mustangs on
their home field.
Southwick head coach Todd Downie was in favor of changing leagues
because his batters would be facing a
couple of elite pitchers in the Bi-Country East Division.
“There are some very good pitchers
in this league and that’s one of reasons
why I wanted to switch leagues,” Downie said. “The only way that your team
is going to get better is by facing good
teams like Monson. It’ll also help us if
we do qualify for the postseason tournament.”
Carly Zielinski, who hurled a nohitter in the season opener against Granby, recorded a total of 13 strikeouts and
issued only one walk in the home victory against Southwick.
“Carly worked very hard during the
offseason,” coach Zielinski said. “She
has mastered a pitch, which has given
batters a lot of trouble so far this season.”
Southwick junior righty Emily
Lachtara also pitched very well allowing
two runs on seven hits with six strikeouts and a walk.
“Emily pitched very well today,”
Downie said. “She has steadily gotten
better since joining the varsity team as
a freshman.”
Both teams had scoring chances in
the first inning.
Southwick senior shortstop Sydney
Rogers lined the first pitch of the game
into right-center for a single.
She would steal both second and
third, but Zielinski struck out the next
two batters and the inning ended when
senior first baseman Sam Laitinen
caught a foul pop-up.
Zielinski would retire 11 of the next
12 batters that she faced.
Senior catcher Emily Garon drew
a walk leading off the home half of the
inning, but she was thrown out trying to
steal second by Southwick sophomore
catcher Tori DellaGiustina. Then Zielinski lined a double to center, but she
was tagged out by senior third baseman
Katelyn Sylvia trying to stretch it into
a triple.
Lachtara ended the frame with a
strikeout before retiring eight of the next
nine Monson batters.
The Lady Mustangs did put-together a two-out rally in the bottom of the
fourth.
Following back-to-back singles by
senior third baseman Hannah Colling
(2-for-3) and sophomore second baseman Alyssa Demetrius, Laitinen drove
home Monson’s first run with a single
to right field.
“That was a huge base hit by Laitinen,” coach Zielinski said. “I just told her
to try to hit the ball into right field and
she did.”
It was the first run allowed by
Lachtara this season.
With two outs in the top of the fifth,
Lachtara walked and stole second, but
Zielinski ended that inning with a strike
out.
Monson took a 2-0 lead in the home
half of the inning when senior right
fielder Allie Zollo, who leadoff with a
bunt hit, crossed the plate on the back
end of a double steal play.
The second meeting of the season
between the two teams is scheduled to
take place on May 11 at Southwick.
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Death notices
Carpenter, Charles K.
Died April 15, 2016. All
services are private. Lombard
Funeral Home, Monson.
Douty, Gordon E.
Died April 15, 2016.
Funeral services April 22,
2016. Lombard Funeral
Home, Monson.
Glabicky, Emily H.
(Witkoski).
Services April 22, 2016.
Motyka Funeral Home, Three
Rivers.
Machnik, Lorraine M.
(Kivior).
Died April 15, 2016. Funeral service April 22, 2016.
Beers & Story Palmer Funeral
Home.
Magrone, Ronald P.
Celebration of Life April 17,
2016. Beers & Story Palmer
Funeral Home.
Mulvany, Linda P. (Terzi).
Services April 21, 2016.
Beers & Story Palmer Funeral Home.
Wehr, James A. Sr.
Died April 15, 2016. Funeral services April 21, 2016.
First Church of Monson.
O b i t u ar i es
Charles Kenneth Carpenter, 96
MONSON — Charles Kenneth Carpenter,”Ken,” 96, died
peacefully April 15, 2016 at Wingate at Hampden.
When Ken was young, he
herded cattle and worked on
Carpenter’s Dairy with his Dad at
Sunset View Farm. Ken became
the “Milkman.” He graduated
from Monson High School. Later
in life Ken joined the Army and
was promoted to Sergeant. After
military time he decided to operate heavy equipment, working on
building the Mass Pike and Route
91, also working various jobs over
the years. While working hard, Ken raised
his family in Monson.
Finally retired, he spent
time in his garden and
shoveling snow. Ken
enjoyed going to the
Monson Senior Center
to hang out and make
friends. Ken’s final
years were lived comfortably in Wingate at Hampden.
Thank you, everyone working for
Wingate at Hampden. Great care
was given to this wonderful man,
you are the best.
Ken is survived by
sons, Ken of Florida
and Tony of Monson;
daughter Pam of Palmer; grandson Cameron
of New York; brother
Harold and his wife Lillian and their family of
Monson; and sister inlaw Bettyle of Ludlow.
Ken was predeceased by his wife of 50 years,
Elaine, and his brother Bob.
All services are private and
have been entrusted to Lombard
Funeral Home of Monson.
Gordon E. Douty, 87
MONSON — Gordon E.
Douty, 87, died Friday April 15,
2016 surrounded by the love of
family at the Soldiers’ Home in
Holyoke.
Gordon was born May 26,
1928 in Whately to the late Earl
and Katherine (Bardwell) Douty.
He was a graduate of Palmer
High School and retired from
Tambrands after 26 years. Gordon was a member of the Unitarian Universalist Parish of Monson and a member of the Thomas
Masonic Lodge in Palmer. He
also was a former member of the
United States Power Squadron.
Gordon started the UU Parish
bookstore with other parishioners
of the church and he and his wife
Priscilla organized the Moon
Mountain Mounties riding club
in Monson. He had many hobbies
and the one he enjoyed most was
leather crafting.
Gordon was predeceased
by his wife Priscilla A. (Moore)
Douty in 2012.
He leaves a son Bret R.
Douty of Monson; granddaugh-
ters, Jessica A. Douty of Warren
and Melissa L, Douty of Monson;
and three great grandchildren,
Kevyn, Ryan, and Emily.
A visiting hour will be held
Friday April 22 from 10 to 11
a.m. in Lombard Funeral Home,
3 Bridge St., Monson with a funeral service at 11 a.m. in the funeral home. Burial will be held
at the convenience of the family.
For on-line condolences/directions, visit www.lombardfuneralhome.com.
Emily H. (Witkoski) Glabicky, 101
PALMER — Emily H. (Witkoski), 101, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family, April 11, 2016, at the Hospice
of the Fisher Home in Amherst.
She was born in Waterbury,
Connecticut to the late Michael
and Mary (Gula) Witkoski. Mary
was a graduate of the Mercy
School of Nursing, Class of 1937.
She was a communicant of Divine
Mercy Parish, and a member of the
Rosary Sodality. She was a devout
Catholic who attended or watched
Mass daily.
Emily is survived by her sons,
Michael Glabicky and his wife Evelyn, and Gene Glabicky and his
wife Beverly; her daughter Mary
Sarad and her husband
Bill; her grandchildren, John, Jennifer and
Christopher Glabicky,
and Marita Sarad. Emily was most proud of
her family, especially
her grandchildren.
She was predeceased by her husband
Walter in 1962; her son
Mark in 1956; and by
her siblings, Oda, Walter, Genevieve, Edward
and Irene.
Services will be
Friday, April 22, from
the Motyka Funeral
Home, 2186 Main St., Three Riv-
ers at 9:15 a.m., followed
by a liturgy of Christian
burial in Divine Mercy
Parish, 2267 Main St.,
Three Rivers at 10 a.m.
Burial will be in Sts.
Peter & Paul Cemetery.
Calling hours will be
Thursday, April 21 from
4 to 7 p.m. Donations
may be made in Emily’s
name to Divine Mercy
Parish, 2267 Main St.,
Three
Rivers,
MA
01080, or to the Hospice of the Fisher Home,
1165 North Pleasant St.,
Amherst, MA 01002.
Lorraine M. (Kivior) Machnik, 92
PALMER — Lorraine M.
(Kivior) Machnik, 92, passed
away on April 15, 2016 at her
daughter’s home in West Warren.
She was born April 11, 1924
in Palmer, daughter of Jacob and
Wanda (Motyka) Kivior. Lorraine
worked as a receptionist at Wing
Memorial Hospital for 35 years.
She loved traveling around the
world, traveling to China, Iceland, Alaska and Hawaii to name
of few. She was a member of the
Palmer Senior Center.
She is survived by two
daughters, Melinda Johnson and
husband George (Al) of
West Warren and Pamela
Cherry and husband Michael of Durham, North
Carolina; a brother Rudolph Kivior of Three
Rivers; three cherished
grandchildren, Clinton,
Carson and Jacob; as
well as several nieces
and nephews.
Lorraine was preceded in death by her husband
Stanley F. Machnik.
A funeral service will be held
Friday, April 22 at 11 a.m. at Beers
& Story Palmer Funeral
Home. Burial will follow in Hillcrest Park
Cemetery in Springfield. Calling hours
will be Thursday, April
21 from 5 to 7 p.m. at
Beers & Story Palmer
Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may
be made to Shriner’s
Hospital, Baystate Wing
Memorial Hospital, or the Palmer
Dialysis Center. For more information, visit www.beersandstory.
com.
Ronald P. Magrone, 68
PALMER — Ronald P.
Magrone, 68, passed away on
April 12, 2016 at home surrounded by his family.
He was born June 24, 1947 in
Monson, son of Joseph Magrone
and Mildred L. (Royce) Magrone.
Ronnie was raised in Monson,
graduated from Monson High
School and received an associate’s degree from the University
of Massachusetts in Stockbridge.
He has lived in Palmer since 1992,
and was a member of the American Legion Post 0241 in Monson.
Ronnie retired, after working for
21 years on the grounds crew
at MassMutual Life Insurance
Company. He enjoyed reading,
gardening, and watching the Red Sox and
Patriots games. Above
all he loved spending
time with his grandchildren.
He is survived by
his devoted wife of 20
years, Tara (Maroney)
Magrone of Palmer;
two children, Tony
Magrone and his wife Lisa of
Winter Park, Florida, and Sarah
Katawicz and boyfriend Dan
Moran of Belchertown; five cherished grandchildren, Justin, Leah,
Jesse Katawicz, Evan Magrone
and Lane Satcher; sister-in-laws,
nieces, nephews and cousins.
O b i t u ar i es
Thomas, Marlese J.
(Walder).
Died April 7, 2016.
Burial will be private.
Besides his parents, he was preceded
in death by a brother
Robert Magrone and
his mother-in-law Pauline D. Maroney.
Calling hours held
on Sunday, April 17
followed by a funeral
service at the Beers &
Story Palmer Funeral
Home. Burial will be held at the
convenience of the family. In lieu
of flowers, contributions may be
made to Shriners Hospital, 516
Carew St., Springfield, MA 01104
or to a charity of one’s choice.
For more information, visit www.
beersandstory.com.
Linda P. (Terzi) Mulvaney, 67
PALMER — Linda P. (Terzi)
Mulvaney, 67, passed away April
17, 2016 at home.
Born Aug. 19, 1948 in
Springfield, she was the daughter of Joseph and Margaret Bella
Rose (Gamache) Terzi. Linda
grew up in Springfield and had
lived there until 12 years ago
when she moved to Palmer. She
retired from Pioneer Valley Transit Authority, where she was a
driver for 21 years. Linda enjoyed
camping, traveling, day trips,
NASCAR races, gardening and
her cats. Her greatest passion was
her family and grandchildren.
She will be dearly
missed by her fiancé
Alfred Garrett; her two
sons, Jayme Sharpe
and his wife Laurie of
Wilbraham, and Joseph
Mulvaney and his wife
Joyce of Chicopee;
grandchildren,
Preston Sharpe, Branden
Sharpe, Corey Sharpe,
Robert Garrett II, Garred
Garrett and Hayden Garrett; a sister Ida Walsh Robinson; a brother
Robert Terzi; as well as many
nieces, nephews and cousins.
She was predeceased by her
siblings, Theresa Mengel, Marie Compeau,
Joseph Terzi and Doris
Caplette.
Visitation will be
Thursday, April 21
from 10 to 11 a.m. at the
Beers & Story Palmer
Funeral Home with a
memorial service to begin at 11 a.m. In lieu of
flowers, donations may
be made to either Make A Wish
Foundation or Dakin Humane Society. For details, visit www.beersandstory.com.
Marlese J. Thomas, 60
RENO, Nev. — Marlese J.
Thomas (née Walder), 60, passed
away April 7, 2016 at home with
her family by her side.
Born in Palmer, she was the
daughter of the late Harry A.
Walder and Phyllis E. (Barton)
Walder. Marlese lived in the Palmer area before moving to Reno 15
years ago. She was a graduate of
the University of Massachusetts
with a degree in marketing/business. Having worked in the field
of health care most of her life, she
was most recently employed by
Willow Springs Center of Reno.
She had many interests including travel, skiing, hiking, biking,
golfing, and participated in many
charitable events. She loved to
camp, swim, and kayak with her
husband and dogs (Max and Alex)
and to ride her dirt bike through
the Sierra Nevada mountains.
She will be deeply missed by
her husband David Dane of Reno,
Nevada; son Nathan Thomas of
Sacramento, California; five siblings, Donald Walder of San Francisco, California, Richard Walder
of Bondsville, Alan Walder of
Hampden, Randall Walder of
Bondsville and Shari Williams of
Bondsville; stepson Jesse Dane
of Palmer; and many nieces and
nephews.
Marlese’s larger than life personality has left a major impact on
the lives of those she loved, knew,
and touched, and she will be
missed by a multitude of friends.
Burial will be private at the
request of the family.
James A. Wehr Sr., 76
MONSON — James A.
Wehr Sr., 76, died Friday April
15, 2016 surrounded by the love
of family.
Jim was born in Ludlow to
the late Calvin A. and Blanche L.
Wehr. He has made his home in
Monson for many years. Jim was
a self-employed toolmaker where
he founded and operated Quality
Tool Inc. in East Longmeadow,
now located in Monson. He was
a member of the Day Spring Masonic Lodge in Monson and the
Quaboag Riders in Monson. He
enjoyed fishing, hunting and motorcycling.
Jim leaves his loving and de-
GLOBAL
voted wife of 57 years,
Carol A. (Claing) Wehr;
a son James A Wehr
Jr. and his wife Paula
of Monson; a daughter Brenda Wallace of
Monson; seven grandchildren, Jack Perry
II, Erica Pagan, Felicia Sternberg, Zachary
Wehr, Alysa Lamountain, Brett Wehr, and
Gregory Wallace; and three great
grandchildren, Grayson Pagon,
Jackson Sternberg and Lana Wehr.
Jim was predeceased by a daughter Laurie Wehr and two sisters,
Mary Jane Wehr and Virginia
Bottessini.
Funeral services
will be held Thursday
April 21, at 10 a.m.
in the First Church of
Monson, 5 High St.,
Monson. Burial will
follow at Hillcrest Cemetery. Lombard Funeral
Home is in charge of
arrangements. Memorial contributions may
be made to Baystate VNA and
Hospice 50 Maple St., Springfield, MA 01199. For on-line
condolences and/or directions
visit www.lombardfuneralhome.
com.
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in Korea for the students. Despite the
late hoursm Sperry said that they are
always eager to begin working.
“I’m always blown away by the
motivation and the level of commitment on their part that they have for
learning,” said Sperry. “Here they are
after a long day of work and dealing
with their family and yet they still
take the time to stay up late all for
the chance to get a better education
for themselves.”
Sperry and Blair utilize lesson
plans in which they read books that
are in written in English but whose
authors are from Korea. Blair said
that another common tactic is to have
them read and use recordings of the
books to help them translate.
“I think that overall the program
has worked out well for me, especially with my students who have
limited time to interact in person,”
said Blair.
Blair said that while the students tend to have no difficulty read-
ing and writing with English it is the
comprehensive skills such as idioms,
slang and reductions, as well as much
of the body language that they often
have difficulty learning even with
the camera and video. To overcome
these challenges, part of the instructor’s time with their students is spent
simply conversing about their days
and enjoying basic discussions.
And the learning is not just limited to the students.
The two instructors said that
through speaking with their students
they too have been learning just as
much about the Korean culture and
ways of life as their students have
been learning about the U.S. from
them.
Sperry and Blair said that frequent topics discussed in conversation include things like movies
and music, geography and prominent places, and especially current
events.
“Both of them have been very
Bondsville district
nominations due May 2
BONDSVILLE — The Annual Meeting of the
Bondsville Fire & Water District will be held on
Wednesday, May 25. The warrant was finalized on
Tuesday, April 19.
Nomination papers for the following positions
are available at the Bondsville Water Department office located at 1347 Main St. on Monday, Wednesday
and Friday from 1 to 5 p.m. They need to be returned
by Monday, May 2.
The following positions are available: auditor,
clerk and treasurer (one-year terms); and first assistant engineer and one water commissioner (three-year
terms).
interested in this year’s election,”
said Sperry. “One of the hardest parts
of doing something like this is being
able to keep their interest even only
for an hour. By asking them questions about their history and their
culture that I might have it acts as a
way to really get them talking.”
While officially starting in 2004,
Top Floor Learning has existed since
long before known prior as the Literacy Volunteers of the Quaboag Valley, which was founded in 1978. The
organization provides a comprehensive educational program to students
and adult learners from within the
Quaboag region, servicing roughly
21 towns in the Commonwealth and
people of all ages.
For more information about Top
Floor Learning, call 413-283-2329,
visit www.topfloorlearning.org or
stop by on the third floor of Palmer
Public Library, 1455 North Main St.
in Palmer.
Palmer seats open on ballot
PALMER — The Town Election in Palmer is scheduled for Tuesday, June 14.
Nomination papers are available at the office of
Town Clerk Susan Coache, located at 4417 Main St.,
Palmer. Seats open include two Town Council positions
(one at-large and the other District 4 representing Three
Rivers); two seats on the Planning Board; and two seats
on the School Committee.
To appear on the ballot, nomination papers with 50
signatures are required to be turned in by Tuesday, April
26.
For more information, call the clerk’s office at 413283-2608.
Obituary Policy
“A Person Remembered”
Remembrance Lamps
Celebrate a life by
giving the gift of light
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7 North St., Ware, MA 01082
413-967-5381 • www.ottoflorist.com
Personal, Creative, Affordable
Turley Publications offers two types of
obituaries.
One is a free, brief Death Notice listing
the name of deceased, date of death and funeral
date and place.
The other is a Paid Obituary, costing $75,
which allows families to publish extended death
notice information of their own choice and may
include a photograph. Death Notices & Paid
Obituaries should be submitted through a
funeral home to: [email protected].
Exceptions will be made only when the family
provides a death certificate and must be pre-paid.
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Legals
NOTICE OF
MORTGAGEE'S SALE
OF REAL ESTATE
By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale
contained in a certain mortgage given by Michele K.
Thompson and Robert C.
Thompson to Mortgage
Electronic Registration Sys
tems, Inc., dated November
9, 2006 and recorded with
the Hampden County Regis
try of Deeds at Book 16326,
Page 234, of which mortgage
the undersigned is the present holder by assignment
from Mortgage Electronic
Registration Systems, Inc. to
BAC Home Loans Servicing,
LP dated December 17, 2010
and recorded with said registry on December 28, 2010 at
Book 18608 Page 191 and
by assignment from Bank
of America, N.A. to Green
Tree Servicing LLC dated
May 14, 2013 and recorded
with said registry on May
29, 2013 at Book 19841
Page 501, for breach of the
conditions of said mortgage
and for the purpose of foreclosing, the same will be sold
at Public Auction at 11:00
a.m. on May 4, 2016, on the
mortgaged premises located
at 183 BRIMFIELD ROAD,
HOLLAND, Hampden
County, Massachusetts, all
and singular the premises
described in said mortgage,
TO WIT:
LOT NO. 1
The land in Holland,
Hampden County, Massa
chusetts, together with the
buildings and structures
thereon, bounded and des
cribed as follows:
That parcel of land, with
the buildings thereon designated as Lot Thirteen (13)
as shown on a plan of lots
entitled ''Plan of Property
owned by Lillian M. Pushee
at Holland Road, Holland,
Massachusetts, revised by
J.G. Clarke, August, 1931'',
said plan recorded in Hamp
den County Registry of
Deeds in Book of Plans 11,
Page 111, said parcel to be
bounded:
NORTHERLY by land
now or formerly of Frank E.
Flint, about sixty (60) feet;
EASTERLY by the New
Century Highway, as more
recently located leading from
Holland to Brimfield;
SOUTHERLY by Lot
fourteen (14) as shown on
the above mentioned plan,
eighty (80) feet;
WESTERLY by the Old
County Road.
Being the same premises
conveyed to the grantors by
deed of Daniel F. Laibstain
dated January 16, 1991, and
recorded in the Hamden
County Registry of Deeds,
Book 7627, Page 382.
Said premises are shown
on a plan entitled ''Land
in Holland, MA, owned
by Daniel F. Laibstain'' by
Reney Brothers, inc. dated
December 12, 1990 and
recorded with the Hampden
County Registry of Deeds,
Plan Book 275, Plan 70.
LOT NO. 2
The land with all its
rights, title and interest,
if any, in and to the following described land in
Holland, with the buildings thereon, situated on the
easterly side of Old Wales
Road with the northwesterly ad westerly side of
the former location of Old
Brimfield Road, as shown
on a Survey of Property
for Nancy J. Theriault and
Edna R. Milde, Scale 1''=40',
dated December 16, 1971 by
Frank A. Meurier, r., P.E. and
L.S. recorded in Plan Book
136, Page 104, bounded and
described as follows:
BEGINNING at an iron
pin at the intersection of the
northwesterly line of the
former location of the Old
Brimfield Road with the easterly line of Old Wales Road;
THENCE N. 9 degrees
10'W., 71.18 feet by the easterly line of Old Wales Road
to an iron pin;
THENCE N. 0 degrees
03' 98'' W., 119.93 feet to
an iron pin at Lot No. 1 as
shown on said plan;
THENCE N. 66 degrees
19' 22 E'' E., 208.25 feet by
Lot No. 1 to an iron pin at a
wall by the westerly line of
said former location of Old
Brimfield Road;
THENCE S. 23 degrees
48' 44''E., 122.92 feet to an
iron pin;
THENCE S. 38 degrees
52' 44''w., 206.53 feet along
the westerly line of said former location of Old Brim
field Road to an iron pin at
the point of BEGINNING.
Meaning and intending
to describe and mortgage
the premises as conveyed by
deed dated November 30,
2005, 15629-310.
For mortgagor's(s') title
see deed recorded with
Hampden County Registry of
Deeds in Book 15629, Page
310.
These premises will be
sold and conveyed subject
to and with the benefit of all
rights, rights of way, restrictions, easements, covenants,
liens or claims in the nature
of liens, improvements, public assessments, any and
all unpaid taxes, tax titles,
tax liens, water and sewer
liens and any other municipal assessments or liens or
existing encumbrances of
record which are in force
and are applicable, having
priority over said mortgage,
whether or not reference
to such restrictions, easements, improvements, liens
or encumbrances is made in
the deed.
TERMS OF SALE:
A deposit of Five Thou
sand ($5,000.00) Dollars by
certified or bank check will
be required to be paid by the
purchaser at the time and
place of sale. The balance
is to be paid by certified or
bank check at Harmon Law
Offices, P.C., 150 California
Street, Newton, Massachu
setts 02458, or by mail to
P.O. Box 610389, Newton
Highlands, Massachusetts
02461-0389, within thirty
(30) days from the date of
sale. Deed will be provided to
purchaser for recording upon
receipt in full of the purchase
price. The description of the
premises contained in said
mortgage shall control in the
event of an error in this publication.
Other terms, if any, to be
announced at the sale.
DITECH FINANCIAL LLC
F/K/A GREEN TREE
SERVICING LLC
Present holder
of said mortgage
By its Attorneys,
HARMON LAW
OFFICES, P.C.
150 California Street
Newton, MA 02458
(617) 558-0500
201403-0731 - TEA
4/7,4/14,4/21/16
LEGAL NOTICE
MORTGAGEE'S SALE
OF REAL ESTATE
By virtue of and in execution of the Power of Sale
contained in a certain mortgage given by Gregory
S. Bryant to Mortgage
E l e c t r o n i c R eg i s t r a t i o n
Systems, Inc. acting solely
as a nominee for Novastar
Mortgage, Inc., dated August
29, 2006 and recorded at
Hampden County Registry
of Deeds in Book 16172,
Page 551 of which mortgage
Deutsche Bank National
Trust Company, as Trustee
for NovaStar Mortgage
Funding Trust, Series 2006-6
NovaStar Home Equity Loan
Asset-Backed Certificates,
Series 2006-6 is the present holder by assignment
Registration Systems, Inc.
to Deutsche Bank National
Trust Company, as Trustee for
NovaStar Mortgage Funding
Trust, Series 2006-6 dated
August 18, 2009 recorded at
370; and assignment from
to Deutsche Bank National
Series 2006-6 dated July 17,
2013 recorded at Hampden
County Registry of Deeds in
Book 19956, Page 392, for
breach of conditions of said
mortgage and for the purpose
of foreclosing the same, the
mortgaged premises located at 2042 Pleasant Street,
Three Rivers (Palmer), MA
01080 will be sold at a Public
Auction at 3:00PM on May
12, 2016, at the mortgaged
premises, more particularly
described below, all and singular the premises described
in said mortgage, to wit:
That certain parcel of
land, with the buildings
thereon, situate on the westerly side of Pleasant Street in
the Village of Three Rivers,
in said Palmer, Hampden
County and Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, bounded
and described as follows:
BEGINNING at the north
easterly corner of land now
or formerly of John Brothers
and on the westerly line of
Pleasant Street at an iron pin
in the ground; thence
WESTERLY o n t h e
northerly line of land formerly of said Brothers ten (10)
rods to an iron pin in line of
land now or formerly of Silas
Ruggles; thence
NORTHERLY at right
angles with said last-named
line and on land now or formerly of said Ruggles fiftyfive (55) feet to an iron pin in
the ground; thence
EASTERLY in a line parallel with said first-named
line ten (10) rods to an iron
pin in the ground on the
westerly line of said Pleasant
Street; thence
SOUTHERLY o n l i n e
of said Pleasant Street fiftyfive (55) feet to the place of
BEGINNING.
For mortgagor’s title
see deed recorded with the
549.
The premises will be sold
subject to any and all unpaid
taxes and other municipal
assessments and liens, and
subject to prior liens or other
enforceable encumbrances of
record entitled to precedence
over this mortgage, and subject to and with the benefit
of all easements, restrictions,
reservations and conditions
of record and subject to all
tenancies and/or rights of
parties in possession.
Terms of the Sale: Cash,
cashier's or certified check
in the sum of $5,000.00 as a
deposit must be shown at the
time and place of the sale in
order to qualify as a bidder
(the mortgage holder and its
designee(s) are exempt from
this requirement); high bidder
to sign written Memorandum
of Sale upon acceptance of
bid; balance of purchase
price payable in cash or by
certified check in thirty (30)
days from the date of the sale
at the offices of mortgagee's
attorney, Korde & Associates,
P.C., 321 Billerica Road,
Suite 210, Chelmsford, MA
01824-4100 or such other
time as may be designated by
mortgagee. The description
for the premises contained in
said mortgage shall control
in the event of a typographical error in this publication.
Other terms to be
Series 2006-6
Korde & Associates, P.C.
321 Billerica Road
Suite 210
Chelmsford, MA
01824-4100
(978) 256-1500
Bryant, Gregory, 13-013324,
4/14,4/21,4/28/16
MORTGAGEE’S
NOTICE OF SALE
OF REAL ESTATE
By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale
contained in a certain Mort
gage given by David Ponte
to Mortgage Electronic
Registration Systems, Inc. as
nominee for, First Horizon
Home Loan Corporation, its
successors and assigns, dated
November 15, 2006 and
County Registry of Deeds at
Book 16330, Page 398, subsequently assigned to U.S.
Bank, National Association,
as Trustee under the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement
dated as of February 1, 2007,
GSAMP Trust 2007-HE1,
Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates, Series 2007HE1 by Mortgage Electronic
Registration Systems, Inc. by
assignment recorded in said
Registry of Deeds at Book
19150, Page 210; of which
Mortgage the undersigned is
the present holder for breach
of the conditions of said
Mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing same will
be sold at Public Auction at
10:00 AM on May 5, 2016 at
117 Butterworth Extension,
Holland, MA, all and singular the premises described in
said Mortgage, to wit:
A certain parcel of land in
Holland, Hampden County,
Massachusetts, known and
designated as Lot 9 as shown
on a plan entitled, "Plan of
Land in Holland, Mass.,
Surveyed for Escape Estates,
Incorporated, Lewis & Cook
Surveyors, Inc., BelchertownPalmer, MA" dated June 23,
2005, said plan being recorded with the Hampden County
Registry of Deeds in Plan
Book 339, Plan 3. BEING
the same premises conveyed
to Escape Estates, Incorpor
ated, by deed of Quaboag
Roads, Inc, dated July 20,
2004, and recorded with the
Hampden County Registry
Page 539. SUBJECT to grading and drainage easement
as shown on a plan entitled,
"Plan of Land in Holland,
MA surveyed for Escape
Estates, Inc." dated June 23,
2005, said plan being record-
ed with the Hampden County
Registry of Deeds in Plan
Book 339, Plan 3. SUBJECT
to Protective Covenants
dated February 10, 2006, and
County Registry of Deeds
in Book 15747, Page 521.
SUBJECT to all encumbrances of record.
"Upon information and
belief there is an error in the
legal description attached to
the mortgage wherein the
Title reference for the vesting deed is incorrect. Vest
ing deed is recorded at Book
16330 Page 396."
The premises are to be
sold subject to and with the
benefit of all easements,
restrictions, building and
zoning laws, liens, attorney’s
fees and costs pursuant to
M.G.L.Ch.183A, unpaid
taxes, tax titles, water bills,
municipal liens and assessments, rights of tenants and
TERMS OF SALE:
A deposit of FIVE
THOUSAND DOLLARS
AND 00 CENTS ($5,000.00)
in the form of a certified
check, bank treasurer’s
check or money order will
be required to be delivered
at or before the time the bid
is offered. The successful
bidder will be required to
execute a Foreclosure Sale
Agreement immediately after
the close of the bidding. The
balance of the purchase price
shall be paid within thirty
(30) days from the sale date
in the form of a certified
check, bank treasurer’s check
or other check satisfactory
to Mortgagee’s attorney. The
Mortgagee reserves the right
to bid at the sale, to reject
any and all bids, to continue
the sale and to amend the
terms of the sale by written
or oral announcement made
before or during the foreclosure sale. If the sale is set
aside for any reason, the
Purchaser at the sale shall
be entitled only to a return
of the deposit paid. The purchaser shall have no further
recourse against the Mort
gagor, the Mortgagee or the
Mortgagee’s attorney. The
description of the premises
contained in said mortgage
shall control in the event of
an error in this publication.
TIME WILL BE OF THE
ESSENCE.
Other terms if any, to be
U.S. Bank, National
Association, as Trustee under
the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement dated as of
February 1, 2007,
GSAMP Trust 2007-HE1,
Mortgage Pass-Through
Certificates,
Series 2007-HE1
Present Holder
of said Mortgage,
By Its Attorneys,
ORLANS MORAN PLLC
PO Box 540540
Waltham, MA 02454
Phone: (781) 790-7800
15-011034
4/14,4/21,4/28/16
LEGAL NOTICE
Pursuant to the provisions
of MA Gen. Laws, Chap.
255, Sec. 39A, the following vehicles will be sold at
public auction for towing and
storage charges due:
Honda
VIN:1HGEJ824XXL083898
Jeffrey Wolstenhulme 5
Forest Pk. Rd. Portland, ME;
Chevy
VIN:2G1WW12EX59103438
Michael Gow Box 693
Bondsville, MA;
Chevy
VIN:1G1JC1246V7196728
Zanna Roderiques 39 Carlisle
St. Springfield, MA;
Harley
VIN:1HD1BKL19JY010655
Wendy Morrow 2757 Lewis
St. Dighton, MA;
Hyundai
VIN:KMHWF35H33A910549
Kendall Reid 14 W. Meadow
Ln. Oakbluffs, MA;
Chevy
VIN:1GNDT13W2X2249730
Stacey Kurpaska 18 Harrison
Ave. Holyoke, MA;
Pontiac
VIN:1G2NE12T7XM774211
David Cockshaw 560 Denni
son Dr. Southbridge, MA;
Ford
VIN:1FAFP55U34A210676
Thomas Johnson 6 Long
meadow Dr. Salisbury, MA;
Lexus
VIN:JT8GK13T8R0049981
Kile Daniels 194 Washington
St. Hartford, CT;
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This auction is to take
place on April 29, 2016 @
10:00 A.M. @ LaBonte &
Son, 241 Wilbraham St.,
Palmer, MA 01069.
4/14,4/21,4/28/16
PALMER LICENSING
COMMISSION
NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARING
The Palmer Licensing
Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday
April 27, 2016 at 6:30 PM
at the Palmer Town Building,
4417 Main Street, Palmer
(Thorndike) on the application from Rt 20 Steakhouse
for transfer of all-alcohol on
premises license at 1701 Park
Street, Palmer, MA from
S.C.O.TS. LLC.
Any persons interested in
being heard should appear
at the time and place above
stated.
4/14,4/21/16
LEGAL NOTICE
MORTGAGEE'S SALE
OF REAL ESTATE
By virtue of and in execution of the Power of Sale
contained in a certain mortgage given by Joseph M.
Gurchak and Elizabeth
M. Nompleggi to Mortgage
Electronic Registration Sys
tems, Inc. acting solely as a
nominee for Sierra Pacific
Mortgage Company, Inc.,
dated June 6, 2011 and
recorded at Hampden County
Registry of Deeds in Book
18795, Page 244 of which
mortgage Ocwen Loan
Servicing, LLC is the present holder by assignment
Registration Systems, Inc.,
as nominee for Sierra Pacific
Mortgage Company, Inc.,
its successors and assigns to
Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC
dated June 10, 2013 recorded
at Hampden County Registry
Page 239, for breach of conditions of said mortgage and
for the purpose of foreclosing the same, the mortgaged
premises located at 4108
High Street and Parcel ID #
7679, Palmer, MA 01069 will
be sold at a Public Auction at
2:00PM on May 16, 2016,
at the mortgaged premises,
more particularly described
below, all and singular the
premises described in said
mortgage, to wit:
Parcel I
The land with the buildings thereon, situated on the
northerly side of High Street
in said Village of Thorndike,
in said Palmer, bounded and
described as follows:
Beginning at a point on
the northerly side of High
Street, which point is the
southwesterly corner of
land conveyed to Minnie B.
Marcinek by deed of John
W. Sullivan and Helen J.
Sullivan dated July 2, 1943
in Hampden County Reg
istry of Deeds in Book 1764,
Page 359 and running thence
easterly on the northerly side
of High Street, to the southeast corner of said land conveyed to the said Minnie B.
Marcinek by said deed of
said John W. Sullivan et al
to land now or formerly of
Jeremiah J. Kelley;
Thence northerly by land
of said Kelley and Peter and
Katie Drogon a distance
of forty-eight (48) feet to a
point;
Thence westerly in a
straight line along other land
of said Minnie B. Marcinek
to the westerly line of land
conveyed to said Minnie B.
Marcinek by deed of said
John W. Sullivan et al to a
point which is forty-eight
(48) feet northerly along the
said westerly line, from the
northerly line of High Street;
Thence southerly along
said westerly line of fortyeight (48) feet to the point of
beginning.
Parcel II
A certain parcel of land
situate on the easterly side
of High Street in the Village
of Thorndike, in said Palmer,
bounded and described as
follows:
Beginning at a stone
bound on the easterly side
of said High Street and at
the westerly corner of land
of Minnie B. Marcinek, said
stone bound being an angle
point in the 1925 Hampden
County Layout of High
Street;
N. 31° 58' W, sixty-three
and 51/100 (63.51) feet
along the easterly line of said
High Street to a drill hole in
the top of the retaining wall
at land now or formerly of
Jeremiah J. Kelley; Thence
turning and running
N. 58° 45' E. thirty-eight
and 78/100 (38.78) feet along
other land now or formerly
of Jeremiah J. Kelley to an
iron pin at land of Bernard F.
and Catherine T. Cavanaugh;
thence turning and running
S. 24° 02' E. sixty-four
(64) feet along last named
land to an iron pin in line
of other land of Minnie B.
Marcinek; thence turning and
running
S. 58° 45' W. twenty-nine
and 99/100 (29.99) feet along
said other land of Minnie
B. Marcinek to the place of
beginning.
The bearings indicate the
angular relationship of the
courses described and are
oriented with the Bearing of
the 1925 Hampden County
Relocation Layout of High
Street.
For mortgagor’s title
see deed recorded with the
241. See also deed recorded
in said Registry of Deeds in
Book 19828, Page 175.
The premises will be sold
subject to any and all unpaid
taxes and other municipal
assessments and liens, and
subject to prior liens or other
enforceable encumbrances of
record entitled to precedence
over this mortgage, and subject to and with the benefit
of all easements, restrictions,
reservations and conditions
of record and subject to all
tenancies and/or rights of
Terms of the Sale: Cash,
cashier's or certified check
in the sum of $5,000.00 as a
deposit must be shown at the
time and place of the sale in
order to qualify as a bidder
(the mortgage holder and its
designee(s) are exempt from
this requirement); high bidder
to sign written Memorandum
of Sale upon acceptance of
bid; balance of purchase
price payable in cash or by
certified check in thirty (30)
days from the date of the sale
at the offices of mortgagee's
attorney, Korde & Associates,
P.C., 321 Billerica Road,
Suite 210, Chelmsford, MA
01824-4100 or such other
time as may be designated by
mortgagee. The description
for the premises contained in
said mortgage shall control
in the event of a typographical error in this publication.
Other terms to be
Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC
Korde & Associates, P.C.
321 Billerica Road
Suite 210, Chelmsford,
MA 01824-4100
(978) 256-1500
Gurchak, Joseph, 15-020817
4/21,4/28,5/5/16
PALMER
CONSERVATION
COMMISSION
PUBLIC HEARING
NOTICE
In accordance with the
Wetland Protection Act
of the General Laws of the
Commonwealth of Massa
chusetts, Chapter 131, Sect
ion 40, and the Town of
Palmer Wetlands Ordinance,
Chapter 168, the Palmer
Conservation Commission
will hold a public hearing
on Tuesday, May 3, 2016
at 7:00 PM at the Town
Administration Building,
Meeting Room #1, 4417
Main Street, Palmer, MA
01069 on the application
of Sherman & Frydryk c/o
Philip Anton, of 42 Beech
Street, Palmer, MA.
The applicant is requesting a Notice of Intent for
the construction of a 24' X
30' two car garage with an
enclosed roof overhang and
modification of the existing driveway. The proposed
project is entirely within the
100- foot buffer zone to Lake
Thompson and will require
4,200 SF of disturbance within the 100-foot buffer zone.
The location of the proposed project is 42 Beech
Street, Palmer, MA 01069,
and is also known as: Map
68 Lot 100-103.
Any interested persons
wishing to be heard on the
application should appear at
the time and place designated. A copy of the application
and plan may be inspected at
the Palmer Town Hall in the
Conservation Commission
Office, 4417 Main Street,
Palmer, MA 01069 or contact
the office at 283-2611.
Tharyn Nein-Large
Chairman
4/21/16
palmer fire
district number
one and palmer
water district number one annual
fire district
meeting
warrant
commonwealth of
massachusetts
Hampden, ss.
Town of Palmer
to: William K. Cole,
Clerk of Palmer Fire District
Number One and Palmer
Water District Number One.
In the name of the
Commonwealth of Massachu
setts, you are hereby required
to notify and warn all the
qualified voters of Palmer
Fire District Number One
and Palmer Water District
Number One to meet in
the Palmer Public Library,
N. Main Street, in Depot
Village, of said Palmer, on
Tuesday, the 10th day of
May, 2016 at seven o’clock
in the evening, to act on the
following Articles:
article 1. To choose
a moderator to preside at the
meeting.
by ballot the following officers:
For a term of one (1) year:
One (1) Auditor
For a term of two (2) years
One (1) Water Commissioner
For a term of three (3) years:
One (1) Member of the
Prudential Committee
One (1) District Clerk
One (1) Water Commissioner
article 3. To hear and
act on reports of district officers and committees.
article 4. To see
if the District will vote to
raise and appropriate such
sums of money as may be
deemed necessary to pay the
salaries expenses and operating expenses for the Fire
Department for the fiscal
year commencing on July 1,
2016, or take any other action
relative thereto.
article 5. To see if
the District will vote to raise
and appropriate such sums
of money as may be deemed
necessary to pay the salaries expenses and operating
expenses for the District
Treasurer, District Clerk,
Tax Collector, Assessors and
Auditor for fiscal year commencing on July 1, 2016, or
take any other action relative
thereto.
article 6. To see if the
District will vote to empower the Water Department,
through the use of its receipts
and revenues, to expend
funds to defray the expenses
for the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2016, or take any
other action relative thereto.
District will vote to transfer
any sums of money from
Free Cash to reduce the tax
levy for the fiscal year commencing on July 1, 2016, or
take any other action relative
thereto.
District will vote to authorize the Treasurer, with the
approval of the Prudential
Committee, to borrow money
from time to time in anticipation of the revenue for the
fiscal year commencing on
July 1, 2016, in accordance
with Massachusetts General
Laws, Chapter 44, Section 4,
and acts in amendment thereof, or take any other action
relative thereto.
and appropriate or otherwise
provide a sum of money to a
Reserve Fund-Fire Account
for the fiscal year commencing on July 1, 2016, or take
any other action relative
thereto.
the District will vote to establish a Reserve Fund Water
Account and to appropriate
from water receipts a sum of
money to the Reserve FundWater Account in accordance
with Section 5C of Chapter
40 of the Massachusetts
General Laws, or take any
other action relative thereto.
and appropriate, or otherwise provide a sum of money
to the Stabilization Fund
Account, or take any other
action relative thereto.
article 12. To see
if the District will vote to
appropriate from free cash
a sum of money to repay
an obligation to Farmer’s
Home Administration for
the remodeling of the Fire
Station, or take any other
committees and give them
instructions.
And you are hereby
directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof and publishing
an attested copy thereof in
one issue of The Journal Reg
ister, a newspaper published
in said Palmer, the publication to be not less than seven
days before the holding of
said meeting, said postings
to be fourteen (14) days at
least before the time of holding said meeting, at the offic-
es of Palmer Fire District
Water District Number One,
Walnut Street, and at the
Palmer Town Administration
Building, all in said Palmer.
Hereof fail not and make
due return of this warrant,
with your doing thereon,
before the holding of said
meeting.
Given under our hands
this 19 day of April, 2016.
PRUDENTIAL
COMMITTEE OF
PALMER FIRE DISTRICT
NUMBER ONE AND
PALMER WATER
DISTRICT NUMBER ONE
Charles F. Abbate,
Chairman
Daniel Belanger
James L. St. Amand
A True Copy,
attest:
William K. Cole Clerk
4/21/16
palmer fire
district number
one and palmer
water district number one
Special district
meeting
warrant
commonwealth of
massachusetts
Hampden, ss.
Town of Palmer
to: William K. Cole,
Clerk of Palmer Fire District
Water District Number One.
In the name of the Com
monwealth of Massachusetts,
you are hereby required to
notify and warn all the
qualified voters of Palmer
Fire District Number One
and Palmer Water District
Number One to meet in the
Palmer Public Library, in the
Depot Village of said Palmer,
on Tuesday, the 10th day
of May, 2016 at six thirty
o’clock in the evening, to
act on the following Articles:
a moderator to preside at the
meeting.
District will vote to authorize
the Board of Water Commis
sioners to expend from Water
Department segregation agreement fund a sum of money
to be used to pay the Water
Dept. O & M (commissioner’s
account), or take any other
article 3. To see
if the District will vote
to authorize the Prudential
Committee to take from the
Stabilization Fund a sum
of money to be used in the
Thorndike and Palmer Fire
District Interconnection Pro
ject, or take any other action
relative thereto.
And you are hereby
directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies thereof and publishing
an attested copy thereof in
one issue of The Journal Reg
ister, a newspaper published
in said Palmer, the publication to be not less than seven
days before the holding of
said meeting, said postings
to be fourteen (14) days at
least before the time of
holding said meeting, at the
offices of Palmer Fire Dis
trict Number One and Palmer
Water District Number One,
Walnut Street, and at the
Palmer Town Administration
Building, all in said Palmer.
Hereof fail not and make
due return of this warrant,
with your doing thereon,
before the holding of said
meeting.
Given under our hands
this 19 day of April, 2016.
PRUDENTIAL
COMMITTEE OF PALMER
FIRE DISTRICT NUMBER
ONE AND
PALMER WATER
DISTRICT NUMBER ONE
Charles F. Abbate,
Chairman
Daniel Belanger
James L. St. Amand
A True Copy,
attest:
William K. Cole
District Clerk
4/21/16
Please check
the accuracy of
your legal notice
prior to submission (i.e., date,
time, spelling).
Also, be sure
the requested
publication date
coincides with
the purpose of the
notice, or as the
law demands.
Thank you.
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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
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Circulation:
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Horses
PAINT AND PAPER Over 25
years experience. References. Lic
#086220. Please call Kevin 978355-6864.
QUABBIN & SUBURBAN – FRIDAY AT NOON
HILLTOWNS – MONDAY AT NOON
AFFORDABLE LAWN CARE
SERVICE COMPANY
20 years in business.
HYDROSEEDING, MOWING,
BOBCAT, PAVER PATIOS, TREE
WORK, IRRIGATION, SEPTIC/
SEWER, EXCAVATION.
(413)283-5780
Pets
RETIRED RACING
GREYHOUNDS AVAILABLE
FOR ADOPTION
spayed/neutered, wormed,
shots, heartworm tested,
teeth cleaned
Pools
Garage Door Serv.
or VISIT WWW.TURLEY.COM
TO PLACE YOUR AD
Lawn & Garden
ATEKS TREE- HONEST, quality
tree service.
From pruning to
house lot clearing. Fully insured.
Free estimates. Firewood sales.
(413)687-3220.
Greyhound Options Inc.
Call Mary at 413-566-3129
or Claire at 413-967-9088
or go to
www.greyhoundoptions.org
DRYWALL
AND
CEILINGS,
plaster repair. Drywall hanging.
Taping & complete finishing. All
ceiling textures. Fully insured.
Jason at Great Walls.
(413)563-0487
FILL OUT AND MAIL THIS MONEY MAKER
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.
Tree Work
AAA1 - TROM’S TREE SERVICE
Let me save you money. Tree
removal, hazard tree removal,
cordwood, stump grinding. We’re
fully insured and workmen’s comp.
for your protection.
Free
estimates. Mon.-Sun. Call Jason.
413-283-6374.
SPRING CLEAN-UP, RESEEDING, aerating, weekly and bimonthly lawn mowing. Free
Estimates. Call Bill (413)531-2334.
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
SIDING - BETTER THAN VINYL
make it final with fiber-cement
siding. Over 15 years experience
in the installation of this product.
Product has an unconditional
warranty. Call today for a free
estimate. Free window package
install!
Will
match
any
reasonable
vinyl
estimate.
Contact Mike @ 413-323-4111
sidingsolutionsma.com
Landscaping
*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.
Finance
Services
A B Hauling and
Removal Service
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a button sends help fast! Medical,
Fire, Burglar. Even if you can’t
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Services
Wanted To Buy
PARTIALLY SEASONED OAK &
HARDWOOD.
Cut,
split,
delivered. 2, 3 & 4 cord loads.
R.T. Smart & Sons Firewood.
(413)267-3827
www.rtsmartwood.com
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**ALL SEASON**
Specializing
shrub trimming, pruning, design,
deliveries,
loader,
backhoe,
insured. Professional. Please call
Bob (413)537-5789 (413)5387954.
*RICK BERGERON
LAWN CARE
Spring Clean-ups
Mowing & Landscaping
Loader and Backhoe
Trucking
Over 30 yrs. in business
All Calls Returned
413-283-3192
WOODEN HORSE FARM offers
lessons, therapeutic riding and
summer camps for children and
adults. Reasonable rates, small
groups. Call (413)283-3706.
Help Wanted
Painting
ACCOUNTING
ASSISTANT:
PART
Time
15-20
hours.
Applicant must have knowledge of
Excel,
QuickBooks
and
bookkeeping functions. Duties
include A/P, A/R thru Trial
Balance. Compensation based on
experience. Send Resume to:
QVCDC, 23 West Main St. Ware,
MA
01082
or
Email
to
[email protected]. The Quaboag
Valley CDC/BAC is an equal
opportunity lender, employer and
provider. In accordance with
Federal law and US Department of
Agriculture policy, this institution is
prohibited from discrimination on
the basis of race, color, national
origin, sex, age, disability, familial
status or religion.
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
AERUS A 92 yr. old local
company is looking to fill multiple
positions from Customer Service
to Assist Management. Willing to
train but experience is helpful.
Please call to set up an interview
as these positions will go fast.
(413)289-9733 ask for Lisa.
AFFORDABLE POOL OPENINGS, cover pumping, tear downs,
filter repair, new/used filters,
motors, weekly vacs, chemicals.
Call
LaRue (413)583-7890
(413)289-0164, (413)386-8557
Masonry
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
www.forbesandsonspainting.com
KEEP IT PAINTING– Klems
excellent
exterior
painting.
Interiors too. Specializing in all
aspects of quality painting and
staining. 25 years experience.
Free consultation. Steve (413)4778217
KEN’S PAINTING SERVICES
Interior/exterior painting and
staining, wallpaper removal and
repairs, quality products and
workmanship. Fully insured.
Free estimates.
(413)896-8264.
www.kenspainting.tech
QUABBIN PAINTING INTERIOR/
EXTERIOR
PAINTING,
handyman, house and deck
powerwashing, deck staining,
gutters
cleaned.
Prompt
professional service. Fully insured.
Call 413-323-6425
[email protected]
Plumbing
LINC’S PLUMBING LIC #J27222
Scheduling Replacement
Heating Systems Now
Call LINC’S
For Your Connection
(413)668-5299
Roofing
FREE ROOF INSPECTIONS. ALL
TYPES OF ROOFING, shingle,
flat and slate. Call Local Builders
(413)626-5296. Complete roofing
systems and repairs.
Fully
licensed and insured. MA CS
#102453, CT Reg. 0615780.
Lifetime
warranty.
Senior
Discount. 24 hour service.
SKY-TECH ROOFING, INC. 25
years experience. Commercial,
residential. Insured. Shingles,
single-ply systems. Tar/ gravel,
slate repairs. 24 hour Emergency
Repairs.
(413)536-3279,
(413)348-9568, (413)204-4841.
BUS OPERATORS
PUBLIC TRANSIT
Put your CDL to excellent use
while building a long-term career.
FT
positions
available
in
Springfield area and part-time
positions in Northampton area.
Must have CDL with Passenger
Endorsement with no airbrake
restriction. All positions must be
able to work evenings and
weekends.
Review detailed
information
at
www.pvta.com
under Careers/ SATCo or VATCo.
Upload cover letter and resume
via our website or mail to: SATCo/
VATCo, Attn:
HR, 2840 Main
Street, Springfield, MA 01107.
AA/EEO/DF
EXPERIENCED
WAREHOUSE
AND machine operator help.
Valid driver’s license required.
Also
Farm
help
wanted.
Experience helpful. (413)4776600.
FOSTER CARE: YOU can help
change someone’s life. Provide a
safe home for children and teens
who have been abused or
neglected.
Call
Devereux
Therapeutic Foster Care at 413734-2493.
PART
TIME
3RD
SHIFT
HOUSEKEEPING AND DIRECT
CARE 8-16HRS WK
PART TIME MED POUR/PASS,
COOKING AND DIRECT CARE
816 HRS WK
Brookhaven Assisted Care 19
West Main St. West Brookfield,MA
508-612-7525
PART TIME WANTED to stack
firewood and run equipment. Must
be consistent. Tetreault & Son
(413)245-9615
US POSTAL SERVICE now
hiring. (800)278-0147, $21/hr. avg.
w/Fed. Ben. incl. to start. FT/ PT.
NOT affiliated w/ USPS.
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STILLMAN GREENHOUSE &
FARM
STAND,
NEW
BRAINTREE,
MA
needs
3
temporary workers 5/1/2016 to
12/1/2016, work tools, supplies,
equipment provided without cost
to worker. Housing will be
available without cost to workers
who cannot reasonably return to
their permanent residence at the
end
of
the
work
day.
Transportation reimbursement and
subsistence is provided upon
completion of 15 days or 50% of
the work contract. Work is
guaranteed for 3/4 of the
workdays during the contract
period. $11.74 per hr. Applicants
apply at, North Central Career
Center, 25 Main St, Gardner MA
01440, 978-632-5050 or apply for
the job at the nearest local office
of the SWA. Job order #6962420.
Diversified fruit and vegetable
farm. General duties include:
seeding, transplanting, writing
labels for transplants, weeding,
cultivating and pruning, less than
15% of the season; planting 15%
of the season; harvesting, picking
and packing by hand various
crops such as legumes, squash,
corn, berries, apples, root crops
and potatoes 70% of the season.
Other duties include weeding,
cutting, and arranging cut-flowers,
use of hand tools, setting up,
operating and/or repairing farm
machinery and fencing. Ability to
withstand prolonged exposure to
variable weather conditions; also
required to bend, stoop or stand
for extended periods and lift and
carry 50 pounds on a frequent
basis.
1
month
experience
required in work listed. The %'s
listed are estimates. Workers may
spend 0-100% of their time
performing any of the activities
listed.
THE WARE HOUSING Authority
is seeking applicants for the
position
of
GroundskeeperCustodian to maintain and provide
services to 110 State funded units
of public housing. This type of
work involves the performance of
semi-routine and diversified duties
in connection with repair to and
maintenance of buildings and
grounds. May be required to work
under adverse conditions such as
sleet, snow, heat, cold, dust and
dirt. This is a 40 hour per week
position with some overtime if
necessary. Candidate must have a
current Massachusetts drivers
license. Knowledge of basic
electrical, plumbing, and carpentry
a plus. If interested please send
cover letter and resumé to:
Executive Director, Ware Housing
Authority, 20 Valley View, Ware,
MA 01082 by the close of
business on Thursday, April 28,
2016 or e-mail resumé to
[email protected].
An
Equal Opportunity Employer.
Real Estate
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For Rent
Mobile Homes
PALMER 2 BEDROOMS, well
kept. Many cabinets, much
counter
space,
appliances,
enclosed porch $27,900 plus
$14,000 Co-op fee. 413-593-9961
DASAP.MHVILLAGE.COM
Bernice Giard Realty
774-262-6667
TOOMEY-LOVETT
109 West St.
Ware, MA 01082
For Rent
www.Century21ToomeyLovett.com
OAKHAM, LAKE DEAN Area,
Ranch House & Rental Cabin
$219,900. 2 Car Garage, 4
Bedrooms, 2 Baths, & Laundry
Room.
WEST BROOKFIELD,
$449,900.
Antique Cape, 4 Bedrooms,
plus Nursery, 2.5 Baths.
Gourmet
Kitchen
Island,
overlook Large enclosed Porch.
Potential Artist Studio 20 x 30
with loading dock. 3 Acres.
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
le
Sa
SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS:
McCarthy & Sons- Brookfield,
Barre, Palmer now training for Fall
placement. $18.50 to $20.50
Bonus program, paid holidays,
snow days, sick time, Don't
hesitate,
limited
openings!!
Tantasqua/Quabbin/Pathfinder
Tech. Call Today 508-867-8704 or
download
an
app
from
www.mccarthybus.com
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Ware:
413-967-6326
800-486-2121
West Brookfield:
508-867-7064
WARE: Ranch on 2.5 acres, 2
bdrm, lvg & dining area,
hardwoods, privacy. $189,900.
Our inventory is LOW!
LOOKING FOR
SINGLE FAMILY HOMES
If you want your home
sold this year, call us
for a free Market Analysis!!!
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
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.
WARE- NEWLY RENOVATED 2
bedroom apt, 3rd floor. Spacious
with large kitchen. Electric Heat.
Water/ Sewer included. No pets.
$600 First & security (413)9677772.
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For Rent
HILLSIDE VILLAGE
APARTMENTS
FOR RENT
Applications now being
accepted for one, two and
three bedroom apartments
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.
•Heat and hot water included
•Ample Closets
•Fully Applianced
•Community Room
•Laundry Facilities
•Cats Welcome
•Extra Storage
•24 Hour Maintenance
For Information call
(413)967-7755 EHO
17 Convent Hill, Ware, MA
Vacation Rentals
GILBERTVILLE APT FOR RENT
Spacious- overlooking river 1
bathroom- 2 bedrooms, $800.00
first and last required. 978-8800371
PALMER
ONE
BEDROOM.
Available immediately, HW, off
street parking. Trash removal.
$675. No Pets. Call (413)5682803 Leave message.
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.
THREE RIVERS HIGH Street.
Three bedroom duplex. First, last
& security. $725.00 a month.
(413)297-3577
WARE- APARTMENT
1 bathroom, 2 bedrooms, $750.
Off street parking. First and lastReady May 1st. 978-880-0371
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.
Auto Parts
USED AUTO PARTS, 91-day
guarantee.
Large
inventory,
engines, transmissions, radiators,
tires, glass. Excellent service, junk
car removal. Amherst-Oakham
Auto Recycling Coldbrook Road,
Oakham. 1-800-992-0441.
Autos Wanted
$$$ AUTOS WANTED TOP Dollar
paid for your unwanted cars,
trucks, vans, big and small,
running or not. Call 413-534-5400.
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WANTED: SHIPPER/PACKAGER
Job consists of Shipping/Receiving/Final Inspection/
Tightening products, etc.
Computer processing skills required.
Full time only, Mon.-Fri. 7am-3:30pm.
Experience in Shipping/Receiving required.
Pay based on experience/ability.
Pay plus holiday/vacation/insurance benefits
and 401K profit sharing.
7:00-3:30 daily Mon.-Fri.
Schedule an interview today, call 413-289-1751
Palmer area
Police Logs
PALMER
The Palmer Police Department responded to 420 calls from
April 12 to April 18. The department made 11 arrests or summons for arrest. Those arrested
will appear at a future date in
Palmer District Court and are
innocent until proven guilty.
Wednesday, April 13
Jessica Lynn Thornholt, 32,
of 372 Old Warren Road, Palmer, will be summoned to Palmer
District Court on a charge of assault.
Thursday, April 14
Aaron Reye Jenkins, 25, of
73 Fenwick St., Springfield, was
arrested at 5:42 p.m. on Bridge
Street in Three Rivers on a warrant.
Friday, April 15
Charles A. Ackerman, 34, of
7 Hampden Court, Monson, was
arrested at 1:38 a.m. on Wilbraham Street in Palmer on charges
of operating under the influence
of liquor; negligent operation of
a motor vehicle; and a marked
lanes violation.
Madeline M. Morales-Delgado, 30, of 123 Westford Ave.,
Springfield, will be summoned to
Palmer District Court on charges
of operating a motor vehicle with
a suspended license and having
no inspection/sticker.
Nancy M. Messina, 66, of
60 Upper Palmer Road, Monson,
was arrested at 6:15 p.m. on River Street in Thorndike on charges
of liquor; negligent operation of
a motor vehicle; a marked lanes
violation; and obstructing an
emergency vehicle.
Saturday, April 16
Junist Aurelien, 25, of 10
Mark Terrace, Randolph, was
Got drugs?
CLUES ACROSS
1. Crooned
5. Luck
8. Cosecant function
11. Rock bands play
here
13. Surrounds the
earth
14. Jessica __
15. A type of clique
16. No seats
available
17. Greek sophist
18. Stiff hair
20. Recipe
measurement
(abbr.)
21. Legal periodical
22. Saloons
25. He tricks you
30. Closing over
31. Man’s best friend
is one
32. Distinguish
oneself
33. Immoralities
38. Marsh elder
41. Blasts
43. A discerning
judge
45. Avenge for a
wrong
48. Doctors’ group
49. Jerry’s friend
50. Type of sword
55. Swedish rock
group
56. Black tropical
American cuckoo
57. Blatted
59. Cain and __
60. Strong liquor
flavored with
juniper berries
61. Cocoa bean
62. Get free of
63. Cardiograph
64. A cargo (abbr.)
CLUES DOWN
1. A baglike
structure in a
plant or animal
2. Bird genus
3. One point east of
northeast
4. A type of fly
5. Hurry
6. Lighter-than-air
craft
7. Ask to marry
8. Thick rope made
of wire
9. Imposters
10. Central nervous
system
12. Pie _ __ mode
14. Robert __, poet
19. Dwelt
23. Firewood
24. Voices
25. Water in the solid
state
26. Superman’s foe
27. Chris Paul’s team
(abbr.)
28. Employ
29. Mineral
34. Vessel
35. Nigerian City
36. Romania
37. Sirius Satellite
Radio (abbr.)
39. Potential
difference
40. A class of
synthetic
detergents
41. Drunkard
42. Doesn’t win or
lose
44. Appellative
45. Spiritual leader
46. Implant
47. Language
(Afrikaans)
51. Basics
52. A one-time
Giants center
53. Every one of two
or more
54. A way to gather
55. Swiss river
58. Small spot
PALMER — Do you or your
relatives have a medicine cabinet full
of old medications. Get rid of them
safely during a free collection day (no
questions asked) on Saturday, April 30
in the Palmer Office Building parking
lot, 4417 Main St., Palmer from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m.
Non-prescription medications, vitamins and pet mediations will also be
accepted. Items that cannot be accepted include needles, syringes, lancets,
thermometers, IV bags, chemo drugs
and liquids of any type.
The event is sponsored by the
Drug Enforcement Administration,
Hampshire/Franklin TRIAD, District
Attorney David E. Sullivan, Hampshire County Sheriff Robert J. Garvey,
Franklin County Sheriff Christopher
Donelan, local police departments,
Department of Public Health, Massachusetts Councils on Aging, Smith
Vocational High School, the Daily
Hampshire Gazette and other community partners.
For more information go to northwesternda.org or dea.gov.
arrested at 12:24 a.m. at the intersection of North Main and
Fletcher streets in Palmer on
charges of operating under the
influence of liquor; negligent
operation of a motor vehicle;
a marked lanes violation; possession of an open container of
alcohol in a motor vehicle; and
possession/consumption of an
alcoholic beverage in an open
container.
Justin P. Allen, 27, of 70
Pondview Circle, Belchertown,
was arrested at 2:47 a.m. on
Main Street in Three Rivers on
charges of operating under the
influence of liquor (second offense); negligent operation of a
motor vehicle; possession of an
open container of alcohol in a
motor vehicle; having no inspection/sticker; and possession/consumption of an alcoholic beverage in an open container.
Sunday, April 17
Ethan A. Jones, 20, of 156
Bondsville Road, Ware, was arrested at 2:01 a.m. on North
Main Street in Palmer on charges of operating under the influence of liquor (second offense);
negligent operation of a motor
vehicle; and speeding.
Eric T. Rock, 30, of 7501
142nd Ave., N Lot 352, Largo,
Florida, was arrested at 5:27
a.m. on Park Street in Palmer
on charges of operating under
the influence of liquor (second
offense); negligent operation of
a motor vehicle; a marked lanes
violation; leaving the scene of
property damage; and speeding.
Monday, April 18
Allen A. Krasnecky II,
51, of 3145 South Main St.,
Bondsville, will be summoned
to Palmer District Court on a
charge of reckless endangerment
of a child.
Allen A. Krasnecky II, 51,
of 3145 South Main St., Bondsville, was arrested at 9:51 p.m.
on South Main Street on charges
of possession of a class B drug;
possession of a class E drug (Baclofen); and possession of a class
E drug (crushed pill).
MONSON
The Monson Police Department responded to 199 calls
from April 10 to April 16. The
department reported five arrests
or summons for arrest. Those
arrested will appear at a future
date in Palmer District Court
and are innocent until proven
guilty.
Sunday, April 10
Francisco Anthony Young,
25, of 2116 Calkins Road, Three
Rivers, will be summoned to
of breaking and entering daytime
for a felony and larceny from a
building.
Aaron Reye Jenkins, 25,
homeless, will be summoned to
of breaking and entering daytime
for a felony and larceny from a
building.
Friday, April 15
Austin T. Page, 23, of 32
North St., Erving, was arrested
at 10:55 p.m. on a charge of possession of a class A drug.
Saturday, April 16
Lorie Parish, 47, of 3402 NY
7, Hoodack Falls, New York, was
arrested at 5:28 p.m. on charges
of liquor; operating under the
influence of drugs; negligent operation of a motor vehicle; and a
marked lanes violation.
Justin T. Mount, 18, of 12
Lakeside Drive, Monson, will
be summoned to Palmer District
Court on a charge of a person
under 21 possessing liquor.
Physicians offer monthly EMS training
WARE — The Baystate
Health Eastern Region, comprised of Baystate Mary Lane
Hospital and Baystate Wing
Hospital, has released its 2016
Emergency Medical Service
continuing education program
schedule of classes for 2016.
“There are few areas more
important to a community than
emergency medical services,”
said Dr. Richard Gerstein,
chairman of emergency medicine at Baystate Mary Lane
Hospital. “In our communities,
EMS providers work countless
hours to ensure that our community members have access
to highly skilled, quality emergency care…Annually, our
training program offers EMTs,
EMT-1 and Paramedics in our
communities training opportunities that provide continuing
education credits toward maintaining their state and national
certification.”
Classes are held on the
first Wednesday of every month
from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the
main conference room of Baystate Mary Lane Hospital, located on the second floor. The
2016 schedule is as follows:
May 4 – Crew Response
Management & Incident Command – Neil Hawley, UMass
Lowell
June 1 – Pedi Cardiac Arrest and Pedi Transport – Chris
Cannizzaro, PA-C
July 6 – M & M Rounds
– Focus Cardiac Arrest & VAD
– Dr. Roger Lafleur
Aug. 3 – Cardiac Rate
Disturbances and Cardiac Arrest – Dr. Morris Leibowitz
Sept. 7 – Stroke: PreHospital Assessment and Care
– Dr. Richard Gerstein
Oct. 5 – M & M Rounds
– Focus Endocrine & Diabetes
– Dr. Roger Lafleur
Nov. 2 – Managing Psychiatric Emergencies – Robert
Horton, RN, BC, BMC
Dec. 7 – Post Resuscitative Care – Dr. Rock JeanGuillaume
These accredited continuing education opportunities are
offered free of charge as part
of Baystate Health’s Eastern
Region’s ongoing commitment
to local emergency medical
providers and the communities both organizations serve.
Registration is not required.
For more information call Michelle Holmgren, public affairs
and community manager, Baystate Health Eastern Region at
413-967-2296.
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Calendar Policy
$5 to $25), including computer and stereo equipment,
video game consoles, appliances, televisions and refrigerators. Cables, keyboards, car batteries, cell phones and
tools are free as are bicycles. For more information contact Jim Wood at 508-277-6728.
OUR CALENDAR SECTION is intended to promote “free” events or ones that directly affect a volunteer-driven organization. Paid events that are not deemed
benefits do not qualify. Non-charitable events that charge
the public for profit are not allowed as we consider that
paid advertising. The deadline to submit calendar items in
the mail, by fax, or e-mailed in Word document format is
Monday at noon or sooner. We usually print at least one
week in advance of an event, and the listings should be
brief, with only time, date, location, brief activity explanation and contact info.
SUNDAY, APRIL 24
SISTERS ERIN AND COLLEEN SEARSON, a
high-energy fiddle and singing duo will perform on Sunday, April 24 at the Palmer Historical & Cultural Center,
2072 Main St., Three Rivers at 2 p.m. From Canada, they
perform a variety of instruments, with Colleen on the fiddle
and vocals, Erin on piano, vocals and tenor guitar, Danno
O’Shea on drums and percussion, and Fraser Gauthier on
bass guitar. The group will entertain with Ottawa Valley
Step Dancing. Tickets cost $12 in advance or $16 at the
door, and PHCC members can attend for $6 in advance
or $8 at the door. For tickets, call 413-289-9295, email
[email protected] or visit www.palmerhcc.org.
NOW
CALLING ALL ARTISTS, crafters, communitybased nonprofits and individuals who would like to reserve booth space for the Second Congregational MayFest Church Fair to be held on Saturday, May 21 from
10 a.m.- 2 p.m. An application can be found at www.
secondchurchpalmer.org or email [email protected] or
call the church office at 283-6958 and one will be mailed.
All applications must be received no later than Monday,
May 9.
RESERVE YOUR CELEBRATION TENT now
for your First Communion, bridal and baby showers,
graduation parties, family reunions, birthday parties or
any other kind of celebration you may have outdoors. The
Palmer Lions Club has a tent for you, either 20-feet x 20feetfor $125 or 20-feet x 40-feet for $200. This includes
setup and takedown in the Palmer area. Call Karen at 413221-7243 to make a reservation. You may need to leave a
message and your call will be returned. The Palmer Lions
Club tent rental fees go towards assistance for the people
of Palmer, Bondsville, Three Rivers and Thorndike.
MONSON WOODWACKERS wood carving club
has established its meeting schedule. The club will meet
weekly on Thursdays at the Monson Senior Center, 106
Main St., Monson from 6-8 p.m., September through
June. Membership fees are $10 per year, with beginner
projects available. Anyone interested in woodcarving is
encouraged to attend. For more information contact Wes
Harnois at 267-3322 or email [email protected].
STAINED GLASS MAKING CLASS will be held
on Thursdays at the Holland Community Center from 10
a.m.-1 p.m. or 6-9 p.m. Glass and tools are supplied. Take
six classes for $48. Class sizes are limited and are open to
all ages. For more information call Tom Baltazar at 508245-2525.
PALMER DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TASK
FORCE will meet the second Wednesday of each month
in the Palmer Police Station meeting room, 4419 Main
St., Palmer from 3:30-4:30 p.m. New members are always
welcome. For more information contact [email protected].
PALMER SALVATION ARMY Service Extension
Unit offers residents in Palmer and Brimfield emergency
assistance on a periodic basis. The outreach coordinator
will be located on the second floor of St. Paul’s Unitarian
Universalist Church at 1060 Central St., Palmer. You must
schedule an appointment by calling 413-277-5121 so you
know what documentation to bring since those seeking assistance have to meet certain criteria and show proof of
need. Please leave your name, number and the date you
called. Phone messages are checked weekly, not daily.
MONSON SALVATION ARMY Service Extension Unit offers residents in Monson and bordering towns
emergency assistance on a periodic basis including funds
for fuel and utilities, food, clothing, diapers, furniture
and prescriptions. Clients can meet the second Monday
of each month (if that date falls on a holiday, it will be
the following week) from 12:30-2:30 p.m. at the Monson
Senior Center, 106 Main St., Monson. To schedule an appointment, call 267-4121 so you know what documentation to bring.
BOOKSTORE at the Unitarian Universalist Parish
of Monson at the corner of Lincoln and Main streets in
Monson is open the first Friday of every month from 5:307:30 p.m. and the third Saturday of every month from 10
a.m.-1 p.m. Books priced from 25 cents to $1 each: fiction, nonfiction, thrillers, horror, mystery, science fiction,
how-to, classic literature, children’s books, romances,
cookbooks, gardening books and more. All proceeds benefit the parish. Donations are accepted. Call Mary at 2670033 for more information.
MARTHA’S TABLE STAFF at the Monson-Glendale United Methodist Church is supporting the Monson
Open Pantry by providing a meal once a month to anyone who will bring a non-perishable food item. Staff have
begun packing and delivering the meals in cooperation
with the Monson Senior Center. The meal is served at the
church, 162 Main St., Monson on the third Saturday of
each month from 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. For more information call 267-3798.
CHURCH CABOOSE THRIFT SHOP will be
open on Fridays and Saturdays at the Second Congregational Church, 1080 Pleasant St., Palmer from 10 a.m.2 p.m. Bargains are available on household items, coats,
sweaters, shoes, children’s items and more. Call 283-6958
for more information.
SENIOR LUNCHEON. The Monson Council on
Aging invites seniors over age 60 to its luncheon program
every Monday – Friday at the Monson Senior Center, 106
Main St., Monson. Home cooked meals are always served
at noon. The requested donation of $2.50 includes the entrée, bread, dessert and beverage. Menus are available in
the COA newsletter. Luncheon reservations must be made
by 2:30 p.m. the day before you would like to come to
lunch. For more info or van reservations, call 267-4121.
GAME NIGHT will be held at Top Floor Learning
MONDAY, APRIL 25
Catching a
Roadrunner...
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PHOENIX, Ariz. — Our reader John D. Rottman took
this photo of a Roadrunner at the Desert Botanical
Gardens in Phoenix, Arizona in January. Have your
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turley.com or mail them to Editor Douglas Farmer, The
Journal Register, 24 Water St., Palmer, MA 01069.
at the Palmer Public Library the second Tuesday of each
month: May 10, June 14, July 12, Aug. 9, Sept. 13, Oct.
11, Nov. 8 and Dec. 13 (2016), and Jan. 10, Feb. 14, March
14, April 11, May 9 and June 13 (2017) from 6-7:45 p.m.
There is no fee or registration required, and attendants
must be 16 years of age or older unless accompanied by
an adult. Games include Scrabble, Cribbage, Monopoly,
Rummy, Chess, Checkers, Uno, Yahtzee, Bridge, Skipboo, Crazy 8’s, Hearts, Dominos, etc. Attendees may
bring their own. For more information call 283-2329 or
email [email protected].
MAKE A DONATION to the Monson Free Library
in honor of a special person or family member, in the form
of a book, DVD or CD, audio book or magazine subscription. The person will receive a letter informing them of
your gift. The cost of donations is $25 for a book, $20 for
a CD or DVD, $100 for an audio book and $20 for a magazine subscription. For more information call 267-3866.
THURSDAY, APRIL 21
BOOK READING AND SIGNING of “Dingers:
The 101 Most Memorable Home Runs in Baseball History,” a new book co-written by Bondsville writer and
longtime reporter Tommy Shea and teacher Josh Shifrin,
will be held on Thursday, April 21 at the Monson Free
Library, 2 High St., Monson at 6:30 p.m.
FRIDAY, APRIL 22
ROCKIN’ OLDIES DANCE PARTY will be held
on Friday, April 22 at Brimfield Town Hall, 21 Main St.,
Brimfield from 7-9 p.m. ‘50s dress is optional. The event
will feature DJ Bruce Marshall of Real Oldies 1250 AM
WARE and free dance lessons at 6:30 p.m. with Forty
Arroyo. Also included will be food, twist contest, photo
opportunities, swing/jive dance performance and raffles.
Tickets are $8 in advance (available at the Brimfield Senior Center) or $10 at the door. This event will be a fundraiser for the Brimfield Senior Center.
SATURDAY, APRIL 23
PANCAKE BREAKFAST will be co-sponsored by
the Palmer 300th Committee and the Three Rivers Chamber of Commerce on Saturday, April 23 at Amvets Post
74 on Main Street in Three Rivers from 8-11 a.m. The
Friends of the Palmer Senior Center will also assist with
this event. Tickets are free for children under 5, $2 for
children 6 to 16 and $5 for everyone else. For more information, visit www.palmer300th.org.
ROAST PORK DINNER will be served on Saturday, April 23 at the Monson-Glendale United Methodist
Church, 162 Main St., Monson from 4:30-6:30 p.m. The
menu will consist of roast pork and applesauce, roasted
potatoes, veggies, sauerkraut, rolls and homemade dessert. Adults are $12 and children are $6.
CLOTHING COLLECTION DRIVE will be
hosted by The Palmer Salvation Army on Saturday, April
23 at the Depot Professional Building in Palmer from 8
a.m.-noon. The group is able to receive clothing, linens
and shoes.
MONSON TOWN-WIDE CLEANUP will be held
on Saturday, April 23. Sign up to clean a street by sending
an email to [email protected],
ELECTRONICS RECYCLING will take place on
Saturday, April 23 in the parking lot of Trinity Church
at the corner of Park and Pleasant streets in Ware from 9
a.m.-2 p.m. Items can be recycled on a sliding scale (from
HATHA YOGA WITH JANE on Monday, April
25 at Hitchcock Free Academy in Brimfield. Relax and
rejuvenate with postures and guided meditation to restore
the body. Bring a mat and wear comfortable clothing. The
fee is $65 or $60 for residents of Brimfield, Holland, Sturbridge and Wales and includes six classes. The instructor
is Jane Anable, certified Kripalu instructor and Phoenix
Rising Yoga Therapist. For more information visit www.
hitchcockacademy.org.
ZUMBA will be offered on Monday, April 25 at
Hitchcock Free Academy in Brimfield. The routines in
this spicy class with a Latin twist feature interval training
sessions where fast and slow rhythms and resistance training combine to tone and sculpt your body while burning
fat. The cost is $42 or $37 for residents of Brimfield, Holland, Sturbidge and Wales and includes seven classes. The
instructor is Erin Greene-Wallace. For more information
visit www.hitchcockacademy.org.
TUESDAY, APRIL 26
HISTORY OF ANTIQUES in Brimfield, Gordon
Reid Sr.’s legacy, will be the subject of a program with
Laurel Mathieu Prescott and Peter Yvanovich, including
lecture and antique appraisals, on Tuesday, April 26 at
the Palmer Historical & Cultural Center, 2072 Main St.,
Three Rivers from 5-6:45 p.m. The lecture will begin at 7
p.m., and is free but donations will be accepted. Appraisals by Yvanovich, a professional appraiser, are offered for
$10 per item. Contact [email protected] for more
information.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27
POET MARIA LUISA ARROYO will present a
workshop on Wednesday, April 27 entitled, “Ekphrasis:
Writing Poems in Response to Art” in conjunction with
the 22nd Annual Spring Art Exhibition and Sale, “Deep,”
sponsored by the Monson Arts Council. The event is
scheduled from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the House of Art, 200
Main St., Monson. Participants will be introduced to various writing techniques for responding to art and then will
be afforded the opportunity to tour the exhibit before composing original poetry. Seating is limited to 20 people. To
register, contact Gay Paluch at [email protected]
or 413-893-9014. The cost of the of the workshop is $5.
For more information, visit MonsonArtsCouncil.com.
UPCOMING
CAMP & COMMUNITY FAIR will be held on
Thursday, April 28 in the gymnasium of Warren Community Elementary School, 51 Schoolhouse Drive, Warren from 5-7 p.m. Wondering what to do with the kids
or family this summer? Come and speak to representatives from several day, sleep-away and family camps,
community sports teams and other local programs. The
event is free and open to the public.
MONSON DEMOCRATIC TOWN COMMITTEE will meet on Thursday, April 28 at the Polish
American Citizens Club on Bliss Street in Monson at
7 p.m.
SPRING FLING PARTY will be held on Friday,
April 29 at the Brimfield Senior Center, located within
the First Congregational Church, 20 Main St., Brimfield
from 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Enjoy a spread of baked ham
with pineapple sauce, buttery cornbread, Eva’s homemade potato salad, baked beans, tossed salad and strawberry shortcake a la mode. Brimfield residents, arrive at
10:30 a.m. There will be a speaker to inform the community about plans for new town facilities. Reserve your
spot by Tuesday, April 26. the suggested donation is $5
per person. For more information, call 413-245-7253.
COFFEE HOUSE UNPLUGGED sponsored by
the Monson Arts Council will be held on Friday, April
29 at the Monson Free Library, 2 High St., Monson at
7 p.m. Each year, the MAC invites local performers, including writers of prose and poetry, dramatists and musicians to share in an evening celebrating local talent to
benefit the library. Light refreshments and beverages including coffee and tea will be served. Seating is limited.
Donations of $5 will be accepted at the door. For those
interested in performing, an application is available by
contacting Gay Paluch at [email protected] or
by phone at 413-893-9014.
FREE DRUG COLLECTION DAY for prescrip-
tion and non-prescription drugs, as well as vitamins
and pet medicines (no questions asked) will be held on
Saturday, April 30 in the Palmer Town Office Building
parking lot, 4417 Main St., Palmer from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Items that cannot be accepted include needles, syringes,
lancets, thermometers, IV bags, chemo drugs and liquids of any type. For more information go to northwesternda.org or dea.gov.
BULKY DAY will be held by the Monson Board
of Health on Saturday, April 30 at Hillside School, 29
Thompson St., Monson from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. It is open to
all residents who participate in Monson’s trash program
and whose trash bills are paid up-to-date. Trash bills
may be paid at Bulky Day. Refrigerators, televisions,
computers, propane tanks, hot tubs, other appliances
and tires will be accepted for various fees. Building,
commercial and lawn debris, cardboard and hazardous
waste will not be accepted. Furniture, washers and dryers, lawnmowers and metal can be brought at no cost.
For more information call 267-4107.
RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE will be held on
Saturday, April 30 at Amvets Post 74, 2150 Main St.,
Three Rivers from 8 a.m.-1 p.m. To make an appointment to give blood, download the free Red Cross Blood
Donor App, visit redcrossblood.org or call 1-800-REDCROSS (1-800-733-2767).
PARADE OF QUILTS with Barbara Beaulieu
and Friends on Sunday, May 1 at the Keep Homestead
Museum, 35 Ely Road, Monson at 1:30 p.m. There is
no admission charge. The museum will be open from
1-3:30 p.m. Refreshments will be served. For more information, call 413-267-4137, email [email protected] or visit
ART SHOW RECEPTION for Palmer Senior
center art students will be held on Wednesday, May 4 at
the Palmer Public Library, 1455 North Main St., Palmer
from 5-7 p.m. Light refreshments will be served and
flute player Joel Wolley will provide entertainment. The
students are in a class taught by instructor Julie Strempek, and there work will be on display in the library’s
community room throughout the month of May. Sue
Chaffee from Brimfield will judge the pieces.
FUN SCRABBLE NIGHT, a tournament hosted
by Top Floor Learning, will be held on Thursday, May
5 in the community room of the Palmer Public Library
from 5:30-9 p.m., Community Room, Palmer Library.
Admission is $10 per person and includes games, food,
beverages and prizes. Registration and refreshments
5:30-6 p.m. Games begin at 6 p.m. Everyone will use the
official Scrabble dictionary, fifth edition for challenges.
Scrabble games are donated by Hasbro. Proceeds will
benefit TFL’s adult literacy programs. Register by May 2
by calling all 413-283-2329 and mail checks payable to
TFL with your name, address, phone number and email
address to 1455 North Main St., Palmer, MA 01069 or
email to [email protected].
PLANT SALE will be held by the Monson Garden
Club on Saturday, May 7 by the Dave Grieve Park gazebo on Main Street in Monson beginning at 9 a.m. The
rain location will be the Monson Fire Station. A wide
selection of perennials in addition to wildflowers, vegetables, shrubs and herbs will be featured. There will
be an assortment of special gift planters for Mother’s
Day. Proceeds from the sale are used for local community projects such as the downtown plantings, holiday
greens, two scholarships and a beautification grant program.
THE ADVENTURES OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, including a dinner and show coordinated by the
Thomas Lodge of Masons and The Actors Company,
will be presented on Saturday, May 7 at the Palmer Historical & Cultural Center, 2072 Main St., Three River.
Doors open for a social hour at 4 p.m., dinner will be
served at 5 p.m. and the show starts at 6 p.m. Admission
is $30. Professional actor J.T. Turner will recount the
life of Benjamin Franklin, from his youth in Boston to
his heroism during the American Revolution. For tickets
call 413-289-9295 or email [email protected].
HISTORICAL TOUR OF PALMER Through
Pictures and Postcards will be offered by Eric Raymond
on Tuesday, May 10 at the Palmer Historical & Cultural
Center, 2072 Main St., Three Rivers at 7 p.m. Admission is free but freewill donations will be accepted.
The images were digitized from the Palmer Historical
Commission’s collection. Raymond will show over 100
pictures of historic buildings, houses and sports events.
THIS BUSINESS OF FIGHTING: A human
face on World War II will be presented by storyteller
and historian Arnie Pritchard on Wednesday, May 11 at
the Palmer Public Library, 1455 North Main St., Palmer
at 6:30 p.m. Pritchard inherited the World War II army
footlocker of his father Anton Pritchard, containing hundreds of letters and other family papers from his time in
the Army and in the United Nations’ refugee program.
Pritchard has a Ph.D. in history from Yale University.
The program is free and open to the public. To register,
call the library at 283-3330 ext. 0.
MONSON WOODWACKERS Woodcarving Club
will host a carving show and competition on Saturday,
May 14 at Memorial Hall on Main Street in Monson
from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Admission is free. For more information call Wes Harnois at 413-267-3322.
FOURTH ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT
will be held by Operation Friendship of Palmer on
Saturday, May 14 at East Mountain Country Club in
Westfield with a 9 a.m. shotgun start. The cost is $85
and includes 18 holes of golf, riding cart, chicken and
pasta lunch with salad, vegetables, rolls and butter, plus
dessert. There will be lots of prizes and raffles. Hole
sponsorships are available for $50 and raffle donations
are welcome. Contact Lisa or Paul at 413-283-8425 for
more information.
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District papers
available
Fire Logs
PALMER
The Palmer Fire Department reported 22 calls for the week of April 19
through April 25.
On Thursday, April 14 at 3:45 p.m.,
the department responded to Old Warren
Road for an unauthorized burning. The
department returned to service at 4:10
p.m.
the department responded to Wright
Street for a service call. The department
returned to service at 8:43 p.m.
the department responded to Main Street
in Palmer for a cooking fire. The department returned to service at 11:46 p.m.
On Friday, April 15 at 12:53 p.m.,
the department responded to Old Warren
Road for a brush fire. The department returned to service at 2 p.m.
On Friday, April 15 at 1:09 p.m., the
department responded to Beacon Drive
for a good intent call. The department returned to service at 1:39 p.m.
the department responded to Thorndike
Street for an unauthorized burning. The
p.m.
On Saturday, April 16 at 1:41 p.m.,
the department responded to Woodland
Heights for a brush fire. The department
On Sunday, April 17 at 6:23 a.m.,
the department responded to Park Street
for a motor vehicle accident with fluids
spill. The department returned to service
at 6:40 p.m.
On Sunday, April 17 at 10:22 a.m.,
Heights for a fire watch. The department
returned to service at 11 a.m.
On Sunday, April 17 at 1:54 p.m.,
for a motor vehicle accident with fluids
spill. The department returned to service
at 2:30 p.m.
the department responded to North Main
Street for an unauthorized burning. The
p.m.
On Sunday, April 17 at 8:30 p.m., the
department responded to Central Street
for an unauthorized burning. The department returned to service at 8:45 p.m.
On Monday, April 18 at 12:08 a.m.,
for a carbon monoxide detector activation. The department returned to service
at 12:54 a.m.
the department responded to South Main
returned to service at 6:14 a.m.
the department responded to Main Street
in Thorndike for a service call. The department returned to service at 8:40 a.m.
the department responded to State Street
in Monson for a service call. The department returned to service at 11:20 a.m.
On Monday, April 18 at 12:52 p.m.,
the department responded to State Street
in Monson for a service call. The department returned to service at 1:05 p.m.
the department responded to West Street
in Ware for a mutual aid call for station
coverage. The department returned to
service at 3:58 p.m.
BONDSVILLE
The Bondsville Fire Department responded to three incidents for the week
of April 12 to April 18.
On Tuesday, April 12 at 9:09 p.m.,
the department responded to Pine Street
for a burning complaint. The department
was back in service at 9:20 p.m.
On Saturday, April 16 at 2 p.m.,
Heights in Palmer for mutual aid for a
brush fire. The department was back in
the department responded to Warren for
station coverage. The department was
back in service at 4:05 p.m.
THREE RIVERS
The Three Rivers Fire Department
reported nine incidents for the week of
April 12 through April 18.
the department responded to Lariviere
Street for a report of a brush fire. It was
found to be a resident burning brush and
the department returned to service at
12:15 p.m.
department responded to Sasur Street for
a carbon monoxide detector activation. No
reading was found and it was determined
to be a faulty detector and the department
department responded to Ford Street for
a burning complaint. The resident was
advised of the burning policy and the
p.m.
the department responded to Belchertown Road for a burning complaint. The
resident was determined to have prior
approval for burning and the department
the department responded to a mutual
aid call from Palmer Fire department for
a brush fire off of Woodland Heights in
Palmer. The department returned to service at 6:06 p.m.
On Sunday, April 17 at 7:57 p.m., the
department responded to Maple Terrace
for an unauthorized burning complaint.
The resident was notified of burning regulations and the department returned to
the department responded to High Street
for an unauthorized burning. The resident
was notified of burning regulations and
the department returned to service at
8:15 p.m.
the department responded to Palmer
Road for an unauthorized burning. The
resident was notified of burning regulations and the department returned to service at 8:30 p.m.
the department responded to Sylvia Street
for a report of smoke in a residence. The
source was determined to be from a microwave overheating and the department
THREE RIVERS — Nomination papers for the Three Rivers Fire
District elections to be held on May
17, 2016 are now available at the district office located at 2146C Main St.
across from Amvest Post 74, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to noon.
To qualify, you must be a registered voter in the town of Palmer
and live within the Three Rivers Fire
District. Nomination papers for the
following offices are available: Prudential Committee (one-year term),
Prudential Committee (three-year
term) and District Clerk (one-year
term).
For more information, email
threeriversfiredistrict.ma@gmail.
com.
Ashe to offer
staff hours
MONSON — State Rep.
Brian Ashe (D-Longmeadow) will
have a staff member available to
meet with constituents at the Monson Free Library on the following
Wednesdays: May 11 and June 22.
Hours for these days will be from
12:30 to 1:30 p.m.
You may also contact the district office at 413-272-3922 with
any concerns.
MONSON
The Monson Fire Department’s log
for the week of April 11 through April 17
was unavailable at presstime.
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