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Police get new wheels
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PAWTUCKET – The Pawtucket
Police Department has been issued
16 new police vehicles in an effort
to bolster public safety for residents, city officials said.
The new vehicles, which were
purchased with authorization from
the City Council and Mayor
Donald R. Grebien's office, will
feature four-wheel drive capability,
enabling the department to be “better suited to handle challenging
weather conditions” during the
winter months, officials said.
The 16 vehicles – 13 marked
and three unmarked fully-equipped
sports-utility vehicles – were put
into effect Thursday, with some
already on the road as of Thursday
afternoon.
The vehicles were purchased for
$8,232 per vehicle per year over a
five-year period, according to
Communications and Constituent
Services Officer Rico Vota. Under
the combined debt service, there is
a lease-interest in principal, which
includes police, fire, public works,
and information technology. Within
that, there is an itemized section
for vehicles, Vota said.
The vehicles also include rearview cameras, which will assist
officers in detecting people and
objects while backing up.
Additionally, the vehicles will be
more fuel efficient than the Crown
Victoria Police Interceptor vehicles
that they are replacing, which will
provide savings on fuel costs and
leave less of an environmental
footprint.
“Enabling our patrol officers to
react quicker, more safely, and
more efficiently when responding
to calls is a win for Pawtucket’s
residents and the department,”
Police Chief Paul King said in a
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SPRINGFIELD, Mass.
(AP) — Massachusetts police
executing a search warrant at
a drug suspect's home say
they found a gun inside a hollowed-out Bible on his nightstand.
Police say an officer
involved in Wednesday night's
raid in Springfield opened the
Bible and found the pages had
been cut out to make room for
a 9mm Smith & Wesson
semi-automatic handgun and
a clip containing 10 rounds of
ammunition.
Police say they also found
cocaine packaged for sale,
scales, cash and other drug
paraphernalia in Jimmie
James' apartment.
James is scheduled to be
arraigned Thursday on several
charges, including improper
storage of a firearm.
It was not immediately
clear if James has a lawyer.
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PAWTUCKET – On a day that
Attorney General Peter F. Kilmartin
described as one of “contemplation
and celebration,” the city acknowledged the heroic actions of members
of its Police Department, while
remembering those who were killed
in the line of duty.
The department's annual awards
and memorial ceremony at the
Pawtucket Veterans Memorial
Amphitheater next to City Hall
Thursday morning brought together
city and state leaders and numerous
police officials to commemorate
those whose performances warranted
recognition, while also respecting
the memory of the seven members
of the Pawtucket Police Department
who have died in the line of duty
over the last 109 years.
Kilmartin said the day was one of
contemplation for those who gave
their lives, but also said the day warranted a celebration “for all the good
work that happens,” among the city's
Police Department.
The officers were being “honored
with awards they so richly deserve,”
Kilmartin said.
Mayor Donald R. Grebien
thanked the officers who “dutifully
go to work to keep us safe every
day.”
Although being a police officer is
often a thankless job with no shortage of criticism, Grebien said the
day was important to recognize
those who sacrifice themselves and
exhibit bravery on a daily basis, by
“putting their lives in jeopardy to
protect us.”
It is “not an easy time in the
nation's history” for police officers,
the mayor said, noting that it appears
that it becomes “more and more
challenging” each day for officers in
the line of duty. It is easy to lose
focus on the positives when you
hear all the negatives, Grebien
added.
Public Safety Director Antonio J.
Pires said that based on recent statistics, a police officer in the United
States gives their life approximately
every 58 hours on average.
“Somewhere in the country, a flag
is at half-mast,” Pires added.
Grebien also said that he believed
the Pawtucket Police Department is
“truly the most professional police
department in Rhode Island.”
Merit awards were presented to
four officers who performed in an
“exceptional manner in an extremely
dangerous situation,” police officials
said. The officers were Michael R.
Costigan, John S. Donley, William
M. Figura Jr., and Paul M. Trout.
Commendation awards were distributed to 11 officers who “exhibitSee OFFICERS, Page A2
WASHINGTON — The
deadly Amtrak derailment
near Philadelphia appears
to be yet another accident
that didn't have to happen.
It could have been
avoided if a long-sought
safety technology had
been installed on its tracks
and trains, according to
information gathered by
accident investigators.
On Thursday, Amtrak
President Joseph
Boardman said the nation's
passenger railroad will finish installing the technology, called positive train
control, throughout its
busy Northeast Corridor
by the end of the year.
Seven years ago,
Congress gave Amtrak and
freight and commuter railroads until the end of this
year to install the technology, on their trains and
tracks. But few railroads
are expected to meet the
deadline. Now lawmakers
are proposing to give railroads another five to seven
years to get the task done.
The technology uses
GPS, wireless radio and
computers to monitor train
position. It can automatiSee TRAIN, Page A2
Chafee not fundraising for White House bid
By MICHELLE R. SMITH
and JENNIFER
McDERMOTT
PROVIDENCE, R.I. —
Former Rhode Island Gov.
Lincoln Chafee plans to
announce his candidacy for
the Democratic presidential
nomination in a few weeks,
but he's not actively raising
money or putting together
the infrastructure required
to pay for a credible White
House bid.
In the month since
Chafee said he was forming a campaign exploratory
committee, he's made trips
to the early primary states
of New Hampshire and
South Carolina, made calls
to activists in the first cau-
cus state of Iowa and done
several rounds of interviews with reporters.
But a dozen longtime
Chafee friends, former
staffers and donors told
they've either yet to hear
from him, or that when
they did, he did not discuss
fundraising or talk with
them about how he would
raise the money needed to
wage a viable campaign.
"I was surprised not to
have heard from either him
or someone in his circle
working on this potential
campaign. I've known him
for a very long while," said
Bill Vareika, a gallery
owner from Newport who
has been a major supporter
of Chafee's in the past and
whose son
was
Chafee's
speechwriter.
In the
meantime,
Vareika
said, the
Chafee
campaign
of the
front-runner in the
Democratic race, Hillary
Rodham Clinton, has called
to ask for his support.
"I love Linc. I wish him
well," Vareika said. "He
must have a strategy in
mind. He needs support
beyond Rhode Island to
take on that campaign."
In an interview
Thursday, Chafee described
his early approach to his
"very, very likely" campaign as "just wearing
down the shoe leather." He
said he still needs to figure
out how to comply with
federal campaign finance
regulations, record any
donations he does receive
via his website and find
someone to serve as his
campaign's treasurer.
"The time will come,
but it's not now," Chafee
said of his plans to
fundraise. "Perhaps after I
announce."
The approach is, at a
minimum, unusual for a
candidate who has the kind
of political resume —
Chafee served in both the
See CHAFEE, Page A2
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tion awards were Mario A.
Comella, Christopher Dolan, David
F. Dolan, Anthony M. Lucchetti,
Gregory J. Malo, Emmanuel E.
Mejia, Kraig A. Nelson, Shawn J.
Pitts, Rui J. Silva, Alexander R.
Smith and Thomas G. Vasatka,.
“The actions of the officers are
beyond their basic assignments and
Officers
ed exceptional police work” and
were recognized for “outstanding
achievement that reflects favorably
on the individual officer” as well
as the department.
The officers given commenda-
Vehicles
Chafee
statement issued Thursday.
Grebien, in a statement,
added: “The safety of
Pawtucket’s residents is of
the utmost concern to me
and my administration. By
replenishing the city’s fleet
of police vehicles, we are
able to provide better service to the people of
Pawtucket.”
The older, less efficient
Crown Victoria Police
Interceptor vehicles are
being phased out of the
motor pool, city officials
said. The sales of these
vehicles are expected to
assist in defraying the cost
of the new vehicles.
U.S. Senate and as Rhode Island’s
governor — to mount a serious campaign. Most of the candidates and
likely candidates for president in
2016 are actively and aggressively
raising money and have long since
hired at least some core staff.
Clinton, for example, is hosting a
conference this week in New York
for donors who have raised at least
$27,000 for her campaign. Vermont
Sen. Bernie Sanders raised $3 million in the first few days after
announcing that he was in race.
“I’m doing this with a view that
this is a long, long marathon, and I
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Woonsocket rape
suspect caught
WOONSOCKET(AP)
— A man charged with
sexually assaulting a
woman at a public housing
complex has been returned
to Rhode Island after being
arrested in Massachusetts.
Reynaldo Rios of
Boston is accused of raping
the woman at gunpoint in
Woonsocket last week. He
was arrested Wednesday in
Brockton, Massachusetts.
Woonsocket police say
Rios waived extradition
Thursday in Brockton
District Court. He was
brought to the Woonsocket
Police Department and is
detained pending a court
arraignment set for Friday .
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cally brake to prevent derailments due to excessive
speed, collisions with other
trains, trains entering track
where maintenance is being
done or going the wrong way
because of a switching mistake. It’s all aimed at preventing human error, which
is responsible for about 40
percent of train accidents.
A preliminary review of
the Amtrak train’s event data
recorder, or “black box,”
shows it was traveling at 106
mph in an 80 mph zone just
before it entered a curve
where the speed limit is 50
mph, National Transportation
Safety Board member Robert
Sumwalt said. The train’s
engineer applied maximum
braking power seconds
before the crash, but it was
too late.
“We feel that had such a
system been installed in this
section of track, this accident
would not have occurred,”
Sumwalt told reporters.
At least eight people were
killed and about 200 injured
in the derailment.
The Philadelphia accident
shares similarities with a
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do not want to incur high monthly
expenses at this early stage,” Chafee
said.
Chafee surprised many when he
announced plans to explore a run. He
said he’s driven by his belief the next
president should not be someone
who supported the 2003 invasion of
Iraq, and he has criticized Clinton for
her vote as a member of the Senate
to authorize the war.
Then a Republican, Chafee was
the lone GOP senator to vote against
the invasion. He lost his bid for reelection in 2006, ran for governor in
2010 with no party backing and later
joined the Democratic Party.
He decided against seeking a second term, avoiding an expensive
2013 derailment in New
York on the Sunday morning
after Thanksgiving. A MetroNorth commuter train
derailed in the Bronx, killing
four and injuring dozens of
others.
The train’s engineer had
fallen asleep and failed to
slow the train from 82 mph
to the maximum authorized
speed of 30 mph as it entered
a curve. An NTSB investigation concluded that crash
would also have been prevented by positive train control.
Not counting Tuesday’s
derailment, the NTSB has
investigated 29 passenger
and freight train accidents
that officials say could have
been prevented by positive
train control since 2004.
Sixty-eight people died and
more than 1,100 were injured
in those crashes. The board
has been urging installation
of the technology, or its precursors, for 45 years.
In 2008, a month after a
commuter train and a freight
train collided in Chatsworth,
California, killing 25 people,
Congress passed a law
requiring that positive train
control be installed by Dec.
31, 2015. But railroads have
and the department “over and
above their basic assignment,” officials said.
The 20 who received the
awards were Daniel R. Ashworth,
James R. Baino, Julianne Borsari,
Mario A. Comella, Maria V. Cruz,
John S. Donley, Jeffrey G. Furtado,
James S. Leach, Trevor Lefebvre,
campaign that would have pitted him
against two popular Democrats.
Chafee has a well-known distaste for
fundraising and has relied on family
money to wage successful campaigns
in the past. In Chafee's 2010 run for
governor, he loaned himself $1.6
million while raising just over
$900,000 from donors.
Chafee likes to tell the story of
former Wisconsin Sen. William
Proxmire, who refused to take donations in his later terms in office and
spent just $145 on his re-election
campaign in 1982, which he won
with 64 percent of the vote.
But Proxmire was a longtime,
popular senator seeking re-election to
statewide office, not a former gover-
long complained that complications will prevent them
from meeting that deadline.
In March, the Senate
Commerce, Science and
Transportation Committee
approved a bill that would
give railroads until 2020 to
install the technology, and
another two years after that
if they need more time. The
Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers and Trainmen,
which opposed the bill, complained at the time that some
of its provisions would make
it virtually impossible for
federal regulators to ever
force freight railroads to
implement the technology.
The bill’s key sponsors —
Sens. John Thune, R-S.D.,
Roy Blunt, R-Mo., Bill
Nelson, D-Fla., and Claire
McCaskill, D-Mo. — have
each received more than
$100,000 in contributions to
their campaigns and political
committees from the rail
industry over the course of
their careers in Congress,
according to the political
money-tracking website
OpenSecrets.org.
Several of the senators
said in statements or through
their aides that reports by
government agencies show
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nor from the nation’s smallest state
considering a national campaign as a
relative newcomer to the Democratic
Party. The cost of running a successful bid in 2016 is widely expected to
top $1 billion.
Sam Reid, who directed Chafee’s
Washington office when he was governor and who has held several
fundraisers for him in the past, said
he saw Chafee in Washington two
weeks ago and the topic of fundraising never came up.
“We spoke about policy, we spoke
about what he would hope to do as
president if he were to announce his
run, we spoke about the other candidates who have announced from both
parties,” Reid said.
railroads need more time.
One of the hurdles is getting
all the railroads to agree on
systems that will work on
everyone’s tracks despite differing policies and operations. Such interoperability is
necessary because freight
railroads frequently operate
on each other’s tracks.
Commuter railroads and
Amtrak also often operate on
freight rail tracks.
Amtrak has been one of
the more aggressive railroads
in installing the technology.
Three years ago, Amtrak
announced it expected to finish installing positive train
control throughout the
Northeast Corridor by the
end of 2012. So far, the system is in operation from
Boston to New Haven,
Connecticut; from New
Brunswick to Trenton in
New Jersey, and from
Perryville, Maryland, to
Washington. It has also been
installed on some routes in
the Midwest. Amtrak officials declined to explain why
the system hadn’t been
installed on the Philadelphia
tracks where the derailment
took place. Amtrak has spent
$110.7 million since 2008 to
install PTC.
“For decades we have
seen preventable derailments
and collisions occur,” said
former NTSB Chairman
Deborah A.P. Hersman. “If
we do not implement technology such as PTC to prevent these events, we will
continue to see them for the
foreseeable future.”
Sen. Richard Blumenthal,
D-Conn., a commerce committee member who voted
against the bill, blamed the
Federal Railroad
Administration in part for
not leaning hard enough on
railroads over the past seven
years to get the job done.
“There is more evidence
than ever that it is irresponsible and reprehensible to
grant so long an extension,”
Blumenthal said.
One of the obstacles is the
cost to industry of implementing positive train control, estimated in the billions
of dollars. A Republican-controlled House panel approved
deep spending cuts to
Amtrak’s budget on
Wednesday just hours after
the Philadelphia accident. An
attempt by Democratic lawmakers to boost Amtrak
spending by $1 billion was
rebuffed.
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Fairgrounds.
Crossroads Massachusetts
LLC, in a brief letter
released by state regulators
Thursday, does not cite a
reason from dropping its
application.
No one from Crossroads
was present at a meeting of
the state Gaming
Commission, and a representative did not immediately
respond to a request for
comment.
Commission Chairman
Stephen Crosby said he wasn’t surprised by the plan’s
demise.
Commission members in
recent months have
expressed doubts about the
viability of the project as its
leadership team changed and
it scrambled to assemble
financing.
“Nothing surprises me in
this business. We never
know who is in or out until
the last minute,” he said.
With Somerset officially
out of the competition, attention now shifts to New
Bedford and Brockton.
Brockton voters on
Tuesday narrowly approved
a casino referendum calling
for a $650 million resort
developed by Mass Gaming
and Entertainment, a subsidiary of Rush Street
Gaming, a Chicago-based
company that operates casinos in Pennsylvania and
other states.
On Thursday, the gaming
commission allowed the
New Bedford casino proposal to move forward in the
competition.
After warning the applicant about continued delays,
the commission voted to
deem their initial application
“substantially complete,” on
the condition that they submit the last of their required
financial details in two
weeks.
“We’re really just down
to the final economic terms,”
promised Scott Butera, a former Foxwoods CEO who is
now a partner with KG
Urban Enterprises, the New
York-based firm that wants
to build a $650 million
Foxwoods resort on the site
of a former NStar power
plant.
“Our patience is not
unlimited,” said Crosby.
“Word to the wise: this has
got to get moving quickly.”
Crosby said the commission hopes to award the
license by the end of 2015.
And, in a related development, an Indian tribe seeking
federal approval to build a
resort casino in Taunton, a
city also in the state’s southeast, said the gaming commission violated state law by
allowing slot parlors to offer
electronic versions of table
games like blackjack and
roulette.
The Mashpee
Wampanoag, in a letter to
state Attorney General
Maura Healey’s office
released Thursday, said state
law limits slot parlors to
1,250 machines and no casino table games.
But the state Gaming
Commission approved a regulation last year allowing for
up to 1,500 “gaming positions” on 1,250 gambling
machines.
Healey’s office said it's
reviewing the complaint.
Crosby and other commission members defended
their actions, saying the
now-disputed regulation
clarified ambiguity in the
state law and was approved
after a “rigorous” public
hearing process in which no
one objected.
The complaint comes as
Plainridge Park Casino, a
slot parlor in nearby
Plainville, is slated to open
June 24 with 1,250 slot
machines, of which about a
dozen are multi-user electronic table games.
Scientist creates new fuel-saving material
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Krishan Luthra stubbornly
labored away in a General
Electric research lab on a
long-shot effort to cook up a
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new type of ceramic that few
consumers will ever see or
use.
Now this obscure material,
which is lightweight, strong
and can handle extreme temperatures, is being built into
the bellies of jet engines and
promises to save billions of
gallons of fuel in the coming
decades by reducing weight
and allowing engines to run
hotter.
It has helped GE win jet
engine orders worth $100 billion — so far — from airlines looking to shave their
huge fuel bills. In the future
it is expected to be used in
power plants and other
equip’'s a dream material,:”
says Luthra, who has spent
most of his career dreaming
about it.
The material is a type of
ceramic that is hard and can
handle high heat, like the
ceramics people have been
making for 25,000 years. But
this ceramic is a complex
composite that is also very
light, and tough like a metal.
No one wants the aircraft
engine that is holding them
35,000 feet above the earth to
shatter like a vase.
Success came only at the
end of a tortured path of fluctuating research funding and
disappointments that at times
shook Luthra’s hopes.
“There were times where I
wasn’t sure it was going to
work,” Luthra admits. “But I
guess I was too stubborn. I
thought it was the right path.”
GE is one of the few big
companies that continue to
operate large industrial labs
that house thousands of scientists who work on basic
research and long-shot projects that, sometimes, result in
inventions like Luthra’s.
The Department of Energy
helped with some early funding, hoping the materials
could be used in power
plants. NASA wanted to use
them in supersonic aircraft.
The U.S. military hoped they
could be used in a new fighter jet. None of the efforts
fully panned out, but they
helped advance the research
far enough for GE's Aviation
division to fund more
research and development,
and to finally commercialize
it.
The metal “super-alloys”
that now line the hottest parts
of jet engines are heavy,
about 70 percent as dense as
lead. And engineers can’t
increase combustion temperatures because the alloys
would melt.
Already, today’s engines
employ elaborate cooling
mechanisms that divert air
for cooling that otherwise
would be used to power the
plane.
Ceramic matrix composites can withstand temperatures 20 percent higher than
these metals, and they are
one-third the weight.
“For what it does, nothing
can compare to it,” says
Gregory Morscher, a ceramic
composites expert and
mechanical engineering professor at the University of
Akron.
The theoretical qualities
of these ceramic composites
have long been well known,
but Luthra wanted to make
them a reality, and put them
to use.
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PAWTUCKET – Local firefighters had busy mornings on
Wednesday and Thursday, as they
were tasked with extinguishing
blazes on Warren and Vivian
avenues on consecutive days.
Fire personnel responded to a
blaze at a three-story multi-family
woodframe home at 67 Warren
Ave. that left 13 people temporarily without a home, Fire Marshal
Capt. Robert Thurber said.
Around 6 a.m. Wednesday, firefighters responded to the twoalarm blaze.
The fire was deemed under control within 45 minutes, but the
home suffered smoke and water
damage throughout, with fire damage to the first-floor bathroom,
kitchen, and hallway, extending to
a second-floor hallway.
The cause of the fire is undetermined and it originated in a firstfloor bathroom ceiling, Thurber
said.
Occupants from the first and
third floors were home at the time
of the fire, but had self-evacuated
by the time firefighters arrived on
scene.
No injuries were reported.
The property is temporarily
uninhabitable, and the home’s 13
tenants were placed at an area
hotel by the American Red Cross.
Thirty-one firefighters from
Pawtucket battled the blaze, while
personnel from East Providence,
Providence, and North Providence
backfilled the stations.
Additionally, the Canteen was on
scene.
The property will not have to
be demolished. Although the damage is “extensive,” Thurber said
“it’s all repairable.”
Just after 8 a.m. Thursday
morning, firefighters responded to
a fire at 43 Vivian Ave., Thurber
said.
The house did not have working smoke detectors. Two people
were sleeping inside the 1½-story
single-family home and had to be
awoken by firefighters, Thurber
said, adding that they were the
only two people home, as the other
three residents had already left that
morning.
Twenty firefighters from
Pawtucket battled the one-alarm
blaze, which was deemed under
control within 40 minutes. The
Canteen was on scene.
The cause of the fire is believed
to be from a man who was smoking on a front porch and discarded
his cigarette, Thurber said. The fire
“spread rapidly” because of “combustible” material on the porch,
including a rag, sweater, and towel,
he added, noting that the cause was
“completely accidental.”
The entire front of the house
was burned, and windows broke
during the fire. Although the interior of the house was filled with
smoke, there was no fire damage
inside, and the house is habitable,
Thurber said.
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Senate decides Burying Beetle would make a ‘fab’ state insect
By JOSEPH B. NADEAU
[email protected]
PROVIDENCE — Rhode
Islanders could soon have an
insect added to their list of
state emblems thanks to the
work of a group of Newport
students, and what an insect it
is — the black and orange
Burying Beetle.
The Senate on Wednesday
voted approval of a bill, S0448, submitted by Sen. V.
Susan Sosnowski (D-Dist. 37,
South Kingstown, Newport),
giving the Burying Beetle
standing as a state emblem,
and sent the measure on to
consideration by the House.
“Rhode Island is only one
of four states that do not have
a state insect,” Sosnowski
said while noting the bill’s
recommendation for passage
by the Senate Committee on
Special Legislation and
Veterans Affairs and asking
for approval by the full body.
The senator noted that
approval the bill would be an
important lesson in the workings of government for the
third-grade students from St.
Michael’s Country Day
School in Newport who supported the designation.
The beetle, Nicrophorus
Germanicus by its scientific
name, is worthy of recognition given its endangered status and rarity, and its connec-
tion to Rhode Island is also
noteworthy, as the St.
Michael’s students had pointed out at committee hearings
on the Burying
Beetle bills
pending in the
Senate and the
House. The
Burying Beetle
is found only in
the wild on
Block Island in
Rhode Island at
the moment,
and also at the Roger
Williams Park Zoo where an
effort is under way to introduce it elsewhere.
Only five other states east
of the Mississippi River can
claim a homestead for the
bug, according
to the students.
The beetle’s
common
behavior in
reproducing
and surviving
as a species is
somewhat
shocking, even
while unique
and interesting.
Its traits, in
fact, could be an inspiration
for a science fiction monster
movie if someone was willing
to commit the creativity and a
CGI technology.
As part of its mating
preparations, the Burying
Beetle secures the corpse or
portion of a corpse of a small
bird or rodent and proceeds to
dig under it to start the
process of “burying” the
decaying portions of the animal or bird.
Skin and feathers are
removed and the flesh covered with a preservative
secretion. The mating process
results in the eggs of offspring being laid in carcass
before it is covered over to
await their hatching. When
the eggs do hatch, the young
larvae have a meal, or host,
waiting for them, a trait well
known in a certain science
fiction movie series.
Sosnowski used a different description of that process
while encouraging her colleagues to approve the bill on
Wednesday.
“So it’s a recycling
insect,” Sosnowski said while
pointing to the environmental
cleanup aspects of Rhode
Island’s special insect.
The Burying Beetle bill
was approved by all 37 senators present for Wednesday’s
session. The House version of
the bill, H-0693 introduced
by Rep. Lauren Carson (DDist. 75, Newport), and
House consideration is still
pending.
Bill to toughen murder sentencing advances in House vote
Would lengthen time
served before parole
eligibility hearing
By JOSEPH B. NADEAU
[email protected]
PROVIDENCE – Alfred A.
Brissette Jr. won parole after serving just 13 years of his 35-year
prison term for his role in the
murder of Jeannette Descoteaux in
Burrillville in 1999, and sparked
legislation now moving forward in
the General Assembly to never
allow that to happen again.
The House of Representatives
on Thursday approved a bill filed
by Rep. Patricia A. Serpa (D-Dist.
27, West Warwick, Coventry) that
will require those convicted of
first- and second-degree murder
and not sentenced to life in prison
to serve at least half of their sentence before becoming eligible for
parole. A person convicted of
murder and sentenced to life in
prison would have to serve a minimum of 25 years before becoming eligible for parole under the
legislation.
The Senate has already
approved a similar bill, S-0132A,
filed by Sen. Leonidas P. Raptakis
(D-Dist. 33, Coventry, East
Greenwich, West Greenwich).
The House and the Senate must
now approve the other body’s bill
to forward the law on to Gov.
Gina M. Raimondo.
Brissette and fellow
Woonsocket native, Marc Girard,
were convicted in brutal killing of
Descoteaux and both sent to ACI.
Brissette was given a 60-year sentence with 35 years to serve, and
Girard a life sentence plus 10
years to serve.
The early release of Brissette
drew a public outcry and criticism
of the state’s parole system from
the Rhode Island Brotherhood of
Correctional Officers, several legislators and other groups. Girard
remains in prison on his sentence.
During the House discussion
of Serpa’s bill on Thursday, Reps.
Edith A. Ajello, J. Aaron
Regunberg and Joseph S.
Almeida, all Providence
Democrats, voiced opposition to
the bill while pointing to the need
for flexibility in deciding when an
inmate should be released and
also the fiscal savings that result
when rehabilitated prisoners are
released from prison.
Brissette, Ajello offered, “has
been out of jail now almost 18
months and we have not heard
anything. It looks to me that in
this case the parole board got it
right.”
Other members of the House
strongly disagreed with that view.
Serpa listed other cases where
inmates serving sentences for
murder were released after serving
many years of their sentence and
then killed again.
“I think we have a duty to protect society,” Serpa said.
Rep. Brian Newberry (R-Dist.
48, North Smithfield, Burrillville),
House Minority Leader, said he
has supported the scaling back of
sentences for non-violent offenses
to help lower state prison costs
but drew the line on violent
offenders. Newberry said he also
had been shocked to learn
Brissette was “getting out of
prison” after serving less than half
of his sentence and was supportive of the bill to close that option.
“This bill doesn’t go far
enough,” Newberry said. “We
have a lot of people in prison
serving time for violent crime,
this bill doesn’t go far enough.”
Rep. Cale Keable (D-Dist. 47,
Burrillville, Glocester), chairman
of the House Judiciary
Committee, said he also supported
passage of the bill. “I felt it was a
good bill and it made perfect
sense to have someone convicted
of first and second degree murder
to serve at least half of their sentence,” Keable said.
After the vote, House Speaker
Nicholas Mattiello said given the
support in the House, with just
three representatives opposed, and
the prior vote of approval in the
Senate, “I would say it looks like
this legislation is going to move
forward.” The next step would be
passage of the companion bills
and then transmittal to the governor, who would then have to make
her own decision on the legislation, he said.
Senate Finance Committee hears working group’s Medicaid plan
PROVIDENCE — Senate
leaders on Thursday discussed the importance of
shifting to a more effective
and cost-efficient Medicaid
system, such as the proposal
that has been developed by
Gov. Gina Raimondo and
the Reinvent Medicaid
Working Group.
Senate Health and Human
Services Committee
Chairman Joshua Miller (DDist. 28, Cranston, Warwick)
and Sen. Louis P. DiPalma
(D-Dist. 12, Little Compton,
Middletown, Newport,
Tiverton) were members of
the Reinvent Medicaid
Working Group that developed the plan, which was
heard before the Senate
Finance Committee.
Immediately following
the Revenue Estimating
Conference last Friday,
Senate President M. Teresa
Paiva Weed (D-Dist. 13,
Jamestown, Newport) said
her priorities for increased
revenues include adequately
funding the transition to new
Medicaid models of care.
“I am very grateful to
Senators Miller and DiPalma
for their service to the working group,” said Paiva Weed.
“They brought important
expertise and perspective. I
appreciate the analysis of
Chairman Da Ponte and the
Finance Committee, and I
thank every senator for their
commitment to getting
Medicaid right.”
She continued, “It is critical that we support community-based investments to
meet the Senate’s goal of
improved services while
restructuring for a sustainable budget. The members
of the Senate have proposed
a variety of initiatives that
need to be considered as we
undertake this process.”
She noted that investments can be made that
ensure quality care and produce savings. “We need to
be able to retain qualified
workers in very difficult but
rewarding and necessary
fields,” she said.
“Reducing turnover in
nursing homes means better
care and fewer costly hospital stays. Long term caregivers and developmental
disability providers should
be paid more than minimum
wage. At the same time, we
can save funds through initiatives such as emergency
room diversion and integra-
Paiva Weed honored by Women’s Fund
PROVIDENCE — The
Women’s Fund of Rhode
Island has selected
President of the Senate M.
Teresa Paiva Weed as this
year’s recipient of the
Susan L. Farmer Award, in
honor of “her pioneering
roles in government leadership and her support for
Rhode Island’s groundbreaking Temporary
Caregivers Insurance program.”
The award was to be presented to Paiva Weed by
Gov. Gina M. Raimondo at
a ceremony to be held
Thursday night at the
Lincoln School in
Providence.
In announcing this year’s
award recipient, Jenn
Steinfeld, Executive
Director of the Women’s
Fund, called President
Paiva Weed “an unsung
leader for women across the
state.”
“Her commitment to
women’s economic security
is unwavering, and she
understands how important
public policy is to ensuring
that women are able to fully
participate in the workforce
and in government,” said
Steinfeld. “She was a champion for paid family leave,
and her skillful stewardship
of Temporary Caregiver
Insurance has placed Rhode
Island at the vanguard of
family friendly workplace
policies.”
Join
tion of behavioral care and
primary care,” she added.
Miller has championed
efforts to change the way
health care services are
reimbursed.
“The transformation
toward reimbursement based
on value rather than volume
is one that will lead to better
health outcomes while
reducing health care costs,”
said Miller. “A perfect
example of this is the integration of behavioral health
and primary care, which
brings about better results at
lower costs.”
DiPalma, a member of
the Senate Finance
Committee, also expressed
support for changing the
way business is being done
today.
“The Finance Committee
will look carefully at the
assumptions that are being
made in this amended budget article, but we know that
we need to do things differently. Continuing to pay for
volume instead of value is
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Elizabeth Warren’s trade
opposition is 15 years late
I wasn't a big fan of George W. Bush (to
put it mildly), but on immigration reform,
his heart was in the right place. Back in
2004, Bush began to push for a guestworker program that would have given
legitimacy to millions of undocumented
immigrants, who otherwise would have
been forced to remain huddled in the shadows. The program wouldn't have been as
good as a path to citizenship, or an
amnesty like the one Ronald Reagan enacted in 1986. But it would have been a good
start.
Unfortunately, it never happened.
Instead of being defeated by Democrats,
Bush was thwarted by his own party.
Grass-roots conservatives, led by former
Colorado Rep. Tom Tancredo and talkradio hosts, took up arms against the program. Bush was defeated, and immigration
reform was delayed.
Now we're witnessing a similar moment,
only this time it's the Democrats' turn.
President Barack Obama has been stymied
so far in his attempt to get so-called fasttrack trade authority, which would be
extremely helpful in passing the TransPacific Partnership (TPP), a trade deal
among a dozen Pacific Rim countries. The
charge is being led by Elizabeth Warren,
the U.S. senator from Massachusetts who
has emerged as the leader of the populist
wing of the Democratic Party.
I admire Warren a lot for the work she
has done on financial reform, including the
creation of the Consumer Financial
Protection Bureau. I have no doubt that her
heart is in the right place -- she wants to
protect low-income American workers
from the inequality that can result from
trade expansion. But in the case of the TPP,
I believe Warren and the populist
Democrats are misguided. Like Tancredo
and the conservatives who defeated Bush's
immigration plan a decade ago, Warren and
the anti-TPP movement are doing more
harm than good.
The populist Democrats are worried that
trade deals will ship U.S. jobs overseas. In
a speech to the Roosevelt Institute think
tank, Warren declared: "Over and over,
America's workers have taken the brunt of
bad trade deals...We can't keep pushing
through trade deals that benefit multinational companies at the expense of workers...Working people cannot be forced to
give up more and more as they get
squeezed harder and harder."
This sentiment is understandable,
because American workers have been
squeezed for decades, and trade -- or, more
generally, globalization -- has been a big
part of that. Labor's share of income has
drifted down to historic lows, and evidence
indicates that globalization was the main
culprit.
But there are two big reasons why the
TPP is different.
First, past deals to liberalize trade -such as the entry of China into the World
Trade Organization in 2000 -- were
focused on trade with developing countries.
These countries, including China, have a
lot of labor and not much capital in the
form of roads, buildings and machines.
When we open up trade with them, the
global supply of labor becomes more abundant, and hence less valuable -- American
workers end up competing with overseas
workers who can do half the job for a tenth
of the price. This is known as factor price
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By Noah Smith
equalization. It tends to drive wages down,
killing good blue-collar jobs in areas such
as manufacturing that can be easily outsourced.
The TPP is different. It's mostly about
trade with Japan and South Korea. These
are rich countries, with tons of capital and
very high labor costs. In fact, Japan's labor
costs are so high that Japanese auto manufacturers now build a lot of factories in the
U.S. American workers are not going to
lose out to the Japanese and South
Koreans.
Yes, TPP does include a few poor countries, such as Indonesia. But compared with
China, those countries are small potatoes.
Very few manufacturing jobs will be lost to
low- productivity Indonesia that haven't
already been lost to medium- productivity
China.
The second reason TPP isn't like past
trade deals is the intellectual property protection. These provisions have had libertarians up in arms -- Rand Paul, for example,
has joined the TPP opposition. Democrats
who don't like the direction libertarians
have taken our country since 1980 should
think twice before getting on the bandwagon with their old adversaries on economic
issues.
There is one type of activity that is very
hard for U.S. companies to send offshore:
innovation. But when Asian countries can
just ignore U.S. patents, innovation
becomes less profitable. Stronger international IP protection will help U.S. companies export more, which makes them hire
more American workers, which increases
the amount that those workers spend on the
local economy. Yes, there are many problems with the U.S.'s intellectual property
laws. But international harmonization of IP
wouldn't exacerbate these problems.
So Elizabeth Warren and the populist
Democrats have good intentions, but
they're attacking the wrong enemy.
Globalization was a Pandora's box in 2000,
when it was all about China. But we
already opened Pandora's box. The monsters have already escaped, and the
Democratic populists are 15 years too late.
Now all they're doing is increasing the
odds of scuttling a useful deal.
Noah Smith is an assistant professor of
finance at Stony Brook University and a
freelance writer for finance and business
publications. For more columns from
Bloomberg View, visit
http://www.bloomberg.com/view
As others see it: Amtrak
The following editorial appears on
Bloomberg View:
An "absolute, disastrous mess" is how
Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter
described Tuesday's Amtrak derailment in
which eight passengers were killed and
more than 200 injured. And though it will
be some time before its causes and consequences are fully assessed, one point is
already clear, and one question already
imperative: Technology exists to prevent
speeding trains. Why wasn't Amtrak using
it?
Federal investigators say the train was
cruising at 106 mph on a curve with a
speed limit of 50 mph, and the engineer
applied the emergency brakes too late. For
years, regulators have prodded the railroad
industry to adopt something called positive
train control, a communications system in
which a train's speed and location can be
monitored and its brakes automatically
applied when it exceeds certain speed limits or comes too close to other trains.
After a deadly crash in 2008 in which a
train operator blew through a red light
while sending text messages, Congress
required that the system be put in place by
the end of 2015 for routes that carry passenger traffic or dangerous materials.
Yet with the deadline quickly approaching, Amtrak still doesn't have this system
on all parts of its busiest route -- the
Northeast Corridor, which carries roughly a
third of all its passengers -- and it was
unavailable on the stretch of track where
the accident occurred Tuesday. Far cheaper
and more ubiquitous technology that simply detects excessive speeding also seems
to have failed.
There's no small hypocrisy here. Amtrak
-- with federal oversight and roughly $1
billion annually in public funding -- has
failed to fully implement positive train
control even while Congress has forced
freight-rail companies across the country to
do so on their own dime (or billions of
dimes, as it were). In Congress, meanwhile, a House committee on Wednesday
rejected a proposal to spend $825 million
to help railroad companies pay for the
required upgrades. Even by congressional
standards, that defies reason.
Politics aside, the sooner this system can
be put in place across the entire Northeast
Corridor, the better.
In the longer term, the goal should be to
move U.S. passenger rail toward full
automation. Technology exists to safely
operate trains with little or no human intervention: Around the world, more than 30
urban metro systems do so.
It would of course be more difficult for
a major national railroad system. And the
idea enrages unions and unsettles many
passengers. But as more and more of
everyday life is automated, the public
should grow more comfortable with the
idea -- especially if preventable disasters
like this one continue.
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Something is stirring in
the religious world
Will we regard poverty as a haunting
national problem, or will the focus groups
continue to tell politicians of all stripes to
talk only about the middle class because
mentioning the poor is politically toxic?
Might the condition of
low-income Americans
galvanize religious people to see alleviating
poverty and righting
social injustice as moral
issues? The habit in
political writing when
discussing “moral issues”
is to refer only to abortion or gay marriage. But
E.J. Dionne
what implicates morality
more than the way we, as
a society and as individuals, treat those
who are cut off from the ladders of
advancement and the treasures of prosperity?
And can we find a way of thinking constructively about the role of family breakup
in setting back the life chances of poor kids
while still recognizing that family life itself
is being battered by rising economic
inequality, the loss of well-paying blue-collar jobs, racism and mass incarceration?
These are some of the questions I am
left with after moderating a discussion
about poverty at Georgetown University
this week.
For all the obvious journalistic reasons,
it’s not my habit to write about events in
which I participate. But this particular
panel was a bit different from the usual
policy talkfest.
It included Robert Putnam, the author of
“Our Kids” — a book that should focus our
energies on the growing opportunity gap
between lower-income and better-off children — and Arthur Brooks, the president of
the American Enterprise Institute, who has
been urging his fellow conservatives to
“declare peace on the safety net.” It also
happened to include the president of the
United States.
Others can judge more objectively how
the discussion went. What’s obvious is that
presidents don’t usually do panels and that
the spirit of this one broke from so much of
what we’ve grown accustomed to, in its
civility and even good humor. Yet I was
also reminded how far we have to go
before we achieve anything close to consensus about what is to be done to liberate
the least among us.
The fact that it took place at all is a tribute to religious leaders (particularly the
Catholics and evangelical Christians
involved in organizing the Poverty Summit,
as the event sponsoring the panel was
called) who are trying to push the alleviation of poverty to the top of the faithful’s
agenda. Something is stirring in the religious world. Pope Francis certainly has
something to do with this, but there’s also
the tug of history. Religious groups were
long at the forefront of our nation’s movements for civil rights and economic justice.
People of faith are reassuming their rightful place in these struggles.
President Obama clearly wants to push
that trend along. He acknowledged that he
might be “self-interested” in this: He is
closest to religious Christians on social justice questions and furthest away on abortion and same-sex marriage.
But he insisted that religious Americans
have a “transformative voice” that could
alter the nation’s trajectory on poverty.
He also mentioned that social justice
concerns have “incredible appeal, including
to young people.” The panel took place on
a day when the Pew Research Center
issued a report showing a remarkable
decline of religious affiliation. Among the
youngest millennials (those 25 and under),
36 percent are now religiously unaffiliated.
A broader religious agenda might bring
some of them back.
Yet the session also highlighted the
political and intellectual barriers to action.
Brooks offered moving words urging his
fellow conservatives to treat the poor as
“brothers and sisters,” not as “liabilities to
manage.”
Obama welcomed Brooks’s witness, but
noted the reluctance of so many conservatives to spend new public money to open
up opportunity for the needy. “There’s been
a very specific ideological push not to
make those investments,” he said.
The family issue remains neuralgic.
Obama spoke powerfully about being “a
black man who grew up without a father”
and “the cost that I paid for that.” But his
words can’t settle the ongoing and often
divisive argument over whether family difficulties should be seen primarily as a
cause of poverty or as the effect of poverty
itself. That the right answer is complicated
doesn’t make things any easier.
Still, this doesn’t take away from the
small miracle that the concerns of the poor
briefly slipped into a political discussion
usually focused far more on the doings of
billionaire donors. Americans with low
incomes can’t get much nourishment from
words, and sentiments don’t create jobs.
But for a moment, they weren’t invisible.
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Donald Neff, 84; author, Middle East expert
Foreign correspondent
for Time; specialized
in Arab-Israeli issues
By ADAM BERNSTEIN
The Washington Post
Donald Neff, a journalist and
author who covered international
news from Vietnam to Israel for
Time and wrote acclaimed books
about political and military strife in
the Middle East, died May 10 at a
nursing center in York,
Pennsylvania. He was 84.
The cause was coronary heart
disease and diabetes, said his companion, Janet McMahon, managing
editor of the Washington Report on
Middle East Affairs.
After joining Time in 1965, Neff
spent nearly two years as a Saigon
correspondent and later was bureau
chief in Houston (where he covered
the Apollo moon landing), Los
Angeles, Jerusalem and New York
before leaving the magazine in
1979.
He was one of the first journalists to report on the Jonestown
massacre in 1978 when more than
900 members of a religious commune in Guyana died of mass
cyanide poisoning.
The next year, he chronicled the
1979 nuclear accident at Three
Mile Island in Pennsylvania. Soon
afterward, Neff settled in
Washington and worked briefly as
an editor for the old Washington
Star newspaper before embarking
as a career as an author and freelance writer.
His books included a trilogy
about the Arab-Israeli conflicts of
1956, 1967 and 1973: “Warriors at
Suez: Eisenhower Takes America
into the Middle East” (1981),
“Warriors for Jerusalem: The Six
Days That Changed the Middle
East” (1984) and “Warriors Against
Israel” (1988).
Reviewers praised the volumes
for combining narrative thrust with
compelling insights on Middle East
tensions.
Writing about “Warriors Against
Israel” in a Washington Post
review, Archibald B. Roosevelt, a
grandson of President Theodore
Roosevelt and former high-level
CIA official with expertise in the
Middle East, called the book “not
only a well-documented and
authoritative account, but a riveting
exposé of how Henry Kissinger
nudged the United States from its
position as umpire in the contest to
one of strong alliance with Israel.”
Roosevelt said that he “was
impressed by the originality of
Neff’s presentation and surprised
by his devastating conclusions,
assembled from facts previously
known to most of us only piecemeal. It is not only a good read, but
essential background for serious
students of developments in the
Middle East today.”
fundamental divide within
the Democratic Party. It
also has turned the tables in
Congress, where Democrats
once delighted in watching
Republicans struggle with
their conservative tea party
faction.
Now it's Republicans
who are amused and making the most of a
Democratic split.
“You've got the energy of
the Elizabeth Warren faction kind of driving the
agenda” for Democrats,
Senate Majority Leader
Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.,
said Wednesday on CNBC.
“I want to compliment the
president — the way he
took on the base, he took on
Elizabeth Warren, he took
on the labor unions.”
Obama’s request for
negotiating authority was
back on track Thursday
after an embarrassing procedural loss Tuesday, when
only one Democrat voted
Republicans side
with president
WASHINGTON (AP) —
When President Barack
Obama huffed that
Elizabeth Warren, the
Massachusetts senator and
established liberal star, was
a “politician like everybody
else,” he revealed a rift that
predates the current hostilities between the two
Democrats over trade.
Though occasional allies,
Warren has been aggravating the Obama administration since her pre-Senate
days when she chaired an
oversight panel charged
with being a watchdog over
the massive federal bank
bailout.
But the dispute over
Obama’s efforts to get trade
negotiating authority from
Congress and complete a
12-nation Pacific rim trade
deal goes to the heart of a
with the president on a
motion to begin debate on
trade, even though about a
dozen support his overall
goal.
Democrats have long
been suspicious of trade
deals, blaming them for job
losses and lax enforcement.
Warren and her allies have
dug further, building on
those concerns to make a
case that Obama is negotiating an agreement that is
secret from the public,
places U.S. sovereignty at
risk, and could roll back
U.S. financial regulations.
“She’s absolutely
wrong,” Obama said in an
interview with Yahoo! that
aired over the weekend.
“Elizabeth is a politician
like everybody else and she
has a voice that she wants
to get out there.”
That remark prompted
Sen. Sherrod Brown, an
Ohio Democrat who has
been among Warren’s top
BOSTON (AP) — Parishioners of the St.
Frances Xavier Cabrini Church must end
their 11-year protest vigil and vacate the
shuttered Roman Catholic church, a
Massachusetts judge ruled Thursday.
But the Friends of St. Frances, the group
that has been occupying the Scituate church
day and night since 2004, say they’re not
going anywhere. They intend to ask the
state court to stay the ruling pending an
appeal.
“As of today, nothing changes,” Jon
Rogers, one of the organizers, declared late
Thursday. “From Day One, we made a
promise that we would exhaust every
appeal that was available to us, and that
includes the U.S. Supreme Court, if necessary.”
The Archdiocese of Boston, which had
sued to evict the group, urged protesters to
end the vigil and respect the judge’s ruling,
which it called “clear and thoughtful.” In a
statement, it invited the protesters to “participate and join in the fullness of parish
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mob boss is back on
Federal Hill after spending
more than four years in
prison for extorting payments in Providence strip
clubs.
A Bureau of Prisons
spokesman says Luigi
“Baby Shacks” Manocchio
checked into a halfway
house on Tuesday after
leaving a low-security
prison in North Carolina.
He is now living in his old
apartment on Atwells
Avenue on home confinement.
The 87-year-old
Manocchio pleaded guilty
in 2012 to charges that he
helped shake down strip
clubs for protection money.
He was sentenced to five
and a half years in prison.
Steven O’Donnell, head
of the Rhode Island State
Police, says the former boss
of the Patriarca crime family is well known among law
enforcement. He says
Manocchio will wear an
electronic monitoring
device until his sentence
expires.
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the party has healed in the
past after major trade fights.
Mitch Stewart, a former
senior adviser to Obama’s
presidential campaigns and
now a consultant for a protrade advocacy group, predicted the Obama-Warren
relationship can survive the
disagreement.
This dispute, however,
comes at an awkward time
for Hillary Rodham Clinton,
who as Obama’s secretary
of State once called the
Trans-Pacific negotiations
the “gold standard” for fair
trade. Now, as a presidential
candidate who feels the
pressure of Warren’s national prominence, she is
sounding more skeptical,
and her lack of endorsement
has been conspicuous.
A former Harvard professor, Warren burst onto the
Washington scene after the
2008 financial crisis as a
vigorous advocate for consumer financial protections.
In his ruling, Norfolk County Superior
Court Judge Edward Leibensperger
declared the former parishioners were
“unlawfully and intentionally” trespassing
on the church and said they would be
barred from the property effective May 29.
The ruling followed a one-day bench
trial earlier this month in which lawyers for
the archdiocese argued the group was trespassing on church-owned property. Lawyers
for the Friends of St. Frances argued that
the group had a right to occupy the space
and that church law must be considered in
the case.
Leibensperger disputed that notion. “The
right to control access to one’s property
invokes no ecclesiastic issue,” he wrote in
his 16-page ruling. “An owner of a property
has clear and unequivocal interest, supported by property law, to prevent uninvited
and unsupervised persons from being inside
the building.”
Rogers, the protest organizer, called the
ruling and the abbreviated trial “incredibly
disappointing.”
allies on the trade issue, to
rebuke the president for
being “disrespectful.”
“I think that the president
has made this more personal
than he needed to,” Brown
said.
Obama on Thursday
sought to defuse the tension
between the two, noting that
his domestic agenda is virtually the same as hers and
that of other liberals, except
for trade.
“The issue with respect
to myself and Elizabeth has
never been personal,” he
said during a news conference at the presidential
retreat at Camp David,
Maryland. “There are a
whole bunch of some of my
best friends in the Senate as
well as in the House, some
of my earliest supporters,
who disagree with me on
this.”
While the Obama-Warren
spat highlights the deep
Democratic split over trade,
Judges orders parishioners to end
occupation of closed Boston church
Donald Lloyd Neff was born
Oct. 15, 1930, in York,
Pennsylvania. He served in the
Army from 1940 to 1950 and
briefly attended college before
beginning his journalism career in
1954 in his home town. He then
spent many years in Los Angeles
for the old Mirror-News newspaper
and United Press International. He
joined the Los Angeles Times in
1960, where he was a Tokyo correspondent before moving to Vietnam
for Time.
His marriages to Gertrude
Stambaugh, Lucienne R. Neff and
former Post health editor Abigail
Trafford ended in divorce. Besides
McMahon of Washington, his companion of 15 years, survivors
include a son from his first marriage, Greg Neff of York; two
stepchildren, Victoria Brett of
Northampton, Massachusetts, and
Abigail Miller of Portland, Maine;
a granddaughter; and two greatgrandchildren.
Warren’s rift with Obama over trade pact intensifies
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PRESENTS YOUR COMMUNITY CALENDAR
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North Kingstown
Cumberland
Cumberland
Burrillville
Woonsocket
North Smithfield
Lincoln
• Mother’s Day Road Race to
raise awareness and money for
migraine research featuring a
10-mile race and a 5k race starting at 9 p.m. Event takes place
rain or shine at the North
Kingstown Golf Club in Quonset
Business Park. Those interested
should register at mothersdayrace.com or register at 7
a.m. on race day.
• The Cumberland Public
Library will have its starlight story
time for children of all ages and
their families Monday evenings
at 6:30 p.m. This is a chance to
put on pajamas and participate
in reading, singing and fun.
• Hypnosis for Health at
Cumberland Public Library, featuring Patrick Bowe, 6 p.m.
Library is having its Tales for
Threes on Tuesdays at 10 a.m.
This is a chance to interact with
your three-year old through fun
stories and singing. No registration needed.
• The Commissioners of the
Burrillville Housing Authority will
meet in regular session at the
Burrillville Housing Authority community room, Ashton Court,
Harrisville, Rhode Island at 6:30
p.m.
Providence
Cranston
• The 2015 American Cancer
Society Cancer Action Network
(ACS CAN) Day at the State
House will take place in the
Governor’s State Room at the
Rhode Island State House in
Providence. Cancer advocates,
survivors, and members of the
legislature are invited to attend
starting at 2 p.m. This is an
important day for those living
with cancer and their family
members and friends to come
to the State House to tell their
personal stories to their
Legislators. Register by contacting Todd Ellison at [email protected] or (401) 2432622. Training will be provided
in advance for advocates.
•The American Lung
Association’s Better Breathers
Support Group for sufferers of
chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD) is scheduled to
meet May 13 and June 10 from
1 to 2 p.m. at VASA Hall, 43
Bald Hill Road. The first meeting
will be an interactive session to
discuss how to best educate
people in Rhode Island about
COPD. The main topic for the
second meeting will be medications used to treat the disease
and new delivery devices for
those medications. Attendees
are requested to refrain from
wearing scented personal care
products.
• Thursday Night Live, 6-11p.m.
Whether you like to experience
our local Stadium Theater, enjoy
a concert and dinning, you'll find
this event a Thursday nightlife a
great night out. If nightlife means
enjoying your favorite beverage
and food, with an energetic and
friendly crowd of locals with the
love for music, you will not want
to miss Thursday Night Live!
Located: Parking Lots of the
Legendary Chan’s Jazz Club &
The Historic Ciro’s Tavern.
Woonsocket
• Hearts With Hope is holding a
Mother's Day brunch at St.
Joseph's Veteran's association
on from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.;
Proceeds will go to the Rachel
Autiello 5K, hosted by the RI
Athletic Club, which is also
being held simultaneously that
morning in her honor in
Woonsocket. Menu includes
eggs, sausage, bacon, pancakes, hash browns, juice, coffee, cinnamon rolls, beans and
toast. Cost is $12 per adult, $7
per child under 10 and kids 3
and under eat free. For more,
call 401-742-9278
Monday
Woonsocket
• The Woonsocket Knights of
Columbus will host an Open
Meeting at 7 p.m. at All Saints
Church Hall for members and
guests.
North Smithfield
• The Garden Club of North
Smithfield will be meeting at
6:30 p.m. at the Little Red
Schoolhouse in Forestdale to
make teacup flower arrangements. Participants will need to
bring their own supplies. New
members welcome. Call Jo-Ann
767-6889 for a detailed list of
supplies if you plan to attend.
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Central Falls
•Election of officers for the
Korean War Veterans
Association, Ocean State
Chapter 1, is scheduled to be
held Thursday, May 14, at a
meeting that will start at 3 p.m.
at American Legion Post 79, 44
Central St. For more information, call Antero “Ted” Martins,
chapter commander, at (401)
724-4664 or (401) 864-5507.
Friday
• CrAfternoons are back at the
North Smithfield Public Library,
Fridays from 2-4 p.m. (or until
materials run out), drop-in when
you can, no registration necessary. Each Friday there will be
set out in the children’s room a
simple craft that can be completed by kids of all ages.
Saturday
• The Lincoln Garden Club will
hold its annual plant sale from 9
a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Chapel St.
Congregational Church, 185
Chapel Street. (Rain date, May
23.) The sale will feature
perennials, herbs and vegetables. For more information call
333-2199.
Woonsocket
Woonsocket
• “Dancing into Summer” 4:308:30 p.m.; located at River
Island Park. A celebration featuring many forms of dancing
such as: breakdancing, salsa,
belly dancing and ballroom.Plus
exhibits and refreshments.
• “Salute to Veterans” 10 a.m.-5
p.m.; located at the Armed
Forces Park on Davidson Street.
We honor those that have served
our country. This event will feature live entertainment and there
will also be a display of military
vehicles and a military museum
exhibit.
•Buy Local Maker’s Fair and
Festival, River Island Park, 10
a.m. to 4 p.m.; Blackstone Valley
Independent Business Alliance
will feature local artisans and
their goods; Finest Quality catering truck.
Cranston
• The Champlin Scout
Reservation at 233 Scituate
Ave in Cranston will be holding
the annual Envirothon
Competition from 8:30 a.m.
until noon.
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Cumberland
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Pawtucket
Woonsocket
Pawtucket
North Smithfield
• The Village at Waterman Lake
welcomes veterans to attend
their Veterans Appreciation
Celebration to show thanks for
their service. Veterans and their
guests will enjoy a complimentary prime rib luncheon beginning
at 1:15 p.m. and entertainment
by local singer Chris Jason.
Note that seating will be limited,
so call 949-1333 for reservations. At 2:30 p.m., an outdoor
concert open to all, guests and
the public, will feature a performance by the Reggie
Centracchio Quintet, specializing in the sounds of big band
classics. Coffee and desserts
will be offered. For more information visit
villageretirement.com or call
949-1333.
Library will have its Babies and
Books storytime, for birth to 23
months, on Mondays at 10 a.m.
Connect with your baby through
stories, rhymes and songs. A
play time will follow. .
stories and singing.
•Fogarty Manor Tenant
Association BINGO is open
Monday and Wednesday Nights,
doors open at 4 p.m.; game
runs from 6:30-8 p.m. (214
Roosevelt Ave.)
Pawtucket
Woonsocket
• The Leon Mathieu Senior
Center and Shri Studio have
partnered to offer a “Yoga for
Seniors” on Tuesday mornings
from 9:30-10:30 a.m. at Shri
Studio, 21 Broad St. This class
is designed to introduce seniors
to gentle yoga postures and
meditation techniques from their
chairs, helping them reduce
stress, improve focus, build
strength, and increase flexibility.
The fee for Leon Mathieu Senior
Center members is $5 per person per month. Transportation is
available from the Senior Center
to the Studio for those who
need it. For more information
and/or to register for the class
contact the Senior Center at
728-7582.
• Creative Writing Group,
Wednesdays, 7:30 p.m.;Local
writers meet weekly to share
support, suggestions and criticism. An informal gathering of
both published and unpublished
writers who find a group useful
for incentive and inspiration.
There is no charge to join.
Meetings are held Wednesday
evenings 7:30-9 p.m.
• Adult Knitting Circle, hursdays, 7-8:30 p.m., knitters and
crocheters of all levels of experience are invited to attend this
crafting circle. Led by experienced knitter and crocheter, Jen
Grover. Donations of yarn are
appreciated. Woonsocket Harris
Public Library, 303 Clinton St.,
401-769-9044. woonsocketlibrary.org
• An evening of ghost stories
and New England legends.
Contact: Russell Gusetti at
401-725-9272 or [email protected]. From the leading
authorities on spooks & legends, witness a night of haunted history and eerie tales from
across New England featuring
Jeff Belanger, Emmy-nominated host, writer and producer of
the New England Legends
series on PBS, writer and
researcher for the Ghost
Adventures series on the Travel
Channel, founder of
Ghostvillage.com, and a noted
speaker and media personality.
He'll be joined by Carl L.
Johnson, Tim Weisberg,
Andrew Lake and Frank Grace
for this production which is
being filmed as part of a PBS
documentary that will air this
fall. Tickets: $15 adv./$20 day
of show via the website listed
below. Tickets can be purchased at
www.legendtrips.com/new_en
gland_legends_ghosts.shtml
• The North Smithfield Library
presents storybook yoga at 11
a.m. This is for children ages 3 to
9. Direction will be given by
Debbie Quinn of Color Me Yoga.
This will include simple yoga and
a storybook read aloud.
Registration requested by dropins welcome. Call 767-2780.
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Library will have its Babies and
Books storytime, for birth to 23
months, on Mondays at 10 a.m.
Connect with your baby through
stories, rhymes and songs. A
play time will follow. No registration needed.
• The Woonsocket Knights of
Columbus Council 113 will hold
it's regular business meeting at
7 p.m.at All Saints Church on
Rathbun Street. All members
are encouraged to attend as
this will include the election of
officers.
• The Cumberland Public Library
is having its Tales for Fours and
Fives on Wednesdays at 10 a.m.
This is a chance for parents and
preschoolers to interact through
stories, movement activities and
songs.
Library will have its Tales for
Twos on Thursdays at 10 a.m.
This is a time for parents to
encourage their two-year-old’s
emerging language skills with
stories and songs. No registration is needed.
• Father Holland Catholic
School (formerly St. Joseph's
School) Teacher Appreciation
Pasta Dinner/Silent and Live
Auction. May 29 at St.
Joseph's Church Hall. Silent
auction 5:30-7:00 p.m.; dinner
7 p.m.; live auction (including a
trip to Africa) to follow dinner.
Auction items generously
donated by over 120 local businesses and national companies. All are invited: parishioners, the current school community, alumni, and townsfolk.
Come enjoy an adults-only
evening of fellowship, a delicious meal, and exciting auction. Tickets $10 each. Contact
St. Joseph's Church (401-5682411) or Fr. Holland Catholic
School (401-569-4589) for
tickets.
• The Pawtuxet Valley
Community Chorus proudly
presents ‘Lifting Our Voices in
Song’ on Saturday, May 30, 7
p.m. and Sunday, May 31, 2
p.m.; West Warwick High
School auditorium. Tickets:
Adults: $12 in advance, $15 at
the door; children 10 and under,
$5; For tickets contact any chorus member or call 401-8623105; also visit pvchorus.com.
Pawtucket
runs from 6:30-8 p.m. (214
Roosevelt Ave.)
Woonsocket
•Cash Mob gathers at 6 p.m. in
parking lot across from
Landmark Medical Center, 186
Cass Ave. Two local businesses
will be announced by Buy Local
at 6:15 as the evening’s targets.
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stories and singing.
runs from 6:30-8 p.m. (214
Roosevelt Ave.)
Woonsocket
• The 118th and 1118th
Engineer Companies formerly
stationed at the South Main
Street Armory in Woonsocket will
hold their sixth annual reunion at
St. Joseph Veterans Association,
99 Louise St. Social hour from 6
p.m., pictures at 6:30 and dinner at 7. For more, contact Tom
Dunayeski at 508-883-4567 or
Sonny Vadeboncoeur at 401766-7953.
Pawtucket
runs from 6:30-8 p.m. (214
Roosevelt Ave.)
1
31
June
Lincoln
• Vietnam Veterans of America,
James Michael Ray Memorial
Chapter #818 at 7 p.m. at the
Lincoln SeniorCenter, 150
Jenckes Hill Road in Lincoln.
Come at 6 p.m. and have dinner
with us. All Vietnam Veterans
welcome. Formore information
call Joe Gamache at 401-6516060.
Woonsocket
• Adult Knitting Circle, hursdays, 7-8:30 p.m., knitters and
crocheters of all levels of experience are invited to attend this
crafting circle. Led by experienced knitter and crocheter, Jen
Grover. Donations of yarn are
appreciated. Woonsocket Harris
Public Library, 303 Clinton St.,
401-769-9044. woonsocketlibrary.org
Pawtucket
• The Major Walter G. Gatchell
V.F.W. Post 306, 171 Fountain
St., is holding a spaghetti and
meatball dinner from 4 to 7 p.m.
Tickets are $8 and can be purchased at the door. For more ,
call the post after 4 p.m. at
(401) 722-7146.
2
3
4
5
Woonsocket
• WOON 1240 AM will air the
42nd annual St. Jude Children’s
Hospital Radiothon from 10:30
a.m. to 3 p.m.
6
West Warwick
Lincoln
Pawtucket
Pawtucket
Woonsocket
• Watercolors With Jerry: The
Lincoln Public Library will host a
4-week watercolor class taught
by local artist Jerry Aissis,
Mondays June 1, 8, 15, and 22
from 6-7:45 p.m. $100 plus
supplies. Fee may be paid in
cash or in check to Jerry Aissis.
(Payment expected at time of
registration) Supplies list is available for pickup. Class size is limited to (10) students. No waiting
lists; no phone registrations. If
interested, register at the reference desk in the library. Check
Events at lincolnlibrary.com
• The Leon Mathieu Senior
Center and Shri Studio have
partnered to offer a “Yoga for
Seniors” on Tuesday mornings
from 9:30-10:30 a.m. at Shri
Studio, 21 Broad St. This class
is designed to introduce seniors
to gentle yoga postures and
meditation techniques from their
chairs, helping them reduce
stress, improve focus, build
strength, and increase flexibility.
The fee for Leon Mathieu Senior
Center members is $5 per person per month. Transportation is
available from the Senior Center
to the Studio for those who
need it. For more information
and/or to register for the class
contact the Senior Center at
728-7582.
doors open at 4 p.m. and the
game goes from 6:30-8 p.m.
(214 Roosevelt Ave, Pawtucket)
North Smithfield
• The Pawtuxet Valley Community
Chorus proudly presents ‘LIFTING
OUR VOICES IN SONG’ on
Saturday, May 30, 7 p.m. and
Sunday, May 31, 2 p.m.; West
Warwick High School auditorium.
Tickets: Adults: $12 in advance,
$15 at the door; children 10 and
under, $5; For tickets contact any
chorus member or call 401-8623105; also visit pvchorus.com.
• The Woonsocket Harris
Public (303 Clinton St.) hosts
Adult Knitting Circle on
Thursdays from 7-8:30 p.m.;
Knitters and crocheters of all
levels of experience are invited
to attend this crafting circle. Led
by experienced knitter and crocheter, Jen Grover. Donations of
yarn are appreciated. For more
call 401-769-9044 or visit
woonsocketlibrary.org
• The North Smithfield Library
presents storybook yoga at 11
a.m. This is for children ages 3 to
9. Direction will be given by
Debbie Quinn of Color Me Yoga.
This will include simple yoga and
a storybook read aloud.
Registration requested by dropins welcome. Call 767-2780.
Woonsocket
• Come support the Woonsocket
Lady Novans Middle School softball team. Join us for an all-youcan eat breakfast of homefries,
eggs, ham, beans, toast, coffee,
tea and juice. The breakfast will
take place from 8 a.m. until noon
at Ciro’s Tavern, 42 Cherry
Street, Woonsocket. Cost is $8
for adults and for kids 10-andunder, $6. A 50-50 raffle will be
held too. Tickets are available at
Ciro’s.
Cumberland
Library will have its Tales for
Twos on Thursdays at 10 a.m.
This is a time for parents to
encourage their two-year-old’s
emerging language skills with
stories and songs. No registration needed.
Woonsocket
• Protect your home and help to
create a safer Rhode Island for
all residents by attending the
Woonsocket Eco-Depot collection – hosted by Rhode Island
Resource Recovery Corporation
– from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the
Woonsocket Parks and
Recreation Department at 1117
River Street, Woonsocket. Free
of charge to Rhode Island residents only,available free of
charge to Rhode Island residents
only. For an appointment, visit
codepotri.org or call 401-9421430 x241.
Send your community events to [email protected] or woonsocketcall.com
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Husband can’t stop singing
praises of bone marrow donor
DEAR ABBY:
My husband of 28 years
had a bone marrow transplant, and six months ago he
learned who his donor was.
He now wants to meet up
with the person. Turns out, it
was a woman.
I’m not usually a jealous
person, but it’s all he ever
talks about every single
minute of the day. He wants
to meet her two hours from
where we live. I am fine with
it, but I’m tired of hearing
how “great” she is.
What can I do to keep the
peace in my house?
— WIFE OF A TRANSPLANT
DEAR WIFE: Because of
your husband’s donor, you
are a wife and not a widow. A
step in the right direction
would be to regard her as the
person who saved your husband's life at a point when
you could have lost him.
Of course he thinks she is
“great.” Not everyone is willing to be tested to see if it’s
possible to BE a bone marrow donor.
I think she is great, too.
Please calm down. With
the passage of time, your husband will not feel the need to
speak about her as often.
DEAR ABBY:
My boyfriend booked a
cruise with his ex-wife to cele-
DEAR ABBY
Jeanne Phillips
DEAR WAITING: When
parents separate, most children hope and pray they will
find a way to get back together. If your boyfriend and his
ex are sure that isn't going to
happen, then it really isn't
right to bunk together and
get their son's hopes up only
to be disappointed when the
ship returns to shore.
That this man acts like
your feelings are irrelevant
and isn't always truthful are
huge red flags and do not
bode well for your future if
you continue with him. I
don't know how much time
you have invested, but if
more of the same is what's in
store, you'd be better off to
cut your losses and bail.
brate their son’s eighth birthday. They plan to share the
same cabin. He has mentioned at least twice in the
past that she wants him back,
but now he denies having
said it.
I didn’t expect him to pay
for my ticket (I can afford it),
but an invite would have been
nice. I have included him in
my children’s celebrations
and have stood by him
through difficult times. I have
yet to meet the ex, so there’s
no animosity between us.
When I suggested separate
cabins would be appropriate
and affordable considering
they had booked a suite, and
two regular cabins are about
half the price, he flat-out told
me I’m not invited. He says
this isn’t about “us” but
about his son, whom I get
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By HOLIDAY MATHIS
TAURUS (April 20-May 20).
You've had enough attention
through the years that you don't
long to be noticed. In fact, you
often prefer to go under the
radar. It's the good that you do
anonymously that will mean the
most to you.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
Choose your help carefully. The
person who can't be bothered
with details is likely to get many
things wrong, while the person
who is too detail-oriented may
never get to the big picture.
CANCER (June 22-July 22).
If you think you can do it, you
probably can. The real question
to ask yourself is: Will it be
worth the effort it takes? In
other words, do you want it
enough?
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). No
one likes to be kept waiting
around. The most important
virtue of the day will be promptness. It's a way of paying
respect and showing your organizational skills, too.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
What irritates you about another person is a window into your
own psyche. Turn this irritation
back on yourself, and you'll
come to a new understanding.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
People go to great lengths to
avoid boredom, when in fact
boredom is an incredibly useful
emotion. It's what spurs people
to learn new skills. Agree to go
through the boredom, and let it
lead you to improvement.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). You'll create something out
of the pieces you've collected
along the way. The way you
assemble things is so fresh, it
makes it seem like everything
old is new again.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22Dec. 21). Like-minded friends
are the cosmic gift of the day.
Being able to speak your
thoughts (and be understood)
will feel so good that you'll wonder how you were able to stay
quiet for so long.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). Your experience puts you
in a special category, and people will be very interested in
what you think — but not in
everything you think. Better to
filter yourself too strictly than
to say too much.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). It will take a team effort to
pull off today's tasks, and your
team will only be as strong as its
weakest link. Use a forthright
approach to find out whom you
can count on.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20).
You may set out on a solo mission, but you won't be alone.
Your politeness and consideration will win you the support of
those around you. Each problem you solve will help you
solve the next one.
ARIES (March 21-April 19).
Second chances abound, and so
do third and fourth chances.
Tests can be retaken, mail can
be resent, relationships can start
fresh. So why not ease up on
yourself?
along with.
I love this man and feel
this isn’t just about trust,
although he has been less
than truthful lately. I don’t
want to have to wonder what
happened in that cabin when
their son was asleep or at the
kids’ club or when they had a
bit too much to drink.
Am I unreasonable in
thinking sharing such close
quarters with an ex is inappropriate? Should I jump
ship from this relationship?
He clearly could care less
about my feelings.
— WAITING AT THE DOCK
6:30
7 PM
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High pressure over the area will promote a light sea breeze this afternoon, so
it will remain a little cooler near the coast.
Our precipitation deficit has now reached
4.5" for the year. A warm front Saturday
morning should bring some light showers.
Behind the warm front temperatures will
move back to summer-like readings on
Sunday. Showers are likely with a cold
front on Tuesday.
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62 coast.
Saturday: Showers end...a little afternoon sun. Highs upper 60s.
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BVCHC buys Notre Dame Ambulatory from Memorial Hospital
PAWTUCKET — Blackstone
Valley Community Health Care
(BVCHC) announced its intent to
purchase Notre Dame Ambulatory
Center, formerly Notre Dame
Hospital, at 1000 Broad St., Central
Falls, from Memorial Hospital.
The purchase and sale agreement signed Wday was the result of
a year-long effort by Memorial
Hospital President and COO
Edward Schottland, BVCHC
Executive Director Raymond
Lavoie, Dr. Michael Fine (formerly
director of the state Department of
Health), and Central Falls Mayor
James Diossa.
The site is a 19,000-square-foot,
three-story medical building that
will (almost) triple BVCHC’s primary care and mental health services space in Central Falls and will
enable the non-profit health
provider to add dental care for its
patients. In addition, Memorial will
lease back space for its ambulatory
and urgent care units, diagnostic
imaging service, and physical and
occupational medicine program.
The sale is part of an over-arching plan to create a neighborhood
health station on the property
where residents can find care for
their physical and mental health
needs, wellness programs that
could include a pool and gym, and
lectures about various health care
topics.
“The long-term vision for the
building will be to create a place
where 90 percent of the health and
wellness needs of the community
can be met,” says Lavoie. “This
building has huge advantages
because it’s centrally located and
has ample parking. Phase one of
the vision will address primary care
needs and later phases will add
ancillary support services.”
“Memorial Hospital is committed to providing access to quality
health care and wellness programs
in the community and this visionary move exemplifies that commitment,” says Schottland.
“This announcement is great
news for the City of Central Falls
and our partners at BVCHC and
Memorial Hospital,” said Central
Falls Mayor, James Diossa. The
development and investment in the
city by our community partners has
been overwhelming and exciting.
I’m looking forward to continued
work with Ray Lavoie, Ed
Schottland, and Dr. Fine to bring a
neighborhood health station to our
community.”
The sale of 1000 Broad St. will
close in September, for a purchase
price of $720,000. BVCHC plans
to invest $5 million in renovating
the facility to meet its short and
long-term needs. The new dental
suite of offices, made possible with
a generous grant from Delta Dental
of Rhode Island, will be known as
The Delta Dental Clinic at
Blackstone Valley Community
Health Care.
A SALUTE TO
HERB WEISS
Pawtucket Economic and Cultural Affairs Officer Herb
Weiss makes remarks after receiving the first-ever
Pawtucket Arts Festival (PAF) Medal of Excellence as Mary
Lee Partington, PAF artistic director, looks on. Weiss, who
was cited for the many years he spent raising funds for and
helping to organize the festival, was presented the award at
a recent event called Curtain Up. It was held at the Center
by the Blackstone in downtown Pawtucket.
City Councilwoman At-Large
Sandra Cano
congratulates Pawtucket Economic
and Cultural Affairs Officer
Herb Weiss
on his Pawtucket Arts Festival Medal of Excellence
and his many years of service to the arts in our
community.
“This is the 17th year of the Arts Festival in Pawtucket, and it would not have
happened without Herb Weiss. His drive and vision to bring the arts to our city
have made Pawtucket a better and more vibrant place to live. Congratulations
on your award, and thank you so much for making our community proud.”
Congratulations to
HERB WEISS
for receiving the first-ever
Congratulations
to a great guy and
terrific worker
City Councilor Mary E. Bray
District 5
Congratulations for helping
to make the Pawtucket Arts
Festival such a success year
after year.
Congratulations on your
well-deserved recognition.
Your colleagues from
Pawtucket Planning
and Development
Congratulations
Herb Weiss
from all your friends at
Robert Billington and the staff at
the Blackstone Valley Tourism Council
Congratulations Herb Weiss
and thanks for your
commitment to the arts.
State Senator
MEDAL OF EXCELLENCE AWARD
State Rep. Jean Philippe Barros
District 59
Congratulations Mr. Pawtucket
DONNA M. NESSELBUSH
Donald R. Grebien, Mayor
District 15
Congratulations to
Herb Weiss
for receiving the Pawtucket Arts Festival’s
Medal of Excellence
Councilor John J. Barry III
District 4
Congratulations Herb!
Your tenacity has benefited
Pawtucket and its arts community.
State Sen. James E. Doyle II
District 8
Congratulations to Herb Weiss
for years of dedication to the
Pawtucket Arts Festival.
We are looking forward to a successful 2015 festival.
Mary Lee Partington, PAF Artistic Director
SPORTS
Blackstone Valley
Pic of the Day
Sponsor
THE TIMES, Friday, May 15, 2015 — B1
Baseball
MASON ACE’N: Palmieri pitches Lions past Middletown
Sophomore Kyle
Sheehan also stars
in 8-0 Lincoln win
By JON BAKER
[email protected]
LINCOLN – As always,
Lincoln High senior Mason
Palmieri delivered.
The overpowering, 6-foot-5,
220-pound righty, whose next
athletic and academic stop will
be at Bryant University on
scholarship come August, fired
a premier two-hitter with five
walks and eight through 5 1/3
innings as the Lions coasted to
an easy 8-0 Division I-A conquest of Middletown at Chet
Nichols Memorial Field on
Thursday afternoon.
The quintet of walk – in
addition to a hit batsman – irritated Palmieri, who felt he was
being squeezed, but he gained
some revenge at the plate,
going 2-for-4 with a triple, RBI
and two runs scored.
“It’s nice to play from out in
front; that’s not usually our
M.O.,” said skipper Andy
Hallam, referring to Lincoln’s
taking of a commanding 7-0
cushion after two. “We usually
have to rely on our great pitchers to get us through, and
Mason did that.
“He threw whatever he
wanted, when he wanted, and
did a great job as always,” he
continued. “Mason has been
such a leader for us, and he
showed his supreme character
for us here. This was a
reminder of just how talented
he really is.”
While Palmieri starred, there
were others who played pivotal
roles in the victory, one that
pushed the Lions to 14-1 overall and 12-1 in I-A action.
Sophomore Connor Sheehan
not only finished 3-for-4 with
two RBI and a run scored, but
also made a minimum of three
Lincoln High senior
Mason Palmieri delivered another sterling
performance on
Thursday against
Middletown, throwing
5.1 shutout innings,
allowing only two hits
and striking out five.
He also slugged a
triple and a single,
scoring two runs and
driving in one in the
8-0 Lions win.
File photo
See LIONS, page B4
Commentary
American Legion Baseball
Could Sauveur
have saved this
Red Sox staff?
Former PawSox pitching
coach was passed over
baseball coach at North
Smithfield High School. Girard
said they share many of the same
theories and philosophies on the
game and the Legion program.
After tryouts, it’s just a few
short weeks to the season opener,
slated for June 16. The five-week
season includes about 26 games
for the senior division and 18
games for the junior division.
Following the regular season,
playoffs last into early August, or
longer for the team that wins the
PAWTUCKET – The door swing wide
open when the Red Sox cut ties with Juan
Nieves has officially closed after they settled on new pitching coach Carl Willis.
It got me thinking about Rich Sauveur,
the former PawSox pitching coach who
resigned last season following a successful seven-year stint with the Triple-A ballclub. Had Sauveur still been with
Pawtucket, might he have finally received
the big-league summons that proved elusive during his PawSox tenure?
Alas, we’ll never know the answer.
One thing we can glean from Boston’s
decision to go outside the organization
to replace Nieves is
that Ben Cherington
and John Farrell
believe Bob Kipper
and Ralph Treuel are
more valuable in
their current roles as
Pawtucket’s pitching
coach and Red Sox
minor-league pitching coordinator,
BRENDAN
respectively.
McGAIR
The Red Sox
could have gone outSports
side the ranks even if
Sauveur was still
Writer
overseeing the
PawSox staff, and no
one would have blinked an eye. The likely reasoning would have been Sauveur’s
lack of big-league coaching experience
coupled with the front office’s desire to
have him continue building upon the
working relationship with Brian Johnson,
Eddie Rodriguez and Henry Owens.
Then again, such upheaval might not
have been a detriment considering Kipper
already had established a foundation with
the three left-handers before this season.
If Sauveur did get the call to join Boston,
surely the next move would been elevating Kipper from the Double-A ranks.
Here’s why Sauveur would have been
a strong option to replace Nieves. For
starters, he’s been around long enough
that he can probably recite the Red Sox’
See LEGION, page B3
See SAUVEUR, page B3
Left photo by Ernest A. Brown; right photo Times file
Left: Steve Girard, director of the Woonsocketbased Fairmount Post 85 American Legion
Baseball team, left, and senior team manager
Tom Forbes will take over the team this season. The two organized a team car wash at
Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Church last week
to help with the team's fundraising efforts.
Above, longtime Navigant Credit Union comanagers Buster Perreault, left, and Jim
Gauthier are pictured during the 2011 season.
The duo coached Post 85 for many years,
including back-to-back state championships
in 2012 and 2013.
THEY’RE ON DECK
New leaders of Woonsocket’s Fairmount Post 85 hope to maintain winning tradition
By SETH BROMLEY
[email protected]
WOONSOCKET – When
local ballplayers try out the next
two weekends for the
Woonsocket-based Navigant
Fairmont Post 85 American
Legion Baseball team, they’ll
become participants in one of the
oldest traditions in youth sports.
The national institution of
American Legion Baseball will
celebrate its 90th anniversary this
season, making it one of the most
venerable organizations in ama-
teur sports in the U.S.
For Navigant Post 85, that tradition has been upheld locally for
many years through the stewardship of longtime co-managers
Jim Gauthier and Buster
Perreault – the duo led Navigant
to back-to-back state Legion
championships in 2012 and 2013.
This season they’ll be passing the
baton to new leadership, program
director Steve Girard and senior
team manager Tom Forbes.
They’ll officially start their
season together at the helm during team tryouts this Sunday,
from noon to 3 p.m. at Renaud
Field. A second round of tryouts
is slated for Sunday, May 24,
also from noon to 3 p.m. at
Renuad.
A former president and treasurer of East Woonsocket Little
League, Girard’s role with the
program will be chiefly administrative – his role also encompasses the junior division program,
Tasca Buick/GMC Post 85 team.
Girard will also be involved as an
assistant coach. Forbes has extensive high school coaching experience, most notably as an assistant
NFL
Brady appeals suspension on deflated balls; Pats rebut NFL
HOWARD ULMAN and
JIMMY GOLEN
AP Sports Writers
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. —
Super Bowl MVP Tom Brady
appealed the four-game suspension he was handed for his role
in using deflated footballs during
the AFC championship game,
and the players union urged
Commissioner Roger Goodell to
appoint a neutral arbitrator to
hear the case.
The expected appeal was filed
by the NFL Players Association
on Thursday about an hour
before a 5 p.m. Eastern deadline.
The league’s collective bargaining agreement stipulates that
it will be decided by Goodell or
a person he designates. But the
players union said in a news
release that “given the NFL’s
history of inconsistency and
arbitrary decisions in disciplinary matters, it is only fair that a
neutral arbitrator hear this
appeal.”
The union did not detail the
basis for the appeal. But in a
20,000-word rebuttal posted
online by the Patriots’ lawyers
earlier Thursday, the team disputed the conclusions on matters
of science, logic and law.
Attorney Daniel Goldberg’s
response claims the league’s
conclusions are “at best, incomplete, incorrect and lack context,” claiming as one example
that the “deflator” nickname
used by a ballboy and cited in
the discipline was about weight
loss, not footballs.
Goldberg represented the
team and was present during all
of interviews of team personnel.
Patriots spokesman Stacey
James confirmed that the site
wellsreportcontext.com was genuine and “approved/supported
by the team.”
The NFL suspended the quarterback for four games on
Monday, also fining the defending Super Bowl champions $1
million and taking away two
draft picks.
Brady’s appeal only deals
with the suspension and must be
heard within 10 days. The team
has not said if it will appeal its
penalties, which include a firstround draft pick next year and a
fourth-rounder in 2017, before a
May 21 deadline.
See BRADY, page B2
Patriots quarterback
Tom Brady isn’t too
happy about his fourgame suspension
from the NFL, and on
Thursday the NFL
Players Association
announced his intention to appeal.
Photo by
Louriann Mardo-Zayat
SPORTS
B2 THE TIMES
HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS SCHEDULE
FRIDAY
BOYS
Baseball
4 p.m. Shea at Exeter/West Greenwich
Tolman at Mount Pleasant
Ponaganset at North Smithfield
Davies Tech at Paul Cuffee
Volleyball
5:30 p.m. St. Raphael at North
Smithfield
6:30 p.m. Tolman at Cranston East
Lacrosse
4 p.m.
Scituate at PCD/St. Raphael
GIRLS
Softball
3 p.m. Block Island at Shea
6 p.m.
1 p.m.
9 a.m.
Noon
1 p.m.
Noon
10 a.m.
SATURDAY
BOYS
Baseball
Mount St. Charles at W. Warwick
Lacrosse
Mt. Hope at Mount St. Charles
Outdoor Track
Classical Classic (Conley Stadium)
GIRLS
Softball
Cumberland at Coventry
Mount St. Charles at Westerly
Lacrosse
Chariho at Burrillville/North
Smithfield
Outdoor Track
Cumberland Invitational (Tucker
Field)
AREA ROAD RACE SCHEDULE
Monday, May 25
WOONSOCKET — George Nasuti
Novans Pride 5K, 8:30 a.m. The Gym,
LLC, 2168 Diamond Hill Road. Third
annual event begins with a kids fun run.
Contact Michael Debroisse at (401)
475-6000 or [email protected]
for more information.
Saturday, May 30
NORTH SMITHFIELD —
Northmen/Navigant 5k Run/Walk
Challenge, 9 a.m. North Smithfield
Athletic Complex, 1850 Providence
Pike. 5k course starts on the
Providence Pike with an Olympic style
finish on the track. T-shirts to the first
300 entries.
Parking at the Middle School Parking
lot. Entertainment: live music along the
route. Food Court. Awards to top 3
male and female overall. Awards to the
top 2 in each age division: 18 & under,
19-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69,
70 & over. Contact Paul Nordstrom at
(401) 641-3206 or visit
[email protected] for more
information.
GLOCESTER — Chieftain Challenge
5K, 10 a.m. Ponaganset High School,
91 Anan Wade Road. Registration
through May 28 8 p.m. - $20 per person. Registration on day of race - $25
per person. The Ponaganset Middle
School Physical Education and Health
Department invite you to join in on a run
along the 3.1 mile course on Anan
Wade Road, and Route 102 to show
your support for lifelong fitness. Our
Middle School Student Running Club is
training to compete, and raise funds for
the construction of cross-country trails
at our new campus. Post-race festivities
will feature: Awards presentation,
Wellness Fair attractions, Food & more.
For more information, email
[email protected].
Sunday, June 7
PAWTUCKET — 5th Annual PFC Kyle
Joseph Coutu Memorial 5k Run/Walk,
9 a.m. Slater Memorial Park, 449
Newport Ave. Certified 5k course
through scenic Slater Memorial Park to
remember PFC Kyle Joseph
Coutu/Pawtuckets Hometown Hero.
Cash Prizes to the top 3 overall Female
& Male Runners. T-shirts to the 1st 250
entrants. BBQ provided by Outback
Steakhouse for all participants after the
event. Cash prizes to top male and
female, along with awards for age
groups. Contact Melissa Coutu at (401)
543-0658 or email [email protected]
for more info.
Saturday, June 13
WOONSOCKET – American Legion
Fairmount Post #85 1st Annual Flag
Day 5K, 9 a.m. American Legion
Fairmount Post #85, 870 River Street.
Come Support our Veterans on Flag
Day!!! Registration Fee is only $20 and
includes an event t-shirt, post run
breakfast and awards. Indoor facilities
and plenty of parking. Contact Richard
Allain at (508) 883-5133 or email
[email protected] for
more information.
LOCAL SPORTS TO REPORT? Call 767-8545
College Baseball
Bryant takes game 1, earns share of fourth-straight NEC title
SMITHFIELD – Junior Kyle Wilcox
(Sandy Hook, Conn.) allowed just one
over eight solid innings and the Bryant
University baseball team claimed at
least a share of its fourth-straight
Northeast Conference Regular-Season
title with a 4-1 victory over Wagner on
Thursday afternoon at Richmond
County Bank Ballpark.
The Bulldogs (25-21, 16-5 NEC)
now lead the Seahawks (25-20-1, 13-8)
by three games and need one more win
to secure the league title outright.
Thursday's much anticipated opener
featured two of the top prospects in the
NEC in Wilcox and Wagner starter
Nolan Long. Wilcox won the battle,
allowing just one run, four hits, one
walk while striking out three over eight
innings to earn his seventh win of the
year. Long allowed just two hits but
walked five and allowed four runs (two
earned) in 5.1 innings.
Junior Buck McCarthy (Saugus,
Mass.) gave the Black and Gold the
early edge on Thursday. He got ahead
2-1 before launching a solo home run
well over the left field wall with one
out in the second. It was his fourth
home run of the year.
Wagner responded with a run in the
bottom of the second. Nick Dini singled to open the inning and a walk and
a throwing error loaded the bases with
one out. Sean Mazzio then tied the
game with an infield single to deep
short. Wilcox buckled down to strikeout the next batter before inducing a
Brady
The NFL says: Texts in which locker
room attendant Jim McNally refers to
himself as “the deflator” are an indication that he was taking air out of footballs after they were inspected by the
referees. His texts with equipment
assistant John Jastremski also include a
reference to a providing him with a
needle.
The team says: McNally used the
term “deflator” refer to his desire to
lose weight, as in the text, “deflate and
give somebody that jacket.” And the
needle was necessary because McNally
was sometimes responsible for getting
an inflation needle to referees for
pregame testing.
THE SCIENCE:
The NFL says: The footballs provided by the Patriots lost more air pressure
between the pregame test and halftime
than could be explained by non-nefarious reasons.
The team says: The league cherrypicked readings from two different
gauges to create the biggest gap
between pregame and halftime measurements. That overshadowed a difference in air pressure in some of the balls
that could be explained by atmospheric
conditions.
Continued from page B1
League-appointed investigator Ted
Wells claims that Brady was “at least
generally aware” of plans by two team
employees to prepare the balls to his liking, below the league-mandated minimum of 12.5 pounds per square inch.
But the team’s rebuttal presented its
own science that would explain the loss
of pressure in a more innocuous way.
“The most fundamental issue in this
matter is: DOES SCIENCE EXPLAIN
THE LOSS OF PSI IN THE PATRIOTS FOOTBALLS?” Goldberg wrote
before concluding, also in all capital
letters, that it does.
The rebuttal also alludes to other
incidents of ball-tampering that were
not dealt with as harshly. And it says
increased communication between
Brady and the ballboys after the scandal broke were just normal expressions
of concern, rather than evidence of the
quarterback’s guilt.
Here are some more of the claims
and counter-claims in the Wells report
and the Patriots’ rebuttal:
THE DEFLATOR
ground ball to third to end the threat.
The Black and Gold then took
advantage of two Wagner errors to
score three runs in the decisive sixth
inning. Sophomore Cole Fabio
(Mahwah, N.J.) bunted back to the
pitcher to start the sixth but Long threw
the ball away. He then hit senior John
Mullen (Walpole, Mass.) and AJ
Zarozny (Shrewsbury, Mass.) advanced
both with a sac bunt. The Seahawks
then intentionally walked McCarthy to
load the bases for Mickey Gasper
(Merrimack, N.H.). Long induced a
ground ball to short but the throw was
wide at second, allowing two runs to
score. Junior Dan Cellucci (Sudbury,
Mass.) capped the inning with an RBI
ground out.
WHO IS “HE”?
The NFL says: It’s Brady. A text
message from Jastremski to McNally
says: “Talked to him last night. He
actually brought you up and said you
must have a lot of stress trying to get
them done.”
The Patriots say: It is a leap of logic
to conclude that the stress was related
to football deflation. They refer,
Goldberg wrote, to “Mr. Jastremski’s
friend, as the investigators were told,
and the conversation involved issues
relating to Mr. McNally’s stress relating
to reselling family tickets.”
COOPERATION
The NFL says: Brady obstructed the
investigation by refusing to turn over
his cellphone records. The team refused
to make McNally available for a follow-up interview. Failure to cooperate
in a league investigation is considered
conduct detrimental to the league, and
it opens the team and player up to
severe penalties.
The team says: The league already
had access to Brady’s texts and calls
with McNally and Jastremski through
their phones. Also, if Wells’ investigators failed to ask all the questions the
first time, it’s their fault.
BLACKSTONE VALLEY MEMORIES
On The Banner
PHOTO FEATURED IN PIC OF THE DAY LAST WEEK
April 24, 2015 - Mount senior Tate Laquerre (17) is
tagged out at first base by Tolman’s Nate Gagnon (7)
in the top of the 3rd inning at McCoy Stadium Friday.
Ernest A. Brown/RIMG photo
May 15
Pawtucket Youth Summer Basketball
League schedules sign-ups
PAWTUCKET — The Pawtucket Youth Summer
Basketball League has will hold registrations for the
coming season Friday, May 15, from 5 to 6 p.m. at
the Smithfield Avenue basketball courts, located at
500 Smithfield Ave.
The league is open to boys and girls from the ages
of 8 to 22. Teams play one game per week on
evenings from June 15 to July 31 at the Smithfield
Avenue courts.
Registration fees are $25 per player for Pawtucket
residents, and $30 per player for non-residents.
For more information, contact Larry Holloway at
(401) 359-0635.
May 16, 17
Pineview Big League seeks sign-ups
PAWTUCKET — Pineview LL/RI District 2 Big
League will be chasing its fourth straight state title
and trip to the East Regions in Dover Delaware this
summer.
The team will be holding sign ups for the 2015
season on the following dates and times: Saturday
and Sunday, May 16 and 17 from noon to 2 p.m. at
Doreen Tomilson field on Daggett Avenue.
Eligible to play are players league age 15 through
18 who reside in the boundaries of Rhode Island
Little League District 2, which includes: Pawtucket,
East Providence, Barrington, Bristol, Warren,
Newport, Portsmouth, Middleton and Tiverton.
Sign up fee is $100 per player, which pays for jersey, hat, and all regular season fees. For more information attend sign-ups or contact manager Joe
Clark by e-mail at [email protected] or coach
Norm Clark at [email protected].
May 16
Cumberland-area Upper Deck Legion
Baseball holds tryouts
LINCOLN — American Legion Post 14/86 Upper
Deck will hold junior and senior division tryouts on
Saturday May 16 at Lincoln High School at 3 p.m.
May 17, 24
Woonsocket-area Post 85 Legion Baseball
holds tryouts
WOONSOCKET — The Woonsocket-area
American Legion Post 85 baseball team is holding
tryouts on Sundays, May 17 and 24 from noon to 3
May 15
Ronnie Rickey, power hitter
for Kallaher, slammed three
homers to drive in seven runs as the
Rockets defeated the German Club 127 in Darlington National Little League
action. Winning pitcher Roger Bedard,
a pocket-size 10-year-old, hurled the
whole game and surrendered 11 hits
but was good in the clutch, while
Bryan Pilz slugged a three-run double
for the winners. Ronnie Benoit drilled
two doubles in a losing effort.
1955
p.m. at Renaud Field.
The program includes players from Woonsocket,
North Smithfield, Burrillville and students of Mount
St. Charles, who are age 14 to 19 years old.
A junior Legion player cannot turn 18 at any point
in 2015 calendar year; a senior player who is 19
must have been on a Legion roster in 2014. Senior
Legion players who turn 20 at any point during 2015
calendar year are not eligible to play.
Please bring birth certificate to tryouts.
For more informtation contact Steve Girard at
[email protected] or call (401) 309-7993.
May 28
New England Patriots to host free Moms
Football Safety Clinic at Gillette
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — The New England
Patriots, in partnership with USA Football, will host a
free Moms Football Safety Clinic on Thursday, May 28.
The event will take place from 6 to 8:30 p.m. in the
Dana-Farber Field House at Gillette Stadium.
The clinic is designed for moms who have a son or
daughter playing youth football or who are thinking
about playing. The goal of this clinic is to provide moms
with the latest information about the safety of the game
through USA Football’s “Heads Up Football” program.
The clinic will feature presentations on concussion
awareness, heat and hydration, proper equipment fitting and strength and conditioning. This event will also
consist of interactive on-field drills to teach moms some
of the proper techniques of blocking and tackling.
Women interested in participating are required to
sign up for the event by Wednesday, May 27.
Participation will be based on a first come, first served
basis as space is limited. To learn more or to register,
visit www.patriots.com/momsclinic.
May 25
Registrations being accepted for
Pawtucket Boys & Girls Club RBI Baseball
PAWTUCKET — The Boys & Girls Club of
Pawtucket will be offering RBI Baseball, a competitive amateur summer league for boys and girls ages
13-15 year olds; all participants must be in this age
range as of May 1, 2015.
RBI League play begins on June 15. Tryouts for
the Summer League will take place on June 7, with
time and location to be announced. The RBI registration form is online at bgcpawt.org.
The registration fee for the 2015 RBI Baseball
Season is $60, additionally, all participants must
have a current Boys & Girls Club of Pawtucket membership ($40 per year for residents of Pawtucket and
Central Falls and $60 per year for non-residents). All
Russ Blanchard fired his second no-hitter of the schoolboy season as undefeated Burrillville
blanked winless Sacred Heart 5-0.
Blanchard, a slim southpaw who mixes
up a live fast ball with a sharp curve,
struck out 11 and walked only two,
while the Beavers’ Paul Vincent limited
the Broncos to two hits but walked
seven, hit batter and uncorked two wild
pitches. Blanchard’s double and Brad
Smith’s single in the fourth inning were
the only hits off Vincent.
1965
returning players will remain on the same team
unless they are traded. All players must pay registration fees in full at the time of sign-up and provide a
copy of their birth certificate for age verification.
Registration will be accepted through May 25, or
until the maximum of 120 players has been reached.
You can register in person at the Boys & Girls Club
of Pawtucket’s Elson Clubhouse at One Moeller
Place, Pawtucket RI (off School Street) or mail completed forms to the Boys & Girls Club of Pawtucket.
Players receive Major League Uniforms, games
are played under the lights Monday through
Thursday at 8 pm and teams play twice a week.
Game times and dates are subject to change.
Experienced baseball managers, chosen to provide
baseball leadership, and who have knowledge of
baseball and game competition, are assigned to
coach all teams. All games will be played at baseball
fields in the City of Pawtucket. Interscholastic and
experienced umpires will officiate all games.
For more information about the RBI Baseball
Program contact Matt Bergeron, RBI Director at
(401)722-8840 or [email protected] or visit
www.bgcpawt.org.
June 8
10th annual Blackstone Valley Heritage
Golf Tournament slated
BURRILLVILLE — The 10th annual Blackstone
Valley Heritage Golf Tournament will take place on
Monday, June 8 at the Crystal Lake Golf Course on
Bronco Highway.
The fee to play is $125 per person and includes
lunch, dinner, the golf tournament (an 18-hole
scramble format), and a goodie bag. Registration
and lunch will begin at 11:30 a.m., with a 1 p.m.
shotgun start. The dinner, auction, and awards ceremony is expected to start at 6 p.m. The proceeds
will benefit the tourism-based environmental programs that protect and promote the Blackstone
Valley.
Visit www.golfblackstone.com to sign up, become
a tournament sponsor, or for more information.
June 23-30
Cumberland Parks & Recreation holds
beginner golf clinics for kids, adults
CUMBERLAND — The Cumberland Parks &
Recreation Department will conduct beginner golf
clinics for children ages 6-15 and adults at
Wentworth Hills Country Club in Plainville, Mass.
The children’s clinics consist of four one-hour lessons, held Tuesday through Friday, June 23-26.
Each lesson will focus on a different swing skill.
Tom Andrew fired a no-hitter,
struck out eight and walked
three in taking the Pawtucket Lions to
a 2-0 win over the Darlington Braves
in a Pawtucket Pony League game. The
Lions tallied both of their runs in the
third on two walks and singles by Dave
Moran and Bob Fortin. Fortin and
Moran led the Lions at the plate with
two singles apiece.
1975
– By Bill Mulholland
Children will also learn the basics of golf safety, golf
etiquette, and respect for the game. The cost of
each children’s clinic is $109.
The adult clinics also consist of four one-hour lessons, each spaced one week apart (the same day
and time for four weeks), that will start on Tuesday,
June 30.
Each lesson will focus on a specific part of the
game, and at the end of each clinic, adults will have
knowledge of the basic fundamentals, such as how
to use a full swing with irons and woods, and “short
game” skills (pitching, chipping and putting). The
cost of each adult clinic is $159.
The instructor for the clinics is Barrie Bruce, a
PGA teaching professional from the Barrie Bruce
Golf Schools.
Equipment and practice balls will be provided. All
participants need are a pair of sneakers and a good
attitude.
Call the Parks and Recreation Department at (401)
334-9996 for more details or to reserve your space
in any of the clinics.
Spring/Ongoing
Cumberland has openings for fall coaches
at high school, middle school levels
CUMBERLAND — The Cumberland School
Department is looking to fill six head coaching
vacancies (five high school and one middle school)
for the 2015 fall season.
Cumberland High is in need of coaches for its varsity and junior varsity field hockey, varsity and junior
girls’ varsity tennis, and varsity cheerleading teams.
McCourt Middle School is in search of a boys’ soccer coach.
Those interested should visit
www.schoolspring.com to apply for these positions.
For additional information on any of the positions,
contact Cumberland High athletic director Chris
Tashjian via email at [email protected] or call 401-658-1600, ext. 343.
Post 85 American Legion baseball seeks
business sponsors
The Woonsocket-area American Legion Post 85
baseball team is seeking a manager for their junior
league team during the upcoming season. The program includes players from Woonsocket, North
Smithfield, Burrillville and students of Mount St.
Charles.
The program is also seeking business sponsorships for their players.
Anyone who is interested in either coaching or
sponsoring, contact Steve Girard at [email protected] or call (401) 309-7993.
SPORTS
THE TIMES B3
Legion
Rhode Island title and moves on the
Northeast Regional. For aspiring
young ballplayers, there’s no purer
way to experience the thrills and the
demands of the national pastime.
“We have a highly-competitive
brand of baseball that will get players ready to take the next step in
their game,” said Girard.
He said the condensed schedule
and rigorous competition is great
for preparing players to next the
next step in their interscholastic
careers, whether that’s for players
just starting their high school
careers, high school seniors looking
to sharpen their skills before going
to college.
“We’ve got some good, solid
coaching, we’re cheaper than the
AAU travel teams, and we have
some very competitive players
you’re playing against,” Girard
said.
The Post 85 Navigant team
draws in players from the city of
Woonsocket, plus North Smithfield,
Burrillville and students of Mount
St. Charles Academy. Numerous
Navigant players have gone on to
college careers in recent years,
including Brandon Rainville, Kory
Lawrence, Tyler Geffert and
Andreas Brackett, who were all
teammates on the 2013 state title
squad.
Girard thinks re-creating that
success is well within reach.
Girard said.
At least until the rosters are set
and the teams can start practicing,
Girard’s biggest focus will be on
fundraising and securing local business sponsors to further relieve the
cost burden for players. He said his
main sponsors, Navigant Credit
Union and Tasca Buick/GMC, have
both been great partners for the program.
Gauthier and Perreault will also
still remain strong influences on the
program as it transitions.
“Buster and Jim have been a
great part of the program for a very
long time. They’re still going to be
there to help guide me through,”
Girard said.
His hope is that he can carry
their success forward a long time
into the future.
“I want to be involved for a long
time – hopefully as long as Buster
and Jim.”
Photo by Ernest A. Brown
Navigant Fairmount Post 85 team members Sam Hunt, Kyle Girard, Alex Denoylle, Derek Degnan and Caden
Unwin, from left, take part in a car wash to benefit the team on Saturday.
“We’ve got great ballplayers in
the city of Woonsocket,” he said. “I
really think we can get back to
that.”
Another distinction of American
Legion ball is the use of wooden
bats. The state’s Legion organizers
made Rhode Island one of first
states to make the switch, mandating a return to lumber back in 2011.
Numerous states have since followed suit.
“It give gives kids an opportunity to learn to hit in a different way.
It’s a great brand of baseball,”
one, but maybe if I could
have gotten an interview here
or there, at least I knew they
were thinking about me,”
said Sauveur, who as of this
writing has yet to find another occupation in pro ball.
Hindsight is believed to
always be 20/20. There’s no
way that Sauveur could have
For more information on the
upcoming tryouts for Tasca
Buick/GMC Post 85 and Navigant
Post 85, contact Girard at
[email protected] or call
(401) 309-7993. Junior Legion
player cannot turn 18 at any point
in 2015 calendar year; a senior
player who is 19 must have been on
a Legion roster in 2014. Senior
Legion players who turn 20 at any
point during 2015 calendar year
are not eligible to play. Prospective
players are asked to please bring
birth certificate to tryouts.
predicted the Red Sox’ pitching staff sinking to the point
that it would prove to cost
Nieves his job. Still, it’s hard
to imagine that the stars
could have aligned any better
for a longtime minor-league
pitching coach to at long last
move to the frontlines of the
entire organization.
Of course all of this
hearsay talk is contingent
upon Sauveur electing to
return for an eighth season
with Pawtucket.
What could have been,
indeed.
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Former PawSox pitching coach Rich Sauveur left the organization after he learned he wouldn’t
be considered for the major league pitching coach position.
Sauveur
pitching philosophy with his
eyes closed. He knows what
the expectations entail, something that could take an inseason addition such as
Willis a turn or two through
the starting rotation.
Sauveur also has a history
with Clay Buchholz and
Justin Masterson from their
time together in Pawtucket.
Whether helping Masterson
come back from injury, or
helping Buchholz return to
his previous success, the
presence of a familiar voice
(Sauveur) would figure to
help more than hurt.
Besides Buchholz and
Masterson, the recent pitching roster includes the following that Sauveur had
experience working with:
Matt Barnes, Steven Wright,
Junichi Tazawa, Craig
Breslow and Tommy Layne.
Since he would have spent
time around Rick Porcello,
Wade Miley and Joe Kelly
during spring training, it’s
conceivable that Sauveur
would have had a significant
leg up when setting foot in
Boston’s clubhouse as
opposed to Willis, who is
starting completely from
scratch.
Perhaps Blake Swihart’s
adjustment to big-league life
would have been simplified
had the promising catcher
picked up where he left off
with Sauveur. Forming a
game plan that’s tailored
around that day’s Red Sox
starting pitcher was an area
that Swihart was probably
just getting the hang of when
Nieves was let go. Now the
23-year-old has to begin
anew with Willis and learn
the new boss’s preferences
and expectations with regards
to calling a game.
By bringing Sauveur into
the fold – even if it was just
on an interim basis with
Boston revisiting the situation after the season – it
stands to reason that his
familiarity with the pitchers
alone would have resulted in
a relatively smooth transition.
Along those lines, Sauveur
dealt with Farrell quite a bit
during the three seasons
(2008-10) they overlapped as
pitching coaches in the Red
Sox system, with Farrell during that time serving as primary caretaker of the Boston
staff.
In an interview that took
place a few weeks after
Pawtucket won the 2014
Governors’ Cup, Sauveur
stated, “it does pain me a little bit to walk away without
finishing my dream in the
Red Sox organization.” He
also stated that he never once
was afforded so much as “a
token interview” whenever a
pitching-coach vacancy at the
Boston ranks arose.
“You can’t please every-
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B4 THE TIMES
Boys’ Tennis
SPORTS ON THE AIR
Mounties mount comeback
to take down Classical, 5-2
WOONSOCKET – After
suffering two dismal losses at
the top two singles spots,
Mount St. Charles rolled to
five straight decisions and
ultimately snuck past
Classical, 5-2, in a Division
II/Suburban B showdown on
Thursday.
Senior Ethan Guevremont
and junior Mitch McCoy
responded with straight-set
singles wins before their
teammates swept the doubles
portion. They key verdict
came at No. 1, when the
freshman-senior tandem of
Matt Dubois and Dan Bowen
eked out a harrowing 6-2, 4-6,
6-4 win over Alex Donadio
and Jake Hammarstrom.
The Mounties improved to
14-1 in league action.
Mount St. Charles 5, Classical 2
Singles: Austen Clark (Cl) def. Mike
Doody, 6-1, 6-2; Colin Gui (Cl) def.
Matt Saviano, 6-0, 6-1; Ethan
Guevremont (MSC) def. Joe Zurien,
6-1, 6-2; Mitch McCoy (MSC) def.
Matt Warshay, 6-2, 6-3.
Doubles: Matt Dubois-Dan Bowen
(MSC) def. Alex Donadio-Jake
Hammarstrom, 6-2, 4-6, 6-4; Jake
Lawrence-Paul Resende (MSC) def.
Josh Levanos-Devon Callanan, 6-0,
6-2; Aiden Keating-Pat Hardesty
(MSC) def. Billy O’Gara-Harry
Binder, 6-3, 6-2.
Saints sail past EP
EAST PROVIDENCE –
The No. 3 duo of Justin
Jackson and Andy Li posted
an easy 6-1, 6-3 verdict over
Thor Silva and Kyle
Desmarais to clinch for St.
Raphael Academy a 5-2
Division III/Central-B triumph over East Providence
High on Thursday.
Their doubles’ counterparts
– Santiago Durango-Austin
Gillis at the top spot, Jiaqi
Yang-Jason Li at the second –
secured straight-set decisions
to complete the sweep.
Lions
sterling plays at shortstop to
help keep Palmieri’s shutout
intact.
Junior Trevor Marques
went 2-for-4 with a double,
two RBI and two runs; senior Jason Doris 2-for-3 with
two runs; classmate Jake
Petrin 0-for-3 with a RBI
and a run; fellow 12th-grader
Ryan Havunen 1-for-4 with a
RBI and run; and freshman
Steve Andrews 0-for-1 with
a RBI.
The lone hit to enter the
outfield for the Islanders (68 league) came off the bat of
senior Mark Loyola with two
out in the top of the second.
Palmieri yielded just an
infield single to senior catcher Liam O’Regan to open the
fourth, and that was a story
in itself.
LHS jumped out to a 3-0
lead in the back half of the
first, and it immediately didn’t bode well for senior
righthander Jake Francis.
Havunen reached on a
botched grounder at third,
then took second when Doris
walked. Palmieri’s hit to left
juiced the bags, and
Marques’ groundout to second plated Havunen.
Petrin followed with
another groundout to short,
but Doris scored, and – following a walk to Andrews –
Sheehan roped a single down
the left-field stripe to plate
Palmieri. All told, the hosts
sent nine to the plate.
Following Loyola’s meaningless two-bagger in the
second, the Lions rallied for
a quartet in the bottom half,
beginning with Doris’ fielder’s choice. Palmieri then
pummeled an opposite-field
triple to right, and Marques’
double to left scored him.
The latter scooted to third on
Francis’ lone wild delivery,
the same pitch in which he
walked Petrin.
With runners at the corners, Petrin robbed second,
and Andrews’ sacrifice fly to
center plated Marques from
third. Petrin later came
around on Sheehan’s opposite-field hit to right.
It appeared the Lions
would notch another in the
third after senior No. 9 batter
Nate Taylor reached on an
infield hit, but Havunen
lined to rightfielder Mike
Garvey, who promptly threw
out Taylor at first for one of
three Middletown double
The Saints, who closed the
league campaign at 10-3, also
received singles wins from
Myles Lefebvre and Ethan
Mendes.
St. Raphael 5, East Providence 2
Singles: Myles Lefebvre (SRA) def.
Aaron Amaral, 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (1);
Alex Dorego (EP) def. Kelton Dos
Santos, 6-2, 6-1; Shawn Contente
(EP) def. Mike Wu, 6-3, 6-1; Ethan
Mendes (SRA) def. Mohamid
Aldine, 6-0, 6-2.
Doubles: Santiago Durango-Austin
Gillis (SRA) def. Phil DeSouza-Dan
Sepe, 6-1, 6-1; Jiaqi Yang-Jason Li
(SRA) def. Andrew Farrar-Slade
Sharma, 6-3, 6-3; Justin JacksonAndy Li (SRA) def. Thor Silva-Kyle
Desmarais, 6-1, 6-3.
Portsmouth tops Lincoln
PORTSMOUTH –
Despite fine outings by its
three doubles’ teams, Lincoln
High yielded a 6-1 Division II
crossover verdict to
Portsmouth on Thursday.
The Lions mustered their
lone win at No. 2 singles,
when Mike Crawley snagged
an 8-6, 6-2 victory over Josh
Adler.
The No. 2 tandem of
James Heineman and Jake
Burlingame played well
before succumbing to Chris
Norton and Chace Little, 6-4,
7-5, as did the third pairing of
Jesus Garcia and Jake Viera,
who dropped a 2-6, 6-2, 6-0
decision to Matt DePamphilis
and Brendan DeLuca.
The Lions fell to 3-12,
while the Pats moved to 4-10.
Portsmouth 6, Lincoln 1
Singles: Jameson Harding (P) def.
Eric O’Neill, 6-4, 6-2; Mike Crawley
(L) def. Josh Adler, 8-6, 6-2; James
Mortrude (P) def. Nico Ferretti, 6-1,
6-2; Sean Lewis (P) def. Alex
Kwarta, 6-1, 6-3.
Doubles: Jackson Reaper-Mike
Ramos (P) def. Andy Pan-Jose
Garcia, 6-2, 6-2; Chris NortonChace Little (P) def. James
Heineman-Jake Burlingame, 6-4, 75; Matt DePamphilis-Brendan
DeLuca (P) def. Jesus Garcia-Jake
Vieira, 2-6, 6-2, 6-0.
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FS1 — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, final practice
for Showdown, at Concord, N.C.
1:45 p.m. FS1 — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, “Happy Hour
Series,” final practice for All-Star Race, at
Concord, N.C.
4 p.m.
FS1 — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, pole qualifying for Showdown, at Concord, N.C.
5:30 p.m. FS1 — NASCAR, Truck Series, pole qualifying for NC Education Lottery 200, at
Concord, N.C.
7 p.m.
FS1 — NASCAR, Sprint Cup, Showdown,
at Concord, N.C.
8:30 p.m. FS1 — NASCAR, Truck Series, NC
Education Lottery 200, at Concord, N.C.
Middletown 000 000 0 -- 0 – 2 – 2
Lincoln 340 010 x-- 8 – 12 – 1
Jake Francis, Chase Sinatra (5)
and Liam O’Regan. Mason
Palmieri, Trevor Marques (6) and
Jake Petrin. 2B – Mark Loyola,
Marques, Jason Doris. 3B –
Palmieri.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Noon
BOXING
9 p.m.
10 p.m.
ESPN2 — Lightweights, Monty Meza-Clay
(36-4-0) vs. Reynaldo Ojeda (16-0-0), at
Hartford, Conn.
TRUTV — Super lightweights, Antonio
Orozco (21-0-0) vs. Emmanuel Taylor (183-0); champion Jose Benavidez Jr. (22-0-0)
vs. Jorge Paez Jr. (38-5-2), for WBA interim
super lightweight title, at Phoenix
COLLEGE SOFTBALL
7 p.m.
ESPN2 — NCAA, Division I playoffs,
regionals, Game 2, Texas Southern at LSU
CYCLING
5 p.m.
NBCSN — Tour of California, Stage 6, time
trial, at Big Bear Lake
GOLF
5:30 a.m. TGC — European PGA Tour, Spanish
Open, second round, part I, at Girona,
Spain
9:30 a.m. TGC — European PGA Tour, Spanish
Open, second round, part II, at Girona,
Spain
12:30 p.m. TGC — Champions Tour, The Tradition,
second round, at Birmingham, Ala.
3 p.m.
TGC — PGA Tour, Wells Fargo
Championship, second round, at Charlotte,
N.C.
7 p.m.
TGC — Web.com Tour, BMW Charity ProAm, second round, at Greer, S.C. (sameday tape)
9 p.m.
TGC — LPGA, Kingsmill Championship,
second round, at Williamsburg, Va. (sameday tape)
HORSE RACING
3 p.m.
NBCSN — Thoroughbreds, Black-Eyed
Susan, at Baltimore
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
plays. Doris followed with a
double to the left-center gap,
though Palmieri lined to left
to end the threat.
The Isles didn’t quit,
however. O’Regan opened
the fourth with that infield
hit, one in which he beat
Sheehan’s spectacular stopand-throw to first by a halfstep, and Palmieri walked
Garvey. MHS senior Connor
Meehan’s fly to center
allowed O’Regan to tag to
third, but Palmieri fanned
Tim Powell.
Loyola walked to load the
bases, yet Palmieri’s breaker
caught senior Chase Sinatra
napping in the box. That
strikeout closed the inning.
Middletown loaded the
bags again in the fifth courtesy of an error and two
walks, but Palmieri forced
Meehan to ground to second
for the final out.
LHS tacked on its final
run in the back half after
Sheehan reached on an
infield hit, moved to third on
junior Nate Donovan’s opposite-field single to right and
scored on Havunen’s RBI
groundout.
Marques replaced
Palmieri with one out in the
sixth and finished without
yielding a hit, though he had
a walk, and whiffed four.
Lincoln now has five tilts
remaining, though one seems
to be of utmost importance.
It will host league-leading
and unbeaten Hendricken at
7 p.m., next Thursday.
“You have to give credit
to Trevor,” Hallam stated
later. “He usually gets recognized for his bat, but he can
pitch, too. People have asked
me why I don’t start him in
the rotation, and it’s simple”
If I can have him on the hill
two or three times a week as
opposed to one, who wouldn’t? He works really hard,
and he’s very coachable.
“As for Sheehan, we’ve
worked with him the last
week and a half; Coach
(Dale) O’Dell and his son
Ryan went over some footwork with him in certain situations, and he’s been spectacular at short,” he added.
“If you can get help from the
O’Dells, you take it, and it’s
shown with Connor.”
More SPORTS, Page B7
TODAY
2 p.m.
8 p.m.
MLB — Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs
MLB — Regional coverage, Detroit at St.
Louis or Cleveland at Texas
10:10 p.m. NESN, WEEI (103.7 FM) — Boston at
Seattle
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
7:05 p.m. WHJJ (920 AM) — Columbus at Pawtucket
NBA BASKETBALL
7 p.m.
ESPN — Playoffs, conference semifinals,
game 6, Atlanta at Washington
9:30 p.m. ESPN — Playoffs, conference semifinals,
game 6, Golden State at Memphis
New York
Tampa Bay
Toronto
Boston
Baltimore
Central Division
W
Kansas City
Detroit
Minnesota
Chicago
Cleveland
West Division
W
Houston
Los Angeles
Seattle
Texas
Oakland
W
21
19
17
16
15
L
14
16
18
18
17
W
L
22
21
19
14
12
L
Pct
13
14
16
17
21
W
L
21
17
15
15
13
L
Pct
13
17
18
20
23
East Division
GB WCGB L10
—
—
5-5
2
—
6-4
4
2
5-5
4½
2½
4-6
4½
2½
4-6
Central Division
Pct WCGB
GB WCGB
L10
GB
L10
Str
.629
—
—
6-4
.600
1
—
5-5
.543
3
—
6-4
.452
6
3
6-4
.364
9
6
4-6
West Division
Pct WCGB
GB WCGB
L10
GB
L10
Str
.618
—
—
4-6
.500
4
1½
6-4
.455 5½
3
5-5
.429 6½
4
6-4
.361
9
6½
2-8
Pct
.600
.543
.486
.471
.469
Str
L-2
W-2
L-1
W-1
W-1
Home
9-7
11-11
9-7
7-9
8-5
Away
12-7
8-5
8-11
9-9
7-12
Str
Home
Home
Away
W-1
11-5
W-1
11-8
L-1
12-5
W-2
10-5
L-1
6-12
Away
11-8
10-6
7-11
4-12
6-9
Str
Home
Home
Away
W-1
9-9
W-3
10-9
L-1
9-8
L-1
5-11
L-1
5-11
Away
12-4
7-8
6-10
10-9
8-12
:::
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division
W
L
W
New York
20
Washington
19
Miami
16
Atlanta
15
Philadelphia
13
Central Division
W
W
L
St. Louis
24
Chicago
19
Cincinnati
17
Pittsburgh
17
Milwaukee
12
West Division
W
W
L
Los Angeles
22
San Diego
18
San Francisco
17
Arizona
15
Colorado
11
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Pct
L
15
16
19
19
23
L
Pct
10
15
17
18
23
L
Pct
11
17
17
18
19
East Division
GB
L10
Pct WCGB
GB WCGB
.571
—
—
.543
1
—
.457
4
3
.441 4½
3½
.361 7½
6½
Central Division
Pct WCGB
GB WCGB
GB
L10
.706
—
—
.559
5
—
.500
7
1½
.486 7½
2
.343 12½
7
West Division
Pct
GB
WCGB
GB WCGB L10
.667
—
—
.514
5
1
.500 5½
1½
.455
7
3
.367 9½
5½
Str
L10
4-6
8-2
4-6
4-6
4-6
Home
Away
Str
Home
L-4
13-3
W-1
10-6
W-1
8-7
L-2
8-8
W-2
9-10
Away
7-12
9-10
8-12
7-11
4-13
L10
Str
6-4
6-4
5-5
5-5
5-5
Str
Home
Home
Away
W-1
14-3
W-4
11-7
W-2
8-6
L-2
9-7
L-2
8-15
Away
10-7
8-8
9-11
8-11
4-8
L10
Str
Home
Str Home
Away
7-3
L-1
15-3
5-5
W-1
9-7
6-4
L-1
11-9
5-5
L-1
9-12
0-10 L-11
4-9
Away
7-8
9-10
6-8
6-6
7-10
MLB SCHEDULE
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Wednesday’s Games
Boston 2, Oakland 0
Cleveland 2, St. Louis 0
Baltimore 6, Toronto 1
Minnesota 6, Detroit 2
Tampa Bay 3, N.Y. Yankees 2
Texas 5, Kansas City 2
Chicago White Sox 4, Milwaukee 2
Houston 4, San Francisco 3
L.A. Angels 2, Colorado 1, 11 innings
San Diego 4, Seattle 2
Thursday’s Games
St. Louis 2, Cleveland 1
Detroit 13, Minnesota 1
Kansas City 6, Texas 3
N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay, 7:10 p.m.
Toronto at Houston, 8:10 p.m.
Boston at Seattle, 10:10 p.m.
Friday’s Games
L.A. Angels (Weaver 1-4) at Baltimore
(W.Chen 1-1), 7:05 p.m.
Cleveland (B.Chen 0-1) at Texas
(W.Rodriguez 1-1), 8:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees (Pineda 5-0) at Kansas City
(C.Young 2-0), 8:10 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 3-2) at Minnesota
(P.Hughes 2-4), 8:10 p.m.
Toronto (Dickey 1-4) at Houston (Keuchel 40), 8:10 p.m.
Detroit (Greene 3-2) at St. Louis (C.Martinez
3-1), 8:15 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Rodon 1-0) at Oakland
(Hahn 1-3), 10:05 p.m.
Boston (Buchholz 2-4) at Seattle (Happ 3-1),
10:10 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Tampa Bay at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m.
Detroit at St. Louis, 2:15 p.m.
L.A. Angels at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees at Kansas City, 7:10 p.m.
Cleveland at Texas, 8:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Oakland, 9:05 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
L.A. Angels at Baltimore, 1:35 p.m.
N.Y. Yankees at Kansas City, 2:10 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Minnesota, 2:10 p.m.
Cleveland at Texas, 3:05 p.m.
Chicago White Sox at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Wednesday’s Games
Washington 9, Arizona 6
Cleveland 2, St. Louis 0
Philadelphia 3, Pittsburgh 2
Cincinnati 5, Atlanta 1
Miami 5, L.A. Dodgers 4
Chicago Cubs 2, N.Y. Mets 1
Chicago White Sox 4, Milwaukee 2
Houston 4, San Francisco 3
L.A. Angels 2, Colorado 1, 11 innings
San Diego 4, Seattle 2
Thursday’s Games
St. Louis 2, Cleveland 1
Philadelphia 4, Pittsburgh 2
Chicago Cubs 6, N.Y. Mets 5
San Francisco at Cincinnati, 7:10 p.m.
Colorado at L.A. Dodgers, 10:10 p.m.
Washington at San Diego, 10:10 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Pittsburgh (Locke 2-2) at Chicago Cubs
(Hendricks 0-1), 2:20 p.m.
Arizona (C.Anderson 0-1) at Philadelphia
(Billingsley 0-2), 7:05 p.m.
Atlanta (Teheran 3-1) at Miami (Phelps 2-0),
7:10 p.m.
Milwaukee (Lohse 2-4) at N.Y. Mets (B.Colon
6-1), 7:10 p.m.
San Francisco (Bumgarner 3-2) at Cincinnati
(Marquis 3-2), 7:10 p.m.
Detroit (Greene 3-2) at St. Louis (C.Martinez
3-1), 8:15 p.m.
Colorado (E.Butler 2-3) at L.A. Dodgers
(Kershaw 1-2), 10:10 p.m.
Washington (Zimmermann 2-2) at San Diego
(Despaigne 2-1), 10:10 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Atlanta at Miami, 1:05 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, 4:05 p.m.
Arizona at Philadelphia, 7:05 p.m.
Milwaukee at N.Y. Mets, 7:10 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Atlanta at Miami, 1:10 p.m.
Milwaukee at N.Y. Mets, 1:10 p.m.
Arizona at Philadelphia, 1:35 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Chicago Cubs, 2:20 p.m.
TRANSACTIONS
Thursday’s Sports Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
BOSTON RED SOX — Placed RHP Justin
Masterson on the 15-day DL, retroactive to
Wednesday. Recalled LHP Robbie Ross
from Pawtucket (IL). Assigned 3B Luis
Jimenez outright to Pawtucket.
CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Optioned INF
Micah Johnson to Charlotte (IL).
CLEVELAND INDIANS —Assigned RHP
Anthony Swarzak outright to Columbus (IL).
OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Traded C Blake
Forsythe to Philadelphia for cash. Sent LHP
Sean Doolittle to Stockton (Cal) for a rehab
assignment.
TAMPA BAY RAYS — Claimed RHP Preston
Guilmet off waivers from Toronto and
optioned him to Durham (IL).
TEXAS RANGERS — Optioned RHP
Spencer Patton to Round Rock (PCL).
Reinstated RHP Kyuji Fujikawa from the 15day DL.
National League
ATLANTA BRAVES — Placed OF Kelly
Johnson on the 15-day DL. Recalled OF
Todd Cunningham from Gwinnett (IL).
MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Optioned RHP
Jim Henderson to Colorado Springs (PCL).
NEW YORK METS — Placed RHP Buddy
Carlyle on the 15-day DL, retroactive to
Tuesday. Recalled LHP Jack Leathersich
from Las Vegas (PCL).
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Placed OF Jon
Jay on the 15-day DL, retroactive to Sunday.
Recalled 1B Xavier Scruggs from Memphis
(PCL).
WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Sent RHP
Erik Davis to Harrisburg (EL) for a rehab
assignment.
American Association
FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS —
Released INF Mike Garcia.
JOPLIN BLASTERS — Signed LHP Enoch
Pierce.
Atlantic League
LONG ISLAND DUCKS — Signed OF Delta
Cleary. Traded OF Evan Crawford to
Camden for a player to be named.
Can-Am League
NEW JERSEY JACKALS — Released RHP
Carlos Ruiz. Signed RHP Ryan Harvey.
Traded OF Chevy Clarke to Lancaster
(Atlantic) for a player to be named.
OTTAWA CHAMPIONS — Released RHP
Casey Cannon.
BASKETBALL
USA BASKETBALL — Named Sean Miller
coach and Ed Cooley and Archie Miller
assistant coaches for the 2015 USA basketball men’s U19 world championship team.
Women’s National Basketball Association
MINNESOTA LYNX — Signed F Asjha Jones.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
BUFFALO BILLS — Signed G John Miller
and RB Karlos Williams.
CINCINNATI BENGALS — Agreed to terms
with TE C.J. Uzomah, S Derron Smith and
WR Mario Alford.
CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed DB Ifo
Ekpre-Olomu.
DALLAS COWBOYS — Released LBs Keith
Smith and Will Smith. Signed S Danny
McCray, LB Donnie Baggs and TE Geoff
Swaim.
DETROIT LIONS — Signed DE Corey
Wootton to a one-year contract. Promoted
Lance Newmark to director of college scouting, Cedric Saunders to senior vice president of football operations and Scott
McEwen to senior personnel executive.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Signed TE
Jesse James to a four-year contract.
TENNESSEE TITANS — Agreed to terms
with RBs David Cobb and Jalston Fowler.
Named Jimmy Stanton vice president of
communications. Promoted Ralph Ockenfels
to vice president of marketing and broadcast
and digital rights, Gary Glenn to senior director of digital media and Robbie Bohren to
senior director of media relations.
Canadian Football League
EDMONTON ESKIMOS — Signed OL Tyson
Pencer and PK/P Zackary Medeiros.
TORONTO ARGONAUTS — Announced the
retirement of WR Mike Bradwell.
WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS — Signed LB
Sammy Brown.
Arena Football League
ORLANDO PREDATORS — Agreed to terms
with DB Rod Issac.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
VANCOUVER CANUCKS — Signed D
Jordan Subban to an entry-level contract.
WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Reassigned D
Nate Schmidt to Hershey (AHL).
COLLEGE
BAYLOR — Announced G Manu Lecomte
Point has joined the men’s basketball team.
BYU — Named Guard Young women’s gymnastics coach.
HOWARD PAYNE — Announced the resignation of men’s and women’s tennis coach
Sally Brown.
INDIANA — Dismissed Fs Devin Davis and
Hanner Mosquera-Perea from the men’s
basketball team.
CHESTNUT HILL — Named Michael West
women’s basketball coach.
SAINT ROSE — Named Kyle Wilkins baseball coach.
WAYNE STATE (MICH.) — Named E.J.
Henderson assistant football coach and Rob
Feeman and Jeff Fantuzzi graduate assistant
football coaches.
THIS DAY IN SPORTS
Compiled By PAUL MONTELLA
May 15
1876 — Vagrant, ridden by Robert Swim,
wins the second Kentucky Derby by two
lengths over Creedmoor.
1918 — The Preakness, run in two divisions, is won by War Cloud, ridden by
Johnny Loftus in the first half. Jack Hare,
Jr., ridden by C. Peak, wins the second
half.
1937 — War Admiral, ridden by Charles
Kurtsinger, battles Pompoon head-to-head
from the top of the stretch and wins the
Preakness Stakes by a head.
1948 — Citation, ridden by Eddie Arcaro,
wins the Preakness Stakes by 5½ lengths
over Vulcan’s Forge.
1971 — Canonero II, ridden by Gustavo
Avila, posts a 1½-length victory over
Eastern Fleet in the Preakness Stakes.
1981 — Len Barker of Cleveland pitches
the first perfect game in 13 years, sending
the Indians past the Toronto Blue Jays 3-0
at Municipal Stadium.
1990 — Petr Klima ends a bizarre NHL
marathon. His goal at 15:13 of the third
overtime wins the longest game in Stanley
Cup finals history for the Edmonton Oilers
— a 3-2 series-opening victory over the
Boston Bruins in a game delayed 25 minutes by a lighting problem.
1993 — Prairie Bayou, ridden by Mike
Smith, rebounds from a second-place finish
in the Kentucky Derby to become the first
gelding to win the Preakness in 79 years.
AL LEADERS
By The Associated Press
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Through May 13
BATTING: Fielder, Texas, .348; NCruz,
Seattle, .346; Ellsbury, New York, .343;
Vogt, Oakland, .337; AJones, Baltimore,
.336; Hosmer, Kansas City, .333; Reddick,
Oakland, .333.
RUNS: Donaldson, Toronto, 27; Ellsbury,
New York, 27; KMorales, Kansas City, 27;
Trout, Los Angeles, 27; Dozier, Minnesota,
25; Gardner, New York, 25; Cain, Kansas
City, 24; Travis, Toronto, 24.
RBI: Vogt, Oakland, 30; NCruz, Seattle, 29;
Hosmer, Kansas City, 29; Teixeira, New York,
28; MiCabrera, Detroit, 26; KMorales,
Kansas City, 26; Reddick, Oakland, 25;
Travis, Toronto, 25.
HITS: Fielder, Texas, 48; Altuve, Houston,
46; Ellsbury, New York, 46; Hosmer, Kansas
City, 46; NCruz, Seattle, 45; Donaldson,
Toronto, 43; Kinsler, Detroit, 43; Kipnis,
Cleveland, 43; KMorales, Kansas City, 43;
Semien, Oakland, 43.
DOUBLES: KMorales, Kansas City, 13;
Cespedes, Detroit, 12; Cano, Seattle, 11;
Dozier, Minnesota, 10; Forsythe, Tampa Bay,
10; Infante, Kansas City, 10; Pillar, Toronto,
10.
TRIPLES: Orlando, Kansas City, 5; Fuld,
Oakland, 3; 21 tied at 2.
HOME RUNS: NCruz, Seattle, 15; Teixeira,
New York, 11; HRamirez, Boston, 10; Trout,
Los Angeles, 9; Vogt, Oakland, 9; MiCabrera,
Detroit, 8; CDavis, Baltimore, 8; Donaldson,
Toronto, 8; ARodriguez, New York, 8;
Valbuena, Houston, 8.
STOLEN BASES: Altuve, Houston, 11;
Ellsbury, New York, 11; Gardner, New York,
10; Springer, Houston, 10; DeShields, Texas,
9; Marisnick, Houston, 9; RDavis, Detroit, 8.
PITCHING: FHernandez, Seattle, 6-0;
Pineda, New York, 5-0; Buehrle, Toronto, 52; 8 tied at 4.
NL LEADERS
By The Associated Press
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Through May 13
BATTING: DGordon, Miami, .426;
AGonzalez, Los Angeles, .360; Galvis,
Philadelphia, .353; Goldschmidt, Arizona,
.347; Holliday, St. Louis, .336; Rizzo,
Chicago, .336; Pagan, San Francisco, .336.
RUNS: Harper, Washington, 29;
Goldschmidt, Arizona, 28; Myers, San Diego,
28; MCarpenter, St. Louis, 26; AGonzalez,
Los Angeles, 26; Simmons, Atlanta, 25;
Frazier, Cincinnati, 24; Freeman, Atlanta, 24;
Pederson, Los Angeles, 24; Rizzo, Chicago,
24.
RBI: Stanton, Miami, 33; Harper, Washington,
31; AGonzalez, Los Angeles, 30;
Goldschmidt, Arizona, 28; Marte, Pittsburgh,
25; Zimmerman, Washington, 25; Upton, San
Diego, 24.
HITS: DGordon, Miami, 58; AGonzalez, Los
Angeles, 45; Pagan, San Francisco, 44;
Freeman, Atlanta, 42; Galvis, Philadelphia,
42; Goldschmidt, Arizona, 42; YEscobar,
Washington, 40; Hechavarria, Miami, 40;
Rizzo, Chicago, 40.
DOUBLES: MCarpenter, St. Louis, 15;
AGonzalez, Los Angeles, 15; Freeman,
Atlanta, 14; DeNorris, San Diego, 14;
Tulowitzki, Colorado, 13; Arenado, Colorado,
11; Duda, New York, 11.
TRIPLES: Hamilton, Cincinnati, 3; Pagan, San
Francisco, 3; Revere, Philadelphia, 3;
Trumbo, Arizona, 3; 18 tied at 2.
HOME RUNS: Frazier, Cincinnati, 12; Harper,
Washington, 12; Pederson, Los Angeles, 10;
Goldschmidt, Arizona, 9; AGonzalez, Los
Angeles, 9; Marte, Pittsburgh, 8; Stanton,
Miami, 8; Upton, San Diego, 8.
STOLEN BASES: Hamilton, Cincinnati, 17;
DGordon, Miami, 12; Polanco, Pittsburgh,
10; Aoki, San Francisco, 9; Fowler, Chicago,
8; Upton, San Diego, 8; Rizzo, Chicago, 7.
PITCHING: BColon, New York, 6-1; Shields,
San Diego, 5-0; Greinke, Los Angeles, 5-0;
Wacha, St. Louis, 5-0; GCole, Pittsburgh, 51; Harvey, New York, 5-1; 6 tied at 4.
ERA: Greinke, Los Angeles, 1.52; Burnett,
Pittsburgh, 1.60; SMiller, Atlanta, 1.60;
Scherzer, Washington, 1.99; Lincecum, San
Francisco, 2.00; Harang, Philadelphia, 2.03;
Wacha, St. Louis, 2.06.
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
North Division
W L
Pawtucket (Red Sox)
20 14
Rochester (Twins)
18 14
Buffalo (Blue Jays)
18 16
Scranton/WB (Yankees) 16 18
Syracuse (Nationals)
15 19
Lehigh Valley (Phillies) 10 24
South Division
W L
Charlotte (White Sox)
19 13
Durham (Rays)
20 14
Norfolk (Orioles)
19 15
Gwinnett (Braves)
16 18
West Division
W L
Columbus (Indians)
19 14
Indianapolis (Pirates)
20 15
Louisville (Reds)
13 20
Toledo (Tigers)
12 21
Pct. GB
.588
—
.563
1
.529
2
.471
4
.441
5
.294 10
Pct. GB
.594
—
.588
—
.559
1
.471
4
Pct. GB
.576
—
.571
—
.394
6
.364
7
Thursday’s Games
Syracuse 4, Gwinnett 1
Buffalo 6, Toledo 4
Indianapolis 3, Norfolk 2
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre at Durham, 7:05 p.m.
Louisville at Charlotte, 7:05 p.m.
Columbus at Pawtucket, 7:05 p.m.
Lehigh Valley at Rochester, 7:05 p.m.
Friday’s Games
Louisville at Gwinnett, 7:05 p.m.
Syracuse at Charlotte, 7:05 p.m.
Toledo at Buffalo, 7:05 p.m.
Norfolk at Indianapolis, 7:15 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Sunday’s Games
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and recorded in Book 3641 at Page 28, et seq. of
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time and place of sale in order to bid. The successful bidder will be required to execute the $5,000.00 in cash, bank check or certified check
mortgage holder's form of Memorandum of Sale at time of sale is required to bid; other terms will
immediately after the close of bidding. Other be announced at time of sale.
terms and conditions will be announced at the
sale.
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MICHIENZIE & SAWIN, LLC.
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Merchandise
It has been estimated that the proposed increase in property tax revenues will result in a property tax rate of $28.25 per $1,000 of assessed valuation for residential real estate, $42.35 per
$1,000 of assessed valuation for commercial real estate and $73.11 per $1,000 of assessed valuation for tangible personal property, as compared to the current property tax rate of $27.26 per
$1,000 of assessed valuation for residential real estate, $39.48 per $1,000 of assessed valuation
for commercial real estate and $73.11 per $1,000 of assessed valuation for tangible personal
property.
The property tax levy for the 2015-2016 budget year also includes motor vehicles at an unchanged tax rate of $48.65 per $1,000 of assessed valuation in accordance with state law.
A property tax rate of $28.27 for residential real estate and $42.44 for commercial real estate and
$73.11 for tangible personal property would be needed in the coming budget year to raise the
maximum levy authorized by section 44-5-2 of the general laws.
The City of Central Falls public hearing for the FY16 Budget will be considered on Thursday, May
28, 2015 at 6:00 PM and Monday, June 1, 2015 at 6:00 PM in the City Council Chambers,
Central Falls City Hall, 580 Broad Street.
The above property tax estimates have been computed in a manner approved by the Rhode
Island Department of Revenue.
James A. Diossa, Mayor
City of Central Falls, Rhode Island
CITY OF CENTRAL FALLS REPORT TO TAXPAYERS ON CURRENT AND PROPOSED BUDGET
Proposed Budget
2015-2016
General Fund Revenues
Tax Revenue
Emergency Reserve Fund
Fees/Non Tax Revenue
State Revenue
Other Revenue
Total Revenues
$
13,632,482
1,361,308
2,255,694
47,247
17,296,731
$ 14,292,804
(140,426)
1,607,634
2,360,521
47,247
$ 18,167,780
General Fund Expenditures
City Executive Management
City Council
City Boards
City Clerk
Board of Canvassers
Personnel
Legal
Tax Assessor
Finance
City Property
Other City Government
FY16 Reserve
Police
Fire
Judiciary
Highway / Code
Public Works
Library
Recreation
Planning
Total General Fund Expenditures
239,678
20,580
10,650
313,105
29,500
419,736
185,848
112,176
482,767
594,778
5,636,487
86,483
3,889,874
2,982,397
1,102,630
769,000
126,394
149,359
145,288
$ 17,296,730
249,033
20,580
10,650
320,010
19,500
128,592
200,910
129,107
497,261
959,821
5,565,495
90,839
3,949,730
3,269,708
110,775
1,300,187
781,500
144,871
187,199
232,013
$18,167,780
$1
$(0)
* Operating surplus reflects the difference between current revenue and current expenses.
FY 2016 budget display reflects changes in line items that affect comparability between FY2015
and FY2016. This is to certify that the data contained in this report are accurate to the best of my
knowledge.
May 14, 2015
James A. Diossa, Mayor
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Baseball
Softball
Clippers crush Barrington, 13-3
Tolman snares 2-1 pitcher’s
duel over La Salle Academy
CUMBERLAND – Cumberland
High erupted for seven runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to break open a
tight game and collect a 13-3 Division
I-B blowout victory over Barrington at
Tucker Field on Thursday.
Senior Jax Domante helped that late
surge, going 2-for-3 with a two-run
homer in that final frame, four RBI and
a run scored. Classmate Kyle Opiekun
also went 2-for-3, but with a “mere”
double, triple, two RBI and two runs.
Senior righthander Ryan O’Neill
earned the win after scattering seven
hits and a walk while whiffing a trio,
but also helped his own cause at the
plate. He finished 2-for-3 with an RBI
and run.
“We hit the ball well again (Thursday)
for the second straight day,” said head
coach Andy Tuetken, whose Clippers
improved to 8-4 in league action.
Barrington
020 01 -- 3 – 7 – 4
Cumberland
204 07 -- 13 – 11 – 0
Ben Feit, Jack Johnson (5), Cabot Maher (5),
Grover (5) and Mike Lenis. Ryan O’Neill and
Kyle Opiekun. 2B – Tyler Calabro, Josh
Brodeur, Opiekun. 3B – Opiekun, Jake
Rockefeller. HR – Jax Domante.
Parks pitches Saints past West
Burrillville blows away Hope
CRANSTON – Righty Hayden
Parks yielded just four hits and three
walks while fanning a half-dozen in a
complete-game outing, handing
Cranston West High a 6-2 Division I-A
verdict over pesky St. Raphael on
Thursday.
Nick San Antonio clubbed a two-run
double in the Falcons’ three-run third,
but the Saints (1-13 league) sliced that
deficit to 3-2 with Dylan Beauclair’s
two-run dinger in the fourth.
Cranston West, with help from Sam
Franco (two hits, RBI, run), tacked on
three more in the bottom half to seal it.
Junior righthander Nate Vigeant went
six full, allowing eight hits and five
walks with two strikeouts for SRA.
PROVIDENCE – Junior Mark
Stead allowed just two hits and whiffed
a pair in a superb complete-game performance to propel Burrillville High to
a 13-1 mercy-rule bushwhacking of
Hope in a Division III showdown on
Thursday.
The Broncos manufactured 11 hits in
all, but also took advantage of the Blue
Wave’s exorbitant six miscues in the
field. They had led, 8-1, entering the top
of the fifth, though gathered five runs to
ice the tilt.
Stead’s lone mistake came in the
fourth, when he allowed Yendel
Geronimo to blast a solo tater.
With the win, Burrillville not only
claimed its third straight, but also
moved to 8-5, virtually assuring itself of
a playoff spot.
St. Raphael
000 200 0 -- 2 – 4 – 2
Cranston West 003 300 x -- 6 – 8 – 1
Nate Vigeant and Jordan Gillheeney. Hayden
Parks and Sam Franco. 2B – Nick San Antonio,
Matt Shapiro. HR – Dylan Beauclair.
Burrillville
024 25 -- 13 – 11 – 1
Hope
000 10 -- 1 – 2 – 6
Mark Stead and Greg Carlson. Oliver Pujols
and Angel Carreras. HR – Yendel Geronimo.
NBA
Top-seeded Warriors, Hawks try to advance
AP Sports Writer
Warriors at Grizzlies, Warriors lead
3-2, 9:30 p.m., ESPN
The Golden State Warriors and
Atlanta Hawks have regained control
of their respective series, doing their
best to restore order in the NBA playoffs.
Though things can turn quickly in
these series, and the league could easily fall right back into postseason chaos.
That's exactly what the upset-minded
Wizards and Grizzlies have in mind.
Monday morning when the week
started, the Hawks and Warriors both
were down 2-1 in their series. Now a
combined four wins and five days later,
they head into road contests Friday
night just one win away from the conference finals.
The Warriors are looking to close
out a second playoff series in the same
postseason for the first time since winning the 1975 NBA title, and their confidence is high coming off a pair of
impressive routs of the Memphis
Grizzlies.
A look at the two games:
The Warriors have started knocking
down 3s again with 14 in each of the
past two games. They also figured out
how to smother one of the league's best
inside scoring teams, holding Memphis
to 37 of 98 shooting in the paint in that
span.
All that poor shooting means neither
Grizzlies forward Zach Randolph nor
center Marc Gasol are getting to the
free throw line. Randolph has attempted only three free throws the last two
games combined, and Gasol is just 7 of
8. Worse, Gasol is 15 of 41 with both
men taking too many shots too far
away from the basket.
Gasol said the Grizzlies have to get
position closer to the basket quicker
and beat the Warriors to their preferred
position. They also need someone to
knock down some perimeter shots to
force Golden State to back somebody
out defensively.
"We'll give it everything we have,
and hopefully it will work out for us,"
Gasol said. "We're going to try to exe-
TERESA M. WALKER
cute a little better, hold the ball as long
as we have to."
Hawks at Wizards, Hawks lead 3-2,
7 p.m., ESPN
Veteran Paul Pierce has hit some
timely 3s for Washington, and he nearly
had his second game-winner in this
series before Al Horford's rebound and
putback gave Atlanta an 82-81 win in
Game 5.
Hawks coach Mike Budenholzer said
they have to be better defending Pierce.
"The defense and activity and reactions to each other need to be better,"
Budenholzer said. "Probably the ones
that were defended with multiple
defenders, multiple contests, he's made.
Still, we've got to be better."
The Hawks also need more from
Kyle Korver who is scoring just eight
points a game in this series. He is 14 of
40 shooting (35 percent) and a little
worse outside the arc (12 of 35). Korver
credits the Wizards for sticking with
him defensively.
Wall is expected to play his second
straight game Friday night even with the
five fractures in his left hand.
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CUMBERLAND – After
sustaining a disgruntling 9-4
loss to La Salle Academy 24
hours before, Tolman High
got back on track Thursday
afternoon with a wild, 2-1
victory over Division I-North
host Cumberland at Tucker
Field.
Sophomore righty Megan
Salzillo allowed five hits and
a walk with four strikeouts for
the Tigers (10-3 overall, 10-3
league), while CHS freshman
southpaw Jocelyn Bodington
yielded six hits and four
walks with seven strikeouts.
The Clippers (7-5) had
gained the 1-0 cushion in the
second when Emily Anderson
singled to left, moved to second on Kat Kent’s hit and –
with two down – scored on
sophomore Kate Calabro’s
single.
Tolman eventually tied it
up in the sixth after senior
Megan Klemanchuck singled
and took third on Kaitlyn
Clement’s hit. When Clement
chose to move up to second
on that throw to third,
Klemanchuck broke for
home.
It added the clincher in the
top of the seventh when
Emily Truesdale roped a hit to
left, then took second on
Sophie Marchese’s sacrifice
bunt. Senior Leiandra Wilson
punched a grounder to short,
but umpires called Truesdale
out for runner’s interference.
Wilson then robbed second,
and classmate Cristin
Chiaverini’s single up the
middle plated her.
Tolman 000 001 1 - 2 – 6 – 0
Cumberland 010 000 0 - 1-5- 0
Megan Salzillo and Megan
Klemanchuck. Jocelyn Bodington
and Emily Anderson.
Northmen pound
Ponaganset
NORTH SCITUATE –
North Smithfield exploded for
seven runs in the second and
eight more in the fourth to
pummel Division II-North foe
Ponaganset on Thursday
afternoon.
Emily Larson produced
three hits, one a three-run
dinger, four RBI and three
runs scored for the Northmen
(6-7 overall, 6-5 league).
Fellow senior Katie
McMullin scattered just five
hits and fanned the same
amount to gain the win.
The Chieftains fell to 3-9
in II-North.
North Smithfield 071 82 - 18 –18 –
1
Ponaganset 000 01 - 1 – 5 – 8
Katie McMullin and Kat Hewitt.
Meghan Campbell and Emily
Mackie. HR – Emily Larson.
Smithfield tops Lincoln
SMITHFIELD – The redhot Ally Beaton finished 4for-4 with a trio of doubles, a
triple and four RBI to rally
Smithfield High past Lincoln,
8-6, in a Division I-North
showdown on Thursday.
The Lions (8-5 league) had
held a 2-1 advantage after the
first inning, but that’s when
Beaton began her offensive
surge. With the Sentinels up,
8-2, following a two-run fifth,
gritty Lincoln manufactured a
furious comeback with four
runs in the top of the sixth,
but it fell short.
Bella DiOrio allowed all
13 of Smithfield’s hits, though
fanned three. Meghan Long
earned the victory after yielding six hits and striking out
seven.
Smithfield moved to 8-5
overall and 8-4 in league play.
Lincoln 200 004 0 - 6 – 6 – 0
Smithfield 105 020 x - 8 – 13 – 2
Bella DiOrio and Rachelle
Bousquet. Meghan Long and
Miranda Sasso. 2B – Ally Beaton 3.
3B – Beaton.
Novans blast Broncos
WOONSOCKET – Led by
Amanda Nunez, the Villa
Novans cruised past
Burrillville on Thursday, 7-1.
Nunez was a force both
from the circle and at the
plate. Nunez threw a complete-game 2-hit shutout,
striking out seven. She also
pounded out three hits,
including a double, and drove
in four runs.
Woonsocket’s Tayla
Sevigny was another offensive catalyst, going 3-for-3
with a double and two runs.
The Novans are now 7-5,
and they’ll be off until next
Wednesday, when they travel
to Burrillville to complete the
home-and-home set.
Burrillville 000 100 0 1-2-3
Woonsocket 330 100 x 7-10-4
Gretchen Carlson and Emily
Bussell; Amanda Nunez and
Brittany Girard
Golf
Anderson helps Clippers top
North Smithfield, Ponaganset
LINCOLN – Jack
Anderson fired a six-over 41
on the front side at Kirkbrae
Country Club on Thursday to
lift Cumberland High to a
pair of Northern Division victories over North Smithfield
(171-192) and Ponaganset
(171-220).
Jeremy Bodington finished
with a 42, Jake Dobrenz a 43
and Matt Beaulieu a 45 for
the playoff-bound Clippers.
Ryan Deslauriers paced
the Northmen with a nineover 44.
Cumberland 171, North Smithfield
192, Ponaganset 220
Cumberland scores: Jack
Anderson 41, Jeremy Bodington
42, Jake Dobrenz 43, Matt
Beaulieu 45.
North Smithfield scores: Ryan
Deslauriers 44, Jake Decelles 49,
Gene Pasquariello 49, Jon Kearns
50.
Country Club on Thursday.
The top honor went to the
Purple’s Patrick Welch, who
managed a superb one-over
36 on PCC’s front nine. Still,
Eli Epstein shot 38, while
Conor Breen, Nick Corrente
and Caroline Farber manufactured rounds of 41, 42, and
44, respectively.
For the Raiders, senior
Karla Argueta collected one
of her finest rounds of the
season at 57.
Moses Brown 165, Classical 226,
Shea 246
Moses Brown scores: Eli Epstein
38, Conor Breen 41, Nick Corrente
42, Caroline Farber 44.
Classical scores: Patrick Welch 36,
Jeff Card 54, Jordan Rosa 67,
Ethan Goodman 69.
Shea scores: Karla Argueta 57,
Mason Delisle 59, Brandon
Laferriere 60, Martin Majkut 70.
Broncos beat Novans
Shea falls to MB
PAWTUCKET – Moses
Brown may not have secured
the medalist, but it did sail to
a pair of elementary Western
Division triumphs over
Classical (165-226) and Shea
(165-246) at Pawtucket
BELLINGHAM – In both
team’s final regular season
match, Burrillville topped
Woonsocket, 194 to 220 at
New England Country Club.
Burrillville’s Pat
McConnell scored an afternoon-best 45, good for nineover par.
Boys’ Volleyball
Hodgkinson, Soares, help
Tigers claw Barrington, 3-1
PAWTUCKET – Thanks
to eight kills and two aces by
junior Cia-ron Hodgkinson,
Tolman High cruised to a 3-0
Division I-North pounding of
Barrington at the James W.
Donaldson Gymnasium on
Thursday night.
Senior Jason Soares con-
tributed five kills and three
aces during the 25-21, 25-21,
25-6 beating; classmate
Kenny Vieira six digs and
four kills; junior Montrell
Sivels eight digs; and senior
Alben Chingo seven for the
Tigers (3-11 overall, 2-11
league).
B8 THE TIMES

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