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(978) 297-0050 • www.winchendoncourier.com Newsstand: 75 cents Wednesday, October 21, 2009

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SNOW FALLING ON MAPLESThe first snow just gave a sugar coating to Winchendon, including the maple trees still covered with leaves on Elmwood Road.In the inset, sunflowers wear a cap of frosty white.

Schools relying heavilyon grants and donors

BY DONEEN DURLINGCOURIER STAFF.

WINCHENDON — The schoolshad another anonymous donor signoff for wood they were set to pur-chase at Belletete’s. The wood is to beused for shelves to be built at theSenior Center as a community serv-ice project. School CommitteeChairman Michael Barbaro said thebill was signed off at the store withno indication as to the donor.

Once the shelves are built at theOld Murdock Senior Center, studentsfrom Toy Town Elementary willbegin to collect food to fill the shelvesfor the senior citizens.

Barbaro said the appreciationfrom the school district is enormous.Recently a citizen also came forwardanonymously to donate funds for atruck to plow. The donation came nota moment too soon as the frame on

the truck cracked, leaving the dis-trict with no truck to move items orto plow.

Barbaro thanked both donors andsaid the donations come at a timewhen funding is being cut continu-ously by the state. Barbaro said thataccording to a release from theDepartment of Education, CircuitBreaker has been cut.

“When we initially built our budg-et, it was at 50 percent,” saidBarbaro. “Go on the websitetoday…it’s 40 percent…another cou-ple of hundred thousand dollars outof the bank that we lose.”

Barbaro said many believe thestimulus funds will make up the dif-ference.

“You can’t use this money in a wayeveryone thinks we can use it. The

Turn To SCHOOLS, page 6

Beals honors its volunteersBY RUTH DEAMICIS

COURIER EDITOR

WINCHENDON — Honoring thepeople who have given of them-selves at the Beals MemorialLibrary was part of a programheld Saturday that included tablesof food, and the introduction of thenew Beals Memorial wines.

The wines, available now atEvent Wines or by mail order, arethe first fund raiser for a new foun-dation being formed. The founda-tion will focus on raising fundsspecifically for the improvement ofthe library by accessing grants andfunding not otherwise available toa local municipal library.

Trustee Renee Eldredge told the

crowd in the second floor meetingroom: “Look at this beautiful room,look at our facilities. They arebeautiful, but inadequate. This hasto be addressed.”

She said the foundation will be aseparate, private entity with a mis-sion focused on the library, andthat a five member board of direc-tors will oversee it. Members arebeing sought to serve on the boardat this time. Anyone interested cancontact Library Director JuliaCardinal or any Board of Trusteesmember.

The foundation will help Beals“move into the 21st century” as

Turn To BEALS, page 9

BY JOE MANNINGFor more than a year, I have been

researching the 40 child labor pho-tographs that Lewis Hine took inWinchendon in 1911. My storiesabout the children in the pictureshave been running in the Couriersince last November. There arequite a few stories yet to tell,although I have most of the infor-mation collected.

One of the most intriguing thingsI’ve been doing on my trips toWinchendon is driving and walkingaround to hunt for the spots wheresome of the photos were taken —not just the approximate spots, butthe exact spots, if that’s possible.One of the problems is that Hine

Turn To HINE, page 10Comparison of ages: On right end is Mary Deschene, admitted 11 years, helped sister spool all summer in Glenallen Mill. Next her is Lumina Demarais, admitted 12 years, anddoffing all summer in Spring Village Mill. Next is Rosina Coyette, said she was 14 but Mr. Hine doubted it; has steady job doffing and spinning in Spring Village Mill. Left end isEva Caonette, spinner in Spring Village Mill, said she was 14 but may not be. Location: Winchendon, Massachusetts, September 1911, Lewis Hine. Right: Same location, 2009.

Hannaford donates $10,000to Clark Memorial YMCA

WINCHENDON — Representativesfrom Hannaford Supermarkets pre-sented a check for $10,000 to theWendell P. Clark Memorial YMCA inWinchendon. The donation is beingmade through the HannafordCharitable Foundation whose mis-sion is to provide financial support tonon-profit organizations dedicated toimproving the communities in whichHannaford operates.

“This $10,000 gift is very importantand appreciated as we look to beginthe first phase of renovating theagency’s 54 year old main facility andconverting the former ice rink into amulti-purpose center,” states MichaelQuinn, interim executive director of

the Clark.Quinn continues, “We are grateful

that people in our community under-stand the need to expand our facilityand programs and, most importantly,have stepped up to help. This gift fromHannaford shows tremendous sup-port and the YMCA is honored toreceive such a needed contribution.”

The new facility will offer muchneeded program space that will allowthe Clark Memorial YMCA to contin-ue to provide quality programs forthe community. The space will be uti-lized for youth and teen programs, aswell as a permanent home for their

Turn To CLARK, page 8

First of its kind vets’ center opensBY DONEEN DURLINGCOURIER STAFF WRITER

GARDNER — Those attending theNortheast Veteran Training andRehabilitation Center (NVTRC) unitdedication ceremony Oct. 16 mayhave stood under green Army tentsin the cold and shivered during themany speeches, but the messageimparted left all those attendingwith a warmth of spirit. The mes-sage was hope with a new andbright concept in veteran rehabilita-tion that includes family, and educa-tion.

The NVTRC has been constructedadjacent to Mount WachusettCommunity College, on land donat-ed by the college.

The idea began in the mind ofLeslie Lightfoot, CEO of Veteran’s

Homestead Inc. of Fitchburg.Lightfoot approached MountWachusett Community CollegePresident Daniel Asquino, PhD, andhe took the idea to his board. Theidea was then taken to the state.

Asquino said the answer from hisboard and all levels of town andstate government has been, “Let’sdo it.”

The cost of the project couldreach $8 million.

Veteran Homestead is funding thecenter through grants and dona-tions, including a $4.5 million grantfrom the Iraq AfghanistanDeployment Impact Fund ofCalifornia.

Turn To CENTER, page 9

Then and Now

Photo by Joe Manning

Doneen Durling photo

Brig. General Loree K. Sutton MD cameas a keynote speaker for the NortheastVeteran Training and RehabilitationCenter.

Winchendon PoliceDepartment

MONDAY, OCTOBER 12

12:19 a.m.: suspicious auto (Main Street)checked, secure; 12:26 a.m.: burglar alarm (SpringStreet) checked, secure; 1:14 a.m.: building check(Elmwood Road) checked, secure; 1:22 a.m.: MVstop (Lincoln Avenue) verbal warning; 1:56 a.m.:officer wanted (Mason Street) transport; 3:12 a.m.:suicide threats (Mason Street) section 12; 4:57 a.m.:burglar alarm (High Street) checked, secure; 6:54a.m.: burglar alarm (Central Street) checked,secure; 7:32 a.m.: FD call (Spring Street) refer toFD; 7:38 a.m.: accident (School Street) report taken;10:11 a.m.: fire alarm (North Ashburnham Road)call canceled; 1:21 p.m.: ambulance (FairbanksStreet) transport; 1:38 p.m.: MV operating errati-cally (Gardner Road) spoken to; 1:48 p.m.: ambu-lance (Academy Street) transport; 2:39 p.m.: domes-tic (School Street) report taken; 2:57 p.m.: ambu-lance (Glenallen Street) refer to FD; 4:25 p.m.: 209Aviolation (Hyde Park Drive) arrest: Shane M. Dora,age 24, of 31 Hyde St., Winchendon: violate abuseprevention order, A&B on 60+ disabled person withinjury, larceny from person 65+, B&E building indaytime for felony; 4:35 p.m.: animal complaint(Central Street) refer to ACO; 8:35 p.m.: ambulance(Central Street) transport; 9:01 p.m.: threats(School Street) summons: Robin Anne McAuliffe,

age 49, of 217 School St., Winchendon: threat tocommit crime; 9:28 p.m.: accident (Spring Street)summons: Lawrence J. Boutot, age 69, of 225 WestMonomonac Road, Winchendon: OUI-liquor, negli-gent operation of MV; 11:25 p.m.: noise complaint(North Ashburnham Road) gone on arrival.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13

6:52 a.m.: ambulance (Hale Street) refer to FD;8:06 a.m.: suspicious auto (Gardner Road) checked,secure; 9 a.m.: transport (Pleasant Street) 10:35a.m.: attempt to locate (Pond Street) returned tohome or family; 11:05 a.m.: ATV complaint (BrownStreet) spoken to; 11:16 a.m.: 209A service (PleasantStreet) unable to locate; 11:38 a.m.: alarm, typeunknown (Franklin Street) checked, secure; 11:52a.m.; larceny (Central Street) report taken; 12 p.m.:larceny (Central Street) report taken; 12:08 p.m.:MV stop (Gardner Road) traffic citation issued;3:35 p.m.: general info (West Street) advised officer;3:48 p.m.: accident (Maple Street) summons: juve-nile, age 16: operating negligently so as to endan-ger; 4:43 p.m.: arrest (Front Street) Robert E. StromIII, age 19, homeless: larceny by check over $250;6:48 p.m.: MV stop (Central Street) spoken to; 6:55p.m.: general juvenile (Central Street) dispersedgathering; 7:44 p.m.: MV stop (Belmont Avenue)traffic citation issued; 8:30 p.m.: officer wanted(Memorial Drive) assisted; 8:30 p.m.: MV stop(Front Street) traffic citation issued; 9 p.m.: officerwanted (Winter Street) checked, secure; 9:34 p.m.:burglary, B&E (Spring Street) report taken; 11:38p.m.: patrol initiated (Spring Street) checked,secure; 11:41 p.m.; disabled auto (Spring Street)arrest: Bruce E. Deliana, age 40, of 50 Scott’s Lane,Rindge: arrest based on warrant.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14

12:52 a.m.; building check (Spring Street)checked, secure; 3:08 a.m.: burglar alarm (SpringStreet) checked, secure; 6:29 a.m.: burglar alarm(Spring Street) checked, secure; 7:08 a.m.: accident(Main Street) report taken; 10:15 a.m.: attempt tolocate (Central Street) services rendered; 10:35a.m.: MV stop (Central Street) verbal warning; 1:05p.m.: suspicious auto (Harrisville Circle) infotaken; 1:44 p.m.: suspicious auto (Main Street) serv-ices rendered; 2:07 p.m.: arrest (Mill Street) ErnestA. Shelton Jr., age 37, of 12 Mill St. $4, Winchendon:trafficking in cocaine, possession class B drug, pos-session class D drug; arrest: Anika Pettiford, age37, of 12 Mill St. #6, Winchendon: trafficking incocaine, possession class B drug, possession classD drug; 4:17 p.m.: officer wanted (Prospect Street)

summons: juvenile, age 16: A&B; 4:18 p.m.: sum-mons service (Elmwood Road) served; 4:30 p.m.:accident (River Street) report taken; 4:31 p.m.: dis-abled auto (Front Street) services rendered; 5:35p.m.: officer wanted (School Street) advised officer;5:50 p.m.: officer wanted (Central Street) servicesrendered; 7:27 p.m.: general info (Cedar Terrace)info taken; 8:48 p.m.: summons service (PondStreet) served; 8:50 p.m.: patrol initiated (Bikepath) area search negative.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15

12:39 a.m.: suspicious other (Loon Road) no PDservice required; 1:48 a.m.: unwanted party (PondStreet) transport; 3:53 a.m.; burglar alarm (HighStreet) checked, secure; 5:01 a.m.; ambulance(Beachview Drive) transport; 8:54 a.m.: accident(Baldwinville Road) info taken; 10:27 a.m.: firealarm (Ash Street) assisted; 10:36 a.m.: general info(Central Street) info taken; 11:11 a.m.: ambulance(Central Street) removed to hospital; 11:36 a.m.:MV stop (Front Street) spoken to; 1:32 p.m.: sum-mons service (Central Street) served; 1:34 p.m.:assist citizen (Pleasant Street) assisted; 1:39 p.m.;summons service (Hyde Park Drive) served; 4:09p.m.; officer wanted (Teel Road) spoken to; 4:35p.m.: general info (Benjamin Street) spoken to; 5:02p.m.: accident (Gardner Road) summons: JarrodShepard, age 21, of 125 Woodlawn St., Winchendon:negligent operation of MV; 5:38 p.m.: B&E MV (AshStreet) unfounded; 7:51 p.m.; larceny (Beech Street)info taken; 8:09 p.m.: general juvenile (LakeviewDrive) spoken to; 11:32 p.m.; MV stop (SpringStreet) verbal warning.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16

1:16 a.m.: transport (Spring Street); 4:06 a.m.:registration check (Spring Street) checked, secure;7:04 a.m.: property lost (Central Street) info taken;8:30 a.m.: noise complaint (Summer Drive) spokento; 9:18 a.m. general info (phone) info taken; 9:36a.m.; suspicious other (Otter River Road) infotaken; 12:30 p.m.: missing person (Mason Street)report taken; 1:43 p.m.: accident (Grove Street) infogiven; 1:50 p.m.: welfare check (addresses will notbe printed); 4:16 p.m.: DPW call (Maple Street) referto DPW; 4:21 p.m.: 209A service (West Street)unable to locate; 4:49 p.m.: MV stop (River Street)spoken to; 5:05 p.m.: MV stop (School Street) trafficcitation issued; 5:26 p.m.; arrest (Juniper Street)Justin Carl Harris, age 19, of 49 Juniper St.,Winchendon: arrest based on warrant; 6:03 p.m.:welfare check (addresses will not be printed); 6:08p.m.; accident (Spring Street) report taken; 7:01

p.m.: MV stop (Gardner Road) spoken to; 9:06 p.m.:smoke (Benjamin Street) assisted; 9:39 p.m.: MVstop (Glenallen Street) spoken to; 10:22 p.m.: MVstop (Central Street) spoken to.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17

1:45 a.m.: annoying phone calls (Ash Street) spo-ken to; 1:47 a.m.; ambulance (Elm Street) assisted;1:47 a.m.: building check (Spring Street) checked,secure; 1:59 a.m.: burglar alarm (Spring Street)checked, secure; 3:38 a.m.; burglar alarm (MainStreet) checked, secure; 7:10 a.m.: general info(Willoughby Avenue) info taken; 9:29 a.m.; ambu-lance (Second Street) transport; 10:38 a.m.: welfarecheck (addresses will not be printed); 10:40 a.m.:disturbance (Lakeview Drive) spoken to; 3:59 p.m.:MV stop (Spring Street) spoken to; 4:06 p.m.: MVstop (School Street) traffic citation issued; 4:21p.m.; MV stop (Central Street) spoken to; 4:30 p.m.:animal complaint (Spring Street) refer to ACO; 4:36p.m.: general info (Mill Street) info taken; 5:10 p.m.:MV stop (School Street) spoken to; 5:21 p.m.: MVstop (Front Street) traffic citation issued; 5:41 p.m.:MV stop (Front Street) traffic citation issued; 5:47p.m.: general info (unknown) info given; 5:50 p.m.:officer wanted (Lakeview Drive) spoken to; 6:19p.m.: MV stop (Front Street) spoken to; 7:04 p.m.;ambulance (Memorial Drive) transport; 7:32 p.m.:welfare check (addresses will not be printed); 7:37p.m.: ambulance (Memorial Drive) transport; 9:11p.m.: MV stop (Bosworth Road) spoken to; 10:25p.m.: ambulance (Metcalf Street) transport.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19

12:27 a.m.; building check (Spring Street)checked, secure; 12:56 a.m.: MV stop (Grove Street)traffic citation issued; 1:25 a.m.: assist other PD(Gardner Road) unfounded; 3:24 a.m.: MV stop(Gardner Road) traffic citation issued; 3:37 a.m.:building check (Gardner Road) checked, secure;3:53 a.m.: ambulance (Bayberry Circle) transport;9:25 a.m.: trespassing (Main Street) spoken to; 9:51a.m.: MV stop (Front Street) traffic citation issued;12:13 p.m.: ambulance (Front Street) transport; 1:06p.m.: ambulance (Eagle Road) transport; 3:37 p.m.:MV stop (Gardner Road) traffic citation issued;4:16 p.m.: MV stop (Goodrich Street) verbal warn-ing; 4:22 p.m.; general info (walk in) spoken to; 7:02p.m.; ambulance (School Street) transport; 7:22p.m.: general info (Spring Street) spoken to; 7:52p.m.: investigation (Glenallen Street) report taken;9:46 p.m.: MV stop (Spring Street) verbal warning;10:15 p.m.: burglar alarm (High Street) reporttaken.

BY DONEEN DURLINGCOURIER STAFF WRITER

WINCHESTER, NH — There isno argument that overpopulationof cats has become an increasingproblem.

“Millions of cats lose theirlives because they are unwant-ed.”

Veterinarian Kerma Mooreheard Winchendon has a problemwith cat overpopulation, and saidthere are not many options for

low cost spay or neutering in thearea. Moore wants cat owners toknow she is an option if they arewilling to take the 40-minute tripup Route 119. COPS (cat overpop-ulation solution) is located on 15-05 Warwick Road in Winchesterin Four Corners Shopping Centeracross from Gary’s PowerEquipment and next to PhatStuff.

Moore said that the economyhas been tough for those deciding

to feed their pets or themselves.She said corporate takeover ofthe business has jacked prices upeven higher. Moore decidedsomething was needed. Sheopened the clinic while workingsomeplace else to help funding.

COPS mission statement is,“To improve the quality of lifefor all tri-state area cats and helpdecrease the number of cats suf-fering terrible fates due to theout of control cat populationproblem. By offering cat and dogowners a low cost option to getquality veterinary care, as wellas a low cost option for cat own-ers to spay or neuter their pets,we hope to become part of theoverpopulation solution.”

Moore is blessed with volun-teers that spend the time helpingout of love for cats. “One thing weall have in common,” said volun-teer Patty Massey with a grin,“We love cats.”. The clinic is openTuesday, Wednesday, andThursday from 9-10 a.m. for dropoff and cats can be picked up at3:30-4:30 p.m. All appointmentsmust be scheduled ahead of time.There are no walk ins.

Moore said after each proce-dure, cats go home with a writtenhistory to be filed for future ref-erence. She said other recommen-dations are given if a cat is deter-mined to have health problems.

One woman came to pick upher cat. She explained to the vetthat she never knew a cat couldget pregnant at four months. Shewas advised to keep the kittensaway from feeding while the little

cat healed from her surgery.Moore said female cats are one

mammal that has forced ovula-tion when mating. She said catscan be forced to ovulate whilebreast-feeding a litter, and it isnot an oddity.

“That is one reason cats procre-ate so quickly,” said Moore.

Moore graduated from LSU in1995, and ran a mobile equinepractice. After rescuing an aban-doned cat, Moore was inspired todo more.

For more information call 603-239-3133?All messages will bereturned within one day, or e-mail: [email protected]

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Pictured are volunteer Ronda Marsh,veterinarian technician Alicia Trickett,vet Kerma Moore, Valerie O’Neil, andPatty Massey

Addressing a growing feline population

BY RUTH DEAMICISCOURIER EDITOR

GARDNER — It was all meantin fun, and the roast of MichaelEllis, who is leaving his positionas executive director of theGreater Gardner Chamber ofCommerce after 15 years of serv-ice, was as could be expected byanyone who know Ellis and hissense of humor.

Andrew Boucher served as themaster of ceremonies, calling upfriends and colleagues, some whoknow Ellis even in Boy Scouts, togive him a very hard time.

Gardner Mayor Mark Hawkebegan by telling Ellis to “raiseyour hand, and place it over yourmouth so we don’t have to listento you” as he said was normallythe way these events worked.

Some 170 people took theirplaces in the Colonial Hotel ball-room, munching on soup andsandwiches and getting a goodlaugh out of the evening.

Boucher said while the roastwas in fun, the work Ellis had putinto the Chamber was to be cele-brated.

“He turned it into this ginor-mous machine, solely due to hisdiligence.”

Ellis’ friend, and Boy Scout col-league, David Rodski, told thecrowd Ellis had a new doll beingmanufactured:

“Wind it up, its head gets biggerand it talks for 45 minutes. It does-n’t say anything, but it talks for 45minutes,” Rodski teased.

Brian Knuttilla, who onceserved as the area’s state repre-sentative, recalled trips takenwith Ellis to the nation’s capitol,and the near scrapes he’d beenpart of, “being with Mike Elliswas never a drag, never boring.”

Chris Thompson, who onceworked with Ellis on a talk radioshow, described him as “so loud,and so…Mikesie….”

Elizabeth Penney, who is nowserving as the interim director ofthe GGCC, said on behalf of theother employees of the Chamberwere hard pressed to think of anappropriate gift, they chose togive him his own office chair, “it’snice and broken in,” Penney said.

When Ellis took his place tothank those who honored him, hesaid at least he would get the lastword.

“No you don’t,” retortedPenney, who had one more pres-entation for him.

Ellis was presented with a clockby his Board of Directors, and hethanked those who had come to‘roast’ him.

“Please continue to supportyour Chamber,” ended Ellis.

The evening was sponsored byKen and Donna Tomasetti andACT Fastening Solutions, FallonCommunity Health Care and theColonial Hotel.

WINCHENDON COURIER 3Wednesday, October 21, 2009

COURIER CAPSULESATTENTION WATER& SEWER USERS

WINCHENDON — United Water is replac-ing your water meter as part of a town widemeter replacement program. This is to betterserve you, the customer, as well as establish amore accurate system to track the town’sdrinking water.

If your meter has not been replaced yet,please contact the water billing office at: (978)297-0170 to make an appointment.

We appreciate your cooperation.

A CHANCE TO LEARNJAFFREY — Oct. 25, 2-5 p.m.: Faith in

Action ˆ the third of a series of six sessionsexploring the basic tenets of the Quaker faith.Monadnock Quaker Meeting House, 3Davidson Road, Jaffrey, (off Route 202 at thePeterborough line). Childcare and refresh-ments. For info: 603-242-9607 or www.monad-nockfriends.org. All are welcome.

RELAY FOR LIFEFUNDRAISER

GARDNER — The Charlie’s Angels Relayfor Life team will kick-off its fundraisingefforts by hosting a fund raiser at Wendy’s onPearson Boulevard in Gardner on Wednesday,Oct. 28 from 5-8 p.m.

Wendy’s will donate 10% of the proceedsfrom both dining in and carry out to theAmerican Cancer Society Relay For Life!

For more information, please contact Co-Captain Mary Hasselmann at 603-899-6806 [email protected].

ANNUAL CONCERTGARDNER — The Chair City Pipers chorus

will present their annual show, Return toRadio Daze, on Saturday, Oct. 24 at 7 p.m. atthe Gardner Music Hall at 152 Pleasant St. inGardner. Also performing will be the awardwinning quartet, Take 4. Tickets in advanceare $10 or $12 at the door the night of theshow. Advance tickets can be purchased bycalling (978) 632-0006. Join us for an evening ofa cappella entertainment.

FIRST MEAT RAFFLEOF THE YEAR

WINCHENDON — Winchendon AmericanLegion is holding a meat raffle on Sunday,Oct. 25 beginning at 2 p.m. Proceeds to benefitthe American Legion children & youth pro-grams in Winchendon.

SELL YOUR GOLDWINCHENDON — The Winchendon Senior

Center will be holding a Party of Gold onThursday Nov. 19 from noon-4 p.m. at theSenior Center.

Gather any old, unworn or broken gold jew-elry, class rings or single earrings and bring itto the Center and take home cash.

Party of Gold will donate 15% of the profitsgenerated from the event to the Senior Center.

For more information please call the SeniorCenter at (978) 297-3155

IN THE SERVICELAWTON, OK — Army National Guard Pfc.

Ryan J. Firmin has graduated from BasicCombat Training at Fort Sill, Lawton, OK.

During the nine weeks of training, the sol-dier studied the Army mission and receivedinstruction and training exercises in drill andceremonies, Army history, core values andtraditions, military courtesy, military justice,physical fitness, first aid, rifle marksman-ship, weapons use, map reading and land nav-igation, foot marches, armed and unarmedcombat, and field maneuvers and tactics.

He is the son of Jan Firmin of Swanzey,NH, and John Firmin Troy, NH.

Firmin graduated in 2005 fromMonadnock Regional High School,Swanzey, and received an associate degreein 2002 from New Hampshire TechnicalInstitute, Nashua.

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

FRAMINGHAM — The following localstudents were named to the spring semes-ter dean’s list at Framingham StateCollege. From Gardner: Brett Casavant,Colleen Poulin and Maria Sarcinelli. FromWinchendon: Stephanie Witt.

HUMAN RESOURCESFOR NONPROFITS

GARDNER — On Wednesday, Oct. 28 in thenorth café at Mount Wachusett CommunityCollege, The Center for Democracy &Humanity has partnered with EnterpriseBank to present a free educational forum onhiring, on-boarding (New employee orienta-tion and on the job training) and performancemanagement. A breakfast buffet has beenprovided by Enterprise Bank.

SOCIETY MEETSGARDNER — The speaker for the October

27th meeting of the Central MassachusettsGenealogical Society will be ElliottBlackwell. Mr. Blackwell will discuss hisresearch as well as his interesting finds. Themeeting will begin at 7 p.m. in the upper hallof the American Legion, 22 Elm St. inGardner.

As always, the public is invited to attend themeeting. There is a $2 guest fee for non-members.

For more information, contact SecretaryMary Hasselmann at 603-899-6806 orcmgs_secretary@hotmail.

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Sheriff Guy Glodis welcomed highly-decoratedBrigadier General John Cornelius from NewYork for the official signing of a new employerpartnership Initiative between the Sheriff ’sOffice and U.S. Army Reserve. The WorcesterCounty Sheriff ’s Office is the first law enforce-ment agency in New England to implement thisnew program, aimed at recruiting and retainingArmy Reservists for employment at the sheriff ’soffice.

“We pursued this program because we notonly honor those men and women who have cho-sen to commit themselves to military service inthe Army Reserve,” Sheriff Glodis stated, “butalso because we recognize and respect the excep-tional training and experience each Reservistcarries with them. We know that Reservists whoapply for a job have already undergone a med-ical evaluation, physical fitness training, apti-tude testing and background checks, and arefully trained in many areas of public safety.”

The Employer Partnership Initiative, createdin 2008, builds a unique partnership betweenbusinesses and the U.S. Army Reserve to shareresources in the recruitment, retention, train-ing, and support of Army Reservists. Thatincludes job postings on the Army Reserve website, referrals from the Army Reserve to theSheriff ’s Office for potential candidates, partici-pation in employer forums, and much more.

Brigadier General Cornelius, a recipient ofthe Meritorious Service medal (3rd Award),Army Commendation medal (3rd Award), andNational Defense Service medal, commented onthe importance of this program: “The EmployerPartnership Initiative is a perfect fit for theSheriff ’s Office in matching well-trained, highlyqualified personnel with employment opportu-nities that have a positive impact on their com-munity. I commend Sheriff Glodis and everyoneat the Worcester County Sheriff ’s Office forestablishing this partnership with the ArmyReserve. Their actions here today speak vol-umes about the support, encouragement andpatriotic duty they feel towards ArmyReservists.”

Sheriff also signed a formal Statement ofSupport for the Guard and Reserve.

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From left, former state representative Brian Knuttilla, Chamber President KenTomasetti and retiring GGCC exec director Mike Ellis share a laugh.

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Sheriff Guy Glodis and Brig. General JohnCornelius

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VIEWSOpinion and commentary from Winchendon and beyond

PRESIDENT/PUBLISHER: FRANK CHILINSKIEDITOR: RUTH DEAMICIS

To the Editor:The Eugene M. Connor Unit 193 American

Legion will hold its Poppy Drive between Oct.22 and 24. Poppy volunteers will be located atthe Winchendon Post Office and IGA.

The Poppy has been the symbol of theAmerican Legion Auxiliary since 1923 and isin memory of the men killed in Europe dur-ing World War I. It has continued to be thesymbol through all wars in which the UnitedStates has been involved.

All funds raised are used to benefit our vet-erans. For example last year, for every $1donation, toiletries (soap, shampoo, tooth-paste) were purchased. For $5, hospitalizedveterans received three pairs of socks. For$10, transportation could be provided to take aveteran to a VA facility. $25 purchased a vet-

eran a new outfit for a job interview. And, $50paid for a Holiday Dinner for a veteran andhis/her family.

All funds raised in Winchendon are used forWinchendon veterans and their families. Weprovide an annual Christmas party for theveterans housed in the Bedford VA locationsin Winchendon. We help with expenses forveterans who are hospitalized at Bedford VA,White River Junction VA, or Leeds VA.

Anyone wishing to make a donation to theprogram in Winchendon may leave theirdonation at the Legion Home or contact thePoppy Chairman, Rachel A. Grout at 297-0329and the donation will be picked up.

CORAL GROUTWINCHENDON

Poppy Drive this weekend

Thank you to local merchantsTo the Editor:

The members of the Rindge Woman’s Clubwish to thank those friends and area busi-nesses who so generously donated cash, giftcertificates and other items to our recentHarvest Fair Basket Raffle.

Even in these difficult economic times, ourold-fashioned fair was a great success. Theraffle, having awarded 97 prizes to lucky tick-et holders, raised a substantial sum of moneyto be used toward scholarships and other wor-thy projects that we support each year.

The following Winchendon businessesanswered our call this year and in the recentpast, and we are most grateful.

The Cozy CupolaDick’s Wayside FurnitureLakeview NurseriesPatti’s JewelryPerformance PressWinchendon School Golf ClubWinchendon Furniture

With sincere appreciation,

MARIE-POWLEY QUINLANCHAIR, HARVEST RAFFLERINDGE WOMAN’S CLUB

Ash Street Tree Report: Month 10-No RepairTo the Editor:

Special thanks to Selectmen Burt Gould andBeth Hunt who have taken time to join me inthis effort to remove this large hanging limb

before someone is hurt.

JACK BLAIRWINCHENDON

Snow on the ground made everyonebegin digging for the cold weatherclothing this weekend. The single glove

and the tattered scarf, old favorites for manyyears, will have to go. Where could that sec-ond glove be?

The condition of the winter clothing islooking pretty shabby after a summer oflighter fare. Old favorite sweaters look a littlepilled now, the woolen trousers a littlestretched out of shape. While we rememberour pioneers managed with two sets ofclothes, and didn’t wash them for a full sea-son (we’ve heard tales of people being sewninto long underwear for the duration of awinter) this more modern society wouldn’tstand for that. We shy away from the sweatyworkman, even if that sweat is honestlygained, because our modern olfactory sensesare “offended” by such.

Think of the houses back then, several peo-ple stuffed into one or tow rooms with per-haps a loft and a single source of heat, cook-ing smells, body smells, dirty clothes, per-haps even animal smells from the barn near-by…

Today a missed day of showering isn’tadmitted to.

Yet there are many who are working withmany fewer belongings than they should.Dressing children in too few warm clothesshouldn’t be a decision a mother must make.But in these economic times, if last year’scoat has become too small, what’s to do?

A couple of things.The Spirit of Christmas has been a

Winchendon institution for close to 10 yearsnow. The hardworking volunteer organiza-tion has provided much needed hats, boots,outwear, gloves and then toys and specialgoodies for Winchendon’s children. This

year, organizer Lori Bishop has taken heridea one step further. How about really recy-cling your goods? How about a communityswap?

Bring your gently used coats and boots,your clothes, your books, toys, linens andhousehold items to the Clark MemorialYMCA Sunday, Oct. 25 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.and share with your friends and neighbors.

As Bishop said, “recycle things you haveand are no longer using. Share with others inour community.”

The entire event is free, and if you don’thave something to swap, come anyway. We’recertain if you have a need, you’ll find it here.

Bishop will also have her annual orna-ments, listing the needs of someone whocould use your help for Christmas. It’s com-pletely anonymous, but very needed. Takeone of the ornaments home and plan to shareyour Christmas with others through thissmall way.

If you have coats, hats, mittens, gloves,scarves, to share and cannot get them to theClark this weekend, remember on Oct. 31 theWinchendon Lions will hold the annual coatdrive here at the Courier office from 9 a.m.-1p.m. The Lions give the coats to the CAC fordistribution, to make sure they get to peoplewho can truly use them.

One last kudos to people planning generos-ity as we head into the season, the Murdockwoodworking classes are building shelves atOld Murdock to create a food pantry. Thanksto the students for talking on the project,thanks to the anonymous donor who pickedup the tab for the wood at Belletete’s andthanks to the Toy Town Elementary studentswho intend to stock those shelves once theyare built. Good job all around.

Just Say No doesn’t work for any campaignI’m the first to admit that when it

comes to technology, I’m at leastone generation, and probably

more, behind my kids. I was late totexting and I’ve been late toFacebook, too. The primary appealof the latter for me has been several-fold. First, it’s been a blast recon-necting with people I went to collegewith more than 30 years ago — theseconnections matter in our lives in asociety that’s becoming increasing-ly isolated. In some cases, thedecades melted away, and that’s agood thing. I’ve also found it to be aquick, easy way to banter and com-municate with, well, with a wholebunch of people, some locally, somenot. And, it’s entertaining and inter-esting and sometimes evenpoignant to see what people aresharing on their “wall”.

All in all, even though I’ve beenlate to sign up, I’m glad I did. Onefriend told me that when she signedup, her daughter absolutelycringed. So did mine. Big surprise,right? Hey, we’re just trying tokeep up.

Speaking of signing up, it didn’tsurprise me in the least to see just asingle Republican Senator (Maine’sOlympia Snowe), sign up so far for

the health care/insurance planthat’s beginning to take more for-mal shape. It’s abundantly clear thatthe rest of her GOP colleagues haveadopted Nancy Reagan’s old sloganabout drugs.

“Just Say No” wasn’t effectivethen, after all, we certainly didn’twin, and aren’t winning, the so-called “war on drugs”, and it’s notuseful now as a policy strategy. Oh,to be sure, it has some value as apolitical strategy, especially sinceits’ users are so very good at stokingirrational fear and rage, and nevermind the facts.

“Just Say No” to everythingBarack Obama wants seems to betheir mantra. They don’t have anyideas of their own, of course, exceptto repeat ad nauseum their chant

about lower taxes and higher mili-tary spending (off the books, natu-rally), but then again, when all youwant to do is obstruct, who needspolicy ideas? It’s so much easier tocriticize than be pro-active.

These Senate Republicans, andtheir equally adamant colleagues inthe House, are finding, however,they don’t have the unanimitythey’d hoped for outside ofWashington. ProminentRepublicans such as Bob Dole, for-mer majority leader Bill First (acardiologist himself), and, yes, thegovernor of California, have allcome out in favor of “reform” ofsome fashion. It’s encouraging tosee them living in the real world,even if the only thing congressionalRepublicans are interested in doingis whining.

And before you say that both sidesbehave the same way, you might dowell to keep in mind that plenty ofDemocrats voted for the MedicarePrescription Drug plan, and plentyof Democrats voted for the resolu-tion that wound up permittingGeorge Bush to invade Iraq (aSenate vote that, in the end, mightwell have cost Hillary Clinton thepresidency as anti-war Democrats

rallied to Obama in last year’s pri-mary), and plenty of Democratsvoted for No Child Left Behind so,simply, no, both sides don’t alwaysbehave the same way. It’s too bad,too. Democracy works best whencompeting policy plans are debatedand refined. It’s too bad that oneside has nothing to say but “no.”They do themselves, their con-stituents, and the rest of us a gravedisservice with this behavior.Maybe it scores a few points withthe out-of-touch-with-reality- ditto-heads, but it sure doesn’t solve anyreal life day-to-day problems.Maybe, just maybe, we need to bepushing them more to come up withreal alternatives to ideas they don’tlike. After all, these are our liveswe’re talking about.

But, then again, maybe that’s toomuch of ask of too many of us, toinject ourselves as a national com-munity into the debate. Sure, therewere the extremists who packedtown halls over the summer, butwhat about the supposedly sensiblecenter? Is it possible we’ve reachedthe point where it’s asking too muchfrom a culture that would evidentlyrather pay attention to the prover-bial 15 minutes of fame for every

crackpot out there — from the “octo-mom” to the freaky Heene family inColorado, to the Gosselins, to what-ever Brittney Spears or LindsayLohan might be doing, well, you getthe idea, than pay attention to poli-tics?

It’s awfully hard, I guess, to haverational discussions about thingslike health care when we can argueabout whether a family from “WifeSwap” perpetuated a balloon hoax,right?

So into this void step congression-al Republicans. They don’t want tohave a rational discussion, either.They just want to say no. Thatrequires neither thought nor effort.And then when, as is inevitable,when some sort of measure doespass this fall, you can bet theRepublicans will be jumping up anddown hating it, no matter what itsays or what it does.

That’s the sorry state of “states-manship” in which we find our-selves. Depressing? Ha! After all,by tomorrow or Friday, we’llundoubtedly have another freaksideshow to divert our attention andenergy, and what more can we pos-sibly ask?

Can you answer that?

As we move into a new seasonI think that we can all agreethat life is full of change. We

go through the good days and thebad days, the good years and thebad years. We learn that whatworks one day does not alwayswork another day. And we find thatwith life, as with school work, prac-tice makes a difference.

I have been thinking about how spiritualpractices change over time and how much weneed to practice being spiritual. For me, “spir-itual” means all that which reflects meaning inlife. Where we find meaning, how we see our-selves in the greater picture, who and what ismost central in our lives, and how we humansare called to be in the world. What saves us andwhat compels us to keep going forward. Theseare the kind of big questions that get played outin little ways all the time.

For some of us, reading the Bible or otherscripture is a spiritual practice. For others it isdaily prayer or meditation, a twelve step pro-gram, running in the early hours and feastingon the glories of nature or participating regu-larly in a church or other house of worship.There are many spiritual practices and formany of us, they change over time, as wechange and as lives change. In a town the size ofWinchendon, with the diverse population

spread over many miles, you willfind that there are many peoplepracticing in many ways how to bethe best human being they can bein the time that they are givenhere on earth. This is what makesus, like every other town inAmerica, a community of seekers,and a community of people who

care deeply about life.This summer I found myself immersed in a

new spiritual practice which I am calling the“Grandmother Walking Meditation.” I am nowthe grandmother of not only one grandchild(now almost 5 years old) but of two, as mygrandson now has a one year old baby sister.Because the children and their parents live intown, just moments away from us, my partnerand I get to be regular babysitters. And for thiswe are grateful and often times tired!

For those of you who know children, youmay agree that they are our best teachers. Or,put another way, we learn more about our-selves by trying our best to care for them.Yesterday we took the 5 year old for a walk inthe woods and we were all surprised to see astring of Tibetan Prayer Flags waving in thebreeze along the trail. My grandson asked whatthey were and I tried to describe what I knowabout prayer flags. They are made of a simplecotton fabric, are inscribed with prayers for

peace, and blow in the wind, as a way of send-ing peace throughout the world. I told him thatthey are a reminder that we must all pray forpeace; peace in the world, peace in our commu-nities and peace in our families and that prac-ticing peace is hard. Like a wise and selffocused 5 year old, he asked “You mean youhave to practice being peaceful with me?”

And I said “Yes, even with you, I need to prac-tice being peaceful.”

So, on this walk I learned that he too knowsthat it is not always easy to be a grandmotherwho cares.

Now that there are two grandchildren I havebeen practicing another kind of walking medi-tation. While the grandson plays at the park Iam often walking back and forth, up and downthe park paths, pushing the baby sister in herstroller, waiting for her to fall asleep. And whenI walk, I pray. With each step I pray to be serene,courageous and wise, patient, tolerant andgrateful. I pray to be the best grandmother I canbe at this moment in time. Most of all I pray tobe attentive. Sometimes the baby falls asleep.Sometime she doesn’t. Sometimes my prayersflow like sweet honey from a rock. Sometimesthey come out halting, awkward, strained, asthough they are being pushed through a sieveand most of the words are too big to passthrough and I am left with a bunch of pebbles.Always I learn about myself, about being a per-

son, about God’s presence in my life. This newspiritual practice reminds me that children aresome of my best teachers. And we grownupsare called to be the best students of life. Fall isback to school for all of us. If you are like me,the mantra is; practice, practice, practice.

Reverend Marguerite SheehanUnitarian Universalist Church of

Winchendon

JERRYCARTON

JOURNEY

OF THE

HEART

Practice, Practice, Practice

ReverendMarguerite Sheehan

FROM THEPASTOR’S DESK

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Rev. Marguerite Sheehan and a group of childrenjoin in blessing a chicken at the recent Blessing ofthe Animals service at the Unitarian UniversalistChurch at Winchendon.


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Marion E. (Davis) Hansen, 97TEMPLETON – Marion E. (Davis) Hansen,

age 97, formerly of 28 Memorial St.,Baldwinville, died peacefully Friday evening,Oct. 16 in Baldwinville Nursing Home,Baldwinville.

She was born in Dorchester on Jan. 7,1912,the third child of the late George and Maude(Thompson) Davis and had been a resident ofBaldwinville since 1941.

Marion worked for twelve years in house-keeping at the Baldwinville Nursing Homeuntil her retirement many years ago. Sheenjoyed knitting and crafts. She was a gradu-ate of Bethel High School in Bethel, VT.

Her husband, William A. Hansen, died in1989. She leaves a daughter, Catherine A.Caisse of Baldwinville; five grandchildren,Scot Caisse, Bruce Caisse, Brian Caisse, BettyJane Oldham and Richard Caisse; 16 great

grandchildren and four great great grandchil-dren, two devoted friends, Shirley Keeney ofBaldwinville and Diane Smith of Keene, NH,and several nephews and nieces. In additionto her husband, she was predeceased by threebrothers, Harold Davis, George Davis andAlan Davis, two sisters, Edith Boswell andDorothy Riford and a great grandson, StephenHill.

Private graveside services will be held inFairview Cemetery, Bethel, VT. There are nocalling hours.

Memorial donations may be made to theResident’s Activities Fund, BaldwinvilleNursing Home, PO Box 24, Baldwinville, MA01436.

The Stone-Ladeau Funeral Home (stone-ladeau.com), 343 Central St., Winchendon isdirecting arrangements.

Catherine E. (Hanson) Opgenorth, 92TEMPLETON —

Affectionately known as“Kitty” by her family andfriends, Catherine E.(Hanson) Opgenorth, age 92,of Templeton died peacefullyin the Baldwinville NursingHome surrounded by her lov-ing family.

She was born in Wakefield, on June 9, 1917,the daughter of the late Arvid and Johanna(Erickson) Hanson and lived in Templeton formany years.

After graduation from Gardner High Schoolin 1935, Catherine’s life revolved around homeand family. She was known as a great cook andalso enjoyed gardening, embroidery andcrafts, reading, and many rousing games ofpinochle and Scrabble. For many years shewas a member of the former First LutheranChurch (now Faith Lutheran) in Gardnerwhere she was an active member of LutheranChurch Women’s groups including Katydidsand Dorcas. She was a past secretary andboard member of the former TempletonWomen’s Club. While she truly enjoyed all herfriends and activities, her greatest joy came

from spending time with her family. With alarge family to care for, Kitty and her hus-band, Ed, loved to go camping and hiking, playgames and spend time at church.

Her husband of 64 years, Edward F.Opgenorth, died in 2005. She leaves six chil-dren, Carol L. Majercik and her husbandDavid of Westhampton, Jean E. Olsen ofTewksbury, Linda L. Kirstein and her hus-band Per of Upton, Mark E. Opgenorth andhis wife Deborah of Fairbanks, AK, Joanne C.Opgenorth of Templeton and Timothy J.Opgenorth and his wife Julie of Madison, NH;11 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren andmany nephews and nieces. One sister, EstherBoody and four brothers, Carl, William, Erikand Harry Hanson, predeceased her.

Funeral services were held Oct. 19, 2009 inFaith Lutheran Church, Gardner. Burial willbe in Wildwood Cemetery, Gardner at a laterdate.

Stone-Ladeau Funeral Home (stone-ladeau.com), 343 Central St., Winchendon wasentrusted with arrangements.

Memorial donations may be made to theSteeple Fund at Faith Lutheran Church, 627Green St., Gardner, MA 01440.

OBITUARIESDavid G. Benedict, 68

ASHBURNHAM — David G. Benedict, age68, died Monday evening, Oct. 12, in his homeafter a long illness.

He was born in Natick, on Nov. 4, 1940 a sonof the late Walter and Patricia (Gavin)Benedict. He graduated from Stoneham HighSchool in 1958 and received his bachelorsdegree in mechanical engineering from TuftsUniversity in 1963.

In 1970 David moved back to the area fromVirginia and took a job as a project engineerat the former Borden Chemical Company inLeominster. When Borden Chemical closed, inthe mid ‘80s, David went back to school andearned and associates degree in accounting in1986. He worked as an accountant for theFlextronics Company in Westminster thenthe Highlands in Fitchburg and most recentlyBemis Associates in Shirley where he retiredfrom in 2002.

David was a former member of the MooseLodge, and Orchid Hills Athletic Club. He wasa current member of the MontachusettY.M.C.A. in Fitchburg. David loved spending

time with his grandchildren and enjoyed col-lecting firewood from his 26 acres of land aswell as completing home improvement proj-ects to his home which he and his wife built 37years ago.

He leaves his wife, Virginia A. (Kallinen)Benedict of Ashburnham; two sons, StevenM. Benedict of Cleveland, OH and Jeffrey S.Benedict and his wife Rebecca ofWinchendon; three grandchildren, Michaela,Owen and Arielle Benedict all ofWinchendon; a sister, Sheila Hatch ofStratham, NH and several nephews andnieces.

A funeral service was held Oct. 16 in theFitchburg Chapel of the Sawyer-Miller-Masciarelli Funeral Home, 129 Elm St. Burialwas in the New Cemetery in Ashburnham.

In lieu of flowers memorial contributionsmay be made to the American Cancer Society,350 Plantation St., Worcester, MA 01604 or tothe Dana Farber Cancer Institute, 10Brookline Place, Brookline, MA 02445.

Mary M. (Fortier) LaBonte, 96GARDNER — Mary M. (Fortier) LaBonte,

age 95, of 59 Eastwood Circle and formerly of38 Gardner Road, Baldwinville for 70 years,died peacefully, Thursday, Oct. 8 in LegendRehabilitation and Nursing Center, Gardner,surrounded by her family.

She was born in Southbridge on April 23,1914, the daughter of the late Amede and Elize(Berthiaume) Fortier.

Prior to retiring in 1976, Mary was a nurse’saide for several years, employed by OpenArms Nursing Home in Winchendon. She pre-viously was employed at various local woodfactories.

Mary enjoyed fresh water fishing, doingpuzzles, watching television, quilting and cro-cheting. She loved to travel and was an avidBoston Red Sox fan.

Mary was predeceased by her husband of 37years, Joseph L. LaBonte, who died in 1967.

She leaves five sons, Richard LaBonte andhis wife Terry of Baldwinville, WilfredLaBonte of Venice Beach, FL, Louis LaBonteof Chitina, AK, Ronald LaBonte and his wifePauline of Beverly and Donald LaBonte ofOrange; seven daughters, Olive Nauman of

North Conway, NH, Florence Blake and herhusband Roy of Concord, Mary Perini ofBaldwinville, Beatrice Hartley and her hus-band Donald of Gardner, Barbara Poirier andher husband Michael of Westminster, BeverlyO’Donell and her husband James ofTempleton and Shirley L’Homme and her hus-band Dennis of Templeton; one sister-in-law,Ella Fortier of Charlton who is 102 years old;36 grandchildren, 69 great-grandchildren and37 great-great grandchildren; several nieces,nephews and cousins. She was predeceased bytwo sons, Joseph LaBonte and Leo LaBonte;three daughters, Lorraine Lashua, AliceLaBonte and Gertrude LaBonte; and by twobrothers, Wilfred Fortier and Louis Fortier.

Funeral services were held Oct. 13 in theBoucher Funeral Home, Inc., 110 NicholsStreet, Gardner. Burial was in GreenlawnCemetery, Baldwinville.

Memorial contributions may be made toTempleton Rescue, c/o Templeton Fire Dept.,2 School Street, Baldwinville, MA 01436 or toLegend Rehabilitation and Nursing Center,Activity Fund, 59 Eastwood Circle, Gardner,MA 01440.

money we get is very tied and very targeted. We have taken agreat hit over the course of the last six months to the tune ofalmost $1,200,000 since we decided to build our budget. It hascost the district greatly, and will continue to cost the districtgreatly because special education goes on. The costs only go up.”

Barbaro said the cuts would challenge the budget for the restof the year.

Board member John McDonough said it didn’t make sensethat the Department of Revenue was requiring towns to have aspecial town meeting to reduce the annual town meeting appro-priation to the school department in an amount that was offset

by a dollar for dollar match in federal stimulus funds“How did the federal stimulus funds benefit us? It’s a wash!

Tell me I’m wrong here.”Business Manager Brian O’Connell said the stimulus funds

were provided independent of state aid. He said he believed thestate reacted to the federal money by reducing its appropriationin a number of areas.

“So the federal government was not making up for a statereduction. The federal government gave us new money to helprevive our areas of expenditure, and state government reducedits aid to the town roughly commensurate with the amount ofmoney we were getting from the federal government.”

O’Connell said the federal government is beginning to ques-tion Massachusetts among other states, believing the action

undercuts the reason for stimulus.Barbaro said the budget was built upon the numbers provid-

ed by the state before the stimulus was presented. As the gover-nor signed the budget, the original number presented by thestate to Winchendon was reduced by $63,000.

The special town meeting will be held Nov. 2 at the MurdockMiddle High School Auditorium. The town warrant includes atotal of nine articles addressing the school budget plus eightother issues.

Superintendent Brooke Clenchy, Curriculum CoordinatorJane Ripley and Special Education Director Cynthia Landannotraveled to the DESE (Department of Elementary andSecondary Education) in Malden for a meeting requested by thesuperintendent to share what is being done within the district.

The team explained the reorganization of schools, and wherethe district was headed to members of the DESE that were apart of the district turn around when the district was labeled asunderperforming.

Barbaro said the DESE took notes from the Winchendon dis-trict on where the district is headed mapping its own goals, notgoals mapped for it by the state. Barbaro said the administrativeteam and teachers need to be recognized for the work they aredoing to move the district forward.

Barbaro explained that the district could not run without thegrants in excess of a million dollars it receives.

Valorie Miller presented an outline of grants that wereapplied for in the month of September before deadline.

The first competitive grant was for Communities that Carewith $5,000 for Toy Town Elementary and $5,000 for MurdockMiddle High School for professional development for teachersso they can identify students in need of professional mentalhealth services.

The second grant written was for year two of a curriculuminstruction and assessment alignment project.

The third competitive application was for kindergartenthrough grade 12 literacy development partnerships. The DESEis emphasizing partnerships and working with other districts.Narragansett, Ashburnham, Westminster, Winchendon, andGardner have partnered in the past to form NAWWG. The part-nership now includes Monty Tech. The third grant was filedwith Gardner and Narragansett to bring professional develop-ment to the area.

The next round of grants includes the Title One StimulusGrant. The Title One allocation from the state was reduced byover $31,000.

Miller said 50 percent of stimulus was to be used for recoverysuch as saving jobs and plugging holes in the budget, while 50percent was to be used for investment; increasing capacity, pro-viding for things like professional development or somethingthat would have a future. The stimulus was used to plug theholes caused by the decrease in allocation.

Miller said there was a series of technology grants, one tohire someone to compile data for the data warehouse, another todevelop online high school courses to support students in analternative education.

There are two grants where Winchendon is the lead agency.The grants include smart boards and reading pens.

The last grant would provide, if granted, laptops and technol-ogy for participating teachers, giving access to hundreds ofclips through WGBH.

Miller sad word on the technology grants is anticipated forthe end of October.

Miller said that Gardner, Winchendon and Athol have beenlabeled as high need districts.

GARDNER — Theatre at the Mount willpresent the children’s musical Busytown,based on the books by Richard Scarry, forone performance only on Saturday, Oct. 24 at2 p.m. Busytown is always buzzing withactivity. But what do people do all day?Huckle Cat takes us on a tour of his greatneighborhood where even the smallest ofdaily exchanges is an interesting adventure.Huckle shows us how Farmer Pig andGrocer Cat work together to bring food to thetown. Construction Worker and his crewbuild new houses, and Fire Chief and thegang keep them safe. Through vibrantsinging and dancing we see that everyone inBusytown relies on one another, and everyjob has an important role! This hilarious andheartwarming musical will delight theentire family.

Meaghan Dame of Fitchburg takes on therole of Betsy Bear and Danny Rodriguez ofTempleton plays Huckle Cat while an ensem-ble of local teens plays various neighbor-hood friends. Featured in the cast are:Nathan Foisy, Brittany Stewart, TomMoretti, Mary Kate Erickson, Olivia Ryan,Cheyenne Prescott, Vikki Chase, JordanHass, Ben West, Merrick Henry, EmilyXarras and Andrew Kelley.

Tickets for Busytown are $5 and may bepurchased by calling the box office at 978 632-2403 or online at http://theatre.mwcc.edu

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Dancers soar outside the dance centerDuring the summer, dancers

from The Dance Center furtheredtheir dance education whileattending workshops and variousdance intensives. BrittanyPontbriand of Gardner attendedThe Rockette Intensive in NewYork City. She auditioned inBoston and received her accept-ance to this prestigous programin March. Brittany spent a weekworking with Rockettes from thefamed Radio City Music HallSamantha Bonanno of Fitchburgreceived the Triple Threat Awardat a New York City DanceAlliance Workshop in Boston andspent 2 weeks training with thenation’s top choreographers inNew York City which culminatedin a performance at LaGuardiaPerforming Arts School.

Jackie Bresnahan, DottieBresnahan, Loren Pete ofAshburnham; Katrina Wilson ofRindge, Kaitlyn Morris andAnika Stundtner of Templeton;Bethany Clark, Olivia Carboneand Antonia Calcaterra ofFitchburg attended the two - dayNew England Workshop forDancers in Nashua, NH. withteachers from LA and NYC.

Ana Bracken of Gardner andJessica Falconer of Fitchburgattended Broadway DanceCenter’s four-day SummerIntensive with teacher SheilaBarker

Dancers are attending a oneday workshop at the DCU Centerin Worcester at the end ofOctober along with a 2-day inten-sive in Boston in December.

The Dance Center ofWinchendon offers a qualitydance education in their turn-of-the-century 12,000 square footfacility. Inside there are 5 studios,large waiting areas and adancewear shop. There are 7teachers on staff - all of whomare adults- who are trained intheir genre and have been teach-ing an average of 15 years.

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BusyTown coming to Gardner

Above: Ben West of Athol (left) and Andrew Kelley ofWestminster (right) perform a scene fromBusytown. (Also pictured is “Lowly Worm”) At right:The cast of Busytown perform a musical numberfrom Busytown.

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SPORTSSPORTSGirls beat ‘Gansett to complete season sweep

BY JERRY CARTONSPECIAL TO THE COURIER

WINCHENDON — Ashley Perryscored twice, Chelsea Gagne added ascore, Jess Monette contributed apair of assists, and Cayla Clinkscalewas resolute in the net as MurdockMiddle-High School’s girls varsitysoccer team defeated Narragansett,3-2 on Tuesday to complete a seasonsweep of their arch rivals.

“An excellent win,” enthusedCoach Tim Emerson. “The girlsplayed really well. They had greatcommitment.”

The visitors got on the board firstat the 17:57 mark of the first halfand took that edge into the break,but the Lady Devils ( cleverlydubbed “the Red Lady Devils”, forthe day by Athletic Director JohnPalumbo because the girls wore redjerseys over their blue home uni-forms to differentiate from‘Gansett’s blue) came out aggres-sively in the second half.

Perry evened the score on a passfrom Monette less than two minutesinto the stanza, and at the 25:20

point, Monette found Gagne, whowas able to put Murdock in frontwith a nice score. The lead, however,lasted just 90 seconds whenShannon Sullivan tallied forNarragansett.

That didn’t faze the Lady Devils,though, and three minutes later,Perry was able to thread the needlein a scrum in front of the goal andtallied what would prove to be thewinning score.

Murdock played outstandingdefense the rest of the way, fendingoff numerous Narragansett attacks.Clinkscale turned away more thanhalf a dozen ‘Gansett shots and thedefense in front of her turned up theheat in denying the Lady Warriorsany more serious scoring chances.

“When you score, the morale justgoes way up,” remarked Emerson.“I’m just really happy with how theyplayed.”

That good effort carried over tothe next day in a tough 4-2 loss atAyer.

“One player beat us,” shruggedEmerson. “We came back from 0-2 to

tie it, but she was just too tough. Weplayed a real good match. Thedefense stepped up. We had goodpassing. We’re a much better teamthan we were when the season start-ed. We’re doing a lot of things rightnow that we weren’t doing before.”

Perry scored against Ayer on anassist from Steph Goodwin. “Steph’splaying wonderfully,” Emerson said.

Then Monette took a pass fromPerry to tie the match and whileAyer was able to convert a couple ofchances in the last seven minutes,Emerson was still satisfied.

”They’re very good. They beat useasily the first time but this time wegave them a good fight.”

He acknowledged that the factthat injured players are healthyagain has been a significant factorin the Lady Devils’ good showingsrecently, but added, “the kids havejust stepped up their game a lotoverall.”

Clinkscale’s season, however,ended on Monday, and Taylor Budkawill return to goal-tending for thelast two weeks of the campaign.

“We’ll miss Cayla, but Taylor willdo a good job for us, as she hasbefore,” said Emerson.

The Lady Devils host Trivium at 4today and visit Clinton on Monday.

Beset by injuries, the boys didn’tfare quite as well last week, losing 7-1 at Ayer, and 8-2 , to Assabet at theClark Field.

Zack Rocheleau scored the goal inthe Ayer contest, and tallied againagainst Assabet, as did MaxRocheleau. In that contest, LiamFitzpatrick-Rys made his debut ingoal for the Blue Devils.

“Not to make excuses, but we’rereally hurting,” said CoachAnthony Findley. Ethan Gorecki isout again with a knee injury, andFindley noted, “a lot of the kids arehobbling around.”

Findley reflected, “We did putsome points on the board last week,and that’s good. We have a bunch ofgood spirited kids. Depth is anissue for us, and when other teamscan send in six or seven subs at atime, we can’t do that. But our kidsare trying hard to keep up. Overall,

we’re making progress. If nothingelse, we’re sure building character,and that’s going to matter waybeyond soccer.

“I want to win as much as any-one,” he asserted, “and we really aregetting there. Some of the scoreshaven’t been reflective of how thegames have gone. An inch or sohere and there, and a 5-0 game issomething like 3-2 instead.

“The program,” he said, “is still awork in progress. It’s tough whenyou play schools with a bunch ofseniors. There’s a big differencewhen you’ve got an 18 year-old play-ing against 15 year-olds.”

Added Findley, “Also, when welost Jordan Harris, it hurt. MissingEthan (Gorecki) hurts. Liam(Fitzpatrick) has done a decent jobin goal, remember, he’s just startingthere, but we missed Jonah (Parilla)when he was out.

“We are,” he said, “learning to livewith adversity, and hopefully, we’llbe better for it down the road.”

The Blue Devils host St. Mary’stomorrow afternoon.


WINCHENDON — “It’s not because wearen’t trying.” That was how MurdockMiddle High School field hockey Coach LoisGirouard summed up her feelings onThursday after the Lady Devils suffered a sev-enth consecutive shutout loss, this one a close-ly contested 2-0 loss to Assabet.

“We probably should have won this one,”Girouard said, noting that both Assabet goals

were scored by boys who are permitted to playfield hockey because their school doesn’t offera comparable sport.

But the bottom line is that they didn’t, andthe Assabet blanking joined a list thatincludes shutout losses to Littleton, (3-0)Bromfeld,(4-0), Narragansett (1-0), Tahanto, (4-0), Bromfeld, (3-0), and Littleton again (6-0).

“We moved some people around. We’re try-ing things,” said Girouard. “Most of thesegames have been pretty close. We just can’t

seem to finish. We’re trying hard. This is agreat group of kids. We just can’t get the ballin the net.”

The Assabet game was played in cold condi-tions, which didn’t make moving the ballalong any easier, and the Lady Devils had sev-eral chances. Brittany Martin and GraceMaliska had near-misses, according toGirouard, “but the way things have beengoing, we just couldn’t push it in.”

Aside from the second Littleton game,

Murdock has kept games pretty close. The lossto Narragansett was particularly gallingbecause the Lady Devils dominated play.

“This is what has been happening to us,”said the coach. “We didn’t play well againstTahanto, but aside from that, we really have.It’s frustrating.”

Having visited Clinton Monday, the LadyDevils host Hudson Friday at 3:30.

Trying hard, but scores aren’t accumulating


WINCHENDON — Northfield mountainwill be the site of the state cross countrychampionship on Nov. 21, and that’s whereMurdock Middle High School’s team spentlast Saturday, turning in good performancesin the Bay State Invitational.

Senior Molly Martorella finished third inher heat of 115 runners, completing thecourse in a strong 19:30:06, just six one-hun-dredths out of second place, and just threeseconds behind the victorious Alison Leonisof Hamilton.

“That’s a tough course,” Murdock CoachAlan Hallquist said. “It easily adds at least40-45 seconds to anyone’s regular times. Youstart off with about a 7/10ths of a mile

climb, and that wears you out right away,plus there’s another hill late in the race thatkind of sneaks up on you. Molly ran a bigrace on a course she’d never seen before. Itwas important for us, for the whole team, totake a look at it, and see what it’s like andknow what we’ll be facing in states nextmonth.”

The girls’ race was basically a 600-yardsprint to the finish,, (“they were reallybunched together,” said the coach), butHallquist said that Martorella, “will be usinga different strategy next time. She said shefelt really good, but I think you’ll see Mollypressing the pace more in states.”

Haley Amenta ran the course in 25:07,Amber Brown finished in 25:10, (“she andher sister Autumn are the heir apparent on

this team”) and Katie Johnson was clockedin 26:44. Overall, the girls team finished sev-enth.

On the boys side, eighth grader JordanComeau finished 49th of 141 runners in18:11. The winner, senior John Gregorek,was timed in 15:56.

“Jordan really came to run,” Hallquistsaid. “We keep forgetting how much he’s giv-ing up in size and age, and he just keepshanging right in there. He ran a terrificrace.”

So, added Hallquist, did SeamusFitzpatrick-Rys, who came home in 20:10.“That was a strong time for him on a courselike this,” the coach remarked.

Dan Fournier and Joel Demont also ran forMurdock.

It was a long day, too. “We got there around9, and the girls didn’t run until 12:50, and theboys at 1:50,” said Hallquist.

“We went out and walked the course, andthen came back to the bus. The kids playedsome frisbee, loosened up, some even didsome homework, and we were ready to gowhen our times came,” he said.

“We learned the course. We hope we fig-ured out what will work there and whatwon’t. It was worthwhile for us to competebecause of the experience we got. For Molly,states will be a different race than Saturdaywas. She’s going to be really confident goinginto states. We knew she’d be in the thick ofit Saturday, and she was, she just missed, andshe’ll be even better a month from now,” heremarked.

Murdock runners strong in prep for states

Softball team gaining experienceBY JERRY CARTON

SPECIAL TO THE COURIER

WINCHENDON —Gardner’s junior/senior fallsoftball team continued its’mastery on Saturday with a 9-2 triumph over Winchendon,but Toy Town manager TracyBlack remained unfazed.

“We’re getting a lot of expe-rience playing a really goodteam with a lot of older girls,”she said, noting that, “weonly have Courtney (Carton),Brittany (Martin), andShawna (Spady), who haveplayed juniors/seniors

before. Everyone else is justcoming up from Majors thisfall. We’ve beaten them acouple times, and we keepgetting better.”

On Saturday, Gardnerthrew four veterans atWinchendon. Megan Clark,Monica Putko, EmilyBroeckel, and Amy Klaymanproved to be too much for theyounger Winchendon play-ers, as only Carton andMariah Tenney, on loan fromthe other local team, wereable to reach base threetimes. Tenney and Meghan

Black scored Winchendon’sruns.

“I wouldn’t say it’s been ashock, but it’s sure been anadventure for the youngergirls to see how fast the gameis on this level, how hard theball gets hit,” said TracyBlack. “This fall, though, willbe really good for us when thegames really count againnext year.”

Contests were scheduledfor 5:30 at the AmericanLegion last night and tonight,when the two Winchendonteams square off.

Jess MonetteShe’s always been more renown for softball,

but sophomore Jess Monette is developing intoa pretty good soccer player, too, scoring a goaland collecting a couple of assists last week asthe Lady Devils completed a season sweep ofarch-rival Narragansett.

“Jess has been improving all along,” saidcoach Tim Emerson. “She’s stepped up anddone a good job for us.”

Recovering from a back injury that sidelinedher during summer softball season, Monettehad another assist earlier in the season as wellto help boost the re-energized Murdock offense.

But it was her play against ‘Gansett and Ayerthat earned her this week’s honors, the thirdsoccer player to be recognized this fall as ath-lete of the week.

ATHLETES OF THE WEEK

Dustin McCawVarsity football running back Dustin

McCaw, class of 2011 was recognized asAthlete of the Eeek for his outstandingplays and touchdowns in the gameagainst Keefe Vocational duringHomecoming.

BY DONEEN DURLINGSTAFF WRITER

WINCHENDON — TheMurdock Blue Devils took onthe Ayer Panthers andwalked away with a score of37-19. The win boosted theBlue Devils to a 4-2 overall,and left the Panthers with anoverall 1-5.

Jake Hunt put the Devils upon the scoreboard first with atouchdown with a perfectextra point by Patric

Culverhouse.Panther Sylvester Marshall

put the team on the score-board first returning the ballover 70 yards for the firstAyer touchdown to even thescore in the first quarter 7-7.

Dominick Polcari followedwith two touchdowns, onewith a 65 yard charge.

Hunt scored two more, oneon a 63-yard rush and thenext on a 44-yard run.

Ayer scored in te second

half on a 40-yard pass connec-tion from Brian Wallace toScott Monge, and a three yardkeeper by Ryan Carroll.

Culverhouse not onlykicked four extra points, butalso put away a 20-yard fieldgoal.

Next week the Blue Devilstake on WestBoylston/Tahanto (1-5) on theAlumni Field at 7 p.m.

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SPORTSSPORTS

This is why they must play every gameAyear ago, the Tennessee

Titans rolled up the bestregular season record in

the NFL. How’d they look in thesnow on Sunday? A few weeksago, I suggested, as did plenty ofothers, that the best teams in theNFL might be the BaltimoreRavens and the New YorkFootball Giants. How’d they doon Sunday? A few weeks ago, the Jets wereunbeaten. How are they doing these days? Andhow did that high octane Eagles offense fareagainst the woeful Raiders on Sunday?

This, of course, is what makes it all so muchfun, and so infuriatingly frustrating. Lastmonth’s certainty is this week’s nonsense. Bestteam in the league? Super Bowl probability? It’sfine this week if you want to say the Saints andColts. Who knows? In a week, or two, you mightbe saying the Bradys and the Favres, i.e., thePatriots and Vikings.

The point is, of course, no one knows any-thing, and that’s precisely how the NFL and allits television partners, to say nothing of the linemakers in Vegas, likes things to be. And the

truth is — it’s how we all like it,the dramatic roller coaster rideevery season is one of the rea-sons we’re so addicted. So hangon because, as the halfway markapproaches, no one knows if theinjuries on defense are catchingup to the Giants or if theirblowout loss in New Orleanswas merely an aberration; if

Tom Brady is fully back; if Baltimore’s suddendefensive struggles are real or a temporarylapse; if the Texans have turned the corner.Every week brings new assumptions that proba-bly ought to be written in, well, quicksand. Butit sure is fun, isn’t it?

Also fun on the football front was last week’sPowder Puff game. It was way too cold forOctober on Tuesday night, I mean, way too cold,but that was the only complaint. A good sizedcrowd showed up and enthusiastically followedthe “action.” The game was every bit as absurd-ly one-sided as several seniors had told me earli-er that day it was going to be. I thought theymight be kidding. They weren’t. Not one bit.Truth be told, it looked like they scared the hell

out of some of more than one pretty good ath-lete on the junior class team. No matter, though.A buck from every ticket sold went to breast can-cer research. The concessions, I was assured,were quite good, though not on my cardiac diet.I do know the hot chocolate was much appreci-ated. The junior boys cheerleaders put on aninteresting show. But have I mentioned that itwas way too cold?

It was way too cold in New York over theweekend for the Los Angeles Angels, too, thoughthe Halos put up a genuine fight in Game 2 thatwent 13 innings and ended just after 1 a.m. onSunday. Because I’m writing this Sunday night,and two more games have since been played, Idon’t know if the Yankees swept their way intothe World Series or if LA has made a real battleof the ALCS. What I do know is that AlexRodriguez has finally had an October to remem-ber in a good way. Took a while, hasn’t it?

What hasn’t taken too long is for us to see yetanother, unsurprising example of howscoundrels can succeed in sports. This week, thetop ranked college football team in the land isthe Crimson Tide of Alabama, coached by oneNick Saban, who a couple years ago, bailed on

the Miami Dolphins, just as he’s bailed on everyteam he’s ever coached, from LSU to theCleveland Browns, with no regard for the termson which he departed. And Saban probablygained the top spot because Florida had to go tothe wire to beat Arkansas. The Razorbacks arecoached by one Bobby Petrino, who bailed onthe Atlanta Falcons some 12 weeks into his firstand only NFL coaching gig to go to Fayetteville.Saban and Petrino aren’t exactly role models,but they’re nonetheless managing to convince awhole lot of high school kids and their parentsthat their boys are safe with them, but you haveto wonder if they also promised they’d stay thecourse of four years, or bail again when the nextmegabucks offer shows up. It somehow seemswrong that Saban and Petrino are the highestpaid state employees in Alabama and Arkansas,but then again, football’s a religion in both thosestates, so, what can you do?

And finally this week, here’s hoping DavidStern and his officials resolve their differencesbefore the regular season starts next week.After all, do you really think Rasheed Wallacewill cope well with replacement refs? Nor do I.

JERRYCARTON

TALKING

SPORTS

JUNIOR MIDGET

WINCHENDON — Here is the summary of theweek seven game for the Winchendon PopWarner Jr. Midget team. Most of our teams werehome this weekend and there were some excitinggames. All teams did very well.

The Winchendon Wolverines Jr. Midget teamwas home this weekend for a game againstNorthboro/Southboro. Winchendon came awaywith a 25-8 win to bring their record to 5-2 on theseason. The Wolverines were without star playerDominic Allard, who was sidelined with aninjury. Justin Doyle got the home team on theboard first with a 53 yard TD run. The conversionwas unsuccessful and the score was 6-0 in favor ofthe locals. Drew Miller, filling in for Allard, scoredon a 7-yard TD run and it was 12-0 Winchendon asthe teams went into halftime.

The Wolverines came out firing in the secondhalf as Kevin Suchocki hooked up with Doyle ona 47-yard TD strike. Suchocki’s arm has added anew dimension to the Wolverine’s offensiveattack as he hit Doyle in stride with a perfectlythrown ball that traveled over 35 yards in the air.

Northboro/Southboro was scrappy and scoredand added the conversion kick to make it 18-8 latein the third quarter. The Wolverines wouldanswer as Doyle outran the defense on a counterand went untouched into the end zone on a 63-yard TD run. Jake Shetrawski tacked on the con-version run and closed out the scoring at 25-8.

Offensively, Doyle had almost 300 yards of totaloffense with 187 yards rushing and 88 yardsreceiving. Miller ended up with 56 yards rushingand 27 yards receiving. Shetrawski had 77 yardsrushing. Suchocki threw for 149 yards passing.Miguel Muniz-Fuentes ran hard for 53 yards. Theoffensive line blocking was solid all day behindConnor Haskell, CJ Bilodeau, Zach Lee, NickSwift, Taylor Soles, Kevin Leblanc and ScottPloskonka.

Defensive standouts included Shetrawski with14 tackles. Evan Drake chipped in with nine tack-les. Zach Senecal had eight tackles and a QB sack.Miller and Jared Stephenson each had seven tack-les. Drew Pelkey had six tackles and a fumblerecovery. Josh Stevens had five tackles. Alex Cotahad four tackles and Dante Pridgen ended thegame with three tackles.

Next week the Jr. Midget team will play divi-sion rival West Boylston at home in a game thathas big playoff implications.

Coach’s Quote, Head Coach Andy Dupuis: “Weare still not playing to our potential even thoughwe came away with a convincing win. We need toplay better defensively and get back to basics.We’ll keep making changes until we find the rightformula. Offensively, we played well consideringwe had to move one of our linemen into the back-field. We need to play much better next weekagainst West Boylston in what will be the biggestgame of the season for us thus far.”

JUNIOR PEE WEE

Despite losing teammates, due to injuries andcommitment issues, and coming off of a toughloss to Chicopee, the Winchendon Wolverines Jr.Pee Wee 1 football team stepped up their gameagainst the Athol-Mahar Patriots on Saturday,winning 32-13. Gabe Anderson started theWolverines off on the receiving end of an Austin

Caruso 10 yard pass and ran the remaining 40yards for a touchdown. Johnny Phelan had two25-plus yard runs for touchdowns. Jake Casavantand Andrew Marro also ran the ball in for scores.Quarterback James Anderson completed passesto C.J. Caron and J.P. Record for extra points. Theoffensive line of Taylor Beaven, Tyler Botko, EricDesgroseilliers, Seth Gauthier, Steven Robarge,and Evan Woodard were strong all day. GabeAnderson continued his role as a blocking forceon offense as well.

Desgroseilliers, the team’s kicker, had a keykickoff fumble recovery and Braeden Hill alsohad several great kickoff recoveries.

Strong stands on defense kept the Patriots fromscoring in the second half.

The Jr. Pee Wee 1 Wolverines (3-3), althoughsmall in numbers are certainly showing they’rebig in heart. They face the North CountyPanthers under the lights this Saturday at 7 p.m.at home.

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BY JERRY CARTONSPECIAL TO THECOURIER

WINCHENDON —Those girlsfrom the class of 2010 sure do knowhow to play flag football

A year after winning the PowderPuff game as juniors, next spring’sgraduates ignored the cold, thewind, and the opposition onTuesday night to breeze to a 38-0thumping over the junior Class of2011.

Though the outcome was never indoubt, the evening nonethelessbrought out a large and enthusedcrowd that braved the elements anddelighted in the action, including ahalftime performance by the juniorboys’ cheer squad. Ready forDistrict cheer competition the guysweren’t, but the fans on hand wereappreciative of the show.

The weather also spurred briskbusiness at the concession stand,particularly for hot chocolate,though by late in the second half,game announcer John Maliska washawking 50¢ deals on any combina-tion of goodies to be had.

In honor of October being BreastCancer Awareness Month, a dollarfrom each ticket sold by the joint

10/11 fund-raiser wasdonated to that cause.

As for the “game”, itwas clear the seniorshad come to play forreal. It was flag footballon the surface, but therewas a good amount ofhitting and knock-downs, too. AshleyPerry and KristyStevenson connected ona pair of touchdownpasses of 70 and 40yards. Perry returnedan interception another70 for a score and ranfor three more, tallyingfrom 40, 75, and 20 yardsout. Grace Maliskahad several good runs.

But the game belonged to thewhole senior team, which playedwith enthusiasm and energythroughout the contest, continuallypressuring their younger counter-parts into mistakes and confusion.

That noted, a good time seemed tobe had by players, parents, andclassmates alike, and when it wasover, the victorious seniors wereeven heard to muse about a possible

game against another school’s pow-der puff unit.

The senior roster was comprisedof Kelsea Ashmore, Jaime Bailey,Jocelyn Boston, Kelsea Brundidge,Jennifer Carpenter, CaylaClinkscale, Bethany Dearden,Johanna Falkenberg, AmandaGordon, Adaimond Grover,Stephanie Hartwell, AmberHickey, Brittney Howe, JenniferJameson, Katie Johnson, Amanda

LeClair, Grace Maliska, MollyMartorella, Amber Nasiatka, SaraNewton, Mariah Oinonen, AshleyPerry, Ali Rocheleau, Ali Russell,Nicole Santanastaso, KristyStevenson, and Alexis Simmers-Swanson.

The junior class of 2011 team wascomprised of Jocelyn Agnelli,Brianna Akey, Whitney Ashmore,Desiraie Burdick, Courtney Carton,Chanell Delgado, Alisssa Desilets,

Jackie Ellis, Cassie Enwright,Meredith Fournier, Chelsea Gagne,Ashley Garceau, Steph Goodwin,Lindsay Kuchta, Amanda Leray,Jess Mahan, Cassey Maxfield, ZoeyMonahan, Eleisha Skinner, EmilyTenney, Teia Tusic, ConnieVaillancourt, and Haley Wiitala.

Coaches included Tim Brown,James Manca, Ridge Markesenies,and Tim Shiebler.

10 girls cruise to second powder puff win

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LEFT: The juniors came out strong, but were no match for the seniors. RIGHT: The seniors proved their mettle two years in a row.


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Cardinal explained, showing thosegathered the new automatedlibrary cards now available, includ-ing a version to put on a keychain.

“This expands our holdings,”Cardinal explained. “By havingthis card, you can access everylibrary in the state that is part ofthe CWMars system. It’s like push-ing out the walls.”

Because the space in Beals is solimited, Cardinal said she mustweed the collection constantly toadd new books.

“It’s frustrating to know there isstill a life for these books, we justdon’t have space.”

The Board of Trustees andCardinal explained the librarymust be made handicapped accessi-ble, made larger, and better park-ing must be provided.

“If we don’t do anything else, wemust do this,” said TrusteeChairman Ron Muse.

The library was approved forstate funds previously for anexpansion program, but otherpieces of the funding puzzle did notgel, so the funding was lost. Abequest still remains in place, seedmoney for the project. But withstate and federal funds “drying up”the potential for using public fundsis limited.

“That’s why there is a need forprivate funds, both local andthrough other foundations. Thetime has come,” said Muse.

Part of the program was tohonor volunteers and staff mem-bers who have served the Bealscommunity so well over the years.Among those particularly citedwas Lisa Beauvais, who hasworked as a volunteer at thelibrary for more than 25 years; andCardinal herself, honored for 30

years of continuous service. Bothwere presented citations by Rep.Robert Rice.

Others recognized for their serv-ice included: the Friends of theLibrary, celebrating a 10 yearanniversary and including: Ron &Elaine Gaspard, Jean Olsen,Patricia McConnell, Esther Grimesand Lisa Musgrove; Key Club mem-bers: Kellie Broome, AshleyClayton, Shawna Spade and theiradvisor Edna Jenkins; JustinDoyle, Richard Rader, TinaBelletete, Carolyn Blakely, PaulaWaugh, Darlene Rossi, DianeLegros, Meghan Thayer, TonyaBalban, Kayla Alliare, StaceyGolden, Lorriane Homon, Bob Till,Janet Thomas, Helen Desmarais,and Ruth Anderson.

Members of staff who were rec-ognized included: Kathleen McRae,Melissa Thayer, Linda Bredberg,Keith Bussiere, Jeanne Hue andPatti Stanko.

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Rep. Robert Rice presents Lisa Beauvais with a citation for her years of service asJulia Cardinal watches.

Lightfoot said that every contractor donatedeither materials or time.

The idea was to provide wounded veteranswith hope for the future. Lightfoot said thatwounded veterans returning from duty havemore than physical wounds.

“There is no prosthesis for a wounded spir-it,” she said.

NVTRC is set to provide rehabilitation andcommunity reintegration. The center is con-nected with the college so veterans and theirfamilies will have tuition and fees at MWCCwaived. Veterans will receive physical, occu-pational, and massage therapy in rooms thatare beautifully constructed, using the latesteco-friendly technology. Veterans and theirfamilies will also receive daycare; have accessto the fitness center and other MWCC facili-ties at no cost.

Veterans will be assessed for maximumpotential for job skills to help in reintegrationto the community. They will also developrecreational skills, and will be given individ-ual and family counseling.

For its part, the college will be providedwith an opportunity for students to learn fromveterans, and hopefully use the knowledge to

help other veterans in the future. It seems theproject is a one-hand-washes-the-other sce-nario with benefits for all including intern-ships for students.

The difficulty for families of returning vet-erans has been tremendous, with veteranspulling double or extended duty, and thewounded returning with more than physicalscarring. There is an extremely high rate ofdivorce during this time of conflict. Familiescan be a part of the cure. The project isdesigned so families will be able to work tostay together in the 20 on-site home units.

On hand were the parents of First Lt. RyanJones an Army officer from Westminster whoserved with the famed “Big Red One” 1stInfantry Division and was killed in Iraq May2, 2007 when his vehicle struck a roadsidebomb. A unit is dedicated to Jones and 12other veterans either killed in action, or whohave given honorable service.

Senator Stephen Brewer recognized them inhis speech during the ceremony. Brewer wasalso one of two civilian dedications. Lightfootand others thanked him for his work for vet-erans in Massachusetts. The state has the toprecord for services to returning veterans.

Brewer also spoke of Lightfoot’s caring forarea veterans, and said when he first visitedher at the Veteran Homestead in Fitchburg;

there were many flags in glass triangularboxes surrounding her office. He saidLightfoot had her office on the third floor, andhe asked her why she didn’t have one on thefirst floor since she was the director. Lightfoottold him that she was the only one of the vet-erans that could climb to the third floor.

Brewer asked her why she had so manyflags. Lightfoot explained that the flags, pre-sented to veteran’s family members duringfunerals, were there because she was the onlyperson besides the clergy at the funerals toreceive the flag in honor of those veterans.

Brewer said, “Think about the fidelity, loy-alty, and compassion Leslie Lightfoot has forthese veterans.”

The Secretary of the MassachusettsDepartment of Veterans’ Services ThomasKelly also commended Lightfoot, and said shehad been labeled with the title of Angel ofMercy for her constant effort in regards toreturning veterans.

Honor Guard for the dedication ceremonywas Rolling Thunder Chapter 1 Tri State, andRolling Thunder Patriot Guard Riders.

Master of ceremonies was Richard S. Earlyfrom the Massachusetts Veterans’ Services,The Monty Tech JROTC presented the colors,USAF Tech Sgt. Michelle Harris sang theNational Anthem, and the Pledge of

Allegiance was lead by Army Cpt. LaurieGodin.

State Representative and veteran HaroldNaughton, chair of the Joint Committee onVeterans and Federal Affairs spoke of theimportance of the project, and recognizedLightfoot for her efforts for veterans.

Major General Joseph C. Carter, AdjutantGeneral of the Commonwealth ofMassachusetts, said the project to supportreturning veterans was the first of more tohelp veterans become part of the community.

Brig. Gen. Loree K. Sutton, director of theDefense Centers of Excellence forPsychological Health and Traumatic BrainInjury was the keynote speaker. She spoke ofthe incredible injuries coming back to thestates from the wars. She said the concept ofthe center, the first of its kind, was exciting.

She welcomed those from each war. She saidshe had a special place in her heart forVietnam veterans, saying that those veteranshad learned a painful lesson and have swornnever again will a veteran turn his back onthose returning from service to their country.

Sgt. Todd Parsons of the AshburnhamPolice Department piped Amazing Grace.

The Gardner Veterans of Foreign Wars alsoserved as Honor Guard.

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Commonwealth of MassachusettsWorcester, ss. SUPERIOR COURTDEPARTMENT OF THE TRIAL COURTCIVIL ACTION No. 09-2255A To Thomas J.Grant a/k/a Thomas Grant of Winchendon, inthe County of Worcester, in saidCommonwealth AND TO ALL PERSONSENTITLED TO THE BENEFIT OF THE SOL-DIERS' AND SAILORS' CIVIL RELIEF ACTOF 1940 AS AMENDED: Deutsche BankNational Trust Company as Trustee for theHolders of IXIS Real Estate Capital Turst2005-HE3 Mortgage Pass-ThroughCertificates, Series 2005-HE3, a bankinginstitution with a usual place of business inGetzville, Erie County, New York claiming tobe the holder of a mortgage covering proper-ty situated on Maple Street, being numbered182 on said Street, in said WINCHENDONgiven by Thomas J. Grant a/k/a ThomasGrant to Mortgage Electronic RegistrationSystems, Inc. as nominee for Encore CreditCorp. dated December 15, 2004 recorded inWorcester District Registry of Deeds, Book35320, Page 215, has filed with said court aComplaint for authority to foreclose saidmortgage in the manner following: by entryon and possession of the premises thereindescribed and by exercise of the power ofsale contained in said mortgage. If you areentitled to the benefits of the Soldiers' andSailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940 as amended,and you object to such foreclosure you oryour attorney should file a written appear-ance and answer in said court at WORCES-TER in said County on or before theSixteenth day of November next or you maybe forever barred from claiming that suchforeclosure is invalid under said Act.Witness, Barbara J. Rouse, Esquire ,Administrative Justice of said Court this Fifthday of October, two thousand nineDennis P. McManus, Clerk(60.1678)(10/21/2009)October 21, 2009

NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE'S SALE OFREAL ESTATE

Premises: 179 Brown Street,Winchendon Massachusetts

By virtue and in execution of the Powerof Sale contained in a certain mortgagegiven by Mark Petersen and Kimberly M.Petersen to Mortgage Electronic RegistrationSystems, Inc. as nominee for New EnglandRegional Mortgage Corp. and now held byUS Bank, NA, said mortgage dated4/17/2007, and recorded in the WorcesterCounty (Worcester District) Registry ofDeeds, in Book 41026 at Page 62, for breachof the conditions in said mortgage and for thepurpose of foreclosing the same, will be soldat Public Auction on November 11, 2009 at2:00 pm Local Time upon the premises, alland singular the premises described in saidmortgage, to wit:

The land in said Winchendon, with thebuildings thereon, known and numbered asNo. 179 Brown Street, bounded anddescribed as follows, viz:

Beginning at a stone set in the ground onthe east side of the road leading fromWaterville to Hydeville, so-called, (BrownStreet) being the northwest corner of the Lotand the southwest corner of a lot now or for-merly of Charles D. Burrage;

Thence on said Burrage land S. 78° 25’E. about twenty-eight and three-tenths (28.3)rods to land now or formerly of A. H. Brown;

Thence southerly on said Brown land,twelve (12) rods to land now or formerly of D.Mason;

Thence on said Mason land N. 78° 25’W., about twenty-six and one-half (26.5) rodsto the line of the road aforesaid (BrownStreet);

Thence on line of said Brown Street N.4° E., twelve (12) rods to the place of thebeginning.

Containing two acres, more or less.For title see Deed recorded in Book

34606, Page 398.The description of the property that

appears in the mortgage to be foreclosedshall control in the event of a typographical

error in this publication.For Mortgagors’ Title see deed dated

9/14/2004, and recorded in Book 34606 atPage 398 with the Worcester County(Worcester District) Registry of Deeds.

TERMS OF SALE: Said premises will besold and conveyed subject to all liens,encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles,municipal liens and assessments, if any,which take precedence over the said mort-gage above described.

FIVE THOUSAND ($5,000.00) Dollars ofthe purchase price must be paid in cash, cer-tified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’scheck at the time and place of the sale by thepurchaser. The balance of the purchase priceshall be paid in cash, certified check, banktreasurer’s or cashier’s check within thirty(30) days after the date of sale.

Other terms to be announced at the sale.BENDETT & MCHUGH, PC

160 Farmington AvenueFarmington, CT 06032

Attorney for US Bank, NAPresent Holder of the Mortgage

(860) 677-2868October 21, 2009October 28, 2009November 4, 2009

COMMONWEALTH OFMASSACHUSETTS

LAND COURTDEPARTMENT OF THE TRIAL COURT

(SEAL) 09 MISC 405899To:Maurice Bastaracheand to all persons entitled to the benefit ofthe Servicemembers Civil Relief Act:Bayview Loan Servicing, LLC claiming to bethe holder of mortgage covering real proper-ty in Winchendon, numbered 29-35 PleasantStreet, given by Maurice Bastarache toInterBay Funding, LLC, dated April 14, 2004and recorded with the Worcester County(Worcester District) Registry of Deeds inBook 33321, Page 258, and now held byPlaintiff by assignment has filed with saidcourt a complaint for authority to foreclosesaid mortgage in the manner following: byentry and possession and exercise of powerof sale.

If you are entitled to the benefits of theServicemembers Civil Relief Act and youobject to such foreclosure you or your attor-ney should file a written appearance andanswer in said court at Boston on or beforeNOV 23 2009 or you may be forever barredfrom claiming that such foreclosure is invalidunder said act.

Witness, KARYN F. SCHEIER, ChiefJustice of said Court on OCT 08 2009.Attest:

DEBORAH J. PATTERSONRECORDER

October 21, 2009

THE COMMONWEALTH OFMASSACHUSETTS

LAND COURTDEPARTMENT OF THE TRIAL COURT

(SEAL) Case No. 394145 To:Dorothy M. Harlow; Lawrence H. Harlowand to all persons entitled to the benefit ofthe Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.BAC Home Loans Servicing L.P. f/k/aCountrywide Home Loans Servicing L.P.claiming to be the holder of a Mortgage cov-ering real property in Winchendon, num-bered 35 Tolman Road given by Dorothy M.Harlow and Lawrence H. Harlow to MortgageElectronic Registration Systems, Inc., datedAugust 19, 2005, and recorded with theWorcester County (Worcester District)Registry of Deeds at Book 37143, Page 233and now held by the plaintiff by assignmenthas filed with said court a complaint forauthority to foreclose said mortgage in themanner following: by entry and possessionand exercise of power of sale.

If you are entitled to the benefits of theServicemembers Civil Relief Act as amend-ed and you object to such foreclosure you oryour attorney should file a written appear-

ance and answer in said court at Boston onor before November 16, 2009 or you may beforever barred from claiming that such fore-closure is invalid under said act.

Witness, KARYN F. SCHEIER, ChiefJustice of said Court on September 29, 2009.Attest:

DEBORAH J. PATTERSONRECORDER

200901-2128 - GRN October 21, 2009

Commonwealth of MassachusettsWorcester, ss. SUPERIOR COURTDEPARTMENT OF THE TRIAL COURTCIVIL ACTION No. 09-2227D To Charlene E.Vaillette a/k/a Charlene Vaillette and Gary F.Vaillette a/k/a Gary Vaillette of Winchendon,in the County of Worcester, in saidCommonwealth AND TO ALL PERSONSENTITLED TO THE BENEFIT OF THE SOL-DIERS' AND SAILORS' CIVIL RELIEF ACTOF 1940 AS AMENDED: Deutsche BankNational Trust Company, as Trustee forNATIXIS Real Estate Capital Trust 2007-HE2, a banking institution with a usual placeof business in Fort Worth, Tarrant County,Texas claiming to be the holder of a mort-gage covering property situated on LakeviewDrive, being numbered 215 on said Drive, insaid WINCHENDON given by Charlene E.Vaillette a/k/a Charlene Vaillette and Gary F.Vaillette a/k/a Gary to Mortgage ElectronicRegistration Services, Inc. as nominee forAmerican Mortgage Network, Inc. DBAAmerican Mortgage Network of MA datedJuly 25, 2006, and recorded in WorcesterDistrict Registry of Deeds, Book 39540, Page77, has filed with said court a Complaint forauthority to foreclose said mortgage in themanner following: by entry on and posses-sion of the premises therein described andby exercise of the power of sale contained insaid mortgage. If you are entitled to the ben-efits of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil ReliefAct of 1940 as amended, and you object tosuch foreclosure you or your attorney shouldfile a written appearance and answer in saidcourt at WORCESTER in said County on orbefore the Sixteenth day of November next oryou may be forever barred from claiming thatsuch foreclosure is invalid under said Act.

Witness, Barbara J. Rouse, Esquire,Administrative Justice of said Court this Fifthday of October, 2009.

Dennis P. McManus, Clerk(182.0579)(10/21/2009)

October 21, 2009

LEGAL NOTICEMORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE

By virtue of and in execution of the Powerof Sale contained in a certain mortgagegiven by Robert Martin Jr. a/k/a Robert R.Martin, Jr. and Laurie Ann Martin toBeneficial Massachusetts Inc., dated March27, 2006 and recorded with the WorcesterCounty (Worcester District) Registry ofDeeds in Book 38643, Page 96 of whichmortgage Beneficial Massachusetts Inc., isthe present holder, for breach of conditions ofsaid mortgage and for the purpose of fore-closing the same, the mortgaged premiseslocated at 424 School Street, Winchendon,MA will be sold at a Public Auction at 12:00PM on November 9, 2009, at the mortgagedpremises, more particularly described below,all and singular the premises described insaid mortgage, to wit:

A certain parcel of land in the Northerlypart of Winchendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts, on the Westerly side of thehighway leading from Winchendon toFitzwilliam known as School Street, andmore particularly described as follows:Beginning at the Northeast corner of thepremises hereby conveyed to an iron pin onthe Westerly line of School Street and distantSoutherly about 964 feet from land now orformerly of Keith, this last distance is meas-ured along the Westerly line of School Street.Thence Southerly, on the line of SchoolStreet to land of Horberg; Thence Southabout 23 Degrees West, about 495 feet onland of said Horberg to the Easterly side of

an Old Road; Thence Westerly and Northerlyalong the Easterly side of said Old Road toan iron pin set about 1292 feet Southerly ofland now or formerly of Keith, this last dis-tance being measured along the Old Roadas it runs; Thence Easterly, to the place ofbeginning. Excepting the premises conveyedin the Quitclaim Deed dated September 16,1941 and recorded in Book 2835 Page 592.Excepting the premises conveyed inWarranty Deed dated July 25, 1952 andrecorded in Book 3435 Page 397 as correct-ed in Quitclaim Deed dated August 19, 1954and recorded in Book 3614 Page 8.Excepting the premises conveyed inQuitclaim Deed dated March 24, 1982 andrecorded in Book 5206 Page 141.

For mortgagor’s title see deed recordedwith the Worcester County (WorcesterDistrict) Registry of Deeds in Book 33519,Page 372.

The premises will be sold subject to anyand all unpaid taxes and other municipalassessments and liens, and subject to priorliens or other enforceable encumbrances ofrecord entitled to precedence over this mort-gage, and subject to and with the benefit ofall easements, restrictions, reservations andconditions of record and subject to all tenan-cies and/or rights of parties in possession.

Terms of the Sale: Cash, cashier’s or cer-tified check in the sum of $5,000.00 as adeposit must be shown at the time and placeof the sale in order to qualify as a bidder (themortgage holder and its designee(s) areexempt from this requirement); high bidder tosign written Memorandum of Sale uponacceptance of bid; balance of purchase pricepayable in cash or by certified check in thirty(30) days from the date of the sale at theoffices of mortgagee’s attorney, Korde &Associates, P.C., 321 Billerica Road, Suite210, Chelmsford, MA 01824-4100, or suchother time as may be designated by mort-gagee. The description for the premises con-tained in said mortgage shall control in theevent of a typographical error in this publica-tion.Other terms to be announced at the sale.Beneficial Massachusetts Inc.Korde & Associates, P.C.321 Billerica Road, Suite 210Chelmsford, MA 01824-4100(978) 256-1500(HFC 09-053309/Martin)(10/14/09,10/21/09, 10/28/09)(173206)October 14, 2009October 21, 2009October 28, 2009


By virtue and in execution of the Powerof Sale contained in a certain mortgagegiven by Laurie A. Brunelle to MortgageElectronic Registration Systems, Inc., datedApril 4, 2007 and recorded with theWorcester County (Worcester District)Registry of Deeds at Book 40960, Page 1, ofwhich mortgage GMAC Mortgage, LLC is thepresent holder, for breach of the conditions ofsaid mortgage and for the purpose of fore-closing, the same will be sold at PublicAuction at 4:00 p.m. on November 11, 2009,on the mortgaged premises located at 21Hale Street, Winchendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts, all and singular the premisesdescribed in said mortgage,TO WIT:The land, with the buildings and improve-ments thereon, situated on Hale Street in theTown of Winchendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts, bounded and described asfollows:Commencing at the southeasterly corner ofthe lot on the westerly side of Hale Street,being a corner of land of Thomas S. Haverty;thence westerly on line of said Haverty land13 1/3 rods to land formerly owned byOrlando Mason, now of said Haverty;thence northerly on line of said Haverty land12 rods to the northwest corner of the lot;thence easterly 13 1/3 rods to the southeast

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used a 5 x 7 view camera. I don’thave one of those; I have a 35mmdigital SLR Canon Rebel with azoom of 18-55. If I want to get thewhole range of the original photo inthe picture, I have to stand too faraway. So I have to compromise a lit-tle and choose between range anddistance.

Of course, the hardest part is find-ing the location. It’s been 98 yearssince Hine traveled to Toy Town.Natives and longtime residentsknow that there has been a ton ofchanges. If Hine somehow cameback to life and returned, he wouldhave the same problem, even if hehad his old camera. A few picturesare obvious. Some were takenaround parts of the Glenallen Millthat haven’t changed all that much.One of those, and another takennear the intersection of MapleStreet and Glenallen Street, are thetwo that are featured in this article.First, we have the photo of AnatoleGrenon (Hine misspelled the sur-name) and an unidentified boy. Weknow it’s the Glenallen Mill,because Hine says so. A while ago, Idrove over there and took thebumpy dirt road through the woods

across from the Glen Caffe. I saw thespot right away, a couple of decay-ing buildings perpendicular to themain building with the tower. In theHine photo, the boys were standingin front of a tree, with the buildingsin the background. What’s changed?

Well, the tree is gone. No surprisethere. I had to wade through lots oftangled weeds. Finally, Anatole andhis friend were missing. I put a copyof the photo on the ground in frontof me, and placed a couple of rockson it to keep it from blowing around.At that point, all I could do was peerinto the viewfinder, look back at thepicture, adjust my lens, take a fewsteps back and forth and left andright, and make my best guess. Ithink I got it.

I love doing this. It’s lots of fun,but it’s also pretty weird. After all, Iwas standing right where thefamous Mr. Hine stood long ago; infact, the year my late father wasborn. I’ve already tracked downAnatole’s family and found out whathappened to him. You can look for-ward to my story about him in thecoming months.

The other photograph had beenarousing my curiosity for long time,but I could see that it would be atough assignment. I had parked sev-eral times in the center of

Winchendon Springs, and walkedover to the spot, but that placed meright in the line of traffic at a verybusy intersection. But about amonth ago, I drove up with StevenBorns, a filmmaker who is workingon a documentary about myresearch in Winchendon.

He was a big help. As I lined up thephoto, he gave me some tips andwatched out for approaching traffic.

I wound taking the picture from thesouth corner of the intersection,where drivers coming up MapleStreet turn right onto GlenallenStreet. I think I got this one, too.After I was finished, Steven got meto stand where the four girls oncestood and he filmed me.

The intersection is nothing like itwas back in 1911. Almost no one hadcars then. There would have been noisland divider, and the two streetswould have been a bit narrower.Most of the concrete and asphalt wesee now would have been grass. The

Courier has already published mystories about Rosina (Goyette), Eva(Caouette) and Lumina(Desmarais). I have interviewedthree descendants of MaryDeschenes, on film in fact, and herstory is coming up as well.

You can see my stories and all 40of Hine’s photos at www.morning-sonmaplestreet.com/winchendon.html. If you have any questions orcomments, you can reach me at (413)584-0679, or [email protected] article will appear in theCourier in about a month.

HINE continued from page 1

Above left: Smallest is Anatole Gernon,Maple St. Apparently 11 or 12 years old.Doffs on top floor spinning room ofGlenallen Mill. Speaks no English.Location: Winchendon, Massachusetts,September 1911, Lewis Hine. Right:Same location, 2009.


corner of the lot of one Whitney on line ofHale Street;thence southerly on line of Hale Street 12rods to the place of beginning.Excepting and reserving the right to passand repass over the granted premises insome suitable place to the land in the rearthereof that may now exist.Subject to and with the benefits of any and/orall rights, restrictions, covenants and ease-ments of record insofar as the same may bein force and applicable.

For mortgagor's(s') title see deed record-ed with Worcester County (WorcesterDistrict) Registry of Deeds in Book 29782,Page 1.

These premises will be sold and con-veyed subject to and with the benefit of allrights, rights of way, restrictions, easements,covenants, liens or claims in the nature ofliens, improvements, public assessments,any and all unpaid taxes, tax titles, tax liens,water and sewer liens and any other munici-pal assessments or liens or existing encum-brances of record which are in force and areapplicable, having priority over said mort-gage, whether or not reference to suchrestrictions, easements, improvements, liensor encumbrances is made in the deed.TERMS OF SALE:

A deposit of Five Thousand ($5,000.00)Dollars by certified or bank check will berequired to be paid by the purchaser at thetime and place of sale. The balance is to bepaid by certified or bank check at HarmonLaw Offices, P.C., 150 California Street,Newton, Massachusetts 02458, or by mail toP.O. Box 610389, Newton Highlands,Massachusetts 02461-0389, within thirty (30)days from the date of sale. Deed will be pro-vided to purchaser for recording upon receiptin full of the purchase price. The descriptionof the premises contained in said mortgageshall control in the event of an error in thispublication.

Other terms, if any, to be announced atthe sale.

GMAC MORTGAGE, LLCPresent holder of said mortgage

By its Attorneys,HARMON LAW OFFICES, P.C.

150 California StreetNewton, MA 02458

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By virtue and in execution of the Powerof Sale contained in a certain mortgagegiven by Jeremy Abell and Justine Abell toMortgage Electronic Registration Systems,Inc., dated November 29, 2006 and record-ed with the Worcester County (WorcesterDistrict) Registry of Deeds at Book 40244,Page 347, of which mortgage US BankNational Association, as Trustee forStructured Asset Securities CorporationTrust 2007-EQ1 is the present holder, forbreach of the conditions of said mortgageand for the purpose of foreclosing, the samewill be sold at Public Auction at 4:00 p.m. onNovember 9, 2009, on the mortgaged prem-ises located at 119 Laurel Street,Winchendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts, all and singular the premisesdescribed in said mortgage,TO WIT:A certain parcel of land, with the buildingsand other improvements thereon, situated onthe westerly side of Laurel Street inWinchendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts, shown as Lot 8 on a planentitled, 'Plan of Lots Surveyed for L.S.Development Corp., Winchendon, MA,Scale: 1 inch=100 feet - July 23, 1988, SzocSurveyors, 32 Pleasant St., Gardner, MA,'which plan is recorded in Worcester DistrictRegistry of Deeds, Plan Book 608, Plan 224.Meaning and intending to convey and herebyconveying a portion of the premises con-veyed to me by deed of Bruno Diiorio, datedSeptember 23, 2005, recorded in said DeedsBook 37389, Page 22.



A deposit of Five Thousand ($5,000.00)Dollars by certified or bank check will berequired to be paid by the purchaser at thetime and place of sale. The balance is to bepaid by certified or bank check at HarmonLaw Offices, P.C., 150 California Street,Newton, Massachusetts 02458, or by mail toP.O. Box 610389, Newton Highlands,Massachusetts 02461-0389, within thirty (30)days from the date of sale. Deed will be pro-vided to purchaser for recording upon receipt

in full of the purchase price. The descriptionof the premises contained in said mortgageshall control in the event of an error in thispublication.


US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, ASTRUSTEE FOR STRUCTURED ASSET

SECURITIES CORPORATION TRUST2007-EQ1

Present holder of said mortgage



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By virtue and in execution of the Powerof Sale contained in a certain mortgagegiven by Francis J. Couture and LorraineCouture to Mortgage Electronic RegistrationSystems, Inc., dated June 21, 2006 andrecorded with the Worcester County(Worcester District) Registry of Deeds atBook 39277, Page 124, of which mortgageMortgage Electronic Registration Systems,Inc. is the present holder, for breach of theconditions of said mortgage and for the pur-pose of foreclosing, the same will be sold atPublic Auction at 10:00 a.m. on November10, 2009, on the mortgaged premises locat-ed at 28 Maple Street, Winchendon,Worcester County, Massachusetts, all andsingular the premises described in said mort-gage,TO WIT:The land with the building thereon known andnumbered as 28 Maple Street, inWinchendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts described in a certain parcelof land, with the buildings and other improve-ments thereon, situated on the Northerly sideof and numbered 28 Maple Street inWinchendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts, more particularly describedas follows:Beginning at the Southwesterly corner there-of at line of said Maple Street and at a cornerof land formerly owned by Daniel Harvey;thenceNortherly on line of said Harvey's land, onehundred one and one-half (101 1/2) feet,more or less, to land now or formerly ofCharles E. Plummer; thenceEasterly on line of said Plummer's land andland now or formerly of L.W. Pierre, eighty-eight (88) feet, more or less, to land now orformerly of H.O. Clark; thenceSoutherly, on line of said Clark's land, abouteighty-six (86) feet, more or less, to saidMaple Street; thenceWesterly, on line of said Maple Street to theplace of beginning.Containing about thirty-two (32) square rods,be the same more or less.

For mortgagors' title see deed recordedwith Worcester County (Worcester District)Registry of Deeds in Book 35061, Page 31.




MORTGAGE ELECTRONICREGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.

Present holder of said mortgage



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By virtue and in execution of the Powerof Sale contained in a certain mortgagegiven by Richard A. Quaye to MortgageElectronic Registration Systems, Inc., dated

August 19, 2005 and recorded with theWorcester County (Worcester District)Registry of Deeds at Book 37109, Page 264,of which mortgage BAC Home LoansServicing, L.P. is the present holder, forbreach of the conditions of said mortgageand for the purpose of foreclosing, the samewill be sold at Public Auction at 10:00 a.m. onNovember 3, 2009, on the mortgaged prem-ises located at 22-28 Jameson Way,Winchendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts, all and singular the premisesdescribed in said mortgage,TO WIT:A certain tract or parcel of land with the build-ings thereon, situated at Jameson Way, Townof Winchendon, County of Worcester, Stateof Massachusetts, and being shown as Lot#5 on a plan of land entitled ''Plan of Lotsprepared for Richard A. & Patricia A.Jameson'', dated April 22, 2004, and record-ed in said County Registry of Deeds as PlanBook 809 Page 98, to which plan referencemay be made for a more particular descrip-tion.Subject to the following items recorded in theWorcester County Registry of Deeds:1. Such taxes, water, sewer and other munic-ipal charges as would be shown on a currentMunicipal Lien Certificate.2. Subject to the decision of the Town ofWinchendon Board of Appeals grantingSpecial Permit dated October 30, 1986, andrecorded as Book 10617, Page 149.3. Subject to an easement granted to NewEngland Telephone and Telegraph Companyand the Massachusetts Electric Companydated March 9, 1988, and recorded as Book11183, Page 285.4. Subject to and with the benefit of the rightsto use the ways shown on Plan Book 809Page 98.Subject to any and all easements, restric-tions, and / or covenants of record, that maybe applicable.

For mortgagor's title see deed recordedwith Worcester County (Worcester District)Registry of Deeds in Book 37109, Page 262.




BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, L.P.Present holder of said mortgage



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By virtue and in execution of the Powerof Sale contained in a certain mortgagegiven by Leslie F. Olin to Countrywide HomeLoans, Inc., dated March 10, 2004 andrecorded with the Worcester County(Worcester District) Registry of Deeds atBook 33046, Page 254, of which mortgageBAC Home Loans Servicing LP is the pres-ent holder, for breach of the conditions ofsaid mortgage and for the purpose of fore-closing, the same will be sold at PublicAuction at 4:00 p.m. on November 3, 2009,on the mortgaged premises located at 71Glenallen Street, Winchendon, WorcesterCounty, Massachusetts, all and singular thepremises described in said mortgage,TO WIT:A certain parcel of land on the Southeasterlyline of Glenallen Street in WinchendonWorcester County, Massachusetts, beingshown as lot ''A'' on a plan entitled ''Plan ofLots Surveyed for Mary E. BosworthWinchendon, MA Scale 1 inch = 30 feet —July 8, 1988, Szoc Surveyors, 32 PleasantSt, Gardner, MA'' which plan is recorded withWorcester District Registry of Deeds, PlanBook 608, Plan 121, to which plan referenceis made for a more particular description.Containing 0.6895 acres according to saidplan.

For mortgagor's title see deed recordedwith Worcester County (Worcester District)Registry of Deeds in Book 31640, 1.

These premises will be sold and con-veyed subject to and with the benefit of all

rights, rights of way, restrictions, easements,covenants, liens or claims in the nature ofliens, improvements, public assessments,any and all unpaid taxes, tax titles, tax liens,water and sewer liens and any other munici-pal assessments or liens or existing encum-brances of record which are in force and areapplicable, having priority over said mort-gage, whether or not reference to suchrestrictions, easements, improvements, liensor encumbrances is made in the deed.TERMS OF SALE:



BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING LPPresent holder of said mortgage



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By virtue and in execution of the Powerof Sale contained in a certain mortgagegiven by Anthony J. Kelly to MortgageElectronic Registration Systems, Inc., datedJuly 26, 2007 and recorded with theWorcester County (Worcester District)Registry of Deeds at Book 41548, Page 364,of which mortgage SunTrust Mortgage Inc. isthe present holder, for breach of the condi-tions of said mortgage and for the purpose offoreclosing, the same will be sold at PublicAuction at 1:00 p.m. on October 30, 2009, onthe mortgaged premises located at 413 WestStreet, Winchendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts, all and singular the premisesdescribed in said mortgage,TO WIT:That certain parcel of land together with anybuildings and improvements thereon, situat-ed on the easterly side of West Street andthe northerly side of Harrisville Circle in thenorthwesterly part of Winchendon,Worcester County, and being shown as Lot Aon a plan of land entitled ''Plan of Land pre-pared for George J. Mizhia, Jr., Winchendon,Massachusetts; Scale 1 inch = 50 feet,January 31, 1985, Brian M. Szoc — R.L.Surveyors, 32 Pleasant Street, Gardner, MA01440'', which plan is recorded with theWorcester District Registry of Deeds at PlanBook 530, Plan 92, to which plan reference ishereby made for a more particular descrip-tion of said parcel. Said parcel contains30,000 square feet according to said planand is subject to a ten foot wide drainageeasement as shown on said plan.





SUNTRUST MORTGAGE INC.Present holder of said mortgage



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