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WEEKLY QUOTE“Do not let us mistake
necessary evils forgood.”
C.S. Lewis
BY JERRY CARTONCOURIER CORRESPONDENT
WORCETER — It’s puzzling. Ashas been the case throughout theCommonwealth, juvenile arrests inWorcester County have declinedduring the last few years, but a sig-nificantly higher percentage ofthose offenders in this county findthemselves committed to theDivision of Youth Services than isthe case statewide, even for low-level offenses. During the lastdecade, according to a studyreleased by the Annie CaseyFoundation, youth incarceration
has dropped almost 58-percent tothe lowest level in 35 years.
But young people are obviouslystill being charged and acrossMassachusetts, while 31 percent ofjuveniles sent to DYS after trialhave, at the most, committed misde-meanors, in Worcester County, thatnumber jumps all the way to 47 per-cent.
“We’re really not sure why that’sthe case,” acknowledged LaelChester of the Center for JuvenileJustice. “It’s a closed system.There’s this aura of secrecy, but ourposition is that kids should be given
a chance to learn from their mis-takes, especially for really minorcrimes.
“Worcester County locks up a dis-proportionately high percentage ofkids who are charged compared toother counties, and the large major-ity are alleged to have committedvery minor offenses. 91 percent ofthem are considered by DYS to bevery, repeat, very, low risk,” shesaid.
Massachusetts child advocateGail Garinger noted, “What hap-pens to a child should not depend on
BY RUTH DEAMICISCOURIER EDITOR
WINCHENDON — While notruling out the second bid as yet,realizing the process must be car-ried out to its end game, numbers
are two to one at this point.As the three member Police
Station Advisory Committee meton Tuesday night to evaluate thereview of the two submitted bids
Probable costs givecourthouse an edge
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BY RUTH DEAMICISCOURIER EDITOR
WINCHENDON — It has been aslow leak in the school system forseveral years; starting in the earlypart of the century and continuingto this day. With each student wholeaves the school district to attend apublic school elsewhere, goes a sumof money from Chapter 70 funds;money the School Committee wouldrather see spent here.
The schools have been improvingsteadily, especially since throwingoff the yoke of the underperforminglabel several years ago; and the new,fresher air of the attitudes is nowtackling the perception of the schooldistrict itself; questioning why peo-
ple don’t see the changes and wanttheir students here.
With that in mind, the SchoolCommittee charged the administra-tion and staff to administer a surveyto those who are presently sendingtheir students out of districtrequesting information about thereasons why. The answers are back.
Cindy Landanno, director of spe-cial education, made the presenta-tion to the School Committeeexplaining there is possibly evenmore information to be gleanedfrom the results; and this is only thebeginning of a project that shouldinclude a continuing effort.
She said the process began by for-
BY RUTH DEAMICISCOURIER EDITOR
WINCHENDON — And nowthere are six. The WinchendonHousing Authority has been reno-vating the bungalows at IpswichDrive to accommodate those withalternative needs, such as a wheel-chair or a walker, as the unitsbecame available; and the newestone is now occupied.
Executive Director David
Connor was proud to show theground floor unit with widerdoors, lower counters and uniquefeatures that make living easierfor someone with mobility issues.
As an example, there is a floorlevel shower, no sides, and theshower head can be moved to sev-eral positions. Not only that, theextra wide door has a very uniquefeature, it can be opened in eitherdirection.
“That is to help should someonefall we can still get the door open ifthey are right inside,” explainedConnor.
The lower counters in thekitchen are a help, as is the pullout shelf on which to set hot foodwhen removing it from the oven.
“Just something to be helpful,”said Connor.
BY RUTH DEAMICISCOURIER EDITOR
WINCHENDON — Taking a pagefrom the school department, TownManager James Kreidler was readyto present his balanced town gov-ernment budget and accompanyingtown meeting warrant with a flour-ish last Monday; pleased to havemanaged to balance the budgetdespite shortfalls in revenue and atight year.
But he was stymied in the processwhen as the BOS accepted thepaperwork for review, intending todiscuss the entire packet at the nextmeeting, the one question asked was
whether there was a provision with-in the budget to turn on more streetlights.
“More than is presently on? No,”said Kreidler. “That line is levelfunded.”
That wouldn’t do; and after exten-sive discussion, a motion was madethat Kreidler find $25,000 in thebudget to turn on more of the town’sstreetlights.
Somehow, said member JackBlair, the issue of streetlights hadbecome tied to issues surroundingthe solar farm and that was not theonly way lights could be turnedback on.
“All we seem to have is delay, delay,delay,” said Blair.
“Am I getting a direction from youto do this?” asked Kreidler.
Blair continued that while heunderstood not all the lights couldbe turned on, at least some, wherethere were safety issues, dark cor-ners or intersections should beaddressed. He cited the light nearthe driveway on Spring Street lead-ing into the Carriage House restau-rant as an example.
“It’s dangerous there, a lot of traf-fic, a hill; it’s a bad spot and thatlight should be on.”
The first suggestion was a per-
centage of lights, but in the end adollar amount was decided andKreidler was told to go back to thebooks and find $25,000 for streetlights in this offered budget.
The town’s budget is $9,675,809 for2014, and includes revenue from thecemetery trust, cemetery lot sales,dog fees, Title V lien redemptionsand the infrastructure fund as wellraised and appropriated taxes.
Of note is a drop in health insur-ance of two percent and a drop inworkman’s comp and unemploy-ment of 33 percent.
But two offices will see significantincreases in their budgets due to
salary changes one being the officeof Community and Developmentand the second being the policedepartment,
There is also a significant, 20 per-cent increase in the allocation forMontachusett Regional VocationalTechnical School.
The town’s debt service, however,is decreased by 15 percent.
Line items are a bit skewered insome areas, because there were fur-ther cuts to them at last year’s falltown meeting due to state budgetcuts. Attempting to explain why
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Turn on the lights…first change in budget demanded by BOS
A thoughtful addition is a small pull out to place hot food from the oven, which is also at a convenient height.
WHA unveils new unit
Why not the localschool? Surveyresults telling
FILLER ‘ER UP HELPS SCHOOLSRuth DeAmicis photo
Linda Race, manager of the Mr. Mike’s of Winchendon, hands SuperintendentDr. Salah Khelfaoui a check for $500, a grant Race managed to procurethrough the parent company.Global Partners LP has a program called the ExxonMobil Educational Allianceand has given out more than $18 million since 2000.The competitive grant caught Race’s attention, and she immediately applied;garnering support for the local schools.
While youth crime rate falls, Worcester County locks ‘em up
FITCHBURG—-Monty Techstudents took home a total of 47medals, and two state officer slots,at the SkillsUSA-MassachusettsDistrict Skills Conference heldrecently at Bay Path RegionalVocational Technical High Schoolin Charlton.
Attended by students, teachersand administrators from careerand technical high schools fromacross the state, the event servesas a qualifier for the upcomingState Leadership & SkillsConference.
Participants at the annual day-long competition were required topass a written SkillsUSA employ-ment skills test and a writtencareer knowledge test. A total of160 students qualified to repre-
sent Monty Tech at the event bywinning medals at the local-levelcompetition held earlier this year.
Monty Tech students sweptgold, silver and bronze in four cat-egories: 3D AnimationTechnology, Medical Assisting,Early Childhood Education andDigital Cinema Production.Monty Tech has dominated theseevents for the past few years.
Top finishers at the event areeligible to move on and representMonty Tech at the SkillsUSA-Massachusetts annual StateLeadership & Skills Conference tobe held April 25 through April 27in Marlboro.
The state event is the largesteducational gathering in theCommonwealth with more than
3,500 students, teachers andindustry representatives attend-ing.
District Conference medal win-ners include (asterisk indicatesthe person will move on to statecompetition): state officer candi-dates, both from Fitchburg:Jessica Shattuck* and BrittanyVelez*. 3D animation technology:gold medal: Derick Kay*(Fitchburg) and Ryan Perenzin*(Lunenburg), silver medal:Alexander Dolak (Holden) andSarah Raymond* (Gardner),bronze: Timothy Winter*(Harvard) and Steve Wright*(Hubbardston). Advertisingdesign gold: Emily Westerback*(Holden), silver: Taniya Tucker*(Fitchburg). Architectural draft-ing silver: Emily Romano*(Winchendon). Automotive serv-ice technology gold: HunterManley* (Philipston).Cabinetmaking gold: ForrestHyde III* (Fitchburg). CNCmilling technology silver:Giovani Soto (Fitchburg) andbronze: Ryan Swift (Ashby).Collision repair technology gold:Andrew St. Denis* (Holden) andbronze: Noah O’Connor(Westminster). Computer pro-gramming silver: Dylan Bowers*(Hubbardston). Computer main-tenance technology gold: JamesBrennan-Harris* (Westminster).Customer service bronze:Zackary Moore (Lunenburg).Dental assisting gold: JustineLeBlanc* (Fitchburg) andCourtney Harkins* (Templeton).Digital cinema production gold:Mikel Cravatta* (Winchendon)and Mitchell Gamache* Gardner,silver: Russell Holbert*(Fitchburg)* and VanessaO’Brien* (Winchendon), bronze:Caleb Bergeron (Winchendon)and Adrian VanLuven (Gardner).
Early childhood education gold:Laurel Whitfield* (Athol), silver:Elizabeth Raymond* (Athol),bronze: Ashley Moore(Fitchburg). Electrical construc-tion wiring silver: AnthonyEvans* (Athol). Internetworkinggold: Adam MacKenzie*(Fitchburg). Masonry silver:Chaarles Nasiatka*(Winchendon). Medical assistinggold: Gina DeMartino*(Fitchburg), silver: AshleyBrooks* (Hubbardston), bronze:Rosalee Rattanavong (Fitchburg).Mobile robotics bronze: GabrielMelendez (Gardner) and JohnWheeler (Lunenburg). Nail carebronze: Cathryn Culkins(Lunenburg). Nursing assistantsilver: Brigitte Hamel*(Winchendon). Precisionmachine technology silver:Brandon Sheehan*(Westminster). Screen printinggold: Mark Murray*(Ashburnham). Team Works sil-ver: Nicholas Sass*(Westminster), Alex Garceau*(Sterling), Jacob Hakala*(Hubbardston) and DylanKasper* (Baldwinville). Webdesign bronze: April Goodwin(Winchendon) and Kyle Kobus(Hubbardston).
SkillsUSA is a national organi-zation, serving high school andcollege students enrolled incareer and technical educationprograms throughout the coun-try. National membership standsat 300,000 students, instructorsand professional partners. Itsmission is to prepare students tobecome world-class workers andresponsible citizens. This isaccomplished through opportuni-ties that develop professionalskills, teamwork and leadership,focusing on education, training,service and competition.
FITCHBURG — After three gruelingonline preliminary rounds and nearly sixmonths of preparation, Monty Tech’sCyberPatriot team took it all the way tocapture second place at the national com-petition.
Monty Tech CyberPatriot team mem-bers traveled to National Harbor, MDrecently, where they joined 806 teamsfrom all 50 states to participate in the All-Service Division of the Air ForceAssociation’s CyberPatriot V NationalFinals Competition. Monty Tech compet-ed against 14 finalists to capture the sec-ond-place spot.
Monty Tech is the only team fromMassachusetts to earn a berth in the serv-ice division at the national event. This isthe third time since joining the initiative
in 2010 that Monty Tech has made it to thefinal round of competition.
Led by team captain Catelyne Farrell, asenior from Fitchburg, team membersinclude senior William Ghio ofAshburnham and sophomores BrettGrant of Baldwinville and JackMarabello, Connor Quick and JamisonLaRoche, all of Gardner. All are cadets inMonty Tech’s Marine Corps JROTC pro-gram.
First Sgt. Paul Jornet, U.S. MarineCorps (ret.), MCJROTC instructor-in-charge, and Rich Duncan, Monty Techinformation technology teacher, serve asadvisers and mentors.
Each Monty Tech team memberreceived a $1,500 college scholarship pro-vided by Northrop Grumman
Foundation, major sponsor for thenational CyberPatriot initiative.
The competition consisted of threecategories: network security, digital
forensics and Cisco networking. Theteams had to correct security problems ina computer network, while simultaneous-ly defending against hackers, decode filedata to reveal hidden information and setup a Cisco networking system with arouter and switch. They also had to set upa virtual network using Packet Tracersoftware.
CyberPatriot is a national high schoolcyber defense competition, founded bythe Air Force Association, to inspire stu-dents toward careers in cyber securityand other science, technology, engineer-ing and mathematics (STEM) disciplinescritical to our nation’s future.
Monty Tech has been involved in theinitiative since 2010. Last year, the teamplaced fourth overall in the service andnon-service divisions and won the BestMarine Corps JROTC team award.
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Middle School hosts state level Student Council conferenceBY JERRY CARTON
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WINCHENDON — Schoolwas closed on a recent Friday,but Murdock Middle HighSchool was bustling anywaywhen the middle schoolStudent Council played hostto its counterparts fromacross the state. TheMassachusetts Association ofStudent Councils MiddleLevel ‘Unmask YourLeadership: A Hero’s TrueIdentity’ conference broughtmore than 160 representa-
tives to a daylong series ofworkshops and seminars.
“Our Student Councilplanned workshops and hadthe chance to share thesewith students from otherschools”, said middle schoolStudent Council advisorMary Aker. “We volunteeredto host this event. We’ve beengetting ready for months andwe’re all enthused about thewhole day.”
The day began with whatwas essentially a pep rallyand the distribution of
awards to various studentcouncils and continued withthe workshops. Murdock wonthe Top Five Projects Award,the Student Council ofExcellence - Gold Level honorand the Host Award.
“Getting to interact withstudents from around thestate is a great opportunityand experience for our stu-dent council members. Allthese students worked togeth-er to build leadership skills,”remarked Aker.
The council’s activity was-
n’t limited to playing host tothe state event. Last Saturday,a 5k to benefit the “Race for aCure” for multiple sclerosisraised more than $847.
“Although it was cold, thestudents worked hard to havefun and organize the event.They braved the cold to cheeron all the runners and theyshould be proud of them-selves. I’m certainly proud ofthem,” Aker said.
To the surprise of no one,Murdock track stars dominat-ed the competitive aspect ofthe race. Jordan Manuel andSteven Ingman ran one-twoon the boys’ side and, asexpected Felicia Ingman easi-ly won the girls’ race in 21:35.
Aidan Provost is presidentof the middle school StudentCouncil. Alex Marshallserves as vice-president.Molly Murphy is the secre-tary and Courtney Simmers-Swanson is the treasurer.
Members of the councilwho either attended the con-ference or helped to organizethe event included ElissaBoucher, Emily Roberts,Kaileen Dibble, RachelSpivey, Alicyn Gormley,Maggie Lashua, Chloe Leone,John Sweeney, Alyssa
LaBrack, Michaela Benedict,Brandon Woodbury, JuliaShelley, Leah Pelkey, JessicaNiedjadlik, Lindsey Smith,Emily Smith, Kelly Murphy,Cassie Skinner, DylanRomanowski, ShelbyLandress, Stephanie Wazal,Samantha Dearden, ColbySinclair, Andrew Burns, KyleWoodward, Samantha Pierce,Ariana Dietz, Tianiz Muniz,Makenzie Lundin, AidenDeHays, Chloe Lawrence,Lindsey Gemme, Caleb
VanHilo, Kiley Donahue, andIsabel Costa.
The high school stu-dent council pitched in aswell on conference day, led bypresident Kaitlin Johnsonand vice-president RachelDurgin. Others involvedincluded Ashley Hancock,Mark Lawrence, VictoriaMarshall, Deanna Polcari,Phylica Shippy, ZachStandtfeld, and Bronte’ andChandler Torres-Pagan.
Monty Tech CyberPatriot team takes national second place title
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Middle School Student Council President Aidan Provost and advisorMary Alice Aker with the awards Murdock Middle School earned.
ourtney Simmers Swanson, Murdock High School Student Council President Rachel Durgin and advisorMary Alice Aker with an array of awards won at both the high school and middle school level.
Monty Tech brings home the gold...and silver...and bronze
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Members of Monty Tech’s CyberPatriot team proudly wear medalsdistinguishing them as second-place national winners. From leftare Brett Grant of Baldwinville, Jack Marabello of Gardner, teamcaptain Catelyne Farrell of Fitchburg, and Connor Quick andJamison LaRoche, both of Gardner, and Rich Duncan, co-adviser/mentor. Missing from photo is William Ghio of Ashburnhamand First Sgt. Paul Jornet, co-adviser/mentor.
GARDNER — GVNAHealthCare, Inc. recentlyannounced that the keynotespeaker at the annual ExecutiveLeadership Breakfast will beDavid Horsager, CEO of HorsagerLeadership, Inc. and author ofThe Trust Edge. He will be pre-senting “Trust: Exploring thePower of Integrity on the BottomLine” on Tuesday, May 14 from 8-10 a.m. at the Four Points bySheraton, 99 Erdman Way,Leominster.
“We are excited to bring thisdynamic speaker to the area toshare his unique perspective onthe power of using trust to impactthe bottom line,” said ElaineFluet, president & CEO of GVNAHealthCare.
“David will share how trust hasthe ability to accelerate or destroyany business, organization orrelationship,” said Fluet. “Heshares that with greater trustcomes greater innovation,stronger brands, increased reten-tion of good people, highermorale, multiplied productivity,better results and a bigger bottomline.”
According to HosagerLeadership, Inc., Horsager,through his Master’s research,experience as director of K-LifeInc. and founding partner ofSpecial Delivery Productions, haslearned first-hand how the
world’s most successful peoplegain and keep the trust of theircustomers and colleagues. He’staken that knowledge and brokenit down into tangible steps thataudiences can incorporate intotheir own lives right away.
As the CEO of HorsagerLeadership, Inc. (www.davidhor-sager.com) in St. Paul, MNHorsager has delivered life-changing presentations on fourcontinents, with audiences rang-ing from Fortune 500 executivesto the armed forces and even pro-fessional sports teams. He hasbuilt his reputation deliveringengaging, high-energy speechesevery time.
“The GVNA is looking forwardto sharing this experience withlocal leaders,” said Fluet. “Wewill gain insight on how the trustwe create will benefit our busi-nesses and make us stronger andmore successful in all of our indi-vidualized endeavors. We areproud to be able to offer this topquality speaker to local business-es and know they will benefitfrom this important topic,”
Steering Committee membersinclude Daniel M. Asquino, Ph.D.,Mount Wachusett CommunityCollege, president; Norman J.Boudreau, IC Federal CreditUnion, retired CEO; Elaine T.Fluet, GVNA HealthCare, presi-dent & CEO; James Garrison,Kirtland Capital Partners; Laura
LaBrack, GVNA HealthCare, VPof Marketing & BusinessDevelopment; M. Marcus MoranJr., W.E. Aubuchon Co. Inc, CEO;Deb Orre, GVNA HealthCare,Board Chair; Ann Racine, GVNAHealthCare, VP of Development& Community Relations; SharynRice, Mount Wachusett
Community College, Senior VP ofAccess, Transition &Development; and Tina M.Sbrega, GFA Federal CreditUnion, president & CEO.
Proceeds from this exceptionalprogram will benefit the unmetneeds of our homecare and hos-pice patients in the 32 communi-ties that we serve. If your compa-ny would like to attend thisdynamic event, please contact theGVNA HealthCare’sDevelopment Office at (978) 632-1230, Ext. 3024.
Red Barrel donations nowaccepted at Old Murdock
WINCHENDON — There’s now a big Red Barrel in the center officeat Old Murdock Senior Center, and as spring cleaning begins inearnest there’s a hope it will soon begin to be filled.
This program collects gently used DVDs, CDs, blue rays, and VHSmovies, which are refurbished and resold. Books are also accepted.Half the proceeds from these collections help run the Alfred H.Marengo Jr. Veterans Foundation. The foundation, named afterLauren Roy’s father who was a Korean War veteran, holds clothingdrives in the spring and winter, collects personal hygiene items and
financial contributionswhich are brought to thevarious homeless veteranorganizations in the area.
The foundation is alsoholding a Gala Fundraiser,April 27 at the WestminsterCountry club from 7-11 p.m.The fundraiser will have theentertainment of FrankSinatra and Dean Martinimpersonators, a Mad Menera dance lesson from Danceto Swing in Leominster aswell as food, desserts a cashbar and raffle and silent auc-tion items. This fundraiserwill help the foundation getthe dress for success pro-gram off the ground thissummer providing clothes toveterans for job interviewsand employment. Tickets are$20 each and can be pur-chased online or at the doorthe night of the event. Formore information, to find outabout the upcoming clothingdrive or to make a financialcontribution visit the web-site, ahmjd.org
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Entrepreneurial speaker DavidHorsager will speak at the annualmeeting of the GVNA HealthCare Inc.
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PRESIDENT/PUBLISHER: FRANK CHILINSKIEDITOR: RUTH DEAMICIS
To the Editor:It is hard to believe that we are already plan-
ning for our Memorial Day Weekend! Timereally does fly!
I know that when I was growing up, my par-ents often said, “Boy, I would love to slowdown time.” I didn’t fully understand backthen what they meant by that statement. Atthis point in my life, I can truly understandwhat my parents meant by slowing downtime. I have been very fortunate, becausewhen I am away from my family, I spend timeat a job that I absolutely love. For the past 16years, I have had the pleasure of serving sen-iors. I have had the opportunity to work withthe greatest generation. The caliber of volun-teers that I have worked with over the yearsastounds me.
The reality is, nobody can slow down time,
but we can certainly try to make each daymore enjoyable. Over the past few years, wehave tried to make the Senior Center a moreenjoyable place, with the addition of a fitnessroom, programs (including Wii bowling andgolf) as well as renovations to the pool room.The staff and I are looking for your sugges-tions on how to add to our success. We areinterested in your thoughts and ideas, soplease drop in with you suggestions. Also,take a moment to sign our new Hands of Timedisplay in the dining room.
The only problem I can see is that time doestruly fly when you are having fun! What doyou say? Let’s have some fun! See you at theCenter soon!
SHEILA BETTRO, DIRECTOROLD MURDOCK SENIOR CENTER
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CAC: an anniversary and a challengeTo the Editor:This year the Winchendon Community
Action Committee Inc. celebrates its 40thanniversary. During this month we have aunique opportunity to have every dollar weraise be equally matched by the United Way ofNorth Central Massachusetts up to $25,000.
As you may know, the WCAC is a humanservice agency dedicated to helping familiesand individuals in crisis, and economicallydisadvantaged families in need of emergencyservices which may include food, advocacy,transportation or educational programs.Winchendon continues to be a communitywhere both poverty and unemployment aresignificantly higher than the statewide aver-age and, unfortunately, there are few foresee-able solutions to many of the problems plagu-ing this region. For these reasons, perhapsnow more than ever, it is important to ensureprograms are in place so that those living inpoverty do not struggle with food insecurity,access to medical care, access to jobs and edu-cational programs, and more. The WCAC canbest serve the community and the many needs
of those within it by providing supplementalfood, clothing, emergency assistance and out-reach services.
Without the assistance of community mind-ed individuals and groups, we would not beable to even begin to meet the many and vary-ing needs of those less fortunate throughoutthe Winchendon community each year. We arehopeful you will consider making a commit-ment to support our April appeal by making amonetary donation. During the month ofApril, it is our goal to raise $25,000, and wehope you will be able to help. Please knowyour tax deductible gift will go a long way inhelping the CAC to continue to assist those inneed and to impact the lives of others in a pos-itive way. It is only through the kindness andgenerosity of our donors, that we are able tocontinue the WCAC’s mission of ‘service toothers.’ Thank you in advance for your sup-port!
COLLEEN LAPERRIERE, EXECUTIVEDIRECTOR
WINCHENDON CAC
YMCA plans healthy kids eventTo the Editor:
I was looking for assistance with promotingthe YMCA’s annual Healthy Kids Day event,which will be Saturday, April 27th. The YMCAhas been holding this event for 22 years, butthis will be our second annual event at theClark Memorial.
Youth fitness is so important to the YMCAand we are hoping to increase the number ofguests that attend compared to last year’snumbers.
The event will have fun activities for thekids, prizes and information on the summerprograms. One of the featured programs weare highlighting is our YOUTH FIT program.
This program is great for the kids of our com-munity because it is absolutely free and thereis no membership requirement. I am hopingthough the summer our numbers increase foryouth participation and this event is going tobe key component to getting the word outthere to the families. As you are aware child-hood obesity is on the rise and we want to getthese kids fit and active.
Further information is found elsewhere,but we want to make people aware.
JENNIFER CASYYOUTH FIT COORDINATOR
CERTIFIED PERSONAL TRAINER
On a variety of topicswhile waiting to see ifthe esteemed JohnsHopkins University pullsthe plug on Dr. Ben
Carson’s scheduled commencementaddress after the surgeon’s offensivecomments on gay marriage.
Anyway, back when my kids werelittle, a lot of doctors, though fortu-nately not our pediatrician, the ter-rific Dr. Dan Levy, thought plyingkids with Ritalin and Adderall was areally good idea — that medicatingthem would bring relief to the kid,parents, and teachers alike — theclassic win-win solution. No doubtin some cases these medicationsreally did make a positive differ-ence. One of my close friends had itprescribed for her son, who’s nowalmost 30, when he was in middleschool, or maybe it was even late ele-mentary, and for him it truly was theproverbial magic pill.
The success stories we all heardabout have in turn triggered an ava-lanche of ADHD diagnoses. If a kidis restless in school or excitable athome, then we reflexively assumethey’re ADHD and here’s the magicpill. How easy is that?
But here’s the question. Has itbecome too reflexive for docs to diag-nose ADHD and equally reflexively,reject any other possibilities?There’s growing concern that’sexactly the case. A recent New YorkTimes story cited a report from theCDC which revealed that 20-percentof school-age boys, and 11 percent ofAmerica’s school population over-all, have been diagnosed withADHD; a 41-percent jump in the lastdecade.
“These are astronomical num-bers. I’m floored,” said Dr. WilliamGraf, who’s a pediatric neurologistand professor of medicine at Yale.“Mild symptoms are being diag-nosed so readily which goes wellbeyond the disorder and beyond thezone of ambiguity with childrenwho are otherwise healthy.”
Why is this happening? I’ll sug-gest several reasons. The pressureto achieve really good grades toheighten a kid’s chance of gettinginto the “right” school — no stateuniversities for these kids, God for-bid — has led parents to push for thediagnosis and the attendant medica-tion, and the growing fears that insome cases this can lead to addictionlater on be damned. How responsi-ble are the pharmaceutical compa-nies, and though I have no specificdata, it’s not unreasonable toassume they surely play a role inthis diagnostic increase.
The solution? Perhaps a bit lessreflexive assumption would be aplan, that and the understandingand recognition that every kid is dif-ferent and just because they’re fidg-ety in class doesn’t mean they’ve gotsome serious disorder. I kind of sus-pect Bill Gates and Albert Einsteinmight’ve been a bit bored in school.Don’t you agree?
Moving on, the President, theother day, released a real-life budgetproposal that annoyed a lot of liber-als because of proposed changes toSocial Security and Medicare andhad conservatives grumbling
because it didn’t go where they wantto go on deficits and taxes. It used tobe that in the course of legislativenegotiating, if both sides left thetable somewhat unhappy, then it’slikely a pretty good deal had beenreached. My take has always beenthat really rich folks shouldn’t getand don’t need the same level ofSocial Security benefits that othersdo but at the same time, revenues dohave to go up because we need toinvest, and I’m written this oftentoo, in infrastructure repair andwiring rural schools and we’recheating ourselves if we don’t. Butin Washington, it seems that hardlyanyone is willing to give even a lit-tle. Once again, Barack Obama isthe adult in the room. It must getawfully frustrating for him. Makesme sometimes wonder why any saneperson would want that job, thoughthere are always plenty of appli-cants.
Speaking of job applicants, thestory floated last week that ScottBrown might be thinking about run-ning for the Senate in NewHampshire. Brown’s also beentalked about as a potential candi-date for governor here in
Massachusetts but let’s face it, as agovernor you’re required to makedecisions and do things while as aSenator, it’s far easier to pose andpreen. It’s fine for Brown to havelaunched that trial balloon but youcan take it to the bank he won’t bethe Granite state’s next Senator.First of all, it’s dicey whether he’dsurvive a vicious Republican pri-mary; his claim of being bipartisanwouldn’t exactly be an asset to a con-stituency that is very far right.Second, if any Sununu gets in, that’sthe ballgame. And third, even if hewere to emerge the Republican nom-inee, he’ll have had to go so far rightto do so it would make him unelec-table in a general. Jeanne Shaheenis riding an approval rate of some60-percent. She and her husband areprolific fund raisers and don’t shyaway from big time fights. Beyondthat, New Hampshire voters, whenpolled, tend to take a dim view ofBay State pols. Bottom line: ScottBrown isn’t, in the end, going to runfor anything in New Hampshire.Trust me on this. See you next week.
On ADHD and more…
We can only hope as we haveseen a robin and had at leastone warm day.
The big reminder this week is bicycles.Saturday, April 13 from 9-11 a.m. at the OldMurdock Senior Center, just in time forthe spring break vacation, the Kiwaniswill have the bikes ready to go.
People have been hibernating in thatbasement all winter repairing and refur-bishing the donated bikes. Making surethe brakes work, the pedals are tight, thechain is on securely, and the tires arepumped full. There are kinds of bikes, lit-tle to big, beginners to trail trekkers socome on down and find one.
Bring back one you’ve outgrown if youwant so the next kid can enjoy that one!
This is a great project, started severalyears ago and still going strong. We’vetried to get the story about it into thenational Kiwanis newsletter and maga-zine because we think it is that good. Itbenefits so many people, kids who needbikes, people who need something to dowith their time and like fiddling withbikes, the people who want to get thatextra bike out of the garage, and theKiwanis themselves who always want tobe the catalyst for a good thing.
Service clubs have historically beengreat meet and greet opportunities forlocal business people. At one time theexclusive conclave of the insurance salesMAN, the MALE store owners and theMEN who made the place work; that haschanged in many, many ways. Today, serv-ice clubs like Kiwanis, Rotary and theLions are coed; and much, much lessexclusive.
Because they not only know women arethe movers and shakers, the doers of agroup like this, the reality is also thatmany, many men who do not own theirown businesses are also more than capa-ble of being part of such a group.
The old days of one of a kind businessmembers is long gone.
Today, if you want to help Winchendongrow, and be better than it is already. Ifyou want to give back to your communitybut not necessarily serve in a publiccapacity, then you need to consider joiningKiwanis or Lions.
Kiwanis meets once a week at theCarriage House restaurant. The meetinglasts a scant half hour, and those whowish to may stay and eat the evening mealthere, but some do not, leaving at the endof the business meeting. There is no pres-sure either way. Nor is there pressure toattend every week, busy lives interfereand that’s understood.
Lions meet every two weeks, and use thecommunity room at Ipswich Drive as ameeting place. The occasional pot lucksupper is more their style, but will cele-brate a holiday or installation of officerswith a meal out at times.
Fund raising and then giving away themoney is pretty much what it’s about; thatand finding projects to help the communi-ty.
Kiwanis tries to concentrate exclusivelyon kids and kids’ projects, donating tosports teams, the Clark, the schools, indi-vidual kids doing something unique andneeding support; that sort of thing. Theyalso give more than $3,000 in scholarshipsevery year.
Lions are charged by their charter topay attention to sight and hearing issuesand so they do, having given a specializedlaptop to a hearing impaired college stu-dent, many pair of glasses to countlessresidents; and help to run the Sightmobileyou see at various locations. They too giveaway scholarships every spring. They alsorun a poster contest and a speech contestfor students, and the winners get a chanceto compete at higher and higher levels.
Both need members, Kiwanis is moreneedy at the moment, and could really usehelp as the big fund raiser of the yearapproaches. If you want to be behind thescenes at the Chili Cook-off…this is how!
JERRYCARTON
JOURNEY
OF THE
HEART
To the Editor:From the start in 2006, I told you that the
reason I wanted to be governor was becausewe needed to start governing for the next gen-eration—not just the next election cycle or thenext news cycle. I believe we have to be aboutmaking the hard decisions today that leavethe Commonwealth better and strongertomorrow, and that kicking the can down theroad has weakened the Commonwealth andhas to end.
I have governed in that spirit and, time aftertime, the Legislature has been a partner inthat. From pension and health care to educa-tion and transportation, we have worked withthe Legislature to make far-reaching and last-ing reforms, to steward the public fisc wisely,and to grow opportunity. We have saved youbillions of dollars along the way, and have aseries of historic “firsts” to point to as well.
In January, I presented a budget that makescritical, long-delayed investments in ourtransportation and education systems. Theplan I proposed will modernize our trans-portation system Commonwealth-wide; betterprepare our children for work and life, includ-ing by bringing thousands of kids off thewait-list for early education programs andmaking college more affordable; and createtens of thousands of jobs well into the future.Our proposal was data-driven. We engagedthousands of citizens, from regular com-muters to economists and business leaders.We used tested cost estimates and actual num-bers. And we made the plan transparent, sopeople can see how it would affect theirfinances and what they would get in return.
This week, the Legislature presented theiralternative. Theirs is a transportation-onlyplan that raises taxes on everybody to fixsome of the deficit at the T for a few years—and little else. Our education needs are not
even mentioned. Their plan was developedbehind closed doors without public feedbackor a hearing. And it is being hurried throughthe Legislature for a vote next week.
What the Legislature is proposing is to raisethe gas tax, the sales tax on cigarettes, and allother fees, fares and tolls. For that, MassDOTcan move employees from the capital budgetto the operating budget, and the RegionalTransit Authorities can fund their operationscurrently instead of in arrears. In otherwords, the agency balance sheets will be bet-ter, which is good, but not the quality of theservice. The Legislature would have peoplepay more for a gallon of gas or a pack of ciga-rettes, more to register a car, and more fortolls on the Pike or for a Charlie Card or acommuter rail ticket, yet see no improve-ments in the quality of their lives or commu-nities.
I don’t see how it’s either good policy orgood politics to raise taxes on everybody with-out being able to show that you’re deliveringsomething at home. By proposing a pretendsolution rather than a real one, theLegislature is kicking the can down the roadagain. That is a slow-growth or a no-growthchoice. It does not bear our generationalresponsibility. And I will not support it.
We all have a stake in this debate. Whetheryou agree with my plan or the Legislature’s,make your voice heard. You can reach theGovernor’s Office at 617-725-4005. Your stateSenator is Stephen Brewer at (617) 722-1540 orat SteveBrewer.org; your state Rep. is JonZlotnik at (617) 722-2080 [email protected].
Gov. Deval PatrickBoston
Patrick: my take on it
MassHousing adds senior management staff
BOSTON — MassHousing Executive DirectorThomas R. Gleason announced the appoint-ments of five individuals to senior manage-ment positions.
Timothy Sullivan, of Brookline, was nameddeputy director for finance and rental pro-grams. Monte Stanford, of Saugus, hasassumed the position of director of rental lend-ing.
Peter Milewski, of Duxbury, was appointeddirector of homeownership lending and KevinMello, of Norton, was named director of home-ownership servicing and operations.Additionally, Karen Kelleher, of Arlington, wasnamed general counsel.
“Tim, Monte, Peter, Kevin and Karen bring awealth of experience, talent and professional-ism to MassHousing that will not only enhancethe agency’s success and dedication to fosteringquality affordable housing acrossMassachusetts, but they will be key contribu-tors in helping us meet the challenges that layahead in the affordable housing finance indus-try,” said Gleason.
Sullivan has been at MassHousing since 2002,first as chief financial officer for nine years andmore recently as acting director of rental lend-ing. Prior to joining MassHousing, Sullivan wasthe budget director for the Commonwealth ofMassachusetts.
“MassHousing has been a leader in afford-able housing solutions for many years and I amhonored and enthusiastic to accept this newrole,” said Sullivan. “The road ahead has bothchallenges and opportunities, but the profes-sional staff at MassHousing is poised to meetthem.”
In assuming the position of deputy director,Sullivan said he plans to focus on helpingMassHousing meet the challenges of loomingchanges in how affordable housing will befinanced while preserving existing affordableunits with mortgages due to mature and creat-ing new affordable rental housing.
“There are some interesting opportunities tochange how we finance affordable housingnationally and we will continue to play a leader-ship role in that,” he said. “I look forward toworking with the staff to develop loan productsthat are attractive and productive for develop-ers but that remain protective for tenants.”
Sullivan added. “We stayed in the marketwhen it was really hard to do and it has paidhuge dividendsbecause we are doingas much business nowas before the financialcrisis. We made achoice to stay relevantand be nimble and wehave the experience tocontinue to succeed.”
Prior to joiningMassHousing Stanfordwas the manager ofmultifamily publicfinance at Fannie Mae,a senior consultant inmortgage finance andsecuritization atP r i c e w a t e rhouseCoopers, and aprincipal atI n f o r m a t i o nEngineering Services,which focused on fed-
eral fiduciaries and state and local housingagencies. Most recently he created and directedthe Stanford Advisory Group, which consultedon business dealings with federal housing agen-cies and regulators.
In taking over as MassHousing’s director ofrental lending, Stanford said he is excited aboutmeeting the challenges of changing and emerg-ing markets related to affordable housingfinance.
“I think it is a great time in the housingfinance industry to be at a place likeMassHousing, where innovation and leader-ship have always been encouraged,” he said.“Looking ahead, the GSEs and the federal gov-ernment are likely to play less of a role and itwill be more challenging but I wantMassHousing to continue to be a leader, not justin best practices, but better practices.”
Prior to being named director of homeowner-ship lending, Milewski was the director ofMassHousing’s mortgage insurance fund since1999 and also directed the agency’s businessdevelopment group, which he will continue todo in his new position. His career in mortgageinsurance and mortgage origination spans 42years. In assuming the new position, Milewskiwill oversee MassHousing’s mortgage lendingto low- and moderate-income homebuyers andhomeowners in Massachusetts.
“I don’t believe there has been a more criticaltime in home mortgage finance than now,” saidMilewski. “Housing finance agencies are play-ing an important role in forming what thefuture will look like for tomorrow’s homebuy-ers. I am excited to be at MassHousing at thistime, in this role, helping to shape what home-ownership financing will look like inMassachusetts in the years ahead.”
Mello has been in the mortgage lending andservice industry for 30 years and been withMassHousing since 1993. Before being appoint-ed director of homeownership servicing andoperations, he was the acting director of theagency’s homeownership division and beforethat the homeownership division’s senior assetmanagement manager.
In his new role, Mello will oversee and focuson the performance and servicing ofMassHousing’s $3 billion home mortgage port-folio, information technology support and regu-latory compliance.
“I am very excited about the opportunitiesthat are before us to continue to serve as amodel for high-quality and high-touch serviceto our more than 19,000 mortgagors,” saidMello. “The strength of our portfolio combinedwith the highly skilled staff here atMassHousing have helped us to weather this
financial crisis better than most in our indus-try. The tremendous growth we have experi-enced throughout the ongoing crisis is a testa-ment to our business model and commitment tosustainable homeownership as well as the com-munities throughout the Commonwealth. Wehave the know-how and commitment to take onthe significant chal-lenges that await us asthe mortgage industryreinvents itself intoone that embraces thevalues thatMassHousing has longheld as core to ourHomeownership busi-ness.”
Kelleher joinsMassHousing fromThe CommunityBuilders in Bostonwhere she was
employed for 12 years, most recently as seniorvice president and general counsel. Prior tothat, she was a real estate and tax credit syndi-cation attorney with the firm of Nixon Peabody,
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WINCHENDON POLICE LOGEditor’s Note: The information contained in
this police log was obtained through public doc-uments kept by the police department, and isconsidered to be the account of the police. Allsubjects are considered innocent until provenguilty in a court of law.
SUNDAY, APRIL 1
12:19 a.m.: disabled MV (North RoyalstonRoad) MV towed; 12:39-3:36 a.m.: 13 buildingchecks, secure; 3:21 a.m.: extra patrols (IpswichDrive) secure; 5:26 a.m.: MV stop (GardnerRoad) verbal warning; 5:34 a.m.: extra patrols(Gardner Road) secure; 7:28 a.m.: summonsservice (Beech Street) unable to serve; 8:52a.m.: MV violation (Gardner Road) traffic cita-tion issued; 8:58 a.m.: MV violation (GardnerRoad) traffic citation issued; 9:12 a.m.: MV vio-lation (Gardner Road) traffic citation issued;9:38 a.m.: registration check (Central Street)info taken; 9:54 a.m.: warrant of apprehension(Spring Circle) warrant arrest, no furtherinformation provided; 10:32 a.m.: summonsservice (Spring Street) unable to serve; 10:49a.m.: MV violation (Gardner Road) traffic cita-tion issued; 11:15 a.m.: MV violation (SpringStreet) traffic citation issued; 11:27 a.m.: MVviolation (Spring Street) spoken to; 11:40 a.m.:MV violation (Spring Street) traffic citationissued; 11:43 a.m.: general info (Main Street)info taken; 12:29 p.m.: MV violation(Baldwinville State Road) spoken to; 12:42 p.m.:MV violation (Gardner Road) spoken to; 2:10p.m.: officer wanted (Hale Street) spoken to;2:15 p.m.: MV violation (Spring Street) trafficcitation issued; 2:23 p.m.: MV violation (SpringStreet) traffic citation issued; 3:31 p.m.: MVstop (Maple Street) traffic citation issued; 4:03p.m.: general info (Walnut Street) spoken to;4:39 p.m.: disabled MV (North AshburnhamRoad) services rendered; 5:48 p.m.: fraud(Juniper Street) spoken to; 6:14 p.m.: ambu-lance (Main Street) transport; 6:33 p.m.: DPWcall (Spring Street) referred to DPW; 11:41 p.m.:five building checks, secure; 11:46 p.m.: suspi-cious auto (Mason Street) spoken to; 11:51 p.m.:extra patrols (Hyde Park Drive) secure.
TUESDAY, APRIL 2
12:01-3:46 a.m.: eight building checks, secure;12:22 a.m.: extra patrols (Ipswich Drive) secure;1:55 a.m.: ambulance (Baldwinville State Road)transport; 2:15 a.m.: suspicious auto (CentralStreet) spoken to; 3:19 a.m.: extra patrols (HydePark Drive) secure; 4:18 p.m.: ambulance(Central Street) transport; 7:00 a.m.: DPW call(Lincoln Avenue Extension) referred to DPW;8:45 a.m.: summons service (Beech Street)served; 8:59 a.m.: MV stop (Pleasant Street) ver-bal warning; 9:35 a.m.: larceny (School Street)report taken; 9:40 a.m.: MV stop (River Street)traffic citation issued; 12:04 p.m.: MV stop
(Central Street) verbal warning; 1:00 p.m.: sum-mons service (Baldwinville State Road) unableto serve; 1:33 p.m.: general info (walk in) spokento; 2:40 a.m.: MV operating erratically (SpringStreet) no PD service necessary; 3:09 p.m.: traf-fic hazard (Spring Street) assisted; 3:36 p.m.:general info (walk in) assisted; 4:00 p.m.: gener-al info (walk in) info taken; 4:06 p.m.: disabledMV (Spring Street) MV towed; 4:32 traffic haz-ard (North Royalston Road) referred to DPW;4:47 p.m.: ambulance (Central Street) transport;4:49 p.m.: general info (Elmwood Road) assist-ed; 5:00 p.m.: extra patrols (Central Street) infotaken; 5:18 p.m.: registration check (Elm Street)spoken to; 5:42 p.m.: general info (WashingtonAvenue) info taken; 5:54 p.m.: officer wanted(Lincoln Avenue) spoken to; 7:40 p.m.: ambu-lance (Central Street) transport; 4:56 p.m.: war-rant of apprehension (Front Street) unable tolocate; 8:40 p.m.: suspicious other (Hyde ParkDrive) area search negative; 8:50 p.m.: burglaralarm (Spring Street) secure; 8:55 p.m.: animalcomplaint (phone) assisted; 9:08 p.m. harass-ment (Mill Street) spoken to; 11:13 p.m.: treedown on wires (Brown Street) referred to otheragency; 11:35-11:47 p.m.: two building checks,secure; 11:45 p.m.: MV stop (Glenallen Street)verbal warning.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3
1:01-2:12 a.m.: 12 building checks, secure; 5:48a.m.: burglar alarm (Main Street) no PD serv-ice necessary; 5:52 a.m.: MV stop (River Street)verbal warning; 7:44 a.m.: MV stop (GlenallenStreet) traffic citation issued; 8:41 a.m.: sum-mons service (Baldwinville State Road) served;9:31 a.m.: MV stop (Gardner Road) traffic cita-tion issued; 9:48 a.m.: harassment order service(Spring Street) services rendered; 10:19 a.m.:warrant of apprehension (River Street) no PDservice necessary; 10:40 a.m.: MV stop(Gardner Road) traffic citation issued; 10:55a.m.: ambulance (Alger Street) transport; 11:00a.m.: MV stop (Gardner Road) traffic citationissued; 11:08 a.m.: warrant of apprehension(Brooks Road) advised officer; 11:56 a.m.: war-rant check (River Street) arrest: Peter J.Baldini age 22 of 17 Brooks Road, Winchendon:resisting arrest, disorderly conduct; 1:19 p.m.:assist other PD (Baldwinville State Road)unable to locate; 1:53 p.m.: 209A service (SchoolStreet) assisted; 2:44 p.m.: ambulance (SchoolStreet) transport; 3:29 p.m.: assist citizen(phone) assisted; 3:56 p.m.: harassment (SchoolStreet) assisted; 4:01 p.m.: harassment (CentralStreet) spoken to; 4:21 p.m.: accident (SpruceStreet) MV towed; 4:55 p.m.: ambulance(Central Street) transport; 4:55 p.m.: officerwanted (Central Street) investigated; 6:15 p.m.:MV stop (Cedar Street) spoken to; 6:17 ambu-lance (Gardner Road) transport; 6:39 p.m.:smoke (School Street) false alarm; 6:40 p.m.:investigation (Vaine Street) info taken; 6:42
p.m.: investigation (Central Street) spoken to;7:00 p.m.: MV operating erratically (GardnerRoad) spoken to; 8:00 p.m.: general info(Pleasant Street) info taken; 8:03 p.m.: ambu-lance (Polly’s Drive) referred to other agency;8:15 p.m.: disabled MV (Front Street) assisted;8:38 p.m.: officer wanted (East Street) assisted;10:49 p.m.: carbon monoxide incident (AshStreet) referred to FD; 11:29-11:41 p.m.: threebuilding checks, secure.
THURSDAY, APRIL 4
12:26-1:32 a.m: 11 building checks, secure; 4:38a.m.: traffic hazard (Spring Street) spoken to;5:28 a.m.: MV stop (Route 140) verbal warning;7:33 a.m.: ambulance (Front Street) transport;10:26 a.m.: traffic hazard (High Street) removed;10:36 a.m.: officer wanted (Central Street) spo-ken to; 12:31 p.m.: illegal burning (Park Street)spoken to; 1:32 p.m.: missing license plate(Joslin Road) report taken; 3:15 p.m.: reposses-sion of MV (Fourth Street) info taken; 3:30 p.m.:warrant arrest (Front Street) Heather M.Phillips age 26 of 148 Pleasant St., Winchendon:warrant arrest; 3:48 p.m.: general info (walk in)assisted; 5:31 p.m.: MV stop (River Street) ver-bal warning; 5:37 p.m.: suspicious auto (MainStreet) spoken to; 6:15 p.m.: FD call (BrownStreet) no FD service necessary; 7:15 p.m.:ambulance (Ready Drive) transport; 7:55 p.m.:domestic (Hale Street) unfounded; 9:55 p.m.:disturbance (Front Street) spoken to; 10:38 p.m.:MV operating erratically (Spring Street) spo-ken to; 11:27 p.m.: breaking and entering bur-glary (Central Street) secure; 11:51 p.m.: extrapatrols (Gardner Road) secure.
FRIDAY, APRIL 5
1:00-2:27 a.m.: 11 building checks, secure; 1:24a.m.: extra patrols (Goodrich Street) secure;4:25 a.m.: ambulance (Hale Street) transport;5:48 a.m.: ambulance (Mechanic Street) trans-port; 6:08 a.m.: general info (Forristall Road)services rendered; 6:35 a.m.: MV stop(Baldwinville State Road) traffic citationissued; 6:45 a.m.: MV stop (Baldwinville StateRoad) verbal warning; 7:41 a.m.: animal com-plaint (Baldwinville Road) info taken; 7:51 a.m.:general info (Hale Street) info taken; 8:22 a.m.:wires down (Spruce Street) referred to otheragency; 11:25 a.m.: MV violation (Spring Street)spoken to; 1:28 p.m.: accident (Central Street)info taken; 1:44 p.m.: summons service (LincolnAvenue) unable to serve; 2:30 p.m.: general info(Walnut Street) spoken to; 3:40 p.m.: propertydamage (Memorial Drive) summons: BenjaminP. White age 19 of 41 Linden St., Winchendon:leaving scene of property damaged; 4:14 p.m.:disturbance (Poland Avenue) spoken to; 4:32p.m.: assist citizen (Pleasant Street) assisted;6:50 p.m.: ambulance (Woodlawn Street) reporttaken; 7:11 p.m.: assist other PD (Walnut Street)unable to locate; 7:35 p.m.: welfare check
(addresses will not be printed) report taken;9:00 p.m.: officer wanted (Goodrich Street)report taken; 10:01 p.m.: loitering (RailroadStreet) spoken to; 11:05 p.m.: suspicious person(Front Street) spoken to; 11:41 p.m.: MV stop(River Street) verbal warning.
SATURDAY, APRIL 6
12:36 a.m.: registration check (Spring Street)services rendered; 12:38 a.m.: MV stop(Gardner Road) verbal warning; 12:55 a.m.: bur-glar alarm (Central Street) secure; 1:10-3:11a.m.: five building checks, secure; 8:09 a.m.:ambulance (Maynard Street) transport; 8:34a.m.: officer wanted (School Street) spoken to;9:42 a.m.: officer wanted (West Street) spokento; 9:54 a.m.: MV violation (Gardner Road) traf-fic citation issued; 11:10 a.m.: animal complaint(Gardner Road) info taken; 11:15 a.m.: officerwanted (Elm Street) spoken to; 1:19 p.m.: van-dalism (East Street) no PD service necessary;1:37 p.m.: officer wanted (School Street) spokento; 2:01 p.m.: smoke (North Royalston Road) fireextinguished; 5:43 p.m.: ambulance (BenjaminStreet) transport; 6:07 p.m.: ATV complaint(River Street) verbal warning; 7:28 p.m.: MVstop (High Street) traffic citation issued; 7:29p.m.: suspicious auto (Cardinal Lane) gone onarrival; 7:37 p.m.: MV stop (Eagle Road) spokento; 8:48 p.m.: officer wanted (Sunset Court) serv-ices rendered; 9:00 p.m.: noise complaint(Maple Street) no cause for complaint; 9:22 p.m.:MV stop (Front Street) written warning; 10:23p.m.: robbery (Spring Street) investigated; 11:25p.m.: welfare check (addresses will not be print-ed) call canceled; 11:34 p.m.: investigation(Maple Street) spoken to; 11:41 p.m.: ambulance(Spruce Street) transport.
SUNDAY, APRIL7
12:10 a.m.: suspicious other (Summer Drive)negative area search; 12:33-4:05 a.m.: 17 build-ing checks, secure; 1:48 a.m.: extra patrols(Ipswich Drive) secure; 2:42 a.m.: officer want-ed (West Monomonac Road) gone on arrival;6:52 a.m.: general info (Baldwinville Road) infotaken; 10:20 a.m.: MV violation (Spring Street)spoken to; 10:27 a.m.: deliver message (AlgerStreet) unable to locate; 11:32 a.m.: general info(Spring Street) assisted; 12:53 p.m.: general info(Central Street) spoken to; 2:18 p.m.: smoke(North Royalston Road) info taken; 4:15 p.m.:officer wanted (Main Street) summons: CraigA. Ashmore age 55 of 61 Lakeshore Drive,Winchendon: disorderly conduct, assault andbattery; 5:05 p.m.: suspicious person (CentralStreet) area search negative; 6:22 p.m.: investi-gation (Spruce Street) spoken to; 8:20 p.m.: gen-eral info (phone) spoken to; 8:52 p.m.: investiga-tion (Spring Street) spoken to; 9:55 p.m.: ambu-lance (Central Street) transport; 11:59 p.m.:ambulance (Hale Street) transport.
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MANCHESTER, NH — Aldia A. Houghton,age 86, died on Wednesday, April 3, 2013 atCatholic Medical Center, with her family byher side.
She was born on April 14, 1926, inWinchendon, to Francis Lafortune andYvonne (Labrie) Lafortune.
Aldia worked for many years as a waitressand hostess at several Manchester restau-rants, retiring in 1987.
She is survived by her loving husband of 64years, Laurence Joseph Houghton Sr. ofManchester. Her family includes her children,Patricia Bolack and her husband, Charles, ofManchester, James Houghton and his wife,Christine, of Goffstown, Judith Hastings ofManchester, Deborah Steady and her hus-band, Paul, of Lincoln, and Laurence J.Houghton Jr. and his wife, Linda, of
Manchester.She was most proud of her grandchildren,
Stephen, Scott and Shane Cunan, Patrick andChristopher Houghton, Ross Roberge, DylanHastings, Jodi Lalos, Kara Vopalensky andShannon Houghton, as well as her manygreat-grandchildren. She is also survived bythree brothers, Norman, Alfred and RobertLafortune; three sisters, Yvonne Laferte,Jeanne Goodwin and Shirley Nunley; andmany nieces, nephews, grand-nieces andgrand-nephews.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made toSt. Catherine’s School, 206 North St.,Manchester 03104.
Durning, Bykowski & Young FuneralHome, 285 Manchester St., is assisting thefamily with arrangements. durning-bykowskiandyoung.com.
John Fairbanks McMillan, 83NEW BERN, NC — John
Fairbanks McMillan, age 83,of New Bern, NC and former-ly of Winchendon, died peace-fully Saturday evening,March 30 at his residence.
He was born inWinchendon on Nov. 5, 1929,son of the late Donald and
Pearl (Hager) McMillan and lived inWinchendon for many years. He had lived inNew Bern since May 2012.
John was a 1947 graduate of Murdock HighSchool and a 1951 graduate of NorwichUniversity, where he graduated with honorswith a degree in civil engineering. He laterdid graduate work at the University ofSouthern California.
He worked as a civil engineer for LosAngeles County, CA until his retirement.During his career, he also worked as an engi-neer for Fairfield Area Surveys in California,U.S. Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey,Army Corp of Engineers and Portland ORregional FEMA manager western division. Hewas a member of Artisan Lodge of Masons inWinchendon and Temple Baptist Church inNew Bern. During the Korean War, Johnproudly served his country as a member ofthe United States Army.
John had many hobbies and interests. He
enjoyed photography, hiking and camping. Hetook his family to Yosemite at least twice peryear. Additionally, he was an avid clarinetmusician and loved building things, especial-ly anything to do with wood. As a boy, heenjoyed fishing at Lake Contoocock. A lovinghusband, father, grandfather and great grand-father, John treasured spending time with hisfamily.
He leaves his wife of 58 years, Alice(Marques) McMillan; a daughter, MariannePearl Vandermeer and her husband Albert ofNew Bern; six grandchildren, Jonathan CaryHayward, Ryan James Hayward, Pieter EricVandermeer, Martin Edward Vandermeer,Beatrix Emma Vandermeer and Willem DirkVandermeer and a great granddaughter,Catherine Renee Hayward.
Calling hours were held Thursday, April 4in New Bern.
Graveside services will be held Wednesday,May 8 at 11 a.m. in Hillside Cemetery, GoddardRoad, Rindge. The Rev. Dr. R. Gary Heikkilawill officiate.
Memorial donations may be made toSamaritans Purse, PO Box 3000, Boone, NC28607-3000.
Stone-Ladeau Funeral Home (stone-ladeau.com), 343 Central St., Winchendon isdirecting arrangements.
Doris E. (Mongeau) Hawkins, 88HOLDEN — Doris E.
(Mongeau) Hawkins, age 88,of Holden, passed away atKindred Transitional Careand Rehabilitation inLeicester on March 31, 2013,following a short stay on hos-pice. She was born inBrooklyn, CT, the daughter of
Frank and Jeanette (LaCross) Mongeau.Doris was raised in Stamford, CT and was a
private housekeeper for many families inPrinceton where she lived for 20 years beforemoving to Holden 30 years ago. She was a pastCommander of the Ladies Auxiliary ofClinton VFW. She enjoyed gardening in herbackyard, country music and enjoying cook-outs with her family and extended family.Doris was proud of her French and NativeAmerican (Penobscot) heritage.
Doris leaves her son, Richard E. Hawkinsand his wife Pauline of Holden; her daugh-ters, Nancy Kristoff and her husband Georgeof Sterling and Sheila Gramm and her hus-band Bruce of Winchendon; 12 grandchil-dren; 14 great-grandchildren, one great-great-grandchild; many nieces and nephews. Shewas predeceased by her daughters, Linda C.Hawkins and Carol A. Hawkins-Greene; herbrother, Earl Guillette, her sister, FlorencePiorkowski and her twin sister, MaryYonkers.
Funeral services for Doris will be private.Memorial donations may be made to the
Wachusett Food Pantry, P.O. Box 62, Jefferson,MA 01522.
Miles Funeral Home(milesfuneralhome.com), 1158 Main St.,Holden is assisting the family with arrange-ments.
James N. Markeseines Jr., 84MESA, AZ — James N. Markeseines Jr., age
84, a former resident of Winchendon, and res-ident of Mesa, AZ for the past 12 years, diedTuesday, March 26, at home, after a long ill-ness.
His wife of ten years, Ruth M. (Gabriel)Douai-Markeseines, died in 2011.
He leaves his son, David Markeseines, andhis wife, Linda, of Winchendon; three daugh-ters, Toni Markeseines, of Gardner, TracyHatfield, of Hudson, and Janice Daroche, ofBidderford, ME; two sisters, June McCalla ofGaithesburg, MD and Jean Bell of Galveston,TX; 11 grandchildren, four great-grandchil-dren and many nieces and nephews. He waspredeceased by a son, James N. MarkeseinesIII, in 2009.
Mr. Markeseines was a signal maintainer
for the B & M Railroad for 47 years.He was a veteran of World War II, serving in
the U.S. Navy as Seaman 2nd Class.He was born in Rochester, NH, on Feb. 21,
1929, a son of the late James N. MarkeseinesSr., and Audrey I. (Remick) Markeseines-Bell.
Graveside services with military honorswill be held on Friday, April 12, at 1 p.m., in St.Bernard’s Cemetery, off Boutelle Street,Fitchburg.
There are no calling hours.In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions
may be made to the Fisher House Foundation,111 Rockville Pike, Suite 420, Rockville, MD20850.
The Smith-Mallahy-Masciarelli andFitchburg Chapel of the Sawyer-Miller-Masciarelli Funeral Home (masciarellifamily-
funeralhomes.net),243 Water St.,Fitchburg, is direct-ing Funeral arrange-ments.
OBITUARIESAdele B. (D’Alesandro) Farraj, 76
CLINTON — Adele B.(D’Alesandro) Farraj, age 76,passed away peacefully onMonday, April 8, 2013 at HoldenSkilled Nursing Home follow-ing a brief illness.
She is survived by her lovingchildren and their spouses,Abraham and Ronda Farraj of
West Boylston, JoAnn and James Garrity ofHubbardston, Susan Farraj and her compan-ion Charles Montroy of Clinton, RobertFarraj of Winchendon, Joyce and GeorgeBrydie of Clinton, and Jean and DanFergurson, of Merritt Island, FL. She leavesher sister Jeanette Bruno of Queens, NY; 20grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren,numerous nieces, nephews and friends,including her best friend of over forty years,Theresa Truesdale of Clinton. She is pre-deceased by her siblings, Josephine Gaylardoand Vincent D’Alesandro.
Adele was born in New York City to the lateAnthony & Caroline (Romano) D’Alesandro.She attended school in New York, married andlater relocated to Massachusetts where she
raised her six children. Adele worked formore than 25 years at Sterling Mfg. Adele hada wonderful zest for life and loved to dance.She devoted herself to her children, hergrandchildren and her great-grandchildrenand will be dearly missed and fondly remem-bered as the matriarch of her family. Her funloving spirit carries on with her request forthose who wish, to wear something purple intribute to her fondness of the color.
The Farraj family wishes to extend theirappreciation to the staff of WachusettExtended Care for their love and support totheir mother and family.
Funeral services will be held on Monday,April 15, 2013 from the Philbin-ComeauFuneral Home, 176 Water St., Clinton, with aMass of Christian burial to be celebrated at11a.m. in St. John the Evangelist Church, 80Union St., Clinton. Burial will later be heldprivately at Reservoir Pines Cemetery,Clinton.
Calling hours will be held in the funeralhome on Sunday, April 14, 2013 from 5 until 7PM. Online condolences may be placed atwww.philbincomeaufh.com.
Dr. Marshall Allan Lamb, 99LUNENBURG — Marshall
Allan Lamb, age 99, ofLunenburg, died Saturdaymorning, March 30, 2013,after a brief illness.
Corinne, his wife of 62years died in January 1998.
Born Aug. 17, 1913, in thetown of Rockland one of 10
children born to John Alexander and MaryEllen (Hutchins) Lamb. Marshall grew up andgraduated high school in Rockland. He was agraduate of Harvard University in 1934 with adegree in pre-med. He earned a degree in med-icine from Tufts Medical College in 1939. Hecompleted his internship at the City ofWorcester Hospital in 1941. For a period ofseven and a half, months Marshall was houseofficer in obstetrics for the Boston Lying-InHospital.
He and his wife, Corinne, moved toWinchendon in 1942. He served on staff of theMiller’s River Hospital in Winchendon, whilein private practice with a special emphasis inobstetrics. During World War II, while sta-tioned in Colorado, Marshall served as amajor in the Medical Service of the Army AirForce. As personal physician, he directed theconvalescent care of Air Corps servicemenrecovering from combat exhaustion, fatigueand medical treatment if necessary.
Upon completion of his military service, heand his wife moved to Fitchburg. There heestablished a private practice in obstetricsand gynecology at the Lucy Helen Hospital.
Marshall later became head of obstetrics andgynecological services at Burbank Hospitalbefore retiring. He is remembered for deliver-ing “thousands” of babies during his career.Marshall and Corinne adopted and raisedfour children. They enjoyed traveling theworld and learning about different cultures.He obtained his pilot’s license and flew planeslocally. He was a member of the WorcesterMedical Society and the Charles Tufts Society.
He is survived by one daughter, Sarah C.Gammel of Lunenburg; six grandchildren,Michael T. Gammel of Winchendon, Erin C.Lafond, wife of Curtis Lafond of Templeton,Emily S. Gammel of Lunenburg, Matthew A.Lamb and wife, Susan Collins of Seattle;Jennifer M. McMahon of Connecticut; JasonE. McMahon of England; Marriane Lamb ofFrederiksburg, Denmark; six great-grandchil-dren, Madeline, Marshall, Carter, Jack,William, and Greyson; two daughters-in-law,Johanna Lamb of Westfield, and ThuridSamuelsen of Frederiksburg, Denmark; fournephews and one niece.
He was predeceased by three sons, MarshallA. Lamb, Duncan T. Lamb, and Timothy P.Lamb.
After cremation, a graveside service will beheld in June in North Cemetery, Lunenburg.
Memorial donations may be made to HealthAlliance Home Health and Hospice. BoskFuneral Home, 85 Blossom St., Fitchburg isassisting the family. boskfuneralhome.com
Teresa A. (Mello) Sawyer, 84DUNNELLON, FL — Teresa
A. (Mello) Sawyer, age 84, ofDunnellon, FL, and formerly ofGardner and Winchendon, diedpeacefully Monday morning,April 8, 2013 in the HealthCenter at Brentwood, Lecanto,FL.
She was born in Cambridgeon Nov. 16, 1928, daughter of the late Edward P.and Josephine A. (Baldwin) Mello and was a1946 graduate of Murdock High School.Before moving to Florida, Teresa was a resi-dent of Gardner and Winchendon for most ofher life.
Teresa was a licensed practical nurse formany years. She had worked at the formerWinchendon Hospital and BaldwinvilleNursing Home until her retirement.
Her husband of 60 years, Richard F. Sawyer,died in 2007. She leaves a son, Richard F.
Sawyer II and his wife Sharon of Bluemont,VA; three daughters, Pamela J. Evans and herhusband Frank of Citrus Springs, FL,Rebecca A. Robichaud and her husbandStephen of Mansfield, CT and Marcia M.Klash of Gardner; nine grandchildren andtwo great grandchildren.
A Mass of Christian burial will be heldFriday, April 12 at noon in Immaculate Heartof Mary Church, 52 Spruce Street,Winchendon. Burial will follow inMassachusetts Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery,Winchendon.
Calling hours in Stone-Ladeau FuneralHome (stone-ladeau.com), 343 Central Street,Winchendon are Friday, April 12 from 10:30 to11:30 a.m.
Memorial donations may be made toAlzheimer’s Association, 480 Pleasant St.,Watertown, MA 02472.
Aldia A. Houghton, 86
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SPORTSSPORTSSpring seasons
starting…if weathercooperates
BY JERRY CARTONCOURIER CORRESPONDENT
WINCHENDON —Assuming the weather coop-erated after press time,spring sports were slated toget underway earlier thisweek, but the forecast looksdire for this afternoon whenMurdock Muddle HighSchool’s revamped softballfield is scheduled to be for-mally dedicated following offseason work.
The varsity baseball teamhad been scheduled to opentheir season yesterday atNorth Brookfield while thesoftball squad had a homegame against Gardner onWednesday and are supposedto host arch rivalNarragansett at 3:30 thisafternoon. The track teamwas also slated to openWednesday vs. Maynard.
Coach Chris LeBlanc’sbaseball team has highexpectations attached as theseason gets underway. TheBlue Devils haven’t been tothe post-season since 2009,when they qualified undercoach Matt LaPointe butthey closed with a flourishlast season after losing six oftheir first seven games andLeBlanc replaced GarySanosian, whose tenure last-ed just a few weeks.
“The kids really cametogether. There was a com-fort level there,” LeBlancremarked last month.
The Lady Devils, with nine
seniors on the roster, aregunning for a sixth straightplayoff berth in coach RandyTenney’s second campaignand hoping to advance pastthe second round, whichthey weren’t able to do thelast two seasons, losing toQuaboag in 2011 and fallingto Uxbridge a year ago.
This year’s track team issignificantly smaller thanprevious spring editions, butcoach Anthony Findley pro-fesses not to be concernedand noted he’s simply focus-ing on the athletes he doeshave and, “we’re going tofocus on personal bests andnot worry about winningmeets and league champi-onships right now.”
Renovations on the fieldtook place last fall. Theinfield was re-capped withsome 100 tons of material,the backstop was moved upand the bleachers were shift-ed as well. The new seating isexpected to provideincreased safety and bettersight lines.
“We used to have a lot offoul balls roll down into thegulley behind home plate.That won’t happen so muchanymore,” Tenney predicted.
The Murdock SportsBoosters had planned a cere-mony for the field’s dedica-tion today, but with cold rainand temperatures in the 40’spredicted, it seems likely theevent will need to be resched-uled.
Winners and losers
Tell me, who had a better weekin sports than Rick Pitino?Last Saturday, a horse he ownswon the Santa Anita Derby,
often the definitive Kentucky Derbyprep race. I’m not completely sold onthe colt and favorites historically tendnot to win the 20-horse melee that isthe Derby but just to get there, and getthere with a solid shot is pretty cool inand of itself. Just getting there iswhat people spend entire lifetimespursuing. Then on Monday, to theutter horror of Kentucky Wildcatfans, I’m talking to you, Ashley Judd,his Louisville Cardinals won theNCAA basketball championship, mak-ing Pitino the only coach in history towin a national title at two differentschools. The other, of course, camewith Kentucky back in 1996, and theenmity between these two programsjust might be the most heated in all ofsports on any level. You can be surethere was no celebrating in LexingtonMonday. And to top it off, Pitino wasalso elected to the Hall of Fame. Hedidn’t do so well in the NBA in NewYork and Boston, but the man certain-ly can coach ‘em up on campus, can’the?
The title game was even entertainingenough to let us forget for a couple hoursthat college sports is pretty much acesspool these days. Actually, that’s beenthe case for a while, but these daysthere’s just more media coverage.Everyone knows about Rutgers — every-one knows there was no excuse for coachMike Rice not to have been fired inDecember; everyone knows AD TimPernetti had to go, too, Pernetti’s lameinsistence that he wanted to can Rice lastwinter aside. Everyone knows about thegrowing “scandal” at Auburn wherefootball players were allegedly paid tostay in school (laughable concept that itis) and not go pro, and about the allegedgrade changing there. The list is endlessand I put parenthesis around scandalbecause stories like these seem to be pop-ping up every week or so. No one seemsto be in control; the concept of the “stu-
dent-athlete” at the football and basket-ball factories is often beyond ludicrous,and I have no idea how to fix any of it.I’ve heard suggestions that players bepaid. Which players? D-1 football andbasketball players? Certainly that ideawasn’t meant for women’s tennis teams.If we pay these kids, since their schoolsare basically printing money thanks totheir skills, do we also insist they still goto class, or do we accept them as quasi-professionals? If we don’t demand theycontinue in academics, what about theoverwhelming majority even at D-1schools who don’t make the NFL orNBA? Paying football and basketballplayers? That’s no solution.
Here’s another thing. I’ve frequentlywritten how much I detest the collapse oftraditional conferences and one of thereasons this bothers me so much, asidefrom the end of great big time rivalries,is what the new alignments are doing tominor sports. Next year, when Marylandjoins the Big Ten, how many parents of,say, the aforementioned tennis team willbe able to afford to go watch their kidcompete in Ames, Iowa or Minneapolisor Evanston, Illinois? It was one thing todrive down to UVA or even the Carolinaschools, but the ungodly pursuit of TVfootball money is having a not-so-obvi-ous impact on a bunch of other sportsand not in a good way. I know, I know,football, and to a lesser extent, basketballpays the bills for athletic departmentsvirtually everywhere, but you have toask, at what cost?
As for grade-fixing? You tell me how tomake that stop. Good luck on that one.For those of us who root for certainschools, be they our alma maters or not,the reality is that for now we have toaccept the ugly with the good. Reform
college athletics? That’s a great idea, butagain, I sure don’t know how to do it.Anyone out there have any practical pro-posals?
The other day the Red Sox beat theOrioles in their home opener, and thatwas okay. I like when teams win theirhome openers. After insanely long win-ters, that’s the way seasons should start— get the home fans all pumped up, atleast short term. Unless the injury rid-dled Yankees are really, really bad, theAL East will be a five way joyride for thenext five and a half months, and I don’tthink anyone will win 90 games this year— the division appears to be too compet-itive for that.
The Masters, which began yesterday,is almost always competitive. You rarelysee anyone win by more than a coupleshots and the question this week is, ofcourse, whether, after two wins alreadythis season, Tiger Woods can completehis supposed “comeback” and resumehis pursuit of Jack Nicklaus’ 18 majortitles. Tiger’s been stuck at 14 for fiveyears, ever since he won the ‘08 US Openat Torrey Pines on that broken leg, andhe is 37, so time’s a wastin’. It’s true thatJack won the Masters at 46, but he hadn’thad multiple knee surgeries. Who’llwear the green jacket Sunday evening? Isee most analysts taking Woods. Thatwould obviously be no surprise, but Ithink you should always take the fieldagainst one guy. Phil always gets hisgame in gear once he drives downMagnolia Lane and eventually BrandtSnedeker will likely get a major, but try-ing to find one winner from 94 players?I’ll pass.
Meanwhile, this afternoon, Murdock’sbaseball and softball teams are sched-uled, weather permitting (though thatlooks a bit dicey), to host arch rivalNarragansett at 3:30 after having openedthe season Wednesday. Games againstthe Warriors are almost always close andare for sure always heated, so if theweather cooperates and it doesn’t rain,what better way to spend a Friday after-noon? I can’t think of too many betteroptions. See you there?
DEK HOCKEYWINCHENDON — Spring leagues
are now forming and signups areevery weekend, Saturday andSunday from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at theCenter at 37 Commercial Drive,Winchendon (Mylek). Coaches andreferees welcome and needed.Leagues forming for ages 4 through
over 30, fun for all ages. This is not aschool sponsored event. Forms canbe downloaded from website:dekhockey.com. For more informa-tion contact (978) 297-0088. Leaguesare run by American Street HockeyInstitute, a non-profit organization.League play begins March 30.
Chair City Lions AYF
Football/CheerThe Chair City Lions are a NEW
youth football/cheer program thatis open to all children going intogrades K-8th. The Lions are underthe American Youth Football (AYF)umbrella, which means that thereare no restrictions based onsize/weight of the student athlete.
Divisions are based on grade level.The Lions, who will play their
home games in Gardner, are NOWaccepting participants from severalsurrounding communities includ-ing: Winchendon, Templeton,Baldwinville, Ashburnham,Westminster, Athol, Phillipston,Hubbardston and Orange.
For more information about theLions or to REGISTER ONLINETODAY go towww.chaircitylions.org. You mayalso email CCL President, RyanLaliberte [email protected]. Like uson Facebook!
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TALKING
SPORTS
CRIBBAGE ON!
WINCHENDON — A cribbagetournament is scheduled tomorrow,Saturday April 13 with sign upbeginning at 11 a.m. and play begin-ning at noon at the AmericanLegion Post 193, School Street. Thisis a double elimination tournamentand all skill levels are welcome.Come on down and enjoy an after-noon of fun. $10 donation.
TRAVELING WALL
GARDNER — Just a reminder theTraveling Wall veterans’ tribute isat the Mount Wachusett CommunityCollege campus
ADULT PROM
WINCHENDON — Next Saturday,April 20, the Patient NavigatorProgram, designed to benefit theSimonds-Sinon Regional CancerCenter, will hold an Adult Prom atthe American Legion. The eventwas conceived by Marie McKinnon,former owner of McKinnon’s CoffeeHouse on Central Street, a cancersurvivor herself. Informationregarding tickets can be obtainedfrom Andrea Ricchezza at (978) 877-0078 or Kelly Wade at (978) 660-9590,or at the renamed Toy Town Skilleton the same site as McKinnon’s.
SONS PLAN EVENT
WINCHENDON — On Saturday,April 27 from 7 p.m. to midnight theever popular Help Wanted Band willhelp the Sons of the AmericanLegion Unit 193 raise funds forMassachusetts Children’s Hospitalwith a great evening at the Legionon School Street. Tickets in advance(available at the Legion) are $10; atthe door, $12. Side raffles and a tick-et auction will be part of theevening. Plan to join the Sons for anevening of entertainment and helpthe kids too.
LITERARY BALL
WINCHENDON — A gala event isplanned to celebrate BealsMemorial Library and its 100thanniversary when you can deckyourself out as your favorite liter-ary character or at least in your
favorite finery and come to HiddenHills in Rindge on Saturday, April 27from 8 pm.-midnight for an eveningof frolic. DJ and lots of extras toenjoy. Tickets are available now atthe Library: $25 per person.
SPRING NIGHT OUT
WINCHENDON — The BigRanDom plays April 27 at theSnowbound Club in Winchendon, 7-11 p.m. A great local band, come outand support local rock’n’roll!
PUPPET SHOW
WINCHENDON — On Friday,April 17 at 10 a.m. puppeteer JohnMcDonough and his PumpernickelPuppets will present two classicchildren’s tales: Three Billy GoatsGruff and Lion & the Mouse at theWinchendon Town Hall auditorium.The program is free and open to thepublic, and is meant for childrenapproximately three to four yearsold, though older children may wellenjoy it. The program is free andsponsored by the Beals MemorialLibrary and by grants through theWinchendon CFCE, WinchendonCultural Council via theMassachusetts Cultural Counciland by the Winchendon Kiwanis.
EARTH DAY
WINCHENDON — It is not one bittoo early to plan: Earth Day inWinchendon will be Saturday, April27 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Any group thatwants to organize and help is urgedto contact Lee Cloutier at (978) 353-2063. A dumpster will be at townhall, gloves and trash bags arealready available. Local businessesare donated drinks and snacks. Nowwe need workers! Clean up yourneighborhood, clean up a wholestreet! Donate to the cause, do whatyou can!
IPSWICH AUCTION
WINCHENDON — IpswichVillage at 108 Ipswich Drive willhold its first ever Public AuctionApril 20 at 2 p.m. Come and join us -have fun and maybe buy something.A light lunch will be served for asmall price. Tell your Friends and
family about it. Hope to see there!!
TICKETS AVAILABLE
WINCHENDON — Tickets arenow available for A BetterTomorrow Shelter for Cats firstannual Adopt the Cause benefit auc-tion. The event will be held SaturdayMay 4, from 7-10 p.m. at The OldMurdock Auditorium, 52 MurdockAve. Tickets are $15 per person andcan be purchased online atwww.shelterforcats.org, at theShelter during open hours(Wednesday 6-7 p.m. and Saturdaynoon-3 p.m.) or at the door on theevening of the event.
Among the numerous, eclecticitems available for the auction arelift tickets to local ski areas, 150 gal-lons of heating oil, a digital camera,a Bose radio/CD player, a 1939 TedWilliams Jersey, a DwellStudio woolrug, a hand-made queen sized quilt,fine art and sculpture from manylocal and national artists, HopiIndian art, a tax voucher from H&RBlock, and much more. A detailedlist of highlighted auction items isavailable on the website, which willbe updated regularly prior to theauction date.
The Shelter is run by volunteersand is committed to the care andwell-being of every cat or kitten itrescues. The Shelter’s goal is toassist the Winchendon communityand surrounding area by providingshelter, medical care and placementof homeless cats into responsible,loving homes. As space allows, theyaccept cats that might otherwise beeuthanized or abandoned, from indi-viduals with financial hardship oremergent situations. Since openingits doors in May 2012, the Shelterhas provided medical care to andfound loving homes for nearly 100cats and kittens.
In addition to helping the commu-nity with the homeless cat popula-tion, the Shelter strives to be a pub-lic resource for information onfeline health, safety and populationcontrol. It offers advice on afford-able spay/neuter options in the areaas well. To learn more about ABetter Tomorrow Shelter for Cats goto www.shelterforcats.org. The
Shelter is located at 202 Central St.,Winchendon.
STORY HOUR
WINCHENDON — ThePreschooler’s Story Hour, at BealsMemorial Library, is a free programfor children ages 3-5, held Fridaymornings at 10:30. In addition to sto-ries, each session features a craftproject for adult and child to makeand take home. Boys and girlsshould always bring along a respon-sible adult to share the fun. Formore information, please call (978)297-0300.
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
WORCESTER — WorcesterPolytechnic Institute (WPI) hasannounced that Caleb Stepanian, ofAthol a first-year student majoringin robotics engineering, has beennamed a Charles O. ThompsonScholar for the 2012-2013 academicyear. Named in honor of the firstpresident of WPI, this honor recog-nizes outstanding performance byfirst-year students. To be eligible formembership, students must receiveall A’s and B’s (with a minimum ofsix A’s) in their academic subjectsduring their first three terms atWPI.
KEENE, NH — Keene StateCollege will host a Graphic Designshow that showcases extensive workproduced by 43 senior graphicdesign students. The show providesan opportunity for area employersto connect with students who will beentering the workforce this summer,and also offers the public a chance toview designs and talk with students.The show began more than 10 yearsago.
Among the students presenting isBridgette Wiesenauer of Jaffrey.The showcase will be held at Lloyd P.Young Student Center, Keene StateCollege on Friday, April 19 from 3p.m. – 7 p.m. The show will exhibittraditional logo design, stationery,and websites as well as designs forcompany development, marketingand branding from concept to com-pletion. This event is free and opento the public. Light refreshmentswill be served.
HAVE LUNCH & HELP
GARDNER — There will be a ben-efit for C.A.R.E. (CommunityAnimal Rescue Effort) for GardnerAnimals, Inc. at the South SideGrille & Margarita Factory, 242 WestBroadway on Thursday, April 18.South Side will donate 10 percent ofthe cost of each food purchase madefrom 11:30 a.m.-10 p.m. to C.A.R.E.Patrons are asked to bring our pro-motional flyer in with them.C.A.R.E. is a nonprofit, tax exempt,public charity committed to provid-ing stray, abandoned, abused andunwanted pets from Gardner andsurrounding communities withshelter, nourishment, socializationand veterinary care while we workto find them loving, forever homes.Most of the pets we take into our fos-ter homes either come through ani-mal control facilities or are surren-dered to us by people in need ofassistance. For more info. or torequest a flyer (978) 895-6762 [email protected] is available at the Courieroffice.
PRESCHOOL SCREENING
WINCHENDON — WinchendonPublic Schools Preschool Screeningwill take place on May 8 & 15.Children must be age 3 or 4 byAugust 31, 2013 to be eligible.Screening looks at a child’s develop-ment in the areas of language, fineand gross motor skills, cognitionand social emotional skills. If youhave any concerns about your child,suspect your child may have a dis-ability, or if you did not receive aninformation packet by mail pleasecall Winchendon Pre-K Program978-297-3436.
SPAGHETTI SUPPER
JAFFREY — The VFW LadiesAuxiliary Post 5613 is holding aspaghetti supper and ticket auctionSaturday, April 27. The auctionbegins at 5 p.m., and the meal isserved from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Post inJaffrey. Auction tickets are 10 for $5or 25 for $10.
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where he or she lives. Communitybased programs do a better job ofsafeguarding public safety andgetting kids back on track. Theyare usually a better financial aswell as societal investment,” shesaid.
When it comes to the oversee-ing state agency, “Overall, DYSdoes a great job”, said Chester.“Kids in their care are gettingservices and Massachusetts islucky to have that agency, forexample, specialized foster carecan be and often is very success-ful, but incarceration should be alast resort for public safety whenwe’re talking about kids who evenDYS doesn’t think are dangerous.Losing liberty at that age is trau-matic, and it’s not like these kidsare flight risks and kids are moresafer and more likely to grow upto be productive members of ourcommunity when they are treatedas juveniles,” she remarked.
The central region has thelongest average length of stay indetention at 20 days. MetroBoston, by contrast, sees a 17 dayaverage.
None of this includes 17 year-olds who are considered adults.That displeases some legislators.Sen. Karen Spilka (D-Ashland),and Reps. Kay Kahn (D-Newton)and Brad Hill (R-Ipswich) havefiled legislation, supported byboth Gov. Deval Patrick and retir-ing Boston Mayor Tom Menino, to
raise the “youth” age to 18, as isthe case in 39 states. “The Caseyreport clearly shows there’s roomin the juvenile justice system toinclude 17 year-olds as those otherstates have done,” argued Chester.
Some of these statistics areimpacted by geography. “Onething we do know is that prosecu-tors in Worcester County requirebail more than any other countyin the state. “This seems like ‘jus-tice’ by geography,” assertedChester.
“Not only that, some two-thirdsof kids of color are detained inWorcester County but only 25-per-cent overall of kids who getdetained are kids of color,” shepointed out.
The Casey report however,insists that while African-American kids outnumber whitesby a five to one margin in juvenilefacilities, there are no statistics tosuggest they actually commitmore crimes.
“Massachusetts residentsshould demand more and betterdata collection from all stakehold-ers in the juvenile justice systemto see exactly where and whyracial disparity occurs so that wecan better combat it,” Chestersaid. However, what statisticalevidence does exist has not beenbroken down by town, “but byregion,” said Colleen Shaddox ofCitizens for Juvenile Justice.
“Detention’s expensive. Thestate saves money without risk-ing public safety if it finds alter-native ways to handle kids with
low level offenses. In SuffolkCounty, they began looking formore appropriate resources thanjail. Some towns have policediversion programs, which aregood for kids. That’s whatWorcester County needs to do,
too. We aren’t sure some of thepeople in the system get that. It’dbe nice to get all the partiestogether and see how things couldbe done better,” said Chester.
Repeated calls to DYS were notreturned.
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mulating questions; and those were based onwhether the student was attending a publicschool, a private school, a religious basedschool or home schooled. MontachusettRegional Vocational School students were notincluded in this survey.
At first, Landanno said, results were slow inreturning after the mailing, so some phonecalls were made, generating more response. Inall, the response was about one-third; consid-ered statistically as good.
Landanno said the increase in studentsleaving the school district has been steadilyincreasing. In the past five years it hasdecreased only once, and in the past two yearshas shot up alarmingly.
Students who have choiced out ofWinchendon to attend another Massachusettspublic school in the past five years is as fol-lows:
2008: 105;2009: 122;2010: 115;2011: 113;2012: 138;2013: 141And, said Landanno, while those going to
other public schools is impacting the districtboth by losing the student and losing funding;we are also losing students to private schoolsat nearly the same rate. This year and addi-tional 118 students are attending private
schools.“The results are across the board, from
kindergarten through high school, which isn’twhat I expected at all. I expected to see elemen-tary school pretty local and a larger outflow atthe higher grades but that isn’t what wefound,” said Landanno.
Indeed, the chart shows 13 kindergartenstudents, 17 first grade students, 16 secondgrade students, 10 third grade students, 20fourth grade students, 23 fifth grade students,20 sixth grade students, 17 seventh grade stu-dents, 35 eighth grade students, 35 ninth gradestudents, 22 tenth grade students, 23 eleventhgrade students and 28 twelfth grade studentsopting out.
Of those parents who returned the surveys,61 percent replied their students had neverattended the local public schools. Of those, 17attended other public schools, and 32 attendedprivate schools, including parochial schools.
Of the 39 percent whose student had onceattended Winchendon but left at some point,16 now attended a public school, and 16 attend-ed a private school.
Some of the parents whose children hadnever attended Winchendon schools gave asthe reason: a move to Winchendon but want-ing the child to stay at a previous school (7);heard bad things from staff (6); low test scores(6); wanted smaller class sizes (6); personalchoice (6); stay with friends (5); religious rea-sons (4); always attended private (3); live clos-er to other school (3); more challenging pro-grams (2); sports teams (2); parent works at
other school (1); open concept walls (1); anddisliked health center in school (1).
Of those who had attended the school sys-tem but left the parent comments included:religious reasons (8); differences with admin-istration or staff (6); parent employed at otherdistrict (8); bullying (4); viewed WPS as badinfluence (2); class size (1); better structure (1);curriculum not current (1); student not chal-lenged (1); and poor communication.
After hearing the comments, members ofthe School Committee said there were someperception problems but there were probablysome actual problems needing to be addressedin that collection of statements.
“I agree completely,” said SuperintendentDr. Salah Khelfaoui. “If we have communica-tion problems or if we have staff who are sounhappy, we need to address that.”
“We need to make sure the communityknows we are doing better in various areas aswell,” continued Dr. K.
The committee discussed several ideasabout how best to move forward now that thesurvey results are complete. Landanno wouldlike to see a task force created to continue toaddress the issue, and bring in parents andothers for input.
Vice Chairman Michael Niles said he woulddefinitely like to address more professional-ism in the schools; he didn’t like to hear of thedismissal of parental concerns.
“There was a trend for a period of time andthat is now over. We need to make sure peopleknow it’s different now, how we deal with all
people is different and we have to get the wordout there,” said Niles.
“We are not going to solve this all in oneyear,” admitted Khelfaoui. “But we mustbegin where we are. At least we now havesome direction.”
Landanno said it was important to remem-ber there are “some things from our past, butthey don’t reflect where we are now.”
“We have to do a better job of letting peopleknow where we are, what we are; how well weare doing.”
done by Jacunski Humes Architects LLC, the bottom line was quiteclear.
The police station could be sited at the old Winchendon Court for$2,731,324.15 according to Jacunski Humes; siting a new building at thelot offered by Winchendon Furniture would cost $5,148,700.
Chairman of the committee Robert O’Keefe said while it was obvi-ous the second bid was beyond the available funds voted for the project;the committee should move forward with the process with both bid-ders. Both will be requested to provide further documentation con-cerning any deed restrictions, easements or rights of way, clear title toproperty, waiver of brokerage fees, no stamp taxes in proposal, currentwith all utility and tax bills and questions concerning hazard materi-als or brownfields sites to be 21E compliant.
In the accompanying information to the analysis, Brian Humes ofJacunski Humes explains to estimate the total projected costs for eachproposal; information contained with the RFP and the firm’s extensive
knowledge of both renovation costs and new construction costs forpolice facilities was used.
“Jacunski Humes has recent data for police department construc-tion within your region as we are the architects for the plannedGardner police headquarters,” explained Humes.
The break down of each site cost is as follows.Purchase price: Winchendon Court: $835,000; Winchendon
Furniture: $325,000Soft Costs: WC: $399,000; WF: $399,000Contingency: WC: $105,000; WF: $308,700Hard Costs: WC: $1,392,324.15; WF: $4,116,000.Both buildings are planned as 14,000 square feet; with that in mind
the cost per square foot for the Winchendon Court is $99; forWinchendon Furniture: $294.
A letter requesting the additional information is being sent to eachbidder, giving both until April 30 to respond. The committee will thenmeet again to review the information before making a recommenda-tion to the Board of Selectmen.
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some line items might appear tohave huge increases, when in factthey were brought back to begin-ning numbers, was the challenge;as Kreidler said some of those lineitems needed to be re-allocated andkept funded.
An example of that was the townclerk’s office, cut by $3,000 last fall,but now increased again by thatamount plus a small increase so itlooks as if there was a significantchange in the department whenthere was not.
Kreidler said the budget was aline by line examination this yearin an attempt to find every pennyto save and keep it within the bal-ance as must be done. In his 14years as town manager, he said thiswas a hard one to balance.
He explains in his overview thatthe charge to be certain retirementfunding is kept current within theannual budget, increases in MontyTech funding and at WorcesterRegional Retirement and fundingthe veterans’ services appropriate-ly were all significant impacts tothe budget.
Regionalizing and privatizingtwo services, animal control andassessment, said Kreidler andbrining the water department backin house, were all cost saving ven-tures.
As for the annual town meeting
warrant, there are 29 articles to beconsidered at the May 20 annualtown meeting. Of those, eight arerequests for capital projects suchas purchase of a utility truck withsnow plow for the public worksdepartment, a pick up truck forfighting brush fires for the firedepartment and school related cap-ital projects all submitted by theCapital Planning AdvisoryCommittee. Most would need to bevoted, then advanced to become acapital debt exclusion to be funded.
In addition, an article revampsthe make up of that committee tocreate a Capital PlanningCommittee with guidelines to sup-port that designation.
Another article conveys a smallpiece of property to theWinchendon RedevelopmentAuthority.
A bylaw presented by the DPWsuperintendent sets fines anddefines littering; putting teeth intothe attempt to stop that occurrencein town.
An article requesting a review ofHistoric District bylaws has beensubmitted.
A consideration of the so called“stretch code” is again under con-sideration. If the town passes this,it is in line for grant funding.
Monty Tech is seeking to estab-lish a stabilization fund and musthave the permission of each of itssupporting towns.
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In all, the WHA now has six units, four atIpswich and two at Pearl Drive, that willaccommodate someone with mobility issues.That makes up five percent of the authority’shousing stock.
“Of course we were very conscious of theneed for mobility issues, but the handicapcould be hearing impairment or sight impair-ment rather than mobility,” said Connor,pointing out a device that will flash a light ifthe doorbell is rung.
The need to make more handicapped acces-sible units is growing; and is required as wellby law. Connor said the WHA wants to stayahead of the curve not only to more than meetthe standards, but because people need theaccommodations.
“We have always tried to be sure we are tak-ing care of our people. We have to develop theneeds of Winchendon today and Winchendonin the future,” said Connor.
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Wider doorways and halls make accessibility easier.All are 42 inches wide.
PLAN AHEAD
7th ANNUAL TOWN – WIDEYARD / GARAGE SALE
RINDGE — The FirstCongregational Church of Rindgewill host its annual town-wideyard/garage sale on May 18 from 8a.m. to 2 p.m. (RAIN OR SHINE)
This event is open to all. Sellersmust pre-register and addresses willbe entered onto an up-dated map ofRindge.
The Church will charge the fol-lowing fees: $10 for Rindge residentsto have their names & addressesplaced on a town map and $15 forspace (12’ x 12’) on the Lawn at theRindge Meeting House. Each sellerwill be responsible for providingtheir own tables and displaying,marking and selling their own
goods. Free Maps and a list of ALLlocations will be available at theMeeting House to buyers & bargainhunters, beginning at 7 a.m. on May18. We will have free drawing foreveryone who picks up map.
Coffee & donuts will be availablein the morning and a light lunchwill be served from 11 a.m. to 1:30p.m.
This is a great way for all towns-people to dispose of their unwanted“stuff” before the summer begins.During these still long, dark, andcold days, as you clean a closet, cabi-net, the basement or garage, just setitems aside & you will be ready toearn a little money on May 18. Wealways attract a large crowd.
For more information, or to regis-ter, call (603) 899-5789).
The Rindge Woman’s Club PlantSale will also be held at the sametime at the Meeting House.
SERVICE AUCTION
The First Congregational Churchin Rindge will be holding a ServiceAuction on SATURDAY, APRIL 13.
This event will begin at 6:30 p.m..Items will be available for inspec-tion at 5:30 p.m. Desserts will beavailable for purchase. A profession-al auctioneer will conduct the“show. Please call (603) 899-5789 formore information
This event is open to all and willprovide an interesting EVENING.Invite your friends
We will have quite a variety ofitems including: Food & homemadegoodies; Catered meals; Hand craft-ed items; Many garden & springitems; Entertainment; ComputerHelp; Pet Care; and Beach & homeparties.
Many of the food items and otherservices will be delivered for yourrequested date.
LLP, and worked as an attorney for the U.S. Department ofHousing and Urban Development in Washington, DC.
“I am excited about joining such an impressive team, ata time when affordable housing is increasingly out ofreach for low-income residents and future fundingsources are uncertain,” said Kelleher. “We have great chal-lenges ahead as we seek to both preserve and expand theCommonwealth’s affordable housing stock. I am eager toroll up my sleeves and join Mass Housing’s work in lever-aging resources and crafting creative solutions to betterserve our residents.”
About MassHousing
MassHousing (The Massachusetts Housing FinanceAgency) is an independent, quasi-public agency created in1966 and charged with providing financing for affordablehousing in Massachusetts. The agency raises capital byselling bonds and lends the proceeds to low- and moderate-income homebuyers and homeowners, and to developerswho build or preserve affordable and/or mixed-incomerental housing. MassHousing does not use taxpayer dol-lars to sustain its operations, although it administerssome publicly funded programs on behalf of theCommonwealth. Since its inception, MassHousing hasprovided nearly $14 billion for affordable housing. Formore information, visit the MassHousing website atwww.masshousing.com, follow us on Twitter@MassHousing, subscribe to our blog and Like us onFacebook.
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Annual spring show and sale celebrates 25 years of art
GARDNER — The Greater Gardner Artists Association hasbeen making art happen for 25 years and therefore this year’sannual spring art show and sale is expected to be spectacular.
Held at the Boland Room of Heywood Place on Central Street inGardner, area artists from several towns will be displaying theirwork beginning with a reception tonight, Friday April 12 from 7-9p.m. with the show continuing Saturday noon to 5 p.m. and Sunday,April 14 from noon-4 p.m. The show is free and open to the publicat all times.
Paintings, drawings, sculpture and photography are the medi-ums featured, and the work is that of people of all ages; includinga student division for those age 13-25.
Several awards are intended, including a new Knights ofColumbus award that includes a $100 honorarium. SurroundingsGallery will also choose a piece for a purchase award, and a singlepiece will be chose for members’ choice award. A popular vote forfavorite piece will also be done by those who attend.
A budding artists division for small children younger than age12 will also be featured; and in celebration of the 25 years of exis-tence, older works by members will also be displayed.
A committee of professional artists: JerryBeck who is director of marketing and commu-nity involvement at Fitchburg Art Museum;Carrie Crane, a surrealist artist fromWorcester; and Helen Obermeyer Simmons, aprofessor at Fitchburg State University, willserve as judges for expert awards.
Besides the art show a popular raffle will bepart of the festivities including donations fromseveral area pieces, tickets to museums, donat-ed art work and gift certificates.
The GGAA was begun in 1989 when localartists Glenn Eaton and Carolyn Kamudabanded together to hold the first show. Artistsfrom local towns and cities are now part of thesuccessful association and continue to supportthe arts.
BY COLETTE KOTOCH
Israeli newspapers gave an analy-sis of President Barack Obama’sfirst visit to Israel during March.News correspondent Ali Haidar,who observed the visit closely, saidto the Daily News that YediotAhronot Newspaper described thereasons for the visit as “friendly,”and may be not limited only to per-sonal and public relations.According to the same newspaper,the visit has another goal moreimportant regarding the U.S strate-gy about Iran. The newspaper men-tioned also that “the aim of the visitis to mobilize reserves of positiverelations and mutual trust with theIsraeli prime minister BenjaminNetanyahu.”
The newspaper explainedObama’s speech during a press con-ference as “the U.S promised to con-tinue Israeli’s help to maintain thesecurity in Israel and try to buildconfidence between Israel and thePalestinians.” The newspaper con-cluded that the final goal ofObama’s visit is “Israeli’s confi-dence-building in the U.S, hopingthat it will lead to a greater trust inAmerica.”
For its part Haaretz newspaperwondered if Netanyahu succeededin an attempt to push his Americanguest to take a decisive stand on the
most sensitive areas: Iran and Syria.“Aluf Benn, a political analyst atHaaretz wrote, “President ShimonPeres and Prime MinisterNetanyahu wanted to hear fromObama a strong commitment to pre-venting Iran obtaining nuclearweapons and also curb the shockwaves caused by the disintegrationof Syria.”
Benn saw that the visit showed adecline about American interven-tion in the Middle East. He pointedout that, “the United States begangradually the liberation from thedependence to foreign sources ofenergy and expected to turn out in afew years to an exporter of oil.”
And during Obama’s ceremony atBengurion Airport, Benn said,“Obama expanded to talk about theheritage of the Jewish and the deephistorical roots of land link par-ents.”
In the same vein, Maariv newspa-per focused on what it called “lack ofagreement about the Iranian issue.”It said, “Exchanged smiles betweenObama and Netanyahu did notmean that there is an agreement onIran, and on the unification of thered lines about its nuclear pro-gram;” adding, “Obama tried tocrystallize nice ambiance and a con-ciliatory character towardNetanyahu.”
And on the Israeli’s defense right
in this matter, according to Maariv,Obama said that “the central thing,is that Israel has the right to defenditself against any threat to its secu-rity, including the Iranian threat,”and Maariv mentioned that Obama,“wanted from Israeli government toprovide him calm and patience toexhaust diplomatic moves againstIran wishing for Israel that do notgoing out in an unilateral militaryoperation.”
Obama addressed in his speechhundreds of college students say-ing, “on the changes that takingplace in the Arab world, the peace isnecessary in Jerusalem, and forachieving the two-state, Israel has tostop the continuation of buildingsettlements that would hinderingany peace solution.” Adding that,“Palestinians must recognize Israelas a Jewish state.”
Obama reminded the Israeliyouth that, “their right to freedomin the land is rooted in history sinceMoses.”
In his last meeting withNetanyahu in the hotel King Davidin Jerusalem, journalistsannounced, “the meeting wasfocused on ways to restart Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.” In theother direction, the U.S presidentmet the Palestinian PresidentMahmoud Abbas in Ramallah andsaid, “the possibility of a two-states
still exists.”In his concern Nimer Hammad, a
political adviser to Abbas, revealedto Obama that, “It will not be anyresumption negotiations with Israelwithout the Israeli’s settlement stopin East Jerusalem.”
In his last tour in the region, inJordan, Syria was at the top of theagenda of Obama announcing $200million in aid for the displacedSyrians to support the Jordan budg-et in helping Syrian refugees.
A meeting in Dabouk (WestOman) between Jordanian KingAbdullah II and the U.S president,the two leaders held two hours oftalks on the Syrian crisis and theestimated 500,000 refugees thatJordan hosted. During a press con-ference, Obama stressed, “the pres-ence of a unified Syrian oppositionis very important in this stage,” andpointed to the U.S work in coopera-tion with Jordan to strengthen theSyrian opposition. Also pointing outthe continuous investigations withthe UN about the chemical weaponsused by Assad regime onthe Syrians; adding thisevidence, “will change theform of the game.”
“Also we will continueto help the Syrian peopleto get out from under thecontrol of the leader wholost his legitimacy.”
In his last stop in Palestine,Obama visited the Church ofNativity in Bethlehem accompaniedby his Secretary of State JohnKerry. The visit lasted 26 minutesand according to Jewish traditionsthe U.S president put stones on theshrine of Theodor Herzel, thefounder of the Zionist movement.He put a stone he carried with himfrom the monument to MartinLuther King in Washington to put itat the tomb of Yitzhak Rabin, whowas assassinated by a far-rightactivist on 1995.
With the conclusion of his visit tothe East, which lasted three days,Israeli’s newspapers raised ques-tions about the U.S presidentachievements at the level of the corequestions that been consideredimportant; especially Iran, and theIsraeli-Palestinian negotiations topush forward the peace process inthe establishment of the two-states.
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ORDER OF NOTICETO:Christina L. Doraand to all persons entitled to the benefit ofthe Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50U.S.C. App. § 501et seq.:United States of America, acting throughthe Rural Housing Service or successoragency, United States Department ofAgriculture, formerly known as FarmersHome Administrationclaiming to have an interest in a Mortgagecovering real property in 31 Hyde Street,Winchendon, given by Christina L. Dora toUnited States of America, acting throughthe Farmers Home Administration,United States Department of Agriculturedated October 01, 1993, recorded in theWorcester County (Worcester District)Registry of Deeds in Book 15617, Page242, has/have filed with this court a com-plaint for determination ofDefendant’s/Defendants’ Servicemembersstatus.
If you now are, or recently have been, inthe active military service of the UnitedStates of America, then you may be entitledto the benefits of the Servicemembers CivilRelief Act. If you object to a foreclosure ofthe above-mentioned property on thatbasis, then you or your attorney must file awritten appearance and answer in this Courtat Three Pemberton Square, Boston, MA02108 on or before May 13, 2013 or you willbe forever barred from claiming that you areentitled to the benefits of said Act.
Witness, KARYN F. SCHEIER, ChiefJustice of said Court on March 27, 2013.Attest:
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LEGALS
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Martie Paris of Winchendon, Maryalice Hurley of Fitchburg and Ida Gray ofWestminster are just some of the artists who will be taking part in the GALA 25thanniversary event.
NEWS BRIEFS
Are you atownie?
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Storyteller, jour-nalist andauthor SallyCragin made anappearance atthe WinchendonH i s t o r i c a lSociety lastweekend, and displays the de rigueur vest of a con-summate “townie.”
Honored for their writing skills
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Monty Tech English students were selectedrecently as recipients of the 2013 DiscoveringYoung Writers awards. The annual highschool writing contest is sponsored annual bythe department of English Studies atFitchburg State University. Award winnerswill be honored at a reception to be heldThursday, April 25, in the college. From leftare Christina Favreau, director of academicprograms; Adam Becotte of Winchendon, sec-ond place; Tiffany Cunningham of Gardner,honorable mention; Dana Symonds ofTempleton, first place; Scott Batchelder ofGardner, third place; Patty Upshaw ofPetersham, honorable mention, and Englishteachers Samantha McGuane and KirstenAubuchon. Missing from photo is CeceliaSchmuck of Fitchburg, honorable mention.
MWCC job fair grows annuallyBY JERRY CARTON
COURIER CORRESPONDENT
GARDNER — Nearly three dozen prospec-tive employers were represented last Fridaywhen Mount Wachusett Community Collegehosted its annual spring job fair, and careerplanning and placement coordinator PatriciaBrewerton couldn’t have been happier.
“Annually, this event is growing in populari-ty as evidenced by increased attendance of par-ticipating employers, students, and members ofthe community,” she said.
Stacey Laplante, staff coordinator for TheArc of North Central Mass, a Fitchburg-basedorganization looking to hire “team members”to work with disabled clients, was enthused aswell.
“We have a close relationship with the col-lege,” she remarked. “We’ve been coming to thejob fair for four years and it’s really worked outfor us. We look forward to it every year.”
On campus preparation begins early. SaidBrewerton, “Students attended workshopsthroughout the spring semester focusing onresume writing, dressing for success, and the‘soft’ approach to job interviews.” She addedthose efforts pay off when numerous studentsget rapid interviews.
Darleen Kifer is the onsite manager forBalance Professional, which places applicantsin temporary jobs, including some inWinchendon that can lead to full time employ-ment.
“We look on the Mount’s job fair as an impor-tant part of our recruitment effort. We’re hereevery year and we always wind up hiring peo-ple,” she said. “We do ask people to come downto our office on Dukakis Drive in Orange to fillout an application, but after that, we seem to beable to find spots for people and we’ve had greatsuccess at this fair.”
Marc Laperriere of the Worcester CountySheriff ’s office saidapplicants to thatagency need to be atleast 18 and, as mightbe expected, need topass a variety of testsdepending on the jobthey’re seeking, but heremarked of theMount’s fair, “we’vegotten good responseshere.”
While many of theattending companies,organizations andagencies focused onstudents pursuinghuman servicesdegrees, almost everyacademic major foundrepresentatives fromtheir field on hand.
Employers includedAlternatives, BalanceStaffing, BemisWorldwide, CastineMovers, Chartercom,Combined Insurance,Garlock Printing,Health Alliance,HMEA, Holiday Inn,Lifelong Learning,LUK, Mass LifeSciences, the Milford,NH PoliceD e p a r t m e n t ,Minuteman ARC, MyVirtual CFO,R e h a b i l i t a t i o nResources, ResourceManagement, Inc.,Sears, Securities,Seven Hills, SimondsInternational, Stop nShop, Target, TD Bank,The Arc of NorthC e n t r a lMassachusetts, TheBridge, the WorcesterCounty Sheriff ’s office,and YOU, Inc.
We all know that taking ourdogs for a walk is great exer-cise, for them AND ourselves.With warm weather coming
up, we may feel the want to get out thereand feel the sun on our skin again with-out freezing our fingers off. I am sureFido cannot wait to smell grass again.Though if you live past Old Centre inWinchendon, you know the snow lastsan extra week there! Well one thing that may hold youback about taking your dog out for a walk is their leashmanners. There are many dog owners that just know,when they put that leash on their dog or dogs that theywill be prepared for an all-out pulling match. This is notfun, and does not make a walk enjoyable.
There is a cure! Even for the most stubborn of pullers,there is help. Now when I walk around town, I do see manypeople walking there beautiful canines and the dogs are justhappy walking right by their sides. If you are one of thosepeople, I congratulate you on figuring it out. If you are oneof those that you wish you had that, it just takes a little train-ing.
As a behaviorist, I take any bad behavior and first look atwhat is reinforcing that behavior. Why is the dog pulling? Inmost cases, it is because they want to get to the next thingfaster. They don’t have any patience and they just want tokeep moving. One of the first things you should do is getyour dog out more often. If they get over stimulated on a
walk, that is a good sign, they don’t get outenough. The more they walk, especially thesame route, the more they can get used to theenvironment on the walk and calm down. Alsoremember to not reinforce the dogs pulling byletting them pull. If the dog is pulling to getsomewhere, stop moving forward, or in thecase of wanting to greet a person or anotherdog, turn and walk the other way. Don’t letthem have what they want if they are pulling.
Also dogs have what’s called “opposition reflex” this issomething that dogs, humans and horses have. Cows don’thave it. Ever hear of “Cow Tipping?” Basically when a dogfeels pressure on a muscle, their body naturally “pushes”back. So in the case of a collar and leash, or even a standardharness, the pressure is put on their neck and chest and themuscles in the font of their body is very strong, so they havea lot of strength to pull with. There are many training har-nesses out there that correct this problem and can give awalker instant relief from pulling. My favorite is theSENSE-ation Harness. The leash clips to the front and actu-ally puts pressure on the dogs SIDE when they pull. Makingtheir weaker muscles engage and not giving them thestrength in their pull.
You can also try a basic obedience class, or some placesoffer just hour long seminars, for things like pulling. Soremember to get you and your dog out there when it warmsup. It may take a little work, but getting outside and gettingsome exercise is good for everyone.
BY JULIA WHITE CARDINAL
The Beals Memorial Library willbe closed on Monday, April 15 inobservance of Patriots’ Day.
*****For the week of school vacation
(the 16th through the 19th) Library
will expand its series of 4 p.m.Story/Craft programs for childrenin Grades K and up. Themes includeButterflies, Insects & Spiders, andKites. As usual, we request advancesign-up, either in person at thelibrary, or by telephone (978) 297-
0300. Friday morning Toddler Timeand the Preschoolers’ Story Hourswill be held as usual, and 9:45 and10:30, respectively. All library chil-dren’s programs are free of charge.
*****The Library will celebrate The
Week of the Young Child by collab-orating with the Winchendon CFCEto present the PumpernickelPuppets on Wednesday April 17.Show time is 10 a.m. in the TownHall Auditorium. This free programis geared for boys and girls ages 3-4,accompanied by a responsible adult.Two presentations are planned: TheThree Billy Goats Gruff and TheLion and the Mouse. This programis funded, in part, by a grant fromthe Massachusetts CulturalCouncil, administered locally by theWinchendon Cultural. We are alsograteful to the Winchendon KiwanisClub for their support.
*****Available museum discount
coupons:
* The Ecotarium* The Higgins Armory* The New England Aquarium* The Museum of Fine Arts* The Museum of SciencePlease reserve in advance to avoid
disappointment. Visit the library orcall (978) 297-0300 to reserve, or formore information. This program isfunded, in part, by grants from theMassachusetts Cultural Council asadministered locally by theWinchendon Cultural Council
*****Tickets are still available for the
Literary Ball, hosted by the Board ofLibrary Trustees to celebrate the100th anniversary of the BealsMemorial Library. The Ball will beheld on April 27 at Hidden Hills, 8-12p.m. Attendees are invited to dressas their favorite literary character,(or author.) If you cannot decide,semi-formal attire is perfectlyacceptable. The music will be pro-vided by Sonic DJ, and Hors d’oeu-vres will be served. For tickets ($25
per person) or more information,please see Julia Cardinal.
*****The Friends of the Library would
like to thank all those who took usup on the opportunity to have pro-fessional photographs taken of theirfamilies, here at the library, lastweek. Your pictures will be deliv-ered in time for Mother’s Day.
The Friends invite the public tovisit their Book Sale. Patrons mayvisit the library basement duringregular hours, and take advantageof Buck ‘a Bag clearance pricing.Proceeds help fund library pro-grams.
For example, the Friends haveprovided a supply of the booklet“Nursery Rhymes, Songs, andFingerplays” for the Children’sRoom. Rhyming words help chil-dren acquire language, build vocab-ulary, and prepare to learn how toread. These booklets are given awayfree to local families with veryyoung children.
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From the Librarian’s Book
AshleyLang
PawPrint
When walking is “dragging” you down