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LOCALGAR Park due
for facelift
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SPORTSClark camp keeps youngsters busy
for summer
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WEEKLY QUOTE“It’s choice — not chance —
that determines your destiny.”
Jean Nidetch
BY GREG VINECOURIER CORRESPONDENT
WINCHENDON — The BOS handled an Open
Meeting complaint brought by Kevin Miller at its meeting Monday night. Miller brought the complaint after select-men on July 20 appointed a seven-member town manager search committee, but did so out of public view.
At Monday’s meeting, Chairman Michael Barbaro had each board member state in public which candidates they voted for to serve on the committee. Members voted unanimously to name Ruth DeAmicis, M.J. Galat, Jason Moury, Jessica Murdoch, and David Romanowski to the panel. Burton Gould Jr.
received the votes of four mem-bers, while Felicia Nurmsen received three votes to round out the committee’s member-ship. Miller, who had sought a seat on the panel, received one vote. Robert O’Keefe, who had also submitted his interest, did not receive any support.
Consultant John Mullins updated selectmen Monday night about the ongoing devel-opment of the former Mylec plant in Winchendon Springs. Mullin represents Brandywine Farms, the group behind the White’s Mill farm project.
Mullin reiterated some of the plans discussed at previous meetings with other boards, including the planning board and conservation commission.
The White’s Mill project calls
for the 100,000 square feet fac-tory complex, which sits on 53 acres, to become the home of a hydroponics farm, 40 units of mostly employee housing, office space, a daycare center, and a restaurant. In addition, the dam will be refurbished in hopes of providing power to the buildings and, hopefully, sold back to the power company. Outdoor recreational opportu-nities are also included in the plan, as well as the establish-ment of a solar farm.
Mullin added the project matches the town’s master plan very well and falls in line with zoning regulations.
Winchendon residents will be given priority in filling the jobs generated, said Mullin, fol-
BY GREG VINECOURIER CORRESPONDENT
WINCHENDON — Interim Town Manager
Bernie Lynch told selectmen Monday night that Police Chief Scott Livingston will be vacating his post before the end of the month. Lieutenant David Walsh has been tapped by Lynch to take the job of acting police chief following Livingston’s departure.
Livingston got his start in law enforcement as special offi-cer in the town of Orange in
1985, moving up through the ranks until leaving Orange to take the job of chief in the town of Bernardston in 2004. He remained in that position until taking over as Winchendon’s chief of police in 2006.
Livingston said he would be retiring, “at least for now,” adding that he has no definite plans following his departure.
“After a couple of months, who knows? I may decide to scout around for other oppor-tunities, but for now my plan is simply to retire. I’ve been
doing this work for 31 and a-half years and it’s time for a break.”
His successor, Lt. Walsh, has been in law enforcement for 26 years, spending the entire time as a member of the Winchendon force.
“I have no aspiration to go anywhere,” he says. “It’s always been my intention to have a career here. My wife and her parents are from Winchendon and we’ve lived her for close to 25 years.”
By Jerry CartonCourier CorrespondentWorking in the same place
for 20 years used to be taken for granted but that’s not the case anymore so it real-ly was a big deal last night when Winchendon nurse Mona Kuchta was among those hon-ored by Heywood Hospital for two decades of service.
“It helps when you work with people who have the same pas-sion you do,” Kuchta reflect-ed before the festivities at the Colonial Hotel in Gardner.
“I was just a kid when I started. 26’s a kid, right?” she laughed.
Kuchta wasn’t yet a nurse when her Heywood career began. She came to the hospi-tal after having worked at the long-since closed Open Arms nursing home in Winchendon.
“I was a patient service rep-resentative when I started at Heywood, we did housekeep-
ing, we took care of patients, we did everything, but I always knew I wanted to learn more,” she recalled.
Her road to becoming a nurse was largely paved by Heywood when she was chosen as one of ten students whose education was financed by the hospital.
BY TRACY GAMBILLCOURIER CORRESPONDENT
WINCHENDON — “Awesome!” That was the term used by both Andy Brooks of Brooks Automotive and Alex Magay of the Winchendon School to describe their first time as contestants in the Massachusetts State Chili Cook off last weekend.
Brooks“It was a whole shop effort,” Brooks empha-
sized. Rob Williams was the master chef, Dennis Whitcomb was the coordinator and was the official sanctioned T-shirt printer, and Brooks’ daughter Stacey designed the banner and flags that adorned the booth. The booth itself began as an ice fishing shack to
which scrap lumber and shingles were added. The scene was accessorized with a 1938 Dodge hood, oil cans, pistons, hubcaps, and various other car parts. Each time they received a People’s Choice vote, they would celebrate with a quick blow of an air horn.
Williams agreed that it was a shop effort. “It was fun and it was great to help raise money for the Kiwanis.”
They had already gone through 5-quarts of chili in the first thirty minutes of the morn-ing. By the end of the day, they had made two emergency trips to Central Supermarket for additional ingredients and had used about 20 pounds of meat for their homestyle chili.
BY T. HARLOW-SILLANPAACOURIER CORRESPONDENT
WINCHENDON — Just a couple of years ago, Corinne Goodrich decided to try sculpt-ing in various mediums. She was already an artist, produc-ing large numbers of oil paint-ings over many years. But she wanted to express herself in a new direction.
She has become very tal-ented and skilled in the use of bronze in a short period of time. Recently, she won three ribbons at the Greater Gardner Art Show; first and third place in addition to win-ning the Founders Award for sculpture. Last year, Corinne won three awards for the same sculpture at the Leominster Art Association.
“Everything has a story,” said Goodrich.
She is thankful to Professor Thomas Matsuda at Mount Wachusett Community College. She has produced four bronzes under his direction. She recently graduated with an Associate of Arts degree.
“He told me how to start and gave a lot of encouragement,”
she said.Goodrich sculpts in bronze,
soapstone, wood, and clay. She was honored to win so many ribbons this year. She received three ribbons at the GGAA (Greater Gardner Art Association) Spring Show. Two were in mixed medium. The first place ribbon was for her bronze and granite sculpture, Divine Appointment I. The third place ribbon was Divine
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Diversity stretches this artist’s wings
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This sculpture won first place for the artist at the Greater Gardner Artists Association.
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Brooks Automotive also won a trophy for its booth, a spectacle of energy depicting both themes of chili and the automotive heritage.
Local competitors vie for bragging rights
Celebrating 20 years of service
Mona Kuchta
Walsh succeeds Livingston as chief
Committee re-confirmed, BOS moves onHand Tub muster SaturdayBY GREG VINE
An old-fashioned hand tub muster takes place in Winchendon this weekend. Eleven teams from around New England will be on hand to compete in the annual event.
Festivities kick off with the hand tub parade at 11 a.m. Participants will march from the Winchendon Fire Station and proceed down Central St. on their way to the American Legion on School Street.
Pumping and a barbecue sponsored by the Legion begin at noon. There will also be some concessions on hand. The muster itself is free to everyone.
The muster is sponsored by the Winchendon Veteran Fireman’s Muster Association and the New England States Veteran Fireman’s League.
The event has been organized each year for several years by Corey Bohan, who was a Winchendon firefighter for 15 years. Bohan says a small cadre of volunteers, mostly family and friends, help make the event a success.
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REGION — The North Central Massachusetts Development Corporation, the North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce and North Middlesex Savings Bank are holding two basic business workshops on Sept. 8 in Devens aimed at assisting potential and existing entrepreneurs.
The free workshops are being held in cooperation with the Massachusetts Small Business Development Center
(MSBDC), the Nashoba Valley Chamber of C o m m e r c e , SCORE, and Twin Cities CDC.
Both workshops
will be held at the Mount Wachusett Community College, 27 Jackson St., Devens on Tuesday, Sept. 8.
Session I: Fundamentals in Planning, Preparing, and Financing Your Business will run from 8:45 a.m. to 11 a.m. and will focus on evaluating and understand-ing the fundamentals of owning one’s own business. Information on how to get started, where and how to get financing and the loan application process will be presented. Registration begins at 8:30. Breakfast will be provided for all par-ticipants. Presented by Roland Nutter, AdviCoach
Session II: Understanding the Purpose of Financial Statements and How They Can Help Determine the Health of Your
Business will run from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and will focus on understanding a balance sheet, income statement and cash flow state-
ment. The workshop will also explain how a small business owner can antic-ipate financial needs in order to oper-ate his/her business more efficiently. Registration begins at 11. Lunch will be provided for all participants. Presented by Bob Alario, Robert C. Alario, CPA
To register, please contact Sandie Cataldo at (978) 353-7600 ext. 232 or [email protected] or register online at northcentralmass.com.
The North Central Massachusetts Development Corporation (NCMDC) is a non-profit corporation with the mission of creating jobs and improving the economy of North Central M a s s a c h u s e t t s . NCMDC is certi-fied by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), and the U.S. Department of the Treasury under the Community
Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Program. The NCMDC works in partnership with local banks, credit unions, chambers of commerce and area nonprofits to support emerging micro-enterprises, small businesses, and com-munity projects with loans and business assistance. Since 1996, the NCMDC has granted over $4,000,000 in loans to small businesses to help grow jobs and the economy in 26 communities in the North Central Massachusetts region.
For more information about the NCMDC loan programs, please call (978) 353-7607.
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GFA honors Omer Cormier for 49 years of service
ASB celebrates growth and recognition in 2014
Workshops for entrepreneurs planned
REGION — Omer J. Cormier, outgoing direc-tor, was recently recog-nized for his 49 years of service to GFA Credit Union.
Cormier, a long-time GFA official, became a member in his teen-age years and started his role as a director in 1966. During his volun-teer tenure at the cred-it union he has worked with all four executive leaders starting with founding leader Linus Allain and continuing with Bertrand LaChance, Charles Bowles and now President and Chief Executive Officer Tina Sbrega.
In his almost five decades of service he has attended more than 800 meetings, volunteered an estimated 2500 hours, and witnessed total asset growth from $6.4 Million to over $420 Million.
“You have continuously represented the best interest of our membership,” said Douglas R. Delay, GFA director and immediate past chair.
“No matter how GFA has changed and grown to serve our membership, your role has been consistent, dedicated and
in serving our mission and representing our core values,” he added.
Cormier joined GFA at the invitation of found-ing leader Linus Allain, replacing his uncle Alfred Cormier, who had served on the founding board. He was part of the initially constructed 7,000 square foot Parker Street location, witnessed the expansion to 15,000 square feet and has been part of the credit union’s growth from one location to nine.“Your time, talent and
historical service is a leg-acy. It is rare to have one person give so much time
to an organization. We know how for-tunate we have been to work with you and we are honored to have had your presence,” said Sbrega.
“You have represented each of our core values with dedication and focus and have always acted in the best inter-est of our membership and our commu-nities. Words cannot express our sincere appreciation for your dedication, loyalty, commitment and service to GFA and our membership,” she added.
Cormier witnessed the expansion of
GFA services, from the initial offering of $50 loans personal loans, a single mort-gage option, savings and club accounts to today’s complete product array for con-sumers and businesses, including wealth management and insurance services. Also during Cormier’s tenure, GFA was recognized as America’s Number One Credit Union, the first ever purchase of a stock owned savings bank, and advance-ment from general ledger cards to ATMs, online banking and 24/7/365 access. During his time he also witnessed the growth of the branch network from a sin-gle location to a network of nine, includ-ing two in southern New Hampshire.
The credit union and membership rec-ognized Cormier with a standing ova-tion at the recent annual meeting as a spokesperson for Massachusetts State Representative Jonathan Zlotnik, city of Gardner Mayor Mark Hawke and Delay presented citations and honors. Cormier was gifted with a locally made engraved rocking chair and honored with Director Emeritus status.
Cormier is a Gardner resident, mar-ried to his wife Jeannine for 58 years. He is a father to seven and grandfather to 13 and a great grandfather to one. He is a 17 year reporter and past editor for The Gardner News and served as chief probation officer for the Courts of Massachusetts for 27 years until retir-ing in 1995. He started his career in the
United States Army as a French inter-preter helping American Army super-visors relay information to projects to French contractors to build an American Army post north of Bordeaux France during the Korean War. He credits his experience to helping serve as a GFA director, crediting how to learn and espe-cially listen to what others had to offer in a business meeting setting.
About his tenure at GFA, Cormier expressed, “I am most proud of the entire Board of Directors and strategic direc-tion of the credit union. It truly is a place where membership comes first and there are no side agendas. GFA is a place you can trust to be your partner in profit and a friend when in need.”
GFA Federal Credit Union was estab-lished in 1938 and now serves 29,000 members who live or work in central Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire. Family members are also eli-gible to join GFA. The financial well-be-ing of members is GFA’s top priority as the institution continues to serve its mission by sharing profits with mem-bers through lower loan rates, rewards for checking accounts, and providing individualized investment services and competitively priced insurance for mem-bers. Visit gfafcu.com for more informa-tion. Like us on Facebook. Follow GFA Federal Credit Union on LinkedIn. Call 978-632-2542.
REGION — In March Athol Savings Bank cor-porators gathered for the 148th annual meeting to report on steady growth and recognition received in 2014. The bank contin-ues to flourish with asset growth of 4.1% and report-ed total assets of $350 mil-lion, as of Dec. 31, 2014. Earnings for the year further supplemented the bank’s strong capital posi-tion of $50.1 million. Bank President and CEO Daniel J. Zona credits the bank’s performance to a robust online presence, competi-tive products and a dedi-cated base of employees.
During the course of the year, the bank enhanced its E-banking suite by offering mobile check deposit. This ser-vice, coupled with mobile banking and traditional online banking, supports a full-service virtual bank-ing suite. Zona noted that customer adoption of these banking channels under-scores that customers can decide when and where they chose to do their
banking, and that ASB can accommodate their needs. Further, the bank’s mort-gage lending program, which allows home buyers to apply for loans online and receive rapid respons-es, has also experienced overwhelmingly positive results. Athol Savings Bank was recognized by the Banker & Tradesman FAST 50 for the six month period, which ended June 30, 2014. The bank increased the number of its purchase money mort-gage transactions in 2014 by 127 percent, compared to the same period of 2013.
In an effort to foster money management skills in children, Athol Savings Bank contin-ues to host its propri-
etary Save$um® School Banking Program in five elementary schools with-in its market area. Active for 16 years, its program received national recogni-tion in 2014 and was one of eight banks nationwide selected to participate in the FDIC’s Youth Savings Pilot Program. The FDIC pilot program sought out and chose the best youth banking programs nation-wide to help identify and highlight promising approaches to offering financial education tied to the opening of safe, low-cost savings accounts to school-aged children.
Zona credits the bank’s employees for the pro-gram’s success. “The fun-damental banking, train-
ing and educational char-acteristics of our school banking program made it stand out from other programs. But the school banking program requires dedicated employees to manage, maintain and operate. It is that dedica-tion and belief in the pro-gram and core values of the Bank that has set us apart.”
After welcoming highly acclaimed guest speaker Jack Vonder Heide, who is one of the nation’s leading authorities on technology and its impact on American business, two new corpo-rators were elected by the corporators. Nicholas R. Kimball, Esquire, a resi-dent of Orange, is a grad-uate from the Western New England School of Law and established his own firm, Kimball Law Office. Kimball’s practice includes real estate and business law, landlord/tenant disputes, and estate planning/probate. He is involved as a member of the Massachusetts Bar Association and Athol-
Orange Rotary Club. Kimball also serves as a board member of Valuing Our Children.
Also elected was Marianne Coswell, CFO and co-owner of Plantscape Services, LLC. Coswell, a resident of Ashburnham, oversees all facets of the four seasons, ground main-tenance company, includ-ing commercial, industrial and residential landscap-ing. Coswell is treasurer of the Board of Directors of House of Peace & Education, treasurer of the Watatic Pond Association, and a member of the former Ashburnham-Westminster Rotary.
In other business, the Board of Trustees voted to elect David E. Huhtala to the Board of Investment. Huhtala, a resident of Phillipston, has been affil-iated with the bank as a corporator since 1998 and as a trustee since 2010. Huhtala presently owns and operates Huhtala Oil and Propane jointly with his brother Paul at their Templeton location.
Athol Savings Bank, a mutual savings bank char-tered in 1867, has been in business for 148 years, focusing on sound practic-es and responsible bank-ing to support the commu-nities in which they oper-ate. As a locally managed, independent savings bank, it offers a wide selection of personal and business services, including depos-it and loan products. The bank has been awarded the 5-star superior rating by BAUERFINANCIAL, Inc., for 100 consecutive quarters. Additionally, it has been honored by VERIBANC, Inc. of Woonsocket, RI for the 23rd consecutive quar-ter demonstrating excep-tional attention to safety, soundness and financial strength. The bank pro-vides eight convenient locations in Ashburnham, Athol, Barre, Baldwinville, Gardner, and Winchendon. Athol Savings Bank can also be accessed via its mobile app and at www.atholsb.com.
Business BriefsACCREDITATIONGVNA HealthCare, Inc.’s private duty program (My Home
Connection) has reaffirmed its commitment to quality care and ethical business practices by earning re-accreditation from the Home Care Alliance of Massachusetts. The alliance, which represents 190 home health and elder care agencies across Massachusetts, has created an accreditation protocol to promote quality services, ethical business standards and superior employment practices in an industry that lacks meaningful licensure in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts even while it grows in popularity.
“We are proud to continue to meet these accreditation standards that convey GVNA HealthCare’s commitment to quality,” said Elaine Fluet, President and CEO. “Peace of mind for our clients and their families is our primary goal. By main-taining our accreditation we demonstrate that we not only talk quality, but we actually deliver on that promise.”
The Home Care Alliance launched this accreditation pro-gram for private pay agencies (agencies that are not paid by Medicare or Medicaid), in July, 2010. Since that time, over 60 agencies have submitted documentation to show that they meet the standards established by the Alliance. The standards were recently revised to raise the bar to promote even higher standards for agencies seeking re-accreditation.
“The Alliance’s accreditation program demonstrates our leadership for an area that is becoming more and more import-ant to the health care delivery system in Massachusetts,” said Patricia Kelleher, executive director of the Home Care Alliance of Massachusetts. “The revised standards highlight our agencies’ best practices, and will help guide members of the public as they choose who will take care of their loved ones in their homes.”
For more information about GVNA HealthCare and our pri-vate duty services, please call (978) 632-1230, Ext. 347.
HELPING BY HAIRCUTSIn April Daisy Dukes participated in a nation wide
HAIRraising cut-a-thon for Boston Childrenʼs Hospital. Hair cuts were offered at a reduced rate and all proceeds went to BCH. This year’s funds will be dedicated to BCH Cardiology Department.
Daisy Dukeʼs is a full service salon, offering tanning, nails and hairdressing. This is the first year the salon will be opened, and they were excited to take part in this event, hop-ing for a great turn out. There was balloons and face painting, as well as coffee and popcorn offered.
David Huhtala Marianne Coswell Nick Kimball
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GFA President Tina Sbrega, Omer Cormier and Douglas Delay
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GAR Park due for facelift
Local musicians tear it up for charity
SUBMITTED BY JANET CORBOSIEROThe residents of Winchendon will
start to see a change at GAR (Civil War) Park near the end of August. The GAR Park Restoration committee, consisting
of Janet Corbosiero, Al Gallant, Burton Gould, Rochelle LaFortune and Fran Murphy, has been meeting with con-tractors in preparation for this moment.
In many years, the park has had mini-mal maintenance and little thought has been given to the health of the trees. Knowing that the restoration had to stand the test of time, the committee, with the help of a generous grant from Robinson-Broadhurst Foundation, began this process by engaging an arborist to determine which trees in the park were healthy and still had a fairly
long life span. The arborist examined every tree in the park and identified only 13 trees that were healthy and still had a significant life span.
There are three stages regarding the trees; find a contractor to remove the trees that are dying or damaged, find a contractor to trim the remaining trees, find a contractor to design and plant additional trees next spring. The first step has been completed. Of the three bids submitted for tree removal we chose Allen Tree Service Inc., from Ashburnham. This process will start toward the end of August.
Next, the repositioning of the can-nons will align with the points of the Civil War monument. They will be put on a better, more stable base so they won’t settle unevenly as they have now. Once moved, they will be sandblasted and repainted.
We are excited about the work that will be done this summer. The summer of 2016 will see the finer details of the park restoration.
BY APRIL GOODWINCOURIER CORRESPONDENT
WINCHENDON — Local band Whiskey Johnson played for a good cause a cou-ple weeks ago. The band put on a show at the American Legion to raise money for the Make a Wish Foundation. Their engaging performance had the audience dancing and singing along under the colorful lights to their ener-getic mix of classic and mod-ern rock covers.
Band members Mike Culver (vocals), Shawn Moriarty (drums), Dana (bass), Scott Nelson (lead guitar), and Marshal Hunt (rhythm guitar) formed Whiskey Johnson about a year ago.
“We’re not in this to get
rich, we’re here to enjoy this and relive our youth again,” Hunt said with a laugh.
The band knew that they wanted to get involved in charity some how, so they decided to donate all the pro-ceeds from the show to the Make a Wish Foundation. Admission was a small fee and they also sold raffle tick-ets for a variety of prizes. All who attended enjoyed singing and dancing while talented musicians played a variety of well-loved songs while also knowing that they were having fun for a great cause.
Whiskey Johnson will be playing again at the Toy Town Pub on Oct. 3 so be sure to come support local musicians and enjoy some great tunes.
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WREATHS DRIVE GETS A BOOST
Frank McKinnon (left), president of Knights of the Inferno Motorcycle Club Massachusetts Chapter 1 and John Walker (right),treasurer of Friends of the Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery presenting Bridget Marinelli with a check for $2,211 to kick off the campaign to raise funds for this year’s Wreaths Across America project. Every year the graves in Winchendon are honored with a wreath at the holidays, a project begun a few years and taken up locally by Jim and Bridget Marinelli and others as a personal project. It must always grow, as the number of graves, particularly at the Massachusetts Veterans Cemetery, increases each year. The IMC held a barbecue to help raise this kick-off, and are already challenging oth-ers to meet...or beat...their initial donation.
Greg Vine photo
GAR Park has always been the site of quiet picnics and family fun. The park is a commem-oration to the soldiers of the Grand Army of the Republic, the Union army, who fought in the Civil War; and whose civic organizations much like the American Legion were wide-spread throughout the country following that war. They erected many such monuments and parks. The cannon now need attention, sever-al trees need trimming and the entire park is getting a much needed facelift.
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Mike Culver and Scott Nelson of Whiskey Johnson play one of many well known rock songs at the American Legion.
OngOing CalendarFRIDAY, AUGUST 14HORSESHOE LEAGUE: The Snowbound Club holds its
horseshoe league meeting every Friday night with games starting at 6:30 p.m. and check in at 6:15 p.m. If interested email Wayne at [email protected]. Or Snowbound Club number (978) 297 0124
GOLF TOURNAMENT: to benefit basketball teams at Murdock Middle and High schools at the Winchendon School Golf Course. Tee time is 10 a.m. Entry fees: $50 non-members, $35 members and $25 members with cart. Prizes and cookout included. Contact Jim Abare: (978) 632-8193 or Jake Green (978) 297-9897.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 15ANNUAL FIREMEN’S MUSTER: beginning at noon at the
American Legion Post 193, 295 School St. An antique hand pumped fire engine muster where crews pump their machines to see who can shoot the longest stream of water. This is the old-est organized sport in the United States. Spectators are invited to try out pumping the machines! For more information on the sport and the machines visit: http://www.handtubs.com/
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Political philosophy“the study of the fundamen-
tal nature of knowledge, real-ity, and existence, especially when considered as an academ-ic discipline”
The political season finds everyone with a “philosophy.” Unfortunately, what most spout is not philosophy at all. It is, rather, their personal prejudic-es or strongly held beliefs built over the years by their individ-ual experiences growing from childhood to adulthood.
“All politicians are crooks” is not a philosophy. It is an opinion, and not a very prov-able one.
“Many politicians are crooks” is not a philosophy. It is an opinion based on the fact that the news highlights the bad guys and rarely focuses on the good ones.
“No politician is a crook” is not a philosophy but a very naive statement. It would be naive if the word “crook” was replaced with lawyer, doctor, banker, teacher, etc.
When we talk about philoso-phy we should focus on the real
definition. A philosophy should be built on knowledge, prov-able and experienced as truth in one’s life.
A philosophy isn’t much of one if it is not real. I think “real” means you have person-ally experienced it and found it verifiable and accurate enough to have been adopted by you as a closely held belief.
I am a little lost in trying to define philosophy as an aca-demic discipline. I took philos-ophy in college and I found the course to be one of the most interesting I encountered. But we were dealing with ancient philosophers and you had to dig deep to apply their eternal verities to what you were see-ing around you.
As I aged I began to see more clearly that there are eter-nal verities, truths that hold against all sorts of attacks, weather the storms, and in the end are always accurate.
So I find the definition of philosophy using academic discipline seems to me just to request the philosopher to have
a solid foundation in what has been tried and true throughout the ages.
So if you think you are a Republican your personal phi-losophy of government should fit best with those things important to the Republican Party. The same can be said of people who consider them-selves Democrats, Libertarians, even Communists or Socialists.
That is the major reason each party adopts a “platform” at their national nominating convention. They are saying to the voters what they believe to be true about programs that would make our country a better place. They are stat-ing, although I have never seen a candidate held to one, that their nominee is in full support of that “platform” and that is what you can expect him to do if you elect him.
In my experience of discuss-ing politics with people I find hardly any who have read their party’s platform, fewer who have any idea of what the can-didate is saying will be accom-
plished if he is elected, and are usually relying on issues of per-sonality, oration skills, attrac-tiveness of family, anger at the sitting president or just simply stubbornness.
We are in a crazy election cycle. I am concerned that this one in particular has us jump-ing all over the place focusing mostly on personalities and not at all on philosophy.
At this point in the presiden-tial process each party would be best served by having two or three seriously promising candidates who could then actually share more than three minutes of two hours of debate time telling us about their per-sonal philosophy. Since if we are knowledgable about the basic differences between what Republicans want and what Democrats want, as we know those basic and time driven philosophies, then we could get down to the nitty gritty on these folks and force from them some substance for us to consider.
Why are we talking about Donald Trump’s hair?
Who cares whether Mike Huckabee is the darling of the Christians?
Who cares whether Scott Walker finished college?
Who cares whether Marco Rubio is an 8x10 glossy of hand-some?
Who cares whether Jeb Bush is married to a Mexican
The list could on and on.Let’s challenge voters to
look deeper than the televi-sion sound byte, the prejudice of reporters or their organiza-tions, or even the views our parents held when they were raising us.
Let’s insist on hearing a can-didates philosophy and deter-mining if it fits with our own philosophy of what makes a good leader and which candi-date comes closest to what we believe.
When you do that, democra-cy works.
Stop ‘liking’ so much
We’ll get to the Republican debate in a minute, mostly because I suppose it’s obligatory, but let’s start with this: what is it with some of these people on Facebook who seem to find it nec-essary to “like” every post they see? I mean, it doesn’t matter whether they understand the references or not; it doesn’t matter that a post might clearly be directed to just a few people — they “like it.” One of my friends likened that behavior to being at a party and just nodding to folks as you walk by
— which I guess makes sense but to me, it’s annoying. Then there are the people who find it necessary to inject comments into threads which have absolutely nothing to do with the topic. Maybe all this is reflective of my being old and occasionally grumpy, (ha ha), but I just find both of those extremely annoying and irritating. Thanks for letting me vent.
On a more serious topic — let’s say you’re a Republican guy running for President. Your pollsters, everyone’s pollsters, tell you next November, less than 70-percent of the electorate will be white — this for the first time in American history. You also know that it’s likely a majority of the electorate will be female. Given those statisti-cal realities — what in God’s name
were you thinking last Thursday when you proposed to build a wall along the Mexican border (without proposing how to pay for it, of course), or when you suggested you don’t think abor-tion should be an option even in the case of rape or if the mother’s life is in danger? Why did you guys have to let Megyn Kelly call out the Donald on his beyond-insulting comments about women? What were you thinking when you said the Supreme Court’s ruling on same-sex marriage is not the settled law of the land should that have applied to Bush v Gore, too? Yeah, didn’t think so.
Ohio governor John Kasich came across as reasonable and thought-ful, but when he talks about why he expanded Medicaid, I imagine that will make the blood of those rigid social
conservatives who dominate the Iowa caucus absolutely boil to the point of explosion. It’ll be interesting to see if Kasich decides to focus elsewhere. In any event, when John Kasich comes across as comparatively progressive, that pretty much tells you all you need to know about Republican ideology.
We all knew that already, of course, but it makes me lament the passing of the Republican party that actually was rational and sensible — the party of Jack Javits and Mac Mathias and Hugh Scott and Nelson Rockefeller and even Lowell Wiecker and Clifford Case. Know what all these guys had in common? They ranged, geographically, from Connecticut to Maryland. They
VIEWSOpinion and commentary from Winchendon and beyond
Editorial
lEttErs to thE Editor
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WinchEndon couriErPresident/Publisher: Frank Chilinski
editor: ruth deamiCis
To the Editor:After reading the story this morn-
ing in the Winchendon Courier…why would you want to block the intention of Cumberland Farms expansion? “It is important that the town protect the health and character of these build-ings.”
Are you kidding? The buildings you refer to in preserving are an eyesore
at best. Open your eyes! Protect the health of the residents of your town. Who is going to foot the bill to preserve them anyway? A new parking lot and Cumberland Farms will surely look bet-ter and inviting.
JosePh kondrChektemPleton
Kondrchek: why wouldn’t you?
10 reasons why you might be financially stressed
Stress can come from everywhere: career, school, family, relationships, health — and especially money.
The American Psychological Association recently reported money remains the number one stressor for 72 percent of Americans. In fact, money has led the APA’s annual stress survey since its debut in 2007, the year before the finan-cial crash that took the U.S. economy into its worst slump since the Great Depression.
Are you financially stressed? Here are 10 major signs of financial stress and ways to take action.
1. You wonder if your job is secure. Even though the economy has improved in recent years, employers still cut and reassign workers and make occasion-al adjustments in pay and benefits. If you’ve spotted changes in other depart-ments or news accounts suggest a shift in your industry, start thinking ahead. Action Plan: Build up your emergen-cy fund to cover six months or more of basic living expenses, update your resume and get organized for a potential job search.
2. There’s no money to save or invest. If meeting basic expenses is a struggle and you have no savings or investments at all, it’s time for a serious review of where your money is going. Action plan: Making a basic budget is the first step to tracking every penny spent. Figure out extras you can cut and set more aside for savings and debt payoff.
3. You have disagreements with a spouse or partner about money. A 2013 University of Kansas study noted that arguments about money are the top predictor of divorce. Action plan: Share information about all debt and legal issues and exchange respective credit reports and credit score data as you plan to solve all money problems together.
4. You are paying bills late. Late payments can hurt your credit score (http://www.myfico.com). Action plan: Set up a physical or digital calendar to keep track of payment dates and budget in order to put more money toward debt and eventually savings.
5. You imagine a windfall. Waiting for a bonus, an inheritance or even a win-ning lotto ticket to ease your financial stress indicates you have a tendency toward financial denial. Action plan: If your current efforts at budgeting, sav-
ing money or paying off debt aren’t working, con-sider a reality check with a qualified financial advisor.
6. You use your home equity like a cash regis-ter. Home equity loans or lines of credit can provide an interest-deductible solu-tion for a variety of import-
ant needs, but a down housing market can wipe out your equity. Action plan: Either refinance if you qualify or stop using the line entirely until you can pay down the balance.
7. You’re considering drawing from retirement funds to solve money prob-lems. Think twice before taking out loans against these funds. Interrupting your retirement planning, particularly over the age of 50, can have significant financial consequences. Action plan: Re-budget your finances and seek qual-ified advice to help you find another solution.
8. Late and overdraft fees are piling up. According to the Pew Charitable Trusts, the average bank overdraft fee is $35; credit card late fees are similar. Action plan: Schedule bill payments and opt for online billing when possible to save time on mailing. If you have to pay additional late fees, ask your bank or credit card company if it might forgive the fee; many will remove one fee a year.
9. You’re late on student loan pay-ments. It is difficult to have student loans (https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/) forgiven, cancelled or discharged (elim-inated) in bankruptcy if you can’t pay. Paying late can also hurt your credit score. Action Plan: Seek qualified finan-cial advice that specifically addresses the type of student debt you have and resolve to pay bills on time.
10. Your accounts are disorganized. It’s difficult to reach important finan-cial goals when you really can’t track your finances. Action plan: Get some advice from a trusted friend or a quali-fied financial professional about how to best organize your accounts and wheth-er online account management may be right for you.
Bottom line: Reducing your financial stress is a healthy decision. Review your money habits and get qualified help if necessary to lessen this burden.
Nathaniel Sillin directs Visa’s finan-cial education programs. To follow Practical Money Skills on Twitter: www.twitter.com/PracticalMoney.
We are watching with interest the learning curve for the new members of the two most powerful committees in town. Both the BOS and the School Committee are essentially in kindergarten at this point, with very little experience on either board. Only Mike Barbaro, who did serve on the schools and now on selectmen, has had a bit of time with the scenario.
Everyone else, while very earnest and willing to learn, who have been active in many places in town with many other activities, have not been in those uncomfort-able oversized chairs at the front of the auditorium.
Trust us, they are uncomfortable for many reasons.The BOS handled the whole appointment of the search committee fiasco well,
though why they couldn’t just appoint everyone who was interested and be done with it is still beyond us. It isn’t like they had an abundance of people who wanted to be part of it. Just let everyone serve. It would have given a nice mix to the batch. Who cares? Instead, it became political, it became strange, it became cumbersome and it was unnecessary. Two or three more people would not have broken the bank.
On the other bank, with some work by employees, the SC approved cutting back on the number of buses doing runs this year. Every child will still have a ride to school, with perhaps a slightly longer ride; and the town will save some money. Keeping within the parameters required is, at this juncture, very important.
And while the various unions, both schools and town were on hand with ques-tions about the changes possible if the town investigates going with a government sanctioned insurance program, the BOS did take the necessary first steps to at least let that investigation happen. A savings both for employees and the munici-pality. When we first discovered just how many versions of health insurance were currently on the books for Winchendon employees, it was easy to see why the town was in trouble. Employees and retirees need to do a little research themselves, asking family members and friends about the realities of insurance with other scenarios. They will discover they have it no better and no worse than the public sector, everyone has co-pays and everyone has increases. It’s the way of the world.
The DOR is watching to be sure. They are watching the interactions, they are watching the bottom lines, they are watching how the meetings are conducted, they are watching for every way the town is either doing it right or making more errors. It’s our municipal lives on the line here.
So as the search committee begins work next week, several more key players in Winchendon prepare to retire and the town remakes itself yet again, we too continue to watch...and wish everyone the best of luck going forward with it all. We need it.
NATHANIELSILLIN
Practical MonEy skills
JACK BLAIR
notEs of concErn
JERRY CARTON
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Baby friendly hospital provides feeding tipsBY TRACY GAMBILL
COURIER CORRESPONDENT
Heywood Hospital recently held a “Deciding How to Feed Your Baby?” information-al session in honor of World Breastfeeding Week.
The hospital is recognized as a “Baby Friendly Hospital,” one of only seven in Massachusetts. There are specific standards the hospital must meet to receive this highly regarded status and providing education on the benefits of breastfeeding is one of them.
According to the US Surgeon General Regina A. Benjamin MD MBA, “Health care sys-tems should ensure that mater-nity care practices provide education and counseling on breastfeeding. Hospitals should become more ‘baby-friendly,’ by taking steps like those rec-ommended by the UNICEF/WHO’s Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative.”
The LaChance Maternity Center offers many support ser-vices for breastfeeding mothers including in-patient lactation services, a monthly breastfeed-ing support group, out-patient lactation clinic open to any mother regardless of where she delivered (the only hospital in central Massachusetts that offers this), breastfeeding class-es, and a breast pump rental
and purchase station.Karen Beaton RNC BSN and
MS, director of maternal/child health discussed the impact that maternity practices have on breastfeeding immediate-ly after delivery. Some of the supportive practices which LaChance uses are childbirth classes, doula services, delayed procedures for baby, and 24 hour room-in.
Yumi Wada-Russo RN, cer-tified lactation counselor explained at the information-al session that the stomach of a one-day old newborn is the size of a marble. Only a couple of tablespoons of milk may be held at a time but the concen-trated colostrum of breast milk is perfect for cell growth and building immunity. The stom-ach will gently grow to the size of a ping pong ball by day three and the size of an egg at day ten as it slowly stretches to hold even more.
With too many benefits of breastfeeding to discuss in detail, here are a few high-lights mentioned at the ses-sion. Mature breast milk is 90 percent water and its vita-mins and minerals are easily absorbed by the baby because of the digestive enzymes it con-tains. Formula, however, is not completely absorbed. A moth-er’s milk is flavored from the
foods she eats so baby typically develops a more diverse palate. Breastfeeding is less expensive than buying formula. Probably the most important difference is that breast milk contains living cells, a vital ingredient which formula companies are unable to duplicate.
Nature ensures that a moth-er of a premature baby produc-es milk with higher amounts of protein, fats, and electro-lytes than colostrum or mature breast milk would contain. It is also extremely concentrated because the baby simply can-not drink much at a time. So it is the right stuff in the right amount.
Pediatrician Dr. Katy Hanigan talked about more medical benefits of breastfeed-ing. Positives for mom include faster weight loss, and lower risk of some cancers and osteoporosis. Some baby benefits are a higher cog-nitive ability, p r o t e c t i o n from allergies and asthma, less time at the doctor and dentist, and lower risk of diabe-
tes and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
Christin Saucier RD, LD, certified lactation counselor and WIC (Women, Infants, and Children) breastfeeding coor-dinator spoke about the sup-port and resources WIC can provide to families who qual-ify. Approximately 46 percent of newborns in Massachusetts are eligible for the WIC pro-gram. Most supports are available only to people in the program, like Happiest Baby Class, Infant Feeding Class, Secrets of Baby Behavior, and help getting breast pumps. The Montachusett Baby Café held weekly at the Burbank campus is open to any breast feeding mom for a casual place to find support and refreshments.
Gail Chafee RN, interna-tional board certified lacta-
tion consultant pointed out that the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends skin-to-skin contact for moms and babies right after delivery, known as Kangaroo Care. It is a technique that LaChance encourages and, among other benefits, has been shown to reduce anxiety, regulate baby’s temperature, increase bond-ing, and help initiate a success-ful breastfeeding relationship.
Chafee assured parents-to-be at the informational session that breastfeeding is an indi-vidual choice and the hospi-tal simply wants families to be educated on feeding options.
“We don’t judge if you want to use formula. We support your decision. We support your goals,” Chafee stressed. “The number one rule is to feed the baby.”
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Playing to the crowd: Templeton student on stage at HanoverBY KATHLEEN
BENNETTCOURIER
CORRESPONDENT
WORCESTER — It takes a special kind of talent to stand out in audi-tions that show-case both acting and singing — then land a leading role. And then it takes a special kind of woman to juggle all that leads up to the three performances that take place on the grand stage of the Hanover Theater in Worcester, especially when also preparing to graduate from college.
Brittany Stewart is her name, and she has just wrapped up the musical epic, Fiddler on the
Roof, the end April. The Templeton resi-dent was a senior at Assumption College in Worcester as she was also she playing the role of Golde, a mother figure in 1905 Imperial Russia, when the ugly shadow of the Tsar’s eviction of Jews looms over their village.
Brittany identified with this strong character who “pret-ty much runs the household despite what Tevye (husband) thinks. She has to be very harsh because of this and often it reads as if she is a prude. In reality, she only wants what is best for her children (all daugh-ters). I identify with mother figures, since I want to be a
teacher. Although Golde can be more ‘naggy’ than I hopefully would be, I identify with her only wanting what is best for her children and being willing to sacrifice for the happiness of her family.”
When auditioning, Brittany sang parts of show songs such as “Matchmaker” and “Far from the Home I Love”, and then acted in a couple of dif-ferent character scenes. She especially loved playing Golde because she was a strong woman who can hold her own and cared deeply for her chil-dren.
“Stage work has always been relaxing to me,” she said when asked how she manages her time. “I love being able to put everything else that is going on
in my life aside for a moment, and pretend that I am someone else in a different time.”
She explained that some-times managing everything “can be difficult, but I have been balancing a multitude of things since high school, so it is nothing new to me.”
Rehearsals took up 6-9 hours a week, plus the necessary time to learn and memorize the lines.
“I try and combat my busy schedule by making lists of everything that I need to com-plete for each day.”
And in the midst of all her activities, she also currently works as a receptionist. When not doing all of these things, she pencils in other things that she enjoys—movie or game
nights with her friends, doing puzzles, and baking. She plans to apply her major, teaching, in about a year.
Stewart participated in over 20 plays and musicals while in high school alone, but since having gone on to college, she is able to balance only one or two shows a year. “I’ve been singing since I was little, but I’ve been taking singing les-sons and acting since freshman year of high school.”
As her years and experiences at Assumption came to a close, “I hope to continue acting after graduation,” she said. “I will probably act at The Mount and other neighboring community theaters in my spare time after I get settled.”
Brittany Stewart
Brian Tata photo
AND SO IT BEGINS...
Now that most literature and news are archived on the Internet, holding on to hundred year old paper periodicals is no longer as important. As the Beals Memorial Library pre-pares for its own extreme makeover this fall, a cadre of willing volunteers began the arduous task of cleaning the 100 year old building this week. The dumpster of paper will be recycled.
Across1. Goes (for)6. Take into custody10. “Don’t go!”14. Kind of skeleton15. ___ Minor16. Halo, e.g.17. Asian plant’s flaxlike fiber18. Vice president under Jefferson19. Ball of yarn20. Director of an opera22. Applaud23. “From Here to Eternity” wife24. Strategy board game25. Big blowout29. Horizontal trellis on posts31. Unlawful33. Something outstand-ingly difficult (British)37. Snoopy, for one38. Not straight39. Cause oneself to consider41. Large, brightly col-ored handkerchief42. Tenth month44. “-zoic” things45. Young bird48. Pie cuts, essentially50. Advanced51. Rectories56. Arm bone57. The “A” of ABM58. Italian dry white wine59. 20-20, e.g.60. ___ Piper61. “Come in!”62. Arid63. “God’s Little ___”64. Aquarium fish
Down1. Delhi dress2. Final, e.g.3. Walk lamely4. Wild animal’s den5. Aerodynamic6. 1972 Liza Minnelli musical film7. Money lender
8. Employment termi-nations9. Betting game10. Simple sugar11. Gown fabric12. Bailiwicks13. Talks raucously21. Discerning24. Rodeo sight25. Kind of lettuce26. On the safe side, at sea27. Bed board28. Type of gas that reduces knock (hyph.)30. Smallest of the Great Lakes32. Press and release a mouse button34. Boris Godunov, for one35. “Empedocles on ___” (Matthew Arnold poem)36. Scandinavian shag
rugs40. Pertaining to the sacred texts of Islam41. Kind of manner43. Trade goods or ser-vices without money45. Hints46. Axe handle47. ___ tube49. Atlas enlargement
51. Perry Como’s “___ Loves Mambo”52. Bang-up (hyphen-ated)53. General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (acronym)54. “... happily ___ after”55. “Buona ___” (Italian greeting)
Weekly CrosswordAugust 14, 2015
BY GREG VINECOURIE R CORRESPONDENT
WINCHENDON — The owner of 28 Juniper St. has his house on the market. Another family on the street is reportedly building a home in Royalston; once it’s com-plete they’re “outta here.” The reason these residents of Juniper Street want to make a quick departure reportedly is because of the disruption of
their neighborhood by some folks living at 41 Juniper.
On Monday night, a petition containing the names of 32 residents of Juniper, Webster, Maple and Central streets was presented to selectmen, asking them to force the residents of 41 Juniper out of the neighbor-hood.
The petition sites an increase in neighborhood break-ins, drug dealing, and disorderly conduct over the past three
years. The document also com-plains of an “increase of traffic at all hours of the night, vulgar language, and ludicrous behav-ior...”
One Winchendon police offi-cer referred to the location as “one of our frequent flyers.”
At least four people are liv-ing at the address, even though it’s alleged there is no occu-pancy permit for the building. Petitioners ask that no one be allowed to live in the building
“until such time all major and minor repairs inside and out have been completed and the property can obtain an occu-pancy permit.”
The property is owned by AKW Circle Trust/Stacie M. Brasco. The trust lists an address of 25 Circle St. in Baldwinville. Attempts to reach a company representa-tive prior to press time was unsuccessful.
In documentation in support of the petition, one neigh-
bor complained of “constant-ly being harassed,” as well as “drug trafficking and fighting outside my house.”
A second neighbor supported those allegations, adding that residents are driving at unsafe speeds, thus putting her chil-dren and those of other resi-dents at risk.
Other close neighbors fear a loss in the value of their prop-erties due to the condition of 41 Juniper St.
Winchendon courier 6 Friday, August 14, 2015
Editor’s Note: The information con-tained in this police log was obtained through public documents kept by the police department, and is considered to be the account of the police. All subjects are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
MONDAY, AUGUST 312:44-2:03 a.m.: building checks,
secure; 1:13 a.m.: attempt to locate (School Street) unable to locate; 1:25 a.m.: attempt to locate (Spruce Street) unable to locate; 7 a.m.: DPW call (School Street) refer to state DPW; 7:22 a.m.: animal complaint (Eagle Road) refer to ACO; 9:09 a.m.: sex offender registration (Mill Street) info taken; 9:16 a.m.: disabled MV (School Street) assisted; 10:14 a.m.: fraud (Beech Street) info taken; 10:20 a.m.: illegal dumping (Central Street) report taken; 10:48 a.m.: investigation (River Street) info taken; 11:03 a.m.: MV stop (Lakeview Drive) verbal warning; 11:20 a.m.: offi-cer wanted (Juniper Street) unable to locate; 11:54 a.m.: ambulance (Ready Drive) assisted; 12:08 p.m.: investiga-tion (Baldwinville Road) info taken; 12:47 p.m.: mental health issue (Ready Drive) removed to hospital; 12:59 p.m.: disturbance (Robbins Road) spoken to; 1:15 p.m.: trespassing (Franklin Street) unable to locate; 1:21 p.m.: fraud (Laurel Street) report taken; 2:48 p.m.: ambu-lance (Second Street) transport; 4:08 p.m.: ambulance (Brown Street) trans-port; 4:53 p.m.: assist other PD (High Street) spoken to; 5:29 p.m.: harassment (Mechanic Street) spoken to; 5:33 p.m.: ambulance (Bosworth Road) transport; 6:18 p.m.: burglary B&E (Spring Street) report taken; 7:28 p.m.: burglar alarm (Memorial Drive) false alarm; 7:56 p.m.: summons service (Mill Street) served; 8:20 p.m.: harassment (Mechanic Street) spoken to; 9:55 p.m.: animal complaint (Front Street) refer to ACO; 11:14 p.m.: assist citizen (Spring Street) transport; 11:41-11:49 p.m.: building checks, secure.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 412:15-1:09 a.m.: building checks,
secure; 12:17 a.m.: registration check (Elmwood Road) secure; 12:42 a.m.: registration check (Baldwinville State Road) checked, secure; 5:22 a.m.: ambu-lance (Main Street) transport; 6:03 a.m.: MV stop (Glenallan Street) traffic citation; 6:35 a.m.: animal complaint (Alger Street) refer to ACO; 8:06 a.m.: extra patrols (Spring Street) advised officer; 8:45 a.m.: traffic hazard (School Street) refer to state DPW; 8:58 a.m.: ambulance (Monomonac Road East) transport; 11:42 a.m.: animal complaint (Alger Street) suspicious other (Eagle Road) assisted; 1:54 p.m.: general wel-fare check (address not printed) spoken to; 2 p.m.: accident (Baldwinville Road) report taken; 3:18 p.m.: MV operating erratically (Maple Street) advised offi-cer; 4:55 p.m.: MV stop (Main Street) verbal warning; 5:27 p.m.: investigation (Spring Street) info taken; 5:29 p.m.: accident (Ash Street) report taken; 6 p.m.: general welfare check (address not printed) assisted; 6:07 p.m.: officer wanted (Mill Street) spoken to; 6:09 p.m.: MV stop (Front Street) summons: Dana R. LeBlanc, age 42 of 111 Brickyard Road #B2, Athol: operating MV with license suspended; 7:50 p.m.: MV stop (Teel Road) traffic citation; 8:05 p.m.: MV stop (Beech Street) verbal warning; 8:13 p.m.: MV stop (Gardner Road) writ-ten warning; 8:30 p.m.: general juvenile
(Central Street) unable to locate; 8:33 p.m.: harassment (phone) spoken to; 8:51 p.m.: general juvenile (Pearl Drive) spoken to.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 51:40-2:21 a.m.: building checks, secure;
5:48 a.m.: MV stop (Gardner Road) traf-fic citation; 6:08 a.m.: suspicious MV (Central Street) spoken to; 6:17 a.m.: ambulance (Old Centre) transport; 6:25 a.m.: MV stop (Hall Road) written warning; 7:54 a.m.: summons service (Stoddard Road) served; 8:40 a.m.: fraud (School Square) report taken; 8:52 a.m.: investigation (Spring Street) assisted; 9:15 a.m.: sex offender registration (walk in) info taken; 11:59 a.m.: ambulance (Murdock Avenue) transport; 12:12 p.m.: summons service (Maple Street) unable to serve; 12:56 p.m.: investiga-tion (Beech Street) spoken to; 1 p.m.: ambulance (Front Place) transport; 2:01 p.m.: animal complaint (Maynard Street) refer to ACO; 2:18 p.m.: burglar alarm (Ash Street) checked, secure; 2:20 p.m.: fire alarm (Central Street) false alarm; 2:22 p.m.: panic alarm (Oak Street) checked, secure; 2:30 p.m.: ambulance (Webster Street) transport; 3:34 p.m.: trespassing (Brown Avenue) advised civil action; 3:43 p.m.: keep the peace (Mill Glen Pond Road) refer to other agency; 4:27 p.m.: harassment (Brown Avenue) report taken; 4:45 p.m.: runaway (Whitney Street) returned to home; 7:57 p.m.: MV stop (Glenallan Street) traffic citation; 8:42 p.m.: civil
complaint (Central Street) info taken; 9:04 p.m.: ambulance (Central Street) transport; 9:27 p.m.: general juvenile (Central Street) dispersed gathering; 9:28 p.m.: suspicious MV (Elmwood Road) no PD service required; 11:06 p.m.: carbon monoxide incident (Ash Street) assisted.
THURSDAY AUGUST 61:04-2:36 a.m.: building checks, secure;
5:43 a.m.: investigation (Old Centre) info taken; 6:28 a.m.: MV stop (Hall Road) traffic citation; 7:31 a.m.: suspi-cious other (River Street) refer to ACO; 8:17 a.m.: assist citizen (phone) refer to other agency; 8:50 a.m.: burglar alarm (Memorial Drive) false alarm; 10:15 a.m.: animal complaint (Town Farm Road) returned to home; 10:33 a.m.: summons service (Western Avenue) served; 11 a.m.: burglar alarm (Pleasant Street) false alarm; 11:15 a.m.: smoke (Central Street) services rendered; 11:20 a.m.: loi-tering (Elmwood Road) spoken to; 11:25 a.m.: animal complaint (Maple Street) unable to locate; 1:18 p.m.: ambulance (Monomonac Road West) transport; 1:33 p.m.: ambulance (Brown Street) trans-port; 2:48 p.m.: burglary B&E (Central Street) report taken; 3:08 p.m.: ambu-lance (Spruce Street) transport; 3:42 p.m.: larceny (Lincoln Avenue) report taken; 5 p.m.: officer wanted (Maple Street) report taken; 5:05 p.m.: burglar alarm (Spring Street) call canceled; 9:56 p.m.: noise complaint (Spring Street) no PD service required.
FRIDAY AUGUST 712:37-1:03 a.m.: building checks,
secure; 5:15 a.m.: warrant of apprehen-sion (Royalston Road South) unable to locate; 8:30 a.m.: assist citizen (Brown Avenue) assisted; 8:40 a.m.: gener-al info (walk in) assisted; 9:30 a.m.: animal complaint (Glenallan Street) refer to ACO; 10:30 a.m.: attempt to locate (Baldwinville State Road) mes-sage delivered; 2:29 p.m.: officer want-ed (Central Street) assisted; 2:34: fraud (Willoughby Avenue) unfounded; 6:02 p.m.: summons service (Spring Street) served; 6:11 p.m.: summons service (Maple Street) unable to serve; 6:33 p.m.: summons service (Elm Street) unable to serve; 7:10 p.m.: general info (Monomonac Road West) info taken; 7:43 p.m.: officer wanted (Mechanic Street) spoken to; 8:12 p.m.: MV stop (Gardner Road) traffic citation; 8:22 p.m.: fight (Morse Avenue) no PD ser-vice required; 9:41 p.m.: noise com-plaint (Old Gardner Road) spoken to; 9:45 p.m.: gunshots heard (Ash. Street) unable to locate.
SATURDAY AUGUST 81:35 a.m.: investigation (Railroad
Street) dispersed gathering; 1:37 p.m.: investigation (Central Street) spoken to; 1:58 p.m.: investigation (Central Street) spoken to; 2:09 a.m.: transport (Pearl Street); 2:29-3:43 a.m.: building checks, secure; 6:24 a.m.: ambulance Pleasant Street) transport; 8:31 a.m.: ambulance (Goodrich Drive) transport; 9:36 a.m.: accident (School Street) report taken; 9:44 a.m.: alarm type unknown (River Street ) secured building; 9:58 a.m.: MV stop (Central Street ) verbal warning; 11:18 a.m.: ambulance ( Central Street ) transport; 1:41 p.m.: extra patrols (Lincoln Avenue ) info taken; 2:23 p.m.: MV stop ( River Street ) verbal warning; 5:40 p.m.: building checks, secure; 7:47 p.m.: suspicious MV (Metcalf Street) unfounded; 7:52 p.m.: abandoned 911 call (Main Street) checked, secure; 8:15 p.m.: officer wanted ( walk in ) services rendered; 8:51 p.m.: noise complaint ( Elmwood Road ) unable to locate; 9:15 p.m.:fight ( Polly’s Drive ) removed to hospital; 11:12 p.m.: noise complaint ( Pearl Drive) unfounded; 11:19 p.m.: noise complaint ( Highland Street ) spo-ken to.
SUNDAY AUGUST 912:36 a.m.: MV stop ( Glenallan Street
) verbal warning; 12:53 a.m.: ambulance ( Baldwinville Road) refused assistance; 1:07-1:44 a.m.: building checks, secure; 9:13 a.m.: larceny (Morse Avenue) refer taken; 10:04 a.m.: ambulance ( Baldwinville State Road ) transport; 10:18 a.m.: runaway (Polly’s Drive) call canceled; 11:56 a.m.: unwanted party (Maynard Street) spoken to; 1:25 p.m.: ambulance ( Spring Street ) no PD service required; 2:03 p.m.: brush fire (Gardner Road ) extinguished; 5:44 p.m.: disturbance, fight (Main Street ) unfounded; 5:59 p.m.: animal complaint ( River Street ) returned to owner; 6:32 p.m.: suicide attempts (Central Street ) removed to hospital; 7:16 p.m.: disabled MV (Spring Street) services rendered; 8:24 p.m.: ambulance (Front Street) transport; 8:57 p.m.: investigation (Summer Drive) report taken; 9:16 p.m.: investigation (Memorial Drive) ser-vices rendered; 9:55 p.m.: MV operating erratically (Gardner Road) unable to locate; 11:19-11:58 p.m.: building checks, secure.
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BY GREG VINECOURIER CORRESPONDENT
WINCHENDON — At the meeting Tuesday night, members of the Finance Committee had some questions about the budget for the town’s new police station.
Reacting to an article printed in the July 17 edition of the Winchendon Courier which indicated some aspects of the new station would be scaled back, Chairman Tom Kane said,“It’s been three years since the money was appropri-ated. It (the article) made me wonder what expenses have been paid and how much is left for work.”
In the July 17 article, interim Town Manager Bernie Lynch said there was about $1.7 million left to complete renovations, upgrades and retrofits to the for-mer Winchendon District Courthouse on Central Street. The project has stalled in recent months because subcontractors have failed to submit bids to do work, such as plumbing, HVAC installation, and electrical upgrades.
Thus far, said Kane, $835,000 has been spent on the building, $80,000 has been paid to the project architect, and a total of $23,000 has been paid to consulting company Tighe & Bond and town counsel Koppleman & Paige. In total, it appears just over a million dollars has been spent thus far.
Committee member James Robichaud wondered why Registry of Deeds records indicated the town paid $800,000 for the former courthouse, while town records put the expense at $835,000.
Fellow member Ulysse Maillet speculated the extra $35,000 may be chalked up to sales related costs, such as a purchase and sales agreement and closing costs.
Maillet said at the time he served on an early police station study committee in 2008 and 2009, the building was assessed at around $454,000 and the owner wanted $600,000 for it. In 2010, an appraiser said the property was worth approx-imately $660,000.
When asked by resident Rick McAllister if the town was “still putting money into that building,” Kane replied that it appeared money was being spent to maintain heat to the building.
“We need to find out who’s driving the train on this,” Kane added, “Who’s making decisions?”
Robichaud, with the committee’s assent, said he would make arrangements to meet with Lynch in attempt to nail down details relating to spending and the status of the project.
Residents seek ouster of neighbors
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LEARNING THE BASICSA Red Cross babysitting course was held recently at
Toy Town Elementary School. Students from grades five, six and seven learned basics of childcare, safety and health so as to become certified babysitters.
Here, a few students try their hand at diapering, keep-ing in mind a real child would definitely be so still and cooperate so well.
The course includes 6.5 hours of training and the hands-on participation. The class is now offered every spring by the Winchendon public schools as part of the 21st Century community learning center.
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Stallings campusstill operating
Mariella (Ferrarini) Rollins, 89
BY JERRY CARTONCOURIER CORRESPONDENT
WINCHENDON — Contrary to some specu-lation, the Winchendon-based Stallings campus of the Montachusett Veterans Outreach Center is still open, albeit with significantly fewer hours, but that is just a temporary cutback, said MVOC Executive Director Bill Edson.
The Center is current-ly open on Monday and Thursday for mental health counseling and Tuesday for food distribution.
However, when the new women veterans’ residence opens next month, Edson said he anticipates Stallings being open on a regular Monday-Friday basis.
“Part of our plan in Winchendon is to maintain for now and soon expand ser-vice hours at Stallings. Right now, because of staffing issues, we’re offering what we can but in September we expect to be open five days a week again. We’re certain-
ly sensitive to the needs of the veterans in Winchendon, which is why it was import-ant to continue to offer counseling and to have the food pantry open too,” he remarked. “They’ve been open all along.”
After it opened in 2012, Stallings began hosting pro-grams including cooking classes, fly fishing tutorials and other events designed to build camaraderie among local veterans as well as provide a central meeting facility. Many of those dis-appeared when hours were cut last fall after senior case manager Heidi Hagan was transferred to the Gardner MVOC , but could be restored once the facility is more fully staffed.
Edson said the women’s residence will have a grand opening now scheduled for Sept. 18.
“There should be no ques-tion about our commitment to the veterans who are in Winchendon,” he stressed. “We have a responsibility to them.”
NORTHBOROUGH — Mariella (Ferrarini) Rollins, age 89, of Northborough died Saturday, Aug. 1, 2015 at Marlborough Hospital. Born in Mantova, Italy, she was the daughter of the late Livio and Santina (Corneliani) Ferrarini and the wife of the late Charles E. Rollins, who died in 2004.
Mrs. Rollins, a war bride, left Italy for the United States following World War II. She and her husband raised their family in Marlborough and retired to Cape Cod in 1980. In 1999 she moved to Attleboro, returning to Marlborough in 2004 and later to Northborough. She loved movies, reading, knitting and especially the companionship of her family and friends.
She is survived by her sons; Charles Rollins and his wife Susan of Winchendon, David and his wife Jill
of North Attleboro, Theodore and his wife Diane of Northborough, and Paul and his wife Corinne of Nashua, NH, her daughter; Deanna Paul and her hus-band George of Clay, NY, twelve grand-children, eight great grandchildren and many n eces and nephews in the United States as well as Italy. She is prede-ceased by five siblings.
A funeral mass will be celebrated on Friday, Aug. 7, 2015 at 10 a.m. at St. Matthias Church, 409 Hemenway St., Marlborough, MA. Burial will fol-low at Evergreen Cemetery, Wilson St., Marlborough, MA.
Donations may be made to; Food for the Poor, Inc., 6401 Lyons Road, Coconut Creek, FL 33073.
Slattery Funeral Home, Inc., 40 Pleasant Street, Marlborough, MA is entrusted with arrangements.
Ethel V. Anderson, 87ASHBY — Ethel V.
Anderson, age 87, of Ashby, died peace-fully at her home on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015.
She was the daugh-ter of the late Waino and Selma (Kujala) Kyto. Ethel gradu-
ated from Fitchburg High School and worked for The Nursery Center, Wilson Insurance Co., Simonds Saw and Steel and Sterilite Corp.
She is survived by her husband of 57 years, Leslie E. Anderson and four chil-dren; a son, Richard and his wife, Ruth of Winchendon, a daughter, Kathleen Faur of Fitchburg; a son, Donald and his wife, Rebecca of Ashby; and a son, Kenneth of Fitchburg. Ethel also leaves five grandsons, Joseph Faur, Jr., Craig
Faur, Nicholas Anderson, Nathanael Anderson, and Noah Anderson.
Family was very important to Ethel and she supported her children and grandchildren by attending hundreds of their concerts, sporting events and scouting functions. For many years, she enjoyed gathering the entire family together for Sunday afternoon dinners. Ethel also enjoyed following the Red Sox through their ups and downs. She was a lover of animals, especially cats. Over the years, many cats have found a loving home with her.
A funeral service was held Sunday, Aug. 9 in Brandon Funeral Home, 305 Wanoosnoc Road, Fitchburg. Burial will be held privately.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that memorial contributions be made to the Pat Brody Shelter for Cats, PO Box 142, Lunenburg, MA 01462.
Salvatore CiullaMEDFORD —
Salvatore Ciulla of Medford, died Aug. 4. Beloved husband of Gina (Maniscalco) Ciulla; devoted father of Maria Ciulla and her spouse Dee Trudel of Methuen, Mario Ciulla and his wife
Terry of Wilmington, Michael Ciulla and his wife Barbara of Winchendon, the late Anthony Ciulla and his sur-viving wife Mamie of Belmont. Loving grandfather of Anthony, Michael and his wife Colleen, John, Stephen, Jay and his wife Liane, Derek, Nicole Parr
and her husband Tom. Loving great grandfather of Jason, Jolie and Isabella. Brother of Frances Hernandez and her late husband Rudy of Atlanta, GA, Jenny Szecskas of Medford, the late Michael, Paul, Lizzy, Lilly and Mary.
A funeral service was conducted in the Dello Russo Funeral Home, 306 Main St., Medford, Friday, Aug. 7. Services concluded with burial at Oak Grove Cemetery, Medford.
In lieu of flowers contributions may be sent in Salvatore’s name to the Anthony Ciulla Sr. Scholarship Fund, c/o Bank of America, 39 Main St., Watertown, MA 02472.
Kenneth A. Cote, 65W I N C H E N D O N
— Kenneth A. Cote, age 65, of 15 Linden St. died peaceful-ly Friday morn-ing, Aug. 7 in West Roxbury Veterans A d m i n i s t r a t i o n Hospital, with his sons at his side.
He was born in Winchendon on March 6, 1950, son of the late Alfred J. and Marilyn (Gauthier) Cote and was a resident of Winchendon for most of his life.
Ken had worked as a supervisor at Belden Cable Design Technology in Leominster. During the Vietnam War, he proudly served his country as a member of the United States Marine Corps. He was awarded the National Defense Service medal. An avid fish-erman, Ken was a fan of the Boston Red Sox and New England Patriots. His greatest enjoyment was spending time with his family.
He leaves three sons, Troy Adam Cote and his fiancé Jessica Coderre
of Gardner, Shaun A. Cote and his fiancé Lisa of Ashburnham and Ryan D. Cote and his wife Gina of Westminster; two grandchildren, Vic Cote and Colin Cote; three brothers, Wayne Cote of Winchendon, Paul Cote of Winchendon and David Cote of Winchendon; a sister, Laurie Roth of Westminster and many nieces and nephews.
A Mass of Christian burial was held Tuesday, Aug. 11 in Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, 52 Spruce St. Burial, with military honors, followed in Massachusetts Veteran’s Memorial Cemetery.
Memorial donations may be made to Fisher House Boston, 1400 Veterans of Foreign Wars Pkwy, West Roxbury, MA 02132.
Stone-Ladeau Funeral Home, 343 Central Street, Winchendon was entrusted with arrangements.
Betty ‘Betsy’ F. (Ford) Crane, 89WESTBOROUGH —
Betty ‘Betsy’ F. (Ford) Crane, age 89, a res-ident of Westminster from 1961 to 1971, died Friday, Aug. 7, in the Beaumont Rehabilitation & Skilled Nursing Center of Westborough with
her family by her bedside.She leaves her husband of 70 years,
William L. Crane; two daughters, Candilou Hitchcock of Gardner and Sammi C. Dawley of Westminster; three grandchildren, Nathan Hitchcock of Germantown, MD, Jessica Hitchcock of Gaithersburg, MD, and Eric Dawley of Hubbardston; two great-grandchil-dren, Natalie and Sophia Hitchcock of Germantown, MD.
Mrs. Crane was a 1944 graduate of Hillsboro High School in Indiana. She attended the Indiana University in Bloomington, IN. During her younger years she taught piano and tap dance lessons.
While living in Westminster, she was a member of the First Congregational Church, where she taught Sunday school. She was also the manager of the former Christmas Shop at the Old Mill for many years.
She was also a member of the Heywood Hospital Aid Association in
Gardner, and volunteered for the local Girl Scouts. For over twenty years she volunteered at the Flower Hospital Gift Shop in Sylvania, Ohio and as the music director of the Senior Citizen’s Choral group. Additionally, she brought joy to the residents at the Lake Park Nursing Home in Sylvania, playing the piano and leading them in song. She enjoyed music, art, tennis, bowling, sewing, dance, painting, gourmet cooking, bible study, the ocean and beaches, and her dogs, but most of all she loved her fam-ily.
She was born in Edmonton, KY, on Feb. 15, 1926, the only daughter of Lyron D., and Ruth (Hutchins) Ford.
Betsy’s funeral will be held on Friday, Aug. 14, at 11 a.m. in the First Congregational Church of Westminster, 138 Main St., Westminster. Rev. Sally Calhoon will officiate.
Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery, Hillsboro, IN, on Monday, Aug. 17.
Calling hours will be on Thursday, Aug. 13, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Westminster Chapel of the Sawyer-Miller-Masciarelli Funeral Home (mas-ciarellifamilyfuneralhomes.net), 123 Main St., Westminster.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contribu-tions may be made to the Michael J. Fox Parkinson Foundation, PO Box 5014, Hagertown, MD 21741 or may be left at the funeral home.
David Arthur Diamantopoulos, 78RINGWOOD NJ —
Services will be held for David Arthur Diamantopoulos, age 78, of this community, who died on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2015.
Born and raised in Winchendon, Mr. D i a m a n t o p o u l o s
moved to Ringwood in the early 1970s. He worked for the Linde Division of Union Carbide Corp. in New Jersey and then in Tarrytown, NY, continu-ing with the company as it split into different divisions before retiring from Praxair in 1997. Subsequently, he was a consultant for Praxair for several years and then was a kitchen designer for The Home Depot from 2000 until early 2015. Also, he was awarded two U.S. patents in 1992 and 1993.
He was a member of St. Catherine’s
Church, the Cupsaw Lake Improvement Association (CLIA), and the CLIA Men’s Athletic Association, where he helped found a scholarship program for graduating Cupsaw Lake seniors. And, he held a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY.
Mr. Diamantopoulos is survived by his wife, Winona; his son, Chris Diaman of Cresskill; his daughter, Dionna Lee Griffin of Cresskill; his stepchildren, Carrie Jones Ross of Marlboro, NY, and Christopher Jones of Chester Springs, PA; his brother, Paul of Morgantown, PA; and his grandchildren, Dakota Griffin, Alex Ross, Madi Ross, Cooper Ross, Colin Jones, and Celia Jones.
He was predeceased by his parents, Constantino and Mary Anna.
Arrangements are by the D’Agostino Funeral Home, Haskell.
Carol E. (Pickford) Boucher, 74BALDWINVILLE
– Carol E. (Pickford) Boucher, age 74, of 645 Baldwinville Road, died peaceful-ly Tuesday morning, Aug. 11th in UMass Medical Center, University Campus, Worcester.
She was born in Peterborough, NH, daughter of the late Charles J. and Josephine (Atkoczaitis) Pickford and grew up in Winchendon. She had lived in Baldwinville almost 50 years.
Carol worked many years ago as a caf-eteria worker at Narragansett Regional High School and later at the former Baldwinville Drug Store. For several years she worked as a nanny for the Mulcahy family of Gardner and then worked for many years for Hearthside Elder Homes Assisted Living. Her hob-bies were cooking, reading and doing
crafts. Her greatest enjoyment was spending time with family.
She leaves her husband of 57 years, Clarence L. Boucher; four children, Donna L. Caisse and her husband Scot of Royalston, Daniel J. Boucher and his significant other Mary Dana of Braintree, Todd M. Boucher and his wife Donna of Winchendon and Thomas S. Boucher and his significant other Lee Ann Jones of Baldwinville; one sis-ter, Ruth M. Ethier of Anaheim, CA; six grandchildren and one great grand-daughter. A brother, James C. Pickford, preceded her in death.
Private funeral services will be held in Stone-Ladeau Funeral Home, 343 Central St., Winchendon. Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery, Baldwinville.
There are no calling hours.Memorial donations may be made
to Templeton Fire Department Rescue Squad, 2 School St., Baldwinville, MA 01436.
Winchendon courier 8 Friday, August 14, 2015
SPORTSSPORTSClark camp keeps youngsters busy for summer
Memorial tournament next weekend
It is time
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BY TRACY GAMBILLCourier CorrespondentWINCHENDON — The Clark
Memorial YMCA summer day camp and sports camps are in full swing for another week or so. Approximately 100 children between the ages of five and 12 are busy from 9 a.m –4 p.m.
each day with games, sports, arts & crafts, swimming, team building, and field trips.
This week’s group went to an exciting 10-inning baseball game between the Worcester Bravehearts and Torrington Titans in which the Titans
squeezed out a 7-5 win. There are still a few openings
in the gymnastics and soccer sports camps which run from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. for children between the ages of seven and 13. Each day also includes time for free swim in the pool.
If you have a would-be camp-er and want more information, stop in soon at the Clark or contact Kyle Scrivines at 978-297-9622, [email protected].
BY TRACY GAMBILLCOURIER CORRESPONDENT
WINCHENDON — The third annual Lawrence “Pepe” Chagnon Memorial Golf Tournament will take place on Friday, Aug. 21 at the Winchendon School Golf Course.
Registration and continental breakfast begins at 8:30 a.m. and tee off is at 9:30 a.m. It is a full day that includes putting and driving contests, raffles, chicken barbe-cue, and music.
The Chagnon family has awarded $7,000 in scholarships to six seniors over the last two years, three at Murdock High School and three at Narragansett High School.
Though Pepe was born and raised in
Templeton, he lived in Winchendon for most of his life where he and his wife Mary had five children. He worked for over 30 years at New England Woodenware (where Kamenstein’s is now located) and was a custodian at Guarantee Bank and Trust and Winchendon Savings Bank. After retirement, Pepe did custodial work for Rural Housing Improvement and enjoyed baking breads which he shared with others around town.
To say he was a military man is a bit of an understatement, as he served in the Navy, Army, and Air Force Reserves. His biggest regret was not getting a college education so a scholarship fund in his honor seemed a fitting tribute.
Shortly after he died in 2012 at the age of
85, the idea of a golf tournament came about because of his love of sports and the great memories his sons had of times on the golf course with their dad.
The entire family is involved with the tournament and with reviewing student applications. The family has also had a booth at the Summer Solstice featuring baked goods from Pepe’s favorite recipes and, new this year, root beer floats. The goal is to build the funds so money may be awarded to more students.
His daughter Cyndee Lafreniere said, “It’s way to pay it forward, to help others get that education. It’s been a wonderful way of keeping his memory alive…and it’s helped with the healing.”
Not a golfer? There are opportunities to be a spon-sor, donate raffle items, or make a contribution on line at lawrencechagnonmem.wix.com/scholarships where one may also register for the tournament.
I’ve always been a football fan. In fact, I think the earliest mem-ory I have of anything in my life is the 1959 NFL championship game between the Colts and Giants, a rematch of the previous year’s legendary “greatest game ever played.” I was 6 in 1959, sit-ting right at midfield in old Memorial Stadium and never mind those seats were four rows from field level thus making it impossible for a little kid to see anything. But I do remember being there.
That launched a life-long love affair with football. From the time I was a child through early adulthood one of my treasured memories is of spending fall Sunday mornings having brunch at my grandparents’ house and then going with my father, uncles, and cousins to that damp old stadium to cheer for the Colts — week after week, year after year, decade after decade.
After Bob Irsay cowardly snuck the franchise away to Indianapolis in 1984, I rooted for the Baltimore Stars of the late, lamented USFL and later for the Stallions, Baltimore’s entry in the Canadian League. Both those teams,
incidentally, won cham-pionships, making my hometown the only city to have titles in all three leagues.
For the last 20 years, of course, I’ve been a Ravens fan, though with nowhere near the fervor some assume, and certainly
never with the same passion I reserved for the Colts. I’ve never one bit liked the way the Cleveland Browns — the team of Otto Graham and Jim Brown morphed into the Ravens. I would have much rather seen Baltimore return to the NFL with an expansion team, or at least with a less historic franchise than the Browns, but that’s not how it happened. I enjoyed the Super Bowl winning seasons of 2000 and 2012 but they weren’t the same as the glory days back in the day, not by a longshot.
Be that as it may, I’ve always been a football fan, and a fervent one at that, and therein lies the hypocrisy I’m about to confess.
While I’ll still hope the Ravens have a good season, it’s time, I think, for kids to stop playing tackle football. It’s time for parents to stop signing permission slips. The best intentions of Pop Warner and other youth league coaches aside,
it’s time to stop denying the science. The evidence is becoming increasingly irrefutable. How in good conscience can any parent now say it’s okay for their son, whether he be 7 or 14, to play tackle football? Granted, not everyone who plays football winds up staggering through life, but way too many do, and it’s preventable. Granted as well, con-cussions happen in every sport and life itself is a crapshoot, but who wants to roll the dice their kid won’t be the one to suffer long-term health issues either from one jarring hit to a brain that is still developing or from repeated hit after hit?
I know full well Pop Warner isn’t going to disappear, though the sharp dip in participation as reported last Sunday on ESPN’s Emmy-winning Outside the Lines suggests parents are in fact start-ing to sensibly harbor serious doubts about youth football. I certainly get high school football isn’t going away, either, if for no other reason too many athletic departments across the coun-try count on football as their prima-ry source of gate revenue. That’s not true everywhere, though. In fact, as for the argument that only football bonds schools with their communities, that’s propagandist nonsense. There are plen-ty communities where basketball does
the same.We’ve all seen the dramatic stories —
Junior Seau, Dave Dureson, and so on, but we don’t often hear about the ones who aren’t famous whose lives have been equally irreparably destroyed because of football-related injury. Adults can make their own decisions if the risks are worth it — kids, especially elementary and middle school-age kids — not so much.
I know, too, this essay will likely be met with ridicule and/or contempt in some quarters, maybe blown off as a predictable leftist call for more govern-ment regulation. So be it. Criticism’s an occupational hazard.
I admit — it’s at least somewhat hyp-ocritical to stake out this position while confessing to still being an NFL fan and while I increasingly cringe at the bone-crushing hits I used to love, nor do I turn the TV off, either. What can I tell you — the rules really are different for kids and grown-ups, and as presumably responsible adults, we have a responsi-bility to keep our kids safe. It’s time for kids to stop playing tackle football and it’s past time for parents to stop signing permission slips allowing it. What say you?
Tracy Gambill photos
Andy Truong, age 10, enjoys his time on the water slide.
A group of campers, ages 10 and 11, takes a break in the shade. All agreed that their favorite part of camp is swimming.
These young tennis champs practice their moves in the hot sun recently, taking plenty of breaks to re-hydrate.
‘Pepe’ Chagnon
JERRY CARTON
Talking SporTS
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Grants are awarded in amounts of $3,000-$25,000. All 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organi-zations serving the cities and towns of Worcester County are eligible to apply. Grantees must be able to demonstrate sound planning and fiscal stewardship, have a legiti-mate and effective governing board and agree to the founda-tion’s reporting requirements. Questions can be directed to Pamela Kane at (508) 755-0980. Grant applications are avail-able on-line and will be accept-
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Community Foundation unites people from diverse sectors to create positive change within the region. Created and built by local individuals, this per-manent endowment is used to create personal and lasting leg-acies that improve lives and conditions within the com-munity. Established in 1976, the Foundation has awarded more than $95 million to cul-tural educational, human ser-vice and civic organizations. Today, the Foundation stew-ards a charitable endowment exceeding $140 million in over 500 named funds, all created by local citizens. For more
information, visit www.great-erworcester.org.
TOMATOES LOOKING GOOD?
The 31st annual Massachusetts Tomato Contest will be held in the KITCHEN at the new Boston Public Market.
Tomatoes will be judged by a panel of experts on flavor, firmness/slicing quality, exte-rior color and shape. Always a lively and fun event, the day is designed to increase aware-ness of locally grown produce.
Farmers who want to submit entries can bring tomatoes to the market between 9 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. on Aug. 20 or drop their entries off with the corre-sponding registration form to
one of several locations around the state on Aug. 19. These tomatoes will be brought in to Boston on Thursday. For com-plete details, contest criteria and registration form: www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/agr/markets/farmers-markets/tomato-contest.html.
The contest is sponsored by the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources, New England Vegetable and Berry Growers Association and Mass Farmers Markets in cooper-ation with the Boston Public Market and The Trustees of Reservations.
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supported civil rights, largely opposed Vietnam, and saw public service as a trust, unlike the Tea Party members of today’s House, who went to Washington to spew venom, to say nothing of most of the nation’s Republican governors.
Then there was this — the debate closed with a question about God. Silly me. I thought we were all about the separa-tion of church and state. Then again, those noble statesmen were, after all, speaking to the base which implicitly knows that He loathes anyone not like them, so there you go.
Because demography really is electoral destiny, irrespec-tive of the bazillions of words you can choose to read or ignore over the next 15 months, it’s pretty unlikely any of the candidates on the stage in Cleveland last Thursday are going to be President. More troubling though was the lack of mention of issues like mental health or climate or even guns. It seems to me that as a society, we ought to be talking, and doing, something about those, regardless of who wins any election. See you next week.
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Appointment II, bronze and granite. She was also honored with the Founders Award ribbon.
A second soapstone called “Hope Eternal” won a first place ribbon. Last year she was honored with three awards at the Leominster Art Association. One of these was the Munson Award, named for artist Claude Munson.
The soapstone piece which won first place at the 2014 GALA (Gardner Area League of Artists) show was inspired by her daughter, who passed away. Her grandson passed only six months later.
“The sculpture typifies my grand-son,” said Goodrich. She also partici-pated in this year’s Spring Show and won a third place ribbon for bronze and granite.
Goodrich’s bronze sculpture is the beginning of a series of eight or more she will be working on in the coming years.
The first step to creating a piece of sculpture begins with a sketch. This is
followed by a clay form. “You take large chunks off,” said
Goodrich. “It’s like a map.”Flat sheets of wax are melted and
formed to the piece. She uses a candle for better control, preferring this “older method.” A mold is made, often using plaster. The use of liquid porcelain is very exact and one more step in the pro-cess, plus the use of fine sand. There is a drying method followed again by the entire process. A barrel of sand holds the mold and the melted wax coming from the mould is melted in a kiln.
“At least 13 layers,” she reveals. “All of this before bronze is placed on the surface.”
Bronze is a mixture of copper and other metals which is very hard and most appropriate for producing a sculp-ture. It expands then shrinks a bit as it cools. With this effect every surface of the mold is touched by the metal, and then made easier to remove due to the shrinkage. Producing a bronze sculpture is done only by highly accom-plished, very skilled individuals.
Goodrich has suffered three serious accidents over the past eight years and
still managed to accomplish so much. She received a great deal of support from her church.
“I honor Him in my art. People who see my pieces connect spiritually or emotionally,” she added.
Goodrich plans to work on sculpture in the coming years with each piece telling a different story. With the popu-larity of her work, many are following what she plans to do next.
She is also responsible for the mural on the side of the brick building at 91 Central St. in downtown Winchendon. The mural was commissioned in Gardner, but when the installation was removed, a decision was made to have it re-installed permanent-ly in Winchendon. Thanks to a grant from the local Cultural Council, the Winchendon Courier and the building owner, the mural is now a permanent fixture.
Terri Harlow-Sillanpaa photos
Corrine Goodrich holding a soapstone prize winning piece of art depicting several people with one showing angel wings.
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Brooks and Williams con-curred they would like to do it again next year.
They tied for the People’s Choice local edition with Hope Lodge of Masons from Gardner.
The Winchendon SchoolDirector of summer school at
The Winch, Magay explained the cook off was enveloped into the curriculum. Students from China, Russia, Turkey, and Japan have embraced academia, art, and cooking during the last few weeks on campus as they better their English skills. Most had never tasted chili.
Magay was grateful to Sage Food Services Manager Mike Spirito and the rest of the dining crew at the school. “We couldn’t have done it without them. It was their guidance and direction
that got us through it.”It was suggested they make 16
gallons of chili for the People’s Choice award and by 1 p.m., they had 2 ½ gallons left.
“It was great. We had an awe-some time!” reflected Magay with a smile.
But besides the People’s Choice, Winchendon School made the effort do the paper-work and their homework to compete for sanctioned contest as well.
Competition for a causeThe Kiwanis coordinates
the local event and does the Peoples’ Choice award. This is specifically for homestyle chili with beans. There is also “Best Booth,” “Showmanship,” and a youth division for which to vie. This chili is not the same as that cooked for the sanctioned contest.
To officially compete in the Massachusetts State Chili
Cook off one must first join the International Chili Society, a non-profit organization in charge of the rules and regula-tions. According to their web-site, it “is the largest food con-test, festival organization in the world. The ICS has thousands of members worldwide who cook, judge and have a good time in helping raise needed funds for worthwhile charities or non-profit organizations. They are called Chiliheads!”
The food is judged in three cat-egories – Red Chili, Chili Verde (green chili) and Salsa. The judging is based on good flavor, texture of the meat, consisten-cy, blend of spices, aroma, and color. It cannot have any fillers such as beans; judging is on the meat and “sauce” only.
Winners at the state level move onto the World’s Championship Chili Cook off held in Reno, Nevada in October.
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“I kept worrying — what if I don’t get picked. I lost a lot of sleep over that. I kept thinking, what am I going to do because I knew realistically, I couldn’t have done it without their help,” she acknowledged.
Kuchta graduated nursing school in 2005, by then well-en-trenched at Heywood and last week looked back on the last 20 years.
“I try to focus on treating the whole patient — holistically and spiritually as well as physically. That’s why I like being on a med-surg floor. You get more of an opportunity to interact and work with patients when you have six of them as opposed to maybe 20 in the ER. Also, when you have a lot fewer patients, you can develop a relationship where you hope they know they can trust you. It feels good, for example, when they show gratitude and appreciation, even though you’re just doing your job. If you can feel you made their stay a little more comfortable, if you’re making a little difference, that’s good. You really can develop that one-to-one relationship. That’s a lot different than the emergency room,” she observed.
Kuchta did a stint working in the ER. “It’s a problem-solv-ing focused area. It has to be,” she remarked. “In the ER, it’s acute: prioritize, find out what the problem is and solve it and move on. I like being able to stay with patients longer.”
It’s tough seeing people who are sick, tougher yet seeing family members after a loved one passes, even after long and happy lives.
“It’s so hard for survivors and if you don’t have a lot of empathy, this profession probably isn’t where you belong.”
Kuchta discovered just how understanding and empathetic staffers at Heywood could be when her own family was in cri-sis. Daughter Lindsay, now 22, spent a significant part of her childhood battling serious illness, and her mom still marvels at the response from co-workers.
“They were wonderful. They were like a family to us. That just mattered to us a lot.”
Two decades on, 20 years after arriving at Heywood, “I get asked if I’m going to stay here until I retire. I will. This has been home,” said Kuchta.
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A native of Fitchburg, the lieutenant is married with two adult children.
Walsh started his career as a part-timer in Winchendon in 1989. He went to the police acad-emy in Needham in 1990, then worked his way up through the ranks, serving as a patrolman and detective before being named lieutenant nine years ago.
He says he knew at a fairly young age that he wanted a career in law enforcement. With a degree in criminal justice, Walsh attended Mount Wachusett Community College and what was known at the time as Fitchburg State College (now a university).
While understanding that his promotion may be temporary, Walsh said his immediate focus will be on staffing.
“We recently lost a full time position due to budget cuts. The chief is leaving and Sgt. Gerald Gagne has announced he’s leaving after some 20 years. So, we’re going to have 12 full-timers when we should have 14, and three part-timers instead of five.”
Walsh adds he intends to remain involved in the community, despite his new responsibilities. A past board member of Winchendon Little League, he is an active member of the Winchendon Lions Club.
He says his understanding of Winchendon and surrounding communities and his familiarity with department operations will assist him in carrying out the job of chief.
“I know how things work,” he says.It’s expected his ascension to the post of act-
ing chief will become effective immediately upon Livingston’s departure.
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This will be the fifth such event in Winchendon since 2010.
Bohan, who describes him-self as an amateur histori-an, said he has studied the town’s past for many years, “including the fire depart-ment I want to see to it the muster stays here for a long time to come. It’s a great fam-ily event that keeps us con-nected to our history.”
Bohan said musters were a part of Winchendon history from 1851 until 1968, when their popularity sort of died out.
“I thought it was import-ant to revive this great tra-dition,” said Bohan, who said he starts “planning next year’s event as soon as this one is over.”
Bohan said the oldest hand
tub taking part dates back to 1828. The Hancock #128 will be operated by the team from Ashburnham/Westminster.
There is a cost to organiz-ing and pulling off the event, however, and Bohan depends on contributions to keep this great tradition alive.
“We do hold a boot drive to help raise funds, but it doesn’t raise enough to cover the full cost,” which he esti-mates at around $3,000 per event.
“I may look into selling tee shirts or buttons next year, but that remains to be seen.”
Individuals and businesses who would like to donate to his family oriented event should send a check to: Winchendon Veteran Fireman’s Muster Association, PO Box 94, Winchendon, MA 01475.
The muster is free and open to the public and park-ing is also free.
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lowed by workers from around the region. He was unsure, at this juncture, of just how many jobs will be created.
Current priorities refurbish-ing the dam, making sure struc-tures meet state and local build-ing codes. Mullin said National Grid is assisting with upgrades to the facility’s electrical system, while the Rural Development Administration will assist with the water and sewer system.
To answer skeptics who have expressed doubts the project will ever fulfill its promise, Mullin said emphatically, “This project is for real.”
Board member Barbara Anderson asked if municipal sewer and water will have to be extended to the complex.
“Yes, yes,” Mullin replied.“Obviously, Brandywine will
need this (water and sewer) in order to go forward,” said interim Town Manager Bernie Lynch. “We’ll need to determine how much capacity will be need-ed out that way, as well as its
impact on the treatment facility. Right now it’s rated to handle 1.1 million gallons a day. It occa-sionally goes over that amount now.”
“We need to determine how much the plant will need to grow and who pays that bill,” he con-tinued. “The first step is to deter-mine the sewer and water needs and how to meet those needs without impacting the town.”
Barbaro pointed out that municipal water service cur-rently extends to Winchendon Springs, but sewer service does not.
Board member Audrey LaBrie also expressed concern about the potential impact that 40 families moving to Winchendon could have on the school system, as well as the impact on town ser-vices.
Acting on a recommenda-tion from the state Department of Revenue, selectmen voted to adopt state laws allowing the board to set up a committee to negotiate with municipal unions – including school department unions – to explore securing health insurance through the Group Insurance Commission,
as is done with state unions.While Winchendon Teachers
Association President Christina Ricard opposed the move, Lynch said obtaining insurance through the GIC could save the town a substantial amount of cash.
The DOR estimated the move could save up to $300,000 a year in costs, Lynch admitted that estimate might be a bit on the high side, but insisted savings would be significant.
Board members Anderson, Austin Cyganiewicz, and LaBrie supported the proposal, while Amy Salter voted in opposition. Barbaro recused himself from the discussion and vote because his wife is a teacher at Toy Town Elementary School; and Anderson ran the meeting as vice chair.
In other action, Tristan Bedinger and Christopher Shivo were each granted solicitation permits. The two will be allowed to go door-to-door Monday through Saturday seeking cus-tomers for Solar City, a company that sells and installs residential solar panels.
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wash at Brooks Auto Service 9 a.m.-2 p.m. $7 a car. Please help support the Murdock senior class!
OBSESSION ON ELM STREET: live band play-ing during a chicken barbecue fundraiser at the Winchendon Rod & Gun Club 2-5 p.m. Tickets are $12 and can be purchased at the club or by calling (978) 297-0708.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 21FISH FRY: the Winchendon Rod & Gun Club
hosts its monthly fish fry at the club on River Street. Fish & chips, clam strips, or chicken for those who aren’t fans of fish. Come on out 4-7 p.m. You won’t be sorry, it’s a great feed.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 23KENTUCKY KINDNESS: a fundraiser to benefit
victims of massive flooding is scheduled at the Winchendon Rod & Gun Club, 4-7 p.m. Includes a spaghetti supper with salad, or pulled pork with ‘slaw; mint tea, mint julep cake w/ice cream; water-melon. $15 a plate. For information visit Facebook page Ride to Survive or call Michele at (978) 386-5540.
LOBSTER SHOOT: first of the season! At the American Legion Post 193, School Street beginning at 2 p.m. If you can play bingo, then you can try your chances at winning lobster with this game. 25 games for $15. Additional raffles include chances on
steamers, $100 worth of scratch tickets, a 50/50 and just maybe a surprise or two.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9GOLDEN AGERS: The Winchendon Golden
Agers will hold its monthly meeting starting at 2 p.m downstairs at the American Legion, School Street. We will have musical entertainment at this meeting. New members are always welcome!
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13FALL BALL: a back-to-school celebration concert
for the youth of Winchendon to kick off the new school year. Direct from LA with the #6 song on the Billboard charts: ‘MYCAH’ with Devon Mycah & Lexii Lynn Frazier with special guest ‘Sweet Sacrifice’ the premier Evanescence tribute band: featuring Lish Ventura. It all starts at 2 p.m. at the American Legion, 295 School St. Advance tickets $15, at the door $19. More info on getting tickets will be available soon.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26THE BEATLES: The Lions Club is hiring a
Beatles Tribute Band Studio Two for a fund raiser. The event is Saturday Sept. 26 at the Winchendon
American Legion, 295 School St. Show starts at 8:30 p.m. Ticket prices are: Advance ticket $15; at the door $20. During the night we will have a 50/50 raf-fle, and a live auction to raise money. Tickets can be purchased at: To Each His Own Designs, Toy Town Vision Care, Winchendon Legion, Lion members. All money raised will go toward helping those less fortunate families within the community.
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Trump leading polls in New HampsireBY JERRY CARTON
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RINDGE — The voting booths don’t open in New Hampshire for half a year, but the 2016 presidential campaign has been well underway for months, and Franklin Pierce University in nearby Rindge is right in the action.
The university has joined forces with the Boston Herald to conduct polling and in the wake of last week’s Republican debate, the survey, like most others, shows Donald Trump continuing to lead the pack
with 19-percent, six points in front of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush with 13-percent. A mere point behind Bush at 12-percent is Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who entered the race just a few weeks ago. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is at 10-percent and former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina is at 9-per-cent.
The poll was conducted in the three days immediately following the debate by RKM Communication’s Kelly Myers, using a sample of 411 GOP voters. The survey has a 4.8% margin of error.
This was the first poll taken by FPU/Herald since March. A number of Franklin Pierce stu-dents made the trip to Concord to assist in that poll last spring.
“Our students are the real winners,” noted Dr. Kristen Nevious, director of the univer-sity’s Marlin Fitzwater Center for Communication. “Our col-laboration is giving them an unparalleled education in the democratic process.” Students are expected to resume their participation when they return next month.
Dropping in last week’s poll were Wisconsin Gov. Scott
Walker, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Kentucky Sen Rand Paul.
Kasich was at a mere one per-cent when FPU students helped Myers’ team five months ago. In addition to the 11-point jump, his favorability rating soared from 24-percent to 50 percent. Fiorina also saw big gains, going from less than one percent to nine and her favor-ability rating skyrocketing to 57-percent after what most observers considered a strong performance in what’s being called the “happy hour” debate which preceded the main event
last Thursday.But the race, six months from
New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary, is exception-ally volatile, with three in four respondents saying they’re open to changing their mind by the time ballots are cast.
“This poll shows voters are tuning into this election and specifically into New Hampshire,” noted FPU pres-ident Andrew Card, former White House chief of staff to President George W. Bush.
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MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE
By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain Mortgage given by Paul Kelly and Mary Kelly to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for AEGIS Funding Corporation, dated December 2, 2004 and recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds at Book 35242, Page 228 subsequently assigned to U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee for the Registered Holders of AEGIS Asset Backed Securities Trust 2005-1, Mortgage Backed Notes by Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nomi-nee for AEGIS Funding Corporation by assignment recorded in said Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds at Book 44725, Page 378, subsequently assigned to U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for the Registered Holders of AEGIS Asset Backed Securities Trust 2005-1, Mortgage Backed Notes by U.S. Bank National Association, as Indenture Trustee for the Registered Holders of AEGIS Asset Backed Securities Trust 2005-1, Mortgage Backed Notes by assignment recorded in said Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds at Book 50121, Page 31; of which Mortgage the undersigned is the present holder for breach of the conditions of said Mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing same will be sold at Public Auction at 3:00 PM on September 4, 2015 at 6 Spruce Street, Winchendon, MA, all and singular the premises described in said Mortgage, to wit:The land in Winchendon, Worcester County, Mass., known and numbered as 6 Spruce Street, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at the southeast corner of the premises, being the corner of Oak Street and Spruce Street; THENCE N. 40 1/2 degrees E. on the westerly line of Spruce Street, 101 1/2 feet to land formerly of Fernald Hutchins; THENCE N. 49 DEGREES 30’ W. on line of said Hutchins land 97 1/2 feet to land formerly of the heirs of Almon Mann; THENCE on line of said Mann land S. 18 degrees W. 116 feet to the northerly line of Oak Street; THENCE S. 49 degrees 30’ E., on line of said Oak Street 53 1/2 feet to the place of beginning. Being the same prem-ises conveyed to the herein named mortgagor (s) by deed recorded with Worcester District Registry of Deeds in Book 18492, Page 2.The premises are to be sold subject to
and with the benefit of all easements, restrictions, building and zoning laws, liens, attorney’s fees and costs pursu-ant to M.G.L.Ch.183A, unpaid taxes, tax titles, water bills, municipal liens and assessments, rights of tenants and parties in possession.TERMS OF SALE:A deposit of FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND 00 CENTS ($5,000.00) in the form of a certified check or bank treasurer’s check will be required to be delivered at or before the time the bid is offered. The successful bidder will be required to execute a Foreclosure Sale Agreement immediately after the close of the bidding. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid within thirty (30) days from the sale date in the form of a certified check, bank treasurer’s check or other check satis-factory to Mortgagee’s attorney. The Mortgagee reserves the right to bid at the sale, to reject any and all bids, to continue the sale and to amend the terms of the sale by written or oral announcement made before or during the foreclosure sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The pur-chaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. The description of the premises contained in said mortgage shall control in the event of an error in this publication. TIME WILL BE OF THE ESSENCE.Other terms if any, to be announced at the sale. U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for the registered holders of Aegis Asset Backed Securities Trust 2005-1, Mortgage Backed Notes Present Holder of said Mortgage, By Its Attorneys,ORLANS MORAN PLLCPO Box 540540Waltham, MA 02454Phone: (781) 790-780013-018958August 14, 2015August 21, 2015August 28, 2015
LEGAL NOTICEMORTGAGEE’S SALE
OF REAL ESTATEBy virtue of and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Roberto D. Paiva w/s/a Roberto Paiva to Option One Mortgage Corporation, dated December 21, 2004 and recorded at Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 35364, Page 343 of which mortgage Wells
Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee for MASTR Asset Backed Securities Trust 2005-OPT1, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-OPT1 is the present holder by assignment from Sand Canyon Corporation f/k/a Option One Mortgage Corporation to Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee for MASTR Asset Backed Securities Trust 2005-OPT1, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-OPT1 dated June 10, 2010 recorded at Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 45962, Page 230, for breach of conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same, the mortgaged premises located at 90 Harris Road, Winchendon, MA 01475 will be sold at a Public Auction at 11:00AM on September 8, 2015, at the mortgaged premises, more particularly described below, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, to wit:A certain parcel of land and any buildings thereon situated on the Westerly side of Harris Road in the Northwesterly part of Winchendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, and shown as Lot “1” on a plan entitled “Plan of Lots prepared for James H. and Carol Kallio, Winchendon, Mass., Scale : 1 inch=100 ft., June 14, 1977, Michael S. Szoc, R. L. Surveyor, 32 Pleasant Street, Gardner, Mass.”, which plan is recorded with Worcester District Registry of Deeds Plan Book 440, Page 22, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a drill hole set in the Westerly line of Harris Road at the Northeasterly corner of the lot to be conveyed; thence S. 8 degrees 46’ 06” E. by the Westerly line of Harris Road, 291.54 feet to a corner of Lot “2” on said plan: thence S. 65 degrees 18’ 29” W. by Lot “2” on said plan, 200 feet to a corner to be set; thence about N. 73-3/4 degrees W. by Lot “2” on said plan, 1700 feet, more or less, to a point in the wall at land now or formerly of the heirs of William Brooks; thence N. 17-1/2 degrees E. by said Brooks’ land, 397 feet to a corner; thence S. 73-3/4 degrees E. by land of owner unknown 1721 feet to a drill hole set in the Westerly line of Harris Road and the place of beginning. Containing 16.2 acres, more or less.For mortgagor’s title see deed recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 35384, Page 341.The premises will be sold subject to any and all unpaid taxes and other municipal assessments and liens,
and subject to prior liens or other enforceable encumbrances of record entitled to precedence over this mortgage, and subject to and with the benefit of all easements, restrictions, reservations and conditions of record and subject to all tenancies and/or rights of parties in possession.Terms of the Sale: Cash, cashier’s or certified check in the sum of $5,000.00 as a deposit must be shown at the time and place of the sale in order to qualify as a bidder (the mortgage holder and its designee(s) are exempt from this requirement); high bidder to sign written Memorandum of Sale upon acceptance of bid; balance of purchase price payable in cash or by certified check in thirty (30) days from the date of the sale at the offices of mortgagee’s attorney, Korde & Associates, P.C., 321 Billerica Road, Suite 210, Chelmsford, MA 01824-4100 or such other time as may be designated by mortgagee. The description for the premises contained in said mortgage shall control in the event of a typographical error in this publication.Other terms to be announced at the sale.Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee for MASTR Asset Backed Securities Trust 2005-OPT1, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-OPT1Korde & Associates, P.C. 321 Billerica Road Suite 210 Chelmsford, MA 01824-4100(978) 256-1500Paiva, Roberto, 13-013203, August 14, 2015, August 21, 2015, August 28, 2015August 14, 2015August 21, 2015August 28, 2015
LEGAL AUCTIONPUBLIC AUCTION
SALE OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS By virtue of the right granted by the statute, the Massachusetts Code Sec-tion 105A, the enforcement of satis-fying the lien of Winchendon Central Storage, for storage and expenses will be sold at public auction on August 31 2015 9am. All and singular, the furnish-ings, household furniture and equip-ment of Eric W. Peck storage bay #55All items sold will be cash or certi-fied check only. Auction to be held at Winchendon Central Storage 234 Lin-coln Ave Winchendon Ma 01475August 14, 2015August 21, 2015
LEGALS
BY APRIL GOODWINCOURIER CORRESPONDENT
WINCHENDON — Children race into The Dance Center before each day of class bub-bling with energy and excite-ment, eager to begin their next lesson. The Dance Center has been helping children of all ages and levels reach their poten-tial for 22 years. Originally based in Ashburnham, owner and artistic director Nancy T. Bonanno moved her studio to Winchendon after ten years to accommodate her growing number of students and to be able to offer a larger range of classes for more young danc-ers.
This summer, The Dance Center offered many different programs for aspiring danc-ers of all ages. For the serious dancer there was a three-week long intensive for intermediate to advance students in which they demonstrated their dedi-cation to expand and strength-en their skills. The studio offered traditional classes as well. The Creative Movement class for 2.5-5 year olds taught youngsters dance fundamen-tals in a fun way that kept their minds and bodies moving. Children in the 5-9 age group took beginner to level II classes for everything from ballet to
tap to modern styles of dance. “We offer a wide variety so
that every student can have a great dance experience,” Bonnano said.
Registration for fall classes begins Aug. 18 along with the first open house for the fall season. Starting Sept. 14, about 50 classes a week will help stu-dents from preschool all the way to high school hone their creative and dancing talents. Whether a child is a recreation-al dancer who wants to come in and dance occasionally or a serious dancer who spends hours upon hours of dedication to the art, there is a class and schedule that will cater to their aspirations.
“That’s what’s so fun about it,” Bonnao grinned. “Take a child who wants one class a week – they can come on in. But if they want more, we can give that to them as well.”
Students are also presented the possibility to become a part of the competition teams or the performance teams. Those who decide to be in the performance teams will be able to perform at community events to enter-tain and wow the local audi-ences. “We have a lot to offer every young dancer,” Bonnano said with excitement about the opportunities her studio
is devoted to present students and parents alike.
The Dance Center was at the Gardner Sidewalk Sale for a performance by summer stu-dents. More information can be found on the studio’s web-site: dancecenterdance.com and Facebook page, and all are welcome to attend any of the open houses and talk to the instructors and students to learn more about all of their programs. The phone number is: (978) 297-5678.
Mat Plamondon photos
A group of students prepare for class at The Dance Center
Mugging for the photographer, this class was more than happy to take a moment.
Gearing up for fall: The Dance Center stretches its legs
Mom I’m Bored:endangered birds
Boston Children’s Museum is set to open a new gallery exhibit, “Knots Landing,” an installation of a larger body of work from by New York based artist Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow and also includes the work of hundreds of muse-um visitors. It will display 200 two-di-mensional cutouts of the endangered migratory shorebirds known as Red Knots that are scaled to the bird’s actual size. They are each hand cut, laminated, and strung on monofilament. They are aligned to mimic a flock of flying birds and cast shadows on the walls and floor. The cutouts are printed on only one side to represent their absence in the natu-ral world as an endangered species. The
Red Knots have one of the longest sea-sonal migrations of any species of bird. They travel more than 9,000 miles every year from the Arctic to the southern tip of South America. They are protected as a threatened species by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The exhibit is part of the Isles Arts Initiative, a summer long public art series on Georges and Spectacle islands, the Boston Sculptors Gallery, and the Atlantic Wharf Gallery that captures the intrinsic beauty of the 34 harbor islands. Knots Landing also incorpo-rates drawings and paintings of birds commonly found on the Boston Harbor Islands created by visitors of Boston Children’s Museum, where they found inspiration from a display of birds a part of the museum’s large natural history collection during the month of June in the Art Studio.
Lyn-Kee-Chow draws her inspiration for this piece from her nature walks in
the Northeast. She hopes her art will make people aware of the global habitat destruction happening on a daily basis. This species of migratory birds is one of many species at risk of dying out as a result of climate change. The gallery serves to give children and families the chance to have a moment of observing nature slowed down and contained in a realistic way by laying on the ground and looking up at the birds.
In conjunction with Knots Landing four local Boston artists – Mary Novotny-Jones, Sue Murad, Sandy Huckleberry and Andi Sutton, have been invited to create a time-based per-formance piece inspired by the installa-tion. These performances will be hap-pening at different times during the duration of the exhibit.
The installation is scheduled to run from Aug. 8 to Oct. 1. For addi-tional information visit www.BostonChildrensMuseum.org. For
more information about Jodie’s work visit http://www.jodielynkeechow.com/. For more information about the Isles Arts Initiative visit http://iai2015.greenovateboston.org/
Boston Children’s Museum engages children and families in joyful discov-ery experiences that instill an apprecia-tion of the world, develop foundational skills, and spark a lifelong love of learn-ing. More information about Boston Children’s Museum can be found at BostonChildrensMuseum.org. Become a fan of the Museum on Facebook and follow us on Twitter
The museum is open daily from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays until 7 p.m (through Aug. 26) and Fridays until 9 p.m. Adults, $16, children (1-15) and senior citizens, $16; children under 12 months and museum members are always free. Fridays 5-9 p.m., all visitors $1.
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Hot stuff: old skills demonstrated to a new generation
WINCHENDON — During the family fun day last weekend one of the most popular demonstrations was done by Jason Ritchie of Blood Armory, locat-ed here in Winchendon. His historical enactment of how to create tools with a charcoal fire and handcrafted imple-ments was a huge draw. His area was surrounded by curious onlookers all day.
Photos by Tracy Gambill and Greg Vine
Twins Ryan and Jacob Muscara, age 6, of Worcester are curious about Jason Ritchie’s trade.Jason Ritchie and Jacob Muscara discuss the importance of wearing googles.
Jason Ritchie with a very hot piece of metal, demonstrating the steps in creating a tool.
Jason Ritchie smooths the blade of scythe.
Pet of the Week Meet Janie! She is
a petite 4 1/2 year old lab mix who is avail-able for adoption at our Templeton Ahimsa Haven shelter. She is very sweet and has real-ly come out of her shell here with us. She loves other doggies, is great on walks and waits patient-ly in her bed at night for her last cookie to be place on her pillow. Her adoption fee is $200.
All Ahimsa Haven Animal Rescue pets are spayed/neutered, micro-chipped and have appropriate shots. Applications can be downloaded at our website and emailed in.
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Address: 381R Baldwinville Road, Templeton. Phone: 978-297-2673Hours: Friday 6-8 p.m., Sunday 2-4 p.m. or by appointment
Photo: Text: April Clow
Kat Landanno photo
SOMEWHERE OVER...WINCHENDONAn occasional thunderstorm makes for a gorgeous display in the aftermath, as is
obvious from this view near Murdock Farm.
Veterans can take advantage of new programs
FITCHBURG — New programs for veterans are
now available at Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School and Fitchburg State University. A $50,000 grant from the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education now makes it possible for discharged veter-ans, who have military experience in healthcare, to receive academic credit for their military training.
Specifically, Healthcare MOS’s can enroll in the Licensed Practical Nurse program at Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School or mili-tary trained LPNs can enroll in the veteran LPN to BS in Nursing program at Fitchburg State. Academic credit for each of these programs will be awarded to the applicant according to their spe-cific military training.
These programs have been developed as a part of the national initiative to support our veterans and their families.
Both Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School and Fitchburg State University are dedicated to providing educational opportunities and to help the nation’s nurses care for veterans. Who are better trained to care for vet-erans?
Veterans who obtain a BS in nursing will be positioned for employment in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) located throughout the state. These sys-tems are accessed by veterans for pri-mary, specialty and mental health care, including psychiatric, substance abuse and PTSD services.
Fitchburg State University and Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School are now accepting applications for fall 2015 semester.
For more information on these pro-grams contact: Holly LaFrance, MSN, Director, Practical Nurse Program, Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School, email: [email protected], phone: 978-345-9200 x510, or Linda McKay, Chairperson, Department of Nursing, Fitchburg State University, email: [email protected], phone: 978-665-3222.
