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WEEKLY QUOTE“And when it rains on your

parade, look up rather than down. Without the rain, there would be no rainbow.”

Jerry Chin

BY JERRY CARTONCOURIER CORRESPONDENT

KEENE NH — The campaign phenomena of 2015 made its first appearance in the region last week when Republican front-runner Donald Trump held a town hall meeting/rally at Keene High School, drawing a crowd that filled not just the gym but overflowed the cafete-ria and auditorium as well. All told, some 3,500 people showed up.

New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation primary is four months away and this was Trump’s first time in the area. He focused primarily on his

newly released tax plan which calls for an increase for high income earners as well as relief for middle-class families.

“Reagan-esque” is how Trump described his plan which he said would also pre-vent companies from outsourc-ing jobs overseas.

“We’re going to take care of everybody,” he promised.

“I know some people won’t like this, but it’s a great plan,” Trump assured.

Keene is an important des-tination for presidential can-didates because it’s a college town and tends to spawn enthusiasm during campaigns.

Several weeks ago, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush became the first GOP candidate to make a stop in Keene and used the opportunity to question whether Trump is in fact a serious candidate.

Last Wednesday, it certainly appeared that Trump is seri-ous. He returned to his mantra on immigration, pledging yet again to build a wall along the Mexican border.

“Without borders, you can’t have a country,” he told the crowd.

Gregory Johnson, the Swanzey real estate bro-

WINCHENDON — Murdock High School Principal Josh Romano reported to the School Committee last week the increase in AP classes and dil-igence by both students and teachers has had a positive impact on MCAS results.

And as he presented the results, focusing on precent-ages rather than numerical scores, he emphasized the need to continue to keep students on track particularly in the area of English language arts, math and sciences.

“Even after the PARCC adop-tion, we intend to adminis-ter the science portion of the MCAS testing. It is important to keep our standards on par,” explained Romano.

He said he was most proud

at present of the number of AP courses, and the number of stu-dents involved in AP courses, at Murdock.

“These are as rigorous as any college level course, and in 2015 we had 42 students with qual-ifying scores. In a school this size, that’s encouraging,” said Romano.

Two new course, AP statis-tics and AP physics, have been added to the curriculum. The intention is to add AP computer science to the mix, and would be the only one in this part of the state.

Romano said he and his staff are planning to increase the rigor of honors level classes and to be certain entering


WINCHENDON — The local police have a new cadet in their ranks and this one has four legs, and a tail. Clyde is a 17-month old German shepherd who’s about three weeks into a several month training course and is “doing very well” in those classes,

said his handler, Patrolman James Wironen.

The new K9 officer Clyde, who hails from Slovakia, comes to Winchendon through a $25,000 grant from the Stanton Foundation, about $7,500 of which was used to pay for Clyde. The rest, spread over a three-year period, covers the training

and costs associated with the force having the dog.

He and Wironen have been training with the State Police K-9 unit at different locations across Massachusetts which will help prepare them for whatever situations they might face on patrol in town. Clyde will be trained in nar-

REGION — Art studios are opening throughout the Monadnock region over Columbus Day weekend, Oct. 10 and 11. Traveling the out-skirts of the Fall Foliage Art Studio Tour from Antrim and Nelson to Keene, Rindge and New Ipswich, visitors can see sculpture, paintings, wood turning, photography, ceram-ics and glass blowing.

New to FFAST this year is John Traynor, from Swanzey, creating realist scenes and still lifes of New England. Also in

Swanzey, Gill Truslow creates pastels that illuminate rich tex-tures of realist subjects, inti-mate in time and place. Gill shows her work that weekend in Jeanne Thieme’s Swanzey Pipe Dream Studio. Thieme works exclusively in watercol-or, allowing gravity to move water and paint around her paper to create a loose effect. Guest artist and potter Barbara Neylan will join Jeanne and Gill in the Pipe Dream studio.

Also new to the tour is Matt Patterson whose meticulously

detailed acrylic illustrations of turtles, lady slippers and toads can be found in New Ipswich. He is finishing a book on reptiles and amphib-ians in New England, and his recent Freshwater Fish of New England can be found in local

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Fall Foliage Art this weekend

Ruth DeAmicis and Tracy Flagg photos

Standing alert and watching, Clyde and his handler Officer Jim Wironen met members of the media Tuesday. He is being trained to focus on such accoutrement as backpacks, and was frustrated by not being allowed to investigate one carried by a photographer.

Four-legged cadet joins local police force

High school assesses MCAS results

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CANNON GETTING BLASTEDMiguel Velez, of New England Soda Blast of Leominster,

sandblasts paint off one of the four cannon at Grand Army of the Republic Park across from Old Murdock. The work is being done as part of a yearlong effort to refurbish the park, which was established in the late 1880s. The cannon were manufactured by the Cyrus Alger Iron Company of South Boston. Many Alger cannon are considered collection pieces. The Leominster company removed several layers of paint that were slathered on over the years. The work revealed the beau-tiful bronze of which the weapons are made. However, to keep the metal from deteriorating due to exposure to the weather, a layer of primer had to be brushed on, followed by a layer of black paint. The cost of the entire project, due for completion next fall, is being underwritten by the Robinson-Broadhurst Foundation.

Trump makes appearance nearby

Beals and Clark planning Halloween bash

BY TRACI GAMBILLCOURIER CORRESPONDENT

WINCHENDON — Witches, monsters, princesses, and other costumed characters will parade through downtown Winchendon to kick off the annual Kids Halloween Party at the Clark Memorial YMCA on Saturday, Oct. 24.

Children and their adults are invited to line up in front of the Beals Memorial Library at 12:15 p.m. on party day for the parade to begin at 12:30 p.m. A police cruiser will lead the way down Pleasant Street, onto Summer Street, and across Central Street to the Clark.

Library Director Brian Tata reached out to the Clark with the parade proposal and they agreed it would be a great idea. Though not required, it is helpful to sign up in advance at the Clark (978-297-9622) or library (978-297-0300).

The Halloween Party, scheduled from 1-3 p.m., includes a

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Matt Patterson is renowned for his work in wildlife and is working on a new book featuring reptiles and amphibians in New England.

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Revealing his alter ego, President Andy Card encourages students to heroic efforts

FPU students find out their president is a real card RINDGE — On the first day of class at the end of August,

Franklin Pierce University President Andy Card gave a super hero welcome to the Class of 2019 at the honors convocation ceremony. At the conclusion of his remarks, President Card surprised the crowd by revealing a Superman shirt under-neath his formal regalia.

In his remarks, Card encouraged the students to be heroic by discovering the best in themselves and to find people and ideas at Pierce that will help them find their passions. Card also spoke about the endless possibilities at Franklin Pierce and that the goal of the University was to ensure the success of the 460 plus incoming freshman.

“We didn’t accept you here so that we could watch you fail,” Card told the convocation audience of students and parents. “We have an excited group of faculty who will help you suc-ceed over the next four years.”

The memorable Superman moment was characteristic of Card who has quickly built a reputation for being stu-dent-centric. Last winter, he showed up unannounced at a campus snow tubing event where he made four downhill runs. He also frequents the cafeteria to dine with students and talk with them about their lives. Recently, he has been caught on camera learning new dance moves from the students.

Casey Diana ’17, a junior at Franklin Pierce, summed it up nicely when she tweeted “Welcome to Franklin Pierce, where our president is cooler than yours #PrezAndy.”

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Phillipston pumpkin fair this weekend

This year the 36th annual Pumpkin Weigh –In and Church Fair is returning to the “Red Apple Farm” in Phillipston on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 10th and 11th from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. The actual Pumpkin Weigh-In will be held at 1 p.m. on Sunday with registration of your pumpkins in adult and children divisions between 11 am and 12:30 pm.

It first began with a contest between two men betting which one could grow the biggest pumpkin. There is no registration fee. Cash prizes and trophies will be awarded in both divisions. A special Luther Award will be awarded for the smallest pumpkin. This event is the oldest continuous pumpkin weigh-in in New England with a search for the largest pumpkin. Come one, come all with your prize pump-kin!

The regular church service of the Congregational Church of Phillipston will be held at 9 a.m. on the deck of the barn at the “Red Apple Farm” on Sunday, Oct 12th.

Raffle tickets will be available for a truck load of cordwood (donated by Green Natural Resource Management) and a ton of pellets donated by the Gardner Agway in memory of Bob Schlick (a long time resident of Phillipston who has passed away). The Ladies Benevolent Society of the Phillipston Church will be raffling two wall hangings and two lap quilts made by two of their members, Barbara Sanden and Brenda Fontaine. There will be a ladies bake table, homemade craft items made by the ladies, jewelry, community information booths, book corner, cotton candy, a silent auction and a farmer’s market.

For the children, they will be able to make their own scarecrow, have their face painted, visit the petting zoo area, enjoy a pony ride, decorate their own cupcake and play country games.

The “Chuckwagon” will be selling a variety of soups, chili, hamburgers, hot dogs, a special pumpkin dessert and drinks.

Come to the famous annual Pumpkin Weigh-In and Church Fair to join in the festivities. There is something there for everyone to enjoy as well as the regular activities of the Red Apple Farm.

Fall fest a feast for the eyesGreg Vine photos

WINCHENDON — It was a crisp fall day and people came out in anticipation of a great day with family and friends to the Ingleside Property off Maple Street where they found games, music, food and fun.

Winners of the Apple Pie Baking contest were 1st: Gina Dansin; 2nd: Brandy Fontaine and 3rd: Lindsay Paul.

Those who took honors in the Pie Eating Contests: 6-9yr old: Darius Orosco; 10-14: Patrick Cortis; 14-19: Austin Fontaine; 19-49: Eric Adams and 50+: Guy Corbosiero.

At right: Yes, it is indeed our selectman, Austin Cyganiewicz shinnying up a palm tree during the festivities.

Below Right: These youngsters were gamely making the attempt at the pie eating contest.

Peter, Peter, pumpkin painters. Much easier than carving, and the pumpkins went home so everyone was a winner.

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Business BriefsGFA Federal Credit Union has recently recruited Cherie

Morgan to the position of assistant vice president/opera-tions manager. Morgan brings more than 15 years of industry experience.

Prior to joining GFA, Morgan served as operations and contact center supervisor at another local institution. She has previously held positions of call center team leader, cash management supervisor, busi-ness banking representative, person-al banking representative and peer coach.

In this position, Morgan leads the member resource team, overseeing the deposit and electronic banking operations. Her role will include col-

laboration with all departments on member service initia-tives as well.

“We are pleased to have Ms. Morgan join the GFA team. Her vast experience will assist us in continued virtual branch and member service enhancements,” said David Bojarczuk, executive vice president/chief financial officer.

Morgan is a graduate of Rodger Williams University where she earned her associate degree in business admin-istration with a concentration in para-

legal studies.GFA Federal Credit Union was established in 1938 and

now serves 29,000 members who live or work in central Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire. Family mem-bers are also eligible to join GFA. The financial well-being of members is GFA’s top priority as the institution contin-ues to serve its mission by sharing profits with members through lower loan rates, rewards for checking accounts, and providing individualized investment services and com-petitively priced insurance for members. Visit gfafcu.com for more information. Like us on Facebook. Follow GFA Federal Credit Union on LinkedIn. Call 978-632-2542.

NETWORKINGToday 7:30-9 a.m. an event sponsored by three chambers

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TEMPLETON — It was a case of the little engines that could in late September as the Narragansett Historical Society held its third annual engine, car and tractor show on the Common in Templeton Center.

Close to 100 cars, engines, tractors, even a bull dozer and a vintage snow blower filled the common all to raise awareness to the museum. Free tours were enjoyed by hundreds of visit-ing friends from all over New England. In attendance were the Central Massachusetts Steam, Gas & Machinery Association which has been a strong supporter of the Historical Society since the first show.

A food tent was run by many of the volunteering mem-bers serving hot dogs, breakfast sandwiches, chili from Crossroads, and coffee and donuts from Dunkin Donuts of Baldwinville. The Country Store on the common also spon-sored this event along with a donation of 10 cases of beer from Wachusett Brewery which showed their fire truck.

If you were one of the lucky ones to visit the building, you would have seen the 1859 Hand Tub out on display in ready to run position, not seen that way in over 40 years.

Stop by the Historical Society any Saturday from 1-5 p.m. during October to see a special display on vintage mourning articles from hair wreaths, hair jewelry, and at 2 p.m. a visit from a Civil War widow who will speak of the hardships of her day. You may also visit the Museum any Tuesday night from 6-8 p.m. For more info follow us on Facebook at “Narragansett Historical” or email us at [email protected].

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Wachusett Brewery provided their vintage firetruck to the assortment of vehicles on hand.

It’s bright red and brilliant, even if we can’t identify its origins.

Annual engine show wows the crowd

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Even looking very much like the band the emulate, Studio Two and their tribute to the Beatles once again took to the stage for a benefit on behalf of the Winchendon Lions.

ANOTHER ROARING SUCCESS

At right: Popular local auctioneer, and Lions member, Bob Betourney put his skills to work during a band break to raise more funds for the Lions and the charitable work they do for the local community.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10ROCKTOBER FEST: a benefit for

the James R. Braun scholarship fund is scheduled at the Snowbound Club on Baldwinville Road, gates open at 3 p.m. $10 per person at the gate ($7 in advance) with popular bands Radio Flyer and special guest Dave Gallagher. Sample Octoberfest beers, extra raffles and more; fun for all ages and a great local cause.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11HANDGUN SAFETY: Basic Handgun

Safety Course Sunday Oct. 11 8 a.m.-noon at the Winchendon Rod & Gun Club Cost 75. All handouts, demonstra-tion firearms and refreshments provid-ed. Certificates awarded upon successful completion of course. For more informa-tion or to register for the course email: Allen ‘Joe’ Lafrennie at [email protected]

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13GOBI’S OFFICE: Tyler Wolanin,

district aide to Senator Anne Gobi (D-Spencer) will be holding office hours in Winchendon 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Winchendon Town Hall. Constituents and town officials are invited to meet with Tyler to express any concerns, ideas and issues they have. Walk-ins are welcome but to set up an appointment you can e-mail Tyler at [email protected].

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14GOLDEN AGERS: The Winchendon

Golden Agers will hold its monthly meeting starting at 2 p.m downstairs at the American Legion, School Street. Today will be the annual potluck lun-cheon. New members are always wel-come!

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16FISH 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.

ART EXHIBITION: On Friday night, Oct. 16 (6-8 p.m.) and Saturday, Oct. 17 (9 a.m.-3 p.m.), Cornerstone Christian Artist Day Apart will be holding it 5th annual Fall Art Show at Cornerstone Church located at 122 State Road, Winchendon. This show will include various forms of visual arts, short sto-ries, poetry and music. There are no entry fees or admission charges. As a special feature, this year’s program will feature the first Cornerstone Car Show. Refreshments will be available. Artwork must be submitted by Monday, Oct. 12. For further information or to enter your artwork, call us at (978) 297 3125, email us at [email protected] or visit our website at www.artistdayapart.com.

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Roku & Netflix a marriage made in HeavenI remember when the first

television anyone in our fam-ily had was delivered to our home. Most readers probably have very little recollection of the days before television. It is true we sat around the radio and were entertained without visuals.

Well, with the television the future had arrived. I spent hours trying to decide which of the seven channels to watch! The one with Buffalo Bob Smith and Howdy Doody usu-ally won out.

Well, there have been a lot

of snows since then and more recently I had to try to pick between 170 channels.With every dollar I was willing to add to my monthly charge I can get even more. Imagine.

Then my life changed. We started getting movies through the mail from an outfit called Netflix. As if that wasn’t good enough, we then found out that we didn’t have to get them in the mail they could be sent to our computer screen. And then someone introduced me to ROKU. This tiny black box attached easily to the back of

my large screen TV and I could watch all the Netflix movies, documentaries, and other events right up there on my own television screen.

Now I have a new problem,

or maybe advantage. All my life I had favorite television shows. But they were 30 or 60 minutes and I had to wait a week to see how the next epi-sode would go.

Then most of my shows appeared on the Netflix choice list, entire seasons available at one time. So instead of watch-ing short pieces once a week, I could actually sit down and watch a whole year’s worth of shows at one time. Even better, if a show had two or three or ten seasons, you could watch non-stop.

Unfortunately, I find myself glued to the Netflix-Roku-television alliance. I get started and cannot wait to see how it all ends.

So looking at the track of development of entertainment over my lifetime, I know that more and more surprises are coming down the line. And I am eager to see what they will be.

In the meantime, I have to stop writing so I can watch three years of one of my favor-ite shows.

Routine....It was a routine week in America. Let

me tell you a little about mine. I spent part of a sparking fall Monday morning at the Franklin Pierce University boat-house doing my first-ever story about crew. It was indescribably serene, the sun gleaming off the placid blue waters of Pearly Pond, a far cry from what it’ll look like in a few months. Have I mentioned a few million times bas-ketball is winter’s sole saving grace? Anyway, students were walking to and from classrooms and cars and dorms. It was a routine Monday morning on a routine college campus, this one in New Hampshire. It might as well have been in Oregon.

On Tuesday, because it was still a little too warm out for meat loaf, I sat in our usual booth at Lisa’s, and silently berated myself for not having ordered what Jack did — something akin to eggs Benedict, though it wasn’t quite that. I ate a mundane grilled cheese sandwich on wheat bread, though that was, I think, probably more fla-vorful than Tony’s inevitable salad. Combined, we’re not all that far from being 200 years old, but we’re still doing okay, yes, even me too, at least for the moment, and that counts, right? We solved neither all the town nor commu-nity’s problems. But hey, we did skip dessert.

That same afternoon, a car crashed through the window of McDonalds, and that doesn’t happen every day, so while it wasn’t front-page worthy, people always want to see — visuals frequently being better than prose, so we were lucky that Morgan got there in time both to take the picture and elicit a clever quote for the caption. I went to a soccer game. Or a field hockey one. It was routine. I’ve been writing game stories every week for well over a decade. As I said, routine.

I sat down with the folks who work at Family Dollar to talk and later write about how they’ve become one of Winchendon’s more successful busi-nesses. Donald Trump came to the area and promised he was going to build the biggest, best, and for that matter, brightest, wall on the planet. He didn’t say how he’s planning on paying for it. And oh yes, he said if he’s elected any Syrian refugees who make it here are going back. He didn’t suggest how he planned on making that happen.

Friday’s weather couldn’t have been any more different than Monday’s. It was windy, sometimes rainy, and con-sistently raw, a chill that cut right through to the bone; but it was an historic day at Alumni Field when MacKenzie Rushia set a new all-time Murdock soccer scoring record. I liked

writing that story (you can read it elsewhere) a lot more than I did the one about the dramatic increase in appli-cations received by the CAC for Thanksgiving or Christmas tur-keys.

And then there had been Thursday. Another routine day in America. After all, what’s one more massacre on one more campus? “Routine” was the word used by a frustrated President who essentially acknowledged nothing’s going to change. I’ve written any num-ber of columns about gun violence and the desperate need for faster access to both acute and long-term mental health services, and, not that I have any influence, but regardless, nothing happens. I don’t know what to write anymore. I really don’t. This doesn’t happen in Europe’s civilized democra-cies. It doesn’t happen in Canada. But it never stops happening here. Never, and our lawmakers aren’t to do anything about guns or mental health.

What are we going to do anything about? Maybe we’ll have the initia-tive to repair aging roads and bridg-

es, the latter of which sometimes collapse into rivers? Nah — that’s not happening either.

The presidential cam-paign, even four months ahead of the first bal-lots being cast, has dis-solved, on one side, into insane debates about a “video” which doesn’t exist except in the fan-

tasies of extremist zealots, and on the other, into a debate about an email system used by the most unique can-didate in history — the spouse of a former President. The presumed new Speaker admitted the Benghazi “inves-tigation” is about nothing more than partisan presidential politics, leaving everyone slack-jawed that someone in Washington had, even inadvertently, and, trust me, very mistakenly, told the truth. Okay, granted, that wasn’t routine at all, and that mere fact makes it stand out.

But aside from that momentary slip into honesty, it was, in the end, anoth-er routine week in America. Here at home, that was okay. But in the pro-verbial and literal “out there”? That’s a different story and not a pretty one, and yet, that, too, has become routine. Sad to see. See you next week.

VIEWSOpinion and commentary from Winchendon and beyond

Editorial lEttErs to thE Editor

Why is America so violent?

WinchEndon couriErPresident/Publisher: Frank Chilinski

editor: ruth deamiCis

To the Editor:I am writing because the Winchendon

Cultural Council is in urgent need of new members. The Winchendon Cultural Council is part of the Local Cultural Council program. It is a volunteer, municipal board that annually grants state funds from the Massachusetts Cultural Council to projects at such enti-ties as the Beals Memorial Library, the Village School, Toy Town Elementary School, Winchendon Historical Society and many others.

The community of Winchendon is at risk of losing state funds and valu-able cultural programs unless at least five new members volunteer to join the council this fall.

The council meets a few times a year and is most active between September and January. The primary responsi-bility of members is to review grant requests. No previous grant or artis-tic experience is required, just love of

your community and the arts, histo-ry, the environment, education or cul-ture. Members do not have to reside in Winchendon.

If you can’t join, please share this information with others and help spread the word.

Interested parties should respond as quickly as possible, there is work to be done. You may contact David LaDeau: (978) 297-0959 or at [email protected].

Thank you for your help. This is a unique opportunity to serve the com-munity and shape the arts and cultural life of Winchendon. I know you do not want Winchendon to be the only com-munity in the state to not benefit from these funds.

david ladeau, ChairmanWinChendon Cultural CounCil

Ladeau: we need members

Enhancement Committee: great day!To the Editor:The Winchendon Enhancement

Committee would like to recognize all the volunteers, organizations and attendees that once again made the annual Toy Town Fall Festival an over-whelming success. Estimated atten-dance was up from last year’s turnout of 2,000+ to at least 2,500 plus participants!

Thank you to this year’s sponsors, the Robinson Broadhurst Foundation and the Athol Savings Bank.

Thank you to the band Whiskey Johnson for donating their time and talent for the wonderful music they provided.

Thank you to Animal Craze and vol-unteer attendants who provided our youngest attendees with the opportuni-ty to interact with a number of animals up close and personal.

Thank you to the Winchendon School for providing the site for the event, along with the time of employees and students for site preparation.

Thank you to the town of Winchendon DPW, Police Department and Fire Department for all their assistance.

Thank you to the Winchendon Parks and Recreation Committee for partner-ing with us this year.

A very special thank you to all the folks who donated food stuffs to the Winchendon CAC.

Thank you to all the volunteers that helped in so many ways includ-ing set up, tear down, donations, par-ticipation and managing the events: the Cornerstone Church, the Sons of the American Legion Post 193, Jamie Connor (nurse), Rainbow the Clown, To Each His Own Design, the Winchendon Boy Scouts Troop 193 & Cub Scouts, the Winchendon Courier, the Clark Memorial YMCA, the Lions, Table Talk Pies, the Kiwanis Club, Murdock High School students, the Hayride driv-ers, those who donated desserts, Little Anthony’s, Gardner Cinemas, all the vendors, and those anonymous folks who are always there when needed.

Thank you, thank you, and thank you!!!

the ttP WinChendon enhanCement Committee

Gun laws don’t work, our mental health system is broken, we house more criminals in overcrowded penal systems in this country than any other country in the world, child abuse and spousal abuse run rampant through our society.

What in the world is wrong with us?In what is inarguably the country with the most freedom in the world, the one

where everyone should have every opportunity for a job, freedom from hunger, freedom to have a good education and opportunities to have a life beyond the pale to the rest of the world; instead we have a degenerating society of haves and have-nots based not just on wealth, but on intelligence and education; on abilities to strive for something better and those wallowing in a no-win swill of their own making.

Why?What is wrong with us?According to historians who have done a lot of research into our own past,

most people know that England shipped thousands of convicts to Australia, but few are aware that colonial America was the original destination for Britain’s unwanted criminals. In the 18th century, thousands of British convicts were separated from their families, chained together in the hold of a ship, and carried off to America, sometimes for the theft of a mere handkerchief.

What happened to these convicts once they arrived in America? Did they prosper in an environment of unlimited opportunity, or were they ostracized by the other colonists? Anthony Vaver tells the stories of the petty thieves and pro-fessional criminals who were punished by being sent across the ocean to work on plantations. In bringing to life this forgotten chapter in American history, he challenges the way we think about immigration to early America.

There were also those who sold themselves into limited slavery called inden-tureship as a way to get here.

And it didn’t stop in the colonial period of course, though Vaver’s book Bound with an Iron Chain is very telling. It continued with the import of black slaves too; unwilling immigrants to our shores forced into untenable situations and browbeaten (as well as physically beaten) into a semblance of mankind never before seen on this planet. They are no longer what they were in their own countries; they have never been fully integrated into citizenship in this country as whole human beings. It is no wonder many continue to be angry with their situations.

So if we were to research our own backgrounds honestly, our own criminal elements are profound. We aren’t just sons and daughters of an American rev-olution, we are often sons and daughters of inhuman and inhumane treatment dating back hundreds of years. Some were forced to come here, some escaped to come here, some did come for opportunities, but many didn’t have a choice.

That legacy lives on.And we have compounded it. And made it worse. We no longer treat mental illness as carefully and completely as we should; we

also have become frightened of our own ideals, allowing fanaticism rather than common sense to rule free speech and other human rights.

If we were to honestly look with an historian’s eyes, a genealogist’s eyes at the background of some of our worst offender’s of recent terrorism on our own soil, what would we find?

JACK BLAIR

notEs of concErn

JERRY CARTON

JournEy of thE hEart


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BY NATHANIEL SILLINHow much time do you spend

reviewing your benefits before open enrollment each year?

If your answer is “not much,” you’re not alone. A recent sur-vey by insurer Aflac (http://workforces.aflac.com/about-the-study.php) says 90 percent of Americans choose the same benefits year after year and 42 percent forego up to $750 annu-ally by making poor choices.

Rushing through annual benefits updates or making such uninformed decisions in insurance, retirement or other workplace-based benefits are actually part of a bigger story. Open enrollment is just one part of an overall financial plan: Unfortunately, too many employees see it as the only financial planning they have to do all year.

In reality, a safe financial future depends mostly on the savings, investing and spending decisions you make outside the workplace. As many employers are looking to shrink or discontinue the retirement and health benefits they offer, it’s time to take a

fresh look at open enrollment.Here are 10 benefits mistakes

you might want to avoid.Not having an overall

financial plan. Your compa-ny may offer excellent bene-fits now. However, the Labor Department reports that aver-age worker tenure at U.S. com-panies is only 4.6 years, so the biggest open enrollment mis-take might be assuming your current benefits assure your financial future. It’s important to work alone or with qualified advisors to determine the right work-based benefits as part of overall spending, savings and investment activities through-out your lifetime.

Making choices at the last minute. Your benefits are important and deserve time for consideration. Put your open enrollment dates on your per-sonal calendar with a reminder a few weeks ahead of time to coordinate with qualified advi-sors if you have them.

Forgetting to coordinate with your spouse or partner. Many employers are planning big changes to spouse/partner benefits. While the Patient

Protection and Affordable Care Act lets parents keep children on their health plans until age 26, more employers are insti-tuting “spousal surcharges” or excluding spousal cover-age altogether if they already have access to employer health insurance.

Ignoring your state’s Health Insurance Marketplace. Even if you have employer health insurance, things change. If you lose a job or cannot stay on your spouse or partner’s health plan, it might be worthwhile to familiarize yourself with your state’s ACA-mandated health insurance marketplace ahead of time.

Underestimating how big life events might affect your bene-fits. Salary changes, marriage, divorce, serious illness or start-ing a family are big signals to check your benefits, preferably well in advance of open enroll-ment. Think through every potential situation you might face and ask questions about how those changes might affect your benefit selections.

Passing on flexible spending accounts and health savings

accounts. FSAs are w o r k p l a c e - b a s e d accounts that allow you to set aside money on a pre-tax basis to help you pay for healthcare and dependent care expenses during the calendar year. HSAs, if you qualify, also allow you to set aside pre-tax dollars in a qualified investment or savings account for long-and-short term medical expenses not covered by insurance. They don’t require you to spend out those funds every year. Your workplace benefits counselor, qualified financial advisor and Internal Revenue Service pub-lication 969 can assist with eli-gibility, types of accounts, con-tribution limits and tax issues associated with these choices.

Leaving retirement selec-tions unchanged. As the Aflac data indicates, many individ-uals don’t change their invest-ment focus in self-directed retirement plans for years. That’s why reviewing options in advance is essential.

Overlooking wellness options. Many employers pay for exercise, choles-terol screenings, weight loss, smoking cessation, immunizations or relat-ed benefits that can make

you healthier, save money and possibly lower health premi-ums.

Bypassing trans-portation breaks. If you drive or take public or compa-ny-sponsored trans-portation to and

from work, you may qualify for specific discounts or tax deduc-tions. IRS publication 15-B cov-ers these programs and how to use them most effectively.

Forgetting education ben-efits. If an employer is will-ing to train you to advance in your career, don’t pass it up. However, get advice on the pos-sibility of tax liability for these benefits. Separately, check out employer-sponsored education grant or scholarship awards for you or your kids — that can be free money.

Bottom line: Open enroll-ment is just one piece of a well-organized financial puz-zle. Make sure your employ-er provided benefits choices compliment savings, investing and spending decisions you’re making on your own.

Nathaniel Sillin directs Visa’s financial education programs. To follow Practical Money Skills on Twitter: www.twitter.com/PracticalMoney.


WINCHENDON POLICE DEPARTMENT

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, SEPTEMBER 2812:37-3:20 a.m.: building checks,

secure; 1:20 a.m.: MV stop (Spring Street) verbal warning; 4:31 a.m.: burglar alarm (Glenallan Street) secure; 7:14 a.m.: accident (Spring Street) MV towed; 7:18 a.m.: ambulance (Central Street) trans-port; 7:27 a.m.: custody dispute (Kemp Street) assisted; 7:55 a.m.: ambulance (Central Street) services rendered; 8:08 a.m.: investigation (Central Street) spo-ken to; 8:41 a.m.: fire unknown type (Center Lane) extinguished; 8:51 a.m.: ambulance (Mill Street) transport; 10:25 a.m.: trespass notice (Kemp Street) info taken; 10:45 a.m.: assist other PD (Kemp Street) assisted; 11:13 a.m.: traffic haz-ard (Front Street) removed; 12:31 p.m.: investigation (Independence Drive) spoken to; 1:12 p.m.: larceny (Spring Circle) report taken; 2:01 p.m.: acci-dent (Memorial Drive) no PD service required; 2:35 p.m.: general info (Laurel Street) info taken; 4:16 p.m.: stolen MV (River Street) no cause for complaint; 4:39 p.m.: keep the peace (Royalston Road North) assisted; 4:40 p.m.: fraud (Cabot Road) spoken to; 4:44 p.m.: assist other agency (Memorial Drive) assist-ed; 4:47 p.m.: custody dispute (Converse Drive) advised legal help; 5:02 p.m.: gen-eral info (Mill Glen Road) assisted; 5:08 p.m.: MV operating erratically (Maple Street) advised officer; 7:02 p.m.: assist other agency (Front Street) assisted; 10:18 p.m.: investigation (Spring Street) no PD service required; 10:23 p.m.: MV stop (Gardner Road) verbal warning; 10:29 p.m.: MV stop (Gardner Road) verbal warning; 10:42 p.m.: MV stop (Central Street) verbal warning; 11:42-11:54 p.m.: building checks, secure.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 291:32-2:50 a.m.: building checks, secure;

2:23 a.m.: burglar alarm (Central Street) checked, secure; 5:58 a.m.: investiga-tion (Central Street) info taken; 6:52 a.m.: ambulance (River Street) trans-port; 6:55 a.m.: MV operating erratically (High Street) advised officer; 7:01 a.m.: suspicious MV (Lakeview Drive) spo-ken to; 10:20 a.m.: ambulance (Ready Drive) transport; 10:35 a.m.: assist other

agency (Front Street) assisted; 11:43 a.m.: suspicious other (Juniper Street) spoken to; 12:33 p.m.: harassment order violation (Walnut Street) report taken; 12:39 p.m.: recovered MV (Pleasant Street) info taken; 1 p.m.: investigation (Spring Street) spoken to; 1:10 p.m.: assist citizen (School Street) refer to court; 2:30 p.m.: extra patrols (Pine Street) info taken; 2:52 p.m.: larceny (Whitney Street) report taken; 3:06 p.m.: larceny (Ready Drive) report taken; 3:29 p.m.: accident (Spring Street) assisted; 4:01 p.m.: ambulance (Crescent Road) transport; 4:38 p.m.: officer wanted (Converse Drive) assisted; 5:11 p.m.: annoying phone calls (Lakeshore Drive) spoken to; 5:59 p.m.: harassment (Chestnut Street) spoken to; 6:06 p.m.: abandoned 911 call (Central Street) no FD service required; 6:44 p.m.: officer wanted (Chestnut Street) unable to locate; 7:36 p.m.: general info (Doyle Avenue) info taken; 8:17 p.m.: reposses-sion of MV (Juniper Street) info taken; 9:22 p.m.: panic alarm (Central Street) false alarm; 9:34 p.m.: intoxicated per-son (Central Street) services rendered; 10:21 p.m.: fire alarm (Glenallan Street) no FD service required; 10:53 p.m.: sui-cide threats (Old County Road) mental health issue.

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 301:53-2:07 a.m.: building checks,

secure; 7:45 a.m.: general info (School Street) assisted; 8:12 a.m.: investigation (Memorial Drive) summons: juvenile arrest, age 17; 8:48 a.m.: assist citizen (Elmwood Road) assisted; 9:30 a.m.: fraud (Lakeshore Drive) report taken; 9:35 a.m.: accident (Central Street) report taken; 9:50 a.m.: general juvenile (Memorial Drive) info taken; 10:28 a.m.: tree down on wires (Baldwinville Road) refer to DPW; 11:50 a.m.: ambulance (Baldwinville Road) transport; 12:24 p.m.: ambulance (walk in) transport; 12:30 p.m.: general info (Baldwinville State Road) info taken; 1:07 p.m.: assault (Mechanic Street) report taken; 1:35 p.m.: threats (Toy Town Lane) report taken; 3:16 p.m.: burglar alarm (Central Street) accidental; 3:19 p.m.: ambulance (High Street) call canceled; 3:30 p.m.: assist other PD (Pond Street) assisted; 3:34 p.m.: summons service (Juniper Street) served; 3:41 p.m.: sum-mons service (Forristall Road) served; 3:51 p.m.: summons service (Central Street) served; 3:56 p.m.: summons ser-vice (Highland Street) unable to serve; 4:06 p.m.: summons service (Beech Street) unable to serve; 4:07 p.m.: gen-

eral info (Beech Street) spoken to; 4:17 p.m.: summons service (Independence Drive) served; 4:31 p.m.: MV operat-ing erratically (Main Street) spoken to; 5:37 p.m.: general info (Brooks Road) assisted; 5:41 p.m.: ambulance (Pleasant Street) transport; 7:53 p.m.: gunshots heard (Alger Street) report taken; 9:34 p.m.: MV operating erratically (Rte 12) advised officer; 10:14 p.m.: suspicious person (Spring Street) secure.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19:06 a.m.: harassment (Mill Street)

spoken to; 9:48 a.m.: general info (Maynard Street) info taken; 9:52 a.m.: investigation (Alger Street) info taken; 9:58 a.m.: ambulance (Spring Street) no FD service required; 10:31 a.m.: inves-tigation (High Street) info given; 11:34 a.m.: investigation (Mill Street) spo-ken to; 11:59 a.m.: summons service (Ipswich Drive) served; 12 p.m.: sum-mons service (Hill Street) served; 12:01 p.m.: summons service (Baldwinville State Road) unable to serve; 12:02 p.m.: summons service (River Street) unable to serve; 12:03 p.m.: investigation (Irwin Court) spoken to; 12:03 p.m.: summons service (Maple Street) unable to serve; 12:56 p.m.: ambulance (Hospital Drive) transport; 1:23 p.m.: animal complaint (Brown Street) report taken; 1:56 p.m.: animal complaint (Brooks Road) report taken; 3:57 p.m.: MV stop (Spring Street) written warning; 5:35 p.m.: summons service (Laurel Street) served; 8:52 p.m.: officer wanted (Glenallan Street) assisted; 9:17 p.m.: mental health issue (Baldwinville State Road) spoken to; 9:33 p.m.: investigation (Maple Street) spoken to; 10:42 p.m.: ambulance (Front Street) assisted; 11:14-11:43 p.m.: build-ing checks, secure.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 212:01 a.m.: building check, secure; 1:07

a.m.: structure fire (Central Street) refer to FD; 1:25 a.m.: ambulance (Laurel Street) transport; 4:24 a.m.: ambulance (Pleasant Street) transport; 5:45 a.m.: burglar alarm (Spring Street) secure; 7:43 a.m.: notification (River Street) message delivered; 8:04 a.m.: panic alarm (School Square) advised officer; 10:07 a.m.: keep the peace (Independence Drive) assisted; 10:41 a.m.: lift assist (Front Street) services rendered; 11:05 a.m.: harassment order service (Cross Street) services rendered; 12:31 p.m.: summons service (Western Avenue) served; 12:32 p.m.: MV stop (Lincoln Avenue) traffic citation; 1:19 p.m.: sum-mons service (River Street) unable to serve; 2:21 p.m.: MV stop (Spring Street)

traffic citation; 4:48 p.m.: fraud (West Street) spoken to; 9:49 p.m.: traffic haz-ard (Spring Street) unfounded; 9:56 p.m.: MV operating erratically (Front Street) unable to locate; 11:39-11:57 p.m.: building checks, secure.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 312:06-3:23 a.m.: building checks,

secure; 1:32 a.m.: assist other agency (town line: Gardner) transport; 6:54 a.m.: ambulance (Central Street) trans-port; 7:22 a.m.: ambulance (School Street) transport; 8:12 a.m.: lift assist (Maple Street) services rendered; 9:49 a.m.: sex offender registration (walk in) assisted; 11:23 a.m.: animal com-plaint (Main Street) returned to home; 11:33 a.m.: suspicious person (Glenallan Street) spoken to; 12:09 p.m.: ambulance (Converse Drive) services rendered; 12:45 p.m.: fraud (Krantz Road) call can-celed; 3:59 p.m.: burglar alarm (High Street) secured building; 4:22 p.m.: keep the peace (Glenallan Street) assisted; 4:28 p.m.: suspicious person (Brooks Road) unable to locate; 5:06 p.m.: neigh-bor dispute (Webster Street) report taken; 5:18 p.m.: harassment (Ipswich Drive) report taken; 5:57 p.m.: officer wanted (Elmwood Road) report taken; 6:23 p.m.: trespass notice (Juniper Street) services rendered; 7:36 p.m.: MV stop (Gardner Road) traffic citation; 8:55 p.m.: assist other PD (River Street) assisted; 11:47 p.m.: suspicious person (Highland Street) unable to locate.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 412:02 a.m.: ambulance (Alger Street)

assisted; 12:05 a.m.: MV stop (Woodlawn Street) verbal warning; 2:13 a.m.: bur-glar alarm (West Street) secure; 3:08-5:33 a.m.: building checks, secure; 5:22 a.m.: ambulance (Central Street) trans-port; 9:06 a.m.: accident (Grove Street) report taken; 9:08 a.m.: deliver citation (Krantz Road) message delivered; 10:29 a.m.: ambulance (Mechanic Street) transport; 12:40 p.m.: general info (Memorial Drive) info taken; 2:26 p.m.: animal complaint (High Street) refer to ACO; 3:40 p.m.: MV stop (Baldwinville Road) traffic citation; 3:46 p.m.: FD call (School Street) no FD service required; 3:40 p.m.: MV stop (Baldwinville Road) traffic citation; 3:46 p.m.: FD call (School Street) no FD service required; 5:03 p.m.: suicide threats (Spring Street) refer to other PD; 5:17 p.m.: MV stop (Gardner Road) written warning; 7:11 p.m.: ambulance (School Street) trans-port; 11:50 p.m.: general info (Jackson Avenue) spoken to.

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Harold R. Richards, 95KEENE, NH —

Harold R. Richards, age 95, of Keene, for-merly of Winchendon, died peacefully at his residence Sunday morning, Oct. 4, with his family at his side.

He was born in Winchendon on Aug.

9, 1920, son of the late Ernest and Pauline (Fair) Richards. He was raised in Winchendon, where he graduated from Murdock High School. Harold entered the Army in 1938 and spent three years as a transportation Corporal. He then went to work for American Bosh Co, where he worked as a diesel mechanic. He then worked from 1941-43 as a civil-ian for Lockhead and went overseas to Ireland and worked on B-24 planes as a crew chief. He then entered the United States Navy, proudly serving during World War II for 17 months and was stationed in Norfolk, VA.

While in the service, he married Helen Casavant in 1944 and they moved to Springfield, going back to work for American Bosh. They moved to Tinley Park, IL and he worked for the Chicago Transit Authority doing their payroll. In 1950, he moved back to Winchendon, where he went to work for Boston and Maine Railroad as a telegraph opera-tor and stations agent for 7 years. He enjoyed trains but received an oppor-tunity to be home more and went to work for Ray Plastics in Winchendon. He worked there for 19 years as their purchasing agent. At the age of 58, he retired with his wife to Florida, where he lived for 18 years and enjoyed play-ing golf with his many friends.

His hobbies included playing golf,

fishing, hunting, playing cards and spending time with his family. He also enjoyed watching the New England Patriots and the Boston Red Sox. Harold was a past president of the Winchendon Kiwanis Club and a former trustee of the Winchendon Savings Bank. He was a member of the American Legion in Keene and the Elks. He was also a mem-ber of the Italian Club in Keene, where he had many friends.

His wife, Helen Richards, died in 2000. Survivors include his daughter, Diane Way and her husband Thomas D’Agostino of Keene; a son, Ronald Richards and his wife Suzanne of Ft. Pierce FL; his grandsons, Todd Shanks and his wife Kate of Keene, Tyler Shanks and his wife Sally of Swanzey, NH; Trevor Shanks of Swanzey, Luke Richards and his wife Heather of Texas; great grandchildren, Colin Shanks of Swanzey, Carson Shanks of Swanzey, Luke Richards of Texas and Janie Richards of Texas; his sister, Muriel Doody of Swanzey. He was predeceased by his brothers, Earl, Lester, and Frederick and a sister Arlene Parker. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather.

Calling hours in Stone-Ladeau Funeral Home, 343 Central Street, Winchendon are Friday, Oct. 16 from 5 to 7 p.m.

Burial will be private in Monadnock View Cemetery, Keene, NH.

Memorial donations may be made to Home Health Care Hospice of Keene, NH or to St. Jude Children’s Hospital.

Carl Frederick Mellin Jr., 90RINDGE — Carl

Frederick Mellin Jr., age 90, former-ly of Gardner and Rindge died peaceful-ly Sunday afternoon, Oct. 4 in Summerhill Assisted Living in Peterborough, NH,

with his family at his side.He was born in Concord, NH on May

14, 1925, the son of Carl Frederick Mellin Sr. and Katherine (Maier) Mellin, and was known to all as “Fred.” His early years were spent in Lancaster, NH before moving to Gardner, where Fred lived until 1991 when he moved to Lake Monomonac in Rindge. He lived in Rindge for 24 years.

Fred attended Gardner High School for three years, during which time he was captain of the GHS swim team. During the summers he served as a camp counselor teaching waterfront safety and life saving.

At age 17 Fred enlisted in the Air Force to serve in World War II. He had his preflight training at Butler University and was then transferred to San Antonio where he earned his pilot’s license and instrument rating for the B-25. He was honorably discharged from the service as a Second Lieutenant.

After returning home, he schooled one year at Chauncy Hall Preparatory School before going on to MIT. While at MIT he served as editor of the freshman handbook and chairman of the inter-faith council. Fred belonged to the Delta Tau Delta fraternity and held the swim-ming record for the 50 and 100 meter. In 1950, he graduated with an engineering degree and an honorary sports degree.

Fred then went to work at General Electric for one year before working at and then purchasing the F.W. Lombard Company in South Ashburnham. For over 57 years he served as presi-dent and treasurer of that company. During that time he was a member of the Gardner Rotary Club for over 57

years serving as pres-ident for one year. He worked on the Rotary auction for many years and received the Paul Harris Fellowship award. He was a director of the Gardner Chamber of Commerce for seven years, served on the board of the Heywood Hospital and was moderator at the First Congregational Church. He belonged to the Gardner Boat Club and Monomonac Sporting Club, and was a former member of the Chair City Club. Fred was an avid golfer, who once shot a hole in one, and bridge player. His long and accomplished life was marked by an ever present and infectious sense of joy and enthusiasm, that will be missed by all who knew him.

He leaves his wife, Dorothy “Polly” (Hartshorn) Mellin, whom he married in 1954. Together they had three children: Carl F. Mellin III, Jane Mellin Barnes and Anne H. Mellin. He also leaves his extended family: Carolyn Mellin, Ricardo Barnes, Sue Schoenfeld, Beanne and Larry Rothenberg; his grandchil-dren: Cassidy Mellin, Tessa Mellin, Grady Mellin, Jacob Rothenberg, Dylan Rothenberg and Lexi Guimond, and a brother William D. Mellin of Houston, TX. A sister, Anne Mellin Hawes, pre-ceded him in death.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, Oct. 10 at 1:30 p.m. in First Congregational Church, 28 Green St., Gardner. The Rev. John Condon will officiate. Following the funeral, a recep-tion will follow in the church hall.

There are no calling hours. Burial will be Cathedral of the Pines Cemetery, Rindge at a later date.

In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to The Gardner Rotary Club, PO Box 1142, Gardner, MA.

Stone-Ladeau Funeral Home, 343 Central St., Winchendon is directing arrangements.

John W. ‘Bill’ Tornquist, 89GREENVILLE ME — John W. “Bill”

Tornquist, age 89, died Sept. 27, 2015, at C.A. Dean Hospital in Greenville. He was born March 21, 1926, in Winchendon, the son of Carl and Edith (Severance) Tornquist.

He was predeceased by his beloved wife, Ann (Grant) Tornquist; and two sisters, Ann Barry and Norma Allen.

He is survived by four daughters: Prudy Richards and her husband, David, Nancy Turner, and Sally Tornquist all of Greenville, and Mary Trigge of York ME; a sister, Florence Tuthill of Chicago, IL; six grandchil-dren; seven great grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

He served in the US Navy in the Pacific Theater during World War II. Following the service he worked in his father’s logging business and sawmill; then he worked at the state liquor store in Greenville. Bill also enjoyed mak-

ing furniture with his father. He loved snowmobiling, boat-ing, golfing, and teas-ing people, especially his grand and great grandchildren.

A graveside ser-vice with military honors will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015, at the Greenville Cemetery with the Rev. Fr. Aaron Damboise officiating. Following the graveside service, a celebration of Bill’s life will be held at DKB Catering on Pleasant Street in Greenville.

In lieu of flowers, please donate to the activity fund at Charles A. Dean Nursing Home, earmarked for the annu-al Katahdin cruise. Arrangements by Crosby & Neal, Greenville. For an online guest register, go to www.CrosbyNeal.com.

Mark R. Treshinsky, 62GARDNER — Mark R. Treshinsky,

age 62, of Gardner, died peaceful-ly Sunday morning, Oct. 4 in UMass Memorial Medical Center, University Campus, Worcester.

He was born in Lawrence on Dec. 6, 1952, son of the late Abraham N. and Jean (Hardy) Treshinsky and had lived in this area for many years.

Mark proudly served his country as a member of the United States Army during the Vietnam War and received the National Defense Service medal. He lived his life the way he wanted and enjoyed living in the outdoors. He had worked numerous small jobs in this area. His hobby was fishing and he enjoyed spending time with his friends.

He leaves his brothers, David

Treshinsky and his wife Huguette of Ashburnham, Jay Treshinsky and his companion Sue Dionne of Winchendon and Jon Treshinsky and his wife Kimberly of Gardner; a sister, Jan Priest and her husband Gearry of Winchendon; an aunt, Mildred Slosberg of Florida and many nieces and nephews.

Funeral services are private and at the convenience of the family.

There are no calling hours.Stone-Ladeau Funeral Home, 343

Central Street, Winchendon is directing arrangements.

Mat Plamondon photo

Noel Veilleux was a featured performer at the First Friday perfor-mance last week.

BY APRIL GOODWINCOURIER CORRESPONDENT

WINCHENDON — Many years ago, a tradition called First Friday filled the town of Winchendon with music, art, and culture. The townspeople would gather at Beals Memorial Library on the first Friday of each month to listen to local musi-cians, storytellers, and artists spread their artistic vision and passion with the town. After years of enrichment, the tradition slowly faded, tucking itself away into the quiet history of Winchendon. However, First Friday has been brought back thanks to Winchendon Parks and Recreation to become a local tradition yet again.

“We are rebuilding this tradition from years ago,” said local singer and songwriter Noel Veilleux. “We aim to bring back dance, music, art, and anything cultural. People used to love seeing all the performances and showcases each month – we are excited to bring that back.”

Veilleux performed an acoustic set on Friday, Oct. 2nd at the town hall for the first crowd of this

year’s First Friday series. Having been a musi-cian most of his life, he is extremely passionate about bringing culture and enjoyment to enrich the lives of Winchendon residents. During his performance, Veilleux played a mix of classics, including ‘Dust in the Wind’ by Kansas, ‘Piano Man’ by Billy Joel, and ‘Crying’ by Roy Orbison. He also played a few original songs, including one he wrote to honor those who have lost their lives serving our country and their families. He also aimed to inspire everyone to pursue art and music.

“Practice every day, doing a little more and a little more, and you’ll get good at it,” he said with a grin.

The crowd laughed and sang along and tapped their toes to the music on that chilly autumn night. The next First Friday will be held at the town hall auditorium on Nov. 6 at 6 p.m. All are invited to attend and help bring this wonderful tradition back to life. If you are interested in per-forming at the next show, please contact facebook.com/toytownparks.

October inaugurates First Friday tradition once more

CapsulesGALA FOR TSOThe Thayer Symphony Orchestra’s 42nd season will begin

with a Harvest Gala on Thursday, Oct. 29, at the Doubletree Hotel, 99 Erdman Way, in Leominster. Guests will enjoy live music performed by members of the orchestra and have the opportunity to meet music director Roderick MacDonald while mingling with other supporters of the orchestra. Net proceeds will help to fund the orchestra’s four-concert season.

Tickets for the Harvest Gala are now available by calling the TSO at (978) 466-1800. Individual seats are $100, with a $10 discount for seniors aged 60 and up. A variety of sponsorship opportunities are also available.

Information about the orchestra and the 2015-16 season is available at www.thayersymphony.org.

AG SAYS NOThe town’s bylaw prohibiting registered sex offenders liv-

ing in certain areas of town, specifically near established day-care centers or within distances of public parks or schools, has been struck down by the Attorney General’s office.

FORMER POLICEMAN SUINGFormer Winchendon police sergeant William Geoffrey is

suing the town in federal court claiming his dismissal was based on age discrimination. Geoffrey was forced to resign in 2012; amid a scenario involving a breakup with a girlfriend that seemed to affect job performance at the time. The case will be held at the federal level in Worcester.

BROADVIEW OPEN HOUSEBroadview Senior Living has scheduled an open house

Saturday, Oct. 24 2-5 p.m. to welcome back Tom and Jamie Connor, who have returned to lead Broadview along with their new executive director, Chet Olson. Stop in an meet the team. Door prizes, refreshments, and tours.


SPORTSSPORTSRushia tallies scoring record

The epitome of cool


WINCHENDON — The quest is over. Mackenzie Rushia set a new Murdock High School career scoring record when she tallied her 19th goal Friday helping lead the Lady Devils to their first win of the season, a 2-0 shutout of the visiting Sizer Lady Tigers.

Last week Rushia tied Ashley Perry (class of 2010) for the all-time mark and her goal at the 47 minute mark on a breezy raw afternoon put her atop the school’s all-time list.

Rushia was embraced by teammates and the public

address announcer told every-one at Alumni Field what they already knew as the crowd gave her a sustained round of applause.

“I’m glad it’s over. I’m going to get more, I hope, but right now I’m just glad it’s over,” she exhaled after the final whistle. “It feels really good. I have great teammates who have helped me so much to get here,” Rushia reflected as she continued to accept congratu-lations during her interview with the Courier.

While acknowledging and appreciating the response from the crowd on a dreary after-noon, Rushia added, “I don’t

usually hear the crowd because I’m focused on the field, but it’s nice.”

“Mackenzie and I have played soccer together since early elementary school” reflected teammate and co-cap-tain Hanna Seghir. “Breaking the record is a huge deal. She has been working so hard for this and definitely deserves it. She has so much talent and heart. She will go on to push the record further and I’m so happy she accomplished this. Mackenzie is such an amazing teammate, captain, and best friend. I’m overwhelmingly overjoyed for her and I couldn’t be more proud of her.”

Rushia had 10 goals her freshman year in 2012 and since then has been singled out by opponents as Murdock’s leading scoring threat, thereby having her chances reduced, but the last two seasons, she managed to net five scores to enter this campaign within striking distance of the school mark.

She didn’t much like talking about her chances to pull even with or pass Perry, but when she began this season with goals in the first three contests that tied the mark, she might have been reticent, but mom Traci wasn’t.

“We were at Narragansett,” Traci recalled, “and a dragon-fly landed on my shoulder. I kind of felt like that was her dad, who we lost a few years ago, being right there for her. She didn’t score that day and we didn’t have any dragonflies today, but I know he’s here with her.”

“She’s gone through so much, and I’m really just so proud of her,” Traci mused.

Freshman Maria Polcari, who assisted on the record-ty-ing goal said, “I’m glad to be on this team and to be playing with ‘Kenzie in her last year.”

It was in fact Maria’s older sister Deanna who got the Lady Devils on the board late in the first half and after that, the defense and goalkeepers Cera Harris and Phylicia Shippey made that lead stand up before Rushia salted it away.

“I’m happy to be part of a shutout with Phylicia,” exclaimed Harris.

Coach Jason Marshall is in his second year at the helm and observed of Rushia, “She didn’t talk about it, but we could tell it was weighing on her. The weight has been lift-ed...and I foresee her enjoying the remainder of the season and we are hopeful she will continue to lead her team for-ward toward our goal of getting better each game.”

Overall, “we’re still in the learning process. With about half the team in their first year playing soccer, there’s a lot to learn. These new players are

eager to learn and are giving 100-percent effort. The win Friday will help hold some of the rising frustrations at bay,” he remarked.

Sizer, formerly known as North Central Charter, actu-ally got one more shot on goal than did the Lady Devils, eight against seven, but Harris and Shippey were equal to the task, both making a couple nice saves.

Murdock had several oppor-tunities in the first half. Rushia got off a pair of shots but the angles were too steep and Maria Polcari had a chance as well before Deanna broke the scoreless tie. “It felt good to score,” she said.

No doubt and while Friday was a team win, after all, soccer is a team game, a point Rushia has emphasized daily, but in the end, the day belonged to her. After all, it’s not every day when school records of any sort are broken and so it was a natural response when she conceded, “yeah , I’m proud,” and then was swept up in the post-game hugs from her equal-ly proud teammates.

Inevitably, the varsity boys were overshadowed on Friday by the tumult surround-ing Rushia, but coach Nate Schulz’s youngsters had a good day of their own, also blanking the Tigers, winning 3-0. Ryan Kaminsky had a pair of goals and Josh Berrope had the other as the Blue Devils won for the first time this year.

“A month ago, we weren’t sure we’d have a team. Now we have 14 players and a win,” enthused Schulz.

“The boys were excited as they all said the only thing they wanted was a win,” he remarked.

Calvin Clinkscale was in the net for this one as he and Tom Hogan have been sharing goaltending duties. In a recent game against Gardner, it was Connor Clinkscale joining Kaminsky and Berrope tally-ing for Murdock.

“We were getting tired but we’ve been playing better,” said Schulz.

It was cool to see. It’s cool to get to write about it. There have been so many non-competitive games, so many non-existent crowds, so many unruly or complaining parents, and more than one uncooperative coach through the years. It all gets tire-some, very tiresome, and so it was very cool last Friday to see Mackenzie Rushia set Murdock’s all-time soccer scoring record when she converted at the 40-minute mark of what would become the Lady Devils’ first win of 2015.

Don’t get me wrong: I’ve also been fortunate enough to cover a whole lot of great games and great kids and great moments over the last dozen-plus years, and it’s been a privilege to do so, and let me hasten to add the overwhelming majority of coaches have been a plea-sure to work with. Not everyone’s a jerk.

Mackenzie’s one of those great kids: selfless, appre-ciative for her success, grateful to teammates and coaches for everything they’ve done to help her etch her name in school sports history. She’s one of those kids you root for. It was nice, too, to see a lot of people at Alumni Field Friday and it was nice the public address announcer acknowledged the accomplishment and the reaction from her teammates was cool as well.

It couldn’t have been easy for her these last cou-

ple weeks. She didn’t much like talking about her pursuit of the record, I’m sure she got tired of me asking how she was doing, she didn’t like that all the focus was on her, but she handled it all with grace and class and patience, not always an easy feat for a high school senior. Even after the game, even with all the attention and chaos surrounding her, she didn’t leave until she had picked up the cans she’d brought to help raise

money for breast cancer awareness month. Talk about keeping it all in perspective, and oh yes, she’s a very good student too. When “they” say “it” couldn’t have happened to a more deserving person, the cliché’s very much true in this case.

It was a fun day all around. The girls won. The boys won. The field hockey team continued its resurgence and won as well. There’s such a great atmosphere around that program now.

Playing three games in one day/night? That’s a good way to get people to show up. It worked, too. There were more people in attendance on Friday, a day when the weather was miserable, dank and dreary and the wind biting, than I’ve seen in a long time. They came for the girls game and stayed for the other two con-tests. It was nice to see.

And so let’s pivot and talk about attendance. This

wasn’t my idea, but the suggestion has been floated to charge a one-time fee for season tickets which will admit folks to every game in every sport, even to things like plays and concerts as well. This makes sense to me. Agree?

Meanwhile, by the time this essay hits the streets, baseball’s wild card games will have been played and the division matchups set. I think the survivor of the Pirates-Cubs knockout game on Wednesday will emulate last year’s Giants and win the NL pennant. I know, I know. The Bucs have fallen short the last couple years and the Cubs haven’t been to the World Series since 1945 or won it since 1908. Everyone knows all about that, and we all know the Cubs were supposed to be here next October, not this. But both are built to win short series right now and so why not? As for the AL, I read a stat which said the Blue Jays feasted in the home run friendly ballparks in their division, but struggled elsewhere. Perhaps so, but I still think Toronto wins the American League. Personally, I’m hoping for a World Series which gets snowed on in November, which won’t happen at Rodgers Centre but could in New York or Kansas City as well as Chicago or Pittsburgh or St. Louis. The barons would deserve such a farce, right? We shall see, and in the meantime, see you all next week. And again — congratulations Mackenzie. You’ve done something truly cool. Way to go.

Tammy St. Pierre photos

And there it is! The record smashing goal.

Number 16...and a proud number 16’s MOM Traci Rushia.

Jinn named USA swimming Scholastic All American

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Brandon Jinn at a recent meet

WINCHENDON — Brandon Jinn has been named by USA Swimming as Scholastic All American for 2014-15. This is Jinn’s second con-secutive scholastic-athletic achievement. He is one of 1,925 swimmers in the nation, of which 905 are male swimmers, who are being honored and noticed for their academics and athleticism.

To achieve Scholastic All American, athletes must have a minimum GPA of 3.5 for the cur-rent academic year, as well as, achieved quali-fying junior national bonus times in any swim event in a USA sanctioned meet from Aug. 16, 2014 to Aug. 15, 2015. Jinn, a recent graduate of Murdock, has maintained a GPA of 4.22 and qualified in three events: 200 meter freestyle, 800 meter freestyle, and the 200-yard backstroke. Jinn will be receiving a special award for his accomplishments, as well as, a special honor denoting having a 4.0 GPA.

In addition to being an All American, Jinn will be been honored by New England Swimming as a Top Ten Swimmer for 2014-15 season. Jinn ranked in the top ten in the following events for the men’s 17/18 age group: fourth in the 400 and 800-meter freestyles, seventh in the 200-meter freestyle, seventh in the 1000-yard freestyle, and ninth in the 500-yard freestyle.

Jinn is currently a freshman at Tufts University, and is pursuing his academics towards becoming a medical doctor. Jinn who was recruited by Tufts for the men’s varsity swim team, is already in the pool training with his new coach and team. He is looking forward to the competitive season and making his debut splash on Nov. 7 at the New England Invite host-ed by Worcester Polytechnic Institute.

JERRY CARTON

Talking SporTS

Athletes of the WeekBoys Tom Hogan has been doing a solid job in goal for the young

Blue Devils soccer team, culminating in a shutout win over Sizer Friday.

Girls Mackenzie Rushia’s goal at the 40-minute mark on Friday

established a new all-time Murdock soccer scoring record. The tally, the 19th of her varsity career, helped seal the Lady Devils first win of 2015.

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bookstores. Also in New Ipswich, Roland Coates also uses colored pencils to create his landscapes and flowers.

The combined stu-dio of encaustic painter Danielle Le Bris and steel sculptor Gerry Friedman is also in New Ipswich. Le Bris’ delicately lay-ered colors of flowers and landscapes contrast nice-ly with her husband’s strong steel figures and animals. More sculp-ture can be seen in the nature-inspired stone

works of Rob Germeroth in Nelson, while color-ful, abstract paintings by Frankie Brackley Tolman and Mary Wood Cornog are also in Nelson.

Impressionist-inspired works can be seen in the local landscapes of Linda Dessaint in Antrim and the dramatic skies of Susan Kingsbury in Munsonville. Meanwhile realism is the style of many other paint-ers. Sandy Sherman and Richard Whitney in Stoddard create meticulous still lifes, Impressionist landscapes and award-winning por-

traits in oil. In Keene, Dave Bulger creates oil paintings of animals and landscapes, including giraffes and elephants, while Sue Doyle uses col-ored pencil for her close-up New England land-scapes of geese, gardens and Adirondack chairs.

Abstraction and inno-vation are evident in the works of Carmela Azzaro and Bob Askey in Keene. While Askey has a unique, child-like quality to his sophisticated oils and etchings, Azzaro con-centrates on the energy of the sea in her broad-ly painted acrylics and

watercolors. A nice range of pho-

tography is also evident in the studios of Jeffrey Newcomer in Spofford, who captures quintessen-tial New England scenes, and Elsa Voelcker in Antrim. Voelcker’s work is inspired by portraits and by nature, often using silver as well as digital materials. While in Antrim, see glass being blown in the studio of Alex Kalish; all his works are individually created, none are from molds. Woodturners on the FFAST tour include Bob Englund in Munsonville

and Kenny Greatbatch in West Swanzey. They work to release the natu-ral beauty that is already present in the wood: the special colors and grains radiating in their designs. Earth and land-scape inspiration can also be seen in the ceram-ics of Shauna Brautigam in Rindge: from vases and mugs to unique musical instruments.

Also in Rindge, Susan Wadsworth returns after a sabbatical in the American southwest with over 60 works from 15 national and state parks there. In addition,

inspired by a recent trip to Japan, she has begun to add brush and ink to her colorful pastels of rounded forms.

More information on these FFAST artists can be found at the home web page for the tour, http://www.fallfoliageartstu-diotour.com/Home.html, as well as the individu-al websites noted there. All the studios are open 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday of Columbus Day weekend, so get out and enjoy the fall foliage while exploring these artists’ visions and their studios.

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cotics detection after he gets through patrol school and then he’ll have to pass a test in order to be certified in both special-ties.

“The K-9 unit will provide a much needed resource not only for Winchendon, but also the surrounding community,” said interim Chief Dave Walsh, add-ing Clyde will be a significant asset in situations including searching for missing persons and suspects, clearing build-

ings, assisting other officers and locating narcotics. When Clyde was introduced Tuesday afternoon, he demonstrated his skills by straining to reach a backpack on the grass. “That’s what they’re trained to do, find the human scent,” said Officer Tracy Flagg.

Walsh pointed out that smaller jurisdictions such as Winchendon would not be able to afford to get a K-9 on their own, and he added the depart-ment appreciates Stanton’s gen-erosity.

He added K-9 officers like Wironen, who began his career as a per-diem dispatcher before being hired as a full time offi-cer in February 2011, “are also important in strengthening the relationship between police departments and the communi-ty” as “K-9’s encourage better relations with law enforcement through community outreach in all parts of society from schools to assisted living facilities.”

The name Clyde might seem obvious for Toy Town’s first K-9 but his original name was Hugo, though Wironen laugh-ingly noted, “he didn’t know any name.”

In her role as the school resource officer, Flagg conduct-ed a poll of youngsters in third, fourth and fifth grade at Toy Town Elementary last month, giving the kids a pair of names

to choose from. It likely comes as no surprise that Clyde was a landside 165-100 vote winner.

Right now, Clyde weighs about 95 pounds, but he’s expect-ed to fill out as he grows up. His arrival makes Winchendon the 15th department in the Commonwealth to include a K-9 unit.

“I am very excited and I am looking forward to having both

Officer Wironen and Clyde on patrol in the community. The enhanced service they will pro-vide, at no cost to the town, is a tremendous asset. I commend Officer Wironen for taking the lead on this project and I can’t express how thankful I am to the Stanton Foundation for awarding us this grant,” said Walsh.

From left, School Resource Officer Tracy Flagg, interim Chief David Walsh and K9 Officer Jim Wironen explain how the students at Toy Town Elementary school voted on the name for Clyde.

Arriane Daigle, grade 4 at Toy Town Elementary, casts her vote for the name of the new K9 officer at the police department.

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haunted house, games, hay rides, pumpkin carving, and trick or treating. A donation of $3 per child is requested to help defray costs and add to program scholarship funds. Activities will be moved inside to the field house in the case of rain.

The day begins at 11 a.m. with the Zombie Run 5K. Registrations may be done online at active.com or in person at the Clark. The cost is $20 before Oct. 17 and $25 after that date. Runners and walkers of all ages are invited to wear cos-tumes and are forewarned about the last .8 mile leg of the race where zombies are known to lurk.

The time and generosity of community members ensure such events take place. The Beals librarians will coordinate the parade, Masons Artisan Lodge in Winchendon and St. Paul’s Lodge in Gardner will sponsor pumpkin carving, McDonald’s will donate snacks, and Amy Dupuis will again donate her time as DJ for the morning race.

Clark aquatics director Julie Whittemore and gymnastics director Amanda Tousignant are co-planners for the day’s events and volunteers are still needed to be zombies and to help with the day’s activities. Please contact Julie at [email protected] for more information.

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ker who chairs the Cheshire County for Trump Committee, was enthused.

“This is amazing,” he said about the turnout.Trump was none too enthused about the pros-

pect of Syrian refugees coming to the United States, saying he’d send them back if he wins.

“You need a stable country,” he insisted.Most of the other candidates are also expected

in the region at an increasing rate as Feb. 9 draws

closer and while Keene is a regular destination, the area’s other university is active itself in the campaign.

Franklin Pierce University is working in con-junction with the Boston Herald and a polling organization in Concord conducting surveys every few months. The next one, and students partic-ipate in them all, is slated for after the Oct. 13 Democratic debate.

But last week the local stage belonged to Trump who, before departing, pledged, “we’re going to make America great again.”

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WINCHENDON — The Murdock Lady Devils field hock-ey team continued its 2015 resur-gence with a 2-1 win over Sizer Friday, but the even bigger wins are coming off the field as the annual Plays 4 a Cure fund-raiser is underway.

On the field, Lindsey Smith collected both goals, one in each half, propelling Murdock to a sec-ond win in as many weeks.

“It was cold for sure and super rainy but the girls did awesome,” enthused Coach Amanda Lawler who has brought new energy to the program.

“Every single player got in and got decent time and it looked great,” she continued.

“It was a great night and our first play for the cure game, too.

We’re looking forward to more great field hockey and playing for a cure, too,” said Lawler.

The “Playing for a Cure” cam-paign began at Murdock in 2012. October is breast cancer aware-ness month and home games are played with pink balls and the Lady Devils are wearing “Plays 4 a Cure” home jerseys.

Senior captain Haley Jandris has geared her National Honor Society project to the cause, which is appropriate since it was her mom, Erin O’Dea, who launched the local effort three years ago.

“I contacted Plays 4 a Cure and it’s been a great partnership for both of us,” O’Dea told the Courier in 2013, referencing the Bethesda, MD based national-organization.

The varsity and junior varsity teams have increased the amount they’ve raised every year. Not only have they had cans out at the

entrance to Alumni Field, money was raised at football games through the sale of various items over the last few years. Pink rib-boned cans were out last Friday when Murdock teams hosted Sizer in boys and girls soccer as well as field hockey.

“This is something I really care about,” Jandris said.

“I’m really proud of their involvement in this,” said Lawler, who’s a nurse when not coaching.

So while the more important triumph isn’t about the games, the coach is nonetheless pleased with her team’s on-field efforts.

“We’re making progress. This year we’re laying a foundation and the kids are responding. We’re excited about the future,” she noted.

The Lady Devils visited Gardner Wednesday night

Winless Pirates throw scare into Devils

BY GREG VINECOURIER CORRESPONDENT

The Oxford High School Pirates may have entered last Friday’s football game against the Murdock High Blue Devils with an 0-3 record, but they played well enough to keep the outcome in doubt until the last play of the game.

Murdock struck early after recovering an onside kick at the 50-yard line to start the game. On the fourth play of the drive, Xavier Cepeda scampered 35 yards for the Devils’ first six points. Quarterback Evan Dupuis then punched it into the end zone for the conversion, putting Murdock up 8-0.

While the Devils may have scored, however, they also suffered a loss when senior Johnny Phelan twisted a knee on the opening drive. He would sit out the rest of the contest.

Oxford struck later in the first quarter when Pirates quar-terback Zakk Renihan fired a 50-yard bomb to teammate Joel Erickson. The Pirates tried to tie things up on a two-point con-version but their attempt to rush it into the end zone fell short, leaving Oxford down 8-6.

The score would would remain stuck at 8-6 until Dupuis scored from one-yard out on a quarterback-keeper. The subsequent con-version attempt failed, leaving Murdock a 14-6 advantage.

The Devils would maintain their 8-point lead for a paltry amount of time, however, as the Pirates marched downfield on their next possession. Oxford’s Renihan sauntered in from four yards out to cut Murdock’s lead to 14-12.

Late in the fourth quarter, the Blue Devils put together a drive that took them the length of the field to the Oxford one-yard line. Senior Jake Vanhillo then muscled his way into the end zone to give Murdock a 20-12 lead.

The Pirates, however, refused to fold, managing to get within scoring distance after mounting a late fourth-quarter drive. On the final play of the game Erickson tried to float the ball to Renihan, who had made his way into the end zone. Instead, Murdock defenseman Jamison Johnson picked off the pass, thus securing the 20-12 Blue Devils victory.

Murdock’s Cepeda racked up 228 yards on 22 carries. Vanhillo had 19 carries for 89 yards.

The Blue Devils, who have scored 59 points in their first four games, while surrendering 91, face a tough opponent tonight when they play host to West Boylston. The Lions lead the Mid-Wach D League with a record of 3-0 (4-1 overall), while the Devils are 0-1 in league play (2-2). The Lions are also 2-0 on the road in the early season. Murdock, thus far, is 1-1 at home.

Tonight’s game begins at 7 p.m.

Field hockey playing for the cure once more

Middle School team races to second victory

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Touchdown by #11 Justin Thira being celebrated by #55 Andrew Race

SUBMITTED BY BOB POLCARIWINCHENDON — After an

absence of seven years on the grid-iron, the Murdock Middle School Mini Devils football team has looked impressive on their way to a 2 and 0 start. The Mini Devils followed their 32 to 20 seasoning opening home victory over ConVal Regional on Sept. 24th, with a trip to Deerfield to face Eaglebrook Middle School on Oct. 3rd.

The Mini-Devils offense contin-ued to put up big numbers and the defense was dominant resulting in a lopsided 54-0 victory. Murdock’s offense scored on all seven posses-sions and the defense limited the

Eaglebrook offense to less than 50 yards of total offense.

The Mini-Devils piled up 371 yards on the ground on 20 rush-es and another 62 yards through the air for a total of 433 yards. The ground attack was led by Jack Polcari with five rushes for 148 yards, two touchdowns and one extra point. Quentin Pridgen had three rushes for 52 yards and a touchdown, Logan Huff ran the ball twice for 50 yards and a touch-down, Justin Thira had two carries for 45 yards and two touchdowns and Corey Fasulo added two car-ries for 43 yards and a touchdown. Alec Barrows rushed for two extra points and Izayah Alcantara ran in another extra point. The combination of Kevin Pesce and Polcari completed six of 10 passing attempts including a 21 yard com-pletion to Primo Dellasanta and a 25 yard pass and run to Alcantara. Dellasanta and Huff each caught one pass for an extra point

Many players contributed on the defensive side of the ball and limited Eaglebrook to a total of 23 offensive plays including eight plays which resulted in tackles behind the line of scrimmage. Leading tacklers included Jose Gamez, Barrows, Andrew Race,

Riley Kimbell, Nick Donahue and Polcari. Pesce also recovered two fumbles for the Mini Devils.

Murdock’s head coach is Matt Londo and is assisted by Tony Dellasanta, Mike Anderson and Bob Polcari. The team consists of seven 8th graders: Logan Huff (51), Alec Barrows (74), Jose Gamez (50), Keagan Murphy (4), Primo Dellasanta (82), Jackson Higgins (77), Brandon Newbrough (71) eight 7th graders: Andrew Race (55), Justin Thira (11), Riley Kimbell (61), Richard Anderson (43), Corey Fasulo (40), Nick Donahue (66), Peyton Smith (83) and Jack Polcari (33) and eight 6th graders: Nick Bond (75), Quentin Pridgen (44), Kevin Pesce (14), Izayah Alcantara (83), Jerimiah Godsoe (3), Dom Iannacone (57), Ethan Girouard (81) and Jackson Charland (64).

The remainder of the 2015 sched-ule consists of away at Wachusett on Oct. 10th at noon, away at Fitchburg on Oct. 15th at 4 p.m., home vs Wachusett on Oct. 31st at 10 a.m., home vs Marlboro on Nov. 5th at 3:30 p.m., home vs Narragansett on Nov. 10th at 6 p.m. and home vs Athol on Nov. 16th at 3:30 p.m.


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NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE

By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mort-gage given by Catherine D. Smith to Household Finance Corporation II dated February 1, 2006, recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 38328, Page 106; said mortgage was then assigned to U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as Trustee for LSF8 Master Participation Trust by virtue of an assignment dated September 12, 2014, and recorded in Book 52796, at Page 322, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder for breach of conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at PUBLIC AUCTION at 10:00 AM on November 3, 2015, on the mortgaged premises. The entire mortgaged premises, all and singular, the premises as described in said mortgage: A CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND ON THE WESTERLY SIDE OF OTTER RIVER ROAD IN WINCHENDON, WORCESTER COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS AND BEING SHOWN AS LOT 3 ON A PLAN ENTITLED, ‘PLAN OF LOTS PREPARED FOR RONALD P. AND BRENDA L. BERG, WINCHENDON, MA, JANUARY 10, 1986, SZOC SURVEYORS, 32 PLEASANT ST. GARDNER MA’ WHICH PLAN IS RECORDED WITH WORCESTER DISTRICT REGISTRY OF DEEDS, PLAN BOOK 549, PLAN 87, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCEING AT AN IRON PIN IN THE WESTERLY LINE OF OTTER RIVER ROAD AT THE SOUTHEASTERLY CORNER OF LOT 2 AS SHOWN ON SAID PLAN; THENCE SOUTH 06 DEG 51 MIN 32 SEC WEST, BY THE WESTERLY LINE OF OTTER RIVER ROAD 440.45 FEET TO A DRILL HOLE SET IN A WALL AT THE NORTHEASTERLY CORNER OF LOT 1, SHOWN ON SAID PLAN; THENCE NORTH 82 DEG 51 MIN 40 SEC WEST, BY LOT 1 ON SAID PLAN, 150 FEET TO AN IRON PIN; THENCE NORTH 68 DEG 57 MIN 52 SEC WEST, BY LOT 1 SHOWN ON SAID PLAN, 313.31 FEET TO A DRILL HOLE IN A STONE WALL IN LINE OF LAND NOW OR FORMERLY OF BALDWINVILLE HOSPITAL COTTAGES; THENCE NORTH 29 DEG 36 MIN 55 SEC WEST, BY SAID HOSPITAL COTTAGES LAND 48.51 FEET TO A DRILL HOLE IN A WALL; THENCE NORTH 29 DEG 17 MIN 33 SEC WEST, BY SAID HOSPITAL COTTAGES LAND 175.45 FEET TO A DRILL HOLE IN A WALL; THENCE NORTH 28 DEG 43 MIN 51 SEC WEST, BY SAID HOSPITAL COTTAGES LAND 157.29 FEET TO A DRILL HOLE AT A CORNER OF WALLS; THENCE NORTH 04 DEG 45 MIN 43 SEC WEST, BY SAID HOSPITAL COTTAGES LAND 192.90 FEET TO AN IRON PIN AT THE MOST WESTERLY CORNER OF PLAT 2 SHOWN ON SAID PLAN; THENCE SOUTH 72 DEG 30 MIN 19 SEC EAST, BY LOT 2 SHOWN ON SAID PLAN 729.03 FEET TO AN IRON PIN IN THE WESTERLY LINE OF OTTER RIVER ROAD AND THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. CONTAINING 6.463 ACRES MORE OR LESS. BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED FROM BRIAN H. SMITH AND CATHERINE D. SMITH, NOT STATED TO CATHERINE D. SMITH, NOT STATES BY DEED RECORDED 05/03/04, IN BOOK 33501, AT PAGE 223, IN THE REGUSTER’S OFFICE OF THE WORCESTER COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS. Subject to and with the benefit of ease-ments, reservation, restrictions, and taking of record, if any, insofar as the same are now in force and applicable. In the event of any typographical error set forth herein in the legal description of the premises, the description as set forth and contained in the mortgage shall control by reference.This property has the address of 59 Otter River Road, Winchendon, MA 01475Together with all the improvements now or hereafter erected on the prop-erty and all easements, rights, appur-tenances, rents, royalties, mineral, oil and gas rights and profits, water rights and stock and all fixtures now or hereafter a part of the property. All replacements and additions shall also be covered by this sale. Terms of Sale: Said premises will be sold subject to any and all unpaid taxes and assess-ments, tax sales, tax titles and other municipal liens and water or sewer liens and State or County transfer fees, if any there are, and TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($10,000.00) in cashier’s or certified check will be required to be paid by the purchaser at the time and place of the sale as a deposit and the balance in cashier’s or certified check will be due in thirty (30) days, at the offices of Doonan, Graves & Longoria, LLC, 100 Cummings Center, Suite

225D, Beverly, MA 01915, time being of the essence. The Mortgagee reserves the right to postpone the sale to a later date by public proclamation at the time and date appointed for the sale and to fur-ther postpone at any adjourned sale-date by public proclamation at the time and date appointed for the adjourned sale date. The premises is to be sold subject to and with the benefit of all ease-ments, restrictions, leases, tenancies, and rights of possession, building and zoning laws, encumbrances, condo-minium liens, if any and all other claim in the nature of liens, if any there be.In the event that the successful bidder at the foreclosure sale shall default in purchasing the within described prop-erty according to the terms of this Notice of Sale and/or the terms of the Memorandum of Sale executed at the time of foreclosure, the Mortgagee reserves the right to sell the property by foreclosure deed to the second highest bidder, providing that said sec-ond highest bidder shall deposit with the Mortgagee’s attorneys, DOONAN, GRAVES, & LONGORIA LLC, 100 Cummings Center, Suite 225D, Beverly, MA 01915, the amount of the required deposit as set forth herein within three (3) business days after written notice of the default of the pre-vious highest bidder and title shall be conveyed to the said second highest bidder within thirty (30) days of said written notice. If the second highest bidder declines to purchase the within described proper-ty, the Mortgagee reserves the right to purchase the within described property at the amount bid by the second high-est bidder. The foreclosure deed and the consid-eration paid by the successful bidder shall be held in escrow by DOONAN, GRAVES, & LONGORIA LLC, (here-inafter called the “Escrow Agent”) until the deed shall be released from escrow to the successful bidder at the same time as the consideration is released to the Mortgagee, thirty (30) days after the date of sale, whereupon all obligations of the Escrow Agent shall be deemed to have been properly fulfilled and the Escrow Agent shall be discharged. Other terms to be announced at the sale. Dated: September 16, 2015 U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as Trustee for LSF8 Master Participation Trust By: Reneau J Longoria. Esq., DOONAN, GRAVES, & LONGORIA LLC 100 Cummings Center, Suite 225D Beverly, MA 01915 (978) 921-2670 51366 (SMITH) FEI # 1078.01320 10/09/2015, 10/16/2015, 10/23/2015 October 9, 2015October 16, 2015October 23, 2015

NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE Premises: 156 School Street, Winchendon, Massa-chusetts By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a cer-tain mortgage given by Gino Antonioni to Financial Freedom Senior Funding Corporation and now held by CIT Bank, N.A. f/k/a OneWest Bank, N.A., said mortgage dated September 15, 2006, and recorded in the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds, in Book 39825, Page 312, as affected by an Assignment of Mort-gage dated September 25, 2009, and recorded with said Deeds in Book 44929, Page 141, and as affected by an Assignment of Mortgage dated July 7, 2014, and recorded with said Deeds in Book 52661, Page 322, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions in said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction on Octo-ber 30, 2015, at 11:00 AM Local Time upon the premises, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, to wit: A CERTAIN TRACT OF LAND IN WINCHENDON, WORCESTER COUNTY MASSACHUSETTS, WITH THE BUILDINGS THEREON SITU-ATED ON THE WESTERLY SIDE OF SCHOOL STREET, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEING TRACT I, SHOWN ON PLAN OF “BANCROFT PROPERTY NOW OWNED BY SAMUEL FELDMAN ET UX” DRAWN BY J. FRANKLIN EATON, DECEMBER 1958 AND RECORDED WITH WORCESTER DISTRICT DEEDS, PLAN BOOK 237, PLAN 12. BEGINNING AT A POINT IN THE WESTERLY SIDE OF SCHOOL STREET, SAID POINT BEING THE SOUTHEASTERLY COR-NER OF THE PREMISES HEREIN CONVEYED AND THE NORTHEAST-ERLY CORNER OF LAND NOW OR FORMERLY OF ONE BARTLETT; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY ALONG THE LAND OF SAID BARTLETT ONE HUNDRED NINETY-FOUR (194) FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO LAND NOW OR FORMERLY OF ONE HALL; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG LAND NOW OR FORMER-LY ON ONE HALL ONE HUNDRED

SEVEN (107) FEET TO A STAKE; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG OTHER LAND OF BANCROFT ESTATE SHOWN ON SAID PLAN AS TRACT 2, TWO HUNDRED SEVEN AND ONE HALF (207 1/2) FEET TO THE WESTERLY LINE OF SCHOOL STREET; THENCE SOUTHEASTER-LY ALONG THE WESTERLY LINE OF SCHOOL STREET ONE HUNDRED TEN (110) FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING. SAID TRACT I CON-TAINS 21,375 SQUARE FEET, OR ABOUT ONE-HALF ACRE. MEANING AND INTENDING TO CONVEY AND HEREBY CONVEYING THE SAME PREMISES DESCRIBED IN DEED OF WILLIAM L. WINTER AND BEV-ERLY L. WINTER TO GINO ANTON-IONI ET UX DATED JUNE 1, 1963, RECORDED IN WORCESTER DIS-TRICT REGISTRY OF DEEDS, BOOK 4378, PAGE 320. AND A CERTAIN PARCEL OF LAND SITUATED ON SCHOOL STREET, IN WINCHEN-DON, WORCESTER COUNTY AND COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHU-SETTS, BEING SHOWN AS OUTLOT “A” ON A PLAN OF LAND ENTI-TLED, “PLAN OF LAND SURVEYED FOR THE ESTATE OF KATHLEEN D. PERKINS, WINCHENDON, MA., DATED MARCH 29, 1993, SZOC SUR-VEYORS, 32 PLEASANT STREET. GARDNER. MA”. SAID PLAN TO BE RECORDED HEREWITH AT THE WORCESTER DISTRICT REGIS-TRY OF DEEDS AND BEING MORE PARTICULARLY BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGIN-NING AT A POINT ON THE WESTER-LY SIDELINE OF SCHOOL STREET; THENCE S. 68 DEG. 30’ 50” W. FOR A DISTANCE OF TWO HUNDRED ELEVEN AND EIGHTY-EIGHT HUN-DREDTHS (211.88) FEET, MORE OR LESS; THENCE N. 16 DEG. 19’ 12” W. FOR A DISTANCE OF SIX-TY-FOUR AND THIRTY-FIVE HUN-DREDTHS (64.35) FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE CORNER OF LAND NOW OR FORMERLY OF KATH-LEEN D. PERKINS; THENCE N. 76 DEG. 55’ 56” E. FOR A DISTANCE OF TWO HUNDRED SIXTEEN AND SEV-ENTY-THREE HUNDREDS (216.73) FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO A POINT ON THE WESTERLY SIDELINE OF SCHOOL STREET AT THE SOUTH-EASTERLY CORNER OF LAND NOW OR FORMERLY OF KATHLEEN D. PERKINS; THENCE N. 7 DEG. 4’ 40” W. ALONG THE WESTERLY SIDE OF SCHOOL STREET, THIRTY-THREE AND FORTY HUNDREDTHS (33.40) FEET, MORE OR LESS TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. CONTAIN-ING 10,389 SQUARE FEET, MORE OR LESS, ACCORDING TO SAID PLAN. The description of the property contained in the mortgage shall control in the event of a typographical error in this publication. For Mortgagor’s Title, see Deed dated June 1, 1963, and recorded in Book 4378 at Page 320 with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds. TERMS OF SALE: Said premises will be sold and conveyed subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles, municipal liens and assessments, if any, which take precedence over the said mortgage above described. TEN THOUSAND ($10,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price must be paid in cash, certified check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the purchaser. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid in cash, certified check, bank trea-surer’s or cashier’s check within thirty (30) days after the date of sale. Other terms to be announced at the sale. Marinosci Law Group, P.C. 275 West Natick Road, Suite 500 Warwick, RI 02886 Attorney for CIT Bank, N.A. f/k/a OneWest Bank, N.A. Present Hold-er of the Mortgage Telephone: (401) 234-9200 MLG File No.: 14-18012 A-4545328 10/09/2015, 10/16/2015, 10/23/2015October 9, 2015October 16, 2015October 23, 2015

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 Donna Leblanc and John A. Jameson to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for, WMC Mortgage Corp., its succes-sors and assigns, dated December 9, 2005 and recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds at Book 38002, Page 97, sub-sequently assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc. Trust 2006-HE2 on by Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nomi-nee for WMC Mortgage Corporation, by assignment recorded in Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 48916, Page 137, subsequently assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Morgan Stanley Capital I Inc. Trust 2006-H£2, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2006-HE2

by Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for WMC Mortgage Corporation, by assign-ment recorded at Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 53176, Page 372, of which the Mortgage the undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the con-ditions of said Mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction at 10:00 AM on October 30, 2015 at 62 Belmont Avenue, Winchendon, MA, all and sin-gular the premises described in said Mortgage, to wit:A certain parcel of land with the build-ings thereon, situated on Belmont Avenue, Winchendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, being shown as Lot 29 on a plan of a tract of land called “Belmont Avenue,” bounded and described as follows: EASTERLY on Belmont Avenue, a town way, fifty (50) feet; SOUTHERLY by Lot 27 one hundred fifty-seven·and 54/100 (157.54) feet; WESTERLY by land for-merly of Elbridge A. Spooner fifty and 1/10 (50.1) feet; and NORTHERLY by Lot 31 one hundred sixty abd 62/100 (160.62) feet. Also another certain parcel of land, situated on said Belmont Avenue, Winchendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, being a portion of Lot 27 being shown on a plan of lots recorded with the Worcester District Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 8, Plan 21, bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at a point on the Westerly side of Belmont Avenue six hundred ninety-six and 71/100 (696.71) feet northerly from its intersection with the northerly line of East Street and running from; THENCE westerly at right angles with said westerly line of Belmont Avenue one hundred fifty-six (156) feet, more or less, to land formerly of Elbridge A. Spooner; THENCE northerly on line of said Spooner land twenty-five and 5/100 (25.05) feet; THENCE easterly one hundred fifty-seven and 54/100 (157.54) feet to the westerly line of Belmont Avenue; THENCE southerly on line of Belmont Avenue twenty-five (25) feet to the point of beginning. Hereby intending to convey the north-erly half of Lot 27, as shown on the above mentioned plan. Said Lot 27 is conveyed subject to the restriction that no building shall be put upon the lot nearer than fifteen (15) feet to said Belmont Avenue. Said Premises are conveyed subject to and with the ben-efit of matters set forth on the above mentioned plan, easements, rights, restrictions and agreements of record, if any there be, insofar as the same are not in force and applicable. Being the same premises conveyed to Donna LeBlanc by deed dated 3-22-05, and recorded herewith in the Worcester District Registry of Deeds in Book 35986, Page 201. See 38002/95The premises are to be sold subject to and with the benefit of all ease-ments, restrictions, building and zon-ing laws, unpaid taxes, tax titles, water bills, municipal liens and assessments, rights of tenants and parties in pos-session.TERMS OF SALE:A deposit of FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND 00 CENTS ($5,000.00) in the form of a certified check, bank treasurer’s check, or money order will be required to be delivered at or before the time the bid is offered. The suc-cessful bidder will be required to exe-cute a Foreclosure Sale Agreement immediately after the close of the bidding. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid within thirty (30) days from the sale date in the form of a certified check, bank treasurer’s check or other check satisfactory to Mortgagee’s attorney. The Mortgagee reserves the right to bid at the sale, to reject any and all bids, to continue the sale and to amend the terms of the sale by written or oral announce-ment made before or during the fore-closure sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. The description of the premises contained in said mort-gage 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.

Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Morgan

Stanley Capital I Inc. Trust 2006-HE2, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates,

Series 2006-HE2Present Holder of said Mortgage,

By Its Attorneys,ORLANS MORAN PLLC

P.O. Box 540540Waltham, MA 02454

Phone: 781-790-7800October 9, 2015October 16, 2015October 23, 2015

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By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain Mortgage given by Anne Marie Sigl and Michael W Sigl to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for WMC Mortgage Corp, its succes-sors and assigns, dated January 6, 2006 and recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds at Book 38171, Page 298 sub-sequently assigned to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I Inc. Trust 2006-HE3 by Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for WMC Mortgage Corp, its successors and assigns by assign-ment recorded in said Registry of Deeds at Book 47742, Page 221; 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 1:00 PM on October 30, 2015 at 599 River Street, Winchendon, MA, all and singular the premises described in said Mortgage, to wit:The land at 599 River Street, Winchendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts being shown at A on a plan entitled “Patch Land and Paul Land, Winchendon, Mass.” , record-ed with Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds, Plan Book 254, Plan 71, bounded and described as follows: Commencing on the Easterly line of the road landing from Winchendon to Royalston Center, now known as River Street, at an iron pin in the Northwesterly corner o the Paul land shown on said plan as Lot “B”; thence Running North 14 degrees 40’ West, by the Easterly line of River Street, 50 feet to an iron pin; thence North 74 degrees 20’ East, 254.25 feet to an iron pin; thence South 14 degrees 40’ East. 50 feet to an iron pin at the Northeasterly corner of said Lot “B”; thence South 74 degrees 20’ West, by said Lot “B”, 254.25 feet to the place of beginning. Said premises are subject to to the following encum-brances: 1. Title to and rights of the public and others in so much of the premises as lies within the bounds of River Street. 2. Fencing obligation set forth in a Deed, recorded with said Deeds, Book 2074, Page 381, so far as now in force and effect. For title reference see deed recorded herewith. Book 38171 Page 296The 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, bank treasurer’s check or money order will be required to be delivered at or before the time the bid is offered. The suc-cessful bidder will be required to exe-cute a Foreclosure Sale Agreement immediately after the close of the bidding. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid within thirty (30) days from the sale date in the form of a certified check, bank treasurer’s check or other check satisfactory to Mortgagee’s attorney. The Mortgagee reserves the right to bid at the sale, to reject any and all bids, to continue the sale and to amend the terms of the sale by written or oral announce-ment made before or during the fore-closure sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. The description of the premises contained in said mort-gage 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.

Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for

Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I Inc. Trust 2006-HE3

Present Holder of said Mortgage, By Its Attorneys,

ORLANS MORAN PLLCPO Box 540540

Waltham, MA 02454Phone: (781) 790-7800

14-016907October 9, 2015October 16, 2015October 23, 2015


By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain Mortgage given by Kerri L. Galiano to New Century Mortgage Corporation, dated April 21, 2006 and recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds at Book 38813, Page 97, subsequently assigned to U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc. 2006-NC1, Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates Series 2006-NC1 by New Century Mortgage Corporation by assignment recorded in said Registry of Deeds at Book 49484, Page 177; of which Mortgage the under-signed 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 9:00 AM on October 23, 2015 at 701 School Street, Winchendon, MA, all and sin-gular the premises described in said Mortgage, to wit:A certain parcel of land with the build-ings thereon, situated on the north-easterly side of School Street, Rte. #12, in Winchendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, being shown as Lot “2” on a plan entitled: “Plan of Land Prepared for Pauline L. Coderre, Winchendon, MA, February 27, 1996, Szoc Surveyors, 32 Pleasant St., Gardner, MA” recorded with the Worcester Registry of Deeds in Plan Book 704, Plan 60, bounded and described as follows: Beginning at the southwesterly corner thereof, at a point in the northeasterly line of School Street, Rte. #12, at a corner of land now or formerly of Sylvester P. Amerio; thence N 50-54’-00” W, 87.51 feet; thence N 43-48’-05” W, 62.49 feet to an iron pin at a corner of other land now or formerly of Pauline L. Coderre, being shown as Lot “3” on the aforementioned plan, the preceding two courses being by said road line; thence N 48-04’-37” E, 200.00 feet; thence N 23-04’-37” E, 110.00 feet to an iron pin; thence N 43-04’-37” E, 160.00 feet to an iron pin at a corner of other Coderre land, being shown as Lot “1” on the aforementioned plan, the preceding three courses being by said Coderre land and Lot “3”; thence S 38-04’-10” E, by said Coderre land and Lot” 1”, 376.67 feet to an iron pin at a corner of land of the first men-tioned Amerio; thence S 69-47’-31” W, by said Amerio land, passing through an iron pipe, 450.00 feet to a point in the northeasterly line of School Street, Rte. #12 and the point of beginning. Containing 2.585 Acres or 212,623 square feet. Being the same premis-es conveyed to grantor by deed from John Coderre recorded simultaneously herewith. Book 38813 Page 95The 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, bank treasurer’s check or money order will be required to be delivered at or before the time the bid is offered. The suc-cessful bidder will be required to exe-cute a Foreclosure Sale Agreement immediately after the close of the bidding. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid within thirty (30) days from the sale date in the form of a certified check, bank treasurer’s check or other check satisfactory to Mortgagee’s attorney. The Mortgagee reserves the right to bid at the sale, to reject any and all bids, to continue the sale and to amend the terms of the sale by written or oral announce-ment made before or during the fore-closure sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. The description of the premises contained in said mort-gage 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 Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc. 2006-NC1, Asset-Backed

Pass-Through Certificates Series 2006-NC1



Waltham, MA 02454Phone: (781) 790-7800

14-001317 October 2, 2015October 9, 2015October 16, 2015


By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain Mortgage given by Richard T. LaPointe and Elizabeth M. LaPointe to Gateway Funding Diversified Mortgage Services, LP, dated October 14, 2005 and recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds at Book 37591, Page 287, subsequently assigned to Seattle Mortgage Company by Gateway Funding Diversified Mortgage Services, LP by assignment recorded in said Registry of Deeds at Book 37591, Page 297, subsequently assigned to Bank of America, N.A. by Seattle Mortgage Company by assign-ment recorded in said Registry of Deeds at Book 41471, Page 378, subsequent-ly assigned to Nationstar Mortgage LLC by Bank of America, N.A. by assignment recorded in said Registry of Deeds at Book 50044, Page 21, subsequently assigned to Nationstar Mortgage LLC d/b/a Champion Mortgage Company by Nationstar Mortgage LLC by assign-ment recorded in said Registry of Deeds at Book 53566, Page 232; 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 12:00 PM on October 30, 2015 at 94 Grove Street, Winchendon, MA, all and singular the premises described in said Mortgage, to wit:File No. 05-1041 Two contiguous parcels of land in said Winchendon, bounded and described as follows: 1. A parcel of land situated on the Southerly side of Grove Street, together with the buildings thereon and numberes 94 on said Street, bounded and described as follows, viz: COMMENCING at a point on the Southerly side of Grove Street distant ninety-four (94) feet Easterly from a stone monument at the corner of Lincoln Avenue and Grove Street; thence EASTERLY on the line of Grove Street fifty-seven (57) feet, more or less, to a corner at land owned or occupied by St. Mary’s Church; thence SOUTHERLY on line of said Church land seventy-two (72) feet, more or less, to land now or formerly of Raymond E. Clement et ux, being the parcel of land hereinafter described; thence WESTERLY in a line running at right angles with the Easterly line of Lincoln Avenue fifty-four and one-half (54-1/2) feet, more or less, to a point distant ninety-four( 94) feet east-erly from said line of Lincoln Avenue; thence NORTHERLY in a straight line and parallel with Lincoln Avenue seventy-two (72) feet by land now or formerly of Nellie I. Martin, Trustee under the will of Cynthia A. Kimball, to the point of beginning. 2. Also, another parcel of land afjacent to the above described premises and located Southerly from Grove Street bounded and described as follows: BEGINNING at Northwesterly corner thereof at the Southwesterly corner of the premises above described; thence EASTERLY by said above described premises fif-ty-four one-half (54-1/2) feet, more or less, to land owned or occupied by St. Mary’s Church; thence SOUTHERLY by said Church land seventy-two (72), more or less; thence WESTERLY fif-ty-two and one-half (51-1/2) feet, more or less, to land now or formerly of Nellie I. Martin, Trustee under the Will of Cynthia A. Kimball, deceased; thence NORTHERLY by last named land sev-enty-two (72) feet, more or less, to the point of beginning. For our title, see Deed recorded in Book 6978, Page 129.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, bank treasurer’s check or money order will be required to be delivered at or before the time the bid is offered. The successful bidder will be required to execute a Foreclosure Sale Agreement immedi-ately after the close of the bidding. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid within thirty (30) days from the sale date in the form of a certified check, bank treasurer’s check or other check satisfactory to Mortgagee’s attorney. The Mortgagee reserves the right to bid at the sale, to reject any and all bids, to continue the sale and to amend the terms of the sale by written or oral announcement made before or during the foreclosure sale. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. The description of the premises contained in said mort-gage 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.

Nationstar Mortgage LLC d/b/a Champion Mortgage Company



Waltham, MA 02454Phone: (781) 790-7800

15-002994October 9, 2015October 16, 2015October 23, 2015

LEGAL NOTICEMORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL

ESTATEBy virtue of and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a cer-tain mortgage given by Michael J. Caouette and Kristine A. Caouette f/k/a Kristine A. Maynard to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. acting solely as a nominee for 1-800-East-West Mortgage Company, Inc., dated January 7, 2005 and record-ed at Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 35494, Page 218 of which mortgage Nationstar Mortgage LLC is the present holder by assignment from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. to Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. dated March 12, 2008 recorded at Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 42598, Page 95; and assignment from Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. to Nationstar Mortgage LLC dated November 4, 2014 recorded at Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 53120, Page 2, for breach of conditions of said mort-gage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same, the mortgaged premises located at 95 Hill Street, Winchendon, MA 01475 will be sold at a Public Auction at 1:00PM on October 26, 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, together with all buildings and improvements there-on, located on the easterly side of Hill Street, In the Town of Winchendon, Worcester County and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being shown as Lot A-4, containing 1.987 acres, more or less, on a plan of land entitled, “Plan of Land Located on Hill Street, Winchendon, MA owned by Robert Van Dyke, Winchendon, MA, dated June 1, 1999, Revised June 29, 1999 and August 4, 1999, drawn by Vorce, Soney & Associates, Inc., Land Surveyors, 85 Stratton Road, Jaffrey, NH 03452, Scale: 1” = 100’”, said Plan being recorded with the Worcester County Registry of Deeds at Plan Book 750, Plan 110, to which plan reference may be had for a more particular description of said Lot A-4.Subject to easements, restrictions and covenants of record if they affect the locus and are in full force and effect, expressly not intending nor meaning to extend the same in the event that they expired by operation of law or otherwise.For mortgagor’s title see deed recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 22281, Page 210.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 enforce-able 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.

Nationstar Mortgage LLCKorde & Associates, P.C.

321 Billerica Road Suite 210

Chelmsford, MA 01824-4100(978) 256-1500

Caouette, Michael and Kristine, 13-014332, October 2, 2015, October

9, 2015, October 16, 2015October 2, 2015October 9, 2015October 16, 2015

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By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Suzanne N. King and Joseph F. King to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Allied Mortgage Capital Corportaion, its sucessors and assigns, dated August 12, 2002 and recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds at Book 27265, Page 160, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder by assignment from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. to Wells Fargo Bank, NA dated January 6, 2009 and recorded with said Registry on January 20, 2009 at Book 43691, Page 179 and by assignment from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Allied Mortgage Capital Corporation to Wells Fargo Bank, NA dated August 19, 2011 and recorded with said Registry on August 23, 2011 at Book 47742, Page 229, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing, the same will be sold at Public Auction at 11:00 a.m. on October 23, 2015, on the mortgaged premises located at 148 PLEASANT ST, WINCHENDON, Worcester County, Massachusetts, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage,TO WIT:The property situated at 148 Pleasant Street, Winchendon, Massachusetts and more particularly described as follows:Commencing on the Westerly line of Pleasant Street at a corner of land formerly of Herman Eliason; THENCE Southerly on line of Pleasant Street five (5) rods to land formerly of Almeda Bryant, now or formerly of Flora A. Bryant;THENCE Westerly on line of said Bryant’s land at a right angle from the line of Pleasant Street eight (8) rods to land formerly of Ann M. Cross; THENCE Northerly on line of said Cross land and land formerly of Myranda J. Haven parallel with the line of Pleasant Street five (50) rods to the said Eliason land; THENCE Easterly on line of said Eliason land on a line at a right angle with the line of Pleasant Street eight (8) rods to the place of beginning. Being the same premises are conveyed to these mortgagors by deed of Richard H. Gleason and Kathryn M. Gleason, f/k/a Kathryn M. Watson dated January 11, 2001 and recerded with the Worcester District Registry of Deeds in Book 23421, Page 144.For mortgagor’s(s’) title see deed recorded with Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 23421, Page 144.These premises will be sold and conveyed subject to and with the benefit of all rights, rights of way, restrictions, easements, covenants, liens or claims in the nature of liens, improvements, public assessments, any and all unpaid taxes, tax titles, tax liens, water and sewer liens and any other municipal assessments or liens or existing encumbrances of record which are in force and are applicable, having priority over said mortgage, whether or not reference to such restrictions, easements, improvements, liens or encumbrances is made in the deed.TERMS OF SALE:A deposit of Five Thousand ($5,000.00) Dollars by certified or bank check will be required to be paid by the purchaser at the time and place of sale. The balance is to be paid by certified or bank check at Harmon Law Offices, P.C., 150 California Street, Newton, Massachusetts 02458, or by mail to P.O. Box 610389, Newton Highlands, Massachusetts 02461-0389, within thirty (30) days from the date of sale. Deed will be provided to purchaser for recording upon receipt in full of the purchase price. The description of the premises contained in said mortgage shall control in the event of an error in this publication.

Other terms, if any, to be announced at the sale.

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.Present holder of said mortgage

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

150 California Street Newton, MA 02458 (617) 558-0500 201502-0172 - YELSeptember 25, 2015October 2, 2015October 9, 2015


By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mort-gage given by David M. Tervo and Donna M. Tervo to Mortgage Electronic Registraion Systems, Inc., dated August 31, 2007 and recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds at Book 41795, Page 164, of which mortgage the undersigned is the present holder by assignment from Mortgage Electronic

Registration Systems, Inc. to Green Tree Servicing LLC dated March 12, 2013 and recorded with said registry on March 22, 2013 at Book 50626 Page 243, for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of fore-closing, the same will be sold at Public Auction at 2:00 p.m. on November 4, 2015, on the mortgaged premises locat-ed at 14 Maynard Street, Winchendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage,TO WIT:The land with the buildings thereon, known and numbered 14 Maynard Street in Winchendon, Worchester County, Massachusetts described in Exhibit A attached hereto and incorpo-rated herein by reference: A certain parcel of land, with build-ings thereon, situated in Winchendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, bounded and described as follows: Commencing at the northeasterly cor-ner of the lot at an iron pin drive in the ground at the southerly line of Maynard Street, which is the northwesterly cor-ner of land now or formerly owned or occupied by Frank Laprise; thence Southerly on line of said Laprise land, forty-six (46) feet to an iron pin at land now or formerly of Israel Dame; thence North 65 1/2 west on said Dame land, forty-for (44) feet, more or less to a stake; thence Northerly thirty-six and one-fourth (36 1/4) feet, more or less, to the southerly line of said Maynard Street; thence Easterly on line of said Maynard Street to the place of beginning. For mortgagor’s(s’) title see deed recorded with Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 24685, Page 56.

These premises will be sold and con-veyed subject to and with the benefit of all rights, rights of way, restrictions, easements, covenants, liens or claims in the nature of liens, improvements, public assessments, any and all unpaid taxes, tax titles, tax liens, water and sewer liens and any other munici-pal assessments or liens or existing encumbrances of record which are in force and are applicable, having priority over said mortgage, whether or not ref-erence to such restrictions, easements, improvements, liens or encumbrances is made in the deed.TERMS OF SALE:A deposit of Five Thousand ($5,000.00 ) Dollars by certified or bank check will be required to be paid by the purchas-er at the time and place of sale. The balance is to be paid by certified or bank check at Harmon Law Offices, P.C., 150 California Street, Newton, Massachusetts 02458, or by mail to P.O. Box 610389, Newton Highlands, Massachusetts 02461-0389, within thirty (30) days from the date of sale. Deed will be provided to purchaser for recording upon receipt in full of the purchase price. The description of the premises contained in said mortgage shall control in the event of an error in this publication.Other terms, if any, to be announced at the sale. DITECH FINANCIAL LLC

F/K/A GREEN TREE SERVICING LLC

Present holder of said mortgage By its Attorneys,

HARMON LAW OFFICES, P.C. 150 California Street Newton, MA 02458 (617) 558-0500 201401-0110 - TEAOctober 9, 2015October 16, 2015October 23, 2015

Town of WinchendonZoning Board of Appeals

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICENotice is hereby given that the Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a PUBLIC HEARING on Wed., October 21, 2015 at 7:05 PM in the Town Hall Auditori-um, 2nd Fl., 109 Front St., Winchen-don, MA 01475, on the Special Permit application of Paul F. Grasewicz of Graz Engineering for properties locat-ed on Gardner Road, Winchendon, MA 01475 identified as Winchendon Assessors Map 9 Parcel 62 owned by Raymond Le Clerc and Map 9 Parcel 106 owned by Jamison Van Dyke to hear an application for a Special Per-mit to allow the use within the district in which the frontage is located to extend into the adjacent district as afforded under under Article 3.3 of the Winchendon Zoning Bylaw. Said prop-erties are located in the C-1 - Large Scale Commercial and R-80 Rural Residential Zones within the Gateway Overlay District. A copy of the applica-tion is available at the Dept. of P&D, Winchendon Town Hall. All interested persons should plan to attend.BY: Cynthia Carville, ChairWinchendon Zoning Board of AppealsOctober 2, 2015October 9, 2015

(SEAL)COMMONWEALTH OF

MASSACHUSETTSLAND COURT

DEPARTMENT OF THE TRIAL COURT

15 SM 007774ORDER OF NOTICE

TO:CHRISTOPHER G. HIGBEE AND MARY J. HIGBEE,and to all persons entitled to the benefit of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C. App. § 501 et seq.: The Bank of New York Mellon FKA The Bank of New York as Trustee for the Certificateholders of the CWALT Inc., Alternative Loan Trust 2005-J3 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-J3, claiming to have an interest in a mortgage covering real property in Winchendon, num-bered 15 BOSWORTH ROAD, given by: CHRISTOPHER G. HIGBEE AND MARY J. HIGBEE to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for First National Bank of Arizona, dated April 7, 2004, and recorded in the Worcester County (Worcester District)Registry of Deeds in Book 33309, at Page 69, and now held by assignment, has/have filed with this court a complaint for deter-mination of Defendant’s/Defendants’ Servicemembers status. If you now are, or recently have been, in the active military service of the United States of America, then you may be entitled to the benefits of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. If you object to a foreclosure of the above mentioned property on that basis, then you or your attorney must file a written appearance and answer in this court at Three Pemberton Square, Boston, MA 02108 on or before November 2, 2015 or you will be forever barred from claiming that you are entitled to the benefits of said Act. Witness, Judith C. Cutler, Chief Justice of said Court on September 16, 2015

Attest: Deborah J. Patterson

Recorder51477 (HIGBEE) FEI # 1078.01381 10/09/2015, October 9, 2015

Commonwealth of MassachusettsThe Trial Court

Probate and Family CourtWorcester Division

Docket No. WO15P2974EAEstate of:

Emily Mary HilowAlso Known As: Emily Hilow

Date Of Death: 6/6/2015INFORMAL PROBATEPUBLICATION NOTICE

To all persons interested in the above captioned estate, by Petition ofPetitioner Cheryl N Smith of Jaffrey NHa Will has been admitted to informal probate.Cheryl N Smith of Jaffrey NHhas been informally appointed as the Personal Representative of the estate to serve without surety on the bond.The estate is being administered un-der informal procedure by the Personal Representative under the Massachu-setts Uniform Probate Code without supervision by the Court. Inventory and accounts are not required to be filed with the Court, but interested parties are entitled to notice regarding the ad-ministration from the Personal Repre-sentative and can petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, includ-ing distribution of assets and expenses of administration. Interested parties are entitled to petition the Court to insti-tute formal proceedings and to obtain orders terminating or restricting the powers of Personal Representatives appointed under informal procedure. A copy of the Petition and Will, if any, can be obtained from the Petitioner.October 9, 2015

Legal NoticeWinchendon Conservation Com-

missionLake Monomonac

Annual DrawdownsPursuant to the provisions of M.G.L. Chapter 131, Section 40, and the Town of Winchendon Wetlands Protection Bylaw, the Winchendon Conservation Commission will hold a public hearing on Thursday, October 22nd, 2015 at 7:15 pm to consider the Notice of Intent filed by Town of Winchendon Depart-ment of Public Works Superintendent Albert Gallant to conduct annual water level drawdowns of Lake Monomonac. The hearing will be held in the 4th Floor Conference Room of the Winchendon Town Hall, 109 Front Street.The Notice of Intent is available for public review at the Land Use Office, Room 10 (first floor) of the Winchendon Town Hall on Mondays and Thursdays during the hours of 9am – 12noon (3pm – 6pm on meeting nights), or by calling the Conservation Agent for an appointment at 978-297-3537.October 9, 2015October 16, 2015





TO:Kenneth A. Smith, Jr.and to all persons entitled to the ben-efit of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C. App. § 501 et. Seq.: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee for the Certificateholders of Soundview Home Loan Trust 2007-OPT1, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2007-OPT1 claiming to have an interest in a Mortgage covering real proper-ty in Winchendon, numbered 34-36 Glenallen Street, given by Kenneth A. Smith, Jr. to Option One Mortgage Corporation, dated March 15, 2007, and recorded at Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 40844, Page 383, and now held by the Plaintiff by assignment, has/have filed with this court a com-plaint for determination of Defendant’s/Defendants’ Servicemembers status. If you now are, or recently have been, in the active military service of the United States of America, then you may be entitled to the benefits of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. If you object to a foreclosure of the above-mentioned property on that basis, then you or your attorney must file a written appearance and answer in this court at Three Pemberton Square, Boston, MA 02108 on or before November 2, 2015 or you will be forever barred from claiming that you are entitled to the benefits of said Act.Witness, JUDITH C. CUTLER Chief Justice of said Court on September 16, 2015.Attest:

Deborah J. PattersonRecorder

14-015766 / Smith, Kenneth/10/09/2015 October 9, 2015





TO:Beverly A. Lapradeand to all persons entitled to the ben-efit of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C. App. § 501 et. Seq.: U.S. Bank National Associations, as Trustee for Structured Asset Investment Loan Trust, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-10 claiming to have an interest in a Mortgage covering real property in Winchendon, numbered 115 East Monomonac Road, given by Beverly A. Laprade to Option One Mortgage Corporation, dated August 16, 2005, and recorded at Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 37079, Page 100, and now held by the Plaintiff by assignment, has/have filed with this court a com-plaint for determination of Defendant’s/Defendants’ Servicemembers status. If you now are, or recently have been, in the active military service of the United States of America, then you may be entitled to the benefits of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. If you object to a foreclosure of the above-mentioned property on that basis, then you or your attorney must file a written appearance and answer in this court at Three Pemberton Square, Boston, MA 02108 on or before November 2, 2015 or you will be forever barred from claiming that you are entitled to the benefits of said Act.Witness, JUDITH C. CUTLER Chief Justice of said Court on September 17, 2015.Attest:

Deborah J. PattersonRecorder

14-019561 / Laprade, Beverly A./10/09/2015 October 9, 2015

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freshmen have the necessary qualifica-tions to succeed in those classes if they are interested.

“We don’t want a student to experi-ence failure because they aren’t ready. We’d rather they get a chance to prove themselves, then move up into the more rigorous classes,” Romano explained.

Staff development is also continuing, and the school continues to participate in grant funded training for advanced and honors student placement classes.

Romano also pointed in an increase in the number of students taking the SATs, and succeeding. The intention is to have all sophomores take the PSATs in preparation for taking the SATs.

“We intend to focus on writing and raise academic rigor in all subjects, at all levels. We have high expectations for the students, whether in an AP setting

or not. They can do it, we expect them to do it,” said Romano.

A presentation was made about the various product rewards available to help the school system through such entities as Hannafords, BoxTops for Education and Coke Rewards. A num-ber of products have codes that, when collected and provided to the schools, will help defray costs. The Murdock Middle School is signed up to be one of the recipients at Hannafords, as an example, and coupons should be depos-ited at that store in the collection tower labeled for the correct school.

Other collection points for the variety of box tops, ICU codes and labels include Old Murdock Senior Center, Athol Savings Bank, and each of the schools. A complete list of the codes, box tops and rewards is available through each school and on line. Visit hannaford.com/helpsschools to learn more about that program.

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Waltz of the FlowersPeg Corbosiero photos

WINCHENDON — On a warm fall day at the end of September, the Winchendon Garden Club accessed the home of the Winchendon Historical Society and its grounds to host a Victorian tea. Asking attendees to get into the spirit of the day, come dressed to the nines including the proper cha-peau, a competition for the hats proved to be harder to win than first thought. The winner, a confection of pink tulle over straw justly won bragging rights, but was up against live flowers, a com-pletely hand created black-white and lime number, and several others well worth inclusion.

A highly successful event, organizers are hoping to make it an annual affair.

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Pet of the WeekShirley is looking for a dog to adopt her.This two year old, seven pound chihuahua

was found inside a cabinet in an abandoned apartment. She is not very comfortable with people (but completely un-aggressive) but is very much at home with and put at ease by other dogs, especially small ones. She has been making great progress in her foster home, watching the other dogs trust the people.

Who knows what this adorable little girl went through before she was rescued though, so the dog that adopts her must have people who are patient and willing to work with her.

She is spayed, up to date on shots, tested negative for heartworm and tick borne diseases, and microchipped. Her adoption donation is $200.

For more information about Shirley and other animals available through Ahimsa Haven visit Facebook: www.facebook.com/AhimsaHaven; website: www.ahimsahaven.org and Petfinder. We are located at 381R Baldwinville Road, Templeton are the hours are Friday 6-8 p.m., Sunday 2-4 p.m. or by appointment. Phone: 978-297-2673

Photo: Text: April Clow

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