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By Richard Murphy

Route 20 is a hard road. It ismuch traveled by commercialand passenger vehicles, and itspans the length of the Common-wealth. While some towns havelet the major commercial arteryaspect take over, Sturbridge aimsto protect the small town charac-ter as much as possible.

It isn’t easy. But the town is notwithout civic-minded folk whooffer initiative and the desire toensure delightful green space forthe townspeople and their visi-tors.

On Flag Day last month, thesefolks, mostly Rotarians, gatheredto dedicate the new RotaryCentennial Park at the corner ofCedar Street and Route 20.

Much of the attention wasdirected to Sturbridge TreeWarden, Tom Chamberland,whose efforts had resulted inSturbridge’s 18th Tree City USAdesignation. The award was tohave been presented to Chamber-land on April 12, though waspostponed because he wasdeployed to New Orleans withThe Army Corps of Engineers.

By Paul Carr

A new page will be writ-ten this month in the historyof Old Sturbridge Village(OSV) as Jim Donahueassumes full-time duties asPresident and Chief Exec-utive Officer of the museumand all of its operations.

Until last month, Dona-hue was the CEO of theBradford Dunn Institute forLearning Differences inProvidence, RI, a network ofeducational programs thatincludes a charter schoolDonovan founded in 2000.

He has served once week-ly in his new role with OSVsince last winter.

Now on board full-time,Donahue talks about his

Rt. 20 greenery in Sturbridge

New RotaryCentennial Parkone step in abroader plan

New OSV CEOstarts full-timewith big agenda

James Donahue

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PARK DEDICATED, AWARDS PRESENTEDAlan Snow, Community Action Forester, Urban and Community Forestry of theMassachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation presented Sturbridge TreeWarden, Tom Chamberland, with the 18th Tree City USA Award as well as theirGrowth Award. He is flanked by Dick Vaughan, President of The Rotary Club ofSturbridge. Dick is impresario of The Spirit 970AM, WESO. The station broadcastthe Flag Day ceremonies. Rotary Centennial Park, which was dedicated that day wasplanned under the direction of Sturbridge realtor, Lorraine Hebert.

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Brevity by Guy and Rodd

When I moved to Sturbridge nearly twoyears ago, one of the first things I lookedfor was the hometown paper. While I was

glad to find The Southbridge Evening News, to which Igladly subscribe, I had hoped there would be a paperwith the name STURBRIDGE on its masthead.

I grew up in a town with its own newspaper. Whileit rarely gave us breaking news, it did cover odds andends about life in our town and was always worth alook.

Sometimes that paper told us interesting thingsabout the people with whom we were familiar butdidn’t quite know. Like the people in town hall. Or thenew cop on the force. Or the ladies who spooned outour lunches at school. From that paper, we learnedthat some of our fellow residents were experts atsomething. We found out who was marrying whom,who was moving to Chicago for a big job, or what hadhappened in the town 100 years ago that month.

We were a small suburb about 15 miles west ofBoston, and I remember learning from the pages ofour little town paper that there were great things to doin our town, and in Boston and on the Cape and else-where. So it was also a paper that spoke directly to usall about ideas and possibilities.

From time-to-time we saw our own faces on thosepages—under sweaty baseball caps or with greasepaint smeared on our cheeks. Our images were chron-icled in majestic processions, at 50th wedding anniver-saries, and in memorial photos celebrating that we hadlived and died in that town.

In retrospect, I realize that my original hometownnewspaper was in a sense also a citizen of that town.While it was directly the voice of the people whoworked on the paper, it rightly echoed many othervoices. Its effect gave us a sense of continuity and com-munity that could come only from a hometown paper.It helped identify us collectively by confirming whatwas happening around us. It also affirmed who wewere as friends and neighbors. It had our name on itand we were glad to have it.

After my first year as a Sturbridge resident, the ideaof a paper for this town still tugged at me. So late lastyear I sat down and mapped it out.

As we move beyond the first issue, I expect that thispaper will take on its own dimensions, with its lifecoming from the residents of this splendid town. Ourfocus will be on the social and lifestyle components ofour town and neighbors, though we will addressissues of concern across all news categories that affectus. Through our Letters section and Guest Editorials,we will hear from many people. Soon, through wordsand images, we should recognize in these pages onecoherent voice that is uniquely Sturbridge.

A hometown paper for Sturbridge

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FROM STURBRIDGE

A letter from the editor to the people of Sturbridge

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dear Neighbors,We haven’t generated any let-

ters to the editor yet, so I figuredI’d sit down and write one to you.

Let’s headline this: “To thosewho think there’s something a littlepresumptuous about starting anewspaper when you’re a relativenewcomer to the town.”

While I haven’t heard thisfrom anyone, the possibilityexists that this sentiment hangsout there in some corners, so I’llexplain my perspective on this.

Across America, companieslike Fidelity Investments havebought up small communitynewspapers and sent in peoplefrom big cities to staff them.

That is exactly what happenedto my childhood hometownpaper (see editorial on page 2).After Fidelity, that paper wasgobbled up again by a wholeother crew of strangers to thetown and is today an unrecog-nizable clone.

The New York Times owns thesmall town papers not far fromhere in Shrewsbury, Westboroand Clinton. Those papers retaina distinctly local flavor andseem to be examples of success-ful hometown papers ownedremotely.

My point is that sometimes itworks, sometimes it doesn’t,when a newcomer establishes or

takes over a community news-paper. The critical factors arethe vision and agenda of thepublishers. Some are there toprotect the original idea of thetown paper; others slap on a for-mula package and calculate tothe bottom line.

I’ve lived here for nearly twoyears and like Sturbridge. I don’tknow all of the ins-and-outs anddramas that flow through theveins of this town, though that’san advantage, not a liability.

We are starting as a monthlyand will revisit frequency whenwe can properly assess the levelof predictable news content.

I come to this job with some

editorial and communicationsskill and a desire to create aviable, strong business that willbe helpful to the community.

In my work, I have createdpublications and communica-tions tools for companies andorganizations that tell stories toaffect a desired outcome.

The outcomes that I am hop-ing for with this newspaper arethat it will be a worthwhileaddition to our community, thatit will entertain and inform us,and will grow to reflect all of thewonderful things that makeSturbridge an exceptional place.

PAUL CARRSturbridge

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Centennial Park

Sturbridge Town Administra-tor, James Malloy spoke to theassembled about the businesspartnerships for beautification,the results of which we see atstreet corners and on small mini-parks throughout town.

Malloy reported that, whiletrees were lost as a result of theRoute 20 Project, which was fin-ished in 1995, plans were under-way to counter the effect.

He cited the Fiskdale MillProject and Sturbridge-in-BloomAward as examples of the town’semphasis on its environment,and introduced Tom Chamber-land to elaborate on plans for thegreening of Route 20 inSturbridge.

Chamberland described Cen-tennial Park as part of an overall“landscape vision for Route 20”.The vision has been planned formore than 10 years by cumulativeefforts from the Sturbridge DesignReview Committee, PlanningBoard, Tree Warden and TownAdministrator. He also mentionedsupport from Old SturbridgeVillage and the South Central MAChamber of Commerce.

As part of an overall vision forthe area, Chamberland spokeabout the use of period fencing,stone walls, wider lawn setbacks

and landscaping with selectednative trees to resemble mini-orchards.

The vision also includes theinstallation of benches insidemini-parks that will encouragepeople to stroll, rest and chat.

Alan Snow, CommunityAction Forester, Urban andCommunity Forestry of theMassachusetts Department ofConservation and Recreation

stepped forward to presentChamberland with the 18th TreeCity USA Award as well as theGrowth Award.

Snow did not speak long, butwas emphatic in pointing outthat Chamberland is well-knownand respected in the Forestryfield throughout the state.

A reception followed the cere-mony at Publick House, wherewe caught up with Lorraine

Rotarians dedicate newCentennial Park

Centennial Park is located at the corner of Route 20 and Cedar Street in Sturbridge.

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Sturbridge-native TomChamberland is a caretaker inmany senses. He is most closelyidentified with his interest inarboriculture, an activity thatcaptured him while he was on a“tree walk” with a Burgess ele-mentary fifth grade teacher.

“That’s when the seed wasplanted,” he quipped.

Chamberland was first electedto the position of Sturbridge’stree warden in 1984 and has beenre-appointed to the position eversince.

As tree warden, Tom cares forall of the public shade trees ontown properties, plants newtrees, and maintains all existingpublic greenery.

In his work, Tom consults withother town boards, such asConservation and Planning, toensure that the right tree goes inthe right place on site plans.

The tree warden’s remit doesnot involve issues with privatelands; however, he does occa-sionally examine private proper-ty to determine any public con-cerns.

Tom’s satisfaction in his workis drawn primarily from the sim-ple natural acts involved in treeplanting and maintaining thenatural legacy.

“It takes a hundred years togrow a hundred-year tree,” hesays, underscoring his devotionto the tradition and stewardshipof his work.

Much has changed in arbori-

culture since Tom became treewarden.

“What was good science 10 or20 years ago may not be sotoday,” Tom says. “For example,we now know better than toplant under power lines, and theDutch Elm death taught us toavoid monoculture.”

The tree warden has also got-ten away from overmulching.

“You can see “mulch vol-canos” around trees privately

planted, but it is no longerdepartment policy.”

Tree City USA is a programfounded over 25 years ago by theNational Arbor Day Foundation,to promote awareness of the ben-efits of having a tree program inAmerican cities and towns.

To become a Tree City, amunicipality must have a desig-nated person responsible for thecare of public trees. There mustalso be laws on the books that

protect shade trees. Sturbridge isin compliance with this through astate general law and our ownlocal by-laws.

There is also the requirementthat $2.00 per person living in thecommunity be appropriated fortree care. And the communitymust celebrate Arbor Day.

When above-and-beyond tasksare accomplished, there is furtherrecognition for the Town. Tom

Tom Chamberland, Town Tree Warden (among many other things) and the new Witness Tree infront of Sturbridge Town Hall.

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BY RICHARD MURPHY

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STURBRIDGE, Mass. — McGrath InsuranceGroup, Inc. has donated $5,000 to TheCampaign for Harrington Memorial Hospitalthrough the Arbella Agent Matching GiftProgram.

The $5,000 payment is part of a total pledgeof $10,000 by McGrath. Calling its campaign“A Tradition of Caring, A Future of Strength,”Harrington Memorial’s capital campaign isseeking to raise $3 million.

The Arbella program provides matching funds

of up to $2,500 for top agents of Arbella MutualInsurance Co. McGrath, who is an independentagent, is a member Arbella’s Personal LinesAdvisory Board.

“My family has been able to build a success-ful business by serving the tri-community areafor three generations,” McGrath said. “We havealways believed that it is important to give backto the community. I cannot think of a betterway to give back than to contribute to theCampaign for Harrington Memorial Hospital.”

McGrath Insurance Group of Sturbridge presented a check for $5,000 recently to The Campaignfor Harrington Memorial Hospital through the Arbella Agent Matching Gift Program. Pictured, left toright, are McGrath President and CEO Richard A. McGrath, CIC, LIA; Harrington President and CEORichard Mangion, and McGrath’s Vice President of Regional Sales Robert B. Muenzberg Jr., CIC, LIA.

Sturbridge insurance agency donates $5000

does not stop with the minimum. The Tree City USA Growth

Award is given by The NationalArbor Day Foundation, in coop-eration with the National Asso-ciation of State Foresters and theUSDA Forest Service. It recog-nizes environmental improve-ment and encourages higher lev-els of tree care throughoutAmerica.

Throughout the United Stateslast year, only 523 communitiesreceived this designation. Stur-

bridge was recognized for how ithandled the death of the oldesttree in town, dubbed “TheWitness Tree,” a 55-inch diametermaple that had been growing onthe common since the town’sincorporation in 1738.

The tree was so namedbecause of its witness to all of theSturbridge lads who hadmarched off to the ContinentalArmy, south to the Civil War, andto all subsequent wars.

The old maple was removedand replaced with a new witness

this year. Looking forward, Chamber- is

looking to form an advisory com-mittee to help push for moretrees in the town. He is wise tothe realities facing town govern-ment and would like to findalternative funding sources asidefrom taxes.

Chamberland is happy in hisjob and has no exit plans. He saysthat as long as the town wantshim, he wants the job.

He has been married 28 yearsto Diane (Arsenault). They have

raised two children in Stur-bridge.

Chamberland is also a veteran(Air Force during Vietnam era)and serves as the town’sVeteran’s Affairs Coordinator.

Chamberland stays busy inand out of Town Hall. He servesas a call fireman and registeredEMT. He volunteers on theDesign Review Commission andis a member of the Board ofAssessors.

He was Scoutmaster for 14years and is on the MoheganCouncil Camping Committee.

He is past president of theMassachusetts Tree Wardens andForesters Association and stillsits on the board.

In his “real job,” he serves as apark ranger with the Army Corpsof Engineers. He just returnedfrom New Orleans, where he waspart of a team that was oversee-ing the final Katrina cleanup.

It is clear from spending timewith Tom Chamberland that heloves his work and his town.

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“Our focus for the first yearwill be on making sure wehave effective marketing andcommunications,” Donahuesaid. “We need people toknow that the Village is openand there are a lot of greatthings happening here.”

OSV has signed RDWGroup, a Providence-basedcommunications agency tohandle its media and market-ing. The marketing is under-way with a billboard cam-paign in strategic, high-trafficareas in the region and radioads have begun on NewEngland stations.

Media relations for themuseum are conducted inRDW’s Worcester office, in-cluding on-site liaison with amarketing coordinator at OSV.

“We’re taking steps rightnow that will give us an imme-diate impact in the market-place,” Donahue said.

Donahue and the team at

RDW will craft a brandingstrategy that accuratelyreflects a new vision for themuseum, including its poten-tial as a resource for educators.

Donahue explains: “One ofthe things I’ve been thinkingabout is how can we expandour professional developmentprograms for teachers andeducators? We can be a nation-al leader in teacher develop-ment for history. We can createin-service programs andcourses for teachers that givecontinuing education credits.This will bring people into theVillage and the town for multi-day stays. This is the kind ofthinking we need to be en-gaged in. We need to work cre-atively with our many assets.”

Donahue is thoughtful as hereflects on the relationship be-tween the museum and thetown.

“It excites me that Stur-bridge residents can come [toOSV] for free. I’ve seen theexcitement and optimismabout what we’re doing with

the folks I’ve met so far. Wewant to work with local busi-nesses and the people in townto ensure that we’re marketingthe area well. We want to helpbring people here who willstay and shop in the localstores.”

Will Oliver Wight’s Tavernre-open as an ala carte diningexperience? Possibly. For now,OSV’s new relationship withSodexho food managementservice will focus on events.

Jim Donahue takes over full-time at OSV

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Local races might have about 300entries. The nationals get the best rac-ers from all over the world and thereare huge sponsorships. You see the facesat those events that you see in thecycling magazines. There are about 15top pros who do this for a living. Therewill be one in July at Mt. SnowVermont. They will have really toughcourses and fierce competition.Visually, it will be hundreds of bikeseverywhere.

Have you ever won a pro race?

Locally, yes; nationally, no. But I camein 22nd at Snowshoe (West Virginia). Iwas winning a lot of expert races at thenational level and ended up breakingmy leg in a race three weeks before mywedding. After the wedding, I startedintensive training and came backstronger the next season.

Have you ever seen a photo of yourself in a cycling magazine?

My husband gets in all the time but Idon’t. I went into the bike shop one dayand they had just received a promovideo for Shimano and I was in thatvideo. That was fun.

Are you sponsored?

I ride for Mountain Bike Mind, whichis a great bike club for riders of all cate-gories. We have some of the best localpros on the team. The club has a lot ofsponsors. I do have an individual spon-sor called Healthpak. They evaluatepeople’s lifestyles and develop individ-ual vitamin formulas achieving optimalhealth and performance.

There’s an inspirational quality to whatyou’re doing with this mountain biking.

I love getting people addicted to thissport or any sport, really. I know a cou-ple of women who are in their late 40swho have decided that they are going toreinvent themselves into more active,healthy people. This is a great way forthem to do that and I’m psyched to helpthem out.

guy came up and said ‘Can we help youwith your number?’ Some girls werelooking at my bike and saying ‘Are youreally going to do this on that?’ But I’mglad I entered that race because it’swhere I met my husband. He had justfinished his race and was catching hisbreath and chatting with friends. Ithought — wow, this guy’s a pro —because he was in matching spandex.

How is a race organized? What kind of racing do you do?

Well, I’m predominantly a mountainbike racer, but I also enjoy road andcyclocross. The events are broken downby skill level, gender, and age. There’s amen’s group, women’s group, etc.

How does someone get into competitive mountain bike racing?

Anyone can sign up for a race. Youusually have to start at the Beginnerlevel. Once you have so many wins inyour category you can move up and gofrom Beginner to Sport to Expert, andthen, to move into the Pro Level, youneed to start winning races nationallyand you have to apply for the prolicense.

How does someone move up in the ranksto the national level?

By placement. I won a couple of nation-al events at the expert level and turnedpro in 2003, the same year I got mar-ried. Winning is all about instinct,commitment, and determination. Thesecret to success is long hours of train-ing, even when it’s 20 degrees andsnowing out.

What distinguishes a national racefrom a local race?

The USA Cycling Association comesup with a national series every yearthat is designed by them. They haveseven races. Local races are also sanc-tioned by USA Cycling but plannedand executed locally. The real differencebetween the two comes down to quanti-ty and quality of racers. The nationalsattract more and better competitors.

So, Darcy. When did you know thatcycling was going to be more than just a weekend activity in your case?

Whenever I pick up a new sport, Iapproach it from a very competitiveposition. As soon as I realized whatcycling was, I knew I wanted to com-pete. I started out in competitive sportsas a ski racer when I was just seven oreight years old up in Maine. Later, Iraced for Colby College and after grad-uating I moved down here to teach atBancroft School in Worcester. There, Imet a sixth grade teacher who had racedfor Harvard and could share a lot abouthis racing experience. My first questionwasn’t ‘What kind of bike should I get?’It was ‘How do I get my racinglicense?’ It’s that way with me.

Did you enter a race right away?

I entered the Sterling Road Race on atouring bike. I didn’t have a clue. Youhave numbers you have to pin on yourback. I had mine on upside down. A

New Tantasqua science teacheris passionate about competingA conversation with Sturbridge resident,pro-cyclist, mom, and science teacher,Darcy Foley

CYCLING MOM Darcy Foley with her son Camden.

DARCY ON WINNING

Winning is all about instinct, commitment, and determination. The secret to success is long hoursof training, even when it’s 20degrees and snowing out.

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The Interview

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You’ve organized a ride for your students. Tell us about that.

Because I’m a teacher I wanted todesign a bike trip for the kids I had justspent the whole academic year with, soa few years ago my husband and I cre-ated the ‘Bay to Peak Run’. This year’swill be our fifth trip. We started in2002. We do two 40 mile days and thenhave the longest one, an 85-miler.Previously, we had run from ScussetBeach to Mt. Greylock. BecauseGreylock is closed this year, we’ll begoing to the top of Mt. Snow.

How many kids?

There will be eight kids, a mixture of8th and 9th graders. It will be more of achallenge for some than others. Therugged terrain and long distances makethis challenge a life-changing experi-ence for the teen-cyclists. We go up andover some very big hills in centralMassachusetts. We stop at PurgatoryChasm.

It must vary a great deal from year-to-year.

Every year is different. Each expeditionreally takes on a life of its own. Cyclists

begin to realize their potential at differ-ent moments along the way: rollinginto the campsite each night, trackingmileage on the map, summiting steepclimbs, chilling out around the campfirewith friends, crossing the state line orConnecticut River. Of course, along theway we’ll have all kinds of fun stayingat campsites and stopping at lakes,swimming and kayaking.

Where is the best mountain biking in Sturbridge?

Wells State Park. There’s a nice four-mile trail there. In fact, they used tohave a race there. There are little signsstill up that say MTB on them that youcan follow around. Sturbridge is reallyfull of young active people that you seeout on their bikes. There’s also a decenttrail behind the Tantasqua MiddleSchool. And Hodges over in Oxford isgood. There’s also a network of ‘secrettrails’ but I guess if I told you wherethose were it wouldn’t be a secret any-more.

What is your biggest rush on the bike?

Going fast and winning. Honestly, it’sthe competition. Now that I’m a Mom

Darcy FoleyContinued from previous page

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By Erik Radvon

Nothing beats a summerevening down at the ballpark.The crack of the bat, the roar ofthe crowd, and the dusty tensionof a slide into home plate are allfamiliar staples of Americana.

Unfortunately, the modernworld has thrown up some seri-ous hurdles between an averagefamily and an outing at a ball-game. Between outrageous ticketprices, long travel times, andsparse amenities, a trip out toFenway Park can simultaneouslydrain the bank account, gas tank,and emotional energy reserves ofany Sturbridge denizen bravingthe trek.

Sturbridge is a solid part ofRed Sox Nation, to be sure, andmany here have the desire topour out some love onto YawkeyWay. But the reality of the experi-

ence is increasingly less and lesscharming. Ticket prices fluctuatefrom steep to absurd. Should youchoose to drive, parking can bean adventure in both time andcapital. Public transportation,while wonderful in theory, isslightly less accommodating inpractice, with many trips alongthe Green Line providing all theambiance of a cattle car. Whilesandwiched in between a gaggleof drunken BU students and afellow of dubious hygienic prac-tices, many parents might findthemselves wishing they werewatching the game from the com-fort of their backyard screenhouses.

Enter the Worcester Torna-does. The local professionalteam, the first to play in CentralMassachusetts in nearly 75 years,is not only a regional power-house in the Can Am league butalso a heck of a lot of fun towatch. The team has been heat-ing up the summer nights withgreat sports and great family fun,playing home games to raucous

crowds at Hanover InsurancePark at Fitton Field.

“We have a lot going on for thefans this summer,” said Joe Izzo,Assistant General Manager forthe Tornadoes. “We're putting onfive fireworks shows this season,including one on July 3rd forIndependence Day.”

Events down at the stadiumrange from Salsa Night to IrishNight and encompass everythingin between. The docket of homegame promotions is impressiveand far from stale. There are bob-ble-head, team photos, helmets,and t-shirt giveaways. The BluesBrothers will be rocking the jointin August, ironically followed aweek later by Law EnforcementNight.

Not tooshabby forless than 20m i n u t e sdown thePike fromSturbridge.

On arecent Sat-urday nightgame therewere no va-cant bleach-ers and no crackled loudspeak-ers. One step into the park, locat-ed right at The College of theHoly Cross, and it’s clear that thisis no farm league. Rather, thespectacle on hand at Fitton wasthat of a true-blue professionalbaseball game.

The radio-worthy voices of thelocal announcers filled the airand the sound of bats meetingfastballs echoed through the sta-dium.

WXLO funnyman Steve Don-ovan bolted through the stands,jazzing up the crowd and engag-ing fans in a seemingly endlessarray of promotions and fun.

Free pizza delivered to the cra-ziest fan, a trip to the money pit(one of those inflatable bubbleswith money swirling around inthe air) for one lucky LittleLeague All Star, and a home runchallenge for movie tickets allhelped to make the action in thestands just as exciting as that onthe field.

A look around at the cheering

fans, the smiling kids (somewide-eyed with reverence), theenthusiastic players, stoic man-agers, and cool summer duskagainst the bustle of Worcester,one couldn't help but feel thatthis is more in the spirit of base-ball than $10 hotdogs and sittingbehind a green pole.

“Sure, we go out to Fenwaysometimes,” said Mark Sclamo,who came out to see the gamewith his two sons. “But this issomething a lot more family ori-ented. I can bring him here andlet him run around and havefun,” he said, referring to his 2-year old son Alex, who was hav-ing a blast playing with Twister,the team’s big, orange, dog-like

mascot. “This is

somethingwe just de-cided to dothis after-n o o n .D i d n ’ thave to doa lot ofp lanning ,ya know?Plus, it'sabout 10

times cheaper than going out toBoston. It’s good fun.”

The positive energy in the parkwas palpable. Even a mid-inningintrusion onto the field by a way-ward skunk was treated withgood humor, as Aerosmith's“Walk this Way” poundedthrough the speakers and fansjumped to their feet, laughingand dancing.

Young Keegan Kerr proudlyclutched a newly purchasedTornadoes pennant along side hisdad Tom as the game unfolded.

“This is our fourth time heretogether,” said Kerr. Tom waschosen to take place in theevening’s home run challenge,having to hit a ball mounted on atee over the right field fence.

“The only thing I'm used tohitting off a tee is a golf ball,” helaughed. “But I did it, we got themovie tickets!”

As for what keeps the familycoming back to Fitton Field allsummer long, the senior Kerroffers that “It's easy, local, and

Take yourself out to a ballgameWith The Worcester Tornadoes about 18 minutes down the Pike, it’s never been easier

Two-year-old Alex Sclamo yuks it up with his new pal,Twister, mascot for

The Worcester Tornadoes.

Distance from Sturbridge

FENWAYPARK 58 miles

FITTONFIELD 19 miles

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the kids really love it.”The amount of personal atten-

tion available for the average fanis what makes the experiencetruly remarkable.

A small army of Tornadoesstaffers constantly moved aboutthe stands. A Fan Assistancebooth is prominent in the centerof the main gate. The folk withthe organization pulsed with agenuine cheerful exuberance,engaging spectators in agenda-less conversation. From the fried-dough vendors to the ticketbooth, nearly everyone had asmile and was immediatelyapproachable. A far cry from theimpersonal and somewhat dehu-manizing services offered atmajor sporting events.

Even with a packed crowd ofnearly 2,200, all the amenitiesflowed without a hitch. In starkcomparison to a Red Sox game,where many a poor soul havemissed half an inning standing in

line for beer or refreshment, thelongest line in Worcester wasabout three people deep.

Joe Izzo is excited for the restof the season. “July is bringing abunch of events. The one I'mmost excited for is our CampDay, when we bring in all thesekids from summer camps allacross the region. There will belike 3,000 kids packed into thestadium,” he said. “It's definitelythe loudest day of the year.”

Also coming up are bothFirefighter and Law Enforcementappreciation nights, each ofwhich draws great crowds,according to Izzo.

With the summer about to kickinto high gear, why not giveyourself more than just anevening sequestered at the multi-plex?

Sturbridge families can’t gowrong by adding an evening offun with the Worcester Torn-adoes to their calendars.

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Sun sprays the crowd at Hanover Insurance Park, Fitton Field on a recent Saturday evening.STURBRIDGE TIMES PHOTOS BY ERIK RADVON

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July Picnic BasketBy Marion Macedo

QUICHE LORRAINE

POTATO SALAD

To submit your recipes for one complete meal to SturbridgeTimes Guest Kitchen, please send via email to: guestk-itchen@sturbridgetimes.com, or mail them to us: TheSturbridge Times Guest Kitchen, P.O. Box 418, Sturbridge,MA 01566. Be sure to sign your correspondence and pro-vide a way to contact so that we can confirm permission topublish them. Please do not submit previously-published orcopyrighted material.

1 (9 inch) unbaked pie crust1/3 cup finely chopped ham1/2 pound Gruyere or Swiss

cheese, grated1 tablespoon butter2 cups of hot milk

1 onion, chopped well4 eggs1 pinch salt1 pinch pepper1 pinch ground nutmeg

5 lbs. potatoes1 cup mayonnaise1/2 cup Miracle Whip dressing

1/4 cup milk2 tbsp. yellow mustardsalt and pepper to taste1 bunch green onions sliced

DILL SHRIMP DIP

1/2 cup milk(2) 8 oz. pkg. cream cheese(2) 4 1/2 oz. cans tiny shrimp2 tsp. lemon juice

Blend milk and cheese thoroughly. Add other ingredients.Chill at least 1 hour. Serve with veggies. Makes about aquart.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line the bottom of the pieshell with diced ham and grated cheese. In a largesaucepan, melt butter over medium-low. Add onions andstir occasionally until onions are soft. Spread over hamand cheese in pie shell. Beat eggs and add salt, pepperand nutmeg. Gradually stir in hot milk and heat this mix-ture over a low flame until it begins to thicken. Pour intoshell. Bake in preheated oven for 30 minutes or until cus-tard is set and golden on top. Of course, serve warmafter it has cooled a bit. But this is delicious when coldfor summer picnics.

Boil the potatoes until tender. Peel when cooled. Blendmayonnaise and the Miracle Whip, milk and mustard untilsmooth. Add salt and pepper to taste. Cut potatoes intocuabes and add to the dressing. Add in green onions andblend. Chill well for flavor blending. Serves 10.

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Starting later this month,Sturbridge Baking will launch“Sugar After Dark,” a Friday andSaturday evening affair that will,each week, give us a wonderfuldessert menu accompanied by select-ed wine pairings.

“Inspiration for the idea came froma pastry convention I attended last

year,” says Alina. “We went into anAtlantic City restaurant that was justdrinks and desserts and I wasimpressed. But even before then, I’dalways wanted to find a way to workthis sort of thing into what I do.”

Some of the sweet temptationswill include: Vanilla Malted CremeBrulee with Cashew AlmondBrittle; Dark Chocolate Fondu;Table-top (make your own) Smores;Flights of Gelato and Sorbetto (aseries of individual flavors present-ed in ice glasses); Sautee of SummerFruits with Basilmint Semifredoand Black Pepper Florentine and aMyan Lava Cake (rich jalapeno-spiked chocolate cake with a moltenchocolate center served with Dulcede Leche Gelato).

Those who choose the smoreswill get their own hibachi and apupu-platter style selection of fla-vors for the dipping.

A special composed dessert willchange weekly.

The menu will change seasonallyto reflect Alina’s emphasis on fresh,locally-grown ingredients.

“This will be dessert as a wholeexperience,” says Alina. “We’ll beupscale and loungy, more likesomething you would find closer tothe city.”

Alina and Steve are consultingwith Christine Zecker, formerly ofYankee Spirits, for the wine pairing.

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The beaches in the Hamptons are among the mostbeautiful on the northeast coast. The trip from

Sturbridge can be taken entirely by roaddown Rts. 84 to 91 and 95, skirting NewYork City, then battling 495 out to the endof Long Island. Or you can drive to NewLondon and put your car on a 1.5 hr.

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that depends on what you’re look-ing for and, depending on whereyou are, how much attitude you cantolerate. But if you like clean, sandybeaches with great body surfing,relish superb food, enjoy exploringwine vineyards and farms, and cantolerate the nagging whines of thespoiled and entitled, it’s definitelyworth a weekend trip fromSturbridge. Plus—depending onhow you get there, the journey canbe half the fun.

The Hamptons comprise twotowns on the south fork of LongIsland: Southampton and East-hampton. Beginning in South-hampton, you will find 13 hamletsand villages stretching west fromWesthampton to Sagaponack. Yes.Hamlets and villages. That’s howthey do things down there. Soundsquainter than it looks in manyplaces, especially when you get toplaces like Central Islip andRonkonkoma.

While we’re on this subject, someSturbridge Trekkers will reallywonder about these village andhamlet designations. For example,in the year 2000, the village of WestHampton Dunes, located on a barri-er island (it looks exactly as youimagine) had only 11 residents and3 houses among its dunes and tall,waving flea-ridden grass. A villagefor 11 people? You have to wonder,

why bother?In the Hamptons, each village (or

hamlet) has its own flavor, and it’sdefinitely worth at least a drive-through to sample them.

The village of Southampton wasthe second town incorporated inwhat is now the state of New York(after Southold).

Today, Southampton boasts asplendid and tasteful downtownwith fine elegant, understatedshops catering to one of the wealth-iest and most discerning clientelesin the country. But it’s not all upper-crust and expensive.

America’s first department store,Hildreth’s, is still located in down-town Southampton Village. It’s aplace that sells good quality, sensi-ble things for your home at reason-able prices. It is also precisely whatyou would expect from a dry goodsstore that was established in 1800and never moved. They have one inEast Hampton too, but it’s got anall-too-fresh cookie-cutter feel.

Outside downtown, highhedgerows line many of the neigh-borhood streets of this village. As aresult, most of the exquisite man-sions are all but invisible to us com-mon folk. Come to think of it, overthe years, we’ve seen many moregardeners than bluebloods inSouthampton.

Heading west, the villages ofBridgehampton and Sagaponacktake you further toward the tip ofthe island at Montauk Point.

Montauk Highway, which is theroad that links these villages fromSouthampton out to the end of theisland, takes a curve in Bridge-hampton. It’s worth a stop rightthere to walk around, or even have

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downtown Bridgehampton attractsmany people you might probablyrecognize from music, television,

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By Dennis FinnHaving just moved from

Needham, only five miles fromCatholic Memorial, to Stur-bridge, only two miles fromTantasqua High School, put mein a unique position last SaintPatricks Day evening.

As I was surfing absentlythrough the channels, my mindwas fixed on the idea that I wasabout to go out for drinks anddinner. That ended when theclicker landed on CM andTantasqua warming up for aState Championship basketballgame at the DCU in Worcester.Now, I was never a basketballplayer; I lacked the finesse, opt-ing to play football and hockey,but this game seemed too good tobe true.

I figured I’d watch until it wasclear that the big bad city kidswere going to take Tantasqua’slunch and laugh all the wayhome. I knew nothing of eitherteam but, as a city kid myself, Ismugly thought, along with, Ibet, most conventional wisdom,

this was a lock for CM. As a kid I had applied to CM

and was rejected so I wasn’t mus-tering up any hopes for them. Asone who typically roots for theunderdog in most circumstancesI fell on the side of my newneighbors, but felt deep-downthat they did not have much of achance.

Then the game began.

Just as I had expected CMseemed to dominate. The firsthalf ended and if the game hadended then, CM would havebeen victorious. The second halfstarted out much like the firstwith CM seeming to control thegame but Tantasqua, althoughdown right into the fourth quar-ter, never seemed to go away.

I began to detect a patience,even a quiet confidence about theteam. I won’t mention nameshere because this was truly ateam effort.

And then I saw the turningpoint — clear as day.

With about three and half min-utes (I think) left to go one of theguards, not even a starter fromTantasqua, took an elbow foulfrom a CM player who was tow-ering over him. That guard knewit, and I could sense it: CM wasgoing down although they stillheld the lead.

I have played in and seenmany athletic events in my life. Ihad seats on the floor of the

Garden in the early-mid-80s,when Larry, Robert and Kevin(and sometimes Bill) among oth-ers, brought three NBAChampionships to Boston. I haveseen great sporting events.

What I saw that night in Marchranked right up there with thevery best sports has to offer.

In a recent conversation withTantasqua junior varsity coachMark Musca, I heard this samestory from the coach’s pespec-tive. He told me:

“It was definitely a David andGoliath situation and we endedup winning. It was a tooth andnail game. I have never coached agroup of kids like this before.They don’t panic, they have emo-tions that are very much in check,and they stay focused on the jobat hand. They just get it done. Dowe think we are going to be goodnext year? Yes. Teams will begunning for us. We’ve been pret-ty good for the last two or threeyears. And now we’re StateChampions.”

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(of toddler Camden) I have to be morecareful. I can’t get out there for longtraining rides the way I used to. Myfocus needs to be on quality riding andnot so much the quantity.

Tell us about you in the classroom. You’remaking a big transition this year from teaching science in a small private schoolto doing the same here at Tantasqua.

My passions are being a mom, cyclingand teaching science. I was teachingphysical science before, more on chem-istry side, now I’ll be shifting to biologyand conceptual physics. I love teachingscience because of the labs. The tactilelearning that helps bring the subjectalive for the students.

Any idea how these changes will influencehow you’ll be teaching?

My goals are the same: engage eery stu-dent in a safe, rigorous, and experientiallearning environment. I hope that mygenuine enthusiasm and passion for sci-ence inspires my students to be cometotally invested in the material coveredduring class. I’m excited to have theopportunity to work with more studentsand I’ve heard great things about thescholars at Tantasqua. We’ll all find outin September.

film or politics. Seating spills ontothe street, café style, and the foodand drinks are good.

Continuing west on MontaukHighway, you will pass theBridgehampton Shops on yourleft, a large plaza boasting the K-Mart that Caroline Kennedyreportedly fought to keep open.

Keep going just a bit and take aright onto Sagg Main Road. This isa fascinating and unassumingcountry road that heads out ontoSagg Main Beach, one of the fewhassle-free (and beautiful) publicbeaches in the Hamptons. This isthe beach we recommend to you.

This stretch of road probablylooks a lot like it did in the 1940s,when Jackson Pollock lived there.

Sagg Main General Store is likea step back 50 years and worth aquick stop. Pickle jar. Beeman’sgum. You get the idea.

The now famous “Loaves andFishes” catering and take-out shopis on Sagg Main. It’s an interestinglittle place with ambitious food.

Because of their relative proxim-ity to the ocean, the propertiessouth of the Montauk Highwayare worth more than those to thenorth. The further north you drive,the less expensive it becomes (thedeeper the cheaper) but this is allrelative in the Hamptons.

When you leave Sagaponack,you enter Water Mill, the western-most village in the Town ofEasthampton.

You’ll know you’ve arrived inthe Village of East Hampton whenthe highway takes a sharp left infront of a home they call appropri-ately “The White House” — a largewhite clapboard colonial clad withvivid red flowers blooming volup-tuously from window boxes underevery window. It’s a house thatwould fit nicely on Fiske HillRoad, though there’s somethingabout it that wouldn’t fit inSturbridge at all. It’s too mani-cured. Too contrived. Stark white.Red flowers. Attractively creepy, ifyou will. One wonders how manykids have been scolded there for

running through the halls withpeanut butter fingers.

People have always said thatEast Hampton is great for celebri-ty-spotting. With a few exceptions,that hasn’t been our experience.

If you do go to East Hampton,

you should eat at Babette’s onNew-towne Road. The food is lightand imaginative and priced withinreason for that market.

The Hamptons are a bit of acliche these days, but there’s a lotthere to explore.

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Q: The recent news about aman with drug-resistant tuberculo-sis who flew on a commercial jethas me concerned about this dis-ease. How serious is the risk oftuberculosis for the average per-son?

A: Last month, health offi-cials quarantined an Atlantaman infected with a type oftuberculosis (TB) that resistsmultiple antibiotics. He knewhe had TB before leaving for ahoneymoon in Europe. AfterU.S. health officials determinedhe had extensively drug-resist-ant TB (XDR TB), they contact-ed him and told him not to fly.But the man took commercialflights in Europe before flyingto Canada, also on a regularflight.

Most people probablythought the days of quarantinewere over long ago. After all,we have highly effective antibi-otics, vaccinations and otherpublic-health measures to pre-vent and treat infectious dis-eases. In fact, this is the govern-ment's first quarantine in morethan 40 years. And it's not somedeadly, previously unknowninfection. He has an age-old dis-ease about which we knowplenty.

TB is a historic scourge ofhumankind. Even now, it is theleading infectious cause ofdeath in the world, accountingfor more than 2 million deaths ayear. We have been luckier inthe United States than in devel-oping countries. Starting inabout 1900, improved livingstandards led to a decline in thedisease, which dropped furtherafter the discovery of anti-TBdrugs in mid-century. But in1984, an alarming rise occurred,fueled by the twin tragedies of

sive diagnosis and strict isola-tion of cases.

Still, there is no room forcomplacency about TB. In 2006,doctors in South Africa identi-fied a new, extensively drug-resistant (XDR) strain of TB.XDR TB defies treatment withall standard drugs, makingtreatment extremely difficult.Initially, it was confined toAIDS patients in South Africa,but infection respects no bor-ders. XDR TB has alreadyturned up in other countriesaround the world, and furtherspread is a worry.

TB has always been potential-

ly fatal. But most deaths fromTB occur when the condition isnot diagnosed promptly orbecause the proper antibioticsare not started in time.

In some ways, the currentcase is a product of advances inscience and technology. Whenantibiotic use becomes wide-spread, bacteria may mutateinto a form that resists antibi-otics. When drugs for TB werefirst introduced, drug-resistantstrains of the germ were rare.No more. And global travel canspread tough bugs, puttingmore people at risk.

Another twist to this news isthat the man with XDR TBappears to have ignored med-ical advice and traveled exten-sively. He took two transatlanticflights and four flights withinEurope.

This potentially put his fel-low passengers at risk.Confinement in close quartersincreases the risk of spreadingTB. Long travel time and recir-culation of the air in an airplanecabin also may contribute to therisk of spreading the infection.And because this man has XDRTB, the stakes are particularlyhigh.

But you may find it reassur-ing to know that modern air-craft pump a combination of 50percent fresh and 50 percentrecirculated air into the cabin.The recirculated air passesthrough a high-efficiency partic-ulate air filter (HEPA) that'sdesigned to capture 99.9 percentof particles as small as 0.3microns, which includes infect-ed respiratory droplets.

Also, even the people seatednext to the infected man areconsidered to be at low risk foracquiring the infection. That'sbecause he has too few TBgerms to even show up whenexperts examine his phlegmunder a microscope. And ifnews reports are accurate, it'sparticularly reassuring that

HIV and homelessness. We alsosaw the first cases of multidrugresistant (MDR) TB.

Ordinary TB responds to acombination of four drugs forthe first two months, followedby two drugs for four addition-al months. But MDR strainsresist the first-line drugs, sotreatment requires a complexcocktail of multiple second-linedrugs.

In the United States, the riskof both standard and MDR TBplateaued in 1992. It hasdeclined steadily since, to anall-time low of about 14,000cases a year, owing to aggres-

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Avoiding Tuberculosis

Most people in the United States probably don’thave to worry about becoming infected withTB. Those at greatest risk are people who are

homeless, poverty-stricken, imprisoned, or who abusedrugs. Other risks include having HIV, working in amedical facility, or being exposed to a person known tohave TB, especially if they are coughing and sneezing.

Here are some other measures to reduce your risk of TB:

• If you are near someone with TB, wear a special masksuch as an N 95 respirator. Talk to your doctor abouthow to obtain the type of mask that is effective for thispurpose.

• Have regular TB skin tests to determine whether you’vebeen exposed, especially if you have one or more riskfactors for the disease. New blood tests may replace skintests in the near future.

• If your skin test shows a recent infection, your doctorwill order a chest x-ray and other tests to see if youhave an active infection. Even if these tests are negative,your doctor may recommend treatment to prevent alatent infection from becoming active in the future.

• A vaccine for TB is available, but it is only partiallyeffective. It is rarely recommended in the U.S. But thatmay change if drug-resistant TB becomes a majorthreat. The vaccine is used routinely in other countries.

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New lessons in science and beauty from Sturbridge aesthetician

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ysis, but the laser beam sees the colorin hair from its melanin and there isselective absorption of the laser heatinto the hair bulb. That is whatdestroys the hair.”

Because hair doesn’t grow all atthe same time, multiple visits arerequired to treat hair that had been ina dormant state during previoustreatments.

McCaffrey reports that sheachieves as much as 90 to 95 percenthair reduction in her clients.

“Nothing is forever,” she cautions.“As patients age and hormoneschange, hair may come back, butsparsely.”

Many prospective clients are con-cerned about pain with laser treat-ments.

“It’s a mild sensation of snappingan elastic against the skin,”McCaffrey says. “Some people mightsense a mild sunburn for up to 48hours following treatment.”

McCaffrey says that her laser is sogentle she is not required to usenumbing creams that are necessaryin other offices. “We use aloe duringthe treatments,” she says.

McCaffrey is concerned about theprevalence of skin cancer today. “It’ssomething like one in five now com-ing down with this,” she laments.“It’s ridiculous because it doesn’thave to happen. Everyone is going tothe sun tanning beds. They don’tworry about the damage they’redoing to their own skin.”

McCaffrey explains that brownspots on the skin represent sun dam-age. “The laser will see this pigmen-tation and during treatment it willdarken, and then flake and fall off.”

Some laser treatments are not indi-cated for the darkest skin typesbecause of the high concentration ofmelanin.

The ultrasonic facial is a cutting-edge procedure that uses ultrasoundwaves, much like a toothbrush, totreat skin anomalies. It is so gentlethat it can be used on all skin types,and can be offered to all ethnicgroups.

“I’m very high on education in mybusiness,” McCaffrey says. “I’m allabout good skin care and preventa-tive measures. This is not a pamper-ing service. It’s about serious skincare because it is so necessary forgood health.” — PC

hesitant. It is mostly women cominghere, whereas there is a much small-er difference between the amount ofmen and women having laser hairremoval as you get closer to the city.Out here, it’s mostly women.”

HALF THE COST Underarms, bikini lines and facial

hair are the most common requests.The laser treatment for these condi-tions generally involves about fivevisits at an overall cost of about halfof what is being charged inWorcester.

“We give Boston treatments with-out city prices,” McCaffrey claims.

Much of what McCaffrey doesrequires a significant amount ofclient education.

For explaining laser treatment forhair removal, McCaffrey breaks itdown to fundamentals.

“We explain that the laser we useis a light system device, and thebeam that emanates from it seeks outpigmentation. It’s similar to electrol-

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WHILE THERE IS NO WAY TO GOBACK IN TIME, there are ways thatpeople can stop or even reverse theclock on skin aging.

Tina Malooly McCaffrey, a localaesthetician and owner of AdvancedSkincare in Sturbridge, has beenhelping people with their skin prob-lems for over 20 years. Her interest inthe subject began because of her ownskin problems.

“I had a terrible case of acne andwas treated by a dermatologist,”McCaffrey explains. “When I sawwhat could be done for me I wantedto help other people and to under-stand the science behind all of this.”

Following training and service indermatology and plastic surgerypractices, McCaffrey opened a localbusiness in Sturbridge where shetreats a wide variety of skin prob-lems through multiple treatmentmodalities.

“Believe it or not, I see more adultfemales with acne than teenagers,”she reports. “When I first meet apatient, I take a thorough historywhich includes information aboutlifestyle, cosmetic usage and anyhormonal issues.”

Clients who come with rosaceareceive education on the many fac-tors involved in triggering the non-curable skin problem. “We discusslifestyle and usually modify dietaryhabits,” McCaffrey says. “There areproducts that help, but each situationis different.”

The most common problemsbrought to McCaffrey involve spiderveins, pigmentation issues and therequest for hair removal.

“Most people come for hairremoval,” McCaffrey says. “Some are

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