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FISKDALE – Quaboag Regional Middle High School senior Natalie Page has a plan once she graduates.

Attending college, finding employment and living inde-pendently are all things that Page expects to experience in

the coming years. However last week she was able to fast for-ward her life for a glimpse into her future when she attended the Credit for Life fair at Tan-tasqua Regional High School.

“I thought it was interest-ing,” Page said. “There were lots of things I didn’t realize I had to pay for.”

That, in a nutshell, is why

CFL exists.“Credit for Life is a finan-

cial literacy exercise where we ask seniors to role play a 25-year-old with a career, a salary, a credit score and a budget sheet,” Jodie Gerulaitis, vice-president of communi-

Learning financial literacycan be fun

Tantasqua Regional High School students Alyssa Cameron, far right, and Ben Anderson get furniture pricing from Country Bank employee Matthew McDaniel at Credit for Life last week.

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NORTH BROOKFIELD – North Brookfield held their Special and Annual Town Meetings last Friday at the North Brookfield Elementary School auditorium. Although many of the articles presented were postponed until June 14, including the fiscal 2020 bud-get, the 20-plus articles present-ed to voters received approval. The budget was postponed un-til the state budget is passed.

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STURBRIDGE – Tanta-squa Regional High School culinary arts students, who work in the school’s Corner-stone Cafe, chose chili peppers as the key ingredient for dishes they developed for the annual Team Chef Competition. In past years key ingredients have included honey, chocolate and cheese.

It will be held on Sunday,

May 19, from noon to 3 p.m. at the Sturbridge Host Hotel & Conference Center on Route 20. The proceeds go toward costs for Tantasqua technical students to take part in Skills USA competitions and for scholarships for hospitality and culinary students to con-tinue studying after gradua-tion.

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TURLEY PUBLICATIONS FILE PHOTOTwo students from Tantasqua Regional High School’s the Cornerstone Cafe particpate in last year’s Team Chef Competition. This year’s will be held on Sunday, May 19, from noon to 3 p.m. at the Sturbridge Host Hotel on Route 20.

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WARREN – Quaboag Re-gional High School’s drama and music departments came together this past Friday and Saturday to perform “Little Shop of Horrors.” This show was planned and produced by juniors and seniors of the school as a farewell to their school before graduating this June.

The show was proposed to James Joinville, the music teacher at Quaboag Regional High School, by the seniors in the drama and music depart-ments. The students then cre-ated the set, choreographed the play and memorized their lines, all in less than 12 weeks.

The school also hosted a

50/50 raffle and a snack bar, with all the proceeds going back to the drama department. Through similar shows the de-partment was able to renovate the lighting in the auditorium last year, and they are hoping to raise enough money to ren-ovate the speakers.

Along with the show, snack bar, and raffle, a statue of the Audrey II, the man-eating plant from the play, stood by to accept audience members’ non-perishable foods in its mouth to be donated to a local shelter.

The show had three show-times including Friday night at 7 p.m., and Saturday at 1 and 7 p.m.

Quaboag Regional stages ‘Little Shop of Horrors’

TURLEY PUBLICATIONS CORRESPONDENT PHOTO BY SCOTT SENECALHunter Lynch, who plays Seymour, and Robert Wilson, who plays Mr. Mushnich, have an argument before Wilson’s character gets eaten by the plant in “Little Shop of Horrors” performed by Quaboag Regional Middle High School students last weekend.

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NEW BRAINTREE - Plen-ty of hearty appetites showed up last Saturday night for the annual Ham and Bean Supper, sponsored by Oakham Boy Scout Troop 144 and held at the New Braintree Town Hall.

Scouts, leaders and volunteers

worked all afternoon to offer a tasty dinner for the crowd they anticipated. Ham was cooked to perfection, with an assortment of baked beans, corn bread, desserts, and variety of beverages offered, making it a perfect venue for a family dinner out.

Monies raised from the sup-per help to fund activities for the scouts throughout the year.

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Ali LaRoche, left, and mom Amanda help themselves to delicious ham while Mark Turnbull patiently waits his turn at the scout dinner.

Left to right are friendly Scouts from Troop 144, Matthew Aremburg, Sam Labarre and Logan Carter, as they collected money and tickets at the Ham and Bean Sup-per Saturday night.

NORTH BROOK-FIELD – North Brook-field Junior Senior High School has released the honor roll for the third quarter of the 2018-2019 school year.

GRADE 7Honors: Megan K.

Bokis, Daniel A. Daige, Olivia M. Giangrande, Paige A. Leach, Mary E. McGeachie, Kyle B. Norrie, Nason J. Omas-ta, Amanda L. Seidler, Jacob P. Standrowicz and Joseph L. Standrowicz.

High Honors: Kai-ley M. Dutter, Jenna L. Oberg, Laura K. Orne and Hyrum J. Tonks.

GRADE 8Honors: Matthew T.

Adams, Kyle N. Con-nor, Savannah E. Cote, Sophia M. Hearnlaye, Paige E. Lafferty, Aspen C. Qualles and Patrick A. Tierney.

High Honors: Hunter D. Burton, Serenity M. Kauppila and Rebecca A. Martin Najar.

GRADE 9Honors: Kelly T. Daige,

Maria Kapoukranidis, Jack W. Renaud, Hannah E. Southwick and Brean-na R. Waugh.

High Honors: Jenna E. Dupell, Abigail G. Hildick, Sarah R. LaM-ontagne, Riley E. Mc-Garry, Rebecca R. Miner and Eve C. Tonks.

GRADE 10Honors: Mikayla A.

Bokis, Jacob P. Conway and Lily A. Smith.

High Honors: Cami R. Zalauskas.

GRADE 11Honors: Benjamin

D. Berthiaume, Faith E. Caramiello, Gabrielle E. Cournoyer, Shannon M. Daige, Ethan B. Hildick, Cassandra A. McGarry, Nathan S. Norrie, Brian-na M. Quilitzsch, Lynd-sey Schimmelpenningh, Hannah C. Schultz, Sar-ah G. Stafford and Jessi-ca S. Tower.

High Honors: Alec S. Norrie.

GRADE 12Honors: Alexis M.

Bodily, Jonah M. Clark, Jessica L. Frigo, Nathan Gershman, Cameron R. Gower, Jessie Hevy, Christina Iott, Justin R. Lareau, Ariana M. Styles and Jacqueline C. Tenney.

High Honors: Lunden J. Scannell.

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NORTH BROOK-FIELD – The recently formed Downtown De-velopment Committee of North Brookfield plans to explore and devel-op ways to improve the downtown district, and will survey townspeople to find out what type of businesses they want to see in their community. It will also explore op-tions for streamlining town zoning regulations to remove obstacles for prospective businesses, as well as find ways to incen-tivize landlords to attract new business tenants.

The Committee wishes to invite all members of

its business community to an open meeting focused on finding what their in-terests, needs, and wishes may be for the upcoming renovation of the town’s business district. Working jointly with the Commit-tee, Central Massachu-setts Regional Planning Commission, the Friends of the North Brookfield Town House selectmen, as well as state and local of-ficials, North Brookfield is enacting plans for town revitalization. Fundrais-ing is already underway but it is essential to find out what local business-es/property owners need in order to thrive. Those

involved in planning will seek funds to restore some existing structures, repur-pose others and improve the curb appeal of the en-tire downtown in order to create conditions that at-tract new businesses and enhance the marketability of those presently in oper-ation.

A joint meeting of those involved will be held at the Senior Cen-ter, located at 29 Forest St., North Brookfield, on Wednesday, May 22, at 6:30 p.m. Local business owners and other con-cerned parties are strong-ly urged to attend. This meeting will affect the

growth and development of the town for decades to come, and will surely have an effect upon merchants, industries and those af-fected by employment in those organizations. The Committee will identi-fy and pursue grants for the revitalization, but is relying on the input of concerned citizens to guide prioritization and decision making. Citi-zens and others wishing to contact the Commit-tee are welcome to do so through the town office, or can attend its regular-ly scheduled meetings, which are always open to the public.

Joint meeting on downtown development set for May 22

WEST BROOK-FIELD – The George Whitefield United Meth-odist Church will host its third annual Music for the Soul Concert on May 17, at 7 p.m. at the church, 33 W. Main St. Featured this year will be professional classi-cal singers, violinist and pianist as well as the GWUMC Violin School string ensemble. These annual concerts have been an amazing gift to our local communities, as this caliber of mu-sic is rarely available in this area. This year, the program will include bass-baritone Seungyun Kim and tenor Heejae

Kim singing classical and popular selections, in addition to a string ensemble of Juhee Lee, on violin, and Alice Da Eun Ryu, on piano. For the fist time, students of the violin school will also perform. The community is invited and encouraged to partake of this beau-tiful opportunity to hear world class musicians perform timeless music to refresh the soul. A free-will offering will be accepted to benefit the mission of the George Whitefield United Meth-odist Church. Past con-cert have provided hur-ricane relief and violin school seed money.

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WEST BROOK-FIELD – The West Brookfield Asparagus Festival will take place on Saturday, May 18, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the town common, at routes 9 and 67. It is free and open to the public. Come enjoy the 17th annual cel-ebration of spring, aspar-agus and all things earthy and artisanal. One hun-dred juried exhibitors of plants, flowers, arts, crafts

and animals will be there. There are free games for kids. Venture to Aspara-gus Alley, which features homemade pies, chowder and other diverse vendors of varieties of foods. The frog jumping contest is at 1:30, and there is music all day. There is parking near the common, but there is also a free, all-day shuttle bus from the town garage at the junction of Central and Front streets.

Asparagus Festival on May 18 in West Brookfield

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EAST BROOK-FIELD – The East Brookfield Fire Associ-ation is hosting an Inde-pendence Day Celebra-tion on Saturday July 6, 2019, with a rain date of July 7. There will be a children’s Parade of Wheels at 11 a.m., and our grand parade starting at noon. Family events and activities going on throughout the day on the Connie Mack Field with various novelty and food vendors. There will be live bands playing mu-sic starting at 6:30 p.m., followed by the fireworks display at 9:30 p.m..

The schedule of events for the day is:

11 a.m. – Kid’s Parade of Wheels

Noon – Grand Parade, food and craft vendors

1 p.m. – Chicken bar-

becue begins with Chef Jay Powell

1 to 9:30 p.m. – Family events and vendors open to the public, carnival midway, petting zoo

All Day: Vendors In-clude hair ribbons and bows, succulents and plants, face painting, bakeries and pastries, crocheted crafts, candles, soaps and lotions and more.

1 p.m. – East Brook-field’s first annual car show with raffle prizes and a 50/50 raffle

3:15 p.m. – Judging for car how

6 p.m. – Admission to the evenings events, $2/person everyone ages 5 and up. All admission charges go directly toward the fireworks display.

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tions or who would like more information re-garding a vendor booth, please feel free to call the East Brookfield Fire Station at 508-867-3124 and leave a message for Patricia Allen, who will return each call as soon as possible.

Firefighters prepare for Independence Day celebration

NORTH BROOK-FIELD – On May 9, the Rotary Club of the Brookfields officially in-ducted Norma Beaudry during the club’s meeting at First Church in North Brookfield. The ceremo-ny was conducted by Past President Beverly Sawyer. Joining the assembled members in welcoming Beaudry were President Luanne McLeod and

Assistant Governor and Immediate Past President Lynn Duffy-OShea.

At the meeting, Mc-Leod also announced that incoming District Governor Pam Anastasi has invited her to become an Assistant Governor starting on July 1. She will be the second Assis-tant Governor from our club, joining AG Lynn Duffy-OShea.

Brookfields Rotary serves the four Brook-fields, Spencer and War-ren. To learn more about how Rotary works to improve lives locally and worldwide, visit the club’s website or Facebook Page, or join them at a meeting at Ye Olde Tav-ern in West Brookfield on most Thursday evenings at 6 p.m.

TURLEY PUBLICATIONS COURTESY PHOTOSeen from left, Assistant Governor Lynn Duffy-OShea, Norma Beaudry, President Luanne McLeod, and Past President Beverly Sawyer, who is seated.

Rotary inducts Norma Beaudry

NORTH BROOK-FIELD – The North Brookfield Savings Bank has been a proud, long-time community sup-porter of Camp Putnam, making donations ex-ceeding $30,000 over the past years. The strong community connection with the organization continues as the bank announces that the Feed a Camper at Camp Put-nam fundraiser will re-turn again during May and June.

North Brookfield Savings Bank is encour-aging community mem-bers to once again join forces with the bank to raise funds and help feed local campers this summer. Nestled in the fields and forests of New Braintree, Camp Putnam provides an authentic, nature-based camping ex-perience for children and is affordable for all fami-lies regardless of income. With the help of the com-munity, the bank hopes to ease the concern for campers who may face the struggle of food inse-curity during their every-day lives, and allow them to have a carefree, fun-filled camp experience.

The bankplaces a high value on public ser-vice, with “Community Support” being one of the five established core values of the bank, and kicked off the fundraiser with a $1,000 donation, in hopes that the contin-ued teamwork with their communities will allow them to raise even more. With a total fundraising goal of $1,500, North Brookfield Savings Bank is asking community members, customers and bank employees to help raise the remaining $500

during May and June by donating at any branch location.

“We continue to be exceptionally grateful for the generous support of the customers, employees and leadership of North Brookfield Savings Bank. NBSB’s support through the ‘Feed a Camper’ campaign assists in us providing three healthy, home cooked meals per day each day to each of our 750-plus summer campers. For many of our campers, food insecuri-ty is a real and constant factor in their lives,” said Todd Stewart, executive camp director. “The gen-erous support of the ‘Feed a Camper’ campaign as-sists us in continuing our mission of providing all campers an enriching, safe and productive sum-mer experience regardless of their families’ financial circumstances.”

Camp Putnam spends more than $40,000 on food every summer and proudly serves campers tasty and healthy home-cooked and “kid-friend-ly” meals such as home-made mac and cheese, tacos, shepherd’s pie, fresh fruits and veggies, pancakes, French toast and more.

Anyone can make a donation into the desig-nated collection jars dis-played along the teller line at any North Brook-field Savings Bank branch location, with branches located in North Brook-field, East Brookfield, West Brookfield, Ware, Belchertown, Palmer and Three Rivers.

“North Brookfield Savings Bank is honored to partner with and sup-port organizations like Camp Putnam, whose

efforts help aid in the well-being and happiness of our young, local com-munity members,” said Donna Boulanger, North Brookfield Savings Bank president and CEO. “Camp Putnam provides a safe, nurturing, healthy, and fun environment for campers to make friends and experience personal growth. We are hopeful that with our contribu-tion and the generosity of our community mem-bers we will once again reach and exceed our goal to help feed campers well-rounded, nutritious meals.”

North Brookfield Sav-ings Bank is also a proud $500 Gold Sponsor of the Camp Putnam Ramble Q event taking place on May 19. The event features a Kid’s Fun Run at 10:30 a.m., Red Feather Ram-ble 5K at 11 a.m., a chick-en barbecue from noon-2 p.m. and an After Party from 2 p.m. and on with live music, local craft beer, a corn hole tournament and children’s games. People can contact Camp Putnam at 774-757-8264 for pricing and tickets or visit them at http://www.campputnam.org/ for more information.

North Brookfield Savings Bank is a mu-tual savings bank with full-service branches in North Brookfield, East Brookfield, West Brook-field, Ware, Belchertown, Palmer and Three Rivers Village of Palmer.

Camp Putnam, locat-ed on 150 acres of fields and forest in rural New Braintree, has been serv-ing local children for over 65 years. To learn more about Camp Putnam, people may visit http://www.campputnam.org/.

NBSB holds Feed a Camper fundraiser at bank branches

NEW BRAINTREE – The New Braintree Con-gregational Church will host its annual strawberry festival at the New Brain-tree Town Hall, Memori-al Dr., at 5:30 p.m. Satur-day, June 8. The menu of ham, beans, potato salad, coleslaw, rolls and bev-

erages will be followed by strawberry shortcake for dessert. There will be one sitting. Reservations must be made by calling 508-867-2387 or 508-410-7424. Tickets are $12 for adults and $6 for children 10 and under. Takeout is available.

New Braintree church hosts strawberry festival

Church tag sale, May 18

NORTH BROOK-FIELD – There will be a tag sale at Christ Memori-al Episcopal Church, 133 North Main St. on Satur-day, May 18, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Puzzles, books, clothes, kid’s stuff, kitchen items, treasures and more. People can name their own price for items.

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Church Street in Ware has some of the most beauti-

ful pink flowering dog-wood that I have ever seen. Despite the fact that the windshield wip-ers were going a mile a minute, the beauty of this tree in flower made it seem like a sunny day. Almost!

The dogwood we know and love goes by the scientific name of Cornus florida. Few other small trees offer four seasons of interest. The show starts each spring with beautiful flowers (actually bracts, but more on that later) in shades of white and pink, continues with scarlet fruit in sum-mer and brilliant foliage in autumn. Once the leaves fall, the tree’s interesting habit of horizontal branching is most evident and is a delight during the winter months. This spe-cies of dogwood usually tops off at 25 feet although 40 feet is not uncommon. As the tree ages, is becomes much more wide than it is tall, upwards of 50 percent wider! Keep this statistic in mind when choosing a permanent location for the specimen.

The actual flowers produced by the tree sit in the center of four flattened bracts. As mentioned, these bracts give the tree its show-stopping springtime color. The flowers themselves are usually of no interest to any-one but the pollinators. Once the flowers give way to fruit, birds too take note of the tree and dine heartily.

Growing naturally in the woodland under-story, dogwoods are happiest when planted in acidic, moist soil. Shade from hot afternoon sun is desirable. Some optimists will purchase the tree for a full sun location with the inten-tion of watering well during droughty periods. I advise “just don’t do it.” If a flowering dog-wood becomes stressed due to improper siting it will be more susceptible to disease infesta-tion. Dogwood anthracnose is one disease that can ultimately kill the tree. Just to be on the

safe side, choose a variety with some level of disease resistance, even if you plan on doing everything right.

Besides their growing conditions, flower-ing dogwoods are also particular about inju-ries to the bark brought on by mowers and pruning. Serious wounds from weekend war-riors who “got a little too close” with the yard tractor can weaken the tree substantially. Fresh cuts of any kind make for prime egg laying grounds of the dogwood borer. Larvae feed under the bark beginning in midsummer and emerge nearly a year later. Although the exit holes are small, merely three millimeters, you will notice a residue of sawdust coming from them. The bark will often slough in that area as a result of the damage. Once it does, the tree is a goner and best put out of its mis-ery with one final basal cut.

I found it interesting, and contradicting, to learn that despite its susceptibility to decay, dogwood is a very hard wood, used to make mallets, butcher’s blocks and other items that require durability.

For more information on dogwoods consult the book by the same name, authored by Paul Cappiello and Don Shadow (Timber Press, $39.95). No doubt you will turn to the section on flowering dogwood first, but don’t stop there. Just a few pages later you will learn about a more forgiving cousin by the name of Kousa. This tree, once established, will stop traffic in early summer. Or how about the Red Oiser? The bright red winter stems of this dogwood stand out unlike any other against new fallen snow. I could go on, by why ruin your fun? Get the book and learn more about this unique genus.

Roberta McQuaid graduated from the Stockbridge School of Agriculture at he University of Massachusetts. For the last 28 years, she has held the position of staff hor-ticulturalist at Old Sturbridge Village. She enjoys growing food, as well as flowers. Have a question for her? Email it to [email protected] with “Gardening Question” in the subject line.

By Brenda MettervilleGuest colunist

BROOKFIELD – “May, more than any other month of the year, wants us to feel most alive.” Fennel Hudson

DID YOU KNOW? The results of Brookfield’s Merrick Public Library survey are in and on display in the library. The library also completed a study of five area libraries with similar populations to Brookfield, and compared budget, staffing, square footage and services. Come in and see how well Brookfield performs for the community.

FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY MEETING. Thursday, May 2, at 4:30 p.m. at 18 Common St.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEETING. Monday, May 13, at 6:30 p.m. at the library. Reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities are available upon request. When making such a request, please include a description of the accommodation that you will need, including as much detail as pos-sible, along with your contact information. Email requests to [email protected] or call 508-867-6339. In order to meet your request, please provide at least seven days notice prior to the date that the accommodation is needed. Although every attempt will be made to provide the accommodation with less than seven days notice, it may not be possible. Join us for the Friends Silent Auction and bid on favorite items.

OWLS On Sunday, June 9, 2 p.m. at the 18 Common St. Barn, Friends of the Library will host the program Secret Lives of Owls, from Horizon Wings (Raptor Rehabilitation and Education) in Connecticut. It seems that owls have always been surrounded by an air of mystery, probably because most are noctur-nal and not easily spotted in the wild. This is

a chance to be only a few feet away from two eastern screech owls, a barred owl and a great horned owl. Discover the extraordinary features of owls, including exceptional eyesight, hear-ing, and ability to fly silently. This is a Friends fundraiser: seats are $5 each or $20 per family. Tickets are available at the library.

BANISTER BOOK GROUP Last Tuesday of every month from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at 18 Common St.

On Tuesday, May 28, 2019, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. “Little Fires Everywhere” by Celeste Ng. “In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive sub-urb of Cleveland, everything is planned—from the layout of the winding roads, to the colors of the houses, to the successful lives its resi-dents will go on to lead. And no one embodies this spirit more than Elena Richardson, whose guiding principle is playing by the rules. Enter Mia Warren—an enigmatic artist and single mother—who arrives in this idyllic bubble with her teenaged daughter, Pearl, and rents a house from the Richardsons. Soon Mia and Pearl become more than tenants: all four Richardson children are drawn to the mother-daughter pair. But Mia carries with her a mysterious past and a disregard for the status quo that threatens to upend this carefully ordered community. When old family friends of the Richardsons attempt to adopt a Chinese-American baby, a custody battle erupts that dramatically divides the town—and puts Mia and Elena on opposing sides.” (Blurb provided by publisher.)

On Tuesday, June 25, 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. “Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a family and Culture in Crisis” by J. D. Vance. Vance, a former Marine and Yale Law School graduate, provides an account of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town that offers a broader, prob-ing look at the struggles of America’s white working class. The decline of this group, a demographic of our country that has been slow-

ly disintegrating over forty years, has been reported on with growing frequency and alarm. J.D. Vance tells the true story of what a social, regional and class decline feels like when you were born with it hung around your neck. The Vance family story begins hopefully in postwar America. J.D.’s grandparents were “dirt poor and in love,” and moved north from Kentucky’s Appalachia region to Ohio in the hopes of escaping the dreadful poverty around them. They raised a middle-class family, and eventu-ally their grandchild (the author) would grad-uate from Yale Law School, a conventional marker of their success in achieving genera-tional upward mobility. But as the family saga of Hillbilly Elegy plays out, we learn that this is only the short, superficial version. Vance’s grandparents, aunt, uncle, sister, and, most of all, his mother, struggled profoundly with the demands of their new middle-class life, and were never able to fully escape the legacy of abuse, alcoholism, poverty, and trauma so char-acteristic of their part of America--Publisher’s website.

Please be aware it is the Brookfield public library policy for the patron computers and photocopier to be shut down 15 minutes before we close.

FOR ADULTS:• Friday free home delivery and pick-up of

library materials for anyone housebound. This free service may be long- or short-term—call for more information.

• Notary Public, Brenda Metterville, free service available during regular business hours.

Holiday closing: Saturday. May 25, in honor of Memorial Day.

Brenda Metterville is the library director of the Merrick Public Library in Brookfield. Her column previously ran in “The Brookfield Citizen.” It will run each month in the Quaboag Current.

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By Ellenor Downer

Over the last two weeks more of the migrant birds returned to my backyard. A reader wrote in an

email dated May 3, “The rose-breasted grosbeak arrived at my feeder right on time. The catbird arrived earlier in the week. I expect the Baltimore oriole by Sunday.”

I spotted the first Baltimore oriole, a male, on May 1. I put out an orange half for it. The next day I had two male orioles. By the weekend, I saw a female. They consumed the orange quickly and I put a new one out every morning. They also went to the suet cake. Grape jelly was another favorite of orioles.

Baltimore orioleThe male Baltimore oriole is a bright

orange bird with black head and back. The wings are black with white wing bars. The female has a yellow orange body with a more subdued black brown

on the head, back and wings. The wings have white on them and the rump is ol-ive-yellow. Orioles are about 8 ½ inches long.

Orioles make a hanging nest of plant materials suspended from a branch in a tree. As a child, an oriole always made a nest in an elm tree at the end of our driveway until Dutch elm disease killed the tree. The female oriole lays four to six bluish white eggs with dark marks in the next.

Orioles are often seen in deciduous

trees near openings. Both males and fe-males sing. Their song is a four to eight medium-pitched notes. The call is a two note “teetoo” and a rapid chatter, “ch’ch’ch’ch’ch.”

More Baltimore oriolesA Ware resident had four Baltimore

orioles in her yard with three males and one female. My daughter, Jenny and family, also had orioles, both male and female, at their suet feeder.

Rose-breasted grosbeaks and moreA Barre resident saw a rose-breasted

grosbeak on May 3. She said her son and daughter-in-law saw a mature bald eagle perched on a tree next to a pond by their home.

I spotted a male rose-breasted gros-beak in early May. A few days later I saw a female. The catbirds returned as well. They ate the mealworms I put in my tray feeder. The red-bellied woodpecker, chickadees and red winged blackbirds also eat mealworms. This past Sunday

I spotted a veery on the ground and a male and female purple finch at the feeder. Due to black bears, I only put a small amount of seeds and a handful of shelled peanuts out each morning. The bears don’t seem interested in the hummingbird feeders, orange halves or mealworms. I take the suet cake in at night.

Planting bird-friendly plants and bushes is another way to attract birds without attracting bears.

HummingbirdsI put out a second hummingbird

feeder the end of last week. I set them some distance from each other to allow more hummingbirds to feed at once. Of-ten, one hummingbird kept guard at the feeder and chased others away.

People may report a bird sighting or bird related experience by calling 413-967-3505 or emailing [email protected] or [email protected].

In My Backyard

Paula Ouimette, the author’s daughter, drew this male Baltimore oriole.

STUDENT ACHIEVERS POMFRET, CONN.

– Emma Aldenberg of Sturbridge, Mass., from the Class of 2020 was named to the winter 2018-2019 High Honors list at Pomfret School.

SPRINGFIELD – Western New England University recognized 12 graduating students for academic excellence with-in their fields of study during the College of Business Senior Awards Ceremony, held April 18 in the University Com-mons. Among them was Jonathan Kowal, of West Brookfield, who received the Outstanding Part-time Undrgraduate Stu-dent Award. This award is presented to a graduat-ing senior selected by the faculty for excellence in part-time studies.

AMHERST – Among the students who received a degree from the Uni-versity of Massachusetts in Amherst in Febru-ary were Jessica Sophie Magnum, of Brook-field, Shannon Patricia Gregoire, of East Brook-field, Rebekah S Heath, of Gilbertville, Marie B.

Gagnon, of New Brain-tree, William David Ad-ams, of Ware, Nicholas Michael Barrett, Melanie Curtis Ostiguy, Sarah Justine Schlosstein and Samuel Ross Webber, of West Brookfield.

DUDLEY – Nichols College honored on April 23 the following students with academic awards, certifications and schol-arships for outstanding performance in their re-spective fields of study and programs of interest. The seniors graduated at the College’s May 11 Commencement at the DCU Center in Worces-ter, Mass.

Jessica Booth, a senior accelerated accounting major, of Brookfield, grad-uated as a honors scholar. She also received a level 2 certificate for being an ac-ademic peer tutor.

Raymond “RJ” LeB-run, a senior general busi-ness major, of Sturbridge, received a fist-year pro-fessional development seminar teaching assis-tant award.

W I L L I M A N T I C , CONN. – The Center for

Community Engagement at Eastern Connecticut State University hosted its annual Service Expo and Awards on April 18. The event recognized the many service projects and students who have made a commitment to volunteer-ism in the Windham area, Eastern’s home communi-ty Among those honored was Dillon Antonopoulos ‘20, of West Brookfield, who majors in physical education. Antonopou-los has been a regular volunteer with the Cov-enant Soup Kitchen, the Food Recovery program, the Sweeney Elementa-ry School after-school program and the Wind-ham Middle School af-ter-school program.

MILTON – Griffin Foster, of Sturbridge, has been named to the dean’s list for all four years at Curry College. A reception is held every year to honor the graduating students, who have demonstrated academic excellence. Grif-fin is one of 88 students honored this year.

WORCESTER – The following students grad-

uated from Worcester State University this spring: James E. Joyce, of East Brookfield, bach-elor of arts; Matthew A. Bigos, of New Braintree, bachelor of arts, Erica R. Gilman, of North Brookfield, bachelor of arts; Noelle E. Haslam, Kimberly M. Mendala and Autumn L. Wong, of Sturbridge, bachelor of arts; Warren: Ciera S. Cutten, Ellen C. Schloss-tein and James M. War-ner, of Warren, bachelor of arts; Grace E. Cook, of West Brookfield, bach-elor of arts; Benjamin L. Anderson and Joshua A. Bolduc, of Brookfield, bachelor of science, Jus-tin D. Halley and Con-stance C. Morgan-Poir-ier, of East Brookfield, bachelor of science; Kait-lynn M. Bishop, Emily G. Johnson, Samantha J. Lovely and Heidi L. Met-calf, of North Brookfield, bachelor of science, Lori L. Canane, Eric J. Landry and Anthony T. Messi-na, of Sturbridge, bach-elor of science; Grant E. Murtagh, of Ware, bach-elor of science, Paul F. Koffi, of Warren, bach-

elor of science; Monica S. Greenlaw, Brittany M. Herring and Chris-topher A. Jackson, of West Brookfield, bache-lor of science; Rebeca W. McCann, of West War-ren, bachelor of science, Donna M. Hamilton, of Wheelwright, bachelor of science; Julia E. Ander-son, of East Brookfield, education specialist, ad-vanced graduate study certificate; Emily A. Lake, of Wheelwright, master of arts; Amber M Pfeiffer, of Brookfield, master of education; Brian A. White, of Hardwick, mas-ter of education; Natasha L. Thomasian, of Stur-bridge, master of educa-tion and Cassie L. Duca, of Sturbridge, master of education.

SPRINGFIELD – Patrick O’Brien, of Ware, was welcomed into Omi-cron Delta Kappa Na-tional Honor Society at the Western New England University chapter’s an-nual induction ceremony in April. Omicron Delta Kappa is a national lead-ership honor society that recognizes and encourag-es achievement in scholar-

ship, athletics, campus or community service, social and religious activities, as well as campus govern-ment, journalism, speech and the mass media, and creative and performing arts. O’Brien is majoring in biology.

MILTON – Cur-ry College is proud to announce that Griffin Foster, of Sturbridge, received the Levin Li-brary Student Leadership Award at Curry College’s 50th annual Awards Rec-ognition Ceremony. This special event honors Cur-ry College students who have achieved excellence in academics, student life, the arts and athletics, as well as recognizes Curry staff and faculty for their efforts. In all, more than 70 awards were present-ed to deserving students, faculty and staff.

NEW LONDON, N.H. – Colby-Sawyer College has named Jo-hanna DeVries, of New Braintree, to the dean’s list for spring 2019. DeVries is an exercise sci-ence major and a member of the class of 2019.

WEST WARREN – The Quaboag Athletic Booster Club’s 2nd annu-al Cornhole Tournament will be held on Sunday, June 2, with registration beginning at noon, at St. Stans Polish Club, 144 South St. The tournament starts at 1 p.m. and the for-mat is double elimination. There is an adult bracket and a student bracket for those in seventh through

12th grades. An adult team entry fee is 40 and a student team entry fee is $30, if registration is completed by May 18. It is $50 per team after May 18 and on the day of the event. Registration can be downloaded from the Quaboag Athletic Boost-er Club Facebook page or email Marty at [email protected] or Pam at pamskids@char-

ter.net. Payment can be made online at Paypal at [email protected] or make checks to payable to Quaboag Ath-letic Booster Club and mail payment and regis-tration form to P.O. Box 780, Warren, MA, 01083. There are cash prizes for both adults and students. All proceeds benefit the Quaboag Middle High School athletics.

Cornhole tournament, June 2


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STURBRIDGE – The tradition continues with the decorating of 65 Rev-olutionary War soldiers’ graves in the Sturbridge Old Burial Ground on Sturbridge Common. On Thursday, May 23, at 10 a.m., school children from two sixth-grade classes at Burgess Elementary School will place gerani-ums at the graves. This is in honor and remem-brance of these soldiers who helped us, and Amer-ica, have the freedom Americans enjoy today.

Please keep in mind these men left their home in April of 1775 to an-swer the call to arms in Concord and Lexington. This was the beginning of the planting season and most of them were farmers. There was no way for them to know if

they would ever see their precious families again. This was war. And give some thought to the fact that they needed to get to their destination as quickly as possible. There were no such things as buses, trains or trucks to board for the trip.They marched. There were no fast food restaurants along the way to be used for a quick meal or a bathroom to go to when nature called. No bright uniforms or “govern-ment issue” comfortable boots for them to wear as their enemy had. Yet, they went, to protect their families and their homes.

It is a sight to behold as the children do as we did back in the 1930s, to “place a geranium where ever you see an Amer-ican Flag.” The tradi-

tion started over again in 2018, with an additional new tradition of placing new flags in newly-pur-chased Revolutionary War commemorative flag holders, which will done again this coming Veter-an’s Day in November.

Everyone is invited to this memorable event. Members of the Daugh-ters of the American Revo-lution and the Sons of the Revolution have been in-vited, and their attendance last year was appreciated.

The Publick House Historic Inn on the Com-mon will provide the ge-raniums again this year. Also, members of the Sturbridge Lions Club will assist the children in placing the flowers.

For more information please call Bob Briere at 508-347-3788.

Revolutionary War soldiers to be honored with flowers, May 23

SOUTHBRIDGE – April Parzych, a Brook-field native, has officially been named president of the United Way of South-bridge, Sturbridge and Charlton.

Parzych has been a lo-cal resident for more than 40 years. She currently lives in Sturbridge with her husband, Walter. She has been employed by Harrington Hospital for 32 years, and currently works as an IT analyst.

A mother of four and grandmother of five, Parzych enjoys giving back to her community and making a difference.

“My passion is provid-ing the most vulnerable members of our com-munity with the resourc-es they need,” she said. “I enjoy collaboratively working to provide need-ed services.”

Parzych chaired the UWSSC 2018 Campaign, which raised over $300,000 for local programs and services. She has been on the UWSSC Board for six years, and has been a

United Way member for 10. Her role as president comes after she completed her term as vice president.

“April has been a long-time supporter and a board member for a number of years. She is very passion-ate about the mission of the United Way and has always advocated for those in need in the Tri-Commu-nity,” said Mary O’Coin,

UWSSC executive direc-tor. “We look forward to her leadership over the next year and know we are in good hands.”

The United Way im-proves lives by mobiliz-ing the caring power of communities around the world to advance the com-mon good. To learn more about the UWSSC, visit www.unitedwayssc.org.

TURLEY PUBLICATIONS COURTESY PHOTO April Parzych has been named president of the United Way of South-bridge, Sturbridge and Charlton.

April Parzych named United Way president

STURBRIDGE – The Sturbridge Histori-cal Society meeting will be held on Thursday May 23, at the Publick House Inn on Sturbridge Com-mon. The guest speaker will be Bob Briere, who will share the history of Sturbridge from its be-ginnings to the present time.

From old-timers to newcomers this slide pre-sentation will be an op-portunity to learn about the town’s first settlers and where they came from, along with the early names given to the town.

A resident of Stur-bridge for 82 years, Bob Briere loves to delve into the history and show it off. Such questions who

are the three men on the town seal, why is there a place in town Leadmine when there is no lead in the mine and what two things is the town famous for will all be answered.

See the changes that have taken place in Stur-bridge over the last 50 years by taking a photo-graphic tour.

The face of Sturbridge has changed from the way it was in the good old days and new businesses, new schools, new homes and the names of land-marks change, As each day passes those changes may not be noticed until people look back at 10 or 50 years ago. Even this colored slide program is old-fashioned as today people rely more on Pow-

er Point presentations on computers. Some of these slides have never been shown before, so do not miss out on the opportu-nity to learn about Stur-bridge, “The Crossroads of New England.”

Historical meetings are free of charge with dessert and the meet-ing room provided by Michael Glick, Publick House innkeeper.

Society annual dues are $10, which help sup-port the cost of speakers. Meetings are held Sep-tember through May on the fourth Thursday of the month, except No-vember and December. November’s meeting is held the first Thursday in December. All meetings start at 7 p.m.

Learn about Stubridge’s history

Meditation presentation

WEST BROOK-FIELD – The Merri-am-Gilbert Library, at 3 West Main St., will be cel-ebrating National Med-itation Month on Sat-urday, May, 18, at 10:30 a.m. with a presentation by Dr. Matthew Raider. He will present “Find-ing Happiness through Meditation,”an engaging and informative work-shop. Learn the benefits of meditation as it helps reduce stress and anxiety and helps decrease the risk of diseases.

WEST BROOK-FIELD – The Merri-am-Gilbert Library, at 3 West Main St.,, will host Judith Kalaora, of History at Play, as she portrays Hedy Lamarr on Tuesday, May 23, at 3 p.m. The West Brookfield Historical Commission, The Quaboag Historical Society, and the Library

proudly present “Tin-seltown Inventor: The Most Beautiful Woman in the World.” Hedy La-marr was not only a great starlet in Hollywood’s Golden Age, she was also a pioneer of technology that would become the forerunner to GPS, WIFI and all wireless telecom-munications.

Hedy Lamarr comes to life

NORTH BROOK-FIELD – The Haston Li-brary, at 161 North Main St., has a number of on-going events. Meet with others for an evening of coloring. Adult coloring group meets every Mon-day evening from 5:30 to

6:30 p.m. Coloring pages and pencils are available or bring your own sup-plies. Just drop in.

Read, Build, Play pre-school story time meets every Tuesday morning from 10 to 11 a.m. The Parent/Child Playgroup

Ongoing library events

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NORTH BROOK-FIELD – Thanks to the invaluable work of the North Brookfield Chap-ter of Hearts for Heat, charitable donations from the public, and a generous $2,000 donation from North Brookfield Savings Bank, many resi-dents did not have to suf-fer without heat through another winter.

In March, North Brookfield Savings Bank presented their donation to members of the North Brookfield Chapter of Hearts for Heat, a com-munity-based, nonprofit organization dedicated to covering fuel costs to provide heat for residents in need. The $2,000 check represented a match-ing donation, equal to what generous residents contributed during the

Hearts for Heat capital campaign.

North Brookfield Sav-ings Bank is invested in their local communities and is proud to share kindness and support to those in need. The Bank’s core value “Share Kind-ness” encourages the use of empathy, fairness, and above all, kindness, knowing that even one small act of kindness can make an overall impact that extends farther than expected.

“We are so thankful for the support Hearts for Heat receives from North Brookfield Sav-ings Bank and generous donors from our commu-nity. Without their sup-port many in need would struggle through our cold New England winters,” said Sue Lewandowski,

Hearts for Heat North Brookfield Chapter founder and president. “In fact, because of the outpouring of support, this winter season we

were able to provide two deliveries of fuel to each household in need of fuel assistance.”

The North Brookfield Hearts for Heat Chapter

confidentially provides fuel, including oil, gas and wood, to North Brook-field residents on a fixed income, including the el-derly, those who are dis-

abled or sick, and unem-ployed or underemployed individuals and families. Additional Hearts for Heat chapters located in Leicester, Spencer and Princeton, provide the same service for residents of those towns.

“North Brookfield Savings Bank is proud to once again partner with the Hearts for Heat North Brookfield Chap-ter. We’re so happy to be able to be of assistance alongside such an import-ant local organization that helps our neighbors stay warm every winter,” said Ostrout. “We are so thankful for the North Brookfield Chapter of Hearts for Heat’s dedica-tion to the community.”

For more information about Hearts for Heat, visit www.HeartsForHeat.org.

TURLEY PUBLICATIONS COURTESY PHOTO From left to right are North Brookfield Savings Bank Senior Vice President of Retail Banking Patty Ostrout, Hearts for Heat North Brookfield Chapter members Tina Buzzell, Michelle Petraitis, Tom Lewandowski, Sue Lewandowski and NBSB Assistant Vice President/Marketing Manager Caitlin O’Connor.

North Brookfied Savings donates $2,000 to Hearts for Heat

NORTH BROOK-FIELD – The Haston Free Public Library is now taking applications from students in grades 1 to 6 for their Robotics Boot Camp. The camp will be held July 8 to 12, with first through third-graders meeting from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. and fourth through sixth-graders meeting from 12:30-3:30 p.m.

Haston Library staff and North Brookfield High School students will lead the camp activities, which will include learn-ing about robots, coding and building Ozobot Bit and Cubelets robots and, of course, refreshments. Although preference will be given to North Brook-field children, others may participate as space al-lows. The Robotics Boot Camp is funded in part with federal funds provid-ed by the Institute of Mu-seum and Library Services and administered by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners.

On Saturday, May 18, the library will be offering training in accessing and downloading e-books, audios and e-zines to a tablet or other mobile de-

vice. People should call the Haston Library at 508-867-0208 to make an appointment.

The library’s in-house gallery, Gallery 161, is now displaying photog-raphy by Paulette Adams and Ellen Smith, mem-bers of the Massasoit Art Guild. Visitors may check it out whenever the library is open.

The book group will be meeting on Tuesday, May 28, at 7 p.m., to dis-cuss “A Crack in the Edge of the World” by Simon Winchester. Copies are available at the library.

Crafts for children take place every Thurs-day from 4 to 5 p.m. Using popsicle sticks, children will make their own jigsaw puzzles on May 16. On May 23, they will make jungle animal masks, and on May 30 they will make an Amer-ican flag to honor all fall-en soldiers.

Last, but certainly not least, the library hosts Community Connec-tions’ Read, Build, Play story time on Tuesdays from 10 to 11 a.m. and the Parent/Child Play-group on Wednesdays from 9 to 11 a.m.

Haston Free Public Library lists events

REGION — State Rep. Donald Berthiaume (R-Spencer) will hold of-fice hours at the following locations for the months of May and June. Dates include: Tuesday, May 21 at the New Braintree Town Hall from 6-7 p.m.; Tuesday, May 28 at the Slade Building in Hub-bardston from 5:30-6:30 p.m.; Tuesday, June 4 at the West Brookfield Ele-mentary School from 6- 7 p.m.; Friday, June 7 at the Brookfield Town Hall from 6-7 p.m.; Wednesday,

June 12 at the Oakham Center School from 6-7 p.m.; Tuesday, June 18 at Ruggles Lane Elementa-ry School in Barre from 6-7 p.m. and Wednesday, June 28 at the Hardwick Elementary School from 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Constituents and town officials are invited to meet with him to ex-press any concerns, ideas, or issues that they may need assistance with. To request a private meeting, people should contact Donna at 774-402-4742.

WEST BROOK-FIELD – The Friends of the Library will host its final West Brookfield Ele-mentary School art exhib-it of the year on Tuesday, May 23, at 6:30 p.m. Join the library as it welcome the fourth, fifth, and sixth-grade students to honor

their pieces inspired by the Surrealism Movement and artists Rene Magritte and Salvador Dali. A special thank you to Kelly Mun-dell for all of her wonder-ful work with the children and for sharing their work with the library. Registra-tion is not required.

WBES art show, May 23

Rep. Berthiaume announces office hours

BROOKFIELD – Brookfield will hold its Memorial Day ceremo-nies on Monday, May 27, starting at the Brookfield Elementary School, 35 Central St., at 10 a.m.

Residents and others will assemble at the

Brookfield Cemetery, at 10:30 a.m. and then again at the Town Com-mon’s Memorial Square at 11:30 p.m. Dismissal

will be at noon.In the event of rain,

assembly will be at the Brookfield Elementa-ry School cafeteria and gymnasium.

Anyone with questions

or who would like to be in the parade line up, please contact Bill Simpson at 508-867-9233, Jeanne Lytle at 508-867-6705 or Barbara Wilson at 508-867-8080.

Brookfield Memorial Day ceremonies on May 27

NORTH BROOK-FIELD – The Friends of the North Brookfield Town House and mem-bers of the First Con-gregational Church are again partnering to hold a chicken barbecue on the church lawn at 144 North Main St. on Mon-day, May 27. Serving will begin at noon im-mediately following the Memorial Day Activities honoring the patriotism of local veterans. Tickets are $12 each and must be bought in advance. They will be on sale Sat-

urdays at the Recycling Center in town from 9 to 11 a.m., or at the Church Office Building on Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, from 10 a.m. to noon. Tickets can also be purchased by calling Jean, at 508-867-7855. Take-out meals will be available. Seating will be provided outdoors in front of the church un-der the big white tent. In the event of inclement weather, seating will also be available inside the church’s large, comfort-able Fellowship Hall.

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The main character, Seymour, was portrayed by Hunter Lynch, a se-nior at Quaboag Regional High School. This was his seventh and final perfor-mance at the school but he plans to continue with acting at UMass Amherst in the fall.

Audrey, Seymour’s love interest in the play, was played by Anduin DeVos, another senior at the school. This was her 10th and final perfor-mance with the school, and also plans to con-tinue her acting career at UMass Amherst.

The show had two di-rectors, James Joinville and Katherine Richard.

Richard is a senior at the high school. Richard, who had previously never worked with the drama or music departments on a production, choreo-graphed the show despite never having choreo-graphed a show before.

Joinville said of the production, “The seniors really wanted one last hurrah, and I think this

is a perfect show for them to present to the commu-nity. It really is a passion project, and you can see all the work that went into it. There are so many details, it’s all so wonder-fully done.”

Quaboag students put a model of the plant, Audrey II, on display asking for donations for the local food bank.

TURLEY PUBLICATIONS CORRESPONDENT PHOTOS BY SCOTT SENECALQRMHS student Anduin DeVos sings “Somewhere That’s Green” along with Emily Pease, Sarah Delmonte, and Melissa Jones during the perfor-mance of “Little Shop of Horrors” at the school last weekend.

Hunter Lynch’s character tricks Robert Wilson’s character into the mouth of the man-eating plant, which was performed by QRMHS stu-dents last weekend.

Hunter Lynch as Seymour and Owen Delmonte as the plant perform the song “Feed Me” together at QRMHS last weekend.

QRMHS student Stephen Walters, who played the dentist, performed the song “Dentist!” with Emily Pease, Sarah Delmonte, Melissa Jones, and Samantha Lacey during “Little Shop of Horrors.”


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By Karen A. LewisSports Correspondent

BARRE - A 14-2 Quabbin varsity softball win in five in-nings over Quaboag last Thurs-day in Barre helped to improve their overall record to 6-5 (3-2 in Mid-Wach C), while the Cougars dropped to 2-8 (1-6 in SWCL C).

“We played a nice clean game and did what we needed to do,” Quabbin coach Ryan Burnett said. “We played small ball, were aggressive on the base paths and played a really good focused game.”

Despite the score, Quaboag made the host team work for their victory, as the Cougars were able to connect bat to ball numerous times. It was just making the hits count that was the challenging part.

“We made them have to make the plays against us,” Quaboag coach John Fox said. “Quabbin is a good sized, di-vision two school, with double our student population. For us to go up there and be in con-tention through the majority of the game only serves to make us stronger when we face teams in our division.”

With two runs by Quabbin in the bottom of the first, it was

still a close game in the second when Quaboag answered back with their own run in the top of the second.

But the game started to swing the Panthers way, with four points in the second and a trio of runs in the third, when all of a sudden it became a 9-1 score.

“We had seven errors against Quabbin, never a good number no matter who you’re facing,” stated Fox, who shared he had last minute lineup changes last Thursday. “We had some on-the-spot defensive restructur-ing that at the very least, gave

players invaluable experience at this level. At least seven of the 14 runs scored against us were unearned, resulting from errors.”

Turning up the heat for the Panthers was captain Lauryn Davis, who batted 3-for-4 on the day with four runs.

“I thought it was a good game for us,” Davis said, who bunted twice and hit a line drive down the third base line. “We were finally hitting and making key plays in the field to put us on top.”

Panthers offense dominates Cougars

PHOTOS BY KAREN A. LEWISPanther Alison Michalik makes a slide to third while Cougar shortstop MaKenzie Mess-ier does what she can for the out. Panther Alysha Swan throws out a pitch.

See SOFTBALL I PAGE 12

WARREN — The Quaboag Regional High School girls tennis team shut out Palmer 5-0 with all five matches resulting in straight set wins for the Cougars. Emma Aberle led the team with a 6-1, 6-0 win in top singles. The top doubles team of Isabelle Greenlaw and Abby Bouchard won 6-2, 6-0 as Quaboag improved to 8-0 for the season.

Cougars score sweep

PHOTOS BY JACK CASCIO NEAP.SMUGMUG.COMAlyssa Bettencourt prepares for this backhand.

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Abby Bouchard hits a two handed forehand.

Jordan D’Angelo shows a nice forehand stroke.


BARRE - Quaboag senior pitcher Aidan Gilman knew that taking the mound and bat-tling fierce neighboring rival Quabbin on their home turf was not going to be an easy task.

“I thought Quabbin was going to be a tough game to win coming into it, and that’s exactly what it was,” Gilman said. “Going into every game, I try to put my team in the best position to win and most im-portantly to just do my part.”

Gilman more than did his part on the mound last Thurs-day, nearly throwing a no-hit-ter and being a huge part of de-feating the host Panthers 2-0.

“It was a great game,” Quaboag coach Brian Gui-mond said. “We only scored one earned run, but it turned out to be the game winner. It was one of the fastest high school games I had ever been a part of. Both Aidan and Derek Rohan (from Quabbin) domi-nated on the mound.”

Going into the match up, the

Cougars were only 3-4, looking for the game that could bring them into the .500 zone. With Quabbin 7-2 before the game, certainly on paper and with the home field advantage, one would think it could be an easy contest for the Panthers.

Gilman throws gem as Quaboag beats Quabbin

PHOTO BY KAREN A. LEWISCougar Aidan Gilman winds up for a pitch.


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BARRE - A hum-ble Samantha Prentiss seemed to be more excit-ed that the sun was out, than her huge accom-plishment last Saturday at Districts for becoming Quabbin’s new pole vault district champion.

“I didn’t really do anything different than I would do on a normal day, it was just really nice out and a great day for a track meet,” Prentiss said, who came in first in Class B. “The whole day was just super fun. I was hap-py with my team’s perfor-mance and I think we all had a great day.”

Held at Nashoba Re-gional High School in Bolton, the District Meet consisted of athletes who had to qualify for spots to compete.

The Quabbin girls’ track and field team had a stellar performance, plac-ing sixth and getting lots of help from other Pan-thers including freshman Leah Baxter who came in fourth in the 100 with a new PR and junior Hel-ena Shampine who broke a new school record when she came in fourth in the long jump.

“I was filled with ex-citement and shock,” Shampine said, when she found out about her new record. “When I jumped,

I honestly thought it wasn’t going to be any-thing special, and when the official said what my jump was, my whole face lit up and Coach Melissa and I hugged.”

Ironically, Shampine beat the old school re-cord, held by current mid-dle school girls’ track and field coach, Dylan Bak-er, who jumped 16’10”. Last Saturday Shampine earned a 17’2 ¾” score.

“Normally for long jump I jump off with my right foot, but when I was checking my steps for dis-tricts at practice, I took off with my left,” Shamp-ine explained. “I took the wrong steps rather than the right steps. I thought it was going to make me do terrible, but it was too late to change by then. I wound up taking off with my left and I was getting better measurements than before, so it all worked out in the end.”

An impressive perfor-mance by the 4x100 relay team consisting of Emma Noel, Baxter, Prentiss and Maddie Breuer at anchor earned them a third-place medal, along with a pair of sixth places by Taylor Masser in the 800 (with a new PR) and Breuer again in the 200.

“The level of talent in the girls’ Class B section is incredible, there are a lot of strong female ath-letes competing in track

and field right now and it was a great meet to watch,” Quabbin girls track and field coach Me-lissa Leslie said.

A few days earlier, the Panthers pulled out an-other notable showing, defeating Oakmont 79-65 at home for their last league meet of the season.

“When I saw what the girls were capable of against North Middlesex, I really thought that Oak-mont would be close,” Leslie said. “Oakmont was down a few girls, and I really felt that our girls put together a strong per-formance for the win over a team we haven’t beaten

in a while.”The win improved the

Panthers overall record to 4-1, 3-1 in the Mid Wach C League.

Earning firsts against the Spartans included Panthers Emma Lock-wood at shot put with 28’ 3 ¾”, Gina Dinardo for discus with 66’ 8 ½” and Shampine in the long jump with 15’ 10 ½”.

For the running events, Shampine in the 100H (16.9) and the 400 (66.8), sister Georgia Shampine at the 400H (79.2) and Breuer at the 200 (27.5) each reached the top spot.

Quabbin also had two first place teams of relays,

the 4x1 with Noel, Bax-ter, Prentiss and Breuer at 54.1 and the squad of Em-meline Riendeau, Abby Keagle, Gemma Gabrielli and Noel for the 4x4, run-ning a time of 5:05.

“I think this has been a strong season,” Leslie said. “We still have room for improvement, but ev-eryone has really stepped up and performed at their best in our dual meets. I’ve been so proud of how well the girls have done over the past few weeks.”

Leslie was thrilled at all the personal PRs that

have been achieved by the athletes.

“It’s not by inches and tenths of seconds, but by feet and whole sec-onds,” described Leslie, about the improvements she has been excited to witness firsthand within her team. “That’s what’s great about track, the kids have a chance to mark their progress in concrete times and dis-tances. It’s so exciting to see improvements span not only throughout a season, but over an entire high school track career.”

SUBMITTED PHOTOSQuabbin’s Sam Prentiss pole vaults to victory as district champion last Saturday.

Quabbin’s Sam Prentiss wins district title in pole vault

Panther Maddie Breuer shows good form and earns a third place in her long jump against Oakmont.

BASEBALL I FROM PAGE 9

But that proved not to be the case, as Gilman was on the top of his game.

“Aidan was lights out against Quabbin,” stat-ed Guimond. “He gave up only one hit and also struck out 10 batters. Aidan has a mid-80’s fast-ball and a hard, breaking slider that’s difficult to hit. He commanded his pitches and the strike zone. Aidan was cer-tainly the MVP of that game.”

Offensively, the Cou-gars were able to make things happen in the top of the second, when Zach Hogan got on base from a single with one out. Teammate Andrew Sweet walked next and after Rohan struck out a second Cougar batter, the visitors had two outs with two men on.

A hit to right field by C.J. Laprade to enable Hogan to score made it a 1-0 game, and a Quabbin error caused Sweet to add the second and final point of the contest.

“If it wasn’t for a spec-

tacular catch in right field by Zach Coffin on a sinking line drive by Jack Dorman, we would have scored two more runs,” added Guimond. “Quab-bin is an excellent team. They are well coached by Chris Robidoux and his staff. Quabbin’s top two pitchers, Croix Jenkins and Gavin price have tre-mendous arms and know how to pitch. They are two of the best around.”

“Playing at Quabbin is always a pleasure because not only are they a top-notch program, their field and facilities are second to none,” continued Gui-mond. “We certainly en-joy our visits there.”

After the hurtful sec-ond inning for the Pan-thers, things remained quiet on offense for both teams, as Quabbin tried to answer back with a few runs of their own.

Hope still remained alive for the Panthers in the bottom of the sev-enth, when catcher Alex Marcinkiewicz connected for the only hit of the day for the host team.

“We hadn’t hit all day and were only chasing

two runs, so the team needed some fire,” Mar-cinkiewicz said. “It was good to be able to break up the no hitter. Their pitcher was struggling to locate the breaking ball all day, and fortunately he hung one for me that I was able to get a good swing on.”

Marcinkiewicz also spoke of the stellar effort of Rohan.

“Derek was awesome on the mound, but it’s tough to win a game when you don’t supply him with offense,” Mar-cinkiewicz replied. “A lot of our guys put real-ly good bats on the ball,

we just couldn’t find any gaps. And they got key hits in big situations. It’s all you need to get some-thing going.”

Quabbin coach Chris Robidoux was not going to let a few losses dampen his team’s mood.

“We are still doing a lot of things well, we re-

mind the guys that 7-3 half way through the season is a very good re-cord and we are working hard to improve,” Robi-doux said. “The season is a process and we are getting better, sometimes the scoreboard doesn’t al-ways reflect it, but we are improving.”

PHOTOS BY KAREN A. LEWISPanther Max Leroux makes a play in the infield. Panther senior Derek Rohan commands the mound.


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The week aheadQuaboag Regional High School

BaseballTuesday, May 21 Away Tantasqua 3:30 p.m.

SoftballMonday, May 20 Home Paulo Freire 4 p.m.Tuesday, May 21 Away Tantasqua 3:30 p.m.

Boys TennisTuesday, May 21 Home Tantasqua 3:30 p.m.

Girls TennisThursday, May 16 Away Quabbin 3:30 p.m.Tuesday, May 21 Away Tantasqua 3:30 p.m.

Tantasqua Regional High SchoolBaseball

Thursday, May 16 Away Worcester TBDFriday, May 17 Away Fitchburg 4 p.m.Monday, May 20 Away Chicopee 7 p.m.Tuesday, May 21 Home Quaboag 3:30 p.m.

Boys LacrosseThursday, May 16 Home Auburn 3:30 p.m.Monday, May 20 Home Westborough 4 p.m.

Girls LacrosseThursday, May 16 Away Auburn 7 p.m.Monday, May 20 Home Agawam 4 p.m.Tuesday, May 21 Away Notre Dame Academy 3:30 p.m.

SoftballTuesday, May 21 Home Quaboag 3:30 p.m.

Boys TennisThursday, May 16 Home Doherty 3:30 p.m.Monday, May 20 Home East Longmeadow 3:30 p.m.Tuesday, May 21 Away Quaboag 3:30 p.m.

Girls TennisMonday, May 20 Away Hudson 4 p.m.Tuesday, May 21 Home Quaboag 3:30 p.m.

Quabbin Regional High SchoolBaseball

Friday, May 17 Home Doherty 3:30 p.m.Monday, May 20 Home Clinton 3:30 p.m.Wednesday, May 22 Away Narragansett 3:30 p.m.

SoftballMonday, May 20 Home Clinton 3:30 p.m.Wednesday, May 22 Away Narragansett 3:30 p.m.

Girls TennisThursday, May 16 Home Quaboag 3:30 p.m.Monday, May 20 Home Clinton 3:30 p.m.Wednesday, May 22 Away Leominster 3:30 p.m.

North Brookfield High SchoolSoftball

Friday, May 17 Away Southbridge 3:30 p.m.Tuesday, May 21 Away Whitinsville Christian 3:30 p.m.

Pathfinder High SchoolBaseball

Friday, May 17 Home Commerce 4 p.m.Tuesday, May 21 Home Gateway 7 p.m.Thursday, May 23 Away McCann Tech 4 p.m.

Boys LacrosseThursday, May 16 Away McCann Tech 4 p.m.Monday, May 20 Home Monson 4 p.m.

SoftballFriday, May 17 Home Commerce 4 p.m.Tuesday, May 21 Home Franklin Tech 4 p.m.


BARRE - A District Championship for two years in a row.

The Quabbin varsi-ty boys’ track and field team, or any Panther team hasn’t seen the likes of that in 30 years.

“Saturday was a very exciting day,” said Quabbin boys’ coach Matt Castriot-ta. “Everything went right for us. The weather was perfect. We went into the meet healthy and injury free and proceeded to rack up the points throughout the day in the field, then on the track. It was an incred-ible feeling to win back to back district titles.”

In the midst of some heavy competition in Cen-tral Mass, the Panthers pulled off what some could think impossible. But a lot of drive, deter-mination and athleticism helped to fuel the jour-ney to another District Championship last Sat-urday, during a meet held at Shepherd Hill Regional High School in Dudley.

Leading the way with the only individual Quab-bin first for the day was sophomore Ryan Castri-otta, who became district champion in the 200m, running a 23.89. Also earning a first as a team was the Panther 4x400m relay squad, as they put forth a time of 3:42.72. Castriotta was also part of that group, assuming the anchor position and joined by senior Colton Mertzic, Brett Earle and Shea Lindley.

Four additional Pan-thers came extremely close to five top spots Saturday, with captain

Ben Sacramone placing second in both the triple jump (41’1.5”) and the high jump (6’).

“I was within reach of first for each event, so I am content with my per-formances,” stated Sacra-mone. “I was most hap-py with the triple jump. I had some not great jumps, made it into finals as the fourth jumper, and on the last jump, I gained three feet and moved up to second place.”

Sacramone shared that Thomas Neary of Littleton scored one height higher in the high jump and Carson Doo-dy of North Middlesex edged out the Panther in the triple jump.

In the pole vault, Quabbin’s Seth Talbot contributed eight team points for a second place with a height of 13’, teammate Noah Herzig threw well in javelin with a 158’4”, and rounding out the impressive second place finishes was Gino Gabrielli in discus with a 130’8” throw, followed behind by teammate Sam Ware who earned a third with a 114’9” result.

A trio of third place individuals and one re-lay team also helped to

lead the Quabbin district attack. Sacramone once again placed in the 110m hurdles with a 16.16 time, Malakai Kraskouskas in the 400m hurdles ran 1:01.27 and Elliot Walsh cranked a mile with a time of 4:46.31.

Walsh also contrib-uted to a third place 4x800m relay, with help from Panthers Ben Hood, Lukas Anderson and Tucker Skowyra, with a time of 8:58.53.

“I thought that the team win was well de-served,” Sacramone said. “Coach always says the team that wins is the team that is most prepared, and I think we were that team.”

Castriotta also point-ed out the Panther 4x100m relay team of Herzig, Deven Thom-as, Hector Johnson and Earle, who pulled off a winning time of 46.6 days earlier in the last league meet win against Oakmont (125-20), were extremely close to district champions this past Sat-urday and a new school record, but a bad hand off foiled their chances, however they still man-aged to pull in points for their team with a fourth

place finish of 47.04.“Winning this meet

felt awesome,” shared Sacramone. “As the only team in Quabbin track history to win two con-secutive district champi-onships, I am extremely grateful to be a part of this team, and especially to lead it. This is a phe-nomenal team with great spirit and will – and that’s what makes it a champi-onship team.”

The Panthers hope to continue their winning ways as they go on to League Championship meets, Central-West and All-Class meets over the next several weeks before graduation.

Boys track takes district title

SUBMITTED PHOTOSThe Quabbin varsity track and field team shows off their District Championship plaque last Saturday, winners for the second year in a row.

Quabbin senior captain Tucker Skowyra runs to a first-place victory in the two-mile last week against Oakmont.

SPRINGFIELD - The revamped Tigers won their home opener 9-4 against the Twins in a well-played game by both teams. An-gel Nieves pitched six in-nings allowing four runs, only two earned to notch the win. Rodney Rodri-guez pitched a scoreless seventh and Tony Bernami finished up with two score-less innings. Jason Doug-las went 3-for-4 with and RBI and Tony Dismukes and Angel Nieves both went 2-4 with and RBI.

Athletics 18 Angels 8In the Valley Wheel

season opener for the A’s and Angels, the A’s had 14 hitters come to the plate and scored nine runs scored in the 2nd in-ning which would be the difference in the A’s 18-8

victory. Dennis Moner-gon had four hits, includ-ing a double and triple along with six RBI, Dan Oleksak drove in five runs and had five RBI and Ryan Walsh had two hits including a double lead the A’s. Gordie Lustila had two hits and drove in two runs, Jeff Cressotti also knocked in two runs for the Angels. The A’s are 1-0 while the Angels start off 0-1. The Angels are back on the field on Thursday versus the Ti-gers, while the A’s play the Orioles on Wednesday.

Cubs 25, Orioles 10In an ugly slugfest, the

defending league champion won their first rematch of last year’s finals against the Orioles. The Cubs will meet the Angels next Sunday.

Valley Wheel Baseball: New-look Tigers win

WARE – The Ware Parks and Recreation Department will offer four sessions of its Indi-ans’ Basketball Clinic. The cost of each session is $80, with children who attend two sessions pay-ing just $140. There will be two sessions for grade four to nine and two for grades kindergarten to third grade. The sessions for the younger students will be offered June 24

to 28 and July 15 to 19. Older students session will be held June 17 to 21 and July 8 to 12. All ses-sions are from 9 a.m. to 12 noon and will be held at Ware High School. For more information and to obtain a form, call Dan at (413) 774-272-2379 or at [email protected]. Sessions could be cancelled if there are not enough applicants.

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PHOTOS BY KAREN A. LEWISLeft: Cougar catcher Desiree Butler handles things behind the plate. Right: Panther Olivia Giorgi slides into home while Cougar catcher Desiree Butler looks for the out.

A final run from the Cougars in the fourth was eventually all that was go-ing to happen offensively for the visitors, while the Panthers slammed in five in the bottom of the fifth to conclude the game.

“One of the things I have liked about this group from the start was that they are not afraid to swing the bats,” explained Fox. “Most of the team was new to varsity last year, so they used that year as a preparation year. This year they have come out aggressively and made contact at the plate.”

Cougar senior Car-ly Duff was one of the bright spots for Quaboag, going 1-for-3 at the plate and adding a run.

“I love to be able to contribute to my team’s efforts,” Duff said. “I think we did a pretty good job with hitting. Our fielding wasn’t perfect, but we always put in the effort to make the plays.”

On the Panther side, junior Ellie Bedard also had a decent day offen-sively, going 2-for-4 with four RBI.

“Ellie has really im-proved at the plate and has become one of our most consistent hitters,” Bur-nett said. “That just helps

us out making us stronger up and down the lineup.”

“It feels like all my hard work in the off sea-son is finally paying off,” added Bedard. “It feels good to help my team in any way I can. Last year I was in a bad slump and now that I can final-ly contribute to my team and our wins, it feels amazing.”

Both teams and both coaches are looking for-ward to what may lie ahead, which is hopefully some district action.

“Last year was the first year we didn’t make the post season since 2010, but in 2017 we were 6-14 and went up against the

third seed Monty Tech in the division three tourna-ment and beat them 4-0,” Fox said. “The quality of

our opponents prepares us well.”

“I like the direction we are headed in right now,

excited to play the second half of our season and get ready for districts,” concluded Burnett.

Tantasqua Regional High School student Charles Krause takes a chance on the Reality Wheel at Credit for Life.

ty relations of Country Bank, which sponsored the fair, said. “Students visit 13 booths and make financial choices based on the lifestyle they want to live, within their bud-get. At the end of the fair, students review their budget one on one with a credit councilor.”

Over 1,500 senior stu-dents from 11 schools had the opportunity to participate in CFL, and get a small look at what life could potentially be like when they are ready to live on their own.

Page hopes some-day be a pharmacist, as she will be attending the Mass College of Pharma-cy in Boston in the fall. For the purpose of mak-ing the fair experience as realistic as possible, Page also selected the job of pharmacist and role played that lifestyle.

“I know I spend a lot of money now, but when I went through the fair, I did all the important things first and came to the Fun, Fun, Fun Booth last,” said Page.

Each student ran-domly draws a cred-it score,which was one of the only unrealistic things about the fair. Page learned quickly that

many of the choices she made, regardless of her income, were based on the credit score.

Page and friend An-tonio DeLeon, also from Quaboag, worked togeth-er, deciding to be “room-mates” to minimize living expenses.

“I liked Credit for Life a lot,” DeLeon said. “I felt more involved and got a lot of experience going around at all the booths.”

From the selection of housing, groceries, vehi-cles, furniture and even a pet, the Quaboag seniors traveled from booth to booth, making life choices.

Quaboag Principal Steve Duff, who volun-teered at the Fun, Fun, Fun Booth, assisted the pair when they both real-ized they had money left over for a vacation.

“This is an outstand-ing way for our students to learn about real life fi-nances,” Duff said later. “It gives them the oppor-tunity to understand how credit works and I can’t thank Country Bank enough for giving us the chance for our kids to come to this fair.”

For the last few months, Gerulaitis along with staff from Country Bank and numerous vol-unteers; toured Central and Western Mass with

this program, without any cost to the school dis-tricts visited.

As many of the schools had to be bussed to one of the four host schools to participate in the fair, Country Bank has covered all transpor-tation fees.

Last week Tantasqua hosted their senior stu-dents along with seniors from Quaboag. A week prior, Ware hosted CFL and it included students from Palmer, Belcher-town and Pathfinder. Quabbin Regional High School and Minechaug in Wilbraham also hosted CFL earlier in the year.

“This has given me a lot more to consider with the monthly budget,” Alyssa Cameron from

Tantasqua, who plans to study psychology, said. “I was really surprised and impressed on how or-ganized everything is with this fair. I expected with this many people it would be chaos, and it’s not.”

“I can see this as real-ly beneficial and how it will help to organize our lives financially,” said her friend Ben Anderson.

Over at the Reality Check wheel, Tantasqua senior Charles Krause was like a sponge, absorbing all the new information.

“I’m definitely learn-ing a lot more about budgeting and spending habits,” Krause said; who wants to be an interna-tional airline pilot.

“I am very passionate about CFL,” Gerulaitis

said. “I love seeing all the students working togeth-er on real-life scenarios. In many cases, this is the first time some of the students have ever been exposed to financial ed-ucation. Seeing everyone come together, including

the volunteers, truly is a rewarding experience for all who attend. Country Bank is proud to sponsor and support these pro-grams within our com-munities. It’s an excellent partnership and the per-fect way to give back.”

FINANCIAL LITERACY I FROM PAGE 1

TURLEY PUBLICATIONS CORRESPONDENT PHOTOS BY KAREN A. LEWISLeft to right are Tantasqua Regional High School students Marie Stew-art, Parker Paige, Mikayla Colabello and Sydney Davey, as they work on their budgets at Credit for Life.

Quaboag Regional Middle High School Principal Steve Duff volunteers at the Fun, Fun, Fun Booth and talks to Quaboag students Natalie Page and Antonio DeLeon about the variety of vacations and other fun things offered at everyone’s favorite booth.

HARDWICK – The Paige Memorial Library at 87 Petersham Road in Hardwick will be offering a variety of events. For more information about any of them or to register for them, email [email protected] or call 413-477-6704 or visit https://www.face-book.com/paigelibrary/.

There will be a choco-late dipping event on Sat-urday, May 11, at 11 a.m. Make a special treat for

mother, grandmother or another special person. Guided by food expert Celeste Noad, attendees will be dipping strawber-ries and pretzels. Atten-tion: For those with al-lergies there will be nuts and chocolate used in this workshop. Please register for this event.

The Second Tuesday Book Club meets at at 3 p.m. on the second Tues-day of each month. Come enjoy conversations with

people who love reading and discussing a variety of books, stories and other topics. It’s a great way to meet new friends, explore writing and authors and discover new interests.

Join the Friends of the Paige Memorial Li-brary at its next meet-ing on Tuesday, May 14, a 6 p.m. Come and join in. Come with ideas and enthusiasm. Who knows what will develop?

Tea at Three is held

every Thursday at 3 p.m. and is Senior Tea Time. It is developing into quite the busy group. We have a Walking Group, a Senior Housing Group, a Lunch Group, A Trip Group and now a Newsletter Group. This is a great way to meet new friends and discover new inter-ests. There are so many delightful people to meet. Come make new friends, meet old acquaintances and share conversation.

Just come for tea (or cof-fee) or come to propose a new activity.

“Digging Your Fam-ily Roots” is a program supported in part by the Hardwick/New Braintree Cultural Council to en-courage people to record their memories and his-tories. Sign on to Heri-tageQuest, powered by Ancestry.com, to search for ancestors any time at the library. Use the li-brary’s local history col-

lection and online census records and resources to discover customs, geo-graphical information or who lived in your house. People might also want to register for workshops on writing, using technology, scrap booking, and other activities to explore and preserve history for fu-ture generations or just to express their inner writer. Drop in to explore the li-brary’s resources or con-tact the library.

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WEST BROOKFIELD INVITATION FOR BIDS

LAKE WICKABOAG NORTH COVE

DREDGING DISPOSAL T h e Tow n o f We s t

Brookfield, through the Board of Health, is seeking a disposal site for the deposit of up to 350,000 cubic yards of material to be dredged from the North Cove of Lake Wickaboag. The site offered must be a minimum of 30 acres and within 2 miles of the North Cove of Lake Wickaboag. Specifications are currently available and may be obtained from the Board of Health’s Office in the Town Hall, 2 East Main Street, West Brookfield, MA 01585, Monday through Thursday from 9 am to 2 pm. Qualified Bidders are requested to submit six cop-ies of the proposals sealed and clearly marked

“LAKE WICKABOAG NORTH COVE

DREDGING DISPOSAL”to the West Brookfield

Board of Health, 2 East Main

Street, PO Box 653, West Brookfield, MA 01585 no later than 12:00 noon, May 29, 2019. Electronic submis-sions or submissions received after 12:00 noon, May 29, 2019 will not be considered. The Town reserves the right to reject any or all proposals not in the best interest of the Town of West Brookfield.5/17/19

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WEST BROOKFIELDNOTICE OF

PUBLIC HEARINGIn accordance with the

provisions of MGL Chapter 40A, Section 5, the West Brookfield Planning Board will hold a Public Hearing in the Town Hall, Lower Level Meeting Room – 2 East Main Street, West Brookfield at 7:00 PM, on Monday June 3rd, 2019, to consid-er proposed amendments to the Town’s Zoning Bylaw Solar Energy Facilities, as petitioned by the Planning Board.

The proposa l would amend the following six

items: Section 3.28.8 Site Plan Review – paragraph D.1 – insurance liability coverage; Section 3.28.10 Dimensional and Density Requirements paragraph C.1.a– insurance liability coverage; Section 3.28.10 paragraph A.1– 8’ fence height requirement; Section 3.28.10 paragraph C.2.a – maximum size 10 acres; Section 3.28.10 paragraph E, adding paragraph E.3 – inspection intervals of plant-ings; Section 3.28.10 para-graph I, adding paragraph I.3 referring to pesticide use.

Any person interested or wishing to be heard on these zoning proposals should appear at the time and place designated. The full text of the proposed zoning revi-sions and the existing zon-ing bylaw may be reviewed at the Town Clerk’s Office, 2 East Main Street, West Brookfield, Massachusetts, during normal business hours.

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Police LogBROOKFIELD POLICE LOG

Between May 6 and May 13, Brookfield po-lice made one arrest. Am-ber Dawn Poleet, 23, of 12 Dale St., Ware, was arrested May 6 on a war-rant.

Police made 16 motor vehicle stops, 30 building and property checks, two welfare checks, one inves-tigation, performed ve-hicle maintenance three times, radar 15 times, 20 directed or area pa-trols, traffic control once, served two summonses and assisted six citizens. They responded to four reports of school zone

traffic, one complaint about motor vehicle op-erations, five reports of phone calls, three medical emergencies, two alarms, two animal calls, one neighbor dispute, one fire alarm, one lockout, one report of suspicious ac-tivity and one report of gunshots. They appeared for court-related matters twice and one officer was initiated.

There were 10 911 calls. Of these, eight were for medical emergencies, one was for a report of suspicious activity and one was for a disturbance. Brookfield police assisted three other agencies.

NEW BRAINTREE POLICE LOG

Between May 6 and May 13, New Braintree police made 13 motor vehicle stops, 25 building and property checks, one investigation, performed 20 directed or area pa-trols, traffic control six times, radar six times and assisted three citizens. Police responded to one alarm and one lockout.

There were two 911 calls. Of these, one was for a medical alarm and one was for a mental health emergency. New Braintree police assisted one other agency.

TOWN MEETING I FROM PAGE 1

Before the meeting began, members of the Board of Selectmen John Tripp and Dale Kiley presented former Town Clerk Sheila Buz-zell with a plaque and letter from the State House, presented by State Rep. Donnie Ber-thiaume, R-Spencer, for her 50 years of service in North Brookfield. Overcome with shock and emotion, Buzzell thanked the Board and townspeople, joking that she’s not gone yet.

Voters approved Ar-ticle 17, which created specific bylaws regard-ing recreational canna-bis businesses, amending the town’s zoning bylaws to allow them by special permit in the general business and industrial sections located south of Ward Street and East Brookfield Road. It also allows hemp cultivation in residential 30 and 66 districts by special per-mit. allowed in R-30 and R-66 districts by special permit. The article also included applicability, definitions, schedule of uses, additional require-ments and conditions, application requirements, and findings.

Article 16 was ap-proved, which declared the parcel of land located on 48 Brickyard Road as town forest land, and Arti-cle 15 was approved, which accepted $309,884 as the town’s fiscal 2020 Chapter 90 funds for road work.

Voters also approved Article 13, which set fis-cal 2020 spending limits for revolving fund. The Council on Aging lim-it was $15,000; Council

on Aging Senior Wheels program, $7,000; Fire Training Center $7,500; Planning Board’s engi-neering servers, $8,000; Cemetery Department, $15,000, Board of Health public health ser-vices, $5,000, Board of Health vacant properties, $25,000; building per-mits, $10,000; electrical permits, $10,000;plumb-ing and gas permits, $10,000, and safety in-spections, $5,000.

Article 10 authorized the Board of Water Com-missioners to apply for and use state and federal grants. and if received an expend funds that Amy be available from State and Federal grants. Vot-ers also gave the town treasurer the authority to invest two funds, such as general cash, water enterprise funds and sew-er enterprise funds, in short-term investments as the treasure deems prudent for income pur-pose. Article 12 autho-rized selectmen to sell and transfer titles for the town for properties legal-ly acquired through tax title foreclosures.

Other articles ap-proved included article two was to hear and act upon the reports of the selectmen, town officials, and boards, and article three was to print the re-ports of the selectmen, town officials and boards for thee year of 2019.

Also approved were articles seven, eight, and nine to authorize the board of selectmen to ac-cept gifts and donations given to the town, enter into any and all necessary lease agreements ad oth-er dispositions of person-al property, and to apply for and expend state and

federal grant funds.Voters approved post-

poning the following ar-ticles to June 14: Article four to fix the salaries of all elected and appoint-ed officials of the town and to set the budget; article five to take a sum of money to operate the Water Department for a year beginning July 1; article six, to take a sum of money to operate the Sewer Department for a 12-month period begin-ning July 1; and article 14 to pay the contract with the North Brookfield Emergency Squad.

Special Town MeetingThe Special Town

Meeting consisted of six articles. Article one, was to transfer money from the town clerk election and census salary ac-count, was passed over on the recommendation by selectmen.

The remaining arti-cles were approved by the voters.

Article two was to transfer $2,250 from group health insurance to the town clerk elec-tion and census account while article three was to transfer $20,000 from the water retained earn-ings account to the wa-ter system improvement account. Article four was to transfer $29,500 from the water retained earnings account to the water building and main-tenance account and ar-ticle five was to transfer $187,500 from the sewer superintendent salary ac-count to the sewer over-time salary account.

Lastly, article six was to transfer $1,750 from the sewer other salary ac-count to the sewer over-time salary account.

CORNERSTONE I FROM PAGE 1

professional judges and the general public who attend, providing awards chosen by those in the restaurant business and Peoples’ Choice awards for both the best entree and best dessert.

“The choice of chili peppers will make for some very interesting en-trees and desserts,” said Louis Lariviere, who heads Tantasqua’s culi-nary arts program. “It goes nicely with choco-late, and with fruits of

some sort. Also with baked brie, with red pep-per jelly. It gives a little of bit heat that’s pleasing in a dessert.”

Lariviere said this event, which is now in its ninth year, gives culinary students an opportuni-ty to network with local chefs. “Some of them even get job offers after-ward,” he said. “They come up with an idea for the dishes, talk to their chefs, test it out, and then set up a time to prep the food”

Participating local restaurants supply the

food and donate the chef’s time as well. They bring the prepared food to the Host Hotel and set up a serving station.

“They get a chance early in their careers to develop creative dishes and see how they stack up against others,” he said. “They also get to a chance to serve the pub-lic early in their careers through this event.”

Among the prizes for the best dishes are Dexter Russell knives.

The tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children 5 to 10.


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All brick, block, stone, concrete. Hatch-way doors, basement windows, chim-neys rebuilt & repaired, foundations repaired, basement waterproofing sys-tems, sump pumps. BBB+ rating. Free estimates. Lic #14790. Call (413)569-1611, (413)374-5377

PAINTINGFORBES & SONS PAINTING & STAINING Interior, exterior, residen-tial, commercial, new construction, wallpaper removal, sheetrock, plaster and carpentry repairs. Quality prod-ucts. Since 1985. Free consultations. Insured. HIC Lic #190875 www.forbe-sandsonspainting.com Call/ text 413-887-1987.

KEEP IT PAINTING– Klems ex-cellent exterior painting. Interiors too. Specializing in all aspects of quality painting and staining. 25 years ex-perience. Free consultation. Steve (413)477-8217

QUABBIN PAINTING Interior/Exte-rior Painting, repairs, house and deck powerwashing, deck staining, gutters cleaned. Prompt professional service. Fully insured. Call (413) 519-9952

PAVINGA.S.A. ALL SEAL ASPHALT Hot asphalt repairs, seal coating, hot crack repairs, line marking, saw cut and patching. Free estimates. 413-348-4805 Gerry.

PLUMBINGLINC’S PLUMBING

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POOLSAFFORDABLE POOL OPEN-INGS, cover pumping, tear downs, filter repair, new/used filters, motors, weekly vacs, chemicals. Call LaRue (413)583-7890, Dave (413)289-0164

ROOFINGFREE ROOF INSPECTIONS. All types of roofing, shingle, flat and slate. Call Local Builders (413)626-5296. Complete roofing systems and repairs. Fully licensed and insured. MA CS #102453, CT Reg. 0615780. Lifetime warranty. Senior Discount. 24 hour service. Veteran Discount.

SKY-TECH ROOFING, INC. 40 years experience. Commercial, resi-dential. Insured. Shingles, single-ply systems. Tar/ gravel, slate repairs. 24 hour Emergency Repairs. (413)348-9568, (413)204-4841. (413)536-3279

TREE WORKAAA1 - TROM’S TREE SERVICE Let me save you money. Tree re-moval, hazard tree removal, cordwood, stump grinding. We’re fully insured and workmen’s comp. for your pro-tection. Free estimates. Mon-Sun Call Jason (413)283-6374

ATEKS TREE- Honest, quality tree service. From pruning to house lot clearing. Fully insured. Free estimates. Firewood sales. (413)687-3220

DL & G TREE SERVICE- Every-thing from tree pruning, tree removal, stump grinding, storm damage, lot clearing and brush chipping. Honest and Dependable. Fully insured. Now offering a Senior Citizen and Veteran discount. Call today for free estimate (413)478-4212

H & H TREE SERVICE Fully in-sured. 15 yrs experience climbing. Skid steer work, land clearing. Call Dave. 413-668-6560 day/ night.

HAZARDOUS TREE REMOVAL pruning, land and house lot clearing, fully insured free estimates call Kevin today at 508 867-0317

K & J TREE SERVICE Fully in-sured. Free estimates, stump grinding. 508-344-8482.

STUMP GRINDING

DL & G STUMP GRINDING Grind-ing stumps of all sizes, insured & certi-fied. Senior discounts. Call Dave 413-478-4212

CAMPERS2016 FLEETWOOD BOUNDER 33L, 21,000 miles. Mint condition. 2 slides, sleeps 5. Pictures available online if interested $85,000 508-425-1289.

RETIRED RACINGGREYHOUNDS AVAILABLE

FOR ADOPTIONSPAYED/NEUTERED, WORMED, SHOTS, HEARTWORM TESTED,

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HORSESHORSEBACK RIDING LESSONS offered year round at our state of the art facility. beginner to advanced. Ages 4 years to adult. Boarding, sales and Leasing also available. Convenient lo-cation at Orion Farm in South Hadley (413)532-9753 www.orionfarm.net

CHRISTOPHER HEIGHTS AS-SISTED LIVING of Belchertown is growing and looking for a part-time COOK for 16-24 hours a week with ev-ery other weekend.Looking for part-time Activity Assis-tant position 20 hours a week working every other weekend and every other holiday.Apply in person at 99 Front Street, Belchertown, MA 01007.

EMBROIDERY MACHINE OPER-ATOR Full time position, will train. Ap-ply in person at Inter-All, 25 West State Street, Granby, MA 01033

FOSTER CARE.You can help change

someone’s life. Provide a safe home for children

and teens who have been abused or neglected. Classes in late September. Call Devereux Therapeutic Foster Care

413-734-2493

FULL OR PART time Pure Bred beef farm. Tractor experience preferred. Val-id license required 508-450-3547 or 413-477-6600.

HHA’S, CNA’S, HOMEMAKERS Professional Medical Services, Inc., ranks 98 percentile for outstanding service. We have offices in West Springfield, Palmer & Sturbridge. Call (413)289-9018. Denise Galarneau

MAINTENANCE MECHANICQuabbin Wire & Cable, a mid-sized manufacturer of electronic cable products located in Ware, MA, is searching for another awesome team member! If you are mechani-cally inclined, good at trouble-shoot-ing and have solid repair skills you may be an excellent candidate for this position. The Maintenance Me-chanic performs troubleshooting, re-pair, maintenance and installations of electrical, electronic, mechanical, hydraulic and plumbing equipment and machinery, and fabricates and modifies parts in accordance with blueprints, drawings, plans and schematics. Standard hours are M-F 8am – 6:30pm; schedule flexi-bility is required.High School diploma or equivalent, technical school and/or military experience is required. Previous related experience is preferred; on-the-job training will be provided on the specifics of our equipment and systems. Other qualifications in-clude strong computer skills, PLC system architecture installation and diagnosis, board level/system level debugging skills, experience with installing, diagnosing and repairing AC/DC variable speed drives and basic machine and component wir-ing and troubleshooting. You’ll enjoy a stable, friendly environment, with opportunity to learn and develop your career. We offer a competitive compensation package, including paid time off, medical and dental in-surance, 401(k) retirement savings, life and disability insurance, flexible spending plan and more. Please submit cover letter, resume and pay expectations to [email protected], or complete an application at www.quabbin.com/careers. Equal oppor-tunity employer.

STILLMAN GREENHOUSE & FARM STAND, NEW BRAINTREE, MA needs 3 temporary workers 6/1/2019 to 12/15/2019, work tools, supplies, equipment provided with-out cost to worker. Housing will be available without cost to workers who cannot reasonably return to their per-manent residence at the end of the work day. Transportation reimburse-ment and subsistence is provided upon completion of 15 days or 50% of the work contract. Work is guaranteed for 3/4 of the workdays during the contract period. Workers not required to work extra hours offered. $13.25 per hr. or applicable piece rate. Applicants apply at, North Central Career Center, 25 Main Street, Gardner, MA 01440, 978-632-5050, or apply for the job at the nearest local office of the SWA. Job order #11882166. Diversified fruit and vegetable farm. General duties include: seeding, transplanting, writing labels for transplants, weeding, cultivating and pruning, planting harvesting, pick-ing and packing by hand various crops such as legumes, squash, corn, ber-ries, apples, root crops and potatoes. Other duties include weeding, cutting, and arranging cut-flowers, use of hand tools, setting up, operating and/or re-pairing farm machinery and fencing. Ability to withstand prolonged expo-sure to variable weather conditions; also required to bend, stoop or stand for extended periods and lift and carry 50 pounds on a frequent basis. 1 month experience required in work listed.

TOWN OF PALMERMECHANIC/EQUIPMENT

OPERATORSemi-skilled to skilled manual work performing journey-man level mainte-nance and repairs and operating light to heavy automotive construction and maintenance equipment at the Palm-er Highway Department; related work as required. Full job description can be found at www.townofpalmer.,com. Please send resume to [email protected] or mail them to 4417 Main Street, Palmer, MA 01069.

TOWN OF PALMER DEPT. OF PUBLIC WORKS

DPW HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR/LABORER

Routine but responsible manual and equipment operation of work in operat-ing units of heavy equipment including but not limited to trucks, front end load-ers, backhoes, sweepers, rollers, rota-ry snow blowers, catch basin cleaning & roadside mowing. Considerable knowledge of departmental field oper-ations. Ability to apply knowledge and experience to any departmental func-tion. For full job description visit www.townofpalmer.com , call 413-283-2603 or go to Town Manager’s Office, 4417 Main Street, Palmer, MA 01069.

TOWN OF WILBRAHAM FIRE CHIEF/ EMERGENCY

MANAGER For application and more information please visit www.wilbraham-ma.gov. Application Deadline: May 31, 2019 at 4:30PM

WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT OPERATOR/

MECHANIC POSITIONThe Town of Warren Board of Sewer Commissioners is accepting appli-cations for it’s Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator/ Mechanic position. Salary is in accordance with the Town’s current wage classification plan. Ap-plicants must possess a high school diploma or GED and have or obtain a Massachusetts Certified Grade 3 Operator License within six months of hire. A class B Commercial Driver’s License is desirable. Job descriptions are available at the Warren Wastewa-ter Treatment Plant, 2527 Main Street, West Warren, MA 01092. The position will remain open until filled. Warren is an EOE.

OPEN HOUSE

PETERSHAM: OPEN HOUSE, Sat & Sun, May 18-19, 12-2 pm. Great house with 3-4 BR, 2.5 baths, screened-in porch and deck. Immac-ulate & ready to move in. Home busi-ness ready. Very quiet neighborhood. Garage, box-stalls, paddock area, out buildings, raised beds, fruit trees. 3.7 acres. $389,000. www.54birch.com Call Bob Paquet, Hardwick-Petersham Properties. 978-544-3150.

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ALL REAL ESTATE advertised herein is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation, or discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status, or national origin, or intention to make any such preference, limitation, or discrimination.” We will not know-ingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. All persons are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis.

BRIMFIELD- SMALL 2 BR Cot-tage, Sherman Lake area, wd hook-up, large yard. $775/ mo, 1st & last. (413)262-5082

HILLSIDE VILLAGEAPARTMENTS

APPLICATIONS NOW BEINGACCEPTED FOR ONE, TWO

AND THREE BEDROOM APARTMENTS

•Heat and hot water included•Ample Closets•Fully Applianced•Community Room•Laundry Facilities•Cats Welcome•Extra Storage•24 Hour Maintenance

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STORAGEATTENTION! SECURE STOR-AGE in the Center of Warren. Call to reserve your unit now. Great for boats, cars, ATV’s, motorcycles or small equipment. Call Mary (413)531-3722 for details.

WARREN- SECURE STORAGE in the center of Warren next to the car wash is now offering new 10’x20’ and 10’x10’ units. For more information about our low rates and our referral program call (413)531-3722.

VACATION RENTALS

WARM WEATHER IS Year Round In Aruba. The water is safe, and the dining is fantastic. Walk out to the beach. 3-Bedroom weeks available. Sleeps 8. Email: [email protected] for more information.

SERVICESSERVICES HELP WANTED HELP WANTED REAL ESTATE

All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Federal Fair Housing Act of 1968, which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status (number of children and or pregnancy), national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, or any intention to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination.This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate that is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertising in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain about discrimination call The Department of Housing and Urban Development “ HUD” toll-free at 1-800-669-9777. For the N.E. area, call HUD at 617-565-5308. The toll free number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275.

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Cougars p9

Editorial/Opinion 4 & 5Sports 9Legal Notices 13

Police Logs 13Classifieds 14 & 15

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