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WEEKLY QUOTE“In great affairs men show
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themselves as they are.”Nicholas Chamfort
BY RUTH DEAMICISCOURIER EDITOR
WINCHENDON — Using the aus-pices of the FirefightersAssociation to get out the word, theWinchendon fire department wasable to convince its citizenry of theneed for the capital items requestedon the referendum vote last week-end.
Only the three items requestedby the fire department were fund-ed.
As a result, the fire departmentwill be able to purchase a 4x4 pick-up truck, the necessary software itneeds for ambulance billing and anew aerial ladder truck.
The monitoring surveillancecameras requested by the schoolswere not funded; nor were any ofthe vehicles or equipment request-ed by the Department of PublicWorks.
Latest information confirmedthat the town is in line to receive
half the cost of the small tractorrequested for use to clear sidewalksand to mow fields such as cemeter-ies and parks from the RobinsonBroadhurst Foundation. However,the town must match those fundsor lose the Foundation grant. Thecost of the tractor is $115,000 total.DPW Superintendent John Delineis considering using Chapter 90funding for the purchase, which isa legitimate use of the funds, but if
WINCHENDON — The date isdependent on many factors, notleast of which is how fast canthose carving the names get itdone; but the final monument tothose who served in World War IImay soon be a reality in town.
Scott Gauthier, the town’s vet-eran’s agent and chairman of thecommittee that has worked tire-lessly on the project, said it is
good news at this juncture, as thefinal design has been approvedand the monument is under con-struction.
“The World War II MonumentCommittee has worked tirelesslyto finalize the names of 1,105 vet-erans who faithfully served theircountry residing or born in
WINCHENDON — There waspurple nail polish on the tables, thecupcakes sported purple violets anda bouquet in a huge purple vase leftno question what was BettyRaymond’s favorite color. It domi-nated the auditorium as a smallcrowd gathered to christen the din-ing room at Old Murdock SeniorCenter for her, to remind everyoneof the feisty woman who trainedmany of them on proper serving eti-quette and dominated the kitchenstaff with a firm hand.
Because that’s what Betty did. Sheshowed up, said COA DirectorSheila Bettro, at least 30 years agojust volunteering to help; and helpshe did.
Mary Lou Johnson, who ran theCOA kitchen for several years,remembered Betty fondly, explain-ing that training the staff who deliv-ered the food and set the tables wasalways left in Betty’s capable hands.
“She began volunteering when westill served lunches at Ipswich Driveand Hyde Park Drive. She was verydedicated, and dependable. You
Wreathed with smilesRic Ruschioni photo
Fire & Iron MC Station 857 presents a check for $3,000 to the director of Wreaths AcrossAmerica John Farmer at the Massachusetts Veterans Center. The funds were raised as theresult of a poker run in June. Fire & Iron chose to raise funds to support the Wreath project,knowing a shortfall in the number of wreaths had happened in the past. The project places anevergreen wreath on every grave during the winter holiday season.
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Turn To BALLOT page A12 Turn To MONUMENT page A12
A day to remember Betty
Ruth DeAmicis photo
Betty Raymond was a kind soul who was well remembered by friends at the Councilon Aging and Old Murdock Senior Center.
Fire equipment passes, rest of ballot a noMonument being
readied for installation
WINCHENDON — A sum-mer day on Lake Monomonacturned tragic Monday after-noon when 64 year-old VincentDigeronimo died after beingpulled from the water where hehad been boating and swim-ming with friends.
When Winchendon EMS per-sonnel arrived at the scene atthe end of Beachview Driveshortly after 1 p.m.,Digeronimo was out of thelake and being treated by wit-nesses.
Digeronimo was rushed toHeywood Hospital in Gardnerwhere he was pronounceddead.
Unidentified witnesses atthe lake said that Digeronimohad gone swimming shortlyafter having gone boating.They reported he did not resur-face after a few minutes and
they called 911.From the ambulance call to
alert Heywood Hospital, ambu-lance crews suspected full car-diac arrest at 1:39 p.m.
Winchendon police officersRichard Oinonen and MartyRose responded.
The dive team was also acti-vated on Sunday night at 10:22p.m. when a call came in forcries for help from Sunset Lakeoff West Shore Drive.Winchendon emergency crewsresponded, but the person hadbeen successfully pulled fromthe water by others in the area.
Lake Monomonac has hadits share of tragedy, withdrownings in the past in 2008and 2009; and a tragic accidenttwo years ago when a youngman dived into water too shal-low and suffered cripplinginjuries.
Lake tragedyclaims life
VILLAGE SCHOOLThe Village School Summer Programs are
open to all area children. They are designedto enrich and expand knowledge of the nat-ural world through hands-on exploration inart, science and woodworking, while provid-ing opportunities for plenty of physicalactivity, and making new friends.
Local scientists, artists, craftsmen, teach-ers and musicians lead the programs, withassistance from Village School alumni. Theprograms are fun and engaging. The morn-ings fly!
For more information, go to www.vil-lageschoolma.org to download the brochureand registration form.
All programs are from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.,except for theWoodworking work-shop, which goesuntil 3. The pro-grams are: NatureArts and Play July 8-12 and July 15-19 forages 4-9, The Scienceand Art ExperienceJuly 8-12 for ages 7and up, andWoodworking withKids, July 22-26 for3rd graders and up.
Flute, recorder,guitar, cello, pianoand ukelele lessonsare also available.
The programs are supported in part by agrant from New Salem Academy. Royalstonchildren receive a discount, courtesy ofRoyalston Academy.
KIDS’ CAMPCamp Middlesex in Ashby offers Day
Camp (Ages 6-12) and Overnight Camp (ages8-15) for boys and girls, running eight weeksin July and August. Summer Camp funincludes archery, swimming in our in-ground pool, boating, low ropes, sports &games, arts & crafts, dance, theater, barn-yard, nature, pioneering, rocketry, wood-working, fishing, video production, andmuch more. Day Camp rates as low as$160/wk!
Located on beautiful Willard Brook,Camp Middlesex is fully accredited by theACA and licensed by the Board of Health.Winner of the Safety First Hall of FameAwards. To learn more about Camp, visit usat www.campmiddlesex.com , where youcan download forms or register online. Youcan also email us at [email protected] , or call (978) 386-7704.
RENAISSANCE PERFORMERSRenaissance Faire announces open audi-
tions for Henry VIII performancePopular festival seeks to colonize a king-
dom with performersNORWICH, CT — The 15th annual
Connecticut Renaissance Faire is pleased toannounce auditions for its new Henry VIII
theme launching this fall at the attraction’snew location at Dodd Stadium in Norwich,CT.
The Connecticut Renaissance Faire is anenchanted recreation of a 16th century har-vest festival under the rule of King HenryVIII. Guests will have an opportunity to chatwith the King and his Court, see joustingknights and live-flight falconry demonstra-tions, play old-world games, feast on aturkey leg, hear music from the time period,shop in a large medieval marketplace, andenjoy continuous entertainment through-out the day.
There are many roles available includinga need for set designers and stagehandsprior to the show:
King Henry: Male actor, mid to late 30s.Catherine of Aragon: Female actor, late
30s to early 40sLords & Ladies: Varying ages and gendersPrincesses: Snow White, Sleeping Beauty,
CinderellaKnights: Varying ages and gendersTownspeople: Varying ages and gendersFairy Folk: Varying ages and gendersMadrigal Singers: Varying ages and gen-
dersMusicians: Varying ages and genders.
Able to play a period Renaissance instru-ment.
For more information, please email [email protected], visitwww.ctfaire.com/actors, or phone Brian at(860) 478-5954. All roles are open and nonepre-cast.
FITCHBURG — The practicalnursing program atMontachusett RegionalVocational Technical Schoolheld its annual graduation andpinning ceremony recently inthe school’s Performing ArtsCenter.
A total of 29 students fromthroughout the region success-fully completed the 40-week pro-gram.
Commencement speaker wasBarbara Ellen Gale LPN a 2010graduate of the practical nurs-ing program. Former pastoralcare coordinator forHealthAlliance’s hospice unit,she is currently serving asdirector of admissions forKeystone Center in Leominster.
Other speakers included S.Holly LaFrance, MS, RN, pro-gram director; Steven C.
Sharek, Monty TechSuperintendent-Director; EricOlson, chairperson of theMonty Tech School Committee,and Esther Gonsalves ofRindge, class president.
Award recipients wereTanyah Frost of Turner Falls,the Stratos G. Dukakis Awardfor Academic Excellence; SaraTatro of Templeton, theMarjorie L. Tremblay Award for
Clinical Excellence, and KelseyMcLaughlin of Greenfield, theChad LeBouf Memorial MentalHealth Nursing Award.
Local students includedCarolyn Metcalf ofAshburnham, AmandaUguccioni of Baldwinville,Gonsalves of Rindge, Tatro ofTempleton, and Kraig Durrett,Jamie Emberley and StephanieVogel all of Winchendon.
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BY JULIA HARRIMANSPECIAL TO THE COURIER
The 4-H Pepperell Trailblazers is a horseproject club with members ranging in agesfrom 5-18, and the club is an extension fromthe UMass Extension Animal ScienceProgram.
Members of the club are from Pepperell,Townsend, Lunenburg, Leominster, Grotonand Nashua NH. The members are not onlybusy with their personal lives, they havehorse projects they care for and the summerit’s very busy with horse shows, trail riding,preparing for the 4-H fair.
In addition to their busy schedules, mem-bers are also working on community serviceand fundraising planning. The club had afundraising brainstorming meeting anddon’t be surprised if you run into club mem-bers doing fundraising in the local area. Fora community service project the club is cur-rently working Kylee’s Kare Kits for Kidz,an organization in Leominster that putsfood packages together for local homelesschildren.
October starts a new 4-H year. Starting inthe fall, 4-H members have fun competing ineducational contests including horse judg-ing, hippology, public speaking and horsequiz bowl. Older members have the opportu-nity to compete in these contests at theNational 4-H Horse Round-Up in Kentucky.Julia Harriman and Grace McAfee fromLunenburg were the winning finalist of theteam visual presentation competition andwill be going to Kentucky to compete nation-ally.
To find a 4-H club to join, you may use the4-H Club Directory at the following linkhttp://mass4h.org/4-h-club-directory tosearch, by county, for a club in your commu-nity.
BOSTON — Senator Stephen M. Brewer(D-Barre) welcomed Red Apple Farm ofPhillipston to Tourism Day at theMassachusetts State House. The event washosted by the Massachusetts Office ofTravel and Tourism, the Regional TourismCouncils, and Tourism Committee mem-bers. Brewer met with owner Nancy Roseand her John, as they handed out apple ciderdonuts, apple dumplings and apple chipsfrom their farm in central Massachusetts.
“This event is a wonderful opportunity forlocal businesses to come in to the StateHouse, show off their products and remindvisitors just how much Massachusetts has tooffer,” said Brewer. “Tourism is a vital partof our economy and today’s event show-cased that perfectly.”
The event was attended by organizationsacross the Commonwealth, who broughtregional food samples and informationabout marking programs that bring in visi-tors to their area of the state. Currently,tourism is the third largest industry inMassachusetts.
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Sen. Stephen Brewer (D-Barre) Nancy Rose, owner Red Apple Farm, her son John Rose, and Mike Myersof the North Central Massachusetts Chamber of Commerce.
Red Apple Farm represents region
Practical nursing program graduates class
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Monty Tech’s Practical Nursing Program held its graduation and pinning ceremony recently in the school auditorium. Here, S. Holly LaFrance, MS, RN pro-gram director gives the welcoming address.
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JAFFREY — Jaffrey’s MainStreet becomes a pedestrian-friendly zone during TEAMJaffrey’s Riverfest on Saturday,July 27 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.,giving downtown a street fairatmosphere. The block in frontof the Town Common will betraffic free for this annual sum-mer extravaganza, which fea-tures family activities frommorning until night.
At 7 a.m., you can start yourday off with a delicious pancakebreakfast at the AmericanLegion. Then it’s time to hit theyard sales: you’ll have several tochoose from starting at 8 a.m. atthe Jaffrey Chamber ofCommerce, Shelter From theStorm, United Church, andARK. At 9 a.m., the JaffreyPublic Library’s annual book
sale and registration for the FireDepartment’s 5K road racebegin.
Between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.,there will be a vendor fair and acraft fair featuring unique cre-ations by local artisans; freeZumba dancing for all ages onMain Street; a recital by localmusic students; displays bylocal organizations; theatricalpresentations; ChildIdentification Program; facepainting; a caricaturist; afarmer’s market; lots of food,and more.
Many attractions are plannedfor kids, including a wide vari-ety of active games, a buddingartist’s area and a bouncyhouse. Popcorn and cottoncandy will also be available.
Back once again is the ever-
popular Musical Chairs onMain with a cash prize of $250for the last person sitting, withadditional prizes for second andthird place. This spirited gamebegins at noon on Main Street infront of the Common. New thisyear is a very special MusicalChairs for kids aged 9 andyounger. They will have theirown circle of 20 chairs next tothe adults. First prize is $50 withtwo additional prizes. Ticketscost $5, and only 100 will be soldfor teens/adults and 20 foryoungsters. TEAM Jaffrey willbe selling tickets ahead of timeat its office (lower level of TDBank on Main Street) or at theinformation booth on Riverfestday.
The Jaffrey Firefighters willhold a chicken barbecue at the
fire station from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.On the menu will be a quarterchicken for $8 and a half chick-en for $10, corn on the cob,watermelon and beverage.Advanced tickets are availableby calling (603) 532-8377 or (603)532-7168. Tickets will also be soldduring Riverfest.
This rain or shine event issponsored by TEAM Jaffrey,Pelletier’s Sport Shop,McDonald’s of Jaffrey,Belletetes and Rousseau’sMusic. Riverfest is a collabora-tive, community-wide effortcomprising businesses, mer-chants, service organizationsand nonprofits. Please contactMarie at (603) 532-7168 for moreinformation, to reserve space atthe craft fair, or to purchaseMusical Chairs tickets.
Riverfest Street Fair in downtown Jaffrey on July 27
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The Division of Fisheries and Wildlife is pleased to announce thatthe long-awaited “Field Guide to the Amphibians of Massachusetts”special issue of Massachusetts Wildlife magazine will be arriving inmailboxes soon! Designed to complement the special “Field Guide tothe Reptiles” issue released in 2009, it features outstanding colorphotos (many by award-winning wildlife photographer Bill Byrne)and detailed descriptions of the appearance, behavior, range, andconservation status of all 11 of our native salamanders and 10species of frogs and toads. A wonderful reference for all ages, it willallow anyone to look for and identify every one of these often-color-ful, moist-skinned, small insectivores that fill our spring and sum-mer nights with distinctive calls, or that live secretively and silent-ly in forest burrows, leaf litter, backyards, and in many wetlands. Inaddition to providing specific identification information, there arealso sections on amphibian conservation, great moments inamphibian observation, amphibians then and now, a list of infor-mational books and websites, and what you can do to help conservethese beautiful and vulnerable native creatures.
Subscribe to Massachusetts Wildlife now to get the special “FieldGuide to the Amphibians of Massachusetts” issue! To get your FieldGuide to the Amphibians issue, simply order a subscription toMassachusetts Wildlife magazine by calling (508) 389-6300 any week-day, or sending a check payable to “Massachusetts WildlifeMagazine” to: DFW Magazine, 251 Causeway Street, Boston MA02114. Sorry but we can’t accept credit cards. A 2-year subscriptionis just $10 ($6 for one year) and you not only get this special fieldguide issue, but will also continue receiving the quarterly “best lit-tle wildlife magazine in North America” for the duration of yoursubscription. Don’t delay, the last special Field Guide to the Reptilesmagazine issue in 2009 sold out and was unavailable until re-print-ed this past month. Consider donating a subscription to your localschool, public library, or as a gift to friends or family members withan interest in the great outdoors!
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VIEWSOpinion and commentary from Winchendon and beyond
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Apparently not clear enough
PRESIDENT/PUBLISHER: FRANK CHILINSKIEDITOR: RUTH DEAMICIS
Well, it’s too late now. And we were only onesmall voice in the wilderness. So when peoplecomplain next winter about areas of town notgetting sidewalks plowed it may be a concern.
Maybe we weren’t clear enough with the expla-nation. The tractor being asked for is used tomow the parks and cemeteries too in the summertime. It has a multitude of uses and jobs. It does-n’t sit idle for months at a time, it is in constantuse for one job or another.
And it was half paid for out of a grant, thanksto the oh so generous Robinson BroadhurstFoundation.
Now?Well, if the DPW bites a bullet and uses
Chapter 90 funds to purchase the tractor, a legiti-mate use for the funds by the way so don’t gothere, it does take away funding for some otherproject in town. Some sidewalk won’t be repairedor something else will have to wait. Somethinglike fixing stuff around the house; some big jobstake longer than others.
As for the other items not funded, we are wait-ing to hear from the schools whether they had aPlan B. The DPW will continue to limp along withinferior equipment and attempt to keep it run-ning.
One thing it might be of note, those signs youmight have noticed, or the postcards received;while they were extra special wake up calls andmost certainly did help we are sure to get positivevotes for the fire department, the town could notdo that. The fire department could do it throughthe auspices of its Firefighters Association, andnot through the department itself, which is a gov-ernment entity. There are state and federal lawsthat govern lobbying by government entities.And they can’t do it.
So while the fire department could use its inde-pendent Firefighters Relief Association, and ifthe schools had mobilized they could have madeuse of perhaps a PTO organization to get out thevote and provide more information to voters; theDPW could not do so.
Just so you know.On another note, information that is too short
for a news story: the purchase and sales agree-ment has been finalized on the courthouse andnow the town has the right to do additional test-ing for environmental issues. A hazardous mate-rials survey will be contracted to the town’s con-sulting engineering and begun as quickly as pos-sible. If anything is found, the owner is liable torepair at his expense and if something beyondmajor is found, the town can walk away with noliability. All work on this portion of the agree-ment is being handled exclusively by the towncounsel.
On a happier note, we Winchendon hosted twostate level events last weekend, both of them ath-letically inclined and people were impressed byour town and our services and our people.
The softball people at the American Legionfields had nothing but praise for the fields and thepeople involved.
“I had to look on a map to find it, and thoughtwhere the heck am I going, but wow! I am glad Icame!” said one mother, whose daughter waslooking really good out there on Winchendon’sfields. She said she wants to come back just toexplore, and was thrilled to learn about LakeDenison, how close we are to Mount Monadnockand had already discovered Murdock Farms. Wemade a good impression on others too.
Then there are those diehard triathlon folks.And their supporters. What a bunch they are!And they too, love our town. They like the chal-lenge, the course, the lake, the people, the Clark,and as one aficionado said, “A dash by a Dunkin’Donuts can’t be all bad…”
Yet another state level event is coming up with-in weeks. Just how does little old Winchendonrate all these state level events? Are we betterthan people realize? Are we perhaps not realizingourselves what other people have discovered allalong?
At any rate, the Massachusetts State Chili Cookoff is Aug. 3 so mark your calendars now for thatdate. It’s going to be a good one!
The bigger storiesS
ince it’s evidently obliga-tory for columnists toweigh in on the GeorgeZimmerman verdict
here’s my take: the systemworked. Regardless of whoseside you believed, the judicialsystem worked the way it’s sup-posed to work. Who can beunhappy about that? End ofstory.
The truth is, a single murdertrial in Florida really doesn’timpact many of us, but there arebigger stories out there that actu-ally do. To wit:
• Last week, demonstrating bothhow Neanderthal and hypocriticalit can be, the Texas state Senatepassed an extremely restrictiveabortion bill. The Neanderthalpart speaks for itself. Thehypocrisy argument goes thusly:the majority is hypocriticalbecause that august body is com-promised largely of conservativeswho want the “government” as faraway from their lives as possible,and yet those same peopleapproved a measure which verymuch involves government regula-tion. Go make sense of that logic.Gov. Rick Perry of course, willsign it. Perry’s contemplatinganother, presumably less comical,presidential run, and he needs toprove his bona fides to the extremeconservative activists in Iowa, thenation’s first caucus state. Perry is
suspect to them because he’s fartoo rational on immigration (moreon that issue in a minute), so thisgives him the opportunity todemonstrate he can be asNeanderthal as they are.Wonderful. Imagine how thatwould play in a general along the I-4 corridor and the suburbs ofDenver and Akron and Phillywhere college-educated womenvote. But to even get to the general,you need, on that side to prettymuch prove how crazy you can be.Meanwhile...
• in its own brilliance, the Houseof Representatives passed a farmbill after stripping from it theSNAP (formerly food stamp) provi-sion that has routinely been partof the legislation since 1965. Thereality is that no farm bill is goingto get through Congress and besigned by the President withoutboth the SNAP provision andwhatever clever name is given tofarming subsidies, you know, payfolks not to grow anything.Northern Democrats will demand
SNAP, Southern and MidwesternRepublicans will demand the sub-sidies. That’s how it’s been donefor almost 40 years and ninePresidents, five Republicans andfour Democrats have signed thatlegislation. At the moment, thewhack-a-doodles in the Househave hijacked that process andeven though Speaker Boehner willhave to beg Nancy Pelosi for help,eventually he’ll make a deal thatwill satisfy enough Democrats toget something done.
He has to. You can’t not pass afarm bill. You just can’t, right?What do you think ideologicallyconservative farmers would thinkabout that? At the same time, youcertainly can’t simply de-fundSNAP, right? One would think, butwho knows these days? Boehner isalso saying the House won’t evenconsider the recently passed bi-partisan (68 votes in favor) Senatebill on immigration, but insteadwill create some piecemeal indi-vidual legislation that, from theinstant the ink is dry, will be DOAin any conference committee. Inthe event you’ve forgotten yourseventh grade civics, a conferencecommittee is where members ofthe House and Senate sit down toresolve legislative differences. Theword you’re looking for is “com-promise.” That’s a very bad wordin contemporary Washingtonbecause of the intransigence on
the far Right from Representativeswho are pretty safe in gerryman-dered Districts and vulnerableonly to beyond-whack-a-doodles inprimaries, but not to any rationalgeneral election opponent.
So what we still have from thesenut jobs is, as a New York Timeseditorial put it the other day, arelentless retreat from main-stream America, even conserva-tive mainstream America, and anabsolute refusal to do what theywere ostensibly sent to DC to do:govern.
Thinking about federal legisla-tive politics is enough to makeanyone want to run for the hills.
Fortunately, though, all you reallyhave to do is run down 202 because,as you might have heard, LickitySplitz is open once again. Last yearI wrote a column bemoaning theclosing of local legends, specifical-ly referencing Splitz, where I’vespent many of my summers from2002 until last year. But this justgoes to show you never knowwhat’s around the proverbial nextcorner. We can’t make ourselvesany younger, but it sure is a sum-mertime joy to have Splitz back inbusiness. Go see for yourselves. Itsure beats contemplating the polit-ical insanity around us. See younext week.
JERRYCARTON
JOURNEY
OF THE
HEART
Tammy St. Pierre photo
Step right up, the Lickity Splitz windows are once again open for business!
Arugula!!June was springing out all
over!I was at the nursery select-
ing colorful plants for win-dow boxes and urns. It is anannual venture to which Ilook forward.
You walk into a large nurs-ery filled with many colorsand lots of fragrances, not to mention theartful way the nursery owners have dis-played their wares.
It is an assault on your senses.A good assault!I am a lazy gardener. I like to see plants
already in bloom. I want to evaluate thecolor combinations. And I want to picturethem displayed at my place.
I am told real gardeners work from seedsor from cuttings. To me that might beadmirable but requires a lot of faith in one’sown gardening abilities. And it requires a
lot of work. I am a man whoprizes efficiency.
My wife had requested thatI plant some arugula for herat our summer place. I ven-tured forward from one nurs-ery to another looking forsome arugula that someoneelse had started and somethat already showed growth.
It was a fruitless search.Every time I explained what I wanted I
was taken to the seed rack.I finally succumbed. It was either buy
seeds or face the wrath of my wife.Easy choice.A little package of seeds.Lay out $1.99 and walk off with something
the size of one-half a standard size enve-lope.
When I got to the garden I read the direc-tions. This was an astounding moment.
It appears that inside my little envelopewere many, many little seeds. Each of these
seeds was supposed to be planted one halfinch apart and one eighth of an inch deep.
Like that was going to happen!I could never see me with a measuring
tape in hand dropping little seeds one at atime into the newly turned over dirt whilemeasuring the width and depth of each lit-tle hole.
With superior male reasoning I assumedthat some of the seeds were probably goodand others probably wouldn’t grow. If oneclumped the seeds together would it notmean you would simply have a fuller patchof arugula?
No need for overkill here.More importantly, if I followed these
directions I would have to dig a trench thewhole way across the yard to get these littleseeds placed as the instructions indicated. Itwould be like putting in a sewer line to theroad.
I got a long window box.I used my finger to create a furrow.I dumped the seeds along the furrow.
I watered.Voila! arugula seeds planted in two min-
utes.Now the success of my arugula experi-
ment is in the hands of God.If success is not to be mine I will just go to
the grocer and buy my wife whatever arugu-la she needs for her salad.
But I secretly think that my approach toplanting arugula is going to revolutionizethe healthy- eating industry and cut downsignificantly on labor.
Bottom line-who eats this healthy stuffanyway.
You don’t have to plant seeds to acquire agood steak!
The writer welcomes your comments, ideasand suggestions. Please take a moment toshare your views on the topic by [email protected] or leaving a com-ment on his blog at www.blair-notes.blogspot.com
JACK BLAIR
NOTES OFCONCERN
Like it or not, we all have tolive on a budget. Paying fornecessities such as the rentor mortgage, food, clothing
and transportation leaves most of uslittle room in our bank accounts forexpensive furnishings and cutting-edge room décor. Thankfully, youdon’t have to bring in the big bucksto make your guests think you’re ahigh roller.
Here are a few suggestions as tohow to make your home seem moreluxurious. I will showyou some verysimple andimmediatesolutionsas well asthose thatwill requirea little bit ofplanning andelbow grease. A few simplesteps can take your home from ordi-nary to extraordinary and you willsee that luxury is all in the detail!
Bring the outdoors inNothing says luxury like fresh
flowers. They add warmth and per-sonality to any environment. Placebouquets on mantels, coffee tables,consoles, dining room tables, bath-rooms and bedrooms. The beauty offlowers is that they look wonderfuleverywhere. You can work with aparticular room’s color theme or youcan stick to white, which in itselfoften lends a simple and sophisticat-ed touch. Vases of white tulips fresh-en and liven up a room. You’ll oftenfind orchids in the more luxurioushomes, but maybe lilies are yourfavorite flowers. Whatever your pref-erence, go treat yourself. Do remem-
ber to change your flower water andtrim the stems regularly. There isnothing luxurious about wilted flow-ers sitting in dirty water.
If you live in the country cut somefresh flowers from the garden if youare able. Lilacs have a very short sea-son and are a perfect plant to bringindoors — and your home will smellabsolutely incredible.
Decorate with fruitPlay up the season’s colors with
large bowls of fresh fruit. Oversizedbowls of grapefruit,
oranges, lemons andlimes add a won-
derfully cheer-ful elegance.Don’t limityour fruit to
the kitchen; abowl placed
strategically on a cof-fee table or sofa table will add a
casual elegance to your space. Inaddition to your decorating perk, youwill have a great supply of healthysnacks on hand. As with the flowers,be sure to remove any fruit thatlooks less than fresh.
DeclutterYou will notice the most luxurious
of homes are clutter-free. Whileeveryone has a junk drawer, even ajunk closet, you will see, for the mostpart, these homes, while lookinglived-in, are spotless for the mostpart. Walk through your home andmake three piles, donate, keep andrecycle. The keep pile is called TheThings that Matter. The Things ThatMatter will stay in your home. These
Turn To JULIE, page 7
Making your home lookmore expensive
WINCHENDON COURIER 5Friday, July 19, 2013
LUNCHEON TEAWINCHENDON — Welcome to
the Winchendon HistoricalSociety. Step back in time to a sum-mer day in Edwardian NewEngland with tea on the verandaand a tour of the grand dame` ofWinchendon homes. The WorkingWomen’s lunch program invitesall to a tea at the MurdockWhitney House, 151 Front St. onTuesday, July 23 beginning at 11:30a.m. Tea will be followed by a tourof the home by docents of theHistorical Society.
SPAMALOT COMINGGARDNER — A chorus line of
dancing knights, flatulentFrenchmen, killer rabbits and onelegless knight will take to theTheatre at the Mount stage duringMonty Python’s Spamalot, Aug. 9-18. ?The outrageous musical come-dy is “lovingly ripped off” fromthe film classic “Monty Pythonand the Holy Grail.” With musicand lyrics by the Grammy-Awardwinning team of Eric Idle andJohn Du Prez, Spamalot tells thestory of King Arthur and hisKnights of the Round Table asthey embark on their quest for theHoly Grail. Show-stopping musi-cal numbers include “Always Lookon the Bright Side of Life” and“Find Your Grail.” ??MontyPython’s Spamalot is the winner ofthree 2005 Tony Awards includingBest Musical and Best Director, aswell as the Drama Desk and OuterCritics Circle awards.
Taking the stage as King Arthuris Will Gelinas who is joined byAngela Jajko as The Lady of theLake. Other members of the castinclude: Christiaan Stone as Patsy,John Bubello as Bedevere, DougDame as Lancelot, Andrew Kelleyas Galahad, Kyle Kasabian asHerbert and Justin McCoubry asRobin.
Performance dates are: Aug. 9,10, 16, 17 at 8 p.m. and Aug. 18 at 2p.m.
Tickets for Spamalot are avail-able at www.mwcc.edu/tam, bycalling (978) 630-9388 or in personat Theatre at the Mount, 444 GreenSt., Gardner. Box Office hours are9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 p.m.to 2:30 p.m., Monday throughFriday.
LOCAL MUSIC ROCKS 8
WINCHENDON — The annualmusic scene extravaganza LocalMusic Rocks 8 is scheduledSaturday, July 20 beginning at 1p.m. at the Snowbound Club onOld Baldwinville Road. Benefit forlocal Winchendon and GardnerCAC. Discount on entrance bybringing non-perishable food item.All day, all ages, music from a vari-ety of of venues including RadioFlyer, Dazed Till Dawn, Birch HillDam, Federal Hog, JohnNickerson, Red Star Rebellion,Vinnie Jamieson, James Clune
and Distraught. Rain or Shine!Chairs & Blankets welcome but nocoolers!!
LOBSTER SHOOT!WINCHENDON — The Sons of
the American Legion will host alobster shoot at the AmericanLegion, 295 School St. on Sunday,Jul7 28 beginning at 2 p.m. 25games for just $15, raffles, 5 poundlobster + 6 pounds of steamers raf-fle and more!!!
BBQ & LUAUWinchendon Pop Warner hosts a
chicken BBQ and parent danceSaturday, July 27 from 7 p.m.-mid-night at the Snowbound Club(snowboundclub.com), OldBaldwinville Road, Winchendon.Music provided by DJ Scott Salvi.Donation $12 per person, $20 forcouple, must be over 21. Get ticketsin advance and redeem at the doorfor a luau door prize! visitwinchendonpopwarner.com forinfo and ticket sale locations.
FESTIVALOTTER RIVER — St. Martin’s
Church in Otter River will hold itsannual Festival and ChickenBarbecue from 10 am to 3 pmSaturday, July 20, at the OtterRiver Sportsman’s Club, LordRoad, Otter River.
The event will feature a majorprize raffle, cash raffle, ticket auc-tions, baked goods, theme baskets,games of chance and skill for allages, craft activities for children,and music throughout the day. Achicken barbecue dinner will beserved from noon to 1 p.m., and hotdogs and other refreshments willbe available all day. Tickets for thechicken dinner, at $8 each, areavailable at Cote’s Market, Route68, Otter River, or may be reservedby calling the rectory at (978) 939-5588. Reservations are suggested,as only a limited number of ticketswill be available at the festival.
RED CROSS PROGRAMGARDNER — Winchendon resi-
dent Lindsay Kuchta will be speak-ing at Legends Center, 69 EastwoodCircle on Monday, July 22 at 6 p.m.on behalf of the Red Cross.
NEEDHAMS IN CONCERT
WINCHENDON — BethanyBible Chapel, 727 Spring St. willwelcome the Needham Family inconcert on Sunday, Aug. 4 at 6 p.m.This free concert will featuremusic from the newly released CDBe the One. Free will offering only;CDs will be on sale. Plan also inSeptember for the Andy NeedhamBand, coming Sept. 8. For moreinformation call (978) 297-3880/
BAKE SALEWINCHENDON — Please join
Old Murdock Senior Center, 52Murdock Ave. as we hold a Bake
Sale on Monday, July 29 from 9:30a.m.-12:20 p.m. A variety of cakes,cookies, pies and breads will beavailable for purchase.
PREFORECLOSURE,FIRST TIME HOME-BUYER CLASSES
FITCHBURG — TheHomeOwnership Center of NorthCentral Massachusetts is hosting apre-foreclosure clinic Aug. 1, 14and 29 at the Twin Cities CDCoffice.
The HomeOwnership Centerstaff will help homeowners evalu-ate pre-foreclosure options at nocost, which include: refinancingyour mortgage, modification ofyour existing mortgage, a repay-ment plan, short sale and deed-in-lieu.
Twin Cities CDC is located at 470Main St.
The HomeOwnership Center ofNorth Central Massachusetts ishosting a first-time homebuyerclass beginning Aug. 13 at theTwin Cities CDC office.
The first-time homebuyer pro-gram includes four classes per ses-sion: Aug. 13, 15, 20 and 22 from 5:30p.m. to 8 p.m. at Twin Cities CDC.The fee for the class is $50, whichincludes the course book and allprogram handouts.
To learn more or to register foreither program call (888) 978-6261or homesncm.org
The HomeOwnership Center ofNorth Central Massachusetts is acollaborative of five nonprofitsthat provides education andresources for first-time homebuyer and existing homeowners inAshburnham, Ashby, Athol, Ayer,Baldwinville, Clinton, Fitchburg,Gardner, Groton, Harvard,Hubbardston, Lancaster,Leominster, Lunenburg,Petersham, Phillipston, Royalston,Shirley, Sterling, Templeton,Townsend, West Townsend,Westminster and Winchendon.
STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
FARMINGTON, ME —TheUniversity of Maine atFarmington announces its Dean’sList for the spring 2013 semesterand it includes Brittany Wheelerof Templeton. UMF maintains aDean’s List each semester forthose students completing a mini-mum of 12 credits in courses pro-ducing quality points.
AUDITIONSGARDNER — Theatre at the
Mount announces auditions forthe fall touring production,Alexander and the Terrible,Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.Not only does Alexander wake upwith gum in his hair, but his moth-er forgets to pack him dessert, andhis best friend decides he’s not hisbest friend any-
more. And just when it can’t getany worse, there are lima beans forsupper and - yuck! - kissing on TV!It’s enough to make anyone wantto go to Australia! In this delightfulmusical, the feisty Alexanderlearns to deal with life’s obstaclesand realizes that bad days happen— even in Australia!
Alexander is directed by EmilySmith, music directed by SteveBergman, and choreographed byChelsea Young. Audition dates areTuesday, July 30 at 6:30 p.m. andWednesday, July 31 at 6:30 p.m.sharp in room 182 at MountWachusett Community College.The cast calls for an ensemble of 8-12 members (mix of male andfemale) ages 14 and up.
A short vocal selection will betaught to all teens that audition;wear comfortable clothing fordance audition; and, expect cold-readings from the script.
Tentative rehearsal schedule isSunday, Tuesday and Thursdayevenings beginning Aug. 18.Alexander will be performed atlocal elementary schools on Oct. 3,4, 17, 18, 24; and at the Mount onOct. 26 at 2 p.m.
For more information, callProfessor Gail Steele at (978) 630-9388, or [email protected].
HEALTH FAIRPLANNED
WINCHENDON — Once againthe Old Murdock Senior Centerwill hold its annual Wellness Dayon Thursday, Oct. 17 from 10 a.m.to 1 p.m.
Last year, more than 25 organi-zations participated in this infor-mational event for the seniors ofthe Winchendon area. We arehopeful that everyone will returnagain this year!
Please reply with the followinginformation:
Attending yes/no and the num-ber attending
Table Needed yes/no (we arelimited in the number of tables wehave available)
Electric power necessary?Up to date contact information if
we have reached you in error.We look forward to seeing you in
October! Contact: Sharon Perkinsat Old Murdock Senior Center, 52Murdock Ave. at 978-297-3155 [email protected].
PSYCHIC FAIRJAFFREY — Martha Dawson
will host her monthly PsychicFaire at the Jaffrey Civic Centeron Saturday, July 20 from 11 a.m. to4 p.m. The Faire is a quiet and inti-mate venue for the community toreceive compassionate guidanceand knowledge to help them navi-gate their life path.
“We are being asked to movefrom living from our heads to liv-ing from our hearts,” explainsDawson, “and a reading can pro-vide us with valuable informationto help this process along by pro-viding us with clues to our trueheart’s desire.”
Offerings at the Faire include:Psychic readings with KarlaBradley, Tarot and Astrology withJoan Geary, Palmistry with JulietBell, and Psychic readings withSimone.
There will be a drawing for afree half hour reading with psy-chic, Martha Dawson.
Faire readings are 20 minutesfor $25. Payment may be made bycash or check only. The JaffreyCivic Center is located at 40 MainStreet next to the library in Jaffrey.Parking is available at the rear ofthe building or on Main Street. Formore details, call Dawson at 603-593-2316 or see the website:www.mindfullshop.com
COURIER CAPSULES
LEEDS — The Department ofVeterans Affairs announced it has metthe goal to hire 1,600 new mental healthprofessionals outlined in PresidentObama’s Aug. 31, 2012, Executive Orderto Improve Access to Mental HealthServices for Veterans, Service Members,and Military Families. VA CentralWestern Massachusetts HealthcareSystem has hired five new mental healthprofessionals towards this goal.
“I am proud of the hard work our staffhas completed to bring these new staffmembers on board,” said RogerJohnson, VA CWM HCS Medical Centerdirector. “We have the opportunity, andthe responsibility, to anticipate theneeds of returning veterans. We mustensure that all veterans have access toquality mental health care when needed.We are not slowing our efforts, and willcontinue to actively recruit for anyvacant mental health positions for thefuture so veterans will get the care theyneed.”
As of May 31 VA has hired a total of1,607 mental health clinical providers tomeet the goal of 1,600 new mental healthprofessionals outlined in the ExecutiveOrder. Additionally, VA has hired 2,005mental health clinical providers to fillexisting vacancies.
“Meeting this hiring milestone signifi-cantly enhances our ability to improveaccess to care for those veterans seekingmental health services and demon-strates our continued commitment tothe health and well-being of the men andwomen who have served the Nation,”said Secretary of Veterans Affairs EricK. Shinseki. “Meeting this goal is animportant achievement, but we recog-
nize that we must continue to increaseaccess to the quality mental health careveterans have earned and deserve.”
VA provides a full range of compre-hensive mental health services acrossthe country. In Fiscal Year 2012, morethan 1.3 million veterans received spe-cialized mental health care from VA.This number has risen each year from927,052 in Fiscal Year 2006. In addition tohiring more mental health profession-als, VA is expanding the use of innova-tive technology to serve veterans inrural or underserved areas. VA expectsto increase the number of veteransreceiving care from tele-mental healthservices in fiscal year 2013, and hasincreased the number of Vet Centers,which provide readjustment counselingand referral services from 233 in 2008 to300 in 2012. ?
In November 2011, VA launched anaward-winning, national public aware-ness campaign called Make theConnection, which is aimed at reducingthe stigma associated with seeking men-tal health care and informing veterans,their families, friends, and members oftheir communities about VA resources.More information on Make theConnection can be found atwww.maketheconnection.net.
Mental health professionals interestedin seeking employment with theDepartment of Veterans Affairs canobtain information atwww.vacareers.va.gov. Veterans andtheir families interested in learningmore about the mental health servicesprovided by VA can go to www.mental-health.va.gov.
VA hires more mentalhealth professionals
WINCHENDON COURIER6 Friday, July 19, 2013
Winchendon Police DepartmentEditor’s Note: The information contained
in this police log was obtained through pub-lic documents kept by the police department,and is considered to be the account of thepolice. All subjects are considered innocentuntil proven guilty in a court of law.
MONDAY, JULY 8
12:18 a.m.: ambulance (Central Street)transport; 12:27 a.m.: suspicious auto(Spring Street) gone on arrival; 12:29-5:12a.m.: nine building checks, secure; 3:02 a.m.:registration check (Spring Street) broughtto station; 9:13 a.m.: fraud (Spring Street)advised civil action; 9:17 a.m.: MV stop(Pleasant Street) spoken to; 9:51 a.m.: sexoffender registration (Maple Street) assist-ed; 9:59 a.m.: threats (Hyde Park Drive)arrest police provided no further informa-tion; 10:27 a.m.: ambulance (Ipswich Drive)transport; 10:40 a.m.: DPW call (Ash Street)refer to other agency; 11:06 a.m.: propertyfound (River Street) info taken; 11:42 a.m.:investigation (High Street) spoken to; 11:56a.m.: drug, narcotic violations (SpringCircle) area search negative; 12:07 p.m.: tres-passing (Monadnock Avenue) spoken to;12:24 p.m.: arrest (School Street) Joseph J.Medeiros, age 22 of 430 School St.,Winchendon: arrest based on three war-rants; 1:07 p.m.: gunshots heard (KrantzRoad) info taken; 2:59 p.m.: general info(Pleasant Street) info taken; 3:13 p.m.: MVoperating erratically (School Street) no PDservice required; 3:19 p.m.: assist otheragency (Pond Street) services rendered; 3:34p.m.: alarm type unknown (School Street)services rendered; 3:40 p.m.: general info(phone) spoken to; 4:07 p.m.: ambulance(Brown Court) transport; 4:12 p.m.: lift assist(Hyde Park Drive) services rendered; 4:41p.m.: summons service (Hale Street) unableto serve; 4:56 p.m.: abandoned 911 call (MainStreet) area search negative; 5:07 p.m.: gen-eral info (walk in) assisted; 5:15 p.m.: vandal-ism (Main Street) report taken; 5:44 p.m.: FDcall (Juniper Street) no FD service required;5:55 p.m.: FD call (Beech Street) fire extin-guished; 6:16 p.m.: warrant of apprehension(Beech Street) unable to locate; 6:43 p.m.:property found (Jackson Avenue) info given;7:26 p.m.: ambulance (Maple Street) trans-port; 7:26 p.m.: burglar alarm (CentralStreet) checked, secure; 7:45 p.m.: generalinfo (Elm Street) spoken to; 7:51 p.m.:attempt to locate (Elm Street) transport; 8:33p.m.: warrant arrest (Lakeview Drive)unable to locate; 8:41 p.m.: fire unknowntype (Baldwinville State Road) refer to otheragency; 8:50 p.m.: warrant arrest (SpringStreet) unable to locate; 9:06 p.m.: summonsservice (Hale Street) served; 9:41 p.m.:harassment (Central Street) gone onarrival; 10:33 p.m.: building check (SummerDrive) secure; 10:46 p.m.: larceny (Maple
Street) unfounded; 11:19 p.m.: mental healthissue (Pond Street) spoken to.
TUESDAY, JULY 9
1:07 a.m.: fraud (phone) refer to other PD;1:56-3:51 a.m.: 10 building checks, secure;2:20 a.m.: ambulance (Ipswich Drive)refused assistance; 2:45 a.m.: suspiciousauto (Oak Street) spoken to; 4:01 a.m.: prop-erty lost (Central Street) info taken; 5:28a.m.: assist citizen (Walnut Street) infotaken; 5:59 a.m.: alarm type unknown(Sunset Court) checked, secure; 8:01 a.m.:burglary B&E (Glenallan Street) reporttaken; 8:21 a.m.: abandoned 911 call(Hapgood Road) accidental; 8:26 a.m.: officerwanted (Ready Drive) report taken; 8:49a.m.: ambulance (Ipswich Drive) assisted;9:20 a.m.: suspicious auto (Spring Street)spoken to; 9:33 a.m.: suspicious auto (HydeStreet) info taken; 9:47 a.m. mental healthissue (Ready Drive) services rendered; 10:23a.m.: officer wanted (Central Street) spokento; 10:29 a.m.: officer wanted (Ipswich Drive)gone on arrival; 10:56 a.m.: officer wanted(Pearl Drive) spoken to; 11:14 a.m.: panicalarm (Railroad Street) accidental; 11:45a.m.: assist citizen (Spruce Street) propertyreturned to owner; 1:31 p.m.: 209A service(Willoughby Avenue) unable to serve; 1:42p.m.: suspicious auto (Ready Drive) spokento; 2:51 p.m.: 209A service (WilloughbyAvenue) unable to serve; 4:58 p.m.: burglaralarm (Glenallan Street) secured building;5:04 p.m.: animal complaint (Hospital Drive)spoken to; 6:01 p.m.: abandoned 911 call(Cross Street) report taken; 6:16 p.m.: animalcomplaint (Beech Street) unable to locate;8:10 p.m.: be on the look out (Green Street)assisted; 8:51 p.m.: animal complaint (BeechStreet) refer to other agency; 9:09 p.m.:unwanted party (Juniper Street) reporttaken; 9:35 p.m.: vandalism (Mill Street) noPD service required; 9:38 p.m.: license platemissing (Teel Road) report taken; 9:46 p.m.:investigation (Front Street) report taken;10:16 p.m.: alarm type unknown (PondStreet) services rendered; 11:01 p.m.: fight(Maple Street) gone on arrival; 11:58 p.m.:noise complaint (Ready Drive) spoken to.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 10
12:08-2:37 a.m.: four building checks,secure; 12:15 a.m.: extra patrols (GoodrichDrive) checked, secure; 6:09 a.m.: 209Arequest (Crosby Road) spoken to; 7:12 a.m.:ambulance (Central Street) transport; 7:40a.m.: 911 call non-emergency (RoyalstonRoad North) accidental; 7:56 a.m.: reposses-sion of MV (Mill Street) info taken; 9:17a.m.: trespass notice entry (Cross Street)info given; 10:20 a.m.: general info (SpringStreet) info taken; 10:35 a.m.: neighbor dis-pute (Mason Street) spoken to; 10:45 a.m.:vandalism (Goodrich Drive) report taken;12:25 p.m.: summons service (Willoughby
Avenue) unable toserve; abandoned 911call (Brown Street)accidental; 1:33 p.m.:suspicious person(School Street) spo-ken to; 2:04 p.m.: ani-mal complaint(Main Street) spokento; 2:39 p.m.: licenseplate missing(Central Street)report taken; 3:14p.m.: officer wanted(Pond Street) reporttaken; 3:51 p.m.: MVstop (JacksonAvenue) verbalwarning; 4:37 p.m.:abandoned 911 call(Sibley Road)advised officer; 6:48
p.m.: accident (Spring Street) report taken;10:26 p.m.: ambulance (Spring Street) referto other PD; 11:31 p.m.: extra patrols(Goodrich Drive) checked, secure.
THURSDAY, JULY 11
12:01 a.m.: disturbance, group (CentralStreet) assisted; 12:05-4:48 a.m.: eight build-ing checks, secure; 7:13 a.m.; trespass noticeentry (Maynard Street) info taken; 8:25 a.m.:MV stop (West Street) traffic citation issued;8:44 a.m.: MV stop (West Street) traffic cita-tion issued; 9:10 a.m.: vandalism (ReadyDrive) report taken; 10:34 a.m.: MV stop(Spring Street) traffic citation issued; 10:49a.m.: MV stop (Spring Street) traffic citationissued; 11:13 a.m.: investigation (FrontStreet) info taken; 11:17 a.m.: welfare check(addresses will not be printed) gone onarrival; 1:02 p.m.: officer wanted (MellenRoad) spoken to; 1:49 p.m.: officer wanted(Hyde Street) spoken to; 2:09 p.m.: MV stop(Baldwinville State Road) traffic citationissued; 2:26 p.m.: ambulance (Central Street)transport; 3:24 p.m.: threats (Mellen Road)spoken to; 3:52 p.m.: ambulance (Mill GlenRoad) transport; 4 p.m.: dog bite (PolandAvenue) refer to other agency; 4:33 p.m.: gen-eral info (Morse Avenue) assisted; 4:53 p.m.:repossession of MV (Emerald Street) infotaken; 5:06 p.m.: suspicious person (CentralStreet) transport; 5:34 p.m.: assist otheragency (Maynard Street) assisted; 5:42 p.m.:assault (Front Street) arrest: Elizabeth M.Hill, age 47 of 86 Front St. #11, Winchendon:two counts A&B, and assault with danger-ous weapon; 7:19 p.m.: MV stop (FrontStreet) verbal warning; 7:51 p.m.: officerwanted (Crosby Road) assisted; 8:51 p.m.:harassment (Brown Street) spoken to; 9:30p.m.: MV stop (Central Street) verbal warn-ing; 9:46 p.m.: loitering (Central Street) dis-persed gathering; 10:15 p.m.: noise com-plaint (Beachview Drive) area search nega-tive; 10:22 p.m.: officer wanted (Pond Street)spoken to; 10:49 p.m.: suspicious person(Central Street) spoken to; 10:56 p.m.: ambu-lance (Pleasant Street) transport; 11:02 p.m.:assist other PD (Rte. 12) assisted.
FRIDAY, JULY 12
12:08-3:38 a.m.: 10 building checks, secure;12:13 a.m.: MV stop (Elmwood Road) verbalwarning; 12:22 a.m.: MV stop (GardnerRoad) traffic citation issued; 12:25 a.m.: sus-picious auto (Pleasant Street) spoken to;12:32 a.m.: arrest (Front Street) David M.Thomas, age 29 of 314 School St.,Winchendon: public drinking town bylaw;12:38 a.m.: suspicious other (Central Street)spoken to; 12:42 a.m.: suspicious auto(Elmwood Road) spoken to; 5:25 a.m.: animalcomplaint (River Street) services rendered;6:23 a.m.: MV stop (Gardner Road) verbalwarning; 9:28 a.m.: officer wanted (CentralStreet) info given; 9:31 a.m.: MV stop (SpringStreet) traffic citation issued; 9:46 a.m.: MVstop (Spring Street) traffic citation issued;10:41 a.m.: 209A service (walk in) served todefendant; 10:58 a.m.: MV stop (GardnerRoad) traffic citation issued; 11:17 a.m.: MVstop (Gardner Road) traffic citation issued;11:24 a.m.: officer wanted (Alger Street) spo-ken to; 11:35 a.m.: MV stop (Gardner Road)traffic citation issued; 12:06 p.m.: ambulance(Otter River Road) assisted; 1:25 p.m.: sexoffender registration (Lincoln Avenue) infotaken; 1:27 p.m.: ambulance (Ipswich Drive)call canceled; 2:28 p.m.: MV stop (GardnerRoad) traffic citation issued; 2:45 p.m.: offi-cer wanted (walk in) spoken to; 6:04 p.m.:animal complaint (Pleasant Street) infotaken; 6:41 p.m.: domestic (Munroe Street)arrest: Derek Engle, age 30 of 305 Front St.,Winchendon: domestic A&B, carry firearmwithout license, improper storage offirearm, and unlawful wiretap; 6:49 p.m.:burglary, B&E (Front Street) checked,
secure; 8:48 p.m.: extra patrols (SchoolStreet) info taken; 8:55 p.m.: officer wanted(Spring Street) unfounded; 11:52 p.m.: suspi-cious MV (Mill Glen Pond Road North) spo-ken to.
SATURDAY, JULY 13
12:28-3:48 a.m.: nine building checks,secure; 1:03 a.m.: registration check (MainStreet) info given; 1:14 a.m.: unwanted party(Cardinal Lane) refused assistance; 3:08a.m.: suspicious MV (Munroe Street) servic-es rendered; 3:47 a.m.: registration check(Hyde Park Drive) info given; 3:49 a.m.: sus-picious MV (Willow Street) checked, secure;5:25 a.m.: ambulance (West Street) trans-port; 7:44 a.m.: MV stop (Gardner Road) traf-fic citation issued; 8:56 a.m.: MV stop(Spring Street) traffic citation issued; 9:10a.m.: animal complaint (Eagle Road) refer toACO; 9:19 a.m.: larceny (Glenallan Street)report taken; 10:18 a.m.: suspicious MV(Eagle Road) spoken to; 11:18 a.m.: MV stop(Spring Street) traffic citation issued; 11:31a.m.: MV stop (Gardner Road) traffic cita-tion issued; 11:47 a.m.: MV stop (GardnerRoad) verbal warning; 12:34 p.m.: MV stop(Maple Street) traffic citation issued; 1:01p.m.: MV stop (Gardner Road) traffic cita-tion issued; 1:03 p.m.: officer wanted (walkin) spoken to; 1:34 p.m.: accident (CentralStreet) report taken; 2:01 p.m.: propertyfound (Central Street) assisted; 2:06 p.m.:assist other agency (Goodrich Drive) PDservice not required; 3:50 p.m.: warrantcheck (Central Street) info given; 3:59 p.m.:general info (Mill Street) info taken; 4 p.m.:registration check (Front Street) info given;4:30 p.m.: general info (Central Street) spo-ken to; 4:41 p.m.: ambulance (Central Street)transport; 6:51 p.m.: general info (walk in)spoken to; 7:22 p.m.: officer wanted (FrontStreet) spoken to; 7:23 p.m.: ambulance(Spring Street) transport; 7:27 p.m.: assistother PD (phone) assisted; 8:17 p.m.: ambu-lance (Pearl Drive) transport; 8:33 p.m.:assist other PD (phone) assisted; 8:38 p.m.:suspicious other (Central Street) spoken to;8:51 p.m.: noise complaint (Highland Street)spoken to; 9:43 p.m.: registration check(town patrol) info given; 9:50 p.m.: registra-tion check (Front Street) info given; 10:12p.m.: assist citizen (Crosby Road) assisted;10:45 p.m.: officer wanted (Crosby Road)arrest: Juvenile, age 15: assault and resist-ing arrest.
SUNDAY, JULY 14
12:38 a.m.: ambulance (Oak Street) trans-port; 12:40 a.m.: deliver message(Baldwinville Road) delivered; 1:31 a.m.:traffic hazard (Front Street) removed; 1:47a.m.: animal complaint (Old County Road)refer to ACO; 2:07-2:32 a.m.: four buildingchecks, secure; 2:47 a.m.: accident (GardnerRoad) report taken; 5:48 a.m.: assist citizen(Mill Glen Road) info taken; 9:31 a.m.: officerwanted (Monomonac Road East) areasearch negative; 9:44 a.m.: ambulance(Baldwinville State Road) no FD servicerequired; 10:35 a.m.: burglar alarm(Elmwood Road) secured building; 10:59a.m.: general info (walk in) no PD servicerequired; 11:15 a.m.: officer wanted(Elmwood Road) spoken to; 11:21 a.m.: offi-cer wanted (Lincoln Avenue) spoken to;12:09 p.m.: 209A violation (Munroe Street)summons: Derek Engel, age 30 of 21 MunroeSt., Winchendon: violation of abuse preven-tion order; 1:01 p.m.: assist other agency(Doyle Avenue) assisted; 1:23 p.m.: welfarecheck (addresses will not be printed) spokento; 2:02 p.m.: keep the peace (Munroe Street)assisted; 3:15 p.m.: general info (MunroeStreet) spoken to; 4:55 p.m.: suspicious MV(Murdock Avenue) spoken to; 5:06 p.m.:intoxicated person (Lake Street) transport;5:11 p.m.: property found (Glenallan Street)
property returned toowner; 6:08 p.m.: gen-eral info (walk in)spoken to; 7:08 p.m.:MV operating errati-cally (School Street)spoken to; 7:37 p.m.:general info(Elmwood Road)refused assistance;8:04 p.m.: warrant ofa p p r e h e n s i o n(Central Street)arrest: David M.Gordon, age 42 of 306Central St.,Winchendon: arrestbased on warrant;9:13 p.m.: accident(Gardner Road)report taken; 9:24p.m.: illegal burn(Front Street) spokento; 10:22 p.m.: Diveteam needed (WestShore Drive) res-cued.
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SOUTH ASHBURNHAM —Beatrice (LaFrenier)Cowdrey Moeckel, age 94 ofSouth Ashburnham, diedpeacefully July 15, 2013 inQuabbin Valley Healthcare,Athol.
Beatrice was the widow ofHerbert Cowdrey who died in
1961, and Charles Moeckel who died in 1996.Beatrice was born in Winchendon March28, 1919, a daughter of the late Edgar andHelen (Gooley) LaFrenier. Mrs. Moeckelwas a communicant of St. Anne’s Parish inSouth Ashburnham. She enjoyed beingwith her family and friends, gardening,social activities, and spending summers inMaine.
Beatrice was a caregiver to many peoplethrough the years.
She is survived by two daughters, PhyllisFreeman and her husband William ofFitchburg, Judith Greskovic and her hus-band William of Ashburnham, one son;
David Cowdrey of Ossian, IN, two step chil-dren; Nancy Scalzulli of Florida and RoyMoeckel of Connecticut; five grandchil-dren, Karen Brackett, Tracy Conley, GailVillani, Jody Cowdrey, and Kevin Tripp; onebrother; Kenneth LaFrenier ofWinchendon, eight great-grandchildren,and several nieces and nephews. Beatricewas predeceased by three brothers and twosisters.
Relatives and friends were planning tohonor and celebrate Beatrice’s life by gath-ering for a calling hour in the LamoureuxFletcher and Smith Funeral Home (fletcher-cares.com), 105 Central St., Gardner, MA onThursday July 18, 2013. A funeral Mass fol-lowed in St. Denis Church, 85 Main St.,Ashburnham. Rev. John E. Horgan celebrat-ed the Mass. Burial in Calvary Cemetery,Glenallen Street followed.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Beatrice’smemory may be made to the St. DenisChurch, 85 Main St., Ashburnham, MA01430.
Lila I. (Hackler) Maki, 95WINCHENDON — Lila I. (Hackler) Maki,
age 95, formerly of Marlborough, NH andWinchendon, died Thursday, July 11 at theNew England Health Center in Sunderland.
She was born in Redgranite, WI on May12, 1918. She grew up in Marlborough, NHand lived in Winchendon for 40 years beforereturning to Marlborough. Her husband,Walter J. Maki, died in 1995.
Her family includes a son, Alan W. Maki
of Alpine, WY; a daughter, Betty A.Manning of The Villages, FL, five grand-sons and 10 great grandchildren.
Private graveside services will be held atthe family lot in Winchendon at the conven-ience of the family.
Stone-Ladeau Funeral Home (stone-ladeau.com), 343 Central St., Winchendon isdirecting arrangements.
Oliver Joseph ‘Babe’ Taylor, 79FITZWILLIAM — Oliver Joseph ‘Babe’
Taylor, age 79, of Fitzwilliam died Friday,July 12, 2013 at the Dartmouth-HitchcockMedical Center in Lebanon, NH after a briefillness.
Babe was born on Oct. 28, 1933 in WestRindge son of the late Joseph and Abby(Carlton) Taylor. He received his educationlocally in Rindge and in Jaffrey.
He served his country proudly and honor-ably in the U.S. Navy aboard the U.S.S.Healy, a Fletcher-Class Destroyer.
Upon returning home from the service,Babe and his brother Stanley Taylor pur-chased the West Rindge Basket Companyfrom their parents and co-owned and oper-ated the business with his brother untilretiring only eight years ago. Over 25 yearsago, Babe and his wife started the Little JobConstruction Company, and together theywere still enjoying doing the little jobs noone else wanted to do until the day he died.
Babe had also been a volunteer firefighterwith the Rindge Fire Department and hadearned the status of Honorary Firefighterin recognition of over 15 years of dedicatedservice.
Babe could never sit still, he loved work-ing and tending his vegetable garden. Heand his wife also enjoyed showing Corvettesfor nine years and they spent as much time
as they could out on LakeWinnipesauke on their CabinCruiser.
Babe’s sisters, Eunice,Anna and Barbara all diedearlier.
He is survived by his wifeof 35 years, Jacqueline(Crane) Taylor, of Fitzwilliam; his twodaughters, Donna Andrews and her hus-band Hal of Jaffrey and Lisa Pelkey and herhusband Tim of Fitzwilliam; his two sons,Mark Taylor and his wife Cheryl ofWaynesboro, VA and Jay Taylor of Arizona;nine grandchildren; three great-grandchil-dren; his brother Stanley Taylor and hiswife Annette of Rindge and many nieces,nephews, cousins and close friendsFamily and friends were warmly invited toa graveside funeral service on Tuesday, July16, 2013 in Hillside Cemetery on GoddardRoad in Rindge. Rev. Lynda Tolton, pastor ofthe Fitzwilliam Community Church offici-ated. Military Honors were rendered by theU.S. Navy at the conclusion of the service.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contribu-tions may be made in Mr. Taylor’s name tothe Fire-Rescue & EMS Association ofFitzwilliam, Inc., PO Box 425, Fitzwilliam,NH 03447.
OBITUARIESGloria Fern (Fisk) Hess, 73
TOWNSEND — GloriaFern (Fisk) Hess, age 73, for-merly of Townsend, died onSaturday, July 6, 2013 after along illness. She was bornon March 21, 1940 and wasthe daughter of the lateHazen and Reba (Tallman)Fisk.
She was a graduate of Fitchburg HighSchool and Fisher College. She was alicensed real estate broker, and had her ownfirm for several years. She previouslyworked as a governess, a bank teller, and asan administrative assistant.
Gloria loved singing, dancing, writingsongs and poems, and playing with hergranddaughters, two of the great loves ofher life.
She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Deborah Lloyd and Robert Busser of
Dunstable, and their daughters, Alexa andJulia; her sisters and brothers, BeatriceMellett-Harding of Winchendon, HazenFisk Jr. of Greenville, NH, Joyce Lashua ofAsheboro, NC, and Harry Fisk ofFitchburg, and many nieces and nephews.She was the sister of the late PhyllisViolette, Harold Leavitt, Fred Leavitt,Margaret Davis, Audrey Misner, andMarlene Racine.
The family wishes to thank the staff atSunny Acres in Chelmsford for their careand kindness.
A memorial service celebrating her lifewas held at the First Parish Church inGroton on Sunday, July 14.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be madeto the Fitchburg High School scholarshipfund at: Alumni Association of FHS, Inc.,PO Box 906, Fitchburg, MA 01420.
Andre Stupak, 61LEOMINSTER — Andre
Stupak, age 61, ofLeominster, died unexpect-edly Wednesday, July 10,2013, at his home. Mr. Stupakwas born in Groton,February 24, 1952, a son ofAlexander Stupak andClaire (Primeau) Stupak
Smith, and grew up in Fitchburg.He was a graduate of Fitchburg High
School and continued his education atMount Wachusett Community College. Hehad resided many years in Ashby andWinchendon before recently moving toLeominster.
Andre had served his country in theUnited States Navy. For 20 years, he hadworked as a QA test engineer and releasemanager at EMC Corporation in Hopkinton.An avid hunter and fisherman, he was amember of the Fitchburg Rod and Gun Club.Andre also enjoyed boating and was a fan ofthe Boston sports teams. He attended St.
John’s Church in Townsend.He leaves his wife of 27
years, Debra A. Stupak; a sonand daughter-in-law, JustinAndre and Leann Stupak ofTownsend; a daughter,Kimberly Anne Stupak andher fiancé, Kyle Boucher ofFitchburg; a brother, Alex of Leominster; asister, Priscilla Mosher of Texas; two grand-children, Natalie Stupak and SydneyStupak. Besides his parents, Andre was pre-deceased by his twin brother, John Stupak ofBuffalo, NY and his stepfather, James Smith.
A funeral Mass was celebratedWednesday, July 17, 2013 at St. John’sChurch, 1 School Street, Townsend.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be madeto One Fund Boston, Inc. PO Box 990009.Boston, MA 02199.
T.J. Anderson & Son Funeral Home(andersonfuneral.com), 250 Main Street(Rte. 119), Townsend Center directedarrangements.
Beatrice (LaFrenier) Cowdrey Moeckel, 94
items are things that have a senti-mental value or evoke a wonderfulmemory.
They can be photographs, art-work, artifact, furniture, rugs,antiques and family heirlooms.These are the items that will tell astory…they will tell the story ofyou. These items will be placedstrategically in your home.Artwork will be (if not already)framed and hung, as will photo-graphs. All these Things ThatMatter will be prominently dis-played and serve as various focalpoints.
LightingLighting is so important in your
overall home design. It’s a function-al necessity that sets the overallmood and tone of your home. Investin a couple of really good qualitylamps that can set up the focalpoint of your room. An elegantlampshade does wonders to reallydress up a space. Chandeliers arequite popular these days and thereare many out there in all pricepoints. Install an elegant chande-lier over your dining room table, inyour bedroom, even in your bath-room.
Window TreatmentIt’s also extremely important to
pay attention to your windows. Ifyou are going to hang curtains ordrapes, they should be hung fromthe ceiling, not right over the win-dow as that will box in the windowand make your ceiling appearshorter. Luxury homes tend to havehigher ceilings, so hang your cur-tains as high as you possibly can.Keep all clutter away from windowsand don’t block your light source.
Custom window treatment doesnot necessarily mean expensive.Check out Norma Jean Interiors onher Facebook page and atwww.normajeanInteriors.com. Sheoffers custom draperies as well asblinds, shades, and shutters.Norma will work with any budgetto help you achieve that expensivelook you want at a price you canafford. Tell her Julie sent you andreceive 15 percent off for first order.
Add Architectural MoldingAll elegant and luxury homes
have moldings and other architec-tural elements. The addition ofmoldings, (whether baseboard,chair rail or ceiling) can transforma very bland and ordinary room.When working with moldings,wider is better. If your current
home has moldings but they are onthe narrower side, you can widenthem easily with a visit to yourhardware or home improvementcenter. This relatively inexpensivetouch will dramatically improveyour home’s appearance.
PaintChose your paint and colors wise-
ly. White walls can seem both luxu-rious and yet terribly bland. Anantique or linen white are goodchoices but you’ll want to be sure tohave rich colors elsewhere in yourroom whether in your fabrics oraccessories. If you look through thehome décor magazines you will seethe more expensive homes use a lotof deep and rich colors, on walls, infabrics, in accessories. It is impor-tant to balance, however. A deepblue wall requires some lighter fur-niture for balance. If you are goingto add gold into your accessories,frames and lamps for instance, becareful how you do so.
Gold tones can add a luxuriouselegance but if done improperlythey can greatly cheapen up yourspace and that’s the opposite ofwhat we are aiming to do. If colordoesn’t intimidate you try a deepcolor in a high gloss. Rich coloredlacquered walls are being seen inmany designer and wealthy homes.If you want something a bit moresubtle, try painting your doors inhigh gloss in a rich color such asblack, navy blue or purple.
FabricThe fabrics you pick can set the
tone for your space. Typically richfabrics have textures that you cansee as well as feel. Deep bold colorsperhaps mixed with differentshades of whites, even with pastelsin silks, linens and velvets will adda luxurious touch to your room.Feel free to mix and match texturesand colors to add dimension.
Accessories and ArtworkYou needn’t own a Picasso or Dali
to make your walls seem richer.You can hang framed posters, art-work from children, photography— anything at all, really. Choose afew elegant and wood frames. Mixblacks and golds and mix up yoursizes. Pay attention to scale. Whileit can be OK to hang a large pictureon a small wall, it is never OK tohang just one small picture on alarge wall. If you have expansivewall space and smaller to mid-sizedpictures, you can create a vignetteand hang them together. Usingpainter’s tape that won’t harm thepaint on your wall you can create amontage of your frames to see what
looks good where. The tape can beremoved and replaced, holes inwalls cannot. It is perfectly accept-able to have an entire wall filledwith artwork. It is also perfectly allright to mix mediums. For exampleyour photography, oils, charcoalsketches, posters and watercolorscan co-exist beautifully together onthe same wall. Peruse a few deco-rating magazines for inspiration.
Now is the time to accessorizeyour home with your “Things ThatMatter.” Create vignettes, short sto-ries, with your accessories and col-lectibles. In some cases you willwant to create symmetry, in othersyou will want asymmetry. Forexample, if you are decorating withcandlesticks or other collectibles,work the pieces in threes as this isvisually more appealing. This istrick often used by decorators. Alsoplay with height and dimension.You won’t want three vases of thesame height and thickness on yourmantel or coffee table. You’ll wantto select three different ones in var-ious heights and widths. On yourcoffee table you will want to createmore of a symmetry, for example apile of art books needs to be bal-anced by something of equalweight on the other side, perhapsthe bouquet of flowers or a bowl offresh fruit which we talked aboutearlier.
Don’t forget to look downYour floors are as important as
the rest of the house. If you havehardwood floors and can rip upwall to wall carpeting, do it. Woodfloors evoke an elegant and luxuri-ous feel. If you’re in a rental,whether apartment or house, anddon’t have the ability to remove thecarpeting, purchase a few arearugs. Area rugs can pull a roomtogether to add a more texture,color and a more luxurious feel.Consider bright colors, bold pat-terns and animal prints which arestill wildly popular.
Check out Nate Berkus’s bookThe Things That Matter and hisline at Target. Another great read-ing is Peter Walsh’s book How toOrganize Everything.
Visit www.homestagingbyjulie.com and like me on Facebook to getadditional tips and suggestions fororganizing you home and life.Please send me any topics that youwould like for me to discuss [email protected] Millar.
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GFA Parker Street branch while serving inher previous positions as a part-time tellerto full-time teller, teller supervisor andfinancial services specialist.
Blais attended Mount WachusettCommunity College.
“Nicole truly understands the impor-tance of serving our members well andbalancing the goals of the Credit Union.We are pleased to have her in this manage-ment position,” said Kelli Mason, VP ofsales & service.
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SCALES APPOINTEDGARDNER - Lea
Ann Scales has beenappointed vice pres-ident of access,transition anddevelopment atMount WachusettC o m m u n i t yCollege, where shewill oversee the col-lege’s many K-12programs and part-nerships, develop-
ment, planning and institutional research,and the MWCC Foundation, Inc. Shereplaces senior vice president SharynRice, who retired after 25 years at MWCC.
Scales, a resident of Holden, previouslyserved as assistant vice president of publicrelations and marketing at Worcester StateUniversity since 2008. Prior to that, sheserved as an administrator at MWCC formore than 10 years, most recently as asso-ciate vice president of public affairs, over-seeing the college’s media, community andgovernmental relations. She also worked
with President Daniel M. Asquino tolaunch MWCC’s Center for Democracy andHumanity (now the Center of CivicLearning and Community Engagement)and oversaw its varied outreach programs,and served as an adjunct faculty memberteaching political science courses to dualenrolled high school students.
“We are delighted to welcome Lea AnnScales back to the MWCC community,”Asquino said. “She brings more than 20years of strategic experience and leader-ship, and is an enthusiastic champion ofpublic higher education. Her commitmentto serving students and our communities,coupled with her breadth of knowledgeand experience in the areas of public edu-cation, advancement, strategic planning,communications and community and gov-ernmental relations, are a tremendousasset to the college and our students.”
Mount Wachusett Community Collegehas created a national model in its innova-tive K-12 partnerships,” Scales said. “Theopportunity to work with the incrediblygifted team in access and transition, devel-opment, strategic planning, institutionalresearch and the MWCC Foundation, is anhonor and source of inspiration everyday.”
Earlier in her career, Scales held posts asa congressional press secretary, senateinformation officer and radio newscaster.She has received numerous awards forhigher education communications andadvancement, including two 2009 Councilfor the Advancement and Support ofEducation (CASE) awards andCommunicator of the Year award from theNational Council for Marketing and PublicRelations (NCMPR) District 1 in 2005.
Scales served as an elected official on theWachusett Regional School DistrictCommittee and as co-chair of the HoldenSchool Building Committee. She alsoserves as a guest host for The Jordan LevyShow on WTAG.
She earned her bachelor’s degree incommunications and political sciencefrom Minnesota State University Mankatoand her Master of Science degree in publicaffairs from the University ofMassachusetts Boston. Her professionalaffiliations include the Council for theAdvancement and Support of Education(CASE) and the National Council forMarketing and Public Relations.
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Richard Nutt, Monty Tech Director of Vocational Programs, reaches into the barrel to select the nameof the lucky student who won a 2007 Ford Focus at the school’s end-of-the-year Bulldog Pride drawing.Also in photo are, from left, the school’s bulldog mascot (a.k.a. Christina Truong of Fitchburg), AliciaMaxwell of Fitchburg and Kali Packard of Sterling.
Winchendon student wins grand prize at Bulldog PrideFITCHBURG — At Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School it pays to have
good grades, stay out of trouble, and come to school regularly.The school’s student incentive program, known as Bulldog Pride, aims to increase stu-
dent attendance, decrease discipline problems and create a better school atmosphere,according to Principal Nicholas J.
DeSimone.Each quarter, and at the end of the school year, students who attend school regularly, get
good marks, have no discipline issues, and use their student agendas, have their namesentered into a drawing for gifts and prizes.
At the final drawing, held the last day of school, a lucky student wins a car that is donat-ed to the school and overhauled in the auto shops.
This year, Dakota Holden of Winchendon won a 2007 Ford Focus was formerly used by theschool’s driver education program.
At the final drawing of the year, held on the last day of school, approximately 75 studentsreceived prizes such as movie tickets, cash, stereo speakers, head phones, sporting equip-ment, games, T-shirts and a mountain bike. The items are purchased with funds donatedby the Monty Tech Foundation. Teachers and staff members also donate prizes.
The program targets four main areas: attendance, achievement, behavior/deportmentand recognition, according to DeSimone.
“This incentive program is based on the philosophy that students learn more if theyattend school on a regular basis. Once we have our students in school, our job is to moti-vate them, teach skills and instill positive work habits. The program encourages studentsto learn and achieve success,” he added.
FITCHBURG — Fitchburg StateUniversity President Robert V. Antonuccirecently announced several promotions andappointments on the campus.
Jay Bry has beenpromoted to serve asthe university’s vicepresident of financeand administration.Bry joinedFitchburg State in1999 as the assistantdean of students anddirector of campusliving. He was thenpromoted to theassistant vice presi-
dent of administration and finance inMarch 2004 and served as the university’schief operating officer.
He earned a Bachelor of Science degree inlandscape architecture and a master of sci-ence in business administration manage-ment from Purdue University.
He has more than 23 years of experiencein various aspects of college administra-tion, and has also worked in positions atGeorgia College and State University inMilledgeville, GA; and Purdue University inWest Lafayette, IN.
As vice president of finance and adminis-tration, Bry will provide leadership anddirection for the university’s and FitchburgState University Foundation’s finances,which includes budgeting, accounting andprocurement. Bry will continue to provideleadership and strategic vision for the capi-tal planning and operations division.
“Jay has supervised the development ofseveral large-scale projects in recent yearsthat have significantly changed both thephysical plant and overall campus environ-ment for students, faculty and staff,”Antonucci said. “His oversight and respon-sibility of the financial operations of theuniversity reflects his effective fiscal man-agement for the financial well-being of theuniversity, its capital projects and housingoperations. Jay has a natural, creative abili-ty for improving the university whileremaining mindful of our student needs.”
Cathy Daggett hasbeen promoted toserve as comptrollerfor the university.Daggett has workedat Fitchburg Statefor 14 years in vari-ous roles within theu n i v e r s i t y ’ sDepartment ofFinancial Services,most recently asdirector for financial
reporting and analysis. Antonucci said herwillingness and abilities to accept diversechallenges have allowed the university tocontinue to excel in managing its fiscal cli-mate.
Daggett graduated from Fitchburg Statein 1994 and soon thereafter became a certi-fied public accountant, spending many
years in public accounting providing servic-es to clients in a variety of industries, gov-ernments and non-profit organizationsthroughout New England. She is a memberof the American Institute of CertifiedPublic Accountants, the MassachusettsSociety of Certified Public Accountants andthe Government Finance OfficersAssociation.
As comptroller, Daggett will provide lead-ership and direction for the daily financialoperations of the university and founda-tion. Her responsibilities include budgeting,purchasing and accounting.
“Cathy exemplifies her professionaldemeanor with her strong business acu-men,” Antonucci said. “This will comple-ment the financial services team.”
Emily Austin-Bruns recentlyjoined the campus asthe new director ofalumni relations.Austin-Bruns cameto Fitchburg Stateafter five years at theNorth CentralCharter EssentialSchool in Fitchburg,where she served asassistant to the exec-
utive director and, most recently, director ofdevelopment and community outreach.Prior to her appointment at the charterschool, Austin-Bruns worked in the enter-tainment industry as director of develop-ment and distribution at New AmsterdamEntertainment in New York City. Austin-Bruns is a 2002 graduate of SyracuseUniversity.
“Emily brings a strong set of interperson-al skills and a commitment to Fitchburg andthe region which will only help strengthenour alumni network and engage new mem-bers of the Fitchburg State community,”Antonucci said.
Michael Kushmerek has assumed the roleof director of annualgiving. Kushmerekhas earned twodegrees fromFitchburg State: abachelor of sciencein history and politi-cal science in 2008and a master’sdegree in history in2013.
“Mike has been avaluable member ofthe alumni and
development team for five years,”Antonucci said. “In his new role he will playa key role in fundraising, which has becomean ever more critical function as we seek tokeep public education affordable and acces-sible for students.”
Fitchburg State University enrolls 7,000day and evening students in more than 50programs of study. The university wasestablished in 1894.
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SPORTSSPORTSWinchendon Pitbulls finish second in NEAAUWINCHENDON — The Pitbulls
were selected to host the NEAAUFinal Four at LaBelle Fields at theWinchendon School on SaturdayJuly 13. The local team would behost to the Baseball UnlimitedTigers from Waltham in the firstsemi-final and the second semisaw the Vikings Baseball squadfrom Beverly and the NewEngland Defenders of Medford.
The Pitbulls retired the Tigersin the first with starter ZachBanks only surrendering a two outwalk. The Tigers pitcher was notsharp early, and surrendered a oneout walk to Bradley Parks, then hitMike Varno with the next pitch,and follow that with a four pitchwalk to Pierre Brouillard to loadthe bases. The Tigers pitcher fol-lowed with a strike out, but wouldnot leave the inning unscathedwhen he walked Ethan Andrusand JT Cloutier, then give up a sin-gle to Jacob Wood scoringBrouillard and Andrus. ThePitbulls were handed a 4-0 leadafter one, but could not find thatshut down inning.
The Tigers responded with somewell placed hits where the Pitbullsjust could not make a play, andpushed five across the plate to takethe lead in the top of the second.Both pitchers settled in after thatand Banks would end his outing inthe fourth on consecutive strikeouts, reaching a high pitch count.Parks took the hill in the fifth, andcontinued blanking the Tigers.Catcher Chris Croteau made thepitchers outing easier when hethrew out a pair of would be basestealers. The Tigers threatened inthe top of the seventh with a pairof two out singles, but an aggres-sive attempt on the second hit toadvance on the throw to third ledto Varno throwing the runner out
with an excellent tag by WillIannacone at second base, preserv-ing the one run deficit at 5-4 head-ing into the Pitbulls last at bat.
Alan Smith drew a one out walk,stole second, and moved over tothird on a ground out by Parks.Varno tied the game on the secondpitch he saw on a liner to centerfield. Two pitches later Brouillardhit a hard ground ball through thehole on the right side. With thegame tied, Varno aggressivelywent first to third on the hit andthe move paid off when the throwfrom right field got past the thirdbaseman allowing Varno to sprintin with the walk off run, advanc-ing the Pitbulls to theChampionship game.
The Pitbulls would face the NEDefenders who won the secondsemi-final matchup 11-2. Showingwhy the two teams got to the cham-pionship game, there was not anerror committed on either side.Varno took the hill for the Pitbullsand tame the Defenders sendingthe first six down in order. ThePitbulls struck in the bottom ofthe second when Andrus led offwith a walk, stole second, then twobatters later was driven in byIannacone on a single to center.
The Defenders answered in thetop of the third with a lead off sin-gle, then scoring two batters lateron a sacrifice fly to Cloutier in cen-ter. The Defenders grabbed thelead in the fourth when theypieced together a pair of runs bothcoming after the first two outswere recorded. The Pitbulls threat-ened with a one out double byJacob Mahan, but a pair of strike-outs ended the fourth inningthreat. Varno would deal throughthe fifth and sixth innings, onlygiving up a harmless walk in thesixth. The Pitbulls threatened
again in the fifth with a Bankslead off single followed by a Smithwalk. Parks would hit what lookedto be a ground ball through thehole at short, but the Defendersshort stop made a great back hand-ed stop and threw Smith out byinches on the force at second. TheDefender pitcher walked Varno,loading the bases, but leave theinning unscathed inducing aground out to second. TheDefenders tacked on an insurancerun in the sixth with a lead off sin-
gle, and a one out triple. Cloutiercame in and struck out the two bat-ters he faced to end the inning.Chris Croteau reached on a twoout walk, and advance to thirdbase on defensive indifference, buta ground out to short put an end tothe Pitbulls run, losing 4-1.
“As a competitor you alwayshate to lose. To battle the way wedid, losing to a quality team with-out making any mistakes, youwalk away knowing the otherteam was just better on that given
day.” said Pitbulls coach ToddParks. “As a coach you hope tohave a chance to win, and we hadopportunities in multiple inningsand couldn’t find that timely hit.Credit to the Defenders, they madethe pitch, the hit, or the play whenthey needed to. There are 42 otherteams in NEAAU wishing theywere playing in this game. I amproud of the boys and what theyaccomplished.”
Courtesy photo
Left to Right: bottom: JT Cloutier, Will Iannacone; on knees: Pierre Brouillard, Jacob Wood, Jacob Mahan and Bradley Parks.Standing: Coach Todd Parks, Zach Banks, Ethan Andrus, Mike Varno, Alan Smith, Chris Croteau, Coach Scott Mahan andCoach Dave Smith(crutches)
Charlton makes great showing, claiming title at WinchendonBY JERRY CARTON
COURIER CORRESPONDENT
WINCHENDON — Scoring seven runs inthe top of the first inning, adding five morein the fifth, and tacking on another two inthe sixth, Charlton’s weekend inWinchendon came to a satisfying conclu-sion Sunday when the Major All Stars out-lasted Peabody West, 14-6, to claim the statechampionship before a huge crowd on asun-drenched afternoon.
It looked like a rout after that first at bat,especially with Cayley Fagan on the mound,but Peabody fought back to within 7-6 afterthe fourth before Charlton sent nine hittersto the plate in that five-run fifth to put thegame out of reach.
“Awesome. It’s like a dream come true,”exulted Charlton manager Matt Boracciniwhen he was finally able to exhale.
“This is a great group of girls, and theyabsolutely deserve this,” he added.
Charlton, which romped, 9-2 in the seriesopener on Friday before losing 8-6 Saturdayto set up the deciding game, now advancesto the East Regionals in Bristol, CT.
As she had throughout the weekend,Amber Boraccini, who scored six times inthree games, (“she really jump-started usevery day,” said Matt Boraccini) began thegame with a walk and advanced to secondon Anna Bagley’s sacrifice. Fagan was upnext and plated Boraccini on a single. Thatbrought up Hailey Delphia who wound upon third after a grounder turned into athree-base throwing error, which scoredFagan. Delphia in turn scampered home ona passed ball. Carley Snyder followed with awalk, and stole second and third as IsabellBoria was drawing a two-out walk. GwenGould also picked up a free pass and KeelyScotia’s single got Snyder and Boria homeas the lineup turned back over to Boraccini.Her hit scored Gould and Scotia, and justlike that, Fagan went to the circle with a 7-0lead.
Peabody got two back in the home first ona single, walk, error and a sacrifice and apassed ball, and scored two more in thirdwhen Olivia Keane and pitcher MalloryLeBlanc singled and scored on an AmandaCrawford two-out triple. But Crawford gotgreedy and tried to extend the blast to a
homer and wound up being cut down at theplate on a throw from Boraccini to catcherDevan Wetherbee.
Leading 7-4 after three frames, Charltonthreatened in the fourth when Delphia,Snyder, and Wetherbee walked with oneaway to load the bases, but Peabody hurlerLeBlanc, who would allow 15 walks all told,nonetheless came back with two big strike-outs to erase the threat.
That gave Peabody even more energy andthey scored two more in the bottom of thefourth to make it 7-6.
“I think we got a little too loose after wegot that big lead,” Matt Boraccini said. “Iwas a little concerned in the fourth and toldthem to get their heads back in the game,that Peabody is a really good team, and itwasn’t over.”
Charlton’s dugout must have been listen-ing. Scotia led off the fifth with a walk andwhile she was retired on a fielder’s choice,Amber Boraccini was therefore aboard. Athrowing error on Bagley’s grounder and awild pitch later, she had scored and two wildpitches brought Bagley around to make it 9-6. Fagan drilled a single to center andDelphia’s double enabled her to score.Another pair of wild pitches plated Delphiaand Charlton again had a cushion at 12-6.
That appeared to take the steam out ofPeabody and Fagan rolled through the finaltwo frames, yielding a single hit as she scat-tered seven on the afternoon. Scotia walkedto open the sixth and Boraccini singled,both eventually scoring on groundouts.
With excitement building in the dugoutand along the third base side where a size-able contingent of Charlton rooters packedthe bleachers, Fagan set Peabody down inorder, striking out Kirsten Buckley to endthe game, and series, and trigger a jubilantCharlton celebration.
“I was a little tired today, but I just keptpitching through,” said Fagan later.
She hadn’t looked at all tired in Fridaynight’s opener, when she allowed just fivehits and fanned nine as Charlton scoredfour runs in the home first and added fourmore in the second. Bagley bunted for a pairof hits in those first two innings, scoringboth times. Delphia and Snyder both went 2-3. Fagan scored three runs and Boraccini,
Delphia, Snyder, Gould all tallied as well.Fagan retired the first 11 hitters she faced
and no Peabody runner reached third untilthe sixth, when the game was well in hand.
“I felt good,” she said, shrugging off afifth inning line drive from Crawford thatcaught her on the ankle. “It hurt at first, butI was okay,” insisted Fagan, who’s beenworking with a pitching coach for morethan half her 11 years.
The two runs Peabody scored late Fridaymight have given them some inspirationbecause they came out Saturday and scoredthree runs in the top of the first. Charltonevened things in the last of the first whenBoraccini , Bagley, and Delphia all scored,but Peabody scored two in the second andtwo more in the fifth. Charlton got one backin the home fifth but Peabody in turn gotthat one back in the top of the sixth to makeit 8-4 headed into the bottom of the inning.
Rain was falling steadily by this point,and Charlton had a chance to pull it out ,scoring twice and getting the potential win-
ning run on base with the bases loaded andtwo out. That was as close as they came,however, as Bagley grounded to short to endit and even the series.
“We knew they’d come back,” after Friday,said Matt Boraccini, “but we felt prettygood,” going into yesterday’s decisive con-test.
“We knew we had to play hard, just playour game,” remarked his daughter Amber.
“We definitely were ready,” chipped inScotia following the post-game celebration,which included the presentation of the statetitle flag, which Charlton’s players gleefullytook for a jaunt around the field as parentsand other relatives and friends came outonto the field snapping cameras and shoot-ing videos.
“I don’t know what’s going to be out therein Regionals,” acknowledged MattBoraccini. “I just know how good this groupis. That’s all I need to know,” he said.
Ruth DeAmicis photo
Amber Boraccini makes a dash for first base. She helped her team both at the plate and on the moundin Charlton’s race for the title.
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WINCHENDON — Town LittleLeague officials pronounced them-selves pleased with how last week-end’s Major-level State softballchampionship tournament playedat the American Legion came outlogistically, all the while acknowl-edging this weekend’s Junior andSenior event will pose a larger chal-lenge.
“It went good,” said WinchendonLittle League President Jack Smith.
The managers of the competitorsagreed with that assessment. “Wewere treated really well here.Everyone we dealt with was friend-ly and professional,” said MattBoraccini, skipper of the victoriousCharlton team.
“We felt very welcome inWinchendon,” concurred PeabodyWest manager Keith LeBlanc.
Boraccini added the parents ofhis players certainly enjoyed them-selves. “They told me they keptgoing back to the tee-shirt and con-cessions. Even some of the playerswanted to keep going back evenbefore the games,” he laughed.
The usual concession routine waschanged to accommodate the largercrowds. While the snack shop wasopen, Justin Black who normallycooks up the burgers and hot dogsduring the regular season, was boththe money manager and, along withBill Klockars, dispenser of rolls andbuns last weekend. That’s because,
right outside that facility, in thegrassy area between home plateand the third bases dugout, assis-tant tournament chairman, turfspecialist and master chef TonyLaPointe, aka the “Bobby Flay ofWinchendon” was doing thegrilling which included sausages aswell as the burgers and dogs.Patrons would pay for and collecttheir buns and rolls at the snackwindow and then take them out towhere LaPointe was working.
“This was the most efficient wayto keep it moving with this manypeople. It worked out just as we’dhoped,” he noted.
On Friday, six inch turkey andham subs had been added to themenu, but proved to be non-sellersand were dropped on Saturday. “Wesold, I think, two of them,”shrugged Black.
Former Winchendon LittleLeague manager Tracey Tenneywas doing a brisk business sellingtee shirts under the same tent.
The National Anthem on Fridaynight and Saturday morning wassung from the press box byCatherine Niles, who played secondbase herself at the Major level andcurrently plays on the varsity teamat the Winchendon School.
“I was pretty nervous,” she con-fessed following Friday’s perform-ance, but after Saturday’s rendition,she remarked, “I was less nervoustoday.” Niles is expected to sing thisweekend as well as at next month’s
East Regionals in Worcester.Activity began at the field hours
before any players arrived onFriday. Earlier in the week, RonDrapeau had repainted the dugoutand sidewall of the snack shop.Friday saw LaPointe, Drapeau,Murdock varsity coach RandyTenney and Majors baseball manag-er Jake St. Pierre lining the fieldand setting up tents for umpiresand tournament officials. ZackConnors was doing the grass cut-ting in the left and right fieldbullpens. By the time Peabody Westarrived a couple hours before gametime, the stage was fully set.
“They had everything we needed,including another place to prac-tice,” said Peabody managerLeBlanc, referencing Bentley Field.
A decent crowd showed up forFriday night’s series opener andmore substantial number turnedout Saturday, having to dodge late-game rain, but sunny skies Sunday,and the fact that a state title was atstake, drew overflow crowds fromboth towns. Bleachers on both thefirst and third base lines were fulland many more fans stood along thefences.
“Winchendon did a great job,”remarked District 3 AdministratorGretchen Haibon. “Both teams saidthey were impressed.”
Charlton manager Boraccininoted, “This is the best place we’veplayed.”
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WINCHENDON — TheWinchendon Pop Warner youthfootball and cheering programis in its final month of prepara-tion with the first practiceplanned for Monday, Aug. 12. Asis the case each year, a couple ofleague level changes will beimplemented for the 2013Season. The Wolverines will bemoving back to Division 2 forthe 2013 after playing the pasttwo seasons at the Division 1level, which is comprised of thelarger/stronger programsthrough Central Mass. This willallow for Winchendon to onceagain play all of the local pro-grams throughout northernWorcester County includingOakmont, North County andAthol/Mahar.
A second very importantchange comes on the heels ofthe Reduced Contact PracticeRule implemented prior to the2012 Season to reduce injuriesand overall head contact.Central Mass Pop Warner willbe hosting an AdvancedConcussion Training Seminarfor football and cheering coach-es throughout the league on July24 to improve awareness andeducation of the coaching staffs.The featured speaker will beChris Nowinski, co-founder andexecutive director of the SportsLegacy Institute (SLI), a non-profit organization dedicated tosolving the sports concussioncrisis through education, policy,and research. Chris also servesas an advisor on the NFLPlayers Association Mackey-White Traumatic Brain InjuryCommittee, The Ivy LeagueMulti-Sport ConcussionCommittee, South African
Rugby Union ConcussionWorking Group, and as a con-sultant to Major LeagueLacrosse. He is a Ph.D. candi-date in behavioral neuroscienceat Boston University School ofMedicine.
At the organizational level,the Wolverines are preparingfor the start of the season andhave a number of equipmenthandouts/registrations plannedin the next couple of weeks. Forfootball players, helmet andequipment fittings and registra-tions will take place at Toy TownElementary School from 6 to 8p.m. on Thursday, July 25,Tuesday July 30 and ThursdayAug. 8. For cheerleaders, pleasecontact Sue Polcari at (978) 257-5671 prior to the first practice tohave them fitted for cheer sneak-ers, spankies, t-shirts and uni-forms.
Other activities planned forthe next four weeks include theLuau and Dance that will takeplace at the Snowbound Club onSaturday, July 27 starting at 7p.m. and includes a meal for pre-purchased tickets; and the annu-al Flag Football Game betweenthe Winchendon Pop Warnercoaches and the Murdock BlueDevils players on Saturday, Aug.10 at Murdock’s Alumni Field.For tickets to the Luau pleasecontact Sue Polcari at (978) 257-5671.
In addition to accepting regis-trations at the equipment hand-outs, visit the Winchendon PopWarner website athttp://www.winchendonpop-warner.com/ to quickly registeronline. Details of all upcomingevents can also be foundthrough the website.
Alot of people, noteveryone to besure, but nonethe-less a lot of people
did some really good worklast weekend whenWinchendon hosted theMajor level State Softballchampionships. This week-end, it’s the Juniors andSeniors turn to take center stage.
First and foremost, very good work wasdone by Cayley Fagan, who’s all of 11 yearsold and pitched for newly crowned champi-on Charlton like someone who’s been work-ing with a good instructor for somethinglike half her life. That, as a matter of fact, isexactly what Cayley’s been doing. She toldme she started when she was…ready? Five,and you could tell. In 12 innings on Fridayand Sunday, she scattered a dozen hits,racked up 14 strikeouts and yielded just twowalks and threw like someone with a lotmore experience. If she doesn’t flame out,and I’ve seen plenty of young pitchers whohave for one reason or another, one wouldassume Cayley has a very bright future andher presence alone will make Charlton com-petitive when they represent Massachusettsin the East Regionals in Bristol, CT. She did-n’t win a state title all by herself, of course.Charlton showed up with a potent offensetriggered by leadoff hitter Amber
Boraccini, and power slug-ger Hailey Delphia and thebunting prowess of AnnaBegley. Charlton scored 29runs in three games.
As an aside, I confess tosome pangs of jealousy.Courtney and her team-mates never made it toStates as Majors. Getting
past Athol to qualify for Sectionals wastough enough back then. They did ratherokay as Juniors and Seniors, but it wouldhave been very cool to have won a Majorsstate title too for their own Triple Crown. Sobe it.
Catherine Niles did a nice job on Fridayand Saturday with her rendition of theNational Anthem. She’ll be back tomorrowto repeat those performances, and while I’msorry the situation isn’t such that she’d bespending those few minutes standing on thebaseline waiting to jog out to second baserather than singing in the press box, I’msure she’ll be fine once again. She’s beeninvited to do likewise at Senior Regionals,too. Not bad at all, and a recognition thather skills extend beyond the playing fields.
Winchendon Little League president JackSmith had things in order. The food opera-tion seemed to go smoothly, patrons order-ing at the snack window and bringing rollsover to the cooking area, though I was ini-
tially surprised the turkey and ham subswere a bust. They were good but I guess theyaren’t considered ballgame food when com-pared to burgers and hot dogs. TonyLaPointe did yeoman’s work keeping thegrill going, even during Saturday’s late-game rain, and he served up the best mealsI had all weekend. Beyond that, he put in awhole lot of time helping get the field inshape appropriate for a state championshipsetting as opposed to others whose presencewas expected but didn’t always happen. Thefield looked good, too.
The quality of play was what you’d expectfrom Majors. Some of it was outstandingand some was, well, something significantlyless than that. Charlton drew 15 walks inSunday’s finale and benefited as well from aslew of wild pitches and passed balls. It’seasy though, to occasionally forget howyoung these kids really are, and when youadd in the intense pressure of playing for astate championship, it’s pretty easy tounderstand why the likelihood of miscuesmight escalate. Bottom line? A fun weekend,a much shorter drive than we’ve had tomake to Worcester for States in previousyears, and this weekend should make for agood time as well.
Meanwhile, baseball ended its All Starbreak yesterday but those few days offoffered an opportunity for some perspective.The Red Sox have a pair of quality starters
in Jon Lester and Clay Bucholz and decenthitting. The Rays had a less potent attackbut, as usual, strong pitching. The Orioleshave a prolific offense and absolutely nofront line starters. The Jays are a fantasyteam that hasn’t jelled and who knowsabout the Yankees? Because the game isgenerally decided more often than not bypitching, you have to give Tampa Bay aslight edge the rest of the way. I’m guessingChris Davis will wind up with 50+ homersbut fall short of Roger Maris’ legitimate 61-home run seasonal record. I’d love to seehim get to Maris, but 24 in 66 games is ask-ing an awful lot. Detroit will hold off Titoand the Tribe fairly comfortably. Pitchingbeing the key, Oakland will prove 2012 wasno fluke and win the West narrowly. I stillthink the Reds are the NL Central’s best, butam giving up on the defending championGiants in the West and fear, despite how itlooked as recently as two weeks ago, theDodgers might well have bought a divisiontitle. The Nats look like a team that arriveda year too early last summer, and areregressing now before making a big runnext year.
And oh yes: on Sunday rookies and freeagents report to coach John Harbaugh andthe staff of the defending Super Bowl cham-pion Baltimore Ravens. Yummy!
Between tournaments….
JERRYCARTON
TALKING
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36 hole stroke play championship: July 14First round scores73: Scott Betourney74: Fred Charest, Paul Murphy, Jeff Priest, PatTrubiano75: Ron Quesnel, Jeff White, Dalton Hunt76: Tom Carrier, Ken Rocheleau79: Mark Gauthier, Noah Z Miller81: Garret Shetrawski, Tom Sylwestrzak82: Richard Raymond, Pete McConnell82: Matt Gagne: Jim Cook83: Matt Murphy, Mike Niles, Charles O’Malley, ErikPaulitzky, Ed Kelley, John McConnellTTSMGA July 103 Man Scramble
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could always count on Betty,” saidJohnson.
Others recounted that training, how tofold the napkins just so to hold the silver-ware properly; how to carry the loadeddishes, or clear the tables efficiently.
Jackie Flynn recounted Betty’s proudmoment of voting for the first time, a lit-tle cautious about the process, and ask-ing for some guidance; but pleased to beable to do it.
“She asked me to go with her, to besure she didn’t make any mistakes; butshe was so pleased,” said Flynn.
Pat Maillette, president of theAmerican Legion Auxiliary, remindedeveryone of the years of service Bettygave to that organization.
“Betty was right there. No matter whatwas being done, she was there and didmore than her share. She once sold 70raffle tickets in two days, she wasastounding,” Maillette just shook herhead.
“Betty was completely supportive ofthe veterans and would go out of herway to do anything she could to help,”she said.
Others remembered her passion forcribbage, and it was announced theArtisan Lodge of Masons are namingthe monthly tournament the BettyRaymond Memorial CribbageTournament in her honor.
Her kindness, her generosity, even herfrugalness were remembered.
And her food. Betty was rememberedas an excellent cook, and many peoplesaid they miss her pies, and her coleslaw.
Her family attended, and thanked oth-ers for their kind words, saying it wasgood to know others thought so highly oftheir mother and grandmother.
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so, the funding will not be avail-able for needed road repairs.
No plans are in place at thistime by the school departmentor the DPW to purchase anyother items not funded at the ref-erendum.
By the numbers, the vote at thereferendum:Question 1 (surveillance cam-eras)Precincts 1 & 1A: Yes 117, No 120
and 4 blank;Precinct 2 Yes 84, No 75 and 1blank;Precinct 3 Yes 303, No 353 and 7blank.Question 2 (fire departmenttruck & software)Precinct 1 & 1A: Yes 137, No 103and 1 blank;Precinct 2: Yes 98, No 62 Precinct 3: Yes 147, No 115Question 3 (DPW 1-ton dumptruck)
Precinct 1 & 1A Yes 120, No 117
and 4 blankPrecinct 2: Yes 84 No 74 and 2blankPrecinct 3: Yes 129, No 130 and 3blankQuestion 4 (this was on theballot in error, as it was paidout of water enterprise fundsand did not require a vote)
Question 5 (DPW tractor)
Precinct 1 & 1A: Yes 100 No 137and 4 blank;Precinct 2: Yes 81, No 76 and 3
blankPrecinct 3: Yes 121, No 138 and 3blankQuestion 6 (aerial truck)
Precinct 1 & 1A: Yes 129, No 110and 2 blankPrecinct 2: Yes 88, No 71 and 1blankPrecinct 3: Yes 123, no 138 and 1blank.
A total of 633 people turned outto vote in the abbreviated elec-tion.
Winchendon during World War II. Thanks tothe generosity of the Robinson-BroadhurstFoundation, the placement of the monumentis becoming a reality with a target date ofSeptember; either the 21 or 28 at Legion Park(across the street from Town Hall and thePolice Station),” said Gauthier.
A final date will be posted in the paper assoon as confirmation is received from thecontractor, Adams Granite, out of Barre, VT.
“The Committee recently reviewed anupdated proposal on placement of names onthe reverse side of the monument. Aftermuch discussion, the committee chose to listthe original honor roll of names thatWinchendon Courier, posted of all veteranswho served in World War II as of April 1944.
These names are posted in the middle of thereverse side of the monument. To the left,the committee researched and captures allveterans either not accounted for prior to
1944; along with those who served from May1944 through December 1946. The right sideof the monument lists the 26 veterans whomade the ultimate sacrifice for their country.A few changes were proposed; however, weshould receive confirmation very soon,” saidGauthier.
Applications are now available for theWinchendon Veterans Roll Call Walkway.Cost of a brick is $50; or if you wish a mili-tary logo, cost is $75.
“What better way to honor a veteran whohas served their country with a brick sup-porting the cause of a generation who madethe call to service during World War II.Donations are always welcomed; for, the rev-enue gained will help establish a walkway to
and from the three monuments at LegionPark; along with assisting with the moniesnecessary for cleaning and repair of theWorld War I and Korea/Vietnam monu-ments. Applications are available at theWinchendon Courier, American Legion inWinchendon, Town Manager/Veteran’sAgent Office, or are assessable by website:www.townofwinchendon.com (click onVeteran’s Services). If you wish an electron-ic copy of the application, please forward arequest to: [email protected].
As plans continue to be made for the ulti-mate installation and unveiling of the monu-ment, others in town have begun to beinvolved. The Winchendon HistoricalSociety will have its World War II collectioncurated and on display and will host a recep-tion for those attending the ceremony.
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Juniors, seniors settle titlesBY JERRY CARTON
COURIER CORRESPONDENT
WINCHENDON — A pair of state softball championshipswill be decided this weekend here in Winchendon when theJunior and Senior level finalists arrive at the AmericanLegion for doubleheaders tomorrow and possibly decidinggames on Sunday.
Peabody, managed by Bill Hayward, and Westfield, skip-pered by Keith Raymond, the latter program no stranger toWinchendon softball, will vie for the Senior crown while TyCobb out of Worcester, managed by Chuck Fluett, and a foeto be determined after press time meet for the Junior cham-pionship. The Junior level games will be played at 10 a.m.and 3 p.m. tomorrow while the Seniors square off at 12:30p.m. and 5:30 pm. Opening ceremonies will precede the 10and 12:30 contests. If games are needed Sunday, those start-
ing times will be decided tomorrow.As recently as 2009, Majors, Juniors, and Seniors were all
crammed into a single weekend. A rain delay the previoussummer pushed the last Saturday game back to an 8:15 startand in 2010, the Senior finale on Saturday didn’t get starteduntil after 9 p.m., hence the decision to separate Majorsfrom the older divisions.
In both those instances, Winchendon clinched a state titleby sweeping the Saturday twin bill, ironically fromWestfield, but while Toy Town’s upper level Little Leaguesoftball program has all but collapsed, Westfield remains apotent force.
It’s been a pretty good summer for Peabody softball. Lastweekend, that town’s Majors team qualified for the champi-onship series against Charlton and though Peabody cameup short, getting two teams to the state finals is quite an
impressive accomplishment in and of itself. Winchendondid likewise in 2008, winning Juniors while losing Seniors.
When the Ty Cobb team shows up tomorrow, it will bemanaged by Chuck Fluett, a Worcester area veteran skip-per.
As was the case last weekend, an expanded food menuwill be available for the many patrons expected to crowd theLegion grounds. Tournament tee-shirt can be purchased aswell. Last Saturday’s second game saw rain falling through-out the final inning but the skies had cleared an hour laterfor a District baseball game. Typical mid-summer weatheris forecast for this weekend.
“Last weekend went good and we’re expecting the samethis weekend,” said tournament chair Jack Smith, who dou-bles as president of Winchendon’s overall boys and girlsLittle League program.
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NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE'S SALE OFREAL ESTATE
Premises: 13 Old Gardner Road,Winchendon, Massachusetts
By virtue and in execution of the Power ofSale contained in a certain mortgage givenby Maurice L. Rocheleau to Town andCountry Credit Corp. and now held by U.S.Bank National Association, as Trustee,successor in interest to Bank of America,National Association as successor bymerger to LaSalle Bank NationalAssociation, as Trustee forCertificateholders of Bear Stearns AssetBacked Securities I LLC Asset-BackedCertificates, Series 2005-TC1, said mort-gage dated January 10, 2005, and record-ed in the Worcester County (WorcesterDistrict) Registry of Deeds, in Book 35565at Page 336, as affected by an Assignmentof Mortgage dated January 27, 2005, andrecorded with said Deeds in Book 40818 atPage 241, as further affected by anAssignment of Mortgage dated January27, 2005, and recorded with said Deeds inBook 40818 at Page 244, as further affect-ed by an Assignment of Mortgage datedMay 30, 2012, and recorded with saidDeeds in Book 49117 at Page 303 of whichmortgage the undersigned is the presentholder, for breach of the conditions in saidmortgage and for the purpose of foreclos-ing the same will be sold at Public Auctionon August 2, 2013, at 4:00 p.m. Local Timeupon the premises, all and singular thepremises described in said mortgage, towit: That certain parcel of land, with thebuildings thereon, and situated on thewesterly side of Old Gardner Road in theeasterly part of Winchendon, County ofWorcester and Commonwealth ofMassachusetts, being shown on a planentitled "Plan of Land Prepared for MauriceL. Rocheleau, Winchendon,Massachusetts, Scale: 1 inch = 40 feet-March 12, 1985, Brian M. Szoc-P.L.Surveyor, 32 Pleasant Street, Gardner,Mass. 01440" which plan is recorded withWorcester District Registry of Deeds, PlanBook 532, Plan 36, bounded anddescribed as follows: Beginning at thesoutheasterly corner thereof at an iron pipein the westerly line of Old Gardner Road ata corner of land of Maxim S. and Coranna
M. Rocheleau, said point also being locat-ed 13.34 feet northerly along said road linefrom a comer of land of George S.Rocheleau, et ux; thence N. 58 Degrees42' 19" W. by said Rocheleau land 167.38feet to an iron pin; thence N. 82 Degrees49' 40" W. by said Rocheleau land 261.19feet to an iron pin in the easterly line ofland now or formerly of the Boston andMaine Railroad; thence N. 5 Degrees 10'14" W. by said Rocheleau land, 105.00 feetto a comer of other land of Maxim S.Rocheleau, et ux; thence S. 79 Degrees 16'55" E. by said Rocheleau land, 305.05 feetto an iron pin; thence S. 81 Degrees 46' 57"E. by said Rocheleau land, 144.45 feet to apoint in the westerly tine of Old GardnerRoad; thence S. 11 Degrees 56' 54" W. bythe westerly line of Old Gardner Road,150.00 feet to an iron pipe at a comer ofland of said Maxim S. Rocheleau, et ux andthe point of beginning. Containing 44,251square feet or 1.016 acres more or less.The description of the property containedin the mortgage shall control in the event ofa typographical error in this publication. ForMortgagor's Title see deed dated January10, 2005, and recorded in Book 35565 atPage 332 with the Worcester County(Worcester District) Registry of Deeds.TERMS OF SALE: Said premises will besold and conveyed subject to all liens,encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles,municipal liens and assessments, if any,which take precedence over the said mort-gage above described. FIVE THOUSAND($5,000.00) Dollars of the purchase pricemust be paid in cash, certified check, banktreasurer's or cashier's check at the timeand place of the sale by the purchaser. Thebalance of the purchase price shall be paidin cash, certified check, bank treasurer's orcashier's check within thirty (30) days afterthe date of sale. Other terms to beannounced at the sale. Marinosci LawGroup, P.C. 1350 Division Road, Suite 301West Warwick, RI 02893 Attorney for U.S.Bank National Association, as Trustee,successor in interest to Bank of America,National Association as successor bymerger to LaSalle Bank NationalAssociation, as Trustee forCertificateholders of Bear Stearns AssetBacked Securities I LLC Asset-Backed
Certificates, Series 2005-TC1 PresentHolder of the Mortgage Telephone: (401)234-9200 MLG File No.: 10-08156FC A-4399934 07/12/2013, 07/19/2013,07/26/2013July 12, 2013July 19, 2013July 26, 2013
Legal NoticeWinchendon Conservation
Commission89 Hale Street; Assessor’s Map 7A-4,Parcel 24
Pursuant to the provisions of M.G.L.Chapter 131, Section 40, and the Town ofWinchendon Wetlands Protection Bylaw,the Winchendon ConservationCommission will hold a public meeting onThursday, July 25th, 2013 at 7:10 pm toconsider the Request for Determination ofApplicability filed by property ownerJoseph Rosa for proposed work within anIntermittent Stream and its 100-foot BufferZone at 89 Hale Street; Assessor’s Map7A-4, Parcel 24. The project entails theremoval of 15 – 20 linear feet of fill from theStream and the creation and maintenanceof a 15’ x 30’ vegetable garden in the 100-foot Buffer Zone. The meeting will be heldin the 4th Floor Conference Room of theWinchendon Town Hall, 109 Front Street.
The Request for Determination ofApplicability is available for public review atthe Land Use Office, Room 10 (first floor)of the Winchendon Town Hall on Mondaysand Thursdays during the hours of 9am –12noon, except for 3pm – 6pm on thefourth Thursday of the month (meetingnight), or by calling the Conservation Agentfor an appointment at 978-297-3537.July 19, 2013
Legal NoticeWinchendon Conservation
Commission710 Alger Street; Assessor’s Map 8,Parcel 70
Pursuant to the provisions of M.G.L.Chapter 131, Section 40, and the Town ofWinchendon Wetlands Protection Bylaw,the Winchendon ConservationCommission will hold a public meeting onThursday, July 25th, 2013 at 7:05 pm to
consider the Request for Determination ofApplicability filed by property owner RobertHelie for proposed work within the 100-footBuffer Zone to Bordering VegetatedWetlands at 710 Alger Street; Assessor’sMap 8, Parcel 70. The project entails therepair/upgrade to meet Title V require-ments of an on-site sewage disposal sys-tem serving an existing three-bedroomdwelling. The meeting will be held in the 4th
Floor Conference Room of theWinchendon Town Hall, 109 Front Street.
The Request for Determination ofApplicability is available for public review atthe Land Use Office, Room 10 (first floor)of the Winchendon Town Hall on Mondaysand Thursdays during the hours of 9am –12noon, except for 3pm – 6pm on thefourth Thursday of the month (meetingnight), or by calling the Conservation Agentfor an appointment at 978-297-3537.July 19, 2013
TOWN OF WINCHENDON ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS
Notice is hereby given that theWinchendon ZBA will hold a PUBLICHEARING on Wed, 8/7/13 at 7:05 PM inthe Town Hall Aud., 2nd Fl., 109 Front St.,Winchendon, MA 01475 on the applicationof Donald Goulette, 234 Baldwinville StateRoad, Winchendon, MA 01475 for propertyhe owns located at 234 Baldwinville StateRd., Winchendon, MA 01475 (Map 10A4,Parcel 42) to hear a request for a SpecialPermit under Section 5.2.2R of theWinchendon Zoning Bylaws to allow theoperation of a facility for the purpose ofautomobile sales and service, located in anC-2 Neighborhood Business ZoningDistrict. A copy of the application is avail-able at the Dept. of P&D, WinchendonTown Hall. All interested persons shouldplan to attend. Reasonable accommoda-tion for disabled parties can be made bycontacting the department during businesshours, (978) 297-5418 at least three daysin advance of the hearing. The Town ofWinchendon is an equal opportunityprovider, and employer.
Cynthia Carvill, Chairperson,Zoning Board of Appeals
July 19, 2013July 26, 2013
LEGALS
FLOWER CHILDRENRuth DeAmicis photo
A summer past time for those at Old Murdock Senior Center a few weeksago was potting up a bit of summer color. And not only flowers, but cherrytomatoes too, so now that the real summer is here maybe a juicy bite isready to be picked.
TOUCHING IT UPRuth DeAmicis photo
Lionel “Lee” Cloutier, a member of the Toy TownPartnership, takes time during a hot summer dayto paint the trim on the small gazebo at AmericanLegion Park that holds information onWinchendon available for visitors. Belletetesdonated paint and Cloutier volunteered to do thework to freshen the small building that holds amap and various literature on local businessesand attractions.
A LITTLE OF EVERYTHINGRuth DeAmicis photo
Giovanni O’Keefe, with Janet Thomas and Lee Jacoby, look over a selectionof items available at the Winchendon Historical Society last weekend. It wasa real house clean out of a yard sale and some interesting items ended upon the lawn. The funds raised are always used for upkeep of the MurdockWhitney House Museum.
BY MARY C. BARCLAYROYALSTON — A natural assumption is
the neat row of crisp, American flags along-side the fire station in South Royalston is avestige of Fourth of July during whichAmerica celebrated her 237th year of inde-pendence…until the turnout boots and firehelmet come into view. A quick flag countverifies the display is a somber reminder of19 “brothers” killed in the line of duty onJune 30 on Yarnell Hill, just outside ofPrescott, AZ.
Firefighter/First Responder Michael S.Caisse has spent nearly half of his 30 yearson the Royalston Fire Department – hesigned on at age 16 with the Junior FireDepartment. He gave up his evening July 3to help organize and install the memorial.Firefighter/EMT Joshua Morris-Siegel, 28,a nine-year department member was theother to organize and install the flags. Heserves as one of the Royalston’s contribu-tions to the North Quabbin RapidIntervention Team, a nine-town collabora-tive of specially-trained firefighters. Tocompare RIT to the Hotshots would do jus-tice to neither; the fact remains that spe-cialty teams in the fire service often findthemselves faced with conditions that are
fatal to even thebest of the best.
As the flags werealigned and pushedinto the rocky soilalong Station #2,Royalston PoliceOfficer Jennifer J.Fenton stopped byto observe. Therewas discussion ofthe event whichtook 19 lives of a 20member team, sad-ness at their loss,for their families –and also great com-passion for the solesurvivor. Howlucky a man he isto have survived;what grief he willcarry for all thedays of his life,having lost hisentire firefighting family in that oneHellish moment.
The simple display memorializes the 19brave Granite Mountain Hotshots who lost
their lives protecting the lives of propertyof family and friends. The flags – oh, somany flags – they also represent our unspo-ken fears that it could just as easily havebeen 19 of our own.
Royalston firefighters memorialize “Hotshots”
Photos by Mary C. Barclay
Those traveling through South Royalston may initially assume the flags along-side Station #2 may be vestiges of Independence Day past, but once they spyturnout boots and a fire helmet, and perhaps count the carefully spacedflags, it is clear the display is a somber reminder of the firefighters killed ina June 30th wildfire in Arizona.
Firefighter/EMT Joshua Morris-Siegel (right), a mem-ber of the specially-trained North Quabbin RapidIntervention Team (RIT) and Firefighter/FirstResponder Michael S. Caisse, both out of RoyalstonFire Department’s South Station spent theirIndependence Day eve carefully placing 19 Americanflags in memory of the members of the specially-trained Granite Mountain Hotshots who were killedbattling a wildfire June 30 on Yarnell Hill, outside ofPrescott, AZ.
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