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Athol, Mass., Monday, July 25, 2016
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House destroyed by fire
Cause not yet determined
By BRIAN GELINAS
ADN Staff Reporter
ATHOL — A vacant house at 58 Lake
St. is a total loss following an early morning
fire today.
Athol Fire Chief John Duguay said the
first call came in at 3:50 a.m. Firefighters
from Athol, Phillipston and Orange responded to the scene. The Petersham Fire
Department provided station coverage. Police set up a detour and a portion of Lake
Street was closed while the fire was fought.
“There was heavy fire and smoke on all
four sides coming from the eaves when they
HOUSE FIRE — Firefighters from Athol, Phillipston and Orange responded
to a house fire at 58 Lake St. in Athol. The vacant home is a total loss, with a
portion of the roof on the back side fully collapsed, said Athol Fire Chief John
Duguay. The Petersham Fire Department provided station coverage.
Photo by Brian Gelinas
North Quabbin Cruisers’ Public Safety
Appreciation event Wednesday, July 27
ATHOL — On Wednesday, July 27, the North
Quabbin Cruisers will host a
Public Safety Appreciation
Event at their weekly Cruise
Nite sponsored by the Athol
Market Basket at 147 Tower
Rd, Rt 2A.
This is a special night to
honor and support police,
firefighters, EMTs, paramedics, first responders and
dispatchers.
Present will be members
of fire and police departments from the nine communities of the North Quabbin region, as well as of the
Athol Barracks of the Mass.
State Police, and their vehi-
cles will be on display. Those
towns include Athol, Orange, New Salem, Warwick,
Wendell, Erving, Petersham,
Phillipston and Royalston.
There may be additional departments joining in.
The Northeast Houndsmen bloodhound teams,
Royalston Search and Rescue team and Orange K-9
will be on hand for demonstrations.
Also planned, weather
and mission permitting, the
Mass. State Police Airwing
unit will do a helicopter flyover.
This special event will also
include oldies music. Free
Anti-human trafficking
bill approved by Senate
BOSTON — The Senate
on Saturday passed “S.2444,
An Act to strengthen the
anti-human trafficking law,”
sponsored by Rules Chairman Sen. Mark C. Montigny
(D-New Bedford). The bill
seeks to impose increased
protections for survivors
of human trafficking while
providing tools for public
awareness, data reporting
and training for law enforcement, court personnel,
health professionals and
educators.
Human trafficking is a
vicious crime and modernday version of slavery that
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food samples are available
as well as the great camaraderie of all car enthusiasts. This event is free and
open to the public. Classic,
antique cars and motorcycles are on display every
Wednesday from 5 to 8 p.m.
Many nights bring in over
100 vehicles on display.
Bring the family, friends
and neighbors to show support for those men and
women who serve and protect the community day and
night. The Cruisers remind
people that “these are the
people that run in when others are running out. They
deserve gratitude and respect.”
got here,” said Duguay.
Duguay said the cause of the fire has yet
to be determined, and the fire marshal was
to be on the scene investigating later in the
day. “We’re unable to enter it right now due
to unsafe conditions,” said Duguay.
Commenting on the damage, Duguay
said, “There is extensive damage from the
cellar right up through.” He added the roof
on the back side of the home is fully collapsed.
While the house was not occupied, there
was power, said Duguay, who noted no injuries resulted.
The owner of the property, according to
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‘Merciless’ heat, humidity sticks
to nearly all of United States
By SETH BORENSTEIN
AP Science Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) —
Call it the United Sweats
of America. A heat wave
spreading across the country is leaving few places to
hide. Not even the cool of
night.
By Friday afternoon, all
but one of the Lower 48
states had hit 90 degrees
somewhere,
with
only
Washington around for
cooler comfort. For much of
the country, it was expected
to get even worse over the
weekend.
“It’s just day after day.
Merciless,” said Jeff Masters, meteorology director
of the private Weather Underground. “We don’t often
see this much of the country
this hot for this length of
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This image provided by the National Weather Service
shows temperatures in the continental United States
as of 3 p.m. on Friday, July 22, 2016. The National
Weather Service forecasts that on Monday nearly all
of the Lower 48 states could hit 95 on the heat index
somewhere, which factors in humidity. The weather service outlook for the next three months shows
above normal temperatures across the country. National Weather Service via AP
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has little understanding
amongst the general public
both locally and globally.
Many victims are vulnerable women or children with
very few financial resources
lured into trafficking with
false promises of economic
opportunity and prosperity.
Victims are forced into
the commercial sex trade
or involuntary labor services, fearing that they will
suffer serious penalties to
themselves or their families
if they resist. Meanwhile
traffickers recoup billions
of dollars in profits, mak-
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Medicare safeguard
crushed by pricey drugs
By Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) —
A safeguard for Medicare
beneficiaries has become a
way for drugmakers to get
paid billions of dollars for
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pricey medications at taxpayer expense, government
numbers show.
The cost of Medicare’s
“catastrophic”
prescription coverage jumped by 85
percent in three years, from
$27.7 billion in 2013 to $51.3
billion in 2015, according
to the program’s numbercrunching Office of the Actuary.
Out of some 2,750 drugs
covered by Medicare’s Part
D benefit, two pills for hepatitis C infection — Harvoni
and Sovaldi — accounted for
nearly $7.5 billion in catastrophic drug costs in 2015.
The pharmaceutical industry questions the numbers,
saying they overstate costs
because they don’t factor in
manufacturer rebates. However, rebates are not publicly disclosed. Sen. Charles
Grassley, R-Iowa, is calling
the rise in spending “alarming.”
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22 PUSH-UPS — A workout group from Orange Fitness on Saturday did 22 push-ups at the Veterans
Park at Main and Exchange streets in Athol to help raise awareness of the number of suicides committed
by veterans (22 a day on average) suffering from post traumatic stress disorder. Left to right — Sherrie
Masaitis, Liz Hume, Sheryl Hendricks, Orange Fitness owner Colleen Clyatt, Maggie Hume, Rhonda
Canning.
Photo by Brian Gelinas
Raising awareness — 22 push-ups at a time
By BRIAN GELINAS
ADN Staff Reporter
ATHOL — A workout group of
six from Orange Fitness on Saturday
did 22 push-ups at the Veterans Park
at Main and Exchange streets to help
raise awareness of the number of
suicides committed by veterans suffering from post traumatic stress disorder.
That number is 22 a day on average.
The group, consisting of Sherrie
Masaitis, Rhonda Canning, Sheryl
Hendricks, Liz Hume, Maggie Hume
and Orange Fitness owner Colleen
Clyatt, began their mission of support last week. Saturday was their
sixth day. They plan to do 22 push-
“The goal is to bring awareness and hopefully
make it a worldwide event.”
-Sheryl Hendricks
ups a day for 22 days.
“The goal is to bring awareness
and hopefully make it a worldwide
event, and everybody gets in shape at
the same time,” said Hendricks.
On hand thanking the women for
their efforts was 30-year Air Force
veteran John Masaitis of Athol. They
in turn thanked him for his service to
the country.
Prior to Saturday’s event, the group
advised Northeast Quabbin Veterans
District Director of Veterans Services Neil McGuirk of their intent and
to ensure that their use of the park
would not be considered offensive.
McGuirk gave his full support to the
group.
“I strongly support any activity
that draws attention to the debilitating and silent service-connected disability post traumatic stress disorder
more commonly known as PTSD,”
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Page 2 ATHOL DAILY NEWS Monday, July 25, 2016
Obituaries
& Services
Alberta Tolin
GREENFIELD — Alberta “Petie” (McAdams) Tolin,
87, of Jefferson Avenue, died
Friday, July 22, 2016, at the
Charlene Manor Extended
Care Facility in Greenfield.
She was born in Detroit,
Mich., on April 6, 1929, the
daughter of Charles E. and
Alberta (Sarah) McAdams.
Petie attended local schools
in Athol and was a graduate
of Athol High School with the
class of 1947. She continued
her education at Bridgewater
State College, graduating in
1951 with a bachelor’s degree
in teaching.
Petie taught in Gardner;
Ithaca, N.Y.; Akron, Ohio;
and Lowell, Ohio. She was a
substitute and Title I teacher in the Greenfield Public
School System from 1970
until 1976. She was a fulltime teacher at Four Corners
School in Greenfield from
1976 until 1980, then at the
Greenfield Middle School
from 1980 until her retirement in 1993.
Petie held many offices and
was very active in drama in
both high school and college.
She enjoyed her family and
friends, entertaining, reading, traveling and crossword
puzzles.
Among her survivors, Petie
leaves a daughter, Sharon
E. Tully and her husband
Kevin of Dover, N.H.; three
sons, Kevin C. Tolin, Robert
J. Reynolds and Michael F.
Reynolds, all of Greenfield; a
brother, Charles E. McAdams
Jr. of Southampton, Pa.; five
grandchildren, Scott Legere
of Scottsdale, Ariz., Stacy
Skillin of Franklin, N.H., Timothy P. Tolin of Fitchburg, and
Molly Viens and Lily Polland,
both of Greenfield; and four
great-grandchildren, Jasmine,
Harper, Raia and Parker.
Petie also leaves many nieces,
nephews, great-nieces, greatnephews, cousins and friends.
She was predeceased by her
beloved husband of 23 years,
Dean S. Tolin, who died in
1993; a son, Timothy D. Tolin, who died in 1990; and an
infant daughter, Cynthia Ann
Reynolds in 1959.
Petie felt she had a full
life, having been blessed with
wonderful, caring family and
friends.
A memorial service will
be held Wednesday, July 27,
at 7 p.m., at the Kostanski
Funeral Home, 220 Federal
St., Greenfield. Burial will be
held at the convenience of the
family.
Calling hours will be held
Wednesday evening at 5 p.m.
until the time of the service at
the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be
made to Adopt-A-Family of
Franklin County, c/o Debbie
Allen, Treasurer, 188 River
Rd., Bernardston, MA 01337;
or Warm the Children, P.O.
Box 1367, Greenfield, MA
01302; or Special Olympics,
Att. Web Gifts, 1133 19th St.
NW, 12th Floor, Washington,
D.C. 20036-3604.
Sympathy messages are
available at www.kostanskifuneralhome.com.
In Loving Memory
Joseph W. Cummings
7/25/2011-7/25/2016
We think of you every
single day with love.
Marilyn, Joe Jr. & Bob
National forecast
Athol Police Log
Friday, July 22
9 a.m. - Walk-in requests to
speak to officer.
10:25 a.m. - Follow-up with
state’s Department of Children
and Families, Main Street.
10:46 a.m. - Walk-in reports
missing person.
11:27 a.m. - Veterans Administration employee requests
welfare check, South Main
Street.
11:30 a.m. - 911 caller requests lift assist, Coolidge
Street. Athol Fire Department
and officer advised.
walk-in.
12:40 p.m. - Subject to station with camper plane she
found in road. Plate expired in
2013.
12:45 p.m. - Follow-up regarding missing person, Adah
Street. Information gathered.
12:47 p.m. - Alarm, Pleasant
Street.
1:40 p.m. - Follow-up, Exchange Street. Officer attempted to file 51A (child endangerment and neglect) report.
2:49 p.m. - Alarm, Main
Street. Accidental.
3:21 p.m. - Caller reports wire
down and it appeared to be
stuck in a tree, South Royalston
Road. Found tree had fallen on
top of all wires. National Grid,
officer and Department of Public Works advised.
3:43 p.m. - Animal control officer picked up pit bull, South
Royalston Road.
4:09 p.m. - 911 caller reports
erratic driver traveling west on
Main Street. States driver is
possibly intoxicated. Spoke to
driver who was coherent and
did not appear to be intoxicated. Verbal warning; sent on way.
4:37 p.m. - Walk-in requests
to speak to officer abut getting belongings from mother’s
house, Miles Road. States female told him he was not allowed to trespass on property.
4:45 p.m. - Lifeline reports
female, 95, has fallen and the
company has not had a response from her. Assisted AFD
with patient.
5:44 p.m. - Assistant ACO out
on dog complaint, Park Street.
Party stated two dogs are running loose in the neighborhood
and have been for three days.
Spoke to dog owner who was
aware and stated dogs dig their
way out from under fence and
owner is trying to patch the
holes. Leash laws explained.
Went over cost of fines if she
cannot restrain dogs.
6:05 p.m. - Walk-in reports
tires on his bike were slashed,
Main Street. States it occurred
about 30 minutes prior. Determined tire damage was caused
by debris in road.
a dog is stuck in mud and needs
assistance, Daniel Shays High-
Weekend
accidents
ATHOL — Two motor
vehicle accidents were reported to police over the
weekend.
At 12:11 p.m., Friday, a
vehicle operated by Heath
Dickson, of Erving, struck
a Worcester County Sheriff’s van being driven by
Frank Crosby, of Holden,
on Brookside Road. No injuries resulted. No citations
were issued.
On Sunday, at 5:54 p.m.,
a vehicle owned by Richard
T. Young, of Beacon Street;
and a vehicle operated
by Paige D. Imprescia, of
Fitchburg, were reported to
have been in an accident on
Beacon Street. Damage appeared to be under $1,000.
The parties exchanged information.
“All You Can Eat”
Spaghetti
Supper
Wednesday,
July 27th
4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Orange American Legion
Post 172
Daniel Shays Highway
Cost $7 per person
Take Out Available
Public Invited
way. Assistant ACO advised.
At 6:52, party reports dog is
no longer stuck and assistance
was no longer needed. Assistance ACO advised.
suspicious person, Main Street.
Spoke to caller and his mother
and determined son made up
story.
7:55 p.m. - Caller reports
a call from number and party
claimed to be with the IRS,
Twichell Street. She did not
answer phone but received a
voice message.
fire, Leonard Street. He asked
to be transferred to AFD and
asked if anyone held a permit
for the fire. Officer assisted AFD.
he found an Athol Savings Bank
debit card in ATM, Main Street.
heavy smoke in area, Main
Street. States it appeared to be
coming from apartments above
downtown location.
9:35 p.m. - Traffic stop, Main
Street. Warning for defective
equipment.
suspicious female, Main Street.
She was reported to have brown
hair and was wearing a white Tshirt and gray sweatpants.
11 p.m. - Caller requests to
speak to officer about theft from
store by employee, Main Street.
small tree across road, Riverbend and Main streets. Area
checked; no sign of tree in road.
Saturday, July 23
1:40 a.m. - Caller needed ride
home from Athol Hospital. Services rendered.
2:13 a.m. - House check,
Summer Street.
2:22 a.m. - 911 caller reports suspicious persons, Main
Street. States her friends were
approached by two males.
When she stated she was
calling police they left. Area
checked; gone on arrival.
2:39 a.m. - Transported to
juveniles home from Crescent
and Main streets to Silver Lake
Street location.
Batchelder Road.
5:39 a.m. - Follow-up, Main
Street.
7:32 a.m. - Caller reports two
barking dogs, Crescent Street.
No dogs observed outside. Dog
observed in window that was
open.
7:53 a.m. - Traffic stop,
Brookside Road. Citation issued for speeding.
9:58 a.m. - Attempt to serve
warrant, Walnut Street.
11:25 a.m. - Stood by at AH
for Life Flight.
12:01 p.m. - Summons
served, Union Street.
12:15 p.m. - Attempt to serve
three summonses, Prospect
Street.
12:27 p.m. - Attempt to serve
summons, Riverbend Street.
1:26 p.m. - Welfare check,
Main Street.
2:17 p.m. - Suspicious vehicle, Vaughn Road. State Police
handled.
4:17 p.m. - Caller reports dog
inside a car, Freedom Street.
Area checked; no contact.
5:12 p.m. - Subject to station with trailer plate found, Jeri
Drive. Message left for owner.
6:53 p.m. - Caller reports tree
down in road, Summer Street.
National Grid and DPW notified.
Large tree took out power and
cable lines. National Grid on priority calls and could not provide
estimated time of arrival. Officer
placed cones on either side of
downed tree.
trees hanging on wires, Pinedale Road. National Grid and
DPW notified. Traffic cones
placed in road.
large tree limb fell on roof of vacant house, Templeton Road.
Can’t tell if it is on wires. Found
tree caused significant damage to house. Unable to locate
property owner.
Warrant arrests
ATHOL — At 8:31 a.m.,
Saturday, Justin Welvaert,
24, of Riverbend Street, was
arrested on a warrant.
On Saturday, at 1:50 p.m.,
Krystal Irons, 30, of Orange,
was arrested on a warrant
following a traffic stop on
Pleasant Street.
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Forecast highs for Tuesday, July 26
fireworks in area, South Athol
Road. Quiet on arrival.
9:33 p.m. - Caller reports loud
music, Harvard Avenue. Stood
by; no music observed.
fireworks in area, Beach Street.
Quiet on arrival.
10:33 p.m. - Assisted AFD,
Sanders Street.
11:48 p.m. - Officer reports
suspicious activity involving
two male subjects, South Athol
Road. Assisted subjects who
seemed lost or disoriented.
Sunday, July 24
Sanders Street.
1:10 a.m. - Walk-in reports
dark-colored bike appears to be
abandoned, Newton Street.
subject about harassment, Exchange Street. Advised party to
stop calling subject and that any
further harassment could lead
to criminal charges.
7:27 a.m. - Restraining order
(209A) served, Cheney Street.
8:53 a.m. - Caller requests to
speak to officer about unwanted person, Jones Street.
9:14 a.m. - Caller reports her
ex-boyfriend is in her vehicle
and won’t get out, Wallingford
Avenue. She owns vehicle and
wants to leave. At 9:16, party
called back to say ex left vehicle
and she had gotten into truck
and was also leaving. Officers’
response canceled.
9:28 a.m. - Caller reports pink
bike left in tunnel leading from
Main Street to School Street.
Retrieved same.
10:07 a.m. - Officer provided
notification, Cottage Street.
11:05 a.m. - Subject to station for sex offender registration.
States he is homeless. Monthly
registration filled out, explained
and signed.
11:59 a.m. - Attempt to provide notification, Cottage Street.
suspicious vehicle parked on
his property, Oakland Avenue.
Believes occupants might be
involved in some sort of drug
activity, as they went behind
caller’s house to go to his neighbor’s house. Plate number given. Gone on arrival. Spoke to
caller.
male party, 17, missing, Pleasant Street. Has not been seen
since Friday night.
2:27 p.m. - Caller requests
welfare check on male party
who sent her a text that appeared to be suicidal in nature,
Crescent Street. Male party
conscious and alert, and he
stated he took 120 muscle relaxer pills. AFD transported
party.
suspicious vehicle parked on
his property, Oakland Avenue.
Believes occupants might be
involved in some sort of drug
activity, as they went behind his
house to go to his neighbor’s
residence. Plate number provided. Female party advised to
not return without permission
and sent on way.
4:28 p.m. - Checked animal
control facility, Thrower Road.
Appeared secure.
4:43 p.m. - Shelburne Control
reports what appears to be gunshots in area of swamp, Roosevelt Avenue.
5:02 p.m. - Assisted Gardner
Police. Spoke to subject’s aunt
at Winter Street location and
she stated party is now living in
Gardner. At 5:36, Gardner stated they were speaking to party.
5:25 p.m. - Abandoned 911
call, Daniel Shays Highway. On
call back, party confirmed it was
accidental.
6 p.m. - 911 caller reports
medical emergency, Logan
Road. Assisted AFD with transport of party to AH.
male party walking away from
his girlfriend who won’t leave
him alone, Silver Lake and
Lenox streets. Both officers on
medical call. State Police notified but out town. Orange Police
notified and in area at 6:20.
8:18 p.m. - Caller reports disturbance, Central Street. States
six to eight people were just
involved in a fight and are now
Athol log Page 3
Athol
Council
On Aging
ATHOL — The Council on Aging will hold a
blood pressure screening on
Wednesday, July 27, from 10
to 11 a.m., at the Lakeside
Apartments. Screenings
are
free
and open to the public.
EDIC meeting
ATHOL — The Economic
Development and Industrial
Corporation will meet in executive session Wednesday,
July 27, at 7 p.m., in Room
5 of the town hall to consider the purchase, exchange,
lease or value of real property.
Sunny
Pt. Cloudy
Fronts
Cold
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0s
Showers
10s
Rain
20s 30s 40s
T-storms
50s 60s
Flurries
Warm Stationary
70s
80s
Cloudy
Pressure
Low
High
90s 100s 110s
Snow
Ice
Showers And Storms Across Much Of The South
Scattered showers and thunderstorms will be possible across
much of the south and the Mid-Atlantic. There will also be some
across the Great Plains. High pressure will keep the Great Lakes
mainly dry.
Weather Underground • AP
AREA — Tonight: A chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 8pm. Some storms could be severe,
with hail and heavy rain. Patchy fog after 11pm. Otherwise,
cloudy, then gradually becoming partly cloudy, with a low
around 65. Southwest wind around 5 mph becoming calm in
the evening. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except
higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. Tuesday: Sunny,
with a high near 90. Light southwest wind becoming west 8 to
13 mph in the morning. Tuesday Night: Patchy fog after 5am.
Otherwise, mostly clear, with a low around 63. Light northwest wind. Wednesday: Patchy fog before 7am. Otherwise,
sunny, with a high near 91. Calm wind becoming west 5 to 7
mph in the afternoon. Wednesday Night: Mostly clear, with
a low around 63. Thursday: Mostly sunny, with a high near
92. Thursday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 66. Friday: A chance of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a high near
85. Chance of precipitation is 40%. Friday Night: A chance
of showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 63. Chance of
precipitation is 30%.
Almanac - Sun rose 5:35. Sun sets 8:15. Length of day 14
hours, 40 minutes. New moon, Aug. 2. Full moon, Aug. 18.
Mass. Lottery Results
Drawn Sunday, July 24, 2016
The Numbers Game, Mid-day:
The Numbers Game, Night:
Exact Order
All 4 digits
$5,465
1st or last 3
$765
Any 2 digits
$66
Any 1 digit
$7
Any Order
All 4 digits
$228
$127
1st 3 digits
Last 3 digits
$127
Exact Order
All 4 digits
$4,996
1st or last 3
$699
Any 2 digits
$60
Any 1 digit
$6
Any Order
All 4 digits
$833
$233
1st 3 digits
Last 3 digits
$233
6389
Saturday1769
Friday0779
Thursday3927
Weds.5318
Tuesday2989
Monday8730
MEGA MILLIONS
Tuesday, July 19
3-34-54-65-66; MB-4
$25,000,000, one winner
(Washington)
Friday, July 22
8-24-25-26-30; MB-7
$15,000,000, two winners
(Georgia, Virginia)
0770
Saturday4970
Friday2767
Thursday3533
Weds.2740
Tuesday8466
Monday9187
MEGABUCKS DOUBLER
Saturday, July 23
6-10-11-16-30-48; STD-2
$3,484,193, no winner
Wednesday, July 20
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$3,353,047, no winner
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Monday, July 18
3-4-10-17-41; LB-17
no winner
Thursday, July 21
3-27-36-43-46; LB-12,
no winner
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Sunday, July 24
5-6-8-9-16, one winner
(Sturbridge)
Saturday, July 23
POWERBALL
2-20-28-30-33, one winner
Saturday, July 23
(Taunton)
5-7-23-35-39; PB-11
Friday, July 22
$391,100,000,
6-10-12-26-27,
no winner
no winner
Wednesday, July 20
Thursday, July 21
6-25-35-58-66; PB-5,
3-6-12-18-30,
$360,900,000,
no winner
no winner
Wednesday, July 20
Other
Regional
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2-10-22-29-34,
TRI-STATE MEGABUCKS
no winner
Saturday, July 23
Tuesday, July 19
8-11-15-32-38; MB-5
11-12-17-18-25,
Wednesday, July 20
no winner
4-11-15-27-32; MB-2
Powerful storms
knock out power
to thousands
TAUNTON,
Mass.
(AP) — Powerful thunderstorms with high winds
have knocked out power
to more than 25,000 utility customers in New England.
The National Weather
Service in Taunton says
several storms hit Massachusetts, Rhode Island
and Connecticut on Friday night.
There were numerous
reports of downed electrical wires, toppled trees
and flooding.
National Grid reported
more than 10,600 customers in Massachusetts and
12,100 in Rhode Island
were in the dark early Saturday.
In Connecticut, Eversource reports nearly
3,800 were without electricity.
Meetings Reminder
Monday, July 25
Erving
Selectboard, 7 p.m., town hall.
Orange
Assessors, 4 p.m., assessors
office.
Phillipston
Assessors, 6 p.m., assessors
office.
Selectboard, 7 p.m., town hall
- CANCELED.
Tuesday, July 26
Athol
Board of Health, 4 p.m., Room
1 of the town hall.
Conservation Commission, 6
p.m., Liberty Hall.
Orange
Trustees of Soldiers’ Memorials, 5 p.m., town hall.
Planning Board, 6:30 p.m.,
town hall.
Petersham
Selectboard, 6:30 p.m., lower
level of the town hall.
Phillipston
Open Space Committee, 7
p.m., town hall.
Other
Montachusett Regional Planning Commission, 7 p.m., 1427R
Water St., Fitchburg.
Meeting notices and agendas for Athol, Orange, Petersham, Phillipston and Royalston can be viewed online at
www.mytowngovernment.org.
State Correction
Police ATHOL — The ConCommission will
Log servation
meet at 6 p.m. on Tuesday,
Saturday, July 23
12:45 a.m. - Moises Durand
Jr., 25, of Gardner, was arrested in Westminster on a charge
of operating a motor vehicle
under the influence of alcohol.
July 26, not 7 p.m. as was
stated in the July 22 edition
of the Athol Daily News.
The group will now hold all
meetings at 6 after many
years of meeting at 7. ATHOL DAILY NEWS Monday, July 25, 2016 Page 3
Obituaries
& Services
Stephen Slonski
TURNERS FALLS —
Stephen Slonski, 61, of 340
Montague City Rd., The
Farren Care Center, died
Saturday July 23, 2016, at
the center.
Arrangements under the
direction of Kostanski Funeral Home are incomplete
at this time.
Sympathy messages are
available at www.kostanskifuneralhome.com.
Marsh services
ERVING — A graveside
service will be held on Saturday, July 30, 2016, at 10
a.m. in the Erving Center
Cemetery, corner of Mountain Road and Route 2, for
Juliette B. (Holden) Marsh,
80, of East Main Street, Erving, who died Feb. 22, 2016. Following the service, a
cook out reception will be
held at Laurel Lake in Erving. Guests are encouraged
to bring a dish to share. Witty’s Funeral Home,
158 South Main St., Orange,
is assisting the family with
arrangements.
Orange Community Band to hold
Memory Night concert on Friday
ORANGE — The final
band concert of the 2016
summer season for the Orange Community Band will
be performed in Butterfield
Park on Friday, July 29, at
7:30 p.m. Will Choe will be
guest conductor and Tim
Sweeney is master of ceremonies. Orange has a tradition of
free concerts in the park dating back to the 1850s, and the
Orange Community Band is
proud to carry on the tradition. Bring a blanket or lawn
chairs and join the band for a
wonderful evening. The final
concert is Memory Night,
sponsored by Witty’s Funeral Home, and for a small donation, attendees may have
the names of their loved
ones announced between selections.
The musical program
for the concert will include
several marches including
“Thundercrest,” by Eric Osterling. Other selections will
include “Kentucky 1800” by
Claire Grundman; “Robin
Hood,” by Kamen, arr. by
Bocook; “An American Elegy,” by Frank Tichelli; “Star
Wars The Force Awakens,”
by Williams, arr. by Brown;
“Irish Rhapsody,” by Claire
Grundman; and “Sleigh
Ride,” by Leroy Anderson.
The second half may include the Spanish march,
“Amparito Roca,” by Texidor; and show tunes including music from “Aladdin,” by
Mencken; “West Side Story,” arr. By W. J Duthoit; and
“Holst’s First Suite in Eb.”
As is traditional, the band
will end the concert with
“Count Your Blessings,”
and the final march, “Lights
Out.” As always, the program is subject to change.
During this concert, the
band will announce the recipients of the band scholarships. Treasurer Susan
TandySonger will make the
presentations during the
first half. The Band Auxiliary will
be selling popcorn, hot
dogs, baked goods, soda,
and Dean’s Bean’s coffee,
with proceeds going to fund
new music and scholarships.
Trumpets and percussion
will bake for the concession
stand this week. The popcorn popper was donated in
memory of Allyn Washburn.
Other sponsors for the
season include Ames Trophy, June 24; Orange American Legion Post 172 for the
patriotic concert July 1; The
Lyman and Kilhart families
for July 8; TJ Sweeney and
Associates Tobacco Cessation Services and the Blackmer family, co-sponsors for
July 15; and In Memory of
Nursie Perkins, Freeland,
Tom and John, July 22.
4 injured in Cape
plane crash
HYANNIS, Mass. (AP)
— Four people were injured
when a small plane crashed
on Cape Cod.
The Boston Globe reports
the plane went off the runway at Barnstable Municipal
Airport around 1:30 p.m.
Sunday.
A Hyannis Fire Department spokesperson says
four people were taken to
the hospital with what appear to be non-life threatening injuries.
An airport official says the
airport remains open.
No further details were
immediately available.
Orange Police Log
Friday, July 22
8:30 a.m. - Report of illegal
dumping, West River Street.
Subjects responsible identified by going through trash.
Officer located subject who
said he would have it picked
up by end of day. Officer
advised he would not press
charges if it was picked up. 10:40 a.m. - Caller reports
they had a customer leave
their business after causing
a scene, wants it on the record, New Athol Road. 10:57 a.m. - Caller reports
landlord is telling people that
visit her that he is in the process of evicting her; she feels
this is not right and wants
this on the record, East Main
Street. Caller advised landlord has not violated law and
she was aware of the harassment order process. Also advised to discuss these issues
in housing court. 1:01 p.m. - Caller looking for officer to be present
while she speaks with landlord, East Main Street. Same
done. 1:30 p.m. - Officer requested for male party that
tried to harm himself, West
Main Street. Officers located
male party. Orange Fire Department transported party
to Athol Hospital.
1:30 p.m. - Report of
fight in progress, East River
Street. Officer responded
and fight had been broken
up by good samaritan. Both
parties spoken to. Incident
under investigation. 2:10 p.m. - Tree down,
Hayden Street. Orange Highway Department contacted
for removal. 2:42 p.m. - Caller requests
officer as subject was trying to leave residence, North
Main Street. Situation mediated and waited on scene
until state Department of
Children and Families arrived.
3:55 p.m. - Party saw two
black males about to fight;
one had on red shirt and
black shoes, South Main and
West River streets. Cruisers checked area; nothing
found.
4:17 p.m. - Report of
subject walking into liquor
store intoxicated, East Main
Street. Spoke with operator
who agreed to take breathalyzer test. Found her appearance was due to a medication she is on. 4:32 p.m. - Party requests
return call about incident she
reported last week, East River Street. On call back officer
advised to call Monday when
the officer investigating that
incident is on duty.
4:40 p.m. - Traffic stop,
East Main Street. Warning
for no inspection results.
5:08 p.m. - Party requests
welfare check on intoxicated
male inside business, East
Main Street. Located male
leaving store. He was with
a friend and did not need
services. No signs of intoxicated noted. 5:49 p.m. - Party requests
return call, East River Street.
On call back party asked if
warrant had been issued for
her daughter’s arrest. Advised one had been issued
and daughter should turn
herself in.
6:24 p.m. - Traffic stop,
East River Street. Warning
given for failing inspection
results.
7 p.m. - Caller states a
female is outside apartment
yelling and swearing, East
River Street. Found to be
verbal altercation between
female and male. Situation
mediated. 8:17 p.m. - Warren Police
Department requested an officer make contact with family in regard to van parked in
their town, Wheeler Avenue.
Spoke to owner. He will have
van towed.
10:12 p.m. - Medical
emergency, Daniel Shays
Highway. 10:22 p.m. - Party states
her 18-year-old son was
supposed to be picked up
downtown at 9:30; nowhere
to be found and is refusing
to answer her calls; requests
officer check his welfare if he
is located, East Main Street.
Report taken.
Saturday, July 23
8:15 a.m. - Motor vehicle
lockout, Daniel Shays Highway. Entry gained. 8:56 a.m. - Traffic control
for Mahar road race, South
Main Street.
11:14 a.m. - Stood by for
arrival of life flight, Airport
Street. Mission was diverted
to AH. 11:35 a.m. - Sex offender
registration. 1:15 p.m. - Caller states
he sent a $100,000 check for
sale of yacht and the check
was addressed to Orange
instead of Chatham. Post office contacted and mail will
be returned to sender. 1:44 p.m. - Traffic stop for
expired registration, Holtshire Road. Found to be recently registered.
1:55 p.m. - Party looking to
speak to officer in regard to
dating a level 2 sex offender.
Outdoor library screening
of ‘Cinderella’ on Friday
ORANGE — Grab a
blanket, some popcorn, and
especially family members,
because the Orange Revitalization Partnership and the
Wheeler Memorial Library
are teaming up to screen
the live-action, family film
“Cinderella” on Friday, July
29, outdoors on the library
lawn. This free movie starts
at 8:30 p.m. and continues
the 2016 Friendly Town
Movies in the Park Summer
Series. The showing is sponsored in part by the Orange
Cultural Council.
After her father unexpectedly dies, young Ella
(Lily James) finds herself at
the mercy of her cruel step-
mother (Cate Blanchett)
and stepsisters, who reduce
her to scullery maid. Despite her circumstances, she
refuses to despair. An invitation to a palace ball gives
Ella hope that she might
reunite with the dashing
stranger (Richard Madden)
she met in the woods, but
her stepmother prevents
her from going. Help arrives in the form of a kindly
beggar woman who has a
magic touch for ordinary
things.
The library is located at
49 East Main St.
In case of rain, the film
will be shown in the Orange
Town Hall.
Unable to reach party.
2:02 p.m. - Traffic stop for
speeding (40 mph in 30 mph
zone), Holtshire Road. Warning issued.
4 p.m. - Party would like
to speak to officer about
incident that just occurred;
he and subject just got into
argument and subject took
their 9-year-old son and
drove off erratically; he was
concerned subject may be
under influence of drugs,
North Main Street. Spoke by
phone with subject who was
in Templeton and agreed to
go to Templeton Police Department for wellbeing check
of her and son. TPD reports
both are fine. 4:13 p.m. - Caller states
subject is out of control
and intoxicated, South Main
Street. Situation mediated. 4:57 p.m. - Traffic stop for
no inspection results, East
River Street. Warning issued. 6:43 p.m. - Caller states
dog is barking in apartment
and it may be distressed,
East Howe Street. Officer
found no one home. Dog
seen through window and
was barking. No problem
found.
6:56 p.m. - Party reports
subject is vandalizing property and out of control,
Stone Valley Road. Peace
restored. Woods Ambulance
transported subject to AH for
evaluation. 6:56 p.m. - Tree and wires
down, East Road. OFD to respond. 6:58 p.m. - Tree and wires
down, East River Street.
OFD to respond. 7:05 p.m. - Tree and wires
down, Warwick Road. Officer
to stand by.
7:08 p.m. Report of two
suspicious males walking in
and out of store looking at
vehicles, Daniel Shays Highway. Responded when clear.
Gone on arrival. 8:08 p.m. - Caller states
group of individuals being loud and causing disturbance at the boat ramp,
Lake Mattawa Road. Located group and advised them
of the complaint. 9:04 p.m. - Traffic stop,
West River Street. Warning
issued for defective plate
light and expired inspection. 9:28 p.m. - Report of fireworks, Tully Road. Unfounded.
Sunday, July 24
1:45 a.m. - Caller states a
tree had fallen on his truck
causing
damage
during
storm, Fountain Street. Party
advised it would be logged
and to contact insurance
company. 1:45 a.m. - Burglar alarm,
New Athol Road. Building
checked with key holder.
Found to be set off by fallen
ceiling tile. 3:18 a.m. - Report of loud
party, Bacon Street. Subjects advised of complaint.
They said they would head
inside for the night. 11:12 a.m. - Bicyclist
stopped for failing to obey
traffic signal; made left turn
against red light, South Main
and East River streets. Warning issued.
11:30 a.m. - Traffic stop for
inspection violation, Daniel
Shays Highway. Citation issued. 11:45 a.m. - Summons
served, West River Street. 1:30 p.m. - Traffic stop for
speeding (40 mph in 30 mph
zone), Holtshire Road. Warning issued.
1:50 p.m. - Traffic stop for
expired inspection sticker,
Holtshire Road. Citation issued. 3:30 p.m. - Motorist reports erratic operation of red
van towing trailer, Brookside
Road. Area searched; negative contact. 3:35 p.m. - Traffic stop,
East Main Street. Warning
issued for no inspection results. 3:40 p.m. - Burglar alarm,
Dexter Street. Checked with
key holder. No problems
found. 4:34 p.m. - Report of several gun shots, Dana Road.
Investigated. 4:55 p.m. - Burglar alarm,
South Main Street. Found to
be faculty member who forgot passcode. All set. 6:15 p.m. - Athol Police
Department requests assistance with male/female
disturbance, Silver Lake and
Lenox streets, Athol. Area
searched; negative results. 8:10 p.m. - Party reports
harassment from subject
down the street, Brookside
Road. Spoke to party who
said a few weeks ago she
found dog in her yard that
belongs to subject; since
then subject has called her
names and has been flipping her off. Advised party of
options. Advised subject to
stop and of consequences if
it continues.
loud music and yelling, Russ
Street. Advised subjects to
quiet down. 10:45 p.m. - Caller reports
yelling, West River Street.
Located subjects at intersection of Whitney and East
Main streets. Found there
had been a dispute over
money. 11:10 p.m. - Complaint of
five people arguing for past
hour, Briggs Street. Spoke
with subject who said they
had people over for a fire
and they were talking loudly.
They will quiet down. 11:20 p.m. - Caller states
someone from an earlier incident is walking up and down
the street wearing white tshirt and blue jeans, West
River Street. After speaking with caller, it does not
sound like this person was
involved in earlier incident.
Area checked with negative
contact.
Today, July 25
4 a.m. - APD requests
assistance with fire; heavy
smoke showing with red
glow coming from inside residence, Lake Street, Athol.
Confirmed house to be vacant. Officers assisted responding units. 6:10 a.m. - Party reports
someone broke into the toy
shed behind Dexter Park
School; did not appear as if
anything was stolen, Dexter
Street. Officer located plastic bowling pins and balls
scattered on the hill and
playground.
Maintenance
will secure shed. Party requested extra patrols. One arrested
ORANGE — At 10:50
p.m., Sunday, police arrested Steven T. Roberts, 25, of
24 Russ St., after responding to volatile situation on
West River Street. Roberts
is charged with disturbing
the peace. The Athol Police Department assisted with the arrest. CALENDAR REMINDERS
For upcoming events consult the expanded calendar listing which
appears in the Quabbin Times section in Tuesday editions of the Athol
Daily News, and daily on the website at, www.atholdailynews.com.
The Daily News welcomes submissions for the Calendar, for public
events in or of general interest to the nine-town, North Quabbin-Mount
Grace Region — including entertainment, cultural and social activities
and events held by non-profit organizations. Excluded are gaming events
and tag/yard sale notices.
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Monday, July 25
2-3 p.m. — LEGO Club, Athol Public Library, Main Street.
For grades 1-5. Info: 978-249-9515
3-6 p.m. — Orange Farmers Market, Orange Armory
Parking Lot, East Main Street. Flowers, vegetables, eggs,
crafts, smoothies, maple syrup, baked goods and kids corner tent with fun activities for the young ones. Info: 978413-0740
Tuesday, July 26
10:30-11:15 a.m. — Rise and Romp Storytime, Wheeler
Memorial Library, East Main Street, Orange. For children
ages 2 to 5 and their caregivers.
3-4 p.m. — Minecraft Club, Athol Public Library, Main
Street. Info: 978-249-9515
3:30-5 p.m. — Craft Club, New Salem Public Library, on
the common. For grades 3-6. Info: 978-544-6334
4 p.m. — Trap Shooting, Orange Gun Club, off West River
Street. Info: 978-467-6076
5 p.m. — Free Meal, Athol Salvation Army, Ridge Avenue.
Open to all. Info: 978-249-8111
6:30-8:30 p.m. — Quabbin Community Band Rehearsal,
Quabbin Regional High School, 800 South St., Barre. Info:
978-355-9879
Wednesday, July 27
9 a.m. — Quilting, Athol Senior Center, Freedom Street.
Info/Registration: 978-249-8986
9-9:45 a.m. — Story Hour, Erving Public Library, 17
Moore St. Info: 413-423-3348
10-11:30 a.m. — Playgroup, Wendell Free Library, Wendell Depot Road. For ages 5 and under.
10:15-11 a.m. — Preschool Story Time, Athol Public Library, Main Street. Info: 978-249-9515
10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. — Stories at the Lake, Silver Lake,
Athol. Info: 978-249-8467
Noon — Sporting Clays, Petersham Gun Club, Nelson
Road. Info: 978-249-7445
1-4 p.m. — Museum Open, Swift River Valley Historical
Society, 40 Elm St., New Salem
1:30-2:30 p.m. — Ed the Wizard, Wheeler Memorial Library, East Main Street, Orange. Harry Potter themed magic
show. Info: 978-544-2495
3-4:30 p.m. — Drop In Lego Club, Petersham Memorial
Library, 23 Common St.
3-5 p.m. — Knit Wits, Athol Public Library, Main Street.
For ages 8 and up. Info: 978-249-9515
4:30-6:30 p.m. — All You Can Eat Spaghetti Supper, Orange American Legion, Daniel Shays Highway. $7 per person, public invited, take out available.
5-7 p.m. — Drop In Adult/Teen Coloring, Petersham Memorial Library, 23 Common St.
6-6:45 p.m. — Sunset Storytime, Wheeler Memorial Library, East Main Street, Orange. For kids of all ages and their
families. Hear stories and help work in the library’s garden.
Bring a picnic or take some fresh vegetables home for dinner. In the event of rain, meet inside the library. Info: 978544-2495
Athol log
walking toward High Street.
At 8:19, 911 call received
from involved party who
was advised officers were
en route. Advised all parties
of their options and sent female party on her way.
8:31 p.m. - Employee reports four male subjects at
gas pumps screaming at
each other, Main Street.
screaming and banging
in front hall of apartment
building, Central Street. Advised male party to call it a
night and go to bed.
8:57 p.m. - AH requested
assistance with combative
patient. Officers spoke to
security staff and were advised they were all set at
this time.
9:36 p.m. - Alarm, Main
Street. Property checked
with key holder. Appeared
secure. Key holder provided his phone number.
9:46 p.m. - Employee reports group of people loitering on side of store, Main
Street. Wanted officer to
move them along.
10:28 p.m. - Caller reports loud bang in the area,
Prospect Street. Possibly
fireworks.
10:45 p.m. - Assisted
Orange Police, West River
Street, Orange. At 10:58,
officer stayed on scene
while second officer went
with Orange Police while
male prisoner was transported to station.
11:50 p.m. - Winchendon
Police requested officer
meet a cruiser in Phillipston
to assist with transport of
party to Crescent Street
location. In area awaiting Templeton Police at
12:10 a.m. Met Templeton
at 12:29. Party transported
home.
Today, July 25
12:10 a.m. - Orange Police
requested
backup,
South Main Street, Orange.
12:39 a.m. - Officer observed male party searching for cigarettes on ground,
Crescent Street. Spoke to
party hanging around in
front of closed business.
Sent on way.
1:45 a.m. - State Police transferred a 911 cell
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call, Lake Street. Open
line; no one speaking directly into phone. Female
could be heard, according to State Police, stating
to a male party he needed
to stop driving before he
kills someone. State Police
determined location from
female who requested officers be sent just as both
Athol officers were arriving.
Female stated male party
had swerved a couple of
times but had been laughing and she thought he was
doing it on purpose to upset her. Field sobriety tests
given. No signs of impairment. Male party agreed to
let female drive home just
to be safe.
4:16 a.m. - 911 caller
report smoke in the building, Main Street. He was
advised of nearby house
fire but stated it was getting hotter in the building
due to the smoke. AFD
advised. Officer sent and
checked building. Officer
stated AFD should check
the building as there was a
haze inside and there was
a need to eject the smoke.
At 4:28, AFD advised Petersham Fire Department
would check location. Officer reported he was unable to find any cause in or
outside of the building for
the smoke other than active
house fire on Lake Street.
At 4:47, PFD reports they
were clearing location and
it was smoke from house
Monday
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Flying the unfriendly skies
ritics of the stepped-up security presence at American airports since the
9/11 terrorist attacks have always said that
while it looks good, it isn’t really making
travelers much safer.
Now, more and more, it doesn’t even
look good.
After a series of scandals marred the
image of the Transportation Security Administration, a congressional committee
investigated the TSA’s efforts to head off
employee misconduct. The result is a new
report from the staff of the House Homeland Security Committee whose title does
further wonders for the agency’s reputation: “Misconduct at TSA Threatens the
Security of the Flying Public.”
The 29-page report notes that the nation’s largest airports had the highest rates
of misconduct by TSA employees in 2015,
as well as the steepest increases in misconduct from 2013 to 2015. Los Angeles International is one of those airports, along
with Newark (N.J.) International and Boston Logan International.
But this is a problem everywhere, which
is troubling because everywhere is where
we all fly and where we need securitycheckpoint officers to be on the ball.
The eye-popping statistic is a 28.5 percent increase in reported misconduct by
TSA workers nationwide from 2013 to
2015, when the annual number of allegations climbed to 17,627, equating to about
one for every three full-time employees.
That’s on top of a nearly 27 percent increase from 2010 to 2012.
The biggest category of misconduct was
“neglect of duty,” which doubled in the
two years ending in 2015, to 1,206 incidents nationwide.
Neglect of duty is described as “inattention to duty resulting in a loss of property
or life; careless inspection; negligent performance of duties; failure to exercise due
diligence in performance of duties; failure
to follow procedures.” Another of the
eight categories of misconduct that saw
increases is “integrity and ethics,” which
covers accepting bribes and other criminal
conduct.
Try not to think about any of that the
next time you watch security officers
screen your fellow passengers.
The misconduct in question ranges from
salacious (federal air marshals spending
government money on hotel rooms for
romps with prostitutes) to brazenly criminal (a TSA officer in Oakland, Calif., allegedly helping to smuggle 100 kilograms
of marijuana over a two-year period) to
downright dangerous (an officer in Orlando, Fla., taking bribes to smuggle Brazilian
nationals through a checkpoint without
questioning).
The House report says that while allegations of misconduct have been rising, the
TSA has taken fewer disciplinary actions
against employees. And a faulty disciplinary system contributes to low employee
morale.
The picture is of what Homeland Security Committee Chairman Scott Perry,
R-Pa., called the failure of “TSA’s biggovernment, bureaucratic response” to
misconduct.
As the House report says, “Employee
misconduct of all types corrupts TSA’s
core mission to protect the traveling public
and poses serious security vulnerabilities.”
The TSA’s job is to make airline passengers not only feel safer but also actually be
safer. Clearly it is not doing that vital job
well enough.
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By Jeanne Phillips
© 2001 Universal Press Syndicate
Wife foresees a rocky road with
husband suffering dementia
DEAR ABBY: After two
failed marriages, I married a
wonderful man whom I love
but am not in love with. He
recently had a seizure, after
which he was diagnosed with
moderate dementia.
All I see is a long, dark road
ahead. We are both senior citizens with not a long time left
on this Earth. My health is suffering because of this situation.
I am extremely depressed, suffer from panic attacks and have
lost any hope of happiness in
the future.
I am torn between my responsibility to my husband
and leaving to try to find some
sort of joy in my life. If I stay,
my mental and physical health
will be ruined. If I leave, guilt
will destroy me. Is there a solution? — OVERWHELMED
IN HOUSTON
DEAR OVERWHELMED:
Yes, and the first part of the
solution is to realize you are
NOT a weak sister — as much
as you might think you are. You
took a vow to stand by the man
you married, and now it’s time
to honor it. He may not be the
love of your life, but he is your
friend. Friends don’t cut and
run when the going gets tough.
Talk to a geriatrician (M.D.)
to find out what kind of care
your husband needs now and
will need in the future. You
should also learn as much as
you can about what services for
seniors exist in your community. He may eventually need
an assisted living facility, but
in the meantime, a home caregiver may be able to help him
with personal grooming and
give you some time to yourself. If he has children or other
family members, they might be
willing to pitch in and help.
While a diagnosis of dementia is daunting, I urge you to
enjoy the time you have with
him now. He’s still the person
you cared for enough to marry.
He WILL be that person for
quite a while. You may be a senior, but you’re still vital and
may have many years ahead to
enjoy life. If you fulfill your role
as a supportive wife now, your
chances of finding happiness
when your husband’s journey
is over will be greater.
A final thought: You’re not
alone. There is support out
there for you and your husband. Reach out to the Alzheimer’s Association (alz.org;
800-272-3900) for information
and local support and resources.
******
DEAR ABBY: I have been
invited to a “gender reveal”
party. I have never heard of
such a thing. I mean, REALLY?
In my day, a married woman’s first child was welcomed
with a baby shower. Today,
baby showers are given for
three, four, five children of the
same mother whether she’s
married or not. Am I out of the
loop on this one? I anxiously
await your reply. — NOT
READY FOR THIS
DEAR NOT READY: Parents don’t know what the sex of
their child will be until they get
the results of the first or second ultrasound. Some of them
choose to have the results presented to them in an envelope
and given to a third person,
to be shared with family and
friends during a gender reveal
party that is sometimes held
in place of a baby shower. The
results of the ultrasound are
then announced either verbally or, in some cases, by serving
attendees white or yellow cupcakes with cream centers that
are either pink or blue.
Yes, it’s an excuse to have a
party, but why not celebrate?
If the idea is a turn-off, no law
says you must attend.
SUPPORT OUR
LOCAL POLICE
Editor, Daily News
One size fits all?
In the human race as a
whole, no one thinks the
same, no likes or dislikes the
same, and no one’s perceptions are the same. That is
what makes us human beings
inherently possessing intelligence far above all other
creatures, and that is what
makes some of us dangerous
as well!
We, in America, live in a
democracy in the best country
in the world, with more freedom of choice than any other,
but also with laws, accepted
rules of conduct, and police
authority to enforce them in
the best interest of all. Without that, we would become
not unlike some countries in
which whoever has the most
weapons and followers would
be totally in charge.
Inasmuch as we now have a
liberalistic weak government
in place Washington that, as
in some states, ties the hands
of police authority with weak
and timid protocols regarding how they enforce (or are
actually told at time not to
enforce) some laws, we are
seeing ever increasing acts of
terrorism, police officers being killed simply because they
are police officers doing their
duty, and innocent people
being slain by someone mentally disturbed. Why?
Police can no longer stop
anyone to look for illegal
weapons, if they seem suspicious; hell, they can’t even
ask them who they are! That
would be typecasting! What
happened to common sense?
Even a rabbit “typecasts” a
fox; it doesn’t wait to see if
the fox is going to attack before it runs away.
I say, support our local police without reservation and
equip them with all they need
(or ever may need) to do
their job. They are our “Main
Street U.S.A.” last line of defense and personal safety.
J.C. Leeman
Athol
AP Poll: Support grows among
Americans for stricter gun laws
By LISA MARIE PANE and
RYAN J. FOLEY
Associated Press
Americans increasingly
favor tougher gun laws by
margins that have grown
wider after a steady drumbeat of shootings in recent
months, but they also are
pessimistic that change will
happen anytime soon, according to a new Associated
Press-GfK poll.
Nearly two-thirds of respondents expressed support for stricter laws, with
majorities favoring nationwide bans on the sale
of semi-automatic assault
weapons such as the AR-15
and on the sale of high-capacity magazines holding 10
or more bullets.
The percentage of Americans who want such laws is
the highest since the APGfK poll started asking the
question in 2013, a survey
taken about 10 months
after the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
in Newtown, Connecticut,
that killed 20 children and
six educators.
High-profile
shootings
also appear to have taken
a toll on Americans’ sense
of safety. Strong majorities
of those polled expressed
some degree of concern that
they or a relative will be a
victim of gun violence or a
mass shooting.
“If you live in the United
States in these days right
now, you have to be concerned,” said Milonne
Ambroise, a 63-year-old
administrative
assistant
from Decatur, Georgia.
“You could be on the street
somewhere. You could be
at a shopping mall thinking
there will be a mass shooting and you will be in the
middle of it. You can’t not
think about it.”
Ambroise, a native of
Haiti who moved to the U.S.
nearly 50 years ago, said she
is now much more alert and
on guard whenever she is in
public.
“I’m looking for exits.
This isn’t something I did
before,” she said. “What if
I have to run? Where’s the
exit? Where would I go?”
The level of concern
about being victimized
is not uniform, however.
Nonwhites are significantly
more likely to be very or extremely concerned.
Alonzo Lassiter, 66, of
suburban St. Louis worries
that his autistic 17-year-old
son could be the victim of
gun violence, either by a
robber or the police.
“If somebody told him to
get on the ground and put
his hands up — or told him
to give up his headphones
— he wouldn’t readily identify those instructions,” said
Lassiter, who is black. “He
may be an easy target.”
He said straw purchasers who buy and then resell
guns to ineligible felons
and teenagers have flooded
some urban neighborhoods
with firearms and need to
be stopped.
The poll was conducted
July 7 to July 11, shortly after a string of high-profile
shootings. That included
the Orlando nightclub massacre that left 50 dead, including the gunman, and 53
others wounded, and the fatal police shootings of black
men in Minnesota and Louisiana. Most interviews took
place after the sniper attack
that killed five officers in
Dallas.
A majority of respondents
expressed a desire for a national approach to gun laws,
rather than a patchwork of
state laws or local regulations, even though Congress
has thus far failed to act on
many of the initiatives the
poll showed Americans support. Yet less than half of respondents said they believe
gun laws will indeed get
tougher in the coming year.
By a 55 percent to 43 percent margin, respondents
said laws that limit gun
ownership do not infringe
on the constitutional right
to bear arms. But the responses also revealed a partisan divide: 87 percent of
Democrats support stricter
gun laws compared with 41
percent of Republicans.
Gender and geography
are other dividing lines,
the poll found. Women and
those who live in cities and
suburbs are more likely to
support gun restrictions
than men and those who
live in rural areas.
Americans find common ground on other is-
sues. Strong majorities of
Democrats and Republicans said they support requiring background checks
for people buying firearms
at gun shows and through
other private sales. They
also back a ban on gun sales
to people on the federal terrorism watch list even if they
have not been convicted of a
crime.
“Why should it only be
the dealers that have to do
the background checks? At
gun shows, individual sellers should be required to
do the background checks
so they don’t end up selling
them to the criminal element,” said John Wallace,
a disabled Vietnam veteran
and former gun dealer who
lives in Limestone, Maine,
and owns several guns.
Despite the support for
tighter gun laws, majorities
oppose banning handguns,
imposing an Australia-style
gun buyback program or
making gun manufacturers
or sellers liable if guns are
later used in a crime.
While 70 percent of people in gun-owning households favor universal background checks, there were
stark differences in how
gun-owning households and
gun-free households view
efforts to limit access.
Just 42 percent of those
who live in gun-owning
households, for example,
support bans on assaultstyle guns and banning highcapacity magazines.
Kimberly Huebner is an
exception. The 43-year-old
high school special education teacher from San
Marcos, Texas, grew up in
a household with guns and
learned firearms safety. She
also believes some restrictions should be imposed,
including a ban on AR-style
firearms and high-capacity
magazines.
Her opinion has been
shaped in part by recent
mass shootings, she said.
Huebner believes the
Second Amendment gives
Americans the right to protect themselves against the
government, but not necessarily the right to possess
any firearm they choose,
especially when it comes
to AR-platform long guns.
Those types of firearms, she
said, “just are not necessary.
Nobody is using them to
hunt deer.”
rely on public benefits for
health care, food and more.
But eligibility for some of
these benefits is contingent
on not having more than
$2,000 in assets.
“It forces them to live in a
life of poverty at all times,”
said Chris Rodriguez, senior
policy adviser at NDI.
ABLE accounts let people
hold savings without affecting
their eligibility for benefits.
They are lower cost and have
different terms than previous options, such as a Special
Needs Trust or Pooled Income Trust.
WHO IS ELIGIBLE:
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people with significant disabilities as long as those disabilities existed before the
age of 26. If you meet the
age criteria and are already
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the Social Security Disability
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not receive SSI or SSDI, you
could be eligible if you meet
certain criteria and receive a
physician’s letter certifying
that.
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By SARAH SKIDMORE SELL
AP Business Writer
These tax-advantaged savings accounts were made
possible by a law passed in
2014. They’ve been popping
up across the country but
because they are fairly new
and some terms have recently
changed, there is still a learning curve.
We spoke to the National
Disability Institute to help
clarify what you need to
know:
WHAT ARE THEY?
ABLE accounts are tax-free
savings accounts for individuals with disabilities. The
money in them can be used
to cover certain expenses
such as education, housing
and transportation. While
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owner, contributions can be
made by anyone with post-tax
dollars. Any income earned
by the accounts will not be
taxed. All withdrawals are tax
free as long as they are used
for qualifying expenses.
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ARE
THEY
NEEDED? According to the
NDI, millions of people with
disabilities and their families
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Trafficking
ing human trafficking the
second-largest and fastestgrowing black market in the
world. The epidemic is prevalent throughout the United
States, infiltrating communities across Massachusetts.
“The horrendous crime of
human trafficking is a form
of modern-day slavery that
affects mostly women and
children. This bill strengthens the human trafficking law that the legislature
passed in 2011 by closing a
loophole in the law and offering more tools to help the
victims of human trafficking,” said Senate President
Stan Rosenberg (D-Amherst). “I thank Sen. Montigny for his work and advocacy on this important piece
of legislation.”
“Human trafficking is an
atrocious crime that inflicts
an incomprehensible level
of brutality and suffering
upon victims. Today, the
Senate has clearly stood with
humanity and the rights of
survivors by advancing legislation that will further prevent, prosecute, and protect
against human trafficking
offenses. We will continue
to advocate for victims and
seek justice against perpetrators responsible for these
despicable acts,” said Montigny, the original author of
the state’s first anti-human
trafficking legislation and
lead sponsor of this bill.
In 2011, the legislature
passed the state’s first anti-human trafficking law,
one of the strongest in the
county and authored by
Montigny. That legislation
criminalized human traf-
ficking for commercial and
sexual exploitation of people, including severe punishments ranging from five
years to life imprisonment.
It also provided survivors
with an affirmative defense
to any potential prostitution
charge as a result of being
trafficked. Survivors further
gained a civil remedy and
access to the Victims of Human Trafficking Trust Fund.
This bill provides a significant update to strengthen
this law by adopting several
measures. First, the legislation will close the so-called
bodyworks loophole that
allows persons practicing
“bodywork therapy” an exemption from the massage
therapy licensing requirements. This lack of regulatory oversight has generated
a pathway for traffickers
to establish operations in
communities
throughout
the Commonwealth while
maintaining a public façade
that insinuates a legitimate
business. The Senate bill
addresses the problem by
establishing a statewide
board of bodywork therapy
that will provide oversight
of bodywork establishments
and require individual licensure for practitioners.
The legislation also includes significant tools for
victims to help restore their
lives. The timeframe to file
a civil suit against a trafficker is extended from a mere
three years to 10 years. Victims will also have access to
expanded affirmative defenses to criminal charges
related to sex crimes, and
will have the ability to pe-
Medicare
Medicare’s catastrophic
coverage was originally designed to protect seniors with
multiple chronic conditions
from the cumulatively high
costs of taking many different pills. Beneficiaries pay 5
percent after they have spent
$4,850 of their own money.
With some drugs now costing more than $1,000 per pill,
that threshold can be crossed
quickly.
Lawmakers who created
Part D in 2003 also hoped
added protection would entice insurers to participate
in the program. Medicare
pays 80 percent of the cost of
drugs above a catastrophic
threshold that combines
spending by the beneficiary
and the insurer. That means
taxpayers, not insurers, bear
the exposure for the most expensive patients.
The numbers provided to
The Associated Press reflect
the total paid by taxpayers,
insurers and beneficiaries.
They offer a glimpse into the
volatile and often mysterious
world of high-cost drugs:
— Catastrophic spending
for Harvoni and Sovaldi —
two hepatitis C pills from
Gilead Sciences — more
than doubled in two years,
from about $3.5 billion in
2014 to nearly $7.5 billion
in 2015. Harvoni topped the
list of Medicare’s high-cost
drugs last year; Sovaldi was
first in 2014.
The
FDA
approved
Sovaldi in Dec., 2013, and
its $1,000-per-pill price
quickly made headlines. A
congressional investigation
last year found that Gilead
was focused on maximizing
revenue, even as a company
analysis showed that a lower
price would allow more patients to be treated.
— Revlimid, a cancer drug
derived from 1950s thalidomide, surpassed $1.7 billion
in catastrophic costs in 2015,
coming in second among
high-cost drugs. Spending on
the medication from biotech
company Celgene increased
by 50 percent in three years.
— Gleevec, a breakthrough drug introduced in
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2001 to treat leukemia, was
ensconced as 5th among
the top ten pricey medications, with more than $1 billion spent in 2015. That was
a 54-percent increase from
2013. Drugmaker Novartis
has been criticized for repeatedly hiking the price of
Gleevec.
— Catastrophic spending
accounts for a fast-growing
share of Medicare’s drug
costs, which totaled nearly
$137 billion in 2015. The
catastrophic share was 37
percent, yet only about 9 percent of beneficiaries reached
the threshold for such costs.
For those patients, average
spending jumped by 46 percent, from $9,666 in 2013 to
$14,100 in 2015. “If the numbers continue to increase
like this each year, I worry
about how much the taxpayers could afford,” said Sen.
Grassley, who plans to ask
Medicare for explanations.
“It may be that some
drug companies are taking
advantage of government
programs to maximize their
market share, and we need
to know whether that’s the
case,” he added.
Catastrophic coverage will
soon cost as much as the entire prescription program did
when it launched, said Sen.
Ron Wyden, D-Ore. “Congress can’t continue to stand
idle.”
Experts say the rapid rise
in spending for pricey drugs
threatens to make the popular prescription benefit financially unsustainable.
Nonpartisan congressional
advisers at the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
have called for an overhaul.
The presidential candidates,
as well as the Obama administration, have proposed giving Medicare legal authority
to negotiate prices.
The drug industry says
Medicare patients are getting valuable, innovative
medicines.
Lisa Joldersma, policy vice
president for the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, also
questioned the cost num-
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Testing of well water urged
BOSTON (AP) — A federal report says Massachusetts is at greater risk than
all but five other states from
potentially corrosive ground
water that could cause lead
or other toxic metals in
household pipes to leach
into drinking water.
The report by the U.S.
Geological Survey says
534,000 Massachusetts residents who draw their water
tition the court to vacate
a prior conviction for any
offense not a felony committed as a result of being
a human trafficking victim.
Upon a vacated conviction,
victims can further seek to
have their record sealed in
order to help aid the victim in obtaining housing,
employment and other vital measures needed for a
healthy quality of life. Under the bill, the Executive Office of Health and
Human Services is also directed to report to the legislature the current adequacy
and limitations on current
victim services dealing with
safety, support, housing,
health and education. The
report must also identify the
number of beds and victims
served at safe house facilities throughout the state.
Final provisions in the
bill include enhanced data
collection to better track
human trafficking crimes
and identify any patterns or
characteristics useful to law
enforcement for investigations, arrests and prosecutions. Mandatory training
for law enforcement, health
professionals, and K-12 educators is also implemented
to help personnel identify
victims and trafficking offenses. Finally, a public
awareness campaign will be
developed and awareness
signs shall be posted in highrisk locations such as adult
entertainment facilities and
foreign cash transfers.
The bill now goes to the
House of Representatives
for consideration.
from private wells are at the
greatest risk because unlike
public water systems, wells
are not subject to state and
federal testing and treatment
requirements.
Ken Belitz, lead author of
the report, tells The Boston
Globe that people who use
private wells should have
their water tested at the tap.
Naturally corrosive water
isn’t dangerous to consume.
bers. “I would push back on
the notion that taxpayers are
bearing 80 percent of the risk
here because the numbers do
not reflect rebates,” she said.
Rebates for individual
drugs are not disclosed. They
averaged nearly 13 percent
across the entire program in
2013, according to government figures, and were estimated at about 17 percent
for 2015.
Most beneficiaries haven’t
seen a drastic hit yet from
rising drug costs, but that
may be changing. This year,
average premiums went up
more than 15 percent in five
of the top eight drug plans,
according to the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Concerns about catastrophic costs undercut
the image of Medicare’s
prescription program as a
competitive marketplace in
which private insurers bargain with drugmakers to
drive down prices.
“The incentive is to price it
as high as they can,” said Jim
Yocum, senior vice president
of Connecture, Inc., a company that tracks drug prices.
Medicare is barred from negotiating prices, “so you max
out your pricing and most
of that risk is covered by the
federal government.”
An architect of the program says no one anticipated $1,000 pills. Former
Medicare administrator Tom
Scully said catastrophic coverage was meant to protect
patients taking many different medicines over months
and years.
“The pricing is pretty
wild,” he said.
Drought hits Northeastern US, hardest
hit — New York, Massachusetts, NH
CONCORD, N.H. (AP)
— At Lavoie’s Farm in New
Hampshire, beans and corn
haven’t broken through the
ground yet and fields of
strawberries are stunted.
The drought that has taken
hold in the Northeast is especially felt at John Lavoie’s
farm in Hollis, presenting
him with some tough choices.
Irrigation ponds are drying
up, forcing him to choose between tomatoes and berries
or apple and peach trees.
Lavoie decided to hold off
watering the fruit trees so he
could quench the tomato and
berry plants before they succumb to the heat.
“We need some rain pretty
quick,” Lavoie said. “There
is just some corn that won’t
make it. A lot of things we
would like to give water to,
we can’t.”
The dry blast in New
Hampshire is being felt
throughout the Northeast,
from Maine to Pennsylvania,
driven by a second year of below-average rainfall. Though
not as dire as the West Coast
drought of five-years running, the dry, hot weather has
stressed farms and gardens,
prompted water restrictions
and bans in many towns and
threatened to bring more
wildfires than usual.
In the hardest hit areas of
western New York, Massachusetts and southern parts of
New Hampshire and Maine,
it’s been dryer than in a decade or more. And national
weather experts predict the
drought will persist at least
through the end of October.
“The Northeast is a little
bit of a mixed bag, but the
bottom line is that the conditions have deteriorated over
the past several weeks to a
couple of months,” said Rich
Tinker, a drought specialist
at the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration.
If there were a drought
epicenter, it probably would
Push-ups
said McGuirk. “Twenty-two
push-ups is the challenge to
bring attention to the daily
number of veteran suicides
attributed to PTSD.”
McGuirk added, “It is an
understatement that the
symptoms of PTSD may
disrupt a veteran’s life and
makes it hard to continue
with normal daily activities.
The veteran may find it very
difficult just to get through
the day.
“There are four types of
PTSD symptoms: Reliving
the event (also called reexperiencing
symptoms);
avoiding situations that remind you of the event; negative changes in beliefs and
feelings; and feeling keyed
up (also called hyper-arousal).
“On a final note, it is inherent with most veterans
that they will not share their
time.”
And while the extra hot
weather will ease a bit next
week for good chunks of the
country, the temperature
forecast for the next three
months isn’t exactly promising, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
For the first time in more
than 20 years, the Climate
Prediction Center map is
shades of one color: orange
for above normal temperatures.
The map usually varies, showing places where
there is a greater chance for
above or below normal temperatures or equal chances.
But the outlook for August,
September and October
is for above normal everywhere.
Center climate scientist
Dan Collins said the center’s archives go back to
1995 and they’ve never seen
this for the entire United
States — including Alaska
and Hawaii. That doesn’t
mean a three-month heat
wave, just on average warmer than normal temperatures through October.
“Unusual indeed,” Collins said. “But maybe less so
as the years pass.”
Scientists haven’t calculated if man-made global
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military experiences with
family or friends. They cope
better during their service,
as traumatic experiences
are shared with members of
their military units. Upon
leaving the service, veterans
will lose the direct contact
with their comrades.”
The 22 push-ups move
is an outreach program of
#22KILL.com, which is a
global movement bridging
the gap between veterans
and civilians to build a community of support and empowerment. The goals are
to:
• Raise awareness of veteran suicide and mental
health issues;
• Educate the public
about current veteran-related topics and issues;
• Recruit veteran advocates, a.k.a. “Battle Buddies;” and
Heat
be Massachusetts. More
than 74 percent of the state,
according to the United
States Drought Monitor, is
experiencing some degree of
drought and almost the entire
state is dry.
Many Massachusetts farmers are hurting, said Katie
Campbell-Nelson, a vegetable production specialist with
the UMass Extension. Yields
and quality are down, and irrigation costs are up.
“Some farmers are abandoning crops because it’s not
worth the financial risk of
harvesting them,” CampbellNelson said.
The dry conditions have
raised the risk of wildfires
in Massachusetts, said Dave
Celino, chief forest fire warden for the state Department
of Conservation and Recreation. Typically, the state
records about 1,600 wildland
fires a year.
But this year, it’s already
seen more than 1,000.
• Support various veteran
empowerment
programs,
such as Honor Courage
Commitment Inc., Equest
Hooves for Heroes, Brain
Treatment
Foundation,
Center for BrainHealth,
REACT, Adaptive Training
Foundation, and more.
Honor Courage Commitment Inc. started the
#22KILL movement in
2013 after learning of the
statistic that an average of
22 veterans are killed as
the result of suicide every
day. HCC has committed
to researching and understanding the genesis of this
epidemic, and educating the
general public on the issue.
HCC’s overall goal is to
have 22 million push-ups
done. To learn more and to
take part, log onto https://
www.22kill.com/22-honorpushups/.
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warming from the burning
of fossil fuels is a factor in
the current heat wave, but
said it has been a factor
in most recent ones and a
good chance here, too.
What’s happening now is
a ridge of high pressure has
just spread over almost the
entire United States. That
keeps clouds and cooling
away, and just pushes warm
air down.
Add to that the humidity,
which makes everything feel
stickier. It’s coming with
warmer ocean water, especially from a hotter-thannormal Gulf of Mexico,
Masters said.
The high heat and humidity will move from the Corn
Belt toward the Southeast
over the weekend, according to the National Weather
Service.
On Monday, the weather
service forecasts that nearly
all of the Lower 48 states
could hit 95 on the heat
index , which factors in humidity. And about 30 states
are forecast to hit 100.
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states was 92 degrees on
both Thursday and Friday,
the warmest since June of
2012, said meteorologist
Ryan Maue of the private
WeatherBell Analytics service.
Not even the cool of night
is helping because temperatures aren’t dropping as
much as they normally do.
That’s a health issue because the human body relies
on the evening coolness for
relief, said Greg Carbin, a
forecast chief for the weather service’s Weather Prediction Center.
Heat waves like this one
“are kinda like the home
run statistic in steroid-fueled baseball,” University of
Georgia meteorology professor Marshall Shepherd
said in an email. “Sure heat
waves always happened
naturally (like home runs
in baseball) but the statistics are shifting to make
them more likely and more
frequent within a warmer
background climate.”
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Porcello stays unbeaten
at Fenway Park; Red Sox
salvage split with Twins
By KEN POWTAK
Associated Press
FIRE TO FIRST — Boston Red Sox’s Rick Porcello throws to first base on the ground out by
Minnesota Twins’ Eduardo Nunez during the fifth inning of a baseball game in Boston, Sunday.
AP Photo/Michael Dwyer
Monadnock: Solomito wins Whelen
Modified race; Starrett car takes 3rd
By ASHLEY ARSENEAU
ADN Staff Reporter
Athol, take the top three after
cruising to early leads in the 25 lap
race. The track was starting to get
a little slick from leaked gear oil
causing a few spinouts and caution
flags throughout the race. Sportsman Modified
The slickness intensified for the
30 lap Sportsman Modified race
causing the race to be slowed down
by many spinouts and cautions until 18th lap when track officials applied a few bags of speedy dry to
dry up the quarter mile track. Geoff Rollins (2) of Groton,
moved up early and held the lead
throughout to take 1st place. Kim
Rivet (99) of Chicopee, pulled into
second later in the race once the
cars got going again after the last
caution. Eric Leclair (84) of Easthampton, took third place at 62
years of age and over 30 years of
running in modified races. Thunderstock
Rounding out Sunday’s races the
20 lap Thunder Stock race was lead
all along by Scott Vien (5) giving
WINCHESTER — The Whelen
him his first win. James Seagrove
Modified Tour rolled into the Mo(14) and Craig Chaffee (28) of
nadnock Speedway for the DunKeene took second and third. Young Guns
leavy 200 just in time for a lightning
Three races were fit in just bestorm Saturday night which pushed
fore the rain broke out Saturthe race off until Sunday afternoon
day night starting with the 15-lap
to let the track dry. Young Guns race. Shelby Avery
Timmy Solomito (16) of Islip,
(8) of Bernardston took first folN.Y. took an early lead and held
lowed by Mariah Stebbins (10) and
it throughout the race for his third
Jaret Curtis (26) of Rutland.
win of the season. Rowann Pennik
Lightning Stock
(3) of Huntingdon Valley, Pa. came
The Lightning Stock cars took to
in second with Jimmy Blewett (4)
the track for 20 laps with lightning
of Howell Township, N.J. rounding
seen off in the distance. Pat Houle
out the top three. Blewett’s “Mys(57x) of Vernon, Vt. led the race
tic Missile” car was sponsored by
and took home his seventh straight
LS Starrett of Athol. win of the season. Kris Kristolaitis
Starrett’s sponsored the evening
(28) of Winchester and Justin Litand gave winners of all divisions
tlewood (37) of Orange took secStarrett micrometers. ond and third. Superstocks
Mini Stock
The Superstocks saw Joel MonaJust as the dark clouds rolled in
han (3) of Whately, Robert Hager
and the rain got closer the Mini
(91) and Dennis Stange (44) of
Stock cars came out for a quick 25lap race. Matt Kimball (50) of Bennington, N.H., Solomon Brow (33)
of Vernon, Vt. and Julia Raymond
(62) of Winchester, N.H. took the
top three spots. Brow came close
to getting past Kimball but never
quite made it before the checkered flag came out. The rain then
poured onto the track to stop the
races for the night. Coming up
Next Saturday, July 30, is the rescheduled Christmas in July night at
Monadnock Speedway. Those bringing an unwrapped toy to the track
LOCAL DRIVERS — Dennis Stange (44) took third in the will receive a discount on admission.
Sportsman Modified race Sunday at Monadnock Speedway in All toys will be given to children in
the Brookside Equipment car. Coming up on his rear is Cole need next Christmas. Along with
the weekly races, the New England
Littlewood (12) of Orange. Photo by Ashley Arseneau Street Stock Tour is scheduled. Jhonattan Vegas rallies to win Canadian Open
OAKVILLE, Ontario (AP) —
Jhonattan Vegas birdied his way
off Glen Abbey and waited to see
if anyone could catch him. No one
could.
Vegas rallied to win the Canadian Open on Sunday for his second
PGA Tour title, birdieing the final
three holes for an 8-under 64 and
one-stroke victory.
The 29-year-old Venezuelan
Olympic player began the day five
strokes behind leader Brandt Snedeker and four behind U.S. Open
champion Dustin Johnson and
Canadian amateur Jared du Toit.
Last week in Alabama in the event
opposite the British Open, Vegas
shot a course-record 61 in the second round and tied for fourth.
“That’s the fortunate breaks
that sometimes you need to be
a champion on the PGA Tour,”
Vegas said. “It’s a great feeling. I
mean, last week, I had a six-shot
lead going into the weekend and
lost by three. I was five back starting today and won by one. It’s a
crazy sport. You’ve just got to keep
your head down and play hard.”
Vegas had five straight birdies
on Nos. 2-6, bogeyed the par-4
eighth and also birdied the par-5
13th.
“Starting the round, I knew that
if I could get to 12 under, literally that’s the number I had in my
mind,” Vegas said. “I didn’t know
that it was going to be enough, obviously, to win by one, but I knew
it was going to give me a good
chance.”
He birdied the par-5 16th, par4 17th and par-5 18th to post at
12-under 276.
“I think there were a bunch of
guys around 11 or 10,” Vegas said.
“We had, I think, Dustin Johnson,
Brandt Snedeker, a bunch of guys,
really close. Great players. I knew,
if I got lucky, it was going to be a
playoff. Super surprised when I
saw that nobody got to 12.”
Johnson, Jon Rahm and Martin
Laird tied for second.
Vegas earned $1,062,000 and a
spot in the PGA Championship
next week at Baltusrol in New Jersey. He also received a two-year
tour exemption and a spot in the
Masters next year.
Also the 2011 Bob Hope Classic winner, Vegas did some soulsearching after the loss in Alabama
“I had a long talk with my parents. I had a long talk with my golf
teachers about what was missing,
what was the missing component
of the formula to win,” Vegas said.
“Obviously, we had a long talk, a
lot of things came out. Came this
week with a completely different
approach about things, and obviously it worked out.”
Johnson eagled the 16th and
birdied the 18th for a 69.
“It has to do with the putter. I
just did not roll it that well,” Johnson said. “Honestly, I had a good
finish. But other than that, I didn’t
roll any putts.
“I played really nicely. I feel like
I’m hitting the ball really well. I’m
really looking forward to going
into next week. I think the game
is in really good shape. Do a little
practice on the putting in the next
few days over at Baltusrol. But
other than that, I’m really confident in the game right now. I feel
like everything is going really well”
Rahm, du Toit’s former Arizona
State teammate, birdied 16 and 18
in a 67. The Spaniard missed a 10foot eagle putt on 18.
“He just went straight and didn’t
break,” Rahm said. “It was hard
to see it go by the left edge of the
hole and not go in, that’s for sure.
... Probably, if not the best, one of
the best 5-irons I’ve ever hit, that’s
for sure. Came off perfect off the
clubface.”
Rahm tied for third in his pro
debut late last month at Congressional.
Laird finished with two pars in
a 67.
Snedeker shot a 71 to tie for
fifth at 10 under. He birdied the
16th and closed with two pars.
“Very disappointing,” said Snedeker, the 2013 winner at Glen
Abbey. “Put myself in a position to
win a golf tournament and to play
the way I did today is disheartening to say the least. To putt the way
I did and make decisions the way
I did, put the ball in play off the
tee like I did today and have every
chance to be successful and completely gave it away.
“It’s going to be a tough night,
very frustrating to say the least.
Lots of positives to build on for
next week, and hopefully by tomorrow get my mind right and get
ready to go for next week.”
Du Toit tied for ninth at 9 under
after a 71. He birdied 16 and 18.
“Once I got the first hole out
of the way, I felt pretty good,” du
Toit said. “I was just so excited to
be out there and in the final group
in the atmosphere. I really wasn’t
thinking too much about my score
or anything.”
Du Toit, an Arizona State senior from Kimberley, British Columbia, was trying to become the
first Canadian winner since Pat
Fletcher, born in England, in 1954
at Point Grey in Vancouver, British Columbia. Doug Sanders was
the last amateur to win the event
in 1956, and Phil Mickelson —
then also an Arizona State student
— was the last amateur winner
on the tour in the 1991 Northern
Telecom Open.
Geoff Ogilvy also was 9 under
after a 63.
Top-ranked defending champion Jason Day had a 67 to tie for
14th at 7 under.
BOSTON (AP) — A year ago,
Rick Porcello was hearing nearly
as many boos as cheers in Fenway
Park.
Now, he’s piling up wins in front
of the home fans.
Porcello became the first Boston
pitcher in 55 years to open a season 10-0 in Fenway, and Hanley
Ramirez and Travis Shaw both hit
a three-run homer as the Red Sox
beat the Minnesota Twins 8-7 Sunday to earn a split of a four-game
series.
“I just feel good here,” Porcello
said. “I feel comfortable pitching in
front of our crowd.”
Last year, the 27-year-old Porcello was expected to be an ace for the
staff after the club acquired him
from Detroit before the season,
but he lost six of his first 11 starts at
home and ended the year just 9-15
overall with a 4.92 ERA.
“Rick is in a very good place
here in Fenway,” Red Sox manager
John Farrell said. “You talk about
dependable and reliable, he embodies that. He epitomizes that.”
Porcello (13-2) allowed five runs
with eight strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings, becoming the first since Don
Schwall in 1961 to win his first 10
Fenway decisions in a season.
Dustin Pedroia hit a tiebreaking
solo homer and Xander Bogaerts
had three singles for Boston, which
won its 10th time in 13 games.
Juan Centeno had three hits and
drove in three runs for the Twins,
who completed a seven-game road
trip 4-3 but gave up four unearned
runs in a key inning.
“You’ve got a chance to come in
here and potentially beat a team
that’s been playing good — three
out of four,” Minnesota manager
Paul Molitor said. “Unearned runs,
they’re painful, they’re tough when
you can’t find a way to get off the
field.”
Brad Ziegler got the final three
outs for his first save with Boston
after being acquired from Arizona
earlier this month.
The Red Sox surged ahead with
five runs - four unearned - and
chased Tommy Milone (3-3) in the
fifth.
Pedroia homered over the Green
Monster. Third baseman Miguel
Sano had a grounder go through
his legs for an error that scored a
run before Shaw belted his homer
into Boston’s bullpen, making it
8-3.
“The one to Shaw was just a
curveball that hung over the middle of the plate,” Milone said. “He
was waiting for it. They capitalized
hard on the mistakes.”
Milone gave up eight runs - four
earned - in 4 2/3 innings, snapping
a personal three-game winning
streak.
The Twins scored two runs in the
seventh and eighth innings, slicing
it to 8-7.
Ramirez’s homer - his fifth in
five games - went into the first row
of Monster seats, with a fan making
a nice standing, two-handed grab,
to make it 3-2.
The Twins tied it when Max Kepler tripled leading off the fourth
before scoring on Kennys Vargas’
grounder.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Twins: C Kurt Suzuki was out
with stitches in his chin after getting hit in the face mask Saturday.
“We’re trying to look at ways that
we can potentially protect him if
we needed to play him in an emergency,” Molitor said.
Red Sox: DH David Ortiz was
rested. . Farrell said CF Mookie
Betts’ right knee was “improved”
and “we hope that by (Monday)
night he’s back in the lineup.” Betts
left Friday’s game with soreness in
the knee.
BULLPEN HELP
The Red Sox recalled RHP Joe
Kelly from Triple-A Pawtucket before the game after sending RHP
Heath Hembree there following
Saturday’s loss.
Kelly has only started since being
acquired in 2014, but has pitched
52 2/3 career innings of relief with
a 3.25 ERA.
KEY OUT
Junichi Tazawa entered with
bases-loaded and no outs in the
eighth. He allowed two inherited
runners to score, but struck out Byron Buxton on a splitter in the dirt
to end the inning.
NEW JEWELRY
Ortiz wore a Boston Marathon
medal in the dugout that’s given to
runners that finish.
“A friend of mine that ran the
Marathon gave it to me,” he said,
pointing to it hanging in his locker.
“I wear my jewelry on different
days. I just put it on.”
UP NEXT
Twins: They’re off Monday before beginning a six-game homestand Tuesday. RHP Ervin Santana
(3-8, 3.93) faces Atlanta RHP Lucas Harrell (1-2, 4.24) in the first of
a two-game series.
Red Sox: LHP Drew Pomeranz
makes his second start for Boston
Monday after being acquired from
San Diego. He gave up five runs in
three innings in his debut Wednesday against the Giants. RHP Justin
Verlander (9-6, 3.74) is slated to go
for the Tigers in the opener of a
three-game series.
Kevin Durant leads US to second
exhibition rout, 106-57 over China
By GREG BEACHAM
AP Sports Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Kevin Durant scored 19 points, Klay
Thompson added 17 and the U.S.
basketball team rolled to a second
straight blowout exhibition victory,
106-57 over China on Sunday night.
DeMar DeRozan scored 13
points in his hometown, and DeMarcus Cousins had 12 points
and seven rebounds in another
impressive performance to open
the Americans’ pre-Olympic tour.
While they’re still learning their
teammates’ tendencies and solidifying player rotations, the newly assembled U.S. team looked remarkably cohesive for long stretches
against an overmatched opponent
with no current NBA players.
Los Angeles Clippers center DeAndre Jordan scored 12 points and
led a strong defensive effort with
three blocks for the Americans,
who held the Chinese to 30.9 percent shooting.
After opening their showcase
tour by trouncing Argentina in
Las Vegas on Friday night, the
U.S. team posted another rout at a
packed Staples Center.
The Americans haven’t lost a
game since the 2006 world championships. They’re 47-1 in exhibitions
since NBA stars took over the roster in 1992, going undefeated since
2004.
Anthony was the only holdover in
the Americans’ starting lineup from
Las Vegas. Krzyzewski put Paul
George in with Anthony, Jordan,
Kyle Lowry and DeRozan, whose
family watched from courtside.
Jordan got the exhibition off to
a rousing start with a blocked shot
on China’s first possession and an
alley-oop dunk on the other end for
the Americans’ first points.
Both teams had early shooting
struggles, but the Americans took
charge with impressive speed late
in the first quarter.
Durant, one of the two returning American gold medalists from
London, heard boos from the LA
crowd during pregame introductions. He quickly found his outside
stroke with 14 points and four assists in the first half, and Cousins
overpowered the Chinese down low
for 12 first-half points on the way to
a 55-29 halftime lead.
The Chinese team’s most recognizable name to North Americans is Yi Jianlian, the Milwaukee
Bucks’ choice with the No. 6 overall pick in the 2007 draft. He spent
five seasons with four NBA teams
before heading back to the Guangdong Southern Tigers.
Yi led the Chinese with 18 points.
Zhou Qi, the 7-foot-2 center drafted by the Houston Rockets in the
second round last month, scored
two points on 1-for-6 shooting. Exciting guard Zhao Jiwei scored 14
points.
The teams meet again Tuesday
in Oakland, where Durant will play
in front of his new home fans for
the first time since defecting from
Oklahoma City to the Golden State
Warriors earlier this month.
They’ll also meet Aug. 6 in the
opening game of Olympic competition in Brazil.
Mark Mulder defends
celebrity golf title
STATELINE, Nev. (AP) —
Mark Mulder rallied Sunday at
Edgewood Tahoe to successfully
defend his title in the American
Century Championship celebrity golf tournament.
The former pitcher birdied
seven of his first 13 holes and
finished with a 29-point round
for a five-point victory over
Mardy Fish in the modified
Stableford event. Players received six points for eagle, three
for birdie, one for par, zero for
bogey and minus-two for double
bogey or worse.
Mulder finished with 74
points and earned $125,000.
Kyle Busch finishes
dominant weekend
with Brickyard win
By MICHAEL MAROT
AP Sports Writer
BRICKYARD — Kyle Busch kisses his wife Samantha as he holds their son Brexton after winning the Brickyard 400 NASCAR auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, Sunday.
AP Photo/Rob Baker
MLB: Cabrera saves White Sox in 5-4 win
CHICAGO (AP) — Melky
Cabrera drove in Adam
Eaton with a game-ending
single in the ninth inning after closer David Robertson
gave up three home runs in
the top half to lead the Chicago White Sox to a 5-4 victory over the Detroit Tigers
hours after they suspended
ace Chris Sale for five days
on Sunday.
The White Sox beat the Tigers 4-3 earlier in the day on
a single by Eaton in the ninth
after play was suspended
because of rain the previous
night.
Robertson (2-2) got the
win in that one and picked up
another victory in the scheduled game despite a rough
ninth inning.
The big news Sunday was
Sale getting suspended and
fined one day after he was
scratched from his scheduled start and sent home.
The punishment was handed
down after he destroyed collared throwback uniforms
the team was scheduled to
wear in this game.
Justin Wilson (2-3) got the
loss in the suspended game,
and Bruce Rondon (3-2) lost
the scheduled one.
RANGERS 2, ROYALS 1
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)
— Delino DeShields homered in the seventh to break
a tie for Texas.
DeShields, who was recalled Thursday from TripleA Round Rock, walked and
doubled before leading off
the seventh with his third
home run.
The loss dropped the Royals to 48-49, the first time
the World Series champions
have been below .500 since
May 15 when they were 1819. The Royals have lost 13
of 19 games in July.
Left-hander Alex Claudio (2-1) picked up the win,
pitching a scoreless sixth.
Luke Hochevar (2-3) took
the loss and has allowed six
runs in 6 1-3 innings in July.
PADRES 10, NATIONALS 6
WASHINGTON (AP) —
Alex Dickerson and Ryan
Schimpf hit back-to-back
homers off Shawn Kelley in
the eighth inning and San
Diego scored four runs off
Jonathan Papelbon in the
ninth to beat Washington.
Ryan
Buchter
(2-0)
pitched a scoreless eighth to
earn the victory.
With the game tied at
6, Wil Myers drew a oneout walk off Papelbon and
moved to second on a wild
pitch before Yangervis Solarte’s RBI single. The Padres added two more singles
to load the bases, setting up
Alexei Ramirez’s three-run
double.
Nationals manager Dusty
Baker then relieved Papelbon (2-3), who was booed
after giving up his first runs
since June 12. Papelbon had
made seven scoreless appearances since returning
from the disabled list earlier
this month.
ORIOLES 5, INDIANS 3
BALTIMORE (AP) —
Pinch-hitter Nolan Reimold
hit a game-winning, two-out
homer in the ninth inning
after Pedro Alvarez reached
on a strikeout, and Baltimore
completed a three-game
sweep.
Cody Allen (2-4) began the
ninth by striking out Alvarez,
but the ball eluded catcher
Roberto Perez. After field-
ing the bouncing ball off the
backstop, Perez hit Alvarez
in the helmet with the throw
for an error.
A sacrifice bunt and a
strikeout followed before
Reimold lined a 2-0 pitch
into the left-field seats.
Activated from the disabled list before the game,
Darren O’Day (7-1) struck
out the side in the ninth.
DODGERS 9, CARDINALS 6
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Adrian Gonzalez hit a grand slam
and Howie Kendrick added a
two-run homer, helping Los
Angeles spoil Mike Mayers’
major league debut.
Scott Kazmir (9-3) pitched
five innings to earn the victory. He allowed three runs
on six hits.
Mayers (0-1) lasted just
1 1/3 innings, throwing 62
pitches. He gave up nine
runs on eight hits, including
two home runs. His ERA is
60.75.
Kenley Jansen got his 29th
save in 34 opportunities with
a spotless ninth.
YANKEES 5, GIANTS 2
NEW YORK (AP) — Nathan Eovaldi pitched shutout
ball into the seventh inning,
Carlos Beltran and Mark
Teixeira hit early solo home
runs and New York completed a 6-4 homestand that likely was too little and too late
to keep management from
selling off players ahead of
the Aug. 1 trade deadline.
Making his second start
following a brief bullpen
banishment, Eovaldi (96) carried a five-hitter into
the seventh. Chad Green,
brought back from Triple-A
last week, pitched 2 1/3 innings for his first big league
save.
NL West-leading San
Francisco completed a 1-7
road trip that opened the
second half. Jeff Samardzija
(9-6) gave up five runs and
eight hits in 5 2/3 innings.
CUBS 6, BREWERS 5
MILWAUKEE (AP) —
Anthony Rizzo hit a threerun double in the seventh inning and Joe Nathan got the
win in his first game in the
majors since April 2015.
Nathan was activated off
the 60-day disabled list earlier in the day, completing his
comeback from Tommy John
surgery.
The Cubs broke through
against the Brewers bullpen
after struggling with runners
in scoring position against
starter Junior Guerra.
Tommy La Stella went 3
for 3 for Chicago. He had
an RBI double before Will
Smith (1-3) walked Kris Bryant to load the bases for Rizzo. He hit a 2-2 slider down
in the zone into right-center
to clear the bases and give
Chicago a 5-4 lead.
METS 3, MARLINS 0
MIAMI (AP) — Steven
Matz pitched six innings for
his first win since May, and
New York took the rubber
game of a series against Miami.
Matz (8-6) allowed four
hits, walked two and struck
out six. Pitching despite a
bone spur in his elbow, he
had been 0-5 in his past nine
starts with an ERA of 4.73.
The Mets won two of three
games in the series and returned home trailing secondplace Miami by half a game
in the NL East.
Miami drew consolation
from an encouraging start
by Jose Urena (1-2), who allowed only one run in six innings.
BLUE JAYS 2, MARINERS 0
TORONTO (AP) — J.A.
Happ and three relievers
combined on a one-hitter,
Edwin Encarnacion hit a
solo home run and Toronto
avoided a three-game sweep.
Happ (13-3) won his eighth
straight decision and set a
career-high for victories. The
left-hander allowed Seattle’s
lone hit, a single by Leonys
Martin in the third.
Roberto Osuna finished
for his 20th save.
Seattle left-hander Wade
Miley (6-8) lost his sixth
straight decision, allowing
two runs and four hits in six
innings.
ATHLETICS 3, RAYS 2
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP)
— Billy Butler hit a tiebreaking home run off Erasmo
Ramirez with one out in the
eighth inning and Oakland
held on.
Oakland won the previous
two games on walkoff hits
and led 2-0 until Logan Forsythe’s tying two-run homer
in the top of the eighth.
Ramirez (7-8) retired
Khris Davis on a fly ball before Butler hammered an 0-1
pitch over the wall in center.
Ryan Dull (4-2) retired two
batters for the win despite
giving up Forsythe’s home
run. Ryan Madson pitched
the ninth for his 21st save.
PIRATES 5, PHILLIES 4
PITTSBURGH (AP) —
Adam Frazier’s pinch-hit
home run in the seventh inning powered Pittsburgh
over Philadelphia.
Frazier’s home run was
his first in the majors. It was
given up by fellow rookie
Edubray Ramos, who took
his first career loss to fall to
1-1. Frazier’s homer made
a winner of Pirates’ reliever
Neftali Feliz (4-0).
Making his second appearance since a trip to the
disabled list for a fatigued
shoulder, starter Jameson
Taillon struck out seven bat-
ters in six innings but was
also hittable at times.
ASTROS 13, ANGELS 3
HOUSTON (AP) — Jose
Altuve hit two of Houston’s
season-high five homers and
had a career-high six RBIs to
help complete a three-game
sweep.
There were runners at first
and second with no outs in
the first when Altuve connected off Tim Lincecum
(2-4).
Houston starter Mike Fiers (7-6) allowed nine hits
and three runs in seven innings for the win.
ROCKIES 7, BRAVES 2
DENVER (AP) — Trevor
Story lined his fourth homer
in three games, Tyler Chatwood allowed one hit over
five erratic innings and Colorado swept Atlanta.
Story launched a two-run
shot in the fourth a day after breaking the NL rookie
record for most homers by
a shortstop. He now has 27
this season and moves closer
to the major league rookie
record for a shortstop. Nomar Garciaparra had 30 with
Boston in 1997.
Chatwood (9-6) finished
with a career-high eight
walks, one hit — Freddie
Freeman’s single in the first
— six strikeouts and no runs.
Tyrell Jenkins (0-2) surrendered three homers and
seven runs in 3 1/3 innings.
DIAMONDBACKS 9, REDS 8
CINCINNATI (AP) —
Paul Goldschmidt’s solo
home run in the fifth inning
gave Arizona the lead for
good, and the Diamondbacks
finished with four homers.
Yasmany Tomas chipped
in a pair of solo home runs
and Wellington Castillo had
a three-run shot.
Zack Godley (3-1) became
the first pitcher in franchise
history to reach seven career
wins as a starter in as few as
10 starts.
Every Cincinnati starter
except pitcher Brandon
Finnegan (5-8) had at least
one hit off Godley.
Baseball Expanded Standings
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
W L Pct GBWCGB L10 Str Home Away
Baltimore 57 40 .588 — — 6-4 W-4 36-1421-26
Boston
55 41 .573 1½ — 7-3 W-1 34-2221-19
Toronto
55 44 .556 3 — 5-5 W-1 28-2227-22
New York
50 48 .510 7½
4½ 6-4 W-1 29-22 21-26
Tampa Bay 38 60 .388 19½ 16½ 4-6 L-3 19-30 19-30
Central Division
Cleveland 56 41 .577 — — 4-6 L-3 26-1630-25
Detroit
51 48 .515 6
4 5-5 L-2 26-1925-29
Kansas City 48 49 .495
8
6 3-7 L-2 31-17 17-32
Chicago
48 50 .490 8½ 6½ 3-7 W-2 26-2422-26
Minnesota 37 61 .378 19½ 17½ 5-5 L-1 20-2917-32
West Division
Texas
57 42 .576 — — 3-7 W-2 29-1528-27
Houston 54 44 .551 2½
½ 7-3 W-4 31-1923-25
Seattle
50 48 .510 6½ 4½ 6-4 L-1 25-2325-25
Oakland 45 54 .455 12 10 7-3 W-3 24-2921-25
Los Angeles 43 55 .439 13½ 11½ 6-4 L-3 22-26 21-29
-----NATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division
Washington58 41 .586 — — 5-5 L-1 31-2027-21
Miami
53 45 .541 4½ — 6-4 L-1 25-2128-24
New York
52 45 .536
5
½ 5-5 W-1 26-20 26-25
Philadelphia45 55 .450 13½
9 3-7 L-2 23-28 22-27
Atlanta
33 66 .333 25 20½ 2-8 L-5 14-3619-30
Central Division
Chicago
59 38 .608 — — 7-3 W-1 30-1629-22
St. Louis
52 46 .531 7½
1 6-4 L-2 25-30 27-16
Pittsburgh 51 47 .520 8½
2 5-5 W-2 28-2223-25
Milwaukee 41 55 .427 17½ 11 3-7 L-1 24-2417-31
Cincinnati 38 60 .388 21½ 15 6-4 L-1 24-2814-32
West Division
San Francisco58 40 .592
—
— 3-7 L-1 29-17 29-23
Los Angeles 56 44 .560
3
— 6-4 W-2 30-18 26-26
Colorado 47 51 .480 11
6 7-3 W-4 25-2422-27
San Diego 43 56 .434 15½ 10½ 5-5 W-1 23-25 20-31
Arizona
41 57 .418 17 12 3-7 W-1 17-3524-22
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) —
Kyle Busch heard all about
the potential to pull off a historic sweep at Indianapolis
Motor Speedway.
On Sunday, he accomplished the feat.
Busch led a record 149 of
170 laps and beat teammate
Matt Kenseth to the finish
line in a second overtime to
win his second straight Brickyard 400. Coupled with an
Xfinity Series victory a day
earlier, Busch became the
first NASCAR driver to win
both poles and both races on
the same weekend.
“I’ve never had a dominant
car like this,” Busch said after celebrating his fourth win
of the season with his wife
and son. “This is obviously
a special day and a special
car.”
The impressive feat even
overshadowed two other
major story lines — Jeff Gordon’s comeback and Tony
Stewart’s farewell.
Stewart finished 11th in
his final race at Indianapolis,
while Gordon was 13th. Gordon came out of retirement
to replace Dale Earnhardt
Jr., who has battled concussion-like symptoms and has
missed two consecutive races and will also sit out next
week at Pocono. Gordon will
replace him there, as well.
Afterward the two drivers who grew up in Indiana
drove side-by-side around
the 2.5-mile oval one last
time.
“I have gained so much
respect and admiration for
Tony,” Gordon said. “I love
this guy. I have always respected his talent.”
Everybody
respected
Busch’s talent this weekend,
too.
The reigning Sprint Cup
Series champion, who used
last year’s win at the Brickyard to jumpstart his title
campaign, joined third-place
finisher Jimmie Johnson as
the only back-to-back winners of NASCAR’s race at
Indy. Johnson won in 2008
and 2009.
Busch surrendered the
lead for 14 laps after his first
pit stop, regained it when
Brad Keselowski pitted, then
gave it up again for only five
laps when he made his second pit stop.
Everyone else spent their
day chasing Busch.
The Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota was so strong that Roger
Penske’s drivers started with
a strategy of trying stretch
their runs long enough to
make one fewer pit stop. It
didn’t work — Joey Logano
finished seventh and Keselowski wound up 17th.
The only real challenge for
Busch came with a series of
late crashes that delayed his
inevitable trip to victory lane.
The crashes began when
Carl Edwards’ car wiggled
in the first turn on a restart
with seven laps to go. His
car slid up the track, hitting
Keselowski, as well as Ryan
Blaney, Ryan Newman and
Danica Patrick. The wreck
brought out a red flag for almost eight minutes.
On the ensuing restart,
with three to go, Busch again
pulled away only to have
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a collision between Trevor
Bayne and Clint Bowyer
behind him to send the race
into first overtime.
It happened again when
Jamie
McMurray
slid
through the first turn and
into the wall on the next restart, but Busch pulled away
one more time for a historic
win in a race that actually
took 425 miles.
“I certainly didn’t want
one, let alone five (overtimes) or however many
there were,” Busch said. “We
just wanted the race to go
green till the end. We had a
really good long-run car till
the end, so I felt like we’d be
able to hold off all those guys
behind us and then we had
all those restarts.”
WHO’S HOT: Joe Gibbs
Racing and Toyota. The
team had three cars finish
in the top five and heads to
Pocono with back-to-back
victories. Toyota, meanwhile,
had three of its cars place in
the top four.
WHO’S NOT: Hendrick
Motorsports. Yes, Johnson
ended a four-race streak
with no top-threes but nobody else finished in the top
10 and none of the four cars
was even in contention for
the lead.
TOUGH WEEK: Greg
Biffle wanted this weekend
to be a tribute for his late
father, who died Tuesday.
Instead, Biffle’s day ended
early after he crashed on Lap
52.
EMPTY SEATS: It’s tough
to fill roughly 250,000 seats.
But the estimated crowd of
about 50,000 left plenty of
seats empty at a race that
has seen attendance steadily
dwindle over the past eight
years. The lone exception
came in 2015 — in what was
supposed to be Gordon’s “final ride.”
HE SAID IT: When Busch
was asked whether his success over the past two years
at Indy would prompt him to
follow in the footsteps of his
brother, Kurt, and run in the
Indianapolis 500, Kyle Busch
responded: “Well, I won’t be
following in his footsteps, I’ll
be doing my own footsteps. It
certainly may open up some
avenues, I’m not sure.”
UP NEXT: Pocono Raceway, July 31. Kenseth is the
Cowboys bus
in fatal crash
PHOENIX (AP) — A
bus carrying Dallas Cowboys staffers but no players
and a van collided Sunday
on an Arizona highway,
killing four people in the
van, authorities said.
The bus occupants
emerged uninjured from
the crash, Arizona Department of Public Safety
spokesman Quentin Mehr
said.
“All on the bus came
through OK with some
bumps and bruises,” Cowboys spokesman Rich Dalrymple (DAHL’-rimp-ul)
said in an email.
Dalrymple said the bus
was only carrying members of the franchise’s staff
but would not say how
many. There were no players on board.
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‘Star Trek Beyond’ soars with $59.6M at weekend
box office; Secret Life of Pets drops from top spot
By SANDY COHEN
AP Entertainment Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) —
“Star Trek Beyond” has landed
atop the weekend box office.
Paramount’s latest outing
with the Starship Enterprise
soared to $59.6 million in domestic ticket sales, according
to studio estimates Sunday,
knocking Universal’s “The Secret Life of Pets” from the No.
1 spot.
“Pets” fell to second place,
adding an additional $29.3 million to its stellar $260 million
earnings over the past three
weeks.
“Star Trek Beyond” is the
third film in the rebooted
franchise that kicked off with
J.J. Abrams’ “Star Trek.” This
latest film opened $20 million
behind that 2009 release, but
experts say the returns are still
promising for Paramount.
“This is a solid enough debut
to tell them there’s still enough
interest in ‘Star Trek’ to keep
this franchise alive,” said Paul
Dergarabedian, senior media
analyst for box-office tracker
comScore.
“Star Trek Beyond” opened
in line with industry expectations, he said, despite the
unexpected death last month
of 27-year-old actor Anton
Yelchin, who played Chekov.
“The tragic passing of Anton
Yelchin made it bittersweet for
fans,” Dergarabedian said. “I
don’t think that took away anything from the film. Fans can
pay their respects to Yelchin by
watching him on the screen.”
“The Secret Life of Pets”
and “Ghostbusters” bested —
or tied — the weekend’s other
new releases.
Warner Bros.’ low-budget
horror “Lights Out” opened
with $21.6 million — more
than quadrupling its reported
$5 million budget — to tie with
“Ghostbusters” for third place.
Fox’s animated “Ice Age:
Collision Course” debuted
with $21 million. Fox Searchlight’s “Absolutely Fabulous:
The Movie” opened outside
the top 10 with $1.8 million.
The documentary “Hillary’s
America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party,”
from conservative political
pundit Dinesh D’Souza, edged
into the top 10 in its second
week with $3.7 million.
“That’s pretty amazing,”
Dergarabedian said. “But it’s
NO. 1 MOVIE — In this image provided by Paramount Pictures, Sofia Boutella,
left, plays Jaylah and Simon Pegg plays Scotty in Star Trek Beyond. “Star Trek
Beyond” has landed atop the weekend box office. According to studio estimates
Sunday, July 24, 2016, the latest outing for the Starship Enterprise soared to
$59.6 million in North American ticket sales, knocking “The Secret Life of Pets”
from the No. 1 spot. Kimberley French/Paramount Pictures via AP
obviously due to the timing
with the Republican National
Convention last week and the
Democratic National Convention this week.”
Estimated ticket sales for
Friday through Sunday at U.S.
and Canadian theaters, according to comScore. Where
available, the latest international numbers for Friday
through Sunday also are included. Final three-day domestic figures will be released
Monday.
1. “Star Trek Beyond,” $59.6
million ($30 million international).
2. “The Secret Life of Pets,”
$29.3 million ($10 million international).
3. (tie) “Lights Out,” $21.6
million ($8.3 million international).
3. (tie) “Ghostbusters,”
$21.6 million ($10.5 million international).
4. “Ice Age: Collision
Course,” $21 million ($30 million international).
5. “Finding Dory,” $7.2 million ($19.5 international).
6. “The Legend of Tarzan,”
$6.4 million ($44.7 million international).
7. “Mike and Dave Need
Wedding Dates,” $4.4 million
($1 million international).
8. “Kabali (Tamil & Telugu),” $4.1 million.
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By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained
in a certain mortgage given by SANDRA A. EUVRARD AND ALBERT
F. EUVRARD to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., dated August 26, 2004 and
recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry
of Deeds at Book 34523, Page 66, of which mortgage the
undersigned is the present holder, for breach of the conditions
of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing, the same
will be sold at Public Auction at 11:00 a.m. on August 2, 2016, on
the mortgaged premises located at 114 Lumber Street, Athol,
Worcester County, Massachusetts, all and singular the premises
described in said mortgage,
TO WIT:
The land with the buildings thereon, situated on the northerly
side of Lumber Street in said Athol, and bounded and described
as follows:
BEGINNING at the southeasterly corner of said tract at a
stone monument on the northerly line of Lumber Street, so-called,
and at land now or formerly of Wallace Lord;
Thence South 66° 15’ West by land formerly of Jay B.
Reynolds, now or formerly . of Mary S. Taylor, 78.33 feet to a stone
monument;
Thence North 83° 15’ East by land now or formerly of said
Taylor, 41.5 feet to land formerly of Loriston K. Amaden;
Thence southerly by land formerly of said Amaden, and
land now or formerly of said Lord, to the place of beginning.
Subject to taking by the Town of Athol for highway location,
dated March 13, 1942, recorded with Worcester District Registry of
Deeds, Book 2849, Page 111, and in, Plan Book 126, Page 6, so far
as the same affects the locus.
BEING the same premises conveyed to us by deed of
Sandra A. Euvrard, formerly Sandra A. Wesson, dated June 19,
1975 and recorded with the Worcester District Registry of Deeds,
Book 5739, Page 192.
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County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 5739, Page
192.
These premises will be sold and conveyed subject to and
with the benefit of all rights, rights of way, restrictions, easements,
covenants, liens or claims in the nature of liens, improvements,
public assessments, any and all unpaid taxes, tax titles, tax liens,
water and sewer liens and any other municipal assessments or
liens or existing encumbrances of record which are in force and
are applicable, having priority over said mortgage, whether or
not reference to such restrictions, easements, improvements, liens
or encumbrances is made in the deed.
TERMS OF SALE:
A deposit of Five Thousand ($5,000.00) Dollars by certified or
bank check will be required to be paid by the purchaser at the
time and place of sale. The balance is to be paid by certified or
bank check at Harmon Law Offices, P.C., 150 California Street,
Newton, Massachusetts 02458, or by mail to P.O. Box 610389,
Newton Highlands, Massachusetts 02461-0389, within thirty (30)
days from the date of sale. Deed will be provided to purchaser
for recording upon receipt in full of the purchase price. The
description of the premises contained in said mortgage shall
control in the event of an error in this publication.
Other terms, if any, to be announced at the sale.
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9. “Hillary’s America: The
Secret History of the Democratic Party,” $3.7 million.
———
Estimated ticket sales for
Friday through Sunday at international theaters (excluding
the U.S. and Canada), according to comScore:
1. “The Legend of Tarzan,”
$44.7 million.
2. “Skiptrace,” $40 million.
3. (tie) “Star Trek Beyond,”
$30 million.
3. (tie) “Ice Age: Collision
Course,” $30 million.
1. “Train to Busan,” $27.5
million.
2. “Finding Dory,” $19.5
million.
3. “Independence Day: Resurgence,” $12.2 million.
4. “Now You See Me 2,”
$11.5 million.
5. “The BFG,” $11 million.
6. “Ghostbusters,” $10.5
million.
———
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owned by NBC Universal, a
unit of Comcast Corp.; Sony,
Columbia, Sony Screen Gems
and Sony Pictures Classics
are units of Sony Corp.; Paramount is owned by Viacom
Inc.; Disney, Pixar and Marvel
are owned by The Walt Disney Co.; Miramax is owned by
Filmyard Holdings LLC; 20th
Century Fox and Fox Searchlight are owned by 21st Century Fox; Warner Bros. and
New Line are units of Time
Warner Inc.; MGM is owned
by a group of former creditors
including Highland Capital,
Anchorage Advisors and Carl
Icahn; Lionsgate is owned by
Lions Gate Entertainment
Corp.; IFC is owned by AMC
Networks Inc.; Rogue is owned
by Relativity Media LLC.
Tinseltown Talks
By Nick Thomas
Turning 104, Connie Sawyer still eyeing roles
While she never achieved
the box office-busting stardom of big celebrities, Connie Sawyer worked alongside
many including Frank Sinatra,
John Wayne, Kirk Douglas
and, more recently, a slew of
today’s hottest actors.
In 1994, she taught Jim Carrey a lesson in “Dumb and
Dumber” and shared an elevator with George Clooney
in “Out of Sight” in 1998. Two
years ago, the year she turned
102, she played Matt LeBlanc’s grandma in “Lovesick.”
“I call those young guys my
boyfriends and have pictures
of them on the door when you
come into my little cottage,”
said Ms. Sawyer from her
home at the Motion Picture &
Television retirement facility
in Woodland Hills, California.
“We were on location for
‘Lovesick’ in a rugged mountain area not far from where
I live,” recalled Sawyer who
turns 104 in November. “My
dressing room was next to
Matt’s and whenever he heard
me getting ready to come
down the stairs he’d race out
of his room to help me before
an assistant could even get
there. He was such a gentleman and gave me a goodbye
kiss on the cheek when I left.”
Despite her age, Sawyer’s
film career only dates back to
the late 1950s.
“I started out in the 30s in
vaudeville and later in nightclubs all over the country
doing a comedy act – little
routines telling stories and
doing parodies rather than
just jokes,” she said. “In the
1950s I was an understudy
on Broadway, and then got a
part in ‘A Hole in the Head.’
Frank Sinatra liked the play
and bought the rights for the
movie.”
As executive producer,
Sinatra wanted Sawyer to revive her small role for the big
screen.
“I played an elegant lady
who goes out on the town
each night and comes back to
her hotel a little loaded!” she
explained.
Arriving a day early to size
up the set layout for shooting,
Sawyer bumped into a little
guy in a baseball cap roaming
the set.
“I figured he was cleaning
Connie Sawyer, George
Clooney,
and
Ving
Rhames in “Out of
Sight.”
up the place,” she laughed. “I
told him I just wanted to see
where I’d be doing my shtick.
He suggested on the staircase
which I said sounded fine,
then asked why he cared. He
turned out to be Frank Capra,
the director!”
Modest roles continued to
fill out her career, including
bit parts with John Denver
in “Oh, God!” (1977), and in
the hanging scene of Wayne’s
“True Grit” (1969).
Despite never reaching that
big star status, Sawyer happily
still receives residuals from
her roles with no regrets about
her career.
“On the whole, it’s been a
good one considering I began in nightclub dumps,” she
said. “Frankie (Sinatra) told
me ‘Never give up and you’ll
always find a good part somewhere, sometime.’ And I did.”
And if an offer came her
way today, would she take it?
“Oh sure, I’d consider it,”
she responded. “I go on auditions, but I don’t get as many
as I used to!”
Although she suffers from
a little hearing loss and is
slowed with mobility issues,
she remains remarkably alert
and charmingly feisty. And
when pressed for the secret
of long life, she responds with
characteristic candor:
“Just get off your tuchus
and keep moving.”
Nick Thomas teaches at Auburn University at Montgomery,
Ala., and has written features,
columns, and interviews for
over 600 magazines and newspapers. See www.tinseltowntalks.com
A Take on
A Movie
By Ashley Arseneau
‘Carol’
A love story does not always end with one person
down on one knee or a
couple riding into the sunset together. Sometimes
it just gives you hope that
the two are going to be together again after the climatic mid-movie breakup
as we see in the 2015 movie ‘Carol.’
Therese,
played
by
Rooney Mara (The Social
Network, The Girl with the
Dragon Tattoo), is an aspiring photographer working at a New York City toy
story just before Christmas in 1952 when a she
sells a train set to a woman named Carol, played
by Cate Blanchett (The
Curious Case of Benjamin
Button, Lord of the Rings).
Therese is in a relationship
with a man who is trying to
push her into marriage.
Carol is going through a
custody battle with her
ex-husband Harge, played
by Kyle Chandler (The
Wolf of Wall Street, Friday
Night Lights) over their
young daughter. Harge is
angered by the ending of
their marriage and is still
angry about a past affair
Carol had with a female
friend. After Therese returns gloves Carol left
in the store the two have
lunch and begin to spend
time together. Carol invites Therese to
go away with her for the
holidays as Harge is taking
their daughter. The two
begin to have romantic
feelings for one another as
they spend more time together on their trip. A man
posing as a traveling salesman traveling the same
direction as the women
makes conversation with
them at hotels along the
way. It is soon revealed
while Carol and Therese
have a romantic encounter
one night the salesman was
in the next room recording
with a device in the wall to
send the tape to Harge as
evidence of Carol being an
unfit mother as same sex
relationships were looked
down upon much more at
that time. Carol takes off
back to New York to try
and set things right for her
daughter leaving Therese
to wonder if her feelings
were real and what they
mean going forward. Some movies set in
the past, especially the
1950s, are meant to make
the past look glamorous
and simple. ‘Carol’ shows
the 1950s for the shadow
casted on same sex relationships. Those caught
were thought to have psychiatric issues and were
sometimes sent to mental institutions. While we
don’t see anyone sent to
an institution in this movie. We do see Blanchett’s
character cover up who
she is and how she feels to
avoid losing her daughter
while Mara’s character is
just realizing who she is as
an adult and truly knowing
what she wants for the first
time. Both leading ladies
played their roles great,
not making the movie to
unbelievable or overly
glamorous. They show
their situation for what it
was in that time.
I give ‘Carol’ four stars.
It is now on disc and
streaming. Trump speech draws 32.2M viewers
LOS ANGELES (AP)
— The Nielsen company
says an estimated 32.2
million people watched
Donald Trump deliver
his GOP nomination acceptance speech.
Thursday’s audience
topped the 30.3 million
who watched nominee
Mitt Romney’s 2012
speech but fell well
short of John McCain’s
audience of 38.9 million
at the 2008 Republican
convention.
This year’s tally reflects viewership across
10
commercial
net-
works, Nielsen said Friday, topped by Fox News
Channel with 9.4 million
viewers.
The channel’s triumph
came the same day that
its founder and chief,
Roger Ailes, resigned
amid a former anchorwoman’s claims of workplace misconduct.
For the closing hour of
the four-day convention,
CNN drew 5.5 million
viewers; NBC 4.6 million; ABC 3.9 million;
CBS 3.8 million and MSNBC 3 million.
‘Pokemon Go’ players
stumble on hidden history
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP)
— Historical markers have
long dotted the landscape, often barely noticed by passersby — until they became treasure-filled stops this month
on the “Pokemon Go” trail.
Players hunting for fictional creatures on their
smartphones are now visiting
real-life memorial plaques,
statues, mosaics and landmarks, ranging from a Civil
War battlefield in Chancellorsville, Virginia, to a Hells
Angels clubhouse on New
Zealand’s North Island.
Some don’t bother to linger
at these Pokestops, staying
just long enough to stock up
on the virtual balls they’ll use
to bonk and capture the next
Pokemon. But for others, the
GPS-powered “augmented
reality” game is heightening
awareness of the history and
geography of their neighborhoods.
“Before I was just going
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on Monday August 8, in the
Royalston Town Hall beginning
at 7:00 PM on the Request for a
Variance from the 100 foot setback requirement for the Village School at Camp Caravan.
The Village School would like
the building set back 55 feet
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from Point A to Point B, but
now I’m learning things,” said
15-year-old Jaiden Cruz as he
walked by a plaque Wednesday in downtown Providence,
Rhode Island, marking where
Abraham Lincoln spoke at an
old railroad hall in 1860. The
plaque is a Pokestop, and
shortly before Cruz arrived,
another player dropped a
“lure module” that attracts
Pokemon to the site.
The 380-year-old city
abounds with Pokestops, including the nation’s oldest
Baptist church — founded by
religious dissident Roger Williams in 1638 — and a stone
marking where French troops
camped during the Revolutionary War.
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Today In History
By The Associated Press
TUESDAY, JULY 26, 2016
Luxe Lunar Energy The Taurus moon takes over with commercial
intent that favors those who happen to make money from selling luxury. The high-end items suddenly seem worth every penny,
regardless of whether or not we actually have said pennies. Financial self-restraint may be hard to come by, but it’s worth striving
for. Avoid using credit.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). You keep saying that you could do
better if you were given the right circumstances. Well, you’ll give
yourself those circumstances through saying “yes” and saying
“no” to things today.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You are not bored by other people,
though you might be bored by the same people (possibly the person you live inside) in the same circumstance you’ve seen again
and again. You’ll most certainly do something about this.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). The project before you is exciting.
Don’t let your excitement cause you to rush. Leave a good amount
of space between the different stages of work. It will help you to
refine and improve as you go.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). Good news. Though you’ll be very
out of your element for a period of this day, there is no need to
study or watch another person in order to know what to do. The
right answers come to you by nature.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). The idea that was strange and wonderful will now show a different side. The idea that was strange and
horrible will seem to have its merits. These are merely signals that
your mind is open.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). No one is ever alone in a feeling. However complex it may seem, someone else in the world has gone
through or is going through something very close to your emotion,
but you have reach out to know the truth of this.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). The blue skies make you feel like you
should run into them, arms open, confident and alone. The storms
make you feel that you should huddle up and cling to another person. Both are just weather and mood.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You graciously acknowledge the favors you’re given, but you don’t use them all, as it would incur
too much debt. Note: The favors from on high are generally lower
priced than those from down low.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Sometimes you think you
sound like a broken record, as the circumstances of your life seem
to run you, and the “you” they seem to run has the same message,
recurring. Flip it. Play the other side.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You don’t always like to admit it,
but there’s comfort in a routine. By the way, you could really use
some comfort right now. Instead of moving to the next excitement,
consider setting a nice groove.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Will you deliver what you said you
would? Probably. And when the potential recipient is persistent,
definitely. Furthermore, whatever is open to interpretation, you’ll
interpret it.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Your contentment will rely on valuing the help you give. Don’t promise more. Even if you only help
a person one time, being present in a moment of need will have a
profound impact.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (July 26). What you want isn’t always the
best thing to get. You’ll get better in August: It may be exactly what
you don’t want, and yet it will prove to be the very best thing to
happen. September brings a love breakthrough. You’ll meld with
another and learn how to communicate on a level that makes 2017
smooth and fun. Cancer and Gemini adore you. Your lucky numbers are: 3, 29, 11, 22 and 18.
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Conservationists hope to
bring beloved bird back
WINDHAM,
Maine
(AP) — The common loon’s
haunting wail that pierced
the dusk on Massachusetts
lakes disappeared long ago.
Today, the birds number
fewer than 50 pairs in the
Bay State and conservationists are hoping to rebuild
their population, starting
with a handful of chicks
from Maine and New York.
The Restore the Call program at the Biodiversity Research Institute in Portland
plans to move 10 chicks to
an area south of Boston this
summer. David Evers, the
institute’s executive director, says restoring an animal
population starts out small
but he is optimistic.
Loons
once
lived
throughout Massachusetts.
Hunting and habitat loss
contributed to their decline
and they were wiped out by
1898, the last eggs plucked
near a lake south of Boston.
They began returning in the
1970s, but the state still only
has 45 breeding pairs.
“All we need to do is establish one pair,” Evers
said. “Once that one pair
is established and once that
pair produces young, and
those young come back, and
they start to establish territories, then you’ve got some
brooding that can start from
that little seed.”
Today is Monday, July 25,
the 207th day of 2016. There
are 159 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On July 25, 1956, the Italian liner SS Andrea Doria
collided with the Swedish
passenger ship Stockholm
off the New England coast
late at night and began sinking; 51 people — 46 from
the Andrea Doria, five from
the Stockholm — were
killed. (The Andrea Doria
capsized and sank the following morning.)
On this date:
In 1866, Ulysses S. Grant
was named General of the
Army of the United States,
the first officer to hold the
rank.
In 1909, French aviator
Louis Bleriot became the
first person to fly an airplane
across the English Channel,
traveling from Calais to Dover in 37 minutes.
In 1918, the musical revue
“The Passing Show of 1918”
opened on Broadway, featuring a cast that included
Fred Astaire and his sister,
Adele, and the song “I’m
Forever Blowing Bubbles.”
In 1934, Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss
was assassinated by pro-Nazi Austrians in a failed coup
attempt.
In 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt froze Japanese assets in the United
States in retaliation for Japan’s occupation of southern Indochina.
In 1946, the United States
detonated an atomic bomb
near Bikini Atoll in the Pacific in the first underwater
test of the device.
In 1952, Puerto Rico became a self-governing commonwealth of the United
States.
In 1965, Bob Dylan drew
boos from some spectators
at the Newport Folk Festival as he performed with a
rock band.
In 1975, the musical “A
Chorus Line” opened on
Broadway at the Shubert
Theatre, beginning a run of
6,137 performances.
In 1986, movie director
Vincente Minnelli, known
for such musicals as “Gigi,”
‘‘An American in Paris” and
“Meet Me in St. Louis,”
died in Los Angeles at age
83.
In 1994, Israeli Prime
Minister Yitzhak Rabin
and Jordan’s King Hussein
signed a declaration at the
White House ending their
countries’ 46-year-old formal state of war.
In 2000, a New Yorkbound Air France Concorde crashed outside Paris
shortly after takeoff, killing
all 109 people on board and
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it was the first-ever crash of
the supersonic jet.
Ten years ago: Israeli
troops sealed off a Hezbollah stronghold and widened
their control of southern
Lebanon; an Israeli airstrike
hit a U.N. border outpost,
killing four observers. President George W. Bush was
visited at the White House
by Iraqi Prime Minister
Nouri al-Maliki, who said he
and Bush agreed that training and better arming Iraqi
forces as quickly as possible
was central to efforts to stabilizing his country.
Five years ago: In a
prime-time address to the
nation, President Barack
Obama made a last-ditch
call for compromise on
raising the government’s
borrowing ability before an
Aug. 2 deadline; in a rebuttal, House Speaker John
Boehner said negotiations
with the White House had
been futile. The NFL Players Association executive
board and 32 team reps voted unanimously to approve
the terms of a deal to end a
4½-month lockout. Movie
director Michael Cacoyannis (”Zorba the Greek”)
died in Athens at age 89.
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Barack Obama, visiting Kenya, mixed blunt messages
on gay rights, corruption
and counterterrorism with
warm reflections on his
family ties during a news
conference with Kenyan
President Uhuru Kenyatta
in Nairobi. Cole Hamels
became the first pitcher to
throw a no-hitter against the
Chicago Cubs in 50 years
while leading the Philadelphia Phillies to a 5-0 win.
Today’s Birthdays: Actress Barbara Harris is 81.
Folk-pop singer-musician
Bruce Woodley (The Seekers) is 74. Rock musician
Jim McCarty (The Yardbirds) is 73. Rock musician Verdine White (Earth,
Wind & Fire) is 65. Singermusician Jem Finer (The
Pogues) is 61. Model-actress Iman is 61. Cartoonist
Ray Billingsley (”Curtis”) is
59. Rock musician Thurston
Moore (Sonic Youth) is 58.
Celebrity chef/TV personality Geoffrey Zakarian
(TV: “Cooks vs Cons” ‘‘The
Kitchen” ‘‘Chopped” ‘‘Iron
Chef”) is 57. Actress-singer
Bobbie Eakes is 55. Actress
Katherine Kelly Lang is 55.
Actress Illeana Douglas is
51. Country singer Marty
Brown is 51. Actor Matt
LeBlanc is 49. Actress Wendy Raquel Robinson is 49.
Rock musician Paavo Lotjonen (Apocalyptica) is 48.
Actor D.B. Woodside is 47.
Actress Miriam Shor is 45.
Actor David Denman is 43.
Actor Jay R. Ferguson is 42.
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Man stabbed in road rage incident
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — Police in Massachusetts are searching for suspects after a 43-year-old man
was stabbed multiple times in a weekend road rage incident.
Police say it unfolded when a vehicle traveling north
in Worcester cut off a southbound car as both turned at
around 6 p.m. Sunday.
A verbal altercation ensued and led to a fight when
the occupants of both cars exited their vehicles.
Police say a man stabbed the occupant of the southbound vehicle when he and a woman got out of their car
that was headed north. The pair then drove off.
The victim was hospitalized with several stab wounds.
His condition wasn’t immediately known and he hasn’t
been identified.
Brush fire rips through several acres
PELHAM, Mass. (AP) — Dozens of firefighters have
contained a weekend brush fire that tore through about
six acres of land in Massachusetts.
Pelham Fire Chief Ray Murphy says firefighters responded to a call just before 1:30 p.m. Saturday. Crews
from neighboring towns came in to assist.
Murphy says firefighters had to leave the scene due
to a lightning storm, but returned Sunday morning and
contained the blaze at around 6 p.m.
He says the fire is believed to have resulted from a
lighting strike from area storms on Friday night.
No injuries were reported and no residents were displaced.
Boy injured after falling into fire pit
NORFOLK, Mass. (AP) — Authorities say a boy was
injured after falling into a fire pit in Norfolk.
Fire Chief Cole Bushnell says the fall happened
around 8 p.m. Sunday. The boy was taken to Massachusetts General Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries including burns to his backside.
His name and age weren’t released. Additional information wasn’t immediately available.
Boston website more accessible
BOSTON (AP) — The city of Boston has a new “digital front door.”
It recently launched a redesigned website, www.boston.gov , which Mayor Marty Walsh says will help make
digital services more accessible for all residents.
Walsh and other city officials will join designers and
developers of the website on Wednesday for an event
celebrating the launch at the Boston Public Library’s
main branch in Copley Square.
The city says more than 20,000 web pages were rewritten in an effort to make the site easier to understand and navigate.
Information is no longer organized primarily by city
department, but through broader topics such as buying
or owning a home or getting around Boston.
Officials say the website is being hosted in the cloud,
making it more secure and reliable.
Bicyclist suffers life-threatening injuries
TOWNSEND, Mass. (AP) — A bicyclist has suffered
life-threatening injuries after being hit by an SUV.
Police say the driver of the SUV struck the bicyclist
Sunday afternoon in Townsend.
The 55-year-old Fitchburg man was taken to a hospital. His injuries are believed to be life-threatening.
Police have not yet released his name.
Townsend police and state police continue to investigate.
Officials fear mill could pollute river
MONROE, Mass. (AP) — A nearly 140-year-old paper
mill building in Massachusetts that’s in danger of collapsing
has some people worried about environmental damage to
the Deerfield River.
Monroe town officials and the Franklin Regional Council
of Governments are trying to secure an estimated $260,000
for hazardous waste removal and demolition of the crumbling and sagging wooden structure on the river bank.
Regional Health Agent Glen Ayers tells The Recorder
of Greenfield there’s concern a collapse could pollute the
water and hurt downstream recreational activities.
The closed and condemned mill was built in 1877. The
current owner bought it in 1996 but hasn’t paid taxes on it
since 1999 and has been unresponsive to town officials who
have tried to get permission to access the building for inspections.
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Call (978)249-7535
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BURNER GUYS— 24 Hour Oil
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BARTLETT'S PLUMBING
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Drain Cleaning, Gas & Oil,
Service/Repairs,
Installation/Cleaning
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PETERSHAM
SANITARY SERVICE
Septic Tanks Pumped
Out by Modern Vacuum
Pressure Method
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A. F. MALLET EXCAVATING—
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work and driveway repair. Free
estimates. Fully licensed and insured. Andy (978)790-8667, Tom
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FURNITURE REFINISHING—
Stripping, repair and restoration.
For experience and care, free estimates, pick up and delivery call
Rosanne Amodeo (978)5448237.
KK ROLL OFF CONTAINERS—
Construction, demo, roof debris,
household clean out. Karl
Knechtel (978)944-3004,
(978)248-9894.
HURLBURT
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Journeyman Electrician
25 Years Experience
New & Old Construction
Generator Back-up Systems
Service Upgrades
Fully Insured. Free Estimates.
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J&R TREE SERVICE— Tree
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up. Free estimates. Fully insured.
(978)895-9690, (978)544-5410.
BRUCE RAULSTON
PLUMBING & HEATING
New Homes, Remodeling,
High efficiency oil & gas boilers,
water heaters. Gas piping
Service & Repair
(978)249-3339 Cell (978)413-4498
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STEVE'S WOODWORKING
Cabintry, Kitchens, Carpentry,
Paint & Repairs. Lic. #059527
Reg. #11262 Insured
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Instruction
PIANO, ORGAN— Keyboard. All
ages. Classical, pop, theory, harmony. Janet Paoletti
(978)249–9254.
MUSIKIDS— Piano, violin, guitar and vocal instruction. All ages
and levels. Victoria BartlettRoche (978)249-7771.
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Boats & Marine
Equipment
Sail Boat– Fiberglass 12 foot
complete. Free or Best Offer
(978)-544-7747
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Pets
& Supplies
BARK'N BEAUTIES— Mobile
grooming van. Specializing in
handling cats. We conveniently
come to you (978)399-3893.
LeRay
Handyman Service
INSURED - HIC #176734
Jason (978)724-4550
CAPONE PAINTING— & Wallpapering. Custom ceilings. Exterior power washing and more
(978)894-5107.
Full service disposal
Weekly pick ups
(978)249-5125
HANDYMAN $10/ HR— All kinds
of repairs. Door adjustments,
rooms (walls) painted. Cell
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MASON FOR HIRE— Chimney
repair and rebuild. Keystone
w a l l s w a l k w a y s a n d s t a i r s.
Foundation restoration over 30
plus years experience. Call (978)
780-4406
LAND CLEARED— Standing
timber bought. (978)895-7890.
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Services
DENNIS BRAMHALL BUILDER
Custom Homes, Barns,
Garages, Remodeling,
Additions, Roofing, Siding,
Decks, Replacement Windows
Fully insured and free estimates
CSL #070066, HIC #131173
Quality, honesty and hard work
(978)544-1579
KK BUILDERS— Custom
homes, garages, additions and
decks. Everything from floors to
roofs. Fully insured. CSL
#090276, HIC #151230. Karl
Knechtel (978)944-3004.
BUCKLES
J. SAULT DRYWALL— Sheetrock installed and finished. Refinish plaster walls and ceilings to
look new. Textures, painting
(978)544-2613.
ATHOL GLASS COMPANY—
63 Main Street. Home and Commercial. Screens and New Windows (978)249-4872.
RUSS PEARSON
RUBBISH REMOVAL
BABY BLUES
WRIGHTS WELDING
(978)249-4023
Welding of all Kinds
(978)544-3798
SEAMLESS GUTTERS— Installations and Cleaning. Leaf Guard
Available. Exterior Power Washing. Free Estimates.
www.ahoseamlessgutters.com.
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Services
MOUNT TULLY— Pet Hotel/
Store. Boarding, Daycare,
Grooming for dogs and cats.
Fish, reptiles, birds, feeds.
(978)575-0614. Open 7 days.
THE GARAGE— One Barre
Road, Junctions 122 and 32,
Petersham. (978)724-3237. Full
service auto repair.
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Garden Care
BARK MULCH— And wood
chips. Rough Cut Lumber, North
Dana Road, New Salem
(978)575–0475.
SUNRISE LANDSCAPING—
Spring/ fall clean ups. Fertilizer
programs, grub control, pruning,
mowing, mulch, dethatching
(978)544-2097.
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Household
Goods
WHOLESALE CARPET— Service. 35 years experience. Call
Bruce (978)249-6331.
LYESIUK'S FLOORING— Sales
and Service. Carpet, vinyl, laminate, hardwood and more. Free
estimates. Please call Nick at
(978)575-0606.
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Building
Materials
NATIVE LUMBER— Pine
boards, hemlock dimension, hard
and soft wood beams and timbers. Wood chips, bark mulch.
Custom sawing. Monday thru Friday 8:30-4:00, Saturday, 8 to 12.
Rough Cut, Old North Dana Rd.,
New Salem (978)575–0475.
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Firewood
for Sale
LOG LENGTH FIREWOOD—
Heyes Forest Products. Call for
delivery: (978)544-8801. VisaM/C accepted.
FIREWOOD— Call Adams Logging, evenings (978)544-8148.
CORDWOOD— (978)249-2650.
QUALITY HARDWOOD— Cut,
split, delivered. Smaller amounts
and size available for pickup.
Athol area. (570)236-1281.
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Moving
& Storage
WEATHERHEAD
STORAGE
5x5, 5x15, 10x10,
10x15, 10x20, 10x30
Storage units available.
(413)423-3831
REGAL STORAGE
CENTERS LLC
Self Storage Units
*Special small moving boxes*
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32 Brown Street
Athol, MA 01331
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Wanted
to Buy
COINS, POSTCARDS— Pre
1973 baseball cards. Stamps,
local history (978)249-0156.
NORTH QUABBIN— Antiques
Cash paid for good used furniture, antiques, collectibles, silver, gold, coins, glassware, pottery, quilts, jewelry, frames, tools,
and toys. We buy attic, cellar &
barn contents. Top dollar paid!
Call (978)544-2465.
ALWAYS BUYING— Antiques
and collectibles. Furniture, old
advertising signs, store fixtures,
carpenters and machinist tools,
lathes. Farm machinery, military
souvenirs, jackknives, license
plates. Books, postcards, picture
frames, art, comic books, toys,
jewelry, glassware, dishes ,
lamps, one item or complete estate clean outs. Please call
(978)544-6683.
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Antiques
WE BUY ANTIQUES— Used
furniture, gold and silver jewelry,
coins, vintage toys. One piece or
e n t i r e e s t a t e . C a l l P a u l at
(978)502-5008. 5 E. Main Street,
Orange.
OVER 40 YEARS— In the Antique Business. One item, your
collection, or total estate clean
out. Houses, barns, factories,
etc. Appraisals available. Please
call for prompt and friendly service (978)544-6683.
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Income
Tax
VALLEY TAX SERVICE— 2428
Main Street, Athol. Call day or
night (978)249-2888.
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ATHOL— 3 rooms furnished. 1st
floor. Heat, hot water and rubbish removal. No pets. $600/
month (978)249-9093 8am- 8pm.
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ATHOL— 1 bedroom. Washer/
dryer hookups. Off street parking. Spacious backyard. No Pets.
First, last, security. $550/ month.
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Must have a drivers license and
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ATHOL— Single Room, short or
long term occupancy, $125$150 weekly. Income verification
required. Call Beremco Property
Management, Inc. (978)4236773.
ATHOL CREDIT UNION— Is
looking for an entry level loan
clerk to assist the lending department. Are you good with numbers, self-motivated, and like
helping people? Attention to detail, a willingness to learn and a
positive attitude are required for
this position. Please email your
resume to cfifield@atholcu.com if
you think this is the position for
you.
ATHOL— One bedroom. No
pets. $650 per month. Hot water
included. Gene (413)532-2842.
ATHOL CREDIT UNION— Outbound Sales Representatives.
Work part time hours and earn
full time pay promoting our
products and services by phone.
Prior sales and financial services experience is welcome but
not required. Afternoon, evening
schedule, 12 hours per week.
Fixed hourly base plus incentives and bonuses. Please reply
to: lcisneros@atholcu.com
TEEN SERVICES— Coordinator.
Will promote and handle program outreach. Experience with
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NARTOWICZ TREE SERVICE—
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BARRE— $34,900 for a 14'x66'
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1 bedroom, 1.5 baths. Heat, hot
water, electric, A/C, trash pickup,
appliances and laundry facilities.
No pets. $900, first and last required. Call (413)422-2193.
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2 bedroom, large deck. Heat, hot
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appliances and laundry facilities.
No pets. $1,000, first and last required. Call (413)422-2193.
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2 killed, at least 17 wounded
in Florida nightclub shooting
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP)
— A shooting at a Florida
nightclub early Monday
morning killed two people
and wounded at least 17,
police said. The attack apparently occurred at a teen
party, billed as a “Swimsuit
Glow Party,” at Club Blu in
Fort Myers, according to local media.
Police detained three people and said the area around
the club had been deemed
safe, police Capt. Jim Mulligan said in a statement.
It was not immediately
clear what triggered the violence.
Three people remained
hospitalized Monday morning, Cherly Garn, a spokeswoman for Lee Memorial
Health System, said in an email. All others were treated and released. Two people
brought to two other area
hospitals were also treated
and released, Garn said.
Ages of the patients
ranged from 12 to 27, Garn
said.
The club is in a strip mall
that includes a daycare
center and is across the
street from a large apartment complex. Officers had
the area taped off as crime
scene technicians scoured
the strip mall parking lot for
clues.
The shooting comes more
than a month after a nightclub shooting in Orlando
that was the deadliest shooting in modern U.S. history.
The shooting at the Pulse
nightclub on June 12 left 49
victims dead and 53 others
wounded.
The violence at Club Blu
erupted about 12:30 a.m.
Monday, Mulligan said.
There were two active crime
scenes, police said. Several
hours later a street in the
area remained closed as police investigated.
In a statement, authorities
said the Fort Myers police
and the Lee County Sheriff’s Office were “actively
canvassing the area looking
for other persons who may
be involved in this incident.”
The names of the victims
were not immediately available.
Syreeta Gary told WFTXTV her daughter ran and
dodged
between
shots
to avoid being shot. Her
daughter was OK, but her
daughter’s friend “got hit in
the leg and luckily it’s just
her leg,” she said.
“Her dodging bullets and
running, dropping in between cars, it’s ridiculous
that these kids have to go
through this,” Gary said.
“They can’t enjoy themselves because you have
other people that have criminalistic minds and they just
want to terrorize things.”
A post on Club Blu’s Facebook page Monday morning
said the shooting happened
as the club was closing and
parents were picking up
their children. The post also
said there was armed security at the event.
“We are deeply sorry for
all involved,” the post read.
“We tried to give teens what
we thought was a safe place
to have a good time.”
California fires threaten thousands
of homes; one body is found
LOS ANGELES (AP)
— Thousands of homes remained evacuated Sunday
as two massive wildfires
raged in tinder-dry California hills and canyons, and
authorities said a burned
body was found in one
neighborhood swept by the
flames.
Firefighters have been
working a fire up and down
ridgelines since Friday that
has blackened 31-square
miles of brush on the edge
of Santa Clarita and the
Angeles National Forest. About 300 miles up
the coast, crews were battling another blaze across
10-square miles north of the
majestic Big Sur region.
The body of a man was
discovered inside a burned
sedan Saturday evening
outside a home in Santa
Clarita, just north of Los
Angeles. There was no evidence the death was crimerelated, the Los Angeles
County Sheriff’s Department said Sunday as the investigation continued.
The area was among
those ordered evacuated as
the fire raged through brush
withered by days of 100-de-
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — A Worcester man
charged with killing his cousin and former business
partner in a bar parking lot is getting underway.
The Telegram & Gazette reports that opening statements in the trial of 49-year-old Peter Jasper are scheduled for Monday in Worcester Superior Court.
Jasper is charged with first-degree murder in the December 2014 shotgun slaying of 45-year-old Paul Milluzzo, of Leicester. Milluzzo was found with multiple
gunshot wounds on the ground outside his vehicle in
the parking lot of Smitty’s Tavern.
According to court records, investigators were told
that Jasper and Milluzzo had once been business partners but later had disagreements.
Jasper has denied the charges and is being held without bail.
2nd fugitive on most wanted list nabbed
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts State Police have
arrested another fugitive who was recently added to the
agency’s list of most wanted sex offenders.
Police say 45-year-old Scott Halle was arrested Sunday morning in Chelsea.
Halle is charged with failure to register as a sex offender. He’s being held on $100,000 bail. It’s unclear
whether he has retained a lawyer.
Halle was convicted in 2000 in Plymouth County of
rape and indecent assault and battery on a person 14
or older.
Halle is one of six fugitives who were added to the
most wanted list on Friday.
On Friday evening, police arrested 58-year-old fugitive Reggie Ellenwood in Boston for failure to register
as a sex offender.
Police are searching for the remaining fugitives on
the list. Anyone with information is asked to contact
police.
Authorities ID man killed in rollover
131 West Main St., 2nd floor, Orange
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Man charged with killing cousin on trial
gree temperatures as Southern California sweltered
through a heat wave.
After flames driven by
gusty winds swept through
an evacuated neighborhood, firefighters reported
that some buildings had
been engulfed, but it was not
immediately clear whether
they were homes, outbuildings or garages, said Nathan
Judy, a spokesman for the
U.S. Fire Service.
The area was still unsafe,
he said late Saturday night.
“You’ve still got hotspots
in that area, a lot of smoldering stuff,” and trees that
might fall because their
roots had burned, Judy said.
More than 900 firefighters and water-dropping helicopters battled the flames
overnight on several fronts.
“It’s not a one-direction
type of fire,” Judy said. “It’s
going in different directions
depending on which way the
wind is blowing. It’s doing
what it wants.”
Despite firefighters’ efforts, the blaze destroyed
sets at Sable Ranch in Santa Clarita, which has Old
West-style buildings used
for movie locations.
“It was a horrific firestorm,” owner Derek Hunt
told KABC-TV. “At some
point, you know you’re defeated and you have to step
back and save what you can.
We fought as best as we
could.”
Smoke and ash from the
fire cast a pall over neighboring Los Angeles. Air
quality officials advised
people with respiratory
problems to stay indoors.
Bengal tigers and a
mountain lion were among
several hundred animals
evacuated Saturday as
flames partially ringed the
Wildlife Waystation, a nonprofit sanctuary for rescued
exotic creatures in Sylmar.
Volunteers showed up with
trucks and trailers to help
with the rescue. Later in the
day, firefighters managed to
beat back the threat.
More than 200 horses
along with goats, rabbits
and other animals also were
removed from fire areas.
Sunday’s forecast called
for low humidity with afternoon and evening winds
gusting to 25 mph or more
that could once again fan
the fires’ explosive growth.
HATFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Authorities have identified the man who was killed in a rollover crash on Interstate 91 in Massachusetts.
The Northwestern District Attorney’s Office on Sunday identified the man as 53-year-old David Healey, of
Shelburne.
Massachusetts State Police say a flat tire caused
Healey’s truck to swerve and roll over around 4 p.m.
Friday in Hatfield. Healey wasn’t wearing a seat belt
and was thrown from the vehicle.
He was taken to a hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
The town of Hatfield is about 25 miles north of
Springfield.
Last of slain officers to be buried
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The last of the three
Louisiana law enforcement officers killed in an ambush
near a busy highway in Baton Rouge will soon be buried.
Funeral services are planned Monday for police officer Montrell Jackson, a 32-year-old slain by a gunman
who authorities said targeted law enforcement.
Just three days before his death, Jackson — married
with a four-month-old son — wrote a Facebook post
detailing how difficult it was for him to be both a black
man and a police officer.
Baton Rouge residents have been mourning at a series of memorial and funeral services since Jackson,
police officer Matthew Gerald and East Baton Rouge
Parish sheriff’s deputy Brad Garafola, were killed in a
July 17 shootout with Gavin Long. Gerald was buried
Friday and Garafola on Saturday.
UMass wins state, fed approval of plans
BOSTON (AP) — The University of Massachusetts
has won state and federal approval of plans to protect
the system’s campuses from natural hazards.
School officials say it’s necessary to prepare for
threats such as storms or flooding amid climate change
and the extreme weather tied to it.
The university began preparing its plans four years
ago. They were recently approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and its state counterpart in
Massachusetts.
The university has also been awarded $1 million in
state grants to purchase emergency generators.
Having emergency plans approved by FEMA makes
the university eligible for additional grants if a natural
disaster does strike.
UMass officials say that only one other public university in New England, the University of Maine, has received state and federal approval for plans of this type.
State program offers $50M in tech loans
BOSTON (AP) — A new state program will make
loans available to Massachusetts school districts to improve their information technology.
The board that oversees the Massachusetts School
Building Authority recently voted to establish the program, which will have $50 million in loans available
over the next five years.
A maximum of up to $2.5 million will be available per
district.
State Treasurer Deb Goldberg says the loans will help
schools improve their IT infrastructure in ways that can
help teaching and learning.
Mixer to help find homes for foster kids
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — More than 100 Massachusetts children in foster care who are looking for
permanent homes attended an adoption mixer this
weekend.
The children met with nearly 100 families who have
already started the training to become qualified to
adopt. Dozens of social workers also attended.
The event Saturday at Assumption College in Worcester was sponsored by Jordan’s Furniture and its CEO
Eliot Tatelman. Tatelman says families are needed in
particular for older children.
The day started with workshops in the morning before
an afternoon carnival where the children and families
got to know each other in a casual and fun atmosphere.
38 Studios trial delayed by a month
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The trial in a lawsuit
filed by the state of Rhode Island against the executives
and financial backers of Curt Schilling’s failed video
game company is being delayed.
A judge ruled this week that jury selection will now
begin Oct. 18, not Sept. 15.
The former Red Sox pitcher is scheduled to testify.
The state alleges he colluded with others to withhold
crucial information to secure the state’s $75 million
guaranteed loan to 38 Studios.
Sanders,
delegates
to meet
PHILADELPHIA (AP)
— Amid lingering angst over
the primary process, Bernie Sanders has a chance to
encourage his supporters to
embrace party unity.
Sanders is set to meet privately with supporters Monday before the start of the
Democratic National Convention. Sanders backers
have expressed frustration
over the nominating procedures, the party platform and
party leadership, with some
suggesting they may protest
or take action on the floor.
But the Vermont Senator
has struck a positive message
in recent interviews, expressing his support for Hillary
Clinton.
“I’m proud that, in the
Democratic platform that
was passed a few weeks ago,
we are making some real
progress,” Sanders said on
CNN Sunday. He added:
“My focus right now is defeating (Donald) Trump,
electing
Clinton,
electing progressive candidates
around this country and
focusing on the issues that
matter the most to working
families.”
Sanders will address the
full convention Monday
night.
Efforts to promote party togetherness were not
helped by the publication last
week of thousands of hacked
emails, some of which suggested the DNC was favoring
Clinton during the primary
season. For many Sanders
fans, the messages proved
that their concerns about
party officials preferring
Clinton were correct. While
party chairwoman Debbie
Wasserman Schultz is stepping down soon, she will
still have a convention role,
which could draw jeers from
Sanders delegates.
At a meeting of the DNC
credentials committee Sunday, comments praising Wasserman Schultz were met
with laughter by some Sanders supporters. At a committee meeting the previous
day, Sanders backers shouted “shame, shame, shame”
as amendments to abolish
or limit superdelegates in
future nominating competitions were voted down.
Some Sanders delegates
feel the Clinton campaign is
not taking their policy concerns seriously. At a news
conference Sunday, Sanders
delegate Norman Solomon,
65, of Point Reyes Station,
California, said many of
Sanders’ liberal supporters
were disappointed in Clinton’s vice presidential pick of
Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine. He
said most viewed Kaine as
not progressive enough and
that there had been discussion about a variety of protest actions at the convention, including walking out.
Sanders, who endorsed
Clinton two weeks ago after a long-fought primary,
has sought to find common
ground around the party
platform and rules. He successfully won major platform
concessions, including a
$15 federal minimum wage,
abolishing the death penalty
and breaking up large Wall
Street banks. And at the
DNC rules committee the
two sides agreed on a “unity
commission” that will review
changes to the nominating
process, including limiting
the role of superdelegates.
Hemingway
wins look-alike
contest
KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) —
For the first time in its 36-year
history, a Hemingway has won
a competition seeking the
man who most looks like literary giant Ernest Hemingway.
Dave Hemingway was
named the winner of the
“Papa” Hemingway LookAlike Contest on Saturday in
Key West, Florida. The winner said he is not related to
the late author.
The contest, which attracted 140 entrants, is the
highlight event of the annual
Hemingway Days festival that
celebrates the author’s legacy.
It was held at Sloppy Joe’s
Bar, which was a frequent
hangout of Hemingway’s during his Key West residency in
the 1930s.
Indiana appeals court
tosses feticide conviction
INDIANAPOLIS (AP)
— The Indiana Court of
Appeals overturned the feticide conviction of a woman
found guilty of killing her
premature infant by taking
abortion-inducing
drugs,
saying Friday the state’s law
wasn’t intended to be used
“to prosecute women for
their own abortions.”
The ruling comes in the
case of Purvi Patel, who was
convicted of neglect and feticide last year. However,
the court upheld a lowerlevel felony neglect of a dependent conviction.
She was sentenced to 20
years in prison in 2015, two
years after her self-induced
abortion at her family’s
home. Women’s advocacy
groups have been heavily involved in the case, saying it
marks the first time a state
feticide law was used against
a woman because of an alleged self-induced abortion.
The appeals court ruled
that Patel, who is currently
in state prison on the neglect and feticide convictions, should be resentenced
on the lower-level felony
charge, which carries a possible prison term of between
six months and three years.
It wasn’t immediately clear
how quickly that resentencing could happen and
whether Patel could soon be
released from prison.
Stanford University law
professor Larry Marshall,
who represented Patel during the appeals court hearing in May, said Friday that
he was reviewing the court’s
40-page decision and would
discuss it with Patel before
deciding the next legal steps.
The Indiana attorney general’s office said it would
confer with local prosecutors before deciding whether
to appeal the decision.
Patel, who was 32 at the
time, was arrested when she
sought treatment at a local
hospital for profuse bleeding
after delivering a 1½-pound
boy in a bathroom and putting his body in a trash bin
behind her family’s restaurant. Court records show
she bought abortion-inducing drugs from an online
pharmacy based in Hong
Kong. She used the drugs
because she feared her family would discover she had
been impregnated by a married man, according to documents. Patel lived with her
parents and grandparents.
Attorneys for Indiana argued that Patel was at least
25 weeks into her pregnancy,
so her infant was just beyond
the threshold of viability and
took at least one breath before dying. The attorneys
also argued that Indiana’s
feticide law could apply to
pregnant woman, not just
“to third-party actors,” and
that Patel hadn’t shown the
feticide law constituted an
undue burden on the right
to an abortion.
The appeals court disagreed, saying the feticide
law only had been used
since it was enacted in 1979
to prosecute those who attacked pregnant women.
The judges also wrote that
the wording of state law on
illegal abortions shows the
Legislature “intended for
any criminal liability to be
imposed on medical personnel, not women who perform their own abortions.”
Patel endangered the
child by not seeking medical
care, but prosecutors failed
to prove that her failure to
do so resulted in the boy’s
death, the court said.
Two dozen women’s advocacy groups, as well as
Planned Parenthood and
the American Civil Liberties Union, filed friend-ofthe-court briefs siding with
Patel.
At least 38 states have fetal homicide laws, according
to the National Conference
of State Legislatures. The
Patel case was the first time
a state feticide law was used
against a woman specifically
because of “an alleged selfinduced abortion,” said Jill
Adams, executive director of
the abortion-rights advocacy
group Center on Reproductive Rights and Justice.
Toxic algae swarms Utah Lake
SPANISH FORK, Utah
(AP) — A huge toxic algae
bloom in Utah has closed
one of the largest freshwater lakes west of the Mississippi River, sickening more
than 100 people and leaving farmers scrambling for
clean water for days during
the hottest part of the year.
The bacteria commonly
known as blue-green algae
has spread rapidly to cover
almost all of 150-squaremile Utah Lake, turning
the water bright, anti-freeze
green with a pea soup texture and leaving scummy
foam along the shore.
“It smells like something
is rotting,” said Jason Garrett, water quality director
for the Utah County Health
Department. “We don’t
have an idea of how long
this event will last.”
Toxic algae is a problem
around the country. An
enormous outbreak in Florida is now fouling beaches
on the Atlantic coast, and a
2014 outbreak at Lake Erie
left more than 400,000 people in the Toledo area without tap water for two days.
Utah Lake doesn’t provide drinking water, but its
closure has caused big problems for people who use the
lake for swimming, fishing
and other activities and for
farmers with thirsty crops.
Utah Poison Control says
it has fielded hundreds of
calls related to the bloom,
including some 130 involv-
ing people who have reported vomiting, diarrhea,
headache and rashes.
The contamination spread
to the Jordan River, which
supplies irrigation water to
dozens of farmers around
Salt Lake City, about 45
miles north of the lake. The
problem occurred amid
days of triple-digit temperatures as growers prepare for
farmers markets and try to
nurture crops such as corn
and fruit trees at key points
in their development.
Farmers got some relief
on Friday after the state
lifted a week-long advisory
against using the water for
food production. Officials
cited new test results that
show lower-than-feared levels of dangerous toxins produced by the bacteria.
Longstanding
drought
conditions have made the
water especially low and
stagnant. Combine that with
hot summer weather and
Utah Lake became a perfect
petri dish for the cyanobacteria.
There are chemical and
biological treatments for the
problem, but using them on
such a large bloom would be
unprecedented and possibly
harmful, Gaddis said.
For now, authorities are
waiting for the bloom to run
its course and clear, hopefully aided by a drop in temperatures or a storm that
could stir up the water and
reduce stagnation.
Wynn wins key environmental
permit for Boston-area casino
BOSTON (AP) — Wynn
Resorts has fended off a
challenge to a key environmental permit as it looks to
start construction on a nearly $2 billion Boston-area casino.
Massachusetts
Department of Environmental
Protection Commissioner
Martin Suuberg issued a decision Friday upholding the
company’s January award of
a public waterways license.
Wynn already has a state
gambling license and local building permits for its
planned casino complex
along the Mystic River in
Everett.
Neighboring Somerville
appealed the waterways
decision, arguing the state
hadn’t properly considered
all air pollution and traffic
impacts.
Somerville has until Aug.
2 to further appeal the state
decision. It can also appeal
in court and has four other
legal challenges pending.
Wynn says it will start
construction once the environmental license is in
hand. It’s aiming for a 2019
opening.
CONCERT — William Choe, right, directed the Petersham Brass Band’s concert on the Petersham Town
Common the past week. Photo by Jared Robinson
Behavior changes clues dementia may be brewing
By LAURAN NEERGAARD
AP Medical Writer
WASHINGTON
(AP)
— Memory loss may not
always be the first warning
sign that dementia is brewing — changes in behavior
or personality might be an
early clue.
Researchers on Sunday
outlined a syndrome called
“mild behavioral impairment” that may be a harbinger of Alzheimer’s or other
dementias, and proposed
a checklist of symptoms to
alert doctors and families.
Losing interest in favorite activities? Getting unusually anxious, aggressive
or suspicious? Suddenly
making crude comments in
public?
“Historically those symptoms have been written off
as a psychiatric issue, or
as just part of aging,” said
Dr. Zahinoor Ismail of the
University of Calgary, who
presented the checklist at
the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Toronto.
Now, “when it comes to
early detection, memory
symptoms don’t have the
corner on the market anymore,” he said.
Alzheimer’s, the most
common form of dementia,
affects more than 5 million
people in the U.S., a number growing as the population ages. It gradually strips
people of their memory
and the ability to think and
reason.
But it creeps up, quietly
ravaging the brain a decade or two before the first
symptoms become noticeable. Early memory problems called “mild cognitive impairment,” or MCI,
can raise the risk of later
developing dementia, and
worsening memory often is
the trigger for potential patients or their loved ones to
seek medical help.
It’s not uncommon for
people with dementia to
experience neuropsychiatric symptoms, too — problems such as depression or
“sundowning,”
agitation
that occurs at the end of
the day — as the degeneration spreads into brain regions responsible for more
than memory. And previous studies have found that
people with mild cognitive
impairment are at greater
risk of decline if they also
suffer more subtle behavioral symptoms.
What’s new: The concept
of pre-dementia “mild behavioral impairment,” or
MBI, a term that describes
specific changes in someone’s prior behavior that
might signal degeneration
is starting in brain regions
not as crucial for memory,
he said.
Ismail is part of an Alzheimer’s Association committee tapped to draft a
checklist of the symptoms
that qualify — new problems that linger at least
six months, not temporary symptoms or ones explained by a clear mental
health diagnosis or other
issues such as bereavement, he stressed. They include apathy, anxiety about
once routine events, loss
of impulse control, flaunting social norms, loss of
interest in food. He even
cites extreme cases, like
a 68-year-old who started
using cocaine before anyone noticed her memory
trouble.
If validated, the checklist
could help doctors better
identify people at risk of
brewing Alzheimer’s and
study changes over time.
“It’s important for us
to recognize that not everything’s forgetfulness,”
said Dr. Ron Petersen, the
Mayo Clinic’s Alzheimer’s
research chief. He wasn’t
involved in developing the
behavior checklist but said
it could raise awareness of
the neuropsychiatric link
with dementia.
Technology
specialist
Mike Belleville of Douglas, Massachusetts, thought
stress was to blame when
he found himself getting
easily frustrated and angry.
Normally patient, he began
snapping at co-workers and
rolling down his window to
yell at other drivers, “things
I’d never done before,”
Belleville said.
The final red flag was a
heated argument with his
wife, Cheryl, who found
herself wondering, “Who is
this person?” When Mike
Belleville didn’t remember
the strong words the next
morning, the two headed
straight for a doctor. Physicians tested for depression
and a list of other suspects.
Eventually Belleville, now
55, was diagnosed with an
early-onset form of dementia — and with medication
no longer gets angry so easily, allowing him to volunteer his computer expertise.
“If you see changes, don’t
take it lightly and assume
it’s stress,” Cheryl Belleville advised.
Also at Sunday’s meeting:
— Complex jobs that require working with people
may help the brain build
resilience against dementia, what’s called “cognitive reserve,” University of
Wisconsin researchers reported.
The team tested 284
adults in late middle-age
whose brain scans showed
changes that have been
linked to an increased risk
of Alzheimer’s. Comparing their cognitive ability and their careers, the
researchers found those
who worked primarily with
people, rather than objects
or data, functioned better
even if brain scans showed
more of that quiet damage.
— Preliminary results
from a study of “brain
training” suggested one
type might help delay cognitive impairment.
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