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Volume 18 • Number 2
George French
lives on in writing
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THURSDAY, January 14, 2016
Council
backstrokes
toward new
Ray Ash
Park pool
By Tyler W. Leahy
Staff Writer
CHICOPEE – “This is
my brother George,” said
Chicopee native Larry French
to savant syndrome expert Dr.
Darold Treffert in Fond du Lac,
Wisconsin over 20 years ago,
pointing to a hand truck carrying storage bins jam-packed
with journals and notebooks
containing an adulthood of writings.
Generally regarded as mentally disabled as a child, George
D a v i d
French lived
from 1942
to 1986,
growing up
in Chicopee
Falls and
later dying of
Parkinson’s
Disease.
At the time
George French is
Larry French
pictured during
met with
his elementary
Dr. Treffert,
school days at
he considSheridan Street
ered the
School.
late George
French a unique autistic savant
– committed to daily writing
routines and by large self-taught
in his adult years.
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By Tyler W. Leahy
Staff Writer
Larry French, a native of Chicopee,
holds up imagery and “almanac”-style
records of his autistic savant brother,
George. It’s his hope to assemble all
of the artifacts into a book.
Turley Publications submitted photos
CHICOPEE – The City
Council has accepted a $400,000
state grant for demolition and
reconstruction of the Ray Ash
Park Pool, commencing a project that Mayor Richard J. Kos
estimates will take 18 months to
complete.
At the jan. 5 City Council
meeting, the group voted 12-0 in
favor of the grant –also approving that $2 million be transferred
from the Stabilization Fund
to the D.P.W. Parks Special
Account. Kos said that the $2
million estimated project cost
will likely not be taken from the
Stabilization Fund, but a placeholder was needed to gain state
approval.
Ward 5 Councilor Frederick
T. Krampits clarified that
the order that would later be
approved was a financially binding order, but Kos would be
coming to the City Council with
bond requests for the project at
a later date.
“We have to provide that
[service] to our residents,” said
Chicopee native George French
lived much of his life in the city
as a gifted autistic savant.
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WBAMC delivers El Paso’s
first baby of 2016
New Year’s bundle of joy
is from Chicopee
EL PASO, Texas – Although
every “Beaumont Baby” is special, there is something extraordinary about welcoming a new
life to the world for the New
Year.
Ryan James Dougherty, son
of Sgt. Robert N. Dougherty,
a m o t o r t r a n s p o r t o p e r ator with 377th Transportation
Company, 1st Armored Division
S u s t a i n m e n t B r i ga d e a n d
his wife Katie M. Dougherty,
was the first baby delivered
at William Beaumont Army
Medical Center in 2016. The
Doughertys are residents of
Chicopee.
“It’s completely shocking to
us that he came at that one time
we were hoping he would come
before,” said Sgt. Dougherty.
“We wanted him to be born on
the 31st because it was [Katie’s]
grandmother’s birthday.”
With a time of birth recorded of 12:07 a.m., Jan. 1, Ryan
was not only the first newborn
at WBAMC but also the first
newborn of the city of El Paso,
Texas for 2016.
“[WBAMC] took care
of everything we needed,”
said the 29-year-old sergeant.
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Drones on the range
Safety chief urges hobbyists
to know the rules of the sky
Maj. Emily Koziol,
Westover chief of
safety, is pictured
in the Westover
Control Tower with
the C-5B Galaxy
cargo aircraft in the
background.
By Emily Thurlow
Staff Writer
CHICOPEE – Where hobbyists are headed this year, they
won’t need roads. The airways
will soon be buzzing with commerce as the sales of drones
over the holiday season soared
around 700,000 this year. And
though at the time of purchase
the drone may have been labeled
with the word “toy” on the box,
Lt. Col. James Bishop, director
of Public Affairs of the 439th
Air Wing said that the Federal
Aviation Administration doesn’t
see it that way.
“The FAA has stated that
Turley Publications photo by W.C.Pope, Westover Public Affairs
these drones are considered the
same as model airplanes – they
are all known as an ‘Unmanned
Aerial Vehicle’,” said Bishop.
“With the increase of purchases,
there has also been an increase
in near-misses with military and
commercial aircraft.”
With a view looking across
the flight deck from the con-
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Library e-reads into the future
By Tyler W. Leahy
Staff Writer
CHICOPEE – The
Chicopee Public Library
is on the cutting-edge of
21st century reading and
learning technology. For
those looking to transcend
the conventional book and
enter the realm of e-readers and tablets, the staff
can help with that, too.
The library recently
hosted E-Reader Open
Labs on Monday, Jan.
11 and Tuesday, Jan. 12.
There, attendees had the
opportunity to test out ereaders and tablets owned
by the library, as well as
receive expert assistance
with their own devices.
“We now how four
services in which you can
take out e-books from the
library,” said Electronic
Reference Services
Librarian and Webmaster
Amber Kanner Clooney.
“The way that it works is
you check an e-book out
and put it on your device.
They usually expire in
two weeks and there is no
return process.”
Clooney explained
Turley Publications staff photo by Tyler W. Leahy
Electronic Reference Services Librarian Amber Kanner
Clooney and other Chicopee Public Library staff can train
patrons to use a variety of e-readers and tablets, as well
as demonstrate how to rent e-books from the four databases utilized by the library.
that the Library has two
main e-book catalogs
– the OverDrive Digital
Catalog, which has been
in use for years, and a
new state-provided service
called Axis 360. Between
the two, there are thou-
sands of popular and
best-seller titles to choose
from. The other e-book
services utilized by the
library cater to older titles
that may be out-of-print
and academic resources.
Clooney noted that
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because of the volatility
and sheer purchase costs
of the e-book market, the
databases offered by the
Library are extremely
popular. Most questions
asked by library patrons
in regards to e-readers and
tablets typically relate to
the databases offered.
Attendees of the EReader Open Labs will
gain hands-on assistance
with Amazon Kindle,
Amazon Kindle Fire,
Apple iPad, Barnes &
Noble Nook Color and
Android tablet products.
“We try to hold these
events before and after
Christmas because they
seem to be the peak time
that people have interest…also anytime people
want to come in, they can
get assistance with their
device at the reference
desk if they need help,”
said Clooney.
Chicopee Public
Library is also hosting
other educational opportunities within the computer lab in the coming
weeks. A three-part genealogy class series taught
by Dave Robinson which
recently kicked off on
Tuesday will continue on
Jan. 19 and Jan. 26 from
2 to 3:30 p.m. With each
presentation, attendees
will find out more about
the lives of their ancestors.
On the first Tuesday
of each month, an open
lab will be held from 3
to 5 p.m. for learning to
use JAWS screen-reading
software. Chicopee resident and assistive technol-
ogy specialist Bob Baran
will instruct blind and
vision-impaired individuals in using the program.
Upcoming sessions are
slated for Feb. 2, March 1
and April 5.
To register or gather
more information about
any upcoming lab learning experiences, visit the
Chicopee Public Library
Reference Desk on 449
Front St. or call 413-5941900, ext. 3.
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K-Fest embedded into
colossal celebration of culture
By Tyler W. Leahy
Staff Writer
WEST SPRINGFIELD
– Kielbasa Festival Manager
Tom Kielbania, Jr. is excited
by the prospect of embedding Chicopee’s beloved
yearly event into a much
larger occasion on Memorial
Day weekend – making it
a component of a five-day,
30-plus country cultural celebration unlike any other in
the Western Mass. area.
“International Food
Fest,” featured by Kielbasa
Fest, LLC will be held
from Thursday, May 26 to
Monday, May 30 at The
Eastern States Exposition.
Announcement of the festival was first made in July.
“There’s a lot to be
excited about for Chicopee
residents. We’ll have a much
broader audience…I want
Chicopee to know that we’re
pioneers for the spirit of
Chicopee and we’ll now be
able to share that with more
people,” said Kielbania.
Kielbania noted that
the Kielbasa Fest will still
exist as its own entity in the
future, but the next will not
take place until 2018. He
cited weather dependency
as a major financial risk
in holding the event annually. Hosting the event on
public property – Szot Park
– in the last two years also
posed issues with municipal planning and handicap
accessibility.
“I think some people
will be bummed out that
there won’t be something in
Chicopee this year and will
think I deliberately did this,
but I guarantee you I didn’t
– and the International
Food Fest will have something for everyone,” said
Kielbania. “The bottom line
is, this will be accessible
to a large crowd…There’s
also more platforms available to me. We’ll have
more polka music than ever
before and will be able to
showcase more authentic
Polish culture. There will be
more entertainment in general with rock-n-roll, Celtic
music, Italian and Russian,
too. All of the people
involved in the International
Food Festival are local people from this area. We’re all
American and this is a great
celebration of that.”
The International Food
Fest will feature nightly
fireworks and a daily Asian
traditional dragon parade.
Throughout the five-day
period, various international
shows, musical performances and eating contests will
take place in The Coliseum.
A salute to the fallen will
take place on Memorial
Day, which falls on Monday,
May 30. In addition to over
30 international food vendors, the festival will also
feature an international beer
bar and over 100 fine craft
vendors. Carnival rides and
games will be available for
family fun.
On the first two days of
the International Food Fest,
a peace summit will precede
the opening of gates for regular business, taking place
from noon to 3:30 p.m.
“My faith really drives
me and the peace element of
this event comes from that,”
said Kielbania. “Profits for
the peace summit will in
large go back to helping our
communities and helping
people overseas.”
Gates will open for
regular International Food
Fest business at 4 p.m.
on Thursday, May 26 and
Friday, May 27. Gates will
open at 11 a.m. on Sunday,
May 29 and noon on
Monday, May 30.
Kielbania noted that he
is excited about the potential of a large crowd because
of affordable pricing.
Admission to the
International Food Fest is
$10. Tickets can be purchased in advance at kfestfoodfest.com, or upon arrival. Discounted $6 tickets
can be purchased at Big Y
Locations. Admission for
children 12 and under is
free as well as both active
and retired military members with identification.
Seniors 63 and over will be
admitted for $3. A five-day
pass can be purchased for
$35 and a five-day V.I.P.
pass with special inclusions
costs $50. Tickets to the
International Peace Summit
will be available for $35 in
limited quantities must be
purchased separately, but
will include lunch, drinks,
seats and early entry admission to the festival. On-location parking at the Eastern
States Exposition will cost
$5.
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Forms of List are
due by March 1
CHICOPEE – The
Chicopee Board of
Assessors is reminding
business owners that state
law requires that all Forms
of List must be filed with
the Assessors’ office on or
before March 1, 2016.
Massachusetts General
Laws Chapter 59, Section
29 of the General Laws,
requires all persons and corporations operating a business to annually file a Form
of List with the Assessors’
office itemizing the personal property used in the
business. Failure to comply
with the law could result in
the denial of any appeal by
the applicant under Chapter
59, Section 61.
The “Form of List”
(State Tax Form 2) may
be requested from the
Assessors’ Office at 5941430 or obtained online
from the City of Chicopee
website at www.chicopeema.gov. Notices regarding
this form have been posted
at various public places in
Chicopee.
Anyone that would like
an application or further
information should contact
Assessors Laura McCarthy,
Victor Anop, or Brian
Suchy at 413-594-1430.
in the city
American Cancer Society Relay
For Life to hold kickoff on Feb. 6
CHICOPEE – The
American Cancer
Society Relay For Life
of Greater Chicopee/
Holyoke will hold a free
kickoff for the annual event on Saturday,
Feb. 6 at 10 a.m. at the
Chicopee Moose Lodge,
244 Fuller Road in
Chicopee. Everyone is
invited to the kickoff to
learn about how to help
the American Cancer
Society save more lives
from cancer.
The program will
highlight how the community has benefited
from funds raised and
will honor cancer survivors and caregivers.
Guests will have the
opportunity to register a
team or as an individual
participant for the Relay
For Life event with this
year’s theme of “Passport
Relay.” The event will
be held on May 6 and
May 7 at Chicopee
Comprehensive High
School.
“We all know traveling is fun and exciting
and this will be bound to
be a great time. Where
would you like to go?
The islands of Fiji, the
Alaskan sea shore,
maybe the mountains of
Chile or even the moun-
Board of Assessors reorganizes,
names officers
Deadline for exemptions
applications for
FY16 is Feb. 16
CHICOPEE – The
Chicopee Board of
Assessors – consisting of
Laura McCarthy, Victor
Anop and Brian Suchy
– held their organizational meeting on Thursday,
Jan. 7 for calendar year
2016. Assessor Laura
McCarthy was nominated
and approved as the chairman of the board for 2016.
Assessor Victor Anop was
nominated and approved as
clerk of the board for 2016.
In other business,
the Chicopee Board of
Assessors reminds homeowners that the deadline
for exemption applications
for fiscal year 2016 is Feb.
16. Exemptions are available for senior citizens
over the age of sixty-five,
widows and widowers,
veterans with certain service connected disabilities, and individuals who
are blind.
“Any senior citizen
over the age of sixty-five
who has limited income
and limited assets, excluding the real estate where
he or she resides, may be
eligible for an exemption,”
announced Assessor Laura
McCarthy, chairman of
the Board of Assessors.
“Single individuals must
have income less than
$27,909 and assets less
than $46,772, excluding
the house. Married couples must have income
less than $41,864 and
assets less than $64,310
excluding the house.”
There are additional
eligibility requirements
which must be met and
require the disclosure of
income and assets on the
application.
“Widows and widowers and senior citizens over 70 with higher
income levels and assets
less than $40,000, excluding the real estate where
he or she resides, are also
eligible for an exemption
and should contact the
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Assessors’ office immediately for further information,” Assessor Brian
Suchy said.
Residents who are
eligible for the exemption will receive a deduction from their real estate
taxes on the second half of
their tax bill for fiscal year
2016.
“Most people who
are eligible for an exemption have already filed the
application and received
the credit on the first
half of their tax bill in
N ove m b e r,” A s s e s s o r
Victor Anop said. “We
want to remind people
who are eligible for an
exemption for the first
time or who forgot to
return their application
that they have until Feb.
16 to file their application
for fiscal year 2016.”
Anyone who would
like an application or further information should
contact Assessors Laura
McCarthy, Victor Anop, or
Brian Suchy at 413-5941430.
tains of Vermont, the
beaches in Brazil....the
opportunities are endless and the choices are
yours. Join us as we
fight cancer “around the
world” and you will see,”
said Kristel Chouinard,
Volunteer Event Chair.
Guests are encouraged to make a poster
board about where you
want to travel, and bring
it with you for a special
passport stamp.
The Relay For Life
movement unites communities across the globe
to celebrate people who
have battled cancer,
remember loved ones
lost, and take action to
finish the fight once and
for all. Relay For Life
events are community
gatherings where teams
and individuals camp
out at a school, park,
or fairground and take
turns walking or running
around a track or path.
Teams participate in
fundraising in the months
leading up to the event.
The Relay For Life
movement is the world’s
largest fundraising event
to fight every cancer in
every community, with
four million participants
in 6,000 events worldwide in 2015. Last year,
over 400 people participated in the Relay For
Life of Greater Holyoke/
Chicopee and raised over
$37,000.
“This is our community’s opportunity to help
save lives from cancer
by taking our message to
more people and raising
more dollars to fund the
fight,” said Chouinard.
“Together, our efforts
can make a big difference.”
Vi s i t r e l a y f o r l i f e . o r g o r w w w.
RelayForLife.org/
HolyokeChicopeeMA
to learn more about the
event, or contact Andrew
Paterno at 413-493-2110
or andrew.paterno@cancer.org.
Franco American
Women’
Association to
meet Jan. 28
CHICOPEE – The
Franco American Women’
Association of Chicopee
will meet on Thursday,
Jan. 28, at 7 p.m. at St.
Rose de Lima Church
Hall at 600 Grattan St. in
Chicopee. The Ladies of
French Heritage is now
accepting new members
are invited to come see
what we are all about.
The organization is a
social group, some playing cards others socializing in both their native
langue French or English.
The short business meeting will include announcing the chairpersons and
committees for our annual
Merit Award Scholarship
Social and Card Party
to be held on April 7.
Merit Award applications will be available,
at this meeting, for children and grandchildren
of qualified members.
Refreshments will be
served.
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Baker announces $700,000 in
Naloxone grants for first responders
Will equip Chicopee
fire with resources to
reverse opioid overdoses
CHICOPEE – Gov.
Charlie Baker and the
Massachusetts Department
of Public Health today
announced that $700,000
will be awarded to police
and fire departments in
40 communities heavily impacted by the
Commonwealth’s opioid epidemic, facilitating
the purchasing, carrying
and administering of the
opioid overdose reversal
drug, naloxone.
“This grant will help
save more lives as our
administration continues
to pursue new and wideranging tools to combat the opioid epidemic,
including the ability for
medical personnel to intervene with those who have
overdosed,” said Baker.
“We look forward to continuing to work with the
legislature to pass meaningful reforms, and are
pleased to support our
first responders’ access
to immediate, life-saving
resources.”
Last year, as part of
comprehensive recommendations from the Baker’s
opioid working group, the
administration established
a bulk purchasing fund
allowing first responders in municipal entities
to access the state rate for
naloxone purchases, and
when available, receive
an additional discount.
Governor Baker has also
filed landmark legislation to provide medical
personnel with the power
to intervene with patients
suffering from addiction, control the spread of
addictive prescription opioids and increase education about substance use
disorder for providers and
in the community.
“Today’s announcement, along with the creation of the bulk purchasing fund, will increase the
amount of naloxone available in hot-spot communities where it is needed
most,” said Lt. Governor
Karyn Polito. “These
resources will help ease
the costs of medication,
enabling our firefighters
and police officers to save
more lives.”
Grants for $10,000 to
$50,000 are being awarded
to the following communities: Attleboro, Barnstable,
Beverly, Boston, Brockton,
Chelsea, Chicopee, Everett,
Fall River, Falmouth,
Fitchburg, Framingham,
Haverhill, Holyoke,
Lawrence, Leominster,
Lowell, Lynn, Malden,
Medford, New Bedford,
North Attleboro, Peabody,
P i t t s fi e l d , P l y m o u t h ,
Quincy, Revere, Salem,
Saugus, Somerville,
Springfield, Stoughton,
Ta u n t o n , Wa l t h a m ,
Wa r e h a m , We s t fi e l d ,
Weymouth, Winthrop,
Woburn, Worcester
“There is no faster
and more effective way to
reverse an opioid overdose
than to administer naloxone,” said Health and
Human Services Secretary
Marylou Sudders. “It is
imperative we do everything we can to counteract the epidemic of opioid
addiction by providing as
many first responders as
possible the opportunity to
use this life-saving medication.”
Only municipalities
that met the following
criteria were eligible to
apply:
• an average annual rate of 6.0 and above
of unintentional/undetermined opioid overdose
deaths per 100,000 and
• an average annual count of unintentional/
undetermined opioid overdose deaths of 4.0 and
above (2009-2013).
“The use of naloxone is one of our state’s
greatest success stories in
the fight against the opioid epidemic,” said DPH
Commissioner Monica
Bharel. “This funding will allow more first
responders in our hardest
hit communities to have
access to this safe, lifesaving drug.”
The award amounts
were calculated by taking the total allocation
($700,000) and dividing
it among the applicants
based on the population of
the municipality.
T h e B a k e r- P o l i t o
Administration has already
implemented many
reforms aimed at curbing the Commonwealth’s
opioid epidemic, including $114 million in this
year’s budget for substance
abuse prevention and
changes to the Prescription
Monitoring Program’s
reporting requirement. One
hundred and thirteen treatment beds have opened in
six communities – Quincy,
Plymouth, New Bedford,
Boston, Westborough, Fall
River – with more expected
in Greenfield this winter. EMT, CNA programs to begin at STCC
SPRINGFIELD
- Springfield Technical
Community College will
again offer emergency
Medical Technician (EMT)
Training Program and
Certified Nurse Aid (CNA)
programs staring in January,
with both day and evening
options available.
The EMT program
consists of approximately
171 hours of lectures, online
instruction, an auto extrication class, and an eight-hour
clinical hospital emergency
room observation, which is
designed to prepare the student for the Massachusetts
State Certification
Examination. The program
is based on the Department
of Transportation curriculum for Basic Emergency
M e d i c a l Te c h n i c i a n
and is approved by the
M a s s a c h u s e t t s O ffi c e
of Emergency Medical
Services. The EMT program
gives students an excellent foundation in Basic
Life Support skills and
techniques; patient assessment; and safe transporta-
tion. Both day and evening
classes start Jan. 25.
CNA program day
classes have begun this
week, Monday through
Thursday. Evening classes begin Jan. 26, Tuesday
through Thursday. Topics
covered include taking vital
signs; moving and turning patients; personal care
basics; bed making; bed
bath and feeding; record
keeping and responding to
emergencies. This course
will also include a Home
H e a l t h A i d e Tr a i n i n g
Certificate and an Enhanced
Alzheimer's Module.
Students will complete their
clinical experience at a local
nursing home under the
supervision of Registered
Nurse (RN) instructors.
Students will also attend a
job fair at the conclusion of
the program.
Interesting in signing
up for the EMT or CNA
classes? Contact the STCC
Workforce Development
office at 413-755-4225 or
visit http://www.stcc.edu/
wd/ to enroll.
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follow laws and guidelines.
“Knowing the laws
and basic safety rules is
essential, and will help
you avoid stiff legal and
civil penalties,” he said.
Drones can become
an issue for bases like
We s t ove r o r a i r p o r t s
because they are difficult
for air traffic controllers to
pick up on radar.
In the past, some
of the biggest issues
have come from birds.
During the presentation,
he explained that Koziol
spoke of an incident
involving a C-17 that had
sucked in a 2-pound redtailed hawk. Because of
that, the plane incurred
$2.5 million worth of
damage to the engine.
“That’s flesh, hollow bones, and feathers
that did that much damage so you can imagine
what harder and heavier
metal parts could do,” said
Bishop.
At this point, there
hasn’t been an issue at the
base with drones, but with
the popularity of them, he
said that it was important
to plan ahead.
To adhere with FAA’s
guidelines – and the
safety of others – Bishop
explained that the UAVs
– an aircraft without a
human pilot – must be registered as such at faa.gov/
uas/registration/ for $5.
“As an incentive to
register, if folks register
before midnight on Jan.
20, their $5 will be refunded,” he said.
After completing
registration, owners will
receive a personal registration number. If a person owns more than one
UAV, each aircraft must
be marked with that
number. Any method may
be used to mark the UAV,
as long as the number is
legible, according to the
FAA. Registrants may put
the number in the battery
compartment if it is easily
accessible.
The flight of drones
may be controlled
either autonomously by
onboard computers or
by the remote control of
a pilot on the ground or
from page 1
trol tower of Westover Air
Reserve Base in her background, last week Maj.
Emily Koziol, chief of
safety, advised of an even
smaller avian aircraft – a
drone.
“The FAA statistics
show a surge in ‘close
call with drone’ reports
by military and civilian
pilots with nearly 700
incidents last year, the
number has tripled from
that recorded in 2014,”
Bishop explained. And
because drones are considered UAVs, and not
toys, they are required to
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arrest logs
The Chicopee Police Department responded to
411 calls for service from Monday, Jan. 4 to Sunday,
Jan. 10. The department’s police officers made 11
officers or summons arrests. Those arrested will
appear at future dates in court and are innocent
until proven guilty.
Monday, Jan. 4
Christopher John Libardi, 28, of 20 Leary Ave.,
Apt. 913, Chicopee, was arrested at 12:51 p.m. on
Chapel Street on charges of breaking and entering a
building during the daytime for felony and larceny
from a building.
Brandon Fraichard, 27, of 222 Prentice St.,
Springfield was arrested at 7:58 p.m. on Church
Street on charges of larceny over $250 and conspiracy.
Tuesday, Jan. 5
Michael Leon Stone, 47, of 51 Beaumont Ave.,
Chicopee, was arrested at 1:42 p.m. on Church
Street on charges of Class-A drug possession, subsequent offense and a WMS warrant.
Thursday, Jan. 7
Enrique Baerga, Jr., 48, of 44 Park St., Apt.
2FL, Chicopee, was arrested at 3:48 a.m. on Park
Street on charges of a Class A drug possession to
distribute, subsequent offense; a class B drug possession to distribute, subsequent offense; drug violation near a school or park; and resisting arrest.
Julio L. Rivera-Maldanado, 46, of 44 Park St.,
Apt. 2FL, Chicopee, was arrested at 3:48 a.m. on
Park Street on charges of a Class A drug possession
to distribute, subsequent offense; a Class B drug
possession to distribute, subsequent offense; drug
violation near a school or park; and resisting arrest.
Janice Vargas, 35, of 275 Britton St., Apt. 2FL,
Chicopee, was arrested at 10:40 a.m. on Pendleton
Avenue on a WMS warrant.
Danielle Stasiowski, 21, of 8 Pleasantview
Ave., was arrested at 10:57 a.m. on Memorial Drive
on charges of larceny of a drug and distribution of a
Class E drug.
Friday, Jan. 8
A 15-year-old juvenile was arrested at 8:25
a.m. on Dare Way on charges of school disturbance
and witness intimidation.
Danielle J. Irwin, 31, of 35 Saint Kolbe Drive,
Apt. B, Holyoke, was arrested at 4:52 p.m. on
Memorial Drive on three WMS warrants.
John Duncan, 36, of 340 Dale St., Apt. C,
Chicopee, was arrested at 7:23 p.m. on Dale Street
on a WMS warrant.
Sunday, Jan. 10
Kevin Sanchez-Rivera, 28, of 675 High St.,
Apt. 2B, Holyoke, was arrested at 7:51 p.m. on East
Main Street on a WMS warrant.
Compiled by Staff Writer Tyler W. Leahy
in another vehicle. As of
the end of the last year,
the FAA requires that any
unmanned aircraft system between .55 and 55
pounds be registered by
Feb. 19 before they fly or
they risk facing civil and/
or criminal penalties.
“Those that fail to
register could face up to
$27,500 in civil fines and
$250,000 criminal fines
and/or imprisonment of up
to three years,” Bishop said.
In addition to that, the
FAA encourages drones
are to be flown below
400 feet and remain clear
of surrounding obstacles. UAVs should also
not weigh more than 55
pounds or flown near people or stadiums.
“And if you are going
to fly within 5 miles of
Westover – or an airport
– you must contact the
airport and control tower
before flying,” he said.
For those who are
going to be flying their
UAS within 5 miles of
Westover, contact Airfield
Operations at 413-5572951.
“The tower Watch
Supervisor will work
with individuals to make
sure they are flying in an
air traffic friendly area,”
Bishop said. “And remember to be safe and considerate of others and have
fun!”
For more information
on UAV registration, visit
faa.gov/uas/registration/.
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City debuts GIS internet-based zoning viewer
tunity for cost savings
from increased efficiency,
better record keeping,
improved communications and more efficient
decision-making.
The city’s zoning
information has historically been maintained on
over 700, 40-scale paper
maps. The Planning
Department spent the better part of the last year
digitizing this information
into a digital, GIS dataset. Zoning information
is important to determine
allowable development
on a parcel-by-parcel
basis per accepted City
Ordinances. Up until this
time, any person(s) needing Zoning information
were required to visit City
Hall to review hard copy
maps. In today’s technological age with access to
the internet, social media
and information sharing,
many communities provide public access to this
data digitally. Chicopee
is now among the cities and towns across the
Commonwealth that provides this information
readily to staff, community members, real estate
Irish Cultural Center language
classes begin in January
CHICOPEE – The
Irish Cultural Center of
Western New England and
Elms College are pleased
to offer a range of Irish
classes for the 2016 spring
semester. In addition, this
partnership is again successful in bringing to campus our sixth consecutive
Irish Language Fulbright
Teaching Assistant, Síle
Dolan. She brings a great
deal of talent, enthusiasm, and experience and
will help us showcase and
develop the language in our
community.
Dolan will teach the
Intermediate/Advanced
class on Wednesday evenings, which may be taken
on a credit or non-credit
basis. She will also teach
a Novice class for credit on
Monday, Wednesday, and
Friday mornings. In addition, members
of the ICC will instruct
non-credit course offerings. On Tuesday nights,
Gerald Costello will teach
First Year Irish, for those
who have no, or very little,
knowledge of the language.
On Monday nights, Costello
will teach First Year Irish,
Semester Two for those
who have had one semester of Irish or its equivalent. On Saturday mornings, Kathleen Gilhooly
will teach Second Year
Irish for those who have
had one year of Irish or its
equivalent. On Tuesday
nights, Tom Moriarty will
teach Third Year Irish, a
course designed for those
who have had two or more
years of Irish but are not
yet prepared to enroll in the
Intermediate class.
Classes begin at the
end of January and take
place at Elms College.
For class times and
more information, visit
IrishCenterwne.org. The
cost is $175 for Novice and
Intermediate classes, and
$150 for the First, Second
and Third Year classes. ICC
members receive a $50 discount.
To enroll, call the
Registrar at 413-265-2314,
or download a registration
form from our website.
Navigating through local waters
U.S. Coast Guard
Auxiliary hosts
boating classes
REGION – The U.S.
Coast Guard Auxiliary is
conducting several safe
boating classes in Western
Massachusetts. “Boating
Skills and Seamanship
(BS&S)” class is an indepth weekly class lasting several weeks and the
“About Boating Safely”
(ABS) class is a one day,
eight-hour, basic boating
course.
These classes are
taught by qualified U.S.
Coast Guard Auxiliary
instructors. Classes include
a wide variety of boating
subjects including type
of boats and equipment,
boat handling, rules of the
road, boating safety, boat
motors, lines and knots,
and more. These courses
are suitable for beginners
and a good refresher for
seasoned boaters. Courses
are designed for adults, as
well as children as young
Chicopee
Register
as seventh grade. A certificate will be presented
after passing the final
exam. These courses satisfy state requirements for
licensing; however, some
states may have special
additional requirements.
Western Massachusetts
Schedules:
• Feb 24, 2016:
Springfield Lake Lorraine,
BS&S
• For more information contact: 413-4545175 or rhassett@springfieldcityhall.com.
• Feb 1, 2016:
Holyoke Community
College, BS&S
• For more information contact: 413-5920151 or rsmajg@verizon.
net
• Feb 2, 2016:
Westfield State University,
BS&S
• For more information contact: 413-5691855 or bruce.mason4@
gmail.com.
• Mar 7, 2016: South
Hadley Mosier School,
BS&S
• For more information contact: 413-53333258 or flotilla97@hotmail.com.
• Apr 2, 2016:
Pittsfield Berkshire
Community College, ABS
• For more information contact: 413-2362127 or berkshirecc.edu/
CommunityEducation.
Students can contact the
following registration
links:
• www.a013.uscgaux.
info/units/division9.html
• www.a013.uscgaux.
info/pe.htm
A required text book
is available from the
instructors for a nominal fee on the first night.
Registration fees may be
charged by your college.
agents and developers.
Chicopee’s municipal zoning was originally
developed in the 1940s
with a minor update completed during the 1970s.
For the first time, the city’s
zoning can now be considered as a whole or in relation to adjacent parcels or
neighborhoods. This will
allow city staff the ability
to complete more comprehensive city-scale analysis with regards to zoning
and development trends.
Kos detailed the Zoning
Viewer’s release, “…as a
significant advancement
in utilizing technology to
improve access to public
information for residents,
developers and others who
require this zoning data
to advance a diversity of
projects throughout the
city.”
In December 2015,
the Mayor’s office, City
Council and the Planning
Board all unanimously
approved the acceptance
of the GIS Zoning Map as
the city’s official Zoning
Map. Since that time, the
Planning Department has
created an internet-based
public data viewer avail-
Faith UMC travels down
‘Old Country Road’
CHICOPEE – “Old
Country Road” will be
featured in a concert of
blue grass, country and
standards at Faith United
Methodist Church in
Chicopee on Jan. 29.
The doors open at 6:30
p.m. and the concert will
begin at 7 p.m. All are
welcome to enjoy the
acoustic sounds of guiltar, bass, dobro and mandolin as well as the vocal
performances of classic
vintage country music.
Ti c k e t s w i l l b e
sold at the door and
are $10 for age 18 and
over. Children 17 and
under are $5 and families can attend for $25
– all children under 18.
Refreshments will be
available - home-baked
goodies and beverages.
The concert benefits
Rural Mission, a national
inter-denomination organization that fosters to
the spiritual, social, and
housing requirements of
the rural people of the
sea islands of coastal
South Carolina. Each
year a team departs from
Faith UMC and spends
one week building and
renovating for families in
that region. All proceeds
from the concert go
toward supplies for these
projects, and the church
welcomes all donations.
Participants pay their
own travel expenses
and derive the benefit of
working for a community
in need.
Faith
United
Methodist Church is a
congregation of over
200 members offering
two Sunday services and
Sunday School for all
ages. We are located in
the Fairview section of
Chicopee and we provide
a welcome to all. Sunday
services are at 8:30 and
10:30 a.m. with Sunday
School at 9:30a.m. The
congregation is missionoriented and supports the
community with its participation and work with
Rural Mission, Justice
for Our Neighbors, Crop
Walk, Lorraine’s Soup
Kitchen, food drives and
U M C O R e m e rg e n c y
supplies, clothing donations, Shriner’s Hospital,
Teen Challenge, and the
Heifer Project.
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be adored, glorified, loved and
preserved throughout the world
now, and forever. Sacred Heart of
Jesus pray for us. St. Jude, worker
of miracles, Helper of the Hopeless,
pray for us. Say this prayer 9 times
a day. By the 8th day your prayer
will be answered. It has never been
known to fail. Publication must be
promised.
Thank you St. Jude, for granting
my petition.
T.M.
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able on the City’s website. Residents are able
to search for property by
address, owner name or
parcel number. Also, available for download and
viewing is a PDF of the
overall City Zoning Map.
Both the data viewer and the PDF maps are
available at http://www.
chicopeema.gov/566/
Geographic-InformationSystems-GIS.
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Planning
Department is working
towards releasing additional GIS information as
it becomes available.
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Richard J. Kos announced
the release of the first
municipal GIS internet-based zoning viewer developed by the
Department of Planning
and Development. Last
year, the city hired a GIS
Coordinator to implement, create and manage
the city’s GIS systems.
A GIS system allows
users to visualize, question, analyze and interpret
data to better understand
the environmental conditions of property. GIS
also provides an oppor-
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A
s we look forward to the year ahead,
we want to take this opportunity to
remind our readers that the single
most important feature of this community
newspaper is you – your stories, your events,
your achievements, your struggles, your ideas
and opinions.
As your paper of record, we attempt to
cover all general news stories, which include
city council and School Committee meetings
as well as spot departmental meetings, with
coverage determined by the issue’s relevance
to our readers. We also cover major community news and personality profiles, but we
are more than open to suggestions of other
features about its many interesting occupants.
Our loyal advertisers provide funding for this
paid staff coverage.
Still, with a small staff, we rely on and
welcome your submissions. Whether you’re
an “old hand” at submitting news items and
announcements to The Chicopee Register or
it’s a new idea that you are considering for
the first time, we want to provide you with
some tips that streamline the process.
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Running toward a resolution
– editorial –
Will you make the
news in 2016?
WE CARE
ABOUT
YOUR NEWS!
To the Editor:
It is with great disappointment and sadness that I read the article on page one of the
Dec. 16 edition, “Pope Francis merger pushes
runners off track.”
As a product of Catholic school education – kindergarten through 12th grade – I can
appreciate the sacrifices the young men and
women of Cathedral and Holyoke Catholic
high schools as well as their families have had
to make to provide their children with a quality education and the opportunity to grow academically and spiritually as young adults.
I would hope somehow, some way a rea-
sonable and fair compromise may be reached
to accommodate these young people and
afford them the opportunity to continue to
engage in something they are passionate about
as well as be able to pursue a successful education and grow as productive and contributing citizens of this great country.
After all, these young individuals are the
future of our country. My sincere and best
wishes to these students and their families for
a successful resolution to this dilemma.
John Przybylowicz
Chicopee
Thank you Violet Suska
To the Editor:
Wish I were there at our last class, but
I overslept and didn’t wake up until 1 p.m.!
It’s been a busy week and my fibromyalgia
seems to limit me to three days of activity in a
row. Then I have to rest. I planned to be there
today, but my body decided I needed 12 hours
of sleep. Now I feel fine again.
Thank you for all the helpful and fun
classes that have improved my health and
well-being greatly. You are a talented teach-
er who makes exercise enjoyable!! I’m in
better shape now than I was 15 years ago,
thanks to you. So, have a wonderful vacation with family! I’ll try to get to a.m. classes
after the holidays. No need to reply. Have a
cooking good time for the holidays, a joyous
Christmas, and healthy Happy New Year. God
Bless. Pat Gibson
Chicopee
The diabetes self-management program opened my eyes
To the Editor:
I signed up for the six-session diabetes
self-management program to learn more about
the disease and how I could help manage it for
my husband who is the diabetic in the family. I
knew diet played a very important part and as
I am the shopper, meal-planner and cook, I
knew the additional nutritional information
and application ideas would help.
As part of some of our weekly action
plans, we choose to keep food journals for
some of our typical days. This experience
was a real eye-opener. By reading labels and
counting some of the nutritional values such
as calories, carbohydrates, fiber, and sodium,
we discovered that some of our favorite foods
and meals were much too high in certain
areas. This was part of the education process
but it was all information gathered after the
fact. I realized that I needed to use the information while shopping and meal-planning
in order to avoid the high tallies in certain
areas. This will be my action plan going forward.
We have made some food adjustments
already and continue to build more healthy
eating choices into our day-to-day eating
habits. One of our major accomplishments
so far has been the adjustment of our portion
sizes. Previously, we would eat any amount
we felt satisfied with and counted it as a portion.
We hope to continue this exercise and
achieve a much healthier eating experience. I
realize that this is important in the management of diabetes, but it has far more reaching
effects as well. As a breast cancer survivor, I
know that excess weight impacts adversely on
the rate of reoccurrence so a healthier eating
plan will benefit us both.
Thanks to Violet Suska and Diane Weston
for facilitating the program. Janet Stawasz
Chicopee
E
ach week the Chicopee Register will feature a "Where
Is It?” photo in the opinion section. The feature photo
could be of a local building, item, sign place, or landmark. Readers are asked to pick their brains to figure out where
it is or even what it is. Check here each week to test your
knowledge of the area where we live and work. Do you know
where this week's photo is?
Rolland “Chick”
Guyette guessed correctly that the “Where
is it?” answer is the
Willimansett Bridge
connecting Chicopee
Street in Chicopee and
Cabot Street in Holyoke.
The answer to this
week’s “Where Is It?”
will run in next week’s
edition, along with a new
trivia photo for you to
consider.
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Gulluni launches PSA Challenge for area high school students
SPRINGFIELD
– The Hampden District
A t t o r n ey ’s O ffi c e
launched a public service announcement contest open to all Hampden
County high school stud e n t s , o rg a n i z a t i o n s ,
clubs and athletic teams
to highlight the dangers of
impaired driving. The 30to 60-second entry must
be original, note the risks
associated with drunk or
drugged driving, and communicate messages about
public safety.
The winning entry
will receive a grant to
improve technological
equipment at their school,
have the PSA aired on
local television, and be
honored at a special event
hosted at the Basketball
Hall of Fame in March.
The deadline to submit
entries is Feb. 12.
Funding for the PSA
Challenge comes from the
Drunk Driving Trust Fund
(DDTF) administered by
the Massachusetts Office
for Victim Assistance
(MOVA). “I am grateful to
MOVA for the grant funding that will allow our
office to expand our outreach to high school students. The PSA contest
will showcase students
sharing an important
message with their fellow classmates and the
community at large,” said
District Attorney Anthony
D. Gulluni.
DDFT funding is
derived from fines and
penalties imposed on
offenders convicted of
operating under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
“We are thrilled to
support DA Gulluni’s PSA
Challenge which is an
innovative way to engage
Hampden County youth in
educating their peers about
the dangers of drunk driving”, said Liam Lowney,
M O VA’ s E x e c u t i v e
Director. “Public outreach
and education is key to
prevention – and targeting
youth to share that message broadly is an effective way to combat this
incredibly preventable and
dangerous crime.”
To learn more about
DDTF funding and other
services it supports
throughout the state, call
617-586-1340 or visit
mass.gov/MOVA.
To learn more about
the application process
and contest rules, call the
District Attorney’s Office
at 413-505-5671 or visit
hampdenda.com.
FRENCH
humor. He was a character
around Chicopee Falls.”
A t t h e t i m e , D r.
Treffert was presented
George French’s writings,
he had not seen an autistic savant with such a penchant for writing. He told
Larry French “my question to you is this: how are
you going to present it?”
Larry French is currently working to answer
that question. He has
secured a domain and
launched a website under
the moniker savantwriter.
com, where photos of
George and scanned images of his journal entries
can be seen. He is continuing to meet with those who
knew his brother George,
gathering their stories and
memories. The ultimate
goal is to publish a book
about George French and
his family, as Larry French
hopes to work with a writer or journalist.
If a book never comes
to fruition, he would
like to eventually donate
George French’s writings
to the Chicopee Public
Library. Larry French
explained that his brother
George’s abilities make
for a particularly interesting story because they
were apparent at a time in
which the public knew little about autistic savants.
George French lived a
life full of stark contrast
– marked by bullying and
misunderstanding, but
not without a tremendous
ability to touch the lives
of others.
“People I’ve never
even met contact me
about George with their
memories – he was that
remarkable,” said Larry
French. “He was the kind
of unique mind that could
recall what page of the dictionary a word was on…he
was virtually unbeatable in
Scrabble, he could tell you
how many days old you
were, or what the weather
was like on the day you
were born.”
Larry
French
explained that George’s
greatest fear was other
people. In his writing, he
would often keep score of
bullying incidents. George
once had an indecent
exposure incident after
children in Holyoke tried
to take money from him.
Despite the struggles of
being largely misunderstood by society, George’s
life motto and daily mantra was “keep smiling.”
“The difference
between George and a
‘Rain Man’-type character is that George was not
institutionalized. He had a
family, he went to church,
he went around town, he
was able to go his favor-
ite place, the library,” said
Larry French. “He had a
real zest for life, and that
had an impact on a lot of
people.”
George French
lived in Chicopee until
1977 when Larry French
became his guardian. They
lived together in Eastham
until George’s sudden
death in 1986.
“When he died, it was
very emotional. He was
buried with his [Special
Olympics] medals on and
other mementos like that.
He was just a great human
being. I feel like I owe it
to him to do something
with his writing,” said
Larry French.
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“Every day George
would go into the
Chicopee Public Library
and read the dictionary.
Then he would read almanacs and encyclopedias. If
he read or saw something
once, he remembered
it forever,” said Larry
French. “He basically read
for twenty years and then
in his thirties he began
seriously writing down his
life memories. He was so
committed to learning that
I always joke that he graduated from the University
of the Chicopee Public
Library.”
George French wrote
personal almanacs, with
an entry for every day of
the year. He would chronicle anecdotes, cross-referencing them with important events in history from
that date and birthdays of
anyone he met in his lifetime—all from memory.
Larry French explained
that he has compiled over
500 birthdays of individuals from the Chicopee
area, extracted from his
brother’s writings.
George French composed 10 full books in all,
complete with his personal
almanacs, three books of
poems, and 269 extensive
lists—ranging from hundreds of foods, to his friends
in the Chicopee area. He
dated all of his work.
“I call his body of
work ‘Timekeeper,’—he
was an expert in relation to time,” said Larry
French. “He was very brilliant, with a great sense of
POOL
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Ward 8 Councilor Gary R.
Labrie. “I’ve been told by
the parks department that
roughly 9,000 people use
our pools.”
In his briefing, Kos
explained that the Ray
Ash Park pool located
in the Aldenville section
of the city was the only
Chicopee pool eligible
for the grant. The extensive renovation will provide handicap access and
Chicopee
Register
The following is a journal entry by the late George David French, Chicopee native, on this date – Jan. 14 – in the year 1976.
Throughout the 1970’s and 1980’s until his death in 1986, French wrote composed 365-day “Today in My History” journals for each
year. French did his writing purely from memory—recalling historical facts, personal anecdotes and tidbits about friends and relatives.
Considered mentally disabled for most of his life, French has since been recognized to be a gifted autistic savant. This particular entry is
rife with historical facts French memorized throughout his lifetime. Slight grammatical edits have been made to enhance readability.
Today in History: Jan. 14, 1976.
By George D. French
T
rue with soul or zeal.
Keep smiling.
On this day in 1784, the
United States ratified a peace treaty
with England formally ending the
American Revolution.
In 1809, England and
Spain formed an alliance against
Napoleon Bonaparte.
In 1814, Denmark ceded
Norway to Sweden as one of the
provisions of the Treaty of Kiel.
In 1914, Henry Ford’s automobile assembly line went into
operation, vastly reducing the time
it took to manufacture a car.
bathhouses previously
unavailable. He hopes that
the project will be in the
final stages of completion
in the months leading up
to outdoor swim season in
summer 2017.
Kos also noted that
Aldenville’s central location as the geographical
heart of the city made the
grant opportunity ideal. At
the moment, the city’s plan
towards revamping other
Chicopee pools remains
unclear. The $400,000 to
be funded by the state for
the pool at Ray Ash Park
is the maximum attainable
Jeanette McDonald [was]
deceased [on this day in] 1965.
Designer and photogra pher Cecil Beaton is 72 years old
[today]; actress Fay Dunaway is 35
years old.
In 1973, police cars did patrol
in the Chicopee Falls area, including the lower, regular East Main
Street section.
French concluded this entry
with factual tidbits about Kent
Cigarettes, connecting the name
“Kent” to information about Saint
Kent and Saint Kentison, but legibility posed an issue for the purposes of this entry.
under the grant’s ramifications, he explained.
“There is a limited
amount of state funds
for these projects and the
competition with other cities is very keen…we need
to support this resolution,”
said Ward 9 Councilor
Stanley Walczak. He
stressed the difficulty of
securing parks grants,
speaking from his
past experience as the
Parks and Recreation
Superintendent and thanking successor Carolyn
Porter and City Planner
Lee Pouliot for their dili-
gent efforts in ensuring
state funding.
The City Council
also approved the transfer of $95,000 to the Law
Department Expense
Account for Special
Services from available
funds in the Undesignated
Fund Balance “Free Cash”
Account. The money will
be allotted for use on the
ongoing Uniroyal and
Facemate cleanup efforts –
mainly in continuing negotiations with Michelin,
noted At-Large Councilor
Frank N. Laflamme.
A $38,864.07 will be
appropriated from the “Free
Cash” Account toward a
bill to Waste Management
for trash pickup at the
Doverbrook Estates. AtLarge Councilor James
K. Tillotson explained
that Waste Management
is responsible for
Doverbrook’s recycling,
but residents have often
left out trash with their
recycling. Tillotson and
others stressed a desire
to eliminate cost through
the Department of Public
Works pickups in the
future.
Also approved by the
Council was $32,715.90
for pre-employment medical examinations of Fire
and Police department
hires; both forces are
expected to add to their
staff in the coming weeks.
In other Council-related news, the Jan. 5 meeting marked Councilors
John L. Vieau (Ward
3) and Shane D. Brooks
(Ward 2) first as president and vice president
respectively as well as the
first for new Councilors
Wi l l i a m C o u r c h e s n e
(Ward 7) and Stanley
Walczak (Ward 9).
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Roaming around RiverMills
T
he fun and festivities never end at the
RiverMills Senior
Center in the Health and
Fitness Program. At the
center, seniors can be
entertained to offer a wellrounded fitness program
that includes each of these
components: cardiorespiratory (aerobic) fitness,
resistance (strength) training, flexibility training
and balance. Most of the
classes that are offered at
Rivermills Center include
all four components.
“We offer a variety
of fitness programs that
are appropriate for older
adults of different physical and mental abilities as
well as extremely fit older
adults,” Violet Suska,
health and fitness coordinator.
The fitness center
offers treadmills, bicycles,
rowing machine, cardio
glide, elliptical, weights,
and stretching area. The
center is open from 8 a.m.
to 4 p.m. daily, Monday
through Friday.
Medical Clearance is
necessary before membership can be issued for the
fitness center or any other
fitness programs. Medical
c l e a r a n c e i s r e n ew able on a yearly basis.
Applications are avail-
able at the receptionist
desk or online on the city
of Chicopee website. The
number of participants
doubled since we open the
new RiverMills Center in
September 2014. In 2015,
the center welcomed 354
new fitness program participants of which 32 percent were male; a significant increase of male participants at the Chicopee
Council on Aging Center.
For more information call the center at 413-534-3698.
Turley Publications submitted photos
Mary Jane & Bob Gauthier and Gloria Piela participating
in Healthy Eating 101.
Seniors take charge in the senior center’s “Gentle Exercise
class.”
Stephen Allen and Gary
Stark cooking in the
Healthy Eating class.
33. Aussie crocodile
CLUES ACROSS
hunter
1. Color properties
35. Sylvan deity
5. Arabian greeting
37. Clears or tidies
10. Frozen spike
38. In a way, emerges
12. Levels
40. Whimper
14. Tear down social
41. G. Gershwin’s brother
stiffness
42. Begetter
16. Rapper Hammer’s
44. Seated
initials
45. Old world, new
18. Midway between E
48. Girls
and SE
50. “Song of triumph”
19. Shooting marble
52. A covering for the
20. Edward __, British
head
composer
53. Attack
22. Largest English
55. Norwegian krone
dictionary (abbr.)
23. Cygnus’ brightest star 56. Coach Parseghian
25. Goidelic language of 57. No good
58. Task that is simple
Ireland
63. A way to move on
26. Midway between N
65. In a way, advanced
and NE
66. Loses weight
27. Auditory organ
67. Shift sails
28. Last month (abbr.)
30. Indicated horsepower
CLUES DOWN
(abbr.)
1. Go quickly
31. Mediation council
2. Fiddler crabs
3. Cervid
4. Gundog
5. Gushed forth
6. Caliph
7. Shoe cord
8. Give extreme unction to
9. Of I
10. “A Doll’s House”
author
11. Documents certifying
authority
13. Drunk
15. Principal ethnic group
of China
17. Crinkled fabrics
18. Longest division of
geological time
21. Pancake
23. Small pat
24. A garden plot
27. Strayed
29. Surgical instrument
32. No. French river
34. Modern
35. Now called Ho Chi
please see answers on page 14
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Minh City
36. Set into a specific
format
39. Exhaust
40. Individual
43. Moves rhythmically
to music
44. D. Lamour “Road”
picture costume
46. Having earlike
appendages
47. Certified public
accountant
49. Outermost part of a
flower
51. Supplement with
difficulty
54. Plains Indian tent
(alt. sp.)
59. Electronic warfaresupport measures
60. Displaying a fairylike
aspect
61. Taxi
62. They __
64. Syrian pound
Seniors sweat it out during the “Fit for Life” exercise class.
Seniors gather at the documentary film showing this past July during the “All about
Mary” presentation.
Chicopee
Register
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in the city
Community Calendar
T
his calendar is intended to promote free events in Chicopee
or events directly benefiting a
Chicopee based non-profit organization.
To place an event on the calendar, email
the listing with date, time, place, organization hosting and a brief description
of what will be happening to chicopeeregister@turley.com before the end
of the work day on Thursdays. The item
will remain on the calendar until it has
happened or has been cancelled.
Saturday, Jan. 16
COUNTRY FRIED CHICKEN
DINNER: Grace Episcopal Church,
located at 156 Springfield St. in
Chicopee invite the public to their first
dinner of 2016. The dinner will consist
of a country fried chicken with gravy,
potato, veggie, biscuit, apple pie with
ice cream, and beverage. The evening
will take place on Saturday, Jan. 16
at 5:30 p.m. Tickets for adults are $12
and $6 for those between the ages of 6
and 10. The evening will also consist
of a raffle and 50/50. For more information, contact Joan at 413-592-3596
or Anne at 413-532-8618.
UPCOMING
THE FRANCO AMERICAN
W O M E N S A S S O C I AT I O N O F
CHICOPEE will meet on Thursday,
Jan. 28, at 7 p.m. at St. Rose de
Lima Church Hall at 600 Grattan St.
in Chicopee. The Ladies of French
Heritage is now accepting new members are invited to come see what we
are all about. The organization is a
social group, some playing cards others
socializing in both their native langue
French or English. The short business
meeting will include announcing the
chairpersons and committees for our
annual Merit Award Scholarship Social
and Card Party to be held on April
7. Merit Award applications will be
available, at this meeting, for children
and grandchildren of qualified members. Refreshments will be served. The
refreshment Committee for this evening will be Suzanne Viens, Lisette
Lessard, Marie Paule Beaulieu, Lillian
Charbonneau, Gaetane Cloutier, Elaine
Scott, Terri O’Connell and Doris
Aube.
THE CHURCH COMMUNITY
OF HOLY MOTHER OF THE
ROSARY, 26 Bell St., Chicopee is asking for donations of new socks for people in need: children, men and women.
A donation basket will be in the church
vestibule for anyone who would like
to contribute. On Saturday, Jan. 30
from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. the community is invited to bring socks and enjoy
homemade soup as a thank you from
the church for helping people in need.
This is a community-based event.
WRITER & EDITOR DAN
JONES will speak at Scibelli Hall,
Building 2 Theater, Springfield
Technical Community College on
Friday, Feb. 12 at 10:10 a.m. and 11:15
a.m. Dan Jones, editor of the New
York Times’ column “Modern Love,”
will share his stories and read from his
books, Jones has been called “the male
Carrie Bradshaw,” and has been editing
the Modern Love column for the New
York Times since 2004. Free and open
to the public. For additional information about the Ovations series, contact
Philip O’Donoghue at 413-755-4233
or pcodonoghue@stcc.edu.
L I F E R A F T D E BAT E w i l l
take place at Scibelli Hall, Building
Chicopee
Register
2 Theater, Springfield Technical
Community College on Thursday,
April 14, 9:30 a.m. The Life Raft
Debate is an opportunity to hear STCC
professors and deans debate the merits of their own particular disciplines.
The premise is simple: humankind has
been nearly eradicated with only a few
survivors to start it up again. However,
on the Life Raft, there is only room
for one academic discipline. Audience
participation is encouraged. Free and
open to public. For additional information about the Ovations series, contact
Philip O’Donoghue at 413-755-4233
or pcodonoghue@stcc.edu.
ONGOING
CANCER HOUSE SEEKS
JEWELRY DONATIONS. The Cancer
House of Hope will be hosting the sale
on Saturday, March 19, 2016 from 9
a.m. to 3 p.m. at the CHD location
at 246 Park Street, West Springfield.
Donations of vintage and costume jewelry in any amount is requested so we
can prepare them for the sale. For any
donation drop off information, please
call the Cancer House of Hope at 413733-1858 or just drop by from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
TRIPS
MARY MOTHER OF HOPE
CHURCH IS SPONSORING THE
FOLLOWING TRIPS will host the following trips: ATLANTIC CITY: Mary
Mother of Hope Parish, 840 Page
Blvd., East Springfield is sponsoring
a bus trip to Atlantic City from Feb.
24 through Feb. 26, 2016. Included
is two nights at Resorts Casino, $60
slot bonus, $60 meal vouchers, two
shows, taxes, baggage handling and
driver’s gratuity. $198 per person
double. 1776 - THE MUSICAL. Join
members of the parish on a bus trip to
the Ocean State Theater in Warwick,
Rhode Island on March 3 to see the
play, “1776” - THE MUSICAL. Enjoy
a nice luncheon prior to the matinee.
$98 per person. WINE TASTING /
IOKA FARMS: A bus trip on March
18. Enjoy a pancake breakfast with
fresh maple syrup followed by wine
tasting at the FURNACE VALLEY
WINERY. Then a stop at the Lee
Prime Outlets before heading home. 2
hours for shopping, a snack or lunch.
$56 per person. 911 MEMORIAL
& MUSEUM: April 24 bus to NYC,
admission to the 911 Memorial and
Museum and driver’s gratuity. $75
per person. PHILADELPHIA AND
TWO SHOWS: May 4 through 6.
“SAMSON” at the Sight & Sound
Theater, the “Crooners Show”
at the American Music Theater
and more; plus a guided tour of
PHILADELPHIA. $405 per person.
ICELAND: An informational meeting
will be held at the parish center on Jan.
20 at 1:30 p.m. Only 27 seats available
and cost $2999 per person from Oct.
15 to Oct. 21. (Includes transportation to Boston, flight, transfers, tour
guides, 10 meals). The seats are first
come, first serve. See the Northern
Lights, Gullfoss Waterfall, Reykjavik,
Seljalandsfoss Waterfall, the Golden
Circle (a route that encompasses most
renowned natural wonders), Thingvrllir
National Park, Geysir, Skaftafell
National Park, Vatnajokull Glacier,
the Blue Lagoon, Jokulsarion Glacial
Lagoon filled with floating icebergs, (Saftafell National Park),
Eyjafijallajokull Volcano,+ more! To reserve your seat, call Sylvia at
413-594-2757.
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Post holiday season challenges
blood donor centers
CHICOPEE – Why
not make a resolution to
start a new habit in 2016:
Give the gift of life, often.
Blood is traditionally
in short supply during the
winter months due to the
holidays, travel schedules,
inclement weather and illness. January, in particular, is a difficult month
for blood centers to collect blood donations, and
a reduction in turnout can
put the nation’s blood
inventory at a critical low.
Baystate Medical
Center is joining hundreds
of blood centers across the
country in encouraging the
public to become regular
blood donors beginning
this January as a tie-in
to National Blood Donor
Month.
“By donating blood
you will become a hero
to someone by making
sure there is blood on our
shelves when a patient desperately needs it. With just
one donation – and blood
is something that most
people can spare – you
could help save more than
one life,” said Dr. Chester
A n d r z e j ew s k i , m e d i cal director, Transfusion
Medicine Services,
Baystate Medical Center.
Every day in America,
about 41,000 units of
blood are needed in hospitals and emergency
treatment facilities for
patients with cancer and
other diseases, for organ
transplant recipients, and
to help save the lives of
accident victims. But,
while some 38 percent of
the American population
is believed to be eligible
to donate blood, less than
10 percent actually do.
At Baystate Health,
100 percent of all blood
and platelet donations
made to its Blood Donor
Program are used locally
in western Massachusetts.
Each year at Baystate,
over 5,800 patients receive
more than 23,000 transfusions of blood products.
Donors must be at
least age 17, weigh at
least 110 pounds, be in
good health, and have a
photo ID. Donors are able
to give blood every eight
weeks.
Currently at Baystate
Medical Center and
around the country there
is an urgent need for new
platelet donors. Platelets
are important in the control of bleeding and are
generally used in patients
with leukemia and other
forms of cancer, open
heart surgery patients,
transplant patients, and
some trauma patients.
Since they must be used
within five days, maintaining an adequate supply is always a challenge.
Baystate’s Blood Donor
Center now has new, stateof-the-art plateletpheresis
machines called Trimas
that are faster, provide a
better end product, and
use only one needle.
The Blood Donor
Center at Baystate
Medical Center is located in the hospital’s Daly
Building at 759 Chestnut
St. in Springfield. Hours
are Monday, Thursday,
and Friday from 8 a.m. to
4 p.m. and Tuesday and
Wednesday from noon to
8 p.m. Free valet parking
is available at the Daly
entrance.
At Baystate Noble
Hospital, the Blood Donor
Room is located on the
first floor of the hospital
located on 115 West Silver
St. in Westfield. It will be
open on Thursday, Jan. 28
from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Appointments and
information are available
by calling 413-794-4600.
The public can also
participate in one of the
many blood drives during January sponsored by
Baystate Medical Center’s
Blood Donor Center.
BABY
from page 1
“[WBAMC] helped
[Katie] out with everything she’s needed.”
Katie Dougherty was
admitted to WBAMC at
approximately 4:30 a.m.
on Dec. 31 after having
contractions since midnight the day before.
Katie’s due date was estimated for Dec. 30th so it
was surprising to the couple that Ryan was the first
baby of the New Year in
El Paso, Texas.
The birth of his first
son was particularly special to Sgt. Dougherty
as he had been deployed
in support of Operation
Enduring Freedom during
the birth of his daughter,
Kylie.
“It’s amazing just
being able to experience
it with her and be here to
support her is a lot better
than being so far away,”
said Sgt. Dougherty.
“When I was over there
I couldn’t do anything, I
was just waiting on a message.”
Ryan joins the
Dougherty family as their
first son and second child;
the family also includes
three-year-old daughter,
Kylie, who was also born
at WBAMC.
Ryan J. Dougherty
“I’ve never [delivered]
the first New Year’s Baby,
it’s exciting,” said Tammy
Prophet, a registered nurse
at WBAMC whom helped
deliver Ryan and has been
delivering newborns for 15
years. “The whole country
will celebrate his birthday
every year, it’s a special
baby to have and we all
get excited about the New
Year’s Baby.”
Although exceptionally busy throughout the
New Year night, WBAMC
staff was still able to welcome Ryan with a gift
basket made possible by
donations from hospital
volunteers.
“We’re happy with the
care and we’re happy he’s
healthy and here,” said 24year-old Katie Dougherty
of Chicopee.
The Doughertys said
they were surprised that
Ryan was the city’s first
baby of the New Year
because of the number of
patients admitted to the
medical center’s Labor
and Delivery ward on New
Year’s Eve.
“We are happy that
WBAMC was blessed
with the firstborn of 2016
in the El Paso area,” said
Col. John A. Smyrski III,
commander, WBAMC.
“We look forward to
2016 being the year that
WBAMC solidifies its
position as the flagship of
Army Medicine.”
January 14, 2016 ◆
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in the classroom
Gratitude received 3,000 miles away…
PARIS, France –
St. Stanislaus School
Preschool Director
Joanne Powers and
her students sent out
a package of hope to
students at a school in
France following the
massacre that claimed
more than 120 lives at
the end of the year.
Wa t c h i n g t h e
destruction flash
before her eyes repeatedly as it was distributed through a
number of popular
news outlets, Joanne
Powers panicked as
she worried about her
31-year-old daughter,
Sarah, who teaches at
a Catholic school in
Paris.
In an attempt to
channel her worry
and sadness into hope
and faith, Powers, the
preschool director at
St. Stanislaus School
worked together with
her students as well
as the entire student
body to send packages
of peace to a school
in central Paris. Inside
the St. Stanislaus
School prayer package
was a heart-shaped
balloon with a spiritual bouquet of prayers
attached.
Sarah recently
responded to the
receipt of the package
with much gratitude,
posting a sign on the
bulletin board that
reads: “Thank you to
Mrs. Powers’ class at
St. Stanislaus School,
U.S.A.”
Preschool Director Joanne Powers and her
students have sent out a package of hope
to students at a school in France following the massacre that claimed more than
120 lives. Recently, her daughter, Sarah
received and offered up thanks for the special package.
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what's for
lunch at school?
CHICOPEE - Breakfast and lunch are served daily. High
Schools offer full deli, pasta and salad bars. Breakfast price is
60 cents for preschool and elementary school students, $1 for
middle and high school students.
Preschool and elementary school lunches are $1.75, and
middle and high school lunches are $2. Individual cartons of
milk may be purchased at all schools. Applications for free and
reduced meals are available at all schools and at the Chicopee
Public Schools’ office or apply online at heartlandapps.com.
Elementary Schools
Friday, Jan. 15:
Nacho fish sticks, deli
roasted fries, corn niblets, roll, apple grins.
Monday, Jan. 18:
Martin Luther King Jr.
Day – No School.
Tuesday, Jan. 19:
Baked potato bar with
broccoli, cheese, sour
cream and whipped butter, roll, cinnamon apple
slices.
Wednesday, Jan. 20
Turkey tacos with lettuce, tomato and cheese,
rice and beans, strawberry cups.
Thursday, Jan. 21:
Cheese pizza, garden
salad, assorted fruit.
Turley Publications submitted photo
Smith named to Lasell College
Dean’s List for fall 2015
NEWTON – Lasell
College in Newton, recently named Jacob Smith of
Chicopee to the Lasell
College Dean’s List for
the Fall 2015 semester.
Smith, whose major
is Exercise Science, is a
member of the class of
2018 and was among 726
students honored in the
Fall 2015 semester.
To achieve the Dean’s
List, each student must
be full-time carrying 12
or more graded credits for
the semester with a grade
point average of 3.5 or
above.
An innovative educational institution for more
than 160 years, Lasell is
an independent coeducational college emphasizing
the integration of professional and liberal arts programs leading to bachelor’s and master’s degrees.
The campus is situated on
a 53-acre campus eight
miles from downtown
Boston.
Middle and High
Schools
Friday, Jan. 15:
Burrito bowl; fish and
chip tacos with lettuce
and tomato, sidewinder
fries, corn niblets, apple
grins.
Monday, Jan. 18:
Martin Luther King Jr.
Day – No School.
Tuesday, Jan. 19:
Baked potato bar; pulled
pork sandwich, coleslaw, baked beans, cinnamon apple slices.
Wednesday, Jan. 20:
Slow roasted chili with
kidney beans, Tostitos
scoops and cheddar
cheese, carrot and celery
sticks, strawberry cup.
Thursday, Jan. 21:
Cheese pizza, garden
salad, assorted fruit.
Edward Bellamy Middle School
announces Students of the Month
Dean College announces Dean’s List
for fall 2015 semester
FRANKLIN – Dean
College is pleased to
announce that the following Chicopee students have
been named to the Dean’s
List for the Fall 2015
semester: Mecca Gonzalez
and Wing Chung Yuen.
Students are eligible to be
named to the Dean’s List
if they have successfully
completed the criteria for
Dean’s List listed in the
2015-2016 Dean College
Academic Catalog.
C H I C O P E E
– Principal Matthew T.
Francis announced the
most recent Students of
the Month at Edward
Bellamy Middle School.
December’s honor went
to sixth grader Paige
Hamelin, seventh grader
Evangalynn Perez and
eigth grader Janelle
Bonilla.
Turley Publications
submitted photo
Paige
Hamelin,
Evangalynn Perez, and
Janelle Bonilla
Journalism student scholarships available
DEDHAM – The
Journalism Education
Foundation of New
England, a division of the
New England Newspaper
& Press Association will
award up to ten $1,000
scholarships this spring to
high school seniors and
college students in the sixstate region who aspire to
pursue a career in journalism.
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This program encourages and supports young
people who wish to staff
and lead newspapers into
the next generation.
The JEFNE scholarship is available to residents of New England.
Applicants must be a college student or high school
senior planning to attend
college the following year
to study journalism or a
related field, and they are
required to have a GPA of
3.0 or above.
Interested students
can download the scholarship application from
nenpa.com. The deadline
for applications is March
11.
For further information, call NENPA at 781320- 8042.
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Elms College announces IACBE accreditation of MBA Program
CHICOPEE – The
master of business administration program at the
College of Our Lady of
the Elms has been accredited by the International
Assembly for Collegiate
Business Education
( I AC B E ) i n L e n ex a ,
Kansas. This accreditation
also includes a reaccreditation for the college’s
undergraduate business
program.
“This is exciting,
because IACBE accreditation not only validates
the quality of our business
education and our commitment to program excellence, but also enhances
the employability of our
graduates and offers significant value to their
employers,” said Kim
Kenney-Rockwal, MBA
program director at Elms
College.
IACBE accreditation
of a higher-education institution is mission-driven
and outcome-based, and
indicates the business program’s effectiveness. The
process of accreditation
involves a comprehensive
self-study in which the
school demonstrates that it
meets the IACBE’s evaluation criteria. Following
the self-study, an independent team of professional peer reviewers
conducts a site visit, and
then the IACBE’s Board
of Commissioners reviews
the site-visit report and
delivers its decision.
Only eight schools in
all of Massachusetts are
IACBE accredited. These
schools demonstrate “a
commitment to continuous
improvement, excellence
in business education and
advancing academic quality,” according to the IACBE
website. “Accreditation
means that the academic
business unit’s programs
are sufficiently strong to
be considered as high-quality programs, and that the
academic business unit
is functioning effectively
(e.g., is producing excellent student learning outcomes).”
“Our undergraduate
business and MBA programs are already recognized in the community
as student-centered with a
focus on quality, rigor and
ethics. IACBE accreditation of all of our business
programs – accounting,
management and marketing, sport management,
healthcare management
and the MBA – reinforces that reputation,” said
Walter Breau, Ph.D., vice
president of academic
affairs.
The business programs at Elms College
will be eligible for reaccreditation in seven years,
Kenney-Rockwal said.
“During that time, we
will submit interim progress reports on what we
are changing and enhancing every couple of years,”
she added.
Turley Publications photo courtesy of Elms College
Elms College recently announced the accreditation of the business division’s IACBE
accreditation of their MBA program.
Pope Francis High School palcement
test to be held Feb. 6
Test will begin
promptly at 8 a.m.
CHICOPEE – Pope
Francis High School today
announced that the placement test for prospective ninth grade students
interested in attending the
new Catholic high school
in September 2016 will
be held Saturday, Feb. 6
at 8 a.m. (Snow date is
Saturday, Feb. 13). The
test will take place at
Holyoke Catholic High
School, 134 Springfield
St., Chicopee.
The creation of Pope
Francis High School was
announced in the spring
of 2015 when Springfield
B i s h o p M i t c h e l l T.
Rozanski revealed that
Cathedral High School
and Holyoke Catholic
High School would
be merging into a new
school, named in honor
of the current Pope. The
official merger will take
place to coincide with
the next academic year,
2016-2017, during which
all Pope Francis students
will attend school at the
current Holyoke Catholic
location in Chicopee until
the new facility is built
at the former Cathedral
site on Wendover Road in
Springfield.
“We have received
positive feedback from the
community so far and look
forward to welcoming our
prospective ninth grade
students during the placement test in February,”
said Pope Francis Director
of Admissions, Ann
Rivers. “We understand
that students flourish in
an environment of academic enrichment, faith
and service. Pope Francis
High School builds on the
excellence of our legacy
schools and prepares students for a successful college experience.”
For more information about the placement
test, contact Ann Rivers at
413-331-2480 ext. 1132 or
email arivers@popefrancishigh.org. To learn more
about Pope Francis High
School, visit popefrancishigh.org.
A NEUROBLASTOMA BENEFIT CONCERT
Sunday, January 31, 2016
at 2:00 p.m.
Chicopee Comprehensive High School Auditorium
617 Montgomery St., Chicopee
We are inviting you on Jan. 31st to the Chicopee High School Auditoriam for
a musical concert in honor of our 3-year-old Michael Boutiller who is battling
a condition called Neuroblastoma. Have fun with family and friends while
supporting a good cause! The proceeds from the concert will go towards
financing Michael Boutiller’s treatment as well as bring him to a speedy recovery.
Ayslin Dziedzic Presents
Turley Publications submitted photo
Lesser sets ‘Hearts on Fire’ in the classroom
CHICOPEE – State
Sen. Eric Lesser (DLongmeadow) is seen
reading to the fourth grade
students at the Fairview
Veterans Memorial School
in Chicopee as part of the
Link to Libraries Read
Aloud project.
Students heard Lesser
read the book, “Heart on
Fire,” the story of Susan
B. Anthony and womChicopee
Register
en’s right to vote in the
late 1800s. Students all
received a new book to
take home and build their
own home library, as part
of the Link to Libraries
program.
“Having readers such
as Senator Lesser come to
the school and give students the opportunity to
hear about government
is most important,” said
Susan Jaye-Kaplan, president of Link to Libraries.
“Having him read to the
students is inspiring to
them, as well. We are most
honored for his participation and his interest in our
students education.”
For more information
on Link to Libraries and
its programs, contact 413224-1031 or linktolibraries.org.
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Comp too much
for Chicopee
counterparts at
indoor meet
Lady Pacers
overwhelm Ludlow
By Nate Rosenthal
Turley Publications
Sports Correspondent
NORTHAMPTON - The
format of PVIAC indoor track
meets are actually meets within
meets. And with that both the
Chicopee Comp boys and girls
emerged victorious over their
Chicopee High counterparts.
The Comp boys won their head
to head, 89-6, while the girls
were the winners, 58-36.
The setup is much like an
invitational or championship
where the participants are mixed
in several heats. At the end of
an event, there is then a long
list of order of finish from first
to last. The actual dual meet
scores are then determined by
slotting the top three finishers
and scoring them, 5-3-1.
While neither meet was
ever in doubt, the Comp boys
swept the scoring in eight of the
11 events. It was a bit more
competitive on the girls side.
Jessikha Ribeiro was the
leader amongst the girls. She
placed first overall in the 55
hurdles at 9.36 seconds and
long jump at 16-05 1-2. While
she was second overall in the
high, she still topped the field
in the dual meet portion with
4-11. Melissa Feilin of Comp
was second in the 55 hurdles and Mia Facchini from
Chicopee was third. Comp won
that event 8-1. The long jump
was a sweep, 9-0, for Chicopee
Comp with Stephanie Lopes
and Mackenzie Lachance in
second and third. Facchini got
a second for Chicopee in the
high jump behind Ribeiro, while
Lopes was third. The scoring in
that event was 6-3 for the Colts.
Meghan Boone was first
overall in the shot put with 3008. In the dual, she was followed by Sara Authier of
Comp and Carley Guilbeau of
Chicopee for an 8-1 score.
Chicopee had one overall winner, Toriel McPherson,
7.67, in the 55 dash. Lopes got
second for Comp and Ashley
Kasparis of Chicopee, was third.
The 6-3 score was one of four
event wins for Chicopee High.
Their best was the one mile with
Noelle Roy, 5:59.76, topping the
Chicopee High/Chicopee Comp
field over Chrisma Hammon of
High and Rosemary Costello of
Comp. That was an 8-1 advantage for Chicopee High. Roy
got first place points in the 1000
with a time of 3:47.36. Second
went to Ella Dion of Comp
and third to Hannah Maynard
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Chicopee’s Destinee Columbe (21) looks for someone to pass the ball to.
By Nate Rosenthal
Turley Publications Sports
Correspondent
A
strong first half,
punctuated by balanced scoring helped
lead the Chicopee High girls
basketball team to a 49-21
victory over Ludlow.
With the win they
improved their record to 63 on the season. The Lady
Pacers, in less than half a
season, have now exceeded
their entire win total on the
season from a year ago.
Chicopee is well on its
way to qualifying for the
postseason, needed to win
but four games with 11
remaining on the schedule.
If they do get in, it will be
their first appearance since
the 2012-2013 season, when
they won Western Mass and
played in the state tournament.
The Lady Pacers dominated the first quarter out-
Turley Publications photo by David Henry sweetdogphotos.com
scoring Ludlow 9-2 over
the first 5:30 of the first
quarter. Baskets by Taina
Slaughter, Kayla Calaf,
Ayanna Meadows, Madison
Gutierrez and a free throw
by Slaughter got Chicopee
their points. Morgan Foye
had the only basket by the
Lions in that stretch. The
run was stopped by two free
throws by Brook Brunelle.
Chicopee led after one 154, with three more baskets
by Slaughter, Calaf and
Meadows.
The Lady Pacers kept
it up to begin the second
quarter, as Slaughter scored
on a layup just over a minute in. Gutierrez buried a
three 41 seconds after that.
McKenna Sousa with a three
and Jesenia Lopez made it
25-4 with just under 4:00 to
go in the half.
Taylor Masse broke the
run with a short jumper on
See LADY PACERS page 13
Colts fall to Falcons
By Nate Rosenthal
Turley Publications
Sports Correspondent
CHICOPEE - The
Minnechaug wrestling team was
victorious in relatively short
match against Chicopee Comp.
In eight of the 14 bouts, at least
one team had no entry and thus
there were but six competitive
bouts, Minnechaug won five of
them and took a 44-24 decision
over the Colts.
The evening began with
the Falcons taking a 6-0 lead,
as Sean Monteiro won the 106
class by forfeit. With a double
forfeit in the 113 and 120, it
remained at 6-0 through three
weight classes.
The 126 group was the first
bout with competition, albeit,
a short one. Riley Jacobson
pinned Pedro Baez with 29 seconds left. He had a 2-0 lead at
the time on a takedown at 20
seconds into the bout. That gave
Minnechaug a 12-0 lead. They
made it 18-0 as Ethan Moretti
won the 132 by forfeit.
Comp got on the board in
the 138 as Charlie Vargas pinned
Ben Emerson with 26 seconds
left in the first. Vargas had built
up a 7-0 lead over the course
See COLTS page 13
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Chicopee Comp’s Charlie Vargas holds on to Ben Emerson of
Minnechaug.
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Parks and Rec selling Falcons group night tickets
CHICOPEE - The
Chicopee Parks &
Recreation Department is
selling ticket vouchers to
be redeemed for any home
games during the 2015-
2016 AHL Springfield
Falcons hockey season.
This season the Falcons
have a new NHL affiliate the Arizona Coyotes,
come and enjoy and sup-
port the local hockey team.
Following last season’s
playoff run, this upcoming
Falcon season should once
again be an exciting one.
All group nights ben-
efit the fans and the Rec.
Dept.
Purchase ticket
vouchers for a special
discounted price of only
$16.00 at the Chicopee
COLTS
track
from page 12
of the Pacers. Chicopee
took that, 6-3. They also
won out over Comp in the
4x200 relay with a time of
1:59.18.
The two-mile was
a one/two sweep for
the Colts with Paige
Provenzano, 14:02.90
and Danielle Pinette getting the top two dual
meet slots. That was 8-0.
It was a pair of first and
third in the 300 and 600
in favor of Comp and 63 scores in each. Abigail
Conde, 49.35, and Sadie
Pella sandwiched Ariel
Lafreniere in the 300,
while Stephanie Beaulieu,
2:15.23, got first place
points in the 600. Irene
Ahudi of High was second
and Victoriya Peravala was
third.
Joey Black had overall firsts in the long jump,
19-07 and 300 37.47. He
also had dual only first
in the 55 dash, 6.66. In
the long jump teammates
Derek Girouard and
Jordan Lupien followed
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at the Chicopee Parks &
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687 Front St.
For further questions
or information, call 413594-3481.
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Falls weekend trip
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of the period. He had a
takedown 30 seconds in
and then picked up and
two and then three points
with nearfalls at one minute and then again with 45
seconds left. Now it was
18-6.
Ryan Monteiro dominated the 145 with a 100 decision over Jason
Vargas. He led 2-0 on a
takedown with 38 seconds
left in the first. It was 50 after two, with a take
down at one minute and
a stall called on Vargas
at the buzzer. An escape
at 1:40, a takedown at 45
seconds and a nearfall
with 25 seconds left gave
Monteiro the 10-0 lead.
He scored four points for
the Falcons who now led
22-6.
The Falcons got back
to back pins in the 152
and 160 to up their lead
to 34-6. Lucas Gobel got
his pin over Dave Pedraza
with 40.3 remaining in the
second. He led 4-0 at the
time. He had takedowns
early in the first and early
Parks & Recreation Dept.
to be redeemed for any
Springfield Falcon home
game.
Ticket vouchers are
available for purchase
Turley Publications photo by
David Henry sweetdogphotos.com
Chicopee Comp’s Bryan Perez squares out
with Minnechaug’s Mike Lemoine.
in the second before he
finally pinned Pedraza.
It was Mike Lemoine in
the 160 pinning Brian
Perez with 25 seconds
left in the second. The
score was 13-0 when he
closed it off. In the first
period, there were three
takedowns and a nearfall
for an 8-0 lead and then
an escape, a penalty and a
three-point nearfall before
the pin that ended it.
Comp picked up
points in the 170 and 182
by virtue of forfeits. It
was Wilfredo Davis in the
170 and Joe Ramah in the
182. That cut it to 34-18.
The last competitive bout was at 195 with
Benton Whitley getting
an 11-1 decision over Eli
Burston-Eylessa. Whitley
scored two on a takedown
20 seconds in. Burstyn
Eylessa got one back
five seconds later on an
escape. He would not
score again. With takedowns at 1:25 and 1:05,
Whitley ended the first
with a 6-1 lead. He had
takedown in the second
for 8-1 and another takedown along with a stall
gave him three more
points for the 11-1 win.
Sean Lee got six
more for Minnechaug
points with a forfeit win
at 220. Chris David was
the winner by forfeit in
the 285 division.
him to complete the 9-0
sweep, as did Sam Quinn
and Sam Hurley-Sanchez
in the 300. His win in the
55 dash was over Jordan
Joe and Girouard. The
other overall Comp winner was Jacob Tompkins
in the 600 with a time
of 1:31.90. That was
also a Comp sweep over
Chicopee with Tim Woods
and Dakota Riopelli.
Other sweeps for
the Colts came in the 55
hurdles with Woods, 8.16,
follwed by Corey Heath
and Girouard; Lupien, 505 in the high and then
Wood and Joe; the shot
put with Jeff Barthlette,
34-11.75, Griffin Imelio
and Devin Donahue; the
1000 with Will McKinstry,
3:02.31, Kyle Parks, Alex
Celetti; the two mile with
Celetti, Dylan Rolands and
Benny Qiu. McKinstry
too a dual first in the mile
4:47.89 over Deriq Matos
for Chicopee. one of
their two seconds. Victor
Shanwenda was third.
Comp had a 1:38.41 in the
200 relay and they got the
five points over Chicopee
in that as well.
lady pacers
ket, It was three points
for Masse and one by
Jeronimo for Ludlow,
while Gutierrez scored two
for Chicopee. Through
three it was 42-16.
There was not a lot of
scoring in the final frame.
Baskets by Gutierrez and
Slaughter got the margin
back to 30 points. A hoop
by Erin Callahan with 2:12
remaining got the Lions to
17. Maddie Kufta scored
the final point of the game
for the 49-21 final.
Slaughter has nine of
her 11 points in the first
half. Gutierrez also scored
11 to lead Chicopee.
T h e L a d y Pa c e r s
lost a tough one to 38-35
Agawam in the other game
this week. This was one
that got away. Chicopee
led 26-17 after three quarters, but the Brownies
scored 21 to the Lady
Pacers nine to come from
behind. Maddie Kufta led
the team with 10 points.
from page 12
the Lions’ next possession. There was no more
scoring until the final minute when Slaughter and
Destinie Coulombe scored
for Chicopee. They went
into the break with a 29-6
lead.
In the first 35 seconds they added four more
points to that on baskets
by Gutierrez and Calaf.
Masse scored right after
the Calaf hoop, but then
Calaf scored three points
on two possessions in
response to that. Then a
minute after that Meadows
scored to open the lead to
30 points at 38-8.
The Lions got their
first back-to-back baskets when Mia Jeronimo
and Morgan Foye scored
with 2:41 and 2:07 left.
Following a Lopez bas-
CHICOPEE - The
Chicopee Parks &
Recreation Department is
sponsoring a three-day road
trip to enjoy the excitement
of two Red Sox games in
Toronto, also included is a
visit to Niagara Falls.
Trip includes transportation, tickets for two
games, and hotel stay for
two nights. Two nights stay
is at Four Star Hyatt Hotel in
Toronto only one block from
the stadium. Admission to
two Red Sox vs. Blue Jays
games at Rogers Centre
Toronto, great seats. A passport is mandatory and needed to enter Canada. Game
one is Friday night second
game is Saturday afternoon.
Trip departs Friday, May 27
returning on Sunday, May
29.
Price for trip is for
$469 per person double
occupancy, triple rate of
$459 per person, single rate
is $669, price for 18 years
old and under is $339. There
is a $100 deposit due upon
sign up with full payment
due by April 27.
For more information
call Parks Dept. at 413-5943481 or visit our website
at www.chicopeema.gov/
parks.
Youth Lacrosse signups set
CHICOPEE
Chicopee Youth Lacrosse
signups for grades 3-8 will
be held on Jan. 30 from
2 to 4 p.m. at The Tigers
Club on Montgomery
Street (Lower entrance).
Online registration
available at www.chicopeeyouthlacrosse.com Deadline for registration is Jan. 31.
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Chicopee’s Jesenia Lopez (23) shoots a jumper from the
baseline.
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Mulcahey earns master’s degree from
Miami University through Project Dragonfly
OX F O R D , O h i o –
Chicopee resident Brian
Mulcahey has earned a
Master of Arts in Teaching
degree in the Biological
Sciences from Miami
University through Project
Dragonfly’s Global Field
Program.
Since being accepted to the GFP master’s
degree in 2013, Mulcahey
has explored conservation
and education in Baja,
Australia and Kenya,
while also conducting
projects that have made a
difference in the Chicopee
area. Mulcahey works as a
biology and physics teacher at Springfield Central
High School.
The global courses,
which count toward the
GFP master’s or can be
taken for stand-alone grad-
uate credit, are designed
for educators and other
professionals from all
disciplines and settings
interested in making a
difference in human and
ecological communities.
Because the degree occurs
overseas and in web-based
learning communities,
applicants can be located
anywhere in the United
States or abroad.
City residents earn Dean’s List
honors at Stonehill College
EASTON – The following Chicopee residents
earned Dean’s List honors
for the Fall 2015 semester at Stonehill College in
Easton: Sabrina A. Gray,
Natalie M. Laurin, and
Jennifer R. Tenczar. Gray,
a member of the Class
of 2016, is a Graphic
Design major at the college. Laurin, a member
of the Class of 2016, is
a Marketing major at the
college. Tenczar, a member of the Class of 2016,
is a Graphic Design major
at the college.
To qualify for the
Dean’s List, students must
have a semester grade
point average of 3.50 or
better and must have completed successfully all
courses for which they
were registered.
Amherst College presents
the Lydian String Quartet
AMHERST
The Amherst College
Department of Music
presents The Lydian String
Quartet on Saturday, Feb
6, at 4 p.m. in Buckley
Recital Hall in the Arms
Music Center at Amherst
College. The concert is
free and open to the public. Seating is by general
admission.
From its beginning in
1980, the Lydian Quartet
has embraced the full
range of the string quartet
repertory with curiosity,
virtuosity, and dedication
to the highest artistic ideals of music making.
Residing at Brandeis
University, in Waltham,
Massachusetts, the
Lydians continue to offer
compelling, thoughtful,
and dramatic performances of the quartet literature.
From the acknowledged
masterpieces of the classical, romantic, and mod-
ern eras to the remarkable compositions written
by today’s cutting edge
composers, the quartet
approaches music-making
with a sense of exploration and personal expression that is timeless. For a complete listing of upcoming Amherst
College Department of
Music events, visit us
amherst.edu/academiclife/
departments/music/events.
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Amherst College Music Department
presents choral and chamber
thesis compositions
AMHERST
The Amherst College
Department of Music presents two original theses
in composition, a string
quartet by Demetrius
Shahmehri ‘16 and a
choral work, “A new life
singing in his veins,” by
Asa Goodwillie ‘16, on
Sunday, Feb. 7, at 7 p.m.
in Buckley Recital Hall
in the Arms Music Center
at Amherst College. The
concert is free and open to
the public. Seating is by
general admission. T h e s t r i n g q u a rtet, influenced by the
works of twentieth century composers including
Janáček, Bartók, Berg,
and Takemitsu, consists of
three movements of varying character. “A new life
singing in his veins” is a
choral setting of excerpts
taken from James Joyce’s
first novel, “A Portrait
of the Artist as a Young
Man.” Written in five
movements, one for each
chapter of the novel, it
takes musical inspiration
from the choral works of
twentieth century composers including Britten and
Tavener, and is conducted
by the composer. For a complete listing of upcoming Amherst
College Department of
Music events, visit us on
the web: www.amherst.
edu/academiclife/departments/music/events.
send your school briefs to chicopeeregister@turley.com
Berkshire Bank announces 2016
Scholarship Awards Program
PITTSFIELD
– Berkshire Bank has
announced it will honor
30 high school seniors in
Massachusetts, New York,
Connecticut and Vermont
for their volunteer service
through their foundation’s annual Scholarship
Awards Program. The program will award $45,000
in total scholarship dollars to students who have
exemplified community
service through their volunteer efforts, have succeeded academically and
demonstrate a financial
need. Additionally, students must attend a high
school that is located in a
county with a Berkshire
Bank office. legals
Auction Notice –
Chicopee Self Storage
Facility Operator’s Sale for
non-payment of Storage
Charges pursuant to the
Power of Sale contained in
M.G.L. Chapter 105A, Sec­
tion 4. The following properties will be sold at Public
Au c t i o n o n T h u r s­ d a y
JANUARY 21, 2016 at
12:00 p.m., on the premises
of Chicopee Self Storage, 649
Meadow Street, Chico­pee,
MA. All household furniture,
trunks, books, clothes, appliances, tools, antiques and
miscellaneous items held for:
#K283 MARIA FIGUEROASANTOS. Tenants may
claim their merchandise up
to the time of sale by paying
their debts and vacating the
premises
www.storageauctionsusa.com
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Through the program, 30 scholarships of
$1,500 will be awarded
to high school seniors
who will be attending a
two or four-year college
in the fall. Applications
are evaluated based on
the student’s record of
volunteerism in the community, academic standing and financial need. Applicants must have a
minimum 3.0 GPA and a
family household income
under $75,000 to be eligible to apply. Students
must apply online by
Wednesday, March 23. An
independent team of more
than 200 bank employee
volunteers will review the
applications and select this
year’s recipients. Scholarships will
be awarded in the geographic regions where
Berkshire Bank branches
are located, with 14 available in Massachusetts,
11 in New York, two in
Connecticut, and three in
Vermont. Students may
apply online at berkshirebank.com/scholarships. To
be considered, all applications must be submitted
online by March 23 at 4
p.m. Additional information about this year’s
program can be obtained
through the bank’s website
or by contacting Berkshire
Bank Foundation at scholarshipinfo@berkshirebank.com .
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Auction Notice –
Sheridan Street Self
Storage Facility Operator’s
Sale for non-payment of
Storage Charges pursuant to
the Power of Sale contained
in M.G.L. Chapter 105A,
S e c t i o n 4 . T h e f o l l ow ing properties will be sold
at PUBLIC AUCTION on
Thursday, JANUARY 21,
2016 at 12:30pm, on the
premises of Sheridan Street
Self Storage, 105 Sheridan
Street, Chicopee, MA. All
household furniture, trunks,
books, clothes, appliances,
tools, antiques and miscellaneous items held for: Rachel
Wills #223 and Adele Decaro
#524. Tenants may claim
their merchandise up to time
of sale by paying their debt
and vacating the premises.
www.storageauctionsusa.com
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Chicopee
Register
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business
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Welch elected as president, CEO of Freedom Credit Union
CHICOPEE – The
Board of Directors of
Freedom Credit Union
have elected Glenn
S. Welch as the new
President and CEO, effective Jan. 4, 2016. Welch
will succeed Barry F.
Crosby, who has served
as President and CEO of
the state chartered credit
union since 2003. This
past summer, Crosby
notified the Board of his
intent to retire in early
2016.
“After conducting
an extensive search that
identified several superbly qualified candidates,
we have decided that
Glenn S. Welch is our
choice to lead Freedom,”
said Lawrence F. Bouley,
Chairman of the Board.
“Throughout the process, it was extremely
important to us that the
n ew p r e s i d e n t c o u l d
build on the strong foundation already in place
at Freedom. And to that
point, we are grateful for
the leadership that Barry
Crosby has provided over
the past 12 years,” Bouley
added.
Upon learning of his
appointment, Welch commented, “I am grateful to
serve as Freedom’s new
president and to continue
the organization’s 93-year
tradition of serving the
members, families, businesses, and communi-
ties of the Pioneer Valley.
Also, I want to thank the
Board of Directors for
their confidence in me
and their support.”
Added Crosby, “I
am proud of my tenure
at Freedom and enjoyed
working with the Board
of Directors, officers, and
staff. During this time, the
credit union grew from
one branch into a network
of ten branches throughout the Pioneer Valley
and an Operations Center
in Springfield. Under
Glenn’s leadership, I am
confident that Freedom
will continue that growth
and our membership will
value his knowledge and
expertise.”
Most recently, Welch
was an Executive Vice
President of Berkshire
Bank following their
acquisition of Hampden
Bank (HB). Prior to that,
he was President and
CEO of Hampden Bank
for two years before the
Berkshire Bank acquisition. During his 17-year
tenure at HB, he held
various positions including, President and COO,
Executive Vice President,
and Senior Vice President
of Business Banking.
Before joining HB, he
served as Vice President,
Middle Market Banking
Group at Fleet Bank.
Welch is a graduate
of Western New England
University with a BSBA
in Finance and earned his
MBA from the University
of Massachusetts. He
is currently active on
many boards throughout the Pioneer Valley,
including HAP Housing,
the Association for
Community Living, the
Business School Advisory
Board at WNEU,
Develop Springfield,
and Springfield Business
Leaders for Education.
Freedom Credit
Union was chartered in
1922 and anyone who
lives, works, or attends
a college/university in
Hampden, Hampshire,
Franklin, and Berkshire
counties can become a
member. Freedom consists
of 10 convenient branches
throughout the Pioneer
Va l l ey i n C h i c o p e e ,
Downtown Springfield,
Easthampton, Feeding
Hills, Greenfield, Ludlow,
Northampton, Sixteen
Acres in Springfield,
Turners Falls, and in
the Roger L. Putnam
Technical Vocational
Academy in Springfield.
Freedom offers a complete range of financial
services including online
banking, mobile banking,
mortgages, savings and
checking accounts, commercial loans, personal
loans, business services,
and financial advisory
services.
Albano honored by Behavioral Health Network
SPRINGFIELD –
Bacon Wilson is pleased
to announce that Kenneth
J. Albano was honored
with the Esteemed Service
Award from Behavioral
Health Network, Inc.
(BHN). Attorney Albano
was presented with the
awa r d d u r i n g B H N ’s
annual meeting, in recognition of his 20-plus years
as a member of BHN’s
Board of Directors, and
his related board service. Upon receiving the
award, Attorney Albano
remarked “I am grateful
to BHN for this recognition. The services BHN
provides are essential to
the wellness of so many in
our community who may
be struggling with addiction or other life crises. I
am honored by this award,
and it has been my honor
to serve this excellent
organization for so many
years.”
Behavioral Health
Network is a growing,
non-profit, community
behavioral health service
organization, and has
served the needs of children, adults, families, and
communities in Western
Massachusetts since 1938,
offering tools and treatments for those with mental illness, substance use
disorders, or intellectual
disabilities. Albano is a senior
MSBDC offers free legal clinic
SPRINGFIELDT h e We s t e r n M a s s
Regional office of the
MSBDC is very pleased
to announce that Attorney
S a r a h K . Wi l l e y o f
WMASSBIZLAW has generously offered to hold a
free Legal Clinic on April
19 from noon until 4 p.m.
at the Scibelli Enterprise
Center located at 1 Federal
Street. Individuals, entrepreneurs, and small business owners can meet oneon-one, for 30 minutes,
with Sarah Willey, Esq. to
discuss general legal questions such as corporate
structure, leases, contracts,
insurance, employment,
franchising, and various other business related
issues. Attorney Willey is
also an expert on international compliance laws.
Participates will receive
a general waiver statement prior to their meeting
and are eligible to attend
a 30-minute Legal Clinic,
one-time. Appointments
are required and subject to
availability. To schedule
a session in Springfield,
please contact Lynn Shedd
at the MSBDC office at
413-737-6712 extension
100.The MSBDC (www.
msbdc.org/wmass) provides
free and confidential business advice to existing or
prospective small business
people. We also offer training seminars on a variety
of topics, including starting
a business, financial planning, government procurement, marketing, social
media, and international
trade assistance.
partner with the law firm
of Bacon Wilson, P.C., and
a member of the firm’s
corporate, commercial,
and municipal practice
groups. In addition to his
work with BHN, Attorney
Albano has worked with
the American Cancer
Society, Make-A-Wish,
and the ALS Association,
and he serves as Chair of
the Board of the March
of Dimes Western MA
Division, and on the
Board of the New England
Chapter of the March of
Dimes. In June of 2015,
Attorney Albano was honored with the Mass Bar
Association’s Community
Service Award in recognition of his exceptional
volunteer work. Bacon Wilson, P.C. is
one of the largest firms in
Western Massachusetts,
with a total of 43 lawyers, and approximately
60 paralegals, admin-
istrative assistants, and
support staff. The firm’s
main office is located in
Springfield, with regional
offices in Northampton,
Amherst, and Westfield.
For over a century, Bacon
Wilson has represented clients throughout
the Pioneer Valley and
Northern Connecticut
with comprehensive legal
services.
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PeoplesBank appoints new mortgage consultants
H O L Y O K E
– PeoplesBank has
announced the appointments of Natalie
Jimenez, John Peterson,
Kathy Caputo and
Victor Rodriguez, Sr. as
Mortgage Consultants. As
PeoplesBank Mortgage
Consultants, they will
have a variety of mortgage
options to offer customers, including refinancing and special first-time
homebuyers’ programs.
Jimenez, Peterson,
Caputo and Rodriguez
join Lisa Baltronis and
Beverly Orloski on the
PeoplesBank mortgage
team.
A resident of
Chicopee
Register
Chicopee, Jimenez joined
PeoplesBank in 2012 and
most recently worked in
our Elmwood office serving as head teller. She also
has nine years of customer
service experience. She
will be representing the
Chicopee area and surrounding towns. Jimenez
is a member of the Buy
Chicopee Now program.
Peterson, also a resident of Chicopee, joined
PeoplesBank in 2002, has
seven years of loan origination experience, and
most recently served as an
assistant branch manager
in our West Springfield
office. He will be representing West Springfield
and the surrounding area.
Peterson is a member
of the West of the River
Chamber of Commerce
and a board member and
co-secretary of the Kiwanis
Club of West Springfield
and Agawam.
“Natalie, John,
Kathy and Victor bring
a wealth of banking
experience to their new
positions as Mortgage
Consultants,” said James
Sherbo, senior vice president of Consumer Lending
at PeoplesBank. “Each of
them values customer service as their top priority
and they are valuable additions to the PeoplesBank
lending team.”
We’ve made it more convenient
to submit your news to the Chicopee Register.
Log on to www.chicopeeregister.turley.com.
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Buzzin’ from Town to Town
Classifieds
Turley Publications’ Community Marketplace
For Sale
Wanted To Buy
ANTIQUE AND PERIOD chairs –
Restored with new woven seats –
Many styles and weaves available.
Call (413)267-9680.
MUSICAL
INSTRUMENTS,
SOUND and hi fi gear, accordians
in
any
condition.
Pick-ups
available.
sellyourmusicalinstruments.com
(508)688-5138 MA,
860-289-3500 CT
STAMPS. COLLECTOR PAYS
cash for your collection. Evaluate
or buy. Stamp questions? RON.
(413)896-3324.
Firewood
!!!!ALL SEASONED RED &
WHITE OAK!!!! Over a cord
guaranteed. Cut, split, prompt
delivery. Call D & D Cordwood
(413)348-4326.
FIREWOOD
Fresh cut & split $175.00.
Seasoned cut & split $250.00
All hardwood.
*Also have seasoned softwood for
outdoor boilers (Cheap).
Quality & volumes guaranteed!!
New England Forest Products
(413)477-0083.
LOG LENGTH FIREWOOD for
sale. 7-8 cords delivered. $800.00
delivered locally. Pricing subject to
change.
Seasoned firewood ready to
deliver. Also specialize in Heat
Treatment Certified kiln dried
firewood delivered. Call 1-800373-4500 for details.
Miscellaneous
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service or business to 1.7 million
households
throughout
New
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readers quickly and inexpensively
with great results. Use the Buy
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classifieds@turley.com. Do they
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communitypapersne.com
NEW ENGLAND ESTATE
PICKERS
IN
THE
OLD
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ALLEY.
BUYING NOW!
ALL ANTIQUES AND
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COMPLETE ESTATES
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(413)267-3729
TOP DOLLAR ON THE SPOT
FOR ALL GOLD AND SILVER
ITEMS, JEWELRY, COINS,
SILVERWARE, ETC!
Items
to
include:
old
advertising signs of all
subject matters! Furniture,
toys, trains, pedal cars,
model car kits from the 70’s,
old fishing items, military
items, sports stuff, old
paintings,
books,
coin
operated coca cola pinball
machines, etc. comic books,
postcards magazines, old
letterman jackets, musical
instruments,
microscopes,
binoculars,
old
bicycles,
motorcycles,
vintage
automobiles! WE PURCHASE
CONTENTS
OF
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GARAGES,
ATTICS,
BASEMENTS! LET US DO
THE WORK AND YOU GET
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EVALUATION AND OR
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THURSDAY - SUNDAY
10:00 - 5:00
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64 MAIN ST. (RTE. 32),
MONSON, MA
Wanted
ATTENTION SMITH & WESSON
RETIREES Sell me your collection
of wooden gun grips. Call Tim
(413)246-4966.
CLEANING HOUSE: GRACE
Union Church of Wilbraham
seeking unwanted household
items. Call 596-4397 or 596-0046
for pickup.
OLD
CARPENTER
TOOLS
wanted. Planes, chisels, saws,
levels, etc. Call Ken 413-4332195. Keep your vintage tools
working and get MONEY.
Wanted To Buy
BUYING RECORD collections.
Jazz, big band and 50’s. LP’s and
45’s. Cash paid. Call (413)5688036
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Services
Want it!
Find it!
Buy it!
Sell it!
Love it!
Drive it!
C-D HOME IMPROVEMENT. 1
Call for all your needs. Windows,
siding, roofs, additions, decks,
baths, hardwood floors, painting.
All work 100% guaranteed.
Licensed and insured. Call Bob
(413)596-8807 Cell
CS Lic.
#97110, HIC Lic #162905
READ IT!!!
15 Weekly Newspapers
Serving 50 Local Communities
Carpentry
*****
BILODEAU AND SON Roofing.
Established 1976. New re-roofs
and repairs. Gutter cleanings and
repairs. Licensed/ insured. Call
(413)967-6679.
HOUSE REPAIRS, CARPENTRY, wood & alum. trim, doors,
etc. 30+ years exp., insured.
Jim (413)219-3355
BOB ROBILLARD’S ODD JOB
SERVICE,
Rubbish
removal,
attics, cellars, garages cleaned.
Light moving. Call someone you
know. (413)537-5090
CHAIR SEAT WEAVING &
refinishing - cane, fiber rush &
splint - Classroom instructor, 20+
years experience. Call Walt at
(413)267-9680 for estimate.
Colonial Carpentry Innovations, Inc.
Design & Build Team
“New World Technology with Old World Quality”
www.colonialinnovation.com
A & M TUNE-UPS
Push lawnmowers, riding mowers
and small engine repair.
Work done at your home.
Call Mike
(413) 348-7967
ACE
CHIMNEY
SWEEPS.
Cleanings, inspections, repairs,
caps,
liners,
waterproofing,
rebuilds. Gutterbrush Installations.
Local family owned since 1986.
HIC #118355. Fully insured.
(413)547-8500.
Kitchens • Baths • Doors • Additions
Renovations • Custom Designs • New Homes
Lifetime Warranty on Craftsmanship
********A A CALL – HAUL IT
ALL********
Bulk trash removal, cleanouts,
10% discount with this ad. Free
Est. (413)596-7286
HANDYMAN SERVICES
One call does it all
Storm Clean-up
Snowplowing,
Roof Raking,
High Lift Service,
Remodeling,
Roof Repairs,
Excavating
Fully insured. Free estimates.
Reasonable rates
www.rlhenterprises.net
(413)668-6685.
lic. & ins.
Bob (413) 374-6175
or Jen (413) 244-5112
DRYWALL
AND
CEILINGS,
plaster repair. Drywall hanging.
Taping & complete finishing. All
ceiling textures. Fully insured.
Jason at Great Walls.
(413)563-0487
PAINT AND PAPER Over 25
years experience. References. Lic
#086220. Please call Kevin 978355-6864.
TAX TIME
CHANTEL BLEAU
ACCOUNTING SERVICES
For Full Accounting & Tax Service
Registered Tax Return Preparer
413-283-8393 • 1-800-824-6548
228 West St., Ware, MA 01082
413-967-8364
Call For An
Appointment
The IRS does not endorse any particular individual tax return preparer.
For more information on tax preparers go to irs.gov.
CALL YOUR LOCAL TURLEY PUBLICATIONS SALES REPRESENTATIVE FOR INFORMATION AND RATES ON ADVERTISING YOUR TAX SERVICE HERE!
413-283-8393 • 1-800-824-6548
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Child Services
*NEW STATE LAW. Anyone
advertising caring of children must
list a license number to do so if
they offer this service in their own
home.
Computer Services
COMPUTERS SHOULDN’T BE
frustrating or frightening. I’ll come
to you. Upgrades, troubleshooting,
set-up, tutoring. Other electronics
too. Call Monique (413)237-1035.
Electrician
BILL CAMERLIN. ADDITIONS,
service changes, small jobs for
homeowners, fire alarms. Fast,
dependable, reasonable rates.
Insured, free estimates. E280333.
24 hour emergency service.
(413)427-5862.
DEPENDABLE ELECTRICIAN,
FRIENDLY
service,
installs
deicing cables. Free estimates.
Fully insured. Scott Winters
electrician Lic. #13514-B Call
(413)244-7096.
JAMES
FERRIS:
LICENSE
#E16303. Free estimates. Senior
Discounts. Insured. 40 years
experience. No job too small. Cell
(413)330-3682.
Finance
2016
Call your local Turley Publications
sales representative for information and
rates on advertising your tax service here!
Appliances
COLEMAN APPLIANCE SERVICE. Servicing all makes and
models of washers, dryers,
refrigerators, stoves, dishwashers,
air conditioners. Also dryer vent
cleaning. (413)536-0034.
Services
Services
SNOWBLOWER
TUNE UP & REPAIR
WE
RENOVATE,
SELL
&
PURCHASE (any condition) horse
drawn vehicles such as sleighs,
carriages, surreys, wagons, dr’s
buggies,
driveable
or
lawn
ornaments. Some furniture and
other
restoration
services
available.
Reasonable prices.
Quality
workmanship.
Call
(413)213-0373 for estimate and
information.
Demers & Sons
Belchertown, MA
Services
A CALL WE HAUL
WE TAKE IT ALL
WE LOAD IT ALL
Lowest Rates,
accumulations, junk, estates,
attics, garages, appliances,
basements, demo services
10% disc. with this ad.
All Major CC's
CALL NOW (413)531-1936
WWW.ACALLWEHAUL.COM
Home Improvement
*Free Extended Care
Planning Seminar*
Open to the Public provided by
a local Brokerage Office Jan. 21, 2016 11 AM,
Location:
The Gardens of Wilbraham,
Clubhouse, Great Rm,
2301 Boston Rd,
Wilbraham, Ma 01095
Please RSVP with message to
413-297-5002 by
Jan. 19, 2016
Heating & Air Cond.
HEATING REPAIRS- AFFORDABLE, PROFESSIONAL service
on all brands, gas furnace, heat
pump & mini split systems. Tony’s
Heating & Cooling Service
(413)221-7073
Home Improvement
CERAMIC TILE INSTALLATION
Kitchen, bath, foyers. References.
Lic #086220. Please call Kevin
(978)355-6864.
DELREO HOME IMPROVEMENT
for all your exterior home
improvement needs. ROOFING,
SIDING, WINDOWS, DOORS,
DECKS & GUTTERS. Extensive
references
available,
Fully
Licensed & Insured in MA. & CT.
Call GARY DELCAMP @ 413569-3733
HOME IMPROVEMENTS. REMODELING. Kitchens, baths.
Ceramic tile, windows, painting,
wallpapering, textured ceilings,
siding, additions. Insurance work.
Fully insured. Free estimates. 413246-2783 Ron.
PELISSIER TILE- SPECIALIZING
in the timeless art of tile setting
since
1982.
Insured,
Free
estimates. Call Bill (413)446-7458.
WATER DAMAGE
-CALL JAY (413)436-5782FOR REPAIRS
Complete
Drywall
Service.
Finishing,
Painting,
Ceilings
(Smooth or Textured). 38 years
experience. Fully insured
Garage Door Serv.
MENARD GARAGE DOORS
Authorized
Raynor
dealer
specializing in sales, installation
service and repairs of residential
and light commercial overhead
garage doors and openers. Fully
insured. Free estimates. Call
(413)289-6550 or
www.menardgaragedoors.com
Instruction
TRUCK DRIVERS
NEEDED
A & B CDL CLASSES + BUS
Chicopee, Ma (413)592-1500
UNITED TRACTOR TRAILER
SCHOOL
Unitedcdl.com
Moving
D’S HOME AND MOVE- Local
and long distance, residential and
commercial moving and hauling.
Free estimates and references.
Fully insured. (413)336-3786,
email
dshomeandmove@gmail.com.
Music
MUSIC LESSONS
LEARN to play the piano, flute,
guitar, or percussion.
Lessons are fun and affordable.
Beginner thru Advanced
Aaron (413)596-3555
aapilarcik@yahoo.com
Painting
D’S HOME AND MOVE reliable
and experienced painters, interior/
exterior painting, sheetrock and
repair work at your home or
business. Fully insured. (413)3363786,
email
dshomeandmove@gmail.com.
EASTSIDE PAINTING PROS LLC
Happy New Year! Call us for a
FREE estimate and ask about our
New Year Interior Painting
Special! On time professional
service. (413)241 7555
FORBES & SONS PAINTING &
STAINING, LLC Interior- all
applications, wallpaper removal,
drywall restorations, residential/
commercial/ new constructions.
Owner operated since 1985.
Booking Spring exterior work. Free
estimates. Insured. (413)887-1987
KEN’S PAINTING SERVICES
Interior/ exterior painting and
staining, wallpaper removal and
repairs, quality products and
workmanship. Free estimates.
(413)896-8264.
Chicopee
Register
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Plumbing
Pets
Help Wanted
GREG LAFOUNTAIN PLUMBING
& Heating. Lic #19196 Repairs &
Replacement of fixtures, water
heater installations, steam/HW
boiler replacement. Kitchen & Bath
remodeling. 30 years experience.
Fully insured. $10 Gift Card With
Work Performed. Call Greg
(413)592-1505.
RETIRED RACING
GREYHOUNDS AVAILABLE
FOR ADOPTION
spayed/neutered, wormed,
shots, heartworm tested,
teeth cleaned
DRIVERS: GREAT HOME Time.
Excellent
Pay
Package.
BCBS/Dental/Vision.
No-Touch,
Plenty of Miles, Bonus Program &
Great Trucks. CDL-A 888-4069046
LINC’S PLUMBING LIC #J27222
Scheduling Replacement
Heating Systems Now
Call LINC’S
For Your Connection
(413)668-5299
Make a Fast Friend!
Greyhound Options Inc.
Call Mary at 413-566-3129
or Claire at 413-967-9088
or go to
www.greyhoundoptions.org
Roofing
FREE ROOF INSPECTIONS. ALL
TYPES OF ROOFING, shingle,
flat and slate. Call Local Builders
(413)626-5296. Complete roofing
systems and repairs.
Fully
licensed and insured. MA CS
#102453, CT Reg. 0615780.
Lifetime
warranty.
Senior
Discount. 24 hour service.
SKY-TECH ROOFING, INC. 25
years experience. Commercial,
residential. Insured. Shingles,
single-ply systems. Tar/ gravel,
slate repairs. 24 hour Emergency
Repairs.
(413)536-3279,
(413)348-9568, (413)204-4841.
Snow Removal
24
HOUR
SNOWPLOWING
service,
Palmer,
Monson,
Wilbraham, Hampden. Call now
limited space available. (413)5195439.
WOODY- 1 YEAR old spunky,
good time boy is looking for a
family that loves to have fun!
Intelligent, focused, friendly and
enjoys his training sessions. Plays
well with other dogs. His favorite
activities include car rides and
long walks. Want to make Woody
a part of your family? Fill out an
application at
FOSTER CARE: YOU can help
change someone’s life. Provide a
safe home for children and teens
who have been abused or
neglected.
Call
Devereux
Therapeutic Foster Care at 413734-2493.
HORSEBACK
RIDING
INSTRUCTOR wanted at the Strain
Family Equestrian Center. PartTime. Must have experience. Call
Chris 860 -539-5369
MACHINE OPERATOR. CANDIDATES will operate and tend
machines that produce tools.
Micrometer reading ++, Read
blueprints ++ 7am to 3:30pm, 40
hrs Apply in person F&D Tool,
2044 Bridge St., Three Rivers
United Personnel is looking for
qualified individuals for professional positions in Hampshire and
Hampden Counties:
· Accounts Payable/Receivable
· Administrative Assistants
· Project Coordinators
Experience with Microsoft Office
required. *QuickBooks experience
a plus* Long term and temp-tohire
available.
Apply
at
and
www.unitedpersonnel.com
call 413-527-7445 to schedule
your interview!
Sunshine Village
is a great place
to work!
Horses
CASHIER
NEEDED
SOUTH
Hadley Liquor Store. All shifts
available, 10 am to 10 pm, 7 days.
(413)736-5664.
Pets
CNA’s, PCA’s, HHA’S,
SIGN ON BONUS
BE A RESPONSIBLE PET
OWNER - Financially needy? Call
for assistance to spay/neuter your
cat/dog.
(413)565-5383
CONCERNED CITIZENS FOR
ANIMALS.
Positions available at
Professional Medical
Services, Inc.
Highest competitive rates &
mileage paid. EOE.
Call Denise. (413)289-9018
Help Wanted
New Year, NEW JOB!
Saturday Jan, 16 2016
8 am to 12 noon
Mustang Motorcycle Products
4 Springfield St.
Three Rivers, Mass 01080
NOW HIRING SNOW shovelers
and snowblower operators. Call
(413)301-4997 or (413)796-7948.
HORSEBACK RIDING LESSONS
offered year round at our state of
the art facility. Beginner to
advanced. Ages 4 years to adult.
Boarding, sales and leasing also
available. Convenient location at
Orion Farm in South Hadley.
(413)532-9753
www.orionfarm.net
ATEKS TREE- HONEST, quality
tree service. From pruning to
house lot clearing. Fully insured.
Free estimates. Firewood sales.
(413)687-3220.
Help Wanted
JOB FAIR!!!
or call 413-887-9220 for more info
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HUMAN SERVICES
DEVELOPMENTAL SPECIALISTS:
Sunshine Village’s has several openings
for experienced staff to assist adults
with developmental disabilities in a
Day Habilitation.
(Chicopee & Springfield). The ideal candidate
will be a positive role model with good
communication skills who can work alone
and as a team. Three years experience in
Human Service field is preferred. HS diploma
or equivalency, CORI, valid driver’s license &
vehicle required. Accepting applications at
75 Litwin Lane, Chicopee, MA 01020.
Team Mustang is looking for hardworking and
responsible individuals who take pride in what they
do and possess a “let’s get this done attitude!” If this
sounds like you, we have open positions for the right
individuals now!
Outstanding employment opportunities in a clean
state of the art manufacturing facility while enjoying
competitive compensation packages including full
medical, dental, vision insurance, 401k, paid vacations,
holidays and sick time.
Open current positions include but are not limited to;
• Sewers and material prep.
• Assemblers and inspectors
• Fiberglass workers
• Production planners
• More!
Please bring resume and references
Interviews will be held on a first come first serve basis.
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Feeding Hills, MA 01030
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or pregnancy), national origin, ancestry,
age, marital status, or any intention to
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discrimination.
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informed that all dwellings advertising in
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informed
that
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directly affect a volunteer-driven organization that benefits the
entire community. Paid events that are not deemed fund-raisers or
benefits do not qualify. Non-charitable events that charge the public for profit are not allowed as we consider that paid advertising.
Deadlines vary with each individual newspaper, look inside for
your deadline. We usually print one week in advance of an event,
and the listings should be brief, with only time, date, location, brief
activity explanation, and contact info. The best thing to do is emulate a calendar listing you like that already appeared in the paper.
Each editor directly manages and edits all of the calendar entries.
Artwork or photos to compliment your calendar listings are always
welcomed.
EDUCATION
We try to be inside our public schools on a weekly basis, both
in terms of sports coverage and classroom features. Our education
and sports sections run 52 weeks per year. We feel school coverage is probably the single largest reflection of the communities we
serve, so this paper is committed to having a strong presence
there. We devote more staff and space to these sections than any
other editorial realm. We do print free courtesy stories, briefs and
photos submitted by teachers, sports teams and students, as we
cannot possibly be at every event. If you have a photo you want to
run, please include a photo caption identifying those in the image
from left to right and a description of the event. Please call or
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at least three days in advance. If we can’t attend, you are always
encouraged to send in your own write-up and photos.
NEWS & FEATURES
As a paper of record, we attempt to cover all general news, personality profiles, and community features that we know about.
This includes all selectmen and school committee meetings as
well as spot planning board, board of health, finance, and other
town meetings determined by the issue’s relevance to our readers.
There are the annual major community event features that we
should always cover, but we are more than open to suggestions of
other features to celebrate the fabric of our communities and their
many interesting occupants. Our loyal advertisers provide funding
for this paid staff coverage.
BUSINESS
Turley Publications is liberal with regard to its business coverage polices, but we do have some standards folks need to understand. First, local businesses and merchants are just as much
institutions in our towns as the library and schools. Without them,
there are no towns.
We will feature coverage of local businesses that are new,
have a major expansion, moving, closing, under new management
or ownership, celebrating a milestone anniversary, or have been
thrust into the news realm. Merchants can request that coverage
through the editor, or for our existing advertising clients, through
their ad representatives.
piled through our reporters’ stories and other means. We then
write opinions, which do take a definitive side on issues. Editorials
are not meant to be balanced to both sides like our news stories
should. They are intended to opine around the facts and take a
position. That’s the whole point of the “opinion” page.
PEOPLE/MILESTONE NEWS
As a free service for our readers, we will print all births, weddings, engagements, milestone anniversaries, major birthdays,
military achievements, honors and awards. We have a “people
news” form available for you to submit these listings. This material
is provided to us by our readers and local institutions and we do
not charge to print this content.
SPORTS
Our Sports Editor Dave Forbes and his reporters and photographers cover select varsity school games weekly as well as youth
and adult sports leagues. Our team tries to be fair and spread the
coverage around to all the teams, but as playoffs approach, teams
making the playoffs take more precedence. We have tried hard
this year to expand our coverage of youth sports, but we need
coaches and players to send in their photos and write-ups. You
can e-mail Dave Forbes at dforbes@turley.com.
OPINION
We love letters to the editor and guest columns. It is what the
soul of this newspaper is all about. However, we don’t print what
we can’t prove. All letters and columns must be signed and confirmed by us prior to publication. If you are alleging things that we
cannot prove, we will consider that a news tip and look into it. We
always encourage readers to celebrate their communities versus
just slamming them. We also pen a weekly “editorial.” Some readers confuse editorials with being objective “news.” Our unsigned
editorials are opinions formed after doing the research, or com-
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From year to year, the studies have shown that people believe in their local
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Local newspapers are also preferred in a 3-1 margin over TV, showing consistency from previous research. On average, readers of a 2012 survey spent 39.92 minutes reading local newspapers,
up slightly more than the 38.95 minutes in 2011 and 37.5 minutes in 2010. The best medium to fast
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