One book, one play, one community

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Rick Rubin marvels at the candidates: See Page 11
Thursday, February 18, 2016
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school
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One book, one play, one community
Wilbraham United Players presents
‘Where the Mountain Meets the Moon’
Residents speak
out against
proposed merger
By Janet Wise
Turley Publications
Correspondent
L
ast summer, children in
the Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School
District participated in a
“One Book One Community”
project, and this weekend all
members of the community
can join in the fun.
At the end of the last
school year, all children entering grades one through five
in the coming year were provided with a copy of Grace
Lin’s Newbery award-winning book, “Where the Mountain Meets the Moon” and en-
By Tyler S. Witkop
Turley Publications Staff Writer
HAMPDEN – While the last
middle school unification forum
at Minnechaug Regional High
School featured a more positive
response by assembled Hampden residents, on their home turf
opponents were heard loud and
clear.
“Stop wasting
money. We keep
saying ‘No.’”
Please see BOOK, page 24
– Jeannine Shumway,
Hampden resident
TIMES photo courtesy Meghan Lynn Allen
Erin Greene of Greene Room Productions leads a puppet-making workshop
for a production of “Where the Mountain Meets the Moon.”
Local named ‘Irish Elk of the Year’
By Peter Vancini
Turley Publications
Correspondent
HAMPDEN – After 15
years of community service, the
Springfield Lodge of Elks #61
will recognize one Hampden
man for his dedication to the
local service organization with
“Irish Elk of the Year” honors.
Tim LeClair is this year’s
recipient of the award, now celebrating its 50th anniversary.
The award is presented annually
to long-serving members who
have served as both vice-chair
and chair of the Irish Committee, are active on various subcommittees, and have shown
exceptional hard work and commitment on behalf of the Elks.
“It’s been a long time coming,” said Steve McGirr, a member of the Irish Committee and
former Irish Elk award recipient. “Tim’s gone above and beyond.”
LeClair describes the Irish
committee as a “strong brotherhood” and is proud of the contributions the committee has
made, especially in its support
of veterans, through organizing
raffles, dinners, and other events
throughout the year.
“It’s a great honor for me,”
LeClair said. “We do a lot.
They’ve been great to me. They
really stepped up when things
happened in my life.”
LeClair suffered a personal
tragedy in 2004 with the loss of
his 15-year-old daughter, Kathleen. He describes the support
he and his family received from
their fellow Elks at the time.
“It was incredible, the turnout and the outpouring,” LeClair
said. “Even stuff like cooking,
and the financial support … I
knew that this was a group of
people that I really wanted to
spend some time with and give
them as much as I could. I see
how everyone steps forward and
BURGUNDY BROOK
it makes you want to step forward also.”
LeClair held a golf tournament for five years to raise money for a scholarship fund in his
daughter’s memory. The Elks,
he says, always participated and
donated generously.
LeClair’s efforts on Elks
Club projects are a family affair. His wife, Nancy, and father, Donald, serve with him on
the Irish committee. LeClair is
part of a subcommittee tasked
with the construction of the
St. Patrick’s Day float, a project he describes as among his
favorites. In 2009, he received
the Steve DuClos Award for his
outstanding work on the float,
which he and his father worked
on together, spending their Saturdays with other members of
the committee in the Elks Club
garage.
LeClair has been a member
of the Elks for 15 years and has
served on the Irish Committee
TIMES photo submitted
Tim LeClair, of Hampden, a
14-year member of the Irish
Committee at the Springfield
Lodge of Elks #61, has been
named Irish Elk of the Year.
for 14. He’s a third-generation
Irish American, tracing his roots
to his great-grandmother, Katherine Gillie Hogan, who settled
Please see IRISH, page 20
Nearly 100 people flocked to
the Thornton W. Burgess Middle
School cafetorium for the public
forum Feb. 10 regarding the proposed merger of TWB and Wilbraham Middle School students.
The gathering consisted predominantly of Hampden residents
and students, concerned with the
loss of town identity, a negative
impact on property values and a
school district not fulfilling its
obligation to provide equal educational opportunities between
two communities.
While the members of the
Middle School Task Force and
district administrators including
Superintendent of Schools M.
Martin O’Shea tried to present
information to residents tailored
from past feedback, most residents wanted to engage in dialogue.
“Cost aside, why is there
a deficiency in the education,”
resident and former Town Clerk
Rita Vail asked.
Hampden student Aimee
Jolicoeur, a recent graduate of
TWB, was concerned that future
Please see SCHOOL, page 15
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February 18, 2016
Recent police activity in Wilbraham
WILBRAHAM – The Wilbraham Police Department released information on recent
police activity reported by Capt.
Timothy Kane. Those arrested or
summonsed will appear in court at
a future date and are innocent until
proven guilty.
Possession
On Feb. 4 at 9:01 p.m. Officer James Gagner observed a vehicle make a marked lanes violation. The Mitsubishi Eclipse was
stopped on Boston Road and the
operator, 30-year-old Ryan J. Pastoreck, of Springfield, was arrested for not having a license. During
an inventory search at booking,
three small baggies of cocaine
were found in his sock. He was
additionally charged with possession with intent to distribute class
b, cocaine.
Winter Driving Reminder
On Feb. 5 this area received
a relatively minor snowstorm
with snow accumulation of about
6 inches. From 10:12 a.m. until
2:47 p.m. the Wilbraham Police
Department investigated eight accidents and several other cars off
the road, without damage, needing
assistance. Two of the eight crashes were vehicles crashing into unoccupied cruisers with their blue
lights on, while the officer was out
of his car tending to a different accident up the road.
Please try not to get that false
sense of security, because even
having a large vehicle with fourwheel drive does not help much
when having to stop quickly. Many
of the above mentioned crashes
were where the operator came
upon a small descending hill.
Even though they probably
felt like they weren’t going fast,
once they had to apply their brakes
they lost control of the vehicle.
Now that person has limited options. If the brakes are continually
applied, the ability to stop and go
straight is compromised. If continuing at the same speed and trying to go around an obstacle, the
vehicle is going to slide hard (lose
control) because of the speed when
turning the steering wheel and the
lack of traction on the snow-cov-
ered roads.
Some of the hardest hit areas
were Main Street going south towards Hampden by Soule Road,
Glendale Road going south just
past Red Gap Road and Mountain
Road descending north bound by
Bartlett Avenue. Each has hills
and until you’re at the top, you
can’t see if there is a car or person
in the lane on the other side.
If the roads are snow covered,
in most cases the speed limit is no
longer what the sign says. If you
drive the posted speed limit while
traveling straight (possibly subject to a speeding ticket for speed
greater than reasonable) with no
hill you may be ok, but if your vehicle has to stop suddenly or is on
a hill, speed is a huge factor. It’s a
lot easier to stop and turn going 15
to 25 mph, than 35 to 40 mph.
If you need to apply your
brakes, test to see if it immediately causes you to temporarily lose
control. Sometimes pumping the
brakes helps and other times you
may be able to steer around the
obstacle with no brakes applied.
The point of all this is please
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snow. Insurance companies may
still find you at fault even if it’s a
crash on a really bad weather day.
They will probably say you should
have been going slower. If someone is directly behind you because
you are going slow, put your emergency lights on, or if possible,
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172 ALLEN ST., HAMPDEN, MA
118 RAYMOND DR., HAMPDEN, MA
9 CADWELL DR., WILBRAHAM, MA
46 CARMODY RD., HAMPDEN, MA
3 DUFFIELD ST.,WILBRAHAM, MA
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325 ALLEN ST., HAMPDEN, MA
66 WOODLAND DR., HAMPDEN, MA
4 SUNSET ROCK RD., WILBRAHAM, MA
16 STIRLING DR., WILBRAHAM, MA
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February 18, 2016
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By Tyler Witkop
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Absentee ballots available until Feb. 29
WILBRAHAM - Town Clerk
Beverly J. Litchfield announced that
absentee ballots for the upcoming
Presidential Primary Election scheduled for Tuesday, March 1 are available in the Town Clerk’s Office now
through noon on Monday, Feb. 29.
Absentee ballots are for those
voters who will be absent from the
town during regular polling hours,
those with physical disabilities preventing them from going to the polls
or those observing a religious belief.
A request in writing is required for
obtaining an absentee ballot.
For more information, contact
the Town Clerk’s Office at 596-2800,
ext. 200.
DRC fees to increase
Volunteer
drivers sought
WILBRAHAM – Following
recent action by the board of Selectmen, fees for the Disposal and
Recycling Center increased Feb. 1.
The new fee structure, unanimously approved Jan. 25, sets a fee
structure of $2.50 per 30-gallon
bag and $1.50 per 15-gallon bag, as
well as a second car sticker of $20.
A second car sticker fee is $20.
The cost for stickers remains
WILBRAHAM – According to Activities and
Volunteer Coordinator Mary
Ellen Schmidt, there is an urgent need for volunteer medical drivers at the Wilbraham
Senior Center. Volunteers
would be responsible for
transporting non-driving seniors to and from their medical appointments.
For more information or
to volunteer, call 596-8379.
$100 per vehicle for those under 65
years of age and $85 for those 65
and older.
According to Director of Public Works Edmond Miga Jr., this is
the first fee increase in 10 years.
Additionally, he said that the DRC
has begun to accept block Styrofoam (no packing peanuts).
For more information, call
596-2800.
WILBRAHAM – Residents with a demonstrated financial need are eligible for discount on their electric bills through National
Grid, Social Services Coordinator Barbara
Harrington said.
Wilbraham residents receiving food
stamps, Mass Health, National School Lunch
Program, public housing, supplemental social
security program or veterans Chapter 115 benefits, among others, qualify for savings if electric bills are in their name and qualify for fuel
assistance.
For more information, contact Harrington
at 596-8379.
HAMPDEN – The annual winter
parking ban for the town of Hampden is in effect now through April
1, 2016. Any vehicles left on town
roads may be towed at the owner’s
expense. All vehicles that impede
snow removal may be towed by the
Police Department or at the request
of the Highway Department.
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NEWS About Town
Speaker to lead travel seminar
HAMPDEN – Local travel enthusiast Amy Dane will lead a travel seminar
Thursday, Feb. 18 at noon at the Senior
Center, 104 Allen St.
Dane, a Longmeadow native, has
been to over 100 countries and shares her
experiences and lover for art and culture
through presentations and photography.
TIMES photo by David Miles
The winning ticket…
Friends of the Wilbraham Seniors President Robert Page (left) and Anne
Marie Gaudette select the winning raffle ticket for the group’s “Winter
Cash Raffle” Feb. 12. Barbara Fitzgerald of Wilbraham won the first
and second prize in the amounts of $300 and $200 respectively.
Book sale for the
love of the library
Monday movies
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Hampden
HAMPDEN – Romance is in the air at the
Hampden Library as the “Book Sale Extravaganza” is taking place now through Monday,
Feb. 29. Put on by the Friends of the Hampden
Library, proceeds from the sale will benefit support library programming and help add to the
collections.
Currently, the Friends seek donations of romance novels for the sale.
For more information, call the library at
566-3047.
HAMPDEN – The Hampden Senior Center will screen
movies every Monday at 12:15
p.m. during the month of February.
The center will screen the
Melissa McCarthy and Jason
Statham film “Spy” on Feb. 29.
For more information, call
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Library offers
‘Anime Night’
HAMPDEN – Anime enthusiasts are invited to the Hampden
Public Library Thursday, Feb. 18
to participate in “Anime Night,”
beginning at 6 p.m.
Appropriate for those in grades
5 and up, participants will be able
to discuss their favorite anime, enter a manga drawing contest, watch
and request anime shorts, and eat
Japanese snacks. “Cosplay,” or
dressing as one’s favorite anime
character, is welcome. There is no
registration necessary.
For more information, call the
library at 566-3047.
February’s presentation will discuss her
experiences “All Over England,” highlighting her four-week trip around the
country. The program features music including “Rule Britannia” and Elton John
hits.
For more information or to register,
call 566-5588.
Bethlehem Church
to host “Mingling of
Souls”
HAMPDEN – Bethlehem Church,
123 Allen St., will present a live simulcast
of the “Mingling of Souls: God’s Design
for Love, Marriage, Sex and Redemption”
on Feb. 19 and 20.
Matt Chandler, pastor, author and
speaker and his wife, Lauren, from Highland Village, Texas will present their powerful story and their strong desire to help
married couples. The schedule is Friday,
Feb. 19, 7 to 10:15 p.m., and Saturday,
Feb. 20, 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Childcare will be provided in the children’s wing. Refreshments will be served.
For more information or to register, visit
bethlehemhampden.org, email jreimers@
bethlehemhampden.org or call 413-5665572.
Tracking animal signs at Laughing Brook
HAMPDEN – In a program led
by local naturalist Kevin Kopchynski, Laughing Brook Wildlife Sanctuary will offer a wildlife tracking and
animal sign program Saturday, Feb. 20
from 10 to 11:30 a.m.
Participants will learn about and
read animal tracks and signs of their
presence in other ways, traversing the
grounds of the sanctuary. The program
is suitable for families and children
ages 5 to 12. The program will take
place outdoors and participants should
wear weather appropriate clothing.
Registration is required. For more
information call 413-584-3009.
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Children must turn 3 years old before September 1, 2016.
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February 18, 2016
Page NEWS About Town
A night at the Symphony…
Putting the “fun in fundraising,” members of the Wilbraham-Hampden Rotary Club gather in the Mahogany Room in Springfield Symphony Hall Feb. 13 after the “Centennial Sinatra” Pops concert honoring the music of Frank Sinatra. The concert was a fundraiser for
Rotary scholarships and community service projects for Wilbraham
and Hampden.
Adult education classes return to MRHS
WILBRAHAM – The New Beginnings adult education program at
Minnechaug Regional High School
will begin Monday, Feb. 22.
The program, which has been
serving the Western Massachusetts
community for many years, will offer several new classes. Classes offered include “iPad 101,” Red Cross
Lifeguarding Accelerated,” “Yoga,”
“Photography 101: How to User Your
Digital Camera,” “Learn to Knit,”
“Intermediate Knitting Techniques,”
“Zumba with Weights,” and “Still Life
Drawing and Acrylic Still Life Painting Session.”
Course descriptions, dates and
times may be found online at hwrsd.
org, however registration may only be
done through the mail or in person.
For more information, call 5991831.
Sherman to run for State Committee
SPRINGFIELD - Alexander Sherman, former chairman of the Springfield Republican City Committee and
recent candidate for Springfield City
Council formally announced his candidacy Feb. 15 for Republican State
Committeeman representing the First
Hampden and Hampshire Senate district.
“At the end of the day, experience
matters.” Sherman said. “From being
the Springfield City Captain for both
Gov. Baker’s campaign in 2010 and
being the Western Mass. regional field
director for Sen. Scott Brown’s re-election, to working with candidates like
Wilbraham Selectman Bob Russell, I
have had the honor of being involved
locally supporting Republican candidates at the local, state and federal
level for nearly a decade.”
Sherman said the party needs to
continue to grow in Western Massachusetts. He noted that during his time
leading the Springfield Republican
City Committee, he helped to grow
several ward committees, including
Ward 7.
“As your Republican State Committeeman, I will work with each town
and ward chairman in our district in
the organizing, fundraising and expansion of each Republican committee,”
he said.
Sherman is a resident of the
Springfield neighborhood f Sixteen
Acres and is the treasurer of the Ward 7
Republican Committee in Springfield.
The First Hampden and Hampshire District includes the towns of Wilbraham, Hampden, East Longmeadow,
Longmeadow, Ludlow, Granby, and
Belchertown as well as parts of the cities of Springfield and Chicopee.
Piecework…
Hampden quilters Eileen Robataille, Patty Clark, Nancy Zebert and
Barbara Dunwoody display their finished quilts at the Hampden Senior Center Feb. 12.
Hampden to
celebrate ‘Fairy
Tale Day’ Feb. 25
HAMPDEN – Featuring
a meal from “Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard,” the Hampden Senior Center will hold
its monthly breakfast Thursday, Feb. 25 at 9 a.m. Falling
on “National Fairy Tale Day,”
Hampden Library Director Ellen Moriarty will share stories
for adults and to share with
younger friends. Cost of the
breakfast is $3. For more information, call 566-5588.
Learn to make cleaners
WILBRAHAM – Local business owner Michelle (Croze) Caron will offer a free household
cleaner-making workshop Monday, Feb. 22 at the
Wilbraham Senior Center, 45 Post Office Park.
Beginning at 10 p.m., attendants will learn how
to make safe, non-toxic, natural cleaning products
from ingredients many have stocked in their homes.
The cleaners may be helpful to those concerned with
chemicals in commercially made cleaners, those
with allergies or sensitive to fragrances and chemicals. Participants will receive recipes to take home.
Caron is an alternative healing specialist, fitness
professional and a Reiki master. She also teaches
Zumba and gentle yoga classes at the senior center.
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Changes needed, for the record
evised state law regarding the distribution of public records has been slow to
come – kind of like making a request
for such documents, at times – but it looks like
changes are very close now. It’s important that
the conference committee reconciles the recent
state House of Representatives and Senate bills
in this session and pressure be placed on the
governor to sign it as soon as possible.
The current law, created in the early 1970s,
is archaic and desperately needs reworking,
especially in light of new technology and the
dysfunctional process by which the media and
the general public try to obtain information denied to them. Ready access to information is
vital to maintain the public trust that has been
steadily eroded over the years. It’s just a shame
it took this long for Massachusetts to get in line
with the vast majority of the country on these
matters.
The House version of the legislation,
called “An Act to improve public records” and
the Senate version, “An Act improving the administration and enforcement of the public re-
cords law” have much in common, including
requiring each community and public agency
to appoint a “records access officer” answerable to the Secretary of State’s office through
which public records requests are documented
and processed and the requirement of making
many standard documents such as minutes,
awarded bids and budget information available
electronically. Many municipalities and agencies already have these documents on their
websites and sometimes, a request from the
public can simply involve a reference to the
website.
One of the more controversial elements of
the language in both bills, as far as some local officials are concerned, is the inclusion of
the potential award of legal fees to a plaintiff
who appeals a denied request to court, as well
as a $1,000 to $5,000 fine if it is determined
a request was rejected illegally. Remember,
though, that such punitive damages are available on appeal, and could be quite some time
from an initial request. The simple fact is that
many legitimate public records inquiries are
Volunteers of the Week
This week’s volunteers of the week are Judy Fleury and Patricia O’Connor
of Wilbraham who participate in the Read Aloud program at Indian Orchard
Elementary School with the Springfield Schools Volunteers.
The state estimates the value of a volunteer in Massachusetts is worth $27.43 per hour.
LETTERS to the editor
Sanders needs to attack Clinton on Benghazi issue
To the editor:
I understand that Bernie Sanders doesn’t
want to attack Hillary Clinton but he needs to
in order to win such a close Primary Election.
He doesn’t have to accuse her of handing
down the order to stand down and not to go
to the aid of our ambassador and his people
in Benghazi. He only has to ask the question,
‘Where would the order originate; the secretary
of state or the president through the secretary
of state?’ Either way, it is inexcusable to deny
the four-day request for protection and watch
our people get slaughtered, and then not even
pick up their bodies but let others do that.
The question most likely won’t be answered by the investigation until after the election, but if not asked now “what difference will
it make?”
Donald Flannery,
Wilbraham
Towns need unbiased sources for middle school decision
To the editor:
Over one year ago, on Nov. 13, 2014,
the Middle School Task Force held its second
meeting at Wilbraham Middle School. Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School District administrators guided the group on a tour of the
building.
The following are excerpts from the minutes and can be found on the district website,
www. hwrsd.org under “Middle School Task
Force.” Scroll to the bottom, click on “Minutes” and select “11-13-14:”
· WMS has one furnace and no back-up
system. There is no back-up generator at WMS
(only emergency lighting).
·
The bottoms of the front doors are
rotted; staff must constantly adjust them for
safety.
· Hot water circulation is an issue requiring new pumps and returns.
·
The moisture issue during the really
warm weather creates a musty smell and raises
some health concerns. There are five to seven
rooms with air conditioning to remedy high
humidity.
· The fire escapes are made of steel beams
covered in concrete and have created a path for
water to come into the building.
· The facilities team is constantly working to stay on top of the moisture issues. Thousands of dollars have been spent over the years
on the mitigation of moisture issues at WMS.
Some of these concerns may have been addressed in the past 15 months. Which? When?
How? It is reasonable, if not necessary, for all
concerned citizens to tour the building and
grounds well in advance of any Town Meetings. We cannot ask or form opinions about
what we don’t know about.
We need information from cited sources
that are verifiable, unbiased and complete. This
holds true for all issues pertaining to a combined HWRSD Middle School, now and for the
long term. Without this data, we cannot make
sound decisions affecting the future education
and well-being of our towns’ children.
Lisa Sternberg
Hampden
QUOTATIONS of the Week
“
I knew that this was a group of people that I really wanted to spend some time with
and give them as much as I could. I see how everyone steps forward and it makes you
want to step forward also.
”
Hampden resident Tim LeClair on his involvement with the Springfield Lodge of Elks #61
and its Irish Committee. LeClair was recently named their annual “Irish Elk of the Year.”
abandoned for fear of legal costs the average person cannot afford. The community or
agency personnel are not without their own recourse, as they have the ability to recoup time
and reasonable costs for searching and producing information sought by the media or general
public.
Probably the best part of the legislation
in both the House and the Senate, however, is
the ability of the records access officer to work
with the state to produce educational materials
which would instruct both the community and
its leaders. Everyone needs to be brought up
to speed on what is and isn’t a public document, and some boards withhold information
due to lack of knowledge. By the same token,
some requests are unnecessarily cumbersome
because the inquirer didn’t know exactly what
to ask for or what was available.
At the end of the day, people have the right
to know about how the public business is conducted, even when it’s not pretty.
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Thursday, Feb. 18
Zoning Board of Appeals
5:15 p.m. Town Office Building
Monday, Feb. 22
Board of Selectmen
7 p.m. Town Office Building
Conservation Commission
Tuesday, Feb. 23
Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School
Committee
7 p.m. Minnechaug Regional High School
Wednesday, Feb. 24
Finance Committee
Hampden
Thursday, Feb. 18
Housing Authority
9 a.m. Centennial Commons
Monday, Feb. 22
Board of Assessors
5 p.m. Town House
Advisory Committee
6 p.m. Town House
Board of Selectmen
6 p.m. Town House
Tuesday, Feb. 23
Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School
Committee
7 p.m. Minnechaug Regional High School
Zoning Board of Appeals
7:30 p.m. Town House
Correction
The estimated cost increase to
provide ideal middle school education staffing levels for both Thornton W. Burgess Middle School in
Hampden and Wilbraham Middle
School referenced in last week’s
story “Task Force reviews data” is
$1.9 million.
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February 18, 2016
Page Talk of the TOWNS
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e received a good response from last week’s
Talk of the Towns column which featured
Wilbraham news from a 1960 edition of the
Springfield Morning Union. So, here are some more news
clippings written by my mom, Ethel M. Bennett, who was
the Wilbraham correspondent for the Springfield daily
newspaper at the time. From the
April 1, 1960 issue: “The church
women’s groups from this town
TALK
have been noted for sponsoring
columnist
different types of fashion shows.
On Wednesday evening at 8 the
Women’s Club of St. Cecilia’s
Church will climax a fashion
show with the presentation of
“My Fairest Lady” the identity
of which will be kept secret until
that night. The one chosen out
of 25 models who have been
CHARLES F.
taking a self-improvement course
BENNETT
entitled “Personality Preferred”
will be chosen for charm, and
graciousness. The event will be held in the Memorial
School auditorium.”
April 2, 1960: “In order to make the first Policemen’s
Ball a success on April 23 at the Minnechaug Regional
High School gym, members of the auxiliary police unit will
carry on a town-wide campaign for support. There will
be five door prizes awarded. Portions of the proceeds will
go toward purchasing a blood hound for the department,
scholarship donation, and to the Lions Club Spec Pond
recreation center.”
The Wilbraham United Players will present the stage
adaptation of Grace Lin’s Newberry Award-winning
book “Where the Mountain Meets the Moon” on Friday
Feb. 19 and Saturday Feb. 20. Shows for both dates
will be at 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. The cast features youth
and young adult actors from the towns of Wilbraham,
Hampden and neighboring communities and is directed by
Meghan Lynn Allen. The play is staged in conjunction
with our School District “One Book, One Community
Project.” All performances will be held in the Minnechaug
Regional High School Auditorium. Tickets are available in
advance on the web through the Player’s website - www.
wilbrahamunitedplayers.com or day of show at the door.
Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students under age
18.
Wilbraham’s Joe Kelly of the town-based ProShred
sent us his latest newsletter reminding folks that this New
Year is a good time to think about shredding documents
instead of throwing them in the trash where they are at risk
for prying eyes. Also use strong passwords for computer
applications; don’t use easy-to-guess ones like birthdays.
Choose long, complex passwords that will be hard for
someone to crack. Use a variety of numbers, symbols,
upper case and lower case letters for increased security,
said Joe.
We mentioned this last week, but worth repeating
again: Students in Hampden or Wilbraham can now
apply for scholarships through the Wilbraham-Hampden
Rotary Club. A total of nine scholarships in the amount
of $1,500 each will be available to qualifying students.
Applications for the scholarships are available from the
guidance departments of Minnechaug Regional High
School, Wilbraham & Monson Academy and Cathedral
High School. The deadline for completed applications is
Friday, April 1. For more information contact Scholarship
Chairman Brad Sperry at 537-4171.
Wilbraham resident, Madison Babula, class of 2018,
has achieved Dean’s List at Westfield State University
for three consecutive semesters. Madison is majoring in
psychology, and minoring in biology, in hopes of someday
becoming a clinical neuropsychologist.
Patrick Shore of Wilbraham, a junior at Holyoke
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Catholic High School, made First Honors in their Honor
Roll. Anthony Graziano of Wilbraham, also a junior, was
given Honorable Mention.
Abby Lopata of Wilbraham has made the Dean’s List
for the fall semester at Bridgewater State University.
David Robinson of Wilbraham has been named to the
Dean’s List at Bryant University in Smithfield, R.I.
Brooke Walsh of Hampden has earned Highest Honors
on the Dean’s List at the University of New Hampshire.
Madison LaPlante of Wilbraham earned Highest Honors
Erin Lee of Hampden has been named to the Dean’s
List for fall 2015 at The College of Saint Rose in Albany,
N.Y. Erin is one of 815 students to achieve this mark of
academic excellence.
Western New England University congratulated 56
students working toward a Doctor of Pharmacy degree who
have been named to the Dean’s List for the fall semester of
2015. Two Hampden students were named to the Dean’s
List for achieving a semester grade point average of 3.30
or higher: Jacob D. Booth and Felicya E. Moran of
Hampden.
Happy birthday to Joan Maggi and Ellie Griswold of
the Red Hat Ya Ya Sisterhood.
We would like to share this anecdote from the Cheers
and Jeers section of AARP magazine:
“Cheers to the debate team at the maximum security
prison that took on a team from Harvard University…and
won. ‘They caught us off guard,’ said one student. The
three-man team from Eastern New York Correctional
Facility earned points for creativity and strong preparation.
The program is sponsored by Bard College, and prisoners
say it gives them the confidence to move past a life of
crime.”
Retired Editor Emeritus Charlie Bennett writes this
regular column for the Times. Please send items for the
column to cbennett4765@charter.net.
QUOTATIONS of the Week
“
We need to spark some interest among young people in theater and what
a great way to do that.
”
Wilbraham United Players President Paul Nesbit on the group’s performance of
the Grace Lin book “Where the Mountain Meets the Moon” this weekend. Elementary
students in the Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School District read the book over the
summer as part of the “One Book, One Community” program.
“
”
Stop wasting money. We keep saying ‘No.’
Hampden resident Jeannine Shumway on the proposed merger of Hampden’s
Thornton W. Burgess Middle School and Wilbraham Middle School.
Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School District
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Kindergarten screening will take place at a later date. Both schools will
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2016. For further information and to make your Kindergarten registration
appointment Hampden residents may call Green Meadows School at 5663263 and Wilbraham residents may call Mile Tree School at 596-6921.
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Editorial
Understand the
Republican ballot
By Dave Sanders
Guest Columnist
T
he Wilbraham Republican Town
Committee has an important and
busy upcoming several months.
First on the list is the election of Republican State Committee members,
one man and one woman which will be
on Primary Day, Tuesday, March 1.
The incumbents are Tom McCarthy and Deb Martell. They have
represented us at the state committee
level and had significant input into
the official state Republican Platform.
Their opponents are Alex Sherman,
Bob Grove and Lillian Gray. All have
been invited to the WRTC meeting on
Thursday, Feb. 18 at 7 p.m. to present
themselves as candidates.
The local town election features
slots throughout the elected offices.
The WRTC Caucus is held in April at
which time candidates can be nominated from the floor of registered Republicans. The candidates for each position
will be invited to speak at the caucus
and can have two supporters give testimony for them. The winner of the caucus is the candidate that the WRTC will
endorse and support during the town
election. It’s important that you vote
both on March 1 for State Committee,
but also in the annual Town Election on
Saturday, May 21.
State Platform
The WRTC supports the Republican State Platform and we attempt to
find candidates that reflect it. As the
saying goes, “all politics is local” and
this trickles all the way down to Wilbraham. Republicans look to reduce
the size of government and be fiscally
conservative. Social issues are guided
by the Constitution. I would suggest
that the state platform parallels the
Founding Father’s beliefs. Note that
the National State Committeewoman
Chanel Prunier voted to accept the Republican State Committee platform.
Unfortunately, moderate Republicans are diluting these issues so much
that there is hardly any difference in
the two parties. We even have some examples running for the State Committee positions. It’s generally acknowledged, even from the new candidates,
that the WRTC is an established and
active group. I don’t think that the
claim that building local groups carries
much weight when their attendance at
the WRTC is sporadic and our activities weren’t in any way influenced by
the non-incumbents.
We can count on the votes of the
incumbents to follow the Republican
State platform. Local committees are
active locally because the locals work
hard at it, not because outsiders are
“fixing them.” Having state level establishment politicians try to support
moderate “R’s” is a weakness that
permeates the establishment up to the
national level. At the national level,
the establishment is being rejected,
Republicanism should be followed locally. It’s hoped that you will vote to
support true Republican issues in a
Constitutional way.
Please note that the Springfield Republican City Committee has officially
endorsed the incumbents and voted to
help fund them. I am speaking for myself since the WRTC has not endorsed
any candidates at this point in time.
Dave Sanders is chairman of the
Wilbraham Republican Town Committee and a resident of Wilbraham.
Understand the
Democratic ballot
By Sean F. Kennedy
Guest Columnist
O
n “Super Tuesday,” March 1, Wilbraham residents will go to the
polls to vote in the Presidential
Primary at Minnechaug Regional High
School. In addition to voicing our choice
for the nomination for President of the
United States, we also get to elect our local political party committees.
For the Democratic Party, the local
organization is the Wilbraham Democratic Town Committee, made up of up to 35
elected members. The names of the candidates for the committee will appear on
the March 1 ballot. Only registered Democrats and voters listed as Unenrolled
may vote in the Democratic primary.
Due to overwhelming interest in serving on the Democratic Town Committee,
38 people have qualified to be on the ballot. The names of these 38 people will appear on two slates, one with 30 names on
it and the other with eight names on it.
Every person on both slates is well qualified and deserving of membership. There
is absolutely no significance to the two
slates. They are not competing against
one another; they are a product of constraints imposed on signature gatherers
by the Secretary of State.
Top 35
The top 35 vote-getters will be elected to the Town Committee, while the
remaining three will become associate
members and will move up to full membership when vacancies arise. Although
you may vote for one slate or the other,
we request that you select individuals
from each slate, as long as you vote for
no more than 35 total people.
The Wilbraham Democratic Town
Committee promotes the Democratic
Party, its principles, and its candidates in
the town of Wilbraham. The strength of
our democracy is dependent on the engagement of thoughtful citizens who participate and debate issues for the common
good of all citizens.
There are several core beliefs that
unite Democrats: among these are that we
as citizens are greater together than we
are on our own. We believe that America
collectively succeeds when everyone of
every race, color, religion, sexual orientation, familial and socioeconomic status
gets to play by the same rules and receives
a fair shot at the American Dream. The
Wilbraham Democratic Town Committee believes that the citizens of our great
community agree with this philosophy.
The organization exists to foster those
principles within our town and state governments.
The Democratic Town Committee
meets regularly, sponsors community
and political events and raises money
and awareness for Democratic causes and
candidates. It also recruits and nominates
qualified Democrats to serve on town
boards, committees and elected offices.
For more information or to become an
associate member, contact wilbrahamdemocrats@gmail.com.
Please remember to go to the polls
and take a Democratic ballot on Tuesday,
March 1 between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. at
Minnechaug Regional High School.
Sean F. Kennedy is a candidate for
the Wilbraham Democratic Town Committee and a resident of Wilbraham.
WNEU to offer information session
Clinic to spread the spirit of cheer in Wilbraham
WILBRAHAM – The
Minnechaug Regional High
School cheerleaders will conduct their annual Cheerleading Clinic for girls currently
in first through eighth grade
on Saturday, March 12 from
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the high
school.
There is a $25 registration fee and those who register
by Saturday, Feb. 27 receive
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For consideration, please contact
Bryan McKeever at (413) 596-8183.
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will also be available at the
door beginning at 9:45 a.m.
to obtain forms, email decorie@charter.net.
SPRINGFIELD – Western
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an information session for prospective graduate business students on
Wednesday, March 9 at 6 p.m. in
the Kevin S. Delbridge Welcome
Center, 1215 Wilbraham Road.
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February 18, 2016
Page Holyoke Catholic, Cathedral merger moves onward
By Emily Thurlow
Turley Publications Staff Writer
CHICOPEE – Though some
of the “unknowns” with the
merger of Holyoke Catholic and
Cathedral high schools may have
caused some anxiety early on,
the Director of Admissions Ann
Marie Rivers said that enrollment
for Pope Francis High School
continues to increase.
“Applications are ramping
up and programs are being finalized,” she said. “Pope Francis
will be able to offer more programming the opportunity for
students to compete at a higher
level they may not have been
able to in the past between the
two schools [separately].”
As for the numbers, there are
244 students currently enrolled
at Holyoke Catholic residing in
Chicopee, Agawam, Amherst,
Belchertown, Granby, Feeding
Hills, Holyoke, Ludlow, Monson, South Hadley, Southwick,
Wilbraham, and many others
throughout western Massachusetts as well as some from neighboring Connecticut communities. Enrollment at Cathedral is
currently at 165 with students
residing in similar communities,
the top of course, being Springfield.
For the 2016 to 2017 school
year – and 2017 to 2018 school
years – PFHS will be in Chicopee
at the site of the former Holyoke
Catholic High School, located
at 134 Springfield St. The 2015
ready, the PFHS has solicited
ideas for students’ spirit wear.
In putting together a new
tuition structure, Dr. Paul C. Gagliarducci, executive director of
the PFHS project said the goal
was to keep costs as low as possible and remain revenue neutral.
When reviewing the accompanying figures, he said the Diocese
of Springfield provides $750,000
in annual support to the school.
The actual cost to educate each
student is around $12,000, so
each child is essentially receiving a scholarship to attend Pope
Francis. Additionally, since financial aid is based on tuition,
packaging the majority of associated fees into the tuition makes
families eligible for higher financial aid.
Students may also receive
a number of discounts to attend
Pope Francis High School: a parish subsidy for families in good
standing with their church, a discount for pre-paid tuition, and a
discount for siblings who attend
the school. To thank parents and
families for their support during this process of merging and
building PFHS, Rozanski has
committed to freezing the tuition at the $9,300 level until
the student graduates, even if
the school’s tuition increases.
For more information on tuition,
visit popefrancishigh.org.
The new PFHS building
is projected to open in August
of 2018 at the beginning of the
2018 to 2019 academic year.
TIMES photos courtesy of Pope Francis High School
Pope Francis High School recently held a press conference to announce the Owner’s Project Manager and Construction Manager at Risk for the new school as well as renderings.
Pictured is the main entrance to the school. Renderings have not been finalized.
to 2016 school year is the last
year for the separation of the two
schools as Cathedral – Currently
located at Memorial School at
310 Main St. in Wilbraham – will
make the move later this year.
At this point, there is currently no “Head of School” for
PFHS, but an extensive search
underway with help from Catholic School Management and both
principals, John Miller of Cathedral – who is retiring after 13
years – and Maryann Linnehan
of Holyoke Catholic are still in
place. This individual will administer and be engaged in all aspects of PFHS beginning on July
1. The Head of School will be
supported by a team of assistant
head of school professionals in
areas such as academics, student
life (campus ministry, athletics
and student activities), and advancement (admissions, marketing, alumni and parent relations,
and development).
Much like the formation of
Holyoke Catholic from its legacy
schools of St. Jerome, Precious
Blood, Sacred Heart, and Holy
Rosary, PFHS Chief Advancement Officer Kevin White explained that the merger has been
and will continue to be addressed
in a sensitive manner.
“We are committed to preserving and building upon the
legacy and traditions of two great
schools,” said White. “Both are
rich in academic and athletic tradition, alumni success, important
impact on the church and community. We’re working toward
Night to benefit local
hockey player
SPRINGFIELD – The Springfield
Falcons will hold a benefit Saturday,
Feb. 27 for local Wilbraham Twin Meadows Youth Hockey Association player
Alex Blais.
Alex, 9, was diagnosed with a
Grade 3 anaplastic astrocytoma brain tumor Jan. 1, which has since continued to
grow in size. He is receiving treatment at
Connecticut Children’s Hospital in Hartford, Connecticut.
Tickets for Alex Blais Night are
$15, with $3 from each ticket helping to
support the Blais family. The deadline to
order is Friday, Feb. 26.
WTM consists of players from Wilbraham, Hampden, East Longmeadow
and Longmeadow.
For more information or to purchase
tickets, contact Dave Jones at 413-2764339 or email djones@falconsahl.com.
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honoring the stories of both
schools through the development
of ‘Heritage Hall’ in the new
PFHS. We will also work to tell
the story of our legacy schools to
new students and for generations
to come.”
He also noted the school’s
commitment to hosting alumni
events to honor both schools together and individually. Though
the legacy schools will never be
forgotten, Jennifer Lopez, director of marketing and communications, says that it’s important
to note that the school and its
colors will be a completely new
look.
“To help unify the two
schools, it’s important that Pope
Francis High School have a
whole new look,” she said. Al-
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State Rep. Angelo
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D-Springfield,
welcomed
Wilbraham residents
Betsy Davison and
Van Gothner to the
State House where
Puppolo had set
up a meeting with
Representative Kay
Khan, House chair of
the Joint Committee
on Children, Families
and Persons with
Disabilities, to discuss
legislative issues.
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announced a Saturday night “Coffee
House” will take place Saturday, Feb. 27
at 7 p.m.
Coffee and baked goods will be
served and the evening will feature entertainment from local artist Alex Colavecchio. Representatives from the Community Survival Center in Indian Orchard
will also be on hand to speak about the
services offered to the communities of
Hampden, Wilbraham, Ludlow and the
Springfield neighborhoods of Indian Orchard, Sixteen Acres and Pine Point.
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ARTS & Lifestyles
Art League featured at
Forbes Library gallery
WILBRAHAM – The
Wilbraham Art League will be
exhibiting work at the Hosmer
Gallery, in the Forbes Library,
20 West St., Northampton, on
Thursday, March 3 through
March 31 during library hours.
A reception will take place
on Saturday, March 5, from 2 to
4 p.m. There will be a variety
of works from paintings, photography, and three dimensional
media. President Linda Last-
Art class
starts up in
Wilbraham
off will show her pastel titled,
“Big Red,” Susan Tosh will exhibit her abstract painting titled,
“Color of Purple” and Jerry
Wilson will have a sculpture on
display.
The art league formed in
April, 2007. They meet the second Tuesday of each month at
the Wilbraham Senior Center,
45 Post Office Park. For more
information, visit wilbrahamartleague.org.
‘Irish Night’ to
feature Banish
Misfortune
WILBRAHAM – The sixth
annual Irish Night at the Wilbraham Public Library will take
place Wednesday, Feb. 24 from
7 to 9 p.m. in the Brooks Room
of the library. This year’s event
features Celtic band Banish Misfortune.
Banish Misfortune, a six
piece folk band from Northampton, performs throughout the
Pioneer Valley. Performances
feature Irish folk tunes and witty
banter to engage audiences.
Irish bread and tea will be
served to those in attendance.
The evening is sponsored
through the Wilbraham Friends
of the Library and the Wilbraham
Cultural Council. Doors will
open at 6:30 p.m. and a donation
of $7 is suggested to support library programming.
WILBRAHAM – The
Wilbraham Senior Center
announced a six-week art
program, “Art Song,” will
begin Friday, March 4 at 1
p.m.
Participants will work
from a photograph of their
choice or a still life arrangement to create original acrylic
or watercolor paintings. Artwork will begin from pencil
sketches and participants
will learn to measure, judge
contrast of light values, understand drawing forms and
to mix colors. The class will
be led by Amy Porchelli and
a supply list is available at
the front desk of the Senior
Center, 45 Post Office Park.
Cost is $100.
to register, call 596-8379.
Brown to speak at Elms College
CHICOPEE – The Blue
House at the College of Our
Lady of the Elms will present a
reading by writer Jericho Brown
at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 25,
in the Alumnae Library Theatre. A reception will precede
the event at 7 p.m. The public is
invited to this free event.
The evening promises “a
gift of true poetry,” said Dan
Chelotti, assistant professor
of English at Elms College. “I
think listeners will be thinking
and talking about Brown’s poems well into the night. I hope
it will challenge the audience,
as with all events in the Blue
House Visiting Writers Series,
to question their own preconceptions of poetry.”
An associate professor in
English and creative writing at
Emory University in Atlanta,
Brown has received a Whiting
Writers Award, and fellowships
from the Radcliffe Institute at
Harvard University and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Author Jericho Brown will give a presentation of his poetry at Elms College Thursday, Feb. 25 beginning at 7:30
p.m.
His poems have appeared in The
New Republic, The New Yorker
and The Best American Poetry.
His first book, Please, won the
American Book Award, and his
second book, The New Testament, won the Anisfield-Wolf
Book Award.
“I hope (the audience’s)
of the band’s national tour.
The 59-member band will
present a mix of patriotic, classical orchestral transcriptions, original band works, pop, jazz and
contemporary works with both
vocal and instrumental soloists.
GRANBY – The MacDuffie School Arts Department will
present the musical “Chicago”
the weekend of March 4-6 in
the Little Theater on campus.
Based on Maurine Dallas Watkins’ play of the same
name, “Chicago” is a musical
with music by John Kander,
lyrics by Fred Ebb, and a book
by Ebb and Bob Fosse. Strong
female characters, jazz music,
and lush dance numbers tell an
entertaining story as familiar
in 1920s Chicago as it is to-
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in ways that lead to thought,
consideration, and reconsideration,” Brown said. “I hope this
leads to a change of mind(s). I
believe that when people truly
change their minds, they also
change their actions.”
MacDuffie School to present ‘Chicago’ March 4
day: the phenomenon of media glamorizing criminals and
shaping public opinion.
The MacDuffie performances, presented by a special arrangement with Samuel
French Inc., will be held Friday, March 4 and Saturday,
March 5 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, March 6 at 2 p.m. Performances will be directed by Arts
Department Chair Becky Beth
Benedict, with Angie Muzzy as
choreographer, Asia Meirovich
as music director, and Ted Ly-
Navy Band to strike a chord in Spirit of Springfield concert March 5
SPRINGFIELD – The Spirit of Springfield will present a
free concert by the U. S. Navy
Band from Washington, D.C.,
on Saturday, March 5 at 7 p.m.
in Springfield Symphony Hall.
The special performance is part
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“I chose ‘Chicago’ because its’ a female-forward
production with great role
for boys, too. Overall it’s a
good fit for our talent here at
MacDuffie,” said Benedict.
“We’re presenting a modernized treatment of the story, and
we felt it was time for the Theater program to try something
new and flashy.”
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Page 11
Suburban Living
Super humans on the campaign trail
By Rick Rubin
Turley Publications
Correspondent
Recipe: Baked Teriyaki Chicken
S
o it’s my birthday week
and our birthdays often
have us not only reflecting
on being another year older, but
we also begin to feel the typical
aches and pains that us middleagers start to experience.
For me
it’s not too
bad … a little back ache
and some
slight bursitis in my
hip. I consider myself
luckier than
some
my
Rick Rubin
age. What
is
noticeable to me is that there are some
things I just can’t do with the
same energy I had 20 years ago.
A hectic nine or 10 hour day at
work seems to take a lot more
out of me than in the past, and by
Friday I’m ready for a weekend
filled with, well, nothing. Even
running around on the weekend
doing errands, going out, taking
care of the house can be more tiring than it was.
As I was watching the Democratic nomination the other
night I starting thinking, ‘Holy
moly, if I think I’m tired with
what I do, I can’t imagine how
the presidential candidates fare.’
Just think about it, Hilary Clinton is 68, Donald Trump is 69
and Bernie Sanders is 74 … 74!
More Than Age
Now don’t get the wrong
idea, for me age is not the only
factor in electing a president. In
fact, if someone in their middle
to late 60s has the stamina to be
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in your oven chicken.
Ingredients
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 tablespoon cold water
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/4 cup cider vinegar
1 clove garlic, minced
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
12 skinless chicken thighs
Baked Teriyaki Chicken
president, more power to them.
What really amazes me is that
someone that age can actually
campaign that hard, from early
morning to late at night shaking
hands, driving from one part of
the state to another and eating
crappy food at greasy diners. It’s
enough to make even a person
20 years younger get tired just
thinking about it.
These ‘older’ men and
women are being shuffled around
all day by their handlers. They
are out in the worst weather or
standing out in a corn field in
Iowa or eating something fried
at a state fair. Honestly, when do
they even have time to go to the
bathroom? I would assume they
have to stop at a gas station on
the road to pee.
They are being booed at,
screamed at, criticized by the
media and other candidates, and
sometimes forced to say embarrassing things about themselves.
Now for some of us this might
seem like a typical day at home,
but for these poor folks it’s a
constant from all corners of the
U.S., not just their spouse!
How the heck do they do it,
even the younger ones? I work
up to 50 hours each week, feed
my dogs and occasionally take a
plane trip to visit my grandmother in Florida. These people are in
Iowa at 5 p.m. and South Carolina at 9 p.m. I eat something
a little crazy at the Big E and
I have indigestion for a week.
These guys are eating deep fried
whatever and smoked something
else in the morning and by afternoon they are feasting on the
local concoction in a small town
in Iowa.
Maybe age isn’t the only
factor, maybe having an iron
stomach means more. The final
note here is at 56, I’m exhausted
from a typical day, how does
Bernie, Hilary or even the “Don”
do what they do? You might not
agree with their politics, but you
surely have to admire their stamina. Food for thought: if Bernie
Sanders doesn’t get elected he
could always promote some
kind of energy pill like … never
mind.
Directions
In a small saucepan over low heat, combine the cornstarch, cold water, sugar, soy sauce, vinegar, garlic, ginger
and ground black pepper. Let simmer, stirring frequently,
until sauce thickens and bubbles.
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Place chicken pieces in
a lightly greased 9x13 inch baking dish. Brush chicken
with the sauce. Turn pieces over, and brush again.
Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Turn pieces over, and bake for another 30 minutes, until chicken
is no longer pink and juices run clear. Brush with sauce
every 10 minutes during cooking.
Top 10 Oldest Presidents
(Source: AboutEducation.com)
Ronald Reagan (69 years, 11 months, 14 days)
William H. Harrison (68 years, 0 months, 23 days)
James Buchanan (65 years, 10 months, 9 days)
George H. W. Bush (64 years, 7 months, 8 days)
Zachary Taylor (64 years, 3 months, 8 days)
Dwight D. Eisenhower (62 years, 3 months, 6 days)
Andrew Jackson (61 years, 11 months, 17 days)
John Adams (61 years, 4 months, 4 days)
Gerald R. Ford (61 years, 0 months, 26 days)
Harry S. Truman (60 years, 11 months, 4 days)
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February 18, 2016
A Community Gallery of life in
Wilbraham and Hampden:
Here you’ll find the next installment on
Greg the Barber’s window of guest photos
called, “A Window on the Community.”
Seniors enjoy a visitor for Valentine’s Day.
Wilbraham children dress into fun. Locals
meet at a Wilbraham establishment. The Red
Hatters name a king. A Hampden family
connects over breakfast. Daisies brave the
elements. Firefighters enjoy the Chili Fest.
Readers are encouraged to send in medium to high
resolution photos for this page by e-mail to
twitkop@turley.com or mail to TIMES, 24 Water
Street, Palmer, MA 01069. Please note that if you
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Key to the
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Breakfast bunch…
Queen Mum Kathy
Phipps (left) of the
Red Hat Ya Ya Sisterhood of Wilbraham
presents Times Editor
Tyler S. Witkop with
the Key to the Mardi
Gras during their
party Feb. 9. Witkop
was named “King” or
“Rex” of the celebration that included
lunch and homemade
desserts at the Gardens of Wilbraham.
Local men (from left) John Shay, Rich Paluck, Don Collins and Roger Lemelin sit down
for their morning coffee and conversation at Rice’s Farm on a frigid Feb. 12.
A Commun
Life in Wilbraha
Sweet sounds for senior
Connected at breakfast…
Hampden Board of Health Coordinator Jane Budynkiewicz (right) and
her husband Mike (left) connect her mother Tiny Burt, of Hampden, with
hand-held cell phone technology during the annual Lions Club Super Bowl
Pancake Breakfast Feb. 7.
Cookie crew…
Wilbraham Daisy Scouts Isabella Kirton (left) and Abigail Lee of Troop
64535 brave the elements to sell Girl Scout Cookies outside of the Village
Store and Café Jan. 24.
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Enjoying the heat…
Wilbraham Firefighters (from left) Andrew Nothe, Patrick Farrow and Victor Robidoux, joined by state Rep. Angelo Puppolo Jr., D-Springfield, grab
a taste of free chili at the annual Friends of Wilbraham Public Access Chili
Fest Feb. 6 at St. Cecilia’s.
Land of make believe…
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Minnechaug announces Honor Roll
WILBRAHAM – Minnechaug Regional
High School has announced the students
named to the Term 2 Honor Roll.
Ninth Grade High Honors:
Kaitlyn Acciardo, Kayla Anderson, Madelyn Birtwell, Alison Boudreau, Vivian Cheng,
Savannah Doughty, Mia Drumheller, Katherine Duncan, Benjamin Dunklee, Lily Elkhay,
Nicholas Fedak, Sara Garete, Kristianna Henriques, Alex Hill, Mackenzie Howard, Nicole
Kagan, Jennifer Kovarik, Isabella Lopez, Cameron McGaffigan, Aleksei Mendrala, Logan
Mitchell, Olivia Mitchell, Kellen Moore, Julia
Moraitis, Caitlyn Pelletier, William Raffaele,
Savannah Rescia, Brianna Rossini-Beamon,
Michael Semanie IV, Jessica Smith, Bridget
Smith-Epaul, Olivia Springer, Ashley Strout,
Kiley Sweet, Martin Wadzinski, Grace Ward,
Sophia Wegrzynek and Elanore Worthington.
Ninth Grade Honors:
Hunter Acconcio, Kelsey Allard, Skyler
Allard, Leah Anderkin, Christopher Avery,
Jaco Bailey-Provencher, Dylan Baker, Fiona
Bass, Kendal Bates, Grace Beaupre, Kyle
Biermann, Elizabeth Blask, Caitlin Bonavita,
Jocelyn Boudreau, Alejandra Brenes, Brett
Brenner, Adam Brown, Seamus Butcher,
Caroline Campbell, Kaitlin Carmichael, Mary
Kate Caron, Ellina Chen, Jing Chen, Grace
Cherry, Meghan Clark, Mikayla Clark, Timothy Connors, Audrey Cordis, Harrison Coutu,
John Cowles, Marco Cuoco, Cameron Cupka, Matthew Dion, Bailey Donovan, Samuel
Dowding, Scott Dunbar II, Ashley Evans, Brian
Fett, Ian Finch, Angelo Fiore, Serena Fiore,
Angelina Flebotte, Amy Footit, Luis Forrest,
Ethan Fowle, Ryan Frangie, Joseph Garcia,
Abbey Gentile, Maximus George, Samuel
Glista, Kathryn Gormally, Sophia Grasso,
Brandon Gregoire, Benjamin Gregson, Mitchell Guzzo, Jessica Hanna, Noah Hanson, Rhea
Harrigan, Raina Ittner, Emma Johnson, Karalyn Jones, Arnold Kange, Samantha Kelley,
Adam Kierkla, Katelyn King, Matthew Kowal,
Olivia Kozub, Alexandra Kuznetsova, Sarah
Langone, Rheanna Lannon, Victor Larssen,
Michelle Leckey, Zachary Lussier, Eli Maller,
Jeffrey Marceau, Mary Martin, Grace McCo-
nnell, Sean McLaughlin, Brennan McMahon,
Michelle Moskvitch, Lily Mulcahy, Grace Murdoch, Cailin Murphy, Lainey Mwangi, Jenna
Nebel, Julia Nemphos, Samantha Nowak,
Brianna Odom, Bryce Ostrander, Michael
O’Toole, Grace Pessolano, Madison Poisson,
Michael Prevost II, Grace Proulx, Jake Rescia,
Allyona Rettura, Angel Reyes, Cole Rigney,
Iliana Rivera, Selina Rivera, Sam Roberts,
Alexis Roda, Abigail Roebuck, Molly Roy,
Jarrett Ruggiero, Michael Russell IV, Kate
Salerno, Sarah Schultz, Rebekah Sherman,
Abby Simon-Plumb, Lauren Skala, Daniel
Taylor, Michael Tirabassi, Laura Tomlinson,
Franche Torres Garrafa, Daniel Tracy, Adam
Tran, Nora Trebbe, Kyle Turcotte, Brandon
Vreeland, Melanie Ward, Dylan Wehr, Terrell
Weir, Andrew White and Elizabeth White.
10th Grade High Honors:
Emerson Alexander, Megan Anderson,
Justin Bernier, Alana Bessette, Katelyn Boland, Julian Brown, Anna Clini, Danielle Doleva, Zachary Fernandes, Isabela Ferraro, Nora
Fitzgerald, Shane Fitzgerald, Dashiell Garvey, Ethan Gasteyer, Kara Gasteyer, Victoria
Humphrey, Aimee Jolicoeur, Autumn Joyce,
Skylar Kolisko, Anita Kriz, Ester Kriz, Giavana
LaChapelle, Aislinn Lee, Katherine Miller,
Jack Millot, Stephanya Moran, Oscar Niccum, Grace Pettengill, Bianca Pio, Matthew
Pluta, Alexander Puhalski, Claire Puhalski,
Emma Puhalski, Morgan Rhindress, Matthew
Roath, Ryan Schneider, Jillian Talenda, Grace
Trudeau, Kelsey Wilkinson, Elizabeth Williams
and Anthony Zeimbekakis.
10th Grade Honors:
Sabrina Alves, Brian Anderson, Jessica
Anderson, Elizabeth Anti, Mariah Ayala, Delaney Barber, Matthew Berg, Frank Bianchi,
Emily Bidus, Daniel Blain, William Blomerth,
Alyssa Boilard, Madison Bonavita, Sean Borlen, Autumn Bradway, Thalia Brenes, Grace
Brennan, Timothy Budrow, Jared Buteau,
Ryan Buteau, Bridget Callahan, Michael
Cheng, Robert Clark, Zachary Clark, Katie
Clavette, Allison Coopee, Callie Cyr, Catherine
Daly, Gabriella DeRose, Anthony DiNoia, Beatrice Downey, Thomas Dufour, Jack Dunklee,
Eric Dzierzgowski, Olivia Falcone, Samantha
Falcone, Christopher Foley, Celene Frodema,
Joseph Gagnon, Kamryn Gamble, Saida
Gamidova, Chase Garvey, Kayla Gentile,
Margaret Giordano, Anna Gorfinkel, Maria
Graziano, Haley Gurski, Lilah Gurski, Brandon
Hapgood, Tess Hill, Victoria Hills, Jacob Hotaling, Benjamin Jacek, Daniel Kalucki, Madison
Karam, Sebastian Karpinski, Ryan Kasper,
Sebastian Kierkla, Demi Konstantakos, Jake
LaMotte, Heather Leckey, Hanna Levesque,
Benjamin MacKay, Cameron Mariani, Dionna Martell, Margaret Martin, Alexandrea
Maziarz, Aidan McGovern, John McGrath,
Mackenzie Melikian, Emma Kate Miller, Samantha Miller, Alexzandria Mitchell, Natalie
Mojica, Olivia Naumec, Tia Nehmer, Padraic
O’Brien, Olivia O’Connor, Nora Olsen, Brianna
O’Shea, Garrett Paradis, Mia Piteo, Savannah
Polci, Richard Prairie, Madalyn Quinn, Olivia
Quinn, Haley Ramos, Koby Ray, Nora Scully,
Julia Seibold, Ashley Sheehan, Bailey Tatro,
Cody Tenczar, Nathaniel Toomey, Michael
Trecker, Madison Trombley, Matthew Walting,
Benjamin Ward, Gabrielle Ward, Eliza Weisse,
Danielle White, Rae Whitley, Matthew Wilkinson, Haley Yates and Hannah Yelle.
Jordan Baker, Jacob Belemjian, Joseph
Burzdak, Quinn Butcher, Meghan Butler, Kayleigh Campbell, Nathaniel Conway, Stephen
Diefenderfer, Matthew Garbecki, Courtney
Gioielli, Margaret Macedo, Tara McWilliams,
Michelle Normand, Jillian Perry, Abigail Person, Kristin Rheault, Megan Roncarati, Krista
Schoonover and Annamaria Traniello.
11th Grade Honors:
Skyler Acconcio, Michael Alexander,
Camron Ayaz, Samantha Barron, Gavin
Berkeley, Stephanie Blais, Carolina Borucki,
Jared Boudreau, Jordan Brown-Rose, Peter
Burkins, Marthe Cable, Sarah Caltabiano,
Michael Cammilleri, Michael Canning, Jake
Castonguay, Justine Chaves, Taylor Colkos,
Jacob Crevier, Michaela Cronin, Robert Culhane, Joshua DeCarolis, Matthew DeCurzio,
Vincent DeMattia, Isabella DiLorenzo, Bethany
Dion, Julia Doleva, Alyssa Doran, Jodi Down-
of age on or before August 31.
Parents must bring their child’s
original birth certificate, health
records, proof of residency (tax
bill) and custodial documents, if
applicable to registration. Kindergarten screening will take
place at a later date. Both schools
will begin accepting kindergarten registration appointments on
Wednesday, Feb. 24.
For more information or to
register, Hampden residents may
call Green Meadows at 566-3263
and Wilbraham residents may
call Mile Tree at 596-6921.
HAMDEN, Conn. – Quinnipiac University announced
that several local students were
named to the Dean’s List for the
fall 2015 semester.
Katheryn DeMarey and
Jordyn Pedersen of Hampden
received the honor. Additionally, Kylie Cardoso, Joseph
Christman, Neliana Ferraro,
Briana Le May and Ellen Moraitis, of Wilbraham, earned the
distinction.
To qualify, students must
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Gianna Albano, Elise Babula, Olivia Barber, Kathryn Bell, Christina Bogacz, Stephen
Bowen, Jenna Bredvik, Stephanie Chapin,
Victoria Courchesne, Lara Cushman, Rachel Dembek, Madison Duncan, Christopher
Garbasz, Jaileen Goncalves, Lucas Graham,
Rachel Granger, Matthew Gurski, Kylie Hamakawa, Kamryn Jebb, Lauren Kovarik, Matthew LaBranche, Zoe Lipkens, Kaylee Lord,
Delaney Matthews, Cameron Mawaka, Anna
Moore, Mackenzie Murphy, Sarah Norton,
Nicholas Santos, Julienne Torchia, Christopher Tracy, Emma Tynan, Allison Van Beaver,
Rachel Varney and Emma Weisse.
12th Grade Honors:
Holly Ainsworth, Sofia Albano, Andrew
Allard, Arianna Anamisis, Luis Angel, Michaela
Anti, Sarah Ardolino, Jordan Assad, Hannah
Babineau, Gina Barillaro, Jacob Barr, Sydney
Bass, Graeme Bazarian, Chase Beauchamp,
Tonia Bell, Tyler Bernier, William Bertheaud,
Grace Bianco, Kathryn Blask, Benjamin Brennan, Lilly Callahan, Thomas Canto, Andra Carrington-Davis, Samuel Christman, Lily Cook,
Mackenzie Courtney, Samantha Cusson,
Andrew Demos, Sarah Donermeyer, Karalyn Dowd, Casey Doyle, Jack Dumala, Paul
Dunn, Dominic Falvo, Owen Feeney, Anthony
Fimognari Jr., Dillon Fitzgerald, Nathan Florence, Willem Fuehr, Katherine Gagnon, Layla
Galavotti, Alyssa Galenski, Conrad Gallagher,
Melissa Garcia, Tyler Girard, Samantha Goff,
Cassandra Gonzalez, Noah Gougeon, Jacob
Grycel, Ellie Hanna, Jessica Henry, Christopher Hokanson, Samuel Howard, Zhi Huang,
Anthony Janczulewicz, Maisy Jensen, Ani
Jermakian, Amanda Jones, Ashley Jones,
Kelsey Jones, Hunter Jurkovac, Christopher
Jusczyk, Hannah Kane, Hannah Kenny, Natalie Keyes, Kathleen Kukulka, Suzanna LaFond,
Jonathan Lang, Ellie Larson, Esther Lee, Sean
Lee, Michael Lemoine, Jeffrey Libby, Deanna
Lloyd, Madison Lopez, Justin MacBrian, Alexandra Manseau, Anna Mascaro, Rachel
Mayotte, Makaela Mendrala, Carl Mercieri Jr.,
Anna Moraitis, Fred Muehlemann, Carly Murphy, Cullen Murray, Daniel Naumec, Thomas
Nebel, William Noel, John Normoyle, Francis
O’Brien, Emma O’Keefe, Brian Ortiz, Courtney
Ostrikis, Alexander Ouimet, Connor Patton,
Gianna Payne, Tyler Poisson, Michael Proulx,
Lauren Quinn, Courtney Reisbig, Jake Roberts, Sara Salerno, Sarah Sherman, Lauren
Shimel, William Simmons, Kelsey Slepchuk,
Nathan Smith-Epaul, Stacey Specht, Sarah
Springer, Shawn St. Marie, Elizabeth Stevenson, Jordyn Talenda, Rushil Thakkar, Jasmin
Toledo, Karl Tomlinson, Kyle Trombley, Gordon Turley, Nikolas Vanderleeden, Alexandra
Wahr, Madasyn Ward, Joshua Willis, Ryan
Yelle and Alfred Yeung.
Students named to Quinnipiac Dean’s List
District kindergarten
registration to take place
WILBRAHAM – Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School
District kindergarten registration
will be held at Green Meadows
School in Hampden on Wednesday, March 9, from 9 am. to 1
p.m. and Thursday, March 10
from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m., and at
Mile Tree School in Wilbraham
on March 9 from 6 p.m. to 7:30
p.m., and March 10, from 6 p.m.
to 7:30 p.m. by appointment
only.
Children eligible to begin
kindergarten for the 2016-2017
school year must be five years
ing, Grace Drost, Alex Evans, Lamara Evans,
Hannah Flowers, Julianna Foley, Kaila Franco, Elizabeth Glidden, Lucas Gobel, Cameron
Guyer, Dylan Hathaway, Anna Healy, Amanda
Ingerson, Joseph Janczulewicz, Nina Joseph,
Stephen Kane III, Edward Kierkla, Patricia Kirk,
Alexis Knight, Brandon Kokoszyn, Haleigh
Kology, Robert Koziol, Michael Lachenmeyer,
Jillian Laliberte, Emilie Lang, Nina Langone,
Anthony Larusso, Molly Leary, Alexis LeBrasseur, Meghan Limero, Jonathan Long, Tessa
Lopez, Joshua Lynn, Isabell Malvezzi, Donielle Martell, David Martin, Emilee Melcher,
Cole Modestow, Ryan Monteiro, Connor Moriarty, Mary Kate Moriarty, Patricia Murphy,
Calli Murray, Daniel Nygren, Sarah O’Brien,
Brianna Ottomaniello, Antonio Palermo Jr,
Emily Pannier, Avery Paradis, Nya Parent, Sophia Pariseau, Eva Peck, Sarah Penna, Lindsay Pepe, Steven Pickering, Alex Poindexter,
Ilenia Politi, Dionna Porcello, Emma Porter,
Jeffrey Proulx, Jessica Robinson, Alanna
Ross, Maeve Rothschild-Shea, Kirsten Ryan,
Madalyn Salvatore, Taylor Sanborn, Nicholas
Santaniello, Nickolas Santos, Sara Santos,
Sabrina Scheer, Nicholas Scibelli, Charlton
Seyler, Ashley Shea, Deirdre Simmons, Tatyana Simmons, Cassandra Smith, Ryan Smith,
Anthony Soares, Keri Szwarckop, Karissa
Talaia, Brian Tessicini, Curtis Tongue, Julia
Trezza, Travis Van Brewer, Samantha Van
Fleet, Kathrine Walulak, Michael Wang, Kara
Catherine White, Benton Whitley, Matthew
Wietsma, Summer Williams, Emily Wojcik,
Jarred Wolcott and Claire Yarrows.
A member of the Sisters of Providence
Health System and Trinity Health
earn a grade point average of
at least 3.5 with no grade lower
can C. Full-time students must
complete at least 14 credits in a
semester, with at least 12 credits that have been graded on a
letter grade basis to be eligible.
Part-time students must complete at least six credits during
a semester.
Quinnipiac is a private,
coeducational, nonsectarian institution. The university enrolls
6,784 full-time undergraduate
Wilbraham
students named
to Dean’s List
PORTLAND,
Maine
– The University of New England announced several Wilbraham students have been
named to the Dean’s List for
the 2015 fall semester.
John Dusel, Erika Sawicki, Vanessa White and
Casey Woodward received
the honors.
Dean’s List students have
attained a grade point average
of 3.3 or better out of a possible 4.0 at the end of the semester.
The University of New
England offers undergraduate, graduate and professional
degree programs. The university has coastal campuses
in Portland and Biddeford,
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HCC names Dean’s List
HOLYOKE – Each semester, Holyoke Community College recognizes superior scholarship
through the Dean’s List. A student is placed on the
Dean’s List for a semester GPA of 3.2 or higher.
Hampden students are Stephany Jean Burzdak, Stefanie Ann Janczulewicz, Brianna Rose
Markham, Deborah Ann McNaughton, Laura Elizabeth Ogoley and Stephanie Hazel Opal.
Wilbraham students are Nicholas K. Borysyk,
Rachel Delaney Breton, Jeffery Cunha, Quinn Fiona Garvey, Analysa Yvonne Haupt, Arnold Huruma
Kange, Badruddoza Khan, Megan Elizabeth Nehmer, Alexandria Orzolek.
Students named to AIC fall
semester Dean’s List
SPRINGFIELD – American International College recently announced 474 students were named
to the fall 2015 Dean’s List. Dean’s List students
are full-time students with a grade point average
between 3.3 and 4.0.
Local students are Riley Brennan, Brittany
Burnett, Angela Gheen, Caitlin Bateman, and Persephone Pappanikou of Wilbraham, and Michael Forrest, Derek White, Taylor Brown, and Allison Reardon of Hampden.
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February 18, 2016
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Residents voice middle school concerns at Thornton Burgess public forum
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students from Hampden would
lose a connection to their teachers that made her education special.
In a surprise move, residents
even yielded the floor to Jeannine
Shumway, who recounted past
meetings of the Hampden-Wilbraham Regional School Committee and Task Force, as well as
the report by the New England
School Development Council to
suggest merging students now
may be inappropriate.
“We’re 41 days into 2016
and we have 20 new students [in
Hampden],” she said, adamantly
stating later, “Stop wasting money. We keep saying ‘No.’”
According to TWB Principal Peter Dufresne, due to budget constraints and limitations
created with declining school enrollment, the school has a total of
2.2 teachers instructing students
solely within their certified area
of instruction.
“We’re looking at a one size
fits all scenario,” he said, noting that with staff reductions
and scheduling constraints,
the school faces challenges
to provide the level of academic and emotional support they could with a larger
student body.
Wilbraham
Middle
School and former TWB
Principal Noel Pixley noted
that ultimately, the educators
and district administrators
are concerned for the development of the children.
“Kids are being taught
by staff who are not specialists in their subject area,” he
said. “Our biggest concern is
that our course offerings and
programs are not as robust
as a 21st century program
should be.”
According to information presented by O’Shea and
Assistant Superintendent for
Business Beth Regulbuto, in
order for the district to meet
the ideal level of instruction at the middle school
level the total district budget would increase roughly
$1.9 million. By merging
students at one school, they
say that they could provide
that same ideal level education with 11 fewer teachers
than currently employed,
saving $500,000 in salaries
and benefits alone.
Student Experience
Dufresne commented
that a big issue at the moment is offering a robust
related arts program in
Hampden. He noted that
music teacher Tom Ingram
has been teaching both music and fine arts, and had to
teach a general music course
to fifth and sixth graders because there weren’t enough
students to comprise a band.
“The things keeping kids coming to school
are oftentimes not the core
classes, they’re the exploratory classes,” Dufresne
said.
Responding specifically
to the concerns raised by Aimee Jolicoeur, Pixley noted
that WMS students feel the
same way about their teachers in Wilbraham.
“We want to create a regional experience,” he commented. “The staff would
come together.”
Acting Director of Curriculum and Instruction Stephen Hale noted during the
presentation that 82 percent of
middle school teachers within
the district favor the idea of
merging the schools. Hampden
Town Accountant Cliff Bombard was concerned about the
students’ opinions more than the
teachers.
“Have you actually talked
with the students,” Bombard
asked. “How do [Wilbraham
students] think they’ll integrate
with [Hampden] students?”
O’Shea commented that
there are situations already where
students come together for activities like sports, but noted that
polling students is a possibility.
In terms of capital concerns,
Vail wanted to know who would
be in charge of repairing the roof
at WMS. Last year, Wilbraham
voters rejected a partnership
through the Accelerated Repair
Program through the Massachusetts School Building Authority
to fix the roof at the school.
“I consider it as ‘when are
you going to get a flat [tire],”
district Director of Facilities and
Maintenance Edward Cenedella
said. “It’s past its warranty but
we patch it when we need to.”
Upset that the question
wasn’t answered directly, Ted
Zebert asked, “If the roof fails,
who pays for the roof?”
O’Shea explained that those
scenarios are under discussion
with the legal counsel of both
towns and the district.
Fiscal Implications
Explaining the fiscal implications of merging the two
schools, Regulbuto said that both
the district and the state face
“systemic financial issues.” She
said that as it relates to school enrollment, state Chapter 70 funds
have declined. In 2011, when
the district had 3,553 students
Chapter 70 funds made up 29.1
percent of the district’s budget.
By the current fiscal 2016, that
figure dropped to 25.5 percent,
which she noted creates an additional burden on the taxpayers.
“When we’re looking at sustainability, combining the middle
schools is a way to increase programs and live within our means
of the taxpayers,” she said.
According to her calculations, with the cost of leasing
a modular building, the district
could save $1.4 million during
the three-year period that a modular would be necessary.
The School Committee has
voted to draft a warrant article
for possible inclusion at this
year’s annual Town Meeting of
both towns altering the language
of the regional agreement to allow for the merger of TWB and
WMS students at WMS and utilizing a sunset clause for a period of five years. O’Shea said
that the five year period would
enable the towns and the district
to further explore long-term solutions with the MSBA and determine the towns’ appetite for
a long-term alteration. After the
five-year window, without any
additional action, the agreement
could revert back to the current
language.
Voters at both town meetings would need to approve the
change to the agreement for it
to take effect. Hampden’s Town
TIMES staff photo by Tyler S. Witkop
Superintendent of Schools
M. Martin O’Shea addresses the crowd assembled at
Thornton W. Burgess Middle
School in Hampden during
a public forum regarding a
proposed merger of the district’s middle schools.
Meeting is Monday, April 25 at
7 p.m. at TWB and Wilbraham’s
is set for Monday, May 16 at 7
p.m. at Minnechaug Regional
High School.
Tyler S. Witkop can be
reached at twitkop@turley.com.
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Monteiro wins championship, award
By Gregory A. Scibelli
gscibelli@turley.com
SPRINGFIELD – Minnechaug Regional’s Ryan Monteiro won the 145-pound wrestling championship and earned
the Outstanding Wrestler honors
for the Western Massachusetts
Division I Championships held
last Saturday at Springfield’s
Central High School.
Monteiro scored an 18-7
major decision over Chicopee’s
Raymond Heredia. That capped
his day, but Monteiro also had
two pinfalls before that.
Minnechaug overall, finished in fifth place with 119
points.
Central won its 12th consecutive title with 233 points.
Putnam was second, West
Springfield third, and Chicopee
finished in fourth place with 129
points.
Ludlow made some noise
this year with a sixth-place finish with 101 points. Agawam
was seventh with 96.5 points,
and Chicopee Comprehensive
was eighth with 77 points.
The Falcons’ Sean Monteiro
tries to get the takedown in
his match at 106 pounds.
Turley Publications staff photo by Gregory A. Scibelli
Ryan Monteiro wrestles in the quarterfinals at 145
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Ludlow’s Dylan Beddow
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Falcons hockey ousts
defending champion
By Nate Rosenthal
Turley Publications Sports
Correspondent
WEST SPRINGFIELD An unexpectedly good season
for the Minnechaug hockey just
keeps getting better. With their
6-3 win over Agawam, the Falcons won their 11th game in a
row and solidified their lead in
the tough Berry Division and in
the Division 3 tournament.
The final three goal margin
was not entirely indicative as the
two teams battled throughout.
The Brownies led 1-0 after the
first and it was tied at 2-2 after
two. Agawam took back the lead
in the first two minutes of the
final frame and it remained a 32 game until the Falcons tied it
with 5:33 to play. Two minutes
later they got the lead and eventually added a pair of empty net
goals in the final minute.
Thirty seconds into the
game, Noah Hemenway put an
eight foot shot on goal, that was
stopped by Nick Askins. Thirty
seconds later Aleks Vanderleeden
did the same on a ten footer by
John Passerini. Riley Pearson
follwed that with a 15 footer that
was wide right and then again
from three feet a minute later.
Vanderleeden made that save as
well as one off the stick of Dom
Ingham nine seconds after that.
The Falcons got the puck down
to the other, where Anthony Piteo was wide right from 10 feet. A
minute later, Askins blocked his
five footer.
That led to a break and just
11 seconds after the Piteo shot
and save, Brett Fila finished off
a pass from Preston Kozub from
five feet out. The time was 1:01
and Agawam led 1-0. Croteau,
who had the clearing pass, picked
up an assist. Agawam was called
for a penalty with 42 seconds
left and that would continue into
the second period. Minnechaug
had eight shots on goal to seven
for Agawam in a very evenly
matched first period.
The Falcons picked up
the pace in the second period.
Still on the power play, 22 seconds in, they got a shot by Tyler
Ross from 20 feet that was wide
right. Ingham got the puck to the
other end and had his 15-footer
blocked by Vanderleeden at 55
seconds in.
The Falcons got the lead at
21:59 when Piteo one-timed a
pass from Jack McGrath. some
eight feet from the goal. Minnechaug led 2-1. Forty-five seconds later, Askins stopped a 12
foot Hemenway shot and a minute after that, Nathan Champagne
was wide right from 20 feet.
With 4:25 to go in the second, Ingham had his eight-footer
stopped and 40 seconds later
Lecuyer and Fila were blocked
by Vanderleeden from five on
both. Hemenway got the puck
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with a pinfall victory over West
Springfield’s Christen Leporatti.
He scored the win in 1:12.
Brandon Moreau was a
champion this year for Comp at
113 pounds, defeating Chicopee
High’s Ivan Diaz by a 7-6 decision. Comp also captured the
170-pound weight class with
Wilfredo David defeating Max
Stukalin 10-6.
At 152 pounds, Minnechaug’s Lucas Gobel scored
a 4-3 decision win over Xzander
Chapman. Minnechaug’s third
champion was Benton Whitley,
who defeated Agawam’s Spencer Kozlak in the 195-pound final 11-2.
Chicopee High’s Rudy
Hernandez was the runner up at
120-pounds, losing to Central’s
Mathew Garcia. Also falling
short was Rey Dishmey, who
lost by decision 5-0 in the 160pound final.
Ludlow’s Cesar Alvan lost
in the 132-pound final by a 17-3
decision. His teammate, Dominic Coelho lost 8-2 in the 138pound final. Brandon Macznik
fell 11-8 in the 182-pound final
against Putnam’s Taha Huggins.
At 220 pounds, Joel Rodriguez took the runner-up spot
with a 5-2 loss against Central’s
Ryan Pinkham.
Host Central had six individual champions.
Wrestlers who finished in
the top six in their respective
weight classes qualified for the
Division I State Championship
meet scheduled for Feb. 19 and
20 at Brockton High School.
Falcons nip Tigers
Daejon Marsh attempts a
trey.
Cameren McCloud-Thomas
tips the ball in.
The Falcons’ Koby Ray
goes for a layup.
Connor McQuade makes a
jumper on the run.
Turley Publications photos by David
Henry sweetdogphotos.com
Michael Cammilleri takes
a shot from close range.
The Minnechaug Regional
High School boys basketball team defeated South
Hadley 58-54 last Thursday night. The Falcons had
control of the game until the Tigers made a big
comeback bid in the fourth
quarter. The Falcons had a
big enough lead to stave
off the attack. Chaug was
led by Deajon Marsh with
24 points and Cameron McCloud-Thomas and Koby
Ray with nine points each.
The Falcons are 6-11.
February 18, 2016
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Defense downs Falcons
Minnechaug still in
second place
By Gregory A. Scibelli
gscibelli@turley.com
The sports cliché of “defense wins ball games” is used
a lot.
And it is the reason the Agawam High School girls basketball team is just one win away
from qualifying for the tournament, a position that has alluded
the Brownies in recent years.
Coach Harold Cote said
Agawam can play defense with
just about any team in Western
Massachusetts, and continued
to prove that by beating Minnechaug Regional High School
last Wednesday night 33-26.
Agawam is 9-7 and eight of
the wins have come with Agawam scoring less than 50 points.
“We know we are definitely
not going to score a lot of points,”
said Cote. “But we can play great
defense and we can keep teams
from getting extra shots.”
Agawam’s best run of last
Wednesday’s win was holding
the Falcons to just one basket in
the final 6:40 of the second quarter. It was part of a four-point second frame that saw Minnechaug
trail by just five at halftime.
Agawam was able to maintain the five-point lead throughout the early going of the second
half, and their defense did an excellent job keeping the Falcons
from taking a second and third
shot on offense.
Bianca Culhane was a big
reason for that. The Agawam
reserve came off the bench and
turned in 13 rebounds, several
of them coming at big moments
when the Falcons were looking
for that basket that could turn the
momentum.
“Bianca is probably one of
our best jumpers on the team,”
said Cote. “She did a great job
pulling rebounds down tonight.”
Agawam only trailed once
in the entire game, and that happened very early, but when Jess
Lingenberg was fouled heading
up for a shot, her two free throws
gave Agawam a 5-4 lead. The
Brownies never trailed after that
thanks to the defense keeping the
Falcons at a distance.
Cote used every member of
his nine-member throughout the
game. He said every member
plays great defense and he is able
to move players in and out of the
lineup to keep everyone fresh.
“We have players coming
and in and out and a lot of unsung heroes like Allison Wheeler
who do a great job keeping the
other team off the board,” said
Cote.
The offense was led by
Christie Mirski, who opened the
game with a trey for the Brownies, and finished with a teamhigh 10 points.
Meghan D’Amours had seven points and Lingenberg contributed six points.
Minnechaug struggled on
offense and could not keep up
with the pressure Agawam put
on them throughout the game.
Rachel Granger led the Falcons,
but was limited to just seven
points.
Agawam is now 4-1 in the
Valley Wheel league. They need
just one win to qualify for tournament, but Cote says the team
has eyes on its first league title
in recent memory. He could not
recall the last time the Brownies
were league champions.
Agawam is at Westfield on
Feb. 19 at 7 p.m.
Minnechaug dropped to
5-11, but hold a tie for second
place with a 3-2 league record.
If the Falcons can tie for second
place in the league, they would
still qualify for tournament.
Serena Fiore takes a threepoint attempt.
Turley Publications staff photos by Gregory
A. Scibelli
Kelsey Slepchuk sends the
ball to a teammate under
pressure.
Olivia Mitchell sets for a
short jumpshot.
Rachel Granger makes her
way down the court.
Kelsey Slepchuk tries to
block a shot by Agawam’s
Jessica Lingenberg.
Axas sets another school record
WILBRAHAM - After a pair of
near misses, Wilbraham & Monson
Academy’s Ania Axas has her second swimming record.
Eleven days after setting a pool
mark in the 500 freestyle, Axas
swam to a school record in the 200
Individual Medley.
In a meet at Hamden Hall Jan.
27, Axas covered the 200 IM in 2
minutes, 17 seconds, breaking the
previous mark of 2:19 set by Ivy
Durepo in 2011.
“I really wanted to break it that
meet,” said Axas, who came within
less than a second of the 200 IM
school record twice this season at
previous meets. “And, Mr. (Dan)
Moran told me there would be a girl
at the meet who was my speed and
she would be in one of my races and
she’s a senior who does USA Swimming age groups. She really pushed
me.”
Axas suffered a rare defeat that
race. She felt somewhat dejected
and didn’t look at her time after she
touched the wall. Then two teammates rushed over to her, and Axas’s
outlook quickly changed.
“I knew I had lost,” Axas explained. “I was kind of disappointed,
but then Marissa (Fabbo) and Christina (Felchner) came over and told
me I broke the record so I was really happy. I was happy because I’ve
been trying to get it and I was really
surprised and shocked, but happy.”
Axas set the WMA pool record
in the 500 Jan. 16 in a meet against
Cheshire Academy. She’s won all of
her races except two in her first season of high school swimming.
“My season is going very well,”
Axas said. “I like all the training I’ve
done so far and I think I’m getting
better and better. I can’t wait for
New England’s.”
The Titans will cap their season
with the New England Championship meet March 5.
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February 18, 2016
Rouette named varsity boys soccer coach
WILBRAHAM - The Wilbraham & Monson Academy
boys’ varsity soccer team is
replacing one great coach with
another.
Mike Rouette, who has ties
to the academy, was hired in late
January to take over for Coach
Gary Cook, who stepped down
after serving as head coach for
35 seasons at WMA.
“I’m ecstatic and I’m excited,” Rouette said. “I hope to
bring in area talent, whether it’s
kids right from this area, northern Connecticut, the Berkshires
or up north. I want to bring in
individuals who are great soccer players and great studentathletes.”
Rouette is already familiar
not only with the program, but
with the ins and outs of life at
the Academy. His oldest son,
Mick ‘14, played soccer for
the Titans during a post-graduate year, and his youngest son,
Macauley, a sophomore, is currently on the team.
WMA Athletic Director
Don Nicholson and Cook were
thrilled Coach Rouette was interested in applying for the vacant position.
“During the interview process, I found Mike to be a man
with a strong vision for young
student-athletes and I know this
vision will allow our program to
sustain the great coaching legacy of our current coach, Gary
Cook, as he retires from the
sidelines,” Mr. Nicholson said.
“Gary’s career will certainly be
long revered within the history
of our WMA athletic program.
We know Mike will carry on
Gary’s strong soccer tradition
and we look forward to him
joining our WMA community
as our new head coach.”
“I think it’s fantastic,”
Cook added. “I think he’s a
wonderful choice for a variety
of reasons. He’s a proven, successful coach, at both the club
and high school level, winning
a state championship at Monson. The prep game will be an
adjustment but he will make it.
He’s been successful in a high
school setting. He understands
the value of high school sports,
and more importantly the value
of high school sports in academics. He knows us already
and the players know him.
The fact that his oldest son is a
graduate and his youngest son
is here, he knows the Academy.
I just hope he gets to 100 wins
faster than I did.”
After starring at Monson
High School, Rouette played
four seasons at Division I Old
Dominion University. He then
played at the semi-pro level for
three seasons before he began
his remarkable coaching career
at the youth and high school
level. His club teams earned #1
rankings in the state, and also
garnered national attention.
One of his teams was invited to
play in the national championship. During his two years at
Monson High School, his teams
won a regional title twice and a
state crown once.
As impressive as he has
been with players on the field,
he’s been equally remarkable
with the players off the pitch.
Turley Publications photo submitted
(l-r) Macauley Rouette, new Wilbraham & Monson Academy varsity boys soccer head coach Mike Rouette, Head of
School Brian Easler, retiring varsity boys soccer coach Gary
Cook, and assistant coach Sean McGrath.
At Monson High School, 90
percent of his players made the
honor roll. During his 10 years
as a club coach, 80 percent of
the players pursued a college
education.
“You can’t do anything
without a great education,”
Rouette said. “It’s about grades
HOCKEY from page 16
in on Askins 10 seconds after
that, but then Agawam made
good on a break to tie the game
with 3:07 to play in the second. Schwarz connected from
five feet, taking a pass from
Lecuyer, who had been fed by
Keith Ruby. With 3:07 left in
the second. the game was tied
at 2-2. The Brownies had three
shots in the final two and half
minutes on goal by Kozub,
Pearson and Croteau. Askins
stopped shots by Josh DeCarolis and Piteo in the final minute. The Piteo shot with 14.5
left was on a power play with
the penalty having come with
45.8 left. The score was tied at
2-2 and Minnechaug held a 1917 edge in shots on goal.
Minnechaug took the
lead with 3:49 to play on a
shorthanded goal. Champagne
fed Josh DeCarolis with 15
seconds left on a power play.
Vanderleeden stopped a shot
by Niko Passerini with 1:45 to
play and then Agawam pulled
Askins. Ingham shot wide left
with 1:10 left. With the goal
open, Mariani got the puck
down ice and into the goal
from 12 feet with 55 seconds
left. Vanderleeden made one
last save on Croteau with 28
to play. William Gosselin finished the scoring with 1.5 seconds remaining on an emptynetter.
Minnechaug
improved
to 14-2 and they take on East
Longmeadow this week in a
big game.
first. That’s something I put
right out there to the studentathletes. I put that out there so
the student-athlete knows that
and the parents know.”
Cook retired from coaching
Dec. 17 after being involved in
boys’ soccer for 40 years, with
the last 37 at the Academy.
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This week in recreation
By Bryan Litz, Director
Wilbraham Parks and Recreation
Department
Obviously I am biased, but I must
say that Spec Pond looks great, Memorial has been completely done over
and now will be able to be kept up to
the standards we all expect (certainly
t seems we are always
with the well and irrigation
working on improving
now installed), Soule Road
our facilities here in Wilis getting a turf renovation
braham. In 2006, we began
makeover this fall, and we
the process by creating the
continue to pick away at
Master Plan. From 2007,
various projects throughout
until the foreseeable future
our parks.
we continue to implement
Some projects we have
various phases of that plan.
lined up for the spring and
In conjunction with implesummer of 2016 are Spec
menting various compoPond pavilion renovations,
nents of the plan, the Parks
Bryan Litz
dugouts on Farrell Field, and
and Recreation Department,
a
shade structure installed by
Playground and Recreation
Commission and Friends of Recre- Amy’s Sparkle Park. We appreciate
ation are always keeping an eye on all the support the community has
maintenance and creating a reoccur- provided to make all these renovaring funding source for that mainte- tions possible.
nance.
NOTES: Baseball/softball regTo be clear, the reoccurring funding source for maintenance is primar- istration runs through Feb. 19. Mad
ily funded by the Revolving Account, Science: Space and Beyond (Gr. Kthe participant registration fees that 5) registration runs through Feb. 19.
go in that revolving account and the Register for our March 26 13th anFriends of Recreation’s various fund- nual Spec-tacular Easter Egg Hunt
now- spaces fill fast!
raising efforts each year.
I
Baystate to offer Babysitters Academy
SPRINGFIELD – Those looking to
further their skills, or considering becoming a babysitter are welcome to attend a Babysitters Academy on Feb. 19
and April 21 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the
Baystate Health Education Center, 361
Whitney Ave., Holyoke. Participants
should bring their lunch.
The academy is a certified babysitter program for young adults ages 11 1/2
to 15. The session offers potential babysitters instruction in baby care, first aid,
CPR, fire safety, home security, child
behavior, and accident prevention.
Participants will also receive a
course booklet containing helpful tips
and other information, as well as a
graduation certificate upon completion
of the course.
The program, offered by the Parent Education Department at Baystate
Medical Center, costs $75. Space is limited. Registration is required by calling
Baystate Health Link at 413-794-2229.
CLUES ACROSS
1. Basics
4. Paper container
7. Diving ducks of N
America having a
bluish-gray bill
9. Spruce
11. Sacred choral
composition
14. Ear lobe
decoration
16. S Am. wood
sorrel cultivated
for its edible
tubers
17. Wolf drama series
19. Straight, bowling
or bobby
21. Cotton growing
region in W.
Central India
22. Tax saving
retirement account
23. Expresses
pleasure
25. Synoptical
26. Peseta
27. Oceans
29. Weekday
31. Octagonal motif
in rugs
33. Beam out
34. Escargots
37. Mother of
Apollo in ancient
mythology
40. Fed
41. A sleeveless
garment like cloak
but shorter
43. Yugoslavian River
45. Patti Hearst’s
captors
46. Representational
likeness
48. Plundered
50. Clothier
54. ___ de Janeiro
55. Peaceful relations
56. Replaced union
workers
58. African people of
Senegambia
59. Every 24 hours
60. 1/100 yen
61. Summate
26. Daddy
28. Killing yourself
30. In a way,
discolors
32. Artiodactyls
CLUES DOWN
34. Resistant to
1. Gum arabic
change
2. Crazy, loco, wacky 35. Northeast
3. Unconnected
36. Watering places
4. Whirring sound
38. A way to pave
5. Tartness
39. Value excessively
6. A group of
40. Poplar trees
individuals
(Spanish)
7. Bard
42. Elk Grove High
8. Buddy
School
9. Not an amateur
44. Abroad
10. North-central
45. Author George
Indian city
Bernard
12. Chit
47. Old world, new
13. Reverences
49. Tiny insectivorous
14. Inspire with love
W. Indian bird
15. Endocrine gland
51. British School
18. Biblical name for 52. Moroccan coastal
Syria
region
20. The woman
53. Radioactivity unit
24. Heroic tale
57. Sheep sound
February 18, 2016
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On The Shelf
A public planning process at the library
By Karen Demers, Director
Wilbraham Public Library
I
can’t believe that three years
have just flown by. Every
three years, the library must
produce a Strategic Plan to submit to the Massachusetts Board
of Library Commissioners to remain eligible to apply for grants.
Strategic planning is a great process for any organization to stay
on top of community needs and
trends.
During our last planning development. We partnered with
round, the committee selected the “Pathways for Parents” orga“Early Literacy” as
nization to offer “Welthe library’s top priorcome Baby” sessions.
ity. With that in mind,
The children’s staff
several new initiatives
has expanded our colwere developed by our
lection of board books.
staff. “Baby Bundles”
Finally, earlier this
are sent out to each
year we launched the
family with a new baby
“1,000 Books Before
on a monthly basis
Kindergarten” projwith information about
ect. Families register
the library and helpful Karen Demers and receive a journal
resources on language
to keep track of their
Health
Baystate announces leadership
changes in its Eastern Region
PALMER – Baystate Health is announcing changes and consolidations
in leadership positions in its Eastern
Region amid its continuing efforts to
provide the highest quality and most efficient healthcare across western Massachusetts.
Effective Jan. 29, Michael F. Moran
became the interim president and chief
administrative officer for the Baystate
Health Eastern Region. Moran has been
at Baystate Health for 14 years and currently serves as the organization’s vice
president for Clinical, Facilities and
Guest Services.
Moran’s new role combines the responsibilities of two current positions in
the region, those of the president and the
chief operating officer. The region’s current president, Dr. Charles E. Cavagnaro
III, will depart Baystate Health to pursue other opportunities. Before joining
Baystate Health, Cavagnaro served as
president and chief executive officer of
Wing Memorial Hospital and Medical
Center for 15 years. The region’s current
chief operating officer, Dr. M. Shafeeq
Ahmed, will return to practicing medicine full-time at Baystate Health. Ahmed
has been a physician-leader at Baystate
Health since 2003. Dr. David McGuire
will become the region’s chief medical
officer.
“Our goal, in considering these
changes, is to ensure that our Eastern
Region can successfully deliver care
that matters to the community in a responsible and sustainable way,” said
Nancy Shendell-Falik, RN, senior vice
president of Hospital Operations for
Baystate Health. “To survive and thrive
in the contemporary world of health
care, we continue to make changes that
ensure long-term stabilization, system
integration, and a consistent model for
delivering quality, safety, patient experience and value.”
“Drs. Cavagnaro and Ahmed have
made major contributions to the integration of Wing into Baystate Health and
to our organization as a whole,” said Dr.
Mark A. Keroack, president and CEO
of Baystate Health. “We thank them for
their leadership, and we wish them the
very best.”
Three other management positions
in the region are being eliminated and
their work consolidated into other positions.
At Baystate Health, Moran has
been responsible for a broad spectrum
of services including cancer, behavioral
health, neurosciences and rehabilitation,
food and nutrition, facilities and more.
Moran is known for building high performing teams, fostering engagement,
and serving as executive leader for Baystate Medical Center’s complex heart
and vascular and emergency room expansion projects. He led the building of
the orthopedic surgery and cancer centers in Springfield and the surgical center
under construction at Baystate Franklin
Medical Center. He has co-led the health
system’s largest and most complex Lean
project, which saved more than $5 million and improved patient flow at Baystate Medical Center.
reading time. For every 100
books tallied, they receive a colorful sticker, and when they get
to 1,000, the child’s picture is
taken and displayed.
This spring, the library staff
and board of trustees will be
working with members of the
community to create a plan for
fiscal 2018 through fiscal 2020.
To assist us in the process, we
have developed a survey to collect feedback on the library’s
collections, services, and build-
ing. A printed version of the survey can be picked up at the Town
Office Building, Wilbraham Senior Center, and the library. The
online version takes about 10-15
minutes to complete and must be
done in one sitting. The link for
the online version is http://goo.
gl/forms/SJf0RD4tj3.
Thank you so much for your
participation.
Schools
Spotlight
on Minnechaug Interns
(Editor’s note: The TIMES spotlights the intern program at Minnechaug
Regional High School. This is the next in a series on interns in the Career Education Program at Minnechaug advised by coordinator Paula Talmadge.)
E
A career in law enforcement
ven before senior Tyler Alves
began his internship at the Wilbraham Police Department he
knew law enforcement was his calling.
“Saving lives, changing lives,
making a difference in lives, and protecting and preserving lives, are some
of the reasons I chose to do my internship at the Wilbraham Police Department,” Tyler said.
These are very sincere words
from Tyler when asked about his
internship experience. Even before
Tyler’s first day at the WPD, he had
graduated from the weeklong Student
Trooper Program put on by the Massachusetts State Police Academy. He
had learned much during that week
but knew there was much more to
learn.
Tyler spent many hours with Patrol Officer Peter Laviolette who has
this to say about his intern:
“Tyler has done an outstanding
job. He is very eager to learn and displays a great attitude! He has learned
various skills and the importance of
officer safety. He has learned about
basic Chapter 90 laws, accident investigations, probable cause and how
it relates to arrests and searches, and
Wilbraham Police Officer Harold Swift, intern Tyler Alves,
Sgt. Daniel Carr, assistance Lisa
Bouchard and Officer Thomas
Korzec take a moment for a
photo before intern Alves begins shadowing officers on
their daily duties.
criminal and constitutional laws.”
All at the Wilbraham Police Department wish Tyler luck as he continues to pursue his goal; a career in
law enforcement.
For more information on the
Internship Program contact Paula Talmadge, School-to-Career Coordinator at ptalmadge@hwrsd.org or 2793832. Minnechaug Regional High
School is a member of the River East
School-to-Career Partnership.
School Lunch MENUS
Elementary and Middle Schools
Monday, Feb. 22
Totally Taco Max Snacks, salsa for dipping,
cheesy refried beans, and corn
Monday, Feb. 22
Asian Rice Bowl Station – General Tso’s chicken, brown rice, and broccoli/carrots
Main Street Deli – Crispy chicken wrap
Falcon Grille Daily – Cheese/veggie, or chicken
burger w/toppings
Pizza Daily – Veggie
Specialty – Grilled chicken, Caesar salad, buffalo chicken salad, chef salad, assorted wraps
Tuesday, Feb. 23
Whole grain waffle sticks, strawberries, peaches,
ham slice, and sweet potato home fries
Wednesday, Feb. 24
Turkey wrap on wheat tortilla, lettuce and tomato, reduced fat Cape Cod chips, and celery
sticks
Thursday, Feb. 25
Cheese pizza with whole grain crust, baby carrots with low fat ranch, and garden salad
Friday, Feb. 26
Mozzarella sticks, tomato sauce for dipping,
seasoned rotini, and steamed broccoli
Alternates are offered daily, including chef salad
and bagel lunch, and are served with yogurt or
cheese stick. Fresh local fruits and vegetables
daily. Daily lunch is $2.50. Milk is 50 cents, included with all lunches, 1% or fat free chocolate.
Make checks payable to School Food Services.
falo chicken salad, chef salad, assorted wraps
Thursday, Feb. 25
Mozzarella sticks, tomato sauce, seasoned noodles, and green beans
Main Street Deli – Buffalo chicken wrap
Falcon Grille Daily – Cheese/veggie or chicken
burger w/toppings
Pizza Daily – Chicken and broccoli
Tuesday, Feb. 23
Pulled pork on a roll, cole slaw, and oven fries
Main Street Deli – Caesar chicken wrap
burger w/toppings
Pizza Daily – BBQ chicken
Specialty - Grilled chicken, Caesar salad, buffalo
chicken salad, chef salad, assorted wraps
Friday, Feb. 26
Pasta Bar – Meat or white sauce, Caesar salad,
garlic knot
Main Street Deli – Veggie wrap
burger w/toppings
Pizza Daily – Buffalo chicken
Wednesday, Feb. 24
Mexican Bar – Taco, burrito or nacho; chicken,
bean or turkey; lettuce/salsa/cheese; corn
Main Street Deli – Chicken salad wrap
burger w/ toppings
Pizza Daily – Meatball
Specialty – Grilled chicken, Caesar salad, buf-
Meal prices $2.75, reduced 40 cents, adult
$3.75, milk 50 cents, breakfast $1.50. All meals
served with choice of fruit, vegetable and 1%
or fat free milk. Offered daily salad bar, grab &
go sandwiches and salad, lean burgers, chicken
sandwiches, PB&J.
Student service…
Cathedral High School student Gianna Branco, of Wilbraham, joins
her classmates in observance of
Catholic schools week by filling care
bags for veterans at the Holyoke
Soldiers Home. The school-wide
project resulted in 175 bags of personal care items for local veterans.
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February 18, 2016
Business
Senate passes pay equity bill for women
BOSTON – State Sen. Eric
P. Lesser (D-Longmeadow)
voted to help secure passage of
a Senate bill aimed at closing
the wage gap between male and
female workers in the Commonwealth.
“For every dollar men earn
in Massachusetts, women earn
82 cents for comparable work,”
Lesser said. “Our economy
can’t continue to grow unless
women are treated fairly in the
workplace and in their paychecks. I’m proud the Senate has passed this bill to help
achieve this goal.”
The bill, sponsored by Sen.
Pat Jehlen (D-Somerville) and
Sen. Karen Spilka (D-Ashland), seeks to bridge the wage
gap by ensuring equal pay for
comparable work, establishing
pay transparency and requiring
fairness in hiring practices.
Last July, Lesser signed a
9/11 survivor to headline
Chamber breakfast
SPRINGFIELD – Survivor
of the 9/11 terrorist attacks and
inspirational speaker Mike Jaffe
will headline the Springfield Regional Chamber’s March Business@Breakfast on March 2
from 7:15 a.m. to 9 a.m. at Chez
Josef, 176 Shoemaker Lane,
Agawam.
At the time of the attacks,
Jaffe was vice president of marketing at Marsh & McLennan
Companies, an insurance and
risk management firm headquartered in the north tower at
the World Trade Center. Today,
Jaffe is a renowned speaker with
a story to tell of how the days
leading up to September 11,
2001 would change his life forever, referring to it as the “Human WakeUp Call.”
Using his own brush with
tragedy, Jaffe changed direc-
tions in his career, leaving a
secure corporate job in Manhattan to reinvent himself as an entrepreneur. He is the founder of
the Mike Jaffe Company, whose
programs help individuals and
organizations take inspired and
courageous action to create new
possibilities for growth and success.
Jaffe utilizes the humor,
insightful stories and practical
tools as he shares his story and
guides participants to identify
their own WakeUp moment and
use it to get started on the path
to achieving extraordinary results.
For more information or to
register, visit springfieldregionalchamber.com or contact Sarah
Mazzaferro at mazzaferro@
springfieldregionalchamber.
com.
Local named ‘Irish Elk of the Year’
IRISH from page 1
in Worcester in 1887 from
County Clare, Ireland.
LeClair is a retired Springfield police officer and served in
the National Guard from 1978
to 1982. He currently works in
security at MassMutual. He’s
also active within the Knights
of Columbus and is a charter
member of the Springfield Police Emerald Society.
His award will be formally
presented at the annual Irish
Nationality Night on Wednesday, March 9, and he will be
honored at the Irish Dinner
Dance to be held on Saturday,
March 12.
LeClair will also lead the
Elks’ contingent in the 2016 St.
Patrick’s Day Parade on March
20.
letter supporting an earlier version of the bill.
Included in the bill are provisions that prohibit employers
from:
• reducing the pay of any
employee in order to achieve
gender pay equity
• banning workers from
discussing or disclosing information about their own wages
or coworkers’ wages
• screening prospective
Exceptions will be made only when the family provides a
death certificate and must be pre-paid.
a pay discrimination suit, from
one to three years, and allows
for the awarding of attorney’s
fees.
A report by the Institute for
Women’s Policy Research projects that the gender wage gap in
Massachusetts will not close on
its own until 2058.
The bill now goes to the
House of Representatives for
consideration.
‘Women’s Night of Comedy’ returns March 31
AGAWAM – The Women’s
Business Owners Alliance of
the Pioneer Valley will host its
23rd annual Women’s Night of
Comedy on Thursday, March
31 at Chez Josef beginning at 5
p.m.
“This event delivers fun,
fantastic networking in support
of women and girls,” said Mary
Ann Dennis, chair of the Women’s Night of Comedy Committee. “This is truly a ‘fun raiser’
to benefit the advancement of
women and girls.”
The event is a fundraiser
for Girls, Inc. of Holyoke,
which empowers young girls to
be “Strong, Smart & Bold” and
Safe Passage of Northampton,
which provides women with
the support and information that
they need in order to make their
own choices to keep themselves
and their children safe and rebuild their lives in the wake of
domestic violence.
This year’s headliners are
Jane Condon and Deb FarrarParkman.
Guests can participate in a
50/50 raffle, buy raffle tickets
for a myriad of gifts from local businesses or shop with lo-
cal vendors who will be set up
to show off their products and
services.
To order tickets for the
Women’s Night of Comedy or to
become a sponsor, log on to the
www.wboa.org/comedynight.
The WBOA is a volunteer-run
non-profit organization dedicated to supporting current and
aspiring female business owners
and professionals in developing
and growing their companies.
For more information about
theWBOA, visit www.wboa.org
or call Mary Ann Dennis at 413282-7526.
Chamber lunch to focus on skilled labor
SPRINGFIELD - According to a Commonwealth Corporation report, significant gaps
exist between the skills and
education of the Massachusetts
workforce and the labor market demands of employers with
these gaps specific to each region across the state. David Cruise, president
and chief executive officer
of the Regional Employment
Board of Hampden County
will discuss this issue and the
new federal and state policies
aimed at creating a demanddriven workforce development
system to provide employers
with the workers they need
with the skills they need when
they need them at the Springfield Regional Chamber Lunch
n Learn on Feb. 10 from 11:30
a.m. to 1 p.m. at La Quinta Inn
and Suites, 100 Congress St.,
Springfield. “We hear all the time from
our members that they need
skilled workers specific to their
industries, and the REB is at the
forefront of this issue, working
with state and federal leaders to
create a demand-driven focus
of workforce development,”
said Chamber President Jeffrey
S. Ciuffreda. Cruise will also discuss
the Massachusetts Workforce
Investment Board created by
Governor Charlie Baker in
December of last year and its
role in building a strong workforce system which responds to
the labor needs of the region’s
economies. For more information or
to register, visit www.springfieldregionalchamber.com or
contact Sarah Mazzaferro at
mazzaferro@springfieldregionalchamber.com.
The Wilbraham-Hampden Times is now on Facebook.
Go to www.facebook.com/wilbrahamhampdentimes
and “like” us.
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employees based on previous
wages or salary history as a
condition of being interviewed,
during an interview or otherwise being considered for an
offer of employment
• retaliating against employees who file a pay equity
complaint, participate in an
investigation or discuss wages
with one or more coworkers.
The bill also lengthens the
time an employee has to bring
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as of Feb 19, 2016 the following is for sale:
Glaspar Seafair/ White
CT Reg # 3446W
ID # 815832/200005004
LKO: Unknown
R & S Assoc. Inc.
Wilbraham MA 01095
413-596-4374
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The Hampden-Wilbraham
Regional School Committee
announces the following date
for a public hearing on the
proposed regional budget for
FY2017: Wednesday, March
9, 2016, 6:00 p.m., Minne
chaug Regional High School
Auditorium, 621 Main St.,
Wilbraham, MA.
2/18/16
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*Also have seasoned softwood for
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(413)477-0083.
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Union Church of Wilbraham seeking unwanted household items. Call
596-4397 or 596-0046 for pickup.
OLD
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TOOLS
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CASH PAID FOR Smith &
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1311 Park Street (Rt. 20)
Palmer, MA 01069
Over 130 vendors
Over 8,500 Square feet
6 days a week
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AND
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Taping & complete finishing. All
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Jason at Great Walls.
(413)563-0487
BILODEAU AND SON Roofing.
Established 1976. New re-roofs
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MONEY PAID FOR standing
timber 35 large trees or more. Call
Matt 978-895-7890 for more
information.
Firewood
also
available call 978-249-3568.
Please
Recycle
*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.
COMPUTERS SHOULDN’T BE
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set-up, tutoring. Other electronics
too. Call Monique (413)237-1035.
PAINT AND PAPER Over 25
years experience. References. Lic
#086220. Please call Kevin 978355-6864.
TAX TIME
Kitchen Table Taxes
Personal & Small Business Tax Returns
"David The Tax Man"
413-289-0058
Credit Cards Welcome
David E. Whitney
Notary Public
Sixty-Five Jim Ash Road
Palmer, MA 01069-9814
www.kitchentabletaxes.com
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ACCOUNTING SERVICES
For Full Accounting & Tax Service
Registered Tax Return Preparer
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.
588 Center Street
Ludlow, MA 01056
www.ajefinancial.com
~ 29 years tax experience ~
*****
Child Services
Computer Services
Income Tax Preparation
Bulk trash removal, cleanouts,
10% discount with this ad. Free
Est. (413)596-7286
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COLEMAN APPLIANCE SERVICE. Servicing all makes and
models of washers, dryers,
refrigerators, stoves, dishwashers,
air conditioners. Also dryer vent
cleaning. (413)536-0034.
(413) 348-7967
(413)589-1671
Bruce J. Charwick
62 Jim Ash Road
(413) 283-5596 Palmer, MA 01069
A PLACE FOR MOM. The
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referral service. Contact our
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service is free/ no obligation. Call
(800)417-0524.
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CHAIR SEAT WEAVING &
refinishing - cane, fiber rush &
splint - Classroom instructor, 20+
years experience. Call Walt at
(413)267-9680 for estimate.
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.
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Belchertown, MA
2016
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caps,
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Local family owned since 1986.
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withdrawn from your account until April!
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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.
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
TRUCK DRIVERS
NEEDED
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Chicopee, Ma (413)592-1500
UNITED TRACTOR TRAILER
SCHOOL
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ATEKS TREE- HONEST, quality
tree service.
From pruning to
house lot clearing. Fully insured.
Free estimates. Firewood sales.
(413)687-3220.
CERAMIC TILE INSTALLATION
Kitchen, bath, foyers. References.
Lic #086220. Please call Kevin
(978)355-6864.
Painting
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.
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
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
SELL
YOUR
STRUCTURED
settlement or annuity payments for
cash now. You don’t have to wait
for your future payments any
longer! Call (800)938-8092.
Home Improvement
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.
413-246-2783 Ron.
WATER DAMAGE
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Ceilings
(Smooth or Textured). 39 years
experience. Fully insured
ACO
MASONRY, HEATING &
AIR CONDITIONING
All types of masonry work.
Chimney repair, tile work, stucco,
stone, brick, block, concrete,
flat work, pavers, retaining walls.
Heating & Air Conditioning
Service & Installation
Furnaces, Sheet Metal
Power Washing
Licensed & Insured
Commercial & Residential
Free Estimates
Competitive Rates
Call Adam Ouimette
413-374-7779
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
BAK RENOVATION & Painting
Specialists. Kitchens, bathrooms,
basements,
interior/exterior
renovations, painting. References
available. Fully licensed and
insured. Call Bob (413)533-9173.
House Cleaning
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,
LLC
Interior/ exterior painting and
staining, wallpaper removal and
repairs, quality products and
workmanship. Fully insured.
Free estimates.
(413)896-8264.
QUABBIN PAINTING INTERIOR/
EXTERIOR PAINTING, handyman, house and deck powerwashing, deck staining, gutters
cleaned.
Prompt
professional
service. Fully insured. Call
413-323-6425
gershemtebah2@yahoo.com
SHAWN'S PAINTING CO.
We provide a high level of
quality work in a timely fashion:
Interior/Exterior painting and
staining.
Residential/Commercial/New
construction.
Wallpaper
removal. Power washing. Call
for a free estimate - (413)6688149 -Brighten up your home
with a fresh coat of paint.
LINC’S PLUMBING LIC #J27222
Scheduling Replacement
Heating Systems Now
Call LINC’S
For Your Connection
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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.
BE A RESPONSIBLE PET
OWNER - Financially needy? Call
for assistance to spay/neuter your
cat/dog.
(413)565-5383
CONCERNED CITIZENS FOR
ANIMALS.
RETIRED RACING
GREYHOUNDS AVAILABLE
FOR ADOPTION
spayed/neutered, wormed,
shots, heartworm tested,
teeth cleaned
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
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.
ROOF
SNOW
REMOVAL,
CARPENTRY 30+ years exp.,
insured. Jim (413)219-3355
SNOW PLOWING, WILBRAHAM,
Hampden, Ludlow area. Call Kevin
(413)531-5203
Tax Services
Will you be my Valentine?
Klara is a pocket sized terrier mix,
2 years of age. Klara is a perfect
average rated girl, perfect for a
first time dog owner. Crate trained,
walks great on a leash! Ok with
other dogs! Located in Worcester,
MA, completed application/home
visit/$200 adoption fee.
Applications found at
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animalrescue.com
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February 18, 2016
United Players to stage ‘One Book, One Community’ performance this weekend
BOOK from page 1
TIMES photo by Janet Wise
Wilbraham parents Jennifer Powell and Shelly Capen work on costumes for the United
Players’ Production of “Where the Mountain Meets the Moon.”.
Lenten Luncheons offered at Trinity Church
SPRINGFIELD – Trinity United Methodist Church
will once again offer its
Lenten Luncheons and midday Chapel services during
Lent this year.
Every Friday through
March 25, from 11:30 a.m.
to 1:15 p.m., luncheons will
be served in Asbury Hall at
Trinity United Methodist
Church, 361 Sumner Ave.
Chapel services are from
12:30 to 1 p.m. in Grace
Chapel.
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couraged to read the book over
the summer with their families.
During the summer, events
such as a scavenger hunt and
coloring contest were held in
support of the project, and in October, the author visited HWRSD
to discuss her writing process.
The project continues this year,
with local community theater
group, the Wilbraham United
Players putting on a stage adaptation of the book.
Paul Nesbit, president of
WUP, says that although the
group normally does not perform children productions, it
was brought to their attention by
Wilbraham resident and WUP
board member Shelly Capen,
whose four children are all in
the play. When the group realized that stage adaptations of the
book were available, Nesbit reports that they thought “We need
to spark some interest among
young people in theater and what
a great way to do that.”
Handmade Puppets
Meghan Lynn Allen, a former production stage manager
and director of children’s theater at The Majestic Theater in
West Springfield and cast member in WUP’s production of The
Drowsy Chaperone, is directing
the play, based on the stage adaptation by Jeannine Coulombe.
The cast consists of two
young adults and about 20 children between the ages of 5 and
12 from Wilbraham and Hampden. Auditions were held at the
end of the summer, and rehears-
als have been held at the Wilbraham United Church three times a
week since October.
Only two of the children
have acted in a play before. As
Nesbit says “Meghan has not
only told them to ‘learn these
lines, learn these lines,’ she’s
taken them through the whole
process of what it means to be in
a play and what it means to be on
the stage.”
Allen explains that the script
calls for both shadow puppets
and rod puppets. Erin Greene
from Greene Room Productions,
a nonprofit based in neighboring
Monson, led puppet workshops,
teaching the children in the play
how to build the puppets from
papier mache. A grant from the
Wilbraham Cultural Council
provided funds for the puppet
making.
Children are not the only
ones involved in the play. Allen explains that “Parents have
pitched in by sewing costumes,
helping out in rehearsals and
helping out backstage.”
The play will be held at
the Minnechaug Regional High
School auditorium on Friday,
Feb. 19 and Saturday, Feb. 20
at 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Tickets
can be purchased at the door on
the day of the show or in advance
online at wilbrahamunitedplayers.com.
Wilbraham United Players,
which started in the fall of 1956,
is gearing up for its 60th anniversary, and will be performing
“Barefoot in the Park” April 8
through 17.
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