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Southwick One Call

Away Foundation assisting

homeless veterans

By GreG Fitzpatrick

Correspondent

SOUTHWICK – The One Call Away

Foundation in Southwick is taking part in

helping veterans who may be in need.

Dave Sutton, Founder of the One Call

Away Foundation, a non-profit that helps

with PTSD awareness and prevention of vet-

eran’s suicide, is assisting the Massachusetts

Military Support Foundation.

A state-wide non-profit organization that

provides programs, services, and goods to

active duty members of the military in

Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Military

Support Foundation is made up of several

smaller non-profit organizations like the One

Call Away Foundation.

The One Call Away Foundation is helping

their parent organization distribute buckets of

supplies to homeless veterans or veterans

who are in distress and in need. The process

involves distributing the buckets to police

departments throughout the state.

Locally, Sutton has represented the One

Call Away Foundation by recently delivering

the buckets to police departments in Westfield,

Southwick, and Southampton, as well as the

Massachusetts State Police Barracks in

Russell.

Partnering with Ocean State Job Lot, Home

Depot, and the New England Patriots, each

bucket includes a hat, gloves, coat, scarf,

hand warmers, a box of cookies, trail mix,

shampoo, tooth paste, toothbrush, and hand

sanitizer. The bucket also consists of a heavy

winter jacket that was donated by the New

England Patriots.

Once the buckets are brought to the police

See One call away, page 7

Southwick Police officer Mike Westcott and

Lt. Robert Landis are seen with the items

that will go in the buckets to give to home-

less veterans. (Photo from Dave Sutton)

Two arrested,

arraigned

on drug

distribution

charges

By peter currier

Correspondent

WESTFIELD- Two people were

arrested in a sting operation for an ongo-

ing drug trafficking investigation

Thursday and they now face six charges

each.

Jerry L. Frank, 50, of 21 Worcester

Court, West Springfield and Tracy M.

Skroczky, 46, of 37 Foch Avenue,

Westfield, were both arrested Thursday

evening and arraigned in Westfield

District Court on Friday.

According to court records, Frank

faces charges of distribution of a class B

substance, possession of a class B sub-

stance with intent to distribute, traffick-

ing of cocaine between 18 and 36 grams,

possession of a firearm without an FID,

possession of ammunition without an

FID, and improper storage of a firearm.

Skroczky faces similar charges of pos-

session of a class B substance with intent

to distribute, possession of a firearm

without an FID, possession of ammuni-

tion without an FID, improper storage of

a firearm, and two counts of distribution

See charges, page 7

Westfield 350

lecture series

continues

By peter currier

Correspondent

WESTFIELD- The First Congregational

Church will host the fourth lecture in the

Westfield Wednesday’s 350th Historical Lecture

Series this Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.

This lecture is titled, “The Solomon Brothers

of Westfield, in the Civil War and Beyond.”

See Lecture Series, page 7

Ed Stanard will be leading the lecture about

the Solomon family on Wednesday. Stanard is

a historian who primarily focuses on the

American Civil War. His research into the

Solomon brothers began when he received an

email in the late 1990s from a man in Australia.

(Photo submitted by Ed Stanard)

WG+E offers

reassuring

message for

customers who

are struggling

By amy pOrter

Correspondent

WESTFIELD – On Friday, Westfield

Gas & Electric offered a reassuring

reminder that for customers who are

facing challenging times, WG+E would

do their best to be there for them.

Lisa Stowe, WG+E marketing direc-

tor said the assistance has been offered

as long as anyone can remember.

What prompted the reminder was the

government shutdown according to

Stowe.

“We’re certainly aware that there are

people in the community who are being

affected. Sometimes, until you are in the

See message, page 7

CPC to vote

on additional

funding for

North Pond

By GreG Fitzpatrick

Correspondent

SOUTHWICK – The Community

Preservation Committee (CPC) is

holding a meeting on Thursday at 6:30

p.m. at the Southwick Town Hall to

vote on whether or not to allocate

$500,000 of funding to the Franklin

Land Trust to help them reach the goal

of raising $5 million to preserve a land

area adjacent to North Pond on

Congamond Lake.

According to CPC Chairman Bob

Horacek, if the vote was approved, it

would then have to be issued as a war-

rant article for the annual town meet-

ing in May. Horacek did add that, if

the Franklin Land Trust wanted the

funding to be in effect sooner, they

could request to the town to hold a

special town meeting at an earlier date.

In October, the Franklin Land Trust

made their original request for the

$500,000 of funding, but the CPC

wasn’t ready to make a decision on the

request until their next meeting sched-

uled for January 31. At the annual

See cpc, page 7

The vote on additional funding to

preserve land adjacent to North Pond

will take place on Thursday. (WNG File

Photo)

WGBY’s Jim Madigan Fund

will support responsible

public media journalism

in western New England

SPRINGFIELD — Public television

station WGBY has long aired news

updates about local public affairs issues.

Now, the local PBS affiliate has started a

fund in honor of its late newsman Jim

Madigan that will help ensure those vital

news broadcasts continue.

For nearly 27 years, Madigan informed

western New Englanders about local news

and politics on the sets of Connecting

Point and The State We’re In. He joined

WGBY in December of 1990 as a senior

producer of public affairs. In 2017, he

retired as the stations’ director of public

affairs. He passed away several months

later in early 2018.

WGBY’s Jim Madigan Fund (wgby.org/

madigan) is a resource created for the par-

ticular purpose of producing and advanc-

ing local public multimedia journalism

that honors the ethical journalistic stan-

dards exemplified by Madigan.

“It’s critically important that our com-

munity has a reliable source of news and

information it can trust. WGBY is that

source,” explains WGBY General

Manager Anthony V. Hayes. “Jim Madigan

was committed to — and embodied — the

See madigan Fund, page 7

Local Public TV Station Creates Fund Honoring Late Journalist

Jim Madigan,

WGBY’s long-

time Director of

Public Affairs

and host of

Connecting

Point. (Photo

courtesy WGBY)

Westfield High’s William Cameron (2) drives up the middle at Friday’s game. See addi-

tional photos and story Page 9. (Photo by Marc St.Onge)

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On Jan. 26, 1998, President Bill Clinton forcefully

denied having an affair with a former White

House intern, telling reporters, “I did not have

sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky.”

On THis dATe:

In 1784, in a letter to his daughter Sarah, Benjamin Frank-

lin expressed unhappiness over the choice of the bald

eagle as the symbol of America, and stated his own pref-

erence: the turkey.

In 1788, the first European settlers in Australia, led by

Capt. Arthur Phillip, landed in present-day Sydney.

In 1837, Michigan became the 26th state.

In 1870, Virginia rejoined the Union.

In 1939, principal photography began for David O. Sel-

znick’s movie version of “Gone with the Wind.”

In 1942, the first American Expeditionary Force to head

to Europe during World War II arrived in Belfast, Northern

Ireland.

In 1962, the United States launched Ranger 3 to land sci-

entific instruments on the moon — but the probe ended up

missing its target by more than 22,000 miles.

In 1988, Australians celebrated the 200th anniversary of

their country as a grand parade of tall ships re-enacted

the voyage of the first European settlers. The Andrew

Lloyd Webber musical “Phantom of the Opera” opened at

Broadway’s Majestic Theater.

In 1992, Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton,

appearing with his wife, Hillary, on CBS’ “60 Minutes,” ac-

knowledged “causing pain in my marriage,” but said past

problems were not relevant to the campaign.

In 1993, Vaclav Havel (VAHTS’-lahv HAH’-vel) was elect-

ed president of the newly formed Czech Republic.

In 2003, Secretary of State Colin Powell, citing Iraq’s lack

of cooperation with U.N. inspectors, said he’d lost faith

in the inspectors’ ability to conduct a definitive search for

banned weapons programs.

In 2005, A U.S. Marine helicopter crashed in western

Iraq, killing 30 Marines and a Navy medic aboard. A man

parked his SUV on railroad tracks in Glendale, California,

setting off a crash of two commuter trains that killed 11

people. (The SUV’s driver, Juan Alvarez, was convicted

of murder and sentenced to 11 consecutive life terms.)

Ten YeArs AGO:

Timothy Geithner was sworn in as the nation’s 75th trea-

sury secretary, less than an hour after winning Senate

confirmation. The impeachment trial of Illinois Gov. Rod

Blagojevich opened in Springfield, with Blagojevich re-

fusing to take part, saying the rules were biased against

him. Nadya Suleman gave birth at Kaiser Permanente

Bellflower Medical Center in California to six boys and two

girls, the world’s longest-surviving set of octuplets.

Five YeArs AGO:

A brain-dead, pregnant Texas woman’s body was re-

moved from life support as the hospital keeping Marlise

Munoz on machines against her family’s wishes acceded

to a judge’s ruling that it was misapplying state law. Stan

Wawrinka held off an injured Rafael Nadal to win his first

Grand Slam title with a 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 victory in the Aus-

tralian Open final. At the Grammy Awards, Daft Punk won

album of the year for “Random Access Memories,” while

record of the year went to Daft Punk with Pharrell Williams

and Nile Rodgers for “Get Lucky.”

One YeAr AGO:

President Donald Trump told an annual gathering of po-

litical and business elites in Switzerland that economic

growth in the U.S. under his “America first” agenda could

benefit the globe. A jury in suburban New Orleans found

Ronald Gasser guilty of manslaughter in the shooting

death of NFL running back Joe McKnight in a December

2016 road-rage confrontation. (Gasser, 56, was later sen-

tenced to 30 years in prison.) Michigan State University

Athletic Director Mark Hollis retired, two days after the uni-

versity’s president resigned over the school’s handling of

sexual abuse allegations against disgraced former sports

doctor Larry Nassar. A fire raced through a small South

Korean hospital with no sprinkler system, killing 37 people.

TOdAY’s BirTHdAYs:

Cartoonist Jules Feiffer is 90. Sportscaster-actor Bob

Uecker is 84. Actor Scott Glenn is 80. Singer Jean Knight

is 76. Activist Angela Davis is 75. Actor Richard Portnow

is 72. Rock musician Corky Laing (Mountain) is 71. Actor

David Strathairn is 70. Producer-director Mimi Leder is

67. Alt-country singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams is 66.

Rock singer-musician Eddie Van Halen is 64. Reggae

musician Norman Hassan (UB40) is 61. Actress-comedi-

an-talk show host Ellen DeGeneres is 61. Rock musician

Charlie Gillingham (Counting Crows) is 59. Hockey Hall of

Famer Wayne Gretzky is 58. Musician Andrew Ridgeley

is 56. Rhythm-and-blues singer Jazzie B. (Soul II Soul) is

56. Actor Paul Johansson is 55. Director Lenny Abraha-

mson is 53. Actor Bryan Callen is 52. Gospel singer Kirk

Franklin is 49. Actor Nate Mooney is 47. Actress Jennifer

Crystal is 46. Rock musician Chris Hesse (Hoobastank)

is 45. Actor Gilles Marini is 43. Gospel singer Tye Tribbett

is 43. NBA player Vince Carter is 42. Actress Sarah Rue

is 41. Actor Colin O’Donoghue is 38. Country musician

Michael Martin (Marshall Dyllon) is 36.

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Police: Woman drove drunk on vanilla extract

NEW CANAAN, Conn. (AP) — Police say a Connecticut woman charged with driving under the

influence was drunk on vanilla extract, which contains a significant amount of alcohol.

Hearst Connecticut Media reports that New Canaan police found 50-year-old Stefanie Warner-Grise

sitting in a car at an intersection with her eyes closed at about 4:45 p.m. Wednesday.

Officers say they found several bottles of pure vanilla extract inside her vehicle.

They say they detected an odor of vanilla on her breath, her speech was slurred and she was unable

to answer basic questions.

Police say she was arrested after failing field sobriety tests.

Warner-Grise was released on a promise to appear in court. No lawyer was listed for her in online

court records.

Westfield Bridge Club

Vi Martinell (L) of the Westfield Bridge Club presents a check to Ann Koush for the

Westfield Food Pantry. The Club which plays at the American Inn also made a dona-

tion to Our Community Table in Southwick.

Idaho looks into loud cannon fire at governor’s inauguration

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho National Guard’s commanding officer says he will look into

19 startlingly loud ceremonial canon blasts that were part of Gov. Brad Little’s inauguration.

The canon fire on Jan. 4 set off car alarms in downtown Boise and scattered Canada geese

into the air as smoke billowed around soldiers. Some of the several thousand people attending

flinched in surprise.

Republican Sen. Chuck Winder of Boise asked Friday during a committee meeting of state

lawmakers why the cannon blasts seemed louder than normal.

Idaho Army National Guard Brig. Gen. Michael J. Garshak says he’ll look into why the

blasts were so loud.

Garshak is responsible for maintaining the Idaho National Guard’s combat readiness as

combat reserve for the Army and Airforce.

CSF Scholarship Application

The CSF Westfield Dollars for Scholars Board of Directors announces that beginning February

1st high school seniors and college students in undergraduate studies residing in Westfield may apply

for college scholarships online through the website, http://csfwestfield.dollarsforscholars.org.

Students will have the ability to create online profiles, which allow them to apply for and be matched

to multiple scholarships on both the local & national level for the 2019-2020 school year. We encour-

age prospective college students to begin developing online profiles now to assure that you are

alerted of scholarship opportunities in advance of deadlines.

CSF scholarships are awarded based on merit (GPA, activities, work experience and goals essay)

and need (determined by your FAFSA report -Free Application for Federal Student Aid). If your EFC

(Estimated Family Contribution) on the SAR (Student Aid Report) from FAFSA exceeds $65,000,

you do not meet the needs requirement set by our chapter, and therefore you will not match to our

scholarships. Applications must be completed along with the 2019-2020 SAR report from the

FAFSA and your most recent academic transcript uploaded into the Additional Documents

section, and submitted by March 15, 2019.

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THE WESTFIELD NEWS

GOVERMENT MEETINGS

MONDAY, JAN. 28

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 30

TuESDAY, FEB, 5

TuESDAY, FEB, 5

Granville:

Selectboard Meeting at 7 pm

Planning Board Meeting at 7 pm

Blandford:

Council on Aging Meeting at 4 pm

Selectboard Meeting at 7 pm

Zoning Board Meeting at 7 pm

Blandford:

Fire Department Meeting at 7 pm

Westfield:

Planning Board at 7 pm

Westfield:

Personnel Action Committee at 6:30 pm

City Council at 7 pm

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Bulger’s siblings lay claim

to slain gangster’s estate

BOSTON (AP) — Whitey Bulger’s siblings are laying claim

to the slain Boston gangster’s estate as his lawyer plans to seek

a wrongful death suit against the federal government.

The Boston Herald reports that former Massachusetts Senate

President William Bulger, his brother and three sisters have

been listed as beneficiaries of Bulger’s estate in Suffolk

Probate Court filings.

The newspaper reports the estate is currently worth nothing,

but Steve Davis, whose sister Debra was killed by Bulger, says

any settlement stemming from Bulger’s death should be divid-

ed among the families of his victims.

The 89-year-old was murdered at U.S. Penitentiary Hazelton

in West Virginia on Oct. 30 just hours after his transfer from a

Florida prison. Bulger was serving life in prison for his role in

11 murders.

Police say man shot by police

charged at them with cellphone

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Court records say a

Massachusetts man shot by police was holding a cellphone

and not a gun when he charged at officers.

Roberto Perez was shot by police and was struck twice in

the buttocks during in Springfield last Sunday.

Masslive.com reports that

few details have been

released about the shooting

and what led up to it.

Police say Officers Igor

Basovskiy and John Wajdula

were responding to reports of

a domestic disturbance when

they were confronted by the

22-year-old Perez.

Perez is charged with

unarmed burglary, assault

with a dangerous weapon and

threatening to commit a

crime. He pleaded not guilty

at his arraignment in

Springfield District Court

and was held without bail

pending a dangerousness

hearing.

An attempt to reach his

court-appointed lawyer was

not successful.

Mass. moves

transgender

inmate to

women’s prison

BOSTON (AP) —

Massachusetts prisons offi-

cials have for the first time

moved a transgender inmate

from a men’s prison to a

women’s prison.

Court filings show that the

54-year-old inmate, who has

lived as a woman and

received hormone therapy for

decades, was transferred in

September from MCI-

Norfolk to the state women’s

prison in Framingham.

The prisoner’s lawyer,

Jennifer Levi, tells The

Boston Globe that she thinks

it’s the first time a transgen-

der inmate anywhere in the

U.S. has been moved to a

facility that corresponds to

her gender identity.

The Department of

Correction declined to com-

ment on the case’s specifics,

but said it acted in accor-

dance with a new

Massachusetts law designed

to protect transgender

inmates’ rights.

The inmate, whose name

wasn’t disclosed, is serving a

three- to four-year sentence

for a nonviolent drug offense.

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By JILL COLVIN,

LISA MASCARO

and ZEKE MILLER

Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Submitting

to mounting pressure and growing dis-

ruption, President Donald Trump agreed

to a deal Friday to reopen the govern-

ment for three weeks, backing down

from his demand that Congress give him

money for his border wall before federal

agencies get back to work.

Standing alone in the Rose Garden,

Trump said he would sign legislation

funding shuttered agencies until Feb. 15

and try again to persuade lawmakers to

finance his long-sought wall. The deal

he reached with congressional leaders

contains no new money for the wall.

Trump’s retreat came in the 35th day

of the partial shutdown as intensifying

delays at the nation’s airports and a

missed payday for hundreds of thou-

sands of federal workers brought new

urgency to efforts to resolve the stand-

off.

The shutdown was ending as

Democratic leaders had insisted it must

— reopen the government first, then talk

border security. “The president thought

he could crack Democrats and he didn’t

and I hope it’s a lesson for him,” said the

Senate Democratic leader, Chuck

Schumer. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi

said of her members: “Our unity is our

power. And that is what maybe the

president underestimated.”

Trump still made the case for a border

wall and maintained he might again shut

down the government over it. Whatever

negotiations restart next, Trump enters

them from a weakened position. Recent

polls found Trump bore the blame for

the shutdown.

“If we don’t get a fair deal from

Congress, the government will either

shut down on Feb. 15, again, or I will

use the powers afforded to me under the

laws and Constitution of the United

States to address this emergency,”

Trump said. He has been considering

declaring a national emergency in order

to fund the border wall unilaterally, a

move that would almost certainly face

legal hurdles.

He said a bipartisan committee of law-

makers would be formed to consider

border spending before the new dead-

line.

“They are willing to put partisanship

aside, I think, and put the security of the

American people first,” Trump said. He

asserted that “barrier or walls will be an

important part of the solution.”

Congress was expected to vote on the

plan swiftly.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch

McConnell said the Senate will pass

legislation on Friday and he hopes there

will be “good-faith negotiations over the

next three weeks to try to resolve our

differences” on border security.

Schumer said Democrats oppose the

wall money but agree on other ways to

secure the border “and that bodes well

for coming to an eventual agreement.”

The House also was expected to vote

Friday to approve the deal.

Within the White House there was

broad recognition among Trump’s aides

Friday that the shutdown pressure was

growing and they couldn’t keep the

standoff going indefinitely. The presi-

dent’s approval numbers had suffered

during the impasse, and Republicans

were openly calling on him to back

down from his demands and reopen the

government.

Still, some thought Trump had to see

the results of votes a day earlier —and

understand that the proposal he offered

before that could not advance— before

he was willing to make a move. But by

Thursday, he was coming around on a

short term fix, said a person familiar

with White House thinking who was not

authorized to speak publicly. White

House and congressional leaders hashed

out the terms Friday, though many were

not sure Trump would commit to the

plan until the final moments.

Overnight and into Friday, at least five

Republican senators had been calling

Trump, urging him to reopen the govern-

ment and have the Senate consider his

request for border wall money through

regular legislation, according to a person

familiar with the situation who was not

authorized to discuss the private talks

publicly.

The breakthrough came as LaGuardia

Airport in New York and Newark Liberty

International Airport in New Jersey both

experienced at least 90-minute delays in

takeoffs Friday due to the shutdown.

And the world’s busiest airport —

Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International

Airport — was experiencing long secu-

rity wait times, a warning sign the week

before it expects 150,000 out-of-town

visitors for the Super Bowl.

Trump and the Democrats in Congress

had remained at odds over his demand

that any compromise include money for

his coveted border wall.

Graphic shows longest federal fund-

ing gaps since 1976.

The standoff became so severe that, as

the Senate opened with prayer, Chaplain

Barry Black called on high powers in the

“hour of national turmoil” to help sena-

tors do “what is right.”

Senators were talking with increased

urgency after Thursday’s defeat of com-

peting proposals from Trump and the

Democrats. The bipartisan talks provid-

ed a glimmer of hope that some agree-

ment could be reached to halt the lon-

gest-ever closure of federal agencies, at

least temporarily.

Pressure has been building among

both parties to reopen agencies immedi-

ately and pay hundreds of thousands of

beleaguered federal workers while bar-

gainers hunt for a deal.

Monday is the start of federal tax fil-

ing season. But fewer than half of the

furloughed IRS employees recalled dur-

ing the shutdown to handle tax returns

and send out refunds reported for work

as of Tuesday, according to congressio-

nal and government aides. The employ-

ees had been told to work without pay.

At the White House Thursday, Trump

told reporters he’d support “a reasonable

agreement” to reopen the government.

He suggested he’d also want a “prorated

down payment” for his long-sought bor-

der wall with Mexico but didn’t describe

the term. He said he has “other alterna-

tives” for getting wall money, an appar-

ent reference to his disputed claim that

he could declare a national emergency

and fund the wall’s construction using

other programs in the federal budget.

Contributing to the pressure on law-

makers to find a solution was the harsh

reality confronting 800,000 federal

workers, who on Friday faced a second

two-week payday with no paychecks.

A Democratic proposal to end the

shutdown got two more votes in the

Senate on Thursday than a GOP plan,

even though Republicans control the

chamber 53-47. Six Republicans backed

the Democratic plan, including fresh-

man Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, who’s

clashed periodically with the president.

The Senate first rejected a Republican

plan reopening the government through

September and giving Trump the $5.7

billion he’s demanded for building seg-

ments of that wall, a project that he’d

long promised Mexico would finance.

The 50-47 vote for the measure fell 10

shy of the 60 votes needed to succeed.

Minutes later, senators voted 52-44

for a Democratic alternative that sought

to open padlocked agencies through

Feb. 8 with no wall money. That was

eight votes short. It was aimed at giving

bargainers time to seek an accord while

getting paychecks to government work-

ers who are either working without pay

or being forced to stay home.

Throughout, the two sides issued

mutually exclusive demands that have

blocked negotiations from even starting:

Trump has refused to reopen govern-

ment until Congress gives him the wall

money, and congressional Democrats

have rejected bargaining until he reopens

government.

———

Associated Press writers Catherine

Lucey, Alan Fram, Andrew Taylor and

Colleen Long contributed to this story.

Trump, Congress agree to end

longest government shutdown

With a Secret Service agent watching in the foreground, President Donald Trump announces a deal to temporarily reopen

the government, Friday, Jan. 25, 2019, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif. speaks to members of the media as she

arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Jan. 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew

Harnik)

As shutdown ends, workers

have little faith about future

By BRADY McCOMBS

Associated Press

Federal workers who have gone a month without getting paid

during the longest government shutdown in U.S. history

expressed relief Friday that a deal had been reached to end the

impasse, but are worried they’ll be in the same spot in a few

weeks.

Ivan Tauler and his wife spent an exhausting three weeks call-

ing, researching and haggling to get relief from government

agencies, schools, banks and utility companies to scrape by dur-

ing the shutdown that caused him to be furloughed from his

cartographer job at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration in West Virginia.

For Tauler, the end of the shutdown was far from a cause for

celebration. The deal announced Friday by President Donald

Trump only reopens the government for three weeks while

negotiations continue over the president’s demands for money

to build his long-promised border wall.

“We won’t be spending money like we normally would,” said

Melinda Tauler. “We will be more cautious about our finances

than normal until we know that the government is not going to

be closing every couple of weeks.”

Tauler was one of about 800,000 furloughed federal workers

thrust into weeks of uncertainty and financial hardship — lead-

ing many to take out loans, apply for unemployment, do tempo-

rary jobs and launch online campaigns asking for donations.

The end of the 35-day impasse came on what would have

been the second payday with no checks for federal workers. The

deal includes back pay federal workers who have gone without

paychecks, with Trump vowing that they will get paid very

soon.

Alecia Lane, a management analyst with the U.S. Food and

Drug Administration from Laurel, Maryland, said she’s excited

she’ll get a paycheck soon but said the only luxury spending she

might do right away is taking her two sons, 12 and 8, to the

movie theater.

Lane was among hundreds of federal workers who launched

GoFundMe campaigns to get financial help during the shut-

down. She needed help to pay her own bills and send money to

help her autistic brother and mother who live in Kentucky. She

said it was embarrassing to have to make that public plea.

“I’m saving every dime. I never want to be in this position

again,” said Lane, a U.S Navy veteran. “I’m worried that we’ll

be right back in this situation in three weeks. He (Trump) wants

that border wall. To be honest: I was shocked that they even

reached this deal.”

Lane scoffed at President Trump’s assertion in his Friday

announcement that federal employees agreed with him and

weren’t complaining.

“Who was he talking to?” Lane said. “Everyone was com-

plaining, let’s be real.”

Single parent Leisyka Parrott, a Bureau of Land Management

employee in Arcata, California, was driving with her son Friday

when she heard a radio news broadcast about the deal to reopen

the federal government for three weeks. Her cellphone immedi-

ately began buzzing with congratulatory text messages from

friends, who know she has been furloughed from her job since

Dec. 21.

Rebecca Maclean, a housing program specialist for the U.S.

Department of Housing and Urban Development in Pittsburgh

whose furlough began Dec. 21, was washing dishes and listen-

ing to NPR when the news broke of a deal to temporarily end

the shutdown. She isn’t celebrating quite yet.

“Until (Trump) puts ink to paper, I’m not going to check my

bank balance,” she said.

She and her husband have been grateful for the outpouring of

support from neighbors. Some dropped off food. Twice, some-

body anonymously dropped off grocery store gift cards on their

front porch.

The Taulers were approved for food stamps and arranged for

free breakfasts and lunches from the schools for their four chil-

dren, and Ivan Tauler had already submitted his unemployment

application.

He said the family is left with hard feelings for politicians and

a deep desire to keep more money in savings.

“This seems to be a recurring theme so we’re definitely going

to be prepared for it,” Tauler said.

WESTFIELD

Major crime and incident report

Saturday, Jan. 19, 2019

12:31 p.m.: fraud, Apple Blossom Lane, a walk-in party

reports that she was the victim of fraud, the responding offi-

cer reports that the woman said she was contacted by some-

body claiming to be a lawyer for her grandson, she said that

the man claimed her grandson was in jail and asked for an

undisclosed amount of bail money, which she transferred per

the man’s instructions, the responding officer reports that her

grandson was not in jail and that she was the victim of a

fraudulent transaction.

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Chicago Total Access performance

to benefit Westfield Police Auxiliary

WESTFIELD — Chicago tribute band Chicago Total

Access (chicagototalaccess.com) will be the featured per-

former for a unique community event benefitting the

Westfield Police Auxiliary 7:30 p.m. on Friday April 12,

2019 at the Westfield Technical Academy upper campus

auditorium.

The funds generated from this event will go a long way to

support of new equipment for the volunteers of the Auxiliary

to help keep our community safe during major outdoor

events in our city such as parades, our first ever First Night,

Concerts on the Green, PumpkinFest and more. This benefit

was conceived by Westfield on Weekends president, Jay

Pagluica.

Chicago Total Access is a music group made up of 10

talented musicians who all grew up listening to American

and British pop/rock, jazz, blues, rhythm and blues, Motown,

acid rock. They’ve been influenced by music from the 40’s

to the 70’s as well as classical music from the ages. There is

no other American rock n roll band with horns that has influ-

enced more musicians, is loved by millions of people world-

wide, and has become such a deep part of Americana as the

band Chicago. Since 1967, through 46 years of sold out

concerts, millions of record sales, and legions of cheering

fans worldwide Chicago is still going strong in 2013. The

members of Chicago Total Access have attempted to recreate

Sarah Gillett Services

Accepting Grant Requests

WESTFIELD — Sarah Gillett Services for the Elderly, Inc.

is currently accepting preliminary Grant Requests from non-

profit organizations providing services to the elderly residents

of the greater Westfield area. The filing deadline is March 1,

2019. Since the Sarah Gillett Trust was established in 1971,

thousands of dollars have been awarded each year to those

non-profit organizations in the greater Westfield area that are

serving the elderly populations within this location.

Preliminary applications should include the specific amount

desired, with a brief, one page explanation of the services the

organization would provide. No brochures or lengthy descrip-

tions of the organization should be provided at this time.

Shortly after the filing date of March 1st, qualifying appli-

cants will be contacted and an appointment for an interview

with the trustees will be established. Interviews are generally

set for Thursday afternoons between 2:15 PM – 4:15 PM.

Preliminary Grant Requests are to be mailed to: THE

SARAH GILLETT SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY, INC.

P.O. BOX 1871, WESTFIELD, MA 01086.

Valentine’s Soup & Sandwich Luncheon

The Huntington Council on Aging will be hosting a Valentine’s

Soup & Sandwich Luncheon and Dance with Gemtones on

Thursday, February 14 (snow date, Friday, February 15) at 12:00

p.m. at Stanton Hall. The suggested donation per person is $5.00.

Please call 413-512-5205 for a reservation by Thursday, February

7. A St. Patrick’s Corned Beef Luncheon featuring the Do Re Mi

Singers will be held on Thursday, March 14 (snow date - Friday,

March 15) at 12:00 p.m. at Stanton Hall. The suggested donation

per person is $8.00. Please call 413-512-5205 for a reservation by

Thursday, March 7. Both programs are supported in part by a grant

from the Huntington Cultural Council, a local agency which is sup-

ported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

James E. Angell

Attorney at Law

Our 40th Year

in Law Practice

~ Real Estate Closings ~

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48 Elm Street • Suite 3 • Westfield, MA

(413) 562-1500 • www.attyangell.com

SHAKER FARMS COUNTRY CLUB

Always Open to the Public

866 Shaker Rd, Westfield, MA • (413) 568-4087 • www.shakerfarmscc.com

5:30pm ~ Cocktails • 6-7pm ~ Caribbean Dinner Buffet

7-11pm ~ Music and Dancing

Dinner Buffet includes: BBQ Brisket, Grilled Chicken

w/Pineapple Mango Salsa, Southwest Mac & Cheese,

Roasted Potatoes, Roasted Veggies & Caesar Salad

Shaker Farms Country Club Presents:

Changes In Latitudes!!

Saturday • February 2nd

Tickets on Sale NOW! Call 413-568-4087 to purchase

$25 in advance • $30 at the door

580R College Hwy.

Southwick, MA (behind Best Auto)

Southwick Grange

January 27th

Vendor Shopping - 11am

Bingo - 1pm

Prizes supplied by vendors.

$10 per bingo card pack.

Guaranteed minimum of 15 games.

Bring a donation for Southwick

Food Pantry for bonus cards!

All Bingo Sales to benefit

Dollars for Scholars.

One Year Anniversary

Robert E. Valliere

June 6,1930 - January 27, 2018

This is not a Happy Anniversary for me.

I appreciate you more today than when you were here,

and for that I am sorry.

Fathers & daughters, a bond of mixed

emotions and memorable times, how

lucky for me! I would give anything

to have another outing with you!

The memories of you, your influences

and legendary antics help to carry me

onward till the day we are both sitting

at the piano bar together again.

Love and miss you Dad! ~ Lindi

Westfield Park & Rec

Department Events

WESTFIELD — 16th Annual Father Daughter Dance –

Put on your dancing shoes, it’s our 16th annual Father/Daughter

Dance. Make a memory that you will keep forever. Fathers and

daughters join us for an enchanted evening. Evening will include

music provide by a D.J. and dancing, light appetizers and drinks,

photo for dad and daughter. It will be held Friday February 8,

2019, from 6:00pm – 9:00pm at Tekoa Country Club. Daughters

4yrs. – 13 yrs. accompanied by their father, grandfather or uncle,

cost is $60/couple, additional daughter/male is $25. Men wear

suits, dress pants and jacket with shirts and ties, or even tuxedos.

Daughters wear a party dress. Pre-registration is required. For

more information, contact the office at 572-6263.

1st Annual Mother Son Luau. Make a memory that you will

keep forever. Mothers and sons join us for a HO’OLAULE’A

evening. Evening will include music provided by a D.J. and danc-

ing, light appetizers and drinks, games, photo, and keepsakes.

Women and sons should show off their best Hawaiian attire.

Games include volleyball, cornhole and ladder ball to name a

few! Sons 4yrs. – 13 yrs. accompanied by their Mother, grand-

mother or aunt, cost is $60/couple, additional son/female is $25.

Pre-registration is required. For more information, contact the

office at 572-6263.

Warren postpones Nevada visit

amid government shutdown deal

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren is

canceling a Friday night visit to Nevada after President Donald

Trump agreed to a deal Friday to reopen the government for three

weeks.

Warren instead planned to remain in Washington, D.C. as

Congress was expected to vote on the plan.

She was expected to be the third potential Democratic 2020

candidate to hold public events in early-state Nevada this year.

Former Obama housing chief Julian Castro, who has jumped in

the race, visited Las Vegas earlier this month. Washington Gov.

Jay Inslee, who says he’s weighing a bid, met with Nevada pro-

gressives and Democrats two weeks ago.

Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown, who is also eyeing a potential White

House run, says he plans to visit Nevada in the coming weeks.

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a slice of the timeless musi-

cal catalog of Chicago as

well as stay true to the spirit

of the original recordings.

We hope you enjoy their

efforts! The liner notes of

Chicago’s first recording

titled “The Chicago Transit

Authority” still inspire Total

Access band members and

they hope you, as well --

“The printed word can

never aspire to document a

truly musical experience, so

if you must call them some-

thing, speak of the city

where all save one were

born; where all of them

were schooled and bred,

and where all of this incred-

ible music went down bare-

ly noticed; call them

CHICAGO.”

Tickets for the show are

available on line at www.

purplepass.com, at Rocky’s

Ace Hardware in Westfield

or by calling 800-316-8559.

This is a hi-energy, explo-

sive show band dedicated to

covering the band’s catalog

that spans over 45 years.

The audience will have

“total access” to the music

of Chicago.

Woman who killed her children

found not guilty by insanity

DEDHAM, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts woman charged

with killing her 9-year-old daughter and her unborn son

nearly a decade ago has been found not guilty by reason of

insanity.

The Patriot Ledger reports that the ruling in 47-year-old

Xue Fang Chi’s case came Thursday after a two-day bench

trial. She was committed to a state psychiatric hospital.

Prosecutors say multiple mental health professionals found

the Quincy woman unfit for trial and determined she couldn’t

be held criminally responsible.

She was indicted for murder in the death of her daughter

and for manslaughter in the death of her unborn son in April

2009. She was eight months pregnant.

Another daughter told police Chi feared she would lose her

family over her husband’s affair.

Norfolk District Attorney Michael Morrissey called the

verdict an “appropriate result.”

Even with IRS staffers

returning, tax refunds

may be delayed

By MARCY GORDON

Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS’ workforce will return to

full strength under the short-term deal to reopen the govern-

ment struck Friday by President Donald Trump and congres-

sional leaders. But the disruption from the partial shutdown

and the recent absence of a large contingent of recalled IRS

employees mean the possibility of delayed tax refunds.

The official start of the tax filing season is Monday, and the

Trump administration has said taxpayers who are owed

refunds would receive them on time despite the shutdown.

The administration made money available to pay hundreds of

billions in refunds and ordered nearly 60 percent of the

Internal Revenue Service workforce back to work without

pay.

But fewer than half of 26,000 furloughed IRS employees

who were recalled to work during the shutdown to handle tax

returns and taxpayers’ questions had returned to their jobs as

of Tuesday, according to congressional and government aides.

Of the roughly 14,000 recalled employees who hadn’t report-

ed to work, IRS officials told House staffers Thursday, around

5,000 sought permission under their union contract to be

absent because of financial hardship. The remaining 9,000

couldn’t be reached by IRS managers.

In addition to the 35-day shutdown, the complexities of a

new tax law have burdened an IRS that has been starved for

funding for years. Getting refunds out in time could be a

heavy lift.

“Just because you reopen the government, doesn’t mean

that on Day 1 everything is normal,” said Jorge Castro, a for-

mer counselor to the IRS commissioner and senior counsel to

the Senate Commerce Committee who is now at the law firm

Miller & Chevalier. “There’s still a backlog. The IRS has not

been at full capacity in its operations for over a month.”

About three-quarters of U.S. taxpayers receive annual

refunds. Lower-income households, in particular, depend on

refunds as their biggest cash infusion of the year.

Beyond refunds, no audits of tax returns were being done

during the shutdown because IRS auditors were furloughed.

That’s a double-edged problem: A lack of inspections could

invite cheating, and the money normally captured by audits

isn’t flowing to the national coffers.

“The decline in audits has been an ongoing problem at the

IRS for many years,” says Howard Gleckman, senior fellow at

the Urban Institute. “Reducing them even further will only

encourage more people to game the tax system — and that’s

bad for all of us who do pay the taxes we owe.”

The administration had planned to eventually send about

46,000 furloughed IRS employees back to work during the

shutdown — nearly 60 percent of the IRS workforce. The

recalled employees who hadn’t reported for work include

staffers in IRS processing centers in Ogden, Utah; Kansas

City, Missouri; Fresno, California; and Austin, Texas, accord-

ing to union officials.

The IRS employees’ union contract allows them to be

absent from work if they experience hardship during a shut-

down, and they don’t have to use sick days to do so. Managers

must approve hardship exceptions, though.

Union officials say they don’t support employees staying

away “as a form of protest” but do support workers claiming

the exception for true financial hardship.

If the shutdown weren’t enough to contend with, taxpayers

and the IRS have to grapple with the most sweeping overhaul

of the U.S. tax code in three decades. Enacted by Republicans

in December 2017, the changes provided for $1.5 trillion in

tax cuts. The package was signed into law by Trump as his

signature legislative achievement. It took effect Jan. 1, 2018.

The difficulties for the IRS come as the agency is hobbled

by what is widely viewed as a skimpy budget. Republicans

controlling the congressional purse strings for years accused

the IRS of having a liberal bias and of unfairly targeting con-

servative tax-exempt groups.

Last year, with the new tax law looming, Congress was

more willing to open its wallet for the IRS and blunted the

Trump administration’s proposed cuts. But it ended up cutting

in other areas. The result is that the agency’s budget is about

the same — $11.4 billion — as in recent years.

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Advent ChristiAn ChurCh

11 Washington street

Westfield, Ma 01085

Phone: (413) 568-1020

email: info@Westfieldadventchristian.Com

Www.Westfieldadventchristian.Com

Pastor Merle Beal

Sunday: 10:00 A.M. Sunday School For All Ages

11:00 A.M. Praise And Worship Service

Wednesday: 7:00 P.M. Bible Study

Friday: 6:30-8:00 P.M. Youth Group For Grades 5-8

BAhA’i CoMMunity of Westfield

Sundays - 10 A.M. To 12 Noon Worship

And Study Classes

For Children And Adults At Daniel Jordan Baha’i School

In March Memorial Chapel, Springfield College.

Open ToThe Public.

The Second And Fourth

Fridays Of Every Month At 7 P.M.

Westfield Study And Discussion Meetings

Call 568-3403.

CentrAl BAPtist ChurCh

115 elm st., Westfield, Ma 01085

Phone - (413) 568-0429

email:cbcabc@Comcast.net

Website: http://Www.Centralbaptist

churchwestfield.com

Sunday School - 9:15 10:15A.M.

Sunday - Worship Hour - 10:30-11:30A.M.

Christ ChurCh united Methodist

222 College highway, southwick, Ma 01077

Pastors rev. Ken Blanchard

Phone - (413) 569-5206

Sunday Worship - 9 A.M.

Handicapped Accessible.

Air Conditioned. Nursery Available.

Christ lutherAn ChurCh

568 College highway, southwick, Ma 01077

rev. Jeff King, Pastor

Phone - (413) 569-5151

Sunday - 8:15, 9:15, 10:15 And 11:15 A.M.

11 A.M. - Contemporary Worship With Children’s Hour And

ClC live with Children’s Hour. Childcare Available.

Thursday Evenings - Weekender’s Worship - 7 P.M.

Christ the King

evAngeliCAl PresByteriAn ChurCh

297 russell road, Westfield, Ma 01085

rev. Jason s. steele, Pastor

office Phone - (413) 572-0676

www.ctkwestfield.org

Weekly Calendar of events:

Sunday - Worship Service - 9:15 A.M.

Sunday School For All Ages - 11 A.M.

Monday - Men’s Group - Sons Of Thunder - 7 P.M.

Tuesday - Women’s Bible Study

Wednesday - Beginners Bible Study

- 7 P.M.

Childcare Is Available.

the ePisCoPAl ChurCh of the AtoneMent

36 Court st., Westfield, Ma 01085

(413) 562-5461

www.Atonementwestfield.net

Parking off Pleasant street

the rev. nancy Webb stroud, rector

Sundays: Holy Eucharist At 8 Am And 10 Am

Wednesdays:

Holy Eucharist And Healing 12:15pm

CongregAtion AhAvAs AChiM

interfAith Center At Westfield

stAte university

577 Western Avenue, P.o. Box 334,

Westfield, Ma 01086

rabbi efraim eisen.

Phone - (413) 687-3420

Www.Congregationahavasachim.org/

email: Ahavasachiminquiry@gmail.Com

friday or saturday sabbath services 10 A.M.

or 7:15 P.M. -

2 Times/Month And Holiday Services.

Call For Dates. An Oneg Shabbat Follows The Service

And

New Members Are Always Welcome.

Monday Hebrew School - 5 To 7 P.M.

Sunday School

Adult Study Group.

fAith BiBle ChurCh

370 shoemaker lane, Agawam, Ma 01001

Phone - 413-786-1681

Pastor: rick donofrio

Sunday School For All Ages 9:30Am

Worship Services 10:30Am

Children’s Service 10:30Am

Fellowship/Refreshments-12:30Am

Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting And Bible Study 6:30 pm

first CongregAtionAl ChurCh of Westfield

18 Broad street, Westfield, Ma 01085

Phone - (413) 568-2833

fax - (413) 568-2835

Website: Churchonthegreen.org

email :office@Churchonthegreen.org

Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 9A.M.-1P.M.

Rev. Elva Merry Pawle, Pastor

Tracy Gervais, Church School Coordinator

Allan Taylor, Minister Of Music

Worship Service : Sunday’s 10 am

Church School Sunday 10 am

Childcare Available - Handicap Accessible

Fellowship Hour 11 Am

first spiritual Church

33-37 Bliss street, springfield, Ma 01105

rev. John sullivan, Pastor

Phone - (413) 238-4495

Sunday Service - 10:30 A.M., Sermon, Healing Service,

Spirit Communication.

first united Methodist ChurCh

(A stePhen’s Ministry ChurCh)

16 Court street

Westfield Ma 01085

413-568-5818

rev. Bruce t. Arbour

email:fumc01085@Juno.Com

Worship Service : Sunday’s 10 A.M.

Sunday School: Sunday 10 A.M.

Coffee Hour: Every Sunday 11 A.M.

Childcare Available-Handicap Accessible

grACe lutherAn ChurCh

1552 Westfield street,

West springfield,

Ma 01089

Phone - 413-734-9268

Website -

www.gracelutheranonline.Com

the rev. John Marquis, Pastor

e-Mail -pastorwhite@gracelutheranonline.Com

Margit Mikuski, Administrative Assistant

mmikuski@Gracelutheranonline.Com

Sunday Service - 9:30 A.M.

Tuesday – 9 A.M. - Bible Study

Wednesday Service - 6 P.M.

granville federated Church

American Baptist

& united Church of Christ

16 granby road, granville, Ma 01034

Phone - (413) 357-8583

10 A.M. - Worship Service, Sunday School To Run

Concurrently With Worship Service. Childcare Available

11 A.M. - Coffee Hour

Monday - 8 P.M. - AA Meeting

Thursday - 7 P.M. - Adult Choir Practice

First Saturday - 6 P.M. - Potluck Supper In Fellowship Hall

Third Sunday - 8:30-9:30 A.M. - Breakfast Served

In Fellowship Hall

Third Wednesday - 12 Noon - ladies Aid Potluck

luncheon & Meeting

Fourth Sunday - 11:15 A.M. - Adult Study Program

led By Rev. Patrick Mcmahon.

holy fAMily PArish

5 Main street

russell, Ma 01071

Phone/fax: 413-862-4418

Saturday Vigil 5 P.M.

Sunday 8:15 A.M., 11:15 A.M.

holy trinity roMAn CAtholiC ChurCh

335 elm st., Westfield Ma 01085

rev. rené l. Parent, s., Pastor

deacon Charles Wainwright

Phone: (413) 568-1506 fax: (413) 572-2533

Website: Www.holytrinitywestfield.Com

Weekend Masses: saturday vigil - 4 P.M.

Sunday - 7 A.M., 8:30 A.M. (Polish)

And 10:30 A.M.

Weekday Mass: Monday - Thursday - 12:10 P.M.

Communion Service Friday- 12:10pm

Eucharistic Adoration: Wed. - 6:30

Sacrament Of Reconciliation: Saturday -

3 To 3:45 P.M. Or By Appointment

Handicapped Accessible

hoPe CoMMunity ChurCh

152 South Westfield Street

Feeding Hills, Ma. 01030

413.786.2445

Pastor Brad Peterson

Sunday Morning Worship Begins At 10 A.M.

Contemporary Worship, life Oriented Messages,

From The Bible, Nursery And Children’s Church Available,

Classes For All Ages. Weekly Home Groups And Bible

Studies, Active Youth Group, Special

Activities For Families, Men, Women, And Children.

For More Information, Call The Church Office 413-786

2445, Weekdays Between 9 A.M. And Noon. Please leave A

Message Any Other Time.

Valley Community Church And Agawam Church Of The

Bible Merged May 2010 To Become

Hope Community Church

huntington evAngeliCAl ChurCh

22 Russell Road, Huntington, Ma 01050

Rev. Charles Cinelli

Phone - (413) 667-5774

Sunday Worship - 9 am during the summer months & 10

am following labor Day.

Children’s Church downstairs during the service except

during summer months.

KingdoM hAll of JehovAh’s Witnesses

117 Southwick Road, Westfield, Mass. 01085

Phone (413) 568-1780

English: Wednesday & Thursday - 7-8:45 P.M.; Sunday

10-11:46 A.M. & 1-2:45 P.M.

Russian: Tuesday - 7-8:45 P.M.;

Saturday 4-5:45 P.M.

MontgoMery CoMMunity ChurCh

Main road-Montgomery, Ma

Pastor howard r. noe

Phone - (413) 862-3284 office

nondenominational services every sunday 9-10 A.M.,

With Coffee fellowship

following All services.

Weekly Men And Women’s Bible

studies Available.

MountAin vieW BAPtist ChurCh

310 Apremont Way

holyoke, Ma 01040

Pastor Chad e. Correia

413-532-0381

email: http://Www.Mvbaptist.Com

Sunday Morning Worship - 8:30 & 11 A.M.

Sunday School & Adult Study - 10 A.M.

Wednesday Prayer Meeting &

Bible Study - 7 P.M.

Thursday - Visitation & Soul Winning

- 6:30 P.M.

Saturday - Buss Calling &

Soul Winning - 10 A.M.

neW life ChristiAn Center

157 dartmouth street

Westfield, Ma 01085

senior Pastor. rev. Wayne d. hartsgrove

Phone (413) 568-1588

Sunday School 9:15 Am

Sunday Service 10:30 Am

Midweek Service on Wednesdays ay 6:30pm life Groups

on Thursday, and Sundays at 6:30pm.

www.nlccwestfield.com

neW life WorshiP Center

118 Meadow street

Westfield, Ma 01085

413-562-0344

http://Www.nlwcofwestfield.org

Pastor gene C. Pelkey

Sundays - 10 A.M. - Worship and

Sunday School.

Wednesdays - 7 P.M. - Bible Study.

Men’s And ladies Prayer Groups

(Call For Schedules)

Changed Into His Image Class

(Call For Schedules)

our lAdy of the Blessed sACrAMent PArish

127 holyoke road

Westfield, Ma 01085

Mailing Address:

P.o. Box 489

Westfield, Ma 01086-0489

Pastor: rev. daniel s. Pacholec

deacon Paul federici

Pastoral Minister: Mary federici

Parish/Religious Education Office: (413) 562-3450

Parish Fax: (413) 562-9875

Www.Diospringfield.Org/Olbs

Mass Schedule:

Saturday: 4 P.M. (Vigil)

Sunday: 7, 8:30, 11 A.M.

Monday-Wednesday: 7 A.M. Communion Service

Thursday

& Friday: 7 A.M.

Saturday: 8 A.M. Miraculous Medal Novena

Confession: Saturday 3:15- 3:45 P.M.

Handicapped Accessible.

our lAdy of the lAKe ChurCh

sheep Pasture road

southwick, Ma 01077

Pastor Rev. Henry l. Dorsch (413) 569-0161

Deacon: Rev. Mr. David Przybylowski (413) 569-0161

Catechetical leader:

lynda Daniele (413) 569-0162

Bookkeeper:Rosemarie Ricco

Parish Secretary: Maxine Matos

(Fri. 8am - 4pm) 413-569-0161 email:ollake7@aol.com

Best rectory office hours Thurs. 9am-noon & Fri. 8-4pm.

Sacristan: Stella Onyski

MAss sChedule

Sat. 5 P.M. (Vigil), Sun., 8,

10 A.M. And 7 P.M.

Weekdays: Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday 8:30 A.M.

Wednesday 7 P.M.

Penance/Confession: Saturdays 4:15-4:45; Wed. Before 7

P.M. Mass And By Appointment.

Baptisms: Sundays At 11:15 A.M. Arrange With Pastor

And A Pre- Baptism Meeting Is Scheduled.

Marriage: Arrangements Should

Be Made With Pastor Prior

To Any Reception Arrangements

As Early As One Year In Advance

Exposition Of Blessed Sacrament:

1st Friday 9 A.M.-5 P.M.

Marian Cenacle Of Prayer:

Saturdays 7:30-8:30

Charismatic Prayer Meeting: Thursdays 7 P.M.

St. Jude Novena After

Wednesday 7 P.M. Mass

Miraculous Medal Novena After

Tuesday Morning Mass

Chapel Of Divine Mercy, litany, Rosary,

Friday 3-3:34

Home And Hospital Visits. Please Call Rectory

Anointing Of The Sick. Please Call The Pastor

Prayer line: For Special Intentions.

Call Marian At 569-6244

Bible Study: Tuesdays 9:15 A.M.

At Rectory Meeting Room

PilgriM evAngeliCAl CovenAnt ChurCh

605 salmon Brook street,

route 10 And 202, granby, Ct 06035

rev. dennis Anderson, Pastor

Phone: (860) 653-3800

fax: (860) 653-9984

handicap Accessible.

Schedule: Sunday School - 9 Am, Adult -

Youth - Children.

Sunday Praise And Worship - 10:30 A.M.,

Infant And Toddler

Care Available.

Men’s Group Fellowship Breakfast - 7 A.M. - 8:30 A.M.,

The 2nd Saturday Of Each Month.

Call For A Youth Group Schedule Of Events.

You Can Visit Us On The Web At:

Http://Www.Pilgrimcovenantchurch.Org.

Pioneer vAlley AsseMBly of god

huntington, MA 01050

rev. Chuck vanasse

Phone - (413) 667-3196

Sunday - 10:30 A.M. - Service Of Worship

Weekly Bible Study. Call For Information.

Pioneer vAlley BAPtist ChurCh

265 Ponders hollow road, Westfield, Ma 01085

(Corner of tannery And shaker road)

Phone - (413) 562-3376

Pastor James Montoro

Sunday School – 9:30 A.M.; Sunday Service – 10:30 A.M.

And 6 P.M.; Wednesday Service – 7 P.M. We Provide Bus

Transportation For Those In Need Of Transportation.

Just Call Us At 562-3376.

Psalms springs

deliverance Ministries

141 Meadow street, Westfield, Ma 01085

Phone - (413) 568-1612

Pastor sharon ingram

Sunday School - 10 A.M.

Sunday Morning Worship - 11 A.M.

Wednesdays - Childrens Reading Hour, 5 To 6 P.M.

With Pastor, 4 To 10 Years Old.

Wednesday Evening - 7 P.M. - Bible Study &

Deliverance Service

Friday - Y.E.S. - Youth Excellence Services,

13 Years Old and Up.

russell CoMMunity ChurCh

Main street, russell 01071

rev. Jimmy Metcalf, Pastor

Sunday - 9 A.M. - Sunday School, All Ages - Fellowship,

Parsonage; 10 A.M. - Family Worship; 6 P.M. - Youth

Fellowship, Parsonage.

Tuesday - 7 P.M. - Aa Meeting; Family Bible Class,

Parsonage.

Wednesday - 9 A.M. - Women’s Prayer Fellowship,

Parsonage.

Friday - 7:30 P.M. - Aa Meeting.

st. John’s lutherAn ChurCh

60 Broad street

Westfield, Ma 01085

Phone - (413) 568-1417

http://stjohnswestfield.Com

Sunday - Adult Bible Study And Summer Sunday School

(Preschool - High School) 8:45 A.M.

Sunday Worship 10 A.M.

Tune In To The Taped Broadcast

Of Our Worship Service Over

WHYN (.560 On Your AM Radio Dial)

At 7:30 On Sunday Morning.

living hoPe ChurCh

Pastor dan valeri

267 College highway

southwick, Ma 01077

413-569-1882

living hope Church - hope for everyday living!

We Are A Church that Proclaims

A Message of hope And

healing for the hurts And Problems of everyday life

through the Message of Jesus Christ...

info@livinghopechurchag.org

service time: 10 Am

thursday family night 6:30Pm

office hours - Mon through thurs 9:30Am-4Pm

southWiCK CoMMunity

ePisCoPAl ChurCh

660 College highway

southwick, Ma 01077

Phone: 569-9650

http://Www.southwickchurch.Com

rev. J. taylor Albright, Pastor

Saturday Evening Worship Service 5 P.M.

Sundays 9:30 Am, Service That Blend

Contemporary Worship With Traditional liturgy

And A Family-Friendly Atmosphere

Kidzone: Childcare And Children’s Ministry

During The Service

Sign language Interpreted

Handicapped Accessible

Women’s Group: Thursdays 9:30 To 11 A.M.

Good Coffee, Fellowship And

light-Weight Discussion Of Faith Issues.

Childcare Provided.

southwick Congregational Church, uCC

488 College highway, Po Box 260

southwick, MA 01077

Phone: 413-569-6362

email: southwickucc@gmail.com

website: www.southwickucc.org,

https://www.facebook.com/

southwickCongregationalChurchuCC

rev. dr. susanne u. hayes – interim Minister

Music – roberta Kowal; Patti Wood

lyn Casey, office Administrator M-f 9:00-1:00

Sundays

10:00 AM (9:30 AM from 6/17-9/2/18)

Worship Service

(Nursery Available)

10:15 AM

Sunday School/Youth Group

(2nd and 4th Sunday) (off for summer 5/20)

3:30 PM

O.A. Meeting

Tuesday

6:30 PM

Boy Scouts Meeting

6:30 PM

Bell Choir Rehearsal

Wednesday

6:30 PM

Cub Scouts Meeting

7:00 PM

Voice Choir Rehearsal

Thursday

6:30 PM

Mid-Week Service

Friday

9:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Henrietta’s Thrift Shop Open

6:00 PM

O.A. Meeting

7:30 PM

A.A. Meeting

Saturday

9:00 AM – 1:00 PM

Henrietta’s Thrift Shop7 Pm Adult Choir Rehearsal

Thursday

6:30 Pm T.O.P.S.

Friday

9-1 Pm Henrietta’s Thrift Shop – Open

6 Pm O.A. Meeting

7:30 Pm A.A. 12 Step Meeting

Saturday 9-1 Pm

Henrietta’s Thrift Shop – Open

st. JosePh’s Polish

nAtionAl CAtholiC ChurCh

73 Main street, Westfield, MA 01085

social Center: Clinton Avenue

father sr. Joseph soltysiak, Pastor

Phone - (413) 562-4403

email - soltysiak@Comcast.net

Sunday Masses - 8 A.M. And 10:30 A.M.

Sunday School - 9:30 A.M., Social Center

Daily And Holy Day Masses as announced

For more Information & links: PNCC.org

st. MAry’s ChurCh

30 Bartlett street, Westfield, Ma 01085

Phone - (413) 562-5477

www.stmarysofwestfield.com

rev. Matt Alcombright – Pastor

rev. John touhey, Parochial vicar

deacon Pedro rivera

deacon roger Carrier

Weekday Mass - Monday-Friday, 8:30 A.M.

Holy Day Masses - 8:30 A.M. & 6:15 P.M. (Bilingual)

Confessions -

Saturdays, 2:30-3:30 P.M. (lower Church)

Saturday Mass - 4 P.M.

Sunday Mass - 8:30 And 10 A.M.

And 11:30 A.M. and 5 PM.

All Masses Are In The Upper Church,

The 11:30 A.M. Is In Spanish

Handicapped Accessible, Elevator located

To The Right Of The Main Entrance.

Adoration And Benediction - Wednesdays,

9 A.M.-6 P.M.

St. Mary’s Elementary School (Pre-K-8)

(413) 568-2388

St. Mary’s High School (9-12) - (413) 568-5692

Office Of Religious Education - (413) 568-1127

St. Vincent De Paul Outreach To The Poor

And Needy - (413) 568-5619

st. Peter & st. CAsiMir PArish

22 state street

Westfield, Ma 01085

rev. William h. Wallis, Pastor

deacon Paul Briere

Parish office - 413-568-5421

Mass schedule daily -

Mon.-Thurs. - 7:15 A.M.

Saturday Mass - 4 P.M.

Saturday Confessions - 3 P.M. - 3:30 P.M.

Sunday Mass- 8:30 A.M. & 10:30 A.M.

teMPle Beth el

Worship services

Sunday - Thursday Evening, 7 P.M.

Friday Evening, 6 P.M.

Saturday Evening, 5 P.M.

Monday-Friday Morning, 7 A.M.

Saturday Morning, 9:30 A.M.

Sunday And Holiday

Morning, 8 A.M. Ongoing

Monday Afternoons - learning Center

(Religious School), 3:15 P.M.

Tuesday Afternoons - B’yachad

(Hebrew High School) 6:30

P.M.; Parshat Ha Shove

Study Group, 7:30 P.M.

Wednesday Afternoons - learning Center

(Religious School), 3:15 P.M.;

Youth Chorale, 5:15 P.M.

Thursday Evenings - Boy Scout Troop

#32 Meets At 7:30 P.M.

Friday Mornings - “Exploring Our Prayers”

With Rabbi, 7 A.M.

unitarian universalist society

of greater springfield

245 Porter lake drive, springfield, Ma 01106

re. Jason seymour, Minister

http://uuspringfield.org

Phone 413 736-2324

handicap Accessible

Sunday 9:30Am And 11Am Worship Services,

Religious Education And Nursery For Children,

Wednesday 5:30 Pm Soulful Suppers

Thursday 7Pm Choir Rehearsals

Monthly Unity House Concerts.

Check Our Facebook Page.

united ChurCh of Christ

seCond CongregAtionAl ChurCh

rev. Barbara hesse, Pastor

487 Western Avenue, P.o. Box 814,

Westfield, Ma 01086

http://www.Secondchurchwestfield.org

E-Mail: office@Secondchurchwestfield.org

Office Hours: Tuesday – Friday, 9:30 A.M. to 1PM,

Closed Monday.

Phone - (413) 568-7557

Sunday - 10 A.M., Worship Service

And Sunday School For

Preschool Through High School.

Sunday Evening - Youth Program.

Westfield Alliance Church

297 russell road, Westfield, Ma 01085

rev. Jordan greeley, Pastor

Phone - (413) 568-3572

Sunday - 9:30 A.M. - Bible life A.M. For All Ages, Nursery

Care Provided; 11 A.M. - Worship And The Word;

6 P.M -Evening Service.

Word of grACe ChurCh

of Pioneer valley

848 north road, route 202

Westfield, Ma 01085

(413) 572-3054

email:office@Wordgrace.us

http://Www.Wordgrace.us

Chet Marshall, senior Pastor

Sunday Morning Service: 10 A.M.

Sunday Evening, 6 P.M.

Wednesday Evening, 7 P.M.

Westfield evAngeliCAl free ChurCh

568 southwick road, Westfield, Ma 01085

rev. david K. young, Pastor

Phone - (413) 562-1504

Sunday – 10 A.M. - Morning Worship,

Childcare Available; 8:45 A.M. - Sunday School.

Wednesday - 7 P.M. - Bible Study.

Friday - 6:30 P.M. -

Awana Children’s Program.

West sPringfield ChurCh of Christ

61 upper Church street,

West springfield, Ma 01089

Phone - (413) 736-1006

Sunday - 10:30 A.M. And 6 P.M., Worship Service; 9:30

A.M. - Bible Study.

Wednesday - 7 P.M., Bible Study.

WyBen union ChurCh

An interdenominational Church

678 Montgomery road, Westfield, Ma 01085

Phone - (413) 568-6473

rev. george Karl, Pastor

Sunday Worship And Sunday

School At 10 A.M.

Summer Worship At 9:30AM

Nursery Available

Bible Studies In Both Church

And In Members’ Homes.

Wybenunionchurch.Com

(413) 562-5461

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WESTFIELD — St. Mary’s Parish is host-

ing their annual three-day Ski Trip to Sunday

River Resort during February school vaca-

tion. The trip is open to families and individu-

als in the greater Westfield area. You do not

have to be a member of St. Mary’s. Average

cost is less than $500 per person. There are a

few spots available, but registration closes

this weekend. You can learn more, register,

and make payments online at www.STMski.

com

The Boy Scout leaders from St. Mary’s

Troop 109 will be managing the trip and pro-

viding supervision.

The adventure includes: luxury bus trans-

portation to the hotel and mountain, three

nights lodging, three-day lift ticket, break-

fasts and dinners, and use of the hotel’s pool,

Jacuzzi, steam room, game room, and meet-

ing rooms.

Sunday River is known among New

England skiers as one of the best …eight

interconnected mountain peaks are consis-

tently covered by legendary Sunday River

snow. As of today, 16 inches of new snow and

32 inch average base cover the 135 trails.

High capacity quads and 2,000 snow guns

covering the River’s 870 acres of terrain

make this a skiers’ and riders’ dream. The

mountains are serviced by 15 lifts: 1

Chondola, 9 Quads (5 high speed), 3 Triples,

1 Double, and 1 Surface Lift. Most lifts serve

areas that offer challenging areas for experts

and easier ways down for beginners. Trails

are groomed daily.

St. Mary’s has been hosting this trip for

almost 20 years. According the regular par-

ticipant Dave Flaherty “It’s always an awe-

some trip at a great price”.

A few spots available

for February

Vacation Ski Trip

Westfield

Senior Center’s

‘Heaven’s

Angels’ Project

WESTFIELD — Michelle

Moniz coordinates a group at

the Westfield Senior Center

who sew ‘angel’ gowns for

newborns who never make it

home from the hospital. The

white angel gowns are made

from wedding gowns and offer

comfort to strangers coping

with the death of a child from

miscarriage, stillbirth, or

through neonatal loss. The

baby gown is used to present

the infants to their families as

they say a final farewell before

burial or cremation. The

‘Heaven’s Angels’ group

meets on the first Monday of

the month from 1 to 4:30 p.m.

at the Westfield Senior Center,

45 Noble Street. Participants

should feel free to bring a por-

table sewing machine, sewing

scissors, and pins. Those who

don’t sew can participate by

dismantling wedding gowns

as well as tracing and cutting

patterns. Please call the

Westfield Senior Center

Program Director, Mary Lou

Niedzielski at 562-6435, to

sign up or get additional infor-

mation about the program.

departments, officers can put them in their cruisers and have

them ready to give out while on patrol if they happen to see a

homeless veteran.

“It happens more than you think,” said Sutton. “They (law

enforcement) have these buckets available to give to them on

the spot.”

Police departments are responding well to the buckets they

have been provided.

“It’s great for us to have those assets to hand out,” said

Southwick Police Lt. Robert Landis of the five buckets his

department was given. “It’s good having that asset for us.”

According to Sutton, there have already been at least 40

buckets distributed to police departments and there is a total

of about 250 buckets that will get delivered.

Similar to a lot of what the One Call Away Foundation does

on a regular basis, the hope is that the buckets will help veter-

ans who are in desperate need of the basic things most people

always have.

“It’s very heartwarming what we do,” said Sutton. “To be

able to do something to put a smile on their face, it goes a long

way.”

A few of the One Call Away Foundation buckets are show in

a vehicle before being transported to local police depart-

ments. (Photo from Dave Sutton)

One Call Away

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of a class B substance.

Court records indicate that both Skroczky and

Frank sold cocaine to an unidentified undercover

police officer. A search of the Foch Avenue

address by police following their arrest revealed

an unsecured Glock .45 semi-automatic pistol, a

single .223 bullet, small weight scales with

cocaine residue on them, small amounts of

cocaine, and plastic sandwich bags possibly used

to deal cocaine.

Frank has been denied bail and is being held in

the Hampden County House of Corrections pend-

ing a January 29 bail hearing. Skroczky is being

held on $5,000 cash bail pending a January 29

pre-trial hearing.

Charges

Continued from Page 1

Local historian Ed Stanard

extensively researched the

story of the Solomon family

and their lifelong adventure

around the world, which

includes an extended stop in

Westfield.

John, Henry, and Phineas

Solomon were three English

brothers from a family of nine

children. They had moved to

the United States from England

as a family in the 1850’s. They

first lived in New York City

before moving to Westfield

Massachusetts and ran a cigar

business on Elm Street. Samuel

Solomon, the brother’s father,

was a cigar manufacturer in

Liverpool, England.

Stanard will detail John and

Henry Solomon’s time in the

10th Massachusetts Volunteer

Regiment,

Westfield’s

Company K, at the onset of the

American Civil War.

“I was contacted by a gentle-

man in Australia in 1997,” said

Stanard, “He asked me if I was aware that the Thompson brothers were in

the 10th Massachusetts volunteer Regiment and were buried in Australia.”

The Solomon brothers opted to change their last name to Thompson due

to the prevalent anti-Semitism in Australia in the late 19th century.

Stanard was prompted to research the brothers when he received the

email in 1997 due to him being a well-known historian of the American

Civil War and the 10th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment. He frequently

took part in reenactments as a part of Company C of the 10th Massachusetts

Civil War as well as participating in living history events. His previous

research into the 10th MVR stemmed from his great-great-Grandfather,

who had served in the same regiment.

Stanard will speak about the Solomon’s presence in Westfield, where

they established one of their cigar manufacturing facilities. He will detail

the brother’s journey from their childhood in England, their time in

Westfield and involvement in the Civil War, and the rest of their lives in

Australia where their graves are found today.

Stanard’s lecture, like many of the others, was originally slated to be

held at The Westfield Athenaeum. However, due to the popularity of the

first few lectures, it has been moved to the First Congregational Church at

Park Square to accommodate more attendees.

A photo with an unknown date of Jack

Solomon (right) found in The National

Library of Australia. (Photo submitted by

Ed Stanard)

Lecture Series

Continued from Page 1

The grave of Henry Solomon in Australia. According to Stanard’s

research, hundreds of veterans of American wars are buried in

Australia. (Photo submitted by Ed Stanard)

Message

Continued from Page 1

position to need assistance, you might not know

where to begin. We thought it was a great time to

highlight what we offer to all of our customers in

the community,” Stowe said.

Stowe said one way they help is to point people

to the Valley Opportunity Council, which offers

heating assistance to eligible low-income resi-

dents. She said an employee from the Council

comes to G&E at certain times during the week to

help qualify people for that assistance, which gets

paid out as customers use energy.

For customers that don’t qualify for the Valley

Opportunity Council, the Salvation Army’s “Good

Neighbor Energy Fund” offers one-time assis-

tance to people who are struggling to pay their

bills, if they don’t qualify for federal or state pro-

grams.

WG+E is also interested in helping to set up

people on a budget to level out the costs over the

year, so the bills don’t get too high during the

winter, Stowe said.

When people are having a hardship, Stowe said

they can also set up people on a payment plan, on

a case by case basis. She said it is WG+E policy

to not terminate customers during the winter

months from Nov. 15 to March 15.

Stowe said anyone who is struggling should

contact the customer service team at WG+E at

413-572-0100. “We’ll talk to customers on a one-

to-one basis, and figure out what is the best way

to help them to get back on track,” she said.

town meeting in May of 2017, residents voted in favor of

allocating $1 million from the CPC account to help raise

money to preserve North Pond.

This past December, Rich Hubbard and Alain Peteroy of the

Franklin Land Trust met with the Select Board to discuss their

urgent need to get more funding and support in order to pre-

serve the North Pond land.

The deadline to raise the $5 million to preserve the 146-acre

property is June 30, 2019. However, Franklin Land Trust rep-

resentatives came to the Select Board to inform them that they

need to have the $5 million raised by March 1. The reason for

the earlier deadline is that the state needs to know by March 1

if the Franklin Land Trust has the funding from the CPC. Once

the state knows that, they will decide on awarding more

money to the Franklin Land Trust.

Since the Franklin Land Trust believes that a decision in

January might be cutting it close to raising the $5 million by

March, they were looking for support from the Select Board

in hopes that it could help speed the CPC’s response to the

application. Currently, the Franklin Land Trust and fellow

North Pond supporters have about $1.4 million left to raise.

The Franklin Land Trust has been awarded several grants to

help raise the money. In November of 2016, the Massachusetts

Departments of Energy and Environmental Affairs as well as

Fish and Wildlife awarded the Franklin Land Trust two grants

that totaled $1.4 million. One of the grants was a land grant of

$400,000 while another was a grant for $1 million.

While the Franklin Land Trust and the fellow Save North

Pond supporters have received larger funding sources like

grants, they’re also continuing to encourage the community

and local businesses to send in private donations. In order to

make a donation, visit the Save North Pond website.

CPC

Continued from Page 1

journalistic integrity of pub-

lic multimedia journalism.

Through the Jim Madigan

Fund, WGBY honors his lega-

cy and continues the tradition

of fact-based reporting.”

VALUE OF PUBLIC

MEDIA JOURNALISM

According to WGBY, non-

profit public media was

designed to be a trustworthy,

non-commercial resource for

informing and connecting

diverse communities — and

the station considers quality

local journalism to be a key

component of that mission-

oriented service.

“The chance to let someone

sit and talk and express a full

idea was just greater in public

television,” Jim Madigan once

said, reflecting on his career

as a WGBY journalist. “I

think it is still that way today.

According to recent sur-

veys, it would seem the view-

ership concurs. In a 2018

Gallup/Knight Foundation

survey, public media earned

the highest rating (+31) among

news organizations as the least

likely to be biased.

Additionally, a 2018

Marketing & Research

Resources Inc. study found

nearly two thirds of Americans

ranked PBS news sources as

the most accurate.

U.S. Rep. Richard Neal,

D-Mass.

remembers

Madigan’s work and under-

scores the value of fact-based

reporting.

“More and more, we live in

a fact-free society,” Neal

states. “People like Jim

Madigan, PBS — they pro-

vide the necessary clarifica-

tion every day for all of us in a

representative democracy so

that we might make an

informed decision. In a time

when we live in more of con-

flict-driven journalism, his

perspective was unique in the

sense that he was interested in

the substance of the story, not

just the conflict in the story.”

FUND MISSION &

GOALS

The goal of WGBY’s Jim

Madigan Fund is to raise

$50,000 for the local produc-

tion of responsible journalism

and the training of tomorrow’s

principled reporters right here

in Western New England. By

giving to the fund, tax-deduct-

ible contributions will enable

WGBY to:

• Produce local, trustworthy

content for multimedia con-

sumption.

• Inform the region’s elec-

torate about ballot questions

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and candidate positions.

• Address timely social

issues with live, televised

town hall-style panel discus-

sions.

• Prepare tomorrow’s jour-

nalists with hands-on intern-

ships and fellowships.

Online donations can be

made at wgby.org/madigan.

Offline gifts can be made by

contacting WGBY Director

of Development Daisy

Pereira-Tosado by email at

dpereira-tosado@wgby.org or

by phone at 413-781-2801,

ext. 1586.

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St. Mary’s Honor roll

Second Term Honor Roll

First Honors:

Jessica Armstrong

Summer Chapman

Emma Dabkowski

Julia Daley

Nessa Gibson

Reese Gibson

Gabriel Hall

Ava Howard

Priya Hurd

Paige Hutkoski

Amani Kashouh

Amir Kashouh

Cordelia Robinson

Sophia Scarpa

Catherine Seklecki

Ethan Stec

Jacob VanHeynigen

Vivian Walker

Isabelle Wiemer

Amelia Willenborg

Macy Woodger

second Honors:

Noah Amaral

Anthony Avonti

Matthew Beaupre

Siya Brahmbhatt

Marianna Bushey

Michael Callahan

Bridget Carrier

Chad

Hockenberry

Estelle Jennings

Carter Labrie

Sophia Lentini

Brandon Mielke

Kateri Montanaro

Makayla Nowak

Seamus O’Neill

Aadi Patel

Madison Robare

Everett Stec

Elianna Umana Kimura

tHird Honors:

Elizabeth Nadeau

Rylie Theriault

Open event at Sunnyside Road

Gallery supports North Pond

An Open Gallery/Studio will be held at Sunnyside Road Gallery

monthly on the second Saturday of the month from 1 to 4 p.m. The

gallery features paintings by award winning Southwick artist Carolyn

Avery who works in oils, acrylics and watercolors in many sizes from

small to ones that would enhance a large space. Many of the works

show local scenes, while others are of seascapes done while Avery

showed in an Ogunquit, Maine gallery. Her love of horses and flowers

is portrayed in many paintings. Come and meet the artist and other art

lovers and enjoy refreshments while you browse. Other times and dates

are available by calling 413-569-0384. The gallery is at 52 Sunnyside

Road, Southwick. Twenty percent of all sales will benefit the Save

North Pond fund.

WHIP CITY TRAVELERS

Wed, Feb 6, MGM, $15.00

Wed, March 6, Mohegan, $25.00

May 21 THE CARPENTERS REMEMBERED, Chez Josef, self

drive, $60, limited seating—will go fast.

All day trips paid upon reservation. For tickets or more information

on any trip, please stop by and see us at the Senior Center, 45 Noble

Street, 413-562-6435, Mon, Wed, and Fri 9-12.

Children’s events at the

Southwick Public Library

2-5 year olds Have Fun at Tuesday Storytime at Southwick Public

Library: Southwick Public Library Storytime for 2-5 year olds is on

January 29 at 10:30 a.m. in the Children’s Room. Hear new stories,

old stories and favorite ones. Make a simple craft and sing a song. Visit

or call the library at 413-569-1221 ext. 4 to join in the fun, or just stop

in the day of the event.

Make a Snowman Craft at Southwick Public Library: Using craft

sticks or construction paper, we will make a neat smiley snowman to

hang up at home as a decoration. Materials will be available all week

in the Children’s Room at Southwick Public Library January

28-February 2.

January event in the Teen Room at WSPL

Monday, January 28 at 6:00 p.m. Teen Movie Night – is a concert!

Come in to watch Stone Temple Pilots’ Alive in the Windy City.

These programs are free and open to Teens, age 13-17. For more

information on these programs call: 413-736-4561 ext. 5, or stop by

either the Library’s Adult Services or Young Adult Services Desks.

Event at Armbrook Village

Alzheimer’s Support Group at Armbrook Village January 30, 2019,

6:00 pm at Armbrook Village Senior Living and Memory Support

Community, 551 North Road, Westfield. Enjoy a light dinner and a

chance to share your personal experiences and strategies for communi-

cating with your loved one! For more information, call (413) 568-0000.

Held on the last Wednesday of every month.

Savers Fundraiser for AHG/TL Troops

Do you feel the need to start fresh after the holidays? Are you addicted

to Marie Kondo’s “Tidying Up” on Netflix? Out with the old and donate!

American Heritage Girls Troop 7777 and Trail Life USA Troop 0001

would like to invite you to donate clothes, shoes, towels, sheets, curtains,

purses, accessories, soft items, etc., in sellable condition to our fundraising

efforts with Savers in West Springfield. Collection will be February 3,

2019 1-4 at Word of Grace Church located at 848 North Road Westfield.

Money raised will help purchase banners for the Troops to march in the

upcoming Westfield parades. Our goal is 200 lawn and leaf size bags.

Home pickup may be arranged. Visit our Facebook event page for a list of

accepted

items:

https://www.facebook.com/

events/744185579301018/?ti=icl. For more information, please contact

Amy Williams at (413) 685-5207 or shoeboxamy@gmail.com.

Greater Westfield Chamber of Commerce

Upcoming February Chamber Events

February 4: February Mayor’s Coffee Hour 8–9 am. Please join us

for our monthly Mayor’s Coffee Hour with Westfield Mayor Brian

Sullivan hosted by Armbrook Village, 551 North Road, Westfield, MA.

This event is free and open to the public. Sign up online at www.west-

fieldbiz.org/events or call the Chamber at 413.568.1618 to register so we

may give our host a head count.

February 11: February After 5 Connection, 5-7 pm, hosted by Pair A

Dice Clean, LLC, 31 St. Jacques Avenue, Agawam, MA 01001.

Chamber members are free, $15 for non-members (cash/credit paid at

the door.) Refreshments will be served. 50/50 Raffle to benefit our

Chamber Scholarship Fund. Bring your business cards and make con-

nections! Sign up online at www.westfieldbiz.org/events. For sponsor-

ships or more information, please call the chamber at 413.568.1618.

Dine Out for the Westfield Athenaeum

at the Tavern Restaurant

On January 28, 2019, The Tavern Restaurant in Westfield will gra-

ciously donate, to the Westfield Athenaeum, 10% of orders from customers

presenting a Tavern/Athenaeum Dining Out coupon. The event will take

place from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. The coupons are available at the Athenaeum

front desk and from Friends of the Athenaeum Board members. Proceeds

from this event will help support the Westfield Athenaeum summer pro-

grams.

By GILLIAN FLACCUS

Associated Press

VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP) — The

number of confirmed measles cases near

Portland grew to 30 on Friday — an out-

break boosted by lower-than-normal vac-

cination rates in what has been called an

anti-vaccination U.S. “hot spot.”

Public health officials in southwest

Washington, just across the Columbia

River from Portland, Oregon, said people

may have been exposed to the dangerous

disease at more than three dozen locations

, including Portland International Airport,

a Portland Trail Blazers game, an Amazon

Locker location and stores such as Costco

and Ikea.

Twenty-six of the confirmed patients

had not been vaccinated against measles,

and the vaccination status of four others

who were infected is unknown. One child

has been hospitalized. Authorities say

nine additional cases are suspected.

Most of the cases involved children

younger than 10, the Clark County Public

Health Department said in a statement.

One adult is infected, and the rest are teen-

agers.

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, a

Democrat, declared a statewide public

health emergency for his state on Friday.

Authorities in neighboring Oregon and

Idaho have issued warnings.

Inslee said the number of cases “creates

an extreme public health risk that may

quickly spread to other counties.”

The measles vaccine has been part of

routine childhood shots for decades, and

measles was declared eliminated in the

U.S. in 2000.

But measles is still a big problem in

other parts of the world. Travelers infected

abroad can bring the virus into the country

and spread it, causing periodic outbreaks.

Last year, there were 17 outbreaks and

about 350 cases of measles in the U.S.

Officials still are not sure where this

Pacific Northwest outbreak began. The

first known patient sought medical care on

Dec. 31, but it is unknown if other people

may have gotten sick before that and did

not seek treatment. Public health officials

are focused for now on preventing more

exposures.

It could be weeks or even months

before the “exquisitely contagious” virus

runs its course in Washington, Dr. Alan

Melnick, the Clark County health officer,

said Friday.

People who choose not to vaccinate

their children are underestimating the

dangers of the illness, said Melnick, who

himself had measles as a child, before the

vaccine was commonplace.

Before the vaccine, 400 to 500 people

died from the measles each year, 50,000

people were hospitalized and 4,000 peo-

ple developed brain swelling that can

cause deafness, he said. Between one and

three cases out of every 1,000 are fatal, he

said.

“It’s one of the most contagious viruses

we have. It can have really serious com-

plications ... and it’s entirely preventable

with an incredibly cheap and safe vac-

cine,” Melnick said.

Clark County has already spent more

than $100,000 trying to contain the out-

break, and staff is being pulled from other

duties, including restaurant inspections,

he said.

“It’s all hands on deck. Clearly this is

going to cost hundreds of thousands of

dollars, and it wouldn’t surprise me if we

were in the seven figures by the time

we’re done here,” he said. “These costs

could have been prevented if we had

everybody vaccinated.”

Clark County, which includes the

Portland bedroom community of

Vancouver, Washington, has a measles

vaccination rate of 78 percent, well below

the 92 to 94 percent rate required for so-

called “herd immunity,” said Marissa

Armstrong, the department’s spokeswom-

an.

Herd immunity happens when unvac-

cinated individuals are protected from

infection because almost everyone around

them has been vaccinated and is immune

to a disease.

The measles vaccination rate for 2-year-

olds in Multnomah County, home to

Portland, was 87 percent in 2017, accord-

ing to state data. The measles vaccine

consists of two shots, one given by age 2

and the second usually between ages 4

and 6.

Data on Portland’s vaccination rate for

both shots wasn’t immediately available.

Two doses of the vaccine in childhood

are 97 percent effective and provide life-

time immunity. One dose is about 93 per-

cent effective.

Both Washington and Oregon allow

vaccine exemptions for personal and phil-

osophical reasons. The vaccine exemption

rate in Clark County for non-medical rea-

sons was high, at 7.5 percent, Armstrong

said.

The incubation period for measles is

seven to 21 days, which means that an

unvaccinated person who has been

exposed could be out in public for up to

three weeks before getting sick. Patients

remain contagious for four days after they

develop the rash.

The virus, spread by coughing or sneez-

ing, can remain in the air for up to two

hours in an isolated space. Ninety percent

of people exposed to measles who have

not been vaccinated will get it, public

health officials said.

Every time an unvaccinated person

who has been exposed to measles goes out

in public, “it starts that clock over again,”

Armstrong said.

Earlier this week, authorities were suc-

cessful in identifying several people who

had been exposed but were not sick yet.

Those people stayed home and later got

ill, Armstrong said.

Those who may have been exposed

should watch for early symptoms of fever

and malaise and then a rash starting on the

head and moving down the body. Serious

complications such pneumonia and brain

infections can arise from the disease in

some cases.

Measles outbreak grows,

30 cases reported

nortHwest Us

Pope brings

World Youth Day

to prisoners,

hears confessions

LAS GARZAS, Panama (AP) — Pope Francis

on Friday brought World Youth Day to Panama’s

juvenile delinquents, celebrating an emotional

penitential liturgy inside the country’s main youth

prison since the inmates couldn’t participate in the

Catholic Church’s big festival of faith outside.

Fulfilling his belief that no one should be sepa-

rated from God’s mercy, Francis also heard the

confessions of five inmates at the Las Garzas de

Pacora detention center. At least one of them wept

uncontrollably afterward.

“There are no words to describe the freedom I

feel in this moment,” one of the inmates, Luis

Oscar Martinez, told the pope at the start of the

service inside barbed wire-ringed facility outside

Panama City.

It was an emotional highlight of Francis’ four-

day trip to Panama and a hands-on demonstration

of his belief that prisoners deserve the same dig-

nity as everyone else — as well as hope.

In his homily, Francis lamented that society

tends to label people good and bad, the righteous

and the sinners, when it should instead spend its

time creating opportunities for them to change.

“This attitude spoils everything, because it

erects an invisible wall that makes people think

that, if we marginalize, separate and isolate others,

all our problems will magically be solved,” he

said. “When a society or community allows this,

and does nothing more than complain and back-

bite, it enters into a vicious circle of division,

blame and condemnation.”

Francis has made a tradition of visiting prison-

ers during his foreign visits, and has long made

prison ministry part of his vocation to minister to

the most marginal in society. Just last year, Francis

changed church teaching on the death penalty, say-

ing it was inadmissible in all cases.

The change was in keeping with his belief that

prisoners can always change and deserve chances

for rehabilitation so they can re-enter society after

serving their terms.

In a sign of that need for inclusion, the Las

Garzas inmates wore the same World Youth Day

white T-shirts that tens of thousands of pilgrims

are sporting around Panama City.

“A society is fruitful when it is able to generate

processes of inclusion and integration, of caring

and trying to create opportunities and alternatives

that can offer new possibilities to the young, to

build a future through community, education and

employment,” Francis said.

Las Garzas houses more than 150 inmates, some

of whom are serving time for murder. The facility,

considered a model, opened a year after five

minors died in a fire at another prison in Panama

City in 2011. Nine people including administrators

and police were convicted of homicide or negli-

gence in what was the worst tragedy for the coun-

try’s youth prison system.

At the start of the service, Martinez told Francis

of his remorse in becoming estranged from part of

his family after he committed an unspecified crime

and was sentenced to serve his term at Las Garzas.

“I caused a profound pain in a dear friend and in

myself,” Martínez, 21, told the pope. He said he

wanted to become a refrigeration mechanic when

he got out.

Pope Francis listens to the confession of an

inmate during a penitential liturgy at the Las

Garzas de Pacora detention center for minors, in

Panama, Friday, Jan. 25, 2019. Francis on

Friday denounced how society puts up “invisible

walls” to marginalize sinners and criminals as he

brought World Youth Day to Panama’s juvenile

delinquents who can’t participate in the Catholic

Church’s big festival of faith. (AP Photo/Alessandra

Tarantino)

“I hope to give this joy to my mother and be in

communion with the part of my family that I lost.”

In a tangible sign of forgiveness, prison director

Emma Alba announced that 11 young offenders —

nine from the Las Garzas facility and another two

from Colon province, won conditional supervised

freedom after Francis’ visit.

Martinez was one of them, she said.

“In this moment, he should be with his family,”

Alba told reporters hours after the liturgy.

The Vatican spokesman, Alessandro Gisotti, said

the visit clearly touched Francis, who wanted to

share in the suffering of those who have caused

such harm and suffered the consequences.

“I think Pope Francis gave witness to them, and

to all of us, that no one is separated from God’s

mercy, from God’s love,” Gisotti told reporters.

Francis continued the theme of the suffering

church later Friday by presiding over the Way of the

Cross procession — a rite of all World Youth Days

that re-enacts Christ’s suffering and death on the

cross.

The prayers recited during the service reflected

issues of particular concern for Central America,

including the plight of indigenous peoples, women,

the unborn and the church’s martyrs, with reference

to El Salvador’s new saint, Oscar Romero. The

prayers also touched on pressing political issues of

migration and the upheaval in Venezuela, with a

prayer to help those Venezuelans who have “lost

their homeland.”

“We want to be a church that fosters a culture that

welcomes, protects, promotes and integrates, that

does not stigmatize, much less indulge in the sense-

less and irresponsible condemnation of every immi-

grant as a threat to society,” Francis told a crowd

that organizers estimated had reached 400,000.

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SPORTS

BOYS ICE HOCKEY

Westfield 7-4-1

Southwick 0-10-1

GIRLS BASKETBALL

Westfield 6-7

Westfield Technical Academy 0-11

St. Mary 6-4

Southwick 6-5

Gateway 6-3

BOYS BASKETBALL

Westfield 2-11

Westfield Technical Academy 4-5

St. Mary 1-11

Southwick 7-6

Gateway 0-6

GIRLS SWIMMING

Westfield 8-2

BOYS SWIMMING

Westfield 8-2

WRESTLING

Westfield 7-1

Southwick 0-2*

Gateway 1-0*

GIRLS ICE HOCKEY

Longmeadow-Westfield 2-2*

FRIdAY’S RESuLTS

BOYS BASKETBALL

Southwick 54, South Hadley 40

Longmeadow 54, Westfield 39

SWIMMING

Long. sweeps WHS

H.S. WiNter SportS reSULtS/StANDiNGS

By Chris Putz

Staff Writer

SOUTHWICK – The Southwick High

School boys basketball team may have made

a wrong turn recently in its season-long quest

to play in the postseason, but the Rams are

back on the right side of the track again.

Devin Parrow scored a game-high 16

points, and Southwick held South Hadley to

seven points in each of the final two quarters

to halt a four-game slide with a 54-40 victory

Friday night.

“To keep our tournament hopes alive, this

was very necessary to win this game,” said

Southwick coach Peter Fiorentino, whose

team, now at 7-6, must win three of its final

seven games to earn a postseason berth.

“That seventh one is pretty big.”

Connor Roy and Cade Billings scored nine

points apiece to lead Southwick. Rams’ Dan

Scharmann and Josh Lis each had eight

points. Lis capped off the team’s 19-point,

third quarter with a buzzer-beating 3-pointer.

Hunter Carey led South Hadley with 11

points.

Southwick begins a brief two-game road

trip Monday at Wahconah, followed by an

away game at Ludlow (Tuesday) before

retuning home next Friday against Palmer.

Lancers rain on Bombers

Longmeadow 54, Westfield 39

Colin Lockhart scored a game-high 21

points, and Longmeadow held off Westfield

at Westfield Technical Academy High School.

Will Cameron led Westfield with nine

points.

The game was moved from Westfield High

School due to a leak in the gymnasium’s roof

inside the Bombers’ home court.

GEAriNG uP FOr POstsEAsON

ruN: Entering Friday’s indoor track meet

against West Springfield, Westfield had more

than a half-dozen postseason qualifiers.

Westfield’s Samir Ghalayini (55 hurdles,

8.78) and Brian Rawson (300 meters, 38.82)

both qualified for the Pioneer Valley

Interscholastic Athletic Conference Boys

Indoor Track Championships, while Brenden

LaForest (300M, 37.15; 600 M, 1:26.22)

earned a trip to, not only the PVIAC, but also

the Division 2 state championships.

In girls indoor track, Westfield’s Catie

Bean logged a D2 state qualifying time in the

300 meters (43.88) and a PVIAC qualifying

finish in the 600 meters (1:48.62).

Bombers’ Nina Prenosil (300M, 45.87;

600M, 1:48.75), Emily Bone (300M, 45.60),

Nicole Servetnik (600M, 1:53.17), Maggie

Philpott (1000M, 3:25.69), the 4×400 relay

team of Maggie Philpott, Marissa Feary,

Abby Daley, Prenosil (4:43.27) and the 4×800

relay team of Bone, Feary, Servetnik, and

Jamie Collier (11:46.13) have all qualified for

PVIACs.

rEGuLAr sEAsON rACE OVEr:

Westfield’s Tommy Russell won two events

(50 freestyle, 22.24; 100 backstroke, WMass

leading 53.89) and Lizzie Fraser (1:15.01)

were the lone individual winners for their

respective swim teams (boys, girls) in

Friday’s road losses to Longmeadow.

It was the final meet of the regular season.

“We actually swam a spirited meet and had

some really, really good swims,” Westfield

head swim coach Tom Lewis said. “They

were just far too strong. …Not a bad outing

– Longmeadow is just far too deep.”

Westfield’s medley relay team (Russell,

Patrick Lurgio, Jack Beaulieu, Matt Morash)

finished first in 1:46.10. Bombers’ Patrick

Callahan recorded a season best time of

5:54.07 in the 500 freestyle to place fourth.

As far as the girls were concerned, coach

Lewis said, “(We) just never seemed to get it

going. …It was a meet where we swam pretty

well but we never really got the energy and

the spirit started for a big closing meet.”

Westfield will now enjoy a two-week break

before embarking on the annual journey

known as the west sectional championships.

Said Lewis: “We have to really pick up our

steam to get to where we want to be.”

Rams right ship

Connor Roy beats four South Hadley

defenders for a monster layup. (Photo by Bill

Deren)

Southwick’s Cade Billings takes it up the lane for two. (Photo by Bill Deren)

After a great fake on the defender Devin Parrow puts up the short jumper for two. (Photo by

Bill Deren)

Southwick’s Danny Scharman pulls down the defensive rebound and starts a Southwick

fastbreak. (Photo by Bill Deren)

Westfield High vs Longmeadow High basketball

PHOTOS BY MARC ST.ONGE

Carlos Flores-Skribiski (21) gets in close.

Jalen Moore (4) moves the ball up the court at Friday’s game

against Longmeadow High.

Westfield High’s Orlando Torres (3) fights through

Longmeadow defenders to make a basket at Friday’s game.

Swimming

Sat Jan. 26 RHODE

ISLAND COLLEGE 1:00

Ice Hockey

Sat Jan. 26 at Plymouth

State 6:00

Men’s Basketball

Sat Jan. 26 at

MCLA 12:00

Women’s Basketball

Sat Jan. 26 at

MCLA 2:00

Indoor Track

Saturday Jan. 26

Massasoit Classic

Springfield College-

Springfield, Mass.

Ice Hockey

Thur Jan. 31 at Salem

State 7:00

Indoor Track Fri.-Sat. Feb 1-2

NEICAAA Championship Reggie Lewis

Center- Boston, Mass.

Indoor Track

Saturday Feb. 2

Wesleyan University Invitational

Wesleyan University- Middletown, Conn.

Swimming

Sat Feb. 2 at Western

Connecticut 12:00

Men’s Basketball

Sat Feb. 2

BRIDGEWATER STATE 12:00

Women’s Basketball

Sat Feb. 2

BRIDGEWATER STATE 2:00

Men’s Basketball Wed Feb. 6

FRAMINGHAM STATE 5:30

Women’s Basketball

Wed Feb. 6

FRAMINGHAM STATE 7:30

Ice Hockey

Thur Feb. 7

FRAMINGHAM STATE 7:35

Swimming

Sat Feb. 9 LEC

Championships 12:00

Men’s Basketball

Sat Feb. 9 at Salem

State 1:00

Women’s Basketball

Sat Feb. 9 at

Salem State 3:00

Ice Hockey

Sat Feb. 9 UMASS

DARTMOUTH 5:35

Indoor Track

Saturday Feb. 9 Dave

Hemery Invitational

Boston University-

Boston, Mass.

Men’s Basketball

Wed Feb. 13 at

Fitchburg State 5:30

Women’s Basketball

Wed Feb. 13 at

Fitchburg State 7:30

Ice Hockey

Thur Feb. 14

WORCESTER STATE 7:35

Indoor Track

Saturday Feb. 16

MASCAC/Alliance Championships

Plymouth State-

Plymouth, NH

Ice Hockey

Sat Feb. 16 at

Fitchburg State 4:00

Men’s Basketball

Sat Feb. 16

WORCESTER STATE 12:00

Women’s Basketball

Sat Feb. 16

WORCESTER STATE 2:00

Ice Hockey Tue Feb. 19 PLYMOUTH

STATE 7:35

Men’s Basketball

Tues Feb. 19

MASCAC Quarterfinals TBA

Women’s Basketball

Tues Feb. 19

MASCAC Quarterfinals TBA

Swimming

Thu Feb. 21 New England

Championships at MIT

Men’s Basketball

Thur Feb. 21

MASCAC Semifinals TBA

Women’s Basketball

Thur Feb. 21

MASCAC Semifinals TBA

Swimming

Fri Feb. 22 New England

Championships at MIT

Indoor Track

Fri.-Sat. Feb. 22-23 New

England Division III Finals (W) Bowdoin

College- Brunswick, ME

Indoor Track

Fri.-Sat. Feb. 22-23 New

England Division III Finals (M) MIT –

Cambridge, Mass.

Swimming

Sat Feb. 23 New England

Championships at MIT

Ice Hockey

Sat Feb. 23 MASCAC

Quarterfinals TBD

Men’s Basketball

Sat Feb. 23

MASCAC Championship TBA

Women’s Basketball

Sat Feb. 23

MASCAC Championship TBA

Swimming

Sun Feb. 24 New England

Championships at MIT

Ice Hockey

Tues Feb. 26 MASCAC

Semifinals TBD

Indoor Track

Saturday Mar. 2 Last

Chance Qualifying Meet TBD

Ice Hockey

Sat Mar. 2 MASCAC

Championship TBD

Indoor Track

Fri.-Sat. Mar. 8-9 NCAA

Division III Championships Reggie Lewis

Sat., Jan. 26

BOYS ICE HOCKEY @ Shrewsbury,

North Star Youth Forum Ice Rink, 4 p.m.

Mon., Jan. 28

JV GIRLS HOOPS @ East

Longmeadow, 5:30 p.m.

GIRLS HOOPS @ East

Longmeadow, 7 p.m.

Tues., Jan. 29

BOYS/GIRLS SKIING – PVIAC Race

#5, Berkshire East, 5 p.m.

Wed., Jan. 30

JV BOYS HOOPS @ Commerce,

5:30 p.m.

BOYS HOOPS @ Commerce, 7 p.m.

BOYS ICE HOCKEY vs. West

Springfield, Amelia Park Ice Arena,

7 p.m.

WRESTLING @ Longmeadow, 7 p.m.

Thurs., Jan. 31

BOYS/GIRLS SKIING – PVIAC Race

#6, Berkshire East, 5 p.m.

JV GIRLS HOOPS @ Minnechaug,

5:30 p.m.

GIRLS HOOPS @ Minnechaug,

7 p.m.

Fri., Feb. 1

JV BOYS HOOPS @ Chicopee, 5:30

p.m.

BOYS/GIRLS INDOOR TRACK &

FIELD vs. Holyoke, Smith College

(Northampton), 6:45 p.m.

BOYS HOOPS @ Chicopee, 7 p.m.

Sat., Feb. 2

BOYS ICE HOCKEY vs. Wachusett,

Amelia Park Ice Arena, 5 p.m.

Mon., Feb. 4

JV GIRLS HOOPS @ West

Springfield, 5:30 p.m.

GIRLS HOOPS @ West Springfield,

7 p.m.

Mon., Jan. 28

GIRLS HOOPS vs. St. Mary’s, 6 p.m.

Tues., Jan. 29

JV BOYS HOOPS vs. Gateway,

5:30 p.m.

BOYS HOOPS vs. Gateway, 7 p.m.

Wed., Jan. 30

No Sports Scheduled

Thurs., Jan. 31

GIRLS HOOPS @ Hampden Charter

School of Science, Dunbar Community

Center, 6 p.m.

Fri., Feb. 1

JV BOYS HOOPS vs. Duggan

Academy, 5:30 p.m.

BOYS HOOPS vs. Duggan Academy,

7 p.m.

Mon., Feb. 4

GIRLS HOOPS @ Pathfinder,

5:30 p.m.

Tues., Feb. 5

JV BOYS HOOPS @ St. Mary,

Westfield Intermediate School, 5 p.m.

BOYS HOOPS @ St. Mary, Westfield

Intermediate School, 6:30 p.m.

Wed., Feb. 6

No Sports Scheduled

Thurs., Feb. 7

GIRLS HOOPS vs. Smith Voke, 6 p.m.

Fri., Feb. 8

JV BOYS HOOPS vs. Franklin Tech,

5:30 p.m.

BOYS HOOPS vs. Franklin Tech,

7 p.m.

Mon., Feb. 11

GIRLS HOOPS vs. Sci-Tech, 6 p.m.

Tues., Feb. 12

No Sports Scheduled

Wed., Feb. 13

JV BOYS HOOPS vs. Smith Academy,

5:30 p.m.

BOYS HOOPS vs. Smith Academy, 7

p.m.

GIRLS HOOPS vs. Sci-Tech, 6 p.m.

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Sat., Jan. 26

WRESTLING @ TBD,

Time TBA

BOYS ICE HOCKEY @

Chicopee, Smead Arena, 2 p.m.

JV BOYS ICE HOCKEY vs.

TBD, Cyr Arena, 3 p.m.

Sun., Jan. 27

JV BOYS ICE HOCKEY @

Chicopee, Fitzpatrick Ice Arena,

10:45 a.m.

Mon., Jan. 28

JV GIRLS HOOPS vs. Smith

Academy, 5:30 p.m.

JV BOYS HOOPS @

Wahconah, Ladley Gymnasium,

6 p.m.

GIRLS HOOPS vs. Smith

Academy, 7 p.m.

BOYS HOOPS @ Wahconah,

Ladley Gymnasium, 7:30 p.m.

Tues., Jan. 29

SKIING @ PVIAC Race #5,

Berkshire East, 5 p.m.

JV BOYS HOOPS @ Ludlow,

5:30 p.m.

BOYS HOOPS @ Ludlow,

7 p.m.

Wed., Jan. 30

WRESTLING vs. Hampden

Charter School of Science, 7 p.m.

Thurs., Jan. 31

SKIING @ PVIAC Race #6,

Berkshire East, 5 p.m.

JV GIRLS HOOPS @ McCann

Tech, 5:30 p.m.

BOYS ICE HOCKEY @ Ludlow,

Olympia (West Springfield), 6:30

p.m.

GIRLS HOOPS @ McCann

Tech, 7 p.m.

Sat., Jan. 26

WRESTLING @ King Bison Invitational,

Shaker High School, 10 a.m.

Mon., Jan. 28

JV GIRLS HOOPS @ Smith Voke,

5 p.m.

GIRLS HOOPS @ Smith Voke, 6:30 p.m.

Tues., Jan. 29

SKIING @ PVIAC Race #5, Berkshire

East, 5 p.m.

JV BOYS HOOPS @ Westfield Technical

Academy, 5:30 p.m.

BOYS HOOPS @ Westfield Technical

Academy, 7 p.m.

Wed., Jan. 30

WRESTLING @ Pathfinder, 7 p.m.

Thurs., Jan. 31

SKIING @ PVIAC Race #6, Berkshire

East, 5 p.m.

JV GIRLS HOOPS vs. Commerce,

5 p.m.

GIRLS HOOPS vs. Commerce, 6:30 p.m.

Fri., Feb. 1

JV BOYS HOOPS vs. Pioneer Valley

Christian Academy, 5:30 p.m.

BOYS HOOPS vs. Pioneer Valley

Christian Academy, 7 p.m.

Sat., Feb. 2

WRESTLING @ Southwick Duals, 9 a.m.

Mon., Feb. 4

JV GIRLS HOOPS @ Franklin Tech,

5:30 p.m.

GIRLS HOOPS @ Franklin Tech, 7 p.m.

Tues., Feb. 5

JV BOYS HOOPS vs. Pathfinder, 5 p.m.

SKIING @ PVIAC Race #7, Berkshire

East, 5 p.m.

BOYS HOOPS vs. Pathfinder, 6:30 p.m.

Wed., Feb. 6

JV BOYS HOOPS @ Hampshire, 5:30

p.m.

WRESTLING vs. Taconic, 6 p.m.

BOYS HOOPS @ Hampshire, 7 p.m.

Mon., Jan. 28

GIRLS HOOPS @ Westfield

Technical Academy, 6 p.m.

Tues., Jan. 29

BOYS/GIRLS SKIING –

PVIAC Race #5, Berkshire East,

5 p.m.

GIRLS HOOPS vs. Monson,

Westfield Intermediate School

(Southampton Road), 5:30 p.m.

Wed., Jan. 30

JV BOYS HOOPS vs. Franklin

Tech, South Middle School,

5:30 p.m.

BOYS HOOPS vs. Franklin

Tech, South Middle School,

7 p.m.

Thurs., Jan. 31

BOYS/GIRLS SKIING –

PVIAC Race #6, Berkshire East,

5 p.m.

GIRLS HOOPS vs. Smith

Voke, Westfield Intermediate

School (Southampton Road),

5:30 p.m.

Fri., Feb. 1

BOYS HOOPS vs. Franklin

Tech, Westfield Intermediate

School (Southampton Road),

7 p.m.

Mon., Feb. 4

JV BOYS HOOPS vs.

Mohawk, Westfield Intermediate

School (Southampton Road),

5 p.m.

GIRLS HOOPS @ Pioneer

Valley Christian Academy,

6 p.m.

BOYS HOOPS vs. Mohawk,

Westfield Intermediate School

(Southampton Road), 6:30 p.m.

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TECHNICAL ACADEMY

SOUTHWICK

-TOLLAND

-GRANVILLE

WESTFIELD

HIGH SCHOOL

GATEWAY

HIGH SCHOOL

ST. MARY’S

HIGH SCHOOL

FRI., JAN. 25

GIRLS ICE HOCKEY (WHS CO-OP) @ AUBURN, COLLEGE

OF THE HOLY CROSS ICE SKATING RINK, 5 P.M.

SAT., JAN. 26

GIRLS ICE HOCKEY (WHS CO-OP) VS. ALGONQUIN,

OLYMPIA (WEST SPRINGFIELD), 1:20 P.M.

SAT., FEB. 2

GIRLS ICE HOCKEY (WHS CO-OP) VS. SHREWSBURY,

OLYMPIA (WEST SPRINGFIELD), 1:20 P.M.

FRI., FEB. 8

GIRLS ICE HOCKEY (WHS CO-OP) @ SUFFIELD, ENFIELD

TWIN RINKS, 9:20 P.M.

SAT., FEB. 9

GIRLS ICE HOCKEY (WHS CO-OP) VS. MARBLEHEAD,

OLYMPIA (WEST SPRINGFIELD), 3:50 P.M.

FRI., FEB. 15

GIRLS ICE HOCKEY (WHS CO-OP) @ EAST CATHOLIC,

NEWINGTON ARENA, 8:30 P.M.

LONGMEADOW HIGH SCHOOL

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Wednesday’s Games

Montreal 2, Arizona 1

Toronto 6, Washington 3

Minnesota 5, Colorado 2

Nashville 2, Vegas 1

St. Louis 5, Anaheim 1

Carolina 5, Vancouver 2

Thursday’s Games No games scheduled

Friday’s Games No games scheduled

Saturday’s Games

Central All-Stars vs Pacific All-Stars: Central vs. Pacific at San Jose, Calif.,

8:15 p.m.

Metropolitan All-Stars vs Atlantic All-Stars: Metropolitan vs. Atlantic at San

Jose, Calif., 9:15 p.m.

All-Star Game Final: TBD vs. TBD at San Jose, Calif., 10:15 p.m.

Sunday’s Games No games scheduled

EASTERN CONFERENCE

GP W

L

OT

Pts GF

GA

Tampa Bay

49

37

10

2

76

199 140

N.Y. Islanders

49

29

15

5

63

147 122

Toronto

49

30

17

2

62

174 140

Montreal

51

28

18

5

61

154 149

Washington

50

27

17

6

60

171 162

Columbus

48

28

17

3

59

154 146

Boston

49

27

17

5

59

143 128

Pittsburgh

48

26

16

6

58

169 146

Buffalo

48

24

18

6

54

140 144

Carolina

50

24

20

6

54

140 149

N.Y. Rangers

48

21

20

7

49

139 164

Florida

48

20

20

8

48

152 170

Detroit

51

19

25

7

45

145 172

Philadelphia

48

19

23

6

44

139 169

New Jersey

48

18

23

7

43

140 164

Ottawa

50

19

26

5

43

156 187

NatioNal Hockey league

NHL CONFereNCe GLANCe

* Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs.

WESTERN CONFERENCE

GP W

L

OT Pts GF GA

Calgary

51

33

13

5

71

190 145

San Jose

52

29

16

7

65

187 167

Winnipeg

48

31

15

2

64

167 134

Nashville

52

30

18

4

64

161 135

Vegas

52

29

19

4

62

157 140

Minnesota

50

26

21

3

55

142 142

Dallas

49

24

21

4

52

126 128

Colorado

50

22

20

8

52

169 162

Vancouver

51

23

22

6

52

147 161

Anaheim

51

21

21

9

51

120 153

Arizona

50

23

23

4

50

132 142

St. Louis

49

22

22

5

49

139 149

Edmonton

50

23

24

3

49

144 163

Chicago

51

18

24

9

45

156 190

Los Angeles

50

20

26

4

44

114 150

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The New England Patriots are inviting fans to a Super

Bowl send-off rally at Gillette Stadium this weekend.

The rally scheduled to start at 10 a.m. Sunday will feature live music and entertainment —

including an appearance by the Blue Man Group — a cheerleader dance performance and

giveaways.

Head coach Bill Belichick and players Tom Brady, David Andrews, Patrick Chung, Devin

McCourty, Matthew Slater and James White are scheduled to address the crowd.

After the rally the team will depart by bus to T.F. Green Airport in Rhode Island for the flight

to Atlanta where they will face the Los Angeles Rams in Super Bowl 53 on Feb. 3.

The event is free and open to the public.

Patriots invite fans to

Super Bowl send-off rally

Westfield’s indoor track

Westfield’s indoor track championship qualifiers (as of Friday morning) are: Samir

Ghalayini, Brenden LaForest, Brian Rawson, Catie Bean, Emily Bone, Nina Prenosil,

Nicole Servetnik, Maggie Philpott, Marissa Feary, Abby Daley, and Jamie Collier.

(Submitted photo)

By KYLE HIGHTOWER

Associated Press

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Seventeen

years ago, Tom Brady was 24 years old and in

his second NFL season when he led the

Patriots to a last-second victory over the St.

Louis Rams for New England’s first Super

Bowl title.

Four rings later, Brady will arrive in Atlanta

for the Patriots’ Super Bowl matchup with the

Los Angeles Rams having already established

himself as the most-decorated Super Bowl

quarterback in league history.

But as Brady prepares to play in his ninth

Super Bowl, he will have another chance to do

something no other NFL player has done.

If New England beats Los Angeles, the

41-year-old quarterback will break a tie with

Hall of Fame defensive end Charles Haley

and become the first player to win six rings.

But to his coaches, teammates and admirers

across the sporting world, he already stands

alone.

Known to Brady affectionately as “Jules,”

receiver Julian Edelman called it an honor to

be a part of the quarterback’s career.

“He’s a really good football player,”

Edelman said. “The best. And he goes out and

he consistently proves it.”

Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski has

caught more passes from Brady than any other

player and will play alongside him in a Super

Bowl for the fourth time. He said Brady’s

approach has been the same since their first

practice together back in 2010.

“The guy is just so precise with everything.

Just the way he is out on the field, the way he

prepares,” Gronkowski said. “You know every

single time you’re going to get the best out of

him no matter what the situations are.”

After New England’s divisional-round win

over the Chargers, Brady was openly miffed

about what he perceived as pessimism outside

of the Patriots’ locker room about their chanc-

es of reaching a third straight Super Bowl

following a regular season which they started

1-2 and lost five games.

“I know everybody thinks we suck and, you

know, we can’t win any games,” Brady said.

“We’ll see. It’ll be fun.”

A week later, Brady led the Patriots on a

winning drive in overtime to beat the Kansas

City Chiefs in the AFC championship game

— his 12th such drive in the postseason in the

fourth-quarter or overtime.

The next day he posted a video on Instagram

of himself and Gronkowski walking to the

team bus after the game. Both are smiling and

Gronkowski flashes his AFC championship

T-shirt.

It was the kind humble brag that Brady has

steered away from in the past. But this post-

season he has been more open with his emo-

tions and acknowledged after the AFC title

win he was “as excited as I have been in a

long time.”

“When you have 70,000 people cheering

against you, it is pretty sweet when you win

on the road,” Brady said.

On Twitter, congratulations came from all

corners of sports.

Among them was one from Paul Pierce ,

To teammates, Brady stands

alone as he chases 6th ring

In this Feb. 1, 2015, file photo, fans cheer under a banner of New England Patriots quarter-

back Tom Brady (12) before the NFL Super Bowl XLIX football game between the Seattle

Seahawks and the New England Patriots, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

who helped lead the Celtics to the NBA cham-

pionship in 2008. “There’s aliens there’s

Pegasus and there’s Tom Brady,” Pierce wrote.

Left tackle Trent Brown is in his first season

in New England after being traded to the

Patriots last April. He said sharing the huddle

with Brady has lived up to his expectations.

“There’s one word, G.O.A.T. That’s it,”

Brown said. “He’s one of those great leaders

and it trickles down to the rest of the team.”

Brown is a member of a starting lineup on

offense that, excluding Brady, has an average

age of 27.

Brady’s continued ability to lead and inspire

teammates more than a decade his junior is a

unique skill, offensive coordinator Josh

McDaniels said.

“He communicates well with every player,”

McDaniels said. “One of the things that’s

always impressed me is how he’s one of the

first guys in the building to know a new per-

son’s name, which speaks to how important

that is to him, to introduce himself to some-

body and also get to know that person, wheth-

er it be a practice squad player, a rookie,

whatever it is.”

Brady’s introductions to new players is

always the same. At some point after they

arrive Brady seeks them out, walks up and

says plainly, “Hi, I’m Tom Brady.”

Linebacker Kyle Van Noy said he still

remembers his reaction to hearing those

words.

It was October 2016 and Van Noy, follow-

ing a trade from Detroit, arrived at the team

facility about 5:30 a.m.. Hours later while on

a restroom break from a meeting, he turned

and saw an outstretched hand.

“Tom comes up and kind of shakes my hand

like, ‘Hi, I’m Tom Brady.’ And I’m like,

‘You’re an idiot.’” Van Noy said.

But he said the moment was emblematic of

a player he has no doubt will be at his best on

Super Bowl Sunday.

“Those little things are why he’s where he’s

at,” Van Noy said. “Those little things that

people don’t pay attention to, those detailed

things, that just separates him. He’s really

good at what he does. ... That’s what makes

him Tom.”

n this Feb. 5,

2017, file photo,

New England

Patriots' Tom

Brady raises the

Vince Lombardi

Trophy after

defeating the

Atlanta Falcons in

overtime at the

NFL Super Bowl

51 football game,

in Houston. With

five rings Tom

Brady has already

established himself

as the most-deco-

rated quarterback

in Super Bowl

history.

(AP Photo/Darron

Cummings, File)

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TV Sports Listings

HINTS FROM HELOISE

Walking your dog in Wintertime

Dear Readers: It’s great exercise to walk in

cold, crisp wintertime, and your dog would love

to go with you. Here’s the deal: You protect

your feet; what about protecting the DOG’S

FEET? Let’s take a look.

Snow crystals, ice, dirt, salt and chemical-

laden de-icing agents all can work to harm your

dog’s bare feet. Applying a thin layer of petro-

leum jelly before heading out can help. Gently wash and pat dry

the animal’s feet and belly when you come back home.

Another idea? Get your dog accustomed to wearing booties.

This barrier will prevent contact with harmful stuff in the first

place. Ease the dog into the booties; wearing them around the

house at first will get the dog used to wearing boots. -- Heloise

PerFeCt PlantS

Dear Heloise: I’ve learned a few things about caring for my

houseplants that I’d like to share.

First, tap water can have lots of chemicals that can be harmful

to some plants, so I let a container of water sit overnight so the

chemical gases can escape and the water is at room temperature.

Dusting the leaves is important; dust can block light from

absorption.

And to keep my clay pots looking good, I brush off mineral

deposits with steel wool after the pots have soaked in a water/

white vinegar bath. -- Elizabeth W. in Illinois

Elizabeth, you’re a vinegar vixen, just like me! I can’t get

enough of vinegar around the house. Readers, would you like a

collection of my favorite vinegar helps and hints? It’s easy! Visit

www.Heloise.com to order, or send a stamped (71 cents), long,

self-addressed envelope, together with $5, to: Heloise/Vinegar,

P.O. Box 795001, San Antonio, TX 78279-5001. The ratio on the

above vinegar bath is 1 cup of white vinegar in 1 gallon of water.

Sanitize the pots in another gallon of water with 1 cup of bleach.

-- Heloise

Dear

Annie

By ANNIE LANE

Underwhelming Ring

dear annie: I am 75 and in a great relationship with a won-

derful man of 83. He is a widower after 57 years of marriage. I

have been divorced for 30 years after a 26-year marriage. I feel

very strongly that I have met the man I could spend the rest of

my life with. We have agreed that we are “a couple” committed

to each other. We each have our own homes, and marriage is not

on the table. I am financially stable, while he is quite well-off.

What bothers me is this: For Christmas, he gave me a ring to

be worn on my left ring finger to show everyone I am “taken.”

Though I love the idea and had hoped for a ring, I am so disap-

pointed that he gave me a very inexpensive piece of costume

jewelry.

I have an extremely nice diamond ring that I wear on my right

hand every day and several really nice rings that I wear on my

left hand, depending on my dress for the day. I don’t want to

wear the ring he gave me every day and put my other rings aside.

It doesn’t look like a ring you would give someone for a com-

mitment. I would wear it proudly if this were all he could afford,

but it bothers me that it is a cheap ring ($100) when I know that

he spends $15,000 to $17,500 yearly on his racehorses and that

he gave his employees over $10,000 in Christmas bonuses.

This man tells me every day I am the light of his life and he

can’t imagine life without me. Am I being too materialistic?

Should I let him know how I feel? Or should I just accept it and

move on? -- Doololly in Texas

dear doololly: The earliest known use of wedding rings was

among ancient Egyptians, whose rings were merely braided

reeds or hemp. The circle was meant to symbolize eternity, and

rings were worn on the fourth finger of the left hand because the

ancient Egyptians believed that contained a vein running direct-

ly to the heart. When the hemp or reed rings eventually broke,

the couples often upgraded to more durable and expensive mate-

rials, to commemorate a depth of love grown over time. After

some time with your current ring, you might do the same.

But the main takeaway from this history lesson is that any-

thing infused with enough love and intention can become pre-

cious, even a piece of string. So try to look at the ring your beau

gave you not as a piece of jewelry but as a symbol, with value

that can be appraised only in your heart. It sounds as if he makes

you feel cherished with his daily words and actions, and that’s

more important.

dear annie: What do you make of a mother who sends her

grown vegetarian daughter a gift containing meat products every

year for Christmas? -- Vegetarian Daughter

dear Vegetarian daughter: Good grief. It would be kinder

of her to send coal. Assuming she knows you’re vegetarian, her

behavior is inconsiderate at best and passive-aggressive at worst.

Tell her that if she’d like to give you a gift next year, she should

make a donation to a charity you support. If she still sends you

meat, refuse the package or see whether there’s a meal center, an

animal shelter or even just a neighbor willing to take it off your

hands.

“Ask Me Anything: A Year of Advice From Dear Annie” is

out now! Annie Lane’s debut book -- featuring favorite columns

on love, friendship, family and etiquette -- is available as a

paperback and e-book. Visit http://www.creatorspublishing.com

for more information. Send your questions for Annie Lane to

dearannie@creators.com.

Saturday, Jan. 26

AUTO RACING

2 p.m.

NBCSN — IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car

Championship: Rolex 24 action, Daytona Beach, Fla.

4 p.m.

FS1 — FIA Formula E: Championship, Chile

9 p.m.

NBCSN — IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car

Championship: Rolex 24 action, Daytona Beach, Fla.

6 a.m. (Sunday)

NBCSN — IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car

Championship: Rolex 24 action, Daytona Beach, Fla.

BOXING

6 p.m.

FS1 — PBC Fight Night: prelims, Brooklyn, N.Y.

8 p.m.

FOX — PBC Fight Night: Thurman-Lopez, Brooklyn,

N.Y.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)

12 p.m.

BTN — Illinois vs. Maryland

CBSSN — Colgate at Loyola-Maryland

ESPN — Iowa State at Ole Miss

ESPN2 — Florida at TCU

ESPNU — Alabama at Baylor

FS1 — Ohio State at Nebraska

1 p.m.

CBS — Virginia at Notre Dame

2 p.m.

CBSSN — Davidson at St. Louis

ESPN — Kansas State at Texas A&M

ESPN2 — Texas at Georgia

ESPNU — South Carolina at Oklahoma State

FS1 — Marquette at Xavier

2:15 p.m.

BTN — Northwestern at Wisconsin

4 p.m.

CBSSN — Utah State at New Mexico

ESPN — West Virginia at Tennessee

ESPN2 — Vanderbilt at Oklahoma

ESPNU — South Florida at East Carolina

4:30 p.m.

BTN — Rutgers at Penn State

6 p.m.

CBSSN — Wichita State at UConn

ESPN — Kansas at Kentucky

ESPN2 — Arkansas at Texas Tech

ESPNU — Tulane at SMU

SEC — LSU at Missouri

8 p.m.

CBSSN — UNLV at San Diego State

ESPN — Syracuse at Virginia Tech

ESPN2 — Arizona State State at USC

ESPNU — Utah at California

FS1 — Colorado at Stanford

8:30 p.m.

SEC — Auburn at Mississippi State

10 p.m.

ESPN2 — Arizona at UCLA

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

2:30 p.m.

NFL — Senior Bowl: North vs. South

COLLEGE HOCKEY (MEN’S)

7 p.m.

BTN — Penn State vs. Michigan

COLLEGE SWIMMING

11 a.m.

SEC — Georgia vs. Tennessee

FIGURE SKATING

11 a.m.

NBCSN — European Championships: men’s free

skate program, Belarus

1:30 p.m.

NBC — U.S. Championships: free skate and men’s

short competition, Detroit, Mich.

7 p.m.

NBCSN — U.S. Championships: free dance competi-

tion, Detroit, Mich.

GOLF

1 p.m.

GOLF — PGA Tour Golf: Farmers Insurance Open,

third round, La Jolla, Calif.

3 p.m.

CBS — PGA Tour Golf: Farmers Insurance Open, third

round play, La Jolla, Calif.

3:30 a.m. (Sunday)

GOLF — European Tour Golf: Omega Dubai Desert

Classic, final round, Dubai

LUGE

8 a.m.

NBCSN — FIL World Championships: sprint and dou-

bles events, Germany

MIXED MARTIAL ARTS

9 p.m.

SPIKE — Bellator MMA: Bellator 214, Emelianenko-

Bader

NBA BASKETBALL

8:30 p.m.

ABC — Golden State at Boston

NHL HOCKEY

8 p.m.

NBC — NHL All-Star Game: From San Jose, Calif.

RODEO

10 p.m.

CBSSN — PBR: Bull Riding, Sacramento Invitational

SKIING

10 a.m.

NBCSN — FIS Alpine World Cup: women’s downhill

competition, Germany

SOCCER

9:30 a.m.

FS1 — Bundesliga: Borussia Dortmund vs. Hannover

96

FS2 — Bundesliga: Augsburg vs. Borussia

Mönchengladbach

12:20 p.m.

FS2 — Bundesliga: Frankfurt vs. Werder Bremen

5:55 p.m.

FS2 — Liga MX: Club América vs. Monterrey

TENNIS

3:30 a.m. (Sunday)

ESPN — Australian Open: Men’s Championship,

Djokovic-Nadal

TRACK AND FIELD

2 p.m.

SEC — Razorback Invitational

5 p.m.

NBCSN — New Balance Indoor Grand Prix: from

Boston, Mass.

X GAMES

1 p.m.

ABC — Day 3: snowboarding; snow bikecross, Aspen,

Colo.

10 p.m.

ESPN — Day 3: freestyle skiing; snowboarding, Aspen

Colo. ---

Sunday, Jan. 27

AUTO RACING

6 a.m.

NBCSN — IMSA WeatherTech Sports Car

Championship: Rolex 24 action, Daytona Beach, Fla.

3 p.m.

NBCSN — Monster energy SuperCross: Round 4 of

the AMA Supercross series, Oakland, Calif.

BOBSLEDDING/SKELETON

8 p.m.

NBCSN — IBSF World Cup: four-man bobsled compe-

tition, Switzerland

BOWLING

3 p.m.

FS1 — PBA: Lubbock Open, Lubbock, Texas

COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)

12 p.m.

CBSSN — Cincinnati at Temple

FOX — Georgetown at St. John’s

FS1 — DePaul at Providence

1 p.m.

CBS — Michigan State at Purdue

2 p.m.

CBSSN — Indiana State at Illinois State

ESPNEWS — Houston at Tulsa

2:30 p.m.

FOX — Seton Hall at Villanova

4 p.m.

CBSSN — Central Florida at Memphis

ESPNU — Southern Illinois at Loyola-Chicago

5 p.m.

FS1 — Iowa at Minnesota

6 p.m.

ESPNU — Florida State at Miami

8 p.m.

ESPNU — Washington State at Oregon

COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S)

12 p.m.

BTN — Maryland at Indiana

ESPNU — St. Joseph’s at Dayton

1 p.m.

SEC — LSU at Tennessee

2 p.m.

BTN — Michigan State at Michigan

ESPNU — Alabama at Georgia

FS2 — DePaul at Xavier

3 p.m.

SEC — Ole Miss at Mississippi State

4 p.m.

ESPN2 — UCF at UConn

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SEC — Kentucky at Texas A&M

COLLEGE GYMNASTICS (WOMEN’S)

4 p.m.

BTN — Ohio State at Michigan State

GOLF

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GOLF — PGA Tour Golf: Farmers Insurance Open,

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3 p.m.

CBS — PGA Tour Golf: Farmers Insurance Open, final

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LUGE

6 p.m.

NBCSN — FIL World Championships: World Luge

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NBA BASKETBALL

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ESPN — Milwaukee at Oklahoma City

NBA G LEAGUE BASKETBALL

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NBA — Wisconsin Herd vs. Erie Bayhawks

NFL FOOTBALL

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ABC — Pro Bowl: NFC All-Stars vs. AFC All-Stars,

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ESPN — Pro Bowl: NFC All-Stars vs. AFC All-Stars,

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RUGBY

10:30 p.m.

CBSSN — Major League Rugby: Seattle Seawolves at

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SKIING

9 p.m.

NBCSN — FIS Alpine World Cup: women’s super-G

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SOCCER

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ESPNEWS — Serie A: AS Roma vs. Atalanta

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AGNES Tony Cochran

ARCHIE Fernando Ruiz and Craig Boldman

DADDY’S HOME Tony Rubino and Gary Markstein

DUSTIN By Steve Kelley and Jeff Parker

ONE BIG HAPPY Rick Detorie

SCARY GARY Mark Buford

ZACK HILL John Deering and John Newcombe

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Saturday, Jan. 26,

2019:

This year, others remark on how gracious, kind

and determined you have become. You might not

have the tolerance for chats that go nowhere, yet

you are a good listener. These skills plug into your

life. If single, listen to others carefully. Usually,

someone will tell you all about him- or herself --

both good and bad -- at the beginning. If attached,

the two of you spend many happy hours together

exploring new places and different cultures, and

sharing your perceptions. LIBRA intrigues you.

The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have:

5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so;

1-Difficult

ARIES (March 20-April 19)

★★★★ Someone comes to you with strong

intentions and messages. Consider how many

times you have approached another person with

that type of intensity. Try to listen instead of react-

ing. As a result of this experience, you might

change your style a little! Adapt your schedule if

need be. Tonight: A must appearance.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

★★★ Remain centered, no matter how angry

another close associate or loved one becomes. You

might need some space to go over what has

occurred. A friend or group of associates seems

difficult to relate to. Tonight: You might want to

change your plans. Choose an activity where you

are entertained.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)

★★★★★ Your playfulness emerges.

Someone in your immediate circle could blow his

or her stack. Though this person’s anger seems to

be directed toward you, you are not the real target.

Remain open and let harsh words go. If a situation

becomes too hot to handle, bypass it for now.

Tonight: Sharing with a loved one.

CANCER (June 21-July 22)

★★★ You wake up out of sorts, and this bad

humor could follow you the rest of the day. Go for

a walk, or choose an activity that makes you smile.

Anger could be closer to the surface than you real-

ize. Be careful if you tend to internalize feelings.

Tonight: Entertain from your pad.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

★★★★ Approach a personal matter in a

more level and caring manner. At times, you might

feel your emotions getting out of control. A vola-

tile quality runs through the day and conversation.

Try to detach, and avoid any displays of anger.

Tonight: Stay close to home, yet be adventurous.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

★★★★Be aware of another person’s inclina-

tion to indulge in order to escape difficult issues.

You could decide to join this person, as you often

have a great time together. Note that this person

encourages you to go overboard, too. Choose to go

to the movies or get into another pastime where

you will be entertained. Tonight: A good time does

not need to be costly.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

★★★★ Others find you unusually attractive.

You might have a specific request or idea that you

would like to discuss and receive a positive

response. Broach the topic over a friendly lunch.

Stay clear of a controlling individual, probably in

your domestic or personal life. Tonight: Celebrate

life.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

★★★ If you do not push too hard, you will

gain in several ways. Sometimes, it is best to allow

others to come to you. You gain a fuller under-

standing of what is going on with that person. At

present, you will naturally gravitate toward having

some solitude or quiet time. Tonight: Screen calls.

Make it OK to be unavailable.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

★★★★ You can be found around friends or

those who pursue specific interests. You might

have pushed too hard at work or with a project of

late, as a child or loved one could throw a tantrum

and become demanding. Though the uproar could

be annoying, it is flattering on another level.

Tonight: Among the crowds.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

★★★ You note that many people seem to be

eyeing you when out. Your charisma draws others,

yet that same attraction does not guarantee agree-

ment with your ideas and suggestions. Avoid a

quarrel if you do not see eye to eye with another

person. Tonight: Once out, you are a force to

behold.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

★★★★ Reach out for another person at a

distance with whom you often have vibrant talks.

Do not be surprised if a potential argument pops

up in your discussion. If you respect this person’s

opinion, soon enough you will witness the same

respect returned. Diversity adds color and ideas to

your life. Tonight: Try a new type of cuisine or

restaurant.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

★★★★ Opt for some quality time with a

loved one or partner. The two of you might get into

a tiff or two, as your opinions vary quite a bit. Be

willing to let go of heavy conversations and just

enjoy being with each other. Tonight: Be a duo.

YOUR

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NASCAR THIS WEEK

Feb. 10: Clash at Daytona

Feb. 14: 150-mile qualifying races for

Daytona 500

Feb. 17: Daytona 500

Feb. 24: Folds of Honor 500 at Atlanta

March 3: Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas

March 10: TicketGuardian 500 at Phoenix

March 17: Auto Club 400 at Fontana

March 24: STP 500 at Martinsville

March 31: O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 at

Texas

April 7: Food City 500 at Bristol

April 13: Toyota Owners 400 at

Richmond

April 28: Geico 500 at Talladega

May 5: Dover 400

May 11: Kansas 400

May 18: All-Star Race at Charlotte

May 26: Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte

June 2: Pocono 400

June 9: FireKeepers Casino 400 at

Michigan

June 23: Toyota/Save Mart 350 at

Sonoma

June 30: Overton’s 400 at Chicagoland

July 6: Coke Zero 400 at Daytona

July 13: Quaker State 400 at Kentucky

July 21: Foxwoods 301 at New

Hampshire

July 28: Gander Outdoors 400 at Pocono

Aug. 4: Go Bowling at Watkins Glen

Aug. 11: Consumers Energy 400 at

Michigan

Aug. 17: Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race

at Bristol

Sept. 1: Southern 500 at Darlington

Sept. 8: Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis

Sept. 15: South Point 400 at Las Vegas

Sept. 21: Federated Auto Parts 400 at

Richmond

Sept. 29: Bank of America 500k at

Charlotte

Oct. 6: Delaware 400 at Dover

Oct. 13: 1000Bulbs.com 500 Talladega

Oct. 20: Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas

Oct. 27: First Data 500 at Martinsville

Nov. 3: AAA Texas 500

Nov. 10: Can-Am 500k at Phoenix

Nov. 17: Ford EcoBoost 400 at

Homestead-Miami

2019 CUP SERIES

SCHEDULE

MOTOR MOUTHS

PODCAST

On a quiet day in the pod, you can hear

cars cranking. Speedweeks is nearing.

Tune in online at www.news-journal

online.com/daytonamotormouths

SPEED FREAKS — A few questions we had to ask ourselves

Can Jamie McMurray win the Daytona 500

with a one-and-done ride?

GODSPEAK: Many of his wins have a fairy

tale element so it would not surprise me

at all.

KEN’S CALL: It’s not necessarily his final

race, though he has no other rides on the

calendar. Yes, he’s capable of winning it,

of course, and how tempting it would be

to throw away the helmet after that one?

Which current NASCAR racer would you

like to see join the Rolex 24 festivities?

GODSPEAK: I’d like to see how Kyle Busch

would handle 24 hours of racing. Let’s

throw Kevin Harvick in there, too.

KEN’S CALL: A combo of Chase Elliott and

Ryan Blaney seems like fun, but I’ll go

with Clint Bowyer. If nothing else, he’d fit

right in with the infield party scene.

Conversely, which sports-car racer would

you like to see give NASCAR a try?

GODSPEAK: This one is easy. Katherine

Legge can drive the wheels off anything.

KEN’S CALL: Another easy one, Ricky

Taylor. Not sure how his road-racing

talent would translate to ovals, but he has

a great racer’s attitude.

The Daytona 500 may be Jamie

McMurray’s last NASCAR race, and he just

might go out a winner. [AP FILE]

QUESTIONS

& ATTITUDE

Compelling questions ...

and maybe a few actual

answers

WHAT’S ON TAP

Why doesn’t Christopher

Bell have a Cup ride?

Short answer: It’s a very

tight job market. Bell made

off-season headlines this

past week by winning the

Chili Bowl for the third

straight year, and doing

so in dramatic fashion —

he passed Kyle Larson on

the final turn of the final

lap in the main event. A

three-year run of brilliance

at dirt-racing’s marquee

event doesn’t necessar-

ily suggest a big-league

NASCAR career, but two

years of dominance in NAS-

CAR’s minor leagues does.

Bell has 12 wins and 33

top-fives over the past two

years in the Trucks (2017)

and Xfinity Series (2018).

So, what’s the holdup?

There’s no room at the inn.

He races for Joe Gibbs, and

the coach’s Cup team is full

of proven (Denny Hamlin,

Kyle Busch, Martin Truex

Jr.) and promising (Erik

Jones) talent. Hamlin’s

2018 season might indicate

a possible downturn and

potential seat for Bell,

except Hamlin and his

sponsor (FedEx) are report-

edly signed through 2020.

Something eventually has

to give; it’s highly unlikely

we have this same conver-

sation next year.

— Ken Willis, ken.willis

@news-jrnl.com

Christopher Bell has

built quite a collection of

hardware the past two

years in the Trucks and

Xfinity Series. [AP FILE]

At Daytona

Jan. 25: BMW Endurance

Challenge (four hours).

Jan. 26-27: Rolex 24 IMSA

sports-car race.

Feb. 9: Lucas Oil 200 (ARCA

Series).

Feb. 10: Daytona 500 pole

qualifying, Advance Auto

Parts Clash.

Feb. 14: Duel 150-mile

qualifying races.

Feb. 15: NextEra Energy 250

(Truck Series).

Feb. 16: Daytona 300 (Xfin-

ity Series).

Feb. 17: Daytona 500.

By Godwin Kelly

godwin.kelly@news-jrnl.com

AJ Allmendinger won’t get much

sleep this weekend because he will

be pulling double duty at Day-

tona International Speedway.

The former NASCAR Cup Series driver

will be making his debut with NBC Sports

as an announcer, plus co-driving the No. 86

Meyer Shank Racing Acura NSX GT3 in the

Rolex 24 At Daytona.

Don’t be surprised if he shows up on tele-

vision wearing a helmet or gets into his race

car wearing TV makeup.

“I’m with NBC Sports full-time for

IMSA,” he said during a recent interview

in Daytona. “That’s my real job. Covering

IMSA, the only race I can do is the Rolex 24.

“When I’m not in the car I’ll be doing

something in the booth or on pit road dur-

ing the race. NBC Sports has done a great job

with NASCAR, choosing new angles to show

the fans.”

Allmendinger, who started life as an open-

wheel driver then transitioned into Cup

Series racing in 2007, was released by JTG-

Daugherty Racing following the 2018 season.

The 37-year-old driver made 371 starts

and scored one win during his decade in

NASCAR. Even when he was running a full

stock-car schedule, he would almost always

show up at Daytona and run the 24-hour

race with car owner Michael Shank.

“I don’t know if they made the right deci-

sions over there on the NASCAR side, but

it is what it is,” Shank said. “The beauty of

that is that we can bring him over here and

there for different projects in the next year

or two. It’s great.”

This will be the 13th time over the last 14

years Allmendinger has raced at Daytona

with Shank. They captured the overall win in

2012 with Allmendinger at the wheel for the

checkered flag.

The Rolex 24 is a one-race driving deal for

Allmendinger. NBC is his top priority and

the network is taking racing very seriously.

NBC Sports has been gobbling up motor-

sports TV rights and talent for everything

in sight. In addition to IMSA racing, NBC

will be the home for the IndyCar Series and

Supercross in 2019.

“They have basically taken over,” All-

mendinger said. “They have become the

home to motorsports.”

He said NBC is bringing “all the big guns”

for its IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Cham-

pionship debut.

“Dale Earnhardt Jr. will be here for the

Rolex 24,” Allmendinger said. “It will be

fun. I’m going to enjoy it to my full extent.

“I’ve always loved auto racing, so being

able to paint a picture for a race fan, maybe a

little different than the next guy can tell, will

be something I will get into.”

Without the stress of the Cup Series,

Shank says Allmendinger has become

more relaxed and a better teammate to his

co-drivers.

“He’s doing everything he can to further

the team, and not just his car,” Shank said.

“He tested the No. 57 car (all female team) in

the middle of the summer.

“That’s kind of cool to see. I’m thinking

you got a vise on your head when you are in

NASCAR and when that comes off, it makes

you feel slightly better and less consumed.”

Allmendinger latest driver

heading to the TV booth

AJ Allmendinger was a NASCAR Cup Series driver in 2018. This year he will compete in the

Rolex 24 At Daytona and begin his new career at NBC Sports. [AP/BEN MARGOT]

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COMPANY

Carpentry, remodeling, kitchen,

baths, basements, drywall, tile,

floors, suspended ceilings, res-

toration services, doors, win-

dows, decks, stairs, interior/ex-

terior painting, plumbing. Small

jobs ok. All types of professional

work done since 1985. Call Joe,

(413)364-7038.

HOUSE PAINTING

MULCH

ALWAYS CALL FIRST!!!

M&M SERVICES

29 Years serving the Westfield

area. Painting, staining, house

washing, interior/exterior. Wall

coverings. Water damage and

ceiling/wall repairs.

Commercial/residential. Free es-

timates. Insured. References.

Call Carmine at: 413-568-9731

or 413-537-4665

No job too small !!

CHIMNEY SWEEPS

floram@thewestfieldnewsgroup.com • BUSINESS DIRECTORY • To Advertise call 413-562-4181 Ext. 118

PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

MULCH

HORSE BEDDING

(Sawdust)

Top Soil

Firewood

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SAWMILL DIRECT

BEST QUALITY

Run by veterans.

Green Meadow Lumber

568-0056

A. Plumley Landscape Inc.

We are a full service landscape

company; drainage problems,

demolition, and removal of small

buildings and swimming pools,

complete yard renovations, lawn

maintenance, tree removal,

fertilization programs, irrigation

installation and repair, land-

scape design and planting.

Commercial plowing sanding

and salting. (413) 862-4749

NGM Services

Plumbing, Heating,

Mechanical Services.

Certified Welding.

MA Lic# PL 16102-M

ngms@comcast.net

Call Nick: 413-203-5824

K & B STUMP GRINDING

Serving the Westfield

Area Since 1988.

Clean-up Available.

Fully Insured; Reliable;

Experienced & Professional.

(413) 562-9128

A STEP ABOVE THE REST!

JMF CHIMNEY SERVICE

Need chimney repair?

We do brick repair, crown

seals and repairs. Stainless

steel liner installs, as well

as stainless rain caps.

We sweep all flues.

Stove Installations.

Free estimates provided.

Owner operated

Call: 413-330-2186

ABC MASONRY &

BASEMENT

WATERPROOFING

All brick, block concrete;

concrete steps & walk-ways;

new paver walk-ways; paver

patios & retaining walls

Chimneys, foundations,

hatchways, new basement

windows installed and

repaired. Sump pumps and

french drain systems

installed. Foundations

pointed and stuccoed.

Free estimates

(413)569-1611 or

(413)374-5377

CRYSTAL CLEAR WINDOWS

Cleaned Inside & Out!

Including screens and storm

windows. Fully insured.

Free Estimates

Call Paul NOW for your

FALL appointment.

413-237-2053

Joseph Baldarelli

Construction

Excavation, land clearing,

tree/stump removal, septic

systems, landscape design,

retaning walls, and

paver/patio work;

Cord wood for sale and

trap rock driveways

We take care of all site work.

In business since 1982.

Call Joe at 413-237-0197

FRESH LOOK INTERIORS

"An affordable approach to

refreshing your space"

Professional Services Include:

Color Consultations

Painting

Cabinet Painting

Decorating and More

Booking NOW in preparation

for the holidays

Call Lou:

508-524-0564

lou@freshlookinteriors.style

www.freshlookinteriors.style

American Tree & Shrub

Removal, pruning, bucket/crane

work. Stump grinding, light

excavation and tree planting.

Firewood

Fully Insured, Free Estimates.

24-hour Emergency Services.

20 years Experience

413-579-5619

cell: 413-530-2982

DAVE DAVIDSON:

Bathroom Remodeling

"GET IT RIGHT THIS TIME"

Complete Bath Renovations.

Now serving CT. Insured.

Quality Work on Time on Budget

Since 1984.

MA. License #072233,

MA.Registration #144831

CT. HIC. #0609568

413-569-9973

www.davedavidson

remodeling. com

WIN WIN SOLUSIONS, INC.

Specializing in

Kitchen Remodels

We have a kitchen for

your budget.

Handyman work available.

Demo, Clean-outs, Fix & Flips;

Over 25 years in Business

Lic# 193365

Because we can fix anything!

Call or Text Mike:

413-588-6876

HOME IMPROVEMENT

AFFORDABLE

BUILDING

CONTRACTOR

23 Years Experience

Licensed & insured.

Repairs, Renovations &

Construction. Specializing in

Decks, Garages, Basement

conversions. Additions, Log

Cabins and Barn Repairs.

Veteran Owned & Operated

10% Sr. Discounts

Call Dave:

413-568-6440

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CountyWide

Mechanical Services Inc.

30+ Years in Business

HVAC Gas/Propane Systems

Service & Replacements

Service Agreements

Customer Assurance Pricing

(We charge by the job...

not by the hour)

Fully Insured/Licensed

Lic # RC114885

service@cmsheatandair.net

Call: 413-731-6668

The Westfield News Group has

positions open on our weekend team.

We are looking for responsible,

motivated adults with

reliable transportation.

Candidates must be team players

who are able to follow directions and

provide exceptional customer service.

Applications at The Westfield News Group

office on 62 School Street • Westfield, MA

DRIVER:

Pennysaver

Routes

Is Here!

all things cold.

Call Flora in our Classified Department today! Your ad could be published within 2 days!

413-562-4181, x 118

Do you provide

winter/snow

services?

Do you want to reach over

30,000 homes each week?

We have customers looking for

snowblowing, snowplowing,

sanding/salting, ice damage repair,

frozen pipes, insulation, heating

systems, firewood, window repair

... and

floram@thewestfieldnewsgroup.com

Help Wanted

library circulation staff

18 hours per week,

Mons: 3:15-8:15

Tues & Wed 3:30-8:15

Sat. 9:45-1:15

except in summer

no Saturdays

instead Fri. 1:30-5

Must be able to multi-task

while providing excellent cus-

tomer service. Knowledge of

computers is required. Duties

include checking items in and

out, registering new patrons,

shelving materials, answering

the phone, and other duties.

High school diploma or

GED/HiSET required.

This is a union position; pay is

$13.48/hour. Town Applica-

tion available at

www.southwickma.org

or at the library. Please drop-

off or mail to:

Southwick Public Library

95 Feeding Hills Road

Southwick, MA 01077

The Town of Southiwck is an

AA/EOE/ADA employer. Posi-

tion open until filled.

pets

lAB PUPPies foR sAle

Southwick - AKC registered,

shots, wormed, vet checked.

2 males/2 females. Ready

February 1st. $1,000.

for info, call:

845-587-0779 and

845-225-1274

articles For sale

coffee table and

matching end tables (2)

All have glass top. Nice condi-

tion

$150 for the set

infrared space heater

2-Cycle, looks like wood stove.

Electric heater, Good condition

$75

call 413-207-3237

FireWood

oVeR stocK sAle

2 Year Seasoned

Cut, Split, Delivered

$150 per cord

wholesale wood Products

304-851-7666

Wanted to Buy

Buying junk or wrecked cars

and light trucks.

call mark's Auto Parts,

e. Granby, ct

860-653-2551

wAnted

AntiQUes & collectiBles

CASH PAID!

Old toys, military items, art,

coins, jewelry, ephemra,

vintage autos, etc.

413-212-9004

apartment

Westfield - 2nd Floor,

1 Bedroom, Kitchen and Bath.

NO PETS. $750 p/month,

includes utilities.

First/Last/Security.

Call 413-250-4811

moBile Homes

whY Rent?

Westfield - new 2018 Titan

Mfg/Mobile home near

woods. 1 BR/1BA, driveway,

w/d hookup. Appliances

included $58,000

call (401) 402-0373