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WEEKLY QUOTE“A good home must be made,

not bought.”

Joyce Maynard

WINCHENDON — Lt. DavidWalsh reports 80 year old JosephLarochelle of 388 Maple St. was seri-ously injured and died at the sceneof two car accident on BaldwinvilleState Road about 3 p.m. March 19.

The driver of the second vehiclehas been charged with operatingunder the influence as a result ofthe incident.

The release reports Larochellewas driving a 2000 OldsmobileBravada when he lost control, goingnorthbound, and crossed the center-line. He was subsequently struck bya 2002 Ford F-150 going south anddriven by Glenn Austin, age 54, of 88Lord Brook Road, Rindge.

Walsh states Austin was arrested

at the scene, charged with OUI, sec-ond offense.

Police Sgt. James Spofford,Officer Alan Ross andMassachusetts EnvironmentalPolice all assisted at the scene andwith the investigation. State publicworks officials assisted with trafficat the scene.

WINCHENDON MAN ARRESTED

James P. Lafreniere, age 52 of 226Front St. has been arrested andcharged with unarmed robbery of aperson more than 60 years of agewhile wearing a mask, assault andbattery on a person over 60 with

injury, breaking and entering in thenighttime with intent to commit afelony and misleading a policeinvestigation in connection with anassault and robbery on Otter RiverRoad just over the line inTempleton.

Lafreniere is alleged to haveattacked the unidentified victimand thrown him to the crowd, plac-ing all of his weight on his chestwhile stealing his wallet containingabout $300 in cash, credit cards andtwo blank, unsigned checks.

Accomplices in attempts to hidethe crime are also being chargedwith misleading police in the inves-tigation.

BY JERRY CARTONCOURIER CORRESPONDENT

WINCHENDON — WhenGardner’s Ryan Laliberteannounced the formation of a newteam that will begin play inAmerican Youth Football this fall;he cited weight restrictionsimposed by Pop Warner football asa major reason for his efforts.

“There are a group of parentswho have children that didn’t fit

the Pop Warner weight restric-tions and that’s really what startedthis whole thing,” noting his ownson was among those youngstersaffected by the rules. AYF teamsdon’t have those weight rules, butwhether those guidelines play asignificant role regarding injuriesseems to depend on which studyyou believe.

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Health debates impacting football

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BY JERRY CARTONCOURIER CORRESPONDENT

WINCHENDON — When thenew season rolls around later thisyear, the Gardner-based Chair CityLions will be a new entry inAmerican Youth Football, but theteam’s founder, Ryan Laliberte,says his program, which will alsoinclude cheerleading, hasn’t beencreated as a challenge to the PopWarner program, which has beenrunning in Winchendon since 2007.

“We’re just offering an alterna-tive where age, not weight, will bethe way we decide who can play,”said Laliberte. “We aren’t trying todo anything to hurt Winchendon’sprogram, but there are kids whodon’t fit Pop Warner’s weightrestrictions and we’re giving themthe opportunity to play theywouldn’t otherwise have.

“There was really no sign oropportunity for change in PopWarner’s rules right now, andsince we weren’t getting any moti-vating feedback in terms of futurechanges it made sense for us tomake this decision.”

“Let me tell you a story,”Laliberte said. “My own son willbe about 10 pounds too heavy forthe next two years under PopWarner’s rules, and I had to tellhim he couldn’t play. That wasreally tough to do and I don’t wantto put him or any other kidthrough that.”

AYF will play its games next fallon Saturdays against other teamsthroughout central Massachusetts.(Pop Warner games are slated forSundays.) Kindergarteners and

BY HEATHER PERREAULTCOURIER CORRESPONDENT

WINCHENDON — They havebeen young and the first time onthe stage but they never made amistake at the production ofAladdin at Toy Town ElementarySchool last weekend.

It was a full house, lots of fami-lies there to watch their loved onetake them on a magical journey.Up on the stage, some studentshad to hold up props; like win-dows of the castle, and Omar’swalls of the dungeon.

As the room darkens, the eyes ofthe audience are drawn to thestage as slowly the students in cos-tumes that captured the charac-ters were there, Arabian Nightsopens the scene, and everyonedoing a good job.

Some names are different fromthe Disney move, Jasmine is nowPrincess Ginger, Jaffar is nowOmar, Iago is now Geewhiz andthe pets all seem to belong to dif-ferent people as well. In the move,Aladdin owned a monkey, theprincess, a tiger; but in this ver-sion the tiger belongs to Aladdinand the monkey to the princess.

This reviewer had to ask, “wow,for a guy stealing food, how can heafford a tiger?” and, “why wouldthe princess want a monkey?”

During intermission, variousraffles with wonderful gifts donat-ed by such businesses asWachusett Mountain, the Devil’sDen student store. Elizabeth RoseHouse B&B, Brodie & Drake, andseveral individuals were givenaway.

Cast members and crew includ-ed: Story tellers: Kaitlyn Scott(Ameena), Vivian BeauvaisMicahud (Baki), Jasmine LaRose(Faris), Taysha Manca (Sadi),Katelyn Clark (Sana), KyaBourgoin (Layla) AlexandriaCasavant (Nasib), and KieraMcKenney (Rana); HannahTurner (Omar the Magician);Lyanna LaFord (Geewiz, theMagician’s Assistant); marketpeddlers Nicole Storer (apple ped-

dler), Morgan Eldridge (basketpeddler), Michelle Rodriguez(bread peddler), RebekahBergeron (incense peddler),Katelyn St. Pierre (jewel peddler),Isabelle Casavant (rug peddler)and Julia Lafrennie (silk peddler);Julianna Nolan (Ginger theprincess); Dahianna Rodriguez(Baboo, pet monkey), JohnSweeney (Aladdin), JordynnSmith (Persia, Aladdin’s cat), SaraHancock (the Genie), SummerTurner (the Sultan), JosueRodriguez (Thor, an eligibleprince), Brady Dufour (Yogi, aneligible prince); fish in the ocean:Abigail Reardon (Babylon),Camille Daigle (Sisterlon), Emily

Clark (Mamalon), Tiffany Lin(Papalon).

Costumes props and scenerywere quite a production, but thosewho were especially thanked fortheir help were Trish Sweeney,Christine LaFord, Cathy St.Pierre, Sue and Lane Kurylo andTo Each His Own Design.

Many parents and volunteersand the after school programteachers and coordinators werealso recognized for their efforts.Of particular note were CindyDarcy, Jenna Smith, StephanieRondeau and her high school vol-unteers: Ashley Hancock,Phylicia Shippy, Chandler Torres

BY RUTH DEAMICISCOURIER EDITOR

WINCHENDON —Superintendent Dr. SalahKhelfaoui told his administrativeteam at the beginning of the budgetcycle he had one goal in mind: cuthalf a million dollars over here, sohe had it to use over there.

That was the plan, and the finalproduct manages to do that, by notrenewing the contracts of threenon-union personnel, not fillingretired positions and restructuringsome teacher positions where cur-ricula has changed.

The payroll management posi-tion has been vacated, and payroll

is now done in one office at thetown hall. Though there are stillsome aspects of the school payrollthat must be handled by the schooldistrict, those are under the super-vision of the business administra-tor Melissa Ann Dunnet and herassistant.

Each school continues to have afood manager and staff in the cafe-teria, but an oversight manager forthe entire program of food servicesis no longer in place, saving thatsalary for the district. Khelfaouisaid the management at eachschool is more than capable ofinteracting with one another tohandle the oversight.

The position of literacy coachhas been eliminated.

Three retiring positions will notbe filled.

The teacher positions beingreleased include: a speech position,a special education position, a TitleI position, a Title I paraprofessionaland a high school physical educa-tion position. In addition, substi-tutes for central office workers willno longer be provided.

In all, these cuts created $595,107in savings.

With that, the school systemintends to use $366,674 to pay dis-trict wide salaries percentageincreases, $76,727 to pay salary step

increases and $60,000 for sick buyback. Efficiency increases includenew technology district wideincluding the hiring of two techni-cians for the district, installing afiberoptic cable between Toy Townand Memorial schools and neces-sary switches, the purchase ofmore whiteboards and the pur-chase of hardware for studentssuch as iPads. This is the particularline item the superintendent wasmost adamant about expanding,and was able to increase the line by$188,423.

The new program adding a mid-dle school principal adds $107,000 tothe budget. After school programs

and expanding sports programs atvarious schools adds $40,000 andalternative school and virtualschool at the high school level adds$25,000. An additional musicteacher at the middle school adds$50,000, expanding the athleticdirector to full time adds $24,000and adding a math coach stipendposition at the Toy TownElementary School adds $15,000.

The School Committee will hold apublic hearing on the budget onThursday, April 4 at 6 p.m. at thetown hall auditorium when moreinformation will be made availableto the publc.

Turn To ALLADIN page A10

Turn To FOOTBALL page A12

More technology, fewer administration in school budget

Heather Perreault photos

Alladin (John Sweeney) awaits his fate in jail.

Aladdin flies into Toy Town Local footballdivide brewing?

BROTHERS WILL BE BROTHERS!Heather Perreault

When they arrived to help the Kiwanis celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at the annual buffetat the Carriage House last weekend, they were dressed to the ‘nth’ so of course thecamera was raised. But when Nathan and Ryan Lafreniere were ready, the moment wastoo good to miss…. The annual celebration, complete with Guns and Clover music(Ryan Murphy, Scott Murphy, Mike McDonald and Frank O’Malley) and the StepDancers of Ann Boucher. This has become an annual event for the Kiwanis, and helpsraise funds for the scholarships given every year to local seniors and alumnae.

Fatal accident on Baldwinville State Road

ALCOHOL SCREENING DAY

April 5 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. inHeywood Hospital Dining Room.

National Alcohol ScreeningDay (NASD) is an initiative firstlaunched in 1999 by the NationalInstitute of Health. The aim ofthis event is to increase publicawareness that alcohol abuse andalcoholism (when a person isdependant on alcohol) are recog-nized disorders that can be treat-ed.

Throughout this day, membersof the public are invited to one ofmany screening centers acrossthe United States where they maycomplete a written self-assess-

ment about their alcohol use.Health care professionals thendiscuss the reults with the indi-vidual in a one-on-one setting.

The SBIRT (Screening, BriefIntervention, Referral toTreatment) Office at HeywoodHospital is pleased to be offeringan Alcohol Screening Day onFriday, April 5 from 9am - 4pm inthe Dining Room. Staff, visitorsand members of the public areinvited to stop by the informa-tional table and fill out a screen-ing tool, pick up information orask questions. You may alsomake an appointment to meet pri-vately with the SBIRT representa-

tive at a later date in a confiden-tial setting.

For more information, pleasecall Sue Christensen, SBIRTCoordinator at (978) 630-6221 oremail her at [email protected].

GUEST SPEAKER

GARDNER — Former NBA player Chris

Herren will give the keynoteaddress at an event sponsored bythe Heywood Hospital SBIRT(Screening Brief InterventionReferral to Treatment) office inrecognition of April as AlcoholAwareness Month. The programwill take place on Thursday, April25 from 5:30–8 pm at the ColonialHotel Grand Ballroom, 625 BettySpring Road in Gardner.Attendance is free and open to thepublic.

Chris Herren, a basketball leg-end from Fall River realized hisdreams by playing for the Celticsin the NBA, only to lose it all toaddiction. Drug-free and alcohol-free since Aug. 1, 2008, Chris hasrefocused his life to put sobrietyand family above all else. In 2009Chris launched Hoop Dreamswith Chris Herren, a basketballplayer development companywhich provides customized, supe-rior basketball training throughprivate training, clinics andcamps.

Off the court Chris continuesto share his story with audiencesin the hopes of reaching just oneperson and making a differencein their life. With the release ofhis memoir, Basketball Junkie, inMay of 2011, Chris wasapproached by hundreds of peo-ple and their families looking forassistance in their road to recov-ery. Inspired by their stories,Chris formed The Herren Projectto educate at-risk populations onaddiction and help hers in takingthe first steps toward recoveryand a life of sobriety.

Herren will give a presentation,followed by a question andanswer period. While program isappropriate for all age groups,area teens and their parents areespecially encouraged to attend.

Approximately 20 vendors con-sisting of detox facilities, rehabil-itation facilities, sober housesand other resources will have dis-play tables to showcase the servic-es they offer. Attendees will beable to visit the various tables,speak with representatives andcollect information on a variety ofresources.

There is limited seating, sothose wishing to attend are askedto call Sue at (978) 630-6221 toreserve a seat.

The SBIRT office in theEmergency Department atHeywood Hospital was estab-lished in 2007, with grant fundingawarded from the BNI-ARTInstitute at Boston UniversitySchool of Public Health in collab-oration with the MassachusettsDepartment of Public HealthBureau of Substance AbuseServices.

GRANT OPPORTUNITY

$50,000 will be awarded to sup-port minority-led organizations

within CHNA9’s North CentralMassachusetts region. The fund-ing is to foster collaborationsbetween new or existing commu-nity-based partners to improvethe health status of vulnerablepopulations, and to build commu-nity capacity to address the socialdeterminants of health.Interested minority-led organiza-tions are encouraged to apply. Ifyou do not have 501(c)(3) non-prof-it status, we encourage you to col-laborate with a fiscal agent.

A letter of intent must be sub-mitted by 5 pm, April 3, 2013 [email protected].

The full request for proposalannouncement, eligibilityrequirements, guidelines andsubmission requirements can befound at www.chna9.com/grant-opportunities.html. Additionalquestions may be submitted toSelena Johnson, GrantsCoordinator, via [email protected].

The North CentralMassachusetts CommunityHealth Network Area is a localcoalition of public, non-profit,and private sectors. Continuousimprovement of health status isthe goal of this partnershipbetween MA Department ofPublic Health, local serviceproviders, health providers, con-sumers, concerned communitymembers, schools, faith commu-nity, municipalities, and localhospitals.

CHNA 9 includes the communi-ties of Ashburnham, Ashby, Ayer,Barre, Berlin, Bolton, Clinton,Fitchburg, Gardner, Groton,Hardwick, Harvard,Hubbardston, Lancaster,Leominster, Lunenburg, NewBraintree, Oakham, Pepperell,Princeton, Rutland, Shirley,Sterling, Templeton, Townsend,Westminster, and Winchendon.To learn more about CHNA 9,visit www.chna9.com.

HEALTH INIATIVES

Health and Human Services(HHS) Secretary KathleenSebelius announced more statesare moving forward to implementthe health care law and establish-ing Health InsuranceMarketplaces. HHS conditionallyapproved Iowa, Michigan, NewHampshire, and West Virginia tooperate State PartnershipMarketplaces, which will beready for open enrollment inOctober 2013.

“HHS will continue to workcollaboratively with all states tobuild the Marketplace,” SecretarySebelius said. “Working together,we will be ready in seven monthswhen consumers will be able touse the new marketplace to easilypurchase quality, affordablehealth insurance plans.”

Today’s conditional approvalsbring the total number of statesthat have been conditionallyapproved to partially or fully runtheir Marketplace to 24 states andthe District of Columbia. In addi-tion, several other states havesuggested their own approachesto contributing toward plan man-agement in their Marketplace in

BOSTON – A former SuffolkCounty corrections officer andanother man, both from Athol, havebeen arraigned in connection withfraudulently collecting tens of thou-sands of dollars in workers’ compen-sation, disability, and retirementbenefits while working, AttorneyGeneral Martha Coakley announcedWednesday.

Paul Mahan, age 42, is chargedwith Workers’ Compensation fraudand larceny by false pretenses. KellyWalsh, age 42, is charged with larce-ny by false pretenses.

State and federal law requiresclaimants of injury related benefitsto periodically make certain disclo-sures that may include but are notlimited to the certification of theiremployment status, condition ofhealth, and any earnings whilereceiving compensation.

Authorities allege that on severaldates between January 2007 andJanuary 2013 Mahan and Walsh rancar dealerships (Shamrock Motors)

in Winchendon and Orange andpartnered with another venturewhile collecting tens of thousands ofdollars in benefits derived from pre-vious work related injuries. Duringthis time the defendants allegedlyfailed to disclose any earnings ortheir work status to the appropriateagencies.

Mahan began working as a correc-tion officer for the Suffolk CountySheriff ’s Department in May 2000.Within three months Mahan sus-tained a knee injury while on the jobthat was immediately reported tothe Department of IndustrialAccidents. The SCSD, a formerlyindependently insured agency,began paying Mahan benefitsretroactive to the date of the injurywithout contending the findings ofthe DIA.

In succeeding years Mahan under-went independent medical exam asrequired by DIA, with varying med-ical opinions of the severity of hiscondition and ability to work, in

order to receive benefits. In May2006, Mahan was ultimately deter-mined by a judge to be permanentlyand totally disabled. A recipient ofpermanent total benefits may collectpayments indefinitely.

As the result of these rulingsMahan was ultimately able to collectthree separate checks each monthfor the injury sustained during histhree month tenure at the SCSD:workers’ compensation benefits,assault pay, and retirement benefits.The collection of these benefitsamounted to payments totalingmore than 100% of Mahan’s salaryat the SCSD each month.

After paying Mahan benefits forsix years, the SCSD initiated period-ic surveillance of Mahan in June2006. Authorities allege that on vari-ous occasions between 2006 and 2011,surveillance established that Mahanand his friend, Kelly Walsh, wereworking regularly at ShamrockMotors of Winchendon, a businessofficially registered in the name of

Mahan and Walsh’s wives, perform-ing a variety of tasks on and off site.According to authorities Walsh wasalso collecting disability through thefederally administered Title IIDisability Benefits, subsequent to aback injury sustained in May 2004.

Authorities further allege thatMahan and Walsh derived anincome from Shamrock Motors. Aninvestigation into the bank accountsassociated with the businessrevealed numerous checks madepayable to Mahan, Walsh and theirwives totaling more than $385,000.

Further investigation revealedthat in June 2007 Mahan and Walshwere allegedly employed at anotherauto dealership in a contract part-nership that paid the defendants$38,000 upon their separation.

Authorities allege that as a resultof Mahan’s failure to report hisincome he received an overpaymentof more than $203,000 in workers’compensation benefits from hisemployer’s insurance carrier, more

than $125,000 in assault pay andmore than $49,000 in retirement ben-efits. Walsh received an overpay-ment of more than $46,000 in socialsecurity disability benefits duringthe time of the alleged fraud.

A Suffolk County Grand Juryreturned indictments againstMahan and Walsh on Feb. 19. Thedefendants were arraigned March13in Suffolk Superior Court wherethey each pleaded not guilty andwere released on personal recogni-zance. Mahan and Walsh are eachscheduled for a pre-trial conferenceon May 21. Clerk Magistrate GaryWilson presided over the arraign-ments.

The case is being prosecuted byAssistant Attorney General JoshuaPakstis of AG Coakley’s Insuranceand Unemployment Fraud Divisionwith assistance from investigatorTracy Wetterlow of the AttorneyGeneral’s Office and investigatorsKyle Zgraggen from the Office of theInspector General.

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Shamrock shakedown: arraignment Wednesday

TO YOUR HEALTH

Turn To HEALTH, page A11

BY MARY L. HARRINGTONI am the newest member of the Winchendon

Historical Commission. This is a huge honorfor me. Along with the other members of theCommission, I hope to help preserve the his-toric treasures of our beautiful small town.

This is a town committee that I’ve wanted tojoin for many years; I have always beenimpressed with and proud of Winchendon’shistory, and our prosperous forefathers whomade this town. Also, it has always saddenedme to see many of our historical structures inWinchendon destroyed. In my opinion, wehave lost far too many.

I attended the Open House at theWinchendon Historical Society in January,and was fascinated with the house, the con-tents and the extraordinary efforts to keepthis property alive. If you have not visited thishome, I highly recommend it. The home wasthe Murdock-Whitney House and“bequeathed to the society by AdelaideHazzard Whitney upon her death December31, 2000,” according to their website. Today, theWhitney house is set-up as a living museumby the hard work and dedication of severalSociety members, including my first boss(who still inspires me), Mrs. TheresaBeauvais. For the Winchendon HistoricalSociety’s hours, events and membership infor-mation, please visit their website at winchen-donhistoricalsociety.org.

The Historical Commission is differentfrom the Historical Society. The Commissionis an organization backed by MassachusettsGeneral Laws; Commission members areappointed by the Board of Selectmen. TheHistorical Society is open to all for member-ship, and a wonderful social group of peopleinterested in history. As a new member of theHistorical Commission, I know just a little bitabout the laws and the organization, and I amlearning progressively, but I understand thereis hope through the Commission to help saveour historical structures.

Since I was a child, I’ve studied the photosin the book “Winchendon Years,” by LoisGreenwood. I have always been amazed by thebeautiful homes and businesses that used toline Central Street. For example, theMonadnock House was where Mathieu Fordused to stand, now CVS. Later called theTremont House and then The HotelWinchendon, it was a huge, fancy lodginghouse with 60 rooms. I’m not sure when orwhy it was demolished, but the recent flatten-ing of the Victorian home next to the oldMathieu Ford, on the corner of Central andMaple Streets, was also lost to CVS.

There was another big hotel on CentralStreet, on the other end where CumberlandFarms now stands. It was called the AmericanHouse and it, too, did a thriving business inthe late 1800, early 1900s.

In between the two hotels was Union Block,another significant place of commerce onCentral Street. The first floor housed multipleshops, like hat and dress apparel, and a hard-ware store; upstairs was a popular place ofassembly, where dinners were held, and benef-icent organizations met including TheGrange, The Masons and The Daughters ofIsabella. It stood where you can now find theparking lot for Athol Savings Bank. Again, I’mnot sure when or why it was demolished, butlike the rest of these properties, it probablyhad to do with maintenance and taxes.

Such was the case with Marchmont, nick-named “White’s Castle.” According toWinchendon Years, the builder, Mr. JosephWhite, fashioned the home after WarwickCastle and the ruins of Kenilworth inEngland. Ground breaking commenced in1887 and the White family moved into itsgrandeur in 1890. After Mr. White died in 1939,the property remained unoccupied until itwas destroyed in 1956. If you would like to seea video of Marchmont, visit Youtube.com andsearch for “Winchendon White Castle.” Thevideo shows not only the outside of thisornate structure, but also the inside of thecastle. It was magnificent.

I’ve also heard that demolition was once dis-cussed for Old Murdock. Old Murdock is nowon the National Register of Historic Places,along with the districts of Old Centre andWinchendon Village. However, a listing on theNational Register does not prevent demoli-tion.

The most recent buildings on the destruc-tion block are rumored to be Joseph’s VarietyStore and the adjacent Sidney Fairbanks

House, 22-24 Central St. As many know, this iswhere the Joseph family and late sistersCatherine Drudi and Cecile Joseph (“Seppy”)operated their family fruit and confectionerystore for over 100 years.

Many of us put our money on the counter atthis old-time penny candy store, and then pro-ceeded to pick out a variety of candy from thegreatest collection on earth. If we touched anyitems, we had to buy it – we all knew that wasthe rule and Seppy watched us closely. I willnever forget my visits to Joseph’s store…myonly regret is not visiting more often. But Iwant both Seppy and Catherine to know: I’masking any capable and concerned citizens to“put your money on the counter” to help pre-serve our history and these beautiful proper-ties.

I understand there may be currently a dealon the table for the purchase of the Josephproperties, and the potential buyer’s plan maybe to demolish the store and the home.Fortunately, there is a historic demolitionbylaw which, once invoked, delays demolitionfor up to 12 months. It does not, however, pre-vent demolition.

The properties are listed by Penny Maliskawith Keller Williams Realty. The two-storystore is listed for $139,500. The eight bedroom,three bathroom house is listed for $159,900. Ialso found the list of auctioned items from thestore on the Web. Their antique truck,mahogany glass cases, old cash registers, vin-tage scales, timeworn advertisements…andcandy, fruit, ice cream and magazines aregone, but the store and home are still there -and begging for preservation. Both buildingsneed quite a bit of work, but it can be done. Ihope that we can find the right formula andteam to make it happen.

It’s time for Winchendon to look at these sig-nificant structures as opportunities to pre-serve our impressive heritage, but preserva-tion takes vision, effort, time and money. I amstill learning much about the process, but theHistorical Commission is going to ask thetown to adopt the Community PreservationAct (CPA). As I understand, through the CPA,we can potentially secure funds (50%) for thepurchase of historic landmarks. According tothe Community Preservation Coalition(www.communitypreservation.org), CPAallows communities “to create a localCommunity Preservation Fund for open spaceprotection, historic preservation, affordablehousing and outdoor recreation.”

However, we may not have enough time toadopt the CPA and find funds for Joseph’s.With that in mind, if you have a personalinterest in purchasing and preserving theJoseph properties, please contact PennyMaliska at (978) 985-8715. If you are would liketo help try and preserve these properties, withpotential help from the CPA, please contactme at [email protected].

Thank you very much for your support andefforts to preserve Winchendon’s history.Together, we can maintain Winchendon’ssmall town character and historic charm, andprevent it from becoming another communitycovered with strip malls.

Put your money on the counter and helppreserve our history

By Mary L. HarringtonI am the newest member of the Winchendon

Historical Commission. This is a huge honorfor me. Along with the other members of theCommission, I hope to help preserve the his-toric treasures of our beautiful small town.

This is a town committee that I’ve wanted tojoin for many years; I have always beenimpressed with and proud of Winchendon’shistory, and our prosperous forefathers whomade this town. Also, it has always saddenedme to see many of our historical structures inWinchendon destroyed. In my opinion, wehave lost far too many.

I attended the Open House at theWinchendon Historical Society in January,and was fascinated with the house, the con-tents and the extraordinary efforts to keepthis property alive. If you have not visited thishome, I highly recommend it. The home wasthe Murdock-Whitney House and“bequeathed to the society by AdelaideHazzard Whitney upon her death December31, 2000,” according to their website. Today, theWhitney house is set-up as a living museumby the hard work and dedication of severalSociety members, including my first boss(who still inspires me), Mrs. TheresaBeauvais. For the Winchendon HistoricalSociety’s hours, events and membership infor-mation, please visit their website at winchen-donhistoricalsociety.org.

The Historical Commission is differentfrom the Historical Society. The Commissionis an organization backed by MassachusettsGeneral Laws; Commission members areappointed by the Board of Selectmen. TheHistorical Society is open to all for member-ship, and a wonderful social group of peopleinterested in history. As a new member of theHistorical Commission, I know just a little bitabout the laws and the organization, and I amlearning progressively, but I understand thereis hope through the Commission to help saveour historical structures.

Since I was a child, I’ve studied the photosin the book “Winchendon Years,” by LoisGreenwood. I have always been amazed by thebeautiful homes and businesses that used toline Central Street. For example, theMonadnock House was where Mathieu Fordused to stand, now CVS. Later called theTremont House and then The HotelWinchendon, it was a huge, fancy lodginghouse with 60 rooms. I’m not sure when orwhy it was demolished, but the recent flatten-ing of the Victorian home next to the oldMathieu Ford, on the corner of Central andMaple Streets, was also lost to CVS.

There was another big hotel on CentralStreet, on the other end where CumberlandFarms now stands. It was called the AmericanHouse and it, too, did a thriving business inthe late 1800, early1900s.

In between the twohotels was UnionBlock, another signifi-cant place of com-merce on CentralStreet. The first floorhoused multipleshops, like hat and

dress apparel, and a hardware store; upstairswas a popular place of assembly, where din-ners were held, and beneficent organizationsmet including The Grange, The Masons andThe Daughters of Isabella. It stood where youcan now find the parking lot for Athol SavingsBank. Again, I’m not sure when or why it wasdemolished, but like the rest of these proper-ties, it probably had to do with maintenanceand taxes.

Such was the case with Marchmont, nick-named “White’s Castle.” According toWinchendon Years, the builder, Mr. JosephWhite, fashioned the home after WarwickCastle and the ruins of Kenilworth inEngland. Ground breaking commenced in1887 and the White family moved into itsgrandeur in 1890. After Mr. White died in 1939,the property remained unoccupied until itwas destroyed in 1956. If you would like to seea video of Marchmont, visit Youtube.com andsearch for “Winchendon White Castle.” Thevideo shows not only the outside of thisornate structure, but also the inside of thecastle. It was magnificent.

I’ve also heard that demolition was once dis-cussed for Old Murdock. Old Murdock is nowon the National Register of Historic Places,along with the districts of Old Centre andWinchendon Village. However, a listing on theNational Register does not prevent demoli-tion.

The most recent buildings on the destruc-tion block are rumored to be Joseph’s VarietyStore and the adjacent Sidney FairbanksHouse, 22-24 Central St. As many know, this iswhere the Joseph family and late sistersCatherine Drudi and Cecile Joseph (“Seppy”)operated their family fruit and confectionerystore for over 100 years.

Many of us put our money on the counter atthis old-time penny candy store, and then pro-ceeded to pick out a variety of candy from thegreatest collection on earth. If we touched anyitems, we had to buy it – we all knew that wasthe rule and Seppy watched us closely. I willnever forget my visits to Joseph’s store…myonly regret is not visiting more often. But Iwant both Seppy and Catherine to know: I’masking any capable and concerned citizens to“put your money on the counter” to help pre-serve our history and these beautiful proper-ties.

I understand there may be currently a dealon the table for the purchase of the Josephproperties, and the potential buyer’s plan maybe to demolish the store and the home.Fortunately, there is a historic demolitionbylaw which, once invoked, delays demolitionfor up to 12 months. It does not, however, pre-vent demolition.

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PRESIDENT/PUBLISHER: FRANK CHILINSKIEDITOR: RUTH DEAMICIS

To the Editor:In reviewing the Winchendon school dis-

trict’s calendar I noticed that Good Friday isnot listed on it, but, instead, the schools areclosed for “Low Attendance Day.” This isextremely offensive. Good Friday commemo-rates the crucifixion and death of Jesus andas such deserves solemn acknowledgementrather than another assault on Christianity.

I assumed that this was political correct-ness run amok throughout the schools, how-ever, I researched online and found that “polit-ical correct” locales such as Boston, Newtonand Cambridge all use the proper name “GoodFriday.” (My faith in Greater Boston has nowrisen.) Good Friday is also listed by theMassachusetts Department of Education onits Holiday Observance list.

After further review of the Winchendonschool district’s calendar it is obvious thatother holidays such as Christmas or MartinLuther King Day have not been reduced tosuch an odious term.

Maybe the school district is taking the leadfrom President Barrack Obama who continu-ally ignores Good Friday. Shame on PresidentObama too!

The United States Constitution in its firstamendment prohibits the making of any lawrespecting an establishment of religion. Toooften people have misconstrued this to meanthat government must distance itself from allthings religious. The United States is a greatcountry, and has been the most diverse coun-

try since before even its formation and hasroom for Christians, Muslims, Jewish,Atheists and other beliefs, but whenChristianity is stripped from our schools thatmeans that a decision was made to putAtheists above Christians. That is unaccept-able and un-American.

Over the years I have watched all thingsChristian attacked and I quietly sat by butnow I must take a stand. I remember readingwhen I was younger what the noted ProtestantPastor Martin Niemöller said, “When theNazis came for the communists, I remainedsilent; I was not a communist. When theylocked up the social democrats, I remainedsilent; I was not a social democrat. When theycame for the trade unionists, I did not speakout; I was not a trade unionist. When theycame for the Jews, I remained silent; I wasn’ta Jew. When they came for me, there was noone left to speak out.”

Today, now, here in Winchendon I do notjust speak out but I holler out, “no more will Istay silent, no more will I pray that one day itwill end, no more will I wait for someone elseto take a stand.”

I entreat the Winchendon school districtand all other government units throughoutWinchendon, Massachusetts and the UnitedStates of America to end this inexcusableassault on Christianity.

ROBERT M. O’KEEFEWINCHENDON

O’Keefe: keep the meaning

400, as in this being the400th episode of this column.Congratulations, or some-thing, to me. It’s been anamazing run. Let’s see — 400more would take me roughlyto early 2021. Do-able? Let’snot even speculate!

Anyway, last week, CPAC —that’s the ConservativePolitical Action Conference —held it’s annual meetingsomewhere in the Marylandsuburbs of Washington and,as you might expect, had itselfa grand old time lambastingthe President and Democratsand progressivism in general.The organizers, who declinedto invite either New Jerseygovernor Chris Christie orVirginia governor BobMcDonnell, presumablybecause they weren’t in 100-percent lockstep with thegroup, did, however, offer aparade of golden oldies:Donald Trump, Mitt Romney,and Sarah herself, and I mustsay it was reassuring to seeshe’s just as inarticulate andill-informed as ever. You go,girl! They also offered aglimpse of the future whenMarco Rubio (introduced, noless, to the strains of boy bandBeatles wanna-be OneDirection’s “You Don’t Know

You’re Beautiful”) and RandPaul and Jeb Bush made theirobligatory appearances. Paul,by the way, won the straw poll,possibly because the Rubiosupporters were at the waterfountain? Okay, yeah, that wasweak.

But the seriously interest-ing part of the event was thedebate about why theRepublicans lost in 2012: lostthe presidency, lost ground inthe Senate, and held theHouse only because of thegerrymandering of districtlines even though DemocraticHouse candidates nationwidegained a million votes morethan GOP nominees.

There were instances thatthe Democrats won because a)they had the superior groundgame, which goes hand-in-hand with, b) Democrats hadsuperior technological advan-

tages and so on and so on.But never did I hear anyspeaker suggest that maybe,just maybe, the Republicanslost last year because thecountry wasn’t buying whatthey were trying to sell. Thisis a hard lesson for the losingside to learn and accept. WeDemocrats went through ourown denial-of-reality in the1980s. The country at thattime wasn’t buying what wewere peddling. We learned thehard way that in order to winnational elections again we’dhave to come up with policyideas that made sense andweren’t elitist and actuallyworked. We’ve now won fourof the last six and carried thepopular vote in five of the lastsix presidential elections.Republicans will tell you,accurately, that these trendsare cyclical, and eventuallythey are. But right now, as thenation’s demographicschange, it’s difficult to seehow the Republicans can com-pete in presidential electionsby trying to sell ideas folkskeep rejecting.

That’s all well and good formy side but then the questiongets raised — if my side is sopopular, how comeWashington doesn’t seem to

be able to get anything done,and, again, if my side is sopopular, how come we all toooften can’t get our ideas trans-lated into policy?

Ah, this is where it getstricky. Because the House isgoing to stay gerrymandereduntil after the 2020 census,and because even convention-al conservatives are terrifiedof being primaried by rightwing activists, it’s hard to seehow much does get done inCongress. The normal give-and-take of negotiation getsswept away by primary fear,and thus, here we are — stale-mated, all because of somegenuine kooks out there onthe far Right.

So, my friends, how do weget around this mess? We getaround it by focusing on stateand local elections. We workto elect in 2014 and then re-elect in 2018, Democratic gov-ernors and state legislatureswho are able to take theproverbial bull by its prover-bial horns and pass legisla-tion on guns, on same-sexmarriage, on economic equal-ity, on environmental issues.I’ve written before this isalready happening in somestates, most notably New Yorkand Maryland, the latter of

which just repealed the deathpenalty, and as well as inCalifornia where voters lastfall, ready for this, and youconservative readers mightwant to sit down, approved atax increase, yes, increase, forhigher education. You readthat right. You even see abunch of Republican gover-nors starting to live in the realworld, not as much as theyought to, and certainly notenough to deserve new terms,but a little bit better than theywere. In politics as is often thecase generally, you sometimestake what you can get.

We were once reminded bya famous Bostonian that, “allpolitics is local.” Speaker Tipwas, as usual, dead-on withthat assessment. Thus, thechallenge for those of us whoconsider ourselves progres-sives and yes, even, gasp, lib-erals, (not a dirty word) is toget out there with the sameenergy and enthusiasm andwillingness to work just ashard next year as we were lastyear and in 2008, only on amore localized stage. Sure, wewant to keep our Senatemajority and that’s not goingto be easy, not when we haveto defend 23 of the 33 seats,but if we reluctantly assume

that getting anything big-timedone in DC is impossible(unless we somehow win sucha staggering victory 19months from now that we takeback the House AND main-tain 54-55-56 Senate seats, andwho wants to take that bet?),the opportunities will be onthe state level. Local and stateelections aren’t as sexy asnational races, but they’re theones that now offer the chanceto get things done. It’s hard toignore the cacophony comingfrom the 24/7/365 bleatings oncable about the dysfunction ofthe federal legislature, buttuning out as much of that asyou can and rolling up yoursleeves and getting out therelocally — that’s where you canmake a difference. On issueafter issue, the indicationsfrom lots of pretty sophisti-cated polling data are that amajority of people generallyagree with our ideologicaland policy positions. That’sgreat, but it means nothing ifthey don’t get out and vote. Itmay seem too early to bethinking about the 2014 stateelections and what role youcan play, but it’s not. It’s never,ever too early. Happy spring.See you next week.

Wow! We ran out of room fast this week.We have a whole computer full of storiesand photos and info that just didn’t get in.The police log is backing up, two pages ofobits this time…we have to grow to get it inthat’s all there is to it.

We need to tell everyone, especially thosewho weren’t happy when we changed toSaturday publication that it is changingagain. To Friday, April 5th.

Thank the post office.Since they won’t be delivering on

Saturdays, we can’t very well be getting theCourier to you on time if it doesn’t come outbefore then, so we are moving back the datefor you. Expect to see it on Fridays from nowon. The reasoning that it came too late onSaturday for the events that same weekendare no longer valid. Coming out on Fridaywill work better.

With that in mind, remember the rabiesclinic at the fire station today, March 23 fromnoon to 2 p.m. And once all the pets are prop-erly vaccinated, hie thee to the clerk’s officefor the correct licenses!

We now have animal control officers onthe job much more intently, and will be fol-lowing up more keenly on the scofflaws whomiss getting the licenses on time. Fair warn-ing.

We did not deign to put snow photos in

this week. Main reason…we’re just plainsick of it and thought you might be too. Youcan see all you want by looking out the win-dow, why see it here too? We know, we know,a hundred years from now someone willwant to know that we had 12 inches of snowon March 19. Well, we just told them. Closeyour eyes and imagine it. There. No photosnecessary.

Besides, where would we have put them?We didn’t get in all the photos we wanted tothe way it was! More photos of the ToyTown play!

Oh, and speaking of plays, this weekend isthe Morton E. Converse Tournament ofPlays at the Murdock High School. Takesome time and go to it. You won’t be sorry.

When we talk about budget cuts at theschools, music programs, sports programs,arts programs…this is the talent we don’twant to lose in the shuffle. These young peo-ple are amazing. You may just catch the firstshow of a star of tomorrow, it has happenedbefore you know, very close by. Bette Davisattended Cushing Academy just down theroad…we could have her successor here atMurdock…

So do take the time if you can, they willamaze you. And good job to the youngerthespians at Toy Town! Well done.

Wish we could put in all the photos….

JERRYCARTON

JOURNEY

OF THE

HEART

Stop butting in

Ihave an occasional email cor-respondent, the happily long-lived columnist Liz Smith. Ms.Smith has been writing out-

standing columns, titled simply“Gossip,” for many, many years.She is a Texan who found fame andsuccess in the “Big Apple” and sheis the toast of every major screen-ing, party or important gatheringeven at age 90.

In reading a recent column inwhich she uses the phrase “buttingin” I began to think how seriouslythat phrase summed up many of ourcurrent international problems.

Specifically, she said: “There issome suggestion that the U.S. hasbrought this horror upon itself, withits international “butting in.”

This brought back an old saying wehad when I was a child. We would callsomeone a “Butinski” who venturedwhere he was unwanted.

One might argue as a world superpower we have an obligation to makecertain all is well in that world.

Who says so?I can argue that we should leave

other nations to their own devices inworking out their regional disputes.

One might argue that if the U.S.becomes more isolationist good peo-ple might die and friendly countriesmight be overrun.

I can argue that people are dyingevery day in these lands and in spiteof all our efforts we do not seem to beable to bring stability anywhere.How does it fall to us to spendAmerican dollars and risk Americanlives trying to sort out problems for

other human beings who insteadought to rely on their own cunning,resources and diplomacy.

What we do accomplish when weplay “Butinski” is making enemies ofthe enemies of our friends.

Let us move on to a considerationof the state of our own union.

In case my readers have missed it,we have plenty of things to worryabout right here at home. We have astaggering loss in the housing mar-ket. And if you remember economics101 you know that most people havetheir largest investment in theirhome. For years it has been a safeinvestment and one that is the key-stone to retirement planning and our“golden years.”

Today that investment for most isin serious trouble.

The government, those folks wesend to Washington to look out forour best interests, is laughable.

“We the People” are not laughing.Our representatives, however, are

laughing.They have tied us to retirement

programs, health programs andother government run benefits from

which they exempt themselves. Onecan only surmise even a poorly edu-cated citizen can figure out if ourrepresentatives don’t want to partici-pate in the programs they devise forthe rest of us there must be an odorarising somewhere in close proximi-ty to the Capitol building. And I amnot referring here to the capital ofDenmark!

If you had the medical programavailable to senators and representa-tives you would have few worries.

If you had the generous retirementplan available to senators and repre-sentatives you would have few wor-ries.

If you had the office hours of sena-tors and representatives you wouldcertainly rarely be worried.

The only thing that worries thesefolks is that we will wise up and notreturn them to Eden (my choice for anew moniker for Washington, DC.)

But, alas, over many many yearswe have not wised up. We regularlyreturn them to Eden. So again, inmost cases, no worries for our sena-tors and representatives on thatfront.

Recently, while the president shutdown White House tours because ofa serious threat to our economy, hisSecretary of State went to the MiddleEast and passed out a gazillion dol-lars.

Did you notice?Recently the salaries of people in

the employ of the White House to docalligraphy on invitations to dinnersand ceremonies were published.Shortly thereafter some company

showed online that they could do justas good a job mocking up invitationsthat were every bit as fancy for“peanuts.”

The President recently said he hadabout six months to get somethingdone.

Gee whiz!We just gave him four more years.

What will he do for the last three?In fairness, he was acknowledging

in our highly charged electioneeringculture that in another six months allof “D.C.” will be engaged in themidterm elections. The GOP will betrying to hang on to the only arm ofgovernment they currently control:the House. The President’s party willbe trying to take over the House andcontrol the whole government.

Shortly after that is decided, lots ofthe president’s pals, as well as plentyof his enemies, will be off and run-ning for the next presidential nomi-nation. When our representatives areout and about in the land trying tohold onto their seats in Eden, gainmore seats in Eden, to actuallymonopolize Eden, they do not havemuch time for productive work.

Perhaps it is time for we citizens totake the role of “Butinski” seriously.I think our country would be wellserved if the voters became“Butinskis” and started butting in onmany fronts domestically.

Why not take some drastic steps.The U.S. could require each coun-

try to be responsible for their owneconomy and their own safety. Handsoff. None of our business.

The United States could have term

limits. Two terms to U.S. Senatorsand three terms for Congressmen.

Foreign aid would become, well,foreign to us.

Because there would not be any.There would be Social Aid. This

would be money we would use to helpin any area of the world hit by natu-ral disaster. Our involvement abroadwould be limited entirely to humani-tarian aid.

We would ask the United Nationsto relocate.

That organization, for all the highhopes and expectations, has been anunmitigated disaster. Not only do wehouse it in our country, we put upwith all the shenanigans that accom-pany “diplomatic immunity.” Wemay be required to participate but weare not required to play host to guestswho clearly have little respect for ourcountry or our people.

Every elected representative wouldbe required to participate in exactlythe same governmental programsavailable to the people. No specialdeals or perks.

Citizen service would be what wewould honor.

Our rallying cry will be to BUTTOUT of the affairs of other nationsand BUTT IN to the affairs of ourown country.

Simplistic?You bet.

If you missed the last column pub-lished in the paper you can access it at:blair-notes.blogspot.com

JACK BLAIR

NOTES OFCONCERN

The 400th

NAPLES, FL — FrancesL. (Ayers) Stacy, age 69 ofWinchendon died Feb. 23,2013 at Physicians RegionalMedical Center in Naples,FL surrounded by her lov-ing companion and family.

She was born on June 25,1943 in Brockton the daugh-

ter of Howard F. Ayers and Helena B.(MacDougall) Ayers.

Frances lived most of her life in theMondanock Region, raising her five childrenin Antrim, Francestown and Peterborough,NH. Later in life she lived in Jaffrey, WestBoylston, and settled in Winchendon. She wasactive in her community and was a member ofthe Jaffrey-Rindge Lions Club, for which shewon the Vice President Award.

After raising her five children, Francesfocused on building a career. At the age of 32she earned her high school diploma. She thencontinued on to Franklin Pierce College, whileworking two jobs, andearned her Associatein Arts in 1988, andthen graduated cumlaude with a Bachelorsin Science in 1991. Shewas an accomplishedwoman and had a longsuccessful career inbanking. She retiredin 2005 as a vice presi-dent for TDBanknorth. Her hardwork and determina-tion was an inspira-tion to her childrenand those who knewher.

Frances enjoyedvacationing with hercompanion ThomasHanrahan, whichincluded many cruis-es, visits to Aruba,Hawaii and winteringin Naples, FL. Sheloved to cook; herfriends and neighborscould count on her to

share in her delicious meals. She was a gener-ous woman always willing to help family andfriends in need. Spending time with her grand-children brought her much happiness. Hergreatest joy and priority in life was her family.

Frances is survived by her children, WilliamStacy, III and his wife, Mary of Rindge; SusanStacy and her husband Paul Crosby of Alstead,NH; Michelle Jarest of Peterborough, NH;Carrie Lynn Nye and her husband David ofJaffrey; James Stacy and his wife Lauren ofHancock, NH; a sister Priscilla Gladu ofDeering, NH; a brother John Ayers; and hergrandchildren Teresa Kimball, ZacharyMaynard, Spencer Jarest, Morgan Stacy,Rebecca Stacy, Samuel Stacy, and Hannah Nye.

She was predeceased by her parents and abrother, Robert Ayers.

A Celebration of Life was held at the FirstCongregational Church in Hancock, NH onSaturday, March 16, 2013.

A private burial with family will be held inthe summer.

Frances L. (Ayers) Stacy, 69


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LANCASTER — Evelyn(Flaherty) Vattes, age 99, a leg-endary educator who taughtfor decades in the ClintonPublic Schools, passed away onWednesday, March 13, 2013 atUMass Memorial MedicalCenter after a brief illness.

Mrs. Vattes was preceded in death by hertwo husbands, Hans Vattes and RichardVattes. She is survived by her nieces andnephews, Patricia Velardo of Key West, FL;Marianne McDonough of Winchendon;Michael J. Flaherty, Jr. of Ayer; and ThomasFlaherty of Clinton. She leaves her grand-nephew, Anthony Velardo of Marlborough;grandniece Glynn Velardo of Hudson; genera-tions of additional nieces and nephews; aswell as her compassionate and loving care-givers, with whom she spent the last severalyears, most notably: Jane Burgoyne ofLancaster; Linda Hennis of Clinton; MaryLou Lahoue of Townsend; and Esther Culleyof Lancaster. She was pre-deceased by herbrother, Michael J. Flaherty Sr., and three sis-ters: Mary MacLean, Anne Meacham, andVirginia Morrow.

Evelyn was born Aug. 11, 1913, daughter ofthe late Michael and Nora (Connelly)Flaherty. She was raised in Clinton and grad-uated from Clinton High School in 1931. She

attended Fitchburg State Teachers Collegeand graduated with a Bachelor’s degree ineducation in 1935. Mrs. Vattes began hercareer in the education field as a substituteteacher with the Clinton Public Schools. In1942 she joined the faculty at Bowers Schoolon Water Street in Clinton and taught both 4th& 5th grades before being appointed as princi-pal. During her tenure, Mrs. Vattes was hon-ored with citations from the Commonwealthof Massachusetts and the town of Clinton forher innovation, creativity, resourcefulnessand compassion as an outstanding educator.

In August 2009, many former studentsjoined Mrs. Vattes to celebrate her 97th birth-day. This was a momentous occasion for Mrs.Vattes as her former students regaled herwith stories of their days in her classroomand the wonderful and innovative teachingmethods she employed to make learningenjoyable and meaningful for all. Mrs. Vatteswas extremely proud of her career spent asboth teacher and Principal at Bowers Schoolwhile personally devoting herself to her fami-ly and community throughout her lifetime.

Funeral services were held on Saturday,March 16, 2013 from the Philbin-ComeauFuneral Home (philbincomeaufh.com), 176Water St., Clinton, with a Mass of Christianburial celebrated in St. John the EvangelistChurch. Burial followed in St. John Cemetery,Lancaster.

Richard Lawrence Nims, 88BRAINTREE — Richard

Lawrence Nims, of Braintree,age 88, died at South ShoreHospital on March 9, 2013.

Richard is survived by hiswife of 64 years, Leona (Nardi)Nims, his daughter Judith M.Nims and his son Gary J. NimsSr. of Braintree. He also leaves

his grandsons Gary J. Nims Jr. and his wifeNierika of Belmont, Shaun M. Phillips ofRockland and his granddaughter Rachel A.Phillips and her fiancé Joseph Innis ofWhitman. He is beloved by his great-grand-children Maya and Joseph, and many niecesand nephews, including his niece SherwoodModestino and her husband Anthony ofHanson.

Richard was born in Hyde Park and lived inBraintree for the last 54 years. He was a grad-uate of Northeastern University, class of 1950and belonged to the Sigma Honor Society.Richard then earned his Masters degree fromBoston University, class of 1951, and went onto teach social studies at Weymouth HighSchool for many years. He was the formertreasurer of the Kiwanis Club inWinchendon.

The funeral service was held at the C.C.Shepherd Funeral Home (ccshepherd.com),134 Pleasant St. (Columbian Square), So.Weymouth on Wednesday, March 13.

Donations may be made to St. JudeChildren’s Research Hospital 313 WashingtonSt. #310, Newton, MA 02458.

OBITUARIESDouglas E. Kjornes, 70

WATERTOWN, SD —Douglas E. Kjornes age 70, ofWatertown, passed awayMarch 9, 2013 at his home froma long battle of cancer with hisfamily at his side.

Douglas Erving was born onNov. 4, 1942 in Minneapolis,MN to Wilfred and Eloise

(Hanson) Kjornes. He was raised in thePentecostal faith. Doug attended WashburnHigh School and was in enlisted in the Armyin 1960 (101st Airborne) with an honorabledischarge in 1969.

On Feb. 22, 1969 he was united in marriagewith Donna Brandriet. Doug worked for theMinnesota Water Dept. and as a machinist atNorthland Aluminum. He retired from FirstChristian Nursing Home, where he was asupervisor of the maintenance and house-keeping. Doug & Donna retired and moved to

their home on Lake Kampeskain Watertown, South Dakota in2004.

Grateful for having shared hislife is his wife, Donna ofWatertown, five children, Daniel(Angie) Kjornes of Minneapolis;Donald (Kayla) Kjornes of Winchendon;Michelle Kjornes of Minneapolis; CindyKjornes of Watertown; and Mark (Lindsey)Kjornes of Minneapolis, 10 grandchildren,one great-grandchild, his mother, Eloise ofBloomington, two sisters, Winnie (Phil) Kopeof Bloomington; Diane Blomberg of Edina hisbrother, and Paul (Mary) Kjornes ofMinneapolis. Preceding him in death was hisfather, Wilfred E. Kjornes.

Memorial Services were held at CrawfordFuneral Chapel in Watertown on March 17.

Dorothy Joan Keane, 69NEWPORT, NH — Dorothy Joan Keane died

peacefully at age 69 in the dementia unit atSummercrest in Newport, NH on March 7,2013. She formerly lived in Rindge.

Joan was born on June 18, 1943 inChattanooga, TN, grew up in Cleveland, OHand graduated from Kent State University in1965. She moved to New England in 1967because of her interest in winter sports. Joangot a Masters’ degree from Fitchburg StateUniversity and taught in the public schools inWinchendon for many years. She taught 6thgrade as well as special education and science.She loved biology and vernal pools. Joanbefriended many students and was well lovedby all who knew her.

Joan loved animals and had many cats anddogs over the years. Her interests includedgardening, knitting and crocheting, and col-lecting antiques. Antique furniture and glass-ware adorned her home. She belonged to theNellie Perkins Doll Club and had an extensivecollection of antique dolls whose authenticityshe carefully researched. Joan had a realinterest in the history in and around Rindgeand was a very active volunteer at the Rindge

Historical Society. Joan loved her flower gar-dens, combined this love with her historicalinterests and helped to restore the old peren-nial gardens at the Rindge Historical Societyin addition to leading tours there.

Joan was very kind to her neighbors. Sheadopted a senior citizen in Rindge and tookher to doctor’s appointments for many years.

Joan was diagnosed with Fronto-TemporalDementia in 2007 and faced her condition withdetermination and courage. She lived atSummerhill in Peterborough, NH and subse-quently at Summercrest in Newport, NHwhere her caregivers provided safe, tenderand loving care.

Joan was predeceased by her parentsJoseph and Grace (Cantrell) Keane. She is sur-vived by her brother Joseph, her niece Cindy,by many cousins including Martha Robb andher family as well as by close friends.

A private service is planned. In Joan’s mem-ory, be kind to someone in need.

The Newton-Bartlett Funeral Home (new-tonbartlett.com) is in charge of arrange-ments.

Evelyn Vattes, 99

Editor’s Note: The information contained inthis police log was obtained through public doc-uments kept by the police department, and isconsidered to be the account of the police. Allsubjects are considered innocent until provenguilty in a court of law.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6

12:53-3:15 a.m.: 16 building checks, secure;2:35 a.m.: suspicious auto (Main Street) spokento; 3:00 a.m.: officer wanted (Ash Street) spo-ken to; 7:31 a.m.: warrant arrest (Main Street)unable to locate; 8:42 a.m.: ambulance (MasonStreet) transport; 9:01 MV violation (SpringStreet) traffic citation issued; 9:38 a.m.: noisecomplaint (West Street) spoken to; 9:46 a.m.:noise complaint (West Street) info taken; 10:06a.m.: assist motorist (Pleasant Street) assisted;10:20 a.m.: summons service (Mill Street)unable to serve; 10:31 a.m.: summons service(Linden Street) unable to serve; 10:36 MV viola-tion (Water Street) traffic citation issued; 11:23a.m.: summons service (Mill Circle) unable toserve; 12:01 p.m.: ambulance (Walnut Street)removed to hospital; 12:17 p.m.: transport(Pleasant Street); 1:00 p.m.: summons service(Baldwinville State Road) served; 1:05 p.m.:summons service (Baldwinville State Road)unable to serve; 1:11 p.m.: officer wanted (walkin) spoken to; 1:22 p.m.: summons (RiverStreet) unable to serve; 3:24 p.m.: MV stop(Front Street) verbal warning; 3:36 p.m.: fraud(Glenallen Street) report taken; 4:31 a.m.: MVstop (Central Street) traffic citation issued; 4:39p.m.: summons service (River Street) unable toserve; 4:50 p.m.: officer wanted (Spring Street)spoken to; 4:53 p.m.: lift assist (Hyde ParkDrive) services rendered; 4:59 p.m.: summonsservice (Baldwinville State Road) unable tolocate; 5:04 p.m.: MV stop (Spring Street) sum-mons: Craig C. Evans age 30 of 66 BenjaminSt., Winchendon: operating MV with licensesuspended; 5:09 p.m.: warrant check (AlgerStreet) unable to locate; 5:21 p.m.: MV stop(Pleasant Street) verbal warning; 5:22 p.m.:warrant arrest (Gardner Road) arrest: PaulChitpanya age 25 of 64 Gardner Road,Winchendon: warrant arrest; 5:09 p.m.: war-rant arrest (Pleasant Street) arrest: Michael T.Anderson age 21 of 481 Alger St., Winchendon:warrant arrest; 7:14 p.m.: larceny (PhyllisRoad) report taken; 7:16 p.m.: general info(Pleasant Street) info taken; 7:26 p.m.: officerwanted (Central Street) spoken to; 7:47 p.m.:warrant check (Main Street) unable to locate:8:01 p.m.: summons service (Mill Street)unable to serve. 8:05 p.m.: warrant check (ToyTown Lane) unable to locate; 8:29 p.m.: MV stop(Water Street) verbal warning; 8:36 p.m.: noisecomplaint (Ipswich Drive) spoken to; 8:40 p.m.:general info (Pleasant Street) referred to DPW;8:42 p.m.: warrant check (Toy Town Lane)unable to serve; 8:48 p.m.: traffic hazard(Baldwinville Road) gone on arrival; 9:03 p.m.:burglar alarm (School Street) secure; 10:06p.m.: accident (Forristal Road) no police serv-ice necessary; 10:22 p.m.: disturbance (Maple

Street) spoken to; 11:11 p.m.: disabled MV(Baldwinville State Road) info taken.

THURSDAY, MARCH 7

12:12-2:00 a.m.: seven building checks,secure; 12:33 a.m.: MV stop (River Street) writ-ten warning; 12:49 a.m.: suspicious auto(Gardner Road) secure; 3:43 a.m.: ambulance(Central Street) removed to hospital; 5:48 a.m.:burglar alarm (Main Street) secure; 8:16 a.m.:summons service (Mill Street) unable to serve;8:31 a.m.: MV violation (School Street) trafficcitation issued; 8:40 a.m.: MV violation (SchoolStreet) traffic citation issued; 8:50 a.m.: MVviolation (School Street) traffic citation issued;9:09 a.m.: MV violation (Baldwinville StateRoad) traffic citation issued; 9:26 a.m.: sum-mons service (Pleasant Street) summonsserved; 9:42 a.m.: officer wanted (West Street)report taken; 9:46 a.m.: summons service(Russell Farm Road) unable to serve; 9:49 a.m.:MV violation (Gardner Road) traffic citationissued; 9:51 a.m.: officer wanted (ElmwoodRoad) spoken to; 9:56 a.m.: MV violation(Gardner Road) traffic citation issued; 10:24a.m.: investigation (Glenallen Street) infotaken; 10:29 a.m.: summons service (MillCircle) summons served; 10:31 a.m.: MV viola-tion (Glenallen Street) traffic citation issued;10:49 a.m.: investigation (Spring Street) infotaken; 11:12 a.m.: ambulance (Hyde ParkDrive) removed to hospital; 11:27 a.m.: MV vio-lation (Gardner Road) traffic citation issued;11:46 a.m.: ambulance (Teel Road) removed tohospital; 11:49 a.m.: MV violation (MurdockAvenue) spoken to; 12:01 p.m.: 209A service(Walnut Street) 209A served to defendant; 12:58p.m.: summons service (Pleasant Street)served; 1:27 p.m.: ambulance (Pleasant Street)transport; 1:36 p.m.: MV violation (GardnerRoad) traffic citation issued; 1:38 p.m.: MV vio-lation (Gardner Road) traffic citation issued;2:37 p.m.: MV violation (Baldwinville StateRoad) traffic citation issued; 3:22 p.m.: officerwanted (Beech Street) spoken to; 4:20 p.m.: gen-eral info (Pleasant Street) spoken to; 5:26 p.m.:structure fire (Metcalf Street) fire extin-guished; 6:15 p.m.: accident (Gardner Road)services rendered; 6:41 p.m.: ambulance(School Street) transport; 6:56 p.m.: ambulance(High Street) transport; 7:00 p.m.: officer want-ed (Pleasant Street) spoken to; 9:45 p.m.: gener-al info (Pleasant Street) spoken to; 11:05 officerwanted (Maple Street) transport; 11:22 p.m.:one building checks, secure.

FRIDAY, MARCH 8

1:20 a.m.: traffic hazard (Glenallen Street)removed traffic hazard; 3:53 a.m.: private partytowed (Central Street) MV towed; 3:56 a.m.:vandalism (School Street) arrest: Dylan H.Peterson age 19 of 39 Pond St. Apt. #3,Winchendon: vandalizing property; 6:47 a.m.:disabled MV (School Street) spoken to; 7:22a.m.: animal complaint (Glenallen Street)referred to ACO; 7:52 a.m.: assist citizen(Glenallen Street) assisted; 8:20 disabled MV(River Street) spoken to; 9:20 a.m.: officer want-ed (Main Street) info taken; 9:23 a.m.: accident(Brown Street) report taken; 9:36 a.m.: accident(School Street) report taken; 9:52 a.m.: firealarm (Ready Drive) assisted; 10:44 a.m.: sexoffender registration (Brooks Road) info taken;11:44 p.m.: general info (Mill Glen Pond NorthRoad) info given; 12:20 p.m.: MV violation(School Street) traffic citation issued; 12:38p.m.: property lost (Goodrich Drive) spoken to;12:45 p.m.: unwanted party (Hyde Street)report taken; 1:19 p.m.: fire alarm (ReadyDrive) assisted; 3:41 p.m.: general info (phone)spoken to; 4:23 p.m.: disabled MV (Central

Street) services ren-dered; 4:55 p.m.: gener-al info (walk in) spo-ken to; 4:56 p.m.: offi-cer wanted (walk in)spoken to; 5:00 p.m.:DPW call (LindenStreet) referred to

DPW; 5:04 p.m.: arrest (Maple Street) arrest:Joseph J. Medeiros, Jr. age 22 of 116 Maple St.Apt. #6, Winchendon: possession to distributeClass B drug two counts, possession to distrib-ute Class E drug two counts; 6:38 p.m.: ambu-lance (Whitney Street) removed to hospital;8:20 p.m.: ambulance (walk in) removed to hos-pital; 9:20 MV stop (Front Street) verbal warn-ing; 9:29 p.m.: summons service (Beech Street)unable to serve; 9:37 p.m.: suspicious person(Central Street) spoken to: 11:35 p.m.: assist cit-izen (Bayberry Circle) assisted.

SATURDAY, MARCH 9

12:05-4:15 a.m.: 14 building checks, secure;2:05 a.m.: suspicious auto (West Street) secure;2:40 a.m.: parking violation (West Street) infotaken. 5:30 a.m.: ambulance (Central Street)removed to hospital; DPW call (Teel Road)referred to DPW; 8:43 a.m.: burglar alarm (EastMonomonac Road) secure; 10:58 a.m.: ambu-lance (West Monomonac Road) removed tohospital; 11:25 a.m.: trespassing (Spring Street)unable to locate: 11:42 a.m.: parking violation(Central Street) traffic citation issued; 11:56a.m.: parking violation (Grove Street) trafficcitation issued; 12:23 p.m.: animal complaint(Mill Glen Road) referred to other agency; 12:37p.m.: MV stop (High Street) traffic citationissued; 12:50 p.m.: MV stop (Front Street) ver-bal warning; 2:14 p.m.: MV stop; (Pearl Street)verbal warning; 12:48 p.m.: ambulance (MainStreet) arrest: Constance Foley age 43 of 10Pleasant St. Apt. #1, Baldwinville: assault andbattery with dangerous weapon; 3:27 p.m.: acci-dent (Mill Street) no police service necessary;3:33 p.m.: ambulance (River Street) removed tohospital; 4:06 p.m.: animal complaint(Woodlawn Street) services rendered; 4:08 p.m.:accident (Central Street) services rendered;6:05 p.m.: ambulance (Central Street) removedto hospital; 8:07 p.m.: summons service (BeechStreet) unable to serve; 8:41 p.m.: animal com-plaint (Pleasant Street) services rendered;11:07 p.m.: ambulance (Hyde Park Drive)removed to hospital.

SUNDAY, MARCH 10

12:24-1:55 a.m.: nine building checks, secure;12:36 a.m.: general info (Glenallen Street)unfounded; 12:59 a.m.: general info (MillStreet) info given; 3:19 a.m.: parking violation(Walnut Street) traffic citation issued; 3:34a.m.: parking violation (Elm Street) trafficcitation issued; 4:46 a.m.: ambulance (MainStreet) removed to hospital; 9:50 a.m.: investi-gation (Pleasant Street) report taken; 11:13a.m.: larceny (Lincoln Avenue Extension) spo-ken to; 11:56 a.m.: disabled MV (ConverseDrive) no police service necessary; 2:02 p.m.:MV stop (Front Street) arrest: Trishia AnnDucharme age 24 of 484 Brown St.,Winchendon: operating MV with license sus-pended; 3:14 p.m.: general info (AtholMemorial Hospital) info taken; 3:26 p.m.: inves-tigation (Main Street) info taken; 4:09 p.m.:extra patrols (Lincoln Avenue Extension)secure; 4:26 p.m.: animal complaint (AlgerStreet) assisted; 4:46 p.m.: property lost(Benjamin Street) info taken; 5:00 p.m.: war-rant check (Central Street) info given; 6:04p.m.: MV stop (Baldwinville State Road) verbalwarning. 6:08 p.m.: MV stop (Main Street) writ-ten warning; 7:33 p.m.: general info (SchoolStreet) spoken to; 7:55 p.m.: harassment (MapleStreet) report taken; 8:43 p.m.: officer wanted(Maple Street) spoken to; 9:08 p.m.: general info(Mill Glen Road) assisted.

MONDAY, MARCH 11

12:01-2:45 a.m.: 14 building checks, secure;12:48 a.m.: MV stop (Central Street) verbalwarning; 2:24 a.m.: disabled MV (SpringStreet) secure; 7:16 a.m.: ambulance (CentralStreet) removed to hospital; 7:51 a.m.: unat-tended death (Hyde Park Drive) report taken;8:29 a.m.: disturbance (Monadnock Avenue)arrest: juvenile, age 16: domestic assault andbattery; 11:19 vandalism (Alger Street) report

taken; 11:48 a.m.: officer wanted (River Street)spoken to; 12:02 p.m.: ambulance (IpswichDrive) removed to hospital; 1:21 p.m.: missingperson (Mill Glen Road) spoken to; 1:58 p.m.:brush fire (River Street) spoken to; 2:30 p.m.:assist other agency (Pearl Street) assisted; 2:36p.m.: vandalism (Spring Street) report taken;3:20 p.m.: mutual aid fire (Green Street) servic-es rendered; 3:40 p.m.: ambulance (BrownStreet) removed to hospital; 3:43 p.m.: ATVcomplaint (Elm Street) gone on arrival; 4:19p.m.: vandalism (Mechanic Street) summons:Mitchell David Doody age 18 of 361 HitchcockRoad, Winchendon: vandalize property; 5:42p.m.: summons service (Beech Street) unableto serve; 5:51 p.m.: assist citizen (School Street)services rendered; 5:55 p.m.: summons service(Russell Farm Road) unable to serve; 6:05 p.m.:MV stop (Baldwinville Road) written warning;6:27 p.m.: MV stop (Glenallen Street) verbalwarning; 7:19 p.m.: summons serve (RussellFarm Road) summons served; 7:54 p.m.:harassment (Crosby Road) spoken to; 8:29 p.m.:suspicious person (Hyde Park Drive) unable tolocate; 9:25 p.m.: summons service (BeechStreet) summons served; 10:06 p.m.: domestic(North Royalston Road) arrest: ThavyDonovan age 42 of 9 North Royalston Road,Winchendon: domestic assault and battery;11:29 p.m.: officer wanted (North RoyalstonRoad) services rendered; 11:34 p.m.: ambulance(River Street) removed to hospital.

TUESDAY, MARCH 12

12:01 a.m.: MV stop (Gardner Road) verbalwarning; 12:14-1:24 a.m.: eight building checks,secure; 1:31 a.m.: extra patrols (Elmwood Road)spoken to; 7:04 a.m.: welfare check (addresswill not be printed) spoken to; 7:23 a.m.: noticeof trespass entry (Pearl Street) info given; 7:51a.m.: property found (Maple Street) propertyreturned to owner; 8:17 a.m.: ambulance(Woodlawn Street) removed to hospital; 10:05a.m.: ambulance (Linden Street) removed tohospital; 10:51a.m: assist other PD (FrontStreet) unable to locate; 10:58 a.m.: assist otherPD (Spring Street) unable to locate; 11:33 a.m.:ambulance (Brown Street) assisted; 11:36 a.m.:ambulance (Central Street) assisted; 11:59 a.m.:illegal dumping (Hall Road) referred to DPW;1:20 p.m.: property found (Emerald Street)property returned to owner; 1:43 p.m.: investi-gation (Front Street) unable to locate, sum-mons: Eric M. L’Etoile age 27 of 34 MonadnockAve, Winchendon: litter trash; 1:55 p.m.: ambu-lance (Spring Street) removed to hospital; 2:03p.m.: assist other agency (Central Street)assisted; 2:12 p.m.: ambulance (Front Street)assisted; 3:25 p.m.: suspicious auto (HaleStreet) spoken to; 3:31 p.m.: animal complaint(School Street) no police service necessary;5:13 p.m.: investigation (Front Street) spokento; 5:36 p.m.: investigation (River Street) spo-ken to; 5:39 officer wanted (Franklin Street)report taken; 5:43 p.m.: investigation (FrontStreet) spoken to; 6:35 p.m.: MV stop (MainStreet) verbal warning; 6:46 p.m.: ambulance(East Street) removed to hospital; 6:55 p.m.: MVstop (Main Street) traffic citation issued; 7:18p.m.: ambulance (Congress Road) removed tohospital; 7:43 p.m.: harassment (Crosby Road)spoken to.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13

12:16 a.m.: 14 building checks, secure; 12:55a.m.: MV stop (Glenallen Street) verbal warn-ing; 5:49 a.m.: burglar alarm (Main Street)services rendered; 11:38 a.m.: ambulance (HallRoad) removed to hospital; 12:39 p.m.: appre-hension warrant (Mechanic Street) transport;1:09 p.m.: welfare check (addresses will not beprinted) removed to hospital; 1:23 p.m.: miss-ing person (Lincoln Avenue) spoken to; 3:30p.m.: fight disturbance (Spring Street) servicesrendered; 3:39 p.m.: animal complaint (OtterRiver Road) services rendered; 4:18 p.m.: sui-cide threats (Franklin Street) services ren-dered; 6:02 p.m.: ambulance (Main Street)removed to hospital;


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SPORTSSPORTSWinter sports awards presented

By the timeyou readthis, theN C A A

tournament willbe well into it’ssecond round. I’mwriting this onSunday nightafter the field wasannounced and I still believe theteam to beat is Georgetown. TheHoyas play a kind of patient gamethat frustrates and frequentlyunnerves opponents as the inten-sity level increases in March.True, G-town fell to Syracuse lastweekend in the Big East semis,but I’m not holding that againstthem. The tournament is wide-open and while another supposedBig East school, Louisville (mak-ing a pit stop in the league on itsway from Conference-USA to theACC) has the overall top seed, it’sreasonable to think any numberof teams could emerge on topwhen all is said and done. Youmight like Gonzaga or Indiana orMichigan or Duke or Miami, oran upset special like New Mexico,

and you can make acase for any of those,too. I’ll go withGeorgetown.

Predicting the win-ner of the tournamentmeans at least thatwe’re dealing with thehere-and-now. I wasamused last week

when the debate raged about who“won” the opening days of the NFL’sfree agency extravaganza. InBaltimore there was near panic andgreat angst when the champions lostseveral defensive players and widereceiver Anquan Boldin. Let’s startwith Boldin. He had a fine post sea-son, no question. He also caught allof four scores during the regularseason. That’s one every four games.And he’s what, 34-35 years old? Youreally think that’s so irreplaceable?It’s true that the Ravens lost someguys who were key to their defen-sive success, but it’s important tokeep in mind that the NFL is prima-rily a quarterback-driven leagueand there seems to be no more argu-ment about Joe Flacco, as thereshouldn’t be. Save Boldin and newly

retired Matt Birk, the rest of theoffense is intact.

Then there’s this. As some fanswrite off the 2013 season an absurdfive and half months before it starts,I’d suggest waiting to see who savvygeneral manager Ozzie Newsomebrings in, whether through freeagency and/or the draft, and, oh yes,it might be a good idea to wait aswell until some actual games areplayed before giving up. A little per-spective and rationality, please.

There’s lot of angst here in NewEngland as well. It’s no secret thatTom Brady isn’t one bit happy aboutlosing Wes Welker to his buddyPeyton Manning in Denver, but itcouldn’t possibly have come as asurprise, either. Welker and thecoaching staff had clearly tired ofone another, and the way the Pats,and the Ravens too, do business, iscalculating and unsentimental.That’s a major reason both organi-zations are continually successful.Danny Woodhead left for the AFCWest too, going to the Chargers, butI’d advise Patriots fans, too, to holdtheir verbal fire until the games getstarted.

That’s not what fans do, though, ofcourse. Sports incites emotion. I getthat. I’ve been a little immune tothat this year because I’m still savor-ing the Super Bowl win and am notquite ready to let go of last year. It’sstill been less than two months.Soon enough, okay?

In any event, we’re not going toknow who “won’ free agency for awhile. Two Marches ago, the Eaglessigned every free agent in the solarsystem, proclaimed themselves the“Dream Team” (well, Vince Youngdid anyway) and have since rolled toa breathtaking 12-20 record. Phillyfans aren’t the nicest in the firstplace so you can imagine what thereaction will be in the city of oftenless than Brotherly Love if AndyReid and Alex Smith get the Chiefsto the post-season while the Eaglesfall short again.

All that said, let’s checkback in , say, early November, at thehalfway mark before rushing tojudgments. How’s that sound?

There wasn’t much soundwhen Team USA competed, and lostin the World Baseball Classic lastweek. The concept is great but the

timing isn’t real good for guys whonormally use spring training just toget the kinks out, and this year, thewhole thing may well have come at abig time price for the Metropolitanswho might begin the season withtheir best player, third basemanDavid Wright on the DL. The DL allacross New York is a crowded placethese days. Ask A-Rod and Tex. Theproblem with the WBC, though, ifyou want Team USA involved, andyou do,you want and need the TVmoney, is that if March isn’t a goodtime, when is? The players’ unionsure won’t sign on to a Novembertournament, so I don’t know. Theenthusiasm of the Latino fans, asopposed to the relative disinterest ofAmerican fans, has been fun towatch. Anyway, Opening Day isjust nine days away, eight countingthe Sunday night opener when theAstros make their AL debut againstthe Rangers, so next week in thisspace we can make some predic-tions. Can the Giants make it threeout of four? Stay tuned. See youhere next week.

Madness…and new teams

JERRYCARTON

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VOLUNTEER FOR THE PAN-MASSACHUSETTSCHALLENGE

NEEDHAM – The Pan-MassachusettsChallenge (PMC) is seeking volunteers to helpwith registration, medical support, bike repairs,luggage transportation, security, food service, set-up and clean-up during the two-day bike-a-thonthat spans 190 miles across the Commonwealth.Volunteer registration for the 34th annual PMC,which is set for Aug. 2-4, opened Wednesday,March 20.

Since its inception in 1980, the PMC has raised$375 million to support adult and pediatricpatient care and cancer research at Dana-FarberCancer Institute. More than 3,200 volunteers helpthe PMC keep its operating expenses low, makingit possible for 100 percent of every rider-raiseddollar to be dedicated to the cause. In 2012, thePMC generated 52 percent of the Jimmy Fund’sannual revenue.

“Volunteers of all ages are an integral part ofthe year-round success of the Pan-MassChallenge,” said PMC founder and ExecutiveDirector Billy Starr. “During PMC weekend,whether individuals are passing out registrationpackets or working behind the scenes to ensurecyclists have food, water and mechanical assis-tance their efforts matter in the fight against can-cer.”

Volunteers can help before the event, on allthree days of PMC weekend, Aug. 2-4, or volun-teer one day and participate in the SundayVolunteer Ride from Bourne to Wellesley. Formore information about the PMC, or to register tovolunteer, visit pmc.org.

COMEAU LEADS SHAMROCK

He was one of the younger runners, but JordanComeau, who does his school racing for CushingAcademy, was the first to cross the finish line inlast Saturday’s chilly Shamrock Shuffle , complet-ing the course in 28:36:4. Joe Bulger led the 40-49males in 33:11:5. Mike Sawyer headed the 50-plusmen in 33:13:5. Tina Dowling was the firstwoman across the line, stopping the clock in33:45:2. Erik Herrera led the 20-29 year olds in34:14:7. and Tom Kane headed the over-60 group in40:56.9.

FPU ADVANCES TO ELITE EIGHT

Beating Bridgeport 57 - 52 earned the FranklinPierce Ravens their first ever trip to the NCAA D-2 Elite Eight where they played last night inLouisville, KY against either Metro or St. Mary’s.The victory over Bridgeport gave the Ravens theEast Regional title.

CASTAWAYS

The Castaways swim team posted 42 personalbests in the recent Mid States. Emma Bates,Drew Lawrence and Kiley Young each capturedthree events. Lawrence tallied in the 25 back-stroke and butterfly and the 100 intermediate.Bates scored in the 50 back and breaststroke andthe 100-free and Young won the 50 back and freeand the 100 free. The boys 9-10 relay team of SamFolger, Chris and Nick Lamb and Joe Pervier alsowon their event.

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SPORTS BRIEFS

CheerleadingCheerleading awards: MVP: Gabriella Lombard; Most Improved: SamanthaDearden; Coaches Award: Caitlin Thayer.

Boys basketballBoys Basketball: only Charles Husslebee, top athletein the classroom, was available for a photo. Otherwinners were: Top Defender: Patrick Culverhouseand Top Scorer: Jack Murphy.

TrackBoys Indoor Track: MVP: Daniel Fournier; Most Improved: Jordan Manuel; Coaches Award: Kyle Blouin. GirlsIndoor Track: MVP: Mariah Tenney; Most Improved: Alyssa Labrack; Iron Women: Brianna Dellechiaie.

TAMMY ST. PIERRE PHOTOS

Girls basketballGirls Basketball: MVP: CaSandra Parkhurst; Most Improved: Amber Brown;Coaches Award: Sara Vose.

Columbia, SC, which counts AYF as a client,conducted a survey in recent years andreached the conclusion that “a study ofinjuries occurring from 2009 to 2011 inAmerican Youth Football indicates that therisks of injuries to lighter players is about thesame in the weighted (age groups and maxi-mum weights for all players), modified (agegroups and maximum weights for ball carri-ers only), and unlimited (age groups only)divisions.”

Weight, though, is a single factor in a larg-er debate regarding injuries in youth football— the debate over what causes them, and howto reduce them.

Dawn Comstock is an associate professor ofepidemiology at the Colorado School of PublicHealth. Her injury surveillance groupreceived a grant from NFL Charities and dis-covered that “middle school football playerswere nine or almost 10 times more likely tosustain concussions in practice than PopWarner players. Pop Warner says its groupingof players by both age and weight makes a bigdifference when it comes to safety.

Jon Butler, who’s the executive director ofthe Youth Sports Safety Alliance, to which PopWarner belongs, noted about 275,000 kids par-

ticipated in Pop Warner in 2012, and pointedout that Comstock’s study was conducted lastyear, when even more stringent safety ruleswere put in place.

“There’s so much misinformation right nowthat unfortunately parents treat as fact. Ithink once we started to get some of this dataout about the incidence of concussions, hope-fully we’ll maintain participation. I think foot-ball is not going to go away,” he said.

Butler was speaking last week at a youthsports safety summit in Washington wheremembers of Congress were briefed on theYSSA’s new National Action Plan to protectyoung athletes. Part of that plan includesencouraging the hiring of full-time athletictrainers at America’s high schools.

“Right now, we’re probably somewhereabout half of the high schools with access toan athletic trainer full or part-time,” saidDoug Casa, director of athletic training atUConn. Casa is working to identify howmany schools have full time trainers. No localschools employ full-time trainers.

“This is the first time the country’s everbeen surveyed to get a sense of what the highschool athletic health care coverage is,” Casasaid.

“All the work we’re doing on all thesethings needs to trickle down to lower agegroups,” added Comstock.

The concern is well founded. A new studyconducted by the Center for Injury Researchat Nationwide Children’s Hospital inColumbus, OH said the number of footballrelated injuries to kids between 6 and 17 whoneeded emergency room treatment jumped 27percent between 1990 and 2007.

“We need to do a better job preventing foot-ball-related injuries among our young ath-letes,” said Lara McKenzie, PhD, the study’sprincipal investigator. “Prevention and treat-ment of concussions are the focus of manydiscussions at every level of play, from the jun-ior level all the way up to the NFL. Every dayduring football season, an average of fifty-seven 6-to-17 year olds are treated in emer-gency departments for football-related concus-sions. The potential long-term consequencesof this type of injury make this an unaccept-ably high number.”

That sentiment is shared by Winchendon’sBob Polcari, the president of Central MassPop Warner.

“My emphasis is going to be on better edu-cation and awareness for administrators andcoaches,” he stressed.

Even with that, when it comes to countingconcussion totals, “the absolute answer is,honestly, no one knows. And that’s why weneed more funding for research in this area sowe can find out,” acknowledged Comstock,

noting that at a conference at this year’s SuperBowl, the Boston-based Sports Legacy insti-tute called on high school state associations toeliminate all full contact in off season footballpractices.

“We’re not anti-sport. We believe sports area very, very important part of life, but we havenot yet identified any redeeming qualities tobrain trauma,” said Chris Nowinski, the co-founder of Sports Legacy.

Nowinski consulted with Pop Warner twoyears ago, providing what Polcari called at thetime, “concussion awareness training.”

Polcari reiterated that Winchendon’s PopWarner players are benefiting from increas-ingly tough safety standards.

“We routinely purchase at least a dozen newhelmets every year as helmet technologyimproves,” he said, adding that organizationalrules require the presence of an EMT at allgames, and that the EMT is, in fact, the finalarbiter as to whether a player can safelyreturn to a game.

No more than 10 hours of practice areallowed in the weeks between the start ofworkouts and Labor Day and the first week isalways conducted without pads.

“We take safety very seriously,” Polcariasserted.

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ST. PETE BEACH, FL — Clarence Lawrence,age 82, of St. Pete Beach passed away March 14,2013. Born in Winchendon, he moved to Floridain 1998.

He worked at Petersen’s Dairy and UnionTwist Drill in Athol. for many years and was apart time school bus driver and employed atthe Fernald School in Templeton. He lovedhunting, fishing, traveling, the Boston Red Soxand Tampa Bay Rays.

He is predeceased by three sisters and threebrothers. Survivors include his wife, Joyce;step children, SusanJillson and StevenManning; sisterEsther Richardson;three step grandchil-dren; several nephews

and nieces; his first wife, Charlotte Underwoodand their children, Peter Lawrence, JeffreyLawrence, Jennifer Desreuisseau, DanielLawrence, Gordon Lawrence; several grand-children and great-grandchildren.

Burial will be at a later date in North NewSalem Cemetery in Massachusetts.

David C. Gross Funeral Homes (davidc-gross.com) 6366 Central Ave. is directingarrangement. (727) 381-4911.

WINCHENDON —Pauline “Pauly” (Dionne)Simila, age 83 ofWinchendon, died peaceful-ly Saturday morning, March16, in Henry HaywoodHospital, Gardner, with herfamily at her side.

She was born in Boston onAug. 21, 1929, daughter of

the late Ernest J. and Josephine (Witt) Dionneand lived in Winchendon for most of her life.

Pauly was a 1947 graduate of Murdock HighSchool, where she was class secretary and amember of several academic and athletic clubs.She graduated from Boston City Hospital Schoolof Nursing as a registered nurse. She began hernursing career there and also spent time at MassGeneral Hospital. She then worked atPeterborough Community Hospital and the for-mer Winchendon Hospital until her retirement.

Pauly was an all-around sports fan, followingthe Boston Red Sox, Bruins, Celtics and the NewEngland Patriots. As an avid golfer, she learnedto play in her 20s and competed in many tourna-ments with her husband, family and friendsthrough the summer of 2012. She was a longtime member of The Winchendon CountryClub. She was also a member of the WGAM,where she was Winchendon’s state representa-tive; and member and former president of the

Class C division of the WCWGA. Pauly was a lifelong member of the Immaculate Heart of MaryChurch. A loving mother, grandmother andgreat grandmother, she treasured spending timewith her family.

Her husband of 37 years, Harold “Harry”Simila, died in 1991. She leaves three daughters,Wendy S. Snickenberger and her husbandWalter of Wellesley, Joanne S. Catlin and herlate husband Mike of Ashburnham, and KathyS. Goodale and her husband Timothy ofBelchertown; a brother, Ernest J. Dionne Jr.,DDS and his wife Pat of Longs, SC; nine grand-children, Kylie and her husband Vinnie,Michael Jr. and his wife Leah, Alex, Jake and hiswife Allie, Zachary, Mark, Timothy II, Sally andKatherine; three great grandchildren, Finley,Michael Dino and Michael Budd Catlin III.

A Mass of Christian burial will be heldSaturday, March 23 at 11 am, in the ImmaculateHeart of Mary Church, 52 Spruce St.,Winchendon.

Calling hours in Stone-Ladeau Funeral Home,343 Central St., Winchendon, are Friday, March22 from 4 to 6 p.m.

A private Burial will be in The CalvaryCemetery at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, donations to help local fam-ilies in need can be made to The WinchendonHealth Foundation, c/o Ellie Coderre, 55Hospital Drive, Winchendon, MA 01475.


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OBITUARIES

LUNENBURG — Louise D. (Marchant)Rocker, age 87 of Lunenburg was stricken illand died in her home on Sunday, March 10.Mrs. Rocker was born in Fitchburg March 4,1926 daughter of Albert and Jennie (Anderson)Marchant and had lived in Fitchburg for mostof her life. She attended Fitchburg publicschools and was a former member of theFitchburg Assembly of God Church. She lovedbowling and was a golf enthusiast, enjoyingwatching Tiger Woods in particular. In 1991 sheretired from the E.B. Kingman Co. where shehad worked for many years.

She leaves two sons; David L. Rocker and hiswife Priscilla of Federal Way Washington andBruce W. Rocker and his wife Rhonda of DerryNH, four daughters; Judith A. Henchey and herhusband John of Chicopee, Marcia L. Delaney

and her husband George of Nashua NH, CherylA. Davis of Chicopee and Donna L. LaTour andher husband Robert of Catskill NY; two broth-ers; David Marchant of Fitchburg and RobertMarchant of Kennedy TX; four sisters: IreneHulsman of Vista CA., Helen Nancy Buckner ofWinchendon, Elizabeth Gilchrest ofLunenburg and Edith Snyder of St. George UT;25 grandchildren, 50 great-grandchildren andseven great-great-grandchildren, several niecesand nephews. She was predeceased by a sisterNorma Marchant.

A funeral service was held Wednesday,March 13, 2013 in the Aubuchon-MoorcroftFuneral Home, 132 Woodland St., Fitchburg.Burial followed in Forest Hill CemeteryFitchburg.

SWANZEY, NH –Kathleen A. “Kathy” (Paine)Bourassa, age 54, of 106Marcy Hill Road, Swanzey,died peacefully Fridayevening, March 15 after atwo year battle with cancerat the home of her motherin Baldwinville.

Kathy was born inGardner on Aug. 8, 1958, daughter of Barbara A.(Lawrence) Paine of Baldwinville and the lateRichard S. Paine and grew up in Baldwinville.

Kathy was a 1976 graduate of NarragansettRegional High School and had worked at theTempleton Developmental Center. Most recent-ly, she worked as an office manager at SCRAPIT, Inc, in Marlborough, NH. She enjoyed read-ing, crocheting, her flower garden and going tothe beach. She particularly enjoyed motorcy-cling and spending time with her family.

Her husband of eight years, Kenneth A.“Punky” Bourassa Jr., died March 30, 2012. In

addition to her mother, she leaves four children,Amanda L. Ares and her husband Erik R. ofHubbardston, Marissa A. Heglin of Marlboro,Brad E. Heglin of Gardner, and Grey A.Bourassa of Hubbardston; her sister, UrsulaMichel and her husband William ofBaldwinville, her brothers, Marty Paine and hiswife Vickie of Royalston and Rick S. Paine Jr.and his wife Molly of Baldwinville and two step-sons, Keith Bourassa of Keene, NH and NathanBourassa of Chesterfield, NH and manynephews and nieces.

Funeral services were held Thursday, March21 in Stone-Ladeau Funeral Home, 343 CentralSt., Winchendon. The Rev. Stephanie Flynnofficiated.

Burial will be private in GreenlawnCemetery, Baldwinville at a later date.

Memorial donations may be made to Grey A.Bourassa UTMA Fund, TD Bank, PO Box 777,Troy, NH 03465 or to American Cancer Society,20 Speen St., Framingham, MA 01701.

Kathleen A. ‘Kathy’ (Paine) Bourassa, 54

Louise D. (Marchant) Rocker, 87

LUNENBURG — Louise D. (Marchant)Rocker, age 87 of Lunenburg was stricken illand died in her home on Sunday, March 10.Mrs. Rocker was born in Fitchburg March 4,1926 daughter of Albert and Jennie (Anderson)Marchant and had lived in Fitchburg for mostof her life. She attended Fitchburg publicschools and was a former member of theFitchburg Assembly of God Church. She lovedbowling and was a golf enthusiast, enjoyingwatching Tiger Woods in particular. In 1991 sheretired from the E.B. Kingman Co. where shehad worked for many years.

She leaves two sons; David L. Rocker and hiswife Priscilla of Federal Way Washington andBruce W. Rocker and his wife Rhonda of DerryNH, four daughters; Judith A. Henchey and herhusband John of Chicopee, Marcia L. Delaney

and her husband George of Nashua NH, CherylA. Davis of Chicopee and Donna L. LaTour andher husband Robert of Catskill NY; two broth-ers; David Marchant of Fitchburg and RobertMarchant of Kennedy TX; four sisters: IreneHulsman of Vista CA., Helen Nancy Buckner ofWinchendon, Elizabeth Gilchrest ofLunenburg and Edith Snyder of St. George UT;25 grandchildren, 50 great-grandchildren andseven great-great-grandchildren, several niecesand nephews. She was predeceased by a sisterNorma Marchant.

A funeral service was held Wednesday,March 13, 2013 in the Aubuchon-MoorcroftFuneral Home, 132 Woodland St., Fitchburg.Burial followed in Forest Hill CemeteryFitchburg.

ATHOL/GARDNER — Bree Biron Chicoine, age 37passed away after a short illness Thursday evening,March 14 in Heywood Hospital, Gardner. Breeresided in the loving home of Elaine and the lateLouis LeBlanc and their caring daughters Robin andAmanda LeBlanc, Athol.

Bree was born in Heywood Hospital, Gardner onJuly 28, 1975. She is survived by her parents, Johnand Simone (Biron) Chicoine and two brothers, Noah

and Gabriel Chicoine, of Gardner.Bree attended the Fitchburg Brain Injured Center, CAPS Collaborative

and Life Skills Day Hab.We wish to thank the countless people that recognized the special girl

that Bree was and reached out to help her along her journey. Bree waitsin heaven to thank the many wonderful people she left behind.

A memorial service was held Monday evening, March 18 in Stone-Ladeau Funeral Home (stone-ladeau.com), 343 Central St., Winchendon.The Rev. Barry Risto officiated.

Memorial donations may be made to Convoy of Hope, 330 SouthPatterson Ave., Springfield, MO 65802 http://www.convoyofhope.org

Bree Biron Chicoine, 37

Louise D. (Marchant) Rocker, 87

Pauline ‘Pauly’ (Dionne) Simila, 83

RINDGE — James A.‘Jimmy’ Seppala, age 56, ofRindge died suddenly andunexpectedly on Saturday,March 9, 2013. He died howhe lived, “Hammer down,hair straight back” andwent to be with Jesus.

Jimmy was born on June14, 1956 in Winchendon. He

is the son of Edwin and Mary Ann (Haapaoja)Seppala.

Jimmy grew up in Rindge, his roots ran deep.He attended Rindge Memorial and ConantHigh School. He was not a veteran, but was con-sidered a true patriot and proudly displayed hisAmerican flag. He was co-owner with his broth-er Cal, of Ji-Cal Masonry, Inc. for 29 years.

Jimmy had a heart of compassion, alwaysencouraging, and always uplifting others. Godblessed him with the gift of playing the guitar.His love for hymns and songs of Zion blessed,comforted, inspired and encouraged countlesssouls.

He is survived by his wife that he adored,Margaret “Peggy” (Wiinikka) Seppala. Theywere married for 38 years, 4 months, 1 week,and 5 days. His children, son Richard withToini Seppala of Fitzwilliam, daughter, Naomiwith Isaac Jussila of Rindge, son Randy withHeather of Ashby, daughter, Shanna with Roy

Pyhala of Greer, SC, son Gregory with Emily ofRindge, son Grant with Jessica of Rindge,daughter, Brianna Seppala of Rindge, sonJamen Seppala of Rindge, daughter, Sara withfiancé Jerome Muhonen of Rindge, and sonsJosiah, and Uriah of Rindge; his brothers andsisters, Mike and wife Kathy Seppala ofRindge, Ann and husband Jack Matson ofYacolt, WA, Susan and husband Lyle Stenersenof Rindge, Paul and wife Sharon Seppala ofRindge, Darlene and husband Jon West ofRindge, Calvin and wife Brenda Seppala ofRindge, Peter and wife Mary Lynn Seppala ofRindge, Timmy and wife Pam Seppala of BattleGround, WA, Carla and husband Chet Olin ofLa Center, WA, and Jennie and husband AdamAho of Rindge; mother in law, Marge Hilman ofVancouver, WA, 19 Grandchildren, and manynieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins andclose friends. He will be greatly missed by all.

He was predeceased by his brothers RalphSeppala in 1963, and Philip Seppala in 1969.

Family and friends were invited to callinghours Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at theApostolic Lutheran Church, New Ipswich, NH.

The funeral service for Jimmy was Thursday,March 10, 2013 at the Apostolic LutheranChurch. All are invited to attend. Burial willtake place in the spring at Hillside Cemetery.

Cournoyer Funeral Homes were entrustedwith arrangements.

James A. ‘Jimmy’ Seppala, 56

Clarence Lawrence, 82


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To:Shannon L. Fordand to all persons entitled to the benefit ofthe Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50U.S.C. App. § 501 et seq.:Bank of America N.A. successor by mergerto BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP f/k/aCountrywide Home Loans Servicing, LPclaiming to have an interest in a Mortgagecovering real property in WINCHENDON,numbered 11 SIBLEY RD, given by ShannonL. Ford to Mortgage Electronic RegistrationSystems, Inc., dated February 25, 2010, andrecorded with the Worcester County(Worcester District) Registry of Deeds atBook 45499, Page 214 and now held by theplaintiff by assignment has/have filed withthis court a complaint for determination ofDefendant’s/Defendants’ Servicemembersstatus.

If you now are, or recently have been, inthe active military service of the UnitedStates of America, then you may be entitledto the benefits of the Servicemembers CivilRelief Act. If you object to a foreclosure of theabove-mentioned property on that basis,then you or your attorney must file a writtenappearance and answer in this court atThree Pemberton Square, Boston, MA02108 on or before April 22, 2013 or you willbe forever barred from claiming that you areentitled to the benefits of said Act.

Witness, KARYN F. SCHEIER ChiefJustice of this Court on March 07, 2013.Attest:

Deborah J. PattersonRecorder

201302-0272-GRNMarch 23, 2013

Legal NoticeWinchendon Conservation Commission

28 Front Street; Assessor’s Map 5C-3,Parcel 24

Pursuant to the provisions of M.G.L.Chapter 131, Section 40, and the Town ofWinchendon Wetlands Protection Bylaw, theWinchendon Conservation Commission willhold a public meeting on Thursday, March28th, 2013 at 7:10 pm to consider theRequest for Determination of Applicabilityfiled by property owner WinchendonHydroelectric, LLC for proposed work at 28Front Street (Hunt’s Pond); Assessor’s Map5C-3, Parcel 24. The project entails repairsand upgrades to a hydroelectric power gen-eration dam, its control structures, and asso-ciated power station, including patchingspalled concrete, replacement of needlebeams and stoplogs, modification of controlsfor stoplog segments, and replacement ofthe two existing crossflow-type turbines witha single Kaplan-type turbine. The meetingwill be held in the 4th Floor Conference Roomof the Winchendon Town Hall, 109 FrontStreet.

The Request for Determination ofApplicability is available for public review atthe Land Use Office, Room 10 (first floor) ofthe Winchendon Town Hall on Mondays andThursdays during the hours of 9am –

12noon, except for 3pm – 6pm on meetingnights (usually the fourth Thursday of themonth), or by calling the Conservation Agentfor an appointment at 978-297-3537.March 23, 2013

(SEAL)THE COMMONWEALTH OF

MASSACHUSETTSLAND COURT

DEPARTMENT OF THE TRIAL COURT2013 MISC. 477147ORDER OF NOTICE

To:Dawn Theriault a/k/a Dawn M. Theriault;Steven Theriaultand to all persons entitled to the benefit ofthe Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50U.S.C. App. § 501 et seq.:JPMorgan Chase Bank, NationalAssociationclaiming to have an interest in a Mortgagecovering real property in WINCHENDON,numbered 24 POLAND AVE, given by DawnTheriault a/k/a Dawn M. Theriault and StevenTheriault to JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA,dated July 26, 2007, and recorded with theWorcester County (Worcester District)Registry of Deeds at Book 42679, Page 262has/have filed with this court a complaint fordetermination of Defendant’s/Defendants’Servicemembers status.

If you now are, or recently have been, inthe active military service of the UnitedStates of America, then you may be entitledto the benefits of the Servicemembers CivilRelief Act. If you object to a foreclosure of theabove-mentioned property on that basis,then you or your attorney must file a writtenappearance and answer in this court atThree Pemberton Square, Boston, MA02108 on or before April 22, 2013 or you willbe forever barred from claiming that you areentitled to the benefits of said Act.

Witness, KARYN F. SCHEIER ChiefJustice of this Court on March 11, 2013.Attest:

Deborah J. PattersonRecorder

201212-0296-BLUMarch 23, 2013

Notice of Public HearingWINCHENDON

ZONING BOARD OF APPEALSNotice is hereby given that the Zoning Boardof Appeals will hold a PUBLIC HEARING onWednesday, 4/3/13 at 7:05 PM in the TownHall Auditorium, 2nd Floor, 109 Front St.,Winchendon, MA, 01475 on the applicationof Adam Sherwin, 375 Lakeview Drive,Winchendon, MA 01475 on the same prop-erty. Affected property is identified as 375Lakeview Drive. Winchendon, MA 01475(Map M15, Parcel 4) to hear a request forVariances under Section 7.2 of theWinchendon Zoning Bylaws to request reliefof 25’ to the front set back requirement toallow the construction of a deck in a RuralResidential (R40) Zone. A copy of the appli-cation is available at the Department ofPlanning and Development, WinchendonTown Hall. All interested persons should planto attend.

Rick Germans, Acting ChairZoning Board of Appeals

March 16, 2013March 23, 2013

Commonwealth of MassachusettsWorcester, ss. SUPERIOR COURT

DEPARTMENT OF THE TRIAL COURTCIVIL ACTIONNo. 13-0386B

ToCynthia L. Draleau of Winchendon,Worcester County; and Candice M. Draleauof Winchendon, Worcester County; both ofsaid Commonwealth AND TO ALL PER-SONS ENTITLED TO THE BENEFIT OFTHE SOLDIERS’ AND SAILORS’ CIVILRELIEF ACT OF 1940 AS AMENDED:Colonial Co-operative Bank, a banking insti-tution with an usual place of business inGardner, Worcester County, Massachusetts;claiming to be the holder of a mortgage cov-ering property situated on Brown Street,being numbered 110 on said street, in saidWinchendon; given by Cynthia L. Draleauand Candice M. Draleau to Colonial Co-oper-ative Bank dated July 29, 2005 and recordedin Worcester District Registry of Deeds, Book36981, Page 240, has filed with said court aComplaint for authority to foreclose saidmortgage in the manner following: by entryon and possession of the premises thereindescribed and by exercise of the power ofsale contained in said mortgage.

If you are entitled to the benefits of theSoldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act of 1940as amended, and you object to such foreclo-sure you or your attorney should file a writtenappearance and answer in said court atWorcester in said County on or before thenineteenth day of April next or you may beforever barred from claiming that such fore-closure is invalid under said Act.

Witness, Barbara J. Rouse, Esquire,Administrative Justice of said Court, thiseighth day of March 2013.

Dennis P. McManus, ClerkMarch 23, 2013

Legal NoticeWinchendon Conservation Commission

234 Lincoln Avenue; Assessor’s Map 5A-2,Parcel 33

Pursuant to the provisions of M.G.L.Chapter 131, Section 40, and the Town ofWinchendon Wetlands Protection Bylaw, theWinchendon Conservation Commission willhold a public meeting on Thursday, March28th, 2013 at 7:20 pm to consider theRequest for Determination of Applicabilityfiled by property owners Bruce Hietala andJohn Bradley for proposed work within the100-foot Buffer Zone to Bordering VegetatedWetlands at 234 Lincoln Avenue; Assessor’sMap 5A-2, Parcel 33. The project entails theconstruction of a 1400 square-foot (70’ x 20’)self-storage shed. The meeting will be held inthe 4th Floor Conference Room of theWinchendon Town Hall, 109 Front Street.

The Request for Determination ofApplicability is available for public review atthe Land Use Office, Room 10 (first floor) ofthe Winchendon Town Hall on Mondays andThursdays during the hours of 9am –12noon, except for 3pm – 6pm on meetingnights (usually the fourth Thursday of themonth), or by calling the Conservation Agentfor an appointment at 978-297-3537.March 23, 2013

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARINGWINCHENDON PUBLIC SCHOOLS

FY2014 BUDGET

In compliance with Chapter 71, Section 38N of the General Laws for Education, theWinchendon School Committee will hold a Public Hearing on the fiscal year 2014 SchoolBudget on Thursday, April 4, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. at Winchendon Town Hall Auditorium, 2ndFloor, 109 Front Street, Winchendon, MA 01475Dr. Salah Khelfaoui Michael Barbaro, ChairSuperintendent of Schools Winchendon School CommitteeMarch 23, 2013

SCHOOL BUDGET FY 2013-2014

REVENUES:CHAPTER 70 $11,216,010 LOCAL AID $4,903,651 FY14 CIRCUIT BREAKER $362,938 REVOLVING ACCOUNTS $880,249 FOOD SERVICES $451,949 GRANTS $1,763,438

$19,578,235

BREAKOUT BY SCHOOLS/DEPTS.: SALARIES EXPENSES TOTALSINDIRECT COSTS $0 $2,934,370 $2,934,370 MURDOCK MIDDLE/HIGHSCHOOL $5,229,475 $852,125 $6,081,600 TOY TOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL $2,438,416 $449,818 $2,888,234 MEMORIAL SCHOOL $2,943,394 $476,693 $3,420,087 MARVIN SCHOOL $0 $45,623 $45,623 SPECIAL EDUCATION DEPT. $401,369 $1,989,448 $2,390,817 SCHOOL COMMITTEE $0 $56,750 $56,750 DISTRICT-WIDE ADMINISTRATION $820,454 $322,482 $1,142,936 DISTRICT-WIDE FACILITIES $125,025 $40,844 $165,869 FOOD SERVICES $286,949 $165,000 $451,949

$12,245,082 $7,333,153 $19,578,235

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TELE-MONITORING

LEOMINSTER — ChristineDixon, RN, BSN, MMHC, executivedirector of HealthAlliance HomeHealth and Hospice announced asigned agreement with HoneywellHomMed to provide a new innova-tive telehealth home monitoringprogram for cardiac and respiratorypatients. HAHHH will have 30 moni-tors to be utilized in patients’ homeswhile receiving HealthAlliancehomecare services. The Genesis DMmonitor, manufactured by

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The unit weighs two pounds, hasa large vivid display screen and willtransmit the patient’s clinical dataseven days a week through either awireless or via the telephone to theHealthAlliance HomMed nurse. Themonitors are configured for manylanguages including: English,Spanish, French Canadian, Polish,Russian…to name a few.

Daily, HAHHH’s telehealthpatients will be asked to step on thescale to record weight, take theirblood pressure, and check their oxy-gen level. In addition, the monitorwill be programmed by theHealthAlliance HomMed cardiacnurse to ask simple questions, tai-lored for the individual patient. Thecardiac nurse specialist will reviewand analyze the data each day andmay call the patient to teach and dis-cuss the findings. He or she may feelthat a visit to the patient by a nurse,and/or a consult with the patient’sphysician, is necessary to deter-mine if a change in treatment is thebest course of action. This isextremely helpful and timely infor-mation for the patients’ doctors tohave as well. Additionally the moni-

tor has the ability for patient specif-ic messages, reminders, and helpspatients keep track of medicalappointments and other importantevents.

Dixon commented on the tele-health program saying, “TheHoneywell Genesis DM unit is agreat clinical tool to enhance thecare of our cardiac and respiratorypatients. The real advantage to thehome monitoring is that it is a dailytool to teach patients how to managetheir disease process. The unit con-sistently reinforces the necessity ofpatients weighing themselves daily,monitoring their blood pressure andoxygen levels, administrating theirmedications daily, and adhering to adiet plan. This state-of-the-art pro-gram is instrumental in changingbehaviors and educating ourpatients on the continued process oftaking care of their own health inthe comfort of their own homes.”

The units are expected to belaunched early spring 2013. To learnmore about the telehealth programand the cardiac nurse specialist,contact HealthAlliance HomeHealth and Hospice atwww.hahhh.org or telephone theagency at: (978) 728-0621. For moreinformation on the Honeywell units,visit the website at:www.hommed.com/lifestream-prod-ucts/genesis-dm.

HONOR VOLUNTEERS

BOSTON — HannafordSupermarkets announced the returnof an initiative that will honorMassachusetts volunteers for theircommitment to promoting healthand wellness in the community.

Now in its second year, the“Hannaford Health Hero” programwill recognize the work of 12 volun-teers who inspire others within thecommunity to make healthy choicesfor life on behalf of non-profit organ-izations.

Two honorees fromMassachusetts-based registered501(c)(3) organizations will beannounced each month from Aprilthrough June and Septemberthrough November.

“At Hannaford, we strongly believein promoting health and wellnesswithin the communities we serve,”said Hannaford Supermarkets com-munity relations specialist MollyTarleton. “I encourage non-profitorganizations to shine a spotlight onoutstanding volunteers by nominat-ing them to be a Hannaford HealthHero. We look forward to hearingabout the exceptional work thattakes place each day inMassachusetts.”

Hannaford Supermarkets willdonate $250 to the non-profit onbehalf of the recipient in recogni-tion of the organization’s commit-ment to health and wellness.Additionally, the individual honoreewill receive a $50 Hannaford gift

card.Hannaford will also recognize the

honoree and affiliated non-profitorganization in a local or regionalnews publication.

Nominations must be submittedby executive directors or volunteercoordinators of registered 501(c)(3)organizations in Massachusetts.Nominations submitted by anyoneother than an executive director orvolunteer coordinator of a qualifiednon-profit organization inMassachusetts will not be consid-ered.

Nominations should describe in200 words or less how the designatedindividual or group of individualsinspires others to make healthylifestyle choices while engaged involunteer work for a non-profitorganization in Massachusetts.Nominees may be cited for a specificaction or their overall commitmentto health and wellness.

Nominations may be submittedonline at www.hannafordhealth-hero.com.

Nominees are required to reside inthe state of Massachusetts and mustbe 13 years of age or older. Nomineesunder 18 years of age requireparental consent.

Hannaford Supermarkets operates26 stores located throughout thenortheast and north-central corri-dors of Massachusetts.

HEALTHcontinued from page A1

The properties are listed by Penny Maliskawith Keller Williams Realty. The two-storystore is listed for $139,500. The eight bedroom,three bathroom house is listed for $159,900. Ialso found the list of auctioned items from thestore on the Web. Their antique truck,mahogany glass cases, old cash registers, vin-tage scales, timeworn advertisements…andcandy, fruit, ice cream and magazines are

gone, but the store and home are still there -and begging for preservation. Both buildingsneed quite a bit of work, but it can be done. Ihope that we can find the right formula andteam to make it happen.

It’s time for Winchendon to look at these sig-nificant structures as opportunities to pre-serve our impressive heritage, but preserva-tion takes vision, effort, time and money. I amstill learning much about the process, but theHistorical Commission is going to ask thetown to adopt the Community Preservation

Act (CPA). As I understand, through the CPA,we can potentially secure funds (50%) for thepurchase of historic landmarks. According tothe Community Preservation Coalition(www.communitypreservation.org), CPAallows communities “to create a localCommunity Preservation Fund for open spaceprotection, historic preservation, affordablehousing and outdoor recreation.”

However, we may not have enough time toadopt the CPA and find funds for Joseph’s.With that in mind, if you have a personal

interest in purchasing and preserving theJoseph properties, please contact PennyMaliska at (978) 985-8715. If you are would liketo help try and preserve these properties, withpotential help from the CPA, please contactme at [email protected].

Thank you very much for your support andefforts to preserve Winchendon’s history.Together, we can maintain Winchendon’ssmall town character and historic charm, andprevent it from becoming another communitycovered with strip malls.

HISTORYcontinued from page A1

first graders will play in a first grade league,second and third graders will compete in athird grade league and kids in fourththrough eighth grades will all play oppo-nents from the same age.

“A lot of studies have been done by AYFand they found that restricting kids basedon age as opposed to size or weight, they’vefound there have been a lot less majorinjuries,” Laliberte insisted.

But, pointed out Winchendon Pop Warnerhead Bob Polcari, who is also the CentralMass Pop Warner president, “Pop Warner is

the only youth football program (local,regional, and national) that sets andenforces a strict age AND weight matrixthat reduces the risk and reality of injury.Did you know that Pop Warner football issafer than soccer? The U.S. ConsumerProduct Safety Commission says PopWarner has 12-percent fewer injuries percapita among 5-15 year-olds than organizedsoccer in the same age range.”

“Pop Warner is,” added Polcari, “a leaderin safety including a new rule last year thatrequired a reduction in contact at practicedue to developing concussion research. Wedon’t allow full speed head-on blocking ortackling drills in which the players line upmore than three yards apart. The amountof contact at each practice will be reduced toa maximum of one-third of the weekly prac-tice time,” he pointed out.

Last July 1, a Boston Globe editorial quot-ed AYF President Joe Galat as saying PopWarner has gone “overboard” and thathealth risks are better addressed throughproper coaching, sportsmanship, and offici-ating.

“With damage to football playing adultsbecoming increasingly evident, parentsshould ask why it’s ‘overboard’ to takegreater precautions for children,” observedPolcari.

Laliberte said he believes, “we’re going tofind some people that have been sitting onthe sidelines wishing they could be playingfootball but ‘because I’m a little heavy or I’mjust a big kid or I’m healthy and I’m justgrowing fast, I’ve got to watch.’ Those arethe kids we’re really hoping to reach andreally hoping to give the opportunity.

The weight restrictions apparentlyweren’t the only reason Laliberte made theswitch. “The travel was tough. We had teamslike Boston and Chicopee and Springfield inPop Warner. We’re a lot more local and we’llbe able to play local teams, teams that we’llplay when the kids grow up at whateverhigh school they end up in,” he said.

Polcari noted there are four Pop Warnerprograms in the local area: Athol/Mahar,North County, Oakmont, and Winchendon,

the latter competing in Division 1 with theothers playing on the D2 level. The quartetof programs is affiliated with Central MassPop Warner.

“Pop Warner is the only national youthsports organization in America thatrequires its participants to perform ade-quately in the classroom before permittingthem to play,” said Polcari.

“We believe the standards we have set givethese children a sense of responsibility andan appreciation for academics and athleticsthat will help them develop later in life,” headded. The Pop Warner Little Scholars pro-gram was established in 1929. WinchendonPop Warner has had six first and secondteam Scholastic All-Americans.

AYF was founded in 1996 and arrived inCentral Mass in 2005 with teams in Ayer,Clinton, Hudson, Leicester, Lunenburg,Marlborough, Nashoba, Westford andWorcester, but 2013 will be the organiza-tion’s initial venture into the local commu-nity. By contrast, the Oakmont Pop Warnerprogram has been around since the late1960s.

Polcari explained that Pop Warner offerssix football as well as cheer and dance levelprograms, with the youngest of these, Tinyand Mighty Mites as they are known, beinginstructional level teams.

“We stress teamwork, not individuals orAll-Stars,” he said.

Laliberte stressed he envisions his squadas a regional team.

“We’re based in Gardner but we’ll takekids from Ashburnham and Westminster,Hubbardston, Templeton, Phillipston,Athol, Orange and Royalston as well asWinchendon and Gardner. Anyone whowants to be part of what we’re doing, we’rehappy to take them in. The reason we’redoing this is because of the weight issue.Let’s make the best of it,” he said.

With practices scheduled to start in lateJuly, signups for AYF are available [email protected] for football [email protected]. for cheer-leading.

Winchendon Pop Warner will get under-way in mid-August. Their website is cmp-wfl.com. Local registration will be heldbeginning later this month.


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