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LOCALDecoratingthe town

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WEEKLY QUOTE“If people never did silly

things, nothing intelligentwould ever get done.”

Ludwig Wittgenstein

BY RUTH DEAMICISCOURIER EDITOR

WINCHENDON — The Board ofSelectmen met hastily on Saturdaymorning to open the warrant for 72hours in order to reset a specialtown meeting. The new date isMonday, Dec. 12 at 7 p.m. at MurdockHigh School. The biggest article isthe smallest one: changing the quo-rum from 75 to no less than two.

A lack of quorum kept the busi-ness of the town from being con-ducted at the last town meeting Nov.16.

Selectmen are concerned,because revenue could be lost to thetown, some quarter of a million dol-lars sits waiting and could be lost ifthe voters do not approve a total ofthree proposals now on the table.

The new town meeting has a thirdpayment in lieu of taxes proposalfor a solar energy farm, this onedoubling the revenue to the town to$140,000 per year for the 20 year lifeof the contract.

The solar agreement, withRevolution Energy on property off

BY DONEEN DURLINGCOURIER STAFF WRITER

WINCHENDON —The doctorsand nurses at the WinchendonHealth Center are sending familieshome from check-ups with freebooks and a very important pre-scription — “read aloud to yourchildren.”

The Winchendon Health Centerparticipates in a program calledReach Out and Read, intended toprepare America’s youngest chil-dren to succeed in school. Doctorsand nurses are taught to adviseparents about the importance ofreading aloud and they give booksto children from six monthsthrough five years during their

checkups.Senator Stephen M. Brewer visit-

ed health center last week to sup-port the message by reading to agroup of young patients.

Brewer’s first choice in readingmaterial was Five Little MonkeysJumping On The Bed by EileenChristelow. The children soonlearned the book’s language, andchimed in at the appropriate spot,“No more monkeys jumping on thebed.”

The program through Reach Outand Read, each child starts kinder-garten with a home library of up to10 new, carefully chosen books anda parent who has heard at every

WINCHENDON — The so-called“castle” of Winchendon, the home ofthe White family built off GlenallanStreet, was a spectacular showplace.When it was demolished it is a wellknown fact pieces of the building weretaken by local builders and homeown-ers to embellish their own. Dr. EricWhite is seeking a particular piece ofhis family’s history, hoping perhapssomeone remembers this. If it wasn’tdestroyed, does anyone know where itmight now reside?

White sent the following descriptionand information, along with the photoof the family gathered before the fire-place.

The fireplace in the background ofthis family portrait was in the livingroom at Marchmont. Inscribed in thestone mantel of the fireplace is a linefrom John Greenleaf Whittier’s poem,Snowbound, written in 1865. “Up theroaring draft, the great throat of thechimney laughed.”

Priscilla Lindsay, who lives in

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Students from theWinchendon Pre-K programbundled up in their hats, scarves,gloves, and winter coats andhiked to Broadview Assisted

Living to celebrate withThanksgiving Singing andSharing Nov. 18. Students fromMrs. Gosselin’s, Mrs. LeBlanc’s,and Ms. Belanger’s classes sangWe Give Thanks, Mr. Turkey, I’m

a Little Turkey, and OhThanksgiving along with the res-idents. Students wore hats creat-ed in each classroom, and theyshared hats music and smileswith their friends at Broadview.

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New Marchmont mystery: Where might the mantle be?

Family photo submitted by Dr. Eric White

This family portrait was taken in the 1930s. From left to right are: Elaine WhiteBeals, Priscilla White Lindsay, Frederick Wilder White, Joseph Nelson White III,Rebecca White Carter, Rebecca Wilder White, and Joseph Nelson White Jr.

Quorum changing


Senator Stephen Brewer, sporting a special Winnie The Pooh necktie, read FiveLittle Monkeys to an audience of pre-school children at the Winchendon HealthCenter. Brewer came to support the Reach Out and Read School ReadinessProgram.

Brewer reaches outto read at WHC

Make itbrighter

WINCHENDON — It is mostimportant that OperationWinchendon Cares have plenty ofitems to send this time, to celebratethe holiday season in a big way forthe men and women serving over-seas. The next mailing is Saturday,Dec. 3 from 9-11 a.m. at the AmericanLegion on School Street. If you willhave difficulty delivering items butwould like to help, call the Courier

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WINCHENDON — The followingstudents were named to the firstquarter honor roll at MurdockMiddle High School.

GRADE 6HIGHEST HONORS: Alexis

Alliare, Alexis Arsenault, MichaelaBenedict, Connor Benoit, AndrewBurns, Jordan Bush, Carolyn

Emberley, Ryan Forgues, LaurenGaunt, Montana Hickman, EmilyKiberd-Pervier, Maggie Lashua,Marisa Losurdo, Hannah Morse,Kyle Murdoch, Julia Niejadik, MenaSalame, Rachel Spivey, ThomasSutherland and Tyler Young. HIGHHONORS: Ariana Berman,Madeline Bishop, Andrew Dunham,

Hannah Gaunt, Joseph LaFord,Christopher Michaud, MollyMurphy, Tananda Murphy, JoshuaRamsay, Emily Semenza, TerranceSigl, Alan, Alan Smith, Tiana Taylorand Brandon Woodbury. HONORS:Austin Barrows, Alexis Beaulieu,Jason Bourgoin, Savannah Burdick,Haley Desjean, Andrew Fleming,

Jadyn Fletcher, AlexandraHartwell, Steven Ingman, HannahKnowlton, Alex Lafrennie, KelsyLegendre, Steven Lemieux, CarissaManca, Victoria Martin, LoganO’Dea, Spencer Pelkey, ClarissaSimmers-Swanson, CameronSparks, Victoria St. Hilaire, MichaelStevenson, Hannah Turner, Nathan

Webster, Jacob Woodard, andKyle Woodward.

GRADE 7HIGHEST HONORS: Aidan

Provost. HIGH HONORS:Thomas Aho, Olivia Hunt,Ayano Kubota, and VictoriaLemire. HONORS: ThomasBecotte, Ashley Darling,Cassandra DeCarolis, JustinEddy, David Fortin Jr., JohnHancock, Brooke Harris, AbbyHiggins, William Iannacone,Alexis Kapp, Jessica Kotoch,Cassandra LeBlanc, DakotaLeslie, Jasmine Leslie,Katherine Miller, CassidyMorey, Francine Morlock, JaredNelson, Tarryn Nutt, HannahRicard, Nicholas Richtarcsik,Max Robichaud, CourtneySimmers-Swanson, ColbySinclair, Savannah Smith,Victoria Swanson, StephanieWazal and Brittany Williams.

GRADE 8HIGHEST HONORS: Kelsey

Brooks, Gabrielle Calder, TaylorEyles, Matthew Galat, TylerJacob, Haley Jandris, BrianLabier, Michael Leblanc,Catherine Niles, Shannan Nutt,Lindsey Paul, Julia Pfeifle,Deanna Polcari, MackenzieRushia, Macy Saulnier,Chandler Torres Pagan, andMargery Wilson. HIGH HON-ORS: Amanda Carrescia,Marissa Galat, Haley Knowlton,Justine Michaud, Sean Suttonand Cheryl Thomas. HONORS:Amanda Barbaro, KimberlyBelrose, Collin Boyden, AdamBrooks, Christopher Brunelle,Hayley Clark, MatthewDellechiaie, Tyler Fuller, JacobKornik, Bianca Lafrennie, MarkLawrence, Courtney Lively,Rebecca Mackie, James Martin,Jacob Maxfield, ScottPloskonka, Megan Skinner,

Joseph Tavares, Jeramy Theriault,Ashley Tousignant and ChristianWhitaker.

GRADE 9HIGHEST HONORS: Melanie

Cranfill, Rachel Dickens, BrandonJinn, Victoria Marshall, and ReneeRogers. HIGH HONORS: AllisonBeane, Myranda Bishop, ChelseaBitter, Frances Castro, Olivia Heim,Robert Pesce and Rachel Woodman.HONORS: Torianna Belko, ChelseaBussiere, Keisha Casey-Black,Tracy Collier, Tristan Cutting,Bethany Desilets, Amber Dignan,Nicole Eliason, Dallas Hamel,Austin Landress, Krystal Lasonde,Anhtrang Le, Sabrina Leahey,Andrew Pelkey, John Ramsay, andRyen Wood.

GRADE 10HIGHEST HONORS: Katherine

Burns, Owen Chace, BrittanyEliason, and Justin Harris. HIGHHONORS: Cloe Fitzgerald, KathleenMazza and Dakota Wood. HONORS:Lauren Bennett, Kate Burdin, JoelDevelis, Shawn Doherty, RileyElliott, Maryanne Kotoch, BryantQuinn, Kathryn Richtarcsik,Jordan Rocheleau, Justin Smith andElizabeth Spady.

GRADE 11HIGHEST HONORS: Daniel

Denette. HIGH HONORS: VitaliBobrov and Samantha Fournier.HONORS: Kristina Allain, TaylorBarrows, Robert Blake, Kyle Blouin,Allison Botko, Benjamin Boudreau,Zachary Burchfield, Jaymisen Carr,Taylour Chalke, Tiffany Cranfill,Jacob DesJean, Tamralee Gaagnon,Maria Gamez, Ashley Hancock,Nicole LaBrack, ShannonLafrennie, Montana Laverdure,Nicholas McAuliffe, Killian Nutt,CaSandra Parkhurst, AndrewPolcari, Angela Polcari, BronteTorres Pagan, and Adam Woodard.

GRADE 12HIGHEST HONORS: Jordan

Harris. HIGH HONORS: TaylorBudka, Joshua Emerson and BrianPfeifle III. HONORS: BrittanyCollier, Hailee Eddy, Marissa Kaiser,April Kelly, Dylan Lehtola, JessicaMonette, Korey Murphy, RachelNazzaro, Kyle O’Connell, KaylaSchoales and Alexis Williams.

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DONEEN DURLING PHOTOSStudents were honored with a breakfast and recognition

for jobs well done recently and those who achieved the high-est of the high had their photos taken by the Courier photog-rapher. Not all students were available for the photos, buttheir names are included in the cutlines.

Grade 8In no particular order: Kelsey Brooks, Gabrielle Calder, Amanda Carrescia, Taylor Eyles,Marissa Galat, Matthew Galat, Tyler Jacob, Haley Jandris, HaleyKnowlton, Brian Labier, Michael Leblanc, Justine Michaud, CatherineNiles, Shannan Nutt, Lindsey Paul, Julia Pfeifle, Deanna Polcari,Mackenzie Rushia, Macy Saulnier, Sean Sutton, Cheryl Thomas,Chandler Torres Pagan, and Margery Wilson.

Grade 10In no particular order: Katherine Burns, Owen Chace, BrittanyEliason, Cloe Fitzgerald, Justin Harris, Kathleen Mazza andDakota Wood.

Grade 6In no particular order the highest honors and high honors students were: AlexisAlliare, Alexis Arsenault, Michaela Benedict, Connor Benoit, Ariana Berman,Madeline Bishop, Andrew Burns, Jordan Bush, Andrew Dunham, CarolynEmberley, Ryan Forgues, Hannah Gaunt, Lauren Gaunt, Montana Hickman, EmilyKiberd-Pervier, Joseph LaFord, Maggie Lashua, Marisa Losurdo, ChristopherMichaud, Hannah Morse, Molly Murphy, Tananda Murphy, Kyle Murdoch, JuliaNiejadik, Joshua Ramsay, Mena Salame, Emily Semenza, Terrance Sigl, AlanSmith, Rachel Spivey, Thomas Sutherland, Tiana Taylor, Brandon Woodbury andTyler Young

Grade 7HIGHEST HONORS: Aidan Provost. HIGH HONORS: Thomas Aho,Olivia Hunt, Ayano Kubota, and Victoria Lemire.

Grade 9In no particular order: Allison Beane, Myranda Bishop, Chelsea Bitter, Frances Castro, MelanieCranfill, Rachel Dickens, Olivia Heim, Brandon Jinn, Victoria Marshall, RobertPesce, Renee Rogers, and Rachel Woodman.

Grade 11HIGHEST HONORS: Daniel Denette. HIGH HONORS: SamanthaFournier and Vitali Bobrov.

Grade 12HIGHEST HONORS: Jordan Harris. HIGH HONORS: Taylor Budka,Joshua Emerson and Brian Pfeifle III.

MURDOCK ANNOUNCES HONOR ROLL

WINCHENDON REMEM-BERS

WINCHENDON — Honor orremember special people in your lifeby purchasing a light on our remem-brance trees in front of the town hall.A contribution of $5 will purchaseone light on a tree while helping toraise funds for the 250th Anniversarycelebration in 2014.

Flyers can be picked up at the fol-lowing local businesses: To Each HisOwn Design, Brooks Automotive,Colonial Cooperative Bank, AtholSavings Bank, GFA Federal CreditUnion and Clark Memorial YMCA.

Following the Parks and RecreationTree Lighting Ceremony Dec. 3, theremembrance trees will also be lit.For more information, contactSuzanne Rader at (978) 297-0759.

RECYCLE DAYWINCHENDON — All towns wel-

come to electronic and appliancerecycle day on Saturday, Nov. 26, 9a.m.-2 p.m. at Immaculate Heart ofMary, 52 Spruce St., Winchendon.Accepting all electronics to includebut not limited to monitors, comput-ers, printers, stereo equipment, elec-tronic games, TVs, copy and faxmachines as well as any appliancescontaining freon or not. All freon willbe removed at facility some of whichinclude refrigerators, washers, dry-ers, stoves, ac units as well as,microwaves, dehumidifiers and any-thing with an electrical cord. We will

also accept lawn mowers and snowblowers with gas removed, grills with-out the tank and exercise equipment.Any motor or small engine items aswell. The event helps support thechurch and will have low fees of $5each monitor or computer, $15 anysmall TV up to 32 inches and anyappliance, $20 TVs over 32 inches insize, $25 each projection TV and woodconsole TVs. Any keyboards, car bat-teries, or bikes are free.

PET PHOTOS WITHSANTA

WINCHENDON — Horse andBuggy Feeds will be hosting the annu-al Pet Photos with Santa event at boththeir Winchendon and Keene NHlocations on Saturday, Nov. 26 from 10a.m.-2 p.m. For a $12 donation, ownerswill receive two 5x7 color photos ofpets with Santa. The proceeds willbenefit Ahimsa Haven AnimalRescue, a non-profit, no-kill, all volun-teer organization based inWinchendon.

For more information, please visitwww.ahimsahaven.org or call (978)297-2673.

BENEFITWINCHENDON — A memorial

benefit for Bryn” Farmer” Girouardis scheduled Saturday, Nov. 26 6 p.m.until 12 a.m. at the American Legion,School Street. Everyone that knewBryn knew that he loved his familyand friends more than anything, andthey also knew he liked to have a good

time! So to honor him lets get all hisfamily and friends together and do itbig! We want to show Ashley and theboys that even through the hard timeswe are all there for them. $10 per per-son. All proceeds will go to the BrynGirouard Memorial Fund located atthe GFA Bank. Tickets will be avail-able for purchase in advance or at thedoor. There will be raffles and basketsof all sorts! The following bands willbe playing: Franco O’Malley, LedMonkees, 1 Ought 9, and Phil D.

HOLIDAY BAZAARWINCHENDON — The first annual

Toy Town Holiday Bazaar is sched-uled Saturday, Dec. 3 9 a.m. until 4p.m. at the town hall auditorium,Front Street. Sponsored by theAgricultural Council and featuringlocal artisans, to Benefit theWinchendon CAC

WINTERFESTWINCHENDON — The Old

Murdock Senior Center hosts aWinterfest with holiday table dis-plays, a wreath silent auction, lunch-eon, crafts and more. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. onSaturday, Dec. 3.

TOWN TREE LIGHTING

WINCHENDON — Meet to ridewith Santa at the fire station at 3:30

WINCHENDON COURIER 3Saturday, November 26, 2011

COURIER CAPSULES

The Winchendon Courier is committedto accuracy in all its news reports.Although numerous safeguards are inplace to ensure accurate reporting,mistakes can occur. Confirmed facterrors will be corrected at the top righthand corner of page three in a timelymanner. If you find a mistake, call(978) 297-0050 during normal businesshours. During non-business hours,leave a message in the editor’s voicemailbox. The editor will return yourphone call. Or contact the editor at thefollowing email: [email protected].

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Nouveaux Riches7 Central Street, Baldwinville, MA • 978-652-5071

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Heather Croft Quilt Shack633 Patriot Road, Rte. 2A, Templeton, MA

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Whiting FarmRoute 2A, Phillipston, MA

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King Phillip Restaurant and Motor Inn35 State Road, Philipston, MA • 978-249-6300

Down to Earth Nursery450 Royalston Road, Phillipston, MA • 978-249-8720

Red Apple Farm455 Highland Avenue, Phillipston, MA

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Weekend of Dec. 3-4 You are cordially invited to visit the 16 participating shops on the

Christmas tour and shop to your heart's content. Enjoy the hospitality and warmth of fam-

ily owned businesses, pick up the free stamp card at any shop for a chance at great prizes

and complementary refreshments at each stop.

Grand prize: hand stitched quilt from the Heather Croft Quilt Shack of Templeton.

Enjoy the Country Roads Christmas!

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Explore the Country Roads of North central Massachusetts

LIGHTS….ACTIONDoneen Durling photos

Ever wonder just how those gorgeouslights end up on the trees? This is how. Thisyear it is members of the 250thAnniversary Committee who have takenon the chore, as they are “selling” the lightsas part of another fundraiser. Purchase thelights for $5 each to commemorate or honora loved one by sending a check or moneyorder payable to the Winchendon 250thAnniversary Committee to Suzanne Rader,832 Central St., Winchendon 01475. Includewhether the contribution is to be publishedanonymously, in memory of someone(deceased) or in honor of someone (living).

First the lights were straightened, strung outacross the town hall porch, and tested. Quite acolorful display.

Looking deceptively elf like, the strings oflights were delivered by Suzanne Rader andothers.

And from street level it took a ladder and a S-T-R-E-T-C-H but eventually the trees were ready forthe big light up that will take place Dec. 3.

Orchestrating from the roof! At the top of the trees, it was easier to reach but a bit of a ballet.

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Corridor plan gets influx of moneyWASHINGTON, DC — Congressman John

Olver and the Montachusett RegionalPlanning Commission announced a $129,500award to fund the development and comple-tion of a Wachusett Station Smart GrowthCorridor Plan. The grant will be used to studythe area surrounding the planned Wachusettpassenger rail station as well as engage thelocal community and examine various ele-ments within the rail corridor, includingtransportation, land use, housing, economicdevelopment, open space/recreation andfacilities/institution planning. The grant wasawarded through the Department of Housingand Urban Development’s Office ofSustainable Housing and Communities pro-gram.

“I have worked with the MontachusettRegional Planning Commission for manyyears, and I am very pleased that theWachusett Station Smart Growth CorridorPlan has been awarded the funding it needs tomove forward,” said Olver. “These days somepeople criticize public investment like thattaking place at Wachusett Station. But withthe proper planning this grant allows MRPCto do, West Fitchburg has the potential to bean economic driver for the region.”

“The Wachusett Station Smart GrowthCorridor Plan will include a 2.5 mile radiusstudy around the new highly anticipatedWachusett Station. The plan will identify spe-cific housing and transportation linkages toand from the station and act as a guiding doc-ument for smart growth development in WestFitchburg, North Leominster, and EastWestminster. This study allows MRPC theopportunity to do local area planning from aregional perspective, something we wouldlike to do more of in the future,” said GlennEaton, executive director of MRPC.

The study is expected to begin around thestart of the New Year.

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PRESIDENT/PUBLISHER: FRANK CHILINSKIEDITOR: RUTH DEAMICIS

To the Editor:Ahimsa Haven would like to extend a heart-

felt thank you to everyone who participated inthe Night of Shopping at the Glen Caffe onNov. 10th. The funds raised go not only to pro-vide medical support for Winchendon AnimalControl, but also to fund our own efforts torescue homeless animals, and to help us worktoward the goal of building a shelter inWinchendon.

Extra special thanks go to Glen Caffe ownerSally Morin for hosting, and to AlishaO’Malley of Miche Bags for organizing, andalso to Bonnie Courtemanche (Tupperware),Nichole Roberts (The Pampered Chef),Morgan Ruschioni (Princess House), AllisonHautanen (Scentsy), Fawn Frazer (author ofTiny & His Big Adventures), Jodi Gallant

(Avon), Michelle Castro (Avon), Darcie Morin& Francine Cochran (Tastefully Simple),Sheila Nagle (Slumber Parties), Belinda Keith(Lia Sophia) and Tara Olsen (Vault Denim).

Thanks also to the many shoppers whocame out to support the cause!

MARJORIE TWIRAGA, PRESIDENTAHIMSA HAVEN ANIMAL RESCUE

In photo: back row left to right: BonnieCourtemanche, Nichole Roberts, MorganRuschioni, Allison Hautanen, Fawn Frazer,Marjorie Twiraga, Jodi Gallant, MichelleCastro, Darcie Morin, Francine Cochran.Front row: Sheila Nagle & Alisha O’Malley.

Ahimsa: appreciates fundraiser

Turn up the blessingsI

t is easy when the holidayshit for me to slip back intime. As Christmas musicpours from the static filled

speakers in the local dollar store,I find myself humming along in aspontaneous outpouring of joy. Itseems that over the years I lostthat impulsive musical outburstthat came as second nature whenI was younger. I think it was therolling eyes of my youngest sonthat finally put the kibosh to myunconstrained eruptions…thatand his habit of turning down theradio leaving me screeching inthe wind…without accompani-ment. I stuffed the urge to flingout my arms and sing in my mostpowerful vibrato every timesomething like BohemianRhapsody played on WAAF,because, though it may be “waycool” and bring a laugh whenWayne and his cohorts sing alongwith Queen while riding along inthe mirth mobile, my son did not

seem rhapsodized by my rendi-tion while riding in the stoicalTrailblazer.

But he’s older now, and thoughwiser may be debatable, there is aplus to the fact he isn’t in the carevery time I go shopping. Don’tworry; it’s winter. I’ll keep the win-dows rolled up.

I picked up car-singing from myparents. I never rolled my eyes whenthey sang. They harmonized, andthere were many long trips thatwere made short by the songs welearned to sing. It also seemed tokeep my parents calm. Picture an

old nine-passenger 1963 ChryslerNew Yorker filled with bouncingand fighting siblings, and tell meyou would be calm on a four-hourdrive to New York City!

All together now, with spirit,“There ain’t nothin you can namethat is anything like a dame…”

But I digress.I learned a lot from the music of

Rogers and Hammerstein, andIrving Berlin. The songs sung byDean Martin and Bing Crosby mes-merized us.

Lately I have thought a lot aboutsinging Count Your Blessings(instead of sheep) in that be-be-bum—bum—bum, Crosby voice.

“If you are worried, and you can’tsleep, just count your blessingsinstead of sheep, and you’ll fallasleep counting your blessings.”

When I was young, they were justwords I was singing just to hearmyself sing. I didn’t realize thatwhen my parents were singing thosewords, they understood every

nuance, and it was coming straightfrom the heart. We didn’t know myparents had problems. They neverrevealed their fears, and never toldus about the many sleepless nights.

We were kids, and they let us bekids.

Times change. I have grown upand the weight of adulthood can stillbe lessened with a song that can betwice as sweet during a sing-along.

This winter there are predictionsof oil price increases and less fund-ing for fuel assistance. Last year wasa terrible winter for some of the sen-ior citizens of our town. My phonewould ring as February took its tollon those that feared they were downto their last drop of precious oil intheir tanks. Every suggestion Ioffered about where they could turnwas greeted with, “I have alreadybeen there.”

There is a drive being worked onwith multiple events. I ask that youkeep your eyes open for Turn UpThe Heat events beginning at the

end of January. All proceeds fromthese events will go to the Councilon Aging to be deposited in the fuelassistance budget line. A few eventson the horizon still in the planningstages are a Turn Up The HeatTrivia Night at the end of January, aTurn Up The Heat and Rock night,and a Winchendon Art Show in May.

For every senior that calls andasks, I know there are many that goto sleep cold. I know because Iremember my parents and theirpride. Some would call that pride“stubborn Irish” pride. My fatherwould smile that silly half grin, andwear their mockery like a badge ofhonor.

I believe nobody should be coldthis winter. Many hands will makethe work lighter.

If you would like to help, give me acall.

“And you’ll fall asleep, countingyour blessings.”

It takes a lot of stamina tostay up until 2 a.m. or so inorder to take your kids to thefirst-night midnight showing

of “Breaking Dawn” the mostrecent of the ‘Twilight’ series,which opened last week. To myadult friends who managed thisfeat, congratulations — I surehope your kids appreciated it! Mykids are older, all over 18 and thusquite capable of going to themovies on their own, but I surecouldn’t have done it in any event.I do remember waiting in a longline for tickets to see the 20thanniversary of ‘Star Wars’ butthat was almost a decade and ahalf ago. I don’t quite have thatstamina now.

It takes a lot of stamina too, tostay in a presidential race you’vebeen counted out of more than once,so credit is due former HouseSpeaker Newt Gingrich for hangingin there. I’ve written frequently thatNewt is the most interesting of theRepublican candidates because hehas more ideas, some zany, someserious, than any of the others.There are those who dismiss him asa pseudo-intellectual, but I don’t buy

that. I think Gingrich’s intelligenceand zest for wonky policy debate arethe real things. I don’t particularlywant him to be President, and Idon’t think he will be, but his rise inthe polls, whether it be because he’sthe flavor of the month or whetherhe turns out to have some stayingpower, at least lends some degree ofauthentic knowledge to the race.Last week, Washington Post colum-nist Kathellen Parker, whose conser-vative credentials are impeccable ina sane world, lamented what shecalled the “Palinaztion” of herparty’s presidential campaign.Parker said the less knowledgeablethe candidate, the better theyseemed to do in the polls for a while,citing the likes of MichelleBachman, Rick Perry, and, ofcourse, Herman Cain, none of

whom appear to know much aboutthe country’s problems, all of whomwander the nation spouting offinane lines — when they evenremember those lines — and yetseem to jump in popularity regard-less of how incompetent and ridicu-lous they sound.

Parker referenced William F.Buckley as maybe the last of thegenuinely intellectual conservativesand wrote that she was mightily dis-appointed that candidates likeBachman, Perry, and Cain showedpolling strength. She has a point. Itdoes seem ludicrous that these can-didates are taken even a little bitseriously by anyone. Then again, anawful lot of voters don’t know awhole lot either, so I guess it’s possi-ble that one reason these people doso well, even briefly, is because theyreally do represent a certain limitedconstituency. A scary thought forsure, but possible.

For example, Cain blamed themedia for the fact that he knew noth-ing about Libya, which he demon-strated in an interview with theMilwaukee Journal, and Perry wasunable to recall the names of thefederal agencies he’s promising to

abolish once he gets to Washington.Talk about nonsense on both counts.Cain, however, might get somethingof a free pass because he’s really ona book tour anyway and isn’t a seri-ous candidate for President if for noother reason, politically incorrect ornot, that the Republicans simplyaren’t going to nominate a black guy,especially one who has had experi-ences in his life that aren’t exactlygoing to charm women voters.Cain’s not Bill Clinton.

If you don’t believe me aboutCain, go ask a whole slew of south-ern and midwestern state and coun-ty chairmen where their delegatevotes are going come conventiontime. As for Perry, following his ini-tial surge in the polls, he has slippedfar back in the pack because everytime he gets on a debate stage, hemakes it clear that not only is he aterrible debater, he generally hasabsolutely no idea what he’s talkingabout. So, Gingrich, at least for now,seems to be the most credible chal-lenger to serene front runner MittRomney. The whereabouts of anoth-er prospective serious candidate,Jon Huntsman, seem to beunknown. Maybe he’ll show up too,

but for now, the Gingrich rise sug-gests that perhaps there is hope yetfor legitimate policy debate beforeIowa and New Hampshire votershead to caucuses and polls in lessthan two months. Maybe? One canonly hope that grown upRepublicans are ready to, once andfor all, ignore the sideshows, and dowhat they usually do: focus on thegrown up Republican candidates.After all, even if you’re a die-hard,ideologically hard-right Republican,can you really envision a Perry or aCain or a Bachman going head-to-head with Barack Obama andemerging anything but bloodiedbeyond recognition?

Not if you want to win, you can’t.I’m sure the White House would lovea matchup like those, but it’s notgoing to happen. Too bad for thePresident, but against a legitimatechallenger, he’ll have the opportuni-ty and the responsibility to tell us allwhy and how his second term willbe better than his first. In a free soci-ety, that would be best for all of us,rather than have him coast to re-election because there’s no varsityopposition. Don’t you agree?

On stamina

So we’re probably full of turkey bynow. Stuffed to the gills with thestuffing as it were. The pumpkin piehas had its heyday. We’re down to

turkey potpie and soup soon.But it was glorious for most of us.We know the CAC took care of many fami-

lies, we hope there weren’t too many missedthis year. Or too many lonely people left alonewithout someone to share the day with;because it is such a family day. It is a secularholiday, no big religious connotations thatrequire one to be elsewhere or observe specialrituals; just be with those you love and begrateful for what you have.

Thanks-giving.Do we do it often enough?Just looking around a usual kitchen, at the

array of work saving appliances, the runninghot and cold clean water, electricity itself,warm air and closed windows; enough foodeven if it is just bread and butter; a table andchairs…it is abundance.

Warm blankets, a bed, clothing to suit theclimate, books to read…free at the library orto buy if we have the money; and a school: tolearn to read, to write, to cipher. There arethose in the world who yearn for such thingswhile we wrangle over how much it costswhen it comes down to that or an extra cup ofgourmet coffee per day.

A car, basic transportation. To be able to getfrom here to there without planning for it fora week ahead of time and perhaps have tomake multiple phone calls for the arrange-

ments; or save the money for the fare, or walkif no other means is available. We live in anarea with little in the way of public trans-portation. A van occasionally, some medicaltransportation if we call ahead, private liveryif we have the cash. For those who mustdepend on it, it is difficult. Be grateful if youcan start a car every day and drive away with-out thinking about it.

A telephone to make that call in the firstplace. Or a computer for the emails or texting.Or a tablet of some sort. Any form of commu-nication other than word of mouth. There arethose in the world without instant access.They must face another person and communi-cate by using their voice directly. It’s calledtalking. Some people still do it. Scary thought.

TV, video games, instant movies, instantgratification of all kinds, constant music,IPods, plugged in earphones…very few peopleand especially children can sit in silence.Most don’t know what nature sounds like,they’ve never noticed it. Silence isn’t actuallyusually silent. There are noises abundant. Butmost are not noticed if you are “plugged in” tosomething else. And you certainly aren’tgoing to hear your own thoughts if you don’tlisten to them.

Perhaps you should.Find out what you think when someone else

isn’t thinking for you, telling you with theirlyrics or their soundbites what your life is.Decide for yourself.

And whatever you find, be grateful for it.

JERRYCARTON

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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.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14

2:37 a.m.: ambulance (Maple Street) trans-ported; 4:26 a.m.: building check (SpringStreet) secure; 7 a.m.: DPW call (Hall Road)refer to DPW; 7:14 a.m.: ambulance (SchoolStreet) transported; 7:16 a.m.: animal com-plaint (Central Street) refer to ACO; 8:08 a.m.:MV stop (Spring Street) summons: Tyler S.Chasnov, age 18 of 15 Sawmill #DR, Plymouth:operating MV with license suspended andspeeding; 9 a.m.: suspicious other (CentralStreet) secured building; 9:22 a.m.: officerwanted (School Square) report taken; 10:53a.m.: summons service (Walnut Street) unableto serve; 11:13 a.m.: general info (walk in) mes-sage delivered; 11:51 assist citizen (CentralStreet) assisted; 11:58 a.m.: DPW call (GardnerRoad) refer to DPW; 1:57 p.m.: assist citizen(River Street) assisted; 2 p.m.: assist otheragency (phone) advised officer; 2:02 p.m.: sum-mons service (West Monomonac Road) served;3:25 p.m.: officer wanted (Ipswich Drive) spo-ken to; 6:17 p.m.: summons service (WalnutStreet) served; 6:45 p.m.: suspicious auto(Royalston Road North) spoken to; 6:59 p.m.:officer wanted (Spring Street) spoken to; 7:12p.m.: investigation (Central Street) no PDservice required; 7:19 p.m.: suspicious other(Central Street) spoken to; 7:30 p.m.: warrantcheck (Central Street) spoken to; 8:20 p.m.:ambulance (Poland Avenue) transported; 9:49p.m.: loitering (Central Street) spoken to; 10:18p.m.: officer wanted (Mill Street) 10:50 p.m.:animal complaint (Maynard Street) infotaken; 11:42 p.m.: building check (MemorialDrive) secure; 11:57 p.m.: general info (walk in)spoken to; 11:57 p.m.: suspicious auto(Glenallan Street) traffic citation issued.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15

12:40-3:50 a.m.: seven building checks,secure; 1:42 a.m.: ambulance (Central Street)transported; 2:34 a.m.: unwanted party(Spring Circle) summons: Sandra AnneGibson, age 42 of 206 Spring Circle Apt. 301,Winchendon: larceny under $250; 7:09 a.m.:vandalism (Glenallan Street) report taken;9:45 a.m.: 911 call non-emergency (First Street)accidental; 9:57 a.m.: trespass notice entry(Memorial Drive) info given; 1:06 p.m.: proper-ty found (Main Street) info taken; 1:54 p.m.:general info (Emerald Street) spoken to; 2:57p.m.: general info (walk in) spoken to; 3 p.m.:larceny (Hale Street) spoken to; 3:06 p.m.: bur-glar alarm (Spring Street) accidental; 4:06p.m.: threats (Maple Street) spoken to; 4:56p.m.: general info (phone) spoken to; 6:05 p.m.:harassment (phone) spoken to; 7:06 p.m.: wel-fare check (addresses will not be printed); 8:13p.m.: ambulance (Central Street) transported;8:57 p.m.: noise complaint (Pearl Street) spo-ken to; 9:42 p.m.: suspicious auto (GlenallanStreet) checked, secure; 11:37-11:51 p.m.: twobuilding checks, secure.

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16

12:12 a.m.: registration check (GlenallanStreet) info taken; 12:12-2:30 a.m.: eight build-ing checks, secure; 2:53 a.m.: lift assist(Lakeview Drive) assisted; 3:30 a.m.: traffichazard (Front Street) removed hazard; 7:41a.m.: property found (Pleasant Street) infotaken; 8:02 a.m.: ambulance (Ash Street)assisted; 10:11 a.m.: summons service (TeelRoad) served; 11:44 a.m.: animal abuse (Mill

Street) refer to ACO; 1:31 p.m.: general info(Hitchcock Road) spoken to; 3:54 p.m.: larceny(Morse Avenue) spoken to; 5:14 p.m.: threats(Front Street) spoken to; 5:54 p.m.: assist otheragency (walk in) spoken to; 5:58 p.m.: ambu-lance (Spring Circle) transported; 6:40 p.m.:suspicious auto (Glenallan Street) checked,secure; 7 p.m.: general info (Mill Street) spo-ken to; 7:43 p.m.: vandalism (River Street)report taken; 7:56 p.m.: MV operating errati-cally (School Street) refer to other agency; 8:45p.m.: arrest (Maple Street) arrest: HeatherBell, age 20 of 116 Maple St., Winchendon:arrest based on warrant; 9:45 p.m.: assault(Front Street) report taken; 11:07 p.m.: ambu-lance (Ipswich Drive) transported; 11:37 p.m.:suspicious other (Goodrich Street) spoken to;11:46-11:59 p.m.: four building checks, secure.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17

12:16-2:48 a.m.: four building checks, secure;12:19 a.m.: extra patrols (Glenallan Street)checked, secure; 3:33 a.m.: burglar alarm (MillGlen Road) checked, secure; 5:10 a.m.: MV stop(Gardner Road) traffic citation issued; 5:20a.m.: MV stop (Gardner Road) verbal warning;8:40 a.m.: assist other agency (walk in) spokento; 9 a.m.: assist citizen (Fairbanks Street)assisted; 1:33 p.m.: warrant check (RailroadStreet) no PD service required; 1:35 p.m.:transport (Elmwood Road) assisted; 2:07 p.m.:officer wanted (High Street) spoken to; 2:21p.m.: warrant check (Maple Street) arrest:Wayne Francis Bell, age 25 of 116 Maple St. #4,Winchendon: arrest based on warrant; 3:51p.m.: MV stop (Spring Street) spoken to; 4:25p.m.: MV stop (Oak Street) traffic citationissued; 5:04 p.m.: general info (Spring Street)spoken to; 5:25 p.m.: ambulance (Hyde ParkDrive) transported; 6:01 p.m.: general info(Alger Street) spoken to; 7 p.m.: welfare check(addresses will not be printed); 9:40 p.m.: be onthe lookout (Spring Street) unable to locate;11:16 p.m.: ambulance (Mill Street) transport-ed.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18

12:30-1:33 a.m.: 23 building checks, secure;12:35 a.m.: ambulance (Elmwood Road) no FDservice required; 1:46 a.m.: officer wanted(Front Street) summons: Joseph Aviles, age 28of 165 South St., Westminster: operating MVwith suspended license; 11:05 a.m.: larceny(River Street) report taken; 11:11 a.m.: MVoperating erratically (Glenallan Street)unable to locate; 12:48 p.m.: MV stop (ElmwoodRoad) verbal warning; 3:17 p.m.: MV stop(Spring Street) spoken to; 3:25 p.m.: MV stop(Spring Street) spoken to; 3:30 p.m.: assistother PD (Morse Avenue) arrest: Daniel N.Vento, age 27 of 121 Morse Ave., Winchendon:aggravated A&B (pregnant); 3:44 p.m.: firealarm (Hyde Park Drive) false alarm; 4:50p.m.: assist motorist (Spring Street) assisted;6:59 p.m.: MV operating erratically (GardnerRoad) verbal warning; 7:26 p.m.: MV stop(River Street) verbal warning; 7:34 p.m.: offi-cer wanted (Maple Street) spoken to; 9:02 p.m.:general info (Gardner Road) spoken to.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19

12:24 a.m.: suspicious auto (Central Street)checked, secure; 12:39-3:20 a.m.: 14 buildingchecks, secure; 1:01 a.m.: MV stop (GardnerRoad) traffic citation issued; 1:29 a.m.: intoxi-cated person (Kemp Street) assisted; 1:31 a.m.:ambulance (Poland Avenue) refused assis-tance; 2:46 a.m.: welfare check (addresses willnot be printed); 3:02 a.m.: ambulance (PolandAvenue) transported; 8:59 a.m.: lift assist(Poland Avenue) assisted; 9:32 a.m.: ambu-lance (Monadnock Avenue) transported; 9:36

a.m.: MV theft (Brown Street) spoken to; 10:14a.m.: ambulance (Spring Circle) transported;11:19 a.m.: summons service (Hospital Road)served; 12:54 p.m.: MV operating erratically(Gardner Road) unable to locate; 1:02 p.m.: gen-eral info (phone) info taken; 1:08 p.m.: larceny(Central Street) report taken; 1:28 p.m.: 911hang up (Otter River Road) spoken to; 1:34p.m.: unwanted party (Woodlawn Street) spo-ken to; 1:54 p.m.: domestic (Elmwood Road)spoken to; 2:13 p.m.: MV operating erratically(Gardner Road) spoken to; 2:41 p.m.: ambu-lance (Forristall Road) refer to FD; 3:49 p.m.:general info (Summer Street) info given; 4:30p.m.: welfare check (addresses will not beprinted); 5:38 p.m.: burglar alarm (IslandRoad) call canceled; 6:31 p.m.: ambulance(Elmwood Road) refer to FD; 7:07 p.m.: ambu-lance (Baldwinville Road) refer to FD; 7:24p.m.: extra patrols (Alger Street) gone onarrival; 8:28 p.m.: suspicious other (LincolnAvenue) spoken to; 9:43 p.m.: disturbance,fight (Alger Street) assisted; 11:05 p.m.: ambu-lance (Baldwinville Road) no FD servicerequired; 11:11 p.m.: threats (Rice Road) goneon arrival; 11:30 p.m.: threats (Front Street)spoken to; 11:31 p.m.: assist other PD (phone)message delivered.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20

12 a.m.: assist other PD (phone) spoken to;12:36 a.m.: unwanted party (Baldwinville

Road) spoken to; 2:56-4:18 a.m.: 14 buildingchecks, secure; 3:20 a.m.: disabled auto (SpringStreet) checked, secure; 7:35 a.m.: power out-age (Eagle Road) refer to other agency; 7:51a.m.: power outage (Bluebird Road) refer toother agency; 8:53 a.m.: power outage (EagleRoad) refer to other agency; 9:30 a.m.: animalcomplaint (Rice Road) refer to ACO; 9:54 a.m.:vandalism (Academy Street) report taken;10:53 a.m.: threats (Spruce Street) summons:Evan R. Taft, age 23 of 39 Pearl Drive,Winchendon: reckless operation of MV; 10:56a.m.: open door, window, gate (Spruce Street)secured building; 12:12 p.m.: 911 call non-emer-gency (Ready Drive) spoken to; 12:19 p.m.:investigation (Pearl Drive) info taken; 12:36p.m.: general info (Brown Street) spoken to;1:38 p.m.: officer wanted (Spring Street) assist-ed; 2:12 p.m.: disabled auto (Spring Street)refer to other agency; 2:17 p.m.: MV operatingerratically (Grove Street) unable to locate; 2:53p.m.: burglar alarm (Summer Street) checked,secure; 5:19 p.m.: accident (Prospect Street)report taken; 5:41 p.m.: annoying phone calls(Spring Street) spoken to; 7:39 p.m.: gunshotsheard (Glenallan Street) unable to locate;11:25-11:51 p.m.: four building checks, secure;11:36 p.m.: MV stop (Memorial Drive) spokento.


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Students from the Pre-K program atMemorial School created Pilgrims’hats, turkey hats with tracings oftheir hands for turkey feathers, andNative American hats with feathersand drawings of mountains, clouds,the sun, and symbols of nature andlife. Each resident from Broadviewreceived a hat to wear during theThanksgiving Singing and Sharing.It was with great pride that the res-idents and the students shared thetime together, and solemnly wishedone another a very happy holiday.

WINCHENDON — RogerEdward LaPlante, age 72 of 66Hyde Park Drive,Winchendon formerly ofGardner and MontrealQuebec Canada diedWednesday, Nov. 2, 2011 inHeywood Hospital, Gardner,following a long battle with

cancer.Born in Queens, NY on Oct. 8, 1939, he was

the son of the late Arthur and Marianna(Ouellette) LaPlante. Roger spent most of hischildhood in Saco, ME.

He received his GED in 1965 and laterattended Mount Wachusett CommunityCollege in Gardner.

He was a certified nursing assistantemployed by the Baldwinville Nursing Home,Baldwinville and Heywood Hospital in

Gardner. He was previously employed byGoodnow Pearson and in the camera depart-ment of the Gardner News.

Roger was a United States Vietnam WarArmy veteran and received the NationalDefense Service medal, the Good Conductmedal and the Marksman medal. During hissix years of service he was stationed in WestGermany and Massachusetts.

Roger’s greatest accomplishments were hispaintings. He was a self-taught artist of water-color, and many of his paintings were sold toprivate collectors in Canada, the UnitedStates, Germany and France. Roger assistedin the founding of the Greater Gardner ArtistAssociation in 1989, and held the position ofeither president or vice president throughoutthe years. His art has been on display in manylocal locations, including Mount WachusettCommunity College, the Gardner HeritageVisitors Center and the Gardner PublicLibrary. He has been awarded with ribbons,certificates and much publicity for his talent.

Roger also had a passion for photography,gardening, reading, music and theatre. Heenjoyed walking, skiing and traveling. Hisfamily was very important, he loved themdearly and enjoyed spending time with them.

Roger leaves one brother, Peter A. LaPlanteof Lee, ME; five sisters, Teresa E. LeBlanc ofOrange, Elizabeth A. Sherwood of Petersham,Barbara J. Nelson of Baldwinville, Linda D.Haskins of Fitzwilliam, and Lana M.Montbreand of Winchendon; several nieces,nephews and cousins.

A memorial service was held Sunday, Nov.13 in the Boucher Funeral Home, Inc., 110Nichols St., Gardner, MA.

Memorial contributions may be made toThe Human Rights Campaign, PO Box 98098,Washington, DC 20077-7081


Luc J. Melanson, 14WINCHENDON — Luc J.

Melanson, age 14, of 386Baldwinville State Road,Winchendon died suddenlyFriday, Nov. 11, 2011 in UMassMemorial Medical Center,Lake Ave North, Worcester,after being stricken ill.

Born in Gardner on Feb. 4,1997, he was the son of Eugene J. and Brenda(Cyr) Melanson of Winchendon.

At the time of his death, Luc was a fresh-man at Narragansett Regional High School inTempleton.

He was a member of Immaculate Heart ofMary Church in Winchendon.

Luc enjoyed playing ice hockey and was amember of the Ash/West Youth Hockey team,and was a former member of theNarragansett Middle School football team. Hewas a member of the Templeton Boy Scouts.Luc liked to fish, hang with his friends andloved spending time with his big sister. Luclived his life making sure everyone was

always happy, and was always there for thosehe cared about.

Besides his parents of Winchendon, heleaves one sister, Monique M. Melanson ofWinchendon; his paternal grandparents,Norman and Rose (Bourque) Melanson ofAyer; his maternal grandmother, Cecelia A.(Clavette) Cyr of Gardner; his paternal great-grandmother, Leona (Melanson) Robichaud ofSt. Marie, N.B. Canada; two aunts AnnDejackome and Denise Melanson; threeuncles, Stanley Cyr, Daniel Cyr and EricDejackome; and several cousins. Luc was pre-deceased by his maternal grandfather,Fernand Cyr.

Funeral services were held Thursday, Nov.17 from the Boucher Funeral Home, Inc., 110Nichols St., Gardner with a Mass in Our Ladyof the Holy Rosary Church, 135 Nichol St.

Memorial contributions may be made toPACER’s National Bullying PreventionCenter, 8161 Normandale Blvd., Minneapolis,MN 55437, please reference in memory of LucMelanson.

Camille J. “Cam” LeBlanc Jr., 77WINCHENDON – Camille

J. “Cam” LeBlanc Jr., 77, of 40Woodlawn Street,Winchendon, died peacefullyat his residence Saturdayevening, November 19th, withhis family at his side.

He was born in Fitchburgon September 2, 1934, the son

of the late Camille J. and Sanelma “Kitty”(Palonen) LeBlanc and had lived inWinchendon for 36 years.

Cam graduated from Lunenburg HighSchool with the Class of 1952 and attendedNortheastern University. He graduated fromWorcester Junior College in 1953. From 1955to 1958, he honorably served in the UnitedStates Air Force.Cam worked for the FAA as an electronic tech-nician from 1961 to 1993, working inWorcester, Keene, NH and mostly inTempleton. He later worked for ten years atHannaford Supermarket stocking specialtyfoods. Cam was a member and PastCommander of Eugene M. Connor Post 193American Legion, and was also a member of40 +8, and the Amvets. He was an activemember of Finnish Club of Saima inFitchburg and was a former member of theWinchendon Lions Club.

He leaves his wife of 35 years, Nancy C.

(Homon) LeBlanc; six chil-dren, Cam J. LeBlanc and hiswife Pam of San Jacinto, CA,Gary J. LeBlanc and his wifeSusan of Oklahoma City, OK,Kim A. Gates and her husbandTim of Fitchburg, Donna E.Lesser and her husband Jeff ofFt. Myers, FL, Glenn S. LeBlanc and his wifeSusan of Portage, Indiana and Raelyn M.Shack and her husband Jim of Shirley; ninegrandchildren, four great grandsons, two stepgreat grandchildren as well as nephews andnieces. A sister, Mary Ann Larson, prede-ceased him.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday,November 23rd at 10 A.M. in Stone-LadeauFuneral Home, 343 Central Street,Winchendon. The Rev. Francis A. Robergewill officiate.

Burial, with military honors, will follow inthe Massachusetts Veterans’ MemorialCemetery, Winchendon.

Calling hours in the funeral home will beTuesday, November 22nd from 6 to 8 P.M. ALegion Service will be held at 6:30 P.M.

Memorial donations may be made toAmerican Cancer Society, 30 Speen Street,Framingham, MA 01701 or to the charity ofone’s choice.

OBITUARIESDr. Ernest M. DiGeronimo, 88

CAPE CORAL, FL — Dr. Ernest M.DiGeronimo, DMD Born in Fitchburg on June25, 1923, passed at the age of 88 in his winterresidence of Cape Coral, FL on Tuesday, Nov.,8, 2011.

He was the son of the late Michael and Lena(Cassinari) DiGeronimo. Dr. DiGeronimo wasa graduate of Fitchburg High School, Class of1940. He played football in high school. Dr.DiGeronimo was a Magna Cum Laude gradu-ate of Holy Cross College, class of 1944 with adegree in chemistry. He worked as a researchchemist for Atlantic Refining Company inPhiladelphia, PA after his graduation. He con-tinued to pursue his education, graduatingfirst in his class with several awards and dis-tinctions from Tufts University Dental Schoolin 1949. He served as a captain in the U.S. AirForce 1953-55.

Dr. DiGeronimo had a thriving dental prac-tice in Fitchburg for over 30 years until hisretirement in 1985. Additionally he was thepersonal dentist to the Boston Bruins duringthe years their training camp was held inFitchburg. He was president of WachusettDental Society, a co-owner of Hub BowlingCenter in Lunenburg, co-owner of Mt. ElamNursing Home in Fitchburg, and co-owner ofLakeview Nursing Home in Clinton. Dr.DiGeronimo was a licensed hypnotist whoassisted cancer patients with pain manage-ment at Burbank Hospital. Dr. DiGeronimo

was a member of the board of trustees toFitchburg Savings Bank. He was also a mem-ber on staff at Burbank Hospital andLeominster Hospital. Dr. DiGeronimo workedfor the city of Fitchburg as the visiting dentistto local schools. He also enjoyed traveling andvisited many countries and loved to playbocce.

Dr. DiGeronimo is survived by his wifeRachel (Raboin) Daigle DiGeronimo, hisdaughter Diane DiGeronimo and her husbandAndy Mise, Dr. Ernest M. DiGeronimo Jr. andhis wife Nirva, his son Dr. ThomasDiGeronimo and his wife Denise, his sonDavid DiGeronimo and his wife Vinia. Sixstep-sons, John Daigle of Fitzwilliam, ChrisDaigle of Westminster, and David Daigle ofWinchendon. Three step-daughters BonnieLusco of Winchendon, Donna Daigle ofLunenburg, and Laurie Carr of Winchendon.He also leaves 19 grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren. He also leaves behind a sister,Amelia DiGeronimo Angellini of WestHarwich. He was predeceased by his sisterCaroline (DiGeronimo) Leavitt in 1996.

A celebration of his life was held withimmediate family at his son’s home in TampaFL. Burial arrangements in Massachusettsare incomplete at this time and will be sched-uled through Brandon Funeral Home, 305Wanoosnoc Road, Fitchburg, at a later date.

Roger Edward LaPlante, 72

Janet M. (Green) Fenwick, 72LEOMINSTER — Janet M.

(Green) Fenwick, age 72 ofLeominster, died Monday, Nov.21, in her home, after a brief ill-ness.

She leaves two sons, JamesA. Fenwick and Mark Cappucciand his wife, Jessica, both ofLeominster; four daughters,

Susan A. Tocci and her husband, Philip, ofWinchendon, Sherry A. Fenwick ofLeominster, Jean A. Rogers of Leominsterand Heather M. Fenwick of Fitchburg; onebrother, Donald Green of Ashby; two sisters,Floris Hancock and Dianne Mitchell, both ofLeominster; 15 grandchildren, 12 great grand-children and many nieces and nephews. Shewas predeceased by one son, Donald AlecFenwick Jr. who died in 2004 and one brother,Frank Green and her twin sister, JaniceSwett.

Mrs. Fenwick was a secretary for 15 years atWest Boylston High School.

She was a 1957 graduate of the formerAshby High School, enjoyed gardening, paint-ing, reading, making jewelry, was a greatcook, enjoyed time with her grandchildrenand had a very special relationship withChrist.

She was born in Fitchburg, on Oct. 17, 1939,a daughter of the late Harold S. and Agnes(Hughes) Green and lived in this area all ofher life.

Funeral services will be held on Saturday,Nov. 26, at 1 p.m. in the Assembly of GodChurch, 834 Main St., Leominster.

There are no calling hours and burial willbe at the convenience of the family.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributionsmay be made to the Leominster Assembly ofGod Building Expansion Fund, 834 Main St.,Leominster, MA 01453.

The Smith-Mallahy-Masciarelli andFitchburg Chapel of the Sawyer-Miller-Masciarelli Funeral Home, 243 Water St.,Fitchburg, is directing funeral arrangements.

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Winchendon Pop WarnerPeeWee Cheering Squadplaced second atRegionals on Saturdayat the DCU Center. Thiswonderful group of hardworking girls will now bemoving onto Nationals.Nationals is held inOrlando FL at the ESPNWide World of Sports.The girls are scheduledto compete on Tuesday,Dec. 6, which is onlytwo short weeks away.We are trying to raise asmuch money as we pos-sibly can to help sendthese girls to Florida.They have work so hardall season and deservethe shot at Nationals.We currently are plan-ning a spaghetti supperscheduled for theevening of Wednesday,Nov. 30 at ImmaculateHeart of Mary Parish inWinchendon.

BY JERRY CARTONSPECIAL TO THE COURIER

WINCHENDON — The 2011-12 season tips off on Dec. 9, andwhen it does, the opener willusher in a new era for MurdockMiddle High School boys’ bas-ketball as Steve Ringer takesover as varsity coach when theBlue Devils take that short rideover to Narragansett.

It’s been an interesting rideto his first varsity coachingposition for the Winchendonnative, who was on the bench acouple seasons ago as the boys’junior varsity coach and hasserved as well as the head coachfor the Gardner Middle Schoolgirls team.

“The timing was right for thisjob,” said Ringer, who will besucceeding Aaron Laliberte,who guided Murdock to theDistrict tournament in each ofthe last three seasons. “Aaronhas established a good pro-gram. He began a winning tra-dition and left us something tobuild on.”

“We’re going to be stressingfundamentals, going back tobasics, playing man-to-mandefense,” Ringer promised, not-ing that he’s expecting to have avery inexperienced squad afterthe last two springs have seenthe graduation of almost all theplayers who helped the BlueDevils reach the post-seasonevery year since 2009.

One returning senior though,is Kyle O’Connell.

“‘Tree’ is going to be a greatleader and a great role modelfor our younger kids. He’ssomeone we can definitelybuild around,” Ringerremarked.

“It’s his year to step up, too,”the coach said of PatCulverhouse. “He’s going to getmore playing time than ever,and we’re expecting a lot fromhim. The same goes for TrevorAllen. This is his chance aswell.”

Ringer isn’t sure yet what therest of the roster will look likesince he can’t officially startpracticing with his team untilMonday, but he did say that heis hoping Danny Antila will beone of the newcomers who willmake a difference.

“Danny hasn’t played basket-ball, but I like his athletic skillsand he can provide the big bodywe will need inside under thebasket. I know he’ll be workinghard. I think Austin and HunterRussell and Brian Pfeifle are allgood athletes coming over fromother sports and are going tocontribute a lot, too, and we’llsee who else we have,” noted

Ringer.

“We will be pushing the ball,playing an up tempo, so run-ning and conditioning arethings we’ll be stressing early.I’m excited about getting start-ed,” he enthused.

Ringer spends a lot of days atMurdock, and some at AtholHigh, working for MountWachusett Community Collegeas a sixth through 12th gradeacademic counselor, and hesees a distinct connectionbetween classroom and basket-ball success.

“Every day, we will be havingstudy hall from 2 to 3 p.m. Whenkids learn about time manage-ment, that will help them dowell. These study halls teachtime management and disci-pline, and you need those on thebasketball court as well as inthe classroom. They carry overto each other.

“Also, if the public percep-tion of our team is positive, andgood grades help create that,maybe more kids will want tocome out and play, want tothink to themselves, ‘I want tobe a part of that’,” he reflected.

To get the enthusiasm for theseason underway, Ringer andhis team will be hosting a skillsclinic from 1 to 4 p.m. this after-noon at the Murdock gym. Theevent is open for boys and girlsalike from kindergartenthrough fifth grade with a $5 feegoing towards team fund-rais-ing.

“We haven’t done anythinglike this before, but we’re hop-ing it’ll be an exciting way toget younger kids involved inbasketball. Down the road, Ihope we will see more kids play-ing rec ball too,” he said.

Another difference this yearwill be a full 20-game schedule.The previous two years, theBlue Devils played 19 games inorder to be able to qualify forthe Clark University tourna-ment during February vacationweek.

“I’m sure that was a greatexperience, but we’re a littleyoung for that now. Playinganother regular season game isbetter for our program rightnow,” said Ringer, who is look-ing forward to contests againsta pair of Boston schools,O’Bryant and ShoudinInternational, who will be join-ing Murdock at the Monty TechClassic next month.

Ringer, who graduated fromWorcester State Universityafter playing at Gardner High,is planning on what he hopeswill be a long run on theMurdock bench.

“This is my home. I’m here tostay,” he asserted.


THE FAMILY OF

ENDEL LUHTJARVWould like to express our gratitude and deepest thanks

to family and friends for the love and support during the

recent passing of our loved one.

Thank you to Baldwinville Nursing Home, Dr. Havlin

and Stone Ladeau Funeral Home.

The Luhtjarv family

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Saturday, Nov. 26 1-4 p.m. at Murdock MiddleHigh School: $10. (Make checks payable toMurdock Boys Basketball), Grades: K–5thGrade

The Murdock Boys’ Basketball programwould like to provide a fun-filled, positivelearning experience to each aspiring basket-ball player. During the clinic, the MMHS Boys’Coaching Staff and players will cover the basicfundamentals of basketball through skill sta-tions, drills, and games.

To Reserve a Spot Contact Steven Ringer at(978)505-0358 or [email protected] and Registration will be taken theDay of the Event Please arrive early to Register– Doors will Open @ 12:30 p.m. All Money WillGo Towards Warm Ups for the Boys’ BasketballProgram

BANQUET

MMHS Fall Sports Banquet presented by theSports Boosters Tuesday, Dec. 6, 6 p.m. until 9p.m. at the American Legion, Winchendon.Athletes $7, Guest $10 - Italian dinner andcoaches/player awards. Sign up with DebConnelly by Monday, Nov. 28 at (978) 297 1256


It was a good game when the JV Blue Devils took on the JV Warriors on Alumni Field in the annual Chicken Bowl. In the fourth quar-ter the Blue Devils found themselves down 26-8. As the last minutes ticked away, Murdock found the end zone for a touch down andran a conversion for another two points. Final score 26-16 for a Narragansett win.


It seemed a real David and Goliath moment when the Murdock Blue Devils took on the undefeated Gardner Wildcats Nov. 18. The finalscore was 35-3 but the Blue Devils worked at it for the whole game and never gave up according to assistant coach Steve Ringer.“I’m proud that whatever they were faced with, they didn’t pack it in and give up,” he said. Pat Culverhouse kicked the field goal inthe final seconds that put the team on the scoreboard. Ringer said he would rather the team be challenged than play against a teamthat would be considered an automatic win.

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MASSWILDLIFE NEWS

To eliminate paperwork, savepostage and printing costs, and toprovide sportsmen and sportswomenwith 24-hour licensing and gamereporting services, the Division ofFisheries and Wildlife is announcingthat all licenses and permits will beobtained electronically from either ahome computer, participatinglicense vendor, or from a DFW office.Licenses, stamps, and permits for the2012 calendar year will be availablefor purchase in early December.

“The Division of Fisheries andWildlife has been selling licenses,permits, and stamps online for over adecade,” said Wayne MacCallum,director of the DFW. “By replacingthe traditional handwritten licenseswith MassFishHunt,sportsmen getone-stop immediate online purchaseof licenses, stamps, and most gamepermits and easy reprinting of dam-aged or lost licenses, tags, permits,and stamps.” MacCallum noted thatlicense buyers with a computer,printer, and access to the internetwill experience additional benefits:purchasing and printing of licenses,permits, or stamps any time of dayor night; reporting game harvestonline; receiving important updatesand messages; and participating insportsmen’s surveys from theDivision via email.

Online computer users can visitMassFishHunt atwww.mass.gov/massfishhunt at any time of day ornight to make their purchases. Acredit card, access to a printer, andplain white paper for printing is allthat is needed. Licenses, stamps, andpermits will also be available for saleat DFW district offices, theWestborough Field Headquartersand the DFW Boston office, as well asparticipating license vendors,including all Wal-Mart and Dick’sSporting Goods stores in

Massachusetts. Some municipalclerks and other local businesses willalso continue to sell licenses. The dif-ference at these traditional venues isthat the license will be computer gen-erated. Lists of 2012 license vendorsare available at DFW offices andonline atwww.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/recreation/licensing/vendors/license_vendors.htm.

“If the purchase venues men-tioned are inconvenient, considervisiting a public library to purchaseyour license, permits, and stamps,”says Marion Larson, DFW outreachcoordinator. “If you don’t own a com-puter or use one, your communitylibrary most likely provides comput-ers and printers with internet access.Knowledgeable library staff oftenassist people unfamiliar with usingcomputers. All you need is your cred-it card.” One final suggestion fromLarson, “Be a good sport by offeringto help your computer–phobic friendor family member to purchase theirlicense online. That way you canensure that everyone will ready toenjoy the great outdoors togetherthroughout the year!”

Minors ages 15-17 may obtain theirfree fishing license (new legislationeffective for 2012) online, but due tocertain documentation require-ments, can only purchase a huntingor sporting license at a DFW office or

official license vendor. Sportsmenand women over 70 also can obtaintheir licenses online, through alicense vendor, or at a DFW office.Lost or destroyed your license? Youcan either go online at home or toany license vendor or DFW office toaccess your, customer account andreprint your license.

Anyone who purchases licenses,permits, or stamps from an onlinecomputer will be charged a conven-ience fee of $1.50 per license plus athree percent credit card handlingfee. The convenience fee pays for thedevelopment and maintenance of theMassFishHunt system. If purchasesare made from any license vendor(except DFW offices) only the$1.50/license fee will be charged. Noconvenience or commission fee ischarged when purchasing a licenseat DFW offices. Credit cards are notaccepted at DFW offices. As in thepast, if purchasing a license from aparticipating license vendor ortown/city hall, license buyers may becharged a separate commission.Public libraries usually charge anominal fee for printing.

Archery, primitive firearms, andwaterfowl stamps will no longer beproduced as “stamps”. WithMassFishHunt, the collector-stylestamps will no longer be produced.Instead a notation on hunting andsporting licenses will include infor-mation that the required “stamps”were purchased.

Bear and turkey hunters will havethe ability to immediately print outtheir permits and tags when theypurchase their license, whetheronline or at a license vendor.Antlered deer tags are printed outautomatically with a hunting/sport-ing license purchase. Antlerless deerpermit applications must still beelectronically submitted by July 16

either online or at any license ven-dor. In addition, applicants will haveto go back online or to a license ven-dor during a designated randominstant awards selection and salesperiod to see if they are selected foran antlerless permit. More details onthe antlerless deer permit selectionprocess will be provided later in 2012.The MassFishHunt system elimi-nates having to mail in an applica-tion and wait for permits to arrivevia postal mail.

Woodcock and waterfowl huntersare still required to complete aHarvest Information Program sur-vey. The traditional telephone surveywill no longer be offered, instead thesurvey will be administered onlineor survey questions will be asked bythe license vendor. Hunters will notbe assigned a HIP number; instead a“HIP Survey completed” notationwill be printed on the hunting/sport-ing license. This notation is all that isneeded to show proof that the surveywas completed.

Finally, the last change for 2012involves a new method to report orcheck in game. Successful hunterswill have the option to report deer,turkey, bears, or furbearers eitherelectronically (online or at a licensevendor) or at a traditional check sta-tion. If game is checked at a tradi-tional check station, an official sealwill be attached to the animal. Theseal must remain on the animal untilit is butchered, skinned, or otherwiseprocessed. If checking or reportingusing the online MassFishHunt sys-tem, hunters can check in or reporttheir harvest from any online com-puter (home, library, etc.) with inter-net access. Using this system theDFW anticipates that in 2012 hunterswill fill out an online form asking thesame information sportsmen havealways been asked to provide at tradi-

tional game check stations. A num-ber will immediately be generatedfor that animal which must be writ-ten by the hunter on the tag attachedto the animal. This is the “officialseal” required by law. One exceptionto this process will be during theshotgun season for deer, when har-vested deer will be required to takento a traditional check station forDFW biologists to gather biologicaldata. More details on newchecking/reporting procedures willbe available in time for the 2012 hunt-ing season.

“There will be some adjustmentsfor all of us during this time of tran-sition,” said Wayne MacCallum.“The Division will monitor the newsystem and make necessary changesand improvements over time. TheMassFishHunt system strikes a bal-ance by accommodating and offeringbenefits to the sportsmen and womenof the Commonwealth. We appreci-ate the support and understanding ofsportsmen and women during thisperiod of change, and look forwardto improving service to license hold-ers while continuing to providesound stewardship of our state’s fishand wildlife populations and thehabitats on which they depend.”

Questions and further detailsabout these changes for 2012 can beanswered at DFW District officeslocated in Ayer (978) 772-2145;Belchertown (413) 323-7632; Bourne(508) 759-3406; Dalton (413) 684-1646;West Boylston (508) 835-3607; or bycalling the Westborough FieldHeadquarters (508) 389-6300 orBoston office (617) 626-1590. Detailsare also available on a FrequentlyAsked Questions link atwww.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/recre-ation/licensing/faqs_licenses_har-vest.htm.

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He might not be thefirst terrific trackstar to come fromthese parts, but

sixth grader Steven Ingmansure is carving out a niceniche for himself alongsidethe ones secured by kidswho came before like EvanHallquist, MollyMartorella, and Steven’scurrent coach, AnthonyFindley, isn’t he? Steven’sWaltham-based travel teamwon again in New York lastweekend and will soon beoff to Myrtle Beach fornationals. For a kid in hisfirst season of cross coun-try, the future looks limit-less. Way to go.

Congrats, as well, to thePop Warner cheerleaders, ontheir way to Orlando fornationals of their own.

For most other local ath-letes, it’s time for wintersports now, and, to that end,new varsity boys basketballcoach Steve Ringer will beholding an inexpensive ($5)skills clinic at the Murdockgym between 1 and 4 p.m. thisafternoon for youngstersfrom kindergarten through5th grade. Boys and girlsalike are welcome, and whilethe event was put togetherfairly hastily followingRinger’s hiring, he’s hopingit’ll help create some enthusi-asm among prospectiveyounger players. Right now,the Clark travel league hasjust two boys’ teams as com-pared to four girls’ squads.

As I write this, theBaltimore Ravens are, notunexpectedly, back in firstplace in the AFC North afterSunday’s win overCincinnati. As you read this,they may or may not be stillbe there because they had aThanksgiving night gameagainst the 9-1 San Francisco49ers — the first time broth-ers have faced each other as

head coaches. It figured thatthe Ravens would get past theBengals; after all, they’dalready beaten the first-placeTexans and swept theSteelers while losing to theTitans, Jags, and Seahawks.That boded well for theNiners game becauseBaltimore has played all yearto the level of the opposition.As I write this, thePhiladelphia Eagles still havea faint pulse in the NFC Eastas they get ready for tomor-row’s game against thePatriots, who have probablyopened a safe lead in the AFCEast. The Jets lost to theBroncos, who are 4-1 sinceTim Tebow became the start-ing quarterback in Denver,likely to a mixture of chagrinand grudging admirationfrom front office football bossJohn Elway and head coachJohn Fox, neither of whomhas any use for Tebow as anNFL quarterback., but whoare stuck with him, if that’sthe operative word, as long ashe is winning. Anyway, theJets seem to be grounded andthe Bills are also 5-5, thebloom well off their rose afteryet another shellacking, thistime in Miami. Buffalo isdone, but they made a nice lit-tle run early and are laying apretty solid foundation forthe future. The aforemen-tioned Eagles won the gamethey absolutely had to haveover the Giants, but it seemsPhilly, now 4-6, will have torun the table to even have anyhope of winning the NFC

East since a wild cardappears doubtful. The Bearshave won five straight, but forall the carping about JayCutler’s weaknesses, let’s seehow Chicago does withouthim the rest of the season.There are a lot of fans outthere who have disparagedCutler since the day hearrived from Denver andnever mind that he helped getthem to last year’s NFC titlegame, so it’s quite possiblethat the old adage about beingcareful about what you wishfor just might come true inChicago.

The bottom line on all thisseems to be that the balanceof power in the NFC remainsin Green Bay and NewOrleans, who were the confer-ence’s most recent SuperBowl winners. The Falconshaven’t been consistentenough yet for anyone to feelcomfortable about theirprospects, and it’s hard to geta read on the Niners sincethey play in such a wretcheddivision.

The balance of powerseems to shift from week toweek in theAFC between theRavens, Pats, and Steelers. Iwill say for sure that playingPittsburgh a third time isn’tsomething I’d prefer, so it’d benice if they either somehowmiss the playoffs (unlikely) orget eliminated quickly.

I sound, I know, like RexRyan when he implored otherteams to beat the Patriots, butas we see in college basket-ball every year, beating ateam from your own leaguethree times in the same sea-son is something that isawfully tough to do.

Finally, once more — bas-ketball skills clinic at theMurdock gym this afternoonat 1 for kids from k-5. It’d benice to see a good turnout.

See you next week.

From left: CaSandra Parkhurst, Katherine Landanno, Coach Lois Giouard and Brittany Martin at theMidWach League all star game last week.

All stars named at MurdockWINCHENDON — Murdock’s CasSandra Parkhurst, Katherine Landanno, and Brittany

Martin were chosen for the all-star field hockey Mid Wach D team. Coach Lois Girouardsaid the process for choosing all stars is simple. Coaches keep records throughout the sea-son and when they get together, the notes are discussed and recommendations made byother coaches from the competing teams.

Girouard said, “Our girls do really well playing with others in all stars.”Landanno made the winning goal in the last minutes of the game.Girouard said that all stars are not always chosen because they are the best athletes. She

said sometimes a player is chosen because of attitude and sportsmanship. She said she wasvery proud of the girls chosen to represent the Murdock Blue Devils field hockey for the2011 season.

JERRYCARTON

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JROTC sponsors fundraising forservice dogs

FITCHBURG — Cadets in Monty Tech’sMarine Corps Junior ROTC program sponsor amarch each year to raise funds for a deservingorganization. Last year, they donated a largeamount to Fisher House, a home away fromhome for families of injured soldiers receivingmedical care.

This year they wanted to raise $21,000through pledges for a 10-mile march. Themoney was earmarked to go to NEADS, a non-profit based in Princeton, which provides serv-ice dogs to deaf and disabled Americans. Thecadets’ goal was to raise enough money tocover the price tag to train one dog to assist aninjured combat veteran regain independence.

When they ran short of their goal, raising$14,500 instead of the projected $21,000, theyturned to area veterans from the U.S. MarineCorps League, Detachment #1075 NorthCentral for help. The group came to the rescuewith a check for $6,500, to make up the differ-ence.

At Monty Tech’s recent annual Veterans’Day program, sponsored each year by theJROTC program, First Sgt. Paul Jornet, seniorprogram instructor, presented Gerry DeRoche,NEADS chief executive officer, with a checkfor $14,500. DeRoche then received a check from

the Marine veterans for $6,500. In addition, agroup of area Veterans from Foreign Warsfrom the Ovila Case Post #905 in Gardner, gavea check for $200.

That wasn’t the end of the donations. Elaineand Kevin Jones of Westminster, who lost theirson, Ryan Patrick Jones, to a fatal injury inIraq in 2007, donated a $1,000 from the founda-tion they established in their son’s memory.Ryan graduated from Monty Tech and WPI.The couple wants the money used to name apuppy, “Monty,” in honor of the school.

Submitted photo

From left are Dave Caswell of the Ovila Case Post#905, Veterans of Foreign Wars, in Gardner; GerryDeRoche of NEADS; puppy instructors Cyndi Ryanand Cindy Lopez from NEADS, and Yeniffer Araujo ofFitchburg, Monty Tech JROTC cadet.


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Kailua, Hawaii, wonders if someone inWinchendon owns this fireplace mantel orknows of its whereabouts. She hopes that itstill exists.

She recently relayed an anecdote of whichlater generations were unaware. Marchmont,known as the Castle, was nearly vacant afterher grandfather J. N. White died in 1919. Hiswife, Anne Evans White, had passed away in1914. His passing left only two persons livingin the rather large stone mansion. They werehis unmarried son, Nelson Davis White,known in Spring Village as ‘ND’ and hisunmarried daughter, Rachel B. White. At thesame time Priscilla Lindsay’s father, J.N,White Jr., was living at the ‘Rock Cottage’ onGlenallan [sic] Street with his wife RebeccaWilder White and their four children. Withanother child, Elaine, on the way, RockCottage overcrowded and the Castle underoccupied, the solution was simple — switchhomes. The J.N. White family of seven seen inthe fireplace photo moved up the street toMarchmont while ND and his sister Rachelmoved to Rock Cottage. This occurred in the1920s. [RTF bookmark start: }_GoBack[RTFbookmark end: }_GoBack

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health supervision visit about theimportance of books and read-ing.”

Bilingual books are available in12 languages.

Brewer read a second booktitled Book, Book, Book byDeborah Bruss, the story aboutfarm animals that find a way toamuse themselves when the chil-dren go back to school. Where elsewould a cow, a pig, a goat or a hengo when there is nothing to do?Well the library of course!

The children listened to Brewerread and chimed in with thesounds each farm animal madewhen asking the librarian for abook. The poor librarian couldnot understand the cow, pig, orgoat’s language, but when the henspoke, the librarian seemed tounderstand the gathering wantedbooks, books, books.

The senator seemed to enjoy hiscaptive audience, especially whenthey participated so well whenthe reading called for a response.Even the older patients chimed ina few times, and Brewer knew afew of those by name.

When he completed reading the

two books, Brewer sharedMunchkins and handed out a fewbooks for the children to takehome, and he encouraged parentsto read to their children.

The Winchendon Health Centeris one of seven Reach Out andRead Programs in SenatorBrewer’s legislative district thatparticipates in Reach Out andRead, providing books to morethan 1,299 children annually.Reach Out and Read serves chil-dren at 265 locations across thestate, reaching more than 191,000infants, toddlers, and preschool-ers each year.

The program was started toencourage reading in the earlystages of a child’s development sothat by the time the child reacheskindergarten, he/she will havethe basic language skills neededfor success. The statistics showthat more than one-third ofAmerican children enter kinder-garten without the basic lan-guage skills they will need tolearn to read. These skills includerecognizing the letters of thealphabet, understanding thatbooks move from left to right, andbeing able to understand and tellstories.

“Despite the billions of dollars

Americans have invested in reme-dial reading programs, those mil-lions of children who enterschool unprepared are highlylikely to never catch up. In fact,88% of first graders who arebelow grade level in reading willcontinue to read below grade levelin fourth grade. (Juel, 1988) Andreading difficulty contributes to

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Abby Valcourt was given a choice of which book she would like to bring home.She chose Maybe a Bear Ate It by Robbie H. Harris and Michael Emberley.

Hitchcock Road owned byMartin Parks, is presently inChapter 61A under the ParksFarmland Trust. It will con-tinue to be surrounded by alayer of forestry with only anaccess road into the parcel,which already exists.

But the piece of propertyused for the solar array willbe taken off the 61A rolls, andwill need to go through anextensive process, includingrequiring the BOS to havefirst right of refusal for pur-chase of the property among

other things.All the solar proposals will

have to go through necessarysteps with ConservationCommission, Planning andZoning before any buildingwill take place.

Revolution Energy, thecompany proposing its arrayfor the Parks property, hasdeveloped an educational pro-ponent to its company andintends to create a partner-ship with local schools.Paperwork states: “Our inter-est is to be a long term part-ner to the local schools, byoffering this service alongwith the landowner’s interest

in creating some type ofdonation, scholarship orendowment to the communi-ty as part of his benefit fromthe land agreement.”

Other changes to the previ-ous warrant for the townmeeting include the removalof three planning articles forfurther work. The articleswere an attempt to regulatewhere and how large agricul-tural concerns could be with-in town, based on lot sizes;but the first attempts werenot acceptable to Selectmenas being too constraining.

The Kiwanis have alsoasked that an article be

placed on the new town meet-ing to ask that any bicyclespresently in the hands of thepolice department and notclaimed be given to theKiwanis for their recycle-a-bike program. This has beena customary practice in thepast, but the bicycles cannotjust be given to the Kiwaniswithout approval by the townmeeting.

The town meeting willtherefore have three solaragreement PILOTS, two for$70,000 each and one for$140,000 per year for 20 years.The Selectmen agreed thesefunds, much needed in these

economic times, will alsoneed to be studied and desig-nated carefully with an eyetoward using them in themost prudent way possible.

Selectmen are pleased thesolar farms are being consid-ered in Winchendon, sayinggreen energy is a good use forWinchendon property andretaining open space is a goodmove. Chairman RobertO’Keefe has negotiated allthree contracts with the vari-ous energy companies, andmade note that the town man-ager has had no input.

“With his own businessbeing in this area, we made

certain there was no possibil-ity of conflict of interest,”explained O’Keefe.

Town Manager JamesKreidler agreed, saying hiscompany does not have anyassociation with any of theenergy companies presentlyworking with the town onthese programs.

The entire new town meet-ing warrant will be publishedin the Winchendon Courierin the Dec. 3 edition. Withthree articles removed andthree new ones added, it isimportant the town’s votersattend.

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Operation Winchendon Cares col-lects donations and mails packages toany military personnel with ties toWinchendon regardless of where heor she is stationed. We want to showour support for our men and womenserving and how much we appreciatetheir bravery and the sacrifices thatthey make to ensure our safety andfreedom.

Anyone is welcome to help by writ-ing cards or letters, drawing pictures,or dropping off donations to be sentor stop in and see the pictures andread the letters that we have receivedfrom some very grateful men andwomen! Volunteers are welcome tohelp package donations.

We are particularly seeking bakedgoods this time. A plate of browniesor cookies would be a most welcomeaddition.

How to help:1) Donate cash or a check to help

cover the shipping costs.2) Write a letter or card to be sent

with the packages.3) Come to the mailing and help sort

and pack items.Our Families:If you know someone serving away

from home: tell us and we will addthem to our mailing list. Our mailingsgive families a chance to send some-thing special to their loved

ITEMS FOR CARE PACKAGES

EVERYDAY WISH LIST

Homemade Baked Goods (wrappedwell) Add a slice of bread to keep themoisture in the cookies! Cards andLetters of Appreciation

Tampons, Fudge, Beef Jerky, SillyString, Tuna Packets, Pop Tarts,Throat Lozenges, Fly Paper &Swatters, Baby Wipes, ScentedCandles, Stationery with Envelopes,AT & T Phone Cards, Liquid Soap,

Sponge on a Rope, MP3 Players, FootCream, Twin Sheets, Warm BlackGloves, Zip lock Plastic Bags, DarkSun Glasses, Energy Bars, AirFresheners, Koozies, Poker Chips,Canned Air, Travel Size Board Games,Gym & Boot Size Shoe Laces, AddressBooks, Stress Relief Balls, SewingKits, Extra Pillowcases, Slim Jims,Visine eye drops, Playing Cards, HotChocolate or Cocoa Mix, Coffee(ground is preferred), Dunkin Donutsor Starbucks Coffee, Dry Soup mixes,Hand & Toe Warmers (any kind),Long underwear and thermals (allsizes), White, Black or Green Socks(wool or cotton; all sizes), Hand-madeand store bought knitted hats (inblack and olive green), Blankets(fleece is preferred; colors should beolive green or black), DVD Movies,Instant Powdered Drink Mixes: likeKool Aid, Crystal Light. Toiletries:Skin Care Products, Sunscreen,Chapstick, Visine, Hand Sanitizers,Baby Wipes, deodorant, razors, shavegel & dental care.

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p.m. (limited space) on a hayride, and then at Legion Park at the cor-ner of Pleasant and Front streets, be part of the annual holiday treelighting with host Noel Veilleux. Following the ceremony, the lights attown hall will also be lit, with the Remembrance Lights by the 250thAnniversary Committee.

BAKE SALE & CRAFTSWINCHENDON — On Saturday, Dec. 3, the Friends of the Library

will hold its Holiday Bake Sale, in the Library from 9 a.m. until noon.Concurrently, their Book Sale will be open and offering Buck ‘a Bagpricing—a Christmas special!

With support from the Friends, the Librarian will offer a free Kids’Holiday Craft Program. This year, made possible by donations frommembers of the Friends, boys and girls will be invited to select a bas-ket, and make it into a holiday centerpiece or decoration with artificialgreenery, ribbons, and holiday decorations they select from our assort-ment. Children younger than 6 should bring along an adult to share inthe fun. In addition, children will also be invited to make a holidaygreeting card which they might want to send our to someone special.This program begins at 10 a.m. Advance registration is required forthis program, and space is limited. To register, either visit the Library,or call (978) 297-0300.

BREAKFAST WITH SANTAWINCHENDON — On Saturday, Dec. 3 from 8-11 a.m. at the Carriage

House Restaurant the Kiwanis of Winchendon sponsor breakfast withSanta. Buffet breakfast, a visit with Santa and every child receives agift. Adults: $6 and children younger than 12: $1.

MWCC’s Winter Fest Fair GARDNER - Mount Wachusett Community College’s annual

Winterfest Fair will take place Tuesday, Nov. 29 and Wednesday Nov. 30from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Gardner campus. The fair will feature raf-fles of decorated wreaths and theme baskets to benefit the studentemergency fund and scholarships. The event is sponsored by theStudent Life office and Student Services.

COMEDY NIGHTWINCHENDON — The Winchendon Police Association annual

Comedy Night featuring three top Boston comedians is scheduledFriday, Dec. 9 beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the American Legion, 295 SchoolSt. 21 Plus event, Tickets are $15 per person. Call (978) 297-1114 for moreinformation.

HOUSE TOURWINCHENDON — The Winchendon Historical Society is planning a

holiday house tour this year to include several local homes and build-ings including the Old Centre church, the Murdock Whitney Museum,and the private homes of several local families. It all happens Saturday,Dec. 10 from noon to six p.m. Tickets will be available the same day atthe Museum for $15 each. For more information call the Museum at(978) 297-2142.

HOLIDAY MUSICREGION — Monadnock Flutes, under the direction of Denise Nolan,

invite you to their fall concerts. They will perform on Sunday, Dec. 4 at2:30 p.m. at Bentley Commons, Keene and on Thursday, Dec. 8 at 7 p.m.in Cheney Hall at Franklin Pierce College, Rindge.

The ensemble will perform works from classical to popular styles aswell as some seasonal pieces.

Members of Monadnock Flutes are from the Monadnock Region andMassachusetts.

FRUIT SALEWINCHENDON — MMHS Friends of Music is having their annual

fruit sale. If you know a member of the chorus, band or musical troop,get in your order by Monday Nov. 28.

CRIBBAGE TOURNAMENTWINCHENDON — The monthly cribbage tournament at the Artisan

Lodge of Masons is scheduled early in December and will be Saturday,Dec. 17 with sign up beginning at noon and play beginning at 1 p.m. Allskill levels are welcome to join in. Just a $10 donation to theEducational and Benevolent Fund will make you a part of the action!At the Artisan Lodge on School Street.

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Jagged Edge by Karen will be holding an open house Dec. 3, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.All are welcome to come in and see the new digs at 184 Central St. OwnerKaren LaPointe Boutell has added lights and color to the newly refurbishedbuilding, and there is new life on Central Street. Boutell is surrounded by her new nail techs Barbara Jeanne Garno, JennaRichelle, and Sarah Jean Aho.

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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE

REAL ESTATE DEVELOP-ERS/INVESTERS: COM-MERCIAL PROPERTY-LOCATION Mortgagee’s Saleof Real Estate WINCHEN-DON. To be sold on the prem-ises known and numbered as60 FRANKLIN ST. WhereAuctioneers Red Flag is dis-played. MONDAY, NOV. 28.

Please note that this salewas originallyscheduled for,Oct. 14 andadjourned toNov. 15 andthen to theabove date.

Time of sale: 2 p.m. Terms ofsale: Five Thousand00/100($5,000.00) Dollars) tobe paid by the purchaser atthe time and place of the salein cash or by certified check,bank treasurer’s check orcashiers check or other offi-cial Bank Check; the balanceof the purchase price to bepaid within thirty (30) days ofsale, upon the delivery of theforeclosure deed at the Officeof C. Theodore Mariolis,Esquire, Gelinas and Ward,LLP, 106 Merriam Avenue,Leominster, MA 01453.

Other terms to beannounced at the sale…C.Theodore Mariolis, Esquire,Gelinas & Ward, LLP, 106Merriam Avenue,Leominster, MA 01453 (978)537-2200. Francis J. Trapasso& Associates, Constables andAuctioneers, 47 Harvard St.,Worcester, MA 01609, (508)798-0287, Mass. License No:252, www.ftrapasso.com

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MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATEBy virtue and in execution of the Power

of Sale contained in a certain mortgagegiven by TIMOTHY A. CARR and LAURIE A.CARR (the “Mortgagor”) to COLONIAL CO-OPERATIVE BANK (the “Mortgagee”), hav-ing a usual place of business at 6 City HallAvenue, Gardner, Worcester County,Massachusetts, dated May 2, 2006 andrecorded with the Worcester District Registryof Deeds, Book 38914, 1 of whichmortgage the undersigned is the presentholder, and for breach of the conditions ofsaid mortgage and for the purpose of fore-closing the same will be sold at PublicAuction on the premises situated at 398Maple Street, Winchendon, Massachusetts,at 1:30 P.M. on the 8th day of December,2011, all and singular the premisesdescribed in said mortgage, to wit: the follow-ing described land with all buildings, equip-ment and fixtures now or hereafter placedthereon:

The land with buildings thereon in saidWinchendon, being shown as Lots 61, 62,and 63 on a “Plan of Grove Park, Winchendon, Mass., owned by Herbert W.Smith, July, 1927, Parker, Bateman & Chase,Civil Engineers, “which plan is recorded inWorcester District Registry of Deeds in Book50, Plan 47 and bounded and described asfollows:LOT 61 Said lot having a frontage of forty-one (41) feet on Maple Street; a depth of twohundred and nine and 15/100 (209.15) feetalong the South line; width of fifty-six and97/100 (56.97) feet across the rear of the lot;a depth of two hundred and nine and 76/100(209.76) feet on the North line; containing tenthousand two hundred and forty-four squarefeet.LOT 62 Being 39 feet wide on front, 54.97feet wide on rear, 209.76 feet deep on Southline and 209.15 feet deep on North line, andcontaining 9826 square feetLOT 63 Being 40 feet wide on front and rear,and 209.15 feet deep, and containing 8366square feet.

Being the same premises conveyed toTimothy A. Carr and Laurie A. Carr by deedof Alan E. Belletete and Susan M. Belletetedated September 29, 1994 and recorded inthe Worcester Registry of Deeds in Book16605, Page 54.

Said premises are to be sold and con-veyed subject to any and all unpaid realestate taxes to the Town of Winchendon,Massachusetts, and to any unpaid liens andassessments thereon, and subject to andwith the benefit of all restrictions, easements,improvements, outstanding liens, or claims inthe nature of liens and existing encum-brances of record, created prior to the mort-gage, if there be any.

Said premises will be sold subject toand/or with the benefit of any and all restric-tions, easements, improvements, covenants,leaseholds, tenancies, occupants, municipalor zoning regulations or requirements , out-standing tax titles, municipal or other publictaxes, assessments, liens or claims in thenature of liens, and existing encumbrancesof record created prior to the mortgage or towhich the Mortgage has been subordinated,if any there be.

No representation is made as to theexistence or non-existence of lead paint orUFFI at the premises and Buyer purchasessubject to all requirements related thereto

If the premises are not serviced by apublic sewage system, Buyer will be solelyresponsible for compliance with all Title VRegulations, including but not limited to, anyinspection and upgrade requirements setforth in 310 CMR (Code of MassachusettsRegulations) 15.300 through 15.305.

The Mortgagee will offer for sale themortgaged premises as an entirety.

Terms of Sale: A deposit of FIVE THOU-SAND AND NO/100 ($5,000.00) Dollars tobe paid in cash, (U.S. Currency), BankCertified Check, Bank Treasurers Check,Bank Cashiers Check or other official BankCheck, at the time and place of sale. Suchdeposit must be shown to the auctioneerprior to the commencement of the bidding inorder to be entitled to bid. The purchaser willbe required to sign a Memorandum of Salecontaining the above terms and such otherterms as may be announced at the time andplace of the sale. The sale will not be com-plete until such deposit is paid and suchMemorandum is signed.

In the event that the second highest bid-der shall not be interested in purchasing the

mortgage premises, the Mortgagee reservesthe right, at its sole election, to sell the prem-ise by foreclosure deed to the other qualifiedbidders. Mortgagee also reserves the right,at its sole election, to assume the bid of anydefaulting or declining bidder.

The Purchaser will be required to deliverthe balance of the purchase price to be paidwithin thirty (30) days of sale, upon the deliv-ery of the foreclosure deed at the office ofRichard A. Cella, Esquire, 65 PleasantStreet, P.O. Box 297, Leominster,Massachusetts, at which time the foreclosuredeed and all related documents will be deliv-ered to the Purchaser. The Purchaser will besolely responsible for completing the filingand recording of all foreclosure documentsas required by applicable laws and for thepayment of all deed excise stamps and all fil-ing and recording fees.

The Mortgagee reserves the right topostpone the sale to a later date by publicproclamation at the time and date appointedfor the sale and to further postpone at anyadjourned sale date by public proclamationat the time and date appointed for theadjourned sale date.

In the event that the successful bidder atthe foreclosure sale shall default in purchas-ing the within described property accordingto the terms of this Notice of Sale and/or theterms of the Memorandum of Sale executedat the time of foreclosure, the Mortgageereserves the right to sell the property by fore-closure deed to the second highest bidderproviding that said second highest biddershall deposit with the Mortgagee's attorney,RICHARD A. CELLA, 65 Pleasant Street,P.O. Box 297, Leominster, Massachusetts01453, the amount of the required deposit asset forth herein within three (3) businessdays after written notice of the default of theprevious highest bidder and title shall be con-veyed to the said second highest bidder with-in thirty (30) days of said written notice.

If the second highest bidder declines topurchase the within described property, theMortgagee reserves the right to purchase thewithin described property.

The description of the MortgagedPremises contained in the Mortgage shallcontrol in the event of a typographical error inthis publication.

Subject to such other terms and condi-tions as may be announced at the time, dateand place of sale.

Other terms to be announced at the sale.COLONIAL CO-OPERATIVE BANK

Present Holder of MortgageBy Its Attorney,

Richard A. Cella, Esq.65 Pleasant Street

P.O. Box 297 Leominster, Massachusetts 01453

Telephone No. (978) 537-8214November 12, 2011November 19, 2011November 26, 2011

Winchendon Zoning Board of AppealsNotice is hereby given that the Zoning Boardof Appeals will hold a PUBLIC HEARING onWed., 12/7/11 at 7:05 PM in the Town HallAud., 2nd Fl., 109 Front St., Winchendon, MA01475, on the application of Jody J. Paul of36 Summer St. Winchendon, MA for propertylocated at 36 Summer St, Winchendon, MA ,01475 (also identified as WinchendonAssessors Map 5B3 Parcel 107) and ownedby Maurice J. Paul, who resides at saidaddress, to hear an application for aVariance requesting 9’ of relief to the rearsetback requirement to allow the construc-tion of a shed. Said property is located in aPlanned Development (PD) zone. A copy ofthe application is available at the Dept. ofP&D, Winchendon Town Hall. All interestedpersons should plan to attend.

Robert MarshallChairman, Zoning Board of Appeals

November 19, 2011November 26, 2011

NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE'S SALE OFREAL ESTATE

By virtue and in execution of the Powerof Sale contained in a certain mortgagegiven by Suzanne N. King and Joseph F. Kingto Mortgage Electronic RegistrationSystems, Inc., dated August 12, 2002 andrecorded with the Worcester County(Worcester District) Registry of Deeds atBook 27265, Page 160, of which mortgageWells Fargo Bank, NA is the present holder,for breach of the conditions of said mortgage

and for the purpose of foreclosing, the samewill be sold at Public Auction at 2:00 p.m. onDecember 9, 2011, on the mortgaged prem-ises located at 148 Pleasant Street,Winchendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts, all and singular the premisesdescribed in said mortgage,TO WIT:The property situated at 148 Pleasant Street,Winchendon, Massachusetts and more par-ticularly described as follows: Commencingon the Westerly line of Pleasant Street at acorner of land formerly of Herman Eliason;THENCE Southerly on line of PleasantStreet five (5) rods to land formerly ofAlmeda Bryant, now or formerly of Flora A.Bryant; THENCE Westerly on line of saidBryant’s land at a right angle from the line ofPleasant Street eight (8) rods to land former-ly of Ann M. Cross; THENCE Northerly online of said Cross land and land formerly ofMyranda J. Haven parallel with the line ofPleasant Street five (50) rods to the saidEliason land; THENCE Easterly on line ofsaid Eliason land on a line at a right anglewith the line of Pleasant street eight (8) rodsto the place of beginning. Being the samepremises are conveyed to these mortagorsby deed of Richard H. Gleason and KathrynM. Gleason, f/k/a Kathryn M. Watson datedJanuary 11, 2001 and recorded with theWorcester Districted Registry of Deeds inBook 23421, Page 144.

For mortgagor's(s') title see deed record-ed with Worcester County (WorcesterDistrict) Registry of Deeds in Book 23421,Page 144.

These premises will be sold and con-veyed subject to and with the benefit of allrights, rights of way, restrictions, easements,covenants, liens or claims in the nature ofliens, improvements, public assessments,any and all unpaid taxes, tax titles, tax liens,water and sewer liens and any other munici-pal assessments or liens or existing encum-brances of record which are in force and areapplicable, having priority over said mort-gage, whether or not reference to suchrestrictions, easements, improvements, liensor encumbrances is made in the deed.TERMS OF SALE:

A deposit of Five Thousand ($5,000.00)Dollars by certified or bank check will berequired to be paid by the purchaser at thetime and place of sale. The balance is to bepaid by certified or bank check at HarmonLaw Offices, P.C., 150 California Street,Newton, Massachusetts 02458, or by mail toP.O. Box 610389, Newton Highlands,Massachusetts 02461-0389, within thirty (30)days from the date of sale. Deed will be pro-vided to purchaser for recording upon receiptin full of the purchase price. The descriptionof the premises contained in said mortgageshall control in the event of an error in thispublication.

Other terms, if any, to be announced atthe sale.

WELLS FARGO BANK, NAPresent holder of said mortgage

By its Attorneys,HARMON LAW OFFICES, P.C.

150 California StreetNewton, MA 02458

(617) 558-0500201107-0201 - YEL

November 12, 2011November 19, 2011November 26, 2011

MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF SALE OFREAL ESTATE

By virtue and in execution of the Power ofSale contained in a certain Mortgage givenby Scott D. Parkinson to Mortgage ElectronicRegistration Systems, Inc., dated March 16,2007 and recorded with the WorcesterCounty (Worcester District) Registry ofDeeds at Book 40848, Page 269 of which theMortgage the undersigned is the presentholder by assignment for breach of the con-ditions of said Mortgage and for the purposeof foreclosing same will be sold at PublicAuction at 10:00 AM on December 5, 2011 at147 Benjamin Street, Winchendon, MA, alland singular the premises described in saidMortgage, to wit:A certain parcel of land together with allbuildings and improvements thereon locatedon the southerly side of Benjamin Street, inthe Town of Winchendon, Worcester Countyand Commonwealth of Massachusetts, beingshown as Lot 3, containing 1.000 acres, on aplan of land entitled, "Plan of Lots prepared

for Robert B. Van Dyke, Winchendon, MA,dated November 18, 1996, Szoc Surveyors,32 Pleasant Street, Gardner, MA" said Planbeing recorded with the Worcester CountyRegistry of Deeds at Plan Book 718, Plan 6,to which plan reference may be had for amore particular description.Subject to any and all matters as shown onPlan Book 718, Page 6.Meaning and intending to describe and con-vey the same premises conveyed to Scott D.Parkinson by deed of Lawrence A. Wells, Jr.and Kristin S. Wells, dated October 10, 2003and recorded at Book 31933, Page 263 atthe Worcester Registry of Deeds.The premises are to be sold subject to andwith the benefit of all easements, restrictions,building and zoning laws, unpaid taxes, taxtitles, water bills, municipal liens and assess-ments, rights of tenants and parties in pos-session.TERMS OF SALE:A deposit of FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARSAND 00 CENTS ($5,000.00) in the form of acertified check or bank treasurer’s check willbe required to be delivered at or before thetime the bid is offered. The successful bidderwill be required to execute a ForeclosureSale Agreement immediately after the closeof the bidding. The balance of the purchaseprice shall be paid within thirty (30) days fromthe sale date in the form of a certified check,bank treasurer’s check or other check satis-factory to Mortgagee’s attorney. TheMortgagee reserves the right to bid at thesale, to reject any and all bids, to continuethe sale and to amend the terms of the saleby written or oral announcement madebefore or during the foreclosure sale. If thesale is set aside for any reason, thePurchaser at the sale shall be entitled only toa return of the deposit paid. The purchasershall have no further recourse against theMortgagor, the Mortgagee or theMortgagee’s attorney. The description of thepremises contained in said mortgage shallcontrol in the event of an error in this publica-tion. TIME WILL BE OF THE ESSENCE.Other terms if any, to be announced at thesale.

Bank of America, N.A., successor bymerger with BAC Home Loans Servicing LP

Present Holder of said Mortgage, By Its Attorneys,

Orlans Moran PLLCP.O. Box 962169

Boston, MA 02196Phone: (617) 502-4100

November 12, 2011November 19, 2011November 26, 2011

(SEAL)COMMONWEALTH OF

MASSACHUSETTSLAND COURT

DEPARTMENT OF THE TRIAL COURT11 MISC 454729

ORDER OF NOTICETO:Rudiger D. Duval Bethany E. Kullman-Duvaland to all persons entitled to the benefit ofthe Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50U.S.C. App. § 501 et. Seq.: CitiMortgage, Inc.claiming to have an interest in a Mortgagecovering real property in 333 BenjaminStreet, Winchendon, given by Rudiger D.Duval and Bethany E. Kullman-Duval toCitiMortgage, Inc., dated March 31, 2005,and recorded at Worcester County(Worcester District) Registry of Deeds inBook 36019, Page 373, has/have filed withthis court a complaint for determination ofDefendant’s/Defendants’ Servicemembersstatus. If you now are, or recently have been,in the 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 at ThreePemberton Square, Boston, MA 02108 on orbefore 19th day of December, 2011 or youwill be forever barred from claiming that youare entitled to the benefits of said Act.

Witness, KARYN F. SCHEIER, ChiefJustice of said Court on 7th day ofNovember, 2011.Attest: Deborah J. Patterson

Recorder(CMI 11-006171)(Duval)(11-26-11)(280167)

November 26, 2011

LEGALS

For those that believe in recy-cling, 2nd Impressions on 2 JuniperSt. is filled with many beautifulone-of-a-kind items that are makingtheir second trip through retail.Owner Michelle Schleyer Petersonhas an eye for well-made furniture,clothing, house wares, and jewelry.She has filled her shop with uniqueantiques, estate jewelry, books,glassware, movies, and toys. Thereare items for the new baby such ascribs, walkers, car seats and more.Peterson and 2nd Impressions alsooffers custom built furniture fromlocal artisans. The store has a com-fortable atmosphere, and it is justplain fun to poke around to find

that perfect gift. Hours: Monday,Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday: 10a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday: 10 a.m.- 6p.m., Saturday: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., andclosed on Sunday.

To learn about consignment, call(978) 297-4474 or [email protected].

Pattie’s Jewelry at 15 Central St,in the plaza has always doneChristmas and the holidays withsparkle and color. Pattie’s has neck-laces, earrings, bracelets, charms,and beads for the perfect personal-ized gift. Many of the pieces can beadded to year after year to remem-ber special occasions or events.There are emeralds, diamonds, andboth precious and semi-preciousstones that will add star power tothe holiday.

Pattie’s carries the LestageConvertible collection in both sil-ver and 14 K gold. The collectionhas over 150 clasps that can bechanged to fit a mood or holiday.

Owner Sherrie HomonErlenmeyer has a welcoming girl-friend kind of attitude, and canmake even the shyest customer feelat home. She will consult and directyou towards a gift that will addsparkle while considering yourbudget.

The holidays are where Pattie’sshines the brightest. The hand-some store is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.Monday through Saturday, closedon Sundays. For more informationcall (978) 297-3536.

Just imagine this array in your own home, decking your halls. The unique things avail-able at 2nd Impressions will give you plenty of ideas.

SHOP continued from page 12

BY DONEEN DURLINGCOURIER STAFF WRITER

WINCHENDON — There is atendency to believe that gifts canonly be found at the mall or by driv-ing miles away, but Toy Town hasplenty of choices for those whowant to shop local and keep themoney within the community.There is opportunity for bothunique and beautiful items withinwalking distance of town hall, andyou won’t have to pay a plug nickelfor gas.

To Each His Own Design at 68Central St. has been aroundWinchendon since 1991, and owner

Michele Comeau likes to enjoyeach individual holiday, refusing tomove on to the next until the holi-day is over. With the Christmas hol-idays on the way, those that travelCentral Street can be assured thatTo Each His Own Design’s windowwill be filled with red, white andcream colored poinsettias and mul-tiple angels and Santas guaranteedto add spirit to the season. Comeaucarries other items for gift givingsuch as candles, jewelry, and craftsfrom a few of our local artisans.She has an artist’s eye for balance,color and texture, making herarrangements a perfect gift to give

someone that appreciatesbeauty. She is alsounafraid to take a chanceon making a flamboyantstatement with herarrangement that goesbeyond somethingordered through FTD.

Comeau believes inbringing a smile to eachoccasion with her flow-ers and accessories. Shophours are: 9 a.m. to 5p.m., Monday, Tuesday,Thursday, and Friday; 9

a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturday. Theyare closed on Wednesday andSundays.

To help assure on-time deliveryduring the busy holiday season,

place your order at least one dayprior to the holiday.


GIRARD’S Used Parts & Cars

Paying $300 each for unwanted trucks & cars

Why pay a fine to the town? Make a buck instead!

Also free dumping of all metal. Including car batteries.

311 Lincoln Avenue Extension Winchendon, MA

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Check out these local businesses for ideas for everyone on your shopping list! Keep your money local!

Shop early and enjoy the holidays... and please tell these businesses that you saw their ad in the Winchendon Courier! To advertise on this page, call Ruth 978-297-0050

The deadline to run on this page is Friday noon to begin the following week. Happy Early Holiday Season!

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20 Otter River Rd., Winchendon, MA 01475(978) 939-5738

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Smith’s Country Cheese

Temptations52 Parker St., Gardner (978)632-9170www.temptationsbridal.com

Beyond the bridal:clothing and accessories for the discerning customer.

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MONDAY-SATURDAY 9:30 A.M.-5 P.M.; WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY 9:30 A.M.-8 P.M.

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672 Spring Street, Winchendon MA 01477

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Ron & Peg Quesnel178 School St.

Winchendon, MA 01475987.297.2411

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Wed, Fri, Sat, Sun 10-5 • Thurs 11-5

since 1991

68 Central St., Winchedon, MA 014754 Central St., Asburnham, MA 01430978-297-3959 • 987-872-1211www.toeachhisowndesigns.com

Celebrating 20 years of service to the community.

Wishing you all a Happy Thanksgiving

Unique, one of a kind and dazzling: shop local and find it all

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Owner Sherrie Homon Erlenmeyer has her windows…and her smile…ready for the holi-days. She has just the right thing for that special someone in your life to say just howmuch they mean to you.

With an eye to design that will take your breathaway, owner Michele Comeau promises to createjust the right atmosphere for your holidays. Floralarrangements and a wide variety of giftware at ToEach His Own Design are just waiting for you.

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