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The By Amy Porter painting was Correspondent done by WESTFIELD – The City Council will Theodore de Bry meet on Monday, Feb. 25 for a meeting in 1619. (Image rescheduled from Thursday, Feb. 21 due provided by Gail to school vacation. The change in the White Usher) schedule was made at the Jan. 17 meet- ing, on a motion by Council President Ralph J. Figy, who said that several councilors would be away with their families. The April meeting, normally held on the third Thursday of that month, has also been rescheduled to Monday, April 22 for the same reason. On the agenda this Monday are several items related to parks and pickle ball 350th lecture series continues courts. Under Communications from the Mayor is an appropriation of $115,000 to the Engineering, Construction Dept. for with talk on early Native pickle ball courts. Also being submitted is a reallocation of the Bond Order #2455 Ward 2 Councilor and City Council Americans of Westfield for the creation of pickle ball courts at President Ralph J. Figy (WNG File the Municipal Playground. Photo) By Peter Currier William Pynchon. Utility Engineer Matt Gamelli said Correspondent To supplement her lecture, Bond Order #2455 was originally used Superintendent of Schools to submit WESTFIELD- The White Usher will bring arti- for the creation of the Park Square Green, Statements of Interest (SOI) to the Westfield Wednesdays 350th facts, some real and some and has approximately $70,000 remain- Massachusetts School Building Authority Historical Lecture Series recreated, to show what the ing in the bond. Gamelli said this $70,000 to fund an addition and renovations to the continues Wednesday eve- technologies for both civili- combined with the $115,000 from Free Westfield High School and the Westfield ning at Westfield State zations looked like at the Cash would be used to repurpose the clay Technical Academy. Figy said the SOIs, University’s Scanlon Hall time. She said she wants to tennis courts at the Municipal Playground which are submitted each year, fulfill the with a lecture by Gail White show how the technologies into pickle ball courts, at an estimated schools’ requirements for accreditation. Usher on the lives of the evolved before and after the cost of $185,000. Currently, the city is in the process with Native Americans who lived natives and settlers made Gamelli said the demand for pickle the MSBA of funding approval for reno- in what is now Westfield. contact. ball courts is there, and the clay courts vations and an addition to the Franklin The lecture, titled, “Where “It’s more than just a lec- are too costly to properly maintain. Figy Avenue Elementary School. the Two Worlds Meet: Native ture, I’m also going to be said both items will be referred to the Also on the agenda is a petition for a Americans of Western bringing reproductions of Finance sub-committee. zoning amendment submitted by the Gail White Usher is an The $1 million Bond Order for reha- Planning Board to strengthen the regula- Massachusetts,” explores the Education Coordinator with objects with me for the audi- lives of the Woronoak tribe ence to handle,” said White bilitating and constructing municipal tion of any marijuana establishments by Historic New England who outdoor recreational and athletic fields to prohibiting them within 500 feet of any and their neighbors, the specializes in early American Usher, “as well as some orig- Pocumtuck tribe, who lived inal artifacts that they proba- include basketball courts, pickle ball park. A Public Hearing on the petition is history. (Photo provided by Gail courts and an all-abled playground is also required to be scheduled. near what is now the City of White Usher) bly will not be allowed to Westfield. She will talk about handle.” on the agenda under the report from the The Finance, Legislative & Ordinance which have educational pro- Finance sub-committee. Figy, who made and Personal Action Committees will their day to day living before grams that teach about Although the lecture begins and after the European set- at 6:30, guests will be allowed the original motion on Sept. 20, said that also be reporting out, and/or looking for American history. Roseland he expects the bond order to be held in Council approval on the items from their tlers first made contact with Cottage, built in 1846, is a inside Scanlon Hall at 6 p.m. them in the 1600s. for refreshments. The chefs at the Finance committee. He said the goal respective committees. Figy said the historic landmark through is to use the funds to pay for an all-abled reports underscore the amount of work “In general, it’s about the which there are programs that Westfield State University, southern New England led by Chef Caitlin Wheeler, playground, for which Community being done in the subcommittees. “They teach about the Civil War, Development Director Peter J. Miller is are working hard, and moving the city Eastern Woodland Indians slavery, and abolitionist will be recreating old Native and how their culture is American dishes with a mod- currently seeking a grant. forward,” he said. movements. The Arnold Miller said originally the vision for the Up for a second vote and final passage impacted by the arrival of House was built in 1693 and ern flair. Some examples may Europeans,” said White, “I include a roasted pumpkin bond included basketball courts for the are two items approved for a first reading has programs that detail the Boys & Girls Club with matching funds at the last meeting on Feb. 6. The first is am going to talk about how early settlement period in spread topped with dried both the European settlers blueberries and walnuts with from the city for a grant from the Van an ordinance amending the code of ordi- what would become the Trant Trust. However, Miller said the nances relative to the consumption of and Native Americans United States. assorted breads, and Terrine changed when they met each of venison with pickled cran- trust funds were found to be restricted for alcohol, on school, park, or playground White Usher said that the scholarships, and the Boys & Girls Club property, only authorized by lease or other.” first settlers to reach the areas berries. White Usher has been an As with each previous lec- project was put on hold. agreement. The ordinance was amended of Westfield and Springfield Similarly the city was seeking a grant in part to allow limited alcohol sales at Education Coordinator with arrived in the 1630s. The ear- ture in the 350th Historical Historic New England at Lecture Series, Gail White of $400,000 from the state for the all- Starfires baseball games at Bullens Field. liest known European settle- abled playground, but were turned down A second vote and final passage for an Roseland Cottage and Arnold ment in the area was a trading Usher’s presentation will be House for 20 years, both of free for all to attend. in December. Miller said he plans to amendment to the code of ordinances for post run by a man named reapply for the grant for the next round special permit granting authority will with a stronger proposal, which he is also be held. At the meeting on Feb. 7, confident they will receive. the Council passed an ordinance that Miller said they have the cash to pay moved four items from under the City for the pickle ball courts now from other Council authority to the Planning Board, funding vehicles, and a Bond Order is and assigned two previously unassigned not necessarily something they need items, leaving the more controversial North Pond fundraisers to bring approval for to do it. ones under the authority of the City In other matters before the Council, Council. awareness about preservation resolutions to authorize the By Greg Fitzpatrick preserve the North Pond land is June 30, however Correspondent the state would like to know by March 31 how SOUTHWICK – Save North Pond supporters much committed money the Franklin Land Trust Donors sought for Southwick are hosting a fundraising and information night has. In the mean time, Southwick residents and on March 2 at two different restaurants within the the Franklin Land Trust will continue to raise town. funds. blood drive on Monday On that night, from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m., people The Franklin Land Trust will be the buyer of By Greg Fitzpatrick remind the community that there’s an can go to Nora’s Restaurant where there will be a the land and have noted that they currently have Correspondent emergency need for all blood types. pasta dinner for $10. Music will be provided by raised about $3.3 million of the $5 million goal. SOUTHWICK – The American Red Recently, Kelly Isenor, the External Sam Chevalier along with a 50/50 raffle avail- The $5 million to preserve the 146-acre property Cross is reminding people about their Communications Manager for the able. was established due to the latest appraisal of the blood drive on Monday from 1 p.m. until American Red Cross Massachusetts, For those unable to get to the early dinner, property. 6 p.m. at the Southwick Town Hall. informed the Westfield News that there’s another pasta dinner will be offered from 6 p.m. Pratt and other advocates of preserving the According to Nicole Duffus, an a high demand for Type O negative to 8 p.m. at the Southwick Inn where a 50/50 North Pond land delivered a petition to the Select Account Manager for the American Red blood. Known as the “universal donor,” raffle will also be offered. Board this week. The petition was to allow a war- Cross office in Springfield, they have 22 type O negative blood can be provided to According to Michelle Pratt, a supporter of rant article to be drafted for a special town meet- donors already signed up. any patient of any blood type. North Pond and organizer for the evening, said ing on March 19 to see if voting residents would Despite the number of donors that Isenor emphasized the importance of the events at both restaurants will give people the allow the town to bond the remaining money left have pre-registered, Duffus wants to having blood donated to the American opportunity to learn more about the North Pond to raise, which is currently 1.7 million. The Select Red Cross. land preservation project and what they can do to Board now has to make a decision if they want to “At this point, the (American) Red help. bring it to a special town meeting. Cross has approximately a three-day All of the proceeds from the night are going Additional money that can be added to the fun- supply on hand nationwide to meet the back to the Save North Pond fundraising cam- draising is the $500,000 that the Community needs of hospital partners,” said Isenor. paign and Pratt is hopeful people will attend and Preservation Committee has voted in favor of “A five-day supply is ideal, which is why support the cause. taking out of their account. Using the CPC’s we are considering this an emergency “We also want to keep the positive momentum $500,000 will now go to a special town meeting need.” going,” said Pratt. on March 19 at 6:30 p.m. at the Southwick People who want to donate blood at Pratt added that, for those who make a donation Regional School. the Southwick Town Hall on Monday are of over $250 and the project fails, that individual If people can’t attend either of the two fund- urged to make an appointment but walks- will have the option to get their donation returned raising events but want to donate towards the The blood drive on Monday will take ins will be accepted. To make an appoint- to them. project, they can do so by visiting the Save North place at the Southwick Town Hall. ment please call 1-800-733-2767 or visit The deadline to raise the $5 million needed to Pond website. (WNG File Photo) redcrossblood.org. PAGE 2 - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2019 WWW.THEWESTFIELDNEWS.COM THE WESTFIELD NEWS

Westfield Wednesdays: th 350 Historical Lecture Series TONIGHT Sunday MONDAY February 27. Where the Two Worlds Meet: Native Americans of Western MA. WSU: Scanlon Banquet Hall. Presented by Gail White. March 6. History of the Westfield Normal School. WSU: Lecture: Dever Stage, Parenzo Hall. Photo exhibit after lecture: Arno Maris Gallery, Ely Hall 2nd floor. Presented by Dr. Beth Ann Rothermel, Dr. Mara Dodge, and Walter Fogg. March 13. One Room Schoolhouses in Westfield. First Congregational Church. Presented by Walter Fogg. Rain March 27. Rev. Edward Taylor’s Westfield: the poet, pastor and his congregation 1671- Partly Sunny. 1721. First Congregational Church. Presented by Walter Powell. April 17. Wayfinding through GPS: Planning Perspectives for the City of Westfield. WSU: 42-46 33-36 Dever Stage, Parenzo Hall. Presented by Dr. Dristi Neog and Dr. Robert Bristow. Today, Increasing clouds, with a high near 41. Light and variable April 24. How Westfield Became Known as the “Baseball Town”. First Congregational wind. Tonight, A chance of rain and snow before 11pm, then Church. Presented by Dan Genovese. rain and sleet between 11pm and 2am, then rain after 2am. Low Rain/Sleet. around 30. Light and variable wind becoming east around 6 mph May 1. Whips of Westfield: The Rise and Decline of an American Industry. Westfield State in the evening. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Little or no snow and sleet accumulation expected. Sunday, Rain, mainly before University Scanlon Banquet Hall. Presented by Bruce Cortis. noon. High near 46. Chance of precipitation is 90%. Sunday Friday, May 3, 1-4pm. Westfield State University Student Research on Westfield. WSU: Night, Mostly cloudy, with a low around 30. West wind 10 to 16 mph, with gusts as high as 32 mph. Monday, Partly sunny, with a Ely Hall. Presented by WSU students. 30-31 high near 36. Breezy, west wind 17 to 21 mph, gusts of 45 mph. May 8. Things Change: The Lost Homes of Westfield. First Congregational Church. Presented by Dr. Robert Brown. Free to the public. Wednesdays at 6:30 pm. WWLP.COM • Working For You today Southwick Senior Center Trips 6:38 AM 5:34 PM 10 hours 55 Minutes Yale New Haven Peabody Museum, Thursday February 28, 2019. Leave the center at sunrise sunsET lENGTH OF dAY 9:30am. Cost is $12.00 per person for admission to the museum. Stop for lunch at Frank Pepe’s Pizzeria (at your own expense). Steaming Tender Restaurant, Palmer, MA Friday March 15, 2019. Leave the center at 11:15am. Cost is $3.00; lunch will be on your own. Bernie’s Restaurant, Chicopee, MA, Wednesday March 20, 2019. Leave the center at Odds & Ends 10:45am. Cost is $2.00. (Lunch at your own expense.) Police: Stolen rare coins ended up in change machines Sarah Gillett Services Accepting Grant Requests NORTH PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a Florida man stole collectible coins Sarah Gillett Services for the Elderly, Inc. is currently accepting preliminary Grant worth tens of thousands of dollars, then ran them through grocery store change machines that Requests from non-profit organizations providing services to the elderly residents of the returned just a fraction of their value. greater Westfield area. The filing deadline is March 1, 2019. Since the Sarah Gillett Trust The Palm Beach Post report s 20-year-old Shane Anthony Mele of Riviera Beach told was established in 1971, thousands of dollars have been awarded each year to those non- investigators he stole the commemorative presidential dollar coins and other items from a profit organizations in the greater Westfield area that are serving the elderly populations North Palm Beach office in December. within this location. The coins were worth $33,000. A Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office arrest report says Preliminary applications should include the specific amount desired, with a brief, one page Mele sold some coins for a few thousand dollars, and he ran many through change machines explanation of the services the organization would provide. No brochures or lengthy descrip- that only produced their face value. tions of the organization should be provided at this time. Shortly after the filing date of Mele was charged Feb. 1 with grand theft along with unrelated drug charges. He was March 1st, qualifying applicants will be contacted and an appointment for an interview with released Feb. 4 after posting bond. Jail records didn’t show whether he had an attorney. the trustees will be established. Interviews are generally set for Thursday afternoons between 2:15 PM – 4:15 PM. Preliminary Grant Requests are to be mailed to: THE SARAH GILLETT SERVICES FOR THE ELDERLY, INC. P.O. BOX 1871, WESTFIELD, MA 01086. Police Stolen rare coins ended up in change machines Troop 109 Bottle And Can Drive NORTH PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Authorities say a Florida man stole collectible St. Mary’s Boy Scout Troop 109 will be holding their annual Bottle and Can Drive on coins worth tens of thousands of dollars, then ran them through grocery store change March 2nd, 9 am to 2 pm. next to the Super Phipp’s sign (E. Main St, Westfield) in the plaza. machines that returned just a fraction of their value. If you’d like to help the scouts, please save your returnable bottles and cans (including CT The Palm Beach Post report s 20-year-old Shane Anthony Mele of Riviera Beach told water bottles), and donate them during the Bottle and Can Drive. Last year, the scouts col- investigators he stole the commemorative presidential dollar coins and other items from a lected over 60,000 bottles and cans. This year, they’re shooting for 75,000. Proceeds will North Palm Beach office in December. help buy Troop camping gear and pay for other expenses related to their activities, events, The coins were worth $33,000. A Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office arrest report says and service projects. Bottles and Cans can be dropped off at the big scout tent near the big Mele sold some coins for a few thousand dollars, and he ran many through change machines Super Phipp’s sign on March 2nd 9-2. THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OUR SCOUTS! that only produced their face value.

TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Saturday, Feb. 23, the 54th day of 2019. There are 311 days left in the year.

n Feb. 23, 1954, the first mass inoculation of In 1998, 42 people were killed, some 2,600 homes and schoolchildren against polio using the Salk vac- businesses damaged or destroyed, by tornadoes in One year ago: Ocine began in Pittsburgh as some 5,000 students central Florida. Rick Gates, a former senior adviser to Donald Trump’s were vaccinated. election campaign, pleaded guilty to federal conspiracy In 2004, the Army canceled its Comanche helicopter and false-statements charges, becoming a cooperating On this date: program after sinking $6.9 billion into it over 21 years. witness in the probe of Trump’s campaign and Rus- In 1685, composer George Frideric Handel was born in Education Secretary Rod Paige likened the National sia’s election interference. Florida Gov. Rick Scott an- present-day Germany. Education Association, the nation’s largest teachers nounced plans to put more armed guards in schools union, to a “terrorist organization” during a private White and make it harder for young adults and some with In 1822, Boston was granted a charter to incorporate House meeting with governors. (Paige later called it a mental illness to buy guns. Teachers and staff returned as a city. poor choice of words, but stood by his claim the NEA to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, was using “obstructionist scare tactics.”) Florida, for the first time since the shooting that left 17 In 1836, the siege of the Alamo began in San Antonio, people dead. Canada’s Olympic men’s hockey team Texas. In 2005, a jury was selected in Santa Maria, Califor- failed to reach the final at the Winter Olympics in South nia, to decide Michael Jackson’s fate on charges that Korea, losing to Germany 4-3 in the semifinals. In 1848, the sixth president of the United States, John he’d molested a teenage boy at his Neverland Ranch. Quincy Adams, died in Washington D.C., at age 80. (Jackson was later acquitted.) Today’s Birthdays: Actor Peter Fonda is 79. Pro and College Football Hall In 1870, Mississippi was readmitted to the Union. Ten years ago: of Famer Fred Biletnikoff is 76. Author John Sandford President Barack Obama pledged to dramatically slash is 75. Country-rock musician Rusty Young is 73. Ac- In 1927, President Calvin Coolidge signed a bill creat- the skyrocketing annual budget deficit as he started tress Patricia Richardson is 68. Former NFL player Ed ing the Federal Radio Commission, forerunner of the to dole out the record $787 billion economic stimulus “Too Tall” Jones is 68. Rock musician Brad Whitford Federal Communications Commission. package he’d signed the previous week. (Aerosmith) is 67. Singer Howard Jones is 64. Rock musician Michael Wilton (Queensryche) is 57. Country In 1942, the first shelling of the U.S. mainland during Five years ago: singer Dusty Drake is 55. Actress Kristin Davis is 54. World War II occurred as a Japanese submarine fired The Sochi Olympics completed a 17-day run with Can- Tennis player Helena Sukova is 54. Actor Marc Price on an oil refinery near Santa Barbara, California, caus- ada’s 3-0 victory over Sweden in the men’s hockey fi- is 51. TV personality/businessman Daymond John (TV: ing little damage. nal, the last of 98 gold medal events. Dale Earnhardt Jr. “Shark Tank”) is 50. Actress Niecy Nash is 49. Rock persevered through rain and wrecks to win the Daytona musician Jeff Beres (Sister Hazel) is 48. Country singer In 1945, during World War II, U.S. Marines on Iwo 500 for the second time, a decade after his first vic- Steve Holy is 47. Rock musician Lasse (loss) Johans- Jima captured Mount Suribachi, where they raised two tory in the “Great American Race.” Alice Herz Sommer, son (The Cardigans) is 46. Film and theater composer American flags (the second flag-raising was captured 110, believed to be the oldest survivor of the Holocaust, Robert Lopez is 44. Actress Kelly Macdonald is 43. in the iconic Associated Press photograph.) died in London. Samuel Sheinbein, 33, who’d fled from Rapper Residente (Calle 13) is 41. Actor Josh Gad is the U.S. to Israel after murdering and dismembering a 38. Actress Emily Blunt is 36. Actor Aziz Ansari is 36. In 1965, film comedian Stan Laurel, 74, died in Santa Maryland man in 1997, was killed in a shootout at an Actor Tye White (TV: “Greenleaf”) is 33. Actress Da- Monica, California. Israeli prison. kota Fanning is 25. THE WESTFIELD NEWS WWW.THEWESTFIELDNEWS.COM SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2019 - PAGE 3

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Fall River police say the 14-year-old girl walked into a BayCoast Bank branch in the city on Wednesday afternoon SOMERVILLE, Mass. (AP) — Massachusetts House Speaker To purchase reserved tables please make check payable to “Westfield High School”, Mail to: 2019 “POPS” Tickets, C/O Sheila Conroy, 88 Barbara St, and told a teller she would “blow everything up and kill every- Robert DeLeo has unveiled a plan to spend $1 billion over the next body” if the teller did not hand over cash. 10 years to help cities and towns adopt new technology designed Westfield, MA 01085. Include name, address, quantity of tables, number of tix, & night attending. Tickets will be at will call evening of concert. A bank employee handed the girl an “undetermined” to cut greenhouse gas emissions, strengthen infrastructure projects and reduce municipal costs. amount of money and she left. The initiative — called GreenWorks — would include funding The girl was seen on surveillance video getting into a black for renewable energy, energy efficiency and climate change resil- Toyota Camry outside the bank allegedly driven by the older iency efforts. GOVERMENT MEETINGS girl. The Democrat said the competitive grants would be available for Police got a look at the license plate and traced the car to a municipalities to pay for projects like solar power, energy storage, MONDAY, FEB, 25 home in the city where they found the girls. microgrids and electric car charging stations. He said he hoped the Both are charged with armed robbery. Their names were not availability of the grants — if the proposal becomes law — could Westfield: released because of their ages. help nudge communities to pursue renewable energy projects. Personnel Action Committee at 6:30 pm DeLeo made the announcement Friday at Greentown Labs in City Council at 7 pm Somerville, described as the nation’s “largest clean technology incubator.” DeLeo said the funding would come from the sale of bonds. He Granville: hoped the Legislature would take up the measure this year. He Selectboard Meeting at 7 pm Westfield’s Municipal called the plan a “realistic and practical approach” to increasing Planning Board Meeting at 7:30 pm renewable energy and toughening infrastructure for changes in the climate. Blandford: Parking Lots He said local communities are already aware of the challenges Council on Aging Meeting at 4 pm posed by climate change. The availability of grant funds could also Selectboard Meeting at 7 pm help nudge some to think about ways to increase their reliance on Zoning Board Meeting at 7 pm Snow Emergency renewable energy projects, he said. “This will give them the opportunity to do those projects,” Chester: DeLeo said. “They’re going to have to have come up with some Board of Health Meeting at 6 pm Instructions good ideas.” Board of Selectmen Meeting at 6 pm OFF-STREET PARKING COMMISSION Although he represents Winthrop, DeLeo said the challenge of MUNICIPAL PARKING LOTS SNOW EMERGENCY climate change isn’t just the concern of coastal communities. INSTRUCTIONS “This deals with every single city and town no matter what their Tolland: SNOW PHONE LINE: (413) 642-9411 needs may be,” he said. Board of Selectmen at 5 pm Greentown CEO Emily Reichert said DeLeo’s proposal meshes Plowing of MUNICIPAL OFF-STREET LOTS ARE NOT with the company’s “mission to support clean tech startups and Southwick: DONE DURING BUSINESS DAY HOURS. CORE LOTS help get their technologies to market.” Board of Appeals Meeting at 7 pm ARE PLOWED AFTER A SNOW STORM ENDS AND Under the plan, the grants would be administered by the state’s AFTER THE SNOW EMERGENCY LOTS ARE PLOWED. Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs. SNOW EMERGENCIES ARE CALLED AFTER A SNOW The state continues to take steps to boost its reliance on renew- TUESDAY, FEB, 26 STORM ENDS OR JUST AS IT IS ENDING. able energy. 1. To sign up for the snow ban phone alert, please contact Earlier this month, Republican Gov. Charlie Baker announced more than $500,000 in funding for what he described as eight Granville: Community Development at (413) 572-6246 or by email at “early-stage clean energy companies.” STGRSD School Committee Meeting at 5:30 pm [email protected]. Environmental activists are also pushing a slew of bills aimed at 2. If you are not on the snow ban phone alert list, please reducing the state’s carbon footprint and minimizing waste. Westfield: call the Snow Phone Line at (413) 642-9411 for parking lot One bill seeks to help save taxpayer dollars spent trying to Conservation Commission at 6:30 pm status updates. recycle what the Conservation Law Foundation describes as waste- 3. The phone line will tell you the time that the ban will ful packaging. The group said communities have little control over be effective and will instruct you on when to move to alterna- the flood of disposable items and have had to pick up the cost of WEDNESDAY, FEB, 27 tive lots. DO NOT MOVE TO SNOW EMERGENCY LOTS recycling that material that they say can run to tens to hundreds of UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE PHONE LINE INSTRUCTS. thousands of dollars each year. 4. Core paved municipal parking lots are served by the The bill would shift some of those recycling costs back onto the Westfield: “Blue Light.” When the “Blue Light” is flashing, these lots companies that create the packaging. Parks and Recreation Informational Meeting Public are closed for plowing and parkers should find a spot in an Another piece of legislation would require all large-scale fleets Safety at Sadie Knox Playground at 6:30 pm alternative location. of vehicles in Massachusetts — public and private — to go electric 5. SNOW EMERGENCY LOTS WILL BE by 2035. Blandford: A. CHURCH & ELM STREET GRAVEL LOT Yet another bill would update appliance efficiency standards on Fire Department Meeting at 7 pm B. MAIN STREET RESTAURANT LOT more than a dozen products, including commercial dishwashers, C. 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What is it about drivers on the north side not stopping at stop signs? Almost on a daily basis, someone either fails to stop at the stop sign or waits until a car is already as the intersection of Springdale and Holyoke Road and pulls into the intersection. This morning, it was Dry Bridge Rd and Sandy Hill that a car was failing to stop at the stop sign on Sandy Hill and Dry Bridge. Do we need to paint the signs a flashier red?? Do we need sound equipment that yells "STOP!!!!" Last time I checked, I did not see where my car had a "cloaking device" button that I might have accidentally hit so that you cannot see me!!! I know we all have to die someday, but I don't want it to In this Jan. 16, 2019, photo, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., reacts during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. The growing be at a north side intersection because someone failed to stop at Democratic presidential field is increasingly splitting into two camps: those who want to quickly overhaul economic systems a stop sign. Please, start obeying the rules of the road, come to that have existed for decades and those who favor more gradual change. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) a full and complete stop and don't pull out into intersections until it is safe to do so. As a former auto claims adjuster, believe me, you do not want to be found at fault in an accident, between surcharges and premium hikes, you will pay for your profound lack of good judgement for MANY years. Dems’ choice: Scrap the system Sen. Warren: or make gradual change? By JULIE PACE In 2016, Sanders and Clinton battled over the same question Every family deserves Associated Press of how fast and far to push economic change. Sanders cast WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic presidential contenders Clinton as beholden to Wall Street interests, while she panned are splitting into two camps: those who want to quickly over- his ideas as impractical and wildly expensive. She won the pri- high-quality child care haul economic systems that have existed for decades and those mary but struggled to generate the same level of enthusiasm who favor more gradual change. among some liberals and young voters as Sanders and lost to MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Sen. Elizabeth Warren told It’s not just a battle over liberal or moderate policies. In many Trump in a stunning defeat. New Hampshire Democrats on Friday that she proposed a cases, the White House hopefuls largely agree on the end game Polling shows some of the ideas pushed by Sanders, Warren universal child care plan because no American family should but differ on how to get there, and how quickly. and others have broad support among Democrats, but they’re experience the desperation she did as a working mother to find Sens. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of not the only paths to desired results that voters say they could safe, reliable, quality child care. Massachusetts have set the pace. He’s pitching an economic and get behind. “We’re the richest country in the history of the planet,” political “revolution,” while she is calling for “systemic change” For example, 81 percent of Democratic voters say they favor Warren told a room of about 1,000 people in Manchester at the to everything from health care to who pays for a college educa- a “Medicare for all” plan, according to a recent Kaiser Family state Democratic Party’s biggest fundraiser. “Access to high- tion. Foundation poll. But when asked what Congress should be quality care and education during the first five years of a “Let’s have the big fight,” Warren said in an interview. “The working on now, half of Democrats say lawmakers should focus child’s life shouldn’t be a privilege reserved for the rich. It big fight is easier to win because people see it would be trans- their efforts on improving and protecting the federal health care should be a right for every child.” formative.” law signed by Obama. Only 38 percent want lawmakers to focus The Massachusetts senator delivered her remarks during her Other Democrats argue the kind of sweeping changes Warren on passing a national Medicare for all plan. second visit to the state since announcing her presidential bid. and Sanders are pitching are too unrealistic, too costly or too Other issues that could divide Democrats during the 2020 Warren would pay for universal child care with a 2 percent disruptive to happen quickly. They often back the same concepts primaries include how to address the skyrocketing cost of col- tax annually on households’ net worth greater than $50 mil- — particularly a “Medicare for all” health care system — but lege. temper their support with what they see as a dose of reality. During the 2016 campaign, Sanders pledged to make public lion. Under the plan, no family would pay more than 7 percent During a recent campaign stop in New Hampshire, New colleges free, a dramatic revamping of the nation’s higher edu- of its income for child care, and families earning below 200 Jersey Sen. Cory Booker told a voter there was a “hard truth” cation system. The following year, he and Warren co-sponsored percent of the federal poverty line — about $51,000 a year for about pursuing a single-payer health care system: It might not a bill that proposed free tuition at four-year colleges for families a family of four — would pay nothing. get through Congress. earning less than $125,000 a year and no tuition at all at com- Warren said her plan would give all families access to the The emerging divide is at the heart of Democratic delibera- munity colleges. The legislation, which gained no traction in a kind of child care the federal government currently provides tions over how to defeat President Donald Trump in November Republican-controlled Congress, would have provided $47 bil- military families. 2020. Could a more pragmatic politician win back some moder- lion per year to states to eliminate tuition costs, leaving states to “When a working family here in New Hampshire is paying ate voters in states like Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania come up with another $23 billion annually on their own. a quarter of their income to cover child care, a Republican- who tilted the election toward Trump in 2016? Or does the That kind of sticker shock has other candidates reluctant to controlled Congress decided it was more important to pass a Democratic path to victory lie in energizing turnout among lib- sign on. trillion-dollar giveaway to the wealthiest and giant corpora- erals and young voters who weren’t enthusiastic about the par- “I am not for free four-year college for all, no,” Minnesota tions,” Warren said, referring to the 2017 tax overhaul. ty’s last nominee, Hillary Clinton? Sen. Amy Klobuchar said in a CNN town hall. “I wish — if I Local communities would oversee their child care, pre- In most recent presidential campaigns, Democrats have ral- were a magic genie and could give that to everyone and we school and in-home providers under Warren’s plan, but they lied around moderates and candidates who billed themselves as could afford it, I would. would be held to national standards. Warren said her plan consensus builders: Clinton in 2016, Barack Obama in 2008 and Candidates proposing big-ticket agenda items are already fac- would benefit women especially because they, more often than John Kerry in 2004. ing questions about how they’d get their ideas through Congress. men, give up jobs and careers when families can’t find child “It is the intuition of a majority of Democratic voters that a That’s prompting a debate over whether presidential candidates care. candidate who stresses ideas that are practical and realistic has would support controversial moves that would remove a key Earlier this week, Warren said she supports reparations for a better chance of winning than a candidate who has ideas that hurdle to passing legislation. black Americans who have been affected by slavery. Warren are big and bold,” said Geoff Garin, a Democratic pollster. Warren and New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand have indicated Implicit in the posture of candidates like Warren and Sanders they would be open to changing the filibuster, a procedural tool addressed race in her speech Friday but didn’t speak specifi- is a belief that their own party has not gone far enough in pursu- that requires a supermajority of 60 votes to pass many big items cally about reparations. She said black families in America ing economic policies that could provide more opportunity for instead of a simple majority in the Senate. Lowering the thresh- have been disadvantaged by “structural racism” and have only middle and lower-income Americans. old would theoretically give a president a better chance of push- $5 in wealth for every $100 in wealth owned by the average “The problems in our economy and in our democracy go back ing through legislation. white family. decades,” said Warren. Notably, Sanders is a proponent of keeping the filibuster “Race matters and we need to say so,” she said. She quickly added, “I’m not here to knock Democrats.” But alive, raising questions about how he would muscle through his In response to media questions after her remarks, Warren that hands-off approach to the rest of the Democratic field won’t proposals to reshape government. said she would support reparations for many minority groups, last. including Native Americans. She has been criticized for claim- ing Native American identity early in her career and apolo- gized recently to the Cherokee Nation for releasing DNA test results as evidence she had Native American in her bloodline, albeit at least six generations back. “America has an ugly history of racism. We need to confront it head on, and we need to talk about the right way to address it and make change,” Warren said. Asked whether she would include Native Americans in her support for reparations for black Americans affected by slavery, Warren said, “I think it’s a part of the conversation. 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62 School Street, Westfield , MA 01085 (413)562-4181 www.thewestfieldnews.com THE WESTFIELD NEWS WWW.THEWESTFIELDNEWS.COM SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2019 - PAGE 5 Mass. man olice ogs sentenced to P L FREE TO THE PUBLIC A LOOK AT WESTFIELD WESTFIELD 1669-2019 prison for Major crime and incident report Saturday, Feb. 16, 2019 1:37 a.m.: disturbance, Arnold Street, a patrol officer reports child rape that he had been driving when he was flagged down by two WORCESTER, Mass. individuals from an Arnold Street bar claiming there was a (AP) — A Massachusetts large altercation happening, the officer reports that when he man has been sentenced to approached the bar, he witnessed a male party punching anoth- WEDNESDAYS AT 6:30 P.M. up to eight years in state er male party in the face and head repeatedly, the officer reports NOVEMBER 28, 2018 prison for child rape. that he arrested Nickolas Malo, 22, of 4 Gunn Road Extension, FEBRUARY 13, 2019 • Watershed Wanderings Through Time and Space: The Telegram & Gazette Southampton, for assault and battery and disorderly conduct, WestfieldCity of WestfieldRiver Watershed Celebrations: Association, 65 1869, Years 1919, of Service 1969 reports that 33-year-old Jose the officer reports that he also arrested Joshua R. Brown, 20, Westfield StateWSU: University Dever Stage, (WSU): Parenzo Scanlon Hall Banquet Rm. Navarro-Sanchez was sen- of 94 Gillette Avenue, Springfield, for disorderly conduct, the Presented By: Dr. Robert Brown and Bruce Cortis tenced after he pleaded officer reports that an ambulance was called because at one Presented By: WRWA Members Dr. Aaron Reyes, Dr. Brian Conz, Bill Rose, Mark Damon guilty Thursday to four point during the altercation pepper spray was deployed and a FEBRUARY 27, 2019DECEMBER • Where 12, the 2018 Two Worlds Meet: counts of child rape, inde- female party was unintentionally affected by it; See related Native Americans of Western MA cent assault and battery and story in The Westfield News of February 20. Whips of Westfield: dissemination of obscene 1:56 a.m.: motor vehicle violation, Conner Avenue, a patrol TheWSU: Rise Scanlon and Decline Hall • Presented of an American By: Gail WhiteIndustry matter. officer reports that a grey sedan had passed him going at MARCH 6,Westfield 2019 • HistoryAthenaeum of • thePresented Westfield By: Bruce Normal Cortis School Prosecutors say Navarro- approximately 100 miles per hour, almost striking his vehicle, WSU: Lecture: Dever Stage, Parenzo Hall Sanchez assaulted two JANUARY 9, 2019 the officer reports that the sedan turned down Conner Avenue Presented By: Dr. Beth Ann Rothermel, Dr. Mara Dodge, and Walter Fogg female victims in 2015 in before shutting off its lights, the officer reports that the vehicle Worcester. Photo Exhibit After Lecture:Shay’s Arno Rebellion Maris Gallery, Ely Hall 2nd Floor had been pulled over and the driver, Christopher Roman, 22, First Congregational Church • Presented By: Dennis Picard An investigation began of 12 Conner Avenue, was placed under arrest for operating a MARCH 13, 2019 • One Room Schoolhouses in Westfield after one victim, then 9, said motor vehicle under the influence of liquor, reckless operation First CongregationalJANUARY Church • 16, Presented 2019 By: Walter Fogg in school she had been sexu- of a motor vehicle, a motor vehicle lights violation, and speed- ally assaulted by Navarro- ing; MARCH 27,The 2019 Canal • Rev. Greenway Edward Taylor’s from Westfield: Sanchez. 6:30 a.m.: motor vehicle violation, North Road, a patrol the poet, pastor & his congregation 1671-1721 The second victim said in History to Modern Rail Trail officer reports that they pulled over a vehicle for speeding, the First CongregationalWestfield Athenaeum Church • Presented • Presented By: BobBy: WalterMadison Powell court she was sexually officer reports that the vehicle operator, Victor M. Rosado, 35, assaulted when she was 5 of 39 Maynard Street, Springfield, was placed under arrest for APRIL 17, 2019JANUARY • Wayfinding 30, 2019 through GPS: years old. a subsequent offense of operating a motor vehicle with a sus- Planning Perspectives for the City of Westfield The judge has ordered pended license and speeding; The U.S.S.WSU: DeverWestfield, Stage, Parenzo a Civil Hall War Ship Navarro-Sanchez to register Westfield Athenaeum • Presented By: Ed Stannard 11:33 p.m.: shoplifting, Springfield Road, a caller from a Presented By: Dr. Dristi Neog, and Dr. Robert Bristow as a sex offender and under- Springfield Road department store reports that two individuals go therapy. shoplifted a radio from the store and ran into the parking lot APRIL 24, 2019 • How WestfieldFEBRUARY Became 13, 2019Known as the “Baseball Town” where a four door sedan was waiting, the caller reports that the FirstWatershed Congregational Wanderings Church • Presented Through By: Dan Time Genovese and male party with the radio was picked up by the vehicle and took off in an unknown direction while the female party fled to East Space:MAY Westfield 1, 2019 River• Whips Watershed of Westfield: Association, Remains Mountain Road, the responding officer reports that Springfield The Rise and Decline65 Years of of an Service American Industry police have been notified of the situation, as it is believed that WSU:WSU: ScanlonCURCA Ely Banquet Library, 2nd Hall Flr. • •Presented Presented By: By: Dr. Bruce Aaron Cortis Reyes, the suspects were headed to Springfield. of Mass. Dr. Brian Conz, BillFRIDAY, Rose, Mark MAY Damon 3, 2019 • 1-4 PM WSU Student Research on Westfield pilot who WSU: Ely Hall • Presented By: WSU Students Officials: Plane had fuel tank MAY 8, 2019 • Things Change: The Lost Homes of Westfield crashed issues before fatal crash First Congregational Church METHUEN, Mass. (AP) — The National Transportation Presented By: Dr. Robert Brown during Safety Board says a plane crashed into an apartment building in Massachusetts, killing a former mayor, had fuel tank issues More information: months before the fatal crash. WWII The Eagle-Tribune reports that investigators did not say westfield350.org/lectures exactly what caused the February 2017 crash in Methuen. But in a recent report said whatever did happen, happened LEAD ID’d shortly after takeoff. SPONSOR BOSTON (AP) — The Alan Lavender died when the plane crashed into the build- remains of an airman whose ing on approach to Lawrence Municipal Airport. More information: westfield350.org/lectures plane crashed during a The 73-year-old Lavender was a former city councilor and bombing run in World War II mayor of Newburyport. No residents were injured. have been identified. NTSB investigators say Lavender wrote in an email three History of the Westfield Normal School The Defense POW/MIA days before his death that he had the plane’s fuel tank fixed. Panel Lecture Presentation and Historic Photography Exhibit, Wednesday, March 6 at Accounting Agency said Lavender said in the email he planned to do “touch-and- Westfield State University. Lecture: Dever Stage, Parenzo Hall 6:30 p.m. Historical photogra- Friday that it officially con- goes” to ensure everything was working correctly. firmed on Dec. 13 that bones phy exhibit: Arno Maris Gallery, Ely Hall 2nd floor (open Wed. March 6 from 5:00-9:00 p.m., found in France belong to dessert reception and in gallery following lecture). Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Spend an evening on the Westfield State University Campus for a special “Westfield Burleigh E. Curtis, of Police commissioner retires Wednesdays” historical lecture series event offering a lecture and photography exhibit focused Holliston, Massachusetts. on the history of the Westfield Normal School. The lecture presentation at 6:30 on Dever Stage, The agency says the Parenzo Hall, features three speakers who will discuss the history of the Westfield Normal 22-year-old was piloting a from troubled department School. Before or after the lecture, visitors are invited to an exhibit of historical photos in the P-47D Thunderbolt that SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — The police commissioner Arno Maris Gallery, Ely Hall 2nd floor. A dessert reception and raffle will be hosted in the crashed during a dive-bomb in Massachusetts’ third-largest city is retiring amid miscon- gallery following the lecture. attack near Briouze, France, duct scandals and a federal civil rights investigation into his The lecture will include three panelists. Professor Beth Ann Rothermel will present “’Dig on June 13, 1944. department. Where You Stand’: Lessons from the WSU Archive.” From her research work in the WSU He was not seen bailing Springfield Mayor Domenic Sarno announced Thursday archives, Prof. Rothermel will share a few of her more interesting observations about the out. that Police Commissioner John Barbieri retirement is effec- Westfield Normal School’s history. Walter Fogg will present “Westfield’s Little Known School A French cabinetmaker tive immediately. of Observation,” a brief history of the Wyben schoolhouse from 1931 to 1939, when it served who witnessed the crash When asked if the retirement was linked to the troubles as a school of observation for Westfield State Teachers College. Students studying in “Rural reportedly buried the remains facing the department, Sarno said it was a “mutually accept- Education” were transported to the Wyben Schoolhouse to observe and to practice teach. the next day. Military offi- ed decision.” During this period of time, the schoolhouse was turned over to the College, which assumed all cials went to recover them in Barbieri’s five-year agreement was set to expire at the end administrative responsibilities for the school’s daily operations. Professor Mara Dodge will 1947, but none could be of May. present “Westfield State University: Evolution & Transformation, 1839-2010.” From its open- found. Sarno says Deputy Chief Cheryl Clapprood will serve as ing days in Barre, MA as the nation’s first public, co-educational “normal” school, Prof. Dodge A nongovernmental orga- interim commissioner. will trace the institution’s growth while addressing some popular myths and misperceptions nization, with help from Details on the selection process for a replacement com- about its storied history. French officials, excavated missioner have not been released. The photography exhibit in the Arno Maris Gallery, Ely Hall 2nd floor, will feature historic the site in 2017 and recov- The department has faced increasing scrutiny after videos photos of the Normal School and downtown buildings. Also featured will be photos by the ered Curtis’ possessions and captured an officer threatening juvenile suspects and another Allen sisters, who graduated from Westfield Normal School in 1876 pursuing a teaching career possible bones. officer grabbing a man by the throat. Six officers are facing which they eventually gave up due to loss of hearing. In 1884 they began a very successful They were identified using charges in connection with an off-duty fight. career in photography. They were pioneers in respect to being women in the arts. Their nostal- anthropological analysis and gic mood was coveted in an age of increasing industrialization. Their technique of developing other methods. platinum prints enhanced this direction of nostalgia. The “Westfield State University Revisited: Archival Photographs and Artifacts” collection focuses on the inception and growth of Westfield State University. Highlighted are various presidents starting with Horace Mann and continuing with those of high expectations and amazing drive bringing the Normal School forward to become Westfield State College and now Westfield State University. Continuing where “Westfield State University Revisited” leaves off is a photographic essay featuring many of the original buildings still existing in Westfield showcasing a visual evolution of the town and many links it has to the university. Catalogs of the historic photo collections will be avail- able for purchase. The exhibit will be up during the week of March 4-9 (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 10:00 – 2:00). On Wednesday evening, March 6, directly following the lec- ture, guests are invited to walk over to Ely Hall to visit the gallery, enjoy dessert, and partici- pate in a raffle. To accommodate Wednesday’s events the gallery will also be open from 5:00- 9:00 pm. Keith Ablow This undated photo released Friday, Feb. 22, 2019, by the Defense Renowned psychiatrist facing Fundraiser POW/MIA Accounting to benefit the The Westfield News Agency shows U.S. Army malpractice lawsuits Air Forces 1st Lt. Burleigh NEWBURYPORT, Mass. (AP) — Two more patients of Dr. Friends of home delivery still only... E. Curtis, of Holliston, Keith Ablow have filed lawsuits against the renowned Mass., who crashed in a Massachusetts psychiatrist alleging he pressured them into the Westfield World War II dive-bomb sexual relationships. ¢ attack near Briouze, The Boston Globe reports that the medical malpractice law- Athenaeum France, on June 13, 1944. suits filed Thursday allege Ablow lured the women he was Tipsy Paint Brush, Per Day The agency said the crash treating for depression into degrading situations. Thursday, March 7, 7-9 pm 75 site was excavated in 2017 Ablow was sued last year by a patient who alleged he made at Clemenza’s on Elm St, and Curtis’ personal pos- comments about her appearance, encouraged sexual conversa- Westfield. Come early for sessions and possible tions during treatment sessions and “rewarded” her with free dinner. Two glasses per per- * includes free online bones were recovered. His sessions. son. Different styles of remains were confirmed Ablow in a tweet Thursday said he “categorically, com- glasses to choose from. access (50¢ value) on Dec. 13, 2018, using pletely” denies the allegations in the lawsuits. Templates of different anthropological analysis, His lawyer says Ablow “denies any and all allegations of designs provided. Only $35 Please call our Circulation Dept. as well as historical and improper behavior or substandard care in their entirety.” per person! Register at at 413-562-4181 Ext. 117 or material evidence. (Defense Ablow is an author and has appeared on several television www.tipsypaintbrushpar- POW/MIA Accounting Agency shows, including as a contributor to the Fox News network ties.com. [email protected] via AP) until 2017. PAGE 6 - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2019 www.thewestfieldnews.com THE WESTFIELD NEWS

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Email your notices of religious events and listings to [email protected] Subject:Religion Pages THE WESTFIELD NEWS WWW.THEWESTFIELDNEWS.COM SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2019 - PAGE 7 Smile: California Some parents of 13 airliners plead guilty to torture, abuse By AMY TAXIN have cameras Associated Press RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — A California couple pleaded guilty Friday to torture and years of abuse that included on seat-back shackling some of their 13 children to beds and starving them to the point they stopped growing. screens David and Louise Turpin will spend at By DAVID KOENIG least 25 years in prison after entering the Associated Press pleas in Riverside County Superior Court Now there is one more place where cam- to 14 counts that included cruelty toward eras could start watching you — from all but their toddler daughter, and impris- 30,000 feet. oning the children in a house that appeared Newer seat-back entertainment systems This Dec. 2, 2009 file picture shows the 2011 Chevrolet Volt during its debut at the Los neatly kept outside, but festered with filth on some airplanes operated by American Angeles Auto Show in Los Angeles. General Motors has stopped making the Chevrolet and reeked of human waste. Airlines and Singapore Airlines have cam- Volt, a ground-breaking electric car with a gasoline backup motor. The last Volt rolled The couple was arrested in January eras, and it’s likely they are also on planes off the assembly line at a Detroit factory with little ceremony on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019. 2018 after their 17-year-old daughter used by other carriers. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File) escaped from the home and called 911 in American and Singapore both said the city of Perris, about 60 miles (96 kilo- Friday that they have never activated the meters) southeast of Los Angeles. cameras and have no plans to use them. The children, ages 2 to 29 at the time, However, companies that make the Ground-breaking electric were severely underweight and hadn’t entertainment systems are installing cam- bathed for months. They described being eras to offer future options such as seat-to- beaten, starved and put in cages. seat video conferencing, according to an Chevrolet Volt runs out of juice Louise Turpin’s face turned red and she American Airlines spokesman. began crying and dabbed her eyes with a A passenger on a Singapore flight posted By TOM KRISHER many of whom are upset with the company tissue during the hearing while her hus- a photo of the seat-back display last week, Associated Press for scrubbing the project. band appeared stoic. and the tweet was shared several hundred DETROIT (AP) — As their company was Richard Winters, a 65-year-old physician The two will be sentenced to up to life times and drew media notice. Buzzfeed swirling around the financial drain in the from Poteau, Oklahoma, said the Volt still is in prison April 19, Riverside District first reported that the cameras are also on early 2000s, General Motors executives useful in areas like Oklahoma and Arkansas Attorney Mike Hestrin said. some American planes. came up with an idea to counter its gas- where electric vehicle charging stations are “The defendants ruined lives so I think The airlines stressed that they didn’t add guzzling image and point the way to trans- few. He bought his first Volt in 2016 for the it’s just and fair that the sentence be the cameras — manufacturers embedded portation of the future: an electric car with a 120-mile round-trip commute from home to equivalent to first-degree murder,” Hestrin them in the entertainment systems. gas-engine backup that could travel any- the Arkansas hospital where he works. said. American’s systems are made by where. He bought another one last year, a The Turpins had led a mostly solitary, Panasonic, while Singapore uses Panasonic At Detroit’s auto show in 2007, they revamped model that can go 50 miles on but seemingly unremarkable life until the and Thales, according to airline represen- unveiled the Chevrolet Volt concept car, not electricity before the gas generator starts. teenager jumped from a window and tatives. Neither Panasonic nor Thales knowing yet whether they had the technol- Because he can recharge at work, most of called for help. responded immediately for comment. ogy to pull off a major breakthrough in his commute is done on battery power. David Turpin, 57, had worked as an As they shrink, cameras are being built battery-powered vehicles. Winters routinely goes 1,400 miles between engineer for both Lockheed Martin and into more devices, including laptops and It took nearly four more years, but the gas station fill-ups, which he likes. And it Northrop Grumman. Louise Turpin, 50, smartphones. The presence of cameras in first Volt — a longer-range version of a costs only around $1 worth of electricity to was listed as a housewife in a 2011 bank- aircraft entertainment systems was known plug-in hybrid — rolled off the assembly charge the battery, he said. ruptcy filing. in aviation circles at least two years ago, line late in 2010. GM had hopes that cus- Winters had always wanted an electric The family led a nocturnal existence, although not among the traveling public. tomers would be ready for a car that could car, but like many, was afraid he’d run out which kept them largely out of sight from Seth Miller, a journalist who wrote about go 38 miles on electricity before a small of juice and get stranded. “When the Volt neighbors in a middle-class subdivision. the issue in 2017, thinks that equipment internal combustion generator kicked in. came out I was happy,” he said of its nearly In a recording of the 911 call, the girl makers didn’t consider the privacy impli- They weren’t. On Tuesday, the last Volt unlimited range. who escaped said two younger sisters and cations. There were already cameras on was built with little ceremony at a Detroit GM, he said, should have spent more to a brother were chained to beds and she planes — although not so intrusive — and factory that’s now slated to close. Sales promote the car. “I’ve been really surprised couldn’t take it. the companies assumed that passengers averaged less than 20,000 per year, not at the lack of marketing,” he said. “I would “They will wake up at night and they would trade their images for convenience, enough to sustain the costly undertaking. not have an electric car if I did not have that will start crying and they wanted me to as they do with facial-recognition technol- The Volt wasn’t the first electric car, but gas engine.” call somebody,” she said in a high-pitched ogy at immigration checkpoints, he said. it was the first to conquer anxiety over Originally, the Volt was to be a sleek, voice. “I wanted to call y’all so y’all can “Now they’re facing blowback from a range at a reasonable cost. GM’s limited- futuristic five-seat vehicle built to hold a help my sisters.” small but vocal group questioning the range EV1 came out in the 1990s, and Tesla battery and a new three-cylinder engine to Police who responded discovered a value of the system that isn’t even active,” put out its 200-plus-mile Roadster in 2008 generate electricity, said Navigant Research house of horrors. Miller said. for more than $100,000. analyst Sam Abuelsamid. But because of Two girls had been hastily released American Airlines spokesman Ross The Volt was among the first plug-in GM’s financial problems, the project was from their chains but a 22-year-old son Feinstein said cameras are in “premium hybrids, many of which can go only 20 or so scaled back and became a modified version remained shackled. The brother told economy” seats on 82 Boeing 777 and miles on electricity and haven’t gained of the Chevrolet Cruze compact car with police he and his siblings had been sus- Airbus A330-200 jets. American has near- much popularity among consumers. only four seats and many parts from other pected of stealing food and being disre- ly 1,000 planes. Yet the Volt did serve a purpose. It led to GM vehicles, he said. spectful. “Cameras are a standard feature on advances in lithium-ion batteries similar to “They made some huge strides with that The intervention marked a new start for many in-flight entertainment systems used those that power smart phones and comput- car, but it wasn’t all that it could have been the children who lived in such isolation by multiple airlines,” he said. ers. But such advances ultimately led to the and certainly not what they envisioned that the teen who called for help didn’t Singapore spokesman James Boyd said Volt’s demise as GM and other manufactur- when they unveiled the concept,” know her address. cameras are on 84 Airbus A350s, Airbus ers developed fully electric vehicles that can Abuelsamid said. Although the parents filed reports with A380s and Boeing 777s and 787s. The car- go 200 more miles per charge. Although it would be nice to continue the state that they home-schooled their rier has 117 planes. “While it was a financial loser, it did what producing the Volt, GM needed to stop children, the oldest child only completed While the airlines say they have no plans was intended,” said retired GM Vice making it due in part to changing consumer the third grade. Some children suffered to use the cameras, a Twitter user named Chairman Bob Lutz, who shepherded the preferences for SUVs, he said. The compa- from severe malnutrition, stunted growth Vitaly Kamluk, who snapped the photo of Volt into production. “We viewed it as a ny also lost money on every Volt, cash that and muscle wasting, including an 11-year- the camera on his Singapore flight, sug- stepping stone to full electrics, which were is needed for research on autonomous vehi- old girl who had arms the size of an gested that just to be sure the carriers totally out of reach due to the then-astro- cles and more advanced electric cars, he infant. should slap stickers over the lenses. nomical cost of lithium-ion batteries.” said. Children were deprived of food and “The cameras are probably not used GM now has the Chevrolet Bolt, which “It’s not the right vehicle for the market things other kids take for granted, such as now,” he tweeted. “But if they are wired, can go 238 miles on a single charge, and it today,” said Abuelsamid. “It doesn’t really toys and games, and allowed to do little operational, bundled with mic, it’s a matter has promised many more electric vehicles make sense to keep it going. As much as except write in journals, authorities said. of one smart hack to use them on 84+ air- in the future. you’d like to, it’s probably better to let it The kids were rarely allowed outside crafts and spy on passengers.” The Volt did develop a loyal fan base, go.” See Torture, Abuse, Page 8

Chicago’s vast camera network helped Smollett investigation By TAMMY WEBBER Police Commander Edward Wodnicki, who Associated Press heads the detective division that led the inves- CHICAGO (AP) — Police tapped into tigation, credited the camera network but also Chicago’s vast network of surveillance cam- residents who shared information from their eras — and even some homeowners’ doorbell own cameras for helping to solve the case. cameras — to track down two brothers who “That was super useful in this investiga- later claimed they were paid by “Empire” tion,” he said of residents’ cooperation. “The actor Jussie Smollett to stage an attack on him, city came together to investigate and help the the latest example of the city’s high-tech police with this crime.” approach to public safety. The search went beyond surveillance cam- Officers said they reviewed video from eras to include other electronic records. In this Feb. 1, 2019 photo, a surveillance camera is seen near the spot where “Empire” actor more than four dozen cameras to trace the Detectives also reviewed in-car taxi videos, Jussie Smollett allegedly staged the attack in Chicago. Chicago police tapped into a vast net- brothers’ movements before and after the telephone logs, ride-share records and credit work of surveillance cameras — and some homeowners’ doorbell cameras — to help deter- reported attack, determining where they lived card records, according to a summary of the mine the identities of two brothers who later claimed they were paid by “Empire” actor Jussie and who they were before arresting them a case released by prosecutors. Smollett to stage a racist and homophobic attack. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford) little more than two weeks later. At first, police were puzzled when they cars. the cab driver, got video from inside the vehi- Smollett reported being beaten up by two could not find footage of the attack, which Police say Smollett deliberately staged the cle and followed it along a trail of cameras to men who shouted racist and anti-gay slurs and Smollett said occurred around 2 a.m. on Jan. attack in a spot where he believed it would be the city’s North Side, where the brothers got threw bleach on him. But his story fell apart 29 while he was walking home from a Subway captured on video, but “that particular camera out and began walking. when Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo — sandwich shop. wasn’t pointed in that direction,” Police The private footage offered by residents bodybuilders and aspiring actors whom Chicago has the most extensive video sur- Superintendent Eddie Johnson said Thursday. included video from cameras embedded in Smollett knew from the “Empire” set and the veillance network in the U.S., with access to But police soon found footage of two men doorbells that showed the men walking, police gym — told police that Smollett paid them more than 32,000 cameras mounted on build- walking in the area of the attack and inter- spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said. $3,500 to stage the attack because he was ings, poles, train tunnels and buses — and viewed more than 100 people seeking wit- After that, police tracked the men’s move- unhappy with his salary and wanted to pro- even in businesses and private residences nesses. ments “backward to where they came from” mote his career. whose owners agree to opt into the system Using 35 police cameras and more than 20 before the attack, Wodnicki said — first walk- Smollett was arrested Thursday and made full-time. What’s more, authorities can track private-sector cameras, investigators were ing, then to a cab and back to a ride-share car. his first court appearance. He was later released someone by linking those cameras at a sophis- able to trace the men’s movements after the “That was the lead we needed to identify a after posting the required 10 percent of the ticated emergency command center, police attack, including footage of them getting into person of interest,” Wodnicki said. “We were $100,000 bond. stations or even from tablets in officers’ squad a cab, Wodnicki said. Detectives interviewed able to put a name to both individuals.” PAGE 8 - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2019 www.thewestfieldnews.com THE WESTFIELD NEWS Trump picks Virgin Galactic: ambassador Rocket reaches to Canada space again in test flight for UN post By JOHN ANTCZAK By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press and MATTHEW LEE LOS ANGELES (AP) — Virgin Galactic’s Associated Press rocket plane reached space for a second time in WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald a test flight over California on Friday, climbing Trump announced Friday that he has selected higher and faster than before while also carry- Kelly Craft, the U.S. ambassador to Canada, ing a crewmember to evaluate the long-awaited as his nominee to serve as the next U.S. passenger experience. ambassador to the United Nations. The winged spaceship soared at three times Trump said in a pair of tweets that Craft In this May 22, 2018 file photo, President Donald Trump looks out at the audience the speed of sound to an altitude of 55.8 miles “has done an outstanding job representing our during a speech at the Susan B. Anthony List 11th Annual Campaign for Life Gala (89.8 kilometers) before gliding to a safe land- Nation” and he has “no doubt that, under her at the National Building Museum in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ing at Mojave Air and Space Port in the desert leadership, our Country will be represented at north of Los Angeles, Virgin Galactic said. the highest level.” In addition to chief pilot David Mackay and Two people familiar with the matter who co-pilot Mike “Sooch” Masucci, the crew spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss Trump sets up obstacles, included Virgin Galactic’s chief astronaut personnel matters had told The Associated instructor, Beth Moses. Press that Trump had been advised that Craft’s Moses, described as an expert micro-gravity confirmation would be the smoothest of the researcher who is in charge of evaluating the three candidates he had been considering to barring clinic referrals passenger cabin, floated free to test elements of fill the job last held by Nikki Haley. the interior. Virgin Galactic is working toward commer- Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR and DAVID CRARY Associated Press cial operations that will take passengers on R-Ky., had backed Craft for the post, and she supersonic thrill rides to the lower reaches of also has the support of Secretary of State Mike WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Friday set up new obstacles for women seeking abortions, barring taxpayer-funded family planning clinics from space to experience a few minutes of weight- Pompeo and national security adviser John lessness and a view of the Earth below. Bolton, the people said. Trump’s first pick to making abortion referrals. The new policy is certain to be challenged in court. The final rule released Friday by the Health and Human Services Department also The company intends to operate a fleet of replace Haley, State Department spokeswom- would prohibit federally funded family planning clinics from being housed in the same spaceships out of Spaceport America in the an Heather Nauert, withdrew over the week- locations as abortion providers, and require stricter financial separation. high desert of southern New Mexico. end. Clinic staff would still be permitted to discuss abortion with clients, along with other The flight was delayed two days due to McConnell praised Craft as “an exceptional options. However, that would no longer be required. winds, and company founder Richard Branson choice for this critical post.” He added, “She The move is the latest in a series of Trump administration efforts to remake govern- tweeted that he had to miss it so he could attend has a long record of service to her state and the ment policy on reproductive health. The American Medical Association warned it could a concert in Colombia to raise money for nation and I’m confident she will continue to have an impact far beyond abortion, potentially affecting access to health care services humanitarian aid to crisis-stricken Venezuela. serve with distinction as America’s voice to now provided to low-income women by the clinics, including birth control, cancer “Sad to miss spaceflight but looking forward the world at the United Nations.” screenings, and testing and treatment for sexually transmitted diseases. By law, the fam- to the concert,” he wrote. Craft, a Kentucky native, was a member of ily planning program does not pay for abortions. The spaceship, named VSS Unity, is carried the U.S. delegation to the U.N. General “This is the wrong prescription and threatens to compound a health equity deficit in aloft by a special carrier aircraft and released at Assembly under President George W. Bush’s this nation,” AMA president Barbara L. McAneny said in a statement. “Women should high altitude where it ignites its rocket. It first administration. She is also friends with have access to these medical services regardless of where they live, how much money reached space on Dec. 13 in a flight to an alti- McConnell’s wife, Transportation Secretary they make, their background, or whether they have health insurance.” tude of 51.4 miles (82.7 kilometers) at slightly Elaine Chao, and thanked Chao for her “long- It could be some time before women served by the federal family program feel the less than Mach 3. Earlier this month, the rocket motor from time friendship and support” at her swearing- full impact. Women’s groups, organizations representing the clinics, and Democratic- led states are expected to sue to block the policy from going into effect. Administration that flight was donated to the Smithsonian’s in as ambassador. National Air and Space Museum in Washington, As U.S. ambassador to Canada, she played a officials told abortion opponents on a call Friday that they expect legal action, according to a participant. D.C., and pilots Mark “Forger” Stucky and role in facilitating the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Rick “CJ” Sturckow were awarded commercial trade agreement, a revamp of the North Abortion is a legal medical procedure, but federal laws prohibit the use of taxpayer funds to pay for abortions except in cases of rape, incest, or to save the life of the astronaut wings by the U.S. Department of American Free Trade Agreement. woman. Transportation. Trump had also considered U.S. Ambassador Planned Parenthood, whose affiliates are major providers of family planning services The only previous commercial astronaut to Germany Richard Grenell and former U.S. as well as abortions, said the administration is trying to impose a “gag rule,” and wings went to pilots Mike Melvill and Brian Senate candidate John James of Michigan for launched a full campaign to block it. Congressional supporters of the organization said Binnie, for their 2004 flights in SpaceShipOne, the post. it receives about $60 million a year from the federal program. the predecessor to Virgin Galactic’s rocket Nauert’s withdrawal from consideration “I want our patients to know this — we will fight through every avenue so this illegal, plane, which is a design called SpaceShipTwo. came amid a push within the administration to unethical rule never goes into effect,” said Planned Parenthood’s president, Dr. Leana A major goal of Friday’s flight was evaluat- fill the position, given a pressing array of for- Wen. ing its handling during descent with its twin eign policy concerns in which the United She said the new policy would prevent doctors from referring women for abortions tails rotated upward relative to the fuselage. Nations, particularly the U.N. Security “even if your life depended on it.” The “feathered” configuration is used to Council, is likely to play a significant role. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., declared: “Republicans must end their relent- slow and stabilize the craft as it falls back into From Afghanistan to Venezuela, the adminis- less assault on women’s health care and rights.” the thickening atmosphere. The name came tration has pressing concerns that involve the Planned Parenthood and other groups representing the clinics say the new require- from designer Burt Rutan comparing the mech- world body, and officials said there had been ments for physical separation of facilities would be costly and all but impossible to anism to the feathers of a badminton shuttle- impatience with the delays on Nauert’s formal fulfill. Planned Parenthood said the administration is making another attempt to drive it cock. The tails rotate back to normal position for the glide to Earth. nomination. out of business, after efforts to deny funding failed in Congress. White House counselor Kellyanne Conway scoffed at that argument. “They’ve been Altitude and speed were not specific targets Trump said Dec. 7 that he would pick the for the flight, Virgin Galactic CEO George former Fox News anchor and State Department saying for years they don’t co-mingle their funds, so this should be easy for them,” she told reporters at the White House. “Physically separate and financially separate.” Whitesides said in an interview earlier this spokeswoman for the U.N. job, but her nomi- week. nation was never formalized. Notwithstanding Religious conservatives see the administration’s action as a way to break down what they call an indirect taxpayer subsidy of abortion providers. “If we have sort of a nominal-duration burn other concerns that may have arisen during her Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, called it “a major step we will get up pretty high, but that is not one of confirmation, Nauert’s nomination had lan- toward the ultimate goal of ending taxpayers’ forced partnership with the abortion the formal test goals for this one,” he said. guished in part due to the 35-day government industry.” Whitesides indicated that cabin esthetics, shutdown that began Dec. 22 and interrupted The regulation was published Friday on an HHS website. It’s not official until it including coloration and the play of sunlight key parts of the vetting process. Nauert cited appears in the Federal Register and the department said there could be “minor editorial across surfaces, are considered important and family considerations in withdrawing from the changes.” A department official confirmed it was the final version. that the focus on it also shows the program is post. Known as Title X, the family-planning program serves about 4 million women annu- advancing. With Nauert out of the running, officials ally through independent clinics, many operated by Planned Parenthood affiliates, “That’s not to say that we are fully done with said Pompeo had been keen on Craft to fill the which serve about 40 percent of all clients. The grant program costs taxpayers about vehicle testing, but we really are starting to position. Although Pompeo would like to see $260 million a year. move into the interiors testing phase, and that’s the job filled, the vacancy has created an Leaders of health associations representing black and Latino health care providers and a really important milestone for the company,” opportunity for him and others to take on a patients joined Wen at a news briefing to decry the new rule They said women from their he said. more active role in U.N. diplomacy. On communities make up more than half the beneficiaries of Title X grants and would be Whitesides said he could not say how many Thursday, for example, Pompeo was in New disproportionately harmed by the changes. more test flights remain. York to meet with U.N. chief Antonio Guterres. But abortion opponent Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. Anthony “We’re getting there, I mean we’re making good progress, and I don’t think it’s a huge Trump has demoted the U.N. position to List, said the administration rule “does not cut family planning funding by a single dime, and instead directs tax dollars to entities that provide health care to women but do not remaining number now. There’s light at the end sub-Cabinet rank, in a move backed by both of the tunnel now,” he said. Bolton and Pompeo, according to three other perform abortions.” Her organization is a political advocacy group that backs anti- abortion candidates. Branson has said he would like to make his officials. Grenell had suggested he wasn’t first flight to space this summer on the 50th interested in a non-Cabinet role. The officials An umbrella group that represents family planning clinics broadly, not only those affiliated with Planned Parenthood, said the administration was acting based on ideol- anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. were not authorized to discuss internal person- ogy and not in the best interests of patients. “I think he’d love to fly as soon as possible, nel deliberations and spoke on condition of “This rule intentionally strikes at the heart of the patient-provider relationship, insert- and we’d love to figure out ways to enable that anonymity. ing political ideology into a family planning visit, which will frustrate and ultimately to happen,” he said. Haley had been a member of the Cabinet discourage patients from seeking the health care they need,” Clare Coleman, head of the But Whitesides could not commit to a date. and had clashed repeatedly with former National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association, said in a statement. Like the December flight, VSS Unity again Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and others Although abortion remains politically divisive, the U.S. abortion rate has dropped carried a payload of various experiments orga- during the administration’s first 14 months. significantly, from about 29 per 1,000 women of reproductive age in 1980 to about 15 nized under a NASA program. Bolton was not a Cabinet member when he in 2014. Better contraception, fewer unintended pregnancies and state restrictions may served as U.N. ambassador in President have played a role, according to a recent scientific report. Polls show most Americans George W. Bush’s administration, and neither do not want the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that legalized he nor Pompeo is eager to see a potential chal- abortion. lenge to their foreign policy leadership in The Trump administration’s policy echoes a Reagan-era regulation that barred clinics White House situation room meetings, accord- from even discussing abortion with women. It never went into effect as written, ing to the officials. although the Supreme Court ruled it was an appropriate use of executive power. Nelson Wiseman, a political science profes- The policy was rescinded under President Bill Clinton, and a new rule took effect sor at the University of Toronto, said Craft was requiring “nondirective” counseling to include a full range of options for women. appointed ambassador to Canada because of The Trump administration is now rolling back the Clinton requirement. her financial contributions to the Trump cam- paign, but said that’s not unusual as past ambassadors have also contributed to presi- dents who have appointed them. Torture, Abuse “I think Ottawa has regarded Craft as a light Continued from Page 7 weight, partly because of her background and partly because the sense is that Trump, unlike but went out on Halloween and traveled as leading lives similar to their peers, said Jack “It is a pretty clear affirmation of how they his predecessors, doesn’t listen to his ambas- a family to Disneyland and Las Vegas. They Osborn, an attorney who represents the seven were mistreated,” Borelli said. “If there is sadors or care what they think,” Wiseman said. spent most of their time locked in their adult children. He said they value their pri- any part of them that needs validation that Craft is married to billionaire coal-mining rooms except for limited meals or using the vacy. how they were treated was wrong and was executive Joe Craft, and they are major bathroom. “They are relieved they can now move abuse, this is it.” Republican donors. All the children were hospitalized immedi- forward with their lives and not have the The guilty pleas were important to spare After being named ambassador to Canada, ately after they were discovered and have not specter of a trial hanging over their heads the children from testifying, though they will Craft made headlines for telling the Canadian spoken publicly. Riverside County authori- and all the stress that would have caused,” be allowed to speak at the sentencing if they Broadcasting Corp. that she believes in “both ties then obtained temporary conservatorship Osborn said. choose, said Hestrin, who was impressed sides” of climate science. over the adults. The guilty pleas could help with the chal- with their resiliency. Craft has been ambassador during a low The social services agency tasked with lenges the children face, especially since “I was very taken by their optimism, by point in relations. Last year Trump called overseeing the younger children declined to many abuse survivors struggle with feelings their hope for the future,” Hestrin said. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau weak comment on their cases. of self-doubt, said Jessica Borelli, a clinical “They have a zest for life and huge smiles and dishonest, words that shocked Canadians. The adult children are all living together, psychologist and professor at University of and I am optimistic for them and I think attending school and getting healthy while California, Irvine. that’s how they feel about their future.” THE WESTFIELD NEWS www.thewestfieldnews.com SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2019 - PAGE 9 SPORTS

Ryan Moorhouse (22) screens the goalie and looks for a tip of the shot from Scotty Gavin Carzello makes a sliding stop at the side of the Westfield net. (Photo by Bill Deren) Bussell(11) .(Photo by Bill Deren) Lancers slip past Bombers in final tune-up By Chris Putz and done. “Our guys have been play- Staff Writer ing with a lot more heart lately, more WESTFIELD – The playoffs start physical.” now… This past season has featured quite The Westfield High School boys a bit more ups and downs for ice hockey team received its final Westfield than in recent memory, but tune-up for the Western Massachusetts the playoffs often bring out the best Division 3 tournament by closing out in the Whip City’s young skaters. the regular season against none-oth- Even the years Longmeadow domi- er-than rival Longmeadow Friday nated play in the regular season, the afternoon at Amelia Park Ice Arena. Bombers often managed to turn The Lancers won 1-0. things around in the tournament. Jack Barron scored the game’s “Everybody plays differently (in only goal, tapping in the puck from a the playoffs),” coach Matthews said. few feet away with 9:26 remaining in “As coaches, we need to get them the second period. Rob Giampetro ready for playoff hockey.” set up Barron from behind the net. The goaltenders appear to be in “This was a good indication of tournament shape with Westfield’s Matt Bacon takes a shot from the point in the Longmeadow vs. Westfield hockey game.(Photo by Bill Deren) what it’s going to be like (in the post- net minder Chris Czarnecki and showed it could play with the Lancers Westfield had one of its biggest pads, and a shot from Connor Fitzgerald season),” said Westfield High School Longmeadow goalie Max Loyuk this time around. The Bombers held opportunities with a power play chance skipped off the Lancers’ goalie harm- boys ice hockey head coach C.B. both nearly perfect Friday, making their opponent scoreless for the first early in the third period but lessly away. “Moose” Matthews, whose team is 25 saves apiece. period, killing off a power play. They Longmeadow’s defense clamped down. Both teams will likely meet in the no stranger to facing Longmeadow Despite losing to Longmeadow killed off another power play in the Bombers’ Ryan Moorhouse and Gavin finals, but first, the tournament field will for all the marbles when all is said 4-1 earlier this season, Westfield second period. Carzello slapped the puck at Loyuk’s be announced Saturday.

Dan Antonellis (20) blocks the shot from the Longmeadow Aidan Fitzgerald gets an in close, all alone shot on the Spencer Cloutier deflects the puck on goal. (Photo by Bill Deren) player. (Photo by Bill Deren) Longmeadow goalie. (Photo by Bill Deren)

Ultimate Sports Challenge Hamlin, Robillard emerge Daytona 500 unscathed By Chris Putz Truex, Jr.’s chances of winning. Other entrants in our Ultimate Staff Writer Sports Challenge also lost their selections. When I first heard news of the pile-up on the raceway at the Two participants were right on the nose, picking Denny Daytona 500 last Sunday, my initial thoughts raced back to Hamlin as the winner. Gerry Robillard, Sr., of Southwick won that tragic day 18 years ago when Dale Earnhardt, Jr., died. the random drawing. Congratulations Gerry! Thankfully, no one was seriously injured in this latest Be on the lookout for our next leg of our contest – March 21-car crash, but the turn-of-events derailed my driver, Martin Madness.

H.S. Winter Sports RESULTS/STANDINGS BOYS ICE HOCKEY BOYS BASKETBALL Tuesday’s Results Westfield 8-4-1 Westfield 3-12 BOYS BASKETBALL Southwick 0-11-1 Westfield Technical Academy 7-10 Southwick 60, Renaissance 42 St. Mary 1-18 Westfield Technical Academy 53, Pathfinder 48 GIRLS BASKETBALL Southwick 10-10 Smith Voke 66, St. Mary’s 35 Westfield 6-14 Gateway 2-18 GIRLS HOOPS Westfield Technical Academy 0-16 Hampden Charter School of Science 61, St. Mary 9-9 GIRLS ICE HOCKEY Westfield Technical Academy 28 Southwick 6-11 Longmeadow-Westfield 9-2 Minnechaug 58, Westfield 40 Gateway 14-4

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Fri., Feb. 22 Fri., Feb. 22 Mon., Feb. 25 Mon., Feb. 25 Mon., Feb. 25 SKI SKI BOYS ICE No Sports Scheduled SKI HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIPS CHAMPIONSHIPS CHAMPIONSHIPS vs. Longmeadow, – ALL DAY – ALL DAY – ALL DAY (at Berkshire (at Berkshire Amelia Park Ice Arena, (at Berkshire East-Charlemont) East-Charlemont) 3 p.m. Sun., Feb. 24 East-Charlemont) JV BOYS ICE HOCKEY @ Sun., Feb. 24 Easthampton, Fitzpatrick JV BOYS East Mountain Country Club ICE HOCKEY Ice Arena, 10:45 a.m. Spring @ Longmeadow, Fitzpatrick Arena, 4:10 p.m. Golf Rules Mon., Feb. 25 sports SKI Mon., Feb. 25 CHAMPIONSHIPS Changes 2019 This Saturday, February 23 at 10 am at EMCC “Slim’s” sign-ups SKI – ALL DAY Lounge. There have been some changes to the rules of golf that CHAMPIONSHIPS (at Berkshire went into effect on January 1, 2019 that we should be aware of. – ALL DAY East-Charlemont) Some of the rules affect our daily playing of the game of golf. The underway (at Berkshire majority of these changes are either simplify everyday rulings Online sign-ups for spring sports and/or hopefully improve the pace of play. I think many of these at Gateway Regional High School East-Charlemont) changes are long overdue. I have always felt the rules of golf were are now open on the Gateway web- too difficult for most players to understand. site. Any Gateway student entering Everyone is welcome to attend. I would encourage league grades 6 – 12 who wishes to play presidents to attend. There are over 30 rule changes to cover. No baseball or softball should sign up charge to attend. This is an informal gathering to discuss the new now. The link to register for Spring rules of golf implemented on January 1, 2019. I will try to make Sports is on the home page of the Yoga at the Russell Senior Center this a fun and interesting learning experience. I am sure many of Gateway website (www.grsd.org) RUSSELL — Keep limber and focused during the holiday madness you have already seen some new changes, pin still in cup when under “Quick Links”. Tryouts have and cold weather! Yoga at the Russell Senior Center, 65 Main St. is putting for example, while watching golf on TV. been scheduled for all teams, begin- Monday evenings at 6pm with an instructor from Westfield Yoga Ted Perez, Jr, ning Monday, March 18. Tryout Center. The cost is $50 for an 8 class series or $10 per drop-in class. All East Mountain Country Club, times for each team will be posted are welcome. Call 862-6205 for more details. Westfield, MA. on the Gateway Athletics page by March 1.

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Indoor Track Quarterfinals TBD Ice Hockey Fri.-Sat. Feb. 22-23 New Men’s Basketball Tues Feb. 26 MASCAC England Division III Finals (W) Bowdoin Sat Feb. 23 Semifinals TBD College- Brunswick, ME MASCAC Championship TBA Indoor Track Indoor Track Women’s Basketball Saturday Mar. 2 Last Fri.-Sat. Feb. 22-23 New Chance Qualifying Meet TBD England Division III Finals (M) MIT – Sat Feb. 23 Ice Hockey Cambridge, Mass. MASCAC Championship TBA Sat Mar. 2 MASCAC Swimming Swimming Championship TBD Sat Feb. 23 New England Sun Feb. 24 New England Indoor Track Championships at MIT Championships at MIT Fri.-Sat. Mar. 8-9 NCAA Ice Hockey Division III Championships Reggie Lewis Sat Feb. 23 MASCAC Center, Roxbury, Mass.

Find the latest Westfield News sports coverage on Johnson builds 2-shot lead in Mexico as Woods rallies By DOUG FERGUSON Associated Press Dustin Johnson MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tiger Woods delivered the shot watches his putt on that had the gallery buzzing. Dustin Johnson produced the golf the 2nd green on that left everyone chasing him. the second day of Johnson made it through another round at the Mexico competition of the Championship without a bogey, and he was so efficient Friday WGC-Mexico that he putted for birdie on every hole, one of them from just Championship at on the fringe. It added to a 4-under 67 and a two-shot lead over the Chapultepec Rory McIlroy and Matt Kuchar going into the weekend. Golf Club in “Just hit a lot of fairways, hit a lot of greens,” Johnson said. Mexico City, The memorable moments belonged to everyone else, not all Friday, Feb. 22, of them good. 2019. (AP Photo/ Woods started to figure out Chapultepec Golf Club a little Marco Ugarte) better in his second full round and made a collection of medi- um-length birdie putts for a 66 that got him back in the game, though still six shots behind. He would have liked one more, especially with the shot he hit at the end of his round. From a bunker right of the ninth fairway, a tree in his path, Woods sliced a 9-iron from about 130 yards that caught the left side of the green with so much spin that it zipped sideways at the pin and rolled 10 feet by. He settled for a par. “The ball was sitting down just enough where I didn’t think I could clear that tree,” Woods said. “I ended up going back to the 9-iron and realized, ‘Geez, I’ve really got to slice this thing.’ So I opened up and gave it as much of a cut motion as I possibly could. And it worked out.” Johnson was at 11-under 131 on a course where he won two years ago, when he was No. 1 in the world and playing the best golf of his career. Johnson feels he is heading in that played later yesterday and they said it was going to be hard to Championship when it was at Doral. direction again, and the course suits him — not for the length hole putts in the afternoon, and they were right,” McIlroy said. “I How about three in a row? Next for Fleetwood was a par 3. or how far he hits it in altitude, but for the thinking required. had a couple go the opposite way on me. I missed a couple short “I missed the green,” he said. “It makes you focus. You’ve got to think,” he said. “And ones. But overall, I stayed patient. After I made the double on 9, He wound up with a 65 that catapulted him into a tie for fourth you’re doing a lot of calculations with the numbers and trying I sort of righted the ship and made a lot of pars and made one with Sergio Garcia (66), four shots behind. to figure out how far the ball is going to actually go. So I enjoy birdie. Rickie Fowler had a 73, a reasonable score considering he had it. It’s pretty narrow, but it’s tree-lined, so I do like that.” “It could have been worse. It could have been better,” he said. a triple bogey and a double bogey on his card, one shank that he McIlroy (70) appeared to be the one to chase when he “But still in a good position going into the weekend.” couldn’t imagine hitting and one penalty that left him fuming started with two straight birdies. He lost one shot when he Kuchar, going for the Mexican double having won the about the new rules. went for the green on the par-5 sixth and his shot caromed off Mayakoba Classic last fall, started with four straight birdies on Fowler hit a high shank with a wedge on the 10th hole, his first the hill and into the water. The real trouble came at No. 9 when his way to a 67. But it was the guy in his own group, Tommy of the day, over the fence. But when he went to drop, he forgot he had a 15-foot birdie putt from the fringe. He ran it by the Fleetwood, who had the best start of the day. the new rule requires a drop to be made from the knee. He hole, caught the lip on his par putt and saw it roll just under 5 Fleetwood drove onto the green at the par-4 opening hole and dropped from the shoulder, realized his mistake on the green and feet away, and he missed again. Four putts from 15 feet led to made a 20-foot eagle putt. He hit driver on the 384-yard second received a one-shot penalty. double bogey, and McIlroy’s momentum was gone. about 40 yards from the green, picked his spot and knocked that “It’s on me. I took the shot. It was no big deal,” Fowler said. His attitude didn’t change, though. He was two off the lead in for a second straight eagle. “But I think with the new rules that have been put in place, it’s and liked where he was. It was the first time a player started a round eagle-eagle on the not doing any favors for our sport.” “It’s funny, I had breakfast with a few of the boys that PGA Tour since Sean O’Hair in 2009 at this World Golf He said it was “terrible” new rule and expects it to be changed. THE WESTFIELD NEWS WWW.THEWESTFIELDNEWS.COM SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2019 - PAGE 11 N AtioNAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf Milwaukee 44 14 .759 — 9-1 W-3 24-5 20-9 31-8 Toronto 44 16 .733 1 8-2 W-7 25-5 19-11 27-10 Indiana 39 20 .661 5½ 7-3 W-1 23-8 16-12 27-11 Philadelphia 38 21 .644 6½ 6-4 W-2 24-7 14-14 22-15 Boston 37 22 .627 7½ 7-3 L-1 23-8 14-14 27-11 Brooklyn 30 30 .500 15 3-7 L-1 17-14 13-16 21-17 Charlotte 28 30 .483 16 5-5 W-1 20-9 8-21 21-17 Detroit 27 30 .474 16½ 6-4 W-1 17-13 10-17 18-19 Miami 26 31 .456 17½ 3-7 L-1 11-16 15-15 14-20 Orlando 27 33 .450 18 7-3 L-1 16-16 11-17 19-16 Oakland Athletics catcher Chris Herrmann is silhouetted against storm clouds as he warms up before a spring training baseball game against the Seattle Mariners, Friday, Feb. 22, Washington 24 35 .407 20½ 3-7 L-3 17-11 7-24 17-24 2019, in Peoria, Ariz. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Atlanta 19 40 .322 25½ 3-7 L-2 9-18 10-22 12-28 Chicago 15 44 .254 29½ 4-6 W-2 6-23 9-21 11-25 Spring training games underway Cleveland 13 46 .220 31½ 4-6 W-1 8-22 5-24 10-29 New York 11 48 .186 33½ 1-9 L-1 4-24 7-24 7-34 in Florida, Arizona By JIMMY GOLEN —Bobby Dalbec hit a fly ball off the top of WESTERN CONFERENCE Associated Press the fence in center field to give Boston the W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — The sun came lead, and Jagger Rusconi and Tyler Dearden out in Arizona. Free agents played for their tripled for the Red Sox. Mike Shawaryn Golden State 42 16 .724 — 8-2 W-1 23-7 19-9 26-11 new teams. Ichiro Suzuki was back in uniform pitched two scoreless innings, striking out two, at age 45. and Darwinzon Hernandez fanned three in two Denver 40 18 .690 2 7-3 W-3 25-4 15-14 25-10 Baseball is back. innings for Boston, which will face the New A day after the scheduled exhibition opener York Yankees in the Grapefruit League opener Oklahoma City 37 20 .649 4½ 8-2 L-1 20-7 17-13 21-15 was rained out, baseball returned to the ball- on Saturday. Portland 35 23 .603 7 6-4 W-2 24-8 11-15 20-19 parks of Florida and Arizona on Friday with —In Charlotte, Florida, Scott Kingery tri- the first spring training games. pled and scored on a throwing error by short- Houston 33 25 .569 9 5-5 L-2 20-9 13-16 21-17 The World Series champion Boston Red Sox stop Willy Adames, and Maikel Franco hom- began their hoped-for journey to a second ered for the Phillies. Jason Coats homered to Utah 32 25 .561 9½ 6-4 L-1 18-10 14-15 19-16 straight title with a 6-0 victory over Northeastern make it 3-2 in the sixth inning, three University. The Phillies — still without Bryce Philadelphia relievers pitched a scoreless San Antonio 33 27 .550 10 5-5 L-1 22-7 11-20 24-19 Harper, at least for now — beat Tampa Bay inning of relief to close it out. 3-2. The Tigers topped Southeastern University —In Lakeland, Florida, Jake Rogers, Daniel L.A. Clippers 33 27 .550 10 5-5 W-2 16-12 17-15 21-18 of Florida 12-2. Suzuki started what may be his Pinero and Brandon Dixon homered, and Kyle Sacramento 30 28 .517 12 6-4 L-2 19-11 11-17 16-22 final spring training with a two-run, two-out Funkhouser struck out four in two innings for single in the third inning of the Seattle Mariners’ the Tigers. L.A. Lakers 29 29 .500 13 4-6 W-1 17-12 12-17 20-18 8-1 win over the Oakland Athletics. The Red Sox held a moment of silence “It’s a good start to spring training,” Red Sox before the game for Boston Globe sports writer Minnesota 28 30 .483 14 4-6 W-3 19-10 9-20 17-22 manager Alex Cora said after dispatching the Nick Cafardo, who covered the team for most Huskies in the regularly scheduled seven of three decades before he died on Thursday Dallas 26 32 .448 16 4-6 L-3 20-10 6-22 14-21 innings in a tight 1 hour, 45 minutes, a day after collapsing at the ballpark. The team New Orleans 26 34 .433 17 4-6 L-1 17-11 9-23 16-21 before the Grapefruit League opener against placed a dozen red roses at Cafardo’s seat in the New York Yankees. “It will be good to start the press box; the Baltimore Orioles’ beat writ- Memphis 23 37 .383 20 3-7 L-3 14-16 9-21 15-22 playing” against major league teams. ers and media-relations staff sent five dozen Spring training has long been seen as the donuts, along with their condolences. Phoenix 11 49 .183 32 0-10 L-16 7-22 4-27 7-31 unofficial end to winter, but that was post- In place of his usual pregame question and poned when the Mariners and Athletics were answer session with reporters, manager Alex Thursday’s Games Phoenix at Atlanta, 7 p.m. rained out of their opener on Thursday. The Cora spoke for more than seven minutes about Cleveland 111, Phoenix 98 Detroit at Miami, 7:30 p.m. teams, which got the early start in order to Cafardo and chose not to discuss any other top- prepare for the regular season opener in Japan ics. Philadelphia 106, Miami 102 Boston at Chicago, 8 p.m. — were back at it on Friday. “That’s why I don’t get caught up in the Portland 113, Brooklyn 99 Sacramento at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. Ichiro prepared with Mariners for his 19th whole game. It’s just a game, bro,” Cora said. Milwaukee 98, Boston 97 Houston at Golden State, 8:30 p.m. major league season (to go with nine in the “When you leave, that’s real. Life is real. Japan). Batting seventh and playing left field, Everything you have to do as a parent, as a Golden State 125, Sacramento 123 Minnesota at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m. Suzuki fouled out in the second inning against husband, as a son, that’s real. This is just a L.A. Lakers 111, Houston 106 Dallas at Utah, 10 p.m. Liam Hendriks and singled in the third off left- game, man. We get caught up on the whole Friday’s Games Sunday’s Games hander Ryan Buchter. Suzuki then was replaced wins and losses and rivalries and whatever. Charlotte 123, Washington 110 Orlando at Toronto, 3:30 p.m. by a pinch runner. He did not have any chances Life is real, man.” in the field. Cora said he addressed the team in the morn- Chicago 110, Orlando 109 L.A. Clippers at Denver, 5 p.m. “Of course you have nerves, but this was one ing and told them to enjoy the game — but Indiana 126, New Orleans 111 San Antonio at New York, 7:30 p.m. I hadn’t experienced before, the nerves that I understand it’s just a game. He recalled how Toronto 120, San Antonio 117 Monday’s Games had today,” Suzuki said through an interpreter. Cafardo enjoyed Game 3 of last fall’s World “I’m just glad the first day’s out of the way.” Series, an 18-inning, 7-hour, 20-minute Los Detroit 125, Atlanta 122 Golden State at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Many other big name stars sat out as they Angeles Dodgers victory. Minnesota 115, New York 104 Indiana at Detroit, 7 p.m. eased into the daily grind. “He loved the game,” Cora said. “Let’s just L.A. Clippers 112, Memphis 106 Portland at Cleveland, 7 p.m. Manny Machado slipped on a Padres uni- celebrate his life. Like I told the guys, just go form after signing his $300 million, 10-year out there and have a great day. ... Let’s have a Denver 114, Dallas 104 Phoenix at Miami, 7:30 p.m. contract; San Diego opens its spring training blast on the field.” Utah at Oklahoma City, 9:30 p.m. (late) San Antonio at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. schedule on Saturday. Up the Florida coast in Tampa, Yankees Saturday’s Games Atlanta at Houston, 8 p.m. Harper was hoping for a similar deal, with manager Aaron Boone also opened his media the Phillies the favorites to sign him. But he session by remembering Cafardo. Portland at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Memphis, 8 p.m. remained among more than three dozen free “One of the great things about our game is Brooklyn at Charlotte, 7 p.m. Milwaukee at Chicago, 8 p.m. agents who had not yet been signed, leading the relationships that you get to forge,” he said. Indiana at Washington, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at New Orleans, 8 p.m. players to accuse teams of possible collusion. “That’s one of those that rocks our baseball (The owners say they have simply are making community. ... It’s certainly a tough day in our L.A. Lakers at New Orleans, 7 p.m. Sacramento at Minnesota, 8 p.m. judgments based on analytics.) baseball family.” Memphis at Cleveland, 7 p.m. Dallas at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m. Here’s a look around the ballparks on Friday:

National Hockey League NHL Conference Glance EASTERN CONFERENCE WESTERN CONFERENCE

GP W L OT Pts GF GA GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 62 47 11 4 98 244 163 Calgary 60 37 16 7 81 221 178 Boston 61 36 17 8 80 184 157 San Jose 61 36 17 8 80 223 190 N.Y. Islanders 60 35 18 7 77 174 146 Nashville 63 36 22 5 77 193 164 Toronto 60 36 20 4 76 210 170 Winnipeg 60 36 20 4 76 203 178 Washington 61 34 20 7 75 205 193 St. Louis 60 32 23 5 69 179 169 Montreal 61 33 21 7 73 184 177 Vegas 62 32 25 5 69 182 175 Columbus 60 34 23 3 71 191 180 Dallas 60 30 25 5 65 153 156 Pittsburgh 61 32 22 7 71 210 191 Carolina 61 32 23 6 70 178 170 Minnesota 62 29 27 6 64 171 183 Buffalo 60 28 24 8 64 171 187 Colorado 61 26 24 11 63 201 196 Philadelphia 61 28 26 7 63 179 206 Arizona 61 28 28 5 61 160 176 Florida 59 26 25 8 60 184 203 Chicago 62 26 27 9 61 208 232 N.Y. Rangers 60 26 26 8 60 173 199 Vancouver 61 26 27 8 60 172 191 New Jersey 61 24 29 8 56 180 208 Anaheim 60 24 27 9 57 137 187 Detroit 62 23 30 9 55 174 207 Edmonton 60 25 29 6 56 169 201 Ottawa 61 22 34 5 49 186 226 Los Angeles 60 23 31 6 52 144 184

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

Thursday’s Games Friday’s Games Los Angeles at Florida, 5 p.m. Dallas at Chicago, 3 p.m. Washington 3, Toronto 2 Columbus 3, Ottawa 0 San Jose at Columbus, 5 p.m. St. Louis at Minnesota, 7 p.m. New Jersey 4, Ottawa 0 Minnesota 3, Detroit 2 Colorado at Nashville, 5:30 p.m. Calgary at Ottawa, 7 p.m. Carolina 4, Florida 3 Colorado 5, Chicago 3 Montreal at Toronto, 7 p.m. Winnipeg at Arizona, 9 p.m. San Jose 4, Pittsburgh 0 Anaheim at Calgary, 9 p.m. Pittsburgh vs. Philadelphia at Minnesota 4, N.Y. Rangers 1 Winnipeg at Vegas, 10 p.m. Philadelphia, Pa., 8 p.m. Monday’s Games Tampa Bay 2, Buffalo 1, SO N.Y. Islanders at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Buffalo at Toronto, 7 p.m. Montreal 5, Philadelphia 1 Saturday’s Games Anaheim at Edmonton, 10 p.m. Montreal at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Nashville 2, Los Angeles 1 New Jersey at N.Y. Rangers, 1 p.m. Los Angeles at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Dallas 5, St. Louis 2 Washington at Buffalo, 1 p.m. Sunday’s Games Edmonton at Nashville, 8 p.m. Edmonton 4, N.Y. Islanders 3, OT Boston at St. Louis, 4 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at Washington, 12:30 p.m. Florida at Colorado, 9 p.m. Arizona 3, Vancouver 2, OT Carolina at Dallas, 5 p.m. San Jose at Detroit, 3 p.m. Anaheim at Vancouver, 10 p.m. PAGE 12 - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2019 www.thewestfieldnews.com THE WESTFIELD NEWS Dear TV Sports Listings Saturday, Feb. 23 FS2 — Bundesliga: Hertha Berlin at Bayern Munich AAF FOOTBALL 9:55 a.m. 8 p.m. NBCSN — Premier League: Newcastle United vs. Annie NFL — Memphis at Orlando Huddersfield Town AUTO RACING 12:20 p.m. 9:30 a.m. FS2 — Bundesliga: Nürnberg vs. Fortuna Düsseldorf By ANNIE LANE FS1 — NASCAR XFINITY Series: qualifying, Atlanta, Ga. 12:30 p.m. 10:30 a.m. NBC — Premier League: Crystal Palace vs. Leicester Uninvited Guests Are a Problem FS1 — NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series: qualify- City Dear Annie: For the past few years at our summer holiday ing, Atlanta, Ga. 6:25 a.m. (Sunday) party, a family friend has taken to inviting his own guests with- 12 p.m. ESPN2 — Serie A: Samporia vs. Cagliari out my knowledge. There have been as many as seven addi- FS1 — NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series: final prac- TRACK AND FIELD tional people showing up uninvited by me. They include various tice, Atlanta, Ga. 6:30 p.m. family members of his whom I either do not know or have only 2 p.m. NBCSN — U.S. Indoor Championships: Day 2, Staten met briefly and would not typically invite into my home. This FS1 — NASCAR XFINITY Series: The Rinnai 250, Island, N.Y. --- past year, he showed up with a couple who had a baby. I had Atlanta, Ga. Sunday, Feb. 24 never met them. Before I knew it, they were pitching tents in my 4:30 p.m. AAF FOOTBALL yard, intending to spend the night. FS1 — NASCAR Gander Outdoors Truck Series: The 4 p.m. The next morning, I awoke to a total stranger rummaging Atlanta 200, Atlanta, Ga. CBSSN — Birmingham at Atlanta through my refrigerator. She was looking for something to feed 7 p.m. 8 p.m. her baby, who was obviously hungry and fussy. It was all I FS1 — NHRA Drag Racing: Saturday Nitro Phoenix, NFL — San Antonio at San Diego could do to be polite. Chandler, Ariz. I do not want this to occur again this year and am asking for AUTO RACING your advice on how to handle the situation. The family friend is BOBSLEDDING/SKELETON 2 p.m. oblivious to the issue and has a tendency to be immature and 12 a.m. (Sunday) FOX — NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series: The Fold impulsive if confronted. Our kids and grandkids are friends, and NBCSN — IBSF World Cup: women’s bobsled, Calgary of Honor QuikTrip 500, Atlanta, Ga. I am afraid that if I were to say something, they would be (taped) BOBSLEDDING/SKELETON unhappy that their friends couldn’t come. Any advice you could BOXING 12:30 a.m. (Monday) give would be greatly appreciated. -- Between a Rock and a 3:45 NBCSN — IBSF World Cup: four-man bobsled, Calgary Hard Place SHO — Showtime Championship Boxing: DeGale- (taped) Dear Between: Are you really stuck between a rock and a Eubank Jr., London BOWLING hard place? This seems like a pretty straightforward soft landing 8 p.m. 3 p.m. for you. It is preposterous to invite or, should I say, impose FS2— PBC Fight Night Prelims: Efe Apochi vs Earl FS1 — PBA Bowling: Indianapolis Open, Indianapolis, seven additional guests to your summer holiday party. Had your Newman; Money Powell vs Javier Frazier, Minneapolis, Ind. friend asked you in advance so you could have prepared for Minn. COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) them, that would be a different story. But this past year took the 10 p.m. 12 p.m. cake, and I’m surprised that uninvited guest didn’t literally take FS1 — PBC Fight Night: Dirrell vs. Yildirim, Minneapolis, CBSSN — SMU at Central Florida your cake, as well, as she rummaged through your refrigerator. Minn. 1:30 p.m. I admire your diplomacy and kindness in being polite and COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) CBS — Villanova at Xavier giving the stranger and her baby some food, but by all means, 12 p.m. 2 p.m. this type of behavior must stop. And you are the one who has to BTN — Penn State at Illinois CBSSN — Drake at Illinois State draw a hard line in the sand with your children and grandchil- ESPN — Tennessee at LSU dren. ESPN — Cincinnati at UConn You need to have a direct conversation with them about the ESPNU — Texas at Oklahoma 3:45 p.m. family friend, explaining that no one is allowed to invite guests FOX — Marquette at Providence CBS — Michigan State at Michigan without your permission. Pitching a tent and sleeping in your 1:30 p.m. 4 p.m. backyard is out of the question. If you don’t want to upset your CBS — Auburn at Kentucky ESPNU — Loyola-Chicago at Southern Illinois kids and grandkids, you could always include them in your 2 p.m. 6 p.m. decision-making process. Ask them ahead of time whom the CBSSN — Navy at Colgate ESPNU — Wake Forest at North Carolina State friend would like to invite. Tell them that you are fine with it as ESPN — Ohio State at Maryland 8 p.m. long as you know ahead of time. Keep the conversation light ESPN2 — Iowa State at TCU ESPN2 — Stanford at Arizona and fun. ESPNU — West Virginia at Baylor COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S) Dear Annie: I am writing in response to “Broke but Still 2:30 p.m. 12 p.m. Spending.” I, too, am a senior widow and needed to reduce my FOX — Georgetown at Creighton ESPN2 — Florida State at Miami Christmas gifts. A sister-in-law started a tradition when all of 3:30 p.m. ESPNU — North Carolina State at North Carolina our children were small and our paychecks had to stretch. She SEC — Georgia at Ole Miss 2 p.m. gave each niece and nephew a Christmas ornament. I’ve resort- 3:45 ESPN2 — Michigan at Michigan State ed back to that tradition. I give family members a gift of a tree CBS — Florida State at North Carolina ESPNU — Houston at Memphis ornament, either homemade or purchased. I try to pick out 4 p.m. FS2 — St. John’s at Georgetown something meaningful to the recipient. I put a sticky tab with the BTN — Purdue at Nebraska SEC — Vanderbilt at Mississippi State year on the ornament. CBSSN — St. Louis at Dayton 4 p.m. Last month, I shopped after-Christmas sales and got orna- ESPN — Virginia Tech at Notre Dame ments for 75 percent off -- saving for next Christmas. I enjoy BTN — Penn State at Illinois giving these ornaments because I can afford them and each is ESPN2 — Oklahoma State at Kansas State ESPN2 — South Carolina at Tennessee different. My children each had a box of special ornaments ESPNU — Missouri at Florida SEC — Ole Miss at Arkansas when they left home. -- A Creative Gift-Giver 4:30 p.m. 6 p.m. Dear Creative Gift-Giver: Thank you for a wonderful sug- NBCSN — St. Bonaventure at Fordham SEC — Georgia at Alabama gestion. I’m printing your letter to inspire others. 6 p.m. 6:30 p.m. “Ask Me Anything: A Year of Advice From Dear Annie” is CBSSN — Northern Illinois at Toledo BTN — Minnesota at Rutgers out now! Annie Lane’s debut book -- featuring favorite columns ESPN — Duke at Syracuse COLLEGE LACROSEE (WOMEN’S) on love, friendship, family and etiquette -- is available as a ESPN2 — South Florida at Houston 12 p.m. paperback and e-book. Visit http://www.creatorspublishing.com ESPNU — Vanderbilt at Alabama BTN — North Carolina at Maryland for more information. Send your questions for Annie Lane to SEC — South Carolina at Mississippi State COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL (MEN’S) [email protected]. 8 p.m. 2 p.m. CBSSN — Fresno State at Nevada BTN — Loyola-Chicago at Ohio State ESPN — Kansas at Texas Tech GOLF ESPN2 — Memphis at Wichita State 12 p.m. HINTS FROM HELOISE ESPNU — East Carolina at Tulane GOLF — PGA Tour Golf: WGC-Mexico Championship, FS1 — Seton Hall at St. John’s final round, Mexico City Put the cellphone on hold 8:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. Dear Heloise: When is it INAPPROPRIATE BTN — Wisconsin at Northwestern GOLF — PGA Tour Golf: Puerto Rico Open, final round, TO USE A CELLPHONE? I’ve noticed in business meetings that some of our associ- SEC — Texas A&M at Arkansas Rio Grande ates keep their phones on and answer them. 10 p.m. NBC — PGA Tour Golf: WGC-Mexico Championship, -- Tricia G., St. Paul, Minn. ESPN — BYU at Gonzaga final round, Mexico City Tricia, cellphones are everywhere these ESPN2 — Oregon at UCLA NBA G LEAGUE BASKETBALL days, but people seem at odds as to when it’s ESPNU — San Diego State at UNLV 2 p.m. rude or inappropriate to check messages. COLLEGE HOCKEY (MEN’S) NBA — Sioux Falls Skyforce vs. Raptors 905 Here are a few guidelines: 6 p.m. NBA BASKETBALL * NEVER text or talk on a cellphone while BTN — Ohio State at Michigan 5 p.m. driving. COLLEGE LACROSSE (MEN’S) NBA — LA Clippers at Denver * Turn your cellphone off during a business meeting unless 11:30 a.m. 7:30 p.m. you’re using your phone to share a presentation or the latest data. CBSSN — Michigan at Jacksonville NBA — San Antonio at New York * Turn off your cellphone at the movies, at live theatrical per- 2 p.m. NHL HOCKEY formances and while in church or other houses of worship, and in BTN — Loyola University-Maryland at Rutgers 12:30 p.m. doctor’s offices. GOLF NHL — NY Rangers at Washington * Don’t walk down a street, cross a road or sit down in a restau- 12 p.m. 7 p.m. rant with a friend -- or worse, with a date -- while checking your GOLF — PGA Tour Golf: WGC-Mexico Championship, NBCSN — St. Louis at Minnesota messages. third round, Mexico City RODEO For all other occasions, just use common sense and good man- 2:30 p.m. 12 p.m. ners. -- Heloise GOLF — PGA Tour Golf: Puerto Rico Open, third round, CBS — PBR Bull Riding: Iron Cowboy, Los Angeles, SEND A GREAT HINT TO: Heloise Rio Grande Calif. (taped) P.O. Box 795001 NBC — PGA Tour Golf: WGC-Mexico Championship, RUGBY San Antonio, TX 78279-5001 third round, Mexico City 12 p.m. Fax: 1-210-HELOISE 11:30 p.m. ESPNEWS — Pro14: Cheetas vs. Scarlets Email: Heloise(at)Heloise.com GOLF — LPGA Tour Golf: Honda LPGA Thailand, final NBCSN — Six Nations Championship: round 3, Italy vs. round, Thailand Ireland (taped) MIXED MARTIAL ARTS 2 p.m. 11 a.m. NBCSN — Premiership: Leicester vs. Worcester (taped) ESPN2 — UFC Fight Night 145: prelims, Czech Republic 7 p.m. 9 p.m. CBSSN — Major League Rugby: United New York vs. PARAMOUNT — Bellator 217: Gallagher vs. Graham, Seawolves de Seattle Dublin SOCCER NBA BASKETBALL 6:25 a.m. 8:30 p.m. ESPN2 — Serie A: Samporia vs. Cagliari ABC — Houston at Golden State 9 a.m. NHL HOCKEY NBCSN — Premier League: Manchester United vs. 1 p.m. Liverpool NHL — Washington at Buffalo 9:30 a.m. 4 p.m. FS1 — Bundesliga: Hannover 96 vs. Eintracht Frankfurt NHL — Boston at St. Louis 11:50 a.m. 8 p.m. FS2 — Bundesliga: Bayer Leverkusen at Borussia NBC — Stadium Series: Pittsburgh vs. Philadelphia, Dortmund Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pa. SKIING RUGBY 10:30 p.m. 12:30 p.m. NBCSN — FIS Alpine World Cup, women’s combined, NBCSN — Six Nations Championship: round 3, France Switzerland (taped) vs. Scotland (taped) 11:30 p.m. 2:30 p.m. NBCSN — FIS World Nordic Championships: cross coun- NBCSN — Six Nations Championship: round 3, Wales try women’s team sprint finals, Austria (taped) vs. England (taped) TRACK AND FIELD SOCCER 4 p.m. 7:25 a.m. NBCSN — U.S. Indoor Championships: Day 3, Staten NBCSN — Premier League: Burnley vs. Tottenham Island, N.Y. 9:20 a.m. THE WESTFIELD NEWS WWW.THEWESTFIELDNEWS.COM SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2019 - PAGE 13

SPEED BUMP Dave Coverly AGNES Tony Cochran RUBES Leigh Rubin

ARCHIE Fernando Ruiz and Craig Boldman

DADDY’S HOME Tony Rubino and Gary Markstein YOUR ontract ridge HOROSCOPE C B By Jaqueline Bigar

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019: This year, you seem to seek out new ideas, learn new processes, and expose yourself to differ- ent cultures. If single, you are unlikely to tumble madly in love until next winter. If you’re attached, the two of you will grow. Hopefully your sweetie will respond to your drive to grasp other cultures. DUSTIN By Steve Kelley and Jeff Parker Your work will profit from your growth. SCORPIO opens many doors for you.

The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult

ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHHH Defer to others at the moment, as you have a lot to do. You might not appreciate how much others would like to pitch in. They might not proceed as you would, but they will be most effec- tive. Tonight: Say “thank you” nicely. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) HHHH Listen to your inner vibes when mak- SCARY GARY Mark Buford ing plans. How you handle a personal matter depends on the other party and his or her mood. You might want to step back and see what is going on. You might not have as much control over your mood as you would like. Tonight: Be more direct. Do not sit on your feelings. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH Pace yourself and get as much done as possible. Understand what is happening around you. Tempers could be short. Focus on getting the job done. You will gain a sense of accomplish- Crosswords ment. Tonight: Go dancing and work through some stress. DOGS of C-KENNEL Mick and Mason Mastroianni CANCER (June 21-July 22) HHH Early-morning tension works itself through when you decide to be more playful and get together with some friends. Whether you get into a favorite pastime or go off chatting over an early dinner makes no difference. You relax. Tonight: Make plans to be with a favorite person. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHH You could be expressive and direct. You might be dealing with a change that could stress you out. Be careful: Your temper is close to the surface. If pushed, you might say things that you later wish you hadn’t. Tonight: Push comes to shove. B.C. Mastroianni and Hart VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) HHHH You have a lot to share, and you will say it loud and clear. Investigate a personal matter; your opinion will differ from others. You have the ability to look at the whole issue from different perspectives. The decisions you make seem unusual to many people. Tonight: Move past the obvious in a discussion. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHHHH One-on-one relating could point to a radical change in perspective. Be careful to not overspend, but rather keep a strong sense of your budget. You will be able to make headway where others cannot. Flow with the moment and stay on ONE BIG HAPPY Rick Detorie top of what is important. Tonight: Be with a favor- ite person. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH You could be a lot more fiery and hurt than you are aware. You could lose your temper out of the blue. Note that someone is egg- ing you on to get a certain response. You have free choice. You do not have to react. Tonight: As you like it. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHH Listen to what is being shared, though you might not want to acknowledge it. See what the other party wants to do with this information. Anger could come in from left field. Stay level. Mahoney, Goldsmith and Garnett Tonight: Get physical. ANDY CAPP CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHHH Learn about different ways of approaching a problem. You will gain understand- ing in the process and figure out how to proceed. Your light attitude and levity draw people to you right now. Tonight: Where your friends are. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH Count on being center stage. Your way of handling a problem provides a new begin- ning, so you will need to take the lead. Someone’s temper is close to the surface. You might be sur- Cryptoquip prised at how easily this person is triggered. Tonight: A must appearance. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) ZACK HILL John Deering and John Newcombe HHH In a lively discussion, be imaginative and walk away from traditional solutions. Your vision of a situation or the way you see a friend- ship could transform because you finally see a problem with more detachment. Tonight: Listen to great music. BORN TODAY Actress Emily Blunt (1983), actor/writer Josh Gad (1981), actor Peter Fonda (1940) *** Jacqueline Bigar is on the internet at www. jacquelinebigar.com. (c) 2019 by King Features Syndicate Inc. PAGE 14 - SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2019 www.thewestfieldnews.com THE WESTFIELD NEWS NASCAR THIS WEEK

SPEED FREAKS QUESTIONS & ATTITUDE A few questions we had to ask ourselves Compelling questions ... and maybe a few actual answers Does Denny Hamlin’s win ATLANTA signal a big year ahead for the Is the Big One dead? No. 11? THREE THINGS TO WATCH GODSPEAK: Yes. He will Oh, come on! Never. Much was made attack the 2019 season with about the end of NASCAR’s 31-year new vigor and confidence. restrictor-plate era at Daytona/Tal- Heck, his crew chief says ladega. We now entered the world of they will win all 36 races this tapered spacers, and when explained season. to you by the smart people you realize KEN’S CALL: There’s a chance it will accomplish much of the same that the No. 11 will have a big horsepower-sapping as the plates. It year, considering the team allows a little better throttle response, and driver, but it won’t be which the drivers obviously like, but due to a Daytona 500 victory. it’ll still maintain the field-equalization Daytona doesn’t relate to personality of the plates. Which means anything else out there. heavy traffic. Which means drama and human nature. Which means the Big Will Atlanta tell the tale of the One lives! new “tapered spacer” engine package? Does the Big One actually expand? GODSPEAK: It will give every- body a good idea of what to We’ll see. The new engine/aero pack- expect this season. Las Vegas age, some suggest, will bring plate-style is targeted as the great aero/ racing to all of the mile-and-bigger engine indicator. NASCAR hopes to see more close-quarters racing like this at tracks such as Atlanta and tracks, starting this week at Atlanta. KEN’S CALL: The smart people Las Vegas with a new aero/engine package. [NEWS-JOURNAL/DAVID TUCKER] Maybe not quite as crazy, but crazier suggest we give it a few than we’re accustomed to seeing. It’s weeks before casting full 1. New package by Kyle Busch with 45. Young guns Erik supposed to add dramatics, which TV judgement. Atlanta’s worn Jones and Alex Bowman are fifth and sixth, audiences mostly crave. And in case track surface may negate any Now that NASCAR has closed the book respectively, after Race 1. Meanwhile, you’re new here, the TV audience is pack-racing tendencies of the on the restrictor-plate era, we enter the Martin Truex Jr. is 28th in points. Yikes! very, very important. new system. tapered-spacer era at Atlanta Motor Speedway. The spacers are much like 3. The ‘Big D’ — Ken Willis, ken.willis@ plates but the design gives drivers more news-jrnl.com FEUD OF THE WEEK throttle control. They will be used at Matt DiBenedetto, who left a struggling every track over a mile in length this team with the hopes of improving his JOEY LOGANO VS. MICHAEL season, along with a high-downforce aero- standing in the garage area, took the NASCAR CUP STANDINGS MCDOWELL: On the final dynamic body. The objective is to create No. 95 Toyota to new heights at Daytona, restart of the Daytona 500, tighter racing. leading a race-high 49 laps in the family- 1. Denny Hamlin 52 McDowell elected to push owned, single-car operation. “This is such 1. Joey Logano 52 Toyota’s Kyle Busch rather 2. It’s early, but ... a great team and I know we can show 3. Kyle Busch 45 than Ford’s Joey Logano. them what we’re doing here,” DiBenedetto 4. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 39 McDowell is a Ford driver, too. OK, it’s just one race into the season, but said. “They all took a heck of a chance on 5. Erik Jones 35 GODWIN KELLY’S TAKE: It’s the Cup Series standings may offer a small me. I’m glad we proved what we’re here to 5. Alex Bowman 35 the Daytona 500 and every peek of things to come. For instance, race do.” 7. Kyle Larson 33 man for himself in the closing winner Denny Hamlin and fourth-place 7. Jimmie Johnson 33 laps. “I just told (Logano) that finisher Joey Logano left Daytona as co- — Godwin Kelly, godwin.kelly@news- 9. Michael McDowell 32 my team doesn’t pay me to leaders in points, each with 52, followed jrnl.com 9. Ty Dillon 32 push him to victory,” McDow- 9. Brad Keselowski 32 ell said. 12. Ryan Preece 30 13. Chase Elliott 27 13. Kevin Harvick 27 GODWIN’S PICKS 13. Ryan Blaney 27 FOR ATLANTA 16. Clint Bowyer 26 DAYTONA 500 17. Ryan Newman 25 WINNER: Kevin Harvick 17. William Byron 25 REST OF TOP 5: Brad Kes- 19. Austin Dillon 23 elowski, Kyle Busch, Joey THREE THINGS WE LEARNED 20. Matt DiBenedetto 21 Logano, Denny Hamlin FIRST ONE OUT: Michael 1. Unpredictable race McDowell WHAT’S ON TAP DARK HORSE: William Byron Just when you think you DON’T BE SURPRISED IF: Some have things figured out, it CUP SERIES: Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500 drivers are not happy with the all changes in the blink of SITE: Atlanta Motor Speedway (1.54- debut of the new aero/engine an eye. The relatively calm mile quad-oval) combination. Daytona 500 turned into SCHEDULE: Friday, qualifying (Fox a demolition derby over Sports 1, 5 p.m.). Saturday, practice the last 17 laps of racing, (Fox Sports 1, noon). Sunday, race (Fox, MOTOR MOUTHS producing two red flags 2 p.m.) PODCAST for a pair of “Big Ones.” Go figure. XFINITY: Rinnai 250 There are no red flags in the Cars get turned and sparks fly as the pack crunches SITE: Atlanta Motor Speedway pod. 2. Spread the wealth together in Turn 3 late in the Daytona 500. [NEWS-JOURNAL/ SCHEDULE: Friday, practice (Fox Sports STEVEN NOTARAS] 1, 3 p.m.). Saturday, qualifying (Fox Tune in online at Everybody left with a Sports 1, 9 a.m.), race (Fox Sports 1, 2 www.news-journalonline.com/ little something after Daytona 500. setbacks to score a stun- p.m.) daytonamotormouths Speedweeks. Chevrolet 3. Biggest surprise ning seventh-place finish. dominated qualifying. “My car is super beat up GANDER OUTDOORS TRUCKS: Atlanta Ford won both Duel quali- On NASCAR’s wreck report so to come away with a 200 fying races and Toyota Kyle Larson’s No. 42 Chev- top 10 is pretty cool,” he SITE: Atlanta Motor Speedway saved its best for last rolet was listed in three said. TV SCHEDULE: Friday, practice (Fox when Joe Gibbs Racing separate incidents during Sports 1, 4 p.m.). Saturday, qualifying swept the top three fin- the 500. He somehow — Godwin Kelly, godwin. (Fox Sports 1, 10:30 a.m.), race (Fox ishing positions in the rallied back from those [email protected] Sports 1, 4:30 p.m.)

2019 CUP SERIES April 7: Food City 500 at Bristol July 6: Coke Zero 400 at Daytona Sept. 21: Federated Auto Parts 400 at SCHEDULE AND WINNERS April 13: Toyota Owners 400 at Richmond July 13: Quaker State 400 at Kentucky Richmond April 28: Geico 500 at Talladega July 21: Foxwoods 301 at New Hampshire Sept. 29: Bank of America 500k at Feb. 10: Clash at Daytona (Jimmie May 5: Dover 400 July 28: Gander Outdoors 400 at Pocono Charlotte Johnson) May 11: Kansas 400 Aug. 4: Go Bowling at Watkins Glen Oct. 6: Delaware 400 at Dover Feb. 17: Daytona 500 (Denny Hamlin) May 18: All-Star Race at Charlotte Aug. 11: Consumers Energy 400 at Oct. 13: 1000Bulbs.com 500 Talladega Feb. 24: Folds of Honor 500 at Atlanta May 26: Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Michigan Oct. 20: Hollywood Casino 400 at Kansas March 3: Pennzoil 400 at Las Vegas June 2: Pocono 400 Aug. 17: Bass Pro Shops NRA Night Race Oct. 27: First Data 500 at Martinsville March 10: TicketGuardian 500 at Phoenix June 9: FireKeepers Casino 400 at at Bristol Nov. 3: AAA Texas 500 March 17: Auto Club 400 at Fontana Michigan Sept. 1: Southern 500 at Darlington Nov. 10: Can-Am 500k at Phoenix March 24: STP 500 at Martinsville June 23: Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Sept. 8: Brickyard 400 at Indianapolis Nov. 17: Ford EcoBoost 400 at March 31: O’Reilly Auto Parts 500 at Texas June 30: Overton’s 400 at Chicagoland Sept. 15: South Point 400 at Las Vegas Homestead-Miami

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JOEY LOGANO KYLE BUSCH CHASE KEVIN MARTIN JIMMIE ERIK JONES BRAD KURT BUSCH ARIC Our stand- Looked calm, ELLIOTT HARVICK TRUEX JR. JOHNSON Explain KESELOWSKI Always a ALMIROLA ings never must be Nearly a home Back to Never won a His mistakes again how he Was strangely factor at Will finish changed after seething game this scene of 2018 plate race buried under reached third quiet at Atlanta seventh this plate races weekend rout Sunday’s place … Speedweeks week mayhem 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 THE WESTFIELD NEWS www.thewestfieldnews.com SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 2019 - PAGE 15 Misbehaving owners hardly unheard of in pro sports By BARRY WILNER games and fined him $500,000. Associated Press Ed DeBartolo Jr., who built the San Francisco 49ers’ 1980s- Misbehaving owners of sports teams have drawn headlines 90s dynasty with Bill Walsh as coach, was involved in one of pretty much since sports have been around. the biggest owners’ scandals in the sport’s history. In 1998, he Now, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft faces misde- pleaded guilty to failing to report a felony when he paid meanor charges of soliciting a prostitute after police said he was $400,000 to former Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards in exchange twice videotaped paying for a sex act at a massage parlor in for a riverboat gambling license. Florida amid a crackdown on sex trafficking. DeBartolo was suspended from the NFL for one year in 1999 He joins a list of current and former NFL owners accused of for his role in the gambling fraud scandal. He also handed over crimes or social misconduct. control of the team to his sister, Denise DeBartolo York, and Last year, Carolina Panthers owner Jerry Richardson sold the never returned to the 49ers. team after allegations surfaced of sexual and racial misconduct Former Philadelphia Eagles owner Leonard Tose had to sell in the workplace. Following a six-month investigation by the the team in 1985 to pay off more than $25 million in debts to league, he was fined $2.7 million. Richardson, the team’s Atlantic City casinos. founder, then sold the franchise to David Tepper for $2.2 bil- Football hardly stands alone in the owners’ misbehavior In this June 7, 2018, file photo, New England Patriots owner lion. market. Robert Kraft speaks with reporters following an NFL football Cleveland Browns owner Jim Haslam had legal troubles Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott was sued by former minicamp practice, in Foxborough, Mass. Police in Florida have while CEO of Pilot Flying J, one of the nation’s largest truck- employees during the days of the Big Red Machine for being a charged New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft with misde- stop chains. Company executives either pleaded guilty or were racist and, at one point, was quoted in The New York Times as meanor solicitation of prostitution, saying they have videotape of convicted in a fraud scheme worth more than $50 million. saying Adolf Hitler initially was good for Germany; that her use him paying for a sex act inside an illicit massage parlor. Jupiter Haslam claimed he didn’t know about the scheme in which of racially inappropriate words was in jest; and that she didn’t police told reporters Friday, Feb. 22, 2019, that the 77-year-old customers were underpaid on promised rebates for fuel pur- understand why certain ethnically insulting words were offen- Kraft has not been arrested. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File) chases, and he was not charged. sive. Haslam bought the Browns in October 2012, six months In 1993, Schott was suspended for one year by Major League stock car racing circuit and many of the tracks where it competes, was before the FBI and IRS raided company headquarters. The NFL Baseball and fined $25,000 for language that MLB’s executive arrested in New York on charges of aggravated driving while intoxicated never disciplined him. council deemed “racially and ethnically offensive.” and criminal possession of a controlled substance. He immediately took Jim Irsay, whose Indianapolis Colts won a Super Bowl for Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling was fined $2.5 a leave of absence and his uncle, Jim France, stepped in as chairman and the 2006 season under his leadership, had acknowledged hav- million and banned from the NBA for life in 2014 for racist CEO. ing a painkiller addiction in 2002 and sought treatment. The comments he made to a friend. Sterling scolded her for posting Perhaps the most documented misbehavior by a franchise owner DEA investigated the case, but local prosecutors did not file pictures on Instagram in which she was accompanied by occurred with George Steinbrenner of the New York Yankees. charges. Basketball Hall of Famer Magic Johnson and Los Angeles A 15-count indictment was handed up in 1974 in Cleveland federal Then, in March 2014, Irsay was arrested near his home in Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp, both black. court for violations of election laws. Steinbrenner pleaded guilty to one suburban Carmel and was held overnight after he failed sobri- “Why are you taking pictures with minorities, why?” Sterling count of conspiracy to make illegal campaign contributions, then was ety tests and police found prescription medications in his car. was recorded as saying. “Don’t put him on an Instagram for the suspended by Commissioner Bowie Kuhn for two years. That suspen- The police said the drugs in Irsay’s vehicle were not associated world to have to see so they have to call me. . And don’t bring sion was lifted after 15 months for good behavior. with any of the prescription bottles found inside. He was him to my games, OK? ... Yeah, it bothers me a lot that you Steinbrenner frequently was fined for publicly criticizing umpires and charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated, along with want to promo, broadcast that you’re associating with black for tampering. He was forced to resign as the team’s managing general four felony counts of possession of a controlled substance; people. Do you have to?” partner in 1990 for dealings with and a $40,000 payment to self- police also found $29,009 in cash. The Rigas family owned the NHL’s Buffalo Sabres in the late described gambler Howard Spira. Steinbrenner returned to his position He again sought treatment and in September 2014 pleaded 1990s and early 2000s. It was forced to relinquish control of the on March 1, 1993. guilty to a misdemeanor count of driving while intoxicated, team after indictments on bank and security fraud charges for ——— agreeing to undergo drug testing for a year. Irsay also admitted raiding the coffers of their cable company, Adelphia. The AP Pro Football Writer Rob Maaddi, Baseball Writer Ronald Blum, he was under the influence of the painkillers oxycodone and Sabres played the 2003-04 season under NHL operation before Basketball Writer Brian Mahoney and Hockey Writer John Wawrow, hydrocodone when he was arrested. being purchased out of bankruptcy by Thomas Golisano. and Sports Writers Tom Withers and Mike Marot contributed to this NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell suspended Irsay for six Last year, NASCAR’s Brian France , whose family owns the report. NASCAR’s new rule package shrouded in unknowns before debut By JENNA FRYER bunch them together and create a more enter- Roughly half the field tested the package The field Sunday will be three drivers short Associated Press taining product. last month at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, of the 40-car limit, with Gaunt Brothers HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) — NASCAR rolled But Atlanta is an anomaly in that its racing where NASCAR races next week, and the Racing the only team without one of the char- into Atlanta Motor Speedway ready to begin a surface is one of the oldest in the series and venue that is expected to be a truer indicator ters that guarantees a spot in the field to come new era of racing that is shrouded in unknowns. was last repaved in 1997. It is rough and of what the competition might look like the from Daytona to Atlanta. Parker Kligerman, Will it be racier? That’s the point. bumpy, quickly eats away at tires and is typi- rest of the season. the NBC Sports reporter who is trying to get Will it make Sunday’s event at Atlanta cally a handful even for the veterans. It’s made Atlanta a mystery as teams spent back into a full-time ride, is back in the car exciting? That remains to be seen. In simplest terms, Sunday’s race may look Friday trying to figure out how to attack the after successfully making last week’s Daytona “We don’t have that answer. I can tell you nothing like how the package races the rest of track with this competition package. 500. that it will be drastically different than what the season. “Sunday you will find out, I guess, if some- The 37 cars is the lowest since the road we have done before,” said Kevin Harvick, “This track is unlike any other track, as we body spanks the field,” said Atlanta native course at Watkins Glen last August, but up one who routed the field to win last year’s race. all know, with the surface and bumps and the Chase Elliott. “Until then, I am really not sure car from the field at the Atlanta race last “I would hate to speculate on what the character,” said Jimmie Johnson, who leads what we are going to have. I’m sure there is February. direction of it is going to be and what we are all active drivers with five previous wins at going to be guys that get it better than others Corey LaJoie came to Atlanta with bonus going to do because we don’t know. That is Atlanta. to start, but I think as time goes, everybody is funding from Old Spice, which got a strong good for everyone watching. We have more “My focus has been to get drivability right going to continue to develop and make it bet- return on its investment from its Daytona questions with zero answers, actually.” and then make speed a secondary item. We’ll ter and improve their cars and their packages sponsorship that featured LaJoie’s entire face The competition package for 2019 was not see how it all plays out. This package is so for these race tracks. on the hood of his car. Acorns, an online used in last week’s season-opening Daytona new to all of us.” “I think Atlanta, too, is a little different than investment app, is making its NASCAR debut 500 and a version of it will debut Sunday on An early version of the package was used in some other mile-and-a-half tracks we are as sponsor for Ryan Newman and Bubba Atlanta’s abrasive 1.54-mile quad oval. The last year’s All-Star race to rave reviews from going to visit with the surface. I think your car Wallace, driving for cash-strapped Richard lower-horsepower, high-downforce and high- fans that prompted NASCAR to implement it is probably going to have to drive a little bet- Petty Motorsports, has a one-race deal at drag formula is designed to slow the cars, for this season. ter here than it might at other places.” Atlanta with McDonalds.

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