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Southwick to study regionalizing dispatch center By Greg Fitzpatrick the Dispatch Administrator for Correspondent Westfield Public Safety, will be sub- SOUTHWICK – Earlier this week, mitting the grant application in hopes the Select Board signed an agreement that the State 911 Department accepts with the City of Westfield to have a the application and provides funding study conducted to see if it would be for the study for the FY (Fiscal Year) feasible for Southwick and Westfield 2020. The deadline for the application to partner with a regional emergency to be sent to the state is March 1. communications center. If the application is accepted and According to Karl Stinehart, Town the study occurs, Southwick Chief of of Southwick’s Chief Administrative Police Kevin Bishop is unsure wheth- Officer, Southwick and Westfield have er regionalizing their dispatch center been discussing the possibility of hav- would be a benefit until the study ing a study done for the past few becomes a reality. Despite that, he’s years. eager to discover the results. “We don’t want people to draw any “We’re just very interested to see conclusions,” said Select Board Vice- what the study will indicate,” said Chairman Russ Fox. “It’s just a study.” Bishop. In order for the study to officially Currently, Southwick and Westfield The Select Board has agreed to have a grant application sent in happen, it’s being submitted through a each has their own dispatch center that for a study to be done on regionalizing their dispatch center. grant application to the Massachusetts operates 24 hours per day and seven (WNG File Photo) State 911 Department. Nina Barsczc, days a week. AMT Instructor Galen Wilson.

Granville Lions Club hosting spaghetti dinner By Greg Fitzpatrick Correspondent GRANVILLE – Hosted by the Granville Lions Club, the 19th Annual Edward Gogol Spaghetti Dinner will take place on Saturday at 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. in the cafeteria at the Community Christian School. Tickets for the event cost $9 for adults, $7 for seniors and children ages six to fourteen, and kids five-years-old and younger are free. The spaghetti dinner is in honor Edward Gogol, a long-time member of the Granville Lions Club who passed away in 2000. After Volunteers are seen at last year’s Edward Gogol Spaghetti Dinner. (Photo from Laura Burnett) Gogol retired from the workforce, he began to nization into a scholarship account for high $600 were given to students. could use the money towards purchasing cer- do different jobs for people in town and when school and college students that live in Burnett also sees the scholarship money as tain tools. he was paid for his work, Gogol put that money Granville. a unique opportunity for all students as her Having received a great amount of support back into the Granville Lions Club. The Edward Gogol Spaghetti Dinner has father was a tradesman and a machinist. at the event each year, Gogol’s family is hope- According to Laura Burnett, Gogol’s daugh- been happening since 2001 and all of the pro- “Not only is it for colleges, it’s also for ful that this year’s spaghetti dinner will con- ter, after Gogol passed away, the Granville ceeds from the yearly event usually cover at trade schools,” said Burnett. tinue to be a success. Lions Club approached his family about the least one or two student scholarships to be Burnett added that if a student is interested “We do well with it,” said Burnett. “It’s idea of putting the money he gave to the orga- awarded. Last year, scholarships of $800 and in a trade or is currently doing a trade, they something that we look forward to every year.” PAGE 2 - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2019 WWW.THEWESTFIELDNEWS.COM THE WESTFIELD NEWS

Events at the Southwick Public Library Southwick Public Library’s Adult Cookbook Club Explores Greek Islands’ Recipes: The Cookbook Club will be cooking and sampling foods from the Greek Islands at their meeting of the Adult Cookbook Club on February 26 at 6:30 p.m. The group will be using the cookbook The Foods of the Greek Islands: Cooking and Culture at the TONIGHT FRIDAY SaturdAY Crossroads of the Mediterranean by Julia Child Award winner, chef Aglaia Kremezi. The cookbook is now available for check-out at the Circulation Desk. Please make sure to add your name to the registration list when checking-out a copy of the cookbook. Prior to the meeting on Tuesday, February 26, please email your first two choices of the recipe you’d like to make. The email should be sent to [email protected] with the subject Cookbook Club. You also have the option of calling the library at 569-1221 and inform us of your two choices. The library will contact you to let you know which recipe to bring or if you need to make another selection. This helps to prevent us from having duplicate items Partly Sunny. Mostly Sunny. being prepared. New adult members are always welcome to pick-up a cookbook and sign-up at the Circulation Desk. Please be advised: Neither the food served at cookbook club, and prepared in home kitchens, nor the facilities have been inspected by the state or the local 38-40 38-41 Today, freezing rain likely before 9am, then a slight chance of public health agency. rain between 9am and 10am. Patchy fog before 9am. Otherwise, Socrates Café Starting at SPL: The Southwick Public Library will be hosting a Socrates cloudy through mid morning, then gradual clearing, with a high near 49. Thursday Night, partly cloudy, with a low around 28. Café group on the third Tuesday, of the month starting on March 19 at 6:30 p.m. in the Partly Cloudy. Friday, sunny, with a high near 40. Northwest wind 7 to 9 mph. Community Room. Socrates Café is an opportunity for ordinary people to wrestle with the Friday Night Mostly clear, with a low around 23. Northwest wind 5 to 7 mph becoming calm after midnight. Saturday, mostly sunny, Big Questions, in a facilitated, volunteer-led discussion. Alternative viewpoints are encour- with a high near 41. Saturday Night, rain and snow likely before midnight, then rain and sleet likely between midnight and 1am, aged and explored. All discussion takes place in an atmosphere of respect and encourage- 28-29 then rain after 1am. Low around 31. South wind around 5 mph. ment. People from all walks of life, are encouraged to attend and contribute their unique views. More information will be available in March. WWLP.COM • Working For You When Two Worlds Meet: Native Americans of Western MA today Presented by Gail White Usher, Wednesday, February 27, 2019 6:30 p.m. Westfield 6:40 AM 5:31 PM State University, Scanlon Banquet Hall. Free and open to the public. 10 hours 51 Minutes What life was like for the original inhabitants of Westfield, the Woronoak tribe, and their sunrise sunsET lENGTH OF dAY Eastern Woodlands’ tribes neighbors such as the Pocumtuck 350 years ago? And how did it change with the arrival of European populations? In the period 1620 to 1750, European settlement of North America expanded rapidly and encounters with the Native populations increased in frequency and intensity. Both societies incorporated aspects of the others’ mate- rial world. The changes were most dramatic in the Eastern Woodlands’ tribes. They retained Odds & Ends LOCAL LOTTERY their cultures but their material world was significantly altered. This lecture explores Eastern Woodlands Native Americans during this time of interaction. It will look first at their lives Last night’s numbers just prior to contact and then examine decades of change that follow. Why do zebras MASSACHUSETTS Presenter Gail White Usher serves as Education Coordinator at Roseland Cottage and MassCash 02-15-24-30-31 Arnold House, run by Historic New England, the oldest and largest regional heritage orga- Mega Millions nization in the nation. have stripes? Estimated jackpot: $224 million Megabucks Doubler 13-19-30-39-42-48 Southwick Senior Center Trips Perhaps to Estimated jackpot: $500,000 Numbers Evening 9-2-9-3 Yale New Haven Peabody Museum, Thursday February 28, 2019. Leave the center at dazzle away flies Numbers Midday 1-1-3-5 9:30 am. Cost is $12.00 per person for admission to the museum. Stop for lunch at Frank Powerball Pepe’s Pizzeria (at your own expense). LONDON (AP) — Zebra stripes are 27-49-50-51-52, Powerball: 2, Power Play: 2 Steaming Tender Restaurant, Palmer, MA Friday March 15, 2019. Leave the center at dazzling — particularly to flies. Estimated jackpot: $282 million 11:15 am. Cost is $3.00; lunch will be on your own. That’s the conclusion of scientists from Bernie’s Restaurant, Chicopee, MA, Wednesday March 20, 2019. Leave the center at the University of Bristol and the University 10:45 am. Cost is $2.00. (Lunch at your own expense.) of California at Davis who dressed horses in black-and-white striped coats to help determine why zebras have stripes. Researchers found that horseflies landed on the bedecked horses less frequently Westfield Bridge Club February 14, 2019 than on those without the striped coats. CONNECTICUT They say this offers evidence that zebra North-South Cash 5 stripes provide protection from blood- 02-09-31-34-35 1st Sue Labucki - Jen Flagg sucking insects that spread diseases. Lucky Links Day 2nd Dottie Alexander - Dorothy Kowaleski Martin How, a member of the team from 04-05-08-10-12-13-19-22 3rd Andrea LaPlace - Alice Zuvers the University of Bristol, says “stripes may Lucky Links Night East-West dazzle the flies in some way once they are 01-04-05-07-09-16-19-20 1st Cindy Fullerton - Traveling Partner close enough to see them with their low- Play3 Day 8-6-6 2nd Ann Mello - Kathy Meyer resolution eyes.” Play3 Night 4-2-0 3rd Betty Clare - Ellie Siska The research is being reported in the Play4 Day 8-2-4-8 ——— journal Public Library of Science ONE. Play4 Night 3-4-6-5 The Westfield Bridge plays every Thursday at 12:45 pm at American Inn in Southwick and all are welcome. NOTE: no bridge February 28, 2019.

TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Thursday, Feb. 21, the 52nd day of 2019. There are 313 days left in the year.

n Feb. 21, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon serving a year and a-half). died at his North Carolina home; he was 99. A week af- began his historic visit to China as he and his ter the Florida school shooting, President Donald Trump Owife, Pat, arrived in Beijing. In 1986, Larry Wu-tai Chin, the first American found guilty met with teen survivors of school violence and parents of spying for China, killed himself in his Virginia jail cell. of slain children; Trump promised to be “very strong on On this date: background checks” and suggested he supported letting In 1613, Mikhail Romanov, 16, was unanimously chosen In 1992, Kristi Yamaguchi of the United States won the some teachers and other school employees carry weap- by Russia’s national assembly to be czar, beginning a dy- gold medal in ladies’ figure skating at the Albertville Olym- ons. Thousands of protesters swarmed the Florida state nasty that would last three centuries. pics; Midori Ito (mee-doh-ree ee-toh) of Japan won the Capitol, calling for changes to gun laws, a ban on assault- silver, Nancy Kerrigan of the U.S., the bronze. type weapons and improved care for the mentally ill. The In 1911, composer Gustav Mahler, despite a fever, con- NBA fined Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban $600,000 ducted the New York Philharmonic at Carnegie Hall in In 2000, Consumer advocate Ralph Nader announced his for saying he had recently told some of his players that what turned out to be his final concert (he died the follow- entry into the presidential race, bidding for the nomination “losing is our best option.” (The Mavericks had one of the ing May). of the Green Party. league’s worst records, putting them in position to land a high draft pick.) In 1916, the World War I Battle of Verdun began in France In 2013, Drew Peterson, the Chicago-area police officer as German forces attacked; the French were able to pre- who gained notoriety after his much-younger fourth wife, Today’s Birthdays: vail after 10 months of fighting. Stacy Peterson, vanished in 2007, was sentenced to 38 Former Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe (moo-GAH’- years in prison for murdering his third wife, Kathleen Sav- bay) is 95. Movie director Bob Rafelson is 86. Actor Gary In 1945, during the World War II Battle of Iwo Jima, the io. Lockwood is 82. Actor-director Richard Beymer is 80. Ac- escort carrier USS Bismarck Sea was sunk by kamikazes tor Peter McEnery is 79. U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., is with the loss of 318 men. Ten years ago: 79. Film/music company executive David Geffen is 76. In a last full day of talks in Asia, U.S. Secretary of State Actress Tyne Daly is 73. Actor Anthony Daniels is 73. Tri- In 1958, the USS Gudgeon (SS-567) became the first Hillary Rodham Clinton stressed American and Chinese cia Nixon Cox is 73. Former Sen. Olympia J. Snowe, R- American submarine to complete a round-the-world cooperation on the economy and climate change. House Maine, is 72. Rock musician Jerry Harrison (The Heads) cruise, eight months after departing from Pearl Harbor in Speaker Nancy Pelosi met with Afghan President Hamid is 70. Actress Christine Ebersole is 66. Actor William Hawaii. Karzai in Kabul to discuss the ongoing American strategic Petersen is 66. Actor Kelsey Grammer is 64. Country review of the U.S. mission in Afghanistan. singer Mary Chapin Carpenter is 61. Actor Kim Coates is In 1965, black Muslim leader and civil rights activist Mal- 61. Actor Jack Coleman is 61. Actor Christopher Atkins colm X, 39, was shot to death inside Harlem’s Audubon Five years ago: is 58. Rock singer Ranking Roger is 58. Actor William Ballroom in New York by assassins identified as mem- President Barack Obama granted an audience to Tibet’s Baldwin is 56. Rock musician Michael Ward is 52. Actress bers of the Nation of Islam. (Three men were convicted Dalai Lama over the strong objections from China that the Aunjanue Ellis is 50. Blues musician Corey Harris is 50. of murder and imprisoned; all were eventually paroled.) U.S. was meddling it its affairs. Matteo Renzi formed a Country singer Eric Heatherly is 49. Rock musician Eric coalition government in Italy; at 39, he became the coun- Wilson is 49. Rock musician Tad Kinchla (Blues Travel- In 1973, Israeli fighter planes shot down Libyan Arab Air- try’s youngest premier ever. At age 18, Mikaela Shiffrin of er) is 46. Singer Rhiannon Giddens (Carolina Chocolate lines Flight 114 over the Sinai Desert, killing all but five of the U.S. made Alpine skiing history as the youngest ever Drops) is 42. Actor Tituss Burgess is 40. Actress Jennifer the 113 people on board. winner of an Olympic slalom gold medal, finishing 0.53 Love Hewitt is 40. Comedian-actor Jordan Peele is 40. seconds faster than Austrian Marlies Schild. Actor Brendan Sexton III is 39. Singer Charlotte Church In 1975, former Attorney General John N. Mitchell and is 33. Actress Ashley Greene is 32. Actress Ellen Page is former White House aides H.R. Haldeman and John D. One year ago: 32. Actor Corbin Bleu is 30. Actress Hayley Orrantia is 25. Ehrlichman were sentenced to 2 1/2 to 8 years in prison The Rev. Billy Graham, a confidant of presidents and Actress Sophie Turner is 23. for their roles in the Watergate cover-up (each ended up the most widely heard Christian evangelist in history, THE WESTFIELD NEWS WWW.THEWESTFIELDNEWS.COM THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2019 - PAGE 3 decommission FINANCIAL VanZandt Portable Restrooms DRENEN SERVICES, INC. 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Call for Your Appointment Today Chester: In a motion filed with the 413-569-0015 or 413-642-3127 Walter (Sonny) Drenen, EA Matt Drenen Freda Brown, CDFA, EA Stan (Stosh) Stefanowich U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Municipal Light Department Meeting at 6 pm Commission, Democratic Attorney General Maura We provide Fast, Professional, Westfield: Healey and Republican Gov. Confidential Service at Competitive Prices Retirement Board at 3 pm Charlie Baker’s administration Legislative and Ordinance Committee at 5:30 pm asked that the state be allowed For more information visit or website: www.drenenfs.com Finance Committee at 5:30 pm to intervene in the federal Flood Control Commission at 6 pm review of the pending deal, cit- ing health, safety and financial risks associated with the The City of Westfield has contracted with East National Water, LLC of Palmer, MA to planned transfer of Pilgrim’s replace the existing residential water meters and reading equipment throughout MONDAY, FEB, 25 license to a New Jersey-based the City. Please note that the water service shall be shut off for as short a time period subsidiary of Holtec International. as necessary to complete this work Homeowners will be provided an estimate of the Westfield: Specifically, Healey and downtime prior to initiating the work. If you have questions regarding this program please call the Personnel Action Committee at 6:30 pm state Secretary of Energy and Westfield DPW Water Division at 413-572-6226. Office hours are between 8:00 am and 4:00 pm. City Council at 7 pm Environmental Affairs Matthew Beaton argue that The week of Feb. 25th - Mar. 1st, the meter replacement process will proceed at the following Street Locations: Granville: Entergy and Holtec have failed • Ashley St. • Dubois St. • Meadowbrook Ln. • Springdale St. Selectboard Meeting at 7 pm to demonstrate that sufficient • Barbara St. • Hollard Ave. • Miller St. • Stratfield Ave. Planning Board Meeting at 7:30 pm financial resources exist to • Belvedere Gardens • Sycamore St. safely decommission the plant • Kittredge Dr. • Otis St. and provide for the long-term • Broad St. • Laflin St. • Pleasant St. • Taylor St. Blandford: • Buschmann Ave. • W. Silver St. storage of spent nuclear fuel at • Laura Dr. • Root Rd. Council on Aging Meeting at 4 pm the site. • Bush St. • Western Ave. Selectboard Meeting at 7 pm The state’s only remaining • Church St. • Lindbergh Blvd. • Russell Rd. • White St. Zoning Board Meeting at 7 pm nuclear plant, which began • Darwin Dr. • Margerie St. • Sandy Hill Rd. • Woodsong Rd. operations in 1972 and has a • Dickens Dr. • Meadow St. • Sherman St. Ext. • Yale St. Chester: spotty safety record, is slated Board of Health Meeting at 6 pm for permanent shutdown by June 1. In documents filed last Board of Selectmen Meeting at 6 pm year with the NRC, Holtec said it would undertake an “acceler- Municipal Parking Lots Snow Tolland: ated decommissioning” of the Board of Selectmen at 5 pm facility, shortening the time- frame for cleanup and restora- Emergency Instructions Southwick: tion of the site from the origi- OFF-STREET PARKING COMMISSION Board of Appeals Meeting at 7 pm nal estimate of 60 years to just MUNICIPAL PARKING LOTS SNOW EMERGENCY INSTRUCTIONS eight years. SNOW PHONE LINE: (413) 642-9411 “While (Massachusetts) wel- comes the possibility of a prop- Plowing of MUNICIPAL OFF-STREET LOTS ARE NOT DONE DURING BUSINESS TUESDAY, FEB, 26 erly conducted and expedited DAY HOURS. CORE LOTS ARE PLOWED AFTER A SNOW STORM ENDS AND AFTER cleanup and restoration of THE SNOW EMERGENCY LOTS ARE PLOWED. Pilgrim, the risk of a funding Granville: shortfall and the attendant sig- SNOW EMERGENCIES ARE CALLED AFTER A SNOW STORM ENDS OR JUST AS STGRSD School Committee Meeting at 5:30 pm nificant health, safety, environ- IT IS ENDING. mental, financial and economic 1. To sign up for the snow ban phone alert, please contact Community Development at Westfield: risks to (Massachusetts) and its (413) 572-6246 or by email at [email protected]. Conservation Commission at 6:30 pm citizens raise serious questions 2. If you are not on the snow ban phone alert list, please call the Snow Phone Line at (413) about the realization of that 642-9411 for parking lot status updates. benefit,” state officials wrote. 3. The phone line will tell you the time that the ban will be effective and will instruct you The petition stops short of on when to move to alternative lots. DO NOT MOVE TO SNOW EMERGENCY LOTS WEDNESDAY, FEB, 27 asking the NRC to block the UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THE PHONE LINE INSTRUCTS. sale, but suggests the agency 4. Core paved municipal parking lots are served by the “Blue Light.” When the “Blue Westfield: should not allow it to go for- Light” is flashing, these lots are closed for plowing and parkers should find a spot in an alterna- Parks and Recreation Informational Meeting Public ward as currently proposed. tive location. Safety at Sadie Knox Playground at 6:30 pm The state is also seeking a pub- 5. SNOW EMERGENCY LOTS WILL BE lic hearing to air its concerns. A. CHURCH & ELM STREET GRAVEL LOT In a statement, Entergy said B. MAIN STREET RESTAURANT LOT Blandford: it was reviewing the state’s fil- C. RAILROAD AVE LOT (NORTH SIDE) Fire Department Meeting at 7 pm ing. D. RIVERWALK LOT (MEADOW STREET) “We believe the transfer of Pilgrim to Holtec for prompt and safe decommissioning is the best option for Plymouth and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,” the company Gambling regulators authorize settlement to end Wynn lawsuit said. By PHILIP MARCELO that no privileged materials are nates the uncertainty of protracted company would win the lucrative An after-hours message left Associated Press improperly utilized” when investiga- litigation, allows it to review the Boston-area casino license back in with a spokeswoman for Holtec BOSTON (AP) — A settlement is tors turn in their report to the com- investigative report and proceed with 2014. was not immediately returned. The proposed sale, pending in casino mogul Steve mission. a public hearing on the future of Connecticut-based Mohegan Sun, announced last summer, also Wynn’s lawsuit seeking to block the The commission is considering Encore Boston Harbor, the more than which also vied for the license, has includes the Entergy-owned release of Massachusetts’ investiga- whether Wynn Resorts — the com- $2 billion waterfront resort slated to filed lawsuits in state and federal Palisades nuclear plant in tion into allegations of sexual assault pany Steve Wynn founded but stepped open in June in the Boston suburb of court over the years seeking to have Covert, Michigan, which is against him. away from last year — is still suitable Everett. the decision overturned. expected to close in 2022. The Massachusetts Gaming to hold a state casino license in light After the sexual misconduct revela- Wynn Resorts said in a statement it The decommissioning pro- Commission voted Wednesday to of the misconduct allegations, which tions against Steve Wynn became looks forward to a public hearing in cess involves radiological authorize its legal counsel to finalize Wynn has denied. public last January, the gaming com- Massachusetts. decontamination, removal of an agreement with Wynn to dismiss Last month, Clark County District mission launched an inquiry into how Last month, it reached a settlement spent fuel and dismantling of his lawsuit filed in Clark County Court Judge Elizabeth Gonzalez ruled the company handled had handled with the Nevada Gaming Control the reactor and physical plant. District Court in Las Vegas, Nevada. the report would remain secret until accusations raised by female employ- Board after the board found that for- While Holtec believes those Specific terms weren’t disclosed, she could determine whether it con- ees. mer company executives failed on steps could be completed with- but the commission said the deal tains confidential information or Among the questions for multiple occasions to investigate the in eight years, the spent fuel would guarantee access to the report material protected by attorney-client Massachusetts investigators was sexual misconduct claims against may remain in casks stored its investigators have compiled but privilege, as Wynn’s personal lawyers whether information about a $7.5 Steve Wynn. near the Pilgrim site for have been unable to release. Brian contend. million settlement with one of Wynn’s That settlement did not revoke or decades since the federal gov- Kelly, a Massachusetts lawyer repre- The Massachusetts Gaming accusers was deliberately withheld limit the Nevada company’s gam- ernment has yet to approve a senting Steve Wynn in a separate Commission said after Wednesday’s during an initial background check as bling license but requires it to pay a national long-term nuclear waste storage facility. matter, said the agreement “ensures vote that reaching a settlement elimi- regulators were considering which fine to be set later. Nuclear plants are required by the NRC to maintain special trust funds to pay for decom- Shredding Event missioning. Holtec has said the Scholarship and Fellowship Funds Available slightly more than $1 billion The Horace Smith Fund, now in its 120th year, has scholarship and fellowship money available for graduates of For Csf Westfield available in Pilgrim’s trust fund Hampden County public and private high schools. Scholarships awards of $12,000 are distributed as $3,000 annu- Dollars For Scholars would be sufficient to cover ally and renewable each year until graduation. Fellowship awards of $15,000 are distributed as $5,000 annually and costs, but with only $3.6 mil- renewable for two additional years. Students must maintain at least a B average in college. CSF Westfield Dollars for Scholars lion to spare — a cushion that Recipients are selected on a variety of criteria, including financial need, college entrance exam scores, class rank, is holding a paper shredding fund- critics say is too small to cover raiser, rain or shine, on Saturday, unanticipated expenses and extra-curricular activities and recommendations. Of great importance is a personal written account of why the student feels deserving of financial assistance. Fellowship applicants must also submit their transcripts and, if applicable, April 27, 2019 from 9:00am to that could leave Massachusetts 12:00pm (or until the truck is full) at taxpayers on the hook for over- GRE or degree-specific test scores. All recipients must be full-time students and residents of Hampden County. Last year, $382,000 was awarded to 36 individuals. Scholarships were given to 26 graduating seniors from 13 the Westfield Senior Center parking runs. lot at 45 Noble Street. Valley Green A citizen’s advocacy group, Hampden County high schools. Five scholarships were also awarded to current college students to assist them in completing their undergraduate degrees. Six fellowships were given to college graduates pursuing graduate degrees, Shredding of Westfield, MA is Pilgrim Watch, also filed a donating its equipment so that all motion to intervene on who had graduated from Hampden County high schools. The Horace Smith Fund was established in 1899 by the successful and generous philanthropist named Horace proceeds will fund scholarships for Wednesday, citing similar con- Westfield students. A $5.00 donation cerns as those expressed by Smith, co-founder of Smith & Wesson, located in Springfield. The scholarships and fellowships are named for Walter state officials. S. Barr, a West Springfield businessman, whose widow left the bulk of the family estate to The Horace Smith Fund for every box, Limit 3 boxes. No “The actual cost of decon- in 1950. early birds! Note: These items are taminating and restoring the Completed applications must be received either electronically or by mail to The Horace Smith Fund at 16 Union not acceptable for shredding: 3-ring Pilgrim site will be more, prob- Avenue, Suite 2K, Westfield, MA 01085 no later than March 15, 2019. Applications are available at local high school binders, batteries, electronics, large ably far more, than Holtec has guidance offices, college financial aid offices, online at www.HoraceSmithFund.org or by phoning (413) 739-4222. binder clips, vinyl, plastics, or estimated,” the group wrote. x-rays. PAGE 4 - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2019 WWW.THEWESTFIELDNEWS.COM THE WESTFIELD NEWS COMMENT

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Listen to latest PulseLine Calls at http://www.thewestfieldnews.com Climate threat critic leading effort to advise Trump By KEVIN FREKING and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is exploring the idea of forming a special committee to look at climate change and security risks, with the effort being coordi- Democrats prepare resolution nated by a 79-year-old physicist who rejects mainstream cli- mate science. A “discussion paper” obtained by The Associated Press asks federal officials from an array of government agencies to against Trump’s declaration weigh in on a proposed executive order that President Donald Trump would sign establishing the “Presidential Committee on By ALAN FRAM unlikely to muster the two-thirds majori- tion of Trump’s demand for $5.7 billion Climate Security.” Associated Press ties in each chamber that would be to construct more than 200 miles. A memo to those federal officials asks them to direct any WASHINGTON (AP) — House needed later to override a certain Trump Besides signing the bill, Trump also questions to William Happer, a member of Trump’s National Democrats will file a resolution Friday veto. declared a national emergency and used Security Council and a well-known critic of mainstream cli- aimed at blocking the national emer- Even so, Republican senators facing other authorities that he says gives him mate science findings. gency declaration that President Donald tough 2020 re-election fights in com- access to an additional $6.6 billion for “Happer would be a fringe figure even for climate skeptics,” Trump has issued to help finance his petitive states like Arizona, Colorado wall building. That money would be said retired U.S. Navy Rear Adm. David Titley, now a profes- wall along the Southwest border, teeing and North Carolina would have to take transferred from a federal asset forfei- sor of meteorology at Pennsylvania State University. up a clash over billions of dollars, immi- stances that could risk dividing the ture fund, Defense Department anti-drug Several climate scientists agreed with Titley, including gration policy and the Constitution’s GOP’s pro-Trump and more moderate efforts and a military construction fund. Georgia Tech’s Kim Cobb, who said Happer’s “false, unscien- separation of powers. voters. Federal officials have yet to identify tific notions about climate change represent a danger to the Though the effort seems almost cer- Moderate Sen. Susan Collins, specifically which projects would be American people.” tain to ultimately fall short — perhaps to R-Maine, said Wednesday she would affected. Harvard science historian Naomi Oreskes, who wrote the a Trump veto — the votes will let back a resolution blocking the declara- Pelosi and Rep. Joaquin Castro, book “Merchants of Doubt” on climate denial, pointed to Democrats take a defiant stance against tion, making her the first Republican to D-Texas, circulated separate letters instances when Happer has claimed that carbon dioxide, the Trump that is sure to please liberal vot- publicly state her support for the effort Wednesday to lawmakers seeking co- main heat-trapping gas from the burning of coal, oil and gas, is ers. They will also put some Republicans to thwart the emergency. With sponsors to his one-sentence resolution. good for humans and that carbon emissions have been demon- from swing districts and states in a dif- Republicans holding a 53-47 majority, A Castro aide said there were already ized like “the poor Jews under Hitler.” ficult spot. three more GOP senators would need to 102 co-sponsors, all Democrats. Both Happer’s bio at Princeton University, where he previously Formally introducing the measure sets vote with Democrats for the resolution letters targeted Friday for the measure’s taught, describes him as a pioneer in the field of optically up a vote by the full House likely by to win initial approval. introduction. polarized atoms. It notes that he served in the administration of mid-March, perhaps as soon as next The votes could also cause discomfort While Congress is in recess this week, President George H.W. Bush as the director of energy research week, because of a timeline spelled out for other Republicans who’ve opposed the House has a brief “pro forma” ses- at the Department of Energy, where he oversaw a basic by law. Initial passage by the Democratic- the declaration. Many have expressed sion Friday for bill introductions but no research budget of roughly $3 billion. run House seems assured. concerns that Trump’s declaration sets a votes. The National Security Council advises the president on secu- The measure would then move to the precedent for future Democratic presi- Castro’s measure says Trump’s emer- rity and foreign policy issues. According to the discussion Republican-controlled Senate, where dents to declare emergencies to help gency declaration “is hereby terminat- paper, the council would fund and oversee the committee. there may be enough GOP defections for their own favored issues, like global ed.” He chairs the 38-member Among the committee’s responsibilities would be to “address approval. The law that spells out the warming or gun control. Congressional Hispanic Caucus. existing United States Government reports on climate for sci- rules for emergency declarations seems The battle is over an emergency decla- “The President’s decision to go out- entific accuracy and advise on the national security implica- to require the Senate to address the issue ration Trump has issued to access bil- side the bounds of the law to try to get tions of climate change.” too, but there’s never been a congres- lions of dollars beyond what Congress what he failed to achieve in the constitu- The committee would be composed of 12 members, accord- sional effort to block one and some pro- has authorized to start erecting border tional legislative process violates the ing to a draft of the executive order. Members would include cedural uncertainties remain. barriers. Building the wall was the most Constitution and must be terminated,” experts in national security and climate science. The panel House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., visible trademark of his presidential Pelosi wrote. would advise the president on how climate “might change in seemed to predict approval, telling col- campaign. Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader the future under natural and human influences.” leagues in a letter that her chamber will Congress approved a vast spending Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said in a joint A spokesman for the National Security Council declined to “move swiftly” to pass it and “the reso- bill last week providing nearly $1.4 bil- statement last week that lawmakers will comment. lution will be referred to the Senate and lion to build 55 miles of border barriers use “every remedy available” to defend The Washington Post first reported on the proposed execu- then sent to the President’s desk.” in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley while pre- Congress’ powers, including in the tive order establishing the climate security committee. Should the House and Senate initially venting a renewed government shut- Trump once tweeted that climate change was a “Chinese approve the measure, Congress seems down. That measure represented a rejec- See Democrats, Page 5 hoax.” More recently, he used a cold snap that hit much of the nation last month to again cast doubts. “People can’t last out- side even for minutes. What the hell is going on with Global Waming (sic)? Please come back fast, we need you!” he tweeted. Both the Pentagon and the president’s intelligence team have Feds: Coast Guard lieutenant compiled hit list of lawmakers mentioned climate change as a national security threat, and a By MICHAEL BALSAMO as a White Nationalist for over 30 years eral senators,” as well as searching “do 2018 National Climate Assessment detailed drastic effects of Associated Press and advocated for ‘focused violence’ in senators have ss (secret service) protec- global warming. WASHINGTON (AP) — A Coast order to establish a white homeland,” tion” and “are supreme court justices Over about a dozen years, government scientists, military Guard lieutenant who was arrested last prosecutors wrote. protected,” according to the court filing. leaders and intelligence experts have repeatedly highlighted week is a “domestic terrorist” who draft- Hasson routinely read portions of a Hasson’s list of prominent Democrats climate change as a major national security risk, said Titley, ed an email discussing biological attacks manifesto written by Norwegian mass included House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who founded one such study team in the Navy. and had what appeared to be a hit list murderer Anders Behring Breivik that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer Titley said these studies have come to the same conclusions that included prominent Democrats and prosecutors said instructs would-be and presidential hopefuls Sens. Kirsten under three presidents, including two Republicans. He said media figures, prosecutors said in court assailants to collect firearms, food, dis- Gillibrand, Elizabeth Warren, Cory there are “a surprising number of documents from the Pentagon papers. guises and survival tools, court papers Booker and Kamala Harris. and intelligence community after January 2017 (when Trump Christopher Paul Hasson is due to said. Breivik, a right-wing extremist, is The list — created in a Microsoft took office) that talk about climate and security risk.” appear Thursday in federal court in serving a 21-year sentence for killing 77 Excel spreadsheet — also included men- “For the Pentagon, it’s about readiness,” Titley said. “For the Maryland after his arrest on gun and people in a 2011 bomb-and-shooting tions of John Podesta, who was Hillary intelligence community, it’s about risks. We see the risks are drug offenses, but prosecutors say those rampage. Clinton’s campaign chairman, along accelerating.” charges are the “proverbial tip of the Hasson also expressed admiration for with Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez iceberg.” Russia. “Looking to Russia with hopeful and Maxine Waters, former Rep. Beto See Climate Threat Critic, Page 5 “The defendant is a domestic terrorist, eyes or any land that despises the west’s O’Rourke, MSNBC’s Chris Hayes and bent on committing acts dangerous to liberalism,” he wrote in the draft email. Joe Scarborough and CNN’s Chris human life that are intended to affect Prosecutors say during the past two Cuomo and Van Jones, according to the governmental conduct,” prosecutors years he had regularly searched online court filing. wrote in court papers . for pro-Russian as well as neo-Nazi lit- Hasson appeared to be a chronic user Hasson, who works at the Coast erature. of the opioid painkiller Tramadol and The Westfield News Guard’s headquarters in Washington, Prosecutors allege that Hasson visited had purchased a flask filled with four A publication of the Westfield News Group LLC has espoused extremist views for years, thousands of websites that sold guns and ounces of “synthetic urine” online, pros- according to prosecutors. Court papers researched military tactical manuals on ecutors said. Authorities suspect Hasson Flora Masciadrelli James Johnson-Corwin detail a June 2017 draft email in which improvised munitions. had purchased fake urine to use in case Multi-Media Manager Director of Sales/ Hasson wrote that he was “dreaming of Federal agents found 15 firearms — he was randomly selected for a drug test. Classified Manager Marie Brazee a way to kill almost every last person on including several rifles — and over The chief at the federal defender’s Chris Putz Business Manager the earth,” and pondering how he might 1,000 rounds of ammunition inside office in Maryland — which is repre- Sports Editor Lorie Perry be able to acquire anthrax and toxins to Hasson’s basement apartment in Silver senting Hasson — declined to comment Director of Ad Production create botulism or a deadly influenza. Spring, Maryland. They also found a on the allegations. The Coast Guard did In the same email, Hasson described container with more than 30 bottles that not immediately respond to a request for an “interesting idea” that included “bio- were labeled as human growth hormone, comment on Hasson’s arrest. No one Patrick R. Berry President logical attacks followed by attack on court papers said. answered the door Wednesday at the food supply” as well as a bombing and Prosecutors wrote that Hasson “began home address for Hasson listed in public sniper attacks, according to court docu- the process of targeting specific vic- records. 62 School Street, Westfield , MA 01085 ments filed by prosecutors. tims,” including several prominent Hasson’s arrest on Feb. 15 was first (413)562-4181 In September 2017, Hasson sent him- Democrats in Congress and 2020 presi- noted by Seamus Hughes, the deputy www.thewestfieldnews.com self a draft letter that he had written to a dential candidates. In February 2018, he director of the Program on Extremism at neo-Nazi leader and “identified himself searched the internet for the “most lib- George Washington University. THE WESTFIELD NEWS WWW.THEWESTFIELDNEWS.COM THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2019 - PAGE 5

Remembering you on the 30th Anniversary Two children killed in of your Passing, Obituaries missing you Everyday. thewestfieldnews.com/category/obituaries/ 3-vehicle crash in Ludlow Beverly Louise (LaPorte) Dion LUDLOW, Mass. (AP) — Two young children died and four other people were injured in Beverly Louise (LaPorte) a three-vehicle traffic crash in Massachusetts. Dion, 80, passed away at Police say the crash happened in Ludlow just before 3 p.m. Wednesday. Baystate Noble Hospital on The Hampden district attorney identified the victims as 9-year-old Jadyn Lamas and 7-year- Tuesday, February 19, 2019. old Natalya Lamas, both of Ludlow. She was born in Westfield, Authorities say they were in an SUV driven by their father that crossed into oncoming traf- MA to the late Edward and fic and collided head-on with a tanker truck. The SUV continued on and crashed into a mini- Elouise (Kelly) LaPorte and van. attended and graduated from Two other children in the SUV and two adults who were in the minivan were taken to Westfield Schools. She was Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. The driver of the tanker truck was not hurt. employed by Westfield Joan M. (Carnes) Meadows for many years. Stasky Beverly enjoyed the beach, May 30, 1936 - Feb. 19, 1989 shopping and crocheting, mostly she loved being with family and friends, her Love, Your Daughter Jury rules in favor of Gov. Baker names door was always open. Beverly was predeceased by her Juanita and Family beloved husband Harold G. Dion, a daughter, Michele officer in excessive Myrtle, her brother Kenny LaPorte and step-daughters, new Emergency Michelle and Lisa Dion. She leaves her daughters, Beth Ann Love of Lakeland, FL, Laurie Otero of Westfield, force lawsuit Management Tina Dazelle of Huntington and son Edward Avery and Gary Jasmin WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — A jury has his wife Tammy of Holyoke, step-daughter, Sue Dion ruled that a police officer did not use exces- Agency director and husband Jeff Penn of Huntington, her sisters, sive force against a cab driver during a drug BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker Shirley Lemoine of East Longmeadow, Barbara Jereczek raid in Massachusetts. has named a new head of the Massachusetts of Westfield and Pamela Barkyoumb and her husband The Worcester Telegram reports the jury Emergency Management Agency. Paul of West Springfield, fifteen grandchildren, and ruled in favor of Sgt. Stephen Roche Tuesday. Samantha Phillips will take over from many great grandchildren, nieces and nephews. A Roche’s attorney had argued that Jose outgoing MEMA Director Kurt Schwartz Funeral Mass will be held on Saturday, February, 23, Ortiz’s injury was an accident and there was as head of the agency that works to make 2019 at 10:30AM in St. Mary’s Church, Bartlett St. no intent by the police officer to harm him. sure the state is prepared to respond to Westfield. A Visiting hour will precede the Mass from Ortiz was injured in 2014 after Roche’s gun emergencies and disasters. 9-10AM in the Firtion Adams FS, 76 Broad St. Westfield. made contact with his face. Phillips has served two mayors as the 2/21/1964 - 5/17/2015 Burial will be private. www.firtionadams.com Ortiz said in his lawsuit that Roche hit him director of emergency management for with the gun while he sat in his livery car in Philadelphia and has worked as an emer- Remembering Worcester. gency management consultant. you on your Roche testified Ortiz had reached for his Baker said Phillips’s “extensive skills radio, prompting the officer to extend his fire- and experience in the public and private 55th birthday. arm inside the vehicle and Ortiz was struck sectors, as well as academia, will help her when he turned his head around. lead this critical state agency.” Love & Miss You, Ortiz received three stitches to his eyelid. The Republican governor also thanked Court Logs Mom & Dad Schwartz, who he said has spent three Brothers, Jake & Guy decades in public service. Westfield District Court Sister Gail Test identify drug found Baker said Phillips was key to Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019 & son Hayden Philadelphia’s response to several emer- Christopher M. Nugent, 37, of 93 George Street, Westfield, in jail toilet as fentanyl gencies, including Superstorm Sandy in was arraigned on a charge of assault and battery on a family or MIDDLETON, Mass. (AP) — Prosecutors 2012 and a fatal Amtrak derailment in household member brought by Westfield police. He was say a bag of drugs recovered from a toilet at 2015. released on his personal recognizance pending a March 15 pre- a Massachusetts jail contained fentanyl and trial hearing. not heroin as initially thought. The Salem News reports that 43-year-old Greater Westfield Chamber William Cruz, of Lynn, is now facing a of Commerce Upcoming charge of trafficking fentanyl based on the Yankee Village Shops state crime lab results. March Chamber Events 53 Southwick Rd. Cruz pleaded not guilty Tuesday during March 4: March Mayor’s Coffee Hour, Police Logs (Route 10 & 202) his arraignment. 8-9 a.m., please join us for coffee with Westfield, MA Authorities say they found the roughly Westfield Mayor Brian Sullivan hosted by WESTFIELD (413) 562-9792 one-ounce bag of fentanyl while searching Westfield Gas & Electric at the Operations Major crime and incident report HOURS:Mon-Thur Mon-Thur 10-6 10-6 Cruz’s cell at the Middleton jail last August. Center, 40 Turnpike Industrial Rd., Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019 FriFriday 10-3 10-3 • Sat • SatClosed 10-1 Cruz’s attorney says his client denies he Westfield, MA 01085. The event is free 8:43 a.m.: breaking and entering of a motor vehicle, and was “in control” of the drugs, but stopped and open to the public. 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The House parliamentarian has assigned Castro’s measure to the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee. Feds propose rules for scallop fishery with season coming That chamber then has three calendar days to vote on it. The NEW BEDFORD, Mass. Atmospheric Administration pound total allowable catch until March 7. timing could be shortened, which is why a vote could occur (AP) — This year’s Atlantic says it plans to set quota and for the northern Gulf of The sea scallop fishery is more quickly. sea scallop fishing year begins other allocations that are sim- Maine that would be split one of the most valuable fish- The same procedure is then repeated in the second chamber. in several weeks, and federal ilar to those set for the previ- between two different catego- eries on the East Coast. The The law requires those timetables unless either chamber votes regulators are proposing new ous year. ries of boats. most important state for the to do otherwise. If McConnell tries using that provision to management measures for the NOAA Fishery’s proposed The agency is accepting landing of scallops is delay the vote on the resolution, the vote on slowing the mea- valuable fishery. rules would also set a 205,000 comments on the proposal Massachusetts. sure will become the key showdown. The fishing season for scal- A spokesman for McConnell declined to comment on what lops begins on April 1. The the leader will do. National Oceanic and Mom says daughter was Climate Threat Critic Continued from Page 4 hospitalized before arson arrest Climate change can “push a marginally stable area into chaos,” Titley said, mentioning Syria, ATTLEBORO, Mass. (AP) — The mother of a Massachusetts college student charged with which suffered a record drought at the same time as a civil war that triggered a migration of a setting fires in her dormitory says she was hospitalized for an emergency psychiatric evalua- million people. tion before her arrest. Francesco “Frank” Femia, chief executive of a think tank that reviews systemic risk to The Sun Chronicle reports that Jane Troncoso testified Tuesday during a dangerousness national and international security, expressed concern that the proposed panel was meant to hearing for her 22-year-old daughter, Janelys Pimentel. poke holes in future government reports and studies. The reason for the evaluation is unclear, but a judge ordered Pimentel released into her “I would welcome a serious study commissioned by the White House on the security impli- mother’s custody. cations on climate change that include climate scientists and national security experts, but this A state forensic psychologist previously found Pimentel competent to stand trial on charges is not that,” said Femia, the CEO of The Council on Strategic Risks. of arson and burning personal property. A place like the National Academy of Sciences was set up just for that type of study, said Authorities say the Wheaton College senior set several fires at the Norton school dating to Zeke Hausfather, a climate scientist at Berkeley Earth, which monitors global temperatures. November. “The ice doesn’t care what this administration thinks,” Titley said. “It’s just going to keep The psychologist said Pimentel suffers post-traumatic stress from a break-in at her family’s melting and obeying the laws of physics, whatever Will Happer wants.” home last fall, but there is no evidence she has a mental disease or defect. PAGE 6 - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2019 www.thewestfieldnews.com THE WESTFIELD NEWS ARTSLEISURE

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Wayfinding through GPS: Planning Perspectives Broadcast! on Saturday, March 2 at 2PM & announcer and emcee “Fred Kelley”. In 2013, Follow us on Facebook, Instagram, Flickr, YouTube and for the City of Westfield. WSU: Dever Stage, Parenzo Hall. 7:30PM at Chapin Auditorium, Mount the National Weather Association named Twitter. #westernmasshilltown- Presented by Dr. Dristi Neog and Dr. Robert Bristow. Holyoke College, in South Hadley, MA. Brian “Broadcaster of the Year”. hikers. Events, maps and pho- April 24. How Westfield Became Known as the “Baseball Snow date is Sunday, March 3.. Created and Brian loves performing as “Fred Kelley”. tos located at www.western- Town”. First Congregational Church. Presented by Dan directed by Mark Gionfriddo, who is also “The combination of the opportunity for me masshilltownhikers.com. Genovese. onstage as “Matt Morgan”, The Big Broadcast! to perform, the creative energy of the students May 1. Whips of Westfield: The Rise and Decline of an is a re-creation of a live 1940’s radio show and Mark Gionfriddo, and the great music American Industry. Westfield State University Scanlon featuring the Mount Holyoke College Big makes this far and away my favorite event of Mid-Winter Banquet Hall. Presented by Bruce Cortis. Band, Vocal Jazz, and Chamber Jazz the year,” he said. “As a ‘student of broad- Friday, May 3, 1-4pm. Westfield State University Student Ensembles performing well-known tunes casting’, I am one who appreciates the Golden Research on Westfield. WSU: Ely Hall. Presented by WSU from the swing era and the American song- Age of Radio and just how hugely popular Tea Dance Come warm up at our mid- students. book. WWLP-TV meteorologist Brian Lapis these variety shows were in their day. I’d like May 8. Things Change: The Lost Homes of Westfield. is emcee “Fred Kelley” for his 12th consecu- to believe that if I were around back in the winter Tea Dance! Break out your dancing shoes or just First Congregational Church. Presented by Dr. Robert Brown. tive season. This season marks the 20th anni- 1940s, I would have a gig like Fred Kelley’s.” Free to the public. Wednesdays at 6:30 pm. versary of the Jazz Ensembles of Mount Zoë Darrow is an accomplished fiddler and relax and listen to some great holyoke College and Mount Holyoke alum, musician of rare intensity and expressive music! The Easthampton fiddler Zoë Darrow will join The Big range who grew up playing Cape Breton and Congregational Church will Broadcast! as special guest. other Celtic music on a sheep farm in present its next performance in When Two Worlds Meet: Native Mount Holyoke College music faculty Blandford, Massachusetts. She released her their “lovesong cafe” series member Mark Gionfriddo originally created first recording in 2001 at the age of 12, with which brings together great Americans of Western MA The Big Broadcast! for a small cabaret group her band the Fiddleheads. The Valley music and great causes, on Presented by Gail White Usher, Wednesday, February 27, he directed, and incorporated it into the con- Advocate named them “Best Celtic Band” in Sunday, February 24 at 3:00 2019 6:30 p.m. Westfield State University, Scanlon Banquet cert season at Mount Holyoke College. It has 2007 and Celtic Heritage Magazine acclaimed pm. This event, which will Hall. Free and open to the public. since been designated as a Signature Event at Zoë as an artist “destined to add savory spice benefit the Cancer Connection, What life was like for the original inhabitants of Westfield, the college. to the global mix.” A graduate of Mount will feature singer bassist the Woronoak tribe, and their Eastern Woodlands’ tribes Mark Gionfriddo (“Matt Morgan”) is well Holyoke College with a degree in anthropol- Mary Witt, the leader of the neighbors such as the Pocumtuck 350 years ago? And how known to area concertgoers as a pianist, ogy and music, she has also become a much very popular Swing/Motown/ did it change with the arrival of European populations? In the accompanist, composer, arranger, and musi- sought after collaborator, touring and record- Blues/Soul band, The O-Tones. period 1620 to 1750, European settlement of North America cal director. His versatility and knowledge of ing with luminaries like banjo innovator Tony She will be accompanied by expanded rapidly and encounters with the Native populations many musical styles has brought him together Trischka, Bela Fleck’s primary banjo guru Ellen Cogen—vocals, John increased in frequency and intensity. Both societies incorpo- Mason—guitar/vocals, and with a wide range of popular and classical and an instructor at the Berklee College of rated aspects of the others’ material world. The changes were Jacob Nichols—drums. The artists through the years, among them Mitzi Music. With Tim Eriksen and percussionist most dramatic in the Eastern Woodlands’ tribes. They performance will begin at Gaynor, Liberace, Al Martino, Anna Moffo, Peter Irvine she has toured North America retained their cultures but their material world was signifi- 3:00, with a swing dance les- the Young@Heart Chorus, and Garrison and as far abroad as Singapore. cantly altered. This lecture explores Eastern Woodlands son offered by Christine LeBel Native Americans during this time of interaction. It will look Keillor. Mark’s adventures while assistant Performance sponsors of The Big and Mark Page at 2:30. Light first at their lives just prior to contact and then examine conductor on board Cunard’s MS Royal Broadcast! are: Mount Holyoke College, New refreshments available for pur- decades of change that follow. Viking Sun brought him around the world to England Public Radio, WWLP-22News & chase. Admission is a freewill 30 countries. Mark received his Bachelor’s The CW Springfield, The Republican power- donation, and all proceeds will Presenter Gail White Usher serves as Education Coordinator Degree in Piano from Skidmore College and ing MassLive and El Pueblo Latino, and go to Cancer Connection. For at Roseland Cottage and Arnold House, run by Historic New Master’s Degree in Accompanying from Loomis Communities. more information, call the England, the oldest and largest regional heritage organization UMASS/Amherst. Tickets (general admission): $25.00 pre- church at 527-4790. in the nation. Mark has been based at Mount Holyoke mium front and center seating.$20.00 regular College since 1986 where he is a Senior seating. Senior Discounts: $10.00 in advance Instructor in Classical and Jazz Piano as well and $15.00 at the door. Students: $10.00. as Director and Founder of the Jazz Tickets are on sale at The Odyssey Book Ensembles. In 2006, he conducted the MHC Shop, Village Commons, South Hadley; the Big Band during two episodes of the popular UMass Fine Arts Center Box Office; and at Troop 109 Bottle And Can Drive St. Mary’s Boy Scout Troop 109 will be holding their annual Bottle and Can Drive on public radio quiz show Says You!. Mark is the door (subject to availability). For advance nd also a music director for Berkshire Theatre phone orders, call 413-545-2511 or 800-999- March 2 , 9 am to 2 pm. next to the Super Phipp’s sign (E. Main St, Westfield) in the plaza. Group in Stockbridge and Pittsfield MA dur- UMASS. For online tickets, visit www. If you’d like to help the scouts, please save your returnable bottles and cans (including CT ing the summer, and has recently served in fineartscenter.com. Doors open one hour prior water bottles), and donate them during the Bottle and Can Drive. Last year, the scouts col- that capacity for productions of The Music to each performance. lected over 60,000 bottles and cans. This year, they’re shooting for 75,000. Proceeds will help Man, Peter Pan, A Class Act, Seussical the For information on The Jazz Ensembles of buy Troop camping gear and pay for other expenses related to their activities, events, and Musical, Mary Poppins, Beauty and The Mount Holyoke College: https://www. service projects. Bottles and Cans can be dropped off at the big scout tent near the big Super Beast, A Christmas Carol, Tarzan, and the mtholyoke.edu/acad/music/jazz Phipp’s sign on March 2nd 9-2. THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OUR SCOUTS! Neil Ellenoff Musical Mondays series. Gionfriddo is co-author: Good Night, Dear Hart, Good Night, the story of Hart-Lester H. Allen, whose husband brought down the infa- mous Charles Ponzi of “Ponzi scheme” fame. Friends of the Westfield Senior Center Hosts ‘Westfield Trivia!’ The book, on the Epigraph imprint, is co- As part of Westfield’s 350th anniversary celebration, the Friends of the Westfield Senior Center group is hosting ‘Westfield Trivia!’ on Sunday, authored by his mother, Jeannie Gionfriddo. March 3 from 2 to 4 p.m. This unique trivia game fundraising event will feature five rounds of questions asked by local ‘celebrity’ hosts. Between Brian Lapis (“Fred Kelley”) joined the each round, entertainment will be provided by the members of New England Dance and Gymnastics performance team. This group is comprised 22News Storm Team in 1996. He got his start of youth aged 7 to 13 who are interested in participating in community activities. Half of the trivia questions will be related to Westfield history. in broadcasting at the age of 15 at radio sta- Each team will consist of seven members. You may form your own team or a partial team when you purchase your event ticket. Each member tion WILI, in his hometown of Willimantic, of the first-place winning team will receive a $25 gift certificate to the Short Stop Bar & Grill. To add to the fun, we’ll have a 50/50 drawing and CT. He’s worked as a radio on-air talent for a Lucky Lottery Leprechaun boasting $100 worth of lottery tickets. Each attendee will take home a scrumptious ice cream sundae to be distrib- stations in Hartford, CT; Philadelphia, PA; uted as participants leave the event. ‘Westfield Trivia!’ is a fundraiser for the Friends of the Westfield Senior Center. Having furnished the entire Syracuse, NY; and Providence, RI. Brian has Senior Center, the ongoing mission of the Friends group is to provide enhancements to the programs and activities of the Center through fundrais- a Bachelor’s degree in Television Radio Film ing, advocacy, and facility improvement. Tickets are $5 and must be purchased in advance at the Senior Center. Seating is limited. Tickets go on Management from Syracuse University. In sale at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, February 6. There is no limit on the number of tickets purchased. The snow date is Sunday, March 31. addition, he holds a certificate in Broadcast PAGE 8 - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2019 www.thewestfieldnews.com THE WESTFIELD NEWS Wilson GYAA Continued from Page 1 Continued from Page 1 Airframe Course, and FAA Aircraft Community College. The students have three DaSilva added she has seen (Engines) Powerplant Course, the last await- and a half years to do it, but they must cover firsthand the friendships that ing certification by the FAA. Wilson said “it’s the same material as the college students. have formed by her children ready to go.” “I wrote the curriculum and syllabus. I participating in GYAA. “Obviously, I think it’s a great honor for thought it was hard, but they do it. I was “We are a community him, and we are very fortunate to have him in shocked at first, at the amount of homework through the educational aspect our district. When he’s teaching, he’s all and studying, but they’re doing it, at age 14. but our second families grow about the students,” Czaporowski said, add- These aviation students are going home and even more with this sports ing, “The kids have a tremendous amount of studying for hours. As freshmen in high program,” said DaSilva. DaSilva noted that this fun- respect for him.” school, they are doing the same work as col- draiser is one of several con- A 30-year veteran of the Air Force, Wilson lege freshmen,” Wilson said. ducted throughout the year to was recruited by Czaporowski and Ken Wilson said during freshman rotation at support GYAA programs. Dromgold, AMT Advisory Board Chair after WTA, the team chooses students for the pro- “Sweatshirts are available retiring as Chief Master Sergeant, in charge of gram that are all about aviation. “Krysten and throughout the year,” said the 104th Air National Guard aviation main- I used to look really hard. The plan she came WTA Aircraft Maintenance Technology instructor Galen DaSilva, adding a “Cards for a tenance. “I ran that show out there, and then up with, I use today,” he said. Wilson (l) and John Feliciano FAA Flight Standards Cause” fundraiser with greet- retired – 30 years and 71 days, retired from This year, ten students will graduate from District Office Manager (r) flank Westfield Schools ing cards is also planned this active duty. I have a great pension. I do this the AMT, the first graduating class, out of a Superintendent and former WTA principal Stefan year. “We just completed a program, I teach at WTA, because I love total enrollment in the program of 51. Wilson Czaporowski as the FAA awards the school’s certification Scentsy fundraiser and one of doing it. It’s a labor of love,” Wilson said. said initially as freshmen, they all wanted to for Aircraft Maintenance Technology training in 2016. our board members sets up a “It’s a great thing that they’re recognizing go directly into the workforce, hoping for (Photo by Amy Porter) snack and drinks table at all of me, but a lot of people were behind the high paying jobs. Now, all but one is going on our basketball games and we scenes,” Wilson continued. “Stefan to a four-year college, “now that they know have a snack shack for our Czaporowski came up with the idea (of the they can do it,” he said, adding that the one soccer season, located in Aviation program) and got it rolling. I can call who isn’t enrolling in college, wants to get Chester.” him anytime, and he supports me. Ken into the workforce and then continue his stud- DaSilva is hopeful that the Dromgold, Advisory Board Chair, helps me ies. Quarter Auction, now in its daily. He was an Air Force F-16 pilot, now a “I call my seniors the guinea pigs. I’ll try a second year, will be well attended and become an annu- corporate test pilot. I have to keep up with lab project on them, and keep the ones that al event. him. Stef and Ken recruited me,” he said. work,” he said. “A quarter auction is part Wilson also talked about former aviation Seniors will graduate with AMT certifica- raffle, part auction, part fund- coordinator Krysten Renihan, who left last tion under Air Frame, and their general stud- raiser and also a direct sales year to join the Air Force and fly C-130’s, and ies done. Wilson said they also had party,” said DaSilva, adding, what a great asset she was to the program. Introduction to Power Plant (engines) and “it works a bit like bingo.” “Krysten is now in the Air Force, at the top of have competencies in that area. One student is Participants are given two her class,” Wilson said. going to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical numbered paddles of their Wilson said that WTA Principal Joseph University, and will be receiving more than choice for $5 with additional Langone has also been a great support. “Any 30 credits from the program. “It’s pretty paddles available for $5. time, he is there to help me – night and day. amazing; he’s going to a 4-year college Paddles will have a corre- Just today I was texting him. I retired as Chief already as a sophomore,” Wilson said. sponding numbered chip Master Sergeant – he calls me chief. The The AMT program just completed the Ken Dromgold, chairman of the AMT Advisory Board. which will be put into the guidance is always there. I’m truly thankful,” strands for the Massachusetts Teacher (Photo by Amy Porter) drawing basket. he said, adding, “I am honored by this group Educator Licensure, which Wilson called a lot “The vendors will have effort. What would I have done without their of work. “I wrote it, Krysten wordsmithed it, items up for auction,” said support? I consider myself the architect – and Joe (Langone) did the crosswalks, relat- DaSilva, noting that all items these guys had all the input. Without that ing it to math and physics.” Wilson said it’s will be on display. “Guests creative thinking… It wouldn’t be fair not to completely done, and sitting on Department can see what will be up for recognize these people.” of Elementary and Secondary Education auction and decide which items interest them. Guests As for the students in the program, Wilson (DESE) Commissioner Jeffrey C. Riley’s can use multiple paddles to said he was not surprised so much at the inter- desk for final approval. “Now that that’s increase their chances at win- est in the field, but what they’ve been able to done, we can do the FAA Power Plant certifi- ning. A number will be chosen accomplish. The AMT program is based off cation. The curriculum and syllabus are writ- and hopefully those that bid of a two-year program at Cape Cod ten, and the worksheets are all done. This hear their number being program is ready to go,” he said. called.” Wilson said one holdup is that the FAA is Each item will be worth backed up, due in part to the government clo- one, two, three or four quar- sure, which he said “threw them into a tail- ters, added DaSilva. spin.” He said normally, the FAA inspects the At press time, vendors set to program four times a year. participate include DaSilva of There are 15 students in the freshmen class Usborne Books & More; this year, and a total of 51 in the program, Becky Cortis of I’m Sew with three instructors including Wilson. Stichin’ Crafty; Tina Goyette Wilson said they are limited by the FAA to 28 of Perfectly Posh, Origami students in alternating weeks; one week for Owl; Stephanie Snyder of freshmen and seniors, and the other for soph- Color Street; Justine Dowd of omores and juniors. But, he said, with the AMT Aviation coordinator Krysten Renihan is now train- Scentsy; Giana Aragon of Hangar 2 classroom being done and in use, ing to fly C130 cargo planes for the Air National Guard. Burst Oral Care, and Deb Mulchay of In-spire. the FAA may change that number. (Photo by Amy Porter) (L-R) WPS Administrator of Student There is still room for per- “We have one of three FAA-certified pro- Interventions Chris Rogers, WTA General getting an all-expenses paid trip to the national conference sons to sign up as a vendor. Advisory Chairman Ed Watson, WPS grams in the country because of him. He’s a The table fee is $20 plus the big reason for the success of the program. He for three days in Wichita, KS in March. There he will mix Superintendent Stefan Czaporowski, City with 150 CEO’s and General Managers of companies like donation of two auction items Advancement Officer Joe Mitchell, AMT put so much time and energy into that pro- and one raffle prize. gram, because he wants it to be successful,” Boeing, Cessna and Lockheed Martin. “I’m going to meet all “Flying Tigers” Instructor Galen Wilson, these people,” Galen said. “There is no set value for Assistant Instructor Krysten Renihan and Czaporowski said. the donations,” said DaSilva, When he does, he said he will talk to them about the team Aviation Advisory Board Chair Ken Wilson said he was notified of the AMT adding most donations have a Dromgold celebrating FAA-certification Educator of the Year award by Crystal that supported him and the caliber of the students at Westfield minimum $5 value and can go approval in 2016 at Barnes Airport. (Photo by Maguire, Executive Director of the Aviation Technical Academy. “These kids are good. I want to share up to $40. Amy Porter) Technician Education Council. He will be that with the nation,” he said. Auction items expected for the fundraiser range from res- taurant gift certificates, jewel- ry, coloring sets for children and koozies to handmade signs, Scentsy merchandise and Tastefully Simple stirrers. “Vendors are taking time out of their busy schedules to support our young players,” said DaSilva. “If they didn’t do this we wouldn’t have an event.” Working behind the scenes with DaSilva on planning event logistics includes Becky Cortis who is offering her time to also serve as emcee for the night. A raffle will also be a high- light of the evening and the cost is $10 for 20 tickets. “We’re still in the process of contacting businesses and local supporters,” said DaSilva, noting that the Hunt and Hart Cafe has already donated a certificate and Sabrina Kanner will donate a handmade floral item. Doors open at 6 p.m. with the auction starting promptly at 7. Chips and drinks will be available at each table and outside food is also welcomed. “If fundraisers like these become successful, not only will they continue to give our young stars updated equip- ment but also continue to assist in the covering of school use fees to Gateway Regional,” said DaSilva. For more information to sign up as a vendor or make a donation, contact DaSilva at (413) 426-0517. For informa- tion on GYAA, visit www. gogatewaysports.com. (L-R) Aviation Instructor Galen Wilson, Aviation Juniors, Ronald Donner (AMT Editor), David Huot (Bombardier), and Dominique Cristall (Bombardier) at the New England Aviation Museum last April. (Photo submitted) THE WESTFIELD NEWS www.thewestfieldnews.com THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2019 - PAGE 9 SPORTS

Backes scores Starfires Continued from Page 1 shootout Collegiate Baseball League. Local dignitaries, distin- guished guests, and Starfires’ winner, Bruins officials were on hand to unveil the team logo and announce their presence to the top Golden community Wednesday night. A standing-room only crowd Knights 3-2 packed the Shortstop Bar & By W.G. RAMIREZ Grill for the inaugural cere- Associated Press mony. LAS VEGAS (AP) — David Backes “This is one of the best turn- outs that we’ve had in any of A crowd of onlookers pack the Shortstop Bar & didn't know what to think when Boston our new expansion franchises Grill for the introduction to Futures Collegiate Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy called his since we started in 2011,” said Baseball Wednesday night. (Photo by Chris Putz) number in the sixth round of a shootout Chris Hall, a former commis- Westfield High and Westfield State baseball player Wednesday night against the Vegas sioner of the Futures League Golden Knights. who is now the Starfires director of baseball opera- who has accepted an advisory tions. So, he didn't. role. “There’s three things that “These six guys are guys that certainly deserving of Instead, Backes took instruction we look for in a league for a these roster spots,” he said. “They’re guys that we from teammate Brad Marchand, skated new ownership group or an believe in to be leaders in the community but also in stick side on veteran goaltender expansion team – a good com- with our program. These guys exemplify profession- Marc-Andre Fleury and scored the munity, a good facility, and a alism.” game-winner low-glove side to lift great ownership group.” The Westfield Starfires current roster includes for- Boston to a 3-2 win over the Golden Futures officials pointed to mer notable Westfield High School baseball players Knights for the Bruins' season-high the “charm” of Bullens Field, Ryan Towle (Fitchburg State University pitcher), seventh straight victory. the support of Mayor Brian Sean Moorhouse (Westfield State University first "I was still in shock when he called Sullivan and city officials, and baseman), Sean Murphy (Gettysburg College out- my name with some of the guys that the “blessing” of Greater fielder), and Anthony Clark (American International hadn't gone yet," Backes said. "I Westfield Babe Ruth Baseball College catcher) Mason St. Pierre (AIC pitcher). thought there was at least a handful League President Dan Welch Westfield State University pitcher Vincenzo Camera before me, but got the call and went out as the key points in the accep- will also play for the Starfires. there, I'm a shooter by nature ... I tried tance of Westfield becoming The Starfires open the season on the road May 29 the home to an expansion low glove and it worked out and good against the Bristol Blues at Muzzy Field Park in franchise. Bristol, Conn. They return to the Whip City for their ending to the fourth game of our trip. “This roster is going to start He's an all-world goalie altogether, but Westfield Starfires owner Christopher Thompson, home opener May 31 against Pittsfield. in our own back yard said The Starfires have already sold out their June 5 and in shootouts he's lights out." Evan Moorhouse, a former at left, addresses the crowd. (Photo by Chris Putz) Jake DeBrusk and Brad Marchand June 13 contests. scored in regulation for Boston, which is 8-1-1 in its last 10 on the road — including wins in the first four games of a western trip. The Bruins' win streak is their longest since a 12-game run in 2014. Chicopee vs. Westfield Boys’ Basketball Jaroslav Halak stopped 31 shots and has now won his last three starts, allowing just three goals along the way. "It was a battle, I thought the first period they were better than us, but I think as the game went on, we started playing better," Halak said. "I think we battled through it. I was happy going into overtime, at least we get a point. And that extra point for us, I think, is huge." The Bruins, who are 9-0-3 in their last 12 overall, haven't lost in regula- tion since a 3-2 setback to the New York Rangers on Jan. 19. Boston improved to 11-2-2 against Pacific Division opponents and 18-4-4 versus Western Conference foes. "I thought it was a good hockey Tony Torres puts up a floater from the lane over the Chicopee Will Cameron spots the cutter and makes a nifty behind the back pass game, it could have went either way, defender. between two defenders... similar type teams I think," Cassidy said. "The whole month we've been ... to Riley good, consistent. Part of that is to do Caughlin with our lineup has become consistent who finishes because our injured guys are back. for the They've got some time under their belt. bucket. We had a lot of different guys in and out, so we're gaining some chemistry again." With the win, second-place Boston increased its lead in the Atlantic Division over Toronto to four points. Meanwhile, Vegas fell to 3-6-1 in February and 3-8 since Jan. 21. The Golden Knights, who have been out- scored 40-27 during their 11-game skid, are 1-5-1 in their last seven games at home. Reilly Smith and Nate Schmidt Westfield’s Jalen Moore pulls up for a short jumper. scored for Vegas, while Fleury finished with 25 saves. Fleury has lost four in a row and seven of his last nine starts. He has allowed 19 goals in last five starts, and 28 in the nine-game span. "We got one point and played a great game," Vegas coach Gerard Gallant said. "I'm tired of saying the (other team's) goalie was the first star, but he played great and we hit a couple posts. I think if we played the game over, we'd probably win it. But it was a great hockey game. I thought it was a playoff atmosphere against a great team. Were we disappointed we didn't get two points? Definitely. But I'm not going to fault our group for that effort. They played real well and worked hard. They CJ Flores splits the defenders and floats in for the layup. See Bruins, Page 11 Photos by Bill Deren

H.S. Winter Sports RESULTS/STANDINGS GIRLS BASKETBALL BOYS ICE HOCKEY BOYS BASKETBALL Tuesday’s Results Westfield 8-4-1 Westfield 3-12 BOYS BASKETBALL Putnam 36, Southwick 32 Southwick 0-11-1 Westfield Technical Academy 7-10 Southwick 60, Renaissance 42 Maura Wurster led Southwick with 12 points St. Mary 1-18 Westfield Technical Academy 53, Pathfinder 48 Wednesday. Rams’ Hannah GIRLS BASKETBALL Southwick 10-10 Smith Voke 66, St. Mary’s 35 Burke chipped in with eight. Westfield 6-14 Gateway 2-18 GIRLS HOOPS Southwick’s JV squad won Westfield Technical Academy 0-16 Hampden Charter School of Science 61, 44-24 behind a strong outing St. Mary 9-9 GIRLS ICE HOCKEY Westfield Technical Academy 28 from Emily Hanifan (10 Southwick 6-11 Longmeadow-Westfield 9-2 Minnechaug 58, Westfield 40 points). Gateway 14-4

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Thurs., Feb. 21 Thurs., Feb. 21 Mon., Feb. 25 Mon., Feb. 25 Mon., Feb. 25 SKI SKI No Sports Scheduled No Sports Scheduled SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS CHAMPIONSHIPS CHAMPIONSHIPS – ALL DAY Fri., Feb. 22 – ALL DAY – ALL DAY (at Berkshire (at Berkshire BOYS ICE Fri., Feb. 22 (at Berkshire East-Charlemont) East-Charlemont) HOCKEY No Sports Scheduled East-Charlemont) vs. Longmeadow, Amelia Park Ice Arena, Sun., Feb. 24 3 p.m. JV BOYS East Mountain Country Club Sun., Feb. 24 ICE HOCKEY @ Spring JV BOYS Easthampton, Fitzpatrick ICE HOCKEY Ice Arena, 10:45 a.m. @ Longmeadow, Golf Rules sports Fitzpatrick Arena, 4:10 p.m. Mon., Feb. 25 Changes 2019 SKI sign-ups Mon., Feb. 25 Saturday, February 23 at 10 am at EMCC “Slim’s” Lounge. There have been some changes to the rules of golf that went into SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS – ALL DAY effect on January 1, 2019 that we should be aware of. Some of the CHAMPIONSHIPS rules affect our daily playing of the game of golf. The majority of underway – ALL DAY (at Berkshire these changes are either simplify everyday rulings and/or hope- Online sign-ups for spring sports (at Berkshire East-Charlemont) fully improve the pace of play. I think many of these changes are at Gateway Regional High School long overdue. I have always felt the rules of golf were too difficult are now open on the Gateway web- East-Charlemont) 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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Swimming Indoor Track Swimming Thu Feb. 21 New England Fri.-Sat. Feb. 22-23 New Sun Feb. 24 New England Championships at MIT England Division III Finals (M) MIT – Championships at MIT Men’s Basketball Cambridge, Mass. Thur Feb. 21 Swimming Ice Hockey MASCAC Semifinals TBA Sat Feb. 23 New England Tues Feb. 26 MASCAC Women’s Basketball Championships at MIT Semifinals TBD Thur Feb. 21 Ice Hockey Indoor Track MASCAC Semifinals TBA Sat Feb. 23 MASCAC Saturday Mar. 2 Last Swimming Quarterfinals TBD Chance Qualifying Meet TBD Fri Feb. 22 New England Men’s Basketball Ice Hockey Championships at MIT Sat Feb. 23 Sat Mar. 2 MASCAC MASCAC Championship TBA Championship TBD Indoor Track Women’s Basketball Indoor Track Fri.-Sat. Feb. 22-23 New Fri.-Sat. Mar. 8-9 NCAA England Division III Finals (W) Bowdoin Sat Feb. 23 Division III Championships Reggie Lewis College- Brunswick, ME MASCAC Championship TBA Center, Roxbury, Mass.

Find the latest Westfield News sports coverage on Owls Baseball picked to Top The MASCAC WESTFIELD, Mass. – The Westfield State University baseball team has been picked to win the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference (MASCAC) for the third year in a row, as voted on by coaches around the league. The Owls gathered six first place votes out of a possible eight, accumu- lating 47 points overall. Westfield won both the regular season and postseason titles last year, sweeping the confer- ence awards in the process. Returning seniors Anthony Crowley and John Gegetskas won the MASCAC Player and Pitcher of the Year, respectively, and head coach Nathan Bashaw was awarded Coach of the Year. Crowley returns after back-to-back All-New England seasons, where he hit .373 and led the MASCAC in home runs (12), rbi (55), runs scored (43), and slugging percentage (.752) last season. He was named to the D3baseball Preseason All-America team just a few weeks ago. Gegetskas returns as the leader of the pitching staff, also gaining All-New England honors last season, posting an 8-1 Senior LHP John Gegetskas record with a 2.29 ERA in 74 innings pitched. second, grabbing one of the two remaining first that order, with 19 points and 9 points, respec- 1. Westfield State (6) 47 points The Owls also return senior middle place votes and 38 points in the process. The tively. 2. Salem State (1) 38 points infielders Colin Dunn and Tyler Beach 2018 MASCAC runner-up, Framingham State, Westfield State takes to the ballfield on T-3. Framingham State 32 points who both played big roles in the cham- slides into the third place slot along with Mass. Saturday, March 2nd, as the Owls travel to T-3. Massachusetts Maritime 32 points pionship run last year. Maritime as both schools collected 32 points. Springfield College for a double-header with the 5. Fitchburg State 26 points All-Conference first team third base- Landing in fifth with 26 points is Fitchburg Pride beginning at 12:00 noon. 6. Worcester State (1) 21 points man Brett Dooley is back for his junior State, and in sixth, grabbing the last first place 7. MCLA 19 points season, looking to build off his big vote, comes Worcester State with 21 points. 2019 MASCAC Baseball 8. Bridgewater State 9 points year last year where he hit .326 with 11 Rounding off the preseason poll is MCLA and Pre-Season Coaches Poll doubles, two home runs, and 18 rbi. Bridgewater who finished seventh and eighth in Salem State University was picked (First Place Votes In Parentheses) THE WESTFIELD NEWS WWW.THEWESTFIELDNEWS.COM THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2019 - PAGE 11 N AtioNAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION A new country, big excitement EASTERN CONFERENCE in Mexico over Tiger Woods W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf By DOUG FERGUSON Poulter looked up and replied, “I don’t carry Associated Press the ball 370 yards in the air.” Milwaukee 43 14 .754 — 8-2 W-2 23-5 20-9 30-8 MEXICO CITY (AP) — Two small open- Johnson played the front nine with Woods, Toronto 43 16 .729 1 7-3 W-6 24-5 19-11 27-10 ings on both sides of a tree-covered path were and they were joined by defending champion packed with fans young and old, some with Phil Mickelson and Jon Rahm. It was the final Indiana 38 20 .655 5½ 6-4 L-1 22-8 16-12 27-11 caps they wanted signed, others holding phones day of practice, and yet the right side of the to capture the moment. They were screaming fairway looked like Sunday at Chapultepec last Boston 37 21 .638 6½ 7-3 W-2 23-8 14-13 27-10 one word that translates in any language at the year. That’s the Tiger effect. Mexico Championship. Mexico is the 21st country where Woods has Philadelphia 37 21 .638 6½ 6-4 W-1 23-7 14-14 21-15 “Tiger!” competed, so he is used to the reaction from Brooklyn 30 29 .508 14 4-6 W-1 17-13 13-16 21-17 Tiger Woods eventually walked by on his those seeing him for the first time. way to the range at Chapultepec Golf Club, and Golf is still in its relative infancy in Mexico, Charlotte 27 30 .474 16 4-6 L-2 19-9 8-21 20-17 the volume got louder. though the appeal changes when one of the He is used to receptions like this wherever he most recognizable athletes in the world is in Detroit 26 30 .464 16½ 6-4 L-1 17-13 9-17 17-19 goes, particularly since he made a full return to town. Security has increased this year, most of golf last year and ended the season with his that because of Woods. Miami 26 30 .464 16½ 4-6 W-1 11-16 15-14 14-19 80th career victory. Take him somewhere new, Grupo Salinas took over sponsorship of this Orlando 27 32 .458 17 7-3 W-5 16-15 11-17 19-15 such as Bellerive for the PGA Championship WGC in the summer of 2016, when Woods or Innisbrook for the Valspar Championship, was recovering from two back surgeries. There Washington 24 34 .414 19½ 3-7 L-2 17-11 7-23 17-23 and it can feel like a rock concert. was no guarantee if his game would get back, This World Golf Championship brings so news of his decision to play last week was Atlanta 19 39 .328 24½ 4-6 L-1 9-17 10-22 12-27 another element. This is his first competition in massive for small sector of golf fans in Mexico. Mexico. “Tiger definitely moves the needle,” said Chicago 14 44 .241 29½ 3-7 W-1 6-23 8-21 10-25 “I’m sure the energy will be up, people will Benjamin Salinas, the CEO of TV Azteca and be excited,” Woods said Wednesday. “I think lead voice for Grupo Salinas at the Mexico Cleveland 12 46 .207 31½ 3-7 L-1 7-22 5-24 10-29 yesterday was a closed day, but there was a lot Championship. “When he announced he was New York 11 47 .190 32½ 1-9 W-1 4-23 7-24 7-34 of people out there, a lot of members and a lot coming, ticket sales leaped tenfold. He moves of kids that somehow didn’t go to school. I’m Mexico.” WESTERN CONFERENCE sure it will be like that the rest of the week, and Salinas announced two more chapters of The it will be a lot of fun for all of us.” First Tee in Cancun and Puerto Vallarta, bring- W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf It certainly will be an experience for Abraham ing the total to five chapters with the goal of Ancer, who will play with Woods and Bryson one in every state. He said 100 boys and girls Golden State 41 16 .719 — 8-2 L-1 22-7 19-9 25-11 DeChambeau the opening two rounds. are involved, so it’s a slow start. Next on his Denver 39 18 .684 2 7-3 W-2 25-4 14-14 24-10 The Mexican player with the best world list of priorities is building public facilities, ranking gets into the 72-man field. Ancer, who which at some point would require government Oklahoma City 37 20 .649 4 8-2 L-1 20-7 17-13 21-15 grew up just south of the Texas border in help in a country that worships soccer, baseball Reynosa, played last year at No. 260 in the and the NFL. Portland 34 23 .596 7 6-4 W-1 24-8 10-15 20-19 world. Now he is at No. 61, knowing he has an But they all know Tiger. outside shot at cracking the top 50 in the world “This event goes a long way to showcasing Houston 33 24 .579 8 6-4 L-1 20-9 13-15 21-16 to earn a spot in the Masters. what the possibilities are,” Woods said. “After Utah 32 25 .561 9 6-4 L-1 18-10 14-15 19-16 He said he idolized Woods and playing with that, it’s trying to get access, trying to get the him “will be something unforgettable.” kids. We can get them excited about the game, San Antonio 33 26 .559 9 6-4 W-1 22-7 11-19 24-19 If he stands too close to DeChambeau, that but it becomes problematic when the excite- might be unforgettable, too. Mexico City is at ment doesn’t really turn into participation.” L.A. Clippers 32 27 .542 10 5-5 W-1 16-12 16-15 20-18 roughly 7,800 feet altitude, though that depends Excitement doesn’t appear to be an issue. on the definition of altitude, for DeChambeau Woods hasn’t play in altitude in 20 years, at Sacramento 30 27 .526 11 6-4 L-1 19-11 11-16 16-21 mentioned 9,000 feet. Castle Pines outside Denver, so there are So is 7,800 feet incorrect? adjustments to make for the air and a new golf L.A. Lakers 28 29 .491 13 3-7 L-2 16-12 12-17 19-18 “Maybe,” DeChambeau said with a grin. course to learn. Woods has a history of winning Minnesota 27 30 .474 14 4-6 W-2 19-10 8-20 17-22 “It’s more than just altitude. You could have an on courses familiar to him — 42 of his 80 vic- air pressure system that is like sea level coming tories on the PGA Tour have come on seven Dallas 26 31 .456 15 5-5 L-2 20-9 6-22 14-20 through here and effectively change it. That’s courses. what I mean by that.” But this World Golf Championship illus- New Orleans 26 33 .441 16 4-6 W-1 17-11 9-22 16-21 He also mentioned the slower decay of spin trates anew that at his best, Woods can win rate with no air resistance, but suffice to say the anywhere. He has won this event seven times Memphis 23 36 .390 19 4-6 L-2 14-15 9-21 15-21 ball goes father this week for everyone. on six courses — Valderrama in Spain (1999), Phoenix 11 48 .186 31 0-10 L-15 7-22 4-26 7-31 Ian Poulter was preparing to hit driver on the Mount Juliet in Ireland, (2002), Capital City 316-yard opening hole Wednesday when Club outside Atlanta (2003), Harding Park in New Orleans at Indiana, 7 p.m. Dustin Johnson interrupted him. San Francisco (2005), The Grove outside Saturday’s Games “Isn’t that going to fly over the green?” London (2006) and twice at Doral near Miami No games scheduled. San Antonio at Toronto, 7 p.m. Johnson said. (2007, 2013). Sunday’s Games Washington at Charlotte, 7 p.m. 2019 NBA All-Star Game Detroit at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. Team LeBron West 178, Minnesota at New York, 7:30 p.m. Bruins Team Giannis East 164 L.A. Clippers at Memphis, 8 p.m. Continued from Page 9 Monday’s Games Denver at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. did exactly what I wanted." No games scheduled. Utah at Oklahoma City, 9:30 p.m. DeBrusk scored for Boston in the first round of the shootout and William Karlsson tied it for Vegas in the second. Tuesday’s Games Saturday, Feb. 23 DeBrusk got things going for the Bruins 11 minutes into the game, when he put a nifty spin No games scheduled. Portland at Philadelphia, 1 p.m. move on Vegas defenseman Shea Theodore as he collected a pass from David Krejci and fired Brooklyn at Charlotte, 7 p.m. a wrist shot past Fleury to give Boston a 1-0 lead. Smith tied it late in the first period when he Wednesday’s Games punched home a rebound from Cody Eakin's shot from the point. No games scheduled. Indiana at Washington, 7 p.m. Marchand gave the Bruins a brief lead, as he took a pass from Danton Heinen and beat Fleury Thursday’s Games L.A. Lakers at New Orleans, 7 p.m. with a blast 69 seconds into the third. Schmidt raced past McAvoy, collected the puck and Miami at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Memphis at Cleveland, 7 p.m. snapped a backhand over Halak to tie the game just 27 seconds later. "I think just in general our team knows, this time a year you gotta play together, play the right Phoenix at Cleveland, 7 p.m. Phoenix at Atlanta, 7 p.m. way and I think that's a credit to the leadership and that's why we've won games," Cassidy said. Portland at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. Detroit at Miami, 7:30 p.m. "It's not just one thing, it's a combination of playing solid hockey." NOTES: The Bruins announced they acquired C Charlie Coyle from Minnesota for C Ryan Boston at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. Boston at Chicago, 8 p.m. Donato and a fifth-round pick. Donato will join the Wild in New York for their game at the Houston at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m. Sacramento at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. Rangers on Thursday. ... The Golden Knights assigned D Jake Bischoff to the AHL's Chicago Sacramento at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. Wolves earlier Wednesday. Houston at Golden State, 8:30 p.m. UP NEXT Friday’s Games Boston: Visits St. Louis on Saturday. Chicago at Orlando, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m. Dallas at Utah, 10 p.m. Vegas: Hosts Winnipeg on Friday night.

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 61 46 11 4 96 242 162 Calgary 60 37 16 7 81 221 178 Boston 61 36 17 8 80 184 157 San Jose 60 35 17 8 78 219 190 Toronto 59 36 19 4 76 208 167 Winnipeg 60 36 20 4 76 203 178 N.Y. Islanders 59 35 18 6 76 171 142 Nashville 62 35 22 5 75 191 163 Washington 60 33 20 7 73 202 191 St. Louis 59 32 22 5 69 177 164 Pittsburgh 60 32 21 7 71 210 187 Vegas 62 32 25 5 69 182 175 Montreal 60 32 21 7 71 179 176 Dallas 59 29 25 5 63 148 154 Columbus 59 33 23 3 69 188 180 Carolina 60 31 23 6 68 174 167 Colorado 60 25 24 11 61 196 193 Buffalo 59 28 24 7 63 170 185 Chicago 61 26 26 9 61 205 227 Philadelphia 60 28 25 7 63 178 201 Minnesota 60 27 27 6 60 164 180 Florida 58 26 24 8 60 181 199 Arizona 60 27 28 5 59 157 174 N.Y. Rangers 59 26 25 8 60 172 195 Vancouver 60 26 27 7 59 170 188 Detroit 61 23 29 9 55 172 204 Anaheim 60 24 27 9 57 137 187 New Jersey 60 23 29 8 54 176 208 Edmonton 59 24 29 6 54 165 198 Ottawa 59 22 32 5 49 186 219 Los Angeles 59 23 30 6 52 143 182

* 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.

Tuesday’s Games Colorado 7, Winnipeg 1 St. Louis at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Boston at St. Louis, 4 p.m. Florida 4, Buffalo 2 Calgary 4, N.Y. Islanders 2 N.Y. Islanders at Edmonton, 9 p.m. Carolina at Dallas, 5 p.m. Tampa Bay 5, Philadelphia 2 Boston 3, Vegas 2, SO Arizona at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Los Angeles at Florida, 5 p.m. Pittsburgh 4, New Jersey 3 Thursday’s Games Friday’s Games San Jose at Columbus, 5 p.m. N.Y. Rangers 2, Carolina 1 Washington at Toronto, 7 p.m. Columbus at Ottawa, 7 p.m. Colorado at Nashville, 5:30 p.m. Montreal 3, Columbus 2 Ottawa at New Jersey, 7 p.m. Minnesota at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Montreal at Toronto, 7 p.m. St. Louis 3, Toronto 2, OT Carolina at Florida, 7 p.m. Colorado at Chicago, 7:30 p.m. Pittsburgh vs. Philadelphia at Anaheim 4, Minnesota 0 San Jose at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m. Anaheim at Calgary, 9 p.m. Philadelphia, Pa., 8 p.m. Nashville 5, Dallas 3 Minnesota at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m. Winnipeg at Vegas, 10 p.m. N.Y. Islanders at Vancouver, 10 p.m. Arizona 3, Edmonton 2, SO Buffalo at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. Saturday’s Games Anaheim at Edmonton, 10 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Philadelphia at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. New Jersey at N.Y. Rangers, 1 p.m. Chicago 5, Detroit 4, OT Los Angeles at Nashville, 8 p.m. Washington at Buffalo, 1 p.m. PAGE 12 - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2019 www.thewestfieldnews.com THE WESTFIELD NEWS Dear TV Sports Listings Thursday, Feb. 21 9 p.m. COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) SEC — Tennessee at Texas A&M 7 p.m. GOLF Annie CBSSN — Wagner at Bryant University 10:30 a.m. ESPN — Michigan at Minnesota GOLF — PGA Tour Golf: Puerto Rico Open, first round, Rio Grande By ANNIE LANE ESPN2 — UCF at Cincinnati 2 p.m. ESPNU — Vermont at Maryland-Baltimore County GOLF — PGA Tour Golf: WGC-Mexico Championship, first round, Mexico City 9 p.m. 11 p.m. OCDDear Annie : ControlsI have a friend, “Sarah,” Friend who openly admits to ESPN — Oregon at USC GOLF — LPGA Tour Golf: Honda LPGA Thailand, second round, Thailand having obsessive-compulsive disorder but isn’t receiving any ESPN2 — UConn at SMU NBA BASKETBALL kind of treatment for it. She’s a middle-aged housewife with no ESPNU — High Point at Campbell 8 p.m. need or desire to work. Now she has taken up crochet. What could possibly go wrong? FS1 — California at Arizona TNT — Boston at Milwaukee She buys huge quantities of the cheapest, coarsest yarn I’ve 11 p.m. 10:30 p.m. ever seen. Then she crochets it up. It’s obvious she has no con- ESPNU — Hawaii at UC-Santa Barbara TNT — Houston at LA Lakers cept of counting stitches, paying attention to detail or even look- FS1 — Oregon State at UCLA NHL HOCKEY ing at the finished product. I was there when another woman COLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S) 8 p.m. tried to tell her, very kindly and politely, what she needs to learn, even suggesting a local yarn store that offers lessons. That just 6 p.m. NBCSN — Los Angeles at Nashville made Sarah angry, and she said she already knows everything BTN — Ohio State at Michigan State SKIING she needs to know about crochet. 7 p.m. 11:30 p.m. Sarah has covered her house with this stuff, and now she’s SEC — Kentucky at South Carolina NBCSN — FIS World Nordic Championships: cross country men’s and women’s sprint started giving it to me. I thank her kindly and then throw it out. 8 p.m. finals, Austria (taped) However, I’m starting to feel like some kind of enabler. Now Sarah’s hands are all cramped up. Her doctor gives pain BTN — Iowa at Indiana medication for it, and she keeps on crocheting. Her adult daugh- ter who lives with her says Sarah has a crochet hook in her hand from the minute she wakes up until she falls asleep at night. Do you know any way I could suggest to Sarah that she needs mental help for her OCD rather than medication for her over- On The Tube stressed hands? Other than the OCD, she’s a really nice person. I’m worried she’ll develop an addiction to the pain medication. -- Worried for My Friend Dear Worried: You can and should express your concerns to Sarah. Do so with an open mind and without judgment, to avoid Andrew McCabe, franchise shows putting her on the defensive (though I’m sure I don’t need to tell you that, as you seem to be a thoughtful friend). Ease into the conversation by asking general questions about how she’s doing. Then tell her you’ve noticed that the crocheting seems to give CBS weekly ratings win be impacting her health, with the hand cramping and subse- quent need for pain medication. You might ask whether she’s By LYNN ELBER league with Russia, and therefore a pos- lion, ESPN had 1.4 million, HGTV had ever followed up about her OCD diagnosis and say that though Associated Press sible national security threat. McCabe, 1.35 million and History had 1.3 mil- you know it’s up to her, you think it might be really helpful for LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fired FBI fired from the Justice Department last lion. her to see a counselor for some insights. Cognitive behavioral acting director Andrew McCabe’s head- year after an internal probe into a news ABC’s “World News Tonight” topped therapy can be a very effective treatment for OCD and could line-making interview on CBS’ news media disclosure, denied he intention- the evening newscasts with an average give your friend a much better quality of life. magazine proved a TV audience grab- ally lied and said his firing was politi- of 9.4 million viewers. NBC’s “Nightly Seeing as an adult daughter lives with her, you might try hav- ber as well. cally motivated. News” was second with 8.8 million, and ing a private conversation with the daughter about your con- The program ranked as the third A Justice Department spokeswoman the “CBS Evening News” had 6.7 mil- cerns and see whether she will join you in encouraging Sarah to most-watched last week with 9.7 mil- declined to comment on the interview lion. seek help. lion people tuning in, according to Sunday night. Trump has repeatedly For the week of Feb. 10-17, the top As for when she gives you her crochet creations, it’s percep- Nielsen figures released Wednesday. shared his views, including in one tweet 10 shows, their networks and viewer- tive of you to suspect that you are enabling her, and I think Viewership was down across the in which he called McCabe “disgraced” ships: “NCIS,” CBS, 13.4 million; you’re probably right. Gently but definitively put your foot board during the Presidents Day holiday and said “now his story gets even more “America’s Got Talent Champions,” down and say you really can’t accept any more. weekend, and the Sunday audience for deranged.” NBC, 10.5 million; “60 Minutes,” CBS, Dear Annie: I’m not a coffee drinker, but I still wanted to let “60 Minutes” didn’t approach its season CBS won the weekly network ratings 9.7 million; “FBI,” CBS, 9.5 million; you know that you propagated a common error in your column average of 11.6 million. But McCabe’s contest as viewers also devoted time to “Blue Bloods,” CBS, 8.9 million; by saying, “Coffee causes dehydration -- so in the long run, memoir “The Threat,” about the FBI drinking too much coffee will slow you down more than speed the network’s “NCIS” and “The Big “Chicago Med,” NBC, 8.7 million; you up.” Coffee and other caffeinated drinks do not cause dehy- and the Trump administration, topped Bang Theory” and their spinoffs, “Chicago Fire,” NBC, 8.5 million; “The dration. Caffeine itself is dehydrating, and taking straight caf- Amazon’s best-sellers list the day after Nielsen said. Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 8.3 million; feine could make one dehydrated. However, caffeinated drinks the interview aired as part of a media With six of the top 10 shows and 13 “The Masked Singer,” Fox, 7.9 million; are only less hydrating than noncaffeinated drinks. The loss of blitz for the book. of the most-watched 20, CBS had an “Young Sheldon,” CBS, 7.7 million. fluid from the caffeine content is less than the hydration pro- He told “60 Minutes” that a “crime average of 6.3 million weekly viewers. ——— vided by the water in the drink. If this weren’t the case, there may have been committed” when NBC had 5.2 million, ABC had 3.8 mil- ABC is owned by The Walt Disney would be a lot of dried-up husks wandering the streets, as there President Donald Trump fired James lion, Fox had 3.6 million, Univision had Co. CBS is owned by CBS Corp. CW is are way too many people who drink only caffeinated beverages! Comey as FBI director in 2017 and tried 1.4 million, ION Television had 1.3 mil- a joint venture of Warner Bros. -- Steve to publicly undermine an investigation lion, Telemundo had 1.3 million and the Entertainment and CBS Corp. Fox is Dear Steve: After looking into this, I see that you’re right that into the Trump campaign’s ties to CW had 880,000. owned by 21st Century Fox. NBC and coffee does not actually dehydrate drinkers. I apologize for Russia. Fox News Channel was the week’s Telemundo are owned by Comcast printing misinformation. Thanks for setting me straight. McCabe also said the FBI had good most-watched cable network, averaging Corp. ION Television is owned by ION “Ask Me Anything: A Year of Advice From Dear Annie” is reason for a counterintelligence investi- 2.5 million viewers in prime time. TNT Media Networks. out now! Annie Lane’s debut book -- featuring favorite columns gation into whether Trump was in had 2.3 million, MSNBC had 1.9 mil- on love, friendship, family and etiquette -- is available as a paperback and e-book. Visit http://www.creatorspublishing.com

HINTS FROM HELOISE ONION SALT HARDENS Dear Heloise: I have a problem: I bought a jar of onion salt, used it a few times and then it hardened. How do I avoid this situation? Your column appears in the Antelope Valley (Calif.) Press, and I read it faithfully! -- Christine F., Lancaster, Calif. Christine, the next time you buy onion salt or garlic powder, consider placing a few ker- nels of rice in the container, and make sure the cap is on very tight. This may eliminate the moisture and prevent clumping. -- Heloise STOP THAT ROLL! Dear Heloise: I was going to wrap a pie with plastic wrap when the roll suddenly came out of the box after I pulled, and it fell to the floor. I told my son that the plastic wrap and foil both come out when I try to use them. My son showed me two cutouts on the ends of the boxes. You push them in, and they hold the roll in the box while you unroll the product. I wonder how many of your readers are unaware of this also. I thought it might be worthwhile passing it on. -- Jim J., Girard, Pa. GRANDMOTHER’S METHOD Dear Heloise: I remember my grandmother’s method of boiling eggs. She’d bring a large pot of water to a rolling boil and, with a slotted spoon, gently and slowly immerse eggs, one at a time. She’d boil the eggs for 15 minutes (for hard-boiled eggs), then remove them from the pan of hot water and place them in cold tap water. She never had a messy egg. -- Bettie B. in Houston (c)2019 by King Features Syndicate Inc. In this June 7, 2017, file photo, then-FBI acting director Andrew McCabe listens during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing about the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, on Capitol Hill in Washington. A “60 Minutes” interview with fired FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe helped make the CBS news magazine one of TV’s top-rated programs. According to Nielsen figures released Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019, “60 Minutes” drew 9.7 million viewers and was the third most-watched show last week. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen Prime-time viewership numbers compiled by Nielsen for 11. “Mom,” CBS, 7.6 million. Feb. 11-17. Listings include the week’s ranking and viewer- 12. “Chicago PD,” NBC, 7.5 million. ship. 13. “This Is Us,” NBC, 7.4 million. 1. “NCIS,” CBS, 13.4 million. 14. “Hawaii Five-0,” CBS, 7.3 million. 2. “America’s Got Talent Champions,” NBC, 10.5 mil- 15. “God Friended Me,” CBS, 7.19 million. lion. 16. “NCIS: New Orleans,” CBS, 7.16 million. 3. “60 Minutes,” CBS, 9.7 million. 17. “The Neighborhood,” CBS, 7 million. 4. “FBI,” CBS, 9.5 million. 18. “NCIS: Los Angeles,” CBS, 6.7 million. 5. “Blue Bloods,” CBS, 8.9 million. 19. “Grey’s Anatomy,” ABC, 6.6 million. 6. “Chicago Med,” NBC, 8.7 million. 20. “MacGyver,” CBS, 6.4 million. 7. “Chicago Fire,” NBC, 8.5 million. ——— 8. “The Big Bang Theory,” CBS, 8.3 million. ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Co.; CBS is a division 9. “The Masked Singer,” Fox, 7.9 million. of CBS Corp.; Fox is owned by 21st Century Fox; NBC is 10. “Young Sheldon,” CBS, 7.7 million. owned by NBC Universal. THE WESTFIELD NEWS WWW.THEWESTFIELDNEWS.COM THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2019 - PAGE 13

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Daniel Murphy fell race director Christian Prudhomme said Thursday. from $17.5 million to $10 A 190-kilometer stage between Roskilde and Nyborg, a Steve Spagnuolo million. town on the island of Funen, will follow. That stage will While Manny Machado include pedaling on the windy bridges that make up the agreed to a pending $300 Storebaelt rail-and-road link. Chiefs turning million, 10-year contract "The wind is very, very important for the race. It was with San Diego and Bryce important to have the finishing line close to the bridge," Harper is likely to top Neil Walker of the Miami Marlins Prudhomme said. "Stage 2 is for sports enthusiasts." Giancarlo Stanton’s record baseball team poses Wednesday, Feb. The last stage before heading back to France will be in the to Spagnuolo $325 million, 13-year deal, 20, 2019, in Jupiter, Fla. While Manny hilly Jutland peninsula between the towns of Vejle and many less-than-superstar Machado agreed to a pending $300 Soenderborg. veterans have been routed on million, 10-year contract with San The contract for the 90 million kroner ($13.7 million) to shore up the free-agent market. Diego and Bryce Harper is likely to top Danish start was signed Thursday by Prudhomme and Players want change, and Giancarlo Stanton’s record $325 mil- Copenhagen Mayor Frank Jensen. management could be open lion, 13-year deal, many less-than- Danish Prime Minister Lars Loekke Rasmussen, himself an sieve-like defense to negotiations for alterations superstar veterans have been routed on avid cycling fan, called the Tour de France "the most iconic By DAVE SKRETTA to the collective bargaining the free-agent market. Walker’s salary cycling race of all time." Associated Press agreement as part of an dropped from $17.2 million to $2 mil- Both Prudhomme and Loekke Rasmussen noted Denmark KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Steve Spagnuolo extension of the current deal, spent much of his year out of coaching making lion in two years. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson) had been picked because of the country's interest in the race set to expire in December but also because many Danes bicycle to work and school the 45-minute drive from his home in Philadelphia 2021. to the headquarters of NFL Films in Mount every day. The Danish prime minister said ordinary people in “It’s really clear there’s been a redistribution of how clubs are looking Copenhagen bike "330 Tour de France races every day." Laurel, New Jersey. at veteran players,” agent Scott Boras said Wednesday. “We have a clear Spagnuolo had finished a tour as the interim In 2011, the International Cycling Union held its Road problem in the industry of a non-competitive cancer. Like any patient World Championships in Copenhagen. coach of the New York Giants and missed out on with a malady, we have to address it immediately. Otherwise it is going the full-time job after the season. He turned down Other details of the 2021 Tour de France route were not to get steadily worse.” disclosed. an assistant coaching offer and decided instead to Of the 111 announced agreements among the 164 players who exer- spend the season recharging his proverbial batter- cised their free-agency rights after the World Series, 36 were for minor ies while getting a different perspective on the league contracts and 26 were one-year deals for less than last year’s league. average salary of just over $4 million. No better place to do that than the repository for In all, 46 players got one-year contracts, 19 two-year deals and seven all NFL game film. three-year agreements. Just three longer contracts for free agents have “I’m glad I did it. There might have been been announced: left-hander Patrick Corbin’s $140 million, six-year another year I should have done it,” said deal with Washington, outfielder A.J. Pollock’s $60 million, five-year Spagnuolo, who was hired a couple weeks go to contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers and pitcher Nathan Eovaldi’s be Andy Reid’s defensive coordinator with the $68 million, four-year package with Boston. Kansas City Chiefs. Clubs are replacing veterans with younger players earning at or near “I found it to be both challenging and reward- the $555,000 minimum who lack the roughly 2 2/3 years of major ing,” he explained Wednesday. “The challenge league service needed to be eligible for salary arbitration. In the age of was missing football, missing the camaraderie of analytics, cheaper may not be better, but often it’s not much worse. the players and coaches. The reward was to sit “All veteran players of a certain age are being affected by this analy- back and see a big picture of the NFL and the sis, which is not just widespread but fairly consistent across most game of football, as opposed to being in these clubs,” said former New York Mets general manager Sandy Alderson, buildings during the season with blinders on. Just now an Oakland Athletics senior adviser. “The math is the math.” a big-picture view of the league, the game of foot- Spending on big league payrolls dropped last season for the first time ball.” since 2010, an $18 million fall to $4.23 billion, according to figures AP PHOTO While ensconced at NFL Films headquarters, compiled by the commissioner’s office and obtained by The Associated the former St. Louis Rams head coach had plenty Press. While the decrease was attributable to drug and domestic vio- of time to check out the Chiefs, whose Super lence suspensions and a player retiring at midseason, payrolls were USOC realigns in attempt Bowl run came up short in the AFC title game. otherwise flat, unusual for a sport with rising revenue. One of the clearest reasons? Their defense, Team behavior changed following a new collective bargaining agree- which ranked near the bottom of the league in ment, which imposed a higher luxury tax on big spenders. The New to help athletes off the field almost every statistical category. In fact, it was York Yankees dropped under the tax threshold last year for the first time DENVER (AP) — The U.S. Olympic Committee has tabbed the defense that failed to stop the New England since 2003 and the Dodgers for the first time since 2012. Neither Paralympic executive Rick Adams to serve as its new chief of Patriots in overtime of the championship game, showed great interest in Harper or Machado. sport performance, and will also create a new department preventing Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes “Isn’t it odd that all 30 teams have gone younger and cheaper rather charged with making it easier for athletes to deal with off-the- and the rest of their dynamic offense from even than older and better?” agent Jay Reisinger said. “It’s more than a coin- field needs, including health care and reporting inappropriate getting onto the field in the extra session. cidence that guys remain unsigned. Clubs are treating the tax threshold conduct. More than anything else it was that perfor- as a salary cap. If you look at the salary-cap sports, it is most often the CEO Sarah Hirshland announced those changes to the mance that sealed the fate of longtime defensive middle-class that gets squished.” USOC staff Wednesday as part of a reorganization designed to coordinator Bob Sutton. He was fired within days In addition to Harper, Craig Kimbrel, Dallas Keuchel, Marwin make the approximately 400-person operation more respon- of the season ending, and almost his entire staff Gonzalez, Carlos Gonzalez and Gio Gonzalez were still on the market sive to athletes. was let go, found jobs elsewhere or, in the case of on the eve of the exhibition opener scheduled for Thursday. To change that dynamic, Hirshland will begin the search for Emmitt Thomas, simply retired. And many of those who have signed got deals for a fraction of their a leader of a new Athlete Services Department, which will be Now, it is up to Spagnuolo to turn around the initial hopes. Mike Moustakas turned down a $17.4 million qualifying designed as a one-stop clearinghouse for athletes to deal with Chiefs’ weak spot. offer from Kansas City after the 2017 season and returned to the Royals off-field issues. For years, many have complained about find- “I don’t really go backward. I’m not going to in mid-March for a one-year contract that included a guaranteed $6.5 ing themselves lost in the Olympic bureaucracy when it came pass judgment,” Spagnuolo said. “I think the million. He was traded to Milwaukee during the summer, earned $2.2 to everything from seeking health care and opportunities for world of Bob Sutton. Bob and I have known each million in bonuses and became a free agent again. He stayed with the their futures to lodging complaints about sex abuse and unfair other a long time. A change was made — coach Brewers for a one-year deal guaranteeing $10 million — raising his treatment by coaches and administrators. Reid made that decision — I’m just happy I was two-year total to just $1.3 million more than the one-year contract he On the sports-performance side, Adams will replace Alan able to fall into what I think is a great position.” turned down 15 months ago. Ashley, who was fired in December after the release of a There are certainly pieces in place for a quick “It was nice to see Manny come off the board yesterday, but ulti- report that concluded he didn't elevate concerns about alleged turnaround. There are also some crucial decisions mately it’s a lot more than one player,” said reliever Andrew Miller, abuse by gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar when he first heard to be made in short order. who left Cleveland for a $25 million, two-year contract with St. Louis. of it in July 2015. A concern that came up repeatedly in the Top pass rusher Dee Ford is due to become a “Even the guys that are getting deals that they’re happy with, the timing report: The USOC was more worried about medals than the free agent, though the Chiefs are expected to of it is unique compared to what we saw in the past. It used to be a welfare of the Olympians who won them. place the franchise tag on him as they pursue a couple guys maybe played the long game. Now it seems like a lot of Adams, who has appeared before Congress in one of its long-term deal. Defensive tackle Chris Jones is guys have no choice. The stories that we hear when guys show up to several hearings about sex abuse, will continue to run the coming off a breakout season and is eligible to camp is that they had no offers.” Paralympic sports operation and will take over most of sign an extension, while the albatross contracts of Players are ready to go to war over WAR. Teams compare the Wins Ashley's old duties, including maintaining relationships with safety Eric Berry and linebacker Justin Houston Above Replacement of veterans against rookies. In addition, data shows national governing bodies — the individual sports whose ath- must be dealt with in some fashion. Perhaps they older players spent more time on the disabled list. letes come under the USOC umbrella every two years for the get restructured. Perhaps the two elder statesmen The system since 1976 has been based on seniority. Clubs control the Olympics. are released. Either way, the Chiefs could sorely salaries of young players, those with roughly three-to-six years of ser- Also on Wednesday, chief external affairs officer Patrick use the salary cap relief to shore up other areas of vice are eligible for arbitration and those with more than six are free. Sandusky announced he was leaving to take a senior vice the defense. For decades, many players in the second half of their careers had deals president job at Madison Square Garden Company, where he'll They also have the draft in April, and a first- that reflected earlier production more than their current output. be in charge of communications for the Knicks and Rangers. round pick for the first time in two years, though “There has been an explosion in data, and when you have more data Sandusky joins Ashley, CEO Scott Blackmun, chief market- they spent nearly all their picks on defense last you have fewer gaps that require some intuitive or subjective assess- ing officer Lisa Baird, chief development officer John Denny season, with modest returns. ment,” Alderson said. “The second aspect of this is people running and chairman Larry Probst in leaving the USOC over the past “This is a process. There are no quick fixes. clubs are all exposed to the same data, and the data is only minimally year. There is no magic wand,” Spagnuolo said. “One subject to interpretation.” Hirshland, chosen last July to lead the USOC out of turmoil person does not assure success, but we’ll do Data also is causing teams to shed veterans during the offseason in related to the sex-abuse cases, will have eight people directly everything to put something together.” favor of rebuilding. The cost of amateurs residing in the U.S., Puerto reporting to her, including one in a newly created position of Spagnuolo acknowledged in an interview Rico and Canada was capped in the labor contract that started ahead of chief of staff. That person will manage the CEO's office and Wednesday the lure of the Chiefs, who are well- the 2012 season and the price of international amateurs was capped oversee international relations and the USOC's dealings with positioned to chase championships for years. before the 2017 season. the LA 2028 organizing committee. They have one of the most stable ownerships in Boras, whose top free-agent clients include Harper and Keuchel, sug- the NFL, a highly respected head coach in Reid, gests adding wild-card teams, so more teams try to compete later into the reigning league MVP in the 23-year-old the season. Mahomes, and plenty of high-powered talent on “There is a clear evidence of tanking in our industry,” he said. “Clubs Olympic organizers in Paris offense to keep pace with just about any other are choosing to lose and tank and the decrease in competition for the team. better teams does not require them to be as good. So they have less want breakdancing on program The biggest piece missing is a defense that can incentive to build the depth of their roster.” PARIS (AP) — The organizers of the 2024 Paris Olympics get off the field when it matters most. Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred maintains all teams are trying Like overtime of the AFC championship game. want to add breakdancing to the games, which would be a first to win, though some have a longer-term vision of success. Boras says for the dance sport that came from the streets of New York. “You won’t touch a defensive coach in the NFL stripped-down rosters have been the cause of three straight years of that wouldn’t want to be on a team with, A, a Also on Paris' wish-list of events it wants to add to the pro- attendance drops — to under a 30,000 average for the first time since gram are climbing, surfing and skateboarding. really good head football coach and, B, a really 2003. good quarterback,” Spagnuolo said. “It goes with- Paris' selection of invited events was announced Thursday “I’m not saying that every team has to serve steak, but I’ll tell you by Tony Estanguet, the head of the organizing committee. out saying I’m really excited to be part of an what, fans of this game love to go to the ballpark and have a good ham- organization that has an elite quarterback, and The final decision on which events make the cut will be burger,” Boras said. “And that means that they know their team can beat made by the International Olympic Committee after the 2020 quite frankly to work with Andy Reid again, and another team every time. But when you walk in there and you’re serving what he’s all about and what he’s meant to this Tokyo Games. essentially stale, less-than-quality meat, fans aren’t going to come, and Climbing, surfing and skateboarding are already slated for franchise and the league as a whole is really, the evidence has shown they won’t.” really special.” the program in Tokyo. THE WESTFIELD NEWS www.thewestfieldnews.com THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2019 - PAGE 15

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