Mailed free to requesting homes in Sturbridge, Brimfield, Holland and Wales Vol. VI, No. XX PROUD MEDIA SPONSOR OF RELAY FOR LIFE OF THE GREATER SOUTHBRIDGE AREA! COMPLIMENTARY HOME DELIVERY ONLINE: WWW.STURBRIDGEVILLAGER.NET Friday, May 4, 2012 THIS WEEK’S QUOTE Holland road race “Perhaps too much of everything is to feature Hoyts as bad as too little.” EVENT TO BENEFIT SIXTH GRADE CAMP TRIP Edna Ferber BY KEVIN FLANDERS VILLAGER STAFF WRITER HOLLAND — Team Hoyt will take part in the third INSIDE annual Holland Elementary 5K Road Race, an event that will be very special for a num- LMANAC A ............2 ber of reasons. POLICE LOGS........5 The race will take place on OBITUARIES .........7 Sunday, May 20 at 10 a.m. at Holland Elementary School. OPINION ............10 Joining the legendary CALENDAR .........11 father-son duo of Dick and Rick Hoyt for the entire week- SPORTS........14-16 end will be approximately 100 runners from Team Hoyt Virginia Beach. In addition, brothers Cayden and Conner LOCAL Long, of White House, Tenn., Courtesy photo Gus Steeves photos are expected to travel to Team Hoyt is set to take part in the third annual Holland Elementary After passing under the OSV Road bridge, two canoers have quite Holland to meet their run- 5K Road Race. a changed view. ning heroes. “We are very excited about blances to that of Team Hoyt. er and that there is no “I” in seeing all of the people who The brothers, ages 8 and 6, team. RIVER RACING plan to attend this year’s are a young version of the The Holland Elementary RIVER RACING race,” said event director Hoyts, as Conner competes in 5K Road Race benefits the Robyn Hillard. “We had 250 STURBRIDGE — About them through the hun- triathlon events while push- annual sixth grade trip to people cross the finish line ing, pulling, and pedaling his Camp Bournedale. The race 86 canoe and kayak teams dreds of downed trees near last year, and we are hoping braved the chilly Old Sturbridge Village, the younger brother Cayden, who will begin at Holland for 350 people to take part this suffers from cerebral palsy. Elementary School (28 Quinebaug River waters starkness of the stump- year. We encourage people to Sunday, April 29, for the laden desolation on one When asked if he would Sturbridge Road) and end at continue signing up.” rather compete in events by Dick and Rick Hoyt’s restau- 28th Annual Lions Club side of the OSV Road The story of Team Long is River Race. For those who bridge contrasting with the himself, Conner said that rant, The Finish Line. It will particularly inspiring, espe- would not be fair to his broth- hadn’t run the route since still tree-strewn other side. cially considering its resem- Turn To HOYTS page A11 at least June 1 last year, they might have been in for For more photos, turn to a shock as the current took page A8! Lynch Smola Award Dionne walking in Page A3 REGION ninth Alzheimer’s event GRANDFATHER’S STRUGGLES A MOTIVATION TO PARTICIPATE BY KEVIN FLANDERS VILLAGER STAFF WRITER BRIMFIELD — Cathy Dionne will participate in her ninth Walk to End Alzheimer’s this fall, an event that benefits a cause she has supported for many years since the death of her grand- father. Dionne, of Brimfield, who has been involved with the Book proceeds to help Alzheimer’s Association for 10 years, will be participating tornado victims in the Walk to End Page A4 Alzheimer’s as a regional leader in the Pioneer Valley. She became painfully famil- iar with the effects of SPORTS Alzheimer’s and dementia after witnessing her grandfa- Tesslyn Castro catches Cheyenne Renaud hugging the Mama Courtesy photo Duck at Duck Day events at the race’s end in Westville Park. Turn To EVENT page A11 Cathy Dionne will participate in her ninth Walk to End Alzheimer’s this fall. ‘Planting for the future,’ tree efforts ongoing in area BY KEVIN FLANDERS “We still need to plant 25 Suhoski. “I also thank Tree VILLAGER STAFF WRITER more trees on roads we didn’t Warden Tom Chamberland STURBRIDGE — April is get to,” said Tree Warden for pursuing these funds to always a busy month in town Thomas Chamberland. “We leverage a very successful Proulx helps power for tree planting, but the dam- plan to begin on Streeter Arbor Day program of tree Warriors past age caused by last year’s tor- Road and then make our way plantings throughout nado and October snowstorm to some of the other roads Sturbridge. Operation Re- Indians have caused officials to place after that.” leaf was a success due to the Page A14 an emphasis on replenishing Much of this work was combined resources of DCR, devastated areas. funded by a $10,000 grant the the town’s Betterment Members of the Tree town received from the DCR, Committee, the Tree Warden, Warden Advisory Committee and town officials are very and the volunteer Tree OPINION (TWAC) teamed up with the pleased by the ongoing help Warden Advisory Massachusetts Department GET YOUR Sturbridge has seen from that Committee.” of Conservation and department. Chamberland also wanted POINT ACROSS Recreation (DCR) last “The town is grateful for to remind residents that PAGE A10 Thursday,April 19, to plant 80 the assistance provided by there are 1,600 tree seedlings trees on roads that sustained Photo courtesy Thomas Chamberland the Department of available at Town Hall on a some of the heaviest damage, Arbor Day assistance, from left, Eric Seaborn, Urban and Community Conservation and Recreation first-come, first-served basis. POLICE LOGS including Fiske Hill Road and Forestry Program Coordinator, Boston, helps Sturbridge residents Don to help re-vegetate areas of Four species are available for Willard Road. They’ll be back Miller (partially hidden) Penny Dumas and David Peterkin plant a tree the community devastated by pickup, including white PAGE A9 to work this Monday,April 30, along Fiske Hill as a part of Sturbridge’s effort to re-leaf the communi- the tornado,” said Town to complete the project. ty after the tornado. Administrator Shaun Turn To VOLUNTEERS page A12 2 STURBRIDGE VILLAGER • Friday, May 4, 2012 IN AND AROUND STURBRIDGE BY KEVIN FLANDERS handbook containing detailed event. serve in our government” Smola “Cross-Fluence is a collection of VILLAGER STAFF WRITER information about pre-race and Among the schools participating said. poems, some of which appeared in STURBRIDGE — A youth race day information, including were Quaboag Regional High As part of Student Government slightly different forms,” triathlon will be held on Sunday, the mandatory helmet and bike School, Tantasqua Regional High Day, each student was assigned a Campiglio said. “The collection is May 20, at Tantasqua Regional safety inspection form, can be School and Ware High School. role in either the legislative, execu- sort of a living body of work that High School to benefit the found at Students were addressed by tive, or judicial branches to famil- has continued to change and evolve Tantasqua instrumental music https://www.imathlete.com/events Governor Deval Patrick, iarize them with the functions as I’ve encountered various forms department. /playwiththebandkidstriathlon. Lieutenant Governor Timothy associated with the various offices over the years.” This event is designed for all Physically challenged young ath- Murray, Secretary of Education children ages 7-17, regardless of letes are encouraged to participate Paul Reville, and Chief Justice PUBLISHED POET TOTO THE TORNADO KITTEN athletic ability or prior triathlon and should send an email to either Roderick L. Ireland. They then Sturbridge resident Stephen Jonathan Hall, the paramedic experience. The course and dis- [email protected] or tuffcom- participated in a simulated hear- Campiglio has assembled a collec- who adopted a kitten that had been tances were created to be achiev- [email protected] to make ing for two pieces of current legis- tion of his poems in book form. rescued by a tree worker after last able for any athlete. arrangements for any accommoda- lation: H1076, An Act relative to The collection, entitled Cross- year’s tornado, named him Toto Every child will receive a certifi- tions. creating a community service Fluence, was published by Soft after the dog in The Wizard of Oz. cate of completion when they cross graduation requirement, and STUDENT GOVERNMENT DAY Spur Press of Missoula, MT. It is He then turned Toto’s story into a the finish line. Awards will also be S1743, An Act to provide for the available at a discount cover price children’s book called Toto the given for the top three finishers State Rep. Todd Smola (R- denial of driver’s licenses for tru- direct from the author via email at Tornado Kitten that is available (boy and girl) per age division dur- Palmer) would like to congratulate ants. This was followed by a simu- [email protected]. online. ing the awards ceremony. Relay students from high schools across lated joint session in the House On Saturday, May 5, Campiglio Hall will read and sign his book teams of two or three kids are the First Hampden District for Chamber. will read from and sign copies of on Thursday, May 3 from 11:30 a.m. allowed, and they will receive a cer- their participation in the 65th “Today’s students are the leaders Cross-Fluence at the Blue House to 1 p.m. tificate of completion. annual Student Government Day. of tomorrow, and the more they Studio, 47 Poole Road, in Pre-registration is required and The students were elected by fellow know about the inner workings of Belchertown, from 6 p.m.