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Complimentary to homes by request ONLINE: WWW.WEBSTERTIMES.NET Friday, August 19, 2011 Board: Billboard must be lowered or removed ZONING MEMBERS FAIL TO OVERTURN BUILDING INSPECTOR’S RULING BY JOY RICHARD Interstate 395, next to Long Subaru Meeting, to get the billboard taken corridor.” interim building inspector in April TIMES STAFF WRITER — would have to be removed or low- down or lowered from its current She said the group would like to 2009, and less than three days later WEBSTER — The battles contin- ered because it does not meet the position. have the proposed bylaw on the it was granted. ues to do away with a recently town’s existing bylaw for struc- Group members Linda Littleton warrant at the October Town “The billboard slipped through erected billboard overlooking tures. and Richard Franas said they were Meeting. the town government,” said Webster Lake. The Concerned Citizens Group, pleased with the results of last “As of now they have to lower the Littleton. “The only time we knew A 3-1 vote from the Zoning Board which has the support of the week’s Zoning Board of Appeals board to 40 feet, or they have to take about it was when it went up in of Appeals Tuesday, Aug. 9 solidi- Webster Lake Association, and the meeting. Littleton said in the future it down,” said Littleton. “So, it was May 2010. It stands out like a night- fied the original ruling made by Killdeer Island Club have been the group hopes to pass a bylaw a big victory for us because we have light on the lake. It is the only one Building Inspector Theodore working together first as a group of banning any further proposed bill- been fighting for two years.” there, it is a determent to the envi- Tetreault. He said the billboard — residents, and now as a formal com- boards along Interstate 395, or what According to Littleton a permit ronment, and it violates the located between Sutton Road and mittee since the May Annual Town she called “the Last Green Valley for the sign was submitted to an Turn To BILLBOARD page A12 Joy Richard photos A member of the Boys and Girls Club guards the goal. LEARNING FROM THE BEST DUDLEY — Representatives from the recently crowned Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins made their way to the Webster-Dudley Boys and Girls Club Wednesday, Aug. 10 for a youth street hockey clinic. Webster resident Kelsey Prince, 11, waits for the next street hockey game. For more photos, please turn to Page A11. Providing relief Calling all local artists! for those who care COMMUNITY ANIMAL SHELTER LOOK FOR FAMILY TO CREATE NEW ART TO REPRESENT ORGANIZATION FOUNDATION FOR BY JOY RICHARD TIMES STAFF WRITER ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE OXFORD — As the structural construction process comes to an CARETAKERS end, and the interior work begins, members of the Friends of the BY JOY RICHARD Oxford Animal Shelter want a new TIMES STAFF WRITER logo to represent the facility. Oxford Animal Shelter volunteer The face of Alzheimer’s disease is and Friends of the Oxford Animal often characterized by the patient, Shelter member Amy Finkel said but for one family they want to the group is looking for all art extend that description to including savvy residents in the region who the whole family. would like to create a new logo for The Webster Times recently took the shelter and have them submit the opportunity to sit down with pieces. two local sisters — Holden resident Joy Richard photo Finkel said citizens should sub- Jane Blackwood and Paula Portrait of a family: Donald Wayman Sr., mit their original logo design to Joy Richard photo Mayville of Dudley, who with the seated in the middle, is surround by the lov- P.O. Box 84, North Oxford, MA aid of their family helped care for ing family, Dudley residents Paula Mayville The outside of the new Oxford Animal Shelter is nearing completion as of and Virginia Mayville, 8, Holden resident 01537. their late mother, Teresa M. Wednesday, Aug. 10. The shelter is currently looking for a fresh logo from local Jane Blackwood, Donald Wayman Jr., She said residents should remem- Wayman, who battled Alzheimer’s artists to represent the community shelter. Dudley resident Jenna Blackwood, and ber to include with the submission disease for more than 10 years. returned if a self-addressed, public information and publica- Calum Blackwood, 18 months, who collec- their name, telephone number or The pair said they hope to organize tively helped as he cared for his late wife, stamped envelope is included with tions. an e-mail address where they can a support foundation for those who Teresa M. Wayman, during her more than the work. Finkel said this logo contest is be reached. Art will be accepted help members of their family who decade long battle with Alzheimer’s dis- If chosen, the winner’s artwork just one of the many ways in which until Thursday, Sept. 15. ease. The family is looking to create a foun- will be adopted as the symbol for dation to support caregivers of those who She said pieces would only be Turn To FAMILY page A12 are living with the illness. the shelter, and will be used on all Turn To ARTISTS page A12 Ralph True............. A5 Obituaries ............. B2 LOCAL SPORTS Learning .............A6 Events Calendar ...... B3 Verizon workers Are you ready for Sports ..................A8 Real Estate ........Sect.B some football? Viewpoint ............. A10 Legal Notices ..... Sect.B on strike PAGE A2 PAGE A8 INDEX 2 • THE WEBSTER TIMES • Friday, August 19, 2011 www.webstertimes.net ‘Another corporate America casualty’ VERIZON STRIKERS OPPOSE LAYOFFS, BENEFIT CUTS BY GUS STEEVES define productivity rather than least a generation,” and, in fact, VILLAGER STAFF WRITER actual customer service. have fallen — from $33,400 in 1988 to SOUTHBRIDGE — The nation- Last year, the company shed $33,000 last year —while the top 1 wide Verizon strike came to 13,000 jobs after losing $653 million percent (average income $380,000 Southbridge last week as a small in 2009. plus) have seen theirs grow by a group of union members picketed “A lot of us are here just standing third. outside the padlocked company up for the average American work- Similarly, the disparity between facility on Worcester Street. er,” said colleague Todd Sansoucy. corporate CEO income and that of On several occasions, people “This is about corporate greed. average workers has widened passing by honked their support We’re not here to gouge, but to keep immensely.In 1965, CEO pay was 24 and even dropped off drinks or food some of what we have. The millions times that of the worker, according to the strikers, who are objecting to and millions of dollars [corporate to the Economic Policy Institute various proposed contract changes leaders] get maybe be par, but that website. In 2005, CEOs made 262 and the outsourcing of jobs to Asia. doesn’t make it right.” times what workers made, or, the They began picketing when con- They have a steep mountain to site notes, “a CEO earned more in tract negotiations broke down climb to change things, since the one workday (there are 260 in a Saturday, Aug. 6. percentage of unionized workers is year) than an average worker “The union was hoping to bring now about what it was back in 1900 earned in 52 weeks.” people back to work under the exist- while corporate profits are bigger Elsewhere, the same site notes ing contract,” said picketer Tobey than ever. According to the U.S. the top 5 percent of the population Faugno, a 15-year company worker. Bureau of Labor Statistics, just 6.9 controls 63.5 percent of the nation’s “We’re not looking for anything on percent of private-sector workers wealth, while the bottom 80 percent Gus Steeves photo top of that. We’re just trying to min- are now unionized; in 1900, that fig- (about 240 million people) have just A squad of local Verizon employees pickets outside the company’s padlocked facility ure was 6.5 percent. Private-sector 11 percent of the wealth, which the imize the bloodshed.” on Worcester Street in Southbridge Tuesday, Aug. 9. Faugno and his peers represented union membership peaked in 1958 site defines as total assets minus the International Brotherhood of at 39 percent, but had fallen back total liabilities. have nothing to lose, we’re going to ty show,” Lilla said. “People are not Electrical Workers, most of them into single digits by 1997, partly as a Still, BLS data shows union mem- have the French Revolution, I engaged.” working as technicians making result of trade globalization bers are in better shape than non- guess. Nobody wants that, but peo- Nationwide, about 46,000 union various kinds of service calls for enabling the shift of union jobs union folks: “In 2010, among full- ple can get desperate.” members are involved in the strike, cable and Internet maintenance. overseas. time wage and salary workers, While his peers were sporting and none of those in Southbridge Although they noted they’re actual- That has paralleled a decline in union members had median usual general union signs, Lilla had knew how long it would continue. ly “the guys they can’t outsource to the dollar’s buying power — accord- weekly earnings of $917, while turned his around and written Faugno said management put a pro- India,” they were supporting peers ing to measuringworth.com, $1 in those who were not represented by “Another corporate America casu- posal “on the table and walked who were losing jobs and fighting to 1958 is now worth just 13 cents — unions had median weekly earn- alty” on the back.