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“When the heart BOY SCOUT HELPS RENOVATE SANCTUARY speaks, the mind FOR HOMELESS FELINES gone … today! finds it indecent BY MARK ASHTON to object.” VILLAGER STAFF WRITER STURBRIDGE – An Eagle LOOKING TO PUT A SMILE Milan Kundera and cats together! It must have been fate. Alec ON SOMEONE’S FACE? Thompson of Sturbridge was in need of a Boy Scout Eagle MIGHT DO IT Project, and the operators of ‘LOL’ Here Today, Adopted INSIDE BY MARK ASHTON Tomorrow cat sanctuary in VILLAGER STAFF WRITER Brimfield were looking for ALMANAC...... 2 someone to do some renova- When is a foot not a foot? When it’s a hank of pony- ENUS tions work — pretty much on M ...... 5 the cheap. tail or braid given to someone POLICE LOGS...... 5 Following up on an email in need of “locks of love.” Though it’s truly a “dis-tress- PINION request he learned about O ...... 10 from fellow Boy Scouts, ing” situation, the process is OBITUARIES ...... 12 Thompson inquired as to not the least bit uncomfort- what was really needed, fig- able or bothersome. ALENDAR C ...... 12 ured out how he could help, Years in the making, SPORTS...... 14 drew up some plans, got Barbara Brogan’s mid-back- everything approved by both length tresses, for example, the Boy Scout Committee bade farewell recently to the and the “cattery” owners, rest of her hair, joining the and a lot of area cats – both ranks of donated locks des- Mark Ashton photos LOCAL homeless and soon-to-be- tined to help youngsters deal- adopted – are nowadays more Alec Thompson has a few pieces yet to install at Here Today, ing with “alopecia areata” comfortable and contented Adopted Tomorrow cat sanctuary in Brimfield. and other hair-loss situations because his combined efforts. look – and feel – better. Thompson, a 17-year-old Brogan, who recently junior at Tantasqua Regional retired after decades as the school nurse at Tantasqua High School, has been in Mark Ashton photos scouting (beginning as a Cub Regional Junior High School Scout) since the first grade. in Sturbridge, decided it was Bagged and ready to go, Barbara Having recently served a time to “donate a foot” to the Brogan’s fresh-clipped ponytail is destined for new life as a pros- term as Senior Patrol Leader Locks of Love organization, a thetic hairpiece for a needy child. (and now as Assistant Senior “non-religious, non-political” Patrol Leader) for Troop 161 non-profit that provides hair- in Sturbridge, he was pretty pieces to financially disadvan- self-confidence and normal- much on track to “make taged children in the U.S. and cy” to their lives. Donated Eagle” when he hooked up Canada suffering from long- hair, which must be a mini- with the shelter last year. term medical hair loss “from mum of 10 inches long, is Within a matter of weeks, he any diagnosis.” acceptable in ponytail or expects to have attained that Hair donated to the organi- braid only. Wigs, falls, hair official status. zation is used “to create the extensions, dreadlocks, or The project that will get highest quality hair prosthet- synthetic hair are not usable. Resident tackles Pearl poses, in typical aloof fashion, in a kitty cubbyhole at the sanc- ics” for kids under age 21, in order to “return a sense of Boston Marathon Please Read SCOUT, page A13 tuary. Please Read HAIR, page A13 Page A3 LEARNING Chamber forum promotes female leaders

BY GUS STEEVES Age Limit on Success” pan- VILLAGER STAFF WRITER elists came from the tradi- STURBRIDGE — Years tional leadership descrip- ago, a group of women in a tion – State Rep. and lawyer room together were possibly Anne Gobi. talking about children. “If you look up the defini- But on Thursday, March tion of women, strength is From the Archives: 21, about 50 of them gath- next to it,” she said during ered to share ideas about the responses to the Andrews at OSV leadership with a panel of evening’s last question. “... Page A4 their peers in their 30s You already have it. It’s just through 60s. tapping into what you ‘Very Hungry,’ “What stood out for me, already have.” because I was the oldest on She noted women particu- SPORTS the panel, was how so much larly need to learn not to be very creative has changed,” said panelist “afraid to take credit when Courtesy photos Margo Chevers afterward. you do something right. STURBRIDGE — Children at “When I was young, there Women do that a lot, but it’s the Joshua Hyde Library cele- weren’t many role models” what you’ve accomplished, brated The Very Hungry of women being leaders. what you’ve worked for, and Caterpillar Day Wednesday, At that time, she added, you shouldn’t shy away from March 20, the first day of leadership was primarily it.” spring, by creating their own expressed in two areas, poli- To author Rita Schiano, a tissue paper art work in the tics and business. Today, key skill is the courage “to style of Eric Carle. smaller groups, community be vulnerable,” and willing effort, family and self-devel- to both ask for help and Above, Ellie Marquez, 2, of opment are often held up as learn new skills. The latter, Sturbridge, begins her tissue- forms of leadership, “a con- she said, often come from paper caterpillar. Left, Liv cept that was never talked failing a few times, as scien- Kearns, 3, of Sturbridge, about years ago.” shows her completed project. One of the “There’s No Please Read CHAMBER, page A13 Spring Schedule Page A14 Summer program brings NYC kids to our region OPINION GET YOUR BY GUS STEEVES parts of New York City, all of expose them to another them. It’s not like you’re the family,” Leonard said. VILLAGER STAFF WRITER those things might as well be aspect of life. babysitting for a week.” “We’re very outside people, POINT ACROSS For those of us who have on Mars. “I hope more people will do Leonard’s family has been and since she comes from the PAGE A10 lived in this area most or all That’s why the Fresh Air it this year, because there are a Fresh Air Fund host for the city, we felt we’d be a good of our lives, the idea that peo- Fund exists. Since 1877, it has so many kids who don’t get last three years, and plans to chance to do new things.” ple have never gone swim- been sending city kids away the chance to [participate],” invite the same girl, Aliyah, Indeed, one or two weeks a POLICE LOGS ming, seen wildlife or walked for a couple weeks in the sum- said Auburn’s Sherri to stay with them again this year has exposed Aliyah to a on trails seems almost unbe- mer, initially because NYC Leonard. “What matters are summer. bunch of things. She’s PAGE A5 lievable. was experiencing a TB epi- the memories you create and “You get to know them real- But for those in the dense demic but now simply to the experiences you give ly well. They become part of Please Read FUND, page A18 2 STURBRIDGE VILLAGER • Friday, March 29, 2013 Tax check-off will fund animal control OFFICIALS EXPECT FUNDING TO BE IN PLACE BY MAY

BY GUS STEEVES we’d like to see a training require- tify” using that money for outreach. VILLAGER STAFF WRITER ment.” “If you don’t address the [feral ani- Southbridge ACO Kathy Shields said mal] problem, it’ll just keep getting Everyone’s heard of taxation with- most of the ACOs she knows do rou- worse,” Blancato added. “They can get out representation. tinely get additional training, and new pregnant at five months [old] and have Now there’s taxation with castra- ACOs have to get certified within two two or three litters a year, so the popu- tion. years. Most are certified by either the lation can grow very rapidly.” The latter doesn’t get done to people, state or national organization of At this point, Cahill admits his but to feral dogs and cats because of ACOs, with some having both, she said. agency doesn’t yet know how the new the former — or, more accurately,a vol- To her, the animal care funding is fund will operate or what it can be used untary check-off on your state tax crucial, since feral cats are common in for. But it already has money in it. The form starting this year. every community. In most cases, offi- Department of Revenue deposits According to Mass. Department of cers and area shelters try to address money monthly,and the first deposit in Agricultural Resources Animal Health them with a “trap, neuter and release” early February totaled about $17,000, Director Michael Cahill, the Homeless program that literally goes “street by he said. Animal Prevention and Care Fund was street until all the cats are caught” or Since it’s a tax check-off, Cahill said created last October to provide funds the money runs out, she said. he expects almost all of its annual File photo for spaying and neutering feral ani- Sheryl Blancato, director of Second funding to be in place by the second mals and training local animal control Chance Animal Shelter in East week of May. He noted the Mass. Starting this year, a voluntary check-off on your state income tax return will officers (ACOs), with priority being the Brookfield, currently has grant money Association for Prevention of Cruelty be available to help fund local animal control programs. latter. to do such work in Southbridge, where to Animals has predicted it might Some she estimates there are more than 1,000 amass $70,000 to $80,000 a year, but he ACOs have feral cats. They’ll spay/neuter feral admitted “that initially seemed to me worked for cats for free or pet cats for $10. to be really optimistic” before the first decades Those who want such help can make deposit. “but there’s appointments by calling the Wellness “I picture a lot of this money going no require- Center at 508-637-1333. back to municipalities for their animal ments for “A lot of people don’t understand control programs and helping them continuing what a feral cat is,” Blancato said. with their spay and neuter efforts” education,” They are not just strays; feral cats rather than providing grants to private Cahill said. are wild and will generally run from groups, he added. There is no state “Until the humans (except, maybe, those who requirement to spay/neuter animals, OPEN EASTER SUNDAY [fund over- feed them regularly). Strays, by con- although some towns do charge more Mon-Thurs 9am-10pm sight] com- trast, were once pets who have been for dog licenses for unneutered ani- Easter Friday 9am-11pm Easter mittee’s abandoned; they’re generally friendly mals. Very few towns license cats. Saturdays 8am-11pm Sundays 12pm-8pm established and accept being handled, she said. “We’re just sort of waiting at this and these She said she’d like to see the new point,” Cahill said, noting the gover- Check Cashing Now Available things are SpecialsSpecials Fully Licensed funding be available to publicize pro- nor will appoint the committee. discussed, grams like this and educate the public it’s just our overall about the animals. Most of the Gus Steeves can be reached at Prices Effective thru 3-31-13 supposi- time, their funds are specifically for [email protected] or 508-909- WINEWINE tion, but animal care, and it’s “very hard to jus- 4135. ALL WINE PRICES NET. 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FORMER STURBRIDGE RESIDENT TACKLES BOSTON MARATHON – AGAIN – FOR A CAUSE PUBLIC MEETINGS Editor’s Note: Meetings as listed are retrieved BY MARK ASHTON potens” – small but powerful. The in advance from multiple sources, including VILLAGER STAFF WRITER young motivational speaker, who Town Hall and on the Internet. The Sturbridge STURBRIDGE — Once is never even walked 26.2 feet for her own Villager is not responsible for changes and can- enough, especially when it comes Boston marathon to raise more cell, ions. to running for a cause he believes than $20,000 for Children’s in. Hospital, dealt with disabilities – STURBRIDGE “The last five years have been from a wheelchair – for most of truly amazing, and I’ve been hon- her life. She died after surgery MONDAY, APRIL 1 ored to be part of this team, this from a brain aneurysm at the age Board of Assessors, 4 p.m., Assessor’s Office experience, and this run,” says of 27. TRSD Negotiations Subcommittee, 6 p.m., Brian Hrybyk, Sturbridge native Award recipients, nominated Superintendent’s Conference Room, TRJHS and former resident (for about 25 by their team members, “must Board of Selectmen, 6:30 p.m., Veterans years) now living in Boston. exude a positive spirit and a love Memorial Hall, Town Hall What he’s talking about is the for life that elevates the individ- Community Preservation Committee, 7 p.m., Children’s Hospital Boston’s ual beyond his or her own con- Town Hall, Conference Room 2 “Miles for Miracles” team, and cerns and gives him or her the next month brings his sixth con- motivation to focus on the needs TUESDAY, APRIL 2 secutive year of running for the and cares of others.” Planning Board Meeting, 6:30 p.m., Town Hall team in the Boston Marathon Hrybyk, upon visiting St. Denis Meeting Room (Monday, April 15). following heart surgery in 2009, DRC Meeting, 7 p.m., Center Office Building, “I couldn’t be more excited said, “It is an unbelievable thing Meeting Room about this opportunity again,” to see someone his age in such Finance Committee, 7 p.m., Town Hall says the Tantasqua Regional High good spirits (who) still wanted to Conference Room 2 School graduate, who helped play hide-and-seek while resting coach the boys’ varsity soccer in his hospital bed after a major WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3 team with Coach Ventimiglia, his operation. Children’s Hospital “old high school coach,” for three Courtesy photos was able to save David’s life Commercial Tourist District Working Group, 6:30 p.m., Center Office Building Meeting years. But his running now takes Brian Hrybyk likes to meet up with David St. Denis and his family at the 13- numerous times, and seeing what Room precedent, as he focuses on one of mile mark during the Boston Marathon to “say ‘Hi’ and give some high-fives.” they do for him and many other the personal “miracles” that children … truly puts things into Sturbridge Tourist Association, 6:30 p.m., keeps him going. And going. perspective.” Town Hall Conference Room 1 “I have been paired with David so much from his resolve, perse- Hrybyk said that his teaming THURSDAY, APRIL 4 St. Denis (also of Sturbridge) verance, and braveness. Ever with St. Denis has made him real- throughout my tenure with the since I started running for ize that “running the marathon is Sturbridge School Committee, 6:30 p.m., team,” says Hrybyk. “He truly is Children’s Hospital, I have been rather insignificant to what these Burgess Elementary School an inspirational kid who is full of paired with him, and it is a true children go through. Seeing what Finance Committee, 7 p.m., Burgess life and excitement.” Suffering honor to run on the team that they persevere through makes a Elementary School from DiGeorge Syndrome, a chro- does so many great things for peo- bad day on our end seem quite Public Hearing on FY14 Elementary School mosomal disorder, the young St. ple around the world – and in good.” He said his solicitation of Budget, 7 p.m., Burgess Elementary School Denis has “gone through several David’s case, right in our back- sponsors for the team helps him Cafeteria open-heart surgeries” at yard.” “make a positive difference on Children’s Hospital, according to In support of some of those these kids’ lives … every little bit Hrybyk, and “continually great things, and the upcoming helps.” Give her something to look forward to! bounces back with such a positive Miles for Miracles effort, Hrybyk “It’s great to be able to run for A Great Gift For Easter, or any special occasion. attitude.” Hrybyk calls David’s has scheduled a local fundraiser someone who’s so close, who goes family “a great asset in the com- for this Friday, March 22, at TJ to my school (Burgess Graduation, Birthday, One bracelet, munity as well.” Dad, Norm St. O’Brien’s in Sturbridge. The 7-11 Elementary),” says Hrybyk. Anniversary, just change Denis, is a teacher at Quaboag p.m. event features raffle items, a “People often ask me how long I Mother’s Day, the clasp! Regional, where he coaches boys’ silent auction, appetizers, and a will keep running this race,” says soccer and girls’ tennis. $10 admission (at the door) to Hrybyk, “and I guess I don’t real- Nine-year-old David, mdean- raise funds for the team’s cause. Last year, David St. Denis, who has ly have an answer. But I have said while, “is an inspiration” to (This year’s party, in a private endured several life-saving heart sur- many times that I will keep run- Hrybyk, who says he has “learned room, will also feature an NCAA geries and procedures at Children’s ning as long as I (know) that it game. Says Hrybyk, Hospital Boston, won the Katie Lynch will help this hospital.” “Bring your brackets!”) Award at the pre-race reception for the For more information on the TJ Among the items in the Boston Marathon. 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Editor’s Note: The information contained in 5:51 p.m.: Accident, property damage, Cedar St. mined that domestic related law violations had an active restraining order. The reporting these police logs was obtained through either General clear. occurred. The subject responsible for the party completed written voluntary statements press releases or other public documents kept by 7:21 p.m.: Threats/harassment, Goodrich Rd. offenses was identifier as Narissa A. Tremblay, regarding the violation. Sergeant Dessert the police department, and is considered to be the Report completed. 17, 19 Arnold Road, Sturbridge, Ma. Ms. issued a Criminal complaint application for account of police. All subjects are considered March 19 Tremblay was located, interviewed and later p violation of an abuse prevention order. Howe innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. If 12:36 p.m.: Motor vehicle stop, Brookfield Rd laced into custody for assault and battery, will be summonsed to Dudley District Court for a case is dismissed in court or the party is found and Church St. Arrest/complaint. (domestic) intimidation of a witness and a hearing at a later date. to be innocent, Stonebridge Press, with proper 2:22 p.m.: Accident, property damage, Arnold injury/defacement or destruction of real prop- March 19 documentation, will update the log at the request Rd. Report completed. erty. Tremblay was later released pending an At approximately, 12:36 p.m. Officer Carol of the arrested party. 2:29 p.m.: Accident, property damage, appearance at Dudley District Court. Benoit conducted a motor vehicle stop on Rotue Brookfield Rd. Report completed. At approximately 5:10 p.m. Officer Daniel 148. Officer Benoit identified the operator as STURBRIDGE POLICE 2:31 p.m.: Accident, property damage, Cedar St. Hemingway conducted a stop on Hall Road for Daniel F. Kosmider, 44, 328 Crouch Rd. West General clear. a speeding infraction. The operator of the vehi- Warren, Ma. Following an investigation Benoit DEPARTMENT 3:30 p.m.: Accident, property damage, Stallion cle was identified as Emmanuel Ramos- placed Kosmider into custody for operating March 13 Hill Rd. Report completed. Gonzales, 27, 26 Central Street, North under the influence of drugs, unlicensed oper- 6:57 a.m.: Accident, property damage, Holland 5:40 p.m.: Accident, property damage Pilot Grosvenordale, Ct. An RMV check of Ramos- ation of a motor vehicle and negligent opera- and Douty Rds. General clear. Truck Stop – Rte 15. Gonzalez information indicated that he did not tion. Kosmider was transported to the 9:38 p.m.: Annoying phone calls, Main St. 5:50 p.m.: Accident, property damage, Allen Rd. have a valid license. Ramos-Gonzalez was Sturbridge public safety complex for comple- Report completed. General clear. placed into custody for unlicensed operation of tion of the booking procedure. Kosmider was March 14 a motor vehicle. Romos-Gonzalez was later later released pending arraignment at Dudley 7:16 a.m.: Accident, property damage, Holland STURBRIDGE ARRESTS released pending arraignment at Dudley District Court. Rd. Report completed. March 13 District Court. 1:43 p.m.: Accident, hit and run, Walmart- Ramona M. Severns, 50, 172 Main St. At approximately 11:20 p.m. Officer Pamela Charlton Rd. Report completed. Sturbridge. Warrant arrest. Desplaines met with a complainant who report- Summer Camp Guide 6:01 p.m.: Accident, property damage, Donna Marie Allaire-Wiggers, 63, 36 Pine St. ed a robbery, Desplaines interviewed the Cumberland Farms, Main St. General clear. Leicester. Marked lanes violation, operating reporting suspects and following an investiga- March 15 motor vehicle under influence of liquor,operat- tion, Laura A. Simpson, 18, 24 Cricket Drive, 9:28 a.m.: Accident, property damage, ing motor vehicle under the influence of drugs, Sturbridge, was placed into custody. Simpson Sturbridge Post Office, Main St. General clear. negligent operation of motor vehicle, failing to was charged with unarmed robbery, larceny 3:33 p.m.: Stolen motor vehicle, Allen Rd. stop for police. and conspiracy. Simpson was released pending General clear. March 16 arraignment at Dudley District Court. 4:06 p.m.: Accident, property damage, Main St. At approximately 5:10 p.m. Sgt. Earl Dessert Desplaines’ investigation also identified and Shepard Rd. conducted a stop on Interstate 84 for motor Gregory D. Howe, 19, 277 Main St. Sturbridge as March 16 vehicle violations. The operator of the vehicle a participant. Attempts to locate Howe met 3:25 p.m.: Suicide (actual or attempt), was identified as Harold F Rosado, 30, 9 Carney with negative results. Howe was charged by Eastbound 76 Mile marker – Rte 90. General Court Charlestown, Ma. A check of Rosado’s warrant for unarmed robbery,larceny,conspir- clear. license status indicated that it had expired. acy, assault and battery and violation of an March 17 Rosado was issued a Criminal complaint appli- abuse prevention order. The third suspect a 3:43 a.m.: Accident, hit and run New England cation summons for unlicensed operation of a juvenile will be charged by summons for con- Truck stop, Charlton Rd. Report completed. motor vehicle, equipment violation and follow- spiracy. 12:13 p.m.: Domestic Dispute, Cricket Dr. ing too closely. March 18 Arrest/complaint. March 17 At approximately 7:00 p.m. Sergeant Earl 2:36 p.m.: Disturbance/dispute, Subway- At approximately 12:13 p.m., Officer Hillary Dessert spoke with a party regarding a viola- Sturbridge-Main St. General clear. DaDalt met with a female party regarding a tion of a restraining order. The reporting party March 18 past domestic assault and battery. 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BY MARK ASHTON VILLAGER STAFF WRITER STURBRIDGE — All they were look- ing for was a little overnight taste of the cold, cruel world. This being New England, they had no way of knowing what kind of weather they’d encounter. But it just so hap- pened that they “camped out” in Cardboard City on a Friday night that saw temperatures dip into the 20s and left a light dusting of snow on top of their makeshift homes in the morning. About three dozen members of church youth groups from St. Anne’s Parish in Sturbridge and St. Joseph’s in Charlton put their compassion for the poor to the test on the first weekend fol- lowing the election of a new Pope named for St. Francis of Assisi, a recog- nized advocate for the poor. This was the sixth year for the youth group overnight experience at St. Anne’s, and the first year that their Charlton counterparts joined them. Joe Krans, one of the adult leaders from St. Mark Ashton photos Anne’s, described the project as an “Cardboard City” takes shape in the parking lot at St. Joachim’s Center at St. Anne’s/St. Patrick’s in opportunity for the kids – ranging in Fiskdale last weekend. age from about 11 to 18 – “to learn what it is like to be homeless.” For some of the youngsters, this was their third or fourth annual outing; others were there Cassie Hayes and Lauren Wilson, 16, both of St. Joseph’s for the first time, not sure of what to Parish in Charlton, built their shelter in the woods for better expect. protection from the wind and rain. All were given a list of rules and instructions – things to bring and drove the temporarily homeless deep into things to leave at home – and asked to raise their sleeping bags and blankets. funds by way of sponsors and donations, with Early risers poked their heads up about 4:30 the money eventually going toward both their a.m. An hour later, another handful gathered youth group activities and their home parish- around the fire, and by 6:30 – official wake-up es. time – all but one or two slug-a-boards were The event started at 4 p.m. Friday in the huddled around the fire or inside the parish parish parking lot in Fiskdale, where parents center enjoying hot drinks and sharing sto- assisted in the construction – and weather- ries. proofing – of overnight homes in cold and Still wearing their handmade signs, the blustery weather. After building their homes, youngsters were a half-a-day wiser concerning the Cardboard City residents got to meet one the needs, and desires of those who – for a another at an official icebreaker – no pun variety of reasons – may be homeless. Isaiah intended – in the parish center, followed by a Parent’s sign said “Will Work for Food,” but simple Lenten meal reminding them of the nobody else at the site had any work for him to meager portions often “enjoyed” by their real- do – or any food to share. life homeless counterparts. Cassie Hayes and Lauren Wilson, a couple of Prayer, worship, music, and adoration in 16-year-old “friends from St. Joe’s,” had built a keeping with the Lenten season followed – all double-wide cardboard home off the parking indoors – culminating in the showing of lot, at the edge of the woods, believing the “Room at the Inn,” a movie about what goes on weekend would be “a good learning experi- at the St. Francis House in Philadelphia. By ence.” Sisters Gillian, 15, and Jordan Krans, 11:30 p.m., the youngsters were invited out- 14, of St. Anne’s likewise were looking “to side, retiring to their individual “homes,” experience it (homelessness) – to feel how wearing multiple layers of clothing and slid- homeless people feel and how they are treat- Over on the guys’ side of the parking lot, homeless shelters take shape. ing into sleeping bags that also served as mat- ed.” tresses. In cardboard homes of their own or Megan DeMorris, 15, got some help from lowing a friend’s lead, figuring “I might manning a wood fire and keeping Cardboard Mom in building here one-night home. “I as well try it,” but learning, after the City safe from intrusion were about 10 adult always see people on the side of the road in dif- fact, that homelessness, “is not so much leaders. ferent places and I wonder how they got there. fun.” “It was a little bit a lot cold,” said Admittedly, there was some teenaged “gab- I want to be able to sympathize better,” she one girl, laughing at her oxymoronic bing” for a while, until sleepiness, weariness, said of her participation. description, warming up in the parish and the poor insulation of cardboard walls Other teens were, perhaps, just curious, fol- center as dawn revealed Cardboard City as a collection of collapsed containers. After morning prayer and a Mass, the participants enjoyed breakfast – eggs, toast, bacon, and pancakes – and then a couple of hours of Catholic Social Teaching, a lively discussion of how their one volunteer evening of minor inconvenience might relate to the ongo- ing plight of the truly homeless. After lunch, they kids worked togeth- er, making bags of toiletries for distri- bution at a real-life center for the home- less. Following an “empowerment ses- sion” and a closing prayer, they returned to real-life homes – bedrooms, families, food – with a greater under- standing of what it means to be in need, and what they might do to help. Half of the funds raised via Cardboard City will go to the youth groups’ summer outings and service projects to inner-city shelters as part of a Young Neighbors in Action program. Ellexa Menezes tried to sum things up for her inner-cardboard-city dwellers. “It’s about seeing value in everyone,” she said. The experience added to her Sisters Gillian and Jordan Krans of St. Anne’s created a card- insight into the plight of others, and to board condo of sorts to experience homelessness together. the need to provide aid without judg- ing. Seeing the poor and the needy, the homeless and the hungry, as brothers and sisters, gave worth to these people – Some of the teens found strength – and comfort – in group homes. and to the experience. “We all have some- thing,” she said.

Mark Ashton can be reached at: [email protected], or by call- ing: 508-909-4144.

Participants were asked to make a sign reflect- Emily Reyes, 11, of St. Anne’s was a first-timer, and one of ing what they would say to the world if they the youngest participants. Home construction took work both inside and outside the box. were truly homeless. Friday, March 29, 2013 • STURBRIDGE VILLAGER 9 It’s National Noodle Month hether you call it pasta or to also return to the *** seconds at a time, checking between • Tripolini or “little bows” were macaroni, the noodles that boiling faster. This TAKE Use your Noodle: intervals for doneness. named to honor the Italian conquest W deliciously bulk up almost efficiency not only Think pasta can’t be • Refrigerate cooked pasta in an of Tripoli in Libya. any soup or dish are the ultimate saves time, it pre- THE a part of a weight airtight container for three to five comfort food. vents the pasta from HINT loss plan? Think days. You may add a little oil (one to *** After all, who can resist home- clumping at the bot- again. Studies in the two teaspoons for each pound of Win Dinner for Two at the Publick made macaroni and cheese? How tom of the pot. KAREN New England cooked pasta) to help keep it from House — Your tips can win you a about cheese laden layered lasagna? TRAINOR Journal of Medicine sticking. Because cooked pasta will great dinner for two at the historic Or thick forkfuls of Fettuccine *** and the Journal of continue to absorb flavors and oils Publick House Historic Inn in Alfredo? If recent meals haven’t Culinary Coverup: the American from sauces, store cooked pasta sep- Sturbridge! Simply send in a hint to made your macaroni quota, here’s Want to prevent mac- Medical Association arately from sauce. be entered into a random drawing. an excuse to pile on the penne — aroni from sticking together? After report there are no significant dif- • The best pasta shapes for freez- One winner per month will win a March has been deemed National adding the pasta and stirring, put a ferences in weight loss between low- ing are those that are used in baked fabulous dinner for two (a $60 value) Noodle Month! cover on the pot to keep it flowing carbohydrate diets and convention- recipes, such as lasagna, jumbo at the renowned restaurant, located Retailers reveal sales of noodles freely. There’s no need to add oil to al weight loss plans. The studies shells, ziti and manicotti. You’ll on Route 131 across the town com- typically rise as the temperature the pasta water to prevent sticking. attribute weight-loss to a reduction have better results if you prepare mon in historic Sturbridge. Because drops. As we look to the comfort of Just remember to stir the pot every in calories, not carbohydrates. the recipe and freeze it before bak- I’m in the business of dispensing home during cold weather, hot noo- now and then. ing. To bake, thaw the dish to room tips, not inventing them (although I dle soups, stews and casseroles *** temperature and bake as the recipe can take credit for some), I’m count- serve as yummy “feel good” foods. *** Here are some pasta pointers from directs. ing on you readers out there to share But how much do you really know To Salt or not to Salt: That is the the National Pasta Association: your best helpful hints! about macaroni and pasta beyond question. The answer is usually yes. • When pairing pasta with a sauce, *** its taste factor? Read on for pointers Salt flavors the pasta. But don’t add remember that: Thin, delicate pas- Did you know? Do you have a helpful hint or (and more) on perfect pasta! the salt until the water boils because tas, like angel hair or thin spaghetti, • In 18th century England, maca- handy tip that has worked for you? adding salt first will actually delay are better served with light, thin roni was a synonym for perfection Do you have a question regarding *** the boil. On a restricted sodium sauces. Thicker pasta shapes, like and excellence. That’s why, for household or garden matters? If so, Macaroni Mood: Want an excuse diet? Add a squeeze of lemon or a fettuccine, work well with heavier example, the feather in Yankee why not share them with readers of to say “pass the pasta” more often? shot of vinegar to the cooking water sauces. Pasta shapes with holes or Doodle’s cap was called “macaroni.” The Southbridge Evening News? Nutritional scientists have proved instead. ridges, like mostaccioli or radiatore, • Thomas Jefferson is credited Send questions and/or hints to: certain foods are fixes for less than are perfect for chunkier sauces. with introducing macaroni to the Take the Hint!, C/o the Southbridge perfect moods. .Studies show pasta, *** • To reheat cooked pasta, portion United States. It seems that he fell in Evening News, 25 Elm St., which is rich in complex carbohy- Think Outside the Box: While dry, out the amount you need and place love with a certain dish he sampled Southbridge, MA 01550. Or e-mail drates can help relieve anxiety and boxed pasta is still the traditional in boiling water. For extra easy in Naples while serving as the U.S. [email protected]. Hints are entered help fight depression. choice for sauces that have an olive draining, you can place the pasta in Ambassador to France. into a drawing for dinner for two at oil or tomato base, butter and cream a stainless steel colander or strainer • The first American pasta factory the historic Publick House Inn. *** based sauces call for a step up. If you and then submerge in boiling water. was opened in Brooklyn, New York, For more great hints, tune into No Fail Noodles: There are a few don’t have the time or patience to Count 40 to 60 seconds of reheating in 1848, by a Frenchman named Take the Hint! one minute snippet “tricks of the trade” to perfecting make homemade macaroni, try time for a four ounce serving. Drain Antoine Zerega. Mr. Zerega operat- tips aired twice daily on ORC FM pasta. Some cooks prefer to use a using fresh refrigerated pasta for the pasta well, toss with sauce and ed with one horse in his basement to 98.9. And for more tips and talk, be lightweight pot for boiling pasta. dishes that call for cream sauces and serve immediately.Pasta can also be power the machinery. To dry his sure to listen to my live hour-long The light pot allows the water to gravies. reheated in the microwave oven. spaghetti, he placed strands of the show from 9 to 10 am. each Friday on come to its initial boil quicker and Reheat single servings on high for 45 pasta on the roof to dry in the sun. WARE 1250.

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Native Americans used Us! tobacco prior to the arrival of Columbus. ANTIQUES, What’s On John Rolfe is credited with COLLECTIBLES being the first settler to culti- & ESTATES Your Mind? vate tobacco in America in We’d Like 1611. In the late 1800’s and through much of the 1900’s, to Know. WAYNE Send your letters to: tobacco companies promoted TUISKULA their products well. Since the Letter to the Editor 1960’s smoking has decreased Sturbridge Villager significantly. Despite the 25 Elm St. changes in Americans’ tobacco Southbridge, MA use, smokers and non-smokers alike collect tobacco related 01550 products (tobacciana) from trading cards to “Cigar Store Indians.” Around the turn of the century, a carved wooden figure in the form of a Native American often greeted visitors in worth a lot but a pipe created by Swedish craftsman Bo front of a “smoke shop”. These “Cigar Store Indians” were Nordh can be worth over $10,000. A typical cigarette lighter often finely carved wooden folk art pieces that were color- might be worth a couple of dollars while a lighter made of fully painted to attract customers. These figures helped gold by Alfred Dunhill Company can be worth thousands. draw people into the store. Illiterate and non-English Those of you born during the baby boom or earlier speaking immigrants could easily find a shop to purchase remember buying baseball cards or other trading cards tobacco. These figures are considered folk art and some are that were produced by chewing gum companies along with housed in museums. Agweek.com states that a cigar store a stick of gum. The tobacco companies were using cards as Indian sold for a record $542,000 in 2010. premiums in the 1800’s and early 1900’s. Some of the oldest Tobacco companies also used signs to advertise their cards in the 1800’s were black and white photographs of products. Older signs are typically more valuable. Wood the players. Photography wasn’t advanced and players and iron were some of the first materials used. Later, signs were sometimes posed ready to hit or catch a ball suspend- were made of tin and enamel over metal. Other materials ed from above by strings. The most notable baseball card is like cloth banners and cardboard were also used. The age the 1909 Honus Wagner tobacco card. Wagner was opposed is an important factor in the value of a sign. The better the to tobacco and very few of his cards were printed. One of graphics the more collectors will want it. Size and condi- these cards was once owned by Wayne Gretzky who later tion also play a factor. Collectors want the finest examples resold it. When it went to auction in 2007 it brought $2.35 they can find and will pay a premium for signs in better million. condition. Larger signs are typically more valuable unless Not bad for a tobacco company giveaway. they are too big to handle or display well. Even the old tin containers in which tobacco was sold are collectibles and Contact us at: Wayne Tuiskula Auctioneer/Appraiser rarer ones can easily sell in the $100’s. Central Mass Auctions for Antique Auctions, Estate Sales Other tobacciana items collectors are seeking include and Appraisal Services www.centralmassauctions.com (508- cigar cutters, cigarette lighters, humidors, match holders 612-6111), [email protected]. and pipes. Age, quality, condition and the materials used all factor into the value. Your average pipe might not be Blessed John Paul II Parish Holy Thursday, March 28th Mass at 7pm in Saint Mary Church Adoration Until 12 Midnight in Ministry Center Chapel Good Friday, March 29th Via Crucis a las 11am comenzando a la Iglesia Santa Maria por las calles hasta Iglesia Notre Dame Family Way of the Cross at 3:00pm in St. Mary Church Passion of the Lord at 3:00pm in St. Hedwig Church Passion of the Lord at 7:00pm in St. Mary Church Holy Saturday, March 30th Easter Vigil at 8pm in Notre Dame Church Easter Sunday, March 31st in Notre Dame Church 8am, 10am (Family Mass) 12 Noon (Misa en español para niños) 6pm in St. Mary Church – www.popejp2.org –

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VIEWS ANDOPINION COMMENTARY FROM STURBRIDGE, BRIMFIELD, HOLLAND AND WALES ELECTION LETTERS POLICY Going The art of the It’s already that time of year again! It’s hard to believe, but the local elections are right around the corner — which means it is now time to start letting your opinions be heard in our letters to the editor forum con- cerning candidate endorsements and ongoing issues. ‘post’-al paraprosdokian In Sturbridge, Monday, April 8 is the special day! During every election cycle, we open up our opinion section to our readers to hear from you about who you are supporting during election season, and this year is no different, as irst of all, this is NOT about the USPS, ou never know what you’ll find on we want to hear from you about the issues you are most concerned about — and the people which could inspire an entire column of Facebook. you think have the best chance of making a difference. F its own and does, indeed, have the word Y It’s an amusing, scary, hilarious, inap- However, like many things, there is fine print! There are a few rules and regulations to “post” in its title. Instead, this has to do with propriate, inspirational and sometimes keep in mind when submitting candidate endorsements to Stonebridge Press. things that get delivered EVERY day of the unnecessary forum, where ideas flow freely To fully understand our regulations, we should split our rules into two groups, to account week, even Saturdays and Sundays, holidays like a river rapid. Sometimes, that can be a for our weekly Villager and it’s sister daily publication, the Southbridge Evening News, and school snow days, during blizzards and bad thing, but sometimes, if you follow the which also covers Sturbridge. blackouts, Black Fridays and Super Tuesdays. right people, you can find yourself the benefi- We’re talking about the ciary of a good belly laugh. THE DAILY practice of “posting,” which, Some people may not according to the TV in our know this, but the word used In following regulations for Stonebridge Press, we will not publish letters concerning any office at work that is tuned to in the headline above — candidates in the daily Southbridge Evening News edition before the election in each CNN for about 25 hours a paraprosdokian — is a real respective town. Here’s the breakdown for three of our local towns: day, is responsible for most – word. I didn’t just senseless- • Sturbridge: The deadline to submit letters is Tuesday,April 2 at 12 p.m., for inclusion in if not all – of the contempo- ly pound my fists on my key- the Thursday, April 4 edition of the News. rary scandals that make up board until a word came out, • Letters concerning the Senatorial Primary: The deadline to submit letters is Wednesday, TV news coverage for about even though my spell check April 24 at 12 p.m., for inclusion in the Friday, April 26 edition of the News. 25 hours a day. didn’t even recognize it. If THE WEEKLIES Most recently,for example, you know what it means, AS YOU there was the story of a man, congratulations! You For letters concerning the State Senatorial Primary, letters will be published in the a good father purportedly, THE MINOR win…well, I have nothing to Southbridge Evening News and it’s sister weekly publication, The Sturbridge Villager. LIKE IT who took a cute little photo give you as a reward, so just Election letters will not be published in the edition before the election (Friday, April 26). of his young son dressed in imagine me reaching from DETAILS Letters must be submitted by Friday,April 12, by 12 p.m., to be included in the Friday,April MARK ASHTON battle gear (“camo” and body the pages of this newspaper 19 edition. armor) and holding a and giving you a hearty pat ADAM MINOR Letters concerning the Sturbridge election will not be published, as the deadline has weapon the size, shape, and on the back for a job well passed. capacity of which could earn him the coveted done on your vocabulary. title of “the-next-mass-murderer-to-go-for-the- Nice work! MORE FINE PRINT record-in-a-school-or-mall-or-movie-theater-set- Anyway, a “paraprosdokian” is a figure of In order to ensure your voice is heard, submit your letters now! The elections are coming ting,” which, of course, is constantly up for speech with two parts, in which the latter part sooner than you think. Give your community your opinion on those running for office, or grabs. of the phrase is surprising or unexpected in incumbents seeking another term. What are your expectations? Disappointments? The photo was truly swell, indicating the some way, which causes the reader to reinter- Foreshadows for the future? macho-ness of the father and family and their pret the first part. For example, I’m sure many collective unwillingness to take any “guff” of you have heard the term, “When life gives E-mail letters to [email protected], or snail mail them to Stonebridge Press, P.O. Box 90, Southbridge, MA 01550. (constructive criticism) from the likes of a you lemons, make lemonade.” The parapros- president or VP interested in cutting back on dokian version I read recently reads: “When All letters must be no more than 500 words in length. We encourage you to be positive in your letters, and not bash other candidates. individual rights to arm family members to the life gives you lemons, squirt someone in the teeth and family dogs to the, also, I guess, teeth. eye and run away.” Another version I read Remember to sign your letters with a phone number and address for verification. We will The photo would look great in a family photo recently will bring a smile to you bacon lovers not print letters that do not have this information included with the letter, and we will not album, showing the progress of the youngster out there — “When life gives you lemons, print any election-related Sound Offs. from birth to toddling to trike-riding to karate- throw them away and eat bacon.” We will not print letters sent by organized letter campaigns. kicking to arms-bearing status. What can I say? I’m a writer — I love me The editor has the right to edit or reject any election-related letter if it does not meet any some good wordplay.Sue me! of the above-mentioned criteria. The problem is that Dad thought the photo It wasn’t until recently that I came upon the OK, now that the fine print is out of the way,we encourage you to submit an election let- was SO nifty that he couldn’t keep it to himself. actual, technical term for this kind of humor- ter. Let your voice be heard, and most importantly, go to the polls and vote! Every vote So he “posted” it on the Internet, which means ous phrase. I’m no comedian (although I pre- counts! that it became available for viewing not only by tend to be one once a week…), but now that I “some”body, but by “every”body – not only in know what a paraprosdokian is, you bet I’ll be the world, but probably in the universe, not to throwing around that $10 word wherever I LETTERS TO THE EDITOR mention the world of the newly discovered can. So, in case you think you’ve never heard Higgs Boson particle, which according to scien- a paraprosdokian before, try these completely tists who know everything except what they unoriginal sayings I researched on the don’t know, explains the origins of the afore- Internet on for size, and if you have heard In honor of Developmental Disability Awareness Month mentioned universe by way of a cute little par- them, or even used them yourself, congratula- ticle dressed up in camo and holding a weapon tions, you are a user of a paraprosdokian! To the Editor: and people with disabilities are no different. powerful enough to cause The Big Bang (the Some of my favorites (in addition to the March is Developmental Disability Sometimes it’s hard for us to understand the original event, not the TV show) with enough aforementioned “lemon” example) are includ- Awareness Month. hopes and dreams of the people we serve: power left over to keep Las Vega lit up for about ed below. Many of these are Winston It’s a good opportunity to reflect on why we they may be nonverbal, or simply have diffi- 13.8 billion years. Churchill classics. do the work we do, and to bring our message culty articulating their feelings to us, but we So what’s wrong with sharing stuff on the • Light travels faster than sound. This is to others. must try. Internet, you ask? Well, just ask Anthony why some people appear bright until you hear For a long time in our nation, people who At Rehabilitative Resources, we believe Weiner, the former Congressman from New them speak. were “different” were vilified, shunned, and that everyone, especially the people we serve, York who’s a former Congressman mainly • If I agreed with you, we’d both be wrong. treated with contempt. “Different” contained has a right to pursue his or her hopes and because he posted a “sexually suggestive photo- • War does not determine who is right — a whole lot of people: those with disabilities, dreams. I hope you believe that too. Our work graph of himself” via his public Twitter only who is left. be they developmental or emotional, and peo- takes compassion and willingness to really account to an adult woman who was “following • Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. ple who simply looked or acted different than listen, to pay attention to how people are com- him” on Twitter. And just ask the aforemen- Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad. what our culture expected. At its worst, tens municating with us and at RRI we do that tioned father,who received tons of (at least five) • Evening news is where they begin with of thousands of people with disabilities were with our best skills, and with love. angry responses (“postings”) from gun non- “Good evening,” and then proceed to tell you locked away from society in big institutions, We all know that prejudice still exists in advocates, who in turn inspired a few (tons of) why it isn’t (being a part of the media, this many times for their whole lives. They were this country. People are still discriminated angry responses (“postings”) from gun pro- one always gives me a laugh). almost never allowed to marry and some- against because of the way they look, talk or advocates. And the beat goes on. • To steal ideas from one person is plagia- times they were even forcibly sterilized. Life act, but our work with people who have dis- Now Anthony Weiner was not the first, nor rism. To steal from many is research. expectancy for people with developmental abilities puts our community in the vanguard was the proud son-gun-toting father the last • A bus station is where a bus stops. A train disabilities was around 18 through the 1930s. of a great movement that is making this dope to post something deemed inappropriate station is where a train stops. On my desk, I This was a long, sad chapter in our coun- nation better. It is a movement dedicated to by the host of post-readers, as evidenced by the have a workstation. try’s history that began to change in the the proposition that everyone has a right to almost daily reporting (as opposed to posting) • How is it one careless match can start a 1960’s and 1970’s, with the Civil Rights move- pursue their hopes and dreams, and that dif- of similar incidents on the aforementioned forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a ment, and the push to bring people with dis- ferences should be celebrated, not shunned. CNN (Comedically Nasty Newssource) for both campfire? abilities out of the institutions. These were We’re proud of the work we do in collabora- of its regular viewers. But I don’t remember • Some people are like Slinkies … not really good, evolutionary steps, but for people with tion with our service recipients, their fami- everybody getting into so much trouble when good for anything, but you can’t help smiling disabilities, they were nothing like full inclu- lies and our community partners, and we photos and opinions and bellybuttons (as in when you see one tumble down the stairs (this sion into our culture. People who had disabil- hope you’ll take the time to learn more about “everybody has one”) were kept to minimal one makes me feel a little guilty to laugh at, ities were treated as if they had nothing to people with disabilities and the community “sharing.” because it seems wrong, but c’mon, admit, you contribute to society, and they were especial- that supports them. And “posting” is the new word for sharing. laughed a little too…) ly treated as if their hopes and dreams didn’t “Here – I just clipped the dog into the shape of • You do not need a parachute to skydive. matter. a lion; here’s my new Lamborghini, but don’t You only need a parachute to skydive twice. MICHAEL COUGHLIN We all have hopes and dreams for our lives go thinking I stole it; here’s me and my room- • Always borrow money from a pessimist. CEO, REHABILITATIVE RESOURCES, INC. mate dancing our drunken brains out while He won’t expect it back. texting Lindsay Lohan.” • I used to be indecisive. Now I’m not sure. Today, things get posted on Facebook and • Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be. Twitter and a variety of other anti-social • Change is inevitable, except from a vend- Eating healthy more important now than ever media outlets without regard to their post-wor- ing machine. Now that’s I’ve got a handle on this figure of To the Editor: laden with toxins. I’m not surprised that thiness. Do posters (the people, not the advertis- speech, it’s now time to finish the rest of this In response to “Sturbridge Woman battling younger women are getting very aggressive ing signs) do most of their posting while inebri- newspaper. I’m going to quit procrastinating Against the Tide,” I have been reading about breast cancer, probably as these chemicals ated, or psychotic, or over-medicated? The CNN — just you wait and see! edible toxins for years, how harmful they are have become so integrated in our soils and evidence might indicate YES! to women but also children and men. lifestyles. I have been organic vegetarian for Our helpful conclusion is: Don’t post a pic- Adam Minor may be reached at (508) 909- One website I recently learned about is years. Last spring I became organic vegan, as ture of your lonely Weiner, or your battle- 4130, or by e-mail at aminor@stonebridge- www.ruthheidrich.com. She used organic our government isn’t protecting us. Because dressed young son, or those Rembrandts you press.com. raw vegan foods to save her life from breast of the sequestration, there will be fewer food stole from the Isabella Gardner Museum. It’s cancer. A book I recommend is “Healthy inspectors. Please educate and protect your- bound to lead to heartache, heartburn, and Eating, Healthy World,” by J. Morris Hicks. selves and families. heart-rending Internettal infighting of the Also T. Colin Campbell has written extensive- kind that can only bring ruin. ly about diet. There are many others. I grew DAPHNE T. STEVENS To those who consider a newspaper column a up in the 40s and 50s before the earth was “posting” of sorts, we hereby apologize for our ISKDALE F unintentional hypocrisy. We DO NOT consider this column any such thing, since its typical Serving Sturbridge, Brimfield, Holland and Wales lack of controversial (relevant, interesting, Tornado-damaged trees should be cut down thought-provoking) content precludes angry postings (so far as we know) by malcontents on PO Box 90, Southbridge, MA 01550 To the Editor: Would it not be possible, at least, to have them the Internet. Telephone (800) 367-9898 Following the extensive destruction of the cut down? That would make a better impres- In any case, the only legitimate, safe, useful Fax (508) 764-8015 storms from October of a year ago and the sion on the many visitors who pass through form of posting to which we subscribe is the www.sturbridgevillager.net tornado that ripped through Sturbridge, the town and encourage them to stay longer. use of little sticky pieces of paper – typically town has been left with many trees that were Sturbridge has received some funding to yellow – to remind us to: buy cat food, email col- FRANK G. CHILINSKI topped off or de-limbed. plant a number of new trees to partially umn to editor, apply for Medicare Part A, take PRESIDENT AND PUBLISHER That they are still standing presents an replace those that have been lost, but perhaps anti-Alzheimer’s medicine, etc. incredible eyesore to many parts of the town, some public monies might be available to These are important things to do, of course, particularly along Route 131 from Hall Rd. to remove these ugly reminders of our loss. but, frankly, they’re really none of your busi- ADAM MINOR Farquar Rd. ness. EDITOR, STURBRIDGE VILLAGER Although these trees may be worthless as a JERRY GOWING source of lumber or firewood, it is a real STURBRIDGE Mark Ashton can be reached at: mark@stone- shame that they have been left standing. bridgepress.com, or by calling: 508-909-4144. Friday, March 29, 2013 • STURBRIDGE VILLAGER 11 12 STURBRIDGE VILLAGER • Friday, March 29, 2013 OBITUARIES Arthur W. Chausse, 64 Elizabeth A. LaFlamme, 81 DUDLEY —Arthur W. Nancy and her husband Conrad Vandal and NORTH BROOKFIELD and Anna (Boucher) Wells. Chausse, 63, died Sunday, Shiela and her husband Charles Giroux, all of — Elizabeth A. “Betty” She owned and operated Betty’s Home March 17, 2013 at the Southbridge. (Wells) LaFlamme, 81, of Cooking in North Brookfield for many years. Overlook Masonic Health He also had a brother that pre-deceased North Main Street, passed She was a member of the Lashaway Care in Charlton. him, Donald Chausse of Dudley. away Tuesday, March 12, Seniors. He leaves his wife of 43 He was born in Webster, son of the late 2013 in St. Vincent She enjoyed traveling and local sightseeing. years, Joyce A. (Leduc) Archie and Theadora (Southard) Chausse Hospital, Worcester. “Betty Ann was loved by all who knew her Chausse of Dudley; a son, and lived in the area all his life. Her husband Kenneth F. because she devoted her life to bringing hap- Eric and his wife Joannne He worked for many years for Dennis Duval LaFlamme passed away in piness to others and that was evident in her Chausse of Thompson, Paving in Charlton. 1984. smile. She will be dearly missed.” Conn.; a daughter, Laurie Chausse of He enjoyed riding his Harley and Fishing She leaves her longtime companion, Alex A memorial service was held Wednesday, Sturbridge; two brothers, Bernard and his with his grandson, and NASCAR. Miller with whom she lived; two sons, March 27 in J. Henri Morin & Son Funeral wife Sandra Chausse of Connecticut and A funeral Mass was held Saturday, March Kenneth J. LaFlamme of East Brookfield and Home, 23 Maple Terrace, Spencer. Burial was Raymond and his wife Lorene Chausse of 23, in St. Louis Church, Webster. Paul F. LaFlamme and his wife Darlene of in Mary, Queen of the Rosary Cemetery, Webster; two sisters, Loreen and her husband Donations may be made to the American Sturbridge; three daughters, Beverly A. Spencer. Joe Brodeur of Dudley and Sharon and her Cancer Society, 30 Speen St., Framingham, Rivard and her husband Rick of Sitka, Memorial donations may be made to husband Ronald Dobbs of Charlton; three MA 01701. Alaska, Christine M. Gregoire and her hus- Elizabeth LaFlamme Memorial Fund, C/O grandchildren; many nieces and nephews; The Shaw-Majercik Funeral Home, 48 band Richard of Spencer and Jean L. Spencer Savings Bank, 176 Main Street, brothers-in-law, Kennie Leduc of School St., Webster, MA directed the arrange- Henderson of Ft. Myers, Fla.; 16 grandchil- Spencer MA 01562. Middleborough, Dennis, Bruce and his wife ments. dren and 10 great-grandchildren. www.morin-morrison.com Linda Leduc of Southbridge; sisters-in-law, A guest book is available at www.shaw- Betty was born in Ware, daughter of Frank Janet and her husband Raymond Giroux, majercik.com. CALENDAR

The calendar page is a free service offered for 774-230-5080. Academy. The next session begins Tuesday, idents; all others please add $5. Call 413-245- listings for government, educational and non- April 2. This class is low-impact aerobics for 9977 for more information or visit www.hitch- profit organizations. Send all calendar listings MONDAY all levels, one foot on the floor at all times. The cockacademy.org. and happenings at least one week in advance by APRIL 1 first half hour is aerobic exercise, and the sec- mail to Ann Tremblay at Stonebridge Press, SOUTHBRIDGE — The Harrington ond is toning. Bring a mat and wear comfort- STURBRIDGE — The Charlton and P.O. Box 90, Southbridge, MA 01550; by fax at Hospital Auxiliary will sponsor a luncheon able clothing. Instructor Anna Thomas leads Sturbridge Republican Town Committees will (508) 764-8015 or by e-mail to atremblay@stone- feast and Broadway tune sing-along at The 10 classes in this session, held on Tuesdays be hosting a reception, buffet dinner, and bridgepress.com. Please write “calendar” in the Overlook Performing Arts Center Theatre and Thursdays from 6:15 – 7:15 p.m. The fee is panel discussion beginning at 6 p.m. subject line. We will print such listings as space from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 10. $53 for residents of Brimfield, Holland, Thursday, April 3 at the Kahula Restaurant, allows. The program will feature a luncheon buffet of Sturbridge, and Wales; all others please add Route 131, Sturbridge, to allow the community FRIDAY a garden salad, chicken breasts with supreme $5. Call 413-245-9977 for more information or to meet Republican U.S. Senate candidates. sauce, haddock florentine, rice pilaf, wax visit www.hitchcockacademy.org. Invited are candidates Gabriel Gomez, MARCH 29 beans, assorted desserts and hot and soft Michael Sullivan, and Daniel Winslow. Also SOUTHBRIDGE — The members of drinks. Jack Craig will host an afternoon of BRIMFIELD — New! “Yoga with Me” class attending will be Massachusetts Republican Southbridge Firefighters Local 2194 is holding Broadway musical classics in a sing-along of at Hitchcock Free Academy. Hey, Party Chairman Kirsten Hughes. The dona- its annual Easter Flower Sale from 6 to 9 p.m. 24 memorable Broadway songs, featuring Preschoolers! Explore the world of yoga with tion is $20 per person. There will be door Friday, March 29; from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. numbers from the musicals of Rodgers and Mom, Dad, a grandparent, or another adult of prizes. Pre-registration is strongly encour- Saturday, March 30 and from 8 a.m. to noon Hammerstein, Stepen Sondheim and many your choice, and no yoga experience is needed aged. Checks payable to the Sturbridge Sunday, March 31. others. The all-inclusive cost of this memo- for either of you. Together you both will have Republican Town Committee may be mailed rable afternoon is $22 per person Please RSVP fun stretching, strengthening, balancing, no later than March 30 to Janet Garon, PO Box SATURDAY by April 1. Checks are to be made payable to learning about different ways to breathe, and 24, Southbridge, MA 01550. Walk-ins are wel- The Harrington Hospital and mailed to The doing basic yoga postures. Enjoy some time come. For more information, please contact MARCH 30 together, one-on-one, away from daily “busy- Janet Garon at 774-230-7382 or Joe McKenna at STURBRIDGE — The Hayloft Steppers HH Auxiliary, Volunteer Office, 100 South Street, Southbridge, MA 01550. For further ness” and bring something new and fun into 774-230-5080. Square Dance Club, 232 Podunk Road, your routine! Each person will need to bring a Sturbridge, is holding an “Coloring Eggs” information, please call Kelly, HH Volunteer THURSDAY Services at (508) 765-6472. yoga mat and blanket; wear comfortable cloth- dance on Saturday, March 30 from 8 to 10:30 ing. This class is recommended for children APRIL 4 p.m. (Early rounds at 7:30 p.m.). The caller is ages 2.9 – 6 years. There are four classes to be Jim Schell and the cuer is Margene Jervis. STATEWIDE — In honor of Mother’s Day STURBRIDGE — Rehabilitative Resources, 2013, the Massachusetts Breast Cancer held on Tuesday mornings, April 2, 9, 23, and Inc. (RRI), one of Central Massachusetts’ lead- The club is located at 232 Podunk Road in 30 from 8:45 – 9:30 a.m. The instructor is Sturbridge. For information on our next Coalition (MBCC) will organize a statewide ing providers of services for people living Cut-A-Thon event to benefit their work Sharon Palmer, Certified Kripalu Yoga with developmental disabilities, is holding its beginner class, Teacher, and the fee is $47 per child for call Moe at (508) 867-8036 or Al at (413) 436- towards preventing breast cancer for future 9th Annual Wine, Beer and Food Festival on generations. On the weekend of May 4-5, Brimfield, Holland, Sturbridge, and Wales res- Thursday, April 4 at the Oliver Wight Tavern 7849 idents; all others please add $5. The accompa- or visit www.hayloftsteppers.org. Massachusetts salons will devote one day to at Old Sturbridge Village. The fun begins at donate all proceeds from hair cuts to MBCC. nying adult is free! Saturday morning classes 5:30 p.m. and runs until 8 p.m. start on April 27. For more information or to SOUTHBRIDGE – Annual Easter Egg Hunt, Salons will charge $15 per haircut and events The charity festival, sponsored by Ted’s will bring communities together in an effort register, visit www.hitchcockacademy.org or Package Store, will feature a variety of at Bay Path Regional High School, for ages 1-7 call (413) 245-9977. at 10 a.m., Saturday, March 30. Sponsored by to make a difference and change the legacy of favorite wines and some of New England’s breast cancer. Salons wishing to hold a Cut-A- best beers, as well as food prepared by the the Charlton American Legion. Bring your SOUTHBRIDGE — – Sen. Richard T. Moore, cameras. Peter Rabbit will be in attendance. Thon to help end the breast cancer epidemic area’s top chefs. The evening will also include in honor of Mother’s Day should contact cosi- D-Uxbridge, will host a “Senior Social Hour” a silent auction, live music performed by from 9 to 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 2 at the STURBRIDGE — Sturbridge Girl Scout [email protected] or 508-246-3047. The deadline Laura Folker and Andrew DaRos and a chance for salons interested in participating is April Southbridge Senior Center to discuss issues for guests to win a giant “tower of wine.” Troop 31000 is hosting its third annual Easter affecting the local senior citizen population. Bunny Breakfast on Saturday, March 30 from 1. Tickets are $35 per person and can be pur- The veteran legislator will also be available to chased at the door, online at www.rehabre- 8 to 11 a.m. at the Sturbridge Federated meet individually with constituents who need Church, Maple Street, Sturbridge. Tickets cost BRIMFIELD — Tai Chi / Chi Kung class at sourcesinc.org, or by contacting Kerrie Mason Hitchcock Free Academy starting on Monday, assistance with matters involving state gov- at [email protected] or calling $6 per person. There is no charge for children ernment, similar to his monthly “Office under 3. The troop will be serving buttermilk April 1. Get your day started on the right foot her at (508) 347-8181, x-105. by getting your “chi” moving! Receive the Hours.” Constituents requiring immediate Proceeds will benefit people with develop- pancakes, chocolate chip pancakes, scrambled assistance should contact Sen. Moore’s office eggs, sugar free and regular syrup, coffee, tea, benefits of increased balance, flexibility, mental disabilities in our community. endurance and strength. All abilities and ages at (617) 722-1420 or log on to his website at juice, and more. Bring your camera and take www.senatormoore.com/services. pictures with the Easter Bunny. Tickets are 14 and up are welcome to join. Classes are held BRIMFIELD — New! Bellydance classes at sold at the door or to reserve or purchase tick- Mondays from 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. The instructor is WEDNESDAY Hitchcock Free Academy. Have fun trying ets in advance please contact Angelina David Masera and the fee is $43 for 6 classes something new this year; learn the ancient art Ostrenga at 508-347-5352 or for Brimfield, Holland, Sturbridge and Wales APRIL 3 of Bellydance. This fun and informative class [email protected]. The church is residents; all others please add $5. For more WALES — Search for the American wood- is open to all levels and includes light choreog- wheelchair-accessible. information, call 413-245-9977 or visit cock as they dance their unusual spring raphy. There are 3 classes held on Thursdays, www.hitchcockacademy.org. courtship ritual. At 7 p.m. April 3 at the April 4, 11, and 25 from 7:45 – 8:45 p.m. The STURBRIDGE — The Charlton and Norcross Wildlife Sanctuary, 30 Peck Road, instructor is Whitney Irwin, and the fee is $35 Sturbridge Republican Town Committees will BRIMFIELD — “Yoga with Jane” at Wales. This is a rare chance to see Norcross for Brimfield, Holland, Sturbridge, and Wales be hosting a reception, buffet dinner, and Hitchcock Fr ee Academy. Get centered this after dark! This program will be led by begins residents; all others please add $5. Call 413- panel discussion beginning at 6 p.m. spring in Jane Anable’s Hatha Yoga class, held promptly at 7 p.m. No charge. Space is limited; 245-9977 for more information, or visit Thursday, April 3 at the Kahula Restaurant, on Mondays from 7:15 – 8:45 p.m., April 1 - May RSVP by calling 413-267-9654 or e-mail www.hitchcockacademy.org. Route 131, Sturbridge, to allow the community 13. Relax and rejuvenate with postures and [email protected]. Walk Leaders: to meet Republican U.S. Senate candidates. guided meditation; stretch and tone your body, Norcross naturalist Jennifer Ohop will be BRIMFIELD — Cheese-making class at Invited are candidates Gabriel Gomez, and enhance your balance. Jane is a Certified joined by Bill & Nancy Cormier from The Hitchcock Free Academy. Learn the basics Michael Sullivan, and Daniel Winslow. Also Kripalu Instructor and Phoenix Rising Yoga Birdstore & More in Sturbridge. principles of making mozzarella and season- attending will be Massachusetts Republican Therapist. There are six classes and the fee is ing cheeses with goat and cow milk, and Party Chairman Kirsten Hughes. The dona- $60 for Brimfield, Holland, Sturbridge and BRIMFIELD — “Feeling Good Fitness: cheese seasonings. Pulling mozzarella is fun, tion is $20 per person. There will be door Wales residents; all others please add $5. Call Hatha Yoga” at Hitchcock Free Academy. and you can bring some zip to a plain cheese prizes. Pre-registration is strongly encour- 413-245-9977 for more information or to regis- Hatha Yoga focuses on physical health and with herbs to suit your taste buds. Join aged. Checks payable to the Sturbridge ter. To see other programs available, visit mental well being, using bodily postures, Jennifer Poirier for this fun and tasty class on Republican Town Committee may be mailed www.hitchcockacademy.org. breathing techniques, and meditation. This Thursday, April 4 from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. The fee no later than March 30 to Janet Garon, PO Box TUESDAY class with Pamila Stratton runs Wednesdays is $15 per person. Visit our website www.hitch- 24, Southbridge, MA 01550. Walk-ins are wel- April 3 – May 15 from 10 – 11:15 a.m. There are cockacademy.org for more information or call come. For more information, please contact APRIL 2 6 classes in this session, and the fee is $65 for (413) 245-9977. Janet Garon at 774-230-7382 or Joe McKenna at BRIMFIELD — Aerobics at Hitchcock Free Brimfield, Holland, Sturbridge, and Wales res- Martha Pullen Heirloom Tea Towel Charlton Sewing Center New Englands Sewing Sanctuary 12 Stafford St. Charlton, MA 01507 508-248-6632 APRIL 6TH Saturday, April 6, 2013 7:00 PM 1:30-5:00 Sunday, April 7, 2013 2:30 PM Class: $45.00 Auburn High School Auditorium Includes kit and machine use Tickets $12.00 Limited to 8 students For Ticket Information Call 508 832-7711 www.greaterauburncommunitychorus.org Check our website: www.charltonsewingcenter.com Friday, March 29, 2013 • STURBRIDGE VILLAGER 13 Former Tantasqua nurse trims her hair for Locks of Love

website “and followed the easy instructions HAIR for donation.” continued from page 1 Then, it took all of about 20 seconds for There is no maximum length of hair to be Voyles to remove the ponytail, which meas- donated. Hair is needed from men and women, ured a full 12 inches and left Brogan with a young and old, all colors and races, although good start on her next crop of donated tresses. an estimated 80 percent of donations come “End of story? No sir – I intend to donate from children wanting to help other children. again, if I live long enough,” said Brogan. In Brogan’s case, she decided to “cut back” Voyles suggested that it should take “only a on the hair she’s “been nurturing for many couple of years” to regenerate the hair to years.” Although she admits to having some donation length. “Now that it’s shorter, it will “natural highlights in her tresses,” much of grow faster,” she said, “at the rate of about a her hair “has remained a light brown,” like half-inch a month.” that of her mother, Lillian Rasys, “who still Brogan is not the first of the salon’s clients has brown/gray hair even at the age of 89,” to donate hair to Locks of Love. Both kids and says Brogan. “I guess we would have to attrib- adults have done so over the years “many ute that to good genetics,” she says. times,” said Voyles. While Myra Voyles of Myra’s Unisex Hair After the snipping, Brogan received the Fashions on Main Street in Southbridge has ponytail intact, for bagging with her printed “offered to cut and correct the color” of donation form. “Now I just have to put it in a Brogan’s hair many times over the years, the poofy (padded) envelope. My next stop is the school nurse continually resisted the offers. “I post office,” she said, adding that she didn’t always maintained it was easier just to leave it care if her hair was now dyed for kids’ use, or alone.” sold to wig-makers, or otherwise manipulated “Now that I have retired, I made up my mind – “as long as it’s used for the cause.” to cut my hair,” said Brogan, who recently For more information on why and how to called on Voyles to do the snipping. “I am so donate hair – or to nominate someone as a glad I have not chemically treated my hair for potential recipient, visit the organization’s many years; nor have I used hot irons and website at: www.locksoflove.org. blow dryers, except on rare occasions.” Mark Ashton photos Prior to the recent snip job, Brogan visited Mark Ashton can be reached at: mark@stone- the Locks of Love (the “other LOL” for mod- bridgepress.com, or by calling: 508-909-4144. Barbara Brogan of Sturbridge, left, gets set to lose a foot (of hair), as Myra Voyles does the clipping. ern social networkers and cell-phone texters) Boy Scout chooses cat shelter for Eagle project

walling work.” ing the possibility of pursuing veteri- SCOUT No matter; part of an Eagle Scout’s nary studies (“It’s one of the options”). continued from page 1 requirements is to get other people to Originally from Pennsylvania, him there involves designing, funding, help with the project, so he had Dad saw- Thompson and his family moved to building, and installing some boxes, ing boards to length and a couple of vol- Sturbridge when he was in the fourth shelves, gangplanks, and cat-scratching unteers on site to help bracket the fin- grade. He attended Burgess Elementary posts at the Brimfield-based shelter, ished shelves and boxes, attaching School prior to Tantasqua. where the mother/daughter team of ramps and such to the cattery walls. As As the cattery project winds down (he Barbara Horn and Rachael Max collect, of last week, all that remained of the visits the site every other Wednesday to clean-up, and place forgotten, found, or project was to install a long gangplank install one thing or another), he takes feral felines in cat-friendly homes in the and some sisal-wrapped scratching posts satisfaction in the growing array of col- area. in the elegantly appointed room full of orful boxes, shelves, and scratching Thompson began his part of the proj- cat toys, havens, hideaways, and sunny posts now available for the shelter’s ect last fall and has been tackling vari- perches. changing roster of felines to enjoy. Not ous aspects ever since, including solicit- “We pretty much followed my original that they show appreciation. They’re ing building materials, overseeing wood- plans,” says Thompson, adding that he cats, after all. But, he adds, “Rachael said cutting, assembling the various pieces, let the ladies pick out the colors, which they’re getting used to it.” sanding, panting, and acrylic clear-coat- complement the already bright and For more information on the shelter, ing the boxes and shelves he designed for cheery room. call: 413-324-8224; or visit: www.hereto- the shelter’s clientele. After achieving the rank of Eagle, daysanctuary.org. “I just love animals. I’ve always been Thompson will likely join the Venture an animal lover,” says the Scout who has Crew of the troop, which “focuses on Mark Ashton can be reached at: three dogs, a cat, and two chinchillas at high-adventure things,” he says. After [email protected], or by call- home (along with a couple of parents; the age of 18, he should become eligible ing: 508-909-4144. his older brother, meanwhile, is away at to serve as an adult Boy Scout leader, if college). In terms of skills needed to con- he so chooses. Troop 161, he said, is con- struct and install cat-friendly wall stantly growing, with a recent influx of pieces, Thompson, in the academic pro- “crossovers from Cub Scouts.” Mark Ashton photos gram at THS, helped with a Habitat for After high school, Thompson hopes to For his Eagle Project, Alec Thompson of Humanity project in Sturbridge a couple “focus on college for a while.” Though he Sturbridge designed and fashioned shelves of years ago. “I didn’t do any actual car- has no definitive post-grad plans, he has and boxes for the residents of Here Today, pentry,” he says, “but I did a lot of dry- “a couple of ideas” at this point, includ- Adopted Tomorrow cat shelter in Brimfield.

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All games and times are subject to change.

Baseball: March 29 vs. Bartlett, 1 April 3 vs. Southbridge, 3:30 April 5 at Uxbridge, 3:30 April 8 at Quaboag, 3:30 April 12 vs. Auburn, 3:30 April 15 vs. Monson, 10 a.m. April 24 vs. Oxford, 3:30 April 26 vs. Grafton, 3:30 April 29 at Shepherd Hill, 3:30 May 1 at Northbridge, 3:30 May 6 vs. Millbury, 3:30 May 8 at David Prouty, 3:30 May 10 vs. Shepherd Hill, 3:30 May 13 at Holy Name, 3:30 May 16 at St. Peter-Marian, 4 May 21 vs. Leicester, 3:30 May 24 at Auburn, 3:30

Softball: March 29 vs. Bartlett, 1 April 1 at St. Peter-Marian, 4 April 3 vs. Southbridge, 3:30 April 5 at Uxbridge, 3:30 April 8 at Quaboag, 3:30 April 12 vs. Auburn, 3:30 File photos April 15 vs. Amherst, 10 a.m. Above left, The Tantasqua softball team snuck into the 2012 district tournament. They hope to do the same — or better — this year and begin their season March 29 at home versus April 24 vs. Oxford, 3:30 Bartlett at 1 p.m. Right, The Tantasqua baseball team will look to win 10 or more games and qualify for the district tournament. The Warriors begin that journey on March 29 with a April 26 vs. Grafton, 3:30 home game against Bartlett at 1 p.m. April 29 at Shepherd Hill, 3:30 May 8 at David Prouty, 7 May 15 at Notre Dame May 8 at David Prouty, 3:30 a.m. April 8 at Agawam, 4 May 1 at Northbridge, 3:30 May 10 vs. Shepherd Hill, Academy, 4 May 10 vs. Shepherd Hill, April 23 vs. Westborough, 4 April 11 vs. Northbridge, 3:30 May 6 vs. Millbury, 3:30 3:30 May 21 vs. Leicester, 3:30 3:30 April 25 vs. Shepherd Hill, April 12 at Wayland, 4 May 13 at Holy Name, 3:30 May 23 at Auburn, 3:30 May 16 at Minnechaug, 4 3:30 April 18 at Shrewsbury, 2 May 24 at Westborough, 4 May 17 at Westborough, 4 April 30 vs. Northbridge, 3:30 April 20 at Wachusett, 11 May 21 vs. Leicester, 3:30 May 2 at Worcester, 3:30 a.m. Boys’ Tennis: May 23 at Auburn, 3:30 May 9 at Agawam, 4 April 23 at Westborough, 4 March 29 at Bartlett, 1 May 11 vs. Shrewsbury, 11 April 30 at Northbridge, 3:30 April 1 at St. Peter-Marian, 4 Boys’ Lacrosse: a.m. May 2 vs. Worcester, 3:30 April 3 at Southbridge, 3:30 April 2 vs. Nipmuc, 3:30 May 13 vs. Belchertown, 4 May 7 at Minnechaug, 4 April 5 vs. Uxbridge, 3:30 April 4 vs. Grafton, 3:30 May 16 at Nipmuc, 3:30 May 10 vs. Wayland, 4 April 8 vs. Quaboag, 3:30 April 9 at Shepherd Hill, 3:30 May 21 at Worcester, 3:30 May 11 vs. Shrewsbury, 2 April 12 at Auburn, 3:30 April 11 at Northbridge, 3:30 May 14 vs. Agawam, 4 April 24 vs. Longmeadow, 4 April 18 at Shrewsbury, 11 Girls’ Lacrosse: May 16 vs. Nipmuc, 3:30 April 26 at Grafton, 3:30 a.m. April 2 at Nipmuc, 3:30 May 21 at Worcester, 3:30 April 29 vs. Shepherd Hill, April 20 vs. Wachusett, 11 April 4 at Grafton, 3:30 3:30 May 1 vs. Northbridge, 3:30 May 8 vs. David Prouty, 3:30 May 10 at Shepherd Hill, 3:30 May 17 vs. Westborough, 4 May 21 at Leicester, 3:30 May 23 vs. Auburn, 3:30

Girls’ Tennis: March 29 vs. Bartlett, 1 April 1 vs. St. Peter-Marian, 4 April 3 vs. Southbridge, 3:30 April 5 at Uxbridge, 3:30 April 8 at Quaboag, 3:30 April 12 vs. Auburn, 3:30 April 24 at Longmeadow, 4 April 26 vs. Grafton, 3:30 April 29 at Shepherd Hill, 3:30 May 1 at Northbridge, 3:30 May 6 vs. Notre Dame Academy, 4

Right, After back-to-back trips to the district semifinal round, the Tantasqua girls’ lacrosse team is After reaching the district tournament for the first time in school history in 2012, the Tantasqua boys’ scheduled to begin its 2013 sea- lacrosse team will look to make a return trip this spring. They open their season April 2 versus Nipmuc at son April 2 at Nipmuc at 3:30 3:30 p.m. p.m.

SPORTS BRIEFS

and Bay Path may be eligible to participate on old. Juniors 9 are for 7-9 year olds. Juniors 12 in our Score Keeping booklet. You may choose Mavericks Soccer holding spring the team. Ballplayers residing in the are for 10-12 year olds. All dates are set as of from one of the following sponsorship levels: Sturbridge area but attending private schools Dec. 31, 2013. Platinum Sponsor, $1,000. Full page ad, one season registration outside the region may also be eligible to play For more information please email free foursome spot. Gold Plus Sponsor, $500. on the team. [email protected]. Full page ad, two free golfer spots. Gold Mavericks Soccer is now taking registration Interested players should bring a photocopy Sponsor, $300. Full page ad, one free golfer for their soccer program starting April 9 and of their birth certificate to the signups. The spot. Silver Sponsor, $150. Half page ad. Blue ending June 22 in Woodstock, Conn. The U8- team will conduct its tryouts May 4, 5, 10 and Trinity Golf Tournament to play in Sponsor, $100, business card size ad. Patron, U10 practices are on Tuesdays from 5:30-7 p.m. 11 at the Tantasqua Regional High School $50. Name listed in booklet. and U12-U14 practices are on Thursdays from baseball field in Fiskdale. For more informa- Charlton Raffle items can be gift certificates, gift 5:30-7 p.m., with games on Saturdays. tion contact Manager Jim Roseel at (774) 230- cards, golf balls, gift baskets, clothing apparel Registration for spring soccer for players 1784. CHARLTON — Turn your thoughts to or items that may be specific to your company. ages 6 and up is welcomed from all towns in spring as it’s time to start planning for the A Cash donation is also acceptable. Northeast Connecticut and nearby Rhode 18th annual Trinity Golf Tournament. Our If you have any questions, please contact Island and Massachusetts. To register, go to Sturbridge Rec Spring Soccer to tournament will begin with registration at our Tournament Organizer Paula Toti at (508) www.maverickssoccer.com. Please call (860) 7:30 a.m., 847-1871 or email [email protected]. 942-6292 for more information. offer spring programs Wednesday, May 15 at the Heritage Country Club in Charlton with a shotgun start at 9 a.m. For the first time ever, there will be Coffee and doughnuts will be provided during Tri-Community YMCA holding Registration for Sturbridge Sturbridge Recreational Spring Soccer; they registration. are offering a spring program in conjunction We are asking that you consider supporting youth softball league signups American Legion baseball is set with Real Futbol Training. this event by golfing, advertising sponsorship On Thursday nights the clinics will be from or donating a raffle item. Please keep in mind The Tri-Community YMCA is holding Area baseball players interested in playing 5-6 p.m. or 6-7 p.m. based on age group. The that all paperwork and items must be received signups for its new Youth Softball League. for the Sturbridge American Legion Post 109 Sunday games will be 45 minutes from 4-5:30 by April 30. All checks should be made payable Girls in grades 3-8 can register at the YMCA, team should come to signups April 13 or April p.m. from April 25 to June 22 with the only to TCA Golf Tournament. located at 43 Everett Street in Southbridge. 20 between 10 a.m. and noon at the Champeau- exceptions being the weekend of Memorial The cost is $125 per golfer and will include Games begin the week of April 21 and run Vilandre Post on Main Street in Fiskdale. Day and Father’s Day. 18 holes of golf, cart and dinner. If you regis- through mid-June. All practices and games Players should register to ensure their eligi- The cost to play is $105 to Sturbridge ter by April 15 you will receive a $15 discount will be held at the Morris Street Field. Girls bility. Recreational Soccer: c/o Real Futbol Training per golfer. We are accepting single golfers as will learn basic softball skills and the rules of Players born after Jan. 1, 1994 can try out for PO Box 43, Sturbridge, MA 01566 or one can well as foursomes. Contests will include: Hole the game. They will make new friends and Sturbridge American Legion baseball if they pay through the Real training website at in One Contest: $10,000 Cash Prize, Closest to have lots of fun. Cost is $40 for Y members and reside in the team’s territory. Sturbridge http://2013realtrysoccer.eventbrite.com/ the Pin, and longest drive male and $55 for non- members. Registrations will be Legion has Tantasqua as its base school, but The age groups are as follows: Tikes 2.5-4 female. Strings and Mulligans will be avail- accepted until April 10. For questions call Sue players from Southbridge, Quaboag, Quabbin, years old (Tikes is a Sunday only clinic with a able for purchase Casine at (508) 765-5466. North Brookfield, David Prouty,Shepherd Hill reduced price of $85.) Pre-kickers 5-6 years Advertising Sponsorships can be purchased Friday, March 29, 2013 • STURBRIDGE VILLAGER 15 American Cancer Society Southbridge Relay For Life Silent Auction NOTE: NUMBER IN PARENTHESE IS THE ITEM NUMBER

GIFT CERTIFICATE These items are being auctioned through the generosity of the many area GIFT CERTIFICATE CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS businesses and is sponsored by Stonebridge Press also known as the CORMIER JEWELERS 95 HIGGINS STREET Southbridge Evening News and its affiliated weekly publications,. The auction 42 CENTRAL STREET WORCESTER,MA will begin on Thursday,March 21, 2013 for the Southbridge News and on Friday SOUTHBRIDGE, MA V : $150.00 VALUE: $100.00 ALUE March 22, 2013 for all other newspapers (Charlton Villager, Webster Times, CURRENT BID: $80.00(1) CURRENT BID: $90.00 (2) Sturbridge Villager and the Spencer New Leader). The last publication of the highest bids will be on Thursday April 4, 2013 for the Southbridge News and Friday April 5, 2013 for all other listed publications, however, bids will be

COBY 7” ANDROID TABLET accepted until 5 pm on Saturday,April 6, 2013. A list of the winning bidders will SHARP ATOMIC WIRELESS ALL STAR INCENTIVE MARKETING be published on Thursday, April 11, 2013 in the Southbridge News and on WEATHER STATION 660 MAIN STREET Friday,April 12, 2013 in all other listed publications. DONATED BY:DEB BELL FISKDALE, MA You may place a bid by calling one of the telephone numbers listed below and VALUE: $30.00 VALUE: $170.00 providing your Name, Telephone Number, the item number, the name of the CURRENT BID: $15.00 (4) CURRENT BID: $155.00 (3) item and the amount of your bid. You may also email your bid to one of the emails listed below. Results of biddings will be posted in the Southbridge Evening News on Thursday of each week and for the other publications on 2 LARGE 1 TOPPING PIZZAS ONE-YEAR ADULT MEMBERSHIP Friday of each week. 2 LITER SODA AND LARGE CHIP TRI COMMUNITY YMCA UNCLE SAM’S PIZZA 43 EVERETT STREET Due to newspaper deadlines for publication and constant daily bidding, many 400 EAST MAIN STREET SOUTHBRIDGE, MA bids are not as up to date as published. There may be some items that have no EAST BROOKFIELD,MA VALUE: $440.00 bids as all item starting bids are approximately 50% of the item’s face value. So VALUE: $25.00 CURRENT BID: $250.00 (5) if you see something that strikes your fancy call and inquire what the current CURRENT BID: $20.00 (6) bid is you may just own it!!

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FAMILY FOUR PACK CAT/DOG WELLNESS PACK W/$20.00 CONCESSION STURBRIDGE VET HOSPITAL CINEMAGIC 6 CEDAR STREET HOBB BROOK PLAZA Relay For Life 2013 STURBRIDGE,MA STURBRIDGE,MA VALUE: $320.00 VALUE: $60.00 CURRENT BID: $150.00 (47) BID: $40.00 (46) Meetings

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED AND COMMITTEE MEETING GIFT CARD GIFT CERTIFICATE TUB TIME PET SALON STURBRIDGE — The American Cancer Society Relay For Life is looking for SADIE GREEN’S CURIOSITY SHOP 484 MAIN STREET committee members to be a part of the 2013 Relay For Life of the Greater 283 MAIN STREET FISKDALE,MA Southbridge Area. People interested in being a part of a committee will be a part STURBRIDGE,MA VALUE: $50.00 of the community’s biggest effort to fight cancer. VALUE: $50.00 BID: $25.00 (48) The next Planning Committee meeting will be held at 6 p.m. Monday,March 18 CURRENT BID: $46.00 (49) at the Southbridge Savings Bank on Route 20 in Sturbridge beginning at 6 pm. The meeting will address the planning process for the community’s Relay For Life event, which supports the American Cancer Society’s mission of saving GIFT CERTIFICATE lives by helping people stay well, by helping people get well, by finding cures and GIFT CERTIFICATE 1 NIGHT VIP SUITE by fighting back against the disease. BARK AND BUBBLE PET GROOMING W/ SPECIAL DINNER Being a part of a committee includes planning the event, organizing event 450 MAIN STREET BARKWOOD INN details, working at the event, and promoting the event. STURBRIDGE, MA 462 WORCESTER ROAD,CHARLTON MA For information about joining the committee or about the event, call 1-800-227- 2345 or Lou DeMauro at 781-264-0321, Ray Fournier at 508-347-7419, Rick Stearns VALUE: $25.00 VALUE: $50.00 at 774-200-9596 or visit www.relayforlife/gtrsouthbridgearea.ma. CURRENT BID: $15.00 (51) CURRENT BID: $25.00 (50)

TEAM AND PARTICIPANT MEETING RUSK HAIR PRODUCT BASKET GIFT CERTIFICATE SALON 484 SOUTHBRIDGE — The American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life of the PUBLICK HOUSE 484 MAIN STREET Greater Southbridge Area invites team captains, team participants, and the gen- ROUTE 131 eral public to the monthly meeting scheduled for March 25 at the Southbridge STURBRIDGE,MA STURBRIDGE,MA Knights of Columbus, on Route 169. The meeting starts at 6:30 p.m. and lasts VALUE: $50.00 VALUE: $35.00 about 1 hour. The doors will open at 6 p.m. for anyone who wishes to ask ques- CURRENT BID: $25.00 (52) CURRENT BID: $34.00 (53) tions before the meeting. This meeting will provide the opportunity to interact with the event partici- pants, share fundraising progress and ask any questions they have concerning the event. Those in attendance will be updated with any new information regard- GIFT CERTIFICATE ing the event. There will be door prizes, a guest speaker, fundraising ideas and GIFT CERTIFICATE IN SERVICES, VACCINES & GOODS an assortment of food. NATURE’S PATHWAY WITH VISIT AT YOUR HOME For more information about the Relay For Life or our meetings, please contact 139 MAIN STREET BAY S TAT E MOBILE VET SERVICE Rick Stearns at 774-200-9596, Ray Fournier at 508-347-7419, or Lou DeMauro at 781- STURBRIDGE,MA DONATED BY:FAY E FULONE-SWEENEY 264-0321 or [email protected]. VALUE: $25.00 VALUE: $200.00 CURRENT BID: $15.00 (55) CURRENT BID: $100.00 (54)

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GIFT CERTIFICATE GIFT CERTIFICATE GIFT CERTIFICATE GIFT CERTIFICATE FINS & TAILS ADMIRAL T.J. O’BRIEN’S TOWARD GROOMING/BOARDING NOAH’S ARK PET SHOP 858 MAIN STREET 407 MAIN ST RTE 20 WOOF & WHISKER INN 57 MAIN STREET SOUTHBRIDGE,MA STURBRIDGE,MA 265 DUDLEY RIVER ROAD,SOUTHBRIDGE,MA STURBRIDGE,MA VALUE: $35.00 VALUE: $25.00 VALUE: $25.00 VALUE: $20.00 CURRENT BID: $25.00 (87) CURRENT BID: $15.00 (88) CURRENT BID: $15.00 (89) CURRENT BID: $10.00 (90) Friday, March 29, 2013 • STURBRIDGE VILLAGER 17 AROUND THE REGION

Local shelter dog sniffs out top spot in Sheriff’s K-9 Unit RELAY FOR LIFE: UPCOMING EVENTS Worcester County Sheriff Lew Evangelidis is proud to announce he has a new top dog when it comes to FABULOUS BUFFET drug detection at the Worcester SOUTHBRIDGE — Chicken, ziti with sauce and chicken potpie County Jail & House of Correction. with salad and rolls all for only $10. You can’t go wrong! The date is Nikita, a nine-month-old Labrador- Sunday, April 14 at Knights of Columbus Hall on Worcester Street, terrier mix, is the newest member of Southbridge. The buffet will run from 2 to 8 p.m. so it’s a great chance the K-9 Unit at the Worcester County to avoid having to cook! As always, the Fighting Irish will also offer Sheriff ’s Office and is not your typical raffles and will provide some great music, too. law enforcement canine. A rescue dog that was donated to the WCSO at no cost from the Sterling Animal Shelter, RAFFLE OF SCRATCH Nikita’s small stature, high energy and keen sense of smell of both illicit and TICKETS prescription drugs, makes him the SOUTHBRIDGE — It’s the next best thing to a guaranteed win! new cutting edge breed in narcotics Relay For Life/Southbridge is offering chances on a terrific basket of detection. scratch tickets. The basket includes $400 in tickets and a $100 bill! “As the proud owner of two shelter Chances are available at Stearns Meats on Route 169, Charlton or by dogs, I am thrilled to welcome Nikita a calling Ron at 508-347-3826. The winner will be drawn at the Pawfect rescue dog and newest member of our Pals Ham and Bean Supper at the Knights of Columbus Hall on April K-9 Unit at the Worcester County Courtesy photo 27. Sheriff ’s Office,” said Evangelidis. “Nikita is a highly trained drug detecting Worcester County Sheriff Lew Evangelidis, with Nikita, a nine-month-old Labrador-terri- canine that will assist our department in er mix, the newest member of the K-9 Unit at the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office HAM AND BEAN SUPPER searching for illegal and prescription SOUTHBRIDGE — How often do you get a chance to have HOME- drugs at both the Worcester County Jail MADE ham and beans? Team Pawfect Pals is sponsoring a supper on & House of Correction and in the community. Nikita’s of Correction serves as an immediate drug deterrent and public safety tool, providing our department the ability to Saturday, April 27 at the Knights of Columbus Hall on Worcester keen ability to detect the scent of both illicit drugs and Street in Southbridge. Service will start at 5:30 p.m. You will need to prescription opiates gives our department a new, highly conduct routine searches on inmates who participate in our community service programs. Our new K-9 will also get your tickets ahead of time by calling Ron or Lucille at 508-347- cost-effective, cutting edge tool in narcotics detection and 3826. The team will also offer raffles and this is your opportunity to public safety.” be used when needed to sniff search inmate cells and vis- iting areas in our correctional facility as well,” pick up some chances for a basket of scratch tickets, including $400 Nikita’s recent addition to Worcester County Sheriff ’s in tickets and a $100 bill. Office K-9 Unit comes after 14 weeks of intense training Evangelidis said. “As Sheriff, I also look forward to mak- provided by the Plymouth County Sheriff ’s Office free of ing Nikita available upon request to our local communi- charge. The specialized training has provided the sheriff ties to assist them with narcotics investigations and drug with a canine that is able to detect both illicit drugs such sweeps when needed.” as marijuana, cocaine, heroin, ecstasy and methampheta- Although Nikita may be considered short in stature, his The Big Picture journey to the Worcester County Sheriff ’s Office was quite mines and prescription drugs such as oxycodone, hyr- Photo Reprints Available drocodone, oxycontin and other opiate based derivatives. a long one. Originally rescued as a homeless puppy from Photo Reprints Available This skill comes at a crucial time when prescription drug the streets of Puerto Rico, Nikita was then shipped to the abuse, especially among teenagers is at an all time high. Sterling Animal Shelter where upon his arrival it was “We have seen a watershed change in drug use, especial- determined he would be a good fit for the Worcester Options & Prices ly among young people where prescription drug abuse has County Sheriff ’s K-9 Unit. Evangelidis is very grateful for Digital Copy (emailed) $5.00 Call or become as popular as marijuana use. Nikita’s ability to receiving Nikita as a donation because acquiring a tradi- 4” x 6” Glossy Print $5.00 detect both illegal and tional “police dog” can be extremely costly. 8.5” x 11” Glossy Print $10.00 or Email The Sheriff himself is very familiar with the good prescription drugs allows our new K-9 to be well ahead (please allow 6-8 weeks works of the Sterling Animal Shelter. One of his own fam- Stonebridge of the curve,” said Evangelidis. for delivery by mail) Another change versus the traditional police dog, is ily dogs is adopted from there as well. Press for Nikita’s personality it’s friendly not ferocious. Nikita’s “The Sterling Animal Shelter is a tremendous local handler Worcester County Sheriff ’s Office Sgt. Thomas organization that helps place into loving homes countless details Chabot refers to this new type of K-9 as “passive-alert.” animals that are considered homeless and in need and the “Nikita’s compact size, high energy and personality Worcester County Sheriff ’s Office is very grateful for their make him less threatening and ideal for drug searches on generous donation of Nikita to our K-9 Unit. As sheriff, I individuals as well as searches in tight areas such as small strongly believe Nikita represents the new role model vehicles and drop ceilings where narcotics might be hid- breed of the future in cutting-edge narcotics detection for den or stored,” said WCSO K-9 Unit Sgt. Thomas Chabot. law enforcement canines,” said Evangelidis. Nikita’s new role at the Worcester County Sheriff ’s For more information on the WCSO K-9 Unit contact the Office and highly specialized narcotics detection training Worcester County Sheriff ’s Office at 508-854-1800 or visit: provides both a deterrent and new public safety tool for www.worcestercountysheriff.com. Call or email Stonebridge Press today the Sheriff and for the local community. 508-764-4325 or [email protected] “Nikita’s presence at the Worcester County Jail & House You can also download your photo reprint form at www.TheHeartOfMassachusetts.com American Cancer Society Southbridge Relay For Life Silent Auction

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THANK YOU TO ALL WHO DONATED 18 STURBRIDGE VILLAGER • Friday, March 29, 2013 SCU celebrates member loyalty during 75th anniversary

SOUTHBRIDGE — John P. Peterkin, of Sturbridge, has been a long time, valued member of Southbridge Credit Union since 1944. Mr. Peterkin has been a loyal loan member with Southbridge Credit Union during his 69 years of membership with the institution. Mr. Peterkin’s first loan with Southbridge Credit Union, the mortgage on the house he still resides in located in Sturbridge, dates back to 1948, when the credit union was only 10 years old. After returning from the service, Mr. Peterkin’s parents signed over their house and mortgage to him and he has been relying on Southbridge Credit Union for finan- cial needs ever since. “I’ve always been happy with how everyone at Southbridge Credit Union has treated me,” Peterkin explained. His local connections with officers and members of Southbridge Credit Union, including Sam Normandin, one of the original founders of the institution, brought Mr. Peterkin to the credit union. Mr. Peterkin also had close relations with Ernest Fontaine and Roger Dion while they served as President and CEO of the credit union. Southbridge Credit Union’s pro- fessionalism and friendly service throughout the years has made Mr. Peterkin a loyal member. Courtesy photo Jeff Davenport, President and CEO of Southbridge Credit Union, and Carleton Wayman, Loan Originator at Southbridge Credit Union’s Lending Center, presented Mr. Peterkin with the title to his car and a $100 gift certificate to a local gas station, as he made the final payment on his most recent auto loan from Southbridge Credit Union. “Like I said before, I’ll be back to borrow more money again,” Mr. Peterkin stated. Southbridge Credit Union is thankful for members like Mr. Peterkin, who have remained loyal to the institution during its 75 years of operation.

Last day of winter?

Courtesy photo FISKDALE — Alana Inslee, 5, helps mommy (Kim Inslee) clear the walkway at her house in Fiskdale Tuesday morning, March 19, during a wet snow storm that moved through the area.

EDUCATION NOTEBOOK The ELF program is a book-in-hand pro- Providence College gram geared for children ages 9-18 months PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Kara Flanagan, a with their caregiver. The brief program, resident of Brimfield, and a member of the which includes stories, songs, finger rhymes class of 2014 at Providence College, recently and more, is followed by playtime. This pro- spent a week working with Habitat for gram is a fun and easy way to introduce your Humanity as part of the College’s Alternative child to the world of books! ELF,which is free Spring Break 2013 program. and open to the public, will meet on Flanagan was among more than 230 Thursdays, April 4, 11, 18, and 25 at 10:45 a.m. Providence College students who volunteered Call 508/347-2512 to register, or visit us at 306 to spend their spring break working at Main Street, Sturbridge. Habitat home sites in 16 locations in the United States. They participated through the Wales Elementary School Habitat campus chapter at Providence WALES — Wales Elementary School is now College, which is sponsored by the chaplain’s accepting applications for preschool and office. Flanagan worked on a home project in kindergarten students for the school year Georgetown, Del. 2013-2014. Children eligible for preschool must be 3 or 4 on or before Aug. 31. Children Joshua Hyde Library eligible for kindergarten must be 5 on or STURBRIDGE — The Joshua Hyde Library before Aug. 31. If you are interested, please will be holding their Early Literacy and Fun contact Wales Elementary School at 413-245- program during the month of April. 7748. Fresh Air Fund seeks hosts in Worcester County FUND continued from page 1 “amazed by all the grass” in the Leonards’ yard, excited by road trips (at home, she goes places by bus), enjoys the pets and nearby frog pond and has decided she “doesn’t like the bugs at all,” Leonard said. Sturbridge’s Rachel Amaru said her “summer son” Corleone Bell came to the same conclu- sion about the mosquitoes pretty quickly.But he keeps coming back (this year will be his third), and her children are already asking when he’ll be here. “As much of a blessing as it was to Corleone, I think it was even more of a blessing to my fam- ily,” Amaru said of hosting him and developing a friendship with his mother, with whom she has “regular contact.” “The program is for one or two weeks, but his family sent him back to us” after the Amarus opted to extend his stay to five weeks, she said. Amaru notes, however, that’s a unique situation created by the relationship they have with the Bells; it’s not something the Fresh Air Fund itself expects participating families to do. According to the organization’s website, first-time travelers are ages 6-12, but can keep visit- ing the same families until they’re 18 (most kids are reinvited annually). The program tries to match up families and kids based on shared interests, age and other factors. “There is no such thing as a ‘typical’ host family,” the site states. “They live in the suburbs, small towns, and rural areas. They have different types of homes and neighborhoods. Different financial profiles. Some have children of their own, while others don’t. What they DO have in common is room in their home and their heart, and a desire to share the simple joys of their communities with a Fresh Air Fund child.” The Leonards and Amarus express some of that variety.While the for- mer use the time to take Aliyah camping, boating and to their cabin in Maine, the latter typically try to give Corleone “an opportunity to be out- side and just play,” noting he’s learned to swim, bike ride and make smores (he didn’t like them) while here. Amaru recalled Corleone was most impressed by Sturbridge’s quiet- ness and darkness at night. She noted host families don’t have to be wealthy or to plan extensive events to “entertain” the children, just “give them a normal suburban experience.” “For one or two weeks, host families give these inner-city children a break from the stifling heat and dangerous streets of the city,” wrote Sutton resident Vickie Cox-Lanyon, this area’s volunteer chairperson, by email. “Instead, Fresh Air children get to experience the simple joys of summer – things like playing barefoot in the grass or gazing at the stars on a clear summer night.” She went on to note there’s a shortage of host families. Last year,more than 150 kids found hosts in our region, but 200 others wanted to partic- ipate but couldn’t. “We believe every child who is eligible to participate should be matched with a host family,” she wrote. “Hosting a child doesn’t take much - just a little room in your heart and home - but the experience cre- ates friendships and memories that will last a lifetime.” To learn more, please contact Vickie Lanyon at 508-476-1194, via email at [email protected], or visit the Fund’s website at www.freshair.org.

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FRIDAY, MARCH 29 SATURDAY, APRIL 6 508-885-2708 ONGOING Karaoke 260 West Main St., West Live Rock ‘n Roll with Masters of Broadway www.klemsonline.com Every Saturday 8 p.m.-12 Brookfield, MA One Night Stand Presented by the Greater Silver Circle’s Art Exhibit In the Veterans Lounge 508-867-2345 9:00 p.m. Auburn Panels: Paintings and Public invited www.salemcrossinn.com Sherwood’s Restaurant Community Chorus SATURDAY, APRIL 27 Works by Donald E. American Legion Tuttle Post And Bar Under the direction of DEA Prescription Drug Munson #279 35 Rt. 171, South Woodstock, Charles J. Pietrello Take Back Day March 1 – April 28 88 Bancroft St., Auburn, MA Meat Raffle CT 7:00 p.m. Riverview Farms Market Reception Friday, March 15 508-832-2701 Every Saturday 860-963-2080 Auburn High School Kennedy Dr., Putnam, CT 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. 12:30 p.m. Auditorium For info contact 75 Main St., Putnam, CT 6 tables, prime rib, lobster Live entertainment featuring For ticket information [email protected] 860-928-2900 Karaoke and Dance Party And much more Kelly Wheeler 508-832-7711 for information Every Thursday and Saturday Public invited Salem Cross Inn www.greaterauburncommuni- FRIDAY, MAY 3 Trivia Night and DJ Veterans Lounge 260 West Main St. tychorus.org Klem’s Spring Fest – Karaoke American Legion Tuttle West Brookfield, MA Shop the Tent Sale Godspell Every Tuesday 7 p.m.- 9 p.m. Post # 279 SUNDAY, APRIL 7 Demonstrations, free cotton March 22, 23, 29, 30 Live Country Music 88 Bancroft St., Auburn, MA SUNDAY, MARCH 31 Masters of Broadway candy and sno-cones! 8:00 p.m. Every other Friday at 9 p.m. 508-832-2701 $75 Prix Fixe Easter Dinner Presented by the Greater Visit www.klemsonline.com March 24: 2:00 p.m. Sherwood’s Restaurant & Bar At Golden Lamb Buttery Auburn for more information The Complex of Performing 35 Rte. 171, South 1st Thursdays are Hayrides available before din- Community Chorus Arts Woodstock, CT Chicken Night ner Under the direction of SATURDAY, MAY 4 95 Front St., Putnam, CT 860-963-1230 4 p.m. – 9 p.m. Bush Hill Rd., Brooklyn, CT Charles J. Pietrello Klem’s Spring Fest – For tickets call Family style baked chicken For reservations call 2:30 p.m. Shop the Tent Sale 860-963-7170 Trivia Night with fries, pasta & marinara 860-774-4423 Auburn High School Demonstrations, free cotton Every Wednesday sauce, Auditorium candy and sno-cones Man of LaMancha 7 p.m. – 9 p.m. salad and rolls Easter Celebration For ticket information for more information visit April 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20 Free to play Adults: $11.75 10:00 a.m. 508-832-7711 www.klemsonline.com 7:30 p.m. Food and drink special Children under 10: $6.75 Acts II Ministries www.greaterauburncommuni- April 7, 14, 21 at 2:00 p.m. Prizes American Legion Tuttle Post 1366 Riverside Dr., tychorus.org SUNDAY, MAY 5 Bradley Playhouse Hank’s Restaurant #279 Thompson, CT Klem’s Spring Fest – 30 Front St. (Rte. 44), in 416 Providence Rd., 88 Bancroft St., Auburn, MA 860-935-5107 Shop the Tent Sale Downtown Putnam, CT Brooklyn, CT 508-832-2701 FRIDAY, APRIL 12 Demonstrations, free cotton For tickets call 860-774-6071 Resurrection Sunday Service Murder Mystery Dinner candy and sno-cones! 860-928-7887 10:00 a.m. “Tessie & Tommy’s For more information visit North Woodstock Rehearsal Dinner”?Salem www.klemsonline.com Aerobic Workout Classes Conversations with Keith Congregational Church Cross Inn Saturday Mornings Fridays 10 a.m.-11 a.m. 1227 Rt. 169, Woodstock, CT 260 West Main St. 8:30-9:30 A live talk radio show on West Brookfield, MA SUNDAY, MAY 12 $5.00 drop in WARE 1250AM FRIDAY, APRIL 5 Advanced ticket sales required Mother’s Day Brunch Spencer Fish & Game Club and downloadable on the Huge Meat Raffle At Golden Lamb Buttery 155 Mechanic St., Spencer, internet anytime Early Bird 6:00 p.m. SATURDAY, APRIL 13 Bush Hill Rd., Brooklyn, CT MA Sponsored by The Holistic Start 7:00 p.m. Deck & Paint Seminar 10:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Center Auburn Sportsman Club At Klems For reservations call Live Music and West Brookfield Elm St., Auburn, MA 9:00 a.m. – noon 860-774-4423 Entertainment 508-867-3409 Open to the public Ask the Rep – Roger Every Friday night Kitchen is open McMahon Teresa’s Restaurant Live Entertainment Friday From California Paints! Rt. 32, Palmer Rd. Night 117 West Main St., Spencer, Ware, MA Hexmark Tavern at Salem MA 413-967-7601 Cross Inn Friday, March 29, 2013 • THE VILLAGER • 5 Dining & Entertainment Visit these fine establishments for great food and entertainment Call Nate at 508.909.4064 to advertise

BREAKFAST Over 50 Years of New England YankeeYankee DinerDiner 260 West Main Street, West Brookfield, MA 01585 Hospitality! BACK IN FULL SWING FOR THE SPRING! 105 Masonic Home Road • Charlton MA 01550 Tuesday thru Friday (lunch & dinner) 11:30am-9:00pm Pizzas • Calzones • Seafood Saturday (dinner) 5:00pm-9:00pm • Sunday (dinner) 12 noon-8:00pm Hexmark Tavern Grinders • Salads • Pasta Fireplace Feasts Dinners • Appetizers Serving great food in a casual atmosphere Saturday,April 6, 20, 27 HOURS: Tuesday thru Friday 4-9pm Live entertainment Friday night SUN.-WED. 11AM - 9PM Sunday,April 7, 14, 21, 28 “Chef quality, Diner prices!” THURS.-SAT. 11AM - 10PM Last Feasts til November Featuring Kelly Wheeler on March 29 Free Delivery! Early American Fare Murder Mystery Dinner Come enjoy a very traditional (Gratuities not included) See our website for full menu and details “Tessie & Tommy’s Rehearsal Dinner” Daily Delivery All Day Sat. & Sun. Advanced ticket sale required April 12, May 10, June 14 yet delicious Mon. - Fri. 4pm - closing Advanced ticket sales required breakfast and lunch Specials! 508-248-0666 • 508-248-1611 Gift Certificates www.salemcrossinn.com (508)867-2345 menu. To-Go Orders 508-434-0900 BREAKFAST You’ll think OPEN: M-F 6am-2pm•Sat 7am-1pm• Sun 7:30am-1pm Fedele’s Coffee you’re in Italy! 14 Worcester Rd. (Rte. 20E) Charlton, MA 01507 Shoppe& Restaurant Between the Junctions of Rte. 31 & Rte. 169 ELM CENTRE Italian-style dining using only the finest and Facebook: plouffe’s yankee diner 13 Central St., Southbridge freshest ingredients. All prepared fresh daily. Cafè Fresh fish, veal, chicken, beef, pasta, soups, OPENING FRIDAY NIGHTS salads, pizza, grinders, house specials, OPEN Open To advertise on TILL 8:00 for dinner Fri. NIght childrens menu and more! 7 DAYS A WEEK ~ Daily Specials ~ 4-8 this page call Nate Breakfast All Day for Dinner LIVE MUSIC & Parties ~ Reunions ~ Weddings Fresh Fish & Chips - Take-Out - ENTERTAINMENT Showers ~ Special Occasions at (508) 909-4064 w/homemade cole slaw only $ 7.99 Every Friday Banquet Room Seating 50-200 Homemade Clam Chowder Catering Available for All Occasions Night! Your Hosts: The Ferrentino Family 12 oz. Sirloin Steak w/baked potato HUGE VARIETY of Specials Daily Homemade Meat Pie w/pot. & veg. Teresa’s Restaurant Mac & Cheese Homemade Desserts & other specials 39 Elm St. Southbridge Rt. 32, Palmer Rd., • Ware, MA • Across from the fire station 413-967-7601 508-764-8019 Take-Out & Local Delivery Service Available 508-764-7288 www.TeresasRestaurantWare.com Too delicious to pass up! To advertise on this page call Nate at 508-909-4064

Welcome to... SShhaarere YYoouurr RReecciippee!! Fedele’s Coffee We will be Emaiill tto [email protected] or fax to 508..765..0233 closed Easter Shoppe& Restaurant Sunday Please enjoy the day with Easter Bunny Cake...Soooo Easy! your family 13 Central St., Southbridge and friends June Simakauskas Ingredients: WE ARE OPEN NOW One 2-layer box cake mix (or make from scratch if you like) - flavor of your choice FRIDAY NIGHTS TIL 8 One can vanilla frosting (or any flavor will do) OPERATING HOURS: SAT-THURS 6AM-2PM Shredded coconut, white, and some dyed green & pink FRIDAY 6AM-8PM String Red or Black Licorice Jelly Beans Featuring Homemade Cook cake mix as directed in two 9" round pans. Cool 10 minutes and remove from pans and place on long tray, cookie sheet, or cutting board. Lunch Specials, Keep one round, and cut the other in three pieces...two years and the center piece for the bowtie....see illustration. Homemade Soups & Frost all the pieces and cover with white shredded coconut. Desserts Use the pink coconut inside the ears. Extensive Breakfast Menu Use jelly beans for eyes and nose. AR EAR Use licorice for the whiskers and smile E

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Friday & Saturday: Midnight - 3 AM To advertise on our dining page, call Nate at 508-909-4064 or email [email protected] 508-764-8019 Take-Out & Local Delivery Service Available If you commit to advertise for eight weeks, you will get an ad this size FREE! Deadline for the next issue is Friday at noon. 6 • THE VILLAGER • Friday, March 29, 2013 le! ary Sa nnivers Our 30th A EXPRESSMARCH 29, 2013 Our Biggest Sale of the Year! SOUTHBRIDGE AUBURN NEWS EVENING NEWS COME CELEBRATE WITH US! BLACKSTONE We are celebrating 30 years by offering VALLEY TRIBUNE STURBRIDGE VILLAGER you savings of 20%-60% Off storewide. SPENCER CHARLTON VILLAGER As as added bonus, qualified buyers pay 0% NEW LEADER Interest and NO DOWN PAYMENT for 1 FULL YEAR! WEBSTER TIMES REGISTER TO WIN A $500 SHOPPING SPREE! CAHILL’S TIRE & AUTO SERVICE (No purchase necessary) 33 SUTTON AVE., OXFORD, MA • 508-987-0603 Family owned and SPECIALSPECIAL SASAVINGSVINGS ONON operated since 1967 O Bedrooms Bring any Food Share Donation • Enter to Win O Living Rooms S 00 TORE $50 Gift Certificate O WIDE Recliners SA to Ed Stearns Dressed Meats • Charlton, MA O VINGS! NO PURCHASE NECESSARY Occasional Pieces O Entertainment Centers MARCH SPECIALS O Sealy Mattresses FREE Battery System Test FREE Road Hazard with any 4 Tire Purchase www.sundeenfurnitureinc.com FREE Battery Installation* American Car Care Freedom Plan Featuring FREE Flat Repairs/ Sundeen Furniture AC Delco Batteries Tire Rotation $40.00 Value $40.00 Value RTE. 122 • UXBRIDGE/NORTHBRIDGE LINE • 508-234-8777 Valid with coupon Valid with coupon FREE LAYAWAY • FREE DELIVERY March 1-30, 2013 March 1-30, 2013 M.T.W. 9:30-6:00; TH., FRI. 9:30-8:30; SAT. 9:30-6:00; SUN 11-5 *Most vehicles *Most vehicles

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(NAPS) they have less direct awareness of their pet’s We all know giving a dog a treat is a com- health. mon pet owner behavior. Dog owners treat Treat manufacturers have noticed this when dogs sit or stay or simply because they trend. The mass market of cat treats—inex- are happy to see their canine companions pensive, convenient, lacking specific health after a long day at the office. Cat treating, on benefits—is well established, but the healthy the other hand, seems less practiced. However, end of the spectrum is beginning to expand. new reports indicate that cat treating is actu- Feline Greenies® Smartbites® Treats is a new ally more widespread than one might think. line of pet specialty treats that come in great- American Pet Products Association reports tasting flavors, but, more important, are indicate that in the last 10 years, the growth of designed to provide targeted health benefits: cat-owning households that give treats is more Digestive Care, Hairball Control, and Healthy than double the growth of dog households Skin and Fur. that treat. Today, more than two-thirds of cat Health-focused treats bridge the gap owners give treats. The cat treat market is between the indulgence normally associated exploding. Part of this is simple economics, with treating a pet and the desire to ensure the but another part has to do with the nature and long, healthy life of a pet. personality of the animals themselves. The continued growth of the health-focused Historically,cats are more independent than treat market is hard to predict, but as cat own- dogs. Whether it comes to participating in ers continue to rely on treating as a connec- exercise activities or showing symptoms of ill- tion point with their feline companions, they ness, dogs are much more connected to their now have solutions designed to help ensure owners. This is not always the case for our long-term well-being. feline friends. Cat owners, then, are more like- LEARN MORE ly to indulge their cats with a nutritionally dubious treat in order to bond over the treat- For further nutrition information, visit ing experience and to buy treats that have www.greenies.com. added health benefits because they may feel You can now give your cat treats that are good for her fur, skin and digestion. Making Life Better Common Faux “Paws” For Your Older Pets That Hamper Pet Nutrition BY DANA WATKINS (NAPS) protein sources—chicken, beef and fish—instead of by- Mealtime can be a great products. Rice and other time to bond with your pet. grains can also help your pet However, finding the right pack on extra pounds. food can sometimes be a Beware of too many preserv- process of trial and adjust- atives as well. ment. Get active—It’s very As a nutritionist, I receive important to work on activi- thousands of e-mails and ties that keep your dog and phone calls each year from cat moving. Walks, games of concerned “pet parents” look- fetch and other activities ing for the right food for their keep your dog’s muscles pets. toned and cut down on the While it is very easy to risk of arthritis. It’s impor- blame the food for problems, tant to work play into your in many cases, it is simply no cat’s day as well to keep him more than the wrong choice or her moving, too. and wrong application of a An ounce of prevention— food that is really the cause. Running, agility and other More often than not, the active games are a great way source of the problem is not to keep your pet in shape. the food but simple misunder- However, make sure you standings that I call “pet-par- aren’t pushing your dog to ent faux paws.” Here are work out too hard and try to some examples: avoid activities that could Dirty Dishes: Would you eat put your dog at risk for bone off a dirty plate or drink out or muscular injuries. These of a dirty glass? Feeding and kinds of injuries make an water dishes must be kept animal more prone to cer- clean for the exact same rea- tain types of arthritis when sons we as humans clean our aging. dishes. If not cleaned, dirty dishes become an excellent A common mistake many pet owners make is feeding a pet a weight Start early on supple- management food and then overindulging with treats and table scraps. Prompt and proper action on your part can help your older pet lead a ments—Nutritional supple- place for bacteria to grow. healthier, happier life. ments are a growing trend Toys and Rawhides: Toys for pets these days. It helps to and rawhides are often over- less. Unfortunately, reducing common mistake many pet (NAPS) condition—Too much weight start your pets young on sup- looked as potential causes of the serving size often leaves owners make is feeding a pet It’s never too early to take on your pet puts him or her plements that will help them problems for pets. pets hungry and their body a weight management food steps to make life easier for at risk for diabetes, heart rebuild cartilage before Partially chewed rawhides undersupported. Pet owners and overindulging with treats your pet for when he or she disease and arthritis. Excess arthritis sets in. Look for usually come into contact should look toward complete and table scraps. These need hits the golden years. Just as weight puts too much strain products that provide glu- with un–clean areas and are dry diets that offer Weight to be eliminated to let the food with people, proper diet, on your pet’s joints, causing cosamine and chondroitin, especially wonderful places Management or Reduced do its job. exercise and smart lifestyle cartilage to degenerate. If such as Cosequin Joint for bacteria to grow and then Activity diets to help deliver Finding the right food for decisions can delay some of you can’t feel your pet’s ribs, Supplement and Cosequin introduce themselves to the proper nutrition while losing your pet is often achieved the aging process and help your pet needs to go on a Soft Chews for dogs and cats. pet upon reuse. Make sure weight. through trial and adjustment; your pet live a longer, health- diet. Also watch how your Dasuquin Joint Supplements toys are cleaned regularly For example, Fromm however, avoiding some com- ier life. pet moves and plays for any for dogs and cats provide a and partially chewed recently introduced a Weight mon pitfalls may set your That even holds true for issues that may be develop- more advanced formula that rawhides are discarded. Management Gold recipe that furry family member on the one of the more common ing. Work with a veterinari- helps rebuild your pet’s car- Battle of the Bulge: An provides high-quality pro- path toward a long and problems for aging pets— an or holistic professional tilage and lessen joint overweight pet has an tein, complex carbohydrates healthy life. arthritis. Here are some when you first spot prob- inflammation. Some of these increased chance of such to aid in appetite control, and To learn more, visit fromm- steps you can take before lems. products come in soft chews health concerns as diabetes, added L-carnitine to help the fam ily.com. your pet becomes a senior to Read the label—Dogs and for dogs and a powder that joint damage, heart disease body burn more fat and main- Dana Watkins is the help reduce the risk or cats are carnivores and need can be sprinkled in food for and more. Many owners tain lean muscle mass. Director of Nutrition and lessen the severity of arthri- a healthy dose of protein in cats. think getting a pet to lose Any diet should be accom- Technical Services at Fromm tis: their diet. Read the labels of Learn more at weight is as easy as feeding panied with plenty of fresh Family Foods. Evaluate your pet’s body their food and look for actual www.EntirelyPets.com. water and exercise. Another Keeping Pets Safe, Healthy And Happy (NAPS) resources, activities and games on Dorothea Gillim. “Who better than To help raise children’s awareness pbskids.org/curiousgeorge. Curious George to help kids learn this?” about the best ways to keep pets safe, Another good idea is to heed these hints “Curious George” is based on the best- healthy and happy, TV’s No. 1 show for from The Humane Society of the United selling books by Margret and H.A. Rey preschoolers is airing a special shelter States: and is a production of WGBH Boston, the largest producer of PBS content for TV animal episode throughout February. IMPORTANT PET CARE IDEAS This “Where’s the Firedog?” episode of and the Web, among others. It’s designed the PBS KIDS show “Curious George” 1. ID your pet with a microchip and col- to inspire kids to explore science, math has George’s canine friend, Blaze, run- lar with tags. and engineering in the world around ning away from the firehouse. When 2. Keep dogs on a leash and cats inside. them in a fun and entertaining way.It airs Blaze winds up in the animal shelter, 3. Feed them quality food twice a day. weekdays on PBS Kids. For more infor- George and his firefighter friend Sam 4. Visit the vet at least once a year for mation, go to www.wgbh.org. learn how to keep her safe by putting a vaccinations. LEARN MORE tag on her collar, walking her on a leash, 5. Show them lots of love. and making sure she’s never lonely. “Children love having pets, but some For further facts on shelter animals, Parents will find this a great teaching kids need help learning the best pet care visit The Humane Society of the United tool, as are all the rich accompanying practices,” says Executive Producer States at www.hsus.org. www.TheHeartOfMassachusetts.com 4 • THE EXPRESS • Friday, March 29, 2013

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110 NOVENAS 281 FREE PETS 284 LOST & FOUND 010 FOR SALE 010 FOR SALE 010 FOR SALE 010 FOR SALE Prayer to St. Jude 200 GEN. BUSINESS PETS Most Holy Apostle, St. Jude, RCA 5-DISK CAROUSEL Looking for a LOST CAT Trestle Table WOOD FOR SALE faithful servant of Jesus, the 203 SNOWMOBILES PLAYER church honors and invokes wonderful loving Black and white (tuxedo $30.00 Solid Maple 7’ 3 1/2’ Pine Cut, not split. Matching Benches about 36 pcs 16” - 20” long. you universally, as the patron 2003 SKIDOO 600 home... style) male cat Head Board-Queen Needs Refinishing Pick up only of hopeless cases, of things Long hair SONY 5-DISK PLAYER Lost in Sturbridge, MA $75.00 OBO $250 almost despaired of. Pray for GRAND TOURING 2 year Old Pitbull $30.00 $75 me, I am so helpless and And Wedgewood Rd. alone. Make use I implore with papers (near Fiske Hill Rd.) 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Call 508-347-8027 RECORDER/PLAYER $60 this great need that I may re- $20.00 $40.00 Lopi, Yankee Working ceive the consolation and Asking $12K Call: LOST CAT Well maintained help of heaven in all my ne- but reasonable offers 774-318-8439 Cross Street area COBY 10.2” Queen-size Green/Rose 32’ Extension cessities, tribulations, and UNDER-CABINET Baywindow front considered in Southbridge Ladder Comes w/premium sufferings, particularly (Here Missing since LCD TV/DVD Quilted make your request) and that Call 508-769-3167 PLAYER 250lb Capacity accessories, 4” vent pipe, Saturday, November 3 Bedspread $150 and approx. half pallet I may praise God with you 283 PETS Male Tiger Cat with striped New. Never used and all the elect forever. I $100.00/BO w/matching Toss of pellets 205 BOATS tail answers to Cuddles and $2,000.00 promise, O blessed St. Jude has an odd sounding meow Pillows Call: 508-347-7052 to be ever mindful of this Need Help Fixing $50.00 Call Jim after 6:15 p.m. 1995 Glastron 17ft and prefers to be outside 508-347-3145 508-867-7976 great favor, to always honor Your Pet? Please call if you have taken you as my special and pow- Fiberglass Boat him in or know his location erful patron, and to gratefully (open style) with 88HP We can help at an 413-505-9747 RINNAI VENTLESS Assorted Queen Two Kayaks affordable price!!! GAS/LP HEATER encourage devotion to you. Evinrude SPL outboard. Sheet Sets For Sale 100 GENERAL Amen Includes trailer. Easily seats All surgeries performed by 24,000 BTU, Remote $10-$15/each D.A.R 8. Used in fresh water for liscenced vets at our MISSING CAT $500.00 wellness center. 1 - 15 ft Nantucket, water skiing. 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Close to town, parking Old comic books-1940’s and holidays mirror, SWEEPING New Stuff! $500 FREE RENT available, includes utilities Reconnective Healing and up, old baseball and to work at Sunshine Haven cylinder waterbed, 508 473-6549 sports cards, Beatles a Group Care Home FREE w/matching headboard LAWN MAINTENANCE WITH MOVE-IN BY Animal Massage to work with Handicapped Animal Communication memorabilia-1960’s and Metal Pickup $1000.00 AND MOWING MARCH 31st up, old toys, old Children Lakeside A/C, Refrigerators, 4-Step Fertilization System advertisement signs; If interested call Washers, Small Trailers, Dining Room As Always! 508-234-3240 Apartments soda, food etc. Batteries. 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EXPERIENCED HOME Anniversaries, And More! Office Open From: North Brookfield HEALTH SCHEDULER A Perfect Gift! Power Washing PCSA Levels I & II WAR Monday-Friday 2 bedroom apartment. CPR Certified Full time days, 9:00am to 5:00pm Heat/hot water included. Monday thru Friday Office/Homes Carpentry Reiki Master Spring/Fall Cleaning • FREE ESTIMATES • Saturday 10:00am Hardwood floors, stove, RELICS refrigerator, trash pickup, Lighterian Reiki VII Excellent wages and benefits Weekly/Bi-Weekly/ • FULLY Insured • to 4:00pm Reconnective Healing II Monthly Cleaning • Reasonable Rates • Evening Appointments Available elevator, secure entry, ICNDF Certified Trainer & Flexible Hours/Days on-site laundry, A/C, parking. Please call Rich O’Brien Brookside Terrace Non-smoking, no pets. Experienced, Caring Staff WAR VNA of Southern Registered/Insured/ Painting ************** 11 Village Drive Individualized Care Worcester County, Inc. Bonded $875/Month 28 Years Of Experience EQUAL HOUSING Southbridge,MA 01550 Attention To Detail SOUVENIRS 508-943-0612 or 508-867-4277 800-336-7639 CALL TODAY FOR A 508-248-7314 OPPORTUNITY (508)764-7675 508-987-0077 WANTED GREENER TOMORROW Duncan Block 325 PROFESSIONAL ************** Apartments 205 Federal Hill Road WWII & EARLIER All real estate advertising in Oxford, MA ASK FOR TAMMIE AT CA$H WAITING! 508-347-3275 DEMOLITION this newspaper is subject to Trailer Truck The Federal Fair Housing Act starwoodpetresort.com Helmets, Swords, Small demolition company offering interior demolition. of 1968, which makes it River Mill Daggers, Bayonets, Drivers Commercial and Residential. illegal to advertise any C&C Medals, Badges, Flags, House/Office Fully insured preference, limitation or Wanted discrimination based on race, Properties 286 LIVESTOCK Uniforms, etc. Cleaning Available Let us do the firty work Village Over 30 Years Experience. color, religion, sex, handicap, Thompson, CT Class A CDL With Reasonable rates. familial status (number of LOOK & COMPARE Call David Hazmat No job too big or small. Call for a free children and or pregnancy), Bag Shavings 1-508-688-0847 Also Large-Truck Days and evening estimate national origin, ancestry, age, Now Renting 1BR I’ll Come To YOU! hours available. 508 612-9649 marital status, or any Southbridge Move-in Special!!! $4.75 each Mechanic Bonded intention to make an such Quality 1, 2 & 3 3.2 cubic feet kiln dried, (Part-time) Call Wendy for a preference, limitation or Bedroom Apartments! W/D Hook-ups small to medium flakes, FREE estimate at: discrimination. This & On-Site Laundry plastic bags Both Based In Appliances, Off-Street (508)943-9880 newspaper will not Ample Parking 300 HELP WANTED North Brookfield. knowingly accept any Parking Rock Valley Farm advertising for real estate Spacious Floor Plans Please Call that is in violation of the law. Near-by Park & W. Brookfield 442 LICENSED DAY Call (508)765-0501 508 867-2508 310 GENERAL HELP 508-867-3235 Our readers are hereby Library WANTED CARE informed that all dwellings advertising in this newspaper Close to I395, RT12 Cashiers & are available on and equal 298 WANTED TO BUY *************** opportunity basis. To DOUGLAS Must Income Qualify Stock Personnel The Commonwealth of complain about Voucher Holders Part time positions available. Massachusetts Office of discrimination call The 1, 2 & 3 Bedroom Welcome WANTED Salary upon evaluation. Child Care Services Department of Housing and Apartments Available Mopeds and Scooters requires that all ads Urban Development “HUD” Prices start at $845/month. Call Today Town-to-Town toll-free at 1-800-669-9777. Includes heat, hot water, Any Condition Email resumes to: placed in the newspaper Town-to-Town (860)923-3919 [email protected] Classifieds For the N.E. area, call HUD A/C, pool, fitness center for child care (daycare) ad 617-565-5308,. 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505 APARTMENTS FOR 505 APARTMENTS FOR 505 APARTMENTS FOR 505 APARTMENTS FOR 505 APARTMENTS FOR 535 HOUSING WANTED 546 CEMETERY LOTS 575 VACATION RENTALS RENT RENT RENT RENT RENT NEEDED: Worcester County SOUTHBRIDGE Spencer Webster looking for a room to live in Memorial Park Cape Cod Southbridge Southbridge 1 Bedroom & 2 Bedroom around the Brooklyn to Paxton, MA Summer Rental 2 bedroom Victorian 4 room Apartments Woodstock, CT area for a 2 Bedroom $150/week 1Bedroom, 63 yr old man. Recently remodeled FIRST FLOOR Heat & Hot Water Garden of Heritage 6 Room House Neat and clean, Affordable Also needed: a barn or (1) Grave granite countertops APARTMENT DUDLEY Hardwood Floors, Excellent location garage area for storage West Yarmouth Stove & Refrigerator #121D plot 2 NO PETS 1 bedroom Off Street Parking One Minute walk to Ocean w/possible $650/month W/D hook-ups, 860 230-7438 $725.00 Private Home Asking $2,800 beach. All amenities. 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Screen Porch Across the street Southbridge References Required 1-bedroom apartment Double & Carport. from the water City gas/gas stove Cemetery Lot Park Rent $120/Month Studio (Unit 706) Call 774-289-1714 On the bus line Appliances, 6 family building Includes Taxes, Water, Fixed week 33 (August) Short walk to town In All Faith Swedish Sewerage, Trash and Road 3/4 bedroom laundry in basement, Cemetery, Worcester, MA. Deeded rights third floor Southbridge Washing machine hookup off street parking, No Pets, Maintenance 508-347-3145 Nice modern, clean SOUTHBRIDGE Deleaded Lot #119 Section I CALL FOR PRICE First, Last & Security. $950/Month 1 bedroom apt in quiet Large 2-bedroom apartment. Available now 774-262-7307 1st floor, newly renovated downtown area. 1st and security deposit 508-864-6285 $1,400 OLD and deleaded. 508-867-8707 For sale by 3 bedroom Includes heat, hot water,& Washer/dryer hook-ups, Call: 508-867-8350 ORCHARD BEACH appliances motivated owner: first floor Enclosed porch. Worcester County 2 bedroom/2 bath $850/Month Great neighborhood. WHITINSVILLE Sturbridge, MA Sleeps 6, Enclosed porch $625/mo $775/month plus utilities Memorial Park 5 Room updated fully with dining, Walk to beach, One Year Lease First/last/security deposit Spencer 1 Bedroom Apt. applianced clean, mobile close to amusements Both have been remodeled and credit checks Attractive One orTwo- Paxton, MA References, Credit Stove, refrigerator,parking, Garden of Valor home. 2 bedrooms, 1.5 bath, NO smoking, NO pets and Section 8 is welcomed No pets Bedroom Apartment, electrical heat, Pictures available Check,& Security Deposit Plot 225, Unit D, Graves 3-4 large kitchen and living 508-347-7433 Appliances, No Pets room. 4 season sun porch, Call: 508-320-2175 Required W/D Hookup Available lots of storage, central air, Modern, Bright, $675.00 Give me an offer, $1400 per week Please call plus utilities I will pay transfer fee 2 large electrified sheds (1 Call 508 347-9804 Quiet Country Setting. insulated) Nice private yard 508 347-7709 Southbridge Directly Off Route 9. 508-234-7930 508 450-7517 New 2 bedroom [email protected] with patio screen house, SACO, MAINE apartment. Off-street Visit Our Website mature plantings plus more! 2 different houses, both SOUTHBRIDGE www.spencercondos.com steps from the beach, quaint parking. No Pets. WORCESTER COUNTY DRASTICALLY MEMORIAL PARK neighborhood. 94 East Main St Southbridge 530 HOUSES FOR SALE REDUCED!! Minutes from Old Orchard. 2 Bedroom: Paxton, MA 2 bedroom apt 1 & 2-Bedroom Apartments plus park share 3 bedrooms each no utilities $775/Month WEBSTER Garden of Gospels $1400 - $2600. natural gas heat For Sale 1 plot (#85) Call for more details: Hot tubs, sunroom, views. 2-Bedroom-Hardwoods, 2 Bedroom with 2 grave sites $650/month washer/dryer hookups, First & Security Refrigerator, stove, 315 sq ft Cottage 860-315-7122 Park and walk to everything Call: 508-765-5852 $4,000.00 refrigerator/stove. dishwasher, microwave. in Narragansett, RI 774-200-1194 [email protected] 959 Main Street New cabinets/New bathroom Located 1200 ft from state 4 bedroom townhouse 1-Bedroom-Fireplaced STURBRIDGE Off-street parking beach on lease land living room wall-to-wall Efficient gas furnace no utilities, gas heat 1st floor apartment in private area. WORCESTER COUNTY carpeting, very plush w/all Coin-op laundry Open May to mid October. $900/month 2 bedrooms Security system MEMORIAL PARKS the amenities of home. Off-street parking Newly renovated Non-smoking most contents included Two grave plots: Town-to-Town First/Last/Security, Centrally located No dogs/cats Valor I {#291 unit A, Both Apartments Include: $895/month photos available Classifieds References Off-street Parking, graves 1 and 2} $48,000 Current value $8200.00 1-800-536-5836 $20 Application Fee Heat/Hot Water $750/mo [email protected] 508-765-5542 Call 508-397-3411 Offered: $5,850.00 508-765-6940 1st and Security or call 508-499-7957 Call: 774-230-0680 (508) 248-7186 860-928-6103 [email protected]

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New rear 2007 Roadstar $1,200.00 for both One owner exhaust, paint and chrome Vacationer Can be sold separately Truck runs like new $1500.00 brakes and rotors fall 2012 Warrior- Chevy 454 engine, 58,000 Ford 351 good. 774 452-3613 Asking $6500 508-885-5755 Never off-road or plowed $8,400 OBO Metallic Gray, VERY LOW miles, (6) Michelin tires, 508-885-5840 All service records Windsor Motor Will consider trades and cash 508-397-4626 MILES, Samson Ground queen bed, (2) TVs, Onan Flowmaster exhausts $150 Call Chuck: 1997 MERCURY lv. msg. Pounders, Very Clean. 7.0 generator, backup Deep water blue 508-248-5928 SABLE $7,000 OBO camera, (2) new batteries, 211K highway miles hydraulic leveling jacks, $7495.00 or b/o Rebuilt C6 4 door, tan 2004 Pontiac GTO 1992 GMC 508-208-6042 Transmission with 132,000 miles Torrid red with black leather 2008 Yamaha many extras, 1976 MGB 300V6 excellent condition. 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