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WACKY WEDNESDAYS Order online@ unclesamspizzas.com Buy any Large Gourmet Pizza Get a Small Cheese Pizza FREE Mailed free to requesting homes in East Brookfield, West Brookfield, North Brookfield, Brookfield, Leicester and Spencer Vol. XXXV, No. 5 Complimentary to homes by request ONLINE: WWW.SPENCERNEWLEADER.COM ‘A single rose can be my garden ... a single friend, my world.’ Friday, February 4, 2011 Schools to Casino Smola: No ..David Dore photo meeting changes TOP HONORS held in are needed SPENCER — Wearing her White Sweater for the occasion, David Prouty High School TANTASQUA BOARD senior Alexandrea Warren Dustin stands with WANTS TO KEEP MCAS Superintendent of Schools Ralph Hicks after getting a certifi- URGED TO GET cate Tuesday, Jan. 11 BY KEVIN FLANDERS STONEBRIDGE PRESS STAFF WRITER naming her the local winner of the READY FOR STURBRIDGE —Why fix something that Academic Excellence isn’t broken? Award from the FUTURE This is the message the Tantasqua Massachusetts Regional School Committee is sending to Association of School BY DAVID DORE state and national leaders. Superintendents. NEW LEADER STAFF WRITER In order to obtain federal Race to the Top Dustin is ranked No. WARREN — Communities must be (and funds, individual states are required to adopt 1 in her class and has must be prepared to be) part of the process if national Common Core standards of educa- been captain of the casino gambling is approved in tion. This means school officials from soccer team (and a Massachusetts and facilities are proposed, Massachusetts communities would be forced member of the team according to legislators and planning agency to abandon the statewide MCAS testing sys- for three years). representatives. tem and replace it with national standard- Dustin and Hicks trav- “An active and informed and engaged citi- ized tests if they elect to receive federal eled to Assumption zenry is the best bulwark,” state Sen. assistance for education. College in Worcester Stephen Brewer (D-Barre) said. “ ... Stay However, thousands of parents, teachers, Jan. 13 for a luncheon engaged, and don’t let anything bad happen and school board members across the to honor her and to you without putting up a [darn] good Commonwealth oppose the acquisition of other local honorees. fight.” Common Core standards, which many crit- Brewer joined state Reps. Anne Gobi (D- ics have predicted would be less academical- Spencer) and Todd Smola (R-Palmer) and ly challenging than current Massachusetts people from the Central Massachusetts requirements. Regional Planning Commission and the On Friday, Jan. 21, state Rep. Todd Smola Pioneer Valley Planning Commission at a public forum Thursday, Jan. 27 at Quaboag Turn To SCHOOLS, page A13 Turn To CASINO, page A13 Rawinski is honored Shelter takes one step at a time for her nursing efforts FIRST PHASE OF EXPANSION COMPLETE WITH NEW KENNELS BY ELISA KROCHMALNYCKYJ NEW LEADER CORRESPONDENT RESPONSE TO EAST BROOKFIELD — Everybody is excited with the first set of renovated kennels at the Second H1N1 FLU EARNS Chance Animal Shelter — including the “residents.” “The dogs seem to be very happy in them,” said STATE GROUP Director Sheryl Blancato. Renovating those kennels, which are on the right KUDOS side of the building on Young Road, was Phase I of the three-phase project. Now, Phase II — renovating the kennels on the left side — is ready to begin. BY JOY RICHARD NEW LEADER STAFF WRITER “It’s so funny to go from the old side to the new side,” Blancato said. “It’s so bright, it’s so nice.” Regionalization of municipal Blancato is hopeful that by the time Phase II is fin- departments can now be looked at ished, enough additional funds will have been raised as a sign of the times. to pay for Phase III — a lobby, new room for cats and For one local public health nurse, an adoption room. the act of multi-tasking her health So far, generosity has been overwhelming, especial- skills among several communities ly after a few hundred dollars’ worth of wood and a has earned her one of the highest ladder were stolen in December. As soon as word honors in her field. about the theft got out, more than $2,000 of extra dona- David Dore photo Public health nurse for Sutton, tions came in, and plans were able to get back on Leicester Board of Health Director Leicester, Auburn, Brookfield and track, according to Blancato. David Dore photo North Brookfield, and assistant Darlene O’Connor presents Cheryl The just-completed right side renovations included Second Chance Animal Shelter’s Joe Blancato gives a treat public health nurse for Spencer Rawinski with the Massachusetts keeping the existing five adoption and three quaran- Monday, Jan. 31 to one of the dogs staying in the recently com- and Webster, Cheryl Rawinski was Health Officers Association’s Public tine kennels, and adding ten new cages for smaller pleted kennels at its East Brookfield facility. Health Nursing Award at the Jan. 24 Turn To Leicester Board of Selectmen meeting. RAWINSKI, page A5 Turn To SHELTER, page A13 INSIDE THE NEW LEADER ON LOCALPAGE AX ONSPORTS PAGE AX Calendar......................B5 Police Logs....................ALogs ................A12 ON PAGE A2 ON PAGE A9 Classroom Corner.....A...........A 6-7 PublicSports Meetings ....................A9-11 .............A Scal Town Electionsdules Cougarsxxxxxxxx continue Obituaries ....................B2 SportsViewpoint.....................A8 ...........................A releasedSchedules for releasedAnnual Town for winning ways in rout over Our Towns....................B4 Viewpoint ..................A8-9 ElectionsforAnnual Town Annual Elections Town depleted Pioneers 2 SPENCER NEW LEADER • Friday, February 4, 2011 Schedules released for Annual Town Elections ALMANAC BY ANGELA L. ZAJAC Trustees of Shade Trees and Cemetery Vocation School District Committee, three NEW LEADER CORRESPONDENT Funds, Planning Board (two seats), Tree years: Robert L. Zukowski. It’s time to get nomination papers filed at Warden, Finance Committee and a vacancy • Water Commissioner, three years: QUOTATION OF THE WEEK the town clerk’s office, campaign and head to for Constable. Norman C. Letendre Jr. the polls in May for annual town elections. • Park Commissioner, three years: William “[I]n order to accept a business of this R. Shemeth III. Here are the important dates and lists of NORTH BROOKFIELD size you have to be prepared. incumbents for your respective towns: • Commissioner of Old Cemetery, three And quite honestly, years (vote for two): Keith D. Fritze and vacan- • Last day to file nomination papers: we’re not prepared — yet.” Monday, March 14 by 5 p.m. cy (awaiting written notice from Board of BROOKFIELD • Last day to object or withdraw: Wednesday, Selectmen to place on ballot). — Warren Casino Study Committee • Library Trustee, three years: Therese Y. • Nomination papers are available: Tuesday, March 30. (and Selectman) Robert Souza Jr., Beckwith. Feb. 1. • Last day to register to vote for the Annual referring to casinos after a Jan. 27 • Board of Health, three years: Daniel C. • Last day to obtain and return nomination Town Election and Annual Town Meeting: public forum on the topic. Shields. papers: Monday, March 14 by 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 12, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. • Tree Warden, three years: Raymond I. • Last day for registrars to certify nomina- • Annual Town Election: Monday, May 2, 7 Holmes Jr. tion papers: Monday, March 28 by 5 p.m. a.m. to 8 p.m. • Housing Authority (vote for two): Donna REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS • Last day for candidates to withdraw with a M. Flannery, five years, and Richard letter to the town clerk: Wednesday, March 30 Incumbents Leveillee, three years. by 8 p.m. • Selectman, three years: Mary Walter (will BROOKFIELD • Sewer Commissioner (vote for two): • Last day to register to vote for the Annual seek re-election). Lawrence H. Dufault, three years, and vacan- $100, 175A Rice Corner Road, Paul A. Town Election: Tuesday, April 12, 9 a.m. to 8 • Assessor, three years: Priscilla A. cy, two years (awaiting written notice from Plummer and Jeanine D. Plummer to p.m. Johnson. Jeanine D. Plummer. Board of Selectmen to place on ballot). • Annual Town Election: Monday, May 2, 7 • School Committee, three years (vote for $1, 10 Allen Road, Dorothy K. O’Brien to a.m. to 8 p.m. two): Jeffrey S. Hicks and James Metcalf. Dorothy K. O’Brien 2008 Revocable Trust • Water Commissioner, three years: John D. WEST BROOKFIELD (Dorothy K. O’Brien, Trustee). Incumbents Thomasian. • Moderator, one year: William J. • Board of Health, three years: Catherine E. • Nomination papers available: Tuesday, EAST BROOKFIELD Frangiamore. Strandberg. Feb. 1. $135,000, 108 Pleasant St., Lacaire Living • Board of Selectmen, three years: James W. • Cemetery Commissioner, three years: • Last day and hour to submit nomination Trust (Simone C. Lacaire and Ronald J. Allen. Michael J. Borelli. papers to the registrars of voters for certifica- Lacaire Sr., Trustees) to Ronald J. Lacaire • Assessor, three years: Donna A. Wentzell. • Library Trustees, three years (vote for tion of signatures: Tuesday, March 15 by 5 Jr.