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1 844 2 FULLER We Do - 505 Washington St., (Rt. 20) • Auburn, MA • FullerAutomotive.com Mailed free to requesting homes in Charlton, Charlton City and Charlton Depot Vol. VIII, No. 29 COMPLIMENTARY HOME DELIVERY ONLINE: WWW.CHARLTONVILLAGER.COM Friday, July 17, 2015 THIS WEEK’S QUOTE Faith and personality “What we obtain too cheap, we CHURCH SET TO HOST esteem too lightly.” ANNUAL ‘CHRISTIANALITY’ Thomas Paine EVENT BY OLIVIA RICHMAN EDITOR’S NEWS STAFF WRITER OFFICE HOURS CHARLTON — Charlton City United MONDAYS 12-5 Methodist Church’s third annual Christianality WEDNESDAYS 1-5 Fest is expected to be even Photos courtesy Karen Bodamer FRIDAYS 1-5 bigger than ever. Pastor Karen Bodamer, left, and other members of the Bethlehem Lutheran Church worked on the Taesung Kang predicts Community Garden and meditative garden on Saturday, July 11. They hope that local fami- that around 600 people lies and youth will get involved with the garden. will flock to the church’s front lawn on Saturday, INSIDE July 18 from 3 to 8 p.m. Admission is free. Almanac ....................... 2 There will be horse rid- Obituaries ...................15 Church’s helping hand ing provided by Blessings Police Logs ................... 9 Farm Horses, mini golf, Opinion .......................10 balloon animals, food and drink and live entertain- Calendar .....................14 has a green thumb ment. Christian bands Jo Real Estate ........ B Sect. Petty Band, Purpose For Olivia Richman photo Life, Shiloh and George Sports ....................16-17 EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT Pastor Taesung Kang in the Tifft will all take the outdoor chapel. During the HELPS COMMUNITY GARDEN stage, offering a variety of summer the Charlton City different genres of music LOCAL United Methodist Church GROW in hopes of having music worship in the outdoor chap- for everyone. el to enjoy the outdoors. He BY OLIVIA RICHMAN On Saturday, July “There’s not many big NEWS STAFF WRITER is excited for the fourth annu- 11, Boy Scout Will family events going on al Christianality Fest. Said STURBRIDGE Aldenberg, 15, from in this town. It’s a small Kang: “Come join us and — The Bethlehem Troop 161, came to help town. We want to pro- enjoy it. It will be a fantastic Lutheran Church con- the church members vide a place where all the day.” tinues to work on their with their Community families can come and be Community Garden Garden, bringing along entertained,” said Kang. believe.” with the goal of donat- a few other Scouts from “We are excited to see Christianality Fest has ing the fresh vegetables his troop. people gathered. We are been a success over the excited to see Christians years. The first festival to the Southbridge Food As an Eagle Scout Boy Scouts from Troop 161 together, celebrating and had more than 150 people Pantry and getting the candidate, Aldenberg help build the Community praising. You’ll have a in attendance. It jumped youth involved in grow- has been searching for Garden’s vegetable raised ing and taking care of beds. good time no matter who Golf tournament the raised beds. Please Read GARDEN, page A19 you are and what you Please Read EVENT, page A19 to support crucial Center of Hope programs Page A3 A ‘foot in Clowning around LOCAL the door’ GROUP VISITS CHARLTON FOR PHYSICAL COMEDY WORKSHOP SENIORS MULL OPTIONS FOR CENTER BY OLIVIA RICHMAN I hope the board will NEWS STAFF WRITER continue to work with STURBRIDGE — The us down the road. It all Senior Center Steering depends how this study Committee’s meet- comes out. We will go Opa! ing with the Board of from there.” Selectmen on Monday, The study in question Greek festival June 1 was a big success, is an evaluation of the delights with danc- according to Steering current senior center ing, food and games Committee members. by the Massachusetts After a months-long Development and Town Page A4 discussion regarding Planner Jean Bobon. possible improvements Board of Selectmen to the current senior Chairman Mary SPORTS center, the Steering Blanchard stated that Committee decided they the Massachusetts needed a bit of guidance Development would Olivia Richman photo to plan their next steps. evaluate the senior cen- Every member agreed ter for free. Since “The Jungle Book” has a lot of animal roles, Konopacki hopes the Physical Comedy that the meeting was “They will come up Workshop will help children learn how to portray their characters even better, from slith- very positive. with suggestions on ering snakes to jumping monkeys. “It was a brief pre- whether the building can sentation but we want- be renovated or added BY OLIVIA RICHMAN performance. The Oregon group — ed to get our foot in the on to,” said Blanchard. NEWS STAFF WRITER which was on their nationwide tour door and let them know “That’s the first deci- — were booked by the Pasture Prime what we are about,” said sion that will have to CHARLTON — Box of Clowns Players. President Don Konopacki Steering Committee be made. Bobon and stopped by the Charlton Arts & felt the workshop would expand their Chairman Ken White. White will get togeth- Activities Center on Wednesday, “It went smoother than er with Massachusetts July 8, to teach a Physical Comedy Workshop, followed by an evening Please Read WORKSHOP, page A19 Southbridge we thought. There weren’t many questions. Please Read CENTER, page A19 Big League wins state title in back-to-back mercy rule fashion Gateway thinks ‘way outside the box’ for summer events Page A16 BY OLIVIA RICHMAN cumstances there will be audiences here, some- different ideas from all unique events through- NEWS STAFF WRITER no big production. thing a little different,” different people and we out the summer. On OPINION STURBRIDGE — Luckily, that has not said Gateway Players ran with it. It’s kind of Saturday, July 11, they Anyone familiar with the stopped the Gateway President Pat Haddock. fun.” held a “Trivia Night” to GET YOUR Gateway Players would Players from bringing “We already had to think The result of brain- kick off the series. On expect a big Broadway some entertainment to outside the box, so we storming was “The Aug. 1 they will be host- POINT ACROSS musical this summer, as the area these summer decided to think way, Summer of One Night ing an Improv Night. PAGE A10 they have done for every months. way outside the box. And Stands.” Gateway The Improv group summer — but because “We were wondering this is what our board Players will be having of some unfortunate cir- what we could do to bring came up with. We have five very different and Please Read GATEWAY, page A15 2 •THE CHARLTON VILLAGER• Friday, July 17, 2015 www.charltonvillager.com FBI meets with community to discuss recent teacher arrest BY OLIVIA RICHMAN community about an event care about the families and said Deputy Police Chief Shane Victim’s Specialist for the NEWS STAFF WRITER such as the arrest of a teach- children. We want to do what’s Woodson. “We care about FBI Kathleen Liner provided SOUTHBRIDGE — The er. That’s very unsettling to right for the community as a them. They live in our commu- brochures for the community FBI, School Committee and the community,” said Stanton. whole. We want them to know nity. We know them. We see discussing online safety and Southbridge Police Department “Something like this can shat- there are no local victims iden- them every day. We work with how to monitor your children’s held a community meeting ter the trust of the communi- tified. We still have months of them. We are heavily involved online activity and keep them Wednesday, July 8, for par- ty. This was something we felt media review. There is a large in these schools. We’ve known from being bullied or victim- ents and families regarding the would be able to rebuild a bit of amount of hard drives and evi- them since they were little. ized over the Internet. recent arrest of a Southbridge that trust between the adults, dence, but so far no local vic- It’s important that they know “This is a very import- Middle School teacher. children and staff in the town.” tims were involved.” they have a resource if they are ant topic we like to bring to Scott Peeler, 52, is under The meeting — which was Peeler was placed immedi- impacted by this.” schools,” said Liner. “We also investigation for possession closed off to all media — was ately on a leave of absence, Stanton said that the com- want to promote open commu- of child pornography and meant as an opportunity for according to Stanton, local vic- munity has all been working nication between parents and attempting to purchase live sex any concerned residents, espe- tims or not. The public school together to provide for the fam- children and discuss how to videos from the Philippines of cially parents and families, to staff and School Committee ilies and anyone that feels their approach each other to talk children as young as 4 years come forward with any ques- were “obviously very con- trust has been broken. She is about what happened. We also old. tions they may have about the cerned” and made sure Peeler very thankful for all of the col- want to make sure it’s fact- Superintendent Sheryl arrest. did not have any access to stu- laboration between the differ- based. As the kids are talking Stanton stated that the idea for FBI Supervisory Special dents immediately. ent departments, including the through social media in person a community meeting was pre- Agent for the Boston Division Despite no new information Department of Justice.