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COMPLIMENTARY HOME DELIVERY ONLINE: WWW.STURBRIDGEVILLAGER.NET Friday, April 12, 2013 THIS WEEK’S Sullivan, Winslow A TALENTED BUNCH QUOTE “Facts are facts woo Republicans and will not dis- appear on account of your likes.” in Sturbridge Jawaharlal Nehru ‘WE NEED JOBS FIVE INSIDE DAYS FROM NOW’ BY GUS STEEVES was vague. VILLAGER STAFF WRITER “We don’t need jobs five years from ALMANAC ............2 STURBRIDGE — Republicans from now,” he remarked. “We need jobs five LOCAL .............2-4 as far away as Ware and Worcester got days from now.” a chance to hear from two of their Winslow also argued the federal POLICE LOGS........5 three U.S. Senate hopefuls as State government’s recent declaration of OPINION ............10 Rep. Daniel Winslow and former U.S. April as “National Financial Attorney Michael Sullivan turned out Capability Month” was “just ironic SPORTS........11-12 for an event at Kahula Wednesday that it was on April Fools Day Mark Ashton photos OBITUARIES .......17 evening, April 3. [President Obama] signed it. “Todd’s Teens” sway to the music. As could be expected, the two men He compared the current federal ALENDAR C .........17 had a fair amount of overlap in their debt to “owing a mortgage without BRIMFIELD — The Brimfield key points, with both focusing partic- having a house to show for it” in Elementary School’s annual tal- ularly on the economy, federal spend- terms of its impact on coming gener- ent show was a big hit Thursday, ing and gun rights. ations. April 4. With the theme of “a LOCAL To Winslow,a key way to fix some of Sullivan essentially agreed, claim- cruise aboard the S.S. the problems is to eliminate “corpo- ing current government regulations Brimfield,” the evening of “enter- rate welfare and sweetheart deals and particularly the Affordable Care tainment on the open seas” [people get] just for their company Act make it hard for business to have involved gifted students in and their [business] sector.” In doing “certainty” they need to invest. He grades K-6 (with one talented so, he argued he feels federal taxes claimed he’d also cut corporate tax preschooler) and drew hundreds overall could be reduced. Likewise, he rates and look at what he termed “the to the school for a rollicking two- argued for capping student loan inter- tremendous imbalance between our act show of homegrown talent. est rates (which he said will become exports to [other countries] and what about twice what the current bank we’re taking in from them,” although For the story and more photos, rate is in July) plus creating jobs for he didn’t say what he’d do about that. turn to page A4! them when they get out of college or Referring to the world War II gener- vocational school, although exactly ation, he alleged, “everything they how his tax cut proposal would do so Turn To GOP, page A8 ‘Fun Day’ headed for tropics Literacy Volunteers You can bet Bryannah is always singing “Wherever I Go.” Page A3 ISLAND CASTAWAYS AIM TO LIVEN UP MAY 5 RELAY FUNDRAISER LEARNING Choice advice YOU INC. PROGRAM ADDRESSING PROBLEMS OF TEEN PREGNANCY BY MARK ASHTON VILLAGER STAFF WRITER SOUTHBRIDGE — Sometimes being among the “Elite Eight” isn’t as desirable as it may sound. Brimfield Talent When it’s teen pregnancies being rated, for example, and the numbers Show are highest, not lowest. Page A4 Just four years ago, Southbridge ranked seventh highest – ahead of Worcester (21st) and Fitchburg SPORTS Courtesy photos (25th) and plenty of other Bay State communities of considerably larg- Performing at last month’s New England Parrot Head Conference, members of the Island er size – in the number of annual Castaways Band include, from left, front row: Rick LaBak, Caitlin Peck, Paul Kane, Mark Ashton photos births to teen mothers. A year later, Heather Peck Ouellette, and Joe Holewa; back row, Scott Ciprari and John Guertin. according to recent Department of Jasmin Rivas, of Southbridge, serves as pro- Public Health (DPH) statistics, the gram coordinator for Voices with Choices, a BY MARK ASHTON motto is: “Live life to the fullest.” And YOU Inc. program addressing teen pregnan- VILLAGER STAFF WRITER town had risen to number five. its members hail from such exotic, Based on the 2009 report, the state cy issues in the town. SOUTHBRIDGE — It’s (got to be) 5 far-away, tropical paradises as average for teen pregnancies was o’clock somewhere, which means it’s Worcester, Webster, Charlton, and 19.6 births per 1,000 teens (ages 15-19); teen birth rates have thus fallen, such time to head to Margaritaville. Southbridge. Southbridge’s rate that year was 55.6 news isn’t really threatening the job And if you can’t get Jimmy Buffett The band will be in Southbridge per 1,000. By 2010, the state average of Jasmin Rivas, program coordina- himself to accompany you, try the next month, on Sunday, May 5, to per- was 17.1 – the lowest ever recorded, tor at YOU Inc. for the local teen preg- Island Castaways Band. They’re head- form at “Relay Fun Day” festivities, and Southbridge had dropped to 49.0, nancy prevention program known as ed our way, anyway, and looking to which run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on behind only Holyoke, Lawrence, Voices with Choices (VWC). have a good time. A real good time. Springfield, and Chelsea. And why not? The band’s working Turn To YOU, page A8 Turn To RELAY, page A8 Though both the local and state Edwards pitches Disaster animal preparation goes to Legislature Warriors to win BY GUS STEEVES “Any emergency plan of operations don’t have that. They are totally erally been available, although Page A11 VILLAGER STAFF WRITER shall include strategies to support the dependent on us to provide things,” CMDART has worked out an arrange- For many people, their animals are needs of people with household pets, said Joanne Griffin, president of the ment in the last year to shelter ani- as much family members as their and the needs of household pets Central Mass. Disaster Animal mals at the Pack of Paws facility on kids. under their care, including service Rescue Team (CMDART), last year. Ashland Avenue. The almost-all-vol- OPINION But, under the law, they’re general- animals,” the bill sponsored by Sen. “The owners will compromise them- unteer agency opened one at ly considered property, and in emer- Karen Spilka with 52 co-sponsors selves and public safety if there is no Tantasqua for a few animals (down GET YOUR gencies people may find themselves states. “Such local organization for plan for their animals. This is really a the hall from the human shelter) dur- forced to choose between their own POINT ACROSS civil defense shall take appropriate public safety issue.” ing the Halloween snowstorm of 2011, safety and their animals because steps to educate the public regarding Our area has included animals, to which knocked out power for up to 10 PAGE A10 their towns don’t have shelter capaci- the resources available in the event of at least some degree, for some time, days in some parts of the region. ty for animals. an emergency and the importance of with local animal control being part The concept of S1172, though, Senate Bill 1172 aims to change emergency preparedness planning.” of the regional Tri-EPIC planning harkens back a bit farther, to federal POLICE LOGS that. It faces a public hearing at the State process. In Southbridge, when the law passed in 2006. The “Pets As an amendment to existing law, House Thursday, April 4, at 1 p.m. emergency shelter at the Community Evacuation and Transportation PAGE A5 it’s short, but how it gets implement- “People are really more resilient Center opens for some crisis, the ani- Turn To DISASTER, A5 ed might not be. than they think they are. But animals mal kennel at the sewer plant has gen- page 2 STURBRIDGE VILLAGER • Friday, April 12, 2013 Local men facing trial for home invasion scheme BY GUS STEEVES tion possession without FID and conspiracy. less-visible head injuries. Christian was Both, however, agreed that Hoenig was not VILLAGER STAFF WRITER They were all arrested Jan. 1. then hobbling on crutches, while Bergeron at their home that evening at all. A Worcester Superior Court judge set This will actually be the case’s second dan- walked, but claimed he still didn’t know the Defense attorneys took much of the cou- Wednesday, April 10 as the date for a new gerousness hearing. The first one occurred extent of any brain injury he might have. ple’s testimony apart at that time, challeng- dangerousness hearing in the case sur- in Dudley District Court on Jan. 9, when Prosecution witness State Police Sgt. ing them particularly over pill-selling, drug rounding a Dudley home invasion last Judge Timothy Bibaud ruled in the state’s Michael Sampson at that time alleged the use, an incident they’d told police allegedly December.