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Hanna Conveniently Located On Route 9 • (Corner of Greenville St. & Main St.) 284 Main St., Spencer 508-885-5511 Mailed free to requesting homes in Sturbridge, Brimfield, Holland and Wales Vol. VIII, No. 19 COMPLIMENTARY HOME DELIVERY ONLINE: WWW.STURBRIDGEVILLAGER.NET Friday, May 8, 2015 THIS WEEK’S Bowling banquet QUOTE “Be kind, for delights, with fun everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” to spare Plato SENIOR BOWLING LEAGUE CELEBRATES SEASON EDITOR’S OFFICE HOURS BY OLIVIA RICHMAN MONDAYS 12-5 NEWS STAFF WRITER WEDNESDAYS 1-5 STURBRIDGE — The laughter could be heard FRIDAYS 1-5 throughout the halls of Olivia Richman photos the Publick House last week. As you got closer Fire and police chiefs from participating towns came to support the new CERT members and closer to the dining and hand out diplomas. hall it came from, you INSIDE could hear people crack- ing jokes and cheering ALMANAC ....................2 as the sound of forks and POLICE LOGS................5 knives clinked against ‘Safety, safety, safety’ plates heaping with food. OBITUARIES ............... 14 It was the Senior Bowling OPINION ................... 10 League’s annual Bowling OCAL RESIDENTS Banquet. CALENDAR ........... 14-15 L After a fun, semi-com- SPORTS .................... 12 GRADUATE FROM RI petitive year, President T -EPIC Jackie Smith gives out LOCAL CERT COURSE prizes to winning teams. Olivia Richman photos In all, 71 members signed Senior Bowling League up for the banquet, ages President Jackie Smith and BY OLIVIA RICHMAN and neighbors during NEWS STAFF WRITER 55 to 100 years old. Not Secretary Charlie Lacoste. a disaster situation. that it has to stop there. In CHARLTON — Working as a team, fact one of the members Twenty-seven resi- CERT may also be called was surprised with a cake with a lot of friends.” dents graduated from upon by their program at the Bowling Banquet to Bonnette has made a lot the Tri-EPIC 10-week manager if further help celebrate his 98th birth- of friends since he began Community Emergency is needed in the area. day. 30 years ago. He was liv- Response Team (CERT) During the 10-week “I didn’t expect the ing alone after his wife course last week. course, the students cake,” said Joseph died and wanted to do Residents from learned about light Bonnette. “The banquet something to keep him- Charlton, Dudley, search and rescue, Sturbridge Police Chief is something to look for- self busy. Breaking the Oxford, Southbridge, first aid, CPR, terror- Thomas J. Ford presented ward to. I like being on a “It’s the best thing that Sturbridge and Webster ism, weapons of mass an award to David DeMings. bowling team. It’s some- you can do in your older stigma Said Ford: “It’s important to were taught how to take destruction and the thing to look forward to have trusted civilian volun- Page A3 care of their families every week. You get to be Please Read SAFETY, page A16 teers to help us out.” Please Read BANQUET, page A17 LOCAL Rocking The future is now for a cure NICHOLS, INCOM PARTNER FOR MASTER’S DEGREE PROGRAM RELAY FOR LIFE TEAM In their own BRINGS MUSICAL EDGE TO words Page A4 FUNDRAISING BY OLIVIA RICHMAN tain and one of the event NEWS STAFF WRITER leaders for Southbridge’s SPORTS STURBRIDGE — Relay For Life. She said Relay for Life team that it wasn’t hard to get Battling Sox is trying the various musicians something new — a huge together. They all volun- fundraiser unlike any teered. they have done before. Girls On Girls lead On Saturday, May singer Christine 30, from 12 to 9 p.m., Greenawalt has been on at Hyland Orchard in Battling Sox for a few Sturbridge, Battling Sox years. Her boyfriend is will be hosting “Rocking in None More Black. For a Cure.” There will Both are popular in the be raffles. There will Worcester band scene. be food for sale, provid- It was actually the cou- Warriors boys’ ed by Tropical Treatz. ple’s idea to try a music There will be beer and festival-type fundrais- lacrosse wins wine. There will be a ing event. Brogna is statement game petting zoo. And there friends with guys in will be entertainment Lower Level, which also over Grafton from noon until night. took part in an event for Page A12 Five bands will be Battling Sox last year. playing at the outdoor Backseat Boogie heard concert. From 12:30 to of the festival and want- Photo courtesy Nichols College 2:30 p.m., you can check ed to be a part of it. out Girls on Girls, an Front row, from left, Kerry Calnan, Executive Director, Graduate and Professional “Hopefully it’ll be a all girl tribute to female Studies, Nichols College; Dr. Susan West Engelkemeyer, President, Nichols College; OPINION rockers. None More great day and people Rick Medeiros, Northbridge; Sam Conte, Putnam, Conn.; Paul Cahill, Southbridge; Gary can enjoy a day out with Tavares, Southbridge; Michael Detarando, President & CEO, Incom Inc. Back row, GET YOUR Black will play classic rock and metal from their families. Usually from left, David Botros, Westford; Steve Morrill, Charlton; Chad Percival, Fiskdale; Joe POINT ACROSS 2 to 3 p.m. Back Seat people donate money Renaud, Watertown; Scott Farland, Fiskdale. and don’t get anything PAGE A10 Boogie will be “funking up” some pop, country in return. But at this and rock classics from event they are donat- BY OLIVIA RICHMAN create a master’s degree program that NEWS STAFF WRITER 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Blues ing and get to be enter- blended a traditional college curric- POLICE LOGS group Sweet Fire will tained for the whole STURBRIDGE — It was a gradua- ulum with subjects tailored around be performing from 5 day,” said Brogna. “You tion celebration like no other. Incom’s business. can come at noon and On Wednesday, April 29, at The “I’m excited. I think this has creat- PAGE A5 to 6 p.m. Then at 6:30 to 8 p.m. Lower Level stay till 9. Or you can Duck, nine Incom Inc. employees ed a team of leaders within our orga- will be entertaining the come in the middle of celebrated getting a master’s degree nization who can really move forward crowds with acoustic the day and just listen in Organization Leadership from in a cohesive manner to help lead rock, country, hip-hop to music. Hopefully it’ll Nichols College. our company into the future,” said and rock and roll. Nichols and Incom partnered to Please Read NICHOLS, page A11 Jackie Brogna is the Please Read RELAY, page A17 Battling Sox team cap- 2 STURBRIDGE VILLAGER • Friday, May 8, 2015 Paradise Found REB Products Petite-Missy-Plus trinkets & treasures Hometown Bank to repeat Voted “2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 Best Women’s Clothing GIFTS GALORE! Store in the popular coin appraisal Greater Sturbridge Area”! New Items In the Stubridge Marketplace Arriving Weekly Rt. 20 • 559 Main Street Wednesday - Sunday: 10am - 4pm program Sturbridge, MA 508-347-7384 Hours: Tues-Sun 10am-5pm Sturbridge Marketplace Visa/MC/Disc/Amex 559 Main Street • Sturbridge, MA OXFORD — Ever wondered what Based on the popularity of similar those old coins and paper money are sessions held late last year at a num- worth? Hometown Bank is going to help ber of locations, coin appraisal experts you answer that question with free, from Lisi & Lisi Coin will be available Bennett & Sons verbal coin and paper money apprais- at Hometown Bank offices between als scheduled for each of their branch May 4 and May 14 to offer a free verbal LANDSCAPING offices in May. appraisal of your old and vintage coins and paper money. 508-450-6300 You will have an opportunity to learn about some of the history surrounding Spring Cleanups Rom’s your coins and, more importantly, how to protect and store your collectibles to Big or Small We Do It All (Pizza Wednesday) preserve their value. Buckets Every Day Appraisals are slated in 15-minute Residential and Commercial time slots for from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on 508-347-1440 the following days: Get the Season Started Give Us A Call • Monday, May 4: Webster Branch, 4 We Cater! 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