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FREE August 13, 2021 Vol. 52, No. 15 INDEX Viewpoints 4 TOWN Granby 6 Sports 7 Reminder Public Safety 9 A TURLEY PUBLICATION ❙ www.turley.com Serving the town of South Hadley www.townreminder.turley.com College Notes 9 Classifieds 10 SOUTH HADLEY, 5 BIG RIG DAY Scouts earn silver award with returns with a bang recycling program By Cara McCarthy one of, if not the most attend- Staff Writer ed Big Rig Days the Friends have ever hosted, according to SOUTH HADLEY - The Linda Young, secretary for the Friends of Buttery Brook friends of Buttery Brook. co-sponsored by SHELD, the “We didn’t expect this Recreation Department and many people,” Young said. All Star Dairy hosted its an- Young added the Friends nual Big Rig Day at Buttery were not prepared for the large Brook Park Aug. 11 after hav- turnout and at the beginning ing to cancel last year’s fes- of the event was struggling to Dasauni Grant, tivities due to the COVID-19 find parking for everyone. 4, got to climb pandemic. Additionally, Young said into a front This year’s event, which the friends host events like Big loader and act FACES & PLACES, 6 featured police cruisers, fire as if he was operating it. trucks, tow trucks, SHELD Please see BIG RIG, page 12 Beating the heat electrical trucks and more, was Selectboard working on new hybrid model for meetings By Cara McCarthy Senior Center at its Aug. 10 board’s first hybrid meeting on so it’s much more professional Staff Writer meeting. July 13. and you will be able to count on Executive Assistant to the Town Administrator Mike the fact that the technology will SOUTH HADLEY - The Town Administrator, Kristin Sullivan said, “When we at- work.” South Hadley Selectboard dis- Maher, presented a resolution tempted to go back to an in-per- Additionally, Sullivan said he cussed a way to hold hybrid to hold hybrid meetings to have son meeting, it was a bit clunky. meetings at the South Hadley better quality than at the Select- So, we are trying to work it out Please see MEETING, page 2 Home Sweet Loan. 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Subject to normal credit approval, appraisal and verifications of income. Homeowners insurance and flood insurance (if applicable) is required. Offers are subject to change or end without notice, see bank for details. Page 2 TOWN Reminder August 13, 2021 Odyssey Mt. Holyoke offers thanks to fire districts Bookshop SOUTH HADLEY – Firefight- ers from South Hadley Districts 1 to host Ash and 2 joined with administrators and members of the Mount Holy- oke community in a thank-you Davidson lunch to honor first responders SOUTH HADLEY – On who put out the July 17 Mead Hall fire on campus. Tuesday, August 17, at 7 p.m. Mount Holyoke College Pres- the Odyssey Bookshop will ident Sonya Stephens hosted a virtually host author Ash Da- thank-you lunch for firefighters vidson via Zoom for a read- from South Hadley Fire Districts ing and conversation around 1 and 2, as well as members of her debut book, Damnation the on-campus community who Spring, published Aug. 3. responded to a fire on campus The Zoom link and all ad- on July 17. The lunch took place ditional developing infor- Wednesday, Aug. 4, at the Col- mation can be found at the lege’s Dining Commons. event page: https://www.od- That fire, caused by a light- ysseybks.com/event/ash-da- ning strike at Mead Hall, brought vidson a quick response from local first Davidson’s Damnation responders from throughout the Spring is a magnificent debut area. that recalls the best of Stein- Stephens praised the longstand- beck. What he did for Cali- ing partnership between the Fire Courtesy photo fornia’s Central Valley and Districts, the Town of South Had- Joining President Sonya Stephens for a thank you lunch last week were MHC Vice President for Finance the Dust Bowl, Davidson has ley, and the College as one key to and Administration Shannon Gurek, Fire District 2 Chief Todd Calkins, Fire District 1 Chief Robert Authier succeeded in depicting the the strength of the community. and MHC Director of Public Safety and Service Ray LaBarre. Pacific Northwest logging town circa 1977. The de- scriptions of the Gundersen family and their community Council on Aging policy aligns cess, policies and all the technol- officially ending the moratorium. are written with such clarity MEETING from page 1 with what we’re [the Select- ogy in a box, ready to go. Even Selectboard member Andrea and driving narrative force board] looking to do,” Maher if we don’t use it in September.” Miles said she was unsure if the that it is at times difficult to and Maher have been working added. Cyr said. Selectboard should approve the remember that this is a work with the Council on Aging to use Additionally, Maher said one license during the meeting out of fiction. the senior center to host the Se- of the options on the table for One-day beer and of worry that the board “would This event is free and lectboard’s hybrid meetings. the Selectboard is to use OWL wine license request be endorsing having a large open to the public. Regis- “Right now, what we’re try- cameras that will automatically The Selectboard was also gathering inside” as COVID-19 tration information will be ing to do is take the tech cohort’s follow the voice of whomever is presented with a one-day beer numbers continue to climb in the forthcoming and will be ac- recommendations and integrate speaking. She said this is some- and wine license request from town and asked for clarification cessible from the event page those with the Council on Aging thing already being used by oth- Mount Holyoke College for a fa- that the event is intended to be on the Odyssey Bookshop’s policies that are being developed er municipalities to hold their cilities manager gathering. held outside. website: https://www.odys- for people to use the facility,” meetings. Ultimately, the Selectboard Selectboard member Carolyn seybks.com/event/ash-david- Sullivan said. Sullivan said he would like decided to ask for more informa- Constant received clarification son. Maher said after meeting to have the hybrid meeting set- tion on the event before making during the meeting that the event Purchase the book on- with library and the senior cen- up in place for the first week of a decision and will call a special will be held outside. line or in the store. Odyssey ter staff, she and Sullivan de- September but added he can’t meeting to vote on the license. Additionally, Sullivan re- Bookshop will have copies termined that the senior center make any promises due to the Sullivan also mentioned the ported there have been 18 new of Damnation Spring avail- would be the best location to tech team’s schedules. Selectboard previously put a COVID-19 cases in South Had- able in the store for purchase hold the Selectboard’s hybrid Selectboard Chair Jeff Cyr moratorium on one-day beer and ley which is a large jump from and pick-up. You can preor- meetings. said the board will continue to wine licenses at the beginning of the one to two cases South Had- “We tested out some sce- der the book now at: https:// look for a way to hold hybrid the pandemic and issued its first ley has seen over the last three to narios there and our tech team www.odysseybks.com/ meetings. one in approximately 14 months four weeks. is working on making sure the book/9781982144401. “We want to have this pro- at its last meeting despite never WeNavigating makeWeNavigating senior makelife’s senior life’s Navigating life’sNavigating life’s living simple.living simple. $12.50 We make senior living simple. Each Finding andFinding understanding and understandingFinding senior and living understanding options senior can living seniorbe options living options can becan overwhelming be overwhelmingand confusing.and confusing.overwhelming Oasis Oasis Senior Senior and confusing. 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