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Mailed free to requesting homes in East Brookfield, West Brookfield, North Brookfield, Brookfield, Leicester and Spencer ONLINE: WWW.SPENCERNEWLEADER.COM ‘Your best teacher is your last mistake.’ Complimentary to homes by request Vol. 34, No. 10 Friday, March 5, 2010 Charlton Boards RMV lot ponder closes, as promised fate of MANY USERS IGNORE Teresa A. Franco photos tables SIGNS, PARK ANYWAY Grace Wilson gives her uncle, Staff Sgt. Eric Cove, a hug. BY RYAN GRANNAN-DOLL NEW LEADER STAFF WRITER QUESTIONS SWIRL CHARLTON — Local motorists are defy- The surprise from uncle AROUND OWNERSHIP ing the Registry of Motor Vehicles closing the Route 20 parking lot at the Charlton branch. BY DAVID DORE To make matters SOLDIER SHOCKS NIECE WITH SURPRISE RETURN NEW LEADER STAFF WRITER worse, the RMV is WEST BROOK- now charging cus- BY TERESA A. FRANCO will be away for an additional nine FIELD — Last week- tomers a new $5 fee NEW LEADER STAFF WRITER months. end, 22 wooden tables for visiting branch LEICESTER — Thursday, Feb. 25 was Before heading into the preschool class- painted by local locations, and for just an ordinary day at preschool for room, Cove said he was excited to see his artists were supposed renewing registra- Grace Wilson of Leicester, until a famil- niece and said his family is very close. to go up for auction. tions through a tele- iar face unexpectedly showed up. “Hopefully we’ll see some smiles,” he The tables were phone operator. The US Army Staff Sgt. Eric Cove, of said, moments before walking into the made by local carpen- move is intended to Auburn, Wilson’s uncle, came to surprise classroom. ters and branded by get more customers his niece and talk to her fellow classmates Cove had the idea to surprise his niece blacksmith Rob Lyon. to use the agency’s about being a soldier at Becker College in school from his sister-in-law, Leslie, They were created for Web site to complete Campus Preschool in Leicester. Grace’s mother. The school often has the Jan. 2 Grand Ball that kicked off the transactions. Cove has been on leave for a week and speakers, like police officers and firefight- James Pervier yearlong celebration Motorists visiting will head back to Iraq, where he is sta- ers, come in for “Hero’s Week” and Leslie Barry Nadon Jr. marking the 350th tioned, this week. He has been overseas Turn To Turn To COVE, page A18 RMV, page A17 for seven months and when he returns he Turn To BOARDS, page A17 Leicester rises to the challenge Goodbye, David LHS STUDENTS SEE DIFFERENCE AFTER SCOTT TALK STONEBRIDGE PRESS OWNER DIES AT 66 BY ELISA KROCHMALNYCKYJ NEW LEADER CORRESPONDENT BY WALTER BIRD JR. STONEBRIDGE PRESS STAFF LEICESTER — In an unprecedented link- WRITER ing of hearts and minds, 1,400 Leicester teens, adults, families and community lead- The Spencer New ers came together to spark a chain reaction. Leader family mourns A chain reaction of kindness, spurred by the passing of David “Rachel’s Challenge,” a dream left by Rachel Cutler, co-owner of Scott, the first person shot at Columbine Stonebridge Press High School in Colorado in 1999, whose Newspapers, who suc- brother, Craig, spoke in Leicester last week. cumbed to cancer at “It really hit home,” said Leicester High home early Sunday School student Brian Barber. “A little kind- morning at the age of 66. ness could have prevented all that.” Diagnosed last August Craig Scott spoke to Leicester high school with metastasized bilary students and eighth-graders during the day cancer, Cutler continued Courtesy photo doing what he loved — Tuesday,Feb. 23, then to another 700 commu- David S. Cutler, 1943-2010, co-owner of Stonebridge working in and around nity residents that night. Press. Shortly before she was killed, Rachel newspapers — even as he wrote an essay for a class. “Rachel’s underwent weekly President and Publisher Frank Challenge” is based on that essay. chemotherapy treatments. During Chilinski. “I have this theory that if one person can what would be his last visit to “David had instincts for commu- go out of their way to show kindness and Stonebridge Press headquarters in nity journalism like no one else I compassion then it will start a chain reac- Southbridge two weeks ago, an ail- have ever met,” Chilinski said tion of the same,” wrote Rachel, then 17. ing Cutler still displayed his trade- Sunday night, hours after deliver- Already, things are different at Leicester mark humor and wit, visited ing the somber news to his man- High School. briefly with editorial staff and agers. “I’ve never met anyone like Courtesy/Bruce Morrison photo “Everyone is starting to be nicer,” said stu- took part in an executive meeting. him, and I know I never will again. Craig Scott, brother of Rachel’s Challenge inspiration Rachel Scott, speaks dent Brittney McIntosh. “The overall rude- His passing leaves a void most at to a packed house Tuesday, Feb. 23 at Leicester High School. More than Stonebridge Press know will never be filled, a sentiment expressed by Turn To CUTLER, page A16 1,400 people turned out at two sessions to hear his message. Turn To CHALLENGE, page A16 INSIDE THE NEW LEADER ON PAGE A3 ON PAGE A9 Calendar......................B5 Police Logs ................A12 Classroom Corner.......A6-7 Public Meetings ...........A3 In honor of Lady Cougars roll into Obituaries ....................B2 Sports ....................A9-11 Stephanie district semifinals Our Towns....................B4 Viewpoint.....................A8 2 SPENCER NEW LEADER • Friday, March 5, 2010 Carpenter to get Lucy Stone Award ALMANAC BY DAVID DORE Society, “it became “It is so easy to focus only on given outstanding volunteer NEW LEADER STAFF WRITER apparent that the ourselves, but it is also, at the services within the community. QUOTATION OF WEST BROOK- female athletes were same time, hurtful and harmful Lucy Stone was one of the first FIELD — Professor, being treated less than to humanity’s progress,” women in the state to get a four- THE WEEK lawyer, author, fair.” Carpenter added. “No one ever year college degree. After gradu- defender of female Title IX, enacted in truly advanced themselves by ating from Oberlin College in equality: these are 1972, bars discrimina- pushing down someone else. The Ohio, she returned to “David had instincts just some of the tion in education pro- existence of the Lucy Stone Massachusetts to work as a lec- for community journalism like no words that describe grams and activities Award is a wonderful reminder turer for the abolitionist move- Linda Jean that receive federal to us all to be better than just ment before the Civil War. She one else I have ever met. I’ve never Carpenter. funding. It also applies meeting the urges of ‘human also joined the effort to allow met anyone like him, and I know Now, she can add to to high school and col- nature.’ Lucy Stone reminds us women to vote. When she died in I never will again.” that list recipient of lege athletics. to look, and act, for fairness October 1893, her last words to this year’s Lucy After a 14-month beyond our own interests.” her daughter, Alice, were “make Linda Jean Carpenter — STONEBRIDGE PRESS PRESIDENT AND Stone Achievement investigation, Also up for the Lucy Stone the world better.” PUBLISHER FRANK CHILINSKI, ON COMPANY Award. Brooklyn College was Award this year were Richard Carpenter will be honored at CO-OWNER DAVID CUTLER, WHO SUCCUMBED The Quaboag Historical found not to be compliant with “Tabby” LeBlanc of North the Quaboag Historical Society’s TO CANCER SUNDAY MORNING. Society picked Carpenter as the Title IX in 12 of 13 areas specified Brookfield, Kathleen Crevier of Annual Meeting Luncheon. It is 13th recipient of the award, by the Office of Civil Rights. Warren, Dick and Barbara scheduled for Sunday, April 25 named for the 19th-century aboli- “As a result of the Complaint, Rossman of West Brookfield and from 12:30-4:30 p.m. at the Salem tionist and suffragist and West the College promised to be totally Deborah Morrison of New Cross Inn in West Brookfield. Brookfield native. fair to its female athletes and in Braintree. The luncheon speaker will be THE STATS Carpenter, a West Brookfield fact continue to be totally equi- Carpenter joins previous win- Bill Nelson, director of the resident, taught in the Physical table to this day,” stated the nom- ners Connie Small (1999) and Ipswich Visitor Center. Most of RACE AND ETHNICITY BY TOWN Education/Sport Science ination letter. Paul Walker (2000), both of New the first families to come to the BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN Department at Brooklyn College, In addition to a Ph.D., Braintree, Gertrude Hill of West Quaboag Plantation (which Auburn.....................................................92 City University of New York for Carpenter has a law degree and Brookfield (2001), Jane Dolan of marks the 350th anniversary of Brimfield..................................................17 33 years.