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COMPLIMENTARY HOME DELIVERY ONLINE: WWW.CHARLTONVILLAGER.COM Friday, April 12, 2013 THIS WEEK’S Teens nominated QUOTE “Facts are facts for Rotary Youth and will not dis- appear on account of your likes.” Leadership Award Jawaharlal Nehru HONOR HELPS BUILD COMMUNICATION SKILLS FOR STUDENTS INSIDE Almanac ....................2 Courtesy photos Obituaries ..................7 Performing at last month’s New England Parrot Head Conference, members of the Police Logs ................9 Island Castaways Band include, from left, front row: Rick LaBak, Caitlin Peck, Paul Kane, Heather Peck Ouellette, and Joe Holewa; back row, Scott Ciprari and Opinion ....................10 John Guertin. Learning ..................11 Calendar ..................11 Real Estate ......B Sect. ‘Fun Day’ headed for tropics Sports ................14-15 ISLAND CASTAWAYS AIM TO LIVEN UP LOCAL Gus Steeves photos MAY 5 RELAY FUNDRAISER This year’s RYLA nominees are, in no particular order, Kelsea Santa, Odalys Gonzalez, Brett Horr, Tayler Wilson and Ben Stone of Southbridge High and Rebecca Nash, Johnny BY MARK ASHTON The band will be in Southbridge Maysonet, and Jonathan Irish of Bay Path. VILLAGER STAFF WRITER next month, on Sunday, May 5, to BY GUS STEEVES Rotary Club honored five from SOUTHBRIDGE — It’s (got to perform at “Relay Fun Day” fes- 9VILLAGER STAFF WRITER Southbridge High and three from Bay be) 5 o’clock somewhere, which tivities, which run from 10 a.m. to SOUTHBRIDGE — Somewhere in Path Regional Vocational Technical means it’s time to head to 3 p.m. on Southbridge Common. science fiction, the Rylans are proba- High School with lunch at the Margaritaville. The Island Castaways Band pro- bly an alien species. Southbridge Hotel as a precursor to And if you can’t get Jimmy vides the day’s big finale, with a Here, though, they’re a group of sending them on the club’s annual Buffett himself to accompany concert beginning at 2 p.m. and high school students selected to learn RYLA weekend this June in you, try the Island Castaways the band’s performance donated more about leadership. Worcester. Band. They’re headed our way, to the cause. This year’s crop of Rotary Youth anyway, and looking to have a “Every one of us is related to good time. A real good time. someone who has someone who’s Leadership Award (RYLA) winners Turn To ROTARY, page A8 got the nod Wednesday, April 3, as the And why not? The band’s work- been touched by cancer,” said Joe ing motto is: “Live life to the Holewa, the band’s bass guitarist, fullest.” And its members hail from Charlton. “So when I asked Choice advice from such exotic, far-away, tropi- the band if they’d be willing to Page A3 cal paradises as Worcester, donate some time to Relay, they A journey Webster, Charlton, and Southbridge. Turn To RELAY, page A8 LEARNING ‘Into the Woods’ Flying high SHEPHERD HILL PLAYERS TACKLE EAGLE SCOUT FAIRY-TALE-BASED EARNS THIRD SONDHEIM PALM AWARD PRODUCTION BY JOY RICHARD BY JOY RICHARD STONEBRIDGE PRESS STAFF WRITER STONEBRIDGE PRESS STAFF WRITER The changing face DUDLEY — How does one local DUDLEY — Shepherd Hill Regional senior soar above other Eagle of literacy High School students are preparing to Scouts? take a trip among the trees in their The answer — he brings home Page A4 upcoming production of “Into the the third of three Boy Scouts of Woods.” America palm awards. The Hill players have set the open- Shepherd Hill Regional High SPORTS ing date for the fairy-tale-inspired Joy Richard photos School student Devon Walker, 18, of musical for Friday, May 10, and Charlton resident and Shepherd Hill senior Dudley, was recently awarded the Saturday, May 11, with doors opening Rachel Cofsky, 17, as Rapunzel works on last of the three most prestigious at 7 p.m. lines with her cast mate and sophomore scouting awards, the silver palm. Joy Richard photo According to English teacher and Abbey Kielinen, 16, of Dudley. Walker said a scout has to earn all Shepherd Hill Regional High School senior Performing Arts Director Kristin three palms prior to turning 18, Devon Walker, 18, of Dudley, sits for a photo Griffiths, the group will hold a said the first “Camp Twilight” was which he said is a tricky accom- on Friday, March 29. Walker just earned his fundraiser with the support of the staged in the fall. She said this second plishment as most finish their Eagle third of three Boy Scout palm awards, which Millbury Uno Chicago Grill. She said production is one that feels bitter- project as they are graduating high is a first for Troop 273 of St. Anthony of dinner vouchers can be downloaded sweet as she will be losing 30 of her school. Padua Church. from the Dudley-Charlton Regional seniors to graduation in May. To be awarded a palm, Walker School District website at Griffiths referred to the devoted said he had to not only earn 15 extra ect, which was to redo the Lions Club Nichols College www.dcrsd.org, and 20 percent of group as “her babies,” as they were merit badges, but “stay active” in his gazebo on West Main Street. From each bill will go toward funding the freshman in the drama program troop and “demonstrate leadership.” there, he said between working at hosts Knights of school’s production when used on when she took over as director in 2009. Walker said he started the journey Market Basket and school he was “It is sad for me,” said Griffiths dur- Columbus Free Tuesday, April 23. toward the palms by becoming an able to devote enough time to his Griffiths said the is the depart- Eagle Scout in his sophomore year of Turn To SCOUT, page A8 Throw Competition ment’s second play of the year. She Turn To JOURNEY, page A8 high school after completing his proj- Page A11 OPINION Disaster animal preparation goes to Legislature GET YOUR BY GUS STEEVES “Any emergency plan of operations don’t have that. They are totally erally been available, although VILLAGER STAFF WRITER POINT ACROSS 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- AGE P A10 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- But, under the law, they’re general- animals,” the bill sponsored by Sen. “The owners will compromise them- unteer agency opened one at POLICE LOGS 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 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- civil defense shall take appropriate public safety issue.” ing the Halloween snowstorm of 2011, PAGE A10 forced to choose between their own 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 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 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 it’s short, but how it gets implement- “People are really more resilient Center opens for some crisis, the ani- ed might not be. than they think they are. But animals mal kennel at the sewer plant has gen- Turn To DISASTER, page A8 2 •THE CHARLTON VILLAGER• Friday, April 12, 2013 www.charltonvillager.com ‘Mass Beer Tour’ makes local stops BY AMANDA COLLINS It all started when Ruggere, a 38-year-old STONEBRIDGE PRESS STAFF WRITER employee at a mutual fund company,was try- A Grafton man is fighting cancer, one beer ing, just for fun, to list all of the towns in the at a time. state and got stuck at 140. When he looked up Todd Ruggere is having a drink in every the 211 he couldn’t come up with, he was one of the 351 towns in Massachusetts in 365 amused by some of the funny names. days on mission to raise money for cancer “I just thought, you know, it might be cool research.