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Gold Star Parents Recognized TONIGHT Few Clouds. Low of 51. Search for The Westfield News The WestfieldNews Search“I’VE for TheALWAYS Westfield News Westfield350.com The WestfieldNews BELIEVED IN THE ADAGE Serving Westfield, Southwick, and surrounding Hilltowns THAT“T THEIME SECRETIS THE ONLY WEATHER OF ETERNALCRITIC YOUTH WITHOUT TONIGHT IS ARRESTEDAMBITION .” DEVELOPMENT Partly Cloudy. Search for TheJOHN Westfield STEINBECK.” News Westfield350.comLow of 55. Thewww.thewestfieldnews.com WestfieldNews - ALICE ROOSEVELT Serving Westfield, Southwick, and surrounding Hilltowns “TIMELON ISGW THEORTH ONLY WEATHERVOL. 86 NO. 151 TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 2017 CRITIC 75WITHOUT cents VOL. 87 NO. 42 75 Cents TONIGHT TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2018 AMBITION.” Partly Cloudy. JOHN STEINBECK Low of 55. www.thewestfieldnews.com VOL. 86 NO. 151 TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 2017 Gold Star 75 cents parents recognized By GREG FITZpaTRICK and they’ve continued to remind Correspondent people why it’s important.” SOUTHWICK – At a ceremony Fox also gave the Gold Star par- over the weekend, Southwick VFW ents a citation on behalf of the Town Post 872 recognized Ellsworth and of Southwick. Shirley Odell, who are Gold Star Kay and Erin Judge, mother daughter duo of Blue Sky Wellness in Middlefield. (Photo submitted) The Odells were honored due to parents. The Odells’ late daughter, their 31 years of support in Nancy Odell-Liupakka, was killed Southwick, and Shirley’s participa- in a motor-vehicle accident while tion in nearly all civic and veterans’ serving in the U.S. Navy in Gaeta, events occurring in town. Italy in 1987. “We just felt it was time for them Free Hilltown Adult Gold Star families are immediate to be recognized,” said Henke. “The relatives of members of the military town and the legislators, not only who died in battle or in support of did they agree, but they enthusiasti- certain military activities. cally came through with some rec- VFW Post 872 Commander Ryan ognition for them.” Dietert and fellow member Troy Amber Dziengelewski, who is the Ed Classes offered Henke spearheaded Saturday’s sister of U.S. Army Major Austin By AMY PORTER ences allows people to analyze the ways in which event which took place at the Dziengelewski and a volunteer for Correspondent they interact with others—as well as how they Odells’ home. VFW members were VFW Post 872, secured the cita- HILLTOWNS – The Southern Hilltown Adult perceive how others interact with them – and how joined by Select Board members tions from the town and the Education Center (SHAEC) is teaming up with the to adjust communication accordingly to get the best Doug Moglin, Joe Deedy, and Russ Legislature for the Odells. Hilltown Community Health Center to provide free possible results. Fox. Shirley Odell, who served as a on-site childcare for a new GED/ HiSET English Greene is a certified Myers-Briggs and Associate State Senator Donald F. Humason school nurse for more than 30 years Language Arts: Reading comprehension and writ- Professor of Communications at Columbia-Greene attended the event and presented at the Woodland Elementary School, ing class series. The classes, which are open to Community College, in Hudson, NY. She has also two legislative citations to the cou- remarked that a number of the indi- residents of Middlefield, Huntington, Chester, and started a consultation business focusing on the ple. One citation was from the State viduals standing in her living room Russell, begin on Wednesday, March 7, 10 a.m. interplay between personality and interpersonal Senate and the other was from the on Saturday were students that she until noon at the Hilltown Social Services building, relationships. More information may be found on House of Representatives and State took care of at Woodland. 9 Russell Road, in Huntington. Classes will con- her website: www.relationalself.com. To register Representative Nicholas A. Also present for the event and a tinue on the first three Wednesdays of March, April, for this free class, call SHAEC at 413-685-1052, Boldyga, who was unable to attend part of the organizing were Jr. Vice- and May (March 7, 14, 21, April 4, 11, 18, and May and leave a message with your contact information, the event. Commander Dylan Galland and 2, 9, 16, 10 a.m. to noon). or email [email protected]. “I was really honored to be able member John Andrews of Post 872. Classes will help participants improve their Another SHAEC class that is open to all is to participate,” said Humason, not- Attending from the Auxiliary of English language Arts skills as they prepare to take “Essential Oils for Special Populations,” which is ing the couples’ dedication to hon- Post 872, were District President the HiSet High School Equivalency reading, writ- being offered on Thursday March 8, from 6 to 8 oring those who serve in the mili- and 872 Auxiliary Member Juliette ing, and Language Arts subtests. The series will be p.m. at the Middlefield Senior Center, 169 Skyline tary. “They’ve stayed very active Mason along with Elaine Andrews. taught by veteran teacher and reading specialist Trail, Middlefield. Michelle Burke Birrell, M.Ed. A graduate of UMass The class/ workshop will be led by Kay Judge, a Amherst with a bachelor’s of science in Speech/ Clinical Aroma therapist. Class participants will Audiology, and a master’s in Education from learn how to incorporate the use of essential oils Westfield State University, Burke Birrell is also the into a complementary adjunct approach to support founder of Damon Academic Consulting of individual wellness goals. Special attention will be Berkshire County (www.DamonConsult.org). given to discussing precautions that must be con- Preregistration is required, as well as the number sidered when using essential oils for instance, for of children who will be in childcare. To register call children, pets, people with chronic conditions such 413-685-1052 with contact information, or email as asthma and high blood pressure and when taking [email protected] certain medications. Attendees will have the oppor- Another new free workshop series, which is open tunity to create foam soap or a customized oil blend to everyone, “Personality & Relational Prosperity: in a roller bottle to take home. An Empathic Approach,” is being offered through A materials fee of $15 will be collected. Judge is SHAEC on Fridays, March 2, 16, and 30. 6:00- certified through Heart of Herbs Herbal School. 8:00pm, at the Village Enterprise Center, 26 Main She offers consultations and can create a custom St, in Chester. This three-class series is designed to Essential oil blend for you through her business introduce the Myers Briggs personality type as a Blue Skye Wellness (blueskyewellness.com) in lens to explore individual personality and commu- Middlefield. nication preferences within the context of interper- Preregistration is suggested, as space is limited to sonal relationships. the first 20 to sign up for these very popular classes. Sen. Don Humason recognized Shirley and Ellsworth Odell at their Workshop facilitator Maya Greene uses the To preregister, call SHAEC at 413-685-1052 or home on Saturday, who are Gold Star parents. (Photo courtesy of Southwick Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (or MBTI®) in con- email [email protected] with VFW Post 872) junction with expertise in interpersonal communi- name, phone number, and town of residence. cation skills to help people improve all of their For a full list of class offerings, go to SHAEC. relationships. Understanding personality prefer- org. Grocery retailer Albertsons to buy drugstore chain Rite Aid The privately held owner of John Standley will lead the com- Safeway, Vons and other grocery bined company as CEO, while brands is plunging deeper into the Albertsons leader Bob Miller will pharmacy business with a deal to serve as chairman. The companies buy Rite Aid, the nation’s third- say they will keep headquarters in largest drugstore chain. both Boise and Camp Hill, Albertsons Companies is offer- Pennsylvania, which is where Rite ing either a share of its stock and Aid is based. $1.83 in cash or slightly more than Albertsons said it will continue a share for every 10 shares of Rite to run Rite Aid stand-alone stores, Aid. A deal value was not disclosed and most of the grocery operator’s in a statement released Tuesday by pharmacies will be rebranded as the companies. Rite Aid. Albertsons also runs Shares of Rite Aid, which have Jewel-Osco, Shaw’s and Acme shed more than half their value stores. over the past year, surged 26 cents, Rite Aid Corp. said earlier this or 12.2 percent, in premarket trad- year that it runs around 4,400 ing after the deal was announced. stores. Larger rival Walgreens had Shareholders of Boise, Idaho- tried unsuccessfully to buy the based Albertsons will own more chain, but the company scuttled than 70 percent of the combined that push last year after encounter- company, which is expected to ing regulatory resistance. Last trade on the New York Stock September, Walgreens agreed to Exchange. The companies say the buy nearly 2,000 Rite Aid locations deal should close in the second half and some distribution centers for Hilltown Community Center, 9 Russell Road in Huntington, is the site for a free GED class series offer- of this year, but regulators and Rite about $4.38 billion. Rite Aid said ing childcare. (WNG File Photo) Aid shareholders still have to late last month that it had trans- approve it. ferred about 625 stores to Rite Aid Chairman and CEO Walgreens. PAGE 2 - TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2018 WWW.THEWESTFIELDNEWS.COM THE WESTFIELD NEWS 1669 1770 1775 1775 1792 1783 1741 1780 1810 WESTFIELD SOUTHWICK HUNTINGTON GRANVILLE RUSSELL CHESTER BLANDFORD MONTGOMERY TOLLAND AROUND TOWN Submit your Around Town News to [email protected] Students Deliver on Table for Montgomery Town Hall HUNTINGton – Montgomery resi- dents made a special delivery on Valentine’s Day, but it wasn’t flowers! Students from the woodworking pro- gram at Gateway Regional High School, along with their teacher Michael Harper, delivered a table that had been commis- sioned by the Montgomery Council on Aging (COA).
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