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VOL. 86 NO. 151 $1.00 MONDAY,TUESDAY, AUGUST JUNE 27, 23, 2017 2021 VOL. 75 cents 90 NO. 200 Westfield resident asks City Council to address vax rates By AMY PORTER concerning the vax rate in committee with Baystate Medical be exploring alternate funding Staff Writer Westfield was what she had seen staff and no representation from sources,” she said. WESTFIELD – Long-time, happening at the Soup Kitchen. Westfield. Mackler said the group did 25-year Westfield Soup Kitchen “Handing out brown paper bag The committee, which has hold three vaccination sites on volunteer Sandra Mackler spoke meals on the sidewalk (because since disbanded, made plans to Aug. 2 and Aug. 11, but “only a to the City Council on Aug. 19, no one can enter the building), all hold three clinics in Westfield, handful of folks” showed up. She and asked them to encourage vac- winter and now in the heat, (has) and Mackler’s role was to obtain said more promotion and support cination efforts. been challenging at best,” she support and funding for them. “I was needed. Weather also fac- “We need a collaborative effort, said. was advised by the Mayor that we tored in, as the clinic conducted at time, planning, funding and a lit- She started to call the Westfield should be able to secure funding, the Soup Kitchen was during one tle imagination. We need to focus Health Department and the $2,500, to be used for promo- of the hottest days of the summer, on the community,” Mackler said, Mayor’s office, to see whether tional expenses and $10 gift cards and there were fewer people there speaking about the low vaccina- more could be done to reach out as a means of thanking those than she had ever seen. She was tion rates in Westfield compared to the community. “I learned if folks who’d been ‘vax hesitant’ able to get translators to reach out to the rest of the state and even you make enough phone calls, who’d stepped up to get the vax. to some new residents, part of the surrounding communities. you get put on a committee,” I found out the following day that effort she said is needed. Mackler said what motivated Mackler said, eventually finding the funding was not available, but Vax van at Westfield Soup Kitchen clinic ear- her to start making phone calls herself the only volunteer on a that the Health Department would See Vax Rates, Page 5 lier this month. (PHOTO SUBMITTED) Superintendents expect enrollment to rebound

By MIKE LYDICK Correspondent School superintendents in Southwick and Westfield are cautiously optimistic that enrollment levels in their dis- tricts will be larger than last year. But the number of stu- dents enrolled for 2021-22 may not reach pre-pandemic 2019 levels. Jennifer Willard, superintendent for the Southwick- Artist Insun Russell will also display a variety of pottery Tolland-Granville Regional School District, said she is sculptures during her exhibition titled “Surrounded by hopeful that the number of students attending classes will the Forest” at the Westfield Athenaeum this fall. (LORI Artist Insun Russell spends time each day in her home studio in exceed last year’s enrollment of 1,393 students. SZEPELAK PHOTO) Russell. (LORI SZEPELAK PHOTO) Schools open Sept. 1, and as of last week, registration numbers were below last year, but she’s projecting this year’s enrollment will be at least at that level, potentially a little higher. She said she could not offer any numbers Athenaeum art gallery reopening because enrollment forms from the district’s three schools are still being entered into the student information system. “Now that school will be back in session five days a week and there won’t be a hybrid model, I think more to showcase regional ‘visionaries’ parents are going to choose the consistency of sending their kids back to school,” she said. By LORI SZEPELAK 29 years. to enjoy the beauty of the day,” she said. Willard added that the district is anticipating a “bump” Correspondent What she enjoys most about the home Russell, who was born in Seoul, South in students attending kindergarten or first grade, depend- WESTFIELD — Artist Insun Russell she shares with her husband Bill is the Korea, initiated her art studies at Hongik ing on where parents are going to place their children. is putting the finishing touches on paint- beauty of nature that surrounds her at University in Seoul. She met her hus- “A lot of parents kept their kids out for the year. The ings she will be exhibiting when the every angle. band in Seoul while he was serving in state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Jasper Rand Art Gallery reopens Sept. 7 Her show is titled “Surrounded by the the U.S. Air Force there in 1976. The asked us to register anybody who missed kindergarten at the Westfield Athenaeum. Forest” and will feature watercolors and couple married on Nov. 29, 1977. After and place them in a first-grade classroom,” she explained. “As the director of the Athenaeum I mixed media in mostly 10×12 and 14×20 relocating to the United States, she con- Willard added that while there are currently at least 90 feel that this institution has a unique scenes, and all will be available for sale. tinued her studies at Santa Monica students enrolled in kindergarten and 93 registered for opportunity to bring high quality art to She also expects to have one or two College and then they chose to make first grade, those numbers are a “rough estimate,” since the Westfield community,” said Guy 18×24 works to display. their home in Russell since Bill has fam- McLain, executive director. “We are The show opens Sept. 7 during regular ily ties to the hill towns. They have one extremely fortunate in Western Athenaeum hours. A wine and cheese son, Jeremiah, who is married and serves See Enrollment, Page 3 Massachusetts that there are a number of gallery reception is slated Sept. 16 from in the United States Army as a helicopter important artists living in our area.” 6-7:30 p.m., allowing area residents to pilot. McLain said the Athenaeum is “per- meet Russell, socialize, and view the “Her thought-provoking work reflects fectly positioned” to highlight the impor- exhibit. the influences of both Asian culture and tant work of these artists. “The reason that I think this exhibit Western Modernism, and her art can be “The Athenaeum has traditionally will be of interest to the community is found in collections from Los Angeles to served as the center of learning and cul- that Insun has developed a unique style Cape Cod,” added McLain. ture in Westfield, and we have a large based on her impressions growing up in In addition to Russell’s approximately gallery perfectly designed to show art,” Korea, learning techniques characteristic 15 paintings that will be showcased, she he said, adding the art gallery will func- of Asian art, and then combining that will also display some of her small pot- tion like a commercial gallery. with her experience living in the United tery sculptures that provide her with In a recent interview with Russell in States and absorbing many of the ideas delight when she creates them. The her home atop a picturesque hillside in embodied in 20th century Western art,” sculptures will be presented in a glass Russell, she discussed her passion for said McLain, adding, “Artists give us case within the gallery. painting and the gratitude she has for unique ways of seeing the world, and “Since childhood I have seen sea being chosen to lead off the new exhibi- given Insun’s unusual history, she brings urchins and have drawn inspiration from tion series at the Athenaeum. a highly original perspective to her art.” them in my sculptures,” she said. “The first time I had a show at the Russell noted she sets aside time every During the exhibition which runs from Athenaeum was 20 years ago,” said day to paint in her home studio. Russell, who has lived in this town for “Every two hours I stop and go outside See Art Gallery, Page 2 Jennifer Willard (PHOTO BY MIKE LYDICK) Suspect sought crack pipe, got arrested By CARL E. HARTDEGEN ceal “a pink container which contained a crys- Wood noted when he spoke with the store Correspondent tal-like substance” which the man identified as clerk who had reported the apparently intoxi- WESTFIELD – An Otis man who allegedly methamphetamine. cated man, the clerk told him “the defendant asked a convenience store clerk for a pipe “to In response to a question, the man said that came into the store specifically asking for a smoke crack out of” was arrested a short time there was cocaine in a cigarette box which was pipe ‘to smoke crack out of’’.” later for trafficking in methamphetamine. found near him on the front seat. Also found Duell was arraigned the next day in Westfield Westfield Police Officer Steven Wood reports was a scale with white powder residue on the District Court before Judge Charles Groce who in a court document that on Aug. 8 he respond- weighing platform. set bail at $2,000. Duell did not post the bail ed to a North Elm Street gas station and conve- The methamphetamine found was subse- and was held pending a pre-trial hearing on nience store shortly after 1 a.m. in response to quently determined to weigh 35.22 grams, sig- Sept. 1. a report of a possibly intoxicated customer. nificantly more than the 18 gram minimum Unless the charges he faces are changed, There, Wood found a man sitting in an open trafficking weight. City police suggest that a Duell’s case will eventually be heard in Superior 2002 Chevrolet Sebring and reported, “I typical dose of the drug is between .1 and .2 Court because the District Court does not have observed in the handle of the open door, tin foil grams so the amount seized apparently repre- final jurisdiction for the trafficking charge. and a filter. With my training and experience, I sented more than 100 potential sales. According to the statute, the penalty for that know these materials to be commonly used for Clarence E. Duell Jr., 52, of 230 Livingstone charge, upon conviction, is “not less than 2 the use of crack pipes.” Ave., Apt. 1, Otis, was arrested for trafficking years, not more than 15 years or a fine not less Investigating further, Wood observed the in more than 18 grams but less than 36 grams than $2,500 and not more than $25,000. No man was sitting on a crack pipe and apparently of methamphetamine. He was also charged sentence may be imposed that is less than the 2 attempting to hide something in his waistband. with two counts of possession a Class B drug, years minimum imprisonment. Fine may not be CLARENCE E. DUELL JR. He found that the man was attempting to con- both cocaine and methamphetamine. in lieu of minimum 2 year imprisonment,” Arts Beat PAGE 2 - MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 2021 WWW.THEWESTFIELDNEWS.COM THE WESTFIELD NEWS Art Gallery WHS set Continued from Page 1 to host Sept. 7 through October, she will also have a the figures I see from nature,” she said, add- guest book and welcomes feedback from visitors. ing, “it is a gift that I treasure.” “All of my paintings evolve from nature,” said Russell, a member of ArtsWEST, based in community Russell, noting she relishes capturing the beauty Westfield, also is thankful for her longtime of nature she sees from her travels to the ocean as friendship with fellow artist Marie Flahive. vaccination well as stepping outside of her home to view the “Marie has always encouraged me since we forest floor in just a few steps. first met and I consider her a very good “I am so grateful to be able to paint and share friend,” said Russell. clinic In the coming months, exhibitions also WESTFIELD — Westfield planned include “Highlights of the Westfield Public Schools and the Athenaeum Art Collection” from November to Massachusetts Department of January, and “Ruth Kjaer: The Myth of Public Health will hold a Utopia,” from January into March. COVID-19 vaccination clinic “Over the past century-and-a-half, the for students, staff and commu- Westfield Athenaeum has actively collected nity members ages 12 and up on landscapes, still-life paintings and portraits by Thursday, Aug. 26, at Westfield Westfield artists,” said McLain, noting that High School, 177 Montgomery many of the portraits are some of the city’s Road, from 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. leading citizens. Registration can be complet- McLain added that Kjaer is recognized as ed in less than 10 minutes at one of the most important artists currently curative.com/sites/28991, using active in the region. a cellphone, tablet or computer. “Over the course of more than 40 years she Parents and guardians can give has created a significant body of work known fully compliant consent for their for its originality and willingness to address minor to be vaccinated through issues facing American society in the present the digital signup process. era,” he said. Health insurance is not required to participate. As part of future exhibitions, McLain noted Patients will receive the that in addition to receptions, lectures will also Janssen-Johnson & Johnson be incorporated into the theme of each show. vaccine or the first dose of the For more information on the exhibitions and Pfizer vaccine. For Pfizer vac- how to submit one’s own work for a future cine recipients, the second dose show, visit westath.org or call (413) 568-7833. will be administered 2:30-6:30 “Now that we are again able to open our p.m. Thursday, Sept. 16, at doors we are dedicated to providing the com- Westfield High School. munity an opportunity to see the work of these For more information or to Artist Insun Russell works on a painting titled artists in an environment that allows viewers A close-up of Insun Russell’s attention to detail on her find a different clinic to attend, “Summer Blessing” in her home studio in to truly contemplate and understand the work painting titled “Summer Blessing.” (LORI SZEPELAK call Curative Customer Success (LORI SZEPELAK PHOTO) Russell. of these visionaries,” said McLain. PHOTO) at 888-702-9042. Police Logs Court Logs Major crime and incident report that a group of four individuals riding Monday, Aug. 16, 2021 bicycles are swerving into oncoming traf- WESTFIELD fic, the responding officer reports that an Westfield District Court scene of property damage and a marked lanes viola- 11:39 a.m.: accident, Sadie Lane, a area search turned up negative. Monday, Aug. 16, 2021 tion brought by Westfield police. caller reports that she was involved in a SOUTHWICK Jerrica Martinez, 32, of 9 Hanover St., Apt. D, Nicholas A. Thurman, 37, of 101 Franklin St., motor vehicle accident with a postal ser- 3:25 p.m.: concerned citizen call, Westfield, was released on her personal recogni- Apt. 2, Westfield, was released on his personal vice truck, the responding officer filed an College Highway, a caller reports that a zance pending a Nov. 23 hearing after she was recognizance pending a Nov. 23 hearing after he accident report. male party’s wheelchair battery died and arraigned on charges of operating a motor vehicle was arraigned on a charge of shoplifting brought by 1:11 p.m.: traffic or motor vehicle com- he was stuck, the responding officer pro- while under the influence of liquor, leaving the Westfield police. plaint, Western Avenue, a caller reports vided a courtesy transport.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY Mon., Aug. 23, 2021 is the 235nd day of the year. 130 days remain until the end of the year.

to the destruction of Gifu Castle and ber Estuary. Of her 49 British and Chávez, the Salad Bowl strike, the Gaddafi is overthrown after the Na- ON THIS DAY serving as a prelude to the Battle of American training crew, only four largest farm worker strike in U.S. tional Transitional Council forces Sekigahara. survive. history, begins. take control of Bab al-Azizia com- 30 BC – After the successful inva- 1628 – George Villiers, the first 1923 – Captain Lowell Smith and 1973 – A bank robbery gone wrong pound during the Libyan Civil War. sion of Egypt, Octavian executes Duke of Buckingham, is assassi- Lieutenant John P. Richter per- in Stockholm, Sweden, turns into 2012 – A hot-air balloon crashes Marcus Antonius Antyllus, eldest nated by John Felton. formed the first mid-air refueling a hostage crisis; over the next five near the Slovenian capital of Lju- son of Mark Antony, and Caesa- 1655 – Battle of Sobota: The Swed- on De Havilland DH-4B, setting an days the hostages begin to sym- bljana, killing six people and injur- rion, the last king of the Ptolemaic ish Empire led by Charles X Gus- endurance flight record of 37 hours. pathise with their captors, leading ing 28 others. dynasty of Egypt and only child of tav defeats the Polish–Lithuanian 1927 – Italian anarchists Sacco to the term “Stockholm syndrome”. 2013 – A riot at the Palmasola pris- Julius Caesar and Cleopatra. Commonwealth. and Vanzetti are executed after a 1975 – The start of the Wave Hill on complex in Santa Cruz, Bolivia 20 BC – Ludi Volcanalici are held 1703 – Edirne event: Sultan Mus- lengthy, controversial trial. walk-off by Gurindji people in Aus- kills 31 people. within the temple precinct of Vul- tafa II of the Ottoman Empire is de- 1929 – Hebron Massacre during tralia, lasting eight years, a land- can, and used by Augustus to mark throned. the 1929 Palestine riots: Arab at- mark event in the history of In- the treaty with Parthia and the re- 1741 – 1741 eruption of Oshima– tack on the Jewish community in digenous land rights in Australia, TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS turn of the legionary standards that Ōshima and the Kampo tsunami: Hebron in the British Mandate of commemorated in a 1991 Paul Kel- had been lost at the Battle of Car- At least 2,000 people along the Palestine, continuing until the next ly song and an annual celebration. rhae in 53 BC. Japanese coast drown in a tsunami day, resulted in the death of 65–68 1975 – The Pontiac Silverdome 1961 – Dean DeLeo, American guitar- AD 79 – Mount Vesuvius begins caused by the eruption of Oshima. Jews and the remaining Jews being opens in Pontiac, Michigan, 30 ist and songwriter stirring, on the feast day of Vulcan, 1775 – American Revolutionary forced to leave the city. miles (48 km) northwest of Detroit, 1963 – Kenny Wallace, American race the Roman god of fire. War: King George III delivers his 1939 – World War II: Nazi Germany Michigan 476 – Odoacer, chieftain of the Proclamation of Rebellion to the and the Soviet Union sign a non- 1985 – Hans Tiedge, top counter- car driver Germanic tribes (Herulic - Scirian Court of St James’s stating that the aggression treaty, the Molotov–Rib- spy of West Germany, defects to 1966 – Rik Smits, Dutch-American foederati), is proclaimed rex Italiae American colonies have proceeded bentrop Pact. In a secret addition to East Germany. basketball player (“King of Italy”) by his troops. to a state of open and avowed re- the pact, the Baltic states, Finland, 1989 – Singing Revolution: Two 1244 – Siege of Jerusalem: The bellion. Romania, and Poland are divided million people from Estonia, Latvia 1968 – Laura Claycomb, American city’s citadel, the Tower of David, 1784 – Western North Carolina between the two nations. and Lithuania stand on the Vilnius– soprano surrenders to Khwarezmian Em- (now eastern Tennessee) declares 1942 – World War II: Beginning of Tallinn road, holding hands. This 1968 – Chris DiMarco, American golfer pire. itself an independent state under the Battle of Stalingrad. is called the Baltic Way or Baltic 1268 – The Battle of Tagliacozzo the name of Franklin; it is not ac- 1943 – World War II: Kharkiv is lib- Chain. 1969 – Jeremy Schaap, American marks the fall of the Hohenstaufen cepted into the United States, and erated by the Soviet Union after the 1990 – Saddam Hussein appears journalist and author family from the Imperial and Sicil- only lasts for four years. Battle of Kursk. on Iraqi state television with a num- 1970 – Lawrence Frank, American ian thrones, and leading to the new 1799 – Napoleon I of France leaves 1944 – World War II: Marseille is lib- ber of Western “guests” (actually chapter of Angevin domination in Egypt for France en route to seizing erated by the Allies. hostages) to try to prevent the Gulf basketball player and coach Southern Italy. power. 1944 – World War II: King Michael War. 1970 – Jay Mohr, American actor, pro- 1305 – Sir William Wallace is exe- 1813 – At the Battle of Großbeeren, of Romania dismisses the pro-Nazi 1990 – Armenia declares its inde- ducer, and screenwriter cuted for high treason at Smithfield, the Prussians under Von Bülow re- government of Marshal Antonescu, pendence from the Soviet Union. London. pulse the French army. who is arrested. Romania switches 1990 – West and East Germany 1970 – River Phoenix, American actor 1328 – Battle of Cassel: French 1831 – Nat Turner’s slave rebellion sides from the Axis to the Allies. announce that they will reunite on (d. 1993) troops stop an uprising of Flemish is suppressed. 1944 – Freckleton Air Disaster: A October 3. 1972 – Raul Casanova, Puerto Rican- farmers. 1839 – The United Kingdom cap- United States Army Air Forces B-24 1991 – The World Wide Web is 1382 – Siege of Moscow: The Gold- tures Hong Kong as a base as it Liberator bomber crashes into a opened to the public. American baseball player en Horde led by Tokhtamysh lays prepares for the First Opium War school in Freckleton, England, kill- 1994 – Eugene Bullard, the only Af- 1973 – Casey Blake, American base- siege to the capital of the Grand with Qing China. ing 61 people. rican American pilot in World War I, ball player Duchy of Moscow. 1864 – American Civil War: The 1945 – World War II: Soviet–Japa- is posthumously commissioned as 1514 – The Battle of Chaldiran ends Union Navy captures Fort Morgan, nese War: The USSR State De- Second Lieutenant in the United 1974 – Lexi Alexander, American film with a decisive victory for the Sultan Alabama, thus breaking Confeder- fense Committee issues Decree States Air Force. and television director Selim I, Ottoman Empire, over the ate dominance of all ports on the no. 9898cc “About Receiving, Ac- 2000 – Gulf Air Flight 072 crashes – Mark Bellhorn, American base- Shah Ismail I, founder of the Safa- 1974 Gulf of Mexico except Galveston, commodation, and Labor Utilization into the Persian Gulf near Manama, ball player vid dynasty. Texas. of the Japanese Army Prisoners of Bahrain, killing 143. 1521 – Christian II of Denmark is 1866 – Austro-Prussian War ends War”. 2006 – Natascha Kampusch, who 1976 – Pat Garrity, American basket- deposed as king of Sweden and with the Treaty of Prague. 1946 – Ordinance No. 46 of the had been abducted at the age of ball player Gustav Vasa is elected regent. 1873 – Albert Bridge in Chelsea, British Military Government consti- ten, escapes from her captor Wolf- 1978 – Kobe Bryant, American basket- 1541 – French explorer Jacques London opens. tutes the German Länder (states) of gang Přiklopil, after eight years of Cartier lands near Quebec City in 1898 – The Southern Cross Expe- Hanover and Schleswig-Holstein. captivity. ball player and businessman (d. 2020) his third voyage to Canada. dition, the first British venture of the 1948 – World Council of Churches 2007 – The skeletal remains of 1978 – Julian Casablancas, American 1572 – French Wars of Religion: Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, is formed by 147 churches from 44 Russia’s last royal family members singer-songwriter and producer Mob violence against thousands of departs from London. countries. Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Huguenots in Paris results in the St. 1904 – The automobile tire chain is 1954 – First flight of the Lockheed Russia, and his sister Grand Duch- 1978 – Randal Tye Thomas, American Bartholomew’s Day massacre. patented. C-130 multi-role aircraft. ess Anastasia are discovered near journalist and politician (d. 2014) 1595 – Long Turkish War: Wal- 1914 – World War I: The British Ex- 1958 – Chinese Civil War: The Yekaterinburg, Russia. 1978 – Andrew Rannells, American lachian prince Michael the Brave peditionary Force and the French Second Taiwan Strait Crisis begins 2011 – A magnitude 5.8 (class: confronts the Ottoman army in the Fifth Army begin their Great Retreat with the People’s Liberation Army’s moderate) earthquake occurs in actor and singer Battle of Călugăreni and achieves a before the German Army. bombardment of Quemoy. Virginia. Damage occurs to monu- 1980 – Rex Grossman, American foot- tactical victory. 1914 – World War I: Japan declares 1966 – Lunar Orbiter 1 takes the ments and structures in Washing- ball player 1600 – Battle of Gifu Castle: The war on Germany. first photograph of Earth from orbit ton, D.C. and the resulted damage eastern forces of Tokugawa Ieyasu 1921 – British airship R-38 experi- around the Moon. is estimated at $200 million–$300 1982 – Natalie Coughlin, American defeat the western Japanese clans ences structural failure over Hull in 1970 – Organized by Mexican million USD. swimmer loyal to Toyotomi Hideyori, leading England and crashes in the Hum- American labor union leader César 2011 – Libyan leader Muammar THE WESTFIELD NEWS WWW.THEWESTFIELDNEWS.COM MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 2021 - PAGE 3 New pastor installed at Westfield Evangelical Free Church By AMY PORTER Evangelical Church for 15 years, 11 Cindy, have four children and plan to live Staff Writer years as senior pastor. in Southwick, MA. WESTFIELD - An Installation Service Evangelical Free Church of America’s On June 5, the church celebrated for Pastor Jesse Kahler was held Sunday, New England District Superintendent Pastor Dave and Lisa Young’s 40 years Aug. 8 at Westfield Evangelical Free Sam Huggard of Alton, NH conducted of ministry in Westfield and his retire- Church, 568 Southwick Rd., Westfield. the installation ceremony. ment. Church celebrates pastor’s 40 Kahler is from Archbold, Ohio where he Pastor Kahler is a graduate of Taylor years in ministry (thereminder.com) served at Archbold Evangelical Church University in Upland, IN (B.A. in The Westfield Evangelical Free for 15 years, 11 years as senior pastor. Christian Education) and Trinity Church holds services at 9 and 10:30 AM Kahler, who succeeds Pastor David Evangelical Divinity School in on Sundays. The 10:30 services are also Westfield Evangelical Church’s retiring pastor David Young, new Young as lead pastor, is from Archbold, Minneapolis, MN (M.A. in Theology/ live streamed and may be viewed at lead pastor Jesse Kahler and district superintendent Sam Huggard. OH, where he served at Archbold Theological Studies). He and his wife, www.westfieldefc.com. (PHOTO SUBMITTED)

Enrollment Continued from Page 1 enrollment is a “moving target” at this point. school starts Monday, Aug. 30. The superintendent said this “It could go up,” she said. “We’re definitely expecting more could have an impact on how many students come to school kids to enroll.” for in-person learning. To keep class sizes small in those early grades — especially Westfield parents whose children are in grades K-8 can if there are larger enrollments this year — the district has enroll them in the district’s new Westfield Virtual School added one teacher each for kindergarten and first grade, giving instead of attending classes in person. The Virtual School can the district six teachers for each of those two grade levels. serve up to 210 students. “We looked at our 2019-20 numbers and based our teacher Up to 20 students in grades K-2 can attend one virtual class- needs off of those for this year,” said Willard. room, while up to 25 students in grades 3-8 can attend a sepa- Speaking before the School Committee’s vote last week on rate virtual classroom. As of last week, the Virtual School has masks in schools, she said the issue could “have some impact” an enrollment of 74 students, but Czaporowski expects that on enrollment, because parents have strong views on both number will likely go up. He said enrollment numbers at the sides. Virtual School also could be affected by the mask policy. “Depending on where the vote lands, you may have some Last year, 200 students chose to be homeschooled, but very people on one side who chose to homeschool their kids and few students left public schools for private schools. some people on the other side who chose to homeschool their “We haven’t lost too many students to private schools that I kids, or put them in a private or religious school. But I don’t know of — it’s been homeschooling that’s the big one,” he see the mask issue as a significant factor,” said Willard. said. The superintendent said so far there have been 50 appli- She said applications for homeschooling are “trickling” in. cations for homeschooling in 2021-22, but he expects applica- Willard said final numbers won’t be available until registration tions to increase. is complete at the end of the first week of school. “We’re hopeful that some of the kids who are enrolled in the In Westfield, Superintendent Stefan Czaporowski expects Virtual School were homeschooled last year,” he said. student enrollment to be over 5,000 for the 2021-22 school He added that the only way students can attend classes this year — an increase from last year’s enrollment of 4,987. Total year will be in-person or through the Virtual School, as the enrollment, as of Aug. 18, is 4,959 students. Westfield Public Schools Superintendent Stefan Czaporowski state is now prohibiting school districts from offering remote However, Czaporowski doesn’t believe enrollment numbers (Photo by Amy Porter) learning. are ready to rebound to pre-COVID levels. He said projections students enrolled. Although that’s about where enrollment was “Students have to attend in-person learning five days a week the district has been receiving from various sources — includ- last year, he said there probably will be more students attend- or be in the virtual school — there’s no in-between,” ing the Massachusetts School Building Authority, which is ing this year. Czaporowski said. working with the district on a new elementary school — show New students enrolled for kindergarten currently stands at The reality, Czaporowski said, is that at the beginning of this a slight decline in enrollment. 295, but the superintendent said he anticipates that number school year in terms of COVID, he doesn’t think districts are “We’ve been projecting a slight decline over the past few will increase by about 50 students in the coming weeks. any better off than they were last year. years” he added. “We’ve seen an increase in first grade enroll- “This happens every year where we start to see late registra- “Our biggest fear as superintendents is a classroom out- ment this year, but it’s not where it was previously. The long tions this week and next week,” he added. break. I cannot make the whole class go remote so learning can and short of it is that COVID has had an effect — and that’s The recent surge in COVID cases because of the delta vari- continue.” He said if students have to be quarantined, they will across the state and the country.” ant could also affect how many students attend Westfield be losing “precious”“Our learning Family time.Cooks For Your Family” Czaporowski said there has also been a decline at the Fort schools this year, said Czaporowski. 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Alzheimer’s support group cookout WESTFIELD —The Alzheimer’s Association Support Group will hold a meeting and summer cookout at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 25, at Armbrook Village Senior Living and Memory Support Community, 551 North Road, Westfield. Caregivers and family mem- bers are invited to enjoy dinner and a chance to share their personal experiences and strat- egies for communicating with loved one. Group meetings are held on the last Wednesday of every month. Participants are asked to register with Executive Director Beth Cardillo at bcar- dillo@armbrook village.com. For more information, call 413-568-0000.

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CALL 413-562-4181 PAGE 4 - MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 2021 WWW.THEWESTFIELDNEWS.COM THE WESTFIELD NEWS Over past decade, diversity grew from cities to suburbs By CHRIS LISINSKI State House News Service BOSTON — .The 2020 decennial U.S. Census painted a portrait of a diversifying Massachusetts, and those changes stretched far beyond the state's burgeoning urban centers to touch nearly every single municipality from Salisbury to Sheffield. Every single city and town in the Bay State except for one saw its share of white residents as a percentage of the local population decrease from 2010 to 2020, matched by corre- sponding increases in the share of residents identifying as Black, Hispanic or Latino, Asian or some other racial demo- graphic, according to data Census Bureau officials released last week. That nearly universal trend carried through cities where people of color already represented a majority of the popula- tion, small towns far whiter than the statewide average, and suburban communities rapidly becoming more multicultural. In 2010, about 53 percent of Everett's residents and 83 per- cent of Avon's population were white. The white share of the population in both communities dropped 19 percentage points -- the largest change in the state -- by 2020, transforming Everett into a mostly nonwhite community and pushing Avon to a point where almost four in 10 residents are people of color. The latest Census data indicate that white residents still make up the largest subset, about 34 percent, of Everett's 49,000-plus residents. More than 28 percent of the city's popu- lation now identifies as Hispanic or Latino, up from 21 percent a decade ago. The lone municipal-level exception to the Bay State's pat- tern of becoming less white was Aquinnah, a tiny community on the western tip of Martha's Vineyard. Ten years ago, about 56 percent of the town's estimated 311 residents were white. In the 2020 Census, that rate rose to nearly 63 percent. Statewide, the white population shrunk over the past 10 years while that of most racial minorities grew, continuing long-running demographic shifts in both Massachusetts -- which historically has been whiter than the rest of the country -- and in the United States as a whole. All but one Massachusetts community became less white from 2010 to 2020, according to 2020 Census data released last The Bay State had about 235,000 more white residents in week. [GRAPHIC: CHRIS LISINSKI/SHNS] 2010 than it did in 2020, and the white share of the population dropped in that span from more than three-quarters to nearly the Hispanic or Latino share grew from 9.6 percent to 12.6 Massachusetts had 13 municipalities where non-white resi- two-thirds. Over the same period, the statewide Black share of percent, and the share identifying as Asian rose from 5.3 per- dents outnumbered white residents in 2020, five more than it the population increased from about 6 percent to 6.5 percent, cent to about 7.2 percent. did after the 2010 Census. The white share of the local popu- lation dropped below 50 percent in Everett, Lowell, Malden, Revere and Worcester over the past decade. With that change, white residents are now a minority of the population in six of the state's 10 most populous cities: Boston, Worcester, Springfield, Lowell, Brockton and Lynn. Fall River, which is about 71 percent white, is the only city in that top 10 list that is less diverse than Massachusetts as a whole. And many smaller communities that were once homoge- nous have also undergone substantial transformation as the currents of demographic change swirl. Take Hopkinton, a 28-square-mile MetroWest community perhaps best known as the starting point for the Boston Marathon, as an example. More than nine out of 10 of its residents were white in 2010, and the Census Bureau that year counted 654 town residents who identified as Asian. Over the ensuing decade, the town's Asian population exploded to about 3,300, a more than 400 percent increase. That rapid expansion helped Hopkinton's overall population grow by more than a quarter since 2010, even as the town's total number of white residents remained virtually flat. The shifting racial makeup of the state could factor heavily into redistricting decisions that lawmakers will make in the coming months as they embark on the once-every-decade process of redrawing state legislative, congressional and Governor's Council boundaries. After the 2010 Census, the Legislature crafted 20 majority- minority districts in the House and three in the Senate. By some accounts, that total no longer fully reflects the state: in February, the Lawyers for Civil Rights group pub- lished a report estimating that five existing House districts and one Senate district have transitioned from mostly white to Everett, Lowell, Malden, Revere and Worcester now have more non-white residents than white residents, according to 2020 mostly non-white since the last redistricting process. Census data. [GRAPHIC: CHRIS LISINSKI/SHNS]

July jobless rate unchanged BOSTON — Massachusetts employers added jobs at a robust pace in July, while the statewide unemployment rate held flat at 4.9 percent for the second month in a row, labor officials announced Friday. Based on a survey of employers, the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimated that the state added 43,400 jobs in July to push total employment above 3.5 million for the first time since the pandemic hit. That one-month increase was the highest since August 2020, surpassing the 37,900 positions added in January. The largest growth came in the leisure and hospitality industry, which gained 19,400 jobs over the month, and in government, which added 12,700 jobs. A separate BLS survey of households used to calculate the labor force and unemployment rate found little change from June to July. The unemployment rate in Massachusetts remained at 4.9 percent in July, 0.5 percentage points below the national unemployment rate. The labor force grew by 4,900, and the labor force participation rate -- which represents resi- dents 16 or older who worked or actively sought work in the last four weeks -- ticked upward by one-tenth of a percentage point to 65.6 percent. The state’s employment outlook has improved substantially since the early days of the pandemic, when the unemployment rate rose as high as 16.4 percent in April 2020, though businesses overall have only clawed back a bit more than two-thirds of the jobs lost in the early days of the crisis. - Chris Lisinski/SHNS

The Westfield News A publication of The Reminders Publishing, LLC Mike Dobbs Barbara Perry Executive Editor Sales Manager House, Senate Target Extension of COVID Paid Leave Law Michael Ballway James Johnson-Corwin BOSTON — Legislative leaders are eye- plans to return to in-person work. Later “The evidence is overwhelming: receiving Managing Editor Multi-Media Manager ing an extension of the state’s COVID-19 Thursday, the two top Democrats joined the COVID-19 vaccination is the best way emergency paid leave program, tying the with Sen. Jason Lewis and Rep. Paul Donato to keep our residents safe, end the pandemic Chris Putz Marie Brazee plan to Gov. Charlie Baker’s new vaccine to issue another statement, saying they’ll in Massachusetts, and ensure we can con- Sports Editor Business Manager mandate for state workers. Baker’s office on work to extend the paid leave law passed in tinue the process of building a robust and Thursday announced that all executive May. That measure, which Baker signed equitable economic recovery,” the lawmak- Fran Smith Lorie Perry branch employees will be required to be into law after the Legislature rejected his ers said. “In order for the Governor’s vac- General Manager Director of Ad Production fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Oct. amendment seeking to carve out municipal cine mandate to be successful, the 17, or face disciplinary action unless they workers, is in place through Sept. 30 and Legislature will work to extend emergency are approved for a medical or religious offers up to one week paid leave for workers paid COVID leave in the Commonwealth 181 Root Road, Westfield , MA 01085 exemption. Senate President Karen Spilka diagnosed with COVID-19 or who need past the September 30, 2021 deadline and and House Speaker Ronald Mariano each time off to isolate, get a vaccine, deal with ensure that all workers have the opportunity (413)562-4181 indicated support for the move on Thursday the shot’s side effects, or care for a family to take time from work to receive the vac- www.thewestfieldnews.com and said members of their branches were member with the virus. It’s based on legisla- cine if and when they can.” - Katie Lannan/ discussing vaccine mandates as part of their tion originally filed by Donato and Lewis. SHNS THE WESTFIELD NEWS WWW.THEWESTFIELDNEWS.COM MONDAY, AUGUST 23, 2021 - PAGE 5 Vax Rates Continued from Page 1 “Here’s my issue: as of this lem. We need our local leaders week, 49 percent of Westfield to get involved in the planning residents have been vaxed, and implementation of these lower than the 51 percent of strategies. We recognized that Hampden County, and signifi- a ‘one size fits all’ approach is cantly lower than the state. unlikely to be effective, and COVID cases increased by 148 that local outreach will provide percent from last week, and 85 some valuable insight into how percent of the new cases were best to accomplish our goal.” unvaxed. We know that (here), Mackler said she has made a like everywhere in the county, contact with a person at the our younger folks (under 30) state Department of Health are largely unvaxed,” Mackler who has a van that will come told the Council on Thursday. for a clinic. “I’m looking for “I think we can do better, the city to step up and make and we need to do better, but I their presence known, and start am frustrated by the apparent reaching out to some of our lack of commitment on the part communities who are vax of the city to improve our vax resistant,” she said. rate,” she added. She said events on the green Mackler said what has for example are very popular worked in other communities and people turn out. “I bet has been collaboration among there’s one coming up. If the public health officials, faith city is behind it, that would be based groups, businesses, local the focus, and we’ll have the agencies and individual volun- vax van there. It has to be from teers; along with some effort, the city,” she said. funding, and a bit of imagina- “We need a task force, and tion. “We know the more need our local leaders to get people get vaxed, the greater involved, and we’re going to the likelihood that we’ll all get need financial support from the to resume our normal lives,” city. When I read agenda item she said. number 5 and saw the City of “I am asking for your sup- Westfield is about to accept port. We need this city to initi- $17 million of ARPA money, I ate a task force to develop knew I had to be here tonight,” Vax van at Westfield Soup Kitchen clinic earlier this month. (PHOTO SUBMITTED) strategies to address this prob- Mackler said in conclusion.

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"We have enough vaccine supply for to begin making COVID-19 booster shots During a White House COVID-19 Response trated on health care workers at the front lines every American, and you'll be able to get a available next month to adults who have Team briefing Wednesday, top health officials of the pandemic, then the residents and work- booster at roughly 80,000 places across the already received both doses of a Moderna or said that while the three vaccines used in the ers of long-term care facilities, first respond- country, including over 40,000 local pharma- Pfizer vaccine, an announcement Gov. Charlie United States are highly effective at reducing ers and other populations deemed at higher cies." Baker indicated came without advance guid- risks of severe disease, hospitalization and risk of contracting the virus. Like the initial vaccines, the boosters will ance for states. death from the coronavirus, data show that More than 4.4 million people in be free regardless of immigration or health Baker said plans for a booster program did levels of protection against infection decrease Massachusetts are now fully vaccinated, insurance status, Zients said. not come up in a regular Tuesday call between over time. Booster shots, they said, extend the according to the latest Department of Public Sen. Ed Markey applauded the Biden governors and Biden administration officials protection. Health figures. That includes 4,131,001 who administration for its booster decision, calling "on all things vaccines and all things COVID." The Biden administration's plan calls for the got the Pfizer and Moderna shots, and another vaccines "our best tool for combating COVID- "First time I heard about it was when I got booster program to begin the week of Sept. 296,222 who received the single-dose Johnson 19." home last night and saw the news," he said 20, pending an independent evaluation by the & Johnson vaccines. "As we continue to combat COVID-19 here during a GBH Radio interview. "So, I have no Food and Drug Administration and dose rec- Murthy said recipients of the J&J vaccines, at home, we cannot forget that no one is safe guidance, alright, even though we spent an ommendations from a Centers for Disease which were not administered in the U.S. until until everyone is safe from COVID-19. The hour on the phone yesterday with all of the Control advisory panel. March 2021, will likely need boosters as well. risk of mutating variants will continue to serve people who probably knew something about Fully vaccinated adults age 18 and up He said to expect more data on those shots in as a threat to all of humanity if we do not what this is all about, which really bums me would become eligible eight months after coming weeks, and that officials will keep the mobilize a swift and robust response that out." receiving their second doses of a Pfizer or public informed of J&J booster plans. Baker described himself as an "enthusiastic Moderna vaccine. Jeff Zients, the White House coronavirus extinguishes this virus from all corners of our supporter of a booster program" and said that "The plan ensures that people who were response coordinator, said the federal govern- globe," Markey said in a statement. "That once Massachusetts has more information fully vaccinated earliest in the vaccination ment will work "very closely" with governors means working with our international partners about timing and other details, the state will rollout will be eligible for a booster first," and states to make sure there are enough vac- on efforts to increase global production of "move very aggressively to make sure that Surgeon General Vivek Murthy said. "This cination sites, and that the Federal Emergency COVID-19 vaccines, share pandemic resourc- those who are eligible to get boosters get includes our most vulnerable populations, like Management Agency "stands ready to help in es, construct minimum infrastructure required them." our health care providers, nursing home resi- any way." to deliver vaccines globally, and coordinate "I think it's really important that we do it, dents and other seniors." "Thanks to the aggressive actions we have inoculation campaigns aimed at those most especially based on some of the studies that The first COVID-19 vaccines in taken to establish our vaccination program, it vulnerable. We have no time to spare."

Trial, Appeals Court employees subject to vax-or-test policy Boston to again require masks indoors BOSTON — Thousands of state judiciary variants,” Carey and Bello wrote. “We believe BOSTON — Everyone ages 2 and older pandemic," Janey said in a statement. "We employees will be required either to submit that our strong commitment to follow medical regardless of vaccination status will be know that masks work best when everyone proof of vaccination or undergo weekly test- and public health guidance since the begin- required to wear a mask in all indoor public wears one. Requiring masks indoors is a ing for COVID-19 under a policy officials ning of the pandemic successfully curtailed settings in Boston starting next week, proactive public health measure to limit rolled out last week. Massachusetts Trial the spread of the virus to date within the Mayor Kim Janey announced Friday, link- transmission of the Delta variant, boost the Court Chief Justice Paula Carey and Court courts.” A spokesperson said the policy affects ing the revived mandate to the impending public confidence in our businesses and Administrator John Bello informed all Trial 6,300 Trial Court employees, and a similar school year and spread of the Delta variant. venues, and protect the residents of our city Court judges and staff on Aug. 12 that every policy issued by the Appeals Court affects The new order from the Boston Public who are too young for vaccination." Janey worker must submit proof of at least a first another 99 workers. The Supreme Judicial Health Commission takes effect at 8 a.m. said the new mask mandate is part of a dose for the COVID-19 vaccine by Sept. 1 Court, meanwhile, is assessing the vaccina- on Friday, Aug. 27 in retail stores, restau- "five-point plan" to address the more infec- and proof of a second dose by Oct. 6. Any tion status of its workforce before deciding rants, bars, performance venues, event tious Delta variant alongside ensuring equi- Trial Court worker who has not been vacci- whether to issue a mandate. The list of public spaces, social clubs and municipal build- table access to vaccines and booster shots, nated “regardless of the reason for their sector employees who face some kind of vac- ings across the city. Gatherings in places of a vaccine-or-testing requirement for city unvaccinated status” will be required to sub- cination requirement has been growing in worship will be exempt from the order, as workers, HVAC improvements in schools, mit results from a COVID-19 test once per recent weeks, including those in the offices of will private residences, private buildings and a mask mandate in schools and city week, starting no more than 72 hours before Attorney General Maura Healey, Auditor inaccessible to the public, and performers buildings. Officials said Friday that they their designated report-to-work date. “The Suzanne Bump, Treasurer Deborah Goldberg who maintain six feet of distance from their unveiled the public mask mandate ahead of Trial Court strongly encourages all employees and the city of Boston. Gov. Charlie Baker on audiences. Masks will be required to order the 2021-2022 school year, when more than to be vaccinated against COVID-19 and has Thursday announced that about 42,000 exec- at a bar, but may be removed when eating 50,000 Boston Public School students will determined that in the interest of overall utive branch workers must be fully vaccinated or drinking. "There is nothing more impor- start classes and more than 50,000 college health and safety we will implement manda- or secure a valid exemption by Oct. 17 or face tant than Boston's safe recovery, reopening, students will arrive in Boston. - Chris tory vaccination reporting or a testing require- “disciplinary action, up to and including ter- and renewal from the ongoing COVID-19 Lisinski/SHNS ment in light of data on the contagiousness of mination.” - Chris Lisinski/SHNS the COVID-19 Delta and other emerging

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