Auburn to the Rank of Captain
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(508) 943-4800 Newsstand: 75 cents www.StonebridgePress.com Friday, July 6, 2018 Foulkrod promoted to captain WEST BOYLSTON — Worcester County Sheriff Lew Evangelidis announced he has pro- moted Lieutenant Steven Foulkrod of Auburn to the rank of Captain. “The Worcester County Sheriff’s Office is pleased to announce the promotion of Lieutenant Steven Foulkrod to the rank of Captain. Captain Foulkrod will immediately begin serving in this important role and leadership position at our correctional facility. All promotions at the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office are based on merit, work ethic and a dedication to duty. Congratulations to Captain Foulkrod as he rep- resents the best in the field of corrections today and will work hard to make us a better depart- ment,” said Evangelidis. Foulkrod, a 28 year veteran of the depart- ment, started his career with the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office in August of 1990, was promoted to Sergeant in July 2007, Lieutenant in 2014 and most recently to Captain. Captain Foulkrod will continue to be assigned to the main jail. He will be responsible for com- manding and supervising lieutenants, sergeants, DANCIN’ IN THE SPRAY correctional officers and staff under his charge as well as monitoring the care, custody and con- Gus Steeves photo trol of inmate activity ensuring the safety of both Sydney Caissie-Desautels of Oxford cools off in the staff and inmates. spray at the 4th of July celebration at Pappas Recreation The Worcester County Jail & House of Area Sunday. Patriotic songs, a bit of business, then fun Correction located in West Boylston is respon- Courtesy photo and games for families and friends kept people very, very sible for both pre-trial detainees and inmates Worcester County Sheriff Lew Evangelidis presenting happy and busy. More photos page 6. sentenced to two and a half years or less. The cor- newly promoted Captain Steven Foulkrod of Auburn rectional facility currently houses over one thou- with his rank insignia of gold bars signifying his new sand inmates and has a staff over six hundred. rank Pioneer of women’s rights featured at Quaboag Historical Society BY ED LONDERGAN ing the mother any custody from her grandfather, a lead- the only college in the country Massachusetts Anti-Slavery SPECIAL TO STONEBRIDGE PRESS rights. A wife could not make er in Shays’ Rebellion, Lucy at the time to admit women, Society hired her as a lecturer. WEST BROOKFIELD -Lucy a contract, sue or make a valid spent her adult life promoting and became active in the abo- She soon added women’s rights Stone was born in a farm- will without her husband’s con- equal rights and full justice litionist Anti-Slavery Society. to her speeches, defending her house on Coy Hill Road in sent. Women were not allowed for all. In an age when high- In 1847, at the age of 29, she choice by insisting, “I was a West Brookfield, on the 13th to speak at public gatherings er education for women was was the first Massachusetts woman first.” By all accounts, of August 1818. At that time, or to write for any publication. considered an unnecessary woman, and one of the first she was a passionate orator. a married women’s property No college or university admit- waste, Lucy worked and saved women in the nation, to gradu- Soon Lucy was earning a sub- and earnings belonged to the ted women and there were no for seven years to pay her own ate from college. stantial income and attracting husband. The husband had women’s organizations, except way through college. After college, Lucy chose hundreds, sometimes even a sole control of the children and for small groups of women who Lucy was a force to be reck- public lecturing as her career, few thousand people, to her could legally make his will to met at church sewing circles. oned with. In 1843, she entered a most unusual profession for a give them to strangers, refus- Inheriting a defiant nature Oberlin Collegiate Institute, woman at the time. In 1848, the Please Read LUCY, page A12 Buildings come in pieces and parts BY GUS STEEVES STONEBRIDGE CORRESPONDENT CHARLTON – How do you move a building? If it’s made of Legos or Lincoln Logs, it’s no big deal. But if it’s made of three 70-ton sections of concrete, the answer is very, very carefully. That’s what contractors at Buffumville spent their day doing recently, as the park closed for the week to install new bathrooms. In previous generations, they’d have built them on site, but in this case the new building was made in a factory and shipped here on three big trucks. Trucking them here was the Kim Maschi photo (relatively) easy part. The site of a letterboxing adventure “A lot of thought goes into the calculations,” mostly on computers, necessary to trans- fer those sections to their Letterboxing in Auburn: final location, Army Corps of Engineers Safety Officer Kane Turmelle said. While watching Gus Steeves photos makes it look easy, even state- The crane slowly swings around finding secret friends ly, that apparent ease requires from the truck to the building’s a lot of basic physics based on permanent home. KIMBERLY MASCHI the notebook with a written note about your multiple load charts that show STONEBRIDGE PRESS journey. You then take the provided stamp how much mass the crane can What is Letterboxing? Letterboxing is a and log it into your notebook. It is a great handle at various distances, scavenger hunt where the clues lead you opportunity to get outdoors with a purpose. how fast it can turn safely, how through a hike into nature. At the end of With this Letterboxing adventure, you will much weight it needs for bal- your adventure you will find a box with a also learn things on the way. As always, be ance, and other issues. notebook, pen, handmade rubber stamp, and safe, bring water, clip out this article to take In the “best case scenario,” ink pad. What you bring with you is your with you, and spray yourself with bug spray. the crane they used can carry own rubber stamp that represents you, and Our first Letterboxing adventure is in 300 tons (600,000 pounds), but at a notebook. You ink your unique stamp into the length and radius they need Please Read LETTERBOXING, page A2 6 5652510391 9 Please Read BUILDINGS, page A7 2 • THE AUBURN NEWS • Friday, July 6, 2018 until it narrows off, like at the end of a guide your way. upon a fork in the road to the right you LETTERBOXING snake. Stay on course, you will soon see will see a beautiful birch tree. Left, a continued from page 1 Speaking of snakes, you may see large rectangular stones and a rusted wooden bridge, the bridge will lead you Auburn. Follow these clues to find the some slither from a distance, not to post. Stop and take a look at the pro- to a field of tall grass and baby bunnies letterbox: We will start at a park and worry, they are harmless eastern gar- tective mother tree. The large tree is hop all over! it’s not your Mamma’s park. Once you ter snakes. People call them a “garden spreading its limbs to protect the small- But to find the box venture down into arrive venture to the hiking trail. At snake” but it is actually “garter snake”. er tree that look like it is running off to the abyss where you will see a rusted the head of the trail feel free to pick At the end of the path take a right go play. Keep walking and you will go gate. Keep going to your left until you out a book or drop one off at the Little and cross over the gray bridge. Take a up a small hill. This is where the trees see a giant’s cobblestone path. This is Library from Cub Scout Pack 53. Follow left and enter the dirt trail. Weave in break and you will see sunlight. Not for where you will find the box. Hidden the trail with the rock wall to your left and around the trees, blue markers will long though, keep going back into the on the cobblestone in foliage. Write shade. There is a bench if you need to about your adventure and include your rest. You will see wooden blue arrows stamp. Congratulations! You found a nailed to the trees, follow the arrow to Letterbox and your hiking adventures A Step Ahead continue your journey. have been logged with all the others. Be very careful as there is a steep Be safe on your journey back and look Family Child drop to your right. Walk single file if for new Letterboxing adventures in SUMMER with your family. Look out over the Stonebridge Press newspapers. New BUY “A progressive approach FACTORY SALE vast farmland to your right. Turn to the adventures await! to family child care” Care Center DIRECT left and journey down deep into the for- Dr. Arthur Pappas was a former doc- & SAVE est. You will see another bench. To the tor to the Red Sox and a wonderful Your child deserves quality child care right is a stream of rocks and sticks and benefactor to the town of Auburn. The is a licensed family child care 45 COLORS • $45 per sq. ft. Installed if you peer ahead into the path you will Pappas family donated $1 million to A Step Ahead (40 sq.ft.