Family Recognizes Its Roots

Mailed free to requesting homes in Douglas, Northbridge and Uxbridge Vol. IV, No. 35 Complimentary to homes by request ONLINE: WWW.BLACKSTONEVALLEYTRIBUNE.COM Friday, June 3, 2011 Remembering the fallen Residents from all over the Blackstone Valley paid tribute to local veterans on Memorial Day Monday, May 30. In Douglas, Northbridge and Uxbridge, residents came together to shoe their support for their veterans and remember those who have fallen. For more photos, turn to page A13! Christopher Tanguay photos Douglas students sang songs and recited poems during their annual tribute to local veterans. Above, Brothers Carroll and John Demoga, both veterans of World War II, were honored by the students last week as well. Seated next to the Demoga brothers is Clifford White, a Naval veteran who served during the Korean War. At right, The contingent of service veterans marching past one of Uxbridge’s his- toric buildings. Far right, Boy Scouts of Troop 155 salute the flag during the playing of Taps. Family recognizes its roots LEMOINE PATRIARCH FINALLY GIVEN PROPER HEADSTONE BY CHRISTOPHER TANGUAY TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER NORTHBRIDGE — As genera- tions pass by and families expand, it often becomes harder and harder for members to keep track of one another. To help prevent that slow drifting apart, the Lemoine family of Northbridge holds a family reunion every year over Memorial Day weekend, hosting relatives from all over New England, and as far as New Jersey. This year’s festivities were a little different than years past though, as the family’s long-deceased patriarch Henry Lemoine, who had been interred in an unmarked grave for Christopher Tanguay photos nearly 100 years, was recognized and was finally given a proper head- Roger Chatell, of Saylorsburg, Pa., reads a biography of his great grandfather Henry J. stone. Lemoine to extended family before placing the stone on the grave of Lemoine and his young daughter Reina. Turn To ROOTS page A8 The poetry slam finalists. Officials ‘in a hole’ about road repair woes Students express themselves BY CHRISTOPHER TANGUAY lion for the design and execution of a In 2009, the Central Massachusetts TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER road repair plan to address sections Regional Planning Commission con- in poetry slam NORTHBRIDGE — Five million of some roads that are in dire need of ducted a survey of the 70-plus miles dollars for roadwork may have been improvement. of municipally-owned roads and BY CHRISTOPHER TANGUAY school’s annual poetry slam. too much for voters to stomach, but At the polls the following week, determined that 58 percent — dating TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER A poetry slam is a competition in next-to-nothing is not enough to keep however, voters rejected the neces- back to up to 200 years old — were in DOUGLAS — There was no Dr. which writers present their compo- town roads up to snuff. sary Proposition 2 1/2 override by a need of repair. Suess, there were no green eggs sitions in performance style and “You can’t do anything without margin of only 55 votes. The $5 million proposal would and ham, but everyone had fun at rated by a panel of judges. money, unfortunately,” said “The time is now,” Sasseville said. have allocated $500,000 to design of the Douglas poetry slam. This year, the poetry slam, which Department of Public Works “Unfortunately the public wasn’t the project, with the remaining $4.5 On Friday, May 20, sixth grade was held in the library of the Director Richard Sasseville. willing to pay for it.” million used for repairs to students at the Douglas school, came at the tail end of a Last month, Town Meeting “Local roads are a local responsi- Goldthwaite Road, as well as sections Intermediate Elementary School approved a request to borrow $5 mil- bility,” he added. Turn To REPAIR page A8 hosted, and participated in, the Turn To POETRY page A10 A2-3 ...................................... LOCAL A7 ........................... CALENDAR A4-5 ..................................... OPINION A9 ....................... SENIOR SCENE CONTACT THE TRIBUNE EDITOR AT A6 .................................... OBITUARIES A11 .............................. SPORTS AMINOR STONEBRIDGEPRESS COM INSIDE @ . 2 • Friday, June 3, 2011 BLACKSTONE VALLEY TRIBUNE NEWS AND NOTES FROM AROUND THE REGION BY CHRISTOPHER TANGUAY After several years of budget and manpow- TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER er reductions, the Northbridge Police On Tuesday,May 24, the Cub Scouts of Pack Department has redeployed a five-man bicycle 134 in Douglas not only got a lesson on the true patrol unit. meaning of Memorial Day,but also pitched in The five police officers that make up the to help properly recognize the town’s deceased bicycle patrol unit are Detective Sgt. John soldiers. Ouillette, officers Tom Dejordy, Jeff White, First, outgoing Veterans of Foreign Wars Brian Collins and Jarrod Woeller. The unit Post 7554 Commander Ron Tetreau taught the will be supervised by Ouillette. Scouts about the significance and meaning of The officers will be assigned to patrol vari- Memorial Day, and how to properly handle an ous areas of the community. Chief Walter American flag. Warchol feels bicycle officers create a highly The 20 scouts, accompanied by Cub Masters visible presence in a wide variety of locations Kris Moran and Kelley Stickney, along with such as our high-density neighborhoods, sen- VFW members incoming Commander Jeffrey ior housing developments, schools and vari- LaPorte, Dennis Zifcak, Tony Wood, and Peter ous special community events. Pollard, then took what they had learned and Warchol also feels that police officers on applied it to the community by splitting up bicycle patrol have a better ability to interact into teams to place flags at the graves of vet- with the residents of our community on a erans in Evergreen, St. Dennis, and Pine more personal level than an officer in a cruis- Grove cemeteries. er. The bicycle patrols will have more person- After all of last year’s flags had been collect- al contact with young people, which should ed and new ones put on display, LaPorte said also promote a more positive image of the in a statement, “The VFW members would police. like to thank the Cub Scouts for helping to honor our fallen heroes.” DHS TEACHER CHOSEN FOR CONFERENCE Courtesy photos NORTHBRIDGE PD BACK ON TWO Detective Sgt. John Ouillette, officers Jarrod Woeller, Jeff White, and Tom Dejordy. Officer Brian Collins is WHEELS Douglas High School teacher Kelly absent from the photo. Graveson has been selected as one of 50 teach- ers throughout the United States to attend the matic working group 2011 Siemens STEM Institute. that will provide addi- Spokesman Lindsay Douglas called the tional deep-dive expo- Institute, “A one-of-a-kind immersion pro- sure,” she continued. gram that promotes hands-on, real-world inte- “Following the gration of science, technology, engineering Institute, the Fellows and math in the classroom.” will serve as STEM During the summer, from July 31-Aug. 5, ambassadors in their Graveson and 49 other educators will take schools and communi- part in a weeklong, all expenses paid profes- ties as they continue sional development summit at the headquar- working together on ters of Discovery Communications, home of STEM projects and 508-266-2062 the Discovery Channel. empowering peers Owner On Every Job According to Douglas, “The week will be www.skyhooktree.com with the tools and filled with guest speakers at the forefront of knowledge gained STEM, field trips to leading institutions from the Institute.” where Fellows will observe real-world applica- Christopher tions of STEM subject matter and opportuni- Tanguay may be P LS &CUES & SPAS,T ties for networking and collaborating with reached at (508) 909- peers from across the nation. 4132, or by e-mail at Cub Scouts of Pack 134 and members of VFW Post 7554 put new American “In addition to broad-based STEM applica- ctanguay@stonebridge- flags at the gravesites of deceased veterans in Douglas last week, in prepara- tions, each Fellow will be assigned to a the- press.com. tion of Memorial Day. 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