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JOHN STEINBECK Low of 55. www.thewestfieldnews.com SchoolVOL. 86 NO. 151 district’s TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 2017 Southwick animal 75 cents budget focusing control officer arraigned for on technology By GREG FITZpaTRICK Correspondent OUI on the job SOUTHWICK – The Southwick-Tolland-Granville By PETER CURRIER Regional School District gave a presentation at last week’s Correspondent school committee meeting for their proposed Fiscal Year 2020 SOUTHWICK- A Southwick budget. Animal Control Officer (ACO) was The district is proposing a 1.47% increase, which is about WHS Asst. Principal Kevin Zdroykowski, VIPS Coordinator arraigned last Friday for charges $393,000 of last year’s proposed budget. The total amount for Tina Macy and WHS Principal Charles Jendrysik. (Photo by stemming from a February incident in the proposed budget was $25,266,518. For FY 19, the district Amy Porter) which he is accused of driving to a scene under the influence of alcohol, asked for a 1.39% increase from the FY 18 budget. according to court records. The minimum local contribution for the Chapter 70 pro- ACO Donald W. Gane, 61, of 5 gram that each school district in Massachusetts is required to Students get reality Island Pond Road, Southwick was give is what has mostly caused the Southwick-Tolland- called to a scene on Jered Lane on the Granville Regional School District’s increase for this year’s evening of February 15th to transport proposed budget. According to Steve Presnal, the district’s Southwick Animal check at Credit an injured dog. Officer Ernest Malone, Control Officer business manager, Southwick’s minimum local contribution is of the Southwick Police Department, going up by $328,103. Granville’s contribution is expected to Donald Gane. (Photo was already on the scene with the dog courtesy of the Southwick go down by $5,525 while Tolland is decreasing by $24,751. when Gane arrived in his police vehi- The major proposed line item for the district this year is the for Life Fair cle. Malone said in his statement of Police Department) plan to enhance student technology in all three schools. In an By AMY PORTER facts that when Gane approached him, attempt to move toward an environment where each student Correspondent he could smell what he determined to be alcohol on Gane’s from grades three to twelve has their own computer, the dis- WESTFIELD – At the Credit for Life Fair held in breath. trict sees this item as a necessity. Woodward Auditorium at Westfield State University Tuesday When questioned by Malone, “It’s where we see the educational environment going,” said morning, high school students from four area schools were Gane claimed that he was only in Presnal. “Getting more devices into student’s hands is the next getting a dose of reality. After receiving a random credit the middle of his first beer when phase to this.” score and choosing a career from a list, they had to secure he received the call for the A phase by phase approach, this technology plan would housing, furniture, groceries, transportation and other essen- injured dog. Malone informed Gane that he believed that he had start in FY 20. The initial cost for FY 20 will be about $70,000 tials on their monthly budgets, before figuring out whether and will increase each year by a little more than $70,000. consumed more than just one they had any money left over for fun in their imagined future beer. Gane failed a field sobriety Presnal said that the total cost for the technology plan will be 25-year old lives. test and was transported to the anywhere from $270,000 to $280,000. Meanwhile, volun- Southwick Police Department Other proposed initiatives for this year’s proposed budget teers from VIPS headquarters in handcuffs. At the includes continuing with reduced class sizes, professional (Volunteers in Public beginning of the test, it was dis- development, and to refine and develop a student-centered Schools) and area covered that Gane was carrying and engaging curriculum. banking institutions, a loaded handgun with no round Since the proposed budget has been presented, a vote will who sponsor the in the chamber at the time. be taken at an upcoming school committee meeting to see if event, were trying to Gane provided two breath the committee will approve the budget. If the budget happens tempt students to buy samples upon his arrival at the station. His blood alcohol content to be passed by the school committee, it will then be reviewed a new car or take a too was measured at 0.07 percent approximately one-and-a-half by the Select Board and Finance Committee and drafted up as expensive vacation. hours after he originally arrived at the scene. A suspension notice a warrant article for the annual town meeting in May. VIPS coordinator was issued for his license to carry, and his firearm, a .22 pistol, Tina Macy said 90 WTA IT juniors Noah Lussier and was seized during the arrest. volunteers were work- Henry Johnson stretch their dollars Gane’s future employment with the Southwick police is still ing with the 300 stu- in the future by sharing an apart- under determination as he goes through the process of the court Southwick Police receive dents from Westfield ment and car. (Photo by Amy Porter) system. High School, “Officer Gane’s services are not currently being used,” said Westfield Technical Academy, Southwick Regional High Lieutenant Robert Landis of the Southwick Police, “It was grant for pedestrian brought to our attention that he appeared to be impaired. We School and White Oak School. treated him as we would anybody else in the same set of circum- “The more volunteers we have, the more robust the con- stances.” and bicycle safety versations,” Macy said. Gane faces charges of operating a motor vehicle under the By GREG FITZpaTRICK Linda Saltus, a volunteer organizer with Credit for Life influence of alcohol, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, and Correspondent said the program was originally conceived by the FDIC a licensee carrying a firearm while intoxicated. He was released SOUTHWICK – The Southwick Police Department was (Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.) to bring financial literacy on his personal recognizance following the arraignment, pending recently notified that they’ve been awarded an $8,000 grant in a fun way to high school seniors, to give them a taste of a May 17th pre-trial hearing. through the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, what real life is like. This was the fifth year for Westfield, Office of Grants and Research in the Highway Safety Division. Saltus said. Area fairs are also held in Holyoke, Springfield, Southwick was one of 93 police depart- and Chicopee, serving 15 or more different high schools. ments across the state to receive part of Macy said some of the students wearing colored credit the $700,000 grant from the Executive score badges had taken a quiz to try to improve the scores Suffield Police needs Office of Public Safety and Security. they were initially given, after being rejected for loans for The $8,000 that the Southwick Police surrounding communities Department is receiving is geared towards cars or credit cards. “Just because you have a good job, it pedestrian and bicycle safety. The depart- doesn’t mean you have a good credit score, because you still ment had never received a grant for help in animal cruelty case pedestrian and bicycle safety in the past See Fair, Page 3 By GREG FITZpaTRICK so Southwick Chief of Police Kevin Correspondent Bishop has a plan for how to use this SUFFIELD – The Suffield Police Department is looking money. for help the of citizens from surrounding communities after “Bicyclists and pedestrians are at risk from the motoring Public forum set to consider a dog was abandoned at a park in Suffield. public because they may not be immediately visible to drivers Reported by the and unlike those in vehicles, nothing protects them in a crash,” purchase of St. Thomas Suffield Police said Bishop in a press release. “We’ll analyze crash data to Department, a per- identify crosswalks, intersections, and roadways where our son walking in Stony enforcement efforts can yield the largest impact on pedestrian church by town Brook Park on and bicyclist safety.” By AMY PORTER February 28 at Bishop also added that the funding will also be used towards Correspondent around 12:30 p.m. educating people on pedestrian and bicycle safety as well as HUNTINGTON – The future of the purchasing bicycle helmets for the youth in the community. discovered a dog tied historic St. Thomas Church on East to a tree abandoned. Southwick Police officer David Massai applied for the grant Main St. in downtown Huntington is and Bishop said there was a clear reason for applying. A small terrier, the once again uncertain, and town leaders dog was not only tied Brooks is seen in good spirits after “We’re always seeking funding to increase safety programs being abandoned at Stony Brook for the Southwick Police Department,” said Bishop.

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