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SOUTHWICK – The Citizens Despite that, the Select Board Restoring Congamond (CRC) met informed the CRC that they would with the Select Board on Tuesday rather have a warrant article drafted night in the auditorium of the to go at a special town meeting Southwick Town Hall to discuss the instead of a petition. Due to the fate of preserving 146-acres of state informing the Franklin Land vacant land adjacent to North Pond Trust that they have only until from development. March 1 to have the $5 million “We’re asking the Select Board raised, the Select Board believes to designate $500,000 to preserve Many residents in town attended the Select Board meeting on Tuesday setting up a special town meeting the North Pond property,” said night to support preservation of open space adjacent to Congamond’s would be a quicker option to help CRC President Deb Herath. land. However, the vote was four Beth Thomas. “I really hope you avoid reaching the deadline from Citizens Restoring Congamond mem- The Community Preservation people in favor and four people not can overturn that decision.” the state. ber Deb Herath speaks to the crowd Committee (CPC) met on January in favor, causing the request not to After the January 31 vote, the Last year, the land owner, Denise about the importance of passing the 31 to vote on whether to allocate pass. CRC announced that they would be Leclair-Robbins did agree to a $500,000 in funding to help preserve $500,000 from their account to put “If the land is open for use, many establishing a petition in attempt to the vacant land next to Congamond’s towards preserving the North Pond will benefit,” said CRC member get 200 signatures from voting resi- See Select Board, Page 8 North Pond. (Photo by Greg Fitzpatrick) Zoning committee Council Preview: reviews short-term Feb. 7, 2019 By Amy Porter Correspondent rental regulations WESTFIELD – The City Council will hold a regular meeting on By Peter Currier Thursday, Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. in City Correspondent Council chambers, Room 207 at City WESTFIELD- The City Council’s Zoning, Planning, and Hall. On the agenda, are many reports Development sub-Committee met Tuesday evening to dis- WTA IT instructor Jeffrey Richardson, sophomore Ksenia from sub-committees, most of which cuss zoning ordinances for short-term residential rentals and Zinchenko, and juniors Deajah Barbour, Orion Dirgo and David have met or are meeting this week to discuss an upcoming review of city zoning laws. Tikhonchuk from the CyberPatriot teams. (Photo by Amy Porter) and last week. Councilor Nick Morganelli, Chairman of the committee, “I am very impressed by the Ward 2 Councilor said that he received an email from Councilor Dave Flaherty amount of work being done by the stating that some Westfield residents are not comfortable WTA Internet Technology and City Council committees and their chairs,” said President Ralph having short term rental properties, such as those run by Air City Council President Ralph J. Figy. BnB, in their neighborhoods. In the email, Flaherty added J. Figy. (WNG File students compete Under communications from the Photo) that some property owners, “want the government to mind Mayor, his office is requesting accep- tance of two gifts from the Friends of See Zoning Committee, Page 8 in National Youth Westfield 350 celebration. The first is a metallic mural by artist Pat Conant, depicting signature scenes throughout Cyber Defense competition Westfield’s history to be placed on the wall outside the By Amy Porter Council Chambers. The mural was funded by a grant from Select Board approves Correspondent the Westfield Cultural Center. WESTFIELD – Students in the Internet Technology shop at Also being requested for acceptance are two time cap- Westfield Technical Academy have just finished competing in sules donated by Firtion-Adams Funeral Services and a CDBG application for FY19 stone marker for the flag plaza outside of City Hall, By Greg Fitzpatrick CyberPatriot, the National Youth Cyber Education Program’s Cyber Defense Competition. Several of the students, along explaining the location and directions under which the time Correspondent capsule would be opened. SOUTHWICK – At Tuesday night’s meeting at the with WTA IT instructor Jeffrey Richardson described the com- petition and its purpose to the School Committee on Monday Figy said an appropriation request of $525,000 from Southwick Town Hall, the Select Board made a motion to Free Cash for the Department of Public Works Wastewater accept the application from the Pioneer Valley Planning night. The competition puts teams of high school and middle Division is for odor control at the Sewage Treatment Commission (PVPC) for a proposed Community Facility. Figy said the current odorizer is “on borrowed Development Block Grant (CDBG) for Fiscal Year 2019. school students in the position of newly hired IT professionals tasked with managing the network of a small company. In the time,” and needs replacement. The Sewage Treatment Federally-funded and designed to assist small cities and Facility is located off of Union St. near the salt pile, he towns in meeting their community development needs, the rounds of competition, teams are given a set of virtual images that represent operating systems and are tasked with finding said. The request will be referred to the Finance sub-com- CDBG program is through the Massachusetts Department of mittee. Housing and Community Development. cybersecurity vulnerabilities within the images and hardening See Council Preview, Page 3 See CDBG, Page 8 See WTA IT Students, Page 8

Mayor Sullivan proclaims February 9 as Don Wielgus Day WESTFIELD – Westfield Mayor Brian Sullivan has proclaimed Saturday, February 9, 2019 as Don Wielgus Day. Veteran Services Director Julie Barnes will present the Mayor’s proclama- tion at the Westfield Republican Lincoln Day Brunch at East Mountain Country Club at 10 AM on Saturday, February 9th. Jim Lyons of Andover, the newly elected chair of the MASS GOP, will be the keynote speaker and receive the group’s Lincoln Leadership Award. Master of Ceremony Senator Don Humason will be joined by special guests and elected officials to honor citizens and veterans for their service to the community, state and nation. Other honorees are:

Outstanding Community Service: Harry Rock Veteran Of The Year: Don Wielgus Lincoln Leadership Award: Jim Lyons – Andover Youth Award: Joe Tierney Volunteer Award : Doug Lyman – Chicopee

Don Wielgus, a Marine who served as Squad leader of a Flame Thrower Unit, served in Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, and as an Orderly to US Navy Admiral James Russell at NATO headquarters in Don Wielgus (Photo Courtesy Westfield Don Wielgus (left) Republican Committee) (Photo Courtesy Westfield Republican Committee) See Don Wielgus Day, Page 2

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Odds & Ends LOCAL LOTTERY Last night’s numbers MASSACHUSETTS Police get in MassCash 10-12-13-23-26 Mega Millions 03-34-36-59-66, Mega Ball: 7, Megaplier: 2 snowball Estimated jackpot: $139 million Numbers Evening 2-1-7-1 fight with Numbers Midday Don Wielgus 3-3-6-1 (Photo Courtesy Westfield Republican Committee) Powerball kids during Estimated jackpot: $204 million Don Wielgus Day Continued from Page 1 snowstorm DUVALL, Wash. (AP) — Police grabbed Naples, Italy. Sportsmen Club and Friends of the Senior a tactical shield and engaged in some fun as According to City Chair Dan Allie, “Don Center. He is a very active member of St. a major winter storm blanketed parts of has served the community of Westfield and Peter & St. Casimir Parish. 6 days a week, Washington state. CONNECTICUT veterans for many years in so many ways.” Don picks up and delivers food for the Members of the Duvall Police Department Cash 5 07-08-14-15-16 Don is a member of American Legion Post Westfield Food Pantry and Samaritan Inn. posted a Facebook video Monday of offi- Lotto 124, Veteran’s of Foreign Wars Post 1847, Don is best known by many for his constant cers responding to a report of suspicious 01-04-15-30-42-43 Vietnam Veteran’s Chapter 219, and Marine presence at many community events as pho- characters in a park. Police said a group of Estimated jackpot: $11.22 million Corps League, Detachment 141, which he tographer for The Westfield News. “local hostiles” were armed with “impro- Lucky Links Day served as Commandant for 2 years. Don In his spare time, Wielgus is the owner of vised projectiles made out of fluffy snow.” 01-02-03-05-06-10-19-20 served as Project Manager for numerous proj- Wielgus Painting & Decorating and volunteer Officers proclaimed there would be “no Lucky Links Night ects, including the Eternal Light Installation at the Westfield Homeless Cat Project Animal mercy” as they advanced behind the shield, 01-07-09-13-14-16-20-21 and Drinking Fountain at Parker Park, the Shelter; organizing and visiting nursing but they were no match for a group of Play3 Day 4-3-6 Purple Heart Trail, and placement of American homes, hospitals, shut-ins at Easter and youngsters who hurled snowballs at them. Play3 Night 3-3-3 flags on Memorial Day at Pine Hill Cemetery. Soldiers Home. Has been known to fill in for The officers retreated, but one got left Play4 Day 4-7-7-8 He is a Lifetime member of the Westfield Santa Claus on his day off. behind to feel the full barrage. Play4 Night 2-2-7-5

TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Wednesday, Feb. 6, the 37th day of 2019. There are 328 days left in the year.

n Feb. 6, 1911, Ronald Wilson Reagan, the the name of Washington National Airport to Ronald of a Syrian prison and rebels stormed in behind him, 40th president of the United States, was born Reagan Washington National Airport. Pop music star freeing hundreds of inmates. Jay Leno said goodbye Oin Tampico, Illinois. Falco, who had a 1986 hit with “Rock Me Amadeus,” to NBC’s “The Tonight Show” for the second time, died in a traffic accident in the Dominican Republic; making way for Jimmy Fallon to take over as host. On this date: he was 40. Carl Wilson, a founding member of The Baseball Hall of Famer Ralph Kiner, 91, died in Ran- In 1778, during the American Revolutionary War, the Beach Boys, died in Los Angeles at age 51. cho Mirage, California. Former U.S. poet laureate United States won official recognition and military Maxine Kumin died in Warner, New Hampshire, at support from France with the signing of a Treaty of In 2000, first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton launched age 88. Alliance in Paris. her successful candidacy for the U.S. Senate. One year ago: In 1788, Massachusetts became the sixth state to In 2003, Edging closer to war, President George W. Casino mogul Steve Wynn resigned as chairman ratify the U.S. Constitution. Bush declared “the game is over” for Saddam Hus- and CEO of Wynn Resorts amid sexual misconduct sein and urged skeptical allies to join in disarming allegations. SpaceX’s big new rocket blasted off from In 1933, the 20th Amendment to the U.S. Constitu- Iraq. ABC’s “20/20” aired a British documentary, “Liv- the Kennedy Space Center on its first test flight, car- tion, the so-called “lame duck” amendment, was pro- ing With Michael Jackson,” in which the King of Pop rying a red sports car on a route that would take it claimed in effect by Secretary of State Henry Stim- revealed he sometimes let children sleep in his bed. to the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Po- son. land’s president signed legislation making it a crime In 2008, the Bush White House defended the use of to blame Poland for Holocaust crimes committed by In 1952, Britain’s King George VI, 56, died at San- the interrogation technique known as waterboarding, Nazi Germany. dringham House in Norfolk, England; he was suc- saying it was legal — not torture as critics argued — ceeded as monarch by his 25-year-old elder daugh- and had saved American lives. The Phoenix Suns Today’s Birthdays: ter, who became Queen Elizabeth II. acquired Shaquille O’Neal in a stunning blockbuster Actor Rip Torn is 88. Actress Mamie Van Doren is deal that sent four-time All-Star Shawn Marion and 88. Actor Mike Farrell is 80. Former NBC News an- In 1968, the Winter Olympic Games were opened in Marcus Banks to the Miami Heat. chorman Tom Brokaw is 79. Singer Fabian is 76. Grenoble, France, by French President Charles de Actress Gayle Hunnicutt is 76. Actor Michael Tucker Gaulle. Ten years ago: is 75. Producer-director-writer Jim Sheridan is 70. Key senators and the White House reached tenta- Actor Jon Walmsley is 63. Actress Kathy Najimy is In 1987, Wall Street Journal reporter Gerald Seib tive agreement on an economic stimulus measure 62. Rock musician Simon Phillips (Toto) is 62. Actor- (syb) was released after being detained six days by at the heart of President Barack Obama’s recovery director Robert Townsend is 62. Actor Barry Miller is Iran, accused of being a spy for Israel; Iran said the plan. Federal health officials said Peanut Corp. of 61. Actress Megan Gallagher is 59. Rock singer Axl detention was a result of misunderstandings. America, a Georgia peanut processor, had knowing- Rose (Guns N’ Roses) is 57. Country singer Richie ly shipped salmonella-laced products as far back as McDonald is 57. Singer Rick Astley is 53. Rock musi- In 1991, comedian and television performer Danny 2007. Death claimed actors James Whitmore at age cian Tim Brown (Boo Radleys) is 50. “Good Morn- Thomas died in Los Angeles at age 79. 87 and Philip Carey at age 83. ing America” co-host Amy Robach is 46. Actor Josh Stewart is 42. Actor Ben Lawson is 39. Actor Brandon In 1993, tennis Hall of Famer and human rights advo- Five years ago: Hammond is 35. Actress Crystal Reed (TV: “Teen cate Arthur Ashe died in New York at age 49. House Speaker John Boehner all but ruled out pas- Wolf”) is 34. Actress Alice Greczyn is 33. Actress sage of immigration legislation before the fall elec- Anna Diop is 31. Rhythm and blues singer/actress In 1998, President Bill Clinton signed a bill changing tions. A suicide bomber blew himself up at the gates Tinashe is 26. THE WESTFIELD NEWS WWW.THEWESTFIELDNEWS.COM WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2019 - PAGE 3 Democrats select

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Sarno said conventions CHICKEn TEnDERS ...4.99 LB. 4.99 ~ Real Estate Closings ~ are “always good news” for wHOLE CHICKEnS ...... 2.79 LB. BOARS HEAD FRESH DELI! ~ Wills & Probate ~ Springfield, but added he would spend the day with BLACK FOREST HAM ...7.99 LB. 48 Elm Street • Suite 3 • Westfield, MA his family and at neighbor- Check Out (413) 562-1500 • www.attyangell.com hood events. Some of Our Ziggy’s garden Store Made... LARGE CARROTS ...... 79 LB. Council Preview POT ROAST YUKOn pOTATOES ..... 1.29 LB. Continued from Page 1 OR MEATLOAF RED pOTATOES ...... LB. 1.29 Figy said a Resolution of February, 2022, as a report captioning, which they are STARTERS! ICEBERG LETTUCE ..... 2.19 HEAD the City Council for authori- from the committee, which is investigating. Both items zation to enter into a pay- chaired by At-large Councilor remain in sub-committee. ment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) Cindy C. Harris. Also reporting will be the Gov. Baker heading to DC with Sunfarm Westfield LLC A public hearing to consid- Finance, Legislative & Can You Help Sarah? and Stephen P. and Susan M. er the petition of 14 Coleman Ordinance, License, Public to testify about climate change Oleksak for a new 10.7 acre Ave.Sarah LLC Helpsto amend Seniors the Health & Safety, and Zoning, solar array at 994 Western Zoning Map from Business A Planning and Development BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker is heading to Avenue will also be referred to Business B is Canalso sched - sub-committees. Washington to tell Congress about what Massachusetts is to Finance, for a 20-year uled during the meeting. You A motion by Figy at the end doing to prepare for, and combat, climate change. payment in lieu of personal Under reports of City of the agenda seeks to autho- The Republican is scheduled to testify Wednesday morn- property taxes. Discussing Officers, City Clerk Help Karen rize the Charter and Rules ing before the House Natural Resources Committee. the venture last month, Fanion will bring Sarah?forward an Special Committee to operate Baker is expected to talk about what his administration Mayor Brian P. Sullivan said www.sarahgillett.org Open www.sarahgillett.orgMeeting Law complaint for the year of 2019 with the describes as the state’s bipartisan record of addressing cli- it will be taxable real estate from Kristen Mello against items in committee. Figy said mate change while urging Washington lawmakers to work at property, on a business with the Westfield City Council. the special committee was for all levels of government in a similar fashion. a low environmental impact. The complaint, which Figy one year in 2012 to look at the Baker will testify along with Democratic Gov. Roy The solar array is not visible said will be forwarded to the Charter, and must have a spe- Cooper of North Carolina. Mass. from the road, and located Law Department for a cial purpose to continue for Baker is also expected to talk about the state’s efforts to next to Green Mountain response, cites audio distur- the year. Currently in the encourage the development of hydropower and offshore Lumber, also owned by the bances on Ch. 15 video broad- committee, which is chaired wind projects while also calling for federal emission reduc- collects Oleksaks. casts over councilor com- by At-large Councilor tion targets and pointing to the need for federal funding to Also requested by the ments. Matthew Emmershy, are drive research focused on emission reductions and climate How Did This Mayor’s office is an appro- TheHouseHelp Government Seniors? and motions made by Ward 3 change adaptation. $2.79B in priation of $16,700 from the Relations sub-committee will Councilor Andrew K. Surprise Want To Know A Secret? Westfield Police Department also report on broadcasting to review and reform the Ask Sarah. Receipts Reserve Towing and recording at meetings, Annual Municipal Budget taxes in and Motor Vehicle Storage. and the possibility of closed process. Proposal would lower union www.sarahgillett.org Figy said the appropriation will be used to purchase campaign contribution limit January solar-powered crosswalks, www.sarahgillett.org BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts campaign finance regula- BOSTON (AP) — requested by the Commission GOVERMENT MEETINGS tors are considering lowering the amount a labor union can Massachusetts collected for Citizens with Disabilities. contribute to a political candidate. $2.79 billion in taxes in Figy said the crosswalks WEDNESDAY, FEB, 6 Unions can currently donate up to $15,000 to a candidate January. have been approved, but annually. The Office of Campaign and Political Finance wants That’s about $195 million more funds beyond handicap to lower that to $1,000. or 6.5 percent below predic- parking receipts are needed Westfield: That would match the amount that an individual can con- tions and $180 million — or to cover the purchase cost for License Committee at 5 pm tribute per year. The move would also limit annual contribu- 6.1 percent — less than the the two sets. This request Public Health and Safety Meeting at 6 pm tions to a political action committee at $500 and to a political actual collections in January Flood Control Commission Meeting at 6 pm will also be referred to Municipal Light Board Meeting at 7 pm party at $5,000. of last year. Finance. The agency unveiled the proposal in a draft regulation. The For the fiscal year-to-date Also being submitted from Blandford: plan will be the subject of public hearings. through January, revenue the Mayor is the appointment Board of Health Meeting at 6 pm Critics have long faulted what they called the “union loop- collections totaled $16.1 bil- of Richard W. Salois of 220 Fire Department Meeting at 7 pm hole,” saying it gave labor organization an unfair advantage lion. That’s $403 million — Russellville Road as an Planning Board Meeting at 7 pm with elected officials. or 2.4 percent — less than Alternate member to the Huntington: The state bans political contributions from corporations. the estimate for this point in Planning Board, filling the Board of Health at 6 pm A final version of the regulations is expected May 1. the fiscal year that ends June slot of John Bowen, who Selectboard at 6 pm 30. moved to the Ward 1 posi- Conservation Commission at 7 pm Revenue Commissioner tion. Rhode Island to consider new Christopher Harding said Also being submitted is Tuesday that Massachusetts the appointment of C. Lee THURSDAY, FEB, 7 uses for PawSox stadium experienced below-bench- Bennett, 57 Jaeger Drive, as mark performance in the cat- PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP) — The state of Rhode Island is a member of the Fire egory of non-withheld Westfield: looking to find new uses for the Pawtucket Red Sox stadium Commission, replacing Carlo income in both December Bonavito, following his res- Finance Committee Meeting at 6 pm now that the team is moving to Worcester, Massachusetts. Personnel Action Committee at 6:30 pm and January, particularly in The Providence Journal reports that Gov. Gina Raimondo ignation. Both appointments City Council at 7 pm individual estimated pay- included $800,000 in her budget proposal for McCoy Stadium, are expected to be referred to ments with $600,000 going toward repairs and the remaining the Personnel Action Southwick: He said a significant com- Capital Expenditures Committee Meeting at 6 pm $200,000 funding a new study on potential uses for the ball- Committee. ponent of the shortfall is park. Five reappointments to likely due to volatile capital The state has spent more than $1 million over the past few various committees are also gains. years to keep the 77-year-old ballpark functional and prevent it being requested. He said as the tax filing from leaking. The Personnel Action MONDAY, FEB, 11 season begins revenue offi- State and local officials had pitched a new stadium for the Committee will also request cials will monitor collections PawSox before the Boston Red Sox Triple-A affiliate agreed to reappointment of Mark Granville: and trends in all tax catego- Selectboard Meeting at 7 pm move to Worcester. Cressotti as City Engineer ries. for a term to expire in The team is scheduled to play in Pawtucket until 2021. Blandford: Conservation Commission Meeting at 6 pm Selectboard Meeting at 7 pm Zoning Board Meeting at 7 pm Massachusetts tops Advanced Placement exams for 3rd year Chester: Conservation Commission Meeting at 5 pm BOSTON (AP) — Students in exam. school graduates hit that mark. Board of Selectmen Meeting at 6 pm Massachusetts are the nation’s leaders on Following Massachusetts was Massachusetts also has the greatest Board of Health Meeting at 6 pm Advanced Placement exams for the third Connecticut, where 32.2 percent of gradu- improvement over the last decade, while Planning Board Meeting at 7:30 pm year in a row. ates scored a three or better, and Florida, students in Washington, D.C., recorded the The nonprofit College Board, which with 31.7 percent. most growth since the graduates of 2017. Tolland: administers the tests, says 32.9 percent of Scoring a three or greater effectively The New York-based College Board Board of Selectmen at 5 pm the state’s public school graduates last means a student passed the exam. says a record 1.2 million students took year scored a three or better on at least one Nationally, 23.5 percent of public high Advanced Placement tests in 2018. 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Listen to latest PulseLine Calls at http://www.thewestfieldnews.com House panel expected to send Russia transcripts to Mueller By MARY CLARE JALONICK President Donald Trump turns to House speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., as he delivers his State of the Union address to a Associated Press joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, as Vice President Mike Pence watches, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019. (AP WASHINGTON (AP) — In the panel’s first act since Photo/Andrew Harnik) Democrats took the majority, the House intelligence commit- tee is expected to vote Wednesday to send more than 50 inter- view transcripts from its now-closed Russia investigation to special counsel Robert Mueller. President calls for bipartisanship, The panel’s new chairman, California Rep. Adam Schiff, has long said that sending Mueller the transcripts from the probe into Russian election interference would be one of his first actions. Two associates of President Donald Trump have a hard line on immigration already been charged with lying to the committee, and Schiff has said Mueller should consider whether additional perjury By JULIE PACE devotion to our fellow citizens and to our black female governor, and party leaders charges are warranted as part of the special counsel’s investi- and CATHERINE LUCEY country,” he said, painting a dark and fore- are aggressively recruiting her to run for gation. Associated Press boding picture of the risks posed to U.S. Senate from Georgia. As is tradition, the committee will meet behind closed WASHINGTON (AP) — Face to face Americans by illegal immigration. Speaking from Atlanta, Abrams calls the doors. A notice for the meeting says that one of the agenda with emboldened Democrats, President The 72-year-old Trump harkened back shutdown a political stunt that “defied items is “transmission of certain committee transcripts to the Donald Trump called on Washington to to moments of American greatness, cele- every tenet of fairness and abandoned not Department of Justice.” A person familiar with the meeting cast aside “revenge, resistance and retribu- brating the moon landing as astronaut just our people, but our values.” said the vote is to send the transcripts to Mueller’s office. The tion” and end “ridiculous partisan investi- Buzz Aldrin looked on from the audience Trump’s address amounted to an open- person asked not to be named because committee business is gations” in a State of the Union address and heralding the liberation of Europe ing argument for his re-election campaign. confidential. delivered at a vulnerable moment for his from the Nazis. He led the House chamber Polls show he has work to do, with his The vote comes the morning after Trump criticized “ridicu- presidency. in singing happy birthday to a Holocaust approval rating falling to just 34 percent lous partisan investigations” in his State of the Union speech. Trump appealed Tuesday night for survivor sitting with first lady Melania after the shutdown, according to a recent Schiff has indicated that he will re-open parts of the commit- bipartisanship but refused to yield on the Trump. survey conducted by The Associated tee probe that Republicans closed last March, concluding hardline immigration policies that have “Together, we represent the most Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs there was no evidence of conspiracy or collusion between infuriated Democrats and forced the recent extraordinary nation in all of history. What Research. Russia and Trump’s presidential campaign. Democrats strong- government shutdown. He renewed his will we do with this moment? How will One bright spot for the president has ly objected at the time, saying that the Republicans prema- call for a border wall and cast illegal immi- we be remembered?” Trump said. been the economy, which has added jobs turely closed the investigation. gration as a threat to Americans’ safety and The president ticked through a litany of for 100 straight months. economic security. Trump’s former fixer and personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, issues with crossover appeal, including “The only thing that can stop it,” he said, Trump accepted no blame for his role in boosting infrastructure, lowering prescrip- and a longtime adviser, Roger Stone, have been charged with “are foolish wars, politics or ridiculous cultivating the rancorous atmosphere in tion drug costs and combating childhood partisan investigations” — an apparent lying to the panel. Cohen pleaded guilty in November to lying the nation’s capital, and he didn’t outline a cancer. But he also appealed to his political to the House and Senate intelligence committees in a state- swipe at the special counsel investigation clear path for collaborating with Democrats base, both with his harsh rhetoric on immi- into ties between Russia and Trump’s ment about his role in a Trump business proposal in Moscow, who are eager to block his agenda. Their gration and a call for Congress to pass acknowledging that he misled lawmakers by saying he had 2016 campaign, as well as the upcoming opposition was on vivid display as legislation to prohibit the “late-term abor- congressional investigations. abandoned the project in January 2016 when he actually con- Democratic congresswomen in the audi- tion of children.” tinued pursuing it for months after that. The diverse Democratic caucus, which ence formed a sea of white in a nod to Trump devoted much of his speech to includes a bevy of women, sat silently for Cohen, who is scheduled to begin serving a three-year early 20th-century suffragettes. foreign policy, another area where much of Trump’s speech. But they leapt to prison sentence in March, will return to the House panel on Trump is staring down a two-year Republicans have increasingly distanced Friday for another closed-door interview, this time with stretch that will determine whether he is themselves from the White House. He their feet when he noted there are “more Democrats leading the questioning. Since he testified in 2017, re-elected or leaves office in defeat. His announced details of a second meeting women in the workforce than ever before.” Cohen has turned on the president, cooperating with Mueller’s speech sought to shore up Republican sup- with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, outlin- The increase is due to population growth probe and a separate investigation in New York. He was port that had eroded slightly during the ing a Feb. 27-28 summit in Vietnam. — and not something Trump can credit to charged with crimes that included arranging the payment of recent government shutdown and pre- Trump and Kim’s first summit garnered any of his policies. hush money to conceal his boss’ alleged sexual affairs and viewed a fresh defense against Democrats only a vaguely worded commitment by the The president also defended his deci- told a judge that he agreed to cover up Trump’s “dirty deeds” as they ready a round of investigations into North to denuclearize. But the president sions to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria out of “blind loyalty.” every aspect of his administration. said his outreach to Pyongyang had made and Afghanistan over the opposition from Stone pleaded not guilty to charges last month that he lied “If there is going to be peace and legisla- the U.S. safer. national security officials and many to the House panel about his discussions during the 2016 elec- tion, there cannot be war and investiga- “If I had not been elected president of Republican lawmakers. tion about WikiLeaks, the anti-secrecy group that released tion,” he declared. Lawmakers in the cav- the United States, we would right now, in “Great nations do not fight endless thousands of emails stolen from Democrats. Stone is also ernous House chamber sat largely silent. my opinion, be in a major war with North wars,” he said, adding that the U.S. is charged with obstructing the House probe by encouraging one Looming over the president’s address Korea,” he said. working with allies to “destroy the rem- of his associates, New York radio host Randy Credico, to was a fast-approaching Feb. 15 deadline to As he condemned political turmoil in nants” of the Islamic State group and that refuse to testify before the House panel in an effort to conceal fund the government and avoid another Venezuela, Trump declared that “America he has “accelerated” efforts to reach a set- Stone’s false statements. shutdown. Democrats have refused to will never be a socialist country” — a tlement in Afghanistan. Mueller requested Stone’s interview transcript last year and acquiesce to his demands for a border remark that may also have been targeted at IS militants have lost territory since the panel voted to release it in December, ahead of the wall, and Republicans are increasingly high-profile Democrats who identify as Trump’s surprise announcement in January charges. Democrats had previously pushed the GOP- unwilling to shut down the government to socialists. December that he was pulling U.S. forces led committee to release all of the transcripts to Mueller, but help him fulfill his signature campaign The president was surrounded by sym- out, but military officials warn the fighters Republicans said Mueller hadn’t requested them. The com- pledge. Nor does the GOP support the bols of his emboldened political opposi- could regroup within six months to a year mittee did vote to release most of the transcripts to the public, president’s plan to declare a national emer- tion. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who of the Americans leaving. Several leading but they are still being reviewed by the intelligence commu- gency if Congress won’t fund the wall. was praised by Democrats for her hard- GOP lawmakers have sharply criticized nity for classified information. Wary of publicly highlighting those line negotiating during the shutdown, sat his plans to withdraw from Syria, as well It is unclear if Mueller has since requested any other tran- intraparty divisions, Trump made no men- behind Trump as he spoke. And several as from Afghanistan. scripts, or if he has already seen any of them. It is possible tion of an emergency declaration in his senators running for president were also in Trump’s guests for the speech included that Mueller could have gained access to the documents remarks. He did offer a lengthy defense of the audience, including Sens. Kamala Alice Marie Johnson, a woman whose life through the intelligence agencies that are reviewing them. his call for a border wall, declaring: “I will Harris of California and Cory Booker of sentence for drug offenses was commuted Among the transcripts that would be released would be build it.” But he delivered no ultimatums New Jersey. by the president, and Joshua Trump, a interviews with Trump’s eldest son, Donald Trump Jr.; his about what it would take for him to sign Another Democratic star, Stacey sixth-grade student from Wilmington, son-in-law, Jared Kushner; his longtime spokeswoman, Hope legislation to keep the government open. Abrams , delivered the party’s response to Delaware, who has been bullied over his Hicks; and his former bodyguard Keith Schiller. There are “I am asking you to defend our very Trump. Abrams narrowly lost her bid in last name. They sat with Mrs. Trump dur- dozens of other transcripts of interviews with former Obama dangerous southern border out of love and November to become America’s first ing the address. administration officials and Trump associates. Democratic members of Congress, including Rep. Alexandria The Westfield News Ocasio-Cortez, A publication of the Westfield News Group LLC D-N.Y., center, pose for a photo Flora Masciadrelli James Johnson-Corwin before President Director of Sales/ Multi-Media Manager Donald Trump Classified Manager Marie Brazee delivers his State Chris Putz Business Manager of the Union Sports Editor address to a joint Lorie Perry session of Director of Ad Production Congress on Capitol Hill in Patrick R. Berry Washington, President Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019. (AP Photo/J. 62 School Street, Westfield , MA 01085 Scott Applewhite) (413)562-4181 www.thewestfieldnews.com THE WESTFIELD NEWS WWW.THEWESTFIELDNEWS.COM WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2019 - PAGE 5 Obituaries Court Logs Former Hadley thewestfieldnews.com/category/obituaries/ Westfield District Court officer convicted Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019 Sharon M. Brucknak Justin A. Labarre, 31, of 21 Laurel Avenue, Westfield, was WESTFIELD – Sharon M. arraigned on a charge of operating a motor vehicle with a sus- of using excessive “Sherri” (Oleksak) Brucknak, 59, pended license brought by Westfield police. Labarre plead passed away at home surrounded guilty and was fined $625 pending a Feb. 28 status review. by her loving family. She was born force on man in Springfield to the late Raymond SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — A former Massachusetts and Evelyn (Jones) Oleksak and police officer has been found guilty by a federal jury of using was a graduate of Westfield unreasonable force during a 2017 arrest and then falsifying Schools. She worked as a security his report of the incident. officer for many years for Westfield Police Logs Prosecutors say 49-year-old Christopher Roeder was con- State University. Sherri was a victed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Springfield of depri- member of the Springfield vation of rights and falsification of a document. Wesleyan Church and enjoyed WESTFIELD Authorities say Roeder was a Hadley police officer in April trips to Lake George with her hus- Major crime and incident report 3 when he struck a man he had arrested in the face with his band, Frank. Mostly, Sherri loved Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019 elbow, bouncing the man’s head off a concrete wall. The blow spending time with her family and 2:07 p.m.: breaking and entering, Elm Street, a caller reports broke the man’s nose in multiple places, which required spoiling her grandchildren. She is survived by her beloved that an Elm Street apartment unit’s door may have been dam- reconstructive surgery. husband, Frank L. Brucknak, III, her loving children, Shauna aged by somebody else and the resident is now unable to lock Roeder, of Agawam, then lied on the police report about the L. Kusnick and her husband Eric, and Frank L. Brucknak, IV it, the responding officer reports that this is unlikely to be a incident. with Emily Magnifico, all of Westfield, her siblings, Jake case of breaking and entering but it is unclear how the door was The town subsequently fired him. Oleksak and his wife Rose, Mark Oleksak and his wife damaged, the officer completed an incident report; Roeder is scheduled to be sentenced May 14. Donna, Ray Oleksak, Glory Bushey and her husband Doug, 3:01 p.m.: Larceny, Laura Drive, a walk-in party reports that all of Westfield and Carol Barcome and her husband Carl of they are a victim of credit card fraud, the responding officer Middlefield, and her cherished grandsons, Seth and Evan reports that the victim’s credit card company flagged a pur- Kusnick and Elliot Brucknak and great-grandson Ryker chase that was made with the card, the officer reports that the Kusnick. She also leaves her mother and father-in-law, purchase was in fact fraudulent and that he has completed an Mass. high school cracks Mabel and Frank L. Brucknak, II and numerous nieces, incident report. nephews and cousins. A Funeral Home Service will be held down on bathroom vaping for Sherri on Saturday, February 9, 2019 at 2:30 PM in the CHARLTON, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts high school Firtion Adams FS, 76 Broad St. Westfield, MA 01085. is testing out new devices that will help administrators deter- Visiting hours will precede the service from 12-2:30 PM in mine whether students are using vaping products in the rest- the funeral home. Donations in Sherri’s name may be direct- rooms. ed, in lieu of flowers, to the Down Syndrome Resource Police search for suspect The Telegram & Gazette reports that Bay Path Regional Group of Western MA, 220 Brookdale Dr. Springfield, MA Vocational Technical High School in Charlton plans to buy 01104 or online at www.downsyndromewm.org. www. four devices at a cost of $990 each. If they work, they will go firtionadams.com in armed kidnapping in all 10 student restrooms. CONCORD, Mass. (AP) — Police in Massachusetts are The devices mount to a ceiling to detect vaping without Carol E. Davidson searching for a man they say broke into another man’s compromising privacy. A real-time alert is sent to an admin- SOUTHWICK – Carol E (Sullivan) home, held him at knifepoint and forced the victim to istrator’s mobile device or computer. Davidson 81, of Southwick passed drive to Connecticut. Daniel McGowan, Bay Path’s dean of students, says a 2017 away Monday February 4, 2019 in the Concord police say 24-year-old Julian Field, of Bedford, study found that more than 41 percent of high schoolers in comfort of her own home with her is wanted on multiple charges including armed home Massachusetts have tried vaping, and 20 percent are vaping family by her side. She was born in invasion, kidnapping and armed assault on a person 60 regularly. Hartford, CT, the daughter of the late years of age or older. Vaping devices are an alternative to tobacco products. Charles and Josephine (Vincek) Authorities received a call from the alleged victim at Sullivan. Married to Robert J 3:45 a.m. Monday about the home invasion in Concord on Davidson for 60 years, she was most Sunday night. proud of her family. Always an advo- The victim told police he was forced to drive to New cate of doing the right thing, she helped many family and Haven, Connecticut, where the suspect got out of his car. friends that walked through her door. Gardening and sharing A knife was found in the vehicle. generational perennials was a passion. Bochi and Pop enjoyed Police have not provided a motive in the case. camping the East Coast and were able to realize a lifelong Authorities say Field is believed to be in the New York dream of visiting Yellowstone. She is predeceased by Robert City area or Connecticut. who passed away in 2015. She leaves her four sons Robert J Davidson Jr and his girlfriend Rachel of Collinsville, CT, Raymond D Davidson and his wife Mary Beth of Westfield, her late son Roland Brent Davidson who passed in 2011 and his wife Theresa of Westfield, and Derrick Davidson and his Chicago Total Access performance wife Lisa of Southwick. She enjoyed sharing life’s lessons with her grandchildren: Kyle, Casey, Samantha, Mitchell and to benefit Westfield Police Auxiliary Meghan as well as her great granddaughters Riley and Chicago tribute band Chicago Total Access (chicagotota- Kaylee. Calling hours will be held at the Southwick Forastiere laccess.com) will be the featured performer for a unique Family Funeral Home, 624 College Highway, in Southwick community event benefitting the Westfield Police Auxiliary In this Sept. 8, 2016, file photo, former Massachusetts on Sunday February 10th from 2:00PM to 6:00PM with a 7:30 p.m. on Friday April 12, 2019 at the Westfield Republican Gov. William Weld takes questions from members candlelight service. After the services, the family will receive Technical Academy upper campus auditorium. of the media on the campus of Emerson College in Boston. friends at Tucker’s Restaurant, 625 College Highway in The funds generated from this event will go a long way to Weld, who ran for vice president as a Libertarian in 2016, con- Southwick (across from the funeral home). In lieu of flowers, support of new equipment for the volunteers of the Auxiliary firmed Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019, he has changed his party regis- donations can be made in Carol’s name to The Katharine to help keep our community safe during major outdoor tration back to Republican as he mulls a possible primary Hepburn Cultural Arts Center 300 Main St., Old Saybrook, Ct events in our city such as parades, our first ever First Night, challenge against President Donald Trump. (AP Photo) 06475. Please visit www.forastiere.com to offer a personal Concerts on the Green, PumpkinFest and more. This benefit expression of condolence. was conceived by Westfield on Weekends president, Jay Pagluica. Ex-Gov. Weld back in the GOP George J. Renaudette, Jr. Chicago Total Access is a music group made up of 10 MELBOURNE, FL – George J. talented musicians who all grew up listening to American as he mulls Trump challenge Renaudette Jr., 73, of Melbourne, FL and British pop/rock, jazz, blues, rhythm and blues, Motown, was surrounded by family when he acid rock. They’ve been influenced by music from the 40’s BOSTON (AP) — Former Massachusetts Gov. William passed away after a brief illness in the Weld has changed his party registration from Libertarian back early morning of Saturday February 2, to the 70’s as well as classical music from the ages. There is 2019. He was born November 28, 1945 no other American rock n roll band with horns that has influ- to Republican as he mulls a possible primary challenge of the late George J. Renaudette Sr. and enced more musicians, is loved by millions of people world- against President Donald Trump. Jessie (Kotarski) Renaudette in wide, and has become such a deep part of Americana as the Weld served as a Republican governor from 1991 until Westfield, MA. Upon graduation from band Chicago. Since 1967, through 46 years of sold out 1997. He later became a Libertarian and ran for vice president Westfield Vocational High School, he concerts, millions of record sales, and legions of cheering on a ticket with former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson in proudly served his country in the United fans worldwide Chicago is still going strong in 2013. The the 2016 election. States Army, serving in Vietnam, and later in members of Chicago Total Access have attempted to recre- The clerk’s office in Canton, Massachusetts, confirms on the Air National Guard. George was a dedi- ate a slice of the timeless musical catalog of Chicago as well Tuesday that Weld recently changed his party registration to cated member of the Westfield Loyal Order as stay true to the spirit of the original recordings. We hope the GOP. of the Moose, as well as the American you enjoy their efforts! The liner notes of Chicago’s first If he runs for president as a Republican, he could be Legion Post 124 and later joined the Legion recording titled “The Chicago Transit Authority” still inspire Trump’s first challenger within the party. Riders of Post 81. In addition to his full-time Total Access band members and they hope you, as well -- Weld has not returned messages from The Associated job, George started a side business, George “The printed word can never aspire to document a truly Press. He recently told WMUR-TV in New Hampshire that Renaudette Remodeling, where he enjoyed having his sons musical experience, so if you must call them something, he would discuss his potential political plans during a Feb. 15 work with him and helping people’s remodeling dreams speak of the city where all save one were born; where all of visit to the first primary state. come to life. After working for 40 years as the Shipping and them were schooled and bred, and where all of this incredi- Receiving Manager at Micro Abrasive Corp., George retired ble music went down barely noticed; call them CHICAGO.” and moved to Melbourne, FL with his wife Pat Renaudette. Tickets for the show are available on line at www.purple- If you would like to run a George became a dedicated member of Crossroads Birthday Announcement in Community Church, where he wore many hats. One of his pass.com, at Rocky’s Ace Hardware in Westfield or by call- greatest achievements was creating the Win Win program: He ing 800-316-8559. This is a hi-energy, explosive show band The Westfield News contact would complete handyman work and the only “fee” required dedicated to covering the band’s catalog that spans over 45 us at: 413-562-4181 by the customer was a donation to the church. He always said years. The audience will have “total access” to the music of that he wanted to pay it forward in advance, hoping that when Chicago. he was older, someone would be there to help him. George was loved and respected by all. He was the first person to reach out with a helping hand and anyone that ever met George will miss his warm, welcoming smile and kind heart. He loved to use his old school flip phone and insisted he When it comes to 21st century multimedia platforms, “hyper local” is a didn’t need to know how to send a text message. He enjoyed Hyper • Local term you hear a lot. the frequent trips to Home Depot, Lowes and Ace Hardware with his dog and best buddy Heidi. George was predeceased It’s not a new idea. In fact, The Westfield News has been providing by his son Georgie J. Renaudette III, his sister Rosemarie (Renaudette) Karakla and his brother-in-law Richard Karakla. readers with “hyper local” news coverage of Westfield, Southwick, and He took extreme pride in his children and grandchildren. He the Hilltowns all along. Television, radio and regional newpapers only will be incredibly missed by the family he leaves behind; the provide fleeting coverage of local issues you care about. TV stations and love of his life Pat Renaudette, his children; Tammy big newspaper publishers, after years of cutbacks and mergers, frankly Renaudette of Norwich, CT, James Renaudette and his wife Dawn, Joseph Renaudette and his wife Beth, all of Westfield, aren’t able to provide in-depth coverage of smaller markets anymore. MA. His step-son Steven Phelon and his wife Sandy of Granby, CT and his step-daughter Kathleen Brooks and her But, day in and day out, The Westfield News provides consistant husband Alan of Southwick, MA and his grandchildren coverage of the stories you need to know about, that are important to Austin, James, Christopher, Emma, Jenna and Megan. A your city, town, neighborhood and home. service will be held at Crossroads Community Church Friday, February 8, 2019 at 11 am. In addition, there will be a cele- bration of life ceremony at American Legion Post 81 Saturday, February 9, 2019 at 3:30 pm. A service in Westfield, MA will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations The Westfield News Group can be made to Crossroads Community Church or the American Legion. 62 School Street • Westfield, MA 01085 • (413) 562-4181 Arrangements by Ammen Family Cremation and Funeral The Original The Westfield News • • Care, Melbourne, 724-2222. Condolences at afcfcare.com. PENNYSAVER • Longmeadow News Enfield Press PAGE 6 - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2019 www.thewestfieldnews.com THE WESTFIELD NEWS FOODTRAVEL

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We got the best baking powder, baking soda, salt, and peanut flavor when we replaced a portion remaining 2/3 cup flour. of the flour with roasted peanuts, which we Using stand mixer fitted with paddle, ground finely in the food processor so they beat butter, brown sugar, and granulated wouldn’t compromise the cookie’s texture. sugar until fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add Most recipes recommend pressing the kisses peanut butter and beat until combined. Add egg into the cookies immediately after baking, but the and vanilla and beat until combined. Reduce warm cookies softened the kisses too much, and speed to low, add flour mixture in 2 additions, and they took 4 hours to firm up again_longer than we mix until just combined. Cover bowl tightly with were willing to wait to indulge. plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes. Strangely enough, we found that placing the Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat chocolates on the cookies during the last 2 min- oven to 350 F. Line two baking sheets with parch- utes of baking helped them firm up more quickly. ment paper. Roll dough into 1-inch balls and Why? It turns out that a little direct heat stabilizes space them 2 inches apart on prepared sheets. and sets the exterior of the chocolate, and the Bake, 1 sheet at a time, until cookies are just set kisses were firm enough to eat after the cookies and beginning to crack, 9 to 11 minutes. Working This undated photo provided by America’s Test Kitchen in October 2018 shows Chicken had cooled for just 2 hours. Any Hershey’s Kiss- quickly, remove sheet from oven and place 1 Florentine in Brookline, Mass. This recipe appears in the cookbook “How to Braise dark, milk, white, or “Hugs”- works in this recipe. candy in center of each cookie, pressing down Everything.” (Daniel J. van Ackere/America’s Test Kitchen via AP) firmly. Return sheet to oven and bake until cook- PEANUT BLOSSOM COOKIES ies are light golden, about 2 minutes longer. Let tent with aluminum foil. Continue to simmer spoons Parmesan and broil until golden Servings: Makes 48 cookies cookies cool on sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer sauce until reduced to 1 cup, about 10 min- brown, 3 to 5 minutes. Serve. Start to finish: 1 hour to wire rack. Let cookies cool completely before utes. Off heat, stir in 1/4 cup Parmesan and ——— 1 1/3 cups (6 2/3 ounces) all-purpose flour serving. lemon zest and juice. Nutrition information per serving: 334 cal- 1/2 cup salted dry-roasted peanuts ——— Cut breasts crosswise into ½-inch-thick ories; 208 calories from fat; 23 g fat (11 g 1/4 teaspoon baking powder Nutrition information per serving: 94 calories; slices and arrange on broiler-safe platter. saturated; 1 g trans fats); 128 mg cholesterol; 1/4 teaspoon baking soda 53 calories from fat; 6 g fat (2 g saturated; 0 g Scatter spinach over chicken and pour sauce 400 mg sodium; 5 g carbohydrate; 2 g fiber; 1/4 teaspoon salt trans fats); 11 mg cholesterol; 48 mg sodium; 9 g over spinach. Sprinkle with remaining 2 table- 1 g sugar; 25 g protein. 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened carbohydrate; 1 g fiber; 6 g sugar; 2 g protein. PAGE 8 - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2019 www.thewestfieldnews.com THE WESTFIELD NEWS Select Board Continued from Page 1 deadline extension to June 30, 2019, but the inten- occurred at the CPC meeting. tions from the state to have a March 1 deadline erased “This town was not represented appropriately with the June extension. this project,” said Pratt. The Franklin Land Trust has been awarded several Pratt then went on to express her dissatisfaction with grants to help raise the money. In November of 2016, the outcome of the CPC vote. the Massachusetts Departments of Energy and “We want to be given our chance to vote,” said Pratt. Environmental Affairs as well as Fish and Wildlife “I don’t believe a 4-4 tie is a no vote, I believe it war- awarded the Franklin Land Trust two grants that totaled rants further discussion.” $1.4 million. Having family that has owned land on North Pond According to the Franklin Land Trust, if preserving since 1933, Kimberly Lamarche voiced her thoughts North Pond fails the state would like to take the $1 mil- on the importance of preserving the 146-acre property. lion that they awarded and use it towards another “People need public access to our lake, that’s one of project in the commonwealth. the few places left that people can access the lakes,” “I think the timing of this is going to be very criti- said Lamarche. cal,” said Select Board Vice-Chairman Russ Fox. Resident Andrea Scully made positive remarks The Select Board added that they would be reaching about the town’s water and the resources North Pond out to the CPC to see if they can get them to reconsider provides for that. approving the application request from the Franklin “I don’t know of any other place where I can drink Land Trust for the $500,000. If the CPC doesn’t budge, water more safely than in town,” said Scully. “We need the Select Board said the warrant article at the special to protect our water supply at all costs.” town meeting would be drafted to show that the The Select Board informed those in attendance that $500,000 would be coming out of the taxpayer’s even if the $500,000 was drafted into a warrant article money, not the CPC’s account. at a special town meeting and passed, it would still put Joe Deedy, Chairman of the Select Board, noted that the Franklin Land Trust short about $1.2 million from they’re expecting to have an answer at their next meet- the $5 million needed. The Franklin Land Trust would Assistants John Hale and Mark Mkrtchian (Class of ’17) help then sopho- ing on February 19 and hopefully get a warrant article be the purchaser in the sale agreement if the land is mores Tim Yurovskiyh and David Tikhonchuk find and fix cyber threats at the drafted up for a special town meeting to be held in early preserved. 2017 summer CyberCamp.(WNG File Photo) March. The Franklin Land Trust, along with fellow North During the discussions about North Pond on Tuesday Pond supporters are hoping that they can continue to evening, public comment was available for residents in continue discussions with the land owner. The plan is WTA IT Students attendance and many voiced their support for allowing to get as close to the $5 million as possible and see if Continued from Page 1 the $500,000 to go to a special town meeting. Leclair-Robbins will take a lower price. However, it Michelle Pratt, who lives on Berkshire Ave. near has been the goal to raise $5 million due to the latest the system while maintaining critical services in a six hour period, according North Pond, noted that it’s the CPC’s purpose to pre- appraisal of the land being $5 million. to a description on www.uscyberpatriot.org. serve the rural integrity of the town and didn’t feel that Richardson said the students competed once a month for five months for the competition, which is in its third year at WTA. Richardson said the first year he invited the seniors to compete. The following year, the school held a CyberPatriot Zoning Committee summer camp, after which juniors and seniors competed in the competition. This Continued from Page 1 year, sophomore, juniors and seniors all competed. Richardson showed the School Committee a video clip from the Today show their own business on what about CyberPatriot, which stated that in the next five years, there will be a world- goes on in their own proper- wide job shortage of 2 million in cybersecurity, with 300,000 jobs available in ty.” the field today. “He said neighbors have An Air Force spokesperson on the show described how young people are the complained about unknown answer to a national security problem, and said the program was designed to traffic of strangers,” said spark interest in the field when the competition was started by the Air Force ten Morganelli. years ago. The committee reviewed In response to a question from School Committee member Cindy Sullivan as an ordinance that set defini- to where the 300,000 jobs are, Richardson said a lot of them are in Massachusetts, tions and regulations regard- mostly out east, but “any company today needs cybersecurity,” he said. ing the use of short-term rent- There are three divisions in the competition; open high school, junior ROTC, and middle school. als. The ordinance defines Sophomore Ksenia Zinchenko said she started by participating in the such rental properties as: CyberPatriot camp two summers ago. She said WTA competes in the open high “Any rental of a residential school division, where everybody competes in the first two rounds. The second dwelling unit, or of a bed- round is divided into three tiers; platinum (the top tier), gold and silver. After the room within a dwelling unit, state round, the top 25% of their tier go into semi-finals in that tier. The gold and in exchange for payment, as silver teams end at the semi-finals, and the twelve top teams in the platinum tier residential accommodations City Councilors Andrew Surprise, Nick Morganelli, and Matt Emmershy go on to nationals. for a duration of not more just before the start of Tuesday’s meeting. (Photo by Peter Currier) Last Saturday, the sophomores, who scored 72% in the state competition and than 31 consecutive days.” made the gold tier, competed in the semi-finals, although the results were not yet The ordinance also set to property for more than 31 days, the ber of rooms made available to rent available. The gold tier does not go further than the semi-finals. define an operator, or the per- dwelling can be rented for a mini- can not exceed the number of bed- Junior David Tikhonchuk said the junior team practiced in between competi- son who owns and rents out mum of one week and a maximum rooms in the unit. tions, and bonded as a team. He described the competition as having a virtual the property. The definition of the 31 days. In such a case, the Ultimately, the committee did computer within the computer that is infected with vulnerabilities. He said in the was set as: “The person(s) operator must also designate a site not vote on the ordinance or any of first competition, there were 20 vulnerabilities to be discovered and fixed; and in offering a dwelling unit or manager to oversee the property the changes they had made to it. the second, 60 or more. bedroom for short term rent- while they are gone. Rather, they voted to have the City School Committee vice-chair Ramon Diaz, Jr. asked Tikhonchuk to give an al, who may be either the Councilor Matt Emmershy, a Council Legislative and Ordinance example of the vulnerabilities. He described users that aren’t supposed to be property owner or the prima- committee member, said that the Sub-Committee review and possi- there, or who are insecure and need their password changed; finding malware, ry leaseholder of the dwelling one-week minimum is meant to bly send it to the Legislative and and in Linux, looking for open ports and back doors. unit who has been authorized Tikhonchuk said the junior team reached the top platinum tier, and missed the minimize turnover and prevent a Ordinance Sub-Committee semi-finals by 3/10ths of one percent. by the owner to make such new party from renting a property Items four and five on the agenda Richardson elaborated, saying the junior team scored at 95% in the state, plac- rental.” every other day. were removed from committee, as ing third, with less than 10 points out of 400 separating them and the first place The committee mainly “What I think they can do instead the members believed that the mat- finisher. focused on the regulations of is rent it for a week, stay for just the ters had already been resolved. He also singled out the accomplishments of one of the members of the junior the short-term rental proper- weekend, and go skiing in the They concerned a zoning change team, Deajah Barbour. To explain, he said as part of the competition, there are ties. The regulations state that Berkshires or something for the on Airport Industrial Park Road virtual machines, a software computer inside of the physical computer, called the operator must either occu- rest of the week,” said Morganelli. and a resolution on the taxation of “images,” referred to by Tikhonchuk. py the property as their pri- He added that the property owner retail marijuana stores, respective- Richardson said they receive three to four images for each competition, and mary residence or occupy a would be unable to rent out the ly. members of the team will try to specialize in one of those areas. In addition, separate unit within the same space for the rest of that week even The committee then discussed an CyberPatriot has a network test, which pulls parameters and concepts from the building of four or fewer if the customer has already left. agenda item regarding a review of Cisco Certified Network Assoc. In competition, the network simulation units. The number of bedrooms avail- all city zoning laws. All 13 City (PacketTracer) uses the Cisco system for designing networks, and provides com- The committee spent some able per dwelling was also Councilors voted to review the petitors with partially developed networks that have problems or have been built time discussing what the pol- addressed. In the ordinance it is laws in this committee. The com- incorrectly, and need to be corrected and fixed. Students get points for fixing icy would be if the operator is specified that more than one bed- mittee voted to keep the item in them correctly. out of town for an extended room may be available only if the committee for the time being, as Last year, Barbour specialized in the Cisco Networking on the then sophomore period of time. The language dwelling is occupied by the opera- the three members had to go to the team, (which also made the platinum tier last year, with a lower score than they of the ordinance states that if tor and if the operator is not away ongoing Planning Board meeting to did this year as juniors). Richardson said only 19 teams in the country got a the owner is away from the for more than 48 hours. The num- listen to relevant legislation. higher score in networking than she did, out of 2500 teams. Richardson said he has not yet received those statistics for this year’s effort, where Barbour played the same role on the team. “They’re very, very competitive,” Richardson said about the juniors. He CDBG repeated that they only narrowly missed competing in the semi-finals, scoring Continued from Page 1 three tenths of one percent less than the last qualifier. “They are motivated to get Working with PVPC Deputy Director Jim Mazik, there next year,” Richardson said, adding that he thinks they are more motivated to do better next year, than if they had done it this year. the Select Board has chosen two needs in town they The top twelve scoring teams in the semi-finals in the platinum tier move on want addressed. to the nationals, an all-expenses paid trip to Baltimore, MD for the National “We wanted to really focus on infrastructure Finals Competition where they can earn national recognition and scholarship improvements around the lakes and housing rehabili- money, and is the only part of the competition where teams travel to compete. tation,” said Mazik. “We’re hoping this year’s sophomores and juniors will improve their perfor- Select Board Vice-Chairman Russ Fox commend- mance next year,” he said. ed the efforts made by Mazik with the application. Richardson said the seniors didn’t make it into the top 25% teams in the state. “Jim (Mazik) has been very successful and has Jim Mazik of PVPC discusses the CDBG appli- He said they were interested in coming in and trying it, but hadn’t invested the helped the town immensely,” said Fox. cation with the Select Board. (Photo by Greg time in the competition. The issues that need to be addressed through this Fitzpatrick) Richardson said cybersecurity is woven into the IT curriculum for all students. grant request are the paving, improvement of drain- He said he personally teachers Cisco networking and Linux, and said, “I’ve been age, and updating water and sewer infrastructure on roofs, leaks, plumbing, and septic. trying to build in some of the concepts they’ll see if they compete.” Bungalow Street, and a town-wide housing rehabili- Noting that the most a community can receive He said the majority of students from IT go on to college. Their shop has an tation for 15 housing units. in a two-year period is $1.35 million, if the town articulation agreement with STCC, allowing them to earn 21 credits towards their The housing rehabilitation consists of addressing is approved for the $550,000 FY 19 grant the town Associate Degree through their work at WTA. Richardson also teaches one night building code violations, health and sanitation viola- will then apply for $800,000 on the FY 20 applica- a week at STCC, and teaches the same coursework to his classes at school. tions, as well as serious infrastructure repairs like tion. The shop also has a few seniors out on co-op; one who recently competed for a job posting in the IT Department in the Town of Agawam and won the job, according to Richardson. He said that student works under a supervisor during career technical weeks, and the bi-weekly performance review is his grade for the shop weeks. One interesting paradigm about the CyberPatriot competition, according to Richardson, is that teams are not allow to share their findings with other teams from the school. He said the team members may talk amongst themselves, but they can’t tell other teams, because it violates the ethics of the competition. Tell us someThing good! “According to the rules, the junior team can’t share with the sophomore team. It puts the pressure on for each team to build up itself,” he said, adding, “I embrace Do you have a carrier who goes above and beyond in that concept, because of how hard the junior team has worked. The victory that the sophomore team gets should come from their own merits. If top teams their delivery of The Westfield News? If so– we want to hear about it! handed down (their findings), it wouldn’t be a fair competition.” All too often, negativity dominates the news. It’s time to change that! Richardson said they will continue to compete next year. He said it is gaining momentum with the shop area, because it gives the kids the ability to test their skills; a yardstick to measure how they’re doing. “It also looks good on a resum?,” he said. So shoot us an email at [email protected] Richardson said the two teams, sophomore and junior, were “exceptionally or write to us at 62 School St, Westfield, MA 01085 and tell us what your into it,” getting together outside of class to work on their skills. “It’s easier to educate a motivated student. This contest provides an avenue to carrier has done to make your day just a little bit better. (If you don’t foster that motivation,” Richardson said. He said just having the school and the have their name, that’s fine– we can always look it up by your address.) School Committee recognize their performance is motivating. “Unlike basket- ball, this is not a spectator sport. They’re outstanding at what they’re doing, but nobody sees that. Just getting the recognition helps,” he said. THE WESTFIELD NEWS www.thewestfieldnews.com WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2019 - PAGE 9 SPORTS Southwick’s Connor Roy (33) races Rams collide down the By Chris Putz sideline on Staff Writer a breakaway GRANBY – This was one game where the Rams were guar- Tuesday anteed a victory. night at Unfortunately for Southwick, the Granby Rams held on for a Granby narrow 43-41 win in a high school boys basketball game High Tuesday night. School. Southwick missed a game-tying shot late in regulation and (Photo by was forced to foul with 16 seconds on the clock. Granby con- Chris Putz) verted both free throws to extend its lead to four. Southwick scored with two seconds remaining, and then quickly fouled after the opposition’s inbounds pass with only a fraction of a second left in the game. Time ran out. It was a disappointing outcome for Southwick, which held Granby to just two points through the game’s first five-plus minutes. “The problem is we held them to just eight points (in the first quarter), but only scored 10,” Southwick coach Peter Fiorentino said. Connor Roy and Devin Parrow led Southwick with 16 and 14 points, respectively. Granby’s Nate Breault scored a team- high 16. Although they have been mired in a slump of sorts, Southwick is still alive for the postseason. The Rams must win three of their last four games. “It’s still very possible,” said coach Fiorentino, whose team travels to Ludlow to take on the Lions Wednesday night. Tip- off is at 7. Gators snap 34-game losing streak Gateway 49, Pathfinder 47 Eighth grader Jaden Santiago-Lopez and Evan Cortis each recorded double-doubles to help Gateway (1-14) end a 34-game losing streak in dramatic fashion. Gateway led by six with a minute remaining before Pathfinder stormed back to pull within one basket. The Gators held strong. “It’s good to get the monkey off the back,” Gateway coach Kevin McVeigh said. “These kids have worked real hard the last two years. It’s good to see the efforts finally paying off. I knew at some point we would turn that corner. This is a fun Southwick’s Cade Billings holds the ball above his head from the corner of Southwick’s Evan Clarke (34) lets a shot fly group. I’m happy for them that they’ve broken that streak.” the court. (Photo by Chris Putz) against Granby. (Photo by Chris Putz) Lopez put together a superb all-around effort, scoring 25 points, grabbing 13 rebounds, and adding five steals. Cortis Southwick’s finished with 12 points and 18 rebounds. Jared “They deserve it,” coach McVeigh said of his players. O’Connor “They’ve been working hard, playing well lately. It’s the first extends his time we put four quarters together.” arms as he defends the PVIAC SKI RACE #5 inbounds pass from Granby. Lussier, Stephens (Photo by Chris Putz) top local skiers St. Mary’s Chloe Lussier finished third on the slopes among the girls skiers at Berkshire East Tuesday night. Lussier fin- ished her run in 35.68. Mohawk’s Taylor Loomis and Erin Laffond claimed the top two spots in 33.14 and 34.86, respec- tively. Westfield’s Jacob Stephens placed fourth for the boys in 25.09. What a (familiar) feeling: Boston fetes Super Bowl winners By PHILIP MARCELO whooped it up with his brothers and father. He Associated Press and several other players removed their shirts BOSTON (AP) — With cheers of “We want and spent much of the parade bare-chested. seven!” and “Next year, right here!” hundreds Players also waved large signs that read, of thousands of jubilant fans jammed down- “We Got Everything” — a twist on the team’s town Boston on Tuesday for a parade cele- motivational hashtag, “Everything We Got,” brating the New England Patriots’ sixth Super that had become a theme this season. Bowl title. Boston Police Sgt. John Boyle said the A party atmosphere enveloped the city on crowd of roughly 1.5 million was one of the the unseasonably mild day. Red, white and largest the city has seen for a championship blue confetti rained down and music blared as parade. fans packed along sidewalks hoping to catch a The regional transit system reported record glimpse of quarterback Tom Brady, coach Bill ridership as revelers basked in dazzling sun- Belichick and the rest of the beloved team. shine and temperatures that peaked above 60 It’s a familiar feeling in Boston. The city’s degrees (15 degrees Celsius). teams have now won twelve championships Police made at least a dozen arrests and since 2001. Just four months ago, the city emergency medical officials transported 34 feted the Red Sox for their World Series vic- revelers to area hospitals. Five of those arrest- tory over another Los Angeles team, the ed were involved in a brawl that happened Dodgers. near the parade’s end and at least seven of the Boston resident Tom Collins was beaming A huge crowd of fans cheer the New England Patriots as they parade through downtown arrests were juveniles, Boyle said. as he took in the spectacle across from the Boston, Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019, to celebrate their win over the Los Angeles Rams in Sunday’s Fans seemed to mostly honor Mayor Marty city’s historic Common, his ticket from this NFL Super Bowl 53 football game in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) Walsh’s pleas not to throw anything at the year’s Super Bowl dangling from a lanyard team. Errant beer cans slightly damaged the around his neck. crowd wearing a rubber goat mask, a Tom their families took a 2-mile (3-kilometer) After celebrating in Atlanta, Collins said he Brady shirt and a sign that read: “We’re Still swing through the city aboard Boston’s iconic Red Sox World Series trophy last year. and his wife drove nearly non-stop to get Here.” World War II-era amphibious “duck boats.” Unlike in past years, there was no post- home for the parade. “I wanted to represent the G.O.A.T., the Brady held his pigtailed daughter, Vivian, parade rally with speeches from Brady and “We had to be a part,” he said as he smoked greatest player of all time,” he said. “I’m the as they waved and grinned at the crowd. Other others. Regardless, Patriots fans made it clear a cigar and held up a homemade Vince same age as him and I can’t imagine doing players, Belichick and team owner Robert they weren’t ready for the good times to end. Lombardi trophy. “We had to bring the trophy any of the things he does. It’s unbelievable.” Kraft took turns holding aloft the Lombardi “Go for No. 7,” Lauren Mills said when back to Boston.” Fresh from Sunday’s 13-3 victory over the Trophy. asked what she’d say to Brady. “He still has Leigh Hickman, of Swanzey, New Los Angeles Rams in the Super Bowl title Star tight end Rob Gronkowski, who has how many fingers left? You know, four more Hampshire, drew cheers as he stalked the match held in Atlanta, team members and talked about retiring after this latest NFL title, rings to go.”

H.S. Winter Sports RESULTS/STANDINGS

BOYS ICE HOCKEY St. Mary 8-4 St. Mary 1-12 Tuesday’s Results Westfield 8-4-1 Southwick 7-7 Southwick 7-9 BOYS BASKETBALL Southwick 0-11-1 Gateway 7-3 Gateway 1-14 Granby 43, Southwick 41 Gateway 49, Pathfinder 47 GIRLS BASKETBALL BOYS BASKETBALL GIRLS ICE HOCKEY Westfield 6-10 Westfield 2-11 Longmeadow-Westfield 7-2 Westfield Technical Academy 0-13 Westfield Technical Academy 5-6 Find the latest Westfield News sports coverage on PAGE 10 - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2019 www.thewestfieldnews.com THE WESTFIELD NEWS

Winter Sports Schedules

WESTFIELD WESTFIELD ST. MARY’S SOUTHWICK GATEWAY HIGH SCHOOL -TOLLAND HIGH SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL TECHNICAL ACADEMY -GRANVILLE

Wed., Feb. 6 Wed., Feb. 6 Wed., Feb. 6 Wed., Feb. 6 Wed., Feb. 6 No Sports Scheduled JV BOYS HOOPS @ St. JV BOYS HOOPS vs. JV BOYS HOOPS @ JV BOYS HOOPS @ Mary’s, Westfield Intermediate Westfield Technical Ludlow High School, Hampshire, 5:30 p.m. Thurs., Feb. 7 School, 5 p.m. Academy, Westfield 5:30 p.m. WRESTLING vs. Taconic, JV GIRLS HOOPS @ BOYS HOOPS @ St. Mary’s, Intermediate School, BOYS HOOPS @ Ludlow 6 p.m. Chicopee, 5:30 p.m. Westfield Intermediate School, 5 p.m. High School, 7 p.m. BOYS HOOPS @ GIRLS HOOPS @ Chicopee, 6:30 p.m. BOYS HOOPS vs. JV GIRLS HOOPS @ Hampshire, 7 p.m. 7 p.m. Westfield Technical Baystate Academy Charter Thurs., Feb. 7 Academy, Westfield Public School, Dunbar Thurs., Feb. 7 Fri., Feb. 8 GIRLS HOOPS vs. Smith Intermediate School, Community Center, 4 p.m. No Sports Scheduled Voke, 6 p.m. INDOOR TRACK 6:30 p.m. BOYS ICE HOCKEY vs. CHAMPIONSHIPS GIRLS HOOPS @ Chicopee Comp, Amelia Fri., Feb. 8 (at Smith College- Fri., Feb. 8 Monson, 6 p.m. JV BOYS HOOPS @ Park Ice Arena, 8 p.m. Northampton), 6 p.m. JV BOYS HOOPS vs. Franklin McCann Tech, 5:30 p.m. JV BOYS HOOPS vs. East Tech, 5:30 p.m. Thurs., Feb. 7 BOYS HOOPS @ McCann Longmeadow, 5:30 p.m. BOYS HOOPS vs. Franklin GIRLS HOOPS @ Thurs., Feb. 7 Tech, 7 p.m. BOYS HOOPS vs. East Tech, 7 p.m. Commerce, 6 p.m. JV GIRLS HOOPS @ Longmeadow, 7 p.m. Pioneer Valley Regional Mon., Feb. 11 JV BOYS ICE HOCKEY vs. Mon., Feb. 11 Fri., Feb. 8 School, 5:30 p.m. BOYS HOOPS vs. Duggan SImsbury, Amelia Park Ice GIRLS HOOPS vs. Sci-Tech, JV BOYS HOOPS @ GIRLS HOOPS @ Academy, 5 p.m. Arena, 7 p.m. 6 p.m. Duggan Academy, 5 p.m. Pioneer Valley Regional GIRLS HOOPS vs. Pioneer BOYS HOOPS @ School, 7 p.m. Valley Christian Academy, Sat., Feb. 9 Tues., Feb. 12 Duggan Academy, 7 p.m. 6:30 p.m. WRESTLING SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS Fri., Feb. 8 CHAMPIONSHIPS – ALL DAY – ALL DAY Mon., Feb. 11 JV BOYS HOOPS vs. Tues., Feb. 12 (at West Springfield High (at Berkshire East-Charlemont) GIRLS HOOPS vs. Ware, 5:30 p.m. SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS School) Pathfinder, Westfield BOYS HOOPS vs. Ware, – ALL DAY BOYS ICE HOCKEY @ Wed., Feb. 13 Intermediate School 7 p.m. (at Berkshire East- Grafton, Buffone Arena, JV BOYS HOOPS vs. Smith (Southampton Road), Charlemont) 1:30 p.m. Academy, 5:30 p.m. 6 p.m. Sat., Feb. 9 JV GIRLS HOOPS vs. Ware, BOYS HOOPS vs. Smith GIRLS HOOPS vs. 5:30 p.m. Sun., Feb. 10 Academy, 7 p.m. Tues., Feb. 12 Mount Greylock, 2 p.m. GIRLS HOOPS vs. Ware, SWIMMING & DIVING GIRLS HOOPS vs. Sci-Tech, SKI CHAMPIONSHIPS 6:30 p.m. CHAMPIONSHIPS 6 p.m. – ALL DAY Sun., Feb. 10 (at Springfield College) (at Berkshire East- JV BOYS ICE HOCKEY Wed., Feb. 13 Boys – 8:45 a.m.; Thurs., Feb. 14 Charlemont vs. Minnechaug, Fitzpatrick JV BOYS HOOPS @ Smith Girls – 4:30 p.m. No Sports Scheduled )GIRLS HOOPS vs. Ice Arena, 5:30 p.m. Voke, 5 p.m. JV BOYS ICE HOCKEY vs. Southwick, Westfield BOYS HOOPS @ Smith Ludlow, Fitzpatrick Ice Arena, Fri., Feb. 15 Intermediate School Mon., Feb. 11 Voke, 6:30 p.m. 6:40 p.m. JV BOYS HOOPS @ Smith (Southampton Road), No Sports Scheduled Voke, 5 p.m. 4 p.m. Thurs., Feb. 14 Mon., Feb. 11 BOYS HOOPS @ Smith Voke, JV BOYS HOOPS vs. GIRLS HOOPS @ St. Mary’s, JV GIRLS HOOPS vs. 6:30 p.m. Pathfinder, Westfield Westfield Intermediate School Chicopee Comp, 5:30 p.m. Intermediate School (Southampton Road), 6 p.m. GIRLS HOOPS vs. Chicopee Mon., Feb. 18 (Southampton Road), Comp, 7 p.m. No Sports Scheduled 5:30 p.m.

WESTFIELD STATE UNIVERSITY SCHEDULE

Women’s Basketball Fitchburg State 4:00 Sat Feb. 23 MASCAC Wed Feb. 6 Men’s Basketball Quarterfinals TBD FRAMINGHAM STATE 7:30 Sat Feb. 16 Men’s Basketball Ice Hockey WORCESTER STATE 12:00 Sat Feb. 23 Thur Feb. 7 Women’s Basketball MASCAC Championship TBA FRAMINGHAM STATE 7:35 Sat Feb. 16 Women’s Basketball Swimming WORCESTER STATE 2:00 Sat Feb. 23 Sat Feb. 9 LEC Ice Hockey Tue Feb. 19 PLYMOUTH MASCAC Championship TBA Championships 12:00 STATE 7:35 Swimming Men’s Basketball Men’s Basketball Sun Feb. 24 New England Sat Feb. 9 at Salem Tues Feb. 19 Championships at MIT State 1:00 MASCAC Quarterfinals TBA Ice Hockey Women’s Basketball Women’s Basketball Tues Feb. 26 MASCAC Sat Feb. 9 at Tues Feb. 19 Semifinals TBD Salem State 3:00 MASCAC Quarterfinals TBA Indoor Track Ice Hockey Swimming Saturday Mar. 2 Last Sat Feb. 9 UMASS Thu Feb. 21 New England Chance Qualifying Meet TBD DARTMOUTH 5:35 Championships at MIT Ice Hockey Indoor Track Men’s Basketball Sat Mar. 2 MASCAC Saturday Feb. 9 Dave Thur Feb. 21 Championship TBD Hemery Invitational MASCAC Semifinals TBA Indoor Track Boston University- Women’s Basketball Fri.-Sat. Mar. 8-9 NCAA Boston, Mass. Thur Feb. 21 Division III Championships Reggie Lewis Men’s Basketball MASCAC Semifinals TBA Center, Roxbury, Mass. Wed Feb. 13 at Swimming Fitchburg State 5:30 Fri Feb. 22 New England Women’s Basketball Championships at MIT LONGMEADOW HIGH SCHOOL Wed Feb. 13 at Indoor Track - Girls’ Ice Hockey Fitchburg State 7:30 Fri.-Sat. Feb. 22-23 New Fri., Feb. 8 Ice Hockey England Division III Finals (W) Bowdoin GIRLS ICE HOCKEY (WHS Co-Op) @ Thur Feb. 14 College- Brunswick, ME Suffield, Enfield Twin Rinks, 9:20 p.m. WORCESTER STATE 7:35 Indoor Track Indoor Track Fri.-Sat. Feb. 22-23 New Sat., Feb. 9 Saturday Feb. 16 England Division III Finals (M) MIT – GIRLS ICE HOCKEY (WHS Co-Op) vs. Marblehead, Olympia (West MASCAC/Alliance Championships Cambridge, Mass. Springfield), Plymouth State- Swimming 3:50 p.m. Plymouth, NH Sat Feb. 23 New England Fri., Feb. 15 Ice Hockey Championships at MIT GIRLS ICE HOCKEY (WHS Co-Op) @ East Catholic, Newington Arena, Sat Feb. 16 at Ice Hockey 8:30 p.m.

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Super Bowl MVP and New England N AtioNAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman, center, EASTERN CONFERENCE spikes the puck during the ceremo- W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf nial face-off Milwaukee 39 13 .750 — 9-1 W-4 22-4 17-9 27-7 between Boston Bruins center Toronto 39 16 .709 1½ 6-4 W-2 22-5 17-11 23-10 Patrice Bergeron (37) and New York Indiana 35 19 .648 5 6-4 W-3 19-7 16-12 25-10 Islanders left wing Boston 35 19 .648 5 9-1 W-5 22-6 13-13 25-10 Anders Lee (27) prior to the first Philadelphia 34 20 .630 6 6-4 L-2 21-6 13-14 20-14 period of an NHL hockey game in Brooklyn 28 27 .509 12½ 6-4 L-3 16-12 12-15 20-15 Boston, Tuesday, Charlotte 26 27 .491 13½ 6-4 L-1 19-9 7-18 19-15 Feb. 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) Miami 25 27 .481 14 4-6 W-1 11-16 14-11 14-19 Detroit 24 29 .453 15½ 5-5 W-2 15-13 9-16 15-18 Washington 22 31 .415 17½ 4-6 L-2 16-11 6-20 15-20 Orlando 22 32 .407 18 3-7 L-1 14-15 8-17 16-15 Bergeron scores 2 in milestone Atlanta 18 35 .340 21½ 5-5 W-2 8-13 10-22 12-23 Chicago 12 41 .226 27½ 2-8 L-1 5-20 7-21 9-23 game, Bruins top Isles 3-1 Cleveland 11 43 .204 29 2-8 L-2 6-21 5-22 9-26 By The Associated Press third-period goals for the defending Stanley New York 10 43 .189 29½ 0-10 L-14 4-21 6-22 6-30 BOSTON (AP) — Patrice Bergeron cel- Cup champions, who had lost eight of their ebrated his 1,000th career game with a pair previous nine games. WESTERN CONFERENCE of goals as the Boston Bruins beat the New Markus Granlund also scored for the York Islanders 3-1 on Tuesday night. Canucks, who lost for the second consecu- W L Pct GB L10 Str Home Away Conf Bergeron, just the fifth player in Bruins’ tive night and have dropped three of four. Golden State 37 15 .712 — 9-1 W-1 19-7 18-8 22-10 history to play 1,000 games with the club, HURRICANES 4, PENGUINS 0 scored early in the second period and added PITTSBURGH (AP) — Curtis Denver 37 16 .698 ½ 8-2 L-1 23-4 14-12 23-10 an empty-netter in the final minute. McElhinney stopped 23 shots, Brett Pesce Peter Cehlarik also scored and Tuukka and Jordan Martinook scored from way out Oklahoma City 34 19 .642 3½ 8-2 W-1 18-7 16-12 18-14 Rask stopped 28 shots for the Bruins, who and Michael Ferland and Andrei Svechnikov Portland 32 21 .604 5½ 6-4 L-1 22-8 10-13 18-17 handed the Metropolitan Division-leading poured it on late as Carolina began a pivotal Islanders their first regulation loss in more five-game trip with a victory over Pittsburgh. Houston 31 22 .585 6½ 6-4 W-2 19-8 12-14 19-14 than three weeks. McElhinney collected his first shutout of Brad Marchand and David Pastrnak the season and ninth of his 11-year career San Antonio 32 23 .582 6½ 7-3 L-1 22-7 10-16 23-16 assisted on both of Bergeron’s goals. by stuffing Jared McCann and Jake Guentzel Utah 30 24 .556 8 7-3 L-1 16-10 14-14 17-15 Jordan Eberle scored for the Islanders and with sprawling saves in the first period and Robin Lehner finished with 24 saves as never letting up as the Hurricanes picked up L.A. Clippers 30 25 .545 8½ 6-4 W-1 15-12 15-13 19-17 New York’s run of eight straight games with two big points as they try to stay in the mix a point came to an end. The Islanders for their first playoff berth in nearly a Sacramento 28 25 .528 9½ 6-4 W-3 17-10 11-15 15-19 entered the game with a 6-0-2 stretch since decade. a 2-1 loss to the New York Rangers on Jan. BLUES 3, PANTHERS 2 L.A. Lakers 27 27 .500 11 4-6 L-2 16-12 11-15 19-18 12. SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Vince Dunn Minnesota 25 28 .472 12½ 4-6 L-2 17-10 8-18 15-21 The game was delayed for a few minutes scored with 3:53 left to cap a third-period for a ceremonial puck drop featuring the rally from a two-goal deficit and lift St. Dallas 24 28 .462 13 4-6 W-1 18-7 6-21 13-19 Super Bowl champion New England Louis over Florida. Patriots. Aleksander Barkov put Florida ahead 2-0 New Orleans 23 31 .426 15 2-8 L-3 15-10 8-21 14-20 KINGS 5, DEVILS 1 with a goal 30 seconds into the final period, Memphis 22 33 .400 16½ 3-7 W-2 13-14 9-19 14-19 NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Tyler Toffoli but Colton Parayko, Ryan O’Reilly and scored twice in 35 seconds early in the third Dunn brought St. Louis flying back for its Phoenix 11 44 .200 27½ 0-10 L-11 7-21 4-23 7-27 period to spark Los Angeles past New third straight win. Dunn beat James Reimer Jersey. with a shot from the slot. Monday’s Games Charlotte at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Toffoli, who had the overtime winner CANADIENS 4, DUCKS 1 Monday against the New York Rangers, MONTREAL (AP) — Brendan Gallagher Atlanta 137, Washington 129 Phoenix at Utah, 9 p.m. helped send the Kings to their third win in had two goals and an assist and Montreal Detroit 129, Denver 103 Houston at Sacramento, 10 p.m. four games. beat slumping Anaheim. Adrian Kempe, Dion Phaneuf and Ilya Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Phillip Danault Milwaukee 113, Brooklyn 94 San Antonio at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. Kovalchuk also scored for the Kings. Jack also scored for the Canadiens, who improved Indiana 109, New Orleans 107 Thursday’s Games Campbell made 29 saves and Anze Kopitar to 7-1-1 in their last nine games. Jonathan Houston 118, Phoenix 110 L.A. Clippers at Indiana, 7 p.m. had three assists. Drouin had three assists. Pavel Zacha scored for New Jersey, and Carey Price made 24 saves for his sixth Sacramento 127, San Antonio 112 Minnesota at Orlando, 7 p.m. Keith Kinkaid stopped 20 shots. straight victory — his longest winning Tuesday’s Games Toronto at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m. CAPITALS 3, CANUCKS 2 streak since the 2016-17 season. WASHINGTON (AP) — T.J. Oshie SABRES 5, WILD 4, SO Boston 103, Cleveland 96 L.A. Lakers at Boston, 8 p.m. scored as part of a dominant performance, BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Sam Reinhart Indiana 136, L.A. Lakers 94 Memphis at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. Braden Holtby made 30 saves and stopped scored the lone shootout goal and Buffalo a penalty shot and Washington beat won for just the third time in nine games by L.A. Clippers 117, Charlotte 115 San Antonio at Portland, 10:30 p.m. Vancouver in Jay Beagle’s return to his old beating Minnesota. Detroit 105, New York 92 Friday’s Games home arena. Reinhart also had a goal and an assist in Memphis 108, Minnesota 106 Cleveland at Washington, 7 p.m. Alex Ovechkin assisted on Oshie’s 16th regulation for the Sabres, who led by two in goal of the season to pick up his 1,180th the second period before giving up Zach Oklahoma City 132, Orlando 122 Denver at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. career point and become NHL’s all-time Parise’s tying goal with 1:37 left in the Toronto 119, Philadelphia 107 New York at Detroit, 7 p.m. scoring leader among Russian players. third. Linus Ullmark stopped 41 shots Ovechkin went into the game tied atop that through overtime in a game Buffalo never Miami 118, Portland 108 Chicago at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. list with former teammate Sergei Fedorov. trailed. Wednesday’s Games Milwaukee at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. Holtby made 13 saves and denied Bo Jack Eichel set up two goals and C.J. Horvat on a penalty shot in a busy second Smith also scored. Buffalo’s once anemic Denver at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m. Golden State at Phoenix, 9 p.m. period to help the struggling Capitals pick power-play unit converted both opportuni- New Orleans at Chicago, 8 p.m. Minnesota at New Orleans, 9:30 p.m. up two important points. ties on goals from Evan Rodrigues and Washington at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. Miami at Sacramento, 10 p.m. Brett Connolly and Jakub Vrana scored Rasmus Dahlin.

National Hockey League NHL Conference Glance EASTERN CONFERENCE WESTERN CONFERENCE

GP W L OT Pts GF GA GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 53 39 11 3 81 207 149 Calgary 53 34 14 5 73 197 152 Toronto 52 32 17 3 67 185 146 Winnipeg 53 34 16 3 71 187 149 N.Y. Islanders 52 30 16 6 66 152 128 San Jose 54 31 16 7 69 193 171 Montreal 54 30 18 6 66 164 156 Nashville 55 32 19 4 68 171 141 Boston 53 29 17 7 65 152 136 Vegas 55 30 21 4 64 163 150 Washington 53 29 18 6 64 178 168 Dallas 53 28 21 4 60 138 134 Pittsburgh 53 28 19 6 62 183 164 Minnesota 53 26 22 5 57 150 154 Columbus 52 29 20 3 61 169 162 Buffalo 52 26 20 6 58 153 160 Vancouver 54 24 24 6 54 155 167 Carolina 53 26 21 6 58 152 155 St. Louis 51 24 22 5 53 146 153 Philadelphia 53 24 23 6 54 153 177 Colorado 52 22 22 8 52 173 173 N.Y. Rangers 52 22 22 8 52 148 175 Edmonton 53 23 25 5 51 153 178 Florida 51 21 22 8 50 158 178 Arizona 53 23 25 5 51 140 155 Detroit 53 21 25 7 49 150 174 Anaheim 54 21 24 9 51 125 172 New Jersey 52 20 25 7 47 153 178 Chicago 54 21 24 9 51 173 198 Ottawa 52 19 28 5 43 159 194 Los Angeles 53 22 27 4 48 125 158

* Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per conference advance to playoffs.

Monday’s Games Buffalo 5, Minnesota 4, SO Boston at N.Y. Rangers, 8 p.m. Vegas at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Los Angeles 4, N.Y. Rangers 3, OT St. Louis 3, Florida 2 Edmonton at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Philadelphia 2, Vancouver 1 Vegas 3, Tampa Bay 2, SO Thursday’s Games Dallas at Nashville, 8 p.m. Toronto 6, Anaheim 1 Montreal 4, Anaheim 1 Los Angeles at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Vancouver at Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Dallas 5, Arizona 4 Nashville 5, Arizona 2 Pittsburgh at Florida, 7 p.m. Columbus at Arizona, 9 p.m. San Jose 3, Winnipeg 2, OT N.Y. Islanders at New Jersey, 7 p.m. San Jose at Calgary, 9 p.m. Tuesday’s Games Columbus 6, Colorado 3 Colorado at Washington, 7 p.m. Boston 3, N.Y. Islanders 1 Chicago 6, Edmonton 2 Carolina at Buffalo, 7 p.m. Friday’s Games Washington 3, Vancouver 2 Anaheim at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. Carolina at N.Y. Rangers, 8 p.m. Carolina 4, Pittsburgh 0 Wednesday’s Games Winnipeg at Montreal, 7:30 p.m. Los Angeles 5, New Jersey 1 Ottawa at Toronto, 7:30 p.m. St. Louis at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m. PAGE 12 - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2019 www.thewestfieldnews.com THE WESTFIELD NEWS

TV Sports Listings Dear Wednesday, Feb. 6 GOLF COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S) 11 p.m. Annie 6 p.m. GOLF — European Tour and LPGA Tour Golf: ISPS CBSSN — UConn at Temple Handa Vic Open, men’s and women’s first round, By ANNIE LANE 7 p.m. Australia Is a Little Wine Every Night Harmful? BTN — Maryland at Nebraska NBA BASKETBALL Dear Annie: I’m writing to you about something that I’m ESPN2 — Notre Dame at Miami 8 p.m. not sure is a problem. Really, I think it’s just a habit. But my husband told me I should ask you for your thoughts on this. ESPNEWS — Wichita State at East Carolina ESPN — Washington at Milwaukee Every night when I get home from work, I have two glasses ESPNU — Rhode Island at Davidson 10:30 p.m. of red wine. I drink one with dinner and one while I watch TV or read a book. I never feel drunk, just slightly more SEC — Texas A&M at Ole Miss ESPN — San Antonio at Golden State carefree. It helps me wind down so I can fall asleep at night, 7:30 p.m. NHL HOCKEY something I’ve had trouble with all my life. If I am driving home and know we are almost out of wine, FS1 — Georgetown at Providence 8 p.m. I’ll stop at the store and get some. I can tell that my husband 8 p.m. NBCSN — Boston at NY Rangers is a little worried I’m being unhealthy, but there seem to be reports coming out all the time saying that red wine is good CBSSN — Creighton at Villanova SKIING for you. 9 p.m. 6:25 a.m. Is this something I should worry about? I definitely am not an alcoholic, but I do drink every day. -- Wine-ding Down BTN — Wisconsin at Minnesota NBCSN — FIS World Alpine Championships: men’s Dear Wine-ding Down: Conflicting reports abound about ESPN2 — LSU at Mississippi State super-G, Sweden the healthfulness of moderate alcohol consumption. Though the science might not be settled on that issue, one thing is for ESPNU — Oklahoma State at TCU 5 p.m. certain: You don’t need to be physically addicted to some- SEC — Georgia at Alabama NBCSN — FIS World Freestyle Championships: thing to be mentally reliant on it. And that seems to be the case with you and your two nightly drinks. Though you might 9:30 p.m. slopestyle, Utah not be an alcoholic, if your relationship with alcohol is caus- FS1 — California at Oregon 12 a.m. (Thursday) ing unease in both your husband and you, it’s time to take a break. 10 p.m. NBCSN — FIS World Freestyle Championships: Replace drinking with another de-stressing ritual, such as a CBSSN — Nevada at Colorado State aerials skiing, Utah bath, meditation, yoga or an evening stroll. And try other methods for helping to fall asleep at night, such as breathing 11 p.m. SNOWBOARDING exercises or herbal sleep aids. These will actually leave you ESPNU — UNLV at Boise State 2 a.m. (Thursday) feeling more rested the next day, as alcohol intake is associ- ated with decreased quality of sleep. COLLEGE FOOTBALL NBCSN — FIS World Freestyle Championships: Dear Annie: “Really Not Conceited,” a highly educated 12 p.m. snowboard cross racing, Utah 48-year-old homemaker and mother of two, asked you whether she’s wasting her talents. Raising children is impor- ESPN2 — National Signing Day Special SOCCER tant, but when they are grown, she should do something for 2 p.m. 2:40 p.m. herself. Case in point: I always loved dancing and would have ESPNU — National Signing Day Special NBCSN — Premier League: Everton liked to have been a dancer, but there weren’t many jobs of vs. Manchester City that type available in the Midwest in the 1950s. So I held a few general jobs, got married and raised two children. After my children were grown, my husband and I became involved in square dancing, which led to ballroom dancing and line dancing. I took more lessons and became a dance instructor in ballroom dancing, round dancing and line dancing. My On The Tube husband, who had always been interested in music, became a square dance caller. We spent 25 years in our new avocation. After retiring from our day jobs, we were involved in dancing full time. Maybe Eva Longoria works in front, making people happy wasn’t a big contribution to the world, but we had a wonderful time, and so did most of our dancers. We retired three years ago and no longer teach or dance, but “Really Not Conceited” should do something she wants to do. No matter what it is, she will be glad she moved on. behind camera on ‘Grand Hotel’ -- Dancing Grandma By BETH HARRIS Dear Dancing Grandma: Beautifully said. Making peo- Associated Press ple happy is indeed a big contribution to the world. Thank PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Eva Longoria was so busy you for following your bliss and making more joy for others. behind the scenes of the upcoming series “Grand Hotel,” it “Ask Me Anything: A Year of Advice From Dear Annie” is took a bit for the actress to realize there was no part for her. out now! Annie Lane’s debut book -- featuring favorite col- As an executive producer on the ABC drama, Longoria was umns on love, friendship, family and etiquette -- is available in position to do something about it. She asked writer Brian as a paperback and e-book. Tanen to create something for her. She will play a mother in four episodes of the show that takes place at the last family- owned hotel in Miami. Longoria began filming about five months after giving HINTS FROM HELOISE birth to her first child, Santiago Baston, whom she toted with Cracked skins? her at a TV critics’ meeting Tuesday. Dear Heloise: How do I keep my potato “I was directing the show while I was breastfeeding. I was skins from CRACKING when I make baked crazy,” she said. “The first time you see me I’m about 20 potatoes? -- Lana S., Golden Valley, Minn. pounds (9 kilograms) heavier than the last time you see me Lana, it’s easy! To keep that from happen- because five months had passed.” ing, just rub butter or shortening over the skin Longoria is one of seven women who direct on the show before you bake them. -- Heloise that debuts June 17. HELOISE’S COLESLAW She’s proud that half of the writers are women and people Dear Heloise: I had your recipe for cole- of color, nine of the 11 actors are people of color, and women slaw, but I misplaced it. Would you repeat it? work in the roles of director of photographer, assistant direc- It is delicious! -- Carmela Z., Amarillo, Texas tors and stunt coordinator. Carmela, I love this recipe, too! Here it is: “It’s still not common enough to have women behind the Eva Longoria participates in the “Grand Hotel” panel during Heloise’s Coleslaw camera,” Longoria said. the ABC presentation at the Television Critics Association 1 head cabbage (about 2 pounds) The show stars Demian Bichir, Roselyn Sanchez and Winter Press Tour at The Langham Huntington on Tuesday, Ice water to cover Wendy Raquel Robinson. It’s based on the Spanish series Feb. 5, 2019, in Pasadena, Calif. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/ 2 ounces of vegetable oil “Gran Hotel.” AP) 1 ounce vinegar or lime juice or lemon juice (not all three) 1/2 teaspoon prepared mustard (yellow, not powdered) 1/4 teaspoon celery salt 1 ounce real mayonnaise Salt and pepper to taste Dash of paprika ABC executive sees silver lining in Oscar flap: interest Shred the cabbage and soak it in the water for 30 minutes. If you By LYNN ELBER use bagged cabbage, you can skip this step, but it does make the Associated Press cabbage very crisp. Meanwhile, mix together the remaining ingre- PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — dients. Drain the cabbage and mix into the dressing. Refrigerate Oscar disarray over the exit of until ready to serve. Kevin Hart as the host of the If you like this recipe, you can get it and many of my others in show had an upside — people my pamphlet All-Time Favorite Recipes by sending $5, along with a stamped (70 cents), long, self-addressed envelope, to: paid attention, ABC’s enter- Heloise/All-Time Favorites, P.O. Box 795001, San Antonio, TX tainment president said 78279-5001. Or you can order it online at www.Heloise.com. Tuesday. When choosing a head of cabbage, look for outer leaves that are “Ironically, I have found that fresh and crisp, and the cut end should not be brown. -- Heloise the lack of clarity ... has kept the Oscars really in the conver- sation, and the mystery has been really compelling,” said Karey Burke, whose network is the ceremony’s longtime home. She called the interest proof that the Oscars are still rele- vant. Burke’s worries about the host-less Feb. 24 ceremony have vanished as it comes together with a “phenomenal” In this Feb. 4, 2019 file photo, an Oscar statue appears at the 91st Academy Awards line-up of presenters, she told a Nominees Luncheon in Beverly Hills, Calif. ABC’s Entertainment President Karey Burke TV critics meeting. says this year’s pre-Oscar ceremony disarray had an upside. Burke said the “lack of clarity” Tina Fey, Whoopi Goldberg, over the ceremony kept the Oscars in the public conversation. The biggest flap was over Daniel Craig, Jennifer Lopez, Kevin Hart’s quick exit as host because of years-old homophobic tweets that he apologized Chris Evans and Constance Wu for. That left the Oscars without a host as the Feb. 24 ceremony on ABC loomed, and pro- are among them. ducers finally decided to go without one. (Photo by Danny Moloshok/Invision/AP, File) The ceremony also has box- office hits — best-picture con- Oscar viewership dipped below 30 million, The host-less Oscars was a decision that tenders “Black Panther,” according to Nielsen records that go back to everyone involved got on board with fairly ″Bohemian Rhapsody” and “A 1974. The best-picture winner, “The Shape quickly after Hart withdrew in December, Star Is Born” — with fans that of Water,” only grossed $57.4 million in the said Karey, who’s been in the top ABC could boost TV viewership. U.S. entertainment job just two months. The 2018 show drew a Burke also lauded the movie academy’s Hart dropped out amid criticism over record-low 26.5 million people, pledge to keep the ceremony to three hours, years-old homophobic tweets, for which he a 20 percent drop from the avoiding the overtime that can drain off eventually apologized. 2017 show and the first time viewers. 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DADDY’S HOME Tony Rubino and Gary Markstein YOUR ontract ridge HOROSCOPE C B By Jaqueline Bigar

HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019: This year, you enjoy gentler and more reward- ing communication with close associates and loved ones. They did not change: You’ve changed. If single, you draw in many new people. Think before you jump into a relationship. If attached, the two of you seem much more closely bonded DUSTIN By Steve Kelley and Jeff Parker than in the recent past. PISCES shares welcome comments about how you interact with each other.

The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3-Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult

ARIES (March 21-April 19) HHH A conversation or interaction of some sort could delight you to no end. You like how you feel and decide not to share this interaction. Enjoy your mellow feelings while keeping a low-key attitude in other parts of your life. Tonight: Not to be found. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) SCARY GARY Mark Buford HHHHH Zero in on a long-term wish. You might become involved in a lively discussion with a dear friend. Consider getting together for munch- ies instead of chatting on the phone. You might be on the verge of passing an important benchmark in your life. Tonight: Hang with friends. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) HHH Accept that you cannot always be cen- ter stage, though you might be today and would prefer otherwise. You might not be up for taking the lead on a project and being closely observed. Smile to get past this moment with success. Crosswords Tonight: Be a friend first. CANCER (June 21-July 22) DOGS of C-KENNEL Mick and Mason Mastroianni HHHH Make the effort to look at an evolv- ing situation in terms of the big picture. Define what you want and do the same for anyone else involved. You’ll come up with great solutions and ideas. Tonight: A compliment adds to your glow and appeal. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HHHH Be willing to allow a partner or loved one to dominate. Your strong personality often prevents others from stepping up. You might be delighted by how the other party responds to an issue. Find a way of complimenting this person. Tonight: As you like. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) B.C. Mastroianni and Hart HHHH Others make it clear that they will take charge and make needed decisions. If you have vested interests, express them in a way the other party can hear. Do not try to bully this person into taking action. Tonight: Opt to be a duo. Start with dinner. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) HHH Emphasize the job at hand and how to proceed. You could want to act, but a co-worker or friend moves in quickly. Be happy not to carry the weight of this issue. Spend time clearing out calls and emails. Tonight: Do some shopping on the way home. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) HHHH A creative and caring outlook toward ONE BIG HAPPY Rick Detorie a key person in your life activates interesting dis- cussions. You might wonder how you got to the point of treating this person with kid gloves. Wonder less and just do it. Tonight: You might like someone’s way of saying “thank you.” SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) HHH You might feel tense and not under- stand why. However, you express your positive feelings in an upbeat manner. Ask yourself how you express your negative feelings. A child or loved one delights you with his or her caring. Tonight: Head home early. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) HHH You come from a solid base and ask ANDY CAPP Mahoney, Goldsmith and Garnett valid questions. How you state your questions could make all the difference in how they’re answered. Be gentle and unbiased. You could be surprised at what comes out. Tonight: Slow down and do what you want. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) HHHH You have been eyeing an item you have wanted for a long time. Decide you deserve it, and make the purchase. Your mood will change as a result. Once in a while, you need to say “thank you” to yourself, as you give 100 percent in what- ever you do. Tonight: Don’t shy away from a new Cryptoquip friend or loved one. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) HHHH You have the ability to draw a key ZACK HILL John Deering and John Newcombe person toward you. Standing on ceremony or being awkward in his or her presence does not really work. More than most signs, you understand the importance of being authentic. Tonight: Buy a special item for a loved one on the way home.

BORN TODAY Journalist Amy Robach (1973), actress Zsa Zsa Gabor (1917), singer Axl Rose (1962) *** Jacqueline Bigar is on the internet at www. jacquelinebigar.com. (c) 2019 by King Features Syndicate Inc. February 6, 2019

Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court

Hampden Probate and Family Court 50 State Street Springfield, MA 01103 Docket No. HD19P0194PM

citAtion GiVinG notice of Petition foR APPointment of conseRVAtoR oR otheR PRotectiVe oRdeR PURsUAnt to G. l c. 190B, § 5-304 & § 5-405 In the matter of: tanner J loubier of southwick, mA RESPONDENT (Person to be Protected/Minor) To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by Wendy J Loubier of Southwick, MA

in the above captioned matter al- leging that tanner J loubier is in need of a Conservator or oth- er protective order and request- ing that Wendy J Loubier of Southwick, MA (or some other suitable person) be appointed as Conservator to serve without Personal Surety on the bond. The petition asks the court to de- termine that the Respondent is disabled, that a protective order or appointment of a Conservat- or is necessary, and that the proposed conservator is appro- priate. The petition is on file with this court.

You have the right to object to this proceeding. If you wish to do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance at this court on or before 10:00 A.M. on the return date of 02/26/2019. This day is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline date by which you have to file the written appear- ance if you object to the petition. If you fail to file the written ap- pearance by the return date, ac- tion may be taken in this matter without further notice to you. In addition to filing the written ap- pearance, you or your attorney must file a written affidavit stat- ing the specific facts and PAGE 14 - WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2019 www.thewestfieldnews.com grounds of your objection within THE WESTFIELD NEWS 30 days after the return date.

imPoRtAnt notice Boston Legal Notices Celtics’ the outcome of this proceed- Legal Notices ing may limit or completely Gordon take away the above-named February 6, 2019 Hayward (20) person’s right to make de- February 6, 2019 drives to the cisions about personal affairs basket against Commonwealth of or financial affairs or both. PUBLIC NOTICE Massachusetts the above-named person has Cleveland The Trial Court Cavaliers’ the right to ask for a lawyer. Commonwealth of Probate and Family Court Anyone may make this re- Massachusetts Matthew quest on behalf of the above- Dellavedova Hampden Probate and named person. if the above- Department of Public Health (18) during Family Court named person cannot afford a the first half 50 State Street lawyer, one may be appointed Western Massachusetts Hospital Springfield, MA 01103 of an NBA at state expense. The Commonwealth of Mas- basketball Docket No. HD19P0194PM sachusetts, Department of Pub- game Tuesday, witness, lic Health, Western Massachu- hon. Barbara m hyland Feb. 5, 2019, citAtion GiVinG notice setts Hospital hereby invites the first Justice of this court. submission of sealed bids for the in Cleveland. of Petition foR following: (AP Photo/ APPointment of Date: January 29, 2019 Tony Dejak) conseRVAtoR oR Western Massachusetts Hospit- otheR PRotectiVe Suzanne T. Seguin al Keyless Entry System Project: oRdeR PURsUAnt to Register of Probate 91 East Mountain Road, West- G. l c. 190B, § 5-304 & § 5-405 field, MA 01085. Division of Cap- ital Asset Management and In the matter of: Maintenance (DCAMM) certifica- tanner J loubier tion preferred but not required, of southwick, mA February 6, 2019 as this is a public works project. Limited Owner Specifications RESPONDENT southwick Alum and the invitation for bids may (Person to be Protected/Minor) treatment Bid be obtained at the Mandatory Pre-Bid Walkthrough/Confer- To the named Respondent and The Town of Southwick is seek- ence on Wednesday, February all other interested persons, a ing sealed bids for an alum treat- 20, 2019 at 9:00AM sharp in the ment of Congamond Lakes. Chadwick Conference Room, petition has been filed by Western Massachusetts Hospit- All Bids will be received by the al, 91 East Mountain Road, Wendy J Loubier of Southwick, Southwick Select Board at the Westfield, MA 01085. Proposals MA Select Board’s Office, Town must be submitted in a non- Hall, 454 College Highway, transparent sealed envelope, in the above captioned matter al- Southwick, MA 01077 until 2:00 which is plainly marked on the leging that tanner J loubier is PM EST on Tuesday February face 19-0005: Western Mas- in need of a Conservator or oth- 26, 2019, and then at said office sachusetts Hospital Keyless er protective order and request- publically opened and read Entry System Project. Propos- ing that aloud. All Bids are subject to als will be accepted by mail or in MGL Chapter 30B, Section 6, as person at Western Massachu- Wendy J Loubier of Southwick, amended. No Bid may be with- setts Hospital, 91 East Moun- MA drawn within 60 days after the tain Road, Westfield, MA 01085 date of the opening of Bids. no later than Wednesday, March Owner reserves the right to 6, 2019 at 9:00AM sharp. The Tatum, Celtics down Cavs (or some other suitable person) formally waive any informality in bid opening will be held March 6, By TOM WITHERS be appointed as Conservator to or to reject any Bid in which in 2019 at 2:00PM sharp in the Associated Press TIP-INS serve without Personal Surety their opinion, is in the public in- Conference Center at Western CLEVELAND (AP) — Gordon Hayward Celtics: Irving has missed three of Boston’s on the bond. terest to do so. Massachusetts Hospital, 91 East four visits since the Cavs traded him. ... Mountain Road, Westfield, MA finally got some closure at Quicken Loans The petition asks the court to de- Bid documents are available by 0108. The Commonwealth of Arena. Stevens said reserve center Aron Baynes termine that the Respondent is contacting Richard Grannells – Massachusetts, Department of He walked off the floor. (bruised foot) will be out through the All-Star disabled, that a protective order Chair Lake Management Com- Public Health, Western Mas- Making his first visit to Cleveland since break. He said Morris’ injury is not a “long- or appointment of a Conservat- mittee at tel: 413-569-6772, fax: sachusetts Hospital reserves the term” thing and it’s possible he’ll play or is necessary, and that the 413-569-5001 or emai l right to reject any and all propos- suffering a horrific broken left ankle in his [email protected]. als and to waive any defects, in- debut for Boston in 2017, Hayward scored 18 Thursday. ... F Daniel Theis was called for a proposed conservator is appro- priate. The petition is on file with formalities, and minor irregularit- points as the Celtics beat the Cavaliers 103- rare, punching-the-ball violation while going this court. ies in proposals as may be 96 on Tuesday night for their fifth straight after an offensive rebound in the fourth quar- deemed in the best interest of ter. the Commonwealth of Mas- victory despite missing All-Star guard Kyrie You have the right to object to sachusetts, Department of Pub- Irving. Cavaliers: F Cedi Osman missed his first this proceeding. If you wish to lic Health, Western Massachu- A strained left hip prevented Irving from game since rolling his right ankle on Saturday do so, you or your attorney must setts Hospital. All proposals facing his former team, but Jayson Tatum against Dallas. Osman averages 12.6 points. file a written appearance at this must be submitted in the form of helped make up for his absence with 25 ... Gs Nik Stauskas and Wade Baldwin have court on or before 10:00 A.M. on a proposal and must conform to the return date of 02/26/2019. the specifications. points. Marcus Smart had 17 and Jaylen joined the Cavs but are not ready to play. This day is NOT a hearing date, Brown finished with 13. They were acquired on Monday from Portland but a deadline date by which you Hayward came off the bench and made 9 of in the trade for F Rodney Hood. have to file the written appear- 14 shots and added six rebounds and five ance if you object to the petition. Auto For Sale assists in 30 minutes. The 28-year-old admit- IRVING UPDATE If you fail to file the written ap- ted being nervous about coming back to pearance by the return date, ac- timothY's AUto sAles. Stevens said Irving, who is averaging a tion may be taken in this matter Stop by and see us! We might where his leg grotesquely snapped as he team-high 23.8 points per game, may return without further notice to you. In have exactly what you're look- jumped to catch a lob pass in his first game on Thursday when Boston hosts LeBron addition to filing the written ap- ing for, if not, let us find it for after signing as a free agent with the Celtics. James and the Los Angeles Lakers, hours pearance, you or your attorney you! Bartlett Street, Westfield. His season was over in just five minutes, must file a written affidavit stat- (413)568-2261. specializing in after the NBA’s trade deadline. vehicles under $4,000. and Hayward was taken off the floor on a “I would hope he would be able to go, but ing the specific facts and stretcher. grounds of your objection within WWW.THEWESTFIELDNEWS.COM I don’t know for sure,” Stevens said. “We’ll 30 days after the return date. Ext. 103 “I told my wife I was a little anxious about know more tomorrow.” it for sure sitting in my hotel room last night,” imPoRtAnt notice Hayward said. “Just thinking about how RACING ROOKIE the outcome of this proceed- everything changed and where I was sitting a Sexton came out in attack mode, scoring 18 ing may limit or completely year ago from now. Just happy to try to find points in the first half on 8-of-13 shooting. He take away the above-named some perspective, I guess. Just happy that I cooled down after halftime and missed all person’s right to make de- was out there.” cisions about personal affairs five shots in the fourth quarter. or financial affairs or both. Rookie Collin Sexton scored 27 — but Still, it was a strong performance to build the above-namedTell person us has someThing good! none in the fourth quarter — for the Cavs, upon. the right to ask for a lawyer. who dropped to 3-20 since Dec. 19. Alec “The last game I missed like six layups that Anyone may make Do you this have re- a carrier who goes above and beyond in Burks, who has been linked to recent trade quest on behalf of the above- I usually make, so that was one thing I’ve their delivery of The Westfield News? If so– we want to hear about it! talks, added 21 for Cleveland. Larry Nance Jr. continued to work on this week,” he said. named person. if the above- had 11 points and 12 rebounds. namedAll too person often, negativity cannot afford dominates a the news. It’s time to change that! “Teams have been daring me to shoot and I lawyer, one may be appointed The struggling Cavs were still within 94-91 got to knock it down for my teammates.” at state expense. when Smart hit a pull-up jumper, and after a So shoot us an email at [email protected] miss by Sexton, dropped a 3-pointer. Burks TRADE TALK woritness, write to us at 62 School St, Westfield, MA 01085 and tell us what your had a monster dunk and 3 to make it 101-96, Burks has already been traded once this hon. Barbara m hyland firstcarrier Justice has done of this to court. make your day just a little bit better. (If you don’t but Tatum blocked a shot by Ante Zizic season — Cleveland got him from Utah in the underneath and Tatum closed it out by mak- have their name, that’s fine– we can always look it up by your address.) Kyle Korver deal — and he’s not concerned Date: January 29, 2019 ing a pair of free throws with 1:35 remaining. about chatter that he’ll be dealt again. Without Irving and starting forward Marcus “I don’t believe in rumors until something Suzanne T. Seguin Morris (sore right knee), the Celtics needed happens,” he said. “If nothing happens then Register of Probate someone to pick up the scoring slack and I’m not going nowhere. If something happens make plays down the stretch, and Tatum 2017 it happens. I enjoy my time here and hope- 2018 came through at both ends. Business fully it keeps going.” Business industry “We’re super confident with this lineup,” industry & Business & Tatum said. “We’re young, but we were very PERFECT FORM Journal Westfield, Southwick and Surrounding Hilltowns battle tested last year together in the play- JournalWestfield, Southwick and Surrounding Hilltowns offs.” Tatum went 12 of 12 from the free-throw Celtics coach Brad Stevens was sure the line and Boston didn’t miss any of its 14 attempts. & Cavs would give his team all it could handle. “Everybody just looks at records and makes “I was just looking to be aggressive and assumptions that things are easy and they’re attack the rim from the beginning,” Tatum not,” Stevens said. “It’s hard to win. That said. “It’s the easiest way to get points, get- team over there is playing hard. 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