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VOL. 86 NO. 151 $1.00 THURSDAY,TUESDAY, FEBRUARY JUNE 27, 2017 4, 2021 VOL.75 cents 90 NO. 29 ‘Weird’ art Finance committee sought for new recommends $1M transfer ArtWorks show from stabilization By LORI SZEPELAK Correspondent By AMY PORTER WESTFIELD — Beginning Feb. 7, artists of all ages Staff Writer are invited to share their whimsical and “weird” cre- WESTFIELD — At the ations as ArtWorks of Westfield, Inc. launches the Feb. 2 meeting, the Finance 2021 Weird Art Show on Facebook through Feb. 28. subcommittee recom- “This is whimsical and outside of the usual event mended a transfer from intended to unleash the creative energy of local and stabilization of $1 million regional artists whose work may be out of bounds for to engineering for road the more usual, customary and traditional art shows,” work, and $46,028 to the said Bill Westerlind, president of ArtWorks. Technology Center for Westerlind explained that after the success of the increased personnel. The Online Westfield Youth Art Show last year, ArtWorks recommendations will now members, led by board member Shannon Chiba, came go to the City Council for a up with this new idea. vote Feb. 4. RALPH J. FIGY “So many people loved the youth art show – both The committee members Ward 2 Councilor artists and community members – that we felt the next are Ralph Figy, Richard K. logical step was another online show open to every- Sullivan Jr. and Bridget Matthews-Kane one,” said Westerlind. “We also noticed that in the City Engineer Mark Cressotti said the $1 million beginning of the new year the online engagement and request is to mill and overlay City View Boulevard reactions to posted art work was much higher than for $430,000, Hillside Road for $300,000, and recon- posts during the course of 2020 and far more enthusi- struction of portions of Union Street sidewalks for astic.” $270,000. Westerlind added that the time seemed right for an Westfield’s Hunter Cain (21) takes the off balance shot, while Sullivan asked Cressotti how these particular proj- online art show. Bombers’ Cam Theriault (3) and Brian Strange (0) prepare to crash ects were chosen. Cressotti said City View and “Shannon Chiba floated the idea of a very different the paint Tuesday night. (PHOTO BY MARC ST.ONGE) Hillside were on the pavement management program type of show specifically focused on the strange and and public work’s lists for road work, but didn’t make unusual, pieces of art work that may not fit into a tra- the budget this year as priority was given to higher ditional gallery art show,” said Westerlind. “Our board traveled roads. He said since they are not total recon- loved the idea and the concept of a Weird Art Show Bombers fall back structions, they are reasonably priced to fit within the was born.” $1 million planned expenditure on roads. The link to the online gallery is http://bit. “Given the mayor’s intent when these funds ly/2021WeirdArtShow as Pope Francis became available, the mayor’s intent was to enhance “During this pandemic, people have been creating and add to the effort this year, and these roads were more art at home than ever,” said Chiba. “Art has no on the list,” Cressotti said. boundaries and ArtWorks wanted to engage and create Cressotti said the sidewalks on Union Street have a platform for these artists to show their work and to climbs ahead been looked at for some time. He said they are heav- have a chance at earning an award for their creations.” By CHRIS PUTZ ily used by residents coming from Powdermill Chiba noted that the youth art show showed ArtWorks Sports Editor Village, and there are transit stops on both sides of members how “powerful and fun” a virtual art show WESTFIELD – While Tuesday’s snowstorm allowed area kids to the road. He also said the road crossing at Powdermill can be. enjoy some downhill sledding, it was an uphill climb for the Westfield VIllage is deficient, and there are no sidewalks on the “Even in this ongoing pandemic, ArtWorks wants to High School boys basketball team. south side at that location. Cressotti said he will be continue to have and make art shows that impacts our Pope Francis put together a double-digit lead in the first half and supplementing the funds from stabilization with engi- community,” she said. managed to stave off a late Westfield rally en route to a 62-59 win neering department funds. Chiba said the word “weird” came about because it Tuesday in the Whip City. Cam Vedovelli (20 points) and Daijon Davis Sullivan asked if there had been a public hearing or signals fun, alternative and different art. (15) combined for 35 of the Cardinals’ 62 points. public notice to homeowners concerning the project. “They have good players,” Westfield boys basketball coach Josh Cressotti said they would organize a public outreach. See Weird Art Show, Page 3 Balestracci said. “I give all the credit to them. They did a good job Information Technology Manager Lenore Bernashe tonight.” Westfield rallied in the third quarter, only to have its momentum See Finance, Page 3 stopped twice by and-ones from Vedovelli. Then, when Pope Francis desperately needed a basket in the fourth quarter, the Cardinals turned to Davis, who drove into the paint and was often bailed out by a Bombers’ foul. Pope Francis made an astounding 22-of-24 free throws with all but three of those made foul shots coming from Davis and Vedovelli.

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Planning Board approves Southwick schools home-based waffle business JOHN C. VELIS NICHOLAS A. to fill remote learning STATE SEN. BOLDYGA By AMY PORTER STATE REP. Staff Writer specials position WESTFIELD — The Planning Board approved a special per- mit for a home-based baked goods business on Feb. 2. Boldyga, Velis Fully remote students at Tara Satkowski of 26 Laflin St. said Powder Mill have not had her plan is to start her own waffle com- pany with a food truck, and wants to discuss Southwick’s live specials instruction all year begin with home pick up and ecom- merce. She said she understands the By HOPE E. TREMBLAY restrictions for a home-based business, budget needs Editor and plans to hold porch pick-ups on SOUTHWICK — A Southwick parent is hopeful Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday morn- By HOPE E. TREMBLAY that her fully remote children will receive equal ings, from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Editor instruction for specials very soon. Satkowski said she will be selling a SOUTHWICK – When state Rep. Nicholas A. Kelly Clendenin started a petition to receive live healthy version of waffles, called “Wickedly Wild Waffles,” Boldyga and state Sen. John C. Velis met with the teaching for specials, which has not been offered at according to her application. Southwick Select Board this week, they were asked Powder Mill School since the current school year When asked about the food truck plan, Satkowski said it’s chal- to tell it like it is when it comes to the state budget began. lenging with COVID, but she wants to get started now. She said and what Southwick could expect. Superintendent Jennifer C. Willard said Tuesday her plan is to start the business in her house, then move it to the “What can you actually get us this year?” asked that Clendenin’s children, and other fully remote stu- food truck in a year. Selectman Joseph Deedy Feb. 1 during a Zoom meet- dents at Powder Mill, will be offered a Zoom for Satkowski said it’s hard to anticipate how much business she ing. specials once a position is filled. will have out of the house, but understands there’s a limit of 16 Boldyga and Velis both said this year’s budget “We posted the position for a specials teacher for per day. She said she will be focusing more on ecommerce, but would be tight and COVID-19 driven. our full remote students through the end of the year,” wanted to have the opportunity for local people to pick them up. Selectman Russell Fox asked whether a John Deere Willard said. “This is something we have been work- “I could set up my business to only allow for 16 daily orders. I tractor for $200,000 and other needs to the tune of a ing on, but it takes time.” just want to establish the business for one year, the minimum for million dollars would be at all reasonable. a business loan,” Satkowski said. “The last budget cycle I saw mostly line items in See Southwick Schools, Page 3 Other restrictions on the permit include no signs, and no on the $25,000 range,” Boldyga said. “I don’t see there

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Westfield’s David Tirrell (23) puts up a basket Wednesday Jon Bulan (4) gets out ahead of a Pope Francis player to Nick Anciello (22) drives through Pope Francis’s defense. (PHOTO against Pope Francis. (PHOTO BY MARC ST.ONGE) take a shot. (PHOTO BY MARC ST.ONGE) BY MARC ST.ONGE) Police Logs Court Logs Major crime and incident report accident, the responding officer reports that the vehicle that was Westfield District Court Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021 pulled over was confirmed to be the suspect vehicle, the officer Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021 WESTFIELD reports that Vasiliy Legkodukh, 26, of 104 Otis St., Westfield was John S. Decker, 28, of 9 East Bartlett St., Westfield, was 12:08 a.m.: motor vehicle violations, Franklin Street, a patrol offi- arrested for reckless operation of a motor vehicle and leaving the released on his personal recognizance pending an April 14 cer reports that he and a State Police Trooper have a vehicle pulled scene of personal injury; hearing after he was arraigned on a charge of vandalizing over, the officer reports that Kristen Palwan, 19, of 145 Cardinal St., 3:20 p.m.: burglary, 126 Union Street, a caller reports that he property brought by Westfield police. Springfield for speeding, operating a motor vehicle under the influ- returned home after being away for two days to find that someone Kristen N. Palwan 19, of 145 Cardinal St., Indian Orchard, ence of alcohol, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, possession of had broken into his apartment and stolen items while trashing the was released on her personal recognizance pending an April an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle, person under the age place, the responding officer filed an incident report. 29 hearing after she was arraigned on charges of speeding at of 21 being in possession of alcohol, marked lanes violation; SOUTHWICK a rate exceeding the posted limit, operating a motor vehicle 10:01 a.m.: hit and run accident, North Road, multiple callers 2:43 p.m.: paper exchange, Coes Hill Road, police issued a under the influence of liquor, negligent operation of a motor report that a sedan rear ended another vehicle before taking off in the License to Carry denial; vehicle, possession of an open container of alcohol in a motor direction of Southampton, dispatch reports that Southampton police 11:43 p.m.: suspicious vehicle, College Highway, a vehicle was vehicle, being a person younger than the legal drinking age in were notified, dispatch reports that Easthampton police stopped a running in a parking lot and the driver slumped over, an officer possession of liquor and a marked lanes violation brought by possible suspect vehicle with damage consistent with the reported reports the motorist was taking a break and there were no issues. Westfield police.

THIS DAY IN HISTORY Thurs., Feb. 4, 2021 is the 35th day of the year. 330 days remain until the end of the year

1797 – The Riobamba earthquake opens at the Livadia Palace in the Chávez against Venezuelan Presi- ON THIS DAY strikes Ecuador, causing up to 40,000 Crimea. dent Carlos Andrés Pérez. casualties. 1945 – World War II: The British Indi- 1997 – En route to Lebanon, two Is- TODAY'S 211 – Following the death of Rome's 1801 – John Marshall is sworn in as an Army and Imperial Japanese Army raeli Sikorsky CH-53 troop-transport Emperor Septimius Severus at Ebo- Chief Justice of the United States. begin a series of battles known as the helicopters collide in mid-air over BIRTHDAYS racum (modern York, England) while 1810 – Napoleonic Wars: Britain seiz- Battle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River northern Galilee, Israel killing 73. preparing to lead a campaign against es Guadeloupe. operations. 1998 – The 5.9 Mw Afghanistan 1957 – Don Davis, American the Caledonians, the empire is left in 1820 – The Chilean Navy under the 1948 – Ceylon (later renamed Sri earthquake shakes the Takhar Prov- the control of his two quarrelling sons, composer and conductor command of Lord Cochrane com- Lanka) becomes independent within ince with a maximum Mercalli inten- 1959 – Lawrence Taylor, Caracalla and Geta, whom he had in- pletes the two-day long Capture of the British Commonwealth. sity of VII (Very strong). With 2,323 American football player and structed to make peace. Valdivia with just 300 men and two 1961 – The Angolan War of Indepen- killed, and 818 injured, damage is 960 – The coronation of Zhao Kuan- ships. dence and the greater Portuguese considered extreme. sportscaster gyin as Emperor Taizu of Song, initiat- 1825 – The Ohio Legislature autho- Colonial War begin. 1999 – Unarmed West African im- 1960 – Jonathan Larson, ing the Song dynasty period of China rizes the construction of the Ohio and 1966 – All Nippon Airways Flight 60 migrant Amadou Diallo is shot 41 American composer and play- that would last more than three cen- Erie Canal and the Miami and Erie plunges into Tokyo Bay, killing 133. times by four plainclothes New York wright (d. 1996) turies. Canal. 1967 – Lunar Orbiter program: Lunar City police officers on an unrelated 1961 – Stewart O'Nan, American 1169 – A strong earthquake struck the 1846 – The first Mormon pioneers Orbiter 3 lifts off from Cape Canav- stake-out, inflaming race relations in novelist Ionian coast of Sicily, causing tens of make their exodus from Nauvoo, Il- eral's Launch Complex 13 on its mis- the city. 1962 – Clint Black, American thousands of injuries and deaths, es- linois, westward towards Salt Lake sion to identify possible landing sites 2000 – The World Summit Against pecially in Catania. singer-songwriter, guitarist, and Valley. for the Surveyor and Apollo space- Cancer for the New Millennium, Char- producer 1454 – In the Thirteen Years' War, the 1859 – The Codex Sinaiticus is dis- craft. ter of Paris is signed by the President Secret Council of the Prussian Con- covered in Egypt. 1969 – Yasser Arafat takes over as of France, Jacques Chirac and the 1965 – Jerome Brown, American federation sends a formal act of dis- 1861 – American Civil War: In Mont- chairman of the Palestine Liberation Director General of UNESCO, Koi- football player (d. 1992) obedience to the Grand Master. gomery, Alabama, delegates from Organization. chiro Matsuura, initiating World Can- 1971 – Rob Corddry, American 1555 – John Rogers is burned at six break-away U.S. states meet 1974 – The Symbionese Liberation cer Day which is held on February 4 actor, producer, and screenwriter the stake, becoming the first English and form the Confederate States of Army kidnaps Patty Hearst in Berke- every year. 1971 – Eric Garcetti, American Protestant martyr under Mary I of America. ley, California. 2003 – The Federal Republic of Yu- lieutenant and politician, 42nd England. 1899 – The Philippine–American War 1974 – M62 coach bombing: The Pro- goslavia adopts a new constitution, Mayor of Los Angeles 1703 – In Edo (now Tokyo), all but one begins with the Battle of Manila. visional Irish Republican Army (IRA) becoming a loose confederacy be- 1973 – Oscar De La Hoya, of the Forty-seven Ronin commit sep- 1932 – Second Sino-Japanese War: explodes a bomb on a bus carrying tween Montenegro and Serbia. puku (ritual suicide) as recompense American boxer Harbin, Manchuria, falls to Japan. off-duty British Armed Forces person- 2004 – Facebook, a mainstream on- – Gavin DeGraw, American for avenging their master's death. 1938 – Adolf Hitler appoints himself nel in Yorkshire, England. Nine sol- line social networking site, is founded 1977 1758 – The city of Macapá in Brazil is as head of the Armed Forces High diers and three civilians are killed. by Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo singer-songwriter founded by Sebastião Veiga Cabral. Command. 1975 – Haicheng earthquake (magni- Saverin. 1981 – Jason Kapono, American 1789 – George Washington is unani- 1941 – The United Service Organi- tude 7.3 on the Richter scale) occurs 2015 – TransAsia Airways Flight 235 basketball player mously elected as the first President zation (USO) is created to entertain in Haicheng, Liaoning, China. with 58 people on board, en route 1982 – Chris Sabin, American of the United States by the U.S. Elec- American troops. 1976 – In Guatemala and Honduras from the Taiwanese capital Taipei to wrestler toral College. 1945 – World War II: Santo Tomas an earthquake kills more than 22,000. Kinmen, crashes into the Keelung 1983 – Lee Stempniak, American 1794 – The French legislature abol- Internment Camp is liberated from 1977 – A Chicago Transit Authority River just after take-off, killing 43 ice hockey player ishes slavery throughout all territo- Japanese authority. elevated train rear-ends another and people. ries of the French First Republic.[5] It 1988 – Carly Patterson, 1945 – World War II: The Yalta Con- derails, killing 11 and injuring 180, the 2020 – The COVID-19 pandemic American gymnast and singer would be reestablished in the French ference between the "Big Three" worst accident in the agency's history. causes all casinos in Macau to be West Indies in 1802. (Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin) 1992 – A coup d'état is led by Hugo closed down for 15 days. THE WESTFIELD NEWS WWW.THEWESTFIELDNEWS.COM THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2021 - PAGE 3 District receives $10K ‘Safe and Supportive Schools grant’ By AMY PORTER Staff Writer WESTFIELD – The Westfield Public School district was recently granted $10,000 from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education “Safe and Supportive Schools” com- petitive grant program to do some work on creat- ing an environment where all students feel safe and supported by staff, according to Superintendent Stefan Czaporowski and his administrative team. “It really starts with adults creating that envi- ronment for students,” said Susan Dargie, direc- tor of curriculum and instruction. She said the district had already started the work with Mass Mentoring, a non-profit organization focused on helping staff to develop positive relationships with students. Dargie said over the last several years, admin- istrators, individual teachers and schools have taken courses on culturally responsive practices, helping staff to use a wide lens to explore culture in the classroom, including gender, sexual iden- tity, socioeconomic status, ethnicity, race, and more. Westfield Public Schools Director of Assessment Denise Ruszala and Susan Dargie, WPS director of curriculum and Other courses studied trauma in students, the Superintendent Stefan Czaporowski. (THE WESTFIELD NEWS FILE PHOTO) instruction. (AMY PORTER PHOTO) effects of which can be long-lasting and signifi- cant and create barriers to forming relationships with supportive adults, she said. look at the district’s strengths and where they grate their action plans into the larger district Czaporowski said some of the schools are “Cultural responsiveness, trauma informed need to improve. The district will then have improvement planning process. Czaporowski actively working on this, such as Westfield practices; how to help children process and meet to create an action plan on what they are said the stated goal for the district over the Middle School’s Generation Leadership stu- their social and emotional needs so we can meet going to do to make schools safer. next three years is “to strengthen an environ- dent groups, and some of the work they their educational needs. Many students have Dargie said the schools will have a plethora ment and school culture that honors and cel- tackle. He said Westfield High School princi- experienced trauma. With COVID, this is a of data, and will be able to see where their ebrates diversity and responds effectively to pal Chuck Jendrysik also meets with a group timely learning for us,” Dargie said. particular school is in the data. “The beauty the social-emotional experiences of every of students on school climate. The Safe and Supportive Schools grant was of this is as a leadership team we will be able student and family.” “We are all different in our town. The key given to the district as a whole, to work with to support each other. How can I work to “This is going to be our district goal start- is to respect other people’s differences and experts in supporting leadership in the schools to improve. We can lean on each other’s ing in July 2021 through June 2024. Schools not to judge them for it,” Czaporowski said. develop the most supportive climate for students strengths,” she said. will also use this goal but may personalize it “It is not our intention to indoctrinate peo- to learn, said Denise Ruszala, director of assess- School administrators and selected staff more based on their self study results,” ple. We are trying to teach people that every- ment and accountability for the district. She said will also participate in a year-long course Czaporowski said. one has human rights, and everyone deserves the grant will go towards professional develop- focused on racial equity, provided by The “The reality is, in terms of education, there respect. Sharing with people that differences ment. Equity Imperative. DESE partnered with this are 15 to 30 very different kids, with different are okay – you can still be friends with peo- “All schools have developed teams that will vendor who is providing all the training and backgrounds and cultural experiences in a ple even if you don’t have the same ideolo- complete a very extensive self-survey,” Ruszala professional development for school districts classroom. As educators who help our stu- gy,” Dargie said. said. The data will be reviewed by the who received the grant. dents learn, our hope is that this work will “To have an understanding of other peo- International Center for Leadership and Participation in the Safe and Supportive help get more kids in a position to learn,” ple’s differences – how boring would it be if Education, DESE’s approved vendor who will Schools grant will allow the schools to inte- Czaporowski said. we were all the same,” Ruszala said.

Finance Weird Art Show Continued from Page 1 Continued from Page 1 detailed the $46,028 from stabilization for tions would have been included in the budget. “This show is for anyone that makes art that defies tra- three positions. She said she is looking for $15,000-plus to “If we had been right on the money with revenue projections, ditional mediums, subjects or themes,” she said. “Artists help pay for one full-time technician position at a salary of it would have been in the budget to begin with. If we knew often downplay their art and compare their works to real- $45,000. Another $8,000 would increase hours for a current what we were going to get in state aid, she probably would istic oils or the ‘masters.’ Weird is wonderful, and so is art hourly part-time position. have gotten one if not all of these positions,” Moro said. that is created in a unique way.” A $22,500 salary, plus mileage, would add to a database Figy asked Bernashe if these positions would be enough. The show will create a virtual and interactive gallery administrative position at a salary of $60,000 to $70,000 a “In a perfect world, I would have asked for two or three since people can comment and even buy a piece if the art- year, which she said is in her budget but not currently funded. more. We went from 1,500 [city-supplied] chromebooks to ist chooses to sell it. Bernashe said the Tech Center is looking at a MUNIS upgrade 7,600; 5,000 to students and their parents, the ones who are Chiba said that the show promotes artists, their studio if of three levels that will take up to a year to prepare and transi- calling us,” Bernashe said. She said with the number of they have one, and provides feedback for artists on their tion for. She said they would also like to expand the use of chromebooks coming back for repair, they are very busy at the work. MUNIS in the city. “There are options that could use addi- Tech Center. “The voting takes place with ‘likes’ and ‘hearts’ on tional training and expansion, but we don’t have anyone to “I don’t think this will be the end of me asking for more bod- Facebook,” said Chiba. “Each time an artist shares the help departments out with them,” she said. ies. But this will be a good start for me,” Bernashe said, adding page, they increase the audience for the show and possibly Sullivan asked whether Bernashe felt she could find quali- that she has to do some work on restructuring that will also help generates more votes for their piece. Unlike past shows, fied, talented individuals at the salary range. She said they in the long run. this show is open to everyone and anyone.” have done some work with the personnel department in the The motion to approve passed, and Figy said it would go to Chiba added that the work must be the person’s own past, and the salaries are higher than they used to be. the council on Feb. 4 for its approval. He said both requests creation and must have the rights to it to share and post it. Sullivan then asked City Auditor Vicki Leigh Moro why the would require nine votes in the Council because they are com- “Each ‘like’ or ‘heart’ is a vote for your piece to win,” funding for the positions was coming out of stabilization, since ing out of stabilization. she said. they are going to be a recurring cost, rather than free cash. Both Chiba and Westerlind said that artwork can range Moro said she had suggested stabilization, because when the Waffle Business from pieces made of wire, resin, stone or paper mache, to budget was set, the city was conservative in its cherry sheet caricatures, painted furniture and tattoos. revenue projections, and when they came in higher than pro- Continued from Page 1 “Traditional mediums are perfect too, just make sure the jected, the surplus had been put in stabilization. She said if the theme or subject is different, funky, weird or somewhat budget for the Tech Center had been $100,000 higher, the posi- premises consumption. The board also reserves the right to odd,” said Westerlind. “Let’s see what you make and what inspect premises. Hours were granted 7 days a week, from 7 brings you joy!” Southwick Schools a.m. to 1 p.m., limited to preparing and distributing pre ordered The “Best in Show” winner will receive $100, thanks to baked goods. Mina’s Wine and Spirits in Westfield, who is sponsoring Continued from Page 1 After the permit was unanimously approved, chair William this award. The prize will be determined by the ArtWorks Carellas informed Satkowski of the next steps. He said there is board of directors. Willard said at the start of the year, the state budget was a 20 day appeal process, after which the permit must be record- All other prizes will be awarded to the artists with the still a moving target and the district made some cuts, which ed with the Registry of Deeds before she can begin operation. most ‘likes’ and ‘hearts,’ and the count will stop at mid- meant there was no specials teacher designated for remote He said she must also abide by the conditions throughout the night on Feb. 28. The first place winner will receive $75 students. term of the special permit. thanks to an anonymous donor; second place winner Clendenin said she chose fully remote learning for her “Congratulations on getting special permit approval,” he receives $50, sponsored by ArtWorks of Westfield, and a children when Southwick-Tolland-Granville Regional said. third place winner will receive $25, also thanks to an Schools could not accommodate her child’s need for more anonymous donor. mask breaks due to a medical condition. She said she is “As the show grows, we hope to secure more prizes and happy she made the decision to keep her children home and Boldyga, Velis to boost winnings,” said Chiba. safe, however, she said she did not realize they would not get Continued from Page 1 Each submission must include the name of the artist, the same instruction opportunities as their classmates who location, medium used and dimensions of the piece. Artists are in the hybrid learning model. being any $200,000 or $1 million line items in the FY2022 may also include whether or not the piece is for sale and a “Full remote students do not have live instruction for spe- budget.” link to one’s studio if applicable. cials, but the hybrid students do,” Clendenin said. Velis said that any COVID related earmarks would outweigh Images and posts of art cannot contain anything that Hybrid model learning includes two days of specials via other items, which was the case with the FY2021 budget which violates Facebook standards, and artists are reminded to Zoom and two days of offline specials assignments. just passed in December. know what those standards are since posts that violate this Clendenin said there is no option for live specials for remote “In FY21 there had to be a nexus between the earmark and policy will be removed. students and her children are falling behind their peers COVID,” said Velis. “We are excited to bring this show to everyone and hope because they are struggling to get through some of the les- Velis said COVID is “an added challenge” to the budget and it will brighten our days in this, the weirdest time of our sons without a teacher. he wanted the board to tell him what they need. lives,” said Chiba. Willard said this year has been difficult all around and she “Let’s pick a date when we can all get together and you tell us and Powder Mill Principal have been hoping to hire another the projects you need and get into brass tacks,” Velis said. teacher specifically for this position. Boldyga thanked the board for inviting him and Velis to a “When Ms. Clendenin brought it up again in early January, meeting and said they were “happy to sit down” to discuss spe- Mrs. Carrier and I began working the numbers and I am cific needs. happy we have posted for the position,” Willard said. Velis said one of his favorite things as a senator is to meet with Clendenin said she just wants an even playing field. local leaders. “I want my children – and all remote students – to have the “If it was up to me, I’d do this more frequently,” he said and same opportunities as their classmates,” she said. “They have then encouraged calls, emails and texts from board members. been able to have specials teachers for Woodland students, Boldyga mentioned several concerns he has received from but why not Powder Mill?” constituents, including unemployment fraud. He said he wants Willard said part of the issue has been providing contrac- to work to create “real reforms,” and Boldyga said he wants to tual planning time for teachers. see businesses open. He compared Massachusetts to other states, “Our specials teachers provide that prep time and we have including New Jersey, where its Six Flags remained open while not been able to dedicate a teacher for remote specials,” she the Agawam Six Flags had to shut down. said. Velis said there were “a number of examples of businesses Clendenin argued that is not an excuse. being decimated” during the pandemic. “If our children were in-person they would have to make Velis admitted that getting funds for municipalities and busi- the time and space for them,” she said. “Just because they are nesses right now is difficult. fully remote does not mean they are not counted as part of “The earmarks are not coming as easily,” he said. “I want to our school district.” hear what you want, and we will fight like hell to get it.” Willard said it will still take some time to attract teachers, Velis, Boldyga and Select Board Chair Douglas Moglin interview candidates and hire someone, but she is optimistic agreed to communicate after the meeting and meet soon to dis- email [email protected] that Powder Mill’s full remote students will have live Zoom cuss the needs of the town. instruction in the coming weeks. “I will follow up with you,” Moglin promised. PAGE 4 - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2021 WWW.THEWESTFIELDNEWS.COM THE WESTFIELD NEWS COMMENT Local officials feel the heat on vaccine rollout By KATIE LANNAN 28 vaccine update that the town had 20 doses of vaccine on State House News Service hand, with another 50 on the way, and that municipal resources BOSTON - With demand for COVID-19 vaccines in have "been swamped by hundreds of incoming calls in the past Massachusetts continuing to outpace what state officials 48 hours." He said he planned to advocate for more doses "so describe as a constrained supply of doses from the federal gov- that we may at least serve our most frail and fragile residents." ernment, local officials face a number of questions about set- "So right now, our best advice is for neighbors to please help ting up clinics and what to tell residents. each other," LeLacheur wrote. "Yesterday, I did hear from Some of those questions were aired in a recent Massachusetts some residents that with persistence they were able to schedule Municipal Association conference call with Lt. Gov. Karyn appointments. However, we know that about 25 percent of our Polito and public health officials. 75+ population do not use computers regularly, and the state's During the call, MMA executive director Geoff Beckwith online application process can be daunting." relayed questions from local leaders about the timeline for the Baker said last week that the administration would set up a administration's phased vaccine distribution plan, municipal call center to help people make vaccine appointments, as an government's role as an intermediary in helping eligible popu- alternative option to the state's website. The online vaccine lations secure appointments, and concerns around limited portal, which links to different scheduling sites for various vac- availability of doses. cine locations, has been a target of criticism from lawmakers "It's really hard for communities to set up clinics when and others who favor a more centralized approach. there's such a limited supply of the vaccine, and also the time Baker on Monday said the call center "will be stood up this that it takes to set them up is just creating a lot of confusion and week" and that he'd "probably have more to say about that on concern municipally," Beckwith said on the Jan. 26 call, the Wednesday and Thursday." Poll shows gap in learning latest installment in a series of conversations his association In Everett, city employees set up what Mayor Carlo has been hosting between the administration and local chief DeMaria's office described as "a makeshift phone bank" to format desires, landscape executives during the COVID-19 pandemic. help city residents age 75 and over sign up for 800 vaccine By CHRIS LISINSKI Massachusetts on Monday progressed to the second phase of appointments this coming Saturday and Sunday at Pope John State House News Service the Baker administration's vaccine plan, opening up eligibility XXIII High School. BOSTON - Half of Massachusetts high school students for the shots to people aged 75 and older, along with previ- Though Everett seniors were able to make their own would prefer to learn in-person every day, even though a ously eligible groups including health care workers, first appointments online, they were also able to call the city's 3-1-1 large majority are at least partially remote during the pan- responders, and residents of congregate care and nursing line for help or with questions. DeMaria said he "wanted to demic, according to a new report. facilities. ensure that our seniors were able to make an appointment even A Gallup-Barr Foundation survey of 1,000 Massachusetts The 75-and-up population was able to start making appoint- if they did not have internet access." students between the ages of 14 and 18 found that 50 percent ments online last week, and in many cases encountered chal- Similarly, the Cape Cod COVID-19 Response Task Force is would like to attend school physically full-time, compared lenges navigating the state's website or discovered that all planning to call the homes of about 50,000 Cape Codders over to 34 percent who prefer a combination of some time in- available times had already been claimed. age 65 on Wednesday evening to provide a briefing on vaccine person and some time remote and only 16 percent who want The state planned to have 103 publicly available vaccine access in the region. to be entirely remote. sites up and running last week, with 165 by mid-February. Beckwith said that officials from "a number of communi- Those outlooks contrast sharply with the actual education When those 165 are online, Baker's office has said, ties" used the chat function in last week's call to voice concern landscape in the state nearly a year into the pandemic. The Massachusetts will have the capacity to administer 305,000 "about the challenge of the local role of being the intermedi- survey of high schoolers, conducted from Nov. 18 to Dec. 9, shots per week, though the actual number of shots adminis- ary" for elders and serving as a bridge to help older residents found that only 6 percent are learning in fully in-person set- tered depends on the supply of doses received from the federal set up appointments. tings, 55 percent are in a hybrid model, and 39 percent are government. Polito said the administration has distributed information to all-virtual. "That whole idea of 'if we build it they will come,' the part local councils on aging and aging services access points on In October, a Department of Elementary and Secondary about 'they will come' is a question, because it's the federal how they can help seniors get vaccine appointments. Education survey of all districts -- not just high school stu- government that delivers those doses to states and to our state," Lowell city manager Eileen Donoghue told Mill City resi- dents -- found that 23 percent of districts were fully remote Polito said. "But we want to be ahead of it." dents in a Jan. 29 video update that vaccine supply remains and the other 77 percent offered either fully or partially in- According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "extremely constrained" in Massachusetts and nationally, person schooling. The department plans to update its survey 1,039,775 vaccine doses have been distributed to Massachusetts, resulting in a limited availability of appointments. People 75 this month, according to a spokesperson. and 625,477 of those doses have been administered. and older "may have to wait several weeks for an appoint- The shift to new learning models has had disproportionate Jana Ferguson, assistant commissioner at the Department of ment," she said. impacts on lower-income students and students of color. Public Health, acknowledged on the MMA call a recent mes- Donoghue said the first round of time slots for a clinic at the Gallup's survey found significant gaps in the internet sage she'd sent to local health officials whose communities are Lowell Senior Center, expected to administer 400 vaccinations infrastructure required for remote learning. Seventy-seven enrolled in the Massachusetts COVID-19 Vaccine Program, this week, "filled up quickly." The city's health department will percent of white students polled lived in households with advising them of limits that would apply to their vaccine be ready to "act swiftly to scale up" the clinic if Lowell broadband service and a reliable internet connection, while orders. receives more vaccines, she said. 59 percent of Black students and 58 percent of Hispanic Ferguson said she "did not like sending out that letter, but I City officials are working with Lowell General Hospital to students had the same experience. had to let people know" what would be available to them so support the hospital's efforts to build out a large-scale regional that they could plan clinics appropriately. The limits, she said, vaccination site at 1001 Pawtucket Blvd., Donoghue said. She take into account factors including a community's proximity to said that site is expected to open in mid-February, with an a mass vaccination site, capacity to host clinics, and the pan- eventual capacity of "several thousand vaccines a day" as sup- Mass. Hunters set records for demic's impacts on health equity in hard-hit areas. ply increases. black bear, wild turkeys in 2020 "Given the limits on vaccine that we are receiving from the During the MMA call, Ferguson said she has received some federal government and the demand for vaccine in information from a collaboration in greater Lowell that would By COLIN A. YOUNG Massachusetts, we need to limit the vaccine that's available for like to offer vaccines, and that a town administrator in State House News Service any one channel of vaccine delivery, and for the local public Plymouth County is also working on a regional collaboration. BOSTON - killed more wild turkeys and black bears than health departments that were planning on standing up clinics, The state is also scouting locations in southeastern during any other hunting seasons on record, and the total that's meant we had to work within a certain constraint of a Massachusetts, particularly around New Bedford and number of deer taken in 2020 is topped only by the total number of doses," Ferguson said. Dartmouth, that would meet criteria around access and square from 2018, the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife said this In Reading, town manager Robert LeLacheur said in a Jan. footage to serve as a vaccination site, she said. week. In announcing the preliminary harvest totals, MassWildlife said the new records and the near-record "can most likely be attributed to the increase in hunter effort that resulted from COVID-19 closures" that drove many people to spend more time outdoors in 2020. State pension fund returns soar amidst pandemic There were 325 black bears taken last year, breaking the previous record of 283 bears set in 2014, MassWildlife said. By COLIN A. YOUNG The PRIT Fund paid out a net $1.5 billion in benefits to Officials said they were not surprised by the number State House News Service retirees during 2020. The retirement funds of state employees, because bear hunting seasons tend to be cyclical and the last BOSTON - Following market volatility and uncertainty at teachers and many municipal employees in Massachusetts are few years saw "relatively low" numbers of bears killed. play through much of the first half of 2020, a strong second- invested through PRIM. They also said that the number "reflects the continued half performance for the Massachusetts state pension fund -- "The PRIT Fund continues to perform very well in both up growth and expansion of the Massachusetts bear popula- the largest six-month return in its 37-year history -- helped and down markets. Down markets like we had in the March tion." drive the fund up to an all-time high of $86.9 billion by the end quarter, where we performed admirably, but also in up markets Most of the bears hunted in Massachusetts last year were of 2020. like we had in the September and December quarters," Trotsky in Berkshire County. Hunters killed 113 bears there, 80 The Pension Reserves Investment Trust (PRIT) Fund saw a said. "In all, it was a very strong calendar year performance bears in Franklin County, 62 bears in Hampden County, 48 return of 16.4 percent from July 1 through Dec. 31, outper- and the fund, again, is at a record high of $87 billion despite bears in Hampshire County, 21 bears in Worcester County forming its benchmark for that period of 12.5 percent. That the extreme volatility and uncertainty we faced during the year, and one bear in Middlesex County, according to wildlife topped the record for a half-year return of 15.7 percent that had a year that we won't soon forget." officials. stood since June 1986, officials said Tuesday. Looking at the markets, Trotsky said it seems to him that The 2020 spring wild turkey season saw hunters bag For the full calendar year 2020 -- a year that saw volatility they "consistently look through any near-term bad news" like 3,310 turkeys, more than any spring on record. During the rock financial markets as the pandemic first took hold before spikes in COVID-19 cases and deaths, logistical problems fall season, hunters took 256 of the birds, which is more than they stabilized and some indices set new records -- the PRIT distributing the vaccine, the emergence of more-contagious in any fall in more than 20 years, MassWildlife said. Fund produced a return of 12.1 percent, beating its benchmark coronavirus variants, and a recent deceleration in overall eco- MassWildlife said hunters killed 14,331 deer in 2020, of 10.8 percent. nomic growth. more than any other year on record aside from 2018. That Michael Trotsky, executive director and chief investment "But these near term issues have not been enough to stop a season, hunters harvested a record 14,516 deer. The agency officer of the Massachusetts Pension Reserves Investment staggeringly strong market, mostly because of a few hopeful said its biologists estimate there are more than 100,000 deer Management Board, presented the fund performance report dur- new developments. First, the new administration is promoting statewide in Massachusetts, ranging from 12 to 18 deer per ing a meeting of PRIM's Investment Committee on Tuesday a new $1.9 trillion stimulus package and that's viewed as good square mile in the western and central parts of the state to morning but reminded committee members that the positive news for the economy, at least in the near term. Second, a new, more than 50 deer per square mile on Martha's Vineyard and results "mask hardships and uncertainties" that persist in the more centralized and hopefully better coordinated federal Nantucket and in eastern parts of the state where hunting is economy and society. response to the virus will help put that hopefully in the rear- restricted. "The strong market return seems like a cruel irony because view mirror. And third, signals that the Federal Reserve will it does not capture the hardships that so many in our country continue to be accommodative under the new [Treasury are facing. Sometimes, we all know, markets do not seem Secretary] Janet Yellen will all lead to a better economy in the logical. So let's please review today's results with appropriate future," he said. "Obviously, there is still a lot of economic, humility and let's be gratified that we're doing our important political and public health uncertainty to worry about." part to grow the assets used to support more than 300,000 ben- eficiaries," Trotsky said. "A strong return, so to speak, is a shot The Westfield News in the arm to pension security for our beneficiaries in this time A publication of The Reminders Publishing, LLC of so much struggle and uncertainty." Trotsky said he is reminded daily of the economic struggles Mike Dobbs Barbara Perry so many people in Massachusetts and across the country are Managing Editor Sales Manager contending with, often as he walks from the train station to PRIM's offices on State Street. Hope E. Tremblay Editor James Johnson-Corwin "Each week, I notice more businesses folding and I notice Multi-Media Manager more and more homeless on the streets as I walk from the train Chris Putz Marie Brazee station to the office. It actually often feels dangerous right in Sports Editor Business Manager the Financial District, right where our offices are," he said. "And believe me, it does not seem like the Boston of a year ago Fran Smith Lorie Perry and it breaks my heart." General Manager Director of Ad Production The fund's calendar year performance equates to an invest- ment gain of $9.6 billion for the PRIT Fund. "Nearly $10 billion in one year ... staggering," Trotsky said. 181 Root Road, Westfield , MA 01085 After the PRIT Fund shed 9.9 percent during the first quarter of 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic rocked the global econo- (413)562-4181 my, Trotsky said in April that PRIM would "continue to have www.thewestfieldnews.com no problem paying pension benefits." THE WESTFIELD NEWS WWW.THEWESTFIELDNEWS.COM THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2021 - PAGE 5 Remote work growth adds dimension to tax debate By MATT MURPHY income of workers living in New generator for education and trans- over on Beacon Hill this session, the immigrant moving to Massachusetts State House News Service Hampshire, but working remotely portation, worth up to $2 billion a Legislature easily advanced the pro- earned $36,809 in 2018 compared to BOSTON - The combination of for Massachusetts companies, could year. posal 147-48 in June of 2019 and an average adjusted gross income of new remote working opportunities also become factors. But critics have long said it could new Speaker Ron Mariano support- $87,628 for taxpayers who left made popular during the COVID-19 "My concern has to do with the prompt employers to steer clear of ed the measure two years ago, after Massachusetts for other states. pandemic and higher income taxes competitiveness of the state," Massachusetts and wealthy resi- initially voting against it. After Florida and New Hampshire, on wealthy residents could land like Sullivan said. dents to move out of state. Neither Rep. Jim O'Day nor Sen. the remaining 27 percent of the a one-two punch on the chin of the Sullivan and the Pioneer Institute "I think that there's no question Jason Lewis, the principal sponsors income leaving Massachusetts went Massachusetts economy and state published a report this week that that the post-COVID continued of the Constitutional amendment in to a mix of warm or lower cost-of- finances, the author of a new found between 1993 and 2018 a growth of work from home arrange- both branches, could be reached for living states like California, Maine, study said. total of $20.7 billion in adjusted ments creates a real risk for a state comment Tuesday to discuss if and North Carolina and Texas. Greg Sullivan, the state's former gross income left Massachusetts, like Massachusetts just because how the pandemic has impacted The greatest influx of wealth to inspector general and the research with 46.5 percent of that wealth there are so many reasons why their views on wealth taxes. Massachusetts over the same director at the conservative-leaning going to Florida and 26 percent to someone would want to move to Sullivan said tax policy alone is 15-year period came from New Pioneer Institute, said the ongoing New Hampshire. New Hampshire," Sullivan said. not necessarily driving wealth out of York, Connecticut, New Jersey, exodus of wealth from Massachusetts Both Florida and New Hampshire "The proposed surtax could exac- the state. He also cited the high cost Pennsylvania and Illinois, according to low-tax states like Florida and have no income taxes, and in Florida erbate that," Sullivan said. of living, density and weather as to Pioneer. New Hampshire could be amplified residents do not pay capital gains or Gov. Baker has not taken a posi- contributing factors. "The big picture takeaway is that in coming years. estate taxes. The average taxpayer tion on the surtax, but in his State of While Florida has seen more than Massachusetts and New England The popularity of new work who left Massachusetts for Florida the Commonwealth address last 70 percent its wealth migration into states, really, has been in pattern of arrangements that no longer tether in 2018 earned $120,325, while week he talked about the importance the state come from taxpayers earn- losing large amounts of income to workers, or their employers, to geo- those leaving for New Hampshire of adapting smartly to "the future of ing $200,000 or more, Pioneer's other states," Sullivan said. graphic location could make it easi- earned less, or about $64,992. work" after the COVID-19 pan- research found that less than 40 Also Tuesday, Sen. Elizabeth er for workers to seek housing or The state Legislature will decide, demic is under control. percent of taxpayers leaving Warren announced she is joining the lifestyle changes elsewhere, he said. potentially by the spring, whether to The wealth tax will need to be Massachusetts fell in that same U.S. Senate Committee on Finance The outcome of a proposed surtax put a question on the 2022 ballot advanced again at a Constitutional income bracket. and plans to introduce legislation on income over $1 million and a that would impose a 4 percent surtax Convention in the 2021-2022 ses- Immigration has also helped to implementing a nationwide wealth Supreme Court case in which New on all income above $1 million. The sion in order to go before voters on offset population decline in tax of 2 cents on every dollar earned Hampshire is challenging Gov. tax on wealthier residents has been the statewide November ballot in Massachusetts, according the over $50 million, with an additional Charlie Baker's right to tax the pitched by proponents as a revenue 2022. While there was some turn- Pioneer report, but on average an surtax on wealth over $1 billion. Pandemic’s uneven jobs impact creates challenges Alzheimer’s Association By CHRIS VAN ment agency was the diffi- online purchasing and related the situation at hand," Virtual Support Group BUSKIRK culty in finding enough tal- logistics, educational technol- Laferriere said. "And so for State House News Service ent. And that challenge still ogy, and robotics, pharma- us to be able to survive and WESTFIELD — Armbrook Village will host a virtual BOSTON - Lost jobs in the remains true today, she said. ceutical, and on-shoring man- thrive during this, we had to Alzheimer’s support group Feb. 24 at 6 p.m. Caregivers and leisure and hospitality sectors "It will require focusing on ufacturing. work together with the public family members are invited to share their personal experi- are likely not coming back priority occupations that are For Rick Laferriere, direc- sector, work together with ences and strategies for communicating with their loved ones. anytime soon and the job hiring and using real-time tor of workforce initiatives at other private employers to Groups are held on the last Wednesday of every month. To be market may look particularly information to achieve suc- CVS Health, Amazon is add- seek talent." added to the Zoom invite list, contact Executive Director Beth different after the state recov- cess," Abrams said. "The ing corporate and warehouse Immunizations have not Cardillo at [email protected]. Group is offered ers from the COVID-19 pan- public sector must take a jobs and "absolutely crushing traditionally been a part of a by Armbrook Village Senior Living and Memory Support demic, a top official in the leadership role in convening it right now." The online pharmacy technician's job Community, 551 North Road, Westfield. region's workforce develop- organizations and businesses, retailer recently signed a lease description and CVS Health ment industry said. and providing the support and for more office space in the has had to work with regula- "Nothing came even close training for unemployed and Seaport District. tors to add the skill to their Silent tribute for COVID victims to the devastating job losses underemployed as there is no "Amazon is growing like particular license, Laferriere WESTFIELD - The Westfield Health Department is pre- in leisure and hospitality, as easy fix, and it will take all of crazy because we're all sitting said. senting a silent, drive-by tribute to Westfield Community travel was just simply shut us working together to at home, ordering things "I think that's a critical members who have died from Covid-19. down," JVS President and achieve success." online and having them deliv- piece that's coming out of this The tribute will be at Park Square Green from 5-8 p.m. on CEO Jerry Rubin said at a Industries that were deci- ered," Laferriere said. pandemic and will allow us to Feb. 14. A candle will be placed for each life lost. Organizers virtual forum on Tuesday. mated as a result of the pan- Laferriere said CVS Health react more quickly, more effi- request that no one gather during the event. "Because of the uneven demic were by and large has partnered with a number ciently ... should this arise impact of the COVID reces- made up of lower-income of large employers in the ser- again, hopefully, it won't." sion across different industry workers, SkillWorks vice and hospitality industry In Loving Memor y of sectors, the pain of this reces- Executive Director Andre to bring in furloughed work- sion was not spread evenly. Green said, and recovery ers for temporary assign- John Here in Massachusetts, the strategies moving forward ments. The goal, Laferriere leisure and hospitality sector must center on women and said, was to help mitigate the Paul is dominated by immigrants, communities of color. effects on employees in the Lennon 3/14/81 women, and other workers of "Racial inequities in the two sectors while filling posi- ~ color." workforce here in Boston cost tions within CVS. 2/4/15 Christine Abrams, the Boston region $45 billion The health care and retail Commonwealth Corporation a year in lost GDP. I found company mobilized over president and CEO, echoed that numbers that big are hard 34,000 pharmacists and over Those we love Rubin's comments adding for people to wrap their head 60,000 pharmacy technicians don’t go away, that minority-owned busi- around. So that's roughly the to help with testing and vac- they walk beside us nesses, women-owned busi- GDP of the entire state of cination efforts, Laferriere every day. nesses, and communities of Alaska," Green said. "If we said. 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February Book Club SOUTHWICK — The Southwick Senior Center and Public Library are teaming up to offer a virtual book club on the second Tuesday of each month at 10 a.m. The next meeting will be Feb. 9. All are welcome to join! Copies of the book will be available at the Library to borrow. The February selec- tion is “Olive Kitteridge” written by Elizabeth Stout. Email the library at [email protected], call the Library at 569-1221 or call the Senior Center at 569-5498 to sign up for the book club. Give us your email address and we will send you an invite. If you have technology questions about Zoom, staff are happy to help! You can also participate by phone, just call for information.

Take the ‘Plunge’ for Amelia Park Children’s Museum Feb. 27 WESTFIELD – The annual Penguin Plunge to benefit the Amelia Park Children’s Museum is Feb. 27 at Hampton Ponds. Participants can register online now at ameliaparkmuseum.org or can download the registration form and pledge sheet, fill out the registration form and either email it to plunge@ameliapark- museum.org or print it out and mail it back. Participants collect donations for the Museum and “plunge” into the icy water at the pond. Because of COVID-19, there will be no spectators this year. Each participant can bring one guest and will have a scheduled plunge time. Funds raised sustains Amelia Park Children's Museum through the whole year by providing a safe and welcoming place for children to learn, explore, and grow. The Museum, at 29 South Broad St., is open Thursday – Monday from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. and 1-3 p.m. Call 413-572-4014 to schedule a visit. PAGE 6 - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2021 WWW.THEWESTFIELDNEWS.COM THE WESTFIELD NEWS

Aaron St. Jean braved the cold for a school assignment. Aurora Thielan and Ava D’Amor get ready to launch their sleds.

Brenna and Michael dive right into the Snow Fun! snow. With more than a foot of snow to play in, many families got some fresh air Feb. 2, 2021 and enjoyed the chilly outdoors. Southw0ck-Tolland-Granville Regional School students enjoyed an old-fashioned snow day while Westfield students learned remotely, taking breaks outside and some were given snowy assignments to complete. The Westfield News put out a call for residents to share their photos and these were submitted.

Ella Siska swings in the snow.

Kylie and Mason Hannouille interrupt their playtime to pose for a moment.

Emily and Rebecca Wade share a hug – or perhaps cuddle for warmth. Gracie Whitney pulls her sled at Hadlee Labonte is all smiles East Mountain Country Club. in the snow.

Isabelle and Sammy Fregeau share a sweet, snowy embrace.

A cardinal stands out in the snow on Kathleen Palmer Mattie Noska leans against his frozen The Kos family enjoys the snowy friend. Jake St. Jeans makes a snow angel. day. property.

Neeley Grosse is all smiles in the Savannah Blais stretches out on the snow. snow.

Cole and Callie Hiner do some evening sledding as their grandfather clears a path in the snow.

Andrew Champagne and Neeley Grosse get ready to take a slide down the hill at East Mountain Country Hannah and Avery Polan take a break from remote learning on a snow hill. Jaxson Miltimore shows off his snow friend. Club. THE WESTFIELD NEWS WWW.THEWESTFIELDNEWS.COM THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2021 - PAGE 7

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(January 28, 2021) (February 4, 2021) (February 4, 11, 2021) Dear Annie Commonwealth of By ANNIE LANE LEGAL NOTICE Massachusetts MORTGAGEE'S SALE The Trial Court OF REAL ESTATE Probate and Family Court

By virtue of and in execution of the Hampden Probate and Still Grieving My Mom Power of Sale contained in a certain Family Court mortgage given by Ernest Dupee a/k/a 50 State Street Dear Annie: My mom passed away three years somehow you don't really want them to. But you learn Ernest M. Dupee, Lorraine Dupee a/k/a Springfield, MA 01103 Lorraine D. Dupee, Michael E. Dupee, 413-748-7758 ago, and it's still hard on me. I am 42 years old. Am I that you'll survive them. And other waves will come. Duane P. Dupee, Brian P. Dupee, Clyde too old to cry? And should I be over her by now? -- And you'll survive them too. If you're lucky, you'll M. Dupee, and Catherine E. Sabat to Docket No. HD21C0020CA Missing Mom have lots of scars from lots of loves. And lots of ship- Mortgage Electronic Registration Sys- Dear Missing Mom: Two resounding no's. You are wrecks." -- G. Snow tems, Inc., as mortgagee, acting solely CITATION ON as a nominee for GMAC Mortgage Cor- PETITION TO CHANGE NAME never too old to cry, and there's no getting "over" a Dear Annie: I'm a 72-year-old man, my lady friend poration, dated April 11, 2006 and recor- huge loss like the loss of your mother. There's just is 71. My problem is that she has two adult sons who ded in Hampden County Registry of In the matter of: learning to live with the grief. I came across this quote are still being treated like 10-year-old boys by their Deeds in Book 15903, Page 44 (the Lawrence Henry Dunn recently that I have to share: mother and two aunts. They're both in their 50s. “Mortgage”), as affected by a Reforma- tion Order dated February 13, 2019, and A Petition to Change Name of Adult has "As for grief, you'll find it comes in waves. When Neither one of these guys will keep a job but a few recorded at said Registry of Deeds in been filed by the ship is first wrecked, you're drowning, with months. Both are convicted felons. I love their mother, Book 22820, Page 51 of which mortgage wreckage all around you. Everything floating around but she lets them use her. We have talked about it, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Lawrence Henry Dunn of Southwick, MA you reminds you of the beauty and the magnificence she agrees with me that she should stop. But she just Company, National Association fka The of the ship that was. ... You find some piece of the can't seem to let them make it for themselves. I bought Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. requesting that the court enter a Decree chan- as successor to JP Morgan Chase Bank, ging their name to: wreckage and you hang on. ... Maybe it's a happy her a car, and now she's taking them back and forth to National Association, as Trustee for Res- memory or a photograph. Maybe it's a person who is work. I say let them get a ride on their own. I could go idential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc., GMACM Home Equity Loan Trust 2006- Laurence Daniel Dunn also floating. For a while, all you can do is float. on and on, but what I want to know is, should I leave? HE1 is the present holder by Assign- "In the beginning, the waves are 100 feet tall and Her health is not that good, and I don't want to hurt ment from Mortgage Electronic Registra- IMPORTANT NOTICE crash over you without mercy. They come 10 seconds her. But I'm fed up with these boys using her. -- Can't tion Systems, Inc. ("MERS"), solely as Any person may appear for purposes of object- apart and don't even give you time to catch your Watch nominee for GMAC Mortgage Corpora- ing to the petition by filing an appearance at: tion, its successors and assigns to The Hampden Probate and Family Court before breath. ... After a while ... you'll find the waves are still Dear Can't Watch: She and her sisters have been Bank of New York Mellon Trust Com- 10:00 a.m. on the return day of 02/25/2021. 100 feet tall, but they come further apart. ... In babying these overgrown boys for 50 years. It's pany, National Association fka The Bank This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by between, you can breathe; you can function. You unlikely to stop now. So it's really a question of if you of New York Trust Company, N.A. as which you must file a written appearance if you never know what's going to trigger the grief. It might can make peace with that. Try relinquishing any idea successor to JP Morgan Chase Bank, object to this proceeding. be a song, a picture, a street intersection, the smell of of control over the situation and focusing on yourself National Association, as Trustee for Res- idential Asset Mortgage Products, Inc., WITNESS, Hon. Barbara M Hyland, a cup of coffee. It can be just about anything. ... But in and not what your girlfriend or her sons "should be GMACM Home Equity Loan Trust 2006- First Justice of this Court. between waves, there is life. doing." But at the end of the day, if you find the situ- HE1 dated February 13, 2018 and recor- "Somewhere down the line, and it's different for ation too irritating, it might be time to remove yourself ded at said Registry of Deeds in Book Date: January 28, 2021 22074, Page 456, for breach of condi- everybody, you find that the waves are only 80 feet from it. tions of said mortgage and for the pur- tall. Or 50 feet tall. ... and you can see them coming. "Ask Me Anything: A Year of Advice From Dear pose of foreclosing the same, the mort- Rosemary A. Saccomani, An anniversary, a birthday, or Christmas, or landing at Annie" is out now! Annie Lane's debut book -- featur- gaged premises located at 29 Cedar Register of Probate O'Hare. ... When it washes over you, you know that ing favorite columns on love, friendship, family and Lane, Westfield, MA 01085 will be sold at From the Law Office of a Public Auction at 1:00 PM on February W. Rockne Palmer somehow you will, again, come out the other side. etiquette -- is available as a paperback and e-book. 18, 2021, at the mortgaged premises, 48 E. Silver St., Suite 1 Soaking wet, sputtering, still hanging on to some tiny Visit http://www.creatorspublishing.com for more more particularly described below, all Westfield, MA (413) 568-4351 piece of the wreckage, but you'll come out. Take it information. Send your questions for Annie Lane to and singular the premises described in [email protected] from an old guy. The waves never stop coming, and [email protected]. said mortgage, to wit: ALL THAT PARCEL OF LAND IN WEST- APARTMENTS FOR RENT FIELD, HAMPDEN COUNTY, STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS,ASMOREFULLY Westfield - First Floor, 1 Bedroom, DESCRIBEDIN DEED BOOK 10923, Kitchen, LR, Bath. No Pets. HINTS FROM HELOISE PAGE 011, ID# MAP 136 PARCEL 18, $850/m + utilities. 1st/Last/Security BEINGKNOWNANDDESIGNATEDAS 413-250-4811 No Texts

ALLOFOURRIGHT,TITLEANDIN- TERESTINCERTAINREALESTATE Westfield - 3rd Floor Apartment, SITUATEDINWESTFIELD,HAMPDEN 3 Bedrooms, Kitchen, LR, Bath COUNTY,MASSACHUSETTS,BEING $1,300/month + utilities. KNOWNANDDESIGNATEDASLOT 1st/Last/Security #155 (ONE HUNDRED FIFTY FIVE) AS 413-250-4811 No Texts The four C’s SHOWN ON A PLAN OF LOTS RECOR- DEDINHAMPDENCOUNTYRE- Dear Readers: February is the month for romance. to develop their flavors. GISTRYOFDEEDSINBOOKOF Westfield - 2 bedroom apartment includes Look out -- here comes Valentine’s Day! Know I’ve compiled a collection of my favorite soup PLANS 103, PAGE 49; SAID REAL ES- heat/hot water. Tenant to pay electric. Garage someone who’s interested in proposing marriage? recipes into a handy pamphlet. Would you like to TATEBEINGMOREPARTICULARLY stall. Non-smoker; no pets. References re- BOUNDEDANDDESCRIBEDASFOL- quired. Available 2/1. $1,200 p/month. Well, they’ll need a diamond. Below are some receive one? It’s easy. Visit www.Heloise.com to LOWS: 1st/Last/$200-Cleaning Fee. Shown by ap- qualities to look for in a diamond, according to the order, or send a long, stamped (70 cents) self- pointment only. Call: 413-568-5905 Gemological Institute of America (www.gia.edu). addressed envelope along with $5 to: Heloise/Soups, BOUNDEDNORTHWESTERLYBYCE- DARLANE,ONE HUNDRED ONE (101) -- Color (technically, the lack thereof): A good- P.O. Box 795001, San Antonio, TX 78279-5001. FEET; NORTHEASTERLY BY LOT #156 APPLIANCE REPAIR quality diamond is celebrated for its lack of color; it Make sure to keep these ingredients in your pantry, (ONEHUNDREDFIFTYSIX)AS should be clear and icy, like fresh water. fresh and ready to go! -- Heloise SHOWNONSAIDPLAN,ONEHUN- ALLEN ST. JEAN DRED FORTY-NINE AND 18/100 APPLIANCE -- Cut: A diamond should be cut so each facet of RACCOON RESCUE (149.18) FEET; SOUTHEASTERLY BY the stone gives off the best light play. The shape of Dear Heloise: I was surprised to see two raccoons LOTS #161 (ONE HUNDRED SIXTY Repairing all major brands of appliances. the stone (round, princess, pear, etc.) is a matter of in my giant waste container in my apartment com- ONE) AND #162 (ONE HUNDRED personal preference, but a well cut diamond will plex parking lot. I wanted to help them get out of SIXTYTWO)BOTHASSHOWNON Senior discounts available. SAID PLAN, ONE HUNDRED ONE (101) 413-562-5082 emit fire (all the colors of the rainbow) when it hits there, so I put a long board in the container, and they FEET; AND SOUTHWESTERLY BY LOT light, flashes and sparkles. were able to scramble up and out. I was relieved! -- #154 (ONE HUNDRED FIFTY FOUR) AS SHOWN ON SAID PLAN, ONE HUN- AUTO FOR SALE -- Clarity: Clarity simply means the absence of Erin R., age 12, in Florida DRED FORTY NINE AND 72/100 CASHFORCARS! We buy all cars! Junk, flaws and inclusions. Diamonds are made by Mother Erin, little guys are great climbers. I bet even a (149.72) FEET. high-end, totaled-it doesn't matter! Get free Nature, of course, so internal flaws are common, but broom handle would work. Great job, and a Heloise towing and same day cash! NEWER MODELS BEINGTHEPREMISESKNOWNAS too! Call 844-813-0213 many are too small to be seen by the naked eye. high five! -- Heloise #29 CEDAR LANE. Graders have a scale; they look at a diamond under EASY CLEAN 10 times magnification to figure out how clean the When I do my spring cleaning, I spread paper BYFEESIMPLEDEEDFROMERN- TIMOTHY'S AUTO SALES stone is. towels above all my cabinets to keep them from get- EST M. DUPEE AND LORRAINE D. DU- We might have exactly what PEE,HUSBANDANDWIFE,ASTEN- you want, if not, let us -- Carat weight: Carat weight refers to the size of ting dusty and greasy, especially in the kitchen. Next ANTSBYTHEENTIRETYASSET locate it for you! the stone, but not the quality of the stone. Larger time I go to clean, I take the paper towels off and just FORTH IN BOOK 10923 PAGE 011 Specializing in vehicles DATED 09/07/1999 AND RECORDED under $4,000. stones are more scarce, but a larger stone is not nec- wipe off. Then I put new paper towels down. -- Mary 09/10/1999, HAMPDEN COUNTY RE- Bartlett Street, Westfield essarily more valuable. W., via email CORDSCOMMONWEALTHOFMAS- (413)568-2261 Do some homework before investing in a dia- OFFICIAL SWISHER SACHUSETTS. mond, and that lifelong commitment. -- Heloise Dear Heloise: I am the “official” dishwasher in For mortgagor’s title see deed recorded ORGANIZATION NATION -- MIREPOIX my family. I use liquid dish soap, but there always with the Hampden County Registry of CAREER TRAINING Dear Readers: Now is soup season; the warmth remains a fair amount of soap stuck to the bottom of Deeds in Book 10923, Page 11 and Said TRAINONLINETODOMEDICALBILLING! 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