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JOHN STEINBECK Low of 55. www.thewestfieldnews.com WorldVOL. 86 NO. 151 Series returnsTUESDAY, to JUNEWestfield 27, 2017 75 cents By CHRIS PUTZ World Series will be held in “Westfield Babe Ruth and the Staff Writer August 2019. Westfield 350th Celebration WESTFIELD – Westfield’s The announcement came just Committee will be working 350th anniversary celebration one day prior to the start of the closely together to promote the already figured to be a Whip 13-Year-Old Regionals, which World Series as a showcase City hit. It is now a grand-slam begin Friday at Bullens Field. event in our great city,” said Dan event. Hosting the World Series will Welch, president of the Greater According to the Greater showcase the Whip City and Westfield Babe Ruth League. Westfield Babe Ruth Baseball western Massachusetts to eight Welch said this grand event League, Westfield will be the Babe Ruth Regional champions continues to enrich and enhance host city for the Babe Ruth from across the United States the strong tradition and heritage Tri Valley (CA) celebrates a World Series of Babe Ruth World Series for the second time and Canada. The event will be Baseball 14-Year-Old championship victory at Bullens in three years. The 13-Year-Old held Aug. 8-15, 2019. See World Series, Page 10 Field in August 2016. (File photo by Marc St. Onge) WMS Outdoor Dangerous EdVenture students raise defendant funds, supplies for Westfield detained By CARL E. HARTDEGEN Animal Shelter Correspondent By AMY PORTER WESTFIELD – An allegedly viciously Correspondent violent city man has been held without WESTFIELD – “Critters big right to bail after he was charged with and small” is the theme for this assaulting each year’s service project at the of the women he Outdoor EdVenture program at lives with on Westfield Middle School, where successive days. seventh and eighth graders are Javier Quiles, busy collecting pet supplies and 40, of 154 monetary donations for the Northwest Road, Westfield Animal Shelter. was arraigned in Outdoor EdVenture coordinator separate cases on and eighth grade science teacher Friday and Kate Palmer said they reached out SRO for MusicFest Tuesday on charges stem- to the Westfield Animal Shelter, Above, Craig Campbell on stage to a packed house. The Concert on the Green was filled to who thought it was a great idea, ming from JAVIER QUILES capacity with an estimated 4000+ in attendance. Young, old or in between all seemed to enjoy alleged assaults and were interested in working the music and festivities. The program was sponsored by WOW (Westfield on Weekends) to with the kids. Palmer also said the in his home. help bring the arts into Westfield for all to enjoy. See additional photos Page 8. (Photos by Lynn Westfield Police Office Steven regional shelter shares resources F. Boscher) with the other shelters in the area, Carrington alleges in a court document so nothing is wasted. that on July 12 Quiles assaulted a victim “Animals at the shelter are less with whom, Carrington stated, he lives fit than the ones in the house, and and who he has been dating for two years. it’s a good deal for the workers,” Carrington reports “The defendant said eighth grader Jacob Beaulieu, walked up to the victim and hit her with a one of a group of students who closed fist on the right side of her head spoke about the project on knocking her down, and punched her sev- Thursday. The group said their eral times in the ribs.” goal is healthy, safe pets, and a Carington reports he then “kicked her commitment to saving lives. several times in the ribs” before he Asked if they have pets, all of “walked over to the kitchen counter and students in this group raised their pulled the biggest knife in the rack out and hands. Jacob has a guinea pig. told her that he was going to cut her so it Eighth grader Paris Reed said she would hurt a lot before she died.” has five chickens, a dog and cat, He then allegedly told the victim that he and her classmate Madison Thouin would “burn the house down by blowing has a dog, cat and a fish. Seventh up the propane tank so it looked like she grader Emily Cortis has four cats and two dogs, and her classmate See Defendant, Page 3 Phoenix Durkee has three cats and a rabbit. For the project, in which all of the Outdoor EdVenture students One Call Away See EdVenture, Page 3 Orphanage in Molo built event supporting with help of local church veterans, first By GREG FITZPATRICK Correspondent responders WESTFIELD – A local church organization has helped build an orphan- By GREG FITZPATRICK age in Molo, a town nestled in the Nakuru County section of Kenya. Correspondent The New Life Christian Center, a church located in Westfield, brought SOUTHWICK – On Saturday, the six members to Molo to attend the grand opening of the orphanage. Five 3rd Annual One Call Away Bike Ride more people from the North Kingstown Assemblies of God church of and Barbeque will take place at North Kingstown, R.I. joined New Life Christian members. Whalley Park. The 11 individuals arrived on June 25 and stayed until July 3. On June People will have a variety of events 27, a dedication took place at the orphanage with a plaque, followed by the to choose from beginning at 10:30 grand opening ceremony on June 30. The orphanage has officially been a.m., with a motorcycle ride leaving named the Call of Molo Organization. from Whalley Park. The ride will be a Zippie Irari, who’s a native of Molo and has been a member of the New 70-mile trip through Granville, Otis, Motorcyclists are lined up and Life Christian Center since 2013, has helped spearhead the creation of the Outdoor EdVenture Coordinator Huntington, Westfield, and back to ready to go prior to the bike orphanage and was so grateful to be a part of the grand opening experi- Kate Palmer with a pet supply Whalley Park. Participants of the ride ride at a past One Call Away ence. donation box decorated by stu- event. (Photo from One Call Away dents. (Photo by Amy Porter) See One Call Away, Page 3 Foundation) See Local Church, Page 3 STORE HOURS PAINT Mon.–Fri. 8am–8pm, Sat. 8am–7pm Like No Other® Sun. 9am–5pm WESTFIELD Your neighborhood 2 Free St. 413-568-9251 paint store! rockys.com 10.875x2 WEST NEWS 01014840_ROCKYS-BenMooreStripAd.indd 2 6/27/18 9:36 AM PAGE 2 - FRIDAY, JULY 20, 2018 WWW.THEWESTFIELDNEWS.COM THE WESTFIELD NEWS CSF Westfield St. John’s Dollars for Lutheran Scholars The Citizens Scholarship Fund Church Westfield Dollars for Scholars was the recipient of a $2,500 Vacation donation from Big Y. The funds come from Big Y’s annual Paul and Gerald D’Amour Bible School Memorial Charity 60 Broad Street Golf Outing which Westfield, MA 01085 took place in June. AUGUST 6-10 9:00 a.m.-Noon Pictured are (l-r) Nan Pease, from WESTFIE:LD — Shipwrecked: Come CSF Westfield, Bob along with us as we sing fun songs, do LaPorte, Big Y’s East crazy crafts, eat yummy snacks, play awe- Silver St. Westfield some games, and more. 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