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LOCALLife in a small town
can be ‘strange’
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SPORTSDevils drop T-Day
heartbreaker
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WEEKLY QUOTE“We must remember that
any oppression, any injustice, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.”
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
Smith’s is the home of ‘green’ cheese
Other than providing cheese and products over the last 30 years, Smith Country Cheese has been helping the environ-ment by recycling paper and plastics, running electricity by solar panels and by using light-ing and refrigeration that is energy efficient. Besides being energy conscious they take the leftover whey from their cheese making process and feed it back to the cows, along with composting they manure on the farm. They currently have 175 cows producing the
FITCHBURG — Winchendon resident Christine Barbaro is one of the two seniors rep-resenting Fitchburg State University at the American Collegiate Moot Court National Tournament following a strong showing at the regional com-petition held Nov. 20 and 21 on campus.
The regional tournament included 54 teams from 14 schools spanning New England, New York, Virginia and Canada. The advancing teams will compete in the national tournament at California State University at Long Beach in January.
Participants in the moot court competition argue the legal merits of cases before panels of judges, akin to an
appellate court proceeding. The participants deliver pre-pared statements and also field questions from the judges in the course of timed arguments. This year’s case concerns issues related to higher educa-tion and the rights of children of undocumented immigrants.
Fitchburg State advances to the nationals for the 16th year in a row and will be rep-resented this year by seniors Jonathan DePina of Brookline and Barbaro. The pair finished in the top 16 teams on Saturday after earning a third place seed-ing from their work on Friday. They lost to the eventual fourth place team in a tight round of legal argument Saturday morn-ing.
BY JERRY CARTONCOURIER CORRESPONDENT
RINDGE — With New Hampshire’s first in the nation presidential primary just over two months away, a pair of longshot candidates visited the campus of Franklin Pierce University recently to push the rationale for their bids.
“I have to confess to you, I’ve always liked a tough fight,” former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley (D) said to some 90 people gathered in the television studio of the Marlin Fitzwater Communication Center.
“Polls never bothered me,” remarked Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) who held a town hall a few hours after O’Malley.
Both are well behind their party’s respective front run-ners, O’Malley trailing for-mer Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton by more than 40 points and Graham polling in the sin-gle digits in the crowded GOP field, far back of Dnald Trump.
“I didn’t run for mayor of Baltimore in 1999 because things were going well,” O’Malley recounted of his tri-umph in an African-American majority city. O’Malley was re-elected in 2003 before being elected Maryland’s governor in 2006. Re-elected in 2010, he was term-limited and left office last January.
O’Malley emphasized his achievements in the state-house, including convincing the legislature to pass bills on marriage equality, raising the minimum wage, and repealing the death penalty.
“My opponents,” he said of Clinton and Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, “have a collective 40 or 50 years in
WINCHENDON — The events scheduled for the month of December at the Murdock Whitney House museum are as daunting as Downton in their complexi-ty; none as anticipated as the semi-annual Tour of Homes.
That isn’t the first event scheduled, as the house has been readied by workers beginning in October, every room decorated with trees
and garland; its opulence enhanced. Don’t miss the all white and silver confection in the music room, or the gold and red beauty in the second floor Murdock bedroom. Not to be missed is the entire-ly purple room; a glory to behold.
“Having the house open more this year was some-thing we really wanted to do; it’s just so beautiful and
we wanted to be sure every-one has a chance to see it,” said Winchendon Historical Society President Don O’Neil.
The first event is this Sunday from 1-4 p.m., when the house opens for visitors and a Downton dinner is explained by those who would have been involved from behind the scenes to those who would have partaken of
BOSTON — Joined by active duty members and veterans of the Armed Services, Secretary of Veterans’ Services Francisco Ureña and members of the legislature Governor Charlie Baker signed five pieces of leg-islation supporting members of the Armed Services, veter-ans, first responders and their families, including bills mak-ing “stolen valor” a crime pun-ishable by imprisonment and/or fine and granting Purple Heart recipients free access to state parks.
“The brave men and women
and their families who sacri-fice so much for our freedom and safety at home and abroad deserve our support and grat-itude,” said Governor Baker. “I thank the legislature for taking these important steps to ensure our first responders, veterans and active duty mili-tary receive the utmost respect and dignity.”
“These laws are yet another example of how Massachusetts continues to lead the nation when it comes to treatment of those who have served and truly sacrificed,” said Ureña. “It is important that the integ-
rity of our benefits, programs and services remains account-able for all veterans and their families. The honorable ser-vice of our veterans should never be exploited by individ-uals falsifying service for per-sonal gain. No veteran should have their valor stolen.”
The five bills signed into law by Governor Baker are:
An act relative to the false representation of military sta-tus (H.B. 1641), making it a crime, punishable by impris-onment for not more than one year, a fine of $1,000 or both, for any person to fraudulent-
ly represent themselves as an active member or veteran of the U.S. Armed Forces, includ-ing through the unauthorized use of military gear, regalia or honors with the intent to obtain money, property or any other tangible benefit.
An act providing free access to certain parks and recreation areas to Purple Heart recipi-ents (H.B. 3243), adding recip-ients of Purple Hearts to the list of persons exempt from admission fees at state recre-ation areas and parks, under section 2D of chapter 132A of the General Laws.
An Act providing further penalties for intentional loss or damage to a gravestone or other grave marker (H.B. 1600), requiring any person convict-ed of willfully damaging a war memorial, gravestone, or vet-eran’s gravemarker to pay res-titution to property owners in addition to existing provisions imposing imprisonment and fines.
An act relative to the remov-al of commemorative flag hold-ers from the graves of veterans and certain police and fire per-
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The Murdock bedroom is graced in shades of gold and red for the holidays.
Semi-annual tour of homes highlights Downton style events at WHS
Barbaro part of nationals team
Longshots on the stump at FPU
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Lucky Bellcamino photographer The red wrapped gouda cheese ages on its racks for a specified amount of time before it is ready for the consumers under the watchful eye of Dave Smith.
What’s coming up for the Holidays?
The Winchendon Garden Club is sponsoring a Holiday Decoration Contest.
Join the fun. Winner gets $25, a 2016 transferra-ble garden club membership, and bragging rights; and it is so easy. Simply email a photo of your Holiday Decorations to: [email protected] and send your $5 entry fee via PayPal.
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Students and advisors at Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School’s recent annual National Honor Society induction ceremony.
Monty Tech National Honor Society holds annual inductionFITCHBURG — Monty Tech’s chap-
ter of the National Honor Society held its annual induction ceremony recently in the school’s auditorium.
The ceremony got underway with a welcome address by Eric Sanden, chapter co-advisor. Carley Walsh of Gardner, NHS vice president, led the participants and guests in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance.
Taylor Sadowski of Fitchburg, chap-ter president, led her officers in reciting the five guiding principles of the organi-zation and in lighting a candle for each tenet.
Other officers include Nicole Garcia-Pacheco of Fitchburg, secretary; Julia Pfeifle of Winchendon, treasurer, and
Marina Good of Princeton, historian. Officers were presented with pins prior to the ceremony.
Principal Thomas R. Browne joined Thomas Lamey, chapter co-advisor, in presenting certificates and pins to the new members. Browne congratulated the students on their accomplishment and thanked parents for their support and role in helping the students reach this level of achievement.
New members are:ASHBURNHAM: Natalie Arsenault;
ASHBY: Cameron Moylan; ATHOL: Marnie Anair, Dominic Funa and Tiffany Pedroza; FITCHBURG: Silvio Lizardo-Angustia, Molly Boudreau, Emily Celona, Sophia Ciampaglia,
Adrianna Lake, George Ledoux, Selenia Santiago, Henley Shipley, Wendy Soto and Serena Torres; GARDNER: Devan Kumar; LEOMINSTER: Olivia Houle; LUNENBURG: David Fors; ROYALSTON: Rhiannon Fletcher; STERLING: William Roseberry; TEMPLETON: Casie Harkins; WESTMINSTER: Taylor Bourgeois, and Alberto Ortega; WINCHENDON: Paige Masci, Colby Sinclair, Cheryl Thomas, and Stephanie Wazal.
Current members are:ASHBURNHAM: Johnna Roy;
ASHBY: Emily Repaal; ATHOL: Paige McCrary, Rachel Sazonick, Yjuliana Tin, and Cameron Trueheart; BALDWINVILLE: Darren Belliveau;
FITCHBURG: Cassandra Campbell, Madison Davick, Jillian Duval, Nicole Garcia-Pacheco, Hannah Moilanen, Molly Potter, John Reyes, Christina Rodriguez, Taylor Sadowski and Brianna White; GARDNER: Cody Leger and Carley Walsh; HUBBARDSTON: Emily Rayworth; LUNENBURG: Brianna Babineau and Edwin Ordway; PETERSHAM: Renata Lanciani; PRINCETON: Marina Good; TEMPLETON: Audrey Boyce; WESTMINSTER: Samantha Reed; WINCHENDON: Gabrielle Calder, Dakota Contois, Shannan Nutt, and Julia Pfeifle.
Murdock and MWCC graduate encourages othersGARDNER — Mount
Wachusett Community College alumnus Charles “CJ” Husselbee was among the featured speakers during a Massachusetts Department of Higher Education’s Go Higher! event held in October at North High School in Worcester.
The event, attended by sever-al hundred teenagers from five Worcester public high schools, provided students with infor-mation about the state’s 29 public college and university campuses, with topics ranging from paying for college to liv-ing with roommates.
Husselbee shared how he enrolled at MWCC during his senior year in high school through the Robinson-Broadhurst Foundation Career Tech dual enrollment program for Winchendon students. He
went on to serve as president of the college’s chapter of the Alpha Beta Gamma business honor society, secretary of the Phi Theta Kappa honor soci-ety and served on the Student Government Association.
“Get involved. I cannot stress this enough,” he told the assembly. “It’s the best way to integrate yourself into the community.”
After graduating in May 2014 with an associate degree in business administration, Husselbee transferred as a junior to the Isenberg School of Management at UMass Amherst.
He will earn his bachelor’s degree in accounting this December at age 21, then plans to teach English in Albania as a volunteer with the Peace Corps.
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Mount Wachusett Community College alumnus CJ Husselbee at right, joined fellow college and university students at the Department of Higher Education’s Go Higher! presentation in Worcester in October.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4GRINCHY EVENING: A Scouting for Food movie
night hosted by Cub Scout Pack 193 is scheduled beginning at 6 p.m. (movie starts at 6:30 p.m.) American Legion (Upstairs Hall), 295 School St., Winchendon. Admission is FREE, however in the Spirit of the Season we will be accepting donations of non-perishable food items for the Winchendon CAC food pantry. Bring the family, wear your jam-mies, bring a blanket, a non-perishable food item and enjoy: How The Grinch Stole Christmas!
TODDLER TIME: a story hour for younger chil-dren with games, stories and fun for the youngest in the family is scheduled every Friday morning at 9:15 a.m. at Beals Memorial Library. For more information call (978) 297-0300 or visit winchendon-library.org.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 5
BREAKFAST WITH SANTA: the annual chance to meet the jolly fellow himself at the Carriage House restaurant 8-11 a.m. A chance to visit with Santa and every child is given a gift, courtesy of the Kiwanis of Winchendon, then enjoy the breakfast buffet; just $8 for adults, $2 for children.
COUNCIL ON AGING WINTERFEST FAIR: the annual display of tables decorated for the holidays by local people and the wreathe auction, basket auction and bake sale all take place today from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Old Murdock Senior Center. An annual tradition that will inspire your own deco-rating. Free and open to the public.
HOLLY BAZAAR: United Parish hosts its winter festival and youth events at the church, 35 Front St. from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Come do some holiday shopping with the United Parish.
SKATE CLUB: The 2015-16 Season for the Winchendon Skate Club from 8-10 a.m. All ages are welcome. Learn to Skate (hockey and figure skating) sessions are during club time from 9:30-9:50 a.m. We skate at the Winchendon School Ice Rink on Ash Street in Winchendon every Saturday morning. For more information please call Heather Gauthier @ (978) 297-0227 or Stacey Knight (978) 939-1265 or email us at [email protected]
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6PHOTOS WITH SANTA: at the Winchendon Fire
Station, Central Street from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Have your picture taken with Santa at the Winchendon Fire Station. Bring your kids, families, and pets..LOL. All photos will be sent electronically to you ONLY...We are NOT responsible for making prints...
DOWNTON CHRISTMAS: the Winchendon Historical Society begins a month long celebra-tion of the holidays by presenting a program on all things related to serving up a Downton style dinner. Learn to set a table in the rigorous manner required by the standards and view the Murdock-Whitney House, 151 Front St. decorated for the season 1-4 p.m. $5 donation would be gratefully accepted.
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Life in a small town can be ‘strange’
BY TERRI HARLOWCOURIER CORRESPONDENT
FITZWILLIAM — Local author Eric Stanway will be unveiling his new book, “Strange Tales of Fitzwilliam,” at the Toadstool Bookshops in Peterborough and Keene. He will appear at the
Peterborough branch, 12 Depot Square, on Sunday, Dec. 13 at 2 p.m. He will then appear at the Keene branch, locat-ed in the Old Colony Marketplace, on Saturday, Dec. 19 also at 2 p.m. He will be discussing the book and signing cop-ies.
Every small town has its hidden sto-ries, and the hamlet of Fitzwilliam is no exception. There are, for instance, such strange tales as a desperate mother who abandoned her child in the woods; an act of kindness from a traveling musician that changed the life of a family; a man who traveled to Boston, only to be dismembered, floating in the Charles River; a fiddling contest that led to bloodshed, and much, much more.
“Strange Tales of Fitzwilliam” will forever change the way that you think about small town life.
Eric Stanway is a writer, artist and musician with over three decades of experience. His previous books include “The Old Rindge House” and “Madame Sherri” He also writes a history/food column for the Nashua Telegraph, entitled “A Taste of History.” He was recently lauded as “a local legend” by Virginia Prescott, host of “Word of Mouth” on New Hampshire Public Radio. He lives in Fitzwilliam, with his significant other, an extended family and Duncan, a huge black cat.
He also presently serves on the board of the Fitzwilliam Historical Society.
“Strange Tales of Fitzwilliam” is his 21st book.
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Author Eric Stanway has found tales to be remembered in and around his hometown.
The book cover speaks to its spooky tales.
Mount Grace
featuring farming at art show
REGION — Mount Grace Land Conservation Trust joins with Quabbin Harvest food coop to present an evening focused on the past, present, and future of farming in north-central Massachusetts. “Telling Our Food Story: What’s Next?” will be held at the Athol Public Library, at 568 Main St., on Thursday, Dec. 10, with a gallery opening at 6 p.m. for “Quabbin Harvest Farmers,” photo-graphs by Oliver Scott Snure, followed at 7 p.m. by a presentation by local human-ities scholar Cathy Stanton and a panel discussion with audience participation. The event is free and open to all.
The event caps off a summer and fall project called “Farm Values: Civic Agriculture at the Crossroads,” a col-laboration between the land trust and Stanton. The project has been devoted to reexamining the histories of small-scale farming in the area and engaging audiences at festivals and other venues in conversation about how farmers have adapted to changing markets for over two centuries.
“There’s a common perception that farming in this part of New England declined early on because the soil isn’t very good and farmers couldn’t stay competitive,” says Stanton, who teach-es anthropology at Tufts University. “We wanted to push back against that over-simple story and show how farm-ers have continually reinvented their approaches and found new markets, right up to—and even after—the point in the 1960s and 70s where large-scale supermarkets started to take over.”
“Farm Values” focused on six farms from a six-town area in the center of the land trust’s 23-town service area: Chase Hill Farm in Warwick, Moore’s Maple Grove Farm in Orange, Adams Farm in Athol, the former King Farm in Petersham, Many Hands Organic Farm in Barre, and Stillman Quality Meats in Hardwick.
Today’s revival of interest in local food, Stanton notes, has brought opportunities for new and established food produc-ers in the area. Mount Grace Trust has been active in working with farmers and other landowners to protect and add to the base of working farmland, while new food businesses like Quabbin Harvest—a storefront in a former downtown Orange bank now owned by the land trust—help bridge the gaps between producers and consumers.
But in a part of the state where incomes are lower and land less rich than in the nearby Pioneer Valley, the local-food scene faces real challenges. The Dec. 10 event will address some of those, drawing on a brief presenta-tion about the findings from the “Farm Values” project and ideas from a panel of people from around the area’s food econ-omy. Panelists will include Julie Davis of Quabbin Harvest Coop, Deb Habib of Seeds of Solidarity Farm and Education Center, John Moore of Moore’s Maple Grove Farm, and Jamie Pottern of Mount Grace.
“Quabbin Harvest Farmers,” an exhibit commissioned by the coop, fea-tures photographs of farmers at four area farms by Oliver Scott Snure of Northampton. The exhibit runs through the end of December in the library’s gallery.
Snure will give a brief gallery talk at 6:30 p.m. Short videos produced as part of the “Farm Values” project will also premiere during the 6-7 p.m. hour. Refreshments will be served.
“Farm Values” is funded in part by Mass Humanities, which receives sup-port from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and is an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. More information about the project can be found at farmvalues.net.
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Cast members of Stocking Stuffers are ready to amuse you.
FITCHBURG — The Stratton Players will present Stocking Stuffers at their temporary home at The Alumni Center for Performing Arts at Applewild School, located at 98 Prospect St. in Fitchburg on Friday and Saturday Dec. 4th and 5th at 8 p.m. In addition there will be Saturday and Sunday matinee performances on Dec. 5th and 6th at 2 p.m.
Stocking Stuffers is a series of holiday season short plays with something for everybody in the family. It includes an all-elf comedy team, a Christmas Carol chorus, advice from Mrs. Santa Claus, a family road trip to view the season’s lights, three unusual wise men, and a street corner Santa who will provide answers to an impromptu pop quiz.
Stocking Stuffers is developed and directed by Leominster’s Gary Kendall, who also makes an appearance onstage. The cast is comprised of Joel Arnold, Judy Gentry, Nancy Lemont, Amy Newberg, Bob Wilson, and Marilyn Wilson, all of Leominster. They are joined by Colin Dunnigan and Vivian Lillie of Fitchburg, Steve DAmbrosio of Lancaster, Phil Cormier of Gardner, and Carolyn Salter of Winchendon.
All adult tickets are $15. Tickets may be purchased online at our website, www.strattonplayers.com or by mailing a check to Stratton Players, PO BOX 2122, Fitchburg MA 01420.
Please include the dates you prefer as well as your telephone number. Reservations are confirmed when you are contacted by Stratton Players. You can also purchase tickets at the door; however, seating is limited and cannot be guaranteed. For any questions, please call (978) 345-6066 and leave a mes-sage; your call will be returned.
This season, in memory of Janet Cragin and Bob Blake, both lifelong educators, the Stratton Players will be offering a 50% discount at the performance on the first Saturday to current members of the teaching profession. Please have your teacher’s ID available to be eligible.
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A take on the refugeesA lot of countries are dealing
with the question: what to do with refugees wanting to flee from their home countries and find sanctuary in their country.
Feelings run strong on this issue because host countries are rightfully concerned about the new methods used by ter-rorists of sneaking their own people into countries with an open refugee process.
Ask yourself this question: what would be the best solu-tion?
I posit that the best solution is to create a situation where these people do not have to flee their homeland. We need
to make their homeland safe. And in order to do that we have to remove what makes their homeland unsafe. This can only happen by a coalition of forces from other nations work-ing side by side with the local population to identify and jail or kill the terrorists.
Sounds good but it only works if you have a leader who can amass such a coalition, like the one George H.W. Bush did when Iraq invaded Kuwait, and we do not have such a leader at the moment in the U.S. It also only works if the Muslim community stops running, pulls together, and identifies the people living among them that they know are terrorists.
We keep hearing that most Muslims are good. We hear there only a few bad apples out
there who want to kill all of us who think differently than they.
Well history taught us when Great Britain was mistreating the colonists, we did not all head for the borders of Mexico or Canada. We took our limited arms, hid behind some trees and eventually won our free-dom, against huge odds.
The French didn’t head to Switzerland when their upper classes treated them poorly, they revolted and put an end to it.
There are many lessons to be learned through history where people greatly outnumbered and outgunned took back their homeland.
So I imagine a time when a coalition will join with these traumatized people and deliver
a little trauma right back on them. And I have no doubt we would be victorious. You think we hate terrorists. Imagine if they were your neighbors.
But alas, when led by some-one with no military experi-ence, who seems to disdain the military, has gutted the bud-gets of the CIA, the Pentagon, the National Security Council and has gone his own way with “diplomacy” in Iraq, Iran, Syria, and so many other countries in the Middle East, with failure all around him, a man whose own Cabinet Secretaries have rushed to warn us with their memoirs, a current CIA head and a number of Lt. Generals who say we are unmanned and underquotaed and, most impor-tantly, don’t know the enemy we face, all of us need to admit
to some trepidation as to how much longer this can go on.
I have said before and I say again: our allies do not trust us to lead and our enemies do not fear us.
For all those who flee and who find a welcome mat in other countries, the largest per-centage of their home county population remains at home, frightened or enslaved. We can help all the refugees but we still leave out there in the world the terror from which they flee.
We need to cut the head off the snake. And we better get to the task sooner rather than later because the snakes a mul-tiplying and we are finding them under rocks in most of the countries of the world.
Leasing vs. buying your next carWith the average Kelley
Blue Book cost of a new U.S. vehicle around $33,730 (http://mediaroom.kbb.com/new-car-transaction-prices-up-septem-ber-2015-volkswagen-down) any car buyers are rethinking traditional car ownership.
According to Edmunds.com, more than 25 percent of new American cars are now
financed by lease instead of loan, and most of the people making that choice are under age 35.
It’s all about the lowest possi-ble monthly payment.
Yet for drivers young and old, leasing has grown substan-tially because it can also be done with little or no money down and the chance to get
a newer, better car for less money overall.
The main disadvantage? You won’t own the car unless you buy it at the end of the lease, which may or may not be a good deal.
Experian Automotive – a division of the major credit reporting service – reported in mid-2015 a nearly $100-a-month
savings for those who lease cars versus those who buy their cars by loan. Their numbers showed the aver-age monthly payment for a brand-new leased vehicle was $394 a month against $483 for a new vehicle purchased by loan.
So would leasing be a good deal for you? Don’t decide with-
out research, qualified advice and a thorough look at your finances. Start with the major pros and cons:
Admitting I was mistaken...Okay, I was wrong. I was wrong and
Courtney was right. And so were a bunch of other people. Last Saturday, I assumed we needed to get to Baltimore-Washington International Airport long before our flight because I assumed in light of the way the world is today, we’d need extra time to get through security and given that I move much more slow-ly than I once did, an early arrival made sense. At least it made sense to me. After all, last year when we returned after Thanksgiving, the security line at BWI moved at glacier-like speed, which is to say, barely at all. I therefore insisted we go early.
In my defense,of course, I tend to get everywhere early so this was not out of character for me. So, we got there early, like three hours ahead of departure time. I figured we’d easily need 45 min-utes for security and another long time for me to make my way through the very long, repeat, very long, Southwest terminal.
“This is ridiculous, getting here three hours early,” Courtney grumped at me. Yeah, well. How was I to know BWI wasn’t going to be packed?
What can I tell you? We zipped through security in less than 10 min-utes. Maybe I should have anticipat-ed. On Wednesday, when we flew from Manchester to BWI, on a day which was in retrospect more crowded than Saturday, we made it through security there in 15 minutes.
So be it. I get places early. We had plen-ty of time for lunch and people-watching. Better early than late, right? Besides, less than an hour after we arrived, the terminal was crowded. Very crowded.
Security itself? Right inside the front door in Manchester, there was a dog, and not the kind you pet, either. That was okay by me. No one in their right mind should complain about airport security, even in Manchester, NH. We live in an ugly era.
But we had fun. Most of us that is. Andy, my eldest, needed emergency dental surgery and anyone who’s ever had to endure that exquisite agony can relate. I’m grateful I never have. Andy made it through not one but two dinners Thursday, one with our family, another with his in-law’s family and immedi-ately thereafter was back in the ER and had surgery Friday. He toughed it out. I doubt I’d have been able to do likewise. Nice effort. That aside, though, being with family from Maryland and New Jersey is an important and cherished annual ritual.
It was fun, too, to have lunch on Friday with my friend Arthur Lerner. Arthur and I met the week we showed up as freshmen at AU in, well, 1972. Yes, that was a couple years ago. Now we’re both grandparents and a hell of a lot closer to retirement than graduation.
Changing gears a little - one thing I miss living up here are legitimate delis. In Baltimore, they’re everywhere,
though the quality varies, and the one we went to on Friday out near the Ravens training complex wasn’t bad. Not great by any means but not bad. 43 years ago, Arthur and I were going to delis in suburban DC, where a joint called the Bagel Den, which we and a dozen or so others were, if memory serves, once invited to depart, was one of our favorites. There were others too but the Bagel Den ranked near the top of our list, and let me hasten to add it was most assuredly some of those others, primarily my ex roommate, who caused the ruckus which precipitated our hasty exit that evening all those decades ago. It was so long ago, in fact, I could even drive at night. Not anymore. Anyway, I managed to squeeze in two delis on Friday. The family had dinner Friday night at the deli which was my favorite as a teenager. Nostalgic indeed.
So all that was fun. What wasn’t so much fun was and is the realization my parents are truly aging. My father will be 89 in January, my mom turned 83 in September. It’s obviously not so easy for them to get around anymore - they both need walkers which isn’t particularly surprising, and he can’t hear all that well, even with the hearing aids (note to self - being that I’m deaf in my right ear, maybe I should get one too). At the same time, though, they’re also reason-ably healthy so whatever ailments there might be, it goes without saying I’m very grateful they are still here, and I’m
sure their grandchildren feel likewise.Thanks too, to pal Tony LaPointe for
providing the transportation to and from Manchester. Tony at least knew where he was going. When we arrived in Baltimore Wednesday, the guy driv-ing the shuttle to the Hilton where we were staying since it’s no longer prac-tical to stay at my parents had no idea what he was doing. Good thing we’re natives!
Also, it was nice to have a chance to talk to Jeff, the waiter in the hotel din-ing room and after we fell into a conver-sation about careers, he jotted down the website of this newspaper and promised to follow us online. He also delivered an awesome smoked salmon omelette. It’s been a while since I’ve had one of those. As an aside, hotel breakfasts aren’t exactly cheap.
On balance? It was a good weekend. That said, we were anxious and happy, very happy, to get Annie home from the kennel too. Those of you who are dog people know how hard it is to leave them.
So that was our Thanksgiving, 2015. And yes, Courtney, you were right. I was wrong. This time. See you all next week.
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Editorial
Inflation hits the carols
WinchEndon couriErPresident/Publisher: Frank Chilinski
editor: ruth deamiCis
WINCHENDON — With only a week to go, gathering toys for the annual Santa Express has become a priority for its organizers.
The Express works with the Community Action Committee to make certain every family is remembered at Christmas time. To that end, collection boxes for new toys have been every-where, and not just in Winchendon; but here they have been filled, emptied and filled again at such sites as Smith’s Country Cheese, the Winchendon Fire Station, Sparks Real Estate, and the Clark Memorial YMCA. These sites are still accepting new, unwrapped toys; please be generous.
This movement is some seven years old, and the local group was founded just a couple of years ago by members of Fire & Iron Motorcycle Station 857, a club comprised mostly of firefighters and their friends. They partnered with others, including the local police depart-ment, the rest of the fire department,
and the Marine Corps League to bring the Santa Express to Winchendon.
The Express will take to the streets to deliver the toys, food and Christmas throughout town on Dec. 12; bringing Santa on a motorcycle and gifts on a fire truck beginning about 9 a.m.
There will be at least 15 families helped this year, Santa will deliver toys directly to these homes with a total of 50 children.
More information will be shared next week, but it is imperative that Winchendon step up and help fill the need for toys. Again, only new, unwrapped toys for this event please.
Mark Clark and Mary DiConza’s Santa Express is a partnership with the Winchendon Community Action Center, Winchendon Fire Department, and Fire & Iron MC Station 857 to help and make sure some less fortunate children have toys for Christmas. This event has been active in Winchendon for three years.
Santa Express gearing up
Fun facts for the holidays; as we gear ourselves up for the inevitable shopping experiences. We can peruse the expensive catalogs, the websites and the brick-and-mortar malls to find just the right thing to tell someone we care about them; but the age old Christmas carol about gifting a love with a string of unusual gits has continued to rise in cost beyond most wallets.
We need to investigate the cost of a stocking full of coal to be fair about these things too; but we seriously hope no one is considering that gift.
At any rate, the cost of giving someone all the gifts in the Twelve Days of Christmas this year would be $34,131.
The full set of prices:
- Partridge, $25; last year: $20- Pear tree, $190; last year: $188- Two turtle doves, $290; last year: $260- Three French hens, $182; last year: same- Four calling birds (canaries), $600; last year: same- Five gold rings, $750; last year: same- Six geese-a-laying, $360; last year: same- Seven swans a-swimming, $13,125; last year: same- Eight maids a-milking, $58; last year: same- Nine ladies dancing (per performance), $7,553; last year: same- 10 lords a-leaping (per performance), $5,508; last year: $5,34811 pipers piping (per performance), $2,635; last year: same12 drummers drumming (per performance), $2,855; last year: same.And, yes, there is one more lord a-leaping compared to ladies dancing, yet in this
one instance the cost of the ladies is MORE than the cost of the gentlemen. That doesn’t happen too often in the real world, so it’s nice to see.
Of course the pricey Hammacher-Schlemmer catalogue has a $9,000 rocking zebra, or a $4,000 wine cellar organizer for your special someone. Or the ultimate gift in this one: a $185,000 race car simulator.
Other pricey options, Metropolitan Museum catalogues, Neiman Marcus (whose website crashed on cyber Monday), or maybe just a new car...
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JERRY CARTON
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NATHANIEL SILLIN
Practical MonEy skills
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Winchendon courier 5 Friday, December 4, 2015
Emerging leaders participate in Community Leadership Institute
REGION — In October 22 men and women, sponsored by area companies as up and coming employees and future leaders in the commu-nity, began the North Central Mass Chamber of Commerce’s Community Leadership Institute. The nine-month pro-gram is dedicated to providing participants with individual leadership skills and an under-standing of the region’s educa-tion, government, health care, social services, justice sys-tem, media, arts and culture, environment and history. The Chamber created the Institute to inspire a new generation of men and women to enthusias-tically assume important roles
in their community. The pro-gram challenges individuals from diverse backgrounds to be influential in our region’s future.
Professor Mike Greenwood, business professor at Fitchburg State University and chairman of the Institute steering com-mittee, is enthusiastic about this year’s participants and the meaningful professional, per-sonal and community develop-ment they will take part in.
“I have been with the class since it’s reintroduction in 2011. Each year, I am amazed and impressed with the ded-ication of the participants. Programs like this are an important asset within the
community to ensure one that continues to thrive, even after our current leaders retire,” said Greenwood.
Marty Connors, president of Rollstone Bank & Trust and past chairman of the Institute steering committee, led the Institute’s revival in 2010.
“I was in the 1991 class of the Institute and it was an integral part of my success in the com-munity. As chairman of the Chamber’s Board of Directors in 2010, I felt we needed the program back to once again support our needs for leader-ship and succession planning. Rollstone Bank & Trust’s par-ticipants have enjoyed the pro-gram and become leaders here in their workplace and in the community. We could not be prouder of the work they have done.”
Kathryn Weldon, home loan specialist at Fidelity Bank and current participants, looks for-ward to learning more about her community. “I have been in North Central almost my entire life but I know there are areas that I could learn more about, such as our healthcare facilities or economic devel-opment. I look forward to the seminars each month to make better connections with my classmates, learn more about the resources in North Central and helping to advance the community.”
Kurt Zelch, director of physi-cian relations at HealthAlliance Hospital, just recently began
working in the area. “I am thrilled and honored to
be part of this year’s leadership class. I am most excited about the opportunity of incorporat-ing the great ideas of my fellow classmates into my own job responsibilities as these ses-sions will surely help all of us grow in our respective fields.”
Participants in the 2016 Class include: Evelyn Cabrera: direc-tor of residential services at YWCA; Brian Calnan: area administrator of Catholic Charities; Ellen Coughlin: human resources manager at Leominster Credit Union; Katy Cuddahy Kirouac: head teller at Avidia Bank; Daniela Cunha Raphael: customer service rep-resentative at Avidia Bank; Jennifer DeLisle: assistant branch manager at Workers’ Credit Union; Penny Doolittle: manufacturing career coach, Workforce Investment Board of North Central Mass; Lisa Dutton-Swain: resource & development director of NewVue Communities (for-merly Twin Cities CDC); Scott Farris: director of strategic enrollment management at Mount Wachusett Community College; Heather Finnerty: branch manager at Rollstone Bank & Trust; Kallee George: admissions coordinator at The Arc of Opportunity of North Central Massachusetts; Holly Kreidler Phaneuf: assistant director NCEOC at Mount Wachusett Community College; Lisa Moison: direc-
tor of professional studies at Fitchburg State University; Susan Pipe: director of sales & marketing at DoubleTree by Hilton; Sarah Proctor: sales & marketing coordinator at The Arc of Opportunity of North Central Massachusetts; Nicholas Rocheleau: engi-neer, Rocheleau Tool & Die; Eric Rodriguez: lead organiz-er at The United Neighbors of Fitchburg; Sandra Sagehorn Elliot: executive vice presi-dent & chief operations offi-cer at Workers’ Credit Union; Natalie Silverthorn Kruger: retail manager at Cutiques & Cutie Patuties; Kathryn Weldon: home loan special-ist at Fidelity Bank; Katy Whitaker: development coor-dinator at Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School; and Kurt Zelch: direc-tor of physician relations at HealthAlliance Hospital.
The Community Leadership Institute began in 1988, known then as Leadership North Central. Over the last 25 years, more than 250 partici-pants have graduated from the Institute and become leaders in their communities, with over 100 in the last five years. Participants for the Institute are sponsored by their busi-ness and are seen as leaders or potential leaders within that company. Applications for each class are available in July and August of each year, sessions held once per month from October to June.
Leasing:Pros: Lower down payments
and monthly payments than required with a convention-al auto loan; low repair costs thanks to factory warranties typically tied to the term of the lease (usually three years); easy drop-off or trade-in once the lease expires; and lower sales tax expense because the lease is based on only three or four years of use.
Cons: You’re essentially renting a car, not buying it – payments are cheaper because you’re really only paying inter-est and depreciation expense and not receiving any equity in the vehicle; annual mileage caps (usually 12,000-15,000 miles) come with stiff penalties if you exceed those limits; and poten-tially steep fees for excessive wear-and-tear on the car or early termination of the lease.
Buying:Pros: Freedom to put as much
or as little mileage, wear-and-tear and modification on the
vehicle as you choose; long-term (100,000 miles or over) car own-ership with good maintenance can be much more economical long term; and because you own the car, you can sell at any time.
Cons: You’ll generally require a higher down payment than a lease; monthly loan payments are generally higher because unlike leasing, you’ll be taking ownership of the car once it’s paid off; once factory warranties expire, you’ll take on full mainte-nance costs for an aging car that may or may not be expensive; and you’ll have more cash tied up in a depreciating asset for as long as you own the car.
All these positives and neg-atives aside, it’s important to know that with loans and leases most details are nego-tiable, so it’s important to do your research. Start by esti-mating how much car you can actually afford http://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/HowMuchCarCanYouAfford and seek out qualified financial and tax advice to shape how you’ll approach the best possible deal for your financial situation.
For many, leasing requires
more extensive study because this form of financing is rela-tively new to most drivers and the terminology (http://www.cars.com/advice/) can be daunt-ing. But generally, the best deals depend on two major factors – negotiating the lowest price on the vehicle going in and making sure it’s a vehicle that has a high estimated post-lease value. In short, the lessor’s ability to keep making money on a high-val-ue leased vehicle allows a lower monthly payment at the start.
Bottom line: If you need a vehi-cle, it pays to evaluate wheth-er lease or purchase makes the most sense for you. Know your needs and get advice so you can make the most affordable choice for you.
This article is intended to pro-vide general information and should not be considered legal, tax or financial advice. It’s always a good idea to consult a tax or financial advisor for spe-cific information on how certain laws apply to your situation and about your individual financial situation.
MONEYcontinued from page A4
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Those taking the class were introduced to leadership skills and challenges.
Now may be the time to sell your antiquesI’d like to welcome those of you who are now
reading this column in the Winchendon Courier. I am pleased that my columns are available in all of the Stonebridge Press newspapers.
One of things that I enjoy most about my work is when things sell well above consigners’ expec-tations. Another is that I enjoy hunting for rare items in an estate.
The antique business is always in a state of flux. Top quality antiques continue to bring strong prices. However, there are many categories of antiques and collectibles where prices have fallen.
The laws of supply and demand apply to antiques as they do to other goods. There are many sellers now that the baby boomer generation, or those born prior to them are parting with their belongings. There are very few buyers for many of their items such as tradition-al furniture, china, glassware and collectibles. For example, I’ve seen Hummel figurine pric-es drop precipitously. Hummels
that may have sold for $50 to $100 ten years ago often sell now for $10 to $20.
Collectible prices may be affected by trends. Beanie Babies were just one of the things that became highly collectible over a short period of time. A July 25, 2013 Business Insider article pro-filed a family from Los Angeles that spent $100,000 on Beanie Babies. The patriarch of the family con-sidered them an investment in his family’s future and believed that they would increase in value. He expected they would fund his children’s edu-cation. Unfortunately, the bubble burst and all of the Beanie Babies now have very little value. The oldest son created a video “Bankrupt by Beanies” documenting his family’s experience.
Even some antiques that you would always expect to be desirable may lose value. With the rich maritime history in New England, scrim-shawing of whale teeth is an art form that appeals to many collectors. Because elephant ivory tusk poaching, new laws have been passed and other laws are in the works that could have a profound
effect on collectors and museums. South Coast Today reports that a new house bill H1275 will pro-hibit the sale of ivory in all forms and of all ages. The New Bedford Whaling Museum is fighting the legislation which they feel could make all scrim-shaw virtually worthless.
Another reason to consider selling your antiques and collectibles is the risk of loss. A 2013 USA Today article stated that Hurricane Sandy caused $65 billion in damage. Of course, with the devasta-tion that resulted, antique collections are a much more minimal consequence than the loss of lives and homes. Losses for many were compounded when their family heirlooms and collections were destroyed. Other disasters such as fire, water dam-age and theft can happen at any time.
If you are enjoying your collection and don’t plan to sell it, fluctuations in price probably aren’t a concern for you. If you have valuable antiques and collectibles you should seriously consider having them insured in the event of potential loss.
We are preparing for an online auction in Ashburnham. The contents of a home and com-mercial garage with an antique truck and many vintage car parts will be offered. We continue to schedule pickups at estates for the Jan. 28 live auction. See www.centralmassauctions.com for more news.
Contact us at: Wayne Tuiskula Auctioneer/Appraiser Central Mass Auctions for Antique Auctions, Estate Sales and Appraisal Services www.centralmassauctions.com (508-612- 6111), [email protected]
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CLEANING? WE CAN USE CAST-OFFS
To raise money to help Winchendon Pop Warner Midget cheerlead-ers attend National Competition in Orlando, FL.
Accepting donations of gently used clothing, linens, shoes and handbags/backpacks (no wheeled backpacks please). Please no stuffed animals!
Bags of above items may be dropped off at Pop Warner trailer at Bentley Field (across the street from Toy Town Elementary) before 7 p.m.. any day from now until Sunday, Dec. 27th. Or, arrange for items to be picked up by calling (or texting) Sue at 978-257-5671.
All items will be given to the Epilepsy Foundation. The Epilepsy Foundation in turn will donate a portion of the proceeds back to WPW.
A LITTLE SUPPORT The holiday season is a festive and
joyous time, but for those who have suffered the loss of a loved one it can be difficult and painful.
“ G V N A HealthCare is here to help those struggling with this emotionally challenging time of year,” according to Karen Bernhardt, BSRN, MA, hos-pice director.
“GVNA offers B e r e a v e m e n t Support groups to the community
several times a month (listed below) and is open to anyone who has experienced a loss,” said Bernhardt. “The groups are offered in Gardner and Athol and are facilitated by Pat Neville, hospice chaplin and bereavement coordinator at GVNA HealthCare.”
“We find that people dealing with grief over the holidays often find com-fort in sharing their experience and talking openly and honestly about their grief,” said Neville. “We try to help par-ticipants plan for the holidays by sug-gesting they develop as much support from family and friends as possible. We also suggest that they only do what they have the energy to do realizing that the process of grief can be overwhelming at times.”
For more information about the Bereavement Support Group, please call Pat Neville at (978) 632-1230, Ext. 325.
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OBITUARIES
Editor’s Note: The information con-tained in this police log was obtained through public documents kept by the police department, and is considered to be the account of the police. All subjects are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2312:24 a.m.: suspicious person (Lincoln
Avenue) transport; 1:33-2:06 a.m.: build-ing checks, secure; 6:21 a.m.: ambu-lance (Ipswich Drive) assisted; 7 a.m.: DPW call (River Street) referred; 7:12 a.m.: ambulance (Ipswich Drive) trans-port; 7:36 a.m.: ambulance Lakeview Drive) transport; 7:55 a.m.: assist cit-izen (Hitchcock Road) assisted; 9:47 a.m.: burglary B&E (Lincoln Avenue Extension) report taken; 10:44 a.m.: ambulance (Elm Street) transport; 11:07 a.m.: ambulance (Brown Street) trans-port; 12:10 p.m.: burglar alarm (Spring Street) secure; 12:12 p.m.: ambulance (Hospital Drive) transport; 12:29 p.m.: ambulance (Glenallan Street) trans-port; 2:24 p.m.: ambulance (Mechanic Street) transport; 2:35 p.m.: MV stop (Spring Street) verbal warning; 4:31 p.m.: general info (Hitchcock Road) spo-ken to; 6:45 p.m.: officer wanted (Walnut Street) info given; 7:27 p.m.: fire alarm (Memorial Drive) accidental; 8:43 p.m.: animal complaint (Spring Street) refer to ACO.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 2412:13-1:36 a.m.: building checks,
secure; 6:12 a.m.: trespassing (Baldwinville State Road) info taken; 6:34 a.m.: accident (Glenallan Street) report taken; 7:18 a.m.: accident (High Street) assisted; 9:24 a.m.: ambu-lance (Mill Glen Road) transport; 9:30 a.m.: assist other PD (Juniper Street) assisted; 9:38 a.m.: summons service (Webster Street) served; 10:30 a.m.: sum-mons service (Laurel Street) served; 10:34 a.m.: disabled MV (Front Street) assisted; 11:15 a.m.: officer want-ed (Harvard Street) spoken to; 12:12 p.m.: harassment (Goodrich Street) report taken; 1:24 p.m.: fire mutual aid (Thomas Road) no FD service required; 2:25 p.m.: keep the peace (Monadnock Avenue) spoken to; 3:11 p.m.: inves-tigation (Goodrich Street) spoken to; 3:16 p.m.: investigation (Maple Street)
spoken to; 3:22 p.m.: MV stop (Spruce Street) verbal warning; 3:29 p.m.: MV stop (Pine Street) verbal warning; 3:41 p.m.: MV stop (Central Street) verbal warning; 3:42 p.m.: fraud (Mellen Road) report taken; 3:52 p.m.: investigation (Maple Street) summons served; 4 p.m.: investigation (Goodrich Street) spoken to; 4:29 p.m.: MV stop (Spring Street) verbal warning; 5:32 p.m.: suspicious person (Willoughby Avenue) gone on arrival; 6:08 p.m.: MV operating errati-cally (Baldwinville State Road) spoken to; 8:49 p.m.: trespass notice (Memorial Drive) 9:24 p.m.: ambulance (Walnut Street) transport.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2512-1 a.m.: building checks, secure;
12:14 a.m.: MV stop (Gardner Road) verbal warning; 1:39 a.m.: burglar alarm (Eastern Avenue) secure; 1:59 a.m.: registration check (Gardner Road) secure; 3:21 a.m.: ambulance (Lakeview Drive) transport; 7:25 a.m.: intoxicat-ed person (Central Street) spoken to; 9:01 a.m.: vandalism (Hyde Park Drive) report taken; 9:13 a.m.: burglar alarm (School Street) false alarm; 10:22 a.m.: MV stop (Spruce Street) arrest: Jesse Ray Hughes, age 19 of 16 Royalston Road South, Winchendon: based on warrant; 11:36 a.m.: suspicious person (Teel Road) unable to locate; 11:45 a.m.: larceny (Central Street) report taken; 12:12 p.m.: DPW call (Brown Court) referred; 12:15 p.m.: officer wanted (Spring Street) spoken to; 12:18 p.m.: general info (Lake Street) spoken to; 1:19 p.m.: accident (Spring Street) report taken; 1:33 p.m.: assist other PD (Franklin Street) unable to locate; 1:57 p.m.: investigation (Central Street) info taken; 2:46 p.m.: mental health issue (Spruce Street) removed to hospital; 4:33 p.m.: fire mutual aid (Payson Hill Road) removed to hospital; 5:30 p.m.: assist other agency (Forristall Road) services rendered; 6:13 p.m.: suspicious MV (Elmwood Road) 7:07 p.m.: bur-glar alarm (Spring Street) false alarm; 7:18 p.m.: drug, narcotic violations (School Street) services rendered; 7:40 p.m.: officer wanted (Spring Street) spo-ken to; 8:16 p.m.: fraud (Kemp Street) report taken; 8:20 p.m.: property found (Central Street) returned to owner; 8:33
p.m.: assist other PD (Mill Glen Road) unable to locate; 9:03 p.m.: noise com-plaint (Spring Street) spoken to; 11:24 p.m.: assist other agency (Elmwood Road) unable to locate.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2612:17-4 a.m.: building checks, secure;
1:48 a.m.: suspicious MV (Spring Street) secure; 10:32 a.m.: property found (Spring Street) advised officer; 2:12 p.m.: unwanted party (Front Street) spoken to; 2:13 p.m.: officer wanted (Washington Avenue) spoken to; 4:33 p.m.: FD call (Converse Drive) unfound-ed; 4:51 p.m.: ambulance (Pleasant Street) transport; 4:53 p.m.: suspicious MV (Main Street) info taken; 5:49 p.m.: ambulance (Baldwinville Road) transport; 7:12 p.m.: MV stop (Spring Street) verbal warning; 8:31 p.m.: fire, unknown type (Central Street) no FD service required; 9:02 p.m.: ambulance (Maple Street) transport; 9:15 p.m.: reg-istration check (Central Street) spoken to.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2712:32 a.m.: suspicious MV (Lincoln
Avenue Extension) spoken to; 12:50-1:21 a.m.: building checks, secure; 2:02 a.m.: suspicious person (School Street) spo-ken to; 5:46 a.m.: assist citizen (Linden Street) info taken; 7:24 a.m.: burglar alarm (Whitney Street) false alarm; 8:41 a.m.: ambulance (Central Street) trans-port; 9:11 a.m.: ambulance (Webster Street) ambulance; 9:11 a.m.: MV stop (Gardner Road) spoken to; 10:44 a.m.: investigation (Liberty Drive) no cause for complaint; 11:20 a.m.: animal com-plaint (Mechanic Street) returned to home; 11:32 a.m.: suspicious person (Spruce Street) report taken; 12:17 p.m.: ambulance (Central Street) transport; 12:38 p.m.: fire alarm (Hyde Park Drive) services rendered; 4:08 p.m.: MV stop (Baldwinville State Road) verbal warn-ing; 4:41 p.m.: ambulance (Ipswich Drive) transport; 5:42 p.m.: burglar alarm (Front Street) call canceled; 5:53 p.m.: MV stop (Central Street) spoken to; 6:10 p.m.: repossession of MV (Front Street) info taken; 6:28 p.m.: ambu-lance (Woodlawn Street) transport; 6:40 p.m.: extra patrols (School Street) ser-vices rendered; 7:34 p.m.: ambulance (School Street) transport; 7:38 p.m.: MV
stop (Spring Street) verbal warning; 9:32 p.m.: suspicious MV (Ash Street) unable to locate; 9:44 p.m.: suspicious person (Fourth Street) area search neg-ative; 9:59 p.m.: 911 hang up (Ash Street) spoken to; 10:17 p.m.: officer wanted (Spring Street) unable to locate; 10:49 p.m.: ambulance (Mechanic Street) transport.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2812:24 a.m.: MV stop (Glenallan Street)
summons: Michael P. Minkon, age 34 of 2 Cheyenne Drive, Hubbardston: operating MV with license suspended; 2:06-3:11 a.m.: building checks, secure; 8:02 a.m.: general info (walk in) spoken to; 8:19 a.m.: animal complaint (River Street) report taken; 10:31 a.m.: assist other PD (Spring Street) assisted; 10:54 a.m.: burglar alarm (School Street) false alarm; 2:19 p.m.: animal complaint (Linden Street) returned to home; 4:30 p.m.: assist citizen (Ash Street) assisted; 7:41 p.m.: extra patrols (School Street) services rendered; 8:22 p.m.: MV stop (Gardner Road) written warning; 8:36 p.m.: ambulance (Front Street) trans-port; 8:38 p.m.: ambulance (Alger Street) transport.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2912:09 a.m.: ambulance (Central Street)
transport; 12:54-1:42 a.m.: building checks, secure; 10:02 a.m.: assist citizen (Old County Road) assisted; 10:06 a.m.: investigation (Spruce Street) spoken to; 10:26 a.m.: ambulance (Beech Street) transport; 10:38 a.m.: officer wanted (Spring Street) assisted; 11:25 a.m.: ambulance (Highland Street) trans-port; 12:30 p.m.: ATV complaint (North Ashburnham Road) unable to locate; 1:18 p.m.: animal complaint (School Street) spoken to; 1:35 p.m.: assist citi-zen (Krantz Road) refer to other agency; 2 p.m.: general info (Glenallan Street) services rendered; 2:31 p.m.: accident (Central Street) report taken; 3:14 p.m.: MV stop (Central Street) spoken to; 3:24 p.m.: MV stop (Front Street) spoken to; 6:22 p.m.: assist citizen (West Street) assisted; 7:53 p.m.: suspicious MV (Brown Street) spoken to; 10:10 p.m.: general welfare check (address not printed) spoken to; 10:54 p.m.: ambu-lance (Pearl Street) transport; 11:49 p.m.: building check, secure.
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Nancy Lynn (Pouliot) Rivard, 61ASHBURNHAM — Nancy Lynn (Pouliot)
Rivard, age 61, of Ashburnham, died peace-fully at her home Friday morning Nov. 20, 2015 after a courageous battle with ovarian cancer.
Nancy was born in Gardner, Oct. 4, 1954, a daughter of Mary Patricia (Bosselait) Pouliot, and the late Gerard Pouliot.
Nancy received her certificate in early childhood education from Mount Wachusett
Community College and dedicated her life to the education and growth of children. Throughout her career she worked as a pre-school teacher for MOC/Headstart, the Birchwood and Mrs. Grants. Nancy was a long time member of the Thomas P. Sweeney Post 142, American Legion Ladies Auxiliary of Ashburnham. She was an avid Patriots fan and she also enjoyed traveling to the White Mountains, and Ogunquit, ME with family. Most of all Nancy enjoyed spending time with her children and grandchildren.
Besides her mother Patti, Nancy is survived by her husband Bill Karhan of Ashburnham, two children; Maegan Harden and her husband Matthew of Whitman, and Bryan Rivard and his wife Anne Marie of Wallingford, CT; four grand-children: Adam, Jocelyn, Bridget, and Elliot; four brothers: Michael Pouliot of Winchendon, Donald Pouliot of Gardner, Timothy Pouliot of Manchester, NH, and Robert Pouliot of Westminster; two sisters: Maryanne Pouliot of Gardner, and Brenda Kotoski of Westminster, and many nieces, nephews, and in-laws. Nancy was predeceased by one brother; Francis “Frank” Pouliot in June of 2015.
A memorial service and burial will be held privately.In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the National
Ovarian Cancer Association, 2501 Oak Lawn Ave., Suite 435, Dallas, TX,75219, www.ovarian.org, or to the T.E.A.L. Walk at www.tealwalk.org.
The Lamoureux Fletcher and Smith Funeral Home (flet-cherfuneral.com), 105 Central St., Gardner is honored to be assisting the family with the arrangements.
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Lorraine Dionne Palumbo, 94NORWALK, CT — Lorraine Dionne
Palumbo age 94 of Norwalk, passed away peacefully on Nov. 25, 2015 in Norwalk Hospital.
She was born on May 8, 1921 in Winchendon. She was the youngest daughter of the late Joseph & Alvine Vaillancourt Dionne. Previously Lorraine was the director of nursing services at Stamford Hospital. She was predeceased in 1991 by her husband Joseph Palumbo, the proprietor of Town Fair Lanes in Stratford.
Survivors include her loving children and their spouses, Mark Burns and
Hilary of Westport, CT, Todd Palumbo and Tina of Fairfield, CT, Joseph Palumbo, Jr, and Carol of Milford, CT, Christopher Palumbo and Leigh of Fairfield, CT, Dionne Falterer and Chris of Fairfield, CT; nine grandchildren and many nieces and nephews.
A Mass of Christian burial was cel-ebrated Monday Nov. 30, 2015 in St. Matthew’s Church, 216 Scribner Ave.
Hoyt-Cognetta Funeral Home & Crematory (norwalkfh.com), 5 East Wall Street was entrusted with arrange-ments.
Lucy E. (Breault) Brewer, 65W I N C H E N D O N
— Lucy E. (Breault) Brewer, age 65, of 49 Town Farm Road, died peacefully Wednesday evening, Nov. 25 in Health Alliance Leominster Hospital, with her family at her side.
She was born in Jaffrey, the daugh-ter of the late Joseph and Kathleen M. (Dignard) Breault and was a lifelong resident of Winchendon.
Lucy most recently worked at McDonalds in Winchendon and had previously worked at the former Winchendon Dress Shop and Sterilite
in Townsend. She enjoyed chopping firewood with her husband.
She leaves her husband of 46 years, James W. Brewer; a godson Dennis Jones Jr. of Baldwinville; a goddaugh-ter, Tammy Linehan and her husband Jon of Okinawa, Japan; a brother, Edward Breault of Celina, OH and two aunts and two uncles in Providence, RI. A goddaughter, Lisa Duval, prede-ceased her.
Funeral services were held Monday, Nov. 30 in Stone-Ladeau Funeral Home (stone-ladeau.com), 343 Central St. Burial was in Calvary Cemetery.
Memorial donations may be made to American Cancer Society, 30 Speen St., Framingham, MA 01701.
George F. Locke, 74BARRE – George F.
Locke of 66 Gauthier Road, died at home Tuesday, Nov. 24, with his family by his side. He was born in Worcester on Feb. 3, 1941, the son of Frederick H. and Elizabeth D. (Fielding)
Locke and was raised in Rutland.George was a sergeant in the US
Army in the Viet Nam War, serving from 1967-69. He worked as a meat cut-ter for Chicago Beef for many years. He retired as a truck driver for Waste Management. He was an avid motorcy-cle enthusiast, always riding his Harley with his buddies, wherever he could. They rode all over the country. He will be sadly missed by those, who knew him!!
He leaves his wife Mary Alice (Lashua) Davis Locke of Barre; two sons, David F. Locke and his wife Denise of Billings, MT and George P. Locke and his wife Nadine of Casper, WY; two daughters, Heidi White and her husband Patrick of Oxford and Debra Stone of Oxford; two stepsons, Gerel Davis of Maynard and Jason Davis of Lawrence; two sis-
ters, Laurene Halfrey of Hubbardston and Linda Rocheleau and her husband Butch of Gardner; several grandchildren, great grandchildren, niec-es, nephews and cous-ins; two aunts Mary Kettell of Barre and Vivian Fielding of Hardwick; three sisters-in-law, Gwen Locke of North Brookfield, June Locke of Barre and Frances Locke of Rutland. Besides his parents, he was predeceased by four brothers, Robert A, John H., Bradford A. and Kenneth F. Locke of Rutland and one son-in-law Donnie Stone of Oxford.
Military funeral services will be held Friday, Dec. 4 at 1 p.m. in Massachusetts Veteran’s Memorial Cemetery, 111 Glenallan St., Winchendon. There are no calling hours.
The family would like to thank GVNA Hospice and our nurse Heather for being so caring and helping us through this difficult time.
Stone-Ladeau Funeral Home (stone-ladeau.com), 343 Central St., Winchendon is directing arrangements.
Elda S. (Labier) Martin, 89RINDGE — Frank
Lupis Jr. age 69, of 539 Old New Ipswich Road, died peaceful-ly at his residence Friday morning, Nov. 27th, with his family at his side.
He was born in Framingham on
June 16, 1946, son of Frank Lupis of Framingham and the late Alice (MacAloney) Lupis, He attended Fitchburg High School and later received his GED. Frank had lived in Rindge for 23 years after living in West Groton for 13 years.
Frank entered the United States Navy in 1963 and proudly his served until his discharge in 1967. For many years he worked as warehouse supervisor at Lasertone Co in Littleton. Frank was a member and past commander of the American Legion Post #11 in Jaffrey. His hobbies were camping and fishing. Frank had won a couple of fishing der-bies. His greatest enjoyment was spend-ing time with family.
He leaves his wife, Diane L. (Downing)
Lupis; a daughter, Tara Anne Bozek and her husband Robert of Ayer; his broth-ers, Robert Lupis of Rindge, Alfred Lupis of Harwich, and Richard Godin of Framingham; a sister, Frances Davis of Houston, TX; his stepmoth-er Martha Lupis of Framingham; five grandchildren, Max Goodwin Jr, April Goodwin, Thomas Bozek, Kelsey Bozek and Andrew Bozek and many nieces and nephews. A daughter, Erin Nicole Goodwin, died in 2013.
Military funeral services were held Thursday, Dec. 3 in Massachusetts Veteran’s Memorial Cemetery, 111 Glenallan St., Winchendon.
Memorial donations may be made to Victory Farm Veterans Homestead of Fitzwilliam, NH, 69 High St., Fitchburg, MA 01420.
Stone-Ladeau Funeral Home (stone-ladeau.com), 343 Central St., Winchendon is directing arrangements.
Elda S. (Labier) Martin, 89W I N C H E N D O N
— Elda S. (Labier) Martin, age 89, of 106 Ipswich Drive, died peacefully Wednesday evening, Nov. 25th in Baldwinville Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Home in Baldwinville.
She was born in Rindge on June 7, 1926, daughter of the late Ernest and Stella (Rainville) Labier and moved to Winchendon at a young age.
Elda worked for many years at Design Finishing Co in Winchendon, where she stenciled furniture until her retirement in 1985. Elda was a long time member of Immaculate Heart of Mary Church and Eugene M. Connor Post 193 American Legion Ladies Auxiliary. She enjoyed doing housework and keeping her home immaculate. Her greatest enjoyment was spending time with her family.
Her husband of 54 years, Joseph J.
Martin, died in 2001. She leaves her daughter Nancy A. Wolski and her husband Anthony of Winchendon; two grandchildren Joseph Wolski of Winchendon and Daniel Wolski of Royalston; a sister, Carmen Menard of Winchendon; three great grandchil-dren and several nieces and nephews. In addition to her husband, she was predeceased by two brothers, Roland Labier and Norman Labier and a sister Rita Cloutier.
A Mass of Christian burial was held Monday, Nov. 30 in Immaculate Heart of Mary Church. Burial followed in Calvary Cemetery.
Memorial donations may be made to Immaculate Heart of Mary Church Renovation Fund, 52 Spruce St., Winchendon, MA 01475 or to St Jude Children’s Research Hospital, PO Box 1000 Dept 142, Memphis, TN 38101-9908.
Stone-Ladeau Funeral Home (stone-ladeau.com), 343 Central St. was entrust-ed with arrangements.
James K. Rogers, 63WINCHENDON —
James K. Rogers, age 63, of Winchendon, died peacefully in UMass Memorial Medical Center, Friday evening Nov. 27, 2015 after an ill-ness.
Jim was born in Gardner, Jan. 15, 1952, son of the late Kenneth E. and Annie L. (Gotantus) Rogers and has lived in Winchendon for the last 18 years.
Jim is a 1970 graduate of Narragansett High School. He worked for Foster Grant and later as an electrician for the Local 96 IBEW of Worcester. He was a member of the Royalston Fish and Gun club. Jim enjoyed being outdoors, snow-mobiling, and trips to Maine. Most of all Jim loved to spend time w ith his family
especially his 3 granddaughters.Jim will be missed by his wife of
45 years, Dianne M. (Courtemanche) Rogers of Winchendon, three daugh-ters; Cheryl Gallagher and her husband Kevin of Baldwinville, Michelle Perron and her husband Bruce of Baldwinville, and Jennifer Dominguez and her hus-band Mauro of Winchendon, and three granddaughters; Olivia, Ashlin and Alaina Gallagher. Jim was predeceased by his sister Diane C. Rogers in 2013.
At Jim’s request funeral services will be private and at the convenience of the family. Should friends desire dona-tions may be made to the Winchendon EMT Ambulance Fund, PO Box 125 Winchendon, MA 01475.
The Fletcher-Hebert Funeral Home (fletcherfuneral.com), 70 Pleasant St. Winchendon, is directing the arrange-ments.
Edith Rose Snow, 76JAFFREY — Edith
Rose Snow, age 76, longtime Jaffrey resi-dent died surrounded by her loving family on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015 at the Concord Hospice House after a period of declining health.
Edith was born on Aug. 5, 1939 in the Bronx, NY a daughter of the late William and Mary Hicks.
Raised and educated in the Gardner, Edith later moved to New Hampshire where she lived for many years in Rindge and later Jaffrey, where she raised her family after marrying Arthur Wallace Snow. Later moved to Hillsboro, NH with her daughter. Edith worked for many years at New Hampshire Ball Bearings in Peterborough, NH and Teleflex Medical in Jaffrey as a quality control manager. When Edith wasn’t working she enjoyed spending time her grandchildren who she adored so very much, loved the water, play-
ing bingo, and her real love singing and dancing. In addition to her par-ents, Edith was pre-deceased by her husband Arthur Wallace Snow and her sister Ruth Ozzello. Survivors include her sons: Timothy Ashmore of Florida, and Arthur William Snow and his wife Renee of Jaffrey; daughter Mary Jo Pedersen of Hillsboro; one broth-er, Norman Hicks of Winchendon; five grandchildren and two great grandchil-dren and many nieces, nephews, and cousins. In accordance with Edith’s wishes there will be no formal services at this time, after cremation her ashes will be buried with her husband, Arthur in the Conant Cemetery in Jaffrey.
Donations can be made in her name to the American Legion post 11, 20 Webster St. Jaffrey, NH 03452
I haven’t written a whole lot about football the last few months because I’m having trouble watching football, and not necessarily because of the violence.
No, as fans we compartmentalize the violence. I haven’t been able to watch all that much because the NFL is far too frequently unwatchable. The quality of
play is awful, especially at quarterback, which is only the most important single position in sports (maybe being a closer comes second) and the officiating, well, there are no words to describe a lot of the officiating we’ve seen.
It doesn’t matter whether it’s a game with playoff implications or if it’s
the Ravens and Jags, although to be fair, Jax still has a shot in the woeful AFC South. Last Sunday I did watch the Seahawks/Steelers from start to finish and while I prefer old style 14-10 defensive strug-gles, it was exciting to see six or even lead changes, but the refs had way too much influence. Big surprise. It seems like almost every game is like that. MLB, the NBA and NHL -— they all have full-time officials. Time for the NFL to do likewise. It’s bad enough that no one has a clue what constitutes a catch anymore, but some of the interference and late hit calls defy belief. We all agree that safety is paramount but when the Steelers were flagged after Russell Wilson got shoved out of bounds and promptly took out three guys on the sidelines all by him-self, that’s a ridiculous call. And need-less to say, I’m not a Pittsburgh fan, at all. Okay, I wasn’t THAT upset about that one, ha ha.
As an aside, speaking of the Ravens, here’s why they were 3-7 going into the other night’s MNF game against the new Browns. Not a single receiver on the roster was drafted. By anyone. You think the Patriots are injured? Baltimore’s regular entire receiving corps has been on IR since week 3, and now the only quarterback they’ve had the last seven years and their best run-ning back have joined Steve Smith and friends on the sidelines. An undrafted free agent works here and there, but...
As for the quality, the Redskins, yes, them, are technically leading the NFC East at 5-6. The Giants are also 5-6 but Washington holds the tiebreaker. The Eagles have given up 99 points the last two weeks and are exactly one game out of first place. Had Tony Romo not gotten hurt in the ‘Boys Thanksgiving deba-
cle against the unbeaten Panthers, I’d have liked Dallas to win that divi-sion.
Ah, the Panthers. The NFL’s only unbeaten team resides in Charlotte, NC where football takes a very distant back seat to college basketball, but
hey, Bank of America ponied up the cash for that expansion team 20-some years back and here we are. Geography aside, there’s no question Carolina is a legitimate Super Bowl team nor about Cam Newton’s ascension to elite status.
So be it all. Let’s just hope post-season games aren’t decided by incompetent officiating as happened to the Lions in Dallas last year and to the Cowboys a week later in Lambeau.
Baseball briefly. The Nats lost Jordan Zimmerman to the Tigers last week, essentially trading him for Max Scherzer, who went the other way last winter. And I assume you noticed that Dave Roberts, he of a rather regionally famous stolen base is now the man-ager of the very high-priced Dodgers. His criteria for success? Win it all. Nothing less. That’s a pretty tall order but Roberts can ask Don Mattingly the price of failing to do so. Donnie Baseball is now managing the Marlins. At least there’s no World Series or bust pressure in Miami.
And Kobe Bryant announced he’s retiring at season’s end. Good decision. It’s time. Bryant’s a shadow of the elec-tric player he once was. Father Time remains undefeated. See you next week.
After the bulk of this essay had been written came the news the Red Sox had won the David Price sweepstakes. While seven years is absurd for a start-er, short-term this is a huge, huge move for Boston, re-shuffling the balance of power in the AL East. Let’s see how the O’s, Yanks, Rays and Jays counter.
It’s the officiating that makes it hard to watch...
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SPORTSSPORTS
BY JERRY CARTONCOURIER CORRESPONDENT
REGION — The North County Panthers Jr. Midget football team is in Florida, prepping for tomorrow’s national quarter-final game ( ESPN 3 at 4 p.m) and two Winchendon youngsters played a big role in getting them there.
Antonio Stakley and Phil Deleon are in their second season with the Panthers, who reversed a couple years of frustration last weekend with a 30-6 win over a team from Providence, RI to advance to nationals at the Wide World of Sports complex at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, FL. The Panthers (11-0) led 8-6 at the half before blowing it open. On Saturday, North County will face the Lee’s Summit, MO Broncos. A victory sends them to the national semi-finals on Dec. 8 or to a conso-lation contest the same day. The national title game is set for next Friday Dec. 11.
North County lost the regional title game the last two years but the third time was the charm and Stakley contributed a pair of touchdowns and an interception while Deleon rushed for more than 100 yards.
“Phil ran like a beast,” marveled Ivan Stakley, Antonio’s dad. “He’s the best foot-ball player in the area.”
Both play other sports and are fixtures in Winchendon’s Little League program, but “they love football as much as anything,” said Ivan.
Ironically, football isn’t Antonio’s favorite sport. “That would be basketball,” laughed his father.
“Antonio and Phil have been great additions,” enthused Tiffany Comeau, the Panthers ‘team mom’ and wife of coach Brandon Comeau. “They’re really good kids to have,” she said.
“Brandon’s very nurturing. He grooms them well for high school,” Ivan remarked“There was no team in Winchendon for their level , so we looked around last year
and found this team,” Ivan recalled. “It’s been a good fit for them.”School isn’t being ignored either. “They’ll be taking homework with them,” Ivan
said earlier this week before the entourage (almost 60 according to Tiffany Comeau) left for Orlando.
“School still comes first,” he emphasized, pointing out the kids are going to be gone for a week irrespective of how tomorrow’s contest turns out.
That was a sentiment shared by Comeau. “We have a lot of kids on honor rolls. These are exceptional kids who help each other on and off the field,” she said.
Local athletes in Nationals
Devils drop T-Day heartbreaker
BY GREG VINE & CHRIS MARTINCOURIER CORRESPONDENTS
TEMPLETON — As they filed into Arthur L. Stuart Memorial Field last Thursday, Murdock fans were hopeful the Blue Devils would snap a Thanksgiving Day losing streak to Narragansett. The Devils entered the game with a record of 3-6; not great, but still better than the Warriors 1-9 mark. So, for the first time in a while,
it seemed Murdock had a good shot at capturing T h a n k s g i v i n g Day honors.
The first 36 min-utes was a mix of great defense and
offensive miscues for both teams.In the first quarter, the Devils defense
was able to keep the Warriors out of the end zone. Two ‘Gansett drives were halted abruptly when Jamieson Johnson launched himself into the air and to intercept a couple of passing attempts by the Warriors.
The two teams hammered each other throughout the first half, which ended
in a scoreless tie.
It looked like the second half would be a near mirror image of the first, as both teams failed to score in the third quarter. Things would change, howev-er, early in the game’s final stanza.
Nearly three minutes of the fourth quarter had ticked off the game clock when a poor punt by Murdock handed the ball to the Warriors at the Devils’ 30-yard line. The Warriors quickly moved the ball to the Murdock one. Halfback Josh Eaton was handed the ball and slid over the goal line for the first score of the game. The conversion attempt failed, leaving the score 6-0 in Gansett’s favor with about eight min-utes left in the game.
With just over 2-1/2 minutes left in the game, the Warriors began another drive in great field position, this time from the Murdock 12-yard line.
Eaton was again given the ball and scampered in from four yards out to give the Warriors their second touch-down of the contest. A successful con-version put Narragansett up 14-0.
The Devils had a chance to avoid being held scoreless when, with 2:36 remaining, they received the Warriors’ kickoff and started their drive from mid-field. A short pass from Evan Dupuis to Johnny Phelan netted the Devils six yards, setting them up at the Warrior 45 and four yards to go for a first down. Murdock again opted to go to the air. But Eaton crushed Murdock’s hopes of avoiding the shutout when he picked of Dupuis’ pass.
Eaton, who racked up 68 yards on 16 carries with two TDs, earned the title of Narragansett’s offensive Most Valuable Player.
The offensive MVP award for Murdock went to Daunte Pridgen, who also was given the team’s Sportsmanship Award. Defensive MVP honors for the Blue Devils went to Johnson for his two picks in the first quarter.
After the game, Murdock head coach Andy Dupuis reportedly said he would not be back to coach the team next sea-son. Dupuis has been at the helm of the team for three seasons.
Murdock thus finishes the season with a 3-7 record, while Narragansett, which won its last two games after dropping nine straight, finishes up at 2-9.
Mat Plamondon photos
Daunte Pridgen is fighting through not one, but two Narragansett tack-lers. He was named Murdock’s offensive MVP of the game and also won the sportsmanship award for his team.
Murdock quarterback Evan Dupuis launches a pass.
Mahoney glad she returnedBY JERRY CARTON
COURIER CORRESPONDENT
WINCHENDON — In this era of school choice, it’s no secret that Murdock has lost more than a handful of stu-dents but senior Tatum Mahoney bucked that trend when she returned from Monty Tech at the start of her junior year.
“I’m really glad I did,” she enthused.
“For one thing, I’m playing sports again with the kids I grew up with,” said Mahoney, who plays field hockey in the fall, basketball in winter and softball in the spring.
“Also, the academ-ics are definitely better here,” she remarked.
“I wasn’t a big fan of
the long drive to school or the games,” Mahoney noted. “Sports-wise, it feels like the teams are closer here. Maybe that’s because we’re all from Winchendon,” she spec-ulated. That matters a lot to her.
“It does. We won more games in some sports at Monty Tech but being in the Colonial League, we were playing against teams that were a lot easier to beat. I like the competition on this level better,” said Mahoney.
While sports have long been the central aspect of Mahoney’s life outside the classroom, she also participated in the Youth Venture “Cupcakes for Cancer” fund-raising effort in October.
“That was important to me too,” she asserted, and proudly added, “We raised about $400.”
The sports, though? Tatum’s been playing them seemingly since she could walk.
“Softball’s always been my favorite sport,” she observed, noting she’s not only played Little League and school ball, she’s been on a couple of travel teams as well and will be in her third sea-son with the Blaze next year. Originally a catch-er, Mahoney switched to shortstop a couple years back.
“My knees started giv-ing me a lot of trouble.”
Last spring, her first back at Murdock, Mahoney emerged as
the Lady Devils’ starter at short and prompted coach Mike Fontaine to delight in her range and “cannon-like” arm, as he phrased it. Mahoney hopes to continue her softball career in college, “even as a walk-on,” and is working this winter with a hitting coach.
When basketball sea-son began a year ago this week, she was reunited with “kids I was playing with when I was nine,” she laughed. “It was so much fun, but I wish we’d win more.”
Mahoney acknowl-edged she does like her “intense” practice bat-tles with cousin Molly Murphy.
“We’re really competi-tive with each other,” she
conceded.“She’s a throwback,”
said MHS girls hoops coach Jim Abare. “Three-sport athlete, good stu-dent, active outside the classroom. Someday she’ll remember how spe-cial these days are,” he mused. “All of them will, and they’ll have such a different perspective when they’re parents. Right now, I tell them to savor it all.”
“I love playing for Coach Abare,” Mahoney stressed, adding, “It feels like it’s going really fast,” as her senior year approaches winter break.
A year from now, she’ll be in college, where she wants to study early edu-cation and eventually become a pre-k teacher.
“2 to 5. I love that age group,” Tatum remarked.
That’s for later. For now, “I’m just looking forward to basketball and then definitely to softball. It’s hard to believe this is my last year,” she reflect-ed.
Tatum Mahoney is back to Murdock High School.
JERRY CARTON
Talking SporTS
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SPORTSSPORTS
Friday, December 4, 2015
BY JERRY CARTONCOURIER CORRESPONDENT
WINCHENDON — Murdock’s soccer coaches handed out awards this week and girls coach Jason Marshall didn’t leave anyone out in remarks for the Courier.
The Lady Devils’ Most Valuable Player was senior Deanna Polcari.
“In her second year of captaining she led the way with her strong work effort in practices,” said Marshall adding, “she played most of the season at center mid, but was just as effective on defense and when we let her play offense.” She was also selected as a League All-Star.
Phylicia Shippey received the Team Spirit award.
“Never one to shy away from a chal-lenge, she split her team between goal-tending and creating havoc at midfield and forward. She was very aggressive and had no problem flattening the oppo-nent when they got too close,” Marshall laughed.
Most improved went to Katelyn Hutton.
“Her effort to improve has paid off and made her one heck of a defender,” said Marshall.
The individual highlight of the year was Mackenzie Rushia setting a new all-time MHS career scoring record but Marshall emphasized a different aspect of Rushia’s contributions.
“She actually sacrificed scoring chanc-es when we needed her to play defense,” Marshall pointed out. “Surpassing that mark before being sidelined with an injury was exciting for her, but she never let that get in thew way of a team effort.”
“We had four freshmen,” he said. “Robyn Ufema, in her first season playing soccer, was always ready to go where we asked her to. Izzy Alcantara developed into a good defender and was never afraid to run the ball through the opposing player who happened to get in the way. Phebe Shippey made her pres-ence felt in the middle of our defense and Maria Polcari provided much of our offensive attack and led the team in for-ward rolls after being knocked down,” he chortled.
Of the sophomores, Michaela Benedict was, “the team’s quarterback on defense. She provided guidance to the new players and was always one step of opposing attackers. Cera Harris, working with our goalie coach Brian (Pfieffle, a former MHS keeper himself) became a more solid goaltender making several great plays. This was a chal-lenging season for Marissa Losurdo as she battled an off-season injury. Despite often not being able to breathe, she
found ways to contribute when she was on the field. Hannah Turner improved at midfield all season.”
“Hanna Seghir,” he remarked of the junior captain, “was our off-season organizer. She showed good leadership and was willing to play anywhere we asked.”
“Somebody get open,” was what Marshall termed the “calling card” of rookie Victoria Lemire. “Vicky was determined player, always trying to get her teammates to move on throw-ins. Brooke Harris was another first year player who worked hard at improving her skills.
2014 was Marshall’s first at the helm and he recalled, “Last year we adopted the ‘never give up, never give in’ man-tra. This year, after some discussion about work ethic and commitment to the team, we came up with ‘effort in, effort out’.”
“It was a season of improvement. The summer league helped a core bunch of girls kick off the season on a higher level than the year before. We had a significant number of players new, not just to the team, but to soccer itself,” he noted.
“Our biggest obstacle tended not to be a failure to play hard, but more about not having enough healthy play-ers to maintain a level for whole games. Several times we were very competitive in the first half of games against some really good teams,” said Marshall.
Looking ahead, he cited middle school players Gabby Cote, Courtney Darling, Yolanda Lafrennie, Lexi Pate, and Cassidy Stadtfeld as youngsters being counted on for the future.
“Practices,” Marshall summarized, “had a lot of energy which translated into better performances during games. With the hard work the girls put in, we lived up to ‘effort in, effort out’.”
Boys coach Nate Schulz reported to the Courier his award recipients were Ryan Kaminsky as Most Valuable Player, Trent Pare as Most Improved and Andrew Burns for the Coaches’ Award.
Senior Haley Jandris, who recent-ly signed a letter of intent to play at Mercy College, was the field hockey Most Valuable Player. She was joined by Kelsey Brooks and Alyssa LaBrack as league All-Stars. Senior Chandler Torres-Pagan was honored with the Coaches’ Award. Jocelyn Garner was Most Improved and Lindsey Smith received the Hustle Award.
For cross-country, Jordan Manuel and Reaghan Hunnewell were the MVP’s. Rachel Legault and JT Huff took the Coaches Award while Lily Digman and Phillip Quinn were Most Improved.
SKI PROGRAM MURDOCK SKI
PROGRAM at Wachusett Mountain. Registration now on-line: go to www.wachusett.com/school-group; access code is WPS. Classes begin Tuesday, Jan. 5 and will run every Tuesday night for 6 weeks. Transportation is pending. The MMS chaperone is Scott Rogers room 307. Call Jennifer Haddad @ 978-616-1458 for information
Join the 116th annual Christmas Bird Count
Make the Christmas Bird Count part of your seasonal outdoor tra-dition! From Dec. 14 through Jan. 5 birders in Massachusetts will participate in the lon-gest-running citizen science survey in the world: the 116th annual Christmas Bird Count (CBC). Bird lovers armed with binoculars, field guides, and checklists embark on this season-al mission to collect data that is used by conser-vation biologists to study the long-term health and status of bird populations across North America. When combined with other surveys, the CBC provides a picture of how bird populations have changed over the past 115 years.
In Massachusetts, there are 34 geographic “count circles” where bird surveys occur. Each count circle is a 15-mile
wide diameter circle and is coordinated by a Count Compiler who works with teams of volunteer birders to ensure that beginning birders are grouped with more expe-rienced birdwatchers. If your home is within the boundaries of a count circle, you can help by reporting the birds that visit your feeder during the CBC. If you are inter-ested in participating, view the CBC map, zoom to your location, and click on the center of the count circle to contact your local Count Compiler. For more information about the CBC, visit the National Audubon web-site.
Give a gift on the Wild Side!
Now is the time of year to think about the outdoor or wildlife enthusiast on your hol-iday list! Consider the following wildlife-relat-ed gifts available from MassWildlife.
M a s s W i l d l i f e Publications: A 2-year subscription to Massachusetts Wildlife magazine ($10) delivers eight full-color issues of the Commonwealth’s best wildlife publication. The magazine is packed with award-winning arti-cles and photos on the environment, conserva-tion, fishing, hunting, natural history, and just about everything relat-ed to the outdoors in
Massachusetts. Find this and other great publica-tions at the gift section of our website.
2016 Licenses: The sportsman or sportswom-an in your life will appre-ciate a 2016 hunting, fish-ing, or sporting license and any supplemental stamps they will need (available December 1). License purchases sup-port MassWildlife’s fish and wildlife conservation, management, and habitat protection programs. Go to MassFishHunt.org to make a purchase.
Charitable Donations: For the person who has everything, make a donation in his or her name to support one of the following funds. The Wildlands Fund is ded-icated to acquiring and conserving important wildlife habitat open to wildlife-related recre-ation. Send the honoree’s name with a check made out to “Comm. of MA - Wildlands Fund” to our Boston office: DFW, 251 Causeway St., Suite 400, Boston, MA 02114-2152. The Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Fund supports efforts to protect rare and endan-gered wildlife. A dona-tion in the form of a check made out to “Comm. of MA - NHESP” can be sent to NHESP, MA Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, 1 Rabbit Hill Road, Westborough, MA 01581.
Highlights of fall seasons honored SportS BriefS
sonnel (H.B. 3173), adding the American flag, commemorative flag holders, and other emblems memorializing service by veterans, police officers, and fire-fighters to the list of objects protected from theft or destruction under MGL Chapter 272 Section 73.
An act relative to grave markers to commemorate the grave of a veteran, police officer or firefighter (H.B. 1306), making it a crime to buy or sell stolen grave markers, headstones and monu-ments honoring veterans, police officers and firefighters.
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the feast. Just what would all those utensils have been for? How would a formal place setting have looked? Why did the dinners have a wine with each course, and were the courses in any particular order?
Explore the house, buy an extra present in the gift shop and learn a little about the life of those who would have lived in the house at the turn of the 20th century in all its splendor.
The following weekend is the big deal, the tour of homes. Seven buildings will be on the tour this year, including the Winchendon Unitarian Universalist Church and the newest building at the Winchendon School.
The stone church on Central Street, 126 Central
St., to be exact, is a beautiful intriguing building passed by people daily. But many have passed without actu-ally going inside, and this is an opportunity to see the interior of the impressive structure that dominates Winchendon downtown.
The newest building at the Winchendon School houses new dining halls and class-rooms and is an architectur-al beauty. The tall windows look out upon the quiet coun-tryside and give students a restful place to eat and learn.
The houses on this year’s tour include the second old-est house in town, the Darling house at 363 School St., and three Whitney homes: the Murdock Whitney house itself, the first stop where tickets are purchased, the Orange Whitney house at 122 Pleasant St., and the Amasa Whitney house at 165 Front St. The home of the Margaret
Paston and Steve Katz at 156 Murdock Ave. is the seventh house on the tour.
The tour is $15 for adults, children younger than 12 are admitted free when accom-panied by an adult. Purchase the ticket booklet at the museum, the first stop on the tour, then visit the other locations on your own sched-ule; the time is 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12.
On Sunday, Dec. 13 the Murdock Whitney House will again be open from 1-4 p.m. for gift buying, tours and a chance to have pho-tos by professional photog-rapher Erica Lafrennie near one of the many gorgeous trees, or the staircase per-haps.
On Sunday, Dec. 20 from 1-4 p.m. a program on the life of the servants of the early era of the house right through the 21st century will be relat-ed by docents. Come learn
about the real upstairs-down-stairs of a luxurious home.
And finally, on Dec. 27, now that the bustle is done; the gifts are exchanged and you have a moment of quiet for yourself; take it by com-ing to a Downton tea at the museum A buffet style ser-vice means you can drop by anytime between 1-4 p.m. for a sit down and a quiet moment with friends as you get one last look at the deco-rated home and a bit of a bite.
O’Neil is enthused by all the programs planned this year by an enthusiastic group of volunteers.
“This year, after all the work to decorate the house, it just seemed a shame to have it open so little. So with a little planning, we found ways to have it open more. We want people to come and enjoy it, see it, and see how beautiful it is. It’s stunning,” said O’Neil.
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Murdock High School girls bas-ketball Coach Jim Abare along with Winchendon girls 7th grade travel team Coach Shawn Zoldak and the travel team, were invited to the Women’s Holy Cross game on Sunday Nov. 29 and played a mini game at the half-time.
Pictured from left to right (other than Holy Cross cheerlead-ers): Kaleigh Lauziere (5), Alexis Allard(22), Allie Cobiski (0), Colby Gallant (53), Cassie Zoldak (55) Savannah Boupha (3), Jasmine LaRose (2), Raelynne Diamond (10), Nicole Becotte (21), and Ari Dibble(12).
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hallway & bath facilities are shared. 1 parking space, dumpster use, heat/HW included, electric included (except AC in summer). $450 per month. References, income verification, first & last to move in. Applications available: Dick’s Place Barbershop, 298 Central St. (978) 297-0005.
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2002 Lexus ES300 4 door sedan; 156,138 miles, automatic. Two owner vehicle. V6 motor, new front brakes, battery, rear bearings, ASB sensors and timing belt. $4,500. (978) 297-4014.
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MUSICAL INSTRUMENTSDrum teacher Leon LaPlante seeks used instruments and drum stands to help out high school students. (978) 297-1250.
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Grinching your Christmas: greening it up
Dear EarthTalk: The holidays can be so wasteful. What are some ways we can green our celebrations this year?
Belinda McHugh, Los Angeles, CA
Sipping eggnog, listening to carols by the fire and enjoying the beauty of col-orfully decorated homes are all warm memories the holiday season conjures. Yet with the rising popularity of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, millions of people are now increasingly absorbed
in the season’s commercialism. The National Retail Federation estimates that holiday sales this year will add up to $630.5 billion. All of this shop-ping generates a lot of trash. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Americans throw away approximately one million extra tons of trash between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day.
“Simplify the Holidays,” an e-booklet from the Center for a New American Dream, reports nine in 10 Americans
believe holidays should be more about family and caring for others, not giving and receiving gifts, yet the average U.S. con-sumer plans to spend more this year — about $805 — on holiday shopping than last year. To help provide meaningful ways to have fun with less stuff this sea-son, “Simplify the Holidays” includes ideas for simple gifts, low-waste wrap-ping, ways to connect with your chil-dren during the holidays, and more. Readers are asked to “consider creating holidays that instill more meaning into the season and encourage more shar-ing, laughter, creativity and personal renewal.”
“It’s not about depriving yourself of things during the holiday season,” Wen Lee, director of online media and engagement with CNAD, emphasizes. “It’s about refocusing on things that really matter, and reducing stress.”
Additional easy, stress-free ways to respect the environment during the hol-idays include carrying reusable totes when shopping for gifts, and using LED lights, which last 20-30 years and require 1/50th the electricity of conven-tional lights for decorating your tree or home. According to CalRecycle, the 2.6 billion holiday cards sold each year could fill a football field 10 stories high — fortunately, the multitude of e-cards available on the web today provide a no-waste alternative.
Further, the 33 million Christmas trees the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates are sold in North
America each year don’t have to end up in landfills — some areas have recy-
cling programs that turn Christmas trees into wood chips and mulch, and some companies will home-deliver full-size, potted live trees and pick them up after New Year’s and re-plant them. (Winchendon does the bonfire Jan. 16, plan to add your green decorations to the flames).
And with nearly 60 percent of Americans admitting they receive unwanted gifts during the holidays, asking friends and family what gifts they really need or want is an easy way to save waste and minimize time-con-suming returns.
Greening your holiday season cer-tainly helps the environment, but research shows it is also good for personal and family well-being. The 2002 study, “What Makes for a Merry Christmas?” by psychologists Tim Kasser and Kennon Sheldon conclud-ed “family and religion provided the greatest benefit to holiday well-being.” Kasser recently told the American Psychological Association: “[Our study] found that to the extent people focused their holiday season around material-istic aims like spending and receiving, the less they were focused on spiritual aims…we also found people reported ‘merrier’ Christmases when spirituali-ty was a large part of their holiday, but reported lower Christmas well-being to the extent that the holiday was domi-nated by materialistic aspects.”
Paul Barrows, FlickrCC photo
LED lights use 1/50th the electricity of conventional holiday lights and can last for three decades.
Another Fitchburg team broke into the second day of competition and finished in the top 32. The team of senior James Schneider of Rockland and junior Abigail Kennefick of Harvard lost on a very close split decision ballot to close out their Saturday competition.
Also of note, two teams, sophomore Aidan Horgan of Princeton and senior Dan O’Donnell of Hanscom Air Force Base, as well as senior Andrea Ramirez of Hudson, and senior Kaitlin Ouellette of Fitchburg finished 33rd and 34th, respectively, just missing the top 32 and a chance to contin-ue the competition on the second day. Individual accolades also saw O’Donnell awarded the 20th place individual orator award out of 108 competitors, while DePina and Ouellette were the second and third highest individual orators for Fitchburg State.
Fitchburg State’s Moot Court team is coached by assistant professor Eric Boehme from the economics, history and political science department, assisted by Keith Greiner and Christina Brigham, both professional lawyers and Fitchburg State graduates.
Additional detail on the moot court association and the legal case under discussion can be found online at http://acmamootcourt.org/.
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MONDAY, DECEMBER 7YOGA: yoga classes are held at
Beals Memorial Library begin-ning at 6 p.m. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9
COOL SWING: It’s Real Cool Swing returns to the Old Murdock Senior Center on Wednesday Dec. 9 from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Bill Sbrogna thrilled our audience back in August with songs from Sinatra, Dean Martin, Bobby Darin and many more. If you missed him in August, make sure not to miss him this time! Admission is free and open to the public.
STORY & CRAFT: children’s program at the Beals Memorial Library at 4 p.m. For more infor-mation call the library at (978) 297-0300 or visit winchendonli-brary.org.
COMPUTER CLASS: a free class concerning online com-puting is held every Wednesday night beginning at 5:30 p.m. at Beals Memorial Library. For more information call the library at (978) 297-0300 or visit winchen-donlibrary.org.
BINGO! Hyde Park residents hold bingo in the community hall every Wednesday night begin-ning at 6 p.m. It’s inexpensive, just two cards for 5¢, and the com-munity is invited! Anyone over the age of 50 is welcome to join in. We’d love to have more players.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11LAYING OF WREATHES:
the project to lay wreathes at the Massachusetts Veterans Cemetery will be laying the wreathes beginning at 9 a.m. today. Wreathes Across America will be laying more than 1800 wreathes this year. Anyone wish-ing to help is encouraged to con-tact Bridge Marinelli, coordina-
tor at (978) 895-0133.SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12
TOUR OF HOMES: the Winchendon Historical Society hosts the semi-annual tour of homes decorated for the holidays. Begin at the Murdock Whitney House at 151 Whitney St. to pur-chase your pass, then visit the houses on tour at your leisure throughout the afternoon. The tour is scheduled 11 a.m.-4 p.m. and cost is $15 for adults, free for children aged 12 and young-er. Several different houses have been added to the tour this year; don’t miss it!
WREATHES ACROSS AMERICA: a ceremony is sched-uled at 11:45 a.m. in the chapel at the Massachusetts Veterans Cemetery, Glenallan Street to honor those buried there. The Wreathes Across America have placed more than 1,800 wreathes this year. The ceremony is open to the public.
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Winchendon courier 11 Friday, December 4, 2015
NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE
By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Christopher G. Higbee, Mary J. Higbee to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for First National Bank of Arizona dated April 7, 2004, recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 33309, Page 69; said mortgage was then assigned to The Bank of New York Mellon FKA The Bank of New York as Trustee for the Certificateholders of the CWALT, Inc., Alternative Loan Trust 2005-J3 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-J3, by virtue of an assignment dated March 23, 2012, and recorded in Book 48749, at Page 51, of which mortgage the under-signed is the present holder for breach of conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same will be sold at PUBLIC AUCTION at 09:00 AM on December 14, 2015, on the mortgaged premises. The entire mortgaged premises, all and singular, the premises as described in said mortgage: The land in Winchendon, Worcester County, Massachusetts, with the build-ings thereon bounded and described as follows: COMMENCING at the junc-tion of the “Bosworth Road” with the “Harrisville Road”; THENCE: north-easterly on the last named road four hundred thirty (430) feet to a wall; THENCE: following the wall S. 5º E. and same course to the lane and crossing the three hundred and eighty-eight (388) feet in all; THENCE: on the wall S. 81º E. one hundred fifty-one (151) feet to a corner in the wall; THENCEL S. 5º W. on the wall and fence two hundred eighty-five (285) feet; THENCE: N. 75º W. on the wall eighty-two and one-half (82 ½) feet; THENEC: on the wall S. 8º W. one hundred thirty-six (136) feet; THENCE: N. 72º W. on the wall two hundred (200) feet to the Bosworth Road”; THENCE: northerly on said road five hundred twenty-two (522) feet to the place of beginning. For our title refer-ence see that deed of Tonya D. Dokulil to Christopher G. Higbee and Mary J. Higbee, dated 10/01/2001, and record-ed with the Worcester (S) Registry of Deeds on 10/02/2001 at Book 24959, Page 98. Subject to and with the benefit of ease-ments, reservation, restrictions, and taking of record, if any, insofar as the same are now in force and applicable. In the event of any typographical error set forth herein in the legal description of the premises, the description as set forth and contained in the mortgage shall control by reference.This property has the address of 15 Bosworth Road, Winchendon, MA
01475Together with all the improvements now or hereafter erected on the prop-erty and all easements, rights, appur-tenances, rents, royalties, mineral, oil and gas rights and profits, water rights and stock and all fixtures now or hereafter a part of the property. All replacements and additions shall also be covered by this sale.Terms of Sale: Said premises will be sold subject to any and all unpaid taxes and assess-ments, tax sales, tax titles and other municipal liens and water or sewer liens and State or County transfer fees, if any there are, and TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($10,000.00) in cashier’s or certified check will be required to be paid by the purchaser at the time and place of the sale as a deposit and the balance in cashier’s or certified check will be due in thirty (30) days, at the offices of Doonan, Graves & Longoria, LLC, 100 Cummings Center, Suite 225D, Beverly, MA 01915, time being of the essence. The Mortgagee reserves the right to postpone the sale to a later date by public proclamation at the time and date appointed for the sale and to fur-ther postpone at any adjourned sale-date by public proclamation at the time and date appointed for the adjourned sale date. The premises is to be sold subject to and with the benefit of all ease-ments, restrictions, leases, tenancies, and rights of possession, building and zoning laws, encumbrances, condo-minium liens, if any and all other claim in the nature of liens, if any there be. In the event that the success-ful bidder at the foreclosure sale shall default in purchasing the within described property according to the terms of this Notice of Sale and/or the terms of the Memorandum of Sale executed at the time of foreclosure, the Mortgagee reserves the right to sell the property by foreclosure deed to the second highest bidder, providing that said second highest bidder shall deposit with the Mortgagee’s attorneys, DOONAN, GRAVES, & LONGORIA LLC, 100 Cummings Center, Suite 225D, Beverly, MA 01915, the amount of the required deposit as set forth herein within three (3) business days after written notice of the default of the previous highest bidder and title shall be conveyed to the said second high-est bidder within thirty (30) days of said written notice. If the second highest bid-der declines to purchase the with-in described property, the Mortgagee reserves the right to purchase the with-in described property at the amount bid by the second highest bidder. The foreclosure deed and the consideration paid by the successful
bidder shall be held in escrow by DOONAN, GRAVES, & LONGORIA LLC, (hereinafter called the “Escrow Agent”) until the deed shall be released from escrow to the successful bidder at the same time as the consideration is released to the Mortgagee, thirty (30) days after the date of sale, whereupon all obligations of the Escrow Agent shall be deemed to have been properly fulfilled and the Escrow Agent shall be discharged. Other terms to be announced at the sale. Dated: October 26, 2015 The Bank of New York Mellon FKA The Bank of New York as Trustee for the Certificateholders of the CWALT, Inc., Alternative Loan Trust 2005-J3 Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-J3, By: Reneau J Longoria. Esq., DOONAN, GRAVES, & LONGORIA LLC 100 Cummings Center, Suite 225D Beverly, MA 01915 (978) 921-2670 51477 (HIGBEE) FEI # 1078.01381 11/20/2015, 11/27/2015, 12/04/2015November 20, 2015November 27, 2015December 4, 2015
LEGAL NOTICEMORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL
ESTATEBy virtue of and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Keith D. Bentley to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. acting solely as nomi-nee for Irwin Mortgage Corporation, dated June 29, 2001 and recorded at Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 24357, Page 113 of which mortgage Federal National Mortgage Association is the present holder by assignment from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. to CitiMortgage, Inc. dated April 23, 2012 recorded at Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 48919, Page 192; and assignment from CitiMortgage, Inc. to Federal National Mortgage Association dated February 12, 2014 recorded at Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 52045, Page 349, for breach of conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same, the mortgaged premises locat-ed at 92 Oak Street, Winchendon, MA 01475 will be sold at a Public Auction at 3:00PM on December 28, 2015, at the mortgaged premises, more partic-ularly described below, all and singular the premises described in said mort-gage, to wit: The land in said Winchendon, together with the buildings there-on and numbered 92 Oak Street, bounded and described as follows:
Beginning on the Southerly line of said Oak Street; at a stake and stones, being a corner of land now or formerly of Mary P. Goodwin; Thence on said land S. 16.1/2 ° W., 8 rods to a stake and stones; Thence N. 76.1/2 ° W., 94 and 7/12 ft. to a stake and stones; Thence N. 13.1/2 ° S., 8 rods to a stake and stones on line of said Oak Street; Thence easterly on line of said Oak Street 103 feet to the place of beginning. Excepting and reserving the right that Mary P. Goodwin, her heirs, and assigns may have to maintain, use and repair the drain running from her land adjoining, through the above described premises where said drain is now laid, or such other location across said premises as may be agreed upon by the owners. For mortgagor’s title see deed recorded with the Worcester County (Worcester District) Registry of Deeds in Book 24357, Page 112.The premises will be sold subject to any and all unpaid taxes and other municipal assessments and liens, and subject to prior liens or other enforce-able encumbrances of record entitled to precedence over this mortgage, and subject to and with the benefit of all easements, restrictions, reservations and conditions of record and subject to all tenancies and/or rights of parties in possession.Terms of the Sale: Cash, cashier’s or certified check in the sum of $5,000.00 as a deposit must be shown at the time and place of the sale in order to qualify as a bidder (the mortgage holder and its designee(s) are exempt from this requirement); high bidder to sign writ-ten Memorandum of Sale upon accep-tance of bid; balance of purchase price payable in cash or by certified check in thirty (30) days from the date of the sale at the offices of mortgagee’s attor-ney, Korde & Associates, P.C., 321 Billerica Road, Suite 210, Chelmsford, MA 01824-4100 or such other time as may be designated by mortgagee. The description for the premises con-tained in said mortgage shall control in the event of a typographical error in this publication.Other terms to be announced at the sale.Federal National Mortgage AssociationKorde & Associates, P.C. 321 Billerica Road Suite 210 Chelmsford, MA 01824-4100(978) 256-1500Bentley, Keith D., 13-012078, December 4, 2015, December 11, 2015, December 18, 2015December 4, 2015December 11, 2015December 18, 2015
LEGALS
com (we’ll pay the PayPal fee) to [email protected] or mail photo and a $5 check, payable to the ‘Winchendon Garden Club’ to Winchendon Garden Club, c/o 118 Glenallan St., Winchendon MA 01475
Please include the follow-ing information along with your emailed photo: Name, telephone number , and email and resident addresses. Briefly describe picture. Be sure your name, email address, and res-ident address are included on both photo email and fee pay-ment so we can match fees with photos accordingly.
The rules are simple:Contest is open to
Winchendon residents only.
Do not need to be homeown-er but must live on site.
Must be outside decoration that is seen from the street. Can be front door, front or side yard but must be outside deco-ration.
Entry is not limited to ground only decorations, for example second and third floor porches decorations are permitted and encouraged as long as they can be seen from the street.
Entries must be received by December 26, 2015
No limit to amount of entries but only entries with a paid entry fee will be considered so please do not forget to send in the entry fee.
Garden club members’ homes are not eligible but their family, as long as they are not garden club member’s home are allowed to enter.
Decision of the judges is
final.Judges will do an unan-
nounced drive by of the final-ists’ residences.
All photos submitted are con-sidered property of garden club and may be used in future gar-den club advertising
Winner announced on January 2, 2016 via phone. For more info contact Lorraine at 978-297-1760.
To kick off the holidays, how about a screening of the Grinch on Friday night at the American Legion by the Cub Scout Pack 193. It’s a Scouting for Food night, and all chil-dren and their parents are invited, just bring a non-per-ishable food item for the CAC. The event begins at 6 p.m., the movie at 6:30.
Starting right away this weekend? On Saturday it’s Breakfast with Santa at the
Carriage House Restaurant from 8-11 a.m. Sponsored by the Kiwanis of Winchendon, a buffet breakfast is just $8 for adults and $1 for children; and every child who attends not only gets a moment with Santa, but a gift as well.
The Winterfest at the Old Murdock Senior Center featur-ing the table settings is also on Saturday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. In addition to the gorgeous tables in the second floor auditori-um, be sure to visit the dining room and take chances on the wreathes, and the basket raffle. There is a bake sale and light lunch available too. Admission is free to this popular event.
The United Parish hosts its annual Bazaar as well from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. doing some holiday shopping with local craftspeo-ple, raffles and more. A great way to do a little shopping and
visit friends and neighbors.The tree lighting ceremony
for Winchendon is scheduled at 5:30 p.m. also on Saturday. Santa makes an appearance and there is caroling under the tree at Veterans’ Park on Pleasant Street.
On Sunday, Santa will be at the Fire Station from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. for a photo opportunity. The photos will be sent to you electronically if you have the firefighters do the photos. This is a fundraiser for the Santa Express (see story elsewhere in the newspaper).
And of course the Winchendon Historical Society begins its month long Downton Christmas celebration, also see their events in a separate story.
We will update you on fur-ther events each week in the Courier....
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milk that makes their award winning Gouda, Cheddar and Havarti cheese.
Recently the state of Massachusetts just awarded them a grant, $25,000, to install a solar hot water system. This project will start at the end of this month and will be completed by the end of the year.
THE “BIG CHEESES”
Dave Smith and daughter Jennifer run the day to day operations of the business along with Dave’s wife Carol who does the bookkeeping. Dave is con-sidering retirement in the next couple years, and they are actively looking for someone to buy the business and con-tinue what Dave started 45 years ago; but for now he is still at the helm and will continue his legacy with his chil-dren and grandchildren. The business celebrated its 30 year anniversary this past June and they would like to thank all their customers over the years for their continued support.
Holidays and Helping HandsThis holiday season Smith’s Country
Cheese will be part of Country Roads Christmas Dec. 5th and 6th. This is the 10th year of the event and for more infor-
mation visit www.countryroadschrist-mas.com. Also, during the month of December the Gouda spreads will be three for $10 and they will provide free shipping on any orders of $100 or more on their gift boxes.
Hours are Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Located at 20 Otter River Road in Winchendon or you can visit their web-site at smithscountrycheese.com where you will find free recipes along with their all their products showcased and sold at shops, specialty stores, farmers markets, events, farm stands, orchards, restaurants, B&Bs and wineries across New England.
For orders call (978) 939-5738.OR
LANES
The pristine lanes have been rehabbed for an even better game. Playaway is seeking bowlers for the leagues now forming.
A gift certificate...or a break from shopping
A premier family entertainment center located at 5 Summer Drive, Winchendon has been offering bowling parties, glow bowling, billiards, video games and leagues for decades. They
feature 10 pin bowling on 12 wooden lanes that their professional staff main-tain to perfection. They boast having a “rocking sound system” for parties and can host events such as birthdays, groups, community functions or just a few fun folks and are also a BYOB destination.
They are seeking league players for their “mixed league” starting Thursday Jan. 14, which runs for 14 weeks at a cost of $13 a week, games start at 6:30 p.m.
Their 1300 square foot billiards room hosts American made Valley Brand tables which are coin operated for $1. There is also a jukebox in the room for your musical pleasure.
Playaway is open Thursday 5-10 p.m.; Friday 5-11 p.m. Saturday 1-11 p.m. and Sunday 1-9 p.m.
For more information you can reach them at (978) 297-1295 or the website at playawaylanes.com.
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SILVER HAWK FEATURES PAINTINGS, SUPPLIES AND A VARIETY OF CRAFTED ITEMS.
Three decades and still strong
Silver Hawk just celebrated its 30 year
anniversary, holding an open house where manager Glenn Threehawks said they were “very busy” and he hopes they will continue to keep the momentum going into their next decade in Winchendon.
The store is located at 672 Spring St., and Threehawks attributes the longevi-ty of the business to providing custom-ers dedicated hours, high quality items, fair prices, and constantly changing inventory.
“There is something here for every-one,” he claims.
Just to name a few of the items offered are jewelry, crystals, stones, dream-catchers, blankets, clothing, paintings, crafts and incense.
Besides their regular inventory, they allow local artisans to display their hand-crafted goods for sale and there is always a variety of new and exciting items that are constantly changing.
So, if looking for a gift for the upcom-ing holiday season stop by and browse the extensive inventory, expecting to be surprised at how many different and interesting items offered.
Silver Hawk is on Facebook or can be reached at (978) 297-3830
Silver Hawk is open Monday-Saturday, closed Wednesday and Sunday, from 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
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