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WEEKLY QUOTE“Until you make peace with

who you are, you’ll never be content with what you have.”

Doris Mortman

BY JERRY CARTONCOURIER CORRESPONDENT

WINCHENDON — As the school year winds down, so does Ralph Olsen’s tenure as Murdock High School’s interim principal, and while the departing administrator can point to numerous positives, he remains adamant regarding the need for an overall culture change in the school and commu-nity.

Good things are in fact happening. 48 stu-dents took Advanced Placement classes this year and that number will more than double to 109 next year. AP courses in statistics and physics are being added. Olsen said he “enjoyed the peo-ple in the building” and

said he was “impressed” by the commitment from many alumni which he saw first-hand at the Alumni Dinner the night before graduation.

But Olsen lamented the perception of the school in the community.

“There’s a defeatist attitude that drowns out the positive. I knew we had to work to change that. You can’t change the culture all at once, but you can jump start it, and that’s what we did this year,” he reflected, pointing to the creation of what he called “a more orderly environment” throughout the building.

“We need more ‘buy-in’, both in and out of the building. We need to see continued academic improvement — and the

level of instruction has to improve along with that — and that’s why add-ing these AP courses and having more students take them makes a differ-ence,” said Olsen.

“But there are too many people who have basically said, ‘I quit’, and I’m talking mostly about seniors who think they can take a couple courses and a lot of elec-tives and cruise through. That’s going to change,” he promised.

He also expressed dis-appointment at the pro-liferation of cell phone use during the school day. “Too many people have given up on that,” he observed.

Olsen, who is

Olsen reflects on year at Murdock

Historic monument makes stop at GAR Park

Tammy St. Pierre photo

A group of Cub Scouts Pack 193 crowd the wall to find the single Winchendon resident listed there. More photos page 12.


WINCHENDON — Local residents and out-of-town visitors alike struggled to find the right words last weekend when the Vietnam Moving Wall spent four days at GAR Park in Winchendon.

“Awesome,” said Ellie Dunn, who served in the Women’s Army Corps during the Vietnam era. She and her husband William had seen the half-size replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington previous-ly, but felt “obligated” to stop by and pay respects once more.

The Dunns have a very personal reason for visiting the Moving Wall whenever they can. Their older son’s brother-in-law, Paul

Cline, lost his life in the war and his name is inscribed with some 58,000 others who died in that conflict.

“It never gets easi-er,” acknowledged Ellie Dunn.

“Awesome” was the same word used by Rhode Island resident Rich Normandin who served in the Air Force between 1968 and 1972. “That’s the best word I can find. I really can’t explain what I’m feel-ing. There are such strong emotions,” he said as he sat in the sun Saturday morning and gazed at the imposing structure.

It’s presence orga-nized as part of Winchendon’s 250th anniversary celebra-tion, the truck contain-ing the Wall arrived in the rain last Thursday

morning, escorted by police, fire and sever-al dozen motorcycles as students from Toy Town Elementary school across the park lined the streets to salute the tribute to the fallen.

The skies had cleared in time for the formal opening cere-monies Thursday eve-ning where, after an honor guard presented the colors, Select Board Chair Robert O’Keefe told the gathering crowd, “it’s proper to remember” those who had lost their lives.

Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) said the Wall “provides us all with a chance to reflect on Vietnam — a war that scarred us and the veterans of that war did not get the prop-

Khelfaoui “proficient” says School Committee

BY GREG VINECOURIER CORRESPONDENT

WINCHENDON — At its meeting June 5 the School Committee announced the results of its evaluation of Superintendent Dr. Salah Khelfaoui. Khelfaoui, who is completing his second year at the helm of the Winchendon school district received a grade of “proficient.”

The superintendent had five goals to meet after officially taking over as superintendent:

improving relation-ships with the commu-nity; improving student achievement in order to move Winchendon from a Level 3 to a Level 2 cat-egory by 2016; improving efficiency and teacher evaluations; improving technical proficiency, and; promoting the use of data mining. While receiving a score of “pro-ficient” on the fist four categories, he was given a score of “significant progress” on the last.

Committee Chairman

Michael Niles said he feels Winchendon schools are moving in the right direction, cit-ing a better relationship between the schools and the community, and achievements seen at the Murdock Academy of Success. The academy provides an alternative learning experience for those students who may have struggled in a tradi-tional classroom setting,

In the past month and a-half, Khelfaoui found

Nick’s allowed to continue operations


WINCHENDON — Selectmen decided at their meeting Monday night to allow Nick’s Used Cars and Repairs, located at 560 School St., to continue operating under its existing Class II license.

Owner Edward Methe, his son Napoleon, and his daughter Jennifer were asked to appear before the board after an article

appeared in the Gardner News indicating Nick’s was involved in activi-ties that are only allowed under a Class III permit.

In January of this year, selectmen turned down an application that Nick’s be granted a Class III license.

In the article in ques-tion, Napoleon Methe stated that Nick’s will be pick up junk cars and “we can sell the parts.” The article also says Nick’s

will pick up scrap metal.“It appears you’re

doing Class III work in a Class II location,” said Board Chairman Jack Blair. “The article states you will buy a car and sell it for parts. The board made clear we would reconsider your license if cars were purchased and the parts re-sold.”

It was also pointed out that a Class II business

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HERE IT COMES...SUMMERAs a precursor to the summer days ahead, Emmy, Abby and Maddy

Bradley found the perfect way to cool off on a recent hot day: wasn’t there recently a song about flipping hair?

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Plan for street closingsBY JERRY CARTON

COURIER CORRESPONDENT

WINCHENDON — With large crowds expected for next Saturday’s 250th anniversary celebration, Winchendon police say Central Street will be closed from CVS (Maple Street) to the corner of Front Street at Cumberland Farms between 1 p.m. and 10 p.m. That’s the entire length of the main corridor of Winchendon, closed to vehicular traffic to allow the crowds on foot safe passage to the activities at the Clark, to view the parade and the fireworks.

Prior to 1 p.m., Central will be open

above Railroad Street. However, Central will be closed below Railroad beginning at 8 a.m.

In addition, it will be a parking logis-tical conundrum, as there will be no parking on Lincoln Street from Front Street through Jackson Avenue back to Central, nor will parking be per-mitted on Grove Street from Lincoln to Murdock Avenue and around GAR Park, according to a notice distributed by the 250th anniversary committee. The core of downtown will not allow for

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Giving back to help out, veterans from the Montachusett Veterans Outreach Center were on hand to help pack boxes during the recent summer campaign of Operation Winchendon Cares. Those helping included: Bard Connally, Darrell Richardson, Luis Gonzalez, Ricky Rosa and Scott Hodgkins Jr. With them were Heidi Hagan of MVOC and Kathy Giordano of the Blue Star Mothers organization.

At right: Troy Ashmore, Whitney Ashmore and Ethan Gorecki found the candy table while packing up the goodies for the summer cam-paign at Operation Winchendon Cares this time.

Hope we don’t have to remind them the stuff goes IN the boxes peo-ple, not in you....

GARDNER — Heywood Hospital held its annual volunteer recognition dinner at the Polish American Citizens Club May 14 to honor more than 250 active volunteers who help to keep the hospi-tal running every day.

In 2013 alone, Heywood Hospital vol-unteers donated 39,000 + hours of time in 44 departments, equating to nearly $900,000 in value to the hospital. Of these hours, approximately 100 volun-teers accounted for between 100 and 500 hours of service in 2013.

Joseph Bishop, Dawn Colombo, Georgia Canfield, Jennifer Fichtel, Tory Kazinskas, Shannon Libby, Doris Pierce and Robert Richard were each recognized for more than 500 hours last year. Special recognition went to Beverly Cloutier and Etienne (Steve) LeGuern for over 1,000 hours of valued service to Heywood Hospital in 2013.

Sue Deacon, volunteer services man-ager, has nothing but high praise for her staff.

“Our volunteer dinner gives me a wonderful opportunity to recognize and publicly thank the 250+ men and women who give of their time and tal-ents in over 40 areas of our hospital throughout the year. Our theme this year was: Heywood Volunteers Shower Our World with Kindness, which they literally do every day,” Deacon stated. “Our volunteers are greatly appreciat-ed by both patients and staff for their dedication and compassion, as well as their desire to help make their com-munity hospital the best in the region. I couldn’t be more proud of what they give to the overall atmosphere and suc-cess of Heywood Hospital and to our

volunteer department. They make my job a joy each and every day.”

Deacon also had the privilege to pres-ent five high school volunteers with the President’s Volunteer Service award, created by former President George W. Bush in 2002. This honor is bestowed upon individuals, families, and groups that have achieved a certain standard — measured by the number of hours served over a 12 month period or cumu-lative hours earned over the course of a lifetime.

The Bronze Presidential Service award is bestowed upon youths ages 15-25 who donate 100-174 hours of their time. This year, the Bronze Award winners were Shayna Clark and Katy Dumas.

Joseph Arsenault and Thomas Burchat were both Silver Awards recip-ients for donating between 175 to 249 hours in service. The Gold Presidential Award was presented to Rachel Courtemanche, having donated well over 300 hours to Heywood Hospital during her high school years.

The prestigious Presidential Lifetime Service award was presented to Joseph Bishop for more than 4,000 hours of ser-vice. Joe Bishop is known as a gentle-man who has given his life in service to the Gardner community. He has spent almost 40 years positively impacting the teen age population as principal of the Gardner Junior High School and as “an awesome” girls basketball coach. He is an avid tennis player, loves to walk and is a most valued transport vol-unteer, assisting staff and transporting patients during their discharge.

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ROYALSTON — The Village School Summer Programs offers week-long programs in July for preschoolers and older children. For more information, go to www.villageschoolma.org to download the brochure and registration form.

All programs are from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., except for the wood-working workshop, which goes until 3 p.m. The programs are: Nature Arts and Play: July 7-11 and July 14-18 for ages 4-9; The Science and Art Experience July 7-11 for ages 7 and up, and Woodworking with Kids, July 21-25 for third graders and up. Flute, recorder, guitar, cello, piano and ukelele lessons are also available.

The programs are supported in part by a grant from New Salem Academy. Royalston children receive a discount, cour-

tesy of Royalston Academy.

The Village School summer programs are designed to enrich and expand knowl-edge of the natu-ral world through hands-on explora-tion in art, science and woodworking, while providing opportunities for plenty of physical activity, and mak-

ing new friends. Local scientists, art-ists, craftsmen, teachers and musicians lead the programs, with assistance from Village School alumni. The programs are fun and engaging, with time for water play. The mornings fly!

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PHILLIPSTON — This summer marks the 10th year the owner of Sugar Hollow Farm, 425 Queen Lake Road in Phillipston has invited children to come down to the farm for summer fun, reading and enjoying the country. Starting July 7th and running until Aug. 18 each Monday from 10-11 a.m., Lauren Roy, the farm’s owner will be reading from one of the Little House series books by Laura Ingalls Wilder.

“I love incorporating this series into a reading program, it reminds me of the way I passed my summer days laying outside under a tree and reading Laura Ingalls Wilder books” says Roy. “I also love kids and seeing them enjoy themselves on the farm and talking about the way life was with them is so much fun.”

In addition to the reading, the group does an activity based on the reading, discusses it and then participates in other farm related activities such as feeding the chickens, blueber-ry picking etc.

“It’s also a great value for families looking for something to do with the kids that won’t break the bank. It’s $5 per child per week with discounts for more than one child in a family,” Roy states .

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PIPELINE UPDATESIn recent weeks, owners of land permanently protected with

conservation restrictions have contacted Mount Grace Land Trust with questions and concerns about representations made to them by agents of the Northeast Expansion of the Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. LLC.

As a land trust, our mission is to protect farms, forests, wetlands, and waterways and to defend the integrity of pro-tected land once it has been conserved. Mount Grace ada-mantly opposes compromising public or private conservation land. Letters to Governor Patrick from Mount Grace and MassAudubon may be downloaded at the bottom of the page, along with public comments from Mount Grace and a legal memorandum on pipeline surveys at www.mountgrace.org/responding-propsoed-gas-pipeline. You can also learn more about the pipeline at: massplan.org, northquabbinenergy.org/wordpress/, and nofrackedgasinmass.org. You can also email your public comment to the government, at [email protected]. The US Department of Energy is accept-ing public comments through June 20.


Reflections after viewing The WallThe stories. The individual

sometimes heart-wrenching, occasionally funny, but always, always, deeply personal sto-ries. That’s what impacted me the most last weekend at the Vietnam Moving Wall during it’s stay at GAR Park. (As an aside, I’m proud of my son Michael, a Navy veteran, for participating in a shift at the information center and kudos as well to every volunteer who did likewise, especially those far too young to fully under-stand the divisiveness caused by that war.) I’m fortunate enough to have a job where people tell me their stories and last weekend I could have easily filled a dozen notebooks. All of it was awesome.

The stories were incredible,

from veterans and volunteers and visitors alike. You can read some of them elsewhere in this newspaper today. Maybe you saw some pictures posted on Facebook of the sun rising or setting over the Wall. Maybe you took a moment to find the name of someone your par-ents knew, or you knew of. Or maybe you simply went to pay your respects and honor the sacrifice of young men and women you never knew. Whatever your reasons, if you spent some time at the Wall, you couldn’t help but contem-plate — you just couldn’t.

Regardless of your position on the war, though I doubt there are too many Vietnam hawks these days, you couldn’t help but be affected by the starkness

of the Wall and you couldn’t help but ask yourself exactly what kind of thinking led to the policy decisions which ulti-mately led to those 58,000 names being inscribed on the Wall. That’s what Rep. Jim McGovern asked during the opening cer-emonies last Thursday. We can’t change history. We can’t change, (though as a country

we should be ashamed of it) the way we treated so many Vietnam veterans when they came home, as if it all was their fault. It was a disgrace and a stain on our history that can’t be scrubbed clean.

You’d think we’d have learned. Here we are, almost 40 years after Saigon fell. Those of a certain age can surely remember the heli-

copters airlifting desperate and innocent people out of the chaos. I remember during that April week in 1975, our student government at AU participat-ing in raising funds for relief efforts and arranging buses to take volunteers to the call cen-ter headquarters in suburban Virginia. That calamitous war was ending in humiliating fash-

ion. 58,000 lives lost. For what?Fast forward to now — late

spring, 2014. We’re out of Iraq and while we’re supposedly winding down our involvement in Afghanistan, we’re still there and last week our allegedly liberal Democratic President indicated we’d be keeping some forces there until, well, who knows when. That’s evidently something for his successor to decide, but Hillary’s pretty hawkish on foreign policy and at the moment, she looks like the probable next President, even more so than she did eight years ago. Thus, you have to ask — why? What’s our end game? Why do politicians in Washington keep sending kids to fight wars that don’t imperil

American coup d’etat?All of us at one time or anoth-

er while reading history in school have learned about coup d’etats, “the sudden and illegal seizure of a government, usu-ally instigated by a small group of the existing state establish-ment to depose the established government and replace it with a new ruling body, civil or mil-itary.” (Wikipedia) They are about as far removed from our experience living in a democ-racy as you could go. In my life I never gave any thought to the possibility of a coup in the United States.

So you might imagine how

surprised I was to find, while reading a wonderful article written by Robert Kennedy Jr. (son of President John Kennedy’s brother the Attorney General and later New York Senator Robert F. Kennedy, in the December 2013 issue of Rolling Stone, that at least one of our presidents felt a coup might be in the works.

I will digress a moment here because most of my readers would be surprised to find me reading anything in Rolling Stone while others would won-der why I am just now, in June 2014, getting to their 2013 issue.

Here is the answer: I was sitting in the doctor’s office, and unless I wanted to read about pregnan-cy or other female issues, I was left with a well worn copy of Rolling Stone. Happy to see an article with a political bent to it I grabbed it up.

When the very young John F. Kennedy became president, he was following the highly-sea-soned, military-oriented, fan of both the CIA and the Defense Department: General Dwight D. Eisenhower. President Eisenhower had two of his good friends helping him in the administration, both with the

last name of Dulles. One was at the State Department and the other at the CIA. As we all know from history, at the time Kennedy replaced Eisenhower plans were in place to support Cubans living in the United

States who would invade their own country and try to take it back from the dictator Fidel Castro.

The young new president did not fancy this plan, but he was reluctant to stop something so well along in planning and preparation. The CIA wanted it, the Defense Department wanted it, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff wanted it. He had just entered office and must have been daunted by the unanimity that surrounded the invasion plans.

So he hesitated, and they moved forward.

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EditoriallEttErs to thE Editor

Gearing up for the big day

WinchEndon couriErPresident/Publisher: Frank Chilinski

editor: ruth deamiCis

To the Editor:As a homeowner and owner of a small

parcel of land in Winchendon, I can-not protest strongly enough against the gas pipeline proposed to go through our property by Kinder Morgan. We pur-chased an historic house and 6.5 acres of land in 2011 with the intention to restore and register the house and to establish a small farm on the acreage. On the five acres of undeveloped land, across the street from the house, and the site of the proposed pipeline, there are the founda-tions for the first sawmill in the region, dating back to the 1740s. Potato Brook bubbles through the Glen which is a peaceful setting for a picnic table amid the old pine trees.

Next to the main house is another his-toric dwelling, built roughly at the same time as the main house; prior to 1820. This little house we intend to restore and open it as a guest house/retreat so that others can enjoy the beauty of our sur-roundings. We’re scarcely a mile from Denison State Park with biking and hik-ing trails and our guest house will be a perfect place to lodge.

This is a beautiful piece of land. We purchased it for its quiet splendor; its huge white pine trees, heritage apple trees and its colonial-era rock walls. Our organic garden, which is essential to our way of life, is also behind the trees, adja-cent to the road; also directly in the path of the pipeline. Everything we will do in the future helps to enhance the beauty of Winchendon, to bring business out here and to be good stewards and no matter how small our operation is, we’re not here to despoil or destroy, but to make it better.

This, along with our business plans will be obliterated by the pipeline.

Trees, historic foundations, leach field, barn plans, garden, rock walls, all gone. The five acres, of which approx-imately two are arable, will not pass approval for an organic farm because of the notorious leaking of these pipe-lines. Potato Brook will be compromised and the lovely appearance of the Glen with the old rock foundations will be destroyed. With nothing but a scrub field across the street from us, we will not attract people to the guest house; no one would have any interest in going to a retreat in full view of the hideous after-effect of the rape of our piece of paradise.

We spoke to our bank who said it is likely that they would deny a mortgage to a new owner should we move: there is hazardous material close to dwell-ings. For the same reason, our insurance could also become unaffordable or be cancelled altogether.

The town of Gardner is on the brink of, or has already granted permission to Kinder-Morgan to develop. There are plenty of town officials in Winchendon and Gardner who don’t see this as a threat. I ask them to answer this ques-tion: if this were your property that the pipeline is passing a few yards from your well, septic system or foundations, would you still not feel threatened? This question needs to be answered by every-one. I know that being self-interested is part of the human condition, but for the

life of me I can’t understand how people can be so short-sighted.

Or misinformed. The greater good is not about some kind of bottom line. Kinder-Morgan might pay a rate per foot, but that’s a one-time deal and then we’re left forever with payments for safe-ty and damage control for fires or explo-sions, the rising insurance rates and fall-ing property values because people don’t want to live near hazardous materials, the cost to quality of life from parks that are despoiled. And to what possible ben-efit? A one-time chunk of money? This will not give us jobs (Kinder-Morgan has a history of employing outside con-tractors) or revenue from tourism or industry. It won’t even give us gas. It probably won’t give us lower rates on electrical utilities – check the history of these pipelines. This will also not be invisible once it’s in: as the pipeline blaz-es its way across Denison State Park, it will leave an ugly swath from 100-200 feet wide, much like the power lines we see crossing the landscape. For property owners, it will take out wooded areas, lawns, driveways, our favorite azalea beds. We can’t plant trees or build over this pipeline highway — it will belong forever to Kinder-Morgan who will not bother to maintain it — again, history does not side with anything like steward-ship from this company.

Before we go forward in blithely believ-ing a huge conglomeration of businesses that are eyeing our land like starving dogs, we need to think this through from their point of view: they don’t pay taxes, they are too rich and too huge to fail, they have a huge voice in Washington because they’ve got the money to buy anyone, and they’re too detached from any understanding of how hard we work to survive.

In this day and age, with eroding property rights and the individual voice growing fainter by the day and the very idea of democracy being replaced by oli-garchy, not a single person can be heard against such a huge and alien presence; but together we can make some serious noise.

There are things we can all do.Go to: http://www.mountgrace.org/respond-

ing-proposed-gas-pipelinehttp://www.nofrackedgasinmass.org/http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/

massachusetts-petition.fb51?source=s.fb&r_by=10609714

There are plenty of other sites, but signing the petition on moveon.org is a good way to get started making your voice heard, especially if you let our representatives and town officials know your stance.

To the town officials: take the time and trouble to become fully informed. Look at past performance as the proba-ble predictor from Kinder-Morgan. And for God’s sake and for our country, think of the future and our children’s children. We can make better choices about ener-gy right now and we must make it so.

luCinda ellertWinChendon

Ellert: how the pipeline impacts us

Next weekend is it. The 21st is going to be jam packed full of “stuff” going on in commemoration of this town being 250 years old.

There was a bit of a squirrel wheel about road closing and park-ing, but that seems to have straightened itself out. However, do try to find a place to park your car AWAY from the central part of town and plan to walk to the Clark for the event.

Do remember the parade that begins at 4 p.m. travels from upper Elmwood Road, down Central Street, around the corner onto Front, then down Lincoln Avenue and onto Grove Street before ending at GAR Park, so you don’t have to stand just at the Clark Memorial to get a good view.

And it is going to be worth standing for from what we have heard.Then there is live music, vendors, activities and to top it all off...

fireworks.WOW.Winchendon used to be known for this sort of thing, it was down-

right famous for its 4th of July celebrations, and people were unhap-py when those ended. But at least this time it is new, and fresh, and something great to look forward to because we haven’t done this for a while.

If anything changes, more information on parking, or shuttles or whatnot, check the Courier next Friday because we intend to have as much info as is available. This is going to be fun.

Not so fun is the looming spectre of Kinder-Morgan and its pipe-line. We applaud the people organizing and ready to fight the Powers That Be over this. It may be, as some have intimated, a losing battle; but it may not. We can only do what we can and fight the good fight.

People with that thought in mind were at the Board of Selectmen on Monday, explaining a plan to begin a petition drive for a special town meeting to place a referendum stating unequivocally that this town is against the pipeline and formally prohibiting its construc-tion within Winchendon. Whether it is ultimately effective is uncer-tain, but it is a first step.

It requires 200 signatures on the petitions to request the initial town meeting. If you feel strongly about the issue, please consider signing it.

Finally, the referendum vote for the various debt exclusions and the override to benefit the schools is also looming. We will be going into more depth on those issues in future editions but know this, if you are planning to be away on June 28, you can vote now. Right now. Absentee ballots are already available at the town clerk’s office and if for any reason what so ever you cannot vote on June 28, take the time and effort to stop at town hall now to make your voice heard. We hope you will vote in the affirmative on all the issues, the Courier is endorsing every single one.

But at least vote, this is your right, your privilege and it does indeed make a difference.

We do like the caveat circulating on the web right now: I will vote to support schools even though I do not have children attending because I do not want to be in a world full of stupid people...

Please vote.

JERRY CARTON

JournEy of thE hEart

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Five candidates with primary opponents file spending limit statementsBOSTON — Five candidates for statewide office

whose opponents have agreed to statutory spending limits have filed the required statements declaring the maximum amounts their campaigns will spend.

The candidates who filed spending limit statements with the Office of Campaign and Political Finance by the June 6 deadline are gubernatorial candidates Charles Baker (R-Swampscott), Steven Grossman (D-Newton), and Juliette Kayyem (D-Cambridge). Treasurer candidates Barry Finegold (D-Andover), and Deborah Goldberg (D-Brookline), also filed state-ments. Such statements are required from candidates who chose not to abide by spending limits by the June 3 deadline.

Though they did not agree to the limits, the five candidates above were still required to declare a self-imposed spending cap because they are opposed by candidates who have agreed to limit spending. Candidates who agreed to limit spending may be eligi-ble to receive limited public financing. The spending limits in each race will increase to the amounts spec-ified in the statements, and cover only the primary campaign period of June 4 to Sept. 9.

The self-imposed limits declared by each of the five candidates are:

Governor • Charles Baker: $5 million. The limit for Baker’s

Republican primary opponent, Mark Fisher, now increases to $5 million from his previous statutory limit of $1.5 million.

• Steven Grossman: $9 million. The limit for Grossman’s Democratic primary opponents, Joseph Avellone of Wellesley, Donald Berwick of Newton, Martha Coakley of Medford and Kayyem, now increas-es to $9 million. The statutory limit was $1.5 million.

• Juliette Kayyem: $5 million. Because Grossman set the limit at $9 million, all Democratic gubernatorial candidates are subject to the higher amount.

Treasurer • Barry Finegold: $2 million. The limit for Finegold

and his primary challengers, Thomas Conroy of Wayland and Goldberg, is $2 million.

• Deborah Goldberg: $1.7 million. Because Finegold submitted a limit of $2 million, the limit for all Democratic primary candidates is the higher amount.

While the spending limits for the above participat-ing candidates have increased, the amount of public financing for which their campaigns may be eligible does not change.

In other races (attorney general, secretary and audi-tor), spending statements were not required because those contests either had no candidates who agreed to participate in the public financing program, or had candidates that agreed to participate but did not face primary opponents who chose not to participate. In the race for lieutenant governor, all Democratic can-didates chose to participate in the public financing program.

The spending limits for all races:

Twelve of 23 party-affiliated candidates chose to participate in the state’s public financing program. Unenrolled candidates must file statements by Aug. 26 declaring whether they will participate in the public financing program.

The amount of money in the state election campaign fund that will be available to participating candidates will be known at the end of June. OCPF estimates the amount of available funds at about $1.25 million, which is divided evenly between the primary and gen-eral election campaigns. Under the public financing program, gubernatorial candidates who agree to limit spending are eligible to receive funds first.

After the primary, all candidates who have not agreed to limit spending and who are opposed in the general election by candidates who have agreed to do so will have to declare their self-imposed limit for the final general election campaign period of Sept. 10 to Nov. 4.

The state’s system of public financing offers public

funds, depending on availability, to statewide candi-dates in return for their agreeing to spending limits, which vary according to the office sought. Public financing for campaigns has been in place for every statewide election since 1978.

The sole source of funding for public financing in Massachusetts is the State Election Campaign Fund, which allows taxpayers to direct $1 from their tax lia-bility on their annual income tax returns to the fund.

CALENDAR

Five candidates with primary opponents file spending limit statements BOSTON — Five candidates for statewide office whose opponents have agreed to statutory spending limits have filed the required statements declaring the maximum amounts their campaigns will spend. The candidates who filed spending limit statements with the Office of Campaign and Political Finance by the June 6 deadline are gubernatorial candidates Charles Baker (R-Swampscott), Steven Grossman (D-Newton), and Juliette Kayyem (D-Cambridge). Treasurer candidates Barry Finegold (D-Andover), and Deborah Goldberg (D-Brookline), also filed statements. Such statements are required from candidates who chose not to abide by spending limits by the June 3 deadline. Though they did not agree to the limits, the five candidates above were still required to declare a self-imposed spending cap because they are opposed by candidates who have agreed to limit spending. Candidates who agreed to limit spending may be eligible to receive limited public financing. The spending limits in each race will increase to the amounts specified in the statements, and cover only the primary campaign period of June 4 to Sept. 9. The self-imposed limits declared by each of the five candidates are: Governor • Charles Baker: $5 million. The limit for Baker’s Republican primary opponent, Mark Fisher, now increases to $5 million from his previous statutory limit of $1.5 million. • Steven Grossman: $9 million. The limit for Grossman’s Democratic primary opponents, Joseph Avellone of Wellesley, Donald Berwick of Newton, Martha Coakley of Medford and Kayyem, now increases to $9 million. The statutory limit was $1.5 million. • Juliette Kayyem: $5 million. Because Grossman set the limit at $9 million, all Democratic gubernatorial candidates are subject to the higher amount. Treasurer • Barry Finegold: $2 million. The limit for Finegold and his primary challengers, Thomas Conroy of Wayland and Goldberg, is $2 million. • Deborah Goldberg: $1.7 million. Because Finegold submitted a limit of $2 million, the limit for all Democratic primary candidates is the higher amount. While the spending limits for the above participating candidates have increased, the amount of public financing for which their campaigns may be eligible does not change. In other races (attorney general, secretary and auditor), spending statements were not required because those contests either had no candidates who agreed to participate in the public financing program, or had candidates that agreed to participate but did not face primary opponents who chose not to participate. In the race for lieutenant governor, all Democratic candidates chose to participate in the public financing program. The spending limits for all races:

Race Democratic Primary Republican Primary

Election Spending Limit per candidate

Election Spending Limit per candidate

Governor $9 million $5 million

Lt. Governor $625,000.00 No limit

Attorney General No limit No Limit

Secretary No limit $375,000.00

Treasurer $2 million No limit

Auditor $375,000.00 $375,000.00

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instrument (pl.)28. All there29. ___ constrictor30. Dine away from

home (2 wds)31. Announce32. Unrefined33. A frank and honest

person (2 wds)39. Discover40. Mosque V.I.P.41. Eye problem43. Director’s cry44. Flight data, briefly48. White bean stew

with meat50. Animal catcher51. In-flight info, for

short52. Bubkes53. Part of MOMA54. After-bath wear56. Napery (2 wds)59. Fodder holder60. In-box contents61. MasterCard alter-

native62. Animal house63. No longer in64. Beanery sign

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1. Basic monetary unit of Sierra Leone

2. Large lizard3. Hand-holder4. Appropriate5. “God’s Little ___”6. ___-eyed7. Appear8. Coffee order9. “The English Pa-

tient” setting10. Setting for TV’s

“Newhart”11. Exclude (2 wds)12. Distance from the

equator16. Common kitchen

appliance18. “Don’t give up!”22. “Two and a Half

Men,” e.g.25. Blunt weapon

26. Framework27. “I, Claudius” role29. Impede, with

“down”31. Bird’s wing33. Kitchen gadgets34. Malformed35. Capable of being

cultivated36. Song and dance,

e.g.37. Blue books?38. Pillbox, e.g.42. Fit44. Salad green45. Ribbonlike band of

tissue46. Check47. Dried leaves used

as a laxative49. Andean animal50. Costa del ___53. Blend55. Long, long time

57. Dracula, at times58. Deception

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Weekly CrosswordJune 13, 2014

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COAKLEY MAKES A STOPCandidate for the Democratic nomination for

Governor and currently Attorney General Martha Coakley was guest speaker Wednesday at an event presented by the Greater Gardner Chamber of Commerce. Coakley said the smaller cities and towns of central and western Massachusetts are known to her, being from North Adams. While she did not address a state response to the Kinder-Morgan pipeline issue during the question and answer period; she responded to local resident MJ Galat with concern and the fact a state level response would be part of any plans. Coakley said the pipeline has been “roughshod” in areas, and environmentalists, conservationists and local resi-dents must make a stand.

FRIDAY, JUNE 6Vietnam Moving Wall. The

Wall will be open 24 hours a day until Monday afternoon, June 9 at the GAR Park on Grove Street. Winchendon 250th Anniversary Committee is looking for volun-teers to staff the Vietnam Moving Wall through Monday, June 9th. It must be manned by 3-4 peo-ple 24 hours a day. You will be helping people who visit the wall find names or make rubbings. Information will be provided on how to do this for all the volun-teers. Whatever time you have, even if it is not listed, would be accepted and appreciated. You can contact Janet Corbosiero at (978) 297-2096 or email her at [email protected].

SATURDAY, JUNE 7REGISTRATION YOUTH

FOOTBALL & CHEERING SEASON!: Saturday, June 7 9 am to noon @ Murdock Middle High School Cafeteria. Online regis-tration starting May 15 via the Winchendon Pop Warner web-site at www.winchendonpop-warner.com. For more details

visit website or contact Bob Polcari at (978) 265-4699 or email at [email protected].

FARMERS MARKET: The Toy Town Farmers’ Market will set up on the front lawn at 126 Central St. which is the Unitarian Universalist Church across from the Clark Memorial/YMCA. Market hours are Thursdays 4-7 p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m.-1 p.m. through the end of October. Available items include pro-duce, eggs, baked goods and crafts from local craftsmen and artists. Market Money cou-pons make great gifts, and can be redeemed at any Toy Town Farmers’ Market vendor.

SUNDAY, JUNE 8GOLDEN AGERS annual

birthday party at King Philip Restaurant, 1 p.m. Reservations required, contact Gloria at (978) 297-4525.

MURDOCK WHITNEY HOUSE MUSEUM is open for tours at 1 and 2:30 p.m. at 151 Front St. Free to Winchendon Historical Society members, $5 for others.

THURSDAY, JUNE 12FARMERS MARKET: The

Toy Town Farmers’ Market will set up on the front lawn at 126 Central St. which is the Unitarian Universalist Church across from the Clark Memorial/YMCA. Market hours are Thursdays 4-7 p.m. and Saturdays 10 a.m.-1 p.m. through the end of October. Available items include pro-duce, eggs, baked goods and crafts from local craftsmen and artists. Market Money cou-pons make great gifts, and can be redeemed at any Toy Town Farmers’ Market vendor.

BAND PRACTICE: Winchendon All Star band, com-prised of local musicians, meet at the Murdock High School band room to practice and plan to be part of the 250th celebration. All are welcome. 6 p.m. start time. For more information or to offi-cially sign-up, please feel free to email us at [email protected] or stop by our Thursday night rehearsals. For

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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, JUNE 212:17-3:47 a.m.: nine building checks,

secure; 1:34 a.m.: suspicious person (Spring Street) spoken to; 3:28 a.m.: sus-picious MV (Gardner Road) spoken to; 7 a.m.: general info (River Street) refer to other agency; 7:57 a.m.: recovered MV (Alger Street) info taken; 8:47 a.m.: larceny (Pearl Drive) spoken to; 9:49 a.m.: MV stop (Maple Street) verbal warning; 9:57 a.m.: fraud (Glenallan Street) spoken to; 10:08 a.m.: ATV com-plaint (Otter River Road) advised offi-cer; 11:05 a.m.: drug, narcotic viola-tion (Royalston Road North) spoken to; 11:21 a.m.: 209A violation (Town Farm Road) report taken; 11:35 a.m.: (Linden Street) served; 11:36 a.m.: summons ser-vice (Royalston Road North) unable to serve; 12:11 p.m.: threats (School Street) report taken; 12:33 p.m.: warrant of apprehension (Windsor Road) unable to locate; 12:47 p.m.: loitering (Juniper Street) info taken; 12:52 p.m.: animal complaint (Lincoln Avenue) refer to ACO; 1:24 p.m.: investigation (School Street) spoken to; 1:35 p.m.: officer want-ed (Baldwinville Road) report taken; 2:20 p.m.: warrant of apprehension (Windsor Road) unable to serve; 3 p.m.: abandoned 911 call (Pleasant Street) false alarm; 3:03 p.m.: assist citizen (Pearl Drive) message delivered; 3:40 p.m.: animal complaint (Alger Street) refer to ACO; 3:47 p.m.: suspicious per-son (Spring Street) spoken to; 3:50 p.m.: warrant of apprehension (Winchendon Road) arrest: Andrew D. Hampson, age 20 of 118 Winchendon Road, Royalston: arrest based on warrant; 4:10 p.m.: extra patrols (Central Street) gone on arrival; 4:58 p.m.: animal complaint (Baldwinville State Road) report taken; 5:18 p.m.: fraud (Eagle Road) report taken; 5:36 p.m.: 209A violation (Central Street) summons: Anthony Barbaro, age 47 of 480 Elm St., Fitchburg: vio-lation abuse prevention order; 6:22 p.m.: larceny (Lincoln Avenue) report taken; 7:20 p.m.: investigation (Hillside Terrace) info taken; 7:20 p.m.: animal complaint (Main Street) services ren-dered; 7:53 p.m.: welfare check (address not printed) spoken to; 8:10 p.m.: prop-erty lost (Ready Drive) info taken; 8:26 p.m.: missing person (Windsor Road) report taken; 9:13 p.m.: assist citizen (Teel Road) assisted; 10:16-11:44 p.m.: two building checks, secure; 11:19 p.m.:

ambulance (Baldwinville Road) refer to FD.

TUESDAY, JUNE 312:04-2:29 a.m.: 21 building checks,

secure; 5:03 a.m.: repossession of MV (Bemis Road) MV towed; 6:04 a.m.: property found (Front Street) report taken; 8:22 a.m.: sex offender registra-tion (Spring Street) assisted; 8:37 a.m.: registration check (Town Farm Road) assisted; 8:52 a.m.: summons service (Maynard Street) unable to serve; 9:05 a.m.: investigation (walk in) info taken; 9:22 a.m.: notification (Royalston Road North) message delivered; 10:29 a.m.: sex offender registration (Ash Street) info taken; 10:30 a.m.: war-rant of apprehension (Windsor Road) unable to locate; 10:47 a.m.: suspicious MV (Maple Street) no PD service required; 11:07 a.m.: summons service (Maynard Street) served; 11:38 a.m.: MV stop (Baldwinville State Road) traffic citation; 11:43 a.m.: summons service (Woodlawn Street) served; 12 p.m.: offi-cer wanted (walk in) spoken to; 1 p.m.: disabled MV (Front Street) info taken; 1:47 p.m.: MV stop (Central Street) ver-bal warning; 1:50 p.m.: MV stop (Spring Street) summons: Rachel J. Day, age 44 of 208 Lincoln Ave., Winchendon: operating MV with license suspended and no inspection sticker; 2:39 p.m.: accident (Spring Street) report taken; 3:10 p.m.: larceny (Joslin Road) report taken; 3:58 p.m.: ambulance (Gardner Road) transport; 4:20 p.m.: assist citizen (Mill Glen Road) assisted; 4:30 p.m.: suspicious other (Main Street) report taken; 4:40 p.m.: traffic hazard (River Street) assisted; 5:42 p.m.: fraud (Spring Street) spoken to; 6:53 p.m.: ambulance (Mason Street) transport; 7:36 p.m.: lar-ceny (Ash Street) report taken; 8:15 p.m.: general info (walk in) refer to ACO; 8:20-11:50 p.m.: two building checks, secure; 10:31 p.m.: extra patrols (Front Street) info taken.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 412:49-2:19 a.m.: 17 building checks,

secure; 4:23 a.m.: ambulance (Ipswich Drive) transport; 6:24 a.m.: disabled MV (Central Street) checked, secure; 6:58 a.m.: general info (Spring Street) refer to DPW; 7:10 a.m.: officer wanted (Front Street) info given; 8:04 a.m.: trespass notice (Front Street) info given; 8:52 a.m.: general info (Ipswich Drive) spoken to; 10:21 a.m.: welfare check (address not printed) spoken to; 11:37 a.m.: investi-gation (Central Street) info taken; 11:40 a.m.: investigation (Central Street) spo-ken to; 11:44 a.m.: investigation (School Square) info taken; 11:52 a.m.: gener-al info (School Square) report taken; 12:35 p.m.: assist other PD (Baldwinville

State Road) assisted; 12:52 p.m.: general info (North Street) refer to ACO; 1:29 p.m.: investigation (Main Street) info taken; 1:54 p.m.: property found (walk in) info taken; 2:30 p.m.: investigation (Central Street) investigation (Central Street) info taken; 3:30 p.m.: assault (Whitney Street) report taken; 3:33 p.m.: loitering (Central Street) spoken to; 3:50 p.m.: 911 hang up (Central Street) false alarm; 3:58 p.m.: warrant check (Baldwinville State Road) no PD service required; 4 p.m.: MV stop (Pleasant Street) summons: Kathryn A. Lima, age 20 of 208 Glenallan St., Winchendon: operating MV with license suspended; and summons: James A. Martineau Jr., age 30 of 208 Glenallan St., Winchendon: allow improper operation of MV and Florida registered MV operated over 30 days year of year in MA; 4:28 p.m.: war-rant check (Main Street) arrest: James St. John-Smith, age 28 of 33 Lakeview Drive, Gardner: arrest based on three warrants. 4:41 p.m.: 209A request (School Square) served to defendant; 5:25 p.m.: DPW call (West Street) refer to DPW; 5:57 p.m.: animal complaint (Royalston Road North) refer to ACO; 6:23 p.m.: MV stop (West Street) ver-bal warning; 6:33 p.m.: investigation (Windsor Road) assisted; 6:50 p.m.: offi-cer wanted (Baldwinville State Road) removed to hospital; 7:25 p.m.: investi-gation (School Square) transport; 7:41 p.m.: ambulance (Commercial Drive) transport; 8:04 p.m.: property found (Front Street) assisted; 8:13 p.m.: lar-ceny (Royalston Road North) report taken; 9:02 p.m.: ambulance (Brown Street) transport.

FRIDAY, JUNE 612:02 a.m.: MV stop (Grove Street)

spoken to; 1:12 a.m.: extra patrols (Grove Street) checked, secure; 1:14-2:58 a.m.: nine building checks, secure; 7:24 a.m.: assist citizen (Front Street) assisted; 8:23 a.m.: 209A request (Mill Street) spoken to; 8:27 a.m.: parking vio-lation (Elmwood Road) traffic citation; 9:16 a.m.: animal complaint (Royalston Road North) refer to ACO; 10:02 a.m.: traffic hazard (Central Street) gone on arrival; 10:34 a.m.: summons ser-vice (Pleasant Street) served; 11:09 a.m.: general info (Juniper Street) spo-ken to; 12:38 p.m.: general info (Teel Road) spoken to; 12:41 p.m.: general info (Crosby Road) report taken; 12:55 p.m.: burglar alarm (Beachview Drive) secured building; 1:09 p.m.: general info (Baldwinville State Road) spoken to; 1:24 p.m.: ambulance (walk in) trans-port; 2:05 p.m.: welfare check (address not printed) assisted; 2:55 p.m.: traffic hazard (School Street) removed; 2:59 p.m.: general info (School Street) refer to ACO; 3:20 p.m.: trespassing (School Street) spoken to; 4:12 p.m.: suspi-cious MV (Royalston Road North) no PD service required; 4:28 p.m.: officer wanted (Central Street) arrest: Tasha D. Emerald, age 23 of 41 Juniper St., Winchendon: warrant; 5:21 p.m.: sui-cide threats (Glenallan Street) removed to hospital; 5:56 p.m.: MV operating erratically (Spring Street) unable to locate; 6:13 p.m.: general info (walk in) info taken; 7:04 p.m.: transport (Spring Street); 8 p.m.: officer wanted (Main Street) spoken to; 8:07 p.m.: threats (Central Street) spoken to; 8:53 p.m.: loitering (Central Street) spoken to; 9:10 p.m.: animal complaint (Goodrich Street) info given; 9:13 p.m.: MV operat-ing erratically (Gardner Road) spoken to; 10:30 p.m.: trespassing (State Road) refer to other PD; 10:45 p.m.: domestic (Ash Street) arrest: Aamir N. Khan, age 19 of 31 Ash St., Winchendon: domestic A&B; 11:40 p.m.: officer wanted (Sibley Road) spoken to.

SATURDAY, JUNE 7

1:18 a.m.: disturbance (River Street) spoken to; 1:50-2:38 a.m.: 13 building checks, secure; 2:25 a.m.: suspicious person (Central Street) spoken to; 3:49 a.m.: suspicious MV (Pleasant Street) info given; 5:25 a.m.: accident (Maple Street) Brittany M. Burdick, age 18 of 182 Maple St., Winchendon: negligent operation of MV; 7:56 a.m.: general info (Town Farm Road) info given; 8:51 a.m.: property found (Central Street) info taken; 9:22 a.m.: 209A service (Front Street) unable to serve; 9:32 a.m.: sum-mons service (Gardner Road) served; 9:43 a.m.: summons service (Spring Street) unable to serve; 9:45 a.m.: B&E MV (Spruce Street) report taken; 9:50 a.m.: summons service (Northern Heights) unable to serve; 9:58 a.m.: sum-mons service (Spruce Street) unable to serve; 10:10 a.m.: accident (Central Street) report taken; 10:23 a.m.: suspi-cious person (Central Street) spoken to; 10:38 a.m.: assist citizen (Central Street) assisted; 11:09 a.m.: general info (Central Street) info taken; 11:35 a.m.: assault (Central Street) arrest: Anthony B. Rzeczycki Jr., age 61 of 38 Depot St. #6, Charlestown, NH: assault with dangerous weapon and A&B; 2:13 p.m.: 209A service (walk in) served to defen-dant; 2:54 p.m.: summons service (Circle Street) served; 3:14 p.m.: burglary B&E (Goodrich Drive) report taken; 4:22 p.m.: intoxicated person (Central Street) transport; 4:34 p.m.: investiga-tion (Goodrich Drive) report taken; 6:59 p.m.: property found (Front Street) info taken; 7:03 p.m.: 209A violation (Spring Street) summons: Aamir N. Khan, age 19 of 31 Ash St., Winchendon: violation of abuse prevention order; 7:24 p.m.: MV stop (Spring Street) spoken to; 7:34 p.m.: traffic hazard (Winter Place) no cause for complaint; 7:53 p.m.: MV stop (Maple Street) written warning; 8:13 p.m.: domestic (Brown Street) spoken to; 8:24 p.m.: welfare check (address not printed) spoken to; 8:34 p.m.: ambulance (Pleasant Street) transport; 9:23 p.m.: harassment (Front Street) spoken to; 10:18 p.m.: investigation (Brown Street) unable to locate; 10:32 p.m.: attempt to locate (Glenallan Street) unable to locate; 10:39 p.m.: attempt to locate (Glenallan Street) unable to locate; 11:26 p.m.: disabled MV (School Street) MV towed.

SUNDAY, JUNE 812:01 a.m.: transport (Brown Street);

1:50 a.m.: property damage (Maple Street) area search negative; 7:25 a.m.: ambulance (Maple Street) transport; 10:57 a.m.: general info (Juniper Street) info taken; 12:45 p.m.: general info (Spring Street) unable to locate; 1:18 p.m.: general info (Central Street) spo-ken to; 1:24 p.m.: general info (Brown Street) spoken to; 1:46 p.m.: 209A request (Brown Street) assisted; 2:10 p.m.: officer wanted (Glenallan Street) spoken to; 2:50 p.m.: officer wanted (Sunset Court) spoken to; 3:14 p.m.: ambulance (Pleasant Street) transport; 4:37 p.m.: alarm type unknown (Central Street) checked, secure; 7:02 p.m.: acci-dent (Central Street) report taken; 7:11 p.m.: summons service (Maple Street) served; 7:26 p.m.: MV operating errati-cally (Spring Street) services rendered; 7:41 p.m.: ambulance (West Street) transport; 7:46 p.m.: fire mutual aid (Damon Road) call canceled; 8:59 p.m.: burglar alarm (Central Street) checked, secure; 9:48 p.m.: burglary, B&E (Spring Street) report taken; 9:53 p.m.: suspi-cious person (Central Street) spoken to; 10:24 p.m.: noise complaint (Goodrich Drive) spoken to; 10:52 p.m.: investiga-tion (Spring Circle) report taken; 11:34 p.m.: investigation (Spring Street) 209A refusal.

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WINCHENDON — At their meeting Monday night, selectmen abided by the rec-ommendation of the town’s animal control officers and declared Sergeant, a pitbull owned by Corey Goodwin of Cedar Street to be a dangerous animal. They did not, however, go along with the ACO’s recommendations for dealing with the dog.

There was concern expressed over Sergeant’s temperament since it had bitten the throat of Goodwin’s other pitbull, Ginger, during a fight in May. Ginger’s inju-ries were serious enough to require that she be euthanized.

At the time, Ginger was being held in quarantine after she allegedly jumped a four-foot fence and attacked a small dog being walked by its owner. During the incident, Ginger reportedly grabbed the small dog and ran. The owner, who chased after the dogs, had to physically remove her pet from Ginger’s mouth, during which time she sustained injuries to the ring and small finger on her left hand.

Ginger was ordered to be quarantined until it could be determined she was not rabid. It was during this time that Sergeant forced his way into the quarantine room and attacked his housemate. Because the female dog was still in quarantine, the animal control officer decided that Sergeant must also be held for observation. He is currently being held at the town shelter on River Street until June 28.

On May 30, ACO Monica Kleber wrote to selectmen recommending Sergeant be declared a “dangerous dog.” In her correspondence, Kleber noted state law required that such a dog must be kept in a secured kennel, the owner must carry $100,000 in liability insurance, and “the dog must remain muzzled while off the property of Mr. Goodwin.”

At Monday’s meeting, Goodwin insisted Sergeant is not a dangerous animal. He stated Ginger was consistently the aggressor whenever the two dogs fought. He said he knew for a fact that Sergeant “would never bite anybody.”

However, three complaints against Sergeant were made in 2013, claiming the dog had chased neighbors into their homes and had also chased the mailman. Mail delivery along Cedar Street was suspended for a short time as a result.

At that time, Goodwin was ordered to fence in his yard.Kleber told the board Monday night “it would be a liability to the town if we

didn’t do something.”While Kleber had recommended Sergeant be kept in a 10-by-10-foot kennel with

a cement floor, that Goodwin be required to carry liability insurance, and the dog be muzzled in public, selectmen voted 3-1 to require only that the dog be muzzled when off his property. Newly-elected Board Chairman Jack Blair voted against plan, believing that more should be done.

“Both of these dogs have done something very dramatic,” he said.Goodwin appeared to be satisfied with the board’s decision.

As the ill-fated invasion was underway, the young new president refused to provide the air cover that would be required for it to be successful.

The invasion failed. Kennedy, as outlined in his subsequent writings, was

angry, mostly at himself for not acting on his own instincts. The Dulles at CIA was out. The Joint Chiefs were castigated. A lot of bad feelings were flowing around Washington, DC.

In Robert Kennedy’s article he mentioned that his uncle, the president, trusted only two members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and no one at the CIA. Tough spot for any president.

Let’s also say that the young president was not held in great regard by the folks at CIA and Defense, Cuban Americans felt betrayed, and the retired general living at Gettysburg, PA was not a very happy camper.

This mess was unfortunately followed by a very unsuc-cessful summit meeting in Europe between Kennedy and Chairman Khrushchev of the USSR. The Chairman was blustery. Kennedy was sophisticated. The Chairman took his measure and probably said something like: Great. The old general/president is gone, and I now have a chance to put some pressure on this young whippersnapper. Well, in fairness, I expect Khrushchev used a much stronger word than whippersnapper.

In any event, off went the Russians, hurrying along plans to load a lot of missiles onto Cuban soil ready to blast Americans into space if the Cold War ever became a Hot War.

Mostly the same advisors were collected together. to discuss this new situation in Cuba. Most of them advised bombing or invading Cuba. The Generals liked the idea and were probably writing little notes to one another in the Cabinet Room saying “told you so” in reference to the Bay of Pigs. The “spooks” at CIA liked the idea. They had been trying to kill Castro for years with poison, assassi-nation, and other sundry tricks from their book of such things.

President Kennedy was willing to go to the brink, con-front possible nuclear war, but he was unwilling to attack Cuba. Books written since imply that most of his advisors were in favor of a quick strike on Cuba. The president and his brother, the attorney general, worked hard through back channels to try to find a way out.

During all this, things were not going all that well in Asia, especially Vietnam and Laos.

What the CIA wanted to do and what the Joint Chiefs wanted to do was not what the president decided to do.

When the president realized that his generals were exerting pressure on him and were unhappy with his decision about the missiles in Cuba, he made an effort to see if Chairman Khrushchev might be facing a similar

problem in the Kremlin. It turned out that Kremlin hard liners were pushing Khrushchev to rattle his sabers and nukes also.

I am not making an effort to parse what Robert Kennedy’s excellent Rolling Stone article said other than to tell you that for the first time in print, at least the first time I’ve seen it in print, and I read a lot of this stuff, Kennedy points out that his uncle, President John F. Kennedy, articulated a fear that if the Cuban Missile Crisis did not turn out better than the other times he failed to take the advice of the Defense Department and the CIA, he believed a coup d’etat could occur in the United States, where he would be removed as President by the military and that he communicated this fear to Khrushchev

The President died of an assassin’s bullet in Dallas, TX not long thereafter.

Did America have a coup and tell no one about it?H i s t o r y

continues to wrestle with what really happened in Dallas and a large number of people are unaccepting of the official reports. The truth in mat-ters like this rarely comes out until most of the contem-poraries have died. If there is a truth, other than what we have been told, my g e n e r a t i o n will not live long enough to know it.

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OBITUARIES

WINCHENDON — Alcide J. Mazerolle, age 65 of Winchendon, formerly of Ashburnham, died peacefully Sunday morning June 8, 2014 after a lengthy illness.

Alcide was born in Minto, New

Brunswick, Canada, September 4, 1948, son of the late Alfred and Mildred (Robichaud) Mazerolle, and has lived in Winchendon since 1994.

Alcide worked for the former C and W Company as a steel worker. He was a former member of St. Denis Church of Ashburnham, and an avid Red Sox and Patriots Fan. Alcide enjoyed fixing and restoring old cars and working on small engines. He was a talented and accomplished guitar player. Most of all Alcide enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren.

Alcide will be sadly missed by his

beloved Patricia A. (O’Dea) Mazerolle; four children; Shawn J. Mazerolle and his wife Leah of Troy, NH, Lynn A. Farnum and her husband Michael of Yulee, FL, Kevin E. Patch of Troy, NH, and Tonya L. White and her husband Spencer of Troy, NH, two brothers; Earl Mazerolle of Leominster and Alfred Mazerolle Jr. of Canada, nine grandchil-dren, and several nieces and nephews. Alcide was predeceased by one brother; Andy Mazerolle.

Relatives and friends are planning to honor and celebrate Alcide’s life by gathering in the VFW Post 10289, Fitzwilliam, on Saturday June 14, beginning at 2 p.m. Burial will be in Pine Grove Cemetery, Fitzwilliam on Monday June 16, 2014 beginning at 11 a.m. There are no calling hours.

The Fletcher-Hebert Funeral Home (fletcherfuneral.com), 70 Pleasant St., Winchendon, is honored to be assisting the family with the arrangements.

Alcide J. Mazerolle, 65

ASHBURNHAM — Patricia Ann “Patti” Corbett Black, age 60, of Ashburnham, died peacefully at home Tuesday June 3, after a long courageous battle with cancer.

Preceded in death by her cherished child,

baby Tony, she leaves behind her hus-band, companion and caregiver of over 20 years, Charles Black; her mother and father, Virginia and Thomas Corbett; her sisters, Regina Dembowski and hus-band Paul, Nancy Burke, and Doreen Heinrich. She also leaves her brothers Thomas Corbett and wife Terri, Michael Corbett and Matthew Corbett. She is also survived by her aunt and uncle, Mary and Alfred Cormier, her cousin Irene Landry and many more cousins, nieces and nephews.

A graduate of St. Matthew’s gram-mar school and Braintree High School, Patti was born in Milton and lived in Dorchester and Braintree before mov-ing to Ashburnham. She will be remem-bered for her love of family, her wonder-ful smile, her mischievous manner and her kindness to animals. She loved her cats Bob and Socks. She loved to spend time on the lake across from her home boating, fishing and camping with her husband Charlie.

Funeral services were held Monday, June 9 in Massachusetts Veteran’s Memorial Cemetery, 111 Glenallan St., Winchendon. The Rev. Francis A. Roberge officiated.

Memorial donations may be made to GVNA Healthcare Inc, 34 Pearly Lane, Gardner, MA 01440.

Stone-Ladeau Funeral Home (stone-ladeau.com), 343 Central St., Winchendon directed arrangements.

Patricia Ann ‘Patti’ Corbett Black, 60FITCHBURG —

Timothy J. Derry, age 48, of Fitchburg, died at his home on Saturday, June 7, 2014, in Fitchburg.

He was born May 24, 1966, in Leominster, son of Frank M. and Carol A. (Gravelle)

Derry.Mr. Derry was a self-employed paint-

er.He was a member of St. Leo’s Parish.Besides his father, Frank Derry of

Fitchburg, and his mother, Carol A.

(Gravelle) Derry of Leominster; he is survived by three sons: Keith Hines of Winchendon, Matthew Derry and Chadley Derry, both of Leominster; a brother, Douglas Derry and his wife, Kim of Leominster; a sister, Karen Smith and her husband, Bryan of Oakham, along with nieces and nephews.

He was predeceased by a brother, David Derry.

Funeral services are private at the convenience of the family. Wright-Roy Funeral Home, Inc. (wrightroyfuneral-home.com), 109 West St., Leominster is directing arrangements.

Timothy J. Derry, 48

GARDNER — Dorothy L. (Kangas) Moore, age 84, former-ly of 283 Matthews St., died peacefully Wednesday morn-ing, June 4 in Legend Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, Gardner.

She was born in Andover, VT on Dec. 19, 1929, daughter of the late Sulo and Annie (Moore) Kangas and went to school in a one room school house in Peaseville, VT. While in the sixth grade, she moved to Gardner and graduated in 1947 from Gardner High School.

Dorothy worked at Simplex many years ago and was best known for work-ing as a seamstress at the former Dosans Sportsware. She was a member of First Baptist Church and its Ladies Guild, Gardner Artist Association and Adopt a Grandparent Program. A gifted artist, she painted, sewed and made dolls and enjoyed all kinds of arts and crafts with her children and grandchildren. She also enjoyed gardening, camping, play-ing cards and cooking at barbecues.

Her husband of 55 years, Herbert S. Moore, died in 2009. She leaves four children Katherine Moore of Gardner, John Moore and his wife Tanya of Royalston, William Moore and his wife Susan of Gardner and Lucille Jankowski of Royalston; her brothers and sisters, Martha Harrington and her husband Raleigh of Gardner, Muriel Gravel of Otter River, Beverly Rice of Gardner, Edward Kangas of Gardner and Rosemary Kangas of Gardner, three grandchildren, nine great grandchil-dren and many nephews and nieces. She was preceded in death by her sister, Carolyn Kendall in 1977 and her broth-ers, John Kangas in 2004, Walter Kangas in 2000 and Ronald Kangas in 2004.

Funeral services were held Monday, June 9 in Stone-Ladeau Funeral Home (stone-ladeau.com), 343 Central St., Winchendon. The Rev. Dr. R. Gary Heikkila officiated. Burial followed in the Massachusetts Veteran’s Memorial Cemetery, Winchendon.

Memorial donations may be made to Alzheimer’s Association, 480 Pleasant St., Watertown, MA 02482.

Dorothy L. (Kangas) Moore, 84

Craig Nicholson photo

A dramatic photo shows the fully engulfed smaller building at 25 Summer Drive. It was 3:44 a.m. June 10 the Winchendon Fire Department was dispatched for a reported structure fire at the rear building of the Doody Vault property. Within the five minutes it took for Deputy Chief Ruschioni to arrive, he reported two structures on the back of the property fully involved. A full department response quickly brought firefight-ers and apparatus to the scene.

With the heavy fire already consuming much of the two buildings focus was turned to pro-tecting the adjacent structures in the area. In spite of the heavy fire, firefighters were able to prevent fire from spreading to another property merely 10 feet away.

The Royalston Fire Department provided a cover engine for the community during the fire. One firefighter was transported from the fire to Heywood Hospital where he was treated and released. A joint investigation into the cause of the fire by the Winchendon fire and police departments is ongoing with all accidental caus-es having been ruled out.

HISTORIC STRUCTURES DOWN AND OUT

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our national security, that don’t ever seem to resolve anything in those countries, and that drain enormous sums of money and inexcusable amounts of young American blood for exactly what?

Those are the ques-tions I was contemplat-ing as I toured the Wall last weekend. Why do we continue to pur-sue mindless policies abroad that do nothing but waste lives? I’m not an isolationist — to be sure there are very bad guys out there — but it seems to me that we ought to be fighting only where it actually impacts us and neither George W. Bush nor Barack Obama have, in more than a dozen years, offered a com-pelling case on that score when it came

first to Iraq and then Afghanistan.

You hate, absolutely hate, thinking those 58,000 men and women died in vain and yet you can’t help but wonder. During his losing but noble and ultimately vindicated 1972 pres-idential campaign, George McGovern kept saying he was “tired of old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in.” That sentiment was valid then and it’s valid today.

The names on that imposing monument, as we still grieve their ultimate sacrifice, should be a reminder that we owe ourselves and their memory bet-ter than we’ve done. While we certainly need to protect our security and interests in specif-ic situations, it’s way past time to stop the reflexive, robotic inter-ventionist madness. Don’t you agree?

JOURNEYcontinued from page A1

PHILLIPSTON BAZAARThe 57th Annual Phillipston Village Bazaar

of the Congregational Church of Phillipston, on the Common, will be held on Saturday June 14 starting at 10 a.m. and running throughout the day. The sixth annual Phillipston Village Bazaar”Firefighter’s 5K (3.1 miles) Run/Walk” will be held with walkers beginning at 4 p.m. and runners at 4:30 p.m. The entry fee is $20. No dogs, no baby carriages and no head phones allowed. For applications contact RyanTwohey, (978) 249-6300, or email him at [email protected]

The fantastic Chicken Barbecue will be from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. serving continuously. The enter-tainment during the Chicken Barbecue will fea-ture “Fish Fry Fred”, Fred Lillenkamp from Hubbardston, playing and singing traditional blues. Tickets for the barbecue may be purchased by calling Paula Haley at (978) 939-4086.


SPORTSSPORTS

The list of NFL teams who have complet-ed a perfect season is pretty short: one to be exact. Say hi to the ‘72 Dolphins. The list of baseball players who, excluding the steroid era, have hit 60 home runs in a single sea-son is pretty short as well: two to be exact. That’d be the Babe and Roger Maris. The number of NBA teams with 30-game win streaks? One: the Lakers early in the 1970s.

I mention these in the aftermath of California Chrome’s failure to sweep racing’s Triple Crown. He was the 12th colt since Affirmed’s tour de force in 1978 to reach the Belmont Stakes with a chance to complete that sweep, and he was12th Kentucky Derby/Preakness winner to fall short. (A 13th Derby/Preakness winner, I’ll Have Another, didn’t run in the Belmont in 2012).

There were reasons. As I have writ-ten here before, CC’s pedigree screamed that he would not be able to get the gru-eling mile-and-a-half. Three distance races in five weeks is a lot given the relatively recent fragility of American-bred horses. New shooters tend to show up at the Belmont, and we’ll get to that in a minute. The racetrack itself (“Big Sandy” it’s called) is unlike any on

which horses not stabled there have run. It’s the only mile-and-a-half track in the country and it’s mere vastness frequently confuses riders not accus-tomed to its size.

It takes an incredibly special horse to deal with all that and horses signifi-

cantly better than California Chrome (Spectacular Bid in 1979, Alysheba in 1987, Sunday Silence in 1989, Silver Charm in 1997, Smarty Jones in 2004, all come immediately to mind) have for whatever reason fallen short of the sweep. Besides, one would think it should go without saying that win-ning the Derby and Preakness are pretty impressive, life-changing accom-plishments themselves. So CC isn’t Secretariat or even Seattle Slew or Affirmed. So what? He’s had a hell of a spring, hasn’t he?

As for the winner, Tonalist? Belmont winners often have a lot of grass pedi-gree and such is the case with Tonalist, whose father, Tapit was a grass special-ist. Most grass races, you see, are run at longer distances than dirt races and those horses generally have more stami-na. (As an aside, the Belmont Stakes is the only major American race run at a mile-and-a-half) It didn’t hurt, either, that Tonalist is trained by Christopher

Clement, who does exceptionally well on the grass , nor that Tonalist prepped for the Belmont in the Peter Pan stakes, whose result often offers a hint of what’s to come on Belmont Day.

After the race, CC’s co-owner Steve Coburn, who had won a lot of fans during the Triple Crown run, likely lost a lot of them when, in an emotional, sore-loser rant, he accused Tonalist’s connections of having won in a “cow-ardly” fashion because their colt had skipped the first two jewels of the clas-sics. He also proposed that only horses who compete in the Derby should be allowed to continue on to the Preakness and Belmont.

Well. Yes, Coburn was suffering from a huge disappointment. Hopefully he, a) regrets the time and place of his rant, and, b) was merely venting because rationally his outburst makes no sense. Horses, like people, mature differently. How many of you know that a thoroughbred doesn’t actually reach their physical peak until they are five years old? Some top-class young three year-olds are ready by Derby Day in early May. Some, like Tonalist, aren’t and that extra month makes a huge difference. Under Coburn’s plan, the malady of “Derby Fever,” already far too acute, would expand exponential-ly. As it is, plenty of young horses are compromised in the rush to make it

to Louisville. If you qualified for the Belmont only by reaching the Derby, the attrition rate would be such that you’d often see three and four horse Belmont fields.

It’s fine to have a discussion about changing the parameters of the Triple Crown. Trainer Wayne Lukas, who has won 14 TC races, says the Preakness should be pushed back another week and the Belmont a month. I’ve read suggestions that contend the classics should be for four year-olds, not three.

Any changes like these would create a very different Triple Crown than the one won by the 11 horses who have accomplished the feat since Sir Barton did it first in 1919. That’s okay in and of itself. Tennis completely changed the face of the Grand Slam when the open era began in 1968. Same goes for golf’s Grand Slam. Re-designing racing’s Triple Crown might well not lessen the degree of difficulty at all. The debate is worth having.

In the meantime, rather than lament California Chrome’s inability to com-plete the sweep, it’s better, I think, to once again revere the 11 horses whose stature and legacies grow more impos-ing every passing year no TC is won. Besides, how can it be considered a lost sports weekend when Maria Sharapova wins a major? You know? See you next week.

Classically speaking...

JERRY CARTON

Talking SporTS


WINCHENDON — Little League playoffs got underway on a thrilling note Tuesday night when the major level A’s squandered a lead but rallied to edge the Cardinals, 7-6 in seven innings. That opened the base-ball post-season. Softball was slated to begin on Wednesday. Playoffs will run until late June.

The Red Sox concluded the regular season with a pair of wins, scoring four times in the fifth inning to break a tie and down the Cardinals 7-3, then beat the A’s, 15-10.

Alex Burby’s homer salt-ed the game away over the Cardinals while Jack Polcari tossed what manager Bob Polcari called a “rare complete game in the pitch count era.” Jack fanned 12 Cardinals and Greg Downing did just about

as well for the Cards, striking out 11 before reaching his max-imum pitch count in the fifth when the Sox tallied those four runs. Primo Dellasanta had a pair of hits for the Red Sox with Burby, Corey Fasulo and Mateo Dellarosa also contrib-uting hits.

Dellasanta’s grand slam was the crowning blow in Saturday’s win, which wrapped up the regular season title for the 9-3 Sox.

The scoreboard lit up like a pinball machine early on as the A’s opened the contest with five runs in the top of the first and the Red Sox countered with six in the home half. Both teams scored a pair in the sec-ond and the A’s added three in the top of the third for a brief 10-8 lead. The Sox came right back with four runs to make it 12-10 after three frames before edging away.

Burby and Dellasanta qui-eted the A’s bats from the fourth inning on. The latter again had two hits, that grand slam coming in the third. Nick Bond, Andrew Race, Fasulo, Dellarosa and Burby all had hits as well.

Phil Deleon blasted a round-tripper for the A’s while Brandon Lundin added two hits. Adam Digman and Noah Johnson each delivered a hit for the A’s.

LL playoffs underway with Red Sox winning season

ALUMNI GAMEThe annual Murdock

Alumni softball game is sched-uled next Sunday June 22 at noon at the Murdock High softball field. Registration is $10, which includes lunch and a tee shirt. Fliers are available in the school office and Sue Polcari has more information at (978) 257-5671.

CLARK BASKETBALLThe Clark YMCA will be

running a Summer youth basketball league beginning in July for rising seventh through ninth graders, boys and girls. Registration forms are available at the Clark front desk and online at: the-clarkymca.org. Cost is $10. Games start July 7 and will be at 6 and 7 p.m. More infor-mation from Lisa Crossman at (978) 297-9622 or [email protected].

T R U S T E E S O F RESERVATIONS EVENTS

Survival AdventureFriday, June 27, 6 p.m. –

Sunday, June 29, 2 p.m.Tully Lake Campground, 25

Doane Hill Road, RoyalstonDo you have what it takes to

sleep in a shelter that you’ve built with no sleeping bag or to build a fire without match-es? In this intensive two night adventure you’ll be intro-duced to some of the basics of “thriving in the wild,” using

minimal modern technology. We’ll start at the campground for one night, practice our skills, then set off on an unfor-gettable adventure, using our collective wits and knowledge of our environment until we come back the next morn-ing. Contact The Trustees of Reservations for more details at (978) 249-4957. Must be over 18 to participate¸ limited to 10 participants.

Wild West DaySaturday, June 28, All DayTully Lake Campground, 25

Doane Hill Road, RoyalstonWear your finest western

attire and come on down and saddle up with Ranger Sarah for some western fun and games. Call (978) 249-4957 for information, or email [email protected].

OFF ROADXTERRA off-road triathlon

and trail run series comes to Massachusetts. The inter-nationally recognized leader of off-road races is back in the Bay State for the summer 2014 season. Residents are invited to participate in the first annual XTERRA French River Festival on Saturday and Sunday, June 28-29 at the Oxford High School in Oxford to benefit the French River Connection and the Oxford Recreation Commission. A sprint-distance off-road tri-athlon starts off the week-

end at 8:30 a.m. on Saturday with a 1/4 mile swim (or a 1 mile kayak or a 1.5 mile trail run), a 6 mile mountain bike ride and then a 3.5 mile trail run through the trails of Hodges Village Dam ($60 individual, $70 relay). Race #2 in the XTERRA Trail Run MA Series starts at 11 a.m., with the option of either a 18k or 8k trail run course ($35/$25). A kids off-road duathlon (run-bike-run) wraps up Day 1 starting at 1 p.m. ($15), and is entirely on the athletic fields at Oxford High School. Food and other vendors will be on-site too throughout all events this weekend. Sunday morning at 8:30 is the start of the XTERRA French River off-road triathlon ($90 individ-ual only), featuring a 1/2 mile swim, 11 mile mountain bike, and 5 mile trail run. These races are for athletes of all levels, but must be at least 13 years old for the triathlons or trail runs, and at least 5 years old for the kids duath-lon. Individual and small group volunteer positions and various sponsorship opportu-nities for still exist; contact us today to be part of this great off-road racing festival. For more information, to contact the race director, or to regis-ter online, go to www.mramu-ltisport.com/frenchriver.

BIKING OPPORTUNITIESIn 2014, the American Lung

Association celebrates the 30th annual Autumn Escape Bike Trek presented by Sunovion. Hundreds will travel the 160 miles from Plymouth to Provincetown to support the American Lung Association of the Northeast. To prepare for the ride, Bicycle Alley in Worcester is hosting a train-ing ride followed by a ‘Bikes & Bites’ informational session to give prospective cyclists and volunteers an opportunity to learn more about the event.

Join the American Lung Association of the Northeast on Wednesday, June 18 from 6-8 p.m. at Bicycle Alley located at 1067 Main St. in Worcester for the training ride followed by free beer and snacks. Learn all you need to know to be a part of the Autumn Escape Bike Trek being held from Friday Sept. 26, to Sunday Sept. 28. Lung Association staff will be on hand to discuss the ride basics. Please RSVP for ‘Bikes & Bites’ to [email protected] by June 17.

Those interested in volun-teering for the weekend are also invited to come down and learn more about the many volunteer opportu-nities that are available at the Trek. Volunteering is a great way to experience the event and help support the Lung Association’s mission to

save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease. Assignments can be for a few hours or a few days. Prospective volunteers should also RSVP to [email protected] by June 17.

The 30th annual Autumn Escape Bike Trek is present-ed by Sunovion. Other spon-sors include Magic 106.7 and Kindred Healthcare. The 3-day, 160-mile trek features the most beautiful sights Cape Cod has to offer. There is also a 2-day, 105-mile option available. Typically partici-pants will pay a registration fee of $75 for the 3-day Trek and $55 for the 2-day Trek. Anyone who registers during Bikes and Bites will receive a free registration for both the two and three day ride options. There is an addition-al fundraising minimum of $500. More information and registration is available at Biketreknewengland.org.

All proceeds from AEBT fund the Lung Association’s research, education and advo-cacy to support its mission to save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease. More than 34 million Americans are living with lung disease and count-less more family members and loved ones are affected.

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FRIDAY, JUNE 13STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL:

Immaculate Heart of Mary annual Strawberry Festival kicks off 5-9 p.m. on the grounds at the church, 52 Spruce St. Games, raffles, theme baskets and of course FOOD. The country auction begins at 6 p.m. with the preview begin-ning at 4 p.m.

SATURDAY, JUNE 14CHARTER DAY: Commemorative

events include speakers, a shot reenact-ment, unearthing Winchendon’s pre-vious time capsule and adding current

items to it. Unearthing and showing of contents of the time capsule is at 1 pm, Charter Day ceremony starts at 4 p.m. at GAR Park on Grove Street and Murdock Avenue.

ART WALK: Cornerstone Church presents a Walk featuring local art-ists of all ages. Enter to win prizes on the theme: “All About Winchendon.” Promenade through the park to meet the artists and view their work. At GAR (Civil War) Park, at Grove and Murdock Streets. 1-4 p.m. Visit artist-dayapart.com for form.

FLAG RETIREMENT CEREMONY: Saturday, June 14 American Legion Post 193 will have the annual flag retir-ing ceremony at the Legion and encour-age anyone with a tattered, torn, or faded flag to drop it off that American Legion for a proper retirement of the colors. To be held around 6 p.m.

STRAWBERRY FESTIVAL:

Immaculate Heart of Mary festival con-tinues, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Popular local band Deacon Express plays 6-9 p.m.

REGISTRATION YOUTH FOOTBALL & CHEERING SEASON!: Saturday, June 14 9 am to noon @ Murdock Middle High School Cafeteria. Online registration starting May 15 via the Winchendon Pop Warner website at www.winchendonpopwarner.com. For more details visit website or contact Bob Polcari at (978) 265-4699 or email at [email protected].

SUNDAY, JUNE 15FATHER’S DAY BREAKFAST: the

Immaculate Heart of Mary strawberry festival ends with the annual break-fast 9-11 a.m. at the church, 52 Spruce St. Following the meal the raffles and basket winners will be drawn and announced.

MURDOCK WHITNEY HOUSE MUSEUM is open for tours at 1 and 2:30

p.m. at 151 Front St. Free to Winchendon Historical Society members, $5 for oth-ers.

THURSDAY, JUNE 19GARDEN CLUB: meets at 1 p.m. at the

Ipswich Drive Community Building. The program will be Landscape Design with Michelle of Lakeview Nurseries. Meetings are open to the public, all are welcome. The Winchendon Garden Club will have a booth the day of the 250th Anniversary with raffles, including a handmade afghan featur-ing Clyde the Toy Town horse (made by member Lorraine Fortugno). The booth will include flea market items as well, and will be at the Winchendon Unitarian Universalist Church. Watch for the float in the parade, designed by Margaret Paston. For information on Garden Club activities, contact Janet Thompson at (978) 297-0785.

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can purchase and sell used cars, while a Class III license is needed to refurbish and re-sell vehicles.

“We want to bring businesses to Winchendon and keep the ones we have,” said Blair. “To do that, everyone needs to follow the rules.”

“When I go by, there’s an awful lot of activity there,” said Vice-Chairman Beth Hunt. “There’s no way to tell who’s doing what there.”

“This hearing was called because there’s some evidence they were not in

compliance (with their license),” said Blair. “Is there anything that they’re doing to disqualify them for a Class II license?”

“I know in my heart we’re doing the right thing, said Napoleon Methe. “There are lots of problems that people can’t fix, that we fix.”

The author of the article, Katie Landeck, told selectmen she was assigned to do an article about spring cleaning.

“Napoleon told me ‘there’s not much we do along those lines, we’re a car place,” said Landeck, who was adamant that Napoleon Methe told her that he does sell parts.

“I’m sorry that the article confused things,” said Blair, “but we don’t base our vote on what’s in the newspaper.”

It was ultimately decided Nick’s could hang onto its Class II license. The owners, however, were cautioned that any future violations could result in the license being suspended.

In other action Monday night, the Board of Selectmen reorganized. Blair was chosen chairman. He replaces Robert O’Keefe, who chose not to seek re-election to the post. Beth Hunt was re-elected vice-chairman.

Selectmen also voted to re-appoint a number of individuals to boards and committees on which they have been

serving. The following re-appoint-ments were approved: Lionel Cloutier and Garrett Davieau: Conservation Commission; Fred Cloutier, Constable; F. Richard Ladeau, Cynthia Sylvester, Jacquelyn Flynn, and Gloria LaBrack: Council on Aging; Ray Harris, Fence Viewer/Field Driver; Peggy Corbosiero and Lois Abare: Historical Commission/Historic District; Jim Kreidler, alter-nate to Montachusett Regional Planning Commission; James McCrohon, and Gregory Vine: Planning Board; Vicki Conner, Registrars of Voters; Mary Martorella and Joe Snow: Zoning Board of Appeals, and Ray Rader, alternate, Zoning Board of Appeals.

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parking.At 3:30 p.m., Pearl, Mill, Grove, Oak,

Court, Academy, Lincoln, and Pleasant streets will be shut down to incoming traf-

fic. Detours will be well posted.As is traditional at the Summer

Solstice, the Clark Memorial YMCA will host the Morin 5K Road Race beginning at 8:30, followed by the McDonald’s Kids FunRun; and at 10 a.m., the Clark Field will be filled with family activities.

The Grand Parade will kick off at 4 p.m. from Murdock Middle High School. The parade route takes it down Central, a small portion of Front, down Lincoln to Grove and ends at GAR Park.

At 6 p.m, the band concert gets under-way on the Clark Field. Several local bands will be entertaining the crowds, local vendors and food booths will be available; and the day will be capped with a fireworks display at 9:15 p.m. from Whitney Pond over that same field.

250th organizer Janet Corbosiero assures the weather will cooperate.

Any questions concerning the plans can be directed to Corbosiero at (978) 448-1237.

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Murdock’s third prin-cipal, albeit a one-year interim, in four years, said there’s a need for “consistent” adminis-tration which he antici-pates incoming principal Josh Romano to provide. In addition, he noted, administrators need to be visible.

“Not just for the kids but for the faculty, too. Josh and I are in the hall at every bell. We’re in the cafeteria. We go to games when we can. I’ve made it a point to get into classrooms all the time. Teachers and students need to see that, to know you’re invested in what they’re doing. I can’t emphasize that enough,” he remarked.

“In a small school like this, you get to know kids individually, which is a good thing. This is a great facility with lots of room and Robinson-Broadhurst has been very generous to us, too.

“Those can be selling points when you’re hir-ing. I make a pitch to teachers we’re trying to hire, and we do reach out, we don’t just wait for applications, that if they

want to make a difference in kids’ lives, this is the kind of place they can do it because they get to know everyone individ-ually,” said Olsen who added he’s excited about the people who will be coming on board when school reopens next fall.

Coming as well will be uniform planning time for teachers. Math teach-ers, for example, will all have the same period free as will teachers in every subject. That will afford them the opportunity to work together more effec-tively and simply brain-storm together as well,

something Olsen sees as an essential element of successful instruction.

The Murdock Academy, too, has been a success story. “It’s pro-vided an environment where students who weren’t able, for whatev-er reason, to be success-ful here, found success,” he noted.

Olsen has no regrets about his year at Murdock. “It was a dif-ferent school than I had ever been at before, but it has a lot of potential. I love what I do, and I’m glad to have had this experience,” he said.

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In one of his last tasks as interim principal of Murdock, Ralph Olsen stands ready at the commencement exercises June 8.

himself on the short list of finalists to fill the job of superintendent for the Masconomet Regional School District, headquartered in Topsfield. He ultimate-ly lost out to Hudson Superintendent Kevin Lyons. Khelfaoui said one reason he applied for the job is that it is much closer to his home in Chelmsford.

“He’s been moving Winchendon schools in a positive direction,” said Niles. “And our Murdock Academy for Success is becoming a model for other districts. They want to know how we’re doing this, why we’re so successful.”

Niles also credited Khelfaoui with improving after school programs.

“Both the students and the faculty are more enthusiastic,” Niles continued. “The culture, the attitude of students and teachers has greatly improved.”

“There’s no real criticism of the job he has done.”

Niles said the School Committee would next like to undertake a review of the guidance department and of the central office.

“We’re not criticizing anyone and we’re not out to get anyone,” he said. “But we would like to see improved pro-fessionalism and efficiency.”

In other school committee news, Winchendon has received notice from the Massachusetts School Building Authority that none of the items for which it sought funding would be included in the 2014 Accelerated Repair Program. The district was looking for funding for the replacement of a retaining wall and railings at Memorial Elementary School, HVAC/boiler for Murdock Middle High School and, an emergency generator for Toy Town Elementary School.

The district will now have to pin its hopes for a new generator at Tow Town on Winchendon voters. The spe-cial election coming up on Saturday, June 28 includes an article calling for a Proposition 2-1/2 debt exclusion of $75,000 to pay for the generator. Supporters say making up school days lost due to an electrical outage is prob-lematic. The state requires that stu-dents receive 180 of instruction between the start of school and the end of June.

In addition, Toy Town is utilized as an emergency shelter during times of crisis, as it was during the ice storm of December 2008. Millions of New England residents, including those in Winchendon, lost power for several days. Many of those displaced were sheltered at Tow Town.

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er respect. This should all provide an opportunity to reflect on the cost of war.”

One soldier from Winchendon died in Vietnam. Lt. Carl Peterson was 23 when he was killed and his brother Dale and sister Trudy placed a wreath during the ceremonies.

James Brehio is the manager of the Massachusetts Veterans Cemetery in Winchendon and was reflective during his remarks. “There’s something about the simplicity of this wall that touches us,” he noted.

“It’s a special place where people talk in whispers but it’s a healing place, too,” Brehio added, pointing out that he drives past numerous monuments on his way to work every morning but, “I never notice them. This Wall is differ-ent,” he stressed.

That seemed to be the consensus throughout the weekend. Surrounded by small American flags flapping in the breeze, veteran Gerald Benoit, who saw combat in 1969 and 1970 looked back through the decades and said, “you feel like you let them down, even though you really didn’t.”

The information tent, where visitors could look up where specific names were placed on the wall, was staffed by volunteers round-the-clock from Thursday evening until the Wall was disassembled Monday afternoon. One of those volunteers was Sue Burdsall, who took a 4 a.m. to 8 a.m. shift early Friday morning.

“It’s very touching, very emotional. It was beautiful to watch the sun come up over the monument and the wall. I’m glad to be able to help,” she remarked.

That’s how volunteer John Cyganiewicz felt as well. The former National Guardsman called it “a matter of pride and honor,”, noting he took multiple shifts beginning Friday night.

“Respect,” added volunteer Penny Maliska early Friday morning.

Winchendon residents Mark and Cindy Landanno were among the week-end visitors. “We’re just here to pay our respects,” Mark said.

The Vietnam Memorial in Washington took several years to complete more than 30 years ago and the idea of a Moving Wall was created by veterans John Devitt, Gerry Haver, and Norris Shears. The California natives were so impressed by the dedication of the DC Memorial they wanted to do something “portable” for people who were unlikely to get to Washington. Construction took nearly two years and the structure was erected for the first time in Tyler, TX in October 1984.

The Moving Wall is 253 feet, just lon-ger than half the length of the 493.5 foot Memorial in Washington and contains 74 separate frames.

Ohio is the next destination for the Wall but its weekend visit to Winchendon attracted a steady stream of visitors who did in fact, speak quietly as they toured the park.

“Breathtaking”, observed Marie Urquhart and that pretty much summed up the feelings of most of the people who took time to stop by.

Janet Corbosiero of the 250th Anniversary Committee provided fur-ther information concerning those who organized and helped with the weekend event.

The sub-committee included Rochelle LaFortune, Corbosiero, Suzanne Rader and David LeDeau.

Corbosiero reported, “without the help of Scott Gauthier and many others we would not have been able to do it. The following people helped build it, staff it 24 hours a day, and disassembled it. Fire and Iron and Hawg Haulers escorted it in on Thursday and helped in building it but I don’t have all their names. Some of these volunteers came from as far away as Marlboro.”

Gary Antilla, Danielle Antonellis, Craig Ashmore, Antonio Barbaro, Jim Benton, Jim Bevilacqua, Ryan Bevilacqua, Linda Bevan, Dawn Bilodeau, RV Blodgett, Mathew Bosworth, Joan Bronson, Bill Brown, Lance Budka, Susan Burdsall, Robert Cachett, Anita Capuziello, Dan Carter, Michael Carton, David Casavant, Dennis Casavant, Byran Clayton, Ray Coe, Guy Corbosiero, Dick Creamer, John Cyganiewicz, Linda Daigle, Antonio Dellasanta, Rachel Dickens, Dean Drouin, Keith Dunham, Andrew Dunham, John Durling, Heather Gauthier, Kevin Gauthier, Lorraine Gauthier, Scott Gauthier, Buddy Gilbert, Robert Guenther, James Huff, James Trisham Huff, Logan Huff, Beth Hunt, David LaBrack, Laura LaBrack, Dave Ladeau, Bethany Labrie, Ed Laford, Barbara Lafrennie, Joe Lafrennie, Sherry Lafrennie, Valeria LaPort, Joan Lyon, Penny Maliska, Gerri Malone, Laura Marshall, Robert Marshall, Victoria Marshall, Frank McKinnon, Lynn Murray, Felicia Nurmsen, Don O’Neil, George Ovellette, Jackie Patria, Don Patria, Aidan Provost, Keith Rice, Paul Rice, Kris Provost, Marcus Provost, Maureen Provost, Puddles, Greg Rader, Rick Rader, Suzanne Rader, Rat, Judy Ruschioni, Ricci Ruschioni, Marty Scott, David Shetrawski, Garrett Shetrawski, Frank Silvia, Lora Stone-Kenney, Andrea Suchocki, Adam Tenney, Jenni Wagner, Denise Wiley.

Elie Bastarache and Butch Covey donated a poster of the Korean War, which we will give to the American Legion.

The Toy Town Elementary school children showed their patriotism in the pouring rain with a solemn gesture of their right hands over their hearts as the Moving Wall arrived.

Donated time and materials: American Legion Post 193, Fire and Iron Local 857, Hawg Haulers Motorcycle Association, Winchendon Fire Department, Winchendon Police Department, John Deline and his DPW crew, Belletetes, To Each His Own Design, Last Minute Flowers and Gifts, Tara Ryan, Tina Sanford, Shane & Elizabeth Bush, CVS Winchendon and Central Supermarket IGA.

Heidi Hogan gave the volunteers the best homemade donuts, juice and milk and kept the Montachusett Veterans Outreach Center open for our use.

People brought by donuts, coffee and pizza for the volunteers at all hours of the day.

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FITCHBURG — Despite heavy rains and winds throughout the day, the rain stopped and the sun came out just in time for Montachusett Regional Vocational Technical School’s 43rd annual com-mencement exercises held June 5 on the athletic fields.

The ceremony got underway as members of the Class of 2014, the largest in the school’s history, were led to their seats by junior class officers, serv-ing as marshals.

Members of Monty Tech’s Marine Corps JROTC Color Guard presented the flags, while Spencer M. Uguccioni of Winchendon, senior class vice president, led the Pledge of Allegiance.

Acting Principal Richard Nutt, served as master of cer-emonies. Senior Arielyss M. Santiago of Fitchburg sang the National Anthem.

In his welcoming address, Superintendent -Director Steven C. Sharek congratulat-ed the graduates on all they accomplished at Monty Tech and asked them to demon-strate their gratitude to their parents, teachers and school counselors for helping them reach this important mile-stone in their young lives by a round of applause.

Although graduation is a time for celebration, he told them, “it’s also a time to reflect upon where you are, where you’ve been, and where you want to go. First, you’ve com-pleted high school. That’s a good thing. And you’ve gradu-ated from Monty Tech. That’s a very good thing,” he said.

Next, he asked the graduates that all-important question: “Now what?” He shared with them words his eighth grade English teacher told him that have had an impact on his life. “She used to tell her students ‘You get out of life what you put into it.’ Over the years, I’ve come to realize how very true her words were,” he said.

For the graduates going directly into the workforce, he reminded them that the job market is still weak, and decent jobs are hard to find, particularly for teen-agers. “Here’s my very simple advice: Do what your employer asks. Do it faster, and do it better. Do it with a smile. Say ‘please, thank you and you’re wel-come.’ Show up to work every day. Show up on time. Take directions. Cooperate with others. Show respect. Read. Listen. Use every chance you have to learn new things. Even if you have a job that isn’t that challenging, figure out a way to become the very best at what you do.”

He also had words of advice for graduates heading to col-lege. “Go to class, study and get your money’ s worth. Squeeze every ounce of good-ness out of your college expe-rience. Meet new people and try new experiences. In short, take advantage of the college experience Make it the rich-est experience you can. You’ll only get it once.”

“Whether you are off to a job or going for more school-ing, embrace the experience. Laugh about it. Love it. Learn from it. The sky’s the limit,” he said.

Class speakers were Brittany L. Velez of Fitchburg,

class valedictorian; Olivia R. Frawley of Westminster, salutatorian, and Russell H. Holbert of Fitchburg, class president.

Holbert, who will be study-ing vocal performance at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh in the fall, urged his classmates not to spend much time looking back and holding onto what is familiar. “Some call it regret, some call it fear, but there’s no diag-nosis for this phenomenon…this haunting of the unknown future against the security of what used to be.”

He encouraged them to embrace the future, and not let the unknown hold them back from succeeding in life. “What we the Class of 2014 need to do is keep going. We have this gift of life and hope in our heads and hands and heart, and it will expire if we stay still,” he said.

A dental assisting major, who will be studying medical biology with a concentration in pre-dental studies at UMass-Amherst, Velez expressed her gratitude for all the sup-port she and her classmates received in reaching this mile-stone in their lives.

“Sitting here today, earning our high school diplomas is a major milestone that was made possible as a direct result of all of our supporters. Throughout these past four years each of us has acquired a support system that has encouraged us to persevere and reach the finish line. Whether they’re our siblings, teachers or par-ents, they all deserve a special thank you. Let each of us grad-uating tonight never forget the hard work, dedication and sacrifices made by these every special people,” she stressed.

Frawley related an experi-ence she said has had a pro-found impact on the way she looks at life. An accomplished performer in musical theater since she was very young, she told the story about not getting the lead in a school musical during her junior year.

Not getting the lead and being relegated to a lesser role, one she didn’t want, was at

the time a huge disappoint-ment to her. “In that moment of defeat and discouragement, the point at which my care-fully laid plans took a wrong turn, taking a step back was the clear choice.” She said that taking the part she didn’t want turned into one of the most satisfying, frustrating and incredible experiences of her life. Taking that step back, and putting the situation in perspective, has taught her a lesson she will focus on when-ever things don’t go her way in the future.

She will be attending St. John’s College, Annapolis, MD., where she will major in liberal arts.

Class officers present-ed the class gift, a mobile, multi-use display unit for the school’s new library, to School Committee Chair Eric J. Olson of Phillipston. Cabinetmaking students will make the display unit when school resumes in the fall.

A longstanding tradition at the school is for graduates to present the Superintendent-Director with a small token when they shake his hand after receiving their diplomas. Some years it has been mar-bles, pennies, school IDs and books. This year, each grad-uate handed Sharek, an avid baseball fan, a baseball card.

Barbara Reynolds of Lunenburg, School Committee vice chairperson, assisted Olson in presenting diplomas and certificates of vocation-al-technical proficiency to the following local graduates:

ASHBURNHAM: Dean Anderson (information tech-nology), Dominic Arsenault (plumbing), Travis Cullison (cabinetmaking), Angela Farhal (culinary arts), Anslo Gilot Jr. (dental assisting), Joseph McSparren (auto body collision repair) Benjamin Myotte (welding, metal fab-rication), Shannon Speer (cabinetmaking), and Devon Wagner (masonry).

BALDWINVILLE: Hannah Campbell (cabinetmaking), Gage Favreau (drafting), Melissa Franz (health occu-pations), McKenzie Lyons

(cabinetmaking), Kayla Paine (health occupations), and Catherine Wilson (cosmetolo-gy).

EAST TEMPLETON: Christopher Malm (infor-mation technology), Thora Stickney (house carpentry) and Kelsey Wick (cosmetolo-gy).

GARDNER: Brooke Alexander (cabinetmaking), Jordan Alexander (house car-pentry), Matthew Applin (culi-nary arts), Taylor Bacigalupo (business technology), Gabriel Bonilla (welding, metal fab-rication); Danielle Bouchard (machine technology), Jesse Maclaine (plumbing), Tylene Dickie (early childhood educa-tion), Heather Dobbs (health occupations), Cody Duval (cab-inetmaking), Tarah Garneau (cabinetmaking), MiKayla Gaudet (health occupations), Alex Gauvin (machine tech-nology), Daniel Groth (draft-ing technology); Amber Haney (early childhood education), Korri Harthan (house carpen-try), Brianna Heughlins (engi-neering technology), James Landry (masonry), Lindsey LeBlanc (graphic communica-tions), Jonathan Lind (engi-neering technology), Nicholas Mackowiak (drafting technol-ogy), Tyler Maguire (machine technology), William Malay III (information technology), Brittany McCarthy (draft-ing technology), Braydon McDonald (machine technol-ogy), Thomas Miller (electri-cal), Kyle Nolan (masonry), Andrew Oliveira (drafting technology), Jacob Palmieri (plumbing), Brianna Phillips (early childhood education), Mark Provencial (culinary arts), Connor Puchol (drafting technology), Sarah Raymond (information technology), Stephen Rendal (drafting technology), Brandi Richard (early childhood education), Nicholas Robbins (house car-pentry), Sean Salem (mason-ry), Jason Sandagon (graph-ic communications), Daniel Santiago (information technol-ogy), Derek Slack (plumbing), Jade Smith (health occupa-tions), James Stacey (informa-tion technology), Melissa Teto (cosmetology), Kyle Trainque (electrical), Steven Wallace (drafting technology), Derek Watson (information technol-ogy), Anthony Webb (cabinet-making), and Jacklyn White (graphic communications).

PHILLIPSTON: Justin Boudreau (plumbing), Lena Christian (culinary arts), Jake Hastings (plumbing), Samantha Howard (house carpentry), Jillian Manty

(house carpentry), Vanessa Montesdeoca (early childhood education), Jessica St. John (cosmetology), Jerrika St. John (early childhood educa-tion).

ROYALSTON: Corey Baker (house carpentry), Devin Bates (masonry), Colleen Demboske (welding, metal fabrication), Gabriel Jarvenpaa (masonry), Emma LeGrand (cosmetol-ogy), Lainey Wright (health occupations).

TEMPLETON: Halley Bibeau (cosmetology), Erin Brown (dental assisting), Jonah Bryant (industrial tech-nology), Bryan Carbone (auto body, collision repair), Jaclyn Cartee (dental assisting), Timothy Cormier (plumb-ing), Brandon (Dow (mason-ry), Philip Gilbert (electrical), Alaina Gionet (cosmetology), Sarah Haley (cosmetology), Kathleen Kemmit (culinary arts), Taryn Lawrence (cosme-tology), Lacey Miettinen (den-tal assisting) Kaitlyn Morris (early childhood education), Franklin Moschetti (engi-neering technology), Nicholas Nogueira (machine technolo-gy), John Norcross III (auto body, collision repair), David Symonds (information tech-nology), Ashley Teeter (cos-metology).

WINCHENDON: Dillon Walsh (electrical), Kierstan Bellar (business technology), Kelsey Bosselait (dental assist-ing), John Bradley (industrial technology), Tabitha Cantin (health occupations), Jeremy Caouette (industrial technol-ogy), Kailey Carr (culinary arts), Taesha Contois (cosme-tology), Emily Costa (early childhood education), Austin Cyganiewicz (graphic com-munications), Kaleigh Flagg (graphic communications), Adam Forgues (masonry), Sarah Gage (information tech-nology), Shawn Grover (auto body, collision repair), Jacob Haley (machine technology), Bryan Laferriere (masonry), Jared Maxfield Jr. (welding, metal fabrication), Ryan May (business technology), Jacob Michelson (drafting technolo-gy), Vanessa O’Brien (graphic communications), Matthew Parmenter (plumbing), Keegan Safford (masonry), Marrisa Schecker (culinary arts), Jonathan Shelales (weld-ing, metal fabrication), Jacob Skinner (auto body, collision repair), Spencer Uguccioni (culinary arts), Nicholas Varieur (drafting technology).


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TOWN OF WINCHENDON ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS

Notice is hereby given that the Winchendon ZBA will hold a PUBLIC HEARING on Wed, 7/2/14 at 7:05 PM in the Town Hall Aud., 2nd Fl., 109 Front St., Winchendon, MA 01475 on the application of Glenn & Gail Whit-tle, 126 Lakeview Drive, Winchendon, MA 01475 for same property (Map M10, Parcels 32 & 33) to hear a re-quest for a Special Permit and finding under Sections 6.2.3 and 13.6.3 of the Winchendon Zoning Bylaws to allow the expansion of an existing non-con-forming structure, located in an R-40 Residential Zoning District. A copy of the application is available at the Dept. of P&D, Winchendon Town Hall. All in-terested persons should plan to attend.

Cynthia Carvill, Chair,Zoning Board of Appeals

June 6, 2014June 13, 2014

Commonwealth of MassachusettsWorcester, SS. SUPERIOR

COURTDEPARTMENT OF THE TRIAL

COURTCIVIL ACTIONNo. 14-0850C

ToJames R. Caton of Gardner, Worcester County; and Joel B. Thompson of East Templeton, Worcester County; both of said CommonwealthAND TO ALL PERSONS ENTITLED TO THE BENEFIT OF THE SOL-DIERS’ AND SAILORS’ CIVIL RELIEF ACT OF 1940 AS AMENDED: GFA Federal Credit Union, a banking insti-tution with a usual place of business in Gardner, Worcester County, Mas-sachusetts; claiming to be the holder of a mortgage covering property sit-uated on Central Street, being num-bered 212-220 on said street, in said Winchendon given by James R. Caton to GFA Federal Credit Union dated November 19, 2010 and recorded in Worcester District Registry of Deeds, Book 46677, Page 138, has filed with said court a Complaint for authority to foreclose said mortgage in the manner following: by entry on and possession

of the premises therein described and by exercise of the power of sale con-tained in said mortgage. If you are entitled to the benefits of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act of 1940 as amended, and you ob-ject to such foreclosure you or your at-torney should file a written appearance and answer in said court at Worcester in said County on or before the eighth day of July, next or you may be forever barred from claiming that such foreclo-sure is invalid under said Act. Witness, Barbara J. Rouse, Es-quire, Administrative Justice of said Court, this twenty-seventh day of May 2014.

Dennis P. McManus, ClerkJune 13, 2014

Town of WinchendonPlanning Board

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE Site Plan ReviewSpecial Permit

Notice is hereby given that the Plan-ning Board will hold two concurrent PUBLIC HEARINGS on Tuesday, July 1, 2014 at 7:05 PM in the Town Hall Auditorium, second floor, 109 Front St., Winchendon, MA 01475 on the ap-

plication of The Town of Winchendon, 109 Front Street, Dept. 1, Winchen-don, MA 01475 for property locat-ed along Central Street, addresses of 72/78 Central Street. Parcels are identified as Winchendon Assessors Map 5B3 Parcel 119 of the Winchen-don’s Assessor’s map and are zoned Planned Development. The applicant has requested Site Plan Review for the construction of a Police Station along with off-street parking. The Hearing for the Special Permit for the use of con-ventional drainage structures; Section 4.7.2J of Winchendon Zoning Bylaws will be heard concurrently. Said appli-cant is also the owner of the property. A copy of the application is available in the office of the Dept. of Planning & Development, 109 Front St., first floor, Winchendon MA 01475. All interested citizens are encouraged to attend. Al-ternative translation and accommoda-tion for disabled persons is available by advance request to the department, telephone (978) 297-3308.

Fedor BerndtPlanning Board Chairman

June 13, 2014June 20, 2014

LEGALS

Monty Tech graduates largest class in school history

Courtesy photo

Eric J. Olson of Phillipston, chairman of Monty Tech’s School Committee, presents Ryan P. May of Winchendon with his diploma. Ryan was enrolled in Monty Tech’s business technology program. He will be continuing his studies at Mount Wachusett Community College while working at Simplex Grinnell in Westminster.

WINCHENDON — It was a solemn four day visit that brought many people from surrounding areas to Toy Town just for a walk in the park. The Grand Army of the Republic Park that is, a small area of land dedicated to the memory of veterans of another war long ago that was the site last weekend of another such memorial as the town welcomed the Vietnam Memorial Moving Wall.


WITH HONORS: MOVING WALL MAKES WEEKEND VISIT

At left; Ruth DeAmicis photos

Shivering a bit in the cold rain, the students of Toy Town Elementary School lined Murdock Avenue to solemnly welcome the procession that brought the Moving Vietnam Wall into Winchendon on June 6. Because of the wet weather, the children did not stay long for a ceremony, but many of them returned with family later in the day for the official wel-coming ceremonies.

A small tribute to Winchendon’s only mortal casualty in the Vietnam War, Lt. Carl Paterson, is left at the site of his name.


Members of the local Hawg Haulers Motorcycle Association, local fire and police, and Fire and Iron Local 857 all joined to help escort the Moving Wall into Winchendon.

Tammy St. Pierre photos

BOS Chairman Robert O’Keefe speaking.Tammy St. Pierre photos

A father and son search the names at the wall.

COURTESY PHOTO

Local firefighters pay their respects.

Tammy St. Pierre photos

A large crowd turned out for the event.

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