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(978) 297-0050 • www.winchendoncourier.com Newsstand: 75 cents 6 56525 10431 2 Wednesday, May 21, 2008 LOCAL Local author visits Memorial PAGE A6 LOCAL New shop open for business PAGE A2 Doneen Durling photos Staff Sgt. Krisopher Girard and Vietnam veteran Daniel Miller share a moment at the tribute to veterans program held Saturday. More photos page three. We were there… BY DONEEN DURLING COURIER STAFF WRITER WINCHENDON — There is no other town like Toy Town when it comes to recognizing and honoring veterans. Last weekend communi- ty members came together to thank the men and women who served the country with honor. The event was held in the Murdock Middle High School gymnasium, and all who entered were met at the door by bright faced students and Scouts who handed out programs and pinned ribbons on the chests of the veterans to wear next to the medals won in battle. Most veter- ans came in uniform, and there were two veterans who just came back from Iraq dressed in desert camouflage. The stands were deco- rated with balloon bouquets in red, white, and blue, and both children and adults waved small flags from the bleachers as the ceremony began. Veterans were seated in a place of honor before the podium, and an honor guard from the American Legion marched proudly into the gymnasium carrying the American flag. Two students from Memorial School, Thomas Aho and Stephanie Wazal, led the communi- ty in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance flawlessly. John Hushaw, Courtney Lagasse, and Transfer station stays open COURIER STAFF REPORT WINCHENDON — Four hours of lively debate, compromise and coop- eration means the annual town meeting agreed to significant serv- ice being restored to Toy Town. While Robert Zbikowski was affirmed in his desire to have a five member study group formed to seek ways to keep the transfer station a viable part of the town, Town Manager James Kreidler Jr. was able to provide a plan to keep it open at least until the end of FY09 by adding $205,939 back into the DPW budget. Under Kreidler’s plan, an associa- tion with a private contractor will mean two town employees will over- see the transfer station while the third operator’s position will be cut and replaced by a private operator. The contractor will provide single stream containers, which they will then haul at their own expense, and pay the town for cardboard, paper; and mixed plastics. This will gener- ate revenue. The transfer station will stay open the same days and hours per week, with two employees on site. The town’s pay as you throw bags will still be used with the price remain- ing the same. The cost for a sticker will increase to $50 as of July 1. “This is a case where we heard the voters and did a lot of work to remain open and absorb that cost,” said Kreidler. Murdock softball makes districts BY JERRY CARTON SPECIAL TO THE COURIER WINCHENDON — Just about one year ago this weekend, Murdock Middle High School’s varsity soft- ball team fell one game, maybe even just one inning, shy of post-season participation when they dropped their season finale at Lunenburg. But this spring the Lady Devils didn’t have to wait until the last game to try and qualify. A spectacular week that began with a dramatic come-from-behind victory over defending champion Narragansett climaxed Friday with a 15-0 mercy rule rout at Littleton that put Murdock into the Central Mass District 3 Tournament for the first time in eight years. Ashlyn White pitched a two-hitter in the clincher and senior Lauren Coderre tripled twice in a nine-run third inning that put the contest out of reach. Citizens’ complaint met with threat BY DONEEN DURLING COURIER STAFF WRITER WINCHENDON — The Board of Health was presented with a citizens petition requesting that they not nomi- nate the current animal health inspector, Deborah Giordano, for a second year. Barbara Garno presented the petition and asked the board to take under advisement how the petitioners feel. Garno informed the board she was told to keep her mouth shut about the appointment and her feelings about Giordano. When asked, she would not reveal who threatened her, but said presenting the petition to the BOH was the right thing to do. “I will not be intimidated or threatened in any way, shape or form,” said Garno. Garno said she came before the board to demonstrate that others do not need to be afraid to come to the different boards in town. The BOH explained it has posted the job of animal health inspector on the board at town hall. They said three have applied for the position, and they are looking into the qualifications of each. The board will send on the name of a candidate to the state Department of Agriculture for the appointment. Newly appointed Chairman Sebastian Valera commended Garno on the work to put together the petition. “There are a lot of names here,” he said. Residents of Main Street abutting what was once known a LaBarge’s Pit, came before the BOH to express con- cerns about work to reclaim the pit performed by Resource Management Incorporated which uses short paper resid- ual fibers taken from a paper mill mixed with bio-solids from a waste water treatment plant. The product is spread and mixed with seed to turn a useless sand pit into a loam filled grassy area to be used as a ball field or other recreation- al endeavor. The process is not without side effects, which neighbor Keith Simeone said, is likened to the smell of opening a septic tank and sticking ones head in to take a deep breath. Neighbors said they could not open windows this spring because the smell was so bad. When the neighbors com- plained that trucks were drop- ping the waste filled fiber down Main Street on their way to the pit, a sander was sent down to clean the street, though neighbors feared that the sander spread dust filled with bacteria onto their front lawns. Thomas Christopher, senior project manager for RMI, heard the neighbors’ concerns about smell, and delivered more wood ash to the site to help cut back on the smell. The neighbors told the BOH their biggest concerns were for the wetlands, and for what may be buried beneath the piles of fibrous sludge brought into the pit such as tires and junk. They explained that though the area at one time did not have wetlands, but veg- etation now exists that sup- ports their contention there are wetlands present. BOH member Kevin Bliss said the Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of Public Health, and the Environmental Protection Agency found no problems with the site or the operation. Neighbor Donald Blair asked if anyone had checked out the perk test holes. He said water was visible, confirming the water table was too high for using the mixture of paper fibers and bio-solids. Donald Lafond Jr. told the board the area is habitat for many ducks and other water- fowl. The neighbors agreed RMI should have given some kind of education to abutters on what to expect. Vice Chairman Robert Mable explained he has been to many sites reclaimed by RMI throughout the region, and said what would be left after the project was complete was a beautiful green field. The neighbors agreed their concern was for the health of their community. Valera asked what the neighbors wanted from the BOH. Simone said, “Make sure our wells are safe. Make sure everything is safe for us.” The board agreed to look into the Massachusetts Wetland Protection Act to find out how many feet is required for the distance of the recla- mation to the wetlands, and what the difference was between footage from a flood- plain and a wetland. They agreed to check into whether things were buried on site, and agreed to keep on top of smell control. When asked whether they were satisfied with the dialog, the neighbors of Main Street replied, “yes.” The board reorganized with Sebastian Valera taking over the chairmanship, and Robert Mable nominated as vice chairman More good news for Murdock BY RUTH DEAMICIS COURIER EDITOR WINCHENDON — The hard work put in by the committee of administrators and staff at Murdock Middle High School has paid off as the school is continuing its accreditation with the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. The Commission on Public Secondary Schools reviewed the evaluation report from the recent visit to Murdock and gave the fol- lowing commendations: • The principal and his administrative team who create a sense of stability, positive school climate, and focus on the mission for faculty, staff, students and parents. • The safe environment and respectful cli- mate that stems from the values in the mis- sion and is demonstrated by all members of the school community. • The active involvement of MMHS teach- ers in leadership roles. • The existence of small class sizes and reasonable teacher loads that enhance per- sonalization of instruction. • The administration’s efforts to find and support time for teacher collaboration with- in the school schedule and: • The many initiatives that have been developed to recognize MMHS student A storied athlete to graduate BY JERRY CARTON SPECIAL TO THE COURIER Sixteen seasons. Sixteen var- sity letters. Three-sport captain. Multiple Most Valuable Player and Coaches Awards. Finally, one opportunity to play in Districts, and maybe most important of all, enough memo- ries to last at least two lifetimes. That resume` could, of course, belong only to Paige Girard, class of 2008, and justifi- ably proud owner of one of the most storied careers in the his- tory of Murdock Middle-High School sports. “It’s been amazing. It’s been great. It’s strange and kind of sad at the same time, though, to think that soon it’ll be the last time I get on the bus for away games, the last time I’ll be on the field.” Turn To GIRARD, page 9 Turn To SOFTBALL, page 10 Doneen Durling photos Staff Sgt. Krisopher Girard and Vietnam veteran Daniel Miller share a moment at the tribute to veterans program held Saturday. More photos page three. Turn To MURDOCK, page 6 Turn To VETERANS, page 13 SINGLE STREAM RECYCLING PART OF PLAN Turn To MEETING, page 5

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Page 1: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 Transfer station stays open · 5/21/2008  · (978) 297-0050 • Newsstand: 75 cents 6 56525 10431 2 Wednesday, May 21, 2008

(978) 297-0050 • www.winchendoncourier.com Newsstand: 75 cents

6 56525 10431 2

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

LOCALLocal author visits

Memorial

PAGE A6

LOCALNew shop open

for business

PAGE A2

Doneen Durling photos

Staff Sgt. Krisopher Girard and Vietnam veteran Daniel Miller share a moment at the tribute to veterans program held Saturday.More photos page three.

We were there…BY DONEEN DURLINGCOURIER STAFF WRITER

WINCHENDON — There is noother town like Toy Town when itcomes to recognizing and honoringveterans. Last weekend communi-ty members came together tothank the men and women whoserved the country with honor. Theevent was held in the MurdockMiddle High School gymnasium,and all who entered were met at thedoor by bright faced students and

Scouts who handed out programsand pinned ribbons on the chests ofthe veterans to wear next to themedals won in battle. Most veter-ans came in uniform, and therewere two veterans who just cameback from Iraq dressed in desertcamouflage. The stands were deco-rated with balloon bouquets in red,white, and blue, and both childrenand adults waved small flags fromthe bleachers as the ceremonybegan.

Veterans were seated in a placeof honor before the podium, and anhonor guard from the AmericanLegion marched proudly into thegymnasium carrying theAmerican flag. Two students fromMemorial School, Thomas Aho andStephanie Wazal, led the communi-ty in reciting the Pledge ofAllegiance flawlessly. JohnHushaw, Courtney Lagasse, and

Transfer stationstays open

COURIER STAFF REPORTWINCHENDON — Four hours of

lively debate, compromise and coop-eration means the annual townmeeting agreed to significant serv-ice being restored to Toy Town.

While Robert Zbikowski wasaffirmed in his desire to have a fivemember study group formed to seekways to keep the transfer station aviable part of the town, TownManager James Kreidler Jr. was ableto provide a plan to keep it open atleast until the end of FY09 by adding$205,939 back into the DPW budget.

Under Kreidler’s plan, an associa-tion with a private contractor willmean two town employees will over-see the transfer station while thethird operator’s position will be cut

and replaced by a private operator.The contractor will provide singlestream containers, which they willthen haul at their own expense, andpay the town for cardboard, paper;and mixed plastics. This will gener-ate revenue.

The transfer station will stay openthe same days and hours per week,with two employees on site. Thetown’s pay as you throw bags willstill be used with the price remain-ing the same. The cost for a stickerwill increase to $50 as of July 1.

“This is a case where we heard thevoters and did a lot of work toremain open and absorb that cost,”said Kreidler.

Murdock softballmakes districtsBY JERRY CARTON

SPECIAL TO THE COURIER

WINCHENDON — Just about oneyear ago this weekend, MurdockMiddle High School’s varsity soft-ball team fell one game, maybe evenjust one inning, shy of post-seasonparticipation when they droppedtheir season finale at Lunenburg.

But this spring the Lady Devilsdidn’t have to wait until the lastgame to try and qualify.

A spectacular week that beganwith a dramatic come-from-behind

victory over defending championNarragansett climaxed Friday witha 15-0 mercy rule rout at Littletonthat put Murdock into the CentralMass District 3 Tournament for thefirst time in eight years.

Ashlyn White pitched a two-hitterin the clincher and senior LaurenCoderre tripled twice in a nine-runthird inning that put the contest outof reach.

Citizens’ complaint met with threatBY DONEEN DURLINGCOURIER STAFF WRITER

WINCHENDON — TheBoard of Health was presentedwith a citizens petitionrequesting that they not nomi-nate the current animal healthinspector, Deborah Giordano,for a second year. BarbaraGarno presented the petitionand asked the board to takeunder advisement how thepetitioners feel. Garnoinformed the board she wastold to keep her mouth shutabout the appointment andher feelings about Giordano.When asked, she would notreveal who threatened her, butsaid presenting the petition tothe BOH was the right thing todo.

“I will not be intimidated orthreatened in any way, shapeor form,” said Garno.

Garno said she came beforethe board to demonstrate that

others do not need to be afraidto come to the different boardsin town.

The BOH explained it hasposted the job of animalhealth inspector on the boardat town hall. They said threehave applied for the position,and they are looking into thequalifications of each. Theboard will send on the name ofa candidate to the stateDepartment of Agriculture forthe appointment.

Newly appointed ChairmanSebastian Valera commendedGarno on the work to puttogether the petition. “Thereare a lot of names here,” hesaid.

Residents of Main Streetabutting what was onceknown a LaBarge’s Pit, camebefore the BOH to express con-cerns about work to reclaimthe pit performed by ResourceManagement Incorporated

which uses short paper resid-ual fibers taken from a papermill mixed with bio-solidsfrom a waste water treatmentplant. The product is spreadand mixed with seed to turn auseless sand pit into a loamfilled grassy area to be used asa ball field or other recreation-al endeavor.

The process is not withoutside effects, which neighborKeith Simeone said, is likenedto the smell of opening a septictank and sticking ones head into take a deep breath.Neighbors said they could notopen windows this springbecause the smell was so bad.

When the neighbors com-plained that trucks were drop-ping the waste filled fiberdown Main Street on their wayto the pit, a sander was sentdown to clean the street,though neighbors feared thatthe sander spread dust filled

with bacteria onto their frontlawns.

Thomas Christopher, seniorproject manager for RMI,heard the neighbors’ concernsabout smell, and deliveredmore wood ash to the site tohelp cut back on the smell.

The neighbors told the BOHtheir biggest concerns werefor the wetlands, and for whatmay be buried beneath thepiles of fibrous sludge broughtinto the pit such as tires andjunk. They explained thatthough the area at one timedid not have wetlands, but veg-etation now exists that sup-ports their contention thereare wetlands present.

BOH member Kevin Blisssaid the Department ofEnvironmental Protection, theDepartment of Public Health,and the EnvironmentalProtection Agency found noproblems with the site or the

operation.Neighbor Donald Blair

asked if anyone had checkedout the perk test holes. He saidwater was visible, confirmingthe water table was too highfor using the mixture of paperfibers and bio-solids.

Donald Lafond Jr. told theboard the area is habitat formany ducks and other water-fowl.

The neighbors agreed RMIshould have given some kindof education to abutters onwhat to expect.

Vice Chairman RobertMable explained he has beento many sites reclaimed byRMI throughout the region,and said what would be leftafter the project was completewas a beautiful green field.

The neighbors agreed theirconcern was for the health oftheir community.

Valera asked what the

neighbors wanted from theBOH.

Simone said, “Make sureour wells are safe. Make sureeverything is safe for us.”

The board agreed to lookinto the MassachusettsWetland Protection Act to findout how many feet is requiredfor the distance of the recla-mation to the wetlands, andwhat the difference wasbetween footage from a flood-plain and a wetland. Theyagreed to check into whetherthings were buried on site, andagreed to keep on top of smellcontrol.

When asked whether theywere satisfied with the dialog,the neighbors of Main Streetreplied, “yes.”

The board reorganized withSebastian Valera taking overthe chairmanship, and RobertMable nominated as vicechairman

More good news for MurdockBY RUTH DEAMICIS

COURIER EDITOR

WINCHENDON — The hard work put inby the committee of administrators andstaff at Murdock Middle High School haspaid off as the school is continuing itsaccreditation with the New EnglandAssociation of Schools and Colleges.

The Commission on Public SecondarySchools reviewed the evaluation report fromthe recent visit to Murdock and gave the fol-lowing commendations:

• The principal and his administrativeteam who create a sense of stability, positiveschool climate, and focus on the mission forfaculty, staff, students and parents.

• The safe environment and respectful cli-mate that stems from the values in the mis-sion and is demonstrated by all members ofthe school community.

• The active involvement of MMHS teach-ers in leadership roles.

• The existence of small class sizes andreasonable teacher loads that enhance per-sonalization of instruction.

• The administration’s efforts to find andsupport time for teacher collaboration with-in the school schedule and:

• The many initiatives that have beendeveloped to recognize MMHS student

A storied athlete to graduateBY JERRY CARTON

SPECIAL TO THE COURIER

Sixteen seasons. Sixteen var-sity letters. Three-sport captain.Multiple Most Valuable Playerand Coaches Awards. Finally,one opportunity to play inDistricts, and maybe mostimportant of all, enough memo-ries to last at least two lifetimes.

That resume` could, ofcourse, belong only to PaigeGirard, class of 2008, and justifi-ably proud owner of one of themost storied careers in the his-tory of Murdock Middle-High

School sports.“It’s been amazing. It’s been

great. It’s strange and kind ofsad at the same time, though, tothink that soon it’ll be the lasttime I get on the bus for awaygames, the last time I’ll be onthe field.”

Turn To GIRARD, page 9

Turn To SOFTBALL, page 10

Doneen Durling photos

Staff Sgt. Krisopher Girard and Vietnamveteran Daniel Miller share a momentat the tribute to veterans program heldSaturday. More photos page three.

Turn To MURDOCK, page 6

Turn To VETERANS, page 13

SINGLE STREAM RECYCLINGPART OF PLAN

Turn To MEETING, page 5

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BY RUTH DEAMICISCOURIER EDITOR

WINCHENDON — The houseat 135 Front St. has had a longand illustrious history. It hasbeen home to manufacturersand doctors, esteemed membersof the Toy Town citizenry. Nowit is home to a new business.

Dennis and Christine Porterhave run such shops before, fornine years their shop TheForgotten Angel in Shrewsburywelcomed visitors. Then theythought they would switchgears and began looking for apossible site for a bed andbreakfast.

“We love people, love doingfor people and thought thismight be the best of bothworlds,” Christine said onSaturday, the first official day ofFront Street Country opening.“But that wasn’t meant to be.We just couldn’t find the rightproperty.”

Still, the search had takenthem out into parts ofMassachusetts unknown; andthey found Winchendon.

“We do love this town. It is

just what we were looking for.We grew up in Sudbury andFramingham; and this townjust reminds of both of growingup in such places…before theygot so big,” she continued.

The house was perfect too.Already in excellent shape, itwas only cosmetic work such ascoats of rich green paint thatallowed the couple to move for-ward with their plans.

“Winchendon allows in housebusiness, even encourages it. Sowe decided to go back to whatwe knew.”

Both Dennis and Christinework as software consultants,but find having the countryshop in the first few rooms oftheir home keeps them justbusy enough.

“We both telecommute,though Dennis does training onsite at times, and this works forus. He can run the business dur-ing the week, I can be hereweekends.”

Front Street Country is nowopen 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesdaythrough Saturday and noon to 4p.m. on Sundays. The shop is

closed Monday and Tuesday.While the Porters like the

country look and colors, thereare some antiques and col-lectibles scattered among thewares. And Christine was quickto point out that more merchan-dise will be coming steadily.

“We needed to get open andstarted, and we don’t like acrowded look; but there will bemore and more. We change withthe seasons and wait until yousee Christmas!” she laughed.

MEMORIAL DAY EXERCISESMEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND,

MAY 24 – 26

SATURDAY, MAY 24

Flag Placements on Veterans Gravesites1 p.m. – Meet at Calvary Cemetery(Catholic Cemetery by the Father TisdaleMonument).Public Welcome to Assist

SUNDAY, MAY 25

Annual Military Church Service at OldCenter ChurchPastor Jack Williams, Presides11:30 a.m. start timeReading of the Rolls – Each name read whodied from Winchendon during WartimeUniform optional for civilians –Legionnaire’s to wear their summer uni-form

MONDAY, MAY 26 – MEMORIAL DAY

7:45 a.m. – Military personnel meet at theGlenallen Street Bridge.8:00 a.m. – Remembering all who havepassedMarines – Glenallen Street Bridge,Norcross Corner and OldBostonLegionnaires, VFW & Veterans – CalvaryCemetery, Riverside Cemetery, StateVeterans Cemetery & Old Center Cemetery10:00 a.m – Parade (Start at WinchendonFire Station)Ceremonies @ Legion Park, VFW Park andGAR ParkSpeaking to take place at the gazebo @GAR Monument

WINCHENDON COURIER2 Wednesday, May 21, 2008

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COURIER CAPSULESIN THE SERVICE

COLUMBIA, SC — Army Pvt. ChristopherM. Kelly has graduated from basic combattraining at Fort Jackson, Columbia.

During the nine weeks of training, the sol-dier studied the Army mission, history, tradi-tion and core values, physical fitness, andreceived instruction and practice in basiccombat skills, military weapons, chemicalwarfare and bayonet training, drill and cere-mony, marching, rifle marksmanship, armedand unarmed combat, map reading, field tac-tics, military courtesy, military justice sys-tem, basic first aid, foot marches, and fieldtraining exercises.

He is the son of Margaret Kelly ofPeterborough, NH, and James Kelly of Hollis,NH. Kelly is a 2006 graduate of Conval HighSchool, Peterborough.

COMEDY MYSTERYDINNER

LEOMINSTER — St. Leo School will host acomedy mystery theater Saturday, May 31 at 7p.m. at 120 Main St. in the new gymnasium.Sean Patrick’s Restaurant will provide a deli-cious buffet featuring a selection of roastturkey, chicken piccata, sirloin tips over ricepilaf, salad, potato, vegetable, dessert and cof-fee during The Comical Mystery Tours play-ers’ performance of “Murder byMatrimony!!!”

The Comical Mystery Tour players providea hilarious interactive mystery play. If youhave ever played the game Clue or enjoyed agreat mystery novel this is an event you donot want to miss. You can either sit back andwatch or enjoy gathering clues to help solvethe crime. This evening’s performance set-ting takes place in Mr. Monty Baggas’ man-sion, attendees will be guests at his weddingrehearsal dinner. Mr. Monty Baggas’ choice ofa bride may not please all his friends, inter-

esting events will occur and a crime will becommitted. Facts will be gathered, predica-tions of who did the crime will be reviled, andperhaps the mystery will be solved. Pleasejoin us for this wonderful, fun evening togather with friends and enjoy this great per-formance.

Tickets for the dinner and show are $20 ortwo for $35. Tickets may be purchased at theschool between 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondaythrough Friday until May 29. Tickets may bereserved at (978) 537-0142

MAY BREAKFASTRINDGE — On Saturday, May 24, from 7:30-

9:30 a.m., the Rindge Congregational Church,UCC will host a breakfast, in conjunctionwith the Rindge Women’s Club plant sale.

The menu will include Pannukakku(Finnish Pancakes) with blueberry sauce,scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, muffins,juice and coffee.

Cost: Adults $5, Children $3 or coffee, juiceand muffin for $1.50

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

KEENE, NH — Joshua Swasey ofWinchendon has graduated cum laude fromKeene State College.

WATER BILLSWINCHENDON — Assistant accountant

Barbara Lafrennie said the new water billswill be going out the end of this week orbeginning of next week. She said it is impor-tant that people notice it is a new system andthe bills will look much different. Shouldthere be any questions concerning the bill,please call the DPW office at (978) 297-0170.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

And if you stayed home to watch American Idol instead, we had the better show...................We had laughter, tears, a bit of a love fest, a bit of animosity, drama, pathos and…if thatweren’t enough…a chance to meet and greet friends and neighbors that actually live

near us. Not a ghost of a person on a screen; a real, live, breathing human.In fact, a couple hundred of them.We don’t know which topic brought out the crowd but gosh, we were glad to see them. There

were a lot of new faces there too. People who decided being part of the community was moreimportant than Simon Cowell’s sarcasm. Imagine.

We have to give the kudos of course: to the town manager for forging ahead and finding a wayto keep the transfer station open; to the Finance Committee who, even though it was defeated,at least made an attempt to impact the Monty Tech budget in someway; to the SchoolCommittee and the BOS for working together on some creative ways to keep our children safeand educated; to the brave souls who asked their questions because they knew others wantedto know the answers too; and especially to those who attended even if it was chore, because thatis what makes a small town with a town meeting form of government actually work.

We hope more of you got interested enough to seek more answers, to do some follow throughon topics that were of interest, maybe even become more involved in some way. Perhaps by get-ting appointed to an existing committee or one of the new committees; by attending committeeand board meetings.

On another note: we extend kudos to those who organized the veterans program on Saturday.From the small Scouts who gave out red ribbons to veterans and yellow ribbons to those whohave relatives who are veterans, to those veterans themselves; those in the program and thosein the stands, it was an amazing sight. We can never say Thank You often enough, and remind-ing our young people why it is important to say that thank you is part of our job. Rememberthe old saying, so true: Freedom isn’t free; it’s purchased by the blood, sweat and tears of anation’s soldiers.

One last kudo: congratulation to the varsity softball team for making it to the district level.You go girls!

VIEWSOpinion and commentary from Winchendon and beyond

PRESIDENT/PUBLISHER: FRANK CHILINSKIEDITOR: RUTH DEAMICIS

Brooks: Concerning horsesTo the Editor:

I thought maybe you might be interested inrunning the attached letter that someonewrote in regards to the horse racing industry.I know Jerry Carton wrote about the death ofEight Belles and one of his comments was “noone will ever know why this happened.” Idon’t believe that for a second. Anyone in thehorse industry, or anyone who knows any-thing about horses, knows this happens inhorse racing all the time because those horses

are put into training at a very young age andnot allowed to develop. Most race horsescome off the track not only with physicalproblems but mental as well. It’s really sad.So, I thought the letter was well written andsome of your readers may be interested inreading it!

KAREN BROOKSWINCHENDOON

To the Editor:Was the last run for Eight Belles’ at this

year’s Kentucky Derby another warning signof what might be the end of racing and otherhorse sports as we know them? Yes, I believethat racing will either be changed or eventu-ally banned.

Everyone has viewed over and over againthe horrible outcome of Eight Belles’ lastrace, Barbaro’s struggle for life and other sim-ilar tragedies with horses. In today’s instantimages the public sees a puppy being thrownoff a cliff by one of our own soldiers; a starv-ing dog put on display as ‘art’; disgusting cru-elty and abuse for slaughterhouse bound ani-mals that give their lives to feed us. We are allwitnessing these horrible things but what arewe doing about it.

What do we as dedicated equestrians thinkabout the worrisome events that involve hors-es? Do we care enough to do something?Should we continue along the same old pathjust because it has been the standard course ofthe past? Should we become better advocatesfor all of God’s creatures, especially horses,who should be able to depend on us, the eques-trian community, for proper management andcare?

Should the demand for better guidelinesand rules for racing and other equestriansports be brought about by non-equestriangeneral groups or should those of us whoknow and love horses as much as we do be theones to initiate changes? There is no doubtthat the public will respond and demandchanges in the racing industry and this willhave an effect on all horse sports. Will thesebe the changes that you think will best benefitthe horse?

I feel that all people interested in horsesshould realize that the rights regarding horseownership, management and the sports wepursue will be further regulated by others ifwe do not greatly improve things on our own.Perhaps the question we should pose to our-selves as people who spend our time, moneyand love on horses should be ‘whom do wewant making these decisions?’

The racing industry like so many things inlife is driven by the pursuit of big businessand making a profit. Must this profit be atsuch a cost to the health and well being ofimmature horses? There will be no opportu-nity for profit if racing is banned.

What would happen if we were to raise theage for horses to race to five years? The farms

would still breed horses; investors would stillbuy horses; trainers would still train horses;people would bet their money on a five or sixyear old as eagerly as they do on a two or threeyear old. Wouldn’t this be a winning combi-nation? Wouldn’t this encourage an activeand responsible racing industry? Wouldn’tthis reduce horses chance of injury?Wouldn’t this give the public the enjoyment ofwatching races with less tragic results?

Should we allow the margin for profit to bethe dominant factor in how we manage theage and condition horses may compete orshould striving to provide more reasonableand safe guidelines be the goal?

There are many questions to be dealt withabout racing and horse sports that needanswers. I feel that we as equestrians shouldcome up with the best answers possible thathelp benefit the horse’s well being very soonor expect that changes will be made withoutour input. I feel that horses should be allowedto mature before we put them into trainingand stress their bodies. I feel that big changesare necessary to reduce the incidents of seri-ous injury. I feel that horses should not beraced until they are five years old, as we do inendurance.

The equestrian community should initiatethe changes which will reduce seriousinjuries, suffering and death of racing horses.Will the equestrian community, knowledge-able about and interested in horses, be theones to initiate these changes and safeguardsor someone else?

Do you feel that horses are one of God’smost wonderful creatures and that theydeserve the best of care, management andlove? Being involved with horses has beenwonderful for me and I owe them so much. Doyou feel this way? For their sake and our ownwe need to help bring about change. We needto be more active in demanding better guide-lines and regulation for the age of horses torace before anther tragedy occurs. Please askyour equine organizations and publications tobe involved with these issues and contact yourpolitical representatives. Will we heed thewarning and take action to prevent moreunnecessary suffering? Please mount up andbe an advocate for change in the racing indus-try.

JOAN STRATEMEYERLANGWOOD FARM

The bell tolls for Eight Belles

Soucy: enjoys on-line CourierTo The Editor:

As a long time ago resident of Winchendonand still having my whole family still livingthere, I enjoy the way the new format is withyour online version of The WinchendonCourier. In fact I commend you all on makingit possible for those like me to keep abreast ofall the current events in our small town.

I moved away in 1980 to join the Air Forceand eventually retired from the military in2002. I have since moved to Florida where Inow work and raise my family. I have workedmany launch programs, in California andnow here in Florida and have also worked on

the Space Shuttle Program. I am currently aLaunch Operations Engineer working forUnited Launch Alliance working on the DeltaIV Program; the nation’s largest space launchvehicle.

As with many of us who have leftWinchendon, our roots, moral values, integri-ty, and the very fiber of who we are come fromliving in a town like Winchendon. So eventhough I may be 1000’s of miles away, thispaper still brings me home.

BRIAN SOUCYMERRITT ISLAND, FL

We are asking all veter-ans in Winchendonwho are able to take

part with our Memorial DayCeremonies. Over the years,we have been blessed with afaithful following who are involved with theceremonies annually. Unfortunately, manyyears of past and the usual faces are eitherunable to participate or are no longer with us.This year, we are making a special call for thefollowing:

Our Marine ranks are thinning. If you stillfit in your uniform, our Marines lead theannual march. A special call is being made forour returning Marines. Show your colors andmeet us at the Glenallen Street Bridge, 7:45a.m., on Monday, May 26th, 2008!

Iraqi Freedom Veterans – We wish to have afull battalion of Guardsmen, Reservist or

active duty personnel who returned fromaction. We are proud of your devotion to dutyand country and want our townspeople torespect and understand our fellow veterans.

Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) personnel– We are proud of your foreign service. If youcan’t follow out with the parade, please comeout and be part of the crowd. Because of yourservice, we are free!

Legionnaire’s – Winchendon has the largestmembership in Worcester County. Come onout and support our troupes and never forgetour fallen comrades

Please do not hesitate to contact theVeterans Office if you have any questions(978) 297-0500. “Remember to shake the handof a veteran and say thank you – thank you forkeeping our America free!”

SCOTT GAUTHIER,

To the Editor:I am appalled at the May 15 Boston Globe

editorial entitled “Budget drip, drip, drip.” Itake particular offense, on behalf ofMassachusetts veterans who have served andare serving our country so proudly in theUnited States military, to the statement thatthe Holyoke and Chelsea Soldiers’ Homes are“archaic and extraneous items.” I vehementlydisagree that aid to the veterans ofMassachusetts is solely a federal responsibili-ty and would argue that we, as citizens of thisCommonwealth, should be proud to care forthe men and women who have so bravelydefended the freedom our great democracyprovides.

In an ideal world, the federal governmentwould take care of all of the veterans, but theydo not. The Veterans’ Administration budgetis under-funded. Long after their homecom-ing, many veterans suffer terrible physicaland mental trauma that only professionalcare at our veterans’ homes can help mitigate.

I visited the opening of the women’s hous-ing section at the Chelsea Soldiers’ Home and

met a female veteran of the Vietnam War. Shelooked me in the eyes and said, “For the firsttime since I returned from Vietnam 40 yearsago, I feel at home.”

The veterans of Holyoke and Chelsea, whoare in the twilight of life, want to die withtheir comrades. The staff gives love and com-fort for those who gave so much. I believe theywould serve again in spite of your editorial.

In my position as the vice chair of theSenate Committee on Ways and Means, I amwell aware of the financial constraints oftoday’s economy. However, if we can’t givethese brave men and women the honor of aplace to recuperate or spend their last days Isay shame on us. I will do everything in mypower to ensure that our “GreatestGeneration” and beyond always has a place tocome home to. God Bless our soldiers in com-bat and our veterans who have served soproudly. We will not forget you.

STATE SENATOR STEPHEN M. BREWER(D-BARRE)

Brewer: appalled at Globe editorial

Once upon a time, they werethe closest of pals. They weresupportive and encouraging

for each other. They were there forone another in times of crisis. Theywere perhaps oddly-matched but themutual respect and appreciationand caring they had for one anothersuperseded their surface differ-ences.

But then one of them began act-ing strangely, alienating other longtime associates. People noticed, ofcourse; the chattering classes com-mented on it more than once.Perceived personal feelings of aban-donment found their way into thepublic arena, human nature per-haps, but unsightly nonetheless.Petty jealousies overrode commonsense.

I write, of course, as if you could-n’t guess, about the relationshipbetween Bill and Hillary Clintonand the “establishment” of theDemocratic Party.

The Clintons are shell-shockedthat Hillary’s inevitability, that heranticipated coronation never cameto pass. They are stunned that thewinner turned out to be the younger,sexier, flashier model, one not with-out plenty of flaws to be sure, butnonetheless the winner regardless.

Barack Obama? The Democratic“establishment” has finally andirrevocably turned to this upstartyoung freshman Senator fromIllinois?

How dare the “establishment”,the super-delegates, inexorably fol-low the will of the primary results

and become poised to nominateBarack Obama over the woman whowould, as she promised, be “ready tolead on Day One”?

How ever did this happen?In retrospect, perhaps it’s not all

that surprising. Bill was always themore popular of the Clintons. Evenwhen she was presumed to be thecertain nominee, you know, beforeany actual ballots were cast,Hillary’s negatives going into thecampaign were higher than thosesaddled by any other front runner inmemory. People clearly liked,always have liked, the male half ofthat equation better. He’s gregariousand friendly, though hardly unsul-lied and prone to going off-tracksometimes, but she’s widely viewedas abrasive, cold, and even messian-ic, and not in a good way, either.

And as she slipped farther and far-ther behind, that’s when the weirdbehavior kicked in — Bill compar-ing Obama to Jesse Jackson in

terms of electoral strength; Hillaryintimating that Obama is an elitistwho doesn’t “get’ America, eventhough his family once relied onfood stamps. The chatterers begantalking about how the Clintons wereturning off the African-Americanconstituency that had been unwa-veringly loyal to them in the ‘90s,and Hillary’s electoral support inthe primaries began to solidifyaround working class, lesser-educat-ed whites, and not much else. Thatwasn’t enough, and so Obamaemerged as the presumptive nomi-nee.

So what now? No one knows. Anyone who

claims to know is lying because thiswill be an election unlike any thatpreceded it — an African-Americanwill be the nominee of the world’soldest political party for the mostpowerful position on the planet.There are no guidelines, no reliableelectoral models to follow. No one

knows what kind of turnout therewill be; no polling can accuratelyproject what impact race will have,and it will have an impact.

Will Obama electrify and spur ahuge African-American turnout inNovember? Or will there be a back-lash? We’re not going to know untilElection Day/Night.

What we do know for now is this:the Clintons have had a long and, forthe most part, warm relationshipwith the Democratic Party. Theyreclaimed the White House for theparty, Bill being the only Democratelected to a second term since FDR.Is it all going to come to an acrimo-nious end, full of recriminationsand finger-pointing and pouting andresentment?

Will that be the ultimate legacy?The next few weeks are likely to

tell but if that does turn out to be thecase, what a sad denouement itwould be to a glorious friendshipindeed.

JERRYCARTON

JOURNEY

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HEART

Best friends forever…not

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Zbikowski said the plan was a good one, butthe town needed to think more than one year ata time.

“We need this committee to look at making itmore profitable if possible. It’s estimated one-third of the town uses it, then we need to lookinto how to keep it at the least cost to taxpay-ers,” Zbikowski said.

The other proposed articles addressing thetransfer station were passed over.

A second committee was approved to seekinformation on the viability of the townaccessing its resources in the form of sand atthe landfill site for use with road salt “if noth-ing else it will cut down that line item,” saidElizabeth Hunt. Hunt was still representingthe Finance Committee at the town meeting.She will be sworn in as the newest Selectmanlater this week. She spoke in favor of creatingthe five-member study committee to look at thefeasibility and liability of the town accessingmaterials at the River Street site.

Tim Carpenter questioned whether the sitecould support an active gravel operation due tozoning. John White of the Planning Boardexplained at present the activity would be pro-hibited; but it would take a vote of a town meet-ing to change the zoning for the area to make itviable for the operation.

“I imagine that will be part of the charge ofthe committee,” White said.

The town approved an $11,745,088.65 govern-ment side budget despite an attempt byRichard McAllister to move money from thetown manager’s line item to relight streetlightsin the amount of $50,000. His proposal wasdefeated.

The Montachusett Technical School budgetwas discussed at length. The assessment wassubmitted by Monty Tech as $713,269, andincrease from last year of 3.5 percent equaling$27,000.

The Finance Committee attempted to amendthe town budget to set aside the assessment intheir own reserve fund to hold until othertowns voted in hopes of having the bottom lineof $713,269 reassessed. According to the inter-local agreement, Monty Tech needs two thirdsof the towns to approve the budget. If six townsplus Winchendon reject the budget, the schoolcommittee would be forced to go back to thetable and reassess.

Selectman Burton Gould, Winchendon’s rep-resentative to Monty Tech spoke in support ofthe amount, saying that Monty tech has beenaround a long time.

“You are part of history,” he told the voters.Gould said the school has increased its budgetby 3.5 percent, and $17,000 is the minimumrequired by the state.

Gould said the public and the finance com-mittee were personally invited to the schoolcommittee budget meeting, and nobody came.“Not one,” he said waiving his finger at theboard.

Gould said the school has completed work inWinchendon saving the town thousands in con-struction costs, including the garage inIpswich Drive for the senior citizens and thehandicapped. They have also worked on build-ing affordable housing to keep the town abovethe minimum affordable housing stockrequired by the state. Monty Tech also remod-eled the fourth floor of the town hall, savingtaxpayers well over $100,000 in constructioncosts.

Gould said the town was required to meet itsobligation to Monty Tech as outlined in theagreement signed.

Citizen Audrey LaBrie asked why thefinance committee was placing the funds in thereserve fund, which could only be used forunseen expenses.

Finance Chairman Ulysse Maillet said it wasthe best and simplest method to transfer funds.

Town counsel advised that if the other com-mittees in other towns vote the assessment, the

town would have to come up with the funding.Finance Committee member Kevin Miller

said the members of the finance committeeagreed Monty Tech did a great job, but hadquestions about how the MT School Committeearrived at the assessment over net schoolspending.

Maillet said he had heard both Gardner andFitchburg might have problems with theassessment.

Finance Committee member Elizabeth Huntsaid she had not been in the loop, and said therepresentative to the Monty Tech school com-mittee had done a good job for many years. Shesaid Monty Tech took money out of their ownsavings to make up for part of the increase incosts to the members this year.

“This is a heads up for all of us that we needto get involved. There was a time we could havehad a say in March, but we missed it, and nowwe have to pay for it. Our time to start com-plaining is in March. Next year they will cometo us for additional money,” warned Hunt.

Citizen Maureen Provost asked what thetown’s obligation was to Monty Tech. MontyTech Superintendent Director James Culkeenanswered that Winchendon is currently billedfor 141 students. He said there is a capital budg-et, and an operating budget. Funding for thecapital budget for Winchendon is six percent ofthe total capital budget for Monty Tech.Currently, Winchendon sends 112 of the totalschool population, so Winchendon is billed 11percent of the Monty Tech operating budget.

Culkeen said any vote other than the assess-ment figure would be considered a no vote.

The superintendent said the Winchendontown meeting was his 11th town meeting, andso far all other towns have voted yes for theassessment, though a few voiced reservations.He supported the MT School Committeeassessment, saying they did a thorough job ofmanaging the budget.

Culkeen explained that each town has aquota, but some towns don’t fill their quotas,leaving seas up for grabs. Winchendon receivesseats due to students test scores where thehighest scorers get first choice.

“If our kids are that smart,” said FranMurphy, “God bless them.”

The assessment was voted by a two-thirdsvote.

The town’s stabilization account was tappedfor the snow and ice account in the amount of$178,476, and to partially fund tax title workthat would bring more money to the town bychasing down delinquent tax payers. BOSChairman Keith Barrows said that if moneywere realized from the tax title work, he wouldbe the first to make sure money was placedback into stabilization, currently at $1,821,610.

The rate for water in the coming year will be$4 per hundred cubic feet; and for waste water$6.05 per hundred cubic feet. A borrowing arti-cle under the water enterprise fund will pro-vide for remediation of the Hospital Hill watertank, system engineering and the hiring of aprivate firm to replace every water meter intown. The new system will be radio read fromhand held devices and will not require manual

access to the meters once installed. DPW direc-tor Michael Murphy said the estimate of waterunaccounted for by reasons as varied as esti-mated flow, hydrant flushing, water mainbreaks or meters not working could be as highas 27 percent. With the new system in place hesaid the readings would be much more timelyand more accurate and water waste could betraced and handled.

SCHOOL BUDGET

The school’s budget of $12,813,503($10,861,118 Chapter 70; $4,512,742 in local aidless $2,560,357 in indirect costs) was passed eas-ily; with Selectmen, School Committee mem-bers and Finance Committee membersextolling the cooperation and hard facts avail-able this year. New Superintendent BrookeClenchy was introduced, and outgoingSuperintendent Dr. Peter Azar was thanked forhis years of service.

Approval was also given for the three trans-portation articles: $624,800 for in-town trans-portation; $430,293 for special education trans-portation and $10,940 for crossing guards.

In addition, in another display of mutualaid, the school department agreed to acceptonly $3,252 in Medicaid reimbursement fundsfrom the year 2007, gifting the additional$42,000 due the schools back to the town to helppay for a shortfall in the transportation budget.

Gould said there were several reasons whythe new spirit of cooperation was in place. Thefirst, he said, was new School Committee mem-ber Dr. Christine Philput; the second was thelocally directed search for a new superintend-ent and the resulting decision to hire Clenchy;and third the grand abilities of the local stu-dents and the programs such as drama, musicand sports that showcased those students.

“This attitude comes through the students tothe schools, and out to the town and to you,good people. This is a new era,” he said.

School Committee Chairman Michael Nilestold those assembled about the lifting of theunder-performing label and the need for theschools to address the loss of revenue throughschool choice by making the local schools sogood no one would choose to leave. In fact, hesaid, he expected to see the reverse, with stu-dents clamoring to come to the Toy Town dis-trict.

“We need to keep our students, and ourmoney, in our district. We need you all there togive us a chance. We are getting better and bet-ter, day-by-day and year-by-year. We want todraw students in and we can do that with whatwe can do. Look at our music program underKelly McGarry; our girls’ varsity softball isgoing to districts. This is all good news,” Nilessaid.

Niles also supported and explained threearticles that will require a ballot vote after allwere approved at town meeting. The three arti-cles, one for $35,800 to repair the sidewalk atMemorial School, one to purchase a pickuptruck for use by schoolmaintenance at a costof $32,750 and one toprovide partial fund-

ing for flashing lights near the entrance ofMemorial Drive on Elmwood Road at a cost of$11,460 will all be funded through a capitalexclusion. This is a one-year override that willadd approximately 92¢ per thousand to theaverage homeowners tax rate for one year only.At the end of the fiscal year, the tax rate wouldreturn to the previous year’s level.

This is a new concept for Winchendon,which usually does a total Prop Two and a halfoverride or a debt exclusion. The concept ofincreasing the tax rate for one year to pay forcapital expenditures has been available, but isa concept not yet tried here.

There were impassioned speeches support-ing the three articles, particularly the one forthe crossing lights.

Memorial School Principal ChristineLittlewood read a letter from a mother whosechildren were nearly hit in the crosswalk, anddescribed several “close call” incidences.Gould also spoke to the issue, saying the areawas “a disaster waiting to happen. I don’t likeoverrides, but I think you might want to thinkcarefully and support this one.”

The lights, recommended by the SchoolSafety Committee, will also be funded by a$5,000 donation from the Memorial School PTOand by $4,675 remaining in the original safetycommittee budget. The committee has provid-ed better signage, new equipment and trainingfor crossing guards; but agreed to promote thelights as yet another deterrent.

Michael Murphy explained the additionalsignage and said his safety committee hadvoted unanimously to support this proposal,though “there are no guarantees a light willstop any accident; but it does provide anotherlayer of protection.”

OTHER VOTES

The rest of the warrant passed with littlecomment including the encumbrance of the$600,000 to pay off the 19th Hill acquisition.

All zoning changes were passed, though thethree citizen petitions at the end of the war-rant were passed over.

The charter and bylaw changes were post-poned until a special town meeting to be heldthis fall.

The Rte. 140 Redevelopment land transferwas approved.

The Mellen Road maintenance article waspassed over for more information. The towncounsel advised because of the age of the infor-mation on the road it would be necessary forthe Board of Selectmen to relay the meets andbounds of the road before its re-approval. Thisarticle will appear at a fall town meeting.

All articles to do assessment work, tax titlework, funding the CAC, the senior work-offprogram and the dam inspections wereapproved.

All revolving funds were re-approved.

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WINCHENDON — Therewas a festive atmosphere atthe American Legion Parklast Thursday with yellowand orange balloons flyingover tents, and music in theair. It was the first day of theFarmers Market and it allthat attended called it a hugesuccess. Vendors werepleased with the public’sresponse where it was saidmost sold at least three quar-ters of their wares. Oneremarked that the view ofone riding through town onRoute 12 made it seem asthough Winchendon was ahappy and thriving communi-ty.

People that stopped by thetents purchased flowers andvegetables for their gardens,and jams and jellies andbaked goods.

Agricultural CommissionChairman John McDonoughand his wife Maryanne repre-

sented the David BrownFarm. The McDonoughsintroduced the Patio Pack,and new way to grow pottedplants and vegetables usingsheep wool and manure to fer-tilize. The packs sold outwithin the first two hours,and McDonough seemedhappy.

Paul Kachinsky and hiswife Kathleen brought slateart of buildings inWinchendon, and paintedflowers to welcome visitors tothe home. Kathleen created abeautiful afghan for a rafflethat was won by Edie Race.Proceeds from the raffle willgo towards the AgriculturalCommission.

Hydeaway Farms broughtbeautiful organically grownflowers, vegetables, andherbs, and delicious cakesand breads that were gone inan hour. Audrey LaBrie vol-unteered as the Farmer’smarket manager, and from allaccounts, everything went

smoothly.Sunset View Farm

was represented byLivvy and ChuckTarleton bringing withthem great jams andjelly, a new crop of freshrhubarb, and flowers,vegetables and herbs forthe newly tilled gardensin the area.

7-Acre Farm broughtall kinds of soaps madefrom goat’s milk in alldifferent scents such asmulberry, orange cran-berry, melon, and san-dalwood. There werealso a few hand made goatjackets, and farm fresh eggs.

Sisters Rachel andSamantha Haley came to sellmarigolds and other flowersthey started in their green-house on Teel Road. Theyoung sisters seemed to havea green thumb, and for a firsttime selling, did a wonderfuljob.

Noel Veilleux provided

some acoustic music, whichgave the market a wonderfulatmosphere. Veilleux’s strongand melodious voice carriedover the vendors’ tents, anddrew applause for his originaltunes and other selections.

Though the skies threat-ened, the rain held until themarket was over. It will beback Thursday, and everyThursday, from 4-7 p.m. withmore from the local growers

and artisans. For more infor-mation on the farmer’s mar-ket, and how to become a part

of the weekly event, callAlana Morlock at (978) 297-3308.

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Above left: Noel Veilleux: Noel Veilleux added a melodic touch to theafternoon. Right: Jennifer Goodale chooses a plant from Sunset Farm

Farmers’ Market now open

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efforts and successes.The School Committee accepted the report

of MMHS Principal Nicholas DeSimone atlast week’s meeting. DeSimone with histeam, Vice Principal Steven Meyers, sciencedepartment coordinator Deborah Wrightand middle school special education teacherCathy Desmarais represented the school andpresented a presentation on the NEASCresults.

“We are pleased to announce theseresults,” said DeSimone, explaining it is 10year cycle and will continue to be addressedas the cycle progresses.

The NEASC report also cited the followingitems which pleased the reviewers:

• The existent to which the mission hasguided school practices and decision making

as exemplified by thechange in homeroomtime, the breakfastprogram, the institu-tion of SSR time forall middle school stu-dents and the develop-ment of mentor pro-grams, the atten-dance incentive pro-gram and the “Caughtin the Act” program.

• The use of data,including standard-ized tests, to makeadjustments to thecore curriculum atboth the middle andhigh school to addressareas for improve-ment.

• The dedication ofsignificant time andresources to curricu-

lum development.• Many instances of content area integra-

tion of curriculum, especially in art, sci-ence, mathematics, educational technology

and history.• The provision of regular feedback to

teachers through peer coaching and walkthrough practices.

• The well established mentoring programto support new teachers.

• The high percentage of teaching staffmembers who have been trained in the dif-ferentiated instruction and Skillful Teachermethods that provide a common knowledgebase and vocabulary for discussing instruc-tion.

• The many teachers who demonstrate stu-dent centered teaching strategies.

• MMHS students for their exemplificationof the schools’ social and civic expectationsin actions and behaviors.

• The caring and commitment of schoolsupport personnel who collaborate to sup-port the students at MMHS.

• The school based health center as anasset to students and school personnel.

• The existence of the Safe Haven club tosupport students who feel misunderstood,harassed or marginalized.

• The faculty’s dedicated and creativestrategies in bridging the annual budget gap.

Not that there aren’t areas of need. TheCommission has requested a specialprogress report by Nov. 1 and asks theschools address the following:

• Define levels of targeted successfulachievement for each of the academic expec-tations on the corresponding rubrics (learn-ing plans or curriculum).

• Provide adequate and reliable funding forthe variety and range of instructional mate-rials and supplies and library mediaresources needed to implement the curricu-lum, including access to the Internet andtechnology.

• Address the inconsistencies in the levelsof challenge and engagement in special edu-cation classes.

• Develop, fund, implement and submit aplan for the repair and acquisition of neededinstructional equipment.

• Assess the academic requirements neces-sary to enroll in the senior project and

internship programs in order to reduce thenumber of students who are excluded and toprovide more students with authentic learn-ing experiences.

• Investigate strategies to ensure that highuser fees or a lack of transportation does notprevent students from participating insports or other after school co-curricularactivities.

• Develop and begin to implement a plan toaddress fresh air flow into classrooms withwindows designed for an air conditioningsystem that was never installed.

• Develop, implement, fund and submit acomprehensive strategic plan to addresshigh school funding needs, program needs,staffing needs, building and maintenanceneeds and capital projects.

NEASC also provided for a two yearprogress report regarding several recom-mendations that include challenging cur-riculum, implementing the five-year reviewcycle for curriculum, providing more timefor teacher collaboration, creating moreopportunity for higher level learning andproviding a program giving direct student-mentor process in order to help each studentfeel more connected to the school.

School Committee member MichaelBarbaro asked whether the NEASC accredi-tation process was really going to be necessi-ty in the future.

“I see it as outdated and outmoded and wecould use the funding better elsewhere,” saidBarbaro.

DeSimone said that there certainly was afeeling of redundancy but felt the examina-tion of the culture and expectations of theschool was better supported by the NEASCprocess than any other.

“It also creates a very positive feedbackmechanism and allows focus on the day today expectations and how it affects stu-dents,” DeSimone said.

“The environment has certainly changedin this and the other schools,” saidChairman Michael Niles. “It’s a very posi-tive environment.”

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Springer and Kayley Brault.WINCHENDON: Ryan Balthaser and

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TEMPLETON: Ashley Boudreau andBryanna Paine.

WINCHENDON: Seth Michaud, MeaganSoucy, Christopher Hughes, Ryan Moyen,Christine Nasiatka, Alisha Scott, DonaldSmith, Troy Smith, Peter Chlebecek, ColbyContois, Jonathan Lizotte, Nicholas Pepper,Raymond Pfeifle IV, Adam Christie, KyleCormier, McKayla Safford, Amber Uguccioni,Sarah Wood and Amanda Tousignant.

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WINCHENDON: Jerica Alliy, KristopherAmbrozewicz, Tomas Chlebecek, John Mack,Julio Torres, Johanna Wood, Alexi Basque,Cassandra Gonzalez-Calabrese, KristenLynch, Matthew McBride, Katherine Tonet,Kiara Burak, Carrisa Carrier, Kaylee Gagne,Alexander Smith, Skylar Smith, Cody Austin,Ashley Barlow, Christopher Denis, EmilyGaulden, Tannya Martin, Timothy Tonelli.

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BY DONEEN DURLINGCOURIER STAFF WRITER

WINCHENDON — Madison Wood called theCourier to proudly inform a reporter that heruncle was going to come to Memorial Schoolto talk about his newly published book,Wonderful Day Fishing With Dad. Her uncle isLee Wood, and the book was written about the

time honored Wood family tradition of fishingwritten in iambic pentameter.

Wood wrote about everything that couldpossibly go wrong on a fishing trip with dad,but how time spent together was the bestthing of all.

Wood seemed to have charmed the studentsin Madison’s third grade class as he came to

read his book, seated in a place of honor in theclassroom reading rocking chair.

Wood is a tile-setting tradesman, and servedin the US Marine Corps. He is a father, hus-band, chili cook, and Special Olympics volun-teer who fishes and writes in his spare time.

Madison is in the third grade at Memorial,and her teacher is Margaret Lyons.

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Left to right: Lee Wood and the third grade class who enjoyed his book. Madison Wood and her uncle Lee Wood.

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HE’S STILL THE ONEStill undefeated as cribbage champion at the events held monthly at the Artisan Lodge of Masons hall,Richard ‘Dick’ Gordon has held his first place title for three months straight. Robert ‘Bob’ Till came in sec-ond and Richard ‘Rick’ Graves came in third. This month the tournament is scheduled Saturday, May 24.Sign-up begins at noon with play beginning at 1 p.m. All skill levels welcome, the more the merrier. $10entry fee.

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Association gearingup for fund raiser

ROYALSTON – The Royalston Fire & EMSAssociation is gearing up for summer, whichtends to be one of their busiest times of yearfor fund-raising. Members are currently outand about offering tickets for one of theirever-popular chicken barbecues, and raffletickets for a rotisserie grill drawing.

Josh Morris-Siegel, a member of both theAssociation and its fund-raising subcommit-tee, spent a good part of his day April 26 atthe Royalston recycling and transfer station,with tickets in hand. He seemed pleased withsales made that Saturday, a generally activetime at “the dump” in general, but particu-larly busy that day due to the annual town-wide clean-up and a Royalston CommunitySchool Library bottle and can drive.

According to Morris-Siegel, theAssociation’s current goal is to fund the pur-chase uniforms for the entire Royalston FireDepartment, including both firefighters andthose who serve with the emergency medicalservices division of the Department. This isthe first time that the Association – nowmore than 30 years old – has ever committedto such a large expenditure that does notdirectly impact firefighting, the provision ofemergency care, or the safety and training ofpersonnel.

The total bill certainly made acting FireChief Keith R. Newton swallow long andhard, but he agrees with the Associationvote. Morris-Siegel believes it’s the righttime for the Royalston Fire and EMS to por-tray themselves as the professionals theyhave become. Given the tremendous value

the Association has added back to the townover the years, Morris-Siegel believes thetownspeople will be every bit as supportiveof this endeavor as they have all pastfundraising efforts.

The Royalston Fire & EMS Association hasnever shied away from tackling seeminglyimpossible fund-raising goals, and hasaccomplished much that could not possiblyhave been funded with tax dollars. Some ofthe first protective gear for Royalston fire-fighters was funded by Association dollars.The town’s first few groups of emergencymedical technicians raised the necessaryfunds to support that expensive training –members continue to undertake the costs ofrecertification on their own.

Thousands of dollars in specialty equip-ment has been underwritten by theAssociation, extrication tools, patient careand victim transport devices. Even the costof entire vehicles has been borne by thisambitious organization. An oil deliverytruck was purchased by the Association andconverted by members into to 3,100 gallonfire tanker in the late 1970s.

A number of used vehicles have been pur-chased over the years to transport medicaland rescue equipment. Most recently, theAssociation embarked on a multi-yearfundraising effort that saw $77,000 donatedto the town of Royalston, which combinedwith town funds, was used to purchase thefirst-ever brand new, made-to-order emer-gency rescue vehicle. That was put in servicejust two summers ago.

The current fund-raising events areplanned for Saturday, May 17. A chicken bar-becue begins at 6 p.m. Tickets for that are $10each, and should be purchased in advance soan accurate count can be made for the chick-en halves. Being drawn during that supper,

will be the ticket of one lucky winner of a38” wide, Sunrise rotisserie grill with cabi-net, with an estimated value of $3,000.Tickets are $5 each. With summer coming,Association members are hoping the grilltickets will be extremely popular.

Those who wish to support theAssociation’s uniform fund-raising endeav-ors can contact Josh Morris-Siegel at (508)733-2243 for tickets or stop by the center firestation on Monday nights from 7-9 p.m. Asalways, donations (tax deductible to the fullextent of the 501(c)(3) laws may be made atany time of the year. Checks written to theRoyalston Fire & EMS Association should besent to Treasurer James M. Putney; 185North Fitzwilliam Road; Royalston, MA01368.

Royalston tax bills are out

ROYALSTON – Tax collector RebeccaKrause-Hardie has announced the FY08 realestate tax bills have been mailed and shouldhave been in everyone’s mailbox by May 1.Personal property tax bills are not yet out.

Hardie, who had a bill-stuffing party earli-er in the week, reports the bills are for theentire year, July 1, 2007 through June 30,2008. The tax rate has been set at $8.57/thou-sand, 10¢ lower than last year’s valuation,due to the increase in town-wide worth basedon hundred percent valuation.

The single payment covering lastNovember’s bill, and the one for this Mayshould be in to the Tax Collector’s office nolater than June 9. Anyone purchasing prop-erty in Royalston after Jan. 1, 2007 shouldcontact the tax collector’s office if they havenot received their tax bills – new owners areresponsible for timely payment of FY 2008taxes, even if addresses are not yet correct.

Taxes may be paid on-line payment atwww.royalston-ma.gov, or hand-deliveredduring office hours at Whitney Hall onMondays, from 2-7 p.m. Questions should bedirected to Hardie at [email protected] (978) 249-9687.

May named member of year

WINCHENDON —Marion May was rec-ognized as theAmerican LegionDistrict FourAuxiliary Member ofthe Year 2008, andwas presented withan American Legioncertificate of appreci-ation in recognitionfor outstanding serv-ice and assistancecontributing to theadvancement ofAmerican Legionprograms and activi-

ties.The Eugene M. Connor Unit 193 Auxiliary

unanimously supported the nomination ofMay and forwarded it to the district. Theycited May as a role model for other membersto follow.

“She doesn’t just pay her dues, she partici-pates fully in many, many Auxiliary pro-grams.”

May brought four new members to the postin 2008, and continues to encourage people tojoin the organization.

May helps out in the Veterans’ AffairsRehabilitation Program helping to serve asneeded, and bringing food for the monthlyparties. She makes sandwiches and sets uprefreshments for the annual Christmasparty, and knows many of the veterans liv-ing in the homes of Winchendon.

May participates in fund raising activities,and spends at least two days a year distribut-ing poppies at the post office beforeMemorial Day. She helps with pie and breadsales, the annual spaghetti supper, and otherevents to show support for children andyouth projects, the Massachusetts StateCemetery project, and local community serv-ice activities such as the local coat drive.

The Post 193Auxiliary wrote: “Wheneverasked, Marion is happy to represent our unitat District IV meetings, department lunch-eons, the department convention, and sub-district programs. She has served our unit asa member of the executive committee, andwe continue to appreciate her accomplish-ments.”

May was glowing and proud of the recog-nition. She said it was the first time she hasever won such an award.

Ahimsa not able to help with cats

WINCHENDON — Officials at AhimsaHaven are just not able to help with cats andkittens this spring; there just aren’t enoughfoster families to care for them or places toadopt them out. To help, though, the follow-ing web-site sources: .catsontheweb.org/no-killshelters.htm or catsontheweb.org/feral-catrescues. concerning feral cats and no-killshelters may be of help. In addition, for lowcost spay/neuter Services: Second ChanceFund For Animal Welfare call (978) 779-8287or contact: email address: secondchance-fund.org

Everyday Ahimsa receives several phonecalls about cats that have been abandoned bytheir owners and/or kittens that need a newhome. It is Spring time and every year it isthe same heart wrenching story, too manycats and not enough homes for them. It isvery important for an owner to get their catsspayed/neutered. This is a one-time cost thatwill save a lifetime of misery for the unwant-ed cats. One female cat and her offspring canproduce 420,000 cats in 7 years. There areanywhere from 2-3 million animals eutha-nized each year because there are notenough home for them. Please use theseresources to help with low cost spay/neuter-ing or finding your cat a new home.

If you have any questions, please feel freeto call Ahimsa at (978) 297-2673.

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DOUBLE DUTY – Josh Morris-Siegel, a Royalston firefighter first responder certainly put in his time recent-ly. After completing an 8 a.m. departmental training practicum on vehicle extrication, the four-year depart-ment member volunteered the remainder of his morning and early afternoon to stand at the dusty recyclingand transfer station during the town-wide roadside clean-up. Although the primary plan was to offer resi-dents chances to support the Royalston Fire & EMS Association’s May 17 fund-raising chicken barbecueand rotisserie grill raffle, he also reinforced the fact that the fire danger in Royalston is extremely high dueto the extended dry period and gusty winds.

KINDERGARTEN ORIENTATIONMemorial School Kindergarten Parent Orientation will be held on Wednesday

May 28 6-7 p.m. in the school cafeteria.Greetings and Introduction to Staff MembersTour of SchoolQuestion and Answer PeriodInformation on Student Orientation Day

If your child is eligible to start Kindergartenin the fall and you have not yet registeredhim/her, please do so as soon as possible.Registration hours are 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Mondaythrough Friday at Memorial school.

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WINCHENDON — Come joinus for an exciting evening onSaturday, May 24 from 7-8:30p.m. at the community buildingat Hyde Park, 67 Hyde ParkDrive. Scott Long of Mission E4and Randall Long ofEncouraging Worship will besinging and sharing. Both Scottand Randy are accomplishedmusicians who love the Lordwith all their heart and want toshare Him with others.

Scott Long ministers all overNew England and has a youthgroup in the Worcester area ofabout 70 youth. In the past, heand his family have been mis-sionaries in Haiti for threeyears and now lead people frommany churches on missionarytrips to Haiti,Albania and Kosovo.

Randall Long is agraduate of GordonConwell DivinitySchool and has beenassociate pastor andinterim pastor of thePilgrim CovenantChurch inLunenburg where heis still worshipleader. Randy hasbeen writing songssince age 13 and a fewyears ago was led by

the Lord to start a music min-istry called EncouragingWorship. Randy teaches wor-ship seminars and concerts inthe New England area as well asministering in coffee houses,pastors’ meetings and otherchurch gatherings.

Randy and his wife Heidi havebeen on a mission’s trip to Indiaand also to Haiti with Scott andhis wife Tanya. Ministering toall the body of Christ, whetherat home or abroad, is veryimportant to both Scott andRandy.

Scott and Randy are the sonsof Pastor Beverly Long of theChurch of the Redeemed. Formore information contact her at(978) 297-2482.

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Affiliated with the Baptist General Conference727 Spring St., (978) 297-1493

www.bbchapel.comPastor Edwin Lindquist

Sunday School for all ages begins at 8:50a.m. Worship Service begins at 10:30a.m.; Sunday evening services are heldthe first and third Sundays of eachmonth at 6 p.m..Nursery care is provided for bothSunday School and Worship Service.AWANA club for children in grades K -12 Wednesday evenings from 6:30-8 p.m.Prayer Meeting: on Wednesdayevenings at 6:45 p.m.Office hours are Tuesday, Wednesday &Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Chapelis affiliated with the Baptist GeneralConference.

CHURCH OF GODPentecostal

Rev. Howard Underwood Jr. ,30 Beech St., (978) 297-1723

Sunday School, including pastor’s adultBible class, at 9:45 a.m. Morning wor-ship services at 11 a.m. including chil-dren’s church and nursery. Eveningevangelistic service and children’s min-istries at 6:30 p.m. Prayer for the sick inevery service. Wednesday: Prayer andBible study with children’s ministriesat 7:30 p.m.

WINCHENDONUNITARIAN

UNIVERSALISTUnitarian UniversalistRev. Jennie Barrington,

128 Central St., (978) 297- 0554Services at 10 a.m., the building is fullyhandicapped accessible. For informa-tion or emergency call (978) 297-0554 or(978) 297-2792.

THE POTTER’SHOUSE

Established by Monadnock Full GospelChurch, Rindge, NH and

Household of Faith, Amherst, NH Pastor Donald Lance, 52 Central St.,

(978) 297-3105Worship service Sunday at 10 a.m.Tuesday night prayer and Bible study at6:30 p.m.

FAMILY OF GODCENTER

InterdenominationalJanice M. Freeman, Pastor 86 Front St. (978) 249-9946

Sunday service at 10 a.m.; Tuesdayprayer service at 7 p.m.; Thursday Biblestudy at 7 p.m. and Monday-Friday 8:30-9 a.m., morning fellowship.

CHURCH OF THEREDEEMED

Beverly Long, Pastor277 Lincoln Ave. Ext., (978) 297-2482

Sunday services at 10 a.m. The follow-ing services will be held at PastorLong’s apartment located at 57E HydePark Drive. (978) 297-2482. Wednesdayevening at 7 p.m. Wednesday morningBible study at 10 a.m.

CORNERSTONECHURCH

Assemblies of GodPastor Barry Risto

122 Gardner Road, (978) 297-3125Sunday: 10 a.m. worship service,

nursery (0-2), wee worship (3-5) and chil-dren’s church (6-12) Tuesday: 7 p.m.Youth Wednesday: 7 p.m. Abundant LifeBible study: adults.

IMMACULATEHEART OF MARY

Roman CatholicRev. Francis A. Roberge

52 Spruce St., (978) 297-0280Lord’s Day masses are held Saturday at5:30 p.m. and Sunday at 9:30 a.m.Morning Mass is held Monday throughFriday at 8 a.m. Holy Day vigil Mass is6:30 p.m. and Holy Day Mass is at 10 a.m.

UNITED PARISHAmerican Baptist United Church of

Christ United MethodistRev. Jack Williams,

39 Front St., (978) 297-0616unitedparishofwinchendon.org

Sunday worship: 10 a.m., Sundayschool: 10:30 a.m., Holy Communion:first Sunday; Nursery provided.Wednesday noon: prayer service, opento the public.

SEND OBITUARIES at no charge to Editor Ruth DeAmicis, by faxing (978) 297-2177, or by e-mailing the editor at [email protected] also invite funeral directors and families to e-mail us a JPEG photograph to print,at no cost, alongside the obituary.

ACTON —Marilyn Regis(Powell) Driscoll,age 77, a longtimeresident of Acton,most recently ofConcord, died May17 in Wayland. She

was the beloved wife of the lateCharles D. Driscoll, who died in1985.

Raised in Belmont, Mrs.Driscoll was the daughter ofAdam and Anna Powell. A retiredexecutive secretary at GenRad,she was a “people person” whoalways enjoyed a tip of the glassand good conversation with hermany friends. Special mention toJeanne and Mac, Lynne and Ted –you always made her smile andlaugh.

Mrs. Driscoll was the cherishedmother of Carolynn and MarcPelloux of East Boston, Barrieand Fred Martins ofWinchendon, and Brian andPatricia Driscoll of Leominster.Loving grandmother of David,Meighan, Brittany,Brian andMichael Driscoll, and Benjamin,Tyler and Zachary Martins.Step-grandmother of Gina Martins

and Melissa Allen. Dear sister toRobert Powell and his wife Lee ofWilbraham. She also leaves a sis-ter-in-law, Catherine Larson ofLexington, and many nieces andnephews. She is also survived byher cat “Dewars,” her companionof 14 years; and a brother StanleyPowell. Mrs. Driscoll was prede-ceased by her sisters, EileenHowe and Dorothy Mahar.

A gathering of family andfriends was held May 20 from atthe Acton Funeral Home, 470Mass Ave (Rte 111). A funeralMass will be celebrated onWednesday, May 21 at 10:30 a.m. inSt. Elizabeth of Hungary Church,89 Arlington Street, Acton.Interment will be held at a laterdate.

Mrs. Driscoll was an animallover, and in lieu of flowers herfamily suggests that a donation inher honor be made to either theMSPCA-Angell Headquarters, 350South Huntington Ave., Boston,MA 02130 or Best Friends AnimalSociety, 5001 Angel Canyon Road,Kanab, Utah 84741.

May you find peace and lovewith family and friends who havepassed before.

WINCHENDON – Funeral serv-ices were held Wednesday, May 14in the Snow-Ladeau FuneralHome (snow-ladeau.com) , 343Central Street, Winchendon forDorothy Mae Sibley, age 87, of 153Glenallen Street, who died May12. The Rev. Francis A. Robergeofficiated. A solo was sung by hergranddaughter, Alexis Monette.

Burial was in CalvaryCemetery, where committal serv-ices were conducted by Rev.Francis Roberge.

Acting as pall bearers weregrandchildren, Richard BlodgettJr., Darren Johnson, Lisa Mayand Matthew Blodgett, and greatgrandchildren, Damon Blodgettand Raymond Eyles.

OBITUARIESMarilyn Regis (Powell)Driscoll, 77

SIBLEY SERVICES

ROLAND, OK —Henry RonaldVaillancourt Jr., age49, of Roland and for-merly of Winchendondied peacefully May 5in his home after a

courageous battle with cancer.He was born Oct. 17, 1958 in

Winchendon and had resided inRoland for many years.

Graveside services were heldMay 10 at the Upper Camp CreekCemetery in Liberty, OK, attendedby family and friends.

He leaves his wife, Stella, ofRoland; two sons: Henry and LeeVaillancourt of Gardner; four

stepsons: Jason and AaronRagsdale of Fort Smith, AR andRodney and Kenneth Jacksonboth of Roland; his mother:Rosalie Vaillancourt of Gardner;seven brothers: Richard ofWinchendon, Randy and his wifePatricia of Gardner, Raymondand his wife Susan ofWinchendon, Roger ofWinchendon, Russell ofFitchburg, Robert of Louisville,KY and Rene and his wife Kelly ofPhillipston. He also leaves severalgrandchildren.

A memorial service will bescheduled at a later date.

Henry Ronald Vaillancourt Jr., 49

WINCHENDON –Mary C. (Baldasaro)Spellman, age 85, of317 Maple St., for-merly of Maldenand Walpole, diedMay 17 in HeywoodHospital, Gardner.

She was born inNewton on March

6,1923, the oldest child of Michaeland Honora (O’Brien) Baldasaroand had lived in Winchendon for13 years.

Mary enjoyed cooking anddancing and was an avid photog-rapher. Her greatest enjoymentcame from spending time withher family.

Her husband of 66 years,Edward J. “Ned” Spellman, Sr.,died in 2007. She leaves five chil-dren, Patricia A. Trites and herhusband Donald of Walpole,Judith M. Rigano and her hus-band, Santi of Malden, ChristineWhite and her husband Denis ofMelrose, Maureen Lawlor and herhusband James of MillersvilleMD and Edward J. Spellman Jr.and his wife Donna of

Winchendon; three sisters, RitaCapalbo of Newton, Nora Ditullioof Marlboro and Jean McKinnonof Newton; two brothers, JosephBaldasaro of Leominster andNorman Baldasaro of NH; 24grandchildren, nine great grand-children and many nephews andnieces. Mary was predeceased byfour brothers, Edward Baldasaro,David Baldasaro, Michael“Buddy” Baldasaro Jr. and RobertBaldasaro and a sister KatherineTiberio.

Funeral services will be heldWednesday, May 21st at 10 a.m.. inthe Snow-Ladeau Funeral Home(snow-ladeau.com), 343 CentralSt., Winchendon. The Rev.Francis A. Roberge will officiate.Burial will be in theMassachusetts Veterans’Memorial Cemetery,Winchendon.

Calling hours in the funeralhome will be Tuesday, May 20from 6 to 8 p.m.

Memorial donations may bemade to the Winchendon EMTAmbulance Fund, PO Box 125,Winchendon, MA. 01475.

Mary C. (Baldasano) Spellman, 85

WINCHENDON –Richard A. “Butch”Woodward, age 65,of 43 Brooks Roaddied unexpectedlyMay 14 at his resi-dence.

He was born inWinchendon onSept. 28,1942, the

son of Clifton G. and Dorothy M.(Dunham) Woodward and was alifelong resident of Winchendon.

Butch worked at New EnglandWooden Ware for many years inits design laboratory and as asupervisor until his retirement atthe age of 62. He enjoyed wood-working but especially enjoyedtraveling the back roads of NewEngland in his car. He was amember of the Wendell P. ClarkMemorial YMCA.

His wife of 40 years, Christy A.(Murphy) Woodward, died in 2002.He leaves four children, RichardA. Woodward Jr. and his wife Tinaof Winchendon, Scott S.

Woodward and his wife Denise ofTempleton, Christopher J.Woodward of Gardner andJoanne F. Woodward ofWinchendon; five grandchildren,Shawn Woodward, NitashaWoodward, Tyler Woodward,Jacob Houle and Kevin Houle, aswell as nephews and nieces.Butch was predeceased by abrother, David A. Woodward, in1990 and a sister Marion E. Derby,in 1987.

Calling hours in the Snow-Ladeau Funeral Home (snow-ladeau.com), 343 Central St.,Winchendon will be Saturday,May 24 from 9:30 to 11 a.m.., fol-lowed by a memorial service at 11a.m. Burial will be in RiversideCemetery. A reception for familyand friends will follow at the GlenCaffe, 63 Glenallen Street.

Memorial donations may bemade to the Wendell P. ClarkMemorial YMCA, 155 CentralStreet, Winchendon, MA. 01475.

Richard A. ‘Butch’ Woodward, 65

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Agnelli pitches no hitterBY JERRY CARTON

SPECIAL TO THE COURIER

WINCHENDON — His sister Jocelyn’s notfaring badly at all on Murdock’s varsity soft-ball team, winning three games, but neithershe nor anyone else in town has yet accom-plished this year what her brother LarryAgnelli did in major baseball Friday nightwhen he tossed a no-hitter in a 3-0 victory atAshburnham.

“Larry pitched a great game, obviously. Hewas really sharp,” enthused manager DaveWalsh, noting that Agnelli barely missed aperfect game, yielding just a single walk.

During one stretch, Agnelli fanned 10 con-secutive Nationals enroute to a 13-strikeoutperformance.

On Tuesday, the Braves upped their recordto 4-2 overall, 2-1 in league play with a 6-4win over the A’s at the American Legion.

Dylan Walsh, Ryan Stevenson, JasonSmith and Jason Valera all joined Agnelli inhaving solid offensive performances.

Valera came on to pitch in the fourthinning, bringing his mid 60’s mph heat andthwarted any comeback hopes the A’s had.

Manager Walsh is pleased with his young-sters. “We’re playing pretty well. There arealways things you want to work on, but over-all, I’m happy with this team.,” he said.

JV picks up first winBY JERRY CARTON

SPECIAL TO THE COURIER

WINCHENDON — Eric Ducharme went 2-2and Nate Higgens and Max Rocheleau eachcontributed hits as Murdock Middle-HighSchool’s junior varsity baseball team pickedup their first win of the season with a 5-4 vic-tory over Lunenburg.

Not only did Higgens get a hit, he also drewa walk, stole a pair of bases and made fourcatches in the field, including a diving grab inthe second.

Ridge Markeseineses went six innings toget the win while striking out three. EthanGorecki, coming off a strong seven-inningpitching performance at Narragansett, gotthe save.

Little League softballWINCHENDON — Mixed junior/senior (13-

16) softball began Sunday and bothWinchendon teams were winners.Winchendon 1, managed by Scott Mahan, andsponsored by Little Anthony's, took theiropener at Quabbin 10-4, and Winchendon 2,sponsored by Sevigny Precast, skippered byRandy and Tracey Tenney, blanked Gardner,12-0.

At Gardner, Jess Monette was her usualeffective self in the circle as she breezed to thevictory, pitching a shutout and getting offen-sive support from the usual suspects —Mariah Tenney, Kerri and Shawna Spady,Taylor Budka, Katie Berube, and BronteTorres-Pagan, who did a good job catchingwhile replacing the injured Haley Hagemeyer.

Over at Quabbin on an afternoon alternate-ly warm and sunny, then cloudy and cool,Courtney Carton went six innings, strikingout nine, while yielding a single walk andthree hits. Brittney Howe finished the gamein the seventh with a pair of strikeouts.

Carton also collected three hits at the plate,including drilling a double into deep center.Multiple runs were scored by AlexisSimmers-Swanson, Molly Sheppard, andKelsea Ashmore, who scored in both her tripsto the plate. Jess Mahan had three RBIs on adouble and triple.Both teams return to actionSaturday, reversing this week's opponents.Mahan's girls travel to Gardner at 5:30 whilethe Tenneys’ team takes a road trip toQuabbin at 1 p.m.

Just a few short yearsago, 2005 to be exact,Murdock Middle HighSchool’s varsity softballteam won all of fourgames. The future, to saythe least, looked prettybleak

But last Friday, only theweather was bleak inchilly, rainy Littleton,because on the field, theLady Devils did what a lotof people never thoughtthey would be able to do —clinch a berth in theCentral MassachusettsDistrict 3 tournament forthe first time since 2000.

Think about it — thelast time Murdockreached the post-season,Bill Clinton was stillPresident. Every girl onthis team was born eitherduring the waning days ofthe first BushAdministration or early inthe ClintonAdministration.

I’m going to write muchmore about this next weekonce the regular-season isover and tournament

seedings are posted, butfor now, congratulationsare in order to coach DanTenney, who has done aremarkable job resurrect-ing the program. He andassistants Larry Agnelliand Jim Raymond guidedthe team through somerough patches, remainedfocused on the goal ofmaking Districts, and itall paid off on Friday.

Even more credit, ofcourse, goes to the team.They, too, hung togetherwhen things got rocky, andthis accomplishmentmust be especially gratify-ing for the seniors. It’sbeen a long wait for them— for Lauren Coderre,Crystal Perreira, and cap-tain Paige Girard (whohad to wait until her 16thseason of varsity sports toreach the post-season).They’re the trio for whomyou have be the happiestand so whatever happensthe rest of the way, it’ll allbe icing on the cake.

Once upon a time, aTriple Crown winner

would have been the icingon the cake of a very goodyear for horse racing. Notanymore, and certainlynot this year.

In the wake ofSaturday’s Preakness, BigBrown is on the verge ofracing immortality, withthe June 7 Belmont Stakesthe final roadblock to thefirst classic sweep in 30years. Of course, racinghas been here 11 timesduring these past threedecades, so we’ll see. Helooks unbeatable but sodid Spectacular Bid andAlysheba and SmartyJones and so on.

But insofar as racing’sfuture is concerned, it’s alllargely irrelevant anyway.A Big Brown victorywould be a one-day head-line. He’s owned by abunch of big-time WallStreet investors who arelikely to retire the coltafter another couple racesafter the Belmont, if thatmany. That, of course, ispar for the course thesedays but like any sport,

racing needs recognizablefaces, but if the sport’sbiggest star is shut downjust as he’s arriving, itgoes without saying thepublic can hardly beexpected to stay interest-ed. The equivalent wouldbe, say, as if Tiger Woodshad retired in 2000 once hehad swept the four majorchampionships.

Racing’s in trouble for alot of reasons — as men-tioned last week,improved breeding tech-niques are needed to pro-duce sturdier horses whocan stay around longer,and it’d be nice to see lessgreed and more sports-manship and keep thesehorses around, thoughhoping for that might betilting at windmills; thereneeds to be nationally uni-form medication rules,and the will to enforcethem, probably anotherforlorn hope; and I’ve real-ly never understood whyracing doesn’t promotethe betting aspect.Americans love to gamble.

Why pretend we don’t?Obviously, you’d like tohave people gamblingresponsibly, but since thegame wouldn’t exist with-out the bettors, why notacknowledge that reality?

Speaking of reality, it’snot realistic to expect theTampa Bay Rays to chal-lenge the Red Sox all sea-son, but it is refreshing tosee the youngsters fromFlorida be entertainingfor now. Same goes for theyoung Orioles and I’dwager there’s not toomuch heartbreak any-where to see the Yankeesfloundering in the base-ment. If New York doesn’tget its pitching problemsresolved, it’s not entirelyinconceivable they couldstay pretty close to thereall summer. Wouldn’t thatbe fun?

Certainly more fun thanwatching yet another rac-ing star disappear.

And who do you like inthe NBA East finals?

Softball does it up proud

BY JERRY CARTONSPECIAL TO THE COURIER

WINCHENDON — Apair of Murdock Middle-High School athletesemerged victorious in lastSaturday’s District eventsas Seamus Fitzpatrick-Ryswon the 400 ( in 53.12) andGuy Tenney took the 300intermediate hurdles(42.97).

“Those were big winsfor the boys and good winsfor our program,” saidtrack Coach AlanHallquist. “It showed wehave kids who can com-pete with anyone.”

In addition to the tri-umphs, Will Lary finishedthird in the triple jump(38’ 7 3/4”) and the 4x4relay team of Lary,

Tenney, Fitzpatrick, andJohn Kaminsky finishedfourth in their event.

The 4x8 squad of JoshRomanowski, ChristianJiminez, John Hushaw,and Cam Provost woundup sixth.

Molly Martorella shad-ed 12 minutes for the firsttime in her career as shecompleted the two-mile in

11:58 to finish secondbehind Hudson Catholic’sJennifer Girard.

Grace Maliska had “alot of good throws,” saidHallquist, and finishedthird in the javelin (96.4).

Alexis Simmers-Swanson, who’s been bat-tling injuries since thewinter campaign, turnedin a sixth place finish in

the 100 and the girls 4x4team of Martorella,Maliska, Bekah Wheeler,and Kristy Stevensonwound up fifth.

“We did okay,” observedHallquist. “Getting thosetwo wins was big for us.”

Yesterday, the LadyDevils track team hostedthe League meet (fullrecap next week).

Track athletes make it to states

WEDNESDAY, MAY 21

Varsity Baseball/Softball @ Oakmont3:30 p.m.JV Baseball/Softball v Oakmont 3:30 p.m.Boys/Girls Track TBA

THURSDAY, MAY 22

Varsity Softball @ St, Mary’s 3:30 p.m.MS Softball @ Quabbin 3:30 p.m.

FRIDAY, MAY 23

Varsity Baseball @ Monty Tech 3:30 p.m.JV Baseball v. Monty Tech 3:30 p.m.

SATURDAY, MAY 24

Jr. Softball @ Quabbin 1 p.m.Jr. Softball @ Gardner 5:30 p.m.

SPORTS CALENDAR

PATRIOT GAMESWe return to the subject of

competitive surveillancein football. It seemed to

be a topic that had tanked, but theUnited States Senator fromPennsylvania, the HonorableArlen Specter, seems to be fixatedon it.

As the ranking minority mem-ber of the Senate JudiciaryCommittee he gets to look aroundfor things to investigate. It is hardto be an important member of aSenate committee if you cannotcome up with at least one topicthat gets you face time on nation-al television.

Senator McCarthy hadCommunists hiding in the StateDepartment. Senator Nixon hadAlger Hiss and WhittakerChambers. Senator Humphreyhad civil rights. Senator LarryCraig had airport rest room inves-tigations. Senator Lott had hoofand mouth disease over SenatorThurmond. And now SenatorSpecter has football.

Senator Specter doesn’t seem tobe able to find anything to investi-gate in Pennsylvania, so he is tak-ing a hard look at Massachusetts.

In his wisdom he has decidedthat the federal governmentshould spend tax dollars investi-gating the Patriots Football Club.

He probably plans to name Kodakas a co-respondent. He has beensurprised that people actuallytake pictures at football games.Obviously, he doesn’t watch manygames or he would know thatthere are hundreds of profession-al photographers lying around onthe field trying desperately to getpictures to sell to networks. Hethinks only retired CIA spy typesare engaged in photographing theopponents. Imagine how difficultit is to break those codes. Guysscratching their ear, touchingtheir cheek, sending numberswith fingers out to the huddle.Clearly there is a huge experiencehere.

We have home grown terroristshiding out in the cornfields of theMidwest. We have a bunch of mil-itants trying to get into the coun-try with suitcases full of nukes.We have immigrants by the thou-

sands trying to sneak across theborder from Mexico before we putup our famous fence. And we arefacing a serious economic crisisin the country that neither thegovernment nor the FederalReserve has been able to alleviate.

That said, Senator Specterwould still rather investigate thePatriot organization. Perhaps hewill use water boarding to get hisanswers. Maybe he will send TomBrady off to Guatanamo for aseries of interrogations. Hemight even arrange for Ms.Bundchen to accompany Tom anddo a few runway-modeling jobs inHavana.

How about sending Coach BillBelichick to one of our allieswhere he can be questioned with-out benefit of his civil rights. Billwould probably be unrecogniz-able in a Balkan country. Boycould they run some plays onhim.

What is this man thinking?Football is a rough and tumblesport. It is natural for footballteams to seek a competitiveadvantage. Businesses engage incompetitor surveillance so itshould not be so revolutionary tolearn that football teams do too.

Do we really care one way orthe other?

Want to bet Senator Specter’sPittsburgh Steelers have engagedin a little competitor surveillanceover the years? The Senatormight want to take a close look inhis own state to be certain hishome teams are playing by therules he chooses to impose on thegame.

Perhaps the Senator has stayedtoo long in Washington. He seemsto have his priorities screwed up.

When I lived in Pennsylvaniawe did not elect United StatesSenators to investigate otherstate’s football teams. We didn’tthink the Founding Fathers hadthat sort of activity in mind forthe upper house of our legisla-ture. Now, it is possiblePennsylvanians have differentpriorities today, but I don’t thinkso.

I recommend to my friends andrelatives in Pennsylvania thatthey bring Arlen Specter home atthe next election and give him aseason pass to the Steeler games.

We will all rest easier knowinghe is in the stands with his binoc-ulars making sure the boys playfair. And the nation will at last besafe for our children and our chil-dren’s children.

JACK BLAIR

NOTES

OF

CONCERN

“But I’ve loved it all,” said Girard as shereflected on six years of varsity field hockeyand five varsity seasons of softball and basket-ball, including being captain of each team as ajunior and senior. I liked being captainbecause I liked being a leader, setting a goodexample, like I saw other captains do when Iwas younger.

“I remember going to the sports banquetwhen I was in seventh grade and saw the ath-letes being honored. On the way out, I told mymom, ‘that’s going to be me someday’. I alwaysloved sports and I really wanted to make some-thing of myself here,” she recalled.

That she has done, and so much more.The road to this graduation spring began

when Paige was five years old, the only girl onher basketball team at the Clark. From there itwas on to Little League, where she played forher future varsity softball coach Dan Tenney,(“I’ve been playing for coach Tenney since Iwas six”) and eventually, she found herself inseventh grade playing varsity field hockey, anda year later, doing the same in basketball andsoftball, continuing to do so throughout highschool while also juggling her time working atOlympia Sports in Rindge as well.

“Because I came up to varsity so early, I feltlike I had to prove myself to the older players.I was so happy that coach (Lois) Girouard hadfaith in me in softball and hockey,” she noted.

“I always had faith in myself. I knew I couldplay but I really appreciate coaches who sup-ported me along the way,” she added.

It wasn’t only the coaches who providedinspiration, either. “My mom (Kim) has beenmy rock. She’s been there for me every day.My brother, too. When I was younger, I wantedto be like him. I wanted to make them proud,and I think I have.” she smiled.

Girard’s brother returned from Iraq just lastweek.

There was a moment, though, in eighthgrade, when Girard considered transferring toGardner High School, “but I had so many moreopportunities here. Murdock gave so much tome. I couldn’t leave.”

While there was continuity in field hockeywith Girouard coaching her teams rightthrough the 2007 fall season, Paige found her-self playing for four different basketball coach-es the last four years.

“That was hard. But I’m really glad that Igot to play this past year for coach (John)Maliska. We had a better team and we hadfun.”

The team she’s really had fun with has beenthis spring’s varsity softball team, the first edi-tion of the Lady Devils to qualify for a Districttournament berth since 2000.

“We have such great chemistry. BeatingNarragansett last week (a two out-7th-inningrally for a 5-4 triumph) was the single bestgame I have ever been in, in any sport.

“Now that we’ve beaten them and then made

Districts, who knows how far we can go?” shemused.

That will be determined over the next fewweeks but what’s known for now is that where-ever the ride ends, it’s also going to conclude acareer that might end on the field but will beeternally ingrained in memory.

“It means a lot that this is a small school, asmall town where everyone knows you andyou get to know everyone. I’ll take these mem-ories with me forever,” she remarked.

And after graduation next month?Girard is headed to Mount Wachusett

Community College in the fall.“I’m thinking about psychology or being an

occupational therapist,” she noted.She’ll miss the “great teammates, the great

friends, the fun we had”, but at the same time,“this has been such a huge part of my life thatthere’s a little part of me that’s kind of lookingforward to picking up a basketball when I wantto, not when I have to.

“I’ll be ready for a break,” she laughed.That said, “I’m going to come back to the

games. Someday I might like to coach. But Iknow I’ll always bleed Devil blue. That’s forsure,” she promised.

It’s only fitting, too. That’s because whilePaige Girard may well and appropriately“bleed Devil Blue”, her niche in Murdock his-tory, too, is secure, an example for those youngathletes who will follow her and hopefullyemulate her on and off the field.

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WINCHENDON — All mothers deserve theattention paid them on this special day, buttwo young women took time to enter theCourier contest and show their mothers anextra bit of love by winning a basket of good-ies. Rachel Romero entered the coloring con-test for those up to age five and MyrandaBishop won the essay portion of the contestfor older children.

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“I’m actually really relieved,” saidCoach Dan Tenney. “It’s really satis-fying to make Districts. We weregetting close this week, but I didn’twant to count my chickens, youknow.

“I’m so proud of this team.Everyone played a part in getting ushere. For a little school compared tosome others, we’ve done ourselvesproud,” he noted.

Acknowledging that it took untilher senior year to make the post-sea-son, Coderre added, “It was worththe wait to make it. I’m really, reallyglad we’ve finally done it.”

But the victory, while it did makethe post-season trip official, wasalmost anti-climactic afterMonday’s stunning 5-4 win over‘Gansett.

Trailing 4-3 in that game goinginto the last of the seventh,Murdock staged a two-out rally toscore what Tenney called “thebiggest win in my three years coach-ing here.”

After Whitney Ashmore andPaige Girard were retired, Coderrewon a tense eight-pitch battle withLady Warriors’ ace Sara Hamel todraw a walk and keep the inningalive. Ashley Perry followed with aninfield single and Coderre advancedto third on a late throw.

Then Murdock caught a break. Aroutine throw back to the moundsomehow slipped by Hamel andPerry took off for second. As shedid, ‘Gansett first baseman HaleyZisk retrieved the ball and tried tocatch Perry, but the sophomore slidin safely while Coderre took advan-

tage of the chaos in the infield andeasily scored the tying run.

Freshman Jocelyn Agnelli, whostruck out six in a complete gamepitching effort, immediately andperhaps appropriately ended thegame with a line single to right thatscored Perry and triggered a jubi-lant celebration among the LadyDevils.

“This was fantastic,” enthusedTenney about Murdock’s first winover ‘Gansett in four years.

The visitors had jumped out to a 2-0 first inning lead but the LadyDevils came right back to eventhings in the home half whenCoderre reached on an error, Perrysingled, and Agnelli tripled, drivingin both runners.

The game remained tied until thebottom of the sixth when Agnellisingled for the second of her three-hit afternoon, Jess Mahan buntedfor a base hit, and White singled toscore Agnelli, giving Murdock a 3-2lead.

Narragansett scored a pair in thetop of the seventh and might havehad even more but Lady Devils rightfielder Brittney Howe made an out-standing shoestring catch of a sink-ing liner to prevent further damageand give Murdock the opportunityto stage the game-winning rally.

Perry also had three hits for theday.

“This was the best win in anygame in any sport I’ve ever hadhere,” enthused senior captainGirard.

That gave Murdock eight wins forthe season, leaving them just twoshy of clinching that District spotand the magic number was sliced inhalf the next day when the Lady

Devils cruised past Clinton 9-4.Howe was in the circle and had 10

strikeouts while allowing just threehits. Perry and Girard both added apair of hits, the latter scoring twiceas Perry and White both had twoRBIs.

The post-season drive stalled on acold Wednesday night on the road asthe Lady Devils were blanked, 12-0by the defending state championHudson Hawks and their brilliantsenior Caitlin Andrews, but thatcontest turned out to be nothing buta speed bump as Murdock turnedFriday night’s dreary weather intocause for celebration at Littleton.

The nine-run explosion saw notonly Coderre’s two RBI triples, oneof which was very nearly a homer,but a bases-clearing double byGirard as Agnelli, White, Ashmore,Mahan, and Kerri Spady all reachedduring the frame as well.

By that time it was 10-0 and Whitewas on cruise control the rest of theway.

Murdock then turned rightaround and beat Bromfeld onSaturday to boost their record to 11-6.

“The kids are buying into the pro-gram,” observed Tenney, who tookover a four-win program just threeyears ago.

“We’re just doing the best we canand we hope to get seeded as high aswe can. I don’t even know when thelast time was that we actually had ahome District game.” he remarked.

Seedings for the tournament willbe announced next week followingthe conclusion of the regular-sea-son.

“All I know about that is, we’ll bethere,” Tenney said.

JVThe junior varsity split four

games during the week, losing toNarragansett (5-2)and Hudson (6-1),but defeated Clinton, 7-3, and blast-ing Lunenburg, 20-4.

After playing well in the loss at‘Gansett, Murdock found beinghome more to their liking againstClinton. Courtney Carton had eightstrikeouts against a single walk andtook a no-hitter one out into the fifthinning. Molly Sheppard scoredthree runs and Jordan Bresnahanhad a pair of hits in that win.Carton picked a runner off trying tosteal third and first baseman ZoeyMonahan turned an unassisted dou-ble play in the sixth as the LadyDevils beat Clinton’s LaurenCrossman, who also plays varsity.

Pitcher Mariah Tenney drove inthe sole Murdock run the next dayagainst Hudson. Sheppard andBronte Torres-Pagan collected theonly hits the Lady Devils were ableto scratch out against Julie Bonnor,who won for the second time thisyear over Murdock.

The Lunenburg contest was, in aword, farcial. The visitors scored inthe top of the first but Murdockcame back with three in the homehalf, tacked on seven more in thesecond, three more in the third,another two in the fourth and five inthe fifth before the mercy rule tookeffect.

Carton struck out ten and scoredthree runs. Also scoring three wereSheppard, Monahan, Katie Berube,and Cassey Maxfield.

Sheppard and Becky Petros eachadded three hits. Sheppard reachedfive times, while Berube, Carton,and Monahan got on four times, and

Maxfield and Bresnahan threetimes each. But only five runs wereearned as the visitors made 11errors. Single RBI’s belonged toSheppard, Bresnahan, Petros,Carton, and Lindsey Kuchta.

The jayvee hosts Oakmont thisafternoon at 3:30.

MIDDLE SCHOOLThe highlight of the middle

school’s week came in Tuesday’s 28-1 (yes) thumping of Marlboro (NH)at Marvin School when MariahTenney narrowly missed a fence-clearing homer as the ball bouncedoff the top of the fence in straight-away center field. That would havegiven her the cycle as she also had asingle, double, and another triple inaddition to that near-miss.

The Lady Devils batted aroundthree times in the fifth. BrittneyMartin had six RBIs for the game.Cassandra Parkhurst was the start-ing pitcher and went the first threeframes and Torres-Pagan threw thefinal two.

Lexi Doody had a left-handed dou-ble, and Jess Monette had four dou-bles. Parkhurst and BrittanyLeValley added three hits each.

That game was followed by an 11-4win against Overlook as Monettethrew a complete game andLeValley threw a runner out at firstfrom right field. That was followedwith a 7-1 triumph over Jaffrey-Rindge, where Murdock scored 6runs in the second featuring aMonette grand slam homer. She col-lected 5 RBI’s for the game. The mid-dle school squad finished the weekwith a 9-1 record on the season.

SOFTBALL continued from page 1

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1 & 2 bedroom apartments.Off street parking, modern,clean, includes all kitchenappliances. Some with heatand hot water included. $550to $795. Call today. (978) 297-3149; cell: (978) 943-6208.

HELP WANTED

MATHIEU FORD

Looking for driversto pick up vehicles atdealerships and auc-tions. Must haveexcellent drivingrecord. Part time oncall basis. Good forretirees. (978) 297-0001.

MARKET MANAGERWANTED

Toy Town Farmer’s Marketis looking for a MarketManager. The market will beheld beginning in 2008 onThursdays from 4-7 p.m., andwill run from mid May to midSeptember.

Duties include, but are notlimited to, recruiting ven-dors, collecting vendor fees,attending and supervising atthe market, enforcing marketrules and settling customercomplaints, organizing eventpromotions and working withthe AgriculturalCommission,.

Qualifications needed are apassion for farmers’ marketsand local food, strong organi-zational and customer serv-ice skills, and self-motivation.This is a volunteer position. Ifinterested, please contactAlana Morlock at (978) 297-3308 for further details.

SERVICES

COMPUTER SALES &SERVICE

NACS Computers. RepairPCs, MACs and laptops.Upgrades. Contact Cory at(978) 201-6171.

K&M CONSTRUCTION

Roofing/Siding/Windows/Doors. Interior/exterior,painting, new construction,additions, remodeling,garages, decks, propertymaintenance & repairs. Nojob too big or small. License#CS092328. Fully licensed andinsured. 30 years experience.Quality work. HIC#150416.Free estimates. Call (978) 297-5017

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Spring/fall clean-ups; mow-ing; mulching; shrub andyard maintenance. Free esti-mates. Eight years experi-ence, dependable, high quali-ty work at a fair price. CallTim at (978) 297-2477.

READY FOR SPRING?

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CAN & BOTTLE DRIVE

At Winchendon AnimalShelter. Drop off at WaterTreatment Plant, River Street

DEALERS/CRAFTERSThe Kiwanis Family Fun

Day Aug. 2 will include amotorcycle show, chili cook-off, petting zoo, live musicand other activities for a fullday of family fun 10 a.m.-4p.m. Included is a growingcraft fair. If you would like tobe part of this annual event, aspace with your own set up isjust $25. [email protected] or call (978)297-0050 x 100.

FLEA MARKETVENDORS WANTED

Be right in the mid-

dle of Winchendon’s SummerSolstice Celebration onSaturday June 21, 8-3pm, andsell your wares at theUnitarian Church on CentralStreet. Great location, greatcrowds. Spaces are availableat $20 or $30 each. To reserveyour space, or for more infor-mation. Call Elaine at 978-297-1794.

ITEMS FOR YARD SALE

The annual Ahimsa Havenyard sale is scheduled May 31.We are looking for yourcastoffs to raise funds for ourwork. Please leave a messageat (978) 297-2673. We willreturn your call.

VENDORS WANTED

TEMPLETON — Plans areunderway for this year’sSpring Fair and Flea Market,scheduled Saturday, May 31from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at theFirst Church of Templeton,located on TempletonCommon. Vendors of FleaMarket, Craft and BusinessItems are welcome! $20 per

space. For more informationor to reserve a table, contact(978) 939-4021 or (978) 939-2114or [email protected].

WANTED

In the process of renovat-ing an old colonial to open abed & breakfast. Asking fordonations to help me finishthis project. Thank you!Please send to: Cheryl Ann’sLakeside Inn, 124 AshbyRoad, Ashburnham MA01430.

YARD SALES

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Saturday, May 24 8 a.m.-noon at 53 Belmont Ave.,weather permitting. Fourfamily, lots of things includ-ing oak table w/chairs.

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HELP WANTEDSchool Secretary 10 month position

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Winchendon, MA 01475Closing Date - May 29, 2008

Winchendon Public School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Legal NoticeWinchendon Conservation Commission

75 Fourth Street

Pursuant to the provisions of M.G.L. Chapter131, Section 40, and the Town ofWinchendon Wetlands By-Law, theWinchendon Conservation Commission willhold a public hearing on Tuesday, May 27th,2008 at 8:30 pm to consider the Notice ofIntent filed by Dana Raymeau on behalf ofproperty owner John Crawley for proposedwork at 75 Fourth Street. The project entailsdemolition of an existing deck, followed bythe construction within the same footprint ofan addition to the existing house, within the100 foot buffer zone to Lake Monomonac.The hearing will be held in the 4th FloorConference Room of the Winchendon TownHall, 109 Front Street.

The Notice of Intent is available for publicreview at the Land Use Office, Room 12 (firstfloor) of the Winchendon Town Hall onMondays and Fridays during the hours of 9am - 12 noon, or by calling the ConservationAgent for an appointment at 978-297-3537.

May 21, 2008

MORTGAGEE'S SALE OF REAL ESTATEBy virtue and in execution of the Power

of Sale contained in a certain mortgagegiven by Robert A. Lindquist and PokilLindquist to Mortgage ElectronicRegistration Systems, Inc. (“MERS”) solelyas nominee for Lender (Countrywide HomeLoans, Inc. dba America’s WholesaleLender) and Lender’s successor andassigns, dated May 25, 2007, and recorded

in the Worcester County (Worcester District)Registry of Deeds in Book 41281, Page 302,of which mortgage the undersigned is thepresent holder, for breach of the conditions ofsaid mortgage and for the purpose of fore-closing, the same will be sold at public auc-tion at 12:00 P.M. on Thursday the 19th dayof June, 2008, on the mortgaged premiseslocated at 19 Brooks Road, Winchendon,Massachusetts, all and singular the realestate described in said mortgage as follows:

"...the following described property locat-ed in the COUNTY of WORCESTER:SEE EXHIBIT "A" ATTACHED HERETOAND MADE A PART HEREOF.

Exhibit A A certain parcel of land situated on the north-easterly side of Brooks Road, inWinchendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts, bounded and described asfollows:

Beginning at the most westerly cornerthereof, at a drill hole in a corner of stonewalls in the northeasterly line of Brooks Roadat a corner of land of Cynthia Dean;

THENCE N. 44 degrees 12’ 47” E. 8.74feet to a drill hole

THENCE N. 27 degrees 56’ 58” E.233.47 feet to a drill hole in a corner of stonewalls;

THENCE S. 68 degrees 16’ 33” E. 79.14feet to a drill hole at a corner of land ofGeorge J. Mizhir, III, Trustee of the EvolutionRealty Trust, the preceding three coursesbeing by said Dean land;

THENCE S. 68 degrees 44’ 29” E.141.76 feet to a drill hole in a corner of stonewalls;

THENCE S. 66 degrees 10’ 08” E. 56.14feet to an iron pin;

THENCE S. 78 degrees 08’ 06” E. 93.81feet to a drill hole at a corner of other land ofJohn E. Saliba & David J. Saliba, the grantorsherein, being shown as Lot “2” on a planhereinafter referred to, the preceding threecourses being by said Mizhir land, and thepreceding six courses being by a stone wall;

THENCE S. 32 degrees 40’ 12” E., 24.62feet to an iron pin;

THENCE S. 57 degrees 19’ 48” W, 426.96feet to a drill hole in a stone wall in the north-easterly line of Brooks Road, the precedingtwo courses being by said Saliba land andLot “2”;

THENCE N. 32 degrees 32’ 28” W. 19.21feet to a drill hole;

THENCE N. 38 degrees 36’ 37” W.180.83 feet to a drill hole in a corner of stonewalls at a corner of land of the first men-tioned Dean, and the point of beginning, thepreceding two courses being by said roadline and a stone wall.

Containing 2.059 Acres or 80,704 S.F.Being shown as Lot “1” on a plan enti-

tled: “Plan of Lots “1” – “3” surveyed for JohnE. Saliba and David J. Saliba (Applicant &Record Owners; Book 32105, Page 98),Winchendon, MA, December 6, 2004, SzocSurveyors, 32 Pleasant St., Gardner, MA,978-632-0233” recorded in Plan Book 821,Plan 48.

Being the same premises conveyed tothe herein named mortgagors by deedrecorded with Worcester Worcester DistrictRegistry of Deeds in Book 38287, Page 352.

Parcel ID Number: which currently hasthe address of 19 BROOKS RD, WINCHEN-DON, Massachusetts 01475-1904 ("PropertyAddress)”:

TOGETHER WITH all the improvementsnow or hereafter erected on the property, andall easements, appurtenances, and fixturesnow or hereafter a part of the property. Allreplacements and additions shall also becovered by this Security Instrument. All ofthe foregoing is referred to in this SecurityInstrument as the "Property". . ."

Said premises will be sold subject toand/or with the benefit of any and all restric-tions, easements, improvements, covenants,outstanding tax title, municipal or other pub-lic taxes, assessments, liens or claims in thenature of liens, and existing encumbrancesof record created prior to the mortgage, if anythere be.

Said premises will also be sold subject toall leases and tenancies having priority oversaid mortgage, to tenancies or occupationsby persons on the premises now or at thetime of the said auction which tenancies oroccupations are subject to said mortgage, torights or claims in personal property installedby tenants or former tenants now located onthe premises, and also to all laws and ordi-nances including, but not limited to, all build-ing and zoning laws and ordinances.

THE TERMS OF SALE: FIVE THOU-SAND and 00/100 ($5,000.00) DOLLARSwill be required to be paid by bank or certifiedcheck only by the purchaser at the time andplace of sale, and the balance of the pur-chase price shall be paid by bank or certifiedcheck in or within thirty five (35) days there-after with Attorneys Stanton & Davis, 1000Plain Street, Marshfield, Massachusetts. Thesuccessful bidder at the sale of the premises

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shall be required to sign a Memorandum ofSale of Real Property By Auctioneer contain-ing the above terms at the Auction sale.

Other terms, if any, to be announced atthe time and place of the sale.

SIGNED: Mortgage ElectronicRegistration Systems, Inc. (“MERS”) solelyas nominee for Lender (Countrywide HomeLoans, Inc. dba America’s WholesaleLender) and Lender’s successor andassigns, Present Holder of Said Mortgage,By: STANTON & DAVIS, As its Attorneys,FROM THE OFFICES OF: Jon S. Davis,Esquire, STANTON & DAVIS, 1000 PlainStreet, Marshfield, MA 02050, (781) 834-9181(1253-3706-1107F/Lindquist)(05/21/08,05/28/08, 06/04/08)(113188) May 21, 2008May 28, 2008June 4, 2008

NOTICE OFMORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE

By virtue and in execution of the Powerof Sale contained in a certain mortgagegiven by William J. Covey to MortgageElectronic Registration Systems, Inc., datedSeptember 15, 2006 and recorded with theWorcester County (Worcester District)Registry of Deeds at Book 39777, Page 80,of which mortgage US Bank, NationalAssociation, as Trustee is the present holder,for breach of the conditions of said mortgageand for the purpose of foreclosing, the samewill be sold at Public Auction at 12:00 p.m. onMay 30, 2008, on the mortgaged premiseslocated at 30 Cardinal Lane, Winchendon,Worcester County, Massachusetts, all andsingular the premises described in said mort-gage,TO WIT:

A certain parcel of land situated onCardinal Lane, in Winchendon, WorcesterCounty, Massachusetts, being shown as LotO on a plan of land entitled “Revised Plan ofLots prepared for Robert P. Smith,Winchendon, MA, November 28, 1994, SzocSurveyors, 32 Pleasant Street, Gardner, MA”which plan is recorded in Plan Book 701,Plan 25, to which plan reference is made fora more particular description of said parcel.

For mortgagor’s(s’) title see deed record-ed with Worcester County (WorcesterDistrict) Registry of Deeds in Book 39777,Page 79.

These premises will be sold and conveyedsubject to and with the benefit of all rights,rights of way, restrictions, easements,covenants, liens or claims in the nature ofliens, improvements, public assessments,any and all unpaid taxes, tax titles, tax liens,water and sewer liens and any other munici-pal assessments or liens or existing encum-brances of record which are in force and areapplicable, having priority over said mort-gage, whether or not reference to suchrestrictions, easements, improvements, liensor encumbrances is made in the deed.

TERMS OF SALE:A deposit of Five Thousand ($5,000.00)

Dollars by certified or bank check will berequired to be paid by the purchaser at thetime and place of sale. The balance is to bepaid by certified or bank check at HarmonLaw Offices, P.C., 150 California Street,Newton, Massachusetts 02458, or by mail toP.O. Box 610389, Newton Highlands,Massachusetts 02461-0389, within thirty(30) days from the date of sale. Deed will beprovided to purchaser for recording uponreceipt in full of the purchase price. Thedescription of the premises contained in saidmortgage shall control in the event of anerror in this publication.

Other terms, if any, to be announced atthe sale.

US BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, ASTRUSTEE

Present holder of said mortgageBy its Attorneys,

HARMON LAW OFFICES, P.C.150 California Street

Newton, MA 02458(617) 558-0500

200712-2312-OREMay 7, 2008May 14, 2008May 21, 2008

MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF SALE OFREAL ESTATE

By virtue and in execution of the Power ofSale contained in a certain Mortgage givenby Robert Benda, Jr. to Saxon Mortgage,Inc. d/b/a Saxon Home Mortgage, datedJune 27, 2007 and recorded with theWorcester County (Worcester District)Registry of Deeds at Book 41426, Page 177of which the Mortgage the undersigned is thepresent holder by assignment for breach ofthe conditions of said Mortgage and for thepurpose of foreclosing same will be sold atPublic Auction at 10:00 AM on May 29, 2008at 31 Webster Street, Winchendon, MA, alland singular the premises described in saidMortgage, to wit:

A certain parcel of land with the buildingsthereon situated on Webster Street,Winchendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts, bounded and described asfollows:

Beginning at a stake and stones at thesoutheast corner of the lot, being theNortheast corner of land now or formerly ofEmile Caouette; thence

North 76° West, 6 rods, more or less, to abound at the easterly line of said WebsterStreet; thence

North 14° East, on the easterly line of saidWebster Street about 38 feet to a bound at acorner; thence

South 76° East, 6 rods to a line of landnow or formerly of Matthew Cosgrove;thence

Southerly on line of said Cosgrove land 38feet, more or less, to the bound at the pointof beginning.

Together with a right of way over and upona strip of land on the southerly side of theabove described premises now used as adriveway for all legal purposes and uses.

For title reference see deed recorded withsaid Deeds in Book 25237, Page 85.

The premises are to be sold subject toand with the benefit of all easements, restric-tions, building and zoning laws, unpaid taxes,tax titles, water bills, municipal liens andassessments, rights of tenants and parties inpossession.TERMS OF SALE:

A deposit of FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARSAND 00 CENTS ($5,000.00) in the form of acertified check or bank treasurer's check willbe required to be delivered at or before thetime the bid is offered. The successful bidderwill be required to execute a ForeclosureSale Agreement immediately after the closeof the bidding. The balance of the purchaseprice shall be paid within thirty (30) days fromthe sale date in the form of a certified check,bank treasurer's check or other check satis-factory to Mortgagee's attorney. TheMortgagee reserves the right to bid at thesale, to reject any and all bids, to continuethe sale and to amend the terms of the saleby written or oral announcement madebefore or during the foreclosure sale. Thedescription of the premises contained in saidmortgage shall control in the event of anerror in the publication. TIME WILL BE OFTHE ESSENCE.

Other terms if any, to be announced at thesale.Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas for-merly known as Banker's Trust Company, asTrustee and Custodian, Present Holder ofsaid Mortgage, By Its Attorneys, OrlansMoran PLLC, P.O. Box 962169, Boston, MA02196, (617) 502-4100 (244.4499/Benda)(05/07/08, 05/14/08,05/21/08)(111707)May 7, 2008May 14, 2008May 21, 2008

NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE’S SALE OFREAL ESTATE

By virtue and in execution of the Power ofSale contained in a certain mortgage givenby John H. Bryant to Mortgage ElectronicRegistration Systems, Inc., dated June 23,2005 and recorded with the WorcesterCounty (Worcester District) Registry ofDeeds at Book 36629, Page 1, of whichmortgage Mortgage Electronic RegistrationSystems, Inc. is the present holder, forbreach of the conditions of said mortgageand for the purpose of foreclosing, the samewill be sold at Public Auction at 2:00 p.m. onJune 3, 2008, on the mortgaged premises

located at 90 Spruce Street, Winchendon,Worcester County, Massachusetts, all andsingular the premises described in said mort-gage,TO WIT:

A certain tract of land, with the buildingsthereon, situated on the northerly side ofSpruce Street, in Winchendon,Massachusetts, being shown as Lot ‘A’ on acertain plan titled ‘Plan of Lots surveyed forR.Z.R., Inc.’ dated April 12, 2005 recorded atthe Worcester Registry of Deeds at PlanBook 827, Plan 101 and to which plan refer-ence may be made for a more particulardescription of Lot ‘A’.

Said Lot ‘A’ contains 14,249 square feetaccording to said plan.

Said premises are conveyed subject toand together with the benefit of restrictions,easements, covenants, agreements andnotations set forth or referenced on theaforesaid plan, and of record, if any there be,insofar as the same are now in force andapplicable.

Together with and subject to the drivewayaccess easement set out in the Easementdated June 23, 2005 recorded herewith inBook 36628, Page 390.

Being a portion of the premises conveyedR.Z.R., Inc., by deed dated December 18,1985 recorded at Worcester Registry ofDeeds at Book 9131, Page 240.

For title see deed of R.Z.R., Inc. to JohnH. Bryant dated June 23, 2005, recordedherewith in Book 36628, Page 393.

For mortgagor’s(s’) title see deed record-ed with Worcester County (WorcesterDistrict) Registry of Deeds in Book 36628,Page 393.

These premises will be sold and con-veyed subject to and with the benefit of allrights, rights of way, restrictions, easements,covenants, liens or claims in the nature ofliens, improvements, public assessments,any and all unpaid taxes, tax titles, tax liens,water and sewer liens and any other munici-pal assessments or liens or existing encum-brances of record which are in force and areapplicable, having priority over said mort-gage, whether or not reference to suchrestrictions, easements, improvements, liensor encumbrances is made in the deed.TERMS OF SALE:

A deposit of Five Thousand ($5,000.00)Dollars by certified or bank check will berequired to be paid by the purchaser at thetime and place of sale. The balance is to bepaid by certified or bank check at HarmonLaw Offices, P.C., 150 California Street,Newton, Massachusetts 02458, or by mail toP.O. Box 610389, Newton Highlands,Massachusetts 02461-0389, within thirty(30) days from the date of sale. Deed will beprovided to purchaser for recording uponreceipt in full of the purchase price. Thedescription of the premises contained in saidmortgage shall control in the event of anerror in this publication.

Other terms, if any, to be announced atthe sale.

MORTGAGE ELECTRONICREGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.Present holder of said mortgage

By its Attorneys,HARMON LAW OFFICES, P.C.

150 California StreetNewton, MA 02458

(617) 558-0500200712-2120-ORE

May 7, 2008May 14, 2008May 21, 2008

NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE’S SALE OFREAL ESTATE

By virtue and in execution of the Power ofSale contained in a certain mortgage givenby Rafaqat Khan and Zubaida Khan to FirstFranklin a Division of Nat. City Bank of IN,dated February 3, 2005 and recorded withthe Worcester County (Worcester District)Registry of Deeds at Book 35641, Page 41,of which mortgage Deutsche Bank NationalTrust Company, as Trustee for First FranklinMortgage Loan Trust 2005 - FF4, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2005-FF4 is thepresent holder, for breach of the conditions ofsaid mortgage and for the purpose of fore-closing, the same will be sold at PublicAuction at 11:00 a.m. on June 17, 2008, onthe mortgaged premises located at 40

Stoddard Road, Winchendon, WorcesterCounty, Massachusetts, all and singular thepremises described in said mortgage,TO WIT:

A certain parcel of land situated on thesoutherly side of Stoddard Road, in thesoutherly part of Winchendon, WorcesterCounty, Massachusetts bounded anddescribed as follows:

BEGINNING at the southeasterly cornerthereof, at an iron pin in the southerly line ofStoddard Road, at a corner of land of ElaineBeauregard and Edward Jandris; thence

SOUTH 18 degrees 05’ 57” West, by saidJandris land 300.00 feet to a corner of otherland of Chester B. Pultorak; thence

NORTH 74 degrees 07’ 34” West; by saidPultorak land 278.11 feet to a corner of otherland now or formerly of said Pultorak andbeing shown as Lot “A” on a plan hereinafterreferred to; thence

NORTH 14 degrees 08’ 19” East, by saidPultorak land and Lot “A”, 304.23 feet to aniron pin in the southerly line of StoddardRoad; thence

SOUTH 73 degrees 17’ 59” East by saidroad line 299.00 feet to an iron pin and thepoint of beginning.

Containing 2.000 Acres, more or less.Being subject to the rights others may

have over a “private road” that runs across aneasterly part of the above described premis-es. Being shown as Lot “B” on a plan entitled:“Plan of Lots Surveyed for Chester E.Pultorak, Winchendon, MA., December 4,1985--Szoc Surveyors; 32 Pleasant Street,Gardner” recorded in the Worcester DistrictRegistry of Deeds in Plan Book 545, Plan 61.

Being a portion of the same premisesconveyed by deed of Chester E. Pultorak,dated December 17, 1985, recorded withWorcester District Registry of Deeds in Book9178, Page 97.

Being the same premises conveyed tothe herein named mortgagor(s) by deedrecorded with Worcester District Registry ofDeeds herewith. Book 35641, Page 39

For mortgagor’s(s’) title see deed record-ed with Worcester County (WorcesterDistrict) Registry of Deeds in Book 35641,Page 39.

These premises will be sold and con-veyed subject to and with the benefit of allrights, rights of way, restrictions, easements,covenants, liens or claims in the nature ofliens, improvements, public assessments,any and all unpaid taxes, tax titles, tax liens,water and sewer liens and any other munici-pal assessments or liens or existing encum-brances of record which are in force and areapplicable, having priority over said mort-gage, whether or not reference to suchrestrictions, easements, improvements, liensor encumbrances is made in the deed.TERMS OF SALE:

A deposit of Five Thousand ($5,000.00)Dollars by certified or bank check will berequired to be paid by the purchaser at thetime and place of sale. The balance is to bepaid by certified or bank check at HarmonLaw Offices, P.C., 150 California Street,Newton, Massachusetts 02458, or by mail toP.O. Box 610389, Newton Highlands,Massachusetts 02461-0389, within thirty(30) days from the date of sale. Deed will beprovided to purchaser for recording uponreceipt in full of the purchase price. Thedescription of the premises contained in saidmortgage shall control in the event of anerror in this publication.

Other terms, if any, to be announced atthe sale.

DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUSTCOMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR FIRST

FRANKLIN MORTGAGE LOAN TRUST2005 - FF4, ASSET-BACKED

CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-FF4Present holder of said mortgage

By its Attorneys,HARMON LAW OFFICES, P.C.

150 California StreetNewton, MA 02458

(617) 558-0500200711-0717 - RED

May 21, 2008May 28, 2008June 4, 2008

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WINCHENDON POLICE DEPARTMENT

Monday, May 12

Suspicious person: Converse Drive; acci-dent: Maple Street; property found: CentralStreet; suspicious, other: Spring Street; ATVcomplaint: Front Street; larceny: Pearl Street;summons service: Mill Street, Front Street,Spring Circle, Maple Street (2); threats: SpringStreet.

SUMMONS

Christina M. McCarthy, age 18, of 41 BeechSt., Winchendon: snow/rec vehicle on publicway.

Tuesday, May 13

Suspicious auto: Grove Street; animal com-plaint: Tannery Hill; officer wanted: GlenallenStreet, Pearl Drive, walk-in; neighbor dispute:School Street; harassment: Grove Street; ATVcomplaint: Mill Glen Road; vandalism: Mill

Glen Road; suspicious person: Grove Street.Wednesday, May 14

Unattended death: Brooks Road; suspicious,other: Summer Drive, Monadnock Avenue;abandoned 911 call: ASB; assault: MemorialDrive; assist other PD: Rte. 202 southbound;property damage: River Street.

SUMMONS

Juvenile, age 13: wanton destruction ofproperty over $250; assault and battery.

Thursday, May 15

Building check: Toy Town Auto; tree downon wires: Glenallen Street; tree down: WestStreet; animal complaint: Maple Street, HighStreet; accident: Front Street; death notifica-tion: Lincoln Avenue; illegal dumping: RiverStreet; assist other agency: NorthAshburnham Road; abandoned auto: SpringStreet, Gardner Road; abandoned 911 call:Pearl Drive; suspicious person: River Street;

threats: Second Street; welfare check, elderly:addresses will not be printed; warrant check:Maple Street; noise complaint: Central Street.

SUMMONS

Allen J. Carton, age 44, of 201 Brown St.,Winchendon: trash, litter.

Friday, May 16

Assist other PD: Main Street; larceny:Murdock Avenue; harassment: Cottage Street;illegal dumping: Bayberry Circle; assistmotorist: Spring Street; suspicious, other:Alger Street; noise complaint: Spruce Street.

Saturday, May 17

Assist other agency: Fitzwilliam FireDepartment; traffic hazard: High Street; ani-mal complaint: Mechanic Street; ATV com-plaint: Russell Farm Road; assist other PD:Exchange Street; disturbance: North Street;911 hang up: Forristall Road; noise complaint:Cedar Terrace, Maple Street, Pearl Street;

notification: Grove Street; suspicious person:Railroad Street.

Sunday, May 18

Fight: Cedar Terrace; suspicious person:Alger Street; noise complaint: GoodrichDrive; flooding: Brown Street; tree down:Central Street; welfare check, elderly (2):addresses will not be printed; unwantedparty: Beech Street; officer wanted: GlenallenStreet; disabled auto: Gardner Road.

ARREST

Dale E. Atkins, age 46, of 138 Glenallen St.#5, Winchendon: A&B with dangerousweapon; assault with dangerous weapon;arrest based on warrant.

Monday, May 19

Disabled auto: Spring Street.

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Lindsey Connor sang a beautifuland harmonious rendition of theStar Spangled Banner. The MMHSband played an Armed Forcessalute to honor each branch ofservice.

Senator Stephen M. Brewerspoke to the community, tellingthem coming to Winchendon to seethe spirit and fresh faces greetinghim warmed his heart. He said thestudents that met him at the schooldoor were the fresh faces of thefuture, and made him proud to rep-resent the community.

Brewer spoke of the war in Iraq,now in its fifth year, a war that hasalready lasted longer than WWII.He said the war that began withhigh energy, has become increas-ingly less energetic as time goes by.

“For families whose loved onesare fighting in this war, every dayis Veteran’s Day,” he said. Brewersaid a member of his staff came tohim, closing the door behind himas he began to speak.

Brewer said the only reason astaff member ever does that is

when he is breaking news like theyhave another job, but this staffmember informed the senator thathe had joined the Army. Brewerasked, “What did your mothersay?”

“She cried,” the staff membertold Brewer sadly.

Brewer said the sacrifice is greatfor the whole family when a man orwoman decides to their country isworth serving.

Brewer thanked the veterans,commending them for deciding,while in the flower of their youth,that there was something to worthmore than staying home.

“The real heroes of our world arethose wearing the uniform of ourcountry,” said Brewer.

Brewer said veterans now haveThe Welcome Home Bill to rewardveterans for their service. He saidthe Welcome Home Bill providesthat a soldier can attend any stateschool free of fees. He said the billalso provides for the difference insalary when someone is called toserve.

“No loved one should go withoutwhile a soldier is serving our coun-try,” said Brewer.

Brewer said he was extremelyangry after reading an editorialrecently in the Boston Globe con-cerning budgets the writer feltshould be cut, because they providefunding to veteran’s care hospitals.

Brewer said he recently visitedone such care facility where oneveteran told him she finally felt asthough she had come home.

Brewer said he wrote a letter tothe Boston Globe, but felt theywould probably not print it. Heread from the letter (included inthis edition of the Courier) and fin-ished by saying, “Thank youWinchendon, for not forgetting ourveterans.”

Representative Robert Riceapplauded Brewer for his dedica-tion to veterans. Rice said 300,000returning veterans have returnedback from the mid east with post-traumatic stress disorder. He saidtens of thousands have come backto the United States and are home-less.

“We are not doing enough for ourveterans who gave up the bestyears of their lives to serve thiscountry,” said Rice.

Rice said Disney World now has a

resort for veterans to visit withtheir families with the idea thatfamilies do not sign up for service,but still pay a price.

“As a society, we have an obliga-tion to the family,” he said. “Reachout and see that the kids of a veter-an away in service to his countryget to go to a ball game. Make surethere is respite care for new moth-ers. Families make an unbelievablesacrifice.”

Rice said Winchendon turningout to honor their veterans washeart warming, and citizens weresetting a tremendous example forthe children of the town. He saidhe hopes the event “grows andgrows.”

Veteran’s Agent Scott Gauthierthanked the citizens that plannedthe event. Gauthier said the trueheroes are not the sports figurescatching the touch downs or mak-ing the home runs, true heroes arethose that put on a uniform toserve the country. He welcomedhome Kristopher Girard andDouglas Aho who came home theevening before from Iraq, and thecrowd gave a rousing standing ova-tion.

Gauthier said remember thosewho served and those that havepassed, and when you see a veter-an, shake their hand and thankthem.”

Alexis Jenkins read one of thewinning essays from the EdwardHomon Essay Contest asking stu-dents what Memorial Day means tothem. The essays will be includedin next week’s edition of theCourier.

Jenkins and Joseph Carpenterread of the battles from the CivilWar to the present in whichWinchendon veterans lost theirlives.

The active duty roll call wasread, and the assembly retired tothe out doors to hear the gun saluteby the American Legion FiringSquad Arthur (Buddy) Gilbert,Camille (Cam) LeBlanc Jr., andDaniel (Coach) Miller Sr. Tapsplayed on trumpet by JohnHushaw.

Color Guards from the AmericanLegion were Kenneth LaBrack,Francis Murphy; Honor Guardswere John Norcross and JohnDurling.

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WINCHENDON — Earth Day has come and gone, but the efforts of the 25 citizens who cameto clean up did not go unnoticed. To those that came to clean up Toy Town for four hours April26, a debt of gratitude is owed. Senior citizens worked side by side with students to clear debrisfrom Tannery Hill to Pond Street. Joyce and Stephen Thompson, Diane Ringer, BarbaraLaFrennie, and Noel Veilleux of the Parks and Recreation Department worked with the trans-fer station to recycle what could be recycled.

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Above left to right: Jennifer Goodale had a little help from her husband Adam. Goodale is a passionate environmentalist, and doesn’t seem to limit caring for the earth to one day a year. Vronnie Gomez has found enoughto fill a bag. Veronica Gomez and other members of the UU Church made it a point to clean up the neighborhood. UU Church members Julie and Erika Gambill have come out every year for the clean up.

Above left to right: Noel Veilleux used his truck to pick up bags at sites after the clean up was done. The volunteer effort was a suc-cess, but next year, organizers hope for an even greater turnout. Granville Trinque helped Patrick Mullins load the truck with the heav-ier stuff, his youth and muscles an asset for Earth Day. Sarah McKellick, a student at Murdock, cleaned an area the students cleanedlast year.

Above left to right: Henry Finch cleans the American Legion Park next to town hall. Finch said he wished it had started earlier in theday because by 10 AM half the day is gone. The bags are still coming up full. John Hushaw will be in college for Earth Day next year.He has been to the top of Tannery Hill for the last three years at least to clean it up.

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