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6 56525 10431 2 (978) 297-0050 • www.winchendoncourier.com Newsstand: 75 cents Saturday, June 18, 2011 BY RUTH DEAMICIS COURIER EDITOR WINCHENDON — The School Committee has made a point over the years of honoring students who made an impression on their teachers and fellow students; nam- ing them students of the month. The Committee has also honored staff members, its own members, administrators and others when exceptional work has been noted. But when someone outside the district notices the work that sup- ports a district; and that notice is in competition with hundreds of others it is more than just notable, it is outstanding. The Massachusetts Association of School Committees has an edu- cational partners program requesting local school districts provide information on people or groups that can be considered out- standing community partners to the educational effort. Winchendon chose to submit two organizations for considerations, Murdock Boosters and the Friends of Music. MASC received nearly 200 sub- missions for consideration, and awarded only a few; two of them were both the Boosters and the Friends. At an abbreviated meeting lack- ing a full quorum June 2, Glenn Koocher of MASC made a presen- tation of the plaques. School Committee Chairman Michael Barbaro welcomed first Christine Ladeau, president of the Murdock Boosters, to accept an award. “The Boosters buy uniforms, run the gates, recognize the ath- letes and raise funds. We couldn’t run our athletic program without them,” said Barbaro. Superintendent Brooke Clenchy said she had recently attended a senior sports banquet and had been impacted by the enthusiasm expressed. “There is an extra passion there, and it is due to you and your work,” she said. Ladeau said she was glad she could be part of the process and looked forward to continuing the success the Boosters had enjoyed. She thanked the committee on behalf of the Boosters for the BY DONEEN DURLING COURIER STAFF WRITER WINCHENDON — Two weeks ago, John White presented his reflections to the planning board on an economic development meet- ing he attended sponsored by the Montachusett Regional Planning Commission. White said the speaker was Kathleen McCabe, a member of the Massachusetts Economic Development Council, a non profit organization promoting economic development. “I didn’t make notes about her resume but it shows extensive involvement with economic devel- opment issues in Massachusetts and particularly with smaller com- munities,” said White. There were representatives from several towns including Lancaster, Ashby, Ashburnham, Westminster, Gardner, and Athol. White said, “Economic develop- ment was described as a process that influences the growth and restructuring of an economy to enhance the economic well-being of individual communities and regions through the mobilization of human, financial, capital, physi- cal, and natural resources, thereby strengthening the local and region- White reflects on Winchendon’s economic development Turn To ECONOMY page A9 BY DONEEN DURLING COURIER STAFF WRITER WINCHENDON — The Finance Committee met with the town accountant and town assessor, who requested a transfer of funds in the amount of $4,000 to purchase a serv- er for the assessor’s department. Town Accountant Charlotte Naponen said the need became apparent after an audit at the end of fiscal 2010. From that came a recom- mendation by the auditors, who said there were data recovery procedures that should be put into place. She said the assessor’s and tax col- lector’s office individually backs up their daily data, creating back up tapes kept in a secure location. Naponen said every few days, the tapes are recycled and used for other data backup. The auditors com- mended the departments for taking the time to back up the data, but since the process has been proven unreliable for recovering data, audi- tors suggested the town “migrate towards more state-of-the-art option such as an external hard drive, or even better, on-line systems that pro- vide a dual benefit of both the back- up process and off-site storage in BY DONEEN DURLING COURIER STAFF WRITER WINCHENDON — It has become a tradition for the town’s firefighters to gather at a local restaurant at seven o’clock on the second Sunday in June for break- fast and fellowship, dressed in for- mal uniforms. When breakfast is over, they gather again at the gates of the Calvary Cemetery, don caps and white gloves, with brass buttons shining in the morning sun, and unroll the precinct flag and Old Glory. A piper comes with his black pipe bag tucked under his left arm and the three black and ivory tipped pipes rising above his shoulder in stark contrast to his bright red kilt. He takes the posi- tion at the head of the those form- ing for a march and traffic is slowed then stops as the piper, fol- lowed by the flag and ax bearers, and the Winchendon Firefighters and EMTs march slowly across the street to the entrance of Riverside and up the hill; to where two gray granite monuments stand as sentinels honoring police and firefighters. There were prayers and a read- ing of the Firefighter’s Prayer: “When I am called to duty God, wherever flames may race, give me the strength to save some life, whatever be its age. Help me embrace a little child, before it is too late, or save some older person from the horror of that fate. Enable me to be alert, and hear the weakest shout, and quickly WINCHENDON — Because the date had to be set by state law, the Board of Selectmen met at 8:30 p.m. on June 9 specifically to set the date for the upcoming election to address the capital requests voted on at the annual town meeting in May. The only way to draw a quorum was to set the meeting at 8:30, allowing Selectman Robert Zbikowski time to return from an out of town appoint- ment. And at that, both Keith Barrows and Jackson Blair were entirely unavailable. The three available, Beth Hunt, Zbikowski and Chairman Robert O’Keefe gathered in the outside office of the town manager for the quick meeting, finding high school student Joseph Clark waiting for them. Clark is attending Boys State this year, and it had been recommended he attend a BOS meeting if possible. He took it to heart. O’Keefe welcomed him, and told him it would definitely be a short meeting, with only a single item on the agenda. With that, the meeting opened, the recommended date of Saturday, July 16 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Old Murdock Senior Center was set for the polling date; the three selectmen voted unanimously and voted to close the meeting. Superintendent Brooke Clenchy said that the override requested by the schools would not only fill gaps but would keep the schools in com- pliance with the state mandates. The schools are looking to fill the gaps with a $492,000 override request. Originally on the town floor, the schools were requesting $300,000, which broke down as $50,000 for a tech teacher at the high school, $42,000 for a music teacher at the high school, $58,000 for athletic user fees so athletes would only have to pay $50 to play, $110,000 for five para- educators, and $40,000 for one addi- tional teacher. The needs list was revised when the town voted no to taking $192,000 from stabilization for Johnson Controls expenditure paid by the schools that had been a capital item paid by the town, but was inadver- tently billed to the schools. The $192,000 was added to the override request $300,000 for the total request that will be seen on the ballot to be voted July 16 in the amount of $42,000. The revised list is the tech teacher for MMHS, user fees for athletics at $58,000, an added para position for a total of six paras for $126,000, an occupational therapist or certified occupational therapist aid for the district at $40,000, a reading teacher for the elementary school, $43,545, a custodian at MMHS, $29,723, student supplies district wide at $58,185, a special education teacher for the district, $44,851, and a computer teacher district wide, $41,046. The superintendent said cuts had already been made. She said the dis- trict has been told there will be no Turn To HONOR page A9 Turn To BOOSTERS page A7 Turn To ELECTION page A9 Turn To CAPITAL page A9 Town goes to the polls on July 16 Doneen Durling photo The Winchendon fire fighters march up to the monuments behind a piper Winchendon firefighters honor those who have gone before. Capital item on upcoming ballot to be ignored SHINY CLYDE Doneen Durling photo With the hard work of Sherman and Dorothy Labarge and Nancy and Wallace Wilcox, Clyde now stands shiny in his refurbished grandness. See the story and additional photos on page three. Boosters and Friends honored for help COMMUNITY WINCHENDON CELEBRATES THE CHILDREN OF WATOTO PAGE 12 SPORTS GEDMAN BASEBALL CAMP COMING TO CLARK PAGE 8 WEEKLY QUOTE “The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.” Oscar Wilde
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(978) 297-0050 • www.winchendoncourier.com Newsstand: 75 cents Saturday, June 18, 2011
BY RUTH DEAMICISCOURIER EDITOR
WINCHENDON — The SchoolCommittee has made a point overthe years of honoring studentswho made an impression on theirteachers and fellow students; nam-ing them students of the month.The Committee has also honoredstaff members, its own members,administrators and others whenexceptional work has been noted.
But when someone outside thedistrict notices the work that sup-ports a district; and that notice isin competition with hundreds ofothers it is more than just notable,it is outstanding.
The Massachusetts Associationof School Committees has an edu-cational partners program
requesting local school districtsprovide information on people orgroups that can be considered out-standing community partners tothe educational effort.Winchendon chose to submit twoorganizations for considerations,Murdock Boosters and theFriends of Music.
MASC received nearly 200 sub-missions for consideration, andawarded only a few; two of themwere both the Boosters and theFriends.
At an abbreviated meeting lack-ing a full quorum June 2, GlennKoocher of MASC made a presen-tation of the plaques. SchoolCommittee Chairman MichaelBarbaro welcomed first ChristineLadeau, president of the Murdock
Boosters, to accept an award.“The Boosters buy uniforms,
run the gates, recognize the ath-letes and raise funds. We couldn’trun our athletic program withoutthem,” said Barbaro.
Superintendent Brooke Clenchysaid she had recently attended asenior sports banquet and hadbeen impacted by the enthusiasmexpressed.
“There is an extra passionthere, and it is due to you and yourwork,” she said.
Ladeau said she was glad shecould be part of the process andlooked forward to continuing thesuccess the Boosters had enjoyed.She thanked the committee onbehalf of the Boosters for the
BY DONEEN DURLINGCOURIER STAFF WRITER
WINCHENDON — Two weeksago, John White presented hisreflections to the planning boardon an economic development meet-ing he attended sponsored by theMontachusett Regional PlanningCommission.
White said the speaker wasKathleen McCabe, a member of theMassachusetts EconomicDevelopment Council, a non profitorganization promoting economicdevelopment.
“I didn’t make notes about herresume but it shows extensiveinvolvement with economic devel-
opment issues in Massachusettsand particularly with smaller com-munities,” said White.
There were representatives fromseveral towns including Lancaster,Ashby, Ashburnham, Westminster,Gardner, and Athol.
White said, “Economic develop-ment was described as a processthat influences the growth andrestructuring of an economy toenhance the economic well-beingof individual communities andregions through the mobilizationof human, financial, capital, physi-cal, and natural resources, therebystrengthening the local and region-
White reflects on Winchendon’seconomic development
Turn To ECONOMY page A9
BY DONEEN DURLINGCOURIER STAFF WRITER
WINCHENDON — The FinanceCommittee met with the townaccountant and town assessor, whorequested a transfer of funds in theamount of $4,000 to purchase a serv-er for the assessor’s department.
Town Accountant CharlotteNaponen said the need becameapparent after an audit at the end offiscal 2010. From that came a recom-mendation by the auditors, who saidthere were data recovery proceduresthat should be put into place.
She said the assessor’s and tax col-lector’s office individually backs up
their daily data, creating back uptapes kept in a secure location.Naponen said every few days, thetapes are recycled and used for otherdata backup. The auditors com-mended the departments for takingthe time to back up the data, butsince the process has been provenunreliable for recovering data, audi-tors suggested the town “migratetowards more state-of-the-art optionsuch as an external hard drive, oreven better, on-line systems that pro-vide a dual benefit of both the back-up process and off-site storage in
BY DONEEN DURLINGCOURIER STAFF WRITER
WINCHENDON — It hasbecome a tradition for the town’sfirefighters to gather at a localrestaurant at seven o’clock on thesecond Sunday in June for break-fast and fellowship, dressed in for-mal uniforms.
When breakfast is over, theygather again at the gates of theCalvary Cemetery, don caps andwhite gloves, with brass buttonsshining in the morning sun, andunroll the precinct flag and Old
Glory. A piper comes with hisblack pipe bag tucked under hisleft arm and the three black andivory tipped pipes rising above hisshoulder in stark contrast to hisbright red kilt. He takes the posi-tion at the head of the those form-ing for a march and traffic isslowed then stops as the piper, fol-lowed by the flag and ax bearers,and the Winchendon Firefightersand EMTs march slowly acrossthe street to the entrance ofRiverside and up the hill; to wheretwo gray granite monuments
stand as sentinels honoring policeand firefighters.
There were prayers and a read-ing of the Firefighter’s Prayer:
“When I am called to duty God,wherever flames may race, giveme the strength to save some life,whatever be its age.
Help me embrace a little child,before it is too late, or save someolder person from the horror ofthat fate.
Enable me to be alert, and hearthe weakest shout, and quickly
WINCHENDON — Because thedate had to be set by state law, theBoard of Selectmen met at 8:30 p.m.on June 9 specifically to set the datefor the upcoming election to addressthe capital requests voted on at theannual town meeting in May. Theonly way to draw a quorum was toset the meeting at 8:30, allowingSelectman Robert Zbikowski time toreturn from an out of town appoint-ment.
And at that, both Keith Barrowsand Jackson Blair were entirelyunavailable.
The three available, Beth Hunt,Zbikowski and Chairman Robert
O’Keefe gathered in the outsideoffice of the town manager for thequick meeting, finding high schoolstudent Joseph Clark waiting forthem.
Clark is attending Boys State thisyear, and it had been recommendedhe attend a BOS meeting if possible.He took it to heart.
O’Keefe welcomed him, and toldhim it would definitely be a shortmeeting, with only a single item onthe agenda.
With that, the meeting opened, therecommended date of Saturday, July16 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at OldMurdock Senior Center was set for
the polling date; the three selectmenvoted unanimously and voted toclose the meeting.
Superintendent Brooke Clenchysaid that the override requested bythe schools would not only fill gapsbut would keep the schools in com-pliance with the state mandates.The schools are looking to fill thegaps with a $492,000 overriderequest.
Originally on the town floor, theschools were requesting $300,000,which broke down as $50,000 for atech teacher at the high school,$42,000 for a music teacher at thehigh school, $58,000 for athletic user
fees so athletes would only have topay $50 to play, $110,000 for five para-educators, and $40,000 for one addi-tional teacher.
The needs list was revised whenthe town voted no to taking $192,000from stabilization for JohnsonControls expenditure paid by theschools that had been a capital itempaid by the town, but was inadver-tently billed to the schools.
The $192,000 was added to theoverride request $300,000 for thetotal request that will be seen on theballot to be voted July 16 in theamount of $42,000.
The revised list is the tech teacher
for MMHS, user fees for athletics at$58,000, an added para position for atotal of six paras for $126,000, anoccupational therapist or certifiedoccupational therapist aid for thedistrict at $40,000, a reading teacherfor the elementary school, $43,545, acustodian at MMHS, $29,723, studentsupplies district wide at $58,185, aspecial education teacher for thedistrict, $44,851, and a computerteacher district wide, $41,046.
The superintendent said cuts hadalready been made. She said the dis-trict has been told there will be no
Turn To HONOR page A9
Turn To BOOSTERS page A7
Turn To ELECTION page A9
Turn To CAPITAL page A9
Town goes to the polls on July 16
Doneen Durling photo
The Winchendon fire fighters march up to the monuments behind a piper
Winchendon firefighters honorthose who have gone before.
Capital item onupcoming ballot to be ignored
SHINY CLYDEDoneen Durling photo
With the hard work of Sherman and Dorothy Labarge and Nancy and Wallace Wilcox,Clyde now stands shiny in his refurbished grandness. See the story and additionalphotos on page three.
Boosters and Friends honored for help
COMMUNITYWINCHENDON CELEBRATES
THE CHILDREN OF WATOTO
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SPORTSGEDMAN BASEBALL
CAMP COMING TO CLARK
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WEEKLY QUOTE“The true mystery of the world
is the visible, not the invisible.”
Oscar Wilde
Winchendon Police DepartmentEditor’s Note: The information contained in
this police log was obtained through public doc-uments kept by the police department, and isconsidered to be the account of the police. Allsubjects are considered innocent until provenguilty in a court of law
MONDAY, MAY 30
12:13 a.m.: building check (Main Street)secure; 12:28 a.m.: extra patrols (GlenallanStreet) secure; 12:35 a.m.: building check(Spring Street) secure; 12:43 a.m.: buildingcheck (Summer Drive) secure; 12:54 a.m.: build-ing check (Railroad Street) secure; 4:26 a.m.:missing person (West Street) report taken; 9:51a.m.: ambulance (Central Street) transported;10:06 a.m.: property found (walk in) info taken;10:41 a.m.: property found (walk in) info taken;11:09 a.m.: ambulance (Pond Street) transport-ed; 11:54 a.m.: general info (phone) info taken;12:01 p.m.: noise complaint (Banner Place) spo-ken to; 12:43 p.m.: general info (phone) infotaken; 12:48 p.m.: ambulance (Front Street)transported; 1:13 p.m.: general info (phone); 2:24p.m.: be on the look out (phone) info taken; 3:28p.m.: ambulance (Woodlawn Street) transport-ed; 4:47 p.m.: abandoned 911 call (Main Street)no PD service required; 5:04 p.m.: fire,unknown type (School Street) no FD servicerequired; 5:29 p.m.: animal complaint
(Benjamin Street) refer to ACO; 6:30 p.m.: ille-gal burn (Bosworth Road) fire extinguished;7:23 p.m.: officer wanted (Cummings Road) infotaken; 8:13 p.m.: vandalism (Pearl Street) reporttaken; 8:22 p.m.: stolen vehicle (School Street)info taken; 8:35 p.m.: disturbance (NorthernHeights Drive) arrest: Jeffrey William Mitchell,age 24, of 25 Northern Heights Drive,Winchendon: two counts A&B; 9:34 p.m.: ambu-lance (West Monomonac Road) no FD servicerequired; 9:56 p.m.: accident (Hill Street) reporttaken; 11:11 p.m.: suspicious person (HighStreet) transport; 11:41 p.m.: building check(Memorial Drive) secure; 11:48 p.m.: buildingcheck (Main Street) 11:51 p.m.: welfare check(addresses will not be printed); 11:53 p.m.:investigation (Front Street) spoken to.
TUESDAY, MAY 31
12:26 a.m.: building check (Baldwinville StateRoad) secure; 12:41 a.m.: building check(Railroad Street) secure; 12:46 a.m.: buildingcheck (School Street) secure; 12:51 a.m.: extrapatrols (Glenallan Street) secure; 12:54 a.m.:building check (Murdock Avenue) secure; 1:04a.m.: alarm, type unknown (Central Street)false alarm; 1:26 a.m.: building check (MapleStreet) secure; 3:10 a.m.: building check(Memorial Drive) secure; 3:31 a.m.: buildingcheck (Baldwinville State Road) secure; 4:07a.m.: building check (Gardner Road) secure;4:14 a.m.: building check (Spring Street) secure;
5:55 a.m.: general info (Central Street) infotaken; 6:25 a.m.: general info (walk in) assisted;8 a.m.: general info (Spring Street) refer toDPW; 8:06 a.m.: vandalism (Central Street)report taken; 8:33 a.m.: abandoned 911 call(Lincoln Avenue) accidental; 8:42 a.m.: suspi-cious auto (Central Street) spoken to; 9:16 a.m.:ambulance (Hale Street) transported; 9:20 a.m.:burglary, B&E (Ready Drive) no PD servicerequired; 9:33 a.m.: traffic hazard (CentralStreet) refer to DPW; 9:53 a.m.: general info(Central Street) refer to DPW; 10:02 a.m.: 911call non-emergency (South Royalston Road)info taken; 10:16 a.m.: officer wanted (RiverStreet) assisted; 10:19 a.m.: disabled auto (RiverStreet) traffic citation issued; 11:10 a.m.: MVstop (River Street) traffic citation issued; 11:16a.m.: MV stop (River Street) traffic citationissued; 11:44 a.m.: neighbor dispute (CourtStreet) report taken; 11:58 a.m.: MV stop(Spring Street) traffic citation issued; 12:16p.m.: MV stop (Gardner Road) traffic citationissued; 12:28 p.m.: MV stop (Spring Street) traf-fic citation issued; 12:35 p.m.: MV stop (SpringStreet) traffic citation issued; 12:45 p.m.: inves-tigation (Spring Street) spoken to; 12:54 p.m.:MV stop (School Street) traffic citation issued;12:57 p.m.: general info (phone) info taken; 1:54p.m.: MV stop (Spring Street) traffic citationissued; 2:01 p.m.: MV stop (Spring Street) trafficcitation issued; 2:08 p.m.: MV stop (SpringStreet) traffic citation issued; 2:20 p.m.: MVstop (Spring Street) traffic citation issued; 2:25p.m.: MV stop (Gardner Road) traffic citationissued; 2:37 p.m.: officer wanted (WoodlawnStreet) spoken to; 3:08 p.m.: officer wanted(Spring Street) info taken; 3:13 p.m.: investiga-tion (walk in) spoken to; 3:24 p.m.: ambulance(Maple Street) no FD service required; 4:32p.m.: investigation (Front Street) services ren-dered; 5:21 p.m.: larceny (Metcalf Street) reporttaken; 5:52 p.m.: officer wanted (Central Street)summons: Joseph S. Pridgen, age 39, of 14Cummings Road, Winchendon: disorderly con-duct; 7:06 p.m.: vandalism (Spring Street)report taken; 7:07 p.m.: officer wanted (JuniperStreet) spoken to; 7:46 p.m.: ambulance(Pleasant Street) no FD service required; 7:56p.m.: larceny (Maple Street) report taken; 8:39p.m.: larceny (Central Street) report taken; 9:14p.m.: investigation (Maple Street) propertyseized; 9:36 p.m.: registration check (GlenallanStreet) no PD service required; 9:56 p.m.: gener-al juvenile (Central Street) gone on arrival;11:42 p.m.: patrol initiated (Central Street)checked, secure; 11:49 p.m.: ambulance(Elmwood Road) transported.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1
12:16 a.m.: building check (Lincoln Avenue)secure; 12:19 a.m.: building check (Ash Street)secure; 12:20 a.m.: building check (MurdockAvenue) secure; 12:28 a.m.: building check(School Street) secure; 12:32 a.m.: buildingcheck (Gardner Road) secure; 12:38 a.m.: build-ing check (Main Street) secure; 12:45 a.m.:building check (Spring Street) secure; 12:51a.m.: building check (Spring Street) secure; 1:41a.m.: building check (Otter River Road) secure;4:52 a.m.: ambulance (King Fisher Terrace)assisted; 7:20 a.m.: MV stop (Glenallan Street)traffic citation issued; 7:23 a.m.: vandalism(Central Street) report taken; 7:33 a.m.: MVstop (Glenallan Street) traffic citation issued;8:11 a.m.: MV stop (Spring Street) traffic cita-tion issued; 8:14 a.m.: investigation (WindsorRoad) spoken to; 8:29 a.m.: ambulance (CentralStreet) transported; 8:31 a.m.: MV stop(Glenallan Street) spoken to; 8:42 a.m.: MV stop(Glenallan Street) traffic citation issued; 9:02a.m.: MV stop (Spring Street) traffic citationissued; 9:16 a.m.: MV stop (Elmwood Road) traf-fic citation issued; 9:29 a.m.: MV stop (CentralStreet) traffic citation issued; 9:43 a.m.: MVstop (Central Street) traffic citation issued; 9:58a.m.: MV stop (Spring Street) traffic citationissued; 10:10 a.m.: MV stop (Central Street) traf-fic citation issued; 10:27 a.m.: MV stop (CentralStreet) traffic citation issued; 10:39 a.m.: MVstop (Front Street) traffic citation issued; 10:46a.m.: investigation (River Street) spoken to;10:48 a.m.: MV stop (Pleasant Street) trafficcitation issued; 10:59 a.m.: MV stop (SpringStreet) traffic citation issued; 11:07 a.m.: bur-glar alarm (Spring Street) accidental; 11:17a.m.: accident (Pearl Street) report taken; 11:32a.m.: MV stop (Gardner Road) traffic citationissued; 11:38 a.m.: MV stop (Spring Street) traf-fic citation issued; 11:46 a.m.: MV stop (SpringStreet) traffic citation issued; 11:59 a.m.: MVstop (Gardner Road) traffic citation issued;12:15 p.m.: MV stop (Gardner Road) traffic cita-tion issued; 12:26 p.m.: MV stop (Gardner Road)traffic citation issued; 12:41 p.m.: MV stop(Gardner Road) traffic citation issued; 12:51p.m.: MV stop (Spring Street) traffic citationissued; 12:58 p.m.: MV stop (Spring Street) traf-fic citation issued; 1:17 p.m.: MV stop (GardnerRoad) traffic citation issued; 1:23 p.m.: MV stop(Gardner Road) traffic citation issued; 1:33p.m.: MV stop (Spring Street) traffic citationissued; 2:33 p.m.: suspicious auto (CentralStreet) gone on arrival; 3:15 p.m.: officer want-ed (Jackson Avenue) spoken to; 3:45 p.m.: ani-mal complaint (Baldwinville Road) refer toACO; 3:54 p.m.: 209A service (West Street)unable to serve; 3:55 p.m.: 209A service (Spring
Circle) unable to serve;4:08 p.m.: ambulance(Glenallan Street)transported; 4:15 p.m.:welfare check(addresses will not beprinted); 4:42 p.m.:automatic box alarm(Ready Drive) falsealarm; 4:53 p.m.:assault (AcademyStreet) arrest: DonaldMatthew O’Malley, age27, of 38 Academy St.Apt. 2L, Winchendon:A&B, threat to commitcrime; 5:38 p.m.:unwanted party(Woodlawn Street) spo-ken to; 5:59 p.m.: bur-glar alarm (CentralStreet) false alarm;6:02 p.m.: investigation(Central Street) infotaken; 8:16 p.m.: ambu-lance (Lakeview Drive)transported; 8:34 p.m.:disturbance (SpruceStreet) arrest: HeatherC. Sorensen, age 30, of49 Spruce St. #3,
Winchendon: arrest based on warrant; 9:18p.m.: ambulance (Central Street) transported.
THURSDAY, JUNE 2
12:10 a.m.: building check (Main Street)secure; 12:32 a.m.: building check (LincolnAvenue) secure; 12:42 a.m.: intoxicated person(Old County Road) summons: Bridget Conlon,age 29, of 172 Ash St., Winchendon: B&E formisdemeanor, trespass; 4:39 p.m.: buildingcheck (Spring Street) secure; 4:49 a.m.: buildingcheck (Gardner Road) secure; 8:24 a.m.: burglaralarm (Bosworth Road) checked, secure; 8:32a.m.: assist citizen (walk in) assisted; 8:50 a.m.:officer wanted (Ready Drive) assisted; 9:07 a.m.:ambulance (Ash Street) assisted; 9:15 a.m.:repossession of vehicle (walk in) services ren-dered; 9:28 a.m.: disabled auto (Gardner Road)info taken; 10:33 a.m.: assist citizen (MapleStreet) assisted; 10:41 a.m.: wires down (CentralStreet) checked, secure; 10:45 a.m.: officer want-ed (Maple Street) assisted; 11:08 a.m.: assist cit-izen (Northern Heights) assisted; 11:11 a.m.:ambulance (Central Street) transported; 11:29a.m.: burglar alarm (High Street) false alarm;11:56 a.m.: disabled auto (Spring Street) MVtowed; 12:47 p.m.: investigation (LincolnAvenue) no PD service required; 1 p.m.: miss-ing person (walk in) report taken; 2:16 p.m.:welfare check (addresses will not be printed);2:48 p.m.: property found (Central Street) infotaken; 3:04 p.m.: summons service(Baldwinville Road) served; 3:12 p.m.: summonsservice (Old County Road) served; 3:41 p.m.: dis-turbance (Alger Street) spoken to; 3:45 p.m.:animal complaint (Central Street) refer toACO; 3:49 p.m.: animal complaint (GlenallanStreet) refer to ACO; 4:40 p.m.: investigation(Maynard Street) spoken to; 7:40 p.m.: sum-mons service (Hyde Park Drive) served; 8 p.m.:investigation (Cummings Road) spoken to; 8:20p.m.: public service (Central Street) spoken to;9:31 p.m.: general juvenile (Juniper Street)assisted; 11:38 p.m.: unwanted party (BrownStreet) assisted; 11:54 p.m.: building check(Central Street) secure.
FRIDAY, JUNE 3
12:09 a.m.: building check (Main Street)secure; 12:31 a.m.: building check (SchoolStreet) secure; 2:25 a.m.: patrol initiated(Murdock Avenue) spoken to; 2:49 a.m.: build-ing check (School Street) secure; 4:06 a.m.:building check (Glenallan Street) secure; 4:19a.m.: patrol initiated (Spring Street) secure;4:32 a.m.: building check (Gardner Road)secure; 7:11 a.m.: power outage (BaldwinvilleRoad) info taken; 9:58 a.m.: officer wanted(walk in) spoken to; 1:54 p.m.: officer wanted(Laurel Street) spoken to; 2:14 p.m.: officerwanted (Elmwood Road) assisted; 2:39 p.m.: MVstop (Central Street) traffic citation issued; 2:53p.m.: MV stop (Front Street) traffic citationissued 3:05 p.m.: MV stop (Glenallan Street)traffic citation issued; 3:16 p.m.: MV stop(Central Street) traffic citation issued; 3:29p.m.: MV stop (Glenallan Street) traffic citationissued; 3:38 p.m.: MV stop (Central Street) traf-fic citation issued; 3:50 p.m.: general info(Baldwinville State Road) gone on arrival; 3:52p.m.: MV stop (Spring Street) traffic citationissued; 4 p.m.: MV stop (Spring Street) trafficcitation issued; 4:27 p.m.: MV stop (SpringStreet) summons: Shaunna L. Lacillade, age 30,of 29 Joslin Road, Winchendon: operating MVwith registration suspended, uninsured MV,failure to wear seatbelt; 4:57 p.m.: disabled auto(Front Street) assisted; 5:35 p.m.: MV stop(Summer Drive) traffic citation issued; 5:39p.m.: MV stop (Spring Street) traffic citationissued; 5:50 p.m.: MV stop (Central Street) traf-fic citation issued; 6:01 p.m.: MV stop (CentralStreet) spoken to; 6:55 p.m.: MV stop (GardnerRoad) traffic citation issued; 7:17 p.m.: welfarecheck (addresses will not be printed); 8:31 p.m.:officer wanted (Cummings Road) spoken to;8:40 p.m.: suspicious auto (Summer Drive) spo-ken to; 11:10 p.m.: notification (Stanton Road)info taken; 11:18 p.m.: patrol initiated(Memorial Drive) unable to locate; 11:39 p.m.:assist motorist (Gardner Road) info taken; 11:52p.m.: building check (Central Street) secure.
SATURDAY, JUNE 4
12:07 a.m.: building check (Otter River Road)secure; 12:10 a.m.: assist other PD (walk in) infogiven; 12:17 a.m.: building check (Main Street)secure; 12:27 a.m.: building check (SpringStreet) secure; 12:34 a.m.: building check(Spring Street) secure; 12:36 a.m.: buildingcheck (Spring Street) secure; 3:29 a.m.: buildingcheck (Spring Street) secure; 5:04 a.m.: officerwanted (walk in) assisted; 5:21 a.m.: be on thelook out (Spring Street) no PD service required;11:07 a.m.: MV stop (Gardner Road) traffic cita-tion issued; 11:35 a.m.: property found(Fairbanks Street) services rendered; 11:57a.m.: MV stop (Gardner Road) traffic citationissued; 12:01 p.m.: assist citizen (walk in) spo-ken to; 12:10 p.m.: assault (Central Street) sum-mons: juvenile, age 10: malicious destruction ofproperty over $250; 12:13 p.m.: MV stop(Gardner Road) traffic citation issued; 12:32p.m.: assist citizen (walk in) spoken to; 12:40p.m.: MV stop (Spring Street) traffic citationissued; 12:47 p.m.: MV stop (Spring Street) ver-bal warning; 12:55 p.m.: MV stop (Spring Street)traffic citation issued; 1:11 p.m.: MV stop(Spring Street) traffic citation issued; 1:17 p.m.:MV stop (Spring Street) traffic citation issued;1:47 p.m.: warrant check (Cross Street) arrest:Justin D. Phillips, age 24, of 31 Goodrich Drive,Winchendon: arrest based on warrant; 1:52p.m.: ambulance (Maple Street) services ren-dered; 2:07 p.m.: officer wanted (Brown Street)unfounded; 2:09 p.m.: MV stop (Gardner Road)verbal warning; 2:14 p.m.: MV stop (SpringStreet) traffic citation issued; 2:25 p.m.: MVstop (Spring Street) traffic citation issued; 2:35p.m.: assist other agency (Vernon Street) assist-ed; 2:46 p.m.: MV stop (Spring Street) trafficcitation issued; 2:50 p.m.: MV stop (SpringStreet) traffic citation issued; 3:45 p.m.: ambu-lance (Linden Street) transported; 5:58 p.m.:ambulance (Pleasant Street) brought to station;7:06 p.m.: suspicious auto (Brown Street)advised officer; 7:40 p.m.: MV stop (SpringStreet) verbal warning; 8:02 p.m.: harassment(Washington Avenue) spoken to; 8:22 p.m.: miss-ing person (Alger Street) assisted; 8:32 p.m.:suspicious auto (Russell Farm Road) no PDservice required; 9:32 p.m.: officer wanted (PineStreet) report taken; 9:42 p.m.: officer wanted(Main Street) info taken; 11:43 p.m.: harassmentorder service (Main Street) unable to serve;11:44 p.m.: building check (Memorial Drive)secure.
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POLICE LOG
BY DONEEN DURLINGCOURIER STAFF WRITER
WINCHENDON — Sculptor Sherman Labarge has completed thework that began on Clyde, the Toy Town Horse in May with a littlehelp from his family and funding through the Athol Savings Bankand private donations through a Toy Town Partnership driven candrive matching a Robinson Broadhurst grant.
Clyde looks as good as new with patching completed on his dapple-grey fiberglass body, the wood replaced, and painted bright red witha golden yellow trim on the massive rocker stand.
Labarge, and his wife Dorothy, his sister Nancy Willcox, and herhusband Wallace found themselves sometimes on their back on theground sanding, scrubbing, and peeling the giant replica of theConverse rocking horse built in 1988. It was a project that brought agleam of pride to each eye. They received help from the ColonialCooperative Bank that ran an extension for electricity to the site.
The original Toy Town Horse was constructed in 1914 as a float forthe town’s 150th anniversary celebration, showcasing the ConverseCompany; the world’s largest wooden toy factory. According to theplaque located on the horse, workers from the Converse Companyspent five months constructing the a giant replica of the ConverseCompany’s No. 12 rocking horse. The original horse was installed atthe town’s railroad station for twenty years and became a landmarkfor travelers passing through town. In 1934 the horse was moved tothe Toy Town Tavern, and for the next thirty years, the horse wasclimbed on by children and photographed by many from all over theUnited States and beyond. In 1964 the horse was a focal point in thetown’s bicentennial parade. In 1976 Clyde again paraded downCentral Street for the nation’s bicentennial. After that last parade,people forgot about the Toy Town symbol, and Clyde fell to ruin.
In the 1980s the Chamber of Commerce, in cooperation with theWinchendon Historical Society, calling Clyde a symbol of civic pride,began a campaign to bring back the Toy Town horse. Funds cametrickling in from all that found a love for the Toy Town treasure. Theproject became a reality when a craftsman was found to create thenew horse. Sculptor and painter Sherman Labarge of Fryeburg, MEhad strong ties to Toy Town, having grow up in its midst. His familyis still a viable part of the community. The project took the sculptor
18 months, and his wife Dorothy said thatmany came to watch the project as the hugehorse began to take shape in their barn.
In1988, just before the Toy Town Fourth ofJuly celebration, Clyde was completed andbegan the journey down the highway fromFryeburg. Dorothy Labarge said manystopped along the way as they carefully droveunder bridges and past little towns until theyreached Clyde’s final home in Winchendon.
Clyde’s inscription reads, “The horse thatstands before you is a symbol of pride to thecitizens of Winchendon that we wish to dis-play to all. As it once stood at the railroad sta-tion, it now stands at the junction of two well-traveled roads passing through Winchendonfor all to see. With the help of modern tech-nology and the shelter we hope that peoplecan enjoy the Toy Town Horse with us foranother seventy-five years to come.
The Labarges and Willcox family recalledthe day the horse was brought into town in1988 as Maurice Labarge, father of Shermanand Nancy proudly jumped into the truck andaccompanied the horse to where it standstoday. For the whole ride the proud father ofthe sculptor was smiling widely as peoplecheered and welcomed the beautiful newaddition to the town.
All those helping Sherman Labarge withhis project claimed to be over 70 years old, butthe playfulness and the way the four tackledthe challenge made them seem like teenagerson the most fantastic project. Their goal wasperfection, and as Clyde stands today, it isbelieved they reached their goal, and sur-passed it. Clyde is well and reminds all ofWinchendon’s pride.
WINCHENDON COURIER 3Saturday, June 18, 2011
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STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
WORCESTER — The following Winchendonresidents were awarded degrees at the com-mencement exercises of Clark University inMay: Hillary A. Gleason BA (summa cumlaude)(Phi Beta Kappa) Difficult DialoguesFellows Award; Mark S. Shea, Master ofPublic Administration.
FAIRFIELD, CT — Sacred Heart Universityhas announced the Dean’s List for the springsemester. To receive this honor, a studentmust achieve a 3.6 grade average, based on a4.0 scale. Ashley Bailey of Winchendon hasmade the dean’s list.
DURHAM, NH — Nicholas Butland, ofWinchendon graduated from the University ofNew Hampshire during the commencementceremony held May 21 at the Durham, NHcampus. He earned an AAS degree in foresttechnology.
BENEFIT
WINCHENDON — A celebration of the lifeof Tim Boutelle is scheduled July 29, 7-11 p.m.at the American Legion Post 193. The BenefitDance proceeds will go to Ahimsa Haven inTim’s memory. Cost is $10 per person.
GOT BOOKS?
WINCHENDON — The Old Murdock SeniorCenter, 52 Murdock Ave. now has a Got Books?container placed in the parking lot of theSenior Center. What can you put in this con-tainer? This container can be filled withbooks, CDs, DVDs, records, and audio books.Sorry, no magazines or newspapers. If youhave any questions regarding the Got Books?container, please call the Center at (978) 297-3155
SEEKING SPONSORS
WINCHENDON — Hole Sponsors: MurdockSports Booster Club is seeking sponsors forthe 3rd annual golf tournament to benefit thestudent athletes of Murdock Middle HighSchool. The golf tournament will be held July9, 2011 at the Winchendon School CountryClub. Your donation will help purchase equip-ment to enhance the success of these valuableprograms.
Blue level sponsor: please circle preferenceSign at either tee boxes #1 or #10 or at green
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JUNIOR GOLF TOURNEY
WINCHENDON — The Winch Junior GolfTour makes the first of two stops in town onThursday, June 23. The event will tee off at 9a.m. Youngsters interested in playing shouldcontact local PGA pro Tom Borden at [email protected]. or by calling the club at978 - 297 - 9897.
ROAST BEEF SUPPER
RINDGE — The Men’s Club of the RindgeCongregational Church will host a Roast BeefDinner on Saturday, June 25th. There will beseating at 5 p.m. & 6:30 p.m. The menu consistsof all you can eat roast beef, real mashed pota-toes, carrots, salad and bread. The dinner isfinished off with a strawberry shortcake withreal whipped cream. The price is $10 for adultsand $5 for children under 12. Reservations aresuggested although walk-ins welcome, if spaceallows. Reservations: call Jane 603 899-5789
From left: Dorothy Labarge, Sherman Labarge, Nancy Wilcox and WallaceWilcox.
Working diligently to scrape down the wood and repaint, flaking fiberglass issmoothed and the entire horse is dappled again, Sherman Labarge doesn’t evennotice the camera.
Thanks to many, the Clyde pride is back.
ASB shares its generositySubmitted photo
Mike Quinn (left) accepts a check for $5,000on behalf of the Clark Memorial YMCA fromAthol Savings bank Branch Manager MarciSilva (center) and Senior Vice President PeterRussell (right). Athol Savings Bank is the titlesponsorship of the 15th annual SummerSolstice Festival held on June 18 at the ClarkMemorial YMCA. The event is open to theeveryone in the community and is a fun day offamily entertainment, music, games, crafters& vendors, a parade and a 5K road race andkid's race. Event information available atwww.theclarkymca.org.
TALONS!!!The first Friday night event at the
Gazebo in the park is Friday, June 246:30-8 p.m. with the birds of prey pro-gram. A hands on exciting and uniqueexperience. Bring your camera. Alsobring your own blanket or lawnchairs. Sponsored by the WinchendonCultural Council and presented by theWinchendon Parks and Recreations.All concerts and programs are freeand open to the public. Located at theSmith Community Pavilion in GARPark off Grove Street. Events may becanceled due to inclement weather.
THE MILLCHILDREN
Ruth DeAmicis photo
Historian Joe Manningspoke to a gathering ofmore than 100 people atOld Murdock SeniorCenter Saturday, explain-ing the history of some ofthe many children andthe photos taken by pho-tographer Lewis Hine in 1911 at the local textile mills. The program was spon-sored by the Winchendon Historical Society and the Winchendon Courier.
WINCHENDON COURIER4 Saturday, June 18, 2011
H&W: all good things must endTo the Editor:And to the residents of Winchendon and to
Superintendent Clenchy, all good things mustcome to an end. The staff and drivers of H&WTransportation would like to express ourappreciation for having the opportunity ofserving the town of Winchendon for the past26 years.
Our drivers and staff have not only beenpart of your system, but have had the pleasureof bringing your children to and from school.
Your school support staff ahs always beenexcellent.
Winchendon should be proud of her chil-dren ad know that they are some of the bestbehaved and pleasant young people we havehad the pleasure of transporting for so manyyears.
We wish you all well.
FRED HARDY AND DRIVERSH&W TRANSPORTATION INC.
We have been readingabout the infidelity offamous men lately.
Every salacious detail, it seems,has been placed before us as weread our morning paper or watch anews show.
The former Governor ofCalifornia fathers a child with thefamily maid. The current head ofthe IMF attacks a maid in a suite inNYC. A current Congressman, andNew York City mayor-hopeful isaccused of sending pictures of his“privates” to a young woman henever met. The list goes on.
And while it doesn’t get nearly asmuch press, there are similarcharges made about powerfulwomen.
Recently, there have been articlesin magazines looking deeper intowhat makes famous and/or power-ful men such serial sex seekers.
I think most of these reportshave it wrong.
Everyone knows that there is astrong attraction between thesexes. Everyone also knows thatone of the basic reasons for havinga concept of marriage is to formal-ize not only a union of two people,but to make a commitment toanother person, in exchange fortheir commitment to you.Marriage is a way of institutional-izing trust between two people.Marriage is supposed to provide a
good vehicle for the production andraising of children.
But where powerful men are con-cerned, the real story is theirinability to control, or manage,their most basic of drives. The sec-ond story is their need to demon-strate that they really cannot betrusted. That being the case, is itnot an indictment of us that wecontinue them in power.
If your banker happily stole fromyour account would he continue tobe your banker? When our leadersprove we cannot believe what theysay and remind us that they havethe basest of values why are we sowilling to take the position that“boys will be boys” and assumethat they do not disappoint us in somany other areas of their lives asour representatives?
So instead of talking about sexdrives we should be talking aboutintegrity.
When one chooses to marryanother person, and to commit tothat person for life, there is anexpectation that they will controltheir sex drive in the interest oftrust, truth and commitment. Itisn’t assumed that on the day onetakes a marriage vow, offers up hisword in a sacred place in front offamily and friends and God, thathis desire or attraction to otherswill magically disappear. What isassumed is that he has made a deci-sion to control that desire and to bethe person who can be trusted andloved without fear of betrayal.
If one wants to be a multi-part-nered sexual person then there isno reason to marry.
Our society does not demand thatevery person take an oath of fideli-ty to another person. Deciding onentering into holy matrimonyshould be a decision taken only bythose who have already determined
to abandon nature’s built in drives,to control one’s impulses, and tomake a solemn promise to oneother person, a person from whomyou expect the same kind of prom-ise in return. If you don’t intend toperform on your promise there isabsolutely no rational reason tomake it.
Maybe it wasn’t so bad when weas a society were tougher on peoplewho needed to bring adultery intotheir lives. As we became a societythat forgave men for their unbri-dled sex drives, took a nonchalantview of men and women who cheat-ed, we became a society that saidintegrity, solemn promise, trustand commitment were not soimportant to us anymore.
It should come as no surprisethat many of us find much more tovalue in the thinking of the past.
Sacred Vows
VIEWSOpinion and commentary from Winchendon and beyond
WINCHENDON COURIER
EDITORIALLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
It’s all good
PRESIDENT/PUBLISHER: FRANK CHILINSKIEDITOR: RUTH DEAMICIS
We had one of those déjà vumoments last week when thespheres moved together and werealized our lives sometimes
move in mysterious ways. We were at theretirement party of a great lady, ChristinaLittlewood. That’s her picture there, in theeditorial. We don’t often include a photo inthe editorial but this was a good place for itbecause we need to talk about her philoso-phy and why she will be missed.
First, why the earth might have shiftedjust a little bit last Friday night.
There were farewell cards on the table tobe signed by the guests, and while the editorand the reporter were invited to this partyas guests because of our involvement withthe schools, our support of education andour publicity of the kids in general weadmit openly we don’t know Mrs. Littlewoodwell. And the room was full of the educatorsof Winchendon; we were a bit out of ourleague. Still, we were made to feel welcome,and we were passed the card at our table tosign.
We did. Choosing a catch phrase thatembodies hoping the person does well asthey move on to the next chapter in theirlife, in this case retirement and spendingmore time with their family including abeloved grandchild, we wrote, “it’s allgood.”
As the evening developed, we discoveredthat phrase was Mrs. Littlewood’s ownmantra. It became part of a song, it becamepart of a poem, it was chanted by her teach-ers who wished her well and her childrenand even her brother-in-law who teased herabout her shopping.
Good grief ! How had we stumbled intothat?
Yet, as we learned about her enthusiasm,her support of others, her caring, her kind-ness, her unerring focus on her studentsand their needs; the phrase belonged to herwholeheartedly.
She took the worst scenarios and foundways to make them work, in MemorialSchool where there are no walls she foundways to create classrooms for her teachersand students. She found ways for the pro-grams to happen. She found ways for the
students to get what they need to be, tolearn, to want to come to school, to be part ofthe community and oh by the way, they actu-ally could read by the time they moved on tothe next grade too.
Those who honored her that night did itwith both laughter and tears. She was obvi-ously well loved by her peers and colleagues;there was a mood to the room that was tan-gible but hard to identify if you don’t feel ityourself. It was beyond happy, it was con-tent. Satisfied. Things were right in theworld.
And no, there aren’t enough teachers tomake the job easy at Memorial; there needto be more paraprofessionals to help, moresupplies, newer equipment in somecases….it is far from perfect. There canalways be improvements, the shortfalls inthe education in Winchendon are very, veryreal don’t ever make the mistake of think-ing they are not. But people like ChristinaLittlewood work with what is and make itwork to the best of their ability with thebest possible attitude. They keep it upbeat,they keep others around them as positive aspossible, try to find solutions instead ofmore problems and we certainly could use afew more like her because then, we couldcertainly find ways to say it with the samegrin, “it’s all good!”
JACK BLAIR
NOTES OFCONCERN
The Winchendon CAC is very grate-ful for the support of area businessesand local residents who supported usat our first annual fundraiser on May6. We had a fantastic evening with a lotof great friends.
In particular, the Board of WCACwants to thank our primary sponsor,Athol Savings Bank, Silver level spon-sors GFA Credit Union and R&PPlastics and Bronze level sponsorsOne Stop Plaza Convenience, BrooksAutomotive and Mathieu Ford.
As the director, I wish to thank theboard for their support of the event.Treasurer Marcy Silva truly put herhear and soul into the planning of thismajor event.
Further, CAC wants to express it’sgratitude to the US Postal Service andto all of those who donated shelf-stable foodsduring May’s Stamp Out Hunger Drive. Wecollected just under 2,000 pounds of food fromthe Postal Service on May 16.
Like many social service agencies, WCAChas seen a dramatic rise in clientele duringthe economic recession, and is struggling toprovide services due to federal cuts in fundingand lower monetary donations. We are grate-ful for all of the support we receive, whether it
be monetary of volunteer hours donated.WCAC hopes to see you sat the SummerSolstice on June 18, where we will be recruit-ing volunteers of all sorts who are moved byour mission...to help Winchendon residents incrisis.
Thanks Winchendon!
AMY FEELEY-KNUUTTILA, DIRECTOR
CAC: appreciates supports
Fortunato: Ryen needs your helpTo the Editor:These past few months have been a rough
road for our family and baby Justin Ryen.Justin has had to live the first three months ofhis life with little oxygen due to a congenitalheart defect called Tetralogy of Fallot. May 13,he had his first corrective open heart surgery,and we is proud to say he is doing wonderful.
For the past few months we have been sell-ing benefit bracelets to raise money for thecosts of Justin Ryen’s medical expenses andthe costs of traveling to Boston in care ofRyen. We would like to send out a thank-you toeveryone who was there to help us make itthrough this hard time and everyone who wasthere to send out a prayer for our little boy. Wewould personally like to thank: Rob Julius ofGirouard Tool Corp.; Paul Mahan and KellyWalsh of Shamrock Motors; The AmericanLegion Post 193; Toy Town Pub; The MasonicLodge; Teresa Shepard; The PoliceAssociation and Joe Lacroix of Joe’s Taxi.
For everyone else who is not mentioned.
Thank you all so much for everything you didand continue to do for our little boy. Thebracelets are still available for sale by contact-ing 978-602-6018 or by [email protected].
MELISSA FORTUNATOVIA EMAIL .
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effort will be made to accommodate late submissions, but inclusion can not be guaranteed.The rules of good taste and libel will, of course, apply to all submissions. Personal attackswill not be published. The editor retains the right to edit all letters.
Marcy Silva and Amy Feeley-Knuttila with the substantialdonation by Athol Savings Bank.
AWESOME STUDENTSRuth DeAmicis photo
The students who took part in the Special Olympicstrooped into the School Committee meeting in Mayand were recognized for their tremendous efforts bythe committee members. They were welcomed andgiven small gifts, and a rousing round of applause fortheir hard work.
WINCHENDON COURIER 5Saturday, June 18, 2011
Senate votes to pass court reform legislationBOSTON — The Senate voted unanimously
in May to pass legislation reorganizing thestate judicial system with a focus on findingefficiencies and cost-savings in the trial courtand establishing performance measures and atransparent hiring process in the courts andthe probation department.
The bill separates administrative and judi-cial functions in the courts, currently over-seen by the chief justice for administrationand management, by installing a professionalcivilian administrator to manage finances,contracts and hiring, while keeping a chiefjustice of the trial court to handle judicialissues, such as assigning judges, educationand discipline.
“This legislation is the culmination of a lotof hard work by legislators and experts in thefields of law, probation and court manage-ment who came together to develop the bestways to reform the trial court and ensure thequality and integrity of its hiring process,”Senate President Therese Murray (D-Plymouth) said. “By putting rigorous proce-dures in place, we will create a more efficientand transparent court system where only themost qualified and well-suited candidates willbe hired.”
Senate Ways and Means Chairman StephenM. Brewer (D-Barre) said, “The hard workthat has gone into reorganizing the state judi-cial system has produced a plan that promotesa clear and effective hiring process. Theknowledge gathered from legislators andexperts in the field has ensured that only themost qualified candidates are considered foremployment. This plan remains consistentwith the Senate’s plan to remain vigilant indirecting resources to programs that are most
effective and efficient.”Senator Brian A. Joyce (D-Milton), who was
a member of the special probation workinggroup formed to develop recommendations,said, “This legislation is an important steptoward establishing a more efficient andstreamlined judicial system. I’m pleased thatwe were able to pass this today.”
The new court administrator is required toidentify redundant and wasteful administra-tive functions within all departments of thetrial court and implement a transparent,merit-based hiring model.
The Senate bill keeps the probation depart-ment under the judiciary, but all hiring, firingand promotions within the department aresubject to the approval of the court adminis-trator.
The hiring and promotion of all court andprobation officers will be contingent upon anapplicant’s performance on a new objectiveentrance exam. The court administrator thenreviews the applications of those who pass theexam at a certain cut-off score and makes surethose candidates have the proper qualifica-tions for the job.
Those applicants are then forwarded to theCommissioner of Probation, where they gothrough a complete background review and athorough interview process. Only those candi-dates who advance through the exam, back-ground check and interview are placed on aneligibility list for consideration by the courtadministrator, and only at that time are lettersof recommendation from any source availableto the hiring authority.
Additionally, all applicants for employmentmust disclose the names of all immediate fam-ily members who are state employees, and all
letters of recommendation are consideredpublic record for successful candidates.
The Senate bill also requires theCommissioner of Probation be hired by thecourt administrator and chief justice. And,with performance management as a key com-ponent of the Senate bill, it requires theCommissioner of Probation to track perform-ance measures in the department, includingrecidivism rates, overall compliance withcourt orders, and how effectively the depart-ment is sharing information with the courts.
This data will be presented in annualreports by the Commissioner for scrutiny bythe legislature and the public.
The Senate bill establishes an advisoryboard consisting of experts on criminal jus-tice, public policy, management and humanresources to develop ongoing reforms withinthe probation department.
It also sets up a special task force to studythe best ways to improve information-sharingbetween all departments. The task force willbe made up of the secretary of public safety,the commissioner of probation, chairman ofthe parole board, president of the sheriffs’association, and the commissioners of the cor-rections department and the youth servicesdepartment.
The bill also calls for a special commissionto study the evaluation of judicial candidates,both prior to and after their nomination by thegovernor, and examine the nominating andconfirming practices of other states.
The Senate bill and the House bill, whichpassed May 11, will go to a conference commit-tee to produce a compromise bill for final pas-sage and consideration of the governor.
INSTALLS PROFESSIONAL MANAGER; ENSURES TRANSPARENT, MERIT-BASED HIRING PROCESS
AND THEY ARE OFF!!!Ruth DeAmicis photo
The young men heading out for Boys State this year weathered a bit of rain to board the bus generously provid-ed by the Winchendon School for the trip to Stonehill College. The American Legion is sponsoring five scholar-ships this year, the Sons of the American Legion is sponsoring one. Those attending are, from left: Joe Clark,son of Peter and Allyson Clark; Ian Bussiere, son of John and Marilyn Bussiere; Sam Burdsall, son of Sue andTom Burdsall,; Jordan Harris, son of Tammy Gagne; Kyle O’Connell son of Sank and Pam O’Connell and JoshEmerson, son of Valerie and Tim Emerson.The American Legion Post 193 also donated a flag to the program, which hosts more than 400 boys each year.
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The Rindge Chamber held a ribbon cutting at their new office at 1032 NH Route 119 in earlyMay. L-R: Roberta Letourneau of Letourneau Construction (Director), Helen Mae Olson ofCharter & Associate (Director), Pat Barry of the Rindge Board of Selectmen, Marie Powley-Quinlan of Candice Starrett Real Estate (Director), Annette Williams of Fawn’d Memories (President), Jed Brummer of the Rindge Board of Selectmen, Diane Clark of Depres & Associates(Vice President), Carlotta Pini who is Town Administrator (Director), Patricia Garrity of FranklinPierce University (Director), and Becky Ryll of TD Bank and Fieldstone Farms (Director).
RINDGE CHAMBER OPENS NEW OFFICE
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PETERBOROUGH, NH — The MonadnockMusic Festival announced its 46th seasonwith more of the innovative programming forwhich it is renowned and with a roster of dis-tinguished performers. Presenting 28 con-certs throughout the Monadnock Region thissummer – in 18 locations ranging from small,intimate churches to Peterborough’s TownHouse and Jaffrey Center’s Meetinghouse –the Festival features a stimulating mixture ofseasoned musicians and exciting young tal-ent.
The Monadnock Music Festival is nowunder the direction of executive directorWilliam J.H. Chapman, formerly of OperaBoston, and veteran artistic directorsJonathan Bagg and Laura Gilbert.
“The 2011 season offers fresh and inventiveprogramming, as well as more traditionalofferings from exceptional artists,” sharesChapman. “Guests will delight in offeringsfrom composers such as Pulitzer-prize winner
Melinda Wagner, Paul Brantley, and thisyear’s Duke Composing Fellow BryanChristian, who will premiere a piece. Anotherhighlight will be the performance of Mahler’sDas Lied von der Erde and Wagner’s SiegfriedIdyll under Hugh Keelan. This season exem-plifies what is distinctive about MonadnockMusic and will reinforce our reputation as apremier summer destination for discerningmusic lovers across New England.”
The presence of Emily Dickinson will befelt the entire summer, with musical cameosin several village concerts, and a starring rolein two Town House concerts. Poet andDickinson scholar, Susan Snively, will intro-duce the concert July 23 and read two ofDickinson’s poems.
“Our Town House and ChamberMasterpieces series will range from chamberorchestra concerts to innovative, concept-based programs,” explains Bagg. “We’ll wel-come the Borromeo and Chiara Quartets backthis summer, celebrate the 400th anniversaryof the King James Bible with the St.Catharine’s Choir, and enjoy the superb tal-ents of Virginia Eskin, Krista River and IlanaDavidson, among others.”
This year again features the Mozart Trail,in which a different string quartet of Mozart(from the six quartets he dedicated to Haydn)will be performed each week at village con-certs. Audiences can follow the trail fromtown to town to hear the entire set during thesummer.
ABOUT MONADNOCK MUSIC
Now in its 46th year, Monadnock Musicenriches the lives of people of all ages andwalks of life, and deepens community by
means of excellent and diverse programmingthroughout the beautiful Monadnock regionof New Hampshire. It annually presents a six-week summer festival of solo, chamber andorchestral concerts in intimate venues situat-ed in iconic New England settings less thantwo hours from Boston.
Among the many distinguished composers,ensembles and artists whose workMonadnock Music has presented or commis-sioned are Elliott Carter, John Adams, MarioDavidovsky, Virgil Thomson, Aaron Copland,Peter Sellars, Borromeo Quartet, JamesMaddalena, D’anna Fortunato, RussellSherman, New Zealand String Quartet, andBarbara Quintiliani.
In addition to its Peterborough Town HouseConcert Series featuring renowned artistsfrom the world over, Monadnock Music alsopresents a series of Village Concerts bringingdistinguished professional artists and pro-gressive programming to various historicmeeting houses and churches throughout theregion free of charge, making some of thegreatest works of the classical music canonaccessible to all.
During the school year, MM provides vitalmusic education support to the region’s ele-mentary schools through its Lend An Ear!Program. Since its establishment in 1989,LAE! has enriched the lives of more than25,000 children.
Founded by James Bolle in 1966,Monadnock Music is now under the leader-ship of executive director William J. H.Chapman and artistic directors JonathanBagg and Laura Gilbert.
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WINCHENDON — The students of the month for May were recognized by the School Committee at its May 19 meeting.All the students were nominated by their teachers and praised for their exceptional work ethic.
Justin ScottJustin Scott, pictured with his mother Debra Tenney,
was named student of the month at Murdock High School.
Lindsay PaulLindsay Paul, pictured with her mother Denise, is a sev-
enth grader and was named student of the month atMurdock Middle School.
Tiana GrassleTiana Grassle, pictured with her mother Gina and
her father Thomas, was named student of the monthat Memorial Elementary School.
Terrance SiglTerrance Sigl, pictured with his mother AnneMarie
and his father Michael, was named student of the monthat Toy Town Elementary School.
Students of the Month MWCC receives national recognitionfor exceptional community service
GARDNER — MountWachusett Community Collegehas been named to the 2010President’s Higher EducationCommunity Service HonorRoll, with distinction, for itscollege-wide commitment toservice and campus-communi-ty partnerships that producemeasurable results for northcentral Massachusetts.
The Honor Roll, an annualrecognition since 2006, is thehighest federal recognition acollege or university canreceive for its commitment tovolunteering, service learningand civic engagement. Thisyear, the Corporation forNational and CommunityService admitted a total of 641colleges and universities fortheir impact on issues from lit-eracy and neighborhood revi-talization to supporting at-riskyouth for service performedthroughout the 2009-10 academ-ic year. Of that total, 511 werenamed to the Honor Roll, and114, including MWCC, werenamed to the Honor Roll withdistinction.
“As we complete our first‘Decade of Civic Engagement,’it is evident that communityand civic engagement havebecome embedded in the cul-ture at Mount WachusettCommunity College,” saidMWCC President Daniel M.Asquino.” We are proud of thework that we have done withand for our community, andrenew our commitment to sup-port north centralMassachusetts through a sec-ond ‘Decade of CivicEngagement’, and through con-tinued efforts to provide stu-dent, staff and faculty supportwhere it is needed the verymost.”
Hundreds of MWCC studentsparticipated in service pro-grams through the office ofStudent Life, the Center forDemocracy & Humanity, thedivision of Academic Affairsand the division of Access &Transition.
Programs highlighted for thenational recognition include a“Volunteer Fridays” series,which included a communitydinner to raise awareness ofNational Hunger andHomelessness Month inNovember, two separate drivesto collect items for troops serv-ing overseas, and a knit-a-thonto make and donate handmadehats and scarves to those inneed. In addition, 25 studentscompleted training through theIRS Volunteer Income TaxAssistance program and thenprepared tax returns for low-income and elderly residents;art students created murals indowntown Gardner; six stu-dents volunteered more than800 hours at nonprofit organi-zations through the Institutefor Nonprofit Development;and students in the college’sSummer Leadership Camp vol-unteered for Habitat forHumanity North CentralMassachusetts and theMontachusett VeteransOutreach Center in Gardner.
The United Way YouthVenture of North CentralMassachusetts, administeredby MWCC’s Center forDemocracy & Humanity, andtwo programs administered bythe college’s Division of Access& Transition — the SummerUP employment and leadershipprogram for middle and highschool students, and theGateway to College dropoutrecovery program — were citedas examples of institutionalcommitment to service.
“Congratulations to MWCCand its students for their dedi-cation to service and commit-ment to improving their localcommunities,” said Patrick A.Corvington, chief executiveofficer of CNCS. “We salute allthe Honor Roll awardees forembracing their civic missionand providing opportunities fortheir students to tackle toughnational challenges throughservice.”
Monadnock Music celebrates its 46th yearDISTINGUISHED PERFORMERS, INNOVATIVE REPERTOIRE
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WINCHENDON COURIER 7Saturday, June 18, 2011
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 JPEGphotograph to print, at no cost, alongside the obituary.
SATURDAY, JUNE 18SUMMER SOLSTICE & 5K RACE
The Morin 5k road race kicks off the day at 8:30 a.m. followedby the kids races and then the Summer Solstice celebration.More information as it becomes available.
FARMERS’ MARKET
Toy Town Farmers’ Market is open for the season. Hours areThursday 4-7 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at the AmericanLegion Park on Pleasant Street.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22KIWANIS OF WINCHENDON
Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the Carriage House Restaurant. Thislocal service organization concentrates its fund raising effortsto provide programs such as the Recycle a Bike project andscholarships for local students. Sponsors of the Massachusettsstate level chili cook off every August. Come join us in ourefforts. Stop by any Wednesday or contact any member.
THURSDAY, JUNE 23FARMERS’ MARKET
Toy Town Farmers’ Market is open for the season. Hours areThursday 4-7 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at the AmericanLegion Park on Pleasant Street.
OUR NEIGHBOR’S KITCHEN
Our Neighbors Kitchen will provide a low cost meal at 5:30PM. Unitarian Univesalist Church. All are welcome. Advancereservations not required. Donations requested $2/ personmaximum of $5/family.
FRIDAY, JUNE 24STORY TIME
Toddler Time will return to the schedule with a summerseries from June 3 through July 15. This lively free program forchildren ages 3 and under, accompanied by an adult, featuresnursery rhymes, the ABCs, numbers, and chances to taketurns. All are welcome to join in the fun. Registration is notnecessary. Toddler time is held Friday mornings beginning at9:45 a.m. For more information, please speak with LibrarianJulia White Cardinal.
SATURDAY, JUNE 25CRIBBAGE TOURNAMENT
The Winchendon Masonic Charity & Educational Societyhosts a cribbage tournament at Artisan Lodge of Masons,School Street. Sign up begins at noon, play begins at 1 p.m.Saturday, May 21. All skill levels welcome, $10 donation. Forfurther information contact Rick Graves at (508) 498-5145.
Also, breakfast is served beginning at 8 a.m. at the ArtisanLodge of Masons on the same day.
SUNDAY, JUNE 26MUSEUM OPEN
The Murdock Whitney House Museum is open for toursSunday, June 5 and every Sunday through the end of Octoberwith tours at 1 and 2:30 p.m. Suggested donation is $5 per per-son.
SUNDAY, JULY 17TEA ON THE VERANDA
The Winchendon Historical Society hosts Tea on theVeranda at the Murdock Whitney House Museum, 151 FrontSt., on Sunday, July 17. Two seatings, at 1 p.m. and at 2:30 p.m.For more information call the Historical Society at 978 297-2142.
FRIDAY, JULY 29BENEFIT
WINCHENDON — A celebration of the life of Tim Boutelleis scheduled July 29, 7-11 p.m. at the American Legion Post 193.The Benefit Dance proceeds will go to Ahimsa Haven in Tim’smemory. Cost is $10 per person.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 6FAMILY FUN DAY FEATURING THE
MASSACHUSETTS STATE CHILI COOK OFF
On Saturday, Aug. 6 from 11 a.m. to approximately 4 p.m. atBentley Field on Grove Street come enjoy a fun filled familyday with games, jump houses, live music by the Help Wantedband, food at the Kiwanis food booth, lots of chili to taste, ven-dors and crafters and a car show all for $8 for adults and $1 forchildren. Lots of fun, loads of surprises, a great day for every-one. The only state level chili cook off and one of the best!Come be part of it all.
SUNDAY, AUGUST 14TEA ON THE VERANDA
The Winchendon Historical Society hosts Tea on theVeranda at the Murdock Whitney House Museum, 151 FrontSt., on Sunday, Aug. 14. Two seatings, at 1 p.m. and at 2:30 p.m.For more information call the Historical Society at 978 297-2142.
OBITUARIESPhilip A. Knight, 70
RINDGE – Phillip A.Knight, age 70, of 52 WestMain St. died peacefully at hisresidence Monday evening,June 13 with his family at hisside.
He was born inPeterborough, NH on March27, 1941, the son of the late
Ainsworth and Eva S. (Poland) Knight Sr.and had lived in Rindge for most of his life.
Phil was a graduate of Murdock HighSchool in Winchendon and proudly servedhis country for eight years as a member ofthe United States Air Force. Many years ago,Phil worked for the Champaine SuperMarket in Peterborough and then operatedthe former New England Air Co. He thenworked for eight years at New HampshireBall Bearings in Peterborough and laterowned and operated the former Heat Farmin Rindge.
He was an avid NASCAR fan and enjoyedall sports. He raised white faced Herefordcows and loved riding around in his 1958 and1972 Corvette Stingrays. Phil was a
spokesperson for Breathe New Hampshire.His wife of 27 years, Judith A. “Pooka”
(Lafreniere) Knight, died in January. Heleaves two sons, Philip A. Knight and hisfiancé Erin Jablonski and Ryan A. Knightand his girlfriend, Danielle Davini; a grand-daughter, Elizabeth Rose Knight; a sister,Sally J. Poikonen; a brother, Robert E.Knight Sr., all of Rindge and many nephewsand nieces. In addition to his wife, he waspredeceased by his infant daughter,Elizabeth Ann Knight; three brothers,Richard F. Knight, Ainsworth Knight Jr. andDana L. Knight, and three sisters, Dorothy E.Pangborn, Phyllis T. Hoyt and Julia A.Knight.
Funeral services will be held Monday,June 20 at 10 a.m. in Stone-Ladeau FuneralHome (stone-ladeau.com), 343 Central St.,Winchendon, MA. Burial will follow inHillside Cemetery, Rindge, NH.
Calling hours in the funeral home areSunday, June 19 from 6 to 8 p.m.
Memorial donations may be made toBreathe New Hampshire, 145 Hollis St., UnitC, Manchester, NH 03101.
Robert J. Baldini, 85LEOMINSTER — Robert J.
Baldini, 85 years old, ofLeominster, died Thursday,June 2, 2011, in the Life CareCenter of Leominster. He issurvived by daughter CarolA. Gillberg of Leominster,son David J. Baldini and hiswife Christina of
Winchendon, four grandchildren, EricaBooth, Kelley Booth, Gabriel Baldini andPeter Baldini, four great grandchildren, closefamily friend Al Hieser of Leominster, sister-in-law Dorothy Baldini of Fitchburg, and sev-eral nieces and nephews. He was predeceasedby his wife Angelina M. (Buono) Baldini in2001. He was also predeceased by his brothersAnthony Baldini and Alexander Baldini andhis sister Rose Clement.
Bob was born Fitchburg, on Feb. 20, 1926,son of Antonio and Mary (Carboni) Baldiniand had lived in Leominster for over 60 years.He served in the U.S. Navy during the KoreanWar. He had worked at the former Art Photoin Fitchburg, then was a lab tech at BordenChemical Co. in Leominster. Bob was a mem-ber of St. Anna’s Church and the LeominsterSenior Center. He enjoyed attending games atthe Leominster Adult Softball League andserved as a scorekeeper for several years. Healso enjoyed photography, golfing and can-dlepin bowling.
A funeral mass was held June 10 in St.Anna’s Church, Leominster. Burial was in St.Leo’s Cemetery, Leominster.
The Silas F. Richardson & Son FuneralHome, 106 West Street, Leominster is assistingthe family with arrangements.
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recognition.Kris Provost accepted the
award on behalf of theFriends of Music, with hisson Aidan at his side.Barbaro introduced him bysaying, “He watches theplays, he volunteers his time,he builds sets, helps with theband, the chorus and helpsraise money. He’s an every-man.”
Clenchy said, “We’rejudged by our MCAS scoresbut if we are listening toband and chorus, and if wewere measured by a sense ofspirit, then we’d be off thecharts. We have a great pro-gram here. And it take feederschools to create a great pro-gram.”
Provost said he appreciatedthe support of the communi-ty for the ongoing programs,for the fund raisers and forallowing the students toexpress their gifts in manyareas.
“Not every student is anathlete, not every student isacademically at the top of theclass. Some do better in otherareas. We are supportingthese areas,” said Provost.
Also recognized at thismeeting were LindsayKuchta for her work withStudent Council and for herwork with Red Cross; andWhitney Ashmore and AnnMarie Gorski for their workwith the Senior PeerMentoring program.
In May, seniors Ethan
Gorecki, Dominick Polcari,Jocelyn Agnelli and MaxRocheleau were recognizedfor their work with the YouthVenture program.
Also in May, a discussionconcerning homework poli-cies generated even furtherdiscussion. MemberChristopher McDonald askedwhy there were differentexpectations in the amountof time being spent on home-work in the number of min-utes and by grade level.
“Do we have something inpolicy and if we don’t, shouldwe?”
Clenchy said the policieswere based on legal standingand shouldn’t be any morestringent for a myriad of rea-sons. Some of those reasonshaving to do with grade level,curriculum and individualexpectations.
Principal of Toy TownElementary School LenMackey said the questionscould quickly arise in hisschool because of variablesin learning styles just withina classroom let alone fromclassroom to classroom.
“It would be difficult to beabsolute. And be consistent.”
“We also have to be cog-nizant of the reforms of 1993and just how much input theSchool Committee can havein the classroom,” remindedClenchy. “You have to craftpolicy very carefully.”
Barbaro said he had spo-ken to MASC about home-work policies and had gath-ered some sample policiesfrom other school districts.
The most stringent seemed tobe those from Grafton.
McDonald said he wasn’ttalking about redoing thewhole policy, but was lookingfor something more of aguideline at this time since itdidn’t seem anything was inplace.
Mackey said he would behappy to look at that.
Special education coordi-nator Cindy Landanno saidthere had been a number oftimes such a discussion hadtaken place in the past fewyears about what is appropri-ate, and perhaps it was ittime to look at it again.
“It seems to get lost in theshuffle,” said Landanno.
But curriculum coordina-tor Jane Ripley said anabbreviated homework poli-cy did appear in studenthandbooks, and there is anexpectation of both studentsand parents.
Committee memberMichael Niles said he didremember the handbook poli-cy and thought it was right,the expectation was thereand “the expectation of theparents is what is impor-tant.”
The committee agreed tocontinue the discussion ofthe policy and make certainthere is a consistency to theexpectation at grade level.
Ruth DeAmicis photo
From left, Chairman Michael Barbaro, Kris Provost, Chris Ladeau andGlenn Koocher of MASC at a recent School Committee meeting where theMurdock Boosters Club and the Friends of Music were honored as educa-tional partners.
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WEDDING PLANNEDJamie Main and Merlin Tollefsen of Old Saybrook, CT
are pleased to announce they will marry on the summersolstice – June 21, 2011 – at Greenfyre Farm, Royalston.Their dear friends (Reverend) Michael Young andPatricia Worth will officiate at the ceremony, which willblend traditions from many cultures. Family andfriends will witness the exchange of vows written byJamie and Merlin, and continue the celebration with areception at Pete & Henry’s. Following a Niagara Fallshoneymoon, the couple will return to Connecticutwhere Jamie is employed in accounting and Merlinrestores wooden boats.
Mass Audubon photo contest opensLINCOLN — Calling all shutterbugs! Mass Audubon
is pleased to announce its second statewide photo con-test, Picture This: Your Great Outdoors. Once again,we’re in search of striking photographs that highlightpeople in nature and the beauty of Massachusettswildlife and landscapes.
“Last year’s contest set the bar high with approxi-mately 1,000 fantastic entries,” says Mass AudubonPresident Laura Johnson. “We can’t wait to see more ofwhat inspires people to connect with the natural world.”
Entrants of all ages and abilities are invited to submittheir photos. Two grand prize winners’ photos (one stu-dent, one adult) will be featured on the cover of a MassAudubon publication. Two winning entries for BestMass Audubon Wildlife Sanctuary photo will be fea-tured inside a Mass Audubon publication. All winningentries, including honorable mentions, will be featuredon Mass Audubon’s website (www.massaudubon.org),which receives more than 800,000 visits per year.
Participants may submit up to five digital imagestaken in Massachusetts or at Mass Audubon’s WildwoodCamp in Rindge. The contest is open to amateur andprofessional photographers in one of two categories:adults (age 18 or older) and students (under 18). Blackand white and color photos taken at any time prior to orduring the photo contest are eligible, providing contestrules are met. Contest ends Sept. 5, 2011. To submit pho-tos and view the complete rules, visit: www.mas-saudubon.org/picturethis.
Mass Audubon works to protect the nature ofMassachusetts for people and wildlife. Together withmore than 100,000 members, we care for 34,000 acres ofconservation land, provide educational programs for225,000 children and adults annually, and advocate forsound environmental policies at local, state, and federallevels. Mass Audubon’s mission and actions haveexpanded since our beginning in 1896 when ourfounders set out to stop the slaughter of birds for use onwomen’s fashions. Today we are the largest conserva-tion organization in New England. Our statewide net-work of wildlife sanctuaries, in 90 Massachusetts com-munities, welcomes visitors of all ages and serves asthe base for our work. To support these importantefforts, call 800-AUDUBON (283-8266) or visit www.mas-saudubon.org
WINCHENDON COURIER8 Saturday, June 18, 2011
SPORTSSPORTSRich Gedman baseballl camp coming to Clark YMCA
BY DONEEN DURLINGCOURIER STAFF WRITER
WINCHENDON — Itappears that once LittleLeague is over inWinchendon for the season,serious players with all dif-ferent playing skills will beable to attend a camp thatguarantees to enhance all lev-els of skills while having fun.
The Rich Gedman Baseballcamps will be hosting a one-week baseball clinic for chil-dren ages 6-14 under thecoaching of Dave Smith. Allparticipants will have thechance to learn the basic fun-damentals of baseball as wellas build upon current skills,and practice with former RedSox great, Rich Gedman.
Coaches welcome anyonewith an interest in baseball,whether it is the first base-ball experience or not. Thecamp’s goal is to teach thefundamentals of baseballand have a good experienceas well.
For those that love a histor-ical prospective, Coach RichGedman is a former MajorLeague Baseball catcher andleft-handed batter who playedwith the Boston Red Sox for10 years (1980–90), theHouston Astros (1990–91) andthe St. Louis Cardinals(1991–92).
Gedman stepped up to theplate with the Red Sox as apinch hitter for CarlYastremski. That same year,Carelton Fisk left the teamleaving the catching positionopen, and Gedman stepped inand the very first year wasrecognized as the SportingNews Rookie of the Year. In1984 Gedman hit a careerhigh of 24 home runs in a sea-son, and went on to careerhighs of batting average(.295) and runs batted in(RBI) 80 in 1985. According tostatistics, Gedman threw outhalf the potential base steal-ers
In that 1985 season, hebecame the 16th Red Soxplayer and only the 6th catch-er since 1900 to hit for thecycle when he hit a single, adouble, a triple, and a homerun in the same game.
According to Wikipedia, in1986 Gedman set theAmerican League recordwith 20 putouts by a catcher.Clemens set the major leaguerecord for strikeouts in anine-inning game against theSeattle Mariners. On April30, he had 16 putouts for atotal of 36 in two days, themost for a catcher in two con-secutive games. That yearGedman was also selected tohis second All-Star Game.
As a career total, Gedmanbatted .252 with 88 homeruns, 382 RBI, 331 runs, 176doubles, 12 triples, and threestolen bases in 1033 games.As a catcher, he compiled a.984 fielding percentage with5274 putouts, 431 assists and92 errors in 980 games.
In 2002, Gedman became acoach with the North ShoreSpirit, a team in the inde-pendent Northeast League.He was the Spirit’s benchcoach.
He managed the WorcesterTornadoes, in the Can-AmLeague, from 2005-2010. TheTornadoes won the Can-AmLeague title in their first yearof existence. In his six yearsin Worcester, Gedman led theteam to a 283-290 record, 10-6in the postseason.
On January 10, 2011,Gedman was named battingcoach of the 2011 LowellSpinners, the Red Sox’ ShortSeason-A affiliate in the NewYork-Penn League.
Many would recognizeCamp director David Smithas a local coach and teacher.Smith and Gedman havebeen friends since Gedmanretired from baseball in 1994.Smith became the third basecoach for the WorcesterTornadoes, and also helped tobuild the camp, which was
opened first in Worcester.Since then, the camps havebeen held all over the north-east, giving tips on improve-ment to all kids that love thegame.
Those attending the campat the Clark Memorial YMCAwill begin the day with intro-ductions and expectationsthen will head right out to the
field with warm up andstretch for the entire camp.They will then divide up intothrowing stations, and skillstations. There will be hit-ting, a ground ball dumprelay, a long distance throw-ing contest, and a scrimmagegame in the final hour toreinforce what the kids havebeen working on.
Kids will work on the fun-damentals of stance, trigger,stride, swing, and learn theimportance of head position-ing at the hitting station.
At the throwing station,they will play catch with apurpose; learn techniques ofcatching and throwing theball. At the fielding stationthey will learn the funda-mentals of fielding groundballs.
Kids will be taught therudiments of catching pop upand fly balls.
The Gedman camp at theClark will have a more localflavor with Coach MichaelMcDonald (Maco) participat-ing along with Coach JohnMcGuirk, former TuftsUniversity coach and currentwriter for the Telegram andGazette, and Gardner Highassistant coach JustinNussey.
Smith said Gedman wouldnot be there for the wholecamp, but would be there towork out with the athletesperiodically.
For more information, callRecreation Director EthanRobidoux at (978) 297-0869.Clark YMCA Sports Campregistration forms are avail-able at the Clark YMCA frontdesk, or on-line atwww.theclarkymca.org.
Rich Gedman and Dave Smith
Tenney steps down as Lady Devils coachBY JERRY CARTON
SPECIAL TO THE COURIER
WINCHENDON — Proud of the program’saccomplishments, but clearly troubled by fis-sures within, Murdock Middle High schoolvarsity softball Coach Dan Tenney announcedhis resignation after six seasons last week, afew days after the second seeded Lady Devilswere eliminated by eventual championQuaboag in the Central Mass District-3 tour-nament.
That 5-3 defeat ended a campaign in whichMurdock finished 16-4, and qualified for thepost-season for the fourth consecutive year,compiling a 65-21 mark through that span. “Idon’t want it to sound like ‘sour grapes’, but wejust had one bad inning. We probably shouldhave won that game,” Tenney said after histeam had a 3-1 edge.
During an interview with the Courier some24 hours prior to going public at the end ofyear awards ceremony, it was that string ofsuccessful seasons on which Tenney largelychose to focus.
“We were something like 4-14 the year beforewe started. We got it turned around, and we’vedone pretty good,” he reflected.
“No one took us seriously at first, but weshowed we can play with anyone.” Tenney
noted. To be sure, the Lady Devils have provedexactly that. By Tenney’s second season in2007, Murdock came within an inning ofreaching the District playoffs and never lookedback afterwards. 2008 saw the Lady Devils getto play a home game, an excruciating 1-0 firstround loss to Blackstone on a cool, crisp JuneSunday afternoon before what was almost cer-tainly the largest softball crowd the school hadever drawn. In 2009, Murdock, again havingdrawn a home game, crushed Hudson Catholicin that school’s last-ever game before bowingto Tahanto, and last year, of course, took the D-3 crown and advanced to the state title gamebefore losing to defending champion St.Mary’s of Lynn.
“That was the highlight, getting to the statechampionship game,” said Tenney. “We wouldhave liked to have won that one more game,but we did something no Murdock team’s everdone before.”
Tenney lavished praise on a string of, “great,terrific,” assistant coaches, guys like LarryAgnelli, Jim, and Kevin Raymond, RandyTenney, Dave Laraba.
“Without them, we’d have gone nowhere,” heinsisted.
Tenney expressed, too, appreciation for a lotof players, “who really made the program. I
don’t want to leave anyone out, because all ofthem mattered, every one of them, but I’mtalking about kids like Paige Girard, andAshlyn White, and Ashley Perry, and BrittneyHowe, and Lauren Coderre and CaylaClinkscale, kids who might’ve decided to doother things or go to other schools, but stayedwith the program. They’re the ones we builtthis on. In the beginning, we just wanted togive kids a reason to stay, and when these kidslike Paige and Lauren and Ashlyn did, thatsent a message.”
Tenney said the willingness of his players towork year-round was a crucial element to thesteady stream of success.
“When we started the ‘open gym’ in the win-ters, we weren’t sure how that was going towork out, how many kids we’d have show up.
“But it worked right away, and not onlywould varsity kids show up, a lot of youngerkids who would eventually be playing for uswould come, too. Maybe that was a sign thatwe’d turned the corner,” he observed.
He said he’d heard from other regionalcoaches that it would take about five years todevelop a team that could contend consistently.
“They were right. It took five years to get tothe state final,” he said.
Then came 2011, and Tenney was candid
about the frustrations that played a role in hisdecision to step down.
“You had the ‘ASA kids’, you had the,‘Galaxy kids’. You had the, ‘Little League kids’.I’m not sure how much you had, the ‘Murdockkids’. I think kids should play as much as theycan, where ever they can. It was great theLittle League team won two state champi-onships, I coached Little League for years, so Ilike when kids just, play, no matter who theyplay for, but this year, there were problemswith some of the varsity kids getting alongwith some of the JV, and even between kids onthe same school teams, and some of that, notall of it, but some of it, was because of this,‘ASA, Galaxy, Little League’ thing. I’m tired ofthat.
“I’d have liked to have seen the older girls bemore like ‘big sisters’ to the younger ones, andthat didn’t really happen.
“It was disappointing, too, when some peo-ple didn’t go all out, who don’t give you every-thing they have,” he said.
But overall? “We came from nowhere to somewhere, and
that’s pretty good,” Tenney concluded.And now, “I’m going to go fishing. With fish-
ing no one keeps score. There’s just peace andquiet on the water,” Tenney laughed.
BY JERRY CARTONSPECIAL TO THE COURIER
WINCHENDON — Picking upwhere she left last winter, PaigeAnderson scored a game-high 15points and each of her teammatesjoined the scoring act as well asthe Murdock Lady Devils openedtheir summer basketball seasonwith a resounding 43-18 win overhost Gardner on Monday night.
“I just let them play,” shruggedcoach Tim Wilson afterwards.“We just ran some basic sets.”
But, Wilson added, “We wantedto see them sweat, and feel therush of getting turnovers, andbeing on the attack.”
That’s exactly how thingsunfolded, too, as the Lady Devilssecured a narrow five-point half-time edge (the game was playedwith two running 20-minutehalves), and overwhelmed theLady Wildcats in the second stan-za with the pressure defense.
Taylor Budka and Meg Skinnerboth scored six points, whileAmber Brown, Morgan St. Pierre,and Sara Vose each had four, Vosecontributing a three-ball, andBecca Mackie and MargeryWilson tallied two apiece.
Murdock was aggressivethroughout, scrambling for looseballs, forcing the action, and con-trolling the tempo. Wilsonthought his team was somewhat
out of sync offensively, (“it wasour first game,” he noted), butwas pleased with the defensiveeffort. At one point, Budka simplyyanked the ball from the hands ofa casual Lady Wildcat, and atanother, St. Pierre refused to letgo even while on the ground asshe scrapped with a Gardnerplayer for possession. That tenac-ity helped allow Anderson tounleash the slashing drives to thehoop that made her a varsitystarter as a seventh grader lastyear, and freed Skinner, too, toaggressively follow shots.Stepping up, Mackie got somegood looks as did Vose, whodrilled the game’s only three,Brown was able to draw a pair ofcharges by holding her ground,and Marge Wilson distributed theball off the turnovers.
“Every game will present a dif-ferent challenge for us,” said TimWilson, “But this was a goodstart. Assistant coaches Terry St.Pierre and just-graduatedJocelyn Agnelli agreed. “Thegirls looked good out there,” espe-cially for a first game, notedTerry St. Pierre. “I liked theintensity they showed ondefense,” remarked Agnelli.
Next Wednesday, the LadyDevils return to Gardner for an 8p.m. clash with eternal archrivalNarragansett.
Summer hoops openswith win for girls
End of an era
First, congratulations, andthanks as well, to the DallasMavericks (maybe theBruins, too, but I’m writing
prior to Game Seven) for sparingAmerica at least one Miami HeatNBA title. This might yet turn outto be the Heat’s era, but, for now atleast, not quite yet.
One era that is coming to a close isthat of Murdock softball under coachDan Tenney, who announced hisretirement the other night after sixseasons. When he took over, the pro-gram was a joke, winning a couplegames a year, with no discernabledirection or passion.
That’s all changed. Five years ago,the Lady Devils made their first runin a long time at qualifying for post-season play and even though they fellshort in the last game, the foundationhad been laid, and Murdock hasplayed in Districts the last foursprings, going 65-21 (.755), and culmi-nating last spring in a first-everappearance in the state high schooltitle game.
Dan created the wintertime “opengym” concept, a weekly program thatbenefited both school and town ball.He established a strong working rela-tionship with Little League. He hus-tled to get kids to stay. In short, herebuilt a program that barely had apulse.
Did I agree with everything he did?No one agrees with everything coach-es do. I would have handled some situ-ations in significantly different ways.No secret there. Some days I might
have had different lineups. That’s justme. I shake my head at Doc Riverssometimes, too.
My biggest concern with the direc-tion of the program now is the rela-tionship between the varsity and jun-ior varsity feeder program. (As anaside, there’s no excuse not to have amiddle school team, but that storywill have to wait for another day).
Though he had no control over theselection of junior varsity coaches,which is utterly ludicrous, (every var-sity coach should, as far as I’m con-cerned, hire their jayvee coach them-selves), I wish Dan had been moreassertive in overseeing the whole pro-gram. Granted that’s not going to bean easy task when you don’t get tohire the coaches, but nonetheless, itseems reasonable the varsity coachshould be the one to firmly establish aculture where they’re the one incharge.
The simple truth is that there wasfar too much influence wielded bypeople who, unlike Dan, didn’t havethe long term best interests of theentire program at heart. More inter-ested in pushing personal agendasthan boosting Murdock softball, they
influenced roster selection and play-ing time to a far greater extent thanshould have been allowed. That’swhere I think Dan should havestepped in. He wasn’t at jayvee games,of course, because the varsity andjunior varsity play opposite, site-wise,but he could, and, to my mind, shouldhave been more, in a word, adamant,even perhaps, dictatorial, when itcame to rosters, especially in 2010.
Softball has lost some kids to otherschools and other sports at least inpart because of an understanding,even amongst these teenagers, that asthey made their way through thejayvee system, if they weren’t part ofa certain group, there was a goodchance that they weren’t going toflourish. It wasn’t as bad in 2011, but,it still wasn’t good by any means, and,to steal a phrase from the NCAA,there ought to have been more “insti-tutional control” and giving varsitycoaches the power to hire their jayveecounterparts seems like it should beautomatic.
No sports program is going to main-tain success unless everyone is on thesame page. The challenge for the newAthletic Director is going to be thegive varsity coaches the autonomythey need.
On balance, though, Dan broughtthe program roaring back to life.Under his regime, Murdock softballbecame not just relevant, but “hot”and that, my friends, is a pretty goodlegacy for any coach to leave behind.Don’t you agree?
JERRYCARTON
TALKING
SPORTS
MILFORD – BrendaMelanson of Winchendon wasone of several MassachusettsDepartment of Correctionemployees honored by theP a t r i c k - M u r r a yAdministration at the 2011Correctional Employees of theYear ceremony held recently atthe State House. Secretary ofPublic Safety and SecurityMary Elizabeth Heffernan,Public Safety and SecurityUndersecretary for CriminalJustice Sandra M. McCroom,Department of CorrectionActing Commissioner Luis S.Spencer, county sheriffs andother elected officials, recog-nized the outstanding work ofthese honorees during a StateHouse ceremony in the HouseChambers.
Melanson, administrativeassistant at North CentralCorrectional Institution inGardner, received a CommunityService award. A longtimeemployee at NCCI, Melansoncontinuously dedicates her own
time to the betterment of theDOC and the community, spear-heading blood, food and cloth-ing drives. She is an active vol-unteer with the GardnerCommunity Action Center.Since she joined the DOC in2004, she has been nominatedfor the 2005 DOC BeyondExcellence Humanitarianaward and 2006 and 2008Professional Excellenceawards. She has receivedCorrectional Employee WeekRecognition for ProfessionalExcellence, Dedication toCommunity Service andDedication to VolunteerServices in 2007, 2008, 2009, and2010. Melanson is a member ofthe DOC Wellness Committee,DOC Owl Firearms &Awareness Team and GardnerCommunity Action VolunteerTeam.
She is a graduate of GardnerHigh School and attendedQuinsigamond CommunityCollege and Mount WachusettCommunity College. She and
her husband Eugene live inWinchendon with their daugh-ter Monique and son Luc.
“Every day, these men andwomen put themselves inharm’s way to ensure our safe-ty. That alone deserves ourhighest appreciation,” saidHeffernan. “This ceremony isan opportunity to highlight theleadership of many brave menand women, whose extraordi-nary work and efforts have pro-tected the safety of residentsacross the Commonwealth.”
During the ceremony,McCroom said, “We appre-ciate the care and concernshown by correctionalstaff as they model theway for offenders, settinga path for a better life.”
“Public safety is the pri-mary function of theDepartment ofCorrection,” said Spencer.“DOC employees makethis happen by workingcollaboratively with stake-holders to ensure that
offenders leave our custody bet-ter prepared to reenter theircommunities and lead produc-tive lives.”
The MassachusettsDepartment of Correctionemploys approximately 5,000staff and houses more than11,400 inmates in 18 facilities,ranging from pre-release tomaximum security. More infor-mation about the DOC is avail-able on the DOC website atwww.mass.gov/doc.
al economy.To accomplish successful econom-
ic development, a town should firstunderstand the existing economy,then build on local competitiveadvantages. It needs leadership thatstimulates cooperation and collabo-ration.”
Attendees shared informationabout how their individual commu-nities worked towards economicdevelopment.
“It seemed most of them realizedthey need work on their infrastruc-ture, zoning, or are just looking for anew business to locate there. I wasthe only one to report that we have acommercial development underwaywith a factory to open this fall andtwo more businesses permitted, anda new store about to go up down-town.”
White said economic developmentwas needed to spur job creation, jobretention, tax base enhancement orimprove quality of life.
“Efforts at economic developmentneed to include planning, downtownrevitalization, industrial develop-ment, work force development andtraining, development of businessnetworks to help strengthen busi-nesses, financing and incentive pro-grams, and infrastructure expan-sion and enhancement. One needs toanalyze the local economy identify-ing its strengths, weaknesses, com-petitive advantages, opportunitiesand threats. Since businesses wantto locate where there is good qualityof life for its employees and man-agers, that too is an important factorin economic development. It shouldalso look at the competitive contextin relation to other communitiesand regional and national trends.The active engagement of all the
stakeholders in a community isneeded. These include local manu-facturers, stores, professionals,banks, educational institutions,health services, government andordinary citizens.”
White said that economic analysisshould consider the business cli-mate.
“This includes factors such asstreamlined permitting, businessfriendliness, available tax incen-tives, available developable land,energy costs, transport, and commu-nications access.”
White added part of the analysisshould be the question of whetherbusinesses were thriving or failing,and include the reasons why, includ-ing whether there are labor rela-tions problems.
“These are only some of the fac-tors that require analysis.”
White said on the ride home heasked himself what Winchendonhad as a community.
“My tentative answer is thatWinchendon does not do too badly.We have a lot of land. A significantportion is zoned commercial andour commercial zoning allows lightindustrial uses. Much of it is welllocated in relation to transportation.We have a very limited supply of oldindustrial buildings that could bereused. This may not pose a signifi-cant disadvantage, as adapting oldbuildings to new uses is often notvery practical.
While it may not always have beenthe case, I think Winchendon nowoffers a friendly business climate.The Winchendon RedevelopmentAuthority is very actively engagedin finding new businesses and locallocations for them. Our zoning, con-servation and low impact develop-ment bylaws and the various boardregulations are geared to helpingand supporting economic develop-
ment. Our regulatory agencies,while careful to ensure developmentproposals meet our environmentalstandards and are compatible withthe neighborhoods, try to workclosely with prospective businessesto see that their needs are met.Almost everyone in Winchendon’sgovernment welcomes new businessto our community, as do most of ourcitizens. It is no longer like it oncewas; that existing businesses wouldoppose new ones fearing competi-tion in the labor market. This doesstill seem to be true in other commu-nities.”
White said that as far as trans-portation was concerned,Winchendon was further from themetropolitan area than communi-ties to the east, but noted the roadconnection (Rte. 2 and Rte. 140) wasfaster than the local roads to someother communities.
He also noted that high speedinternet service was generally avail-able, and there is a new electric lineserving much of the route 140 area.An added plus would be and thestrong possibility of wind powerbecoming available at the HillviewBusiness Park site.
“It was pointed out at the meetingthat quality of life is an importantfactor in persuading businesses tolocate in a particular town. To mymind, Winchendon does pretty well.We have open space, lots of woods,fresh air, and land enough so onedoes not have to be too close to theirneighbors. We have a town centerwhere one may obtain many goodsand services that are needed formodern living. These include asupermarket, several conveniencestores, two (soon to be three) phar-macies, three banks, at least sevenchurches, a public library, the townoffices, hardware and buildingmaterials, gas stations, auto repair
facilities, restaurants, packagestores, hairdressers, barbers, den-tists, dance studios, real estateagents, building tradesmen, attor-neys and other sales and servicebusinesses. Many are in convenientwalking distance of each other.Parking is adequate in the town cen-ter. We have a senior center wellhoused in a beautiful old building.We have public housing for the eld-erly and low-income families. Wehave a local health center and a hos-pital within a few miles. We have alocal K-12 school district so childrendo not have to ride long distances toschool. Our school buildings aremodern and in generally goodrepair. Our schools appear notworse than most in the area and ourstudents have access to the regionalvocational technical school and acommunity college barely 10 milesaway. Most village homes are sup-plied with public water and manyhave public sewer. Cable TV, theInternet and cell phone service aregenerally available. Homes are gen-erally well kept up. Our villagestreets are mostly fairly goodthough sidewalks are frequently aproblem. While many may not see itas an advantage, we also have nosales tax big box outlets only a fewmiles away in New Hampshire. Icould probably go on.”
White said Winchendon had a sta-ble workforce.
“The general educational levelhas increased in recent years withmany of our newer families bettereducated than were the factoryworkers of years ago. While many ofour citizens work out of town, a lotof them would opt to work locally ifgood jobs were available.”
White concluded his reflection;“Certainly our town faces chal-lenges in trying for economic devel-opment. The biggest one, perhaps, is
our location: there are other com-munities who have similar advan-tages and are closer to the metropol-itan area and to large shopping cen-ters. Though it is no longer asimportant as it once was, we nolonger have railroad service. Ourmost advantageous area for econom-ic development does not now havepublic sewer. Neither do we havedecent regular bus service and noneat all in our economic developmentarea. I see reasonable hope for thebuses and think eventually we mayalso get the sewers down there.
“I could go on. There is a need fora lot more work trying to figure outhow we can best advance new eco-nomic development in Winchendon.An organized task force or workinggroup would be most helpful. Weneed a lot more people involved ifwe are to build on the assetsWinchendon already has.”
White said he knew his compila-tion of thoughts on Winchendon’seconomic outlook was really long,but said he believed it was some-thing worth talking about. He saidthough people complain thatWinchendon is no longer like it wasand jobs had gone elsewhere, hereminded them that the problemexists in many other towns.
“But I feel we are doing betterthan the surrounding communi-ties.”
White will relinquish his seat onthe MRPC. He said Winchendon’srepresentative to the RegionalPlanning Commission would beappointed by the board at the nextmeeting. White said to the boardthere was already an agreementamong them that Guy Corbosierowould take his place.
“It’s just that I feel that I no longermuch like the night driving.”
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more funding comingfrom the state or the fed-eral government.Clenchy said the cutsseen were not the firstcuts made within the dis-trict this year. There arealso pages and pages ofshifts in positioningthroughout the district.
“As soon as you createa hole, someone has topick up the pieces. Thereis no money tooffer…there is no pot ofmoney, and the biggestfear is burn out.”
Clenchy said it is diffi-cult to see teachers andstaff within the districtperform and do every-
thing required andmore only to receivea notice at the end ofthe year informing
them they will be cut.“They have all
received theirnotices…it is just sosad.”
Other items on the bal-lot will include a balancefor the purchase of anambulance (a portion ofthe cost has been borneby a RobinsonBroadhurst Foundationgrant) and the purchaseof a police cruiser.
The FinanceCommittee chose to funda server originallyintended to be on the bal-lot through other means.(See related story).
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case of localized disaster. The town wasencouraged to reevaluate and considermodernizing the process for all criticalelectronic data.
Naponen said the data auditors referredto was the all the tax information that hasbeen created for all the land parcels on theassessor’s server on the bottom floor oftown hall. The server on the fourth floor isdifferent. The upstairs was converted to anonline system so there is disaster recoveryfor all the Munis data.
An external drive was purchased for theassessor’s and tax office to comply with thesuggested upgrade, and it worked in the taxoffice, but the assessor’s server was so old,it could not adapt to read the external drive.The assessor’s office was running aWindows 2000 with three extensions.
“So we are out on a limb here if anythinghappens to that server and it being so oldwe would lose everything. There is no back-up anywhere else other than that little tapeand because of the server being so old.”
Naponen recalled that the request for theupgrade came as a capital expenditurerequest at the last town meeting and it willappear on the ballot, but the town managersaid if the request for transfer were grant-ed, there would be something publicized sovoters do not vote on the override.
If the reserve fund transfer was positive-ly voted, the purchase would be done imme-diately, and the system up and running assoon as possible after a program informa-tion conversion.
Coincidently there was $4,000 left in thereserve fund.
Chairman Ulysse Maillet said there wasa transfer request from the school concern-ing the ball field.
“That can be rolled into the next cycle.”Board Vice Chairman Kevin Miller asked
if there were other transfer requests fromthe veteran’s agent or the unemployment tocome before the board.
Maillet said it was the last Fincom meet-ing before the fiscal year ended, and therewere no other requests.
The transfer was voted unanimously toreplace the server in the tax assessor’s
office.The board authorized the town account-
ant to pay off any leftover bills where fund-ing has run out from accounts with fundsleft in them.
“According to state law we can do this upto $5,000 but we have to have the authoriza-tion from the select board as well as thiscommittee.”
The committee agreed to the authoriza-tion with the understanding they would nothave to meet in July or August.
A print out will be delivered to the boardto let them know what was paid.
The board voted to reorganize withMaillet retaining the chair, and Miller nom-inated and voted as vice chair.
Robert Guenther of Academy Street waswelcomed as the new member.
Maillet spoke highly of member JenniferGoodale who not only served on the boardwhile working full time but also servedwhile raising a baby.
“I personally want to thank her for all thetime that she spent…all the hard work she’sdone, especially working with Mr. Miller onthe subcommittee.”
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and efficiently to put the fire out.I want to fill my calling and to give the best in
me, to guard my every neighbor, and protect hisproperty, and if according to our fate I have to losemy life, please bless with your protecting hand, mychildren and my wife.”
The prayers complete, a wreath is laid before thestone, Taps is sounded by the piper and it echoesover the green and dew covered graveyards andover the river.
The ceremony in such a short time is ended witha march back down the hill.
It is all quietly accomplished with no fanfare,and few who watch the parade.
It is their own quiet way to honor all those whohave gone before.
HONORcontinued from page 1
Melanson honored as an Employee of the Year
WINCHENDON COURIER10 Saturday, June 18, 2011
NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE'S SALE OFREAL ESTATE
By virtue and in execution of the Powerof Sale contained in a certain mortgagegiven by Robert A. Doyle to Bank of America,N.A., dated November 23, 2004 and record-ed with the Worcester County (WorcesterDistrict) Registry of Deeds at Book 35141,Page 354, of which mortgage Bank ofAmerica, N.A. 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 28, 2011, on the mortgaged premiseslocated at 342 Maple Street f/k/a 340 MapleStreet, Lot 2 Maple Street, Lot 3 MapleStreet, Winchendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts, all and singular the premisesdescribed in said mortgage,TO WIT:A certain parcel of land situated on thenortherly side of Maple Street, inWinchendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts bounded and described asfollows:Beginning at the southeasterly corner there-of at a point in the northerly line of MapleStreet, at land now or formerly of Norman W.Coderre, et ux;THENCE: North 7 degrees 58' East by saidCoderre land, 209.15 feet to land now or for-merly of F.E. Morlock;THENCE: North 82 degrees 2' West 38.38feet to an angle;THENCE: North 77 degrees 13' West 83.68feet to a corner of land now or formerly ofArthur W. Vaine, et ux, the preceding twocourses being by land of said Morlock;THENCE: South 14 degrees 15' West by saidVaine land, 209.15 feet to the northerly line ofMaple Street;THENCE: South 77 degrees 13' East by saidstreet line, 87.10 feet to the MassachusettsHighway bound at an angle in said street line;THENCE: South 82 degrees 2' E. still by saidstreet, 47.15 feet to land of the aforemen-tioned Coderre and the point of beginning.Containing about 26,300 square feet.LOT 2, Maple Street:A certain parcel of land situated on thenortherly side of Maple Street, Town ofWinchendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts bounded and described asfollows: Beginning at the southeasterly cor-ner thereof at a point in the northerly line ofMaple Street at Lot 1 on a plan hereinafterreferred to, said point being located 87.10feet westerly of the Massachusetts Highwaybound at an angle in the said road line ofMaple Street;THENCE: North 14 degrees 15' E. by Lot #1,109.15 feet to land now or formerly of F.E.Morlock;THENCE: North 77 degrees 13' West by saidMorlock land, 134.23 feet to Lot #3 shown onsaid plan hereinafter referred to;THENCE: South 14 degrees 15' West by Lot#3, 209.15 feet to the norhterly line of saidMaple Street as aforesaid;THENCE: South 77 degrees 13' East by saidMaple Street, the northerly line thereof,134.23 feet to the point of beginning.Containing approximately 28,050 squarefeet.Being shown as Lot 2 on plan entitled 'com-piled plan of land of Arthur W. Vaine, et ux,Winchendon, MA, Scale 1''=50', October 25,1972 (sic.), Michael S. Szoc, Surveyor',recorded with the Worcester District Registryof Deeds at Plan Book 383, Plan 50.Being more accurately described in a deeddated 12-18-87 and recorded in Book 11103Page 71 and being more accurately shownas Lot #2 on a plan recorded in Plan Book383 Plan 50.LOT 3, Maple Street:A certain parcel of land situated in the Townof Winchendon, County of Worcester, MA,located on the northerly side of Maple Street,bounded and described as follows:Beginning at the southeasterly corner there-of at a point in the northerly line of MapleStreet at Lot #2 on a plan hereinafter referredto, the said point being located 221.33 feetwesterly of the Massachusetts Highwaybound at an angle in the said road line;THENCE: North 14 degrees 15' East by Lot#2, 209.15 feet to land nor or formerly of F.E.Morlock;THENCE: North 77 degrees 13' West by saidMorlock land, 134.23 feet to Lot #4 on planhereinafter referred to;THENCE: South 14 degrees 15' West by Lot04, 209.15 feet to the northerly line of saidMaple Street;THENCE: South 77 degrees 13 East by thenortherly line of said Maple Street to theaforementioned boundary of Lot #2 and thepoint of beginning.Containing approximately 28,050 squarefeet.Being shown as Lot #3 entitled 'CompiledPlan of Land Arthur W. Vaine, et ux,Winchendon, MA, Scale 1''=50', October 25,1972, Michael S. Szoc, Surveyor' recordedwith the Worcester District Registry of Deedsat Plan Book 383, Plan 50.
For mortgagor's title see deed recordedwith Worcester County (Worcester District)Registry of Deeds in Book 35141, Page 351.
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 are
applicable, 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 be pro-vided to purchaser for recording upon receiptin full of the purchase price. The descriptionof the premises contained in said mortgageshall control in the event of an error in thispublication.
Other terms, if any, to be announced atthe sale.
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.Present holder of said mortgage
By its Attorneys,HARMON LAW OFFICES, P.C.
150 California StreetNewton, MA 02458
(617) 558-0500201007-1135 - GRN
June 4, 2011June 11, 2011June 18, 2011
MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF SALE OFREAL ESTATE
By virtue and in execution of the Power ofSale contained in a certain Mortgage givenby Jessica Lee Montgomery to GreenparkMortgage Corporation, DBA GPMC, datedNovember 26, 2007 and recorded with theWorcester County (Worcester District)Registry of Deeds at Book 42112, Page 284of 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 12:00 PM on July 7, 2011 at572 River Street, Winchendon, MA, all andsingular the premises described in saidMortgage, to wit:A certain parcel of land with the buildingthereon located on the southwesterly side ofRiver Street in Winchendon, WorcesterCounty, Massachusetts, shown as a lot des-ignated as #572 River St. on a Plan entitled,"Plan of Land in Winchendon,Massachusetts, prepared for Jamison VanDyke, 252 Goddard Road, Rindge, NH03461, Scale: 1" = 40', Date: May 1, 2007,prepared by PLACES Site Consultants, Inc.,"recorded in Worcester District Registry ofDeeds, Plan Book 858, Plan 96".Excepting and reserving to the grantor onHale Street and River Street in saidWinchendon, a perpetual easement, to runwith the land, for the purposes of a sewerline, in the sewer easement area describedherein below ("sewer easement area") fromtime to time and for all purposes and usesincidental thereto, to enter and re-enter inorder to install, re-install, construct, forevermaintain, repair, remove, replace, inspectand abandon in place, a sewer line to benefitand serve the improvements to be construct-ed on the Lots described in a plan recordedwith Worcester District Registry of Deeds,Plan Book 858, Plan 96 and on the planreferred to hereinbelow, and to benefit andserve any and all other land situated on bothsides of Hale Street in said Winchendon asmay be permitted by the Town ofWinchendon, as the case may be, and toconnect the same into the existing municipalsewer line located in said River Street and/orinto any replacement thereof.In each instance of entry, installation, re-installation, construction, maintenance,repair, removal, replacement, inspection orabandonment of said water line, the surfaceof the sewer easement area shal be put backinto the condition that it was in immediatelyprior to the commencement of the work.All rights and privileges herein created,including all benefits and burdens, shall runwith the land and shall be binding upon andinure to the benefit and burden of all presentand subsequent owners of said Lots and saidpermitted Hale Street land and their respec-tive heirs, executors, administrators, succes-sors, assigns and legal representatives.The sewer easement area is shown as"Sewer Easement" on a Plan entitled "Plan ofland in WINCHENDON, MASSACHUSETTSprepared for JAMISON VAN DYKE, 252Goddard Road, Rindge NH 03461. Scale: 1"= 40' Date: November 16, 2007 prepared byPLACES SITE CONSULTANTS, INC." to berecorded herewith Plan Book 863, Plan 33,and is bounded and described as follows:Commencing at a drill hole in the easterlyline of Hale Street at the northwesterly cor-ner of land now or formerly of Brian R. Hesterand John A. Jameson; thence N. 4 50' 45" E., by the easterly line of Halestreet. 149.81 feet to a drill hole; thence N. 00 09' 01" W. by the easterly line of HaleStreet. 114/43 feet to an iron pipe; thence N. 01 46' 28" W., by the easterly line of HaleStreet. 65.23 feet to an iron monument;thence N. 03 17' 47" E., by the easterly line of HaleStreet. 89.18 feet to a point; thence N. 77 48' 56" E., 52.00 feet to a point; thence N. 47 02" 33" E., 90.74 feet to a point; thence N. 11 20' 33" E., 24.00 feet to a point in thesouthwesterly line of River Street; thence S. 50 05' 48" E., by the southwesterly line of
River Street, 53.64 feet to a point; thence S. 79 18' 42" W., 42.16 feet to a point in thenorthwesterly line of the lot designated #572River Street on said Plan; thence S. 29 48' 55" W., by said lot designated #572River Street, 90.54 feet to an iron monumentin the northerly line of a lot designated #8Hale Street on said Plan; thence N. 87 02' 47" W., by said lot designated #8Hale Street, 61.97 feet to a point; thence S. 10 51' 53" W., 75.22 feet to a point in thenortherly line of a lot designated #10 HaleStreet on said plan; thence S. 01 46' 28" E., 64.55 feet to a point; thence S. 000 09' 01" E., 115.89 feet to a point in thenortherly line of a lot designated #14 HaleStreet on said Plan; thence S. 04 53" 13" W., 75.07 feet to a point in thenortheasterly line of a lot designated #16Hale Street on said Plan; thence S. 04 50' 45" W., 75 feet to a point in line ofsaid land now or formerly of Hester andJameson; thence N. 82 38" 32: W., by said Hester andJameson land, 10.01 feet to a drill hole in theeasterly line of Hale Street and the place ofbeginning.For Title See Deed herewith 42112/280The premises are to be sold subject to andwith the benefit of all easements, restrictions,building and zoning laws, unpaid taxes, taxtitles, water bills, municipal liens and assess-ments, rights of tenants and parties in pos-session.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. If thesale is set aside for any reason, thePurchaser at the sale shall be entitled only toa return of the deposit paid. The purchasershall have no further recourse against theMortgagor, the Mortgagee or theMortgagee’s attorney. The description of thepremises contained in said mortgage shallcontrol in the event of an error in this publica-tion. TIME WILL BE OF THE ESSENCE.Other terms if any, to be announced at thesale.
GMAC Mortgage LLCPresent Holder of said Mortgage,
By Its Attorneys,Orlans Moran PLLC
P.O. Box 962169Boston, MA 02196
Phone: (617) 502-4100June 11, 2011June 18, 2011June 25, 2011
MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF SALE OFREAL ESTATE
By virtue and in execution of the Power ofSale contained in a certain Mortgage givenby Carl Mackie to Mortgage ElectronicRegistration Systems, Inc., dated May 25,2010 and recorded with the WorcesterCounty (Worcester District) Registry ofDeeds at Book 45838, Page 113 of which theMortgage the undersigned is the presentholder by assignment for breach of the con-ditions of said Mortgage and for the purposeof foreclosing same will be sold at PublicAuction at 01:00 PM on July 15, 2011 at 35Irwin Court, Winchendon, MA, all and singu-lar the premises described in said Mortgage,to wit:The land in Winchendon, Massachusetts,bounded and described as follows:A certain parcel of land with the buildingsthereon, situated on the westerly side of IrwinCourt, Winchendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts and being shown as Lot "1 B"on a plan entitled: "Plan of Lots prepared forEmmett T. Jeffers, Winchendon, Mass., Scale1 inch=50 feet - April 23, 1982, Michael S.Szoc, R.L. Surveyor, 32 Pleasant Street,Gardner, Mass., " which plan is recorded withWorcester District Registry of Deeds, PlanBook 496, Plan 10, bounded and describedas follows:BEGINNING at the northeasterly cornerthereof, at an iron pipe in the westerly line ofIrwin Court, at a corner of land now or for-merly of Thomas J. and Jamie Connor;THENCE: South 18 14' 00" W., by said streetline, 153.63 feet to an iron pin at other landnow or formerly of Emmett T. Jeffers, andbeing shown as Lot "1A" on the above-referred to plan;THENCE: North 72 32' 31" W., by said Lot"1A" and Jeffer's land, 204.71 feet to an ironpin in line of land of Raymond W. & Phyllis M.Whitaker;THENCE: North 19 16' 38" E., by saidWhitaker land, 156.80 feet to an iron pipe ata corner of land of the aforementionedConnor;THENCE: South 71 39' 37" E., by saidConnor land, 201.83 fee to an iron pipe in thewesterly line of Irwin Court and the point ofbeginning.CONTAINING 31,544 square feet, more orless.Being the same premises conveyed to the
herein named mortgagor (s) by deed record-ed with Worcester District Registry of Deedsherewith.The premises are to be sold subject to andwith the benefit of all easements, restrictions,building and zoning laws, unpaid taxes, taxtitles, water bills, municipal liens and assess-ments, rights of tenants and parties in pos-session.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. If thesale is set aside for any reason, thePurchaser at the sale shall be entitled only toa return of the deposit paid. The purchasershall have no further recourse against theMortgagor, the Mortgagee or theMortgagee’s attorney. The description of thepremises contained in said mortgage shallcontrol in the event of an error in this publica-tion. TIME WILL BE OF THE ESSENCE.Other terms if any, to be announced at thesale.
M&T BankPresent Holder of said Mortgage,
By Its Attorneys,Orlans Moran PLLC
P.O. Box 962169Boston, MA 02196
Phone: (617) 502-4100June 18, 2011June 25, 2011July 2, 2011
Legal NoticeWinchendon Conservation Commission
267 Ash Street; Assessor’s Map 9,Parcel 319
Pursuant to the provisions of M.G.L.Chapter 131, Section 40, and the Town ofWinchendon Wetlands Protection Bylaw, theWinchendon Conservation Commission willhold a public meeting on Thursday, June23rd, 2011 at 7:40 pm to consider theRequest for Determination of Applicabilityfiled by Douglas Anderson for proposed workwithin the 100-foot Buffer Zone to BorderingVegetated Wetlands at 267 Ash Street,Assessor’s Map 9, Parcel 319. The projectentails the construction of a gravel drivewayto serve a proposed new garage, rip-rapswale, and rip-rap drainage basin. The meet-ing will be held in the 4th Floor ConferenceRoom of the Winchendon Town Hall, 109Front Street.
The Request for Determination ofApplicability is available for public review atthe Land Use Office, Room 10 (first floor) ofthe Winchendon Town Hall on Mondays dur-ing the hours of 9am – 12noon andThursdays 3 – 6pm, or by calling theConservation Agent for an appointment at978-297-3537.June 18, 2011
Commonwealth of MassachusettsWorcester, ss. SUPERIOR COURT
DEPARTMENT OF THE TRIAL COURTCIVIL ACTIONNo. 11-1076A
ToJohn W. Beane, of Leominster, County ofWorcester, MASheila D. Beane, of Winchendon Springs,County of WorcesterAND TO ALL PERSONS ENTITLED TO THEBENEFIT OF THE SOLDIERS’ ANDSAILORS’ CIVIL RELIEF ACT OF 1940 ASAMENDED: Avidia Bank f/k/a HudsonSavings Bank, a banking institution with ausual place of business in Hudson,Middlesex County, Massachusetts claimingto be the holder of a mortgage covering prop-erty situated 375 Lakeview Drive,Winchendon, MA given by John W. Beaneand Sheila D. Beane to Hudson SavingsBank dated June 25, 2001 recorded inWorcester District Registry of Deeds, Book24333, Page 358, has filed with said court aComplaint for authority to foreclose saidmortgage in the manner following: by entryon and possession of the premises thereindescribed and by exercise of the power ofsale contained in said mortgage.
If you are entitled to the benefits of theSoldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act of 1940as amended, and you object to such foreclo-sure you or your attorney should file a writtenappearance and answer in said court atWorcester in said County on or before thenineteenth day of July next or you may be for-ever barred from claiming that such foreclo-sure is invalid under said Act.
Witness, Barbara J. Rouse, Esquire,Administrative Justice of said Court, this sev-enth day of June 2011.
Dennis P. McManus, ClerkJune 18, 2011
LEGALS
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This position will be a member of a smallbut successful grant development office thatannually oversees $5 to $7 million worth ofFederal, State, and private grants per year.
The salary range is $45,940-$66,613 and willbe commensurate with education and experi-ence as set by collective bargaining agree-ment. Our full-time staff enjoy a generousbenefits package as a Commonwealth ofMassachusetts employee: including generousvacation, sick and holiday time, retirementplans (i.e. pension and optional 403b and/or457 plan), twelve health insurance options,dental care, and life and long-term disabilityinsurance, a tuition remission program forfull-time employees, and their spouses andchildren.
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To ensure the integrity of this search,potential applicants should follow theinstructions listed on the website above.Please do not contact us directly about thisposition. Questions about this position will beaddressed individually during the interviewprocess.
The application deadline for this position isJuly 5.
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PICKING UP JUNK CARSPicking up junk cars and trucks. Paying
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good deals. Call Jeff at (978) 297-1800 3.30.12CAN & BOTTLE DRIVEAt Winchendon Animal Shelter. Drop off at
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YARD SALES
HUGE MOVING SALESaturday, June 18 at 42 Hunt Hill Road,
Rindge 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Everything must go:small appliances, furniture, books, tools, gar-den tools, cds, lots more. Please, no early birds.
5 FAMILY YARD SALE189 Spring St. Winchendon on Saturday,
June 18 from 8 a.m.-3p.m. Something foreveryone.
Stratton PlayersYard Sale
The StrattonPlayers are cleaningtheir attic and offeringmany of its artifactsand costumes to thepublic for mere pit-tances. The costumesinclude various peri-od dress as well asgreat Halloween get-ups.
Some of the artifacts date well into the early1920s (Stratton Players is in excess of eightyyears old) and include old paintings, lampsand clocks.
The sale takes place on Saturday June 18 inthe playhouse and the adjoining parking lot at60 Wallace Ave., Fitchburg. It starts at 9 a.m.and will continue until 3 p.m. or until we sellout, whichever comes first.
See you there for “good pickins.” For anyquestions, please call the playhouse at 978-345-6066.
CRAFTERS & VENDORSIt’s coming: the Massachusetts State Chili
Cook-off and Family Fun Day sponsored bythe Kiwanis of Winchendon is scheduledSaturday Aug. 6 and will again include acrafters area in the center of the field. Spacesare $35 plus an item for our raffle. You provideyour own set up. We recommend a tent, it doesget sunny. Always a good crowd. Email [email protected] or call 978 297-0050x 100.
LOOKING FOR ARTISANS AND CRAFTVENDORS
Friends of Old Murdock outdoor Arts &Crafts Fair on Saturday, Aug. 6 at 52 MurdockAve. Winchendon,
9 a.m.-3 p.m. *rain or shine* Vendor spacewill cost $30 for a 10’ X 10’ space. (This is ahandmade, handcrafted only fair no flea mar-ket types). Contact for application and moreinformation: Brenda Botti, Email: the-mom1960@ yahoo.com or cell: (978) 868-6798.
CRAFTERS & VENDORSThe Rindge Woman’s Club is seeking
crafters and gardeners for the 7th annual
Summer Craft Fair scheduled for Saturday,Aug. 6 on the Meeting House Lawn. Spaces(12x12’) are available at the very reasonableprice of $20; please bring your own tables,tent, etc. To reserve your place at the fair,email [email protected] or phone (603)899-6506. As always, proceeds benefit the club’sscholarship fund along with other worthwhilecommunity needs.
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Legal Notice
Winchendon Conservation Commission469 School Street; Assessor’s Map 2,Parcel 86
Pursuant to the provisions of M.G.L.Chapter 131, Section 40, and the Town ofWinchendon Wetlands Protection Bylaw, theWinchendon Conservation Commission willhold a public meeting on Thursday, June23rd, 2011 at 7:15 pm to consider theRequest for Determination of Applicabilityfiled by Judith Philbrook for proposed workwithin the 100-foot Buffer Zone to a StreamBank at 469 School, Assessor’s Map 2,Parcel 86. The project entails therepair/upgrade of an on-site sewage dispos-al system serving an existing two-bedroomdwelling. The meeting will be held in the 4th
Floor Conference Room of the WinchendonTown Hall, 109 Front Street.
The Request for Determination ofApplicability is available for public review atthe Land Use Office, Room 10 (first floor) ofthe Winchendon Town Hall on Mondays dur-ing the hours of 9am – 12noon andThursdays 3 – 6pm, or by calling theConservation Agent for an appointment at978-297-3537.June 18, 2011
Legal NoticeWinchendon Conservation Commission
Commercial Drive; Assessor’s Map 12,Parcel 16
Pursuant to the provisions of M.G.L.
Chapter 131, Section 40, and the Town ofWinchendon Wetlands Protection Bylaw, theWinchendon Conservation Commission willhold a public hearing on Thursday, June23rd, 2011 at 8:00 pm to consider theRequest for Amendment to Order ofConditions 345-0582 filed by SageEngineering and Contracting, Inc. on behalfof property owner Olympic Industrial Realty,LLC. The proposed work under the amend-ment entails the removal of two existing cul-verts, to be followed by replacement with twonew re-sized culverts. The meeting will beheld in the 4th Floor Conference Room of theWinchendon Town Hall, 109 Front Street.
The Request for Determination ofApplicability is available for public review atthe Land Use Office, Room 10 (first floor) ofthe Winchendon Town Hall on Mondays dur-ing the hours of 9am – 12noon andThursdays 3 – 6pm, or by calling theConservation Agent for an appointment at978-297-3537.June 18, 2011
(SEAL)COMMONWEALTH OF
MASSACHUSETTSLAND COURT
DEPARTMENT OF THE TRIAL COURT11 MISC 448070
ORDER OF NOTICETO:Cathleen A. McQuiston James W. McQuistonand to all persons entitled to the benefit ofthe Servicemembers Civil Relief Act:, 50U.S.C. App. § 501 et Seq.: Deutsche Bank
National Trust Company, as Trustee in Trustfor the Benefit of the Certificateholders forArgent Securities Trust 2006-M2, Asset-Backed Pass-Through Certificates, Series2006-M2, under the Pooling and ServicingAgreement Dated August 1, 2006 claiming tohave an interest in a Mortgage covering realproperty in 135 Converse Drive,Winchendon, MA 01475, given by CathleenA. McQuiston and James W. McQuiston toAMC Mortgage Services, Inc., dated June 5,2006, and recorded at Worcester County(Worcester District) Registry of Deeds inBook 39261, Page 38 and now held by thePlaintiff by assignment, has/have filed withthis court a complaint for determination ofDefendant’s/Defendants’ Servicemembersstatus. If you now are, or recently have been,in the active military service of the UnitedStates of America, then you may be entitledto the benefits of the Servicemembers CivilRelief Act. If you object to a foreclosure of theabove-mentioned property on that basis,then you or your attorney must file a writtenappearance and answer in this court at ThreePemberton Square, Boston, MA 02108 on orbefore 18th day of July, 2011 or you will beforever barred from claiming that you areentitled to the benefits of said Act.
Witness, KARYN F. SCHEIER, ChiefJustice of said Court on 2nd day of June,2011.Attest: Deborah J. Patterson
Recorder(OOM 11-005075 )(McQuiston)(06-18-
11)(272619)June 18, 2011
Legal NoticeWinchendon Conservation Commission
Robbins Road; Assessor’s Map 2, Parcel 1Pursuant to the provisions of M.G.L.
Chapter 131, Section 40, and the Town ofWinchendon Wetlands Protection Bylaw, theWinchendon Conservation Commission willhold a public hearing on Thursday, June23rd, 2011 at 7:50 pm to consider the Noticeof Intent filed by Jonas Damon Realty Co. forproposed work within the 100-foot BufferZone to a Stream Bank and 200-footRiverfront Area on Robbins Road,Assessor’s Map 2, Parcel 1. The projectentails the emplacement of a permanentbridge crossing over Robbins Brook in orderto access a portion of the property for pur-poses of forest management pursuant to theprovisions of M.G.L. Chapter 61.The meetingwill be held in the 4th Floor Conference Roomof the Winchendon Town Hall, 109 FrontStreet.
The Request for Determination ofApplicability is available for public review atthe Land Use Office, Room 10 (first floor) ofthe Winchendon Town Hall on Mondays dur-ing the hours of 9am – 12noon andThursdays 3 – 6pm, or by calling theConservation Agent for an appointment at978-297-3537.June 18, 2011
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Winchendon celebrates the children of Watoto
The Watoto Children’s Choir gave three high-spirited performances inWinchendon last week. Watoto helps to advocate for an estimated 50 mil-lion children in Africa, orphaned as a result of HIV/AIDS, war, povertyand disease.
Accompanied by a team of adults the Watoto choir acts as an ambassa-dor to raise awareness about the plight of the orphaned and vulnerablechildren of Africa.
Doneen Durling photos
Members of the Watoto Children’s Choir practice their music and dance many times to perfect the presentation. Here they prac-tice before their presentation at the Cornerstone Church on Route 140. After practice the people of the church put on a supperbefore the show.
The Watoto Children’s Choir travels all over the US and Europe to spread the wordthat Jesus loves all and to bring attention to the children left in poverty by war anddisease in Uganda. The Cornerstone Church has provided funding for one child ofWatoto, and they found themselves lucky to finally meet the child namedBenjamin.
The children practice six days a week. This particular choir began their tour inFlorida. They traveled up the east coast and visited New York and other citieswhere host families took them in and showed them area sites such as theStatue of Liberty and Times Square.
There was no doubt that many enjoyed the dancing and singing and thetough schedule. The Watoto Choir performed at the CornerstoneChurch, Murdock Middle High School, and at the United Parish. Hostfamilies expounded upon the politeness of the children and the positivespirit they brought to the home. Pastor Calvin Miller of United Parishasked his parishioners whether they would like to sponsor a child or helpto build a home in Uganda.
The children each come from war torn areas or where theAIDS epidemic has killed many parents. Some were foundbegging on the streets of cities. The Watoto villages wereformed providing housing, housemothers, schools, and reli-gious support to help bring up children as the future lead-ers of Uganda.
This young girl on theleft is named Maureen.She said she would loveto become a socialstudies teacher. Sheloved New York City,and seemed to lovesinging, taking on solosthroughout the show.
