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GARDNER — GFA FederalCredit Union recently held its 73rdannual meeting at MountWachusett Community College inGardner. As a co-operative finan-cial institution, the credit union’sannual meeting is open to all itsmember-owners.

The theme throughout the meet-ing was GFA’s cooperative struc-ture and how adherence to the cred-it union’s core values has ensuredfiscal strength and continualgrowth while offer innovative newproducts and services to meetmember’s changing needs.

Chairman of the Board Allen T.Goguen defined GFA’s cooperativemodel as an organization owned byand operated for the benefit ofthose using its services — GFA’smember-owners. He spoke of hispersonal experience as a member-owner through each of GFA’s corevalues, which ensure that the cred-

it union makes decisions in thebest interest of its members’ finan-cial needs. The chairman high-lighted GFA’s asset growth — aresult of members choosing GFA as

their primary financial solutionand the credit union’s year end cap-ital position of 12.41%, twice thelevel required by regulators and anenviable position among creditunions. Goguen also highlightedGFA’s recognition by BauerFinancial with its SustainedSuperiority Award for earning afive star safety and soundness rat-ing for 80 consecutive quarters. Hefinished his remarks by emphasiz-ing GFA’s commitment to its corevalues, which support a brightfuture for the cooperative institu-tion.

President & CEO Tina M. Sbregaopened by speaking about GFA’sfounding in 1938 and how the creditunion has grown from $755 inassets to over $345 million in assets.Throughout its history, GFA hasbeen a pillar in the community andthe first in the area to introduce

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WINCHENDON — A citizen whowished to open a site for junk carson School Street came with anappeal before the zoning board.Warren Field of 401 School St. wasappealing to allow a change of usein regard to an open-air salvageyard in a neighborhood commercial(C2) zoning district. The rear of theproposed site is in an industrialzone.

Current use is a contractor’s yard.Fields said that at the time he beganto use it as a contractor’s yard, itwas an allowed use. The zoningchanged so that a C2 cannot be usedfor a contractor’s yard. The inspec-tor determined that the contractorsyard was a preexisting non-con-forming use of the property, and

changing it to a salvage yard wouldnot be allowed.

Field said when he developed thecontractor’s yard; it carried forwardinto the front part of the property,which turned the whole propertyinto industrial zoned. He said theinspector argued since the usewould be changed, it would nolonger be grandfathered.

“I don’t agree that it’s actually achange of use,” said Fields. “It’s stillgoing to be industrial.”

Fields said the definition of a con-tractors yard was storage of outsidematerials. He said open-air salvage,or junkyard, is also defined as out-side storage. He said with shrubberyaround it would be difficult to seefrom the road.

Fields said the definitions were


WINCHENDON — TheConservation Commission had aloaded hearing agenda May 24 afterwhat seemed a quiet winter.

First up was a request for determi-nation of applicability filed by 3MRealty Trust for the construction ofa 2.4 megawatt solar photo voltaicfacility with grading that would bein the 100 foot buffer zone of wet-lands. A project will be on the site ofan old gravel operation on SpringStreet owned by George Mizhir.There would be a chain link fencesurrounding the arrays and multi-ple gates in order for fire equipmentto get onto the site in case of brushfires. Chairman Kyle Bradley askedhow much room there would bebetween arrays. He was told a firetruck could be driven between them.The power from the solar farm willgo out to the road and tap into thepower lines on the main street, trav-

eling the path of least resistance,and be distributed into the grid atthat area. Planners said there wouldbe underground conduit. Therewould be a low maintenance type ofvegetative ground cover.Maintenance of the panels would bedone once or twice a year to do a fullelectrical analysis. There will be amonitoring system fully operationalon site.

Conservation Agent DavidKoonce said erosion control was hisgreatest concern. He asked aboutthe access road to the site. He alsosaid what was discussed was puttingboulders to mark the 50 foot no dis-turb zone to the wetlands.

Koonce advised that the negativedetermination be granted with con-ditions including the boulders anderosion control.

The board considered next anotice of intent filed by the town of


WINCHENDON — Toy Townrecognizes the Memorial Day holi-day, not as the kick-off weekend ofthe summer, but as the day toremember all who have gonebefore, and honor veterans whogave the ultimate sacrifice for free-

dom. The weekend began onFriday in the schools. RobertMable a retired and decorated vet-eran, and member of the VFW toldstudents he served in both theKorean War and in Vietnam. Hesaid he began his service at 17, andwas a machine gunner. He saidwhen he was 34 he heard of theconflict in Vietnam and said, “I

would like to go there!”Mable told students he believed

he would have everyone sign up toserve the country.

Marine Sgt. Charles Parmenter,a 1998 graduate of Murdock, and amember of the Marine Corp for 13years, told students he was hon-

GARDNER — State RepresentativeRich Bastien kicked off his re-electioncampaign to a crowd of supporters atWilliams Restaurant in Gardner by tout-ing his record of accomplishments dur-ing his first term to achieve the restora-tion of cuts in funding to local aid, edu-cation, prison mitigation, and cleanupcosts from the 2008 Ice Storm.

“I believe that I have honored what Ipledged two years ago, to work with any-one, regardless of party, to get thingsdone, and that the results I have achievedare exactly because of that willingness,”stated Bastien.

Bastien stated he cosponsored severalamendments to lower the sales tax to fivepercent and has openly disagreed withGovernor Patrick on state aid to illegalimmigrants and Patrick’s plan for con-

solidating Community College authority.“I’m not afraid to speak my mind, and

stand up for what’s right,” he told hissupporters.

Before Bastien addressed the crowd,Worcester County Sheriff LewEvangelidis and Assistant HouseMinority Leader Rep. George N. Peterson(R-Grafton) offered their support forBastien’s re-election.

Peterson stated, “Rich has workedextremely hard over the last year and ahalf for the district. He cares deeply forevery community he serves. Rep. Bastienhas stood with us and helped us getthrough important Republican prioritiessuch as increased local aid, pro-jobs leg-islation, and been a valuable member inbringing balance to Beacon Hill. We needthe voters of the 2nd Worcester District

to re-elect him so we can continue ourgood work and progress over the last fewyears.”

Evangelidis described the hard workthat goes into campaigning, and just howmuch work he put into his own electionas Sheriff in 2010. Every time he wascampaigning in Gardner, he stated heran into Bastien doing the same, andappreciates the job the first term repre-sentative has done, “I’m thrilled to behere in support of Rich.”

State Rep. Paul K. Frost (R-Auburn)

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Touting effectiveness, Bastien kicks off bid for second term

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Surrounded by well wishers, Rich Bastien tellssupporters he is ready to take up the chal-lenge for a second term.

Remembering all who gave inthe name of freedom

ZBA debates changeto car salvage yard

Solar farm, bike trail, andcomposting vital projects

GFA holds 73rd annual meeting

At GFA’s 73rd annual meeting, President& CEO Tina M. Sbrega speaks of how GFAhas never lost sight of its commitment tomembers.

OLD MURDOCK OPEN HOUSEThe Old Murdock Senior Center

will be open for tours Sunday, June3 from 9 a.m. to noon.

All are welcome to tour thebuilding to see the progress madein converting the grand school intoa vibrant senior center. Alumniand visitors will see how it hasbeen historically preserved andwill find memories within thewalls and halls.

Refreshments available, free andopen to the public.

Sponsored by the Friends of OldMurdock.

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Marine Sgt. Charles W. Parmenter greets Marine Anders Norcross at the Roger Norcross Memorial in Old Centre as JosephClark looks on. Norcross continued to march with the Marines for the day to honor fallen soldiers and veterans who served.

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FROM THE LIBRARIAN’S BOOKBY JULIA WHITE CARDINAL

The library is pleased to announce thereturn of our discount pass for the HigginsArmory in Worcester. The pass will entitle theuser to visit the Armory, along with up tothree other people, at 50 percent off the regu-lar admission price. (So, the discountedadmission would be $6 for adults, $4.50 for sen-iors, and $3.50 for children. Children age 3 andunder are admitted free.) For more informa-tion, or to sign up to use the Higgins Armorydiscount pass, please visit or call the Library:(978) 297-0300.

*****Attention New England Aquarium discount

coupon users: The Aquarium’s library dis-count coupon program doesn’t operate duringJuly and August. Dates are still open for themonth of June. Patrons are encouraged toplan ahead.

*****Toddler Time and the Preschoolers’ Story

Hour are on hiatus for the month of June. Wewill be planning our summer programs, to beoffered in conjunction with our summer read-ing program: Dream Big—Read. More infor-

mation and sign-up will be available begin-ning June 8.

*****The Friends of the Library’s Spring Book

Sale Clearance is entering its final days.Hurry in while our popular Buck- a-Bag pric-ing is still in effect.

*****Electronic library materials are available to

Massachusetts residents through C/W MARS,our bibliographic network, and through theBoston Public Library. All state residents (age13 and up) can qualify for a BPL eCard, andshare (no charge) the books, movies, andmusic available digitally through contractsbetween publishers and the Boston PublicLibrary. The on-line eCard registration formcan be found atwww.bpl.org/contact/form_ecard.php

*****Beals Memorial Library, along 155 members

libraries in Central and WesternMassachusetts, is implementing new comput-er software, which began Tuesday, May 29, tomeet our integrated library system needs foraccess to over 6 million items. The new soft-

ware is called Evergreen; it is currently usedat two other north-of-Boston library networks.We are making this change to better serve ourpatrons with access to the complete holdingsof libraries in both the Central and WesternRegion (with combined holdings of over 6 mil-lion items, and circulation of over 9 millionitems annually.)

There will be a number of new featuresavailable to patrons in the new, Evergreen cat-alog:

1. Just one catalog for materials in thelibraries of both the Central and WesternRegion, so patrons won’t have to switch backand forth to view information about itemsthey might wish to request

2. Patron Dashboard for card-holderaccounts, showing all checkouts, holds, anditems to be picked up, all in one place

3. Reading lists which can be shared withothers, as the patron chooses

4. Our new Kids Catalog is expected tobecome available this Fall.

5. Holds that patrons placed prior to themigration will be carried over into the newsystem. However there will be some changes

for which patrons need to be prepared:6. Ecommerce: Paying fines and making

donations online will not be available whenEvergreen first comes up, however we antici-pate that online bill paying (of charges of$5.00 or more) will become available shortly.

7. Current PIN: Patrons will be able to loginto their new online catalog account usingtheir library card number and their last namein all UPPER CASE letters as the password.The first time they login, they are encouragedto change the password. The new passwordwill be thereafter associated with their libraryaccount.

8. Patrons will have the ability to exporttheir new Reading History and Wish Lists, orprint them from a computer, or send them toan email address as a text file

*****Summer Library Hours now in effect:

Mondays through Thursdays, 1-8 p.m. andFridays 9 a.m.-4 p.m. The Library is closed onlegal holidays, such as the 4th of July. Formore information, call (978) 297-0300.

BY COLETTE KOTOCHSpecia to the CourierWINCHENDON — On an internal

street, yards away from CentralStreet stands Beals MemorialLibrary at 50 Pleasant St.; an oldbuilding battling time, a placewhere thoughts are safe. It wasgiven to the town by Charles L Bealsin 1913 in memory of his wifeHarriet M Beals, and his father,mother, brother, and sisters.

Looking at a seventy by sixty footbuilding of Indiana lime stone withgranite trimmings, come on in byopening the door, don’t be surprisedby the interiors; the number ofrooms for the structure’s size: areading room, children’s room onthe first floor. Notice too mahoganyfinish throughout the hall and twolarge rooms on the second floorequipped with every modernimprovement for meetings andsocial work at a total cost of $32,300when it was built; a handsome sum.

When roaming in the environs,you can only stand and meditateeach room, outstanding paintings indifferent sizes hangings on the walldraw your eyes, bear witness to finework: “Early Morning Window” and“Children Reading.” A familiar pic-ture, “Mount Monadnock” on thetop of the side’s wall, a wide panelbeating the others in size and colors,very attractive and obtained onlyrecently for the library. DirectorJulia White Cardinal will announce

the details soon during a specialoccasion.

Portraits too, became memorieslike Ephram Murdock and SophiaMorse Murdock, the couple who leftmoney used later to build MurdockHigh School.

Other paintings inspired bynature going through the Europeancountries, especially UnitedKingdom, Germany, France, Italy,Portugal, and Greece.

There are books on every hand,pushing your curiosity to violatetheir pages. But on the other hand,the decline of references books isobvious, these books are drasticallylow on demand because most peopleuse the Internet and are preferringto borrow new books, and recordedbooks. Those references availableare the authority in promoting thecultural richness.

Walking through the shelves,there is a noticeable diversity ofitems. Cardinal said, “We have alarge collection of children’s materi-al, magazines, newspapers, Ebooks,downloading books, DVDs, andCDs.”

Cardinal displayed her plans forthe summer; a summer reading pro-gram called, “Dream Big and Read”not only a dream for readers, but afilling desire to invade a series ofstories, and craft programs for vari-ous age groups. Some materials forthis program are supplied by theMassachusetts library system, sup-

ported by the Massachusetts boardof libraries commissioners.

“In conjunction with our summerprogram,” Cardinal continues,“Pumpernickel Puppets will visitWinchendon’s town hall, June 20.The cost? This is a free program sup-ported by a grant fromMassachusetts Cultural Council, asadministrated locally by theWinchendon Cultural Council, andfeatures Sir George and the Dragonfor ages 4 and up.”

The library can fulfill a variety ofrequests, from medical research tofinding recipes. There’s cookbooksgalore, for cooking in a variety ofethnic and cultural styles. In addi-tion, the library expanded its area tolead educational services.

Cardinal said, “In this context forthis purpose, we bought computersfor public use, photocopier, printer,including a large print books and forour service, people can connecttheir own lap top without any excep-tion to search for jobs or preparingfor GED exams.”

Because of requests, the libraryhas enhanced help for those who arevisually impaired, with a digitalmagnifier that can scan any materi-al whether colorful or black andwhite and make it more readilyavailable for those who need suchhelp.

A continuing need is beingaddressed now as the town’s grantwriter is seeking to use community

development block grant money toupgrade the 100 year old building, toadd space, to make it handicappedaccessible.

The study that is substantiallycomplete to soon begin the designdevelopment phase of the projectwith a purpose securing communitydevelopment block grant money forhelping to pay the cost of the projectcurrently estimated at about$1,000,000 for driveway, elevator, newentrance, accessible washrooms,code-compliant, stairway andrequired signage.

Cardinal said, “By opening thedoor to our library you are openingthe doors to 140 plus libraries in cen-tral and western Massachusetts.”

This is possible with the newinterlibrary system. Going throughthe system a person can order booksfrom academic libraries or publiclibraries throughout the system andhave them come directly to Beals fora person’s use.

Being a member of BealsMemorial Library C/W Mars, youare allowed to borrow books, maga-zines, CD/ROMS and other materi-als from any member library, pluschecking the library record andrenewing items challenging youalways to visit online ‘cwmars.org.’“There are 35,000 items borrowedfrom here every year and 125 peopleof all ages a day entering the library.It works out to 25% for children, 30%adult fiction, 35% non fiction,

and10% reference (black files),”Cardinal said, basing her statisticson business done in the past year.

Because people are borrowingnew books perpetually, limitedspace is reserved for the oldestbooks, just, for example, the historyof Winchendon, compared with theabundant space dedicated to thenewest books, popular materials,children books, new fictions andnew DVD; means older materialsmust be gleaned from the limitedspace regularly.

Mostly on demand for children isfor 4th grade and 6th grade studentsdepending on their school projects.

Searching in every corner you canfind income tax forms, grocerycoupons, museum passes; wetouched the tip of the iceberg activi-ties of Beals Memorial library.

An upcoming program “Welcometo the Graveyard” is on tap as TheGravestone Girls present a virtualtour of Winchendon cemeteries onJune 5 at 7 p.m.

So while the library services wide-ly open for public every body canprofit from even the students ofMurdock Middle High School, goingweekly to the library to finish a proj-ect, or testing skills, Cardinal said,“We have life testing skills.”

Beals Memorial Library is focus-ing on the eloquence of reading.

Beals Memorial Library

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In mid May, Lions president Ken LaBrack, at left, and members Catherine Desmarais in center and Bob Betourney at farright, honored Murdock teachers Judy Moriarty, at left, and Mark Nardini, at right, for their work with the annual Lionsspeech contest. Each teacher was presented with an appreciation plaque from the local service organization. This year’sspeech contest theme was “How a teacher changed my life,” a fitting topic.

LIONS HONOR MURDOCK TEACHERSLocal

Development& Projects

FOUND HERE!

ALWAYS ONE LOUDMOUTH

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Graceful, silent, stately…the Canada goose and her goslings seem regal asthey glide over the water, until we notice junior at the back, squawking hisheart out.What, he doesn’t like being at the back?He didn’t get his fair share of lunch?He’s just always the loudmouth?Mom seems pretty patient, his brothers and sisters just resigned.

Organic gardening skills workshop planned

WINCHENDON — On June 9, from 9 a.m.-noon at Noonday Farm on 96 Windsor Road,the Northeast Organic Farming Association/Massachusetts Chapter (NOFA/Mass) is hold-ing a workshop on how to start and maintainsuccessful organic gardens.

Registration for the workshop is $30, and itis open to the public on a first come, firstserved basis. There is a $5 discount for NOFAmembers. For information on how to register,v i s i thttp://www.nofamass.org/programs/exten-sionevents/self-reliance.php, or contact BenGrosscup (413) 658-5374 [email protected].

The owner and manager of Noonday Farm,Beth Ingham, will be teaching the workshop.“I’ll be giving people knowledge about the dif-ferent conditions that crop plants need inorder to produce well. It’s very doable to pro-vide for a large part of the family’s foodneeds,” said Ingham.

Noonday Farm raises about 5,000 pounds ofproduce annually, the majority of which isdonated to soup kitchens and food pantries.The gardens areformed raised beds,which are covered inmulch, not tilled, andrenewed each yearwith sifted compostmade on site.

“We’ll be envision-ing what kind ofspace each person hasand what they’d liketo accomplish with it.There’s a lot to thinkabout such as, spacingof crops, what cropsyou really want to begrowing, what com-panion flowers go wellwith those crops, whatseeds go in the grounddirectly and what

ones do you transplant.”The workshop will demonstrate key meth-

ods the farm uses, including compost buildingand sifting, tool care, seed starting in theattached greenhouse, crop spacing and tim-ing, transplanting, and companion planting.

“Growing our own food is an excellent wayto save money, lessen our carbon footprint,improve our health and connect with neigh-bors and nature,” said Ben Grosscup, educa-tion events coordinator for NOFA/Mass.“Whether you are a newcomer to gardening oryou just feel that you could use some brushingup on growing skills, now is as good a time asever to learn how to plant a garden and makeit productive throughout the season.”

About NOFA/Mass NOFA/Mass (Northeast Organic Farming

Association, Massachusetts Chapter) is acommunity including farmers, gardeners,landscapers and consumers working to edu-cate members and the general public aboutthe benefits of local organic systems based oncomplete cycles, natural materials, and mini-mal waste for the health of individual beings,communities and the living planet. TheNOFA/Mass office is located at 411 SheldonRoad in Barre, MA 01005; telephone is (978)355-2853. Visit www.nofamass.org for moreinformation.

OPEN HOUSEWINCHENDON — The Friends of Old

Murdock will host an OPEN HOUSE onSunday June 3 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the OldMurdock Senior Center, 52 Murdock Ave. Allare welcomed to tour the building and see theprogress that has been made in converting theschool into a vibrant, active Senior Center.Refreshments will be served.

NEXT OLD CENTRE CONCERT

WINCHENDON — The Worcester ChamberSociety is scheduled to appear with a concertof Reger, Mozart and Dvorak on Sunday, June10 at 4 p.m. at Old Centre Church, also knownas the First Congregational Church. Ticketsare on sale now at $10 per person and availableat the Winchendon Courier, at To Each HisOwn Design and for more information on lineat 1stChurchWinchendon.org or by calling(310) 488-3280. Sponsored in part with a grantfrom the Winchendon Cultural Council, alocal agency supported by the MassachusettsCultural Council. Funds raised will be used tosupport the First Congregational Church andSociety of Winchendon and its efforts to keepthe old church in repair.

FIRST TIME HOMEBUYERGARDNER — Education classes for first

time homebuyers are scheduled Tuesday,June 5, 6:30–8:30 p.m.; and, Monday, Tuesday &Wednesday, June 18, 19 & 20, 6–9 p.m. (mustcomplete all 4 sessions to receive certificate)at Greater Gardner CDC, 246 Central St.,Gardner. HOW TO REGISTER: Call (978) 630-2975 or email [email protected].

WRITERS GROUPWESTMINSTER — Wachusett Writers and

Poets Club meets every Monday at theWestminster Town Hall, 11 South St. 1-3 p.m.Dues are $1 per meeting. Writers of all genresare welcome. There is no age requirement norlimit for membership. All that is needed is adesire to write, share, and learn. The nextmeeting of the Club is scheduled for Monday,June 4.

FAMILY SUPPORT GROUPGARDNER — The Substance Abuse Family

Support group currently held monthly atHeywood Hospital has proved so successfulthat, at the request of the participants, anoth-er night has been added – family and friendsare now able to gather twice a month in a con-fidential and supportive atmosphere. Thenew meeting will be held on the fourthTuesday of the month. While the secondTuesday meeting will continue to offer a guestspeaker, the fourth Tuesday group will be lessformal and allow for more peer interactionand support. These meetings will be held at 7p.m. in the Volney Howe conference room andall are welcome. If you have any questions,please feel free to contact Sue at (978) 630-6221or email at [email protected]. The nextmeeting is Tuesday, June 12, in Volney Howewith guest speaker Lynn Cormier, MSW,LICSW re: family and issues of addiction.

IN THE SERVICE COLUMBIA, SC — Army Reserve Pvt.

Danielle L. Houle has graduated from basiccombat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia,SC.

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

Houle is the daughter of Donna March ofWinchendon, and Michael Houle of Nashua,NH and is a 2008 graduate of Nashua HighSchool North.

STUDENT ACHIEVEMENTBURLINGTON, VT — Kira Benson of

Winchendon earned a Bachelor of Sciencedegree in molecular genetics within theCollege of Agriculture & Life Sciences duringMay commencement ceremonies at theUniversity of Vermont.

The university conferred degrees this yearon an estimated 3,202 graduates, including2,552 bachelor’s, 429 master’s, 94 doctoral, and114 M.D. degree recipients, in addition to 13post-baccalaureate certificates. Among degreerecipients were students from 39 states 22countries.

NEW LONDON, CT — Sara Kerney ofWinchendon was awarded a bachelor of artsdegree from Connecticut College at the 94thcommencement ceremony on May 20.

Kerney majored in international relationsand psychology.

Keynote speaker, Louis B. Susman, the U.S.ambassador to the Court of St. James inLondon and father of Sally Susman, a 1984graduate, urged the 437 members ofConnecticut College’s Class of 2012 to leveragetheir technological savvy to make their mark

on the world.

NORTH DARTMOUTH — Kayla Charlonnefrom Winchendon earned a Bachelor of Artsin English - writing, communication & rheto-ric Cum Laude at the University ofMassachusetts Dartmouth undergraduatecommencement on May 27. An estimated 1573graduates received degrees.

Roxanna Saberi, an award-winning author,journalist, and human rights advocate whowas jailed by the Iranian regime in 2009, deliv-ered the UMass Dartmouth undergraduatecommencement address.

CHESS TOURNAMENTKEENE, NH — The Well School will be host-

ing its 2nd Annual Spring Chess tournamenton June 9th in the Community Kitchen. Allchess players grades K-12 are invited to play inthis fun event. The tournament is open toplayers from all schools. Players may chooseto play in one of 3 sections: Novice,Intermediate, & Open; Swiss System, 4rounds, G/30d5. Open to students grades K-12.The cutoffs for each section will be adjusted tofit the grades and ratings of participants.Trophies awarded in each section. Time: 1stround at 10 a.m., subsequent rounds ASAP.Awards: 3 p.m. Registration: 8:30-9:45 am(Entries after 9:45 may not be accepted untilafter the start of the first round.) *Entry Fee:$5 @ door. *Membership Dues: USCF member-ship required for all entrants - $17 under age13, $22 under age 16, $26 under age 25,(includes online access to ChessLife) Printversion available with premium membership.If you have any questions about whether thistournament would be appropriate for yourchild please contact Tom Cassar at [email protected] or at The Well School at (603)924-6908 ext 25.

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Our 18 Annual Recital

"Heroes and Legends"at Monty Tech in Fitchburg

June 9,10,11

We will get you, my pretty!At least we want to get you, my pretty, as we ask you to join

the Winchendon Historical Society to celebrate the Wizard ofOz at tea from noon to 3 p.m. at the Murdock Whitney House.

The cost is $10 per adult, $5 per child no more than $25 perfamily. Reservations preferred.

Dress as your favorite character from the movie! BecauseGlinda the Good Witch, the Wicked Witch of the West, Dorothyand many of her friends will definitely be in attendance. Tototoo!

Games, raffles, lots of surprises. Join us on the front lawn at the Murdock Whitney House,151 Front St. For more information,call the Museum at 978 297-2142.

Winchendon Historical Society to celebrate the Wizard of Oz

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WINCHENDON COURIER

EDITORIAL

Clean up your act

PRESIDENT/PUBLISHER: FRANK CHILINSKIEDITOR: RUTH DEAMICIS

The Courier had a very difficult time pick-ing the winners for the Mother’s Day coloringcontest this year. Every single entry was out-standing. But in the end, AleksanderGusakov, age 7; Mackenzy Jean, age 3; andAshley Hastings, age 6 were our winners.

Other entrants who believe their mothersare the best ever (and we agree, but couldn’taward everyone a prize) included: DustinWaterhouse, Noah Michelson, JaydenShampine, Keira Brady, Zachary Lovett, NoahOliveira, Arriane Daigle, Rachel Vermette,Aidan McGuirk, Travis Legros, BenjaminPatriquin, James Daigle, Jaiden Evans,Ryleigh Waterhouse, Sophia Jean, ColtonCochran, Olivia O’Brien, Michael Weaver,Abbigale McKenzie, Riley Rivers, Alora Jean,Sammy Waterhouse, and Sadie Michelson.

How did this happen? Howdid we get here so fast?It’s been a whole yearsince Courtney and her

classmates graduated Murdock.In three months, she’ll be a col-lege sophomore. I’ve covered ath-letes for this newspaper who arenow closer to 30 than 20. What’sthe cliche’ — time flies whenyou’re (at least sometimes) hav-ing fun? But here we are. I’veheard it suggested that as you getolder, the perception is that theyears seem to fly by faster — per-haps because it gives us a sense ofour own mortality? That makessense to me. Last week, when Imentioned to someone that in 14months, I’ll be 60, they wereshocked.

I’m taking that as a compliment,but it’s pretty hard for me to believe,too. The years really do seem to racepast, and while that’s not either agood nor a bad thing, it’s a reminderthat if there are still things youwant to do, go do them while you

can, even at our, allegedly“advanced” age. Another cliche’,yes, but cliches’ become clichesbecause they have the added valueof being true. So on this graduationweekend, congratulations to theclass of 2012 , with special kudos toCourtney’s very long time team-mates Taylor Budka and JessMonette, and, to all of you, enjoyyour celebratory weekend. Really.

And party smart, okay?Speaking of parties, the

Republican Party’s presumptivepresidential nominee is spendingthis quiet campaign time searchingfor and vetting possible running

mates. I’ve heard the name CondiRice batted around. The formerSecretary of State would, in fact, bea home run pick for Mitt Romney.But it’s not going to happen. First,Rice says she’s not interested andwhile that is what coy candidatesare supposed to say about the VPnod, it could well be that she’stelling the truth, that she likes herlife just fine, thank you. Besides, canyou imagine a Republican conven-tion ratifying an apparently pro-choice woman who will alsoinevitably remind folks of the mostrecent Republican President? No.And after the GOP vice-presidentialdebacle last time around, it’s hard toimagine Romney doing anythingbut finding a safe white guy to puton the ticket. Sarah Palin put exoticrunning mates on a far, far backburner for a long time, I suspect.

John McCain’s inexplicable mis-step aside, (and I’d add George Bush41 and Dan Quayle to that category)at least we live in an era where pres-idential nominees take seriously the

decision of whom to run with. Iloathed a great deal of DickCheney’s ideology, but no one couldpersuasively argue he wasn’t quali-fied to be President, and even JoeBiden’s harshest detractors have toacknowledge the same about him.

John Edwards turned out to be asnake morally, but he knew policyand had innovative ideas, and hadhe been elected VP in 2004, it goeswithout saying he wouldn’t be thefirst such slimy creature to holdnational office. Besides, eight yearsago, we didn’t yet know he was asnake, and very large lizard at that.

It wasn’t all that long ago thatPresidents didn’t take their secondin command seriously. When hebecame President upon the death ofFranklin Roosevelt, Harry Trumanhad no idea we were in the finalstages of readying an atomic bomb.FDR never told him. That was theway it had pretty much been.Abraham Lincoln never tookAndrew Johnson into his confi-dence about his plans for

Reconstruction, even though theyhad met, ironically, hours beforeLincoln went to Ford’s Theatre.Whatever Jack Kennedy was reallythinking and planning aboutVietnam, there’s no historical indi-cation he brought it up with LBJ,and Ike and Richard Nixon hardlyspoke, period.

The truth is, that whatever hismany failings may have been asPresident, Jimmy Carter was thefirst modern President to use hisVice-President as something of alegitimate junior partner, and hissuccessors have, for the most part,41 aside, done the same. We oweCarter some appreciation for sodoing.

Thus when Romney gets aroundto announcing his choice, it’s a safeassumption that whomever thatrunning mate is, it will be someonewhose selection doesn’t send shockwaves rolling across the politicalspectrum. No, indeed. Sarah madethe vice-presidential nominationsafe again. See you next week.

A year later…and veeps

We sort of ignored Earth Day inWinchendon this year. Aprilcame, and went; and whileother communities around us

did their things, we did not.Some people noticed.Some people decided that wasn’t a good

idea.And some people decided to do something

about it besides complain.Lionel “Lee” Cloutier has gotten a reputa-

tion around town as a “troublemaker”because he speaks out and asks “why” andasks “how come” an awful lot.

And he keeps asking if he doesn’t get ananswer, or isn’t satisfied with the answer orfeels people aren’t giving it to him straight.

But, as Ross Perot famously said, “The manwho complains about the river isn’t theactivist; the man who cleans the river is.”

And Lee became an activist.He started around his own neighborhood,

but then he moved from there. And he noticedtown property on Lake Street in particular,that abutted the pond itself, was beyond filthy.So he gathered up trashbags, and gloves, andwent to work.

It took him six hours. By himself. FromHigh Street to Spring Street. Along the bank-ing and down to the water’s edge on just thewater side of the road that is owned by thetown. But he did it.

Then he realized if he could do it and makethat much of a difference, then it was hightime the rest of the town did their share too.And he started asking questions. Like Leedoes.

He lined everything up.

And on Saturday, June 9, from 9 a.m.-2 p.m.Winchendon will have its own clean up day.

The dumpster has been hired and will besited on Pleasant Street next to town hall as ithas been in the past. Lee is working with theParks & Rec on this, so they are doing it muchthe same way it has always been done; buteven more so.

Belletete’s is throwing in 200 trashbags andlatex gloves; Cumberland Farms will providea cold drink to workers (see Lee for yourcoupon after you’ve worked) and everyone isgetting on board with this.

Some people can’t help on Saturday, theyare already committed to other events; so BoyScouts are cleaning on Friday afternoon.Others are cleaning early Saturday morningbefore they do the next thing.

So here is the challenge: if you can’t getdowntown to take part in the clean up aroundthere, then clean around your own block,where you live, down your street. Do one side,do half a mile; take a small grocery bag withyou on a walk and fill it just from stuff on thesidewalks.

Do something, even if it’s small.And Lee is issuing a personal challenge to

others on boards, committees, commissionsand involved in politics or groups inWinchendon. If he managed to clean LakeStreet on his own, he wants to see what youcan do!

Can you outdo him? “I’m just one man, and not a very young one

at that,” he laughed. “Some of these guysought to be able to do a lot more than me!”

The gauntlet has been thrown.

JERRYCARTON

JOURNEY

OF THE

HEART

Itook a position in NewYork City in the mid1970s. Life in thatmetropolis was not easy

to master for a young manfrom the Midwest.

Within three years, the dis-appearance of six year oldEtan Patz was all over thenewspapers, billboards andtelevision. It was a horrificstory.

Perhaps because I moved east with threeyoung sons the Patz story had even moremeaning for me. Every parent knows howeager a young boy is to “grow up.” In fact, weoften encourage our youngsters to “grow up”when we are teaching them things.

In the 1970s it would not have been at alluncommon for young Etan to think that walk-ing by himself from his apartment to the near-by bus stop would be a “grown up” thing. Itwould also not have been uncommon for ayoung mother to grant such a request. Afterall, what could happen in broad daylight onthe busy sidewalk during a very short walk tothe bus stop.

Etan must have been so excited. Reportsindicate he took a dollar bill in his pocket so

he could buy a soda.Then fate intervened.Etan met a teenager worker in

a local bodega, someone he hadseen before and who was famil-iar to him. Sodas are availablefrom bodegas so it would nothave been difficult to lure Etanto the store. As for the teenager,he had no knowledge that Etanwould walk to the bus for the

very first time that day. The two boys had achance encounter. We will never know whatmotivated the teenager, although a soda popwas clearly on Etan’s mind. I am sure he feltsafe. He would not have found it strange to betalked to by the teenager. The teenager recog-nized an opportunity and he jumped at it.

If current reports are correct Etan diedwithin minutes. He was stuffed into a bag, car-ried down an alley and deposited in a dump-ster. Shortly thereafter the city workers cameand took the trash to the landfill.

Between then and now every parent has hadto deal with the harsh realities of life; thereare predators everywhere. The predatorswhether mentally ill, high on drugs, or justplain mean are capable of the most horren-dous acts.

My family lived in a very safe and securecommunity on the eastern shore ofConnecticut. In all our time living there Irecall nothing even close to the Etan Patz situ-ation.

Nevertheless, my wife walked our childrento the bus every single day. Many mothersprobably changed their child rearingapproach after learning about Etan Patz. Itwas the right thing to do.

But Stanley and Julie Patz had no warning.Fate descended on them and changed their

lives forever.They probably had a great deal of counsel-

ing. Their friends and family must have sur-rounded them with love. In their heart ofhearts they must have assumed Etan had died.But as long as his body was not found and noone was arrested and convicted there wasalways the chance, albeit a small one, that hewould one day return home.

So they never moved in three decades. Theynever changed their telephone number. Theynever changed the message on their answer-ing machine. If Etan remembered and tried tocome back they wanted to be right where heknew they should be.

So when the newspapers showed pictures ofa hoard of photographers descending on

Stanley Patz last week as he tried to enter hisapartment building on the day someone wascharged with Etan’s murder it was in my viewthe height of insensitivity.

Stan Patz, returning home to his wife Julie,to confront the reality, the final reality, thatEtan was never coming home. An answer theywaited over three decades to receive. Ananswer they did not ever want.

As the parent of four children and withseven grandchildren I can only imagine thelife the Patz family has lived, and will nowrelive, as charges are filed, witnesses are ques-tioned, court is held, and sentence is deliv-ered.

The promise that was Etan Patz was neverrealized as his life was cut so short.

The life that Stan and Julie dreamed wasshattered three decades ago.

The parents of children all over the worldwere alerted to the dangers faced by childrenand held their own offspring more tightly.

May God bring whatever peace there can beto Stanley and Julie Patz and may every par-ent learn to be prudent and pragmatic andwatchful every minute of every day duringwhich they are entrusted with the care ofyoung lives.

Darkness within

JACK BLAIR

NOTES OFCONCERN

Mackenzy Jean was the youngest winner at agethree.

Doneen Durling photos

Aleksander Gusakov won a beautiful gift basket forhis mom.

Ashley Hastings is very happy to have mom withher.

All moms arewinners!

This past week I attended the New EnglandCondo Expo at Boston’s Seaport World TradeCenter. I gathered much valuable informationtalking to the various vendors and thus decid-ed to write about condominiums for thisweek’s article. Condominiums are the resi-dence of choice for many of today’s homebuy-ers. They offer the benefits of home owner-ship, such as: tax deductions, appreciation,equity, borrowing power and stability, withoutthe price tag and upkeep of a traditional sin-gle family home. Also, many condos are inclose proximity to downtown areas, makingtravel to work and cultural/entertainmentvenues quick and easy, a big plus for today’sbusy professionals.

Not all condominium options are createdequally however, so you will want to do yourhomework and ask some important questionsbefore you sign on the dotted line, such as:

What percentage of units is owner-occu-pied? What percentage is tenant-occupied?What covenants, bylaws, and restrictions gov-ern the property? What grandfather clausesare in place?

How much does the association keep inreserve?

Are association assessments keeping pace

with the annual rate of inflation? What doesand doesn’t the assessment cover? What spe-cial assessments have been mandated in thepast five years? How much was each ownerresponsible for?

How much turnover occurs in the building? Is the condo building in litigation? Is the developer reputable? Are multiple associations involved in the

property? This list was certainly not exhaustive, so

you will want to consult with your localRealtor© for more information and to helpyou make an informed choice. Next time, wewill look at a great resource for landlordsright in our own backyard. Have a great week.

(Disclaimer: The above does not constitutelegal or financial advice or counsel and Imake no claims, promises or guaranteesabout the accuracy, completeness, or adequa-cy of the information contained herein.)

Darlene Rossi is a licensed real estate agentwith Keller Williams Realty serving the northcentral and Metrowest areas ofMassachusetts and southern New Hampshire.To contact Darlene visitwww.DarleneRossi.com or call (978) 895-3770.

THIS WEEK IN REAL ESTATE


MONTY TECH THIRD QUARTER HONOR ROLLFITCHBURG—-Nicholas J.

DeSimone, principal ofMontachusett Regional VocationalTechnical School, announces thehonor roll for the third quarter ofthe 2011-2012 school year.

SPECIAL HONORS

Baldwinville: Christine Coleman(2015), Erin Cregg (2015) and SarahRaulston (2015. East Templeton:Marissa Arsenau (2013). Templeton:Kayla Nolette (2012), SophiaDiDonna (2013), and ShelbyArseneau (2015). Winchendon:Naomi Beauvais (2012), AngelaTonet (2012), Philip Tousignant II(2012), Rose Denis (2013), KierstenBellar (2014), Jacob Michelson(2014), Nicholas Varieur (2014), andJordan Richard (2015).

HIGH HONORS

Baldwinville: Amber Dennis(2012), Dale Belliveau Jr. (2013),Nathan Lucas (2013), Kelsey Shea(2013), Hannah Campbell (2014),Tylene Dickie (2014), BrookeCampbell (2015), Justin Dennis(2015), Neiva LaBrecque (2015), andBenjamin Sanden (2015). EastTempleton: Kaylee Nobrega (2013)and Catherine Wilson (2014). OtterRiver: Jake Miller (2012), JoshuaAlbert (2013), and Emily Langlais(2013). Philipston: Amber Miller(2012), Hunter Manley (2013),Krystal Szymakowski (2013), JakeHastings (2014), Jillian Manty (2014),and Bethany Valois. Royalston:Amanda Putney (2012), Amy Putney(2012), Meredith Carrier (2013), andMichael Persson (2013). Templeton:Isabella Bourque (2012), JeremyLeBlanc (2012), Ashley Bailey (2013),Eric Beland (2013), Brandon Byrne(2013), Courtney Harkins (2013), Eric

Hill (2013), Taylor Wilson (2013),Brooke Alexander (2014), JaclynCartee (2014), Philip Gilbert (2014),Kaitlyn Morris (2014), JoshuaPoegel (2014), Matthew Elsevier(2015), MacKenzie MacAdams (2015),Rebekah Provencher (2015), JoshuaShepard (2015), Melissa Swenson(2015), and Dana Symonds (2015).Winchendon: Heather LaBrake(2012), Amber Martinez (2012), KylePaul (2012), Sarah Tousignant (2012),Caleb Bergeron (2013), TaylorCaruso (2013), Mikel Cravatta (2013),Allison Durling (2013), AprilGoodwin (2013), Brigitte Hamel(2013), Emily Romano (2013), KelseyBosselait (2014), Dillon Walsh (2014),Ashley Arsenault (2015), AdamBecotte (2015), Andrea Bickford(2015), Gwendolyn Bronnes (2015),Samantha Buckler (2015), ElizabethDuval (2015), Brandon Ellis (2015),Kailey French (2015), Joshua Helie

(2015), Sarah Hosnander (2015),Joseph LeBlanc (2015), and KaylaWoodward (2015).

HONORS

Baldwinville: Kelly Callahan(2012), Alexander Sanden (2012),Dylan Kasper (2013), Ryan Levesque(2013), Rachel Davis (2015), andJeffrey Spaan (2015). EastTempleton: Samantha Anderson(2012), Kelly-Ann Kuszewski (2012),and Christopher Malm (2014).Philipston: Amber Scaplen (2012)and Justin Boudreau (2014).Royalston: Sydni Ayers (2013),Joshua Roberts (2013), Devin Bates(2014), Emma LeGrand (2014), andEmily Mangum (2015). SouthRoyalston: Ian Duffin (2012).Templeton: Jason Boski (2012),Dakota Regienus (2012), ZethBankowski (2013), Justin McKnight(2013), Mannie Nogueira (2013),

Amber Haney (2014), KathleenKemmitt (2014), and LaceyMiettinen (2014). Winchendon:Kaitlyn Contois (2014), JacobDemont (2012), Megan Wiltshire(2012), Meaghan Chapman (2013),Andrew Safford (2013), KatheyaSingussen (2013), Taesha Contois(2014), Kaleigh Flagg (2014), SarahGage (2014), Cody Lafrennie (2014),Halley Martin (2014), VanessaO’Brien (2014), Matthew Parmenter(2014), Keegan Safford (2014),Marissa Schecker (2014), SpencerUguccioni (2014), Kayla Beauvais(2015), Hollie Bilodeau-Stacy (2015),Logan Common (2015), RaymondDexter (2015), Zachary Hachey(2015), Zachary Lee (2015), OliviaLore (2015), Danielle Martin (2015),Isabella Smith (2015), CarleyTreshinky (2015), and ChristopherWillett (2015).

GARDNER - The following MountWachusett Community College students com-plete a minimum of 12 semester hours with agrade point average of 4.0 and were named tothe President’s List for the 2012 spring semes-ter:

Massachusetts:Ashburnham: Jennifer Brennan, and

Christina Wiggins. Athol: Vanessa Hunt, RyanPerry, and Malisa Younger. Baldwinville: IsaacMatson. Gardner: Paul Campbell, MaryChapman, Claudia Elbourn, Thomas Elbourn,Matthew Fortier, Meagan Gray, RebeccaMahoney, Tamara Malay, Craig Melko, CrystleMonahan, David Plouffe, Donna Rahaim,Gary Richard, and Heather Rick. Phillipston:Tasey Chartier, and Jonathan Richard.Templeton: Diana Couillard. Westminster:Sara Dwelly, and Kristine LeClair.Winchendon: Crystal Geslak, Kyle Javorsky,Jennifer Nolin, Erik Schulz, and JosephSkawski. Winchendon Springs: StephanieOinonen.

New Hampshire:Jaffrey: Anthony Cesolini. Rindge: Jared

Robie.The following Mount Wachusett

Community College students complete a min-imum of 12 semester hours with a grade pointaverage of 3.0 to 3.99 and were named to theDean’s List for the 2012 spring semester:

Massachusetts:Ashburnham: Christopher Aubuchon,

Justin Bragg, Casey Caruso, Kevin Cocci,Michael Hamel, Tyler Kennelly, ChadLehtinen, Sylvie Osborne, Craig Phelps,Veronica Phelps, Ryan Sansossio, and PatriciaWoodliff. Athol: Steven Adams, TrudyBaranoski, Jessica Beach, Tynan Bruso,Benjamin Buckland, Andrew Chastney, TylerDestefano, Ethan Doiron-LaRue, KarenDuchnowski, Kelly Flaherty, Michelle Glenna-

Soucie, Raymond Greeno, Michael Guerrin,Ashley Guyer, Donald Hager, Pamela Harris,Nikki Higgins, Kayla King, Joni Landry,Melissa Leray, Heidi Martin, Emily Meuse,Judy Morse, Kaitlin O’Hagan, MichellePoirier, Melanie Rajaniemi, Jordan Seney-Donadio, Jonathan Skinner, SamanthaSkinner, Becky Sprague, Colby Sundstrom,Brandon Warren, Derek Wheeler, and Sara-Anne Wilson. Baldwinville: DanielleBoudreau, Nicola Duguay, Tyler Emma,Samantha Janhunen, Joseph Kuehl, ThomasMason, and Michael Scott. Gardner: LourdesAbreu, Christopher Bailey, Casey Barrieau,Stephen Bassett, Ryan Benoit, Jessica Blouin,Kenneth Chase, Brandon Comeau, AndrewConstant, Kyle Davidson, John Day, KyleDuangsay, Andrew Duquette, MichaelErhagbai, Corey Girard, Lorren Grammont,Tomas Harriman, Stephanie Herman,Christopher Kyprianos, Laura LaBarge, BrianLaPrise, Amanda Landry, Chad Landry, JakeLeBlanc, Kathleen LeBlanc, PhillipLearmonth, Melanie Lemieux, Rachael Love,Nicholas Macallister, Chrystal Maguire,Elizabeth McClure, Kimberly McCullough,Melissa Messere, Tiffany Montoni, KatieMurphy, Andrew Navaroli, Kimberli Nutting,Vatsal Patel, Maria Patriacca, Faith Pulaski,Megan Reiser, Grace Santos, Cheryl Smith,Julia Strout, Marloe Swenson, Ian Van Luven,Lizzette Vassallo, Maria Verjes, Jason Wing,Kristi Wing, and Kyle deVillafane. Orange:Sarah Adams, Allison Barnes, Sharon Godin,Temoor Hussain, Victoria Johnson, KatieNorum, Nicole Riel, and Austina Towle.Petersham: Sarah Bouchard, AbigailCastagnaro, and Dounte Ruelas. Phillipston:Richard Cook, Jacob Hammond, and ShalenSherman. Royalston: Jessica Benoit,Samantha Hutchins, William Rheault, andPaul Thibodeau. Templeton: Gabrielle Cartee,Melissa Constantine, Bryan Cote, William DosSantos, Samantha Fanelli, Teddy Furr,Danielle Girard, Joshua Haney, Joanna

Inman, Charlene LeMieur, Mark Littlewood,and Theresa Miner. Westminster: MelissaBaker, Jean-Luc Bergeron, Emily Brillon, LeeCofsky, Erick Freda, Carly Gagne, RhebaGagne, Scott Gardner, Jennifer Kilgour,Danielle LeBlanc, Justin LeClair, ChristopherMacLagan, Ashley Minton, Colleen Mulligan,Kimberly Olmilla, Alyssa Reynolds, JasonRobichaud, Emily Rocheleau, and Allen Stone.Winchendon: Ashley Arsenault, CarolArsenault, Robert Batchelder, Leaha Connor,Sarah Cucchiara, Morgan Daly, Sarah Huff,Sarah Lewis, Jessica Mahan, Kyle Morneau,

Matthew Niles, Kris Provost, Hope Redinger,Paige Trigony, Constance Vaillancourt, andAlicia Winslow. Winchendon Springs: MarissaBeane, and Sheila Beane.

New Hampshire:Fitzwilliam: Kristy Edstrom, and Kim

Smith. Jaffrey: Justin Ascani, MaureenO’Hern, and Kristi Wright. Rindge: MirandaGoddard, Jaime Hennessy, Eugene Moriarty,and Jonathan Van Dyke.

MWCC announces spring 2012 President’s and Dean’s lists

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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 21

12:12-2:52 a.m.: 12 building checks, secure;6:40 a.m.: transport (Central Street); 6:41 a.m.:DPW call (Baldwinville State Road) refer tostate DPW; 6:44 a.m.: traffic hazard (BrooksRoad) refer to DPW; 7:30 a.m.: DPW call(Brooks Road) refer to DPW; 7:39 a.m.: 209Aservice (Glenallan Street) unable to serve; 9:16a.m.: general info (walk in) info taken; 9:34a.m.: DPW call (Beech Street) refer to DPW;10:08 a.m.: property found (walk in) propertyreturned to owner; 10:22 a.m.: MV operatingerratically (Lincoln Avenue) unable to locate;11:53 a.m.: larceny (Beech Street) report taken;12:27 p.m.: 209A service (walk in) served todefendant; 12:39 p.m.: be on the lookout (HydePark Drive) advised officer; 2:20 p.m.: ambu-lance (Pond Street) transported; 2:26 p.m.:ambulance (Glenallan Street) transported; 3p.m.: property found (Central Street) infotaken; 3:12 p.m.: general info (Pleasant Street)spoken to; 3:36 p.m.: summons service (walkin) served; 3:45 p.m.: MV stop (Front Street)traffic citation issued; 5:43 p.m.: investigation(Glenallan Street) info taken; 7 p.m.: assist cit-izen (phone) assisted; 7:28 p.m.: summonsservice (Crosby Road) served; 7:35 p.m.: sum-mons service (Mill Street) unable to serve; 11p.m.: assist other PD (phone) assisted; 11:05p.m.: ambulance (Whitney Street) transport-ed; 11:54 p.m.: MV stop (Central Street) verbalwarning.

TUESDAY, MAY 22

12:24-2:06 a.m.: 11 building checks, secure;1:46 a.m.: abandoned 911 call (Central Street)unable to locate; 6:30 a.m.: suspicious auto(Lakeview Drive) info taken; 7:50 a.m.: ambu-lance (Central Street) transported; 8:07 a.m.:general juvenile (Pearl Drive) transport; 8:33a.m.: larceny (Mill Glen Road) report taken;9:21 a.m.: larceny (Central Street) reporttaken; 11:05 a.m.: ambulance (Emerald Street)transported; 11:34 a.m.: abandoned 911 call(Teel Road) child playing with phone; 11:42a.m.: MV stop (Central Street) traffic citationissued; 11:59 a.m.: missing person (CottageStreet) report taken; 1:03 p.m.: investigation(Monadnock Avenue) no PD service required;1:15 p.m.: animal complaint (Pearl Drive) referto ACO; 2:29 p.m.: ATV complaint (CedarStreet) spoken to; 3 p.m.: robbery (SchoolStreet) report taken; 5:27 p.m.: suspicious auto(Central Street) spoken to; 5:54 p.m.: ambu-lance (Hale Street) transported; 6:39 p.m.: lar-ceny (Baldwinville State Road) report taken;6:51 p.m.: FD call (West Street) assisted; 8:08p.m.: welfare check (addresses will not beprinted); 8:14 p.m.: general info (Pearl Drive)spoken to; 8:51 p.m.: MV stop (School Street)verbal warning; 9:02 p.m.: property found(Spring Street) property returned to owner;10:06 p.m.: MV stop (Central Street) spoken to;

10:14 p.m.: domestic (Pearl Drive) arrest: LeoCharles Lambert, age 24 of 19 Cedar Terrace,Winchendon: domestic A&B, and assault andbattery.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 23

12:02-3:20 a.m.: six building checks, secure;12:15 a.m.: registration check (Spring Street)info taken; 12:18 a.m.: noise complaint(Central Street) spoken to; 1:17 a.m.: suspi-cious auto (Gardner Road) spoken to; 1:22 a.m.:ambulance (Mechanic Street) transported;1:53 a.m.: suspicious person (Central Street)unfounded; 8:30 a.m.: larceny (walk in) spokento; 4:57 p.m.: general info (Prentice Circle)refer to DPW; 5:20 p.m.: deliver message (FrontStreet) info taken; 7:52 p.m.: disabled auto(Main Street) no PD service required; 8:24p.m.: suspicious person (Spring Street) spokento; 9:33 p.m.: larceny (Front Street) reporttaken; 9:50 p.m.: ambulance (BaldwinvilleRoad) transported; 10:10 p.m.: accident (FrontStreet) report taken; 11:40 p.m.: general info(walk in) info taken; 11:41-11:59 p.m.: fourbuilding checks, secure.

THURSDAY, MAY 24

12:17-3:48 a.m.: 14 building checks, secure;12:33 a.m.: suspicious auto (Front Street) infotaken; 12:50 a.m.: warrant check (SpringStreet) arrest: Scott A. LaFreniere, age 41 of 36Spring St. #9, Winchendon: warrant arrest;1:12 a.m.: officer wanted (Central Street)assisted; 5:18 a.m.: MV stop (Glenallan Street)verbal warning; 7:05 a.m.: noise complaint(Front Street) info taken; 7:42 a.m.: 911 hangup (Alger Street) assisted; 8:50 a.m.: summonsservice (Spring Street) served; 9:41 a.m.: gen-eral info (walk in) info given; 9:54 a.m.: alarmtype unknown (Maple Street) assisted; 11:28a.m.: general info (Converse Drive) info given;12 p.m.: ambulance (Banner Place) transport-ed; 12:40 p.m.: general juvenile (Cottage Street)spoken to; 1:46 p.m.: unwanted party (MainStreet) arrest: Toby J. Boisse Jr., age 48, infor-mation unavailable, homeless: trespass; 2:19p.m.: accident (Spring Street) removed to hos-pital; 2:20 p.m.: officer wanted (Front Street)summons: Rodney C. Johnson, age 36 of 12Beaman Court, Winchendon: assault withdangerous weapon; 2:42 p.m.: fire alarm (HydePark Drive) services rendered; 2:43 p.m.:assault (Maynard Street) report taken; 3:37p.m.: gunshots heard (Mellen Road) spoken to;3:59 p.m.: general juvenile (walk in) spoken to;6:53 p.m.: suspicious auto (Grove Street) goneon arrival; 7:27 p.m.: MV operating erratically(Lincoln Avenue Extension) spoken to; 7:47p.m.: burglar alarm (Summer Drive) checked,secure; 8:25 p.m.: threats (Glenallan Street)spoken to; 11:45 p.m.: building check (SpringStreet) secure; 11:49 p.m.: extra patrols(Glenallan Street) checked, secure; 11:56 p.m.:investigation (Front Street) report taken; 11:57p.m.: suspicious auto (Spring Street) spokento.

FRIDAY, MAY 25

12 a.m.: MV stop (River Street) assisted;12:04 a.m.: MV stop (Front Street) spoken to;12:16-4:11 a.m.: five building checks, secure;1:38 a.m.: MV stop (Spring Street) spoken to;

3:08 a.m.: burglar alarm (Lincoln AvenueExtension) checked, secure; 7 a.m.: generalinfo (Pleasant Street) info given; 8:08 a.m.: MVstop (Spring Street) traffic citation issued; 8:26a.m.: MV stop (Spring Street) summons: AllenP. Vaillancourt, age 23 of 36 Clark Road,Winchendon: no inspection sticker and forgeof misuse of RMV document; 8:45 a.m.: deliv-er message (Baldwinville Road) delivered; 9:13a.m.: arrest (West Street) Shane Grincewicz,age 39 of 1200 Ovaltine Court, Villag Park, IL:arrest based on warrant; 9:18 a.m.: accident(Pond Street) report taken; 9:55 a.m.: suspi-cious auto (Baldwinville State Road) spokento; 10:28 a.m.: general info (Pond Street) referto DPW; 10:57 a.m.: general info (CentralStreet) info given; 11:22 a.m.: accident (OakStreet) transport; 11:59 a.m.: deliver message(School Street) delivered; 12:34 p.m.: accident(Gardner Road) report taken; 12:50 p.m.: offi-cer wanted (East Monomonac Road) spokento; 1:16 p.m.: larceny (Central Street) infotaken; 1:42 p.m.: alarm type unknown(Cummings Road) accidental; 3:23 p.m.: traffichazard (Summer Drive) unable to locate; 3:54p.m.: VIN inspection (North Street) servicesrendered; 4:01 p.m.: smoke (Gardner Road) fireextinguished; 4:16 p.m.: general info (OtterRiver Road) spoken to; 4:48 p.m.: illegal dump-ing (North Ashburnham Road) summons:Anthony Scott Sbrocca, age 29 of 163 RussellFarm Road, Winchendon: litter or trash fromMV; 5:11 p.m.: intoxicated person (SpringStreet) transport; 6:40 p.m.: threats (walk in)spoken to; 7:09 p.m.: MV stop (Gardner Road)verbal warning; 7:24 p.m.: ambulance (WestStreet) transported; 8:44 p.m.: fire alarm(Grove Street) services rendered; 8:52 p.m.:ambulance (Mill Glen Road) refused assis-tance; 9:49 p.m.: ambulance (Western Avenue)refused assistance; 11:56 p.m.: building check(Spring Street) secure.

SATURDAY, MAY 26

12:27-2:35 a.m.: 13 building checks, secure;1:22 a.m.: lift assist (Hyde Park Drive) assisted;1:29 a.m.: warrant check (Spring Street) trans-port; 5:22 a.m.: smoke (Gardner Road) fireextinguished; 7:21 a.m.: ambulance (IpswichDrive) accidental; 8:45 a.m.: vandalism (CourtStreet) summons: Dayton Lavender, age 17 of98 Morse Ave., Winchendon: wanton destruc-tion of property under $250; 9:17 a.m.: investi-gation (Pearl Street) gone on arrival; 9:28 a.m.:investigation (Morse Avenue) spoken to; 9:30a.m.: FD call (Grove Street) accidental; 9:41a.m.: officer wanted (Monadnock Avenue) spo-ken to; 9:55 a.m.: officer wanted (Brown Street)spoken to; 11:56 a.m.: officer wanted(Glenallan Street) report taken; 12:38 p.m.: firealarm (Morse Avenue) false alarm; 12:59 p.m.:investigation (Maple Street) info taken; 1:20p.m.: noise complaint (Woodlawn Avenue)unfounded; 1:54 p.m.: burglar alarm (IslandRoad) call canceled; 2:24 p.m.: deliver message(Main Street) no PD service required; 3:41p.m.: MV operating erratically (MechanicStreet) no cause for complaint; 3:44 p.m.: opendoor, window, gate (Central Street) checked,secure; 3:56 p.m.: registration check (CentralStreet) info given; 4:44 p.m.: ambulance(Central Street) services rendered; 5:40 p.m.:

ambulance (Tolman Road) transported; 8 p.m.:general info (Jaffrey) assisted; 8:04 p.m.:ambulance (Spring Street) transported; 8:32p.m.: ambulance (Glenallan Street) assisted;9:28 p.m.: noise complaint (

SUNDAY, MAY 27

12:14-1:56 a.m.: 12 building checks, secure;12:55 a.m.: suspicious auto (School Street) infotaken; 1:59 a.m.: warrant check (Court Street)unfounded; 2:32 a.m.: burglary, B&E (BrownStreet) checked, secure; 4:04 a.m.: burglary,B&E (Krantz Road) assisted; 8:09 a.m.: larceny(West Street) report taken; 9:43 a.m.: illegalburn (Ash Street) spoken to; 10:01 a.m.: ambu-lance (West Street) no FD service required;10:29 a.m.: burglar alarm (Elmwood Road)false alarm; 10:32 a.m.: ambulance (WillowStreet) no FD service required; 10:59 a.m.: traf-fic hazard (Central Street) assisted; 11:27 a.m.:DPW call (Central Street) refer to DPW; 1:25p.m.: ambulance (Beech Street) transported;3:44 p.m.: accident (School Street) reporttaken; 4:51 p.m.: larceny (Walnut Street) reporttaken; 5:39 p.m.: ambulance (Beech Street)transported; 6:38 p.m.: suspicious auto(Gardner Road) spoken to; 7:03 p.m.: officerwanted (Glenallan Street) report taken; 7:17p.m.: runaway (Central Street) report taken;8:03 p.m.: general info (Pearl Drive) spoken to;10:16 p.m.: noise complaint (Royalston RoadNorth) unable to locate; 10:30 p.m.: ambulance(Spring Street) report taken; 10:44 p.m.: noisecomplaint (Bosworth Road) spoken to; 11:17p.m.: property damage (Harris Road) infotaken; 11:17 p.m.: MV stop (Front Street) ver-bal warning.

MONDAY, MAY 28

12:35-3:39 a.m.: six building checks, secure;12:36 a.m.: general info (Heywood Hospital)info given; 5:40 a.m.: lift assist (Hyde ParkDrive) assisted; 9:18 a.m.: ambulance (MapleStreet) transported; 9:37 a.m.: property found(Ipswich Drive) assisted; 11:16 a.m.: accident(Front Street) report taken; 11:57 a.m.: ambu-lance (Bayberry Circle) transported; 1:05 p.m.:general info (Walnut Street) spoken to; 2 p.m.:recovered property (Harrisville Circle) assist-ed; 2:36 p.m.: assault (Central Street) reporttaken; 2:42 p.m.: 911 hang up (BaldwinvilleState Road) accidental; 3:08 p.m.: ambulance(Alger Street) transported; 3:32 p.m.: investiga-tion (School Street) info taken; 3:51 p.m.: miss-ing person (Lincoln Avenue) report taken; 4:04p.m.: assist motorist (Gardner Road) refer toother agency; 4:42 p.m.: burglary, B&E (PearlDrive) arrest: no further information provid-ed; 5:21 p.m.: officer wanted (Otter River Road)assisted; 5:59 p.m.: stolen vehicle (MapleStreet) arrest: Travis R. Robichaud, age 17 of184 Lincoln Ave. #2L, Winchendon: larceny ofMV, larceny over $250 and resisting arrest; 6:19p.m.: noise complaint (Lincoln Avenue)unable to locate; 7:02 p.m.: ambulance (BrownStreet) transported; 8:27 p.m.: abandoned 911call (Cummings Road) accidental; 8:40 p.m.:gunshots heard (Ipswich Drive) unable tolocate; 8:54 p.m.: MV stop (Central Street) spo-ken to; 10:59 p.m.: officer wanted (MechanicStreet) assisted; 11:51 and 11:53 p.m.: extrapatrols (Goodrich Drive) checked, secure.

POLICE LOG

Toy Town Elementary honors veterans

WINCHENDON —On May 25 the stu-dents at Toy TownElementary Schooltook time out fromtheir busy springstudies to honor menand women veterans.At an assembly, theywelcomed veteransfrom the VFW andthe American Legionand were respectfulas they were toldabout times beforethey were born andhow things have hap-pened that changedpeople’s lives.

A Marine Corps color guard marched into the elementary schooland awed the students.

Members of the VFW Auxiliary were on hand to honor students who took part in a poster and an essay contest. A Toy Town studenttook first place at the state level for her essay and was recognized for the accomplishment. Many students were part of the contest.The VFW Auxiliary Post 2158 presented the winners of the essay and poster contests.Poster winners were first place: Natalie Dokulil, second: Mario Martinez, and third: Jake Ross. Essay winners were first place in both Toy Town and at state level: Mya Leslie, second: Julia Shelly, and third: Maria Polcari, all stu-dents of Mrs. Landry.

Recorders of all shapes and sizes fit students of all shapes and sizes. Some are soprano, some mid-rangesand some are basso. They blend harmoniously.

ored to serve the country. He said that theMarines had been a good choice, and he hasgone far in his service. He said he was recent-ly told he would receive another promotion.

“It is important you understand our histo-ry,” he told students.

Retired Marine Sgt. Henry Doody pointed tothe music program and told students thatmusic was the reason he became a Marine. Hesaid in 1952 he auditioned on a bassSousaphone. He said on March 17 he was fittedinto his dress blues, the very ones he waswearing 60 years later. Doody told students hewas sent to school to study music, and camehome in December happy that he would begoing to Washington DC. When he returned tobase, he learned they were deploying him toKorea. He spent 13 full months in Korea.

Doody told students to thank their teachersfor their education, and to remember howimportant music is to everyone.

“Remember I love you just the way you are,”he said.

The Toy Town Elementary band lead byRichard Page filled the gymnasium with patri-otic tunes, and students played This Land isYour Land on recorders, singing the tune writ-ten by Woody Guthrie with fervor.

The VFW Auxiliary Post 2158 presented thewinners of the essay and poster contests.

Poster winners were first place: NatalieDokulil, second: Mario Martinez, and third:Jake Ross.

Essay winners were First place in both ToyTown and at state level: Mya Leslie, second:Julia Shelly, and third: Maria Polcari, all stu-dents of Mrs. Landry.

On Saturday, Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, CubScouts, Brownies, Tigers and Daisies met withthe Post 193 American Legion members at thecemeteries on Glenallan and placed a flag onevery veteran’s grave they could identify. ThePost representatives told them the cemeterieslooked beautiful with the flags, and it could nothave been done without their help.

On Sunday the United Parish held a specialservice in memory of all that have served thecountry in battle.

On Monday, at 7 a.m. sharp, members ofScout Pack 193 met at the parking lot onCentral Street, and proceeded to place flags onCentral Street and Front Street. It was donequickly and efficiently, with little noise towake those still sleeping. When people gath-ered on Central Street for the parade, the flagswere flying proudly in the sun.

The marines gathered on the WhitneyBridge on Glenallen sharply at 8 a.m. and withceremony and a prayer, they tossed a wreathinto the flowing water, and as the wreath float-ed in the froth and foam, a salute was fired andTaps played by Murdock musician and ScoutJoseph Clark.

Meanwhile, members of the AmericanLegion Post 193 prayed at each of the cemeter-ies on Glenallen, and traveled to Old CentreCemetery to honor the veterans buried there.

The Marines honor a Korean War veteranwho spent 44 months as a prisoner of war inCorrigador. The Roger M. Norcross memorialwas surrounded by family members includingone who is currently serving in the MarineCorp. Norcross was honored for his years ofservice during WWII, Korea, and Vietnam.

The marine contingent continued to OldBoston Cemetery, where in the silence andamong the trees, they honored veterans buriedthere.

The Massachusetts State Cemetery wasfilled with those who came to honor the veter-ans buried there. Winchendon was lauded forgiving the land to the state for a final restingplace for veterans. One speaker said you couldtell a lot about a community by the way ittreats its veterans.

The parade was small but filled with theyoung and not so young as the sun beat downon the marchers. It was lead by a Marine colorguard, followed by the veterans of Post 193, theBoy Scouts, the Girl Scouts, and bringing upthe rear, the Winchendon Firefighters.Leading the parade at a steady and strong pacewas Henry Doody just turned 82. There wereprayers spoken at each memorial from FrontStreet to West Street and all the way down tothe GAR Park. The Murdock Band kept theheartbeat going until rest at the Gar Park.Gold Star Mother Charlotte Hildreth wasintroduced, and the winners of the AmericanLegion essay contest read their winningessays. Flags were handed out to all the chil-dren participating until Post 193 ran out offlags. The ceremonies ended with everyonejoining in wit I’m Proud to be an American,sung loud and proud.

The essays read were by Kyle O’Connell andMaryann Kotoch as follows.

Kyle O’ConnellWhat does Memorial Day mean? What inner

emotional center does it touch that brings peo-ple to places like this, to march in parades, tosing, rejoice and honor both their country andher service men and women? This perennialquestion has been raised time and time again,and many a writer, including myself, havemade valiant attempts to grasp the truestanswer.

However, the muses of Memorial Day speak-ers lead them only as far as what those 24hours, that one day, means to Americannationwide. Our veterans, both those whogave, and those who continue to give every-thing for their country deserve more, and cer-tainly mean more, than just a single day, or asingle speech, can every give. An anonymousauthor, one of the many whose gratitude ledthem to wax poetic, added his sentiments tothe eternal written memorials to America’sheroes. There is no doubt that the poem,“Eulogy for a Veteran” is simple; its 12 linesdelivered with plain speech and basic rhymeand meter. But its images, the picture it paintsfor the reader, are both moving and certainlyring true to those in search of meaning. Tothis writer, past veterans are not just men andwomen whose names adorn some monument;they are in the world around us, present everyday, in spirit. They are “the thousand windsthat blow” across America’s fruited plains, the“diamond glint of snow” atop her majesticmountains, and the “gentle autumn rain” thatfalls softly from her spacious skies.

The poet implores the reader not to stand

and weep at the fallen soldier’s grave, statingsimply, “I am not there, I did not die.” Our fall-en heroes, men and women, kin and country-men, have never left us, nor shall they ever.Perhaps that is what Memorial Day trulymeans. We do not weep for them or mourntheir absence, but instead we celebrate the lifeand service of our veterans. That answerseems to satisfy the search for meaning, but ifone looks a little deeper, a much broader truthcomes to light.

Just beneath the beautiful language, Ibelieve we find questions that bring us muchcloser to the meaning of Memorial Day; whowas this nameless patriot? The answers aredistinctly different and uniformly revealing.Who this writer specifically was truly matterslittle. It could have been a man; it could havebeen a woman. They could have been a veter-an, kin to one, or just an everyday citizenwhose only service to their country was pen-ning this simple eulogy. The author’s chosenanonymity only deepens the sincerity in thepoem’s words, as their intent appears to be theonly motivation that possessed our poet. Bynot attaching a name to this piece, the writeropens up the ownership of this touching senti-ment to all people. No one person owns thispoem and no one person feels this way. Everyperson who feels as our writer felt has owner-ship of this poem, and every person has a rightto its meaning. This patriotic feeling thatwelled up inside of the author, and ultimatelyflowed forth from his hand, is the truest mean-ing of Memorial Day. It is not about one per-son, one group of people, or one day of celebra-tion. It’s about always giving the best that onehas, wholly and selflessly, to honor those whogave their best for us. My words pale in com-parison to those of our anonymous author, soI leave you today with his. Thank you for yourtime, and God bless.

Maryann KotochThe ultimate gift you can give our country is

your life. I am here to honor you for riskingyour life, leaving your loved ones, and mostimportantly, providing this nation your serv-ice in order to keep our freedom, justice andequality in America. There are 369 veterans inWinchendon. Three hundred and sixty nine.How many times have we taken the time to letthem know that we appreciate their existence,sacrifice, and everything they have done forus? How many times have we just randomlystopped what we are doing and told themthank you? Frankly, not enough. This is whywe came together as a nation and createdMemorial Day. Veterans are people too, andjust like us, they deserve a simple thank you.Formerly known as Decoration Day, MemorialDay is often misinterpreted; encompassed bycookouts, parades and the long weekend. Weunintentionally forget the entire true meaningof this day. The meaning of this day is to com-memorate the men and women who have sac-rificed their lives for our freedom.

You are the reason we call America thehome of the free, because of the brave. Theservice men and women have not died in vain.Every loss counts. Numbers accumulate; onedeath can turn into 20, even 100, and before werealize it, we are losing thousands upon thou-sands of soldiers in the blink of an eye. We donot understand the importance of war and thedamage and destruction it causes not only theEarth we stand on but also the emotional,mental and physical damage it causes our peo-ple since we are too busy texting or rushing tosee new updates and notifications onFacebook. We focus our attention on careless-ness and stupidity without even realizing ouractions. We are too busy worrying about gos-sip rather than what is happening around uson an every day basis. When we hear ofMemorial Day, the last thing that crosses ourmind is human sacrifice. We avoid the wholemeaning because it is hard to relate when it’snot our brothers, or our sisters, or our fathersand our mothers who are fighting. If we havenot lost someone close to us, sadly, we end upneglecting the facts. If it doesn’t affect us per-sonally, we overlook the truth behind it. I apol-ogize for even I forget the true meaning of thishonorable day.

It has now come the time when we all coulduse a break from Facebook, Twitter, MySpace,texting, and all the social media to recognizewhat is going on today in our society.Especially on this important day, it is manda-tory to reminisce and come to understand thehuman sacrifice it has taken to build and sta-bilize this nation we call ours. A trace of thispatriotic event even goes back to whenAbraham Lincoln gave the GettysburgAddress. Every year we set aside the lastMonday in May to remind all of America thereis a reason we are able to keep our liberty andkeep moving forward.

War. What does it mean? War is splitbetween the ugly and the pretty. We, civilians,view war as nationalistic. War is disguisedsymbolism. What about the ugliness behind it?War separates millions of people from homes.War is the destruction of homes, careers andlives. We are forgetting that soldiers serve forour nation so we can keep our homes, careersand lives. We are caught up in the fantasy wecreate in our minds of what we individuallybelieve war is portrayed as. We create this per-fect world in our minds based on what we hearand view on television, which ultimately leadsto disregarding the not so pretty side of war.We cannot run away from that side.

I speak for all when I say one of ourstrongest fears is waking up one morningknowing we lost our freedom. We wouldn’t bewhere we are today if it wasn’t for brave menand women that care for our nation very muchto the point where they basically volunteertheir lives so we can continue to prosper andlive freely. I personally thank you. I thank youfor your devotion. I thank you for giving methe opportunity to set goals for my future, formy future children to set goals for their future,and for my future grandchildren to set goalsfor their future. Your service leads to a chainreaction of success in the near future.

My appreciation for your service cannotsimply be read from this piece of paper. It isdeeply felt in my heart and words cannot givean explanation for how thankful I feel for pro-viding your service for me, for the people, andfor America. So I will tell you in two words:thank you.

MEMORIAL DAYcontinued from page A1


Priscilla J. (Divoll) Nasiatka, 83WINCHENDON – Priscilla

J. (Divoll) Nasiatka, age 83, of50 Otter River Road,Winchendon, died peacefullyTuesday morning, May 29, inBaldwinville Nursing Home,with her family at her side.

She was born inWinchendon on March 20,

1929, the daughter of the late Frederic andLaida (Michaelson) Divoll, grew up inWinchendon and Baldwinville and lived inWinchendon for most of her life.

Priscilla worked as a waitress at the OldMill Restaurant in Westminster and laterworked for 12 years as a nurse’s aide inBaldwinville Nursing Home. Her most recentemployment was working as an occupationaltherapist for 12 years at TempletonDevelopmental Center until her retirement.She attended Mary Curley High School inBoston and later got her certificate in occupa-tional therapy through the Walter E. FernaldSchool. A member of the United Parish,Priscilla enjoyed painting, arts and crafts and

making wreaths.Her husband of 33 years, Edward C.

Nasiatka, died in 1979. She leaves three sons,Edward C. Nasiatka Jr. and his wife Susan ofWestminster, Wayne David Nasiatka and hiswife Jean of Lititz, PA and Scott AlanNasiatka and his wife Heather ofWinchendon; six grandchildren, HeatherLaliberte, Crystal Nasiatka, ThomasNasiatka, Kate Nasiatka, Joshua Nasiatkaand Amber Nasiatka; two great grandchil-dren Matt Laliberte and Nick Laliberte andseveral nephews and nieces. A brother,Walfrid Niemi, and a sister, Sigrid Lefebvre,predeceased her.

Funeral services were held Friday, June 1 inStone-Ladeau Funeral Home (stone-ladeau.com), 343 Central St., Winchendon.The Rev. William Nash officiated.

Burial will be in Riverside Cemetery at alater date.

Memorial donations may be made to SaveThe Children Headquarters, 54 Wilton Road,Westport, CT 06880.

OBITUARIESNorman C.J. Baril, 82

WESTMINSTER — NormanC.J. Baril, age 82, died Friday,May 25, 2012 at the Universityof Massachusetts Healthcareafter an illness.

He leaves his wife of 60years, Stella (Sanchez) Baril,two daughters DeniseMacAloney and her husband

Brenton MacAloney of Westminster, ClariseBaril Bushey and her husband Grant ofLunenburg, one daughter-in-law Jayne-AnnBaril of Westminster, grandchildren, BrentonW. MacAloney II and his wife Manina ofElkridge, MD, Capt. Clayton MacAloney,USMC and his wife Dana of San Diego, CA,and Robert and Nicole Bushey both ofLunenburg, Talia, Joceyn, and Brianna Barilall of Westminster, three great-grandchildrenMadison, Taylor, and Avery MacAloney andseveral nieces and nephews.

Norman is predeceased by his son CharlieBaril who died Feb. 29, 2008.

Norman was born in Winchendon, on Nov.8, 1929 the son of the late Charles E. andBlanche L. (St. Laurent) Baril. He graduatedfrom Gardner High School.

Norman joined the US Air Force on Aug. 3,1948 and served for almost 30 years beforeretiring on Feb. 28, 1978 with the rank ofSenior Master Sergeant. During his years inthe Air Force, he served in both the Koreanand Vietnam wars, and was part of the Berlin

Air Lift. He was stationed inlocations around the world andreceived many awards and dec-orations for his service.

Norman was a member ofthe William S. Miller,American Legion Post 174 inWestminster. He enjoyed danc-ing, traveling, spending winters in Mesa, AZand working in his flower garden around hisflagpole. The joys of his life were his wife, hischildren, grandchildren and great-grandchil-dren. Norman also worked at HarringtonRichardson Gun Makers in Gardner and theAshland Post Office after his retirement fromthe Air Force.

His funeral was held on Thursday, May 31,2012 from the Westminster Chapel of theSawyer-Miller-Masciarelli Funeral Homes(masciarellifamilyfuneralhomes.net), 123Main St., Westminster with a Mass in the St.Edward the Confessor Church, Westminster.

Burial followed in the MassachusettsVeterans Memorial Cemetery, 111 GlenallenStreet, Winchendon, MA 01475.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributionscan be made to either the Westminster RescueFund, 7 South Street, Westminster, MA 01473or to Charlie’s Crew, Gardner Relay for Life,C/O American Cancer Society, 350 PlantationSt., Worcester, MA 01604 or may be left at theFuneral Home.

Nancy P. (Sherwin) Despres, 66GARDNER — Nancy P.

(Sherwin) Despres, age 66, ofGardner died peacefullyMonday, May 28, 2012 at thehome of her son inWestminster following alengthy illness.

Nancy, daughter of the lateAlden A. and Kathleen E.

(Sewell) Sherwin Jr., was born in Leominsteron April 23, 1946 and lived locally all of herlife. Nancy was a caretaker at the GardnerAnimal Shelter for many years and took greatjoy in bringing in and caring for stray ani-mals. She also bred Springer spaniels and hadan affinity for training dogs. Throughout herlife, Nancy also worked as a bank teller, certi-fied nurse’s assistant and dental assistant.She will be long remembered for her musicaltalent, singing folk music with the localgroup, Friendly Folk.

Nancy will be sadly missed by her children,Scott C. Despres and his wife Dale ofWestminster, Daniel Despres of Gardner, EricR. Despres and his wife Helene of Athol andDana A. Despres of Orange; two brothers,

Jeffrey Sherwin and his wife Teresa ofGardner and Alden “Peter” A. Sherwin III ofSandwich; one sister, Donna Silberstein andher husband Steve of Lunenburg; eightgrandchildren, Zachary Despres, TaylorDespres, Chloe Despres, Nora Despres, ElijahDespres, Eliora Despres, Emma Despres andCaleb Despres; her former husband, RogerDespres of Winchendon and several nephewsand nieces.

Family and friends are planning to honorand celebrate Nancy’s life. A date and timewill be announced later.

Those who wish to remember Nancy bymaking a memorial contribution in her nameare kindly asked to consider the City ofGardner Shelter Fund, c/o Gardner AnimalControl Facility, PO Box 676, Gardner, MA01440.

For updated service information or to sharea condolence with Depres family, please visitus online at www.fletchercares.com.Arrangements have been entrusted to thecare of Fletcher-Hebert Funeral Home, 70Pleasant St., Winchendon.

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SPORTSSPORTSBlue Devils hold off Warriors

BY JERRY CARTONSPECIAL TO THE COURIER

WINCHENDON — The seasonbegan slowly as the Murdock BlueDevils managed just a single win intheir first seven games, but it endedwith seven triumphs over the lastdozen games and none were moredramatic than last Thursday’s 2-1squeaker over Narragansett whenthe Blue Devils twice nailed thetying run at the plate in the seventhinning.

For those who haven’t heard, orweren’t there — here’s how it hap-pened: Murdock was nursing thatslim margin when the visitors cameto bat in the top of the seventh.‘Gansett’s leadoff hitter got a hitand the next batter drove the ball toleft-center, and it seemed for certainthe tying run would score. Not sofast. Blue Devil left fielder TrevorAllen fired the ball to shortstop KyleChumsae who in turn delivered astrike to catcher Brandon Lucier forthe out. One down, Murdock still upa run, a ‘Gansett runner on thethird.

Narragansett’s Nick Goss ground-ed to first baseman Tyler Perry, whothrew home, and runner CamBurhoe was tagged by Lucier as hetried to scramble back to homeplate. “Amazing,” enthused BlueDevils coach Chris LeBlanc.“Brandon made two unbelievable

plays, blocking the plate and got theglove on the ball.

“That first one, the ball was hitdeep. The leftfielder (Allen) had tomake a fast relay and the strike fromKyle made that play happen. Thesecond play, the runner didn’t slide,but my catcher still made a greatplay to block the plate even though Ithink the runner would have beencalled out for not sliding,” LeBlancnoted.

Not only did that gave the Blue

Devils their third win of the week,they followed that with a seasonfinale triumph on Saturday to finishat 7-11 after the rocky beginning.

“Great kids,” said LeBlanc.The big win over the arch rivals

from Baldwinville was marked aswell by yet another outstandingpitching performance from AndyPolcari, who gave up just five hits ina three-strike out, no walk completegame effort.

“He’s pitched three gems this year,

all three games he’s pitched for us,”LeBlanc said.

The Blue Devils got the jump onthe Warriors right away, scoring inthe home first. Larry Agnelli wasaboard thanks to a ‘Gansett errorand Perry later laid down whatLeBlanc called a “perfect” suicidesqueeze to give Murdock a 1-0 edge.

Things were even going into thehome sixth, ‘Gansett having tied thecontest in the fourth. Chumsae and

Agnelli opened the frame with sin-gles, advanced on a double steal andChumsae scored what would proveto be the winning run when Perrywalked but the ball got away fromthe ‘Gansett catcher.

As it turned out, given the dramato come in the seventh, that was allMurdock needed to hold on for yetanother dramatic win in the sea-son’s penultimate game.


WINCHENDON — Saving the best for last,senior Katherine Landanno dropped a basehit barely inside the right field line to com-plete a two-out, three-run seventh inning rallyto give the Murdock Lady Devils a 4-3 win overthe West Boylston Lady Lions and earn a splitof Saturday’s regular-season ending double-header at the American Legion.

The triumph snapped a three game losingstreak and sent Murdock into a fifth straightpost season on a high note with a 14-3 record.That post-season will begin Monday at 3:30when the second seeded Lady Devils hosteither Monty Tech or Uxbridge in a secondround playoff game. Murdock earned a firstround bye.

After setting a new school mark with their13th straight win, the Lady Devils droppedcontests to Littleton, Narragansett, andSaturday’s opener before getting back on thewinning side of the ledger.

“The senior got it done,” enthused Murdockcoach Randy Tenney, finally able to exhaleafter a stressful week.

Things didn’t look good early in the regularseason finale when West Boylston, havingalready won the first game to clinch leaguehonors, scored three second inning runs, butthat was all the visitors got, and the LadyDevils got one back when senior startingpitcher Jess Monette opened the home fifthwith a homer over the left field fence.

Still, things looked shaky going into the lastof the seventh, and after senior Taylor Budkabegan that frame with a single, they lookedeven bleaker when the next two hitters wereretired.

But then Angie Polcari lashed a double, andBrianna Dellechiaie did likewise to scoreBudka and Polcari and, just like that,Murdock had pulled even.

Up came Landanno, who hadn’t gottenmany at bats during the season, havingreturned to softball after a lot of springs run-ning track. Undeterred, she found a pitch shecould handle, launched a soft blooper overfirst base, and when the ball stayed fair by asingle rotation, the Lady Devils had stunnedthe Lady Lions, triggering a jubilant celebra-tion at home plate.

“Perfect timing,” Tenney understated abouta game that also featured outstanding defen-sive plays from Mariah Tenney and CaSandraParkhurst.

Landanno’s heroics salvaged a day that had-n’t begun well at all. West Boylston opened a 3-0 first inning lead in the opener. Murdockmade it 3-1 in the fifth when Budka reachedand scored on a Brittany Eliason sacrifice fly.But the Lady Lions came back with a pair inthe last of that inning and while Murdock gottwo back in the sixth on a fence-clearinghomer from Mariah Tenney, they couldn’t getany closer.

Between games on Saturday, the trio of sen-iors, Budka, Landanno, and Monette werehonored, and it was Taylor who enlivened theproceedings by bringing all her teammates tothe mound for the ceremonies after the par-ents were awarded the traditional flowers.

Speaking for the three of them, Budkanoted, “we couldn’t have asked for a bettersenior season. I want to thank coach ‘Randall’,(which has been Randy Tenney’s nicknamefrom his players for years) and Tracey Tenney,who’ve been there for so many years, andthese lovely fellows, too,” gesturing to herlaughing teammates. “My mom’s been a

saint,” she added.Thus inspired, the

Lady Devils went outand concluded the reg-ular season on a highnote.

The earlier part of the week hadn’t been sobright. Maybe the accomplishment of reach-ing that new school mark created somethingof a letdown, maybe not, but in any event,Murdock, by then ranked tenth in theTelegraph/Gazette statewide poll, took itsgaudy 13-0 mark to Littleton on Wednesday,and fell behind, and, for the first time in 2012,found themselves unable to catch up, droppinga 4-3 decision.

That was disappointing, but the next after-noon, back home to face Narragansett, wassimply ugly to start. ‘Gansett scored four inthe top of the first and that would be allDanielle LeBlanc would need on the way to an8-1 Lady Warriors win. Murdock had won inBaldwinville earlier in the season, handing‘Gansett their only loss in a 20-game cam-paign, but Thursday belonged to the visitors.

“We settled in after that first inning,”remarked Randy Tenney.

LeBlanc scattered five hits while striking

out nine, but lost her shutout in the seventhwhen, again, there was a senior collaborationas Monette singled and eventually scored onBudka’s hit.

“I asked the girls for one run going into theseventh and they got it. We weren’t shut out atall this season,” Randy Tenney pointed out.

So Murdock wrapped up a regular year withan .823 winning percentage, good enough forsecond place in Mid Wach D, and enters thepost season off an emotional win.

The Lady Devils are entering their fifthstraight post-season with upbeat attitudes,said Randy Tenney.

“We kind of needed to learn to come frombehind,” he noted, referencing Saturday’snightcap. “That kind of lit a fire under them.They know we’ve got to get our bats going. Wehad three hour practices because they’re theones who want that.”

Botko, Budka, Monette, and Mariah Tenneywere named to the Mid Wach All-Star team.

Lady Devils split with Lady Lions


WINCHENDON — A cou-ple of recent strong pitchingefforts from Zack Lafleur andLogan Knight propelled theMajor league level Red Sox toa pair of triumphs. Lafleurthrew five frames in a 10-5win over the Braves and com-bined with Zach Phelps inthat contest to yield just apair of walks. The top six hit-ters in the lineup all scored.Knight went 4 2/3 in a fiveinning win over the A’s whileTony Wolski not only openedthe game battling his way to a13-pitch walk, he wound up

with four stolen bases on thenight.

Meanwhile, the Big Leagueteam was scheduled to beginits season Thursday. FormerMurdock players GregMaynard and Andy Kutchaare the manager and coach ofthat group, and theJunior/Senior girls resumeaction this weekend.

A number of local girlshave contributed to wins dur-ing the Winchendon School’ssecond softball season. EliseLemieux, called the, “goddessof walks” by coach JaretSampson, routinely drewthree or four free passes game

after game as she approachedthe school record for bases onballs. Lexi Doody cracked acouple homers, and MeghanBlack had more than one tenstrikeout performance,including a 13k game againstMt. Heron. Black also got hitin the face, but soldiered on,saying, “Getting hit in theface definitely hurt, but Iknew leaving my team withonly eight players wasn’t theway to go. Not only did wehave an all-around teameffort, we had a nice battlescar to go with it,” shelaughed.

Alumni GameLooking to build on last year’s inaugural event,

the Murdock Boosters will be hosting the secondannual Alumni and Family softball games nextSunday, June 10, with action beginning at noon.

Designed to raise money for the school’s baseballprogram, the Alumni game will precede the familycontest. Participation will cost $20, a fee that willearn a tee shirt and lunch as well as playing time.

Last spring, then-baseball coach Matt LaPointecame up with the idea for the games, and while theweather wasn’t cooperative, the day being cold andblustery, the event itself was a success and newcoach Chris LeBlanc hopes to build on that momen-tum.

“We did pretty well for a first time event,”LaPointe said at the time, and his enthusiasm wasshared by alumni who played.

“It was fun to be back to be back on the field. Ialready forgot the score, but I had a great time,”laughed Paige Girard (class of 2008), who had graduated with more varsity letters than anyother female athlete.

“We all clicked,” observed Ridge Markeseinies (class of 2010).Added Ashley Perry (class of 2010), “this was a great idea.”That’s what LaPointe thought too, and that’s the attitude taken by LeBlanc as well.“It’s going to be fun,” he promised.In addition to the alumni game at noon and the family game at 2 p.m., the Boosters will be

serving lunch for spectators as well as players.More information can be obtained from LeBlanc at the school at (978) 297-1256

Starring roles in local action

Trevor Perry gets a base hit

Stealing base is one of Kyle Chumsae’s gifts that sometimes gets him tagged, andsometimes doesn’t.

Allie Botko hits it out to left field.

Seniors Jess Monette, Katherine Landanno, and Taylor Budka are honored.Landanno has been on the team for the 2012 season. Monette and Budka havebeen on the team since middle school.

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the same. He said he uses seven of his 18 acresfor his contractor’s yard. He said nothingcould be seen from any house. Fields said acar salvage yard is different than car salvageyards of old.

“You don’t just take a car and throw it outthere, and it’s dripping fluid all over, and peo-ple are hacking hoses off it and stuff. They areusually all processed as soon as you bringthem in there, and all the fluids are all drainedout of them and the parts are taken off andput on the shelf. It’s almost like a store. Thenthe carcass is laid out there, but everything isdrained out of it.”

Board member Rick Germano said heunderstood there were four categories salvageyards were placed under. He asked Fieldswhich tier, with tier one as the worst-case sce-nario, his proposed salvage yard would fitunder.

Fields said the car carcasses would not bepiled high, but laid side by side. He plans oncrushing cars there possibly once a year.

Board member Joe Snow asked if he wouldbe building a garage to strip the cars. Fieldssaid not now, but possibly in the future.

Fields said, “If I didn’t have to come in here,and get all the neighbors notified, I bet theywouldn’t notice any difference in what’s therenow because from time to time I have piles ofmaterial in there. I crush rocks and stuff.That’s probably noisier than crushing cars Iwould say, not to mention the dump trucksgoing in and out are kind of noisy.”

Snow asked how many cars was Fields fig-uring he would be stripping. Fields estimatedabout 200. He said currently there are five orsix on his lot.

“My argument is that it is industrial now. Isit a change of use? I guess in some senses it is,but in other senses it’s still going to be stuffstored outdoors. It’s going to change frompiles of gravel and loam and stuff like that tocars.”

Germano said he didn’t know how the boardcould make a decision. He said there were twodifferent zones, and there was nothing thatallowed crossing over from industrial intocommercial residential.

The board discussed the building inspec-tor’s conundrum considering the salvage yardmay have been an allowed use when the con-tractor’s yard was first laid out. The alloweduse changed but the owner did not since hewas grandfathered.

“In 2004 the whole thing was consideredindustrial,” noted board member CynthiaCarvill. “The whole parcel was consideredindustrial and then they changed it.”

Fields said in 2006 it was changed so whatev-er the frontage was would control whateverwas in the back.

Carvill said, “The building inspector cansee no provision that allows for preexistingnon conforming protected use to be changedto another use that would not be allowed inboth zoning districts or the neighborhoodcommercial.”

The board discussed whether the trafficwould be better or worse changing the usefrom contractor’s yard to salvage.

Fields reiterated the neighbors would havenoticed nothing different except the sign outfront.

Fields told the board he has not connectedwith the DEP on the change of use yet.

Neighbors stepped forward to say the busi-ness as a contractor’s yard has not botheredthem. They said the only issue would be adownward trend to property values with a sal-

vage yard. He said currently there are nosigns giving the abutters a stigma of a salvageyard.

Abutters said they purchased their proper-ties after the change with the idea the zoningwould remain as it is with allowed uses. Theysaid changing it could be detrimental to prop-erty values now and in the future. They allspoke highly of Fields.

Chairman Robert Marshall said there hadbeen case law of split use lots where courtshave upheld the decision that crossing zoneswas not allowed.

Fields said if it were a virgin lot, he wouldagree, but since his lot has been developed andis currently used industrial, it should still beallowed.

Planning Agent Ellen DeCoteau said aftermany conversations with the building inspec-tor, it came down to the use that exists now isgrandfathered and totally protected as a con-tractor’s yard. The only reason it is called intoquestion is that there has been a change.

Marshall said the definitions list contrac-tor’s yard and salvage yard as two separateuses.

The board debated principal use underindustrial since the last eight years it wasused as an industrial zone. Fields said he builtthe garage in 2004. The board said they wouldfeel more comfortable with denying or approv-ing a special permit after gathering moreinformation on industrial use and changes.They also wondered if the grandfather statuswould be lost with the change of use.

They also discussed calling in a legal opin-ion, and voted to submit questions to the towncounsel.

The board agreed they would need an opin-ion to be fair to the owner and abutters.

The hearing was continued to June 20th at7:30 pm.


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attended Bastien’s kickoff, and commented,“It is has been my extreme pleasure to servewith Rep. Bastien. I had the honor to cam-paign for Rich in 2010 and I know what a hardworker he is. We serve in a citizens’ legisla-ture made up of all kinds of folks with differ-ent backgrounds and experiences. Our forefa-thers created it to be that way so everyday cit-izens could collectively decide the laws of ourCommonwealth and it should not be made upof exclusively lawyers or special interestgroups or dominated by one party. Richunderstands this and has done a remarkablejob for those he serves on Beacon Hill.”

Looking forward to a second term, Bastienstated he has enjoyed serving the people ofthe district, that anyone looking to contacthim can visit his website RichBastien.com oremail him at [email protected].

“The stakes have never been higher andthis election is too important to take a stepbackward after the progress of the last twoyears,” said Bastien.

The Second Worcester District is changingafter the redistricting process. The districtwill now consist of the city of Gardner, thetowns of Ashburnham, Winchendon, andprecinct one of Westminster.

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Winchendon concerning theexisting railroad bed betweenGlenallan Street and NorthAshburnham Road (Route 12) toconstruct 2.1 miles of bike-pathwith features such as paved park-ing lots off Spring Street andGlenallan, gravel along the sidesof the bike-path, and rehabilita-tion of three existing railroadbridges with new wood decks andhandrails across the MillersRiver within the portion of theNorth Central Pathway. Thiswould be Phase V of the NorthCentral Pathway. The path itselfwill be a 10 foot paved surfacewith graded shoulders using theexisting rail bed. There are stoneculverts already present and in“great shape for their age” thatwill be used. The path is elevatedfor the most part. There will be asecond parking lot on the cornerof Spring Street and Glenallanwith access to the trail. The trailwill terminate at NorthAshburnham Road. There is aplanned future phase to connectwith the rest of the path toGardner.

The concern before conserva-tion was the considerable wetlandareas beside the Millers River.This project is funded throughfederal highway administeredthrough MassachusettsDepartment of Transportation.The hope is that the project wouldbe advertised by the end of theyear and they could begin con-struction next year.

Koonce asked about prepara-tion of the rail bed before pave-ment was laid out.

Planners said the organic mat-ter would be stripped and treeswould be removed, and therewould be fill-in with a thin layerof gravel. After the bed and shoul-ders are shaped, then a base layerof asphalt would be put down.After it is compacted, a secondtopcoat would be laid.

The board was told that an

excavator would be used, and asidewalk-scale roller. Therewould also be a truck for haulingmaterial in and out.

The bridges would be encapsu-lated with an air filtration systemto remove the lead paint. Theywould then be repainted.Anything needing replacementwill be replaced. Structurallythey are in good shape.

The bike trail would end atNorth Ashburnham Road, andpeople could take Old GardnerRoad, which is a bike route, to thepath that parallels Route 140Gardner Road.

The hearing was continueduntil June 28 so the board couldstudy the project and have ques-tions ready.

A request for determinationwas made by the MassachusettsDepartment of Transportationfor the purpose of resurfacingwork on Main Street to the DCRgate to Lake Denison. It is a main-tenance project to be completedwithin the existing paved area.

The board voted a negativedetermination.

Members of the Mount GraceLand Trust came before the boardto talk about the MarchmontConservation Restriction. NorthQuabbin Regional LandscapePartnership coordinator JayRasku told the board that the vot-ers of the town approved the con-servation restriction and the landgrant that would fund the wholetransaction. In order to close theproject, paperwork for the grantwas imperative. There are two let-ters the grant requires theConservation Commission weighin approval. Rasku asked mem-bers of the commission unani-mously sign one such letter.

A Marchmont commitment let-ter, which states the ConservationCommission understands thecommitment, means stewardshipof the property. It must be walkedevery year with reports to ForestLegacy about how the terms ofthe restriction are being met.Rasku said Mount Grace would

work with the commission toserve as a backup. There will betraining provided for the steward-ship needs.

The second letter states thecommission is participating with-out coercion.

“It’s a form letter that ForestLegacy requires,” said Rasku.

The board voted unanimouslyto sign.

Rasku said all documents toclose should be completed by thefirst week in June. If it does notclose by June 30th there would beno grant funds.

Andrew Carpenter, a soil scien-tist, brought forward a plan forcomposting to be done at OtterRiver Farm. Carpenter said DaveSmith has a very unique opera-tion with his 200-cow dairy butdoesn’t have land.

“What that means is he bringsin all his feed, and all his manuregoes out.”

Carpenter said Smith was pro-gressive and turned it into a posi-tive by starting a compostingoperation with manure that has ahuge market.

“Dave was just telling me itgoes all the way to Cape Cod!”

Carpenter said that this springthere is a constant stream of cus-tomers at Smith’s farm for thecompost.

“In terms of being a diversefarming operation he’s almost amodel for the department of agri-culture because now he’s got notonly the cheese but a valuableproduct in the manure.”

Smith is proposing to begincomposting on two asphalt padswith a fabric type roof to deflectwater over the piles to keep thecompost from remaining soaked,slowing the composting process.The structures would be builtclose to the barn. If the projectpasses approval there may begrant funding available.

John Walker delineated wet-lands in the area.

Carpenter said the Departmentof Environmental Protection wascontacted and he was informed

the project met their scope foragricultural improvement.

Koonce said he believedwaivers for setbacks could begiven for a project that servespublic interest.

“I think this is a very good proj-ect,” said Koonce. “To get rid ofthat big composting area where itis now, and put it undercover…put it inside these build-ings. That is a big improvement,and promoting agriculture ingeneral is certainly in the publicinterest.”

Koonce advised Smith apply fora determination of applicability,which is needed when doing workwithin a buffer zone. A negativedetermination would mean nonotice of intent would berequired as long as conditions aremet.

Koonce said the only thing hewould be a little concerned overwould be roof run-off.

Walker advised crushed stonearound the structure to channelthe water.

Carpenter said he would bringplans to the boards that addressedconcerns to receive a determina-tion June 28.

The board heard John Walker’sconcerns over a piece of propertyon Winter Street. He said thatapproval for a berm to preventflooding on property at the edge ofa brook was given in 2005 andnever completed. A new ownerwas considering a way to preventhis backyard from flooding.Koonce went to visit the site andproposed a different action,which would be for the propertyowner to take debris and growthfrom the edges of the stream leav-ing the whole channel open for adirected flow. He said his concernwas that the berm would keep thewater off the owner’s property,but it would push the water ontosomeone else’s property. Theowner could also coordinate withthe DPW for piping to the street’sstorm water drains. Walker saidthe old pipes were plugged.

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With GFA approaching its 75thAnniversary in 2013, Sbrega reflected on sev-eral periods of GFA’s history. In the mostrecent chapters, GFA was named America’sNumber One Community Credit Union,received recognition for its social responsibil-ity and successfully navigated through peri-ods of economic unrest.

As GFA moves forward, it recognizes thesupport of its loyal and long-time membersand remembers its beginnings. As a way toshare its appreciation, the credit unionannounced that it will be hosting a‘Celebrating Our Heritage’ block party inJuly. The event is being planned in conjunc-tion with the Acadien Social Club and SharpImage Screenprinting & Embroidery and willbe held at their Parker Street locations.

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James O. Garrison, chairman of GFA’sSupervisory Committee, reported that GFAcontinues to be safe and secure with stronginternal controls, good procedures and greatfiscal stability. Management has been proac-tive in identifying ways to serve members’needs while ensuring the credit unionremains fiscally strong and compliant.Garrison also reported that GFA passed all ofits regular internal and external audits,including that by its federal regulator theNational Credit Union Administration, withhigh ratings. Members took comfort in know-ing that they are doing business with a trust-ed and fiscally responsible organization thatis here to serve them well into the future.

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Chris Casavant completed his doctorate of education from Boston College. He is a dou-ble eagle, as he also earned his Masters degree from BC in curriculum development.Proud parents Gail and Dennis Casavant shared the day with him.

He is NEVER speechless. As a matter of fact he fired thecomebacks rather quickly until Jack Maliska stepped inwith duct tape. It was a Marx Brothers evening last Friday.Casavant’s scrubs read “Free Mammograms.” He isn’ttelling the women he is now a doctor of education and cur-riculum development, just the “doctor” part. Wanna play,doctor?

Now with a doctorate, Casavant will continue his pursuitof a career in education. Great job Mr. C.!

Drama…and more…

Drama, you say? Drama youwant? Fine. How wereThursday and Saturdayfor drama? First, the boys’

varsity baseball team closed theirseason with a rush, winning awhole bunch of games the last fewweeks, none more dramatic thanThursday’s. Leading Narragansett2-1 going into the seventh behindan outstanding effort from AndyPolcari, who just might haveemerged as the ace of the staff, theBlue Devils held on when bothKyle Chumsae and Tyler Perry cutdown Warrior runners at the plate.That’s right, twice the tying runwas nailed in the final frame.Pretty dramatic, wouldn’t you say?Think this team can’t wait for2013?

The softball team saw their 13 gamewin streak snapped last week andwere in fact, on the brink of a regularseason-closing fourth straight loss,and that was no way to head into thepost season. But hold on. TrailingWest Boylston, 3-1 going into theirfinal at bat at the American Legion,and still down by two runs with twoouts, the Lady Devils got hits fromsenior Taylor Budka and Angie

Polcari and Bri Dellechiaie, the latterof whom tied the game, and that setfor the stage for another senior.

Katherine Landanno hasn’t playedmuch softball recently — she’s spentmost of her middle and high schoolsprings running track, but this yearopted for one last go-round on the dia-mond. She didn’t get a whole lot ofplaying time for a team that beganthe week ranked 10th in the state, buton Saturday she sure made the mostof her chance, blooping a ball justinside the right field line to pull outas dramatic a win as I’ve seen in awhile. Maybe there wasn’t anythingat stake, league-standings wise, butthat didn’t matter — it was thebiggest, best moment of Kat’s softballcareer and as cool a way to finish as Ican imagine and it put the final excla-mation point on a senior year thatbegan with her scoring the winning

goal in last fall’s field hockey All-Stargame.

And at the other end of the spec-trum? There was eighth grader PaigeAnderson on Saturday, qualifying fornot one, not two, not three, but fourevents for track States. Most people,of course, associate Paige with bas-ketball, and justifiably so, but she’shad one of the more spectacularspring track seasons Murdock’s everseen as well.

Not bad at all.Another senior, Jess Monette,

closed out the regular season portionof her high school softball career intypical J-Mo style, throwing a com-plete game at the Lady Lions andhelping her own cause with a homer.Granted, nothing particularly newthere, but the right way to finishregardless.

Senior Day saw Taylor, (speaking,as ever, for the trio of seniors) muchmore animated and relaxed than shehad been at her basketball sendofflast winter, joke about the micro-phone, tease her long time softballcoaches, pay a deserved tribute tomom Darlene, and invite all her team-mates to share in the festivities.Pretty classy.

And now, the post-season. Who everknows? Single elimination tourna-ments are treacherous and unpre-dictable. Ask the clearly superiorPittsburgh Steelers about the singleovertime play Tim Tebow and theBroncos threw at them last January,not that, as a Ravens fan, I was disap-pointed, of course! Two years ago,Monty Tech cruised through anunbeaten regular softball season butwere stunned in the quarter finals byTurners Falls. Good for us, as itturned out, but who saw that coming?12 months ago, the Lady Devils them-selves, second seeds, were shown thedoor by 11th seed Quabog. You can’tpredict these things with any sense ofcertainty. We shall see.

Speaking of seeing, I’m still farfrom convinced that what I’m seeingin the American League East is real.You can’t blame Orioles fans for arather large degree of skepticismconsidering that we’ve, a) seen faststarts before, and, b) seen big timesummer fades deflate those earlyteases. No doubt the division is closerand more competitive than in a longtime, but I can’t help but take andwait-and-see attitude, at least foranother month or so. I will say that

signing Adam Jones to a long termdeal was a sign the franchise is seri-ous about playing with the big boys,but that rotation hasn’t quite yetdemonstrated it can handle this divi-sion. Anyway, one team I am con-vinced is for real — that’d be theWashington Nationals.

The Phillies got old fast andWashington, who hasn’t made thepost season since the originalSenators played in the 1924 WorldSeries, is a legitimate threat to bearound in October, especially sincethere are two wild cards up for grabsnow.

Finally, I am writing this beforeeither NBA conference finals began,but I wrote back in December whenthe season started, that I was figuringa Miami-OKC Finals. I don’t knowwhere the Heat/Celtics andThunder/Spurs stand at the moment,(and give Boston credit for grabbingthe opening that the untimelyDerrick Rose injury provided), butgoing into the conference finals, I wasquite content to stand by thatChristmas time prediction. I mean,San Antonio can’t win again at theirgeezer age, can they? See you nextweek.

JERRYCARTON

TALKING

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PUBLIC AUCTIONSALE OF HOUSEHOLD GOODS

By virtue of the right granted by thestatute, the Massachusetts Code Section105A, the enforcement of satisfying the lienof Winchendon Central Storage, for storageand expenses will be sold at public auctionon June 11 2012 9am. All and singular, thefurnishings, household furniture and equip-ment of Ralph Christian #26, Chris Nosek#38 and Rachel Day #35.

All items sold will be cash or certifiedcheck only. Auction to be held at WinchendonCentral Storage, 234 Lincoln Ave.,Winchendon, MA 01475.May 26, 2012June 2, 2012

(SEAL)THE COMMONWEALTH OF

MASSACHUSETTSLAND COURT

DEPARTMENT OF THE TRIAL COURT2012 MISC. 462505ORDER OF NOTICE

To:Louis P. Martin; Elaine E Martinand to all persons entitled to the benefit ofthe Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, 50U.S.C. App. § 501 et seq.:BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., SUCCESSORBY MERGER TO BAC HOME LOANS SER-VICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOMELOANS SERVICING LPclaiming to have an interest in a Mortgagecovering real property in 131 OAK STREET,WINCHENDON given by Louis P. Martin andElaine E Martin to Mortgage ElectronicRegistration Systems, Inc., dated March 21,2008, and recorded with the WorcesterCounty (Worcester District) Registry ofDeeds at Book 42608, Page 15 and now heldby the plaintiff by assignment has/have filedwith this court a complaint for determinationof Defendant’s/Defendants’ Servicemembersstatus.If you now are, or recently have been, in theactive military service of the UnitedStates ofAmerica, then you may be entitled to thebenefits of the Servicemembers Civil ReliefAct. 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 atThree Pemberton Square, Boston, MA02108 on or before July 2, 2012 or you will beforever barred from claiming that you areentitled to the benefits of said Act.

Witness, KARYN F. SCHEIER ChiefJustice of this Court on May 21, 2012.Attest:

Deborah J. PattersonRecorder

201203-0947-bluJune 2, 2012

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

of Sale contained in a certain mortgagegiven by Steven K. Branch, MD, PHD (the“Mortgagor”) to Gardner Franco-AmericanFederal Credit Union n/k/a GFA FederalCredit Union (the “Mortgagee”), having ausual place of business at 229 Parker Street,Gardner, Worcester County, Massachusetts,dated September 15, 2004 and recordedwith the Worcester District Registry ofDeeds, Book 34605, Page 166 of whichmortgage the undersigned is the presentholder, and for breach of the conditions ofsaid mortgage and for the purpose of fore-closing the same will be sold at PublicAuction on the premises situated at 30Elmwood Road, Winchendon,Massachusetts, at 11:00 A.M. on the 26thday of June, 2012, all and singular the prem-

ises described in said mortgage, to wit: thefollowing described land with all buildings,equipment and fixtures now or hereafterplaced thereon:

The land in Winchendon situated on thenorthwesterly side of Elmwood Road, bound-ed and described as follows: viz:BEGINNING at a point in the northwesterlyline of Elmwood Road one hundred (100)feet southwesterly from a corner of walls atland of Henry C. Girouard;THENCE Southwesterly on the said line ofElmwood Road one hundred forty (140) feetto an iron pin;THENCE Northwesterly at a right angle fromthe said line of Elmwood Road one hundredfifty (150) feet to an iron pin;THENCE Northeasterly in a line parallel withthe said Northwesterly line of Elmwood Roadone hundred forty (140) feet to an iron pin;THENCE Southeasterly one hundred fifty(150) feet to the said line of Elmwood Roadat the place of beginning.

Subject to the layout of Elmwood Roadby the Town of Winchendon recorded withsaid Registry of Deeds at Book 4331, Page263.

Being the same premises conveyed toSteven K. Branch, MD, PHD by deed ofJamie L. Boutell dated September 14, 2004and recorded in the Worcester DistrictRegistry of Deeds, Book 34605, Page 165.

Said premises are to be sold and con-veyed subject to any and all unpaid taxes tothe Town of Winchendon, Massachusetts,and to any unpaid liens and assessmentsthereon, and subject to and with the benefitof all restrictions, easements, improvements,outstanding liens, or claims in the nature ofliens and existing encumbrances of record,created prior to the mortgage, if there be any.

Said premises will be sold subject toand/or with the benefit of any and all restric-tions, easements, improvements, covenants,leaseholds, tenancies, occupants, municipalor zoning regulations or requirements, out-standing tax titles, municipal or other publictaxes, assessments, liens or claims in thenature of liens, and existing encumbrancesof record created prior to the mortgage or towhich the Mortgage has been subordinated,if any there be. No representation is made asto the existence or nonexistence of lead paintor UFFI at the premises and Buyer purchas-es subject to all requirements related thereto.

If the premises are not serviced by apublic sewage system, Buyer will be solelyresponsible for compliance with all Title VRegulations, including but not limited to, anyinspection and upgrade requirements setforth in 310 CMR (Code of MassachusettsRegulations) 15.300 through 15.305.

The Mortgagee will offer for sale themortgaged premises as an entirety.

Terms of Sale: A deposit of FIVE THOU-SAND AND NO/100 ($5,000.00) Dollars tobe paid in cash, (U.S. Currency), BankCertified Check, Bank Treasurers Check,Bank Cashiers Check or other official BankCheck, at the time and place of sale. Suchdeposit must be shown to the auctioneerprior to the commencement of the bidding inorder to be entitled to bid. The purchaser willbe required to sign a Memorandum of Salecontaining the above terms and such otherterms as may be announced at the time andplace of the sale. The sale will not be com-plete until such deposit is paid and suchMemorandum is signed.

In the event the successful bidder at thepublic auction fails to perform in the timespecified to purchase the premises, theMortgagee reserves the right, at its sole elec-tion to sell the premise by foreclosure deed tothe other qualified bidders, in descendingorder beginning with the next highest bidder.

Mortgagee also reserves the right, at its soleelection, to assume the bid of any defaultingor declining bidder.

The Purchaser will be required to deliverthe balance of the purchase price to be paidwithin thirty (30) days of sale, upon the deliv-ery of the foreclosure deed at the office ofRichard A. Cella, Esquire, 65 PleasantStreet, P.O. Box 297, Leominster,Massachusetts, at which time the foreclosuredeed and all related documents will be deliv-ered to the Purchaser. The Purchaser will besolely responsible for completing the filingand recording of all foreclosure documentsas required by applicable laws and for thepayment of all deed excise stamps and all fil-ing and recording fees.

The Mortgagee reserves the right topostpone the sale to a later date by publicproclamation at the time and date appointedfor the sale and to further postpone at anyadjourned sale date by public proclamationat the time and date appointed for theadjourned sale date.

In the event that the successful bidder atthe foreclosure sale shall default in purchas-ing the within described property accordingto the terms of this Notice of Sale and/or theterms of the Memorandum of Sale executedat the time of foreclosure, the Mortgageereserves the right to sell the property by fore-closure deed to the second highest bidderproviding that said second highest biddershall deposit with the Mortgagee's attorney,RICHARD A. CELLA, 65 Pleasant Street,P.O. Box 297, Leominster, Massachusetts01453, the amount of the required deposit asset forth herein within three (3) businessdays after written notice of the default of theprevious highest bidder and title shall be con-veyed to the said second highest bidder with-in thirty (30) days of said written notice.

If the second highest bidder declines topurchase the within described property, theMortgagee reserves the right to purchase thewithin described property.

The description of the MortgagedPremises contained in the Mortgage shallcontrol in the event of a typographical error inthis publication.

Subject to such other terms and condi-tions as may be announced at the time, dateand place of sale.Other terms to be announced at the sale.

GFA FEDERAL CREDIT UNIONPresent Holder of Mortgage

By Its Attorney,Richard A. Cella, Esq.

65 Pleasant StreetP.O. Box 297

Leominster, Massachusetts 01453Telephone No. (978) 537-8214

May 26, 2012June 2, 2012June 9, 2012

MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF SALE OFREAL ESTATE

By virtue and in execution of the Power ofSale contained in a certain Mortgage givenby Peter Laperriere to Mortgage ElectronicRegistration Systems, Inc., dated September30, 2010 and recorded with the WorcesterCounty (Worcester District) Registry ofDeeds at Book 46433, Page 249 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 12:00 PM on June 27, 2012 at 16Monadnock Avenue, Winchendon, MA, alland singular the premises described in saidMortgage, to wit:The land in Winchendon, Worcester County,Massachusetts, with the buildings thereon,and bounded and described as follows:

Commencing at the Northeast corner of thelot on the Southerly line of MonadnockAvenue, it being the Northwest corner of landnow or formerly of Eaton D. Sargent, and onehundred sixty and one-half (160.5) feetWesterly from the Westerly line of CentralStreet;Thence Southerly on line of said Sargentland and land now or formerly of William H.Putney one hundred twenty (120.0) feet,more or less, to land of Sophia M. Whitney;Thence Westerly on line of said Whitney'sland seventy (70.0) feet to a corner;Thence Northerly on a line parallel with thefirst mentioned line and seventy (70.0) feetdistant therefrom, one hundred twenty(120.0) feet, more or less, to the Southerlyline of said Monadnock Avenue;Thence South seventy-four degrees East online of said Avenue seventy (70.0) feet to theplace of beginning.Also conveying to the Grantees the right topass and repass with men and teams at anyand all times over a strip of land six (6.0) feetwide adjoining the above-described premis-es on the Westerly side and extendingSoutherly from Monadnock Avenue ninety(90.0) feet.This conveyance is subject to the right topass and repass with men and teams at anyand all times over a strip ofland six (6.0) feetwide on the Westerly side of the above-described premises, and extendingSoutherly from Monadnock Avenue ninety(90.0) feet.For title reference see Deed recorded withWorcester County Registry of Deeds, Book41829 Page 157.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.

Sovereign Bank, N.A.Present Holder of said Mortgage,

By Its Attorneys,Orlans Moran PLLC

P.O. Box 962169Boston, MA 02196

Phone: (617) 502-4100June 2, 2012June 9, 2012June 16, 2012

LEGALS

Leominster, Mass.LEOMINSTER—– United Way of North CentralMassachusetts recognized donorsand volunteers with an evening oflaughter and festivities, at itsannual thank you celebration, heldat the Four Points Sheraton.

Dave Baer, vice president of mar-keting, SimplexGrinnell, and cam-paign chairman for United Way ofNorth Central Massachusetts,thanked the nonprofit organiza-tion’s volunteers and donors forcontributing to this year’sfundraising efforts. “Living unitedmeans being a part of the change,which all of you are generouslydoing by giving of your time, tal-ents or treasure.”

The annual community fundrais-ing effort, which includes corpora-tion gifts, employee giving andindividual donations, providesmore than 90,000 units of healthand human services to 19 commu-nities in the area of health, incomeand education.

For conducting outstandingworkplace employee-giving cam-paigns, United Way presented theExtraordinary Effort Chairman’sAward for the Nashoba region tothe Deluxe Corporation of Groton;the Twin Cities award went to

Micron Products of Fitchburg; andfor the Gardner region, GFAFederal Credit Union.

In addition, United WayCommunity Builders, a volunteercenter, awarded four grants forcommunity volunteer projects, aspart of National Volunteer Week,which was sponsored by Unitil andBemis Associates of Shirley. Thecommunity was asked to vote for afavorite project.

Kira Andreucci of Fitchburgwon first place for her effort to dis-tribute kidpacks — bags of nonper-ishable food items — to needyMcKay Campus Elementary Schoolstudents. Her Karing 4 Kidz projectwill use the $1,000 prize money topurchase food. In addition, shereceived more thanover 20 bags offood for her program, which werecolorfully displayed as center-pieces on the guests’ tables.

Hubbardston Senior Center wonsecond place, $500, for its efforts toimprove the grounds at theHubbardston Council on Aging andsurrounding town municipalbuilding. Volunteers planted flow-ers, put down mulch, trimmedbrush and weeds, raked and sweptthe parking lot.

Third place, $250, went to

Growing Places Garden Project inClinton, where volunteers installedvegetable gardens for six familiesliving at a low-income complex inLeominster. The healthy andaffordable eating initiative alsoincludes a cooking and nutritionclass, provided by Share OurStrengths’ Cooking Matters.

Leominster Trail Stewards wonfourth place, $250, for utilizing vol-unteers to help clear trails of falland winter debris at Barrett Parkin Leominster.

United Way Youth Venture, aprogram with more than 1,000youth creating positive changethrough youth-led initiatives,awarded $1,000 scholarships to fourstudents for outstanding participa-tion in the program:

Mike Sushchyk, from ParkerCharter Essential School inDevens, will attend UMassAmherst; Kara Komprathoum,Winchendon’s Murdock HighSchool, has been accepted atProvidence College; AntoniaCalcaterra, North Central CharterEssential School in Fitchburg, isundecided as well as RichardMiegs, Leominster High School.

Following the program, comedi-an Paul Nardizzi entertained the

audience.The United Way of North Central

Massachusetts serves the commu-nities of Ashburnham, Ashby,Ayer, Baldwinville, Barre, Devens,Fitchburg, Gardner, Groton,

Harvard, Hubbardston,Leominster, Littleton, Lunenburg,Pepperell, Shirley, Templeton,Townsend, Westminster andWinchendon.

United Way of North Central Massachusetts thanks community, volunteers at event

NO FORECLOSURE HEREDoneen Durling photo

While the blue-birds might feel abit put out, the fly-ing squirrel foundjust the rightplace to set up ahomestead! Thosewho discoveredjust who hadtaken up resi-dence protectedthe little familyfrom disruptionuntil the babeswere old enoughto scurry forth ontheir own. Thebest laid plans…


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Memorial Day honors Winchendon veterans

The Boy Scouts were again a big part of the parade to honor soldiers and veterans.

Retired Marine Sergeant Henry Doody says a prayer after throw-ing a wreath over the side of Whitney Bridge to honor those sol-diers who died at sea.

Joseph Clark, Boy Scout and graduating senior from the Murdockband plays Taps on Whitney Bridge in honor of those soldiers whodied at sea.

The Murdock High School Band kept the parade’s beat as it made its way along the long route.

Above left, Daisy Scouts and Brownies look solemn asthey begin the march from the American Legion Park tothe WWI Dough Boy Park. Above right, Tiger Cubsmarched proudly with their leaders.

DONEEN DURLING PHOTOS

The Winchendon Firefighters were a sight as they guarded the back of the parade.

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