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PAGE 18 Men cooking up benefit dinner GRANBY - The Granby Music Parents Association will hold its fifth annual Men Who Cook benefit dinner on Saturday, March 23 from 5 to 7 p.m. A special appetizer reception will take place from 4 to 5 p.m. for anyone who pays for tickets by the March 15 deadline. For five years, Men Who Cook has offered the community a great evening with great food, great music, and great company. Showcasing the culinary talents of more than 25 Granby men, this is an occasion for the entire family. A pre-paid benefit ticket includes an all-you-can-eat buffet sampling of all the men’s offerings, dessert, and drinks. Granby Music students will perform throughout the evening. Men do the cooking and serve the food, but women still run the event and the kitchen. How else could the guys get anything done? Cooks receive two complimentary tickets, one for themselves THE SENTINEL • THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2013 and one for a guest. The GMPA’s goal is to sell 400 tickets and raise at least $3,000 to offset the purchase of a full set of concert timpani for the high school band. Previous dinners have assisted in purchasing more than $11,000 worth of musical instruments, paying for a band trip to Washington, DC, purchasing new Granby Music uniform shirts, and participating at UMass Band Day at Gillette Stadium. Tickets are free for ages 4 and younger, $7 for ages 5 to 12, and $15 for ages 13 and older. There is a $40 maximum for a family. A family is considered one or two parents and their children. Checks should be made out to GMPA. For more information about Men Who Cook, contact Kim Sarnacki at 413-467- 9793 or Sharon Bail at 413-467-7833 or visit www.facebook.com/GranbyMusic/ Events. GRANBY Snuggle time at the library GRANBY - Snuggle Time Lapsit at the Granby Library will take place on Wednesdays April 17, 24, May 1 and 8 at 10:30 a.m. It is the perfect time to bond with your baby and make new friends. Pre-register for the four-week series by contacting the library. Read, sing and learn fingerplays in 20- minute sessions with your baby. Spend time playing and interacting with other adults and babies afterwards. Baby lapsit times are designed to encourage early literacy development in very young children from 4-18 months. One adult lap per bay is required! Space is limited. Lifelong Learning Center 1455 N. Main St., Third Floor, Palmer (413) 283-2329 Website: www.topfloorlearning.org NEW! HIGH SCHOOL TUTORING Is your high school student in need of a Reading, Writing or Math tutor? Call our Director of Adult Literacy to discuss how we can help. (413) 283-2329 SURVIVORS' BRIDGE This group is for women who are or have been affected by domestic violence. Community funding enables Survivors' Bridge members to take FREE classes in computer instruction, math, reading and journal writing. Top Floor Learning also provides referrals to a support group. ADULT LITERACY PROGRAMS Reading/Writing/Math and ESL Volunteer Tutors ALWAYS Needed! Reading, Writing, Math One to One Tutoring This individualized program centers on the needs and goals of learners in reading, writing, and math. English as a Second Language One to One Tutoring For learners of English who speak NO English or very little English Book discussion group meeting GRANBY - Girls Night Out! book discussion group, an adult book group, will meet to discuss the book “Lucia, Lucia” at the Granby Public Library. Read the by Adriana Trigiani then join the group on March 28 at 6:30 p.m. About the book: Lucia is the only daughter in an Italian/American family in the 1950s. She’s an accomplished seamstress and works in a famous department store in New York City. Engaged to her childhood sweetheart she learns that her family expects her to marry and quit her job to stay home. Luci has other ambitions. The author draws strong characters and pulls you in to Lucia’s friendships and relationships with her family. English as a Second Language Conversation Classes For learners at an Intermediate or Advanced level who would like more opportunities to converse in English. Classes January 22- May 28 Tuesdays, 10 am - 12 noon $95.00 ESL Volunteer Tutors Needed! Citizenship For learners of a second language who would like to become U.S. Citizens. NEED TO TAKE THE GED? Top Floor Learning provides a complete package of GED services for adults who are 16 or over and who have left high school. GED Official Half-Length Practice Test (FREE) Call Gail at (413) 283-2329 to make an appointment. CONDUCT YOUR BUSINESS HERE! Does your business need a nearby training center or meeting space? TFL facilitates: • Meeting space • Wired computer lab, seats 8 plus instructor station. LCD projector and screen available. Full suite of Microsoft 2010 software installed • Kitchen facilities • Wifi available throughout the space Wide range of morning, afternoon and evening hours available. Fees begin at $30/hour. Free parking included. For more information on the above programs, call the Director of Adult Literacy at (413) 283-2329. Turley Publications photo submitted This jewelry is on sale at the Granby Library to benefit the new library. Teens create jewelry to help furnish new library GRANBY - Beautiful beaded bracelets for a good cause are available at the Granby Library, Center Pharmacy, The Walk In Closet Boutique and Kev’s Barnyard Flea market all in Granby. Pick up a one of a kind creation for a $5 donation. One hundred percent of the proceeds for this bracelet Warrant articles: The annual Town Meeting will be held on Monday, May 13. The last day to file a private warrant article or this town meeting is Friday, March 29 by noon. In order for a private warrant to appear on the annual Town Meeting warrant, a petitioner must acquire 10 signatures of registered voters in the town. Second mailing for annual census: Second notices have been mailed out, if you returned your census, thank you, and if not please do so. If you never received your census or you’re not sure if you had returned the census please call the town clerk’s office. Dog licenses: March and April are the months to license your dogs (bylaws of the Town of Granby, CH XIV). The cost is $6 for spayed or neutered and $15 for others. To avoid a $25 late charge fee dogs should be licensed by May 1. TOWN OF GRANBY Clerk Reminders GRANBY - The Friends of Granby Elderly are hosting two upcoming bus trips. The first one is to Mohegan Sun, on April 17. The cost is $20 per person and includes a $15 food voucher and a $20 voucher to use at the Big 6 Wheel. Cost includes driver gratuity. The bus leaves from the Immaculate Heart of Mary Church (IHM), Granby, at 8:30 a.m. sharp, and will return around 5:30 p.m. The second trip will be used to purchase furnishings for the teen area of the new Granby Library. Teens and adults have made these bracelets with love and care. The bracelets fit all sizes and come in many colors from pinks and purples to iridescent blacks and blues. All bracelets come with a unique charm dangle. If you wish you may license by mail. Please include a copy of the rabies vaccination or call the clerks office for verification, a self addressed envelope with two stamps, a check made payable to the Town of Granby, and mail to Town Clerk, 215 B West State St., Granby, MA All residents who licensed their dogs through the town census should have received their dog tags. If you did not receive your dog tag call the clerks office. Annual rabies clinic will be held on Saturday, March 23 at the Old Fire Department behind Kellogg Hall from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Program cost will be $15 per animal. Please have dogs on a leash and cats in a carrier if possible, bring your pets’ most recent rabies certificate with you. Dog licensing will be available at this clinic. Any questions or concerns can be directed to Kathy Kelly-Regan at the Granby Town Clerk’s office 467-7178. Friends of Granby Elderly hosting bus trips GRANBY - Join the Granby Public Library for a Lego Building Day on March 23 at the Granby Library form 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Kids ages 5 and up are invited to dig in and create is to the Newport Playhouse and Cabaret Restaurant, on May 22, to see “Spreading it Around.” The cost of the trip is $79 per person and includes the play, a buffet, and a cabaret. The bus leaves the IMH promptly at 8:15 a.m. and returns around 8 p.m. Cost includes driver’s gratuity. If you have any questions, please contact either Nancy at 467-9323 or Lois at 467-9254. Seats are filled on a first come first serve basis. Granby Library hosts ‘Lego Mania’ with the wonderful selection of Lego and mini figures at the Granby Library. Call the library to register. There will also be some drop in spaces. Hope to see you then.
GRANBY LEGION DONATES TO SOLDIERS Turley Publications photo submitted On Feb. 4, 2013, the American Legion Post 266 presented the Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke with a check for $750 to be used for the recreation of the Veterans at the Soldiers’ Home. They are, from left, American Legion Post 266, Art Bernier, Past Commander, Superintendent Paul Barabani, Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke, Ron Gaumond, and Ron Bernier. The Soldiers’ Home in Holyoke would like to thank the American Legion Post 266 for their support. THE SENTINEL • THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2013 PAGE 19 BUSINESS Bell & Hudson Insurance Agency re-certified as Five Star Agency MILFORD - The Massachusetts Association of Insurance Agents (MAIA) is pleased to announce that Bell & Hudson Insurance Agency, Inc with offices in Belchertown and West Brookfield underwent an intensive review in order to be re-certified as a Five Star Insurance Agency. The Five Star Award of Distinction is awarded by MAIA to an independent insurance agency that successfully completes a “fitness review” which examines an agency’s five key imperatives: customer focus, management/ leadership excellence, human resource excellence, process and product excellence and future success. “Bell and Hudson Insurance Agency, Inc has been a Five Star Agency for about 10 years. Each Five Star review has revealed a continuous improvement journey and the desire to achieve excellence in everything the Agency does and this review has proved no different. In fact not only did it confirm their commitment to continuous improvement but it also revealed a number of new initiatives that are already having a positive impact on the agency,” said Frank Mancini, president and CEO of MAIA. “The Agency has an outstanding culture, staff and image. Those attributes, combined with excellent communications, leadership and business planning position the agency well to not only continue the successful path they are on but to enhance it even more in the future.” Jim Phaneuf, owner of Bell & Hudson Insurance Agency, Inc, is proud of his recertification. “Retaining the Five Star Designation and being voted The Best Agency to Work for in the east by the Insurance Journal solidifies our thoughts that we are doing the right thing for our staff, clients and community. We are constantly looking for ways to improve our agency and I am fortunate to have a staff that not only carry’s out any changes we implement but embraces them, contributes to them and initiates them,” said Phaneuf. Currently there are only 28 Independent Agencies in Massachusetts and Rhode Island that have received the coveted Five Star Agency Designation. Comedy show to benefit veterans GRANBY - On April 13 the Granby American Legion Auxiliary, Unit 266 will host its ninth annual Comedy Dinner Show, to raise money for veterans. The cost is $16 per person and will take place at the American Legion, Pleasant Street in Granby. The dinner includes a salad, chicken dinner, desert, and coffee/tea. There will be a bar available. Tickets are limited and on a first come first serve basis. Come for a great meal, lots of fun, and help serve your veterans. If you have any questions or would like tickets, please contact Lois Pare’ at 467-9254. High school reunion planned HADLEY – Classes from 1964 through the present day are invited to take part in a Granby High School reunion on Aug. 10 at the Young Men’s Club, 138 East St., Hadley. Please contact the committee and let them know you are going. They need your contact information including: full name, maiden name, address, phone number, email address and year of graduation. Visit them on facebook at Granby High School Reunion The First 25 Years. Call Maryann at 413-530-4266, George at 413-530-5218 or email birdlover6(S).vahoo.com or george.randaH3@comcast.net. BELCHERTOWN - Jones Group REALTORS® celebrates 55 years of serving home buyers and sellers throughout the Pioneer Valley, with offices in Belchertown, Amherst and Northampton. The philosophy at Jones Group REALTORS® is to provide exceptional service to their clients and that philosophy has gained the company a loyal following and a fine reputation in the community. They have enjoyed a presence in Belchertown merging with Bay Path Realty, established by their own Janise Fitzpatrick. As one of two Turley Publications photo submitted Kelly Krrasinkiewicz, Robin Harnoise, Peter Roberts, Karen Dunn, Jerry Jones, Jim Potter, Christopher Bloom, Kim Wojcik, Cathy Hayward and Janise Fitzpatrick gather around the Jones entrance at their location at 45 North Main St. in Belchertown. Jones Group REALTORS® celebrates 55 years companies located in town, they take pride and assume the responsibility of being the area’s largest independently owned real estate company. Stop in their office at 45 North Main St. in Belchertown, call 413- 323-7295, or visit their website at JonesRealtors.com. POLICY: Our calendar section is intended to promote “free” events or ones that directly affect a volunteer-driven organization that benefits the community. The deadline to submit calendar items in the mail, by fax or emailed in Word document format is MONDAY BY NOON or sooner. The listings should be brief, with only time, date, location, brief activity explanation, and contact information. Please email all entries to ahenderson@ turley.com. Thursday, March 21 KINDERGARTEN REG: Cold Spring School announces that kindergarten registration for the 2013-2014 school year has been set for March 21 from 4 to 8 p.m. Will your child be 5 years old by Sept. 1? If so, plan on going to kindergarten registration at Cold Spring School, 57 South Main St., Belchertown. Saturday, March 23 RABIES CLINIC: An annual Rabies Clinic will be held on Saturday, March 23 at the Old Fire Department behind Kellogg Hall from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., the cost will be $15 per animal. Please have dogs on a leash and cats in a carrier if possible, bring your pets’ most recent rabies certificate with you. Dog licensing will be available at this clinic. 4-H FUNDRAISER: There will be a spaghetti supper to benefit Hampshire County 4-H Fair, Saturday, March 23 with seatings at 5 p.m. and 6 p.m. at the Most Calendar of Events Holy Reedemer Church, 120 Russell St., (Route 9), Hadley. Dinner includes: spaghetti with meatballs, salad, bread and butter, dessert, and coffee, milk or lemonade. Contact Sandy Brougham for tickets at 413-323-5161. Sunday, March 24 LENTEN SERVICES: St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Thorndike welcomes you to join them in their Lenten Services this season. St. Mary’s will be celebrating Palm Sunday Service at 9 a.m. on March 24 and with Fr. Bob Williams, Good Friday will be celebrated with an Evening Prayer Service at 5:30 p.m. on March 29 and Fr. Bob Williams will be celebrating Easter services at 9 a.m. on Sunday March 31. Come and rejoice in the resurrection. DCR AND ANGLERS: Working together to Protect Quabbin’s Water Supply and Fisheries on Sunday, March 24, 2 to 3 p.m. In 2010 DCR Quabbin instituted a boat seal program for private boats entering the Quabbin to protect the reservoir against the threat of aquatic invasives. Join DCR Aquatic Biologist Paula Packard as she discusses the outcome of this program, results of pond surveys and the serious threat from Spiny water flea and other new invasives on the horizons. Monday, March 25 AMHERST WOMENS TALK: Dr. Whitney Battle-Baptiste, assistant professor of Anthropology, UMass, will present a talk titled “It is the mothers who seem to count: Commemoration, Contestation and Collective Memory at the W. E. B. Du Bois Homesite in Great Barrington, MA” on Monday, March 25 from 1:30 to 3 p.m. at the Amherst Woman’s Club, 35 Triangle Street, Amherst. Open to the public and free of charge with refreshments following. For further information, call 549-6865. A non-profit cultural and philanthropic organization, the AWC welcomes women of all ages to join its membership. Wednesday, March 27 CD DISCUSSION GROUP: St. Francis of Assisi CD Discussion Group. Want to know more about the teachings of the Catholic Church? Been away from your Catholic faith? Join fellow Catholics who meet monthly to learn and discuss various topics on our faith. Similar to a book club, each month an audio CH will be assigned for all to listen to and then meet monthly to discuss. CDs are $3. Next meeting is Wednesday, March 27 at 7:15 p.m. at St. Francis of Assisi Church/Tovet Room in Belchertown. For more information, call 323-6272 ext 5 select 4 then 2 for St. Francis Discussion group and leave a message with your contact information. Saturday, March 30 FIREARMS SAFETY COURSE: A basic firearms safety course will be held Saturday, March 30 at the Knights of Columbus, 460 Granby Rd., Chicopee. Class is from 8:15 a.m. to 2:45 p.m. The cost is $85 per person which includes light refreshments and lunch. This class is a prerequisite for those wishing to apply for a license to carry or FID card. Class size is limited. First come, first serve. Last date to reserve a spot is March 23. Please contact the course instructor, Kevin Joslyn at 543-3505. Sunday, March 31 EASTER BREAKFAST: There will be an Easter breakfast at the Union Church of Christ at 51 Center St., Ludlow on March 31 from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. Continuous serve buffet of pancakes, bacon, sausages, scrambled eggs, fruit and assorted pastries. Tickets are $7.50 and are available at the door. The Easter raffle fundraiser will be drawn after the 10 a.m. service at 11 a.m. The winner need not be present to win. This event is open to the public. Please call Jo Condon at 413-427-6963 with any questions.
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