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PAGE 4 A Turley Publication • www.turley.com I Thursday, July 19, 2012 - opinion - editorial We are what we receive Every once in a while - particularly during the slowest time of year for reader content submissions - we like to take a moment to remind readers about submitting material that is key to the mission of this community newspaper. Among the pages of this newspaper, there are several sections reserved just for your announcements. Take, for example, our “People” and “Education” sections. Around this time each year, we receive announcements from residents about important milestones and accomplishments – we receive announcements about college students who have just earned their degrees or have been named to the dean’s list. We hear from residents who graduated from basic training, received a promotion or have successfully completed other military challenges. We also hear from proud parents who welcome a son or daughter, couples who want to announce their engagement or married couples who are celebrating a big anniversary. These accomplishments are meant to be shared, so send them to us, and we’ll spread the word! Don’t forget to include photos! We also welcome announcements from local clubs, churches and volunteer organizations that need to get the word out about an upcoming event. These announcements are reserved for our “Calendar” section, so send them to us, and we’ll share them with our readers. Our “Church Directory” provides weekly schedules of events at local churches, and we regularly publish columns announcing programs that are planned at the libraries. As always, announcements in all these sections are run as a courtesy to our readers, free of charge, so remember to send them to us. We are always looking for ways to promote interaction with our readers with features like our “Where is it?” photo of the week. We comb through back issues to fi nd photos for our new “Back in Time” feature. Do you recognize yourself in these photos? If so, we want to hear from you. And if you have a photo that “looks back” on local history, send it to us, and we’ll share it with our readers. Send us your announcements and photos via email to tkane@turley.com or via regular mail to Turley Publications, Tim Kane, 80 Main St., Ware, MA 01082. To request coverage or to obtain more information about how to submit announcements and photos, call Editor Tim Kane at 413-967-3505 or via email at tkane@turley.com. OPINION PAGE/ LETTERS POLICY Letters to the editor should be 250 words or less in length, and guest columns between 500 and 800 words. No unsigned or anonymous opinions will be published. We require that the person submitting the opinion also include his or her town of residence and home telephone number. We authenticate authorship prior to publication. We reserve the right to edit or withhold any submissions deemed to be libelous, unsubstantiated allegations, personal attacks, or defamation of character. Send opinions to: Letters to the Editor, 80 Main Street, Ware, MA 01082 OR e-mail to tkane@turley.com. Deadline for submission is Monday at noon for the following week’s edition. This newspaper is published every Friday by Turley Publications, Inc., 24 Water St., Palmer, Mass. 01069. Telephone (413) 283-8393, Fax (413) 289-1977. PATRICK H. TURLEY Publisher KEITH TURLEY Executive Vice President DOUGLAS L. TURLEY Vice President of Publications EDITOR Tim Kane ADVERTISING SALES Jacky Haesaert, Tim Mara and Jeanne Bonsall SPORTS EDITOR Dave Forbes SOCIAL MEDIA @QuaboagCurrent TownCommonNewspapers WEB www.quaboagcurrent.com www.tantasquatowncommon.com www.turley.com Turley Publications, Inc. cannot assume liability for the loss of photographs or other materials submitted for publication. Materials will not be returned except upon specific request when submitted. Letters to the Editor Real life reasons to reverse Pulaski Street TO THE EDITOR: I tried my traffi c fl ow pattern on a return trip from the West Street shops last week and it was a refreshing drive through Downtown Ware. I stayed on West Street and made the right onto Main and then the right on South and I didn’t stop once. It was beautiful. I avoided Pulaski Street and the potential for a vehicle exiting the gas station just as I would turn onto it and the multiple driveways and vehicles pulling away from the curb. Unfortunately, on my way to the shops, my and three cars behind me, couldn’t avoid being forced to make the left onto Main from South and then stopping at the North Street light. Just as the light turned green, a car made a right on red or maybe just drove through the red light from North Street and made the turn onto Main. The vehicle immediately needed to get in the left lane turn lane for West Street cutting in front of me making me avoid colliding with them in the process and nearly causing a chain reaction crash behind me. When the driver realized what they had done and were looking in the rear-view they didn’t see a car that started proceeding onto Main Street from the Route 9 East stop sign and almost had a collision there. All the while a pedestrian was trying to cross from the Town Hall curb to the liquor store curb and wasn’t noticed due to the near collision with the car at the Route 9 East and Main/West intersection. Now just think how much of that might not have Happy 100th birthday Woody Guthrie TO THE EDITOR: Last week I and the nation celebrated the 100th birthday of Woody Guthrie. Born in Okemah, Oklahoma on July 14, 1912 and named after President Woodrow Guthrie, Woody became one of the greatest folk singer, songwriter during the Depression years and after. He wrote songs about what he saw around him. In the early 1930s, Woody left home because of the Dust Bowl storms in Oklahoma, Texas, and Arkansas, and lack of work due to the Depression. In his autobiography Bound for Glory published in 1943, he talked of jumping box cars on freight trains or hitch hiking out of California and across the country. He played his songs, which championed the downtrodden and disposed at union hall meetings and internment camps where the Okies and Arkies stayed while picking the crops for the big farm owners in California and other western states. His songs were about people – how they were treated and how wealthy happened if my vehicle and the three vehicles behind were all able to make the left turn onto Pulaski Street from South Street and proceed to West Street avoiding the downtown traffi c. In all likelyhood, three motor vehicle accidents would not have close to happening as well as a pedestrian having to stop in the crosswalk when crossing West Street at Main Street and almost being struck. Today’s world is full of too many people in too big a rush trying to do too many things while operating a 3,000 plus pound motor vehicle. Please consider my traffi c fl ow plan for the downtown area and the reversal of Pulaski Street. It would minimize the potential for the situation I faced probably 10 times over or more in a single day. farmers and bankers abused them – drawing attention to social injustices. His songs were often a rallying cry to action giving a voice to the common man. He wasn’t against capitalism, but against those who were greedy and took advantage of the under privileged. His best known songs were Deportee, You Don’t have the Do, Re, Me, Pretty Boy Floyd, and This Land is Your Land, widely considered to be America’s alternative national anthem. I became aware of Woody Guthrie in 1964 when I started listen- How nice would it be for a Pulaski Street resident to just make a left onto West Street to go to a store instead of being forced through the Downtown area. I realize they would still have to go though Downtown on the return trip, but if it is anything like my ride it’s not a problem. How nice would it be to take a chair and sit near the fountain under a shade tree at the little park and not have a car make a fast turn from Main Street to the little side street next to it just as you cross. These are just two examples of what a reversal of the traffi c fl ow on Pulaski Street could do as well as my fore mentioned traffi c incident. Joe Lafko Warren ing to Bob Dylan songs. Woody had a tremendous infl uence on Dylan in his early years. I read his book Bound For Glory in 1968, my junior year at the University of California, Davis. That was the year Woody died from Huntington’s disease. As I walked home from classes one day in the spring of 1970, I saw a very young beagle mix dog abandoned on the railroad tracks. I took him home with me and named him Woody. See GUTHRIE PAGE 4
GUTHRIE FROM PAGE 4 Through the years I have amassed a large collection of Woody’s songs. It is amazing after 75 years, the songs he wrote in the 1930s and 1940s describe the current situation today in the United States with the economic and immigration issues. Woody Guthrie’s songs and life had a strong infl uence on me in my college years and continue to do so today. So Happy Birthday Woody; it’s been good to know you. Bill Bradley Ware PHONE 413.967.3505 Fax: 413.967.6009 EMAIL Advertising Sales Jack Haesaert jhaesaert@turley.com Tim Mara tmara@turley.com Office Manager Pam Moen pmoen@turley.com Editor Tim Kane tkane@turley.com WEB www.quaboagcurrent.com www.tantasquatowncommon.com @QuaboagCurrent TownCommonNewspapers The Quaboag Current and Town Common newspapers are published by Turley Publications, Inc. • www.turley.com Connect with us online Quaboag Current Town Common Newspapers NEW BRIEFS Do you remember when? NORTH BROOKFIELD - The Friends of the North Brookfi eld Town House Ask: Do You Remember When? Do you remember . . . when the North Brookfi eld girls’ basketball team wore black stockings, black bloomers and white middy blouses as they played in the Town House? . . . when costumed children marched around the Great Hall behind the high school band on Halloween? . . . when local bands rocked the Town House at teen dances? Do you remember proms, minstrel shows and talent shows, and the Firemen’s Ball? Well, if you do, please join current and former area residents as they share their memories for a book to be published by the Friends of the North Brookfi eld Town House in celebration of the 200th anniversary of our town. By sharing your memories you are contributing to the history of our town, and helping to create a record for future generations to cherish and enjoy. Please take time to write down your own memory, or one of a family member or friend, include a photograph, if you have one, and send it to: Memories, 190 Oakham Road, North Brookfi eld. We promise to return all photos. You may also e-mail us at borstpond@aol.com. If you would rather tell your story to a volunteer, we will be glad to meet with you at the Senior Center or the Haston Library, talk to you over the phone, or even come to your home. Call 508-867-7686 and ask for Shelley to make an appointment, or leave a message and we will contact you. If you would like to volunteer to be an interviewer, we would love to have your help. Garden Club announces three presenters BROOKFIELD - A special program about *”Theme Gardens”* will be presented at the next meeting of the Brookfi eld Garden Club to be held on Sunday, July 22. There will be three presenters, who will each discuss a different garden theme. Susan Selby will share her ideas on designing a “ Mary” garden, using plants containing “Mary in the fl ower name”. Dawn Pettinelli will present her knowledge for creating a “White” garden, containing only plants with “white fl owers”. Nancy Gline will give her expertise on making a “Fragrance” garden, based on the fragrances of the plants. The program is free and open to the public and will be held at 3 p.m. at the Brookfi eld Congregational Church. This will be an enjoyable program for all. Selby is currently an archives assistant at the College of Holy Cross. She learned to love gardening from her mother, who is a 99-yearold master gardener in Colorado, and still starts everything from seed. After a pilgrimage to Fatima and Lourdes in 2002, she was inspired to plant a Mary Garden. She didn’t know at that time that there were so many plants named for Mary....500 of them! After the Reformation, the names changed so as Leader Home Center keeps growing! We are currently hiring for Full Time and Part Time Inside Customer Service In our Greenfi eld, Deerfi eld, MA, and Brattleboro, VT We are hiring full time and part time CDL and Non-CDL drivers In our Amherst, Barre and Deerfi eld, MA locations Leader offers: Medical Benefi ts • Paid Vacations • 401K • Seasonal Overtime Paid Holidays • Advancement Opportunities These are immediate openings and will fi ll fast. Stop into any Leader location for an application. Or email you resume to tstrong@leaderhome.com A Turley Publication • www.turley.com I Thursday, July 19, 2012 PAGE 5 not to be religious. For instance, Our Lady’s Slipper became Lady Slipper. She will also will inform us of other Mary Gardens in the country. Pettinelli is an extension instructor in the Department of Plant Science at the University of Connecticut. She manages the UConn Home and Garden Education Center and the UConn Soil Nutrient Analysis Laboratory. Both facilities provide information, testing and advice to homeowners and commercial clientele. Dawn was the master gardener coordinator for Worcester County Cooperative Extension in Massachusetts. A lifelong gardener, Dawn was also a horticulturist at Old Sturbridge Village. Since 1987 she has been writing gardening columns for local newspapers and is involved in adult and youth education efforts focusing primarily on soil quality and fertility. She has appeared on the Martha Stewart Show, the History Channel, Fox News and on local CT television stations. Her articles have been published in Radius and Connecticut Gardener magazines, and recently she began the Master Composter Program in Connecticut. Gline has been interested in horticulture since age 12, studied vocational horticulture in high school and attended the Thompson School at the University of New Hampshire in Durham. She was a Horticultural intern at Prospect Park in Brooklyn, NY for two years and started her own fi rm, The Landscape Designer, in 2005. Her ability to design a landscape, using a balanced selection of hardy deciduous, evergreen and perennial plant materials leads her to design an everlasting arrangement of beautiful shapes, texture, color with outstanding seasonal interests. Her select clients continue to be satisfi ed with her original designs and the “low maintenance” results as originally promised. Nancy’s installed landscape plans are available for viewing and located throughout Worcester County. North Brookfi eld preps for 200th birthday NORTH BROOKFIELD - North Brookfi eld will celebrate its 200th birthday in a big way on Saturday, Aug. 18 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The festivities will begin with a hometown parade led by an honor guard. Following the parade, Olde Home Day will provide an opportunity to reminisce with family, friends and neighbors. The past 200 years will be relived through visits to a newly renovated Historical Society Museum, viewing a large historical photo collection, strolling among antique cars, even taking a guided tour of our local cemetery. The day will feature moments in history, from North Brookfi eld’s beginnings in 1812 to the present. Both past and present will be celebrated, a tribute to the many infl uential people who lived in the town and left their mark, as well as to those who are making a mark today with their special talents. Downtown buildings will house an art exhibit showcasing local artists and a quilt show highlighting a quilt made in North Brookfi eld in 1880s. There will be a special musical program for children, as well as old fashioned games. Musical presentations by local artists – MONDAY – Burger & a Pint of $ 11 Beer Night – WEDNESDAY – Stone Pie Pizza & Bottle of Vino Night In Wine There Is Truth including a musician who currently lives in the house previously owned by William Terry Duncan, a musician and librettist for George M. Cohan, who summered here in North Brookfi eld. Food provided by local groups and horse drawn hayrides will add yet another dimension to the festivities. Music will span the scope of time from 1812 to the present day, and will be performed by local musicians who span all generations. Teens sought for Christian confi rmation course BROOKFIELD - In September, Brookfi eld Congregational Church will begin a program for young people that will lead to the opportunity to be confi rmed as a Christian. Over several months there will be a survey of the Bible, mission/outreach activities within the community and at such places as Heifer Project International in Rutland. There will be a variety of opportunities to share a meal together when the group meets. Members will visit a variety of places of worship including a Jewish Synagogue, Greek Orthodox Church, inner city church and Roman Catholic Mass. The young people will participate in assisting in music and worship leadership at Brookfi eld Congregational Church and will each be assigned a mentor and prayer partner. In addition there will be opportunities to attend concerts where they will be introduced to contemporary Christian music, and other worthwhile events as they become known. All junior and senior high kids are welcome to participate. Participation will require a commitment on the part of parents and young people. Contact Pastor Ellie Kraner as soon as possible if you would like to discuss this opportunity. (508 867 6262; bccucc@charter. net). Sturbridge seeks applicants for govt. study committee STURBRIDGE - The Sturbridge Board of Selectmen seek applicants to volunteer for two citizen-at-large positions on the Government Services Study Committee. The Committee was established by the Board of Selectmen to conduct an overall effi ciency/productivity study of all town departments. Applicants must not be serving the town in any paid capacity or be related to employees of the town. Though not required, preferred qualifi cations include a professional background in business/personnel management and/or a professional fi nancial/ accounting background. Additional preferable experience may include individuals with a strong background in statistical analysis and/or database management systems-analysis. The positions will be directly appointed by the Board of Selectmen. Please submit your statement of interest no later than Monday, July 23 at Noon to the Town Administrator, 308 Main St., Sturbridge, MA 01566 or via email to: ssuhoski@town.sturbridge.ma.us. $ 30 – SUNDAY – Boiled Lobster Dinner Night Weekly Complete Dinner Features – $18 420 Main Street • Sturbridge, MA 508.347.3424 See Our Web Site For Menu and Details www.veritasma.com or facebook.com/veritasrestaurant $ 22 Includes New England Clam Chowder, Caesar Salad, Boiled Potato & Corn on the Cob HOURS Wednesday Thru Monday 3:00p.m. to Close Closed Tuesdays
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