Daily Hampshire Gazette from Northampton, Massachusetts (2024)

April 29, 1983

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Daily Hampshire Gazettei

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Northampton, Massachusetts

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Friday, April 29, 1983

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19

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Ooih Hompthif OawlH HuHhomptow Mom April 24HS3lt Town Talk For the record: Planning Board trying to sort out who and for how long Stunned Celts eye a rebound years fa he now a legal or illegal member of the hoard? And should he resign would the replacement serve for the remainder of a throe-year term or five? we have is potential remarked one observer So several of those sitting around the table dug out thia year's "ni Town Report to check on the official fist of town officers Just to make sure they checked the annual reports hack to 1979 to see who came on the hoard when But still it didn't make sense seems that the annual reports just copy mistakes from one year to the Selectman Berrien remarked: The annual reports were set aside How about a look through the meeting minutes of years gone tor? Selectman Joseph A Wilhelm 111 thumbed through a bound volume of carefully typed notes He came to the minutes of a 1901 session and read his findings aloud Planning Board has requested a clarification of the terms of he intoned That was followed tor another notation announcing that the Planning Board had been assigned to research the problem So ended the discussion This week once again the Planning Board was assigned to the problem" and report back chairman be shared equally among aU three members is no intention to make this a two-member he said Proulx said he would continue to work cooperatively with the other members of the board the good of the During the regular weekly meeting held Tuesday night the board announced that Jessie Frodyma of North Street was appealing the denial of her application for a liquor license at the 1 Hatfield General Store on School Street The appeal before the Alcohol Beverage Control Commisaion has been scheduled for May 17 but Mrs Ftodyma will request a change because her attorney is not available on that a public hearing on April 6 selectmen denied the application giving the proximity of two existing licenses and the fact that the applicant would not be on the premises to oversee the operation as reasons for their decision By SUZANNE WILSON WILLIAMSBURG Charles Wilkinson and Laurence Flaccua both an members of the Planning Board Or are they? And what about Doris ShaU-cross Tina Hall Eric Weber and chairman John Lancaster? Members at the Planning Board met with the Williamsburg selectmen this week to a plan that seems to have failed: how to keep track of who on the seven-member board A simple problem one would think certainly not one requiring a summit meeting among eight town officers But a roundtable discussion this week in the Town Office conclusively proved otherwise First of aU democracy in small towns can be an informal affair Or as selectman Steven Berrien observed people can get appointed to town ootids for throe years 30 years as the mood And when throe members of a board resign in one year as happened here in 1980 the mood gets even murkier Take for example the Planning Board member who was sure he should have been appointed to a five-year term But through some oversight of record keening it appears he was only appointed for throe Lesko named By PETER POLLARD HATFIELD Edward Lesko Jr was elected Chairman of the Board of Selectmen at a brief reorganize tianal meeting of the board Wednesday night Lesko who has served one year on the board was nominated by newly elected Selectman William Erklauer who was also sworn in yesterday Erklauer who defeated A Cory Bardwell in Tuesday's election had closely aligned himself with Lesko during his campaign Eugene Proulx a Bardwell supporter and senior member of the board voted in the re-organization vote Traditionally the member with the most experience has been given the chairman's position In the wake of what became a bitter election all three selectmen agreed it was important to work closely together Lesko promised the work and decision-making would Hearing' ear dogs MATT DANIELS la the top high school boys tennis player In Western Massachusetts and the Longmeadow standout demonstrated his skills with the return of this backhand against Rich Nieboer below Daniels won the No 1 singles match and Longmeadow handed Hamp Its first team loss 4-1 yesterday at Smith Vocational School courts (Photos by Richard Carpenter) BOSTON (AP) The staggered Boston Celtics fight for survival tonight in their National Basketball Asaociation playoff game -against-the Milwaukee Bucks 1-0 leaders in-their best-of -seven Eastern Confer- ence semifinal series not saying down to one-game season for us" said! guard Quinn Buckner falling behind 3-0 would be dangerous in a hole But if we're in positive frame of mind we can pull ourselves out of it But we have to-make it i The Bucks opened the serier Wednesday in Boston Garden with a' 11645 drubbing of the Celtics wto have gone off in three previous seasons to the final against tho-Philadelphia 76ers To take the series the Celtics have to rally to win four of the next six games three of them at the Milwaukee home court hom*o teams have won 13 of 17 NBA playoff games this year i you come out and get beat the way we said Celtics mainstay Larry Bird who plans to pis with a dislocated pinky finger on ho shooting hand embarrassirg because maybe there is something wrong with us course day It's going to hurt you can be sure but I've gut to be in there will show what kind of character this team has if we can get in back together in one day I think wo However performance in the playoffs has been under their' regular season record With a 49 percent shooting percentage throughout their 84-gama season they have yet to shoot higher than 45 percent in any one gairo and have averaged 43 percent the playoffs number one liability was diagnosed Boston coach Bill Fitch let them get into a running game A lot of times we had guys standing around the circle waitirg for an outlet and that was the guy whose man was getting the he res 8 I Elsewhere in the NBA Coach Doug Moe believes that Denver Nuggets are at their best when things are bleakest and if true the San Antonio Spurs could be in trouble The Nuggets are down 64 in their best-of -seven National Basketball Association playoff series with tie Spurs while league scoring champion Alex English and star center Dan laael are both nursing injuries goirg into third game in Denver In the other Western Conference semifinal Los Angeles is at Portland tonight in a series the Lakers lead 3-0 while Milwaukee is at Boston for the second game of an Easton Conference semifinal that the Bucks lead 1-0 The New York Knicks trailing 04 host Philadelphia in the other Eastern semifinal on Saturday English who averaged 284 points this season missed Wednesday night's 136-109 loss with an ankle injury and Issel third on the team with a 316 norm suffered a strained tendon in his left king during the second game The status of both players is uncertain for tonight i Portland goes home hoping that its rabid followers can make up the difference against the Lakers The Trail Blazers have sold out for every home game for six years and 13666 will attend playoff meeting I i ii a a a a a a a a Off With a cash parchana of a oat of 4 tlroa (with thia add!) 5 Off Thsswchsstalasdd Idm vtt ysai MC-V1SA-A EXPZESS (with thia addl) Brief hom*o for iRcfinJon to to Town Talk column a regular feature la the Gazette mar Ho aubmltted to correapoadenta la roar community or by aaadlag them to tbo Suburban editor Dotty Hampahlro 0 arena So Hi Northampton 01091 Chesterfield POOS for the annual Iowa election will be open Monday at the Town HaO from noon until pm The Arts Council will sponsor an exhibit of photographs by local reai-dents and items made by the students of the evening adult crafts classes held this winter The Mothers Chib wUl also hold a bake sale at the Town Hall during the election hours A Mood pressure clinic sponsored by the Worthington Health Center win be held from 3 to 6 pm at the TownHaU The Chesterfield Arts Council will sponsor an exhibit of photography and items made by participants in the adult calligraphy chair caning and quilting dames at the Town HaU on Monday election day Mounted or framed photographs of any subject taken by Chesterfield residents may be submitted for the photography exhibit which has been held by the Arts Council in the past two previous years on election day Photography exhibitors are responsible lor bringing and picking up their pictures at the Town HaU Also on display will be items made by the craft class students For more information regarding the exhibit contact Worth Noyes of North Road Huntington A clinic to screen children for lead poisoning and iron deficiency will be held Monday from 9 to 11 am at the Family Health Center on East Main Street Undue lead exposure and iron deficiency are two of the most common childhood health problems Unfortunately they carry serious health consequences Severe lead poisoning is a potentially fatal disease associated with mental retardation and other handicape Even relatively low levels of lead exposure can lead to behavior disorders in children Low iron levels or anemia causes fatigue low resistance to disease and slow healing in children The screening for Hilltown children ages 1 through 5 is being held by the Worthington Health Association and is free Registration is required by today Contact Laurie Doyle at the Worthington Health Center This screening is offered as an ongoing effort to promote the health of aU Hilltown residents Jt is a public service offered in conjunction with Kids n' Such Nursery School in Chester South Deerfield Then will be a rabies clinic for dogs in the surrounding towns on May 7 from 1 to 3 pm at the South Deerfield Fire Station Dog tags wiU also be sold George Lapenta was tentatively approved by the selectmen Wednesday to become fourth full-time police officer pending his completion of police training school Police Chief David BeU told the selectmen that Lapenta of a Elm St is currently a part-time special police officer He added that he win be eligible to move up to full-time status after he completes the multiweek Massachusetts Criminal Justice Training Council School and is subsequently certified Worthington Grange No ti met Monday night with guests from Chesterfield Plainfield and Williamsburg Mrs Borst announced that the Home and Community Service committee cleared $100 on the buffet lunch in Cummington on Sunday The group voted to give 35 each to CARE the fund for the deaf the Eastern States Grange building and the Mass State building They alto voted to give ISO to the for the recreation room The program opened with a violin solo by Louis Boos of Plainfield a humorous group the canaries" composed of Haxel Pratt Leah Mollison Florida Grange Helen Newton Mary Champion and Donald Newton sang several songs and FKd TireU Louis Boos Dan Reid Haeri Pratt and Russell Borst with accordian banjo and violin played for square dancing wit Fred Tirol! calling Abo at Monday's Grange meeting Mrs Bant of the Home and Qnnumunlty Service committee announced the wiimen in the Grange sewing contesL They are: nu first Emily Bancroft Chesterfield: second Sandra from a non-member sponsored by Williamsburg Grange third June Marie Wilcox Cummington ClasaC: first EmUy Bancroft Chesterfield: second Mrs Louis Boas Plainfield third Dawn Wilson Williamsburg State judging will be held on April 30 In Shirley Mass Hamp netters fall to Lancers Adrian Paul was the lone Northampton winner as Longmeadow defeated Northampton 4-1 in a battle of high school tennis unbeaten Thursday at Smith Vocational School Paul improved his record to 5-0 with a 6-4 6-3 win at No3 singlea over Steve Bassell The Lancers boosted their A Division-leading record to 5-0 while Hamp fell to second place with a 4-1 mark Hamp did not win a set in other matches At Nol singles Rich Nie-boer war a 04 6-0 loser to Matt Daniels and at No3 Mark Shanahan was on the wrong end of a 6-4 64 match with Dan Martin The first doubles team of Keith Cohn and Dave Lamarre scored a 6-3 6-1 win over Hamp's duo of Mark Harris and Chris Thayer At No3 doubles Ted Gilman and Paul Titus came away with a 6-1 6-3 win over Dave Glickman and John Robinson of Northampton The Blue Devils are scheduled to visit Cathedra Monday UM netmen split AMHERST The University of Massachusetts tennis team split two recent matches beating Springfield 7-3 and falling to Tufts 64 Against Springfield singles winners for UM were Neal Mackertich Steve Jordan Stu Goodman Dave Singer and Chris Allaire The doubles teams of Mackertich and Goodman and Mark Gelinas and Dave Salem also were victorious Against the Jumbos Mackertich Jordan and Lindgren were winners in singles and Mackertich and Goodman scored a doubles win Canes top Holyoke Amherst Regional's tennis scored a 66 win over Holyoke Tuesday Rob Minear Jon Schimmd and Ed Hartai were singles winners for the Hurricanes Adam Payne and Max Page and Pablo Chamorro and Ed Minear had wins in doubles PLY I i i I I i i i i I i i I I i I I i i I I i A-78-13 4 BW The Whataly Llonoso Club yesterday sponsored demonstration of how hearing ear dogs are used to help the deaf Jerry Ruthowsky of Conway (right) works with his dog Jake at the Frontier Senior Cent or In South Deerfield The dogs are trained by the New England Educational Center of Jeff arson Mass (Photo by Gordon Daniels) King's Plaza Camping Show! 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