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A6 North Adams Transcript LOCAL NEWS Saturday-Sunday, March 4-5, 2006 www.TheTranscript.com Obituaries Barbara Vanderburgh, 67 Resident of North Adams Barbara. E. (Anderson) Vanderburgh, 67, of 109 Sullivan St. North Adams. died Thursday March 2, 2006, at the North Adams Commons in North Adams.

Born in North Adams on Jan. 21, 1939, she was the daughter of the G. Peter Anderson and Leona (Porter) Anderson. She attended schools in North Barbara E. Adams.

Mrs. Vander- Vanderburgh burgh was a homemaker. She enjoyed giving to others, shopping, arts and crafts and playing bingo. She was a dedicated grandmother. Her husband, Robert Vander- burgh, i is deceased: She leaves two daughters, Faith Anderson of Springfield; April Vanderburgh of Adams; a son, Dwayne Anderson of Lanesborough; two sisters, Marion A.

Powell of University City, and Susan A. Sleets of Laverock, a brother George P. Anderson of Lanesbough, and five grandchildren. FUNERAL NOTICE Services will take place Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the Flynn Dagnoli-Montagna Home for Funerals, West Chapels, 521 W.

Main St. North Adams, with the Rev. Peter A. Gregory, pastor of St. Charles Church in Pittsfield, officiating.

Burial will follow in Southview Cemetery. Calling hours at the funeral home are 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Memorial donations are suggested for the United Negro College Fund through the funeral home. Dorothy B.

Hickey, 90 Founded Sweet Brook Nursing Home Dorothy Billings Hickey, 90, of tirement Community and the pur- Woodcock Road, died Friday, March 3, Crescent Manor Care Bennington, Vt. Born in Greenfield, on May 13, 1915, she was the daughter of Samuel Partridge and Minnie (Harris) Billings. She graduated from Deerfield Academy in Williamstown, 2006, at the Centers in Dorothy B. Hickey 1933 and from the New England Baptist School of Nursing in 1936. She was a registered nurse and did private duty nursing at the New England Baptist Hospital.

She married James Walter Hickey in 1939, they were later divorced. They moved to Williamstown, in 1946. She purchased the main house of the Sweet Brook Farm and established Sweet Brook Nursing Home in 1948. She joined with local doctors and lawyers to build a new 80- bed facility for her nursing home business on Cold Spring Road in 1968. She was a licensed nursing home administrator and served on the board of directors of Sweet Brook.

She over saw the multiply additions to the nursing facility, the development of the building of Sweetwood Continuing Care Re- Community calendar Saturday, March 4 Last night for MCLA play NORTH ADAMS MCLA's spring main stage show "Because Their Hearts Were Pure" or "The Secret of the Mine," 8 p.m., in Venable Theatre. 9-mile snowshoe hike NORTH ADAMS The Berkshire Knapsackers Hiking Club will hold a strenvous, nine-mile snowshoe loop on Mt. Greylock from Bellows Pipe Trail on Notch Road to the Appalachian Trail, to the summit of Greylock, returning via the AT and Bernard Farm Trail. Bring water, snacks, lunch. Wear proper footwear and dress for the weather.

Meet at the Big parking lot, Route 2, in time to leave at 8:30 a.m. Girl Scout cookie sale ADAMS Brownie Troop 465 of Adams will sell Girl Scout cookies, 10 a.m.2 p.m., at Wal-Mart, North Adams. Cookies, will be available for $3.50 per box. "Ice Age Il' NORTH ADAMS "Movies for Kids" continues with "Ice Age at 1:30 p.m. at Western Gateway Heritage State Park's Visitors Center.

The movie is appropriate for children of all ages. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Leo Club car wash ADAMS The Hoosac Valley Leo Club will be holding a car wash, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., at McAndrews-King on Columbia Street. The cost will be $5. Sunday, March 5 Chess tournament NORTH ADAMS The North Berk- chase and subsequent additions to Crescent Manor Care Center in Bennington, Vt.

She was active in the business until the sale of Sweet Brook to Northern Berkshire Health System in 1999. She was an avid button collector and belonged to the state button societies of New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut. She pursued a lifelong interest in gardening. She leaves a daughter, K. Elaine Neely and her husband, Thomas W.

Neely, of Williamstown; a granddaughter, K. Bervard Neely of Denver, a grandson, Matthew P. Neely of Eastchester, N.Y.; several Three brothers, Francis Sidney Billings, George Morton Billings and Forrest Cowles Billings, are deceased. FUNERAL NOTICE Funeral services for Dorothy Hickey will take place Tuesday, March 7, 11 a.m., at St. John's Episcopal Church, Williamstown, with the Rev.

Peter Elvin, rector, officiating. Burial will follow in Southlawn Cemetery, South Williamstown. Calling hours are Monday, 2-4 and 7- 9 p.m., at the Flynn Dagnoli-Montagna Home for Funerals, West Chapels, 521 W. Main North Adams. Flowers may be sent or memorial donations may be made to the Crescent Manor Scholarship Fund, Crescent Manor Care Center, 312 Crescent Blvd, Vt.

05201 or through the funeral home. shire Chess Club will host an open tournament, starting at 8:30 a.m., at the Holiday Inn. Particaption is free. Entry is open to all Berkshire County residents or members of any of the Berkshire County chess clubs. Col.

Williams' birthday WILLIAMSTOWN The 291st birthday of Colonel Ephraim Williams will be celebrated in a public ceremony, 12:30 p.m., at the Williams Inn. The Silver Grey Militia Co. of Northern Berkshire will lead the march and musket salute at Field Park. Following the salute, he traditional birthday. cake will be cut by Col.

Ephraim Williams at the Williams Inn. Pownal Legion breakfast POWNAL. Vt. American Legion Post 90 will serve an all-you-can-eat breakfast. 8-11 a.m.

Bacon, eggs, sausage, toast, French toast, pancakes, homefries, juice and coffee will be served. The cost is $5 for adults and $1 for children younger than 7. Presentation on Afghanistan WILLIAMSTOWN Sally Goodrich, educator and administrator in the North Adams school system, will give an illustrated presentation of her recent trips to Afghanistan, 11:30 a.m., in the lower room of St. John's Episcopal Church. The public is invited to the presentation, which will begin with a simple lunch of soup and bread at 11:30 a.m.

in the church's undercroft. To reserve a place at the free lunch and for information, call 458-8144. St. John's is located at 35 Park St. ANN ANNOUNCEMENT The Board of Directors of the North Adams Ambulance Service, Inc.

will hold their annual meeting on Monday, March 13, 2006 at 6:30 p.m. at Steeples Restaurant located in the Holiday Inn, 400 Main Street, North Adams. N065101 DANIEL PEARL BERKSHIRE SCHOLARSHIP This annual $1,000 scholarship is awarded to a Berkshire -area high school student intending to pursue education and a career in either journalism or music. For full information and an application, visit your high school guidance office, or visit www.berkshireeagle.com or www.thetranscript.com (click Pearl Scholarship link). Applications must be received or postmarked by May 1 at 5 p.m.

N061959 Waiting in the wings 12-year-old husky, hangs out an educational program to Gail Breslauer's dog Weasel, a Thursday while her owner gives Gillian Adams Transcript at Pownal Elementary School students on sled dogs. Mihos makes race for governor official By Erik Arvidson TRANSCRIPT STATEHOUSE BUREAU BOSTON Cape Cod businessman Christy Mihos officially threw his hat into the ring for governor Thursday, setting off fears among Republicans that he could take votes away from Lt. Gov. Kerry Healey. Mihos, 56, a lifelong Republican who owns a chain of restaurants, said he will run as an independent candidate rather than challenge Healey in the primary, a move that some Republicans worry could erode Healey's base of support among moderate voters.

"I'll make one simple pledge: I will be unbought and unbossed," Mihos said at a press conference in front of the Statehouse that was attended by a throng of supporters. "As governor, I'll have one purpose: To make the lives of the people of the commonwealth better." Mihos, a former member of the Turnpike Authority who clashed with former acting Gov. Jane M. Swift over Big Dig finances, said he thought voters were looking for an alternative to Republicans and Democrats. He denied that he was running for governor out of vanity and said he did not think he was turning his back on his party by running as an independent.

"I went with my heart and with my conscience," Mihos said. "I've always been an independent minded fellow. The two major parties are not beholden to the people's interests, but the special interests." Mihos, entrance into the race has sparked discussion within Republican Party ranks that the 56-year-old Cape Cod businessman could play the role of "spoiler" in a three-way general election. A recent poll by the University of Massachusetts-Lowell found that Mihos could potentially take away more independent minded voters from Healey than either of the two Democratic candidates, Attorney General Thomas F. Reilly and former civil rights attorney Deval Patrick.

Changes poll results The poll found Healey and Reilly to be deadlocked in a twoway race, with 42 percent supporting Healey and 43 percent supporting Reilly, well within the 5 percent margin for error. In a three-way race including Mihos, Reilly would get 36 percent to 30 percent, with Mihos getting 17 percent. The poll was more vague as to how Mihos, candidacy could affect a Healey-Patrick campaign. Patrick leads Healey oneon-one, 40 percent to 38 percent. However, with Mihos running, both Patrick and Healey would 34 percent, and Mihos would get 12 percent.

Louis DiNalate, director of the Center for Economic and Civic Opinion at UMass-Lowell, said that while the Mihos candidacy "certainly complicates things" it's too early to say whether Mihos would siphon more votes away from Healey. "We're going to have to wait a while. (Mihos) hasn't really said anything yet," DiNatale said. "We don't know what the effects are on the general election. It Club news Berkshire Retirees Club to meet Monday NORTH ADAMS The Berkshire Retirees held their Christmas party on Dec.

5, 2005, noon, at Steeples Restaurant. After dinner, there was a raffle. Winners were Martha Benoit, Theresa Jammallo and Marilyn Daub. Other raffles were won by Fran Schmidt, Vera Village Fillmore Pond 5 years growing stronger. Both Independent and Assisted Living options.

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Because of its previous ownership and affiliation with several gas companies related to Adams Gaslight, National Grid has taken responsibility for remediating up to 30 MGP sites throughout the state. National Grid spokeswoman Deborah Drew said the purchase is expected to be finalized in 60 days. She declined to give the purchase price. The store was started as Decker's Cleaners and Gun Shop by John Decker. His son, Peter, took over the store, and passed it on to his son, Thomas.

The dry cleaning part of the business closed in 1994. "National Grid was been negotiating with my father for almost 10 years before I took over the store, and it's all just coming to a head now," Thomas Decker said Thursday. "This is a great transaction for me." The company, when it was known as Massachusetts Electric discovered arsenic contamination in the soil in Columbia Memorial Park 1999. After an extensive cleanup by the company, the park was reopened in 2002. Decker said he would be relocatrooking the store in town, but could not say where.

"It tugs at my heartstrings to leave, but that's life." he said. "It's a good deal for me, and I'm getting a new depends on his campaign. Right now, it looks like he's a spoiler for someone, but it's hard to see how he gets elected or wins." What complicates the issue further, DiNatale added, is that unenrolled voters tend to not vote as often as registered Republicans or Democrats. Many political insiders see Mihos as a bit of a loose cannon who's not afraid to say what's on his mind, which could throw one of the other candidates offguard. "(Mihos) is a quirky candidate.

Third party candidates tend to be a little less programmed and have a little more personality," DiNatale said. "He's also a ie. Maybe he can change the subject of the Healey, speaking briefly to reporters Thursday afternoon, said it "doesn't matter" whether there are two candidates in the race or three. "My message is going to be the same. I'm going to be talking about creating jobs here in Massachusetts, getting our tax rate back down to 05 percent, and improving our schools.

I would have been happy to run against (Mihos) in a primary as well, but I also welcome him to the general race," Healey said. Libardoni, Evelyn Jones, Theresa Phaneuf and Muriel Goodrich. The club voted to donate $50 to the Salvation Army. Evelyn Jones, treasurer, reported the club made $138 at the TOPS Craft Fair in November. There were no meetings held in January or February.

The next meeting will be held Monday, March 6, 1:30 p.m., at the American Legion. Club news Court Sancta Regina 904 to hold baby shower ADAMS- Court Sancta Regina 904, Catholic Daughters of the Americas, will meet Wednesday, March 8, 1 p.m., at Kolbe Hall, St. Stanislaus Church. The meeting will be the annual baby shower. National Regent Joan McKenna and two state court officers will be guests.

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