Max Classic
The 4th annual Max Classic Cadillac Invitational, in memory of Bill Sadowsky, was held on July 30 on two area courses, The Ranch Golf Club in Southwick and Crestview Country Club in Agawam. More than 250 golfers participated, raising $150,000 for the Baystate Children’s Hospital in Springfield. Proceeds from this year’s event provided funding for the purchase of a digital pediatric echocardiogram for the hospital.
Left to right: Neal Webber, Marc Katz, Steve Goodman,
and Steven Friedberg
Left to right: Gary Fontaine, Ken Albano, Andy Cohen,
and Louis Harris
Left to right: Rick Crews, Peter Shrair, Ron Goulet, and Joe Ascioti
Left to right: John Drost, Rob Robitaille, Dan Robitaille, and
Patrick Greene
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Attention Spans
Springfield Technical Community College was the scene of some intriguing bridge-building lately. It was all part of a unique workshop known officially as a Title IIB Mass. Math and Science Partnership. Unofficially, this was a two-week program designed to give area math and science teachers some ideas for fun, hands-on projects they can use to impart lessons in science and engineering to their students. One of them was an assignment to construct a bridge out of cardboard file folders, ones that would withstand — if built correctly — up to 11 kilograms of weight. The program was led by Beth McGinnis-Cavanaugh, an assistant professor of Physics at STCC, and Richard Pree, an Engineering Education specialist at Smith Vocational and Agricultural High School.
Above, Jeff Bucs, left, a science teacher at White Brook Middle School in Easthampton, Bill Holt, a teacher at Chicopee’s Bellamy School, and Kim Holt, Jeff’s wife and a teacher at Wilbraham Middle School, show off their bridge;
Above, McGinnis-Cavanaugh and Pree (right), test a bridge while Mike Stewart, a teacher at Gateway Regional Middle School, watches.
Above, Bucs signals triumph as his bridge withstands the full 11 kilograms without collapsing.
Groundbreaking Stuff
A ground-breaking ceremony was staged recently to celebrate the commencement of construction of the Agawam Crossing project. The project is a new medical/professional center at the corner of Silver and Suffield Streets in Agawam being developed by Development Associates of Agawam and built by Associated Builders of South Hadley. From left: Mike Ciolek, president of Associated Builders; Russell Denver, president of Affiliated Chambers of Commerce of Greater Springfield; Ken Vincunas, president of Development Associates and the project’s developer; Richard Cohen, mayor of Agawam; Edward O’Leary, developer; and Bob McGovern, Don Rhealt, and Ruth Carr-Bitzas, members of the Agawam City Council.
