Mailed free to requesting homes in Douglas, Northbridge and Uxbridge Vol. VII, No. 5 ONLINE: WWW.BLACKSTONEVALLEYTRIBUNE.COM Complimentary to homes by request Friday, November 22, 2013 THISHIS WEEK’S QUOTEUOTE “Habit is a cable; we weave a thread of it each day, and at last we cannot break it.” — Horace Mann Champions! INSIDE A2-3— LOCAL A4-5— OPINION A6 — CALENDAR A7— OBITUARIES A10-11— LEARNING A12-13 — SPORTS B4 — LEGALS B5— REAL ESTATE LOCAL NORTHBRIDGE COUNTERS INDIANS’ EARLY PUNCH TO WIN DIVISION 5 TITLE BY JON GOUIN SPORTS CORRESPONDENT NORTHBRIDGE — The Northbridge High football team is on top of the Central Mass. Division 5 heap. Last Friday night the Rams (8-2) hosted Bartlett High (6-4) in the district championship game, and when the smoke cleared Northbridge took a 50-37 victory and the hardware to prove it. It wasn’t pretty, especially at the start, but the Rams Turn To CHAMPIONS page A12 Ralph True Page A5 LEARNING Jon Gouin photos The Northbridge High football team surrounds their 2013 Central Mass. Division 5 district championship trophy after defeating Bartlett, 50-37, on Nov. 15. Honoring those who serve ‘QUILTS OF VALOR’ PROVIDE COMFORT, HEALING, APPRECIATION Good citizen honors Page A9 SPORTS Track results Page A13 OPINION GET YOUR POINT ACROSS PAGE A4 Contact the Tribune editor at aminor@ stonebridgepress.com BY JOY RICHARD STONEBRIDGE PRESS STAFF WRITER NORTHBRIDGE — The ultimate sacrifice will be honored through an upcoming square dedication to a Northbridge resident who died in World War II. According to former Northbridge veterans’ agent Ken Trajanowski, the dedication will pay respect Courtesy photo Northbridge resident Barbara Convent was photographed in 1939, with her son and daughter Floyd and Josephine and niece Louise Gervais. A day worth waiting for NORTHBRIDGE RESIDENT TO BE HONORED WITH SQUARE 70 YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH to his uncle Floyd Convent, who was killed in action on Dec. 15, 1943, as the result of the invasion of Anzio. The 70th anniversary of the battle and Convent’s passing will be marked this December. Covent’s hometown will pay its respects to the fallen solider with a plaque that will mark a square near his childhood Turn To CONVENT page A8 Mark Ashton photo Barbara Beaulieu of Monson gets ready to stitch some strips of colorful quilt covering together. NANOWRIMO GOAL IS TO WRITE 50,000 WORDS IN ONE MONTH BY JOY RICHARD STONEBRIDGE PRESS STAFF WRITER DUDLEY — Could you write 50,000 words in a month? That is the goal of National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo, as those who participate in it call it. The entire month of November is dedicated to inspiring writers from all over the country to dig deep into their craft and hopefully meet the world goal — and maybe even complete a book. Speaking with BY MARK ASHTON STONEBRIDGE PRESS STAFF WRITER LEICESTER — “We’re very proud of what we do,” says Theresa Perreault of Spencer, the Massachusetts Regional Coordinator of the Quilts of Valor Foundation. “I used to make quilts for family,” she says. “I used to sew in Charlton, but I saw a blip on TV and we decided to put a group together about two years ago.” That group has been making quilts for veterans ever since, working together — and, sometimes, individually at home — to piece together red, white, blue and gold bits of fabric, turning “scraps of beauty” into finished works of art, star-studded creations of honor and comfort. “I don’t think I’ll ever stop (making them),” says Perreault. “It’s a reason to Turn To QUILTS page A9 Locals take novel challenge NaNoWriMo Municipal Liaison Caroline Daniel of Dudley, it was clear that writing takes center stage when you join the monthlong movement, even if it not your fulltime career. Her group of writers represents writers from not only the Sturbridge/Southbridge area, but also Webster, Dudley, Oxford and the Turn To CHALLENGE page A8

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