Poet, UMass prof Donald Junkins dies at 89
Donald Junkins taught literature and creative writing at UMass for three decades and was an expert on Hemingway. CONTRIBUTED
By MAX MARCUS
Donald Junkins a poet, professor and longtime Franklin County resident died last Thursday from complications of heart disease. He was 89 years old.
Though he and his wife, Kamei Zheng, had moved to California in 2019, Junkins spent most of his life in Massachusetts, and lived in Franklin County for his entire three-decade tenure at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, plus about 10 years after his retirement, according to his son Daniel Junkins.
At UMass, Junkins taught creative writing, and was recognized as an expert on Ernest Hemingway. He argued against critiques claiming that Hemingway’s work is misogynistic.
KEYNOTES: Rotarians adapt to online setting
Rosemary Rimkus
The confines of COVID-19 have forced the Hudson Rotary Club to adapt its meetings and its aims. Organized in 1923, almost one hundred years later the Hudson service organization has swapped its weekly meetings at the Hudson Portuguese Club for bi-weekly “Zoom” meetings, and in recent years dropped its mandatory weekly attendance rules.
Hudson Town Moderator Richard Harrity, current club president, said when Covid restrictions were announced in March 2020, the club attempted outdoor meetings for a few months, “but in the Fall the weather forced us to make other plans.” At recent “Zoom” meetings, the club has hosted guest speakers Tom Gregory, who will soon succeed Tom Moses as town administrator; Police Chief Rick DiPersio and Mark O’Connell, Avidia bank president.
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The Colorado Avalanche hosts the San Jose Sharks on Saturday in the second game of a back-to-back set between the clubs and the second of four straight matchups.Colorado shut out San Jose 3-0 on Friday to extend its season-long home point streak to 14 games and improve to 32-12-4 on the season. Mikko Rantanen notched a goal and two assists for his fourth three-point night of the campaign and has points in his last seven games. Cale Makar registered a goal and an assist on the power play, while Gabriel Landeskog (one goal, one assist) put together a multi-point effort as well. Netminder Philipp Grubauer earned his sixth shutout of the year tied for the most in the NHL stopping all 21 shots he faced.