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Volume 7, Number 11 Southington’s Only Hometown Newspaper Friday, March 12, 2010

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Photo by Joan Estra

Stuart Estra walks in the distance to showcase the road built through Pan-thorn Park to allow the town to build sewers to service Lagana Avenue andRoseanna Road. “I didn’t know they were going to build a highway throughthe park,” Estra said. According to town officials, the town will plant new treesonce the project is complete.

Mount Southington welcomes a new kind of daring

A Leaps of Faith skier passes by in a blur.

Citizen photos by Zachary Janowski

Alex Snow, 22, of Newtown, completes a run at MountSouthington. Snow, who is blind, came to Southingtonwith Leaps of Faith, a nonprofit that trains handi-capped water skiers, for its first try at the slopes.

By Zachary JanowskiThe Southington Citizen

Twenty-two-year-old AlexSnow has the right name forthe day spent skiing onMount Southington, but it’san opportunity he doesn’t getvery often.

Snow, of Newtown, isblind.

He came to MountSouthington with Leaps ofFaith, a nonprofit that trainswater skiers with disabilitiesbased in Sandy Hook, and theNew England HandicappedSports Association fromNewbury, N.H.

“It’s a great experience,”Snow said after the first halfof his ski outing.

He said he doesn’t muchremember the time he skiedas a young child, but he doeshave 11 years of water skiingto compare the experience to.

“For one thing, water ski-

ing you’re going a lot faster,”he explained. “I don’t knowwhich one I like better.”

“Probably the most chal-lenging is remembering I’mnot water skiing,” he added,

saying a water skier leansdifferently than a snow skier.

Snow said skiing isn’t thatdifficult for a blind person.

“A lot of it is just aboutfeel,” he said. “You ski likeeveryone else, but you relyon other senses to assistyou.”

Joel Zeisler is the headcoach of Leaps of Faith. Hesaid he had been a competi-tive water skier for yearswhen a random person calledin 1992 to ask if he couldlearn how to go over a jumpon water skis.

“By the way,” Zeisler re-

called the man saying, “I for-got to tell you I’m totallyblind.”

Ziesler said that was thebeginning of Leaps of Faith,which expanded from help-ing the visually impaired in2000 to helping the disabledwater ski, too.

“Joel provides water ski-ing for our members,” saidTom Kersey, executive direc-tor of NEHSA.

He said NEHSA wanted toreciprocate.

“That was the beginning

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Basenji championseeks top dog status

Photos courtesy of Kimberly Mencarini

Mencarini and Norma Jean try to stand out in the crowd.

Kimberly Mencarinishows her Basenji, NormaJean, at the WestminsterKennel Club Dog Showlast month.

By Jessica KastnerPlaskett

Special to The Citizen

When Kimberly Mencari-ni bought a wrinkly Basenjipuppy four years ago, shehad no idea she was bringinghome a star. But after Men-carini and Norma Jean par-ticipated in the prestigiousWestminster Kennel ClubDog Show in February, sheknew her dog was somethingspecial. Although she didn’twin, Mencarini said compet-ing for the best in show titlein a world class event was anaward in itself.

“Just being there was adream come true,” Mencari-ni said. “It was jam packed,and the energy was reallycool.”

In its 134th year, the West-minster show brings 2,600dogs from across the U.S. andseven different countries.This year’s competition washeld at Madison Square Gar-den Feb. 15 and 16. Dogs haveto become American KennelClub champions by earningpoints in other shows beforequalifying for Westminster.

After earning her dog’schampionship status in May2009, Mencarini applied forWestminster in Novemberand then waited. And waited.When she got the call in Jan-uary about Norma Jean’s ac-

ceptance, Mencarini wasoverjoyed.

“I called my breeder rightaway, I was so excited,” Men-carini said.

Although she had taken arecent dog handling clinic,Mencarini said nothingquite prepared her for theWestminster experience.There were crowds of pho-tographers, hundreds of peo-ple asking to pet the dogs andthe dog owners themselvesembodied their stereotypi-cally quirky personas.

“Everything you hearabout them is true,” Mencar-ini said. “People spend hun-dreds of thousands of dol-lars campaigning for theirdogs, they get so in to it. It’s abig political event.”

The glamorous atmos-phere was not enough to in-timidate Norma Jean, how-ever.

“She wasn’t nervous, evenwith all the flashes and peo-ple in your face — not a lot ofdogs would tolerate that,”Mencarini said. “I think shedid great.”

Judges pick best in showby comparing dogs to theirbreed standard. They exam-ine characteristics such asthe dog’s bite, tail, trot andother physical features.

Mencarini said NormaJean seemed to enjoy the at-tention, however the eight

hour event did not go withoutits unrehearsed moments. Al-though Norma Jean upheldher regality for most of theshow, she did give Mencarinireason to blush.

“She started chasing hertail in the last circle, right be-fore we were done beingjudged,” Mencarini said.“She does it all the time in theliving room, but she never inall my time with her inshows, has she done that.”

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“She has no pride in ask-ing us to pet her-she’ll paw atmy hand until I do, or she sits

on her back with paws up andwines and cries until I do.She’s very sweet,” said Men-carini.

Neediness aside, NormaJean’s future looks bright.She most recently won thebest of breed title in the FirstCompany Governor’s FootGuard Athletic AssociationDog Show & Obedience Tri-als Feb. 21.

“It’s like she just turns on aswitch when she’s at a show,”Mencarini said. “I’m surewe’ll do many more.”

ChampionContinued from page 2 SHS drama club to perform

Disney’s Beauty and the BeastThe Southington High School Drama

Club will perform the Disney classic,Beauty and the Beast, this spring. ThisTony Award winning production will castits spell on the Southington High Schoolstage from March 26 through March 28.

In 1991, Disney’s film version of Beautyand the Beast became the first animatedfilm to become an Academy Award nomi-nee for Best Picture. Like the film version,the Broadway adaptation tells the infa-mous love story between freethinking, car-ing Belle and her ferocious captor, theBeast. On Broadway, Beauty and the Beastplayed to over 5,000 sold-out houses and be-come the sixth-longest running Broadwaymusical of all time. Filled with enchantingcharacters, inspirational music, and beau-tiful costumes and sets, this “tale as old astime” is sure to be another SHS DramaClub standing-room-only hit.

The SHS drama club cast of Beauty andthe Beast includes CharlieDan Sheffy,Meghan Bowes, Stephen Murphy, Bruce

Barger, Brandon Brush, Pat Leclair, JesseCrofton, Molly Meehan, Brittany Porydzy,Marykate Scanlon, Jocelyn Perlini, DanielDietz, Katie Klein, Jacquelyn Ford-Cooper-man and Emily Gerrish. In addition, thereare 54 more cast members, which is thelargest cast SHS Drama Club has ever hadin one production.

In addition, the drama club has hired aprofessional technical manager to con-struct the complex set, as well as rentingall of the cast’s costumes. The Drama Clubis involved in numerous fundraisers tohelp defer the costs associated with theproduction.

Eric Lindblom and Sara Osias direct theshow. Kayley Sisco is the choreographer.

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Zoning subcommittee wants to identify hurdles, stumbling blocksBy Zachary Janowski

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A subcommittee of thePlanning and Zoning Com-mission will hold a meetingMarch 24 to gather public in-put on how to improve thepermitting process.

The continuous improve-ment subcommittee will meetat 7:30 p.m. at town hall incouncil chambers. The sub-committee already metMarch 11.

Paul Chaplinsky, commis-sion secretary, is the chair-man of the subcommittee. Heis joined on the subcommitteeby Pat Saucier, an alternate,and Jim Sinclair, a commis-sion member.

“We’re looking for areas ofimprovement for our regula-tions and our processes,”Chaplinsky said.

He said he hopes some“key” community members

who frequently use the zon-ing process — such as con-tractors and attorneys — willoffer feedback.

Chaplinsky said he wantsto create a “laundry list”based on public commentand then prioritize thechanges to be made.

“We’ve had a few hot topicsover the past year,” he added.“People may have opinionsor ideas about how they’dlike to see some of thesethings reshaped.”

According to Chaplinsky,transparency would be onetopic addressed by the sub-committee. He said it couldlook at an online permittingsystem that would allow ap-

plicants to see where theirpermit as waiting for ap-proval.

He said the subcommitteewants to hear about “hur-dles” and “stumblingblocks.”

Chaplinsky said the com-mission has already had feed-back about setbacks on cor-ner lots.

“I’ve also heard sheds are acommon problem or issue,”he added.

Chaplinsky said he wantsto do these kind of reviewson a regular basis because“looking at bits and pieces ofour regulations at a time isbetter than waiting for aproblem to occur.”

“As times change there ex-ists a need to reflect on theregulations and processesthe Town of Southingtonuses for managing variousactivities related to landuse,” the subcommitteewrote in its problem state-ment. “To stay current, werealize there may exist ineffi-ciencies or areas for im-provement in these land useprocesses. An analysis/as-sessment of historical dataand expert feedback shall beconducted to generate short-term and long-term initiativerecommendations for theCommissions to consider.”

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A glimpse into the new gallery, Paris in Plantsville,shows that artists were recently at work.

Steve Rand, behind the desk, and Sean Michanczyk,right, are the duo behind the new gallery.

By Leo DeBarbaSpecial to The Citizen

The harsh economy hasbrought many issues to fami-lies and businesses acrossAmerica. Local and smallbusinesses are struggling tosurvive and thrive in a dwin-dling economy where fami-lies find less and less oppor-tunities to enjoy expensiveluxuries. Even large chainindustries are feeling thehardships, with branchesacross America being closedand shut down as their busi-ness slows. Some, like Cir-cuit City, are forced to closecompletely.

However, not everyone isafraid to begin their ownbusiness in this economicclimate.

Paris in Plantsville will beopening soon in the center ofPlantsville with hopes ofproviding artistic values andskills to people of all ages.

Even as other businessesfight to stay alive, Steve Randand Sean Michanczeyk cre-

ated the art gallery with highhopes and optimistic spirits.

According to Steve Rand,the art gallery is already ex-pected as a big hit amongtown residents, as well aspeople outside of the area.

“The art gallery and stu-dio is community orientedwhere we will have opencalls, classes for adults andchildren,” said Rand. “Therewill be a lot of artistic expo-sure to the town and we’ll fo-cus on the fine arts as well ascontemporary works. We’reall into all kinds of art fromany kind of artist. Many peo-ple have already signed up,so we’ve already recruited alarge following of people, butwe’re going to try to keep thetraffic moving. So far, wehave already seen about 300people visit us in order to getinvolved. Ideally we want toexpand outside of Southing-ton, but the Plantsville reno-vations brought us here. It’sa good central locationwhere we can secure a solidfoothold. But even in this

tough economy, you have tobe optimistic. Even if youfail, it’s worth going for.We’re young and have freshblood for the art scene, butwe’ve got enough experienceand definitely know whatwe’re doing.”

Sean Michanczeyk, once aPlantsville resident and co-founder and owner of Parisin Plantsville, is also very ex-cited to begin his explo-rations in the artistic com-munity of Southington.“We’ve been doing art showsand demonstrations foryears,” said Michanczeyk.“We started doing this inschool in Hartford and it justbecame a natural progres-sion.”

However, adults are notthe only ones who will bene-fit from the gallery. Accord-ing to Michanczeyk, chil-dren will also find entertain-ment and learn artistic val-ues at the gallery’s classes.“We’ll be doing lessons for

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The Main Street Com-munity Foundation, underthe leadership of PresidentSusan Sadecki, has part-nered with the Southing-ton Board of Education tosupport the elementaryschool breakfast program.

The Main Street Com-munity Foundation recent-ly made a $1,000 grant tosupport funding for the dis-trict’s pilot program.Through a generous giftfrom the Elliott InsuranceGroup, the foundation wasable to provide the neces-sary financial support toensure yearlong funding atFlanders ElementarySchool. Dino Carbone,President of the Elliott In-surance Group said, “I firstheard of the breakfast pro-gram through my involve-ment as a board memberfor the Main Street Com-munity Foundation andwanted to help.” The Flan-

ders breakfast program ispresently serving dozens ofstudents every week.

The elementary schoolbreakfast program is fullysupported by philanthrop-ic gifts from civic organiza-tions and local founda-tions. “Community knowl-edge is our greatest assetand this grant is an exam-ple of how the foundationcan facilitate support for aspecific community proj-ect,” said Sadecki.

Superintendent JosephErardi said, “The MainStreet Community Founda-tion supported our need. Iam incredibly grateful thatthe Main Street Communi-ty Foundation has stood sotall for hungry children.Our schools’ vision is sim-ply to be the finest schoolsystem inConnecticut. Hungryyoungsters should never bepart of this formula.”

Main Street Community Foundationsupports school breakfasts

ParisContinued from page 6

will bring. “People in Southington en-

joy art very much, especiallykids in our school,” saidSouthington High School artdepartment head Tom Ha-ranzy. “A lot of kids are in-volved in art programs, but I

think the gallery will be agreat place for artists to dis-play their work. It’s anotheravenue for people to explorein the artistic community.”

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Longtime executive takes charge of local hospitalBy Zachary Janowski


The hospital board of di-rectors hasn a m e dClarence Sil-via presidentand chief ex-ecutive offi-cer of TheHospital ofCentral Con-necticut andpresident ofthe Central ConnecticutHealth Alliance, the hospi-tal’s parent organization, ef-fective immediately.

Silvia, 54, most recentlywas senior vice presidentand chief operating officerfor CCHA and the hospital.Prior to this, Silvia was pres-ident and CEO of BradleyMemorial Hospital, a post heassumed in 1993, after serv-

ing as the hospital’s execu-tive vice president for sevenyears. A Connecticut native,Silvia is a Phi Beta Kappagraduate of the University ofConnecticut, where he alsoearned his master’s in busi-ness administration, with aconcentration in Health Sys-tems.

“It gives me great pleasureto announce Mr. Silvia’s ap-pointment as our new CEO,”said John Manning, chair-man of the hospital’s boardof directors, which approvedthe appointment Thursdayevening. “Mr. Silvia’s longand distinguished careerwith our organization makeshim uniquely qualified toguide the hospital. As the for-mer president and CEO ofBradley Memorial Hospital,Mr. Silvia played a key lead-ership role in facilitatingboth the development of the

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John Manning, right, chairman of The Hospital of Cen-tral Connecticut’s board of directors, congratulatesClarence Silvia, a longtime hospital executive, on be-ing named president and CEO of the hospital.

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Central Connecticut HealthAlliance in 1995 and themerger of Bradley Memorialand New Britain GeneralHospitals, resulting in theformation of The Hospital ofCentral Connecticut in 2006.The appointment of an inter-nal candidate like Mr. Silvia,who has extensive knowledgeof all facets of our hospitaland healthcare system — in-cluding our caring and dedi-cated staff — will serve to en-sure a smooth and seamlesstransition of our executiveleadership team.”

Silvia said he was lookingforward to his new position.

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The Southington Library,255 Main St., will host a freeprogram to recognize “Ex-press Yourself at the Li-brary” month with Carica-ture artist, JudyTourangeau, 9:30 to 11 a.m.Saturday, March 20. This pro-gram is open to adults andchildren of all ages.

The day of the program,volunteers will be asked toput their name in a pot forpossible selection as a modelfor a caricature.

Tourangeau, a self-taughtcaricaturist also a formallyeducated graphic designer,has always loved to draw peo-ple in particular and has aknack for capturing a flatter-ing resemblance.

As a natural extension ofher talent for portraiture,she has developed a unique

caricature style, in essence“portraits with a cartoonyflair,” with large heads andsmall bodies, but decidedlydifferent from the over-exag-gerated style that may be un-kind or grossly inaccurate inportraying a person’s dis-tinctive features.

Registration is suggesteddue to limited seating. Formore information and to reg-ister visit the online calen-dar at www.southingtonli-brary.org, or call (860) 628-0947, ext. 5.

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and Museum will host, JeffBlumenfeld, the author of“You Want To Go Where?”Wednesday, March 24, at 7p.m.

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el. He has spent over 35 yearsin the adventure-marketingbusiness and is founder ofBlumenfeld and Associates,Inc., a public relations andspecial events firm based inDarien.

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A resident of NewCanaan, he is a member ofThe Explorers Club, theAmerican Alpine Club and aFellow of the Royal Geo-graphical.

For many years, using aPR specialty called adven-ture marketing, Blumefeldhas connected explorers andtheir projects with corporatesponsors looking to demon-strate product performancein extreme conditions.

“You Want To Go Where?”takes readers behind-the-

scenes of some of the mostdangerous adventure expedi-tions in recent years, andshows how to fund andarrange a trip, including de-tails on everything fromgrants to sponsorships.

In his presentation Blu-menfeld will highlight manygreat expeditions and adven-turers, some well known andothers less so.

He will talk about peoplewho dog sled to the NorthPole, climbed the tallest U.S.peaks in record time,climbed Antarctic moun-tains and even hit golf ballsacross Mongolia.

He will also discuss howthey organized these adven-tures and found sponsors tohelp finance them.

“You Want to Go Where?”from Skyhorse Publishingcovers some of the world’smost historic expeditionsand adventures with an eyetowards how people can gainfunding for their own travels.

Books will be available forpurchase and signing at theconclusion of the program.All are welcome to this freeevent. Advance registration

is requested, due to limitedseating. For more informa-tion and to register, visit ourwww.southingtonlibrary.org,or call (860) 628-0947, ext. 5.

Big Read authorvisit March 31

The Southington Librarywill host au-thor AndrewGross as itsBig Readevent speak-er 7 p.m.Wednesday,March 31, atthe AquaTurf Club.Gross willshare how he made a careerchange as head of a majorsports apparel company to aco-writer with best-sellingauthor James Patterson.The pair produced six num-

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Silvia and his wife Joan live in Manches-ter with their three children.

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BriefSouthington employer nominated for2010 Secretary of Defense EmployerSupport Freedom Award

Twenty-five ConnecticutGuard and Reserve servicemembers nominated theiremployers for the 2010 Secre-tary of Defense EmployerSupport Freedom Award, thehighest recognition given bythe U.S. Government to em-ployers for their outstandingsupport of their employeeswho serve in the Guard andReserve. The FreedomAward is particularly signifi-cant because only membersof the Guard and Reserve ortheir family members are eli-gible to nominate their em-ployers for the award.

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Books will be available forpurchase and signing at theconclusion of the program.All are welcome to this freeevent. Advance registrationis requested, due to limitedseating. For more informa-

LibraryContinued from page 10

tion and to register visit, theonline calendar atwww.southingtonlibrary.org,or call (860) 628-0947, ext. 5.

The Big Read is an initia-tive of the National Endow-ment for the Arts designed torestore reading to the centerof American culture.

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The daughter of Josephand Diane Peccerillo,Katherine is a self-motivatedstudent. In class she is help-ful and conscientious, apleasure for all. She is amember of the environmen-tal club, the band and thehonor roll. Katherine playsrecreational and travel soft-

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Seventh-grade students ofthe month are Priya Patel,Alexandra Rothstein andIsabella Russo. The daugh-ter of Alpa and Alpesh Patel,Priya is a lovely young ladywho participates in class dis-cussions, is always preparedand takes great pride in herwork. A member of the hon-or roll, peer advocates andMATHCOUNTS, she likes to

play softball, listen to musicand hang out with friends.

Alexandra, the daughterof Eric and Laura Rothstein,is known as Lexi. A brightand talented girl with a highlevel of motivation and adrive to succeed, she is in-volved in many school activi-ties and acts as a strong sup-port to her peers. Lexi is amember of the honor roll,Project Discover, the cheer-leaders, the band and MATH-COUNTS. A level seven gym-nast, she devotes 17 hourseach week to her trainingregimen.

Isabella, the world lan-guage student of the month,is the daughter of Frank andLori Russo. Dedicated to herstudies, she has showntremendous growth thisyear and serves as an excel-lent model for her peers. Anhonor roll student, Isabellais a member of the softballteam, the chorus and theswing choir.

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Kennedy Middle SchoolJanuary students of themonth pose for a photo. Inthe front, from left to right,are Sana Khan, KatherinePecceriello, Tia Jones,Amanda Perriello,Michael Ruszczyk andLauren Durand. In theback row are Angelo Cam-pagnano, Alyson Barib-ault, Isabella Russo,Alexandra Rothstein,Priya Patel and Pam Aldi.

Photo courtesy of John F. KennedyMiddle School

the month are AlysonBaribault, LaurenDurand, Tia Jones andAmanda Perriello. Alyson,the daughter of Michael andBeth Baribault, is a pleasureto have in class. She alwaysgives her best effort and getsalong with everyone. A mem-ber of the honor roll and thesoftball team, she is on thetown’s swim team and theSouthington Lightning soft-ball team. Alyson also volun-teers as a babysitter.

Lauren, an eighth gradeUnified Arts student of themonth, is the daughter ofMark and Maria Durand. Ea-ger to learn and helpful toother students, she demon-strates exceptional comput-er skills and uses her cre-ativity to produce excellentwork. Lauren is a member ofthe honor roll, the NationalJunior Honor Society, PeerAdvocates, the chorus andthe soccer team. She playstown and travel soccer, vol-unteers as a caroler for theelderly, as a writer of Santaletters to kids and as ababysitter. Lauren is also ac-

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An eighth grade UnifiedArts student of the month,Tia is the daughter ofHardice and Patrice Jones.With her dedication to a widevariety of disciplines, she ex-cels in the creative gifts ofmusic and dance which shereadily shares with all. Tia isa member of the DramaClub, the cheerleaders, thestage band, the honor roll,the band and the NationalJunior Honor Society. In ad-dition to dance, she also en-joys gymnastics.

The daughter of John andDonna Perriello, Amanda isa hardworking student whogets along well with herpeers and helps other whenneeded. She works well ingroups and always has a verypleasant attitude. A memberof the National Junior Hon-or Society and the band,Amanda takes piano lessons,participates in the Passionplay and volunteers at theBarnes Museum and atAlex’s Lemonade Stand dur-ing the Apple Harvest Festi-val.

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ti, Marilyn Sporbert, Shan-non Sullivan, Kelly Toomey,Matthew Torrisi, RebeccaTsangarides, ElizabethVeilleux, Timothy White,Nicole White, Jeanette Wiese,Jennifer Wong, ElizabethWoods, Lauren Zazzaro

Eighth grade, first hon-ors (All A’s with one grade

of B and S allowed)Zainab Aslam, Cody

Backus, Gabrielle Baker, An-drea Baldick, Alyson Barib-ault, Dillon Bauchiero, DevenBernaiche, Justin Blake, JoyBlanchet, Emily Bonomi, Col-in Burke, Christa Case, Desir-ae Casiano, Amarildo Ceta,Kevin Cop, Shania Crawford,Marissa Cusano, Julia D’A-lessandro, Makenna Daly,Samantha D’Angelo, LukeDavis, Brendan Donahue,Mara Dubnicka, Lauren Du-rand, Margaret Fagan, Kay-lyn Fagan, Rachel Flodquist,Eric Flood, Michaela Gee,Elizabeth George, TaylorGrucza, Elizabeth Gwara,Abigail Harris, KatherineHartford, Michael Hoffman,Andrew Hoffman, NicholasHubeny, Tyler Hyde, Ian Ja-cobs, Benjamin Johnson, TiaJones, Daniel Kane,John Konikowski,

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William Lefkovich, Alexan-der Martin, Amanda Mas-troianni, Zachary Maxwell,Carissa Mirando, AlexaMitchell, Sarah Mongillo, Va-lerie Murphy, Kayla Nati, Na-talie Nyerick, Scott Perretta,Amanda Perriello, MatthewPestillo, Andrew Petracca,Joseph Petruzzi, VictoriaPlante, Samantha Potter,Jonathan Rauch, DylanRoach, Jamie Robertson, Eri-ka Rusczek, Gianni Sabino,Bushra Saqab, Kylie Saranti-des, Julie Saucier, NicholasSiarkowski, Steven Sica, KalaSlade, Anthony Smith, Sil-vana Tellerico, AlexanderThomas, Zoe Tyz, AmandaVollaro, Stephanie Whelan,Lianna Wodzicki, SamanthaZgombick

Sixth grade, second hon-ors (All A’s and B’s withone grade of C and S al-

lowed)Robert Albrecht, Hailee

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The inaugural Connecticut Quiz Bowl League Tournament was held at SouthingtonHigh School last month. Robert Pirrie of E.O. Smith High School, Storrs, andJoseph Cipollini of Southington High School coordinated the tournament. About24 teams from around the state competed. Southington fielded two teams, cap-tained by Michael Dolan and Taylor Malone. Participants pictured from left to rightare Alaina Mulhearn, Bryan McGrane, Theo Smigelski, Kiah Devona, ZacharyVasile, Patricja Popowicz and Taylor Malone. Newtown won the tournament andCheshire came in second, but Southington won a total of 5 matched between thetwo teams to qualify for the New England Quiz Bowl Tournament to be held at YaleUniversity on March 27. Southington teaching interns Jim Sargent and Seth Hos-mer acted as moderators for the tournament.

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Alex Angelillo, Daniel Arn-son, Tanmay Athreya, JuliaBailey, Christopher Baker,Blake Bauer, Kayla Belanger,Megan Belcourt, Kevin Bellis,LeeAnne Boucher, ConnorBrennan, Stephanie Brilla,Kyle Burleigh, Adam Cam-pochiaro, Allison Carangelo,Tyler Cardoso, Marisa Caru-so, Sarah Charlton, Lisa Cian-ciolo, Brooke Cochrane,Colleen Coleman, MylesColon, Salvatore Conti, KristyCook, Laura Day, Jared De-Feo, Megan Desorbo, ErikaDiNeno, Joseph Fazzino,Megan Fazzino, SamanthaFerla, Sydney Ferrante,Thomas Fischer, Shane Flori-an, Joseph Freer, PatrickFreer, Shawn Gaedeke,Matthew Geffken, MatthewGerrish, Deanna Goutzos,Megan Graham, VictoriaGray, Frederick Grimmett,Courtney Hedges, Bianca Hi-

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The Riccio Brothers Busi-ness Person of the year willbe presented to co-recipientsDean Michanczyk and MarkLovley. The two men werenominated for their econom-ic involvement in the down-town section of Plantsville.Michanczyk is the owner ofDean’s Stove & Spa and isconstructing a full servicerestaurant in the center ofPlantsville. Lovley headsLovley Development that re-cently built Clock TowerSquare and has purchasedseveral buildings inPlantsville that are slated forrenovations. The two menare also involved in planningfor the proposed PlantsvilleRenaissance.

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nity Service award will go toRachel Wache, president ofthe American LegionWomen’s Auxiliary. Wachehas been instrumental inraising awareness for com-munity services in town andhas spearheaded collectionsfor troops serving overseas.

The Ann Hauver employeeof the year award will go toDebi Albaitis, board of edu-cation employee and secre-tary to the school superin-tendent. Albaitis has servedin her position for the past 10years and was nominated bySuperintendent Joseph Erar-di.

The Chamber selectedfour recipients for its publicservice awards that arebased on 15 years or moreserving on town boards orcommissions. Receiving theawards will be Joe LaPorte,chairman of the ZoningBoard of Appeals for the past

10 years and an 18-year ZBAmember; Edward Kuklinski,who has served on the ZBAfor 16 years, missing only sixmeetings; Phil Wooding forhis 18 years of service on thePolice Commission and Li-brary board; and Bob Cu-sano for his service on thetown council, library boardand head of the town’s his-torical society.

Six beautification awardswill be presented to The Or-chards of Southington for itsnew rock garden and foun-tain; All-Pro Collision inPlantsville for renovating aformer gas station and bodyshop; 409 Canal St. for its ren-ovations of the former Clark

Bolt factory; Holiday Inn Ex-press on Laning Street for itsrenovations; to the owners ofthe new Asado Restauranton Center Street; and to Fre-nesius Medical Center for itsrenovations of a former fac-tory on West Street.

Seven new Chamber direc-tors will be inducted. Theyinclude John Gonski of Peo-ple’s United Bank, JerryBrick of Lake Compounce,Perry Phillips of MulberryGardens, Brenden Goodrichof Farmington SavingsBank, Lisa Chubet of Chu-bet, CPA, Jack LeConche ofLincoln College of New Eng-land and Melissa Ericken ofA Balanced Life. James

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The awards will be pre-sented at the Chamber’s 72ndannual dinner meeting from6 p.m. to midnight on Satur-day, April 17 at the AquaTurf. The theme of theevening is “Good Vibra-tions” with music from the60s-70s-80s. The event is opento the public. Ticket price in-cludes dinner, open bar anddancing.

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Faith Baptists Church willhold a Resurrection ServiceSunday, April 4, at 8 a.m.There will be a continental

breakfast at 9 a.m. and anEaster worship service at 10a.m.

2010 LentenSeries inPlantsville

Plantsville Congregation-al Church will present alight-hearted examination ofOld Testament Bible storiesduring its 2010 Lenten series.The Wednesday-evening pro-grams will start with dinnerat 6:15 p.m., followed by a re-telling of the stories in mod-

ern, soap-opera style and dis-cussion at 7 p.m. The topicswill be: “How I Met YourMother,” “Desperate House-wives” of Genesis, “WestWing” in Israel and “Sur-vivor.” The public is invitedto attend all the programs.RSVP to the church office at(860) 628-5595 to attend thedinner.

Pasta FagioliSt. Thomas School will

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to 7:30 p.m. Meals includepasta fagioli, salad, Italianbread and dessert. There is acost to attend. Proceeds ben-efit St. Thomas School.

Lenten noondayservices

Lenten noonday worshipservices will be offered atnoon each Wednesday dur-ing Lent, Feb. 17 to March 31,in the Barnes MemorialChapel at The First Congre-gational Church ofSouthington, located oppo-

site the Town Green at 37Main St. Each Wednesday,the public is invited to jointhe congregation at FirstCongregational Church for abrief, 30-minute service ofworship, followed by aLenten Luncheon at 12:30p.m. downstairs in Memori-al Hall. There is a cost to at-tend the luncheon.

Questions may be ad-dressed to the office at TheFirst CongregationalChurch of Southington,(860) 628-6958.

WeddingHeisler-Guest

Clare Louise Guest and StuartAngus Heisler were married onFebruary, 6, 2010, at the groom’s par-ents’ home in Meriden. The Rev.Amy Johnson, of Cheshire, a friendof the bride and groom officiated.

The bride is the daughter of Dr.and Mrs. Andrew Guest, of Marion.The groom is the son of Mr. Hughand Dr. Faye Heisler, of Meriden.

The bride was given in marriageby her twin sons, Marek and ArthurGordiski. The bridesmaid was LaraFoldvari, of Cheshire, a friend ofthe bride and groom. The flower girlwas Hillary Jones, of North Caroli-na, cousin to the groom.

The best man was Bruce Owen, of

Cheshire, friend of the bride andgroom. Attendants to the groomwere his children, Andrew Heislerand Elizabeth Heisler.

A champagne reception for 30 fol-lowed the intimate ceremony at thehome of Mr. Hugh and Dr. FayeHeisler. They honeymooned in Mys-tic, for the week following the wed-ding.

The bride is a graduate of TheCheshire Academy, The City Col-lege of New York, and Le CordonBleu Ecole de Cuisine in London,England. She currently works as afreelance makeup artist for Lan-come.

The groom is a graduate ofCheshire High School and an 8 yearveteran of the U.S. Navy. He served

in Operation Desert Storm, and wasa military police officer followinghis return from the Gulf War. He iscurrently enrolled at Southern Con-necticut State University, pursuinga degree in mathematics and sec-ondary education. Their story: We dated at CheshireAcademy, and were separated byfate. Facebook brought us back to-gether and now we are married.This is the second marriage forboth of us. Clare is 40, Stuart is 38.Clare’s twins, Marek and Arthurare 6 years old, and Stuart’s chil-dren, Andrew and Elizabeth, are 13and 11 respectively.

The couple will reside inCheshire.

Passion Playtickets

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Jeffrey MushrallJeffrey M. Mushrall, 50, of

Newington, formerly ofSouthington, died Feb. 28,2010, at his home.

He was born Sept. 14, 1959,in Hartford he was the son ofthe late Albert Sr. and Kath-leen (Jandreau) Mushrall. Hewas a Southington HighSchool graduate and was ac-tive as a Free Mason. He wasalso an avid New York Giantsfan and a Boston Red SoxFan.

He is survived by a son,Samuel Mushrall, ofSouthington; two brothers,Joseph Mushrall and hiswife, Laura, of Southington,Albert Mushrall Jr., of Flori-da; a sister, Rosemarie Zam-bory and her husband, An-drew, of Newington; hisnieces and nephews, JosephMushrall, Christa Janczura,Brian Roberts, BJ Roberts;along with many aunts, un-cles, and cousins. He was pre-deceased by a nephew, Jef-frey Mushrall; and his grand-parents, Harvey and RoseMushrall.

The funeral was heldMarch 6, 2010, at theDellaVecchia Funeral Home,Southington. Burial was atthe convenience of the fami-ly.

Harold Stedman Harold F.

Stedman, 74,of Southing-ton, diedMarch 7,2010, at hishome. Hewas the hus-band of thelate Lorraine (LaFlamme)Stedman.

He was born June 27, 1935,in New Britain, a son of thelate Howard Stedman andRuth Smith. Hewas a veteranof the Korean War and wasemployed by Emhart Russ-winn until his retirement.

He is survived by a daugh-ter, Lorna Stakey and hus-band, Clifford and a son,Todd Stedman and wife, Amy,all of Southington; fourgrandchildren, Ciara Sted-man, Kyle Stakey, AdamStedman and Gavin Stakey;two brothers, Donald Sted-man and wife, Betty, ofRocky Hill and Robert Sted-

man and wife, Rita, of Cali-fornia; and several niecesand nephews.

The funeral was heldMarch 10, 2010, at theDellaVecchia Funeral Home,Southington. Burial followedin Oak Hill Cemetery. Memo-rial donations may be madeto the Juvenile Diabetes Re-search Foundation, 20 Bat-terson Park Road, ThirdFloor, Farmington, CT 06032.

Madeleine Daniels Madeleine Albert Daniels,

80, of Southington, diedMarch 7,2010, at theHospital ofCentral Con-necticut atB r a d l e yM e m o r i a l .She was thewife of Sherwood Daniels.

She was born Feb. 22, 1930,in New Britain a daughter ofthe late Joseph and Marie Al-bert. She was employed byJC Penney and was a parish-ioner of St. Dominic Church.

Besides her husband sheis survived by a daughter,Linda Drouin and husband,David, of Plantsville; twograndchildren, Michael andKimberly Drouin; a brother,Norman Albert and wife, Do-lores, of Old Lyme; and sev-eral nieces and nephews. She

was predeceased by twodaughters, Nancy andRoseann; two brothers, Lu-cian and Arthur Albert.

The funeral was heldMarch 10, 2010, at theDellaVecchia Funeral Home,Southington, to St. DominicChurch, Southington for aMass. Burial followed in St.Thomas Cemetery.

Stanislaw Cichy Stanislaw Cichy, 62, of

New Britain,died March6, 2010, aftera long andcourageousbattle withcancer.

He wasborn inPoland and was the son ofthe late Franciszek and Ste-fania (Polonka) Cichy. He haslived in New Britain for mostof his life and was a memberof Sacred Heart Church andretired from Caval Tool Co.after 36 years of service. Hewas a loving husband, fatherand grandfather, he lovedhunting and fishing but hisgreatest joy was being withhis family and friends, hewill be dearly missed by all ofthem.

He is survived by his de-voted wife, Krystyna(Waszczuk) Cichy of 41

years; three daughters and ason, Bozena “Bonnie” Klimasand her husband, Brian, ofNewington, Ella Aitken, ofNew Britain, Agatha Cichyand her companion, JasonNadeau, of New Britain andStanislaw Cichy Jr. and hiscompanion, MargaretZurowski, of Burlington; hisfour beloved grandchildrenwho where his pride and joy,Aaron and Aspen Aitken,Ashley Nadeau and JoshuaKlimas; his two brothers andthree sisters with theirspouses, Tadeusz and TeresaCichy, Mieczyslaw Cichy, allof New Britain, Jadwiga andTadeusz Laszczewski, ofPlainville, Leokadia Buchol-ski, of New Britain, Teresaand Stanley Labieniec, ofWallingford and HalinaCaserella, of Southington;his brothers and sisters-in-law, Janusz and Dorothy

Waszczuk, Czeslaw and Tere-sa Krzyszkiewicz and JaninaLiberska; his mother-in-law,Leokadia Waszczuk, ofPoland; and many nieces,nephews and cousins. He waspredeceased by three broth-ers, Czeslaw, Edward and Eu-gieniusz Cichy.

The funeral was heldMarch 11, 2010, at the NewBritain Memorial FuneralHome, New Britain, followedby a Mass at Sacred HeartChurch. Burial followed inSacred Heart Cemetery. Thefamily would like to thank Dr.Smith and staff and the nurs-es and staff at New BritainGeneral for their compassionand care.

I m a g i n ethis conver-sation.

F r i e n d :“Thanks forthe advice. Iam so glad toget rid ofthat bur-den.”

You: “What did you do?Did you sell your house?”

Friend: “Yes, I sold myhouse. You were right it justdidn’t make sense to have a$5,000 a month mortgage pay-ment when I had to put $2,000a month on my credit card.”

You: “I’m glad. Thatsounds like a smart decision.What are you going to donow? Where are you going tolive?”

Friend: “Well, I bought an-other house. I am really ex-cited about it. I got a greatdeal. The mortgage paymentis only $4,000 a month so nowI only have to put $1,000 amonth on my credit card. Ex-citing, right?”

Despite his attempt to cutcosts, our friend here didn’tget the whole point. Mostpeople, especially given thebrutal lessons of the recenteconomy, would advise theirfriend not to go forward withthis purchase, if at all possi-ble.

The federal government isin need of similarly prudentfriends.

The health care reformbill being pushed by Presi-dent Barack Obama and Con-gress tries to do exactly what

our friend did with hishouse. The bill, or at leastsome versions of the bill,would take about $500 billionfrom Medicare savings — orreductions, depending onwho you ask — and use themto pay for new spending inthe health care bill.

The prudence of this plandepends on whetherMedicare has any extra mon-ey to spare.

According to the Govern-ment Accountability Office,by 2014 almost half (45 per-cent) of Medicare outlayswill be funded by generalrevenue instead of the taxesspecifically for Medicare.The Medicare Hospital In-surance trust fund will runout of money 2017 andMedicare revenue will onlypay for 81 percent of outlays.

Medicare is not in a strongfinancial condition to makegood on the government’spromise to seniors.

Perhaps the right thing todo is to take those $500 bil-lion in savings to makeMedicare stronger. Thatwould be a tough decision,but it would pass the pru-dence test. Tying that moneyup in new spending certain-ly doesn’t.

I think I hear our friendcoming again.

Friend: “I’ve decided. I ambuying a new car.”

You: “What are you goingto get? A Honda Civic?”

Friend: “I am skipping

Letters to the Editor

CitizenOpinion22 The Southington CitizenFriday, March 12, 2010

From the Editor

Government MeetingsMonday, March 15

Board of finance budget workshop, towncouncil chambers, 6:30 p.m.

Energy committee, water department, 7 p.m.Tuesday, March 16

Planning and zoning commission, town hallcouncil chambers, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, March 17Charter revision commission, town hall coun-

cil chambers, 7 p.m.Drug task force, DePaolo Middle School, 6

p.m.Thursday, March 18

Apple Harvest Festival committee, town halllower conference room, 6 p.m.

Board of finance, town hall council chambers,

6:30 p.m.Monday, March 22

Town council, town hall council chambers, 7p.m.

Tuesday, March 23Housing authority, Lincoln Lewis Terrace, 7

p.m.Zoning board of appeals, town hall council

chambers, 7 p.m.Thursday, March 25

Board of education, town hall council cham-bers, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 1Board of water commissioners, Water De-

partment, 605 West Queen St, 6 p.m.

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Eagles call riverhome

To the editor:A pair of mature bald ea-

gles have been spending timeat Hanover Pond in SouthMeriden. They can be seen inthe large trees on the islandin the center of the pond, orin the big trees along theedge of the water. Most ofthe time they are just look-ing over the area, but everynow and then you can seethem in action, swoopingdown into the pond in searchof a meal. Other times youcan see them gliding on thethermal currents, floatingover Hanover Pond withsuch ease.

According to QRWA Presi-dent, Ginny Chirsky, “Be-cause of the tremendous ef-forts to restore the Quinnipi-ac River throughout thestate, Hanover Pond has nowbecome a feeding ground for

these eagles, who feed prima-rily on fish, small animalsand water fowl. The eagleswould not hang around ifthere was not a substantialfood source, which is a resultof cleaner water.”

According to MaryMushinsky, “In 2007, we cele-brated the first record ofbald eagles nesting on theQuinnipiac River in NorthHaven. They raised twoyoung. The following year,the eagles abandoned thenest upon the start of con-struction for the NorthHaven Commons shoppingmall. QRWA volunteers haveparticipated in eagle countsin prior years, and our pad-dle program interns, alongwith local residents, have en-joyed the presence of two ju-venile eagles for the past twosummers at Hanover Pond.”

As stewards of the envi-ronment we ask you to ob-serve these birds from a dis-

tance so as not to disturbthem. This is especially truefor the nesting areas, as theeagles just want to protectand care for their young. Ifwe respect them, their feed-ing and nesting areas, theseeagles will hopefully consid-er Hanover Pond their homefor a long, long time.

Joanne M. GrabinskiSouthington

Wake up callTo the editor:Over the last two years I

have chosen to follow thebudget process of theSouthington Board of Edu-cation. I have attended budg-et workshops, Board of Edu-caiton meetings, FinanceBoard meetings, and TownCouncil meetings to see howthe budget debate plays out.

Every year it seems thecry goes out that this is going

See Letters, page 27

Please, don’t buy it

See Buy, page 41

What traditions do you have forSt. Patrick’s Day?

Compiled by Stacey McCarthy

I go with friends to the pa-rade in Hartford and eatcorned beef.

Craig RomegialliBerlin

I like the parade in NewHaven and we have a cornedbeef dinner at St. Dominic’sChurch.

Thomas TheriaultSouthington

Typically, we go to the St.Paddy’s Day Parade in Hart-ford with extended family. Forthe past three years, we went toan after party at my sister’shouse and ate beef stew andIrish Soda Bread.

Carl HyburgWolcott

Drink green beer and ‘IrishCar Bombs.’

Amy WojenskiSouthington

Years ago, I would go to NewYork City for their parade, butnow I work and am too busy.

Marla PappacenoNewington

Inquiring Photographer Commentary


You gotta love the IrishBy Harry Kyle


Well, the signs of springare beginning to appear. Thedays are getting longer, thetemperatures seem to be ris-ing and small patches ofgreen are popping up amongthe layers of white that usedto cover the lawns.

But to some of us, themost awaited and enjoyedsign of the changing seasonis the annual celebration ofeverything Irish, known asSt. Patrick’s Day, which willtake place Wednesday,March 17.

Perhaps one of the mostnotable traits of the Irishway of life is their humor,usually centered on theirlove of “a taste of the toddy”and the situations that fol-low.

The following compilationof Irish jokes, which came

to me courtesy of my niece,Kathy, honors that quality.

— Paddy was drivingdown the street in a sweatbecause he had an impor-tant meeting and couldn’tfind a parking place. Look-ing up to heaven he said,“Lord take pity on me. Ifyou find me a parking placeI will go to Mass every Sun-day for the rest of me lifeand give up me Irishwhiskey!” Miraculously, aparking place appeared. Pad-dy looked up again and said,“Never mind, I found one.”

— Paddy was in NewYork. He was patiently wait-ing and watching the trafficcop on a busy street cross-ing. The cop stopped theflow of traffic and shouted,“Okay, pedestrians.” Thenhe’d allow the traffic to pass.He’d done this several times,and Paddy still stood on thesidewalk. After the cop had

shouted, “Pedestrians! “ forthe 10th time, Paddy wentover to him and said, “Is itnot about time ye let theCatholics across?”

— Gallagher opened themorning newspaper andwas dumbfounded to read inthe obituary column that hehad died. He quickly phonedhis best friend, Finney. “Didyou see the paper?” askedGallagher. “They say I died!”“Yes, I saw it!” repliedFinney. “Where are ye callin’from?”

— An Irish priest is driv-ing down to New York andgets stopped for speeding inConnecticut. The statetrooper smells alcohol onthe priest’s breath and thensees an empty wine bottle onthe floor of the car. He says,“Sir, have you been drink-ing?” “Just water,” says the

The office of the healthcare advocateprovides important services to

Connecticut’s insurance consumersBy Bruce “Zeke” Zalaski


If you or any member ofyour family or friends havehad any problems relatedto health insurance cover-age (and who hasn’t), thereis a state agency that pro-vides some hope for peoplewho have struggled tryingto get answers from insur-ance companies denyingyou coverage or just plainunwilling to answer yourquestions.

Dealing with large in-surance companies can bea nightmare for averagecitizens. Getting some ofthem to answer the tele-phone with a real person isa challenge.

The Office of HealthcareAdvocate is worthy of yoursupport and exists to helpyou.

The Office of Healthcare

Advocate was establishedby the General Assemblyin 1999 with a mission tohelp insurance consumerswho were denied claims orwere searching for an-swers regarding otherservices.

It’s important to knowthat the services providedby the Office of HealthcareAdvocate are free to stateresidents and those servic-es include direct consumeradvocacy with insurancecompanies, education, in-teragency coordinationand a voice in the legisla-tive process.

While this is an agencythat actually works for thebenefit of the state’s insur-ance consumers, con-stituents will find it hardto believe the governorwanted to eliminate the of-fice and the position ofhealthcare advocate held

by Kevin Lembo.We stopped the governor

from getting rid of thehealth care advocate.

Earlier this year, theGeneral Assembly voted tokeep the state’s healthcareadvocate preventing thegovernor from eliminatingthe office. It was a victoryfor health insurance con-sumers who have been wellserved by the office.

The office has a smallstaff and a modest $1 mil-lion budget which is cov-ered by industry fees. Theoffice has had a 75 percentsuccess rate in appealingconsumer complaints andmore than 7,500 peoplehave been served since2004. Millions of dollarshave been saved in insur-ance costs.

See Services, page 29

See Irish, page 27

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Grand openings

The Chamber of Commerce hosted two recent grand openings oflocal businesses. Co-owner Sharon Jacques cuts ribbon atWild2Go in the Queen Plaza on Queen Street. The store special-izes in consignment and new clothing for the entire family.

Photos courtesy of Chamber of Commerce

The Chamber also hosted ribbon-cutting ceremony at Great Spir-its Liquors on Spring Street with owner Joe Passaretti cutting theribbon. Town officials were on hand to welcome the businessowners.

March12Friday

Folk rock music —Tom Jimmel will performat Jitters Coffeehouse, 1273Queen St., Southington, 8p.m. Friday, March 12.

Pasta Fagioli — St.Thomas School will hostpasta fagioli suppers onFridays during Lent from 5to 7:30 p.m. Meals includepasta fagioli, salad, Italianbread and dessert. There isa cost to attend. Proceedsbenefit St. Thomas School.

SVMFL wine tasting —WineWorks First AnnualSVMFL Wine and BeerTasting Gala in support ofthe Southington ValleyMidget Football Leaguewill be held Friday, March12, from 8 to 11 p.m., at theAqua Turf Club inPlantsville. The event willfeature appetizers, dancing,raffles and the unveiling ofthe new SVMFL logo andtag line. The event is spon-sored by the SouthingtonSouth Baseball League andproceeds will benefit SVM-FL. Tickets are $35 per per-

son and available atWineWorks, (860) 620-9455,Southington Athletic Shop,(860) 426-9441, or byemail: [email protected] [email protected] more information visitwww.svmfl.org.

13 SaturdayShamrockin’ for Kids

— The Mill Foundationsfor Kids, Inc. is hosting itsFourth Annual DinnerDance on March 13 at TheAqua Turf Club from 6:30p/m. to midnight. The costof the event is $75 per per-son and includes dinner,bar and dancing. The attirefor the night is “Greensand Jeans.” Anyone whobrings a new, unwrappedtoy will get a free sleeve ofraffle tickets. For informa-tion or to purchase ticketscontact Jill Burleigh at(860) 628-8745 or LaurieFaye at (860) 620-9232.

St. Patty’s Day dinner— Mary Our QueenChurch will hold its annualSt. Patrick’s Day dinner onSaturday, March 13 at 6p.m. in the church hall onSavage Street. Menu:corned beef and cabbage,

boiled potatoes, carrots andonions, Irish Soda Bread,dessert and beverage. Thecost of tickets is: $10.00 foradults, $5 for children, $30for a family. Tickets are onsale after all masses Feb. 27to 28 and March 6 to 7, orcall Vinnie at (860) 276-0654.No tickets at door. Enter-tainment by the Conn.Bristol Old Tyme FiddlersClub.

Americana folk music— Kenn Morr Band willperform at Jitters Coffee-house, 1273 Queen St.,Southington, 8 p.m. Satur-day, March 13.

Haiti fundraiser —Dance City & Arts on WestCenter St. in Southington ishosting a Zumba forHaiti fundraiser on Satur-day, March 13 from 3 to 4:30p.m. There is a donation,with all proceeds going toHaiti. It will be a 90-minutedance fitness class featuringinternational music. No pre-registration require

14 SundayArt exhibit — The Gen-

eral Federation ofWomen’s Clubs of Con-

necticut is sponsoring itsannual statewide art con-test for high school seniors.A public viewing and re-ception will be held Sun-day, March 14, from 1 to 4p.m., at the Alzheimer’s Re-source Center of Connecti-cut, 1261 S. Main St.,Plantsville.

15 MondayCoin and currency

auction — There will be acoin and currency auctionon Monday, March 15 at theResidence Inn, West Street,Southington. Viewing willstart at 5 p.m. with auctionstarting at 7 p.m. Therewill be a free drawing andfree refreshments. Formore information call (860)681-1511 or [email protected].

Italian dinner — TheUnico Club of Southingtonwill hold its Italian dinnerMonday, March 15 at the St.Thomas School cafeteria,starting at 6:30 p.m. Themeal will consist of pastafasulo, antipasto, ziti andmeatballs, Suffrite, roastedpotatoes, salad and chickenmarsala. Wine will beserved with the meal. For

tickets call Mike Fasulo at(860) 276-9697, Joe LaPorteat (860) 628-2227 or any Uni-co member.

18 ThursdayDrum show — The

Drumming Circle will per-form at Jitters Coffee-house, 1273 Queen St.,Southington, 7 to 9 p.m.Thursday, March 18.

Tax talks — Free taxtalks at H&R Block onQueen St., Southington onMarch 18 at 6 p.m. featuringmaking work pay, first timehomebuyer new credits,make sure you are gettingthe largest refund you’re en-titled to.

19 FridayDrum show — The

Drumming Circle will per-form at Jitters Coffee-house, 1273 Queen St.,Southington, 7 to 9 p.m.Thursday, March 18.

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Tax talks — Free taxtalks at H&R Block onQueen St., Southington onMarch 18 at 6 p.m. featuringmaking work pay, first timehomebuyer new credits,make sure you are gettingthe largest refund you’re en-titled to. Folk rock music — DerekKnott will perform at Jit-ters Coffeehouse, 1273Queen St., Southington, 8p.m. Friday, March 19. Com-edy improve group Sea TeaImprov will also be there.

Pasta Fagioli — St.Thomas School will hostpasta fagioli suppers on Fri-days during Lent from 5 to7:30 p.m. Meals include pastafagioli, salad, Italian breadand dessert. There is a costto attend. Proceeds benefitSt. Thomas School.

20 Saturday

Art auction — TheSouthington High School In-teract Club will present its

annual art auction on March20 in the high school cafete-ria. The preview will beginat 5 p.m., followed by theauction at 6 p.m. Admissionis free and all proceeds willbenefit charity. Food, music,and giveaways will be pro-vided.

Acoustic performance— Eric Paradine will be per-forming his acoustic folkstyling at the Peace Café inthe First CongregationalChurch of Southington at 37Main Street across from theTown Green. Rich McCartyopens for Paradine on Satur-day, March 20, 7:30 p.m. —doors open at 7 p.m.

Tax talks — Free taxtalks at H&R Block onQueen St., Southington onMarch 20 at 2 p.m. featuringmaking work pay, first timehomebuyer new credits,make sure you are gettingthe largest refund you’re en-titled to.

Benefit dance — ASouthington Relay for Lifebenefit dance will be held onMarch 20 at Mary OurQueen church on 248 SavageSt., Plantsville. The dancewill begin at 7 p.m. and endaround 11:30 p.m. There is a

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Music — Kilowatt andIn”Greed”ients will performat Jitters Coffeehouse, 1273Queen St., Southington,noon to 4 p.m. Saturday,

March 20.Folk music — Christa

Gniadek will perform at Jit-ters Coffeehouse, 1273Queen St., Southington, 8p.m. Saturday, March 20.

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Art auction — The

Southington High School In-teract Club will present itsannual art auction on March20 in the high school cafete-ria. The preview will beginat 5 p.m., followed by theauction at 6 p.m. Admissionis free and all proceeds willbenefit charity. Food, music,and giveaways will be pro-vided.

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priest. The trooper says,“Then why do I smell wine?”The priest looks at the bottleand says, “Good Lord! He’sdone it again!”

—Walking into the bar,Mike said to Charlie the bar-tender, “Pour me a stiff one— just had another fightwith the little woman.” “Oh

yeah?” said Charlie, “Andhow did this one end?”“When it was over,” Mikereplied, “She came to me onher hands and knees.” “Real-ly,” said Charles, “Now that’sa switch! What did shesay?” She said, “Come outfrom under the bed, you lit-tle chicken.”

— And finally; “May youlive long, die happy, and ratea mansion in heaven.”

IrishContinued from page 23

LettersContinued from page 22

to be a tough budget seasonfrom all sides. Every yearsomehow the Board of Edu-cation is able to maintain thehigh quality of educationthat Southington has proudlycome to be known for.

I write this letter as a wakeup call to those in the com-munity that think things willalways work out. This yearhas the potential to see themost dramatic change andsome would say destructionof the Southington schoolsystem in recent memory.

Many of the budget prob-lems are not a result of whatSouthington is doing wrongbut rather the state’s inabili-ty to fix its own budget messwhich in turn short changesSouthington. Then of coursethere are the many unfundedand under funded mandatesthe state imposes on the edu-cation system like in the ar-eas of magnet schools andspecial education.

The only way for Southing-ton to fill in this gap from thestate is to raise property tax-es. Given the economic cli-mate, it is hard to see a large

enough increase in taxes tobridge the gap. It is impor-tant if you want to be able tohelp shape how this budgetyear turns out…get in-formed and get involved.

Attend as many budgetmeetings as you can, watchthem on the television, orread about them in the paper.Let your elected officialsknow how you feel. Whichev-er side you are on, remember,it is our future leaders whoare affected by the outcome.

Dean ChassePlantsville

Don’t get fired upTo the editor:Oh for crying out loud; if

the V.I.P. still making news?

Please, give it a rest. Thereare more important things tocomplain about: taxes, bills,unemployment. Where is allour tax money going? Willthere be enough money afterwe are taxed to the limit formore education, firefighters,police, new equipment, andmore? As the town grows,more housing means moreroads to maintain.

Is your income secure? Ifyou or your spouse losesyour job will you lose yourhome? Will you cut down onhow you go on vacation orwonder if you even can? Doyou feel cheated becauseyour lifestyle has becomelimited? Do you feel the painbecause some how all thishas happened? And all you

have on your mind is theV.I.P? This is how you ventyour anger?

For heaven’s sake if that’sall you’re appalled aboutthen you have a big problem.V.I.P. is Very Intimate Plea-sures. Well if that’s all I hadto worry about I’ll take it.Look at what V.I.P. means;pleasure. I certainly look tointimate pleasure for how Iwant to feel. Of course beinga hot blooded Italian helps.

Pleasure takes out all yourfrustration building fromthose things I listed. Don’t letthis get you all fired up; don’tgo in. Just drive past the nicelooking building and stillthink of what it was and notwhat you believe it is. Mygosh, maybe years ago it may

have seemed evil but theseare modern times. Thingshave changed since yester-year when they used to hangwitches.

I plan to go to V.I.P. myself.Appalled? Me, a proud Amer-ican with Italian blood in myveins? Wow, I don’t think so.But it is still news and I sup-pose that makes it interest-ing enough to sell papers.

As always; live well, lovemuch (maybe even more),and laugh often.

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known by many as “IndianJoe” was very proud of hisNative American heritage.He proudly served his coun-try in the U.S. Navy duringWorld War II, was a memberof the Knights of Columbus,an avid fisherman andhunter, and a state andnortheast champion bassdrummer in the Fife andDrum Corps.

In addition to his wife, heis survived by his son, James

T. Brodeur, three daughters,April Bradbury, SallyAdamowicz and JoAnnRiemer; two sisters; eightgrandchildren; and twogreat-grandchildren.

The funeral was heldMarch 10, 2010, at thePlantsville Funeral Home,Plantsville followed by fullmilitary honors at Mary OurQueen Church, Southington.A private burial was held atSt. Laurent’s Cemetery,

ObituariesSouth Meriden at the conven-ience of the family.

BenedictCardinale

Benedict J. Cardinale, 81,of Hillsdale, Mich. died Feb.20, 2010, at the South BaldwinHospital in Foley, Ala. Hewas born July 16, 1928, inSouthington to Antonio andMaria Louise (D’Angelo)Cardinale. He was marriedJune 19, 1948, to FrancesGallaway and she precededhim in death in 1999. He re-tired from the U.S. Air Forceas an air traffic controller af-ter 23 years of service. Healso was retired from theMichigan South CentralPower Agency. He was amember of St. AnthonyCatholic Church, the Hills-dale American Legion Post53, the Disabled American

Veterans and he was a mem-ber of the Air ForceSergeants Association.

He is survived by his dearfriend and companion,Joanne; his two children, Pa-tricia Cardinale and Robert(Gloria) Cardinale, both ofHillsdale, Mich.; four grand-children; nine great-grand-children; two great-greatgrandchildren; a sister, CarolCarta and her dear friend,Joe, of Cromwell; a brother,Anthony (Louise) Cardinale,of Plantsville. He was prede-ceased by his parents, wife,sister, Elizabeth Grazioso;and three brothers, MichaelCardinale, Angelo Geloso,and Joseph Geloso.

A Mass was held at St. An-thony Church followed by in-terment with military hon-ors at St. Anthony Cemeteryin Hillsdale, Mich.

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Blood drivesin March

There are several Ameri-can Red Cross blood drivesplanned for March.

Saturday, March 20: TheOrchards at Southington, 34Hobart St., 8 a.m. to 1:45 p.m.

Tuesday, March 23: BristolHospital, Brewster Road,7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Friday, March 26: St. Aloy-sius Church, Plantsville,11:45 a.m. to 7 p.m., in memo-

ry of Aidan Stewart.For more information or

to make an appointment, call(800) GIVELIFE or visit theWeb site www.redcross-blood.org.

Low visionsupport group

The Orchards at Southing-ton hosts a low vision sup-port group with facilitatorMelissa Knickerbocker,OTR/L, from Southington

Care Center’s outpatient lowvision program, on the lastMonday of each month at 3p.m. Learn about resourcesand tips for coping with lowvision and receive the sup-port of others. RSVP toEdesa Ciscar at (860) 628-5656. The Orchards atSouthington is located at 34Hobart St. and is a not-for-profit member of CentralConnecticut Health Al-liance.

Pet therapytraining

The Southington CareCenter, 45 Meriden Ave., willbe sponsoring Delta SocietyPet Therapy classes begin-ning in March 2010, madepossible through the JaneHaze Memorial Pet TherapyCommittee. Classes will beheld on Thursday evenings,from 6 to 7 p.m. Limitedspace is available.

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ServicesContinued from page 23

to obtain an application, visitwww.southingtoncare.org orcall Deb Brown at (860) 378-1286.

Health programsMidState Medical has

scheduled the followinghealth programs:

“Cholesterol and BloodPressure Basics,” what thenumbers mean and how tokeep levels in check, will bepresented by ChristinaPlantier, Thursday, March 18,from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., at theSouthington Public Library,255 Main St. Registration isrequired by calling (860) 628-0947.

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By Sarah Gomes Special to The Citizen

The Southington boyss w i m m i n gteam finishedtheir season 5-6 and going bythe strength in

their conference head coachJay Dubinsky saw the num-ber five, in terms of wins,right around where he washoping his team would fin-ish.

The sixth win possiblycould have came againstSimsbury on Jan. 26 whenthe Blue Knights lost toSimsbury 91-89.

“It was a tight meet andthe last two events weretough (events) for us,” Du-binsky said. “They do haveone of the best 100-yardfreestylers in the state so weknew it would be tough.”

Looking ahead to the

Class LL meet four automat-ic qualifiers have alreadybeen named for Southingtonin divers Kate Monbaron

and Ryan Connors, alongwith swimmers MichaelSmigleski and Colin Magaro,but according to their head

coach he knows others havethe possibility of beingnamed to this qualifying list.

“We are hoping to qualifythree more, just hoping toget a couple more in there toget as many points as wecan,” Dubinsky said. “Wecame in 16th place last yearso we are hoping to end inthe top 15 this year.”

Being that swimming anddiving is a more individual-ized sport than many, it’shard to pinpoint a specificteam to be an opposition’sbiggest threat, however, it’smore reasonable to be able topick out teams with whom asquad would be competitivewith.

“There are a group ofteams that are always thestrongest in the (Class LL)meet,” Dubinsky said. “Bris-tol, East Hartford and Man-chester are teams we will becompetitive with.”

After the Class LL meetcomes the possibility of cer-tain Blue Knights represent-ing Southington in the StateOpen meet.

“It is a possibility (for ourathletes) to qualify for theOpen,” Dubinsky said. “Weare really going to have toswim it up to make that cut-off.”

With the graduation of 12seniors after 2009-10 season,Dubinsky does know downthe road that numbers willbe low when it comes to plan-ning for next season, howev-er he is optimistic with thetalent he has returning.

“Our numbers are downnext year,” Dubinsky said.“(However) we will have anumber of qualified swim-mers, which speaks volumesfor our underclassmen.”

The Class LL meet will beMarch 11 for divers andMarch 17 for swimmers.

31CitizenSportsThe Southington CitizenFriday, March 12, 2010

Swimmers hope to finish in mix and sneak into Opens

Photo courtesy of Jack Adie

Senior Shane Masters swims breaststroke at seniornight against Northwest Catholic. Masters will be partof the relay teams in his final state meet.

Photos by Matt Leidemer

Whether upside down or right-sight up,freshman Toni Penta has been consistenteach meet this year says head coach By-ron Knox.

Knox happy with secondplace finish at Opens, allfocus on New EnglandsBy Michael Guerrera


Going into last week-end’s StateOpen, the LadyKnights girlgymnasts werefeeling confi-dent. They had

just beaten New Milford towin Class Ls and werelooking to repeat that per-formance at the Open. Themain difference this timewas the meet was in NewMilford. Whatever the rea-son may be, the GreenWave were the main bene-factor, taking the top spotwith a score of 139.900, rel-egating Southington to sec-ond.

“My personal opinion isthat the scores were a littlehigh and they (New Mil-ford) were the home team,it happened the way it hap-pened,” Knox said of the

results. “But we’re in thenext round.”

What Knox was talkingabout was the discrepancyin scores for New Milford,who was averaging a136.142 during the year andput up a score of 136.675 atthe Class L meet. In a sportmeasured in tenths, a scoreover three points betterthan average definitelybrings up questions.

“If you look at any oftheir other scores, it justdidn’t match up,” Knoxsaid of the New Milforddiscrepancy.

With all that aside, Knoxdidn’t want to take awayfrom his team’s perform-ance, which he was pleasedwith and did say that whilehe wanted to win, the goalwas to just make it to theNew England meet.

“That meet (State

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Opens) wasn’t always a tradi-tional team meet,” he ex-plained. “Our goal is Class L,then New Englands, just fin-ishing in the top two (at theOpen), basically that’s it.”

Southington did score wellwith a 137.675, assertingthemselves as one of the toptwo in the state and readyingfor this weekend.

“We just wanted to come

out showing that our No. 1ranking wasn’t a fluke,”Knox explained.

“We did very well. Again, ayoung team, most of the girlshad never been in a big openchampionship. But this wasan opportunity for them tobe on the floor with some ofthe better kids at the sametime.”

Now, with the unexpectedthis weekend as unknownteams throughout New Eng-land travel to Jonathan LawHigh in Milford, Knox knows

his team has the cards, it’sjust whether they throw theright ones down.

“It all depends on thisweek of training,” Knox ex-plained. “If we can put to-gether some quality workthis week and get the kidsfeeling good, I think that wecan at least compete (for thetop stop).”

And with a young group, itis about consistency acrossthe board, not highlight reelperformances.

“At this point, what weneed to do is just go in therewith our game plan and tryand hit six for six on the fourevents,” Knox said.

Knox elaborated on theyoung group because whilehe hopes they come awaywith the State Open title, healso wants this group of girlsto gain the experience nowwith hopes of it paying offdown the road.

“I expect them to take thisand use this as a year of expe-rience because I will havethem, at least the freshman,which is my strongest core,the next four years and it’simportant that they learnhow to compete at this level,”Knox explained.

But they’ll have to learn inthe heat of the moment.

“In other sports, freshmenare usually on the sidelineswatching and the juniors andseniors carry the team,”Knox said. “In gymnastics,it’s all hands on deck.”

KnoxContinued from page 31

Six-person state open leaves a lot of promise for 2011


Senior Pat Conaty will be a key loss for the boys in-door track team after finishing fifth at the State Openin pole vault with the best jump of his career at 12-06.

By Michael GuerreraThe Southington Citizen

Seven oreight yearsago, then u m b e r s

that the boys and girls indoortrack teams put up in thisyear’s postseason may havebeen good enough to garnersome of the Blue Knights asstate champs, according tohead coach Andy Whyte.

This season, they were goodenough to set school records,but on the larger scale, didn’tstick out as much.

But that certainly didn’tdampen the spirits of thehead coach, leaving himmore than satisfied and hap-py with year in indoor track.

“I was very pleased withthe way the season went,”Whyte said.

The six people thatSouthington sent to the stateopen were the most sinceWhyte has been at the helm,another positive going for-ward.

Those six people were PatConaty, Brian Wilcox, TimBrown, Tanaye White, RavinWalters and Erin Saucier.Conaty finished the highest,nabbing fifth in the pole

vault. “Pat (Conaty’s) perform-

ance at the state open wasvery good, he did a foot bet-ter than he had every donebefore so that was a fantasticperformance on his part,”Whyte said; as for his othercompetitors.

Tim Brown (1,000-meterrun) ran a good race, ex-plained Whyte, “He’s a jun-ior and looks like if every-thing goes alright, he couldbe one of the better people(in the state next year) so I’mreally happy with his sea-son.”

Brian Wilcox, a juniorwho never ran indoor track,also had an impressive year.

“For a first-time season,he had a great season for us,”Whyte said.

Overall, while state openswas a down meet for theteam, the Blue Knightsshined bright at Class LLswhere they performed aboveexpectations.

“I think the LLs were agood meet for us, we set sev-eral school records that dayand the rest is just kind of ic-ing on the cake,” Whyte ex-plained.

Specifically, schoolrecords were set by a num-ber of athletes.

On the girls side, NicoleLulevitch set a mark in the55-meter hurdles; TanayeWhite posted school bests inboth the triple-jump andlong jump; Erin Saucier set a

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Photos by Matt Leidemer

Mariah Berry (42), Tori Munson (21) and Jordyn Nappi (20) will be the big three re-turning next year from this year’s starting lineup. Along with a bunch of youngerplayers that developed this season, head coach Jim DiNello will have a lot to workwith next winter.

By Michael Guerrera The Southington Citizen

After a firstround upset overHall to begin theClass LL tourna-ment, the Lady

Knights were shown the doorby an impressive Ridgefieldteam for the second straightseason, ending Southington’syear.

Within the 42-27 defeat, 13points came from MariahBerry and seven from JordynNappi, accounting for 20 ofthe 27 points, which prettymuch tells the story.

“I thought defensively wewere tremendous,” headcoach Jim DiNello said of theloss. “Offensively, we didn’thit as many shots as wewould have liked, but I think Ihave to give credit to Ridge-field for a lot of that; theyplayed a really good 3-2 zone.”

While the loss ended theseason, it by no means left asour taste in the mouths of a10-12 Southington team thatimproved by leaps andbounds in 2009-10.

“Last year, when you grad-uate four senior starters andyou know that you’re going tobe a pretty young team,you’re not really sure what’sgoing to happen,” DiNellosaid of the year’s expecta-tions. “A lot of teams that re-build, they’re lucky if they

win three or four games in arebuilding year, so for us toget to where we got to at 10wins I think is tremendous.”

But the victories were real-ly the back page story.

“The biggest thing for methat I’m the most of proud ofis the amount of growth thatthe kids showed,” DiNello ex-plained.

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by 23 points early (in Decem-ber) and then we go up therein the same environment,playing against the sameteam in a huge game with theteam that we had, as young aswe were and all and turn thataround and turn that into avictory, you would say, ‘Holymackerel, that’s a ton ofgrowth in a year,’ and you’dbe accurate.”

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Tim Brown, a junior, had a very successful year in the1,000-meter run, as he qualified for the State Open andfinished 11th overall with a 2:39.33. Head Coach AndyWhyte knows that if Brown continues to work hard andstays healthy, he could be one of the best at the 2011State Open.

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school and conference recordin pole vault at 10-01; the girls4 x 200-meter relay team ofAshley Sisk, Alexa Cox, Cyn-dy Woolley and Madison Al-tweis set a school mark witha 1:55.79 at Class LLs.

For the boys, Bryan Mc-Grane’s time of 1:26.84 in the600-meter run at the Class LLmeet was a Blue Knight

record; Wilcox posted a4:36.45 in the 1600-meters atLLs for a school record;Ravin Walters set a BlueKnight record in the shot putat 47-feet; the 4 x 800-meter re-lay team of Wilcox, McGrane,Brown and Zack Albert ran aschool record time of 8:27.39at the CCC Championships.

Whyte knows that whileSouthington is growing, so isthe rest of the state when itcomes to indoor track, butthat doesn’t mean that the

Blue Knights can’t continueto move up leaderboardseach year.

“We’re getting better, butso is everybody else, but Ithink if you get the kids en-thusiastic and if they’re will-ing to work pretty hard, we’ll

do alright,” he said.A large group of graduat-

ing senior girls, “is going tobe a tough group to replace,”explains Whyte. However,sprinter Woolley is only afreshman, so she has a lot ofpromise as well as sopho-

more Rhiannon Jacobs andjunior Alisha Washer, whoboth came on strong in thepole vault. Key girl graduatesare White, Saucier, Sisk,Lulevitch and Cox.

The senior group of boyshad a similar impact asConaty, McGrane, Albert,and Walters will be leaving.Though there will be two keypieces back that will play keyroles.

“We’ve got Tim Browncoming back and BrianWilcox so they can getstronger and we’ll see whathappens,” Whyte said of histwo current junior runners.

The goal at this point is tokeep getting athletes to stateopens, moving forward andtrying to get ahead of thecurve when it comes to thefast progression of track ath-letes in the state.

Boys Swimming andDiving

3/13 — Class LL Swim-ming Trials, Hamden High

3/16 — Class LL Swim-ming Finals, Wesleyan Uni-versity

3/18 — State Open DivingChampionships, Yale Univer-sity

Gymnastics3/13 — New England

Championships, JonathanLaw High, Milford

Blue KnightsWeek Ahead

Coed volleyballThe Southington Parks

and Recreation Departmentis offering Adult Coed Volley-ball at Kelley School, 501Ridgewood Road, Thursdays,from 6 to 9 p.m., throughApril 8, open to adultSouthington residents only.Participants must wearsneakers and comfortableclothing and check with aphysician before participat-ing. Registration is ongoingon Thursday evenings priorto the start of volleyball. SeeCarlos Berardinelli.

For more information, con-tact the Parks and Recreationoffice at (860) 276-6219.

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improve as the year wentalong and we needed to de-velop the program in termsof getting players that arevery young valuable, varsityminutes.

The double-digit numberin the win column is justsomething to hang their haton for this young group.

“I’m happy with the factthat not only were we able toget 10 wins, get into the tour-nament, pull off a huge up-set in the tournament, butwe were able to do all of thatwhile getting some of thesevery, very young players likeMaeghan Chapman,Stephanie O’Keefe, MegMcLaughlin, EmilyDurocher and we had a cou-ple of other freshman dressvarsity down the stretchalso, experience.

“Getting those young play-ers experience and minutesand having them experiencea wonderful opportunity inthe state tournament; all ofthose things bode very, verywell for the future.”

One of the stars thatshone brightest this seasonis freshman Jordyn Nappi,who scored upwards near284 points and was “was ter-rific on both ends of thefloor,” according to her headcoach.

Yet, the most impressivething about Nappi’s seasonwasn’t necessarily the num-bers she was putting up, butlike many of her teammates,the way she grew while put-ting up the gaudy statistics.

“Not only did she have atremendous first year, verynatural ability, but as shestarted to do some of the oth-er things that you need to dowhen you’re playing reallygreat quality high schoolbasketball against some ofthe best high school talent inthe state; her growth levelwas unbelievable,” DiNellosaid.

He then elaborated onwhat he believes Nappi willbring to the table over thenext three seasons.

“I can honestly tell youthat as her next three yearsgo, we have the potentialwith Jordyn to see one of thenext really, really great play-ers in Southington HighSchool history,” he said,commending his young star.

And with the 2010 seasonnow behind them and thespring quickly approaching,DiNello will put on his golfshoes – he’s the BlueKnights’ boys golf coach –and remove his basketballones, but the forecast for2011 already looks like abright one.

“There’s a lot to be excitedabout and the biggest thingis the fact that we were able

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to see such a developmentwith our younger playersand especially with Jordyn,”DiNello said.

“I’m hopeful that nextyear we’ve got some good,solid leadership coming inand the younger players havesome experience now, so Iwould have to say missionaccomplished in terms ofthis year. In fact, we probably

accomplished a little morethan some might thinkknowing what we lost lastyear.”

The big three returningwill be 2011 seniors ToriMunson and Mariah Berryalong with Nappi. DiNellosays that the key is for hiscore to do more than justcome back to the team nextseason.

“It’s one thing to have peo-ple coming back,” he said.“It’s another thing to havepeople coming back better.”

If the players work in theoffseason and continue togrow as they did this year,when they get back on thecourt in November they willbring with them a lot of ex-citement and promise for theLady Knights next year.

Girls BasketballNo. 6 Ridgefield 42, No.

22 SHS 27Mariah Berry had 13

points, nine rebounds andtwo blocks and Jordyn Nappihad seven points, threeboards, three assists andthree steals, but Southingtoncould not muster enough of-fense as they fell in the sec-ond round of the Class LLtournament. They finishedthe season with an overallmark of 10-12.

Boys BasketballNo. 17 Torrington 69,

No. 16 SHS 63Nick Defeo led the way

with 20 points, Sal Romano

posted an 18-point, 13-re-bound double-double andTyler Dube had 10 points,five boards and five assists,but Southington couldn’thold off a furious three-point attack by Torrington (8-for-13 from three) as theylost, finishing the season at14-7.

GymnasticsState Open: 2nd —

137.675The Southington girls fin-

ished 2.225 points behindNew Milford (139.900), thesame team they beat just aweek earlier in Class Ls. Forthe Knights, Cassidy Cham-berland was tops in the

vault at 8.925, Olivia Morrellwas tops on bars at 8.925,Katelyn Hyde had an 8.750for the top score on beamand she also finished tops onfloor with an 8.550. In the all-around, Morrell was the topfinisher at 34.525. They willcompete in their final event,New England’s, this week-end.

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The Pierce Family has runinto some tremendous roadblocks and heartache. Whentheir son, Jackson, was bornin February 2008, he wasrushed immediately to Hart-ford Children’s Hospital foropen heart surgery. Sincethen he has become an active2 year old, however is stillunder continuous medicalcare. Then, if that wasn’tenough, in July 2009, justmonths after Jackson’shealth scare, the Pierce Fam-ily encountered yet anothercrisis. Greg Pierce, Jack-

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Feb. 27:Darius L. Charles, 29, 86

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Christopher Hotham, 19, 48Homesdale Ave., second-de-gree breach of peace, 6:19a.m.

Alicia Ludecke, 22, 95Blatchley Ave., second-degreebreach of peace, 6:19 a.m.

Darrell Hotham Jr., 20, 48Homesdale Ave., second-de-gree breach of peace, 6:19a.m.

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a.m.Feb. 28:Daniel J. Contaras, 29, 1407

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Rickey L. Lapointe, 49, 500Pleasant St., sixth-degree lar-ceny, 6:34 p.m.

Agata Wroblewska, 24, 73Booth St., New Britain, operat-ing under suspension, 1:43a.m.

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Mary Our Queen Churchwill hold its annual St.Patrick’s Day dinner on Sat-urday, March 13 at 6 p.m. inthe church hall on SavageStreet. Menu: corned beefand cabbage, boiled potatoes,carrots and onions, IrishSoda Bread, dessert and bev-erage. There is a cost. Ticketsare on sale after all massesFeb. 27 to 28 and March 6 to 7,or call Vinnie at (860) 276-0654. No tickets at door. En-tertainment by the Conn.Bristol Old Tyme FiddlersClub.

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The Unico Club ofSouthington will hold its Ital-ian dinner Monday, March 15at the St. Thomas School cafe-teria, starting at 6:30 p.m. Themeal will consist of pasta fa-sulo, antipasto, ziti and meat-balls, Suffrite, roasted pota-toes, salad and chickenmarsala. Wine will be servedwith the meal. For tickets callMike Fasulo at (860) 276-9697,Joe LaPorte at (860) 628-2227or any Unico member.

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The Southington HighSchool Interact Club willpresent its annual art auc-tion on March 20 in the highschool cafeteria. The pre-view will begin at 5 p.m., fol-lowed by the auction at 6 p.m.Admission is free and all pro-ceeds will benefit charity.

Food, music, and giveawayswill be provided.

Choral Societyshow

The Choral Society is per-forming Alice in Wonderlandas a kids show March 12 andtwo performances on theMarch 13. For more informa-tion, call (860) 747-1492.

Unico breakfastbenefit

The Unico Club ofSouthington will hold its BigBreakfast Buffet to benefitUnico charities Sunday,

April 11 from 7:30 a.m. to11:30 a.m. at the SouthingtonCalendar House on PleasantSt. The all-you-can-eat eventincludes eggs, pancakes,French toast, ham, bacon,sausage, corn beef hash,hash browns, toast, bagels,muffins, coffee, tea, milk andorange juice. There is a costfor this event. Tickets are forsale at Fasulo & Albini, CPA’s,the Calendar House, fromany Unico Member or by call-ing Dave Kanute at (860) 621-5494. Tickets can also be pur-chased at the door.

Jensen’s activityclub trip

On Tuesday, April 20 theItalian Fest presents a lovelyheartfelt collection of greatmusic from an era of singersand performers that is stillunmatched today. Favoritesand great hit songs such as“And I love You So,” “SomeEnchanted Evening” and“It’s Impossible” by PerryComo will give you chills atevery rendition. Jimmy Mazzadds great songs like AndyWilliams’ “Moon River,” TheFour Aces,” “Love Is a ManySplendor Thing,” and Engle-bert Humperdinck’s “ManWithout Love.” All the songsyou love to hear. There is acost that includes motorcoach, driver gratuity, lunchand show. For more informa-tion call Barbara Desrosiers(860) 621-1344.

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right to the top. Ferrari.”You: “How are you going to

pay for it, if you don’t mindme asking?”

Friend: “Not at all. It tooksome planning, but I figured itout. If I start saving now, infour months I will haveenough money in the bank tomake the payments for therest of the year.”

You: “Well, then what hap-pens next year? When youdon’t have money saved upanymore?”

Friend: (Holds up creditcard.) “They increased mylimit.”

Our imaginary friend hasdone it again. This is anothergimmick in the health care re-form proposals. There aresome changes that would hap-pen immediately if a bill ispassed, but most of the bene-fits that cost money won’tstart until 2014. However, thetaxes and fees that pay for theprogram start right away.This is how the proposals savemoney in the first decade, byusing ten years of revenue topay for six years of benefits.

Don’t get me wrong, Obamaand Congress are well-inten-tioned. But I think (some) crit-ics of the bill are well-inten-tioned, too.

Just a few years ago, I was ayoung writer who couldn’t af-ford health insurance. I sym-pathize with the millions ofpeople who lack insuranceand those who otherwise livethe flaws of the current sys-tem every day.

As bad as it is, though, itcould be worse.

The current proposalswould incur a lot of costs, ahuge amount of costs. Thefederal government willspend about $800 billion morethan it does now if one ofthese proposals passes.

The goal of Obama andCongress is to provide insur-ance, although indirectly, tothe people who don’t have it.The proposals are so complexthat it is hard to identify whoexactly would be the winnersand the losers under the newsystem. When the benefits toone become costs to another,the plan may simply end upreplacing one set of unin-sured with another.

At this price, I have to askboth our friend and our lead-ers, “Please, don’t buy it.”

— Zachary Janowski

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right to the top. Ferrari.”You: “How are you going to

pay for it, if you don’t mindme asking?”

Friend: “Not at all. It tooksome planning, but I figured itout. If I start saving now, infour months I will haveenough money in the bank tomake the payments for therest of the year.”

You: “Well, then what hap-pens next year? When youdon’t have money saved upanymore?”

Friend: (Holds up creditcard.) “They increased mylimit.”

Our imaginary friend hasdone it again. This is anothergimmick in the health care re-form proposals. There aresome changes that would hap-pen immediately if a bill ispassed, but most of the bene-fits that cost money won’tstart until 2014. However, thetaxes and fees that pay for theprogram start right away.This is how the proposals savemoney in the first decade, byusing ten years of revenue topay for six years of benefits.

Don’t get me wrong, Obamaand Congress are well-inten-tioned. But I think (some) crit-ics of the bill are well-inten-tioned, too.

Just a few years ago, I was ayoung writer who couldn’t af-ford health insurance. I sym-pathize with the millions ofpeople who lack insuranceand those who otherwise livethe flaws of the current sys-tem every day.

As bad as it is, though, itcould be worse.

The current proposalswould incur a lot of costs, ahuge amount of costs. Thefederal government willspend about $800 billion morethan it does now if one ofthese proposals passes.

The goal of Obama andCongress is to provide insur-ance, although indirectly, tothe people who don’t have it.The proposals are so complexthat it is hard to identify whoexactly would be the winnersand the losers under the newsystem. When the benefits toone become costs to another,the plan may simply end upreplacing one set of unin-sured with another.

At this price, I have to askboth our friend and our lead-ers, “Please, don’t buy it.”

— Zachary Janowski

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Robert A. Kane to Beverly S.Sheridan, 17 Village Road,$96,900.

Clayton R. Saucier andBruce A. Saucier to JohnSteifel, property off WaterStreet, $220,000.

Clayton R. Saucier andBruce A. Saucier to JohnSteifel, property off WaterStreet, $195,000.

Sharon M. Simeone to KellyL. Garry, 905 Marion Ave.,$200,000.

US Bank National Assoc.,trustee, to Kathleen M. Nagle,314 Edgewood Circle,$205,000.

Albert T. Fiorillo and Christi-na I. Fiorillo to Gerard W. andMary E. Brick, 85 Ciccio Road,$370,000.

Coppola Developments toRichard M. and Pauline I.Lima, unit 1-5, 2118 Meriden-Waterbury Turnpike,$219,000.

Jonathan Basti to Maria M.Bednarz, unit 2, 697 SouthEnd Road, $209,000.

Frat Enterprises to MonicaStokes, 37 Zwicks Farm Road,$182,000.

Ace Building and Design toQi Yang and Liufen Zheng, 14Honey Lane, $160,000.

Applegate Estates to BonnieA. Curran, 738 Laning St.,$395,000.

Joseph Mihalak Jr. to JaniceDaviault, 21 Meander Lane,$175,000.

Estate of Philippe L. Martelto Mark Campochiaro, 34Wonx Spring Road, $117,500.

Jeanne M. Martel to MarkCampochiaro, 34 Wonx SpringRoad, $117,500.

Paul M. and Doris E.Hochstrate to Louis F. Blasi,132-134 Liberty St., $164,000.

Borse, no first name given,60 Forest Lane, roofing,$11,000.

Richard Wallenius, 96Mountain Edge Drive, gas fire-place, $2,000.

Eric Semmal, 58 Valley ViewCourt, swimming pool liner,$15,500.

Lewis Carrington, WonxSpring Road, sign, $800.

Anthony Angelillo, 14 Buck-land St., chimney liner, $2,000.

Anna Pikora, 135 Meeker

Road, remodeling, $2,000.Joseph Fabiano, 1414 Meri-

den Ave., roof, $6,000.Hann LLC, 930 Meriden-

Waterbury Turnpike, remodel-ing, $30,000.

American Tower Corp., 80Shuttle Meadow Road, anten-nas, $27,856.

Todd Duguay, 215 PleasantSt., fireplace insert, $2,000.

Andreoni, no first name giv-en, 270 Mill St., siding, $7,000.

Joan Meyers, 290 Marion

Ave., roofing, $6,000.Elizabeth Karlonas, 242 Di-

ana Road, fill in swimmingpool, $1,000.

Samuel Plotkin and Assoc.,151 Queen St., remodeling,$6,000.

Raymond Moniz, 260 Buck-land St., roofing, $3,450.

Vincenzo Testa, 26 S. Cen-ter St., remodeling, $98,000.

Gregory Maloney, 1678Meriden-Waterbury Turnpike,sign, $3,000.

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Property Transfers

March 2:Jared Plantamuro, 28, 35

Roundhill Road, disorderlyconduct, 7:42 p.m.

March 4:Richard E. VanValkenburg,

65, 89 Vernondale Drive, oper-ating under suspension, 9:48a.m.

Cheryl St. Onge, 56, addressunknown, second-degree fail-ure to appear, 4:30 p.m.

March 6:Paul DeRosa, 56, 165 Jude

Lane, operating under suspen-sion, 4:29 p.m.

March 7:Gavin G. Gratta, 27, 253

West St., risk of injury, second-degree threatening, disorderlyconduct, 1:20 a.m.

Roberto A. Tofano, 21, 4Carter Heights, second-degreebreach of peace, 5:04 p.m.

Daniel N. Kraft, 36, 18 CarterHeights, second-degreebreach of peace, third-degreecriminal mischief, 5:04 p.m.

Brian K. Kraft, 36, 68 WilburSt., second-degree threaten-ing, second-degree breach ofpeace, two counts interferingwith an officer, assault on per-sonnel, 5:30 p.m.

Cody M. Plourde, 18, 68 OldFarms Road, sixth-degree lar-ceny, 9:50 p.m.

Kevin Grosky, 41, 1245 EastSt., disorderly conduct, 6:16p.m.

Todd J. Grosky, 42, 1245East St., disorderly conduct,6:16 p.m.

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Notice of Public HearingThe Southington Planningand Zoning Commission willhold a Public Hearing onTUESDAY, MARCH 16,2010 at 7:00 p.m. in theTown Hall Council Cham-bers, Second Floor, 75 MainStreet, Southington, Con-necticut, for the followingapplications:A. Recko Farm Homes,

LLC, application forparent/grandparentapartment, 42 EmpressDrive (SPU #481)

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44 The Southington Citizen — Friday, March 12, 2010 SOUTHINGTONLEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE OF LEVY OF TAX WARRANT AND TAX SALEThe Tax Collector of the Town of Southington, Connecticut, hereby gives Notice that, by these presents, a Tax Warrantis hereby levied on the taxpayer(s) named below for failure to pay real estate taxes due the Town of Southington, Con-necticut and that a Tax Collector’s Sale has been scheduled by the Tax Collector for the sale of the real property leviedin accordance with CGS 12-157 (“the Property”), as more fully described below:1. NAME AND ADDRESS OF DELINQUENT TAXPAYER(S), Description of the Property upon which Taxes are due,

Amount of Taxes due including interest and charges attributable to the property as of the last day of the month.C & R Incorporated, 80 Ridgewood Road, Southington, CT 06489For Taxes due on Oak Street, Map 111, Lot 138, Southington, CTIn the Amount of $42,268.22Harcourt Management LLC, P.O. Box 1300, New Britain, CT and c/o James Scalise, Esq., 871 West MainStreet, New Britain, CTFor Taxes due on 595 Main Street, Map 075, Lot 066, Southington, CTIn the Amount of $14,666.33Joseph A. Mazzera, 51 Steuben Street, Meriden, CT, Raymond Mazzera (Deceased), and Anna Cusano, c/oPasquale Cusano, Executor, 57 Christian Street, Wallingford, CTFor Taxes due on 36 Liberty Street, Map 100, Lot 052, Southington, CTIn the Amount of $10,386.48Edward M. Meehan, Trust, 31 Woodland Drive, Southington, CT, FBO David Meehan, 31 Woodland Drive,Southington, CT, Cynthia Meehan, 600 Amherst Road, South Hadley, MA, Anthony Pulcinella, Co-Trustee,70 Seaview Avenue, Branford, CT and Louise Gamble, Co-Trustee, 108 Elmwood Drive,Meriden, CTFor Taxes due on 31 Woodland Drive, Map 056, Lot 007, Southington, CTIn the Amount of $56,339.93Giglio John Miglietta, 60 Germania Street, Southington, CT For Taxes due on 60 Germania Street, Map 087, Lot 154, Southington, CTIn the Amount of $10,219.50Giglio John Miglietta, Jr., 10 Kane Street, Southington, CTFor Taxes due on 367 South End Road, Map 043, Lot 075, Southington, CTIn the Amount of $29,853.50Robert W. Mirando, 897 South Main Street, Plantsville, CT and Estate of Margaret D. Mirando, c/o RobertW. Mirando, Executor, 897 South Main Street, Plantsville, CTFor Taxes due on 897 South Main Street, Map 063, Lot 113, Southington, CTIn the Amount of $78,306.34Mary Lou Riedel, 449 Prospect Street, Plantsville, CTFor Taxes due on 461 Prospect Street, Map 085, Lot 097, Southington, CTIn the Amount of $21,845.34Mary Lou Riedel, 449 Prospect Street, Plantsville, CT and Estate of Christopher Riedel, c/o Mary LouRiedel, 449 Prospect Street, Plantsville, CTFor Taxes due on 457 Prospect Street, Map 085, Lot 099, Southington, CTIn the Amount of $29,389.79Jody Smith, Trustee of the Westville Trust Dated April 21, 1993, 201 Rolling Hill Drive, Fairfield, CTFor Taxes due on Redstone Street, Map 193, Lot 001, Southington, CTIn the Amount of $20,106.66Mary Ann Soboleski, 216 Stonegate Road, Southington, CTFor Taxes due on 216 Stonegate Road, Map 090, Lot 102, Southington, CTIn the Amount of $71,050.37Southington Hospitality Group, LLC, 999 Route 1 South, North Brunswick, NJ For Taxes due on 462 Queen Street, Map 157, Lot 011, Southington, CTIn the Amount of $265,076.03John Ward III and Lori Ward, 1166 Andrews Street, Southington, CTFor Taxes due on Andrews Street, Map 149, Lot 023, Southington, CTIn the Amount of $1,306.91

ADDITIONAL TAXES, INTEREST, FEE’S AND OTHER CHARGES AUTHORIZED BY LAAW ACCRUING AFTER THELAST DAY OF THIS MONTH SHALL BE ADDED TO THE AMOUNT INDICATED AS DUE AND OWING.2. TIME AND PLACE OF SALE:

Date: May 19, 2010Time: 7:00 pmPlace: Southington Town Hall, 93 Main Street, Southington, CT 06489

Please note, the Tax Collector or Marshal may adjourn the sale in accordance with the provisions of CGS 12-157.The Property is not guaranteed buildable under current zoning regulations nor are buildings guaranteed habitable.Except as may be provided by CGS 12-157, the Property is subject to rights, restrictions, easements and covenants asof record appear, and is further subject to building lines, if established, all applicable laws, ordinances or governmentalregulations or rules including but not limited to zoning regulations, Inland-Wetlands Act and regulations, State HealthCode and regulations, Solid Waste Disposal Act and regulations\; and federal, state, and local laws, regulations, ordi-nances and rules relating to the environment.Qualified bidders at the time of the sale must have a certified check equal to or greater than 20% of the delinquency,made payable to CT State Marshal David F. Hubbs, Trustee.The balance of the Sale price shall be due within 7 days of the conclusion of the sale, payable to CT State MarshalDavid F. Hubbs, Trustee.Additional costs and fees associated with the sale shall be posted and announced the day of the sale. All costs andfees associated with this sale shall be deemed non-refundable to the purchaser.Inquires may be directed to:Vincent C. Messina, AuctioneerP.O. Box 6292Wolcott, CT 06716860-584-1085 Ext. 314 9:00am to 5:00pm Mon - Fri


SOUTHINGTONLEGAL NOTICE

Southington Planningand Zoning Commission

Notice of ActionsThe Planning and ZoningCommission voted to takethe following action at themeeting of March 2, 2010:A. Tyke Lavette, one lot

resubdivision applica-tion, 169 Captain LewisDrive (S #1272.1),approved with condi-tion.

B. C.L.&P, special permituse application to allowa second principalbuilding for a separateoffice use in the indus-trial zone, property ofBrophy Metals, 364 OldTurnpike Rd (SPU#479), approved withcondition.

C. Zoning Amendment,bonding proceduresand requirements, Sec-tions 9-06; 9-07.1 and15-09 of the ZoningRegulations (ZA #552),approved, effective 15days from date of publi-cation

D. Subdivision RegulationAmendment, bondingprocedures andrequirements, Sections8-01.01; 8-01.01a; 8-01.02 and 11-07 of thesubdivision regulations(SA #23), approved,effective 15 days fromdate of publication.

E. Robert Lavoie, SpecialPermit application forparent/grandparentapartment, 86 JubileeDrive (SPU #480),approved with condi-tions

F. Yarde Metals, revisionto location of fuelingstation, 45 NewellStreet (SPR #1524.1),approved

G. Brunetto, proposed4,200 s.f. industrialbuilding, 169 CaptainLewis Drive, (SPR#1534.1), approved

H. Tahoe Realty, modifica-tion of previousapproval, 120 WestMain Street (FF#211.1), approved

I. Calco Construction,subdivision modificationto remove boulder,Cider Mill Estates (S#1192.1), denied

Dated at Southington, CTThis 3rd day of March, 2010Mary F. Savage-DunhamTown Planner


SOUTHINGTONLEGAL NOTICENOTIFICATIONTO BIDDERS

FURNISHING ANDDELIVERY OF

METHANOL FOR THESOUTHINGTON WATERPOLLUTION CONTROL

PLANTCONTRACT 2010-05

Sealed Bids for Furnishingand Delivery of Methanolfor the Southington WaterPollution Control Plant,Contract 2010-05 will bereceived at the office of theTown Manager, Town Hall,75 Main Street, Southing-ton, Connecticut, 06489,until Thursday, March 25,2010, at 10:00 a.m., atwhich place and time saidBids will be publicly openedand read aloud.This work includes the fur-nishing and delivery of up to20,000 gallons of Methanolto the Southington WaterPollution Control Plantlocated at 999 Meriden-Waterbury Turnpike inPlantsville, Connecticut, forthe period from April 1, 2010to April 30, 2010.Bid Security: Certified, trea-surer’s or cashier’s check orbid bond in the sum of TenPercent (10%) of the bid.Contract Documents maybe examined and obtainedat the office of the TownEngineer, Town Hall, 75Main Street, Southington,Connecticut 06489.All appropriate State ofConnecticut public worksemployment laws are appli-cable.The Town of Southingtonreserves the right to rejectany or all Bids, should theTown of Southington deemit to be in the public interestto do so.TOWN OFSOUTHINGTON,CONNECTICUTAnthony J. Tranquillo, P.E.Director of PublicWorks/Town Engineer

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2004 DDuuttcchhmmeenn SSppoorrtt bunkhouse 38'. ""AA mmuusstt sseeee"",, Excel-lent condition, fully equipped,2 bedroom model, sleeps 8,with a large slide out. Manyextras $11,500 (860) 747-8964

PETS & LIVESTOCK

BOXERS, Bulldogs, Chihuahuas,Labs, Yorkies, Cane Corso,French Bulldogs, Shih-tzu,Poodle mixes. $350+

860-930-4001

AUTOMOBILES

SUBARU IMPREZA 20064 door sedan. 4 cylinder, 2.5 L.

5 speed manual. 26 MPG Hwy.47,440 mi #P1625 $12,995

(203) 949-1104Stepping up to a

bigger bike?Sell the smaller

one with aMarketplace ad.

Friday, March 12, 2010 — The Southington Citizen 45SOUTHINGTONLEGAL NOTICE

TOWN OF SOUTHINGTONSEWER CHARGES

At its meeting on Monday, March 8, 2010, the Town Council, Town of Southington, actingas the Sewer Authority, approved the following rate schedule:(20% increase effective April 1, 2010, & 15% increase effective April 1, 2011)

1. Sewer Usage Rate is: 2010 = $3.48/100 C.F. per year2011 = $4.00/100 C.F. per year

2. Minimum Charge is: 2010 = $34.80/yr 1000 C.F./Yr x $3.48/1002011 = $40.00/yr 1000 C.F./Yr x $4.00/100

3. Sewer Usage charges per year for properties that are serviced by private wells:2010 2011

Residential Rate (per person) $104.71 $120.42Restaurant Rate (per seat) $10.02 $11.52Industrial Rate (per FT employee) $34.39 $39.55

4. Septic Waste Charges: 2010 2011per 1,000 gallons $138.24 $158.98per 1,250 gallons $172.80 $198.72per 1,500 gallons $207.36 $238.46

Dated at Southington, Connecticut, this 9th day of March, 2010.TOWN OF SOUTHINGTONJohn WeichselTown Manager

ROOMS FOR RENT

MERIDEN Large clean room.Utils incl. No pets. No smoking.Off st parking. Pvt entrance.$135/week. 2 weeks deposit.Avail now. 203-634-1105

MERIDEN Lg Room. All utils &cable. Share kitchen & bath.Off street parking. No drugs oralcohol. $150 week & 1 weeksecurity. Refs. (203) 440-0825

MERIDEN Rooms starting @ $130per week. Clean & safe. Lg. nice-ly furnished. Shared kitchen &baths, utils. incl. washer & dryer.Off st. park. 203-537-1772

MERIDEN. Room for rent, all util,share kit, bath & LR. Washer &dryer, off st parking. $125/week.2 wks sec. (203) 605-8591

NORTH HAVENMeadowstone Motel- Off I-91.

Sat. TV, furn’d. Daily/Wkly On Bus Line. 203-239-5333

SOUTHINGTON - Room for rentin home. $125/week. In a goodneighborhood. (860) 620-0852

STORES & OFFICESFOR RENT

NORTH HAVEN800-1200 Sq Ft. High visibility.

Close to highways. (203) 843-5767

RETAIL Store/Office for rent.2800 SF right on West Main St.,Meriden. $1595/mo. incl. heat &hot water. Avail. Immediately.

Home Sweet Homes 203-938-3789

COMMERCIAL &INDUSTRIAL RENTALS

WALLINGFORD-1,200 sqft bayavail in fenced in property. 20ftceilings, 14x14 drs, bathrm,electric, heat & water. Greatprice! Call 203-272-4216

HOUSES FOR SALE

WLFD $149,900 Large 2 familyw/store front. Possible 3 familyhouse R6 zone. Separate utilities,corner lot with some yard. CallBrian Miller 203-265-5618

WALLINGFORD $219,900 2BRBungalow w/2 car garage. Houseneeds extensive work. Beautiful1.28 acre level property used tobe Xmas tree farm. Tranquil set-ting yet minutes to I91. Linda203-265-5618

APARTMENTSFOR RENT

MERIDEN-2BR. No pets. $800/mo + sec.

Call 203-537-2909

MERIDEN: Two 1 BR & One2BR Recently remodeled!

New paint! Section 8 approved. No pets. 1 month security &

First month rent. For moreinfo, Call Rob - 203-535-3925

SOUTHINGTON1BR, 1st flr. $600/mo. 2mo sec. 5Rms, 1st flr, near Plantsville

school. $950/mo. 2 mo sec.3BR, 2nd flr, $900/mo. 2mo sec.

Call 860-538-5575

SOUTHINGTON EFFICIENCYFirst Floor. Near The Hospital ofCentral Ct. Utilities not included.References & security depositrequired. 860-621-2693

WALLINGFORD - 1 bedroom,hot water included, $695-$795,203-213-6175 or 203-376-2160.

WALLINGFORD - Quiet 2BR,near I-91. Ample closets. Off st.parking. W/D. No pets.$950/mo. + utils. 203-269-6297

WALLINGFORD - YMCA area.2nd flr. 5 rms. 2BRs, includingheat, appliances & garage.$1250/mo. sec. & refs. Call(203) 269-2575

WWAALLLLIINNGGFFOORRDD 1 bedroom Apt.Judd Square. Central Air.

No Pets. $725/mo.Call 203-949-1904

WALLINGFORD 2 BR, 4 Rooms,2nd floor. No pets. With appli-ances. No WD hookup. $800/month Plus $1000 securitydeposit. Call 203-269-3471

WALLINGFORD Choate areaBeautiful Victorian Home

1 BR Apartment. Off st. parking. No smoking, no pets.

$725 + security. 203-265-3092

WALLINGFORDLG 3 BR, 1ST Fl. Washer hookup.

No smoking/pets $1100/mo +security. Call 203-284-3750

WALLINGFORD-1BR, new kit.,new bath, hdwd flrs, stainlesssteel appls, DW, HW incl. Crownmolding. New windows.$795/mo. Jonah 203-430-0340

WALLINGFORD. Avail NorthMain Street Victorian. 3 RMs,1 BR. 3rd Fl. No smoking, nopets. $750 plus utilities. 2 mossec. Call 203-269-5973.

WLFD - 2BR, 4 rms, 1st flr.Garage, yard, wd hookups.MYB school district. $825/mo.203-284-5843

WLFD 2BR, 2nd FL. $925.Remodeled. Parking. Laundry.Dep. Ref. Credit Check. NoSmoking/Pets. 203-992-7133

WLFD- 2BR, central location,laundry, no pets. Credit check.$800 + 2 mos. sec. 203-235-1381

WLFD- NORTHRIDGE Com-mons, spacious 1 & 2BR units.$725 - $875 & up 203-269-5770

ROOMMATES

SOUTH MERIDEN. Finishedattic, 2 rms, 2 closets, Sharedkit/ bath. $560/mo, utils inc.860-335-8411

ROOMS FOR RENT

MERIDEN $100 per week. Fullyfurnished BR, Kit & LR. All utils &cable TV incld. Washer & dryeron site. No drugs or alcohol.

Please Call 203-379-5125

MERIDEN CLEAN SAFE ROOMSHeat, elec, HW incld. E.Side, kitprivileges, off-st park. $130/wk.+ sec or call 203-630-3823 12-8pm, www.Meridenrooms.com

APARTMENTSFOR RENT

MERIDEN - Nice 1BR, 630 BroadSt. $725/mo. Call 203-213-6175or 203-815-6512

MERIDEN1 & 2 BR Apartments657 East Main Street

Call 203-630-9481

MERIDEN 2 BR, 1 st Fl. LibertySt. Recently renovated. Stove &refrig. WD hookup. Off st park-ing. Yard. Bsmnt storage. Sec 8approved. $900. 203- 506-6398

MERIDEN 2 BR, 1st fl. Countrysetting. Large yard. Enclosedporch. Stove & Refrigerator.WD hookup. parking. $840/moAvail 4/1. (203) 440-3868

MMEERRIIDDEENN 32 Cook Ave.

11 BBRR AAppttss && SSttuuddiiooss$595 & Up

Limited Time-1 mo free rent! Heat & HW incl. 203-886-7016

MERIDEN 3BR, 2nd flr apt. Newfloors & freshly painted. $850/mo incl. new refrig., new stove,parking & washer/dryer hookup.No pets, utilities or smoking. 1 yrlease, credit check & refs.required. Security & 1st mo. rent.(203) 608-8348

MERIDEN Huge 5 BR ApartmentFreshly painted. Ready to rent!

Section 8 approved. $1350/mo + security. No pets.

203-650-0479

MERIDEN- 1 BR. Quiet, clean,2nd floor apartment. Off streetparking. $650 plus utilities. Nopets. Call (203) 589-9666

MMEERRIIDDEENN-- 1023 Old Colony Rd.

22 BBRR -- $$880000 && UUPPHeat & HW, Off st. parking.

Limited Time - 1 mo free rent. Call 203-886-7016

MERIDEN- 2BR Apt, Crown St.$750. No utilities incl andrequires. 1 mo. sec. 203-537-7060

MERIDEN- 3BR apt, $950 + sec.& utils. Recently renovated.

Avail. March 15. 221 Cook AveL & E Property Management

203-938-3789

MERIDEN- 3BR TOWNHOUSE 1-1/2 Bath, Full Basement, Garage.WD Hookup. Cul-de-sac. $975. 2mos sec. Credit check req’d. Nopets. (203) 284-0597

MERIDEN- 4 1/2Rms. $700/mo+ sec. Utils not incld. Spring-dale Ave. Call mornings tilnoon, 5pm-until 203-237-6194

MERIDEN- Nice, Spacious 1BR,appliances, parking, good loca-tion, no pets, 25 Griswold St.$795 + deposit and credit. 203-238-1890

MERIDEN-1BRS-All appliances &hot water incl 2 mo. sec.. Nopets. Coin op laundry. 1095 OldColony Rd. Showings 9-11 am.203-581-3620

MERIDEN-2BR, computer rm,1st flr, east side. off-st-park-ing, alarm sys. $850 /mo. Sec-tion 8 approved. 203-238-1893or 203-634-3260.

MERIDEN. 1 BR., 1st floor of 2family. Stove, fridge, washer,dryer hookup, parking, porch,Sec. system. Clean & quiet.$675 + util, Sec. & Refs. Call203-238-2889

MERIDEN. Studio apt, $595including heat & electric. Onbus line. No pets. Call (203)982-3042

HOUSES FOR RENT

MERIDEN: 4BR. Spacious LR &DR. 1 1/2BA, lg. backyard, $1500+ security. 220033--999966--99881100

2BR APT, 1st flr, hdwd flrs, eat-inkitchen. $800. 220033--999966--99881100

SOUTHINGTON. Spacious 3 BRin quiet, private area. Petsallowed. $1100. (860) 628-8224

CONDOMINIUMSFOR RENT

MERIDEN-Crown Village, 1BR,1st flr, heat & HW incld. Pool &laundry rm. Parking for 2 cars.$735/mo. Very good cond. Sec& refs. No pets. 203-631-1534

MERIDEN. Crown Vlg, 1 BR,heat & hw incl, storage, 2assigned parking, new carpet-ing, pool, laundry facilities.$750/mo. (860) 664-9608

WLFD- Judd Square- 2BR. Nopets. $950. Call Quality Realty,LLC 203-949-1904

APARTMENTSFOR RENT

FFllaannddeerrss WWeesstt AAppttssSSoouutthhiinnggttoonn

Studio & 1 Bedroom AptsAffordable apts for qualifiedapplicants 50 yrs of age or older

Small pets acceptedPlease call 860-621-3954

TTY 711

HOME SWEET HOMES OffersMeriden - 4 BR, 2 bath, recentlyrenovated. $1275 + sec & utili-

ties. Avail. March 15! 203-938-3789

HOME SWEET HOMES OffersMeriden - Studio & 1BR apts

From $650 + sec. Heat & HW incl.Avail. immed! 203-938-3789

MER. FURNISHED apts: Incl Heat,Elec, HW. 1st fl studio,$190/wk+sec. 1BR, 1st fl,$210/wk+sec. 203-630-3823, 12-8pm www.meridenrooms.com

MERIDEN(2) 1BR’s & (1) 2BR

Recently remodeled! New paint!Section 8 approved. No pets. 1 mos sec & 1st mos rent.

More info call Rob 203-535-3925

MERIDEN - 1 1/2 room apart-ment for rent. H/H included.Off street parking. Security.Storage. $600 monthly. CallScott at (203)302-8760.

MERIDEN - 1BR Terrific ModernE. side, secure bldg in small com-plex. Lg. kit, stove, fridge, DW.Deck, off st. park. $695 incl. HW.203-284-1822 x210

MERIDEN - 1BR, 3 room 2ndfloor, stove, refrigerator, off st.parking, sec., $700. Call 203-272-3610 or 203-215-0104

MERIDEN - 1BR, Broad St. Nearmonuments. Skylight, sunkenDR & kit., sunporch, veryattractive & prvt w/gar. $725.203-634-1515 or 203-213-8833.

MERIDEN - 3 & 4BR Section 8approved apts, 2nd flr. 1 mo.sec. + 1 mo. rent. FFuurrnniisshheeddRRoooommss aallssoo aavvaaiillaabbllee. Refs, nopets. (203) 464-6273

MERIDEN - Eastside 2BR apt.incl. water. No utilities, nopets. 1 1/2 mo. security. Imme-diate occupancy. $800. 203-623-5684

WANTED TO BUY

DDEEEE’’SS AANNTTIIQQUUEESSBuying Silverplate, Glass, Furn, music instruments, china, art, collectibles.

1 item to estate.

220033--223355--88443311

FISHING TACKLE. Local col-lector looking for old or newrods, reels, lures. Highestprices paid. Call Dave any-time 860-463-4359

OOLLDD BBIICCYYCCLLEESSDon’t throw away that old bike.

Hobbyman needs your help. Freepickup! Bikes will be recycled.Help save a bike! 203-494-9641

TOP CASH for all Gramma’sCostume Jewelry Stash.

Honest & Fair Buyer PleaseCall Juls for Jewels at

860-965-2316.

MUSICAL INSTRUMENT& INSTRUCTIONS

VVooiiccee LLeessssoonnssAll Ages and Levels Welcome

PPiiaannoo LLeessssoonnssBeginner to Intermediate

DDee FFiioorree VVooccaall && PPiiaannoo SSttuuddiiooRoberta (203) 630-9295

HOUSES FOR RENT

HOME SWEET HOMES OffersMeriden- 5BR, 2 bath house Com-

pletely renovated. $1425/mo +sec. & utils. 137 Willow St. Availimmed. (203) 938-3789

MERIDEN-5Rm Ranch 3BR,Stove, Refrg, D/W-WD Conn-Fenced yard. Pets considered.$1250/Mo. Refs req’d. Call(203) 605-6964

FURNITURE &APPLIANCES

WASHER & DRYER - Barelyused. Whirlpool. $500 for set.Microwave, $30. Call (203)379-8197

WOOD, FUEL &HEATING EQUIPMENT

SEASONED firewood, pickup orlocal delivery. Cut & split.Approx 16-18in. $200/cord;$125/half cord. 203-294-1775.

SPORTING GOODS &HEALTH

PISTOL PERMIT CERTIFICATION CLASS

Required for CT applicants. $100.

Call 203-415-1144

ANTIQUES &COLLECTIBLES

BBAAYYOONNEETTSSSwords, Helmets, Daggers, Fight-

ing Knives, Flags, Medals, etc.

220033--223388--33330088

WANTED TO BUY

1-2 ITEMS Silverware, China, Glass.

Furniture. 50’s Items. Whole Estates.

203-238-3499

$$ AALLWWAAYYSS BBUUYYIINNGG!! $$1 item to entire estate! Call or stop by Frank’s, 18 South Orchard St.

Wallingford. Mon-Sat. 9:30-4:30.

220033--228844--33778866oorr 220033--337799--88773311

CCaasshh PPaaiidd FFoorr AAllll TTyyppeess ooffCCOOSSTTUUMMEE JJEEWWEELLRRYY

Especially Napier 203-464-0477

PETS & LIVESTOCK

CHICHON (Chihuahua/Bichon)Known as The Flying Nun Pups!

Cute, small, adorable. 9 wks old.Great personalities! Shots.

Paper trained. $395.203-537-9429

HORSE BOARD Wallingford.Full care $450. Daily individualturn-out. Geldings only. Drafthorses welcome. Looking towork off board? 203-294-9313

KING Charles Cavalier Spaniels3 months old, ACA, 2 males,$950 each. Raised with chil-dren. 203-631-9386

OLD ENGLISH SHEEPDOGPuppies. AKC. Excellent disposi-tions. Ready March 21. Takingdeposits. $700. Vet certified. 1stshots & wormed. 603-835-8555

STUD BOXER - 3 yrs old. 90pounds. I have a great fawnboxer I would like to find afemale dog, same kind, tobreed with. I would like apuppy from the litter. Pleasecontact 203-710-7912

FURNITURE &APPLIANCES

MOVING: 7 Piece Bedroom SetFull bed. Dark Wood.-$150.

2 Glass End Tables & Sofa Table$50. 4 Pc Oak EntertainmentCenter- $150. (860) 621-3301

NEVER USED Loveseat & QueenAnne Chair. Both have fabric pro-tectant. Loveseat is blue & creamfloral print. Chair is solid light

blue. $350 for both. 203-237-0205

REFRIGERATOR- Good working condition. $100.

Air Hockey table. $50. Call (203) 265-3137

SMALL freezer $50. Excellentcondition. Couch & Chair.Excellent condition. $60. Call(203) 379-6035

46 The Southington Citizen — Friday, March 12, 2010

ROOFING

GonzalezConstruction

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Roofing, siding, windows, decks,

gutters & remodeling. ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★

220033--663399--00003322Fully license/insured.

CT Reg# 577319

SERVICES OFFERED

CCAARRAABBEETTTTAA’’SS GGRRAADDEERR SSEERRVVIICCEESSwweeeeppiinngg DDiivviissiioonn

For All Your Commercial Sweeping Needs.203-214-6247 or 860-306-9970

SIDING

FIDERIO & SONSSiding, roofing, windows,

decks, sunrooms, additions.

203-237-0350CT Reg. #516790

Gonzalez Construction

Roofing, siding, windows, decks,gutters & remodeling.

203-639-0032 Fully licensed/insured.

CT Reg.# 577319

SNOW PLOWING

L & E PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

Snow PlowingProfessional Quality & Affordable

Rates. CT Reg. #623250 www.landeprop.com

Call Trevor (203) 938-3789

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EExxppeerrtt DDee--IIcceerrssCommerical Specialists.

Nicholas J Murano LLC, Member:Snow and Ice Management Assn

TREE SERVICES

LANDSCAPING AND MORETree Removal & much more.

Shrub & hedge trimming. Give us a call - we do it all!

860-982-5334 or 203-314-8511

YARDLEY TREE SERVICE.comFair, reasonable. Free estimates.

Reg. Insured. 203-440-0402 or 860-595-4159

PPRROOFF.. AARRBBOORRIISSTT #S336575ft bucket truck. Precise Tree

CT Reg #562159. 203-272-4216

GARY WODATCH LLCTree Removal, All calls returnedReg #0620397. Quick courteousservice. Office 203-235-7723 orCell 860-558-5430

PAINTING/WALLPAPERING

L & E PAINTINGSpruce Up Your Home

or Business!Professional Quality & Affordable

Rates. CT Reg #623250 www.landeprop.com

Call Trevor (203) 938-3789

POPCORN CEILINGSRepair, Remove, New.

HIC.0569127Call Kevin 203-440-3279

PAINTINGINTERIOR & EXTERIOR

Over 25 Years ExperienceHIC.0569127

Call Kevin 203-440-3279

PAVING

CCAARRAABBEETTTTAA’’SS GGRRAADDEERR SSEERRVVIICCEESSwweeeeppiinngg DDiivviissiioonn

For All Your Commercial Sweeping Needs.203-214-6247 or 860-306-9970

PLUMBING

DON’T Flush money down the drain, call Duane Plumbing, heating. Quality work, low ratesMajor credit cards accptd. 203-379-8944 lic. #283401 P1

ROOFING

ORTIZ ROOFING & SIDING

Fully insured & licensed. Sr. discount. CT Reg #611774.

203-935-6213 or 203-815-6644

SShhaammoocckk RRooooffiinnggAll types of remod. 30+ yrs exp.

No $$ Down. CT Reg 523804. Ins220033--223377--44112244 aann LLLLCC ccoo

O’CONNOR ROOFING203-639-0231

Lic. & ins. Free est. Work performed by owner.

CT Reg #602521

C&M CONSTRUCTIONTo ensure a quality job

at a fair price. Call 203-630-6459 CT Reg #608488

FIDERIO & SONSSiding, roofing, windows, decks,

sunrms, additions. 203-237-0350. CT Reg. #516790

EEmmppiirree CCoonnssttrruuccttiioonn,, LLLLCCYour Professional Roofer

New Roofs, Reroofs, TearoffsWe fix leaks too!

203-269-3559 CT Reg#565514www.EmpireLLC.biz

HOUSE CLEANING

AFFORDABLE house or officecleaning. Free est. 15yrs exp.Refs avail. Call 203-815-0896

JENNY’S CLEANING SERVICE30 years exp. Reasonable rates.Home or office. Refs available.

203-910-6319

POLISH woman can clean yourhouse, office with care. 2ndcleaning 15% off. Ins & bond-ed. Refs. Kasia 860-538-4885

CLEANING SERVICE One TimeFree Cleaning for new clientsonly. I’ll clean your house oroffice with a sparkle. Polish/English speaking. Bonded, ins.Free est. Anna (860) 299-6611

JUNK REMOVAL

JUNK REMOVAL & MORE!We clean Estates, house, office,attic, cellar, gar, yd. Snowplow-ing. 203-535-9817/860-575-821810% off if you mention this ad

KITCHEN & BATHREMODELING

C&M CONSTRUCTIONTo ensure a quality job

at a fair price. Call 203-630-6459 CT Reg #608488

LANDSCAPING

LANDSCAPING AND MORESPRING CLEANUPS

Dump Runs, Mowing, Rototillingand More. Great rates!!

860-982-5334 or 203-314-8511

LAWN & GARDEN

ALLEGRO Professor Services,LLC. Lawn care, cutting, trim-ming, seasonal cleanups, etc.Affordable, insured, reliable.203-687-1347

MASONRY

CASCIO MASONChimney Repair, Sidewalks,

Walls, Brick Work, etc.CT Reg #611774.

203-935-6213

JIMMY’S MASONRYStonewalls, steps, patios, chim-

neys, all types. Lic. & Ins’d. 26 yrsexp. Call for free est. 860-274-4893 CT. Reg. #604498

JACK BBiiaaffoorree,, LLLLCC MMaassoonnrryyChimneys, brick, block, stonewalls, patios. In business over 50yrs. CT# 623849 (203) 537-3572

PAINTING/WALLPAPERING

PAINT PRO’SInterior/exterior painting.

Powerwashing. Free estimates.(203) 537-7060

HANDYPERSONS

SShhaammoocckk RRooooffiinnggAll types of remod. 30+ yrs exp.No $$ Down. CT Reg 523804. Ins220033--223377--44112244 aann LLLLCC ccoo..

ALBERT’S HOME REPAIRRoofs, decks, windows, doors

siding, flrs, sheetrock. Ins & lic.# HIC-0623837 203-592-1148

HEATING & COOLING

AMERICAN HHEEAATTIINNGG SSEERRVVIICCEE24 Hour emergency service.

Complete heating & AC Installa-tion & Service. Lic & insured.

Great Rates. (203) 756-5040

DON’T Freeze this WINTER!Call Duane Plumbing, heating& cooling. Annual furnace &boiler tune-ups & cleanings.Quality work. Major creditcards. Low rates. 203-379-8944 #400335-S1

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

CENTRAL CT HOME IMPROVEMENTS

Decks, multi-family/rental proper-ty rehabs & all types of homeimprovements. 30 yrs exp. Lic &ins. #0673083. Call 203-213-0033

O’CONNOR ROOFING203-639-0231

Lic. & ins. Free est. Work performed by owner.

CT Reg #602521

J. BOOBER CONSTRUCTIONAdditions, garages, remodeling,kitchens, bathrms, basements,decks, sunrooms. Lic’d & Ins’d.203-265-0730 CT. Reg. #572880

Quality Work - Reasonable RatesComplete home services. Electric,

plumbing, kitchens, baths, etc.(203) 376-7532 CT Reg# 616307.

HOUSE CLEANING

2 POLISH SISTERS Will clean your house.

Professional, friendly. Exc. refs. Aneta’s Cleaning 860-839-5339

ATTORNEYS

Keep home, auto, 401k, etc.STOP FORECLOSURES

IRS & “Repos”Atty F.W. Lewis

439 Main St, Yalesville203-265-2829

“Debt Relief Agency” We help people file for relief

under the bankruptcy code

BankruptcyFree Consultation

CARPENTRY

J. BOOBER CONSTRUCTIONAdditions, garages, remodeling,kitchens, bathrms, basements,decks, sunrooms. Lic’d & Ins’d.203-265-0730 CT. Reg. #572880

REPAIRS Decks & Additions,Entry Doors, Complete HomeImprovement by Carpenter. Freeest. 203-238-1449 CT# 578107 www.marceljcharpentier.com

DECKS

CENTRAL CT HOME IMPROVEMENTS

Decks, multi-family/rental proper-ty rehabs & all types of homeimprovements. 30 yrs exp. Lic &ins. #0673083. Call 203-213-0033

DUMPSTERS

RRoollll--OOffff DDuummppsstteerrss15 yard roll-off - $350 20 yard roll-off - $450

Empire Construction, LLC220033--553377--00336600

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ELECTRICAL SERVICE

T.E.C. Electrical Svc LLCAll Phases of Electrical Work

24 hr. Emergency Service SMALL JOBS WELCOME

203-237-2122

FENCING

Cornerstone FFeennccee & Orna-mental Gates. All types offence. Res/Comm. AFA Cert.Ins’d. Call John Uvino 203-237-GATE. CT Reg #601060

GUTTERS

Over 25 years experience. Call today for free estimates.

Call 203-440-3535 Ct. Reg. #578887

DOW GUTTERSSeamless gutters/leaders.GUTTER cleaning.. Free est.

#612964 Steve 860 426-0045

ATTIC & BASEMENTSCLEANED

GARY Wodatch Demolition Ser-vices. Sheds, pools, decks,garages, concrete walks, patios,Quick, courteous srv. All callsreturned. Ins. #566326. Office203-235-7723/Cell 860-558-5430

GARY wodatch Debris removal ofany kind. Homeowner’s, contrac-tor’s, small dumpsters avail.Quick, courteous srv. All callsreturned. Ins. #566326. Office203-235-7723/Cell 860-558-5430

IF YOU MENTION THIS ADWe clean Estates, house, office,attic, cellar, gar, yd. Snowplow-ing. 203-535-9817/860-575-8218

HOUSE CLEAN Outs, GaragesBasements, Attics, Yards

Big or Small..... We Take It AllFree Estimates. Call Ed.

Marketplace(203) 238-1953

It'sall

here!

HOUSES FOR SALE

MERIDEN Immaculate and only5yrs old 9rm 3BR 2BTH Colw/updtd fls, 1c gar, CAIR, fencedyard, lower level fin w/3rms,tastefully decorated, sliders inkit to deck. $289,900. Kathy 203-235-3300

WALLINGFORD Immaculate 3BRSplit w/LR & FP, form DR, galleykit w/breakfast bar, lower lev FRw/wet bar, 2full baths, lg deck to27’ above grnd pool & CAIR!$305,000. Kathy 203-265-5618

MERIDEN $349,900 Pricereduced. Huge ranch locatedon Meriden’s East Side. 3bdrms, 3 full baths, granite,hdwd flrs., finished bsmtw/second kitchen, 2 cargarage, and is located at theend of a cul-de-sac on 1.15acres. Galleria Real Estate203-671-2223.

MERIDEN Newer Colonial on cul-de-sac. Easy access to highways.HWF, 1st floor laundry and bonusrm, complete in-law in basementwith own entrance. $319,900.Call Vicki 203-235-3300

MERIDEN True pride in crafts-manship! This home offers a 2-story foyer, granite tile bath-room, 2nd floor laundry, 9ft ceil-ings & walk-out basement, idealfor in-law or home theater.$319,900 Call Vicki 203-235-3300


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Gaylord-Connecticut’s premier long-term acute care hospital specializing inmedically complex patient care, rehabilitation and sleep medicine-seeks a 24hour/week nursing supervisor to join its multidisciplinary, collaborativepatient care team. The incumbent will provide clinical supervision of patientassessment and care, evaluate nursing activities to ensure quality patientcare, and participate in training activities. This position will assume the Hos-pital Administrator role on the night shift. RREEQQUUIIRREEMMEENNTTSS include currentCT licensure, Associate degree, BSN preferred, and minimally 4 years acutecare and supervisory experience. CRRN or Med/Surg certification within 2.5years of start, ACLS completion within 6 months.

RN staff positions also available.

Consider Gaylord Hospital where your strong clinical skills are valued, whereaverage patient LOS is 25 days, and where a competitive salary and benefitpackage is offered. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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CNA/HHA - NEW ENGLAND HOME CARE is seekingCNAs and Home Health Aides with a minimum of 6months experience for a pediatric group home inMeriden. Previous experience in a group home withphysically and emotionally challenged children pre-ferred. All shifts available.

Earn up to $12.00 per hour based on experience.Must have a current CT CNA certificate.

To schedule an appointment to apply, please call:

800-286-6300 ext. 3902or fax your resume to the HR Department

860-613-3777or email to:

[email protected] E/E/O/C/M/F/V/D

Drug Screen/Criminal Background Check RequiredVisit us on the web at

NewEnglandHomeCare.com

RN Supervisor32 hrs, 3 pm-11pm

Free Float - No Weekends - Full Benefits

RN, (Free Float) Supervisor and Staff Development

40 hrs, 7 am-3 pm (Monday - Friday)

Per Diem C.N.A.'sMiller Memorial Community, Meriden's choicefor excellence in senior residential Healthcare serv-ices, is seeking compassionate, energetic candi-dates, to join our professional team. MMCI offersvery competitive wages & benefits (to those eligi-ble), incl. pension plan & non-contributory health& dental for employee, life, & disability insur-ances. Drug testing & criminal background checkreq’d. Applicants must be CT lic’d. If you are will-ing to go the extra mile for your patients & are trulyinterested in person-centered care, please apply to:

Personnel ManagerMiller Memorial Community, Inc.

360 Broad St., Meriden, CT 06450 Fax 203.630.3714

or email: [email protected]

MEDICAL CAREERSMEDICAL CAREERS

MEDICAL BILLING ASSOCIATE Comprehensive Orthopaedics has

an immediate opening for a sea-soned medical billing associate.2-3 years experience billing (IDXa plus) in physician private prac-tice, basic spreadsheet and wordprocessing knowledge, superbcustomer service skills, CPC,two years of college preferred.Spanish speaking and IDX expe-rience a plus. Salary history, let-ter and resume to:

[email protected] or fax 203 741-6575

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ProHealth Physicians is current-ly seeking full and part-timeRegistered Diagnostic MedicalSonographers in our rapidlygrowing statewide group prac-tice. Will perform assignedultrasound exams, while deliver-ing safe and accurate patientcare. Will also have quality con-trol and improvement duties.Must have ADRMS Certificationand related ultrasound experi-ence. We are seeking self-moti-vated team players with excel-lent organizational and patientrelations skills.

If you have the background andfeel ready for a new challenge,please email letter and resumeto: [email protected] fax to 860-643-9057. AnEqual Opportunity Employer.

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(1145 No Colony Rd), NewHaven (472 Foxon Blvd) & Mid-dletown (955 Washington St)Goodwill Stores. Must be ableto work night/weekend/holi-day hours as needed. Pay rate$11/hr (comp benefits pack-age). Please apply in person orsend resume to [email protected]

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ROOFER Commercial w/5 yearsexperience in EPDM. Musthave phoneable references andpass drug test. Top Pay/Bene-fits. New England Masonry,146 Sheridan Dr., Naugatuck.

(203) 729-2266 AA/EOE.

VVaann DDrriivveerr ((PP//TT))Drives minibus/van to transportindividuals w/disabilities receiv-ing services according toassigned schedule/destination.HS diploma/GED + 3-12 mos exp/training. Current CT Public Ser-vice License in good standing.Split shift (7am - 9am & 2pm-4pm), Monday-Friday, 20 hrs/wk.Pay rate $11.00/hr no benefits.

Apply in person: 95 Hamilton St., New Haven

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HELP WANTED

BOOKKEEPER/Secretary- Fulltime. Peachtree experience aplus. Health benefits available.Call (203) 238-9846

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Exc hourly rate. Must have car.Call Tracy (203) 281-5500

VNS, Inc. of So CT

NANNY, live-out, Exp. req. 40hr/wk, M-F. Bckgrnd ck, ref. &CPR cert. House clean. Kids: 3y/o & 4 mo old. 203-907-6288.

PAINTINGFull Time

Carpenters, Painters, Subs forResidential/Commercial work.

Call 800-778-9885 x 1279

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ROOFER Commercial w/5 yearsexperience in EPDM. Musthave phoneable references andpass drug test. Top Pay/Bene-fits. New England Masonry,146 Sheridan Dr., Naugatuck.

(203) 729-2266 AA/EOE.

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Metal fabrication job shop looking to retain a skilled leader to manage and coordinate theproduction of work in a fastpaced environment. Must beable to read blueprints, layout,fabricate, have welding knowledge & a Min. 5 yrs. exp.in this field. The ability to deter-

mine work schedules, review &implement customer specs &procedures w/clarity. Coordi-nate personnel, machinery,maintenance, shipping &receiving. Communicatew/Mfg. Eng, Sales, Purchasing, essential to this challengingposition. Management, organi-zational, & people skills neces-sary. Benefits, 401K. Salarycommensurate w/exp.

Mail resume: Welding Works, Inc.

32 New Road, Madison, CT 06443or email:

[email protected]

HELP WANTED

ASSEMBLER Of P.C Boards, sol-dering & mechanical experi-ence required. Call Power Con-trols (203) 284-0235

CAREGIVERS - Immediate needfor LIVE-IN CAREGivers to helpprovide 24/7 companionship. Bepart of a team that lives-in asenior’s home. Reliable carrequired. Must speak English.Call Home Instead Senior Care @860-316-2531 or visit our websitewww.homeinstead.com

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPS:Growing Wallingford call centercurrently looking for friendly &enthusiastic customer servicereps to answer phones forinbound sales. All 3 shifts areavailable, full time and part timeflexible hours, must work 1weekend shift. Bi-lingual a plus.Please respond by email [email protected] call 203-284-6040 ext 1970.

DIRECTOR OF CHILD CARESeeking an experienced teamoriented individual with adesire to positively impact ourSouthington Community YMCAChild Care program. Oversee11,200 s/f Learning Center, 7off sites, 600 children, 85 staffand $2.1 million budget. Indi-vidual must have Bachelor’sDegree related to education.Must have demonstrated abili-ty to manage humanresources, effective communi-cation skills, be innovative andhave superior management/interpersonal skills. Workingknowledge of the CT statelicensing and NAEYC accredi-tation standards are necessary.YMCA experience preferred.$51K-$56K. By 3-19, sendcover letter, resume, 5 refer-ences, and written philosophyof child care to [email protected] electronic submissionswill be accepted.

FFTT MMAACCHHIINNEERRYY AASSSSEEMMBBLLEERRWorldwide manufacturer locat-

ed in Wallingford has immedi-ate openings for heavymachinery assembler. Musthave 5 years previous exp.Competitive pay & excellentbenefits. Send resume & hourlyrate history to PO box 566,Durham, CT 06422 or [email protected] EOE

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WALLINGFORD Desirable firstlevel 1 bedroom corner unit.1.5 baths with add’l bedroom.1586 liveable sq. ft. UpgradedSS appls, lg master BR, ampclosets. Pvt wooded back yard.$195,900. Al 203-265-5618

HELP WANTED

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Immediate opening for anaggressive individual withstrong communication skills totake charge of our credit andcollections area.

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BRISTOL New to the Market!Better than move in condition!Faubulous Ranch Style end unitw/1 possibly 2 bedrooms. Wallto Wall closet space in masterbedroom. Newer oak h.w.floors, newer tile in bathroom,newer carpet in spacious fin-ished basement with lots ofstorage! Private deck/ woodedarea. Quiet neighborhood,close to school, shopping,greatfor walking. 35 Ruth Street Unit1. Call (860)967-2072 for anappointment! $134,900

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