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Volume 10, Number 17 Plainville’s Only Weekly Newspaper Thursday, April 28, 2011

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Bicyclists to ride through Plainville on 48-mile journey

Carbon monoxidescare evacuates school

Citizen photo by Sherry L. Cole

Outside fire headquarters on West Main Street, voters stop by a table to answer anexit poll, which included the question, “Did you vote yes or no for the budget” and“Is the budget too high or low” for the town or schools. There was a second tablefor Citizens and Property Owners Association.

Eggs for Relay

Citizen photo by Robin Lee Michel

More than 350 colorful plastic eggs hang on thelarge spruce tree outside fire headquarters, 77 W.Main St. The sale of the eggs supports Relay ForLife of Plainville 2011. Eggs can be purchased atJim’s Deli, 361 Woodford Ave., or by calling LynnSzach, (860) 793-4838.

By Julie SopchakThe Plainville Citizen

An estimated 200 bicyclists will bepassing through Plainville tomor-row, April 29, as part of the EastCoast Greenway Alliance’s tradi-tional ride before its annual meeting.

This year, the ride will be a 48-mile

journey from the center of NewHaven up to Simsbury, which is oneout of just 125 municipalities in thecountry labeled as a “Bicycle-Friend-ly Community” by the League ofAmerican Bicyclists.

Jim Cassidy and Steve Cole aretwo avid cyclists in town, though nei-ther will be participating in this par-

ticular ride: Cassidy, because of aninjury he sustained during the win-ter, and Cole because he runs a busi-ness that will in fact be open on Fri-day.

“They’re going to be using some-thing other than the trail that willeventually be here in town,” Cassidysaid about the route cyclists will be

using through Plainville.“What we’ve done is we’ve desig-

nated here a route that we call an in-terim route which allows people togo from the last completed trail inSouthington up to the start of thecompleted trail up in Farmington,

By Robin Lee MichelThe Plainville Citizen

Plainville High Schoolgraduation will remain onFriday, June 24, eventhough students did noteven attend class on Mon-day.

At about 7:15 a.m., a car-bon monoxide leak was de-tected in a school boilerroom, and staff and the few

students who were in thebuilding were dismissed.Students who were arriv-ing on buses were trans-ported home and walkersturned around and headedback to their residences.

The day was consideredan early dismissal, schoolofficials said Tuesday, and

See Evacuates, page 26

See Cyclists, page 7

“Shall the budget forFiscal Year 2011-12 for$53,169,637 be adoptedas proposed by thetown council?

Yes: 366No: 556Eligible voters: 10,307Percentage of voters: 9

Residents urge others to cast‘no’ vote on proposed budget

By Robin Lee MichelThe Plainville Citizen

Speakers at Mondaynight’s public hearing couldhave been singing the tune:all seven people told thePlainville Town Council thatthe proposed budget for fis-cal year 2011-12 should beheld to the same level as lastyear. No one spoke in favor.

On Tuesday voters headedto the polls to vote onwhether the $53,169,637 budg-et proposed by the towncouncil should be adopted.

(See results in separate box.)The proposed municipal

side stands at $15,062,338.The board of educationbudget was set at $32,866,319,a .54 percent increase overthe current fiscal year.

Robert Bravo, who movedto Plainville five years ago,said, “Everyone is calling forsacrifice from the presidentto our new governor. I’m notanti the board of education.You have to make due withwhat you’ve got.”

His comments were metwith applause, which was

hushed by Town CouncilChairman Dan Hurley.

See Budget, page 5

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Employees of buildingsand grounds spent much ofMonday clearing damagecaused by vandalism to vari-ous structures in Trumbulland Norton parks.

Hit over the weekend,black paint was sprayed onthe Trumbull Park dugoutsand concession stand, andramps and the concrete slabat the new skate park, a signon the Rotary Club pavilionand the building used by thecamp program at Norton.The baseball and softballdugouts at Plainville HighSchool were also sprayed.

The skate park, which wasyears in the planning, offi-

cially opened April 2.“It was so sad when I went

there this morning (Mon-day),” to see the damage, saidColin Regan, director of thePlainville Recreation De-partment. Surfaces had to beeither cleaned or repainted.

David Emery, superinten-dent of buildings andgrounds, said the cleanuphad begun, however, therewas much more to do. “It’sgoing to be a process. We’reprobably going to have tobring in a contractor,” hesaid, to clean the porous con-crete. “We can’t do it all in-house.”

Emery said he thought theschool dugouts will also haveto be repaired professionally.

Representatives of thePlainville Little League wereat the fields until 8 p.m. Fri-day and returned early Sat-urday when the graffiti wasdiscovered, according toEmery.

Regan said the town hasbeen very fortunate that peo-ple have been respectful inpast years and little spraypainting or vandalism hasoccurred.

Emery agreed that thetown has not been heavilytargeted by spray painting.

However, this weekend’s in-cident, he said “is the worstI’ve seen it.”

Kris Dargenio, who spear-headed the skate park projectwith Kathleen Pugliese, saidMonday, “I’m very disheart-ened by it. I went down therethis morning after one of myskaters called me last night.It is just very upsetting.”

The skate park is openfrom sunrise to sunset; it isnot locked.

Police Chief MatthewCatania said there was also askate park facility in Sims-bury, where he previouslyworked on the police force.Sometimes youth wouldgather, “get loud, use profan-ity, which would upsetpassersby. At times we wouldclose the gate.

“This venue, it is not anoption.”

The chief said there willbe an increase in patrols inthe park.

People might be quick toaccuse a teenager or group ofteens as the vandals but theyshould not be “arbitrarilyblamed,” Emery said. “It’sunfortunate that whoeverdid this chose to expressthemselves this way,” hesaid.

In a separate incident, analleged assault of a youth atthe skate park was also re-ported recently. “That causes

us concern. The park shouldbe enjoyed but used proper-

See Vandals, page 5

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Caroline Sechrist standsnext to a pile of toys thatshe has collected.

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Caroline Sechrist doesn’tknow anyone who doesn’thave enough toys. She didn’teven feel she had an excess oftoys. She just felt that sheneeded to give to childrenmore in need.

“I know that a lot of kidsdon’t have many toys,”Sechrist said. “So I wanted tohelp them out.”

Sechrist, a 10-year-oldfourth-grader at Toffolon Ele-mentary School, organizedher own toy fundraiser, andhas so far collected upwardsof 150 toys and made her firstdonation to St. Vincent De-Paul Women’s Shelter inBristol.

“I made a flyer and gave itto my class,” she said. “A lotof my friends helped out andmy grandma got toys from

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toys. From board games, tostuffed animals, to toytrucks, to dolls, the pile hasbeen growing since January,when Sechrist said she start-ed the drive.

With one batch alreadydropped off, Sechrist’s moth-er, Jennifer, said the secondbatch will go to the HeadStart of New Britain, a learn-ing center for children whohave a harder time learning.

“It’s all her, she did thiswhole thing,” the olderSechrist said. “She made theflyers up herself, she passedthem out, she came up withthe idea.”

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VandalsContinued from page 2

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Citizen photo by Sherry L. Cole

Regina Berube, left, and Charlene Archambault, bothof Plainville, check names at the all-day budget voteheld Tuesday.

BudgetContinued from page 1

John Kisluk said, “I stillbelieve the budget should becut.” Education administra-tors could be let go to savecosts, he said. “There are toomany (school) employees.The board of ed should get a 0percent increase. I know acouple of you are reallyagainst that but I want to seeunder a mill (increase) forsure.”

If the budget is approvedTuesday, residents will see amill rate increase of 1.2 to29.21 mills, if revenues stayat the current levels.

George Fensick III said heattended a school perform-ance recently and was sur-prised to see a flier urgingpeople to vote in favor of thebudget. In addition, the em-cee told the audience, accord-ing to Fensick, “If you’d likemore shows like these, voteyes.”

“This was a totally inap-propriate thing to do regard-ing the budget. We are thereto listen to the kids; it is not apolitical agenda.

“My vote will be no, mostly

in response to what hap-pened there,” Fensick said.He said he also did not likethe situation between theschool board and the councilregarding the request for en-cumbrances.

“The board of educationshould be more responsible.I’m encouraging others tovote no,” Fensick said.

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CyclistsContinued from page 1

and these are roads thatwon’t be used probably forthe trail in town when it’s allfinished, but that’s what wehave for right now,” Cassidysaid.

The goal of the ECGA is tocreate a continuous, 3,000-mile network of bike trailsfrom Maine to Florida. Colesaid the Connecticut trailcan’t be completed untilPlainville is done.

“We have a brochure,” saidCole, owner of RenaissanceCyclery on West Main Streetin Plainville. “It used to say,‘connect the dots,’ now itsays, ‘fill in the gaps.’”

To finish the Plainvillesegment, Cole said the mostimportant factor is for thestate to buy a plot of landnear Robertson Airport,since the state owns all theRails and Trails pathways.

“If we can get that landpurchased near the airport,that’ll be one-third of thetown has the potential of get-ting the trail connected toFarmington,” Cole said. “Andthat’s very important. Wehave to get that land, if wedon’t have that land, we can’tstart it.”

Cassidy and Cole recentlywent before Plainville’s towncouncil to discuss the town’sstatus as becoming more “bi-cycle-friendly,” something

that might carry a little morerelevance after 200 cyclistscome rolling through.

“The main purpose of a bi-cycle-friendly communitycommittee, is to try and bringabout changes in the townthat’ll make it easier andmore enjoyable for peoplethat bicycle around town,”Cassidy said. “Education,making the roads safer, put-ting up signs, having events,making sure the police arethere to enforce safe cyclingrules as well as safe drivingrules, that kind of thing.”

Cole said one way to ap-pease cyclists is to add morebike racks outside of build-ings. Cassidy said the com-mittee is trying to create anetwork of routes that can bemore inviting to cyclists.

“One of our committee’sgoals is to try to develop a net-work of routes through townthat people can ride andknow that they’re relativelysafe,” he said. “And also wecan advertise in the paper sothat drivers know this is go-ing to be a place wherethey’re going to expect to seecyclists. That’s probably oneof the most important thingswe’ve got to do in the days

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Cole said he is hoping theriders coming through townmight help raise cyclistawareness a little more intown.

“If more people just ride alittle bit, you’d be surprisedhow much better you feel,save on the gas, too.” He said.“You don’t need a racing bike,you don’t need special shoes,you don’t need any of that,just get on your bike and youcould ride a bike that’s 100years old and as long it rolls,it’ll roll. You don’t have tohave the fanciest bike andyou don’t have to be an ex-pert; anybody can ride.”

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Girl Scouts on Saturday, April 30, from 6:30 to 9 p.m., at the Celebration Dance Hall, 161BWoodford Ave. The price includes a disc jockey, patch and beverage. All troops are asked tobring a snack to share. Tickets for sale at the door. For more information, contact HeatherGelinas at [email protected] or (203) 232-4240.

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Bingo — Veterans of For-eign Wars Madeley-RobertsPost 574 men hold open bin-go every Thursday, at 6:30p.m., at post headquarters, 7Northwest Drive at the cor-ner of Route 10. The publicis invited. Information: callEarl Carey at (860) 747-5400.

Open house — PlainvilleDay Care Center will be hav-ing an Open House at Tof-folon Elementary School,145 Northwest Drive onThursday, April 28 from 5 to7 p.m. All Plainville familiesare invited to attend. Meetthe teachers and tour thenew classroom. Enroll nowfor fall, full day preschoolopenings are available andfees are based on a slidingscale. Information: (860) 747-3321 or call for an appoint-ment.

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Fife and Drum Corps —The Connecticut Patriots Se-nior Ancient Fife and DrumCorps meets Fridays at 7p.m. at the Middle School ofPlainville, 150 NorthwestDrive. Information: PhyllisThompson, P.O. Box 243,Plainville, CT 06062 or call(860) 621-6090.

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Lady of Mercy ChurchParish Hall, 19 S. Canal St.,will hold a Tag Sale on Fri-day, April 29 from 9 a.m. to 8p.m., and Saturday, April 30from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. There isa small fee for Friday only.

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Class of 1961 —Plainville High School Classof 1961 is having its 50th re-union Saturday, April 30,from 6 to 11 p.m., at the Hart-ford Marriott of Farming-ton, 15 Farm Spring Road,Farmington. There will alsobe a brunch Sunday morn-ing. Information: contactSandee at [email protected].

Spring fling — ThePlainville Girl Scouts will beholding a “Spring Fling”

family dance for all GirlScouts in the town ofPlainville, on Saturday, April30, from 6:30 to 9 p.m., at theCelebration Dance Hall, 161-B Woodford Ave. Ticket priceincludes a disc jockey, patchand beverage. Troops areasked to bring a snack toshare. Information: HeatherGelinas at [email protected] or (203) 232-4240.

Tag sale at OLM — OurLady of Mercy ChurchParish Hall, 19 S. Canal St.,will hold a Tag Sale on Fri-day, April 29 from 9 a.m. to 8p.m., and Saturday, April 30from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. There is

a small fee for Friday only.Teen center open —

Faith Bible Church, 168Unionville Ave. at North-west Drive, has a youth cen-ter where Plainvilleteenagers can come Satur-day nights, from 7 to 9 p.m.,to have fun free of charge.Activities include billiards,ping pong, foosball and oth-er games. For more informa-tion, call the church at (860)747-5209.

Transfer station open —The Transfer Station is opento Plainville residents Satur-days from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.until the end of November

(exact date to be deter-mined). Identification is re-quired for proof of residen-cy. Commercial e-waste isnot accepted. Information:call Public Works Adminis-tration at (860) 793-0221, ext.208.

Used clothing collection— Project Graduation willreceive cash for every poundof used clothing or itemscollected from now untilSaturday, April 30. Collecteditems include: wearable anduseable clothing for men,women and children; shoes,

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Bahais celebrating holiest period, RidvanBeginning April 21 and continuing to May

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Bahai communities acrossthe United States will holdgatherings for fellowshipand devotions, as well as annual elections forthe faith’s leadership at the national and lo-cal levels.

Norene Robinson, of the Plainville, Conn.Bahai Community, will represent the localBahai electoral unit, along with 170 other del-

egates from around the country, to elect theNational Spiritual Assembly of the Bahais ofthe United States, at the Bahai House of Wor-ship in Wilmette, Ill., from April 28 to May 1.

In Plainville, Ridvan [pronounced RIZ-von] celebrations will take place at Friday,April 29 and Sunday, May 2, the ninth and12th days of Ridvan. The annual election forthe Local Spiritual Assembly of Plainvilletook place on April 20. There are similargatherings to elect Bahai Local Spiritual As-semblies in more than 1,000 American townsand cities.

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Tag sale at church

A tag sale will be held Fri-day, April 29, from 9 a.m. to 8p.m., and Saturday, fromApril 30, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.,at Our Lady of MercyChurch Parish Hall, 19 S.Canal St. There is a small ad-mission fee on Friday only.

‘Financial PeaceUniversity’

On Saturday, April 30, at 10a.m., a financial workshopseries, Dave Ramsey’s “Fi-nancial Peace University,” tohelp people with debt will beheld at Faith Bible BaptistChurch, 12 Granger Lane.There is a fee to attend. Formore information, visitwww.fbbc-ct.org/financial-peace .

Annual ham dinner

The Annual Ham Dinnerat the Plainville UnitedMethodist Church, 56 RedStone Hill, will be held Satur-day, May 7, from 4:30 to 7 p.m.,

and will feature home-bakedham with fresh potatoes andvegetable, assorted breadsand desserts. Children under4 are free. There will also be abake sale.

For more information, callthe church at (860) 747-2328.

Val Johnsonconcert

The Redeemer’s AME ZionChurch, 110 Whiting St., isinviting the public to the 21stAnnual ValJ o h n s o nM e m o r i a lConcert onSunday, May1, at 4 p.m.The concert,s p o n s o r e dby the Se-nior Choir, isa celebration of the life andmusic of Val Johnson, one ofthe church’s most dedicatedmembers who served as thechoir director for 58 years. Adonation is suggested.

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ObituariesJill Brunelle

Jill Ann (Freeman)Brunelle, 45,of Plainville,loving wifefor 15 yearsto James R.B r u n e l l e ,died unex-p e c t e d l yApril 18, 2011 at The Hospitalof Central Connecticut, NewBritain Campus.

She was born in NewBritain, on Aug. 16, 1965, adaughter of Sylvia (Berube)Freeman and the late Ed-ward St. Freeman. She was aresident of Plainville formost of her life. She was agraduate of Plainville HighSchool, Class of 1984 andWestfield State College,Class of 1988. She earned herbachelor of science degreein economics and businessmanagement, summa cumlaude, and received the Pres-ident’s Award for top aca-demic excellence in the Classof 1988 at Westfield State.She was a former claims ad-justor for several years atFireman’s Fund InsuranceCompany in Farmington.She had a zest for life and herlegacy will continue as shewas a life donor and four hu-man lives benefited from hergift. She enjoyed bicycle rid-ing, collecting antiques andgoing to the beaches, espe-cially Hampton Beach andYork Beach. However, mostof all, she was a proud andactive mother who took greatpride in caring for her twochildren.

Besides her husband andmother, both of Plainville,she leaves her son, JoshuaRyan Brunelle and herdaughter, Giavanna MarieBrunelle, both at home inPlainville; a sister, DonnaAldrich and her husband,Rick, of Maine; her mother-in-law, Isabelle Brunelle, ofEast Hartford; a specialaunt, Janet Freeman, ofBoston; another aunt, RachelHolland, of Arkansas; an un-cle, Roger Berube, of Califor-nia; a dear friend, June Ol-son, of Boston; and severalin-laws, relatives, friendsand co-workers

A memorial Mass will becelebrated Saturday, May 14,at 11 a.m., at St. Thomas theApostle Church, 872 Farm-ington Ave., West Hartford,with the Rev. Edward Moranofficiating. Private burialwill be held at the conven-ience of the family. There areno calling hours. Memorialdonations may be made to afavorite charity of thedonor’s choice. The D’Esopo-East Hartford MemorialChapel, East Hartford, is as-sisting the family with fu-neral arrangements.

John SartoriJohn Henry Sartori, 86, of

H u d s o n ,Fla., and for-merly ofGlastonburyand EastH a r t f o r d ,p e a c e f u l l ydied April11, 2011, at the Regional Med-

ical Center, Bayonet Point,Fla. He was the loving hus-band for 44 years to JoanElizabeth (Barber) Sartori.

He was born in Hartford,on April 25, 1924, a son of thelate John Peter and Evelyn(Crocker) Sartori. He wasraised in East Hartford andwas a graduate of East Hart-ford High School, Class of1942. He was a proud U.S.Army Air Corps veteran ofWorld War II. After the war,he graduated from HillyerCollege at the University ofHartford, Class of 1952. Aformer fourth-grade schoolteacher in East Windsor, heretired in 1979 from Consoli-dated Cigar Corporation inGlastonbury where he wasthe personnel director for 15years. He was active withmany various town commit-tees and commissions inEast Hartford and Glaston-bury, including the Glaston-bury Republican Town Com-mittee, co-chairman of theFire Commission in Glaston-bury, and a justice of thepeace. He was a chartermember of UNICO in Glas-tonbury and was awardedthe “Unican of the Year”(1978 to 1979). He was also apast president and memberof the Italian-AmericanHome in East Hartford, and aformer Scoutmaster for BoyScout Troop 110 in East Hart-ford.

Besides his caring wife, heis survived by his fourbeloved daughters, Evelyn E.White and her husband,Stephen, of Sanford, N.C.,Esther DePasquale and her

husband, Blase, of Glaston-bury, Patricia Ann Sartori, ofManchester, Joan ElizabethVicinus and her husband,Paul, of Plainville; 10 specialgrandchildren, SharonStevenson and her husband,Robert, Kevin Sartori andhis wife, Megan, ChristineBridges and her husband,Larry, Todd DePasquale andhis wife, Raeanne, JaymeEvans and her husband, Kei-th, Dayna DePasquale, ChadDePasquale, BrittanySvendgard, Brandon Vici-nus, and Jacob Vicinus; sixadored great-grandchildren;and many relatives, friends

and co-workers.The funeral was held April

18, 2011, at the D’ESOPO-EastHartford Memorial Chapel,East Hartford with a Mass atOur Lady of Peace Church,East Hartford. Burial withmilitary honors was at St.Mary’s Cemetery, East Hart-ford. Memorial donationsmay be made to the Ameri-can Heart Association, 5Brookside Drive, P.O. Box5022, Wallingford, CT 06429.

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ObituariesRobert Pepin

Robert L. Pepin, 85, ofMiddletown,died April 14,2011, at hishome. Hewas thebeloved hus-band of thelate Dorota(Majka) Pepin.

He was born in NewBritain, son of the late Silvioand Anna Irene Pepin, andlived in Middletown for morethan 50 years. He was em-ployed by Fafnir Bearing, di-vision of Textron, prior tohis retirement. He was a U.S.Navy veteran. He served his

country honorably duringWorld War II. He was a mem-ber of the Veterans of For-eign Wars and an Iwo Jimasurvivor.

He is survived by his son,Timothy Pepin and his fi-ancee, Luisa Henderson, ofMeriden; his granddaughter,Nicollette Pepin; and two sis-ters, Jeanette Hinkson, ofPlainville, and June Holland,of Arizona. He was prede-ceased by his two sons,Tomas and Shawn Pepin,and his brother, RichardPepin.

The funeral was heldApril 21, 2011, at Burritt HillFuneral Home, New Britain.Interment with military

honors followed in SacredHeart Cemetery, NewBritain.

Christian OlesenIV

Christian H. Olesen IV, 45,died April 15, 2011, at TheHospital ofCentral Con-n e c t i c u t ,New BritainCampus.

He wasborn inH a r t f o r d ,the son of the late ChristianH. Olesen III and JacquelineOlesen. He was an electri-cian by trade. He enjoyed the

outdoors, especially hunt-ing, fishing and boating.

Besides his mother, heleaves his son, Christian H.Olesen V; sister, TamathaSycz; brother in-law, DonSycz; niece, Shawna Sycz;grandmother, Lillian Percos-ki; and many relatives andloving friends.

A memorial service washeld April 21, 2011, at theSeventh-Day AdventistChurch, Plainville. Memori-al donations can be made toThe Christian H. Olesen VEducation Fund and sent:c/o TD Bank, Attn: AmyRodgers, 121 Main St.,Southington, CT 06489.

Jennifer Schiller Jennifer M. Schiller, 48, of

New Britain,beloved wifeof Steven P.Schiller andmother oftheir belovedson, JordanT. Schiller,died April 20,2011, at St. Francis Hospital.

She was born May 1, 1962,in New Haven to DuncanStudley, of Plainville, and thelate Nancy Jean Studley. Shegraduated from high schoolin West Virginia and went onto receive her degree as aparalegal at the Hartford Col-lege for Women. She was em-ployed for the past 15 years asa paralegal at the HartfordLaw Firm of Berman,Bourns, Aaron and Dembo.Previously, she worked forFriedle, Madorin and Ustachof New Britain. When shewas diagnosed with cancer in2003, she resolved to live tothe fullest. Her greatest joywas in outdoor adventureswith Steve and Jordan. Sheloved wilderness camping,kayaking, hiking, biking andgardening. She and Stevewere trail maintainers forthe Connecticut Forest andPark Association. She wasalso an accomplished runnerand past president of theHartford Track Club. She hada special passion for ultra-marathon distance races andtrail running. She won andholds records for a number ofregional races including theEast Lyme Marathon and theJFK 50-Mile Run. She was anardent fan of the Red Sox,Rock Cats, Patriots andUCONN Huskies.

In addition to her husband,son and father, she is sur-vived by a sister, KathleenWolters, of Texas; a brother,Michael Studley, of Hamp-ton, Va.; and several niecesand nephews. She was prede-ceased by her mother and sis-ter, Deborah Duchaime.

A memorial service washeld April 26, 2011, at CarlsonFuneral Home, New Britain.Burial was private. Memorialdonations may be made to theConnecticut Park and ForestAssociation, 16 MeridenRoad, Rockfall, CT 06481.


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Silver ForkFood Tent

Stop by and support the area’s non profit groups. All proceeds go back into the community. Enjoy the great foodand friendly atmosphere while listening to continuous music on the food tent stage.

Parking Locations:Westfield Meriden - JC Penney/Sears Deck

Platt High School - Coe AvenueWilcox Technical School - Coe Avenue

The Hub - State & Pratt Streets

Shuttle Bus Service:Saturday 8:00 am - 8:00 pm (buses will leave Hubbard Park after the fireworks)

Sunday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm

Handicap Parking:Westfield Meriden-Chamberlain Highway Entrance

Handicap accessible vans will bring you to the center of activities. Buses and vans from health care facilities with multiple riders will beallowed access into the park. All events are handicap accessible.

There is no Parking in Hubbard Park during the weekend of the FestivalIllegally parked vehicles are subject to towing/fines

Silver Fork Food TentForty non-profit food vendors are on-site ready to serve your favorite food, from Fried Dough to Brownie Sundaes. Over the years,profits made from the sale of these culinary delights has allowed these groups to return over $125,000.00 dollars back into the local

community These dollars support the efforts of their organizations throughout the year.

Crafts by the LakeOver 100 artisans gather across from Mirror Lake to sell their wares at one of the first craft fairs of the season. With everything from

artwork to one of a kind jewelry designs this fan favorite has something for everyone.

The shuttle drops you off in the center of all activities!

There are more than 600,001 daffodils in bloom during the festival and activities for the entire family. So, bring the family and enjoy allthat Meriden’s 33rd Annual Daffodil Festival has to offer!

For additional information please call the Daffodil Hotline at:

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Dates and times are subject to change.

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Friday, April 29

The Jeff CroomsWelcome Stage11:00-11:45 Freshly Squeezed12:15-1:00 The Furors1:30-2:15 The Ivory Bills2:45-3:30 Eran Troy Danner4:00-4:45 The Stratford Survivors5:15-6:00 The Reducers6:30-7:15 Echo & Drake7:45-8:45 The Stepkids

The Food Tent Stage10:30-11:30 Chico & Friends12:00-1:30 The Gonkus Brothers2:00-3:00 The Church Street Revue3:30-4:30 River City Slim & The Zydeco Hogs5:00-6:00 Raise The Rent6:30-7:30 Caravan Of Thieves

The Band Shell Stage12:45-1:30 Surge Chamber2:00-2:45 The Frank Critelli Band3:15-4:00 The Manchurians4:30-5:15 Columbia Fields5:45-6:30 Kicking Daisies7:00-8:30 Jimmy Hat

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Sunday, May 110:00 AM Festival Opens

“Theater of The Trees”Children’s Entertainment Stage11:00 AM.......Valentin Karate Show12:00 PM..Airborne Jugglers Show1:00 PM Bill Hoagland The “Fun Magician”2:00 PM Ken Sprano “Yo-Yo Man” Show3:00 PM Curious Creatures Animal Show

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By Jerry Russ12-4 PM...Face Painting with Fantasy

Faces By Ruth12-4 PM..........Defender, The Game1:00-4:00 PM..........Balloon Figures

By David Alan & Bogus1:00 PM..Ice Sculptor Larry Siragusa

10:00 AM Festival OpensPARADE BEGINS AT 11:30 AM

“Theater of The Trees”Children’s Entertainment Stage

1:00 PM..........Spiderman- “Meet and Greet”1:30 PM..........Parade Awards Ceremony2:00 PM..........Literacy Volunteers “Read-Aloud”3:00 PM..........Airborne Jugglers Show4:00 PM..........Twin Dragons Martial Arts Show

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CitizenOpinion The Plainville CitizenThursday, April 28, 2011

Letters to the EditorDriver hit cat,never stopped

To the editor:I am just heartbroken to-

day. Someone ran over mycalico cat, KiKi, on MapleStreet and never evenstopped. I was in my apart-ment and the door was openfor KiKi to come in and out,as it always is. I never hearda car screeching or hornbeeping. Whoever ran overmy sweet baby, never evenlooked, nor stopped whenthey ran over her.

I rushed her to ChippensHill Veterinary Hospital inBristol and it took the veteri-narian and staff two hoursto stabilize her as she was inshock and hypothermia. Thex-rays showed that her pelviswas fractured in three placesand she had tail pull.

We were then sent toCheshire Animal Hospitalfor more x-rays and tests todetermine if her spinal cord

was severed, as she had nofeelings in her back legs. Theoutcome would be that shewould have to be put to sleepif the spinal cord was sev-ered.

I made the decision tohave them keep her for 48

hours and do everything pos-sible before we would have toput her to sleep.

With prayers from all myfriends, family, and both vet-erinarian hospitals, KiKiwas able to move her backlegs by Thursday morning.

If all continues to be sta-ble, she was scheduled forpelvic surgery on Mondayfollowed by a long recovery.

KiKi is my little superstar.She is my ray of sunshine insome of my very darkesthours. She celebrated in myhappiness and grieved withme in sadness like no otherfeline I have known. Sherushed over to give me kissesand snuggled into my neckwhen settling in for a nap orbedtime. She indulged me inmy passion for photograph-ing her. She loves her sister,Maxi, our bearded dragon,and our two feral cats in theneighborhood, Rocky and

Government MeetingsThursday, April 28

Democratic Town Committee, MunicipalCenter, 7:30 p.m.

Monday, May 2Town Council, Municipal Center, 7 p.m.Veterans Council, Municipal Center, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, May 3Citizens and Property Owners Associa-

tion, Plainville Public Library, 7 p.m.Town Council budget meeting, Municipal

Center, 7 p.m.Wednesday, May 4

Inland Wetlands Commission, MunicipalCenter, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 5Bicycle Friendly, Municipal Center, 4 p.m.Insurance Commission, Municipal Center,

7 p.m.Senior Citizens Committee, senior center,

noon.Monday, May 9

Board of Education, Plainville HighSchool café, 7 p.m.

Veterans Council, Municipal Center, 7 p.m.Zoning Board of Appeals, Municipal Cen-

ter, 7:30 p.m.Tuesday, May 10

Downtown Beautification, Municipal Cen-ter, 7 p.m.

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Plainville said:Cut state spending

and don’t raise taxesBy state Sen. Jason Welch

Special to The Citizen

Taxpayers from Plainvilleand through-out the statehave calledand e-mailedme to say youare over-taxed. Youhave urgedme to cutstate spend-ing.

I heard you loud and clear.Enough is enough.

On April 19, I was proud tojoin with my fellow Republi-can state legislators to unveila no-tax increase budget pro-posal.

Yes, overburdened taxpay-ers, you read that correctly.

No new taxes.State government is broke.

It is broke because our gov-ernment leaders have aspending addiction.

I ran for office to helpHartford break that addic-tion and restore some com-mon sense.

By focusing on core gov-ernment functions, eliminat-ing waste and creating effi-ciencies, our Republican Al-ternative Budget significant-ly reduces the size and cost ofgovernment while protectingthe social safety net and pre-serving state aid to munici-palities.

Republicans are providingthe tough medicine Con-necticut needs to emergefrom this fiscal crisis.

We balance the budget bynot raising taxes. This pavesthe way for economic recov-ery and will help make livingand working in Connecticutaffordable again.

Highlights of the Republi-can Alternative Budget in-clude:

— no new taxes on anybusiness, individual, em-

ployer, service or good.— more than $1.5 billion in

spending cuts from Gov. Dan-nel Malloy’s plan.

— preservation of munici-pal aid at current levels forall towns and cities.

— enhanced Medicaidfraud detection to save an es-timated $224 million.

— more than $46 million insavings through agency con-solidations.

— streamlining govern-ment through attrition andreductions to the 54,000 mem-ber state workforce.

— no borrowing for stateoperating expenses.

— full restoration of the$500 property tax credit cutby Gov. Malloy.

— the pre-payment of $200million in the state’s highestcost debt, allowing greaterflexibility in budgetingthroughout state agencies.

— restoration of the salestax free week to help Con-necticut consumers supporthousehold budgets.

— elimination of longevi-ty payments for state em-ployees.

Read our no tax-hike planat www.ctsenaterepubli-cans.com .

Call and e-mail the gover-nor and legislative leadersand urge them to restorecommon sense to state gov-ernment.

Plainville taxpayers havehad enough, and I will con-tinue to fight for you at theState Capitol.

I welcome your thoughtsand comments [email protected]. Vis-it my website at www.sena-torwelch.com .

Jason Welch, who repre-sents the 31st district, is in hisfirst term as state senator.

Welch

A group of Middle Schoolof Plainville studentskicked off “Walk to SchoolDay” as part of the“Healthy Plainville Initia-tive.

On April 8, a group ofmiddle school students whotypically take the bus toschool were dropped off at adesignated location, to walkthe half-mile route to schoolthat morning. Studentswere chaperoned by schoolfaculty members, districtadministrators, schoolboard members, and mem-bers of the HealthyPlainville Coalition who ac-companied them on thewalk. “Walk to SchoolDays” are also beingplanned for the other ele-mentary schools inPlainville in April and May,with the next middle schoolwalks planned for April 29and May 27.

In 2009, Plainville waschosen as one of 16 commu-

nities nationwide to receivea grant to fight childhoodobesity from the RobertWood Johnson Foundation.The Wheeler Regional

YMCA received the grantand spearheaded theHealthy Plainville Initia-tive. The three primarygoals of the initiative in-

clude: increasing physicalactivity before, during andafter school; increasingphysical opportunities inthe community; and in-

creasing access to healthyfoods.

“I would like to acknowl-edge my colleagues AmyTennant, Shannon Shea-Lyons and Camille Westfallwho worked very hard inplanning and launching theWalk to School event withme,” said Adam Murphy,Middle School of Plainvillephysical education instruc-tor.

“We were originally con-tacted by Roberta Brown,who working with theHealthy Plainville Coali-tion, initiated the program.We started out small withtwo school buses but wouldlike to eventually includethe entire student body andget as much participationas possible. Along withRoberta Brown, we also hadtremendous support fromSally Miller and FosterWhite who both have beeninstrumental in helpingjumpstart this program.”

15CitizenSchoolsThe Plainville CitizenThursday, April 28, 2011

Walk to school promotes healthy living

Photos courtesy of Plainville Community Schools

Middle School of Plainville students Kassondra Delorme, Will Tuxbury andQuinn Coughlin, and Middle School of Plainville faculty member David Moorewalk down a path on the way to school. At right, Middle School of Plainville mu-sic instructor Ed Dickman, Coughlin, Gage Spencer and Middle School ofPlainville physical education instructor Adam Murphy on the walk-to-schoolday.

School NewsProject Gradmeeting dates

The next meetings forPlainville High School Pro-ject Graduation are Wednes-days, May 4, and June 1, 7p.m., at the Wheeler Region-al YMCA, 149 FarmingtonAve. Project Graduation isan all night alcohol anddrug-free party, held forPlainville High School sen-iors right after the gradua-tion ceremony. The party isheld at the YMCA the nightof graduation and is filledwith many activities. All jun-ior and senior parents are in-vited to attend the meetings.If interested in helping, con-tact Kris Dargenio at (860)747-1965.

Used clothingor items

Project Graduation willreceive cash for every pound

of used clothing or items col-lected from now until Satur-day, April 30. Collected itemsinclude: wearable and use-able clothing for men,women and children; shoes,belts, handbags, linens (bed-ding, curtains, towels),stuffed animals, hard toys.

Items can be dropped offat the YMCA, 149 Farming-ton Ave., or call Jen Slabins-ki at (860) 793-2803 to arrangea pick-up.

Scholarshipoffered

The family of Ralph F.Lostocco is offering the firstRalph F. Lostocco MemorialScholarship to a PlainvilleHigh School graduating sen-ior who plants to attend atwo- or four-year accreditedcollege or university with astrong interest in businessor entrepreneurial studies.All levels of ability are en-

couraged to apply.Applications and details

may be obtained from theGuidance Department atPlainville High School, 47Robert Holcomb Way. Dead-line for applications isThursday, May 5.

Openhouse

Plainville Day Care Centerwill be having an OpenHouse at Toffolon Elemen-tary School, 145 NorthwestDrive on Thursday, April 28,from 5 to 7 p.m. All Plainvillefamilies are invited to at-tend.

Visitors can meet theteachers and tour the newclassroom. Enrollments areopen for fall, full day pre-school Fees are based on asliding scale.

For more information oran appointment, call (860)747-3321.

Principal’s AwardsMarch 2011

The following studentswere named students of themonth at Louis ToffolonSchool for March:

First Grade: teacher, Alli-son Pascucci — JeremiahGelt, Harper Giola; teacher,Claire Fournier — ElizabethNicklis, Stefanie Esposito;teacher, Amy Mahtaney —Nicholas Kafka, Ryan Kane,Laural Clark; teacher, KimCartnick — Mikey Cavallo,Janessa Freitas.

Second Grade: teacher,Valerie Provost — JaydenCumbo, Josh Fontaine, Ash-leigh Bantz; teacher, Iris Mc-Coy — Jayden Derosier, Bai-ley Piela; teacher, SandraHamm — Alize Crespo,Matthew Cavaliere.

Third Grade: teacher, Ed-ward Ciesielski — Nick Nor-man, Madison Albright, Alex

Grabowski; teacher, PamelaThomas — Andie Caswell,Jace Lemrise, Tomasso Et-torre; teacher, Lauren D’Am-ico — Grace DiMinno, A.J.Paradis.

Fourth Grade: teacher,Diane Lebel — MorganRogers, Sarah Tomczyk;teacher, Jill Limberger — Ja-son Riback, BrendonSauvron, Alisa Roy, BriannaChapman; teacher, AllysonParker — Andrew Kane, Eve-lyn Agustin-Lopez, KatrinaPorter.

Fifth Grade: teacher, Su-san Fabrizio — Christian Za-mudio, Caroline St. Pierre;teacher, Alicia Atterrato —Bethany Farina, Elona Tans-ki, Charlie Scott, HannahCharest, Alana Hussey, Tay-lor LaPira; teacher, BrieMorrone — Michelle McDon-ald, Madelyn St. Jean, Timo-thy Soucy.

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Tomboy.I am blessed to have her in

my life for the past 11 months— she was a rescue, someonejust dumped her off in myneighborhood and I took herin with all my heart — and Iam grateful for every daythat I have been able to spendwith her.

KiKi, I hope you know howvery, very much I love you mylittle girl and pray for yourfull recovery. It is going to bea long process, but we will getthrough this together withthe help of our friends, fami-ly and veterinarians.

I want to thank Dr. CaraSweet and staff from Chip-pens Hill Veterinary Hospi-tal and all the veterinariansand staff at Cheshire AnimalHospital for taking such goodcare of KiKi; special thanksto my neighbors, Alyson andDominic, for being so caring,

LettersContinued from page 14

See Letters, next page

Wine tastingfundraiser

A fourth annual food, wineand beer tasting event,“Raise Your Spirits Again,”will be held on Sunday, May 1,at Lily Lake Inn on CentralAvenue in Wolcott from 1 to 4p.m. to benefit LISA, ofPlainville, a housing pro-gram for teenagers in need.Guests will be able to samplefine wines, specialty beer andtasty appetizers with live jazzmusic. New this year: A sam-pling of fine brandy, portwine and cigars from Joe’sCigar Shop. Attendees willhave the opportunity to orderby the bottle or by the case atthe event for a substantialdiscount, and a part of theproceeds will benefit the or-ganization. Appetizers andtreats will be provided by sev-eral local establishments in-cluding: Lily Lake Inn, Cui-sine by Jill Nicholson, Noble,Fish & Chops, Mona Lisa,Pasta Gallery, Bourassa, Fas-cia’s Chocolates, Savor andLa Palette Bakery. There is acost for tickets.

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ed’s financial books. To illus-trate the difference betweenthe standard audit, that isdone every year and whatsome have called a forensicaudit, I posed the question,“What if the board buys 100computers for the schools.They can show a purchaseorder and an invoice for thecomputers, but how do weknow that 10 of the comput-ers didn’t end up in people’shomes unless the accountantsays ‘show me the comput-ers’?” I also made it clear inmy comments that I wasn’tsaying that it had happenedbut “what if.” A standard au-dit would not catch that.

A recent more through au-dit of Middletown’s booksturned up a reported $1.2million of questionablebookkeeping. WithPlainville’s Board of Educa-tion crying every budget sea-

son that any cut to theirbudget would be detrimentalto the children yet everyJune they have a surplus andgo on a spending spree so asnot to have to return anymoney to the taxpayers onJune 30, what would such anaudit show in Plainville?

Board member CherylProvost in her recent letter tothe editor stated “At timesour goals seem to be at oddswith those of some citizens.That is the time for logicaldebate and explanations.” Ifshe really believes this, thenwhy is the board fighting sohard not to answer the ques-tions or provide the specificinformation that members ofthe council are seeking? Shegoes on to say, “We can movethe level of discussion andrespect for alternate views toa higher level of thoughtful-ness and civility.” How do

you have a discussion with aboard that refuses to engagein a public dialogue? In thelast 10 years, I have yet to seean example where the boardhas been open to alternateviews. If you speak againsttheir plans you are mockedand publicly attacked.

Mrs. Provost goes on tostate, “The current hostilediscourse comes from the topof the town down.” I knowthat this comment wasaimed at the town managerand members of the towncouncil, however, as an elect-

ed official Mrs. Provost her-self and her fellow membersof the board of education arealso the “top of the town”and should reflect on theirown contributions to the hos-tile discourse. An attitudethat we are always right, andeveryone else is alwayswrong, and everyone whodisagrees with you is auto-matically labeled as anti-edu-cation is in no way thought-ful, civil or showing respectfor alternate views.

Arthur ScreenPlainville

and loving KiKi every day asI have. You are so special to usboth.

The person that ran overmy sweet little girl shouldhave been considerate andstopped. It’s just sad this per-son has no conscience.

Now, on Tuesday, I justwanted to update you on mylittle girl KiKi. She still needssurgery, but since I’ve al-ready charged $3,900 on hercritical care, I can’t afford the$3,500-plus for surgery. She’sat home with me now on bedrest in a crate donated by acaring person who alsobought me a cat carrier tobring her back and forth tothe vet once a week as sheneeds these check-ups.

We are hopeful that shecan somewhat recover with-out the recommended sur-gery. My heart is broken.Thank you so much for pub-lishing my article and pleasekeep praying for my sweet lit-tle girl.

Patti SommaPlainville

Civility goesboth ways

To the editor:At a recent Plainville Town

Council public hearing re-garding the proposal to spendup to $10,000 for the council topursue legal action againstthe Plainville Board of Edu-cation, I posed a hypotheticalquestion that has obviouslyruffled the feathers of sever-al board members.

The question was posed insupport of my position thatthe $10,000 would be betterspent toward a more thor-ough audit of the board of

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The Plainville Senior Center Bowling League an-nounced that Paul Biscoe, left, and Simone Gui-mond won the title of Bowlers of the Month forMarch 2011. The league meets at Laurel Lanes, 136New Britain Ave., on Mondays at 1 p.m. Bowlers ofall abilities including beginners are welcome to jointhis league. For more information call Frank Robin-son, bowling league president, at (860) 747-2918.

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The Foodshare Organiza-tion delivers free food to lowincome individuals at thePlainville Housing Authori-ty, 20 Stillwell Drive, SunsetCommunity Room on Mon-day, from 1 to 1:30 p.m. Gro-ceries are distributed everyother Monday. The next dis-tribution will be Monday,May 2.

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Mondays, until June 6, 10 to11 a.m., instructor: LynnFlanders. If anyone canwalk, anyone can line dance.Beginner and experiencedline dancers welcome.

Aerobics with Ann, sixweeks, Mondays, until June6, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., instructor:Ann Fargo. This low intensi-ty class is set to music. Par-ticipants should wear goodsupport shoes and clothes formoving, and bring a waterbottle.

Strength training, six

weeks, Tuesdays, May 10 toJune 14, 2:15 to 3:15 p.m., in-structor: Corinna Peters.The focus is on increasingstrength and flexibility us-ing weights, bands andstretching in seated andstanding position.

Quilting, Wednesdays, 9:30to 11:30 a.m., instructor:Karen Kebinger. Students

volunteer to work through-out the class on the seniorcenter quilt raffle. Whenworking on the quilt, stu-dents are not required to payfor class time. During classeswhen work is not being doneon the quilt, students willpay a fee per session.

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Sjogren’s SyndromeThe Connecticut Sjogren’s Syndrome Support Group will

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Tough conditions, tough loss

Citizen photos by Nick Carroll

Plainville High School’s Jesse Carter, left, and SteveBoland, above, are pictured in action at Hunter GolfCourse in Meriden last week.

By Nick CarrollThe Plainville Citizen

The Plainville High Schoolgolf team had the matchmedalist, Aaron Forino, butthe Blue Devils came up sixstrokes short of Maloney lastweek at Hunter Golf Course.

On a windy, chilly after-noon, the host team held offPlainville, 182-188. “The con-ditions were tough,” saidPHS coach Steve Guerriero.“The putting was the samefor everyone, but the windcould have been a distractionfor the younger players.”

One of the Blue Devils’young guns, sophomoreRichard Hanson, put up a re-spectable 48 that day in hisfirst varsity match. Guer-riero has high hopes for thelefty. “He can shoot the ballwell, and will probably see

more action,” the veteranhead man said, pointing outthat Hanson topped his oppo-nent from Maloney “withtough play right down to thelast hole.”

Forino bested the fieldwith a 42, a very solid scoregiven the conditions. Guer-

riero said “the wind washowling” enough to actuallymove the ball on the green.

Plainville’s Andrew Chap-man carded 47 against unde-feated Maloney (3-0). SteveBoland had a 51 for the lo-cals, who dropped to 1-3 onthe year.

The 188 was the Blue Dev-ils’ worst score of the spring.“Believe me, the golfers aregetting better even though

the scores are elevating,”said Guerriero, who is look-ing for scores in the 160s and170s beginning this week.

Up and down seasoncontinues for Blue Devils

Rocky start

Citizen photo by Nick Carroll

The Plainville High School softball team fell to 2-5on the year with a 7-0 loss to visiting Maloney (8-1) Monday. Cheyenne Dalke had two hits for the lo-cals. Pictured: The Lady Blue Devils’ Megan John-son takes a cut during a recent game.

By Mark PukaloSpecial to The Citizen

Last week, the Plainvillebaseball team needed to re-spond after two straight loss-es, and the Blue Devils did itvery loudly.

With a focused effort, Plainville put togeth-er nine doubles — two each by Tyler Gui-mond and Brett Litke — on the way to a 17-1victory over Bulkeley in Hartford.

“We got back on the right track,” Plainvillecoach Bob Freimuth said. “We played soliddefense and put up some numbers. We hit upand down the order.”

Guimond, a senior, came up big on themound as well. He allowed one run, struckout seven and walked just two in five innings.The game-winner also sparked the offensewith three hits and four RBI.

Seniors Litke, Ryan Billings, Conor Pha-neuf and Dylan Chasse, along with juniorEric Perrotti, each had two hits for the BlueDevils. Tom Dinda pitched the last two in-nings.

Perrotti has been a consistent force for thePlainville offense. “He’s a pretty aggressivekid,” Freimuth said. “He gets after the fast-

ball early in the count. I like his approach atthe plate.”

Freimuth said he has also been especiallypleased with the efforts of Phaneuf andsophomore Matt Thomas.

The Blue Devils (3-3), rained out Saturday,could not follow up their big performancewhen they traveled to Meriden for a gamewith Maloney on Monday.

The hole was deep early. Maloney scoredfive times off Phaneuf in the first inning.

“We had to play catch up,” Freimuth said.Phaneuf pitched three innings and Kevin

Ciotto came on in relief, hurling threeshutout innings, to keep the Blue Devils in it.But pitcher Ryan Maloney held off Plainvillefor a 5-2 triumph as the Spartans improved to2-4.

Nick Moshier brought Plainville withinthree with a two-run double in the fifth in-ning. Litke (double), Chasse and BrandonDalena also had hits for the Blue Devils.

Freimuth, who was three wins from 400 forhis career at press time, said this will be a bigweek for his club. He is confident the BlueDevils will respond. “We’re a senior team,”the veteran coach said. “The kids have beenthrough the wars.”


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Sam Zaza and the Plainville High School tennis teamowned a record of 2-2 at press time.

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Since Chuck Radda re-worked his lineup followinga season-opening loss, thingshave gone pretty well for thePlainville High School tennisteam. The Lady Blue Devilswent on to win two of three.

The locals topped Bloom-field and New Britain before

falling to Newington Mon-day.

“I think shuffling the line-up has made us a betterteam, especially in the NewBritain match,” said Radda.“But I still don’t think this isour best lineup,” the veterancoach added, pointing outthat more changes may be onthe way. “The toughest partof our schedule lies ahead —

large schools with good ten-nis programs — and we needto be better.”

Aside from putting hismost competitive players onthe court, Radda is lookingforward to solidifying thelineup so that he can spendmore time working with hissix newcomers, all freshmenand sophomores. “They’regoing to have to improve dra-matically over the nextmonth because next seasonthey’re coming back to ateam with six starters gone,”he said.

Plainville’s senior startersare Abby Szach, Anna Dzilen-ski, Alma Pietri, Kaitlin

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Several Plainville HighSchool alumni are playingNCAA Division I baseballthis spring:

Through 38 games, DaveSoltis was a batting a team-best .346 with 18 RBI and 22runs scored for Bryant Uni-versity. A junior infielder,Soltis transferred from theUniversity of Vermont toBryant after his freshmanyear.

Last season, Soltis started23 games at shortstop andbatted .200 with 15 hits and13 runs scored.

At PHS, Soltis and AlexBulger helped lead the BlueDevils to the 2008 CIAC ClassM state title. Bulger nowplays for the University ofHartford. The junior catcherhas appeared in eight gamesthis spring — started four —and generated five hits, in-cluding a double.

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Plainville High Schoolalumnus Dave Soltis ishaving an excellent sea-son for Bryant University.

Golf outingsWheeler Clinic’s 26th an-

nual Golf Classic will be heldMonday, June 13 at the Coun-try Club of Farmington. Toregister online, visit:www.wheelerclinic.org. Formore information, contactJennifer McHale at (860) 793-4214. The registration dead-line is Friday, May 13 …The20th annual J. Timothy’s GolfClassic will be held Wednes-day, May 18 at Tunxis Planta-tion. For more information,contact Jim or Greg at (860)747-6813. The registrationdeadline is Monday, May 9.

SoccerU-11 boysPlainville 6, East Hampton 0: The weather

was cold, but Plainville was hot, winning thefriendly in a shutout.

Scoring was Alex Jeney (3), Jacob Hillburn,Evan Dube and William Cronkhite.

Anchoring Plainville’s defense was Nick

Costantini, Logan Manger, Yanni Kochi, AlexKochi and John Kennedy, who recorded ashutout in goal.

BaseballPlainville Little League’s Opening Day cere-

monies slated for April 23, were postponed.Opening Day will now take place Saturday, April30, 11 a.m.

College Corner

Press Release

Plainville High School’sBrittany Rogan and An-drew Daniels have beenrecognized by the CIAC fortheir work on the playingfield and in the classroom.

Each year, the Scholar-Athlete Program honorsone senior boy and one sen-ior girl from each memberschool “whose academicand athletic careers havebeen exemplary, personalstandards and achieve-ments are a model to oth-ers, and who possess highlevels of integrity, self-dis-cipline and courage.”

The annual CIAC HighSchool Scholar-Athlete

Banquet will be held Sun-day, May 1, 5 p.m. at theAqua Turf in Southington.

Approximately 1,700 peo-ple are expected to attendthe event. In addition to the346 scholar-athletes beinghonored, Jamie Botteon,cancer survivor and all-conference soccer goalie atBristol Eastern HighSchool, will receive theMichael Savage Spirit ofSport Award. Dr. RichardDiana of Connecticut Or-thopedic Specialists is thekeynote speaker.

For more information,contact Stephanie Ford at(203) 250-1111; [email protected].

As a sophomore, Bulgersaw action in 18 games andbatted .280 with two doublesand three RBI.

Bulger’s former PHS team-mate Vic Santana also playsfor the University of Hart-ford. A red-shirt junior in-fielder, at press time, San-tana was batting .224 withfour RBI.

Santana had a big spring

in 2010. He started 31 gamesand led the team with a .333batting average and a .496 on-base percentage. Also, San-tana manufactured an 11-game hit streak.

D.J. Voisine transferredfrom the University of Con-necticut to the University ofMaine this year. The pitcher,a red-shirt freshman, hadone win and two saves head-ing into this week. In 16.2 in-nings of work, he had al-lowed 20 hits and struck outnine.

Recently, Voisine andUMaine faced off againstBulger, Santana and UHart.The teams split the two-gameseries.

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Advanced tai chi, 12 ses-sions Mondays and Wednes-days, May 2 to June 13, 9:45 to10:15 a.m., instructor:Meghan Mitchell. AdvancedTai Chi will take the studentbeyond Qigong and into flow.More in-depth work with bal-ance, fitness components andbreath work.

Sign-up for these classesfrom 9:15 to 10:15 a.m. on anyweekday.

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A pasta dinner will be heldat the Plainville Firehouse,77 W. Main St., Saturday,April 30, from 4 to 8 p.m.There is a charge to attendand tickets can be purchasedat the door.

Walk againsthunger

The GFWC/Woman’s Clubof Plainville is sponsoring alocal Walk Against HungerSunday, May 1, from 11 a.m. to1 p.m., at Norton Park. Theevent is open to the generalpublic and the donations willbenefit the Plainville Com-munity Food Pantry andFoodshare. Participants areasked to either donate a non-perishable food item for thePlainville CommunicateFood Pantry or monetary do-nations in kind to benefitFoodshare.

For more information, con-tact Raegan Armata-Wa-zorko, at (860) 485-3401.

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The fourth event of theGloria Dei Lutheran ChurchMusic Series, 355 Camp St.,Bristol, will be held on Satur-day, April 30 and will featurea pasta supper and pianorecital featuring Corbin Beis-ner. The pasta supper will beat 6 p.m. with the pianorecital to follow at 7 p.m. Beis-ner is the current first prizewinner of the II Chopin In-ternational Piano Competi-tion in Hartford and has wonnumerous awards. For ticketinformation call the churchat (860) 582-0629 or by [email protected] and children five and underwill be admitted at no charge.


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ton. Winning for Plainvillewere the doubles teams ofSzach and Sarah Kane (4-6, 6-4, 10-4), and Pietri andLennon (7-6 (3), 7-5). The lo-cals’ new doubles team ofNikki Dow and Dzilenski

hung tough, but lost in twosets (5-7 (5), 4-6).

Also putting up valiant ef-forts against Newingtonwere the Lady Blue Devils’top singles players, Sam Zazaand Chanel Macklin.

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Messenger for Today and thePromised One of all earlierreligions. Baha’u’llah de-clared his mission to a smallgroup of followers on an is-land on the Tigris river inBaghdad where he pitchedhis tent for 12 days. The first(April 21), ninth (April 29)

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pendent monotheistic reli-gions and one of the fastest-growing with about 170,000members throughout theUnited States. Bahais viewthe world’s major religions aspart of a single, progressiveprocess through which Godreveals his will to humanity.Major Bahai tenets includethe oneness of humanity,equality of men and women,eradication of prejudice, har-mony of science and religion,universal education andworld peace.

To learn more about theBahai Faith in America,

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and twelfth (May 2) days ofRidvan are considered holydays on which Bahais sus-pend work. After his declara-tion, Baha’u’llah was sen-tenced to perpetual confine-ment in the prison-city ofAkka (now in Israel) wherehe passed away in 1892.

Baha’u’llah taught that inan age of universal educa-tion, there’s no longer a needfor clergy. Instead, he provid-

ed an administrative frame-work of elected, nine-mem-ber councils at the local, na-tional and international lev-els. All Bahai elections occurby secret ballot and pluralityvote, without candidacies,nominations or campaign-ing. There are more than 180National Spiritual Assem-blies and 11,000 Local Spiritu-al Assemblies around theworld. Bahais 21 years of ageor older are eligible to voteand be elected to serve onspiritual assemblies.

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did not affect the calendar.The day off added an extra

day to the spring vacationweek, which was April 18 to22.

Before classes startedMonday morning, a janitorentering the boiler roomheard the CO detector sound-ing. The detector is not re-quired to be connected to theautomatic fire alarm, accord-

ing to Plainville Fire Mar-shal Larry Sutherland. Thefire alarm was sounded toevacuate the building.

A total of 15 fire personnelreported to the scene. CO lev-els were detected at 200 partsper million; fire departmentmulti-gas meters are set toalarm at 35 ppm, safety offi-cials said.

“It is suspected that themost probable cause of theCO incident was due to a coldexhaust chimney flue fromthe boiler room,” Sutherland

said.“As school was shut down

for vacation, the flue was nothot enough to carry combus-tion gases to the outside.This sometimes causes adown draft within the flue.To eliminate this conditionin the future, school facilities(department) is investigat-ing the installation of a pow-er assist system,” the firemarshal said. Classes re-sumed Tuesday.

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belts, handbags, linens (bed-ding, curtains, towels),stuffed animals, hard toys.Items can be dropped off atthe YMCA, 149 FarmingtonAve., or call Jen Slabinski at(860) 793-2803 to arrange apick-up.

Walk with a Doc — Thefirst 2011 Walk with a Doc,presented by The Hospital ofCentral Connecticut, will be

held Saturday, April 30, 9a.m. at Norton Park inPlainville, led by Dr. RobertBelniak, an orthopedic sur-geon, who will address com-mon knee problems.

Woman’s Club AnnualTea — The GFWC/ Woman’sClub of Plainville is hostingthe Annual Tea with enter-tainment by The Plaids onSaturday, April 30, from 1 to4 p.m., at the Faith BibleChurch, 168 Unionville Ave.Plainville.


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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the following action was taken by the Town Council of the Town of Plainville at meeting duly assembled on April 4, 2011:

Adoption of the following ordinance:

AN ORDINANCE CREATING THE PLAINVILLE-SOUTHINGTON REGIONAL HEALTH DISTRICT

BE IT ORDAINED, by the Town Council of the Town of Plainville, in meeting duly assembled, that pursuant to the Charter of the Town of Plainville and theprovision of Title 7 of the Connecticut General Statutes, the following Ordinance is adopted.

CREATION AND PURPOSE:

The Town of Plainville hereby unites with the Town of Southington to form the Plainville-Southington Regional Health District pursuant to the provisions of the Chapter368f of the Connecticut General Statutes. It is hereby declared that the purpose of this Ordinance is to protect, preserve and improve the public health of the citizensof the municipalities of the Plainville-Southington Regional Health District.

REGIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH:

a. The affairs of the Health District shall be managed by a Board which shall have all the duties exercised or performed immediately prior tothe effective date of the creation of this Health District by the Directors of Health of the constituent municipalities of the Health District.

b. The Health District Board shall exercise all the authority as to public health required of or conferred upon the constituent municipalities bylaw and shall have the powers set forth in Section 19a-243 of the Connecticut General Statutes, as amended.

c. Appointment Board. The appointment of the Board shall be governed by statutes and regulations for the State Department of Pub-lic Health. Based upon current guidelines, the Town Council for the Town of Southington shall appoint five (5) members to the Board and the Town Council for the Townof Plainville shall appoint two (2) members to the Board. Of the five (5) members to be appointed by the Town of Southington, one shall be its Town Manager and of thetwo (2) members appointed by the Town of Plainville, one shall be its Town Manager. The other appointments shall be in the discretion of the Town Council.

d. Term of Office: The term of office for members of the Health District Board shall be three (3) years, except that during the initial formationof the Board appointments shall be staggered into one, two or three year terms.

DIRECTOR OF HEALTH

a. Appointment. The Health District Board, with approval of the Commissioner of Health, shall appoint a full-time Director of Health for theHealth District pursuant to the procedure and qualifications set forth in Section 19a-242 of the Connecticut General Statutes, as amended. The Board may also appointan acting full-time Director of Health to serve in the Director of Health's absence or if a vacancy exists, provided such acting Director meets the same qualifications asthe Director of Health as set forth in Section 19a-242 of the Connecticut General Statutes, as amended, or such qualifications as may be approved by the Commissionerof Health. Upon the appointment of a Director of Health for the Health district, the terms of office of the present Director of Health of each constituent municipality shallterminate.

The Health District shall also appoint the current Medical Advisor from Southington and the current Medical Advisor from Plainville for a period of at leasttwo (2) years. After such time, it shall be in the discretion of the Board as to the appointment of the Medical Advisor(s).

b. Powers and Duties. The Director of Health shall perform all such duties as are required of Directors of Health by the Connecticut GeneralStatutes or the State of Connecticut Public Health Code. In addition, the Director of Health shall enforce all ordinances of the constituent municipalities within said munic-ipalities as long as such said ordinances do not conflict with the Connecticut General Statutes or the State of Connecticut Public Health Code, provided however, thatany provision of a municipal ordinance which is more strict than the State of Connecticut Public Health Code shall not constitute a conflict and the provision of the munic-ipal ordinance shall prevail.

c. Removal. The Director of Health may be removed upon vote of a majority of the members of the Health District Board upon a finding ofmisconduct, material neglect of duty, or incompetence in the conduct of this office in accordance with Section 19a-242 of the Connecticut General Statutes, as amend-ed.

POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE BOARD:

a. General Powers. The Health District Board may make and promulgate reasonable rules and regulations for the promotion of general healthwithin the district; such rules and regulations shall not be in conflict with the State of Connecticut Public Health Code or any municipal ordinance of each constituentmunicipality; provided however, that any provision of such rules and regulations which is more strict than the State of Connecticut Public Health Code shall not consti-tute a conflict and the provision of the rules and regulations shall prevail. No such rule or regulation shall be adopted until a public hearing has been held by the Boardof the proposed rule or regulation. Notice of the time, place and purpose of the hearing shall be by publication in a newspaper having a substantial circulation in eachconstituent municipality at least seven (7) days prior to the hearing. The powers of the Board shall include, but not be limited to the following: to sue and be sued; tomake and execute contracts and other instruments necessary or convenient to the exercise of powers of the Health District; to make and from time to time amend andrepeal bylaws, rules and regulations; to acquire real estate; and to have whatever other powers are necessary to properly carry out its powers as an independent enti-ty of government; to develop and implement a budget; and to develop and implement public health policy for the Health District.

b. Meetings, Chairperson. The Board shall meet at least quarterly and at other times determined by the chairperson. At the Board's initialmeeting and thereafter at each Fall meeting, the Board shall elect a chairperson, and the Health District shall furnish the necessary offices and equipment to enable theBoard to carry out its duties.

c. Fiscal Year, Budget. The fiscal year of the Health District shall be from July 1 to June 30, and by the thirty-first (31st) day of January in eachyear the Board shall estimate the amount of money required to pay the costs and expenses of the Health District during the ensuing fiscal year. Pursuant to Section19a-243 of the Connecticut General Statutes, as amended, such Board shall hold a public hearing on its proposed budget, two weeks' notice of which shall be given ina newspaper having a circulation in each constituent municipality of such district. From time to time the Board shall draw upon the treasurer of each town within the dis-trict a proportionate share of the expenses of such district, from such funds as may have been appropriated by each, to pay the cost of operating the Health District,such apportionment to be made equitably on a per capita basis as established by the most recent annual population estimate by the state Department of Health. TheHealth District shall make timely applications to the state Department of Public Health for reimbursements for which it is entitled, as set forth in Section 19a-245 of theConnecticut General Statutes, as amended. The Health District shall provide said Department with all budgetary and other information necessary for the Health Districtto qualify for any reimbursements or other funds allowable under State or Federal law.

SEVERABILITY:

Should any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence or clause of this ordinance be adjudged invalid, the remainder of this ordinance shall not be affected thereby andshall be deemed valid and effective.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

The effective date of this ordinance shall be 30 days after the Legal Notice of Adoption has been published.

Dated at Plainville, Connecticut this 28th day of April, 2011

Carol A. Skultety, Plainville Town Clerk& Clerk of the Town Council

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LEGAL NOTICETOWN OF PLAINVILLE

TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARINGMay 2, 2011

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that thePlainville Town Council will hold a public hear-ing at 7:30 p.m. on Monday May 2, 2011 inthe Council Chambers of the Municipal Cen-ter, One Central Square in Plainville to hearpublic comment on the following:

1. Proposed amendment to an ordi-nance entitled "Amendment to Town ofPlainville Parking Regulations"

2. Proposals under the ConnecticutNeighborhood Assistance Act

Copies of proposed amendment are availableat the Plainville Library and at the TownClerk's office during regular business hours.

Dated at Plainville, Connecticut this 28th dayof April, 2011.

Plainville Town Council

By,

Carol A. Skultety, Town Clerk & Clerk of the Town Council

LEGAL NOTICEPLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION

PLAINVILLE, CONNECTICUTThe Town of Plainville's Planning and Zoning Commissionwill conduct a Public Hearing on Tuesday, May 10, 2011commencing at 7:30 p.m. at the Plainville Municipal Center,One Central Square, Plainville CT on the following item:Resubdivision for FCP-TWO, LLC to resubdivide a remain-ing portion of Lot 34 into two lots for property located onFarmington Valley Drive.The file is available for public inspection at the Departmentof Technical Services and the Town Clerk's Office in thePlainville Municipal Center.At this hearing, interested persons may appear and beheard and written communications may be received.Any person requiring special assistance in order to attendand/or participate in this public hearing may call theDepartment of Technical Services at (860) 793-0221 beforenoon on Friday, May 6, 2011. Respectfully submitted, David Thompson, SecretaryPlanning and Zoning CommissionDated at Plainville, CTThis 18th day of April 2011

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Thursday, April 28, 2011 — The Plainville Citizen 29Looking for the perfect new

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MERIDEN 1BR. New kitchen &updated bathrm, hdwd fl, off stparking. Fresh paint. New applsPrvt porch. Laundry. Starting at$595. Jonah 203-430-0340

MERIDEN 2 BR, 1 st Fl. LibertySt. Recently renovated. Stove &refrig. WD hookup. Off st park-ing. Yard. Bsmnt storage. Sec 8approved. $875. 203- 506-6398

MERIDEN 2 BR, 1st flr, Hdwdflrs. Section 8 approved. 1month rent & security.$900/month. 860-471-1623

MERIDEN 2BR, 1st fl, yard, offst parking. WD hookup. $750 +2 mos. sec. refs. Available 5/8.(203) 269-8747

MERIDEN 3BR 1st fl off streetparking. W/D hookup, porch,lrg yard. Newly renovated$1100 per mo plus sec. CallNatalie 203-671-2672

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MERIDEN-1BR, 3rd fl. W/Dhkup, off-st-park. $650+sec.Call Jeff 203-427-3566

MERIDEN-1BRS. apt, $725 & up.No pets. All appliances & hotwater incl. 1 1/2 mo. sec. Coin oplaundry. 1095 Old Colony Rd.203-581-3620

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MER. FURNISHED apts: Incl Heat,Elec, HW. East Side, 3rd flr 2RMs,$190/wk+sec. 1BR, 3rd fl,$845/mo+sec. 12pm-8pm 203-630-3823 or Meridenrooms.com

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MERIDEN - 2 BR, 1.5 BA. Town-house. Beautifully restored,Cent air, h/w flrs, 1 car Gar,laundry rm. No pets. $1000 +util. 203-631-1534

MERIDEN - 5 room, 2 Bedroom,newly remodeled, off streetparking, w/d hookups, no pets,$850 plus utilities, references.203-671-9644

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MERIDEN 151 Hobart St. 2BR,new cabinets and flooring.Credit & refs. $750/mo. Call(203) 980-1456

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1-2 ITEMS Silverware, China, Glass.

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

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HOME IMPROVEMENTS

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We provide reliable service.(203) 630-1294 (203) 886-6566Ins., Free Estimates. CT #624716

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NEEDSCall JP Wolfe Contracting

CT Reg #0629780 203-269-5175

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

BEGO’S Masonry RetainingWalls, Brick and Block worksFireplace, Chimneys, Stairs,Stoops, Sidewalks, MasonryRepair and much more. Freeest. 20yrs exp. CT# 601857203-754-5034 or 203-565-7129

HOUSE CLEANING

YOUR HOME or office will besparkling clean. Free estimate.Good references. Insured. 10 yrsof exp. Call (203) 815-6630

JUNK REMOVAL

Pete In The PickupJunk Removal & Odd Jobs

203-886-5110

BJ’S Dump RunsJunk Removal Services of All KindAttics, Basements, Sheds, Gar.

No Matter How Big or Small! Give Us a Call 203-676-9595!

JUNK REMOVAL & MORE!We clean Estates, Homes, Attics,

Bsmt, Gar, Yard, Appliances***FREE ESTIMATES***

203-535-9817 or 860-575-8218

KITCHEN & BATHREMODELING

C&M CONSTRUCTIONTo ensure a quality job

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

LANDSCAPING

JM LAWNCARESpring Cleanups, Lawn Mowing,

Trimming. Comm & Res.Call for free est 860-796-8168

RRIICCKK’’SS AAFFFFOORRDDAABBLLEEMowing, clean-ups, mulch,

brush, pricker & small treeremoval. Trim hedges. CleanGutters & Power wash. 203-530-4447.

LANDSCAPING AND MORESpring Clean-Ups. Tree Removal.

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

860-982-5334 or 203-314-8511

BILL RUDOLPH LANDSCAPINGPaver walkways, retaining walls,

drainage, shrub replacement,lawn repairs. Landscape de-sign. Sidewalk renovation. FreeEst. Lic #563661 203-237-9577

$25 LAWNSFor most neighborhood lawns.Spring cleanups. Sr. discount.

Call Ed (860) 302-8847

LANDSCAPING

ACCEPTING new lawn accts.Full service lawn care & groundmaintenance. 20% senior dis.#0619909. Call 203-715-2301

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IF YOU MENTION THIS ADSpring Clean-Ups. Clean Estates,Home, Attic, Bsmnt, Garage,Appliances, Furniture. Free est.

203-535-9817 or 860-575-8218

JT’S LANDSCAPING, LLCSpring clean-ups & all your

landscaping needs. Top Qual-ity Work Fully Licensed &insured. 203-213-6528

CT Reg #616311

PPrreecciissiioonn CCuutt LLaawwnnssOwner Operated since 1982Southington, Meriden, Wlfd Reliable, affordable, free est.

Satisfaction Guaranteed!Res/Comm Fully ins. CT566423203-715-0101 or 860-621-6822

MOWING

SPRING Clean Ups Mowing,hedge trimming, brush, shrub &tree removal. Dump Runs. JunkRemoval. Don 203-235-1318

JOE’S LAWN CARE, LLCSpring clean up, mowing,

mulching, landscape work.Res/Com 203-631-7444 Licensed,fully insured. #563805

EXTREME LANDSCAPINGSpring Cleanup, Vac truck, Hedge

Trim & more. Com/Res. Free esti-mates. Call Walter 203-619-2877

GARY Wodatch Landscape Svs.Hedge/tree trim., trimming overgrown properties. Est 1985. Allcalls returned. #0620397. Office203-235-7723 cell 860-558-5430

SPRING CLEAN UPSStarting now!

NORM THE GARDENER(203) 265-1460

CONDOMINIUMSFOR SALE

MMEERRIIDDEENN Spring Village Phase2. New 1726 SF. Townhousew/3BR, 2.5BA, huge LR, 2 cargar, trek deck. Starts at$220,000. Galleria RE Call203-671-2223.

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Looking for Cheshire? Take a lookat the best 62+ ranch condoavailable. This unit boasts: newkitchen, cathedral ceilings, lowcondo fee, lg. BR w/ walk-in clos-et, beautiful views from deck &in-unit washer/dryer. It is cen-trally located & is in pristine con-dition. Call Kurt for more infor-mation. 203-640-5300

437 E. Mitchell Ave. $109,900.

BUSINESSOPPORTUNITIES

RUN your own Avis AutoRental Agency in

Meriden, CT.Not a ‘franchise’ -NO ‘investment’

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has immediate openings forfull and part time telephonerepresentatives in theirinbound call center. Candi-dates should have a clearspeaking voice, typing andcomputer skills and a pleas-ant phone personality. Therate is $10.00 per hour.Apply in person to SSppeeeeddSSttaaffffiinngg LLLLCC located at 500South Broad Street, Meri-den, CT between the hoursof 10:00 and 2:00 pm. RReessuummeess mmaayy bbee eemmaaiilleedd ttooppaattttyy@@ssppeeeeddssttaaffffiinnggllllcc..ccoomm

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ROOMS FOR RENT

MERIDEN-Furnished Room forRent. All utils. Shared bath-room. Off-st parking. $525 permonth or $130 per wk, + secu-rity. Call Susan 203-500-0608

WANTED TO RENT

SEEKING 4 or 5 Room House or1st Fl Apartment. Have section8. Quiet, clean, with one cat,trained. Call (203) 238-9756

COMMERCIAL &INDUSTRIAL RENTALS

SOUTH MERIDEN-8600SFretail exposure, nice offices,showers, loading dock, drive inroll up door & more. Only$2,500. Call 860-384-4205

HOUSES FOR SALE

MMEERRIIDDEENN-Settle down make ahome for your family. Featur-ing 8 Brs 3 baths. This tradi-tional floor plan delivers acasual living rm w/hardwoods,eat in kitchen & appliances.$135,000. Sue 203-265-5618

WLFD $299,900 Spacious 3 fam-ily-exceptional Condition!Newer kitchens and baths, up-dated plumbing, heating andelectrical. All separate utilities.Wood flooring and CAIR. Linda203-265-5618

CONDOMINIUMSFOR SALE

$$222244,,990000 Mint Condo featuring6rms, 2 bdrms, mbr has fullbath. Kit, LR, DR, family rm, 2.1baths. Granite counter tops,stainless steel appliances, HWfloors, unit is 3 years old.Priced to sell! Motivated! CallSil Sala 203-265-5618

APARTMENTSFOR RENT

MERIDEN-2BR, 1st flr, heat &HW included. $950/mo. 9 GuielPl. Washer & dryer avail. Call203-213-6175 or 203-376-2160

MERIDEN. 1 BR $595 + utils.Studio $495 + util. Downtown,on bus line, no pets. Call (203)982-3042

MERIDEN. Crown Vlg, 2 BR,renovated new kit & appliance,$950/mo. Heat & hw included.1 BR $750/mo. Alan BarberinoRE 203-269-0284 ext 110

PLAINVILLE - X-Large studio apt.Fully appl. kit. inc. A/C, onsiteprkg, balcony. $625/mo. Call CPI860-225-1570 x1

SOUTHINGTON - 1 1/2 RM Effi-ciency, near I-84 $140/wk. Incldheat & HW, A/C, appl’s.

Sec dep & refs req 860-620-0025

SOUTHINGTON2BR brand new big deck

Nice areaCall Alfonso 860-637-2344

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WALLINGFORD - 2BR apt induplex on West side, 1.5 baths,WD hookup & off street. park-ing. $950. 2 mos security. Nopets. Call 203-738-9911

WALLINGFORD - 2BR TownhouseNice neighborhood & yard. 2BRs,fully applianced, porch, garage.Hdwd fls, W/D hkup. No pets.$1050/mo + sec. 203-626-2320

WALLINGFORD - Large (1200SF) 2 BR Apt, 3rd Floor. 21-23Academy St, near Choate. Fullyapplianced, WD hookup. $900.Credit Check. Call 203-265-9871 or 203-715-0268

WALLINGFORD -2 BR, 2nd FL,4 Rms. Recently remodeled.Stove & refrig, carpeting, hook-ups, porches. No smoking. Nopets. $895 + sec. 860-575-4915

WALLINGFORD2 BR House - Ranch Style

Garage, Den, Hardwood Floors. Great Location. $1400/mo

+ sec & util. Call 203-379-6282

WALLINGFORD 2 BR, 1st Fl.Energy efficient windows.Parking. Dishwasher, storage,walk to Y/Park. HW incl. Nosmoke/pets. Refs, sec, lease.Sec 8 appr. $975. 203 271-2890

WALLINGFORD 2nd Fl Remod-eled. New bath, kit & flrs. 2 BR.WD. Stove, refrig. Glassed-inporch. Garage extra. $895.Owner/Agent 203-269-7348

WALLINGFORD-1BR apt start-ing at $750 including heat &HW. No pets. JJ Bennett 203-265-7101

WALLINGFORD-2BR, 3rd flr,W/D hkup. Nice, clean. Off-st-parking. No pets/smoking. Call203-269-5733 for appointment

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

ROOMS FOR RENT

MERIDEN CLEAN SAFE ROOMSHeat, elec, HW incld. E.Side, kitprivileges, off-st park. $125/wk.+ sec. Call 12-8pm 203-630-3823or www.Meridenrooms.com


LAWN & GARDEN

ROTOTILLINGGarden Bill with Troy Bilt. No

garden too small. (203) 294-1160

COUNTRY Ciub Landscapes LLCRes lawn cuts $39. Spring C/U,Lndscp Prjects. Free Powerwash-ing w/lawn srv. 860-704-0008

MOWING, spring clean-ups. For every 10 mows get 1 FREE.

Call 203-440-9240

ALLEGRO Professional Ser-vices, LLC. Res & small Com-mercial mowing, winter/springcleanups. Affordable, reliable,insured. 203-687-1347

MASONRY

LULO'S MMAASSOONNRRYY - Walkways,stairs, patios, swimming pools,chimneys, and more. Repairs.Free estimates. Licensed. CTReg #0608431. 203-271-2411

$AVE

W. BOOBER MASONRY25 yrs exp in all types of masonry.

CT Reg # 0626708Call 203-235-4139

PAUL’S MASONRY - New &Repairs. Stone walls, arches,chimneys, sidewalks, fireplace.Free est. #614863. 203-706-9281

BEGO’S Masonry RetainingWalls, Brick and Block worksFireplace, Chimneys, Stairs,Stoops, Sidewalks, MasonryRepair and much more. Freeest. 20yrs exp. CT# 601857203-754-5034 or 203-565-7129

S & H MASONRY LLCStonewalls, steps, chimneys,

concrete, retaining walls, FPs, Lic/Ins. #607639. 220033--337766--00335555

JIMMY’S MASONRYStonewalls, steps, patios, chim-

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

PAINTING/WALLPAPERING

HALLMARK PAINTING &Wallpapering & PressureWashing. Since 1985. Nowbooking for Spring & Sum-mer Iinterior & exterior paint-ing & pressure washing. Freeestimates. Fully insured. CTREG #0560720. 203-269-3369

AA--11 QQUUAALLIITTYY PPAAIINNTTIINNGGSpecializing in Wood/Aluminumsiding. Low rates. Reg#533474.

Call Dennis 203-630-0008

PAVING

PAVER, sidewalks, patio &driveways. Concrete work. CallStepping Stones 203-631-3181CT #604493

DD && GG PPAAVVIINNGGOver 25 yrs exp. Paving, seal

coating, concrete work. CTReg#0577005. 203-237-6058

PLUMBING

FFAAHHEEYY PPLLUUMMBBIINNGGHometown plumber for 34

years. All calls answered &appts kept. Please call Rick at

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POWER WASHING

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HHOOUUSSEEWWAASSHH/Pressure WashingDeck Restoration & Refinishing

Lic, Ins. Certified. #0616406203-675-8710 or 860-267-4843

Free Gutter Cleaning w/exteriorhousewash add deck, patio, walk-ways, walls, windows receive10% OFF! 15% off senior discount

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On the outside. FREE ESTIMATES.

Call Kevin 203-440-3279

ROOFING

RROOOOFFSS RR UUSSResid/comm. Repairs also. Win-

dows, Siding, Seamless gutters,we beat any quote. Familyowned since ‘49. Member BBB.203-715-8850 #573358 Credit/Debit cards accepted.

FIDERIO & SONSSiding, roofing, windows, decks,

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

ROOFING

C&M CONSTRUCTIONTo ensure a quality job

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

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Residential/Commerical.CT Reg #621315 (203) 675-8084

GonzalezConstruction

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Roofing, siding, windows, decks,

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

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CT Reg# 577319

SEPTIC SERVICES

LLIICCEENNSSEEDDSTATE OF CT & RIService and Installations.Real Estate Inspections

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CT#612218

SERVICES OFFERED

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

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

TILE

AGOSTINO’S Tile, LLC Lowestinstallation prices around.Over 20 yrs exp. Your tile ormine. CT#6069696 Free est.203 879-8648 or 203-910-9283

TOP SOILSAND & FILL

BEAUTIFUL FARM FRESHScreened Top Soil. Fill, Sand &Stone, Mulch. Picked up ordelivered. No minimum. CariatiDevelopers, Inc. 203-238-9846

HAZELWOOD EXCAVATINGDry farm screened topsoil

and colored mulch. 220033--226699--00113355

TREE SERVICES

YARDLEY TREE SERVICE.comFair, reasonable. Free estimates.

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

LAVIGNE’S TREE SERVICE

IN BUSINESS 30 YRS.Tree removal. Stump grinding. Crane Service. Free Estimates.Fully insured. 203-294-1775lavignestreeservicellc.com

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

We regret that we will notbe responsible for morethan ONE incorrectinsertion and only for thatportion of the ad that mayhave been renderedvalueless by such anerror.

PLEASECHECK YOUR

ADThis newspaper makesevery effort to avoiderrors in advertisements.Each ad is carefullychecked and proofread,but when you handlethousands of ads,mistakes do slip through.We ask therefore, thatyou check your ad on theFIRST day of publication.If you find an error, reportit to the

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by calling

203-238-1953before 5pm Mon-Fri

The Miller Company, an equal opportunityemployer, is a fully integrated manufacturer ofCopper Alloy Strip. It serves the electronicsindustry and other markets that require thehighest quality product available. Currentlyaccepting applications for:

ANNEALING OPERATORto load, unload and operate Bell Annealingfurnaces to homogenize metal strip product.Use overhead cranes, forklifts, maintain vari-ous annealing controls and monitor annealingcycle.

12-hour shifts nightsfrom 7:00PM - 7:00 AM,

4 days on, 4 days off

Hourly rate: $20.31-21.43, plus shift premium

Applications accepted for other productionjobs such as Slitters, Rollers, Cleaning LineOperators, Stamping Press. Machine operat-ing experience in the Metals Industry is aplus.

Walk-ins welcome to fill out applicationbetween 8 AM and 5 PM.

THE MILLER COMPANYClaudia Groten, Human Resources

115 Center Street, Meriden, CT 06450Phone: (203) 639-5252

MEDICALMEDICALCAREERSCAREERSCNAS - All shifts. Immediateopening. Must have own trans-

portation. Guardian AngelsHomeCare. (203) 439-7731 x116

HELP WANTED

OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR - Fulltime immediate opening forsmall physical therapy practice.Fax resume to 203-250-0336.

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ROOFER & SHINGLER Needed!Experienced only! 6 days aweek. Full time position. Call203-915-1810

ROOFER Commercial w/5 yearsexperience in EPDM, Hot, Com-mercial, shingling or slate.Must pass drug test. NewEngland Masonry, 146 Sheri-dan Dr., Naugatuck.

(203) 729-2266 AA/EOE

SHIPPING ASST for fast-paced Meriden manuf ASAP;prep daily paperwork; receive goods; quick &accurate typist; attn todetail; forklift exper +;reliable w/ own car; start$12-15/hr DOE +ben; fax203-237-2701 or emailcpetersen@ accelinternaitonal.com

HELP WANTED

HVAC TECHNICIANAround the Clock Heating & Cool-

ing, Inc. in North Haven, is seek-ing a licensed residential HVACtechnician, Must have a CT “B orS” license with 4 years minimumexperience. AIR CONDITIONINGEXPERIENCE IS REQUIRED andSheet metal experience a plus.Competitive salary, companyvehicle, 401K, medical, vacation& holiday pay. Call Lauren at203-239-2226 to setup a confi-dential interview.

MAINTENANCE- Landscape/Building- P/T. Valid DriversLicense Required. Please call203-238-9489. M-F, 9-2. EOE.

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ing a reporter to cover pub-lic safety and courts inMeriden and Wallingford.Position involves writingstories and posting break-ing news to our website.Position is 32 hours andincludes early mornings. Alllevels of experience will beconsidered.

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ADMIN ASST’NT: 15-20hrs/week. Must be outgoing,organized, proficient in Word,Excel and Ppt. Send resume [email protected].

AUTO PARTS Counter person.Parts counter experiencerequired for busy NAPA store.Potential to earn over $40K,profit sharing & health bene-fits. Call Don 203-272-3704,weekdays AM only.

CAREGIVERS for elderly. Mustbe motivated, caring and reli-able. Must have car and speakEnglish. Apply in person.

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The Town of Wallingford Elec-tric Division is seeking a high-ly technical individual to workin the design and develop-ment of overhead and under-ground power distributionlines. The utility serves 23,000customers in a 50+ squaremile distribution area with apeak demand of 130 Mw. Theposition requires a B.S.degree in electrical engineer-ing plus 2 years of responsibleexperience in an electric utili-ty engineering, or an equiva-lent combination of educationand experience substitutingon a year-for-year basis.Salary: $65,774-$84,153 annu-ally plus an excellent fringebenefit package. Apply to:

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ELECTRICIAN - E-2 for growingWallingford electrical company.Res/Comm. work. Hiring imme-diately. Call Phil (203) 671-3285

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