Volume 11, Number 52 Plainville’s Only Weekly Newspaper www.plainvillecitizen.com Thursday, December 27, 2012 The Plainville C it it iz iz en Plainville 2012 - it was a very good year Vigil for Newtown at the Plainville Fire Company. Story and photos page 11. The photographic evidence shows that many of Plainville’s residents had a whole lot of fun this year. Concerts, a farmers market, a zombie workshop, the balloon fest, plays, bike rides, stock cars and more...there were plenty of good times and people came out to be part of it all. Check out these photos to see if you re- member these great community events - perhaps you’ll even spot yourself in one of the pictures.
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Volume 11, Number 52 Plainville’s Only Weekly Newspaper www.plainvillecitizen.com Thursday, December 27, 2012
The Plainville
CCititizizeennPlainville 2012 - it was a very good year
Vigil forNewtown
at the PlainvilleFire Company.
Story and photospage 11.
The photographic evidence shows thatmany of Plainville’s residents had awhole lot of fun this year. Concerts, afarmers market, a zombie workshop, theballoon fest, plays, bike rides, stock carsand more...there were plenty of good timesand people came out to be part of it all.Check out these photos to see if you re-member these great community events -perhaps you’ll even spot yourself in one ofthe pictures.
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The year in headlinesIt’s been 12 months, 52 weeks, of news -
now gone by - in the year 2012. Readingthrough headlines of the year it seems likethe reaction is either “did that happen thatlong ago” or “it seems like that was just yes-terday.”
We’ve selected a few of the events that oc-curred in Plainville during 2012 - see howmany you recall and if you were part of thestory.
Jan. 19 Board of Education rescinds contro-
versial policyPay-to-participate is no more and the gen-
eral consensus is it will not be missed
Jan. 26 Hunger Action Team seeks to launch
farmers market in townThe Plainville Hunger Action Team is
seeking suggestions for a possible site, a mar-ket master and other interested volunteers tohelp at a new farmers market.
Feb. 2Koutouvides hopes ‘wild ride’ ends
with Super Bowl ringA couple of months back, Niko Koutou-
vides was looking at the very real possibili-ties that his football career may be finished.
Feb. 9 Report shows positive results from au-
tomated waste collection in townIn the first three months of the automated
waste and single stream recycling collectionin Plainville, results have been immediateand dramatic.
Feb. 16 Board turns school over to townThe Plainville Board of Education unani-
mously relinquished control of the old Lin-den Street School building to the town.
March 1 Phase III of downtown project begins
this springLocal officials involved in the continuing
downtown revitalization project are con-vinced improvements to Whiting Street havedone what planners set out to do 10 years ago.
March 8 License plate reader being used by
PlainvilleFor the past year, the Plainville Police De-
partment has been relying on a relativelynew piece of equipment to give officers theedge.
March 15 Mostly positive reaction to proposed
budgetThe Town Council, Town Manager Robert
E. Lee and Superintendent Jeffrey Kitching
were all smiles at the first public budgetmeeting of the year.
March 29 Honoring a beloved teacher and friendOver 100 people showed up for the sunset
vigil honoring Plainville high School teacherElizabeth Miller.
April 12 Plan to eliminate citizen’s forum re-
jected At the April 2 Town Council meeting, the
proposal put forth by Council man Dan Hur-ley to eliminiate one citizen’s forum permonth was rejected.
April 26 Making safer routes to school Mark DeVoe director of Planning and Eco-
nomic Development said the town will seekfunding for the Safe Routes to School pro-gram.
May 10 “Safe Routes to School” project hits
small bump in roadWhat will happen to parking on the roads
near the middle school of Plainville and Tof-folon Elementary School?
May 17 Charter revisions include payment for
council members The Charter revision Commission has
made several changes to the town charter, in-cluding proposal for town council membersto receive $1,000 per term, rather than serv-ing for free.
May 24 Phoenix Soil moves to PlainvillePhoenix Soil, a Waterbury-based company,
plans to move to 60 North Washington St.,site of the former Atlantic Pipe Co.
June 14 Plainville teams sweep at SeaPerch
competitionStudents from the engineering concepts
course at Plainville High School swept thefirst Connecticut-wide SeaPerch competi-tion.
June 28 Wings, wheels and food at Robertson
Airport eventThis weekends’ Wings and Wheels event at
Robertson Airport promises high-flying funwith a fly-in, helicopter and airplane rides,along with a huge car show.
July 5 Three BOE members walk out on busi-
ness office vote
See Headlines, page 9
What are you doing this winter? Send us photos of your winter activities and we’ll pub-
lish them in an upcoming edition of The Plainville Citizen.Are you traveling to China, the Caribbean or Canada? Areyou curled up by the fire with a good book and your dog? Doyou ski, feed the birds or bake cookies? Tell us - and showus - how you spend the winter or escape from it. Send yourphotos with a brief description along with contact infor-mation to [email protected].
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A sense of community Plainville residents weathered some difficult times in 2012 and took on many challenges,
too. There were touching memorials, stormy weather, student explorations, and rites ofpassage. In all of these, people put their best foot forward to make things better.
Closings andrefuse collection
The Town of Plainville of-fices will observe the follow-ing hours: Monday, Dec. 31,Municipal Center will closeat 11:30 a.m.; Senior Centerwill close at 1 p.m.; and the Li-brary will close at 1:30 p.m.;Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2013, Munici-pal Center, Senior Center andLibrary closed.
There will be regular re-fuse and recycling collectionon Monday, Dec. 31. No col-lection Christmas Day orNew Year’s Day. Collectionwill be delayed a day for theremainder of the week(Wednesday through Satur-day) for both holiday weeks.
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Robertson Field will be fully repaved soonCommentary
By Ruth Sharp HummelSpecial to The Citizen
On a bitterly cold after-noon, Dec. 1, Brian O’Learytook me out in the “gator” tosee all the almost completedwork on the runway atRobertson Airport.
I had been watching theprogress of this project sinceit started and now would seethe results of all those weeksof trucks, tankers, asphaltand an army of workers.
Mizzy Construction withsub-contractors Tilcon Con-necticut and O’Brien Associ-ates had made a well-coordi-nated team. From my pointof view at least everythinglooked great.
From the south end of therunway, looking north, it’s along, long stretch of blockwith bright yellow striping.Off to the side are the termi-nal buildings and hangersnow bereft of the planes thatmake the place alive. Many
are tied down in Meriden,hopefully to return when thefield re-opens.
Turning to the south, offthe end of the runway, onecan see the Tomasso NaturePark along with (if you arelucky) some of the creatureswhich live there.
Plainville Aviation Com-mission oversees the airportand Bill O’Leary and his fam-ily operate it for the town as“Interstate Aviation”.
You might say they are pro-tecting the legacy of NelsNelson, first to fly in thatarea, and Stan Robertson,who took the dream andmade it soar.
As I looked out over thenicely improved field, I keptthinking of Nels and Stan,what a change has been madesince 1911.
They would be astoundedhow we have come to thismodern field from the dirtstrip that Stan created and
even earlier the farmer’sfield from where Nels man-aged his first flight.
Today, once things are set-tled down at Robetson, jetplanes can rush you towarmer climes in the winterand cooler spots in the sum-mer.
These great planes wouldhave astounded Nels andStan beautiful air vehiclesthat they are.
Bill O’Leary and familywill arrange everything foryour flight right there in theoffice. I envy the pilots whofly these “birds”, wish I couldstow-away.
I have spent many lunchhours at the airport watch-
ing the progress and one day,over the roar of trucks andother machines, I heard avery familiar sound, CanadaGeese. Sure enough, 38 bigbreasted beauties headed -you guessed it – south. As Iwatched the last bird on oneof the wings of the “V” for-mation flew up and replacedthe lead bird which has thetoughest job; beauty on thewing, no engines.
By the way, there’s plentyof room along the fence,bring your lunch and joinothers, kids love it.
Back to my trips with Bri-an O’Leary. A man was way
See Repaved, page 20
Photo by Ruth Hummel
Phil O’Brien surveys the progress on improvements tothe Robertson Field runway.
Thursday, December 27, 2012 — The Plainville Citizen 7
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Send “Faith” notices,news and photos, andcolumns to The PlainvilleCitizen, P.O. Box 57,Plainville, CT 06062; or e-mail [email protected]. Writers should in-clude their name and contactinformation in case we haveany questions. The contactinformation will not be pub-lished.
Church of OurSaviour
Events for Church of OurSaviour, 115 W. Main St., areas follows: scripture study,Tuesdays 12 p.m.; liturgy andlunch, Wednesdays, 12 p.m.;Food For Friends, Wednes-days, 3 to 6 p.m.; and ChoirRehearsal, Sundays, 9:15 a.m.
Every Sunday morning at10 a.m., COS worships in mu-sic, word and the Holy Com-munion. Following the serv-ice COS has coffee hour withrefreshments and fellowship.On the second Sunday ofeach month COS offers theSacrament of Healing and on
the third Sunday of eachmonth there is a children’ssermon. Everyone is wel-come.
For more information,call (860) 747-3109.
PUMC eventsThe Plainville United
Methodist Church, 56 RedStone Hill, has the followingscheduled: Church school,Sunday, 9 a.m.; Sunday wor-ship time is at 10 a.m.; Tues-day Ladies meeting, Tues-days at 9:30 a.m.; AA., eachSunday, Monday andWednesday, at 7 p.m.; Al-Anon, Mondays, 7 p.m.; BoyScouts, Tuesdays, 7 p.m.; GirlScouts, last Wednesdays, 6p.m. For more informationcall the church at (860) 747-2328.
Regular church officehours return to 9 a.m. to 1p.m.
Adult Bible Study Wednes-days, Jan. 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30, 7to 8:15 p.m.
Potluck supper and fellow-ship Thursday, Dec. 27, Jan.3, 10, 17, 24 and 31, 6 p.m.
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Worship with Holy Com-munion Sunday, Jan. 6, 10a.m.
PUMC Food for FriendsLeadership hosted at Churchof Our Saviour Wednesday,Jan. 9, 5 to 7 p.m.
United Methodist WomenSunday, Jan. 27, 2 to 4 p.m.
BreakfastAn all-you-can-eat month-
ly breakfast is held on thesecond Sunday of everymonth, at Our Lady of Mer-
FaithContinued from page 8
cy Church Parish Center, 19S. Canal St., from 8 to 11 a.m.The choice of menu is juice,eggs, western eggs, sausage,ham, hash browns, TexasFrench toast, bagels, dough-
nuts and coffee. Childrenyounger than 6 are free. Thepublic is welcome. The nextbreakfast will be Jan. 13.Tickets can be purchased atthe door.
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At the June 26 meeting, theBoard of Education voted tomerge town and school busi-ness offices and to begin full-day kindergarten for Septem-ber.
Aug. 2 Man identified in deadly
plane crash The National Transporta-
tion Safety Board and Feder-al Aviation Commission offi-cials were at Robertson Air-port investigating the previ-ous evening’s fatal crash.
Aug. 23 Balloon Fest 2012: it’s
here!The annual Hot Air Bal-
loon Festival attracts peoplefrom across the state for thethree-say event.
Sept. 6 A year later Plainville
still recovers from IreneIrene touched down in
Plainville in August 2011 andcaused flash flooding thatforced residents from theirRobert Street Extensionhomes.
Sept. 13 Full-day kindergarten
in full swing It’s the first year that
Plainville’s three elementaryschools will offer full-daykindergarten following a pi-lot program at Toffolon andLinden elementary schools.
Oct. 11 Council members weigh
in on forum formatAt the Oct. 1 Town Council
meeting, council memberssaid they felt the format ofthe current Citizen’s Forumwas working as intended.
Oct. 18 Chung property shows
no signs of advancementThe Chung property on
New Britain Avenue still sitsvacant and overgrown.
Nov. 1 Town braced for Hurri-
cane SandyAlthough the worst of the
storm was yet to come, activ-ity slowed to a crawl Mondaymorning, Oct. 29, as most res-idents in Plainville preparedfor Hurricane Sandy.
Nov. 29 Teacher contracts ap-
proved by Town CouncilThe negotiated contract
between the Board of Educa-tion and the Teachers’ Unionwould increase teachers’salaries a total of 8.4 percentover the three years of thecontract.
Dec. 13 Vandalism at Petit me-
morial gazebo causesheartbreak
A gazebo in Norton Parkthat serves as a memorial tovitims of the 2007 Cheshirehome invasion has been van-dalized again.
Dec. 20Candlelight vigilsTown and fire department
host vigils for the victims ofthe Newtown tragedy.
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Wings & WheelsWings & Wheels organizers are seeking volunteers to help with the planning for the 2nd
Annual Car Show & Fly-In at Robertson Airport to be held on Sunday, June 2, 2013. (RainDate – June 9th) Persons interested in helping are invited to attend the next meeting ofWings & Wheels on Thursday, Jan. 10, at 6 p.m. in the Plainville Library Auditorium, 56 E.Main St.
Help is needed in various areas including advertising, entertainment, sponsorships, carshow, fly-in, parking, marketing, food sales and grounds preparation and clean-up. “Basedupon the feedback received from our inaugural event, next year’s event is expected to bebigger and better,” said Scott Saunders, Air-Boss for the event. “A small group of dedicat-ed individuals helped to plan and run last year’s program. Because we expect this greatevent to be much larger than last year, we will need many more volunteers to help us withthe pre-planning for future events”.
The Annual Car Show & Fly-In at Robertson Airport raises monies for charity. In thefirst year $22,000 was raised for this one-day event. Donations of $11,000 each was made tothe Plainville Community Food Pantry and the Petit Family Foundation.
For more information contact Scott Saunders at (860) 747-8837.
Safety awareness programPARC, a Family Centered organization, who supports peo-
ple with developmental disabilities, has scheduled their 2ndannual “Safety Awareness” program, funded by the PetitFamily Foundation, for persons with Developmental Disabil-ities in the community. This program will be held at PARC’sfacility at 28 East Maple St., in Plainville beginning onWednesday Jan.16, 6 to 7:30 p.m., through June 2012. Partici-pants don’t need to be a member at PARC to join this series forsafety awareness, but the participant does need to register forthe program; this program is free. PARC also offers manyhealthy living activities. PARC welcomes future participatesto join the group in these activities. Visit the web site atwww.plainvillearc.org and down load the activity calendars.
To register or for information call (860) 747-0316 or [email protected] .
CitizenOpinion The Plainville CitizenThursday, December 27, 2012
Letters to the EditorGood work
To the editor:This past week I attended
a joint budget hearing inwhich both our town manag-er and superintendent ofschools presented theirplans, projects and the possi-ble impact they would haveon the town’s budget andtaxes for the upcoming year.
They presented plans andprojects I agreed need atten-tion and funding as well asplans and projects that I donot, but as I left at the con-clusion of the meeting some-thing more significant cameto mind. It was the feelingthat both our town managerand school superintendentwere working as a team.
I then immediatelythought of our Town Coun-cil and Board of Educationand what they are quietly
doing for Plainville.Whether it be addressing theneeds of our schools or up-dating the town’s airfield,the groups are working to-gether. I remember not toolong ago a letter sent to “ThePlainville Citizen” titled “ATown Divided”. It appearsthat our two governing bod-ies are doing their best toeliminate that divide.
I cannot say that I willagree and vote for all thewants and needs that ourtown government andschool board may propose,but this I will say, this group,our Town Council, Board ofEducation, Town Managerand Superintendent ofSchools are attempting towork together with one goalin mind, a better town ofPlainville.
Lou FrangosPlainville
Government MeetingsWednesday, Jan. 2
Inland Wetlands Commis-sion, Municipal Center, 7:30p.m.
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How you can help NewtownHere are opportunities to
support Newtown.United Way of Western
Connecticut“United Way extends our
most sincere condolencesand prayers to all those fami-lies affected by the devastat-ing events inNewtown/Sandy Hook, Con-necticut,” the organizationsaid in a statement on itswebsite. “We will stand withthe community and everyoneaffected directly and indi-rectly by this tragic event aswe face the days and weeksahead.”
Checks for the United Wayfund may be mailed to SandyHook School Support Fund,c/o Newtown Savings Bank,39 Main St., Newtown, CT06470, or may be dropped offat any Newtown SavingsBank branch.
Newtown MemorialFund
Brian Mauriello, a long-time resident of Newtown,established the NewtownMemorial Fund to help withfuneral expenses and a per-manent memorial to the vic-tims. Mauriello said he was“dedicated to ensuring ourcommunity has a proper fundfor the memory of those whodid perish, and for all thoseaffected by this tragedy.”
To donate to Mauriello’sfund, checks can be mailed toNewtown Memorial Fund,P.O. Box 596, Botsford, CT06404.
My Sandy Hook FamilyFund
Established by parents of
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children who survived the at-tack, the My Sandy HookFamily Fund intends to usedonations to pay for immedi-ate needs of families who lostloved ones, including funeralservices, and ongoing livingexpenses such as food, mort-gage payments, daycare andinsurance, until families canget back on their feet.
“We ask the world to joinus not only in our grief but
also in our burning need totake some of the burdens offthese families in their time ofincredible pain,” the groupsaid on its website.
Donations can be mailed toMy Sandy Hook FamilyFund, c/o Union SavingsBank, 1 Commerce Drive,Newtown, CT 06470.
University of Connecti-cut Scholarship Fund
The University of Con-necticut established a memo-rial scholarship fund thatwill cover college costs forstudents who attend SandyHook Elementary School, aswell as siblings of thosekilled and children of teach-ers and other adults who losttheir lives.
“Newtown is in our ownstate and many of our stu-dents and alumni have ties tothose who are affected direct-ly,” UConn President SusanHerbst said in a statement.“The gift of higher educationis a transformational one. Wewant the students of SandyHook to have the opportunityto study at a top public re-search university.”
Checks can be mailed tothe UConn Foundation, 2390Alumni Drive Unit 2306,Storrs, CT 06269. Note on thecheck that the gift is for theSandy Hook School Memori-al Scholarship Fund.
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Vigil a prayerful reminder that we can do betterBy Maura Gaffney
The Plainville Citizen
A candlelight vigil inmemory of the souls lost inNewtown was held on Dec. 19at the Plainville Fire Compa-ny.
Residents came together tolight candles, to sing, to prayand to stand in support of theNewtown community.Prayers and words of com-fort were offered by firemanJim Lenois, Sr. and by firecompany chaplains, Rev.Elvin Clayton and Rev. Dr.Jim Caron.
Clayton looked to thepsalms for words of solaceand hope quoting Psalm27:13-14. “I had fainted, un-less I had believed to see thegoodness of the Lord in theland of the living. Wait onthe Lord: be of good courage,and he shall strengthen thineheart: wait, I say, on theLord.”
“I’ve been looking forgoodness. It’s hard to findgoodness in the midst ofsuch horrific circum-stances,” Clayton said. “Buteven in such a dark andpainful incident, there waslight.
He recounted the scene ofall the policemen, firemenand first responders whocame to the aid and comfortof those in Sandy Hook Ele-mentary and of the teacherswho did everything theycould to protect the children.
“There were many thingsthat brought goodness tolight there,” he said. “So on
this night, I think about thewords ‘Be of good courageand wait on the Lord’. Godwill bring strength and com-fort and healing, not only tothose in Newtown, but tothose in every town acrossAmerica and across theworld.”
Rev. Jim Caron also con-veyed his hope that peoplewill turn to God and will prayfor the victims and theirloved ones. Caron lamentedthe fact that since 1963, Godand prayer have been effec-tively removed from schoolsand public places in Ameri-ca, and yet now many ask thequestion, ‘Where was Godwhen all of this happened?’
“What we did was we gotrid of God who is light, andlight can only be replacedwith darkness and violence.When you get rid of God whois love, it can only breed ha-tred,” he said. “I encourageyou to turn your hearts backto God. For too long, we’velived in a society where theonly time we hear the nameof God is when somebodycurses him or when some-body swears. I encourage youto put God back in yourhomes. I would even chal-lenge you that maybe it’stime we put God back in ourschools. We’ve gotten rid ofhim and our land has reapedviolence. I believe it’s time tostop, and it needs to beginwith us. Please, spend timewith your families. They areso important. Love them.Love each other, because theBible does say, ‘God is love.’”
Citizen photo by Maura Gaffney
Photo by Lee Roski
Photo by Lee RoskiCitizen photo by Maura Gaffney
Dec. 23 vigil for NewtownThe town scheduled a vigil for Newtown
Sunday, Dec. 23. Because of holiday dead-lines for publication The Plainville Citizenwas unable to include its coverage of theevent in this edition. A story and photos ofthis community gathering will appear in theJan. 3, 2013 edition and will be available onour website at the plainvillecitizen.com.
A large crowd turned out in support ofNewtown during a Dec. 19 vigil held at thePlainville Fire Company. Names of theyoung victims were attached to balloonswhich were held during the vigil. The bal-loons were released as the names wereread aloud. Top photo, far right on the plat-form, Rev. Elvin Clayton, fire companychaplain, offers words of hope and heal-ing. In photo bottom left, a makeshift me-morial, of stuffed animals and flowers, atthe firehouse. In other photos, familiescame out together to show their support.
We welcome bariatric surgeonDavid H. Okolica, M.D., to our staff.
The Hospital of Central Connecticut is pleased to welcomeDr. David H. Okolica to our staff and Center for Metabolic Health.Dr. Okolica is joining us as medical director of Bariatric Surgery.As a minimally invasive bariatric surgeon, he specializes inlaparoscopic procedures, including gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomyand adjustable gastric banding.
Dr. Okolica earned his medical degree at NewYork MedicalCollege, Valhalla, N.Y. He completed a general surgery residency atBrookdale University Hospital & Medical Center, Brooklyn, N.Y., wherehe was also a chief resident. He completed a minimally invasivesurgery fellowship at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Allentown, Pa., anda bariatric surgery fellowship at Penn State Milton S. HersheyMedical Center, Hershey, Pa. For the last three years,Dr. Okolica practiced bariatric and general surgery atSacred Heart Hospital, Allentown, Pa.
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CitizenSeniors12 The Plainville CitizenThursday, December 27, 2012
Bowling resultsBowling results The Plainville Seniors’ Bowling League meets at Lau-
rel Lanes, 136 New Britain Ave., Plainville, Mondays at 1p.m. There is a cost to join, per person, per week, whichincludes three games of bowling, automatic scoring andfree weekly beverage. Bowlers of all abilities, includingbeginners, are welcome to join this league.
Bowling results for week Dec. 17:Top Female Bowler for the Week: Mary Oaks, 190 Top Male Bowler for the week: Ken Lyons, 206Turkey Club: Frank Robinson, Conrad Chasse, Al-
bert Deshaines, Jim Stuart, Sebby Bianca, Ken Lyons,Jim Ray-2, Ron Patry
Split Club: Frank Robinson, Conrad Chasse, MaryOaks-2, Lena Dibattista, Tony Rosenthal, Deanna Tino,Simmone Guimond-2, Tom Loiselle, Ron Patry, JohnDelin, Shirley Hotchkiss, Tina Wishart, Mary Caputo-2Rita Dewyea, Mary Ann Frederickson
200 Club: Ken Lyons, 206; Jim Ray, 201To receive more information or to join the league, con-
tact Frank Robinson, bowling league president, at (860)747-2918.
Participants in programsat the Plainville Senior Cen-ter, 200 East St., must be 60 orolder and be a resident ofPlainville, or be a member ofthe center, unless noted. Allprograms and events will beheld at the center, unless not-ed. For more information orto register, call the seniorcenter at (860) 747-5728.
Volunteersneeded
The Plainville Senior Cen-ter is in need of volunteer
drivers to deliver meals toPlainville homebound resi-dents. Volunteers usuallyspend one day per week,Monday through Friday,from 10:30 a.m. to noon, de-livering prepared meals tohomebound residents inPlainville. Those interestedin volunteering should callKaren, kitchen manager, atthe Plainville Senior Center,(860) 747-5728.
Snow daysWhen Plainville public
schools close due to snow, the
senior center has no meals,no dial-a-ride, no classes, nobingo, no setback tourna-ment, no band jam, but, thestaff is available and the cen-ter is open. Seniors are al-ways welcome to come to playcards, shoot pool, or socializewith friends over a cup of cof-fee. For questions call thesenior center at (860) 747-5728.
Committee onAging officers
The Committee on Aginghas announced the followingslate of officers for 2013:
Committee on Aging Meet-ings are held on the firstThursday of every month atnoon, except in July and Au-gust, when there is no meet-ing. The Committee on Agingmeetings are open to the pub-lic.
Dental clinicCommunity Health Cen-
ter, Inc. will provide a dentalclinic at the Plainville SeniorCenter on Thursday, Jan. 17,by appointment. A regis-tered dental hygienist willprovide a dental hygieneexam; dental cleaning; andother services when appro-priate. The program is in-tended for adults who havenot received dental care inthe last year and have diffi-culty accessing dental carein the community. There is acost for individuals without
insurance. Help in payingfor the dental clinic (scholar-ships) may be available forPlainville individuals overage 60, with a monthly in-come below $1,429 (single) or$1,925 (married).
Contact Stephanie or Ron-da at the senior center formore information.
Scholarships funds comefrom, in part, a grantthrough the Older Ameri-cans Act through the NorthCentral Area Agency on Ag-ing.
Call the Senior Center toschedule an appointment.
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Radiologistreceives award
Hospital of Central Con-necticut, NewBritain, radi-ologist JeanWeigert, M.D.,recently re-ceived theChampion ofExposing theSecret Awardfrom Are YouDense, Inc.
The award was presentedat the Are You Dense Mu-sicFest held at QuassyAmusement Park in Middle-
bury. It recognizes Weigert’sresearch of breast ultra-sound screenings for womenwhose mammograms indi-cate dense breasts.
Her study findings indi-cate a potentially increasedability to diagnose breastcancers that might not havebeen seen on screeningmammograms alone. Thestudy was prompted by astate law that requires breastdensity information be in-cluded in mammography re-ports. An article she co-au-thored about study findingswill appear in an upcomingissue of The Breast Journal.
Weigert also led a study on
multicenter breast-specificgamma imaging, which candistinguish non-cancerousor benign tissue from cancerand locate lesions as small astwo to three millimeters.Weigert was a primary au-thor for an article related tothis published in AmericanJournal of Radiology. Thearticle discusses BSGI’s val-ue as an additional test forpatients with inconclusivemammogram or ultrasoundresults.
Are You Dense, Inc. in-forms about dense breast tis-sue as it relates to breast can-cer’s early detection.
New partnershipWith resources from its
“Partnership Program,”Foodshare has worked withPrudence Crandall Centerto help them purchase a newrefrigerator. This will elimi-nate over-packing of the re-frigerator and allow clientsto store food properly.
Prudence Crandall Centerprovides caring support,beneficial information andindividual advocacy to men,women and children who arevictims of domestic vio-lence. They also provideemergency shelter to womenand their children who are
victims of domestic vio-lence, while educating ourcommunity on how to reduceand eliminate domestic vio-lence.
In addition to this recentcollaboration, Foodshareprovided 3,880 pounds offood to Prudence CrandallCenter over the past year tosupport its work to feedthose individuals and fami-lies experiencing food inse-curity in New Britain andsurrounding towns.
Foodshare’s “PartnershipProgram” was created by the
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15CitizenSportsThe Plainville CitizenThursday, December 27, 2012
Another action-packed year comes to a closeHighlights: State title No. 8 for PHS baseball,
Niko returns to Super Bowl, plug pulled on Pay-to-ParticipateBy Nick Carroll
The Plainville Citizen
They’re No. 1: First-year coach Lou Mandev-ille led the PHS baseball team to the CIAC ClassM state tournament. The Blue Devils topped Had-dam-Killingworth, 3-1, in the title game. The statecrown is PHS baseball’s eighth ... PHS wrestlerDoreen Barbagallo placed first at the all-girl NewEngland tournament ... PHS track star Adam Fos-ter bested his 200 meter competition at the CIACClass M meet ... PHS shot putter Alle Caponigroout-threw the field at the Central ConnecticutConference South Division meet ... PHS swimmerMegan Farmer won the 50 freestyle at the CCCSouth meet, and joined Nicole Basile, MollySchade and Sydney McGough to best the medleyrelay field at the event. Teammate Taylor Rogerswon the 500 freestyle.
Milestones: PHS wrestler Brian Lister record-ed his 100th career victory. He also did great workin the classroom, and was named an AcademicAll-American ... Kristi Pratt became the first PHScheerleader ever to earn All-State accolades. Shenow cheers at UConn... PHS swimmer AndrewRottier smashed the school record in the 200-yardindividual medley with a time of 2:03.95. The pre-vious record had stood since 1996 ... For the firsttime in several years, PHS had enough runners tofield a girls cross country team.
Streaks snapped: For the first time in nineyears, the PHS girls soccer team failed to qualify Said in 2012 ...
“It’s something I felt a lot of people in thepublic felt was wrong. I do believe that no onewas happy when we had to initiate it. It feelslike we’re righting a wrong.”
—BOE Chairwoman Andrea Saunders follow-ing the board’s 6-3 vote to rescind Pay-to-Partici-pate.
“The percentage of girls that wrestle is verysmall. You’re lucky if you’ve got three or fourin the whole state. So the fact that she got tocompete against girls in her weight class, fromall over New England, that’s pretty big. Andshe’s better than any of them.”
– PHS wrestling coach Rusty Spence speakingof Doreen Barbagallo.
“It was a little bit of an out of body experi-ence the first couple of days of practice. I saidto myself ‘I can’t believe this is actually hap-pening’. It’s a lot of fun. I’m enjoying everyminute of it. The kids have welcomed me, andthings have gotten off to a great start.”
– PHS baseball coach Lou Mandeville on tak-ing the reins of the team.
Photo by Matt Leidemer
The PHS girls soccer team’s long streak ofqualifying for the state tournament wassnapped this fall. The Lady Blue Devils’ Car-ly Martino is pictured.
Photo by Matt Leidemer
The 2012 PHS baseball team secured the pro-gram’s eighth state championship. Pictured:The Blue Devils’ Marc DeMartinis roundssecond base during Plainville’s CIAC ClassM state title clash with Haddam-Killingworth.
Photo by Patrick Matthews
PHS wrestler Doreen Barbagallo, pictured,walked away with a championship at the all-girl New England tournament last winter.
for the state tournament ... The PHS boys soccerteam came up short on its quest to claim a thirdstraight Central Connecticut Conference SouthDivision title.
Changes: Baseball coach Lou Mandeville andwrestling coach Rusty Spence took the reins oftheir respective programs ... Randy Doucette re-tired from coaching the PHS swim teams. ChrisZagorski now navigates the boys team ... Installedin 2010 to help balance the school budget, Pay-to-Participate is no more. The policy required PHSand MSP students to turn over a fee in order tocompete in athletics. At its Jan. 9 meeting, theBoard of Education decided by a 6-3 vote to re-scind Pay-to-Participate, effective immediately ...The PHS tennis courts received a long overduemakeover.
Award-winners: Tony Lo Pizzo was PHS’sRobert R. Cassidy Outstanding Male Athleteaward-winner ... Alle Caponigro earned PHS’sWilliam F. Cassidy Outstanding Female Athlete
award ... The PHS Athletic Backers’ Male Athleteof the Year awards went to Brian Lister andMegan Johnson ... Alexis Rodriguez and Kather-ine Willard were PHS’s Connecticut Associationof Schools (CAS) Scholar-Athlete award win-ners... PHS’s Katy Dressel was named a state fi-nalist for the Wendy’s High School HeismanAward.
Alum watch: PHS basketball’s all-time scoringleader Desiree Pina wrapped up her college ca-
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PHSContinued from page 15
reer at Fairfield University.Pina never missed a game inher Fairfield career andstarted 127 of the 128 gamesshe played, the most in Fair-field history. She graduated15th all-time at Fairfield inpoints (1,343), eighth in freethrows made (313), and 10thin 3-point field goals made(108) along with an impres-sive career assist-turnoverratio of 1.33 ... PHS alumnusNiko Koutouvides, a memberof the New England Patriots,played in his second SuperBowl ... Racing legend TedChristopher, a PHS alumnus,bested the field at the UNOHShowdown, an all-star racealso featuring the WhelenSouthern Modified Tour ...The Plainville High SchoolSports Hall of Fame wel-comed a new class. TheHall’s newest members areEarl Snyder, Brian Biskupi-ak, Jeff Sengle, RichardBuchanan, Jeffrey Palmerand Mary (Boiczyk) West-kott. Also, the 1983 and 1984state championship baseballteams were honored ... PHSalumnus Bob Peckrul en-tered the Berlin High SchoolAthletic Hall of Fame ...Freshman Lexxi Carroll, aPHS alumna, helped theSouthern New HampshireUniversity women’s soccerteam capture its first NEC-10tournament championship,which earned it a spot in theNCAA tournament ... PHSalum Daquan King, a fresh-
2012Continued from page 15
“With Seattle, everythingkind of flew by. I was young.I was expecting maybe to goback again. When you’reyoung, you just go out thereand play. You think you’re in-vincible. You think thatyou’ll be back and have thesame success. As you get old-er you come to realize howhard it really is to make it tothe Super Bowl, how manythings have to go right. It’s arecipe that’s hard to come by.
– PHS alumnus NikoKoutouvides speaking aboutcompeting in his second Su-per Bowl.
Umpires soughtThe Connecticut Board of Approved Baseball Umpires,
Hartford Chapter, is looking for umpires for the 2013 highschool and summer seasons. The board is an organizationdedicated to providing professional baseball umpires to serv-ice 43 public, parochial and private high schools in 31 townsand cities in the greater central Connecticut area for fresh-man, junior varsity and varsity games. They also provideumpiring services to numerous leagues throughout thespring, summer and fall.
Classes begin Wednesday, Jan. 9, and run for 10 weeks, atLP Wilson Community Center in Windsor.
For more information, contact Jim Kayan at (860) 335-7935;[email protected].
man member of the South-ern Connecticut State Uni-versity men’s soccer team,was named to the NEC-10All-Rookie team.
This and that: The fifthannual General Electric 5KRoad Race benefitting thePetit Family Foundationdrew more than 3,000 run-ners and walkers to town ...Last winter, wrestlers hit themat with new weight classesput in place by the NationalFederation of State HighSchool Associations ... A Na-tional Federation of State
High School Associationsbaseball rule adopted by theConnecticut InterscholasticAthletic Association re-quires that all non-woodbats meet the Batted Ball Co-efficient of Restitution (BB-COR) performance stan-dard, which is used by theNCAA. Metal BBCOR batshave a smaller sweet spotand a reduced trampoline ef-fect. The new rule went intoeffect last spring ... Pop
“July 23 will be the fifthanniversary of a very tragicevent when we lost Jennifer,Hayley and Michaela. Iknow they’re looking downupon you and thankful foreverything you all do.”
– PHS alumnus Dr.William Petit addressing thecrowd at the annual GE/Petitrace.
“We will be a team to bereckoned with next year.We’re bringing back almosteveryone. After a season likethis with the losses that weencountered, we’re going tobe unstoppable next year.”
– PHS boys soccer coachTim Brown after his team’searly state tournament exit.
“[The Berlin people] wereall over me from the firstpitch and I was loving it. Iwasn’t playing. That crowdcould yell anything theywanted at me. They weren’tgoing to rattle me, and myplayers that night would beable to do what they did best– above the pressure of anycrowd and that was to playthe Plainville way; hard,clean and aggressive, bluecollar ... What a night! I wonan Oscar and our programhad secured back-to-backchampionships.”
-Former PHS baseballcoach Ron Jones speaking atthe PHS Hall of Fame ban-quet.
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File photo
PHS’s Adam Foster, pictured in action last spring,claimed the 200 meter championship at the CIACClass M state meet.
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Road warrior
Plainville HighSchool alumna
Sarah Tannercompleted the
PhiladelphiaMarathon Nov.
18. The 22-year-old navigated the26.2-mile coursein a time of 4:37.
Tanner competedin indoor and
outdoor track atPHS. (Submitted
photo.)
“The best memories I haveare the kids I’ve had andtheir parents. Coaching likethis means you give up yourlife for them in-season; theybecome your life. If you’re
PHSContinued from page 16
Warner made news this pastoffseason when it announcedit would limit the amount,and type, of contact playersmay be subjected to duringpractice ... The 2nd U.S. Cir-cuit Court of Appeals agreedwith U.S. District Judge Ste-fan Underhill, who found in2010 that competitive cheer-leading cannot – at least not
2012Continued from page 16
willing to give up a lot, to dothis the right way – 24/7 forthe kids – then it turnsaround and becomes the bestthing, which is that your lifebelongs to them ... This hasbeen my hobby, my passionand it’s what I always want-ed to do.”
– Recently retired PHSswim coach Randy Doucette.
yet – be considered a varsitysport under Title IX, the 1972federal law that requiresequal opportunities for menand women in academics ...The Plainville Colts JuniorPee Wee football team cap-tured the Northern Con-necticut Pop Warner Bowlchampionship ... PHS girlsbasketball and softball coachJen Micowski was inductedinto the Southington SportsHall of Fame.
Happy New Year!
Library BriefsThe Plainville Public Li-
brary is located at 56 E. MainSt. All programs are held atthe library unless otherwiseindicated. Hours are Mondaythrough Thursday, 10 a.m. to9 p.m., children’s room, 10a.m. to 8 p.m.; Fridays andSaturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.For more information, callthe adult department, (860)793-1446, or the children’s de-partment, (860) 793-1450.
Friends’ bookdiscussion
The Friends of thePlainville Public LibraryBook Discussion will be heldTuesday, Jan. 22, at 7 p.m. atthe library. This month’sbook will be The Submissionby Amy Waldman. When aMuslim architect wins ablind contest to design aGround Zero Memorial, acity of eleven million peopletakes notice. The book ex-plores a diversity of view-points around this fictionalevent, bringing in politi-cians, businessmen, journal-ists, activists, and normalpeople whose lives – whetherby happenstance, choice oreven due to their country oforigin – get caught up in thecontroversy.
For more information callthe library at (860) 793-1446.
StorytimeThe fall session of story-
times finished the week ofDec. 10. Storytimes will re-sume the week of Jan. 28. In-stead of a regular on Tues-day, Dec. 11 the Family Story-time will be making orna-ments and decorating thetree in the children’s room.Everyone is welcome to comeand join in.
Family moviematinee
The movie to be shown forthe Family Move Matineewill be Adventures of Bailey:Christmas Hero on Thursday,Dec. 27, at 2:30 p.m. It’sChristmas time at the Bakerhousehold and Bailey is at itagain. He’s worried he won’tget any presents from Santa
because he’s been a bad dog-gie. Popcorn will be served.
Magic showMagician Chick Kelman
will be at the library on Fri-day, Dec. 28, at 2 p.m. to bringsome magic to the Christmasvacation. The drop-in pro-gram is free for kids of allages.
Model collecting
Photo courtesy of the Plainville Public Library
Plainville resident, Donald Nourse, has collectedmodel trains, boats and cars for the last 60 years.Part of his collection, including a Christmas trolley,will be on display at the Plainville Public Library, 56E. Main St., through the month of December.
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CitizenCalendar18 The Plainville CitizenThursday, December 27, 2012
Clubs and organizations:Send your announcementsabout regular meetings and spe-cial events to [email protected] or The PlainvilleCitizen, P.O. Box 57, Plainville,CT 06062. Questions? Call us at(860) 620-5960.
Dec.27 Thursday
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.
Movie matinee - Themovie to be shown for theFamily Move Matinee willbe Adventures of Bailey:Christmas Hero on Thurs-day, Dec. 27 at 2:30 p.m. at thePlainville Public Library, 56E. Main St. It’s Christmastime at the Baker household
and Bailey is at it again.He’s worried he won’t getany presents from Santa be-cause he’s been a bad doggie.Popcorn will be served.
28 Friday
Fife and Drum Corps— The Connecticut PatriotsSenior Ancient Fife andDrum Corps meets Fridays,at 7 p.m., at the MiddleSchool of Plainville, 150Northwest Drive. Informa-tion: Phyllis Thompson,P.O. Box 243, Plainville, CT06062 or call (860) 621-6090.
Magic show - MagicianChick Kelman will be at thePlainville Public Library, 56E. Main St., on Friday, Dec.28, at 2 p.m. to bring somemagic to the Christmas vaca-tion. The drop-in program isfree for kids of all ages.
29 Saturday
Historic center — Tours
of the Plainville HistoricCenter, 29 Pierce St., areavailable Wednesdays andSaturdays, noon to 2:30 p.m.The office is open Mondaysand Wednesdays, from 9a.m. to noon. The shop, of-fering many unique gifts, isalso open during tour hours.Information: call the his-toric center, (860) 747-6577.
Kwanzaa celebration -The Queen Ann Nzinga Cen-ter, Inc. presents its 23rd an-nual Kwanzaa Celebrationon Saturday, Dec. 29, 7 p.m.All are invited to attend thisyear’s festivities at the his-toric Trinity-on-Main, 69Main St, New Britain. Thereis a fee to attend. Kwanzaa,an African-American holi-day observed each winter,encourages the traditionalvalues of family, communi-ty, responsibility, commerceand self-improvement. Formore information visit atwww.nzingasdaughers.comor [email protected].
31 Monday
Rotary Club — PlainvilleRotary Club meets at 12:15p.m. Mondays at J. Timo-thy’s Taverne, 143 NewBritain Ave. Information:call Guy Doyon at (860) 793-4113.
Plainville Choral Soci-ety — The Plainville ChoralSociety rehearses Mondays,7 to 9:30 p.m., at the GloriaDei Church, 355 Camp St.,Bristol. Information: callMal Cummings, at (860) 747-5695, or Maureen Deming, at(860) 559-9781.
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Historic center — Toursof the Plainville HistoricCenter, 29 Pierce St., areavailable Wednesdays andSaturdays, noon to 2:30 p.m.
The office is open Mondaysand Wednesdays, from 9a.m. to noon. The shop, of-fering many unique gifts, isalso open during tour hours.Information: call the his-toric center, (860) 747-6577.
Food for Friends — TheFood for Friends free mealis served at Church of OurSaviour, 115 W. Main St.,from 5 to 6:30 p.m., everyWednesday of the month.
Open mike night — Anacoustic open mike night isheld at Church of Our Sav-iour, 115 W. Main St.Plainville, every firstWednesday of the monthfrom 7 to 10 p.m. Thisfolk/country-western pro-gram has been running formore than a year and localentertainers as well as manyfrom throughout Connecti-cut have been performing ona regular basis. This is a funevening for a very low ad-mission fee and refresh-ments are available. Atten-dees are encouraged tobring non-perishable fooditems for the Plainville Com-munity Food Pantry. Pro-ceeds benefit Church of OurSaviour and its outreachprograms. Potential per-formers can contact [email protected] .
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Closed forholiday
All Plainville schools willclose for the New Year’s holi-day period. School will re-sume on Wednesday, Jan. 2.
All Board of Education of-fices will be closed for theholidays on Jan. 1.
Resident helpsIn 2008, Eastern Con-
necticut State University’sCenter for Early ChildhoodEducation, Willimantic,was awarded a three-year,$3.9 million Early ReadingFirst grant from the U.S.Department of Educationto implement the Commu-nity Partners for Early Lit-eracy project. Eastern wasone of only 31 agencies andpublic school districtsthroughout the UnitedStates to be chosen for “Ear-ly Reading First” grants out
of nearly 400 applicants.In partnership with the
Windham Early ChildhoodCenter (part of the WindhamPublic Schools) and theChild and Family Develop-ment Resource Center atEastern, the CECE providedprofessional developmentand literacy coaching to 50teachers and paraprofession-als and supported families inengaging in literacy activi-ties at home.
The CPEL program helpedapproximately 600 preschool-age children in Willimanticand provided Eastern under-graduate and graduate stu-dents from various majorswith important experientiallearning opportunities. Thestudents worked as oral lan-guage assessors, classroomsubstitutes and literacy kitmanagers, and were consid-ered critical to the project’ssuccess.
Christopher Varano ‘12 of
Magical moment
Photo courtesy of Gina M. West
Happy holidays from the West family of Plainville:Fred, Gina, Tyler, Benjamin, Andrew, Alyssa andBrendan West.
Plainville, participated as anoral language assessor andclassroom substitute for theproject.
Open houseTalcott Mountain Acade-
my, Avon, will offer an openhouse Saturday, Jan. 12 andagain on Saturday, Feb. 9.Families interested in learn-ing more about the acade-my’s integrated curriculum,small class sizes, a variety ofteaching styles and the inter-disciplinaryand collabora-tive methods encouraged by
the teachers and staff shouldplan to attend from 10:30 a.m.until noon. The tour beginspromptly at 10:30 a.m.
For more information orto sign up for the OpenHouse, call the Academy at(860)677-0035 or www.talcot-tacademy.org.
Volunteersneeded
Plainville CommunitySchools are in need of volun-teers for a variety of pro-grams. Adult volunteers areneeded to serve as mentors,
tutors and classroom helpersin each of the schools inPlainville. Volunteers areasked to give approximatelyone hour per week during theschool year. If you are inter-ested in paying it forward inyour community and makinga difference in the life of aPlainville student, please con-tact Sue Bradley, VolunteerCoordinator, Plainville Com-munity Schools, by phone at(860) 793-3210, ext. 212 or viaemail [email protected].
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organization’s board of di-rectors to expand the work ofFoodshare’s local food pantry,community kitchen, andshelter partners in areas crit-ical to Foodshare’s goal ofending hunger in the region.Funds to support this part-nership come in part fromthe annual Walk AgainstHunger, from which Food-share sets aside 5 percent ofall donations for this pur-pose.
HealthContinued from page 13
Blood pressurescreening
On Wednesday, Jan. 9, 10to 11 a.m., the ConnecticutCenter for Healthy Aging willhold a free blood pressurescreening at the Stop & Shop,at 1309 Corbin Ave., NewBritain.
Stop into the pharmacy toget a blood pressure and afree consultation by the reg-istered nurse.
The Connecticut Centerfor Healthy Aging sponsorsthis screening on the secondWednesday of every month.
HelpContinued from page 10
lished an informational hot-line for people or businessesthat want to assist the vic-tims of the Sandy Hook Ele-mentary School shooting. As-sistance may include vic-tims’ assistance agencies,counselors, religious or min-istry services, dog therapy
and transportation services.For more information, con-
tact the hotline by dialing211.
United States Postal Ser-vice
The U.S. Postal Service hasset up a special post officebox for the public to send itscondolences to Newtown.Letters and cards can be sentto P.O. Box 3700, Newtown, CT06470.
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down the south end workingwith an instrument mountedon a tripod. He was PhilO’Brien of O’Brien Associ-ates and let me snap his pic-ture as he worked. In the pho-to we are looking south. The‘X’ is actually a light to warnpilots away while we wereclosed.
Looking north you get
some feeling of the length ofthe property. The terminaland other buildings looksmall indeed down that 3,000odd foot strip.
Wow! It was cold, but I washappy to get right to the cen-ter of the work area.
As I write this, planes arescheduled to start returningto their “tie down” spots onDec. 9. They have spent theweeks during the resurfacingproject at Meriden MarkhamAirport and other venues.
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The Town of Plainville Plan-ning and Zoning Commis-sion will conduct a PublicHearing Tuesday, January8, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. at thePlainville Municipal Center,One Central Square,Plainville, CT to considerthe following items:
Special Exception for Con-necticut Motor Cars to per-mit a 21,420 square footLuxury Motor Coach Salesand Service facility at 90Town Line Road in aRestricted Industrial Zone.
Special Exception forMichael Zipp to permit con-version of 14,548 squarefeet of vacant warehousespace into an indoor recre-ational facility and to reducethe number of requiredparking spaces for multipleuses at 75 Farmington Val-ley Drive in a RestrictedIndustrial Zone.
The files are available forpublic inspection at theDepartment of TechnicalServices in the PlainvilleMunicipal Center.
At this hearing, interestedpersons may appear and beheard, and written commu-nications may be received.
Any person requiring spe-cial assistance in order toattend and/or participate inthis public hearing may callthe Department of TechnicalServices at (860) 793-0221before noon on Friday, Jan-uary 4, 2013.
Respectfully submitted,David Thompson,Secretary,Planning and Zoning Commission
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