By Ruth S. Hummel Special to The Citizen Lola Wishart shot her bubble gum clear across the stage and into the music pit, much to Peter Peluso’s as- tonishment and the audi- ence’s delight. That was not in the script! Lola was doing the part of “Ernestine Money” an “available gal,” in “Hello, Dolly!” in a bright yellow dress, red wig and long white gloves. This is only one of the great stories I found when interviewing cast members and other folks important to the Plainville Choral Soci- ety. This group, which draws 275 to 400 people to a per- formance, was started in 1970 by Ron Pelkey, a local music teacher, with Gun- nard Swanson as accompa- nist. Larry Davis also ac- companied the group for awhile. Enter the Pelusos, Mary- jane and Peter: Maryjane ap- plied for the job as accompa- nist and was quickly hired in 1973 and has been there ever since. Peter joined the group as a choral member previously to that but was hired as director the follow- ing year. I sat down with Maryjane and Peter this month, curi- ous about the running and happenings of the group. It turned out to be anything but a serous interview but with a wealth of wonderful stories and information and lots of laughs. Phone calls to longtime cast members or behind-the- scenes workers brought out stories of mishaps and/or hard work that makes the society one of the best. It is constantly changing as time changes. Peter Peluso told me that it is extremely unusual for a group such as this to thrive for 40 years. Trudy Kajenka joined the group at the very beginning but then dropped out for 10 years to raise her family. She told me of problems when they produced “Fin- ian’s Rainbow.” She and oth- ers drove to the theatrical district in New York City to purchase “explosive pow- der” needed for a scene. This Volume 9, Number 10 Plainville’s Only Weekly Newspaper Thursday, March 11, 2010 The Plainville C it it iz iz en Plainville Choral Society: Happy 40th Birthday Daylight-Saving Time: Citizen photo by Robin Lee Michel John Stepeck, who at 98 is the oldest bowler in the Plainville Senior Center Bowling League, started bowling at age 13 at a candlestick bowling facility where he also had a job setting up the slim pins by hand for 3 cents a game. Age no barrier to 98-year-old bowler Council listens to residents’ views on proposed budgets Turn clocks ahead one hour at 2 a.m. Sunday! Maryjane, Peter Peluso Photo courtesyof Ruth Bernadt The Plainville Choral Society presents several major shows each year. In May 2008, “Beauty and the Beast” cast members included, from left to right, Lola Wishart, Nick Zaleski, Dave Brown, Foster White and Michael Fox. See Choral, page 28 By Robin Lee Michel The Plainville Citizen It would take a mathemati- cian to calculate how many pins John Stepeck has knocked down in the past eight decades he has been bowling. He has not let his 98 years nor his walker slow down his form and accuracy. At Monday’s gathering of the Senior Center Bowling League at Laurel Lanes, Ste- peck scored several strikes. With a fist pump and two hoots, he celebrated the per- fect frame. “He’s just show- ing off,” one of his team- mates said, teasing the oldest member in the league. Each Monday, Stepeck comes from See Bowler, page 15 By Robin Lee Michel The Plainville Citizen After watching the town manager and superintendent of schools present the pro- posed municipal and school budgets for fiscal year 2010- 11, 18 residents stepped up to the lectern at the March 4 public hearing, some with questions or criticism and others voicing their support. Many speakers said their spouse or other family mem- bers have been out of work for as long as a year. “We moved here six years ago; the primary reason was the school system,” said Ali- cia Mello, a Plainville parent. “If we don’t invest in our fu- ture, that speaks to our fu- ture. If we don’t have new families moving in, where is revenue going to come from?” Town Manager Robert E. Lee’s proposed budget totaled $14,883,243. The Board of Ed- See Residents, page 28
Transcript
By Ruth S. HummelSpecial to The Citizen
Lola Wishart shot herbubble gum clear across thestage and into the music pit,much to Peter Peluso’s as-tonishment and the audi-ence’s delight. That was notin the script!
Lola was doing the part of“Ernestine Money” an“available gal,” in “Hello,Dolly!” in a bright yellowdress, red wig and longwhite gloves.
This is only one of thegreat stories I found wheninterviewing cast membersand other folks important tothe Plainville Choral Soci-ety.
This group, which draws275 to 400 people to a per-formance, was started in1970 by Ron Pelkey, a localmusic teacher, with Gun-nard Swanson as accompa-nist. Larry Davis also ac-
companied the group forawhile.
Enter the Pelusos, Mary-jane and Peter: Maryjane ap-plied for the job as accompa-nist and was quickly hiredin 1973 and has been thereever since. Peter joined thegroup as a choral member
previously to that but washired as director the follow-ing year.
I sat down with Maryjane
and Peter this month, curi-ous about the running andhappenings of the group. Itturned out to be anything
but a serous interview butwith a wealth of wonderfulstories and information andlots of laughs.
Phone calls to longtimecast members or behind-the-scenes workers brought outstories of mishaps and/orhard work that makes thesociety one of the best. It isconstantly changing as timechanges.
Peter Peluso told me thatit is extremely unusual for agroup such as this to thrivefor 40 years.
Trudy Kajenka joined thegroup at the very beginningbut then dropped out for 10years to raise her family.She told me of problemswhen they produced “Fin-ian’s Rainbow.” She and oth-ers drove to the theatricaldistrict in New York City topurchase “explosive pow-der” needed for a scene. This
Volume 9, Number 10 Plainville’s Only Weekly Newspaper Thursday, March 11, 2010
John Stepeck, who at 98 is the oldest bowler in thePlainville Senior Center Bowling League, startedbowling at age 13 at a candlestick bowling facilitywhere he also had a job setting up the slim pins byhand for 3 cents a game.
Age no barrier to 98-year-old bowler Council listens to residents’views on proposed budgets
Turn clocks ahead onehour at 2 a.m. Sunday!
Maryjane, Peter Peluso Photo courtesyof Ruth Bernadt
The Plainville Choral Society presents several majorshows each year. In May 2008, “Beauty and the Beast”cast members included, from left to right, LolaWishart, Nick Zaleski, Dave Brown, Foster White andMichael Fox.
See Choral, page 28
By Robin Lee MichelThe Plainville Citizen
It would take a mathemati-cian to calculate how manypins John Stepeck hasknocked down in the pasteight decades he has beenbowling. He has not let his 98years nor his walker slowdown his form and accuracy.At Monday’s gathering of theSenior Center BowlingLeague at Laurel Lanes, Ste-peck scored several strikes.
With a fist pump and twohoots, he celebrated the per-fect frame. “He’s just show-ing off,” one of his team-mates said, teasing the oldestmember in the league. EachMonday, Stepeck comes from
See Bowler, page 15
By Robin Lee MichelThe Plainville Citizen
After watching the townmanager and superintendentof schools present the pro-posed municipal and schoolbudgets for fiscal year 2010-11, 18 residents stepped up tothe lectern at the March 4public hearing, some withquestions or criticism andothers voicing their support.Many speakers said theirspouse or other family mem-bers have been out of workfor as long as a year.
“We moved here six yearsago; the primary reason wasthe school system,” said Ali-cia Mello, a Plainville parent.“If we don’t invest in our fu-ture, that speaks to our fu-
ture. If we don’t have newfamilies moving in, where isrevenue going to comefrom?”
Town Manager Robert E.Lee’s proposed budget totaled$14,883,243. The Board of Ed-
See Residents, page 28
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Board of Education okays buscompany’s five year contract
By Robin Lee MichelThe Plainville Citizen
The Plainville Board of Ed-ucation approved 7-0 the five-year contract with DATTCO,the New Britain-based com-pany that provides school bustransportation to local stu-dents. The school board, withmembers Kirby Deegan andBarbara Willard absent,made the decision at Mondaynight’s meeting held atPlainville High School.
The contract’s one-year ex-tension at a cost increase of 3percent was previously de-nied. Company and school of-ficials worked together toreach an agreement theyboth liked resulting in a 1percent increase for the 2010-11 year and a 3 percent in-crease in each of the remain-ing four years of the five-yearcontract, which runs fromJuly 1, 2010 to June 30, 2015.Last year, DATTCO had notincreased the cost ofPlainville transportationservices.
Bus transportation, in-cluding special educationtransport to out-of-townschools, costs the district ap-proximately $1.5 million eachyear, said Richard E.Carmelich III, director of fi-nance and operations for thePlainville school district.
During the past two years,school and DATTCO officialshave worked toward resolv-ing several issues includingover-hour billing for regularruns. At the Feb. 2 meeting ofthe Plainville Parent Adviso-ry Committee, company rep-resentatives addressed safetyconcerns and fielded ques-
tions. Their presence anddiscussion at the specialmeeting was impressive, sev-eral board members com-mented.
“They went above and be-
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B r i a nCooke, ofP l a i nv i l l e ,will be trav-eling to Haitito join a teamin rebuildingprojects froma hospital tohomes andschools. The current projectunder way needing the mostattention is a hospital inSaint-Marc just outside thecapital of Port-au-Prince.
This hospital has been ap-proved for reconstructionand has already been rein-forced with walls and ceil-ings. It will soon becomeonly the second hospital inthis city that had more than270,000 people prior to the 7.0magnitude earthquake,
which occurred on Jan. 12,and is growing in numbers ofrefugees relocating daily. “Itis a great need for this city,”Cooke said. The hospital hasmany needs to bring it to fullcompletion; one wing is cur-rently close to completionbut windows, doors andbathroom fixtures are stillneeded, along with skilledtradesmen for installations.Beds, sheets and pillows arestill needed after construc-tion. All these materials cur-rently can be bought in Haitibut funding is needed.
Cooke, 37, will be going tovolunteer as a worker forthree months and would liketo bring finances that wouldhelp to buy many of the ma-terials needed for this proj-ect and others. Cooke, who is
in construction, feels hisskills will be an asset on thevarious projects.
A benefit event for theHaiti project will be held onSt. Patrick’s Day, Wednesday,March 17, 6 to 11 p.m., at J.Timothy’s, New Britain Av-enue, Plainville. Appetizerswill be provided, there willbe a cash bar and a donationwill be suggested. Entertain-ment will include an array ofacoustic players with arange of styles and soundswith musicians Jay Mar,John Cooke, Brian Minerly,and a few other guests.
For information on sup-porting Cooke’s relief ef-forts, contact him [email protected] or(860) 888-3419.
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The General Federation ofWomen’s Clubs of Connecti-cut is sponsoring its annualstatewide art contest for highschool seniors. PlainvilleHigh School seniors who willbe participating includeEmily Shapcott, Krystal Co-lagiovanni, Charda Allen,Katlin Hermann, SandraReyes-Illanes, Valerie Knapp,Ivana Schulman, VictoriaSabel, Melanie Saavedra,Mercurio Evangelista, Melis-sa Avery, Jillian Potz, AdrianToporski, Tiana Saraceno,
Kaitlyn Bouchard, JamieAllen and Alan Salazar. Theyare students of art instruc-tor, Anne Pingpank.
Judging is scheduled totake place, Saturday, March13 at the Alzheimer’s Re-source Center of Connecti-cut, 1261 S. Main St. inPlantsville, with a publicviewing and reception Sun-day, March 14, from 1 to 4 p.m.Monetary awards are givenfor best in show on the basisof artistic promise.
The Woman’s Club ofPlainville welcomes stu-dents, families and the pub-lic to the reception.
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Every year, the federalgovernment distributes
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“I am committed to help-ing achieve a complete andaccurate count of our grow-ing and changing populationin 2010,” Boukus said. “Cen-sus data affect us all, whichmeans achieving a completeand accurate count is essen-tial.”
The 10-question census isto gather information abouthow many people are livingin or visiting that specificresidence on April 1. House-
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The actual resultswere: USA — 37 medals;Germany — 30 medals;Canada — 26 medals;Norway — 23 medals;and Austria — 16 medals
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Gov. M. Jodi Rell an-nounced March 7 that a 2.9-mile stretch of Interstate 84in Plainville and Southingtonis part of nearly 163 miles ofstate highways due to receivea facelift under a $50 millionresurfacing program expect-ed to gain approval when thestate Bond Commissionmeets March 16.
The section of I-84 to beresurfaced runs from theRoute 10 overpass to theRoute 536 overpass. In all, thestate is resurfacing 162.95miles of highway – and whenstretches of two-lane high-way are factored in, a total of209.08 miles of highway willreceive new pavement.
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Historical eventabout railroad
The Plainville HistoricalSociety, 29 Pierce St., willpresent “The Railroad inPlainville: Past to Present.”This program by GaryRuzbasan will follow the his-tory and influence of the rail-road on Plainville and thetown’s development. The pro-gram will be held at the his-toric center on Tuesday,March 16, at 7 p.m. The his-
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For more information, callthe historical center at (860)747-6577.
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The Plainville MemorialDay Parade Committee will
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Then Lt. Col. CassandraHuchko, of Plainville, waspromoted to full Colonel andassumed command of theConnecticut Wing on Feb. 21during a formal ceremonypresided over by fellow CAPofficers including the NorthEast Region CommanderColonel Christopher Haydenas well as a number of pastConnecticut Wing Comman-ders. More than 100 Con-necticut Civil Air Patrol vol-
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The Plainville RecreationDepartment will be sponsor-ing dog obedience classes.The first class will be heldwithout the dog on Saturday,March 27, 9 to 10 a.m. The re-maining six classes with dogwill be held on Saturdays at 9to 10 a.m. All classes are heldat Norton Park. The classesteach basic dog obedience be-havior and control as well asinsight on behavior problemsfor ages 6 months and up. Allvaccinations must be cur-rent.
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Boating coursestarts in April
The Plainville RecreationDepartment is sponsoring afive-week public boatingcourse, personal water craftclass included. Completingand passing the boating andPWC course will qualify par-ticipants for a state certifi-cate for both. Classes will beheld on Fridays, startingApril 9, from 6 to 8 p.m., at therecreation department office,50 Whiting St. To register,call (860) 747-6022.
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CommentaryPlainville Lentenservices
The Plainville Conferenceof Churches Lenten serviceswill be held on Thursdayevenings at 7 p.m. and will befollowed with a light recep-tion. This is an opportunityto get to know the church“neighbors” and observe theLenten season. Services willbe offered on the followingdates:
March 11 Host: GraceLutheran Church, 222 Farm-ington Ave., the Rev. AudreyScanlan
March 18 Host: TrinityCovenant, 59 Trumbull Ave.,the Rev. Claire Bamberg
March 25 Host: Congrega-tional Church of Plainville,130 W. Main St., the Rev. RussWaldmann
By Tiana WellesSpecial to The Citizen
Are you a lucky person?Do things seem to go rightfor you? Do you win at rafflesregularly and always hit thesales at the exact right time?March is our month to eatLucky Charms and weargreen and hope we have the“luck o’ the Irish” upon us.
But what is luck, anyway?What causes it? Some peoplewill say “positive thinkingcauses good things to follow.”I agree to a point, but in thiscase, we’re more likely tohave a few good things hap-pen and then start to think,“I’m a lucky person!”
Luck is a word that con-cerns me because it takesGod’s help right out of thepicture. It assigns credit for ablessing to a nebulous“force” that might be God; ormight not be. The Bible saysin Psalm 33:5, “The earth is
full of the goodness of theLord.” Folks, every goodthing that happens in thisworld is from God. He worksthrough people, but He is notlimited by us, either. His loveis everywhere, surroundingevery tree, every flower,every animal. Yes, “TheForce” in real life is actuallyGod’s love, ready to moveinto every situation if wewill stop and acknowledgeHis presence and let it flow.
Luck is for people whodon’t know God. It is His loveimpacting their life eventhough they don’t know it. Ifyou know God, take a step upin your thinking. It’s notluck, it’s God’s love! To ac-knowledge the Creator whogave you a gift seems like anatural thing to do. Don’tyou like it when your boss orloved one says about you,“They did this for me; isn’t itgreat?” God will also bepleased when you give Him
credit due. Psalm 33:1 states,“Rejoice in the Lord, O yourighteous! For praise fromthe upright is beautiful.”Think of it, a way to giveGod pleasure! He’s waitingfor one of His kids to step upto our unknowing friendsand say “Oh luck, schmuck.That’s God showing you Hislove.” Try it! You might getsome funny looks though, sodon’t be surprised.
Don’t water down God’slove to mere luck. God lovesyou and He’s blessing you be-cause He wants to. Give cred-it where it’s due! Use thisprayer to get started: “Fa-ther, thanks for all You do forme every day. You care for allthe details of my life. Pleaseopen my eyes to see Yourhand in all the good thingsthat happen to me. In Jesus’name I pray and trust.Amen.”
Tiana Welles is aPlainville resident.
By Allissa RobinsonSpecial to The Citizen
Bahais in thousands ofU.S. communities, includingPlainville, observed Ayyam-i-Ha, a period of charity andgift-giving from Feb. 26 toMarch 1, followed by an an-nual 19-Day Fast which be-gan on March 2
The Bahai calendar has 19months of 19 days each, for atotal of 361 days, so the daysof Ayyam-i-Ha are necessaryto align the calendar with the365-day solar calendar. Ba-hais celebrate these sacred
days through acts of love, fel-lowship, unity, charity andgoodwill.
Immediately after Ayyam-i-Ha, Bahais between ages 15and 70 begin the annual 19-Day Fast, abstaining fromfood and drink between sun-rise and sunset from March 2to 20. Like Lent in Christian-ity and Ramadan in Islam,the Bahai fast is essentially aperiod of meditation andprayer during which individ-uals reflect on their own spir-itual lives. It symbolizes theimportance of detachmentand self-restraint and serves
as a spiritual preparation forthe new year. Bahais oftenwill gather before dawn or af-ter sunset to say prayers be-fore meals.
After sundown on March20 — the eve of the vernalequinox — Bahais celebrateNaw-Ruz, the Bahai NewYear. Naw-Ruz marks the endof the 19-Day Fast and is oneof nine Bahai holy days onwhich work and school aresuspended. Bahais observeNaw-Ruz through prayer,meditation, readings fromBahai scripture and festivegatherings.
On Saturday, March 20, 6p.m., the Bahais of Plainvillewill host the Naw-Ruz cele-bration at the Dance Hall, at161 Woodford Ave., inPlainville. People who are in-terested in attending thisevening of dinner, devotions,music, fellowship and fun, orin learning more about theBahais, can contact AllissaRobinson at (732) 272-5689 [email protected].
Scrap bookcrop event
Faith Bible Church, 168Unionville Ave., Plainville, isholding its annual scrapbookcrop event Saturday, March13, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Pro-ceeds will benefit the annualfree Easter Egg Hunt offeredfor children up to age 12.There is a cost per person toattend and includes break-fast, lunch, dinner, ice creamsocial, goodie bags and raffleprizes for everyone who pre-registers; there will also bevendors and free use of thecutting tools.
For information or to reg-ister, call Michelle, at (860)628-3676, or Kim, at (860) 302-4746.
Girl ScoutSunday
Girl Scout Sunday will beheld March 14, 10 a.m., atPlainville United MethodistChurch, 56 Red Stone Hill,Plainville. Girl Scouts takepart in the service.
For more information, con-tact the church at (860) 747-2328.
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ObituariesRaymond Blauvelt
Raymond“Ray thePlumber” A.Blauvelt, 81 along timeresident ofP l a i nv i l l e ,died peace-fully Feb. 21, 2010.
He was born March 26,1928, in New Britain, he wasthe son of the late RaymondJ. and Genevieve (Payne)Blauvelt. He was prede-ceased by his long time com-panion and friend of 25 yearsJennie Munyon. He grew upin Plainville attendingPlainville High School. Heserved his country honor-ably in the U.S. Army. Afterthe military, he began hisprofessional career as aplumber and was member ofthe Union Local 777. Even af-ter his retirement in the1980’s he continued to helpout others and lived by thephrase “a plumber never re-tires”. When he wasn’tplumbing, he enjoyed fishingoff boats in the ocean withhis family and friends, lovedto golf and bowl, and moreimportantly his devotion tothe Central Connecticut bas-ketball team was unrivaled,“Go Blue Devils”. He willtruly be missed by his family,friends, and all those whohad the privilege of knowinghim.
He is survived by his chil-dren, Diane Blauvelt, SheilaSeymour and her husband,Darnell, Brenda Sanchez
and her husband, Cefarino,Raymond P. Blauvelt and hiswife, Sara, of Pisa, Italy, DaleBlauvelt and his wife, Eileen,Jennifer Douyard and herhusband, Brian and JoanneChicker and her husband,Tim; 17 grandchildren; 10great-grandchildren; his sib-lings, Carolyn Linsey andher husband, Dean, NaomiRudolph, Roger “Jerry”Blauvelt and his wife, Alice;brother-in-law, Al St. Onge;several nieces and nephews;numerous friends includinghis special friends, DebbieSilvia and James Pavano Jr.;and his dog, Tweetie. He waspredeceased by his siblings,Bernice St. Onge, JeanPomector, Russell Blauveltand brother-in-law, RobRudolph.
The funeral was held Feb.25, 2010, at Bailey FuneralHome, Plainville. Burial washeld privately and at the con-venience of the family.Memorial donations can bemade to the Connecticut Hu-mane Society, 701 RussellAve., Newington, CT 06111.
Daniel Kristopik D a n i e l
K r i s t o p i k ,49, of NewBritain, diedFeb. 22, 2010,at home.
He wasborn in NewBritain, and was the son ofMarie (Wood) Kristopik, ofNew Britain and the lateRobert Kristopik. He was theowner and operator of
Kristopik & Son Roofing andSiding Co. He served proudlyand honorably in the U.S.Army Reserves. He was anavid New York Yankeesfan, witnessing severalworld championships andalso a New York Giants fan.
In addition to his mother,he is survived by his son,Erik Kristopik, of Plainville;his two brothers, MichaelKristopik, of Berlin andWilliam Kristopik, of NewBritain; his sister, CarolCalvelli and her husband,Anthony, of New Britain;and several aunts,uncles, cousins, nieces,nephews and friends both inMaine and Connecticut. Hewas predeceased by hisbrother, Martin Kristopik.
The funeral was held Feb.28, 2010, at the Paul A. Shak-er/Farmingdale FuneralHome, New Britain, with fullmilitary honors. The Ameri-can Flag was presented toDan’s son, Erik. Burial wasprivate and at the conven-ience of the family in St.Mary Cemetery, NewBritain.
Blanche Lazar B l a n c h e
(Podhajski)Lazar, 77, ofPlainvi l le,died Feb. 22,2010, at Hos-pital of Cen-tral Con-necticut, New Britain. Shewas the beloved wife of thelate Stanley Lazar.
She was born in New
Britain, daughter of the lateAnthony Podhajski andPhyllis Chachulski. She wasa member of Holy CrossChurch, New Britain. Shewas a Plainville resident for46 years and a member of thePlainville Senior Center andAARP. She was employed formany years at Robert E. Mor-ris Company.
A loving mother andgrandmother, she is survivedby her son, Robert Lazar,M.D. and his wife, Cindy, ofMunford, Tenn. and hergrandchildren, Jessica Os-trinski and Aaron Lazar,Esq. She was predeceased byher daughter, Brenda Lazar.
The funeral was held Feb.26, at the Burritt Hill Funer-al Home, New Britain, fol-lowed by a Mass at HolyCross Church. Intermentwas in Sacred Heart Ceme-tery, New Britain. Memorialdonations may be made toLife Choice Education Foun-dation, c/o Director of Fi-nance, 8 Griffin Road, NorthSuite 200 B, Windsor, CT06095.
Jessie McNicholJessie (George) Varley Mc-
Nichol, 90, of Waterford diedFeb. 27, 2010, at ConnecticutHospice in Branford. Shewas the wife of the late
Joseph McNichol.She was born Sept 11, 1919,
in New London, daughter ofthe late Anthony and MaryGeorge. She had retired fromFirst National Stores in NewLondon.
She is survived by a son,John Varley and wife, Ju-dith, of Plainville; fivegrandchildren, Duane A.Varley, Mark A. Varley,Maria Alejandro, Amy Lip-pincott and Jennifer Varley;six great-grandchildren, Jor-dan, Jack and Emily Varley,Brodie Lippincott, Marissaand Cassandra Varley. Shewas predeceased by a son,Melvin A. Varley.
The funeral was heldMarch 2, 2010, at DellaVec-chia Funeral Home,Southington. Burial was atSt. Thomas Cemetery,Southington. Memorial do-nations may be made to theConnecticut Hospice ofBranford, 100 Double BeachRoad, Branford, CT 06405.
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CitizenOpinion The Plainville CitizenThursday, March 11, 2010
Letters to the EditorExamine schoolboard’s request
To the editor:Well, folks, it is budget
time again in the cash-strapped town of Plainville.
If you were not at thebudget meeting on March 4or did not watch the show onNutmeg television, youmissed out on some unbe-lievable tales of woe, one-sided presentations andstatements of concern withthe poor conditions of oureconomy and at the sametime, insist that $808,000more is needed to operateour school system.
When several of the Boardof Education employeesspoke, I was really confused,
I couldn’t figure out whatthey were trying to convey tothe taxpayers concerningtheir importance in theschool system. Several com-plained of how difficult theirjob was and how successfulthey were. Well, that is why itis called work and why theyget paid. I guess that somepeople are just not cut out forcertain types of work.
I hope that the Town Coun-cil takes a good look at thelist of 428 Board of Educa-tion employees and is able topick apart the boondoggleand make a significant cut tothe $808,000 request.
A 2.25 mill increase is un-affordable to the taxpayers ofPlainville.
John KislukPlainville
Government MeetingsThursday, March 11
Clean Energy Task Force, Municipal Cen-ter, 7 p.m.
Recreation and Parks Board, 50 WhitingSt., 7 p.m.
Recycling and Solid Waste, Municipal Cen-ter, 7 p.m.
Monday, March 15Town Council, Municipal Center, 7 p.m.Veterans Council, Municipal Center, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, March 16Board of Assessment Appeals, Municipal
Center, 7 to 9 p.m.Housing Authority, 20 Stillwell Drive, Sun-
set Village Community Room, 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 17Republican Town Committee Executive
Board, Municipal Center, 7 p.m.Thursday, March 18
Board of Assessment Appeals, MunicipalCenter, 7 to 9 p.m.
Economic Development Agency, Munici-pal Center, 7 p.m.
Saturday, March 20Board of Assessment Appeals, Municipal
Plainville Community Schoolsexplains budget development
By Kathleen BinkowskiSpecial to The Citizen
On March 1, the townmanager and superinten-dent of schools presented thebudget to the Town Council.On March 4, there was a pub-lic hearing on the budget, fol-lowed by a Board of Educa-tion budget meeting with theTown Council. The Board ofEducation and the TownCouncil have already metthis winter to discuss rev-enue outlooks, budget impli-cations and the roles and re-sponsibilities of district ad-ministrators. Ultimately, theTown Council will vote to setthe 2010-11 town and Board ofEducation budget sometimein late March for the first ref-erendum scheduled for April27.
The current spending planapproved by the Board of Ed-ucation for the Plainvillecommunity school districtincludes an increase of 2.49percent or $808,495. TheBoard of Education ap-proved FY10-11 budget doesnot include any layoffs ofstaff. Additionally, the budg-et restores a 1.0 Englishteacher position and adds a0.5 science teacher positionat Plainville High School tomeet the district’s commit-ments under Project Open-ing Doors. It also includes arestored 0.5 health teacherposition at the middle schoolto meet state requirementsand reduce class sizes tomanageable levels. One ofthe larger single increases inthe budget is an additional$125,000 in legal fees to ad-
dress a potential liability inthe event that we do not pre-vail in a special educationdue process case that the dis-trict is currently contesting.Otherwise, increases aremainly attributable to con-tractual salary increases fornon-teaching staff, increasesin health insurance costsand increases in utilitiesprojections.
The Board of Educationalso approved a capital budg-et proposal in February. Dueto the current economic cli-mate, the board voted tomove all items in the capitalbudget out one year with theexception of $100,000 to re-place the oil tank at old Lin-den, $100,000 for technologyand $15,000 to upgrade the
See Budget, next page
Pine Street fire
Citizen photo by Christine Nadeau
A fire reported at 8:48 p.m. on March 4 damageda multi-family and business dwelling located at11 Pine St. When firefighters arrived on thescene, smoke was pouring from the rear of thebuilding, according to Fire Marshal Larry Suther-land. Firefighters used a ladder to rescue an oc-cupant from the second floor apartment window.The resident was still hospitalized with injurieson Monday, according to fire officials. Other resi-dents escaped before fire personnel arrived. Theincident remains under investigation by the firemarshal’s office and Plainville Police Depart-ment.
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emergency management sys-tem in all schools. With thesechanges, the Board of Edu-cation’s proposed capitalbudget was reduced by ap-proximately $1,000,000.
Including the currentyear, our school district hadfive years of an averagebudget increase of 3.2 per-cent. During the same peri-od, inflation for educationcosts has averaged over 5.6percent.
This is an important pointbecause while districts allover the state are beingforced to tighten their beltsthis year, the Plainvilleschool district has been re-quired to look at every costsaving measure and to re-duce programs and servicesfor years now. The district,in the last few years alone,has eliminated over tenteaching positions, a num-
ber of paraprofessional posi-tions and positions in boththe office professional andcustodial bargaining units.We have also requested andreceived wage freezes fromalmost all of our bargainingunits and non-bargainingemployees and we have con-tinued to look at our benefitpackages as an opportunityfor savings. Although wemanage our resources well,this year we need to ask thetaxpayers to help us main-tain the services that we of-fer and continue striving forexcellence in our schools.
If town voters approve ofthe budget on the April 27ballot, that approved amountwill be the starting budgetfor the next fiscal year whichbegins on July 1, 2010. If vot-ers do not approve the budg-et, there will be up to twomore votes on the budget andthose additional voting dayswill be preceded by publichearings. Anyone can attendthe public budget hearings
and speak about the budgetduring the meeting.
Some Connecticut townshave budget votes that con-tinue until there is a “yes”from the majority of the vot-ers. Plainville, on the otherhand, provides the opportu-nity for voters to accept orreject the proposed budgetup to three times, via the vot-ing process. This structureallows residents to providefeedback on the budget to theTown Council, yet brings clo-sure to the budget-settingprocess in a timely manner.Once the budget amount iseither approved by voter ac-ceptance, or decided by theTown Council, the councilestablishes a mill rate andbrings closure to the annualbudget-setting process.
The Board of Educationbudget is always constructedin the context of meeting thegoals set forth by the boardand administration. Goalsinclude increasing studentachievement in math, sci-
ence and language arts,maintaining district com-munications, enhancingschool security, crisis plan-ning, and school climate, andmaintaining the conditionand appearance of school fa-cilities. If the Board of Edu-cation approved budget is re-duced, some of the fundingthat was earmarked to ad-dress these goals will have tobe removed. For example,any further reduction in theBoard of Education’s budgetcould mean a further reduc-tion in staff, a reduction inmaintenance supplies andsupport, the possible elimi-nation of summer schoolprograms or a reduction inservices provided by our ath-letic department.
In spite of the difficultbudget decisions that aremade every year, we havemuch to be proud of in ourschool district. We continueto make progress on studentachievement as measured bythe state tests. Surveys have
shown that our students at-tend schools that have a safe,positive environment forlearning. In addition, wecontinue to work hard toclose the achievement gapthrough summer school andafter school programs andthrough our literacy pro-grams. Record numbers ofstudents are graduating andcontinuing their educationafter high school. We haveseen a dramatic increaseover 10 years with more ofour high school graduatespursuing higher education.In addition, with the com-pleted renovation of Tof-folon School and PlainvilleHigh School we now have up-graded facilities that containtechnology and equipmentconducive to supporting stu-dent success.
Kathleen Binkowski is thesuperintendent of PlainvilleCommunity Schools.
BudgetContinued from page 10
Outstanding officers
Citizen photo by Robin Lee Michel
Five police officers receive recognition from the Plainville Police Departmentand Plainville Town Council at the March 1 council meeting. Gathering afterthe awards presentation are, from left to right, Sgt. Charles Smedick, head ofthe Traffic Division; Officer Steve Chase (Speed Enforcement Award); OfficerMatthew D’Amore and Officer Shane Phillips, (both received the Impaired Dri-ving Enforcement Award); Officer Timothy Miller and Officer Mark Connoy,(both received the Speed Enforcement Award); and interim Police Chief PeterCostanzo. Last year, Phillips made 44 DWI arrests and Miller made more than200 speeding arrests. “To save lives, we need to enforce our traffic laws andwill continue to try to keep the streets of Plainville safe,” Costanzo said.
Library BriefsNew librarianfor children
Susan Rooney, the newchildren’s librarian and as-sistant director, joined thestaff of the Plainville PublicLibrary, 56 E. Main St., onMarch 1. “I have been work-ing with children and li-braries for over 13 years andmost recently hail from theCragin Memorial in Colch-ester. Please stop by and in-troduce yourself. I look for-ward to serving your com-munity and Plainville’syoungest residents,” she saidin thelibrary newsletter.
Movie matineeof ‘Amelia’
On Thursday, March 11, at2:30 p.m., the movie “Amelia”will be shown in thePlainville Public Library au-ditorium, 56 E. Main St. Withher lanky Middle-Americalooks and her toothy grin, Hi-lary Swank is a natural fit forthe adventurous figure ofAmelia Earhart, the world’smost famous aviatrix.Richard Gere co-stars as hercharismatic business part-ner and adoring husband,
George Putnam. The movieis free and open to the public.
For information, call thelibrary at (860) 793-1446.
Bookdiscussion
A best-selling New Eng-land novel that won thePulitzer Prize in 2009 will bethe next topic of the Friendsof the Plainville Public Li-brary Book DiscussionGroup at the Plainville Pub-lic Library, 56 E. Main St.“Olive Kitteridge” by Eliza-beth Strout takes place at theedge of the continent, Cros-by, Maine. The free programwill be held on Tuesday,March 23, at 7 p.m., and newmembers are welcome.Copies of the book are avail-able at the library.
For more information callthe library at (860) 793-1446.
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The Ladies Guild of OurLady of Mercy Church, 19 S.Canal St., is hosting a Schol-arship Card Party on Tues-day, March 16. at 7 p.m. Thereis a fee and tickets will beavailable at the door. Refresh-ments will be served anddoor prizes and raffles willbe awarded. All proceedsfrom the card party will ben-efit the Ladies Guild Scholar-ship Fund.
St. Joseph’s Day supper
The St. Joseph’s Day PastaSupper will be held Friday,March 19, from 6 to 8 p.m., atChurch of Our Saviour, 115W. Main St. There is a chargeto attend and a special pricefor families. The public is in-vited.
Food for Friendsserved weekly
The Food for Friends pro-gram, under the sponsorshipof the Plainville Conferenceof Churches, has been serv-ing approximately 60 peopleeach week. The free meal isheld at the CongregationalChurch of Plainville, 130 W.Main St., on Wednesdaysfrom 5 to 7 p.m. The next din-ner will be served March 17.
Churches raise $1 million for Haiti
Catholic parishioners ofthe Archdiocese of Hartford— including those from OurLady of Mercy Church inPlainville — have so far do-nated more than $1 million toHaitian earthquake relief.All funds go to the relief ef-forts of Catholic Relief Ser-vices. Archbishop Henry J.Mansell said, “I offer my pro-found gratitude to all the peo-ple who were moved by loveand compassion to help ourbrothers and sisters inHaiti.”
The $1,036,217 collected asof Feb. 19 from 166 parishes,five schools, and individualcontributions will assistCatholic Relief Services’around-the-clock mission inHaiti.
Thrift shopsale in March
The thrift shop at the Con-gregational Church ofPlainville, 130 W. Main St., isopen Wednesday and Thurs-day, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sat-urday, 9:30 a.m. to noon. Thethrift shop will have a bagsale until Saturday, March20.
For information, visit theWeb site www.ucc-plainville.org or call (860)747-2418.
Faith BriefsWhat’s your one step?’
For many years, the Evan-gelical Covenant Church, in-cluding Trinity CovenantChurch, 59 Trumbull Ave.,has designated one Sunday
annually as “Bringing MyWorld to Christ” Sunday. It’sa time when Christians inCovenant churches make acommitment to be regularlypraying for those peopleamong their family andfriends who, as far as theyknow, don’t have a personal
right relationship with God.
This year, the campaign
has a new name, “What’s
Your One Step?,” which will
be observed Sunday, March
21. To learn more, visit
www.whatsyouronestep.com.
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AARP NewsAARPChapter 4146
AARP Chapter 4146 hasthe following trips offered:
Tuesday, March 16: Mohe-gan Sun
Tuesday, April 13: Fox-wood
Monday, April 19 to Tues-day, April 20: A new show,“Joseph,” at the MillennuimSight & Sound, Lancaster,Pa.
Tuesday, May 11: Mysterytrip
Friday, May 14: MoheganSun
Sunday, May 16: CharlieProse at Mohegan Sun
Thursday, June 10: Fox-wood
Tuesday, June 22: Rhode Is-land lighthouse cruise
Wednesday, July 14: Mohe-gan Sun
For more information,contact Helen Marinelli,tour director at (860) 747-3723.
Senior CenterBowling League
The Plainville Senior Citi-zens Center Bowling Leagueannounced Senior CitizensCenter Bowling League re-sults for the week of March 1:
High bowler, women —Nellie Talbot, 199; Sue Hol-comb, 172.
High bowler, men — DanHurley, 226; Burt Collin, 201.
Ham bone club — DanHurley.
Turkey club — Dan Hur-ley, Dot Stephenson, RonJablowski, Tom Maher, BertCollin, Nellie Talbot, PaulBisco.
Split club — Paul Bisco,Ron Patry, Bert Collin, TomMaher, Marie Cyr, Richard
Bushey, Ron Jablowski, LenWishart, Conrad Chasse,Jackie Corban, Bob Duval-3,Tony Rosenthal, HelenTessier.
200 club — Dan Hurley, 226;Bert Collin, 201.
The league is still shorttwo bowlers to have 14 teams.The league meets at LaurelLanes, 136 New Britain Ave.,Plainville, Mondays, at 1 p.m.which includes three gamesof bowling, shoes, open bowl-ing discount card, automaticscoring and free weekly bev-erage. Bowlers of all abili-ties, including beginners, arewelcome to join this funleague. There is a fee to bowl.
For information or to jointhe league, contact FrankRobinson, bowling leaguepresident, at (860) 747-2918.
Strike or spare?
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Bowlers in thePlainville Senior Cen-ter Bowling Leaguetake a crack at the pinsMonday at LaurelLanes. For informationon joining the league,call Frank Robinson,bowling league presi-dent, at (860) 747-2918.
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at the Plainville Senior Citi-zens Center, 200 East St.,must be 60 or older and be aresident of Plainville, or be amember of the senior citi-zens center, unless noted. Allprograms will be held at thesenior citizens center, unlessnoted. For more informationor to register for programs,call the senior center at (860)747-5728.
Homecare,assisted living
Attorney Marilyn Denny,from Greater Hartford LegalServices, will visit thePlainville Senior Center, Fri-day, March 12, at 10 a.m., to
talk about homecare and as-sisted living programs.
To register, call the seniorcenter at (860) 747-5728.
Easy movie maker course
An easy movie makercourse will be offered at thePlainville Senior Center forthree sessions on Wednes-days, March 17, 24 and 31,from 9:30 a.m. to noon. Thereis a fee for the course. In thiscomputer course partici-pants can learn how to im-port video clips and still pho-tos onto the computer as wellas import music, narrationand sounds, create an auto-movie with titles an end
credit screens, and “burn”the movie to a compact discor DVD.
For information or to reg-ister, call the senior center at(860) 747-5728.
Weight 4Me class
Weight 4 Me will be held atthe Plainville Senior CenterFridays, March 12 and 26, at11 a.m. The group will con-tinue towards a lifetime ofhealthy, weight manage-ment. At each meeting thegroup will learn ways tobuild healthy habits and re-inforce the tips the partici-pants learned in previousmeetings and continue to
support each other along theway.
Register by calling thesenior center.
Dental clinicat senior center
A dental clinic will be heldat the Plainville Senior Cen-ter on Mondays, March 15,April 19; Tuesday, April 20;Monday, July 12 and Sept. 20by appointment only byCommunity Health Affili-ates. A registered dental hy-gienist will provide a dentalhygiene exam, dental clean-ing, sealants when appropri-ate and x-rays when appro-priate. The program is in-tended for adults who have
not received dental care inthe last year and have diffi-culty accessing dental carein the community.
There is a charge for theclinic; scholarships aremade possible in part by agrant through the OlderAmericans Act through theNorth Central Area Agencyon Aging. An enrollmentform will need to be complet-ed prior to the appointment.
For scholarship informa-tion or to schedule anappointment, contactStephanie or Ronda at thesenior center.
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his New Britain home to takehis place on Team 4 for his fa-vorite activity. “I’d bowlevery day if I could,” he said.
Stepeck now uses a walkerin which he places his 10-pound bowling ball andwheels up to the foul line onthe lane. The walker is forstability because his equilib-rium is not what it used to be,he said. When in position, hetakes the ball out of the bas-ket and with a strong righthand, rolls it down the laneon a steady course. Some-times he points his fingerwhile the bowl is rolling as ifhe can steer it to pick off aspare.
“Last week he got a 498four-game series,” said
Frank Robinson, bowlingleague president. “That’spretty good.”
Stepeck began bowling atage 13 — 85 years ago — whenhe took a job setting up thepins at a candlestick (alsoknown as candlepin) bowlingfacility in Hyde Park, a sub-urb of Boston. When hemoved to Connecticut, therewere no candlestick lanesand he switched to duckpins;later he began bowling thestandard-size pins, which arenow his favorites.
“I bowl because I love to.It’s wonderful exercise,” Ste-peck said. He also loves golfbut reluctantly had to givethat up when his balance be-
came uneven.The oldest bowler echoed
the opinion of many leaguemembers when he said helikes coming each week fornot only the exercise but forthe fun and fellowship. “I en-joy being with people; it’smarvelous,” he said. Nowthat he is older and his wife,Jenny, passed away after 67years of marriage, he getslonely so he welcomes seeingeveryone and socializing.
“When I’m his age, I hope Ican get out of bed,” saidDeanna Tino, after admiringStepeck’s latest strike.
When Stepeck wasyounger he was a tool and diemaker, which was exacting,
precise work, he said. Hislongest place of employmentwas at Carling Switch. He ap-proaches his bowling just asprecisely and has no plans tostop.
“I’ve had congestive heart
failure for many years butdon’t give it any thought,” hesaid. “I’ll keep going until Idrop,” Stepeck said.
The league was started 33years ago and has 44 mem-bers.
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Dr. Katarzyna Wadolowski is a graduate ofthe Medical Academy of Bialystok, Poland.She completed her residency in internalmedicine at the University of ConnecticutSchool of Medicine. Dr Wadolowski isboard certified by the American Board ofInternal Medicine.
Dr. Wadolowski comes to Grove HillMedical Center after several years ofprivate practice in Kensington.
Dr. Wadolowski will relocate her practice tothe Grove Hill Medical Center offices at209 Main Street, Southington beginningMarch 22, 2010. Dr. Wadolowski is fluentin Polish and is accepting new patients atthis time.
To schedule an appointment with Dr.Wadolowski, please call 860-329-0401.
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Wheeler Clinicreceives grant
Hartford Foundation forPublic Giving has awardedWheeler Clinic a $195,000grant to support implemen-tation of an electronic healthrecords system. The state-of-the-art system will improvethe continuity of care theclinic provides to its clientsthrough detailed, real-timeinformation.
“Wheeler Clinic is verygrateful to the HartfordFoundation for Public Giv-ing for supporting this im-portant initiative,” said Su-san Walkama, president andchief executive officer ofWheeler Clinic. “The clinichas doubled the amount ofservices it provides to thepeople of Greater Hartfordduring the last 10 years. In-creased demand for services,coupled with more rigorousfederal guidelines and com-pliance regulations, requiresthe clinic to operate as effi-ciently as possible to sustainthe high level of services andcoordination of care our
clients have come to expect.”“The Hartford Foundation
is pleased to support theWheeler Clinic’s implemen-tation of an electronic med-ical records system,” saidLinda J. Kelly, president ofthe Hartford Foundation.“Creating easy access tohealth information is a vitalcomponent in providing bet-ter, more efficient care to thegreater Hartford communi-ty.”
Each year Wheeler Clinicserves more than 30,000 chil-dren, adults and familiesthroughout the state. Theclinic has programs andservices in 23 locations inPlainville, Hartford, Farm-ington and Newington, NewBritain, Bristol, Waterbury,Middletown and New Haven.
Wheeler Clinic is a non-profit, multi-service behav-ioral health agency servingConnecticut. The clinic pro-vides mental health, sub-stance abuse, communityjustice, early childhood, pre-vention and wellness, andspecial education servicesfor children, adolescents,
families, adults, and the eld-erly.
For information, contactWheeler Clinic at (888) 793-3500 or visit the clinic’s Website www.wheelerclinic.org.
Alzheimer’s Awareness
On Tuesday, March 16, 6p.m., Patty O’Brien from theAlzheimer’s Association willspeak about the signs andsymptoms of Alzheimer’sdisease at Arbor Rose atJerome Home, 975 CorbinAve., New Britain. This pro-gram is for caregivers/adultchildren with elderly par-ents.
For information, call KatieMauriello at (860) 229-3707.
Low Vision Support Group
On Wednesday, March 17,2:30 p.m., the Low Vision Sup-port Group will meet at Ar-bor Rose at Jerome Home, 975Corbin Ave., New Britain.Special guest will be Henriet-ta Bernal, a registered nurse,
who will speak about her per-sonal experience with low vi-sion and provide tips to helppeople maintain their inde-pendence. The Low VisionSupport Group occurs on thethird Wednesday monthly at2:30 p.m.
For information or to reg-ister, call Katie Mauriello at(860) 229-3707.
Spring wisdomlecture series
The Hospital of CentralConnecticut’s spring 2010Health Wisdom Lecture Se-ries starts March 24 and fea-tures free lectures on colonhealth, genetic counselingand testing, osteoporosis andnutrition.
Upcoming lectures are:Keep Your Colon Healthy
— Wednesday, March 24, col-orectal surgeon ChristineBartus will discuss cancerand other colon conditionsand what people can do tokeep your colon healthy.
Delving Into Your DNA —Wednesday, April 21, geneticcounselor Linda Steinmarkwill discuss how genetic test-ing can help people identifymutations in specific genesthat can increase the risk ofcertain cancers and otherconditions.
What Your Skeleton Isn’t
Telling You — Wednesday,May 26, Latha Dulipsingh,medical director of the hos-pital’s Endocrine and BoneHealth Center, will discussosteoporosis, its causes andtreatments, and how to keepyour skeleton strong.
Five a Day, the Easy Way —Wednesday, June 16, withregistered dietitian May Har-ter who will offer some sim-ple, tasty tricks for gettingmore fruits and veggies intomeals and snacks.
All lectures are in the NewBritain General campus cafe-teria. Lectures begin at 6:30p.m., with light refreshmentsat 6:15 p.m. Lectures are free,but reservations are re-quired. For information andto register, call (888) 224-4440.
Blood drivesin March
There are several Ameri-can Red Cross blood drivesplanned for March.
Saturday, March 20: TheOrchards at Southington, 34Hobart St., 8 a.m. to 1:45 p.m.
Tuesday, March 23: BristolHospital, Brewster Road, 7:30a.m. to 1 p.m.
Friday, March 26: St. Aloy-sius Church, 254 Burritt St.,Plantsville, 11:45 a.m. to 7p.m., in memory of AidanStewart, of Plainville.
Monday, April 26, 11:30a.m. to 5 p.m., Plainville Unit-ed Methodist Church, 56 RedStone Hill.
For information or tomake an appointment, call(800) GIVELIFE or visit theWeb site www.redcross-blood.org.
VNA plansannual gala
The Visiting Nurse Associ-ation of Central Connecticutis having a major fundraiserwith a Mardi Gras and cruisetheme Saturday, March 27.The event will featureChanges in Latitudes, a Jim-my Buffett tribute band. Formore information about theevent, advertising in the pro-gram book or donating anitem or service to the auc-tion, call Gina Marcantonio-Wotton at (860) 826-4587 or e-mail [email protected].
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Lenten worship — ThePlainville Conference ofChurches Lenten worshipservices will be held Thurs-day evenings at 7 p.m. fol-lowed by light refreshments.On March 11, the host willbe Grace Lutheran Church,222 Farmington Ave., withthe Rev. Audrey Scanlan.
Movie matinee — OnThursday, March 11 at 2:30p.m. the movie “Amelia” willbe shown in the PlainvillePublic Library auditorium,56 E. Main St. With herlanky Middle-America looksand her toothy grin, HilarySwank is a natural fit for theadventurous figure ofAmelia Earhart, the world’smost famous aviatrix. Themovie is free to the public.For more information callthe library at (860) 793-1446.
Thrift shop sale — Thethrift shop at the Congrega-tional Church of Plainville,130 W. Main St., will have a
bag sale beginning Wednes-day, March 10 and endingSaturday, March 20. For in-formation, visit the Web sitewww.uccplainville.org orcall (860) 747-2418.
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“Alice in Wonderland”— Plainville Choral Societywill present “Alice in Won-derland” Friday, March 12,at 7 p.m., and Saturday,March 13, at 2 and 7 p.m., atthe Middle School ofPlainville, 150 NorthwestDrive. Tickets can be pur-chased at Family BarberShop, 122 East St.; Feet First,99 Farmington Ave., BristolCommons; JP Jewelers, 47Whiting St.; Lillian’s Culi-nary, Forestville Center;Plainville Senior Center, 200East St.; Saint’s, 1248 QueenSt., Southington.
Cookie booths — ThePlainville Girl ScoutTroops will be having cook-ie booths at Old Navy, 286New Britain Ave., Friday,March 12, from 5 to 8 p.m.,and Saturday, March 13,
noon to 4 p.m., and atLowe’s, 246 New BritainAve., March 13, 10 a.m. to 4p.m., and Gnazzo’s, 73 EastSt., March 13, 9 a.m. to 3p.m. The cookies will be forsale every weekend inMarch. If anyone would liketo donate cookies the girlswill be taking orders for the“Gift of Caring Program”that sends the cookies to themilitary or local organiza-tions that the girls have cho-sen.
Eastern Star — Frederi-ca Chapter 110, Order of theEastern Star of Plainville,will hold a special meetingFriday, March 12, at 7:30p.m., at the Plainville Ma-sonic Temple, 70 E. Main St.,for the purpose of confer-ring of degrees. No otherbusiness will be transacted.For information or in case ofinclement weather, call (860)747-8119.
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. For information, con-tact Phyllis Thompson, P.O.
‘Alice in Wonderland’ on stageThe Plainville Choral So-
ciety will present “Alice inWonderland” Friday, March12, at 7 p.m., and Saturday,March 13, at 2 and 7 p.m., atthe Middle School ofPlainville, 150 NorthwestDrive.
“How do you get to Won-derland?” asks Alice, RileyLincavicks: “Over the hillor behind the tree?” Shewanders through this magi-cal place and meets the RedQueen, Karen Hodge, whointroduces her to some non-sensical characters: WhiteQueen, Gloria Gick; theDuchess, Debbie Wishart-Dunn; the Cook, MaureenWishart; and the CheshireCat, Eileen Glancy. Alicecomes upon a tea partyhosted by the Mad Hatter,Mal Cummings; the WhiteRabbit, Melissa Burritt;and the Dormouse, ElaineWyzga; and finds thesequirky characters are trulymad as hatters.
Continuing on her jour-
ney, Alice meets theGryphon, MelissaMatthews; the Mock Turtle,Lola Wishart; and HumptyDumpty, Sharon Admund-sen; and participates in an“Unbirthday Party.” ThePlainville Choral Societywill take the audience toWonderland and introducethe characters, and thesinging and dancing decksof cards.
Tickets can be purchasedin advance at the followinglocations: Family BarberShop, 122 East St.; FeetFirst, 99 Farmington Ave.,Bristol Commons; JP Jewel-ers, 47 Whiting St.; Lillian’sCulinary, Forestville Cen-ter; Plainville Senior Cen-ter, 200 East St.; or Saint’s,1248 Queen St., Southing-ton. Members of “Let’s GoArts” will have a two forone at the door only. Formore information, visit pc-smusic.org or call (860) 747-5695.
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CitizenSports18 The Plainville CitizenThursday, March 11, 2010
An ‘outstanding’ performance for swim teamPictured, Plainville High School All-Central Connecti-cut Conference swimmers, from left: Andy Lee (200 in-dividual medley), Adam James (500 freestyle) andCam Agbaso (50 freestyle). Teammate Alex Salazarearned All-CCC honors in diving. Plainville’s 200freestyle and 200 medley relay teams were all-confer-ence as well.
Coach: Lady Devils have much to be proud about
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Plainville High School girls basketball coach Jen Mi-cowski gives senior Haley Belanger a hug in the finalseconds of the Lady Blue Devils’ second-round statetournament game against Tolland Friday. The visitingLady Blue Devils came up short that night, 49-40.
By Nick CarrollThe Plainville Citizen
The atmosphere in thelocker room was a somberone. But Jen Micowski madesure to inject some positivityinto the post-game talk fol-lowing her Plainville HighSchool girls basketballteam’s 49-40 loss to host Tol-land Friday night in the sec-ond round of the CIAC ClassM state tournament.
“We congratulated theteam, (assistant coach) LouMandeville and I, for work-ing hard and going to placesthat many people really did-n’t think we could go,” Mi-cowski said. “Some peopledidn’t think the tournamentwas going to be a possibilityfor us for years to come. Andthese kids turned it aroundand got back in the tourna-ment after missing it for onlyone year. It’s a credit to ourseniors and the leadershipthat they showed throughoutthe entire season.”
“They are such a big partof our success,” Micowskisaid of the seniors; Alyssa
Martino, Chelseah Carroll,Haley Belanger and AbbyMoschini.
With the seniors leadingthe way, the Lady Blue Devilsran up a record of 9-13 thiswinter, which included afirst-round state tournamentupset win over fourth-seedLewis Mills. Plainville wasseeded 29th in Class M.
“At the beginning of theseason, we never expected toget this far. As the seasonprogressed, we knew wecould get farther. Unfortu-nately, tonight just wasn’tour night,” Chelseah Carrollsaid Friday.
“Off the court, we werethe best of friends. We’dlaugh and cry together,” Car-roll added. “We just fought asone.”
And the Lady Blue Devilsended the season fighting.
Plainville trailed 13th seedTolland by a many as 14points in the first half, butcontinued to battle, andclosed the gap to seven late inregulation.
“My kids never quit. Theyfight 110 percent. It doesn’t
matter if they’re up 50, upfive, or down two, down 20.I’ve never, ever, ever ques-tioned or second-guessedthat my kids would give 100percent effort,” Micowskisaid.
Martino scored a team-high 18 points against Tol-land, eight coming in thefourth quarter. Belanger net-ted 11, including a pair of 3-pointers.
Rounding out the scoringfor the Lady Blue Devilswere Chelseah Carroll (4),Nikki Dow (3), Becky Slivin-sky (2) and Lexxi Carroll (2).
Micowski hopes heryounger players got some-thing out of the tournamentexperience, and aspire to re-turn to the postseason. Thecoach indicated that the fu-ture of the program is intheir hands now. “If theywant this feeling of beingback in the tournamentagain, and they want to gofurther, it’s going to take a lotof work in the off-season,”Micowski said.
By Jim BransfieldSpecial to The Citizen
The improving Plainvilleswim team got some top-shelfperformances in finishingfourth at the Central Con-necticut Conference Champi-onship Meet held Saturdayafternoon at Plainville High.
Middletown High won themeet with 554 points, Berlinwas second with 495, the Bris-tol Central/Eastern Co-opprogram was third with 425and Plainville was fourthwith 406 points. The BlueDevils (7-9 in the regular sea-son) finished ahead of Bulke-ley of Hartford (381 points)and theMeriden Maloney/Platt Co-op (368 points).
“My kids were outstand-ing,” said 32-year veteranPlainville coach Randy
Doucette. “The program ismoving in the right direc-tion. We have a nice balanceof younger and older kids.Our middle school programis really helping us.”
Doucette singled out AndyLee, Adam James, Cam Ag-baso and the 200 yard medleyrelay and 200 yard freestyle
teams as standout perform-ers at the CCC champi-onship. Both the aforemen-tioned relay teams took sec-ond place.
Lee won the 100 yardbreaststroke with a time of1:04.50, his personal best. Healso took second in the 200yard individual medley in
2:10.60, also a personal besttime. Agbaso was third in the50 yard freestyle in a person-al best time of 23.72 secondsand he scored another per-sonal best time of 52.39 sec-onds in the 100 yard freestylein taking fourth place. Jamestook a third in the 500 yardfreestyle in 5:23.52, tyinghis best time, and he alsotook a fifth in the 200 yardfreestyle.
In other action,Plainville’s Mike Rottier
took sixth in the 200 yard in-dividual medley and fourthin the 100 yard butterfly, AlexSalazar took fifth in the 100yard backstroke and Dalenatook seventh in that event.
Also, Dalena took a strongthird in the CCC diving com-petition held last Thursdayat Bulkeley High in Hart-ford. Dalena finished behindJonathan Perez of Bulkeleyand Victor Ekpenyong ofMiddletown.
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Wesoly looks back on ‘special’ hoop season
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The Plainville High School boys basketball team’ssenior team members, Hector Rivera, Kyle Jones,Quintin Wells, Mike Thomas, Alex DelRio and JalenGardner, presented Coach Marc Wesoly with a plaqueprior to the Blue Devils’ season finale.
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Chase Tarca, pictured, led the Plainville High Schoolboys basketball team this season with a 11.9 pointsper-game average.
By Nick CarrollThe Plainville Citizen
The start of the 2010-11 sea-son is some eight monthsaway, but as far as PlainvilleHigh School boys basketballcoach Marc Wesoly is con-cerned, next season beginsnow.
“Next year has alreadystarted for us. I have some ofthe underclassmen coming inafter school and working ontheir game,” Wesoly said.
“I told the boys, if youwant to get better and helpour program next year, youcan not just wait until No-vember to pick up a basket-ball. And it’s a simple solu-tion: go down the park andplay pick-up, or go to a sum-mer basketball camp to learnnew things. We, as a coachingstaff, go to coaching clinics inthe summer to learn. Now,the boys need to do some-thing to get better so we canstart putting Plainville bas-ketball back on the map.”
Plainville has not qualifiedfor the postseason since 2007,but the Blue Devils are confi-dent that trend will end nextwinter.
“Next year is going to be aninteresting year because themajority of the players thatwill be playing varsity willhave had our system for twoyears and know what we ex-pect as a coaching staff,” saidWesoly, who will be entering
his third season at the helm.“As a coaching staff, we seenext year as a huge step for-ward in our program.”
Wesoly has good reason tobe optimistic about next year.For one, the Blue Devils willreturn their leading scorer,Chase Tarca. The incoming
senior averaged 11.9 pointsper-game this season. Otherkey players coming back in-clude incoming seniors RossZettergren, Brett Litke andTyler Wesolowski.
“The biggest thing this up-coming season is working ondefense,” Wesoly said. “Wehave the tools to score a lot ofpoints, but they need to learnto play team defense.”
This past season,Plainville was out-scored1,271 to 1,026.
The 2009-2010 Blue Devilsrolled up a record of 6-14 and
Hustle is awarded
The Plainville Police Athletic League 2010 HustleAwards were presented to fourth grade basketball play-ers, from left: Alex Jeney, Luke San Juan, Cody Mar-quis, Desiree Wesolowski, Emily Christiansen, MeganGuimond and Dante Colagiovanni. Award-winnerTrevor Bloom is not pictured.
See Hoop, page 20
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Nicholas Cyr, a member of the Plainville Wrestling Club, won the state cham-pionship in his weight class at the USA Wrestling Kids’ State ChampionshipTournament on Sunday. Cyr went 5-0 at the tournament, with four pins.
Most Improved
The Plainville Police Athletic League/Recreation De-partment held its Annual Youth Basketball AwardsProgram recently. Robert Munson and Olivia Gibilisco,pictured, received the 2010 Most Improved Playerawards.
HoopContinued from page 19
claimed the championshiptrophy at the David RybczykMemorial tournament.Plainville won four straightgames to start the season,but struggled from there.
The Blue Devils lose six
players, and a good deal ofscoring, to graduation. AlexDelRio and Jalen Gardner av-eraged 10.5 points per-gamethis season. Mike Thomasnetted 8.1 points per-game.
Also graduating are Hec-tor Rivera, Kyle Jones andQuintin Wells.
“The season, overall, wasvery special to me, personal-
ly, because this is the classthat I started with when I be-came the freshmen coach,”Wesoly said. “From that firstyear to now, the boys havemade huge strides, not just inbasketball, but also as youngmen. We did have a disap-pointing year, but there weremany lessons learnedthroughout the year whichwill help our underclassmen.
“It was truly a pleasurecoaching those six seniors,and hopefully, in the nextcouple years they can comeback and say how proud theyare being the players that helped rebuild the Plainville basket-ball program.”
Soccer ClubThe Plainville Soccer Club
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For pricing, or other infor-mation, contact Don Miller at(860) 706-3204; [email protected].
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Last fall the PlainvilleHigh School Theater Un-limited Club, under the di-rection of faculty member,Thomas Riccardo, pro-duced “Seven Crazy Plays”— a series of seven one actplays where students wereable to learn basic theaterskills and direct, act andproduce seven one-actshows. The productionwas created to raise fundsto enhance the PHS the-ater. Not only did the stu-dents use the funds to im-prove the high school’scontrol booth, but with thehelp of the Facilities De-
partment and FacilitiesManager Mel Masse, theyrefurbished and paintedthe stage floor over thewinter holiday break.
The goal of the TheaterUnlimited Club is to in-crease and promote thearts in Plainville. PHSTheater Unlimited Clubmembers include studentstage manager TylerClemens, Brittany White,Bethany White, James Ma-son, Andrew Wells, LeaCarpenter, Erik Rosati,Alex Janczyk, Amy Free-man and Paul Bienasz.
Education Briefs
Role modelscreening
The Plainville CommunitySchools Preschool Programat Linden Street School willbe holding role model screen-ing for students on Fridays,March 12 and April 16. Thesescreenings are for the pur-pose of choosing role modelpreschool students for the2010-11 school year. Parentsneed to make an appointmentwith Cathy Demers at (860)793-3270.
Quesnel featured in performance
Toffolon School musicteacher, Kenneth Quesnel, re-cently performed in a Bachconcert presented by CON-CORA, Connecticut’s pre-mier professional choral en-semble. Quesnel, who singsbass, has been a member ofthe group for approximatelysix months. During the con-cert, the group performed thesix Motets of J. S. Bach. Ac-cording to Quesnel, the con-cert is commonly referred toas “Motet Madness,” as it isamong the most challengingvocal music ever written.
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Project H.O.P.E. in the news
The Project H.O.P.E. (Help-ing Our Peers Excel) program,coordinated by Linden Schoolpsychologist SuzanneSchweitzer and PlainvilleHigh School Assistant Princi-pal Jonathan Coe, was recent-ly featured on the “Making theGrade” segment on NBC-30.The piece highlighted the Pro-ject H.O.P.E. session held Feb.12 at Wheeler School, as wellas interviews with Schweitzer,Wheeler and Plainville HighSchool students.
Focus groupseries to begin
Plainville CommunitySchool district will be hostingA Community Partners Com-munication Focus GroupThursday, March 18, at 6:30 to7:30 p.m., at the Middle Schoolof Plainville library, 150Northwest Drive.
For more information or toRSVP by Wednesday, March
17, call Lynn Davis at (860)793-3210, ext. 404.
Trip planned to New York
Plainville Adult and Con-tinuing Education will host aday trip to New York City on
Saturday, May 22. The motorcoach will depart fromPlainville High School, 47Robert Holcomb Way, at 8 a.m.and leave New York City at 7p.m. There is a fee to partici-pate.
Call Nancy Cooperman at(860) 793-3209.
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Troop 66073 recently held a Valentine Tea Party inhonor of their mothers, grandmothers and specialguests at Capri Ristorante where the girls earnedtheir Manners Try-it badge. To commemorate theevent, each girl got to decorate a custom teacupfrom The Pottery Piazza, Plainville. In the front roware, from left to right, Bianca Talarico, Olivia Unwin,Jessica Seaton and Alicia Quirion; back row, fromleft to right, Diamond Marquis, Kaleigh Benoit, Emi-ly Savage, Brianna Bartley and Brooke Morgan.Missing from the photo is Alexis Charbonneau.
Plainville High School Honor RollPlainville High School has
announced the honor roll forthe second quarter:
GRADE 9Gold
Domenick D’Onofrio, Isabel-la D’Onofrio, Morgan Gui-mond, Alexander Lawson
SilverRyan Acey, Edmir Alagic,
Angelika Andrukiewicz, Kath-leen Ashelman, SamanthaBradley, Emma Carpenter,Joseph Catanzaro, ChristaviaChapman, Michael Costantini,Kyle Daddabbo, CassandraDagata, Meghan Daniels, NicoDeGregorio, Dean DeMartinis,Marc DeMartinis, Briana Em-mendorfer, Allison Fangiullo,Tyler Favreau, Kelsea Fithian-Giantonio, Brianna Frances-chini, Jeremy Klepacki, Jen-nifer Kristofik, Sierra Lafer-riere, Chloe Lamarre,Stephanie Laprise, Edwin Lee,James Lux, Carly Martino,Daniel Michaud, Lilia Miller,Abigail Negro, Connor Oakes,
Burns, Sarah Caron, PaigeCasey, Ty Cox, Kelsey Cyr,Cheyenne Dalke, BrianDostaler, Kathryn Dressel,Sarah Durkee, Laura Ettorre,Nicholas Evangelista, JenniferFargo, Nicole Ferry, StevenFoertsch, Amy Freeman,Gabrielle Grosse, RichardHanson, Jennifer Heslin,Nicholas Hill, Mary Huynh,Austin Johnson, CharleneKush, Rebecca Lauzier, CaitlinLister, Efrain Lozada, LeaMaglio, Ariel Methoxha, EricaMikulak, Nicole Milo, KourtnieMorales, Vincent Mullin, DawnNovack, Bonita ODell, AllisonPalazzolo, Kyleigh Panetta,Kamel Patel, Essence
Priester, Abigail Richardson,Belinda Sadiku, ThomasSchrey, Mary Serio, Bobby-JoSmagler, Nicholas Spinelli,Danielle St.Amand, Emma Ste-fanski, Gizem Tartici, PatrickTaylor, Morgan Tetrault,Matthew Thomas, MelanieWarner, Sarah Wiszniak,Jacqueline Wuchert, AmandaZeitel, Forrest Zirpolo
GRADE 10Gold
Jennifer Florance, KristiPratt
SilverTyler Clemens, Samantha
Cyr, Peter Dalena, ThomasDinda, Kelly Farina, Paula Fre-jlich, Michael Gervais, NicholasGiuliani, Elizabeth Grosse, LanHuynh, Sarah Kane, MelindaLe, Brian Lister, Alyssa Mar-quez, Paul Martin, KatherineMcLellan, Rebecka Mousch,Jillian Newton, KatelynPugliese, Kayla Quealy, AlexisRodriguez, Tauri Spencer, De-von Tyrrell, Matthew Waddell,Mikayla Wells, KatherineWillard, Samantha Zaza, Bri-ana Zink, Emily Zuckerman
BronzeCheyenne Aguilar, Lindsey
Allario, Charlotte Anderson,
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Goodwin College, EastHartford, has announced thePlainville residents whomade dean’s list for the se-mester: Kimberly Boucher,Jessica Yvonne Calver, Mari-beth Farmer who also madethe president’s list, AnnaMaria Predota, Jennifer L.Scanlon, Anna K. Urbanczyk,and Anna J. Zajaczkowski.
Christopher Ciarcia, ofPlainville, has completed histhird semester on the dean’slist at Suffolk University inBoston. He is majoring in so-ciology and criminal justice.He is the son of Elaine Jef-frey, of Plainville, and a grad-uate of the Plainville HighSchool Class of 2008.
Benoit, Blaire Bouchard, Re-nee Brousseau, Dylan Chasse,Brandon Dalena, Andrew
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The Plainville Chamber ofCommerce is seeking nomi-nations for the 2009 Distin-guished Volunteer of the Yearaward, Employee of the Yearand Business Recognitionaward. The volunteer awardis given to a local residentwho has dedicated time andservice to make Plainville abetter place in which to liveand work. Chamber membersand the public can be nomi-nated. A committee from thechamber’s board of directorswill select the winner. Em-ployee of the Year is only forchamber members. Theboard of directors will selectthe winners of the employeeand business awards.
Deadline is March 19. Ap-plications are available at thechamber of commerce office,58 W. Main St.
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For information, nomina-tion forms and tickets, callMaureen Saverick, officemanager, at (860) 747-6867.
Spring dancefor PARC
“Spring into spring” atPARC’s Annual Spring Dancefundraiser. PARC is a non-profit organization that pro-vides services for families forpeople with developmentaldisabilities, raising fundsthrough their fundraisers.This event will be held Satur-day, March 27, from 7:30 to11:30 p.m., at Nuchies Restau-rant, in Bristol.
The event will feature Ital-ian specialty food stations,and music and dancing withthe Mirror Image Band.There will also be an open barand dessert table, door prizesand raffles.
Tickets can be purchasedthrough PARC and boardmembers. Call ahead at (860)747-0316 or e-mail [email protected] information, visitwww.plainvillearc.org.
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Owen Anthony Richardson Robert Richardson and Ashley Brilla, of Plainville,announce the birth of a son, Owen Anthony Richardson, onOct. 27, 2009, at the Hospital of Central Connecticut, NewBritain campus.
His maternal grandparents are Denise and DavidGriszkauskas, of Plainville.
His paternal grandparent is Laurette Oakes, of NewBrunswick, Canada.
His maternal great-grandparents are Frank and ElizabethGravel and Lois and Ronald Griszkauskas, all of Southing-ton.
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PFC RyanP. Wells, a2002 gradu-ate ofP l a i n v i l l eHigh School,r e c e n t l ycompleted 13weeks of ba-sic trainingat Marine Corps Recruit De-pot, Parris Island, S.C. fol-lowed by a one month Com-bat Training course in NorthCarolina. He is currentlyworking towards serving hiscountry as an Air CrewChief.
He is the son of Frank andCheryl Wells.
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During the past severalyears, there have been someminor accidents involvingPlainville school buses.
“DATTCO’s a goodprovider,” Carmelich said.“They take their job serious-ly and students’ safety seri-ously. In my personal opin-ion, we should continue thisrelationship.”
Also at the March 8 meet-
ing, students from WheelerSchool presented gifts andcompliments to board mem-bers in acknowledgement ofSchool Board RecognitionMonth. Toffolon and LindenStreet schools also providedgoodie bags.
The Middle School ofPlainville Lego League washonored for its specialachievements. The team isone of only three teams inthe state that have been in-volved in the Lego roboticcompetition since it began 11
years ago. Club advisor isCamille Westfall, a technolo-gy education teacher.
The next regular schoolboard meeting is scheduledfor Monday, April 12, 7 p.m.,in the Plainville High Schoolcafeteria.
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O’Mazing Race deadline— The Wheeler RegionalFamily YMCA is offering theO’Mazing Race for adults onSaturday, March 20, from 6 to10 p.m. Deadline is Friday,March 12. The event will be-gin at the First Church ofChrist’s Amistad Hall, 75Main St., Farmington.Teams of four will be pitagainst one another, givenrace assignments and be sentout into the community tocollect objects and performtasks, while documentingeach step. For information,contact Mike Kerrigan at(860) 793-9631 or visitwww.ghymca.org.
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Feb. 26Rita E. Kupchik to Charles J.
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March 1Elizabeth Carroll to Brian
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“Alice in Wonderland”— Plainville Choral Societywill present “Alice in Won-derland” Saturday, March13, at 2 and 7 p.m., at theMiddle School of Plainville,150 Northwest Drive. Ticketscan be purchased at FamilyBarber Shop, 122 East St.;Feet First, 99 FarmingtonAve., Bristol Commons; JPJewelers, 47 Whiting St.; Lil-lian’s Culinary, ForestvilleCenter; Plainville SeniorCenter, 200 East St.; andSaint’s, 1248 Queen St.,Southington.
Cookie booths — ThePlainville Girl ScoutTroops will be having cook-ie booths at Old Navy, 286New Britain Ave., Friday,March 12, from 5 to 8 p.m.,and Saturday, March 13,
noon to 4 p.m., and atLowe’s, 246 New BritainAve., March 13, 10 a.m. to 4p.m., and Gnazzo’s, 73 EastSt., March 13, 9 a.m. to 3p.m. The cookies will be forsale every weekend inMarch. If anyone would liketo donate cookies the girlswill be taking orders for theGift of Caring Program thatsends the cookies to the mil-itary or local organizationsthat the girls have chosen.
Cookie sale — Girl ScoutTroop 66476 will have a cook-ie booth sale Saturday,March 13, from 10 a.m. to 3p.m., at 27 W. Main St., infront of LaPeluza Salon, 27W. Main St., in Plainville.Troop 66476 will also take or-ders for anyone wishing todonate a box or case of cook-ies to Cookies for Heroes.
National Federation ofthe Blind — The NationalFederation of the Blindmeets at noon on the second
Saturday of each month,September through June, atthe Plainville Library, 55 E.Main St. The public is invit-ed. For information, callBeth Rival, president, at(860) 828-8378.
Scrapbook crop — FaithBible Church, 168 UnionvilleAve., Plainville, is holdingits annual scrapbook cropevent Saturday, March 13from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Pro-ceeds will benefit the annualEaster egg hunt offered forfree to children up to age 12.There is a cost per person toattend and includes break-fast, lunch, dinner, icecream social, goodie bagsand raffle prizes for every-one who pre-registers; therewill also be vendors and freeuse of the cutting tools. Forinformation or to register,call Michelle, at (860) 628-3676, or Kim, at (860) 302-4746.
Teen center open —Faith Bible Church, 168Unionville Ave. at NorthwestDrive, has a youth centerwhere Plainville teenagerscan come Saturday nights,from 7 to 9 p.m., to have funfree of charge. Activities in-clude billiards, ping pong,foosball and other games.For more information, callthe church at (860) 747-5209.
Thrift shop sale — Thethrift shop at the Congrega-tional Church of Plainville,130 W. Main St., will have abag sale beginning Wednes-day, March 10 and endingSaturday, March 20. For in-formation, visit the Web sitewww.uccplainville.org or call(860) 747-2418.
Transfer stationto open March 27
The Town Transfer Sta-tion located at Granger Lanewill open for the season onSaturday, March 27. Thehours will be on Saturdaysonly, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.,and the service is forPlainville residents only.Identification is required.
For more information,contact the Physical ServicesDepartment, at (860) 793-0221,ext. 208.
Bulk wastepickup set
The bulk waste pickup hasbeen set for Monday, April 26to Friday, April 30. For a listof acceptable items, go to thetown Web site www.plainvil-lect.com, go to Town Depart-ments, click on Public Worksand select Bulk Pickup in theleft navigation bar. Residentscan also contact PublicWorks, at (860) 793-0221, ext.208.
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we don’t get a raise everyyear but we get an increasein property taxes everyyear,” she said. “The Boardof Education can’t get every-thing they want every year.”
Several speakers askedwhy was $30,000 in fire in-spection fees computed intotown revenue when the pro-posal had been voted down inOctober. “I thought this wasa dead issue,” said residentJohn Kisluk. “How about acap on teachers’ salaries?Twenty-four are makingmore than $84,000. This is
ridiculous. This has to stop.”“I wouldn’t want to be in
your shoes. There’s not a lotto cut,” Thomas Warnat toldthe Town Council. A coun-cilor in the 1980s, Warnatsaid education has changed.“Education does cost a lotbut it’s worth it. Don’t look tocut just to cut,” he said.
Andre Grandbois also of-fered advice to the TownCouncil: eliminate the fireinspection fees as revenue,retain the one full-time po-lice officer position that wasproposed to be removed, and
give the Board of Educationa final total to work with andthey’ll find a place to cutcosts, he said.
The council will continuethe budget process by hear-ing presentations from eachmunicipal department andthe school board. Dates areThursday, March 11, Tues-day, March 16, Thursday,March 18, Tuesday, March 23and Thursday, March 25. Allwill be held at 7 pm. in coun-cil chambers at the Munici-pal Center, 1 Central Square.Public comment is not al-lowed. On March 25 the coun-cil’s proposed budget is due.
The documents can beviewed on the Web siteswww.plainvillect.com andwww.plainvilleschools.org.The budget meetings willalso be shown on Nutmeg TV.Dan Hurley, Town Councilchairman, said the councilhas some hard weeks ahead.
as a wearable tea pot andcup, a chandelier, and achest of drawers all had tobe created, plus a chorus offlatware. But the costumesrose to the occasion as usu-al.
In an early production, aChristmas show at the highschool, Ruth decided thatthe chorus should representa Christmas tree. Out camethe green dye, out came thesheets – magic – a “live”Christmas tree. Someonestood on a stepladder andheld the star on top. It was agreat success.
Several Christmas showswere joint efforts with thePlainville Wind Ensemble.Both groups add so much tothe quality of life in ourtown.
The ideas for the pro-grams are presented to themembers for discussion andto get opinions as to whetherthe production would beright for P.C.S.
Some shows call for comicrelief, which is not lackingamong the members, butsome comedy just happens.
Mal Cummings told me ofa great backstage incident,which I knew would be wild,as Mal and Foster Whitewere involved.
Nine-year-old Mark Lei-
pus (who Mal said was ninegoing on 40) was a stage nat-ural from the beginning.Mal and Foster were back-stage in charge of gettingMark through a fast cos-tume change. They didn’t re-alize how hot and perspiringhe was until they managedto get both of his legs stuckin one trouser leg. After a lotof effort, they pulled him
out only to be told to putthem back on — but fast asthe costume he had just dis-carded was to be used in hisnext scene.
And then there were otherthings going on back stage.Peter Lennon, our formertown clerk, served, as mostof his children, with P.C.S.He and son, Peter, were incharge of staging for a balletcompany from Newington.For a beautiful snow scene,Ivory Soap Flakes were usedand it soon became thewildest sight with thedancers slipping and slid-ing!
Peter recalled that build-ing sets for 25 years took alot of time and money. Withupward of 70 people onstage for chorus numbersthere was little room left forstaging. He found ways to re-sort to lighting effects onback drops.
Peter III ran the “board,”Timothy assisted with setmoves, and Stephanie andKate, at one time, handledspotlights. Eldest son Peterstayed on after senior Peterretired.
And there are many morestories to be told.
Change affects repertoire,members and venues. P.C.S.has been able to change
while retaining quality, andthat nucleus of “forevermembers.”
One of the big thrills thegroup enjoyed was meetingDave Brubeck at the GreaterHartford Academy of Artsin 2001, and that after an ex-hausting weekend of music.
Plainville is fortunate in-deed to have such a qualitychoral group.
I’m sure all who have at-tended one of their concertsjoin me in wishing them ahappy 40th birthday.
The Plainville Choral Soci-ety is presenting “Alice inWonderland” Friday, March12, at 7 p.m., and Saturday,March 13, at 2 and 7 p.m., atthe Middle School ofPlainville, 150 NorthwestDrive. Tickets can be pur-chased in advance at the fol-lowing locations: FamilyBarber Shop, 122 East St.;Feet First, 99 FarmingtonAve., Bristol Commons; JPJewelers, 47 Whiting St.; Lil-lian’s Culinary, ForestvilleCenter; Plainville Senior Cen-ter, 200 East St.; or Saint’s,1248 Queen St., Southington.Members of “Let’s Go Arts”will have a two-for-one at thedoor only. For more informa-tion, visit pcsmusic.org orcall (860) 747-5695.
The Plainville Citizen — Thursday, March 11, 201028
ChoralContinued from page 1
Photo courtesy of Ruth Bernadt
December 2001 featuredthe performance, “Re-naissance Christmas,”with costumes created byRuth Bernadt, far right.Dot Sparmer is on left andJean Cummings is in thecenter.
powder had to be lit and...you guessed it. The night ofthe show it malfunctionedand the audience “got nobang” out of that presenta-tion. For “Fiddler on theRoof,” Trudy’s two 9-year-oldgrandsons, Ryan and Kyle,were members of the cast.
Over the years, P.C.S. hasproduced an amazing num-ber of shows: 14 majorworks; 26 musicals, four chil-dren’s Disney shows; fourcommissioned works, 20youth theater productionsand three Christmas con-certs with the PlainvilleWind Ensemble.
Ruth Bernadt has been incharge of costumes for 35years and Dianne Daileyalso works on the wardrobe.There are about 50 outfits,some made “from scratch,”some made for specificneeds. These are stored in asafe place thanks to the gen-erosity of a kind citizen.Wedding gowns and brides-maid dresses provide the ba-sis for many a costume. Ruthtells me men’s’ outfits areharder to come by. Most ofthe outfits are donated.
“Beauty and the Beast”was a particular challenge
ResidentsContinued from page 1
ucation’s proposed budget is$33,254,942.
Retiree Foster White saidhe lives on a fixed income.However, he was in favor ofthe school budget because ofthe success Plainville stu-dents and the school systemhave realized. “Look at the re-sults. The drop-out rate isless than 1 percent, 93 percent[of graduates] continue on tohigher education; those aresignificant accomplish-ments,” White said. “We’renot talking about money,we’re talking about results.We’re talking about the fu-ture of Plainville and the na-tion.”
Gayle Basset, the firstspeaker to address the TownCouncil, asked for a compari-son between the number ofteachers and administratorsin 2000 and 2010. “The Boardof Education doesn’t realize
Nutmeg TVNutmeg TV will be cable
casting the Plainvillebudget meetings at 6 p.m.on Comcast Channel 96and AT&T U’Verse Chan-nel 99:
March 8 meeting: airsFriday, March 19
March 10 airs Monday,March 22
March 11 airs Tuesday,March 23
March 16 airs Friday,March 26
March 18 airs Sunday,March 28
March 22 airs Tuesday,March 30
March 23 airs Wednes-day, March 31
March 25 airs Thursday,April 1
PlainvilleBrief
Literacy tutortraining inMarch
Literacy Volunteers ofCentral Connecticut needsEnglish tutors. Manyadult students are waitingfor tutors to help themwith reading, writing andspeaking English. No ex-perience is necessary;training, observations andsupport are provided.
The organization is of-fering a tutor training inMarch at the Bristol Pub-lic Library, 11 High St., onMarch 15, 18, 22, 25, 29 andApril 1, from 6 to 9 p.m. Toregister or for more infor-mation call (860) 229-7323,e-mail [email protected] or visit www.liter-acycentral.org.
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