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William Lacourciere, pres-ident of Novametrix in anarchival photo from May15, 1988.
Novametrix co-founder dies after long fight with cancerBy Eric Heredia
Special to The Citizen
Family and former co-workers rememberedWilliam J. Lacourciere April3 for his work founding med-ical technology companies,serving his country in theAir Force and being a goodleader.
He died March 29, at age 73,after a long battle with can-cer. Sheila Lacourciere saidher husband was diagnosedwith oral cancer nine yearsago. He had five operations inhis mouth but the cancereventually spread to bones inhis shoulder, hip and spine.She said he also suffered
from pneumonia and his con-dition took a turn for theworse last September.
Lacourciere, who playedfootball at Southington HighSchool, asked Sheila Wrinnout on a date during theirjunior year. After graduat-ing, they got married and hejoined the Air Force. WilliamLacourciere moved aroundfrom Texas to Illinois toBiloxi, Miss., teaching air-men how to use their radioequipment.
After William Lacourciereleft the service, the couplemoved back to Southingtonand he got a job at the Techni-cal Measurement Corp. asmanufacturing manager.
They moved to Cheshire in1961.
William Lacourciereworked at Corometrix Med-ical Systems for 10 years be-fore co-founding Wallingford-based Novametrix in 1978.The company manufacturedcritical-care patient monitor-ing equipment such as pulseoximeters and monitors that
track patients’ carbonmonoxide levels. The prod-ucts helped save the lives ofpatients from adults to pre-mature infants.
Joseph Vincent worked forWilliam Lacourciere at No-vametrix.
“He was a very innovativeguy,” said Vincent, who con-sidered Lacourciere his men-tor. “He expected a lot fromus, and because of that weachieved a lot ... he had a lotof moxie and he treatedeverybody like family ... hewasn’t a normal CEO. He wasa real people person.”
The publicly traded com-pany grew rapidly and be-came worth as much as $55million, Vincent said. How-ever, the company lost apatent infringement lawsuitthat posed some problems.
“We didn’t actually in-fringe,” Vincent said. “Wewon all the appeals, but wepiled up a lot of debt and hadto work our way out of that.”
The company was sold in2002 and became RespironicsNovametrix. William La-courciere also founded LifeSupply, a company that madefetal monitors, and ran it formore than 10 years.
Sheila Lacourciere saidher husband loved watchingthe University of Connecti-cut’s men’s and women’s bas-ketball teams. He loved to
read American history andthriller novels by RobertLudlum. He was also an avidgolfer and traveled extensive-ly for business. She said shewas fortunate enough to goalong with him during manyof his trips.
William Lacourciere’s fa-vorite vacation spot wasPoint O’Woods in Old Lyme,which he thought was themost beautiful place in theworld.
“He was a great guy, he wasfriends with everybody, hehad no enemies,” said hisson, William Lacourciere Jr..“He was the best father in thewhole world. He always want-ed to take care of everybody.”
Vincent said he hadn’tbeen able to visit Lacourciereas much he’d liked to have re-cently, but he did see him onFriday before he passed away.
“We had a great relation-ship,” he said. “We talkedabout the old days.”
Besides his wife and son,Lacourciere is survived byhis daughters Faith Weiss, ofAvon, and Karen Bertoni, ofCheshire; seven grandchil-dren, two sisters and threebrothers.
(Contact information:e h e r e d i a @ r e c o r d -journal.com; (203) 317-2243;Twitter: @EHerediaRJ.)
Garden club to meetThe Suburban Garden Club of Cheshire is scheduled to
meet Wednesday, April 17, at the Cheshire Senior Center,240 Maple Ave. Tovah Martin is scheduled to present“Terrariums and You.” The topic on terrariums is gearedto help all levels of gardeners host houseplants. Refresh-ments begin at 7 p.m.; program begins at 7:30 p.m. There isa suggested donation for all non-members. New membersare welcome to join anytime.
For more information, call Mary Sullivan at (203) 881-1620 or Jo-Ann Vitarelli at (203) 272-9033.
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Budget revisions reduce aprojected 3.93 percent tax in-crease to a 1.63 percent in-crease for the 2013-14 fiscalyear that begins July 1.
A budget vote was on theTown Council agenda forApril 9. (For updates checkthe website at chshireciti-zen.com.) If approved, themill rate would increasefrom 27.3 mills to 28.3 mills,
according to Financial Plan-ner Jim Jaskot. The mill raterepresents $1 in taxes forevery $1,000 of assessed prop-erty value.
A 1.63 percent tax increasewould be in line with the av-erage of the last four years,which has been about 1.81percent annually. Last year’sincrease was 1.07 percent.
The Town Council and oth-er town officials met April 8to go over the final proposedbudget.
Though state aid is de-creasing by more than $2 mil-lion, it was possible to trimspending without cuttingservices, said Town ManagerMichael Milone.
The savings come in largepart from skimming moneyfrom line items that wereoverfunded in the proposedbudget and dipping into thedebt service reserve. The re-vised budget saves the town
Council budget vote likely to impact mill rate
See Budget, page 25
Ballet at a spring tea fundraiser, performed by stu-dents of the Cheshire Dance Center.
By Farrah Duffany Special to The Citizen
Tables dressed in whitelinen had pastel pink andgreen napkins folded in tri-angles. Fine floral Chinateacups, saucers, and silver-ware were placed neatly onthe tables as girls dressed inblack served tea, sandwiches,and dessert to guests.
Patrons enjoyed their Sun-day afternoon munching onegg salad sandwiches andcookies, sipping green tea,and watching ballet perform-ances by dancers of theCheshire Dance Centre dur-ing the annual Spring Teafundraiser at the Parks andRecreation Center. The pro-ceeds help with the Cecchetti
High tea and ballet atdance center fundraiser
Ballet Theatre’s 2013 produc-tion of “The Nutcracker.”
“It’s a lovely afternoon forpeople to experience what ahigh tea service is like,” saidBetty Seibert, owner ofCheshire Dance Centre. “It’sa great experience for old andyoung.”
See Ballet, page 8
Full-day kindergarten to be studiedafter survey shows strong supportBy Eve Britton
The Cheshire Citizen
Kindergartners may bepacking a lunch for school in2014, if a proposal to switchthe program to full daycomes to pass.
“Two and a half hours isjust not enough time in theclassroom to be beneficial,”schools Superintendent GregFlorio said. “With the expec-tations we have in primarygrades now, it’s just far tooshort.”
Town schools distributed asurvey earlier this year thatasked parents, teachers, andcommunity members whatthey thought of the idea ofchanging the current half-day model and 75 percent sup-ported it. A survey done in2000 showed 50 percent of re-sponders supported a change.
The projected budget forthe program is $700,000.
The schools’ curriculumdepartment is looking to setup early next month a com-mittee that would weigh the“pros and cons of each,” ur-riculum director Scott Det-rick said. Ideally, the commit-tee comprised of parents,
See Kindergarten, page 9
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The Cheshire Public Li-brary’s recent program onwild turkeys offered interest-ing and not-so-commonly-known turkey facts. See howyou do with these true orfalse statements:
Turkeys sleep in thebranches of trees.
Turkeys can fly more than50 mph.
Turkeys have excellenthearing and eyesight.
These are all facts accord-ing to information presentedby Michael Gregonis, a life-long wildlife biologist. Grego-nis has been with the Con-necticut Department of En-ergy and Environmental Pro-tection for more almost twodecades. The Cheshire Envi-ronment Commission spon-sored the event.
“Turkeys are near anddear to my heart, Gregonissaid. “I’ve dealt with them forso many years.”
Gregonis has been pivotalto the success ofrestoring wildturkeys in Con-necticut, as well asother states.
He regaled theaudience with sto-ries about wildturkeys: theirhabits, history andlifecycle. Gregonisestimated the pop-ulation of wildturkeys in statewas 20,000 in the1600s. As the in-flux of Europeanssettlers increased,more land wasturned under tofarm or was other-wise cleared. Thewild turkey was“pushed intosmaller and small-
er woodlots.” It got to thepoint where the lack of spacemade turkeys more vulnera-ble to hunters, predators anddisease and their numbersdwindled.
“By the early 1800s, thewild turkey had disappearedfrom the state of Connecti-cut. The last recorded turkeyin Connecticut was in 1813 inthe town of North Branford,”he said.
The “silver lining in thiscloud,” Gregonis said, camewith the 1950s, as interestgrew in restoring the wildturkey population. Early at-tempts were not withoutproblems however. A majormisstep was in not usingturkeys from the wild. Theprogram began, in earnest,in 1975 with wild birds thatcame from New York. Therewere 22 birds: five males and17 females. In 1989, one of thevery last capture and trans-fers occurred in Warren. To-day there are about 35,000wild turkeys and they are inall 169 Connecticut towns.
“From those few birds, were-established the whole wildturkey population. It’s been aremarkable wildlife manage-ment success story,” Grego-nis said.
Here more facts: Predatorsinclude bobcats, horned owls,coyotes, and raccoons.Turkeys are omnivores.Turkeys can have up to 6,000feathers. Male turkeys havebeards—on their breasts. Thelonger the beard, the olderthe turkey. Poults are youngones. In a 24-hour day, nestinghens may only leave her eggsfor about two hours to feed.Eggs are laid in a slight de-pression in the ground. Eggs,regardless of when the henlaid them, will hatch out atthe same time.
For more information onwild turkeys, the wild turkeyrestoration program or tofind out how to help with the2012 Wild Turkey Brood Sur-vey (begins June 1), go to theCT DEEP website, CT DEEP.
Citizen photo by Joy VanderLek
Billy Krzanowski, of Cheshire, trieshis hand at a box turkey call asMichael Gregonis of the state’sDEEP uses a strike and box call.Turkey calls were part of a recentinformational program on wildturkeys, sponsored by theCheshire Environment Commis-sion, at the Cheshire Public Library.
Adinolfi adopts canal state park trailState Rep. Al Adinolfi has “adopted” Canal State Park
Trail in Cheshire and Hamden, joining a coalition of statepark and greenway advocates in the Connecticut’s legisla-ture.
The Friends of Connecticut State Parks and the Con-necticut Forest and Park Association are celebrating the100th anniversary of the state park system, and legislatorssuch as Adinolfi joined the effort to promote and protectthe state’s natural attributes by adopting a park. He hasbeen added to the park system’s Honor Roll of legislators.Adinolfi will use his position as a legislator to advocate forthe needs of the trail and work with park officials to con-tinually understand its assets and needs. The FarmingtonCanal Heritage Trail is a non-motorized transportationpath built on a historic rail corridor formally known as theCanal Line. It covers roughly 84 miles (about 70 percent iscompleted) from New Haven to Northampton, Mass. and ispart of the East Coast Greenway.
Adinofli, as a town councilman, was among those whoaggressively supported and helped get approvals for thesections of trail used by Cheshire residents as well as resi-dents from surrounding communities—including its con-nection to neighboring Hamden. He has applauded an ex-pansion to the trail that was announced recently by thestate’s Department of Transportation. Connecting toSouthington is a goal.
Over a dozen legislators have signed pledges to adoptstate parks and greenways in their districts. There are 107state parks in Connecticut, and according to a UConn Eco-nomic Study, the state parks employ 9,000 people each yearand bring $1 billion to the state’s economy.
Submitted by Rep. Al Adinolfi who represents103rd Gener-al Assembly District covering parts of Cheshire, Southing-ton, and Wallingford.
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A lanky, black cat dartsinto the trees, while a blur ofgray and white fur follows inclose pursuit at the sound ofapproaching footsteps. Attimes, a pair of erect ears orglowing eyes is visible in theheavily wooded area, next toa babbling brook. But none ofthe occupants of the feral catcolony dares to leave the safe-ty of the trees to investigatethe footsteps or even the catfood set out for them.
The 15 to 20 cats at this siteoff Highway 10, near down-town Cheshire, are cared forby the Friends of FeralCheshire Cats. The groupcares for other feral catcolonies, too, some locatednear farms, others near ma-jor roads.
“Our main mission is totrap, neuter and return,” saidLori Ratchelous organizationco-founder. “But it’s neverjust that easy; it’s the otherunknowns that get you, likeinjuries, illnesses. We alsohave people feeding thecolonies every day.”
Though the group doesn’toperate a shelter, it does pro-vide the cats with shelters ata site in the woods off Route10, behind a business area.Some of the housing consistsof insulated wooden cat con-dos, made by volunteers andthe Boy Scouts. It looks like a
small cat city, with plasticfood bowls dotting the areaand straw-lined huts. Thismay be considered the high-end area. Over a small em-bankment are plastic doghouses and crates, somebandaged with duct tape.These don’t sport the view ofthe brook, but instead lookinto the back of a metaldumpster.
The 7-year-old nonprofit
group has about 15 regularvolunteers and a few fostercare homes, Ratchelous said.However, the group does notgenerally take in cats or relo-cate them except under ex-treme cases, where the cat’shealth or life is in danger.
“We appreciate all they dofor the town,” said JimFasano, spokesman for theCheshire Police Department.“We don’t have a shelter forcats, so we tend to rely on or-ganizations like the Friendsof Feral Cheshire Cats.”
Fasano said the group hasbeen helpful in cat hoarding
Feral cats get helping hand from volunteer group
See Cats, page 12
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Cat shelters in a woodedarea near Rt. 10.
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The Cheshire Lions Clubhas scheduled its 56th annualDinner Dance for the Blindfor Monday, April 29, at theAqua Turf Club. Through thefoundation dedicated to help-ing the visually impairedcommunity in Connecticut,the event provide a fullcourse dinner, music anddancing, and a gift for eachvisually impaired guest.
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The servers were older stu-dents of the dance centerwhile the younger girls, ages6 to 14, performed. Parents ofthe ballet dancers helpedbake, cook, run raffles andset up the tables.
“It really takes a village,”said Robin Capone, the coor-
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dinator of the event. “Every-one has their hands in help-ing,”
Capone’s two daughters,Jillian and Glennith, studyballet at the dance center.
For the past 10 yearsCapone has been involved inhelping with fundraisers.
“You do whatever you canto help,” Capone said.
Olivia Druckrey, a studentat Cheshire Dance Centre for
the past 15 years and a seniorat Cheshire High School, wasexcited about the turnout.She said any funds help thedancers.
“We have a nice flow goingand everyone is having agood time,” Druckrey said.“We are all such a big family.”
About a half hour into theevent, Seibert called for theattention of the crowd as shepresented seven different
groups of dancers to per-form. Dancers gracefullytwirled, hopped, and tiptoedacross the stage to music,their dresses flowing withevery move.
A round of applauseechoed in the room after thegirls finished.
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ance of the younger girls,who she helps coach. She feltthe event was very success-ful.
“It’s different,” KristaKasperson said. “You don’tget to sit down and have tealike this, it’s fun.”
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“I think the whole notionof a full-day kindergarten issomething the town needs toconsider fully,” DarceySchool Principal Ann Don-nery said. “It would allowchildren to explore conceptsand allow for far deeperthinking.”
All kindergartners in townattend the program at DarceySchool.
The change to full daywould also allow studentsmore time for socialization,play and “transitions” fromone topic to another. Rightnow, the school day is focusedheavily on curriculum, andstudents don’t have the timeto digest one topic before thenext is introduced, Donnerysaid.
The biggest issue the com-mittee will face is where toput all the students. Rightnow, there are 275 students inhalf-day kindergarten atDarcey School. The schooldoes not have enough class-rooms to hold all the studentsfull time, and the buildingcannot be expanded to ac-commodate them, Floriosaid.
He said one of the possibil-ities is to spread kinder-garten classes throughoutthe four elementary schools,as well as Darcey, space per-mitting at those schools.
Both Florio and Detricksaid it shouldn’t be any prob-lem for the students to adjustto a full day of kindergarten,since many of the studentsalready go to all-day day careor preschools and are used tobeing on the move in socialsituations all day.
With all-day kindergarten,students would be in school6.5 hours, the same amount oftime as other elementary
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school students.“The fundamental skills
need to be implanted at anearly age,” Florio said. “Itgives the students an oppor-tunity to get the basics.”
Lego donationsThe children’s department at the Cheshire Public Library is looking for donations of
new or gently used LEGO blocks for children’s programs. Small Legos are preferred, butall donations are accepted. For more information, call (203) 272-2245, ext. 3003.
Patrick Brown, left, John Fox, and fac-ulty advisor Theresa West at the recentModel U.N. conference for middleschools.
Academy students win prizesJohn Fox and Patrick Brown, both
eighth grade students at Cheshire Acade-my, recently took home two of four awardsfor “Best Delegate” at the Model United Na-tions conference for middle school stu-dents in the greater Hartford area. Over130 students participated in the first-timeevent. Each school was assigned a countryto represent mock U.N. committees.
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Cheshire residents, DebbieCrakes, Gail Deninger, Mar-lene Barrante, MarianneBeckman, Joan Benedetto,Jane Bower, Kathy Traester,Ramin Hakin, Matt McCaf-frey, John Whinfield, andDan Balint are scheduled toperform with the GreaterMiddletown Chorale in thepremiere of Letter FromItaly. The production isscheduled for Sunday, April28, at 4 p.m., at the Middle-town High School Center forthe Performing Arts, 200LaRosa Lane, Middletown.
Letter From Italy is a per-formance of new musicabout love, a man who wentto war, and the impact ofpost-traumatic stress on fam-ilies. It was created by Con-necticut’s Meneely sisters, aGrammy-nominated compos-er and a published poet, tohonor their father. The per-formance will include a 65voice chorus and a full or-chestra.
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When the organizationgets a call about an aban-doned cat, it sets a humanetrap. When the animal iscaught, someone from the or-ganization takes it to the vet,usually the HOPESpay/Neuter Clinic in Water-bury. The cat is de-wormed,
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vaccinated for rabies and dis-temper, tested for FELV, alsoknown as kitty leukemia,and FIV, or kitty AIDS, andspayed or neutered if it has-n’t already been done.
If the cat is feral, it is re-turned to its “colony” or catfamily.
“People often ask us to re-locate the cat, but you can’tdo that,” Ratchelous said.“It’s like us being dropped off
in a foreign country notknowing the language.”
Bringing a feral cat into adomestic environment justdoesn’t work, either, shesaid. Also, people should callthe Friends organization ifthey see a pregnant cat orone that just gave birth.
“Once they’re 10 weeksold, they’re feral and youcan’t do anything withthem,” Ratchelous said.
Foster homes take in catsthat are injured, elderly,young kittens and nursingmothers, and non-feral catsthat can be re-homed.
“We don’t euthanize un-less it’s absolutely neces-sary,” Ratchelous said.“We’re not going to put downa healthy cat if it’s treat-able.”
This time of year getsbusier as kitten birthing sea-son starts, she said. The or-ganization, which runs on abudget of $7,500 to $10,000 an-nually, especially needs helpwith funding to have kittensand cats spayed and neuteredand with donations of drycat food.
An adoption fee of $100 isrequired to defray vet bills.The group does not adopt outduring holidays or if some-one is looking for a “gift” forsomeone. The gift recipienthas to call the organization.
Friends of Feral CheshireCats most recently helped or-ganizations in Wallingfordand Southington set up simi-lar nonprofit rescue groupsFor more information go tow w w . F r i e n d s o f f e r -alcheshirecats.org or call(866) 811-2287.
(Contact information forEve Britton: [email protected]; (203) 317-2208;Twitter: @EveBritton.)
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Cheshire Women’s ClubThe Cheshire Women’s Club is scheduled to meet on the
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For more information about membership, call Trudy at(203) 272-1772.
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Your kidneys, Your Healthis scheduled for tonight,April 11, at 7 p.m., at theCheshire Public Library.
Too many people are notaware of the importance ofknowing about their kidneyhealth. Peter Juergensen isscheduled to present an in-formative session.
Seating is limited. Formore information, call (203)272-2245, ext. 4.
Super foods The Cheshire Public Li-
brary has scheduled SuperFoods to Maximize YourHealth for Thursday, April18, at 7 p.m.
Dr. Debra Anastasio isscheduled to discuss super
foods and how they can beused to enhance health. Whatare super foods? Super foodsare a special category offoods found in nature. By def-inition they are caloriesparse and nutrient densemeaning they pack a lot ofpunch for their weight as faras goodness goes. They aresuperior sources of anti-oxi-dants and essential nutrientswe need but cannot makeourselves.
For more information andto register, call (203) 272-2245or visit www.cheshireli-brary.com.
Book discussionsThe Cheshire Cats Clas-
sics Club has scheduled abook discussion of The BellJar for Wednesday, April 17,at 7 p.m.
To register, please visitwww.cheshirelibrary.org.
Library donationsThe Friends of the
Cheshire Public Library hasscheduled its spring booksale for Friday, April 25, from9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Friday,April 26, from 9:30 a.m. to 4p.m.; and Saturday, April 27,from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.Books must be in good condi-tions with no torn pages, un-derlining, no marginal com-
ments, and must not of mold.Non-fiction books of art,
music, history, philosophy,health, humor, psychology,religion, biography, poetry,sports, travel, cooking, homeand garden, how-to books,hobbies, in good condition,and relevant to present timewill be accepted.
Children’s books, for allages, are accepted.
Fiction (hardcover and pa-perback) books from 2000through 2013 are accepted.Exceptions are books by localauthors and classic contem-porary authors includingWoolf, Hemingway, Fitzger-ald, Updike, Cheever andSinger.
CD’s, DVD’s and books ontape must be in good condi-tion.
The library does not ac-cept record, magazines andvideotapes.
All donations should beplaced in the woodenFriends’ box at the library.Donations will not be accept-ed April 19 through April 30.
Online languagelearning
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Users have the ability towrite or speak their answers,practice pronunciation byslowing down the on-screenexamples, and converse withnative speakers though inter-active videos.
Transparent Language On-line delivers all language-learning materials onlinewith no additional media,such as CDs, flash drives, orDVDs.
Users can learn on theirown time, at their own pacein the library, in the comfortof their own home, or on thego with Byki Mobile for theiPhone® and Android�.
Children may use theaward winning Muzzy na-tional foreign language pro-grams in Spanish, French,German, Italian, MandarinChinese, Russian and Por-tuguese. The program in-cludes interactive games,videos, songs and printableexercises. Muzzy Online sto-ries and vocabulary buildersplay on computers, laptops,ipads, tablets and smartphones or you can join us ona computer at the library.
The Muzzy group plans toadd Japanese, Korean andHindi in 2013.
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portive.“I was with the group
when they first started plan-ning it, five years ago now,”he said. “I’ve always been adog a person.”
It could also be beneficial tothe parks department be-cause some people walk theirdogs in parks and don’t cleanup, he said.
Chicollini and the dog parkgroup visited parks in othertowns to get an idea of whatthey wanted. Alreadyplanned are separate enclo-sures for big dogs and smalldogs. It’s an ideal location, headded, because there are noclose neighbors.
Animal Control OfficerApril Leiler, who has a yellow
Lab, said she also supportsthe park, even though it maymean more work for her inthe long run.
“I talked to Southingtonand there have been some ex-tra calls for service,” she said,but I’m not really worriedabout the extra calls,” shesaid. “I think it will be a funthing for people in town.”
The website for the dogpark, which also includes apetition for the park, iswww.cheshiredogpark.com.The group also has a Face-book page called “CheshireDog Park.”
(Contact information:ebri t ton@record - jour nal.com; (203)317-2208; Twitter:@EveBritton.)
By Eve Britton The Cheshire Citizen
If all the balls bounce intoplace, Cheshire dogs willhave a place of their own, forexercise and play, by fall.
About $17,000 has beenraised so far to pay for fenc-ing the town-owned two-acreparcel next to Artsplace offRoute 10, according to CindyForlenzo, head of thefundraising campaign. The10-member group leading theeffort still has to raise moneyfor pickup bags, information-al kiosks, garbage cans andsigns.
“Everyone seems to bevery interested in gettingthis done,” Forlenzo said.“We would like to have itdone by this spring, but Idon’t think it’s going to hap-pen, so we’re looking at fall.”
The group is planning toapproach the Town Councilsoon to formally ask for per-mission to use the land as adog park. Councilors have al-ready indicated that they fa-vor the idea, Forlenzo said.
The project started in 2008,with a goal of setting asidefour acres for a dog park. Thesite is set on a former landfill,with surrounding woods andbrush land.
Organizers soon realizedthat they could not raiseenough money to enclosefour acres right away and set-tled on two acres with the op-tion to expand.
The new area will be theonly dog park in the areaopen to Cheshire residents.The Southington dog park isfor Southington residentsonly, but there is rarely anyenforcement unless there’san incident at the park, saidMichael Manware, Southing-ton’s assistant superinten-dent of parks. There aren’tany dog parks in Wallingfordand Meriden.
The group recently had abowlathon, which raised$2,000. A summer carnival isplanned, with food and ven-dors. The members are stilllooking for people to donateitems, like the trash contain-ers.
The town parks and recre-ation director, Bob Chicolli-ni, who has part-time care ofhis son’s dog, said he is sup-
Citizen photo by Christopher Zajac
The property next to Cheshire’s Artsplace may soonbe home to a dog park in Cheshire.
SoccerThe Cheshire Parks and Recreation Department is ac-
cepting registration for its spring soccer program. Theprogram is for students in kindergarten through gradefour. Calisthenics and drills are planned to teach thefundamentals of soccer. A short game will be playedmost weeks. Parents are asked to volunteer to coach andplayers are placed on teams with their schoolmates. Nocleats needed but shin guards are required.
For more information and cost, call (203) 272-2743 orvisit www.cheshirect.org/parkrec.
Wednesday, April 17: Hotopen turkey sandwich withgravy on oat bread, steakfries, California blend, vanil-la pudding with berry top-ping.
Thursday, April 18:Chicken noodle soup, stuffedsalmon with lemon dill
Senior HappeningsCruise to Hawaii infor-
mation meeting - Thursday,April 11, at 7 p.m. An infor-mal meeting regarding theJanuary 2014 trip is sched-uled for today, April 11 at 7p.m. For more information,call Sandy Chase at (203) 641-
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Senior Bookworms areHooked on Reading – Tues-
day, April 16, 10 to 11 a.m.Book discussion: The Confes-sion by John Grisham. Newmembers are encouraged toattend. Group meets in theSenior Center Library.
Mature Driver SafetyProgram – Thursday, April18, from 10: a.m. to 2:30 p.m.Licensed drivers are wel-come to have a free and confi-dential driver safety screen-ing. The program is fundedby Conn. Children’s Med. Ctr.and Hartford Hosp. Pre-Reg-istration is required by call-ing 203-272-8286.
Cooking Demo withSarah Bird – Thursday,April 18, 11:30 a.m. Co-spon-sored by Skyview Center.Registration is required at(203) 272-8286.
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Lunch and a movie - Mon-day, April 29. Lunch at 11:45a.m. A fee is charged forlunch. The Odd Life of Timo-thy Green at 12:30 p.m. RatedPG.
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Pennsylvania Dutch anddinner theatre - May 7-9. Formore information, call SandyChase (203) 641-4817 or RachelChiginsky at (203) 439-7501.
Cruise to Hawaii - Janu-ary 2014. An informal meet-ing regarding the trip isscheduled for Thursday,April 11, at 7 p.m. For moreinformation, call SandyChase at (203) 641-4817.
Trips are scheduledthrough the Senior CenterTravel Club. Payment fortrips may be made by check ormoney order payable to:Cheshire Senior Center, Attn:Travel Club, 240 Maple Ave.,Cheshire, CT 06410. Checksmay be dropped off with violetin the main office. Cash is notaccepted.
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The Cheshire Citizen wel-comes submissions for thecommunity calendar. Thedeadline is Friday at 5 p.m. for placement in the next edi-tion. Send your organiza-tion’s events to [email protected].
April11 Thursday
Boys lacrosse - Cheshirevs. Amity at Amity HighSchool, 4 p.m.
Girls lacrosse -Cheshire vs. Branford atBranford High School TurfField, 7 p.m.
Boys tennis - Cheshirevs. Glastonbury at CheshireHigh School, 4 p.m.
Boys golf - Cheshire vs.Sheehan at Farms CountryClub, 2:45 p.m.
Girls golf - Cheshire vs.Daniel Hand at CountryClub - Southington, 3 p.m.
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Boys, girls track -Cheshire at Record-Journalmeet at Platt High School,3:30 p.m.
Boys volleyball -Cheshire vs. Amity at Ami-ty High School, 5 p.m.
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Boys baseball -Cheshire vs. Fairfield Prepat Fairfield University, 10:30a.m.
Boys lacrosse - Cheshirevs. Hauppauge, NY atCheshire High School,noon.
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Boys baseball -Cheshire vs. Amity atCheshire High School, 4p.m.
Girls lacrosse -Cheshire vs. Brookfield atBrookfield Stadium Field, 4p.m.
Boys tennis - Cheshirevs. Notre Dame - WestHaven at Yale Courts, 3:45p.m.
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Boys lacrosse - Cheshirevs. North Haven at CheshireHigh School, 6 p.m.
Boys track - Cheshirevs. Guilford, Career Mag-net, Fairfield Prep at GHS,3:45 p.m.
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Winterguard perform-ance - The Cheshire HighSchool Winterguards, theCheshire High School JazzEnsemble, are scheduled toperform today, April 11, at 7p.m., in the high schoolwest gym. Winter guardcombines dance with flag,rifle and saber drill work.The event includes prizes,raffle and make you ownsundae. A fee is charged.For more information, callAnabela Mariani at (203)232-4784 [email protected].
Garden Club - The Sub-urban Club of Cheshire isscheduled to meet today, at7 p.m., at the Chesire SeniorCenter, 240 Maple St. TovahMartin is scheduled to pres-ent “Terrariums and You.”A suggested donations is re-quested for non-members.For more information, callMary Sullivan at (203) 881-1620 or Jo-Ann Vitarelli at(203) 272-9033.
Blood drive - The Amer-ican Red Cross has sched-uled a blood drive forWednesday, April 17, from 1to 5:45 p.m., at Temple BethDavid, 3 Main St. For moreinformation and to sched-ule an appointment, call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767).
Grange - The CheshireGrange is scheduled to meetWednesday, April 17 at 7:30p.m., at 44 Wallingford Rd.Visitors are always wel-come. For more informa-tion, call (203) 537-5213.
Boys baseball -Cheshire vs. Sheehan atSheehan High School, 3:45p.m.
Boys tennis - Cheshirevs. Hamden at Hamden ten-nis courts, 3:45 p.m.
Girls tennis - Cheshirevs. Amity at Cheshire HighSchool, 3:45 p.m.
Girls track - Cheshirevs. Daniel Hand, WilburCross, Sacred Heart Acade-my at DHHS track, 3:45 p.m.
Boys volleyball -Cheshire vs. Maloney atCheshire High School, 6p.m.
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Health talk SpringCleaning: Detox 101, a freehealth talk, is scheduled forThursday, April 18, at 7 p.m.
at Thyme & Season, 3040Whitney Ave., Hamden. Formore information, call (203)407-8128 or visitwww.ThymeAndSeasonNat-uralMarket.com.
Softball - Cheshire vs.Shelton at Cheshire HighSchool, 3:45 p.m.
Boys lacrosse - Cheshirevs. Xavier at Xavier HighSchool, 4:30 p.m.
Girls lacrosse - Cheshirevs. Shelton at CheshireHigh School, 4 p.m.
Girls tennis - Cheshirevs. Daniel Hand at CheshireHigh School, 4 p.m.
Boys golf - Cheshire vs.Fairfield Prep at FarmsCountry Club, 2:30 p.m.
Holy walkSubmitted by Jay VanderLek
The youth group of St. Thomas Becket Church por-trayed the Living Stations of the Cross on Good Fri-day for family, friends and parishioners.
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Dodd students Katie Sparks, left, and CamerynGuetens in front of the “green screen” at CheshireHigh School’s Technology Learning Showcase. Therecent event was open to the public and includedclassroom sessions as well as an interactive digitalplayground. The evening highlighted technologicalresources students use as learning tools in school,many of which can also be used in the home.
Green MagicScholarshipsCheshire Knights of
Columbus is currently ac-cepting applications for itsannual scholarship program.Awards can be used towardany Catholic High School orcollege tuition. For more in-formation, criteria and anapplication.
DAR, is accepting applica-tions for an award offered toa woman who is a resident ofCheshire or Prospect, whohas completed a least oneyear of college and main-tained 3.0 or better GPA. Ap-plicants should major inAmerican history, civics,government, social work orallied subjects. Applicationsare available from PriscillaBatty at (203) 272-2073. Dead-line to apply is May 1.
The Cheshire-Walling-ford League of WomenVoters’ is accepting applica-tions for its annual scholar-ship honoring the late Eliza-
beth Giardino. Two women,one from Cheshire and onefrom Wallingford, will re-ceive assistance as they re-sume their education to en-hance their occupationalskills. Applicants must be atleast 21 years old. Applica-tions and criteria can befound at www.lwvct. Formore information, call Jack-ie Sima, at (203) 271-0467.Completed applications mustbe mailed to 180 Birch Drive,Cheshire, CT 06410, and byMay 6.
The Suburban GardenClub of Cheshire offers twoscholarships, one to aCheshire high school seniorswho will be attending an ac-credited college or agricul-tural school with a declaredmajor in horticulture, plantscience, environmental sci-ence or related fields. Theother is offered to a studentalready attending an accred-ited college or agriculturalschool with a declared majorin horticulture, plant sci-ence, environmental scienceor related fields. Applicantsmust have completed at least
one year of college and main-tained a 3.0 grade point aver-age in their major. Bothscholarships will be awardedbased on academic perform-ance, character, financialneed and enthusiasm for thechosen field of study. Appli-cations and additional infor-mation is available on theSuburban Garden Club’sWebsite www.cheshiregar-deners.org under ‘Communi-ty Programs’.
Yellow House The Yellow House is locat-
ed at 554 South Main St.(across from the CheshireHigh School). The YellowHouse offers recreationaland educational programs,club activities and leadershiptraining workshops. Formore information, call (203)271-6690 or email [email protected].
High school Friday nightactivities
All ninth through twelfthgrade Cheshire residents arewelcome to attend the Fridayevents, scheduled from 6 to 11p.m. All events are super-vised by Cheshire Youth Ser-vice staff. All activities arefree and held at the YellowHouse unless otherwise stat-ed.
Middle school Saturdaynight activities
All seventh and eighthgrade Cheshire residents arewelcome to attend the Satur-day events, scheduled from 6to 9:30 p.m. All events are su-pervised by Cheshire Youth
Service staff. All activitiesare free and held at the Yel-low House unless otherwisestated on there gistration/per missionform. Pre-registration is re-quired for all.
Youth Literacy Project The Youth Literacy Project
is designed to promote read-ing among first gradersthrough working one-on-onewith a high school mentor,demonstrating the impor-tance of reading. The twohour meetings consist of aone-on-one reading experi-ence for each first graderpaired with a high school vol-unteer followed by hands-onactivities related to the read-ing of the day. The programmeets on Saturdays, from 10a.m. to noon.
Student Math MasteryClub
The Student Math MasteryClub is designed to promoteconfidence among thirdgraders by working one-on-one with a high school men-tor, demonstrating the impor-
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Healing RoomThe Cornerstone Church,
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Church of St.Thomas Becket
St. Thomas BecketWomen’s Club has scheduled“A Woman’s Work is Never
Done” for Sunday, April 28,from 1 to 3 p.m., in the churchparish hall. Grace Durginplans to present and discusshousehold tools that womenused between 1900 to the1950s. The event also in-cludes lunch and dessert. Afee is charged. Reservations,by April 21, are required.
For more information, callPat at (203) 271-1116.
Temple BethDavid
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Tuning Torah Yoga.Join Rabbi Josh Whinstonfor Tuning Torah Yoga onSaturday, April 13, and every
second Saturday of eachmonth, from 9 to 10 a.m.
TOT Shabbat MorningWorship at Temple BethDavid. Join Rabbi JoshWhinston at TOT Shabbat forsinging, movement, and fam-ily Torah study on Saturday,April 20, and the third Satur-day of each month from 9 to10 a.m.
Coffee, Conversation &Current Events. Join Rab-bi Josh Whinston for an in-formal discussion about cur-rent events that shape ourworld on Thursday, April 25,at 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m., atTemple Beth David.
Traditional Torah Studyat Temple Beth David. JoinRabbi Josh Whinston forTorah Study on Saturday,
April 27, at 9 a.m. (and thefourth Saturday of eachmonth) to delve into thatweek’s parsha.
Church of the Epiphany,1750 Huckins Rd., Massscheduled for Sundaythrough Wednesday and Fri-day at 8:30 a.m.; Sunday at10:30 a.m. and Saturday, 4p.m. Vigil. (203) 272 - 4355.www.epiphanyct.org.
Congregation Kol Ami,1484 Highland Ave., Wednes-day, 6 p.m.; Thursday, 8 a.m.;Friday, 7:30 p.m. Shabbatservice; Saturday, 10 a.m.service with Torah Study at 9a.m. (203) 272-1006.
St. Peter’s EpiscopalChurch, 59 Main St., Sunday– 8:15 a.m. Rite I; 10:30 a.m.Rite 2. (203) 272-4041.
St. Thomas BecketCatholic Church, 435 No.Brooksvale Rd., Masses: Vig-il (Saturday) 4 p.m. EST, 5 p.m. DST, Sunday 8, 9:30, 11 a.m., Confession: Saturday,3 p.m. EST, 4 p.m. DST, (203)272-5777. www.stthomasbecket.org.
Temple Beth David, 3Main St., 7:30 p.m. serviceFriday, except first Friday ofmonth when family servicesare at 6:30 p.m. (203) 272-0037.
tance of math. The programmeets on Saturdays, from12:30 to 2 p.m.
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Northeast Youth Conference,where youth spend a week-end with the Nobel Laureate,giving them an unprecedent-ed opportunity to exchangeideas and work towards be-coming leaders in the com-munity. The program meetstwice a month from 6 to 7:30p.m.
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$1,904,956.“We still have ample re-
serves left,” Milone said.“And the important thing isthat we maintained criticalservices.”
The education budget willdecrease by $800,000 becausethe medical benefits fund isconsiderably larger than an-ticipated, as less money wasneeded to pay for medical ex-penses over the past schoolyear. In addition, some teach-ers are expected to retire thisyear, resulting in the additionof new teachers who start ata lower salary.
Another savings of$300,000 comes from theTown Medical Trust Fund,which remained fairly sol-vent because of higher co-pays and less use this pastyear, Jaskot said.
Other significant savingscome in the form of fewer le-gal services needed this yearand a revision of the medicalbenefits for employees.
Cheshire will also dip intoits debt service account for$500,000. The account is set
up to pay back loans, grantsand bond measures. There isvery little to pay back until2017, when the town will needto start paying for the newsewage treatment plant beingbuilt beginning this year.
While the Cheshire budgetcould be approved Tuesday,the state budget is not expect-ed for a couple of months.
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’sproposed budget takes awaymore than $2 million in PI-LOT money, funds-in-lieu-of-taxes paid to municipalitiesthat support state institu-tions that they otherwisecould get taxes for, such asthe Connecticut CorrectionalInstitute.
Instead, the governor’sbudget proposes giving an ad-ditional $2 million toCheshire’s Educational CostSharing fund. The governor’sproposal also takes awaystate aid to municipalities,but provides funds for capitalimprovements, called LoCIPfunds, which will be reim-bursed after projects are com-pleted.
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Government MeetingsThursday, April 11
Human Services Committee, 7 p.m.Monday, April 15
Historic District commission, 7:30 p.m.Library Board, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, April 16Economic Development, 7:30 p.m.Inland/Wetlands & Watercourses, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 17Public Building Commission, 7 p.m.
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By Kimberly Primicerio Special to The Citizen
Cheshire School Superin-tendent Greg Florio attendedthe Meriden Board of Educa-tion’s health insurance com-mittee April 4 meeting to talkabout how his school systemhandles health care costs andrates.
Meriden BOE invited Flo-rio to hear how health insur-ance works at another self-in-sured municipality. Lastweek, board members heardfrom Southington’s schoolsuperintendent.
Florio told board membersand central office staff thathe’s been with the school sys-tem for 22 years, 10 years assuperintendent, and he’sbeen closely involved in themedical benefit process.
In Cheshire, there’s onehealth insurance account forboth town employees andschool system employees, butsomeone keeps track of howmuch money the school sys-tem and town puts into theaccount.
“It’s broken down bygroup, but it’s all one ac-count,” Florio said.
If the school system is hav-ing a good year, Florio said,money from the fund hasbeen used to offset money inthe board’s operating budget.The town does the samething, he said. Using moneyfrom the insurance fund topay for certain expenses al-lows the school system tokeep programs and teachersin place. This practice isdone only when there’s aneed, because it’s never cer-tain when a large claimmight come in, Florio said.
This year, Florio said, theschool system’s health insur-
ance rate is likely to go upabout 4 percent. The townusually pays about the sameamount, he said. The Meri-den school system is facing a12.48 percent insurance rateincrease.
Board members askedquestions about Cheshire’srate, how the health insur-ance fund works and if theTown Council has to approveanything.
After the meeting, the com-mittee chairman, Steven O’-Donnell, said the informa-tion was enlightening.
“This is just another mu-nicipality’s way of doingthings,” O’Donnell said.“They have a good relation-ship with their Town Coun-cil. There’s equality.”
Cheshire’s Board of Edu-cation has a say when itcomes to insurance costs andhas control over their por-tion of the health insurancefund. Meriden’s board doesnot.
O’Donnell said the schoolboard can use the informa-tion provided by Florio andSouthington School Superin-tendent Joseph V. Erardi Jr.at last week’s meeting andpresent it to the City Councilto figure out a new way tohandle health insurancecosts.
“We can at least try to forma committee and present op-tions so we can be aware ofwhat goes on,” O’Donnellsaid, referring to forming ahealth insurance committeesimilar to Southington’s,with members from the townand school board.
It’s arbitration for theTown Council and the policeunion, the police union presi-dent said.
“At this point we considerourselves to be at an im-passe,” Det. Fred Jortnersaid. “We had a union meet-ing. We had more than ninemonths of negotiations, aswell. This threw us for aloop.”
After more than a year ofnegotiations, two weeks ago,the Town Council in a 5-2vote decided not to ratify thepolice department’s pro-posed contract because ofconcerns over the pensionplan.
The cost of arbitration isnot known at this time. Thecosts will be split equally be-tween the union and thetown.
The proposed change inthe pension plan closed outthe plan to new hires, but in-
creased the enhancementsfor those retiring from re-ceiving 68 percent of theirsalary at retirement to 72 per-cent. Three people are ex-pected to retire from the de-partment this year, accord-ing to the town manager’s of-fice.
The police union contractexpired June 30. Under theterms of the old contract, anew hire, straight out of theacademy, would receive$44,473 in compensation. Alieutenant, also under the oldcontract takes home $75,519.
“We had an expectationthis would be going into arbi-tration,” Republican Coun-cilor Tim Slocum said. “Weunderstand there’s a cost, butunder the circumstances (ofthe budget issues), it’s hardto look at this today and paythe pension costs.”
The proposed town budget,released March 11, calls for apossible increase in taxes of3.83 percent, if all of Gov.Dannel P. Malloy’s cuts are
enacted and no services arecut. The town’s budgetprocess is still ongoing and anew budget will not be ap-proved until next month. Thestate budget is not process isnot expected to be finisheduntil June.
Voting against the policecontract ratification were Re-publicans Tim Slocum,Sylvia Nichols, James Sima,David Schrumm and TomRuocco. Voting to ratify wereDemocrats Patti Flynn-Har-ris and Peter Talbot. Democ-rat Michael Ecke and Repub-lican Andrew Falvey ab-stained.
Arbitration is expected totake at least six months.
Slocum said he realizesthat going into arbitrationcould be risky, as it could re-open issues that had alreadybeen negotiated.
“It’s a risk we’re willing totake,” he said. “We have tofight for the taxpayers.”
Police union and town at impasse after nine months of talks
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By Eve Britton The Cheshire Citizen
Budgeting money for thepool and the library were hottopics for the few people whospoke at the public hearingfor the 2013-14 proposed budg-et, which includes a 3.93 per-cent tax hike.
The proposed general oper-ating budget for 2013-14 is$101,780,380, an increase of$3,057,947 over the 2012-13budget .
About 25 people showed upfor the April 2 hearing, inwhich Town ManagerMichael Milone presentedproposed revenues and ex-penses for the coming year tothe public and town coun-cilors.
Democratic Councilor Pat-ti Flynn- Harris and Republi-can David Schrumm were ab-sent. The seven other mem-bers of the council were pres-ent.
While no one had ques-tions for Milone or the coun-cilors, four residents spokeduring the comment portionof the hearing.
“I don’t understand whythe field house and locker isnot going to referendum,while the pool bubble did,and the police contract wasvoted down when in negotia-tions you knew what to ex-pect,” said Diane Visconti.“I’d also like the council toadequately fund the schools,as that contributes to higherproperty values.”
Joe Schmidt said he wasunhappy that the pool, in itsdecades-long history, has nev-er been self-sufficient, as waspredicted when it was pro-posed.
“It’s about time the pool be-came self-sufficient,” he said.“The town should put asidepool budget money and fixthe school problems, they’rein terrible shape, and fundthose things that make a dif-ference in education. Stopsubsidizing the pool.”
Guy Darter said he was an-
gry that with the high rate ofConnecticut’s unemploy-ment, town government em-ployees were enjoying a mul-titude of benefits.
He suggested cutting part-time staffers by one hour aweek, making them ineligi-ble for medical benefits andmaking more staffers workfewer hours.
“It’s better to be a town em-ployee than a town resident,”he said. “Slight cuts here andthere will make a huge differ-ence in the budget.”
Darter continued, sayingthe “library was out of con-trol.”
With a budget of morethan $1 million, just insalaries, and still not beingopen on Sundays during theschool year or weekends inthe summer, he said it wasjust “too much.”
Milone’s budget does callfor limited Saturday hoursduring the summer.
Mora Esposito said hermain concerns are educationand the library.
“There are a lot of large is-sues to deal with in the budg-et, but I just want to makesure you support educationand the library budget.”
She added that a largenumber of people use the li-brary, from all age groups.
Tim White said he hasbeen disappointed in howpublic works has handled fix-ing sidewalks and streets.
“I know its small details,but they need to be looked atit, the fixing of cracked side-walks has been haphazard.”
Council Chairman TimSlocum responded to the au-dience by saying that theywill be spending the next fewdays looking at every aspectof the budget .
“We will be looking ateverything,” he said. “Wewill disappoint some.”
Budget hearing includes concerns
about pool, schools
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Dante Anastasio andJohnny Carrier, of By Carrier Inc.
Photo by Sue Coco
Sen. Richard Blumenthal presents Dylan Baronwith an honorable mention award for his design.
Local students win home buildersawards in state competition
Two Cheshire High Schoolstudents, Dylan Baron, classof 2015, and Dante Anastasio,class of 2013, recently wonawards at the Home Builders& Remodelers Association ofGreater Hartford’s 65th An-nual Student Design Compe-tition. The event was held atthe Connecticut ConventionCenter, March 1-3.
Baron and Anastasio arein the high school’s architec-tural drafting and designclasses. Baron won honor-able mention for his design,while Anastasio took theaward for Creative Site De-sign. More than 90 studentsfrom 21 high schools in thestate entered this year.
CHS Drafting and Designteacher, Sue Coco said stu-dents in her class, spent theyear “designing their ownoriginal plans for a 2,000square foot residential struc-ture ... they build a scaledmodel of their plan and com-pete at the HBRA Youth De-sign Contest.”
Winners of the competi-tion were announced at theConnecticut Home and Re-modeling Show by competi-tion Chair Bob Hanbury fromHouse of Hanbury Buildersand Remodelers and U. S.Sen. Richard Blumenthal.
The Design Competitionalso is supported by HBRAmember, By Carrier, Inc.,which sponsors additionalawards presented to schoolswith students who show ex-cellence in accessibility,green building, creative sitedesign, innovation/thinkingoutside the box and also for afirst-time entry by a school.Awards and scholarshipswere presented to the stu-dents March 28. Since begin-ning the event, the associa-tion has awarded more than$100,000 in cash prizes andscholarships.
“It is amazing to see thecreativity of the studentsand their teachers,” saidHanbury, chair of the Stu-dent Design Competition.“Each year it is exciting to
see what types of homesthe students will design. Itis one of my favorite proj-ects the HBRA does for thecommunity.”
(Submitted by Sue Coco.)
Jortner added that, eventhough the police are work-ing without a contract andentering into arbitration, noservice interruption will
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Haven 1: BryAnnaMcIntosh doubledhome Sara Comowith two outs in thebottom of the ninthinning to give Cheshire a 2-1walk-off victory over visitingWest Haven and make a win-ner of Kathleen Hoag in herhead coaching debut. Comohad gotten aboard by singlingup the middle.
Alexa DeLeo staked theRams to a 1-0 lead with a solohome run over the left fieldfence in the second inning.West Haven answered in thesixth to force extra innings.
Casey Harding ledCheshire’s 11-hit attack bygoing 3-for-3. McIntosh andComo had two hits apiece.
Nicole D’Amato earned thepitching win. She scattered10 hits and walked four, butstruck out 13.
Camdyn Mongillo sufferedthe loss for the Blue Devils.She fanned seven and walkedfour.
BaseballXavier 10, Cheshire 6:
Two Cheshire errors helpedfuel a six-run third inning forvisiting Xavier that was thebig difference in this SCC in-terdivisional opener. MikePurcell, a Cheshire resident,also tagged a two-run singlefor Xavier in the third.
Purcell and fellow FalconWill Garrity both went 3-for-4with two singles, one doubleand three RBIs. Cheshire got2-for-4 games from KyleHodgdon and losing pitcherDan Schock. Hodgdon hadtwo singles and one RBI.Schock singled, doubled anddrove in two.
Ethan Lonardelli added anRBI double and bases-loadedwalk for the Rams.
Jonathan Law 9,Cheshire 1: Kyle Hodgdonand Kyle Waldron each had
strong days at theplate for the Rams ina SCC interdivisionalloss in Cheshire.
Hodgdon (3-for-3)stroked three singlesand Waldron (2-for-3)
smacked two. Law’s JimPalmer had a perfect day atthe plate, going 4-for-4 withtwo doubles and two runs.The visitors scored five runsin the fourth inning and fourin the fifth.
Kurt Holden (1-0) had twostrikeouts over five inningsto earn the victory. He sur-rendered one run, five hitsand three walks for the Law-men (2-0).
Ethan Lonardelli (0-1)went 4 1-3 innings in the lossfor the Rams (0-2).
Cheshire 3, Notre Dame1: Dan Schock went 4-for-4with a RBI single and WesRobertson was 2-for-3 with aRBI single to lead the Ramspast the Green Knights atQuigley Stadium in WestHaven.
Schock drove in Kevin Mi-rando, who had reached onan error, in the fifth for thegame winner.
Adam VonFischer scoredthe first run for Cheshire (1-2) on a wild pitch in the sec-ond, and Robertson drove inRyan Pierpont, who singledand stole second, in the sixthinning.
Cheshire starter ChristianColt (1-0) gave up an earnedrun and six hits while strik-ing out two to pick up thewin. Schock got the last outfor a save.
Troy Terzi took the loss forNotre Dame (2-1).
Girls lacrosseCheshire 17, Sacred
Heart 3: Emma Farrelscored five goals and NicoleStauffer added a hat trick in
29CitizenSportsThe Cheshire CitizenThursday, April 11, 2013
Christine NewbySpecial to The Citizen
Team Botto. Beat Cancer.Those four words
stretched across eye black onthe cheekbones of theCheshire junior varsity andvarsity softball teams Satur-day afternoon in their thirdregular season games.
But this matchup was dif-ferent.
The Rams (2-1) dedicatedthe JV and varsity gamesagainst visiting Mercy ofMiddletown to ColorectalCancer Awareness, asCheshire partnered with theAmerican Cancer Society’s“Strikeout” Cancer initia-tive.
The Tigers defeatedCheshire, 2-1, in what Ramshead coach Kathleen Hoagcalled a “more emotionallycharged” day than usual.
The awareness day cameabout because of first-yearRams’ assistant coach Kris-tine Botto Drust, whose twobrothers were diagnosedwith colon cancer.
Even with the loss to Mer-cy at Cheshire High School,Drust’s positive outlook onthe special day didn’t change.
“Softball is not every-thing,” Drust said she toldher players afterward. “Be-ing here for each other andour health is everything.Playing on this beautiful fieldfor this great school is every-thing. The girls were upsetbecause they didn’t win thecolon cancer awarenessgame, but I told them that to-day was perfect.”
The last Wednesdays in Oc-tober of 2011 and 2012 wereanything but perfect, though,for Drust and her family. OnOct. 26, 2011, Drust’s brother,Stephen, was diagnosed withStage 3 colon cancer at theage of 36. And on Oct. 24 thefollowing year, Drust foundout her other brother,Michael, had Stage 4 coloncancer.
“For once, I can’t believethis is for my family becauseit’s usually for someone else’s
family,” Drust said with aquivering voice as tearsstarted rolling down her face.“Cancer has attacked somany families. When I heardabout my first brother, yourmind goes to the worst. Butwith so much support fromstuff like this, and aware-ness, cancer means supportand fighting.”
But the awareness gamewasn’t just for Drust’s family.A pair of junior varsity sis-ters were also affected bycancer. Gabby and AngieBatista’s mother was diag-nosed with colon cancer sev-eral years ago and is current-ly in remission.
The JV squad took on Mer-cy at the same time as varsity,losing 14-13 in extra innings.
Hoag said Cheshire’s fiveseniors - Kierstyn Bourdeau,Kathryn Vitale, Erin Don-narumma, Nicole D’Amatoand Lauren Fountain - initi-ated the cancer awarenessgame. The first pitch wasthrown by Drust’s parents,Steve and Colleen Botto, whomade the two-hour drivefrom Lowell, Mass. The cou-ple received signed softballs,
a royal blue bat and a pictureframe from the team to giveto their sons.
Colleen called her sons go-ing through cancer a “night-mare,” but expressed howimportant the support meantto her.
“It was nice driving down,knowing what they were go-ing to be doing,” Colleen said.“We have so much supportfrom family and friends andthings like this. It just reallyhelps. All the prayers reallymake a big difference.”
Stephen, a teacher andbaseball coach at GreaterLowell Technical HighSchool in Massachusetts, iscurrently in remission, whileMichael is in the middle ofhis battle with cancer.
As for the Batista sisters,their mother was not able tomake it to the game. But afterthe contest, Angie said she al-ready knew the messageshe’d be giving to her mom.
“I’ll tell her that we wereplaying for her, how much weappreciate her and howlucky we are to still have herhere,” she said.
An emotional day, as CHS softballplays for cancer awareness
Photo by Justin Weekes
Gabby Batista and her sister Angie receive a ball fromcaptain Nicole D’Amato signed by Cheshire varsityand JV teams in pre-game ceremonies April 6.
Ram Notes
Cheshire 9 get first win;Girls tennis undefeated
See Notes, page 30
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Southington’s Jarod Flo-rian, right, celebrates hisgoal against Cheshireduring the first half oftheir April 3 game inSouthington.
By Sean KrofssikSpecial to The Citizen
In his six-year tenure ashead coach, Ron Chase andhis Southington boyslacrosse team had never de-feated Cheshire.
But the Blue Knights heldoff a strong second-half ral-ly by the Rams to secure an11-7 season-opening victoryat Fontana Field on a chillynight April 3.
It was Southington’s firstwin over their Route 10neighbors since the 2005 sea-son.
“The kids know what is atstake,” Chase said. “Theyhave been talking about thisgame for the past few weeks,
making the playoffs. Now weare focused on playing onegame at a time. The kidshave been working reallyhard the past two weeks andit has showed.”
The Blue Knights led 8-1at halftime behind the fire-power of tri-captain KevinCop. The junior attacker net-ted a hat trick in the openingperiod.
This time, Southington LAXsolves Cheshire
By John PettitSpecial to The Citizen
All the pieces were inplace for Cheshire boysvolleyball coach Sue Bavonethe previous two seasons.The Rams won back-to-backClass L state championshipsand amassed a 45-game win-ning streak.
But Bavone lost 10 seniors,including eight starters,from last year’s group. Se-nior outside hitter EvanColechia is the only holdoverfrom last spring.
“It’s like a big puzzle,”Bavone said of her 2013 ros-ter. “Every day after prac-tice, I walk out and think,‘Hmm, he might be betterthere. He might be betterhere.’ I’m doing a lot oftweaking.”
That doesn’t mean the pic-ture can’t be pretty for theRams.
Last year’s junior varsityteam went undefeated andthe Rams showed somespunk in rallying for a 3-2win - their 46th in a row -against a very good LewisMills-Burlington team intheir season opener.
“I think we have a lot oftalent,” Bavone said. “It’sjust a different team.”
Gone are two-time All-State selections Ryan Cup-pernull (outside hitter) andNate Howard (opposite hit-ter) as well as reliable setterRay Brumleve, a three-yearstarter who found a spot onthe All-State team last sea-son.
Graduates Matt Ward andJames Planinshek leave ahole in the middle, whileTyler Sweigard, last year’slibero, was a steady defen-sive presence. All three wereAll-SCC.
Replacing Brumleve,Bavone said, has been thebiggest challenge.
“Ryan and Nate were biglosses, but I think the biggestloss we’re seeing is Ray,” shesaid. “If I had him with thisteam right now, we wouldn’tbe having these growingpains or at least we’d be ableto end them really quickly.It’s tough getting used to anew setter.”
Juniors Ted Li and Tren-ton Hager are the leadingcandidates to replace Brum-leve. Bavone said juniorLuke Yasuda and senior BenGallo have looked good in themiddle, while junior Antho-ny Carbone is “a strong hit-ter” with leadership quali-ties.
Still, a lot falls squarely onColechia’s shoulders.
“He’s used to playing withall veterans,” Bavone said.“He has to lead by example,be our go-to guy and be theguy the others look to untilwe get settled in.”
It’s a role Colechia em-braces. “We have a brandnew squad, but we have a lotof potential,” he said. “It’smy job to take on a leader-ship role and help everyoneuntil they get comfortable atthe varsity level.”
Cheshire hasn’t lost amatch since June 4, 2010.Colechia admitted “thestreak is in the back of ourminds,” but Bavone has oth-er concerns.
“They do have the pres-sure of the streak - it showedin (the Lewis Mills) match,”she said. “We missed eightserves in the first game andthat’s definitely somethingwe had to work through. Idon’t really care about winsor losses. At this point all Icare about is getting better.”
Not that Bavone has low-ered her standards.
“We’ve got a whole newteam, but I still have high ex-pectations,” she said. “Westill want to be playing thevery last day that we can pos-sibly play, but we have a lot ofwork to do to get there.”
Spikers look to reloadafter back-to-back
state championships
the Rams’ SCC win over thePacers in Cheshire.
Christy Myjak, DanielleChambrelli and AlisonHoynes contributed twogoals apiece for Cheshire.Maddy Levy, KathleenKalbian and Michelle Federi-co also scored.
Goalie Alexa Carbonemade nine stops.
Greenwich 18, Cheshire10: The Rams again fell shortagainst the Cardinals in a re-match of last year’s Class Lstate championship.
Friday’s game, played inGreenwich, stood at 8-7 in fa-vor of the home team early inthe second half before theCardinals outscored theRams 10-3 the rest of the way.
Kathleen Kalbian andEmma Farrell netted threegoals apiece for the Rams.Christy Myjak, Nicole Stauf-fer, Maddy Levy and MichelleFederico found the goal onceeach for the red and white.
Cheshire fell to 1-1. Green-wich is 2-0.
Boys trackAmity 100.5, Cheshire
49.5: Sprinter Liam Nicoliwon three events, but it was-n’t enough as the Ramsdropped the SCC Housatonicmeet in Cheshire.
Nicoli was first in the 100
meters (11.1), 200 (23.4) and400.
Chibueze Njoku took dis-cus for the Rams with athrow of 122-1½ andCheshire’s 4x800 relay teamof Jon Hauser, Mark Fusco,Sagar Nakrani and TreyPhillips won in 8:47.2.
Girls tennisCheshire 6, Sacred
Heart Academy 1: Nadia Pe-jovic rallied to a 5-7, 6-0, 6-0victory at No. 2 singles tolead the Rams to the SCC in-terdivisional win in Hamden.
Cheshire got additionalsingles decisions from No. 3Sara Bruce (6-3, 6-2) and No. 4Jamie Andrews (6-2, 6-1).
Cheshire 4, Branford 3:The host Rams took three offour singles matches and No.3 doubles to earn the SCC vic-tory.
Anna Toscano pulled awayto a 7-6 (7-5), 6-0 victory at No.1 singles. She was followed byNo. 3 Sara Bruce (6-3, 6-0) andNo. 4 Jamie Andrews (6-0, 6-1).
After Branford took thefirst two doubles matches inthree sets, Cheshire’s Aman-da Murray and Durga Rathi
teamed for 6-1, 6-2 victory atNo. 3.
Boys golfCheshire 164, Foran 202:
Jacob Ecke and ChrisSimione shared medalisthonors with 4-over par 40s tolead the Rams to the SCC in-terdivisional victory over theLions at Grassy Hill CountryClub in Orange.
Tom Arisco (41) and EricDietrich (43) also turned incards for Cheshire.
Boys volleyballCheshire 3, Lewis Mills
2: It’s a new team and a newseason, but Cheshirestretched its winning streakto 46-straight matches with a3-2 victory over Lewis Millsin Burlington. It was the sea-son opener for both teams.Cheshire’s string of winsdates back to the 2010 season.
Game scores were 21-25, 25-20, 25-11, 22-25 and 16-14.
“We were down 13-9 in thefifth game and came back towin in spite of missingserves and in spite of doingsome stupid things at times,”Rams coach Sue Bavone said.“That bodes well for the restof the season.”
Evan Colechia led the waywith 15 kills and 11 digs forCheshire. Ben Gallo finishedwith 11 kills and five blocks,while Anthony Carbone con-tributed 11 kills and two aces.
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bilus (Albertus Magnus), C TimBudd (Western New England),OF Adam Rider.
Key returnees: Jr. P/CFDan Schock, jr. 1B/P EthanLonardelli, jr. 3B/P Kyle Wal-dron, jr. C/INF Wes Robertson,sr. OF/C Kyle Hodgdon, sr. OFKevin Mirando.
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Outlook: “We lost a bunch ofone-run games and extra-in-ning games last season,”coach Mrowka said. “We’re ayoung team with a bunch ofjuniors, sophomores and fresh-men. We’re talented and we’vegot arms. We’ve probably goteight or nine guys who canpitch.”
Schock and Lonardelli are atthe top of the rotation.
“It’s a good group of kids,”the coach added. “They’re try-ing to get better. Our pitchingwill definitely keep us ingames.”
SoftballCoach: Kathleen Hoag (1st
season).2012 record: 13-9, lost to
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Captains: Sr. P NicoleD’Amato (13-9), sr. 1B LaurenFountain.
Key losses: SS CarolineKushner, CF ChelseaMongillo, Julie Becker.
Key returnees: D’Amato,Fountain, sr. C Kierstyn Bour-deau (.356, All-State), sr. CFKathryn Vitale, sr. CF ErinDonnarumma, jr. 2B BryAnnaMcIntosh, jr. DH Alexa Dileo.
Outlook: Hoag replaces hertwin sister, Maureen DiSorbo,as head coach. Hoag had been
DiSorbo’s assistant for 10 sea-sons.
“Our team strength this yearis definitely our offense,” saidHoag, a former catcher at theUniversity of Notre Dame. “Ourteam will definitely put the baton the ball and move runners.This is another strong offensiveyear for Cheshire. Anotherstrength is our pitching. NicoleD’Amato has a full arsenal ofpitches and a great mix ofspeeds. We are looking for-ward to seeing what she cando.”
Boys golf Coach: Dan Lee.2012 record: 11-5 overall, 5-
3 SCC Housatonic, 6th Divi-sion I.
Home course: The FarmsCountry Club.
Key returnees: Sr. Eric Diet-rich, sr. Mike Stanton, jr. JakeEcke, jr. Tom Arisco, jr. Ben Ka-plan, so. Chris Simione, sr. An-drew Perrotti.
Outlook: The Rams returnintact from last year’s season,led by Dietrich, an All-SCCplayer who tied for third in theconference tournament with around of 75.
He followed that up with a 75in the Class LL tournament.
A year ago, Dietrich was theonly Cheshire golfer with var-sity experience heading intothe season. By season’s end,the Rams had qualified for theDivision I tournament as ateam.
The collective experience of2012, followed by play on thesummer circuits, has the 2013Rams well seasoned, withhopes of being a serious playerin the SCC as well as statewidein Division I.
“They’re really excited aboutthe season,” said coach Lee.“The SCC does pose somechallenges: Xavier, the defend-ing conference champion, andFairfield Prep and Hand and,within our own division, Amity
and Shelton have two strongreturning teams.
“It’s definitely going to be acompetitive golf season. Ithink we’ll be up to the chal-lenge. We’ll see what the sea-son brings.”
Girls tennisCoach: Scott Matthews.2012 record: 4-11 overall; 1-
Key returnees: Sr.singles/captain Anna Tuscano,sr. doubles/captains LindseyGaribaldi and Meredith Bryden,sr. singles Jamie Andrews, so.singles Sara Bruce.
Promising newcomers:Deep freshman class.
Outlook: The Rams lost notonly their No. 1 singles playerin Larson and their captain inFitzpatrick, but a No. 1 All-SCCdoubles tandem in Hirt andStrange which was seeded No.9 in the State Open. These girlsbrought both leadership andtalent to the team, ingredientsthat the 2013 Rams must re-place first and foremost.
“We lost a little bit of every-thing,” noted coach Matthews.“I know all teams in all sportssuffer for losses, but for us Iknow they were the glue thathelped hold the team together.Some of the younger kids needto step up and become thatglue.”
On top of that, Cheshire isstill in mix-and-match mode tosettle on a lineup, which maybe on the young side, but willhave depth. Tuscano, a fourth-year player, will be at singles.Her fellow captains, Garibaldiand Bryden, are a new full-timecombination at doubles.
“Right now we’re experi-menting,” Matthews said. “Theteam is young and we’re tryingto see who fits where best and
Key returnees: Adams, Bar-ry, Wetmore, jr. Jeremy Re-ichentahl, jr. Nick Anthony, so.Reilly Eldredd.
Outlook: Pappas, like SuePlaninshek at Wilcox Tech,takes up the boys coachingreins at a school where he pre-viously coached the girls team.And, like Planinshek, he inher-its a team that graduated a tonof talent.
Still, Pappas expects the2013 Rams to compete for the
SCC Division I title they sharedlast year with Amity and Hand-Madison in veteran coach JimMatthews’ final season on theCheshire sidelines.
Adams, who reached theClass LL semifinals last year, isback, though he is battlingback from an injury. Until he re-turns, Reichentahl will man theNo. 1 singles spot. Barry, adoubles player last year, ismoving over to singles and willalso occupy a top spot. Antho-ny will be the leader at doubles.Eldredd, though only a sopho-more, will be a regular at sin-gles.
“We’ve got young talent; wejust don’t have the experiencejust yet. It’s going to be a learn-ing curve for both the team andme, and I’m excited for that,”Pappas said. “They have agood work ethic. Jim instilled agood work ethic. I’m takingover a good group of kids.”
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Cop started the scoringwith a laser from 15 yardsout 1:10 into the contest. Jar-od Florian then scored thefirst of his two goals on awrap-around with 5:13 left inthe first. The freshman alsoadded three assists in thewin.
“Beating Cheshire was themain thing that was on ourmind all preseason,” Copsaid. “We won because weworked hard and played as ateam. This win means every-thing right now but now it’son to the next game.”
Cheshire’s Matt Rougeotcut the lead in half on a goalwith 3:39 left in the firstquarter. That turned out tobe the lone Rams’ goal of thestanza. Southington led 2-1after the first quarter andoutscored the Rams 6-0 in thesecond.
Junior Jared DeFeo andCop each had a pair of talliesin the Southington second.Will Thompson and AlexJamele also scored in the pe-riod for Southington.
Unlike the first half, thesecond was dominated byCheshire. The Rams had pos-session most of the time andthe Blue Knights had troublestaying out of the penaltybox. Matt Blois, Rougeot,Tom Dupont and ChrisTrasacco each scored as theRams got back in the game inthe third period, 9-5. TomGallagher had the onlySouthington goal of the
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vals exchanged a pair ofgoals apiece in the fourth.Thompson and AnthonyTrasacco found the back ofthe net for the Blue Knightsand Matt Samuelson andTom Sokoloff scored forCheshire.
“They played the first halfand we didn’t come ready toplay in the first half,” Rams’coach Rich Pulisciano said.“We were down 8-1 andplayed a much better secondhalf and had a plethora ofscoring opportunities thatwe didn’t finish. We have totake advantage of thosethings. We are still learn-ing.”
Defenseman Tim Coveland Dupont are the Cheshirecaptains. Rams keeper JaredLawson had 11 saves in netfor Cheshire.
“It was a tough one,”Dupont said. “Their attackwas strong and we had somebreakdowns. I think ourgoalie and defense did greatjobs bouncing back in thesecond half. Our offenseplayed better, but unfortu-nately we came up short.”
Brian Mahon had 16 stopsin goal for the Blue Knights.
“It’s nice to be on the win-ning end, finally, because it’sbeen a long time,” Chasesaid. “It’s nice to be able toget a W off of them, but wejust can’t sit on this one vic-tory.”
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www.lavignestreeservicellc.com
SPORTING GOODS &HEALTH
PISTOL PERMIT CERTIFICATION CLASS
Required for CT applicants. $110
Call 203-415-1144
ANTIQUES &COLLECTIBLES
AALLLL CCAASSHH FFOORRMMIILLIITTAARRYY
IITTEEMMSS220033--223377--66557755
WANTED TO BUY
1, 2 OR 3 ITEMS OR AN ESTATE
$$$ CA$H $$$220033--223377--33002255
Estate sale service. Costume Jewelry, Antiques, paintings,
Meriden-made items, toys, lamps.
1-2 ITEMS Silverware, China, Glass.
Furniture. 50’s Items. Whole Estates.
203-238-34992ND Generation buys anything
Napier. Costume jewelry, olddolls, classic Walt Disney fig-urines, old pottery. 1 item toentire estate. 203-639-1002
AAllwwaayyss Buying All Contents ofEstates. Antique, old toys &
collectibles. furniture,costume jewelry, etc.
Call or stop by Frank’s, 18 S. Orchard St. Wallingford. 203-269-4975 or 203-284-3786
Open Mon.-Sat. 9am-5pm
ALWAYS Buying Hand Tools.Old, Used, and Antique HandTools. Carpentry, Machinist,Engraving and WorkbenchTools. If you have old or usedtools that are no longer beingused, call with confidence.Fair & friendly offers. Pleasecall Cory 860-322-4367
PETS & LIVESTOCK
LOOKING for good home forDog & Cat. Dog is King CharlesCaviler, female, 1 year old. Caris Persian. Call 203-314-0004
SPRING Clean Ups Mowing,hedge trimming, brush, shrub &tree removal. Dump Runs. JunkRemoval. Don 203-235-1318
JUNK REMOVAL
Pete In The PickupJunk Removal
No Job too Big/Small We Do it All203-886-5110
WWEE HHAAVVEE DDUUMMPP TTRRUUCCKKWe do all the labor. Registered and insured.
Free on-site estimate. Call Ed
KITCHEN & BATHREMODELING
ALL Your Remodeling & Construction Needs!
Kitchs, Baths, Painting, Decks,Windows, Doors, Spring CleanUps. No Job to Small, We do itAll! Free Est., 40 yrs in bus. Lic &Insured #539493 (203) 530-1375
IF You don’t have time to cleanyour house, call me. I will doeverything you wish for a greatprice. Good job, fully insured.Call Renata (860) 538-7963 orEmail: [email protected]
RELIABLE, Experienced personto clean homes. Detailed clean-ing with a personal touch. Over20 years experience. Excellentrefs. Call Beth (203) 639-1870
POLISH Ladies Will clean yourhouse. Professional, friendly.Exc. refs. Aneta’s Cleaning860-839-5339
ing a CSR/Inside Sales Rep -MUST hold a valid P&C insur-ance license or willing toobtain - must be able to multi-task - must be organized,responsible and people-orient-ed - a sales background is pre-ferred - proficient computerand telephone skills - Meriden,CT - hourly rate/commission.Email resume to:
Ideal position for anyonelooking for extra income and isable to work on AANN AASS NNEEEEDDEEDDBBAASSIISS.. Substitute custodiansfor day shift at Cheshire PublicSchool buildings should apply at:
www.applitrack.com/cheshire/onlineapp
EELLEECCTTRRIICCAALL && MMEECCHHAANNIICCAALLAASSSSEEMMBBLLEERR Worldwide manu-facturer has opening for heavyelectrical wiring assemblerand mechanical assembly work.Five years experience desired.FT with competitive pay andexcellent benefits. Email coverletter, resume and hourly ratehistory to [email protected] mail to PO Box 566, DurhamCT 06422. EOE
GRAND OPENING!All depts hiring in Southington
and New Office in Meriden. Full Company TrainingFT & PT WorkAvailableCCUUSSTTOOMMEERR SSEERRVVIICCEE
HHVVAACC TTEECCHHNNIICCIIAANNAround the Clock Heating & Cool-
ing, Inc. in North Haven, is seek-ing a residential HVAC techni-cian. Must have “B, S or D”license with 4 years minimumexperience with a strong oilbackground. AC and Sheetmetal experience a plus. Com-petitive salary, commissions,company vehicle, 401K, medical,vacation & holiday pay available.Call Lauren at 203-239-2226 forconfidential interview.
COMMERCIAL &INDUSTRIAL RENTALS
CHESHIRE INDUSTRIAL ZONEDMulti Use. Near 691. 1100+ sqft Offices (2 lavs/shower) and1100+ sq ft Warehouse/Shop(15ft overhead door). Will con-sider just leasing offices. $6.50/per sq ft nnn. Call 203-272-6478
HOUSES FOR SALE
MERIDEN. Nice Cape with in-law apt, hdwd flrs, fp, fenced inyard, 2 car garage. All remod-eled. $179,000. (203) 213-5000
HELP WANTED
CL INSIDE SALES/CSR forlocal Insurance Agency. ValidCT Ins Lic, Exp with multiplecarrier rating, strong comp &comm skills req. Knowledge ofApplied a plus. FT Position withbenefits. Email res & sal req to:[email protected]
CCOOOOKK -- PPeerr DDiieemmNot-for-profit, state of theart, Continuing Care Retire-ment Community is current-ly seeking a per-diem cookin our dietary department.Ideal candidate should beavailable for flexible sched-uling as needs arise includ-ing days, nights, and week-ends. Must be dependable,have good communicationskills and enjoy workingwith the older population.Also, must be knowledge-able of dining service lawsand procedures as well asguidelines pertaining tonursing home operations.Minimum two years experi-ence as a cook in a health-care facility preferred.
STOCKPERSONAvailable Immediately! Full-time position in our Dietarydepartment. Responsiblefor receiving, storing &issuing of food, paper, &equipment. Responsible fororganization and cleanli-ness of storage and kitchenareas. Performs duties incompliance with estab-lished state & companypolicies & procedures, in aprofessional manner.Reports to Executive Chef.
Apply in person Mon – Fri8am-7pm or weekends10am-3pm 140 Cook HillRoad, Cheshire, CT. Orfax resume to 203-271-7794. No phone callsplease. A/A,M/F,D/V,EOE.
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CCAARRRRIIEERRSS WWAANNTTEEDDCome join our fast growing team of contracted adult carrierswho earn up to $13,000.00 annually delivering newspapersfor up to 2 hours in the early morning.
It is a great way to subsidize your annual income withoutinterfering with your regular job or quality time at home.
If you are interested in being contracted on a route orbeing a substitute in Wallingford, Meriden,
Southington or Cheshire -
Be the first to get on the list to contract a route
Please call Record-Journal Circulation
(203) 634-3933
MASONICARE IS HOSTINGA CLINICAL JOB FAIR!Wednesday, April 17th2013 from
NOON-5:00PMMASONICARE HEALTH CENTER
22 MASONIC AVEWALLINGFORD, CT 06492
Masonicare of Wallingford, Connecticut, is thestate’s leading provider of healthcare and
retirement living communities for seniors. Weare not-for-profit and have more than 100
years of experience behind us. We’rerecognized for the quality, compassionate care
and steadfast support we provide to ourresidents and patients.
We are HIRING!Certified Nurse's Aides(CNA)
Home Health AidesNurse Managers
Private Duty Companions & Live-In Caregivers
RN's - facility based and homecare/hospiceNOW SCHEDULING INTERVIEWS! Apply today!If interested, please apply online atwww.masonicare.org email your resume [email protected] or fax (203) 679-3052.EOE
SLIDERS GRILL & BAR Now Hiring Line Cooks Please apply online at:
www.slidersgrillbar.com
HELP WANTED
RECEPTIONIST PT. Two posi-tions avail. Handle high volumesales calls. Customer serviceskills needed. Call 203 427-5523
HELP WANTED
DRIVER/LABORER Class A or BExp in paving helpful.
Call 203 237-6058
GREENHOUSE Laborers &Shippers, entry level. GeremiaGreenhouse is looking for a fewself-motivated people to join ourteam. Apply in person to Phil.415 Barnes Rd., Wallingford.
LABORER WANTED - Apply inperson between 7am-2pm:Jawor Lumber Inc. 1068 NorthFarms Rd., Wallingford, 06492.NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE!
PINE RIDGE Seeks motivatedexp. individuals for landscaping,garden center, & labor positions.Exc. Opportunity for Growth!Drivers lic required. Call 203-269-0177 or Email Resume to:[email protected]
PLASTIC Injection moldingmachine operator. Packing andtrimming parts. Part time12noon to 8pm. Hours flexible.Apply at Poly Mold, 951 So.Meriden Rd, Cheshire, between9 & 3. No phone calls please
RECEPTIONIST Full time. Somelegal experience Good peopleskills. Full benefits package.Email [email protected]
RECEPTIONIST/SECRETARYPT 7 hrs/day, 2 days/wk for Psy-chiatric office. Exp preferred.Email: [email protected]: 203-639-1976, or Mail to:
S. Kahn, MD, 391 Broad St. Meriden, CT 06450.
SECRETARY/ BOOKKEEPEREstablished Company. FT Posi-
tion, Need to know PeachTreeBusiness Software or haveequivalent computer back-ground. Knowledge of Manu-facturing & Contracting help-ful. Short Hand or Speed Writ-ing a +. Steady Employment/Benefits. Call for Interview860-558-8504 or 860-573-9646
SOUTHINGTON CARE CENTERProvides exceptional skilled nurs-
ing care & rehabilitation servic-es. The staff are specialtytrained to provide services thatenhance quality of life while pro-moting maximum well-being. Asa Planetree community focusedon relationship-centered care,we partner w/ our residents &family members to identify &satisfy their individual needs &preferences. This dynamic FiveStar 130 Bed Skillednursing/rehab facility w/ inexcess of 600 rehab Admissionsper yr seeks PT Housekeep-ing/Laundry Aide for this fastpaced environment. Must beable to work every other week-end. Applicants should be ableto communicate in English. Ifinterested, please apply in-per-son at: SSoouutthhiinnggttoonn CCaarree CCeenntteerr,,4455 MMeerriiddeenn AAvveennuuee,, SSoouutthhiinngg--ttoonn,, CCTT 0066448899
SOUTHINGTON CARE CENTERProvides exceptional skilled nurs-
ing care & rehabilitation servic-es. The staff are speciallytrained to provide services thatenhance quality of life whilepromoting maximum well-being. As a Planetree communi-ty focused on relationship-cen-tered care, we partner with ourresidents & family members toidentify & satisfy their individ-ual needs & preferences.
This dynamic Five Star 130 BedSkilled nursing/rehab facilitywith in excess of 600 rehabAdmissions per year seeks part-time & full-time CNA’s for thisfast paced environment. If inter-ested, please apply in-person at:SSoouutthhiinnggttoonn CCaarree CCeenntteerr,, 4455MMeerriiddeenn AAvveennuuee,, SSoouutthhiinnggttoonn,,CCTT 0066448899
