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Citizen photo by Joy VanderLek
The process of crafting an egg includes applying layerafter layer of wax with a kistka and a dye bath aftereach application of wax.
Photo by Dave Zajac/Record-Journal
Leavenworth Tree Farm on Coleman Road March 15.The Cheshire Land Trust has acquired an easementfrom the Leavenworth Tree Farm to protect 38 acres ofopen land.
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The Cheshire Land Trusthas acquired an easementfrom the Leavenworth TreeFarm on Coleman Road toprotect 38 acres of open land.
The family of the late Johnand Charlotte Leavenworthgranted the trust the ease-ment to protect it from devel-opment, said Sue Knicker-bocker, who inherited theproperty from her parentsand has lived there all herlife.
“There’s so much develop-ment and encroachment,even next to this property,”she said. “It’s nice to have abit of rural here. It’s peace inthe middle of Cheshire.We’re trying to keep a littlepiece of old Cheshire.”
The property will remainprivate, and Knickerbockersaid it’s unclear at this pointwhether the family will openits annual Christmas treefarm.
“We have to talk about it asa family and see how it worksout,” she said. “It’s a lot ofwork. It’s not just sticking atree in the ground in thespring.”
The Christmas tree farmwas started in the late 1960sby John Leavenworth. Thefamily has owned the proper-
ty since 1952.Land Trust President Jan-
ice Bryden said the propertywill be a great addition to thetrust’s protected acreage.
“This is very exciting, real-ly thrilling,” Bryden said.
See Easement, page 15
Land trust acquires easement toprotect open space acreage
By Joy VanderLek The Cheshire Citizen
On a winter day in Lent, af-ternoon sunshine streamsthrough the large panes ofglass in Dell Kasinskas sun-room, warming the hands ofthe women who will eachwork hours on a single, soli-tary project—an egg. Theyhave come together to takepart in the ancient art formof pysanky.
Kasinskas has taught the
craft to many over thedecades, traveling here andthere to do so. Nowadays,though, she is more inclinedto share her time and tech-niques with friends andfriends of friends at herhome. “Eggers” is what shecalls the people who come todo the craft.
Today, the group consistsof long-time friend and ac-complished “egger” LindaBarry of Cromwell, as well astwo mother-daughter teams:Maria and Marisa Augeir,and Joan Casinghino and herdaughter, Amy Beth whomade the trip from Rhode Is-land just to be here.
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Dennis Chapman, 66, hus-band of Johanna Petit Chap-man and brother-in-law ofDr. William Petit Jr., died un-expectedly at his Plainvillehome Friday.
Dr. Petit Jr. was the solesurvivor of a brutal 2007home invasion robbery andmurder in Cheshire. Hiswife, Jennifer Hawke-Petit,and two daughters, Hayleyand Michaela, were killed.
Dennis Chapman washeavily involved in the PetitFamily Foundation and wasthe founder of Michaela’sGarden Project. The gardenproject was started after fam-ily members went to the
charred remains of the hometo salvage what they could ofthe family’s belongings andthe garden was found with11-year-old Michaela Petit’sfavorite flowers, four o’-clocks.
The flowers were dug upby Dennis Chapman, taken tohis home in Plainville and re-planted, according to Johan-na Chapman. For the pastthree years, under DennisChapman’s guidance, thefour o’clocks have been re-planted from seeds harvestedfrom the original plants.With the aid of volunteers,about 5,000 plants have beenproduced from the originalgarden and the seeds fromthose plants are sold in pack-ets as a fundraiser for the
foundation. Now, those seedsare planted all over the state,country and even overseas,his wife said.
Last week, the family wasdealing with the loss of notjust an instrumental part ofthe foundation, but a familymember.
“I don’t think I have thewords to describe the loss,”said Chapman’s father-in-law, William Petit Sr. “He isthe one who came up with theidea for the garden, made theprogram, and circulated itthroughout the state.”
Dennis Chapman, who wasthe Connecticut Lottery’svice president for marketingand sales until his retire-ment a number of years ago,also provided outreach help
for the foundation.“Whenever someone asked
him to do anything, he wasour go-to man,” Petit Sr. said.
“He was a very kind, ten-der and gentle man, not a bigtalker,” Johanna Chapmansaid.
She added that he was al-ways a farm boy at heart,“you could never take thefarm out of him.”
The reason he startedMichaela’s Garden Projectwas because “he wanted away to keep her spirit going,”she said.
“With his nature, it wasjust another nice thing hecould do to make people feelgood,” she said. “Everybodyat some point in their life hasplanted something. Like mymother said, ‘this is the one
Petit family member, memorial garden founder, dies
thing I can grow.’ ”Dennis Chapman’s obitu-
ary can be viewed at www.the-plainvillecitizen.com.
Dennis Chapman, broth-er-in-law of William Petit,passed away unexpected-ly on Friday, March 15.
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State education fundingwill increase by more than $2million to the town’s schoolsfor fiscal year 2013-14 underthe governor’s proposedbudget.
“As town leaders know,every budget is about settingpriorities,” said MarkOjakian, chief of staff to Gov.Dannel P. Malloy, in a state-ment released Wednesday.“The governor’s priority is tocontinue the effort to im-prove public schools and cre-ate jobs, and to do it withoutraising taxes. In fact, he istrying to ease the burden onmiddle class families by pro-viding some much-neededtax relief.”
“We understand thatchange is hard, but change isalso necessary. Local leadersknow that,” Ojakian said inthe statement.
The amount of increasededucation funding toCheshire was incorrectly re-ported in Wednesday’sRecord-Journal.
The Education Cost Shar-ing funding is expected toprovide a total of $11,473,293to the town’s schools and edu-cation services in fiscal year2013, compared to $9,338,186for 2012, according to thetown’s proposed budget andthe governor’s office.
Some local officials dis-agreed with the approach.
“We’re now becomingmore dependent on state aidfor education,” said TomRuocco, a Town Council Bud-get Committee member.
ECS funding is going up by$2.09 million from last year,while PILOT funding is goingdown by $2.2 million. Pay-ment in lieu of taxes is mon-ey paid to local governmentsthat have allocated munici-pal resources for state use. InCheshire, it’s the Connecti-cut Correctional Institution.
The governor’s proposed
budget stipulates that ECSfunding should only be usedfor education purposes,though it is not mandated atthis time, said CheshireTown Manager MichaelMilone.
“Our concern that it maybe an issue in coming years,and that the funds will be re-stricted exclusively for edu-cation,” Milone said.
Milone suggests in hisproposed budget that$64,508,180 be allocated tothe Cheshire public schools.The recommended budgetlevel is a drop by $350,000 forbuildings and maintenanceadopted by the Board of Edu-cation.
While about $11 million ofthe school’s education budg-et will come from ECS fund-ing, the other $53 millionwill come from other stateeducation grant reimburse-
ments, which total about $2million, and the generalbudget, which includes per-sonal and real estate taxesand motor vehicle taxes.
Cheshire’s proposed budg-et expects taxes to increaseby 3.83 percent if cuts arenot made or if the TownCouncil decides not to dipinto the town’s reserves anddebt service fund for assis-tance. The debt service fundis money paid back for suchitems as bonds and loans,and will actually be goingdown this coming fiscal year,so more money will be avail-able from it.
School district to get $2 million more in ECS fundsTwo chargedwith forgery
Two men were chargedby local police with forg-ing checks March 22, po-lice said.
James Jones, 45, of 330Bishop St. and SammyDavis, 44, of 143 Lamber-tons Road in New Havenwere charged with third-degree forgery, fifth-de-gree larceny and conspir-acy to commit third-de-gree forgery and conspir-acy to commit fifth-degreelarceny.
Davis was released on$5,000 bond and is due toappear in Meriden Supe-rior Court on April 5.Jones was being held Fri-day night on $5,000 bail.
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its way from the Ukrainianlanguage. Kasinskas said, “Itbasically means ‘to write.’”
The designer writes on theegg with wax, using a stylustool called a kistka, which isa small implement made ofwood and metal, and in thiscase it’s made of copper. Thetime-intensive folk art craft,uses a technique of wax-re-sistant layering. Multiplelayers of beeswax, with mul-tiple baths in vividly colored
EggersContinued from page 1
Citizen photos by Joy VanderLek
Dell Kasinskas pierces a pysanky egg in the last stepof the process.
dyes, beginning with lightcolors and proceeding todarker colors, will help to cre-ate eye-catching results.
It helps tohave perfecteggs. Kasin-skas retells ananecdote of
when she first went into TheNotch store. She knew it sold“farm-fresh” natural eggs. “Iwas taking a long, long time,looking over each and everyegg.” Frankie, the owner, andall the regular customerswatched and wondered whatwas going on. When told him Ineeded perfectly smooth eggsfor the pysanky, Frankieasked if she wanted to go intothe cooler. “That’s where allthe eggs were. There were somany.” Kasinskas has been inthe The Notch egg cooler eversince.
Just as the eggs receivemany layers of wax and dye,a multitude of layers also isinvolved in the history andsymbolism attached to theprocess. Symbolism is at-
Citizen photos by Joy VanderLek
Most people usea standardizeddesign templateof which thereare thousands.A design istraced in penciland written overwith wax.
Burning offwax mustbe doneafter each“writing.”
tached to almost every aspectof Pysanky, explains Kasin-skas. The color choices, forinstance. White might repre-sent purity or light, red forthe church or blood ofChrist, and so on. The sym-bols and geometric patternsalso carry meaning. A star isgenerally used as a symbolfor Christ. Forty triangleswould represent the fortydays of Lent. Triangles bythemselves represent theTrinity.
Spiritualism has every-thing to do with pysanky for
Kasinskas during the Lentenseason. She does not see theegg as food at this time. In-stead, she views it as havingthe “potential of life, life in-side the egg.” In the last stepof the pysanky process thereis the choice to keep the eggwhole, or attempt to pierce itwith a nail and empty thecontents. As with life, shesaid, it’s a risk, and not at allguaranteed. The egg is frag-ile and serves as a reminderof life’s fragility.
“It’s a life lesson,” she said.
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Concert - The CheshireAcademy Music Depart-ment has scheduled a freeconcert, Music of Irelandwith master fiddler DamienConnolly, for Thursday,March 28 , at 7 p.m. at theRichardson Lecture Hall.For more information, call(203) 439-7481.
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By Joy VanderLek The Cheshire Citizen
Elim Park residents heldan Art, Collectible & HobbyExhibition this month that
featured personal collectionsand showcased their talents.
The idea for the show cameabout four years ago, accord-ing to Debria Francois, thefacility’s recreational coordi-
nator of independent living. Previously, residents had
displayed their artwork, col-lectibles, and hobby items ina case outside her office.Francois noticed the case re-ally wasn’t big enough. Insome collections, either thepieces were too big or therewere too many items. In somecases, there were too manyresidents who had items todisplay or the collection did-n’t look right in the space.For example, trying to wedgea huge pottery piece into thecorner of a wall display case.
It occurred to Francoisthat it made more sense tobring the display to one ofthe common areas and openit up to the public.
This year’s show featuredabout 30 exhibitors, withnine artists exhibiting onwall space and almost threedozen tables with displays ofhandiwork, collections andmore.
The show is more aboutpeople than things, Francoissaid of the opportunity it pro-vides for residents to sharetheir interests and experi-ences. “This is about [the res-idents] sharing their hearts.”
Resident Frances Sidorekput two items of personal val-ue on display.
One is an antique pursefrom Japan, given to her by
her mother’s cousin. “I’vehad it for eons,” she said. Thepurse is black velvet with agilded top edge along with adrawstring and sports a largepeacock with a bejeweled fan.The second item, World WarII ration cards, belonged toher father, who passed awaywhen she was a young girl.
The Elim Park geneaologygroup hosted a table with fa-cilitator John LaFramboiseon-duty.
His table was staffed byabout a dozen members whodisplayed their genealogies.
“Everyone does it differ-
Collectible show gives insight into life and times of residents
ently,” LaFramboise said,adding that some presenta-tions are elaborate and someare simple.
Framboise’s own genealo-gy took him 18 years to com-plete. Getting informationfrom other family memberswas crucial, he said. His fam-ily history has been tracedback to the 1400s.
Framboise said, “We’reglad to offer whatever tips wecan.”
Art on display included un-derwater photography, metal-work, sculpture oil paintingsand watercolors.
Rene Tompkinson dis-played items from his fa-vorite hobby, a centuries-oldart form called Intarsia (pro-nounced In-tar-see-ah). Woodpieces of various types,thickness and color are usedto make a picture.
Swedish cultural itemswere shown by Judith Fer-randiz, nee Anderson. Her fa-ther was from southern Swe-den.
Swedish cultural items ondisplay included her nationalcostume, an outfit that Fer-randiz has had since she was13-years-old.
There also was a giant cof-fee pot. The item once wasowned by the First SwedishBaptist church in Brooklyn,one of the founding churchesthat gave rise to Elim Park.
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And that’s exactly whather parents had wanted,Knickerbocker said. Theywanted the property to al-ways be kept in its naturalstate.
“It’s something they bothwould have liked to haveseen,” she said, adding thather father died some yearsago, and her mother last year.“This meant a lot to her. Mymother used to make wreathshere ever year.”
In addition to tall trees anda babbling brook, the proper-ty is home to many wild ani-mals, including opossums,skunks, fox and deer. Manywild birds can also be seen onthe site, such as bluebirds,turkeys and hawks, Knicker-bocker said.
The family will maintainownership of the property,but the land trust will ensurethat it is kept in its currentcondition, with twice yearlywalks and cataloging of theproperty with photos, chartsand maps and taking invento-ry of species seen.
The property has not beenslated for development, Bry-den said, but if it were sold ortransferred without beingpart of the Cheshire LandTrust, it could be developed.
“We can speculate that itwould have been snappedright up,” she said. “It’s an in-credible piece of property.”
The residence, which is offthe land trust easement, wasbuilt in the 1840s, and at leastone of the barns in the 1700s.The family is working withthe Connecticut Trust forHistoric Preservation to havethe buildings put on the stateregister as historic struc-tures.
The Cheshire Land Trustwas founded in 1969 and nowhas more than 570 acres ofland under its jurisdiction,Bryden said. The trust is avolunteer, nonprofit organi-zation funded by Cheshireresidents and benefactors.
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Scholasticachievements
Marcello Sabino ofCheshire has been named tothe second semester honorroll at St. Paul Catholic HighSchool.
Douglas McNeil ofCheshire has been awardeda Fulbright Scholarship tostudy at University in Bei-jing, China. He is a studentat the University of Pitts-burgh, Pa. He recentlyplaced third in the Chinese
Government’s 2013 ChineseBridge Competition at PaceUniversity.
Dean’s list Lincoln College of New
England - Janice Belletti ofCheshire.
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This seasons topics in-clude: First Steps In Faith;Dating and Marriage; WakeUp American Faithful and;Knowing God As He Is.
The show airs weekly inCheshire, Southington, andMeriden and is produced byBr. Tobin Hitt from Cheshire,founder of Zion PentecostMission.
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Temple BethDavid
Temple Beth David, 3 MainStreet, has scheduled the fol-lowing:
Traditional Torah Studyat Temple Beth David.Join Rabbi Josh Whinston forTorah Study on March 30 at 9a.m. (and every fourth Satur-
day of each month) to delveinto that week’s parsha.
Old Rabbis Telling Jokes(Talking about God). JoinRabbi Josh Whinston onWednesday nights at 7:30 p.m.from April 3 to April 17 atTemple Beth David to discov-er how our Sages wrote aboutand conceived of God. Ex-plore ways to incorporateour ancient texts into yourown personal theology.
Shabbat morning servic-es at Temple Beth David.Join Rabbi Josh Whinstonfor Shabbat morning servic-es on Saturday April 6 at 9:00AM (and the first Saturday ofeach month).
CheshireLutheran Church
The Cheshire LutheranChurch has scheduled Maun-dy Thursday Holy Commu-nion services for March 28 at7:30 p.m.
Good Friday services arescheduled for March 29 at7:30 p.m.
Easter Sunday Holy Com-munion Services are sched-uled for 8 and 11 a.m. and afamily Easter service isscheduled for 9:45 a.m.
Cheshire UnitedMethodist Church
Cheshire UnitedMethodist Church, 205 Acad-emy Rd., has scheduled East-er services for Sunday,March 31, at 9 and 11 a.m. Formore information, call (203)272-4626.
St. Peter’sEpiscopal
St. Peter’s EpiscopalChurch, 59 Main St., hasscheduled the following East-er week services:
March 29 - Good Friday.Good Friday liturgy withVeneration of the Cross atnoon; Taize service at 7 p.m.
March 30 - Great Vigil Sat-urday, 7 p.m.
March 31 - Easter Sunday.Holy Eucharist, 8:15 a.m.;Easter music by the choir, 10a.m.; Family Eucharist, 10:30a.m.; Easter egg hunt, 11:30a.m. for children in grades 4and younger.
St. BridgetSt. Bridget Parish and
School has scheduled Fridayevening Lenten Suppersfrom 5 to 7 p.m. through April22 in the school dining hall,171 Main St.
Meal includes homemadePasta Fagioli, soup of theweek, ziti, salad, bread,dessert and beverage. A fee ischarged.
Proceeds benefit St. Brid-get School. All are welcome.
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Jean Kaas and her late husband always taught their childrenthe importance of planning ahead. And Jean’s family couldn’tbe happier that she took her own advice.
AWest Haven native, Jean moved to Masonicare’sindependent living community, Ashlar Village, in 2000. Aftertwelve enjoyable years there, Jean and her family realized sheneeded a higher level of care. Jean now resides at MasonicareHealth Center, where residents with progressed memory lossreceive specialized, round-the-clock support.
Jean’s daughter Karen says, “My brothers and I are sothankful that Mom is at Masonicare. It’s very comfortingto see how much the staff cares about her. They keep herinvolved in activities and really enjoy her sense of humor.They treat her and us just like family.”
Jean’s family also appreciates the full continuum of healthcare services and specialists available on-site.“Thanks to the Masonicare staff and mom’s planning ahead, we don’t have to worry about a thing.”
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While minor cuts andscrapes are common in highschool sports, one wouldn’texpect musical rehearsals toresult in bruises. But that’sjust what happened toCheshire High School seniorKayleigh Torok, who playedDorothy in the school’s per-formance of “The Wiz: TheSuper Soul Musical Wonder-ful Wizard of Oz” last week-end.
In a fight scene, Dorothyhas to be carried by theScarecrow, played by seniorRyan Hannon. In the bustle ofthe scene, Hannon stumbledand dropped Torok a fewtimes, bruising her kneesand elbowing her face in theprocess.
“We have laughed abouthow I’m beating her up,”joked Hannon.
As a retelling of L. FrankBaum’s “The Wonderful Wiz-ard of Oz” in the context ofAmerican black culture, TheWiz has provided a challengefor the cast. Director andEnglish teacher at CheshireHigh Dawn DeMeo says thisis exactly why she picked it.
“I chose ‘The Wiz’ becauseI am always trying to chal-lenge the kids and do some-thing that pushes us to growas a program. This playforced us to approach a musi-cal designed to reflect a cul-ture we are not familiarwith,” she says.
Although DeMeo admitsthat students struggled withowning their dialogue atfirst, she says that they havefound a way to make theircharacters their own and au-thenticate them.
Torok, who is performingin her fourth musical atCheshire High, is adding anew aspect to her characterby playing Dorothy as ateenager instead of as a 12-year-old, as she is traditional-ly depicted. Torok previouslyportrayed the young Dorothyin a production of “The Won-derful Wizard of Oz” forCheshire Youth Theater.
The other leading actorsinclude Hannon as the Scare-crow, junior Matthew Fein-
berg as the Lion, sophomoreConnor Baker as the Tin Manand senior Dan D’Albis as theWiz.
Even with five years oftheater experience, D’Albissays, the Wiz is one of themost challenging charactershe has played.
“The Wiz is difficult be-cause his character is afraud. As an actor, you haveto change the way you actduring each scene on stage toreflect the Wiz’s differentidentities, but you still have
Special effects bring audience into‘The Wiz’ experience
Students rehearse a dance that depicts the arrival ofthe tornado in this scene from “The Wiz.”
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Cheshire High School students Benjamin Saccoccioand Paul LePere pose with Jack Hanna backstage at aMarch taping of “Maury”.
Student Spotlight
By Eve Britton The Cheshire Citizen
After just half a day of job-shadowing the productionstaff of the “Maury” show, inStamford, Cheshire HighSchool students Benji Sac-coccio and Paul LePerelooked as if they had aged amonth.
“It’s a lot to take in. Thereare so many aspects of doinga TV show,” Saccoccio saidMarch 14 while resting onthe side of a stairwell.
“The one thing I got out ofthis was how much dedica-tion, passion and communi-cation goes into the wholething, how complex it is,”LePere said as he worked a
plastic slinky from his showgift bag back and forth in hishands. “I just didn’t know itwas that much, that it wouldbe so busy.”
“We want them to comeaway with the knowledgeabout how a show is pro-duced from start to finishand post-production,” saidTracie Wilson, senior vicepresident for programmingand development at the Stam-ford Media Center. “There’snot a whole lot of opportuni-ties for high schoolers to getthis kind of opportunity inthis field, so we’re very excit-ed to have them here.”
The media center and theConnecticut Film Officeworked in collaboration with
executives at NBC Universal,which produces the “Maury”show, and Cheshire HighSchool to get the two aspiringmedia workers in to see howthe show was produced.
The boys, juniors at thehigh school, said beforewatching the “Maury” tapingthat they were just interestedin film, primarily directing,but afterward said theywould definitely give televi-sion a closer look, as it wasmore interesting than theyhad anticipated.
“I can’t believe all theydo,” LePere said. “This is apretty big thing.”
The boys started the day at9 a.m. with a tour of the for-mer theater turned TV stu-
Job shadowing at ‘Maury’ show an education for students
dio in the heart of Stamford.The show’s taping beganabout 10:30 a.m. and it was, asthe boys’ described, verybusy.
Backstage, the day’sguests, about 40 or 50 wild an-imals, flapped and slammedabout in their crates. Dozensof producers, writers, direc-tors, camera workers, in-terns, security and other as-sorted crew members ranback and forth with headsetson, trying to avoid crashinginto the animals, their han-dlers and guests.
To an outsider, it couldhave looked like chaos, butcrew members said the per-ceived pandemonium was ac-tually fairly well choreo-graphed, since everyoneknew what his or her job wasand how best to do it.
Meanwhile, the two boysfrom Cheshire stood quietlyto the side of it all, taking thewhole scene in and doingtheir best not to get trampled.
“It’s better than what I an-ticipated,” Saccoccio said ashe sidestepped a worker car-rying a penguin.
The show, which will airMarch 29, featured Jack Han-na, a wildlife expert and di-rector emeritus of theColumbus Zoo in Ohio. Theshow’s audience was filledwith children who oohed, aa-hed, clapped and squirmed toget out of their seats and
closer to the animals thatwere brought onto the stage.
Onstage, with the camerasrolling, the show’s host, 75-year-old Maury Povich, andHanna calmly explainedeach animal’s role in theworld, from the tiny babyAfrican servals and a babybear to the larger animals,like the powerful king vul-ture and binturong, or “bearcat,” who was as large as aman’s torso.
After watching the back-stage movements for a while,the two boys were taken toother areas to see how theshow was run, then pieced to-gether.
In the control room, whichwas soundproofed and nearlyas quiet as an old-school li-brary, the boys watched theshow from different angleson about 50 small monitorsand listened as the show’ssenior director, Adam Soro-ta, quietly fed camera direc-tions into the headsets of thethree stationary and two mo-bile camera operators work-ing the set.
They talked with theshow’s attorney, who sits inthe booth for every show tomake sure “things are donelegally,” said a show spokes-woman.
They were taken to editingbays to see how the show is
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The streetI live on is acul-de-saconly oneblock long.One of its at-tractive fea-tures is thatit is withinwalking dis-tance of stores, the library,houses of worship andschools. There are 37 houseson the street, most of thembuilt in the period 1956-58 byAlbert Swanson, a well-re-spected builder at the time.
The first owners weremostly young families withhusbands who drove to jobsin New Haven or Waterburyand wives who stayed athome. Their children walkedto Chapman School andplayed together when theygot home. Trees, hedges andfences eventually separatedthe properties, but there wasa lot of neighborly cama-raderie. As time passed, thechildren grew and went offto college, wives took payingjobs. Some families movedaway. Of course othersmoved in. No house on thestreet stayed vacant verylong.
In 1986, there was an ex-plosion of property trans-fers. Ten houses, almost athird of all the houses on thestreet, were sold during thatyear. New families camefrom everywhere - NewHaven, Ohio, Massachusetts,all over.
One of the new neighborseventually confided that shehad bought a dog to walk pri-marily so she could meetpeople. But she wondered ifthere was an additional wayto meet the neighbors.
We hatched a plan to holdthe first block party on thestreet. We set a date, createdflyers and took them aroundto every house, invitingeveryone to come, bringsome food, chairs and games.We got permission to barri-cade the entrance of thestreet. Our most importantrule was that the party beconfined to the street and thefront yards because we want-ed to keep the little kidswithin sight, acknowledgingthat there were swimmingpools in some backyards,posing a possible danger. Ateen-aged DJ, Eric, broughtout his stereo, records andtapes, promising “music tosuit all tastes”. “Experienced”short-order chefs Bob, Gregand others. presided at thegrills. The food was deliciousand everyone ate heartily.Conversation flowed. Vari-ous games like horseshoesand croquet drew some inter-est, but mostly residentswanted to talk to each other.Those I call the “original set-tlers”, the first owners stillliving in their houses, remi-nisced. Newer residents lis-tened in amazement andshared their own stories.The party was a huge suc-cess. We crowed that out ofapproximately 90 residentson the street, 60 people had
joined in the fun. Over the years, our block
parties often had specificthemes, depending on whothe leaders were. Activitieshave included Bingo, bocceand face painting. Peanutraces, sack races and basketball toss competitionsgave winners small prizes.One year there were escortedtours of backyard gardens.Another year there was apiñata, Game participantshave had to guess the con-tents of “What’s in the Box”and take a chance in the“Yankee Swap”.
One time, a miniature golfcourse was created with ran-dom household items includ-ing small dinosaur statues, awater hazard from a dishand an uphill hole from met-al dryer tubing. The perenni-al and most popular attrac-tion was the visitation of afire truck with firemenaboard. Children and adultshad fun climbing on it,sounding the siren andclanging the bell.
What turned out to be thelast block party was to bidgoodbye to two families mov-ing to the Midwest. Nostalgiafills me as I write. I wish thetradition of block partiescould be revived on mystreet. I’d love to hear some-one say, “Say, we haven’t hada block party on Brook Lanefor a few years. We could or-ganize one this summer.Let’s do it.”
(Laura Clementsen is aCheshire resident and fre-quent contributor to TheCheshire Citizen.)
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dents. The Board of Regents for Higher Education approved the increase March 21. Chair-man Lewis Robinson said it’s “a difficult decision, and we don’t make it lightly.” The boardgoverns four state universities, 12 community colleges and Charter Oak State College.
For instate students living on-campus at universities, tuition and fees increase nextyear by 4.1 percent, to $778, or $19,897 a year. In-state tuition at Charter Oak State Collegewas increased by $13 per credit, to $258, and fees increased $9 per semester to $180.
Community colleges will charge 5.25 percent more, $188 for full-time students, to $3,786a year. The board’s finance committee recommended the increases during the week lead-ing up to the vote.
Schools must set aside 15 percent of tuition for financial aid, so more will be available.(AP state news reports.)
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CitizenSportsThe Cheshire CitizenThursday, March 28, 2013
High school refs share stories from the fast lane
See Refs, page 23
By John PettitSpecial to The Citizen
For thethird time inthe last foury e a r s ,C h e s h i r eHigh has anew girls soc-cer coach.
And hecomes fromjust down Route 10.
C h e s h i r e A c a d e m y ’sJames Luis has been hired toreplace Andrew Ashworthas head coach of the Rams.Cheshire High athletic di-rector Steve Trifone madethe announcement March20.
“James was a junior varsi-ty coach for us a couple ofyears ago and he did a fan-tastic job,” Trifone said. “Hehad a great relationshipwith the parents and kids.He seemed like he would be agood fit for the program.”
Luis played soccer atNewington High. He was theCheshire High JV coach un-der Tony Crane for four sea-sons and spent the last threeautumns guiding CheshireAcademy’s girls varsitysquad.
He has also coached pre-mier soccer, CheshireYouth Soccer and servedas an assistant coach withthe University of NewHaven men’s team.
“I’m very excited,” saidLuis, referring to his newjob. “You’ve got about 40 or50 kids who can play soc-cer, enjoy the game andhave a passion for thegame. Cheshire High hasa rich soccer history. I cer-tainly think it’s a team thatcan and will win pretty con-sistently. We’ll have achance every year to com-pete for the SCC title.”
Ashworth resigned inJanuary, citing pressurefrom parents. He went 27-9-4 over two seasons after re-placing Crane as headcoach prior to the 2011 cam-paign. He went 15-5-2 thatyear, won the SCC Tourna-ment and made it to theClass LL state tournamentquarterfinals.
Last fall, Ashworth’sRams finished 12-4-2, losingin the first round of boththe SCC and Class LL tour-naments.
Crane resigned in No-vember 2010 amidst contro-versy after joining parents
in criticizing the school’spolicy of punishing ath-letes cited for underagedrinking.
Luis, a 35-year-old Hart-ford resident and an ac-count manager for a manu-facturing company, said heenjoyed his time atCheshire Academy.
“It was great working fora great AD and person likeBrett Torrey,” he said. “Ienjoyed the kids and theyworked hard. The highlightat Cheshire Academy inall three seasons was justhow united the teams wereand the character that thegirls displayed on and offthe field.”
Trifone said he actuallysought out Luis when theposition opened. Luis saidhe hopes to meet with theteam’s seniors in the nextcouple weeks.
“I’m looking forward toworking with all the play-ers within the program,”he added. “My vision is tomake sure that with everysingle level - freshman, JVand varsity - there is prideand high spirit with eachteam.”
Rams don’t have to look farfor new girls soccer coach
Former CHS assistant James Luis takes the reins
Luis
By Nick CarrollThe Cheshire Citizen
This winter, The Citizenasked high school basketballreferees to speak about life inthe black and white stripes.Here’s what we heard:
Next year will mark JohnZadnik’s 40th as an official. Healso did some coaching duringthat span; so he has seengames from all angles.
Before becoming the athlet-ics director in Plainville in1998 – a position he still holds,Zadnik, of Bristol, admits hewas of the opinion that gameofficials were “always right,and the coaches, for the mostpart, did not really know therules of the game, and there-fore were almost alwayswrong.”
But during his years work-ing as an AD, Zadnik hasgained a greater appreciationfor coaches, while acceptingthat – gulp – officials are notinfallible.
“I have come to realize thatmost coaches are extremelydedicated, hard-working menand women who care a greatdeal about their athletes,”said Zadnik, a well-respectedbasketball and softball offi-cial. “Over the past 15 years, Ihave been in the unique andsometimes awkward positionof having to listen to mycoaches complain about offi-cials, while continuing to hearmy fellow officials complainabout some of my coaches.”
Zadnik believes that simple,polite discussions betweencoaches and officials are pos-sible, even during the heat ofcompetition.
“One thing that I havelearned for sure is that coach-es — not just mine — are notalways wrong, and if officials,including myself, would listento what they had to say moreoften, provided that they did itin a professional manner, therelationship between coachesand officials would be farmore copacetic,” said Zadnik.
West Haven’s Steve Kirck,another veteran official, re-tired this winter after 40 yearsin the business.
Kirck, who worked football,basketball and baseball games
during his career, heard hisshare of taunts from thestands, but over time, learnedto let criticism roll off hisback.
“They are ‘fans,’ short for‘fanatics.’ They are cheeringfor their team. Both my sonsplayed high school basketballand one played college basket-ball, so I know what thatmeans,” said Kirck. “(You)have to remember that formostly every call, 50 percent ofpeople agree and 50 percent ofpeople disagree with the call.It goes with the job.”
Before hearing that logicfrom another official somefour decades ago, Kirck wasready to hang up his whistlefor good.
“I almost quit officiating inthe early 70’s because I didn’tlike being yelled at,” he said.“Then a veteran official gaveme the 50 percent quote andsaid that the yelling wasn’tpersonal: ‘People yell at thestriped shirt.’ Once I learnedthat, I was fine.”
Compared to Zadnik andKirck, Mike Blake, of Walling-ford, is a relative newcomer toofficiating. He has been at itfor 15 years.
Blake, who primarily worksbasketball games, said he hasseen a change in fan behaviorduring his time in the whiteand black stripes.
“With travel basketball be-ing as big as it is, parents havea lot more invested than theyused to,” he said, “so I thinkthey become a lot more invest-ed in games, and a lot moredemonstrative. Also, in thepast, if people didn’t like thejob you did, you were a lousyref. Now there seems to bemore inferences to officials‘cheating,’ where in reality, of-ficials are the only ones in thegym who don’t care whowins.”
Blake said players havechanged as well.
“I think players today aremore skillful,” he said. “Ithink kids specialize in onesport more, and they travel toplay the best competition. The
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down side to that is I see someof the fundamental skills de-clining because kids are onlyplaying games and there isn’ttime to practice.”
Another seasoned official,Dan Scavone, of Hamden, saidhigh school basketball playerstoday are “bigger, strongerand faster.” Skills-wise, hesaid “I don’t see much of achange.”
Echoing Blake’s comment,Scavone says games feel moreserious, more all-or-nothing,than they did when he startedout as a ref 26 years ago.
“Attitude-wise there is agreater emphasis placed onwinning, and sadly, today’splayers need to learn how tolose more graciously. It seemslike there are always excus-es,” said Scavone. “Opposingplayers don’t credit the win-ners enough for what theyachieved. It seems like thereare always reasons why some-one has lost. Hopefully, ourmany good coaches can pointout that a loss is really not theend of the world, and we can usethose moments to become betterfor it.”
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“I’ve only done what I’vewanted to do,” he said. “It’sthe only career I know. I’vebeen very lucky.”
And both boys, thoughthey admitted they were ex-hausted less than four hoursafter the day began, said theyfelt very lucky to have gottenthis job-shadowing gig.
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“You take any job you canget when you get out ofschool. You have to be willingto do anything,” he directedthe duo. “You are going tomake mistakes. Anyone whodoesn’t, doesn’t learn any-thing. You learn from themand you get better.”
Povich — who has been inTV for 60 years, since he was15 years old and a “gofer” fora TV news show’s sports re-porters — said starting in thebusiness means the samething today that it meantwhen he began his career.
“It’s very different todaythan when I started, but Idon’t care if it’s sweepingfloors, just get in there. Hangout where you want to be,find a way in,” he said, lean-ing forward in his desk chair.“Kids are much more savvytoday about what it takes toget into the workforce. Theydon’t have that naiveté wehad.”
Povich recommended in-ternships to young peoplewho are interested in any ca-reer; it’s a great way to “get inthe door,” he said. “Thebiggest thing in your corneris showing your interest,
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As for fan behavior, Scav-one hasn’t seen much of achange on that front.
“There has been, and prob-ably always will be, somespectators who cross the lineand will have to be dealtwith,” said Scavone. “Schoolsand the CIAC have made ef-forts to improve sportsman-ship. I think with electroniccommunication we hear allthe horror stories. But thereseems to be a lack of respectin our society in general, notjust sports.”
“I don’t think the generalpublic realizes how hard it isto officiate an athletic con-test,” he continued. “The ex-pectation is perfection, andthat is just not realistic.”
Through it all, Zadnik, Kir-ck, Scavone, Blake, and manyother officials, come backyear after year to make thecalls because the good timesoutweigh the bad.
Asked to recall some mem-orable moments from his offi-ciating days, Kirck pointed totwo high school basketballgames he worked with hisson, Steve; their first one onFeb. 23, 1996 and the final oneon Feb. 20, 2013.
Also, Kirck had the privi-lege to officiate a Harvard-Yale football game, numer-ous college basketball andfootball postseason tilts, andhigh school state champi-onship matchups in threesports.
As for Blake, he reffed aboys basketball game thispast season he will not soonforget; Crosby versus Wilby, acontest decided in doubleovertime.
In another memorablegame, Blake worked with hisfather-in-law and brother-in-law in his father-in-law’s finalappearance as an official.
Scavone highlighted someof his most memorable games
as well, including the 1996Class LL state championshipgirls basketball game betweenSouthington and NorwichFree Academy. Both teams en-tered the matchup undefeat-ed, and NFA stayed that way.
Scavone also worked the2004 Little East women’s bas-ketball final between EasternConnecticut and Southern
Maine.Looking back on his nearly
30 years as a ref, Scavone saidhe enjoyed traveling to gymsthroughout New York, NewJersey and New England, andmade many friends along theway. “I am grateful for all theopportunities to serve thegame of basketball,” headded.
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curve, crossed the yellowline, left the roadway and hita tree, police said. Therewere no other vehicles in-volved.
Fire personnel arrived onthe scene to extricate Vincentfrom the vehicle, but de-clared Vincent dead on thescene due to injuries sus-tained in the collision, policesaid.
The crash is under investi-gation by the Cheshire PoliceDepartment. Car falls from bridge
A Cheshire man died Sat-urday morning, March 23,when his car fell 30 feet froma bridge in New Britain, statepolice said.
Eduardo Vazquez, 39, of2175 Plank Road, Cheshire,was driving a NissanPathfinder westbound onRoute 72 near Exit 7 in New
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The accident is under in-vestigation, police said. Noother passengers or carswere involved.
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As a “Super Soul Musical,”“The Wiz” features manyjazzy song-and-dance num-bers. One of the cast’s fa-vorites is the Scarecrow’ssong, “I Was Born the Day Be-fore Yesterday,” in whichHannon reveals an extensivevocal range and dances as ifhe were made of straw.
A performance that sur-prised DeMeo, as well asmany of the cast members,comes from freshman, Isabel-la Riccio, who plays theWicked Witch of the West.Riccio’s rendition of “No BadNews” was described by De-
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Meo and Hannon as “justamazing.”
And along with the unusu-al show comes a unique setthis year. With the help ofCheshire High’s applied tech-nology department, andMike Solimine in particular,this year’s set has been devel-oped around the idea of anurban playground.
Several TV monitors werebuilt into the wooden frameof the set. Throughout theplay, the monitors showedpictures and videos that re-flect the background of thescene. For instance, duringthe tornado scene, the moni-tors played real tornadofootage in order to enhancethe audience’s experience.
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Heide Thatcher, of Cheshire, sent in this photo ofsnowdrops in her yard. “They have been out sinceFebruary, but yesterday (early March) with thetemps up in the 50s they just popped,” she said.Send your “spring has sprung” photos [email protected] and we’ll publish themonline or in an upcoming edition.
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Studio & 1 Bedroom AptsAffordable Housing for quali-fied applicants 50 yrs of age orolder. Amenities Include: Com-puter Learning Center, TV/Games Lounge, Laundry Facili-ties, Off Street Parking, FreeBus Service to local shoppingctrs. On site: Resident Serv.Coord. Small Pets Accepted
Please call 860-621-3954 forinformation. TTY: 711
MER. Furnished Apts. East SideIncl Heat, HW, Elec. 1 BR, 1st Fl,$845/mo+sec. 1BR, 2nd Fl $801/mo+sec. 203-630-3823 12pm-8pm or Meridenrooms.com
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
CITY RECYCLING will PPAAYY CCAASSHH for scrap steel,
MINI BLINDS, 4, White, 30”wide. Everything included. Per-fect Condition $10 for All. Alsoselling POCKETBOOK, BrownPlaid. Never Used. Bought atFoot Prints. Asking $20. Call860 628-8721 or 860 384-1183
MOVING Must Sell Half ofour Furniture, Fridge, TV,Freezer, Gas Grill, Shed. 4East Side Terrace, Walling-ford. Call 203-265-7509
OUR Generation horse withAmerican Girl accessories(for the horse). Like new.Asking $40. 203-235-2384
PAPASAN CHAIR with whitecushion from Pier 1 Imports.45" round. Good condition,approx 10 yrs old but seldomused. Original cost $150. $55 orbest offer. Call 203-639-1248
POLAR KING WALK-IN COOLERPure white. Unit size 12x11,Ready to run, freestanding.Model H1113. $12,500. Excel-lent condition. 203 507-5132
SSIILLVVEERR PPLLAATTEE FFLLAATTWWAARREEKing Edward Holiday Pattern.
Circa 1951. Rose filigree pat-tern with sprays of roses onstems. Service for 8, Plus Addi-tional Serving Pieces. $45.
Call (203) 915-5182
SILVERPLATE: Cakeplate; PaulRevere bowl; Shell dish; Gravyboat; Tray; Sugar/cream/tray;Covered dish; Butter dish;Pitcher; more. Each under $50.203-237-3396
WOOD, FUEL &HEATING EQUIPMENT
CLOSE OUT SALE. SeasonedFirewood. Delivered. Greatprice. (203) 272-4216
SPORTING GOODS &HEALTH
PISTOL PERMIT CERTIFICATION CLASS
Required for CT applicants. $110
Call 203-415-1144
PETS & LIVESTOCK
HORSE CCAARREE NNEEEEDDEEDD Part Time AM & PM
Experience preferred, but will train the right person.
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]
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
Elim Park, a state of the art, accredited, continuing care retirementcommunity is seeking candidates for the following positions to join ourteam!
Administrative Assistant - Skilled Nursing UnitFull time day shift position and per diem position available.Responsibilities include receptionist, scheduling and various clericalfunctions to facilitate the efficient operation of the nursing unit, underthe supervision of the Nurse Manager. Supports the interdisciplinaryteam while maintaining positive interpersonal and organizationalskills. Knowledge of medical terminology and use of computersystems, including electronic health records, is essential. Previousexperience preferred.
Administrative Assistant - Admissions & Rehabilitation Full time position available. Performs administrative and clericalduties in the Admissions and Rehabilitation departments under thedirect supervision of the Admissions and Marketing Coordinators.Interacts with various constituents including patients, physicians,other office staff and the public to provide high quality service tothose who visit and/or call our community.
Nursing Positions•RN Flex Nurse Sub-Acute Unit 4p-8p Part Time•RN Every Other Weekend Day Shift Treatment Nurse•RN/LPN Full Time Temporary Charge Nurse 3p-11p x 8 weeks•RN/LPN Per Diem Charge Nurse 3p-11p•Part Time Weekend CNA 7a-3p•Part Time Weekend CNA 3p-11p•Part Time 7p-11p CNA x 2 Positions•Full Time 11p-7a CNA•Part Time Weekend CNA 11p-7a•Per Diem 11p-7a CNA
Nurse Manager - Skilled Nursing Facility, Long Term CareFull-time day shift position. Accountable for the planning,organizing, developing, and directing of Nursing Services for our two30 bed Long Term Skilled Nursing Units. Work in collaboration withour Director of Nursing and highly skilled interdisciplinary team toinsure the highest degree of quality care is provided.
Job Requirements: RN License in good standing, BSN preferred;Previous experience in a long term or rehabilitation environmentpreferred; Previous supervisory experience preferred; Goodcommunication and leadership skills; Knowledgeable of general,rehabilitative, and restorative nursing and medical practices,procedures, laws, regulation and guidelines governing long termcare; Ability to use an electronic medical record; Ability to multi-taskin a fast paced environment; Positive attitude required.
ALL POSITIONS - Please apply in person Monday - Friday9am - 5pm / Weekends 10am - 2pm, or send resume to:
Elim Park Baptist Home 140 Cook Hill Road, Cheshire, CT 06410
Or fax to 203-271-7794 EOE, A/A, MF, DV
1279778
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HELP WANTED
OFFICE Full Time, Experienced,DMV Title Clerk for busy deal-ership. Call: (203) 284-8989 orFax: (203) 269-1114
CDL DRIVERS Durham BasedConstruction Co. is nowaccepting applications for FTCDL Class A & B Drivers formobile Concrete Mixers &Dumptrucks. Manual labor req.Pre-employment drug screenmandatory. Call Pools by Mur-phy for apt. (860) 349-9774
DRIVER Wanted. Experienceneeded. CDL Class B. Apply inperson. 50 Leonardo Dr., NorthHaven, CT. with Driver Abstract
DDrriivveerr//WWaarreehhoouusseeConstruction supply company
seeks delivery driver (CT/NY).CDL Class B req. (load/unloadproduct). Warehouse work(forklift driving/heavy lifting).
Apply in person. Advance Concrete Form, Inc.,
71 N. Plains Industrial Rd,Wallingford, CT
$13.50/hr, no OT. Insurance after90 days. PLT/401K after 1 year.
HVAC LICENSED INSTALLERSImmediate opening.
Residential. Minimum 5 yearsexperience required w/ B, D or Slicense. Exc wages, benefits.
MACHINE OPERATORS w/exp.Wire Drawing. FT All shifts -2nd and 3rd preferred. Goodpay + benefits. Apply: Accel -508 N Colony St. Meriden EOE
Millions of peoplelook to
Marketplaceeveryday.
It’s used news.
HELP WANTED
AUTOPART INTERNATIONALis seeking a Part-Time Driver15-30 hrs a week. We are look-ing for a highly motivated self-starter with a great attitude.Must be 21 or older & have aclean driving record. Pleaseapply in person (NO PHONECALLS PLEASE): AutopartInternational, 10 FarmingtonValley Dr Plainville, CT.Autopart International con-ducts pre-employment drugscreenings & backgroundchecks. EOE
CAREGIVERS Excellent posi-tion for retirees & others. Look-ing for compassionate reliablepeople to provide companion-ship & home care services toseniors. Extensive training pro-vided. Must have own vechile.
CCiirrccuullaattiioonn DDeeppaarrttmmeenntt Is in need of an early morningemployee to assist in stagingnewspapers at our distributiondepot and making deliveriesto our customers.
Hours are 2:00am - 8:30amWednesday through Sunday.Reliable vehicle and ability toread a map needed
NORTH HAVEN-$194,000 Spa-cious end-unit w/cair, 2BRs, 2full BA, EIK, DR/LR combo w/FP& skylights. Laundry rm w/washer/dryer combo. Privatepatio, gar next to unit. Mins toI95, I91, Yale, Quinn, Shopping,Golf. Dee Grazioso 203-265-5618
MERIDEN- $274,900. Just likenew with plenty of room togrow! Spacious, open and airy,great room w/ cath. ceiling,4BR. House completely rebuiltin 2004, 3 full BA w/ whirlpools,master suite, add. office/library, oversized 2c gar. Amust see! Call Nicky Waltzer203-265-5618
APARTMENTSFOR RENT
WALLINGFORD 2nd Floor, 4 RM,2 BR North Main St Victorian.Credit Check Req. $1000/mo. +2 month sec. No smoking. Nopets. Avail 5/01. 203-269-5973
Satellite TV. Short Stay/Daily/Weey On Bus Line. 203-239-5333
NORTH HAVENMeadowstone Motel- Off I-91.
Satellite TV. Short Stay/Daily/Weey On Bus Line. 203-239-5333
WANTED TO RENT
STUDIO, In-law apt or roomw/bath in private residence.Semi-retired prof. woman, will-ing to do handy work aroundthe house. Non smoker. PleaseCall Sissy 860 308-4756
STORES & OFFICESFOR RENT
MERIDEN 2 Room Unit Approx 300 Sq Ft. 428 Broad St.
Asking $700/Month. Heat & electric included.
(203) 237-3378
HOUSES FOR SALE
MERIDEN. $185,000. Shortsale! Big Ranch on nearly a halfacre. 3 or 4 bdrms, 4 woodburning stoves. Gourmetkitchen, big glass enclosedsunroom, deck, & garage readyfor your growing family. Callnow! Brian (203) 235-3300
