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A local detective’s hard work on the statewide nar-cotics task force paid off as he was sworn in as a sergeant Jan. 3.
Fred Jortner has been with the Cheshire Police Department just over 10 years. He officially became a sergeant, during a ceremony at the police station, as his children pinned a new badge on his uniform.
Chief Neil Dryfe and Town Manager Michael Milone spoke about Jortner’s hard work and dedication to the job.
Dryfe said the testing pro-cess is rigorous and compe-tition was very close for the promotion. Jortner “well de-served the honor,” Dryfe said.
“Working with (Jortner) has been a privilege and a pleasure,” Dryfe said.
Jortner will be supervising the midnight shift, a change from the last four years he spent on the statewide nar-cotics task force. Dryfe said he knows Jortner will lead the officers well, both as a men-tor and as a supervisor. The rank of sergeant is the most
important in the department, Dryfe said.
“A pat on the back and a foot in the behind,” Dryfe laughed. “It’s where the rub-ber meets the road.”
Jortner will help ensure the messages and goals of the administration translate into action by the men and women on the roads, Dryfe said. Milone echoed Dryfe on
the importance of sergeants, adding that with the reorga-nization of the department it is even more important.
“I don’t know of anyone better to take it on,” Milone said. “He has distinguished himself in his time here.”
Due to the young age of officers in the department,
Dedicated detective promoted to sergeantBy Lauren SievertSpecial to The Citizen
Fred Jortner gets pinned by his son Fredrick and daughter Avery at a promotion ceremony, Jan. 3, at the Cheshire police station. Jortner was promoted to the rank of sergeant. | (Lauren Sievert/Special to The Citizen)
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The hum of a heater was the only noise at the Community Pool last week as the snow fell softly and silently on the pool’s cover.
The sounds town officials don’t want to hear coming from the Olympic-sized pool are cracking cement or burst-ing pipes.
“We’re trying to stay ahead of it,” said Bob Ceccolini, director of parks and recre-ation. “It wasn’t built as an outdoor winter pool. We’re
doing the best we can.”The pool has been left
open to the elements since last February when a snow-storm dumped 30-plus inches of snow on the area causing the bubble over the pool to collapse.
He said workers have been treating the 14 drains that run under the pool deck with en-vironmentally friendly an-ti-freeze, like that used in recreational vehicles, af-ter every rain and snow occurrence.
In addition, after every
Town pool must be heated this winterBy Eve BrittonThe Cheshire Citizen
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D a r a a n d M u r p hy Malone trudged through the calf-high snow up and down neighboring streets, the swish of their snow pants, the clunk of a dropped shovel and the oc-casional snow blower the only sounds on the empty Cheshire streets late Friday morning.
“We’ve been to l ike 14 houses and no one’s been home,” complained Murphy, a 9 -year-old fourth-grader at Norton Elementary School.
The boys were trying to make money by shoveling walks and driveways on streets around their Sharon Drive neighborhood.
Some of the money they’d get to keep, but the rest would go to offset ex-penses for their competi-tive swimming.
“It was my dad’s idea,” said Dara, a 14-year-old eighth-grader at Dodd Middle School. “I think he just thought it would be a good idea for us to go outside.”
The boys trudged by houses with neatly plowed walks and driveways . Whenever they spied one that was in need of shovel-ing, Murphy perked up.
“Let’s try here,” he’d say to Dara, who generally re-sponded with “Naw, looks like nobody’s home.”
But, Murphy would start plowing his legs through the snow to the doorway where he’d ring the bell or knock. A man stuck his head out at one point and looked at the boys.
“Shovel your walkway?” Murphy asked.
“You can pay what-ever you want,” Dara encouraged.
The man shook his head
“no” and the boys made their way back to the sidewalk, dragging their shovels.
“He said he was just coming out to do it,” Dara said, shaking his head, his cheeks rosy in the 8-degree temperature.
A few more houses later, they once again went through the de-bate about whether to ap-proach a house that seemed unoccupied.
Murphy won and cheer-fully trudged his way to-ward the door, where a lady in a robe answered.
“Shovel your walk?” Murphy asked. She smiled at the boys.
“You can pay whatever you want,” Dara said again.
She nodded and the boys went to work.
Large piles of snow were displaced by Dara’s bigger shovelfuls, while Murphy concerned himself with pushing the snow off the sides of the stairs. Then, as the lady asked, they made
a patch around the front of the house to the back stairs.
“I like shoveling. It’s fun,” Dara said, breath-ing heavily. “It’s easy to clear my head when I shovel, like swimming.” They got $10 for the one house.
“We’ve been walking a really long time,” Murphy said, taking a swig of hot chocolate out of the thermos Dara had on his backpack.
The boys walked down Sharon Drive once again. But, as the day wore on, they were getting more and more hard pressed to find walkways and driveways in need of their services.
“Can we come in?” they asked their mother, Kathy, who came out to check on them.
“Try a little more,” she told them, as they leaned heavily on their shovels. They picked up their shov-els and began walking again.
Siblings shovel for the sake of swimming
By Eve BrittonThe Cheshire Citizen
Dara Malone, 14, left, and his brother, Murphy Malone, 9, patrol area neighborhoods looking for unshoveled driveways and walkways, after the snow storm in Cheshire, Jan. 3. They wanted to make money to support their swimming interests. Business was light as many neigbors had already cleared driveways, walkways, and sidewalks. | (Christopher Zajac/Special to The
Citizen)
Boys walk door to door, working to help offset expenses caused by Cheshire pool’s closing
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Sergeant
Milone joked that Jortner’s 10-year tenure is lengthy. Milone believes Jortner will take the department to “the next level.”
Milone noted Jortner’s many commendations, the benefit of having him work-ing with the narcotics task force and the skills he will be bringing back to the offi-cers. Milone said Jortner re-cently became president of the union and has taken over the additional responsibilities with professionalism, respect and civility.
“But it is his integrity that I respect most,” Milone said.
Jortner was joined at the ceremony by his wife, Emily, and three children, Fredrick, 8, Avery, 7, and Addy, 2. Avery and Frederick helped their dad pin on his new ser-geant badge as the audience cheered. Both Avery and Frederick said they want to be “cops” when they grow up, though Frederick noted about working with his sis-ter, “not in the same depart-ment.” Emily Jortner said her husband earned the promo-tion and it was a good feel-
From Page 1 ing to be at the ceremony as a family. Jortner said he got the results of the testing right before Christmas, and it felt fantastic.
“When I took the job I didn’t have any kids,” Jortner laughed about having his chil-dren help with the pinning.
Jortner said he’s looking forward to mentoring new officers and sharing the skills he learned while on the task force.
“The only way to stay fresh is to keep moving,” Jortner said.
This week three new of-ficers were also sworn in to the department. Officers Tracy Gonzalez, Samuel DeCapua and Jose Rocha will all be starting on the patrol division once they complete the police academy, Dryfe said. Gonzalez is a former dispatcher for Cheshire, Dryfe said.
CalendarFriday, Jan. 10
Boys basketball - Cheshire vs. Amity at Amity High School, 7 p.m.
Girls basketball - Cheshire vs. Amity at Cheshire, 7 p.m.
Boys swim, dive - Cheshire vs. Sacred Heart, Brookfield at Kennedy High School, 6 p.m.
Saturday, Jan 11Boys ice hockey -
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Wrestling - Cheshire vs. East Haven, New Haven, Stratford, Brookfield at East Haven High School, 9 a.m.
Monday, Jan. 13DAR - Daughters of the
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Boys basketball - Cheshire vs. Fairfield Prep at Fairfield University, 7 p.m.
Girls basketball - Cheshire vs. Guilford at Cheshire, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 14Boys swim, dive -
Cheshire vs. Notre Dame-West Haven at Wilbur Cross, 4 p.m.
Wrestling - Cheshire vs. Amity at Cheshire, 6 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 15Girls basketball -
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Boys ice hockey - Cheshire vs. North Branford at Northford Ice Pavilion, 8:30 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 17Boys basketball -
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Tuesday, Jan. 21Boys basketball -
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Friday, Jan. 24Boys basketball -
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Girls basketball - Cheshire vs. Jonathan Law at Cheshire, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Jan 25Boys ice hockey -
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Tuesday, Jan. 28Boys basketball -
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After six years as a fire/po-lice dispatcher, a number of those spent at the Cheshire Police Department, Tracy Gonzalez applied and was re-cently accepted into the local department as an entry-level police officer. She begins training at the police acad-emy in January. In an inter-view with The Citizen, before she left training, Gonzalez talked work as a dispatcher.
Q: Are there educational requirements, college or otherwise, needed for this position?
A: Usually just a high school diploma or GED and the ability to pass a Civil Service exam.
Q: Are there special training classes in ad-dition to educational requirements?
A: Once hired, we are required to become cer-t i f ied in the fo l low-ing: State of Connecticut Telecommunications, COLLECT (Connecticut On-Line Law Enforcement Telecommunications System) and NCIC (National Crime Information Center);
Emergency Medical Dispatch, and AT&T’s Emergency 911. There are also several (pri-vately run) courses we are encouraged to take through-out the year.
Q: Can you give an over-view of what is taught and the hours spent in training?
A: The Connecticut State Telecommunication’s class is approximately three days long and teaches dispatchers the tools they need to be an effective telecommunicator – radio procedure, information gathering, using the equip-ment, crisis management skills, etc.
EMD (Emergency Medical Dispatch) is five days long and teaches dispatchers to provide pre-arrival instruc-tion to callers in medical emergency situations.
COLLECT and NCIC initial training is usually one day. In these classes we are taught to use the statewide (and nation-wide) criminal justice system to assist officers in gather-ing information. This is also where we are able to connect to DMV files, Department of Corrections, Wanted Persons, Stolen Guns, et cetera.
The 911 training is usually also one day and teaches the
A: I was a volunteer fire-fighter and really enjoyed having a role in public safety. I knew then that I wanted to expand my role from volun-teer to having a career in pub-lic safety.
Q: What personality traits and/or work habits
are either handy or neces-sary to do this job?
A: The ability to multi-task is extremely important in this position. Having a calm, cool demeanor, under the most stressful situations, an atten-tion to detail, strong commu-nication/listening skills, and the ability to present a good image to the public are also very helpful.
Q: What might a typical
day be like?A: The best part about dis-
patch, and public safety in general, is that there isn’t a typical day. You have to pre-pare for anything and every-thing. The only things that you will “typically” do is go through your checklist to be sure that all systems are op-erating correctly, familiarize yourself with your shift per-sonnel, keep good records of all incidents, and monitor communications from the field.
Q: What’s the best thing about the job?
A: Knowing that each, and every day, you helped some-one in their time of need.
Q: Tell us about one of the best days.
I received a 911 call from a man whose wife was unre-sponsive and not breathing. Officers were immediately dispatched and the caller was given instructions to start performing CPR on his wife. A short time later, the officers advised that she had a pulse and was breathing again. As it turned out, she survived, and
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Since his retirement as a police officer in Cheshire, John DeMello, Sr. has put a lot of time and energy into helping his own commu-nity, particularly in his work on behalf of the American Legion Kiltonic Post 72 in Southington, where he and his wife, Jin, reside.
He’s always ready to help veterans in need and those on active duty in service to our country.
DeMello and his wife left for Washington, D.C., on Dec. 21, where they vis-ited their son, John, Jr., an
Air Force Captain working at the Pentagon, and their soon-to-be daughter-in-law, Nikki.
The family celebrated an early Christmas before John Jr. and Nikki departed Christmas Day for Thailand, where they would be mar-ried, and travel.
The DeMello family cer-tainly had good reason to be joyful this Christmas.
In past visits to D.C., how-ever, John Sr. and Jin were saddened seeing the huge number of veterans living on the streets.
Along with other home-less people, but mainly to-gether in clusters, veterans
are without shel-ter in our nation’s capital.
With a note of sadness, but hope in his eyes, John Sr. told his brothers at the Southington American Legion w h a t h e h a d witnessed.
DeMello was en-couraged to do his part to help the situation.
A p l a n wa s hatched to col-lect clothing for homeless veterans in D.C.; and folks’ generosity was
astonishing.Pe o p l e d o -
nated overcoats, winter jackets, winter hats, blan-kets, sweaters, scarves, gloves, socks, shirts and footwear; the list goes on.
John Sr. and Jin headed to D.C. with a loaded truck.
Soon after, John Sr. sent an e-mail to American
Legion Post 72:“Today was a great day for
us. Very humbling indeed,” he wrote. “Jin and I met so many homeless veterans and other homeless individuals. We don’t know how lucky we are. I met a homeless vet named Harrison. He did not
want anything. He said he wants to be out of the home-less shelter one day and lead a productive life. What an outstanding person. It was sad to see homeless living in the parks, sleeping on the grass with no place but the homeless shelters to go.”
Vet’s visit to D.C. a labor of love
Former Cheshire police officer John DeMello Sr. and his wife, Jin, pick up clothing donations for homeless veterans in Washington, D.C.
By E. Richard FortunatoSpecial to The Citizen
The DeMellos distributed items to veterans during a December visit to D.C.
The Cheshire Symphony Orchestra is looking for oboe, viola and violin players who are able to play advanced repertoire. Orchestral experience is preferred but not required.
The Cheshire Symphony Orchestra is composed of students and profession-als from diverse fields including medicine, sci-entific research, and ed-ucation. Musicians come from Cheshire and many
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Rehearsals are sched-uled for Monday nights from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Dodd Middle School. For more information, call Cary Jacobs at (203) 915-1568 or Sue Lonergan at (203) 651-9074 and leave a message.
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The Cheshire Community Pool, seen last week during the cold winter weather. | (Eve Britton/The Cheshire Citizen)
Pool
rain, workers pump the wa-ter off the cover, which is being held in place with ropes and straps, and some of the leftover framing for last year’s collapsed bubble, Ceccolini said.
The pool is being kept at a steady 50 degrees to keep the water from freezing, and to keep it circulating through the filters and drains. During operation the pool tempera-ture is usually 82 degrees.
“We monitor it constantly,” he said. “We’re keeping it at 50 to keep the utility levels low, while still maintaining circulation.”
At this point, it’s diffi-cult to know what the costs of maintaining the pool through the winter will be, said Town Manager Michael Milone.
Pool staff, except for aquat-ics director Shelia Adams, was laid off when the pool closed for the year in the be-ginning of October, Milone said.
So, the town is paying un-employment compensation for five part-time and two
full-time employees, and won’t have those bills until spring. Adams gets $5,300 monthly.
“She’s there every day checking on the pool, work-ing on it, and planning events and activities for when it re-opens,” Milone said.
And there’s about a two-month lag for utility bills, so Milone said he isn’t sure how much it is costing to run the heating system.
“It’s going to be in the low thousands, though,” Milone said. “We didn’t have to go through what you’d normally have to go through to winter-ize a pool.”
After much back and forth among the public, town councilors and the ad hoc pool committee, the ques-tion of whether to replace the collapsed bubble with a permanent structure was put to referendum in this past November’s election.
Voters approved the ref-erendum and once a suit-able vendor is approved, work should begin on a $3.2 million tension-membrane structure this spring, before the summer pool season.
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Winter weather isn’t just hazardous to people, it can be dangerous for pets, too. The Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation offers key points to keep pets warm and safe.
During a storm, keep pets inside. A pet needs shelter and insulation from the cold. Cats and dogs may have fur coats, but they ar-en’t equipped to be out in freezing temperatures for long periods of time. Domesticated animals are not adapted to the cold like wolves or bobcats. A good rule of thumb - if it’s too cold for you to stay outside, it’s too cold for your pet.
If you absolutely must keep an animal outside, be certain it has an insulated shelter, access to plenty of fresh (not frozen) water and increase food to two times the normal serving. A pet’s energy requirements increase to maintain body temperature (for example, shivering) and those living in a very cold climate have a greater caloric need just to stay warm than the average
dog that lives indoors.When pets need to go
outside during a storm, limit exposure and make sure dogs are leashed and wearing an ID tag. During heavy snowfall, dogs can lose their scents and be-come lost. Dogs become lost during the winter more than any other time of the year.
Keep candles, heat lamps and space heaters away from pets, children and flamma-ble materials. Inspect any pet heating blankets or pads for frays and exposed wires
and never leave a pet unat-tended with such a device.
Duraflame logs are actu-ally made of sawdust pulled together with wax. The two ingredients make an attractive snack for dogs. Ingestion will usually just cause mild gastric upset; however, the problem arises if the dog eats a big piece which could cause an intes-tinal obstruction. It’s best to leave these logs out of reach of pets.
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The Ball & Socket Arts Center project, on West Main Street, continues to move forward with another fundraising drive that ended last week, the closing for the buildings’ purchase sched-uled for March and another go-ahead from the Planning and Zoning Commission.
The 19th-century factory buildings are being pur-chased by a trio of Cheshire High School graduates to bring a complete arts center to Cheshire, which will in-clude fine arts classes, mu-sic, restaurants and a cinema, among other things.
The buildings are owned by John Dalton of Dalton Enterprises. The sale price is $1 million.
The state will put up $2.2 million in matching funds for the project, which will in-clude heavy environmental cleanup work.
As soon as the purchase is finalized, the trio will file the paperwork to get the build-ings listed on the state’s his-toric register.
“We’re feeling very pos-itive about it,” said Jeffrey Guimond, one of the found-ers. “We’ve pretty much worked out the purchasing fi-nance plan and we’re on track to close in March.”
The trio, which includes, Guimond, Ilona Somogyi and Kevin Daly, are planning to open the center by 2016.
The Planning and Zoning Commission recently ap-proved a text amendment change allowing the trio to customize the project, ac-cording to Guimond and Town Planner Bill Voelker.
“The real accomplishment will be for them to come up with the resources,” Voelker said. “And, the commission will have questions about parking, among other things. They’ve got to be able to come up with an economic model and site plan that’s go-ing to work.”
The next step is for the group to present the site plan to the commission, which it plans to do in February, Guimond said.
“The fundraising seems to be going OK, it seems to be doing fairly well,” Guimond said.
In one recent 36-hour fund-raising effort, the trio raised nearly $18,000.
This latest fundraising campaign, which ended Dec. 31, has done well, Guimond said, though he didn’t have a final accounting of how much was raised, since the cam-paign just ended.
“It’s a great project. I hope they can see things through,” s a i d t ow n E c o n o m i c Development Director Jerry
Arts center moves closer to realityBy Eve BrittonSpecial to The Citizen
The project to turn the former Ball & Socket Manufacturing plant on West Main Street in Cheshire into an arts center is moving forward. | (Dave Zajac/Special to The Citizen)
Sitko. “It will revitalize that property and continue what the town is trying to do in the West Main area.”
Connecticut’s minimum wage increased to $8.70 per hour as of Jan. 1, ac-cording to state Labor Commissioner Sharon Palmer. Previously, min-imum wage was $8.25 an hour.
“This increase to $8.70 is the first part of a two-year increase in the mini-mum wage,” Palmer said. “On Jan. 1, 2015, in accor-dance with Public Act 13-117, Connecticut’s mini-mum wage will increase to $9.00.”
Although the federal minimum wage is currently $7.25, Connecticut busi-
nesses must pay the state minimum wage, said Gary K. Pechie, director of the agency’s Division of Wage and Workplace Standards. Under section 31-60 of the Connecticut General Statutes and Public Act 13-117, the Connecticut mini-mum wage rate for service employees, specifically restaurant wait staff and bartenders, is determined by using a formula that takes tip deductions into account. The rates can be found on the Connecticut Department of Labor’s website at www.ct.gov/dol, or by contacting the Labor Department’s Division of Wage and Workplace S t a n d a rd s a t ( 8 6 0 ) 263-6790.
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Faith
Faith Briefs
Temple Beth DavidFriday, Jan. 10 at 7:30
p.m. - Kabbalat Shabbat evening services at Temple Beth David. Join in welcom-ing Shabbat. Services are musical, participatory, spir-itual and fund.
Saturday, Jan. 11 at 9 a.m. - Torah Study at Temple Beth David. Join Rabbi Josh Whinston for Torah Study on every second through fifth Saturday of each month to delve into that week’s parsha.
Wednesday, Jan. 15 at 6 p.m. - Tu B’Shvat Seder/din-ner at Temple Beth David. Tubishvat, known as the New year of the Trees, is a mystical festival celebrating God’s presence in the natu-ral world. RSVP to [email protected] Beth David, 3 Main St. (203) 272-0037 or www.tbdcheshire.org.
Cornerstone Church
The Cornerstone Church, 1146 Waterbury Road, is scheduled to offer three Sunday morning services,
8:30, 10, and 11:30 a.m. For more information, call (203) 272-5083 or visit www.cor-nerstonecheshire.com.
The Preaching Hour“The Preaching Hour”
has scheduled a new three month series on “The Book of Hebrews: If You Know Jesus You Will Persevere” airing Tuesdays at 8 p.m. on Public Access Cox Cable Channel 15. The show is hosted by Cheshire resident Br. Tobin Hitt, founder of Zion Pentecost Mission.
Congregation Kol Ami
H e b r e w c l a s s e s - Congregational Kol Ami plans basic and advanced Hebrew classes, along with conversion and ritual prayer reading.
Classes wi l l be an-nounced as classes form. A fee is charged for non-mem-bers. For more information, contact Limor Shefer at [email protected].
Congregational Kol Ami, 1484 Highland Ave. (203) 265-1198.
Religious Services
Calvary Life Family Worship Center, 174 E. Johnson Ave., Saturdays, 6 p.m.; Sundays, 10 a.m. (Gate 43 - Children’s Church and nursery available); Mid-week service on Wednesdays at 7 p.m.; The Loft (junior and senior high) meets every Wednesday at 7 p.m. (203) 272-1701.
C h e s h i r e L u t h e ra n Church, 660 W. Main St., Sunday – 8 and 10:30 a.m. ser-vices. Education for all ages, 9:10 a.m. (203) 272-5106.
C h e s h i r e U n i t e d Methodist Church, 205 Academy Road, Sunday school, all ages, 9:30 a.m.; worship, 10:45 a.m. (203) 272-4626.
C h r i s t C o m m u n i t y Church, 120 Main St., Sunday – 10:15 a.m. service; Sunday school, 9 a.m. AWANA, Wednesdays at 6:15 p.m. (203) 272-6344. www.cheshireccc.org.
Church of the Epiphany, 1750 Huckins Rd., Mass sched-uled for Sunday through Wednesday and Friday at 8:30 a.m.; Sunday at 10:30 a.m. and Saturday, 4 p.m. Vigil. (203) 272 - 4355. www.epiph-anyct.org.
C o n g r e g a t i o n K o l Ami, 1484 Highland Ave., Wednesday, 6 p.m.; Thursday, 8 a.m.; Friday, 7:30 p.m. Shabbat service; Saturday, 10 a.m. service with Torah Study at 9 a.m. (203) 272-1006.
Cornerstone Church , 1146 Waterbury Rd., Sunday services 8:30, 10 and 11:30 a.m. Nursery provided at all services. Children’s church at the 10 and 11:30 a.m. ser-
vices. (203) 272-5083. Cornerstonecheshire.com.
Fe l l ows h i p of L i fe Church, 150 Sandbank Rd., Sunday - 10 a.m. Worship and teaching, nursery and classes for youth; Wednesday - 7:30 p.m. Revival prayer. (203) 272-7976. www.folchurch.org.
First Congregational Church, 111 Church Drive, Sunday – 9 and 11 a.m. ser-vices. Nursery and child care provided at both services. (203) 272-5323.
Grace Baptist Church, 55 Country Club Road, Sunday - Worship, 9:15 a.m. in Mandarin, 11 a.m. in English; Sunday School for all ages - 9:15 a.m. English, 11 a.m. adults Mandarin; Tuesday - 7:30 p.m. Prayer meeting: Wednesday - small group; Friday - 7:30 Chinese Fellowship/youth program in English. Joint worship service
first Sunday of month at 10:30 a.m. (203) 272-3621.
Oasis, 176 Sandbank Rd., Sunday, 10:15 a.m. Children’s church and nursery available. (203) 439-0150. www.celebra-tethejourney.org.
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 59 Main St., Sunday – 8:15 a.m. Holy Eucharist Rite I; 10:30 a.m. Rite 2 with choirs. (203) 272-4041.
St. Thomas B ecket Catholic Church, 435 No. Brooksvale Rd., Masses: Vigil (Saturday) 4 p.m. EST, 5 p.m. DST, Sunday 8:30 and 10:30 a.m., Confession: Saturday, 3 p.m. EST, 4 p.m. DST, (203) 272-5777. www.stthomas-becket.org.
Temple Beth David, 3 Main St., 7:30 p.m. service Friday, except first Friday of month when family ser-vices are at 6:30 p.m. (203) 272-0037.
Dispatcher
I do believe that the strong team made up of dispatch-ers, medics, officers, and her husband are what saved her. It wasn’t one of the best days, it was truly the best day I’ve had here, thus far.
Q: Tell us about a rough day.
A rough day here in dis-patch usually goes hand-in-hand with bad weather. The phones are ringing off the hook—for help with traf-fic, road conditions, weather forecasts, accidents, heating problems (in cold weather), electricity, wires down, and trees down — all at once.
Q: What do you get out of or take away from your job?
A: I have a great sense of peace knowing that I have —hopefully — made a differ-
ence in someone’s life. For just a few short moments, I am that caller’s lifeline. No matter the outcome, know-ing I did my best to be sure that the proper services were ordered, for that particular situation, is what’s important.
Q: How should someone prepare if he or she wanted to do this type of work?
A: Start early in public safety. Join Police or Fire Explorers. Ask for tours of your local police and fire departments – they usually include dispatch centers. Prepare for civil service tests by looking up practice tests online. Stay in school and practice communicating with those around you – both by listening and speaking.
Q: Would you recom-mend this job to others?
A: Absolutely. It’s a very rewarding career.
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The Cheshire Half Marathon Foundation and Live to Excel has sched-uled its inaugural interac-tive forum, “Educate Your Heart, Brain and Body” for Saturday, Jan. 11, 9 a.m. to noon, at the Cheshire Parks and Recreation Department, 559 S. Main St. The free event focuses on providing a healthy living education for children be-tween the ages of 5-12 and the running community.
Numerous local health professionals plan to be on hand to offer advice. Participants have the op-portunity to participate in health care screenings, ed-ucational activities, youth jump rope competition or learn about training for a half marathon. The event is broken down into two sections, Healthy Habits for a Healthy Lifestyle and a Training Forum for the Long Distance Runner, each providing educational
advice to be healthy and active for life.
Healthy Habits for a Healthy Lifestyle (for chil-dren 5 to 12 years old).
• Interactive educational activities with a pediatri-cian, youth development coach, pediatric physical therapist, pediatric dentist and a nutritionist.
• Instructional jump rope clinic followed by a jump rope competition.
• Wellness care package give-a-ways.
Long Distance Running Forum
• Talk to an orthope-dic physician, physical therapist, nutritionist and strength and conditioning coach about your training.
• Education on appro-priate footwear, running technique, strength train-ing and pain management.
• Learn how to go from a 5K to a half-marathon.
For more information, call (203) 305-9822.
Interactive forum planned
C h e s h i r e P o l i c e Department reported the following arrests. Arrests do not indicate convictions.
Dec. 16Shawn Warner, 36, 146
Plaza Ave., Waterbury, op-erating motor vehicle other than motorcycle without a license, traveling unreason-ably fast.
Dec. 18Jonathan Welch, 52, 416
Robin Ct., possession par-aphernalia <1/2 oz.
Dec. 19Katherine Cardil lo,
51, 51 Surrey Dr., oper-ating under the influ-ence of drugs/alcohol. Dec. 20
Lindsey Lee, 24, 417 Fountain St., New Haven, operating under the influ-
ence of drugs/alcohol, trav-eling unreasonably fast.
Dec. 26Robert Goral, 37, 115 S.
Brooksvale Road, operat-ing under suspension.
Dec. 27Keith Lavesseur, 38,
389 Williamson Circle, Oakville, operating un-der the influence of drugs/alcohol.
Alejandro Aguine, 40, 72 Bond St., New Britain, failure to have tail lamps or illum. rear reg plates; failure to meet minimum insurance requirements; oper. unregistered motor vehicle.
Dec. 28Christine Barbato, 49,
105 Main St., threatening; second-degree breach of peace.
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Libraries offer hefty selection for winter reading
Trying to find ways to oc-cupy time during the cold winter months can be diffi-cult, but local library direc-tors have compiled a list of what they believe to be the season’s top picks for curling up and diving into a story.
“Winter is a great time to start reading a nice, long series,” said Southington Library Director Susan Smayda.
“The Burgess Boys”, by Pulitzer Prize-winning au-thor Elizabeth Strout, is an adult fiction about siblings from a small town in Maine who run into some trou-ble. Readers soon discover a deep, dark secret within the family as the story unfolds.
“TransAtlantic”, by Colum McCann, is about voyagers who flew across the Atlantic Ocean. The flights are based on true events, but the author fictionally ties all of the pilots together through a family that was in the inner-workings somehow of each trip.
“Untethered Soul”, by
Michael Singer, is a book that is part of a growing trend of mindfulness and meditation. This particular book helps readers to get in touch with their inner selves and dis-cover true inner peace.
“Team of Rivals”, by Doris Kearns Goodwin, puts a dif-ferent spin on the Civil War era by examining Abraham Lincoln’s cabinet members, which had a great rivalry amongst them.
In “Aloha Quilt”, by Jennifer Chiaverini, readers might be able to at least pre-tend they’re in warmer cli-mates as the main character gets an opportunity to go to Hawaii and teach quilting rather than facing the winter months alone after a divorce.
But, if you want to stay in the cold, there’s “Twelve Kinds of Ice”, by Ellen Obed, which is a series of vignettes written entirely about, you guessed it, ice. The book re-veals the different types of ice seen throughout the winter.
Good reads for the younger audience include “First Light”, by Rebecca Stead, a young adult fiction about an
expedition to a glacier, only to discover an entire civili-zation has been living under-neath it.
“A Song of Ice and Fire”, by George R.R. Martin, made popular by HBO series Game of Thrones. Originally planned as a trilogy, there are now five volumes with two more in the works.
“The Archy McNally” se-ries, by Lawrence Sanders and Vincent Lardo, follows Archibald “Archy” McNally through a series of light-hearted mysteries in Palm Beach.
“The Millennium Trilogy”, by Stieg Larsson, includes three books that follow Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest. The series is recommended for a mature audience.
Of course, this is just a small sample of what local li-braries have to offer, and per-haps browsing through the shelves might be a good way to find a hidden gem.
By Julie Sopchak Special to The Citizen
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Powerful positive thinking
The Cheshire Library has scheduled “Powerful Positive Thinking” for Thursday, Jan. 16, at 7 p.m.
Diane Frankel-Gramelis is scheduled to speak on how changes in thoughts can improve the qual-i ty of l i fe . Frankel-Gramelis is the director of Community Education at Milford Hospital, an ad-junct professor of Public & Community Health at Southern Connecticut State University and a health and wellness educator at Yale-New Haven Hospital.
Seating for the program is limited. For more infor-mation and to register, call
(203) 272-2245, ext. 4 or www.cheshirelibrary.org.
One-on-one computer instruction
Cheshire Public Library has scheduled one-on-one computer instruction for adult novices. Topics in-clude basic internet, basic computer, and registering for an email account.
Sessions are one hour and are by appointment only. Appointments are available for Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 2 or 3 p.m. and Thursdays at 1 p.m. For more information and to schedule an appointment, call (203) 272-2245, ext. 4.
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The Cheshire Citizen welcomes submissions regarding upcoming events happening in the community. These brief items run free of charge. We do our best to run a submission at least one time, however, due to space constraints we cannot guarantee a submission will be pub-lished on a specific date and content may be edited.
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The state’s 16 vocation-al-technical high schools could enroll many more stu-dents and open its vacant classrooms if the district had the money.
“It’s a reality we don’t have enough seats,” said Nivea L. Torres, the interim super-intendent of the 10,800-stu-dent district funded almost entirely by the state.
More than 6,000 stu-dents applied for the 3,000 available seats this past fall, which left hundreds of stu-dents across the state on waiting lists.
Torres said several shops remain empty this school year only because she doesn’t have the money.
“Unfortunately that’s not something in the means of our operating budget,” she told legislators on the Education, Higher Education,
Labor committees last week. “There is capacity, but it takes more staff and money.”
While enrollment at the schools has remained steady over the last few years, the district that is almost en-tirely funded by the state has struggled to keep its teach-ing, maintenance and secu-rity staffing positions filled. The district reports it has 41 full-time jobs unfilled this school year, eight of which are teaching positions. State funding to cover the dis-trict’s operating expenses has remained largely level over the last several years.
The state’s Technical High School System began coming before legislators annually after a trio of events: news came out that students were learning on outdated equip-ment; there were reports that safety violations existed on most of the school buses that transport district students; and a district school had to
close. This led to the passage of a new state law requiring an annual “assessment of the adequacy of resources” for the district.
That 2010 law also calls for more detailed informa-tion on the vo-tech district’s in an effort to enhance legis-lative oversight. Three years later, however, the district’s budget is back to being a sin-gle line item in the state bud-get, and the State Board of Education no longer receives monthly updates.
Rep. Roberta Wi l l is , co-chairwoman of the leg-islature’s Higher Education Committee, acknowledged the unlikelihood of an in-crease in state funding to open seats to more stu-dents. “Obviously that would take quite an amount of re-sources that you don’t have,” the Salisbury Democrat told Torres.
While previous years’ re-ports were filled with details related to the schools’ fiscal health, this year’s report, by Education Commissioner Stefan Pryor, no informa-tion on the school district’s budget realities. It says: “Continued funding at the state level will be essential to the success of the trades/technologies in the manu-facturing cluster,” adding that a “paradigm shift” is re-quired to align the district’s program offerings with the state’s workforce needs.
This story originally ap-peared at CTMirror.org, the website of The Connecticut Mirror, an independent, non-profit news organization cov-ering government, politics and public policy in the state.
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Government MeetingsThursday, Jan. 9Human Services
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Tuesday, Jan. 14Town Council, 7:30 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 20Historic District
Commission, 7:30 p.m.Library Board, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 21Economic Development,
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Wednesday, Jan. 22Water Pollution Control
Authority/Food & Erosion Control Board, 7:30 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 27Energy Commission, 7 p.m.
Planning & Zoning, 7:30 p.m.
Youth Services Committee
Letter to the Editor
Helping handTo the editor:On Tuesday, Dec. 24, I fell
in front of Pier One. I want to thank the good Samaritans who came to my aid provid-ing ice and Kleenex to control my bleeding.
Cheshire is a great place to live, exemplified by their actions.
Marge DisbrowCheshire
Commentary
Ta k i n g d ow n t h e Christmas tree is consid-ered by most to be a nasty, messy chore, taking far too much time out of the end of a busy season.
For me, it’s a joyous time of reminiscence. Each piece that I remove holds a pre-cious memory.
You see, my tree is not pre-lit or pre-decorated, nor mono- or duo-tone, strewn with beautiful wired ribbons. There is no uniform color scheme or theme of vacations, animals or world historic places.
As I take off each trea-sured item, I hold in my hand the history of my life with my husband since our marriage 38 years ago.
The green plastic stars and the blue popcorn ball represent the very first year, when we had noth-ing – no money, no time, and no past together. We trekked to a local discount store and scooped up what nobody else wanted.
I’ve been a school mu-sic teacher, a church or-ganist and a piano teacher for a zillion years, and have been thanked with a knitted mouse playing a golden pi-ano, a violin with bow, mul-tiple horns, notes and a few music scrolls.
Then came the children. Baby’s first Christmas, the gold-sprayed macaroni on cardboard, the wooden cutout star hand painted in preschool, the wreaths with old Christmas cards from Sunday school, the Popsicle stick reindeer and oh, so much more. Each is a precious memory from a time long past.
My mother-in-law’s photo from 1985 is embed-ded in a plastic tree. She added ornaments to many of her Christmas breads and after all these years, various angels, cherubs and drummers remain.
This year one ornament wiggled with every vibra-tion in the room. Dave’s cousin saw it and remarked, “What a cute little rein-deer!” She had forgotten that she attached it to her annual gift of homemade cookies just last year.
There are a few historic items as well. My great-aunt long ago gave me her German hand-blown glass beads, hand-strung on very old, weak and yel-lowed string. I broke only two beads this year. Auntie Fran’s red heart that was quite new hangs near her WWII-era bell, blue paint flaking off and most of the glitter long gone. Mom’s p ink-str iped pointed glass oval brings back my childhood.
The funniest is a blue glass piece about 12-inches long, curled like the toes of Aladdin’s shoes. I picked it out of a dumpster when a neighboring office was closing. I thought it was beautiful then, and still do. It is stored as lovingly and carefully as all the rest.
The lights are now off, the needles are vacuumed, the boxes are stowed in the corner of the cellar. All is calm all is bright – in my mind, awaiting next year and the revealing again of distant and new memories of love and life.
Susan Zoni is a life-long Southington resident and an employee of the Record-Journal.
Post-Christmas chore evokes lifelong memoriesBy Susan J. ZoniSpecial to The Citizen
Commentary
The ques-tion is a pe-rennial one: when should an older per-son give up driving?
To surren-der a driv-er’s license means for many the loss of independence. Some fami-lies, tired of the discussion or wishing to avoid an argu-ment with the older driver, will hide the car keys or dis-able the car engine in some fashion.
Others will ask the doc-tor to deliver the restrictive message. I used to teach 55 Alive, an AARP classroom course intended to remind older drivers about safe driving practices. A doctor in one class said it was not fair to put the onus on him. After all, he tried to main-tain a good relationship with his patients and telling an older patient to stop driving could put a blight on the re-lationship. I know one pa-tient who became absolutely furious when his doctor told him to stop driving. What did
she know? He could cite the facts. He had been driving since he was 15. He had never had a serious accident with his car or his pick-up truck. He would neglect to say that his eyesight and hearing were not quite what they used to be. The crick in his shoulder made it hard to turn his head. His reaction time was slow-ing down. People said he he’d had two —well, maybe three — little fender-bender col-lisions, all of them when he was making a left turn. None of that mattered. More im-portant, his judgment was now failing. That’s what his doctor knew.
As my husband aged, he decided by himself to give up driving. First he sold his car. Many months later he turned in his license for the identification card from the state motor vehicle department.
Distraction is a serious problem for all drivers. I remember a friend and I set out one morning for a well-known music publish-ing house in Sharon in the northwest comer of the state. Buzzing north along Route 8, she and I were busily talking. I zipped right past the turn-
It’s tough to give up driver’s license By Laura ClementsenSpecial to The Citizen
See License / Page 16
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2013: THE YEAR IN REVIEWA lot happened in town
over the course of 2013 and, in case you missed any of the top stories, we’re pro-viding a recap of 13 (of the many) that had people talking during the past year. We’ve provided a headline and snippet of information to refresh your memory of these events. Of course, the pool saga dominated over the past 12 months, but there were other newsworthy de-velopments as well. Here, in no particular order are lo-cal highlights from the year gone by.
1. Cheshire eyes open space purchase with $200,000 grant (January)
The Town Council will decide whether to accept a $200,000 grant announced last week by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy as part of more than $9 million in Open Space and Watershed Land Acquisition grants.
Cheshire had applied for money to purchase the Puchalski property, a 109-acre parcel on Mountain Road near the intersec-tion with Higgins Road. Town Council Chairman Tim Slocum said the town applied for more than the
$200,000 and will need to have further discussion on how to proceed.
The statewide grant pro-grams aim to protect 673,210 acres of land by 2023.
2. BOE’s iPads draw ob-jections (January)
An effort by the Board of Education to save pa-per during its meetings is drawing criticism from some Town Council mem-bers, who feel the measure is costly and unnecessary. During the school board’s Nov. 1 meeting, School Superintendent Greg Florio announced that Board of Education members would be equipped with iPads at every meeting. Since then, board members have refer-enced the tablet-style de-vice to follow along during meetings instead of flipping through the bulky paper packets they used to receive at their homes twice per month.
“A lot of people are mov-ing towards it,” Florio said, referring to the expanded role of technology in school districts.
Andy Falvey, the Town Council’s liaison to the school board, said he had no
idea about the paperless ini-tiative until he showed up at a recent meeting and saw the iPads first-hand.
3. Town weighs feasi-bility of bringing gas to Norton School (January)
The town is considering extending natural gas ser-vice on North Brooksvale Road from King Road to Norton School, if it makes sense financially.
Town Manager Michael Milone said the state will begin work this summer on the sharp curve of North Brooksvale Road (state Route 42) where it passes King Road. He said the proj-ect will fix drainage prob-lems and “minimize the likelihood of accidents.”
4. This time, hole in town pool bubble will be deliberate (January)
A hole is expected to ap-pear in the pool bubble this spring, but unlike many of the problems the bubble has endured in the past few years, this tear will be made on purpose.
The recommended de-struction of the bubble is part of revised pool dehu-midification project plans that will place a 3-foot-
by-3-foot ventilation duct through the bubble instead of underground. The change was made after the Town Council rejected all bids for the project in December be-cause costs were too high. Instead, the Public Building Commission was tasked with re-designing the proj-ect to bring down costs.
Cheshire’s pool bubble will have to be sent out for repairs (February)
Town Manager Michael Milone reported Sunday, Feb. 10, that the bubble over the Community Pool in Bartlem Park must be taken off for repair, meaning the pool will be closed until May.
The bubble collapsed Saturday, Feb. 9, under heavy snow for the second time in three years. The collapse occurred at about 3:30 a.m. Saturday, Town Council Chairman Tim Slocum said.
Milone said damage asso-ciated with the collapse was not as bad as in January 2011. At that time, the collapse from snowfall created a 35-foot tear in the fabric.
Its bubble busted, fu-ture of Cheshire pool un-clear (April)
The busted bubble is now gone from the community pool in Bartlem Park and so is about $32,000 in revenue town officials had expected from the last months of win-ter and early spring.
The bubble and structural supports were taken down over the last two weeks, and an insurance adjuster has taken a preliminary look at the damage.
Cheshire awaits word on pool bubble (March)
A decision is expected this week from the town’s insurer on whether to repair or replace the bubble over Community Pool, which col-lapsed during last month’s blizzard.
The $202,000 bubble ripped and collapsed under the weight of 30-plus inches of snow. It was the second time in three winters the bubble has collapsed due to snowfall.
“They keep saying this is the storm of the century, then another storm of the century comes along,” said pool coordinator Shelia Adams. “I don’t know if we need a permanent structure,
The first dog waste disposal cannister is set up at Cheshire Dog Park. | (Eve Britton/Special to The
Citizen)
Cheshire’s Ericka Norberg, 16, keeps warm while walking across a pontoon before the start of the Cheshire Ram’s last swim meet of the season at Cheshire Community Pool in Cheshire, Friday, October 11, 2013. Team seniors were cheered on as their names were announced one by one to walk across the pontoon prior to the meet against Daniel Hand High School. | (Dave Zajac/
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Seniors
Senior Menu
Lunch reservations must be made 48 hours in advance by calling (203) 272-0047. A donation is requested.
Monday, Jan. 13: No Elderly Nutrition program.Tuesday, Jan. 14: Light crunch fish with lemon sauce, orzo
Positivity and Energy Medicine (part 2) - Sunday, Jan. 12, 3 to 5 p.m. Cynthia Streit Mazzaferro has sched-uled a free program regard-ing your life - physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually. (Participants must have attended part 1.) Register by Jan. 6 by calling (203) 272-8297.
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Photo ID - Monday, Jan. 13, 1 to 3 p.m. First come, first serve basis.
Hospitality meeting -
Tuesday, Jan. 14, 10 a.m. new members always welcome.
Affordable Care Act Q&A - Tuesday, Jan. 14, 10 a.m. Forum to address ques-tions and concerns affect-ing seniors and healthcare. Register by Jan. 9.
H o w t o P r e v e n t F i n a n c i a l A b u s e - Wednesday, Jan. 15, 10 a.m. learn how to protect against financial abuse. Topics in-clude financial abuse, warn-ing signs, scams and more. The public is welcome. The program is free of charge; registration is required by Jan. 9.
W hist Card Party - Thursday, Jan. 16, 1 to 3 p.m. A fee is charged.
S e n i o r B o o k wo r m s are Hooked on Reading - Tuesday, Jan. 21, 10 a.m. Book discussion: Fatal Vision by
Joe McGinnis. Group meets in the Senior Center.
Cheshire Senior Variety Players - Tuesday, Jan. 21, 1 p.m. New members always welcome.
Beat the Winter Blues - Thursday, Jan. 23, 1 p.m. Bob Mel is scheduled to provide entertainment. Dancing in-cluded. A fee is charged. Register by Jan. 21.
Chinese food and movie - Monday, Jan. 27. Lunch at 11:45 a.m. (a fee is charged for lunch). Movie Red at 12:30 p.m. Registration is required by Jan. 23.
Foot care program - Thursday, Jan. 30, 10:30 a.m. Registration required by Thursday, Jan. 23.
Monthly Dance Party - Thursday, Jan. 30, 1 to 3 p.m. Entertainment by Vinnie Carr.
State Sen. Joe Markley and state representatives Al Adinolfi and Lezlye Zupkus have scheduled a pre-session town hall meeting for Tuesday, Jan. 21, 6:30 to 8 p.m., at the Cheshire Senior Center, 84 South Main St.
The event is open to the public. The 2014 leg-islative session will be discussed.
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The Cheshire Public Works Department is scheduled to ac-cept Christmas trees at the former Transfer Station, 1286 Waterbury Road, on Saturday, Jan. 11 , 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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Health
The Healthy Family Funfest is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 23, 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at the Aqua Turf Club, 556 Mulberry St., Plantsville.
Admission is free. The event includes health informa-tion, speakers, screenings, demonstrations, and activities for everyone, from children to seniors.
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Seven easy ways to make 2014 a healthy New YearIndulge in a little too much
eggnog and cookies this holi-day season? The New Year is a great time to consider add-ing some healthy habits into the daily routine. Maintaining good health doesn’t have to be hard. Experts at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute offer seven easy strategies that can help just about anyone get on the road to good health and possibly help reduce cancer risk.
One: Get walkingStaying fit and healthy can
be as simple as going for a walk. According to stud-ies, people who exercise af-ter diagnosis of a number of common cancers, includ-ing colon and breast cancers, have a lower risk of cancer recurrence. “You don’t have to be a marathon runner, but the more you exercise, typ-ically the greater the ben-eficial effect,” says Jeffrey Meyerhardt, MD, MPH, Clinical Director of Dana-
Farber’s Gastrointestinal Cancer Treatment Center.
A recent study showed that exercise can even help with joint pain related to a common drug used to treat breast cancer. “Exercise has been shown to have so many benefits from maintaining weight to reducing fatigue to improving overall quality of life,” says Jennifer Ligibel, MD, a breast cancer special-ist in Dana-Farber’s Susan F. Smith Center for Women’s Cancer and senior author of the study.
Here are some inexpensive ways to work out, but always consult a doctor first.
- Using the stairs rather than an elevator.
- Walking or riding a bike rather than driving.
- Taking an exercise break or quick walk at work.
- Using a stationary bicy-cle or treadmill while watch-ing TV.
- Trying a new team sport.
Two: Eating a rainbow of color
Next trip to the grocery store, skip the snack aisle and head straight to the store’s produce section. Taking that little detour to avoid pro-cessed sugar and fat can help reduce calories and provide many healthy bene-fits. Focusing on a diet high in fruits and vegetables will increase antioxidants and is one of the simplest ways to help maintain a healthy weight and reduce the risk of certain cancers.
The goal is to eat colorful produce like carrots, pome-granates, tomatoes, grapes, squash, eggplant, berries, and broccoli. The brighter and richer the pigment, the higher the level of nutrients.
“In the nutrition world, we like to say if it comes from the ground and it stains your shirt, you want to be eating it,” says Stacy Kennedy, MPH, RD, CSO, LDN, a nutritionist at Dana-Farber.
Kennedy also says drink plenty of water and try to limit red meat. She and her Dana-Farber nutrition colleagues offer a wealth of information and recipes on Dana-Farber’s nutrition website and Dana-Farber’s free nutrition app, Ask the Nutritionist: Recipes for Fighting Cancer.
Three: Skip that cocktailThe holidays are a time
of parties and cocktails but moving into the New Year try limiting alcohol con-
sumption. Studies find that it may lower the risk of devel-oping some cancers. Dana-
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off for Route 4. After a few miles Kathy noticed the error. Nothing to do but turn around and go back to Torrington to pick up the route.
I think a GPS is no guar-antee that it will get me to my destination without an unwanted excursion. Last year my sister and I headed for Attleboro, Mass. by way of the Mass Pike. Near Worcester the GPS voice told us to get off the toll road and take a local street. I just knew it was not right. Several minutes of diving around and feeling very frus-trated, we saw a policeman getting out of his patrol car. I stopped and rolled down the window. Spotting the map on Betty’s lap, he ventured, “I’d say you’re lost.” A good many words from him about direc-tions sent us onto the right road.
Like many older drivers, I used to like to drive; dirt
roads, mountain passes, along deep fjords on narrow roads without guard rails — stan-dard shift, automatic, small car or large. It had been an adventure. Now I don’t drive nearly as much as I used to. The fun is gone and I see lots of hazards. I’m not getting any younger, either. I confess that I had two minor acci-dents about three years ago.
Besides, there’s no need for me to drive, especially in bad weather. I do not have to get to work. Appointments can be changed. When the governor say the roads are slippery, I heed his advice and stay home. Already this season I have missed some events I wanted to attend, due to iffy high-way conditions. An after-noon Christmas party and a Christmas Eve church ser-vice, for example.
When I have to give up driving, I hope I will do it gracefully and without complaint.
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Health
Farber researchers found that women who consume one al-coholic drink a day may in-crease their risk for breast cancer. “Women need to con-sider the possible effects of alcohol on breast cancer risk
when weighing the risks and benefits of alcohol consump-tion,” says Wendy Chen, MD, PhD, a breast cancer expert in Dana-Farber’s Susan F. Smith Center for Women’s Cancers. “Our findings indicate that in some women, even modest levels of alcohol consump-
From Page 15 tion may elevate their risk of breast cancer.”
Four: It’s never too late to quit
Quitting smoking can be very difficult but studies have shown that kicking the habit can result in a healthier life-style. And, if you’re trying to tighten your spending, it can also lead to a significant fi-nancial savings.
According to the American Cancer Society, smoking is the most preventable cause of death in the United States. It also causes more than 80 percent of all cases of lung cancer and increases the risk of oral, throat, pancreatic, uterine, bladder, and kidney cancers.
“Quitting smoking can be an important first step but may also be one of the most difficult,” says Pasi Jänne, MD, PhD, director of Dana-Farber’s Lowe Center for Thoracic Oncology. “It can take on average three times to quit. For those who have tried and failed, it’s important to pick another quit date and try again.” Jänne emphasizes that it is never too late to quit. People who stop and remain nonsmokers for at least 10 to 20 years can cut their risk of developing lung cancer in half.
Here are some tips that may help:
- Plan the quit day. - Follow the four D’s: Deep
breaths, Drink lots of water, Do something to avoid focus-
ing on cravings, Delay reach-ing for a cigarette – the urge will pass.
- Avoid triggers: Get rid of cigarettes, lighters, matches, and ashtrays.
Five: Go NutsA recent study involving
Dana-Farber researchers showed that people who ate a handful of nuts on a daily basis were 20 percent less likely to die from any cause over a 30 year period. On top of that, the nut-eaters were more slender than those who did not eat nuts.
“The most obvious benefit was a reduction of 29 percent in deaths from heart disease – the major killer of people in America,” said Charles S. Fuchs, MD, MPH, director of the Gastrointestinal Cancer Treatment Center at Dana-Farber and senior author of the study.
It did not seem to matter the type of nut. The results were similar for both peanuts and “tree nuts” – walnuts, hazelnuts, almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, macadamias, pecans, pistachios and pine nuts.
Six: Sunscreen ‘applies’ year round
Sunscreen shouldn’t be packed away after summer ends. Skin can be exposed to harmful rays all year long. Snow, ice and water can all re-flect the ultraviolet (UV) ra-diation that causes sunburn, which, in turn increases the risk of developing skin can-
cer. Some experts say winter sports enthusiasts can face just as much risk of getting sunburn as summer sunbath-ers. Dana-Farber experts re-mind to protect year round.
- Wear sunscreen, lip balm and makeup with an SPF of 15 or higher.
- Use UV-blocking eye pro-tection, especially for skiing.
- In a tropical setting, wear a broad brimmed hat and UV-blocking sunglasses.
- Avoid excessive exposure to the sun, especially between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. when the sun is at its strongest.
Seven: Don’t forget your dentist
Visiting the dentist is not just about clean and healthy teeth. Dentists also are on the front lines of detecting cancer in the mouth and can spot pre-cancerous lesions that can develop from smok-ing or chewing tobacco. In addition to the increased risk of cancer, smoking and using tobacco can erode teeth and gums. “The treatment for this type of head and neck cancer can be a radical and deform-ing surgery,” warns Robert Haddad, MD, disease center leader of the Head and Neck Oncology Program at Dana-Farber. He stresses, “The changes in the cells never go away once they happen. So don’t start using tobacco and if you have, get help to stop.”
Story by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston.
Pets
those paws. Ice and snow can easily collect between paw pads. Check paws pe-riodically, especially if they are limping or walking awk-wardly. Keep dogs off the ice and away from frozen bod-ies of water. Thin ice poses a danger for pets (and hu-mans). Even a walk on an icy sidewalk puts pets at risk of injuries like torn ligaments and footpads.
Salt, antifreeze (ethylene glycol) and chemical de-icers on road and sidewalk are dan-gerous for pets. Dogs that lick their paw and fur and ingest these substances can become ill. Wipe paws, legs and stom-
ach with a warm, wet wash-cloth after walks and outdoor play. There are two “safer” chemicals used in antifreeze in the United States, Sierra and LowTox. Just because they are considered safer does not mean they are non-toxic. For example, it would take only one teaspoon of ethylene glycol antifreeze to be deadly to a seven pound cat. It would take only a few ounces of the safer form to cause problems for larger animals.
Take extra care with pup-pies and older dogs, espe-cially those with arthritis. Wet, cold weather can worsen arthritis symptoms. Medical conditions, like diabetes, can
From Page 6 affect a pet’s ability to reg-ulate body temperatures. Never leave young, old or sick dogs outside unattended at any time.
And, winter does not nec-essarily mean the end of bug season. Likewise, winter does not mean you should stop us-ing heartworm or flea and tick prevention. Submitted by The Fidelco Guide Dog Foundation.
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Sports
Boys basketball
Cheshire 70, Lyman Hall 43: Host Cheshire stayed hot on a cold night, building a 12-point lead af-ter one quarter en route to a SCC Housatonic victory over Lyman Hall.
The match-up was the Housy opener for both teams. Overall, Cheshire is now 3-1 and Lyman Hall 1-5.
The Rams got scoring from 12 different players. Tyler Post led the way with 12 points.
John Rizzo added nine points for Cheshire. Andrew Yamin and Pedro Pena were good for eight apiece.
For Lyman Hall, Chris Ames collected a game-high 21 points. The rest of the Trojans, though, mustered only a combined 21.
Girls basketballCheshire 60, Sheehan
44: With high-scoring se-nior guard Missy Bailey the focus of opponents’ defense, Cheshire began the SCC
Housatonic portion of its schedule looking for other scorers to step up and Sara Como rose to the occasion.
Como approached a tri-
ple- double as the Rams used a second-quarter surge to hang a defeat on visiting Shelton.
Como scored a game-high 18 points, hauled in 12 rebounds and made eight steals. Bailey dished out nine assists. “All our points came from inside,” Cheshire coach Sarah Mik said. “Missy doesn’t force things. If the inside game is there, she’ll get it inside and it worked for us tonight.”
Lily Dolyak and Jill Howard scored 11 points
apiece for the Rams (6-1, 1-0). Brooke McCone and Nicole Roberts paced the Gaels with 12 each.
Cheshire 44, Berlin 32: Missy Bailey poured in a
game-high 14 points to lead the Rams to a victory at the Berlin Holiday Tournament.
The senior guard was also selected to the All-Tournament team. Ji l l Howard (10 points) and Bry McIntosh (7) added to the attack for Cheshire (5-1).
Berlin dropped to 0-5.
Boys hoop shows offensive balance in routRam Notes
MIDDLETOWN — The Cheshire ice hockey was dealt another crushing ear-ly-season loss in a New Year’s Day matinée at the Freeman Athletic Center at Wesleyan University.
The Rams dropped a 6-5 overtime decision in their home opener again SCC foe Xavier, who also call the Freeman Athletic Center home.
The Falcons erased a 5-3 deficit with 5:24 left in reg-ulation and got the OT win-ner from sophomore forward Cam Pollock to earn the thrilling win and dropping Cheshire to 1-4.
“It was upper left,” Pollock said. “That was a big shot for us.”
The game started great for the Rams. Senior forward Chris Stevens netted a Jan Hauser pass just 1:31 into the contest and gave Cheshire an immediate 1-0 edge.
“It felt good to give us an early lead,” Stevens said. “We are going to learn a lot from this game. We had a lot of op-portunities and there are go-ing to be some little things that we correct.”
With 1:08 left in the open-ing period Xavier forward Dave Piekut put in an equal-izer on a deflection.
Pollock put Xavier up 2-1 with a slapshot past Cheshire keeper Joey Solla (36 saves) with 6:05 left in the sec-ond stanza. Cheshire’s Matt Jordan tied it on a break-away with assists from Luke Vendetto and Cody Borowski at the 4:20 mark of the second period.
Andrew Meoli answered with a tally over Solla’s left shoulder, giving the Falcons a 3-2 advantage heading into the final period.
The first nine minutes of the third belonged to Cheshire as the Rams ripped off three consecutive goals to take complete control.
Vendetto tied the game 3-3, 4:35 into the third on a break-away backhand that got by Xavier goalie Paul Hotchkiss (27 saves). Alex Bausch was credited with the assist.
Borowski and Dan Purslow set up Vendetto’s second goal just 1:18 later that put the Rams up 4-3. The go-ahead goal came on a Cheshire 5-on-3 advantage.
“I thought we had it at that point,” Vendetto said. “But we have been in that situation
before and we had to keep battling.”
Greg Zovas scored his first goal of the year for the Rams with 5:24 left in the third pe-riod to give Cheshire some insurance at 5-3, but it wasn’t enough.
Xavier tied the game with goals by Gordon Gunnell and Meoli in a 1:07-span. Gunnell’s
tally made it 5-4 and it came just 26 seconds after Zovas put Cheshire up by two.
The contest went to an eight-minute extra ses-sion and for a moment at the 4:19 mark it looked like Cheshire may have had the game-winner.
A Vendetto blast hit the cross bar and bounced out.
“The season has been frustrating so far because we could easily be 5-0,” Vendetto said. “We have to keep pushing.”
Xavier went on a power-play with two minutes left in OT and they took advantage as Pollock gave the Falcons
Xavier hands Cheshire another tough loss
Cheshire’s Luke Vendetto scores, beating Xavier goaltender Paul Hotchkiss. | (Justin Weekes/
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the 6-5 win with 1:44 show-ing on the clock.
“The games aga inst Cheshire are like this ev-ery year,” Xavier coach Dan Deconti said. “Cheshire has a great team. We both play out of this rink. We both know each other very well and we both battle.”
Cheshire coach Karl Sundquist was not upset with the Ram effort.
“My guys gave everything they had on the ice and I have no complaints,” Sundquist said.
“We had a two-goal lead and we had all of the mo-mentum. You have to play 45 minutes and we were on our heels a little bit and they got some quality chances that they capitalized on.”
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Above: Cheshire celebrates after Luke Vendetto (12) scores during a game with Xavier Tuesday at Freeman Athletic Center in Middletown, December, 31 2013. Right: Cheshire’s Matt Jordan gets a shot off. | (Justin Weekes/Special
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Girls basketball:
Win streak snappedWALLINGFORD — With
crisp, cold air in the lungs and a home-court advantage, the Lyman Hall girls basketball team hit the floor determined to reverse a three-year curse against Cheshire.
The Rams had won the last six meetings, including two in the dreadful Lyman Hall campaign of two seasons past when the Trojans went winless.
In spite of the those dark days, the seeds of change took root and they came to fruition on Saturday night. Lyman Hall used its early suc-cess and led wire to wire in taking down Cheshire, 51-42, to get a leg up in a major SCC Housatonic Division clash.
“This is a big win for us because we hadn’t beaten Cheshire for three years,” Lyman Hall coach Tom Lipka said. “They have a very, very good team and one of the best players in the state [Missy Bailey].”
Nicole Mierzejewski re-corded a double-double — 16 points and 12 rebounds — and combined with Krista Peterson (12 points) for 12 in the first quarter as the Trojans (6-1, 1-0) shot 62 per-cent from the field (8-for-13) to surge to a six-point lead.
“They brought the energy and it’s not the type of team you can fall behind,” Rams coach Sarah Mik said. “I thought we were pretty even for the remaining three quar-ters, but it’s hard to dig your-self out of that hole.”
The Trojans were quicker to loose balls, tenacious on
defense in limiting Cheshire to four field goals in 15 tries (27 percent) and efficient in their transition game.
Lipka hoped his girls could withstand the Cheshire surge that he knew would come.
“All season we’ve been a first-half team, but a lot of times we had trouble closing games. We even struggled shooting from the outside to-night, but I thought we just gutted it out, especially in the last three or more minutes,” he said.
The Trojans held a 30-21 halftime lead when Cheshire (5-2, 1-1) came out with full-court pressure early in the third quarter. Bailey, who scored a game-high 17 points, drained a 3-pointer, but LH point guard Naomi Rascati matched her.
Bailey kicked to Sara Como for another three, but Rascati slid inside for a put-back that countered the Cheshire bid midway through the quarter.
Another trey by Bailey — she had five for the night — slashed the deficit to three, but Taylor Mierzejewski set up Kim Petit inside for a late hoop, which accounted for a five-point lead with eight minutes left.
The Trojans’ defense kept the Rams’ shooters on ice (3-for-17) in the fourth quarter, though a Bailey trey and a free throw by center Jill Howard (10 points, 12 rebounds, 4 blocks) cut the margin to 41-38 with 4:42 to go.
To further complicate mat-ters, Lyman Hall’s Nicole Mierzejewski was battling the flu bug and struggled to catch her breath. Lipka used his timeouts judiciously and
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sister Taylor helped pick her up. She halted a two-min-ute drought with a hoop and Nicole converted an offensive rebound when she returned.
That established a six-point edge with just over three minutes remaining.
“I didn’t know if [Nicole] was going to be able to come back in the game or not, but she did come back the last three minutes and gave us big stops and big rebounds,” Lipka said.
Cheshire went nearly five minutes without a bucket. Bailey’s final three with five seconds left only reduced the final deficit to under 10 points.
“We got good looks. I’d be more disappointed if we weren’t getting the shots we wanted,” Mik said. “It’s just a matter of getting back in the gym and keep shooting.”
Cheshire shot under 25 per-cent (14-for-57) for the game, while the Trojans made 21-for-57 (37 percent).
“We’re a good defensive team,” Lipka said. “We’re very good offensively, but when we have trouble shooting we really try to clamp down. We had only one game this year where we gave up more than 50 and we lost. That was the difference tonight.”
ScholarshipRonald McDonald
House Charities of Connecticut and Western Massachusetts plans to award a total of $50,000 to 25 local high school se-niors this academic year through its scholarship program.
Eligibility require-ments for the RMHC scholarship are be eligi-ble to enroll in and attend a two-or four-year college with a full course study and reside in a participat-ing area.
Scholarship recipients will be selected on the ba-sis of academic achieve-ment, financial need and community involvement.
Applications are avail-able by calling 1-855-670-4787 or online at www.rmhc-ctma.org/scholar-ships. Deadline to apply is Jan. 21, 2014.
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another bubble or what. ... We just need to fix it so that it’s functioning year-round.”
Cheshire pool opened May 1 with uncertain fu-ture (May)
More than a dozen peo-ple attended a recent spe-cial Town Council meeting and quietly cheered to hear that the community pool was scheduled to open at 6 a.m. on May 1, with fresh 82-de-gree water, and a new com-mittee set to study the future of the Olympic-sized pool.
Cheshire pool panel gets $15,000 to hire consultant (May)
The Town Council allo-cated $15,000 to the Cheshire Pool Evaluation Committee on May 14 so it can hire a consultant.
Process for pool cover gets underway (October)
Plans for covering the Community Pool are moving along since voters approved the tension membrane cover by a vote of 4,298 to 3,247 in last week’s referendum. The Town Council will be mov-ing the matter to the Building Commission for the specifics, like sending the project out to bid, finding contractors for the heating and ventilation systems and electrical work, among other matters, said Kevin Wetmore, co-chairman of the town’s Pool Evaluation Committee.
5. Curriculum may in-clude Mandarin, Italian (January)
The town’s high school students will be able to learn Mandarin Chinese if the school board agrees with a recommendation by School Superintendent Greg Florio.
The new language offer-ing is in Florio’s $64.5 mil-lion 2013-14 school budget proposal that the Board of Education approved Jan. 22.
A s s i s t a n t S c h o o l Superintendent Scott Detrick said he’s seen more and more school districts offer-ing Chinese in the state and nationwide. Three years ago the school district se-cured a grant to help pay for a Mandarin Chinese teacher, but didn’t accept partly be-cause the funding didn’t cover all expenses and would have ended after one year.
No Chinese or Italian in
Cheshire schools this fall (April)
The school system will not be adding Chinese and Italian courses to the high school and middle school curiculums.
“There’s just no additional money in the budget,” said Scott Detrick, assistant su-perintendent for instruction.
6. Teaching basics called key to fitness in schools (February)
Local schools bested other area schools, in many cases by a 20 percent margin, in the recent state Fitness Test Standards because students are very involved with after-school sports, district offi-cials said, and are taught the basics of physical fitness be-ginning in elementary school.
7. Farmers focus on bat-tered greenhouses in wake of blizzard (February)
The aluminum irriga-tion pipes dangle, useless, just inches above the plants and plant beds in a num-ber of greenhouses caved in by snow, the ripped, plas-tic siding letting freezing air into the once warm, mois-ture-filled nurseries.
“It’s pretty disheartening,” said Susan Ostuno, who owns S. Ostuno Farms with her husband, Sonny. The farm lost five of 20 greenhouses to heavy, southerly winds that
whipped through the farm during the recent blizzard.
8. Building panel awaits go-ahead on locker room project (March)
The Town Council’s Public Building Commission de-cided last week to work with the blueprints already purchased by the Board of Education in rebuilding the controversial Cheshire High School boys’ locker room.
“We paid for the draw-ings and we have to take that into consideration,” said Commissioner Art Crocker.
9. Dog park organiz-ers well on the way to fall opening (April)
If all the balls bounce into place, Cheshire dogs will have a place of their own, for exercise and play, by fall.
About $17,000 has been raised so far to pay for fenc-ing the town-owned two-acre parcel next to Artsplace off Route 10, according to Cindy Forlenzo, head of the fundraising campaign. The 10-member group leading the effort still has to raise money for pickup bags, informa-tional kiosks, garbage cans and signs.
10. Town hosts biggest MS Walk in state draws with 1,800 (April)
About 1,800 people walked to raise nearly $200,000 for
the fight against multiple sclerosis at the 26th annual MS Walk at Cheshire High School April 21. Over the past eight years the walk has raised more than $1 million a year.
11. Old CHS pals have big plans for former Ball & Socket site (May)
The old 1800’s-era button and fastener manufacturing factory-turned-storage space may, if three former Cheshire High School friends get their way, find a new incarnation as a multi-purpose arts center at the end of this year or begin-ning of next year.
“We’ve dreamed of doing this since we were kids,” said Jeffrey Guimond, one of the trio buying the property. All three, Guimond, Kevin Daly and Ilona Somogyi, are 1986 graduates of Cheshire High School. “It screamed. It spoke to us. We wanted to do this ever since we saw it.”
The trio, as Ball & Socket Arts Inc. , envisions a multi-purpose facility with the greatest amount of space going to visual arts galleries.
Ball & Socket sale post-poned (September)
The closing date for the sale of the Ball & Socket Building on West Main Street has been postponed until March. The $1 million aban-
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Ilona Somogyi of Cheshire with son Kristof, 3, and Kevin Daly of Cheshire at the former Ball & Socket Manufacturing plant on West Main Street in Cheshire, Friday, July 12, 2013. The Cheshire High School friends, from the class of 1986, have been dreaming of converting the closed factory into the Ball & Socket Arts Center for years. | (Dave Zajac/
Special to The Citizen)
doned factory, owned by John Dalton, was originally sched-uled to close Nov. 25. Three 1986 Cheshire High School graduates are planning to make it into an arts center. They are still working on getting the funding together to buy the building, and do all the renovations necessary to make it habitable.
12. Outlet center clears initial hurdles (August)
Provided all continues to go smoothly for the planned outlet center on the north end of town, the developer is looking to break ground by late winter or early spring next year, a company spokes-man said.
WS Development, of Chestnut Hi l l , Mass . , has received approval from Cheshire’s Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Commission and the Planning and Zoning Commission,
“We’re really encouraged to have this phase of the de-velopment done,” said Lou Masiello, WS Development spokesman.
13. List ranks Cheshire among top U.S. small towns (August)
Its “quintessential New England” feel has propelled the town to 39th place on Money Magazine’s annual rankings of the country’s top small towns.
“We’re very fortunate. We’ve been blessed as a com-munity,” said Town Council Chairman Tim Slocum. “I think it speaks to the quality of the residents of the town. We’ve been working at this a long time.”
The town ranks 39 out of 50 for best places to live among U.S. small towns, classified as having populations of 10,000-50,000.
