Volume 12, Number 32 Plainville’s Only Weekly Newspaper www.plainvillecitizen.com Thursday, August 8, 2013 For the second year in a row, Norton and Veterans parks are playing host to the CT No Kid Hungry campaign. The campaign is a joint ef- fort between End Hunger Connecticut! and Share Our Strength. The program provides free, nutritious meals to kids 18 and under in qualifying areas. Eligibility is based on the in- come of an area – determined by U.S. Census Bureau – or if an adequate amount of stu- dents (50 percent or more) are enrolled in the reduced lunch program at school. Mike Koch, food service director for Bristol, said the program has been running in New Britain for about 17 years, and for five years in Bristol. Plainville was added last year, Southington this year. “Bottom line is they knew the area qualifies because of the surrounding neighborhood,” Koch said. The program has been run- ning since July 8, but Aug. 1 was a day set aside for celebration and fun. Renee DiNino, midday host of The River 105.9 FM and di- rector of community affairs and programming for Clear Channel Entertainment, was in town that No Kid Hungry returns to town By Julie Sopchak The Plainville Citizen Kids line up for prizes at Norton Park July 8 during the No Kid Hungry campaign. Renee DiNino of River 105.9 kept kids busy behind the DJ booth. Kids are more likely to grab a beach ball over a book during these hot months, but students are being encouraged to take a reading break to avoid playing catch up in the fall. “We tell kids, just as you exercise your body to stay in shape, you need to exer- cise your brain too, and an easy way to do that is by reading,” said Kimberly White, a Children’s Librarian at the Plainville Public Library. “This will have your brain ready for school in the fall.” There are two key reasons why summer reading is important. Not only does it keep students actively learning year round, it helps them avoid what is called Summer Reading Loss or Summer Slide. White cited studies that show student can lose up to two months of reading achieve- ment, and the loss is cumulative, when reading is not done during the summer. “Luckily, there are a lot of reading pro- grams throughout Plainville and we all have the same goal: to keep kids motivated to read over the summer,” White said. The library offers a Summer Reading program, “Beneath the Surface,” for teens Avoid a September slump: Keep reading Erin K. Butler Special to The Citizen See Reading / Page 4 See Hungry / Page 6 1292452 23169R
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Volume 12, Number 32 Plainville’s Only Weekly Newspaper www.plainvillecitizen.com Thursday, August 8, 2013
For the second year in a row, Norton and Veterans parks are playing host to the CT No Kid Hungry campaign.
The campaign is a joint ef-fort between End Hunger Connecticut! and Share Our Strength.
The program provides free, nutritious meals to kids 18 and under in qualifying areas. Eligibility is based on the in-come of an area – determined by U.S. Census Bureau – or if an adequate amount of stu-dents (50 percent or more) are enrolled in the reduced lunch program at school.
Mike Koch, food service director for Bristol, said the program has been running in New Britain for about 17 years, and for five years in Bristol. Plainville was added last year, Southington this year.
“Bottom line is they knew the area qualifies because of the surrounding neighborhood,” Koch said.
The program has been run-ning since July 8, but Aug. 1 was a day set aside for celebration and fun.
Renee DiNino, midday host of The River 105.9 FM and di-rector of community affairs and programming for Clear Channel Entertainment, was in town that
No Kid Hungry returns to town By Julie Sopchak The Plainville Citizen
Kids line up for prizes at Norton Park July 8 during the No Kid Hungry campaign. Renee DiNino of River 105.9 kept kids busy behind the DJ booth.
Kids are more likely to grab a beach ball over a book during these hot months, but students are being encouraged to take a reading break to avoid playing catch up in the fall.
“We tell kids, just as you exercise your body to stay in shape, you need to exer-cise your brain too, and an easy way to do that is by reading,” said Kimberly White, a Children’s Librarian at the Plainville Public Library. “This will have your brain ready for school in the fall.”
There are two key reasons why summer
reading is important. Not only does it keep students actively learning year round, it helps them avoid what is called Summer Reading Loss or Summer Slide.
White cited studies that show student can lose up to two months of reading achieve-ment, and the loss is cumulative, when reading is not done during the summer.
“Luckily, there are a lot of reading pro-grams throughout Plainville and we all have the same goal: to keep kids motivated to read over the summer,” White said.
The library offers a Summer Reading program, “Beneath the Surface,” for teens
Avoid a September slump: Keep readingErin K. ButlerSpecial to The Citizen
See Reading / Page 4
See Hungry / Page 6
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Th e P l a i nv i l l e F i re Company is getting ready to launch its annual Hot Air Balloon Festival, which has proven to be quite the draw as it enters its 29th year.
Among the traditional events -- the balloon launch, fireworks -- event Co-Chair William Donovan said bal-loonists would like to try something different this year, namely choreographing the
balloon glow to music.“They brought it up and
we’re gonna try and do that,” Donovan said. “It’s gonna be interesting.”
The festival will be held Friday-Sunday, Aug. 23-25, at Norton Park. Admission to the event is free. Numerous vendors and activities in-cluding bands and comedians will be on site. All proceeds go towards the fire compa-ny’s scholarship fund and to defray company costs.
While Donovan hopes for
good weather, and for the company to break even for the event, he said $10,000 would be a nice catch. “The more we make, the more scholarships we can give out,” he said.
As popular as the event is, that number doesn’t seem un-attainable. Donovan said the festival can pull in around 15,000 spectators, making for quite the spectacle.
For more information, visit www.plainvillefireco.com, or visit the festival’s Facebook page.
Hot Air Balloon Festival gets ready to launchBy Julie Sopchak The Plainville Citizen
The 29th annual Hot Air Balloon Festival will be held Friday-Sunday, Aug. 23-25, at Norton Park.
Main Street Community Foundation, Bristol, is accepting grant applications from eligible nonprofit organizations for the Women & Girls’ Fund and the Plainville Community Fund. This is the annual grant cycle for the Women & Girls’ Fund and a special fall cycle for the Plainville Community Fund. The deadline for sub-mitting proposals to both funds is Sept. 30.
The Women & Girls’ Fund, a commu-nity-based endowment of the Main Street Community Foundation, is accepting ap-plications from local organizations with programs serving women and girls in Bristol, Burlington, Plainville, Plymouth, Southington and Wolcott.
The Plainville Community Fund, a com-ponent fund of the Main Street Community
Foundation, is accepting applications from organizations that serve the residents of Plainville.
The applications, which include the grant-making guidelines for each fund, are available on Main Street Community Foundation’s website, www.mainstreetfoun-dation.org. Organizations interested in ap-plying to either the Women & Girls’ Fund or the Plainville Community Fund must contact Jarre Betts, Director of Programs & Community Relations at the Foundation office at (860) 583-6363 before submitting a proposal. All proposals are due by 4 p.m. on Sept. 30.
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For the Plainville Knights of Columbus, the Catholic fraternal organization, “Our biggest thing is charity,” stated Immediate Past Grand Knight Doug Wright. “Then, we’re the right arm of the Catholic church.”
The f irst Knights of Columbus arose March 29, 1882 at St. Mary’s church in New Haven.
Seeing the need to as-sist widows and orphans in the area, Knights’ founder Michael J. McGivney gath-ered locals to help him. The group would become known as the Knights of Columbus.
On June 9, 1952, Plainville organized its own Knights council.
Each council works to support one organization in particular. For the Plainville Knights, that organization is PARC, a local family-cen-tered service agency for people with developmental disabilities.
“It’s a camaraderie,” Wright said of the Knights. “We’re
working for the church, trying to get people to go back to church.”
One of the Knights’ primary fund-rais-ers is the Tootsie Roll Drive. Every October, the group finds collection areas, and members stand, rain or shine, handing out Tootsie Rolls.
“People can make dona-tions,” said Plainville’s new-ly-elected Grand Knight Mark Germain, “but we do not sell the candies, we give them away.”
“Every penny counts,” he added. “We have a great time.”
In-town donation areas are in front of Plainville stores, including Gnazzo’s.
“They have been phenom-enal,” Wright said of the lo-cal grocery store. “They give back to the community more than anyone else.”
Another popular event the local Knights run is the annual parish picnic at Our Lady of Mercy. The Knights take responsibility for the setup, cooking, and cleanup.
Besides the food, the event
includes bingo and games for the kids.
“It’s something everyone looks forward to every year,” said Germain.
Additionally, the Plainville Knights award scholarships annually to two local students for merit; one recipient from St. Paul school and one from Plainville High School.
The Knights of Columbus has been a regular part of re-lief for victims of disaster. Most recently, the Knights spearheaded wakes for the victims of the Newtown shooting. One thousand members from the Knights of Columbus of Connecticut, as well as neighboring states, gathered to assist.
“Whatever they needed, Knights of Columbus was there,” Germain said.
As such, Knights took charge of everything from security, to parking, to pall bearing.
Also, the Knights of Columbus as-sisted with hurri-canes Katrina and Sandy relief, donat-ing $1.5 million.
“When there’s a time, no matter where, Knights of Columbus is there,” stated Wright.
Another component of the Knights of Columbus is its color guard. The color guard participate at wakes and fu-nerals, often as pall bearers. Also, the color guard is in-volved in parades, includ-ing those on Memorial Day, Veterans Day, and Labor Day.
Germain stated that he’s committed to the Knights of Columbus due to “the fact that I can give back in a structured way. The name ‘Knights of Columbus’ opens doors, and allows you to give in ways you could not other-wise do.”
For Germain, it’s personal. At birth, he was put up for adoption. Growing up, he shifted between homes, never having a stable home. Every year for Christmas, his gifts would consist of a winter coat and boots.
Knights of Columbus encourage charity, churchBy Andrea MeloneSpecial to The Citizen
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Knights
“I always swore that if I ever could afford to give back to the community, I would do it,” he said.
So now, on behalf of the Knight of Columbus, every year, Germain and his wife purchase a variety of gifts to donate to the girls of the Plainville group home, such
as clothing, jewelry, and stuffed animals, as well as food.
While the Plainvi l le Knights’ membership has remained steady, the lo-cal group is seeking new members.
Given that more than 70 percent of the Plainville Knights’ current membership is beyond the age of 80—in-cluding a proud member age 97—the group hopes to bring in younger members to carry on its mission.
“The Knights of Columbus put out extremely positive ef-fects,” Germain said. “I think the community looks at us in a positive light. A lot of peo-ple will open their hearts and wallets.”
For more information, or to make a donation, contact Mark Germain, [email protected]; (860) 518-9003.
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Reading
in grades 6-12 as well as, “Dig into Reading,” for younger kids. Each group has the chance to earn incentives for the books they read. The li-brary says there are currently 65 students grades 6-12 in the program and 450 kids partic-ipating in the younger age group.
White says many of the schools urge families to read over the summer by encour-aging them to visit the library, and providing reading con-tests such as the Governor’s Reading Challenge, which identifies schools with the highest participation and the highest number of books read per student.
“Plainville has a culture of reading and it’s with the great support of the parents and what students hear in school
that brings them into the li-brary and actively reading,” White said.
White offers some simple tips for parents to keep their kids open to summer reading:
1 . Visit the library. If your child doesn’t already have one, get a library card. In addition to materials, there are many fun, free, family-friendly activities available.
2. Pursue your child’s inter-ests through reading. There are many nonfiction books that can be read about sports, animals, science, and more.
3. Have kids read what they love. White advises to load up on graphic novels, maga-zines, or series of a favorite character.
4. Try other formats. In ad-dition to print copies, the li-brary also has audio books and access to e-books that
can be checked out with your library card.
5. Parents should act as a reading role model. Create a culture of reading in your home and encourage discus-sion about the things you read.
6. Summer is a great time to try audio books, or for a family to read aloud. Take it a step further by reading a story and then watching the movie together.
The Plainville Public Library is located at 56 East Main Street and can be reached at (860) 793-1446 (adult dept) or (860) 793-1450 (children’s dept) or online at www.plainvillelibrary.org.
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Southington dispatcher fired by police commission, still facing larceny charge
A former town emergency dispatcher and volunteer fire-fighter in Plainville has been terminated by the police commission.
Stephen Chapman, 47, 45 Park St., Plainville, was arrested on June 27 and charged with second-degree larceny, a class C felony. He was released on $500 bond. Chapman hired private attor-ney Aaron Jainchill to rep-resent him. At Chapman’s last court appearance in July, Jainchill entered not guilty pleas on his client’s behalf.
At the Board of Police Commissioners meeting on July 25, Chapman was ter-minated from his position in Southington by a unani-mous vote. Board Chairman Richard Montague said the termination was a person-nel matter and he could not discuss it, but added that it was separate from the court case. According to the meet-ing minutes from July 25,
Chapman was terminated “based on his misconduct as set forth in the Internal Affairs report 2013-05.” The details of the report were not released, and there is a pend-ing Freedom of Information request with the Southington Police Department.
According to an arrest war-rant, Chapman worked as a Southington dispatcher and is also a volunteer firefighter in Plainville. On June 3 authori-ties began a criminal investi-gation into Chapman’s use of sick time over a five-year pe-riod dating back to 2008. The warrant says Chapman know-ingly received sick leave com-pensation while working as a volunteer firefighter.
Chapman has been em-ployed by Southington since 2007. The collective bar-gaining agreement between Southington and public safety dispatchers states that sick leave is “to be used during ill-ness or nonservice connected injury,” the warrant said.
On April 27 another dis-patcher approached a super-
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ports from the Plainville Fire By Lauren SievertSpecial to The Citizen
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HungryFrom Page 1
day keeping kids entertained with prizes and giveaways as they enjoyed their meals.
Koch said this summer some 900 meals have been distrib-uted in Plainville.
“It gives kids an opportu-nity to have a nutritious lunch
during the summertime when schools are closed,” Koch said. “Seems like a lot of parents are taking advantage of it.”
Frank Farina, catering man-ager for Whitsons School Nutrition, hands out the meals. He said breakfast usually has a lighter turnout with 10 to 20 kids. Sixty to 80 kids come out
for lunch.Shannon Robins, campaign
manager for No Kid Hungry, said the non-profit works with towns all over the state to figure out which areas would benefit from such a program.
“We look for areas that may not be being served, or are un-der-served,” Robins said.
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Central Valley Panthers, an All-Star cheerleading gym located in Plainville, performed at Lake Compounce July 27. The teams consists of athletes from Southington, Plainville, Bristol, Berlin, New Britain and other surrounding towns.All-Star cheerleading has grown by leaps and bounds during the past few years. Still, many are unfamiliar with the sport. Performing at Lake Compounce allowed CVP to show what All-Star cheerleading is all about: stunting, tumbling and dancing.
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HARTFORD — Connecticut environmental officials are warning of dire consequences from climate change that will affect agriculture, dams and levees, waterfront habitats and public health.
For example, sea level rise will leave Hammonasset Beach State Park, among Connecticut’s most popular state parks, mostly inundated by sea water by the end of the century, according to a new report by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
Most ag r icu l ture in Connecticut is likely to be “highly impacted” by climate change “and most of these po-tential impacts are negative,” a July 29 report said.
Maple syrup, dairy, warm weather produce, shellfish and apple and pear production will be affected by changes in temperature and the abun-dance of rain or lack of it, which could reduce produc-tion yields, lead to contamina-tion of agricultural goods such as shellfish and the need for costly infrastructure to com-pensate for the damage.
Climate change is “going to require some adaptation,” said Agriculture Commissioner Steven Reviczky.
“You can see what’s happen-ing,” he said. “The intensity of storms is pretty significant. The damage has been equally significant.”
Connecticut was hit by three major storms in 14 months: Tropical Storm Irene in August 2011, followed by a freak nor’easter two months later and Superstorm Sandy in late October 2012. This sum-mer, four tornadoes touched down in Connecticut, with one storm in north-central Connecticut on July 1 damag-ing tobacco netting and other farm equipment, buildings and crops.
The report said climate changes are projected to be less in the Northeast, par-ticularly for rain and snow, than the rest of the country. Connecticut agriculture as a result can take advantage of the projected longer growing season.
The legislature required the Governor’s Steering Committee on Climate Change to evaluate the pro-jected impacts of climate change on agriculture, infra-structure, natural resources and public health and de-velop strategies to reduce the impacts.
Infrastructure would be most affected by changes in storms and rising sea level, which could cause substantial
structural damage. Efforts and technology would be costly to reduce the impact of the dam-age, the report said.
In addition, natural re-sources most at risk from cli-mate change are cold water streams, tidal marshes, open water marine areas, beaches and dunes, freshwater wet-lands, offshore islands, major rivers and forested swamps.
Cold water streams could become warm, tidal marsh and offshore islands could be submerged and critical spe-cies that depend on the habi-tats could be lost. The damage caused by climate change would join other threats such as development and invasive species.
State warns of dire climate change consequencesBy Stephen SingerAssociated Press
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FaithFeed the hungry
An all-you-can-eat monthly breakfast is held the second Sunday of the month at Our Lady of Mercy Church Parish
Center, 19 S. Canal St., 8 to 10:30 a.m.
The ongoing Food for Friends program at Church of Our Saviour, 115 W. Main St., is held Wednesdays, 5 to 6 p.m. Approximately 50 din-ners are prepared and served by volunteers of the Plainville
Council of Churches.The Plainville Seventh-
day Adventists Food Pantry is open to anyone in need of food or clothing. To make an appointment, call (860) 747-5867 or (860) 642-3912.
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Attendees can sign up for food tickets and the oppor-tunity to win prizes. Food tickets enable each person to receive a hamburger, hot dog and a choice of available sal-ads and desserts. In addition, each year children receive backpacks filled with school supplies as well as gift cards, bicycles and small electron-ics. The church’s goal this year is to be able to put a filled backpack in the hands of every child who signs up.
Family games, children’s
games, live music, cotton candy, face painting and stage shows occur through-out the picnic. This event is open to the public and all are welcome.
For more information, call the church at (860) 582-3995 or www.bethelcc.org.
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Methodist Church, 56 Red Stone Hill, will host its an-nual Peach Shortcake Festival Friday, Sept. 6, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The shortcakes will be served at the church. Take out will be available as well. Deliveries will be made for orders of 10 or more. For more information, contact the church office, (860) 747-2328, or Greg Michaud, (860) 793-9590.
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Regular church off ice hours, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; pot-luck supper and fellowship Thursdays, Aug. 8, 15, 22, 29, 6 p.m.; American Red Cross Blood Drive, Thursday, Aug. 15, 1 to 6 p.m., call (800) 733-2767 or www.redcrossblood.org to make an appointment; choir rehearsal and church school resumes Sunday, Sept. 8.
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Send your announcements about regular meetings and special events to [email protected] or The Plainville Citizen, P.O. Box 57, Plainville, CT 06062. Questions? Call us at (860) 620-5960.
Aug. 11 SundayMonthly breakfast — An
“all-you-can-eat” monthly breakfast is held the second Sunday of every month at Our Lady of Mercy Church Parish Center, 19 S. Canal St., 8 to 11 a.m.
There is a cost to attend. Children under 6 eat free. Ev-eryone is welcome.
13 TuesdayPlainville Greenway Alli-
ance — The Plainville Gre-enway Alliance meets on the second Tuesday of every month, 7:30 p.m., at the Pla-inville Public Library, 56 E. Main St. Information: call Jim Cassidy at (860) 324-8416 or Steve and Kathy Cole at (860) 747-2909.
Plainville Wind Ensem-ble — The Plainville Wind Ensemble meets at 7 p.m. Tuesdays in the Plainville High School band room. In-formation: call the Recreation Department, (860) 747-6022.
15 ThursdayBingo — Veterans of For-
eign Wars Madeley-Roberts Post 574 men hold open bingo every Thursday, 6:30 p.m., at post headquarters, 7 Northwest Drive at the corner of Route 10. The public is invited. Information: call Earl Carey, (860) 747-5400.
16 FridayFife and Drum Corps —
The Connecticut Patriots Senior Ancient Fife and Drum Corps meets Fridays, 7 p.m., at the Middle School of Pla-inville, 150 Northwest Drive. Information: Phyllis Thomp-son, P.O. Box 243, Plain-ville, CT 06062 or call (860) 621-6090.
17 SaturdayHistoric center — Tours of
the Plainville Historic Center, 29 Pierce St., are available Wednesdays and Satur-days, noon to 2:30 p.m. The office is open Mondays and Wednesdays, 9 a.m. to noon. The shop, offering many unique gifts, is open during tour hours. Information: call the historic center, (860) 747-6577.
Volunteers needed - Friends of Tomasso Nature Park, Granger Lane, con-tinue their weekly work every Saturday with volunteers meeting at 9 a.m., with prun-ing shears, chain saws, and weed whackers to keep the park cleared of fallen trees and invasive vines.
Anyone wishing to help may contact the Plainville Recreation Department, 50 Whiting St., at (860) 747-6022.
19 MondayRotary Club — Plainville
Rotary Club meets at 12:15 p.m. Mondays at J. Timo-thy’s Taverne, 143 New Brit-ain Ave. Information: call Guy Doyon, (860) 793-4113.
Plainville Choral Soci-ety — The Plainville Choral Society rehearses Mondays,
7 to 9:30 p.m., at the Glo-ria Dei Church, 355 Camp St., Bristol. Information: call Mal Cummings, (860) 747-5695, or Lola Wishart, (860) 621-3457.
MS meeting - The Plainville Multiple Sclerosis Support Group meets at the Wheeler Clinic, 91 Northwest Drive in Plainville, from 7 to 9 p.m. on the third Monday of each month. For more informa-tion, contact June at (860) 747-0564.
22 Thursday Bingo — Veterans of For-
eign Wars Madeley-Roberts Post 574 men hold open bingo every Thursday, at 6:30 p.m., at post headquarters, 7 Northwest Drive at the corner of Route 10. The public is invited. Information: call Earl Carey, (860) 747-5400.
23 FridayFife and Drum Corps —
The Connecticut Patriots Senior Ancient Fife and Drum Corps meets Fridays, 7 p.m., at the Middle School of Pla-inville, 150 Northwest Drive.
26 MondayRotary Club — Plainville
Rotary Club meets at 12:15 p.m. Mondays at J. Timo-thy’s Taverne, 143 New Brit-ain Ave. Information: call Guy Doyon, (860) 793-4113.
Plainville Choral Soci-ety — The Plainville Choral Society rehearses Mondays, 7 to 9:30 p.m., at the Glo-ria Dei Church, 355 Camp St., Bristol. Information: call
Mal Cummings, (860) 747-5695, or Lola Wishart, (860) 621-3457.
27 TuesdayPlainville Wind Ensem-
ble — The Plainville Wind Ensemble meets at 7 p.m. Tuesdays in the Plainville High School band room. In-formation: call the Recreation Department, (860) 747-6022.
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I garden and landscape with native plants for two main reasons. One: because these plants are better suited to our Connecticut environ-ment when sited properly. Native plants withstand our climate better when sited properly. Right plant, right place. Two: to give the local wildlife food and shelter.
The food chain starts with the plants. Insects eat the plants and many other things eat the insects. Without giv-ing the insects food and shel-ter, we would have way less species of birds to enjoy. I have created a balanced yard; the way nature intended it to be. I do not spray my plants with pesticides to kill the pests. I have encouraged the beneficial insects to stay and in turn, they take care of the more destructive insects for me, as do the birds that now live here.
I can relax and enjoy the yard. I am not in charge of keeping the plants healthy; the organic soil and the ben-eficial insects do that for me. We see all kinds of birds, frogs, toads and turtles in our yard. All of these are nature’s insect eaters. If I had all plants from other countries that in-sects could not eat, I would have no food for the above mentioned animals to eat and they would move on. If every landscape is only planted
with exotic plants, there is nowhere for the wildlife to thrive. We have done this in
the U.S. We clear the land, plants tons of grass and use trees and shrubs from other
places. These plants are like plastic to insects; they can-not survive on them. Then we spray our landscapes and use chemicals on our lawns and gardens and make the situa-tion worse. The plants from other places are not always
suited to our environment. Here are some examples:
The Bradford Callery pear tree that is overused today splits into pieces with ice and wind. It does not feed a
Native plants best bet for your yard
In the photos on this page are several more examples of how native plants work in harmony with nature.
By Diane St. JohnSpecial to The Citizen
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Comics aid a healthy laugh a day
I’ve started to read the comics. It’s been a long time since I’ve turned to their pages, although I will ad-mit to checking out Blondie and Hi and Lois every now and then. But it wasn’t an in-tentional turn to the strips but rather noticing them as I finished a section and before putting the paper aside, taking a look-see. Not since I was a child and my dad would bring home the Sunday papers, sit me on his lap and read Dick Tracy and Joe Palooka, have I been so engrossed with the everyday of make believe. Yet it is not really all the comics because I skip over most of them, well, except for Hi and Lois and Blondie and sometimes Zits but not usually. Close to Home will also get my attention. Are you thinking I’m a literary whiz kid and even shudder to think what non-descript volumes my li-brary contains?
Nothing wrong with hav-ing a few laughs to begin one’s day. My return to the comic page is due to Baby Blues by Jerry Scott & Rick Kirkman. I love all the char-acters but especially iden-tify with the mother — she even has dark hair as I did when my children were the
ages of her three. The strip brings me back and, like her, I was struggling to keep my head above water.
I love the two older kids, Zoe, the daughter, and Hammie, the son. The baby is OK but doesn’t talk yet so there’s not much going on there. The thing I love about the older kids is that I know I could hug them even though they can be very fresh. Yet fresh and mischievous in a likeable way and I never find myself thinking, “Geez, what brats.”
Take a recent strip, for in-stance. In the first frame the mother is making peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, more than likely removing the crusts because God for-bid you don’t. The kids are practically joined at her hip as kids that age usually are. She looks down at them and says, “Remember day camp starts tomorrow. “ In the second frame Hammie asks, “Are you going to miss us?”
As any mother who is itching for the Mother of the Year Award as I always was, she answers, “Sure, I’m missing you already.”
In the third frame red-headed Zoe pipes up with, “Then why did you dump us in day camp?”
Hammie is right on her heels with his accusation,
“Yeah! Were all the prisons booked up?”
The mother, her eyes nearly closed, and I can hear the total giving-it-up in her voice, and to heck with any Mother of the Year Award when she says, “Okay, now I’m missing you a little less.”
I laughed out loud. Those two kids are priceless. Do Scott and Kirkman have kids, I wonder. And do they take the comic strip’s dia-logue from their mouths?
I know, I know, at my age I should be doing the Jumble and the Crossword in order to exercise my mind. And yet I question, must my ac-tivities always lean toward bettering myself, enriching my soul and, oh, by the way checking out the latest sure-fire way to erase wrinkles, eliminate cellulite and spi-der veins in my legs?
I ponder the sugges-tions, all of it which I can surely use. But then I think of a recent piece in AARP Magazine and it’s as if I’ve been given a free pass to eat chips and dip: Laughing at least once a day enhances a healthy lifestyle.
Me, I’m all for it as I turn to the comics.
Barbara Parent is a colum-nist for the Record-Journal, Meriden.
By Barbara ParentSpecial to The Citizen
Government Calendar
Thursday, Aug. 8
Clean Energy Task Force, Municipal Center, 7:30 p.m.
Recreation and Parks Board, 50 Whiting St., 7 p.m.
Recycling and Solid Waste, Municipal Center, 7 p.m.
Monday, Aug. 12
Veterans Council, Municipal Center, 6:30 p.m.
Zoning Board of Appeals, Municipal Center, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 13
Planning and Zoning Commission meet-ing, Municipal Center, 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Aug. 14
Downtown Beautification, Municipal Center, 7 p.m.
Thursday, Aug. 15
Economic Development Agency, Municipal Center, 7 p.m.
HARTFORD — A re-view of rates proposed by insurance carriers of-fering the lowest-cost plans for individuals in Connecticut’s new health insurance exchange shows there are narrow differ-ences between the differ-ent companies.
According to a report released Tuesday, July 30, the rates filed with the state’s Department of Insurance for individuals vary, at most, by a little more than 10 percent.
“In general, our review indicated the rates within a bronze medal tier are pretty narrow,” said Julia Lambert, president of the Wakely Consulting Group. Under the fed-eral Affordable Care Act, health insurers offer plans that meet levels of coverage — bronze, sil-ver, gold and platinum — based on how much individuals in the plans would be expected to pay through deductibles and co-payments.
For a s ingle per-son age 21 living in Fairf ield County, the most expensive county in Connecticut for individ-ual and small group in-surance, average rates for bronze plans range from $222.24 a month to $245.51. For a family of four, in-cluding a couple in their forties with two teenage children, the rates range from $904.72 to $999.45 a month in Fairfield County. That’s before any eligible federal subsidies might apply.
The proposed rates ex-amined by Wakely are not yet final. The Department of Insurance still needs to approve, reject or change the proposals for both in-dividual and small group plans to be offered by Access Health CT, the state’s health insurance exchange. While the de-partment had faced a
Wednesday, July 31, dead-line for action, it appears new changes in fed-eral rules could give the agency until next month. Open enrollment begins Oct. 1.
So far, Kevin Counihan, the exchange’s CEO, said he is pleased with the con-sultant’s rate review and how it also showed that some of the carriers re-duced their rates to vary-ing degrees during the Department of Insurance’s review process.
“That, to me, is a great example of how the mar-ketplace is working,” Counihan said. “We want those carriers to be in that marketplace, fighting it out.”
But Lambert stressed that the amount of peo-ple’s premiums wil l ultimately depend on nu-merous factors, such as where they live, their age, their family size and other issues. Hartford County had the lowest premiums for the proposed individ-ual plans, while Litchfield County had the lowest for small group plans, which include less than 50 people.
Lambert’s group con-ducted a cursory com-parison of 2013 rates to the ones proposed for the health exchange. Considering the new plans will likely offer ex-panded benefits, among other reasons, some younger people ineligi-ble for subsidies could see some fairly significant premium increases.
For example, a single 21-year-old male living in Fairfield County and earning $45,960 annu-ally paid an average pre-mium of $105.44 a month in 2013. That figure climbs to $231.73 a month in 20-14 under a bronze tier plan offered by one insurer, the nonprofit Healthy CT. Lambert said older people and families might expect decreased rates, depend-ing on eligible subsidies.
Conn. health exchange board briefed on ratesBy Susan HaighAssociated Press
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single insect. The river birch tree, with the pretty bark, is left alone by the bronze birch borer, a destructive in-sect that is now here in the state and thrives on the pa-per white birches. This tree is pretty in all seasons and a great landscape tree. The river birch also comes in smaller cultivar which is good for plantings that are closer to the house.
Also the asclepias tuberosa is one of the asclepias host plants for the monarch to lay eggs on. Any type of our na-tive asclepias is good. If you have the asclepias syriaca type growing wild on your property-please do not mow it down. Allow it to spread somewhere on your property if you can and become a place where monarchs can. We now mow and spray farmland and roadsides where this plant
used to be found in great numbers - but it is greatly diminished. Monarchs are struggling and we as home-owners can help their pop-ulation to come back if we give their babies food to eat. The monarch caterpillar feeds on a bit of plant, but not enough to ruin the plant or make it look bad once it is established.
The Eastern black swallow-tail butterfly lays eggs on dill, parsley, fennel and carrots.
The native spicebush shrub has yellow flowers in early spring and the spicebush swallowtail butterfly lays eggs on this plant and caterpillars eat leaves. I learned about this native from the Regional School District 13 outdoor education teachers and then found it all around my yard. I cleared the invasive spe-cies from around any native I could find and identify.
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Open housesCentral Connecticut Senior
Health Services will offer Open Houses at its various commu-nities. Join the group on the following dates: The Orchards at Southington on Saturday, Aug. 17, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., 34 Hobart St. For more infor-mation or to set up a tour, call Edesa Ciscar at (860) 628-5656. Arbor Rose at Jerome Home on Sunday, Aug. 18, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., 975 Corbin Avenue, New
Friendship ClubOn Tuesday, Aug, 13, 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m., Mulberry Gardens at Marian Heights Adult Day Center, 314 Osgood Ave., New Britain, will host Friendship Club, a free monthly club for seniors in the community. There are coffee socials, live music, lunch, activities and more.
For information, call (860) 357-4264 (English & Polish) or visit www.mulberrygarden.org.
Six out of 10 Americans will develop kidney dis-ease in their lifetime, ac-cording to a new study, and the National Kidney Foundation says there’s an easy way to catch problems early: A simple pee-in-the-cup test once a year if you’re age 60 or older.
Data a na lyzed by r e s e a r c h e r s w i t h J o h n s H o p k i n s University and pub-lished in the American Jou r n a l o f K id ney Disease,estimates that 59.1 percent of Americans — about 135.8 million people — will develop moderate kidney disease during their life. That’s a higher risk than that of developing heart dis-ease, diabetes or late-stage cancer, which is
about four in 10.In light of the study,
the kidney foundation has changed its long-standing screening rec-ommendation, which had been based on people at high risk because of family history and other health problems, not sim-ply age.
The foundation now says adults age 60-plus, as well as those with high blood pressure or diabe-tes, should get a simple urine albumin test an-nually to detect kidney damage at an early stage, when it can be slowed with lifestyle changes and medication.
Fou ndat ion pres i -dent Beth Piraino, M.D., called it a win-win for ev-eryone involved.
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Don’t neglect kidney healthSt. Paul Catholic High
School announced the fourth quarter honor roll. Plainville residents, grade 9 first hon-ors: Zachary Federowicz, Caitlin O’Connor; grade 11 first honors: Amy Urso; sec-ond honors: Seung Hwan Hwang; grade 12 second hon-ors: Michael Butler, Darek Chrzanowski.
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Britain. For more information or to set up a tour, call Denise Lebrocquy at (860) 229-3707. Cedar Mountain Commons on Saturday, Aug. 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at 3 John H. Stewart Drive, Newington. For more information or to set up a tour, call Katie Mauriello at (860) 665-7901. Central Connecticut Senior Health Services is a not for profit Hartford HealthCare Partner, visit at www.ctsenior-care.org.
To mark the 60th an-niversary of the Korean War, the Memorial Military Museum at Bristol Historical Society, 98 Summer St., will pres-ent a Korean Veterans round table on Saturday, Aug. 10, at 1 p.m.
The public is invited to hear seven veterans of the Korean War share their stories. That con-flict has been called, “The Forgotten War.” The round table will consist of U.S. Army veterans, Frank Parker, Earl Dube, Willie Lavoie, Richard Avery, Rene Soto, Renaud Albert and U.S. Navy vet-eran Charles Ricker.
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Al-Anon is a support or-ganization for family and friends who have a loved one who is an alcoholic. Al-Anon has meetings for families and friends throughout the week in Plainville: Monday, 10 a.m., at the Congregational Church of Plainville, 130 Main St.; Monday, 7 p.m., at Plainville United Methodist Church, 55 Redstone Hill; and Friday, 8 p.m., Wheeler Clinic, 91 Northwest Drive.
For information on addi-tional meetings, go to www.ct-al-anon.org, or call (888) 825-2666.
Blood pressure screenings
The Connecticut Center for Healthy Aging for the following blood pressure screenings offered free to the community during the month of August:
Friday, Aug. 9, 11 a.m. to noon, Plainville Senior Center, 200 East St., Plainville.
Wednesday, Aug. 14, 10 to 11 a.m., Stop and Shop, 1309 Corbin Ave., New Britain.
Wednesday, Aug. 28, 9:30 to 10:30 a.m., Cheshire Community YMCA, 967 S. Main St., Cheshire.
Wednesday, Aug. 28, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m., Calendar House, 388 Pleasant St., Southington.
The Connecticut Center for Healthy Aging, a not for profit member of Central Connecticut Senior Health Services, is a resource and assessment center designed to enhance access to services and information related to at-taining optimal quality of life for seniors and their caregiv-ers. For more information call the New Britain office at (860) 224-5278, Meriden of-fice at (203) 694-5721, or the Southington office at (860) 276-5293.
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where to look? Managed and staffed entirely by vol-unteers, the Special Care Equipment Exchange accepts donations of used, durable medical equipment and sup-plies: canes, walkers, tub and shower chairs, manual wheel-chairs, commodes, and raised toilet seats. This expensive equipment, not always cov-ered by insurance, is made available, free-of-charge, to community members in need of such items.
For more information, con-tact Hospital for Special Care Foundation, 2150 Corbin Ave., New Britain, (860) 612-6302.
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Group meets at the Wheeler Clinic, 91 Northwest Drive, 7 to 9 p.m., the third Monday of each month. For more infor-mation, contact June, (860) 747-0564.
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Pye captures gold at Nutmeg GamesThe sport of Judo, created in the
year 1882, wows spectators with its wide array of throws, take-downs, and pins.
For most, it takes years to master the sport.
But for young Beth Pye, of Plainville, it has taken her much less time to shine on the mat.
Pye, 14, captured the junior’s gold medal for Judo at the Nutmeg State Games July 28 at the Middletown High School gymnasium. Pye won three of her four matches, including the decisive bout, to walk away as the victor.
“I had been to the Nutmeg State Games, but I had never gotten gold before,” said Pye, who placed second at the 2012 games. “I was really ex-cited once I got my gold medal.”
“She was very relieved,” said Steve Pye, Beth’s father. “She was very tired. She had some hard matches and she fought hard, and there was such a look of relief on her face.”
Pye got a late start in the sport. She began participating in Judo when she was 10. The junior level at which Pye competes is open to ages five through 16, which means many of her oppo-nents have been at it much longer than she.
Over a few short years though, Pye has developed from a self-described shy, young girl, into a force on the mat, as her Judo instructor Willie Williams of Gentle Way Judo Club can attest.
“She knows she has her strengths and weaknesses, and she’s aware of her weaknesses. Even from the begin-ning, she’s always tried to improve on those areas that she knows she needs to improve,” said Williams. “On the day of the match, I could see that she looked like she was physically stron-ger than her opponents in that they were having a hard time trying to move her and to position her.”
At the 2013 Nutmeg Games, Pye, understandably, had some nerves.
“She was really nervous before she started,” said Steve Pye. “But I think that the butterflies in her stomach are just because she wants to get out there and wants to get started. And once she gets started, she’s really able to just focus on her Judo. Those initial butterflies help drive her to do well at what she does.”
Pye won her first two Nutmeg Games matches before faltering in the third, which set up a round rob-in-style rotation to determine the winner.
Pye would get a shot at redemption quicker than anticipated as she faced the opponent who bested her earlier in the day.
The deciding factor in the rematch ended up coming down to a vital moment that Williams and Pye had discussed at length during training: transitioning.
“We had been working on her abil-ity to transition from standing to her ground work without any delay,” said
Plainville’s Beth Pye, 14, claimed a gold medal in Judo at the 2013 Nutmeg State games. Pye is pictured with her father, Steve Pye.
Nate BrownThe Plainville Citizen
See Pye / Page 21
The Citizen is taking a look back at the year in Plainville High School athletics, a year when streaks contin-ued, streaks were snapped, and new coaches emerged.
This week …. Winter 2012-13:Girls hoop shook off slow startTheir stay in the postseason was
brief, but the Lady Blue Devils didn’t go down without a fight.
A substantial underdog, visiting No. 26 seed Plainville shook off a slow start and gave No. 7 Montville all it could handle in the second half before falling 42-35 in the opening round of the CIAC Class M girls basketball
state tournament.Deja Nolan sparked Plainville’s re-
surgence against Montville, which went on to defeat No. 10 Trinity Catholic, 52-49 in overtime, to ad-vance to the Class M quarterfinals.
“The thing I am proudest of is the way the girls responded in the sec-ond half of the game,” PHS coach Jen Micowski said. “We talked about not giving up and making our presence known by the end of the game, and we did just that.”
The Lady Blue Devils wrapped up their 2012-13 campaign a shade below .500, at 10-11.
Pointing out Plainville’s rugged Central Connecticut Conference schedule, Micowski said her team should be proud of that record.
“The Lady Blue Devils dropped their first three games of the year, including a 41-point thrashing at the hands of South Windsor and a 20-point defeat to Southington.
At that point, the locals could have been forgiven for looking ahead to next year, but that’s not what happened.
“We took our hits early on, los-ing to South Windsor, Southington and Bristol
Central, but experiencing those losses early motivated our team to keep working and getting stronger,” Micowski said. “Our focus was on finding solutions, not on making ex-cuses. The girls worked all season long to keep growing stronger, and we did not look back.”
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Sports Rewind Devils battled last winter
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On the one hand, it would appear to be a stress-free job. After all, the Blue Devils are not expected to win, at least not very often.
However, on the other hand, navigating the PHS hoopsters could be seen as a highly frus-trating gig. After all, the Blue Devils are not expected to win, at least not very often.
So which is it; stress-free or highly frustrating?
“That’s a good question,” Plainville coach Marc Wesoly said after a pregnant pause.
“People don’ t ex pect Plainville basketball to be 12-8, 15-5,” he continued. “But you try to change that mentality.”
“It’s tough,” Wesoly said. “I lose a lot of hair over it.”
The Blue Devils were de-feated by Berlin, 80-51, in their season finale, capping a 0-20 campaign. This comes on the heels of a 2-18 season.
Through it all, Wesoly has remained upbeat. In fact, the fifth-year coach, a PHS alum, wishes more games lay ahead this winter.
“We’re playing really good basketball right now, the last
five out of six games we were in them with a chance to win,” Wesoly said prior to the Berlin game. “This is kind of the same thing that happened last year; the second half of the season we started playing much bet-ter, and being in games.”
For Wesoly, the most dis-appointing thing about the season was not the losses on the court; it was the losses in personnel.
The coach had guys quit on the team.
“You get years like this when kids quit because they don’t like losing. But they don’t feel they have anything to do about it, when they have 100 percent to do with it. That’s what adversity is; you have to fight through it. That’s how you get better,” said Wesoly.
“I’m discouraged with how the kids handled this and how
their parents have allowed them to do this. That’s what’s discouraging.”
--Nick CarrollSwimmers welcome new
coach with solid campaignThe Plainville High School
boys swim team didn’t win a title, but the Blue Devils came away from the Central Connecticut Conference meet held at Bulkeley High School with positives.
Plainville, which finished fifth, saw its top-line swim-mers improve as they prepared for the state Class S meet.
“My swimmers did well,”
said first-year coach Chris Z a gor s k i whose c lub ’s dual meet record was 5-11. “Especially when you consider that most of my 13 kids didn’t taper for this meet. They are preparing for the state meet.”
The f inal scores of the championship meet were: Middletown -- which also won the regular season dual meet championship -- 346 points, Bristol 324. 5, Berlin 225, Meriden (Maloney and Platt co-op) 153, Plainville 117.5 and Bulkeley 94.
At the CIAC Class S cham-pionships, Plainville compiled 134 points and landed in 15th place.
--Jim BransfieldFour PHS grapplersqualify for State OpenHaving generated no points,
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the Plainville High School wrestling contingent wound up in a tie for 87th, last place, at the State Open tournament, held in New Haven.
The Blue Devils had four guys qualify for the event -- which draws the top finishers from the Class LL, L, M and S tournaments -- but the locals walked away with zero wins.
“I’m just glad we had four kids that qualified,” PHS coach Rusty Spence said. “Our guys gave it a good season, worked hard.”
Not surprisingly, the Blue Devil grapplers ran up against some stiff competition at the double-elimination-style tournament.
“The kids that beat our guys in the second round, most of them ended up going to the fi-nals,” Spence pointed out. “To get beat by kids like that, it’s not too bad.”
Plainville was represented in New Haven by Connor Oakes (152 pounds), Mischa Hoffman (160), Marcus Slivinsky (182) and Tim West (195).
The PHS wrestlers earned
a ticket to the Open via their solid showings at the Class S meet. There, Hoffman was third, Slivinsky and West placed fourth, and Oakes took sixth.
Plainvi l le compiled 77 points at the Class S tour-nament and finished 13th. Windham claimed the Class S crown with 238.5 points and landed in a tie for second place at the Open.
Oakes capped the season by being named an Academic All-American.
--Nick CarrollCheerleaders end Berlin’s
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the competition, now in its sixth year.
For the fifth straight year, the Southington Blue Knights won the West Division, while in the South Division, Plainville ended Berlin’s five-year winning streak (includ-ing a pair of championships in the now-defunct Northwest Conference).
The other divisions were won by Windsor (North Division) and Tolland, who walked away with both the East Division and Conference Grand Champion titles.
“I had really high hopes for us, and it paid off,” said Plainville head coach Courtney Perrotti. “I’m really glad for the seniors. After four years, we never won, and I re-ally wanted them to get a win because they really deserve it, and they got it.”
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Williams. “The quicker you can transition, the quicker you can get in a controlling position, the quicker you can pin or submit your opponent.”
Pye had flipped her oppo-nent, and while she hadn’t been awarded a point, shifted quickly from the air to the ground, transitioning seam-lessly, before wrapping up her competition and the gold medal.
After falling just short of the gold last year, Pye was able to cross “junior gold medalist” off her Judo to-do list. Next up on the teen’s list is to earn her purple belt. Her ultimate Judo dream is to represent her country at the Olympics.
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municipal animal control facility in accordance with State statutes and local ordinances. Must be available to work evenings, holidays and weekends, and able to respond to calls within 30 minutes. Must have 4 years paid experience as an animal control of-ficer with some book-keeping and supervisory experience. This position requires a valid CT driv-er’s license with no violations over the past 3 years and the abil-ity to lift and carry up to 100 pounds. The person appointed must undergo a series of rabies vacci-nations. Salary range: $50,000-$55,000 annu-ally, plus an excellent fringe benefits package. Closing date is August 19, 2013. Apply: Person-nel Department, Town of Wallingford, 45 South Main Street, Wallingford, CT 06492. EOE
PART Time Driver. Walling-ford location. Must have clean driving record. Apply in person: Town Fair Tire, 994 North Colony Rd.
We are seeking a mature, re-sponsible, & dedicated care-givers for live-in & hourly po-sitions caring for the elderly. Candidates must have per-sonal care &/or homemaker companion experience, a car, & CT driver’s license. Visiting Angels believes our caregivers are as important as our clients. Serious applicants should call us at 860-349-7016.
SOCIAL SERVICES CASEWORKER
Processes applications for assistance and in-vestigates resources to determine eligibility for social service programs for children, adults, and families. Must be able to exercise independent judgement and maintain confidential case and financial records related to assistance programs. Requires an A.S. degree in social work, psychol-ogy, or counseling and 3 years experience as a caseworker, social ser-vice worker or outreach worker with 2 years in determining eligibility for government financial assistance programs. Mush have a valid State of CT driver’s li-cense. $24.51 to $29.63 hourly (wages under negotiation) plus an ex-cellent fringe benefit package. Apply: Person-nel Department, Town of Wallingford, 45 South Main Street, Wallingford, CT 06492. The closing date will be that date the 75th application form/resume is received, or Closing date is August 16, 2013, whichever oc-curs first. EOE
Zoning Enforcement Officer Town of Southington. Ap-pli. form & full job descrip. aval. at: www.southington.org. Appli. deadline: 4:30pm 08/20/13. Planning Dept. 196 N Main St., Southing-ton, CT 06489. Fax/Email Submittals will not be ac-cepted
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MeridenFor Sale By Owner
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$335,000 203 988-8133203 599-5254
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MERIDEN 2 BR RH, Avail Sept Quiet, Clean, 1.5 BA, Lg closets, wall to wall, hookups, deck, etc. No Pets. Credit Chk $1,000 + utils (203) 269-9755
MERIDEN-1BR, 3rd floor Apt, central location, W/D hookup, $675/mo, sec dep & credit check req. No pets. Call 203-715-7508.
MERIDEN CLEAN SAFE ROOMS. Includes Heat, HW, Elec, Kit Priv, East Side. Off-St Parking. $125/wk.+ sec. Call 12-8pm 203-630-3823 or www.Meridenrooms.com
MERIDEN 2 BR Apartment for Rent, 2nd floor. Off Street Parking.
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Southington Care Center - Dietary Assistants/Wait Staff. The dynamic Five Star 130 bed facility provides excep-tional skilled nursing care & rehabilitation service is seek-ing PT & FT Experienced Di-etary Assistants/Servers/Wait Staff for out facility. Qualified applicants must have food service exp. & work week-ends, holidays, & flex shifts. Long Term Care facility expe-rience is a plus.
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HORTICULTURAL Tech-nician to give plant care in offices. Will train. 12 hours/wk during busi-ness hours. Email us at [email protected]
MERIDEN Nice Cape w/ In-Law Apt, Hardwood Floors, 9 Ft Ceilings, Whirlpool Tub, FP, 2 BR Downstairs & 1 BR Up-stairs. Fenced-In Yard, 2 Car Garage. All Re-modeled, Nothing to do but move in! Asking $165,000. Please Call 203 213-5000
M.D. Lawn Care.Hedge Trimming or
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WLFD Storage space for rent. 1200 sq ft, 14’ doors. Great price. Call 203-272-4216.
MER. Furn. Apts. East Side Incl Heat, HW, Elec. 2nd flr. Studio, $180/wk+ sec. 203-630-3823 12pm-8pm www.meridenrooms.com
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Cheshire School Bus Terminal
157 Sandbank RoadCheshire, CT9 am to 1 pm
Join us to learn about ex-citing opportunities to join the DATTCO driving team. DATTCO is hiring part time school bus drivers! If you are retired but not tired, or want to save on daycare costs you can bring your children to work with you, come see us and learn how you can join GROW-ING team. No experience necessary. We provide free train-ing to get your CDL! Call Cheshire 203-699-8877 for more information CDL/PS w/1 year exp. starts at $15.50 p/h, Non CDL starts at $14.00 p/h & Van drivers start at $11.30 p/h Routes also available in Plainville. Call 860-747-3018 for info. AA/EOE
MERIDEN 5 BR, 2nd Flr., 1.5 BA, DR, W/D Hookup, Off St. Parking. $1,440/mo. + sec. Avaliable 09/01 (203) 515-2927
MERIDEN. 2 BR, 1st flr $800. Appls incl. 1 mos rent, 1 mos sec. No pets. 46-48 Elliot St, nice st, off st parking. 203-836-4321
Southington Care Cen-ter. Experienced RN. This dynamic Five Star 130 bed facility that provides excep-tional skilled nursing care & rehabilitation services, is seeking an experienced RN for 24hr/wk on the 3p-11p shift. Long Term Care ex-perience is a plus but not required.
MERIDEN 5 Rooms, Appli-ances, Off Street Parking. Quiet Dead End. $925/month + Security. (203) 630-1102.
MERIDEN 1, 2, 3, & 4 BRs Starting at $580. West Side. CLEAN. Sec & Refs a must! Off St Parking. No dogs. Sec 8 Appr. 1st Mo. FREE! 203 600-5105 or 203 537-6137
Wallingford Public SchoolsIs seeking CT certified candidates for the follow-ing 2013/14 long-term sub-stitute teaching positions:
Elementary Level: School Social Worker(12 weeks)Middle School Level:School Psychologist(6 weeks)High School Level:English (Full year)English (12 weeks)
Please fax resume and certification to (203) 949-6551. EOE
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657 East Main St. Call 203-376-8114 or
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MERIDEN Summer St. 2 BR, Fully Renovated. W/D, Refs, $950/mo.+ sec. Avali Now! Sec. 8 aprov. 203-213-5585
MERIDEN 1 & 2 BR Stove & Refrigerator, Heat & Hot Water included. Lease, Sec & Refs. 203- 239-7657 or 203-314-7300
SOUTHINGTON. 2 BR apt, large kit with ref & range. Ample storage space, off st parking, safe, quiet res-idential neighborhood. 1st flr, avail approx early to mid Aug. No smoking, no pets. $875 plus utils. Call (860) 628-8386
PROSPECT Imm. Occ. 2 BR, 12”x16” Cov. Patio, $48,000. Liberty 860-747-6881 or 203-592-7641
MEDICAL Assistant/Recep-tionist, FT position for busy pediatric office. Candidates must enjoy working w/ chil-dren, be a team player, & be able to multi task. Exp a + Fax Resume: 203-265-3321
WALLINGFORD- 3BR apt, 2nd flr, local to downtown Wallingford, no smoking/no pets, security & references. Paul 203-269-6348
MERIDEN 2 BR End Unit. Excellent Condition. On
Site Laundry. No Pets $900/mo. Call 860-620-9658
MERIDEN 1 BR, Wash Hts Victorian Off st park, wash-er/dryer, walk-in closets, cable/wifi; all utils incl. Sec, refs, no pets. 203 317-1414
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MERIDEN-WALLINGFORD Line Large 2 BR Luxury Condo. Walk-in closets & Laundry. No pets. $925+ Utils. Call 203 c2415-9493
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JOHN DEERE “112” Lawn & Garden Tractor. Mowing Deck 38”. Many Many Ex-tras! Call (203) 235 - 0888
$150 QUEEN MATTRESS SET: Brand name and brand new. Still in the plastic.
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4 BRAND NEW 30” floor to seat, Oak Windsor Swivel Bar Stools. 3 in the origi-nal unopened boxes and 1 put together for photos and never used. Ordered the wrong height and don’t want to send them back. Paid $135.00 each will sac-rifice for $99.00 each TO BE SOLD AS A SET OF 4. Call (860) 983-4992
COUCH & Rocker Recliner, Coffee Table & 2 End Ta-bles, Entertainment Cen-ter, Double Bed Frame w/ 2 Dressers & Night stand, Desk w/ desk chair, Small wooden cabinet, & Several sm. Lamps. 203-237-2629
TAN COUCH with wood trim. 85” L x 36” H $300. Call 203-238-4057
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Maytag Front Loader Wash-er & Dryer, like new. Taking Offers. Also Air Condtion, 15000 BTU, $175 860-417-9379 or 860-839-1707
BOSTON RED SOX BUS TRIPS August 31st. Box Seats. Coach Bus. Convenient Parking.
$90pp. 203 605-2087
CEMETERY Plots in West Lane Cemetery on High Rd, Berlin, 2, side by side, $1100 for both. 860-828-3315
WANTED Fishing Tackle & Hunting Items. Local Collector looking for old/new rods, reels, lures. highest prices paid. Call Dave 860-463-4359
Dog Crate, 36”L, 24”W, 26”H. All metal, Like new. Asking $45. 203-639-1248
Music Instruments& Instruction
PROFORM 390E ELLIPTICAL,
I-pod hookup, bought in 2010. Great condition. Ask-
ing $275. 203-530-6113
ElEctric Guitar - Epi-phone SG Special Edition - Cherry Red, Mint condi-tion, barely used, needs to be restrung. Carry bag included. Amplifier - Line 6 amp (spider 3- 15 watt- 8 inch). Asking $280 or best offer. Call 860-416-5988 - Ask for Aaron
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SeaSoned Firewood. De-livered. Great price. Call (203) 272-4216
Music By RoBeRtaPeRfoRMance &
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Piano Lessons Beginner to Intermediate.
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ALL CASH FORMILITARY ITEMS203-237-6575
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Doughboy Above ground pool, with filter, new ladder, skimmer and vaccum robot. 24 foot, beige color. Only 7 years old in excellent condition. Must sell before Septem-ber and must take down yourself. Price $700.00 or negotiable. Call Maria at 634-3720 before 8:00 PM.
YAMAHA Spinet piAnoMaple Finish. Only 52 Keys. (203) 269-7845
HOT TUB: 5/6 person, 40 jets w/ all options. Never used. Cost $7000, Sacri-fice $2950. Can Deliver. 203-232-8778
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