Volume 19, Number 37 Serving Durham, Middlefield and Rockfall www.TownTimes.com Friday, January 23, 2015 People flocked to the theaters to see the movie “American Sniper,” which had a $90 million debut weekend at the box office. Some Connecticut residents may have noticed a familiar face on the big screen – Middlefield native Kevin Lacz. The former Navy SEAL served as a sniper and corpsman in Iraq. It was in the Navy SEALS that he met his friend Chris Kyle, with whom he trained and served as a sniper. “American Sniper” is based on the book by Kyle, who was considered the most lethal sniper of the Iraq War. In the movie, directed by Clint Eastwood, Lacz plays him- self and acts alongside Bradley Cooper. Kyle and Chad Littlefield, were shot and killed at a Texas shooting range in February 2013. Before Kyle died Jason Hall, a screenwriter, was preparing “American Sniper” for a movie. After his death, Lacz asked Kyle’s widow if Hall could go to the funeral. “Next thing I knew I was talking to the producers,” Lacz, who now lives in Florida, told the newspaper Pensacola Today. HARTFORD — After hold- ing a number of leadership positions in the state Senate, Republican Len Fasano is now minority leader. In his new role, he says, his priorities will be the state budget, transportation and health care. Republicans are the minority party in both the House and Sen- ate and were unable to take any statewide offices in November. “Our role is to be vocal, to be heard, to still bring ideas to the table,” said Fasano, whose 34th Senate Dis- trict comprises Wallingford, North Haven, East Haven and Durham. Fasano said he’s got a good working relationship with Sen- ate Majority Leader Martin Loo- ney, D-New Haven, and House Speaker Brendan Sharkey, D-Hamden. “When you can talk to some- one and don’t have to be on your guard … I think it’s huge when it comes to conversations,” he said. Looney said he knows Fasano as a legislator and as a fellow attorney. “I’ve always found him to be Middlefield native plays himself in ‘American Sniper’ Bigger role for Fasano By Farrah Duffany Special to Town Times By Jesse Buchanan Special to Town Times Kevin Lacz, left, with American Sniper director Clint Eastwood. | Photo credit: Keith Bernstein, Warner Bros. Entertainment Rebecca Sinusas, guidance counselor at Strong Middle School, was recognized by the Board of Education on Jan. 14 as the District 13 Teacher of the Year for 2014-15. In introducing Sinusas to the BOE, Strong Principal Scott Sadinsky said, “Rebecca is committed, organized, positive, creative, orga- nized, caring, a problem-solver, and did I say organized?” Sadinsky praised Sinusas for being a “tre- mendous asset” to Strong students, parents, and staff and for having the energy to build a positive environment. Sadinsky said Sinusas has the enthusiasm and commitment to take ideas and make them reality. As an example, under Sinusas’ initiative Strong school began an advisory program and conducted a scaven- ger hunt to welcome incoming students. The Teacher of the Year is also one of the organiz- ers behind the Community Round-Up. Sinusas is in her 12th year in the district, with six years as a guidance counselor following six years as a special education teacher with the Integrated Day and Contemporary programs, also at Strong. “She is instrumental to the quality of the climate of Strong school and impacts every Rebecca Sinusas named Teacher of the Year By Mark Dionne Town Times See Teacher / Page 19 Strong Middle School Principal Scott Sadinsky praised guidance counselor Rebecca Sinusas, the 2014-15 District 13 Teacher of the Year. | Mark Dionne / Town Times Fasano See Fasano / Page 17 See Sniper / Page 6
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Volume 19, Number 37 Serving Durham, Middlefield and Rockfall www.TownTimes.com Friday, January 23, 2015
People flocked to the theaters to see the movie “American Sniper,” which had a $90 million debut weekend at the box office.
Some Connecticut residents may have noticed a familiar face on the big screen – Middlefield native Kevin Lacz.
The former Navy SEAL served as a sniper and corpsman in Iraq.
It was in the Navy SEALS that he met his friend Chris Kyle, with whom he trained and served as a sniper. “American Sniper” is based on the book by Kyle, who was considered the most lethal sniper of the Iraq War.
In the movie, directed by Clint Eastwood, Lacz plays him-self and acts alongside Bradley Cooper.
Kyle and Chad Littlefield, were shot and killed at a Texas
shooting range in February 2013.Before Kyle died Jason Hall,
a screenwriter, was preparing “American Sniper” for a movie.
After his death, Lacz asked Kyle’s widow if Hall could go to the funeral.
“Next thing I knew I was talking to the producers,” Lacz, who now lives in Florida, told the newspaper Pensacola Today.
HARTFORD — After hold-ing a number of leadership positions in the state Senate, Republican Len Fasano is now minority leader. In his new role, he says, his priorities will be the state budget, transportation and health care.
Republicans are the minority party in both the House and Sen-ate and were unable to take any
statewide offices in November.
“Our role is to be vocal, to be heard, to still bring ideas to the table,” said Fasano, whose 34th Senate Dis-trict comprises
Wallingford, North Haven, East Haven and Durham.
Fasano said he’s got a good working relationship with Sen-
ate Majority Leader Martin Loo-ney, D-New Haven, and House Speaker Brendan Sharkey, D-Hamden.
“When you can talk to some-one and don’t have to be on your guard … I think it’s huge when it comes to conversations,” he said.
Looney said he knows Fasano as a legislator and as a fellow attorney.
“I’ve always found him to be
Middlefield native plays himself in ‘American Sniper’
Bigger role for Fasano
By Farrah DuffanySpecial to Town Times
By Jesse BuchananSpecial to Town Times
Kevin Lacz, left, with American Sniper director Clint Eastwood. | Photo credit:
Keith Bernstein,
Warner Bros.
EntertainmentRebecca Sinusas, guidance counselor at
Strong Middle School, was recognized by the Board of Education on Jan. 14 as the District 13 Teacher of the Year for 2014-15.
In introducing Sinusas to the BOE, Strong Principal Scott Sadinsky said, “Rebecca is committed, organized, positive, creative, orga-nized, caring, a problem-solver, and did I say organized?”
Sadinsky praised Sinusas for being a “tre-mendous asset” to Strong students, parents, and staff and for having the energy to build a positive environment. Sadinsky said Sinusas has the enthusiasm and commitment to take ideas and make them reality. As an example, under Sinusas’ initiative Strong school began an advisory program and conducted a scaven-ger hunt to welcome incoming students. The Teacher of the Year is also one of the organiz-ers behind the Community Round-Up.
Sinusas is in her 12th year in the district, with six years as a guidance counselor following six years as a special education teacher with the Integrated Day and Contemporary programs, also at Strong.
“She is instrumental to the quality of the climate of Strong school and impacts every
Rebecca Sinusas named Teacher of the Year
By Mark DionneTown Times
See Teacher / Page 19
Strong Middle School Principal Scott Sadinsky praised guidance counselor Rebecca Sinusas, the 2014-15 District 13 Teacher of the Year. | Mark Dionne / Town Times
Fasano
See Fasano / Page 17
See Sniper / Page 6
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Friday, Jan. 23Theater - The Middle-
town High School Perform-ing Arts Center, 200 LaRosa Lane, has scheduled “Shrek, The Musical” for Friday, Jan. 23, 7 p.m. A fee is charged. For more information and tickets, visit www.middle-townstagecompany.org.
Dance - The Middlesex Dance Center is scheduled to present an American Acad-emy of Ballet Performance Award event Friday, Jan. 23, 6 p.m., at the Middlefield Com-munity Center, 405 Main St. Admission is a donation of an item for the food bank or animal shelter.
Tot Time - MOMS Club of Durham/Middlefield has scheduled Tot Times for Fridays, 10 a.m., at the Mid-dlefield Community Center, 405 Main St. Durham and Middlefield babies, toddlers and children are welcome. No registration required. For more information, email [email protected].
Girls basketball - CRHS vs. Old Lyme, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 24Women’s hike - Women
of the Woods has scheduled a hike for Saturday, Jan. 24, 1 p.m., at Wadsworth State Park. The 2- to 3 1/2-mile trail is fairly flat with one short steep hill. Pre-registration is requested. For more details and information, contact
Theater - The Middle-town High School Perform-ing Arts Center, 200 LaRosa Lane, has scheduled “Shrek, The Musical” for Saturday, Jan. 24, 2 and 7 p.m. A fee is charged. For more informa-tion and tickets, visit www.middletownstagecompany.org.
Boys basketball - CRHS vs. Old Lyme, 5 p.m.
Ice hockey - CRHS at Mil-ford co-op (Milford Ice Pavil-ion), 1 p.m.
Monday, Jan. 2660 Plus Club - The
Durham 60 plus club is scheduled to meet Mon-day, Jan. 26, 1:30 p.m., at the Durham Activity Center, 350 Main St. A variety table and social hour will follow the meeting. New members are welcome.
Girls basketball - CRHS vs. Morgan, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Jan. 27Boys basketball - CRHS
at Morgan, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 28Ice hockey - CRHS at Ma-
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Thursday, Jan. 29Girls basketball - CRHS
vs. Portland, 7 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 30Square dance - The 4C’s
Square Dance Club has scheduled a dance for Friday, Jan. 30, 8 p.m., at Brewster School. Caller will be Bill Mager; cuer will be Sue Luc-ibello. For more information, call (860) 828-5978.
Saturday, Jan. 31Girls basketball - CRHS
at Middletown, 1:30 p.m.Ice hockey - CRHS at
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Sunday, Feb. 1Food drive - The Church
of the Epiphany, 196 Main St., has scheduled a food drive fundraiser, “Souper Bowl of Caring,” for Sunday, Feb. 1, 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Church youth will accept non-perish-able food items and mone-tary donations to benefit the Amazing Grace Food Pantry.
Friday, March 6Trivia Bee - Coginchaug
Valley Education Founda-tion has scheduled its CVEF Trivia Bee for Friday, March 6, 7 p.m., at Strong school gym. For more information, email [email protected] or visit www.cogin-chaugvef.com.
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Tickets are available for the 19th annual Taste of Durham, scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 7, 6:30 to 9 p.m. The event, hosted by PALS, will benefit the Durham Pub-lic Library.
A fee is charged for tickets. Attendees must be 21 years of age. Tickets are available at the Durham Public Library.
For more information, contact Trish Connolly at (860) 349-9544, ext. 5 or [email protected].
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BOE approves calendar, examines laptops
At its regular meeting on Jan. 14, the Board of Educa-tion approved the calendar for the school year of 2015-16.
The first day of school for the approved calendar is Thursday, Aug. 27 and the last day, before any added snow days, is Friday, June 10.
The third full week in April, April 18-22, will be April vaca-tion and “February vacation” remains a thing of the past. A long weekend replaces the week-long vacation.
Five professional devel-opment days are spread throughout the school year, with an early dismissal of stu-dents creating staff time. The district switched to early dis-missal from delayed opening
after lobbying. The calendar is available
on the District 13 website.For the 2016-2017 school
calendar, Connecticut De-partment of Education will mandate uniform calendars for all school districts, which will line up vacation and pro-fessional development days across the state.
When this subject came up at the Dec. 10 BOE meet-ing, member Merrill Adams noted that a state mandated calendar removed local in-terests and quirks, such as closed schools on Durham Fair Friday.
“One size does not neces-sarily fit every district,” Ad-ams said.
According to Superinten-
dent Kathryn Veronesi, dis-tricts will have to apply for exemptions.
At the Jan. 14 meeting, 7-12 Technology Integration Specialist Bill Kurtz care-fully walked BOE members through a basic introduction to Chromebooks and Google docs.
The purchase of Chrome-books, a Samsung laptop de-signed to be connected to the cloud, was put in the current budget for Coginchaug Re-gional High School freshmen.
Having all freshmen on the same device puts them on the same page, according to Kurtz, even if that page is a screen and a operating system.
“It’s going pretty well, it’s
gathering steam ... not every-body is totally confident, but they’re getting there,” Kurtz said. “My perception is that it’s very easy for the kids.”
The roll-out had some glitches, including software trouble and screen failures.
Some teachers, according to Kurtz, are more comfort-able with the Chromebooks than others.
Chromebooks are designed to be connected to the Inter-net and to store a student’s work in the cloud, with ac-cess available to the student and teacher from other de-vices and locations.
As Kurtz demonstrated for the BOE, students can also simultaneously collabo-
rate with other students on the same document while a teacher can see who has done what work and make sugges-tions on the document itself.
There are also more ambi-tious plans for Chromebooks, according to Kurtz. Teachers can experiment with “flipped classrooms,” where instruc-tional videos teach lessons to students at home and those students do the hands-on work, traditionally thought of as homework, in the class-room with their teacher.
Chromebooks can also be used for mandated testing.
The next BOE meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 28, 7:30 p.m., at Korn School.
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“They thought it was import-ant to have an advisor on set and set up a training for Brad-ley Cooper.”
The movie earned nearly $30.5 million on the day of its premiere. It has also garnered six Academy Award nomina-tions including best picture and best actor for Cooper.
Lacz will be in Connecti-cut for a private screening of “American Sniper” and a reception on Feb. 8 to raise money for veterans, accord-ing to his Facebook page. The screening will be held at Starplex in Berlin with a re-ception at the Crown Plaza in Cromwell. Proceeds will benefit the Heroes Project as well as Connecticut Trees of Honor.
Connecticut Trees of Honor is a nonprofit that is establishing a statewide me-morial for those who fought and lost their lives in the Af-ghanistan and Iraq wars, said Sue Martucci, the founder of the program.
The memorial is at Vet-erans Memorial Park in Middletown and honors 65 servicemen and women who died. There is a ring of 65 trees with a sitting area and each tree is dedicated to one of the “fallen heroes,” Martucci explained. A gran-
ite plaque with an engraved photo will also be added to the memorial.
Any donations will help with the memorial and Mar-tucci said “she’s thrilled” Lacz is donating to the cause.
“It’s an idea I came up with five years ago to pay it for-ward,” Martucci said. “My daughter had returned safely from two tours in Iraq… so that was hard. It just came to me as an idea to build some-thing statewide to honor all our fallen service members.”
Tim Medvetz, founder and president of The Heroes Proj-ect, said Lacz’s fundraiser will be another way to show veterans they matter and that they are remembered.
“The Heroes Project is letting them know we ha-ven’t forgotten,” said Med-vetz. “Movies like this…are a constant reminder to these guys that America hasn’t forgotten.”
The Heroes Project “works with the veterans, soldiers, marines, and military families and communities on all lev-els,” according to its website.
“You don’t hear about the 50,000 guys that have been injured… you just hear about what Justin Bieber did today,” Medvetz said. “It’s (raising) awareness in America. Fix our own house before we go fixing the world.”
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Strategies to counter blight vary
For caretakers of plants, blight can have a devastating impact on crops, as the dis-ease spreads.
The use of the term blight to refer to abandoned or un-cared-for properties is per-haps an apt comparison as, left uncontrolled, such prop-erties can attract crime and corrode property values.
For this reason, area mu-nicipalities have proactive approaches to controlling blight. Although these laws carry challenges in enforce-ment, Plainville, Berlin and Middlefield have ways to keep properties tidy.
As a smaller community, Middlefield doesn’t have an official blight ordinance as some larger towns have ad-opted, but the town does have strategies to combat aban-doned properties or those in disrepair. First Selectman Jon Brayshaw explained that this is one of the duties of Middle-field’s Zoning Enforcement Officer, who looks out for vi-
olations of specific rules that may indicate a property is not being properly maintained.
According to Brayshaw, in Middlefield, the biggest problem lies in abandoned or unregistered vehicles being parked in yards. The town can levy fines and even pur-sue legal recourse when these rules are violated, Brayshaw said.
Compared with Middle-field’s population of 4,281, Berlin has a lot more ground to cover with 19,866 residents.
Berlin instituted a blight ordinance in January, 2000, with rules about missing or boarded windows and doors, holes in exterior walls, gar-bage on the premises, grass of one foot in height, among other restrictions.
In Berlin, this ordinance is enforced by the town man-ager, who reports to the town council on blighted property once every year, said Hellyn Riggins, director of Develop-ment Services for the town.
Riggins said Mayor Rachel Rochette has made address-ing blight a priority, holding
meetings on the subject with the town manager.
Berlin instituted tax sales last year as an alternative to foreclosure in order to help get properties with long over-due taxes back onto the town tax rolls. The process in-volves repeated notices sent to the property owner, af-ter which time the property can be auctioned to potential buyers.
A number of properties have already sold through the tax sale process. “A lot of these properties were in dis-repair,” Riggins said.
Riggins said that if a resi-dent receives a notice from the town that their property is in violation of the rules, they should call the town to discuss the timeline for re-pairs and take action quickly in order to avoid fees.
Blight is a hot topic in Pla-inville, a town with a popula-tion just under that of Berlin, with 17,716 residents. The rea-son? Plainville is considering adopting an ordinance of its own, although “We’re staying away from the word blight,”
Plainville Town Manager Robert E. Lee said.
Plainville already has or-dinances dealing with aban-doned cars and unsightly materials, but the town coun-cil is looking into consolidat-ing existing ordinances into a single law. “It needs some up-dating” as well, Lee said.
The town of Plainville cur-rently does not regulate grass growing to a certain height, for example. The new rules could also assist enforce-ment, as a property currently violating multiple ordinances must be cited with multiple ordinance infractions. It will be simpler to cite a single or-dinance, Lee said.
Under current state stat-utes, towns have limited op-tions when an owner walks away from their property and lets it fall into disrepair, Lee explained. It can take
time for properties to revert to bank ownership and even longer for a new owner to re-habilitate the property. State statute requires that prop-erty owners be notified for a municipality to levy fees, and when property owners abandon their property they may be difficult to reach, Lee explained.
In some cases, blight or-dinances have prevented owners from allowing their property to become an eye-sore. Both Brayshaw and Riggins said that, sometimes, merely being contacted by the town is enough to cause a property owner to improve maintenance.
This ensures that the own-er’s property value remains high, as well as that of their neighbors, which benefits the entire community through taxes.
By Charles KreutzkampTown Times
Representatives from the Durham-Middlefield Local Wellness Coalition are sched-uled to join more than 2,500 substance abuse prevention specialists and advocates from throughout the country for Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America’s 25th Annual National Leadership Forum Feb. 2-5 in Washing-ton, D.C.
The forum will cover a wide range of topics – every-thing from how to prevent prescription drug abuse and heroin use to how to create tobacco-free environments and develop policies to re-duce underage and excessive drinking.
The Durham-Middlefield Local Wellness Coalition has recently impacted the com-
munity through various ef-forts including the “Be the One” media campaign, bill-boards, partnering with local businesses, co-advising the EDGE youth leadership clubs at Strong and Coginchaug, and initiating bag checks at the Durham Fair.
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January has most people looking down the road, but lately I’ve been looking be-hind me. Way behind, like my ancestors. They were a motley crew.
In the late 1800s my great grandfather, Frank Parmelee, was the lighthouse keeper at Faulkner’s Island, which is off the coast of our shore-line. I have a photocopy of what appears to be a news-paper article, telling of the passing of ships and whales, the sea’s pounding on his door during a ferocious storm, and the monotony and isolation of the pun-ishing winters. He and his wife made do with reading, playing chess and checkers, and her performances on various musical instruments. When she was in labor, she took the boat to shore, gave birth to my grandfather, and never went back. Apparently a rousing game of checkers was not enough for Great
Grandma.Samuel Parmelee was
an adventurous soul who was part of the California Gold Rush. Poor Sam. He drowned crossing a river while returning home. I don’t know whether or not his pockets were lined with gold at the time. It would be a cruel trick of fate, I think, if they were, and he never got to spend one iota of it.
Then there were the two aunts who went out west and established a house of ill repute. My mother always thought this was hilarious. I think she admired their en-trepreneurial spirit.
Now, this next story could be an urban legend, but one I feel compelled to share anyway. Reportedly, my forebear answered a knock on the door one evening, to find a man dressed in black who simply said, “I’ve
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Wishes came trueTo the editor:I am writing to extend my thanks and
gratitude to those people who so generously contributed to the 20th annual holiday gift drive sponsored by the Probate Court.
This year, gifts were distributed to res-idents of three area health care facilities: Water’s Edge Health & Rehab, Middlesex Health Care in Middletown and Aurora in Cromwell.
Gift “wish lists” were provided to the court by the staff and residents of the three facilities. I am pleased to report that the “wish lists” of over 80 people were met.
I would particularly like to thank the many local attorneys and clerks that participated.
My best wishes to your readers for a happy, safe and healthy New Year.
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Government at its bestTo the Editor:I want to share with you some ways in
which our legislators helped me in the past month.
Have you received your new electric bill? I’ve been listening to the news reports of the increased rates but really didn’t know how it would affect me. I wondered if my supplier was still offering a low rate. Representa-tive Noreen Kokoruda had sent out a mailer which suggested a website that shows a
comparison of various supplier rates (www.energizect.com/compary-energy-suppliers.) I reviewed the various rates offered by elec-tric power suppliers, realized I could save some money by switching, and signed up with a new supplier.
Last year I signed up for Kokoruda’s email updates. In her December email, she sent a link to the report of the Office of Legis-lative Review (www.cga.ct.gov/olr/Docu-ments/year/MI/2014MI-20141215_Major%20Issues%20for%202015.pdf.) If you have an issue of concern, this allows you to quickly see whether or not it will be considered this year. If you don’t see your concern in this report, you can contact her or one of our other state legislators to discuss your issue.
To receive any state representative’s or senator’s newsletters or legislative updates, go to ct.gov and click on Legislative and then Find your Representative. Durham is in the 86th (Candelora) and 101st (Kokoruda) House Districts and in the 12th (Kennedy) and 34th (Fasano) State Senate Districts.
I spoke to Representative Vin Candelora about several issues that are important to me. He listened politely, discussed them with me and gave me assurance that he would follow up.
Kokoruda and Candelora as well as State Senators Fasano and Kennedy represent all of us. They are there to help us and are will-ing to do so.
I am thankful for their help with my “real world” problems!
Pam LucashuDurham
Letters to the Editor
With Durham consider-ing piping in public, fluori-dated drinking water from Middletown, some Durham residents may be concerned. At the same time, however, the community also knows for certain that some well water on Main Street con-tains toxic chemicals from manufacturing. As the Town Times reported, Pat Bowe of the Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection called the water “one of the worst sites that we’ve ever seen in the state of Connecticut.”
Fluoride is a mineral that
is naturally found in water sources people were drink-ing for all of human history. Although health experts hail fluoridation as one of the greatest public health pol-icy successes, organizations such as the Fluoride Action Network have seen success in anti-fluoride advocacy.
The Fluoride Action Net-work argues that fluoride may have the “potential to reduce human intelligence.” And FAN is hardly impotent. Only last year, it reveled in victory when Portland, Ore-gon voters rejected fluorida-tion for the fourth time.
While FAN argues flu-oridation is harmful, the World Health Organization
is hoping to see the practice catch on in more countries, especially poorer countries where dental care is less available. The CDC, mean-while, has hailed fluorida-tion as one of the 10 greatest public health achievements of the 20th century, along with recognizing the harms of tobacco.
I spoke with pediatric dentist and Middlefield res-ident Daniel Shoemaker to make sense of this. Shoe-maker said that he agreed that fluoridation is a great health achievement. “Tooth decay has become epi-demic among our youngest
Who put something in the water?By Charles KreutzkampTown Times
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Keys to strengthening your financial resolve in 2015It takes a lot of practice
(and willingness) to become a champion of responsi-ble spending and saving to meet your long-term goals. If you’re a bit out of shape in the financial department, don’t try to change every-thing overnight. Instead,
embark on a financial evolution that fosters the kind of behaviors that will im-prove your financial standing
over time. Here are three fundamentals to embrace as you evolve to a new finan-cial you in 2015.
1. Be more aware. Pay-ing more attention to your finances can make a big difference when it comes to achieving your long-term fi-nancial goals. You may over-spend because you don’t have a handle on your bud-get and you’re not exactly sure how much you can af-ford to spend. Move into the new year with renewed fo-cus on your money — where it comes from and where it goes. You may want to try forgoing the use of your credit card and only spend money on things you can afford through your bank ac-count. Also, make it a habit to review your bank state-ments each month so you can see where your money
is going and make adjust-ments if necessary.
2. Reinforce the good. Don’t underestimate the power of your inner self and how emotions drive your financial behaviors. For example, you may dread paying bills or saving money because it makes you feel deprived or anxious. Borrow from the field of psychology and use conditioning and re-wards to reinforce behaviors you want to repeat. Start by practicing positive self-talk to help align your heart with your head. Then sit down to pay bills with your favorite music playing and a favor-ite snack or beverage as re-freshment. Use a notebook to record your successes
and mentally thank your-self for completing the task. Over time, you may start to look forward to the posi-tive feelings now associated with keeping your finances in order.
3. Add and subtract. Changing how you behave financially involves sub-tracting behaviors and add-ing others. For every “bad” financial habit you want to eliminate, identify two or more smart financial habits to take its place. For exam-ple, if your goal is to stop accruing late fees, identify new actions that will help
you succeed, such as open-ing bills immediately to be aware of due dates, pro-gramming alerts in your cal-endar to trigger payments or signing up for automatic payments. Before you know it, late fees will be a thing of the past and you’ll also have a better handle on your up-coming financial obligations.
Jeff Jolly is a Financial Ad-visor and Senior Vice Pres-ident of Root, Borajkiewicz, Lucarelli Wealth Manage-ment, with Ameriprise Finan-cial Services, Inc. in North Haven.Jeff Jolly
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With studies showing “fluoridated communities can show up to a 60 per-cent decrease in caries,” Shoemaker thinks fluorida-tion is “amazing.” Though caries aren’t life-threaten-ing, they are a leading cause of absence from school and work and are expensive to fix. As a result, fluoridation is a practice that may have the greatest benefit for the poorest citizens – something Scientific American and Gawker eagerly pointed out following Portland’s anti-flu-oridation decision. The CDC estimates that every dollar spent on fluoridation saves $38 in dental bills — an im-pressive ratio.
Water fluoridation has
been practiced since the 40s, following studies on com-munities with naturally high fluoride in their water sup-ply. After being instituted, water fluoridation encoun-tered opposition, with some detractors opposing govern-ment making health deci-sions for citizens. In the 50s and 60s, some claimed water fluoridation was a Commu-nist plot to reduce the intel-ligence of the citizenry and make them easier to control – a claim that seems sus-piciously echoed by FAN’s concerns.
WHO and the CDC agree that fluoridation’s benefits outweigh its risks.
It is true that fluoride can cause health problems in large doses, which is why public water supplies seek to control fluoride levels. Some private wells have fluoride at higher than recommended
levels due to fluoride’s nat-ural presence in the water. At recommended levels, the CDC says that the primary risk of fluoridated water is dental fluorosis.
“I do have parents right-fully concerned about flu-orosis and the effect of too much fluoride,” Shoemaker said. He explained that be-ing exposed to too much fluoride in childhood can cause the condition. When excessive amounts of fluo-ride are ingested during the time when teeth are devel-oping underneath gums, the excessive amount of fluo-ride can cause white streaks to appear on teeth. “These changes are barely notice-able and difficult to see ex-cept by a dental health care professional,” the CDC says. FAN, however, argues that fluorosis can cause “signif-icant embarrassment and anxiety over the appear-ance” of teeth.
The condition “can only occur in young children,” Shoemaker explained, as it exclusively affects teeth developing underneath
gums. “My advice to avoid fluorosis would be to not use fluoridated water to mix with (infant) formula,” Shoemaker said. The CDC agrees,adding that children should be breastfed.
Shoemaker said that par-ents concerned about fluo-rosis should be much more concerned about their young children swallowing tooth-paste than fluoride in drink-ing water at recommended levels. “Fluoridation has been studied over and over and it has been repeatedly shown that using the right amount correctly is effective in reducing or stopping den-tal decay,” Shoemaker said.
“Most toothpastes have fluoride in them and it is meant to be spit out and not swallowed,” Shoemaker said.
“For children aged 2 to 6 years, apply no more than a pea-sized amount of fluoride toothpaste to the brush and supervise their toothbrush-ing, encouraging the child to spit out the toothpaste rather than swallow it,” the CDC recommends. Once teeth have developed the
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The CDC and WHO are good sources for informa-tion, Shoemaker said, as are the websites of the Ameri-can Medical Association and the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry.
“Sometimes, the best in-formation is going to come from your own trusted med-ical or dental provider who has already sifted through the studies and can present the facts,” Shoemaker said.
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But the story that most intrigues me is one from my father’s side of the family. Let me preface this by saying that my pater-nal grandmother left this world when I was 6-years-old, so my memories of her are sketchy at best. Mostly those sensible black shoes and a bun and her telling me that if I ate my soup first from the perimeter of the bowl, I would not be so likely to burn my tongue. I have trouble matching her up to her history. She, the man who would become my grandfather, and her two young daughters came to this country from England, under assumed names. They were booked on the Titanic, but in their haste to get out of the country, they took passage with an earlier ship. Once in this country, she kept her whereabouts from her family, sending letters to England by way of her sister in Australia. Grandma on the lam – it just doesn’t compute. I sometimes think how close I could have come to not even being a twinkle in someone’s eye; you know, if they had done the Titanic thing.
As I travel back through the corridors of time, I try to latch on to the bits and pieces of my family mem-bers that will serve me in good stead, and that may have somehow made their way into my DNA. I think these people had true grit. Yes, even the aunties and their “entrepreneurial spirit,” though I can assure you that the establishment of a brothel lies nowhere in my future. Though I don’t know the details, and I never will, I can appre-ciate the courage that my grandparents had to muster in order to leave all things familiar behind and travel to a strange country where they didn’t know anyone, perhaps in order to hold on
to beliefs that were dear to them. And then there’s Sam, who traveled across the country, when such travel posed threats at every turn, to pursue his dream of a bet-ter life.
And the great-grandpar-ents who whiled away the days on a deserted island, in a lighthouse, braving the elements, becoming friends with the soul-numbing sol-itude (well, Great Grandpa did, anyway.) These folks I relate to the most. I think I could do it, I really do, my love of the sea is so fierce. Just me and the water and the seagulls – it all seems too primal and so simple and so freeing. I would need cable, though. I imagine Great Grandma would have liked to weigh in on this one.
So I sit here all tucked away in my cozy little house, the most adventure in my life being the crossing of the road to get my mail (It’s Madison Road. Trust me, there are perils.) But no worries, I say to myself. Any moment now I could get off this couch and start a life of adventure. Because I’ve got true grit coursing through my veins.
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Weekly drop-in programs for babies, tod-dlers and preschoolers. For more information, visit www.durhamlibrary.org/kids/programs.
Fun with Rhythms (age 2 and up). Saturday, Jan. 31, 2 p.m. Learn music, play drums from around the world and make an instrument to
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“We Were Liars” by E. Lockhart.Super Smash Bros. Brawl league (ages 12 to
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Programs for adultsDo You Know Who Your Ancestors Are?
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Movie Matinees - Thursdays at 1:30 p.m. Free and open to the public. Jan. 29 - “The Skeleton Twins” R.Feb. 5 - “the Grand Budapest Hotel” R.Feb. 12 - “Frank” R.Feb. 19 - “The Good Lie” PG-13.Feb. 26 - “This is Where I Leave You” R.Book Lover’s Circle. Wednesday, Feb. 4, 7:30 p.m. “The Alienist” by Caleb Carr. All are welcome.
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FaithLocal Muslims seek to serve humanity, be voice of moderation
For Berlin resident Dr. Reza Mansoor, his faith is a large source of inspiration that pushed him to consider a career in medicine. One translation of a verse that the Hartford Hospital cardiolo-gist said inspired his interest in medicine reads, “To save a life would be as great a virtue as to save all of mankind.”
Mansoor is not alone in taking inspiration from his religion, Islam. According to Cornell University, 42.7 percent of American Mus-lims, such as him, hold an ad-vanced degree and one in 10 is a physician or medical doctor.
Mansoor serves as presi-dent of the Islamic Associ-ation of Greater Hartford, which is based in Berlin. He is also a founding member of the Muslim Coalition of Connecticut, an organization that seeks to serve its faith
through social activism and community service as well as to educate the public about one of the less well under-stood faith communities in the state.
The group was “founded by some of the local leaders realizing that the actions of extremists had resulted in un-fair stereotyping of Muslims,” the MCCT website reads.
“We wanted to live Islam through what the Quran asks us to do,” Mansoor said. “The Quran asks us to be aware and to serve humanity. That is the way you serve God… (it is) a form a worship.”
Local Muslims join mem-bers of other faiths to par-ticipate regularly in service at soup kitchens, including Mercy Shelter in Hartford and the Friendship Center in New Britain. Local Muslims also participate in Habitat for Humanity’s House of Abra-ham Program, which brings together Muslims, Jews, and
Christians who share Abra-ham as a common religious figure.
Muslims also participate in the Foodshare Walk Against Hunger in Hartford every year. Mansoor said the com-munity has welcomed service from Muslims. For exam-ple, the walk accommodates the Muslims’ midday prayer, which falls during the Food-share program. All three faith leaders participate in an in-terfaith prayer, followed by the Muslims’ midday prayer, after which the walk goes on.
In the media, “you hear that Islam is a violent reli-gion,” Mansoor said, but for him Islam is a religion that condemns violence; he cites a scripture that compares kill-ing a person to “killing all of humanity.” Mansoor also said that Islam is not a religion op-posed to free speech.
Local Muslims sought to spearhead efforts to hold a memorial service remember-ing victims of the Sept. 11 at-tacks on the 10thanniversary, and found their efforts wel-comed by other local faith
leaders, Mansoor said. The organization also recently posted a statement on its website condemning the at-tack by gunmen on the of-fices of the Parisian magazine Charlie Hebdo.
“I don’t think we should just blame the media,” for stereotypes of Muslims or the ways violent extremists are sometimes conflated with all Muslims, Mansoor said.
“We should try to make a difference in the community and allow people to ask us what Islam represents to us.”
One problem is that many people know very little about their Muslim neighbors in American communities. “Not only are we a minority com-munity that is not well un-derstood, we are a relatively new minority community in America,” Mansoor said.
“There are extremists in all faith communities, and we have our extremists,” Mansoor said. The Muslim Coalition of Connecticut, however, “actively tries to show the true calling of Islam, which is not only to serve hu-manity but to be a voice of moderation.”
According to Mansoor, moderation is an important tenet of his faith. “At all times, a Muslim should be thinking, ‘is this the middle course,’” avoiding extremism while also not becoming too lax in one’s faith, he said.
“This comes directly from the life of the prophet,” Man-soor said.
After the Islamic prophet Muhammad was forced to leave Mecca and settled in Medina, he drafted the consti-tution that would govern that community, which included local Jews as well as polythe-ists. “He formed the constitu-tion of Medina, giving rights to women and to minorities, and this is hardly ever spoken about,” Mansoor said.
“Islam is very much a reli-gion that asks you to go out and be part of the community and do service to the commu-nity,” Mansoor said.
For more information visit www.muslimcoalitionct.org/.
By Charles KreutzkampTown Times
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Faith Briefs
Food driveThe Church of the Epiph-
any, 196 Main St., has sched-uled a food drive fundraiser, “Souper Bowl of Caring,” for Sunday, Feb. 1, 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Church youth will accept non-perishable food items and monetary donations to benefit the Amazing Grace Food Pantry.
BluegrassBill Mintz and his Bluegrass
Band are scheduled for Friday, Feb. 6, 6 to 9 p.m., at Middle-field Federated Church, 402 Main St. A fee is charged. The event, which includes pizza and ice cream sundaes, bene-fits HELO Haiti, a non-profit corporation that supports an orphanage in aux Cayes, Haiti.
For tickets and more infor-mation, call Claudia White at (860) 301-8215.
Senior Happenings
Middlefield Senior CenterMardi Gras luncheon
The Middlefield Senior Center has scheduled a Mardi Gras Luncheon for Tuesday, Feb. 17, at noon. Reserva-tions are required by Feb. 10. For more information and to RSVP, call (860) 349-7121.
Volunteers neededThe Middlefield Senior
Center is looking for volun-teer meal servers. Time com-mitment is approximately two hours each month on Monday, Wednesday or Friday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Training is provided.
For more information, call Joan at (860) 349-7121.
Durham Senior Board activities
Senior hot lunchThe Durham Senior Citi-
zens Board has scheduled an elderly nutrition lunch pro-gram for all persons 60 and over and their spouses, for Monday, Jan. 26 and Wednes-day, Jan. 28, at noon, at the Durham Activity Center, 350 Main St.
For lunch reservations, call Amanda Pedersen at (860) 349-3153 by noon the day be-fore. A suggested donation is
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Dial-A-Ride is available for transportation. For ride res-ervations, call Albert at (860) 347-3313.
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Government Meetings
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SportsCoginchaug hockey players hit the ice
The Lyman Hall hockey team, which includes five players from Coginchaug Re-gional High School, suffered a tough last-second loss versus the visiting team from Mt. Ev-erett, Mass. on Jan. 17.
For the first time this year, players from Coginchaug, which does not have its own hockey team, are part of the Lyman Hall Trojans. Fresh-man Josh Martinez, soph-omores Zach Lemieux and Kaylie LeMere, junior Jake Martinez, and senior Tim McDermott are the first batch of Coginchaug players to join the team. The Haddam-Kill-ingworth school district joined Lyman Hall previously.
The hockey played during the Saturday evening game was both fast and hard-hit-ting. Trojan goalie Zach O’Toole had multiple saves to preserve a 1-0 lead into the second period. The Tro-jans were unable to capital-ize on a second-period power play after Mt. Everett took a five-minute major penalty for tripping.
The trip sent Lyman Hall’s Chris Blanchard to the locker room and out of the game.
With the score tied 1-1 late in the third period, the Tro-jans had to withstand a Mt. Everett power play after re-ceiving their own five-min-ute major penalty for hitting an unsuspecting player. The Trojans’ defense successfully killed the power play and the game seemed to be headed for the end of regulation tied 1-1 when Mt. Everett took ad-vantage of a breakaway and scored with 18 seconds left.
The loss snapped a two-game win streak for the Tro-jans and left them at 2-5.
Trojan home games are played at the Northford Ice Pavilion. The team’s sched-ule is available on the CRHS athletics website.
By Mark DionneTown Times
Coginchaug’s Zach Lemieux, one of the Trojans’ three goalies, stands with his team during player introductions. | Mark Dionne / Town Times
Tryouts for the Minors and Majors Divisions for the 2015 CLL season will be held Saturday, Jan. 24 at the Rushford Gym off of Route 68. All interest-ed players must complete a tryout prior to entrance. If a player tried out in June of 2014, they do not need to try out again. All attending must bring a glove, bat, helmet, and sneakers. Majors tryout will begin at 10 a.m.; Mi-nors will begin at 11 a.m. For more information, contact (Seniors) Nick Faiella, [email protected], or (Minors) Joe Fournier, [email protected].
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Online registration for all levels of baseball and softball is now open for the 2015 spring Little League season. In 2014, Little League Interna-tional adopted new age requirements that allow any boy or girl who turns 5 by Dec. 31, 2015 to reg-ister for T-Ball. This is a younger starting age than in prior seasons.
For previously regis-tered players, visit www.coginchaugll.org and se-lect the “Register On-line” tab. For first-year players, Coginchaug Lit-tle League will be hold-ing an open house in late January for in-per-son registration. Details of the open house can be found online.
Coginchaug Little League is open to all res-idents of Durham, Mid-dlefield and Rockfall, and all age-appropri-ate players that attend a school within those towns, including Inde-pendent Day School.
CLL spring registration now open
Janney leads 2015 Gold Key field
A former NHL star, a Yale football great, the all-time leading scorer in scholastic girls basketball and a Fairfield County league administrator and coach will receive Gold Keys at the 74th Gold Key Dinner administered by the Connecticut Sports Writers’ Alliance in April.
Former pro hockey player Craig Janney of Enfield, Yale running back John Pagliaro of Derby, former Killingly High and Providence College bas-ketball standout Tracy Lis and longtime FCIAC admin-istrator John Kuczo will be honored at on Sunday, April 26 at the Aqua Turf Club in Southington.
The Gold Key is regarded as one of the highest sports awards in the state, and since 1940 the Connecticut Sports Writers’ Alliance has recog-nized individuals from the
state who have achieved ex-cellence on the youth, high school, collegiate and profes-sional levels.
Past recipients of the Gold Key include: Connie Mack (1940), Willie Pep (1961), Walt Dropo (1975), George H.W. Bush (1991), Gordie Howe (1992), Geno Auriemma (2001), Jim Calhoun (2003), Kristine Lilly (2012) and Amby Burfoot (2014).
The Class of 2015 recipients will continue that tradition.
Tickets to the 2015 Gold Key Dinner, which begins at 4 p.m., can be purchased by contacting either CSWA president Matthew Conyers of The Hartford Courant at (860) 874-4166 or [email protected] or Vice President Tim Jensen of The Enfield Source at [email protected]. Tickets can also be obtained by mailing a check to Connecticut Sports Writers’ Alliance, P.O. Box 70, Unionville, CT, 06085.
Craig JanneyAfter leading Enfield High
to a perfect season and a Di-vision I title in 1983, Janney went on to become one of the state’s most successful hockey players. He played in 880 NHL games over 12 seasons, com-peting for six different teams.
In his rookie season of 1988-89, Janney placed fifth in the Calder Trophy voting, won by his former Boston Col-lege teammate and fellow Connecticut product, Brian Leetch. The following year, Janney scored the game-win-ning goal in Game 7 of a play-off series against the Hartford Whalers, but the Bruins fell to Edmonton in five games in the Stanley Cup finals.
On Feb. 7, 1992, Janney was traded to the St. Louis Blues for another playmaking cen-ter, Adam Oates. Janney en-joyed his biggest statistical
Record-Journal staff
Cheshire’s Brian Leetch, left, and Enfield’s Craig Janney pose for a picture at Rentschler Field in East Hartford before an outdoor alumni game between the Boston Bruins and Hartford Whalers in 2011. Leetch, an NHL Hall of Famer, was awarded a Gold Key in 2009. Janney, a former NHL standout, will join the club this April. | Chris Rutsch / Hartford Wolf PackSee Gold / Page 16
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season in 1992-93, registering 82 assists and 106 points.
Janney spent his final five seasons bouncing between the San Jose Sharks, Winnipeg Jets/Phoenix Coyotes, Tampa Bay Lightning and New York Islanders.
He retired following the 1998-99 campaign with 751 points in 760 regular-season games, and 110 in 120 playoff contests.
Janney was named All-State three times, amassing 125 goals and 137 assists. He
played his senior season at Deerfield (Mass.) Academy, where he racked up 33 goals and 35 assists in 17 games.
Tracy LisLis has held the state’s ca-
reer scoring record in both boys and girls basketball for a quarter century.
A four-year starting shoot-ing guard at Killingly High, Lis scored 3,681 points in high school and broke Wal-ter Luckett’s all-time scoring mark.
A decade ago, Lis was among the 15 players selected
to the Big East Conference’s Silver Anniversary team. She played for Providence College from 1988 to 1992 and remains the program’s career scoring leader with 2,534 points and ranks third all-time in Big East career scoring. Her No. 22 jer-sey was retired by the Friars last spring.
Lis was a two-time All-Big East First-Team selection as a junior and a senior and earned Big East All-Tournament ac-colades three times.
In 1990, Lis helped guide the Friars to their first Big East Conference Tournament
championship and advance to the NCAA tournament round of 16. In 1991, she helped pro-pel Providence to its highest national ranking (15th) in the Associated Press poll.
Lis played professionally in the American Basketball League for the New England Blizzard.
John PagliaroPagliaro was a high school
football star at Derby, leading the Red Raiders to back-to-back undefeated seasons in 1972 and 73.
He rushed for 1,047 yards
on 137 carries and scored 26 touchdowns as a senior to help Derby earn the No. 1 ranking in the writers’ Top 10 poll. In his final high school game, he rushed for five touchdowns against Shelton. The 5’10, 190-pound Pagliaro also played defense for a unit that recorded eight shutouts and surrendered just 25 points in his senior year.
At Yale, he became the first back to rush for more than 1,000 yards in successive sea-sons. He twice was named the recipient of the Asa Bush-nell Cup, presented to the Ivy League’s most valuable player. He graduate as the career leader in rushing touchdowns (34), a mark that stood for 30 years, and second to Dick Jauron on the career rushing yardage list (2,476).
In his final game at Yale in 1977, Pagliaro rushed for 172 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Bulldogs over Har-vard. The win secured Yale’s first outright Ivy League title in 10 years.
Pagliaro was coached by two Gold Key recipients — in high school by Lou DeFilippo and at Yale by Carmen Cozza.
Pagliaro lives in Maryland and works as a media exec-utive. His son John played defensive back at Yale, grad-uating after the 2010 season.
John KuczoFor more than three-and-a-
half decades, John Kuczo has been the driving force behind one of the most successful high school athletic confer-ences in state history.
In fact, the longtime com-missioner of the FCIAC is one of only two individuals asso-ciated with the league all 54 years of its existence. Ralph King, a 2008 Gold Key win-ner and now assistant com-missioner, is the other.
Kuczo’s association with the FCIAC began as a 23-year-old coach in 1961, the same year a group of Fairfield County athletic directors, coaches and principals including his father — legendary Stamford High coach and 1958 Gold Key winner Paul Kuczo — formed the first major conference in the state. He became an FCIAC administrator as sec-retary-treasurer in 1968. He held that title for 10 years be-
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someone who’s principled and also who is reasonable,” Looney said.
Vincent Cervoni, chair-man of the Wallingford Town Council, said having a sena-tor representing Wallingford in a leadership position is an advantage.
“It probably gives us a little leg up,” Cervoni said.
Cervoni’s major concern is state mandates on stormwater treatment that could require costly upgrades of municipal wastewater treatment plants. Cervoni hopes the legislature can modify, postpone or fund those mandates, which could cost millions.
In his recent State of the State address, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy described transpor-tation as one of the state’s biggest challenges and pro-posed widening Interstate 95, building new rail stations and branch lines, and creating a “21st century bus service.”
While agreeing transporta-tion is a problem, Fasano said he is also concerned about state debt. He feels borrow-ing to widen I-95 could sad-dle future legislatures with the interest on those loans. Fasano was also concerned about how long the project could take.
“We’ll all be in backpack jets by the time that thing gets done,” he said.
Expanding rail service is a better way to address con-gested roads, according to Fa-sano. Creating a high-speed service from New Haven to New York that would keep the commute to about an hour could help the transportation situation and make more Con-necticut cities viable living options for those working in New York.
Looney said he is glad Mal-
loy is making transportation a priority. Changing commut-ing patterns, including those traveling from the cities to the suburbs to work, make car, rail and bus transportation important issues to address.
Looney and Fasano worked on bringing a for-profit hospi-tal to the state, a plan which floundered last month but could be revived.
Tenet Healthcare Corp. no-tified state regulators in De-cember it was withdrawing its applications to buy five hos-pitals in Connecticut because of requirements proposed by
the state Office of Health Care Access. Tenet had planned to buy Waterbury Hospital as a first step.
Fasano supports the ad-dition of Tenet to the state’s existing health care net-works. With the expansion of Hartford Hospital and Yale’s networks, Fasano said, another entity can provide competition.
He and Looney met with Tenet officials about how OCHA’s restrictions could be negotiated.
“The conversations are very, very positive,” Fasano
said.There’s little difference
between the way a for-profit hospital operates and the way Yale and Hartford Hospital have run their networks, Fa-sano said. Sharon Hospital, a for-profit institution, spends proportionately less on CEO and middle management sal-aries, while spending more on community activities, accord-ing to Fasano.
As minority leader, Fasa-no’s role includes helping Republicans win support. The party has been misrepre-sented as not caring about the
poor and cities.The most pressing need is
jobs for young people who may not go to college or trade school after high school. Fa-sano said tech jobs can pro-vide work since younger generations are familiar with technology.
In addition to providing a plan, Republicans also have to communicate.
“We have to go the in-ner-city communities, we have to go to the business communities,” he said. “I want people to know who we are.”
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fore taking over as commis-sioner in the fall of 1978.
In 2006, he received the Thomas R. Monahan Honor Award, the Conn. H.S. Coaches Association’s highest award for professional educators. He was inducted into the National High School Coaches Associa-tion Hall of Fame in 2011.
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The Middlesex Dance Center has scheduled an American Academy of Ballet Performance Award event for Friday, Jan. 23, 6 p.m., at the Middlefield Commu-nity Center, 405 Main St, Middlefield. The event is open to the public.
Dancers will perform a series of prescribed port de bras, adage, alle-gro, and pirouette com-binations, as well as short solo dances. Ad-mission is a donation of an item for the Middle-field Food Bank or a local animal shelter.
Dance event Jan. 23
Lady Devils split two
The Lady Blue Devil girls basketball team split a pair of matchups last week to im-prove to 6-5 on the year and inch closer to a playoff berth.
Tuesday, Jan. 13, the local girls played host to the Rams of Old Saybrook, besting their foes by a final count of 46-29.
The Blue Devils failed to gain much separation early on as they held slim 7-3 and 17-13 leads after the first and second quarters. After ex-tending the lead to eight af-ter three frames, Coginchaug slammed the door shut with a 14-5 advantage in the final quarter.
Audrey Arcari led Cogin-chaug with 19 points and added two steals. Mikayla Wyskiel and Larissa Cade each had eight points and six rebounds. Cade also stole the ball twice. Naomi Rinaldo led the team with 11 rebounds,
while also adding six points and two steals. Amy Arcari had three points and two steals, while Alana Beckert contributed two points and two rebounds.
Coginchaug ended its week on a sour note, though, in a 66-48 loss to visiting Cromwell.
After allowing an early 9-0 advantage to the Panthers, the Blue Devils closed the first quarter in impressive fashion to come within two of Crom-well, 15-13. Yet the Panthers proved to be too strong for the Devils as their lead grew to nine at the half, 28-19, and swelled to 18 by the end of the third, 48-30.
Cade led Coginchaug with 12 points and 11 rebounds. Audrey Arcari and Naomi Rinaldo each scored eight points, with Arcari adding three rebounds and three as-sists while Rinaldo added a rebound and a steal. Wyskiel recorded seven points and five rebounds while Ashleigh Halligan added seven points and one steal. Beckert had six points, five rebounds, one steal and one assist.
Coginchaug currently holds a record of 6-3 in Shore-line Conference play.
By Alan Pease
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School News
Scholastic achievementsEmma Mears of Durham has been named
to the fall dean’s list at Choate Rosemary Hall.
Graduates University of New Haven - Zach Mar-
towski of Durham.
President’s listWestern New England University, Mas-
sachusetts - Rebecca Ludecke of Durham; Mark Vanaman of Middlefield.
Dean’s listBryant University, Rhode Island -
Morgan Dickson, Tyler Meeker, Ryan Sirois of Durham.
Eastern Connecticut State University - Jacquelyn Benson, Rachel Judson, Leah Slawinowski, Caitlynn Chabot of Durham; Caryn Sibiskie of Rockfall; William Mal-colm, Michael Lisitano of Middlefield.
Keene State College, New Hampshire - Jenna Barton, Lauren Giannini, Benjamin Kelly, Geoffrey Meiman, Kayla Votto of Durham; Mary D’Orvilliers, Hannah Goulis of Middlefield.
LaSalle College, Massachusetts - Kara Mather of Durham.
Nichols College, Massachusetts - Me-gan Andrulis of Durham; Michael Bongi-omo of Middlefield.
Stonehill College, Massachusetts - Lauren Esposito of Rockfall.
University of New Haven - Emily Car-ria, Mikaela Dumont, Aaron Norowski, Jes-sica Zerillo of Durham; Jennifer Roth of Middlefield.
University of Rhode Island - Nicole Ianniello, Gabriel Oshana of Durham; Katie Bednarz of Middlefield.
Strong honor roll correctionsDue to an error, the following students
were omitted or listed incorrectly on the first trimester Strong School honor roll.
High honors - Dana, Brenda Eric; DiPen-tima, Anna Rose; Grenier, Alexandria Marie; King, Jessica; Patel, Rohan.
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student at Strong,” Sadinsky said. “Rebecca is all about building connections and re-lationships ... and as a guid-ance counselor that’s one of the best things you could ask for.”
Staff at Strong praised Sinu-sas for being positive, diving in to activities, and leading by example. One staff mem-ber’s recommendation on behalf of Sinusas called her “the daughter I think every-one would be proud to have.”
Sadinsky noted that Sinusas
was on the interview commit-tee that selected him to be the new principal and said she represented the school well before and after he arrived. “She’s one of the many great things that [make] Strong school ... I’m proud to say I get a chance to work with her each and every day.”
Accepting the recognition, Sinusas told the BOE she was at a loss for what to say until she thought of career coun-seling with students. The honoree said, “You have to figure out what is important to you and then you find a job
that fits those things that you really value. When I reflected on what I value, I came up with three top things. The first one was to work with kids, and I have the honor to work with the best kids around every single day ... The second one was to chal-lenge myself ... and the third one was community. I work with some of the most amaz-ing colleagues ... I feel lucky to work with them every day.”
Sinusas thanked the BOE and said, “It’s so wonderful to be recognized for doing something that you love.”
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StateConnecticut remembers Martin Luther King Jr.
HARTFORD (AP) — Hun-dreds of people gathered at sev-eral events across Connecticut to celebrate the life of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.
The 30th annual Dr. Mar-tin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Breakfast drew more than 500 people including state politi-cal and religious leaders to the Connecticut Convention Cen-ter in Hartford on Monday. The event has awarded more than $200,000 in scholarships to fe-
male African-American high school seniors.
In Bridgeport, Connecticut Democratic Congressman Jim Himes said he joined more than 500 volunteers to work on community service projects on the University of Bridgeport’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service.
An annual Martin Luther King Jr. scholarship breakfast was held at Platt High School in Meriden, and Mt. Olive AME Zion Church in Waterbury held a special service.
Gov. Malloy pushing Connecticut’s story nationally
HARTFORD (AP) — Con-necticut Gov. Dannel P. Mal-loy is in line for at least a taste of the national spotlight as his party pushes to win back seats and keep control of the White House in 2016.
As the new chairman of the national Democratic Governors Association next year, Malloy will be tapped to campaign for Democrats across the country as part of the Democratic Na-
tional Committee’s national surrogate team.
Malloy was one of the rare Democrats who won re-elec-tion last year despite pushing a liberal agenda, including a higher minimum wage. Repub-licans picked up governor’s of-fices in four Democratic-held states.
Malloy says talking about Connecticut in the context of national policy is good for the state, including the state’s pros-pects in Washington.
Connecticut insurance marketplace enrolls more than 108,000
HARTFORD (AP) — More than 108,000 people have en-rolled in health insurance plans over the past two months through Connecticut’s health insurance marketplace.
Jim Wadleigh, acting director of Access Health CT, said Jan. 15 that enrollment has been “very strong” during the 2015 open enrollment period, which be-gan Nov. 15. Of the new enroll-ees, 83,749 have signed up with government-funded Medicaid and 24,287 have enrolled in pri-vate health insurance plans.
Wadleigh says there have been spikes in enrollment ac-tivity. For instance, Jan. 15 marked the second to last ma-jor milestone. That was the fi-nal day to enroll in coverage
that begins Feb. 1. This year’s open enrollment period ends Feb. 15.
Wadleigh said membership is growing for small business coverage as well. So far, 175 small companies have signed up for plans.
Numerous errors plagued Election Day in Hartford
HARTFORD (AP) — A report on Election Day vot-ing problems in Hartford says “multiple, serious errors” plagued the Nov. 4 balloting that kept residents from vot-ing and hindered an accurate vote count.
The report, prompted by the failure of several polling stations to open at 6 a.m. as re-quired, was issued Jan. 16 by a committee established by the Hartford City Council.
It said Hartford Registrars failed to provide the Secretary of the State with information about polling place modera-tors and failed to timely pre-pare and deliver final registry books by 8 p.m. the day before Election Day.
Other problems, accord-ing to the report, include the failure to prepare and open several polling places and maintain adequate communications.
The report blames a dys-functional working relation-ship among election officials and a lack of leadership and accountability.
Coginchaug Li tt le League has scheduled an open house for all new and current players and parents on Monday, Jan. 26, 6:30 to 8 p.m., at the Middlefield Community Center, 2nd floor.
The open house is a way to keep parents as in-formed as possible, as the league no longer sched-ules in-person registra-tion sessions. First-year players are the exception, and are requested to be registered in person at the open house. Players may also have the opportunity to register for the March pitching clinic.
Little League is always looking for coaches. The open house will discuss coaching opportunities.
For more information, visit www.coginchaugll.org.
Little League open house Jan. 26
Co g i n c h a u g Va l -ley Education Founda-tion has scheduled its CVEF Trivia Bee for Fri-day, March 6, 7 p.m., at Strong School gym. For more information, email [email protected] or visit www.cogin-chaugvef.com.
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Graphic Designer, Web & Print
Record-Journal Publishing Co., is seeking a pro-gressive graphic designer to join our creativeteam. Qualified candidates will demonstratestrong creative web & print design, attentionto detail and proficiency with all major designsoftware.
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The Record JournalPublishing Compa-ny is looking for a fi-nancial analyst tohelp produce finan-cial data for thecompany. The quali-fied candidateshould have a Bach-elor’s Degree in Ac-counting or 1-3years accounting /audit experience.Listed below are theimportant job func-tions required.
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Crowd-sourcing ideas for its upcoming exhi-bition Connecticut: 50 Objects/50 Stories, The Connecticut Historical Society (CHS) invites the public to suggest ob-jects that help illustrate our state as a dynamic place, a diverse commu-nity, or a distinct idea.
The object can be old or new; personal or owned by an institution or someone else; evoke a family experience or a community; or repre-sent an idea or action; symbolic or literal.
Submissions will be reviewed by CHS staff members and exhibit partners, who will se-lect 50 objects and their stories for the exhibit, which will open May 19. The physical exhibit at CHS will highlight objects that come from individuals, its own col-lection, and from other historical groups. A vir-tual exhibit will also be posted online, showcas-ing all suggested objects as well as the 50 objects in the physical exhibit.
To submit your object and story, fill out CHS’s online form at chs.org/exhibition/connecti-cut-50-objects-50-sto-ries/ by April 30.
For more information on the Connecticut: 50 Objects/50 Stories ex-hibit, email the Connecti-cut Historical Society at [email protected] or call (860) 236-5621.
Connecticut-defining objects sought
Durham Recreation scheduled bridge games at the Durham-Middle-field community center every Friday at 6:15 p.m. Classes adapt to any per-son’s needs or concerns. For more information, call Jim Martinelli at (860) 346-6611.
Friday Night Bridge
After a hard-fought week, the Blue Devils deserved the award that awaited them.
With an impressive 2-0 week, the Cogin-chaug boys basketball team reached the magic number of eight wins to qualify for the Class S state tournament.
The Devils began their week with a thrilling 43-42 overtime victory over Cromwell.
After falling behind 42-41 on a Panther layup, Conor Doyle sank two free throws with 4.1 seconds remaining to give Coginchaug the victory.
The game’s grueling first half left the Pan-thers in front 17-16. A Cam Powers bucket put the Blue Devils ahead 18-16 early in the third quarter for the final time in regulation.
Despite falling behind 35-30 early in the fourth, Coginchaug clawed its way back thanks to baskets by Powers, Devin Rodrigue, and a free throw from Joshua Smith.
Cromwell took a 37-35 lead before Doyle sank both ends of a one-and-one opportunity to level things off at 37-all before heading into overtime.
Powers gave Coginchaug the early lead in the extra frame on a nifty put-back jumper from just inside the 3-point arc, and extended the lead to 41-38 on an acrobatic scoop shot.
Cromwell scored the next four points on layups before Doyle’s heroics.
Powers led the Devils with 14 points, four of which came in overtime. Doyle added 13 points and four rebounds. Zach Terrill scored six points and pulled down four boards, while the big rebounders were Rodrigue with nine and Josh Smith with seven. Each glass eater also scored four points. Zach Vallone rounded out the scoring with two.
Jan. 17, the local boys had a much easier time putting away the Cougars of Haddam-Killing-worth to come away with a 59-48 win.
Coginchaug led by six points after the first quarter and doubled its lead to 12 at the half, 37-25.
The Blue Devils took a 10-point advantage into the fourth quarter, where they kept the Cougars at bay to come away with their post-season-clinching eighth victory.
Rodrigue had an outstanding game, as the senior came away with an impressive 20-point, 15-rebound double-double.
Doyle added 19 and three boards, and Pow-ers rounded out the double-digit scores with 14 points. Powers also had three steals and three rebounds.
Terrill added four points and six rebounds while Smith added two points and three boards. Jake Sapia and Kyle Wyskiel had five rebounds combined.
Coginchaug’s current 6-1 record in Shore-line Conference play has been good enough for second place, just behind Valley Regional.
State tournament-boundBy Alan Pease
The third annual Cheshire Doggie Bowla-thon will be held Satur-day, Feb. 7, 1 to 3 p.m., at Apple Valley Bowl, 1304 South Main St. in Plants-ville. The admission price includes unlimited bowling, shoes, food and beverage. The Cheshire Dog Park is a 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit or-ganization. All proceeds go to enhance and main-tain Cheshire’s dog park. For more information, email [email protected] or call Derek at (860) 309-6187.
Dog park bowlathon set for Saturday, Feb. 7
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Meet Masonicare resident Ruth Crawford. Ruth first lived independently in the Hawkins Apart-ments on the Wallingford campus. When she required more care and physical therapy in 2013, however, she moved into the Health Center.
Ruth loves the entertainment offered at Masonicare, especially the Western concerts, visits from the daycare children, and the writing class. “I’m calling my story ‘I Remember When’ says this “can-do” lady who went back to college and graduated at age 75!
Ruth and CNA Sarah Wallace have a great relation-ship. “She’s tops. She knows just what to do and when, and makes me feel secure.” For her part, Sarah speaks from the heart: “The residents are like my family — they are the grandparents I never had. I’ve learned so much from them.”
To learn more about our long-term nursing care and how we can help you or a loved one, call 888-679-9997.
Ruth enjoys preparing an apple pie with Sarah Wallace, Certified Nursing Assistant at Masonicare Health Center.
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