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Volume 4, Number 20 Your Town, Your News Friday, May 15, 2009

By Kyle SwartzThe North Haven Citizen

Half the high school audi-torium was filled Mondaynight as several hundred citi-zens debated the town budgetat the town hall meeting, fo-cusing on the paramedic pro-gram and the budget’s fund-ing.

The paramedics programwould provide four full-timeparamedics to the town. Theprogram’s advantages areobvious and understatedlyvital - North Haven is one offew towns around without oncall, full-time paramedicstrained in life-saving skills.Several speakers also point-ed out that ambulances arenot necessarily guaranteedto contain paramedics – acommon misconception be-ing that they are - so that atpresent, it is a gamble that aparamedic will arrive on thescene of an emergency inNorth Haven.

A concern regarding theprogram is the cost. A feder-al Safer Act grant would pro-vide $156,030 for the firstyear of the program, fol-lowed by $138,700, $86,680,and $52,080 in the next three

years, respectively. From thefifth year on, the town wouldbe expected to absorb the ap-proximately $500,000 pro-gram itself. However, em-ploying four paramedics inaddition to the town’s cur-rent firefighter roster wouldsave upwards of $250,000 to$275,000 in overtime pay-ments to the present fire-fighters, according to theNorth Haven Firefighter Pro-fessional Firefighters Asso-ciation. The association be-lieves that the program willonly cost $239,957 once thegrant runs out.

A major point of con-tention was the decision totie the paramedic program’spassing to a “yes” vote on thebudget. First SelectmanJanet McCarty made it clearthat if the budget fails, sheand the Board of Financewill take it as a sign to cutcosts, with the paramedicprogram being the first to go.

“Historically, a no votemeans ‘don’t spend as muchmoney,’” McCarty said. “Ifyou vote no on the budgetand yes on the paramedics,then we have to cut some-

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MADD variety show honors NicoleStepen’s life, passion for dance

Citizen photos by KyleSwartz

Above, NancyRivera, New Lon-don County’s Out-standing Teen, per-forms at the show.At left, studentsfrom Gloria Jean’sStudio of Dance inNorth Haven per-formed “Join theCircus” on May 8.


An exhibition featuringsome of the area’s most tal-ented performers was heldMay 8 in the North HavenHigh School auditorium tocelebrate and rememberNicole Stepen, a local studenttragically lost last year in analcohol-fueled car crash.

“Much Ado about DrunkDriving” was presented byConnecticut’s chapter ofMother’s Against Drunk Dri-ving. The 35-act show wasmainly comprised of dancingand singing numbers from lo-cal youth studios, but also in-cluded a magic show, a seniortap group, several raffles, andwritten and photographictributes to Stepen. All per-formers volunteered theirtime. The evening was hostedby Miss Connecticut, AshleyGlenn, and 300 people attend-ed, helping raise approxi-mately $3,300 for MADD, ac-cording to event organizerand MADD CT memberMichelle Lettieri.

“The studios could giveback to the community,” Let-tieri said. “They could volun-teer in a fun way.” Lettierialso wanted to thank the

‘Held hostage’Residents express concerns asbudget moves toward referendum

See Budget, page 37See MADD show, page 31

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Tuesday, May 19Referendum, beginning at

6 a.m.Commission on Aging,

Joyce C. Budrow Senior Cen-ter, 178 Pool Road, 6 p.m.

Wednesday, May 20Board of Finance, Town

Hall, 18 Church St., confer-ence room 1, 7 p.m.

Thursday, May 21North Haven Memorial Li-

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Zoning Board of Appeals,Mildred A. Wakeley Recre-

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Recycling of electronicswill be available on Saturday,May 16, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.at North Haven MiddleSchool, 55 Bailey Road.

Items accepted: comput-ers, monitors, phones, TVs,VCRs, copiers, fax machines,printers, radios, stereos,camcorders, microwaveovens.

Items not accepted: elec-tronics containing mercury,refrigerants or radioactivesubstances.

This recycling is availableto residents of Cheshire,Hamden, Meriden, NorthHaven and Wallingford.

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Ziti dinner at Sonsand Daughters

Please join the members ofNorth Haven Sons andDaughters of Italy Lodge2805 for a ziti and meatballdinner with salad and icecream bar. All proceeds areto benefit a special member,Carole Caggiano. Dinner willbe held on Saturday, May 16,at the lodge at 540R Washing-ton Ave. (behind Dino’sRestaurant). Seating is from5:30 to 7:30 p.m. and ticketsare $10 for adults and $5 forchildren under 8 years old.You may also show your sup-port by buying a placementad, business card size for $25.If you are interested in pur-

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Gaylord Hospitalart show

Gaylord Hospital will behosting its 15th annual artshow, Creative Expressions,on Tuesday, May 19. Theopening reception will beheld from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. atthe Brooker Lecture Hall,Gaylord Farm Road, on theWallingford campus of Gay-lord Hospital. The event isfree to the public.

The show features artistsfrom all across Connecticutwith over one dozen artistsparticipating and 125 piecesof art on display and for sale.The featured artist this yearis from Wallingford.

The “Circle of Friends” isan art therapy group thatgathers twice a week to workon their art and to get sup-port from fellow artists/pa-tients. The proceeds from thesales will go back to theartists and will be reinvestedin the program, primarilyfunding art supplies.

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Haven Memorial Librarywill be sponsoring an adultprogram on jewelry designon Wednesday, May 20, at 7p.m. in the community roomof the North Haven Library,

17 Elm St. The program willbe conducted by GeralynTagatac, who has been de-signing jewelry for manyyears. Each attendee will re-ceive a strand of semi-pre-cious stones to work with,along with a selection ofloose beads of glass, wood,plated silver and plated gold,to create a beautiful andunique necklace to takehome.

This program is for adultsonly and space is limited.Please call the library at (203)239-5803 to register.

CommunityConversationmeeting

The Planning Committeeof the Community Conversa-tion, “The Future of the Chil-dren, the Future of NorthHaven, would like to inviteyou to attend the Follow UpCommunity Conversation onTuesday, May 26, from 6 to7:30 p.m. at North Haven HighSchool.

Over 80 people from vari-ous backgrounds were in at-tendance at North HavenHigh School on April 27 tocontribute to this initial dis-cussion. Now we will havethe opportunity to hear aboutthe results of the discussionas well as partake in the plan-ning of the next steps.

Let your voice be heard! Ifyou have a strong interest inthis conversation topic orknow someone who is, thenplease attend. We welcome allmembers of the North Havencommunity to attend. Formore information or toR.S.V.P., please call AliciaClapp at (203) 407-1774 or e-mail: [email protected].

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By David MarchesseaultSpecial to the Citizen

In a quiet neighborhoodon the Whitney Avenue sideof town lives a college pro-fessor with powerful ideasthat she shares in a new book

on how this world could pro-duce better leaders. Thename of this scholar is theRev. Susan I. Fowler, Ph.D.,and her book entitled, “Lead-ing with Spirit: Transform-ing Leadership for SocialChange” is the result of five

years of inten-sive research.

The resultingacademic re-source was basedon a nine monthworkshop whichwas repeatedwith five cohortsof communityleaders deter-mined to im-prove their lead-ership skills.Grateful to befunded by theWilliam C.Graustein Foun-dation in Ham-den, and appre-ciative of the as-sistance of BillGraustein in itsformulation, the15-year residentof North Haven

has produced a trainingmanual that is applicable toany position of leadership,whether in education, poli-tics, non profit, business, orin any leadership role. It hasbeen aptly dubbed, the“Community LeadershipProgram.”

Fowler’s unique blend ofexperience in education,pastoral ministry, and socialjustice work has producedan invaluable guide to suc-cessful leadership. Drawingupon her background withgraduate degrees in pastoralcounseling and in ethicsfrom Yale University, she ledthe five-year study while ob-taining her doctorate degreefrom the Graduate Theologi-cal Foundation. Her exhaus-tive work examined the rela-tionship among “personalconversion, transformation-al leadership, and socialchange.”

As a member of the facul-ty at Quinnipiac University,she is an instructor of cours-es in philosophy and reli-gious studies, and also teach-es in the Quinnipiac Semi-nar Program in Community.

Similar course work, as wellas a management and leader-ship class, are offered by heras an adjunct professor at Al-bertus Magnus College inNew Haven, and as a visitingprofessor at Indiana’s Grad-uate Theological Founda-tion. If that’s not enough,she was trained (and holdsgraduate school certifica-tion) in spiritual directionfrom Sacred Heart Universi-ty in Fairfield.

Fowler said that her bookis “values and theologybased.” The author quietlyquoted Ghandi saying, “Youmust be the change,” as shespoke of an “inner awaken-ing and awareness.” She de-scribed the act of leading dif-ferently, claiming that,“Once this happens, peoplelead from the inside out,”while relying on their per-sonal ethics and morality.

“The training is based onthe hypothesis, if peoplechange from the inside out,there is a conversion,” sheexplained. “Thinking, see-ing, and acting differentlyresult in leading differently.The designed program


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Summing up the undertak-ing, which was published bythe Victorian Press this year,she exclaimed enthusiasti-cally, “It worked! It’s excit-ing!”

The framework of thenearly 200-page book hasthree sections: the text andcontent, the training manual,and the appendixes. The doc-ument begins with the hy-pothesis that social changewithin any communityevolves over time and is sus-tained by an individual’sspiritual transformation.That change must be sys-temic while impacting the in-dividual’s values, attitudes,and behaviors. The ultimategoal for the leader is to pro-vide justice and compassionwhen dealing with othersthrough inclusion and collab-oration. The “inner being” ofthe leader can be cultivatedthrough honest reflection,thus helping that individualto create the conditions nec-essary for the transforma-tion.

The transformation beginswith a specific call forchange, followed by the actualprocess that must be adheredto, both leading to a choice ofaction that must be taken. Inthis way, there is a genuinesense of caring, a love for fel-low mankind. This is the

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means to become what thebook refers to as a “servantleader.” The suggestedmethod of teaching involveslearning through interactionwith other people and the en-vironment. The text findsthat this communal learningempowers the individual andtransforms society.

The bulk of the materialcontains the syllabus andcurriculum for the trainingitself. The detail that is pro-vided, which some may per-ceive as extreme, allows thetrainer to focus on results.Every step of the process islaid out to enable the facilita-tor’s success. Although theproposed schedule of thecourse encompasses ninemonths, the manual recom-mends follow-up support forreinforcement and clarifica-tion, including further train-ing, coaching, and intern-

ships. The trainees are en-couraged to meet in order to“share in a spiritual commu-nity.”

Fowler suggested thatthrough this process, leadersmight be “moved by love totransform the world.” Sheindicated that the book andher research began with thequestion, “What makes for alife worthy of human free-dom and dignity?”

Fowler hopes that commu-nity leaders of all kinds willsee that service to others istheir prime responsibility,bringing them “to a higherlevel of being and acting”which are the “basis for per-sonal conversion and socialtransformation.” She hasdrawn much of her directionfrom studies in spirituality,as well as works on leader-ship. Her extensive “action-reflection” doctoral workwas backed by the results of“practicum-based learningstrategy.”

Worthy of note is that

more than half of the partic-ipants reported that theyhad experienced a “spiritualdeepening.” Furthermore,the exercise appears to havehelped each member of thefive cohorts to develop a per-sonal mission, since eachwas now able to see the “bigpicture,” and all were able toimprove their skills of selfreliance, understanding, andcommunity advocacy.

In her spare time, Fowler,an ordained clergyperson inthe United Church of Christ,practices in the areas of pas-toral counseling, providescoaching and spiritual direc-tion, and plans and leads ec-umenically based retreats.The occasional columnist forthe New Haven Register andthe North Haven Citizen alsoadministers numerousworkshops in a variety of of-ferings, including values-based leadership develop-ment, workplace ethics, andwomen’s spirituality train-ing.

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Longtime Clintonville principal honored on last day before retirement

Citizen photo by Kyle Swartz

Claudia Grantham washonored by students andstaff at ClintonvilleSchool on April 30.


After 38 years of teachingand touching the lives ofcountless North Haven stu-dents and staff, Clintonville

Elementary School principalClaudia Grantham could nothave thought the schoolwould have let her retire thateasily.

Supposedly believing thatshe was being led to Clin-

every grade over the courseof 20 years, the principalsaid, before becoming the as-sistant principal at the mid-dle school. Then, in 1996,Grantham began a 13-yearstint as Clintonville’s princi-pal.

School librarian Bob Horntook the microphone to com-mend Grantham’s commit-ment to student reading.“You were dunked in a poolfor a summer reading con-test, you were sitting on theroof and reading, and you do-nated many books to the li-brary,” Horn reminisced ofthe outgoing principal.

Clintonville PTA presi-dent Gloria Serfillippi esti-mated that Grantham’s 13-year tenure saw 1,100 kidspass through Clintonville’shalls. “Can you imagine 1,100children in your house?” Ser-fillippi said, pointing at theprincipal. “That’s her

house.”“You’re extremely dedicat-

ed to the faculty, children,and school,” Serfillippiadded in compliment ofGrantham.

Former Clintonville fifthgrade teacher Paul Cas-tiglione spoke of the timethat Grantham gave him amohawk after his studentsfulfilled an academic chal-lenge. “We’re going to missyou very much,” he said tohis one time boss and barber.

The true occasion for theassembly began after thethree speakers. “Now theadults are done talking,”Dowling said. “It’s time forthe students, the real reasonMs. Grantham comes toschool everyday.”

Chorus teacher MariAnneBeckmann, a short time re-moved from successful sur-

tonville’s auditorium to lis-ten to the chorus, Granthamwas instead brought to a full-school assembly in her honoron April 30. Hundreds of herpupils and their teachersrose in applause as the outgo-ing principal took a seat be-fore them.

“You’ve left big shoes tofill,” said host Lauretta Dowl-ing, Clintonville’s current as-sistant principal andGrantham’s successor fornext year. “You spent your en-tire career making sure thatchildren could learn, read,write, and do math.”

Grantham’s educationalcareer began at Ridge RoadElementary, were she taught

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Girls Go Green at Gateway Community CollegeBy Kyle Swartz

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Over 100 middle schoolgirls gathered at GatewayCommunity College on May 1for the school’s first annualGirls Go Green Expo, whichpromoted environmental andscientific professions toyoung women.

Seven local schools sentstudents to the event, includ-ing 17 girls from North HavenMiddle School. The morningbegan with a waste freebreakfast, including corn-starch plates, in which al-most all the non-food wastewould be recycled.

As a warm-up exercise, thegirls were split up intogroups and constructedsculptures of animals out ofrecycled trash. An alligator,platypus, giraffe, and other

creatures rose out of the re-cycled remains of cardboardboxes, sheets, and rolls, aswell as egg cartons, coffeecans, clementine crates, plas-tic containers, magazinesand other recyclables.

“You may not be an artist,”said artist and event facilita-tor Theresa Kasun to thegirls, “but you can be creativeand think outside the box.You are going to need to doboth in your future.”

Kasun explained that theevent was part of the day’spush to make science moreenjoyable to young girls. “Wewant to encourage the girls tothink about science as a ca-reer,” Kasun said. “We wantto present it as fun.”

The transmogrified trashwould later be put on displayin the Children’s GarbageMuseum in Stratford. Aftersculpturing, the girls’ groups– diverse and containing nomore than two kids from anyschool – were sent off to a se-ries of interactive scienceworkshops, each led in partby a female professional fromthe field.

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Lucy Brakoniecki of the Con-necticut Women’s Educationand Legal Fund (CWEALF).“We want to expose the girlsto women and men, but main-ly women, who are involvedin science so that they canhave role models.”

The expo is part of a seriesput on by the CWEALF whichactively exposes middleschool-aged girls to non-tra-ditional fields and the di-verse, female mentors inthose vocations. The day wasmade possible through aSMART grant from the feder-al department of labor.

“Most girls don’t have ex-posure to science, technology,engineering, and math,”Brakoniecki said. “Thisevent helps girls to see thepossibility to be an engineer,or a medical researcher, or anautomotive technician.”

The teachers who accom-panied the students to NorthHaven were also sent to theirown workshops. “The kidsact differently with the teach-ers out of the room,”Brakoniecki said, wishing tofully rid the students of anyinhibitions during the event.“Also, the teachers can designcontent to use back in theirown classroom.”

The workshops included

Citizen photos by Kyle Swartz

Top, North Haven’sRachel Balzano, secondin from the right, learnsabout improved drug test-ing procedures.

Above, Taryn Pierce, thirdin from the left, listens asautomotive technicianCassandra Glatzhoffertalks about her professionat the Girls Go Greenevent.

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Dawn D’Amato is a mother, scholar, and now a holistic nurseBy Emily Gangi

Special to the Citizen

It takes a special kind ofperson to pursue a nursingdegree while working fulltime and raising two chil-dren, and Dawn D’Amato, 32,of North Haven, was definite-ly up to the challenge.

D’Amato will graduatemagna cum laude this Mayfrom Quinnipiac Universitywith a Bachelor of Science inNursing degree. She will be-gin her career as an oncologynurse in June at St. Vincent’sMedical Center in Bridge-port.

“It’s been a long road,” shesaid. “It was a lot harder thanI thought it would be.”

But it seems like D’Amatotakes every challenge instride, and always comes outon top.

D’Amato’s “road” beganwhile she was working at aninternal medicine office inNew Haven. There, as a med-ical assistant, she had theprivilege to work with manydifferent types of medicalprofessionals, and was mostimpressed with the nursesand the impact they had onpatients and their families.

“Nurses play such an im-portant part in a patient’scare,” she said, “and I wantedto be a part of that.”

So in 2002, D’Amato en-rolled part-time at Quinnipi-ac University and began pur-suing her dream. In 2007,with support from her family,D’Amato was able to enroll inclasses full time and dedicateherself fully to becoming anurse.

D’Amato embraced a holis-tic approach of nursing andbecame a champion for thepractice. “Holistic nursinginvolves caring for the whole

patient, mind, body and spir-it,” she explained. “I justcan’t see doing it any otherway.”

Holistic nurses provide acomprehensive, multi-faceted approach to health-care that promotes physical,mental, social and spiritualwell-being. As defined by theAmerican Holistic NursesAssociation, “Different fromother nursing practice, thepractice of Holistic Nursingrequires the nurse to inte-grate self-care and self-re-sponsibility into his or herown life and to strive for anawareness of the intercon-nectedness of individuals tothe human and global com-munity.”

Now, seven years later,D’Amato is not only earningher nursing degree, but isgraduating with honors.D’Amato is also being recog-

nized by Quinnipiac Univer-sity and the VNA of SouthCentral Connecticut(VNA/SCC) for her holisticapproach, dedication, com-passion, and strength ofspirit. In April, D’Amato re-ceived the student Nightin-gale Award for Excellence inNursing from the VNA/SCC.The award includes a $1,000nursing scholarship that isgranted annually to a QUnursing student who demon-strates the potential for ex-cellence in clinical practice,leadership, scholarshipand/or education that, atsome point in their career,may be deserving of Nightin-gale recognition.

“Dawn was selected be-cause she is holistic in herdelivery of patient care,”said Lisa O’Connor, director

Dawn D’Amato

See D’Amato, page 19

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Folk duo toperform

Aubrey Atwater and El-wood Donnelly, an award-winning folk duo, will per-form Saturday, May 16, at7:30 p.m., at St. John’s Epis-copal Church. “Working on aBuilding” is the theme, andall profits will support theSleeping Giant Build – Habi-tat for Humanity.

For more informationabout Atwater-Donnelly, vis-it their Web site at www.at-water-donnelly.com.

Tickets are $15; $5 for chil-dren 12 and under. Ticketscan be reserved in advanceby e-mailing [email protected] and willbe on sale at the door at 6:30p.m. on the night of the con-cert. There will be a silentauction and bake sale at in-termission in the church’shall. For more informationcall (203) 239-0156.

Celebration at St.Therese Church

On Sunday, May 17,parishioners and friends of

St. Therese Church, 555 Mid-dletown Ave., will honor theRev. Timothy A. Meehan, ashe celebrates his 50th an-niversary as a priest. Thecelebration will begin with aMass of thanksgiving at 11a.m., followed by a receptionin the church hall. All are in-vited to attend.

Music SundayThe Northford Congrega-

tional Church, UnitedChurch of Christ, will have aspecial worship on Sunday,May 17, at 10 a.m. Each yearthe church focuses one serv-ice on the music programand designates the day asMusic Sunday.

Starting Sunday, May 17,the church will hold onemorning service each Sun-day at 10 a.m., which will beits traditional worship serv-ice. Any change in time orlength of service for summerservices will be announcedin the future and will be list-ed on the church Web site.

The church is located atthe corner of Route 22 andRoute 17 in Northford. Website address: www.northford-

cc.net. If you need directionsor have any questions, pleasecontact the church at (203)484-0795 or e-mail [email protected].

St. Paulpilgrimage

On Saturday, May 30, theCaritas Christi Center, 295Benham St., Hamden, issponsoring a pilgrimage tochurches the Archdiocesehas designated as pilgrimchurches as part of the Yearof St. Paul. Travel will be in amotor coach. There will be atour of the churches andlunch is included. Churchesthat will be visited are theImmaculate ConceptionBasilica in Waterbury, theShrine of St. Anne in Water-bury, and the Cathedral of St.Joseph in Hartford. For moreinformation, or to register,please call (203) 281-2569.

Motown Night atMishkan Israel

Back by popular demand,it’s Motown Night at Congre-gation Mishkan Israel on

Saturday, May 30, beginningat 7:30 p.m.. The nationallyacclaimed band Soul SoundRevue will be entertaining.The community is invited tothis great night of food,drinks, dancing and fun. Ad-mission is $25 per personand is available at the door.Congregation Mishkan Is-rael is located at 785 RidgeRoad in Hamden. For moreinformation, call the syna-gogue office at (203) 288-3877.

Women’sFellowshipannual tag sale

The Women’s Fellowshipannual tag sale will be heldSaturday, June 6, from 9 a.m.to 2 p.m. at the North HavenCongregational Church, 28Church St. Spaces for theevent are $15 for a table. Anycontributions to the tag salecan be brought to the churchduring May and before June6. These should be put in thegarage area in Carroll Hall.For more information, callDiane Nerkowski at (203) 248-9066, or Ellie Harple at (203)239-0812.

Jesus: a heart toknow

On Tuesday, June 16, from7 to 8:30 p.m., the CaritasChristi Center, Hamden, willpresent Jesus: A Heart toKnow. Sr. Doretta D’Alberowill look closely at the mean-ing of devotion to the Heartof Jesus. The donation is $10.For more information, or toregister, call (203) 281-2569.

Mishkan Israelsummer camp

Mishkan Israel will hold asummer camp for preschoolchildren beginning Monday,June 22, and ending Friday,Sept. 4. The camp will runfrom 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., with ex-tended hours available. Fam-ilies can select from half-dayand full-day programs, two tofive days per week. Camperswill enjoy doing art projects,playing games, engaging inwater sports, building, andhaving lots of time to playand have fun. The NurserySchool is also taking regis-trations for the fall. Congre-gation Mishkan Israel is lo-cated at 785 Ridge Road inHamden. For more informa-tion, contact Director BecLuty at (203) 288-2375.

Vacation BibleSchool

Faith United MethodistChurch, 81 Clintonville Road,is accepting registration forits Vacation Bible Schoolwhich will run from Monday,July 6, to Friday, July 10,from 5:30 to 8:30 pm. Dinneris provided. The invitation isfor all kids four years oldthrough rising sixth graders.There will be big fun at Croc-odile Dock which will helpkids discover how to see Godin every day life. It’s filledwith incredible Bible-learn-ing that kids see, hear, touchand even taste. Bible pointcrafts, team-building games,cool Bible songs, and engag-ing dramas are just a few ofthe Crocodile Dock activitiesthat help faith flow throughreal life. For more informa-tion or to register, please con-tact the church office at (203)239-2469. The cost is $15 perchild with a maximum of $40per family. Scholarships areavailable upon request.


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ObituariesBiagio Fronte

Biagio “Ben” Fronte, ofNorth Haven, lost his battlewith prostate cancer, May 7,2009, in the Hospital of St.Raphael. He was the hus-band of 40 years of LindaMuller Fronte.

Ben was born in NewHaven, Oct. 7, 1949, a son ofthe late Louis C. (Corchie)and Marie VerderameFronte. He was the generalsuperintendent for the LGDeFelice Co. and later forHallberg Contracting. Benwas a member of the SantaMaria Maddalena Society,Hamden Fish and Game,BPOE, and the Moose Lodgein Naples, Fla.

Besides his wife, Linda, heis survived by his sons, An-thony (Sandra), Jonathan(Margaret), and Michael (Ok-sana) Fronte; a sister,Alessandra (Sandra) San-ford; a brother, Louis (Susan)Fronte; and his grandchil-dren, Erica, Sabrina, Aman-da, Jonathan, Matthew, andTalia.

A funeral Mass was cele-brated at St. Michael’sChurch. Burial was in AllSaints Cemetery. The Io-vanne Funeral Home, Inc.,New Haven, was in charge ofarrangements.

Memorial donations maybe made to the Father Mc-Givney Cancer Center, 1450Chapel St., New Haven, CT06510.

Harry L. BennettHarry L. Bennett, of

North Haven, died in NewHaven, May 9, 2009. He wasthe husband of the lateClaire Davis Bennett.

Born Dec. 22, 1923, in Anso-nia, he was a son of the late

Louis and Florence SwoleBennett. He was a graduateof Ansonia High School andattended Yale University on aPine Scholarship. While atYale, he earned his bache-lors, masters, and Ph.D. inhistory. Harry began a 45-year career at QuinnipiacCollege starting as directorof admissions and culminat-ing with his retirement as ac-ademic vice president andprovost of the university. Healso served as a professor ofhistory for his entire 45-yeartenure at Quinnipiac. He wasa veteran of the U.S. Armyand was stationed in Italyduring World War II.

He was predeceased by adaughter, Lisa Bennett. Hewas the uncle of Thomas andJanet Raynor, and their chil-dren, Laura and Thomas, ofMilford, Michael and KathyRaynor, of Stratford, andJohn and Jo Raynor, ofLouisville, Ky.; and severalnieces and nephews.

A funeral Mass was cele-brated at Our Lady of Mt.Carmel Church, Hamden.Burial was in Mt. St. Peter’sCemetery, Derby. The SiskBrothers Funeral Home,Hamden, was in charge ofarrangements.

Memorial donations maybe made to Quinnipiac Uni-versity, 275 Mt. Carmel Ave.,Hamden, CT 06518.

Sgt. Karl BarrettPieper

Sgt. Karl Barrett Pieper,29, of North Haven and Bran-ford, died unexpectedly athis mother’s home on May10, 2009.

He was born in West Point.N.Y., on Sept. 22, 1979, toWilliam Pieper, of North

Haven, and Maryann Troc-chio White, of Branford. Karlgrew up in Hamden,Strongsville, Ohio, andBradenton, Fla. He attendedthe University of Connecti-cut and recently received aBachelor of Arts degree inpolitical science from TroyUniversity. Karl proudlyjoined the U.S. Army afterSept. 11. He was a member ofthe 101st Airborne Division.He was a Ranger, a Sniper,airborne and air assaultqualified, who did two com-bat tours in Iraq, and wasawarded the combat infantry-man’s badge, the expert in-fantryman’s badge, and twoArmy CommendationMedals for his five years ofmilitary service. Karl re-ceived an honorable dis-charge with a disability re-tirement in September 2008.Sgt. Pieper was a good soldierwho loved his country andthe men he served with.There was no better son,brother, or friend, than Karl.

Besides his parents, he issurvived by his maternalgrandmother, Phyllis Troc-chio, of East Haven; stepfa-ther, Mickey White, ofBradenton, Fla.; stepmother,Jean Pieper, of North Haven;sisters, Lauren and RebeccaPieper, and Erin White; andbrothers, Philip, Ian, andGeorge Pieper. He was prede-ceased by his maternalgrandfather, John Trocchio,and paternal grandparents,John and Phyllis Pieper.

A funeral service was heldat the Beecher & Bennett,Hamden, on May 13, with mil-itary honors.

Benefit rideThe Home Builders Asso-

ciation of New Haven Coun-ty will hold their first annual“Bikers for the Brave” mo-torcycle run on Sunday, May31. The event will begin andend at the Middletown ElksLodge at 44 Maynard St.,Middletown. The ride willhelp fund the Homes for theBrave and their “Female Sol-diers – Forgotten Heroes”project to help homeless fe-male veterans.

The event will feature a 40-mile ride, buffet upon returnincluding barbeque chicken,sausage with peppers andonions, pasta, coleslaw,baked beans, corn on the coband rolls, cash bar, vendors,live music by Chillum featur-ing classic and modern rock,raffles and door prizes. Reg-istration begins at 9 a.m., theride leaves at 11:15 a.m. andthe food and band run from12:30 to 4 p.m.

Tickets are available at $20for riders, $15 passengers and

$15 to attend the event only.Price increases to $25 for rid-ers after May 20. All makesand models are welcome. Formore information and tick-ets, please call the HBA at(203) 239-2002 or e-mail [email protected].

Homes for the Brave(www.homesforthebrave.org) is a non-profit organizationthat provides transitionalhousing, as well as recoveryand rehabilitation pro-grams, for homeless veter-ans.

MS support groupsNew Haven:The New Haven MS Support Group meets at One Long

Wharf Drive, 5th floor, community room in New Haven,from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on the second Wednesday of eachmonth.

There are more than 6,000 Connecticut residents diag-nosed with multiple sclerosis (MS), an oftentimes debil-itating disease affecting the central nervous system. TheNational Multiple Sclerosis Society, Connecticut Chap-ter offers more than 25 support groups throughout Con-necticut. These groups bring together people who sharea common life experience as it relates to MS and its ef-fects.

For more information, please contact Darlene at (203)781-6003.


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Food for thought: Connecticut’s nine food seasonsBy Stephanie Wilcox

Town Times

What do spinach, herbs,eggs and lamb have in com-mon? The answer is they areall foods that are in season inConnecticut from mid-Aprilthrough May. While there arefour calendar seasons in ayear, there are nine food sea-sons to categorize foods thatare native to Connecticut, ac-cording to Jean Crum Jones,

a registered dietician whoserves on the ConnecticutForest & Parks AssociationBoard of Directors and runsthe Jones Family Farm inShelton with her husband.When it comes to understand-ing when foods are at theirripest and what foods are na-tive to this region, many peo-ple don’t have a clue.

“Many farm visitors inAugust, during blueberryseason, ask where they go to

pick the strawberries, andduring the June strawberryseason they want to buysweet corn,” said Jones.

According to Jones, eachfood season in Connecticut isabout 40 days long and in-cludes foods that seasonallyappear together. In a fewweeks, it will be the earlysummer food season in Con-necticut, featuring strawber-ries, lettuces, peas, scallions,cream and more. Knowingwhat is in season for your re-gion is valuable so you canorganize a cooking reper-toire of natural, healthy,fresh foods while supportingyour local environment.

Jones learned about thenine food seasons whileworking on menu planningfor Yale University in the ear-ly 1970s when the food budgetonly allowed foods from localsuppliers who were generallymost affordable. Years later,she discovered a few cook-books based on the same or-ganization methods of thefood seasons, suggesting thattraditional New Englandershad been using this methodfor generations.

The Connecticut Depart-ment of Agriculture alsobuys into the idea of follow-ing food seasons and pro-vides a color chart of the sea-sonal availability of Con-necticut grown crops on theirWebsite, www.ct.gov/doag.The chart helps people likeConnecticut resident andChef Jamie Roraback makehis meal selections through-out the year. Roraback repre-sents the Connecticut Culi-nary Institute and NBC30and says buying local foods inseason is a source of menuinspiration.

“Nature has often providedsome of the best flavor combi-nations according to their sea-sonal availability,” he said,citing examples like springlamb and fresh mint in April,strawberries and rhubarb inJune, tomatoes and basil andpeaches and blueberries inJuly and August. “Cooks haveforever been taking advan-tage of this not only becauseit tastes good, but it is what isavailable.”

According to Roraback,who has his own gardenstand on Mack Road in Mid-dlefield in the summermonths, some of the best

restaurants feature seasonalmenus to take advantage ofwhat is fresh and local. Thisis often a cost savings to therestaurant, and it can offer abetter value to the customer.

However, you don’t have tobe a chef to appreciate eatingwith the season. Recenttrends have seen many morepeople buying locally grownfood.

“There seems to be a move-ment of people really ques-tioning where their foodcomes from,” Roraback said.He believes when purchasedfrom local farmers, “there’sless of a reliance on the 18-wheeler refrigerated trucks toroll into the local mega mart.”

Thanks to this growingtrend, farmers’ markets areexploding in Connecticut.“One of my commonmantras is to say, ‘eat localfoods in season,’” said Jones,who likes to change diningroom colors, décor and flow-ers about every six weeks toreflect the current food sea-

son. “I like the close connec-tion with what the Earth isyielding all around me.”

If nothing else, it’s practi-cal to know what foods areavailable year-round in theNortheast. According toJones, this list includes,mushrooms, sprouts, cran-berry juice, grape juice, ap-ple cider, black currant juice,milk, cheese, eggs, fish,grass-fed beef and honey. Shealso noted that small-scalefood processing is growing inthe Northeast, which in-cludes jams, tomato sauces,salsas, pickled vegetables,pickles and potato chips.

By choosing local andchoosing what’s in season,you can have a nutritionallycomplete diet using foodsfrom right here in the north-east region. See the 9 FoodSeasons Chart for a list ofwhat is in season when.

(Quotes from Jones aretaken from an article shewrote for Connecticut Wood-lands magazine, spring 2008.)

Cleaning up for Earth Day

Photo courtesy of Erin McCool

The Carrot Patch preschool, along with parent volunteers, cleaned up theschool yard in honor of Earth Day. They raked up all the leaves and picked upall the litter to help keep the Earth sparkling clean!

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Electronics Recycling —Recycling of electronics willbe available on Saturday,May 16, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.at North Haven MiddleSchool, 55 Bailey Road.Items accepted: computers,monitors, phones, TVs,VCRs, copiers, fax machines,printers, radios, stereos,camcorders, microwaveovens. Items not accepted:electronics containing mer-cury, refrigerants or ra-dioactive substances. Thisrecycling is available to resi-dents of Cheshire, Hamden,Meriden, North Haven andWallingford. No commercialelectronics will be accepted.For further information callNorth Haven Department ofPublic Works, (203) 239-5321,ext. 750.

20th high school re-union — North Haven HighSchool, class of 1988, willhold its 20th reunion on Sat-urday, May 16, from 7 p.m. tomidnight at Silver SandsBeach Club, 640 Silver SandsRoad, East Haven. R.S.V.P. toA. Clark, 93 Wakefield St.,Hamden, CT 06517, or e-mail:[email protected] checks payable to“North Haven Class of1988”.

Sons and Daughters —The North Haven Sons andDaughters of Italy Lodge2805 will have a ziti andmeatball dinner with saladand ice cream bar on Satur-day, May 16, at the lodge at540R Washington Avenue,(behind Dino’s Restaurant).Seating is from 5:30 to 7:30p.m. and tickets are $10 foradults and $5 for childrenunder 8 years old. All pro-ceeds are to benefit a specialmember, Carole Caggiano.You may also show your sup-port by buying a placementad, business card size for$25. If you are interested inpurchasing tickets, placingan ad, or making a donation,please contact Lauren at

[email protected] orLenny at [email protected] or you can call (203)234-0215.

Sleeping Giant Build —Aubrey Atwater and ElwoodDonnelly, an award-winningfolk duo, will perform Satur-day, May 16, at 7:30 p.m., atSt. John’s Episcopal Church.“Working on a Building” isthe theme, and all profitswill support the Sleeping Gi-ant Build – Habitat for Hu-manity. Tickets are $15; $5for children 12 and under.Tickets can be reserved inadvance by e-mailing [email protected] andwill be on sale at the door at6:30 p.m. on the night of theconcert. There will be asilent auction and bake saleat intermission in thechurch’s hall. For more in-formation call (203) 239-0156.

Peter’s Rock — The Pe-ter’s Rock Association willhold a work day on Saturday,May 16, beginning at 9 a.m.and ending about 1 p.m. Thepark entrance is at 133 Mid-dletown Ave. in the Mon-towese section of NorthHaven, behind the First FuelGas Station. If there arequestions, please call Chrisat (203) 535-3455, or Mike at(203) 239-9902. Bring waterand work gloves and wearsturdy shoes and long pants.

19 Tuesday

Gaylord art show —Gaylord Hospital will behosting its 15th annual artshow, Creative Expressions,on Tuesday, May 19. Theopening reception will beheld from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. atthe Brooker Lecture Hall,Gaylord Farm Road, on theWallingford campus of Gay-lord Hospital. The event isfree to the public. The showfeatures artists from allacross Connecticut withover one dozen artists par-ticipating and 125 pieces ofart on display and for sale.The proceeds from the saleswill go back to the artistsand will be reinvested in theprogram (primarily fundingart supplies). Visit www.gay-

lord.org or call (203) 284-2829for more information.

Fall risk prevention —A fall risk prevention pro-gram will be held Tuesday,May 19, at noon, at the Gay-lord Wellness Street, 8Devine St., North Haven.There is no fee but registra-tion is required as seating islimited. Please call (203) 284-2829 or e-mail [email protected]. Refresh-ments will be provided.

20 Wednesday

Jewelry design — TheFriends of the North HavenMemorial Library will besponsoring an adult pro-gram on jewelry design onWednesday, May 20, at 7 p.m.in the community room ofthe North Haven Library, 17Elm St. This program is foradults only and space is lim-ited. Please call the libraryat (203) 239-5803 to register.

UConn alumni — LisLewis will speak at theGreater New Haven ChapterExecutive Committee meet-ing on Wednesday, May 20, at6:30 p.m., at Chips Restau-rant, 321 Boston Post Road,Orange. All area UConnalumni are invited. For more

information, call Hank Kat-ten at (203) 933-7705, or JohnCapuano at (203) 481-4451.

Friendly’s Fun Night —As part of the AmericanCancer Society Relay forLife, there will be a Friend-ly’s Fun Night on Wednes-day, May 20, from 5 to 8 p.m.,at Friendly’s, 173 Washing-ton Ave. Friendly’s will do-nate 10 percent of the pro-ceeds to its team, the RoyalBlues.

21 Thursday

UNITAS Club — TheUNITAS Club of Hamdenwill have an open house onThursday, May 21, at 6:30p.m., at Eli’s Restaurant,2392 Whitney Ave., Hamden.For more infor-mation, callLen Matteo at (203) 430-9795.

VA Medical Center re-union — A Veterans Admin-istration Medical Center re-union will be held Thursday,May 21, at App’s Ristorantein West Haven. Meet andgreet old friends and renewacquaintances from the VAHospital. For further infor-mation, call Linda Sheehanat (203) 795-6902.

26 Tuesday

Community Conversa-tion — The planning com-mittee of the CommunityConversation, “The Futureof the Children, the Futureof North Haven,” is planninga Follow-up Conversation onTuesday, May 26, from 6 to7:30 p.m., at North HavenHigh School, Elm Street. TheNorth Haven community isinvited. For more informa-tion or to R.S.V.P., please callAlicia Clapp at (203) 407-1774,or e-mail: [email protected].

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CitizenOpinion14 The North Haven CitizenFriday, May 15, 2009

Bob Dornfried Selections:Vote ‘yes’ on May 19Earlier this week, at the

annual Town Meeting resi-dents came together to dis-cuss and debate the threequestions that will appear onthe ballot referendum on

May 19. I wantto thankeveryone whoattended. Al-though therewas a livelydebate, whichwill be broad-cast on NHTV,

the outcomewill be un-

known until the results ofthe referendum come in.

The three questions on theballot concern whether to: (1)replace our current Code ofEthics with a new version(available on the town Website and at Town Hall); (2) toimplement a paramedicsprogram using a federalgrant that will offset some ofthe cost; and (3) to approvethe budget. I urge all who areeligible to vote, to vote yes onall three questions.

I am proud of the work myteam has done in preparing abudget that will require notax increase for the first timein over a decade. Important-ly, if the proposal on the bal-lot is approved, we will main-tain town services and edu-cational programs, and willincrease the tax benefit forlow-income seniors.

The spending in this budg-et has been kept to a mini-mum: the Board of Financeagreed unanimously thatany further reduction wouldrequire cuts to services andprograms. Therefore, if youwant to maintain the level of

services – without payingmore in taxes –then vote yeson this item.

The question on para-medics concerns accepting afederal grant that will re-quire the town to assumecosts that increase over timeto implement the program.My administration has al-ready taken steps to trainfirefighters to become certi-fied paramedics. This pro-posal would build on thatfoundation, and implement ahigher level of emergencycare that would be availableto all 24/7. If you want thishigher level of care, thenvote yes on this item.

The funds to cover theparamedic program for nextyear are already in the budg-et proposal. If the budgetpasses, the town will havemet its financial require-ment to accept the costs. Ifthe budget fails, however, thetown will not have appropri-ated money for the para-medic program. In such acase, it would be irresponsi-ble to enter the town into anagreement for which thereare no funds. Therefore, ap-proval of implementing theparamedic program dependson approval of both the grantand the budget.

At the town meeting, therewas no dissent on the ques-tion of whether to imple-ment the new Code ofEthics. A non-partisan com-mittee of concerned citizenshas drafted a new code, withinput from experts and thepublic. I urge you to vote yeson this item.

Please vote yes, yes, yes onMay 19.

McCarty

Freda’s Focus: A different view on this year’s budgetThis year you have a very

important decision to maker e g a r d i n gthis budget.Your deci-sion willhave an im-pact fromboth a tangi-ble and avery impor-tant philo-s o p h i c a lstandpoint.

This year’s budget hasseveral flaws embedded in it

as I see it. The flaws that I seerevolve around several keyissues. The first issue is thatthere is an operationaldeficit that exists in townthat has not been addressed,and there was a great deal ofspending by this administra-tion that was unnecessary.As a result of this, I believethat if this deficit had beenrectified and there was agreater discretion on spend-ing, the money that has beenrefunded to us from CRRAcould have been used to re-

duce your taxes this year.The second fact, as I see it, isthat we could have a revenueproblem because of severalother reasons.

The tax collection rate forthe next fiscal year that hasnow been established at 98percent is higher than Ithink it should be. Other mu-nicipalities have gotten intotrouble in calculating a high-er collection rate than theycould collect.

This is combined with thefact that the projected rate of

tax collections in arrears isalso too high. These two com-ponents represent approxi-mately $600,000 in overstatedrevenue as I see it. When wecombine this with the loss of$1 million in payments fromUpjohn and the erosion ofour grand list, I see a hugeproblem ahead that can nolonger be solved with one-time revenues and borrow-ing being used to plug thisgap.

On top of this, there aredelinquent taxes of about $1

million that are almost im-possible to collect becausethey involve the tire pondand other inactive entities.We will not effectively andcontinuously be able to oper-ate by using one-time rev-enues to balance budget.

The third fact is that al-though there appears to be azero tax increase, the WaterPollution Control Authoritysection of the budget hasbeen removed and estab-

Freda

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lished as a separate item.There is nothing wrong indoing this, but once the as-sessments are established onOct. 1, you will find thatthere will be a tax increaseas a result of the fact that thesewer charges are going up.They will be going up be-cause of a $500,000 capitalexpenditure and deprecia-tion being charged moving

forward next year.From a philosophical

standpoint, you should beaware that by voting for thisbudget, you are allowing thetown to tell you how youshould vote. An example ofthis is the issue of para-medics. By voting this budg-et down, you can make astatement that you do notwant to be told that in orderto get something you wouldlike, you have to vote forsomething that you mightnot want.

The issue of the field engi-

neer II position comes intoplay again, this time as aphilosophical issue. The factthat this position was not al-lowed to go to the town meet-ing has created two addition-al problems. The first prob-lem is the tremendous legalexposure that it has createdfor North Haven, and the sec-ond is that it represents agradual erosion of 300 yearsof town government. A towngovernment in which thepeople decide what theywant to spend their moneyon. Not a town government

where the CEO states that itis “my decision” on howthings are done.

If you decide to vote forthe budget, you certainlyhave that right to do so in aneffort to have as little of anincrease in taxes as possiblethis year. If you decide not tovote for this budget, you willbe taking a stand against twothings – forestalling the in-evitable difficulty in contin-uing to use one-time rev-enues to plug holes in an op-erational deficit, and second-ly, you will be objecting to

the way this budget forcesyou to vote against yourselfwith the way the paramedicissue is worded.

The choice is yours, butplease think about this budg-et. What might appear tolook good on the outside justmight be something thatmasks the numerous flawson the inside.

I will not be voting for it.Michael Freda is the mi-

nority member of the Boardof Selectmen. E-mail him [email protected].

Freda’s FocusContinued from page 14

Letters to the Editor

Letters policyReaders of The North

Haven Citizen are invitedto share their ideas andopinions by sending inLetters to the Editor. Werequire that all letters besigned, and include a day-time telephone number(numbers won’t be pub-lished, it is just for verifi-cation purposes). Thewriter will be called toconfirm authorship. Noanonymous letters will beprinted. Deadline for let-ter submissions is Tues-day by noon for Friday’spublication. E-mail yourletters to [email protected].

Using fire grant todefeat budgetTo the editor:

I just read Pasquale Nuz-zolillo’s letter April 29, 2009.As longest seating fire com-missioner, I’m sorry to seethat Pat and the other twoRepublican fire commission-ers are trying to use this FireSafe Grant and Bob Burns todefeat the town budget. Abudget with no tax increase!It’s very sad that a few de-feated Republicans are try-ing to twist the facts andhurt the town. First of all,we the fire commissionersand the chief all knew fromday one that the budget hasto pass to be able to use thegrant. This was no surprise.We, North Haven, only re-ceived this grant becauseother towns refused it be-cause they could not affordto match the balance of theshare of money the townshad to pay. By law, if thebudget goes down we musttake out items and funds tomake a new budget (lowerservices).

Now let’s really talk facts.I have not written any lettersmostly because not to an-swer the same few Republi-cans with the same negativeunfair twisted statementswould only dignify them.The Republicans had 200years in power less two yearsand now 16 months. In 16months this administrationis trying to balance what wasleft behind. (This is an oldstatement, it’s not good orwise to move like a speedboat, but better slow like abattleship and be sure andaccurate).

The Firefighters’ Unionand I tried over 14 years agonot just for paramedics butfor 28 men that was statemandated. Instead the Re-publicans refused to put afirefighter only and paid mil-lions of dollars in overtimeand left the firefighter andthe town short handed andnot as safe as it should havebeen. The Republicans willsay they did not have a grantthen. The answer is they arecorrect, but they had: a) theunion that was going to tryto give back with negotia-tions of hiring a lower wagefirefighter “D” class; b) theunion spent their time andmoney trying to show howthe town could pay for theseservices, almost free; c) thetown, state and country wasin better financial conditionthat it is now; d) but the Re-publicans never cared; (thegood old boys’ club said no!),they did not want to pay forsafety or services.

Then came the laddertruck. The Republicans re-fused to put air conditioningin it when it was ordered.They said the firefighters didnot need air. Each firefighterwears about 50-plus poundsof gear, and then go fight thefires. The purpose of the airconditioning was for the fire-fighters to rehab in forhealth and safety reasons,but yet each departmenthead had air conditioning inthe vehicles. Again disre-garding firefighters’ safety.

Then the fire departmentused to provide EMT-IVservice. When the town wasnotified that our sponsoringhospital was no longer goingto cover us any more, the Re-

publicans did nothing. Wethe townspeople lost thatservice. That service, anoth-er safety/medical servicethe town lost because of Re-publicans.

Just two years ago the Re-publicans, especially the Re-publican’s fire commission-er chairman and the two oth-er Republican fire commis-sioners fought and voted tobuy a pick up/utility typerescue truck. The fire com-missioners even spoke outagainst a real rescue truck atthe town meeting all with theother Republican adminis-tration and finance boardmembers. The townspeoplesaw through that at a townmeeting, voting for the realrescue truck. Within 18hours later, the financeboard and the administra-tion found the money.

Under the old Republicanadministration, most of thefirefighters turn out gearwas out of shelf life. (Howabout that for safety!). Nowtoday only because of sourgrapes, does the chairpersonof the fire commission asksfor safety. Now after all theseyears of votes, and most ofall the needs for safety, theRepublicans say now say“yes.” Now they want it. (Toolate.)

Last, I hope that this little(and I mean low attempt) tohold the town hostage be-cause of the elimination ofMr. Burns’ job is a realcrime. Bob Burns happens tobe a friend of mine. He iswonderfully likeable, knowl-edgeable and as most say, “ atown historian,” but unfor-tunately he is not a certifiedcivil engineer, a job and a po-

sition which the past admin-istration gave and paid himfor all these years. Each andevery time a plot, plan or let-ter, or any other documentneeded to be stamped by acertified engineer, the townhad to go outside and pay forit.

It is a shame that the Re-publican fire commissionereven used Bob Burns’ nameat a fire commissioner meet-ing to knock down the budg-et. My best to both you andyour family, Bob. I hopeeveryone can see throughthis cynical vail of trickeryand deception by trying touse this (Bob Burns and thesafe grant) to defeat thebudget, is solely a politicalspringboard in not truly car-ing about the good hardworking taxpayers of NorthHaven. The Republicanswant to raise taxes and lowerservices.

Vote “yes” for no tax in-crease — and for the sameand more services.

Vote with your tax dollars,not your party.

Vote “yes” on the budget.PS: RRTLS = Republicans

raise taxes lower services.Peter J. Criscuolo Jr.

Fire commissionerDemocratic town chair-

man, tax payer

In favor of a dogparkTo the editor:

Consider the benefits of adog park in North Haven.

I am writing this letter to-day because I am in favor ofa dog park in our town and Ithought I would share why Ifeel this way. So here goes…

I live off of Pool Road near

St. John Street and as I’msure many people alreadyknow this, but there are alimited amount of sidewalksin this area. I am disabledand I walk with a cane and letme tell you as a person whohas some issues walking al-ready, you add a dog on aleash to this mix, well, I cantell you firsthand, this is anaccident waiting to happen.

With leash laws and ever-increasing development inour town, there is clearly aneed for a safe area for ourdogs to exercise and social-ize. With over 1,100 licenseddogs in our town a dog parkprovides a safe, fenced-inarea to let your dog run andplay unleashed and legally.An exercised dog makes abetter next door neighbor. Anenclosed area prevents off-leash dogs from running

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loose and infringing on therights of others, such as chil-dren or those fearful of dogs.Not to mention running intotraffic. Also, socialized dogsare more adjusted to peopleand other dogs and are un-likely to be aggressive anddangerous.

I am just one person with afour-legged friend and I thinka dog park in our town wouldbe a wonderful addition. Ifyou are in favor of a dog parkcome to our meeting on May21 at 7 p.m. at the NorthHaven Recreation Center, 7Linsley St., room 3. Ourtown’s first selectman, JanetMcCarty, will be attendingour meeting.

Karen A. DelmonacoNorth Haven

Vote yes forbudgetTo the editor:

On May 19, North Havenvoters are being asked to votein referendum on the pro-posed budget for next fiscalyear.

As one who has participat-ed in civic activities in townfor 30 years, I have experi-enced many budget seasons.For four years, I got an insideview of the process as amember of the Board of Fi-nance.

This year I am impressedwith the current administra-tion’s handling of the budgetprocess. In the midst of theworst economic downturn indecades, a budget has beenproposed that supports qual-ity town and education serv-ices with no property tax in-crease. That is impressive.

I am supporting the NorthHaven town budget with myvote on May 19. I ask thatNorth Haven voters get to thepolls and vote YES on thebudget.

Rita A. LandinoNorth Haven

Response toObama reportcardTo the editor:

Veronica Kivela has is-sued her ideologically driven100-day report card on Presi-dent Obama and asked oth-ers to respond (North HavenCitizen, May 1). A perform-ance-based assessment ofour president’s efforts overthis time period would yieldhigh marks for him on al-most every critical front. Hehas quickly taken the meas-

ure of the economic and eth-ical chaos created by eightyears of inept Republicanadministration and has be-gun to chart a correctivecourse. If anything, Presi-dent Obama may be accusedof underestimated the dam-age done to our country bythe Bush presidency. He hasbrought many talented per-sons into his administrationwith appointments that favorability rather than crony-ism. In international affairs,the president has begun tore-establish a proper multi-lateralism in place of theLone Ranger mentality ofthe past administration. Hehas begun to realign our mil-itary efforts away from Mr.Bush’s colossal blunder inIraq to those areas of theworld where our nationalwell-being is at issue. Inshort, in less time than a sin-gle baseball season, he hasbegun to right wise a countrygone seriously off course.

And what of Mrs. Kivela’sreport card for the same timeframe? From her public writ-ings it appears she hasearned failing grades in his-tory, economics, civics, Eng-lish grammar, and, most re-grettably, deportment. Sheapparently has not yetlearned how to conduct pub-lic discourse with civilityand respect.

Stephen and MabelPeterson

North Haven

Republicans needchangeTo the editor:

I am not alone in wonder-ing why Mr. Obama’s sup-porters began their remarkswith “This election isn’tabout race.” It was primarilyabout race and everyoneknew it. No one dared say sopublicly because they wouldbe called a racist. As evi-denced by two letters in lastweek’s Citizen, racist wasthe first arrow taken out ofthe quiver by Obama sup-porters. Mr. Obama offeredno high standards, only hopeand change. It is disturbingwhen a person can win thepresidency campaigning onvague promises. Far worse isthe realization that Presi-dent Bush, as other presi-dents before him were so self-serving, they set the stage fora man completely devoid ofreal credentials to be elected.

It may not be a good idea,Mr. LaMarsh, to start a sen-tence with “Obviously bothwriters”….. My views arenot obvious to you, obviously.Had you asked, I would havetold you no one was happierto see George Bush et al.leave than I. As one of mil-lions of conservative Repub-licans who believe we havebeen used and abused bythose in power in our party, Ibelieve change should be ourmotto. Hard-working, patri-otic Republicans have longbeen convinced our leaderspossess common sense andgood judgment and will useboth if elected, so we electthem. Too often, their hiddenagendas surface after theelection. In George Bush’scase, it took awhile, but thetruth will always out and wenow see him for what he is.The Republican party threwmillions of people compris-ing their conservative baseunder the bus when theychose John McCain as thestandard bearer. Conserva-tives had no one to vote forlast year.

As I stated on electionnight, if Republicans expectto ever win another election,they need to change the lead-ership from the local level upand re-commit to the highstandards they discardedwhen they decided to followthe Democrat party down thepath of socialism and the

loss of liberty. It will be theconservative who saves theRepublican party. Membersof both parties are sick of allincumbents. Enter the teaparties. I only “hope” 100 per-cent of us are not sorry 61percent of the people electedMr. Obama. It doesn’t lookgood for the good guys.

Veronica Hamel KivelaNorth Haven

Voting ‘yes’ is nobrainerTo the editor:

Voting yes on the 2009North Haven budget is a nobrainer. No services are be-ing cut, the education sidewill retain programs, andthere will be no tax increase.Good job by those in charge.Thank you.

Janice BruceNorth Haven

Paramedicservices neededTo the editor:

My husband and I havebeen residents of NorthHaven since 1959.

Two years ago my hus-band had a heart attack. Thepolice and fire departmentsresponded immediately tomy 911 call. We were fortu-nate that more life-savingtechniques were not needed.

We are very much in favorof having a town paramedicunit. A paramedic unit canbe of value to every personin town no matter what agethat person is.

The most important itemson the referendum are thepassing of the town budgetand the paramedic unit. Afederal SAFER grant will begiven if the budget is ap-proved.

Please vote “yes” on Tues-day, May 19, for the budgetand to accept the SAFERgrant.

Mildred A. SchlesingerNorth Haven

An apology, adefense, a ‘yes’voteTo the editor:

I am writing to once againapologize to all my support-ers because I could not sit inon the hearings for assess-ment appeals. The town con-

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Police BlotterArrestsMarch 13

Jason Knoll, 28, of 14Fawn Drive, Wallingford,forgery 3, capital felony,criminal attempt, at 8:57 a.m.

Jason Knoll, 28, of 14Fawn Drive, Wallingford,failure to appear 1st, at 9:02a.m.

Craig A. Serra, 47, of 1065Middletown Ave., Northford,operation while under theinfluence, failure to drive inproper lane, at 8:04 p.m.

March 15Michael L. Soltesz, 22, of

57 Hidden Valley Drive,Meriden, traveling unrea-sonably fast, operation whileunder the influence, at 1:16a.m.

Michael Ostrofsky, 29, of19 North St., Wallingford,failure to appear 2nd, at 1:06p.m.

March 16Jason P. Tangredi, 25, of 63

Sackett Point Road, NorthHaven, injury/risk/impair-ing morals, disorderly con-duct, at 10:26 a.m.

Janine E. Hoyesen, 27, of 4Oak St., North Haven, in-jury/risk/impairing morals,

disorderly conduct, assault3, at 11 a.m.

March 18Mallory Lesko, 43, o f 215

Maple Ave., North Haven,disorderly conduct, at 9:11a.m.

John Lesko, 47, of 215Maple Ave., North Haven,disorderly conduct, at 10a.m.

Lea M. Norton, 21, of 9North St., Wallingford, larce-ny 6, at 1:06 p.m.

Meghan Dinneen, 21, of 38Benedict Drive, NorthHaven, assault 3, disorderlyconduct, at 7 p.m.

March 19Sean Ronald Leonard, 31,

failure to appear 1st, failureto appear 2nd, use and pos-session of drug parapherna-lia, criminal impersonation,at 6:28 p.m.

March 20Eduardo Antonio Casco,

20, of 38 Wadsworth Ave.,North Haven, operationwhile under the influence,following too close, drugparaphernalia, at 2 a.m.

Donald James Hammerle,44, of 645 Grand Ave., NewHaven, larceny 6, at 1:43 p.m.

Steven R. Gagne, 29

Howard Ave., Meriden, pos-session of controlled sub-stance or marijuana, at 5:56p.m.

March 21Twain Roshard Dease, 31,

of 93 Lazarus Lane, George-town, S.C., operation whileunder the influence, failureto drive in proper lane, at2:30 a.m.

Kathleen Donnelly, 22, of14 Calvin Drive, North Bran-ford, operate unregisteredmotor vehicle, operationwhile under the influence,failure to drive in properlane, operating motor vehi-cle crowded front seat, as-sault 2 with motor vehicle, at6 p.m.

March 22Ryan M. Risley, 20, of 110

Scrub Oak Road, NorthHaven, traveling unreason-ably fast, operation whileunder the influence, at 1:13p.m.

Nicole L. Pavis, 28, of 20Beach St., North Haven, dis-orderly conduct, at 9:52 a.m.

Jason M. Pavis, 32, of 20Beach St., North Haven, in-jury/risk/impairing morals,disorderly conduct, at 11:49a.m.

Thomas G. Jones, 47, crim-inal trespass 1, disorderlyconduct, at 11:50 a.m.

March 24Paul W. Longo, 23, of 5

Berncliff Drive, North Bran-ford, no insurance, operationwith registration/licensesuspended/revoked, posses-sion of controlled substanceor marijuana, at 10:31 p.m.

Alex Joseph Samokar, 19,of 27 Turner Drive, NorthHaven, use and possession ofdrug paraphernalia, posses-sion of hallucinogen or mar-ijuana, at 12:30 p.m.

Paul W. Longo, 23, of 5Berncliff Drive, NorthHaven, no insurance, opera-tion with registration/li-cense suspended/revoked,possession of controlled sub-stance or marijuana, misuseof plate, at 10:31 p.m.

March 25Jeffrey P. Venditto, 20, of

10 Winchester Drive, NorthHaven, carrying gun with-out permit, burglary 1, larce-ny 3, theft FM, conspiracy, at6:45 a.m.

Stephen Holcomb, 29, of12 Pond Hill Road, NorthHaven, criminal mischief 3,at 12:15 p.m.

Judith Eybel-Cook, 42, of32 Fisco Drive, East Haven,failure to appear 1st, at 6:29p.m.

March 26Tracy L. Cobb, 40, of 100

State St., Apt. 114, NorthHaven, disorderly conduct,at 5 p.m.

March 27Jeffery T. Modine, 20, of

184 Main St., 4, Portland, fail-ure to appear 1st, failure toappear 2nd, possession ofcontrolled substance or mar-ijuana, at 10:40 p.m.

Katherine ElizabethCorkum, 20, of 111 MeetingHouse Road, Haddam, pos-session of controlled sub-stance or marijuana, larceny5, illegal use of credit card,at 10:44 p.m.

March 29Christina Spadacenta, 25,

of 7 Culver Lane, NorthHaven, evading responsibili-ty, at 2:19 a.m.

Frank Testa, 83, of 7Lynette Drive, North Haven,disorderly conduct, at 11:45a.m.

Mark Lawrence, 18, of 7Lynette St., North Haven,disorderly conduct, at 11:45a.m.


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scientific research in design-ing a rowing shell, the clas-sic electricity-from-a-veg-etable experiment, techno-logically advanced nursingtechniques, DNA finger-printing, clinical research,automotive technology, ge-netic DNA examination, andan air powered balloon rock-et race.

Biomedical engineer androcket race arbiter MariaQadri said that “the engi-neering discipline lackswomen.”

“It’s important to startgirls young,” Qadri said.“Girls learn at a young agethat math and science arenot fun, and they don’t be-come engineers.”

“It’s the jobs responsibili-ty to promote minority andincrease diversity,” said en-gineer Paola Jaramillo, alsoassisting in rocket construc-tion. “We need to help girlsunderstand what an engi-neer is – it’s more than just

the concept they have. Weneed to help them get intocreative fields and get themengaged early so they don’tleave.”

“Girls are really good atmath and science at an earlyage,” Jaramillo continued.“They tend to delineate fromthat when they reach highschool. They become over-whelmed and lose confi-dence and lose focus.”

Automotive technicianCassandra Glatzhoffer saidthat women actually makefor better mechanics. “Girlsare supposed to be smarterin these kinds of areas,”Glatzhoffer said. “Womenare more towards little de-tails. Dealers actually likefor women to be mechanics.”

“Women in this field arealmost guaranteed a job afterschool,” Glatzhoffer contin-ued. “There are a lot of girlsin my shop, same with myauto body and machineschool.”

Sue Palisano, Director ofEducational Services at Con-necticut Center for Ad-vanced Technology, hopedthat the girls enjoyed them-

selves while deriving elec-tricity from lemons in herworkshop.

“We want to show handson activities and real worldapplications to get girls in-terested in science,” Pal-isano said. “We need to grabgirls earlier - they becometurned off from math andscience.”

“It’s important for them torealize that being smart is agood thing - not a bad thing -when everyone is worryingabout being cool,” Palisanosaid. “And getting them to-gether as just girls is key.Without boys, they put theirboundaries down and be-come more engaged.”

Chemist Marie Zucker-man, who assisted in therowing shell research, en-joyed volunteering for theexpo. “I’m all for it,” shesaid. “My father encouragedme not to think about gendergrowing up. Now I have aPh.D. in chemistry. Girlsneed to get out there. TheU.S. needs technical peopleto compete. I’m in favor orboys or girls getting interest-ed in science.”

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Taylor Vaccaro and Tori Adinolfi, of North Haven, par-ticipated in the recent Girls Go Green Expo at GatewayCommunity College.


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Quinnipiac also recog-nized D’Amato with the QUAlumni Association Awardfor Holistic Nursing. “It feelsreally good to be honored bymy professors and mypeers,” she said. “I’m still abit in shock, I just can’t be-lieve it. I am truly humbled.”

D’Amato is also a memberof the Tao Rho chapter ofSigma Theta Tao, the Inter-national Honor Society ofNursing.

Now facing her new careerhead on, D’Amato looks for-ward to beginning her newposition at St. Vincent’s Med-ical Center. “I want to learnas much as I possibly can andfocus on being the best oncol-ogy nurse I can be,” she said.

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D’Amato is not alone inher accomplishments. Shecredits her family for muchof her success. “My familyand children are as much apart of this as I am,” shesaid. “My entire family gaveme unconditional support. Icouldn’t have done it withoutthem.”

D’Amato aspires to earnher specialty certification inoncology, and plans to prac-tice nursing until her retire-ment.

D’Amato is a lifelong resi-dent of North Haven and hasa 14-year-old daughter atNorth Haven Middle School,and an 11-year-old son atGreen Acres ElementarySchool.

D’AmatoContinued from page 9

Work days at Peter’s RockThe Peter’s Rock Association will hold two work days

this month—Saturdays, May 16, and May 30, beginning at9 a.m. at the park entrance at 133 Middletown Avenue inthe Montowese section of North Haven, behind the FirstFuel Gas Station. Many hands make less work, and thereis much to be done at the entrance and on the trails. Weplan to finish up by 1 p.m. If there are questions, pleasecall Chris at (203) 535-3455, or Mike at (203) 39-9902. Bringwater and work gloves and wear sturdy shoes and longpants.

In addition, members and friends of the association areinvited to march in the Memorial Day Parade on Saturday,May 23. We will meet at the North Haven Middle Schoolbetween 9:30 and 10 a.m.

Bricks for the walkway that is under construction atthe entrance are still available for ordering by callingMiriam Brody at (203) 239-5223.

National Trails DayNational Trails Day is Saturday, June 6. The Peter’s

Rock Association invites the public to take a self-guidedhike of the trails at Peter’s Rock Park and look for the var-ious spring flowers and trees in bud. Also take note of thegarden that was planted around the flagpole last year bythe North Haven Garden Club as well as the weeping cher-ry tree that was planted last fall in memory of John Lam-onaca. A new boardwalk has been constructed at the ap-proach to the bridge over the stream on the red trailthanks to Eagle Scout Phil Cooper, and the yellow trail tothe garden was partially blazed by scout leader, DianeWorrest, and her troop. Maps will be available at the park.Why not plan to have a picnic at the park entrance at 133Middletown Ave. just behind the First Fuel Gas Station?


Remember When: The Iron Bound BucketEditor’s note: The Citizen

will feature a column calledRemember When, written byNorth Haven resident PaulColella. The column focuseson the interesting, poignant,and historically valuable sto-ries of local residents. If youhave an idea for a future col-umn or a story you’d like totell, contact Paul by e-mail [email protected], or bymail at the North Haven Citi-zen, 460 Washington Ave.,North Haven, CT 06473.

After living through theGreat Depression and WorldWar II, many Americanschose to enjoy the prosperityof the Eisenhower years.The 1950s was a decade ofboth prosperity and prob-lems.

Americans enjoyed listen-ing to rock ‘n’roll on the ra-dio and gathering aroundthe television set to watchsoap operas, The MickeyMouse Club, I Love Lucy, andDavy Crockett. The suburbsbecame a symbol of the goodlife as more families lived inthe suburbs and commutedto work in the city by auto-mobile. In addition to theprosperity, the 1950s had dif-ficult times with the KoreanWar, the McCarthy Era andthe fear of Communism, theCold War, the infamous trialsof Alger Hiss and Ethel andJulius Rosenberg, America’sincreasing dependency uponimported oil, and the neglectof the passenger railroadsystem. Among the good andthe difficult times of thisdecade, North Haven resi-dent, Charles “Charlie” Nor-ton, who was a little boygrowing up at this time, re-calls the weekend visits tohis grandmother’s housewhere he enjoyed doingsomething special. This ishis story.

Charlie’s father worked atThe Trader’s Bank in down-town New Haven, and hecommuted every day from

North Haven to New Havenand back in his station wag-on. The Norton family livedin a Cape Cod house on PoolRoad in town. Charlie’smother stayed at home andattended to the householdchores and the children.During the week, Charlieand his two sisters went toschool by bus, his fatherwent to work at the bank,and his mother engaged indomesticity. The weekendswere a time for the family torelax, attend church, andspend leisure time together.

“I loved the weekends be-cause there was no schooland my father did not have togo to work. The entire familywas together,” recalled Char-lie. “My favorite part of theweekend was when my fa-ther would drive us to mygrandmother’s house inDurham.”

Charlie’s grandmotherlived in a red house withblack shutters positioned onseveral acres of land. Whenhis grandfather died in 1947,his grandmother devotedher time to volunteer workand gardening. Her favoritething to do was tending tothe rose garden that Charlieand his sisters would assistwith. He and his sisterswould help with the weed-ing, planting, and wateringof the garden under theirgrandmother’s watchfuleyes and careful instruction.

“My grandmother wasvery particular on howeverything in the garden hadto be,” Charlie stated. “Hermeticulous ways createdbeautiful roses that alwayswon awards and praisesfrom the local gardeningclubs.”

Charlie had the task of go-ing to the well that was locat-ed on the property and get-ting water for the garden inan iron bound bucket. He re-members wearing an oldpair of trousers held up by a

pair of suspenders, a pair ofblack boots, and a straw hatto protect his head from thesun. His grandmother’s dog,Blackie, would follow him tothe well and watch Charlieas he hoisted the bucket intothe well and retrieved it bypulling on the ropes.

“I guess that’s how I devel-oped my muscles by pullingon the rope that lowered andlifted the bucket from thewell,” recalled Charlie.“Sometimes when I wasthirsty, I would take a fewsips of the cold water and itfelt good on my parchedthroat.”

Charlie’s grandmotherhad red, white, and pink ros-es in her garden. Each onewas prettier than the next.Weeds did not have a chanceto bother the roses sinceCharlie and his sisters werealways on weed alert. Some-times Charlie’s sisters wouldhelp him carry the bucket tothe well, but when it came tocarrying it filled with waterto the garden, they wouldrun away leaving him to thetask at hand. Charlie lovedhis grandmother and herroses so much that he did notmind the extra work.

“My parents would alwayscomment on how theywished I was more attentiveto my chores at home as Iwas to helping my grand-mother with her garden,”Charlie said.

Working in his grand-mother’s garden was a laborof love that brought himpeace and joy. While hisfriends enjoyed listening toElvis on the radio, riding bi-cycles, playing ball at thepark or watching televisionon their time off fromschool, Charlie’s favoritepastime was visiting hisgrandmother and working inher rose garden. Soon Char-lie and the iron bound buck-et became old friends. Hisgrandmother originally had

an old oak bucket but theyears took their toll on it,and when it began to leak,she put it to rest.

One time while working inthe garden, Charlie’s sistersencountered a garter snakesunbathing on a rock. Thegirls screamed, Charliedropped the iron boundbucket he was carrying, andBlackie barked. His grand-mother remained calm andpicked up the snake with ashovel and set it free in thenearby woods.

His grandmother toldCharlie and his sisters thatthere was nothing to fear.The garter snake just want-ed a place to relax, but not inher garden. Charlie admiredthe goodness and love thathis grandmother had for peo-ple, animals, and especiallyher roses. He believed that itjust wasn’t her hard work,but her love that made theroses thrive and look sobeautiful.

Life travels in a cycle, andunfortunately, the goodtimes do not last forever. In1964, Charlie’s grandmotherdied in her sleep from aheart attack. When hisgrandmother died, so did herbeautiful rose garden. Noone could plant, grow, andcare for roses like his grand-mother did. Shortly after herdeath, the family sold herhouse and the property. ForCharlie and his sisters, therewould be no more toiling inthe garden and no more car-rying and fetching waterfrom the well with the ironbound bucket. A favorite andmemorable pastime hadcome to an end.

“Although my grandmoth-er and her rose garden are nomore, I still have the memo-ries even after all theseyears,” recalled Charlie withtears in his eyes. “I have keptthe iron bound bucket and itis stored in a safe place in mybasement. It is a keepsake

that reminds me of a wonder-ful woman, a beautiful gar-den, and happy times.”

When the actions of a par-ticular event or era are overand we look back in history,we understand more or lesswhat has taken place by read-ing or studying about it orlistening to stories told bythe people who lived duringthose times. The 1950s was adecade of both good and badevents that shaped Americanlife and the American familyin many ways. This decadehad its popular memories aswell as its unpopular ones,and its few simple but specialones like that of a little boywho became attached to aniron bound bucket and hisgrandmother’s garden.

Today, Charlie admits thatas he recalls these memoriesof the 1950s and his grand-mother’s garden, he often re-minds his children andgrandchildren to enjoy life,do not take it for granted, andevery chance they get theyshould take time to appreci-ate the little things, and tosmell the roses and be happy.He has stored these memo-ries in the archives of hismind, and he is determinedfor as long as he can, to re-member and share them withfuture generations.

Charlie’s memories of car-rying an iron bound bucketwhile working in his grand-mother’s rose garden manyyears gone by are a perfect ex-ample of the importance ofremembering and learningabout our past told by thosewho lived it. It is this purposeof not forgetting that makesus remember, so while we can,we should remember when.

Coming next week...Patriots and Scoundrels, Part V


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gery, conducted her youthfulvocalists in a specially pre-pared piece, “We’d Like toThank You Ms. Grantham.”Next, the miniature min-strels put thankful lyrics toGrantham’s favorite song,Pachelbel’s Canon.

After the serenades, it wastime for gifts, Dowling said,which would reflectGrantham’s knowledge,sense of humor, and passionfor learning. The kinder-garten classes presentedtheir principal with an illus-trated book they crafted enti-tled “When you were princi-pal.”

The transition class hand-ed Grantham a colorful, pa-perback tome called “Memo-ries from room-two transi-tion.”

“You will always be in ourhearts,” the transition class

said to Grantham.Keeping with the home-

made literature theme, thefirst graders gifted a largebook which captured the stu-dents’ ideas for whatGrantham could do duringher retirement. The secondgraders performed a song inwhich they said goodbye toGrantham in a variety oflanguages, as their principalis an avid world traveler. Thethird grade made Granthama giant card, and the fifthgrade read from poems andletters about their principal.The fourth grade had cele-brated with Grantham earli-er in the week, as they had afield trip on the day of her as-sembly.

“I wish you the very bestin retirement,” Dowlingsaid, before allowing thewoman of the hour herchance to speak.

Grantham had main-tained a broad, modest smileduring her accolades, butnow the tears began to catch

up to her. “It never occurredto me that I would ever re-tire,” she said to her studentsand staff. “I would just keepworking with the kids that Ilove. Watching you all growup is a real privilege. Work-ing with the teachers andstaff has been a privilege.”

Grantham said she was re-minded recently of thelength of her career, when aformer student she taught inkindergarten e-mailed her tosay that she now had akindergarten-aged child,and that she wished herchild’s kindergarten teacherwould be like the Clin-tonville principal.

“The years flew by,”Grantham said of the three-plus decades she spent inNorth Haven schools. “Whoelse gets to get up and feelwonderful about coming towork?”

After the ceremony,Grantham said that shewould spend her retirementtraveling and taking school

courses on various subjects,including Chinese historyand music and art apprecia-tion. “I have more to learn,”the retiring principal said.

While Grantham will bebroadening her horizons,Dowling is humbled in fol-lowing her footsteps as Clin-tonville’s next principal.

“There’s no way that I canfill her shoes,” Dowling saidof Grantham. “It’s not goingto happen. Claudia has awealth of knowledge and ex-pertise – 38 years. I can’tcompletely duplicate it. I’mjust taking cues from her ingeneral. Hopefully I am halfthe principal she is.”

Dowling also spoke of thesuccess of the assembly. “It’sone of the things that make

the school so special, peoplecoming together,” she said.“We’re going to miss her.”

“The whole assembly wasthe community’s efforts,”Dowling added. “The kidswanted to say goodbye – theywere the focus. This was anopportunity for them to sayhow much she touched theirlives.”

And with a slice of the af-ter-party cake, Grantham be-gan her retirement. Howev-er, Clintonville was sure tospecify that their retiringprincipal was welcome backwhenever.

“These aren’t just good-byes,” Dowling had said dur-ing the assembly, “but in-stead ‘we’ll see you again’s.”

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tinues to have these meet-ings at times that are not fairto working people.

They schedule the time ofthe hearings from noon to 5p.m. I work from 8:30 a.m. to5:30 p.m. So if you work youmust use sick or personaltime to attend a hearing oryour lunch hour (if you arelucky enough to get a timeduring your lunch). I havementioned in the past theyshould hold these hearingson Saturdays or during theweek from 3 to 9 p.m. to ac-commodate all residents.

Now on the other townmatters, I cannot take thebashing of our first select-man anymore. All I hearfrom the Republican town

committee is what a lousyjob she is doing. I remind youthese are the same peoplewho raised your taxes eightyears in a row. I think Janetis doing a great job.

This budget is fabulous.Look around to other towns,not one of them has a budgetwithout tax increases or aloss of programs and servic-es. I am proud to say ourtown budget has neither. I saton the Parks and RecreationCommission and every yearthe seniors would come infront of Mr. Ierardi and askfor help with the senior cen-ter and his reply would al-ways be we do not have themoney. Janet comes into of-fice and guess what, not onlyis there money, it is grantmoney, so we do not have topay it back. This is also howthe paramedic program is

going to be started with agrant. This would never havehappened with the past ad-ministration. Please showyour support for Janet bypassing this budget. Vote“yes” on May 19.

Frank O’ConnorNorth Haven

Supportingbalanced budgetTo the editor:

This is the first time I canremember being presented abalanced budget to vote on. Ihope that everyone votes forit before anyone has achance to change their mind.

Leroy C. GouldNorth Haven

Vote ‘no’ onbudgetTo the editor:

Vote “no” on the budget:spending too high, legal feestoo high, but most impor-tantly, our right to votefreely, independently andwithout condition throughthe democratic process is be-ing “violated.”

At the budget referendumon Tuesday, May 19, we willbe asked to vote on the para-medic program. If you wantthis program you must vote“yes,” but then you must alsovote “yes” on the budget.This is intimidating. It vio-lates our right to vote on anissue freely, independentlyand without condition,through the democraticprocess. Remember this isthe annual town budget ref-erendum not a paramedicreferendum. Why are we be-ing forced to vote “yes” onthe budget for a questionthat is “outside the budget”?

There’s something wrongwith that picture. What wasthe legal department and theadministration thinking of ?The chairman of the FireCommission asked that thequestion on the paramedicprogram be carefully writ-ten. They did not receive thewritten question until thenight of the Fire Commissionmeeting. But Democratic andRepublican members votedunanimously not to have thetwo questions linked. The se-lectmen’s meeting was at 9:30the next morning. They gavetheir decision to the first se-lectman, but it was disre-garded. This is not open gov-ernment. I hope people willvote “no” and not honor thequestion because it is writtencontrary to our free votingprivileges. This paramedicquestion should come back asa separate referendum. Someof the money from the CRRAprogram should be set asideto help fund it down the road,and in that way everyonecould vote on it without beingforced to pass a budget theymay not want. This would befair to everyone.

Spending: Don’t be misledby a no tax increase. Lastyear the administrationspent $1,688,000 on capital ex-penses. That represents oneand one half mills, plus itwent up one mill, and thisyear the spending is up onehalf mill. That’s over 3 mills.It was offset by the fund bal-ance. The fund balance is be-ing used to spend more andmany people do not realizethat. The mill rate should nothave gone up last year. Thespending was too high andthis year is no different. Thecapital expenditures are$855,000. There’s where thecuts should be instead ofthreatening people’s jobs in-stead of covering up heavyspending, using the fund bal-ance. The legal fees are toohigh and going higher. Mr.Burns’ job should be contin-ued next year if only to savemoney. We have to pay $34,000in severance. If he can’t get ajob, we’ll have to pay unem-ployment. There is a griev-ance with the union plus onewith the town, plus Mr.Burns has hired an attorney.He is eliminated, but his jobisn’t. We still have to pay forsomeone to do it and that per-son might not be as experi-enced or hire a costly consult-




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ant, and eventually everyonewill be asking for more mon-ey. There is nothing frivolousabout keeping Mr. Burns,based on money, experience,recommendations of peoplewho through the years haveworked with him andvouched for the need for himand that job. Also, he is veryclose to being eligible for hispension. He worked twoyears part time and nineyears full time in August. Itis shabby for the town to lethim go (the only town em-ployee to be let go).

Mr. Criscuolo, for 46 yearsI fought to keep spendingdown, in all departments, in-cluding legal. You and yourpeople are trying to pass thebudget on the back of theparamedic question but thatmight backfire, because thepeople who don’t want theparamedic program will vote“no” on the budget. Also withall the money coming, taxesshould be going down.

We all hear about changeand progress, but our demo-cratic process and our budgetprocess has changed for theworse and has progressedbackward. We went to thepublic hearing. There wereno revenue figures. Thesepages were left out of thebudget document, the samefor the capital improvementpages. Many times the statebudget was not finalized be-fore our budget, but we stillgot estimates. The Water Pol-lution Department was leftout, though we make our Sew-er Use Charge out to the Townof North Haven. This is notopen government. We were al-ways given all figures on thisdepartment in the past.

Vote “no” on Tuesday, May19, at the referendum. Everyperson should get out andvote “no” on the budget. Senda message. The budgetshould be voted down and re-turned with no conditionsbeing attached to our voteand to have a separate townmeeting or referendum onthe paramedic question. Thewording on the paramedicquestion now is a mockery ofthe town meeting form ofgovernment, which is or wasthe most democratic form ofgovernment. Vote “no.”

Ann M. RuoccoNorth Haven


High schoolstudents register

On April 22, 50 18 year oldsand 53 17 year olds registeredand pre-registered to voteduring the North HavenHigh School voter registra-tion drive.

Under state law, the regis-trars of voters are requiredto conduct an annual voterregistration session at thehigh school between Jan. 1and the end of the schoolyear, including pre-registra-tion of 17 year olds. The new-ly registered 18-year-old vot-ers may vote in the upcom-ing town budget referendumon Tuesday, May 19, 2009.

The North Haven Regis-trars of Voters and their

deputy registrars wish tothank principal Russ Dallaiand his staff for their sup-port and assistance. Theyalso congratulate all of thenew voters/students on tak-ing their first step to becom-ing full participants in ourdemocracy.

Renter’s rebateapplications

The North Haven asses-sor’s office will be acceptingapplications for the Renter’sRebate Program from Mon-day, May 15, to Monday, Sept.15, 2009. Applications are ac-cepted everyday between 9a.m. and 3 p.m.

Eligibility guidelines:- Must be 65 years of age or

older as of Dec. 31, 2008.

- Or if 50 years of age orolder, and the survivingspouse of a renter who at thetime his or her death hadqualified and was entitled totax relief, provided suchspouse was domiciled withsuch renter at the time of hisdeath.

- If permanently and total-ly disabled the applicant mustbe 18 years of age or older.

- Maximum adjusted grossincome of $30,500 for unmar-ried and $37,300 for marriedcouples.

- Must be a resident ofConnecticut for at least oneyear.

- Must live in a propertynot owned by the applicantand make regular rent pay-ments.

Required documentation:- Income verification with

a copy of the first page of2008 IRS 1040 and 2008 SocialSecurity 1099 forms or if anIRS 1040 is not filed, copies ofthe 2008 Social Security 1099and statements from all oth-er income earned (pension,interest, dividends, etc.).

- For the disabled, a proofof disability must be provid-ed. Acceptable proof is a 2008Social Security 1099 form.

- Twelve months of re-ceipts, statements or can-celed checks for each utilityfrom 2008 (rent, electric, gasor oil heat and water).

If there are any questions,please contact the NorthHaven assessors office at(203) 239-5321.

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Resident receivesEmmynominations forfilm work

On April 15, 2009, it was an-nounced that Connecticutfilmmaker Karyl K. Evans, ofNorth Haven, received threeEmmy Award Nominationsfrom the Boston/New Eng-land Chapter of the NationalAcademy of Television Artsand Sciences.

She received one nomina-tion as the producer/direc-tor/editor for “Grove StreetCemetery: City of the Dead,City of the Living” about thehistory and community in-volvement with the GroveStreet Cemetery in NewHaven, Conn. This film wasnominated in the Best Infor-mational Program category.Evans was also nominatedfor Best Director (IndividualAchievement) for the GroveStreet Cemetery film.

In Addition, Evans wasalso nominated as the pro-ducer/director/editor for theBest Educational Programfor a short documentary shecreated about the New HavenSymphony Orchestra’s YouthOrchestra Festival.

The Emmy Awards cere-mony will be held on May 30in Boston.

Theater auditionsInterAct Summer Theatre

for children ages 11 to 16 isnow accepting applicationsfor their summer theatre pro-duction of the musical “God-spell.” “Godspell” drawsfrom various theatrical tradi-tions such as clowning, pan-tomime, charades, acrobaticsand vaudeville. The programwill run from July 6 to Aug. 1,Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 3p.m., and will be held at ACESEducational Center for Arts,55 Audubon St., New Haven.For brochure and registra-tion please call Director In-grid Schaeffer at (203) 795-9011. Slots will be filled on afirst come first served basis.

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Clintonville Elementary School held a graduation ceremony on May 5 for the 70fifth grade students who completed the D.A.R.E. program. Seated in the front roware fifth grade teachers Ms. McLaughlin and Mrs. Connellan, North Haven D.A.R.E.Police Officer Christopher Thorpe, Ms. Thompson and principal Lauretta Dowlingwith the graduating students. Also in attendance were First Selectman Janet Mc-Carty, Selectman Steve Fontana, Police Chief James DiCarlo, retired police officerand former D.A.R.E. instructor Deborah Pausig and Police Commissioner JosephD’Errico.

Toy bank for birthdaysThe Community Services and Recreation Department

for the Town of North Haven would like to announce toNorth Haven residents that their toy bank is now avail-able year round for parents to select items for their chil-dren’s birthdays. This toy bank, previously only avail-able during the holiday season, is now a resource to par-ents for year-round gift giving needs.

Access to the toy bank is contingent upon certain eligi-bility criteria. Families must be residents of the town ofNorth Haven. Children’s names and proof of dates ofbirth must be provided at the time of application. Par-ents must complete and sign an application which in-cludes a statement of need.

Access to the toy bank is by appointment. The toy bankis located in the Town Hall Annex Building, 5 Linsley St.

Donations of new toys to the toy bank are always wel-come. For more information or to apply, please call CarlaPelliccio at (203) 239-5321, ext. 780.

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Editor’s note: Senior hap-penings take place at theJoyce C. Budrow Senior Cen-ter, 189 Pool Road, NorthHaven, unless otherwise spec-ified. The phone number is(203) 239-5432.

TripsDay tripsFunny Girl — Thursday,

June 4All You Can Eat Lobster

and Comedy Show at the De-laney House — July 22

Music D’Italia, starringEmil Stucchio and the Clas-sics — Tuesday, Sept. 15

Beehive, The 60’s Musical— Thursday, Sept. 17

Toast to the Armed Forcesand Veterans — Tuesday,Nov. 10

Overnight trips

Travel the Colorado Rock-ies — July 18 to 26

Saratoga Races Getaway— Aug. 19-20

Senior ExpoThe New Haven Expo 2009

Mind, Body and Spirit willbe held Friday, May 15, from10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event isa self-paced exploration ofservices, programs and prod-ucts that are available for theolder and disabled popula-tion. Transportation will beprovided. Call the center toreserve a spot. A Wii Bowl-ing Tournament will be pro-vided on that day.

Mother’s Day TeaGrace Drugin “The Old

Fashioned Hat Lady” will beat the American Legion Hall,20 Church St., to celebrateMother’s Day with “an oldfashioned” tea party on

Thursday, May 21, at 1:30p.m.

Lap blankets neededLooking for knitted, cro-

cheted or quilted lap blan-kets, size 37” x 48” andshawls to donate to Yale-NewHaven Hospital’s Mutual Re-spect Committee. If interest-ed in donating your time, thecenter will provide you withyarn.

Sewing neededJoin our craft class and as-

sist with making cloth totebags that will be given tochildren who are removedfrom their homes in a crisissituation. Craft classes areheld Tuesdays and Thurs-days from 1 to 3 p.m.

Scrabble playersScrabble players are need-

ed. Join the fun on Fridaymornings at 10 a.m.

Volunteers soughtInterfaith Volunteer Care-

givers needs volunteers toprovide friendly visits toNorth Haven seniors. If in-terested, contact BarbaraBarloc at (203) 230-8994. Themission of Interfaith Volun-teer Caregivers is to assistolder and disabled people byfostering independent livingand reducing isolation.

Food donationsThe following items are

needed for the Senior Cen-ter’s food collection box:peanut butter, jelly and cof-fee.Transportation schedule

North Haven library: callfor appointment.

Town pool: Call for hoursof availability.

Grocery shopping: everyFriday, 10:30 a.m. to noon at

Senior HappeningsBig Y or Stop & Shop.

Hairdresser: Tuesdays at10:30 a.m.

Errands: every Wednesday,10:30 a.m. Trips include bank,post office, card shop, etc.

Medical appointmentsTuesday, Wednesday and

Thursday: Make all appoint-ments between 9:30 a.m. and 1p.m. (be ready to go home by 2p.m.)

Friday: limited medical ap-pointments in North Havenonly.

When you call to scheduleyour transportation, pleasebe prepared to provide yourdoctor’s name, address andphone number. Please re-serve your ride by calling theSenior Center as soon as youmake your appointment andno later than noon the day be-fore the appointment.

If errands, hairdresser orgrocery trips are scheduledon a holiday or any day thecenter is closed, there willnot be a make-up day duringthat week for transportation.

Job counselingThe Agency on Aging of

South Central Connecticutoffers employment counsel-ing and placement for people55 and older. Paid and unpaidprograms are available toqualified individuals.

To qualify for the paid Se-nior Community Service Em-ployment Training Programan individual must be physi-cally and mentally capable ofperforming part-time duties,be employable in a non-subsi-dized workplace, be a resi-dent of New Haven Countyand meet federal incomeguidelines.

Enrollees normally work15 hours per week and arepaid minimum wage on a bi-weekly basis.

Employment counselingand placement is also offeredfree to people 55 or older. Thisservice is ideal for those indi-viduals who wish to supple-ment their retirement in-come, or who would like toexplore another field ofwork.

For information on eitherprogram or to schedule an ap-pointment to determine eligi-bility, please call (203) 752-3059.

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The following is a list of lunches for the week of May 18 atthe Senior Center:

Main menuMonday: Fruit punch, chicken salad with lettuce, tomato

on a whole wheat roll, mayonnaise, mustard, baby carrotswith ranch dressing, fruited jello.

Tuesday: Pineapple juice, cold meatloaf with green pep-per and onion on rye bread, mayonnaise, mustard, carrotraisin salad, tropical fruit cup.

Wednesday: Orange juice, thinly sliced beef with lettuceon whole wheat bread, mayonnaise, three-bean salad, apple-sauce with graham cracker.

Thursday: Grape juice, tuna salad, lettuce, tomato, on oatbread, potato salad, mayonnaise, marinated vegetable salad,tropical fruit cup.

Friday: Senior outing.

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Senior CalendarEvents planned at the Se-

nior Center next week:Monday, May 18

Line dance with friends, 9a.m.

Exercise, 10 a.m.Canasta, 10:30 a.m.Lunch, noonOil painting, 12:30 p.m.Bingo with Theresa, 1

p.m.Tuesday, May 19

Ceramics, 9 a.m.Beginning chair yoga, 10

a.m.Hairdresser/nails, 10:30

a.m.Lunch, noonCrafts/Mah Jongg, 1 p.m.Senior Songsters, 1:15 p.m.

Wednesday, May 20Line dance, 9 a.m.Exercise, 10 a.m.

Errands/grocery shop-ping, 10:30 a.m.

Lunch, noonLunch at Olive Garden,

noonBridge, 12:15 p.m.Bingo with George, 1 p.m.

Thursday, May 21Ceramics, 9 a.m.Tai Chi, 10:15 a.m.Mini trip, Universal Drive,

10:15 a.m.Lunch, noon.Knitting with Woodie,

12:30 p.m.Intermediate Yoga, 1 p.m.Crafts, 1 p.m.Mother’s Day Tea, 1:30

p.m.Friday, May 22

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onto South Avenue, take yourthird left onto Carina Roadand the park will be on yourright hand side.

Woodie’s Knitting — willbe held on Wednesdays from12:30 to 2:30 p.m., beginningWednesday, May 20 throughWednesday, Oct. 28, at Wood’sEdge, 520 Pool Road in thecommunity room. Shouldyou have any questions,please feel free to contactWoodie at (203) 239-1425.

Senior activitiesSenior activities at

American Legion Hall:Bingo — Monday, Wednes-

day, and FridayCanasta — MondayMah Jongg — TuesdayBridge — Wednesday and

FridayCraft classes — Tuesday

and ThursdayScrabble — FridaysMassages — by appoint-

ment onlyPurple Red Hatters —

non-board meetingsThe following

activities/programs will beon hold until the Center re-opens:

Wii Bowling, Quilt ClassSenior activities at oth-

er sites:Footlighters — will meet

at the Recreation Center,from Friday, May 8, throughFriday, June 19. From Friday,June 26,, through Sept. 4,please meet at the ML KeefeCommunity Center, 11 PineSt., Hamden. Friday, Sept. 11,back to the Recreation Cen-ter until Oct. 23. New sessionwill begin on Friday, May 8,and run through Friday, July31. No class on Friday, July17, and Aug. 21. Second ses-sion will run from Friday,Aug. 7, through Friday, Oct.23. Time: 10 to 11:15 a.m.

Tai Chi — will be held be-ginning Thursday, May 7, atVillari’s, 34 Broadway (nextto Ludal’s).

Computer classes — willtake the summer off, but ifyou are in need of help,please contact Pat Ferraro,(203) 234-2656 to schedule atime on Mondays betweenthe hours 9 and 11 a.m.

Senior Songsters — willmeet at the North Haven Li-brary community room onTuesdays beginning Tues-day, May 12, from 1:15 to 2:15p.m. — please note the timechange.

Book Club — will meet onthe following Wednesdays,from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., at theNorth Haven Library com-munity room, May 27, June17, Sept. 23, and Oct. 28.

Bocce — will be held atCanna Park on Carina Road— directions from the center:take a right out of the drive-way, follow Pool Road overClintonville Road (Route 22),then take your fourth left

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Masonicare Primary Care Physicians announces Expanded Hours for the Community

Back Row--L to R: Susan Grant, APRN; Roberta Stanford, MA; Robert Elwell, MD; Alla Bernshteyn, MD; CheriMoore, Receptionist, Kathy Vincent, LPN; Middle Row-L to R: Cindy Marco, LPN.; Kimberly Goux, LPN.;Bernadette Thurber, Billing; Virginia Barket, Clerical Support; Ronald Schwartz, MD; Front Row-seated-L to R: Linda Malaro, Office Manager; Stephanie Bouchard, MA, Ellen Uliase, Receptionist

To accommodate the busy schedules of our patients and their families, we’renow open Evenings, Saturdays and through Lunchtime. We are acceptingnew patients and can assist in transferring records.

Our patient-centered team has been caring for adults from the greater Wallingfordcommunity since 1997. If you don’t have a primary care physician — or wouldlike to make a fresh start — and are over 18, call us.

We are conveniently located on the first floor of Masonicare’s new MedicalOffice Building at 67 Masonic Ave, right off Route 150, in Wallingford. And,should you need a blood test or x-ray, Clinical Lab Partners and MidStateRadiology Associates have offices in our building.

For additional information or to make an appointment,call us at 265-0355. We look forward to meeting you.

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Fall riskpreventionprogram

A Fall Risk Preventionprogram will be held Tues-day, May 19, at noon, at theGaylord Wellness Center, 8Devine St., North Haven.

The expertise of a nurseand physical therapist work-ing together will teach atten-dees how to identify risksand prevent falls, and whatto do if one does fall and howto get up safely. Exerciseplays an important part, soyou will learn strength train-ing exercises, seated and

standing, to keep your mus-cles strong and enjoy life tothe fullest.

There is no fee but regis-tration is required as seatingis limited. Please call (203)284-2829 or e-mail [email protected]. Refresh-ments will be provided.

Seminar onhearing

Learn how you can im-prove your hearing and yourlife at Masonicare’s free sem-inar for the communitywhich will be held Wednes-day, May 20, at 2 p.m., at theMasonicare Health Center,

22 Masonic Ave., Walling-ford.

More than half of peopleover the age of 65 have hear-ing loss that affects theirfamily relationships andquality of life. Unfortunate-ly, only about 40 percent ofthose individuals will seekhelp for the condition.

Fortunately, there aremore ways than ever to im-prove your hearing. As aneducational service to thecommunity, Masonicare ishosting a free audiologyseminar that will provideimportant information onhow hearing can be en-hanced.

Guest speaker MelissaPacey, AuD, a technologyspecialist with Phonak, willdiscuss the major causes ofhearing loss and explainhow the latest advances indigital hearing aid technolo-gy can ultimately improvehearing and quality of life.Hillary Lewis, AuD, ClinicalDoctor of Audiology withMasonicare Health Center’scomprehensive AudiologyDepartment, will also be onhand to provide additionalinformation and answeryour questions.

Every seminar attendeewill receive a coupon worth$200 off the purchase price of

one hearing aid and $400 offthe price of two hearing aids(both ears) from MasonicareHealth Center.

Complimentary refresh-ments will be served. Reser-vations for the free programare required, and seating islimited. Please contact theMasonicare Helpline at 1(888) 679-9997 as soon as possi-ble to reserve your space.

Stroke screeningStroke Alert 2009, spon-

sored by the AmericanStroke Association and host-ed by Yale-New Haven Hospi-tal, will take place on Thurs-day, May 21, from 10 a.m. to 3p.m. in the special eventsarea of the hospital’s EastPavilion cafeteria. The Yale-New Haven Hospital StampOut Stroke team will offerstroke screenings and raiseawareness of the warningsigns of a stroke and how toreduce risk factors.

“We highly encourage peo-ple who have stroke risk fac-tors to come to the screen-ing,” said Joseph Schindler,MD, medical director, Yale-New Haven Stroke Center.Some of the major risk fac-tors for stroke include: highblood pressure, uncontrolleddiabetes, cigarette smoking,a family history of stroke, ex-cessive alcohol or drug use,and obesity, and previoustransient ischemic attacks(TIAs).

The stroke screening isfree and appointments arenot necessary. For more in-formation, call (203) 737-1057.

MidState Walk-InOn Jan. 1, the MidState

Medical Group Walk-In Cen-ter opened at 2 Broadway inNorth Haven.

The Walk-In Center is openMonday through Friday, from8 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Satur-days, from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m.

Physicians at the Walk-InCenter provide patients withtreatment for a wide range ofchronic and acute conditions,as well as physical exams. Ra-diology services are conve-niently offered on-site. No ap-pointment necessary.

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Lettieri said that theyouths were eager to raisemoney in the memory of Ste-pen, a fellow student of thearts. “The studios’ ownersfelt that it was a good way toget the kids to perform,” shesaid. “It’s showing a way togive back to the community.”

Stepen had been a devoteddancer at Wendy’s School ofDance in North Haven. Be-fore the show commenced,Mandy Ney, daughter ofWendy’s eponymous ownerand director, spoke of Ste-pen’s dedication to dancingand the studio while readingfrom a paper Stepen hadwritten on the topic only oneweek before her death.

“Nicole danced with mymother and went from a lit-tle girl with chubby cheeksto a ballerina with a positionas Wendy’s dance assistant,”Ney said. “You should haveseen her.”

Ney recited from Stepen’spaper, in which the NorthHaven dancer wrote of herseveral failed attempts to se-cure an assistant position atWendy’s, the hard work shefell back on each time, andthe moment in which she fi-nally captured her longtimedream. “‘Time had frozen,’”Ney said, quoting Stepen’swords upon being told theposition was hers.

Stepen worked as an assis-tant teacher at Wendy’s dur-ing her senior year in high

school. Ney narrated Stepen,who wrote of the honor andself-satisfaction of becominga leader that other studentslooked up to. “And sheshowed us,” Ney said as aslide show of Stepen’s lifechronicled the dancer be-hind her.

Fittingly, Wendy’s Schoolof Dance led off the perform-ances, clad in grey leotardswhile performing a numberchoreographed by Ney inmemory of Stepen to thesong “Dancing throughLife.”

Stepen’s own life was cutshort on May 30, 2008. Shewas an 18-year-old NorthHaven High School studenton her way to graduationand Southern ConnecticutUniversity, where she hadplanned to study nursing.She was a high-honors stu-dent and a member of theschool’s peer mediationgroup.

It was the morning beforeher last performance atWendy’s, according to itsowner and director WendyHough, when Stepen wastraveling on I-91 in a car driv-en by Jason Giardiello. Afamily member later told areporter that the two had re-cently begun dating, but thatGiardiello was largely un-known to Stepen’s family. Gi-ardiello, then 22, was drivingunder a suspended licensestemming from a past DUIcharge. At approximately2:15 a.m., Giardiello swervedthe Acura Integra – regis-tered to Stepen’s mother –into a guardrail on the high-way’s medium. Police would

later determine that he hadbeen drunk at the time of theaccident. Giardiello sufferednon-life threatening in-juries, while Stepen wouldpass away at Yale-NewHaven Hospital from in-juries resulting from thecrash.

Giardiello was eventuallycharged with second degreemanslaughter, among a slewof other smaller offenses,and will be arraigned thismonth. The delay is presum-ably due to the overwhelm-ing spate of charges Gia-rdiello was already facing atthe time of the accident, in-cluding the previous DUI, as-saults in the second andthird degree, carrying andselling a dangerous weapon,conspiracy to commit bur-glary in the first degree, in-terfering with an officer, riskof injury to a child, and sixother charges.

Almost a year later, therehave been plenty of somberoccasions, moments of si-lence, and tears shed; howev-er, last Friday’s event wasfun, educational, and a cele-bration of Stepen’s passionfor the performing arts.

“It was a nice celebrationof Nicole’s life,” said eventorganizer, New Haven SoundSchool teacher, and formerNew Haven MADD presidentDonna Prete.

Much Ado About DrunkDriving focused on the per-formers while sprinkling infacts about Stepen’s life anddrunk driving.

“It was a nice way to keepyour people aware withoutbeing in their face and with-

out lecturing them,” Pretesaid. “Nobody was saying“don’t drink and drive, don’tdrink and drive.”

“MADD is about prevent-ing drunk driving,” Pretecontinued. “Being a teacher,that’s a big part of education.Young people think they’reinvincible.” Prete added thatshe is involved in herschool’s Students AgainstDrunk Driving group, andthat she had Sound School’sSADD working the event.

“The focus is on the chil-dren,” Prete said of MADD.“Any way to get them in-volved and realize the dan-gers, not just of drinking anddriving, but just makingpoor choices.”

Prete attracted much ofthe show’s talent throughcontacts she has accumulat-ed through the years ofteaching dance and organiz-ing similar programs for

MADD and other organiza-tions. “Last spring, whenNicole was killed, I offeredmy services to put on theevent,” she said. Prete alsoorganized a similar show forNorth Haven’s Kids Fest lastspring.

The acts included solodances and ensembles of tod-dlers all the way up to highschool students, and manysolo and group vocal per-formances. Prete said thatthe evening’s celebratory na-ture was perfect for the topchildren acts who usuallytake the stage for evaluationor competition. “It’s nice tohave kids perform when it’snot about winning,” the or-ganizer said. “The fact thatsuch a large group of kidscame together and did thisand gave up their time, it’sgreat. There were no inci-

MADD showContinued from page 1

See MADD show, page 41

Citizen photos by Kyle Swartz

Above, the Young Playmates of GloriaJean’s Studio of Dance in North Havenperformed at the Much Ado About DrunkDriving variety show. At right, studentsfrom Joni’s Dance Centre of Hamden alsotook to the stage. Far right, Charley Tier-nan dazzled the audience as she sang“New York, New York.”


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33CitizenSportsThe North Haven CitizenFriday, May 15, 2009

Late inning win for baseball team takes Indians to post-seasonBy Kyle Swartz

The North Haven Citizen

The North Haven HighSchool baseball squaddowned Derby 9-0 Fridaywith lively, late inning alu-minum.

The victory also qualifiedthe Indians for the state’spostseason tournament.“We’re happy to reach ourgoal,” coach Bob DeMayosaid after the game of the ac-complishment, adding “weneeded this one” after histeam dropped a 10-inning af-fair to Career Magnet a fewdays earlier.

On a warm, sunny after-noon, the game breezedthrough its first two thirdswithout much of a peep. Bol-stered by strong defense, In-dians starting pitcher Bran-don Harder found his way inand out of trouble, withenough of the latter to turnin six scoreless innings andfour strikeouts.

In the top of the first, Der-by’s Ray Kreiger smacked aone-out single up the middle.The next batter, Michael Ip-polito, dropped a Harderpitch into right field. NorthHaven’s Andrew Anastasiocollected the ball and quicklyfired it to second, whereMike Sica successfully ap-plied a tag to Kreiger. Harderstruck out Michael Fanelli toend the inning.

Ryan Skelly of Derbycoaxed a one-out walk in thetop of the second during astretch in which Harderthrew seven straight balls toSkelly and Jonathan Haydu.Haydu grounded into rightfield, where second basemanSica flashed deep range andextended to field the ball andtoss out the hitter at first. Af-ter Skelly took third on apassed ball, Jonathan’sbrother Colin grounded outto third.

North Haven’s first two in-nings at bat saw high pitchcounts, no hits, and few baserunners, with only SteveRudewicz reaching on an er-ror. Derby threatened againin the third after Tim Geersingled to left field. Greer

would steal second and ad-vance to third on a passedball, but ultimately was de-serted as the next two battersflew and grounded out.

The bottom of the thirdsaw North Haven finally ap-plying pressure on the basepaths, as well as the begin-ning of a painful day for thehome plate umpire. JimmyAlpert led off with a walk andtook second on a sacrificebunt from Anastasio. ElvinRodriguez was intentionallywalked, followed by a fly outfrom Russ Caprio. With twoouts, Nick Gambardella wasin the batter’s box for a scarymoment. Skelly, Derby’sstarter, rocketed a fastballpast his catcher and into theumpire’s left arm. Time wascalled for a makeshift band-age-icepack contraption to beapplied to the sore ump, whocontinued on and watched asGambardella grounded out tothird.

Neither team found suc-cess at bat in the fourth, asSkelly continued to no-hitthe home team. In the fifth,poor base running cost thevisitors a chance to scorefirst. After a lengthy one-outat-bat, Colin Haydu droppeda ball in between several con-verging fielders in shallowright for a single. Tyler O’-Connor struck out, followedby a walk by Geer. Kreigerslashed a single to center,where Eric Yavarone quicklycorralled the ball and beganthe relay to home. Haydutook off sluggishly from sec-ond and picked up littlespeed rounding third, guar-anteeing a play at the plate.Curiously, Haydu decidedagainst sliding - instead heawkwardly ran around theplate, allowing catcher RussCaprio to easily apply a tag toend the inning.

With two outs in the homehalf of the fifth, Rodriguezbroke up the no hitter with asingle up the middle. Afterthe speedy Rodriguez stolesecond, Caprio awoke thescoreboard operator with abouncing single to left field,plating his teammate for the1-0 lead. Next, Gambardella

Citizen photo by Kevin Pataky

Catcher Russ Caprio takes a nice throw from center fielder Eric Yavarone to tag outa Derby runner, ending the fifth inning.

reached on an infield single.He and Caprio advanced on apassed ball, but Anthony Fa-sulo struck out to end thethreat.

Rodriguez followed up hisproductive inning at bat witha spectacular and controver-sial defensive gem in the topof the sixth. Ippolito struck agrounder that seemed like itwould jet past Rodriguez atshortstop. Echoing Sica’searlier range, Rodriguez ex-tended to dig out the ball andlobbed an off-balance,across-the-body throw tofirst. Ippolito and the ballboth arrived at first in a tight

time frame, and the base um-pire ruled in North Haven’sfavor. Derby’s coach, players,and fans did not concur withthe judgment, and allowedtheir dissentions to beknown publicly. Fanellipopped out to the catcherand Angelo Disorbo struckout, eliciting a fist pump andyelp from Harder.

The bottom of the sixthproved to be the game’s turn-ing point, as North Haventurned an airtight pitcher’sduel into a one-sidedslugfest. Steve DiCapuabludgeoned a triple deepover the head of the left field-

er, leaving very little roombetween where the ball land-ed and where the field ended.Rudewicz scored his team-mate with a sharp single toright. Yavarone rolled a text-book bunt down the firstbaseline, which the pitcherwas remiss in fielding. Wait-ing too long for the bunt towander out of bounds –which it never did – Skellywas forced to field the balland throw awkwardly tofirst. After Yavarone was de-clared safe, the first basemanbecame aware that Rudewicz

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Above, Chris Watson takes a shot on goal during theMay 9 game against North Branford at Northford Park.North Haven’s U12 competition team won the game 2-0. Below, Thomas Bogen also attempts a goal.

Memorial tennistournament

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35CitizenSportsThe North Haven CitizenFriday, May 15, 2009

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had not simply halted at sec-ond, and was presentlybounding towards third. TheDerby fielder fired a poorthrow across the diamondand Rudewicz slid in safe. Ashis teammate attracted atten-tion to third, Yavarone pro-ceeded to second.

With two runners in scor-ing position, Albert sent aline drive into left field, plat-ing both teammates for a 4-0lead. Anastasio laced a sharpsingle past the diving secondbaseman on which Albertwent from first to third. Ro-driguez flew out to deep left,allowing Albert to tag up andscore from third. After Anas-tasio stole second, Caprio saton a changeup and hit a sharpshot off the second baseman’sglove, which fell fair. Gam-bardella poked a single intocenter to load the bases. Skel-ly temporarily halted thehemorrhaging by strikingout Fasulo, but DiCapuabounced a single into rightfor his second hit of the in-ning, scoring Anastasio andCaprio. Rudewicz also collect-ed his second hit of the frame,following DiCapua with a bul-let of a double up the thirdbase line to bring in Gam-bardella for an 8-0 lead. Next,Yavarone walked, bringingan end to a lopsided pitchingperformance by Skelly. TheDerby starter began the gameby tossing four-and-two-thirds scoreless, no-hit in-nings, and then gave up ninehits and eight runs over thespan of the next three outs.

With the bases reloaded,Jonathan Haydu was broughtin for relief. Albert slappedan infield single to shortstop,bringing home DiCapua be-fore Anastasio mercifullygrounded out to end thesixth. The damage had beendone, and the game was out ofhand with Derby facing at a 9-0 deficit.

Kevin Fuggi took themound for the Indians toclose out the contest in thetop of the seventh. Fuggi al-lowed a free pass Skelly an in-ning after the Derby pitcherallowed so many hits toNorth Haven. Fuggi eventual-

ly struck out the next batter,Jonathan Haydu, but not be-fore depositing a fastball intothe chest of the home plateumpire, who had also taken apitch in the face an inningearlier, in addition to previ-ously being hit in the arm.Fuggi followed one strikeoutwith another, easily downingColin Haydu on just threepitches. After walking O’-Connor, Fuggi got Geer to flyout for the win.

“It was a hell of a game forsix innings,” DeMayo said af-terwards. “It had been apitcher’s duel – we had op-portunities and so did they.Russ Caprio had a clutch hit

to score our first run.”“We bunted well, we ran

the bases well early, and wegot clutch hits in the sixth,”DeMayo added.

DeMayo said the key to thegame was his hitter’s earlypatience in forcing Skelly tothrow a lot of pitches. “Ourhitters worked deep countsand tired the pitcher out,” thecoach said. “In the bottom ofthe sixth, we got to him.”

With the victory, NorthHaven improved to 8-6. TheIndians continued the mo-mentum in toppling EastHaven 5-3 on Monday tomove to 9-6. Derby dropped to1-10 after the loss.

BaseballContinued from page 33

Starting pitch-er BrandonHarder firesone home inthe first inningof last Friday’sgame againstDerby.

Citizen photo by KevinPataky

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Girls earn crucial win to make SCC playoffsBy Kevin Pataky

Special to the Citizen

The North Haven girlsvarsity softball team trav-eled to Derby to battle theRed Raiders in an importantbattle this Tuesday. A loss bythe lady Indians would havemeant both teams wouldhave been 6-2 in theOronoque Division, andNorth Haven would havedropped their second gameof the season to Derby, butthe Indians took the win 6-0.

Strong pitching by NorthHaven’s Jenn Cruver andDerby’s Christina Gelardikept the game scoreless forfive innings as the outs camefast and the hits were hard tocome by. Each team had op-portunities to score, butcould not cash in with a keyhit. In the first, Cruver gotout of a second and third sit-uation with a pair of strike-outs. In the bottom of thefirst, North Haven loaded thebases and appeared to havetaken an early lead whenCruver’s one hop smash toright was thrown to first basefor an inning ending put out.

In the bottom of the third,

Derby again had a pair ofrunners in scoring positionand Cruver again camethrough with big strikeoutsto end the inning. The in-nings melted away as nei-ther team would blink.

Senior right fielder JamieBosco led off the sixth with asingle up the middle and wassacrificed to second byAmanda Rizzo. ChrissyCullen reached first whenher sharp grounder to shortcould not be fielded cleanly.Samantha Criscuolo’s sharpgrounder in the hole at shortwas then fielded nicely andthrown to first for an out asboth runners moved up. Se-nior Kristina DeFlippo thendropped a single in the rightcenter field gap between thetwo Derby outfielders todrive in two and break thescoreless tie.

Christina Gelardi tried toget the Red Raiders back inthe game as she led off thebottom half of the sixth witha drive to left center thatNorth Haven center fielderAlyssa Cretella made a nicetry for with a dive, but couldnot come up with. Gelardimade it to second on the play

and then moved over to thirdon a ground out. What camenext was a thing of beauty asCretella caught a fly ball incenter and turned a nicedouble play with a perfectstrike throw to catcher Jessi-ca Keihl to nail Gelardi at theplate to end the sixth.

The Indians added someinsurance in the seventhwhen Melanie Abbott start-ed things off with a long one-out double to right center.Jamie Bosco’s hard single toleft was then misplayed byDerby’s left fielder and Ab-bott scored and Bosco madeit into third. Rizzo made it tofirst when her chopper tothird was misplayed for anerror and then Cullen drovea long fly ball to the outfieldfence for a three-run homerto expand the score to 6-0.

North Haven won thisgame to improve to 10-5 asJenn Cruver closed the doorin the bottom of the seventhearning another completegame with a shutout whileallowing only three hits. Thewin gives the Indians a twogame lead on Derby in the di-vision with only five gamesleft to play.

At left, Jessica Keihl fires to sec-ond on an attempted steal. Below,second baseman Kristina DeFlippomakes a throw from her knee.

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“If the budget passes, wewill not have to cut anythingyou have come to enjoy inNorth Haven,” McCarty con-tinued, adding that moneyput aside for the paramedicprogram will instead bespent on overtime pay to thetown’s firefighters if thebudget is failed.

Many speakers were con-cerned about the paramedicprogram being tied to thebudget, and took it as an at-tack against their rights asvoters.

Michael Zuccarelli of theFire Commission urged theaudience to support the para-medic program, but felt“handcuffed” and “heldhostage” by the program’sdependence on the budget.Pasquale Nuzzolillo, FireCommission Chairman, saidthat he was “taken back” bythe linked vote, both as amember of the commissionand as a North Haven voter.The Fire Commission recent-ly drafted a letter to theBoard of Selectman request-ing a separation of the vote,to no avail.

“We have been morallyand ethically violated as a re-sult of this,” Nuzzolillo said.“If the paramedic programpasses and the budget fails, itshould be incumbent on theBoard of Selectmen to find away to refinance the para-medics’ cost.”

“The people of the townhave spoken clearly, decisive-ly, and frequently to have thevote separate,” Nuzzolilloadded. “If we vote for theparamedics, but the budgetdoes not pass, then let theFirst Selectman and theBoard of Selectmen figureout how to adhere to publicopinion.”

Many other citizens spokeemotionally on the topic,worrying that their votesand civic rights had beencompromised. The samespeakers also postulatedwhether there was any wayto either separate the vote orbring the paramedic pro-

gram back on a second budg-et if the original is failed.

Speaker Tom White saidthat while it was “pretty re-markable that in tough eco-nomic times there is a budgetwith no tax increase,” hefound it “disturbing that thequestion on the paramedicsis not clear.”

“We should be able to votefor the paramedics and notthe budget,” White contin-ued. “The paramedics shouldbe the last possible thing cutfrom the budget.”

Town Attorney RichardParrett said that the para-medic program is linked tobudget because the referen-dum question is not to decidewhether the town wants theprogram or not, but whetheror not the town wants to fundthe program.

“Without the money, thereis no program,” Parrett said.“We could have two separatevotes, but then we wouldhave a program with no mon-ey. The money must be in thebudget.”

According to Parrett, theprogram is not dependent onthe budget to sway voters,but instead because it is in-trinsically part of the budg-et. “Vote no for the para-medics for a leaner budget,”Parrett added. “They are in-tertwined. One is dependenton the other. There is no pro-gram unless the budget is ap-proved.”

“It will cost money,” saidTown Treasurer Bill Gam-bardella of the program.“You can’t disassociate thatit costs money from the budg-et.”

“If the budget goes down,how do you justify the para-medics,” Gambardellaadded. “It’s money.”

After the clarification,speakers wondered if theprogram could be put backinto a second budget if refer-endum is unsuccessful. JohnParese of the town’s legalteam said that if the budgetis failed and the program issupported, then the Board ofFinance may be able to bringit back in a future budget;however, Parese was unsureof the timeframe in which

BudgetContinued from page 1

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the Safer Grant would still beavailable. Board of Financemember Timothy Dohenytook the mic and said that hewould support the programin a second budget if neces-sary. However, Parrett point-ed out that something elsewould have to be taken out ofa new budget in order to con-tinue funding the program.

Fire Commission Secre-tary Peter Criscuolo wasnervous that the paramedicsprogram would be lost due topartisan politics. He said thatthe commission had fruit-lessly fought for paramedicsfor the last 15 years, and thathe worried that the budget -and therefore the program -would fail because a few peo-ple “held the town hostage”due to their dislike of thetown’s governing party.

“Please, Democrats, Re-publicans, independents,don’t short sight the town,”Criscuolo said. “What’s notto like about the budget, thatDemocrats put it forward?”

Republican SelectmanMichael Freda took the op-portunity to clarify his oppo-sition to the budget. He stat-ed that not only was heagainst the connection be-tween the budget and theparamedic program, but thathe was also worried that thebudget was funded by one-time revenues and an in-crease in several expectedtax collection rates.

The current budget uti-lizes money from the fundbalance, as well as money re-turned from the ConnecticutResources Recovery Authori-ty. Freda fretted that in up-coming years, when one-timerevenues dry up and the fundbalance is lowered, the townwould not be able to continuefunding the programs previ-ously covered by either. Fre-da also stated that he was notsure that the town could suc-cessfully collect 98 percent of

its taxes as predicted or theamount of rear taxes cur-rently expected, totaling$550,000 to $600,000 in rev-enues that are currently an-ticipated to be accumulated.Freda suggested loweringthe tax collection rate to 97.5percent.

Lastly, Freda spokeagainst the coupling of theparamedics program withthe budget, as well as theelimination of Bob Burns’position. “It’s an erosion ofus as individuals,” he said,“telling us what to like.”

Board of Finance memberRichard Monico also worriedthat the budget was pluggedwith savings that may not beavailable next year.

Alan Sturtz, Town Clerkand Tax Collector, spoke infavor of the proposed tax col-lection increases, statingthat last year, the town ex-ceeded 98 percent. Anotherspeaker rose to supportSturtz, labeling him a “goodand aggressive tax collector”who had already found muchsuccess in tracking downback taxes.

With that, the town meet-ing came to a close, and thebudget drew one step closerto referendum on May 19,having now endured contro-versies regarding the fundbalance, the engineer II posi-tion, and the paramedics pro-gram. Before the meeting be-gan, McCarty spoke of thecurrent budget.

“Four weeks ago, I stoodhere and said we cannot andwill not raise taxes,” McCar-ty said. “If this budget pass-es, we will not raise taxes,and we will offer new, ad-vanced life-saving methods,and a new code of ethics.”

“What’s not to vote for?”McCarty added. “We’ll allbenefit.”

For information on theparamedics program, visitwww.northhavenfire.com.

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Several North Havendance studios took part inthe event, includingWendy’s, Gloria Jean’s Stu-dio of Dance, and TheDancer’s Studio. NorthHaven singers includedMikie Balderelli, who beltedthe National Anthem to openthe evening, and later addedhis vocal skills to a 50s med-ley trio. Other acts includedballet, interpretive dance,tap, musical numbers, andan extremely precocious ren-dering of “New York, NewYork” by eight-year-oldCharley Tiernan.

Stepen’s former teacher atWendy’s was appreciative forthe evening. “It was wonder-ful, but also very hard,”Hough said, tearing up. “Itwas hard to watch. I stilldon’t believe she’s gone. It’stough to talk about.” It washard both for Hough and herpast assistant’s formerpupils, many of whom

danced in the show in Ste-pen’s honor. “The kids lovedher,” Hough said.

Hough added that manydancers from her studio willbe attending Giardiello’s ar-raignment, which was sched-uled for May 13.

Another individual whoenjoyed the evening was Ste-pen’s mother. “It was fantas-tic,” she said. “It was a beau-tiful tribute to my daughter.When the community comesout, it’s amazing how sup-portive they are. This is over-whelming to me.”

The night of performingarts provided the perfecttribute to her daughter, Ste-pen’s mother said. “That wasNicole,” she said. “That washer passion and her life. Itwas an honor for the girls todo that for her.”

It certainly was an honorfor so many people to giveback in the remembrance ofsomeone who made a namefor herself by giving back.“She did all the benefits, pa-rades, convalescent shows,”Hough said of Stepen’s vol-unteer work for her dancestudio, before adding appro-

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priately, “She did the MADDshow every year.”

Stepen undoubtedlydanced with her Wendy’scomrades in past MADDshows honoring other vic-tims of drunk driving. It wasunfortunate that Friday’sNorth Haven MADD show, asupremely-polished execu-tion of extraordinarily enter-taining and talented live artperformances, had to be heldin connection with such atragic event: the loss of animmensely loved individual,Nicole Stepen.

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and Owner, relative to 320 Kings Highway, (Maps 99 & 98, Lot 1), seeking Subdivision Referral. PlanEntitled: Resubdivision Map of Ander-son Sunnyside Farm, 320 Kings High-way, North Haven, Connecticut, Prepared by Conklin & Soroka, Inc.Dated 3/25/09. Scale 1" = 60'. R-40 Zoning District.

2. #I09-04 Application of Henry Bartels, Applicant and Owner, relative to 10 & 12Sycamore Lane, aka Lot #6 Sycamore Lane, (Map 88, Lots 42 & 43), seekingPermit to Conduct Regulated Activity. Plan Entitled: Lot 6, Sycamore Lane, North Haven, CT, Prepared by Osprey Environmental Engineering, LLC, Dated7/26/02, rev. 12/21/05. Scale 1" = 30'. R-40 Zoning District.

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DARK Pine Dining Room Set-table with 2 leaves, 6 chairs,buffet with hutch. $400. Call203-237-3371

DINING ROOM set, table w/2leaves, 4 captain’s chairs &buffet, dark pine. $195 (203)235-1379

FURNITURE- DARK PINEArmoire, Triple Dresser,

Nightstand, Rocking Chair, End Table and Lamp.

Each piece $100. (860) 793-9527

HOOVER carpet/bare floorcleaner. V.G. Cond. $70. 203440 3100

FURNITURE &APPLIANCES

HEADBOARD Queen sizeframe, light up headboard mir-ror, double storage, $95.

TOY BOX- Step 2 Toy box. Likenew. $25. Call (860) 349-2235

KITCHEN CABINETS-Oak.Entire Set of 13, ONLY $550

OBO!! Serious buyers. Call for details 203-314-5938.

LARGE DESIGNED MIRROR.PERFECT CONDITION. $40.203-237-6807

MICROWAVE-over range, black,self-vent, light, e-z install. $50.203-630-1866

OAK DINETTE 42”round tablehas 18” leaf, 4 chairs $100 203-464-6186

OLD Mission oak table/desk/bookshelf. 26”x42”. 27” tall.Great cond. $65. (860) 349-1212

PATIO GLASS rectangulartable, 66 inches, exc. condition,$60.00, 203-237-7713

UPRIGHT Freezer Good condition. $75

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WING ChairGreat cond. New fabric $60.

Call 860-426-1214

MISCELLANEOUSFOR SALE

10X15 FOOT pressure treateddeck. Free. You disassembleand take away. (860) 621-2928leave message.

16 BIN children’s storage unit,pine, ex cond, $25, call Lisa860-478-2870

A NEW COMPUTER NOW. BrandName laptops & desktops. Bador NO Credit - No Problem.Smallest weekly paymentsavail. Its yours NOW. 800-317-7891

BURIAL PLOT in Walnut GroveCemetery, Meriden. Section D,East, Lot 55. Single grave. Cur-rent cost $700, will sell for$600. Call (610) 670-4869

CARLETON Sheets Course. All Books & tapes. $20. 860-304-5100

EXERCISE MACHINEGood condition. $30.

Please call (203) 238-3948

FREE Raggedy Ann & Andy dollsOld, Need Work!

Call 203-238-1804

JIG SAW puzzles; assortment of20 boxes. $8.00 for all.(203)235-5447

LLAADDIIEESS BBIIKKEE- Electra Betty-1Brakes on the pedal. Like brandnew! White with pink trim.Including helmet. (used 10times) $150. Call 860-479-9061

LAMINATING Service. Let ushelp you preserve your mostprecious moments. From $2.50to $4.50 per piece. Call 203-238-1953 for info.

LITTLE tykes plastic outdoor playhouse. $50.

Call 203-237-8739

LITTLE TYKES slide. Excellentcondition. $40 call 203-464-0734


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MICROWAVE OVEN, MagicChef, 1.5 cu.ft, extra large capac-ity, like new, $75. (203) 265-3738

MOVIES 150 VHS - Popular ones.Many unopened. 50 cents ea ormake offer for all. (203) 440-3919

PATIO SET 76 inch glass top,oval table, 4 dining chairs, 2swivel chairs, pewter finish,very good condition, $800. Call203-265-0300

POWER LIFT/RECLINE CHAIRRemote control/battery back-up medium blue. New in 2006for $1,200, asking $550. Call203-630-2753 after 3:00 p.m.

STEEL BUILDING PKG18 x 21 Door & Anchor Bolt Incl

Reg $8,200 Now $4,845+ Code Adj. Other Sizes

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PROFORM 400 GI treadmill,Sportcraft Turbo Air HockeyTable, Everlast Punching SandBag, Kenmore Free StandingFreezer I'm moving ... Call Lau-rie w/ Best Offer @ 203-234-2023

STORAGE SHELVES wood2 tall adjustable. Good for

garage/celler $40 203-634-8478

TREATED Deck lumber - free toany scout troop. Just pick it up.203-235-4693.

SPORTING GOODS &HEALTH

21 SPEED montain bicycle withgrip shifters $90.00 firm call203 927 4310

SPORTING GOODS &HEALTH

7 SPEED Mongoose mountainbike. $45. Call (860) 747-4849

BASKETBALL Portable basket-ball system. Excellent condi-tion. $75. (860) 349-2235

OUTDOOR swinging couch,cast-iron, incl. seat cushions.$40. Call 203-238-3774

ANTIQUES &COLLECTIBLES

3 PRECIOUS Moments Fig-urines Excellent. All For $25.00

Call 203-265-5920

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Knives, Bayonets, Medals, etc.

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EVERYTHING Needed forabove ground pool and moreexcept pool. $350. Email:

[email protected].

POOL STEPS for above groundpool $25.00 Call Lori at 203-265-3680

ELECTRONICS

PORTABLE Color TV: 9” Pana-sonic; White. $25.00. Phone:203-237-7330.

WANTED TO BUY

1-2 ITEMS Silverware, china, glass,

furniture, 50’s items, whole estates.

203-238-3499

$$ AALLWWAAYYSS BBUUYYIINNGG!! $$1 item to entire estate! Call or stop by Frank’s, 18 South Orchard St.

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ANTIQUES WANTED - 1 Item oran Estate. Estate sale serviceprovided. Seeking: Meriden-made items, lamps, paintings.

Call Todd Shamock 203-237-3025

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DDEEEE’’SS AANNTTIIQQUUEESSBuying Silverplate, Glass, Furn, music instruments, china, art, collectibles.

1 item to estate.

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glass, pottery, cookie jars, oillamps. Call us first for all yourestate needs. (203) 639-1002

WANTED: Fishing tackle, localcollector looking for old ornew, Rods, reels, lures, high-est prices paid. Call Dave any-time 860-463-4359

MUSICAL INSTRUMENT& INSTRUCTIONS

UKELIN, bow, case. $25.00, call203-235-4268

HOUSES FOR RENT

MERIDEN - Adorable cape, 3bedroom, 1 bath. $1200/month+security. Pet welcome. Call203-265-1396

CONDOMINIUMSFOR RENT

MERIDEN- 3BR Townhouse,garage. $1200. Call QualityRealty, LLC 203-949-1904

MERIDEN. 2 BR Blackstone Vlgwith garage. Heat included.$995/mo. 2 mos sec. No petsplease. Susan at WilliamRaveis RE 203-668-1049

WLFD- Judd Square- 1BR, Nopets. $700. Call Quality Realty,LLC 203-949-1904

APARTMENTSFOR RENT

CHESHIRE 2 BR apt. Hard-wood floors, w/d hook-up, nopets. $925/month +1 monthsecurity. (203)410-0621

HOME SWEET HOMES OffersMeriden - Studio & 1BR apt From

$650. Heat & HW incl. Avail.immed! 203-938-3789

MERIDEN - 1st flr, 1BR, HWincld. $675. Good credit. Nopets. 860-620-9658 leave msg.

MERIDEN 1 BEDROOM 1-year lease. 581 Crown Village.Available now. $750 per month.

Includes heat & hot water. Call Natalie 203-671-2672

MERIDEN 1 BR Apartment. Niceand quiet. WD hookup, off stparking. Hardwood floors,porch. Cats OK. $550 per monthplus utils. (203) 554-3377

MERIDEN 1BR., 1 bath. 465Crown St, Spring Hill Condo-miniums H/H includedFridge/freezer. Well-main-tained. $650/mo. 203-317-9638

MERIDEN 2 BEDROOM, 1 BATH.2nd Floor. $750/mo+Util. Nopets. Nice street near Mid-State. 860-262-2464

MERIDEN 2BR Remodeled.Heat & appliances included. 1month security. $850/mo. Nopets/no smoking. Call after5pm (203) 841-7591

MERIDEN 3 & 4 BRs avail. Greatapts in great locations. 2Mossec; No pets; app and ref amust. Starting at $925/mo. Callfor details (203) 715-1965

MERIDEN 3BR East side. 1stfloor. On a quiet street. $1,175.No pets. (203)440-2779

MERIDEN 4BR North 1st St, 8rm, 1 bath. No pets. Clean,Avail. Utilities not Incl.$1100/mo 1 1/2 Month Securi-ty, Credit Chks & Refs. Call203-470-0047.

MERIDEN EFFICIENCIES - $6501BRs - $750 2BRs - $850.

Heat & HW incl. ACs. 24 hr main-tenance. Sec. guard. Laundry Rm.

Off street parking. 203-630-2841

MERIDEN Lg 1BR. 1 1/2 baths, 2levels. New appliances, washer& dryer included. Secure Park-ing. $750 + utils. (860) 214-4852

MERIDEN LRG 4BR, lg kitchen,dishwasher, WD hookup.Good, quiet neighborhood, off-st park, yard. Near school.$1,500 860-982-6585

MERIDEN- 1BR, 2nd flr. Stove &refrigerator included. New car-peting. Secure building. Nopets. One month security.$775 per month. 203-376-1259

MERIDEN- 2 bdrm, 4 rm, 2ndfloor, credit check and securitydeposit, $750/month. Call 203-915-7651

MERIDEN- 2BR unit with diningroom or use as 3rd bedroom onthe 2nd floor in this quiet area.Newly renovated with parking.81 Parker Ave North. $900 +sec. Utils. not included. Nopets. (203) 537-1278

MERIDEN- 2BR, 1st flr, w/appls.Excellent condition. Off st.parking. No pets. $900 + sec. &utils. (860) 663-1229

MERIDEN- 2BR, 2nd flr, $800/mo.+ sec. Fully applianced, incl. w/dhookup. Yard. Off st. parking. AC,updated. (860) 250-6180.

APARTMENTSFOR RENT

MERIDEN- 2BR, 2nd flr.$750/mo + sec. 122 Grove St.No dogs. Call 203-887-4032.

MERIDEN- 2BR, 4 rms, $850, No.Colony Rd. Stove & fridge incl.3BR, $850, Crown St. Both noutilities incl and req. 1 mo. sec.

203-815-5399

MERIDEN- 3BR, 3rd flr, Big unit.92 Franklin St. Newly renovat-ed. Gas heat. No pets. Dis-counted rent. $895. 203-537-1278.

MERIDEN- Crown St. Large1BR, 1st flr, lots of closetspace. $700/mo. Section 8approved. 203-265-4664

MERIDEN- Wallingford line,Large, Luxury 2BR condo. Laun-dry. Rent - $850 + utils, no pets.203-245-9493 x 2.

MERIDEN-177 Foster St. Renovat-ed, 1st fl, 2BR-$875. 2nd fl,3/4BR, W/D hkup. $1100. Section8 approved. Stove, refrig, micro,lg yd, off-st park. 203-634-3210

MERIDEN-3BR, 2nd Fl., W/Dhookup, off-street parking,60Prospect St. $850/mo. Sec. 8approved. Call 203-376-5599

MERIDEN-Bright & cozy 2BR,2nd flr. Stove & refrig. No utils.Off-st park. Fenced yd, 3 sea-son porch. $750 +1mo sec. 193Springdale Ave. (203) 237-8445

MERIDEN-E. Side, (2) 2BRsavail. 1st & 2nd flr. $750 & $850Sec & last month rents + utils.No pets. Call 203-623-5684

MERIDEN-Studio apt. Center oftown. $450/mo + utils. 1BR,$575/mo +utils. No pets. Sec &refs. Call 203-982-3042

MIDDLEFIELD- Small 1BR yearround cottage. Lake access anddock available. Pets nego-tiable. $825. (860) 347-3699

APARTMENTSFOR RENT

NEW BRITAIN House for rentwith option to buy. Seller willpay closing costs. Why rentwhen you can own your ownhouse and pay less? Choosefrom 2 for 3 family houses.Please call Nilda (203) 507-7800

We Habla Espanol

SOUTHINGTON - 1 1/2 RM Effi-ciency, near I-84 $130/wk. Incldheat & HW, A/C, appl’s.

Sec dep & refs req 860-620-0025

SOUTHINGTON- Apts nowavail. $900/mo. Easy access to84 & 691. Credit checkrequired. For more details callAlex or Mat at 860-276-8208

SOUTHINGTON-1BR Veryaffordable cozy & clean, quiet& safe location, newer appl. &rugs, Off-st parking $650/mo +util. $1300 security deposit.Call 860-276-8285

SOUTHINGTON. 24 High St, 1stflr, 2 BRs, $875/mo plus util &sec. 203-444-9525

WALLINGFORD - 2 BR Large kitchen, off-street parking.

$875 includes utilities. 203-530-1840

WALLINGFORD - 2 BR, Mead-ow St, 3rd flr, off-str pkg, $800,203-288-3743

WWAALLLLIINNGGFFOORRDD 1 & 2 bedroomJudd Square. Central Air. No Pets. $730-$925/mo.

Call 203-265-3718

WALLINGFORD 1BR, 2nd FL.$725. Stove, refrig & dishwash-er. Off street parking. Balcony.No smoking. No pets. Creditcheck. 203-269-9149

WALLINGFORD 2BR, 3rd flr,wall-to-wall carpet, W/Dhookup. Two off street parkingspaces. $800 + security. Nopets. 203-213-3560


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WALLINGFORD 3 BR Apart-ment 88 South WhittleseyAvenue. Fridge, stove, 2nd flr.WD hookup. $975/mo. 1 monthsec. (203) 376-7324

WALLINGFORD So Main St. 3rdflr. Quiet. 4 Rms. Hardwood flrs,eat-in kitchen, off st parking. Petconsidered. Refs, lease, sec. InclHW. $900/mo. (203) 265-9243

WALLINGFORD- 2BR2nd flr, 50 Lee Ave. No smoking

or pets. $800 per month.(203) 444-5722

WALLINGFORD- Spacious 3rd flr,2 BR, appliances, $700 + util.AAllssoo AAvvaaiillaabbllee -Sunny spacious 2BR 1st flr, appls, porch, $900 +utils. W/D in bsmt. Off st parking.No smoking or pets. Security,Good credit. Tom 203-889-1940

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“Yalesville On The Green”1 BR was $1200 Now $975. 2BR Was $1400 Now $1175

All Appls including W/D, CentralHeat & Air, Exercise Facility, Patio& BBQ Area. Call 203-464-8066

WALLINGFORD. RENOVATED 5rm, 2 BR, 3rd flr apt, w/extras.$700/mo plus 1 month sec. Callevenings (203) 265-6661

WLFD- 1BR, YMCA area. Off st.parking. No pets. Avail. 6/1.$795 plus. 203-915-9919.

WLFD- 2BRs Townhouse, appl’dkitchen. Lease, sec, NO PETS.$775. J.J. Bennett 203-265-7101.

WLFD- Judd Sq, Spacious 2BRcondo, C/A, parking, $1200.Avail. 6/1. No smoking/pets.516-678-6834

APARTMENTSFOR RENT

WLFD- NORTHRIDGE Com-mons, spacious 1 & 2BR units.$695 & up - $750 & up. Alsoavail 2BR units $775-$795

203-269-5770

WLFD- Yalesville area. Efficien-cy apt & (2) 1BR apts in smallcomplex. All appliances, AC,ample off st. parking. $550,$750 & $900. Call Don at ERAProperty World 203-272-6969

YALESVILLE 1BR, 1st flr, appls.included. No Pets. 1 Mo. rent +1 Mo. Sec. $600. 203-284-9100Mon-Fri, 8-4

YALESVILLE- 1BR w/garage.2nd flr. Off st. parking.$750/mo. Refs. needed. Nopets. Available immediately.(203) 269-9998

ROOMS FOR RENT

MERIDEN Clean, Safe Room.203-634-8084 Utilities & fridgeincluded. Share kitchen /bath.$120 per week plus security.

MERIDEN- 2nd flr, privateentrance, bath and kit. All includ-ed. $175/wk. 203-912-4579

MERIDEN. Room for rent, all util,share kit, bath & LR. Washer &dryer, off st parking. $150/week.2 wks sec. (203) 605-8591

NORTH HAVENMeadowstone Motel- Off I-91.

Sat. TV, furn’d. Daily/Wkly On Bus Line. 203-239-5333

VACATION &SEASONAL RENTALS

SELL/RENT YOUR TIMESHARENOW!!! Maintenance fees toohigh? Need Cash? Sell yourunused timeshare today. Nocommissions or Broker Fees.Free Consultation.

www.sellatimeshare.com1-866-708-3690

GARAGE & STORAGESPACE FOR RENT

WALLINGFORDAvailable Now!

Zoned for light commercial.1500 SF. $800/mo + utils + sec.

Call Joe 203-631-7094

WOW! CALL FOR THISMONTH’S AMAZING

MANAGER’S SPECIALS!Storage Space-Clean, well lit,

fenced facility. 5’x10’-$58.29,5’x15’-$68.89, 10’x10’-$94.33,10’x15’-$116.59, 10’x20’-$132.49, 10’x30’-$206.69.

CALL (203) 250-1515 for details.

STORES & OFFICESFOR RENT

MERIDEN-Office space avail-able in downtown. Across thestreet from future engineeringcompany, plenty of parkingavailable. $10 per sq. foot, 500to 3600 sq. feet available.Please call 203-235-1511 x701.

HOUSES FOR SALE

MERIDEN-279,900 MeticulousRR, hw flrs, tile, updtd kit, 2 fplc,FR, encl porch, ingr pool. Allie203-288-2500 MLS#N288963

HOUSES FOR SALE

MERIDEN $169,900-7/3/1.5bCol. Many updates done;remod EIK, some newer win-dows, 1st fl laundry. Home fea-tures form DR, LR w/FP, FR inLL, enclosed porch & patio.Kathy (203) 235-3300

WLFD $259,900-Lg Cape forgrowing family. Over 1900sq ft,8rms, 5BR, 2 bath, fenced lot,pool, sunrm, FP in LR & more.Call Kathy (203) 265-5618

CHESHIRE $429,900-below mar-ket value, orig $629,000. Mustsee 4BR, 2 1/2 ba, rem kit,LR/DR, fam rm. ingr pool, koipond, 1.8 acres, level lot. Floralsabound, southern wrap porch,horseshoe drvwy, laundry onfirst. P. Lane (203) 272-1234.

PLAINVILLE $439,900 Simpleelegance throughout this custom3-4BR, 4 full bath home. Gleam-ing floors, spacious, bright &sensible open floor plan. Doublestaircase. Linda (203) 235-3300.

MERIDEN Our builder will buyyour home at fair market value ifit qualifies for our program,when you buy one of his homes.You can also find other homes forsale on our website. Visit us atwww.galleriahouses.com Galle-ria Real Estate 203-671-2223.

HOUSES FOR SALE

WLFD East side, desired loca-tion RR. 3BR, 2bath, privateentrance in-law apt. New win-dows, 1 car garage, level pri-vate lot. Close to all 3 levels ofschools, easy access to 91.$319,900 Al Criscuolo 203-265-5618

WLFD Spend wisely, stop rent-ing & own this 3BR Colonial.You will enjoy a welcomingfamily rm, formal dining rm,casual LR, hardwood & tilefloors, new bright kitchen &bath w/a wrap around deck.$189,900. Sue 203-265-5618

WALLINGFORD 3 bed., 1 bathcozy, ranch. Near schools. Cus-tom cabinets. Dishwasher. Walk-out basement. New carpet overhardwood floors. Large windows.Vinyl siding. Carport. Central air.Freshly painted. Patio. Gatedcommunity. Great schools.Move-in condition. $250,000 203265 5038 CELL 203 3796282

WALLINGFORD 3 Bedroom,1 bath. Immaculate, split-level. Large family room infinished basement. Hard-wood floors. Central air. Oilheat, very efficient. Newroof, furnace, vinyl siding,insulation and windows. Bigfenced yard with A/G pool.Great schools. Low mainte-nance. Low taxes. Move-incondition. $227,900 FSBOScott (203) 605-4181

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CONDOMINIUMSFOR SALE

MERIDEN Gorgeous 7rm Condo.Everything new within 4 years.Features 3BR, LR, kit, DR, 1 fullbath, 2 half baths, finished lowerlevel, first flr laundry. Too manyextras to list. $194,900. Call SilSala for details (203) 235-3300

MOBILE HOMESFOR SALE

MERIDEN/WALLINGFORDBRAND NEW

2BR DELUXE HOME IN UPSCALE PARK ON NICE LOT. FINANCING AVAIL. 10% DOWN

$69,900. 203-799-7731

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CHILD CARE- Assistant Teachersin Infant and Toddler Class-rooms. Benefits available. Faxresume to: 203-265-7626 or call203-265-4505. EOE

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Asst Director of Healthcare Services (& Neighborhood RN Mentor)

Miller Memorial Community, Meriden's choicefor excellence in senior residential health careservices has an opportunity for an energetic andwell motivated RN, with current Connecticutlicense, to assume duties as ADNS and RN Men-tor (40 hrs, Mon-Fri, including "on-call" for holi-days and may include weekends). Successful can-didate must have five years supervisory experi-ence; knowledge of OBRA and Public HealthCode regulations a plus (but willing to train); lead-ership abilities and a willingness to develop a teamwithin the neighborhood; ability to coach licensedand C.N.A. staff required; CPR certification alsorequired. If you are truly interested in person cen-tered care, and willing to go the extra mile, wehave a challenging position available for you!Miller offers very competitive wages and bene-fits, including pension plan and non-contributoryhealth, dental, life, and disability insurances foremployees. Drug testing and criminal backgroundcheck required.If interested please apply to:

Personnel ManagerMiller Memorial Community, Inc.,

360 Broad Street, Meriden, CT 06450. FAX 203-630-3714 or [email protected] EOE

CNA/HHA - NEW ENGLAND HOME CARE is seekingCNAs and Home Health Aides with a minimum of 6months experience for a pediatric group home inMeriden. Previous experience in a group home withphysically and emotionally challenged children pre-ferred. All shifts available.

Earn up to $12.00 per hour based on experience.Must have a current CT CNA certificate.

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MEDICAL CAREERSMEDICAL CAREERSCNA/HOME HEALTH AIDE

needed in Meriden, Walling-ford, Middletown, Southing-ton & surrounding towns. Criminal Background checked by agency. Car transporta-tion desirable. Excellent pay rates for experienced staff. Spanish speaking a plus. E.O.E

Patient’s Choice Homecare,370 Silas Deane Highway,

Wethersfield CT 860-561-0599

MEDICAL ASSISTANT Experi-enced, PT. For busy practice.Please send resume to Record-Journal, Box 67M, 11 CrownStreet, Meriden, CT 06450.

SECRETARY PT Positions inRadiology File Room. Mon-Fri1-5, Sat 8-12, following Sat 12-8. Call Patti 203-694-8260

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DRIVERS: Class A & B, Hazmata must. Medical & 401K. Apply:Tuxis-Ohr’s Fuel, 80 BritanniaSt, Meriden, CT.

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FT Position in silk screening dept.Must be able to stand for longperiods of time, be punctual andhave good work skills & history.No exp. nec., just willingness towork. Call 203-699-9805

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HHVVAACC MMeecchhaanniiccImmediate opening for

Qualified Licensed Tech. Excellent pay and benefits including medical and 401K.

Roman Oil Co.31 Bee Street, Meriden, CT

203-235-3371

LAWN CARE- Experienced onlyshould apply for mowing /fer-tilizing crew. Must have dri-ver’s license. 203-284-9069

HELP WANTED

FFIIRREEFFIIGGHHTTEERR//EEMMTT

The Southington Fire Department will accept

applications for entrylevel Firefighter /EMT

from May 15, 2009through June 26, 2009

at 1:00 PM.

There is a $50 non-refundableapplication fee payable to

the MRI. Cash or MoneyOrder will be accepted

(NO PERSONAL CHECKS). Limited to the first 150

qualified applicants.

Applicants must have currentConnecticut EMT Certifica-tion. A recent CandidatePhysical Ability Test card(issued after 9/1/2008) willbe needed in order to takethe written exam that willbe scheduled in August.

To obtain information aboutCPAT testing please contactthe State of Connecticut

Commission on Fire Prevention and Control,

Connecticut Fire Academy at 860-627-6363 or 877-528-3473.

Applications may be obtainedat Fire Headquarters, 310North Main Street,Southington, CT or at http:www.southington.org/content /1844/default.aspx

MYSTERY Shoppers Needed.Earn up to $150 per day.Undercover Shoppers neededto Judge Retail & Dining Estab-lishments Exp Not Required.Call Now 1-877-218-6211

SALON looking for aesthetician,massage therapist, retail salesand yoga instructor. Emailresume: [email protected]

WAITSTAFF With experience.Days & Nights. Apply in person -Zorba’s, 1257 East Main St.,Meriden. No phone calls.

HELP WANTED

HHCCVV HHoommeeoowwnneerrsshhiippCCoooorrddiinnaattoorr

The Housing Authority of the Cityof Meriden (MHA) is seeking aHCV Homeownership Coordina-tor to deliver a broad range ofcounseling and referral servicesto the Section 8 participants andfamilies that elect to participatein the Family Self Sufficiency(FSS) program.

Please submit a letter of interest and resume to:

HHaarroolldd SS.. IInnccee,, JJrr..DDiirreeccttoorr ooff LLeeaasseedd HHoouussiinngg

MMHHAAPPOO BBooxx 991111

MMeerriiddeenn,, CCTT 0066445500..By May 30, 2009

PP&&CC IINNSSUURRAANNCCEESSAALLEESS AAGGEENNTT

For National Reputable Insur-ance Company opening anew office in Meriden. Shouldhave proven track records ininsurance sales and at leasttwo yrs experience. Must beable to build and maintain aprofitable book of businessby servicing the needs of thecustomer within the compa-ny’s guidelines. Should pos-sess a strong desire to suc-ceed and achieve monthlyproduction goals. Bilingualpreferred. Salary PLUS com-mission & bonuses. Sendresume to:

[email protected]

SCOREKEEPERS - Responsibleto setup and manage thescoreboard/clock for the bas-ketball games. Must haveexperience in sports, especial-ly the game of basketball.Summer Program runs for 6weeks $8.00 hour- 10-12 hrs/wk.Email your resume [email protected] apply @ New Opportunitiesof Greater Meriden (NOGM),191 Pratt Street, Meriden, CT06450 EOE

WRECKER Drivers Nights &weekends. Must have clean driv-ing record. Apply in person only:Danbys, 41 High St, Meriden, CTask for Dave. Priority given tocertified or exp’d drivers.

HELP WANTED

SShheeeett MMeettaall CCNNCC PPrreessssBBrraakkee OOppeerraattoorr

Must be able to read blueprintsand calipers, light gauge materi-al. Will train if you have a strongmechanical background. Applyat: Danver, One Grand St,Wallingford, CT 06492

SShheeeett MMeettaall SShhooppLLeeaadd FFaabbrriiccaattoorr

Lead foreman (m/f) to superviseHVAC ductwork fabrication shop.Requirements: Proficiency inComm/Indus duct fabrication lay-out and assembly, operation of aVulcan Lockformer 1000B Plasmacutter and numerous other typesof duct fabrication machinery,CNC Plasma Systems for HVACexperience, welding exp, supervi-son of 3 or more fabricators, pur-chasing of materials. CT SM-2license preferred. We provide anexcellent benefit pkg incl: Med/Dent/Life/Vision/Disability/401k/Educ Reimb/Vac & Holi. Do youwant to work for a great compa-ny? Call (203) 720-3806 M-F 8-5 toapply. EOE/M/F

SSHHOORRTT--OORRDDEERR CCOOOOKK&& DDEELLII AASSSSOOCCIIAATTEE

The Food Service Dept atLyman Orchards Apple Barrelin Middlefield has immediateopenings for FT, PT & seasonalemployees. Prior exp. is pref’d,but we are willing to train theright candidates. ENTHUSI-ASM & EXCEPTIONAL CUS-TOMER SERVICE SKILLS AREA MUST! Availability as well asflexibility in scheduling, bothweekdays & wknds is req’d.Contact Mike Welch at860.349.6045 or Marc Gadouryat 860.349.6047 to schedule aninterview. (Must be 18 yrs ofage or older to apply.)

WAREHOUSE/DRIVER

Full time/part time. Mon-Fri. 401K,profit sharing, insurance. Musthave valid CT driver’s license. Nophone calls please. Apply within:Russell Hall Co., 19 No. GeorgeSt, Meriden.

HELP WANTED

Supervisor of WaterPollution Control

Facility MaintenanceCity of Meriden

This is responsible, technical andsupervisory work involving theoperation and maintenance of awater pollution control facility,pumping stations, and collectionsystems. Must possess a Class IIWPC Operators License. Class IIIWPC operators license desirable.Must have a valid CT Commer-cial Driver’s license Class B withTanker & Airbrake Endorse-ments. Salary $51,168-$76,232Last date to apply is 5/15/09.Send apps./resumes to CCiittyy HHaallll,, PPeerrssoonnnneell DDeepptt..,,114422 EE.. MMaaiinn SStt..,, MMeerriiddeenn

See www.cityofmeriden.org forcomplete job description. EOE

CAREERTRAINING & SCHOOLS

ATTEND COLLEGE ONLINE fromhome. Medical, Business, Para-legal, Computers, Criminal Jus-tice. Job placement assistance.Computer available. Financialaid if qualified. Call 800-488-0386

www.CenturaOnline.com

HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA!! Fast,Affordable, Accredited. FREEBrochure. Call NOW!

1-888-532-6546 ext 96www.continentalacademy.com

(203) 238-1953or

1-800-228-6915 x2393It’s About Time

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24 Hours-a-Day7 Days-a-Week


ATTIC & BASEMENTSCLEANED

A TO Z REMOVALFree estimates. Garages, attics,

basements, brush, pools, decks,etc. Sr. discounts. 203-238-0106

220033--449944--11552266OOnnee MMaann’’ss JJuunnkkRREEMMOOVVAALL.. Free est. Call Ed.

CARPENTRY

REPAIRS Additions, Sunrooms,Finish Bsmnt, Decks & Porches203-238-1449 #578107 Free est.www.marceljcharpentier.com

BENJAMIN BUILDERS LLCCompared to major competitors. ROOFS, SIDING, WINDOWS,

ADDT’S, KIT, BATHS, DECK, more203-671-7415 Ct. Reg. #622755

HOMETECHCarpentry, repairs. No job too

small or large. Member BBB.

203-235-8180 CT Reg #564042

GGrreeeenn PPllaanneettRReemmooddeelliinngg

Repairs to remodeling. 41 yrs exp. Master Carpenter

203-639-8389 CT #573358

COMPUTER SERVICES

COMPUTER PROBLEMS?Upgrades, installs, repairs &viruses fixed at your home.DMT Computer Services. 203-599-1097. After 5 - 860-424-1177

DECKS

MATTSON Home ImprovementAffordable, quality decks. Free estimates. Insured.

CT Reg 581924. (203) 631-7459

DRIVEWAYS

DRIVEWAYS BUILTTO LAST Reasonablerates. CT Reg 575852

220033--223388--11770088

MIDSTATEPAVING

DUMPSTERS

1155 && 2200 YYaarrdd RRoollll--OOffffss..Home, Business or Job Site

We do clean-outs too!Empire Construction, LLC

220033--226699--33555599www.EmpireLLC.biz

ELECTRICAL SERVICE

TT..EE..CC.. EElleeccttrriiccaall SSvvcc LLLLCCAll Phases of Electrical Work

24 hr. Emergency Service SMALL JOBSWELCOME

203-237-2122

EXCAVATING

GRADING, Drainage, Founda-tions, Trucking, Retaining Walls,Pavers, Water/Sewer/Septic. Lic.#1682. Cariati Developers, Inc.203-238-9846 MC/Visa Accepted

K & A ENTERPRISESWater & sewer lines, inground

tank removal, drainage, grading,additions, pavers. Reg# 571435.ins. 203-379-0193

FENCING

BICO FENCE - All types of qual-ity fencing & repairs available.Professional installations. 20years exp. Lic’d & ins’d. 203-715-0567. CT Reg# 616240

CORNERSTONE FENCE & Orna-mental Gates. All types of fence.Res/Comm. AFA Cert. Ins’d.

Call John Uvino 203-237-GATECT Reg #601060

GUTTERS

Over 25 years experience. Call today for free estimates.

Call 203-440-3535 Ct. Reg. #578887

DOW GUTTERSSeamless gutters/leaders.13 colors. Free estimates.

Ct #612964 Steve 860 426-0045

GGUUTTTTEERRSS DDOONN’’TT WWOORRKKIIFF TTHHEEYY’’RREE DDIIRRTTYY

For gutter cleaning, call Kevin at (203) 440-3279

Fully insured. CT Reg. #569127.

HANDYPERSONS

SShhaammoocckk RRooooffiinnggAll types of remod. 30+ yrs exp.No $$ Down. CT Reg 523804. Ins220033--223377--44112244 aann LLLLCC ccoo..

AFFORDABLE HANDYMANSERVICES - Siding, Patios, kit.,baths & more. 203-886-8227 CTReg #455709 & Insured.

AA--11 HHAANNDDYYMMAANN PPLLUUSSCT Reg #606277.

GIVE us a call, we do it ALL. Free est. 203-631-1325

HEATING & COOLING

DON’T Sweat It thisSummer! Call Duane, Plumb-ing, heating & cooling. Quali-ty work. Low rates. 203-379-8944 Lic. #0389224.

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

O’CONNOR ROOFING203-639-0231

Lic. & ins. Free est. Work performed by owner.

CT Reg #602521

SAMMY Construction QualityWork. Carpentry, repairs, siding,roofs & more! 203-757-8029 or860-970-6181 CT# 619246

VINCENZO D’ONOFRIOBATHROOM Remodeling, Con-

crete, Carpentry, Tile, Painting,Patio & Sidewalk Paving. CTReg. #559333. (860) 628-2236

HOUSE CLEANING

HOUSE & office. Great refs. 15yrsexp. Reasonable rates. Qualityservice. Ivana 203-521-7905

JUNK REMOVAL

JUNK REMOVAL. FREE SCRAP METAL PICKUP

203-886-5110

PPEETTEE IINN TTHHEE PPIICCKKUUPP

KITCHEN & BATHREMODELING

C&M CONSTRUCTIONTo ensure a quality job

at a fair price. Call 203-630-6459 CT Reg #608488

LANDSCAPING

GREAT PRICES! Full servicelandscaping & property

maintenance. Irrigation srvavail. Call Presise Now220033--227722--44221166

HHEEDDGGEE TTRRIIMMMMIINNGGNo Hedge/shrub too big, small or

tall. Fully Ins. Free estimates. Quality Landscaping, LLC.WWWWWW..QQLLSSLLLLCC..CCOOMM Jim

203-537-2588 or 860-349-2118

EL SOL Clean-ups, Hedge Trim-ming, Mowing. Accepting newclients. Comm/Res. Free est.Walter 203-619-2877

BUDGET Friendly lawn mowing.Call (203) 314-7693, EBK Prop-erty Services.

A & A Lawn Care-Cuts, springclean-ups, hedge trimming, tree,shrub, debris removal #584101Free estimates. Jim 203-237-6638

WWEE WWEEEEDD GGAARRDDEENNSSNorm the Gardener’s

3-man crew is only $65/hr. CT Reg#571339 (203) 265-1460

Silver City Landscaping LLCLawn Mowing/Spring Clean-upLawn Power Seeding/MulchReliable Service 20yrs exp

220033--553377--88110066 CCTT RReegg## 662222665555

QQuuaalliittyy LLaannddssccaappiinngg,, LLLLCCSpring Clean-ups, mowing,

landscaping, stone work.WWWWWW..QQLLSSLLLLCC..CCOOMMCT Reg #620306 Jim

203-537-2588 or 860-349-2118

LANDSCAPING

BBIILLLL RRUUDDOOLLPPHH LandscapingPaver walkways & patios, retain-ing walls, landscape design,water features, planter bed reno-vations, drainage work backhoework. Est 1972. Free est.#563661 (203) 237-9577

MMOOWWIINNGGRRIICCKK’’SS AAFFFFOORRDDAABBLLEE

CCoommmm//rreessiidd MMoowwiinngg,, bbaaggggiinnggSSpprriinngg cclleeaann--uuppss,, hheeddggee ttrriimm,,bbrruusshh,, ttrreeee && pprriicckkeerr rreemmoovvaall..1111 yyrrss eexxpp.. 220033--553300--44444477..

BIG GREEN LANDSCAPINGFull service lawn care: Landscape

design, pavers, retaining walls,planting, weeding flower beds,mulch, new lawns, lot clearing,yard cleanup. CT#619909

203-715-2301

LAWN & GARDEN

ROTOTILLINGGarden Bill with Troy Built, no gar-

den too small. 203-294-1160

MASONRY

BILL RUDOLPH Landscapingpaver walkways, patios, retain-ing wall. Free estimates.#563661 . Call 203-237-9577

JOHN BBiiaaffoorree aanndd SSoonn MMaassoonnrryyChimneys, brick, block, stonewalls, patios. In business over 50yrs. CT# 549071 (203) 537-3572

CASCIO Mason. Chimney repair,sidewalks, walls, brick work, etc.CT Reg #611774. 203-265-7826or cell 860-398-1223

JIMMY’S MASONRYStonewalls, steps, patios, chim-

neys, all types. Lic. & Ins’d. 25 yrsexp. Call for free est. 860-274-4893 CT. Reg. #604498

SAMMY Masonry-Since 1977.Concrete, stone, chimney, stuc-co. All masonry. CT 574337. Ins.203-757-8029 or 860-970-6181

PAINTING/WALLPAPERING

MIRKEL PAINTINGInt./Ext. Popcorn ceilings. Interi-ors from $125 Exteriors from $899CT Reg #569864. Ed 203-824-0446

APOLLO PAINTING Int/Ext,Popcorn Ceilings, Powerwash-ing. Call Mike 203-974-2097 or860-347-1355 CT# 613892

AA--11 QQUUAALLIITTYY PPAAIINNTTIINNGGSpecializing in Wood/Aluminumsiding. Low rates. Reg#533474.

Call Dennis 203-630-0008

PAVING

DRIVEWAYS BUILTTO LAST Reasonablerates. CT Reg 575852

220033--223388--11770088

MIDSTATEPAVING

$$ SAVINGS $$

FUDA CONSTRUCTION LLC

Decrease in material costs meanssavings for you. No job too small,driveways, parking lots, any con-crete sidewalks, curving. etc.New or repairs of water or sewerservice, any excavation needs.Prompt free est. Fully licensed &insured. CT Reg #630230. Call203-235-1030 or 203-537-7303

PLUMBING

PLUMBING & Piping ContractorSpecializing in small jobs. Capable

of doing new & large jobs. Lic#204060. John 203-284-9744 or

203-500-5224 cell.FAHEY Plumbing & Heating

Quality ● Clean/Neat ● Honest!A guaranteed job at a good price!Days, Nights, Wknds - Same Price

203-235-1383DON’T Flush money down the drain, call Duane Plumbing, heating. Quality work, low ratesMajor credit cards accptd. 203-379-8944 lic. #283401 #389224

POWER WASHING

AA--11 QQuuaalliittyy PPoowweerrwwaasshhiinnggHHOOTT WWAATTEERR,, LLOOWW RRAATTEESS

Call Dennis 203-630-0008

PPOOWWEERR WWAASSHHIINNGGIS Spring cleaning on the

outside. FREE ESTIMATES. Call Kevin 203-440-3279

BIG GREEN POWERWASHING SERVICE

Residential, Commercial. Quali-ty work done. Gutters cleaned

at time of power wash. CT# 619909. Call Today.

Call 203-715-2301

ROOFING

FIDERIO & SONSSiding, roofing, windows, decks,

sunrms, additions. 203-237-0350. CT Reg. #516790

C&M CONSTRUCTIONTo ensure a quality job

at a fair price. Call 203-630-6459 CT Reg #608488

SShhaammoocckk RRooooffiinnggAll types of remod. 30+ yrs exp.

No $$ Down. CT Reg 523804. Ins220033--223377--44112244 aann LLLLCC ccoo

ROOFING

ROOFS R US 41yrs exp. Lifetime warrantySiding, windows, carpentry.(203) 639-8389 CT #573358

GAF LIFETIME WARRANTY3 of 100 R Master-Elite cert.Go over, repairs. MC/Visa.

Ct. Reg. #572776

O’CONNOR ROOFING203-639-0231

Lic. & ins. Free est. Work performed by owner.

CT Reg #602521

EEmmppiirree CCoonnssttrruuccttiioonn,, LLLLCCYour Professional Roofer

New Roofs, Reroofs, Tearoffs.We fix leaks too!

203-269-3559 CT Reg#565514www.EmpireLLC.biz

KKAATTIIEE’’SS203-284-0137

Reg #558927

GonzalezConstruction

★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★

Roofing, siding, windows, decks,

gutters & remodeling. ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★

220033--663399--00003322Fully license/insured.

CT Reg# 577319

SERVICES OFFERED

SANDBLASTING We come toyou. Snowplows, trailers, truckbodies, etc. Reasonable prices.Bill Coleman. 203-715-0567.CT Reg# 616240

SIDING

Gonzalez Construction

Roofing, siding, windows, decks,gutters & remodeling.

203-639-0032 Fully licensed/insured.

CT Reg.# 577319

$1000 Off Your Lowest Estimate.

203-284-0137 Reg #558927

FIDERIO & SONSSiding, roofing, windows,

decks, sunrooms, additions.

203-237-0350CT Reg. #516790

SWIMMINGPOOLS & SPAS

ALL Types pool & spa serv. Com-plete service on pools & spas,above and inground linerreplacement. Lic & ins. CT Reg622885. Call (203) 537-9188

TOP SOILSAND & FILL

BEAUTIFUL FARM FRESHScreened Top Soil. Fill, Sand &Stone. Picked up or delivered.No minimum. Cariati Develop-ers, Inc. 860-681-3991

HAZELWOOD EXCAVATINGDry farm screened topsoil

and colored mulch.

220033--226699--00113355

TREE SERVICES

PPRRIICCKKEERR RREEMMOOVVAALLRRIICCKK’’SS AAFFFFOORRDDAABBLLEE

SSpprriinngg cclleeaann--uuppss,, hheeddggee ttrriimm,,bbrruusshh,, ttrreeee,, pprriicckkeerr && uunnddeerr--bbrruusshh rreemmoovvaall.. NNoo jjoobb ttoooo bbiiggoorr ssmmaallll.. 1111 yyrrss eexxpp.. 220033--553300--

44444477..

YARDLEY TREE SERVICE.comFair, reasonable. Free estimates.

Reg. Insured. 203-440-0402 or 860-595-4159

LAVIGNE’STREE SERVICE

IN BUSINESS 28 YRS.Tree removal. Stump grind-

ing. Crane Srv. Free Est.Fully insured. 203-294-1775

75ft bucket truck. Precise TreeCT Reg #562159. 220033--227722--44221166

PPRROOFF.. AARRBBOORRIISSTT##SS33336655


Water & Debris RemovalCommercial/Residential

Structure & Carpet DryingDehumidification

Mold RemovalStructure, Contents, HVAC

24 HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE

WATER DAMAGESPECIALISTS

WATER DAMAGESPECIALISTS

Vincent R. Farricielli, CMR, ASCSIndustrial Hygienist

203 985-8000

FastResponse!

CALLSTEAMATIC

FOR CLEANER

CARPETS,

Steamatic of Connecticut

203-985-8000Or Toll Free

888-376-2456Serving all of Central CT Copyright Steamatic, Inc. 2001

“Serving Homeowners & BusinessesWorldwide For Over 40 Years”

AIR DUCT CLEANINGNADCA CERTIFIED

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