March 4, 2010 Berlin Citizen

Volume 14, Number 9 Berlin’s Only Hometown Newspaper Thursday, March 4, 2010

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Big pipe needs majorfix to reduce

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‘Music in the schools’ intune with lifelong learning

Gearing up for competition

The 2010 Berlin FIRST Robotics team, consists of McGee Middle School and BerlinHigh School students. The team travels to Boston, Mass. and Atlanta, Ga. to com-pete against teams from around the world. The team must raise funds for all its ac-tivities, such as buying materials to build a robot and traveling to compete in three-day competitions. The team has scheduled a pasta dinner for Friday, March 5 from4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Kensington Volunteer Firehouse, 880 Farmington Ave. tohelp pay for some of those costs. Team members often put in up to six hours a day,seven days a week, to complete the robot. For the latest round of competition, therobot was readied for shipment on Feb. 23.

Marlen Paszkowski,Michelle Tsun, Caitlee Mc-Namara and Nick Mazza,on flutes, practice the“Canterbury Overture” byAnn McGinty, during aninstrumental music classwith Meghan Gerrity atHubbard ElementarySchool.

Photo by Olivia L. Lawrence

By Olivia L. LawrenceThe Berlin Citizen

March is national Music in theSchool’s Month and that’s a goodreason to celebrate, says theBerlin schools’ music coordina-tor. But even more importantly,she added, music makes a majorimpact on students’ lives everyday of the year.

Susan Kaczynski is the dis-trict’s kindergarten throughgrade 5 vocal specialist and alsodepartment coordinator for themusic staff district-wide. The ap-proach Berlin music teacherstake, to music education, is wide-reaching. “It’s not just about mu-

sic in the schools — but about thelarger global impact of music inthe world. People experience mu-sic in many ways — and these arenot always obvious.”

Everything from religious mu-sic to singing “Happy Birthday”to the soundtracks of moviesreaches into the fabric of ourlives, Kaczynski said. “Musichelps children think and reflecton their world and experiences.”

The special month to focus onmusic education is an initiative ofthe National Association for Mu-sic Education. The organization

By Olivia L. LawrenceThe Berlin Citizen

The town needs to repair7,000 feet of sewer pipe andthe fix won’t be cheap. How-ever, officials say they’re un-der pressure by the Mat-tabassett District to reducethe amount of storm watergetting into the sewer sys-tem. Ultimately, some of therepair cost will be added tocustomers’ water and sewerbills as a surcharge.

According to Public WorksDirector Arthur Simonianone estimate calculated theamount of unnecessarystormwater into the Mat-tabassett District RegionalWastewater TreatmentPlant, as over 400 million gal-lons per year — just fromBerlin’s three districts.

“It’s costing us over $600 aday,” Simonian said.

Simonian asked the coun-cil to approve a fee of$249,000, to Cardinal Engi-neering Associates Inc. ofMeriden, to design a sanitarysewer rehabilitation projectfor the town. The panel unan-imously approved the ex-pense. The cost of the projectitself is estimated to be about$4.5 million.

“Every town has a little bitof (storm water) infiltra-tion,” Simonian said, “Berlinhas a little bit more due tothe groundwater situationand the age of our pipes.”

The pipe in question is a42-inch diameter, interceptorpipe that begins in the vicin-ity of Webster Square, runs

See Music, page 6

See Pipe, page 3

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Winter takes its toll on road maintenance budgetBy Olivia L. Lawrence

The Berlin Citizen

Old Man Winter is exact-ing a toll on town finances.Due to excessive snow andice weather events, the roadmaintenance materials

budget is depleted. At its Feb.23 meeting, the Town Coun-cil voted to increase thatbudget by $22,560 in hopesthat amount will see Berlinthrough to spring.

Despite the need to trans-fer additional funds for

“storm events”, this year’sstorm costs aren’t as bad asthe 2008-2009 winter, said Di-rector of Public WorksArthur Simonian. Duringthat year, the town needed totransfer an additional$40,000 in January to coverthe cost of storm events.

Expenses will be re-evalu-ated in April based on stormfrequency, he said. The$22,560 allocation should

“take us through March pro-vided we don’t have four orfive” more storms.

While Berlin has not beenpummeled to the extentsome other areas of the stateand New England have expe-rienced, there’s been ahearty dose of difficultweather over the past coupleof months. Simonian saidit’s not only snowfall that isat issue. Other types of

weather events necessitateroad maintenance as well.

The new treated salt mate-rial is working out well, Si-monian said, and that it isproving to be cost effective.For example, Simonian saidHighway Department Super-intendent Brian Griswold re-ported that cleaning up thedrains in the spring tookhalf the time compared totraditional sand treatments.

Legislators’ forumThe Berlin Legislative Del-

egation will hold a communi-ty meeting for all area resi-dents on Thursday, March 11,from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in theCouncil Chambers at TownHall. State Senator Donald

DeFronzo (D-New Britain)and Representatives JoeAresimowicz (D-Berlin) andCatherine Abercrombie (D-Meriden) will be on hand tospeak with residents, an-swer questions and acceptideas for this year’s legisla-tive session.

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Berlin senior citizens atthe Marjorie Moore housingcomplex were supported by adonation to assist in pur-chasing a TV and Wii fortheir community room. Clubmembers volunteer to playBingo with residents atLedgecrest ConvalescentHome. The local fire and po-lice departments have beenthe beneficiary of donationsof smoke detectors and re-

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behind the A&P and out tothe Berlin Turnpike.

Looking at the town sewersystem as a whole, about 70percent of the infiltration isin that section. “The inter-ceptor pipe is in the worstshape,” Simonian said.

This reinforced concretepipe will be fitted with a“cured in place” fiber rein-forced liner. What this does isform a membrane inside thepipe and therefore no excava-tion is necessary. “It rein-forces the pipe and improvesthe capacity of the pipe,” Si-monian said.

Another aspect of control-ling the infiltration ofstormwater is to identifyhomeowners who have illegalconnections from sumppumps, roof leaders and yarddrains that send stormwaterinto the sewer system. “Yearsago, it was okay to letstormwater into the sewers— now it’s not allowed,” Si-monian said. The Mattabas-sett sewer district is gettingpressure from the state’s de-partment of EnvironmentalProtection to reduce the num-ber of bypass discharges(sewage that is discharged di-rectly into the ConnecticutRiver without treatment) dueto heavy storm water flow.

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the cost to pump and treatsanitary sewer effluent fromthe point where it reaches a30-year old pump station onthe Berlin Turnpike until itreaches the Mattabassettsewage treatment plant inCromwell.

As a result of the repair,eventually residents will seean assessment on their sewerbill, separate from their us-age charge.

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Frank Facciolo has beenin the package store busi-ness since Jimmy Carterwas in the White House. ButBerlin Spirits — the fourthpackage store he has ownedover the past 30-plus years —is his “best store ever.”

Berlin Spirits celebratedits one-year anniversary re-cently, and Facciolo couldnot be happier with its suc-cess. “We opened up with abang,” he said.

And there has been no let-up.

While many packagestores have taken a hit dur-ing these tough economictimes, Berlin Spirits hasthrived. “We have somethingthe town is looking for,” saidFacciolo. “We are on fire; one

of the few stores that can saythat.”

Facciolo co-owns BerlinSpirits with John Maher.The duo’s staff includes sev-eral family members.

Maher lives in NewBritain. Facciolo is a Berlinguy. “Between the two of us,we have a great connectionwith the community,” Facci-olo said.

“We treat people reallygood,” he added. “We’re very,very fair. Our prices aregreat. They’re as good, if notbetter than, the big stores.”

Berlin Spirits keeps itscustomers abreast of storespecials and events via e-mail. Its substantial e-maillist has ballooned to 600 overthe past year.

Wine is Berlin Spirits’ spe-cialty, but Facciolo points

out that “we have every-thing here. We do it all.”That includes helping out lo-

cal groups.In 2009, a Berlin Spirits-

sponsored wine show

brought in more than $10,000for the Berlin High SchoolBoosters. Another wineshow fund-raiser sponsoredby Berlin Spirits last year,for the Berlin Lions Club,was a big money-maker aswell.

Facciolo predicts the nextLions wine show, to be heldin May, will draw close to1,000 attendees.

As for Berlin Spirits, Fac-ciolo has high hopes for YearNo. 2. “Our goal is just tocontinue growing,” he said,pointing out that he and Ma-her have no plans to open an-other package store anytime soon. For now, they’rebusy enough.

Berlin Spirits is located at118 Mill St. in Berlin. To con-tact the store, call (860) 356-4877.

Maple SugaringDay and PancakeBreakfast

The New Britain YouthMuseum at Hungerford Park,

Berlin Brief191 Farmington Avenue, hasscheduled its annual MapleSugaring Day and PancakeBreakfast for Saturday,March 6 from 8:30 a.m. to 1p.m., rain or shine. A fee is

charged and includes break-fast and admission to the cen-ter. Guided walks to themaple grove, demonstrationsof the syrup-making process,and children’s crafts are in-cluded. No reservations need-ed. For more information,call (860) 827-9064.

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Tucked away on SavageHill Road is a quiet farmowned and operated by theMatson family. Pauline andJeff Matson, along with theirgrown children, Ryan andKelly, have worked togetherto keep the farm running suc-cessfully for nearly 30 years.

“We’re all equally in-volved,” said Ryan Matson.“We all have full time jobs,but everyone participates.We all support each other.”

The private 30-acre farm,only partially visible fromthe road, includes a roomyfarmhouse, two barns occu-pied by horses, dozens of cat-tle, chickens and a Germanshepherd named Reba.

The family business in-cludes breeding and trainingAmerican Quarter Horses,boarding for horses, and op-erating the Savage Hill CattleCompany. The Matsons takegreat pride in their farm andstrive for the highest qualityin all of their efforts.

Championship horsesKelly Matson’s love for

horses initiated the family’sinvolvement in the horsebusiness. “I don’t ever re-member not having horses,”said Kelly Matson who begancompeting in horse showswhen she was five. Her hobbybegan with the local 4-H cluband eventually introducedthe Matsons to a world-wideorganization known as theAmerican Quarter Horse As-sociation. Her equestrian ca-reer has included several in-vitations to compete at theAQHA World Championshipsas well as a seventh place fin-ish in her most recent ap-pearance.

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When a new foal is born atthe farm, the Matsons gener-ally keep it for a year in orderto train and show it and makesure it will be a good per-former. Although they oftenbecome attached, the processensures that the animal willbe a successful competitor.

The Matsons recently re-ceived a letter regarding ahorse they sold several yearsago. “I thought you’d like toknow that we think she’s asuperstar,” read the letterfrom the horse’s current own-er. “Fleur” won at the 2009European Championships aswell as at other showsthroughout England and Ger-many.

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states that this is “the time ofyear when music educationbecomes the focus of schoolsacross the nation…The pur-pose of the celebration is toraise awareness of the im-portance of music educationfor all children and to re-

mind citizens that school iswhere all children shouldhave access to music. It’s alsoa chance for music teachersto bring their music pro-grams to the attention of theschool and community andshow how school music ben-efits students.”

“Berlin has benefited fromthe music program,”

Kaczynski said. For exam-ple, students perform at Vet-erans’ Day programs, swear-ing-in ceremonies, at theBerlin Fair and also offerconcerts during the holi-days.

Berlin has nine musicteachers, four of whom arenew to the staff. “For us it’scontinual growth from ele-

mentary to middle school tohigh school,” Kaczynskisaid. The staff is working todesign a curriculum thataligns standards and bridgesthose age groups in order tohelp students build on theirknowledge and experience.

A good music curriculumenhances the learning expe-rience overall. For example,Kaczynski said, there is arhythm to reading and whena child sings songs he or shelearns a melodic pattern thatis used as a spring board forother kinds of learning.

“Children develop theirskills from kindergarten tograde five and it is amazingto see the musicians they be-come. There is amazinggrowth,” she said.

The arts provide “anotheropportunity to explore anddevelop” skills and interests,The overriding goals of themusic curriculum, Kaczyns-ki said, is “to make citizenswho are well-educated andwho can be lifelong partici-pants in music. Most humanbeings have an element of de-

sire to perform or to appreci-ate others performing.”

Showing students howmusic fits into their lives isone way music teachers helpto enrich students’ musicalexperiences. For example,“they gain a broader under-standing of why Handel’smusic has lasted over thecenturies. Music endures,like a great piece of art, be-cause for some reason ittouches people,” Kaczynskisaid.

“People may not have agood sense of what theseteachers accomplish withthese kids. Berlin studentshave won many state andre,gional honors, and to do sothey must exhibit a high lev-el of musicianship. What anopportunity (these eventsare) for these musicians toshare their music.”

Watch for more coverage ofMusic in the Schools in theMarch editions of The Citi-zen.

MusicContinued from page 1

Finalist forsuperintendentwill meet andgreet residentsMarch 4

After an extensive searchprocess, the Berlin Board ofEducation has identified a fi-nalist to be the next Berlinsuperintendent.

The candidate to become

the next Superintendent ofBerlin’s schools has been in-vited to visit Berlin onThursday, March 4, to meetwith Berlin administrators,teachers, students, parents,elected officials and commu-nity members, including avisit to all of Berlin’sschools. A community forumhas been scheduled forThursday, March 4 at 6:30p.m. in the media center at

Berlin High School.“Throughout the selection

process, the Board of Educa-tion has solicited communi-ty participation and valuedthe input of residents,” saidBOE President, GaryBrochu. “In particular, wefelt it was essential to affordcommunity members the op-portunity to meet with ourcandidate. We welcome andencourage the community to

come out and meet with thefinalist as he visits Berlin,particularly during the pub-lic forum where individualswill have an opportunity toask questions and meet withhim.”

After meeting and talkingwith the finalist, communitymembers will have an oppor-tunity to share their impres-sions with the Board of Edu-cation. Brochu said “Board

members and the expandedsearch committee haveworked incredibly hard inscreening, meeting and in-terviewing candidates.We’ve had the opportunity tomeet a number of exception-al educators and have identi-fied what we believe is thebest fit for Berlin. We lookforward to announcingBerlin’s next superinten-dent.”

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The breed of cattle ismainly an Angus and Wagyucross. (Wagyu is more com-monly known as Kobe beef.)“It makes for a really awe-

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It’s time to get ready for a SpringFling at the EBVFD

The East Berlin Volun-teer Fire DepartmentLadies Auxiliary is hostinga “Spring Fling Dance”fundraiser.

The group plans to holdit’s the fundraiser danceon Saturday, March 20, inthe hall at the East BerlinFire Department, 80 MainStreet. The event is sched-uled for 7:30 p.m. to mid-night. A fee is charged.Proceeds to benefit theLadies Auxiliary of EastBerlin Fire Department.The dance is featuring alive band, “The JD Band”.You must be at least 21years of age to attend thedance.

The Ladies Auxiliarywas originally formed Nov7, 1962. The purpose of theorganization is to collect,receive, and maintain afund for the improvementof operations, equipment,charitable, and social ac-

tivities of both the EastBerlin Fire Departmentand the Town of Berlin.

The auxiliary is open tothe wives, mothers, daugh-ters, and sisters of any firedepartment member. TheEBVFD currently has ap-proximately 20 active firefighters. This Ladies Aux-iliary participates in com-munity and outreach pro-grams such as donatingmoney to local food banks,sponsoring scholarshipsfor high school students,and helping Berlin fami-lies in need.

The auxiliary helpedduring the 75th Anniver-sary year with an openhouse, golf tournament,and anniversary dance.Every year members helprun the food booth at theBerlin Fair serving suchfavorites as kielbasa sand-wiches, chicken wings,chili, deep fried Oreos, and

sweet potato fries.In additon, the auxil-

iary: donates food to the so-cial services departmentfor Thanksgiving baskets;helps families displaced byfire damage to theirhomes; and donates moneyfor a high school scholar-ship.

Spring Fling tickets areavailable through themembers of the auxiliaryand at the door. The eventis BYOB and bring yourown snacks. For more in-formation or for ticketsplease call President KathyWnuk at (860) 828-8850 orTreasurer Joann Chickerat (860) 828-8850.

Anyone interested injoining the fire depart-ment, or the auxiliary, cancontact the department foran application at (860) 828-3233.

FarmContinued from page 5

Junior Woman’sClub seeksmembers

The Junior Woman’s Clubof Berlin is a non-profit civicorganization, for any womanover the age of 18 years. Any-one who is interested in be-ing part of this organizationand who shares a commonpassion in making her com-

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The Forever Young Club isscheduled to meet tonight,March 4 at 6 p.m. in FatherCarroll Hall at Sacred HeartChurch, East Berlin. The an-nual Corned Beef and Cab-bage dinner will be followedby a short business meeting.Irish balladeer Dan Ringrosewill provide entertainment.For For more information,cost and tickets, call LouMarzi at (860) 829-2989, DickColamussi at (860) 229-9137 orCarol Dauphin at (860) 828-9964.

BethanyCovenant

Bethany Covenant ChurchMusic Series has scheduled afree concert “Colors of Pi-ano” for Sunday, March 7 at 4p.m. Program will feature pi-ano solos, vocal and ensem-ble music by Mozart,Beethoven, Brahms, Rach-maninov, Tchaikovsky andAmerican Gospel composersperformed by Olga Ljung-holm, piano, Elizabeth Saun-ders, mezzo-soprano,Bethany Chorale and vari-ous instrumental soloists.

Concert is open to public,free will offering, free recep-tion to follow, childcare. Formore information, call (860)828-3637 or visitwww.bethanycovenant.org.

KensingtonCongregational

Lenten Pot Luck suppersare scheduled for Tuesday,March 9 and 16 at the Kens-ington CongregationalChurch. Dinner is at 6 p.m.;program at 7 p.m. in theParish Hall. Bring a dish toshare.

The program schedule is:Tuesday, March 9 – presenta-tion by Seminarian CarolLewis on human trafficking;and Tuesday, March 16 - pres-entation by Niti Lindsay on atrip to India.

The Kensington Congrega-tional Church Christian Ed-ucation program has sched-uled a Parent/Child play-group for Tuesdays from 9:30to 11 a.m. The group meetson a “drop in” basis, in thecrib room in the Reeves Cen-ter, 185 Sheldon St. All chil-dren, from infants topreschoolers, are welcome.For more information call(860) 828-4511.

United MethodistThe United Methodist

Churches of East Berlin andKensington have scheduled aLenten Series for eachThursday through March 25.The program, from 7 to 8p.m., will center around theBiblical and practical as-pects of strengthening ourfaith community. The sched-ule is: Thursdays, March 18and 25 at Kensington; Thurs-day, March 11 at East Berlin.

Ukrainian EasterFestival

St. Mary’s Ukrainian Or-thodox Church, 54 Winter St.,New Britain, has scheduledthe 16th annual UkrainianEaster Festival for Saturday,March 20 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.in the church hall. The eventfeatures Ukrainian Easterbreads, Ukrainian Eastereggs (pysanky), embroidery,baked goods and ethnicfoods. Admission is free, am-ple parking behind thechurch. Snow date is Satur-day, March 27. For more in-formation, call (860) 229-3833or (860) 677-2138.

BerlinCongregational

The Berlin Congregation-al Church has scheduled TotTime from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m.on Thursdays through May27 for children 1 to 5 year oldwith parents. The free pro-gram includes craft time,play, snack time, story timeand holiday parties. No reg-istration is needed. For moreinformation call (860) 828-6586.

Holy GroundsCoffeehouse

Holy Grounds Coffee-house, 146 Hudson St., hasscheduled live music from 7to 8:30 p.m. on the second Fri-day of each month. There isno charge to attend; a freewill offering is accepted atthe coffeehouse. A variety ofcoffees, hot chocolate, punchand baked goods are offered.

For more information call(860) 828-3822 or [email protected].

Taize serviceThe Kensington United

Methodist Church offers aTaize service Tuesdays at 7p.m. A Taize service com-bines silent meditation,prayer and simple music. Si-lence is a central part of thisservice and is a gift to thoseleading busy, hectic lives. Itprovides an opportunity tocommune with God throughthe heart and bring a meas-ure of peace to one’s mindand spirit. The service isopen to everyone seekingspiritual refreshment and re-newal.

Healing Hands ofJesus

Healing Hands of Jesushas scheduled Bible studyevery Thursday at thechurch office, 120 BerlinTurnpike, Berlin. Homecooked dinner is at 7 p.m.,study immediately follows.

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ObituariesThomas Gemmell

T h o m a sGemmell, 51,of Southing-ton died Feb.21, 2010 atHCC BradleyMemorial. Hewas the hus-band of Lesa(Hatch) Gemmell.

He was born Oct. 22, 1958in Manchester and was theson of Allan Gemmell andthe late Lucille (Lofgren)Gemmell. He had been em-ployed by Hospital of CentralCT, New Britain and also atMickey Finn’s in Berlin. Hewas the owner of Gemmell’sLandscaping and had been ahardworker and lived by themotto “anything worth do-ing, is worth doing well.”

Besides his wife he was theloving father of Joshua andRyan Gemmell of Southing-ton and enjoyed helping themout with football. He alsoleaves his brothers, JohnGemmell and wife Wendy ofBerlin and Paul Gemmell ofBoston; a sister Lorna Gem-mell of Norfolk,Va.; his sis-ters-in-law Leah Karo andher husband Thomas of Ten-nessee and Jeri McEntire andher fiancé David Nichols ofLebanon; his nieces Chelseaand Danielle Gemmell, LauraBenoit and nephewsMatthew Benoit, Lucas andJacob McEntire.

Services were held Feb. 27,2010 at the First Congrega-tional Church, Southington.Burial will be at the conven-ience of the family.

Memorial donations maybe made to the Thomas Gem-mell Children’s EducationFund, c/o TD Bank, 121 MainSt., Southington, CT 06489.

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SandraSkarzynski

S a n d r aR u t h(Sobolewski )Skarzynski,60, passedfrom thisearth on Feb.25, 2010, at St.Francis Hos-pital after a prolonged ill-ness, in the presence of herdaughter, Gretchen Aubu-chon and niece, Brandy (Skarzynski ) Arrowsmith.

A native and longtime resi-dent of New Britain, she waspreceded in death by her hus-band, Paul Skarzynski. Sur-viving are her daughter andson in law, Gretchen andRoger Aubuchon and grand-sons, Koby and Kaleb, all ofDallas, Ga.; her aunt,Dorothy Sak of Berlin andher uncle and his wife,Matthew and Joan C. Kokosz-ka of Oceanside, Calif.; andseveral nieces, nephews andcousins.

A memorial service washeld March 1, 2010 at TheBerlin Memorial FuneralHome, Kensington. Privateburial will be in SacredHeart Cemetery, NewBritain.

Donations may be made inSandra’s name to KimberlyHall South, Recreation De-partment, 1 Emerson Drive,Windsor, CT. 06095.

Dominic F. LetizioDominic F.

‘ W i l l i e ’Letizio, 90, ofH a r t f o r d ,died Feb. 14,2010.

He wasborn Oct. 15,1919 in EastHartford and was the son ofthe late Antonio and Rose(Christiana) Letizio. He wasa World War II U.S. Army vet-eran. He worked for the for-mer Rienhgold Distributers,retiring in 1979. He was a for-mer member of the BarrySquare Seniors, South EndSeniors, Parkville Seniorsand the D.A.V. in West Hart-ford. He enjoyed spendingtime selling flowers at the Re-gional Market in Hartford.

He is survived by brothers,

Joseph Letizio and his wifeMeeko, Peter Letizio andJames Letizio and his wife,Mieko; a sister, Rose MarieManente and husbandThomas; sisters-in-law, Bar-bara and Edith Letizio andseveral nieces, nephews andgreat-nieces and nephews,among them a very specialniece and nephew, Darleneand Mark Letizio. He was pre-deceased by brothers,Michael, Carmen, Anthonyand Frank; sisters, TheresaDickinson and Bertha Papo-lio and a niece, Rose Letizio.

A special thank you to thestaff at Ledgecrest HealthCare for the care, love andcompassion shown to Do-minic.

A Mass of Christian Burialwas celebrated Feb. 17, 2010 atSt. Augustine Church, Hart-ford. Burial, with full mili-tary honors, was in Mt. St.Benedict Cemetery, Bloom-field.

Memorial donations maybe made to the March ofDimes-CT Chapter, 867 MainSt., Manchester, CT 06040.

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Nelson M. BanosNelson M.

Banos, 68, ofNew Britain,husband ofMaria Vale,died Feb. 24,2010 at JohnD e m p s e yHospital in Farmington.

Born in Havana, Cuba, hewas the son of the late Mateoand Felicia (Porraspita)Banos. He was a New Britainresident since 1968. He was along time employee at Corbinand Russwin, and was for-merly employed as a housinginspector for the City of NewBritain. He was a member ofSt. Mary Church.

In addition to his wifeMaria Vale, he is survived byhis children, Marlen Yeske ofBerlin, Nelson Banos Jr.,Alexander Banos, and Jen-nifer Banos, all of NewBritain; two stepsons, HectorConcepcion and Alexis Con-cepcion, both of New Britain;two brothers, Raul Banos ofNew Britain and RamonBanos of Florida; a sister,

ObituariesElly Banos of New Britain;five grandchildren, AlyssaFabretti, Danielle DeLeon,Ashley Banos, Megan Banos,and Savannah Banos; a great-granddaughter, Arianna; andseveral nieces and nephews.

Calling hours were held onFeb. 27. 2010 at Erickson-Hansen Funeral Home, NewBritain.

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Woodruff, 95,of Berlin,widower ofM a r g a r e t( S e x t o n )W o o d r u f f ,died Feb. 26,2010 at Mid-dlesex Hospital. Born in NewBritain, the son of the lateArthur L. and the late Louise(Shumway) Woodruff, he wasemployed at Equifax until hisretirement, and was a mem-ber of Kensington Congrega-tional Church, the Berlin Ki-wanis Club, and TimberlinSenior Men’s Club.

He is survived by two sonsand a daughter-in-law, DavidF. and Alicia Woodruff ofKensington and Philip C.Woodruff of Lawrenceville,Ga.; a sister-in-law, EstherWoodruff of Berlin; fivegrandchildren, Carolyn andher fiancé Jacques, Davidand his wife Kim, Lisa, Kim-berly and her husband Scott,and Britton and his wife An-nette; four great-grandchil-dren, Erica, Brian, Hannah,and Kate, and several niecesand nephews.

Services were held March2, 2010 at Porter’s FuneralHome, Kensington. The Rev.Olivia Hayes Robinson offici-ated. Burial was in MapleCemetery, Berlin.

Memorial donations maybe made to Kensington Con-gregational Church, 312 Per-cival Avenue, Kensington, CT06037.

BriefCollege planningnight at BHS

The Berlin High SchoolCounseling Department hasscheduled its annual JuniorCollege Planning Eveningfor Thursday, March 4 from 7to 9 p.m. in the high schoolauditorium.

A power point presenta-

tion by the counseling staffis planned, followed by aquestion and answer periodfrom college representativesfrom Tunxis CommunityCollege, Central ConnecticutState University, Universityof Connecticut and Universi-ty of Hartford.

For more information, call(860) 828-6577, ext. 163.

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The Berlin AARP Board ofDirectors is scheduled tomeet on Monday, March 8 at10 a.m. at the Berlin SeniorCenter. The monthly Chap-ter meeting is scheduled forTuesday, March 16 at 1:15p.m. also at the Senior Cen-ter. A Tea-Cup Auction willbe held after the meeting.Members will donate new

and almost new items for theauction. Tickets will be soldbeforehand and placed in thecups in front of each item forauction.

ClassesSenior Safe Driver Class-

es, sponsored by BerlinAARP Chapter 3035, arescheduled for Wednesdayand Thursday, March 24 and25 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at theCommunity Center. Bothclasses must be attended to

receive the certificate thatentitles a discount on autoinsurance premium. Pre-registration is required asthe class size is limited. Formore information and cost,call Barbara Dixon at (860)828-6295.

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are scheduled for Friday,March 12 at 12:45 p.m. at theSenior Center. It’s easy and

fun to play. Score sheets anddirections are provided.Prizes are awarded and re-freshments will be served.At least 12 people are neededto play. If you like to playcards, give it a try! To signup, call the Senior Center at(860) 828-7006 or stop by thefront desk.

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Results of the StriketteBowling League from Feb.18:

High triple: IreneWillametz, 478.

High single: IreneWillametz, 190.

Irene Willametz, 190; AliceMing, 177.

Results of the StriketteBowling League from Feb.23:

Senior meals are provided by CW Re-sources. Reservations must be made 24 hoursin advance. To order or cancel a meal, callPerry at (860) 670-8546 between 10 a.m. and 1p.m. A donation is requested.

Following is a list of lunches for the weekof March 8 at the Senior Center.

Monday, March 8: Stuffed baked shellswith light tomato sauce, Capri vegetables,salad, Italian bread, Italian ice.

Tuesday, March 9: Roast pork with apple-sauce, gravy, baked sweet potato, French

green beans almandine, rye bread, toppedfruit crisp.

Wednesday, March 10: Lentil soup withcrackers, beef hot dogs, baked beans, pickledbeet salad, sliced pears.

Thursday, March 11: Italian baked chick-en leg, corn with red and green diced pep-pers, pineapple cabbage slaw, corn muffin,fresh fruit.

Friday, March 12: Grilled salmon steakwith dill sauce, baked potato, petite peas,whole grain bread, fresh baked cookies.

High triple: IreneWillametz, 519.

High single: IreneWillametz, 180.

Irene Willametz, 180; SueRogers, 166; Alice Ming, 160;Florence Gillette, 159; BarbPatterson, 156; MarieKaczynski, 151.

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Mike Koval, 186; JoeSytulek, 178; Stan Dziob, 172;Walt Wallace, 172; FerdBrochu, 16; Jan Bennett, 163;Charles Snetro, 161; DickNapolitano, 157; Dan Rich,152.

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Gluten-free potluck

The Central CT Celiac Sup-port Group presents BethHillson, Founder of theGluten Free Pantry and edi-tor of “Living With Out”magazine at the St. Patrick’sDay pot luck dinner on Sun-day, March 21 at 1 p.m. at Mul-berry Gardens, 58 MulberrySt. Southington. Please bringa gluten free dish to share.RSVP by March 18 to Ann at(860) 378-2852 or Carm at (860)426-1980.

MILECelebrate spring by sign-

ing up for daytime mini-courses with MILE for adults50+. Middlesex Institute forLifelong Education hasscheduled a variety of inter-esting choices for the springterm, March 15 through April23. In addition to a computerclass and the popular courseGreat Decisions, there aretwo sessions on hypnosis,several classes on various as-

pects of gardening, an intro-duction to the opera whichwill be performed in Middle-town, a Victorian tea, andmore. On March 22, BillBerloni of Annie fame isscheduled to speak about“Animals in Show Business”.

Orientation is scheduledfor Feb. 26 at Chapman Hall,MxCC, 100 Training HillRoad, Middletown. Refresh-ments will be available at12:45 p.m. with brief sum-maries of the courses at 1p.m. For more information orto receive a brochure, call(860) 343-5863 or visitwww.mileonline.org.

Drivers soughtThe Middlesex central CT

Chapter of the American RedCross has openings for volun-teer drivers for the seniortransportation program. Dri-vers are needed afternoonsand will drive Red Cross vehi-cles. The program servesBerlin, New Britain andPlainville.

For more information andto volunteer, call Becky at(860) 229-1631.

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For more information, callChristopher Montes at (860)673-8759; Randy Sykes at(860) 658-9938 or TammySzczepanski at (860) 793-1764.

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Snapshot campaign is in-tended to raise awarenessamong African-Americancommunities about the riskfactors for glaucoma. Eye-Care America encouragespeople to call its GlaucomaEyeCare Program at 1-800-391-EYES (3937) to find out ifthey are eligible for a freeexam.

Red CrossWheels

Red Cross Wheels, a trans-portation program, is look-ing for volunteers who willuse their own vehicle to helptransport the elderly and dis-abled who don’t drive.

For more information, callMichele Sweet, AmericanRed Cross, at (860) 229-1631.

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For more information,contact program supervisor,Shonya Harrison at (860) 826-4516.

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Government MeetingsMonday, March 8

Board of Education, Town Hall, 7 p.m.Economic Development, Town Hall Room

8, 7 p.m.Public Health Nursing Services VNA,

Town Hall Room A, 7 p.m.Tuesday, March 9

Conservation Commission, Town HallRoom 8, 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, March 10Berlin-Peck Memorial Library, Library

Board Room, 7 p.m.

Housing Authority, Marjorie Moore Vil-lage, 5 p.m.

Thursday, March 11Commission for Person with Disabilities,

Town Hall Caucus Room A, 6:30 p.m.Parks and Recreation Commission, Com-

munity Center, 7 p.m.Planning & Zoning Commission, Town

Hall Council Chambers, 7 p.m.Public Building Commission, Town Hall

Room 8, 7:30 p.m.

Commentary

Open letter to nameless writers

Get involved withservice opportunities

in government

Dear Mr. or Mrs. Anony-mous,

Address: unknownI recently received your

anonymous letter to The Cit-izen. I also received a letterfrom your brother, Name-less, and your cousin, Con-cerned Citizen. I appreciateyour input, complaints andconcerns, respectively, butthere isn’t much I can dowith your letters.

Sorry.The Citizen only prints

letters with the name of theauthor. We allow our letterwriters a lot of flexibility inwhat they say and how theysay it. In return, we requirethem to identify themselves.

If you want your letterprinted, sign it. If you wantto name names publicly, startwith yourself.

Sometimes you sendanonymous letters with thehope of giving us a tip. Un-fortunately, these aren’t usu-ally helpful either. I have noproblem keeping sources

anonymous, but first I needto know who you are, whyyou have the informationyou have and why it shouldmatter to my readers. Mostanonymous tipsters don’tprovide any evidence fortheir complaints or even sug-gest a way to confirm theiraccusation.

It is easier for you to callor write in with a name at-tached. Feel free to requestanonymity right away. I willeven wear a trench coat toour secret meeting if you in-sist, but you have to give mea number to call you back —if for nothing else so we canset up the aforementioned se-cret meeting.

Don’t let me discourageyou, Mr. Tipster. If you haveevidence of weapons of massdestruction in Iraq or someother smoking gun, by allmeans send it to me. But thesmoking gun doesn’t domuch good unless it is ongovernment letterhead withthe words “Top Secret”

stamped on it. Your hand-written or even pasted to-gether (!) letter is no smok-ing gun; it is an opinion thatdoesn’t even belong to any-one.

Send me an e-mail. Giveme a call. If your quill pencould use some exercise,write me a letter. If youwant, leave out your lastname. But I need a way to getin touch with you. My telepa-thy has deteriorated since Iwas in second grade. If Ihave to write you a letter or afax, I will. However, I do drawthe line at smoke signals andcarrier pigeons.

Sir or madam, if your solepurpose is to vent someanger and frustration, thenby all means send me anoth-er anonymous letter. I willgladly recycle your concernsfor you.

Very publicly yours,Zachary Janowski

Associate Editor at TheSouthington Citizen

Editor’s note: The Dornfried cartoon is on hiatus. Wehope you enjoy our expanded editorial opinions and fea-tures in this section.

Commentary byDavid Evans

I wouldlike to thankthe manyBerlin citi-zens who ex-pressed in-terest andc o m p l e t e dapplicationsto serve or bereappointed on the variousboards and commissions ofthe town. Serving on theseboards and commissions is atremendous commitmentthat many times goes unap-preciated. The majority ofthese appointments tookplace Jan. 19. For those whowere not appointed, and oth-ers, I encourage you to attendor continue to attend meet-ings of any board or commis-sion you are interested injoining and request informa-tion about the specific dutiesand responsibilities involvedfrom those currently serv-ing.

The Town Council is cur-rently slated to consider thefollowing open positions atits March 16 meeting, pleasesubmit your applications tothe Town Clerk as soon aspossible. Applications anddescriptions are availablefrom the Town Clerk or onthe Town Website(http://www.town.berlin.ct.us/) by selecting “Interestedin Serving on a Board orCommission?”

The current openings are:1. Berlin Cemetery Com-

mittee —vacancy. Termwould expire on Jan. 31, 2013.Can be filled with a Democ-

rat, Republican or unaffiliat-ed.

2. Commission for the Ag-ing – a current board mem-ber resigned Feb. 2. The re-placement term would be un-til Jan. 31, 2014. Can be re-placed with a (D), (R) or (U).

3. Commission for the Ag-ing — a board member’sterm expired Jan. 31. Re-placement term would be un-til Jan. 31, 2015. Can only befilled by a Democrat or unaf-filiated if appointment No. 2above is filled by a Republi-can.

4. Historic District Com-mission – alternate vacancy.Term would be until Jan. 31,2011. Can be filled with only a(R) or (U).

5. Plainville Area CableTelevision Advisory Council(PACTAC) —vacancy. Termwould expire on June 30,2011. Can be filled with a (D)or (U).

6. Youth Service AdvisoryBoard— service consumervacancy. Term would expireon Jan. 31, 2013.

If appointed, please re-member the importance ofattending the meetings. Theschedules of the meetingshave been set for this year bythe Town Council and areavailable from the town clerkand are based on recommen-dations from each board orcommission. It is a disserv-ice to fellow board memberswhen you cannot attend asignificant number of meet-ings where decisions aremade and many times need afull quorum. Thank you allfor your interest and service.

(David Evans is a memberof the Town Council.)

Evans

Letters policyThe Berlin Citizen intends to present a forum

for the lively exchange of ideas and issues.To facilitate the publication of your contribu-

tions, several guidelines should be followed. Let-ters to the editor must be signed, with a phonenumber included. The writer will be called toconfirm authorship. No anonymous letters willbe printed.

Contributions by any individual or group willnot be published more frequently than once amonth.

Every effort will be made to print all letters re-ceived. However, the selection and date of publi-cation will be at the discretion of the editor.

The Berlin Citizen reserves the right to editletters.

Finally, the opinions expressed by our letterwriters are not necessarily those of this newspa-per.

Send your letters to: The Berlin Citizen, 979Farmington Ave., Kensington, CT 06037; fax (860)829-5733; or e-mail [email protected].

Letters must be received by 5 p.m. Friday to beconsidered for publication the following week.


Aresimowicz at the Capitol

State Representative Joseph Aresimowicz (D-Berlin/Southington) recentlyaddressed a State Capitol news conference in support of President Obama’sstimulus package that would aid state and local governments. A coalition oflegislators and advocates pointed out that investments in public servicesaves jobs and grows the economy. The jobs bill is currently being debated inthe Congress.

Meet the Woznica family(To have your family fea-

tured in an upcoming edi-tion please send an email [email protected] call (860) 829-5720.) Wewill publish the“Meet thefamily” feature throughMarch.)

Tell us about your fam-ily. We are a family of fourhumans — Joe and Joycewith children Elizabeth, 13,and Lauren, 9. We also havea dog, J.J., and a cat, Buffy.Also, there are some othersmall rodents and fish. Wehave lived in East Berlin forover 21 years.

What kinds of activi-ties are you involved in?Elizabeth is a honor rollstudent at McGee MiddleSchool and a top levelequestrian in the state ofConnecticut, riding in mul-tiple riding organizations.She owns her own regis-tered appaloosa pony, Domi-no, (Aces Mocha Chip), whoturns 35 years old thisApril. She competes on a

friend’s horse that is halfArabian, half Belgian.

Lauren is in fourth gradeat Hubbard ElementarySchool and a Berlin Bearcheerleader. She takes pi-

ano lessons and also com-petes at the state level onher pony, Charlotte’s Web.They are also doing ex-tremely well and will re-ceive top awards again this

year.Joe owns his own busi-

ness, Before and After Re-modeling, and has workedfor many families in Berlinand surrounding towns inConnecticut. He rebuilt ourhome after a fire in 2003that many in East Berlin re-member. Joe plays in a localdart league and loves tofish.

Joyce is a senior solu-tions architect for a soft-ware services companybased out of Maryland andworks from our home. Itgives her the flexibility tobe home with the kids inthe morning and afternoon.

What does your familydo for fun? The familyloves boating and the sun.We enjoy vacationing at ourproperty in the FloridaKeys. Joyce also rides hors-es with her children.

Chamber awardsannounced

The Berlin Chamber ofCommerce announced theaward recipients for theChamber’s 2010 Awards Cere-mony. The 57 Annual Meetingand Award Ceremony, spon-sored by Comcast and theBerlin Economic Develop-ment Commission, is sched-uled for March 25.

The award winners are:“Business of the Year” –Comcast; “Employee of theYear” – Cindy Hastings of Re-alty 3 Carroll & Agostini;“William S. Thomson Com-munity Service Award” –Rose Wollman; “Beautifica-tion Award” – Midsun Spe-cialty Products; “50 Years inBusiness” – Knaus BuildingCompany and Webster Bank;“New Member of the Year” –Karen Jarmon of Rose Mar-keting Group.

The event will also featurethe installation of the Cham-ber’s board, along with thepresentation of the Commu-nity Foundation of GreaterNew Britain’s “CelebrateBerlin” award and The BerlinEconomic Developmentawards.

The Woznicas of East Berlin: Joe and Joyce withtheir children Elizabeth, 13, and Lauren, 9.

CitizenCalendar14 The Berlin CitizenThursday, March 4, 2010

March4 Thursday

College planning night– Berlin High School Coun-seling Department hasscheduled its annual JuniorCollege Planning eveningfor Thursday, March 4 from 7to 9 p.m. in the high schoolauditorium. A power pointpresentation is planned fol-lowed by a question and an-swer period. For more infor-mation, call (860) 828-6577,ext. 163.

Forever Young Club -The Forever Young Club isscheduled to meet Thursday,March 4 at 6 p.m. in FatherCarroll Hall at Sacred HeartChurch, East Berlin. The an-nual Corned Beef and Cab-bage dinner will be followedby a short business meeting.Irish balladeer DanRingrose will provide the en-tertainment. For For moreinformation, cost and tick-ets, call Lou Marzi at (860)829-2989, Dick Colamussi at

(860) 229-9137 or CarolDauphin at (860) 828-9964.

Boy Scouts — Boy ScoutTroop 24 meets Thursdaysfrom 6:30 to 8:15 p.m. inrooms 1–3 at the communitycenter. Stop in or call JoeTedone at (860) 828-0255.

Boys Scouts — Boy ScoutTroop 41, sponsored andchartered by BethanyCovenant Church, meetsThursdays from 7:15 to 8:30p.m. at Bethany Covenant.For more information, callScoutmaster Joe Greco at(860) 828-8579 or [email protected].

Decorating – The Class of2010 All Night GraduationParty is scheduled to workon decorations Thursdaysfrom 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in theWillard School basement.Projects are available for alllevels of talents. All adultsare welcome. For more infor-mation call (860) 828-7425.

5 Friday

Pasta dinner – TheFIRST Robotics Team 155

has scheduled a pasta din-ner for Friday, March 5 from4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Kens-ington Volunteer Firehouse,880 Farmington Ave. Pro-ceeds benefit the team. Formore information and cost,email [email protected].

6 Saturday

Hungerford Park – TheNew Britain Youth Museumat Hungerford Park, 191Farmington Ave., has sched-uled its annual Maple Sugar-ing Day and Pancake Break-fast for Saturday, March 6from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., rainor shine. Guided walks tothe maple grove, demonstra-tions of the syrup makingprocess and children’s craftsare included in the fee. Noreservations are needed. Formore information and costcall (860) 827-9064.

Girl Scout cookie boothsales – Girl Scout troops ofBerlin have scheduled GirlScout cookie booths for Sat-urday, March 6 at CVS(Farmington Avenue) from10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Walgreen’sfrom 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; CVS(Berlin Tnpk.) from noon to2 p.m.; Stop & Shop from 10a.m. to 2 p.m.; Roger’s Mar-ketplace from 10 a.m. tonoon; A&P Foodmart fromnoon to 4 p.m. and TD Bankon Farmington Avenue from9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Gold buying fundraiser– The Berlin High SchoolClass of 2010 All Night Grad-uation Committee hasscheduled a gold, silver andplatinum buying event forSaturday, March 6 from 9a.m. to noon and Sunday,March 7 from 1 to 4 p.m. atthe Community Center. Aportion of the proceeds ben-efit the graduation event.For more information, call(860) 828-1223.

Recycling Center – TheTown of Berlin RecyclingCenter, 19 Town Farm Lane,is scheduled for be open Sat-urday, Feb. 27 from 9 a.m. to1 p.m.

BPA annual ball – TheBerlin Police Associationhas scheduled its 51st annu-al ball for Saturday, March 6

from 7 p.m. to midnight atthe Aqua Turf Club inSouthington. The eveningfeatures cocktail hour, din-ner and dancing to The BusDrivers. For more informa-tion, reservations and cost,contact Sgt. Tom Hodolitz,Ofc. Paul Germain or Sgt.Drew Gallupe at (860) 828-7080.

7 Sunday

Gold buying fundraiser- The Berlin High SchoolClass of 2010 All Night Grad-uation Committee hasscheduled a gold, silver andplatinum buying event forSunday, March 7 from 1 to 4p.m. at the Community Cen-ter. A portion of the pro-ceeds benefit the graduationevent. For more informa-tion, call (860) 828-1223.

Girl Scout cookie boothsales – Girl Scout troops ofBerlin have scheduled GirlScout cookie booths for Sun-day, March 7 at CVS (Farm-ington Avenue) from 10 a.m.to 2 p.m.; Walgreen’s fromnoon to 2 p.m.; Stop & Shopfrom noon to 2 p.m. andRogers Marketplace from 10a.m. to noon.

Eskimo Breakfast – TheSVEA Social Club, 999 Kens-ington Rd., has scheduledEskimo Breakfast for Sun-day, March 7 at 11 a.m. Menuincludes steak, eggs,sausage and peppers, beans,roasted potatoes, cornedbeef hash, chicken soup,bread juice and coffee. A feeis charged

9 Tuesday

Pasta supper – AmericanLegion Post 68, 154 PortersPass, schedules an all-you-can-eat pasta supper everyTuesday from 5 to 7 p.m. Pro-ceeds benefit scholarships,the fishing derby, the base-ball team and more. Formore information and cost,call the Post at (860) 828-9102after5 p.m.

Decorating – The Classof 2010 All Night Gradua-tion Party is scheduled to

work on decorations Tues-days from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. inthe Willard School base-ment. Projects are availablefor all levels of talents. Alladults are welcome. Formore information call (860)828-7425.

Boy Scouts — Boy ScoutTroop 256, chartered by theKensington Volunteer FireDepartment, meets Tuesdayevenings at the Kensingtonfirehouse. For more infor-mation, call Ed Alicea,scoutmaster, (860) 828-8693.

Boy Scouts — Boy ScoutTroop 44, chartered by theBerlin Lions, meets Tues-days at 7 p.m. at BethanyCovenant Church. For moreinformation, call TroopCommittee Chair at (860)829-1832.

10 Wednesday

Ladies VFW Auxiliary –The Ladies Auxiliary of theBerlin VFW Post 10732 isscheduled to meet Wednes-day, March 10 at 1 p.m. in anattempt to increase mem-bership and attendance. Themeeting agenda is a sur-prise.

11 Thursday

Berlin legislative dele-gation – The Berlin Legisla-tive Delegation has sched-uled a community meetingfor all Berlin residents onThursday, March 11 from 6to 8 p.m. at the Town Hall,Council Chambers. StateSenator Donald DeFronzo,Representative Joe Aresi-mowicz and Catherine Aber-crombie are scheduled to at-tend.

Girl Scout cookie boothsales – Girl Scout troops ofBerlin have scheduled GirlScout cookie booths forThursday, March 11 at TDBank on Farmington Av-enue from 3 to 7 p.m.

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Elms College, Massachu-setts — Tiffany Williams ofBerlin.

Goodwin College — KateFriday, Lisa Laskowski ofBerlin.

University of NewHaven — Gabrielle Sobilo ofEast Berlin.

Scholasticachievements

Kathryn Hagen, AndrewDornfried and PatrickDornfried of Berlin havebeen named to the first se-mester honor roll at North-west Catholic High School.

St. Paul honor rollSt. Paul School has an-

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* Berlin resident.High honors

Grade 8 – Peter Dovidaitis,Michael Edmiston, *RyanGadea, Thaddeus Link, MaryRanagan.

Grade 7 – *Kaitlin Moriar-ty, *Lindsey Paszczuk.

Grade 6 – *JonathanGalati, *Leila Gallupe.

HonorsGrade 8 - *Peter Armetta,

John Babon, Caroline Burke,Sean Carroll, *GabriellaDiMaio, *Gina Iozzo, *AriusJohnson, *Kathleen Molski,*D’Ana Rocco, *Daniel Rom-bola, *Katherine Roux,Megan Samojla, *Jenna San-tangelo, Hannah Sisson,*Deana Sobilo, *Joseph Wai-da, *Matthew Welch, HaleyZigas.

Grade 7 - *Matthew Cyr,*Geoffrey Damato, *AnthonyPlochocki, *Audra Rocco,Abigail Sisson, *Emily Szoz-dowski.

Grade 6 - *Matthew Bar-den, *Maia Dilzer,*Victoria Drumski, HaleyGagnon, *Christian Lapierre,

*Carl Mann, Jacob Palmieri,*Evan Rigsby, GabriellaRobertson, Marin Sisson,*Brendan Tierney, *HaleyVanty, *Megan Welch.

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Grade 7 - Katherine Bray,Christine Hedberg.

Grade 6 - Megan Charest.

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The New Britain-Berlin

Rotary Club will award fourscholarships to area highschool seniors who areBerlin or New Britain resi-dents and will attend a col-lege or university in the fall.Three awards are for $2,000and one award, in honor ofJudith W. Brown, a formerchapter president, for $2,500for an outstanding femalestudent. Scholarships arebased on financial need andachievement, communityservice and extracurricularactivities during the stu-dent’s high school years. Ap-plications are available inthe high school guidance of-fice of may be obtained bysending a self-addressesstamped regular sized enve-lope to: New Britain-BerlinRotary Club, ScholarshipCommittee, P.O. Box 1794,New Britain CT 06050-1794.Deadline is a postmark ofApril 16. For more informa-tion, contact Michael Gor-zoch, Committee Chairman,at (860) 612-0305 or email [email protected].

The Kensington-BerlinSunrise Rotary Club an-nounced the creation of twoscholarship awards forBerlin High School studentswho have demonstrated ex-

emplary community service.The two $500 scholarshipsare proceeds from the Kens-ington Rotary Literacy Pro-gram which distributessponsored dictionaries toevery third grade student inBerlin. Applications may beobtained from the BerlinHigh School guidance de-partment. For more informa-tion, call (860) 829-1033.

The Berlin Chamber ofCommerce is accepting ap-plications for the annual“William S. Thomson”Memorial Scholarship.The awards are two $750 andtwo $500 scholarships. Quali-fied applicants must attendBerlin High School, employ-ees or a family member ofemployees of current BerlinChamber members or thosewho have been displacedfrom employment and thoseinterested in continuingtheir education in the field

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The Connecticut FuneralFunerals Directors Associ-ation is accepting applica-tions for a total of eight $500college scholarships, one to astudent in each of Connecti-cut’s eight counties. Theawards program supportsgraduating high school sen-iors who are pursuing ca-reers in a profession that pro-vides emotional or medicalsupport for families. This in-cludes counseling, socialservices, psychology, psychia-try, nursing, medicine, socialwork, gerontology and funer-al service. Deadline to applyis April 9. For more informa-tion, requirements, and anapplication, call (860) 721-0234or (800) 919-2332 or visitwww.ctfda.org.


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CitizenSports 17The Berlin CitizenThursday, March 4, 2010

Banks caps scholastic career in style

Citizen photo by Nick Carroll

Berlin High School wrestling coach Dave Tremblay,foreground, said this season was tough, but fun. TheRedcoats’ 2009-10 campaign came to a close this pastweekend.

Lady ’Coats cruise in Vazquez’ returnBy Nick Carroll

The Berlin Citizen

Aside from the return ofAlexys Vazquez, the BerlinHigh School girls basketballteam’s CIAC Class L statetournament opener — as ex-pected — provided little inthe way of drama.

The fourth-seed Lady Red-coats scored the first 14points of the game and rolledpast outmatched 29th-seedMasuk 69-46 Monday night atGibney Gymnasium.

With the outcome deter-mined early on, the most ani-mated the home crowd gotwas when Vazquez drained along 3-pointer in the secondquarter — her first bucketsince January. The seniorguard had been sidelinedwith a foot injury, and it wasnot known whether shewould play again this sea-son.

“I knew in my head that Iwas going to play tonight. Nomatter what,” said Vazquez.“It’s states. I’m ready to go.”

Vazquez did not startagainst Masuk, but checkedinto the game early. She wenton to hit three 3-pointers andfinished with 11 points.

“All my adrenaline madeevery pain go away,” Vazquezsaid. “I felt really good.”

Berlin, which earned asecond-round date with 20th-seed Fermi, turned in a bal-anced scoring attack againstMasuk. Joining Vazquez indouble-figures were KimRasmussen (15), KatelynZarotney (15) and KaitlynBovee (14).

Rasmussen came out ofthe gate fast, scoring ninefirst-quarter points to helpthe home team build a 20-5lead.

“It’s states, and we knowthat everyone’s got to step it

up,” said Rasmussen, a sen-ior guard. “Every team isgood now. So you’ve just gotto play better and betterevery game. So I just try tobring it as best I can.”

Rasmussen pointed outthat it’s nice to, once again,be sharing the backcourtwith Vazquez. “It’s reallygood because it takes a lot ofpressure off me having Lexthere, so she can take the ballup too,” Rasmussen said.

Photo by Matt Leidemer

Berlin High School’sAlexys Vazquez scored 11points Monday night tohelp the Lady Redcoatswin their CIAC Class Lstate tournament opener.Vazquez had been out ofaction since January.

See Cruise, page 18

Swimmers celebratefirst championshipBy Nick Carroll

The Berlin Citizen

“He should be very proudof what he accomplished thisyear,” Berlin High Schoolwrestling coach Dave Trem-blay said of senior captainJack Banks. “I don’t think hegot enough credit for what hedid.”

What Banks did was rollup a regular season record of26-4, which included the 100thwin of his career. Banks thenwent on to place third at 171pounds at the CIAC Class Mstate tournament, before cap-ping his final scholastic cam-paign with a sixth-placeshowing at the State Open,held this past weekend inNew Haven.

Led by Banks, Berlinearned 12 points at the StateOpen and landed in 39thplace overall. Danbury (98.5points) was the team champi-on.

Joining Banks at the StateOpen were teammates MasonPowers, Dan Cirullo and

Shaun Sullivan. Powers (215)went 2-2 at the event, Cirullo(103) finished 1-2, and Sulli-van (125) came up short inboth his matches.

Powers, a junior, suffered

an ankle sprain at the StateOpen. Had he not, Tremblaybelieves he would havejoined Banks as a place-win-

By Jim BransfieldSpecial to The Citizen

It was an occasion thatcalled for tuxedoes.

Feb. 23, the Berlin Highswim team wore tuxedoesto school. Reason? That af-ternoon the Redcoats had achance to win their first ti-tle of any kind, the CentralConnecticut ConferenceSouth Division crown. Allthey had to do was defeatMiddletown.

They had never beatenMiddletown, a programthat has posted 33 consecu-tive winning seasons, wona trainload of league titlesand won three state titles.It was only Berlin’s fifthyear of existence. But itlooked to be a close meetand no matter, it was a bigdeal.

So they wore tuxes.“When the weather post-

poned the meet a day, thekids were so disappoint-ed,” said coach EileenThurston. “I worried thatthey might not be able toget up for the meet the nextday.”

Thurston need not haveworried.

Berlin’s inspired teamtook 10 of 12 first placesand beat Middletown 101-85, touching off a wild cele-bration that earned thecoaches a toss in the pool.It didn’t hurt that Middle-town was without its bestdiver, Valentine Ekpeny-ong (discipline) and one ofits best breaststrokers inKacper Szarek (injury),but MHS coach TrevorCharles was nonethelessimpressed.

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Berlin High SchoolAthletic Hall of Fame

The Berlin High SchoolAthletic Hall of Fame hasunveiled its inauguralclass. Entering the Hall ofFame will be, from the1939-1960 era: Richard Pat-terson, Victor Baccaro,Phil Tinsley, Anthony Leg-nani, Henry Mora andGary Waslewski. From the1961-1980 era: Paul Baretta. And from the1981-2000 era: Pam Wallace, Deb Larson,Robyn Trevethan, Adam Salina and Ed-ward Hrubiec. Also being inducted intothe Hall are coaches Don Bates and BillGibney and assistant coaches ArtKevorkian Sr. and Roy Fabian.

This week, The Citizen takes a look atthe career of Roy Fabian.

Roy Fabian, who came to Berlin HighSchool in 1948, coached football, basket-ball, and baseball, and was a beloved sci-ence teacher.

Fabian’s BHS coaching career included26 years spent as an assistant with thebaseball team, 14 years as an assistantfootball coach, and nine years as an assis-tant basketball coach.

While teaching and coaching, Fabianstill found time to play for the New Britain

Codys and the Hartford Blues, both semi-pro football teams. He served as a basket-ball official as well.

Also, Fabian was Berlin’s first summerplayground director and was active in nu-merous civic organizations. During histenure at BHS, he was class advisor from1950 to 1956, head of the science depart-ment for 26 years, and was acting principalfor a period of time. He received the Con-necticut Science Teacher Award in 1955and was president of the Berlin TeachersUnion.

During his time at the high school, Fabi-an was offered a head coaching position,but declined, as he would have been unableto serve as head of the science departmentat the same time. As much as he lovedcoaching, Fabian chose to remain as thescience department head and was satisfiedwith his position as a continuing assistantcoach, working with the student-athletesto help them achieve the most out of theirabilities.

The Hall of Fame induction banquet willbe held March 21 at the Crowne Plaza inCromwell. To purchase tickets, contact JimDay at (860) 828-8731, or Doreen Guy at (860)828-6581.

Roy Fabian

Fabian

CruiseContinued from page 17

“It’s good.”Berlin will host Fermi

tonight, March 4. Game timeis 7 p.m.

Last winter, the Lady Red-coats advanced to the finalsof the Class M tournament.

StyleContinued from page 17

ner. “Absolutely,” he said.“Not too bad,” Tremblay

said of the Redcoats’ overallperformance. “You’re talkingabout the best in the statewhen you get to that level.”

This wasn’t a great seasonfor Berlin, which struggledwith injuries and low num-bers, but Tremblay isn’t com-plaining. “It was a toughyear, but a fun year,” thethird-year coach said. “Indi-vidually, I think the kidsgrew a lot. They learned a lot

SwimmersContinued from page 17

very well and deserved towin,” he said. “We swam welland turned in a number ofbest times and still lost.”

In the end it came down toBerlin having more top endswimmers, enough to offsetMiddletown’s superior depth.Middletown simply had noanswers for Dan Klotz, whowon the 50 and 100 yardfreestyles, Kevin Kozikowski,who won the 200 yardfreestyle and the 100 yard but-terfly and Andrew Thurston,who won the 200 yard individ-ual medley and the 500 yardfreestyle.

Diver Josh Zaniewski wasbrilliant, scoring 197.03points, a Berlin schoolrecord. Ekpenyong, who hasscored in that area, wouldhave had to be at the top ofhis game to match that. Thetwo will compete at the CCC-South diving championshiptoday, March 4.

Maybe the biggest race ofthe day was the breaststroke.Middletown trailed by asmany as 16 points early in themeet, but had closed to 81-75with two events left, thebreaststroke and the 400 yardfreestyle relay.

Middletown’s Clayton Cur-ran led for most of the breast-stroke, but Berlin’s Kevin Lawent to afterburners in the fi-nal 15 yards and blew past

Curran to win. That gave theRedcoats a 91-81 lead going tothe final event and barring adisqualification, Berlin washome free.

They did not DQ.“Kevin’s win was huge, but

so were the others,” saidCoach Thurston. “Even if hedidn’t win, we were stackedin the final relay. But yes, itwas a very big win in that itgave us a nice cushion.”

How does it feel to be achampion?

“Oh, it’s huge for us,” saidThurston. “To win it againsta program like Middletown isgreat. These kids haveworked so hard and theywanted it so much. I’m veryhappy for them.”

Middletown and Berlinwill square off again thisweek. The CCC-South divingcompetition is today atBulkeley High in Hartfordand the swimming competi-tion will be Saturday, March 6at Plainville High.

of life lessons.”Tremblay pointed out that

even when the Redcoats,mathematically, were not go-ing to win a match, they nev-er stopped competing. “Theystill worked as hard as theycould,” he said. “That showsa lot of character on theirpart.”

Berlin loses some talent tograduation, including Banksand Cirullo, but the localswill return a solid core to themat next winter. Also, Trem-blay has high hopes for theincoming freshmen class.

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Moving onThe Berlin Basketball Associa-tion’s eighth grade boys team iscompeting together for the finaltime this season. The team is pic-tured, front row, from left: Antho-ny Celella, Mike Veronesi, TaylorLuciani, Reid Hilbie, Dan Garofa-lo Jr., Kyle Naples and LucBolduc. Back row, from left:Coach Dante Vasi, John Stepen-sky III, Dante Vasi Jr., MitchWilliams, Chris Labbadia, Bren-ton Cantliffe and Coach DanGarofalo Sr.

WrestlingBerlin Minutemen competed

at a tournament in Wethers-field recently. The results areas follows:

Mighty Mites: first place, Ri-ley Soybel, second place,Braden Shea, not placing,Adam Gauvin and CalebOrde; Bantams: second place,Trevor Graham, third place,Luke Mangiafico, fifth place,Daniel Koops, sixth place,Serge Duquette, not placing,Logan Galvin, Riley Hanson,Zachary Koops and NathanOrde.

“These young wrestlers dida great job and gave it theirall,” Coach Roger Moss said.

Berlin Minutemen Interme-diate, Novice and MiddleSchool wrestlers competed inthe State Qualifier in Bristol re-cently. The results are as fol-lows:

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Celtics 20, Tar Heels 17:Celtics scorers — Raylend Wil-son (13), James Mazzarella(7). Tar Heels scorers — KevinStafstrom (9), Domenic BielloJr. (4), John Downes (2), Gar-rett Jacques (2).

Tar Heels 24, Cardinals 23:Tar Heels scorers — KevinStafstrom (14), GarrettJacques (4), Domenic BielloJr. (4), David Boscoglio (2).Cardinals scorers — Tyler Cop(6), Dylan Frisk (6), WesleyCantiliffe (4), Garrett Fliss (2),Jack Mayette (2), Holden Mur-phy (2), Mitchell Fliss (1).

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Elizabeth Long, Qin Han Lu,Theresa McCurdy, RyanMorrison, James Nolan,Deepali Patel, Lauren Prior,Jaclyn Rubin, AlyssaScheyd, Colleen Schmalberg-er, Anne Scionti, Kevin Shea,Donterrius Silva, DanielSlomski, Monique St. Jarre,Shaun Sullivan, StephanieSwiatek, Kaitlyn Synnott,Ryan Szalaty, SamanthaTsun, Igor Turetskyy, An-drew Wnuk.

Grade 10 - Emily Baroni,Conner Bernard, JessicaBosco, Kimberly Bosse,Patrick Bostrom, SarahBrochu, Tiffany Brown, Kel-ly Byrnes, AmandaCalderone, Briana Cass,William Cavedon, MadeleineChristiana, Carly Cohen, LiaD’Amato, Samantha De-Francesco, Jessica DiMattia,Nicole Dolan, Victoria Fa-gan, Chelsea Farrington,Mackenzie Freeland, NicoleGerrow, Olivia Hale,Jonathan Hauptfeld, DanaHebert, Connor Hilbie,Nicole Johnson, Shannon

Jones, Kelly Josephson,Samantha Kelley, KevinKnopf, ChristopherKolodziej, Allen Kozloski,Brittany Labbadia, KyleLavoie, Matthew Lea,Meghan Long, AmandaMaule, Carli Mazzarella, Eri-ca Messina, Robert Morrin,Jessica Naples, MalgorzataNawalaniec, Teagan O’Don-nell, Cora Ottaviani, DanaOttaviani, Erika Park, SarahPaul, Megan Pitkin, AshleyPulaski, Robyn Riggott, Hol-ly Robillard, Brittany Ro-bitaille, Michael Rocco,Akanksha Singh, BrandonSlater, Melissa Swiatek,Anna Switzer, Iu-Wei Sze,Sage Szymanski, MeaghanTrzasko, Thomas Undercuf-fler, Anthony Walentukonis,Taylor Welch, Bridget White,Nicole Whitehill, RebeccaWorsham, Rachel Zelek.

Grade 9 - Melina Accarpio,Elizabeth Asal, CarolynBernucca, Lawrence Betteri-ni, Joseph Bosco, EmilyCharbonneau, Demis Chris-todlous, Courtney Cloutier,

Olivia Constantine, CarolineD’Attilio, Nicole Damboise,Thomas DeGroff, ThomasdeRito, Emily-Anne Deutsch, Rachel Droste, Tom Drozd-zowski, Benjamin Durao, Jil-lian Ferraguto, KaitlynFisette, Meghan Foy, NathanGalas, Nathan Giaccone,Alexandra Giove, CassidyGoodwin, Kristina Hag-meier, Emily Hamel, NicoleHarris, Jaclyn Hoffman,Yaryna Hrynyukh, TobiasHull, Morgan Imossi, BiancaJacques, Evelyn Juch-niewicz, Matthew Kall, Mu-jtaba Khan, Sana Khan, Ju-lia Kipphut, Laura Kuzoian,May La, Morrisa Luddy, Ge-offrey Magisano, ShannonMahoney, Nicholas Man-giafico, Nicole Maroon, RyanMarquis, Emily Michaud,Emma Morelli, Megan Mor-rison, Brittany Nemphos,Brie Nickerson, MadelineOnofrio, Avery Ortega, JohnParillo, Stefanie Parillo, Jay-dip Patel, Leah Pawelczyk,Lauren Petry, Kevin Pirruc-cio, Kailene Rampone, David

Roccapriore, Gina Root,Emily Russo, Nicholas Seg-uljic, Kaley Sokolowski,Gabrielle St. Jarre, NicholasStrain, Tyler Stritch, IanTamburini, Courtney Trza-sko, Tyler Undercuffler, Do-minika Wejda, Kristina Wez-denko, David Wilcox,Cameron Wilhelm, JoannaWojtun, Paige Young.

HonorsGrade 12 - Nicholas Ad-

damo, Taylor Anderson,Julie Baldyga, Jack Banks,Eric Becker, Jenna Bell,Karen Boucher, KeithBusch, Briana Calafiore,Nicholas Calvo, Nicole Car-lone, Christina Chogurian,Chrystina Christodlous,Michael Condon, Tessa Cug-no, Carina D’Amato, Victo-ria Daigle, Anthony DeFran-co, Samantha DeGroff, Ash-ley DeMarco, Nicole Egan,Paige Fucello, NicholasGalo, Victoria Gancarczyk,Samantha Garfi, Kellyn

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Furniture, paintings, Oriental rugs, hookedrugs, quilts, sterling, pottery, glassware, post

cards, old toys, dolls & Berlin, CT items.

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Goldberger, Molly Goldberg-er, Kyle Hamilton, JosephHarrington, Emily Hayes,Mark Jolley, Farah Kader,Timothy King, Kevin La,David Legnani, ScottLeMaire, Krystie Luczynski,Kyleigh Makowski, KaraMavis, Chelsea McLoughlin,Kathleen Mullins, PaulineNastyn, Regan Pulaski,Maracus Recck, KaitlinRivera, Joseph Rocco, SeanRoche, Jessica Sampson,Cody Scott, Karen Serravalle,Andrew Soneson, StephenSwitzer, Fiona Tamburini,Mariko Taricani, JenniferTrinh, Nikki Valentine, Jas-mine West, Sarah Wilkinson,Scott Williams, Alyssa Zi-padelli.

Grade 11 - Kelsey Budnick,Carley Calafiore, AlexCamosci, Kaitlyn Cantafi,Kristen Cavaliere, RichardConway, Samantha Cooper,Ethan Cope, Jessica Cyr,Kathryn Darling, Maximil-lian DeLorenzo, Nicole Dun-

Honor RollContinued from page 20

ham, Lauren Erickson,MacKenzie Friedmann,Francis Germano, ZacharyGiaccone, Nicholas Gurri-eri, Katherine Harrison,Taylor Jeffersonl, AlexanderJoslyn, Justin Kozikowski,Krista Langevin, KimberlyLapierre, Jessica Lavoie,Kendra Manthey, AmberMascola, Kayla Mazzarella,Paulina Mielicka, ElizabethNelson, Andrew Newton,Huy Nguyen, Matthew Pap-ke, Bhavik Patel, Ryan Ram-pone, April Regan, MichelleRitchie, Emma Rustico, An-tonio Squitieri, Rebecca Tay-lor, Bobbi Temple, KarissaTirinzoni, Vanessa Vega,Shannon Williams.

Grade 10 - Lisa Andreana,Alexandra Asal, DeannaBarrett, Kyle Bolduc, Con-nor Bowen, KimberlyBrown, Morgan Budney,Mary Kate Carlson, DanielCaron, Aneta Chorzepa,Emily Coffey, Stephanie Co-hen, Sabrina Couceiro,Jakub Cwieka, Sarah Dama-to, Stephanie DelConte,Matthew deRito, Tyler Feger,Margaret Frederick, Cassidy

Galante, Danielle Gemmell,Tori Giannini, Robert Hall,Emma Johnson, AleksandraKaminska, Pawel Karwows-ki, Kelly Kennedy, Abby Ken-nure, Daniyal Khan, KyleKissane, Samantha Klett,Karol Kolc, Daniel Laviana,Daniel Lojko, Chelsea Longo,Eric McKinnon, Lia McNa-mara, Shannon Membrino,Joanna Miklosz, RobertMozzicato, Timothy Norton,Kamila Nowak, Joanna Omi-lanowski, Elizabeth Orsini,Vishnu Patel, Jennifer Pe-trario, AlexanderPietruszewski, Kate Pi-otrowicz, Shawna Rosol, Dar-ryl Shaw, Olivia Sherman,Julia Spencer, Tyler St.Jarre, Emily Stickel, Kay-lene Sylvain, Jack Tomas-cak, Amber Viteri, SamuelVreeland, Kaitlyn Willametz,Shayna Zuk.

Grade 9 - Danielle Ayotte,Amanda Aziz, Michael Ba-roni, Fazli Bozal, KatherineBurek, Kimberly Caplik,Elsa Chase, Charlotte Ci-chowski, Madeline Cirullo,Lauren Criniti, GabrielleCyr, Peter Czepiga, Jerry De-

Jesus, Sylvia Dobrowolski,Daniel Fasciano, AshleyGable, Taylor Gilleran,Nicholas Ginotti, JessicaHeckman, Brandon Iozzo,Ramsha Khan, RyanKliszewski, Daniel Klotz,Sabrina Labadia, RobertLadas, Gina Lapila, AveryLewandowski, Michael Lisi-tano, Alexander Little, JuliaLombardo, Natalie Lombar-do, Rebecca Lunt, MadisonMacke, Julie Marino, Aman-da Martino, Nicholas Marti-no, Courtney McCloskey,Quinn McCurdy, BrendanMcLarty, Sanjiv Patel, Ma-son Paul, Karlee Pedemonti,Sean Pentalow, Jessica Petit-ti, Michael Pomian, JulianRamsey, Dominik Rokita,Megan Rugar, Sol Salcedo,Nicole Sapko, Eric Schmitt,James Shemeth, Carly Si-monides, Gina Squitieri,Lindsey Stefens, Nicole Syl-vain, Jeffrey Sylvester,Nicholas Tara, Michael Tir-inzoni, Carly Vernacatola,Christopher VonAchen,James Wall, Rebecca Wassil,Daniel Wrona, Wojtus Zak,Stephanie Zembko.

PoliceBlotter

The Berlin Police Depart-ment reported the followingarrests.

Jan. 22Trina Woo, 28, 80 Killdeer

Rd., Hamden, operating underthe influence of drugs/alcohol,failure to move left, windshieldobstructing view.

Kimberly Gauntletti, 43, 45Silver Lake Rd., Meriden, oper-ating under the influence ofdrugs/alcohol, failure to drive inproper lane, multiple.

Jan. 26George Meeker, III, 38, 16

Grove Hill Rd., Middletown, vi-olation of home improvementscontractors.

Scott Meeker, 36, 16 GroveHill Rd., Middletown, violationof home improvements con-tractors.

Derek Torcello, 29, 8F Kings-ley Ct., Rocky Hill, issuing abad check.

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Engagement Birth

Claire Marie VockeJason and Heather Vocke of Kensington announce the

birth of their daughter Claire Marie on Nov. 20, 2009 at Bris-tol Hospital. She joins her 3 year old brother, Jack.

Claire’s maternal grandmother is Sandra Pelletier of Bris-tol. Her paternal grandparents are Richard Vocke ofWethersfield and Donna and Robert Roberts of New Britain.

Griffin-KevorkianArt and Holly Kevorkian of

Kensington announce the en-gagement of their son Koryto Nicole Griffin, daughter ofWilliam and Cindy Griffin ofNorwalk.

The bride-to-be attendedMontserrat College of Artand holds a Bachelor of Sci-ence degree in art education

from Central ConnecticutState University.

She is employed as an artteacher at Bethany Commu-nity School

Her fiancé holds a Bache-lor of Science degree in phys-ical education and health andis completing his Master’s de-gree at Southern ConnecticutState University.

He is employed as a physi-cal education teacher and is abaseball and football coach atWilbur Cross High School inNew Haven.

A July wedding at the FirstCongregational Church ofCheshire is planned.

Thursday, March 4, 2010 — The Berlin Citizen

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BERLINA must see home in exclusive Crystal Falls Subdivision, 4 BR with open foyer,fireplaced great room open to kitchen, walkout basement, 2nd flr. laundry, somuch to offer, too much to list. Must See! SPECIAL FINANCING OPTIONSAVAILABLE FOR BERLIN/ KENSINGTON HOMES. $539,900.

MIDDLETOWNFirst time homebuyers dream!! Cute, clean, bright, and open! 3 BR, 1 1/2BA, new kitchen w/Corian, HW throughout, new chimney, pellet stove,CA, great yard!! REDUCED!! $207,900.

BRISTOL3 BR, 2 BA Raised Ranch Style home with fenced-inyard. 12x12 sunroom, 11x17 deck, new carpeting inliving room w/Fireplace. Must see for Only $214,900.

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9 High Rd., Berlin, CTClassic New England professionalbuilding. 1,000 SF to 2,000 SFavailable. Immediate occupancy.Ideal for CPA, insurance agent,CFP, attorney, doctor or dentist.Local business corridor. Easyaccess to Rt. 9, Rt. 372 & I-84.

RENO PROPERTIESGROUP, LLC

170 Pane Road, Newington, CT 06111phone 860-666-7400 • fax 860-666-7405web www.reno-properties.com

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869 Mill St.,East Berlin, CT

Retail Plaza & Pad Sitefor Lease. 1,750 SF inline space availability andapproved pad site withdrive-thru to build 3,100SF. Traffic light access atthree-way intersection. 2.2 acre site. Ample parking. Area retailers; Wal-Mart, Stop & Shop,Burger King, McDonald’s, Wendy’s, Firestone. Ideal for retail, service, daycare. Easy accessto Rt. 9, Rt. 5/15, I-91.

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Office (860) 828-7877Fax (860) 828-5797Cell (860) 883-7091

E-mail:[email protected] Farmington Ave., Berlin, CT 06037

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Derek JutrasBroker/Owner

BERLINSuper Ranch....Looking for easy maint. &convenience? You’ve found it. 3 generous bdrms., 2full updated bths. Big eat-in kitchen, LR with frplce.Beautiful 900 sq.ft. fin. base. 14x14 deck off kitch..Cute-prvte. yd,.Newer roof & mechs. 2 car garage.$229.900. View with Derek Jutras 860 883-7091.

KENSINGTONWOW!!! NOT A DRIVE BY. MUST SEE!! 4 bdrms 3 BAs,spacious flr. plan for comfortable family living, in ameticulously maintained Abrahamson built Ranch. Steelbeam const.,Hrdwd flrs, Cath ceiling, skylight, 2 FPs, built-ins, Corian cntrs, 1st fl lndry, pocket drs and much more!.$409,900...View with Angie Santoro 860 214-6384.

BERLINMove right in and enjoy. Fully applianced 6 rm.Ranch. Hardwood flrs., heated sunroom, 12x10 deck,garage. Newer roof & siding. Gas Wair furnace andhot water heater. Built-in wall A/C. Easy care yard....$179,000. View with Derek Jutras 860-883-7091.

BERLINWOW... Just a putt away fromTimberlin Golf Course. 4 bdrm.Colonial. Hrdwd. flrs., LR with frpl. 2car garage located on cul-de-sac$314,900. View with Barbara Warchol860 550-5026.

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The following propertytransfers were recorded inthe town clerk’s office.

Beatrice Dagata to MonicaM. Summers, 81 RidgewoodLane, $290,000.

FNMA to Grzegorz Gut and

Hanna Gut, 62 Birch Lane,$269,000.

Jsaon J. Zigmont to David J.Sytulek, 180 Grove St.,$243,000.

US Bank to Mark Cyr, 24Brandegee Lane, $135,000.

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The week of March 7 through 13 has been designat-ed Girl Scout Week, in celebration of the 98th an-niversary of girl scouting. More than 44,000 girls inConnecticut are scouts and are involved in an arrayof activities from sports, science and technologyprojects, business and community service, as wellas the traditional Girl Scout cookie sales. See theCommunity Calendar on page 14 for a list of cookiebooths in Berlin. Pictured on this page are local GirlScout and Boy Scout troops involved in recent com-munity events.

Gifts to children’s hospitalThe Junior Girl Scout Troop 66497 of Hubbard Ele-mentary School made fleece blankets and collectedtoys for the patients of Connecticut Children’s MedicalCenter. The toys were collected from the entire Hub-bard community and the blankets were hand-made bythe troop. They were delivered to the hospital just be-fore the Christmas holiday. Troop members are: LeahRozanski, Kailyn DeGroff, Rianne Mayer, LaurenWoznice, Madison Cusick-Howatt, Cellie Flores, Brian-na Lennehan, Cailyn Barnes, Kelley Johnson and Kel-ly Sparmer. Representative from CCMC is LindsayLabrie, Child Life Services.

St. GeorgeMedalMatthew Dennis of Kens-ington Pack 41 recentlyreceived the St. Georgereligious medal at St. Pe-ter and Paul Russian Or-thodox Church in Meri-den. Pictured are Em-phraim Mosher, MatthewDennis, Father JoshuaMosher, Deacon StevenHosking.

Scouts advanceBerlin Boy Scout Troop 44,sponsored by the Berlin LionsClub, advanced members tovarious ranks at a recent Courtof Honor. Scouts who earnednew ranks are, from left: MaxSznaj, Tommy diRito, MichaelGagnon, Matthew diRito,Christopher diRito, Jared Hen-drickson, Jonathan Zoccoli,Andrew Polack and KyleSawyer.

Scouts on iceJunior Girl Scout Troop 66495 enjoyed an afternoon ofskating at Champions Skating Rink in Cromwell overschool vacation. Picture, from left: Alaina Bogden,Nicole Vasil, Haley Hauptfield, Mary Lattarulo, AmandaLee, Gabi Vasi, Emily Cooney, Julia DelVecchio, LuciaAddamo, Olivia Hartel, Jaclyn Arute.

Troop 66381 says ‘thanks’Each year around Valentine’s Day, Berlin Girl Scoutsspread joy, show appreciation and say “thank you” tovarious organizations by baking and delivering Valen-tine Cookies. Pictured is Berlin Brownie Troop 66381delivering baked goods to Hunter Ambulance andBerlin Congregational Church.

Scouts donate to shelterGirl Scout Troop 66513 unanimously voted to makethe Berlin Animal Shelter part of their Community Ser-vice project. The girls made a donation of food, litter,toys, blankets and other pet items. Pictured is AnimalControl Officer, Jan Lund, with Emily Mazzotta, Isha-nee Patel, Suhanee Patel, Caitlin Heffernan, AshleyWinters and Niah Samboy.

Berlin Scouts are busy


LEGAL NOTICEBOARD OF ASSESSMENT APPEALS

TOWN OF BERLIN

Notice is hereby given that in accordance with C.G.S.Section 12-110(a) the Board of Assessment Appeals ofthe Town of Berlin will meet on Tuesday, March 9, 2010;Wednesday, March 10, 2010; Tuesday, March 16, 2010and if needed Thursday, March 18, 2010 from 6:30 to9:00 p.m. at the Berlin Town Hall, 240 Kensington Road,Berlin, Connecticut, in Caucus Room A for the purpose ofhearing appeals related to the assessment of Real Estate,Personal Property and Supplemental Motor Vehicle.

BOARD OF ASSESSMENT APPEALS DATED: February 22, 2010

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PETS & LIVESTOCK

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FURNITURE &APPLIANCES

3 OFFICE Tables 31 x 60 Goodcondition. 2 w/ drawers +Paper organizer. All $20 ea.203-272-7792 Email for [email protected]

MICROWAVE Cabinet. $75.Maytag Dishwasher. $60. (203)379-6035

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ZENITH 37” Stereo TV. Worksperfect. With remote & Stand.$100. (203) 634-0048

WOOD, FUEL &HEATING EQUIPMENT

SEASONED firewood, pickup orlocal delivery. Cut & split.Approx 16-18in. $200/cord;$125/half cord. 203-294-1775.

SPORTING GOODS &HEALTH

PISTOL PERMIT CERTIFICATION CLASS

Required for CT applicants. $100.

Call 203-415-1144

WANTED TO BUY

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

Wallingford. Mon-Sat. 9:30-4:30.

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an 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.

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Junk cars, trucks, motorcycles.Free Pickup. Free Removal.

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AUTO PARTS

INFINITY Nissan Aluminumrims with good snow tires forsale. Call (860) 653-0491

CAMPER & TRAILERS

2004 DDuuttcchhmmeenn SSppoorrtt bunkhouse 38'. ""AA mmuusstt sseeee"",, Excel-lent condition, fully equipped,2 bedroom model, sleeps 8,with a large slide out. Manyextras $11,500 (860) 747-8964

PETS & LIVESTOCK

2 MALE Rat Terrier/Papillon mixpuppies. Up to date on shots.$250 each. Serious inquiriesonly. Contact Trisha (203) 985-5858

BOXERS, Bulldogs, Chihuahuas,Labs, Yorkies, Cane Corso,French Bulldogs, Shih-tzu,Poodle mixes. $350+

860-930-4001

CHICHON (Chihuahua/Bichon)Pups for 3/02. Cute, small,adorable. Great personalities!Shots. Paper trained. $495.

203-537-9429

GERMAN SHEPHERD PUPPIESRare German working lines. Dad is large boned, 100+ lbs. AKC. 1st shots, wormed & tat-

tooed. Nice take home puppypack. Ready Now! Seriousinquiries. $1000. (860) 655-0889

or [email protected]

HI, I’m Harry, strong, lovable,neutered & had my shots. Ineed a home with adults, I’m apitbully mix. Love to play & gofor rides. Call 203-271-5590 formore info.

HORSE BOARD Wallingford.Full care $450. Daily individualturn-out. Geldings only. Drafthorses welcome. Looking towork off board? 203-294-9313

OLD ENGLISH SHEEPDOGPuppies. AKC. Excellent disposi-tions. Ready March 21. Takingdeposits. $700. Vet certified. 1stshots & wormed. 603-835-8555

STUD BOXER - 3 yrs old. 90pounds. I have a great fawnboxer I would like to find afemale dog, same kind, tobreed with. I would like apuppy from the litter. Pleasecontact 203-710-7912

SUV’S

CChheevvyy TTrraaiillbbllaazzeerr LLSS 220000554X4, SUV, 4 Spd Auto

#1400 83,192 mi $10,888(860) 344-9916

HONDA PASSPORT 1998- Clean & Loaded! 160K.

$5000.Call (860) 274-1569

ISUZU Rodeo 1994 4x4, standard. Runs well. $600.

Call (203) 634-0562

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31,710 mi #T1044A $21,995

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MMEERRCCUURRYY MMaarriinneerr 22000077Light Tundra, 4x4, 4 Speed Auto

#1411 53,834 mi $14,888(860) 344-9916

AUTOMOBILESWANTED

CASH And/Or Tax deductionfor your vehicle. Call

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SSCCIIOONN xxAA 220000555 Door Hatchback, Auto, 4 Cyl

82,697 mi. #1278 $7,888(860) 344-9916

SSUUBBAARRUU LLEEGGAACCYY 22..55ii 220000774 Door, AWD. 4 Spd Automatic.

52,789 mi. #1384 $14,888(860) 344-9916

TOYOTA Camry 1996 Exc. 122K$3450

VOLVO S80 2003 SR, $7450KIA Rio 2005 AT, 76K, $3950.

(203) 213-1142

TRUCKS & VANS

CHEVY Express Van 2005 Excellent condition. $6450

Kia Rio 2005AT, 76K, $3950

Toyota Camry 200534K Perfect $10,500 203-213-1142

CHEVY G20 Cargo Van 1998Asking $2,800 or trade for aPontiac Trans Am ‘89-93 w/T-tops. Call Hector 860-706-7189or 203-935-6040

CChheevvyy SSiillvveerraaddoo 11550000 LLSS 22000022Ext Cab, 4 door, 4x4, 4 Spd Auto

#8327390 67,417 mi $14,888(860) 344-9916

AUTOMOBILES

FINANCE -Buy Here Pay Here Financing!Down pymts as low as $588 plustax & reg, low weekly pymts, nofinance charge, or credit checkcars under $3000. Call 203-530-

5905, Cheap Auto Rental LLC.

HONDA Accord 2007 Under warranty from Honda.

35 mpg. Grey.$12,900.

(203) 668-9572

HHOONNDDAA PPRREELLUUDDEE 119999772 Door Coupe, 4 Speed Automatic

63,098 mi # 11583A $9,995

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LLIINNCCOOLLNN MMKKSS 220000994 Door Sedan. 6 Speed Auto.

23,775 mi # P11611 $30,995

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44,942 mi # A11610 $19,995

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ROBERTS CHRYSLER DODGE Quality Pre-Owned Vehicles.

120 So. Broad St, Meriden, CT203-235-1111

AUTOMOBILES

BMW 3-Series 2005 Coupe.Gray Mint condition. w/blackinterior. Non-smoker. Originalowner. $18,900 39,800 Call203-294-1126

BBMMWW 55 SSEERRIIEESS 553300xxii 220000773.0 L. 4 Door Sedan.

25,343 mi # 11619 $25,995

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BUICK Lesabre 1998 Custom -V6, no dents, very clean inside& out. Auto, leather seats, newfuel pump. Tuned up and readyto go. 142,000 miles. $2399.Call (203) 235-6902

CHRYSLER 2004 Sebring Con-vertible, 90,000 miles. Runsgreat. Excellent shape. $5400or best offer. Call 203-686-0297 or 203-213-0708

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LOST & FOUND

FOUND White cat with black &brown tiger striped tail. Har-ness Ave., Meriden area. Call(860) 490-5217.

LOST: Male Black/White Cat.MacArthur Rd area. Last seen2/14. Reward. 860-747-2326.

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Fully insured & licensedFree estimatesCT Reg. #573871

ZK ConstructionROOFING SPECIALISTS & SNOWPLOWINGQUALITY, EXPERIENCE & AFFORDABILITY

● New Roofs● Restoration Work● All Types of Repairs● Emergency Repairs

Ziggy KacperskiBerlin, CT 06037Tel. 860-829-8212

ATTIC & BASEMENTSCLEANED

GARY Wodatch Demolition Ser-vices. Sheds, pools, decks,garages, concrete walks, patios,Quick, courteous srv. All callsreturned. Ins. #566326. Office203-235-7723/Cell 860-558-5430

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IF YOU MENTION THIS ADWe clean Estates, house, office,attic, cellar, gar, yd. Snowplow-ing. 203-535-9817/860-575-8218

CARPENTRY

J. BOOBER CONSTRUCTIONAdditions, garages, remodeling,kitchens, basements, decks,sunrooms. Lic’d & Ins’d. 203-265-0730 CT. Reg. #572880

REPAIRS Decks & Additions,Entry Doors, Complete HomeImprovement by Carpenter. Freeest. 203-238-1449 CT# 578107 www.marceljcharpentier.com

DUMPSTERS

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ELECTRICAL SERVICE

T.E.C. Electrical Svc LLCAll Phases of Electrical Work

24 hr. Emergency Service SMALL JOBS WELCOME

203-237-2122

FENCING

Cornerstone FFeennccee & Orna-mental Gates. All types offence. Res/Comm. AFA Cert.Ins’d. Call John Uvino 203-237-GATE. CT Reg #601060

GARAGE DOORS

SALES, service & Installation.Doors and openers. Insured.

CT Reg#517765. 860-348-9000

GUTTERS

DOW GUTTERSSeamless gutters/leaders.GUTTER cleaning.. Free est.

#612964 Steve 860 426-0045

HANDYPERSONS

ALBERT’S HOME REPAIRRoofs, decks, windows, doors

siding, flrs, sheetrock. Ins & lic.# HIC-0623837 203-592-1148

AA--11 HHAANNDDYYMMAANN PPLLUUSSCT Reg #606277.

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HEATING & COOLING

DON’T Freeze this WINTER!Call Duane Plumbing, heating& cooling. Annual furnace &boiler tune-ups & cleanings.Quality work. Major creditcards. Low rates. 203-379-8944 #400335-S1

HOME IMPROVEMENTS

J. BOOBER CONSTRUCTIONAdditions, garages, remodeling,kitchens, basements, decks,sunrooms. Lic’d & Ins’d. 203-265-0730 CT. Reg. #572880

Quality Work - Reasonable RatesComplete home services. Electric,

plumbing, kitchens, baths, etc.(203) 376-7532 CT Reg# 616307.

HOUSE CLEANING

CLEANING SERVICE One TimeFree Cleaning for new clientsonly. I’ll clean your house oroffice with a sparkle. Polish/English speaking. Bonded, ins.Free est. Anna (860) 299-6611

JUNK REMOVAL

JUNK REMOVAL & MORE!We clean Estates, house, office,attic, cellar, gar, yd. Snowplow-ing. 203-535-9817/860-575-821810% off if you mention this ad

MASONRY

JACK BBiiaaffoorree,, LLLLCC MMaassoonnrryyChimneys, brick, block, stonewalls, patios. In business over 50yrs. CT# 623849 (203) 537-3572

PAINTING/WALLPAPERING

L & E PAINTINGSpruce Up Your Home

or Business!Professional Quality & Affordable

Rates. CT Reg #623250 www.landeprop.com

Call Trevor (203) 938-3789POPCORN CEILINGSRepair, Remove, New.

HIC.0569127Call Kevin 203-440-3279

PAINTINGINTERIOR & EXTERIOR

Over 25 Years ExperienceHIC.0569127

Call Kevin 203-440-3279

PLUMBING

DON’T Flush money down the drain, call Duane Plumbing, heating. Quality work, low ratesMajor credit cards accptd. 203-379-8944 lic. #283401 P1

ROOFING

C&M CONSTRUCTIONTo ensure a quality job

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

FIDERIO & SONSSiding, roofing, windows, decks,

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

EEmmppiirree CCoonnssttrruuccttiioonn,, LLLLCCYour Professional Roofer

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CT Reg# 577319

SIDING

FIDERIO & SONSSiding, roofing, windows,

decks, sunrooms, additions.

203-237-0350CT Reg. #516790

Gonzalez Construction

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

203-639-0032 Fully licensed/insured.

CT Reg.# 577319

SNOW PLOWING

L & E PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

Snow PlowingProfessional Quality & Affordable

Rates. CT Reg. #623250 www.landeprop.com

Call Trevor (203) 938-3789

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TREE SERVICES

YARDLEY TREE SERVICE.comFair, reasonable. Free estimates.

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

PPRROOFF.. AARRBBOORRIISSTT #S336575ft bucket truck. Precise Tree

CT Reg #562159. 203-272-4216

GARY WODATCH LLCTree Removal, All calls returnedReg #0620397. Quick courteousservice. Office 203-235-7723 orCell 860-558-5430

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APARTMENTSFOR RENT

MERIDEN 2 BR. Hdwd flrs. Somerenovations. 2nd floor. 1 monthrent & security. Sec 8 Approved.$850/month. 860-471-1623

MERIDEN- 4 1/2Rms. $700/mo+ sec. Utils not incld. Spring-dale Ave. Call mornings tilnoon, 5pm-until 203-237-6194

MERIDEN- Nice, Spacious 1BR,appliances, parking, good loca-tion, no pets, 25 Griswold St.$795 + deposit and credit. 203-238-1890

MERIDEN-1BRS-All appliances &hot water incl 2 mo. sec.. Nopets. Coin op laundry. 1095 OldColony Rd. Showings 9-11 am.203-581-3620

MERIDEN-2BR, computer rm,CAIR, 1st flr, East side. Newlyremodeled, off-st-parking,alarm sys. No pets. $850/mo.Section 8 appr’d. 203-238-1893

MERIDEN-East Side. Great 2 BR.Penthouse floor. Central air. Allappls. On flr laundry. Credit + 2mos. security. $800/mo. Nopets. Call 203-284-0597

MERIDEN-Great 1BR, Hugerooms, lge windows, walk-incloset, parking, w/d hookup, 1stclass! $600/mo. Credit + 2 mos.sec. req. No pets. 203-284-0597

MERIDEN-Large 3BR, new car-pet, net paint, new appls. wash-er/dryer hookups, off st. parking.$900/mo. 3rd flr, Prescott St.203-996-7379 Jack Regan Realty.

MERIDEN. 1 BR., 1st floor of 2family. Stove, fridge, washer,dryer hookup, parking, porch,Sec. system. Clean & quiet.$675 + util, Sec. & Refs. Call203-238-2889

MERIDEN. Studio apt, $595including heat & electric. Onbus line. No pets. Call (203)982-3042

MERIDEN. Studio apt, $595including heat & electric. Onbus line. No pets. Call (203)982-3042

APARTMENTSFOR RENT

MERIDEN1 & 2 BR Apartments657 East Main Street

Call 203-630-9481

MERIDEN 2 BR - 1st FloorUpdated. Basement storage

space. Yard. No pets. Separateutilities. $800/month. Security. Olive Street. Call 203-809-4627

MERIDEN 3BR, 2nd flr apt. Newfloors & freshly painted. $850/mo incl. new refrig., new stove,parking & washer/dryer hookup.No pets, utilities or smoking. 1 yrlease, credit check & refs.required. Security & 1st mo. rent.(203) 608-8348

MERIDEN Huge 5 BR ApartmentFreshly painted. Ready to rent!

Section 8 approved. $1350/mo + security. No pets.

203-650-0479

MERIDEN MOVE IN SPECIALStudios, 1 BR & 2 BR

Free Heat & HW incl. ACs. 24 hrmaintenance. Sec. guard. Laundry

Rm. Off st parking. 203-630-2841

MERIDEN- 1BR Winter Special$650/month. Heat, Hot Water,Electric incl. Private balcony.

Call for info 203-639-4868 Offer ends March 31st

MERIDEN- 2BR, 1 Bath Newly renovated, Separate utils.

On first floor. Pratt St. $775OR 1 room for rent, $450.

Call 347-228-3959

MERIDEN- 2BR, 3rd flr, largespacious apt. Stove & fridge.Secure building. Ample park-ing. No pets. Avail. 4/1. $850.Call 203-376-1259

MERIDEN- 3BR apt, $950 + sec.& utils. Recently renovated.

Avail. March 15. 221 Cook AveL & E Property Management

203-938-3789

WANTED TO BUY

FISHING TACKLE. Local col-lector looking for old or newrods, reels, lures. Highestprices paid. Call Dave any-time 860-463-4359

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Hobbyman needs your help. Freepickup! Bikes will be recycled.Help save a bike! 203-494-9641

HOUSES FOR RENT

HOME SWEET HOMES OffersMeriden- 5BR, 2 bath house Com-

pletely renovated. $1425/mo +sec. & utils. 137 Willow St. Availimmed. (203) 938-3789

MERIDEN-5Rm Ranch 3BR,Stove, Refrg, D/W-WD Conn-Fenced yard. Pets considered.$1250/Mo. Refs req’d. Call(203) 605-6964

CONDOMINIUMSFOR RENT

MERIDEN Avallable modern 2 BRranch unit. Stove, refrigerator,W/W carpet, garage, laundry.Off st. parking. $950/mo + utils.Sec & lease. Call 203-217-9229

WLFD- Judd Square- 2BR. Nopets. $1000. Call Quality Real-ty, LLC 203-949-1904

APARTMENTSFOR RENT

BERLIN-3.5 extra extra lg rms.Heat & HW incl. All appls, W/D,lg yd, park. $875. 860-828-8114

HOME SWEET HOMES OffersMeriden - 4 BR, 2 bath, recentlyrenovated. $1275 + sec & utili-

ties. Avail. March 15! 203-938-3789

HOME SWEET HOMES OffersMeriden - Studio & 1BR apts

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

KENSINGTON-Large efficiencyapt 1BR, full bsmt, back decknice view. $900/mo inclds oil,elec. Call 860-828-0321 days

MERIDEN(2) 1BR’s & (1) 2BR

Recently remodeled! New paint!Section 8 approved. No pets. 1 mos sec & 1st mos rent.

More info call Rob 203-535-3925

MERIDEN - 19 Guiel Place, 2 BRTownhouse, 1 1/2 baths, w/dhookup. $1095. 1 mo sec. Call203-213-6175 or 203-376-2160.

MERIDEN - 1BR Large, Modern E.side, secure bldg in small com-plex. Lg. kitchen, stove, fridge,DW. Deck, off st. park. $685 incl.HW. 203-284-1822 x210

MERIDEN - 1BR, Broad St. Nearmonuments. Skylight, sunkenDR & kit., sunporch, veryattractive & prvt w/gar. $725.203-634-1515 or 203-213-8833.

MERIDEN - Newly remodeled 7 Rooms, stove, refrigerator.

1 1/2 baths. Garage. Also, 4BR apt, stove & refrig.

Call (203) 238-3908

MERIDEN - Nice 1BR, 630 BroadSt. $725/mo. Call 203-213-6175or 203-815-6512

MERIDEN - Steps to WashingtonPark. Outstanding 3 level, 2 BRtownhouse with attachedgarage. Clean & Shiny. $1050with good background. No pets.Vacancy Busters 860-402-3960


CONNECTICUT RESOURCES RECOVERY AUTHORITY

Job Positing: OPERATIONS ENGINEERThe Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority("CRRA") is seeking qualified individuals to man-age the contracts and oversee operation of one ormore CRRA waste-to-energy projects or othersolid waste facilities including solid waste recy-cling centers and transfer stations. Responsibilitiesinclude, but are not limited to: contract manage-ment, business negotiations, budget development,plant modifications, and performance and regula-tory compliance monitoring for such projects andfacilities.

Copies of the job posting can be obtained on-lineat www.crra.org under "CAREERS."

All resumes must be forwarded to Elaine Thomas Williams via email at

[email protected] by 3/8/10.CRRA is an

Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer.

MEDICAL CAREERSMEDICAL CAREERSDENTAL RECEPTIONIST

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our fax at 203-269-0828OR email it to:

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STEP 2: Go to the following pre-employment computer link,

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CAREERTRAINING & SCHOOLS

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HELP WANTED

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HELP WANTED

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DRIVER-

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tions out of our terminal inCheshire.

Home Daily!Top Drivers Earning $1100+/wk!

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EMBROIDERY Machine Opera-tor. Experience preferred. Fulltime with some flexibility poss.Hourly wage based on exp.860-828-0367.

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HOUSES FOR SALE

MERIDEN“New Listing”

Newer Colonial on cul-de-sac.Easy access to highways. HWF,1st floor laundry and bonusrm, complete in-law in base-ment with own entrance.$319,900.

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MERIDEN“True pride in

craftsmanship!”This home offers a 2-storyfoyer, granite tile bathroom,2nd floor laundry, 9ft ceilings &walk-out basement, ideal forin-law or home theater.$319,900

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MERIDEN Well cared for Ranch.HDWD flrs, newly painted BR &BTH. Professional landscapedcorner lot w/walkout basement,great rm w/vaulted ceilings.$269,900. Vicki 203-235-3300

CONDOMINIUMSFOR SALE

MMEERRIIDDEENN Spectacular Townhousecondo in a quiet private location.Features nice kitchen, livingroom, dining area, 2BRs, 2.1baths, 1 car garage. Mint! Call SilSala for details. Priced right,$189,000. (203) 235-3300

HELP WANTED

CAREGIVERS - Exc. position forcompassionate, reliable peopleto provide companionship/homecare services to seniors.Extensive training provided.Must have own vehicle. CallHome Instead Senior Care @860-316-2531 or visit our web-site www.homeinstead.com

HOUSES FOR SALE

WALLINGFORD Convenient intown Col w/updated, improvedmechanicals, walk-up attic forfuture expansion, 3BRs, LR, DRand lg eat-in kit, fenced yardw/work shed & more. $210,000.Kathy 203-265-5618

YALESVILLE Gorgeous Colonialon a large level lot. Great loc.Home features 8rms, kit, LR, DR,4 or 5BRs, 3 full baths, largedeck, upper level balcony, largerooms. Much more $270,000.Call Sue or Sil for details 203-265-5618

WLFD Gorgeous Ranch on a nicelandscaped lot. Great loc. Homefeatures 3BRs, kitchen, DR, LR,lower level FR, bath and half, 2car garage. $269,900. Call SilvioSala for details 203-265-5618

MERIDEN $349,900 Pricereduced. Huge ranch locatedon Meriden’s East Side. 3bdrms, 3 full baths, granite,hdwd flrs., finished bsmtw/second kitchen, 2 cargarage, and is located at theend of a cul-de-sac on 1.15acres. Galleria Real Estate203-671-2223.

NEW BRITAIN $168,000 - 4 bed-room Cape, 2 car attachedgarage, everything brand new,new kitchen and floorsthroughout the house 2 newbaths, fenced in yard, on Farm-ington line, abuts BattersonPark Pond. Please call Jaime860-614-2568

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ROOMS FOR RENT

MERIDEN Rooms starting @ $130per week. Clean & safe. Lg. nice-ly furnished. Shared kitchen &baths, utils. incl. washer & dryer.Off st. park. 203-537-1772

MERIDEN Rooms starting @ $130per week. Clean & safe. Lg. nice-ly furnished. Shared kitchen &baths, utils. incl. washer & dryer.Off st. park. 203-537-1772

MERIDEN- Clean, safe, furn.room. Utilities included. Sharekit. & bath. $110 weekly. Leavemessage 203-238-3369

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

STORES & OFFICESFOR RENT

RETAIL Store/Office for rent.2800 SF right on West Main St.,Meriden. $1595/mo. incl. heat &hot water. Avail. Immediately.

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BUSINESS PROPERTYFOR RENT

NORTH HAVEN Office condowith storage area, overheaddoor, AC, alarm free off streetparking 1000sqft ready tomove in $750 per mo Call Karl203-623-3911

COMMERCIAL &INDUSTRIAL RENTALS

WALLINGFORD-1,200 sqft bayavail in fenced in property. 20ftceilings, 14x14 drs, bathrm,electric, heat & water. Greatprice! Call 203-272-4216

HOUSES FOR SALE

MERIDEN $169,900 2 fam 3 cargarage. Some updating, cleanand ready to go. Poss sub-divwith city approval by buyer.Don’t miss out. Call P. Lane 203-235-3300

MERIDEN 5yr old Col w/9rms,3BRs, 2 baths, deck, sliders,updated wood fls in main level,shows exceptionally well &immaculate! Central air, 3 addi-tional rms in lower level, 1c gar.$289,900. Kathy 203-235-3300

APARTMENTSFOR RENT

MERIDEN: Two 1 BR & One2BR Recently remodeled!

New paint! Section 8 approved. No pets. 1 month security &

First month rent. For moreinfo, Call Rob - 203-535-3925

SOUTHINGTON1BR, 1st flr. $600/mo. 2mo sec. 5Rms, 1st flr, near Plantsville

school. $950/mo. 2 mo sec.3BR, 2nd flr, $900/mo. 2mo sec.

Call 860-538-5575SOUTHINGTONNOW AVAILABLE

3 BR Apt $900 Per Month2 BR Apt $850 Per Month

Easy access to 84 & 691. Security& Credit check req. For moredetails, call Alex at 860-276-8208

WALLINGFORD - 1 & 2 bed-room, hot water included,$695-$795, Call 203-213-6175or 203-376-2160.

WALLINGFORD - Central loca-tion, updated, 5 rm, 2 BR, 1st flr,lovely, sparkling hdwd flrs, laun-dry hookups. Off st. parking. Petok. $1150. Good credit. VacancyBusters 860-402-3960

WALLINGFORD - Quiet 2BR,near I-91. Ample closets. Off st.parking. W/D. No pets.$950/mo. + utils. 203-269-6297

WWAALLLLIINNGGFFOORRDD 1 bedroom Apt.Judd Square. Central Air.

No Pets. $725/mo.Call 203-949-1904

WALLINGFORD CENTER2BR, first floor. Hwood floorsin LR & DR. Large deck.CA/gas heat. $1200/month.Security deposit/creditcheck. Call 203-676-9831

WALLINGFORD Choate areaBeautiful Victorian Home

1 BR Apartment. Off st. parking. No smoking, no pets.

$725 + security. 203-265-3092

WALLINGFORDLG 3 BR, 1ST Fl. Washer hookup.

No smoking/pets $1100/mo +security. Call 203-284-3750

WALLINGFORDROBIN HILL APARTMENTS

Great location! 1BRs starting at$750. 2BRS starting at $825. Call203-793-7480 for more info

WALLINGFORD- 1BR, new kit.,new bath, hdwd flrs, stainlesssteel appls, DW, HW incl. Crownmolding. New windows. $815/mo. Call Jonah 203-430-0340

WALLINGFORD. Avail 3/1.North Main Street Victorian.3 RMs, 1 BR. 3rd Fl. No smok-ing, no pets. $775 plus utilities.2 mos sec. Call 203-269-5973.

WLFD- 2BR, central location,laundry, no pets. Credit check.$800 + 2 mos. sec. 203-235-1381

WLFD- 5rms, 2 BR, 1st flr, nearlibrary. Off st. parking. W/Dhookup. No smoking or pets. Sec.dep & refs. req’d. $950/mo +utils. 203-269-1426

WLFD- NORTHRIDGE Com-mons, spacious 1 & 2BR units.$725 - $875 & up 203-269-5770

WLFD-3rd FL 4 Small RoomsAppliances. Clean, quiet. Newlypainted. Dead-end street. Secu-rity. $650 /mo. No pets. Creditck. Owner/Agent. 203-269-7348

ROOMS FOR RENT

MERIDEN - Brittania St.Spacious room. Furnished orunfurnished. All utils. Parking. $130 weekly. Call 203-275-5881

MERIDEN - Room In privatehome. All utils included. Centralair, off st. parking. Call (203) 213-5411 or 203-213-5410

MERIDEN Lg Room. All utils &cable. Share kitchen & bath.Off street parking. No drugs oralcohol. $150 week & 2 weekssecurity. Refs. (203) 440-0825


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550

URI #2 Especially blended for

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$7

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350

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54” to 60”Bath Towels

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3/$10

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$3

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25025 Pk40%

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greenhouse dome

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11.5”$10

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Planters

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Lawn & Leaf Rakes• Comfort grip foam handle

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$5

24" PolyComp. $8

$5

$720 ct

42 Gal. Heavy Duty Clean Up Bags

30" Poly Comp. $10 ...$7

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• Polyester top • Blocks 99% ofharmful UV rays • Water & fire

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10'x10'* Gazebos

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Folding Adirondack

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Your choice of colorsComp. $120

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or 3.59ea

30” SteelFire Pit

Includes mesh coverand poker

Comp. $80

$45

Weed & Feed Lawn Fertilizer

• Covers 5,000 sq. ft.

$10

Enviro-LogTM

Fire Log - 6 PackSafe for all chimeas, fireplaces & woodstoves - 100% recycled

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Lightweight chemisePrints,

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Tiller & RoweWeed Stop

Landscape FabricComp. $10

$5Folding Basket$9

KneelingPad

125

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Pet MatsBolster style with faux wool; non-skid bottom

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Authentic Nascar Baseball Caps Comp. $22....$3Race Day Game Pack 2 vehicles, super speedway track & dice Comp. $4................................................$1Winner’s Circle Hauler Car Case Comp. $17...$6Winner’s Circle Die Cast Vehicle Comp. $4......$1Winner’s Circle 3” Figure Comp. $5..................$1Winner’s Circle 7” Figure Comp. $10................$2

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109.99

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Solid Teak Oversized

Porch Rocking Chair

Comp. $250

13999

PhoenixorSamara Rugs

BCF construction traditional colors & designs2’4’x4’10”..........$102’2’x7’10”..........$153’11”x5’10”.......$205’3”x7’10”.........$307’9”x10’3”.........$60

600 Thread CountSheet Sets

$40Comp.$90 -$100

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Dept. Store Cancellation100% cotton

Microfiber Sheet Set

$5Twin

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$10Queen

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Microfiber Reversible Comforters

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Down AlternativeComforter

GilletteMach3TurboBlades

4 ctComp: $12.39

950

Colgate®

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4 oz

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$2Gillette 2

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150

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$20 eaTwin, Full/Queen or King

$2Readers

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Mens Full Zip

HeavyweightHooded

Sweatshirt

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Comp. $25

$7

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Country Farms 8 lbPotting Soil

$116 Qt Professional

Potting Soil

$350’ x 3’

7 Lbs

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