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Rachel Lancaster grabs a rebound between a pair of Bulkeley players Dec. 13 at Ivan Wood Gymnasium. Lancaster and the Lady Blue Devils rolled that night, 46-14, to improve to 2-0.| (Photo by Matt Leidemer)

Plainville High School has opened the doors to its new College and Career Readiness Center, giving stu-dents a hands-on approach to help them find the right direction to take after high school.

“Our goal is to not only help them find the right col-lege that best fits their needs, but help them determine a career path they want to fol-low,” said Sue Bradley, center coordinator.

Center helps put students on path to a career

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Center coordinator Sue Bradley, counselor Rich Keithan and senior Nick Petrucci are pictured in Plainville High School’s new College and Career Readiness Center.| (Photo by Erin K. Butler)

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At Monday’s Town Council meeting, Plainville Police Sgt. Paul Shanahan gave a presentation on the effectiveness of the bump-outs, or curb extensions, located in the downtown area.

Completed last year as part of the Downtown Beautif ication Project, the bump-outs have helped slow down traffic and the number of accidents in the area has

decreased, according to Shanahan.He said between January 2011 and October

2013, 24 accidents have been reported be-tween the bump-outs. Since being in place, however, there has only been one reported accident and four written complaints.

“The reality here is most of the accidents in the center are generally caused by dis-tracted or careless driving,” Shanahan said. “People need to be conscious of downtown bump-outs and they need to slow down.”

Curb extensions working according to plan

By Julie Sopchak The Plainville Citizen

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As snow falls and tem-peratures drops, making sure driveways and walkways don’t become dangerous and slick is a point worth noting.

One way to avoid slip-ping on icy surfaces is by spreading sand, which allows more traction for feet and tires. And, luck-ily for Plainville residents, the town has piles of sand avail-able for residential use, at no cost.

Mike Widger, roadways foreman, said a large amount of sand was bought about four years ago, and a lot was left over when the town switched to using all salt for roadways.

The town’s gift of sand is not a foreign concept. Widger said the Roadways Department has been offer-ing it up for years.

There are three locations at which residents can pick

up sand: Norton Park in the parking area near Castle Apartments, Paderewski Park in the parking area by Cooke Street, and Toffolon Elementary School in the driveway entrance to the

school.The sand

is stored in metal bins, a solution im-plemented to prevent con-tractors from

taking large amounts – which is not the purpose of having the sand available.

“Hopefully people don’t abuse us putting it out there like that,” Widger said. “We would hope people would not be greedy about how much they take – just take what you need.”

So far the season has yielded two snowfalls. The first was a mere dusting, but the second dumped several inches.

Widger said residents should get the sand from the designated locations and not go to the roadways garage. He

Free sand available to residentsBy Julie Sopchak The Plainville Citizen

said there is a lot of activity going on at the garage with heavy machinery that resi-dents shouldn’t be around.

The Southington Town Council voted unanimously on Dec. 9 to join Plainville in hiring an engineering firm to design the rails to trails proj-ect running from Southington to the Farmington town line.

The work, to be performed by VHC Consultants, will cost each town about $8,000. The state bears 80 percent

of the $160,000 cost with the Farmington Canal Rail to Trail Association paying an-other 10 percent.

Work on unfinished trail sections is several years out and the approved design work is only about a third of what’s needed for building to begin.

Plainville Town Manager Robert Lee said the consul-

Plainville joins Southington to design trail

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The night before a poten-tial snow day, Superintendent of Berlin Schools David Erwin sets several alarm clocks. He

wants to be awake at 4 a.m. to answer the question: should the school district stay open, or will it call a snow day?

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently predicted winter

Decision to call snow day begins earlyBy Daniel Jackson Special to The Citizen

months in New England will bring higher-than aver-age temperatures. Still, with winter comes weather con-ditions that make travel dif-ficult and dangerous. And thus, snow days.

It’s a decision that affects hundreds of families in the town. For kids, the decision is easy. The impromptu holiday allows them to sleep, watch more TV or venture forth into the new world hushed in snow. But parents need to de-cide whether or not to brave the roads to work, find child-care, telecommute or just take a vacation day to spend time with their children.

For this reason, Erwin starts calling the police de-partment and the town’s road crew to learn about the conditions on the ground. He doesn’t trust the weatherman.

“You really can’t,” he said. “You have to wake up.”

On potential snow days, superintendents across the

region work with their towns and with each other to make the decision.

Plainville Superintendent Jeffrey Kitching said the dis-trict uses an independent ser-vice to monitor the weather.

“I worry sometimes about the hype on weather on TV,” Kitching said.

Sometimes, the decision is a “semi-no-brainer,” Erwin said, like when it has snowed all night. Then, it’s easy to make the call. But when the winter storm is expected to hit at, say, 9:30 a.m., super-intendents need to make the call ahead of time, weighing what the storm is expected to produce against the man-power of the town to keep the roads clear and the effort of transporting students to and from school.

Erwin keeps a TV in his office. On a day with bad weather, he will keep it on to listen to the reports about the incoming weather.

Erwin calls the main line of the Berlin Police Department and asks to be connected to an officer, who has been on the roads, to talks about the safety conditions.

Then, he calls the road crew to see how they are han-dling the weather. He also will call other superintendents in Rocky Hill, Newington and Farmington to see if they are thinking about calling a snow day.

Kitching said he con-sults with Plainville Police Department, other area su-perintendents, and bus dis-patchers to get a pulse on what’s going on.

“You probably don’t want to be the only one open when people around you are closed,” he said, adding that he does not want to put chil-dren at risk.

In the past, state law said a legal day of school is a four-hour day, Erwin said. However, the laws have changed giving the schools more flexibility. Now, schools need to give 900 hours of school instruction a year spread across 180 days.

“That has been a relief,” Erwin said.

Now, school districts could have kids in school for two hours and it still counts to-wards the total hours of in-struction, according to Erwin.

Private schools in the area treat snow days a bit differently. Headmaster of Moorland Hill School Michael Dooman said he waits for Berlin public school’s call — literally — before deciding whether to close his school for the day. The superintendent’s office of Berlin’s schools will phone the private school located in Berlin to let them know its decision.

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Kitching said early dis-missal because of inclem-ent weather is something to “really try to avoid.” He said there is often a lot of pres-sure to make sure parents are available to be there when their kids come home early and unplanned.

Private schools are not li-able for the public school requirement of having 180 school days like the pub-lic schools. For example, Moorland school has 170 school days, but its students are in school for longer on those days, Dooman said.

On snowy days, Tim LeJeune Sr., principal of Central Christian Academy in Southington, will wait for the message to come through on Southington’s automatic noti-fication system. The notifica-tion system is new this year and sends a robo-call and text to phones.

“They have already done a test recently,” LeJune said.

When a snow day hits, Central Christian Academy will turn around and send out a mass notification to its students. It often follows Southington’s call because it utilizes the public school’s buses to transport it students.

Over the last few years, LeJeune noticed public schools are “slow to cancel early in the season.” When the calls do come, the hill-ier towns, such as Waterbury cancel first, followed by the towns with flatter geography, like Southington.

It turns into a wave of cancellations.

“When the schools start calling it, other schools start following suit,” he said.

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“This proposal would set-tle on exactly where it would go,” he said. “This would map it out and design what it would look like.”

The contract must be ap-proved by the Plainville Town Council, which meets later this month. Money would also need to be allocated for the project.

In Southington, the trail is competed from the Cheshire town line to Hart Street near Curtiss Street. The portion from Hart Street to Lazy Lane will be completed by Solvents Recovery Service, according to a negotiated agreement between the company and the town.

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Town Council and Board of Education members heard budget outlook presentations from Town Manager Robert E. Lee and Superintendent

Jeffrey Kitching for the up-coming budget season.

The presentations, given at Plainville Public Library Dec. 12, gave insight as to what is-sues the town and the schools will be focused on, as well as expenditure updates for the

Officials give budget outlook to council, BOEBy Julie Sopchak The Plainville Citizen

current year’s budgets.“I’m very excited about

this work,” Kitching said. “This is probably one of, if not, the most important piece of work the central of-fice does.”

Kitching explained the district’s focus on students, learning and teaching. He said all of the district’s goals fall under satisfying those categories. Safety was a large emphasis, along with teacher evaluation and the integration of Common Core State Standards into the curriculum.

“We have some signifi-cant things that will impact our budget this year and we have some initiatives we de-cided are important to us,”

Kitching said.Kitching said the BOE

budget can potentially re-allocate about $897,000 to use towards the budget, and highlighted some of the “big ticket” items that will likely be focused on during the budget season. Reinvesting in contractual salaries, K-5 curriculum, athletics and extra-curricular reorganiza-tion, pre-kindergarten sup-port program enhancements, health insurance, and tech-nology replacement were among the larger items.

Overall, the presentation outlined a potential 1.8 per-cent increase in the budget. Lee’s presentation did not give an approximation on in-creases, but said it shouldn’t

fall out of pattern with the past years’ trend of small, conservative increases.

“Our goal is to maintain the current level of services we have now,” Lee said, add-ing that residents have not demanded any outstanding new initiatives or services, which helps keep costs down.

Lee said the town is also continuing to evalu-ate services and see where particular things can be consolidated or made more efficient. For example, con-solidating the building main-tenance staff for the town and BOE central office and using energy-efficient LED

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Marilyn Tucker, 55, of 1052 Meriden Ave., was arrested on Sept. 15 and charged with driving under the influence, second-degree assault, evad-ing responsibility and mak-ing an improper turn.

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Tucker was driving on South Washington Road in Plainville at about 4 p.m. on Sept. 15 when her car went off the road and struck a man riding a bicycle and then struck a pole, Plainville Police Lt. Eric Peterson said at the time of the arrest. The man was thrown onto the windshield, hit his head and suffered broken ribs, Peterson said.

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tim about Tucker’s applica-tion to the programs because he has the right to support or object to the judge grant-ing the program. The public defender said the victim’s at-torney was given the notice as well and the case was con-tinued until Jan. 14.

-- Lauren Sievert

New Britain man pleads guilty in 2012 attack

NEW BRITAIN — A lo-cal man pleaded guilty to charges in connection with a federal raid on a Plainville home in 2012.

Marcus Gibson , 23 , pleaded guilty Dec. 4 in New Britain Superior Court

to second-degree assault and violation of probation. The plea was entered under the Alford Doctrine, mean-ing Gibson doesn’t agree with the facts alleged by the state’s attorney, but chose to accept the plea deal rather than go to trial.

According to police re-ports, on July 20, 2012 the DEA, FBI, and state Department of Consumer Protection Drug Control Division raided homes on Atwood Street and Colton Avenue. The search was part of a three-month investiga-tion into trafficking of pre-scription pain medications, cocaine and marijuana, po-lice said. Arrest warrants for the people in the homes

at the time were being pre-pared, police said.

During the raid three peo-ple were arrested in con-nection with an incident at the Firehouse Cafe on West Main Street on July 17, police said. Police said five people “savagely beat and kicked a man in the parking lot,” and assaulted two young women who tried to help the injured man.

Stephen Ellis, 26, of 15 Atwood St., Malcolm Mack, 23, of 191 Queen St., Southington, and Gibson were charged with first-de-gree assault, conspiracy to first-degree assault, first-de-gree reckless endangerment,

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to slow down cars. Councilor Scott Saunders

said one of the complaints he has heard from people is that the structures are not visually identifiable from a distance.

Town Manager Robert E. Lee said there are pedes-

trian signs that mark where the bump-outs are. He said there were damages in-curred by vehicles just after the bump-outs were in-stalled because there were no markings, lights, and it was the middle of winter.

“Since the mark ings have been changed, signs installed, we just see that they’re working the way they were intended to work,” Lee said.

Councilor Patrick Kilby asked Shanahan if he has seen a decrease in speeding complaints since the bump-outs have been put in place.

Shanahan said he hasn’t done an official survey, but he said it appears that cars are going slower.

“I have seen what appears to be a reduction in [speed-ing] complaints,” Shanahan said.

In other business, Lee an-nounced a project to recon-struct Cooke Street from the Farmington town line to New Britain Avenue. Lee said construction likely won’t begin until spring 2015, but the work will in-clude repaving, repair-ing failing sewer trenches, and constructing pedes-trian ramps, among other improvements.

He sa id t he tow n’s Engineering Department met wit h Con nect icut D e p a r t m e n t o f Transportation and the town is responsible for the

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Also, Lee reported the Capital Projects Building Committee has selected an architect for various school projects including upgrades to Middle School of Plainville and Wheeler Elementary School, and the demolition of Old Linden Street School. After inter-viewing four architectural firms, he said the commu-nity has chosen Kaestle Boos Associates of New Britain.

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“We’re very optimistic about next year given what we know is in front of us,” Lee said.

Lee said over the past five years, the budget has in-creased by an average of .74 percent, and the total budget increase in that time span is 3.7 percent.

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ing in the school system over the last five years and what we’ve been able to accom-plish in general government, the budget has been done with minimal increases,” Lee said.

The one expenditure that sticks out is police overtime, which can be difficult to man-age. But it’s either that or having less police officers on the street, Lee said.

Lee added the current bud-get is running on track with expenditures and revenue.

“We don’t anticipate we’re going to come up short,” he said.

Courts

third-degree assault and sec-ond-degree breach of peace.

Ellis pleaded guilty to sec-ond-degree assault on Oct. 29 and was sentenced to five years in prison, suspended af-ter 18 months, and three years probation. Mack pleaded guilty to third-degree assault on July 18 and was sentenced to one year, suspended, and three years probation.

Gibson was sentenced to five years in prison sus-pended after two and a half years and five years of probation.

-- Lauren Sievert

Jury selection begins in fatal hit-and-run case

SOUTHINGTON - Jury selection began Dec. 11 for a Plainville man charged in a fatal hit-and-run accident on Route 10 after the February blizzard.

Edward Fascendini, 46, of 66 Whiting St., is charged with felony misconduct with a motor vehicle and three counts of evading respon-sibility. He was on parole at

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the time of the accident and has been in custody since his arrest in May.

Jury selection took place in New Britain Superior Court. Fascendini is represented by attorney Robert Cohen, who was not available for com-ment Dec. 11.

On Feb. 12 , Yan Qiao “Joanne” Chen, Hong “Rita” Yang and Liu “Emily” Huai, all 23, were walking home from their waitressing jobs at the Gobi Mongolian Grill. The women were on the shoulder of the north-bound lane of Queen Street near Aircraft road, police re-ports said. The sidewalks of Queen Street were covered with snow from the blizzard four days before. Fascendini was driving a white Dodge pickup truck north on Queen Street when the women were struck. Fascendini did not stop at the scene, police said.

Chen died as a result of her injuries.

Police charged Fascendini after finding parts of his truck at the accident scene and a statement from a witness that said Fascendini was at a bar before the accident.

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HARTFORD (AP) — A lack of available safe housing for young peo-ple in crisis is to blame for youth homelessness in Connecticut, advo-cates said Dec. 12 as they called for more and better housing.

They released a report that says 40 percent of young people interviewed said they were in their cur-rent living situations for less than three months and two-thirds said they moved twice or more in the past year.

The report, “Invisible No More” by Derrick M. Gordon and Bronwyn A. Hunter of the Yale University School of Medicine, stems from the first comprehensive study on youth homelessness in Connecticut, advocates say. It was based on interviews with 98 people younger than 24 in Bridgeport, Hartford, New Haven and New London.

The report offered sharp criticism of Connecticut policies, saying that “no state system or institu-

tion takes ownership or obligation.”

A spokesman for the Department of Children and Families did not im-mediately respond to a re-quest for comment.

Gordon estimates that 11,700 young people in Connecticut are homeless based on numbers nation-ally and in the Northeast.

Advocates say only 15 shelter beds are available in Connecticut for those younger than 18 and boys are not allowed in family shelters.

Homeless kids often con-sider suicide, trade sex for money and a place to sleep, and often don’t even see themselves as homeless, the report said. Because of their age, they are vulner-able to assaults on streets and at adult shelters, which have a high prevalence of health problems such as HIV/AIDS and substance abuse. And for nearly a quarter of homeless youth, their first sexual encounter occurs at age 12 or younger.

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Youth homeless backers rap lack of housing

By Stephen SingerAssociated Press

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Black powder hunting in Connecticut has come along way since its incep-tion back in the 70s. Using some of those black powder long guns for the hunting of whitetailed deer was an ad-venture in itself. One never knew if the charge of black powder was going to go off or not when a deer arrived on the hunting scene.

Probably no one could at-test to that more than your old outdoor writer.

My first black powder rifle was what is referred to as a “Kit Gun” that I received one Christmas from my darlin’ Edna. Admittedly, it was a thing of beauty when it was finished thanks to my old friend Paul Cichowski, but back then everything else, especially the primer caps used to set off the charge of black powder, was as unreliable as the New England weather.

The loading procedure of a black powder rifle also left a lot to be desired. The first thing you did was to put a percussion cap on the primer nipple and fire the cap to make sure that the hole in the nipple was clear. You then loaded the rifle, and it was not considered to be loaded unless it had a percussion cap on it, so many hunters loaded them at home before they hit the

woods.The amazing thing about

this procedure is that when setting off the cap on an empty rifle, it always ig-nited on the first try. For me, “Murphy’s Law” (anything that can go wrong will at the wrong time) always popped up its ugly head when it came time to shoot a deer.

I had my first run-in with this particular quirk of black powder hunting back in the 70s while hunt-ing Housatonic State Forest up in the Cornwall area of Connecticut. I had picked a spot that overlooked a cou-ple of intersecting deer runs and figured I would simply sit and let the deer come to me. Back then, muzzle-loaders had the first crack at deer and the state forest had enough hunters in it to keep some of the herd moving.

It wasn’t too long before a small four-point buck came ambling up the trail towards me. I had been practicing how to thumb the ham-mer back on the rifle with-out allowing it to making a distinctive “CLACK” that accompanied cocking the hammer on a black powder rifle, so I was ready when that buck came into shoot-ing range.

It stopped to munch on some acorns down in front of me and I set my sights on the critters and squeezed the trigger. I was rewarded with a resounding “CLICK” as the

hammer hit the %@*@*^ percussion cap, which did not ignite.

The young buck’s head popped up and he looked squarely at me before disap-pearing into the surrounding forest!

This was only a preview of some of the frustration I was about to experience in the early days of black pow-der hunting. Don’t go away, I have a bunch of them.

Like I said, the main vil-lain was the percussion cap back then, and I and a lot of other black powder hunters were experimenting with all kinds of makes and brands of the #11 percussion caps back then, looking for one that was virtually foolproof. But it wasn’t always the percussion cap. Murphy’s Law seemed to have its hold on my entire rifle and everything that made it dysfunctional.

Another time I had a per-mit to hunt Skiff Mountain on a piece of property owned by Northeast Utilities, but managed by the DEEP. I had scouted the area for both turkey and deer and really liked the area. That muzzleloader season I was ready to harvest my first deer.

I had gotten up early to make the one-hour trip to my hunting area, and had loaded my muzzleloader at home before depart-ing for Skiff Mountain. An

At the worst moment, you will take a powderBy Mike RobertsSpecial to The Citizen

old friend of mine, Jack Seitlinger, had made me a nifty brass ramrod for load-ing my muzzleloader to replace a wooden one that came with the muzzleloader. I entered the Skiff Mountain woods ready for action that morning just knowing I was going to get my first black powder deer.

That’s when Murphy’s Law popped up his ugly head again.

I had scouted the area

quite thoroughly and knew just where I wanted to hunt, so I made my way to the spot in the early morning darkness. As it began to get lighter I glanced at my shooting iron to give it a last check and then I saw it: My ramrod was missing from its holding slot on my rifle!

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Faith Briefs

The season of Advent back in 1941 soon brought news in striking contrast to the Christmas message of “peace on earth.” On Dec.

7, 1941, we had attended church, enjoyed a big dinner, and were relaxing in the living room. Dad was napping in front of the radio,

which was broadcasting symphonic music, when suddenly an impassioned announcer broke in. Pearl Harbor had been bombed.

The next afternoon boys in our 8th grade met in their clubhouse upstairs in our barn, renamed our group the Defenders of Democracy, and wrote a letter to the two Vermont senators in Washington, pledging our zealous aid in the war effort.

My father had argued against American participa-tion in the European conflict that had been raging for two years, and today many historians would unfairly label him an “isolational-ist.” He detested Hitler, but had no affection for the British empire, its monar-chy and rigid class system. Dad had expressed the hope that Germany’s invasion

Churches, patriotism and ‘The Battle Hymn of the Republic’

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of the Soviet Union that summer would lead to the collapse of both Nazism and Communism. Mom had told us that his main reason for opposing our interven-tion (and hers, too) was their four sons, all subject to military service if we be-came involved and the war dragged on.

Our local pastor had a strong pacifist bent, as

did many ministers of that era. After the attack on Pearl Harbor he and oth-ers were faced with the delicate decision of how to respond to this sudden crisis. Vigorously or reluc-tantly endorse the war? Or, continue to oppose it in principle, probably in si-lence, while supporting the military personnel and their families?

And how much patriotism should be incorporated into worship? That still can be an issue. A few would say “none,” that Christianity is an international faith that transcends national borders. More might suggest that surely American democracy, even American “exception-alism,” must be favored by

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The Plainville Board of Education is seeking an ad-ditional member to serve on its Naming Committee. The board’s Naming Committee is in charge of reviewing nom-inations for the Meritorious Wall of Honor induction, which is a permanent trib-ute to honor individuals who have contributed significant volunteer service to the edu-cational community.

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Patriotism

God. Others would argue for some middle course.

Like many other ministers over the years, I wrestled with this question, particu-larly when I disagreed with our foreign policy. Yet, my patriotism runs deep, and when a national holiday came along, I would give it attention in the sermon and hymns. My favorites include “America, the Beautiful” and “A Song of Peace,” sung to that poignant tune “Finlandia” by composer Jean Sibelius.

The patriotic selection that I most enjoy singing is “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” which congre-gations would belt out. However, I always sang it with mixed feelings. The lyr-ics serve as an exhilarating clarion call to join in holy battle against injustice. At the same time, is it blessing the brutality of war when it speaks of God’s wrath and his “terrible swift sword”?

Prior to the Civil War, a song to the same tune was popular at revivals in the South, whose opening stanza asked: “Say brothers, will you meet us on Canaan’s happy shore?” In 1861 Union troops replaced those words with “John Brown’s body lies

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a-moldering in the grave, but his soul is marching on!” John Brown, of course, had been executed after leading an effort to foment a slave rebellion by at-tacking Harpers Ferry in 1859. He had been born in Torrington, Conn.

In November 1861, Samuel Gridley Howe and his wife, Julia Ward Howe, a prominent poet, both avid abolitionists, visited Union encampments in Washington. When one Army unit began to sing “John Brown’s body,” a minister suggested to Mrs. Howe that she could pen more suitable lyrics. That night, she later wrote, “I awoke…and to my astonish-ment found that the wished-for lines were arranging themselves in my brain.” She quickly scribbled them down, and they met with wide acclaim throughout the North. Once bitter mem-ories of the Civil War faded away, “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” became popu-lar across the country and is included today in numerous patriotic observances.

Some controversy is likely to continue to surround the song. Jesus is prominent in its lyrics and opposition to public use of sectarian texts increases as America’s secular and non-Christian population grows. Those

with pacifist inclinations remain uncomfortable with its seeming endorsement of warfare along with its gen-erous dose of apocalyptic imagery.

Many other words have been sung to the same mel-ody. For years “Solidarity Forever” served as an an-them of the labor move-ment. Children return from summer camp singing: “I wear my pink pajamas in the summer when it’s hot!” We used to shout out another parody back in elementary school. The chorus began: “Glory, glory, hallelujah, teacher hit me with a ruler.” Fortunately, I can’t remem-ber the rest of it - something about a gun, a loaded .44.

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spent many days organiz-ing activities and playing cards with her friends at the Plainville Senior Cen-ter. When her husband became disabled, she cared for him and for the Hospital for Special Care where he lived out his life by becoming an active and cherished volunteer. The matriarch of her family, she leaves a legacy of great strength, love and faith, along with many cherished memories. She is survived by her children, Suzanne L. (Mar-tin) Ray and her husband, James, of Atlanta, Ga., Debra L. (Martin) Whatley and her husband, Chuck Sweet, of Satsuma, Fla., and Peter J. Martin and his wife, Deborah, of Bur-lington; her grandchildren, Dylan Whatley, Stephanie Murphy, Sarah and Jack Martin; her great-grand-children, Vanessa and Lauren Whatley; and her brother, Allyn Willner, of West Haven. She also leaves Duchess the cat, who recently retired to Florida under the care of her daughter. Family and friends are invited to gather for visi-tation on Friday, Dec. 20, from 11 to 1 p.m. at Bailey Funeral Home, 48 Broad St, Plainville. Words of re-membrance will be shared at 1 p.m., followed by the committal services at St. Joseph Cemetery. Bar-bara may be remembered with contributions to the Plainville Senior Center, 200 East St, Plainville, CT 06062. For online expres-sions of sympathy, please visit www.Bailey-Funeral-Home.com.


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lies with children and youth with no accompanying adult. Unaccompanied children and youth account for as many as 1 million to 3 million youth or children, or 1 percent of the urban homeless population.

Experts cannot easily get an accurate count, saying that being young and home-less is often the same as be-ing invisible. Youngsters with nowhere to live “couch surf” at friends’ homes for short periods and are counted dif-ferently or not at all by state agencies.

“We’ve had some chal-lenges getting our heads around the numbers,” said Robert Pulster of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness.

Jessica Ferreira, a New Britain advocate, said she was forced to move to a shelter in South Norwalk after her par-ents rejected her.

“My parents wanted noth-ing to do with me,” she told about 100 participants at a gathering of advocates and others at the Capitol.

Before the shelter, she said, she and her boyfriend tried unsuccessfully to live with his stepmother.

“Things fell through the cracks,” Ferreira said.

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There is no charge for the dinner, but donations are greatly appreciated.

Plainville residents that are homebound may call the center and have a dinner delivered.

To register for the dinner, volunteer at the dinner, or

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The concert is free. Call the Senior Center to register.

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happened to it? I figured that I had not seated the ramrod properly into the holding slot on the rifle and it had slipped out during my dark trek to where I wanted to hunt.

Now I was in a quandary. I had one shot in the rifle, but what if the deer I shot re-quired another round?

For me, the solution was simple. I decided not to hunt that morning and headed dejectedly out of the woods, kicking myself for making such a dumb mistake.

And no, I never found the ramrod.

Had enough yet? I’ve got more.

Once again while hunting Skiff Mountain, I was hunt-ing the side of a mountain, slowly making my way back to where I had parked my truck. I had paused next to an old stonewall that cut through the old farm prop-erty I was on. The area had returned to forest over the years yet there were many of these old stonewalls criss-crossing the woods and I liked to use them to hunt along.

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The buck was about 35 yards out when it gave me a broadside shot at its vitals. I settled the sights on the buck, squeezed the trigger and the cap exploded with a resounding “POP”!

But that was it. The pow-der did not ignite!

The buck snapped its head up looking for the source of the cap igniting as I fumbled into my pocket for another cap. Having found one, I again put it on the nipple of the muzzleloader and again took aim at the buck as it stood riveted, looking for the source of the exploding cap.

Once again I touched off the round and was again rewarded with the cap and not the powder charge going off. This time the buck had nailed me and was headed off in another direction as I stood there wondering what

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the heck had just happened? Two caps and no powder ignition!

After the buck had vacated the area, I decided to try it one more time and I kid you not, the powder charge went off. I know for a fact that this has happened to many muzzleloader hunters in the early years of the sport. Just ask them.

As the years progressed, so did the quality and re-liability of the black pow-der rifles that were used for hunting. In fact, today they are state of the art and as reliable as any regular rifle being used for hunting large game.

I finally relented and gave up my first muzzleloader, but I did get to take one deer with it in the Housatonic Forest before retiring it.

My next black powder ri-fle was a Lyman Tradesman that I purchased from Blue Trail Range and I found it to be quite a bit better for my hunting forays. I took four more deer with that rifle before I purchased the one I use today.

Today, muzzleloader hunt-ing in Connecticut and sur-rounding states is no longer a trip into frustration. The guns are lot easier to use and their dependability is unbelievable.

Starting Dec. 11, Connecticut deer hunters will be using muzzleload-ers to harvest some deer for the winter months ahead. Private land black powder hunters will be able to hunt from Dec. 11-31. They must have the proper private land permits and they will be able to take two deer, one antler-less and one either sex, or they may fill both tags with antlerless deer.

State land hunters will be able to hunt state lands from Dec. 11-24 a one-tag limit on a deer of either sex. One of the best things about the state land muzzleloader hunting is that as long as you have a state land muz-zleloader permit you can hunt just about any piece of state land that allows black powder hunting (page 38 to 35 of your 2013 CT Hunting & Trapping Guide).

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Board books (Babies-2 years)

Alphaprints: ABC by Roger Priddy

In this charming and cre-ative book, all of the letters of the alphabet are illus-trated using colored finger and thumb prints which are

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Put On Your Shoes by Dan Stiles

This clever, colorful board-book delivers a hilarious ver-sion of the classic standoff between parent and toddler. A fun read-aloud that will make kids laugh while reas-suring every parent that they are not alone!

Picture books (3-5 years)Steam Train, Dream Train

by Sherri Duskey RinkerThe newest book by

Rinker is a wonderful follow up to Goodnight Construction Site. The

Children’s books for gift givingBy Peter ChaseSpecial to The Citizen

dream train pulls into the station, and one by one the train cars are loaded: polar bears pack the reefer car with ice cream, elephants fill the tanker cars with paints, tortoises stock the auto rack with race cars, bouncy kan-garoos stuff the hopper car with balls.

Unicorn Thinks He is Pretty Great by Bob Shea

Ever since Unicorn moved into the neighborhood, Goat has been feeling out of sorts. Unicorn is such a show-off, how can Goat compete? But when Goat and Unicorn share a piece of pizza, Goat learns that being a unicorn might not be all it’s cracked up to be.

Picture books (6-8 years)

Locomotive by Brian Floca

It is the summer of 1869, and trains, crews, and family are traveling together, riding America’s brand-new trans-continental railroad. These pages come alive with the details of the trip and the sounds, speed, and strength of the mighty locomotives.

Building Our House by Jonathan Bean

A true tale of homesteader parents in the 1970s, readers join a girl and her family as they pack up their old house in town and set out to build a new one in the country. From empty lot to finished home, every stage of their year-and-a-half-long build-ing project is here.

Middle grades (ages 8-12)

The Land of Stories: The Enchantress Returns by Chris Colfer

After decades of hiding, the evil Enchantress who cursed Sleeping Beauty is back with a vengeance. Alex and Conner Bailey must find their own way into the Land of Stories to rescue their mother and save the fairy-tale world from the greatest threat it has ever faced.

The House of Hades (Heroes of Olympus, Book 4) by Rick Riordan

The fourth book in the Heroes of Olympus series was released in October 2013 and it follows Annabeth and Percy into the Underworld.

If you loved the Percy Jackson books, you will want to try out this series too as the heroes of Camp Half-Blood embark on their most dangerous challenge yet.

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Hurricane Sandy caused 72 deaths and wrought $50 bil-lion in property damage in the United States last year, according to the National Weather Service.

While the category one hurricane was small by hur-ricane standards, it begs the question: with more than a year between us and the storm, how much better are we prepared to handle emer-gencies of that scale?

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tions with the American Red Cross, Connecticut Light & Power and Home Depot, the answer is yes, there are more large-scale preparations, but no, people are not completely prepared when disruptive weather events converge over our hills.

Sandy changed preparedness … kind ofBy Daniel JacksonSpecial to The Citizen

Matt Canty, store man-ager for the Home Depot in Berlin, has seen a 40 percent increase in the number of whole-house generators his store has sold.

These kind of generators, opposed to portable genera-tors, usually are thought-out purchases for consumers, as Home Depot will send an employee to the person’s house to size the generator and discuss fuel types.

When the power goes out, the homeowner only needs to go outside and turn the key. But this kind of planning

is not the case for smaller preparedness items, where Canty sees people reacting to weather events.

Take, for example, the first snow of the year. Home Depot stocks shovels and ice right at the end of October, but the rush for shovels and ice melt didn’t come until a blanket of snow lay over sidewalks and driveways.

On that first day of snow, the Berlin Home Depot sold 400 snow shovels and 16 pal-lets of ice melt.

Winter Storm Ashford was the first major snowfall of the season, coating the ground with a few inches of white.

The storm was unspectacular, however, and police in the area had few snow-re-lated incidents to report.

Southington Police Sgt. Jeffrey Dobratz said there were 10 reports of accidents during the storm, but no injuries, power outages, downed wires, or fallen trees.

He did say 10 accidents in two days was “a little higher” than normal. The acci-dents he described were vehicles collid-ing with poles or mailboxes.

Mount Vernon Road was closed briefly after a car collided with a pole around

10:35 p.m. Dec. 14. Another pole was struck by a vehicle around 8:45 p.m. on Bristol Street, and a mailbox on Water Street was hit in a separate incident. Another accident involving two cars and a pole on Highwood Avenue also yielded no injuries.

Plainville Police Sgt. John Quilter said there was “nothing of any real substance” in terms of emergency calls during the storm. He said there was a water main break on Route 10 that probably happened sometime Saturday afternoon, but wasn’t noticed until the next day when the road was icing over. Quilter said the break was caused from the cold weather. Other than that, he said there were some erratic driv-ers and unshoveled sidewalks, but no out-ages, accidents, or injuries.

Poles take brunt of weekend stormBy Julie Sopchak The Plainville Citizen

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“They let the little things go right until it hit the ground,” Canty said.

Paul Shipman, spokesman for the Connecticut chapter of the American Red Cross, said it’s human nature not to be prepared.

“We don’t want to dwell on the negative possibility,” he said.

In May, the Red Cross re-leased a study which found many coastal residents are unprepared for the “next big storm.”

The survey polled 1,400 U.S. residents that lived along the coast from Texas to Maine. Fifty-six percent were very or somewhat con-cerned that they lived in a fu-ture-hurricane’s path. Only half of the respondents had a plan to evacuate and almost a third did not have a plan or an emergency kit.

Shipman defined prepared-ness more broadly than pre-paring for a major disaster that threatens life and limb. Instead, he said prepared-ness is resilience, the ability to “quickly bounce back from emergencies of any kind.”

For him, preparedness is economic: the ability to travel to work after a snowstorm, or if the power goes out, busi-ness owners turning to their plans of how to keep operat-

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ing without power. Shipman said prepared-

ness sometimes can be over-whelming. He suggested people think back to some of the major storms and ask “What were the things you really missed?”

Like the American Red Cross, Connecticut Light & Power also encourages pre-paredness from its customers.

However, it shoulders the responsibility to keep power running in the region, come hurricane or heavy snow.

Mitch Gross, spokesman for CL&P, said over the sum-mer, the power company trimmed trees away from the power lines — the biggest cause of power outages in the area — installed thicker gauge wire and new poles.

“Our customers expect re-liable service,” Gross said.

In 2011, CL&P was criti-cized for its response to an October storm that brought up to two and a half feet of wet snow and left tens of thousands of CL&P custom-ers without power for more than a week, according to a federal report on the weather event.

This Aug us t , CL&P was commended by the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority for its response to restoring power after Superstorm Sandy. After the storm, CL&P

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In 2000, many parents wor-ried about sexual predators stalking the digital highways of the Internet.

Today, with the rise of so-cial media sites like Twitter and Facebook and the ease with which photos can be taken and shared, the threats of Internet safety have shifted to peer-to-peer bullying.

State Capitol Police Officer Scott Driscoll has seen first-hand the effect the Internet can have on bullying, juvenile crime and crimes against chil-dren in his 24 years as a police officer, 16 of which were spent as a youth officer and four of which were spent work-ing with the FBI task force Innocent Images, where as part of his work he “pretended

to be a 13-year-old girl.” On Dec. 6, Driscoll per-

sonally shared his expertise with over 30 attendees at an Internet safety forum at North Branford Middle School.

Before educating the audi-ence about precautions and

potential dangers, Driscoll assured the audience, “I love technology.”

Internet users need be care-ful when sharing personal in-formation online, Driscoll said, but they also should be aware when programs and

websites are collecting infor-mation about them.

For example, many new ap-plications on various devices automatically communi-cates with Global Positioning System satellites. Unless the GPS, known as “Location Services” on some phones, is turned off, the feature may cause users to unknowingly share the location of their phone when they upload pho-tos or post status updates to social media, potentially giv-ing away the locations of their homes.

According to Kimberly Mitchell, associate research professor at University of New Hampshire, the biggest threat children face online today comes from other chil-dren in the form of peer vic-timization and bullying. In perspective, online victim-ization not the greatest threat children face in a world that

includes issues like domestic violence.

“More kids are getting vic-timized offline than online,” said the researcher with the Crimes Against Children Research Center, an organi-zation that studies the large trends in threats against chil-dren such as bullying, child pornography and kidnapping.

The Internet is a differ-ent place than it was 13 years ago, where the greatest con-cern was unwanted sex so-licitation. More kids used the Internet to access chat rooms, then.

Today, most Internet use centers around social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter.

“Much of that happens with kids they know,” Mitchell said.

The bullying may start in person and then move online.

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Last season, the Plainville girls basketball team lost to Montville in the Class M tournament in the first round after scoring just 35 points, while allowing its opposition 42.

Through the first two games of

their 2013-2014 campaign, the PHS girls had yet to allow 42 points, com-bined, to their rivals, which helped the Lady Blue Devils to a pleasant 2-0 start to their season.

After winning its season-opener, 32-22, against visiting Rocky Hill, Plainville protected its home court yet again with an impressive defen-sive performance in a 46-14 victory over Bulkeley.

“We play a combination of a few different kinds of defenses, and that throws teams off. But we do pride ourselves on not giving up easy shots and not giving up second and third opportunities on offensive re-bounding, as well,” Plainville coach Jen Micowski said.

The result has led to the Blue Devils’ first two opponents this winter scoring a meager 36 points, a number that Plainville’s opponents surpassed in all but seven games last season.

The points-against are also both lower than the girls’ best defensive effort from last year, when they held Bristol Central to 25 points on Jan. 15.

“We have more guards in our program this year, and that allows us to put more pressure on people with the ball on the perimeter, and it doesn’t allow teams to make easy passes and give them opportuni-

ties,” Micowski said. “I think by in-creasing the pace of the game and making teams uncomfortable, we’ve been pretty successful on the defen-sive end.”

Guards such as sophomore Stephanie Martino and junior Rachel Lancaster have helped the Lady Blue Devils thus far.

“Martino has always been a strong defender, and we match her up with the other team’s best guard ev-ery night,” Micowski pointed out. “Rachel Lancaster has done a really good job from transitioning from the defensive side to running the floor offensively, and that’s gotten her some easy, uncontested layups.”

Junior Deja Nolan –one of many guards in Plainville’s rotation – also has stepped up her defensive inten-sity, which has allowed her to see more time on the court.

The Blue Devils’ x-factor on the young season, however, has been the play of senior forward Kelsey Clemens. The 5-foot-11 frontcourt standout has helped to solidify a post presence for the team. She can also step out of the lane and make jump shots.

“Kelsey plays all year round, so she’s put in a lot of work to become a more versatile player,” Micowski said. “It’s nice that she has the abil-

ity to play inside and on the perime-ter. That’s a nice option to have with her height.”

While the girls have put only a slight dent in their long schedule, the start has nevertheless been a

Two games, two wins for Plainville hoopstersBy Nate BrownThe Plainville Citizen

Plainville’s Kelsey Clemens finds room to maneuver. | (Photos by Matt Leidemer)

Plainville’s Lauren Tanner looks for an open teammate.

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THE CHAMPS

The Plainville Little League 2013 champs are pictured. Front row, from left: Ian Bartley, Christian Collin, Brendan Sauvron, Louis Passaretti, Anthony Skrip. Second row, from left: Ryan Snyder, Tyler Mandeville, Nick Cianchetti, Jordan Bishop, Mason Sarra, Zach Gelt, coach Lisa Mandeville, team sponsor Angelo Cianchetti. Back row, from left coach Aaron Sarra, coach Lou Mandeville, team sponsor Jeff Cianchetti.

Three Connecticut state high school football champions were crowned this past weekend. The fourth, and final, champ is slated to be determined Thursday, Dec. 19.

Class SNEW BRITAIN -- Almost as soon as it

had begun, it was all over.Ansonia snagged two takeaways on

Woodland’s first two offensive plays and converted both into touchdowns as the Chargers claimed the Class S champion-ship with a 51-12 victory over the Hawks on a frigid Friday night at Central Connecticut State University’s Arute Field.

Ansonia (15-0) became the first team in Connecticut history to play and win 15 games. The Chargers also won their re-cord 19th state championship--including

their third straight--and extended their winning streak to 43 games.

Woodland (12-3) dug itself a hole right off the bat as Tanner Kingsley’s first pass wobbled into the arms of Tyler Bailey

for an interception. Arkeel Newsome cashed in on the turnover with a 6-yard touchdown run to make it a 7-0 lead less than 3 min-utes into the game.

On the Hawks’ first play of their

next drive, Bailey crashed in on Jack Pinho to force a fumble after Pinho caught a short pass. Witold Gul scurried down from his safety spot and completed the scoop-and-score with a 27-yard runback for a 14-0

Three state champs crowned in football

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promising one.Last season, the Blue

Devils stumbled to a 0-3 re-cord out of the gate before recording their first win.

“We try to go through each week undefeated,” Micowski said. “And if we can string some of those smaller goals together, it will make up for

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Champs

lead.Woodland clawed its way

back into the game with a pair of defensive stops and a solid drive to open the sec-ond quarter. Tanner Kingsley hit Joe Poeta with a 37-yard strike to get the Hawks into the red zone, and Kingsley popped a 14-yard run on the next play to make it a 14-6 game with 10:26 left in the second.

That was as close as Woodland got, though, as Newsome added touchdown runs of 2 and 8 yards later in the quarter to make it a 28-6 lead. Between those scores came Bailey’s second inter-ception of Kingsley, this one in the end zone, to end the Hawks’ momentum.

Newsome concluded his record-setting career with 259 yards and four touch-downs on 34 carries. He also

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threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Tom Majchrzak in the fourth quarter.

Newsome sits atop record charts for all-time rushing yards (10,672) and touch-downs (187).

Class MNEW BRITAIN - For the

third time in the last five sea-sons the St. Joseph Cadets are state champions, rolling over Brookfield, 54-8, Saturday at Central Connecticut State University’s Arute Field.

Musfasha Abdul Basir rushed for 166 yards and two touchdowns, all in the first half, leading the way for the Cadets in the snowy conditions.

St. Joseph’s quarterback Jordan Vazzano started the game off throwing two in-complete passes. He then completed his last f ive passes, four of them for touchdowns.

The Cadets were able to do what they wanted to

against the Bobcats defense all game.

Class LSTA M F O R D - New

Canaan’s Alex LaPolice re-turned the kickoff 61 yards to start Saturday’s CIAC Class L championship.

LaPolice’s play set the tone the rest for the game for the Rams. They scored on that drive and went on to rout Darien, 44-12, to win the program’s ninth CIAC state title at Boyle Stadium and atoned for a Thanksgiving Day loss to their rival.

The fourth-seeded Rams f inished 14-1 and also won the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference title.

It was a CIAC state-record ninth state championship for coach Lou Marinelli.

Senior Nick Cascione completed 14 of 24 passes for 226 yards with two touch-downs and two intercep-tions for the Rams. He also

ran 11 times for 76 yards and a score.

LaPolice had four catches for 86 yards and a touch-down and also scored on a 43-yard punt return.

Frank Cognetta ran 12 times for 68 yards and a score for New Canaan and Cole Turpin added four catches for 65 yards and a

touchdown. Peter Swindell also kicked a 30-yard field goal.

Zach Allen deflected a pass at the line of scrim-mage, caught it, and re-turned it 44 yards for the Rams’ final touchdown.

Silas Wyper ran for two touchdowns for the top-seeded Blue Wave (12-2).

the whole season. So we try not to get too far ahead of ourselves.”

The Plainville girls are seeing gradual improvement from their rather young squad, as they look to best last year’s 9-11 mark and first-round state tournament exit.

If their play continues to baffle opponents like their full-court press has so far, it could be a long and grueling season for Plainville’s foes.

The Central Valley Panthers Cheerleading Flapjack Fundraiser Breakfast will be held Sunday, Dec. 22, 8 to 10 a.m., at Applebee’s, 270 New Britain Ave.

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Resorts all across the east are running full tilt, and preparing for the holidays. Mountains in Vermont gath-ered about 16 inches of new powder while Massachusetts came in around the 10- to 12-inch mark. A quick look on-line shows that all hills and resorts to our north will be open this weekend.

Here at home, four of the five Nutmeg State resorts were open last weekend, and all plan to make a run at the season Friday. There will be a lot of happy skiers and boarders on Connecticut trails this weekend.

The big news from ski ar-eas across the east is about improvements to snow-mak-ing systems. Mount Southington is happy with its new Tec Alpine system. Ski Sundown and Mohawk Mountain both added to their firepower over the summer with new guns, pipes and compressors.

Over at Powder Ridge, it’s a whole new ball game. The Ridge is rebuilding a ski area from the ground up, in only six months. They are repairing lifts and building a new snow making sys-tem. Repairing buildings and lodges, and hiring and training a crew to run the whole thing. They have done a massive job and expect to open for the season Friday.

Snow Views: Thanks, AshfordBy Dave MongilloSpecial to The Citizen

With the holidays coming fast it’s time to finish up that shopping list. If there are boarders or skiers in your brood there a lot of things they’ll need before they hit the trails. For equipment and clothes I recommend a ski and outdoor specific shop. The big box sports stores at the mall can help with clothes, but, remember, the jacket that does just fine for a few minutes at the bus stop may not work for a day on a mountain.

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If you’re not a skier or boarder, the kid at the mall can’t really help you get the right equipment. Chances are they haven’t used all of the gear in the shop.

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The center offers the complete gamut of college preparation tools includ-ing assistance with resumes, cover letters, the application process, interview skills, meeting deadlines and schol-arship searches.

Students are also given the opportunity to spend time on center computers exploring Naviance, an online college and career readiness pro-gram. Naviance allows stu-dents to search for colleges and careers based on their interests, set personalized goals, apply for scholarships and track admission status.

“This outlet is being re-ceived really well and it is so great for the students to have these additional resources to work with,” Bradley said.

The center also offers a Shadowing for Success pro-gram, which matches junior and senior students with lo-cal businesses or companies in which they have a career interest.

Kathy Aubrey-Bergonzi, chairwoman of the Plainville Chamber of Commerce, works with Bradley to help fill student requests by con-necting local businesses with the shadowing program.

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porate responsibility here to give back,” Aubrey-Bergonzi said. “This truly helps kids get a realistic look at a career path they want to follow.”

The program has allowed students an inside look into careers including law, ac-counting, law enforcement and local government.

Bradley said students that want to shadow a busi-ness must in good academic standing, complete research on the company, and have questions prepared for that business.

“It’s exciting when some-one comes back from a shadow day and says how they loved it and how it con-firmed it’s what they want to do with their future,” Bradley said.

While junior and senior students are the most active in the center, sophomores are encouraged to familiar-

ize themselves with it so that they can become involved down the road.

Assistant Superintendent Dr. Maureen Brummett said she is pleased with the work of the newly-opened center.

“It has already become a resource for students who need additional support in determining which colleges have the right programs for them,” Brummett said. “The College and Career Center is off to a great start and is al-ready making a positive im-pact on our PHS students.”

The center is open Monday through Wednesday, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., and Thursday and Friday, 8 a.m. to noon.

Local businesses or com-panies interested in partici-pating in the Shadowing for Success program can contact Sue Bradley at (860) 793-3220, ext. 357; bradleys@ pla-invilleschools.org.

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As an example of student bullying, Driscoll showed at-tendees at the forum screen captures he made of public profiles where depressed kids were actively encouraged to commit suicide, sometimes by anonymous users and sometimes by peers. Only two months ago, Rebecca Sedwick of Florida committed suicide after experiencing continued online harassment.

Driscoll said that “Stranger Danger” is common sense with people met on the street, but kids who add friends or al-low followers on websites may not show the same caution.

Instances of adults preying on children can and do hap-pen locally. In the summer of 2011, in Berlin, a mother no-ticed her son having a “very disturbing and inappropri-ate” conversation with a man on Facebook. The name was an alias.

The man was then-41-years-old Michael Miller, an assistant pastor of St. Paul Church in Berlin. Miller talked with the boy online and on the phone about sex acts and pornographic mov-ies. Miller never physically touched the boy.

Berlin police arrested Miller July 6, 2011.

Two years later, Miller plead guilty to possession of child pornography, publishing an obscenity and three counts of risk of injury to a minor. He is serving a five-year jail sentence.

With any change in the technology, Mitchell said, the ubiquitousness of cameras and the ability to send more data presents new dangers.

When it comes to sex-ting, “the percentages are all over the place,” according to Mitchell. When her organi-zation studied the content of sexting the CACRC found much of it was suggestive pictures that did not meet the legal definition of child pornography.

In 2011, Connecticut passed CT 53a-196h, a law that pre-vents underage teens from needing to register as sex of-fenders as a result of consen-sual sexting. The crime is now considered a Class-A misde-meanor rather than a felony, and although the penalty no longer guarantees sexting

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teens a lifelong sentence as a sex offender, they may still be facing a year of imprisonment as juveniles, which could af-fect applications to certain public universities. Teens who forward images to others, however, can still be charged with felony distribution of child pornography.

Sexting can be a particular danger for kids when apps like SnapChat encourage users to share photos that supposedly disappear shortly after being viewed. Driscoll said many kids know that pictures can be saved and that although the app will warn the sender when an image is saved via screenshot, it is easy to find ways to save photos with-out the sender’s knowledge. Driscoll explained that any-one who takes a digital im-age needs to be aware that it could spread online and be-come part of an impossible to erase digital record.

Driscoll encouraged par-ents to take an active role in educating children about their online footprint and to warn them that even supposedly anonymous behavior online can be tracked by IP address without the user’s knowledge.

One of the best tactics, Driscoll said, is to simply sit next to children while on their devices and ask them what they’re up to. Their reaction, Driscoll said, may tell parents everything they need to know.

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During the first snowstorm of the season, CL&P had 43 customers in four communi-ties without power.

Gross said CL&P is always watching the system, going out to restore connections.

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CHRISTMAS SPIRIT

Members of the United Way Youth Board, Plainville High School Chapter, were at the Plainville Public Library Dec. 2 putting up the library’s 17-foot Christmas tree. The students decorated the tree with handmade United Way t-shirt ornaments. Pictured are members of the United Way Youth Board, Plainville High School Chapter: Jessica Abate, advisor; and members David Werpachowski, Kaitlyn Bernier, Alexandra Bernier, Ericka Soloman, Mark Valeri and Stephen Gallo.

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If you plan to take young ones -- under 18 years old -- to the mountains over Christmas, bring extra hats and gloves. I guarantee your 5-, 8-, or 10-year-old will lose a hat, glove, sock or boot while you’re there. Trust me, I’ve been there. All of these items will cost less at home than in the base lodge ski shop.

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Regional school choice fairs on tap2014-2015 RSCO lottery. The 2014-2015 lottery application period opened Dec. 2 and will close on Friday, Feb. 28, 2014.

“Our goal is to provide in-formation and improve ac-cess for students throughout the region who choose to ap-ply to public schools outside of their community, thus en-abling families to make fully informed decisions,” said Glen Peterson, RSCO’s di-vision director. “Through our five open houses held between November and February, families can learn about the many schools and specialized programs in our region that emphasize excit-ing educational themes such as science, technology, math, engineering, arts and culture, environmental studies, global studies and social justice.”

A list of RSCO school choice fairs is below. For more information on school fairs, information sessions and open houses, please visit www.choiceeducation.

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Well, being that we’re just short of a week away from Christmas, we should proba-bly sling a few holiday words at you.

Yule (n.) – An alternate word for the feast and nativ-ity of Jesus Christ. Popularly, this word is paired with the word “log,” which is a cylin-drical chunk of wood. So, a Yule log is a cylindrical chunk of wood that gets tossed into some fireplace in an iso-lated location, then filmed

and broadcast on television while everyone eats their Christmas duck, or goose, or turkey, or whatever. Anyone can have their own Yule log, as traditionally it’s just the first log put into the hearth on Christmas Eve. Also, a technically improper-yet-to-tally-acceptable-use-be-cause-it’s-awesome: “Yule never believe what Santa brought us for Christmas: this log!” And after I’m fin-ished slamming my head on my desk for making that pun, we’ll move on.

Mistletoe (n.) – That plant

Citizen SlangBy Julie Sopchak The Plainville Citizen

hung in doorways that I will not get kissed under. Not to be confused with “missile toe,” which sounds like a re-ally cool feature on an action figure.

Bulfie (n.) – A pleasingly plump or pudgy person, like Santa Claus. Also, everyone else during the season be-cause who isn’t stuffing their face at a holiday party every weekend?

Nguzo Saba (n.) – Swahili for “The Seven Principles,” which are the components at the heart of the holiday of

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MECHANIC/DIESEL Repair and maint. of oil trucks and vans. Full benefit package. App: Tuxis Ohrs Fuel, 80 Britannia St, Meriden, CT 06451 Attn: John Krom

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Apartments For Rent

Pets For Sale

Furniture & Appliances

Antiques & Collectibles

Wanted to Buy

CHESHIRE 2 BR Townhouse Condo. 1.5 Baths. Nice. Finished bsmnt. Washer & Dryer. 1200 SF. $1200. 2 mos. sec. 203-710-1075

PLAINVILLE-31 Tyler Ave. Just renovated 2 BR, 2nd flr. $795/mo + sec & utils. Avail immed. 203-886-8808

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THE Old brick factory, heated indoor. Antique

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WANTEDThe Good, The Bad,

The Ugly Vehicles for recycling.

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SOUTHINGTON Immed oc-cup, 1st Fl. 2 BR, lg kit w/appls. Off st parking. Safe, quiet area. No smoking/Pets. No utils. $875. 860-628-8386

WINTER SPECIALMERIDEN- 1BR $750/month.

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Jewelry


Canelli’sJewelry & Boutique

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BEAUTIFUL Contemporary

Mahogany Hutch Excellent Condition $350

LG Wooden Kitchen Table 56 x 39” W/4 Chairs & Leaf $150

Dry Sink w/Slate Top $50 203-238-4964

MER. 1 BR, ground flr, new carpet, W. side, prvt back-yard, w/d, stove/refrig & dw incld. $867/mo. + sec. 203-634-1195 12pm-8pm

Dirt bike/ATV Helmets, AFX Helmet Adult M color white freedom $60. Also a youth large red/white/black $40. Both in excellent cond. Barely used. 203-314-6393.

SOUTHINGTON - Large 3 room, 1 br, new paint, ap-pls, storage, heat included. $750-$850 plus Sec. Call 860-628-8105.

Music Instruments& Instruction

Electronics

MERIDEN. 2 BR, east side, 1st flr, stove & refrig, no pets. $750 plus security deposit. Credit ck. 203-237-0035 or 203-623-5684.

Cindy’s Unique Shop CONSIGNMENT

32 North Colony St Wallingford

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Music By RoBeRtaPeRfoRMance &

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ALWAYS BUYING CASH PAID Vintage Electronics, Amps, Musical Instruments, Ham Equipment, HiFi, Radios, CB, Guitars, Audio Equip-ment. 860 707-9350

WALLINGFORD. 1 BR, 3rd flr, spacious apt, quiet lo-cation, $650 + utils. No pets. 203-284-0212

MERIDEN & Surrounding Towns 1, 2, 3 & 4 BR Apts and Condos for rent. 203 440-3120 Or email [email protected]

WALLINGFORD 3 BR spa-cious Victorian. Fully re-modeled. Hdwd flrs. Wash-er/Dryer incl. $1325. 21-23 Academy St. 203 265-9871

Treadmill Sears Pro-Form XP 550s $275. Call 203-314-6393.

MERIDEN1023 OLD COLONY RD.

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ESTATE SALE SERVICECostume Jewelry,

Antiques, paintings,Meriden-made items,

toys, lamps

WALLINGFORD 1 BR. 4 Rms, 3rd Fl. Off st park-ing. WD hookup. Close to Center, Train and Bus. (203) 269-1865


AFFORDABLEWashers, Dryers,

Refrigerators and Stoves.Appliance Repairs

Will Deliver(203) 284-8986

Rooms For Rent

MERIDEN 2 BR, 1st Floor Brand New Cond. New Appli-ances. Off St Parking. $850 +Utilities. First, Last & 1 Mo Sec. No Pets. 860-663-1229

1-2 ITEMSSilverware, China, Glass.

Furniture, 50’s Items.Whole Estates203 238-3499

North Haven Meadowstone Motel- Off I-91.

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203-239-5333

MERIDEN 2 BR, 1ST Fl. Large, Hdwd flrs, New win-dows, w/d hookup, off st parking. Nicely remodeled. Prescott St. ALSO 2 BR 2 Full Baths. Webster St. (203) 634-6550

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ALL CASH FORMILITARY ITEMS203-237-6575

CHILD’S Large, Heavy Rocking Horse. 45”L, 37”H, 14”W. Exc cond. $50. ARTI-FICIAL Green Fir Christmas

Tree. 6’5”. Used once. Lights included. Pd $100/

Sell $40. 203-269-8696

AKCLAB PUPPIES

9 Weeks, Yellow & Black First Shots. $750.

203 631-0866

MERIDEN- 4 bedroom, in 2 family home, $1350 + utili-ties. located near shopping and highways, Call 203-710-2000

Mountain Bike. Special-ized Rock Hopper with RockShox, Purple/Blue with Speedometer. $250. Call 860 645-7245.

DEE’S ANTIQUESBuying Collectibles,

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203-235-8431

PIANO $200, Antique dining room table $75, pool ta-ble $250, tall dresser $50, wood burning stove $75, new portable paint sprayer $200. 203-235-8605

OLD TOOLS WANTED, al-ways buying old, used hand tools, carpentry, machinist & engraving & workbench tools. If you have old or used tools that are no longer being used, call with confidence. Fair & friendly offers made in your home! Please call Cory 860-322-4367

POWERED LIFT - Invacare reliance 450 and accesso-ries. Valued at $1200 new. Great for homecare provider of adult. $400. Call 203-265-5553.

Wood / Fuel & Heating Equip

WANTED: ALWAYS buying antiques, costume jewelry, old toys, military items anything old. Stop by, Frank’s open 6 days

Mon to Sat 9-5, 18 South Orchard St, Wallingford or

call 203-284-3786

A-1 Seasoned HardwoodReal Full cords $200

1/2 cords $125. Cut & split. 18-20” Delivery or Pick Up.

203-294-1775

AMAZINGLYCLEAN

Cleanest seasoned fire-wood in the state! $210 Full cord delivered. Discounts over 2, over 4 and picked up. South Meriden.

MIkE 203 631-2211

WANTED Swords, daggers, helmets, metals etc. Call 203-238-3308

Help Wanted

MER. Furn. Apts. East Side Incl Heat, HW, Elec. 2nd flr. Studio, $180/wk+ sec. 203-630-3823 12pm-8pm www.meridenrooms.com

MER Clean Safe Rms. In-clds. H, HW, Elec, Kit Priv. E side. off-st park. $125/wk.+ sec. 12-8pm 203-630-3823 www.Meridenrooms.com

MERIDEN 1 BR, 3 Rm. 1st Fl. 317 Broad St. Stove & Re-frig. Off st parking. No pets/smoking. 1 mo sec & refs. $750/mo. 203 237-9074

MERIDEN - 54 North Ave. 1 & 2 bdrm, no pets, credit check/refs required. $525 & $650. 716-597-9287

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MERIDEN Clean 1 Room Effi-ciency 2nd Fl. Randolph Ave. Utils included. No pets. $450. 2 mos sec. Credit check re-quired. 203-284-0597

CHESHIRE Industrial Zoned Multi Use. Near 691. 1100+ sq ft Offices (2 lavs/show-er) and 1100+ sq ft Ware-house/Shop (15ft overhead door). Will consider just leasing offices. $6.50 /per sq ft nnn. Call 203-272-6478

MERIDEN Nice, Lg 2 BR, Top Fl. Balcony, Laundry facilities, off street parking. E. Main Street. 2 mos sec & credit ck. $850/mo. No pets. 203 284-0597

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