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Town police added patrols to the downtown area on Friday and Saturday nights following a shooting on March 23.

Police were out in force in the early morning hours on both days, visible with steady blue and red lights atop patrol cars and SUVs. No incidents were reported.

Downtown is home to about a dozen bars and restaurants. Local officials say they appreciate the in-creased police presence on the weekend. The shooting occurred as patrons were leaving Center Street bars early Sunday, March 23.

“Police are doing the right

Police add patrols after downtown shootingBy Jesse BuchananSpecial to The Citizen

See Patrols / Page 2

The Board of Education and the Board of Finance have different interpreta-

tions of an informal deal made between them on school district spending over the next two fiscal years.

On March 27, the finance

board recommended a school budget increase of 3.4 percent for the upcoming fiscal year, fully funding the education board’s request. Finance board chairman John Leary said that fund-ing was given on the un-derstanding that the school

district will be held to a 2 percent increase for the fol-lowing year.

“Two percent is our ex-pectation as a board,” Leary said. “They had their cake this year, no cake next year.”

Deal or no deal, board wins budget approval

By Jesse BuchananSpecial to The Citizen

Finance board fully funds board request

See Budget / Page 4

Scouts send questions to International Space Station

Boy Scout Troop 45, of St. Paul’s Church, recently hosted Lt. Robert Cizauskas of the Waterbury Police Department, who gave a presentation about NASA astronaut — and Waterbury native — Rick Mastracchio, as well as life on the International Space Station. Through a mutual friend, Cizauskas be-came acquainted with Mastracchio and has become part of the astronaut’s ed-ucational outreach efforts for youth in the Waterbury region. Among the les-sons he stressed was the importance of determination; it took Mastracchio numerous attempts to be selected as a

NASA astronaut.The connection to Troop 45 began

with a chance picture that Mastracchio took during his six-month assignment on the ISS. He frequently updates his Twitter account (@AstroRM) with pho-tos of landscape features that he sees from the station as it circles the world every 90 minutes; in January, he posted

several of his hometown and the sur-rounding region.

Troop 45 noticed that one of the photos was actually a wide shot of Southington, Cheshire, Meriden and Wallingford, and wrote Mastracchio asking if the troop could receive a larger version. Through

Lt. Robert Cizauskas of the Waterbury Police Department gave a presentation about NASA astronaut Rick Mastracchio to Boy Scout Troop 45 recently.

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See Scouts / Page 4

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thing,” said Art Secondo, president of the Southington Chamber of Commerce. “We’re a very sensitive com-munity when this happens.”

Jesus Morales, 31, of 154 Long Swamp Road, New Britain, was arrested March 23 and charged with crimi-

nal attempt to commit mur-der, first-degree assault, and unlawful discharge of a fire-arm. He was released after posting $500,000 bail and is due in New Britain Superior Court on April 9.

Morales has no crimi-nal history and has worked for the state Department of Transportation for over two years as a maintainer.

According to the police report, officers found Colin Bossidy, 23, of Meriden, on the ground in a parking lot across from Machiavelli’s restaurant on Center Street at about 1:30 a.m. Bossidy had suffered a single gunshot wound between his hip and armpit. He was taken to St. Mary’s Hospital in Waterbury, where he was listed in good condition March 24.

Morales, Bossidy and oth-ers were involved in an alter-cation at Machiavelli’s before the shooting, police said. Morales said he was assaulted by a group of men with Bossidy outside and fired one shot to protect himself.

Town Council Chairman

Michael Riccio said he was pleased at increased police presence but deferred to law enforcement on how best to prevent crime downtown.

“It’s really a police call,” Riccio said.

Police Sgt. Jeffrey Dobratz said there has always been an officer assigned to the down-town area. After the shooting, two officers were added to the beat and additional traf-fic patrol officers were told to make passes through the restaurant district.

“We’re trying to be vigi-lant and keep the town safe,” Dobratz said.

Secondo, who was in the restaurant business for 14 years, said the hours after the bars close can be volatile. No town is completely immune to crime, he said.

“This could happen any-where,” Secondo said.

Adding patrols is a balance, he said. Visible police are re-assuring to patrons, but the police presence can’t be over-whelming or customers could feel uneasy.

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Relay for Life preparation in full-swing

Organizers, team captains and volunteers are hustling and bustling with activity getting their fund-raising ac-tivities, events and program details into full gear to en-sure a successful 2014 cam-paign for Relay for Life.

The starting gun for this year’s relay will go off at pre-cisely 4 p.m. Friday, May 30, continuing with hundreds of relay walkers doing their laps simultaneously with diverse, exciting team and individual

activities and inspirational programs running non-stop until the closing ceremonies at 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 31.

As in past years, the 2014 Relay for Life will be held at the Southington High School athletic field. The symbolism of the continuous 24-hour effort of a community is not lost on participants, who re-alize that cancer never sleeps.

The relay also holds in lov-ing memory those who have lost their battle with cancer, celebrates those who have survived the disease and pro-vides hope and support to

those in the midst of their fight.

With extensive strides be-ing made in research, treat-ment and early detection, a cancer diagnosis is now a bat-tle, not a sentence.

“These strides, however, require financing for the con-tinued hope in finding a cure, and Southington’s Relay for Life is a way to help,” Jean’s Angels team captain Jean Rose said.

“Teams are forming, fund-raisers are being held throughout town, and vol-unteers are much-needed

to assist at the event itself,” Relay for Life chairperson Joyce McAloon said. The Relay for Life website states: “In the fight against cancer, silence is the last thing we need. Your local American

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Budget

The recommended school budget is $87,072,005 for fis-cal year 2014-15. The Town Council has the final vote on the budget and can raise or lower that total.

Education board chairman Brian Goralski characterized the informal deal as a “chal-lenge” and “advice” from the finance board.

He and other education board members would “do our best to meet the challenge presented to us,” Goralski said, although he cited a num-ber of “variables” that could change budget plans.

Terri Carmody, education board vice chairwoman, said the board would meet the two percent increase “if possible.”

“There are a lot of vari-ables in this world,” Carmody said. “We would certainly like to keep our budget in that range.”

The increased education funding recommended this year in part will be used to hire new education coordina-tors anticipating more work to implement Common Core standards.

Leary said the finance board trusted that the bud-get presented to them wasn’t padded, and accepted it with-

out cuts. In return, Leary said he ex-

pects the board to prepare for a more austere budget the fol-lowing year.

“I put it out as a challenge that I expect them to take se-riously,” Leary said. “I believe they can get there, the Board of Finance believes they can get there.”

The finance board voted five to one to recommend the budget. Sandra Feld, one of two Democrats on the board, voted against it, calling the spending excessive.

The Town Council will ul-timately decide on a budget total, although it can’t de-termine how the education board spends the money given to them.

Michael Riccio, Town Council chairman, said he was pleased that the finance board was taking a lon-

ger-range look at budgets.“The idea of looking two

years ahead rather than just what’s in front of you is un-believable,” said Riccio, a Republican. “I think it was a brilliant idea.”

The finance board’s rec-ommendation was based on more “sincere budgeting” by the education board.

“There’s a lot more trust between the Board of Finance, the Board of Education and the Town Council than there ever has been,” Riccio said.

“Time will tell” if the fi-nance board holds to the two percent increase in 2015-16, Riccio said, but he was glad that was at least a goal presented.

For some councilors, sup-port for next year’s education budget doesn’t mean they’re holding the school district to a 2 percent increase the fol-

lowing fiscal year.Chris Palmieri, Democratic

minority leader and a vice principal at DePaolo Middle School, said he’ll be voting in favor of the 2014-15 education budget recommended by the finance board.

But he’s reluctant to com-mit to an education budget two years away.

“Our role has been to vote on the budget presented to us,” Palmieri said.

Portions of the educa-tion budget can vary greatly. Special education students can cost thousands of dollars to educate and the addition of one student can throw off budget projections, he said.

“I don’t know if I’m pre-pared to make promises for next year,” he said. “None of us can look into the future.”

Ke v i n B e a u d o i n , a Democratic finance board member, supported next year’s education budget but considers it linked with the anticipated 2 percent in-crease the following year. The average increase over two years works out to be 2.7 percent which he said he con-sidered reasonable.

Cheryl Lounsbury, a Republican and council vice chairwoman, said she had faith in the finance board and its recommendations. Looking at education bud-gets over multiple years was a new approach, but Lousnbury said she was willing to try it.

Since their request had been fully funded this year, Lounsbury said the education board had a responsibility to hold to their end of the deal the following year.

She expected that declin-ing enrollment would help the school district reduce costs in future years.

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another astronaut outreach project called “Fragile Oasis,” within days, Mastracchio ar-ranged for a high-resolu-tion image to be sent to the Scouts, many of whom had also watched the ISS soar over Connecticut while work-ing on their astronomy merit

badge in October.“Seeing the ISS in person

this fall was really cool be-cause it’s so far up that you’d think it would go slow, but it went really fast and dis-appeared into the Earth’s shadow,” Andrew Krar, 13, Troop 45’s senior patrol leader, said. “It was interest-ing to see photos from Mr. Cizauskas of the inside of the ISS, because you’d think

something that big would have a lot of room, but it looked very crowded.”

The communication be-tween the Scouts and the astronaut’s outreach team continued since January, and has now culminated in Cizauskas’s presentation and with the troop being al-lowed to send four questions to Mastracchio in orbit, 250 miles up.

“I think the Scouts learned that no matter what, when you work hard, you can do anything,” Krar said. “It took Mr. Mastracchio nine years to become an astronaut, and it all came from hard work. I thought that was very interesting.”

Because of the work re-quirements on the space sta-tion, it may take Mastracchio several weeks to respond to

the Scouts. To thank both Mastracchio and Cizauskas for their service to the coun-try, Troop 45 presented the two with unit neckerchiefs at their March 24 meeting and made them honorary mem-bers of the troop. Cizauskas will give Mastracchio the neckerchief in September when the astronaut returns to his hometown for a planned visit.

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Opinions differ on Wonx Spring Road compromise

Plans for a nine-lot resi-dential subdivision on Wonx Spring Road were finally ap-proved by the Planning and Zoning Commission after lawsuits and complications over the past year.

While residents and some officials are pleased with the changes, others are worried about the decision and where 33 acres of industrial space will be recovered in town.

An application for a nine-lot industrial subdivision on 32.9 acres of land on Wonx Spring Road was originally filed nearly a year ago by Stephen Giudice, owner of Harry E. Cole & Son, the en-gineering firm representing Wonk Spring Partnership, the developer looking to es-tablish the industrial park.

Residents were outraged

with the plans, claiming that if Wonk Spring Partnership were to go through with it, that it would have an impact on their property values, their quality of life, and the wetlands and nature there. After it was approved by the Conservation Commission and the planning board,

residents filed a lawsuit in November.

An agreement was reached under which the area would be changed from an indus-trial to a residential zone to accommodate a residen-tial subdivision. Residents felt more comfortable with the new plan. Zone changes were approved by the PZC

last month. The plans call for the prop-

erty to have lots of at least 12,000 square feet.

Residents of Wonx Spring Road formed a group called Southington Citizens For Common Sense Land Use in order to voice opinions on the matter.

“We met as a group in February and the vast major-ity of votes were in favor of this plan,” said Frank Punzo, the president of the group and a Wonx Spring Road resident. “This agreement between the developer, the town and our group is a vast improvement from the original industrial park. It is safer for the resi-dents, the environment and the Quinnipiac River.”

While Punzo and other residents are pleased with the decision, Lou Perillo, the economic development coor-dinator for the town, wasn’t thrilled.

“We understood the neigh-bors’ concerns but when looking at this as a whole, we cannot continue to lose in-

dustrial and business space because we need the oppor-tunity to create revenue to offset the expenses from res-idential properties,” Perillo said.

P ZC m e m b e r Steve Kalkowski, who wasn’t at the last meeting to vote on the plans, had a similar opin-ion. Last month when the PZC voted to approve a zone change, Kalkowski voted against it.

“I feel pretty strongly about preserving our industrial zone land,” Kalkowski said. “I hope we’re able to replace that somewhere else in town. That’s where we drive our tax revenue and help keep the mill rate flat or reduce it.”

Kevin Conroy, a PZC mem-ber, said it was a good out-come but didn’t have much more to say about it.

“I did vote for it even though I’m not thrilled with the development,” Conroy said. “I’m happy it’s residen-tial and happy the residents

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Water meters will cost more than anticipated

Installing a water me-ter, which could bring down sewer costs for those who water their lawns or who have wells, could cost be-tween $622 and $392, accord-

ing to town estimates.Town councilors who sup-

ported a sewer fee increase in February said the town might buy meters in bulk and resell them at a discount rate to town residents.

Some councilors also raised the possibility that

the town could get a group discount rate from a plumb-ing company for installing meters.

But neither cost-saving measure, suggested at public hearings on the sewer rates, will be possible, according to town officials.

The town released a fact-

sheet on installing water me-ters March 26.

Installing a second meter for those on town sewer ser-vice can reduce sewer costs by reducing the amount of water billed by the town. That second meter measures the amount of water used for irrigation and washing cars,

which is subtracted from the total amount of billable water.

Those on wells, who are charged a flat $400 fee, can also get a meter to instead pay the same rate as those on town water.

Democratic Councilor John Barry criticized the Republican majority for rushing the sewer rate struc-ture change and increase through without enough consideration.

The possibility of buying discount meters and plumber services shouldn’t have been raised without some inves-tigation that it would come through.

“Why was none of this vet-ted prior to presentation at a public meeting?” Barry said. “The administration should never have put this out as false hope.”

Council Republicans sup-ported the sewer measure, intended to close revenue shortfalls that have persisted for years. Democrats opposed the sewer plan, wanting more time and less of a burden on rate-payers.

Council Chairman Michael Riccio, a Republican, said the issue of buying meters in bulk was “off the table” since the town found them for a price comparable to a bulk rate.

“We got the meters for what we thought we were go-ing to get them for in bulk,” he said.

Two types of meters were found to be compatible with the town pipes accord-ing to Town Engineer Keith Hayden. One costs $142 plus shipping and the other $172, not including the cost to have it installed.

Determining if plumbers would agree to discount rates was “part of the process” and Riccio disagreed that the sewer plan had been rushed.

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Authors share stories, inspiration

Lunch was served for 237 people at the Aqua Turf Club in Plantsville Saturday, wait-ing to hear three authors speak for the Greater Meriden American Association of University Women’s 2014

Book Author Luncheon. Barbara McClintock, a chil-

dren’s book author and illus-trator, Bruce Cohen, a poet with three books of poetry, and Ellen Litman, an author of two novels, share their sto-ries with the audience.

“I’m going to talk about my writing process and the way

in which I acquire my sub-ject matter,” said Cohen, a Coventry resident.

Cohen uses his everyday life for inspiration. Most peo-ple think poems are about love and death, Cohen said, but for him “anything can en-ter my poems.”

His three books are “Placebo Junkies Conspiring with the Half-Asleep,” “Swerve,” and “Disloyal Yo-Yo.”

He said he’s a coupon ad-dict and because of his con-stant shopping and trying to save at Stop & Shop, Cohen was told by workers that he was the “top banana.” That inspired him to write the poem “Top Banana,” which he shared with the audience.

McClintock has written

and illustrated more than 40 books. Her first book, “The Heartaches of a French Cat,” was rejected by 16 publishers before she got a publishing

deal. McClintock never gave up because she knew art and writing is what she wanted to do.

“I’m a failed waitress,” McClintock said, laughing.

When she was 20, she called Maurice Sendak, the author of “Where the Wild Things Are,” and asked for tips on pursuing her dream. He told her to move to New York City and she did.

Since she started writing she’s received awards that in-clude four New York Times Best Illustrated Books, two Parents Choice Awards, eight New York Public Library 100 Recommended Books, and more.

McClintock also worked with Jim Henson, on his Fraggle Rock TV series and did the illustrations.

Litman was excited to share with the audience about her


Author Bruce Cohen autographs a copy of his book for Karen Grava of Wallingford Saturday during the American Association of University Women luncheon held at the Aqua Turf Club in Southington. | (Justin Weekes / Special to The Citizen)

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“I assume the developers want to start as soon as possi-ble,” Giudice said in an email.

Robert Phillips, the town’s planning and community de-velopment director, said it

was a community decision.“I really don’t have any

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“I hope that we really use this refresh of our plan for economic development and conservation to look across the town and to make sure we address this,” Kalkowski said about looking into other land. “If industrial land is sur-rounded by residents, that we actually do that upfront and in proactive manner.”

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SouthingtonCentral Baptist Church, 1505

West St., Sunday – 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. service; Sunday school - 9:30 a.m.; Wednes-day – 7 p.m. service. (860) 621-6701.

Faith Baptist Church, 243 Laning St., Sunday worship – 11 a.m.; Sunday school up to the sixth grade - 11 a.m.; adult Bible school - 9:45 a.m. (860) 628-8147.

First Baptist Church, 581 Meriden Ave., Sunday – 10 a.m.

service.First Congregational Church,

37 Main St., Sunday – 8 a.m. chapel communion; 9:30 a.m. service; 11:15 a.m., contempo-rary service. (860) 628-6958.

First Evangelical Lutheran Church, 232 Bristol St., Sun-day – 9:30 a.m. service; Sun-day school, 9:15 a.m. (860) 628-9001.

Grace United Methodist Church, 121 Pleasant St., Sun-day – 8:30 a.m., and 10 a.m. worship service. (860) 628-6996.

Immaculate Conception Church, 130 Summer St., Sat-

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Plantsville Congregational Church, 109 Church St., Sunday – 10 a.m. (860) 628-5595.

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 145 Main St., Sunday – 8 and 10:15 a.m. service; Christian foundation for all ages, 9 a.m. (860) 628-8486.

The Tabernacle, 1445 West St., Sunday – 10:30 a.m. ser-vice. (860) 276-0400.

Church Services

P l a n t s v i l l e U C C Congregational Church will host a golf tournament Saturday, May 10, at Hawks Landing Country Club, 201 Pattonwood Drive. For in-formation, contact Tom Gianoni: [email protected]; (860) 919-0261. View the tournament brochure at www.plantsvilleucc.org.

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All are welcome at Plantsville Congregational United Church of Christ, 109 Church St., April 8, for this year’s final Tuesday Lenten dinner series “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: The Life of King David.”

A light dinner will be served at 6 p.m., followed by a presen-tation and discussion. For more information, call (860) 628-5595.

Lenten series ends Tuesday

Spud Night and a silent auction has been scheduled for Saturday, April 5, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., at First Baptist Church, 581 Meriden Ave.

Spud Night features baked potatoes with a choice of any, or all six, toppings, or a bowl of homemade chicken soup. The silent auction features

gift baskets, gift cards and donated services.

Proceeds benefit youth mission trips.

There is no charge for children under 5.

Tickets can be purchased at the door or in advance.

For information, call the church office, (860) 628-8121.

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Throughout the season of Lent, every Catholic church in the Archdiocese of Hartford will be open every Monday from 6 to 7 p.m. for priests to hear Confessions in the Sacrament of Reconciliation.

Lent began March 5 and ends Thursday, April 17.

This is the second year that the Archdiocese, comprised of 213 churches in Hartford, Litchfield and New Haven Counties, will sponsor the Lenten Confessional cam-paign, as a way for Roman Catholics to prepare for Easter.

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The annual eesmarts Student Contest invites students to showcase their “energy smarts” about energy-saving, renewable en-ergy, and sustainability through various me-dia forms. Finalists for each grade level will be honored at a special awards ceremony on June 5, at the State Capitol in Hartford.

Students in grades K-8 answer grade-level specific prompts in the form of a poster (Grades K-2), narrative (Grade 3), news ar-ticle (Grade 4), book review (Grade 5), essay

(Grade 6), speech (Grade 7), or public ser-vice announcement (Grade 8).

Students in Grades 9-12 compete in the “Power of Change” award category, which asks students to propose a communi-ty-based project to address an energy-re-lated issue. Students may work in groups in this category, and winners’ schools will re-ceive funding to make their proposed proj-ect a reality.

Grants and prizes will be awarded for first, second and third place winners.

The contest is open to all students in Connecticut. Deadline for entries is May 2. For more information, visit www.eesmarts.com/contest.

‘Energy smarts’ contest

There will be a free art workshop for children ages 6 to 12 sponsored by Southington Arts and Crafts Association Saturday, April 5, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. The event will take place at the Orchards Community Room.

Children will create short stories and illustrate them.

Drawing skills are not a prerequisite. Free ma-terials will be provided.

Children must be registered in advance. Contact the instructor, Joan Shackford, (203) 699-9497.

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The fourth annual Southington Education Foundation Adult Spelling Bee will be held Wednesday, April 23, 7 p.m., at the Southington High School auditorium.

Returning as BeeMaster is Joe Furey, chief meteorolo-gist at FOX CT News.

Teams consist of three spellers who work together to formulate answers. Participants write their words on a white board. There is no microphone for participants.

Costumes, themes and mascots are encouraged. Admission to the event is free. Non-perishable food items will be collected to donate to Southington Community Services.

Entry forms are available at www.southingtoneduca-tionfoundation.org.

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The Kennedy and DePaolo middle school drama clubs have, once again, combined. The clubs will perform a production of Shrek the Musical April 4, 5, 10 and 11.

Set in a mythical “once upon a time” sort of land, Shrek the Musical is the story of a green ogre who, after being mocked and feared his entire life, retreats to a swamp to exist in happy isolation.

Shrek will be staged at 7 p.m. at Southington High School. Tickets can be purchased from any cast or crew member, or at DePaolo Middle School.

Proceeds from the perfor-mances will go to defray the expenses associated with the production.

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No BS! Brass Band will perform Saturday, April 26, 7 p.m., at the Southington High School auditorium.

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Sixth grade: Avery Korp is the daughter of Jillian and Eric Korp and was recognized at a Principal’s breakfast ear-lier this year. She is a com-munity services volunteer, drama club, cross country team and is part of the school band.

Eric Carrier is the son of Eric and Kelly Carrier, is an honor roll student and vol-unteered at Alex’s Lemonade Stand, and plays baseball for the town.

Alyssa Korp is the daugh-ter of Jill and Shawn Watrous and is a high honors student. Alyssa is a part of the school Leadership Program and takes dance.

Seventh grade: Anthony Sagnella is the son of Maritza and Anthony Sagnella and is an honor roll student. He is part of the Leadership Program. Anthony also is on a swim team and has collected money for Special Olympics.

Ben Palladino is the son of Todd and Beth Palladino and is part of the National Junior Honor Society. He is in the Builder’s Club. Ben takes pri-vate guitar lessons and also was in the ski club.

Jillian Bryan is the daughter of Dana and Kimberly Bryan and was recognized twice at Principal’s Breakfasts. For the past two years, she has vol-unteered at Alex’s Lemonade Stand and is a member of the art club. Jillian takes guitar lessons and is in the school chorus.

Eighth grade: Ryan Montalvo is the son of Karen and Edwin Montalvo and has consistently been on the honor roll throughout middle school. He is a Zion Nursery School Assistant and was part of the school basketball team, also plays travel baseball, bas-ketball, and football for the town.

Jonathan Kryzanski is the son of Halina and Michael Kryzanski and is part of the National Junior Honor Society. He is part of STEPS, volunteered for Bread for Life, the Healthy Family Festival for the past three years. Jonathan played on the soccer team and also plays on the travel soccer team for the town.

Laini Pizzitola is the daugh-ter of Darcy and Thomas Pizzitola and has consis-

tently been an honor roll stu-dent. For the past two years, she has volunteered at Alex’s Lemonade Stand and is a member of the drama club. Laini is in the Leadership Program, concert choir, and ski club as well.

Francesca Scavone is the daughter of Tom and Concetta Scavone and was recognized at a Principal’s Breakfast earlier this year. She is in the school band, pep band, and jazz band, also is a part of the chorus at First Congregational Church and helped out with a charity run.

Nathan Borkowski is the son of Lisa Rizzo and Bob Borkowski, volunteered at Alex’s Lemonade Stand and takes private trombone les-sons. Nathan also plays bas-ketball and baseball.

Thomas Palko is the son of Karolin and Robert Palko and is in National Junior Honor Society. He has consistently been an honor roll student and helped build the trails at Camp Sloper with his Boy Scout troop. Thomas is in the school band, jazz band, and is a part of his church’s youth group.

DePaolo Middle School March Students of the Month

Back row, from left: Assistant Principal Palmieri, Jillian Bryan, Thomas Palko, Ryan Montalvo, Jon Kryzanski, Ben Palladino, Francesca Scavone. Front row, from left: Avery Korp, Anthony Sagnella, Nate Borkowski, Laini Pizzitola, Alyssa Watrous, Eric Carrier.

Southington High School is seeking nominations for its Wall of Honor, honoring SHS grads who have human-itarian, community service or career accomplishments.

Applications can be downloaded from the school web-site, or by contacting Bob Brown at [email protected]. Deadline is May 1.

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State Sen. Joe Markley (R-Southington) congratu-lates the Cyber Knights of Southington High School on its success in the Mohawk No r t h e a s t Cy b e r - G u s scrimmage.

M a r k l e y j o i n e d A l Heinke, owner of Mohawk Northeast at the Cyber-Gus Scrimmage March 15 in Southington. This first annual Mohawk Northeast Cyber-Gus Scrimmage was in honor of Marcus Holcomb

of Southington, governor of Connecticut from 1915 to 1921.

The Southington Cyber Knights spent some 30 hours a week building, program-ming, testing and designing the robot.

Markley presented the Southington students with a citation from the General Assembly honoring their hard work and commit-ment to pursue excellence in the engineering future of Connecticut.

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State Sen. Joe Markley is pictured with the Cyber Knights captain at the Mohawk Northeast Cyber-Gus Scrimmage.

The Working Lands Alliance, a project of American Farmland Trust, is accepting entries for the first FFA/Agriscience/4-H Student Essay Contest.

Students must write a 750 word essay to answer the question, “If we, as a State, want to increase ev-eryone’s consumption of Connecticut-grown food and farm products from current levels of less than 2

percent to 10 percent, what role could farmland pro-tection play and what role could agriscience schools and/or the University of Connecticut 4-H play in meeting that goal?”

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Op-Ed

As I write, the outdoor thermometer is registering above 32 degrees, Daylight Savings time has begun, and the blanket of snow—a fixture since December— is receding every day. The edges of reservoirs and ponds are liquid once again; it won’t be long before their cover of ice melts under the warming sun’s gaze.

Mirroring these external signs of spring’s approach, I sense in myself rising energy, and an eagerness to throw off winter’s en-cumbrances. As welcome as winter’s cozy interiority has been, I am ready to start working off a list entitled “Spring Chores,” ready to get my bicy-cle out of hibernation and to see bulbs pushing their way above the soil.

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This spring, before this season of newness goes by in one big blur, I want to recall some words of wisdom from an old friend. Bernard of Clairvaux was a 12th century French abbot, theologian, and poet. Though his words were written to church leaders some 900 years past, they are timeless wisdom for anyone who wrestles with keeping balance in the swirl of life’s busyness.

Bernard suggests that humans have a tendency to be like canals, those channels that receive water on one end, convey it across their length, and pour it out on the other end. Too often we tend to do the same. We have relationships and experiences that fill us with joy and blessing, but instead of steeping in the moment, we let the moment pass us by. Like canals, we can be conveyers of life that merely passes through our hands. We constantly give away our selves, our time, and our energy. And worse, we can give away too much of ourselves in the process and become de-pleted, out of balance.

Instead of being like a canal, Bernard would have us be like a reservoir which, when it receives its wa-ter, doesn’t let it go, but waits until it is filled before it overflows. Reservoirs give of their water when there is enough to spill off into the canal. In their giving, reservoirs do not lose anything of themselves; they keep that essential balance.

Keeping balance, taking time for oneself is not a selfish act; it is essential to our being. Keeping our-selves filled and then giving to others from our full-ness, from the best of ourselves, is a gift to those in our lives. It lends vitality to our passions, to our work, to the world.

May this spring be for you a time of balance and centeredness, and of finding renewal in the midst of giving and receiving.

Rev. Alison McCaffrey is associate minister at First Congregational Church of Cheshire, United Church of Christ.

Spring can bring renewal, balance

Rev. Alison McCafferySpecial to the

Citizen As an expression of my gratitude and esteem for the work of an iconic institution of charity, an open letter to Kaye Davis, executive director, and Marc S. Pelletier, chairman of the board of the United Way of Southington.

“Please express my thanks to the Board of Direc-tors for the unexpected honor of be-ing recog-nized among your selected Evening of Southington Stars on March 6. What a unique priv-ilege to have

shared the distinguished company of Rosemary and Jim Champagne for their years of dedication to the Southington Relay for Life and the Apple Harvest Fes-tival, respectively, and Jeff Shaw for his years of excep-tional and award-winning leadership in inspiring stu-dents of Southington High School to reach for excel-lence in band and jazz music.

“Public acknowledgment validates the work of those who are recognized. But it is truly humbling. The suc-cess of our many charitable causes depends on the pre-

cious time, talents and skills of hundreds upon hundreds of volunteers who give thou-sands of hours, quietly dedi-cating themselves to making our town’s work of the heart happen along with the hun-dreds more who support our charitable causes with their financial donations.

“It’s these silent heroes who collectively affirm the extraordinary human quali-ties of generosity and com-passion that Southington enjoys. To its credit, United Way of Southington is distin-guished in its hallmark role of leadership in your invaluable mission in our community.”

***Flashing back to Janu-

ary 1995 when we began our journey of retirement in Southington, I recall the warm welcome of the people of St. Dominic Church, where new doors opened to us, em-powering our engagement in a vibrant spiritual commu-nity, the rewards of service to God and others and an ever deepening personal faith. St. Dominic was our portal to involvement in the wider community.

At Bread for Life, we saw the dedicated passion of feed-ing the hungry; at Calendar House we met many who had discovered a sense of purpose and reason for each new day and the joy of new friend-

ships; the YMCA, opening the path to healthier body, mind and spirit; Southington’s In-terfaith Clergy Association, nurturing the community’s faith while helping those in dire situations; the Calvanese Foundation, improving life in our community with its support of local charities, assisting causes that bring seemingly impossible dreams to reality; Relay for Life, fight-ing cancer; STEPS, Growing Great Kids, its Youth Coun-cil, and the great future they will someday lead; the vision of the Board of Education, its educators and staff and its Veterans Committee; the charity and patriotism of the Knights of Columbus; the American Legion and its Aux-iliary, serving the interests of our veterans and those actively serving our coun-try; The ARC, serving and advocating for families and individuals who deal with development disabilities; the Giving Back Girls; the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts and the Giving Back program at the Tabernacle.

They, and the many who steadfastly work to make the lives of others better, have inspired a passion in me to tell their stories … stories that need to be heard by every cit-izen of Southington.

It really does take a village!

Open letter: Humbled and inspired

E. Richard FortunatoSpecial to the

Citizen

WASHINGTON — Represen-tatives John B. Larson, Rosa De-Lauro, Joe Courtney, Jim Himes and Elizabeth Esty released the following joint statement March 27 after the Connecticut Gen-eral Assembly approved legis-lation to raise the Connecticut minimum wage to $10.10 per

hour by 2017:“Connecticut and Gover-

nor Malloy are doing the right thing by continuing to lead the country on fair wages, and we applaud the state General As-sembly for taking this import-ant step forward in improving the lives of Connecticut’s work-ing families. Now it is time for Congress to increase the fed-

eral minimum wage and ensure all hardworking Americans have the same opportunities as those in Connecticut.”

The entire Connecticut House delegation has cosponsored the Fair Minimum Wage Act, H.R. 1010, which would raise the fed-eral minimum wage from $7.25 to $10.10 per hour over the next three years.

State delegation weighs in on minimum wage votePress Release

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Motivational speaker: 7 p.m. The Summit At Plantsville will host Daniel “Rudy” Ruettiger. Rudy is a former collegiate football player for the University of Notre Dame and best known as the inspiration for the movie “Rudy.” For informa-tion or to purchase tickets, contact Colleen or Barbara at (860) 628-0364.

April 5

Calvanese gala: This year’s “Flappers & Dappers Gala.” For information or reservations call the Aqua Turf Club at (860) 621-9335. Proceeds go back to the community.

S p r i n g 2 P ro g ra m : Registration for our Spring 2 Program Session will begin for Full members on Saturday, April 5, at 8 a.m. Program member registration will be-gin on Saturday, April 12, at 8 a.m. Registration will be available on line at www.sc-cymca.org or in person at the Membership Services Desk.

April 6Southington Bus trip: 1

p.m. Wonx Tribe 28 IORM (Red Men) is sponsoring. Tickets and information are available by calling (860) 628-7535 or (860) 621-4200 or by contacting any member of the Red Men.

April 8

Night of magic: 6:30 p.m.— Join magician and juggler Scott Jameson for a performance of A Night of Family Magic at the Southington Library, 255 Main St. Register in person at the Children’s Services Desk.

Health insurance: 10 to 12 p.m. Community Health Services representatives will be at Southington Library, 255 Main St., Tuesday, April 8. No registration for this free informational outreach program.

For information, contact CHS at (860) 249-9625.

April 12Tickets for the 36th an-

nual St. Thomas Passion Play are now available. The play has been scheduled at St. Thomas School, 133 Bristol St. Tickets are free and are available while they last. For tickets check our web site:

www.st-thomas-play.org or contact: Diane (860) 628-4197 or Lois (860) 621-0411.

Performances are as fol-lows: Saturday, April 12, at 7:30 p.m.; Palm Sunday, April 13, at 3 p.m.; Monday, April 14, at 7:30 p.m.; Tuesday, April 15, at 7:30 p.m.; Wednesday, April 16, at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, April 18, at 7:30 p.m.

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In case of inclement weather, the rain date is Sunday, April 13, with a start time of 1 p.m.

April 13

Car wash: The Southington High School Rugby Club will be hosting a car wash fund-raiser at Southington Auto Wash, 254 Queen St., from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the boys and girls rugby teams.

April 23The Golden Age of

Mystery: The Southington Public Library, 255 Main St., will offer a three-month discussion series on the Golden Age of Mystery. Below are early nov-els from three of the grandes dames of the British Golden Age: April 23: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926); May 14: Strong Poison (1930); June 19: A Shilling for Candles (1936); The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. To register for the discussions, visit www.southingtonlibrary.org click on the discussion date you want to attend or contact the Reference /Information Desk at (860) 628-0947ext. 5.

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The NAMM Foundation recognized the Southington public schools for its out-standing commitment to music education with a Best Communities for Music Education designation.

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Money raised from the event goes back to the com-munity in the form of schol-arships, said Elaine Murphy, a chairwoman for the women’s association.

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Author Bruce Cohen speaks about his book. | (Justin Weekes / Special to The

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Authors Barbara McClintock, left, and Ellen Litman get ready to sign copies of their books Saturday during the American Association of University Women luncheon at the Aqua Turf Club in Southington. | (Justin Weekes / Special to The Citizen)

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Assistant Chancellor Father Jeffrey V. Romans, chair-person of the Archdiocesan Lenten Committee, said that last year the campaign was very effective because it in-vited everyone – no matter how long it had been since their last Confession -- to seek the grace and repen-tance and God’s mercy for their sins.

“Some who had been away from the Sacrament for de-cades told me that they felt revitalized afterwards,” said Romans.

Romans said that it’s im-portant for people to know that the primary role of a priest is not to judge but to encourage the penitent, just as Christ did. We are all sin-ners, and it’s never too late to confess and do penance for one’s sins.

The campaign will be pub-licized on billboards across Connecticut highways and on radio in an effort to reach people who may not attend church regularly, or have been

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In order to alleviate any anxiety that people may have about going to Confession, the Archdiocese has designed a website: Light4you.info to help people prepare for the Sacrament. It addresses fre-quently asked questions, and features testimonials from people who share their expe-riences about receiving the Sacrament. The Confessions on Monday evenings will be in addition to the regular Confession schedules that churches in the Archdiocese of Hartford follow during the year.

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A local man who won a $2 million lottery prize March 27 was not the first to cash in big on a ticket purchased at ShopRite of Southington.

In addition to the $2 mil-lion “Big Money” instant ticket won by Lawrence Hall last week, ShopRite, at 750 Queen St., sold a winning $1 million “Silver and Gold” instant ticket to Angelo Colella, of Plainville, in December, according to the Connecticut Lottery.

December’s ticket was the first million-dollar win for the store since it became a Connecticut Lottery retailer in November 2010. For sell-ing the $2 million top prize

ticket this month, the store will receive a $20,000 bo-nus from the Connecticut Lottery.

“We were thrilled in December when we learned that one of our custom-ers purchased a $1 million prize-winning ticket,” Don Drust Sr., one of the store’s principal owners, said in a press release. “The news of a $2 million win is even more exciting. We’re very happy for Mr. Hall, and wish him the best of luck.”

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By Molly CallahanSpecial to The Citizen

Construction of a Na-ture Center at YMCA Camp Sloper was set to begin this week after the Southington Education Foundation re-cently donated $20,000 for the project.

The YMCA has been working with the founda-tion and the school board for the past few years on creat-ing a building dedicated to STEM, Science Technology, Engineering, and Math for students.

Last year the educa-tion foundation proposed a 5,000-square-foot, one-floor STEM Center at Camp Sloper. The building would

have had lab space with state-of-the-art technology and separate classrooms and cost $1 million.

Instead of creating the STEM Center, Camp Sloper Director Mark Pooler said an existing camp pavilion will be enclosed and used as a class-room. The plan is to call the 750-square-foot building the Nature Center

“The reality of those plans didn’t come to fruition as timely as we had hoped,” said Pooler. “It was a more realis-tic, tangible project then what we had originally envisioned with the larger STEM Center project.”

Every fall and spring, local fourth-graders take a field trip to the camp and use the natu-ral surroundings, such as the

pond, to learn about animals, bugs, erosion, wetlands, and more. The program is called Science at Camp Sloper.

Jan Galati, chairwoman of the Southing Education Foundation, hopes that the enclosed building will allow a third field trip for the fourth graders in the winter.

“We’re excited about this because it has the potential of providing more oppor-tunities for students of the Southington public school system,” Galati said. “We’re hoping because it will be an enclosed building, it will al-low students… to go beyond that into more activities.”

Pooler said the area would also be used for parties, day camp students, and other functions. The plan is to have the center completed in May.

“It’s a quick turnaround time,” said Dawn Miceli, former SEF chairwoman and member of the founda-tion board. “The SEF is just pleased and proud to be part of this project. (It’s) so beneficial to our children in Southington and to our neigh-boring children as well. This will open up so many doors and opportunities with re-gard to STEM and the natural resources at Camp Sloper.”

Contractors were supposed to start work on Monday, but postponed until Tuesday be-cause of the snow, Pooler said.

“We’re excited and happy to be partnering with the Southington Education Foundation and the Board of Education,” Pooler said. “This is really an initiative about getting kids back outside and getting them in touch with nature much more than a tra-ditional class.”

Scaled down Nature Center to be built at SloperBy Farrah DuffanySpecial to The Citizen

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Five years ago, when Jeff Eleveld worked for Neilson Media Research and found himself increasingly unsatis-fied with the level of travel his job required, he had no idea he would soon be vis-iting more than 900 seniors for horticulture therapy pro-grams every month.

“I knew I didn’t want to go back into interior landscap-ing,” said Eleveld, a Berlin resident. After being laid off, his severance package gave him time to consider what to do next.

Eleveld’s wife of 31 years, Pat, works as the nursing di-rector for Arbor Rose assisted living community, which is part of the Jerome Home campus in New Britain. When Pat Eleveld read a story about horticulture therapy bringing the joys of plants and garden-ing to seniors, it sparked the beginning of her husband’s work developing gardening programs for seniors.

After piloting the program with seniors at Arbor Rose, Jeff Eleveld developed hor-ticulture therapy programs that have proved very popu-lar with residents at the many places he visits, all across Central Connecticut and as far away as Longmeadow, Mass.

Jeff Eleveld credits several things for the popularity of the programs. One reason is

that many seniors grew up with gardening. Another is the relationships he has built with the residents. He habit-ually arrives early and stays late, so that before and after classes, seniors can tell him stories and show off their plants.

Pat Eleveld recalled one resident who was reluctant to try gardening, a 97-year-old man who had hardly touched plants in his life. Now, he never misses a class, Jeff Eleveld said. “He told me, if my wife knew I’ve been planting she would crawl up out of her grave and slap me!” The senior explained that his wife had always tried to get him interested in gardening, and he resisted.

“I finally realized that for him, this was a way to be close to his wife,” Jeff Eleveld said.

“I think it was very mean-ingful for him,” Pat Eleveld said.

One of the things Jeff Eleveld said he loves about plants is the ways they can connect people.

One of the residents Jeff Eleveld has visited had a Christmas cactus -- a com-mon name for Schlumbergera, a flowering cactus with leaf-like pads that is native to Brazil -- that her grand-mother had given to her. At her request, Eleveld took cut-tings from the plant, rooted them, and then returned with enough potted cacti for

the resident to give one to all of her grandchildren, making the cactus a plant that has spanned six generations.

In working with seniors, Jeff Eleveld searched for a planter that could be accessed by a wheelchair or a standing walker. When he couldn’t find anything that would allow someone in a wheelchair to garden comfortably, Eleveld came up with one himself. He designed and built a stand-

‘Plant person’ gets seniors to dig horticultureBy Charles KreutzkampSpecial to The Citizen

Jeff Eleveld with the plants he keeps in his home office and a scale model of the Go2Garden. A skilled horticulturist can recognize when one of his plants needs water on sight, Eleveld explained. | (Charles Kreutzkamp / The Citizen)

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Surprisingly, the planters have proven at least as popu-lar, if not more, with younger people, who simply want a garden they can sit or stand in front of. The garden also has the advantage of keeping plants out of the reach of rab-

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When he sees seniors touching the soil, and smell-ing the leaves of fresh basil, “the look of absolute wonder” is the most rewarding thing of all, Eleveld said.

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Local police departments are warning parents not to give their children deacti-vated cellphones because the phones can still call 911.

Plainville dispatcher Al Urso said in the past year there has been an increas-ing number of 911 calls from children using deactivated cellphones. Most are made

by children between six and 13 years old, an age where they are too young to have their own cellphone, but like to use a deactivated phone to play games, Urso said. The problem is the phones can still call 911.

Urso said some of the chil-dren tie up the phone lines for up to 10 minutes. The dispatcher cannot hang up on the call, and deactivated cellphones cannot be traced.

Urso said he believes the problem is getting worse be-cause with more smartphones on the market, more older models are being phased out, and rather than throwing out the devices, parents give them to children.

Meriden Sgt . Darrin McKay, police spokesman, said he isn’t sure if there is a large number of those kinds of calls coming into Meriden dispatch center, but said par-ent’s shouldn’t give their children an old phone if they don’t understand that 911 is an emergency line.

“It ties up valuable re-sources,” McKay said. “The time spent trying to find out if it’s an actual emergency wastes time.”

McKay said because de-activated cellphones are un-traceable through emergency dispatch, police have to “ping” it to find its location and then send officers to the residence. McKay said with more peo-

ple having cellphones, there is a larger number of inactive cellphones available. McKay said many stores offer cash for old phones. He encour-aged parents to turn in their phones and use the money to buy the child a hand-held video game.

“A six or 10 year old might not have the capacity to know the ramifications of calling 911,” McKay said. “Whether it’s curiosity or accident, it could put people’s lives at risk tying up those resources.”

Paul Vivian, interim exec-utive director of Meriden’s Children First, said the topic of parents giving children cellphones has been dis-cussed more and more, and it opens up opportunities for parents to talk to their chil-dren. Vivian said the cell-phone can be thought of as a tool, and parents need to tell their children how to use it properly. Parents need to tell their children that the call-

ing feature can be used in an emergency, but not to misuse it and discuss what can go wrong if the child does mis-use it, Vivian said.

Vivian said their is no “magic age” to give a child a cell phone. Some children are mature at a young age, and others are not, Vivian said. The parents have to use judgment. If a child calls 911 repeatedly, Vivian said the parents should take the phone away.

If a child is found making repeated calls and the par-ents are notified about the problem and don’t resolve it, McKay said the parent could be charged with misuse of an emergency communica-tion, a class B misdemeanor. Wallingford, Southington and Cheshire police departments all said they get the occa-sional misdial, but did not have information about spe-cifically if children with cell-phones were making the calls.

Police: Don’t let kids play with cell phonesBy Lauren SievertSpecial to The Citizen

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Just how much is ever won in the football offseason?

For what it’s worth, championship teams almost invariably say their title run rested on the weight room work that started immediately at the end of the previous season.

If so, teams like Cheshire and Southington can feel pretty good as they grunt their way toward spring ball.

Cheshire finished first recently in the annual Connecticut High School Football Weight Lifting Competition, which drew 19 teams to New London High School. Southington finished fourth.

Between them, the Rams and Blue Knights lifted more than 12 tons. Cheshire hoisted 12,490 pounds. Southington put up 11,905. That’s a lot of Thanksgiving turkey.

There were three lifts: squat, bench press and power clean. Lifters were divided into five weight classes, from 160-and-under to 220-and-over.

The overall individual winner was Cheshire lineman Cullen Clairmont. The junior, competing in the 220-plus bracket, squatted 500 pounds and han-dled 300 in both the bench press and power clean. That’s 1,100 pounds total. No one else went over 1,000.

Cheshire, which brought 20 play-ers in all to the competition, also got strong outings from Tyler D’Errico (181-200 pound division) and Chris Hillburn (201-220). They were second in their weight classes. Also, lineman Alex Conrod, who missed much of his sophomore season in 2013 to a concus-sion, was third in the 220-plus class.

Cheshire head coach Don Drust Jr. attributed the success in New London to Pat Russo, a one-time Cheshire assis-tant and Wolcott head man who is now back with the Rams as their strength and conditioning coach.

“He’s the one who’s been getting the kids ready to go,” said Drust, who is looking to rebound his team from last year’s 4-7 campaign. “We kind of have some momentum right now. The kids are doing good things. Football is on their mind. They’re talking about it; they’re doing things the right way.”

The Blue Knights, meanwhile, look to maintain their proven meth-ods of last season, which culminated

Locals impress at weight lifting competition

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The ski season that came in like a lamb seems to be going out like a lion.

After a warm, dry December delayed the operations at several ski resorts, winter arrived and snow began to fall. Conditions just became better and better,

Ski season was a giant successBy Dave MongilloSpecial to The Citizen

There was deep snow at Mount Killington in Vermont Saturday. | Photo by Dave MongilloSee Ski / Page 35

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The Southington Soccer Club wishes to congratulate three of its indoor teams, division cham-pions at Farmington Sports Arena.

U10 Girls - Wildcats (6-0-1)Front row: Coach Randy

Paradis, Emma Paradis, Abigail Flanigan, Megan Bissoni, Jacqueline Izzo, Chloe Bauman and Sofia Scalise. Back row: Coach Amy Flanigan, Jessica Carr, Natalie Possidento, Kaitlyn Reardon, Monika Kryzanski, Taylor Hall, Mia June, Allison Carr and Coach Mike June.

U11 Girls - Strikers (7-0)Front row: Morgan Hubert,

Lauren Verrelli, Lily Scalise, Livy Pizzitola, Jessica Eaton, Marissa Imme and Heather Landino. Back row: Abby Sowa, Shannon Litchfield, Micaela Potamis, Coach Jim Imme, Emily Eigo and Jordan Beaudoin.

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with the CIAC Class LL championship.

Several returning start-ers from that team fared well in New London. Two junior defensive linemen won their weight classes: Matt Koczera (181-200) with 940 total pounds and Dan Williams (201-220) at 990. (Williams was second overall to Clairmont.)

Peter Majchrzak, a junior wide receiver and defen-sive back for Southington, was second in 160-under di-vision, where another Blue Knight, sophomore run-ning back Alession Diana, had the top press and clean.

Southington sophomore Jasen Rose, a wide receiver last season but heir appar-

ent to Stephen Barmore at quarterback, had the top press (300 pounds) in the 201-220 class.

Another category winner was Dan Chesmar, a junior linebacker at Wilcox Tech. He benched 315 in the 181-200 division.

“The boys had a great time,” said Wilcox coach Trevor Jones, whose Indians were the only team from the Constitution State Conference to compete. “We got good exposure and we brought home some iron.”

Sheehan brought two teams — 31 players to-tal — to New London. The top Titans were Trevor Angeletti and Dave Laplante tied for the third in power clean at 201-220.

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Hang squat clean. Two front squats. Capped off with a clean jerk.

Just a typical warm-up ses-sion for James Kaminski as the Middlefield resident tack-les another intense one-hour workout session courtesy of the CrossFit strength and conditioning program.

“It’s about self-improve-ment,” said Kaminski, add-ing that he wants “to be better, stronger than I was yesterday.”

Used for years by military, police training, martial artists, and elite athletes worldwide, CrossFit is a rigorous strength and conditioning program focusing on extreme one-hour workout sessions to en-hance muscle, endurance and flexibility.

For Kaminski, CrossFit training is less about how much weight he can lift and more about the lasting benefits.

“I will set goals and num-bers, but those are more short term,” said Kaminski. “Long term it’s more my health and this community.”

Why is CrossFit soaring in popularity throughout Connecticut and across the

nation with 7,000 affiliated gymnasiums, also known as “boxes,” embracing the training program over the last decade? There are sev-eral reasons, according to Merle McKenzie, who co-owns Trimountain CrossFit in Durham with business part-ner Glen Perra.

“It works,” he said matter-

of-factly. “It’s better than any other training system cur-rently known. Navy SEALS use it to improve their fitness. After that, what more can be said about its effectiveness?”

Relentless Strength and Conditioning, the parent com-pany of Trimountain CrossFit, has been one of the leaders of CrossFit training throughout the state, having been in busi-ness for the last nine years with five locations through-out Central Connecticut.

Now a veteran CrossFit member of two years, Kaminski, a member of Trimountain CrossFit, feels a sense of accomplish-ment when tracking his progression.

“When I first started doing some of these workouts, I was just drained and wondered, how are these people doing this, how are they pumping out these reps, especially in such high intensity work-outs?” he said. “It was really one of the first times I felt in-adequate in any organized exercise.”

“But as I stayed consistent and committed to it, I got bet-ter,” he added, saying it’s been such a great experience, lead-ing him to increase his train-ing frequency from once or

CrossFit for all shapes and sizesBy Keith HagartySpecial to The Citizen

James Kaminski ,of Middlefield, works up a sweat training at the Trimountain CrossFit “box” in Durham during a recent workout session. CrossFit is an intense physical strength and conditioning program soaring in popularity across the state and worldwide. The method can be adapted to suit all levels of fitness and fit individual goals.| (Photo by Keith Hagarty)

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It was an interesting win-ter and a giant success for many local racers.

The Mount Southington ski team’s U-14 racers had a fantastic winter, and several boys qualified for the post-season championships.

On the college racing cir-cuit, the UConn teams had their best year ever. The women’s squad missed qual-ifying for the national cham-pionships by less than three seconds, when it tied with UMass in the division stand-ings, and lost the tiebreaker.

The UConn men went all the way to the “Big Dance,” and ended the sea-son in fourth place out of 20 teams in the national championships.

The Southington High team was in a rebuilding year after losing several top racers to graduation and moving out of town. The Blue Knights expect to re-turn faster and stronger next year.

The ski season isn’t over just yet, however.

To the north there is deep snow cover at re-sorts in Vermont and New Hampshire, so there will be good spring conditions for many more weeks.

The racing season also goes on. Last Saturday the Eastern Finals in the Mountain Dew Vertical Challenge series was held in warm spring weather, on wet corn snow, at Okemo Mountain. More than 400 would-be racers from 6- to 86-years-old converged on Ludlow, Vermont to set-tle who was the fastest on skis and snowboards in several age classes. Several contestants from Mount Southington were in the mix and many finished well.

The Sugar Slalom at Stowe, Vermont will happen this weekend, for some-thing like the 60th year. The annual rite-of-spring has marked the end of winter for several generations of skiers.

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Have fun and come help support the student-athletes of Southington High School at the sixth annual Southington Athletics Golf Tournament Saturday April 26, 8 a.m., at Hawks Landing Country

Club, 201 Pattonwood Drive. For more information and

to obtain a registration form, contact the SHS Athletic Office: (860) 628-3229 ext. 425; [email protected].

Golf tourney benefits SHS athletes

Southington Knights travel football and cheerleading will open its online registra-tion for the 2014 season on Tuesday, April 15. Boys and

girls in kindergarten through grade 8 are eligible to partic-ipate. Fees vary by program.

For more information, visit www.southingtonmfl.com.

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Variety is the spice of life, especially when it comes to maintaining interest and en-thusiasm for any workout program.

“It’s constantly varied, so you’re not always doing the same thing,” said Kaminski. “The program is different ev-ery day.”

Providing an enjoyable experience in an encourag-ing environment is what the CrossFit experience is all about, according to McKenzie.

“It’s fun,” he said. “This community is unlike anything else I have ever been a part of.”

Pointing to an example of the supportive local bond quickly developed amongst CrossFit members, McKenzie spoke of how recently nine people, each anonymously, donated a month’s member-ship to a struggling woman they had never met before, just so she could afford to

join the facility’s CrossFit program and get a new lease on life.

A common misconception about the program is it’s ex-clusively for the young and fit. However nothing could be further from the truth, said McKenzie, pointing to mem-bership ranks coming from all walks of life.

“Our clients come in all shapes and sizes and ages,” he said. “Most of our mem-bers probably average 30 to 60 years old, and are tired of being out of shape, and bored with the regular gym routine.”

There’s an indescrib-able feeling, according to McKenzie, witnessing the dramatic transformation in an individual’s body, attitude and life thanks to the training, guidance and support they receive through the rapid training.

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Kennedy Middle School recently hosted a presentation by engineer Jon Hagert from the State of Connecticut. The presentation, about bridges, was for eighth graders. The bridge unit is in support of a portion of the science curriculum. The students pictured were selected to be part of a panel to ask Hagert various career and job questions. Pictured: John Duffy (science coordinator), Bill Carey (technology education teacher), Jon Hagert, Nick Raggosine, Jacob Mohr, Jonathon Pierson, Spencer Perry, Nick Zollo, Jake Lucco, Jacob Albert and Felcity Keyworth. | (Submitted)

Board OKs energy improvements

School board members unanimously supported the town’s participation in a $13 million proposal of im-provements to school- and town-owned buildings from

an energy company. The im-provements would create en-ergy and money savings.

Officials from Noresco, of Shelton, an energy services company, explained to school board members that 80 per-cent of the improvements would go toward school

buildings because have the largest square footage.

Examples were given for updates at the high school that include new rooftop heating and cooling equip-ment, converting the tech-nology education wing to rooftop equipment, and con-

verting electric heaters to di-rect-fired natural gas and hot water. The plan is to fund the equipment upgrades through the energy savings plan.

Noresco was hired last year by the Town Council through a recommendation by the town’s Energy Committee to audit the town and school buildings.

The idea of updating the buildings mechanics and win-dows has been talked about in town for years.

Noresco audited the build-ings to make suggestions on how to save.

“They took a hard and deep look at all equipment and all town building facilities, in-cluding the school districts,” said Fred Cox, director of operations for the school district.

John Kauppinen of Noresco said the business has been do-ing these types of projects for nearly 25 years and at thou-sands of facilities.

He guaranteed that the savings of the project will cover the implementation of the project over a number of years. Each year after the project is complete, savings would be about $959,000 a year.

“In the event that we would go solar, how does that work with this?” asked Terry Lombardi, a school board member.

“That would give you an added savings on top of this,” said Keith Hanlon, of Noresco.

Members were in support of the plan that the Town Council endorsed.


The Board of Finance voted in favor of a $138,609,000 bud-get March 27, recommending a spending plan to the Town Council without cutting re-quests from town and school district officials.

In return for recommend-ing the Board of Education’s 3.4 percent budget increase request, finance board of-ficials said they’d hold the school district to a two per-cent increase next year.

“The challenge is out,” said John Leary, finance board chairman. “There are things they can do to prepare for it and plan for it.”

Education officials re-quested $87,072,005 for fis-cal year 2014-15. The general government spending re-quest is $51,536,722. The Town Council approves a fi-nal budget.

Board Vice Chairman Joe Labieniec called the recom-mendation of a budget to the Town Council without cuts “unprecedented” but not a decision made without a lot of consideration. He and Leary said they were trying to change the way town budgets are constructed.

When spending requests are routinely cut, town of-ficials pad their budgets knowing some money will be trimmed. Leary and Labieniec said they asked for hon-

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Finance

est budgets from town and school officials, asked ques-tions about how those bud-gets were created, and were satisfied that they weren’t padded.

“There wasn’t a single question that was asked that wasn’t answered,” Labieniec said. “I’m not against the number simply because it was a presented number.”

Always cutting requests “takes the honesty out and puts the gaming in,” Leary said.

Overall town spending will increase by $9,294,522, or 7.2 percent, over the current fis-cal year. More than $4 million of that spending comes from the town’s reserves and will fund capital projects.

Leary said the spending will still leave Southington with more money in its rainy day fund than the minimum set by the finance board. Money equal to 10 percent of the town’s annual expenses must be held in reserve.

To fund the budget, the tax rate would have to increase by 0.9 mills. Each mill is one dollar of taxes on each $1,000 of assessed property value.

The tax rate decreased by 0.3 mills this fiscal year, and was raised 3.2 mills in 2012-13.

The median home value in town is about $250,000, according to the Finance Department. The proposed tax increase would mean $158 per year more in taxes for homes at that value.

Votes on recommending parts of the budget to the Town Council for adoption were unanimous except for the education budget portion. Democratic board member Sandra Feld disagreed that the board had received adequate information from school offi-cials about how much money the district needed to oper-

ate. Feld called the education budget excessive.

“I feel it’s a disservice to the taxpayers we’re supposed to be representing to approve the Board of Education re-quested increase of $2.8 mil-lion,” she said.

Unlike with general gov-ernment budgets, Feld said the finance board doesn’t have line-item details when deciding on school spending. She questioned why, with de-clining enrollment, the pro-posed budget included 15 new hires and a program to ease the transition for 8th-graders to high school.

Leary and Labieniec, both Republicans, said school and education board leaders had provided answers to all of their questions.

“We’re not accountants for the Board of Education,” Leary said.

Feld voted against recom-mending the budget, but the other five members of the board voted in favor.

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ShopRite of Southington was recently presented with a plaque and certificate of appreciation to commend the store for donating 62,268 meals worth of food to hungry neighbors in 2013. The president of FoodShare, Gloria McAdams, along with Gaye Sgamboti, food donation coordinator, is shown presenting the Drust family and the associates of ShopRite the plaque. | (Submitted)

For the past 20 years, Fred Cox has been the go-to man for school construction proj-ects. He has helped oversee the construction of a new vo-cational agriculture building at the high school, five ele-mentary school renovation projects, a new municipal cen-ter and the renovation of the two middle schools.

As director of operations for the Board of Education since

1994, Cox has also supervised the school system’s mainte-nance department, custodi-ans, cleaning contractors and student transportation. After 31 years in the district, the 65-year-old Cox will retire June 27.

“I’ve worked with a number of different (school boards), and four different superin-tendents of schools, including when I was a teacher,” Cox said. “Overall it has been a very good experience.”

His first job out of college

in 1970 was teaching indus-trial arts at DePaolo Junior High School. After 11 years as a teacher, Cox wanted to try something different. He joined Fafnir Bearing Co., a manufac-turing firm.

After 13 years in manufac-turing, Cox realized he wanted to come back to the school sys-tem and took the operations director position.

“I came back because the Southington public school dis-trict is a great place to work,” he said.

The renovation of Hatton, Thalberg and Strong schools, which started in 2000, was one of the “biggest challenges” of his career.

“That was really a balancing act to keep up with my other duties and that at the same time,” Cox said.

The high school vocational agriculture building was com-pleted in 2007. Starting in 2008, the town built a new South End School and reno-

vated Plantsville School. The projects were completed in 2010.

In 2012, the former North Center School was trans-formed into the Municipal Center, housing the Board of Education and town offices. Meanwhile, planning for the renovations at DePaolo and Kennedy middle schools was underway.

Town Attorney Mark Sciota has worked with Cox on six construction projects, includ-ing the middle schools. He de-scribed him as prepared and knowledgeable.

“He has assisted every building committee and is cer-tainly an asset for the Board of Education,” Sciota said. “I’m going to miss him.”

Town Councilor Chris Palmieri and school board Chairman Brian Goralski have worked with Cox as members of the Middle School Building Committee.

“He is an invaluable asset to

the school system,” Palmieri said. “He’ll be missed des-perately. His knowledge, his insight, has made a major dif-ference especially with the middle school renovation projects.”

It will be difficult to find a replacement for Cox, espe-cially in the midst of the mid-dle school project, Goralski said.

“He has a very unique skill set,” Goralski said.

“I know all the great things he has done in the district. He is responsible for far more than the greater Southington community understands.”

School Superintendent Joseph V. Erardi Jr. announced Cox’s retirement at a school board meeting last week.

“I value your opinion and your friendship,” Erardi said March 27. “I wish you all the best for the end of the school year.”

School board members joked with Cox as his face turned slightly red.

“Believe it or not, he caught me momentarily speechless,” Cox said.

In retirement, Cox hopes to spend time in Maine with his wife and also travel down South. He laughed when asked if he would take time out from retirement to visit the middle schools when renovations are completed next year.

“I can guarantee that I will do my best to be at the ribbon cuttings,” Cox said. “I’ve been at all the ribbon cuttings. I don’t want to miss these two.”

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MOUNTAIN BIKE Spe-cialized Rock Hopper with RockShox, Purple/Blue with Speedometer. $175. Call 860 645-7245.

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