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Vol. 6, Edition 2
Thursday
January 8, 2015
in the press
Ollie donates
to Jonathan’s
Dream project
Jonathan’s Dream is being
reimagined at the Mandell JCC
and the result will include the
first inclusive Bankshot basketball court in Connecticut.
One of the first inclusive playgrounds in the country is being
rebuilt under the leadership of
a task force. The “Dream Team”
received a fundraising boost
Dec. 26 when UConn men’s
basketball coach Kevin Ollie
announced a $50,000 donation
to build Kevin’s Kourt at Jonathan’s Dream. PAGE 7
‘Wonder’ful wintertime
Photo by Abigail Albair
The Noah Webster House held Winter Wonderland workshops last week as part of its school vacation programming. Pictured above, Daisy and Maya
play out a scene using their newly created sock puppets during a New Year’s Eve workshop at the museum. For more photos, see page 6.
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in memory of her husband, Maximilian E. Hoffman, who died in 1981. Hoffman is known as one of the first
distributors of foreign cars in the United States. The non-profit organization donates to groups, mostly in
Connecticut, that further education, medicine and the arts. Pictured: Dr. Aaron Bernard, the clinical skills
director at the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University, directs Georgina Pappas, a
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Lindsay Moynihan and Nick Roberts await an answer during last year’s Kids’ Lit Quiz. The pair
is competing again this year as seventh-graders.
Photos by Alison Jalbert
Collin Savage, center, whispers an answer to his team as Andrew Mazzatto, right, listens in
during last year’s Kids’ Lit Quiz.
Students delve into literature in preparation for annual Kids’ Lit Quiz
By Alison Jalbert
Assistant Editor
A group of Sedgwick Middle School seventh-graders gather in an empty classroom
during their lunch period, sitting in a circle
studying a literary dictionary.
The topics that come up include “Wynken, Blynken and Nod”; a summary of “The
Wizard of Oz”; characters from “Winnie the
Pooh”; and the legend of William Tell.
The five seventh-graders make up one of
Sedgwick’s three teams that will be competing in the Kids’ Lit Quiz U.S. Finals Friday, Jan.
30 at Central Connecticut State University.
The Kids’ Lit Quiz is an annual literature
competition for children ages 10 to 13.
It is not for profit and run entirely by volunteers. The quiz was founded by New Zealand quizmaster Wayne Mills.
It promotes wide reading and tests
knowledge of children’s literature.
Sedgwick will have a team representing
the fifth, sixth and seventh grades.
Other West Hartford schools participating are Duffy Elementary School, Smith
STEM School, Morley Elementary School and
Braeburn Elementary School.
Last year’s national champions came
from Sedgwick, which qualified them to travel to London to compete for the world title.
The 2015 seventh-grade team – Nick
Roberts, Collin Savage, Andrew Mazzatto,
Jenna Kopp and alternate Lindsay Moynihan – all competed last year as sixth-graders, so not only are they looking for another
Sedgwick win, but they also know what to
expect from the Lit Quiz. That expectation is
anything and everything.
The quiz tasks teams to answer 100
questions over a three-hour period, with
rounds covering topics that could include
siblings, ghosts, illnesses and nonfiction.
Liz Natale, an English teacher who is
overseeing the Lit Quiz teams at Sedgwick,
said each team meets once a week during
lunch.
Reading specialist Rona Berkowitz
works with the teams as well and said the
meetings are self-led, with the students structuring the practices.
Given that the Lit Quiz covers a wide variety of topics that students can’t anticipate,
the Sedgwick team revealed different strategies they’re employing to prepare.
Nick said he is approaching it by taking
out as many books from the library that pique
his interest or what he knows his other teammates haven’t read.
“I’m looking at newer books; the Kids’ Lit
Quiz is on newer books that have won awards
that kids in other countries are reading,” he
said.
Collin has been reading “random books”
he comes by in the library and then asks
Shannon McNeice, library media specialist,
for similar books.
During the lunchtime practice in the
days prior to the holiday break, Berkowitz
told the team that the sixth-graders have
been looking at nursery rhymes and suggested the seventh-grade team see how they fared
with that topic.
The team correctly answered for whom
were the three bags of wool in “Baa Baa Black
Sheep,” as well as how many blind men de-
scribe the elephant in the famous fable.
“What happened that made Chicken
Little think the sky was falling?” Berkowitz
asked.
“Something fell on his head; an acorn, I
think?” Andrew guessed.
One question that stumped the entire
team was identifying King Arthur’s wife,
but there were cries of “that’s right!” and “of
course!” when Berkowitz revealed Guinevere
as the answer.
Ginny Connors, a Sedgwick English
teacher whose classroom the team was utilizing for practice, said nursery rhymes used
to be an example of cultural literacy, but now,
different cultures and backgrounds are more
heavily represented in our culture.
“If I’m thinking globally, I would say there
are kids all over the world that would hear the
same nursery rhymes and that it will still be
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‘A Life in
4 Acts’
Danny Cohen
Marion Grodin
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A Night of Comedy at
The Emanuel Synagogue
The Emanuel Synagogue, 160 Mohegan Drive,
will present an evening
“Enter Laughing – A Night
of Comedy” with Marion
Grodin and Danny Cohen
Saturday, Jan. 17. As one of
the country’s top emcees,
Grodin’s ability to improvise
has allowed her to master
the art of talking with the
audience. Always willing to
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makes the audience feel like
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them. In addition to Grodin,
New York-based comedian
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recognition as the co-cre-
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and the show starts at 8:30
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The Mark Twain
House & Museum, 351
Farmington Ave., Hartford, will present an evening with author Robert
M. Dowling discussing
his just-published new
biography,
“Eugene
O’Neill: A Life in Four
Acts.” The free Book/
Mark event takes place
Tuesday, Jan. 13 at 7 p.m.
at The Mark Twain House
Museum Center. This is
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of the Nobel Prize-winning playwright whose
original plays revolutionized American theater.
Dowling is professor of
English at Central Connecticut State University
and serves on the editorial board of The Eugene O’Neill Review and
the board of directors of
the Eugene O’Neill Society. O’Neill was an Irish
American
playwright
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followed by a book sale
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Playhouse on Park happenings
The Connecticut Cage
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two improv teams compete
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audience decides the winner. The winner returns to
defend their title at the next
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Join Playhouse on Park for
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Four motivational authors encourage readers to
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Author series to liven up the library with literary visits this season
By Abigail Albair
Editor
A mix of authors for
teens and adults, some of
whom have put down local roots, will be coming to
the West Hartford libraries as part of the Authors
LIVE! series this winter and
spring.
The season kicks off
with a reading and book
signing by author Lucy
Ferriss Sunday, Jan. 11 at 2
p.m. in the Noah Webster
Library Meeting
Room.
The
event
coincides with the
launch of her new
novel, “A Sister to
Honor.”
“We’re
looking
forward to it,” library
specialist Ben Woodard
said. “She’s always a good
speaker when she comes
to the library.”
Ferriss, who was called
“a masterful storyteller” by
New York Times best-selling author Wally Lamb, is a
native of St. Louis who now
lives in Connecticut and
works as a writer-in-residence at Trinity College.
Appearances at the library are serving as book
launches for two local authors: Lynda Mullaly Hunt
and Cindy Rodriquez.
A book launch party
for Mullaly Hunt and her
young adult novel “Fish in a
Tree” will be Sunday, Feb. 1
at 2 p.m. at the Bishops Corner Library.
Much of the book,
Woodard said, is set at
Whiting Lane School.
“It’s a great book and
event to have for our teen
crowd,” he said.
Mullaly Hunt has received a great deal of recognition for her debut novel, “One for the Murphys,”
which is included on more
than 20 state award lists.
A second book launch
party for Rodriquez and her
young adult book “When
Reason Breaks” will be Saturday, Feb. 14 at noon in
the Noah Webster Library
Meeting Room.
Rodriquez, according
to her bio on the Authors
LIVE! webpage, is a former
newspaper reporter for the
Hartford Courant
and
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Pictured above, left to right: Cindy Rodriquez, Jess Row and Lucy Ferriss are three of five authors who are currently
scheduled to appear this spring for book signings and readings at the West Hartford Public Library. Rodriquez is a West
Hartford teacher celebrating the debut of her first novel. Row will read from his first full-length book “Your Face In Mine,”
while Ferriss, a writer-in-residence at Trinity College, will read from her latest novel “A Sister to Honor.” Local author Lynda
Mullaly Hunt will mark the launch of her young adult novel “Fish in a Tree” (pictured left) with a launch party and signing.
Boston
Globe.
She now teaches at
King Philip Middle School,
Woodard said, which adds
to her local appeal.
“What’s nice is these
three authors are really local, but they’re putting out
these national books that
are getting really great attention and really great
reviews,” Woodard said.
“We’re happy to be able to
give them a space to help
promote these books.”
On Tuesday, March 24
at 7 p.m., author Jess Row
will host a reading and book
singing of “Your Face In
Mine” at the Noah Webster
Library.
He is the author
of story collections
“The Train to Lo
Wu” and “Nobody
Ever Gets Lost,”
and has won
two Pushcart
Prizes among
other honors. He has
appeared in “The
Best American Short Stories” three times. He lives
in New York and teaches at
the College of New Jersey,
according to his biography.
“His book got a lot of
attention when it came out,”
Woodard explained.
“It’s sort of a science
fiction concept of: instead
of gender reassignment,
what if we could have racial
reassignment? It should be
an interesting conversation.”
Although plans are still
in the works for National Library Week events at
the library in April, including an author appearance
to mark the event, a final
young adult author reading
and book signing will be
held Tuesday, April 28 at 7
p.m. at the Noah Webster
Library.
Author Alex London,
who has written children’s,
teen and adult books, will
be speaking on his latest
teen series “Proxy.”
His past works include
the adult novel “One Day
The Soldiers Came: Voices
of Children in War,” and the
children’s book “Dog Tag Series; An Accidental Adventure series.”
London was formerly a journalist reporting in
conflict zones and refugree
camps and now works full
time as a novelist living in
Brooklyn, N.Y.
“At the moment we
have these five events that
are definitely a mix,” Woodard said. “Hopefully it brings
in a nice cross section of pa-
trons and people locally to
the library because all these
events are always interesting. …. People that attend
usually do leave with some
sort of gained knowledge on
either the author or the idea
of publishing. [The events
are] usually nice and successful.”
For more information
visit westhartfordlibrary.
org/programs_calendar/
authorslive or call the Noah
Webster branch of the library at 860-561-6950.
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Left: a participant examines her completed puppet. Above: Abby attaches hair to her puppet
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he Noah Webster House held a series of Winter Wonderland workshops last week as part of its school
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KO unveils ‘2020 vision’
Committee will explore options for offsite ice hockey
program when rink is repurposed
By Abigail Albair
Editor
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From row, left to right: Ted Carroll, president, Leadership Greater Hartford; Amy Barzach, co-founder, Jonathan’s
Dream; Sofie Turek; Jamie Roland; and Coach Kevin Ollie; back row: Leadership Greater Hartford volunteers
Ollie’s charity gives $50k to ‘Jonathan’s Dream’
Reimagined playground will have inclusive basketball court
By Abigail Albair
Editor
Jonathan’s Dream is being reimagined at the Mandell JCC, and
the result will include the first inclusive Bankshot basketball court
in Connecticut.
Jonathan’s Dream playground, located on the Zachs
campus of the JCC adjacent to
the community center, was one
of the first inclusive playgrounds
in the country. Amy Barzach, her
family and 1,000 volunteers built
the original playground in 1996
to honor Barzach’s son, Jonathan,
who lost his battle with spinal
muscular atrophy the year prior.
Barzach hoped to realize a
dream of all children being able to
play together and, now, nearly two
decades later, the playground is
being rebuilt under the leadership
of “Jonathan’s Dream Team,” an
alumni task force of Leadership
Greater Hartford.
“Jonathan’s Dream Reimagined is innovating fun once again,
with revolutionary new equipment and experiences,” according
to a press release.
Shane’s Inspiration, a nonprofit based in Los Angeles, has
donated design services for the
reimagine plan and fundraising is
underway to support the project.
The task force is working to
raise just under $1 million for the
first phase of the project, according to Ronit Shoham, Jonathan’s
Dream Reimagined coordinator.
When roughly half of that total
has been raised, equipment can
be ordered.
The “Dream Team” received
a “big start to our fundraising efforts,” Shoham said, Dec. 26, 2014
when UConn men’s basketball
coach Kevin Ollie announced that
his charity, the Kevin Ollie Charity Classic, will donate $50,000 to
build “Kevin’s Kourt at Jonathan’s
Dream Reimagined.”
“Kevin’s Kourt at Jonathan’s
See COURT on page 8
Kingswood Oxford School
recently unveiled a master plan
for a multi-year renovation of its
29-acre campus and announced
that a committee will explore options to continue the hockey program offsite.
When the board of trustees approved the master plan in
October of 2014, it also voted to
phase out the ice hockey program
at the school over the next two
years.
In response to pushback
from members of the school community – including the formation
of a Facebook page titled Save
Kingswood Oxford Ice Hockey
and a change.org petition to save
the rink and hockey program that
garnered 1,170 signatures as of
press time – an offsite hockey exploratory committee was formed
to “investigate options for keeping
KO hockey alive after 2016, when
the rink will be repurposed,” as
part of the plan, according to a
press release.
The committee will make a
recommendation to the board in
April of this year.
The transformation of the
Brayton Ice Rink into a multi-purpose field house and fitness center is just one component of the
master plan. The 35-year-old rink,
which currently houses the ice
See VISION on page 8
Harris named DCP commissioner
Staff report
Former West Hartford Mayor
Jonathan Harris is the new commissioner of the Department of
Consumer Protection for the state
of Connecticut.
Gov. Dannel Malloy made the
announcement last week and, as
of presss time, Harris was scheduled to take up his new post Jan. 7,
the date of Malloy’s swearing in for
his second term.
His appointment must be
confirmed by the legislature.
Harris succeeds Commissioner William Rubenstein, a West
Hartford resident, who announced
his retirement last month.
Harris has a lengthy resume
in public service, including previous positions as a West Hartford
Town Council member, a state
senator in the 5th Senatorial
District in the Connecticut General Assembly, a position he held
for three terms, service as the
state’s deputy treasurer under
state Treasurer Denise Nappier
and, most recently, service as the
executive director for the Connecticut Democratic Party.
He was the mayor of West
Hartford for three years from 2001
See HARRIS on page 8
West Hartford Police Department detective given Polygraph of the Year award
By Abigail Albair
Editor
For the second year in a row, a
member of the West Hartford Police Department has been given the
Polygraph of the Year Award by the
Connecticut Polygraph Association.
Detective Todd Myers was given the 2014 recognition, while Capt.
Frank Fallon was honored the year
before.
The association recognizes
only one case a year for the role a
polygraph and the polygraph examiner played in closing that case.
This year’s case, according to
a December edition of the Town
Council Briefs, began with a request from the Wethersfield Police
Department to help solve a 2013
robbery investigation that was at a
dead end. A suspect in the robbery,
which took place in a parking lot,
fired shots at the victim. Although
the suspect’s vehicle was reported
stolen and recovered in Hartford,
the suspected driver denied involvement in the crime and no physical
evidence was found.
According to the briefs, the
suspect agreed to a polygraph in
January of 2014 and, after results revealed deception on the part of the
suspect, a confession and statement
were obtained in a post-test interview.
The polygraph results allowed
Wethersfield PD to obtain three
felony warrants. The driver was
recently sentenced to 10 years in
prison and the shooter to 15 years.
There is currently a felony warrant
for the third suspect, who has fled
to Jamaica.
Myers has been a polygraph
examiner since 2011. Both he and
Fallon attended federal polygraph
school in South Carolina, a fivemonth intensive program at the
National Center for Credibility Assessment.
He was recommended by former Police Chief Jim Strillacci for
the program and had to be nominated by two senators for the school.
Myers said he trained alongside Federal Bureau of Investigation agents, Central Intelligence
Association agents and others at
the school in areas of anatomy and
physiology, psychology, interrogation, data analysis and other areas.
He learned the skills necessary
to run polygraph equipment and
read and interpret charts in different formats.
“You certainly come out of
there with an amazing basis of in-
formation,” Myers said.
He explained that the polygraph is an investigative tool used
not only for criminal investigation
purposes, but also to screen new
applicants to the police force.
“It’s a pre-employment tool,
and, for criminal purposes, it gives
us just a little bit of a scientific advantage to trying to solve a case,”
Myers said. “Usually, most of the
cases that come to us have reached
a dead end.”
There are very few polygraph
examiners around the state.
“We’re fortunate enough that
they fund the polygraph program
here,” Myers said of the West Hartford department, noting that the
WHPD provides mutual aid to other towns and cities in need of polygraph services.
The polygraph is a voluntary
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The
process, Myers explained, noting
that not all cases fit the criteria for
its use.
Police Chief Tracey Gove
praised Myers for his efforts in both
the Wethersfield case and overall.
“We have a very successful
and well-established polygraph
program, and we are very selective
about who we train for this assignment,” Gove said. “Detective Myers
has done an outstanding job as one
of only two current polygraphists
within the department. Although
running a polygraph exam involves
a significant amount of science,
there’s more to it than just that. In
order to be able to get a positive
result such as a confession, which
happened in this case, that science
becomes art. Detective Myers has
honed his skills over the years and
we are very proud of his work.”
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HARRIS
from page 7
to 2004. He began as the executive director for the state
Democratic Party in May
of 2012 and announced he
would step down last month.
A statement released by
the party at the time praised
him for leading the party to
victories in statewide and
Congressional races, for
overseeing a “dramatic expansion” of the party and for
building a “field of operation
of unprecedented scope in
Connecticut.”
Malloy said in a
COURT
from page 7
Dream’ will help children and
families of all ages and abilities discover the freedom
of playing together without
limitations,” said Barzach.
The court will have up
to nine stations created by
Bankshot, an organization
that has pioneered inclusive
basketball play structures
based on total-mix diversity
and universal design, according to a press release.
“I’m going to come over
VISION
from page 7
hockey and tennis teams,
will include a state-of-the art
fitness center twice the size
of the current one, “a critical
component in KO’s strategy
to develop competitive athletes and teams to underscore the importance of lifetime fitness for all,” according
to the press release.
Athletic Director Sue
Cabot said in a press release
of the renovation – which will
also include the placement of
lines, nets, a retractable batting cage, basketball hoops
and other equipment – that
it will “breathe life and vitality
statement of Harris’ political
career, “During his time in
office, he earned the respect
of many, particularly when
it came to his advocacy as
chairman of the state legislature’s public health, human
services and aging committees. I think he will be an excellent fit to attain the agency’s mission of protecting
Connecticut consumers and
ensuring a fair and regulated
marketplace for all.”
The mission of the Department of Consumer Protection is to ensure a fair
marketplace, safe products
and honest services for all
Connecticut consumers in
the industries that it oversees, through regulating
and monitoring the marketplace, enforcing the law, and
educating and empowering
consumers.
Under
Rubenstein’s
leadership, the department
created and implemented
the state’s medical marijuana program; created education and outreach programs
to help consumers combat
fraud; brought enforcement
actions to halt unfair and deceptive practice in the mort-
gage repair, ticket resale and
travel club industries; and
enhanced the state’s prescription monitoring program and
created a municipal and state
partnership for the disposal
of prescription drugs, among
other things, according to a
press release.
In a statement, Harris
called the agency “critical to
consumers, businesses and
all taxpayers,” and said he was
“honored and touched” by
Malloy’s confidence in him
appointing him to the commissioner role.
“I intend to use the
knowledge and experience
I’ve developed in the public
and private sectors to build on
the successes of the department under the leadership
of Commissioner Rubenstein
and his excellent staff,” Harris
said. “Consumer Protection
has and will continue to work
hard to support the vision and
values of the Malloy administration, to protect consumers
and ensure that businesses
have a level playing field.”
Harris received a B.A.
from Brandeis University
in 1986, and a J.D. from the
New York University School
of Law in 1990. He practiced
law from 1990 to 2011, during
which time he served for six
legislative sessions as counsel
to the House Democrats Office in the Connecticut General Assembly. He owned and operated
a real estate and economic
development firm, Harris Collaborations, from 2007 to 2011.
Harris currently serves
on several boards of directors,
including the Children’s Trust
Fund, the Greater Hartford
Jewish Federation, Connecticut Humanities, Jewish Family Services and Dora’s Hope.
here in the summertime, in
the springtime and just take
a seat on the bench and relax
and watch all the kids playing. It’s going to be a wonderful and exciting thing to see
this court go up,” Ollie said.
Coach Ollie also announced that ‘Kevin’s Kourt
at Jonathan’s Dream’ will be
the first of what he hopes
to be many inclusive “Kevin
Kourts” to be built throughout Connecticut.
“What I love about it
is that, with the basketball
court, even more now this
will be an interactive, active,
accessible playground,” Shoham said.
The Bankshot Sports
organization was started by
a rabbi who was inspired by
his cousin who uses a wheelchair. It offers an entire curriculum focused on competing against one’s self, rather
than against someone else.
“Bankshot Sports are
family sports because players do not play against one
another, but alongside one
another,” the organization’s
website explains. “Bankshot
Sports are non-running and
non-exclusionary accommodating wheelchair players,
the physically and cognitively challenged, grandparents,
children and everyone else at
the same time.”
“You challenge yourself
more than you are competing
against others,” Shoham said,
praising the concept. “There
is a lot of room for what I call
‘nice competition.’ You work
more on your individual skills
and being active and enjoying.
It’s a wonderful philosophy.”
The committee is now
planning to apply for some
grant funding to “move forward as fast as we can,” Shoham said.
Donations to Jonathan’s
Dream can be made by visiting www.jonathansdreamreimagined.org, or by mail
to 335 Bloomfield Ave., West
Hartford, 06117. For more
information contact Shoham
at jonathansdreamreimagined@mandelljcc.org.
Sofie Turek, a West Hartford
first-grader, takes a shot
during Ollie’s announcement.
into this campus, because it
will become a space used by
hundreds of athletes in many
different sports.”
“The board believes that
a multi-sport field house and
state-of-the-art fitness center is critical to maintaining
KO’s leadership position as
the best day school in the
Greater Hartford area,” said
Bruce Mandell ‘82, co-vice
chair of the board of trustees.
“This field house will be a
place for the whole KO community to interact, work out
and compete.”
“I am particularly excited that the project will transform an area used by a small
number of students to an area
used by the entire student
body,” said Brad Hoffman ‘78,
co-vice chair of the board.
Cabot said the initial
decision to phase out the ice
hockey program was a difficult one, noting the “proud
tradition” hockey has at the
school.
Mandell, who will cochair the offsite hockey exploratory committee, said
he was not surprised by the
pushback to dissolving the
program and echoed Cabot’s
thoughts about the sport and
its roots at KO.
“The question will be:
How can we make this sport
fit the realities of a school of
500?” Mandell told The West
Hartford Press in an email.
“The board spent a lot of time
reviewing options and, ultimately, did not find an option
that made sense. However, it
makes total sense to revisit
this and see if fresh ideas can
surface.”
He said the committee
will “look at every feasible
way to continue hockey
as a sport at KO including
potentially utilizing Veterans Memorial Rink in West
Hartford.”
The multi-year renovation project, called “Kingswood Oxford’s 2020 Vision,”
is slated to begin this summer. It is the first significant
capital improvement effort
for the 105-year-old school
since 2009, a project that resulted in a new math, science
and technology building.
The 2020 vision was created with James G. Rogers
Architects of South Norwalk,
resulting from months of research and discussion among
administrators, trustees, faculty and staff and an athletic
task force, according to the
press release.
“The goal was to examine every corner of KO to ensure that it is right-sized for
500 students – an enrollment
that trustees and administrators agree is KO’s ‘sweet spot’
– and to make adjustments
where necessary,” the release
explains.
“At this point in our history, 500 students feels right
to us,” Head of School Dennis
Bisgaard said. “Therefore, we
must make sure we have the
proper mix of people, programs and facilities to serve
that number with excellence.”
Mandell said the plan is
“the natural step to match up
the physical attributes of KO
with the educational vision of
the head of school and his dy-
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namic administrative team.”
“Over the past few
years, Dennis and his team
have implemented important organizational changes at KO to continue to
develop KO students to be
the best they can be and
prepare them for college and
life,” he said.
The centerpiece of the
plan is the “reinvention” of
the Conklin Library as a 21st
century research and innovation center with room
for individual study, group
collaboration, small classes,
meetings, conferences and
special events, the release
explains.
Other aspects are the
relocation and upgrade of the
college advising offices to the
first floor of the Roberts building and a facelift to the exterior of the building and the area
surrounding the Trout Brook
Drive entrance, which is KO’s
official entrance.
Director of College Advising Zaira Santiago said
in the release that the office
space relocation will allow
the program to better meet
students’ needs.
“The Master Plan captures our vision of the way KO
will look, feel and operate by
the end of this decade,” Avery Rockefeller, chair of KO’s
board of trustees, said in the
release. “This will transform
our campus and position KO
for continued excellence in
the next phase of its history.”
WHFD distributing Vials of Life
By Abigail Albair
Editor
The West Hartford Fire Department is continuing efforts to protect
community members before firefighters are ever called to action.
“We’re about protection, whether it’s fighting fire or protecting you
from things to come by managing
effective fire prevention,” Firefighter
Marsha Adell has said of the department, noting that there are also resources available for those affected
when tragedy does occur.
The department is currently
focusing on high-risk populations,
through initiatives such as distributing smoke alarms. The department
has also worked toward public education through a Public Service Announcement contest sponsored by
the department in partnership with
West Hartford Community Television last fall.
A new, recent endeavor is to distribute Vials of Life to members of
the community in need.
The Vial of Life program allows
individuals to have complete medical information on hand in case of an
emergency. The Vial of Life is stored
in one’s refrigerator and a sticker on
the home’s front door signals emergency responders to retrieve the information from the vial, something
that is particularly useful if a patient
is unable to speak or remember neccesary information, Adell said.
Although the program is typically utilized by senior citizens, anyone
can use a Vial of Life. It contains information such as name, insurance,
emergency contact, medications, allergies and other pertinent details to
medical care.
In West Hartford, the vials are
currently being distributed at the
Elmwood Community Center or
through fire headquarters.
“Each and every section of our
fire department is trying our best to
reach each and every section of the
community,” Adell said. “We have
just as much pride on the trucks as
in the office of fire prevention. Everyone shares the same passion.”
Another public outreach goal is
to provide those with limited mobility lock boxes that can be placed on
an outside door of their choice with
a key to which only the fire department has access.
Adell said the department hopes
to see a “self-initiated response” from
members of the community, meaning those who might benefit from a
smoke alarm, Vial of Life or lock box
will contact the department to document their need.
For more information contact
Adell at the West Hartford Fire Department Office of Fire Prevention at
860-561-8349.
Mayor Scott Slifka speaks at the 2014 celebration of the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
File photo
Town to host annual tribute to Martin Luther King Jr.
The town will hold its 19th
annual celebration of Dr. Martin
Luther King Jr.’s life Monday, Jan.
19 at 10 a.m. in the West Hartford Town Hall auditorium, 50
South Main St. The event pays
tribute to Dr. King’s ideals and
vision and is free and open to all.
According to a press release, this year’s celebration will
feature keynote speaker Linda J.
Kelly of the Hartford Foundation
for Public Giving. Since 2005,
Kelly has served as president of
the community foundation that
serves 29 towns in Greater Hartford. “From homeless shelters
and food pantries to theaters
and libraries, from parks and
gardens to hospitals and family
centers, the Hartford Foundation works on every issue, in every corner of Greater Hartford,”
the release explains.
As one of the oldest and
largest community foundations
in the country, the Hartford
Foundation has awarded $589
million in grants since its inception in 1925 and $29.5 million in
2013 alone. Audrey Washington,
NBC Connecticut reporter, will
serve as the emcee of the celebration, which will also feature
Yale University Chaplin Frederick Streets and Mayor Scott
Slifka. Kaitlyn Jones of Conard
High School and Lydia Henning
of Hall High School will offer the
student perspectives. Musical performances will
be provided by the Hall Jazz
Combo, Voices of Bristow and
Conard’s Voices of the World
choir. In addition, art work and
essays from West Hartford’s
elementary schools will be on
display. Event sponsors are the
town of West Hartford, West
Hartford public schools, West
Hartford African American Social & Cultural Organization
and the West Hartford Human
Rights Commission.
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Panera helps the Bridge help families
A Holiday Gift Drive at
Panera Bread on 2542 Albany Ave. in West Hartford
made the holidays brighter
for children and families
served by The Bridge Family Center.
More than 45 presents
were recently collected for
the organization by Panera
customers and employees.
For the fifth consecutive year, Panera customers
participated in the Holiday
Gift Drive by simply going
to the counter at the local Panera, selecting a gift
tag with a specific child’s
first name on it, and then
purchasing the suggested
“wish list” items noted.
Each gift tag was special with a specific child,
his/her age and a list of
presents. Those participat-
Soccer Shots franchise honored
Soccer Shots was recently named by Entrepreneur
Magazine as the #1 Children’s
Fitness Franchise in America. West Hartford resident
Shannon Perry, founder and
owner of Soccer Shots CT,
said, “The award is a source of
great pride to our entire organization and shows our dedication to creating the best
possible soccer experience to
children ages 2-8. We think
of our work as impacting
children, and our vehicle hap-
pens to be soccer. We aren’t
about creating great soccer
players, but playing a small
part in creating great kids.” Soccer Shots CT has
been offering its unique children’s soccer experience in
schools and communities
throughout Greater Hartford
and Central Connecticut for
approximately four years.
Soccer Shots CT serves approximately 1,500 children
annually and has grown by
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Panera Bread in West Hartford recently delivered
presents that were collected through its Holiday Gift Drive
to The Bridge Family Center. Pictured (left to right) are:
Penny Lightner, administrative assistant, The Bridge Family
Center; Amanda daCunha, marketing coordinator, Panera
Bread/Howley Bread Group; and Wendy Kopp, director of
marketing, Panera Bread/Howley Bread Group.
ing brought the gifts back
to the respective cafes in
a gift bag with the gift tag
attached.
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partnership with Feeding
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America where all donations collected through
its cafes’ ongoing Panera
Cares Community Breadbo Program will go directly
to Feeding America member food banks.
Excel Fitness
gives back
Excel Fitness, an
all-access personal training and massage therapy
center in West Hartford,
has wrapped up another
year of charitable giving
to support community members in need.
Throughout the year,
team Excel Fitness donated gift certificates for a
one-month membership,
two personal training sessions, a 30-minute massage, and nutrition coaching session to dozens of
local organizations’ fundraising events. In October, Excel Fitness held its
annual Wine Tasting and
Open House to benefit the
American Cancer Society
Making Strides against
Breast Cancer 2014 and
raised over $1,500 for cancer research. In November, the business shipped
its seventh box of used
shoes to ReRun Shoes
for refurbishing and distribution in West Africa.
Additionally, Excel Fitness
members and clientele
donated to its annual
Thanksgiving Food Drive
benefiting the West Hartford Food Pantry and the
annual Tons of Toys Holiday Toy Drive benefiting
the Boys and Girls Club of
Greater Hartford.
PRESSBUSINESS
People on the move
Park named regional
vice president
New Country Motor Car
Group in Hartford has announced the promotion of
Timothy Parker to regional
vice president last month.
Parker now oversees the
group’s 165 employees and
three Hartford dealerships
with five franchises: BMW,
MINI, Mercedes Benz,
Sprinter and Smart. Parker
has been with New Country
since 2007.
Under Parker’s direction, the dealership
clinched the coveted National BMW “Center of
Excellence”
designation,
which was awarded to only
32 out of 388 BMW dealers
in the country.
The Center of Excellence recognition is based
on a dealership’s performance for customer satisfaction, outstanding brand
representation and operational excellence. The BMW
business also grew to the
point where MINI had to
move into a stand-alone
facility. The new state-ofthe-art MINI showroom increased New Country’s total
square footage in Hartford
to over 100,000 with revenues for the entire group
more than $1.2 billion.
“I am honored to be
chosen to lead our organization. I learned a long
time ago that the secret to
being a good manager is
surrounding oneself with
the best people possible,”
says Parker “Taking care of
our employees and providing stellar service for our
customers are my top priorities, along with sustained
growth of all the businesses.
We will also develop a more
cohesive local marketing
strategy.”
Parker lives in West
Hartford with his wife and
two children.
O’Brien Green joins
Operation Fuel
Kimberly O’Brien Green of
West Hartford has joined
Operation Fuel as director
of development.
Her responsibilities include managing all of Operation Fuel’s development,
fundraising and marketing
functions.
O’Brien Green most
recently was the director
of annual giving and operations for Kingswood
Oxford in West Hartford.
She also has an extensive
background in finance and
investments.
O’Brien Green has an
MBA from the University of
Hartford and an undergraduate degree from Hamilton
College. She is a graduate
of Northwest Catholic High
School in West Hartford.
Operation Fuel is a
private, nonprofit program
that provides emergency
energy assistance through
its statewide network of
fuel banks to lower-income
working families and individuals, the elderly, and disabled individuals who are in
financial crisis and not eligible for energy assistance
from government-funded
programs. For more information, go to www.operationfuel.org.
Cronin and Company
hires three
Cronin and Company, LLC,
the largest full-service
independent
marketing
communications agency
in Connecticut as well as
the state’s “Top Shop” as
declared by Adweek Magazine, has hired three new
employees. Sonny Gamboa of West
Hartford joined the agency’s Creative team as a senior interactive designer.
He previously worked for
Traveler’s Insurance Company and is a graduate of
Central Connecticut State
University.
Janet Malloy of West
Hartford joined the agency’s Account Service team
as a senior account supervisor. She previously worked
for Arnold Worldwide in
Boston. Malloy earned her
bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of Connecticut.
World of Beer slated to open this
month in Blue Back Square
Featuring the best local craft beers
and a large selection of brews from around
the globe, World of Beer Franchising, Inc.
is opening its second tavern in Connecticut this month in Blue Back Square.
The rapidly expanding tavern franchise currently operates more than 65 taverns in 19 states. This tavern will employ
70 people.
According to a press release, WOBWest Hartford will feature a 4,000-squarefoot tavern and will offer one of the world’s
widest selections of craft beers bottled
and on tap — more than 500 bottles and
50 rotating taps — inviting guests to discover the best in local and international beers. WOB-West Hartford will serve
lunch and dinner daily and host live music
performances Friday and Saturday nights
each weekend. This location will partner with local breweries, including: Two
Roads Brewing Co. out of Stratford, City
Stream Brewery out of Hartford and Olde
Burnside Brewing out of East Hartford.
Signature craft spirit cocktails, ciders
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As in the first month of every year, local residents will be “freezin’ for a reason” and that reason is to benefit Special Olympics Connecticut.
There is a lot of talk about plunging penguins,
and it’s true they get the glory with their bowtie identifiers of money raised and their chance
to take a costumed dive into Dunning Lake at
Winding Trails in Farmington, but chickens have
their place and can make equal contributions.
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– both children and adults – with intellectual
disabilities.
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athletes show every day is inspiring; certainly inspiring enough to prompt a quick winter splash.
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into the icy water. People of all ages and capabilities take the plunge alongside both strangers and
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Taking a pass from senior Mark Ehnot, Conard sophomore Zach Polo (28) finished this 2 on none with an easy goal as the Chieftains
flattened the Farmington Valley Generals 9-0 Dec. 31 at Avon Old Farms.
Conard shooting and scoring
By David Heuschkel
Sports Editor
Neither of Greg Raymer’s first two years as
hockey coach at Conard started ideally. The
same cannot be said for his third season on
the bench.
Two years ago, in a season-opening 8-4
loss to Notre Dame of Fairfield, senior Danny Kycia sustained a knee injury that sidelined Conard’s all-conference forward for
two months. Last winter, Conard lost its first
three games and finished 4-16.
But the Chieftains began this season
with convincing wins over Northwest Catholic and Trinity Catholic, 5-1 and 8-1, respectively. The scores were indicative of the shots
on goal. In the two games, Raymer said his
team had a 91-21 advantage.
The shots and goals kept coming. Follow-
ing a 7-0 win over Rockville/Bolton/Coventry/
RHAM, the Chieftains had outscored their first
three opponents 20-2. Last winter, it took nine
games for Raymer’s team to score 20 goals.
Much of the offense has been generated
by the first line of Mark Ehnot, Jordan Fongemie and Zach Polo. The unit combined for 22
goals and 25 assists, led by Fongemie with 10
goals and nine assists.
At 4-2, Conard has already equaled its
total number of wins last season. And with
33 goals in those six games, the Chieftains are
on pace to easily surpass last year’s total (51).
With the top line clicking, Raymer needed
to find a spot for Grayson Lacroix, who sat out
the first two games with an injury. Lacroix skated on the top line along with his brother, Quinn,
who graduated, each of the last two years, but
Raymer wants to keep his top two lines together. So, he put Lacroix on the blue line.
“It’s a chemistry thing,” Raymer said
recently. “It’s hard when you’ve had the success we’ve had through two games to bring
someone else in and get him in the lineup.
Obviously, those first two lines have done
well. You don’t want to mess with that.”
Raymer prefers to keep freshman Paul
Wilson with juniors Jack Alissi and Matt
McCormick on the second line.
P.J. Melly has been paired with Declan
Flaherty and Ebbett Couchman on one defensive pairing. Jake Reynolds and Patrick
Corcoran have skated on the other in front
of sophomore goalie Alexander Kahn, who
started in net last year.
Raymer anticipated his goalie would be
tested more in a three-game stretch against
Simsbury, Glastonbury and Xavier from Jan. 3-10.
See SHOOTING AND SCORING on page 14
A high five for Northwest Catholic hockey
By Tim Jensen
Correspondent
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junior J.J. Foster
In a rebuilding year, the Northwest
Catholic boys ice hockey team has experienced some peaks and valleys in the early
going. The young Indians dropped four of
their first five contests, with the only win a
2-1 shocker over perennial power and CCC
North foe Glastonbury Dec. 23.
Jesse McLain, last year’s top scorer with
25 goals, was one of six seniors to graduate
from the 2013-14 squad that finished 10-8-2
in a highly-competitive Division I. Demitri Yao
and Zeke Angelini, who skated on the first line
with McLain, and defenseman John Arel also
graduated. The four players accounted for 47
of the team’s 68 goals last winter.
So, as expected, the new lineup has
struggled a bit, scoring just 11 goals in the
first five games, but the offense finally broke
out in a big way Jan. 2. In a 5-0 road win over
South Windsor, Northwest Catholic got
goals from four different players.
The five goals were a season high for
the Indians, who improved to 2-4. South
Windsor dropped to 0-5.
“We have a young team, and a few
things clicked that we’ve been working on
in practice,” Northwest Catholic coach Don
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January 8, 2015
Happy New Year “Coach Rizz” and “Coach Gal.”
It’s that wonderful time of the year when the calendar
turns and the preliminaries come to a screeching halt.
Now it’s for real for mid major college basketball teams
whose best, in most cases only, chance of earning a
berth in the NCAA tournament comes with winning their
own league title. So it is for the University of Hartford
mens and womens basketball teams, who begin conference play this week in America East.
The Hartford women were picked to finish fourth in
the league after struggling through last season, undermanned in the post in most games. The pre- conference
games did little to offer hope for better than a fourth place
finish, though coach Jen Rizzotti went into the season
with good reason to expect more from her interior game
with senior Cherelle Moore coming off a year in which
the numbers alone pressed her into an unfamiliar position under the hoop, with Bloomfield’s Alyssa Reaves
now a sophomore, with a year of experience on her
résumé, and highly regarded freshmen Janelle Harrison,
Cassidy Bundy and Darby Lee on board to add depth to
the post. “If Katie comes back and does what she did two
years ago,” Rizzotti said, in reference to senior Katie Roth,
who had been recruited five years ago as the heir apparent
to all-conference players Erica Beverly and Danielle Hood,
“all of a sudden we have multiple options.”
Early in the season, Roth suffered a third torn ACL, further truncating an already injury-shortened career. Injuries
to Lee and Harrison forced Rizzotti to put more responsibility on Bundy, who, late in 2014, started to respond well to
the challenge. Still, Rizzotti was left to rely heavily on the
guard play, which, going in, she thought would serve her
well, with seniors Amber Bepko and Shanise Bultron, and
sophomores Morgan Lumb and Deanna Mayza returning
experienced depth in the backcourt. It was that backcourt,
however, that let her down in the final pre-holiday game,
an ugly loss to Quinnipiac in which the Hawks gave up a
lot of size underneath.
“There are times when we’ll be able to (match up
with bigger teams),” Rizzotti said after the loss, “but not
when our guards are playing bad. Some of that is healed
by making open threes.”
Lee and Harrison are expected to be good to go for
league play and that gives Rizzotti cause for optimism.
“A lot will depend on Darby and Janelle. Darby will give
us some physicalness in the post, and Janelle gives you
athleticism and quickness. If those guys can be healthy
for us for the next two months, I feel like we’re moving in
the right direction.”
The Hartford men reached the holidays looking better
prepared to take a run at the America East’s automatic
berth. Despite a couple of stumbles in the early going,
most notably a home loss to Central Connecticut, the
Hawks, at 7-5 heading into their final two pre-conference
games at Notre Dame and at Texas A&M, both major Division I challenges, were off to the best start in their Division
I history. Despite giving up size in the middle, they finished
off the pre-holiday slate with an impressive double- digit
home win over Florida International in which five players
hit for double figures and coach John Gallagher judiciously used freshman John Carroll in a defensive role against
7-footer Adrian Diaz. In the win, the backbone of the team,
the senior class of Mark Nwakamma, Corban Wroe, Wes
Cole, Yolonzo Moore III, Nate Sikma and Jamie Schneck,
looked more than ready to attack the conference schedule.
“We’re one of the top four teams in the league,” Gallagher said after being picked second in the preseason.
“Where we finish I don’t know, but we’re in the top half
of the league.”
“It’s an ownership win,” Gallagher said of the win
over FIU. “The whole team has ownership in the program,
the seniors on down to the freshmen,” and he feels good
about the team that will now attack the America East.
“The mindset is very good because we’re playing well.
We’re getting contributions from everybody.
“I think we’ve served a message to ourselves,” he
said after the FIU win. “If we can play that way every
night, I’d take those performances every night. We just
have to look at it like we have been, ‘Are we getting better every day?’ That’s what we have to do.”
The 2014 half of the 2014-15 season now becomes
ancient history for the University of Hartford basketball
teams. All that will matter when the final chapter is written is what they did in 2015 and whether or not they’re
still playing in March.
Happy New Year “Coach Gal” and “Coach Rizz,” ready
or not.
Next week, the year that was.
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Photos by John Nestor
Left: Conard coach Jared Leghorn draws up a play during a timeout in the closing minutes of a 53-34 loss to South Windsor last weekend. Right: Conard sophomore Aidan Maloney (13) moves
along the perimeter trying to escape a defender.
Conard boys look to rebound in ‘15
By David Heuschkel
Sports Editor
The Conard boys basketball team was happy not to
step foot on the gymnasium floor at Maloney High School
for a third straight game. The Chieftains began the 2015
portion of the schedule Jan. 3 on their home court, marking
just the second such occasion in the first six games under
first-year head coach Jared Longhorn.
Conard ended 2014 with back-to-back losses to Newington and Maloney, the latter a 54-point blowout to the
host Spartans Dec. 30 in the third-place game of a holiday
tournament played in Meriden.
Leghorn said a 100-46 loss to Maloney in a CCC inter-division game was a “good reality check.” He was less
discouraged with a 71-61 loss to Newington, regarded as a
preseason favorite in the CCC West.
“We were in it. It was back and forth,” Leghorn said.
The difference, he said, was Newington grabbed 26 offensive rebounds. In the previous game, a nine-point win
over Southington Dec. 23, Leghorn said the winless Blue
Knights grabbed 27 offensive rebounds.
Playing at home Jan. 3 against South Windsor, Leghorn
was hoping his team could rebound against the undefeated
Bobcats. The Chieftains failed on both counts.
Conard shot poorly and was outmuscled by South
Windsor’s Jeffrey Czapla (21 points) in a 53-34 loss. The 34
points was a season low by the Chieftains and their lowest
total since a 52-31 loss to Newington two years ago.
Conard was outscored by South Windsor in each of
the four quarters. A five-point deficit after one grew to 13
at halftime.
Leading by 14 to start the fourth, the Bobcats started
the quarter with a 7-0 spurt to take their biggest lead, 5625, with five minutes remaining. Following a three-pointer
by Conard’s Kyle Ortiz (16 points), Leghorn called a timeout with 3 ½ minutes left even though the game was out of
reach. Knowing this, he implored his team to stay together
the rest of the game.
“I keep preaching we’ve got to keep trying to come
together as a team,” Leghorn said. “I told them before the
game basketball is not really about playing basketball. It’s
about being one unit together, playing for each other, being
positive, playing with energy. When you do those things,
basketball takes care of itself. We’re working on that.”
There is much work to do, particularly on the boards.
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Before the season, Leghorn acknowledged that rebounding was an area of concern because the team’s two biggest
players, Caleb LaRosa and Will Simons, had graduated. It
remains a concern.
“Watching film of our games,” Leghorn said after the
loss to South Windsor, “we do a really good job most of the
time – not all the time – on getting the first stop, making
them take a contested shot, making them miss the first
shot. Then we just have to gang rebound as a team.”
With league play beginning in earnest this week, there
is no better time to start. After playing New Britain Tuesday, Jan. 6, Conard is scheduled to play at Northwest Catholic on Friday. After that the Chieftains play Farmington,
Newington and Simsbury before finishing the first half of
their CCC West games against Hall Jan. 23.
Leghorn said he’s been preaching the importance of
doing the little things.
“Being in the right position, anticipating where the ball
is going to go, the team playing hungry and aggressive, it’s a
process. It’s going to be a transition period. Like I said in the
beginning of the year, we have so many news guys in new
roles. Each day we’re just trying to learn from the mistakes
we make and get better for the next time.”
SHOOTING AND SCORING
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“By Jan. 10 we’ll know what we’re made of,” Raymer
said.
Certainly, beating Northwest Catholic was a nice way to
open the season. The following week Raymer watched Don
Melanson’s young Northwest team beat Glastonbury 2-1.
Raymer predicted Simsbury and Glastonbury will be at
the top of the CCC North.
“I don’t think we’re going to have a runaway winner of the
conference,” Raymer said. “It’s going to be push and shove right
through to the end of the season. It’s anyone’s game this year.”
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Ten KO football players honored
Photo by David Heuschkel
Conard basketball player Shelly Rodgers set a school record for career three-point
field goals when she made six in a 66-28 win over Wolcott Dec. 27, surpassing the
previous mark (86) held by Casey Carpenter (class of 2002). The six threes by Rodgers
also tied Carpenter’s single-game school record.
HIGH FIVE
from page 13
Melanson said. “It hasn’t been an easy first
quarter of the year, so it’s kind of neat that we
started the New Year with a win.”
Sophomore Tucker Alissi led the way
with a pair of goals, including the only score
the Indians would need in the opening minute of the second period. He took a pass from
behind the net by Anthony Ceolin and fired a
shot, which was stopped by Bobcats goaltender Scott Skenyon, but Alissi banged home his
own rebound to break a scoreless tie.
Ceolin scored at the 3:53 mark off another rebound, assisted by Tyler Noll. After a
South Windsor goal was disallowed due to a
hand pass, the Indians regained the momentum. Alissi netted his second of the period on a
power play following some outstanding threeway passing involving Noll and Paul Arel.
Brett Baker, assisted by Alissi, scored off a
faceoff in the first minute of the third period.
Nick Alzugaray concluded the scoring with
a hard slap shot over Skenyon’s left shoulder
with less than two minutes to play.
Despite the offensive outburst, which
saw the Indians score more than three goals in
a game for the first time all season, the game’s
top star was goaltender Mike Camasso. In the
first period, the junior netminder stopped
scoring bids by Patrick Lawson, Joseph
O’Brien and Tyler Dowdy, then thwarted golden opportunities by O’Brien and Scott Swan in
the middle period. Joshua Stumpf, one of just
three seniors on Northwest, anchored the defense in front of Camasso.
“They had some good chances, but our
goalie played very well,” Melanson said. “He
stayed focused throughout the game and really
came up well. He’s starting to get some of that
confidence back that he had last year, and our
defense was able to remove some of those rebound chances and clear the net in front of him.”
The upcoming schedule does not get any
easier for the Indians with games against CCC
North rival East Catholic (Jan. 10), Notre DameWest Haven (Jan. 14), Smithfield, R.I. (Jan. 17)
and Notre Dame-Fairfield (Jan. 24).
Photo by David Newman
Kingswood Oxford’s Isaiah Wright (7), Sharrieff Grice (8) and Koby Quansah (15) were
named to the NEPSAC’s All-New England football team.
There were 10 players on the 2014
Kingswood Oxford football team that
earned league and conference honors
following one of the most successful
seasons in program history.
Wide receiver Isaiah Wright, linebacker Koby Quansah and defensive
back Sharrieff Grice were named to
the NEPSAC’s All-New England team.
Grice has verbally committed to attend
Boston College next year.
Grice, Quansah and Wright were
also named to the All-Fairchester Athletic Association Team along with Nye
Deskus, Andrew Lemkuil and Jacob Hallenback. Mason Harvey, Payton Krupp,
Luke Swanson and Andrew Watson received FAA Honorable Mention.
“It is a tremendous honor to
be recognized as a top player in the
league,” said KO head coach Jason
Martinez. “These young men have
given everything to our program and
have really set the standard here at KO.
None of this would be possible without
the hard work and sacrifices made by
the entire team, our football family.”
KO finished 6-2, sharing the FAA
title for the second year in a row, and
advanced to the Mike Atkins New England Championship Bowl. It was the
first time KO played in a bowl game.
“These honors are a testament to
the players’ commitment and tenacity
on the field and in the weight room,”
said KO Athletic Director Sue Cabot.
“The team’s success and these individual honors are the culmination of years
of hard work throughout the season
and in the off-season, as well.”
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Newcomers events
The West Hartford Newcomers Club
events include: monthly bunco Thursday,
Jan. 8, 7:30 p.m., $10 buy in; monthly
guys night out to watch the NFL playoff
Saturday, Jan. 10; and monthly book
club Tuesday, Jan. 13, 7:30 p.m., to discuss “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper
Lee. For more information, go to whnewcomersclub@gmail.com.
Senior Center events/programs
West Hartford Senior Center, 15 Starkel
Road, 860-561-7583
• Thursday Afternoon Movies at 1 p.m.:
Jan. 8, “The Fault in Our Stars” and Jan.
15, “The Jersey Boys”
• Opera class Fridays, 2-3:30 p.m., Jan.
9-Feb. 13, $18/$20/$22
• Bagel Breakfast Tuesday, Jan. 13, 9
a.m., Protecting Your Eyes As We Age
with Michael Mominee, Primary Eye Care
• Soup and Stories: Jewish Tales of Wit
and Wisdom Wednesday, Jan. 14, 1 p.m.,
chicken soup with matza balls and Sara
deBeer, teller of international folktales,
$2/$3
• Trip to New Britain Museum of American Art Thursday, Jan. 15, depart 10
a.m., return 3 p.m., $24/$26/$27
Elmwood Senior Center, 1106 New
Britain Ave., 860-561-8180
• How to … Cumba Semana Friday, Jan.
9, 11 a.m., with Ernie Recato teaching
the Latin line dance, register
• Movies & Munchies Fridays, 1-3 p.m.:
Jan. 9, “The Secret Life of Bees” based
on book by Sue Monk Kidd, and Jan. 16,
“The Man Who Knew Too Much”
• Cooking with Kathy Tuesday, Jan. 13,
11 a.m., with Kathy Payne, admissions
director at Reservoir Care and Rehabilitation, in a cooking demo with recipes
and samples, register
Special needs friends ring in 2015
Special needs friends high school and
older will ring in 2015 with DJ Paulie
Friday, Jan. 9 from 7-9 p.m. at the Elmwood Community Center, 1106 New
Britain Ave., Celebrate the end of 2014
while dancing one’s way into 2015. Party
hats, noise makers and lots of sparkle
and pizzazz will end the holiday season.
For more info call 860-561-8160.
Holy Family retreat
Holy Family Retreat, 303 Tunxis Road,
860-760-9705, www.holyfamilyretreat.
org, will hold a Men’s Weekend Retreat
Friday-Sunday, Jan. 9-11 beginning with
dinner at 6 p.m. The weekend explores
how individuals can discover deep and
enduring joy in God’s presence no matter
the situation, how to cultivate resilience
amid life’s inevitable challenges and the
central spiritual insights necessary to
experience lasting joy.
Beth El Temple events
Beth El Temple, 2626 Albany Ave.,
860-233-9696, will offer the following:
• Friday Night Family Shabbat Service
Jan. 9, 5:45 p.m., geared to students
in grades 3-6 – All religious school and
SSDS students invited to lead prayers.
Children who play a musical instrument
and want to accompany one of the Shabbat prayers should contact Rabbi Garber
at igarber@bethelwh.org. Shabbat hors
d’oeuvres will follow services.
• Shabbat Family Experience Saturday,
Jan. 10, 11 a.m. – All children grades
K-2 are invited to join an age-appropriate Shabbat Service. Families will learn
about the weekly Torah portion and enjoy
special activities.
• Junior Congregation (grades 3-6) Saturday, Jan. 10, 11 a.m. – Students of all
ages interested in participating in reading from the Torah should contact Rabbi
Howard Rosenbaum at 860-233-9891.
• Tumbling with Torah Saturday, Jan. 10,
11 a.m., for children up to age 5, Kiddush and treat at noon
• Shabbat Yoga Saturday, Jan. 10, 10:30
a.m.-noon, with Adriana Matozzo and
Rabbi Garber, all levels, free and open to
the community
• Red Cross Blood Drive Sunday, Jan.
11, 8:30 a.m.-1:15 p.m., give blood and
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• Lunch and Learn Tuesdays at noon,
Jan. 13, with Rabbi Rosen exploring the
Hebrew Bible
• Talmud Study Wednesdays at 10:30
a.m., Jan. 14
First Baptist Church open house
First Baptist Church – Our Children’s
Center, 90 North Main St., will hold an
open house Saturday, Jan. 10 from 1:303 p.m. at its De Colores Leaning Center.
Meet the teachers and see the language
enrichment model in action. Upcoming
Spanish language enrichment classes
start Jan. 24. To enroll, call 860-2364773 or email decoloresearlylearning@
gmail.com.
College financial aid/Night of Comedy
On Sunday, Jan. 11 at 9 a.m. at the
Emanuel Synagogue, 160 Mohegan
Drive, college-bound students, their
parents and grandparents will be provided with a discussion about the financial aid system to avoid mistakes when
saving for college and planning for financial aid. Jeffrey Noll, CEO of College
Planning of Connecticut, will present
the topic while allowing an open forum
for Q&A. Noll’s discussion will include
an overview of a free application for
federal student aid, college scholarship
service, an understanding of expected
family contribution, financial aid options, and the pros and cons of 529/
CHET plans. The program will include
a full breakfast buffet and is free and
open to everyone. For more info, go to
donmiller@kualumni.org.
On Saturday, Jan. 17 beginning at 8:30
p.m., there will be a Night of Comedy featuring Comedy Central’s Danny Cohen and
Marion Grodin. For tickets call 860-2361275.
National Blood Donor Month
January is National Blood Donor Month.
There will be blood donation opportunities Sunday, Jan. 11, 8:30 a.m.-1:30
p.m. at Beth El Temple, 2626 Albany
Ave., and Wednesday, Jan. 14, 1:30-6:30
p.m. at St. Thomas the Apostle Church,
872 Farmington Ave. To schedule an appointment visit redcrossblood.org or call
1-800-733-2767.
Theater class at Playhouse on Park
A class called Introduction to Improvisation for adults who want to perform,
improve their public speaking or try
something new will run Mondays, Jan.
12-March 2, from 7-10 p.m. Registration is required. Fee is $200. For info,
visit www.playhouseonpark.org, or call
860-523-5900, ext. 10.
Watkinson School Freshly Squeezed
with Colin McEnroe forum
Watkinson School announces the second forum of the third season of Freshly
Squeezed with Colin McEnroe. Titled “Can
a Song Change the World? Stories of Musical Activism,” it will take place Wednesday,
Jan. 14 in the Foisie Family Amphitheater
at Watkinson, 180 Bloomfield Ave., Hartford. Panelists will be Neely Bruce, composer, conductor, pianist and scholar of
American music; Lara Herscovitch, folksinger, recording artist and former state
troubadour; and Self Suffice, rap poet.
Tickets are $20 each. All ticket buyers invited to a complimentary pre-show light
meal at 5:30 p.m. Seating is limited. Purchase tickets at brownpapertickets.com or
by calling 1-800-838-3006.
Prostate cancer seminar
“Prostate Cancer: Is it all the same?
Treatment vs. Surveillance” will be the
subject of the January Art and Science
of Graceful Aging series Thursday, Jan.
15 at 3 p.m. at Duncaster Retirement
Community in Bloomfield. Attendance is
free and open to the public, but pre-registration is required. The discussion will
be led by Stuart Kesler, M.D., attending
physician of urology, robotic surgery and
minimally invasive urology in Hartford
Hospital’s Department of Urology. To
January 8, 2015
To submit an event for the calendar,
e-mail Sally at
sedwards@thevalleypress.net
register, or for more information, contact
Fran Kent at 860-380-5006 or fKent@
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New older parenting: is it right?
Are you in your late 30s, 40s or 50s and
considering midlife mothering/new older parenting? Is later motherhood right
for you? Join a panel of experts discussing IVF, surrogacy, adoption, fostering, etc., Thursday, Jan. 15, 7-8:30
p.m. at the Elmwood Community Center, 1106 New Britain Ave. The class is
now being offered at a discount. Call
860-561-8160 for more information or
to register.
Boy Scout Troop 146 open house
West Hartford Boy Scout Troop 146 will
hold an open house Thursday, Jan. 15
from 7:30-8:30 p.m. at the West Hartford United Methodist Church, 1358 New
Britain Ave. All interested boys between
the ages of 10 and 17 are welcome, and
no past Scouting experience is required.
Troop 146 has been an active troop for
over 50 years and participates in outdoor,
community service and leadership activities, including “High Adventure” trips to
New Mexico and Florida.
Speak Up: ‘Pride and Prejudice’
An evening of true stories centered on
the theme of “Pride and Prejudice” will
take place Friday, Jan. 16, 7:30-9:30
p.m. at The Roberts Theater at Kingswood Oxford School, 170 Kingswood
Road. Tickets are $12 general admission, $8 members of KO community. For
more information, go to speakupstorytelling@gmail.com or call Sheri Shea at
860-233-9631, ext. 5032.
Ct. Center for Healthy Aging program
An educational program focusing on resources and assessment services available through the Connecticut Center for
Healthy Aging will be held Wednesday,
Jan. 21, from 1-2 p.m., at the West Hartford Senior Center, 15 Starkel Road. A
complimentary lunch will be provided by
Cedar Mountain Commons and Jefferson
House. Seating is limited and RSVPs are
requested. For more information or to reserve a spot, call 860-561-7583.
Income tax preparation
A free IRS-certified tax assistance program – AARP Foundation Tax-Aide – is
available for low-to-moderate-income
taxpayers, especially those 60 and older.
The program will begin Feb. 2 at West
Hartford Fellowship Housing, 24 Starkel
Road, and Feb. 5 at the Elmwood Senior
Center. To schedule an appointment, call
the West Hartford Senior Center at 860561-8583, or the Elmwood Senior Center at 860-561-8180.
At the Library
Noah Webster Library,
Noah Webster Library,
20 South Main St., 860-561-6980
• West Hartford Fiction Writers
meeting Thursday, Jan. 8, 7 p.m.
• Family Concert Series Saturday,
Jan. 10, 2:30 p.m., with the Riverboat Ramblers, American jazz for
kids, free tickets required – John
Banker conducts the four-piece
ensemble as it celebrates a slice of
the American jazz heritage
• Weekly New Yorker Discussion
Group Friday, Jan. 11, 11 a.m.
• Friday Night Magic: The Gathering Jan. 11, 4 p.m.
• Author Talk: Lucy Ferriss, writer-in-residence at Trinity College,
Sunday, Jan. 11, 2 p.m. – Ferris
reading from her new novel, “A
Sister to Honor” and book signing
• Gallery exhibit: Industrial Planes
of Michael Hanna thru Jan. 31, 2015
Arts & Events
Juried Instagram Exhibit in the
West Hartford Art League’s Saltbox
Gallery, 37 Buena Vista Road, West
Hartford, opening Thursday, Jan. 8,
6-8 p.m. and continuing thru Feb. 8
(860-231-8019)
M.D., of J Gershon Breast Imaging of
Avon, tickets $20 by calling 860-2316316, tickets@mandelljcc.org: Eat
Well – 2 Perspectives, 10 a.m.-noon;
Look Fabulous, 12:30-1:30 p.m.; Live
Courageously, 2-3:30 p.m.
At Infinity Music Hall and Bistro:
20 Greenwoods Road North, Norfolk,
860-542-5531: Jan. 9, 8 p.m., Dave
Mason’s Traffic Jam; Jan. 10, 8 p.m.,
Funky Dance Party featuring a DJ spinning music of the ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s;
Jan. 11, 7:30 p.m., Cherry Poppin’
Daddies; Jan. 15, 8 p.m., Jeff Daniels
with The Ben Daniels Band
32 Front St., Hartford: Jan. 8, 8 p.m.,
Balkun Brothers – CD release party
with special guest West End Bland;
Jan. 9, 8 p.m., Ronnie Earl & The
Broadcasters; Jan. 10, 8 p.m., Back in
Black (AC/DC tribute)
Hartt Schools Connecticut Children’s
Chorus: Younger Choirs Concert Sunday, Jan. 11, 2-3:30 p.m., St.Thomas the
Apostle Church, 872 Farmington Ave.,
West Hartford
Second Saturday for Families: Quest
Stories Jan. 10, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., at the
Wadsworth Atheneum, 600 Main St.,
Hartford – look at Greek myth of Jason
and his quest for the Golden Fleece as
shown on the museum’s 18th century
tapestries
Comedy Night Saturday, Jan. 10, 8 p.m.,
at Playhouse on Park, 244 Park Road,
West Hartford, $15 reserved seating and
a BYOB event, call 860-523-5900
Mike Agranoff at Sounding Board
Coffeehouse Saturday, Jan. 10, 8
p.m., at The Universalist Church of
West Hartford, 433 Fern St., West
Hartford,
reservations@soundingboardcoffeehouse.org, or call Janet at
860-635-7685
PAPERMANIA Plus Antique Paper
Show of more than 140 dealers Saturday, Jan. 10, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., and Sunday, Jan. 11, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., at the XL
Center, Hartford, general admission $8,
senior citizens and college students half
price on Sunday only; free appraisals
Sunday, up to 5 items, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Jewish Book Festival events, “A New
Year, A New You.” Sunday, Jan. 11, 10
a.m.-3 p.m., at Mandell JCC, Zachs
Campus, 335 Bloomfield Ave., West
Hartford, moderated by Julie Gershon,
Baby Grand Jazz Series featuring
the Nicholas Di Maria Quintet Sunday, Jan. 11, 3-4 p.m., in the library
atrium of the Hartford Public Library,
500 Main St., Hartford
Connecticut Women’s Chorale open
rehearsals for spring concert in May,
Mondays, Jan. 12 and 26 at 7 p.m. at
Sacred Heart Church in Bloomfield,
all welcome, info: 860 243-0556 or
email pickettbarb@gmail.com
BOOK/MARK: “Eugene O’Neill: A
Life in Four Acts” Tuesday, Jan. 13, 7
p.m., at the Mark Twain House Museum
Center, 351 Farmington Ave., Hartford,
rescheduled from Nov. 4, reservations
recommended at 860-280-3130 or
marktwainhouse.org and click on Events
– author Robert M. Dowling discussing
his just-published new biography
Sigal Plays Carmen Fantasie with
the Hartford Symphony Orchestra
Thursday, Jan. 15, 7:30 p.m., Friday
and Saturday, Jan. 16 and 17 at 8
p.m., and Sunday, Jan. 18 at 3 p.m. in
Belding Theater of The Bushnell, Hartford, pre-concert talk by Daniel Hege,
guest conductor, one hour prior to each
performance
“FORM & VOID” at The Golden
Thread Gallery, 303 Tunxis Road, West
Hartford, thru Saturday, Jan. 10, gallery
hours: Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Thursday, noon6 p.m. and Saturday, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.,
860-760-9766
PRIMO, WEHA Artists Emporium premier Collaborative Show thru Jan. 25
at Salon Medusa, 13 South Main St.,
West Hartford
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Insured
• Grab Bar Installation
Lic#569912
• Odd Jobs - no jobs too small!
West Hartford Connecticut
860-561-9654
Email: info@mcnallysllc.com
www.mcnallysllc.com
Replacement
•Windows & Doors
• Siding • Decks
860-589-2267
Pat Collin
Lic#0621710
HOME IMPROVEMENT
Nieves Home
Improvements LLC
Quality Above The Rest
Carpentry • Roofing • Decks
Siding • Porches • Windows • Masonry
All Forms of Home Repairs • Snow Plowing Available
We Get The Job Done!
Free Estimates!
Lic #619073
860-379-4594 • 860-307-5592 Fully Insured
HOME IMPROVEMENT
Home Improvement
BUSINESS & SERVICE DIRECTORY
$29-1 week $150- 6 weeks $300-13 weeks Add THE VALLEY PRESS for 1/2 Price!
HOME IMPROVEMENT
HOME IMPROVEMENT
JUNK REMOVAL
JUNK REMOVAL
Junk Removal
$149
For single truck load up to 1 Ton
ONE CALL
DOES ALL
HOME IMPROVEMENT LLC
There’s nothing we can’t do!
Jobs done right the 1st time!
Free Estimates • Senior Discounts
PINNACLE
MAINTENANCE,
LLC.
Mattress & Box Springs
$50 extra.
“Building Trust By Doing Jobs Right!”
P.O. Box 791
pinnaclemaintenance@comcast.net Farmington, CT 06034
www.pinnaclemaintenancellc.com T 860-284-8975 Fax: 860-255-7900
860-502-9527
JUNK REMOVAL
JUNK REMOVAL
FREE Scrap Metal Removal
Washers, Dryers, Stoves, Grills, Propane Tanks, Refrigerators, Microwaves, Dishwashers,
Hot Water Tanks, Furnaces, Boilers, Car Batteries, Bicycles, A/C Units, Metal Car parts, Old VCR’s,
DVD’s, Wires, Stereos, Computers, Lap Tops, All Electronics, Mowers, Tractors, Weed-Wackers,
Blowers, Snow Blowers, Exercise Equipment, Metal Bed Frames, Sinks, Cast Iron Tubs, Heavy
Equipment, Heavy Machinery, and much more. If it contains metal or a cord - we take it.
Give us a call for FREE PICK-UP. Point it out and we take it out.
Need your basement, attic, or garage cleaned out? We also do junk removal. Call for FREE estimate.
REDUCE
LJ Home Improvement & Recycling LLP
RECYCLE
REUSE
CT HIC LIC#0637925
Call for an appointment: 860-595-6612
MASONRY
PAINTING
JUNK REMOVAL
KITCHENS
Pro House
Cleanouts
& Dump Runs
• Cabinets
• Countertops
• Design
• Remodeling
• Installations
• Contractor
Discounts
• Downsizing
• Moving
• Foreclosures
Dump Trailer Rentals
Fully Insured • Senior Discounts
Call Rich
860-881-4745
Serving the Farmington Valley and beyond.
PAINTING
PAINTING
PAINTING &
CEILING REPAIR
KC MASONRY
Stonewalls • Brick Walls
Bluestone • Steps
Fireplaces • Chimneys
Patios • Sidewalks
We can also do all
Masonry Repairs!
Small renovations,
home repair, carpentry
& painting.
Complete prep.
T.C. Home Improvement
Fully Insured
Quality Workmanship
Cell 860-916-6287
Free
Estimates Home 860-523-4151
Free Estimates • Lic#0604514
Ken (203) 558-4951
PLUMBING
PLUMBING
MARK’S PLUMBING
860-236-8450
Complete Plumbing Service
AFFORDABLE, PROMPT &
DEPENDABLE
Repair or Replace all
your plumbing needs.
Lic. #277593 & Insured
For immediate response anytime call 860-712-9461
ROOFING
ZB PAINTING
Interior & Exterior
• Aluminum, Vinyl & Wood Siding &
Shingles • Good painting preparation,
trim, window painting & glazing,
shingle repair • Power Washing.
Interior work:
walls,
trim,
molding,
Interior
work:repair
repairceilings,
ceilings,
walls,
trim,
molding,
baseboards, doors, windows
baseboards,
doors,
windows.
Exterior
work: Small
masonry
repair
Free estimates. You can count on us for a precise &
excellent job! 20 years experience. HIC #0575928
Call: Zenon 860-518-0630
Bogdan 860-518-2625
PLUMBING
ANDY WOTTON
PLUMBING &
HEATING, LLC
(860) 833-8153
Old fashion, honest, reliable
service at a reasonable price.
All residential plumbing, repairs
done from leaky faucets to
snaking your main drain.
TREES
ROOFING
ROOFING • SIDING
• WINDOWS • & more...
HARMONY
Call now.
Roofing
& Siding
Sale!
Home Improvement (860) 645-8899
Call today and we will
show you quality still
makes a difference!
Creating HARMONY
between customer,
contractor & community
TREES
Fully Insured
FREE Estimates
Lic. #604200
WINDOWS
When It Comes To Tree Service
We Run Rings Around The Competition.
TREE CARE OR TREE REMOVAL
Grimshaw Tree Service
and Nursery Company
grimshawtreeco.com
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labor and fuel cost. We will
remove junk from basements,
attics, and garages
January 8, 2015
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HALL’S MARKET
Black Angus Ground
American Cheese Sirloin
or Meatloaf Mix
$
LESS THAN
lb. $
ESTABLISHED 1935
WWW.HALLSMARKET.NET
2.49 2.99
1/2 PRICE
8.99
Steaks
$
$
Thick Sliced
Hall’s Store Made
3.99
$
Slab Bacon Italian Sausage
2.99
lb.
lb.
Ready to Cook
Stuffed Peppers
Buy 1 Get One FREE !
Ten 1” Filet Mignon
Apple Crumb
3.99
$
8”
ea.
Cookie of the Week
Oatmeal Raisin
$
10 pack
2.49
Assorted Bagels .............. $1.99/pkg, excludes asiago
Fresh Baked French Parisian Bread......... $1.99/loaf
Black & White Mini Cookies........................$2.99/pkg.
Pecan or Cheese Danish Ring............................$4.99 each
PRODUCE
SUNKIST NAVEL ORANGES...................4/$2.99
FLORIDA RED GRAPEFRUIT..................4/$2.99
D’ANJOU PEARS................................ $1.49/lb.
ROMAINE HEARTS...............................$2.99/3 ct.
YUKON GOLD POTATOES..............$2.99/5 lb. bag
SPAGHETTI SQUASH.................................99¢/lb.
331 Park Road, West Hartford, CT • 860-232-1075
Convenient parking in the rear & our lot to the east of Hall’s
20
The
West Hartford Press
January 8, 2015
49
$
ea.
99
ea. 6 oz. avg.
Store Made Fresh
Chicken Sausage
9.99 lb.
Hall’s Gourmet Hand Pressed
Flavored Burgers
Buy 2 Get One FREE !
Mix and Match Flavors
Buy 1 Get One FREE !
Boneless
Boneless
Pork Chops Pork Roasts
2.99
$
lb.
2.99
$
lb.
2.49
Fresh Atlantic
LESS THAN
1/2 PRICE
lb. 1 lb. min.
OVEN ROASTED TURKEY BREAST ......... $6.99/lb
HONEY MESQUITE SMOKED
TURKEY BREAST .................................. $5.99/lb
HONEY HAM ......................................... $4.99/lb
BOLOGNA ............................................. $2.99/lb
OLD FASHIONED SMOKED HAM ........... $4.99/lb
MEUNSTER CHEESE ............................. $4.99/lb
SLICING MOZZARELLA ......................... $5.99/lb
ALL WHITE MEAT CHICKEN SALAD ....... $5.99/lb
HALL’S EGG SALAD............................... $4.99/lb
HALL’S MEATLOAF................................ $5.99/lb
HALL’S BLT PASTA SALAD .................... $4.99/lb
HALL’S HAM SALAD.............................. $4.99/lb
Prices good from January 8
through January 14th, 2015.
15.95 ea.
SEAFOOD
Land O Lakes
Pre-Sliced
American Cheese
$
5 lb. box Flash Frozen
1/4 lb. Patties
$
DELI
BAKERY
Pie of the Week
Boneless
Rib Roasts
lb.
Chicken Cordon Bleu Chicken Breast
Buy 1 Get One FREE ! $14.90
9.99 lb.
$
10 lb. bag All Natural
Boneless Skinless
Ready to Cook
Oven Fresh
Boneless
Ribeye Steaks
Beef Tenderloins
Custom cut and
freezer wrapped
free of charge
9
lb. 5+ lbs.
1 lb. min.
Whole Peeled
Fresh
$
Hall’s Freshly Ground In Store
Land O Lakes Pre-Sliced
Salmon
Fillets
$
4.99 lb.
Fresh
Swordfish
Steaks
$
12.99 lb.
Sandwich of the Week
TURKEY
$1.99 ea. +tax
Grinder of the Week
Italian Meatball
$3.99 ea. +tax
Gourmet Sandwich
Cheesy Reuben Melt
$5.99 ea. +tax
Our store made corned beef melted with swiss
cheese topped with sauerkraut and 1000
island on toasted marble rye
Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9am to 6pm; Sat. 8am to 6pm; Closed Sundays
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