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L O C A L N E W S • S P O R T S • E N T E R TA I N M E N T • A N D M O R E
Vol. 6, Edition 25
Thursday
June 18, 2015
in the press
Ribbon cutting
marks milestone
for The Goodwin
The ribbon cutting ceremony
for The Goodwin last week
marked “a step in the direction
of breaking down barriers of
income and class that all too
often separate us,” according to
President of Trout Brook Realty
Advisors Bob Weinner. The developer of the West Hartford
Housing Authority built the
$10 million apartment facility,
including mixed-income rental
units. PAGE 13
Photo by Abigail Albair
Class of 2015 celebrates new beginning
Pictured above: A Conard High School graduate decorated her cap for graduation with the phrase: “Every end has a new beginning.” The town’s two
public high schools, Conard and Hall, held commencement ceremonies Monday, June 15. Read more in our graduation section starting on page 8.
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Town News
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Editorial
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This is something the
community embraces
and we value.”
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“Ribbon cutting marks
milestone...” on page 13
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Reader Joan Benham spotted an Eastern box turtle laying eggs last week. She said they are a threatened
species in most states. If you have a photo of a critter that you’ve spotted locally, submit it for this segment
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Jeff Pitchell and Texas Flood at Watkinson
Jeff Pitchell, Watkinson
School class of 1984, is an
internationally-acclaimed,
award-winning singer, songwriter, guitarist and an actor
who reminds fans of Stevie
Ray Vaughan, Jimi Hen-
drix and B.B. King. Most of
all, Pitchell is a best-selling
artist whose guitar playing
and vocals have drawn rave
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music that he himself has
‘Mark Twain In China’
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Untitled collage by Carol Ganick
Carol and Peter Ganick:
‘100 Plus’ at the Art League
Carol and Peter Ganick have an exhibit of their
drawings, paintings and
collage at the West Hartford
Art League, 37 Buena Vista
Road thru July 11.
The exhibit titled “100
Plus,” consists of a variety
of small and medium size
works, done individually,
and as a couple. Carol Ganick is a watercolor artist who
teaches a Monday night and
Friday morning watercolor
class at the League.
Peter Ganick is a poet
and former piano instructor who turned to painting
several years ago.
All the work in the exhibit will be priced to sell,
with prices starting at $22
and up. Gallery hours for
the exhibit are Thursday,
Friday and Saturday from
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For more information,
contact the West Hartford
Art League at 860-2318019. Information about
this exhibit, as well as the
Art League’s summer camp,
classes and other exhibits
can be found on the website
at westhartfordart.org.
The Mark Twain
House & Museum presents an evening with author Selina Lai-Henderson discussing her new
book “Mark Twain In China” Wednesday, June 24 at
7 p.m. in the Lincoln Financial Services Auditorium at
The Mark Twain House &
Museum, 351 Farmington
Ave., Hartford. Mark Twain
has had an intriguing relationship with China that
is not as widely known as
it should be. Although he
never visited the country,
he played a significant role
in speaking for the Chinese
people both at home and
abroad. After his death,
his Chinese adventures did
not come to an end, for his
body of works continued
to travel through China in
translation throughout the
20th century. Looking at
Twain in various Chinese
contexts – his response to
events involving the American Chinese community
and to the Chinese across
the Pacific, “Mark Twain in
China” points to the repercussions of Twain in a global theater. Lai-Henderson
is research assistant professor of American studies
at The University of Hong
Kong. The event free and is
followed by a book sale and
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written. Pitchell and Texas
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to bring a mix of rhythm and
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Texas blues. Pitchell’s Heavy
Hitter Album was number
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charts for 12 weeks. The concert will be June 20 at 8:30
p.m. at Watkinson School,
180 Bloomfield Ave. Tickets are $25 and available at
www.watkinson.org.
‘Rose Weekend’
at Elizabeth Park
Come hear Poetry Under the Tent at Elizabeth
Park’s “Rose Weekend”
Saturday, June 20. Two distinguished poets will read
at 1 p.m.: Alison Moncrief
Bromage, poet and writing
tutor at Yale, and David Capella, poet and professor of
English at CCSU. The reading is sponsored by Friends
and Enemies of Wallace
Stevens and hosted by
President Jim Finnegan.
Following the readings will
be a community open mic
of garden poems from 3-5
p.m. Bring an original poem
or select from an anthology of famous poems about
gardens, flowers or spring.
Rose Sunday will be
June 21 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
with the following tours:
Tree Tour at 11:30 a.m.,
Medicine Garden Tour at
12:30 p.m. and Rose Garden
Tours at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30
p.m. The Connecticut Rose
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Asylum Ave. Concurrent
with the show, the Connecticut Rose Society will
offer cut roses as well as
premium potted roses for
sale. Rosarians will be available to address rose growing concerns.
Ted Kooser to open Sunken Garden Poetry Festival
The Sunken Garden
Poetry Festival at the HillStead Museum, 35 Mountain Road, Farmington, will
open with U.S. Poet Laureate (2004-06) and Pulitzer
Prize-winning poet Ted
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24. Admission is $12 in advance on line, $15 at the
gate with ages 18 and under
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Hall students capture first place at Trinity’s mobile computer science expo
Hall High School students Christopher
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phone app they call “Drive Mode” that took
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CSP Expo May 28. Students from seven area
high schools took place in the expo, which
showcases computer science projects they
have been working on throughout the school
year. When the 70 participating students
took their places at tables set up around the
perimeter of the room, they were excited to
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students who were invited to vote for their
favorites. The students demonstrated apps
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Gabow and Margolis received first
prize for their app called “Drive Mode,” a
location-aware app designed to minimize
distracted driving by blocking and locking
certain phone features while providing some
access to necessary features through handsfree capability. “Drive Mode” garnered special
attention at the expo because Gabow and
Margolis worked to greatly enhance it to include GPS tracking that helps calculate real-time speed and total distance traveled. The Mobile CSP project was made possible through a three-year, $926,098 National
Science Foundation grant awarded to Ralph
Morelli, professor of computer science at
Trinity, in conjunction with the Connecticut
chapter of the Computer Science Teachers
Association. The grant provides mobile computer science training to high school teachers through an intensive six-week course.
The high school teachers then teach their
students the principles they themselves just
learned. Gabow and Margolis are students
of Hall technology and engineering teacher
Michael Wilcosz, who participated in the
training course.
In addition, technology and engineering
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Photos by Abigail Albair
Maddie picks vegetables from the garden beds oustide her classroom. Nora enjoys a fresh picked pea.
The garden beds, birdhouses and greenhouse are all part of the class curriculum.
Braeburn kids learn lessons in the garden
By Abigail Albair
Editor
A little boy was able to
wander outside the door of
his Pre-K classroom last Friday, with his teacher Beth
Cannone following close
behind, and pick a fresh pea
from a plant and pop it in to
his mouth.
Peas are just one of
many vegetables growing behind the Braeburn classroom
in raised beds beside a greenhouse from which they had
been transplanted.
Thanks to the Rockville
Bank Foundation Grant from
the Foundation for West
Hartford Public Schools, the
greenhouse was installed last
fall and used throughout the
year to grow flowers and vegetables to benefit the entire
school community.
Curriculum
connections were intended in the
project, according to its summary on the WHFPS website,
“such as having third-graders
grow corn, beans and squash
to enrich their study of Native
Americans.”
“After school and recess
opportunities will be another
benefit of the greenhouse,”
the write up explains. “In addition, health and nutrition
benefits will come from this
endeavor as students will
grow vegetables that they
can then eat in the cafeteria.”
These things came to
fruition, Cannone said on
Friday, June 12, just a few
days prior to the end of the
school year, recounting how
first-graders worked alongside her students during
some of the planting and released ladybugs into the garden beds so they could eat
aphids, which are destructive
to plants.
The class continued
planting lettuce in the greenhouse until December – a
vegetable that was widely
used in the school, both as a
snack in the Pre-K classroom
and in the school salad bar –
and began growing a variety
of vegetables again in March.
Once the weather was
right, peas, pumpkins, radishes, potatoes and tulips
were transplanted to the
beds where they continue to
flourish.
“One little guy is really
into potatoes, so we’ll give
him some next year because
they won’t be ready until the
fall,” Cannone said.
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Rowan explains videos taken of baby birds in the birdhouse just outside his preschool classroom.
Amid the garden beds
is a circle of small Inuksuhkats – man-made stone
landmarks or cairns used by
Inuit peoples – one to represent each member of the
classroom that are meant to
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“It’s a great way to get
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have a “bird’s eye” view of the
life of new winged friends.
She wasn’t able to continue using the camera while
at Bugbee because the closest tree was too far from her
classroom, but it has been up
and running now that she is
at Braeburn, providing the
children a live feed of bird life
inside a birdhouse located
just outside the classroom
door, between the greenhouse and garden beds.
“This is the ideal setting,”
Cannone said, remarking
that the space has become
their own nature center.
The students were able
to observe three baby birds
within the birdhouse hatch
and grow since the beginning
of April.
“We watched and waited and, finally, a sparrow
family moved in,” she said.
A fourth-grade classroom helped the Pre-K group
with the technical work of
setting up the birdhouse, she
explained.
“Without the Foundation grant, we wouldn’t have
half of this stuff,” Cannone
said.
PRESSKIDS
Photos by Alison Jalbert
From left: Olivia Shuey and Celia Gillis keep tally of the reactions people have to the kale smoothie samples, with the majority indicating they loved it; the pizza topping garden allowed students to plant seeds for various herbs and vegetables they could take home and cultivate; Madeline Clifford, Caitlin Curran, Hannah Flückiger, Hadley Crowther, Victoria Layden and Chelsea
O’Donnell sell fresh baguettes from La Petite France.
Elementary schools hold spring farmers’ markets
By Alison Jalbert
Assistant Editor
Students at all 11 of West
Hartford’s elementary schools
learned about local farm offerings
by participating in student-run
farmers’ markets.
The spring market was held
June 11 at all schools. Parents, staff
and members of the community stopped by their neighborhood
school to purchase fresh strawberries, greens like kale and Swiss chard,
radishes, eggs, honey and bread.
Community-based nonprofit
Growing Great Schools coordinates the farmers’ markets, but
student volunteers at each school
meet to help plan and promote
their respective market. There are
jobs available for all students –
from kindergarten to fifth grade.
Susan Kamin of Growing
Great Schools said all parties involved with the markets were
“thrilled” with this spring’s market.
“It went great. All of the
schools sold out most of their
produce,” she said. “It’s a great feelgood community thing. All the
schools look forward to it.”
A market is held at each school
in the fall and the spring, helping
the students learn about how to be
a part of a sustainable food system.
The farmers’ markets have been
taking place at West Hartford’s elementary schools for at least three
years although some, such as Bugbee Elementary School, have been
participating for five.
Participating farms at this
season’s farmers’ market included
Urban Oaks, Oxen Hill, George Hall
Farm, Flamig Farm and Stonewall
Apiary, as well as local businesses
La Petite France and Hartford Bak-
ing Company. Along with selling
local goods, some schools featured
a local chef who is part of Growing Great Schools’ Chef to School
program. Hunter Morton of Max’s
Oyster Bar, Billy Grant of Grants
and Restaurant Bricco, Chris Torla
of Trumbull Kitchen, and Dorjan
Puka of Treva and Avert Brasserie
all participated last week. The chefs
sampled and sold items prepared
in their restaurant kitchens, with
proceeds going to each school’s
health and wellness committee.
Kamin said the chef-prepared
items are popular because they
can be paired with other items
sold at the market and served for
dinner that night.
Districtwide, she said students embrace the farmers’ markets and take pride in being able
to raise money to create more
programs at their schools to which
they can contribute.
“They love it. It’s amazing.
We’re surrounded by so many
farms in this area, but so many
kids don’t know where their food
comes from,” she said, with the
markets helping to educate the
students.
Morley students make annual school supply donation trek to town hall
By Abigail Albair
Editor
Nothing compares to children
helping children.
Amanda Moffo of the Department of Human & Leisure Services
shared that thought with Morley
children during the annual Morley
Backpack Brigade last Wednesday,
June 10.
“At the Town That Cares, we
talk about people helping people
and neighbors helping neighbors,
but I just don’t think anything compares to children helping children,”
she said.
For the seventh year, the Morley school community walked a
little more than a mile from the
school to town hall, escorted by
town police and fire officers, carrying 395 new backpacks filled with
school supplies, all to donate to
those in need.
The donations support the
Town That Cares’ Back to School
Program, which distributes the
items to students in the fall.
In August, the Department of
Human & Leisure Services hosts a
series of back-to-school events for eligible families, inviting them to select
backpacks and supplies to fit their
needs for the coming year, according
Photos by Abigail Albair
Above, left: Students carried 395 backpacks filled with school supplies to town hall during the annual Backpack Brigade to make a donation to the
Town That Cares. Above, right: backpacks were piled on the stage in the town hall auditorium while children gathered for a brief assembly.
to information from the town.
Last year saw the highest number of registrants for the program at
650 local students. Although Morley teacher
Dawn O’Connor, who coordinates
the Backpack Brigade as well as the
school’s fall Red Wagon Food Drive
every year, said she had a moment
of concern that the school would not
collect the number of backpacks it
was hoping for, she told the students
there was no cause for worry.
“Morley School always, always
reaches their goal. We always get
what we need,” she told the stu-
dents, who gathered for a brief assembly in the town hall auditorium
after dropping off their donations.
“We come through right up until
the end.”
She thanked Plan B Burger Bar
for making a $500 donation to the
efforts as well as the Morley PTO
for making its own $500 donation,
and also noted that many checks
were contributed by families in addition to supplies.
“Parents, you did it. Children,
you did it,” she said.
She told the crowd, “This is
one of the best things we do at Mor-
ley, and it’s all because of you.”
Deputy Mayor Shari Cantor,
whose four sons attended Morley,
reflected on the experience her
children had at the school, something which she said was particularly moving for her this year as her
youngest son graduated from Hall
Monday evening.
“So much of what he was able
to do is because of what he learned
at Morley School,” she said. “You’re
so lucky to be in a greater community of West Hartford, but the
special, special community you are
part of at Morley is remarkable.”
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Morley Principal Ryan Cleary
told the students that their efforts
reflected good citizenship and
he explained that just the short
amount of time spent gathering
supplies and walking to town hall
had made a huge impact.
“That commitment of one day
has made a whole entire school
year’s difference to a student somewhere in our West Hartford community,” he said.
For more information on the
Back to School program contact
the Department of Human & Leisure Services at 860-561-7561.
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The rainy weather caused graduation to be moved indoors Monday, June 15, but it did not dampen the spirits of the class of 2015 grads, some who decorated their caps for the occasion.
Hall High bids
graduates farewell
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Photos by Jillian Davey
A graduate smiles as she returns to her seat after crossing the stage to receive
Hall
High
School
Principal
Dan Zittoun
her diploma. In the background, Superintendent Tom Moore shakes the hand of
addressed
the
graduating
class.
a graduate, congratulating him on his accomplishment.
Above: The Senior Choraliers sing “Changes” by David Bowie for the crowd in the gymnasium. Right: Graduates smile at
their loved ones in the stands of the gym while the graduation ceremony is carried out.
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ue to rain, an indoor stage was set up in the gymnasium for the William H. Hall High School Class
of 2015 graduation. The inclement weather had everyone agreeing that, as Superintendent Tom Moore said,
“Tonight’s not the ideal. [However] neither is life.” His advice to the graduates was that “[while] the world … is not
the ideal, you can be. … It’s going to rain sometimes. How
you handle it is up to you. And I have nothing but faith for
the greatness and idealism that awaits [you].” His hopefulness was shared by Board of Education member Jay Sarzen,
who told the graduates, “You have to prove yourself and …
I know you will do great things.” Student speaker Kathleen
Keegan rose to the challenge of offering words of wisdom
to her peers, amusing and inspiring her classmates with
numerous light-hearted remarks. “My only advice is to do
your thing with confidence. You are prepared. … Strut into
the next stage of your life, confident that you have the ability to find your idea of living,” she said. “Watch your mom
as she fearlessly shoves her way to the front of all the other
moms to snap that perfect picture. Take that kind of confidence and live.” Echoing Keegan’s sentiments, the Senior
Choraliers sang about facing their futures with David Bowie’s hit, “Changes.” Overall, the mood inside was sunny and
optimistic, despite the gloomy weather conditions.
Congratulations to the graduating class of 2015
Hall High School graduates
Alaa Ahmed, Ashleigh Rose
Albee, Devon Austin Aldave,
Joshua Andrew Alicea, Danna
Alnajjar, Antonia Grace Alquist,
Janet Katherine Alquist, Ezequiel
Ramon Alston, Alexis Sophia
Alvarez, Melanie Ashley Alzamora, Gabriel David Amaya,
Sydney Taylor Anderson, Marcus
C. Apter, Max Aronow, Sean F.
Aspell, Benjamin Carl Astrachan, Joshua J. Ayum, Alexander
Baker, Cole George Baker, Sarah
A. Baksh, Atul Banjara, Andrea
Douglass Barrows, Sabrina L.
Barrows, Owen Collier Barth,
Eszter Bartis-Szabo, Michael
Peter Barzach, Babina Basnet,
Jake Parker Bauman, Timothy
Michael Baxer, Jenna Rose Behan,
Caroline FuRen Bemis, Hannah
Louise Bennett, Michael J. Bennett, Scotia D. Bent, Diane Valerie
Berlinsky, Reid G. Beukeboom,
Nathaniel Duke Bidwell, Corelli
Xavier Bigenho, David Blakelock,
Emily Constance Bobruff, Henry
C. Boers, Joseph S. Bonee, Ethan
Raymond Bravin, Leanne M.
Brennan, Rachel L. Briganti,
Hannah Isabel Brofsky, Michelle
Elizabeth Brook, LeTaj Marquis
D’mitri Brown, Christina Budzinski, Jason Allen Buehler, Samuel
Andrew Bunin, William Thomas
Burns, Ethan Russell Burstein,
Francis Rossini Byrne, Isabella L.
Caban, Peter Joseph Callahan Jr.,
Jacob Aaron Cantor, Katherine
Marie Captain, John Thomas Cassidy, Ariela Jordyn Castagno, Carlos Maurizio Castillo, Alexx Bryana Chambers, Ku Alka Chand,
Helen W. Chavey, Joshua David
Cherny, Jamillette Sue Claudio,
Jacob B. Cohen, Johnathan A. Cohen, Samantha E. Cohen, Mikaela
Costello, Kathleen Rose Coursey,
Taylor Elizabeth Coursey, Andre
Dillon Courtois, Ryan Michael
Cudemus-Brunoli, James Vincent
Cudo, Miguel A. Cueva, Martine
A. D’lubac, Sonia Dadlani, Katie
E. Daglian, Brittany Samantha
Daley, Benjamin Thomas Danehy, Vinh Hoang Dang, Armen
Danielian, Laura M. David, Alyssa
Briana Davis, Jerel Andre Lamar
Davis, Thomas Davis, Rachel Emily Dembo, Olivia Di Poi, Desiree
Graciela Diaz, Maria Anne DiBella, Michelle Youmans Dicke, Emily Grace DiMatteo, Jeslyn Anna
Dinowitz, Haweya Mohamed Dirir, Samuel Christopher Dobbins,
Shyliesh N. Donahue, Eva Rose
Dougherty, Joseph Eric Draper,
Gabrielle Hope Dresner, Savannah J. Dubay, Maxie-Lew Dunn,
Thomas Clayton DuPuis, Danielle
Dulberg, Tyquan Shaquar Eason,
Nathan M. Edelstein, Kaydean
Dalas Elder-Brown, Antonio
Victor Espinoza, Liam Thomas Evans, Febechukwu A. Eze,
Pete Obinna Eze, Raymond M.
Fagan, Isabella Anna Falkovich,
Frank J. Fallon, Nicholas Francis
Fernandez-Wolff, Schuyler E.
Fica-Goetzel, Jessica Rose Figgie,
Lindsay Jensen Finman, Callan
Joseph Finn-McMahon, Jacob M.
Fischman, George Tinsley Fiske,
Mariah M. Flash, Carley Verrengia
Foto, Kevin Anthony Fox, Ian
Mathew Frank, Alyssa Haley Freiman, Julia Coleman Fuller, Brian
Gabow, Catherine I. Gadue, Casey
Ilyse
Gardner, Gianni Gardner, Madison E. Gaucher, Sydney
Rose Gellerman, Sam Jacob
Ghamo, Emma D. Gibson, Jason
Joseph Gilbert, Sophia Margaret Glagovich, Stephanie Leah
Gold, Leah Goldman, Stephanie
Gomez, Kayla Patricia Alicia Gonzalez, Lani Cassandra Gordon,
Mikayla Bryn Gordon-Wexler,
Richard Joseph Gouldsbrough,
Jacob H. Graber-Lipperman,
Kathleen A. Graulich, Rachael
W. Graves, Eleanor Margaret
Gray, Benjamin Mauricio Gross,
Kelly Ha, Thomas J. Hackett, Asia
Marie Hamlin-Flood, Mahogany
Sha’Nae Hardeman, Benjamin
Jacob Harney, Carmen Corey
Hatchell, Alexander Patrick Healy,
Ian Philip Henderson, Tylisse
Chanel Hightower, Gillian Rose
Hixson, Tanner Woolson Hoelzel, Ingrid Milena Horisberger,
Victoria E. Huerta, Carolynn Erin
Humble, Ilana Nicole Humphries,
Ogadinma Ikani, Guillermo
Bernard Irizarry Lambright,
Rebecca Izikson, Dana Allison
Jacobs, Isiah Denzel Jefferson,
Thomas Jefferson Jelly, Anastasija
Jemeljanova, Kyle Coolidge Jeter,
Donovan DeAndre Johnson, Caroline Lyudmilla Jones, Thomas
Ivan Jones, Giovanny Enrique
Jorrin, Martin Paul Kaehrle, Olivia
Eden Kalsner Kershen, Noah
Kantrowitz, Mark William Kasumba, Samuel Mitchell Katten,
Miriam Katz, Umaimah Kazi,
Matthew T Hoisl
Kathleen Ann Keegan, Monica
McElligott Keeley, Neil Ryland
Kelley, Alexandra Emily Kennedy, David B. Kerzner, Kim Yen
Thi Kha, Revekka A. Khaimova,
Sabrina Khan, Emily Khirisy,
Anissa Emiliana Kim, Ari J. Klau,
Abigail Morgan Koch, Leah Isabel
Kochen, Jonathan Perry Kochis,
Artem Kovalchuk, Daniel Kunnel,
Jasmine J. Kunnummel, Ian Kunsey, Griffin Lane, Nicole Lantigua,
Joann Le, Ryan Thomas Leonard,
Melissa Celia Levin, Hannah Rose
Leyland, Gabriel Nadav Lichtenstein, Abigail Grace Linstone,
Madeline Ann Linstone, Andrei
Christopher Lioutikov, Alex JP
Liu, Sonia Ames Livingston,
Morgan Skyler Lloyd, Taylor Jean
Lloyd, Malik Dante Loar-Reed,
Thomas Lombardi, Rose M.
Lopez, Owen T. Macca, Julia A.
MacIntyre, Conner Robert Maggi,
Madiha Mahmood, Elizabeth R.
Maier, Mary Ciara Majerus-Collins, Sami Faris Malhas, Kelley
B. Mantz, Victoria F. Martin,
Jackson Eric Maxwell, Sydney
Cardova May, Anna R. McClear,
Ashley Marie McDonald, Patrick
J. McHale, Simone Tanesha Melhado, Michelle Mesa, Tess Anne
Michaud, Quinn Mitchell, Evan J.
Molodetz, Mackenzie Rose Molodetz, Johan Lee Moni, Caroline
Joy Monnes, John Joseph Monnes
IV, Jack William Moore, Jonathan
D. Morris, Connor P. Moss, Tajay
D. Murdock, Christopher Shea
Murphy, Shannon Nicole Murphy,
Raymond Nguyen, Erin Mary
O’Brien, Austin Brittany O’Connell, Grant R. O’Connor, Jeffny A.
Pally, Gabriella Palmeri, Robert
Javier Parra, Jessica B. Pasternack, Parth P. Patel, Jair A. Perez, Jatiyah S. Perez, Remony
Celine Perlman, Naomi E.
Perry, James Elliot Peterson, Elena Laurel Pevar,
Serena Joy Phu, Andrea
Rose Pinckney, Hunter
Philip Pond, Anthony S.
Poon, Kenny Fernando
Puerta-Perez, Ajay Ralli,
Lauren Beth Reiss, Jessica
L. Riddle, Joshua Rodriguez,
Kaitlin Nicole Rogers, Sarah
Rollins, Sheyla Elisa Rosado, Eric
Rosen, Dylan A. Rosenbaum,
Abigail L. Rosenthal-Baxter, Amelia Elizabeth Rosenthal-Baxter, Amschel S. Rothschild,
Rebecca S. Rothstein, Ezriel
Providence College – Graduated May 2015
with a double major in Accounting and Management
with an overall GPA of 3.4. Matt has accepted a
position with Price Waterhouse Coopers (PWC)
in Boston, MA in the tax division.
A. Routberg, Devan C. Roy, Maria
Joana Rubert, Natalia Elise Ruiz,
Morgane Angenette Russell, Patrick T. Russell, Apoorva T. Sajan,
Elizabeth Rose Salzman-Fiske,
Yelena V. Samofalova, Patricia
Sanchez-Gonzales, Benjamin J.
Sandstrom, Maegan Marie Sandy,
James-Tristen Richard Sarnese,
William Sombath Say, Kyle Ryan
Schaff, Elisa Emelia Schuder,
James Andrew Schuder, Justin
Samuel Schwalbendorf, Hannah
Ramsey Shafer, Viktor Shcheglov, Benjamin Ryan Sheridan,
Daniel Grant Sheridan, Melanie
Beth Sillman, Gabriella Rose
Silverman, Nathan R. Silverman,
Robert Edward Silverman, Joshua
Andrew Singer, Chintan Kaur
Singh, Shafinder Singh, Matthew
Lawrence Skwiot, Eva Rose Small,
Alyssa Beth Smith, Reilly Smith,
Karlei Fidelis Soares, Steven Soto,
Hayden Paul Souza, Kayla Victoria Staley, Clark Wilson Stan,
Tyrone Chase Stewart, Eddie
Eugene Swift III, Kevin Tang,
Farukh F. Tashmuhamedov,
Christine
Katelyn
Taylor,
Kee Ana
Frances-Marie Taylor-Crapps,
Taylor
Shae Teasley, Jody Marie Therieault, Yoshino Toi, Angel Rafael
Torres III, Amanda N. Touch,
Kevin G. Tracy, Thao Minh T.
Tran, Sana Trozic, Gabriella
Fairbanks Tulchinsky, Samuel
Joseph Turner, Griffin Evans
Tyler, Ike Samson Oni Udeh, Isaac
Ungar, Michele A. Vakman, David
Alexander Van Doren, Shayla
Trieu Vu, Nicolas Walker, Joshua
W. Wallace, Stacy-Ann L. Wallen,
Joshua Charles Weisenberg, Ryan
Welch, Sophie M. Wheeler, Jerome J. Wiener, William Winstead
Witter, William J. Wright, Claire
Elizabeth Wyman, Guoankang
Xue, Jason Yip, Paul Samuel Zeuschner, Michelle Zhang, Monica
Zhang, Yuheng Zhang, Jackson
Bernard Zinn-Rowthorn, Andrew
John Zinzarella, Anna Maria
Zinzarella, Adam M. Zmudzinski
and Maria Elena Zugravu
A graduate
shows off her
diploma after
walking across
the stage.
Photo by Jillian Davey
Rebekah M. Hoisl
Catholic University of America- Deans list Spring
Semester with an overall GPA of 3.8. Becky was
also named Captain of the CUA softball team for
her upcoming Junior year. Her major is Education.
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Above: Conard graduates smile and cheer as faculty speaker Ronald Wziontko gives his address to the class of 2015. Right:
Class commencement speaker Lia Negron walks back to her seat after delivering remarks to her classmates.
A graduate gives a thumbs up as he prepares to receive his
diploma.
Principal Julio Duarte and faculty member Ronald Wziontko smile as they
congratulate graduates.
Henley Solomon, the first black
American Open Choice student to serve
as a representative to the West Hartford
Board of Education, spoke to his peers
about turning the rags of life into robes,
in this case graduation robes.
Conard grads celebrated
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Photos by Abigail Albair
The Conard Concert Jazz Band seniors performed “Every Summer Night” by Pat Metheny for the crowd gathered in the
gym. Other musical selections included “The Road Home” by Stephen Paulus, performed by the Conard Choir seniors.
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he clock in the gymnasium at Conard High School was
stopped at 2015 Monday, June 15, as the graduation
was brought inside due to rain. Despite the weather,
the mood was bright as graduates accepted their diplomas.
In his parting words to his students, Principal Julio Duarte encouraged them to “work hard at whatever you do, and
never give up.” Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment Nancy DePalma offered a variety of
quotes – most taken from the students’ own yearbook – to
share with them “inspiration ... wit and wisdom taken straight
from the pages.” She shared quotes from Harry Potter’s wise
wizard Dumbledore, from Vince Lombardi and the ever-popular “Just keep swimming,” spoken by the cartoon fish Dory
in “Finding Nemo.” She closed with a personal favorite of her
own from “Winnie the Pooh”: “Promise me you will always remember, you are braver than you believe and stronger than
you seem and smarter than you think.” Board of Education
member Tammy Exum told the graduates to go and be their
best selves in the world, appreciating their own uniqueness,
and faculty speaker Ronald Wziontko encouraged them to “be
reliable and lead by example. ... Be honest and follow through
with what you say to others.” Class commencement speakers Lia Negron and Henley Solomon reminded their peers to
learn from the tough times in life. “You have the power to look
at a loss and count it as a gain. It all starts with perception,”
Solomon said. Negron shared similar feelings. “We should not
be afraid of the future or failure,” she said, “because it is those
failures that will lead us to our future success.”
Congratulations to the graduating class of 2015
Conard High School grads
Travis Dillon Abrahamsen,
Julia Shae Adams, Catarina
Braz Aleixo, Tahreem Akhter
Ali, Trevaughn Mark Allison,
Brittany Anderson, Juan David
Ariza, Matthew Thomas Ashley,
Matthew Doyle Baisden, Bryan
William Baker, John Anthony
Balkun, Alexa R. Barrett, Mairead
C. Barry, Anusha Basnet, Kenneth Scott Bayley, Randy James
Begin, Ryan Michael Bell, Edward
Johnathan Bello, Constance Bena,
Katie Ellen Berry, Alen Bihorac,
Keenen I. Black, Jared N. Blinder, Jeremy Scott Blue, Brittany
Von Bobo, Molly G. Bohman,
Noah Mae Bohrer, Michael Boni,
James Jhon Bordiere Jr, Joseph
J. Bouchot, Christian Lukasz
Bouzyk, Zachary J. Braga, Molly
V. Brandner, Paul James Brewer,
John A. Bristol, Brandon A. Broadhurst, Hakeem S. Brown, Keleigh
Brown, Yamil Ezequiel Brucelis,
Molly Barbara Bugos, Anthony
Bui, Francesca Naniel Bustamante, Anil R. Butler, Margaret
J. Byrne, Aiyana A. Callas, Kasey
Canga, Dylan Joseph Carneiro,
George Edward Carney, Michael
Carpio, Brianna Christine Carson,
Lizmarie Castro, Tessa M. Cavello, Jean Pierre Chaparro, Franklin
N. Charonesuk, Elizabeth Anna
Christensen, Josue Brandon Cintron, Yuki Shane Collins, David
Colon, Victoria Lynn Conelli,
Joshua J. Cooper, Catlin M.
Corrales, Heath Thomas Costello, Matthew O. Costello, Ebbett
Carneiro Couchman, Molly Claire
Crafts, Ali Caitlin Crossley, Franlly
Cruz, Elodie Orla Currier, Andrew
Curtis Cutting, Molly Lauren
Daigle, Brendan Murphy Dakin,
Ly T. Dang, William H. Dean, Julia
Elizabeth DeLutrie, Angelyka
Nicole Diaz, Ernesta Rose Diffley,
Brian Dindial, Christopher Paul
DiPietro, Daniela Andrea Doncel,
Neil Thomas Droney, Joshua
Paul-Carrol Dufault, Michael
V. Duong, Eric Duprey, Mark N.
Ehnot, Carly Eileen Emonds,
Samuel Jacob Epstein, Stephen E.
Espinal, Brian Lee Espinosa, Karina Marie Estremera, Evan Earl
Exum , Catherine Anne Falvey,
Cody Benjamin Farley, Maureen
E. Farrell, Marcus Isaiah Feliciano, Yayddy Feliciano Santiago,
Alec Talbot Ferguson-Hull, Jose
Yadiel Fernandez, Isabel Cristina Fernandez-Gil, David Isaiah
Ferrer-Guarin, Andrew Thomas
Festa, Prescott Alexander Fields,
Timothy S. Fisher, Eilish Anne
Flaherty, Lorenzo M. Fontana,
Bryson Michael Fountain, Henry
O’Connor Fracasso, Emma Reed
French, Vanessa A. Funkhouser, Madison Quinn Gaetano,
Vincenzo Gagliardi, Luke Henry
Garneau, Kevin Gates, Nasharia
Kamoni Gaynor, Elizabeth M.
George, Julia E. Gibson, Samantha
A. Gibson, Daijilyne Viola Gilbert,
Ryan Paul Glover, Jahson Christopher Gobin, Jessica Christina Gobin, Karon O. Golding, Timothy A.
Goodrich, Edward John Goyzueta, Brianna J. Grande, Daesha
A. Gray-Gallagher, Christina M.
Green, Gianella Y. Gutierrez,
Mark Allan Guzick, Benjamin
Reed Hadra, Griffin James Haggerty, Kelsey Reed Hammond,
Neil Kenneth Harris, Nickolas W.
Hartman, Danielle R. Hartshorn,
Ali Abdullahi Hassan, Barwako
Abdullahi Hassan, John Morgan
Haverty, Jessica Lyn Hendsey,
Anselmo Miguel Heredia, Joralemar Hernandez, Toby A. Hollertz,
Fernando Gabriel Huapaya-Rios,
Cierra N. Hungerford, Mehreen
Hina Hussain, An Truc Huynh,
Emily Huynh, Xuan Kim Huynh,
Rosalynn Elizabeth Hyatt, Madison Kelly Hyland, Corey A. Jackson, Margaret Ann Jamin, Mary
K. Jastrzebski, Nathaniel Nielsen
Jeremiah, Ibrahim Jibrell, Brittany
A. Jones, Edwin Arthur Jones,
Frederik Bruun Jorgensen, Syed
Ebadulah Kaleem, Simranjit Kaur,
Jonathan Michael Keach-Longo,
Jeffrey Alan Kent, Mohammad
Bilal Khan, Emily Kleban, Cassidy
Elizabeth Kotyla, Alexis Claire
Krantz, Eric Cameron Krueger,
Emma C. Kutscher, Joseph J. Kyle,
Amanda M. Lagueras, Dawa
Chhutin Lama, Janessa Margaret Laureano, Elaisa Sabalboro
Laureta, Elizabeth Blair Lavelle,
Gianna Maria Thanh-Thu Le,
Jennifer H. Le, Isabella Quinn
Lefante, Hank Graham Leitzke, Julia Mary Leone, Gabrielle
Imani Leslie, Brian Lin, Wei Lin,
Zakariah Amari Lindsey, Thomas
Kelly Link, Miranda Louise Litke,
Jennifer Maria Lombard, Michelle Ann Long, Michelle Marie
Lopes, Asia Leah Lopez, Natalie
Frances Lynch, Daniel Ritz MacGillis, Mifrah Malik, Madeleine
Ann Manders, Austin Joseph
Marques, Nicholas Gary Martell,
John Robert Martin, Matthew
S. Martin, Ashley M. Marzano,
Spencer David Maslin, Michaela
Masood, Erin E. Massey, Ashwin
Mathew, Arilson O. Mayuri, Precious Ochechukwu Mba, Brittany
Alexandra McCabe, Benjamin
Louis McDonough, Shayla Nicole
McKeown, Malcolm Xavier
Medrano Aldarondo, Christopher Dillon Mello, Patrick Joseph
Melly, Kevin Mendez, Daija Luz
Merced, Catalina Anais Michea,
Lianne Elizabeth Miller, Carson
Millican, Gabriel Minacapelli
Filho, Jacob Roy Mobley, Jose Morales, Lucas Jose Morales, Patrick
Kenneth Moyle, Jordan Thornber
Muchin, Callie B. Murphy, Alyssa
C. Murray, Robert Parker Murray,
Abhimanyu Dulipsingh Natarajan, Justina M. Navallil, Chidebe
Ndibe, Haddy Ndure, Lia C.
Negron, Robert S. Nelson, Leah H.
Nguyen, Phi Minh Nguyen, Jordin
Rae Alexandra Nicolae, Jocelyn Lee Noonan, Kathryn Rose
Novak, Juan L. Nunez, Libnerys
Nunez, Kelly Ann O’Donovan,
Christopher Paul O’Sullivan, Isaac
Paul Oda-Bayliss, Nicholas J.
Oddo, Yao Adecoule Ogountola,
Isabel V. Olano, Mikayla M. Oliveras, Kyle E. Ortiz, Jacqueline
Elena Palermo, Rebecca Rose
Palma, Daniel Paredes, Keith
Parsons, Leslie A. Paulino,
Joshua Edward Pavano, Issiah
Cyrus Percy-Campbell, Arielle
Elizabeth Pereira, Ariana
Lizé-Almeida Perez, Alexander Robert Perron, Luke
Pountney Peterson, Khanh
Bich Pham, Minh Hai Pham,
Kaila Mollie Piscitelli, Samuel Lawrence Prescott, Kenny
Fernando Puerta-Perez, Kenne-
dy Tyler Quirk, Juan Sebastian
Ramirez Delgado, Erin S. Regan,
Lily Shayna Reisner, Sebastian
Marcelo Rengifo Amblodegui,
Michael Blake Retrum, Kayla J.
Reuben, Kiara Reyes, Jake Edward
Reynolds, Erik K. Ribeiro, Shane
Michael Richardson, Katherine
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Kingswood Oxford’s
Class of 2015 graduates
Courtesy photo
Northwest Catholic 2015 graduates celebrate with their teacher. Anna Case of Glastonbury,
Gabriella Giannone of West Hartford, Ramone Clahar of Hartford, Deacon Jeffrey Sutherland of Bloomfield, Angela Miguel of Newington and Charlotte Carew of Simsbury share
a moment as they prepare for their graduation ceremony at the Cathedral of St. Joseph.
NWC holds 51st commencement
The Most Rev. Peter A.
Rosazza, auxiliary bishop
emeritus of the Archdiocese of Hartford, presided
at the 51st graduation ceremony of Northwest Catholic High School June 3 at
the Cathedral of St. Joseph
in Hartford.
The commencement
began at 7:30 p.m. with the
procession of the 141 members of the Class of 2015.
James Jordano of Avon was
the valedictorian and Sarah
McLaughlin of Suffield the
salutatorian. The Rev. Henry C. Frascadore, past president of Northwest Catholic,
delivered the commencement address.
Frascadore challenged
the students to consider an
important question: “What
would you do for the world
if you could do anything?”
He told the graduates that
each of them is “matchless”
and “incomparable to every other human being that
ever was or that ever will
be” and that they should
use their minds, bodies,
imagination, senses and
spirit to “become the person that God intends you
to be.”
Jordano quoted Dr.
Martin Luther King Jr.: “If
you cannot fly, then run; if
you cannot run, then walk;
if you cannot walk, then
crawl – but by all means,
keep moving.” Jordano encouraged his classmates
to learn from King and
fashion their lives in a way
that they might one day
be quotable, too, and have
achieved something great.
The class included one
National Merit Finalist,
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Division II or III sports in
college.
“As we bid goodbye to
these 141 wonderful graduates, we feel confident
knowing that we have laid
the groundwork for them
to continue their journey
to higher education,” said
Northwest Catholic High
School President and Chief
Administrator David Eustis. “They have grown from
freshmen four years ago
to young adults that have
studied their faith, excelled
in athletics, performed on
stage and left a mark on
their community.”
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The 91 members of the
Class of ‘15 graduated from
Kingswood Oxford on a picture-perfect May 22 – the first
outdoor commencement since
2011. “The senior class has waited patiently for four years to
have its graduation outside on
the Senior Green,” said Head of
School Dennis Bisgaard, as the
10:30 a.m. ceremony began. “In
fact, this is the first time it has
Photos by David Newman, photobynewman.com
happened since they entered
Colgate-bound Ryan Wetsman is congratulated by his
the Upper School. Class of 2015,
parents, Lori Satell Wetsman ’85 and David Wetsman,
I am glad your wish came true.
and his sister Nicole Wetsman ’12 after KO’s graduation.
Today is the perfect day.”
In keeping with KO tradition, the
seniors chose a faculty member – math
teacher and Form 3 Dean William Gilyard –
to deliver the commencement address.
Having come to KO the same year the
seniors did, Gilyard said he felt a particular
connection to the Class of ‘15. “I’ve taught
just about all of them, coached many of
them ... and I was an adviser in that form,”
he said.
In his remarks to the group, he chose
to focus on failure – pointing out that tak- Katie Smith of West Hartford is congratulating risks and making mistakes are the keys ed by KO counselor Chastity Rodriguez ’91
to self-discovery.
on the faculty receiving line on the Senior
“Failure can give you the opportunity Green; KO students have not officially gradto examine the gap between who you are uated until they have received best wishes
now and who your authentic self can be,” from each teacher at the school.
he said. “Ultimately, you will decide what
constitutes failure, because if you let others hand, to do a random act of kindness, and
define that for you, then they will.”
to use your power to be a change agent for
Nine members of the Class of ‘15 had the common good,” he said. “I know you will
parents or grandparents who also graduat- succeed individually, but true success, I beed from KO. About half the class graduated lieve, is to do good and bring along as many
with honors. Though KO does not name a individuals as you can in that success.
valedictorian, Robert Scappaticci received
“Class of 2015, we are all so very proud
the “Dux Prize,” awarded to the senior of you,” he concluded. “We love you, we will
with the highest GPA for the year, during miss you, and we will always be here – so
the Prize Assembly May 19.
visit often, stay connected, and may you all
The class included a National Merit have the very best of luck.” Scholar, Julianne DeAngelo of Weatogue,
West Hartford graduates include: Cole
and nine National Merit Commended stu- Adams, Casey Barter, Maxwell Bash, Julia
dents.
Bayer, Alexandra Brown, Corinne Florian,
The Class of ‘15 includes eight students Jenna Frankel, Zachary Goldman, Joan Grawho plan to play sports in college, including no-Burzymowska, Mason Harvey, Jessica
two – Sharrieff Grice and Melissa Lord – Joyce, Shreya Karak, Trey Liburd, Chriswho are headed to Division I programs.
topher Marcello, Daniel Melody, Maxwell
In his final charge to the new alumni, Osbourn, Joseph Ravalese IV, Jack Reich,
Bisgaard encouraged the group to continue Meghan Rogers, David Shafer, Noa Silveron the paths they’d begun at KO.
stein, Katherine Smith, Narineh Torosyan,
“Do your part to make this a better Nathan Washburn, Ryan Wetsman and Olworld, to reach out and lend a helping ivia Whirty.
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Ribbon cutting marks
milestone for The Goodwin
Ready to Relay
By Abigail Albair
Editor
Photo by Ted Glanzer
Members of Team Spirit of Aloha walk on the track at the Relay for Life of West Hartford June 13 at Northwest Catholic High School. This year, 55 teams took part in the annual event, raising more than $105,000
for research to fight cancer. See more photos on page 13.
The ribbon cutting ceremony for The Goodwin last week
marked “a step in the direction
of breaking down barriers of
income and class that all too
often separate us,” according to
Bob Weinner, president of Trout
Brook Realty Advisors.
Trout Brook Realty Advisors, the developer of the West
Hartford Housing Authority,
built the $10 million apartment facility that includes 47
mixed-income rental units.
Weinner was one of several
officials who spoke at the Tuesday, June 9 event celebrating the
building’s completion.
Speakers praised the development on Newington Road
for offering housing in West
Hartford to people with a broad
range of incomes.
Chief Executive Officer of
the West Hartford Housing Authority George Howell called it
a “significant achievement for
us, and for the neighborhood
of Elmwood and for the town of
Photo by Abigail Albair
Chief Executive Officer of the
West Hartford Housing Authority
George Howell
West Hartford.”
He thanked everyone who
was part of the project, from the
architects to the members of
the Town Council who voted in
favor of the plan, for their part.
When it was proposed, The
Goodwin was a topic of debate,
with many residents turning out
to speak in opposition at public
hearings. The council ultimately approved the measure in a
5-3 vote.
See GOODWIN on page 16
Presentation gives Sedgwick students a local parallel to literary figure
By Abigail Albair
Editor
Students were able to merge
experiences they read about this
year with experiences of someone
familiar to them during a presentation at Sedgwick Middle School
last week.
Dut Tong, the parent of a
Sedgwick student and a “lost boy”
from Sudan, spoke about his life
before he escaped to America in
2004 to sixth-graders gathered in
the school auditorium.
For the students, the discussion gave a face to the New York
Times best-seller they read this
year, “A Long Walk to Water” by
Linda Sue Park.
The book tells the true story
of Salva Dut, a lost boy of Sudan
like Dut Tong.
The lost boys are refugees
who travel the African continent
by foot, searching for their families and safety while they are attacked by rebels and encounter
the hardships of living in the wild.
At the beginning of Tong’s
Friday, June 12 appearance at
Sedgwick, his son shared the story of his father’s early life with his
classmates.
He spoke of the dirt-covered
village and circular clay hut in
which his father grew up in South
Sudan, before it was its own country. He was born into conflict in
the year 1979.
“When my dad was 11 or 12,
the fighting came to his village while
everyone was still sleeping,” his son
recounted. “His family was separated from them when they ran.”
Tong walked for days to Khartoum, the capital of the Republic
of Sudan, where he lived illegally,
surrounded by those who had attacked his home, and, years later,
he took a boat on the Nile River to
Egypt. He hid in towns along the
way and never went to a refugee
camp, surviving mostly on wild
fruit.
He described the time as “living somewhere between life and
death.”
He stayed in Egypt for four
years before coming to America
through Catholic Charities as a
refugee, along with his wife and
newborn son.
He got a job as a landscaper
and learned English.
“He no longer considers himself a lost boy,” his son said.
Tong first returned to his village in 2010 and continues work
to help the people there.
“Life is all about struggle,” he
told the students. “No matter what.
Even in America. What brought
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Making laps to make a difference
A
record number of teams took part in the 2015 Relay for Life of West Hartford Saturday, June
13 and Sunday, June 14 at Northwest Catholic High School. Event Leader Faith Kinsley said
the goal was set this year for 52 teams to get the event to the 50-team threshold. A total of 55
teams took part, raising more than $105,000 for research to fight cancer. “It’s heartwarming to see the
whole community – from little kids to their grandparents – come together,” Kinsley said, adding that
her father recently passed away from cancer. “This year is a difficult year for me, but the response from
the community is heartwarming.” The teams took part in activities ranging from walking around the
track, to karaoke, to line dancing, to lighting luminarias.
The Wishful Walkers show off the money they’ve raised.
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Above: Relay for Life participants enjoy a brisk walk on the
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Chamber of Commerce celebrates members, volunteers
By Alison Jalbert
Assistant Editor
The theme of the West Hartford Chamber of Commerce’s 28th annual meeting and
awards dinner was “Celebrating Member
Milestones,” of which there were many.
Along with handing out the Noah Webster Award and the Volunteer of the Year
award, the chamber also recognized members who have been active for 50-plus years,
35-plus years and 25-plus years.
Mayor Scott Slifka took time to recognize the importance of the chamber in the
community before presenting the Noah Webster Award.
“You have no idea, in my role, how invaluable the chamber is,” he said to the members gathered at the Pond House Café June 15.
The chamber provides public relations
and marketing for West Hartford, something
Slifka and other town officials appreciate.
“[The chamber is] invaluable on a professional level. On a personal level, … we’re often bogged down in minutiae, so it’s always a
great refresher to talk to people in the chamber [who talk about long-term projects],” he
said.
Past recipients of the Noah Webster
Award are, in essence, a West Hartford hall
of fame, Slifka said. The award, established in
1989, is given to any one nominated person
or business that has exhibited extraordinary
commitment to the town and the larger West
Hartford community.
Those who have won the award in the
past didn’t do things for recognition or to get
an award, but rather because it’s in their heart
to give back, the mayor said. Though the recipients come from varying backgrounds,
they all share a common trait – they are often
taken for granted. They can be seen at many
town events and are involved with local nonprofits, but they do what they do without asking for anything in return.
This year’s recipient, David Dyson, fits
the profile of past winners, Slifka said. He and
his mother, Loretta, have been coordinating
the Tabor House GIANT Tag Sale & Auction
for 21 years. Every year, Dyson organizes and
arranges the event, overseeing between 200
and 300 volunteers. He works with no budget.
More than $200,000 has been raised by
the tag sale in the last 21 years, Slifka said.
Members with at least 25 years of participation are Alton Woodford, the American
School for the Deaf, BlumShapiro, DeSimone/Modern Tire, Montessori School, People’s United Bank, Renbrook School, Richard
Fairbrother, Sally and Bob’s Eatery, Sanborn
Photo by Alison Jalbert
David Dyson receives the Noah Webster
Award from Mayor Scott Slifka.
The money goes to helping the nonprofit,
which runs two Victorian homes in Hartford,
offering a safe home for homeless men living
with HIV or AIDS.
Dyson lost his brother to AIDS and said
the Tabor House helps educate the men who
live there, enabling them to move out into
society.
“I can’t do this without the support of
the community,” he said, thanking everyone
in the audience who has helped over the
years. “It’s been a lot of fun in the process.”
Morgan Hilyard-Evans, associate director of the chamber, presented the Volunteer
of the Year award to Tony Leesha of Computer Repair Now. She recalled how welcoming
he was to her when she started at the chamber about a year ago, and said he welcomes
each new member with the same warmth
and enthusiasm he did to her.
Leesha helps out with many of the
chamber’s endeavors, Hilyard-Evans said,
and always makes himself available whenever there are IT issues in the chamber’s office.
Barbara Lerner, chamber executive director, recognized the members who were
reaching milestone years. Those who have
been involved for 50 years or more are AAA,
Abbot Ball, AT&T, Bank of America, Bouvier Insurance, Connecticut Home Interiors,
CNG, Lux Bond & Green, Pfau’s Hardware,
Sinatro Brothers, The Hartford Courant and
the Toy Chest.
Members who have belonged for 35 or
more years are Crown Supermarket, French
Cleaners, Kingswood Oxford School, Michael
Keating Agency, Santander, Taylor Modeen
Funeral Home, TD Bank, Thomas Fahy Insurance, University of Saint Joseph, West Hartford Inn and Westfarms.
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Dut Tong’s son listens as his father shares his story with students.
LITERARY
from page 13 and who organized Tong’s visit to
the school, called the collection “a
me here is not far away. For some peo- tangible way for [children] to make
ple might now acknowledge that the a real-life connection to a book they
problem in Sudan and South Sudan read, help with a current humanitarian need and support a fellow classhas become a globalized problem.”
One by one, students rose to the mate’s family’s work.”
For her part, Barnum said she
microphone to ask him questions
about his hardest trials, the fear has formed a friendship with Tong
he felt and whether or not he ever in recent years.
“This is a story about friendthought of giving up.
“If I had, I wouldn’t be here to- ship, that you can find a friend in
day. So I just kept going,” he said in the most amazing places if you’re
just curious and loving,” she told the
response.
Students also heard from an students.
She said the collection of school
area refugee from Sudan who escaped with the main character of supplies should help them realize
“A Long Walk to Water,” and they the difference small items can make.
“Next time you pick up a pencil
received remarks of thanks from
Nancy Barnum, a parent of a former … you’ll think, this is really a miracle,”
Sedgwick student who organized a she said.
Keller echoed the importance
collection of school supplies to send
to Tong’s village, Akochatong, in the of helping make a difference in the
lives of others.
state of Aweil.
“One of the greatest gifts we
Barnum was joined by West
can give to our young people is helpHartford parent Susan Keller.
A few years ago, Tong’s parish, ing you guys develop a word view
St. Peter Claver Church, collected that goes beyond the border of the
funds to donate a well to his village United States,” she said. “Let this
to provide clean water for its inhab- book, let this assembly today and
itants. His cousin, Celment Mou, a meeting these men … let it change
registered nurse, returns to the vil- you. Let it give you a world view that
lage each summer to bring medicine goes really far.”
Kay also thanked his students
to the villagers and teach children
for the seriousness with which they
under a tree.
The sixth-grade Sedgwick stu- took the book and the assembly,
dents collected money and school and their desire to learn more about
supplies for the “school under a what they had read.
“From the bottom of my heart,
tree,” and those supplies, along with
medical items collected by St. Peter it has been such a privilege to teach
Claver Church, are being sent to the you this year,” he said. “Not just because of the amazing students you
village this summer.
Stephen Kay, the teacher whose are, but because of the amazing peoclasses read “A Long Walk to Water” ple you are.”
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Financing for the development was provided by a private
mortgage from Farmington Bank,
as well as assistance from the Connecticut Department of Housing,
the Connecticut Housing Finance
Authority and Eversource.
The building includes five
one-bedroom units, 36 two-bedroom units and six three-bedroom
units.
Fifteen of the units are available to households with an income at or below 50 percent of the
area median income of $43,750,
and the remaining 32 units are
available at market rate rents.
In April, residents began
moving in, and, as of June 1, 45
percent of the building is occupied, according to a press release.
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For residents of the market
rate portion of the Goodwin, the
average age is 31 and the average
annual income is $74,475. Occupations of residents include attorneys, physicians, pharmacists, engineers, teachers, nurses, physical
therapists and actuaries.
Evonne Klein, commissioner
of the Department of Housing, referenced the phrase “It takes a village” and said that when it comes
to building affordable housing,
it takes the state, federal government and municipalities.
“In this case, it took the West
Hartford Housing Authority and
Trout Brook Realty Advisors who
were dedicated to getting the project done,” she said.
She said that Connecticut
is on a path to ending chronic
homelessness, and credited develJune 18, 2015
Celebrities on the scene
Town Council member Judy Casperson, Deputy
Mayor Shari Cantor, Town Manager Ron Van Winkle
and council Minority Leader Denise Hall
Board of Education members Tammy Exum and
Cheryl Greenberg
undreds of local residents enjoyed a breakfast of Patrissi Pancakes, Whiting Lane
Waffles and Effie’s Eggs during the annual
Celebrity Breakfast at Effie’s Place June 9. Proceeds
from the event benefit the Park Road Parade, scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 3 this year. The parade costs
are handled by the Park Road Association. Local
dignitaries, including town staff, Town Council and
Board of Education members, along with Richard
Chiarappa, music director of the West Hartford
Symphony Orchestra, who came dressed in a tuxedo, and other notable members of the community
bustled about serving meals. Brad Davis of WDRCAM broadcasted live with local celebrities and special guests throughout the morning hours.
H
opments like The Goodwin with
part of that success, along with
ongoing efforts of the Malloy administration.
“This kind of progress is really
what it’s all about for us,” she said.
Though the forecast was for
thunderstorms Tuesday evening,
the skies were blue when the ribbon cutting commenced.
Deputy Mayor Shari Cantor
remarked, “The sun came out and
it is beautiful and it is shining on
this project, and we are all very,
very proud.”
She said the development is
in a good location for walkability,
making it attractive to young people, and said it is “really striking
a chord in the Greater Hartford
area.”
“We thrive on our diversity,” she said, “and to cultivate a
Photos by Abigail Albair
Town Clerk Essie Labrot serves up some
pancakes during the annual Celebrity
Breakfast at Effie’s Place to benefit the
Park Road parade.
Photo by Abigail Albair
Local officials and representatives of Trout Brook Realty Advisors and the
West Hartford Housing Authority gathered June 9 for a ribbon cutting.
diverse community, you need
diverse housing. … This is some-
thing the community embraces
and we value.”
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Boy and girl singers
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at 8 p.m., but can stay open
later if voters are still in line
at 8 p.m. Most poll workers
have some paperwork to
complete and then are free
to leave approximately 30
minutes after the close of
the poll. Half-day positions
are eight hours, 5:15 a.m.
to 1:15 p.m. or 1:15 p.m. to
9:15 p.m. Following a rigorous intake interview, a twohour training class and a
self-directed online course
must be taken by all poll
workers before the election.
Certain positions require
more extensive training.
All poll workers must have
access to a computer and
must provide an email address and telephone number in order to be contacted
regarding work.
Moderator positions
are available for $380, fullday only. Assistant registrar
positions are avialable at
$316 full-day only. Official
checker positions are available at $300 for full day and
$180 for half day and ballot
clerk positions are available
full day at $268 and $214
for half day. Tabulator tender positions are available
for $255 full and $147 half
day, and demonstrator positions are available at $255
full and $147 half.
For more information,
contact the town clerk’s office at 860-561-7430.
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Pictured at the YMCA of Greater Hartford annual meeting
are Jerry Gooden, chairman of the board of the YMCA of
Greater Hartford; United Technologies/YMCA Wesley A.
Kuhrt Youth Citizenship Award winner Nathaniel Pinkes;
and Jay Kuhrt, son of Wesley A. Kuhrt. Nathaniel Pinkes awarded
UTC/YMCA award
Nathaniel Pinkes of
West Hartford was awarded
one of three United Technologies/YMCA Wesley A.
Kuhrt Youth Citizenship
Awards for Community Service at the YMCA of Greater
Hartford’s recent annual
meeting. The awards are
made in memory of a man
known for his outstanding
volunteer and professional
leadership, the late Wesley
A. Kuhrt, who was president
of Sikorsky Aircraft and a
former United Technologies Corporation senior vice
president. Pinkes is a sophomore at Watkinson School.
He is a certified EMT serving
both the Suffield and Bloomfield Volunteer Ambulance
Services. At the age of 12, he
began his volunteer journey
by becoming Red Cross certified in first aid, CPR and
the use of an AED. At 13, he
was volunteering at both the
VA Hospital in Newington
and, during the summer, the
Middlesex Hospital Shoreline Medical Center Emergency Room. Inspired by
what he saw in these facilities, he took and passed the
80-hour Emergency Medical
Responder course in Suffield and began his service to
that group. The UTC/YMCA
Youth Citizenship Awards
are presented annually to
young YMCA program participants ages 15 to 20 who
have strongly demonstrated
an ongoing commitment to
volunteer service.
Bulb fundraiser ongoing
The West Hartford
Clean Energy Task Force
has launced an environmentally-friendly LED lightbulb
fundraiser with 50 perccent
of the proceeds going to The
Town that Cares.
By purchasing LED
bulbs, residents will support
the town, lower one’s electric bill, and help protect the
environment. The fundraiser
runs until June 30.
Four packs of 60W
equivalent warm white,
dimmable LED lightbulbs
are available for $10 with a
maximum of three packs
per houshold. Orders are accepted online at www.shiningsolutionsfundraiser.com/
wh. Bulbs will be available
for pick up in the Town Hall
lobby in July.
Contact the town’s energy specialist, Catherine
Diviney, at catherine.diviney@westhartfordct.gov with
questions or visit www.westhartfordct.gov/cleanenergy.
Senior Day event a success
On Wednesday, May 20,
the West Hartford Senior
Center in Bishops Corner,
along with state Sen. Beth
Bye, welcomed over 300
guests to its annual Senior
Day event. Forty-five senior
service vendors, including
home health agencies, retirement communities and
other specialty services
were in attendance, and
10 prevention health providers, sponsored by the
West Hartford/Bloomfield
Health District, offered
free screenings. Brookdale
Senior Living provided a
complimentary continental
breakfast. The Senior Center’s tea cup prize drawing
raised over $200 to be used
toward additional events
and activities. Senior Center Director Gina Marino
was thrilled to report that
“this year’s Senior Day event
was our best yet.”
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Colt files for Chapter 11
Colt Defense LLC announced
earlier this week that it had filed for
Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Materials were filed in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the
District of Delaware, according to
a press release, to launch a process
that will allow for an accelerated
sale of Colt’s business operations in
the United States and Canada.
Colt’s current sponsor, Sciens
Capital Management LLC, agreed to
act as a “stalking horse bidder,” according to the release, and has proposed to purchase substantially all
of Colt’s assets and assume secured
liabilities and all liabilities related to
existing agreements with employees, customers, vendors and trade
creditors.
Colt, which has been in business for more than 175 years, manufactures firearms for civilian,
military and law enforcement customers worldwide.
The recent move will allow the
company to maintain its commitment to employees and operations
in West Hartford through a longterm extension on the lease for its
manufacturing facilities on New
Park Avenue, the release states, explaining, “Colt intends for the sale to
ensure a smooth and swift transition
of the business with all of its iconic
brands, products and operations
supported by a stronger balance
sheet due to a significantly lower
debt burden.”
Colt’s existing secured lenders
have agreed to provide, subject to
approval of the Bankruptcy Court,
$20 million in debtor in possession
credit facilities to allow for continuation of operations in the ordinary
course of business during the Chapter 11 process.
The entire process is expected
to be complete within 60-90 days.
“The company intends to continue its normal business operations throughout the accelerated
sale process and has asked the
Bankruptcy Court to approve certain company requests to protect
trade creditors, vendors and suppliers, thereby allowing for its operations to continue uninterrupted
during the Bankruptcy Court supervised sale process,” the release explains. “Union-related agreements
will also be unaffected and employees will be paid all wages, salaries
and benefits on a timely basis.”
The current management
team, which has been led since October 2013 by President and CEO
Dennis Veilleux, will remain in
place throughout the process.
Keith Maib, chief restructuring
officer of Colt Defense LLC, said in
the release, “While entering Chapter 11 protection in the absence of
a consensual agreement with our
noteholders was not our preference and we do not take it lightly,
we are confident it is the best path
going forward and will enable us to
continue to gain traction on a challenging, but achievable turnaround
in our business performance and
competitive positioning in the international, U.S. government and
consumer marketplaces.”
Vintage Hi-Fi Museum opens at 485 New Park
By Alison Jalbert
Assistant Editor
The Shops at 485 New Park
have added another unique
offering to their roster of businesses with the opening of the
Vintage Hi-Fi Museum.
The museum held its grand
opening June 13 and 14, enabling visitors to see examples
of mid-century stereo design,
listen to music on early vintage
tube-amplifiers and peruse the
collection of vinyl.
Mike Urban and his business partner, Bob Pienkowski, have been members of the
Vintage Radio and Communications Museum of Connecticut in Windsor for “a very long
time,” Urban said. The two are
passionate about the audio that
was produced mostly in the
1950s and 1960s, and some produced in the early 1970s.
“We’re part of the addicting
crowd of collecting stuff,” Urban
said. “We go to swap meets [to]
build our collection. I have stuff
in the garage and in the attic.
I know friends and customers
who have storage facilities full
of stuff.”
The two wanted to take
their collections out of storage and put them on display,
so when they heard about the
building at 485 New Park Ave.
and discovered it had vacancies, it proved to be an ideal location for the museum.
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Vintage Hi-Fi Museum offers gift items and a workshop space in
addition to displays of vintage items.
“We thought it was great –
we can make a start of it, a beginning,” Urban said. “At the cost
of a storage facility, we can more
or less open a store. It’s a museum, but we have to support ourselves [with] a gift shop.”
Not long after moving into
the space, the room next door
to the museum became available, allowing for a separate
museum space in one room and
a gift shop, workshop and listening area in the other. The gift
shop will sell “everything stereo
and mono,” Urban said, including record players, vacuum tube
equipment from the ‘50s and
‘60s, a variety of stereo equipment and speakers. Most of the
items are vintage.
He said they are “adamant”
about teaching younger generations about the equipment on
display – how to use it, maintain
it and repair it.
“We’re meeting a
lot of youngsters getting into vinyl,” he said.
“They weren’t even born
yet when some of these
groups were out. We
want to get them involved in a lot of different ways.”
Urban and Pien-
kowski hope to hold special
events at the museum in the
future and are brainstorming
ideas. There may be collections
people don’t want to sell, but
they are willing to loan it to the
museum for display.
Seminars may be offered
as well, covering topics such
as maintaining records, reelto-reel tape recording, or restoration. Depending on interest
and available stock, Urban said
they may try to have a small
used record shop.
Given that the museum
shares a building with vintage
clothing and vintage furniture
stores, Urban believes the atmosphere is complementary.
“It’s a good starting point. I
know so many people that are so
passionate about this stuff that
they’ll go out of their way to find
you,” he said. “I’ve got customers
who are educators and are willing to teach. Now, we just need
students and volunteers and I
think we’ll be rolling.”
The Vintage Hi-Fi Museum
is located at 485 New Park Ave.
It will be open Saturdays only.
For more information, visit vintagehifimuseum.blogspot.com
or www.facebook.com/vintageHiFiMuseum.
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payable on July 1, 2015.
Taxes may be paid on-line at www.westhartfordct.gov, or at
the Revenue Collection Center in the Town Hall, Room 109.
Office hours are Monday and Wednesday 8:30 am - 4:30 pm,
Tuesday 7:30 am - 4:30 pm, and Thursday 8:30 am – 7:00
pm. THE OFFICE IS CLOSED EVERY FRIDAY, except for
Friday July 31st, when the office will be open from 8:30 am to
4:30 pm.
If payment is not made by Monday, August 3, 2015, the tax becomes delinquent and subject to interest at the rate of 1 1/2%
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interest is 3% (1 ½% for July; 1 1/2 % for August).
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Letter to the
EDITOR
We deserve
better
To the editor:
PRESS
Beyond the desk of the EDITOR
School’s out for summer
Around this time of year,
much like students and teachers, I start looking forward to a
little bit of a break.
Things slow down in the
summer months – town government meetings are held less
frequently and school halls are Abigail Albair,
Editor
mostly silent as children’s voices are heard in parks and playgrounds instead of in classrooms and auditoriums.
Although I look forward to the quiet of summer, I know by September I’ll be ready for things
to start up again.
I’ll be missing mornings like last Friday,
when I spent an hour in a Braeburn preschool
classroom witnessing the marvelous lessons
in nature students were learning using a greenhouse and garden beds right in their own school
backyard. I’ll miss the excited faces holding up
snap peas and the little fingers pointing out details for me to photograph.
I’ll be missing the charitable activities that
go on in our local schools, and looking forward
to the Morley Red Wagon Food Drive while last
week’s Morley Backpack Brigade seems a distant
memory.
I’ll be missing programs like the one held last
week at Sedgwick to help better educate students
on the realities of life for refugees in Sudan, or arts
programs such as the living museum held two
weeks ago at Hall High School.
One of the things I consider most fortunate
about my job is the opportunity to spend time in
schools.
West Hartford
The Connecticut General Assembly recently passed a budget
in excess of $40 billion for the next
two years. I am writing to focus not
on the product, but on the process
used by the Democrats to pass it – a
process that involved no informed
or meaningful debate.
After being in session the previous day and overnight, the budget
came to the floor of the House at
approximately 5:30 a.m. on the final
regular day of the session. By 10:30
a.m., once the Democrats had the
votes, the budget bill was packaged
as an Emergency Certification, a
procedure used to end debate, and
was called for a vote. The budget bill
received similar treatment in the
Senate where it was called for a vote
at 11:30 p.m., a half-hour before the
end of the regular session.
The result was a budget narrowly passed by the House of Representatives by a vote of 73-70 and the
state Senate by a vote of 19-17. Our
West Hartford state Sen. Beth Bye
and our Reps. Brian Becker, Joe Verrengia and Andy Fleischmann voted
in favor of the budget.
The budget was negotiated behind closed doors and without any
input from Republicans. Despite
representing just under half of the
people in the state, the Republicans’
budget proposals were dismissed
without consideration and their
voices silenced. Not surprisingly, all
of the Republicans voted “no” on the
budget.
The state budget is a policy document. It sets forth public spending
priorities and determines how the
state will raise revenue to cover the
spending. As an elected town official, each year my colleagues and I
consider and vote on a budget. We
review every line of the budget in
committee, have an opportunity to
ask questions and consider all town
spending before we vote.
By contrast, the state budget
was passed with no informed debate.
A few hours to review hundreds of
pages of a dense budget after pulling
an all-nighter is the equivalent of no
review at all. Legislators must have
a meaningful opportunity to review,
consider and debate the budget before having to vote.
The process used to pass the
state budget is not good for the people of Connecticut. We deserve better from our elected officials.
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Journalism is a broad profession, one that offers the opportunity to cover news, write human
interest stories about the unsung heroes of local
communities; the chance to take photos at festivals and road races; and the chance to speak your
mind on opinion pages.
Most journalists focus on one of these areas,
and I always most appreciate the fact that working at a community newspaper affords me the
chance to do them all.
Still, the school year can get overwhelming
with so many schools to visit and so many worthy programs to write about. I receive regular updates from Sherry Feinglass of the Foundation for
West Hartford Public Schools, and, although I try,
I know I may never be able to write about each
and every program the foundation helps to fund.
Sticking to the facts is easy when covering a
school project or program, though it can be tough
to encapsulate all the unique learning happening
within a classroom’s walls.
I’m amazed every year by the students and
their capacity for generosity and the absorbtion
of knowledge.
The summer brings Little League baseball
games, time at the pools in town and evenings
spent strolling the Center.
I’m ready for a little time to write about other
things. But soon enough, it will be time for kids to
sharpen their pencils and walk through crunching leaves as they head to their neighborhood
schools.
I’ll certainly be ready to hear “Pomp and
Circumstance” once again by next June, and I’m
looking forward to all the stories I get to tell in
between.
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Senior Center events/programs
West Hartford Senior Center, 15 Starkel Road,
860-561-7583
• Thursday Afternoon Movies at 1 p.m.: June 18,
“Whiplash” and June 25, “My Old Lady”
• Volunteer Luncheon Tuesday, June 23, at Atria
Hamilton Heights, $10 for guests, limited seating
• Trips, pre-register: Newport, Corsets & Top
Hats, Wednesday, June 24, 7:30 a.m.-7 p.m.,
meet Caroline Astor, lunch in Canfield House,
visit Marble House, $94/$100/$101; Red
Sox vs. Orioles Thursday, June 25, 10 a.m.,
$87/$93/$94; Tanglewood, Boston Pops, July 5,
9:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m., $114/$120/$121
Elmwood Senior Center, 1106 New Britain
Ave., 860-561-8160
• Musical Morning with Heather Taylor, solo
oboe recital, Friday, June 19, 10-11 a.m.
• Movies & Munchies Fridays at 1 p.m.: June
19, “The Imitation Game,” and June 26, “Somewhere in Time”
• Summer Theater Camp June 22-July 20 for
ages 6-12, four-week sessions 8:30 a.m.-4:30
p.m., call to register
• Dog Training Class July 12-Aug. 30, register
Red Cross blood donation opportunities
American Red Cross blood donation opportunities will be Thursday, June 18, 8:30 a.m.-6:30
p.m., at NBC Connecticut, 1422 New Britain
Ave., and Monday, June 22, 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m.,
at West Hartford Town Hall, 50 South Main St.
Donors of all blood types – especially those with
types O negative, A negative and B negative –
are needed. To make an appointment, download
the Red Cross Blood Donor app at redcrossblood.org, or call 1-800-733-2767.
Events at Blue Back Square
• Thursday, June 18, 7-9 p.m., Peter & Mike
playing family friendly music
• Friday, June 19, 6:30 p.m., The Randall Kane
Quartet playing jazz instrumental standards
• Saturday, June 20, 3:30-5 p.m., Julian Sherwood Band
• Saturday, June 20, 7-9 p.m., Eden playing alternative rock, R&B and jazz
• Thursday, June 25, 7 p.m., Stealhead playing
rock and fusion
• Friday, June 26, 7-9 p.m., Kala Farnham
Hebrew Reading 101
Chabad of Greater Hartford will offer a fivepart crash course in Hebrew reading beginning
Thursday, June 18 and continuing the following
four Mondays, June 22, 29, July 6 and 13 at
7:30 p.m. at Chabad House of Greater Hartford,
2352 Albany Ave. The cost for the course is $60.
Call 860-232-1116 for info.
Teen Weekend Retreat
Holy Family Retreat Center, 303 Tunxis Road,
860-760-9705, www.holyfamilyretreat.org, will
offer a Teen Weekend Retreat: Know Greater Joy
Friday-Sunday, June 19-21, $175.
At Beth El Temple, 2626 Albany Ave., 860233-9696:
• PJ Shabbat and Kids’ Club Shabbat Friday,
June 19, 5:45-6:45 p.m. for youngest children. Dress them in their PJs and bring them
to synagogue for stories, songs and a Torah
parade led by Rabbi Garber. Older children will
join Barbara Checknoff for a parallel program
of stories, songs and prayers. Dinner follows
for participants of both programs. RSVP to
Rabbi Howard Rosenbaum at 860-233-9891,
hrosenbaum@bethel.org.
• Friday Night Forum “Jewish Roots” with Dr.
Leon Chameides June 19, 7:30-9:30 p.m.
• Hands Across the River Golf Tournament
Tuesday, June 23, 11 a.m.-9 p.m., at Wampanoag Country Club, 60 Wampanoag Drive
At the Library
To submit an event for the calendar,
e-mail Sally at
sedwards@thevalleypress.net
Friday Night Forum
Friday Night Forum “Jewish Roots” with Dr. Leon
Chameides will be June 19, 7:30-9 p.m., at Beth
El Temple, 2626 Albany Ave. Enjoy late Friday night
services and stay for an oneg and lecture. Chameides was born in Poland and immigrated to the
U.S. in 1949. He was the founding chair of pediatric
cardiology at Hartford Hospital, Connecticut Children’s Medical Center and clinical professor at the
University of Connecticut School of Medicine. He
has been active in the Jewish community and, in
his retirement, has published three books. The two
he will discuss are “Strangers in Many Lands: The
Story of Jewish Family in Turbulent Times” and “On
the Edge of the Abyss: A Polish Rabbi Speaks to His
Community on the Eve of the Shoah.” No fees or
reservations are required.
NWC Scholarship Scamper
On Saturday, June 20, Northwest Catholic High
School will host the second Northwest Catholic
Scholarship Scamper 5k Road Race, beginning
and ending on the NWC campus, 29 Wampanoag Drive. The post-race gathering will include
food, beverages and fun for the whole family.
Race day registration from 8:30-9:30 a.m. is
$30 for adults and $20 for youths. The race
begins at 10 a.m. For info, go to www.NorthwestCatholic.org/5kScamper, or contact Patricia
Walsh at 860-236-4221, ext. 138.
Charity Day even to benefit autism
The Blue Dragonfly, a project of Family Partnerships
of Connecticut that provides day services and employment for individuals with intellectual disabilities,
has chosen ASRC – Autism Services & Resources
Connecticut – to be the beneficiary of its Charity Day
Event Saturday, June 20 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at its
144 Broad St., Windsor, location. The event will feature music by WHCN-FM 105.9 The River, and Nat
Hayden’s Barbecue next door will offer lunch specials. Visit www.autismconnecticut.org.
A Tasting of Poetry and Food
The Bishops Corner Arts Committee will present its 2nd annual Poetry Reading Series on
the Patio at Bishops Corner. The kickoff for the
series will be Saturday, June 20 at Whole Foods
across from Marshalls. A tasting of food and
poetry will begin at 11 a.m. with readings from
Catherine Hoyser, poet and professor of English
and director of women’s studies at the University of Saint Joseph, and university student poets until 11:45 a.m. A food tasting will follow to
accompany the food for the soul. On Tuesday,
June 23, the series will feature Christine Beck
and friends from 7-8 p.m. on the Patio located
to the side of Blue Plate Kitchen and Maximum
Beverage in the Marshalls Plaza.
Free Community Lunch
The Fern Street Community Kitchen will offer a
Free Community Lunch for neighbors in need Saturday, June 20 (and the third Saturday of every
month). The kitchen is at The Universalist Church,
433 Fern St., and lunch is served from 12:301:30 p.m. There is no charge, reservations are not
needed, and all are welcome. In partnership with
Foodshare, the Fern Street Community Kitchen
addresses food insecurity in West Hartford and
the greater Hartford area. For more info, go to
communitykitchen@westhartforduu.org.
‘Claws for a Cause’
On Saturday, June 20, the Rotary Club of West
Hartford will present its eighth annual “Claws for
a Cause” fundraiser on the grounds of the American School for the Deaf, 139 North Main St. The
event is a LobsterFest from 5-8:30 p.m. featuring family friendly entertainment with Fountainhead performing live. Tickets are $55 per adult,
and attendees may select either a lobster or
steak dinner. Tickets are $10 per child for either
a hot dog or hamburger dinner. Tickets are available at www.westhartfordrotary.org and will not
be sold the day of the event. For more info, call
Robert Kor at 860-521-2806.
Noah Webster Library,
20 South Main St., 860-561-6980
Basketball Camp
Trinity College’s Bantams Fundamental Basketball Camp for boys and girls ages 7-17 will take
place Monday, June 22-Friday, June 26. The
camp will begin at 9 a.m. and end at 3:30 p.m.
For more information, contact Casey Cosgrove at
978-886-3139 or at cosgrove9782@gmail.com.
Faxon Library,
John Mirabello’s NWC Basketball Clinic 2015
Improve one’s game this summer at John Mirabello’s Northwest Catholic Basketball Clinic:
June 22-25 for boys entering grades 8-9, 8:30
a.m.; June 29-July 2 for boys entering grades
5-7, 8:30 a.m.-noon; July 6-9, 8:30 a.m.-noon,
bonus boys weeks (grades 5-9); July 13-16 for
girls entering grades 5-9, 8:30 a.m.-noon. Cost
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Noah Webster Library,
• Connecticut Screenwriters meeting
Wednesday, June 24, 7 p.m., geared
to those with some screenwriting
experience
• Gallery exhibit: Landscapes/Cityscapes of John Folchi thru June 30
1073 New Britain
Ave., Elmwood
• Faxon Poets meeting Saturday,June 20,
10 a.m.-noon
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West Hartford Press
is $125. Registration accepted until enrollment
is full at 860-236-4221, ext. 130 or 860-6700030, jmirabello@nwcath.org.
Duncaster seminar/presentation
“The Works of Richard Wagner” will be the
subject of this summer’s Great Courses Seminar discussions at Duncaster Retirement Community in Bloomfield. The seminar will meet
Mondays from June 22-Sept. 7 from 2-3:30
p.m. The seminar will be moderated by Duncaster resident Phil Reynolds and will focus on
the story of Wagner’s life and his influence on
Western music, opera and the complete spectrum of theater and literary arts. The first twopart lecture, titled “The Escape from Riga” and
“London, Paris and Rienzi,” will take place June
22. The discussions are free and open to the
public, however, pre-registration is required at
fKent@Duncaster.org, or at 860-380-5006.
“A Recipe for Healthy Aging and Brain Boosting” is the title of an open community presentation and discussion Wednesday, June 24 at 3
p.m. as part of Duncaster’s series called “The Art
and Science of Graceful Aging.” The discussion
will be led by registered dietitian/certified nutritionist Mary Noon, M.D., R.D.N., C.D.N., and will
focus on healthy eating as one of the primary
factors that contributes to a robust and active
lifestyle. Register by contacting Fran Kent.
Aging Care Academy courses
Hebrew HealthCare’s upcoming Aging Care
AcademySM, a service designed especially to
assist family members caring for older adults,
will offer the following courses at 1 Abrahms
Boulevard: Tuesday, June 23, 4-5:30 p.m.,
Household Safety; Thursday, June 25, 4-5:30
p.m., Normal Aging and Health Habits; June 30,
Taking Care of YOU: Avoiding Caregiver Burnout;
July 7, Advanced Directives and Emergency Preparedness; July 9, More than the Blues; July 14,
Avoid Scams and ID Theft; July 16, Essential Elements to Avoid a Nursing Home; July 23, Myths
about Memory Loss. To reserve a seat call 860920-1810 or go to www.agingcareacademy.org.
Improvisation music
The art of improvisation is helpful to facilitate
communication with people living with dementia. Come Tuesday, June 23, 5:30-8 p.m.,
to Hebrew HealthCare auditorium, 1 Abrahms
Boulevard, for an event to support The Longest
Day and the Alzheimer’s Association. Seating is
limited. RSVP to 860-920-1810.
Park, West Hartford Center
Brooke Nelson, manager of municipal parking
for West Hartford, will teach the basics of the
new parking meters, “pay-by-plate” and “Passport Parking AP” Wednesday, June 24, 10-11
a.m., at the Elmwood Senior Center, 1106 New
Britain Ave. She will explain how to use cash or
credit cards and even mobile devices. Fee is
$1/$2. Register at 860-561-8180.
Being Mindful while Parenting
Being Mindful while Parenting, a free group being
offered at the Noah Webster Library, 20 South
Main St., will meet Thursday, June 25 from 7-8
p.m. Parenting mindfully means parenting in the
present moment, non-judgmentally, without the
need to react. With the practice of mindfulness,
one can reduce the stress and choose to respond
thoughtfully. No registration required.
Newcomers event
The West Hartford Newcomers Club monthly
guys night out will be poker night Thursday,
June 25 at 7:30 p.m. For more information, go
to whnewcomersclub@gmail.com.
Whale Watch
The Continuing Education Office is offering a Whale
Watch to visit Stellwagon Bank off Provincetown,
Mass., Saturday, June 27, 8 a.m.-9:30 p.m., departing from the Commuter Parking Lot, 475 Hartford
Road, New Britain. Price of the trip is $79. Register
by calling the Continuing Ed office at 860-561-6900.
Hall reunion
Hall High School class of 1995 20th reunion will
be Saturday, June 27 from 7-11:30 p.m. at Avon
Old Farms Hotel, Avon. Tickets are $65 per person until June 19. The event will include a buffet
dinner, cash bar and s’mores by the pit. Payment can be made through PayPal at hallhighclassof95@gmail.com, or mail checks to Megan
Conroy Schuck, 12 North Drive, Simsbury.
Open auditions for youth choir
Boy and girl singers 7 ½ and up – and boys with
treble voices – are invited to audition to join the
youth choral program at St. John’s Episcopal
Arts & Events
Unitarian Meeting House Performing Arts
Series production of “Honey Labrea – The
Lonely Thetan” starring Marsha Howard Karp,
a work in process by Jacques Lamarre, Thursday, June 18, 7:30 p.m. at the Unitarian-Universalist Society of Hartford, 50 Bloomfield Ave.,
Hartford – play reading followed by reception
At the Wadsworth Atheneum, 600 Main St.,
Hartford:
• Rethinking Abstract Expressionism: Energy
Made Visible with Dr. Robert Hobbs Thursday,
June 18, 6 p.m., pre-lecture reception 5-6
p.m., free and open to the public
• Jazz Brunch: Deborah Wang Trio Sunday,
June 21, 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., $35/$25,
tickets online or call 860-838-4100
At Bridge Street Live, 41 Bridge St., Collinsville, 860-693-9762: Friday, June 19, 8 p.m.,
West End Blend w/special guest The Humeleons; Saturday, June 20, 8 p.m., Comedy
Night: Paul Bond
“HAIR” at Playhouse on Park, 244 Park
Road, West Hartford, 860-523-5900, ext. 10,
performances thru July 19 Wednesdays and
Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays
at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. with talk back
with cast after the show, special matinee June
30 at 2 p.m., $32.50
At the Mark Twain House & Museum, 351
Farmington Ave., Hartford:
• The MOuTH storytelling event with Chion
Wolf Friday, June 19, 7:30 p.m. at Webster
Bank Museum Center, email submissions to
HartfordMouth@gmail.com, tickets $5, to reserve call 860-280-3130
• Book/Mark “Mark Twain in China” with
author Selina Lai-Henderson Wednesday,
June 24, 7 p.m., in Lincoln Financial Services
Auditorium, on display throughout Webster
Bank Museum Center is collection of never-before-seen Han Dynasty stone rubbings,
free event followed by book sale and signing,
reservations recommended at 860-280-3130
At Maple Tree Café, 781 Hopmeadow St.,
Simsbury, live music at 9 p.m., cover charge,
860-651-1297: Friday, June 19, Broken Lonely, and Saturday, June 20, Poor Gordon
At Infinity Music Hall and Bistro:
20 Greenwoods Road North, Norfolk, 860542-5531: June 19, 8 p.m., Who’s Bad (the
world’s only sanctioned tribute to Michael
Jackson); June 20, 8 p.m., Lucy Kaplansky &
Richard Shindell: The Pine Hill Project; June
21, 7:30 p.m., Taj Mahal; June 25, 8 p.m.,
Butch Hancock of The Flatlanders
32 Front St., Hartford: June 18, 8 p.m., The Bacon Brothers with special guest Kathryn Gallagher;
June 19, 8 p.m., The Honeycutters; June 20, 8
p.m. Al Di Meola, jazz guitarist; June 21, 3 p.m.,
Patti Sinclair; June 25, 8 p.m., The Seldom Scene
“Green Day’s American Idiot,” at the Nancy
Marine Studio Theatre, Main St., Torrington,
with final performances Friday and Saturday,
June 19 and 20 at 8 p.m., and Sunday, June
21 at 2 p.m., call 860-489-7180 for tickets
Church, 679 Farmington Ave., for the 2015-16
season. Contact Music Director Scott Lamlein at
music@sjparish.net or phone 860-523-5201,
ext. 324 for an interview, or visit www.reddoormusic.com/youthchoir for an online application.
Summer programs at Playhouse on Park
Playhouse on Park, 244 Park Road, will offer a
Creative Kids Young Actor Training Program to
children entering kindergarten through second
grade and a Professional High School Actor
Training Program for students entering freshman year in high school through freshman year
in college. Both classes will run from June 29July 10. Children entering grades three-eight
can register for the Young Actor Musical Theater
Preparatory Program, which will run from July
13-24. The program gives children instruction
in acting, dance and music. To register for any
program, visit the Education page at www.playhouseonpark.org and download registration
form, or call 860-523-5900, ext. 10.
Playhouse on Park is seeking enthusiastic
theater lovers who are willing to usher for upcoming productions. For more information, visit
Brewfest at Ski Sundown in New Hartford,
Saturday, June 20, 4-8 p.m., must be 21
(www.skisundown.com)
Elizabeth Park’s “Rose Weekend” Saturday,
June 20 and Sunday, June 21: Poetry Under
the Tent Saturday, June 20, 1 p.m. and open
mic 3-5 p.m.; garden tours 10:30, 11:30 a.m.,
12:30 and 1:30 p.m., and Connecticut Rose
Society Show & Rose Sale Sunday, June 21,
1:30-4 p.m. in the Pond House
Festival of India Sunday, June 21, noon-5
p.m., in Bushnell Park, Hartford, no charge for
admission – chariot parade accompanied by
singing and dancing, free vegetarian meal of
Indian food and drink, exhibits and fun activities, traditional Indian music and dance and
dramatic plays, instruction on meditation and
yoga, face painting, games and magic show
for children, and more
Kiwanis Club’s Giant Big K Flea Market/
Craft Fair Sundays, June 21 and 28 from 8
a.m.-2 p.m., at 39 Cedar St., Newington, shoppers admission $1 to benefit civic and humanitarian needs, kids under 12 free, crafters and
vendor spaces $15
At the New England Air Museum, Windsor
Locks, 860-623-3305, www.neam.org: Open
Cockpit Sunday June 21, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.,
including 2 performances of Alison Moncrief
Bromage’s play “Red Headed Flying Devil”
based on Ct. aviation pioneer and daredevil
Charles Hamilton, admission; historic WWII
aircraft June 24-28 including Fifi, a Boeing B-29 Superfortress, tours at 10 a.m.,
$20/$15/$7
Talcott Mountain Music Festival opening with Mambo Kings and the music of
Latin America and the U.S. Friday, June 26,
7:30 p.m., at the Performing Arts Center at
Simsbury Meadows, Iron Horse Boulevard,
Simsbury, rain date June 27, advance single
lawn tickets $20/ adults and $5/ children,
$25 at the gate (860-987-5900, www.hartfordsymphony.org)
“Rhythm & Blues,” final exhibit in Yin &
Yang Series thru June 27 at The Golden
Thread Gallery, 303 Tunxis Road, West Hartford, gallery hours: Wednesday, 10 a.m.-3
p.m., Thursday noon-6 p.m. and Saturday 11
a.m.-2 p.m. (860-760-9766, info@goldenthreadgallery.org
Brick Walk Fine Art, 322 Park Road, West
Hartford, summer group exhibition, “SUNSTRUCK,” thru Sept. 5, hours Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. – works in a variety of
mediums by Eric Aho, James Baker, Katherine
Bradford, Stephen Brown, Robert Dente, Zbigniew Grzyb, Robert Harms, Duncan Johnson,
Wolf Kahn, JD Wissler and others celebrating
the warm light and heat of summer
New England Carousel Museum, 95 Riverside Ave., Bristol, open to the public Wednesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday from
noon-5 p.m., admission $6/$5.50/$3.50/$2
www.playhouseonpark.org or call 860-5235900, ext. 10.
NWC registration for summer programs
Northwest Catholic is now accepting registration for a wide variety of programs being offered
during the summer. The programs are available
to students entering grades 3-12 and include
athletic clinics for boys and girls basketball, football, volleyball, boys and girls lacrosse, boys and
girls soccer, baseball and field hockey, as well
as PSAT and SAT prep courses. For a brochure
and registration form, visit www.NorthwestCatholic.org/summer. Any questions contact Matthew
Martorelli at 860-236-4221, ext. 127.
Farmers Markets
The West Hartford Farmers Market on LaSalle
Road in the Arapahoe municipal parking lot will
be open Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays,
Tuesdays and Saturdays from 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
and Thursdays, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., thru Oct. 31.
The Bishops Corner Farmers Market runs every
Saturday thru Oct. 31 from 9 a.m.-noon in the
Crown Market parking lot.
PRESSSports
Gray
Matters
By Scott Gray
State champs
Photo by Ted Glanzer
As the No. 27 seed, Northwest Catholic culminated an improbable run to the Class S state championship with 5-1 victory over No. 4 Morgan June
13 at Palmer Field in Middletown. Northwest, which went 9-11 in the regular season, went 5-0 in the tournament, beating a higher-seeded team
in all five games.
Northwest Catholic wins state title
By Ted Glanzer
Staff Writer
The best-laid plans of mice
and baseball coaches often go
awry.
At the beginning of the season, Northwest Catholic baseball coach Cory Carlson laid out
the blueprint for what he believed would be his team’s success. There was no real magic
behind it, just the time-honored
triumvirate of solid pitching,
good defense and timely hitting
that most coaches espouse but
few teams actually execute.
"We pitch the idea that
pitching and defense wins
championships,” Carlson said.
While there were flashes
of brilliance, particularly from
junior pitcher Justin Gallicchio,
Northwest Catholic finished the
regular season with a lukewarm
9-11 record, good enough to be
the No. 27 seed of the 31 teams
that qualified for the Class S
state tournament.
Then, for the most part,
Carlson’s blueprint turned from
theory into reality, culminating
with the Indians defeating No.
4 Morgan-Clinton 5-1 to earn
the school’s second Class S state
championship at Palmer Field
in Middletown June 13. With
the victory, Northwest Catholic
became the lowest seed to ever
win a baseball championship at
any level, and Carlson admitted
that the run surprised him a bit. “We won eight out of our
last nine games, and we played
baseball the way that I envisioned us playing baseball: scoring four, five, six runs a game,
playing solid defense and keeping us in the game. … They were
able to finally get what we were
trying to teach them all year,
and they got it at the right time
with this last eight- or nine-game
stretch. It’s unbelievable what
they accomplished. I could not
have envisioned myself standing
here, talking about this."
Carlson wouldn’t have
been talking about winning the
title if not for freshman pitcher Luke Fox, who turned in a
sterling performance, going 5
2/3 innings allowing just one
run on four hits, while striking
out five batters. Gallicchio, the
team’s undisputed ace, was
only available for three innings
of work after having pitched a
complete game shutout in the
Class S semifinals. Ideally, a coach would have
his ace on the mound to start
the season’s biggest game. Instead, the responsibility fell on
See CHAMPS on page 22
Conard runs into juggernaut in semifinals
By David Heuschkel
Sports Editor
Facing the reigning queens
of high school lacrosse in Connecticut was a daunting challenge, to say the least. Needless
to say, though, Conard did not
make it to the CIAC state tournament semifinals for the first
time to merely raise their sticks
in reverence of Darien.
While the Chieftains were
newcomers to the party, Megan Cersosimo’s team showed
it could compete with the best
team in the state by putting the
Blue Wave in an early hole and
hanging with them for most of
the first half.
Darien eventually rediscovered its scoring touch and increased the tempo. Meanwhile,
Photo by David Heuschkel
Conard’s Tessa Sinatro has the ball temporarily knocked out of her
stick by Darien’s Emma Lesko.
the Chieftains could not muster
much of an offensive attack and
had trouble keeping up with the
Blue Wave.
In the end, Conard lost
13-6 to a team that went
on to win its third consecutive state championship and
seventh in nine years. During its
three-peat, Darien is 56-0 overall against CIAC teams with six
losses to out-of-state teams.
Cersosimo knew what
her team was up against after
watching the Blue Wave on
film and in person “quite a few
times.” She knew they were tall
and athletic.
Laxpower.com has Darien
ranked No. 25 in the nation.
Seniors goalie Samantha Nielsen (Cornell) and attack Mariah Matheis (Georgetown) were
named First Team All-Americans by US Lacrosse for 2015.
“They’re a well-coached team
and a very talented team. So we
knew coming in we had to play
a perfect game,” Cersosimo said.
See SEMIFINALS on page 22
“A year ago we started a journey to bring family entertainment to the city of Hartford. We started the process of
building our ‘Field of Dreams.’”
With that, New Britain Rock Cats owner Josh Solomon
opened a press conference last week on the courtyard
outside Hartford’s city hall to announce the next step in
that journey, a major partnership for the naming rights
for the stadium on the outskirts of the city’s north end
that next summer will become home for the Hartford Yard
Goats, Eastern League affiliate of the Colorado Rockies.
“Our new naming partner is not only an outstanding brand,” said Solomon, “but a partner that has a deep
commitment to the community.”
He then introduced “Dunkin’ Donuts Park” as the home
the team will move into when its contract with New Britain
expires at the end of this year.
“We didn’t need cyber-metrics to evaluate this opportunity,” said Dunkin’ Donuts vice president of field
marketing Tom Manchester following the announcement,
“We’re ready to say ‘Play ball’ in Hartford.”
“We do have an evaluation process on naming rights,”
Manchester later expounded.“We have the Providence
Civic Center, which is now the Dunkin’ Donuts Center. The
process really revolves around two things, brand leadership in the market, we want to be known as the leading
brand of coffee in the market, and, secondly, supporting
the local community. We have over 400 stores in Connecticut. We get involved with local communities, and this
is a perfect opportunity for us to show our support for the
people of Connecticut.”
While Solomon agreed the local aspect is important,
with most franchises being locally owned, he added, “We
had to go beyond a local name to a name that can be
leveraged nationally.”
Dunkin’ Donuts is a perfect fit and a stroke of genius.
“We did go to other people,” Solomon admitted, “but
this clearly was our first choice. We wanted a national
brand, something everyone could relate to. Most of all, we
wanted a partner that was as committed to the community as we are. We found it.”
The addition of Dunkin’ Donuts to the Yard Goats partnership gives instant credibility to the project in Hartford
just as the construction of the stadium, which has less than
10 months to be ready to start next season, begins to reach
street level visibility beyond site preparation status. Solomon and his family are confronted with a number of problematic issues, not the least of which is affordable parking
to make stadium access comfortable and safe for family
audiences, to fulfill the promise that the stadium will be just
the centerpiece of redevelopment that will unite the city’s
downtown with its north end and will also include new
businesses and restaurants and affordable adjacent housing. Partnering with a family friendly international brand like
Dunkin’ Donuts carries this project a long way.
On another subject: The Back 9 Network is officially
extinct. The ‘golf lifestyle’ network, with limited audience
appeal, never found the cable partnership necessary for
success and, amid corporate upheaval that included the
ouster of founder and CEO Jamie Bosworth, it, for all
practical purposes, folded operations when they vacated
its high profile, high priced offices in Hartford’s Phoenix
Mutual building last month. In the end its original product, which included the hiring of LPGA golfer Cheyenne
Woods, primarily in hopes of gaining access to her high
profile uncle, Tiger, and a “Tour Wives” program that had
little to offer in the way of behind-the-scenes insights after a premier show that featured Sergio Garcia’s very bitter and very vocal ex, fell short, in both quality and quantity, of attracting the necessary cable attention. High profile
investors like Clint Eastwood, Ray Allen and Geno Auriemma aren’t likely to again see the money they put into the
network, let alone any return on their investments.
On another subject altogether: I’d like to mention one
name on ESPN’s ESPY Courage Award committee. Lauren
Hill. Lauren lived a lifelong dream when she got to play
college basketball for Division III Mount St. Joseph University in a game that, with NCAA approval, was moved
up a matter of weeks so Lauren’s dream could come true
before she died of brain cancer. The rest of the womens
college basketball season was anticlimactic after Lauren
scored its first basket. She used the limited time she had
left to lead the fight against juvenile cancer, rallying the
hearts of the nation behind her. ESPN, in all its wisdom,
presented its award to Caitlyn Jenner. In a world in which
every news cycle is dictated by pop culture, it didn’t take
much courage for Jenner to set herself up to cash in millions in endorsement and reality TV bucks. The award is
named for truly courageous tennis legend Arthur Ashe,
who is probably spinning in his grave.
June 18, 2015
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West Hartford Press
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Photos by Ted Glanzer
Left: Just a freshman, Northwest Catholic pitcher Luke Fox allowed one run in 5 2/3 innings to earn the win. Middle: Northwest reliever Justin Gallicchio gets sandwiched by teammates
after the final out. Right: The post-game celebration included coach Cory Carlson getting the water bucket dumped over him.
CHAMPS
from page 21
Fox, who was just two years removed from
playing Little League baseball. Fox’s performance was not lost on Carlson.
“To get an effort like that out of a freshman who was completely unfazed by the
pressure of a big game,” Carlson said. “He
didn’t play like a freshman today. His last two
starts have been his best two starts of the
season. He looked like a 17-18-year-old kid
instead of a kid that was pitching in the Babe
Ruth league last year. To his credit, he did
what he had to do, threw a lot of first-pitch
strikes, got a lot of outs.”
Morgan head coach John Litevich
agreed.
“The freshman – he’s going to be really
good,” Litevich said. “He threw strikes, kept
us off balance.”
While Fox was terrific, particularly in
throwing strikes – he walked just two batters
- the Indians’ defense was equally spectacular.
Third baseman Aaron Renker made two
run-saving diving stops – one in the third
and one in the sixth innings – turning possible rallies into harmless outs.
“Renker made some ridiculous plays over
at third base just to really save us,” Carlson
said. “He looked like old-school Ken Caminetti over there. He was just unbelievable.”
Fox, for his part, was awed by Renker’s
defense.
“I was in shock,” Fox said. “I just looked
and I got excited.”
Right fielder Leon Babcock also helped
the Indians’ cause in the fifth with a sliding
catch that accounted for the second out of
the inning instead of putting Morgan run-
SEMIFINALS
from page 21
Darien is also a very deep team and
very fast. Cersosimo said speed was a factor, particularly in the second half after the
Blue Wave scored the final six goals of the
first half to grab a 7-3 lead at the break.
“I think our defense did a great job.
I think our goalie did a great job. It could
have been a lot worse,” Cersosimo said.
Conard goalie Lauren Scheid was credited with 13 saves. Eight different players
scored for Darien, led by Gabriella Noto
with three goals.
After junior Chandler Kirby gave
Darien a 1-0 lead just 12 seconds after the
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ners on first and second with one out.
“Those two plays and the kid in right
field made a play. Any hard ball we hit was
getting caught,” Litevich said. “They were the
better team today, no doubt about it.”
On offense, the Indians scored all of
their runs in the top of the third inning.
Hunter Tralli (2-for-4, RBI) gave Northwest Catholic the lead when he doubled
home Jack Manzi. Leon Babcock (2-for-4)
followed with an RBI single that scored
Evan Michalek (2-for-4). After Tom Meucci
walked to load the bases, then-designated
hitter Gallicchio drove in two runs with a
double down the left-field line to make it
4-0. Tyler Rice then chased home Meucci
with a sacrifice fly.
“We were able to get a couple of big hits
there in the third to get us a five-run lead,”
Carlson said. Morgan (21-6) got on the board in the
bottom of the sixth, when Jared Spanier
drove in Jake Ward with an RBI single.
That’s when Carlson turned to Gallicchio to close out the game. The junior righthander from Burlington didn’t disappoint,
retiring the four batters he faced in order. “We started to get to [Fox], then they
brought in their ace,” Litevich said. “They
both pitched fantastic.”
The last out, fittingly, was a come-backer that Gallicchio snared and ran over to
touch first base himself, as his teammates
mobbed him in celebration.
It was, as Carlson said, how he laid out
the blueprint at the start of the season.
“It was the perfect scenario for us,” Carlson said. “If I had to write the way I wanted
to do it, this is pretty much it.”
Gallicchio unflappable in semifinals
By David Heuschkel
Sports Editor
For the Northwest Catholic baseball
team, the Class S state tournament began
and ended with ace pitcher Justin Gallicchio on the mound.
The junior right-hander pitched seven
strong innings in the tournament opener
and got the final four outs to nail down the
state title for Northwest. In between those
appearances, Gallicchio was at his best in a
2-0 win over Career Magnet in the semifinals. With no margin for error, he had to be.
Gallicchio allowed three hits, struck
out four and walked none in a complete-game win.
“He was outstanding again,” Northwest Catholic coach Cory Carlson said
afterward. “He’s been outstanding all
year.”
Career left-hander William
Jackson matched zeros with
Gallicchio for five innings
before Northwest Catholic scored two in the
sixth. Leon Babcock
and Gallicchio had
two-out RBI singles off
Jackson.
Gallicchio
never flinched on
the mound. Not
NWC junior
after hitting the
Justin
Gallicchio
first batter he
Photo by
faced. Not after the
David Heuschkel
opening faceoff, Conard responded with until Kirby scored with 10:22 left in the first
three straight goals. Darien coach Lisa half and sophomore Laura Murphy tied it
Lindley called a timeout to settle her team. 33 seconds later.
It remained even for the next 6 min“I just wanted to make sure we were orutes,
but the Blue Wave scored four times
ganized on defense,” Lindley said. “Conard’s
a very good team.
in the final 3
They played a very
½ minutes of
good backer D. We
the half. After
– Conard girls lacrosse coach Megan Cersosimo
had some probConard junior
lems with that.
Sarah Mahon
We’re not used to seeing that, so most of the scored in the opening minute of the second
play sets we were using weren’t really work- half, trimming the deficit to three goals,
Darien answered with three quick strikes to
ing and we were standing still.”
Lindley said the depth and speed of her make it 10-4.
Tessa Sinatro and Marisa Haverty each
team was able to wear down Conard.
The Chieftains maintained the lead scored twice for Conard. The Chieftains
June 18, 2015
“We had to play a perfect game.”
leadoff batter in the second inning hit a
hard grounder back to the mound that
struck Gallicchio in his right foot. He
picked up the ball and threw out Angel
Mendez.
Gallicchio remained composed in
the fourth inning after Mendez singled
with two outs. Taking a big lead off first,
he seemingly dared Gallicchio to pick him
off. He certainly tried, throwing over to first
base four straight times.
As the mind game between the pitcher
and runner was going on, a non-uniformed
individual in the Career dugout tried to
rattle Gallicchio by repeatedly yelling
“balk,” prompting Career head coach
Brad Chernovetz to tell the man to quiet down and the umpire to issue a warning.
Gallicchio calmly stepped off the rubber and gazed in the direction
of the man, not changing his
facial expression or demeanor.
When the game resumed, Gallicchio proceeded to strike out Jahrayn Dewar on three pitches.
“I knew [getting upset] wasn’t
worth it, so I went right after the batter,”
Gallicchio said.
In three appearances in the state
tournament, Gallicchio allowed one earned
run in 15 1/3 innings.
He
finished
the
season
with seven victories, half of the
number of wins by his team (14-11).
“He has a competitive spirit,”
Carlson said.
finished 15-4 overall, the most wins by the
Chieftains since girls lacrosse became a CIAC-sanctioned sport in 2004.
Cersosimo, the former women’s lacrosse coach at UConn, took over at Conard
in 2010.
“We had a great season. I told [the
players] it’s not about individuals, it’s about
a team effort,” Cersosimo said.
“On paper you look at us and say, ‘Wait,
what?’ but we really had a lot of individuals
step up and we got better and better every
game and every single practice. They’ve just
been selfless all along about the whole team
picture and listening, getting great coaching and listening to it and implementing it.”
American Legion preview: West Hartford Post 96 sets sights on zone title
By David Heuschkel
Sports Editor
On a perfect spring day in
April, Elliot Lane went to watch
a college baseball doubleheader
between Bowdoin and Wesleyan
in Middletown. Two players from
West Hartford – Wesleyan sophomore Nick Miceli and Bowdoin
freshman Max Vogel-Freedman –
were on the teams.
At one point that day, Lane
was approached by Vogel-Freedman.
“Max comes up to me and
says, ‘Coach, I can’t wait for Legion
baseball,’ ”said Lane, in his second
season as West Hartford Post 96
head coach. “He’s like our elder
statesmen on the team. He’s like a
unifying force.”
Miceli was in that role for Post
96 a couple years ago. That leadership torch has been passed to Vogel-Freedman this summer as he
plays his final season in American
Legion baseball.
The Post 96 team represents
the best players in West Hartford.
For Vogel-Freedman and several
of his teammates, it’s likely the last
time they will play summer ball
with their baseball buddies, a rite
of summer that has taken place
since their formative years as Little Leaguers and later as players
on teams in the West Hartford
Amateur Baseball Association
(WHABA).
“It says West Hartford on your
[Legion] jersey. I think that’s what
the kids really embrace: that they’re
West Hartford kids,” Lane says.
For two players on Lane’s
squad, there wasn’t much turnaround time between the end of the
high school season and the start of
Legion ball. Aaron Renker and Tyler Rice played on the Northwest
Catholic baseball team that won
the Class S state championship
last weekend. The next day, both
players were in American Legion
uniforms with Post 96 as it played
a doubleheader against Simsbury
Post 84.
Renker, a third baseman for
Northwest Catholic, made two
sparkling defensive plays in Northwest’s 5-1 win over the Morgan
School June 13. For Post 96, though,
he’ll be tracking fly balls as a left
fielder. Rice, who drove in the final run with a sac fly, will remain
behind the plate, sharing catching
duties with Henry Fracasso.
“He’s going to be a great addition,” Lane said.
Rice is one of the few additions. Most of the players on the
roster were on the team that went
17-4 and finished tied with RCP
atop the Zone 7 standings. By winning the season series with West
Hartford, RCP was declared zone
champion and received a bye in the
state tournament. RCP wound up
runner-up and went on to win the
Northeast Regional championship,
advancing to the American Legion
World Series in North Carolina.
West Hartford, meanwhile,
had a brief postseason that ended with a 2-1 loss in 10 innings to
Terryville (12-12 in Zone 1) on the
varsity field at Hall High. The winning run in the single-elimination
bracket game was scored on a controversial play at the plate.
“A half hour after the
game, the kids were still in
the dugout consoling each
other,” Lane said. “The kids
are determined to go further in the tournament
this year.”
Jordan Muchin, who
pitched all 10 innings in
that game and threw 109
pitches, is listed on Post
96’s roster, but Lane said
Muchin will not be on
the mound because of a
tired arm. He pitched for
Conard this spring.
“The other pitchers
are going to have to pick it
up,” Lane said.
Patrick
McHale
pitched a complete game in a 3-0
win over Glastonbury in the opener June 12. He heads a staff that
includes, in no particular order,
Vogel-Freedman, Francis Byrne,
Sam Dobbins, Derek Berube and
Jake George. Lane said Berube and
George will be used as spot starters and relievers, with George and
Danny Roth getting some chances
to close games.
Roth, the starting shortstop,
and second baseman Carl Francalangia (Loomis Chaffee) will
anchor the middle infield for Post
96 with Iona-bound Clay Felice at
third. Felice’s high school team,
East Catholic, advanced to the
semifinals in the Class M state
tournament last week.
The outfield looks solid with
Renker in left, Neil Kelley in center
and Alex White in right. Lane, in his
eighth overall season coaching Legion baseball, said he’s never seen
someone play with the same high
level of energy as Kelley. He called
him a “human highlight film” because of his ability to run down fly
balls and make acrobatic catches.
“I think our strength is pitching and defense. We’re strong up
the middle,” Lane said. “I think we’re
going to be solid this year. We’ve got
a lot of experience.”
Photos by David Heuschkel
Top: Patrick McHale is back on the mound for West Hartford
Post 96 this summer.
Middle: Alex White is among the returning players.
Left: Catcher Tyler Rice was in a different uniform 24 hours
after winning a state title with Northwest Catholic.
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20 year experience. HIC #0575928
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Small renovations,
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& painting.
Complete prep.
• Good painting preparation
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• Shingle Repair • Power Washing
Quality Workmanship
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Interior & Exterior
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June 18, 2015
The
West Hartford Press
27
HALL’S MARKET
2.99
$
WWW.HALLSMARKET.NET
Father’s Day
lb.
1 lb. min.
custom cut free or charge
Burger Boxes - You Choose
20 - 1/4 lb. Black Angus Sirloin Patties
lb.
20 - 1/4 lb. Sausage Patties. . . . . . . . .
custom cut free of charge. yields: filet
mignon steaks or chateaubriand roast
Fresh Native
Strawberries
are here!
4.99
$
Store Made
Extra Tender
Marinated
Skirt
Chicken Breast or ChickenSausages
Steaks
Pork Tenderloins BUY ONE
Butter & Sugar
GET ONE
6/ 2.99 9.99 17.90
$
lb.
Fresh
$
ea.
Native
Swordfish Connecticut
Steaks
Mussels
Sandwich of the Week
Cooked Salami
$1.99 ea. +tax
Grinder of the Week
Buffalo Chicken Meatball
$3.99 ea. +tax
Gourmet Sandwich
Quaker Lane
$5.99 ea. +tax
Our homemade corned beef piled high
topped with sauerkraut, 1000 island,
and melted swiss on toasted rye
$
The
West Hartford Press
Muckes
Hall’s All Beef
Natural Casing
Jumbo
Franks
Hot Dogs
$
Cocktail
Shrimp
June 18, 2015
Prices good from June 18th
through June 24th
lb.
lb.
ea.
Chicken
Cordon Bleu
BUY ONE
GET ONE
FREE
Store Made
Black Angus
Ground Sirloin or
Meatloaf Mix
3 lbs. or more
3.99
$
lb.
Now Open!
Jumbo 16/20 ct
HALL’S ALL NATURAL STORE MADE ROAST BEEF ...$8.99/lb
HALL’S ROASTED TURKEY BREAST .........................$7.99/lb
HONEY ROASTED TURKEY BREAST .........................$5.99/lb
IMPORTED HAM ......................................................$5.99/lb
COOKED SALAMI .....................................................$4.99/lb
PROVOLONE ............................................................$4.99/lb
MOZZARELLA ..........................................................$4.99/lb
HALL’S LEMON ORZO SALAD...................................$5.99/lb
HALL’S TUNA PASTA SALAD...................................$4.99/lb
HALL’S FRESH FRUIT SALAD ..................................$5.99/lb
HALL’S EGG POTATO SALAD ...................................$3.99/lb
Convenient parking in the rear & our lot to the east of Hall’s
28
lb.
Hall’s Kitchen
DELI
331 Park Road, West Hartford, CT • 860-232-1075
Frankfurters
Whole Pork Butts . . . . . . . . .$1.99/Lb
Whole Beef Briskets . . . . . . .$3.99/Lb
Whole Pork Shoulder. . . . . . $1.99/Lb
St Louis Style Ribs . . . . . . . $3.99/Lb
Baby Back Ribs . . . . . . . . . . $4.99/Lb
5.99lb. 10.99lb. 3.99lb. 11.99lb.
$
40 oz. Box Kayem
or Deutschmacher
Natural Casing
SMOKER SPECIALS
SEAFOOD
$
Store Made
Marinated
Chicken, Steak
Steak
or Veggie Kabobs
Tips
lb.
lb.
lb.
Lean and Tender 10 lb. bag All Natural
Boneless Skinless
Flank
Steaks
Chicken Breast
Corn
$
Salmon
Fillets
Custom cut free of charge
$
$
FREE
$
$
5.99
4.99
4.99 MIX AND MATCH 11.99 11.99
$
qt.
Fresh Atlantic
lb.
19.95
$
$
$
14.90 6.99 9.99
8 - 1/2 lb. Gourmet Burgers Mix & Match $
10.99
6.99
$
lb.
Store Made Flash Frozen
lb.
Whole or 1/2
Boneless
New York Strips
4.99
$
1.99
$
Whole Boneless
Sirloins
TRUCKLOAD
SALE
Treat Dad Like A King!
$
Potato Salad
American Cheese
ESTABLISHED 1935
Whole Peeled
Beef Tenderloins
Plain
Land O Lakes
Located right next to Hall’s Market,
Hall’s Kitchen is our new space for
catering & prepared foods!! We will be
featuring a variety of fresh made sandwiches, wraps, salads & fruit cups ready
to grab & go, no waiting!! We also offer
lots of freshly prepared meals ready to
heat & enjoy:)
Stop in for lunch or dinner!
Our new catering menu is available on our website & in store. We are happy to
cater your every event, from back yard BBQ’s to office luncheons to graduation
parties, showers & christenings, we have everything you need!
PREPARED FOODS
June 18 - June 24
~ Chicken Enchiladas With Spanish Rice
~ Maple Pecan Salmon With Rice Pilaf & Asparagus
~ Hall’s Sausage & Spinach Lasagna
~ Roast Turkey Dinner With Mashed Potatoes, Gravy & Green Beans
~ Low Sodium Spoon Roast Dinner With Roasted Potatoes & Asparagus
~ Gluten Free & Low Sodium Meals Available Daily!
Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9am to 6pm; Sat. 8am to 6pm; Closed Sundays
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Not responsible for typographical errors. We reserve the right to limit quantities