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Busy places
Libraries heat up with activity in the summer
by Allie Rivera
Staff Writer
Photos by Allie Rivera
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As of mid-July, the Principal Power Pack for Charles Wright School was filled
with 692 beads, representing the number of books that its students have read
during the summer thus far.
hile the temperatures
outside continue to
climb, relief, relaxation and fun can be
found in the local public libraries.
“Summertime is, I think, the
busiest time at the library, both for
adults and children,” said Lindsay
Riordan, reference librarian at the
Cora J. Belden Library in Rocky Hill.
“There’s always a lot going on.”
At the libraries in Newington,
Wethersfield and Rocky Hill, summer
reading is huge event for children,
teenagers and adults.
Across Connecticut, the theme
for children’s summer reading is
“every hero has a story” and each
library has used its own interpretation of that theme to provide
programming and reading
materials for young students.
“Our theme here at the library is
“Bam! Pow! Read!,” Wethersfield
Library Director Brook Berry said.
To keep track of how many
books children throughout the
town are reading, and to prevent
was Berry calls the “summer slide,”
the children’s department erected
life-size cardboard cutouts depicting each of the town’s elementary
school principals as super heroes.
Each cutout holds a plastic bottle
filled with a various number of beads.
Small signs indicate how many are in
there, with some in the hundreds and
some in the thousands.
“We’re calling it the Principal
Power Pack,” Berry said. “For each
book read, the kids get a bead to add
to their school.”
Each of the libraries is also
holding various children’s programs
throughout the summer reflecting
the heroic theme, including a Super
Sleepover in Newington held July 11.
“It was back by popular
demand,” Assistant Library Director
Karen Benner said. “They bring
their sleeping bag, and a parent,
and they sleep over at the library.
It is a pretty large undertaking, but
also very popular.”
Rocky Hill hosted two events
where children got to meet local
firefighters and police officers, who
Children’s Librarian Cathy Potter
called real-life heroes.
“When I heard about the theme,
I wanted to highlight not only super
heroes, but local heroes, to show
these kids that they could be heroes,
too,” Potter said. “Heroes come in all
sizes and shapes.”
The Wethersfield Library will
host a touch-a-truck event as its
grand finale Aug. 18.
While the libraries all say that
children’s summer reading is always
a huge success, all three have started
to see a growing interest in their
respective adult programs.
“The interest in adult summer
reading increases every year,” Berry
said. “Right now we have 88 adults
registered, up from last year, when
we had about 70 adults registered.”
Rocky Hill and Newington have
seen similarly increasing numbers,
with Rocky Hill’s program having
just under 100 adults registered and
Newington’s program boasting more
than 400.
Each library runs its program
slightly differently, but all work
to encourage a love of reading
throughout the summer.
The Cora J. Belden Library
has instituted a three-part adult
summer reading program.
Interested adults can register
for free by calling or visiting the
library or by going online and
logging books they’ve read.
“If you log three books, you can
come in and pick a free book,”
Riordan said.
The second part of the program
involves raffle prizes that are given
out every two weeks.
“Every time you come into the
library, you get a raffle ticket,”
Riordan said. “This year I instituted
bonus raffle tickets that you can get
by doing fun little activities.”
The prize baskets readers can win
were assembled by employees at the
library using a budget provided by the
Friends of the Cora J. Belden Library.
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“It’s fun for the staff because
they get to be creative,” Riordan said.
The final piece of the adult
summer reading program is a drawing from all of the tickets collected
throughout the summer for one
person to win a Kindle Fire.
Winning prizes for reading is
also taking place in Wethersfield
and Newington.
“Here, they sign up and log their
reading and we enter them into raffles
where they could get a mug or pen,”
Berry said of the Wethersfield program. “Then they can enter for the
grand prize drawing.”
The Friends of the Wethersfield
Library sponsors the summer reading
program. Originally, the group only
sponsored the children’s activities,
but in recent years the Friends have
also begun supporting the teen and
adult programs.
The Friends of the Lucy Robbins
Welles Library also play a large role
in the Newington program.
“The Friends do fund raising for us
all year, and a lot of our programming
is either sponsored by them or the
funds are donated by them, but also we
have money allocated for summer
reading expenses,” Benner said.
Some of that funding goes
toward making gift baskets for a
weekly drawing.
“People register, and if you read
one book all summer or 50, you complete a ticket and it goes into a raffle
box here at the library,” Benner said.
“What’s new this year is that
we’ve offered people the ability to
submit their tickets online, which is
great because if you’re away for the
summer or aren’t able to get in here
as often, you can still submit your
entries.”
All three programs have rolling
entry and it is not too late to register.
Each of the libraries is also offering a
variety of educational, informative
and entertaining programs.
In August, the Cora J. Belden
Library will host a cooking demonstration with the host of the
community television show
Library has been hosting various
events as well, including a series of
programs about Jane Austen and a
series called “A Taste of
Connecticut.”
“This is a series where people
are learning about tasty products
that are made here within the state,”
Benner said.
“We started with a wine making
program, then beer making. On July
27 we had cheese making from the
people at Beltane Farm in Lebanon
and the series ends on Aug. 10 with
ice cream making with Mortensen’s.”
For the first time ever, the
library will also host a Kids’ Craft
Show Aug. 15, selling items created
by local students ages 6 to 13.
“Our theme here at the library is
“Bam! Pow! Read!”
—Brook Berry,
Wethersfield Library director
“Simply Fresh Food with Chef
Renee,” as well as a music and
comedy program called “The Roots
of Rock ’n’ Roll” with Brian Gillie.
“I’m personally really looking
forward to that one,” Riordan said.
“That’s going to be fun.”
The Lucy Robbins Welles
“This is the first time we’ve done
this. People can call and reserve a
table to sell your non-food, kid-made
crafts,” Benner said.
“It’s going to be kind of cool.
There will be tables set up and
anybody can stop by to look at the
creative talents of Newington’s kids.”
The children’s department at the
Wethersfield Library looks more
super than usual, thanks in part to
the life-size super hero cutouts of
elementary school principals, such
as Charles Wright Principal Glenn
Horter. To track how many books
students read, these Principal Power
Packs get filled with beads, one for
each book.
Children in Wethersfield also get
the chance to show off their creative
side in some of the library’s programs. Each week, the children’s
department hosts a Zumba class for
ages 4 and older, as well as a Music
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Makers class for children ages 0 to 3.
“The best thing is that all of these
programs improve their literacy while
they’re just having fun,” Berry said.
All three libraries also have a
range of resources available to their
patrons, including a variety of databases and one-on-one assistance.
“If you need any help with your
phone or your tablet or your e-reader,
someone here can walk you through
it,” Riordan said.
“We also offer basic computer
courses at the library,” Berry added.
The libraries also offer access
to tools for career counseling and
technical training.
Along with the resources that they
can offer in house, having an active
library card can also benefit patrons
going out for the day. The libraries have
a variety of museum and park passes
that offer free or reduced price entry
into places such as Mystic Seaport and
the Beardsley Zoo.
“The most popular one during
the summer is the state parks pass,”
Berry said. “They are such a hot item
that it can be difficult for people to
get their hands on them.”
“We have all types of fun ‘staycation’ passes available,” Riordan
added.
Each library also tries to provide
something that makes it unique. The
Cora J. Belden Library has paperback
“beach books.”
“They’re lightweight books you
can just throw in your beach bag
and go,” Riordan said. “There’s no
checkout, so if you don’t return it, it’s
no big deal, and you can take out as
many as you want. We try to put out
big name authors and we’re constantly adding new titles.”
Library has installed a Little Free
Library with the help of The Home
Depot and volunteers from the
town’s Transition Academy. Anyone
is welcome to give or take a book
from the collection to read.
The small structure is located
outside the library near its butterfly
garden.
“We’ve added a sitting area to
that and the children’s department
has been instrumental in doing a lot
of the planting and the organizing,”
Benner said.
In Wethersfield, the library
instituted a Food for Fines program
during the month of July. Residents
with overdue books could pay off
their fees with donations to the
town’s food pantry.
“That’s always a really big hit,”
Berry said. “It allows you to pay off
your fines with something like a can
of soup.”
As the busiest time in the
libraries continues, those who work
there said they hope people will see
it as more than just a place to get
books.
“Libraries are continually evolving. Everything that we do here is
free to the community and it’s not
just printed materials any longer. It’s
really more of a community gathering place,” Benner said.
“We’re really trying to engage
the community and offer services
that people need, and all for free.
There aren’t a lot of places that you
can say that you can go and do that.
And I believe that we offer good
service, too.”
Berry likes to think of the library
as a “digital town green.”
“I believe we’re like the heart of
the community,” she said. “The
library can serve multiple purposes
for people. We’re here to serve the
education, informational and recreational needs of the community.” WL
The Cora J. Belden Library is
located at 33 Church St., Rocky Hill.
For more information visit
rockyhilllibrary.info or call
860-258-7621.
The Wethersfield Library is
located at 515 Silas Deane Highway.
wethersfieldlibrary.org or call
860-529-2665.
Library is located at 95 Cedar St.,
Newington. For more information visit
newingtonct.gov/library or call
860-665-8700.
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Photo by Mark Jahne
The shop floor at John Oldham
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This is where the company creates
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by Mark Jahne
Editor
F
or 84 years, the Oldham
family has quietly run what
has long been an international business out of
Wethersfield. The third generation is
now in charge.
“My dad started the business in
1931,” said John Oldham Jr. of John
Oldham Studios. “We design and
fabricate trade shows and exhibits
for worldwide conventions.”
His company is located on Wells
Road near the Berlin Turnpike. Its
goal is to create displays that catch
the eye and focus attention on their
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do that through innovative displays
and spaces.
Services include: custom design
and fabrication, graphic design and
development, large format digital
printing, pop-up and portable
displays, modular system displays,
one-up design and build capabilities,
lobby and museum installations, storage and distribution, event logistics,
on-site supervision and more.
They work with marketing staff
and other professionals to create
the display that works best for each
client’s needs. Among their clients
are more than 20 Connecticutbased companies, state government
and the Connecticut Economic
Resource Center.
John Oldham Studios also does
work for major corporations, such
as United Technologies and its Pratt
& Whitney Canada subsidiary. That
includes work for the Paris Air
Show, a major annual event for the
aerospace industry.
That industry has long been
a primary component of the
company’s customer base.
“We’re doing graphic layouts
here for companies that will be
exhibiting,” John said.
He is 73 years old now and
handed over the presidency of the
company to his son, Mark. But he
remains involved as vice president
and treasurer. He jokes that he is
semi-retired because he only works
10 to 12 hours a day.
His wife Patricia, now retired,
was the office manager for 25 years.
“I started in 1965. We used to
build everything here for the Paris
Air Show, pack it in sea containers
and ship it to Paris,” John recalled.
The company also sent staff to
assemble and install the display at
the event. He has seen tremendous
changes in the industry over the
course of his five decades in the
business.
The production of graphics featured hand lettering when he first
started. That was followed by press
type, silkscreen and vinyl type. The
vinyl product is still used in some
situations.
“Everything was done in vinyl
for a period of time,” he said. “The
fifth major graphics technology
change was digital imaging.”
That reduced the time to create
many of the products from one or
two days to one or two hours. It
requires much less work to be done
by hand.
Floating fabric banners are
popular now, he added. So are
revolving motorized banners. Stands
are strategically placed to hold pads
and tablets as display mechanisms.
Interactive monitors and touch
screens also attract attention
to a display.
The trick is to draw people to a
specific booth amid the hustle and
bustle of the event.
“Everybody wants to get their
name up high so it can be seen from
the other end of the exhibit,” John
said. “It’s all being incorporated into
this marketing effort. It’s a chaotic
business from time to time.”
He spoke about his father and
the beginnings of the business.
John Sr., better known as Jack,
started his career at the Loew’s Poli
Theater in Hartford. He hand lettered
signs, made silkscreen posters and
did lettering on the theater’s glass
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“He started to make things in a
little dimension,” John said.
His father started building
dimensional displays in the basement of his home and a neighbor’s
garage. He purchased the old Sacred
Heart Church at 32 Garden St. in Old
Wethersfield (not to be confused
with the current church of the same
name on Hartford Avenue).
“That became his first official
shop, or studio, as he would call it,”
he said.
Jack built a new shop at the
corner of the Silas Deane Highway
and Hillcrest Avenue in 1954 and
expanded it from 2,500 to 6,000
square feet. The current location on
Wells Road was constructed in
1964.
It was 24,000 square feet when
it first opened. Five additions later,
it boasts 90,000 square feet. The
company bought a building next
door for additional storage in 1990.
John Jr. was born and raised in
town and lived here most of his life
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before he came back to
Wethersfield in 1990. The business
was always located in town.
Mark spent his formative years
in Rocky Hill and lives there still.
Now, 47 years old, he spoke of how
he became the third generation to
lead the family business.
“Right after college, I came
here,” he said. “After [high] school,
I came and swept floors. During
college I worked in the graphic
room.”
He went to college at the
Rhode Island School of Design and
was planning to head in another
career direction. He spent some
time traveling the country after
graduation and, upon his return,
learned that the company needed
a draftsman. His father offered him
the job and he accepted.
That landed him in the design
room and he began to accumulate
a customer base. He is well aware
that every product and service
industry has an association and
they all hold trade shows.
Mark spoke of the need to
design exhibit spaces in ways that
are visually appealing and grab
attention on an exhibit floor where
everyone is trying to one-up the
competition.
“It’s [all about] trying to catch
someone’s eye while your entire
industry is surrounding you. You
have to stand out,” he said.
That’s what John Oldham
Studios enables its clients to accomplish. Representatives from Pratt &
Whitney Canada recently came to
town to work with the Oldhams on
a display for the Paris Air Show.
“They’ve been a client of
Oldham Studios since the 1950s,”
Mark said.
He spoke of all the changes in
technology over the decades. For
example, wood is now cut on computer-aided router tables. The carpenters who used to do that task
now do assembly and finishing
work instead.
“Everybody has multiple hats to
wear in our company,” he said. “It’s
an amazing amount of materials
that get packed up” for trade shows.
One client’s display requires
three tractor-trailers to haul it all
over the country. Mark said every
client is unique and the trick is to
learn as much as he can about
their business and offer solutions
that fit their specific needs.
“When we sit down to design
something, we need to know
everything about them,” he said.
John was honored this past
December by the town Economic
Development and Improvement
Commission with its first Betty
Rosania Award, named after the
former mayor and assistant town
manager. It took him completely by
surprise when he was informed of
the decision.
“It was a tremendous honor.
I’m basically a low-profile person,”
he said.
He was honored in 2002 by the
Wethersfield Chamber of Commerce
with its Town Volunteer of the Year
Award.
When he’s not working, John is
an active member of the Men’s
Garden Club of Wethersfield. He
worships at Trinity Episcopal
Church and also lists the
Wethersfield Beautification
Commission and Wethersfield
Village Improvement Association
board among his civic service.
He is a past member of the
board of directors of the
Wethersfield Historical Society and
currently serves on its advisory
board.
“I was on the board of the
Wethersfield Chamber [of
Commerce] in its infancy,” he said.
Mark is proud to follow in his
father’s footsteps, although he
admitted that they sometimes
butt heads over how to handle
certain aspects of the business.
The debate can become passionate at times but the father-son
bond always prevails.
“We look at the business
through two very different sets of
eyes. We both have great viewpoints. He went to school for
science, I went to school for art,”
Mark said.
“We’ve learned to tame our
viewpoints and work together. It
didn’t happen that way right off the
bat. We work well together. We’ve
been doing it for 25 years,” he
added.
Mark has an open-door policy
for any employee who wants to
share an idea or discuss a concern.
He also makes it a point to review
each display and all of its components before it leaves the building.
“I personally take ownership
of each project that goes out,” he
said. WL
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where he grew up.
He attended the former Colonel
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at Emerson-Williams School, moved
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finally Wethersfield High School,
Class of 1974. He graduated in 1978
from Eastern Connecticut State
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The sun sets upon Wethersfield Cove.
he would have to choose a career
path. His parents preferred teaching,
the path his older brother and
younger sister followed. Savic’s son,
Zechariah, is a teacher in Hartford.
But the classroom was not for
him. He spent a lot of his free time
during college at the Campus
Lantern, ECSU’s student newspaper.
“It was either teaching or photography. I lived in the media center,”
Savic said. “I was the photography
editor all of my college career.”
He has been interested in
photography since childhood and
had a dark room in the basement
where he could develop his film. He
still remembers his first camera, a
Brownie.
“I was always the one with
the camera around my neck in our
family,” he said.
While he was in high school, the
faculty yearbook advisor recruited
him to take all of the photos for the
yearbook. That meant shooting all
the activities of three classes – freshmen were housed in the two junior
high schools in those days.
“Next thing you know, I’m buying
new lenses for myself,” Savic said.
At that point he was using a
Canon 35mm camera. He took photos
a daily newspaper in Willimantic. He
learned the tricks of the trade from
Harold Hanka, a man he greatly
admires.
“I had the best mentor in the
world,” Savic said. “He was a gift
to me.”
They went on numerous shoots
together and Savic often thought
“I shoot every day. Look at the
town I live in. You can’t beat
the history of this place.”
—George Savic
at school every day that year. Now he
takes images that he posts on his
Facebook page as well as on the
Wethersfield Tourism Facebook page.
He worked for several years as a
staff photographer at The Chronicle,
about how fortunate he was to be
learning from a man who won
countless awards for photojournalism. The greatest thrill was when
his own photos became so good
that people couldn’t always tell
which man shot them.
He photographed all kinds of
events for the newspaper: a Ku Klux
Klan rally in nearby Scotland,
actress Margaret Hamilton of
“Wizard of Oz” fame at the
University of Connecticut and
numerous local appearances by
Gov. Ella Grasso.
“Ella Grasso was very nice to
me,” he recalled. “I was shooting
UConn sports before they were
famous.”
He reflected back on Huskies
basketball in the 1970s and the
national champion men’s soccer
teams of that same era. He also
spent two years as an adjunct
professor of photography at ECSU.
Then another lifelong passion
temporarily drew him away from his
camera. Savic loves to play golf. He
got hooked on the sport while growing up, watching the former Greater
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“I was playing really good golf. I
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The Wethersfield High School Class of 2015
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Thank You!
• To the following businesses and organizations who supported the 2015 Safe
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When he realized professional
golf was not his future, he returned
to town, then started looking for
work.
“There were no newspaper
jobs, but Loring Studios was
hiring,” he said.
He secured a job at the company’s Hartford location. Once again,
he was able to learn from a man he
called a wonderful mentor. Jim Lisi
was considered to be Loring’s best
portrait photographer.
“It is difficult in the very beginning to pose people the right way”
… because it’s a portrait “it’s got to
come out perfect,” Savic said.
That means developing a serious understanding of such things as
shadows, details and lighting. He
spent three years at Loring and feels
that this experience made him a
better overall photographer.
Savic opened his own portrait
studio in Willimantic in 1986.
Many schools contracted with him
for his services.
“They liked my work,” he said.
He then started shooting
weddings, as many as 50 a year.
After a while, that took a toll
on his personal life.
“It’s great money, but a lot of
work,” he said. “You’re putting in 16,
18 hour days.”
There’s also the pressure to get
every shot right the first time.
Having both portrait skills and
those candid skills from his newspaper days helped him become
successful at that endeavor, he said.
He also worked closely with
Gerrick Studios in Newington for
18 years, shooting both portraits
and weddings, as well as darkroom
printing of copy and restoration
photos.
He printed photos on fiberbased paper that is known to last
more than 100 years. Savic called it
a high-quality black and white
paper and added that few places
provide this kind of true archival
copy prints.
He still shoots the occasional
wedding, but nowhere near that 50
a year mark. He also earns a living
shooting portraits, families, pets
and special events. He hires assistants when needed but is, for the
most part, a one-man show.
“I decided to work out of my
home rather than a studio in order
to have sanity,” he said. “I’d like to
do more events in the next couple
of years. It will free me up to do
other things.”
His favorite photographic
topics are candids, nature and
scenes of his favorite two places,
Wethersfield and the southeastern
corner of Connecticut, including
New London and Mystic.
“I shoot every day. Look at the
town I live in. You can’t beat the
history of this place,” he said.
Savic said people who used to
live here check the two a Facebook
sites to see his new posts.
They tell him that his photos
rekindle happy memories and that
pleases him.
His latest project is a series
of four photographic books that will
be designed to serve as coffee table
volumes. Topics will include basic
photography, local history and
Wethersfield as seen through
his eyes.
Savic will present a class entitled “Learning How to Take Wow,
Amazing, Breathtaking Photos”
from 7-9 p.m. Aug. 19 at Lucky
Lou’s Bar & Grill, 222 Main St.
“I don’t use a lot of Photoshop.
I use the basics of enhancement,”
he said.
That means cropping, adjusting the color, and adding brightness and contrast.
“He’s taken pictures for us at
events like the fireworks and the
car show,” said Leslie Civitello,
executive director of the
Wethersfield Chamber of
Commerce.
Savic has also provided photos
for the chamber’s brochure. She
greatly admires his work.
“I like the balance of colors. He
really connects his subject with the
viewer,” Civitello said. “There’s an
emotional connection as soon as
you see his pictures.”
Savic recently helped out the
Wethersfield Historical Society
with an exhibit called “Now and
Then” that features photos of various locations in town. Next to each
old photo is a modern-day Savic
image of the exact same location.
Rachel Zilinski, the society’s
curator, loves his work.
“It’s gorgeous. He really captures the scenery. He’s been really
great in trying to help us in any way
possible,” she said.
Savic summed up his life at 58
as artistic, happy and optimistic.
He’s always looking for a new
dream to follow and can’t wait to
see what comes next. WL
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Walking the walk
Church food bank
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Church members of all ages assist with
the food pantry. One recent Saturday, the
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Free, non-perishable food
items and household goods
are given away the first and
third Saturday of each month
on a first-come, first-served
basis. The distribution begins
at 9:30 a.m. and the rear
doors to the church open an
hour prior to that.
“We are in our fifth year,”
said Pastor Greg Miller, who
heads the food pantry among
his many duties.
“It kind of started
because, as a church, we did
a lot of thinking about how
Jesus did his ministry,” he
said.
That ministry, in large
part, involved reaching out
to people and caring for their
needs. With his example to
follow, a small group of
members formed to plan the
operation.
They started small by
helping the co-worker of a
church member who was
battling cancer.
“We started bringing her
meals. It was a blessing for us
to do that,” Miller said.
Then they watched a
video series entitled “Start
Becoming a Good Samaritan.”
Church members also traveled to New Orleans to help
repair the damage caused by
Hurricane Katrina.
“It just jumped out at us
– we have to do more than
what we’re doing,” he said.
Sufficiently motivated,
the planning group next
visited a food pantry in
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finalized their plans and
opened the doors.
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The tables are stacked with food and the
volunteers are ready to greet their clients
at the Hands Open Wide food pantry at
Wethersfield Evangelical Free Church.
from Foodshare,” Miller said. “We
store it in the building next to us,
which is also our missions house.”
Foodshare is a regional food
network based in Bloomfield that
serves Hartford and Tolland counties. Miller said the pantry also
receives support thanks to the
generosity of church members.
“We serve anywhere between 30
and 55 families twice a month. It’s
making a difference. We’re helping
people,” he added. “There is such a
sense of appreciation.”
Most of them live in
Wethersfield and Rocky Hill, but
they also come from other nearby
suburban towns, as well as from
Hartford.
One client used to work in the
insurance industry but lost her job.
Now she comes to Hands Open Wide,
where she both receives sustenance
and volunteers her time.
Miller said it is important that
the staff and volunteers treat those
who come seeking food with
respect. They can imagine how
humbling it must be to find oneself
in that situation.
They don’t ask a lot of questions
but there is a needs-based eligibility
requirement to partake of the food
pantry. They use guidelines and
paperwork developed by Foodshare.
Miller is thrilled that the congregation remains so engaged after
five years of operation and that so
many people consistently help out.
In many cases entire families come
and the children are among the most
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Miller will be retiring soon and
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his place as the leader of Hands
Open Wide. She has been involved
with this ministry for four years.
“We’re crossing the bridge into
the community,” she said of why the
food pantry is such an important
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Crabtree considers it vital for the
church to reach out to help others
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“We get our family involved. We
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Crabtree said the volunteers get
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church for food assistance.
“We see young families with
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The latter are senior citizens of
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“I saw an opportunity not only to
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Krassner said what makes
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physicians and nutritionists. Along
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run by a medical director, physician
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“I consider them a leader in the
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For Bonnie Lender, the physician
assistant, seeing how the company
ran was a large factor in her decision
to join the business. She has been a
P.A. since 2009, working in internal
medicine or primary care offices,
and those experiences showed her
the importance of promoting healthy
lifestyles.
“When I was working in primary
care we were dealing with diabetes,
high blood pressure, high cholesterol,
and a lot of it has to do with obesity,”
she said.
Krassner and Lender said MediWeightloss is different from other
popular weight-loss industries
because it promotes a lifestyle
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“There are a lot of places that
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can lose a lot of weight, but when
you finish that you put the weight
back on,” Krassner said. “There are
lots of ways to lose weight, but can
they keep it off?”
The medical staff creates individualized plans for each client to
create a healthy lifestyle that lasts.
“We really focus on making
those lifestyle changes and giving
the time and dedication to making
that happen,” Lender said.
To do that, Medi-Weightloss
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medical history.
“We do blood draws here and
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Once a client reaches his or her
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“Here we work with you to
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During this phase, clients continue to meet with the medical staff
on a weekly basis to learn how to
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The final wellness phase sets clients up for a lifetime of healthy living.
Check-ins are reduced to once a
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EKGs and check their vitals,”
Krassner said. “Our P.A. will sit down
with them and discuss their needs
and goals, determine their goal
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them there.”
During this phase, clients visit
the center once a week to monitor
their progress and learn more about
how to create a healthy lifestyle in
their day-to-day life.
“Our program does incorporate
real food,” Lender said. “There is no
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making a lifestyle and not just
they’ve gained a couple pounds, as
opposed to 20,” Krassner said. “We
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With the business now fully operational, he hopes to be able to reach
out more to the community to
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“It was two months of very long
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He hopes to open more MediWeightloss facilities in the future,
but for the time being he wants to
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“I really want to pour everything
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“My goal now is growing in our community and building this facility.”
As a new business to the area,
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Authority and the people who live
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“Their goal as a collaborative is
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“We really wanted them to know
about the services in town.”
Her department’s goal, as well as
all of the other agencies present, is to
encourage these residents to connect
with their community so that they can
feel more a part of the town. Mary Kay
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neighborhood events such as this.
“Face to face is really important.
Our goal is to connect children in
this community to resources in
town,” she said.
The festivities were funded by a
grant received by the WHA.
“It’s a collaboration,” said Kate
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housing authority. “The purpose is to
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tables to the residents.”
Forcier and Jensen were pleased
to see so many children taking
advantage of a free book giveaway
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“Many, many years ago, there
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are locally owned by the WHA and
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Everyone pays rent.
“I do not have a welfare
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How to be mentally prepared to go back to school
By Alison Jalbert, Abigail Albair
and Nancy Thompson
LIFE staff
G
oing back to school can
be daunting, regardless
of age. Whether it’s
transitioning to high
school, preparing for college or
adult learners returning to school,
there is a lot to remember and
consider when entering a new
phase of education. Local experts
offer advice for learners of all ages
on how to make going back into a
classroom as easy as possible.
High school prep
For high school upperclassmen,
preparing to go back to school
has another level of preparation
required: college.
Larry DeJohn, Ed.D, owner of
College Planning Consulting on the
Hartford/West Hartford line, said
upperclassmen should be conscious
when planning their schedules.
Students should take the most
rigorous course load they’re
capable of with an A or B average.
If they have a college major in
mind, they should take
a course related to that
subject matter.
While Advanced
Placement classes can be
advantageous, students
should be conscious of
their grades. Dr. Michael Y
oumans, founder of College
Prep Express in West Hartford,
said a B in an AP class beats
an A in a standard level class,
but a C in AP is worse than an
A in standard.
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Along with grades, it’s important for students to be involved.
Youmans said college admissions
committees like students who are
actively involved in their high school.
“They’re not only putting
together a class for the next four
years on campus; they’re putting
together their alumni association for
the next 65 years and on,” he said.
“They want someone who’s involved
in school, who loves their school.”
Community service is also a key
factor to consider; he tells high
school students that, although any
community service is good, they are
doing themselves a favor if they do
service in an area in which they
already have a stated interest.
If a student is an avid soccer
player, it would be beneficial for
them to volunteer their time as
a coach at an inner city school, for
example.
“It makes a more compelling
case,” he said. “The new buzzword is
‘demonstrated interest.’”
Students should not delay
extracurricular involvement until
upperclassmen years; Youmans said
they should get involved as freshmen
or sophomores, which takes foresight
and planning, and potentially
positions them for a leadership
role as upperclassmen.
Both juniors and seniors need
to think about standardized test
planning, he said.
“It takes a significant amount
of homework time away,” he said.
“You need to allot time to study and
prepare. It’s something to factor into
your time management going into the
fall of your junior and senior year.”
Sabrina Lavieri, director of
student planning, educational
assessment and program improvement for Newington Public Schools,
said the current version of the test,
which typically seniors will take this
fall, is closely aligned with classroom
instruction, but the redesigned test
is a source of great curiosity.
DeJohn said incoming high
school seniors can still take a fall SAT
this year under the existing format.
“It does have a lot of impact for
the juniors. They need to either get
online, get a book, take a course that
most high schools may offer after
school and/or consider a private
tutor,” he said.
Much like preparing for
standardized tests, completing
college applications is a time-consuming endeavor. Before the start of
senior year, Youmans said students
should try to have as much of their
Common Application complete.
“Writing applications takes a
huge amount of time and creates a
huge amount of stress,” he said. “It’s
best to do that in August when you
have the time.”
The key year for college visits is
junior year, DeJohn said. Waiting
until the beginning of senior year
will find students overwhelmed with
so many other things to do. The preferable time to visit campuses is
when classes are in session, between
September and late April.
While some students visit colleges when they are sophomores,
counselors recommend that they
start in the spring of their junior
year and the following summer after
they have identified characteristics
they’re looking for in a college, such
as size, distance, major, athletics,
extracurricular activities and cost.
DeJohn believes that most
juniors overlook the urgency to look
at colleges. Most of the college
representatives he works with tell
him the main goal for juniors should
be “visit, visit, visit.”
For students who decide
a traditional four-year college is not
the path they want to take, DeJohn
said they should seek out their
school counselor.
If a technical school is an option,
DeJohn said students should visit
schools nearby to learn more about
what’s out there and compare
schools. There is also “a lot of merit”
in the community college system for
all students, especially those who are
undefined or unwilling to spend
money on four years’ worth of tuition.
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Connecticut State University Dean
of Graduate Studies Glyniss
Fitzgerald said. “I think adults are
finding that they can now, for the
first time in a while, go back for their
education.”
Although the economy may
have been a deterrent in recent
years, as things have started to turn
around, Fitzgerald said more adults
are taking the leap and enrolling in
college courses to complete their
bachelor’s degree.
The state of Connecticut offers
“Go Back to Get Ahead” discounts
on tuition for students who previously began a degree to complete it at
any state institution.
“It’s really exciting because what
we’ve been doing in the last two
years is looking at the state and
where the needs are and developed
new programs tailored toward adult
learners in that more online courses
are available, more hybrid courses,”
Fitzgerald said.
For example, a student pursing
an MBA may only want to spend one
night a week away from family, so
two classes will be offered on the
same night on alternating weeks.
Graduate students can have up
to six years to complete a graduate
degree at CCSU, which adds to the
flexibility of the programming.
Despite scheduling opportunities meant to help adult learners
meet all their obligations, academic
success still depends on an investment of time.
“For every hour in class, we
freshmen, but it’s important not to
overlook the academic transition
that occurs.
Colleges provide freshmen with
academic advisers to not only help
schedule a first semester course
load, but to also lay out a four-year
plan to ensure all requirements for
graduation are met.
“Students need to work very
closely with their adviser and be very
upfront with them about their plan,”
DeJohn said.
For undeclared freshmen,
Youmans said they should use their
freshman year to take classes in
potential majors.
“Either way, have marching
orders. You’re either starting to bang
out requirements or taking classes in
departments you may be declaring a
major in,” he said. “Colleges are good
about that – they know they have a
class of incoming freshmen, many of
whom are undeclared, and have a
support system [in place].”
Adult learners return to school
While the primary focus for
students heading back to high
school or college is their academic
coursework, adults who decide
to go back to school frequently have
to balance their studies with family
and a full-time job.
Many students returning to
complete a bachelor’s degree after
years away from higher education
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expect about two hours of outside of
school commitment,” Fitzgerald said.
“If you’re in class for three hours,
you’re really spending another six
hours outside of class working on
class commitments. Ask yourself
if you have that much time to give
to a course.”
When in doubt, she advises prospective students to ask a university
staff member for guidance.
“By all means, come in and make
an appointment to talk to somebody,”
she said.
One of the important parts of
Rob Toller’s job as the assistant
director of adult academic services
at the University of Hartford is to
meet with prospective students and
listen to their stories.
“We are very good at personal
advising and support services,” he
said. “We look at it in terms of listening carefully. … Everyone has their
own journey.”
Key factors to consider for adult
learners returning to school include
financial ability, whether or not one
has the support of family members
and employers and time commitment. Another consideration should
be whether or not any previously
obtained credits will transfer.
Online learning and a variety of
degree building options help students attain the flexibility they seek.
Just as varied as the course
options are the reasons adults return
to school, Toller said.
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pride, for their career or just a
change. A lot of adults do it because
they have children and they say, ‘I
want to be a positive role model for
my kids,’” he said.
While many want to complete a
bachelor’s degree they began years
ago and never achieved, others find
that, as their career has progressed,
they need further education in areas
they didn’t study when initially in
school.
Toller cited, as an example, a
person with a music education, one
that taught them discipline and
persistence, but who is now in an
office job that requires 21st century
leadership skills.
Toller, who was an adult learner
himself when he returned to school
after 20 years to obtain a graduate
degree, understands the apprehension
or lack of confidence some students
feel having not been in a classroom or
written a paper for many years.
Academic advisement is crucial
to help guide students over any
hurdles, he said.
Toller noted that the diversity of
students today is broad – students
range in age from 22 to 72 in
University of Hartford classes.
Regardless of age, going back to
school is never a quick decision.
“Some of the research we hear is
that adults can take up to 18 months
to finally do it [after initially considering returning to school,]” he said.
“The most important thing is just
being able to sit down with an adviser
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Taking the stress out of mornings
Routines are the key to get out the door with ease
by Mara Dresner & Mark Jahne
LIFE staff
F
or parents who have taken a
laissez faire attitude about
the morning schedule, they
may want to rethink that
casual approach. Back to school is just
around the corner and mornings are
about to get more hectic.
“It’s different for every family.
Kids’ personalities are so different.
Some kids are morning kids and up
early. Others are slow to rise and slow
to adapt to the change of the summer
to fall schedule,” said Maria Bomely.
She is the director of KIDCO
Childcare Center in Newington and
the mother of three children ages 14,
18 and 22. When her children were
young, she didn’t let the season affect
the schedule. “Regardless of time of
year, I kept the routine the same and
consistent. Like most things with
young children, routine and consistency are key for them to function at their
best,” she said.
One of the biggest challenges in
the morning is time – or more specifically, the lack of time. Bomely recommends doing as much as possible the
night before to avoid the crunch time
in the morning. This might include
making lunches, picking out clothing,
bathing and packing necessary bags.
“Sometimes, I’d bring things to
the car on Sunday night. That made
Monday morning easier. Doing as
much preplanning and pre-packing as
possible is absolutely key,” she said.
She also suggests making extra
breakfast foods on the weekend, such
as waffles and French toast that can
be frozen. “That way, you’re not making breakfast in the morning,” she
said. “The kids could make them on
their own as they got older.”
Sometimes it’s what parents don’t
do that’s important.
“I think in today’s day and age, a
no electronics rule in the morning or a
no TV rule [is helpful]. It’s hard when
[kids] are engaged in that to take their
attention from that and get them out
of door,” Bomely said.
Having a set routine will also
make the morning rush a bit easier.
Parents might want to have a
chart for younger children that shows
visually what needs to be done in
what order. A timer or hourglass can
also help keep them on track.
“We are always hurrying children,” she said. “It makes them feel
more under pressure and stressed.
Kids can get overwhelmed if they get
too much direction at one time.”
Michael Emmett, superintendent
of schools in Wethersfield, said developing a consistent routine with no
surprises is important.
“Be well organized and take care
of any potential battle the night
before,” he said.
Evening is the time to ask if all
homework is done, not the following
morning, he added.
“Parents can build responsibility
within their children regarding the
morning routine,” Emmett said.
He suggested posting important
notices on the refrigerator and assigning older children the task of making
their own lunches.
Sally Dastoli, Wethersfield’s director of curriculum and instruction, said
attendance problems are sometimes
the result of early morning chaos. For
starters, she encourages parents to
make sure their children go to bed at a
reasonable hour so that they are not
tired and uncooperative come morning.
Though routines vary from family
to family, consistency is key. Students
of all ages thrive on routine, Stephanie
Malkin, school psychologist at Rocky
Hill High School, said.
Some children may need more
structure. If that is the case, parents
should write things down for them.
“When there’s a plan in place
and kids know what to expect,
mornings go a lot easier. Even one
day without it can throw you into
a tailspin,” she said.
Malkin said everyone in the
house can play a role in establishing
this routine.
“The basics are leaving enough
time and having well-established
routines. Your night routines are as
important as your morning routines,”
Wendy Crouse, chief academic officer
for Newington Public Schools, said.
The evening routine should
include signing any notes or permission slips, finalizing homework, preparing the backpack for the following
day and setting aside lunch money.
She strongly suggests that parents
postpone discussing any controversial
subjects during the morning
preparations for school. These can
be addressed later in the day. Crouse
also suggests allowing for extra time
for those days when things don’t run
as smoothly as usual. WL
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Not just backpacks and notebooks
Getting ready for school often requires more than the basics
by Alicia B. Smith, Abigail Albair and Nancy Thompson
LIFE Staff
W
hen those hazy,
lazy days of
summer come to
an end and the
exciting period of getting ready
to go back to school starts up —
purchasing a new backpack and
lunch box — it might be time to
add a few other activities on the
“to do” list.
While it’s important to stock
up on pencils and books, it’s also
important to make sure a child
is physically and mentally
prepared to go back to school.
In addition, a few important
life skills should be part of the
education process at back-toschool time and all year long,
including how to responsibly
spend those dollars collected for
household chores and how
to save for the future.
Annual check ups
Among the things that can often
be overlooked as summer winds
donwn are a child’s eye and
dental health. Summer is the
perfect time for a checkup.
Angela Daigle, a licensed
optician and owner of the
Eyeglass Place in Newington,
noted the summer is a great
time for an eye examination due
to the fact that families tend to
have more free time.
In the summer, a student
does not need to miss any school
and it affords the necessary time
to ensure a prescription order
comes in before school starts.
“People who don’t wear
glasses are not aware of it,”
Daigle said of those who may
not realize that family members
may have an issue that would
cause them to need glasses.
“It’s not in your realm of
thinking if you don’t wear
them,” she said. “Like your
dental cleaning, an eye exam
should be a yearly thing.”
Among the issues
students can face are lazy
eye, a muscular or focusing
issue. It is a condition that for
younger students, those
younger than 6, can be
corrected with glasses or
an eye patch. The older
a student gets, the more
difficult it becomes
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to correct the impairment.
Daigle said parents may notice as
their son or daughter becomes tired
that one of their eyes might dart in
and out, but the condition can be
difficult to diagnose and is more easily
detected with an eye exam.
“Its good to get a baseline and
have the health of their eye checked,”
Daigle said, adding that those who do
not need a prescription can probably
go two or three years before another
eye exam. Those who do have a prescription should come in each year to
ensure the prescription has not
changed.
For active eyeglass-wearing students, those who play sports, parents
may want to consider investing in a
pair of sports glasses. Both the lenses
and frames are made from a durable
material that prevents breaking.
Active students may also want to
make a trip to the dentist to be fitted
with a mouth guard in order to
protect their teeth and gums.
“The sports guard is a really good
example of something that should be
considered,” said Dr. Brian Bell of the
Dental Center in Newington. “Many
people think of the high-impact sports
like boxing, football or even soccer as
sports where people should have
mouth guards but even things like
gymnastics and skating there are dental injuries that can appear.”
Bell went on to say that the
guards help to absorb an
impact and distribute the
force around the
month to minimize the severity of an
injury.
Without a mouth guard athletes
could end up with an assortment of
injures from damage to the bones that
hold the teeth in place, a fractured
tooth, laceration of the lip or
a chipped tooth.
Students, along with athletes, can
further help their teeth remain healthy
by paying attention to their diets.
Bell encourages them to drink water
throughout the day, its great for hydration and has fluoride that helps prevent decay.
Taking education to the bank
Another thing to consider when
getting children ready to go back to
school is establishing some type of
banking relationship for the younger
family members.
“In terms of starting a relationship
with the bank, it’s never too soon,” said
Michael Costa, vice president and East
Hartford branch manager with
Farmington Bank. “As you go through
birthday parties and baptisms, you’re
going to get cash gifts and the best
thing to do is set those aside.”
In addition to establishing a
savings account as a way to manage
monetary gifts, starting the habit of
savings early will also help children
understand the value of a dollar and
plan for major investments such as a
car or college tuition.
“If you start a relationship early
enough, as a child goes through
becoming a young child and a teenager, they see the effect of compound
interest,” Costa said.
Farmington Bank Vice President
and Bristol branch manager Pat
Theriault agreed.
“Starting early is the best thing,
even something as simple as learning
how to count money,” she said. “Every
kid has a piggy bank. It’s a great idea
to come with them to cash in that
coin and use it as a motivating tool.”
It also helps children learn the
importance of establishing financial
goals.
“I think setting goals is important
for a child – if they want something, to
have to be responsible and earn it and
look in advance and see what they’re
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money and don’t have to put it aside
themselves,” Theriault added. “Even if
its … $10 or $20, it’s going to add up.”
saving for,” Theriault said.
While Costa said it is up to
parents to determine on a case-bybase basis when children are ready
for banking options like a checking
account, debit card or access to online
banking, it is important to at the very
least familiarize children with checks,
check registers or online account
management via view-only online
options and, simply, the inside of a
bank branch.
In addition to teaching children
about saving, parents who are doing
their own saving for their child’s
future education should also start
early, Costa said.
“No amount is too little,” he said.
“This money has 18 years to grow.
Deposit $10 one day and that $10 may
be worth $50 when [the child] is 18.”
“Payroll deductions is a really easy
way to do it because they don’t see the
Help on all levels
For children who appear to be
unhappy or stressed as the school
year approaches, parents often wonder when they should seek professional help.
“Signs that a child needs professional help are different for different
problems,” said Suzanne Roberts, a
licensed professional social worker
with an office in Rocky Hill.
She said parents should watch for
“anything excessive compared to the
child’s ordinary behavior.” That
includes excessive worrying, excessive
talking about returning to school, or
saying they don’t want to go.
“If a kid is transitioning from
elementary school to middle school
or middle school to high school, that
may result in anxiety-producing
behavior,” she said.
Donna Morrison, a licensed professional social worker with offices
in Wethersfield and West Hartford,
said parents often struggle with how
best to help their children adjust to
new situations, including the start of
a new school year and worries about
new teachers and classmates, and
concerns about fitting in socially
and keeping up in the classroom.
“Children express their feelings
differently than adults do,” she said.
“They often do not have the words to
describe what they are feeling and
express their feelings through play.
A child struggling with anxiety and
sadness may express frustrations
through tantrums, heightened fears,
F a
aggression, withdrawal and physical
symptoms such as headaches and
stomachaches, difficulty sleeping
and picking at hair or skin.”
Morrison, who worked for
Wethersfield Public Schools for 28
years, said a family’s pediatrician
can be a first resource if parents
have concerns. Also, she said,
schools offer social workers, nurses
and psychologists who often are
available before school starts.
Elaine Ducharms, a Glastonbury
psychologist, stressed the importance of good communication
with teachers and remembering that
talking to a psychologist or other
mental health professional is like
working with any other professional
to learn a new skill.
“Being a parent is the hardest job
any of us will ever have,” she said.
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Painting in the great outdoors
A
Plein Air Paint-Out June 14 in Old Wethersfield was sponsored by
the Wethersfield Academy for the Arts. Artists from Connecticut
and Massachusetts spent the day in town and participated in an
impromptu public art show at Comstock, Ferre & Co.
Debbie Temple creates art on wheels with her portable supply of colorful pastels.
Scenic Wethersfield Cove is the focus of Bernie Duffy’s painting.
This painting by Marianne Flynn was created on Broad Street.
Dennis Stuart picked the First Church of Christ in Wethersfield as his topic.
Elizabeth Cien found Comstock, Ferre & Co., the ideal place to exhibit
her artistic talent.
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Dana Spicer, left, of Heart of the
Country and Joan Hughes of
Antiques on Main are longtime
members of the Old Wethersfield
Shopkeepers Association.
Celebrating four decades
Old Wethersfield Shopkeepers
Association reaches a milestone
by Mark Jahne
Editor
I
t was 40 years ago when a
group of shop owners in Old
Wethersfield decided that they
could accomplish more as a
group than as individuals. So they
formed the Old Wethersfield
Shopkeepers Association.
It continues on today and those
involved sing its praises and look
forward to ongoing success.
Charlie Ford of House of Images
was one of the founding members.
He recalled that businesses formed
OWSA with the intended desire
that it would be a long-running
organization.
“It goes up and down. When we
first started, there were seven or
eight shops, but we could see the
potential for it to be much better,” he
said. “My wife [Barbara] and I
worked hard over the years to grow
it. It did grow.”
Ford said it is helpful for the
business owners in the historic
district to have a single voice when
issues such as traffic safety arise.
Being an organized group also
provides them with greater
influence at town hall.
He thinks Old Wethersfield
is a good location in which to do
business. Tourists and other visitors
are drawn to the neighborhood and
the ambiance of the historic district
also helps.
“The height of membership, we
had about 16 or 18 shops,” Ford said.
Most of them are small owneroperated businesses. They all saw the
value of organizing and originally got
together so that they could combine
resources for marketing purposes.
He talked about how some of
them – Comstock, Ferre & Co., the
Red Barn Christmas Shop and a doll
shop – attracted shoppers from all
over the state.
Ford is also pleased with the
popularity of the annual Scarecrows
Along Main street art festival every
fall. This year marks the 20th
anniversary of that attraction
which draws thousands of people
to Old Wethersfield.
“They enjoy putting the scarecrows together,” he said of the many
businesses, groups and individuals
who participate to showcase their
creative talent.
“I’ve been here for more than 30
years,” Neill Walsh said. “It’s been
great. I live nearby, the people are
nice.”
He owns and operates Neill
Walsh Goldsmiths and Gallery,
which has done business in two
different locations over those years.
He has also been involved with
Scarecrows Along Main since its
launch in 1995.
“You have to develop your business over many years. It’s important
that the businesses on the street
support each other. I think we’re
doing pretty good right now,” he said.
Walsh said OWSA has boasted a
variety of shops over the years. The
economic recession was tough, but he
survived, and so did the association.
“This was the busiest May that
I’ve had in four or five years,” he
added.
“We just got a lot of new
members with what is going on
down the street,” Joan Hughes said.
She owns Antiques on Main.
Her “down the street” reference is a
plan proposed by town government
to tighten up the intersection of
Main, Church and Marsh streets
while also better aligning Church
and Marsh.
Many OWSA members testified
before the Town Council earlier this
year stating that the current intersection creates traffic and other
safety issues. They always look to
present the best possible climate to
their customers.
Among the new members are
the Old Wethersfield Country Store
and Old Town Restaurant.
“The country store is a nice
addition and the restaurants are
positive,” Hughes said.
“We get a lot of people from out
of the area,” said Dana Spicer of
Heart of the Country, which shares a
building with Antiques on Main.
She spoke of how OWSA was
formed to promote the common
interests of businesses up and down
the street and to encourage people
to patronize not just their favorite
local shop, but other stores and food
establishments along the street.
They spoke of how public events
including the Cornfest and Holidays
on Main bring more business to the
street.
The two women reflected upon
the various shops that opened and
closed over the past four decades.
Hughes said people enjoy strolling
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Main Street in Old Wethersfield
offers numerous small shops
and eateries, many of which
belong to OWSA.
along the street and it is not
unusual for tourists to visit the
shops.
As if on cue, a couple visiting
town from Ohio walked in. She has
hosted customers from all 50
states, as well as several foreign
countries. She speculated that may
be in part because Wethersfield is
featured in AAA tour guides.
“It’s interesting how they hear
about us. There’s quite a mix on
this street of interesting things,”
Hughes said. “The town has a lot to
offer. We’re lucky because we have
off-street parking.”
“You can park your car once
and we are all within easy walking
distance,” Spicer added.
“We’d love to get some new
businesses on the street,” she said.
“It’s important to promote the
entire area. We all try to help each
other.”
They enjoy helping visitors find
other Greater Hartford attractions.
Hughes and Spicer agreed that
being located in the historic
section of town is an advantage.
“For our types of business, it’s
the perfect location,” Spicer said.
“There are some great business
opportunities in Old Wethersfield.”
Both of their shops had a
rough ride during the post-2007
recession but survived. They are
looking forward to more profitable
times.
“This has been a really tough
first half of the year,” Spicer said.
“The winter was really brutal,”
added Hughes.
She is looking forward to
Scarecrows Along Main.
“The kids love it and the adults
love it, too,” she said.
OWSA makes sure to decorate
the lampposts along Main Street
with lights during the Christmas
season. The organization, as well as
some of its members individually,
belongs to the Wethersfield
Chamber of Commerce.
“It’s important to promote the
entire area,” Spicer said.
“They provide an invaluable
connection,” Peter Gillespie said.
“It’s an organization that I have
worked pretty closely with ever
since I started here.”
Gillespie is the town’s director
of planning and economic development. He praised the group for
holding quality events and added
that its activity reaches beyond
the shopkeepers themselves.
“They continue to do good
things for all of their members,”
Gillespie said.
The Old Wethersfield
Shopkeepers Association currently
has 16 members: Neill Walsh
Goldsmiths & Gallery, 125 Main St.;
Blades Salon, 161 Main St.;
Antiques on Main, 165-167 Main
St.; Heart of the Country, 169 Main
St.; Chester Buckley House Bed &
Breakfast, 184 Main St.; Comstock,
Ferre & Co., 263 Main St. and the
Wethersfield Museum at the
Keeney Memorial Cultural Center,
200 Main St.
Other members are: WebbDeane-Stevens Museum, 211 Main
St.; Wethersfield Travel, 219 Main
St.; Lucky Lou’s Bar & Grill, 222
Main St.; Village Pizza, 233 Main St.;
Ascot Catering, 136 Main St.; Old
Town Restaurant, 187 Main St.; Old
Wethersfield Country Store, 211
Main St.; Live Right Wellness, 280
Main St. and Silas Robbins House
Bed & Breakfast, 185 Broad St. WL
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Photo by Allie Rivera
Zachary Parker, a member of St. Paul’s Evangelical
Lutheran Church, is leaving a permanent mark on
his congregation. The 9-year-old has worked to start
a free monthly pasta dinner where members of the
community can socialize and get a good meal.
Food
and
fellowship
Zachary’s Table offers a free
monthly community meal
by Allie Rivera
Staff Writer
I
n the sun-lit basement of St.
Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran
Church, 9-year-old Zachary
Parker starts singing the jingles
from popular television commercials
and doing a little dance, much to the
amusement of the adults in the room
with him.
When he finishes, he poses
with his arms wide and his hands
outstretched, an exuberant smile
bursting across his face.
“I can’t imagine St. Paul’s without
Zach,” Outreach Committee member
Patty Bengtson said.
As he prepares to enter the fifth
grade at Corpus Christi School,
Zachary has worked to leave his own
legacy at the church by starting
Zachary’s Table, a free monthly
pasta dinner for the community.
“I thought about it for the people
who aren’t able to get out of their
houses to go out to eat,” Zachary
said.
“It’s not a soup kitchen. It’s a
community meal,” Pastor Hugh
Haffenreffer said.
Thinking of ways to give back to
the community is not a new concept
for the 9-year-old boy, who has been
a member of St. Paul’s for four years.
Zachary has gone with his mother
Donna Camillo to help volunteer
with the Foodshare program, distributing fresh produce to those in need.
“It was last summer during the
Foodshare that he first came up
with this idea,” she said. “He said to
me, ‘how great would it be to give
everyone a meal?’”
During the fall and winter
months, the idea of a community
meal stewed in Zachary’s mind. But
it wasn’t until early 2015 that he
decided to approach Haffenreffer
with a plan.
“As a church, we had been trying
to figure out what we could do to be
of service and had been throwing
around different ideas,” the pastor
recalled.
“One Sunday, in between the
two services, Zach came into my
office. He takes this sketch pad and
flips it open and there is a drawing
of a community meal.”
Haffenreffer was amazed by
the detail that Zachary put into
the picture.
“Tables were drawn out and
places where we could serve. It was
just one of those moments that
sticks with you,” he said. “During the
second service that day, I held it up
and said this is the type of service
we want to do.”
After that day Zachary, with the
help of his mother, approached the
church’s outreach committee to discuss making the drawing a reality.
“They came to the meeting and
presented it in April,” committee
member Russ Bengtson recalled.
“We loved it. Somebody said, ‘when
should we start it?’ And we all said,
‘right now.’”
The first community meal was
held in May and continues on the
third Tuesday of each month at 5
p.m. in the church’s basement on
Wolcott Hill Road.
“We had about 10 people from
the community come and people
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from the church at the first one,”
Russ Bengtson said.
To learn how to properly run
this type of endeavor, members of
the committee visited a Lutheran
church in New Britain that runs a
similar event for roughly 100 people
every week.
“The whole time, Zach’s been
right there helping,” Patty Bengtson
added.
Zachary’s goal from the beginning has been to provide a sit-down
community meal, not a hand out, for
those who may need help financially
or who need more social opportunities. The meal, which usually consists
of pasta with sauce, salad, bread and
a dessert made by a church member,
is served in a way that people can
feel as though they are truly going
out to eat.
“People here take an interest in
you,” Camillo said. “This is a place to
come forget about things and get
away for a little while.”
“We want people to come
through the door and feel absolutely
welcome,” Haffenreffer added. “They
get enough reminders that life has
burdens. They shouldn’t get that
here.”
The dinner was able to start with
money from the outreach committee’s budget. Members said local
sponsorship from Stop & Shop
and PriceRite has been extremely
beneficial to the continuing program.
“We’re always looking for community involvement from businesses
or people who want to volunteer,”
Patty Bengston said.
The church group feels a responsibility to give back to the community
and considers Zachary’s Table a great
way to start.
“There are a lot of needs in
Wethersfield that the town is not
aware of,” Camillo said. “There are a
lot of seniors in this town as well
and there is a need for them not to
be isolated and not to be hungry.”
Zachary has been involved in
every aspect of the planning, often
pitching new ideas to make the
dinner better.
“Zachary suggested that some
people may be vegan, so we have a
meatless sauce, and some people
can’t eat gluten, so we have gluten
free,” Camillo said.
The boy also pointed out that
some of the people they hope to
serve may have difficulty getting to
the dinner.
“Some people can’t drive, and if
you live deep in Wethersfield it’s too
far to walk or some people have disabilities, so you can call us and we’ll
pick you up,” Zachary said.
Zachary and his mother said
selecting the third Tuesday of each
month for this dinner was a deliberate choice.
“It’s toward the end of the month
when a lot of people may be short on
money or food stamps,” Camillo said.
“The big thing is we want them to
feel like they’re able to go out.”
“We want to make it feel like it’s
your birthday every third Tuesday,”
Zachary added excitedly, bouncing
up and down in his seat.
In the few months since its
inception, Zachary’s Table has
started to grow and the church is
seeing more people take advantage
of the dinner.
“It’s kind of growing by itself,”
Russ Bengston said. “It’s really taken
on a life of its own.”
The Bengtsons said Camillo’s
work to alert the community to the
event has been a large part of its
success.
“Donna has been instrumental
at getting the word out,” Patty
Bengston said. “She really connects
everything.”
Zachary and the others at St.
Paul’s stress the fact that the dinner
is completely free, with no catch or
gimmick. As a church society,
the group simply hopes to provide
service to the community and a
welcoming environment in which
people can eat and socialize.
“The nature of the church is
changing because our society is
changing,” Haffenreffer said. “We’re
not going to ask you for anything
other than to sit down and enjoy a
meal.” WL
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Church is located at 371 Wolcott Hill
Road. For more information, to reserve
a seat for the dinner, or to request a
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Wethersfield High School pupils
honored for academics
The following students were named
to the honor roll for the fourth quarter ay Wethersfield High School.
High Honors
Grade 9
David Adams, Elena Anderson,
Emma Augustine, Madelyn Barone,
Brendan Barry, Sabrina Berry, Shawn
Bertucio, Timothy Blaisdell, AnnaJane
Brown, Eric Bucknam, Rachel Bugella,
Rebecca Buonopane, Kendall Cathcart,
Ling Chi, Julia Chrostowski, Isabel
Correa, Jessica Darby, Stephanie DeCarli,
Hannah Delvecchio, Alexandra Dizes,
Thomas Dowd, McKayla Dreger, Jacob
Driscoll, Danielle Elliott, Adnan Fejzic,
Julia Feliciano, Christine Gallares, Jessica
Garofalo, Lily Gaunt, Amanda Gilbert,
Nathan Hrdy, Gabriela Interian and
Samantha Johnson.
Also, Alexis Kallicharan, Caroline
Kennedy, Devon Kleeblatt, Irene Laramie,
Samuel Lemaire, Caroline Logan,
Timothy Malave, Katia Malinguaggio,
Juliana Mandile, Malena Mandile,
Heather Mayo, Maria Moldovan, Julia
Morrissey, Atlee Myers, Anna O’Neil,
Andrew Pace, Chelsea Pinchera, Jessica
Pratt, Sara Puglielli, Talia Quagliaroli,
Juliana Rosa, Jane Rumley, Brianna
Santilli, Tessa Slesinski, Nathaniel
Sommers, Michael Stefano, Maura
Stewart, Tyler Stout, James Sullivan,
Kaleigh Sullivan, Victoria Swanson, Wing
Sze, Megan Tonucci, Amanda Tougas,
Garrett Tougas, Victoria Whitaker, Triniti
White, Rachel Wilson, Karolina Wlaz and
Emma Zaleski.
Grade 10
Kady Allen, Stephanie Ayers, Sarah
Bean, Lily Bello, Anthony Berry, Victoria
Brazel, Melanie Burns, Mariana Carcia,
Destiny Cruz, Megan Darrell, Hannah
Desrochers, Molly Desrochers, Dina
DiMarco, Fiona Dunn, JinTao Feng,
Jessalyn Figueroa, Dorris Gallari, Lindsey
Gordon, Griffin Grabowski, Lauren
Hubschmitt, Idalis Irizarry, Kathleen
Kerekes, Lynne Landers, Marissa Landry,
Sarah Lawler, Kerry Lindquist, Noelani
Liz and Erica MacLean.
Also, Caleigh Martin, Justin
Michaud, Amiel Monasterial, Ashley
Morrell, Allison Nargi, Emma Peak,
Connor Peterson, Braden Plant, Brianna
Platania, Zana Preniqi, Madison Raposo,
Alyssa Schroll, Nora Serrao, Hsa Shee,
Trisha Signorello, Gabriela Silva, Sarah
Silva, Austin Stefano, Sabrina Torres,
Sarina Tucker, Olivia Tyler, Samantha
Urban, Ricardo Velez, Payton Viner,
Jocelyn Wilcox and Yiqian Zhuo.
Grade 11
Kris Agolli, Alyssa Ajodhi, Natalie
Albrecht, Alexander Bartis, Gabrielle
Bielak, Zachary Birdsall, Luis Bolorin,
Dilan Cabral, Lauren Cardenas,
Alexandria Casertano, Matthew
Colangelo, Leiah Cutkomp, Abigail Davis,
Christina DeAngelo, Carter Dizes,
Stephanie Emmanuel, Elizabeth
Estifanos, Christina Faienza, Rosmarie
Faienza, Kristina Feliciano, Kacey
Friedman, Taylor Galusha, Dareca Garib,
Taylor Garrey, Dante Goddard, Aleysia
Green, Thomas Griffin, Brenden Griffith,
Peter Hahn, Natalie Heavren, Rebecca
Hine, Megan Hoisl, Andrew Hrdy, Alexis
Irizarry and Jacob Johnson.
Also, Taylor Jones, Redona
Karamanaj, Hazim Korkutovic, Katherine
Lamberti, Amanda Lamore, Caroline
Logozzo, Adam Lynch, Anthony
Machado, Julia Martin, Anna Mayo,
Abigale Monasterial, Emily Moody, Grace
Nichols, Hailey Olesen, Carissa Peckrul,
Navarre Pratt, Andrew Reardon, Charles
Renaud, Gabriela Rizzo-Velez, Santa
Cruz, Gina Santapaola, Venezio Santoro,
Daniel Schroeder, Taylor Scutari,
Christopher Shimwell, Brianna Shive,
Diana Sitnik, James Slayton, Devon
Smith, Joshua Smith, Joseph Sottile, Colin
Stewart, Maura Stickley, Rongwei Tan,
Alyssa Tonucci, Rachel Way, Allison
Weed, Karol Wroblewski, Michelle
Yanaros and Maria Zelez.
Jasmine Barajas, Alexander Bielak, Ashley
Bilello, Austin Bovino, Liam Collins,
Joshua Cronkhite, Justin Cruz, Lindsey
Davoren, Brian Diaz, Dominic DiMarco,
Maria DiMattia, Fatija Duric, Nathan
Everett, Maricielo Fabian, Alison
Fitzpatrick, Blake Fulton, Ismael Garcia,
Tyler Gomes, Victoria Goodman, Joshua
Gray, Brian Heavren, Tatiana Henry,
Camden Johnson, Malon Johnson, Brian
Kallajian, Lorna Kalluci, Aidan Kelly,
Katrina Kurpaska, Julie Lamore, Lily
Langdon, Elena Lapa and Joseph Luiz.
Also, Hannah Martin, Julia McNally,
Marlena Monroe, Wesley Moody,
Madison Morin-Scata, Maya Mulholland,
Lexi Munger, James O’Connor, William
Odell, Filip Ogniewski, Leah Ostergren,
Kate Parker, Peter Paruta, Evan Presta,
Olivia Purinton, Emma Rocheleau, Karen
Rodriguez, Markus Rosado, Mirnes
Sabanovic, Jacqueline Samse, Nilshali
Sanchez, Dario Santoro, Kaitlyn Sargis,
Cassandra Scalora, Isabella Schroeder,
Brenna Shannahan, Ryan Skelly, Abigail
Sullivan, Alex Tawrel, Ivory Thibdeau,
Kassandra Torres, Lucas Torres, Chloe
Troy, Victoria Tucker, Vanessa Valle,
Samantha Vargas, Mallory Walker and
Olivia Zurzola.
Grade 12
Lucas Amestoy, Shayla Bailey,
Christina Bobbitt, Kathryn Carbone,
Chelsea Carilli, Yarlyn Collado, Anthony
Colon, Emma Copeland, Julianna
DeBarge, Reina DeJesus, Emily Derick,
Alyssa DeRocher, Echevarria, Diaz,
Giancarlo DiGiacomo, Nicole DiLoreto,
Cassandra Epp, Ruth Eragene, Caroline
Even, Andrew Forgetta, Jason Gallo,
Solomiya Golovatska, Dennis Harrington,
Lian Hoffman, Christopher Jablonka and
Esmeralda Korkutovic.
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Martin, Hope Mathis, Lilibeth Mendoza,
Ioana Moldovan, Candis Nunez, Ashley
Perez, Christopher Piccione, Anthony
Portonova, Anuja Ramnarace, Taylor
Ramos, Taylor-Jean Rodriguez, Gabriela
Santiago, Matthew Schuberth, Brittany
Sitler, Wojciech Skowronek, Rebecca
Stefano, Christopher Tawrel, Matthew
Turcotte, Ashley Vasel, Tate Veley, Joseph
Wallowitz, Gloria Zhu and Jennifer
Zimmitti.
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Michael Alessandra, Nicole Arcari,
Sean Arcouette, Daziyah Armstrong,
Rachel Bahouth, Taylor Bradley, Jeffrey
Bridges, Anna Cannata, Vanessa
Carbone, Jared Christensen, Natalie
Ciarcia, Devyn Clark, Laura Clark, Jacob
Colbath, Audrey Coleman, Andrew
Console, Caroline Coyne, Steven
DesJardins, Kyle Flynn, Maeve Foley,
Collin Grottke, Jared Hill, Kaitlyn Irace,
Matthew Jablonka, Alexander Kauffman,
Matthew Keefe-Stefanik, Sloane
Kozlowski, Maggie Krawczyk, Jaden
Krueger, Amina Kuljancic and Kelly
Lamo.
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Megan Lauzon, William Maciolek,
Benjamin Milano, William Monticciolo,
Aidan Nelson, Alexis Ocasio-Emilian,
Elvira Osmanovic, Andreya Patinha,
Mary Peterson, Madeline Raffalo, Jessica
Roberts, Samantha Rosa, Phillip Rudak,
Christopher Santos, Eric Shields, Aidan
Sitler, Patrick Skelly, Katherine
Skowronek, Peter Skowronek, Jacklyn
Snide, David Szymanowski, Morgan
Tanguay, Sara Trueax, Casey Urso,
Christian Venditti, Brian Vu, Shaelyn
Way, Brian Weed, Frances Zelez and
Jillian Zuidema.
Honors
Grade 9
Mauro Alamo, Lance Amodeo,
Rachael Amoruso, Grant Anderson,
Grade 11
Austin Adil, Sara Aguilar, Mario
Arcata, Lauren Arienzale, Christopher
Ayers, Briley Bartone, Nicholas Bialka,
Valentina Birritta, Cassidy Bourassa,
Andrea Bucknam, Summer Budaj,
Matthew Burwell, Nadia Byczko,
Elizabeth Byrne, Julian Campbell, Rachel
Caruk, Veronica Catricala, Lillian
Ciarletto, Zachary, Travis Crandall,
Nicholas Cusano, David Dale, Emma
Detrick, Alyssa DiFiore, Gloria Dishnica,
Patrick Dowd, David Edwards, Margaret
Fitzpatrick, Katherine Flynn, Pierre
Franklin, Harris Gallari, Sawyer Gaunt,
Max Gentino, Ian Gingrave, Emily GjuziPantaleon, Daniel , Alexis Gwynn, Destini
Hall, Joshua Halla, Jacob Hickey, Patrick
Hurley and Nick Huynh.
Also, Roxanne Jacobs, Deanna
Kershbaumer, Kyle Klavins, Tate Knapp,
Leonie Koellmer, Ildi Koni, Eric Lamore,
Paige Landers, William Lank, Benjamin
Lepo, Rachel Llorens, Alyssa Lojko, Leah
MacFarlane, Jack Malizia, Toryn Malone,
Christopher Manousos, Matthew
Marena, Parker Maulucci, Matthew
McAlister, Sydney Mercier, Paulina
Migliorati, Connie Nguyen, Andrew
Nicki, Madelyn O’Connor, Mariana
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Finding passion in painting
Georgia Stathoulas is a self-taught artist
by Mara Dresner
Staff Writer
A
s a child in Greece,
Georgia Stathoulas didn’t
have much of an opportunity to explore her artistic
side.
“[I grew up in] Kalamata, like
the olives. When I was growing up, it
was kind of sad really, [art was] not
offered like it is here now,” she said.
“At least where I lived in
Kalamata, it was just about the academics. There were no swimming
pools, no artsy stuff, no singing, no
violins, no nothing. I didn’t realize
[art] was my passion until much,
much later.”
Stathoulas, who has lived in
Wethersfield for 23 years, previously
visited the United States twice.
“I had come here when I was
very young with my parents; we
didn’t stay very long. The second
time, I came with my husband about
35 years ago. We only stayed for five
years. We had our kids here and
went back to Greece,” she said.
Now they’re settled in town.
“I think we’re here to stay,” she
said.
She attended what was then
Greater Hartford Community
College.
“My parents wanted us to get a
better education. My brother and
sister and I came and went to
school here,” she said.
Originally, her sister had the
interest in art and Stathoulas
remembered following her lead.
Georgia Stathoulas poses
with a number of her paintings
at her Wethersfield home.
“I would draw faces and bodies
everywhere on my leather, I think
they were leather, schoolbags, on the
ground with the kids. My sister’s the
one, I kind of copied her. It turns out
she didn’t do anything with it and I
pursued it,” she said.
It took her a while to come to art
in a steady way.
“I think it was about 15 or 16
years ago that I started painting,”
said Stathoulas, who works for the
state Department of Education.
“As my kids got older – I have
two daughters – I had more time on
my hands, so I needed a hobby. I
didn’t have any classes. I learned
what I learned by being persistent,
by trying and trying. With a lot of
old paintings, I threw them out. I
drew over them.”
She remembers reading books
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Georgia Stathoulas’ granddaughter Sofia is the subject of “A Fib with a Smile.”
and watching videos about how to
paint.
“In books everything is easy. I
thought, ‘I can do that.’ It’s harder
when I go to try it,” she said with a
laugh.
“The first two years when I
started to paint, my work was not
good at all. My soul was into it. I
didn’t have training. I was doing a lot
of things wrong. I struggled; I struggle now. I learned the hard way.”
She soon developed a style, with
her paintings often featuring children
and a certain color.
“There’s a lot of blue. I like
drawing blue, which comes from
the water in Greece, and portraits
and mostly kids,” she said.
Almost from the start, she began
entering shows.
“I was rejected. I’m still rejected
a lot of times,” she said.
Then two of her paintings were
accepted into ArtWalk in West
Hartford.
“I thought, ‘Oh my God, I’m
going to try harder,” she said.
That was a turning point in how
she looked at her art. Even now, she
tries to be inspired when her work is
not accepted for a competition.
“I try not to take it personal,” she
said. “It’s not that a piece isn’t good,
but it’s [still] hard.”
She knows that competitions
may have to take a certain percentage of different types of work, for
example. She has won numerous
awards and has had both solo and
group exhibits.
She did take one short class at
the West Hartford Art League and
also has allied herself with two
groups of artistic friends. One group
is involved with Open Studio
Hartford.
“I can’t tell you how much I have
learned [from them]. I try to attend
most of the shows they have,” she
said.
She is also on the council of
Connecticut Women Artists, Inc., a
group of about 200 artists.
“Nancy Whitcher is the president
and she’s also my mentor. She works
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so, so hard to secure museums and
galleries where we can show our
work,” Stathoulas said.
“Georgia likes to do paintings of
people … doing things that are every
day, going to the beach, working
together, playing together. They are
lively, they’re happy, and I think they
involve the viewer in that expression.
You get the feeling you’re there,” said
Whitcher, a Rocky Hill resident who
is also a printmaker.
“I’ve seen her work develop in
composition. I’ve seen her work
develop in greater detail and
expression, adding to it a light
touch of simplicity; it’s really
pleasant,” she added.
“She’s worked hard to express
herself in her paintings. You feel that
you know the people, somehow
you’ve either met them before or
you’ve seen them on the beach.”
Stathoulas works mostly in oils,
and paints on weekends and in the
evenings. Some day she would like to
take classes.
“I would love, love when I retire
to take some classes. I tell my
friends, ‘I need another lifetime,’” she
said. “You always learn something
new” when you take a class.
She recently went to a painting
night at a bar.
“You drink and you paint. It was
fun. I went with friends. I was much
more advanced than everyone else,
but I walked away learning two
things. Even in that small, fun class
for people who have never touched a
brush, I walked away learning two
things,” she said.
While her paintings often have
similar themes, she’s open to creating
whatever captures her fancy.
“I don’t go out there and say, ‘I
think I’m going to paint that.’ It’s
whatever catches my eye, and lately,
everything catches my eye,” she said.
While she sells her work, she
does not take commissions.
“People approach me and ask to
paint their children. It doesn’t work
that way. It has to be something I
like and something that pleases me,”
she said.
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She takes a lot of photos with
her phone but stressed that what she
paints isn’t necessarily what she’s
photographed.
“I am not a camera. If you want
a picture from a camera, take it and
hang it up on the wall,” she said.
Sometimes she gets so involved
with one aspect of a work that she
forgets about another.
“When I start painting a portrait,
I get so excited that I don’t think
about the background. Then I’m done
and I think ‘now what?’” I do paint
mostly from pictures, which is a good
thing because I can paint here at my
own pace,” she said.
“A picture’s a flat surface.
Sometimes you don’t see the shadows, you don’t see the perspective,
there’s struggling. I cry sometimes
because I’ve messed up some
paintings.”
She will seek guidance from her
artist friends and will even post on
Facebook and ask for feedback. Some
of her favorite subjects are her grandchildren. Isabella won an award for a
birdbath sculpture earlier this year
and Sofia loves to pose for her “yaya”
(Greek for grandmother).
“Carmello is my third grandchild. He is in the running stage
right now and not interested in
being painted,” she said.
“They’re still very young now. I
love to paint them from life. I think
in a couple of years [I can catch
them] reading a book or watching
TV and can paint them.”
No matter what the subject,
Stathoulas, who will often rise at 6
a.m. on a weekend to paint, can
become totally involved in her work.
“When I paint, first of all, I paint
for hours. I forget to eat, I don’t
clean. I get very, very involved when I
start to paint. I’ve gone painting for
nine hours, I kid you not,” she said.
“When I get into a painting, I
can’t keep my hands off it. It fulfills
me. I love it.” WL
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Lunch and Learn seminars are a popular
attraction at the Wethersfield Senior
Center. This one was all about astrology.
Lots of life
Senior center is a
beehive of activity
by Mark Jahne
Editor
A
nyone who has an image
of senior citizens as tired
old people who are mostly
sedentary has not visited
the Wethersfield Senior Center lately.
The folks there may be of a certain age, but that doesn’t keep them
from enjoying one or more of the
numerous activities offered each
week. The senior center is located
within the Pitkin Community Center
and is run by the town Department
of Social & Youth Services.
“Most days, we have a good 150
people coming through,” said Senior
Center Coordinator Lisa Galipo. “We
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The chair yoga class got so big we had
to break it into two sessions.”
Bingo is a popular attraction
and consistently draws well more
than 100 players. Live music is featured on Mondays and Mindful
Meditation is a new addition. Galipo
makes every effort not to replicate
programs and activities sponsored
by the town Parks & Recreation
Department.
“People come because they want
to be here. They’re happy to be here.
It tends to be a friendly, nice group
of people,” she said.
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The Rhythmaires are the senior center’s choral group. They do songs from the
1920s through the present day and enjoy performing both on and off site.
Different organizations define
people as senior citizens at various
ages: AARP starts at 50 and
Medicare at 65. Anyone who has
reached 55 can participate in senior
center programming in Wethersfield.
Lunch and Learn programs are
offered each week and often fill the
classroom. The topics range widely;
on one recent day the topic was
astrology.
Card games and Wii bowling
often break out; Mah Jongg and setback are among the more popular
card choices. Lunch is served at
the Community Café. The center
recently conducted a series of financial programs and sometimes holds
activities in the evening for those
seniors who still work during the day.
Past seminars have covered such
topics as identity theft, fire safety
and reverse mortgages. Art classes,
belly dancing lessons and karaoke
are all part of the menu. The
Wethersfield Senior Club holds its
meetings at the center.
Other options include craft and
art classes and t’ai chi qigong exercise. Free movies are shown every
Monday. Ongoing programs include
“We play setback on Fridays, we bowl, we
play bingo. We meet a lot of nice people.”
—Tony Gilistro
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Bus trips take people to various
attractions around the region.
“We had 34 people go down to
see the 9/11 Memorial” in New York
City, Galipo said.
Other destinations include the
Newport Flower Show, Connecticut
Day at the Big E, Halloween in Salem
and more. Seniors can also speak to
experts on such topics as renter’s
rebate and Medicare.
There is a computer lab for those
seeking to learn modern technology.
An annual ice cream social is held in
August.
Regularly scheduled health
programs include blood sugar testing,
blood pressure screening, foot care
and a support group for stroke
survivors and their families.
“We try to work with community
partners. Hartford Hospital has been
doing a lot with us lately,” Galipo said.
So has Farmington Bank. The
Richard M. Keane Foundation is
among the funding agencies that
provide financial support to the
senior center.
“I think the town is very
supportive of the senior population,” said Erica Texeira.
She is the assistant director of
social and youth services. Texeira
spoke of the benefit of intergenerational programs that are periodically
held with the seniors and the
preschool children down the hall.
Plans are in the works to hold
more programs off campus with
various community partners.
Galipo is appreciative of the
backing she enjoys from the Town
Council. The town also has a Senior
Citizens Advisory Committee to look
after the needs of its older residents.
SCAC sponsors a major educational
program each year; this year’s program about living on a fixed income
was held May 21.
“They’ve increased our budget
over the last couple of years and
increased my hours,” she said.
Galipo is also connected with
the CHOICES program, affiliated
with the North Central Area Agency
on Aging. CHOICES provides senior
citizens with information about
Medicare, Medicaid (also called
Title XIX) and other state and
federal government programs.
Tony Gilistro is among a group
of people who enjoy Wii bowling. He
enjoys the ambiance of the senior
center.
“I come here Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. It
gives us something to do. We play
setback on Fridays, we bowl, we play
bingo,” he said. “We meet a lot of
nice people.”
“This place is a gem,” Connie
Mazzarella said. “There’s so much
you can learn about planning for
your senior years.”
She’s one of the younger seniors
who recently joined the center with
her husband, Vinnie.
They both participate in the
Rhythmaires choral group.
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are wonderful,” her husband said. WL
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This month we asked local residents:
“What can Wethersfield do to become a more
welcoming community?”
Here are some of their answers.
Your thoughts:
Madres Latinas
recently gathered
for a potluck dinner
in the Loretta’s
Dream pavilion at
Mill Woods Park.
These women of
Latin-American
heritage are looking
to become more
involved in the
community.
“I’d like to see more
events happen here.”
-Stephanie Jarm
“I think the town
government needs
to support its
local groups and
organizations more.”
-Doug Sacks
Promoting biculturalism
“Keep doing events like
this [farmers market].
Welcome [people
from] surrounding
communities to come
and join.”
-Vera Duhart
“Some type of welcome
kit or package to give
to new residents.”
-Deborah Oakliff
Mothers with Latin-American backgrounds
create advocacy group
by Mark Jahne
Editor
T
hey call themselves
Madres Latinas and
they represent a
growing number of
Spanish-speaking people who
now call this town their home.
It all began when one mother
from Puerto Rico was speaking with Jeanine Berasi about
forming such a group.
Berasi is the community
outreach coordinator for the
Wethersfield Early Childhood
Collaborative. By coincidence,
she was looking for a way to
connect with Hispanic parents.
Berasi is also one of the
leaders of the Time to Talk
program for speakers of other
languages held at the public
library.
Madres Latinas has held
three meeting thus far, with
food and child care part of the
arrangements. Thirteen mothers attended the first gathering
at the Wethersfield Library,
representing six of the town’s
seven public schools.
Leslie Poulos of the
library staff has become
involved with the group.
Poulos, who taught English
for two years in Honduras,
spoke at its second meeting
June 10 at Emerson-Williams
School. She spoke about the
value of summer reading and
showed the mothers how to
download books online.
The group’s stated mission is to share their cultures,
educate their children and
connect families, not just
within the Latino community,
but throughout the town.
Most recently, Madres
Latinas held a cultural potluck summer picnic July 8 at
the Loretta’s Dream pavilion
in Mill Woods Park. Children
and some husbands were also
present.
Jessica Rivera is one of the
residents who joined this
group and serves as its
facilitator. She is fluent in both
English and Spanish. Berasi
and another WECC volunteer,
Kimberly Bobin, help with
coordination. Bobin boasts
partial Mexican heritage.
“I moved here July 15,
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2008,” Rivera said.
She has two children: Jacob, 13,
and Jaden, 3. Jacob and one of Berasi’s
children play football together. The
two women put their heads together
to seek ways to get Latina mothers to
coalesce for their common advantage.
“We started discussing how to
get more of the Hispanic community
involved,” Rivera said.
“It’s definitely a growing population. Wethersfield is changing a lot.
We’re part of this town for a reason.
I love Wethersfield.”
Rivera is pleased that there is
already a core group of women who
bilingual children,” she said.
They successfully lobbied the
library to begin stocking bilingual
and Spanish books. The library gave
away some such books at a Family
Fun Night held June 25 in the
Westfield Heights neighborhood.
Sue Tenorio is another member
of the group. She is one of the longest
tenured in terms of living in town, a
span of 14 years. She noticed when
she first moved in that LatinAmerican people were starting to
select Wethersfield as their desired
place to live.
“My parents came [to the United
“It’s definitely a growing population.
Wethersfield is changing a lot. We’re part
of this town for a reason. I love
Wethersfield.”
—Jessica Rivera
can relate to and understand each
other. The group has women of many
different cultures including Mexico,
Colombia, Honduras, Peru, the
Dominican Republic and Puerto
Rico.
“Their biggest issue was having
States] as children from Mexico.
They were fleeing the political scene
there,” she said.
An organization called the
Discovery Collaborative, part of the
Connecticut Early Childhood
Alliance, helped with outreach and
focus groups. Madres Latinas has
formed a bond with Hartford-based
CT Parent Power, a nonprofit that
educates, engages and mobilizes
parents to act on issues that are
important to them.
They can include, but are not
limited to, early childhood, child
care, education and health care
reform. Executive Director Marilyn
Calderon was at the Mill Woods
event.
“We work hand in hand with the
Discovery Collaborative,” she said.
“We have to ensure that we are
instilling values in our kids that are
realistic.”
Calderon said it is important for
all families to have access to
important information and
Hispanic families, in particular,
need to have a greater voice. She
added that they share a vision for
their families.
She said it is beneficial to Latino
children to see networks of strong
and active mothers. Rivera added
mothers are encouraged to bring
their children to any Madres Latinas
meeting or activity.
“We are professionals, we are
mothers, we are part of a group, we
can make changes,” Rivera said.
“At that first meeting, there were
a lot of tears. There were a lot of
inequities across the board,”
The colorful Madres Latinas
banner artistically employs the
flags of Spanish-speaking nations
and areas in Central America,
South America, Puerto Rico and
the Caribbean.
Calderon said.
“Jessica’s doing this as a volunteer
after her full-time job,” she added.
Several of the women said they
have faced discrimination in various parts of their lives. They said
their children tell them they are at
times embarrassed to speak
Spanish in an English-dominated
town and country.
“Bilingual should be seen as an
asset, not a deficit,” Calderon said. WL
The next Madres Latinas
gathering will be a visit to the
Wethersfield Farmers Market at
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People notes
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1. Adrienne Sullivan was
promoted from junior interactive
designer to interactive designer at
Cronin & Co., LLC.
2
2. Matthew Domonkos prepares
to deliver a pitch during a travel baseball game for the Wethersfield 13 Prep
Farmington Bank-Vantis Life baseball
league. The team is being coached by
former Wethersfield High School
players and the 13-year-olds are said
to perform at a high school level.
Robert Jones earned a bachelor
of science degree in mechanical
engineering, with a minor in physics,
summa cum laude, from the
University of Rhode Island.
Kyle Cyr, grandson of Louis and
Lucy Santoro of Wethersfield, graduated with a doctor of medicine degree
from Boston University. He is serving
as a captain in the U.S. Army.
Tomasz Banas, Tiare Burney,
Derek Bylina, Jamie Cagianello,
Isaac Cruz, Anne Fern, Christina
Fiamma, Oksana Fravel, Paula
Gagliano, Brittany Harrison,
Stephanie Mata, Tianna Nguyen,
Melissa Puzzo, Janet Santiago,
Sylvia Sowah, Shakara Tiggett and
Joseph Whalen graduated from
Goodwin College.
Brandon Batory earned a master’s of science degree in physician
assistant from Springfield College.
Christina Morales earned a
master’s degree in social work from
Springfield College.
Carleigh Peluso earned a bachelor’s degree from Providence College.
Lauren Coletta earned a master
of science degree in human services
from Springfield College.
Brenna Skelly earned a bachelor of science degree in business
administration: marketing from
Western New England University.
Jeffrey Epp earned a B.S. degree
in mechanical engineering from
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Alexandra deMoncada earned
a bachelor of science degree in neuroscience from Lafayette College.
Sarah Bartis earned a bachelor
of arts degree in journalism from
Hofstra University.
Molly Kluba earned a bachelor
of science degree in music from
Hofstra University.
Stephanie Clarke earned a
bachelor of science degree in biology,
magna cum laude, from Tufts
University.
Shelby Tyszka earned a master
of library and information studies
degree from the University of Rhode
Island.
Zachary Mullin was named to
the dean’s list at James Madison
University.
Sharon Courneen was promoted
to instructional coach in the West
Hartford Public Schools. She has been
a teacher since 1989.
Teresa Giolito of Wethersfield
was named principal of the Florence
E. Smith STEM School in West
Hartford. She previously served as a
vice principal in the Farmington
Public Schools.
Tegan Crean, Erin Hallisey,
Christina Lin, Kelly McDonald and
Molly Willsey were named to the
dean’s list at Providence College.
Madelyne Colon, Jaclyn
O’Keefe, Samantha Taylor, Laura
Tedone, Janet Tedone, Ashley
Wengzn, Victoria Zigmont, Derek
Bylina, Elizabeth Phillips, Debbie
Plourde and Christina Sorano were
named to the president’s list at
Goodwin College.
Alvi Aliaj, Demi Arroyo,
Michael Barry, Angela Bell, Bianca
Bobadilla, Stephanie Boccuzzi,
Heather Ciarletto, Nicole Emond,
Roberta Giel, Michael GomezHixson, Stephanie Gonzales,
Nicholas Hardy, Armela Hodzic,
Stavros Kavroudakis, Tashya
Krom, Jeffrey Leon, Sarah
Leonard, Kaila Morin, Ethan
Morris, Alexander Mutchler, Scott
Roberts, Rachel Rubenbauer,
Alexandra Saharek, Benjamin
Scanlan and Adam Stankiewicz
were named to the dean’s list at the
University of Hartford.
Brenna Skelly was named to
the dean’s list at Western New
England University.
Elizabeth Coogan, Joshua
DellaFera and Jacqueline Kendrick
were named to the dean’s list at
Assumption College.
The following residents participated in various clubs during the
recently completed academic year at
Eastern Connecticut State
University: Patrick Drake,
Accounting Society; Abby Phillips,
Education Club; Joseph Rossitto,
Entrepreneurship Club; Alexandra
Hoffman, Habitat for Humanity
Club; Rachel Silva, Habitat for
Humanity Club; Molly UnderwoodScherban, Habitat for Humanity
Club; Samantha Walter, Habitat for
Humanity Club; Rachel DiNatalie,
Habitat for Humanity Club; Jamie
Piscitello, Habitat for Humanity
Club; Nicholas Signorello, Habitat
for Humanity Club; Joseph Zocco,
Habitat for Humanity Club;
Kassandrah Banks, Photography
Club; Amy Alasso, Public Relations
Student Society of America; Kiara
Paez, Public Relations Student
Society of America and Nicole
Salisbury, Social Work Club.
Christa Allard, Danielle
Benoit, Tiare Burney, Derek
Bylina, Marcie Campanello,
Elizabeth Christ, Madelyne Colon,
Isaac Cruz, Anne Fern, Dustin
Ganci, Samra Huric, Stephanie
Mata, Melissa Matos, Kimberlee
Merrill, Maureen Moore, Jaclyn
O’Keefe, Alexandra Pace,
Elizabeth Phillips, Chrissy Pikos,
Debbie Plourde, Taylor Ryan,
Christina Sorano, Samantha
Taylor, Laura Tedone, Janet
Tedone, Michelle Tremblay,
Anthony Uccello, Maria Valentino,
Victoria Walsh, Ashley Wengzn,
Marlena Wlazniak and Victoria
Zigmont were named to the dean’s
list at Goodwin College.
Lily Langdon won first place in
the Hackster Hackathon for an idea
she had for a fashion app/wearable
device that one can use to inventory
wardrobe. It uses biofeedback to
measure comfort and plan an outfit
for tomorrow.
Anneli Johnson and Adis
Sulejmanovic earned highest honors on the dean’s list at the
University of New Hampshire.
Bruce Catania, Alinett
Collado, Nicole Kallicharan,
Richard Mills and Kathrine
Zavarella graduated from the
University of New Haven.
Michael Fallon, Mary Marena
and Jacob Nicoletti were named to
the dean’s list at the University of
New Haven.
Robert Jones and Analissa
Mandile were named to the dean’s
list at the University of Rhode Island.
Teaghan Eileen Fallon, a student at Boston University, has
become a member of Sigma Alpha
Lambda, a national leadership honors organization.
Thomas Betts, Jo-ann Burke,
Alessia Caruso, Salvatore Caruso,
Amanda Civitello, Samantha
DiBacco, Harim Hahn, Elizabeth
Hammer, David Marottolo,
Matthew Marottolo, Luke Mills,
Ambika Natarajan, Liann Waite,
Joanna Williams and John Wolf
were named to the honor roll for the
second semester at Kingswood
Oxford School.
Joseph Bruno, Connor Jones
and Carly Nixon were named to the
dean’s list at the University of
Delaware.
Griffin Latulippe and George
McMurdy were named to the dean’s
list at the Rochester Institute of
Technology.
Stephanie Clarke, Brianna
Moody and William Martin were
named to the dean’s list at Tufts
University. WL
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calendar
August
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Introduction to the Internet, 2:30
p.m., Wethersfield Library, 515 Silas
Deane Highway, 860-257-2811 or
wethersfieldlibrary.org
Tag Sale, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., to
benefit the Wethersfield/Rocky Hill
Professional Nurses Scholarship
Fund, 4 Old Colony Lane, Cromwell,
860-571-0034
Second Saturday Cinema:
“A Letter to Three Wives,” 1:30
150 Prospect Coffeehouse, 6:30
p.m., Wethersfield United
Methodist Church, 150 Prospect St.,
860-614-5158 or tanjam@comcast.
net
10
Computer Basics,
10:30 a.m., Wethersfield Library, 515
Silas Deane Highway, 860-257-2811
or wethersfieldlibrary.org
15
Wethersfield High
School Instrumental Music
Boosters Bottle & Can Drive, 8
a.m. to noon, Silas Deane Middle
School (highway entrance)
Dog Swim, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Mill
Woods Park, $5 per dog and $1 per
person, 860-721-2890
Dollars for Scholars
Golf Outing, 10:30 a.m.,
Wethersfield Country Club, $150
per person, tuellcpa@cox.net or
860-529-4566.
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Introduction to
Microsoft Word, 2:30 p.m.,
Wethersfield Library, 515 Silas
Introduction to Microsoft Excel,
2:30 p.m., Wethersfield Library, 515
Silas Deane Highway, 860-257-2811
or wethersfieldlibrary.org
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Touch a Truck with
Superheroes, 10:30 a.m. to noon,
Wethersfield Library, 515 Silas
Movie “American Sniper,” 6:15
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Old Wethersfield 5K
& 10K, 8:30 a.m., Cove Park, hartfordmarathon.com
GFWC Newington/
Wethersfield Woman’s Club, 6
p.m., Newington Senior & Disabled
Center, 120 Cedar St., Newington,
860-666-4371
Is your club, community organization, school or house of worship
holding an event open to the general
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Free outdoor music
1. The Groove Junkies lay down the rhythm. 2. Art and Carol Bruce enjoy the music. 3. The threat of rain didn’t stop these folks from dancing to the tunes. 4. Gathered
under a tree for protection from the raindrops are, front from left, Mary Gagnier, Pat Wood and Delilah Collier and back, from left, Mike Wood, Lance Lombardo and
Bennett Luper. 5. Fee Vecchitto, bass player for the Groove Junkies, spends time during a break in the action with Alecia Kujawski and little Keira Vecchitto. 6. Three
6generations of the Rizzo and Cavasino families are on hand. 7. Geraldeen and Philip Lohman brought their umbrellas along for the July 14 performance by the Groove
Junkies to ward off early evening rain. 8. Lucy Tine gets into the groove as she dances near the stage. 9. Rachel Zilinski, left, of the Wethersfield Historical Society staff
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Music lovers came out on Tuesday
evenings in July to enjoy the annual
Keeney Coolers free concert series on
the front lawn of the Keeney Memorial
Cultural Center. These free shows are
presented courtesy of the Wethersfield
Historical Society and its sponsors, the
Robert Allan Keeney Memorial Fund at
the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
and Farmington Bank.
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Prison exhibit honored
1. The Wethersfield Historical
Society’s exhibit “Castle on the Cove:
Connecticut State Prison and
Wethersfield” won two prestigious
awards. The exhibit, on display
through 2017 at the Wethersfield
Museum at the Keeney Memorial
Cultural Center, was the winner of
both the American Association for
State and Local History’s Leadership
in History Award of Merit, and the
Connecticut League of Historical
Organizations’ Award of Merit.
This exhibit was a direct result of
feedback from the community
expressing interest in the Connecticut
State Prison, which operated in town
from 1827 to 1963. Visitors can experience the exhibit Tuesday through
Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and
Sunday from 1-4 p.m.
Local families in need were the recipients of small home repairs done at no
charge by a group of high school and
college students. The Wethersfield
United Methodist Church hosted a
week-long work program that included youth from all over the Northeast
who completed jobs such as painting,
yard clean up, window and door
repair, inside house repairs and the
construction of stairs.
The students and their adult
leaders slept and ate at the church as
part of a program called United
Methodist Action Reach-out Mission
by Youth. Each day during the week
of July 12-18 they set out in small
work teams to complete jobs for
elderly and disabled clients, as well
as families in need.
The purpose of the program is
to grow leadership skills in the
young participants and to help
them understand that they can
make a difference in the world.
Work teams bring a lunch to share
with their clients each day and one
evening during the week the clients
were invited to an evening meal
with the entire group at the church.
Scouts honored at Capitol
2. Eight Boy Scouts from Troop 85 in
Wethersfield were honored at the
State Capitol for achieving the rank
of Eagle Scout. This is the highest
achievement these scouts can obtain
and only 5 percent of all Boy Scouts
ever reach this level.
State Sen. Paul Doyle and state
Rep. Russ Morin congratulated the
recipients and honored them with an
official citation. The scouts are, from
left, Jack Dudley, Gregory Norsigian,
Kyle Setzko, Evan Vehslage, Matthew
Dow, Jack Maycock, Nathan Hrdy
and Kyle Booker.
Band is collecting bottles
The Wethersfield High School
Instrumental Music Boosters will
hold a bottle and can drive from 8
a.m. to noon Aug. 15 at Silas Deane
Middle School. Bring returnable bottles and cans to the circular driveway along the Silas Deane Highway.
Student and parent volunteers
will be available to assist. Proceeds
from this fundraiser will support the
Wethersfield High School music program, including the award-winning
marching band and orchestra.
Society awarded grant
The Wethersfield Historical Society
was awarded a $20,000 grant to
apply to the planning of a new permanent exhibit. The grant is from
Connecticut Humanities, a
non-profit affiliate of the National
Endowment for the Humanities,
which supports cultural historic
organizations that tell a state’s
stories, build community and
enrich lives.
The new exhibit will be located
at the Wethersfield Museum at the
Keeney Memorial Cultural Center,
200 Main St., and is expected
to open in 2017. The exact nature
of that exhibit has yet to be
determined.
The historical society invites
residents and other interested people to attend a focus group from 6
to 8 p.m. Sept. 10 at the Keeney
Center to share their thoughts on
what the new permanent exhibition
should include. State Historian
Walter Woodward will open the
event with a brief historical talk of
Wethersfield’s place in state and
national history.
Town gets state money
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Recently approved legislation to
implement the state budget includes
additional state funds for
Wethersfield. House Speaker
Brendan Sharkey credited state Rep.
Russ Morin for working with the
budget team to include an extra
$500,000 above what the town
received in the original state budget.
The funding is part of the legislature’s efforts to lower local property taxes. Between the state budget
and the implementer, Wethersfield
will receive a total of $1.7 million,
mainly from state sales tax revenue,
that will be directed toward the
town for property tax relief.
Arts academy happenings
A call to artists to submit their new
work is out for the Wethersfield
Academy for the Arts juried 2015
Fine Art Competition. The deadline
for registration and submission of
work is Sept. 15 and the exhibition
runs from Oct. 5-21.
The academy will hold a sixweek course starting Sept. 16 with
Elizabeth Rhoades on Pastels –
Underpaintings for a Stronger
Composition. Animation with Jenn
Maynard also runs six weeks and
starts Sept. 14.
A three-day Birds and
Botanicals Workshop is scheduled
for Sept. 24-26. Qiang Huang presents a three-day Still Life Workshop
Oct. 14-16.
Painting the Portrait in Oils with
Christina Mastrangelo runs three
days from Oct. 22-24. She also will
teach Atelier Figure Drawing 1 for
six weeks starting Oct. 28.
Atelier Figure Drawing 2 Long
Pose with Christina Mastrangelo is
a six-week class starting Nov. 2.
Barbara Jaenicke presents The Poetic
Landscape for Pastel and Oil for
three days from Nov. 12-14.
For more information on any of
these classes and programs go to
wethersfieldarts.org, e-mail
info@wethersfieldarts.org or call
860-436-9857.
District offers bike helmets
The Central Connecticut Health
District is selling bicycle helmets to
keep cycling enthusiasts safe from
traumatic brain injuries. The helmets cost $10 and come in a variety
of colors and sizes for both children
and adults.
These helmets are available at
the district’s main office in
Wethersfield Town Hall. Call 860721-2822 for further information. WL
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Dollars for Scholars Golf Outing
Aug. 10, 10:30 a.m.
Wethersfield Country Club
The annual Dollars for Scholars Golf Outing returns.
The $150 entry fee includes lunch, golf and cart, dinner and prizes, or dinner only for $50. Silent auction
items include a seven-night trip to Cozumel,
Mexico, a round of golf for four at TPC Cromwell,
and University of Connecticut basketball tickets.
Proceeds will go to scholarships for graduating
Wethersfield seniors. For more information, or to
become a business sponsor, contact Tim Tuell at
tuellcpa@cox.net or Bill Quirk at 860-529-4566.
Dog Swim
Aug. 15, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Mill Woods Park
860-721-2890
The town Parks and Recreation Department conducts its annual Dog Swim and Pet Food Drive at
Mill Woods Park. All dogs must have a current
town license in order to participate. Admission is
$5 for licensed, friendly dogs and $1 per person.
Dog or cat food donations will be accepted in lieu
of the $1 per person admission fee to support the
town food pantry.
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on board town vehicles that may include a backhoe, bulldozer, Bobcat, dump truck, police car, fire
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upper parking lot of Silas Deane Middle School.
Admission is free and registration is not required.
Old Wethersfield 5K & 10K
Aug. 23, 8:30 a.m.
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annual event produced by the Hartford Marathon
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children. All HMF FitKids participants will receive
a finisher’s medal and either a cotton T-shirt or a
“Super Kid” cape. WL
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children and the York
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Twelve of Panera Bread’s
bakery-cafés in Greater
Hartford operated by the
Howley Bread Group, including Wethersfield, donated
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$16,323.95 in donations have
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bank, as part of the ongoing
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Madres Latinas
bring attention to
a changing town
This issue of Wethersfield LIFE
features a story about a new
advocacy and support group
called Madres Latinas. It consists of a group of mothers who
share a Latin-American heritage
and want to become more
involved in the community.
They come from many
different places: Puerto Rico,
Mexico, Colombia, Honduras,
Peru and the Dominican
Republic. Just because they all
speak Spanish doesn’t mean
they are all the same. Those
cultures are each unique in
their own way.
If some people are surprised
to learn that Hispanics are a
growing demographic group in
town, they shouldn’t be. The
population of Wethersfield has
been slowly, but surely, changing for many years.
Members of the largest
groups, traditional Yankees and
those of Italian descent, continue to live here in large numbers.
But they have been joined by
folks from all over the world
who come to America seeking a
better life.
Look more closely and one
will see people of all different
colors and cultures. Listen
more intently and one will hear
languages spoken by people
who are either immigrants or
descendants of immigrants
from such places as Poland,
Germany, Bosnia, China, Japan,
Croatia, the Philippines, India,
Pakistan, Albania, and all the
nations of South and Central
America, not to mention Africa
and the islands of the
Caribbean.
America truly is a melting
pot and this town reflects that
more every day.
This change can be
embraced as a way to learn
about other people and other
cultures.
That can have a positive
impact on the entire community.
Madres Latinas is one such
example. These women are like
most other people in town. They
have jobs. They love their children and advocate for them in
society and in the schools. They
want to become part of the
wider community, to participate
in all that Wethersfield has to
offer.
The fact that they are
bilingual, they say, sometimes
holds them back.
They are learning how to
make that a positive force and
already succeeded in getting
the Wethersfield Library to
stock bilingual and Spanish
books.
It’s the classic American
Dream story played out 2105
style. The hope is that they are
successful in their efforts and
that people from all walks of
life who call this town home
will feel comfortable interacting with and getting to know
one another. WL
To the Editor:
In the July issue of
Wethersfield LIFE, the
Democratic members of the
Town Council devoted hundreds of words to explaining
why the taxpayers of
Wethersfield should be thankful that the budget they passed
only increases spending by
nearly 4 percent.
Their sudden interest in
fiscal responsibility would be
commendable had many of
them not voted against recent
budgets proposed by
Republican town councils
because the increases contained in them were too small.
In addition, their assertion that
Republicans did not identify
any cuts or suggest any shifts
in priorities during the budget
process is simply untrue.
Investment in our roads
and maintaining and improving
our facilities are initiatives that
have been supported and spearheaded by Republicans on the
council and Board of Education.
The stabilization and management of the town’s long-term
debt is another significant
accomplishment of prior
Republican town councils.
We are pleased to see that
the Democrat majority has chosen to continue along this path.
This fall’s election will no
doubt spawn a flurry of similarly misleading and selfcongratulatory letters to the
editor, advertisements and
mailers. We look forward to
meeting with the voters of
Wethersfield and discussing
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which is fair to all segments of
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BY MARK DIXON
WFSB METEOROLOGIST [AMS]
The Flood of 1955
H
urricanes Carol
(1954), Bob (1991),
Andrew (1992) and
Katrina (2005)… all
very notable, all making US
landfalls in the month of August.
But it was 60 years ago this month
when two others came close
enough to Connecticut to
produce heavy rain that led to
severe flooding.
First, it was Connie that
made landfall in North Carolina
on August 12. The next day,
it produced 4 to 6 inches of rain
here in Connecticut. Not even a
week later, but five days … it was
Diane that also made landfall in
North Carolina. This one, however,
took an interesting path that
curved it back into the Atlantic
with its center passing over Long
Island. This track put Connecticut
in the bullseye to receive the heaviest rain, an additional 14 inches
falling onto a saturated ground
from Connie. Rivers across the state
began to rise, rapidly, out of their
banks … to record levels that
caused historic flooding. Records
indicate over 100 fatalities and
40 percent of the state was
adversely impacted, especially
along the Mad and Still Rivers,
as well as the Naugatuck,
Farmington and Quinebaug Rivers.
August of 1955 holds the
record for wettest month with
21.87 inches officially being recorded for the Greater Hartford Area. For comparison, October of 2005
comes in with 16.33” … in second
place. WL
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