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Volume 36, No. 44
Southington’s only locally produced paper
Southington High School football
plays Hall in the snow, Page 17
Friday, November 4, 2011
Jonathan Edwards is back
on the stage, Page 13
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Halloween in Plantsville goes
on despite the rain, Page 3
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A downed power line on Queen Street, near the Raya Clinic and Walmart, created a traffic jam Monday morning. Traffic along Queen Street was chaotic
during the begining of the week.
Southington feels the aftermath of storm
By ROB GLIDDEN
Staff Writer
Southington residents
are still dealing with the
aftermath of a freak snowstorm that ripped through
the state over the weekend.
The Nor’easter
dumped anywhere from a
few inches to nearly two
feet on sections of the state,
weighing down trees that
still had leaves on their
branches. Falling tree limbs
wreaked havoc on power
lines all over the state, leaving hundreds of thousands
in the dark.
Officials from the
state’s two major electric
utilities, Connecticut Light
& Power Co. and United
Illuminating, estimate that
outage totals surpassed
880,000 at their peak on
Sunday. By comparison,
outages topped out at just
over 765,000 during
Tropical Storm Irene, which
hit Connecticut in late
August.
On Tuesday afternoon,
Town Manager Garry
Brumback said the town
had made progress on the
various safety hazards and
was now focusing on getting power back to residents.
“We’re beginning to go
into the restoration phase,”
Brumback said. “We’re still
struggling, but so far our
community has done very
well. People have behaved
patiently and I think we
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power outages, The Observer was printed out of our Waterbury facility
instead of in Southington.
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Halloween in Plantsville goes on despite rain
By ROB GLIDDEN
Staff Writer
The
annual
Halloween in the Village
event
in
downtown
Plantsville found itself pitted against cold and wet
conditions, but managed
to attract a crowd nonetheless.
The Halloween celebration is a longstanding
tradition for Plantsville
and it invites families to
show off their costumes
and enjoy treats provided
by the local businesses.
“We typically get
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and we can still get some of
those kids.”
Many of the planned
outdoor events during the
as a gnome, complete with
tall pointy hat.
“This is a good time,
but I wish it wasn’t raining,” said his father, Jack
Cahill.
The Plainville firehouse also opens its doors
to the guests, offering
drinks and treats.
“I love it,” said volunteer Aileen Nealy. “It’s
great that kids can visit the
firehouse. I think people
will brave the weather.”
Becky Jones and her
son, Camden Jones, were
among those who came
out in the rain to try and
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By ROB GLIDDEN
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During the final
Board of Education meeting before the election,
the officials bid farewell
to two members who will
not be on the ballot –
Kathy Rickard and
Rosemarie Fischer.
“I’ve always admired
their ability to ask the
tough questions,” BOE
member Jill NotarFrancesco. “Your service
has been greatly appreciated.”
First elected in 2001,
Rickard found that the
decision not to seek
another term was made
for her by the
Southington Democratic
Town Committee, which
declined to include her
on the slate for this year’s
election.
“This is something I
really love and I’m going
to miss it,” she said,
adding that she hoped to
rejoin the board at some
point in the future.
Fischer, a
Republican, was elected
to her first term in 2003.
When her party won a
majority on the board in
2007, she served as ViceChairperson until 2009.
She said it was time to
“step back” and that she
was reassured by the candidates currently on the
ballot.
“This board has
meant the world to me,”
Fischer said. “There are
such professional and
smart people on it. As a
citizen, I’m very comfortable with the leadership.”
Both board members
were honored during the
school district’s annual
salute to retiring staff
members and each was
presented with a plaque.
Board of Education
Chairman Brian Goralski
said he had learned a
great deal from both of
the departing members.
“The two of you have
been a special piece of
my experience on the
Board of Ed,” he said. “I’m
grateful for what you have
taught me and the kids of
Southington.”
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Police Blotter
Carlos A. Taverner,
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Berlin, was charged on
Oct. 20 with reckless
driving. He was held on
a $500 bond for an Oct.
31 court date.
Katherine Angelone,
23, of 11 Whitlock
Avenue, was charged on
Oct. 21 with violation of
a protective order. She
was held on a $1,500
bond for an Oct. 21
court date.
Russell J. Bly, 37, of
161 North Summit
Street, was charged on
Oct. 20 with violation of
a protective order. He
bond for an Oct. 21
court date.
Jasmine M. Jackson,
22, of 38 Dudley Street,
Hamden, was charged
on Oct. 17 with criminal
impersonation, second
degree forgery, interfering with an officer and
forgery of symbols. She
bond for an Oct. 31
court date.
Joshua M. Edwards,
25, of 272 Sherman
Military appreciation dinner set
The Southington Elks
are sponsoring a Military
Appreciation Dinner on
Saturday, Nov. 5. This
event will run from 4-8
p.m.
The dinner is buffet
and free to past and present military members, $5
for immediate family
members and $10 for all
other guests.
Besides the dinner,
the Elks will have veteran
guest speakers, three
essay winners from the
middle schools (6th and
7th graders) who wrote
about their favorite military heroes and who will
be reading their essays,
and there will be two
proclamations presented,
one from the Town to be
Avenue, New Haven, was
charged on Oct. 17 with
criminal impersonation,
second degree forgery,
interfering with an officer and forgery of symbols. He was held on a
$5,000 bond of an Oct.
31 court date.
Laura Green, 25, of
38 Kimble Drive, New
Britain, was charged on
Oct. 19 with three counts
of six degree larceny, two
counts of credit card
fraud and third degree
forgery. She was held on
a $1,000 bond for an Oct.
31 court date.
David Donnelly, 26,
of 155 North Ivy Street,
Branford, was charged
on Oct. 25 with second
degree harassment. He
bond for an Oct. 26
court date.
Jill J. Marshall, 27,
of 65 Pinebrook Terrace,
Bristol, was charged on
Oct. 25 with illegally
altering a prescription.
She was held on a $1,000
bond for a Nov. 7 court
date.
Carrie E. Cello, 32,
of 12 Usher Avenue,
Plainville, was charged
on Oct. 25 with fourth
degree larceny. She was
held on a $2,500 bond
for an Oct. 25 court date.
Man charged for computer crime
Southington police
have arrested a man on
charges of computer
crime.
On Tuesday, Oct. 25,
police arrested Nello
Picone, 44, of 38
Meriden Avenue after he
turned himself into
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There are also plans
to have two color guard
assemblies to present and
post the colors, one from
the Southington National
Guard and the other will
be from the Marine Corp.
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police after learning
there was a warrant for
his arrest.
According to the
arrest warrant, it is
alleged that Picone
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No hotel tax abatements
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Get out and vote on Tuesday
Southington’s municipal elections are Tuesday. The ballot not only contains the
politicians that will potentially lead the town for the next two years, but also a question on the middle school renovations.
We hope that Southington residents have familiarized themselves with the new
candidates and re-familiarize themselves with the old hands.
Voting is a large undertaking and should be treated as such.
We urge residents to make an educated decision when the curtain closes in the
polling booth.
Do not simply vote for someone because you recognize the name, because they
have held the seat before or because they represent you already in local politics. Cast
your vote for the person that best fits your ideals and will steer the state in the direction that you would like to see it go in.
The Democrats are running a mixed slate of old and new.
The candidates for Town Council are John Moise, Kevin Beaudoin and Susan
Locks and incumbents John Barry, Dawn Miceli and Chris Palmieri.
The candidates for the Board of Education are incumbents David Derynoski
and Patricia Johnson. They will be joined by newcomers Dee Ahern, Anne Mullin,
Beverly Skinnon and Zaya Oshana Jr.
The four candidates for the Board of Finance are David Oldham, John Strillacci,
Anthony Casale and Sandra Feld.
For the Planning & Zoning Commission, the Democrats are running incumbent
James Sinclair and newcomers Louis Angelillo, Kevin Conroy and Ryan Rogers.
Robert Berkmoes is the candidate for the Water Board.
Meanwhile, the Republicans are running with a slate similar to the last elections.
This year’s candidates for Town Council include incumbents Edward Pocock, III,
John Dobbins, Dr. Al Natelli, Peter Romano,Dr. Stephanie Urillo and newcomer
Cheryl Lounsbury.
The Board of Education candidates include incumbents Brian Goralski, Terri
Carmody, Colleen Clark, Jill Notar-Francesco, Patricia Queen and newcomer Terri
Lombardi.
The Board of Finance candidates include incumbents John Leary, Joseph
Labieniec, Wayne Stanforth and Edward Pocock, Jr.
Planning & Zoning candidates are incumbent Steve Kalkowski, commission
alternate Jim Macchio, and newcomers Paul Champagne and Greg Klimaszwski.
Candidates for the Board of Water Commissioners are incumbents Erik Semmel
and Michael Domian.
The $85 million price tag for the proposed renovation of Kennedy and DePaolo
Middle Schools will also be on the ballot. Officials expect the state to reimburse
about half of the costs.
School Supt. Dr. Joseph Erardi has spent the last several months holding information seminars on the renovations.
While it is a lofty goal, we would like to see a 100 percent voter turnout. After all,
those elected will represent the town, not just those that voted for them.
All schools will be closed on election day. Absentee ballots will be counted at
town hall.
Whatever its makeup
following the upcoming
election, the Town
Council should permanently table the proposal
to give hotels in town a
tax break.
The proposal originally came out of the
council’s Economic
Development subcommittee. It offers existing
Southington hotels a
chance to apply for a tax
break if they invest at least
$100,000 in improvements
into the establishments.
Hotels are a good source
of tax revenue for towns
because of the amount of
personal property that is
assessable. According to
Economic Development
Coordinator Lou Perillo,
Southington’s eight hotels
create $550,000 in tax revenue a year.
The full council first
began debating the proposal at its Oct. 11 meeting and a public hearing
was scheduled for Oct. 24.
The council decided to
table the issue following a
public hearing that
included absolutely no
input from the public. It is
also worth noting that
councilors appeared
favorable to the proposal
during the Oct. 11 meeting, but many seemed far
less enthusiastic following
the Oct. 24 meeting.
During the initial
debate on the proposal,
Perillo talked about a
cycle where occupancy
becomes more difficult as
hotels age and with that
decreasing occupancy, the
hotels have less of an
incentive to upgrade its
facilities. The thought is
that upgrading the facilities will increase occupancy. This is understandable, but should the town
really be subsidizing business improvements? If a
hotel wants to remain
make their
establishments
look better, not
the town.
Some of
the hotels are
doing just fine
without the
extra help. Why
should taxpayers subsidize
improvements
on businesses
already doing
so well?
Another
distressing point is found
in the executive summary
of the proposal. Handed
out during the initial
debate, the summary
notes that one of the
hotels that has the possibility of inclusion in the
tax abatement program is
apparently dealing with
some health department
issues. The summary
does not list what these
issues are, but it does not
really matter. Whatever
they are, it is the hotel’s
problem, not the
Southington taxpayers.
Improved hotels
could bring in more
money to the town in the
form of tourists spending
money in Southington.
But let’s not kid ourselves.
Southington is a great
community, but it is hardly a tourist destination.
The hotel patrons are likely people simply passing
through town on business
or other matters. It is
highly unlikely that they
will bring in enough additional revenue to justify
the proposal.
Southington officials
should not be faulted for
this plan. It is nothing
more than a proposal to
help businesses in town,
something that they are
right to look at.
However, this particular proposal should not
be acted upon.
Ed Harris
Thoughts around town
competitive in its area, it
will have to make the
improvements regardless.
This is not something that
town should have a hand
in facilitating.
There is also a disparity on what constitutes an
improvement. During the
initial debate Perillo classified improvements as
including $100,000 in new
mattresses or appliances,
not necessarily a dramatic
change. The theory is this
will help attract more customers.
During the initial
debate Rudy Giuliani’s
Broken Windows theory
was referenced. Under
this theory, if one window
is broken, it will only
encourage more. This is
essentially the same idea
that Council Chairman Ed
Pocock III, who is also a
police lieutenant, highlighted when he said that
hotels that looked worn
down had a greater
chance of attracting illegal
activity. He further stated
that the proposed abatement had the potential to
“promote growth and
keep the hotels healthy.”
It is understandable
that the town wants the
hotels to look their best.
They are highly visible
and are typically in high
traffic areas of town.
However, it should fall
onto the businesses to
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Storm: Southington still handling challenges from October snowstorm
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have turned a corner.”
Southington schools
were closed from Monday
to Wednesday. Brumback
said officials would meet
Wednesday evening to
determine if the buildings
would open for the rest of
the week.
Police Spokesman
Sergeant Lowell DePalma
said that a liaison from
CL&P was working out of
the police station, and that
one CL&P utility crew was
dedicated to Southington.
As of press time on
Tuesday afternoon, some
progress had been made in
restoring power to
Southington citizens, with
roughly 11,000 people (55
percent of the town) still
out of power. According to
the Southington Police
Facebook page, the onset
of the storm caused 61
instances of downed wires,
31 fallen trees, 4 homes hit
by trees, 15 accidents, 7
“public hazards,” 3 disabled
motor vehicles and 14
roads closed. By Tuesday
afternoon, there were six
remaining roads closed.
Police are advising residents to avoid the remaining downed wires. The fire
department is urging
homeowners to be careful
with portable heating
devices, candles, packaged
logs and burners. Not only
can these devices be fire
hazards, they can also produce carbon monoxide.
Generators are not to be
used indoors, as they produce significant carbon
monoxide.
The Southington
Library was also offering
residents warmth and
access to the internet and
patrons took full advantage. Library Director Sue
Smayda said that over 100
were using the library on
Tuesday.
“People are using
every chair in the library
and sitting on the floor,”
Smayda said. “It’s amazing,
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dealing with the ongoing
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The snowfall, which
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Halloween-themed double
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rescheduled for this year.
“It’s unfortunate
because there was so much
interest, but we’ll try again
next year,” said Town
Councilor Dawn Miceli,
who sits on the drive-in
committee.
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November 7, when Zone 1
will be addressed. Officials
plan to release revised
information regarding the
leaf pickup within days.
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s
helicopter tour of
Connecticut on Monday
morning took him from
Windsor Locks, across the
Farmington Valley, into the
Litchfield Hills, and
through New Britain and
Glastonbury around the
southern edge of Hartford
County. Assessing the damage, Malloy found himself
back in an Air National
Guard helicopter just two
months after taking a similar trip to assess the damage from Tropical Storm
Irene. The rising temperatures helped finish the jobs
of state and municipal
public works crews, leaving
most Connecticut thoroughfares clear.
“Local roads look to be
in pretty good shape, but
that’s a block-by-block situation,” the governor said.
Malloy also noted that
his tour also took him over
the occasional road still
covered with portions of
snow — a dead giveaway
that downed power lines
have prevented the plows
from moving through.
“There’s a lot of damage
out there — a lot of trees
out there,” Malloy said.
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information was provided
by a news pool that accompanied Governor Malloy
during his helicopter trip
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food for about 48 hours.
The Southington
Water Department has not
reported any contamination issues.
The Southington
YMCA invited residents to
shower at their facility and
on Tuesday, police
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Past eight years were productive for Chamber
Old friends always
seem to ask, “What are you
doing now?” When I reply
that I serve as the president/CEO of the Greater
Southington Chamber of
Commerce, the typical
response is, “Oh, what else
do you for a living?” I
guess it sounds like a volunteer position. Eight years
ago, a much different
board of Chamber directors sought a new direction
and hired a hometown
native, former restaurant
owner, newsman, town
councilman and lifelong
resident to direct the
organization after several
shaky years.
My application was
accompanied by more
than 50 letters of recommendations from friends
and acquaintances I had
met over a decade after
selling my Hall of Fame
Restaurant/Lounge in
1992. Why did I need 55
letters of support? It was a
far different Chamber in
2003. My reputation was
that of an energetic person
who often spoke his mind,
was opinionated in his
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Chamber executive. Yet, I
got the job. Since hired in
late 2003, our membership
has increased from 322 to
the current 568. Changes
were to the Chamber logo,
its website, its plan of
growth and its identity in
the community. I’ve never
looked back. The directors
back then shared my
vision. Today’s directors
keep it going. There are
misconceptions about
what the Southington
Chamber does and who is
compensated and who is
not compensated.
First, the Chamber is a
non-profit organization
and is not affiliated with
the Town of Southington.
The latter is a dues-paying
Chamber member.
Second, the
Chamber’s region is
Southington, Plantsville,
Milldale and Marion. We
are not affiliated with the
U.S. Chamber. We thrive to
maintain our own identity.
Third, memberships
are paid annually, ranging
in fees depending on the
number of employees.
Fourth, the Board of
Directors (21) are volunteers representing a variety
of professions who are
elected by an annual nominating committee for
three-year terms.
Fifth, the paid staff
includes the president,
executive assistant and
office manager. My executive assistant is Mrs. Cathy
Zalaski (5 years) and Office
Manager JoAnn Volpe, (6
years).
Sixth, the Chamber
partners with the town
government in promoting
economic development,
downtown revitalization
and overviews but does not
endorse political candidates.
Seventh, the Chamber
income is based on dues
and fundraising. We have
more than 50 volunteers
who meet on respective
committees on a once-amonth schedule.
Eighth, The Chamber
of Commerce was formed
in 1938 and while our
membership is at 568,
more than 35 are members
from other communities.
Ninth, The Chamber
exists to promote businesses, economic growth, networking and to provide
services that are essentially
beneficial to our members.
Tenth, the Chamber
does contribute to the
community with three
annual scholarships to
high school seniors, holiday Adopt-a-Family program, downtown upgrades,
Chamber Women’s scholarship, and a new program
that allows high school juniors and seniors to intern at
member businesses. Also,
the Chamber donates
$1,000 annually to a pair of
non-profit organizations in
cooperation with Lake
Compounce. Yet, our
members enjoy some fun
events that combined,
attract over 4,500 guests
each year with the Pizza
Fest, Celebrity breakfasts,
Lake Compounce outing,
Wing Fest, Golf
Tournament, Annual
Dinner and Girls Night
Out.
The Chamber of
Commerce’s logo is, “The
Advantage is yours.” It
truly is.
9
10
Looking at why teens get a bad rap
This past week I had
a conversation with a
group of teens I advise at
the YMCA. When I asked
them how they think
adults perceive them, one
word that came up
repeatedly was “obnoxious.”
They think adults
consider them immature
and incapable of making
smart decisions.
Television shows like “16
and Pregnant” contribute
to the negative stereotype
of teenagers.
I have seen first-hand
discrimination against
teenagers. Judgment has
been passed on teens
because of a perceived
reputation. I say perceived, because adults
often haven’t witnessed
negative behavior by the
teens. It’s true - teens can
be loud. It’s true - teens
can be stressful. It’s true teens can be difficult.
However, that does not
Steve Silva
Southington
YMCA
mean they are all disrespectful, troublesome, irresponsible teenagers.
This perception teens
feel from adults can negatively impact them. If
teens feel they are being
looked down upon or have
gained a negative reputation just by being themselves, how are we developing their self-confidence? Our job as adults
is to develop these future
leaders. We need to instill
morals, ethics, and
patience. We do this by
modeling positive behavior. We expect the next
generation to raise the bar
of society, and we can help
teens succeed by empowering them in a supportive
environment.
Believe it or not,
teens are sensitive to what
we say or do. As I saw, just
having an open conversation where they could
speak their mind brought
up true emotions. They
have emotions like any
one of us, but are still
learning how to deal with
the feelings. They seek
acceptance from their
peers and “try out” different personalities, different
clothing, and even different friends. They seek to
be unique and express
individuality, but also seek
to fit-in and feel included.
Their self-esteem can easily be damaged by what a
“friend”, peer, or adult
may say.
When their ego or selfesteem gets damaged we
may see negative behaviors
or attitudes arise. They
may not have maturity or
knowledge to deal with
their emotions or difficult
situations, but we must be
sensitive to this and not
immediately dismiss the
teen as a “bad” kid.
As an adult, it’s quite
annoying to see so many
people think that 99.9
percent of teens participate in high-risk behavior.
Not every teen drinks,
does drugs, or participates
in high-risk behaviors.
Many teens choose
constructive after-school
activities like clubs,
music, sports, volunteering, or S.T.E.P.S. How do
we know that? By taking
an interest into a teenager’s life and genuinely listening to what they have
to say and what they do.
It’s necessary to keep
open line of communication and an open mind
when working with or
parenting teens.
I challenge you to
open a line of communication with your teenage
son, daughter, or teen coworker. Step outside of
your comfort zone and try
to engage them in a quality conversation and learn
more about them. As an
adult it can be extremely
intimidating to try speaking with them. We may
question ourselves: Do
we speak to them as kids?
Do we speak to them as
adults? What are they
thinking? Do they even
care about this conversation? Do they respect me?
As an adult, we are somewhat able to wrap our
heads around that, but
teens…that’s a whole different story!
They are thinking:
How do I talk to an adult?
Should I act mature to
gain their respect? Do they
just see me as a kid? Do
they believe what I say?
Do they even care about
what I am talking about?
Now, add in a whole
bunch of emotions that
you can’t explain and you
are in the mindset of a
teenager.
Are teens giving
themselves a bad rap or
are we giving them a bad
rap? We can only answer
that question by taking
time and listening to
teens around us. You may
be surprised to learn of
their goals, dreams, interests, and abilities. Taking
a genuine interest may
change your perception
and break the negative
stereotype of teenagers.
If you have questions
about teens or would like
to add comments, please
contact Steve Silva, YMCA
Teen Program
Coordinator at (860) 6285597 ext 323.
It is very important to protect our bodies during exercise
It is important for
people to protect their
bodies when exercising.
Even mild forms of exercise such as walking, can
expose the spine and
lower extremity joints to
repetitive impulses that
are created with each
step.
At heel strike – the
moment of impact when
the heel makes contact
with the ground – a
shock wave is sent
through the entire
human body. This shock
wave force can be the
cause of persistent
painful and stiff joints.
In normal situations,
the shock of heel strike is
at least partially
absorbed by a series of
tissues and joints.
However normal aging,
injury, and chronic high
pressure can break down
the fat and connective
tissue that naturally protect the feet. Getting out
of the bed or picking up
the newspaper can then
Dr. Carol Grant
Alternatively
Speaking
become difficult tasks for
many people, sending
waves of pain through
each extremity. Instead of
“living” with joint pain or
using those weak knees
as weather predictors,
the problem needs to be
controlled.
Muscles, joints, and
connective tissues are the
body’s first line of natural
shock absorption. When
repetitive forces are combined with biomechanical faults, previous injury
to a joint, or a rigid walking surface – degenerative changes progress
rapidly and symptoms
frequently develop.
Joint rehabilitation,
in conjunction with chiropractic treatment,
should consist of stretching and exercising. This
will help patients build
muscle mass, joints, and
other parts of the musculoskeletal system. The
severity of joint pain can
make this sound nearly
impossible for patients,
but a few proactive steps
can go a long way in joint
rehabilitation. The best
way to restore weakened,
painful joints is to
strengthen them. Weak
joints that receive prolonged rest will simply
remain weak.
Low-impact activities should be considered
when you begin an exercise routine. The body
and weak joints need
time to adjust, so it is
important to start each
routine at a reasonable
pace. Walking, stretching,
and aerobics are all beneficial to building up
weak bone structures.
Exercise can boost
energy and ultimately
help reduce weight,
which is a major factor in
chronic joint pain.
According to CNN
Health, “Maintain a
healthy weight. It’s the
best thing you can do to
preserve your joints.
Keeping your weight
down will help reduce
those small tears that
break down cartilage.”[1]
Setting aside 30 minutes each day for physical activity is a great way
to reduce stress and
relieve joint pain. You
don’t have to be competitive triathletes in order to
get the vitals flowing
within the body.
Another idea to help
control foot and joint
pain is being fitted with
shock-absorbing
orthotics. Here a significant source of joint stress
and excessive strain can
be eliminated. Orthotics
are designed to assist the
body in dealing with the
forces of walking and
other forms of exercising.
Joint pain can happen to anyone at any age.
There are hundreds of
different ways to spark
tension between muscles
and bones. With the help
of a chiropractor, daily
exercise, and orthotics
joint pain can be diminished. The choice should
be simple, to no longer
“live with it.”
[1] Spiker, Ted.
(February 27, 2007). Keep
your joints healthy: a
complete guide to staying
strong.
http://articles.cnn.com/20
07-0227/health/CL.joint.health
_1_osteoarthritis-jointpain-sharon-kolasinski/2?_s=PM:HEALTH
Dr. Carol Grant, a
local chiropractor, does
not intend this column to
substitute for medical
advice. She urges you to
always consult with your
personal physician before
changing any current
program.
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or grammatical errors.
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Our Friends
Bread for Life makes its appeal to town
Feeding the hungry
has been Bread for Life’s
number one priority for
over 25 years. The
group’s mission, of
course, is made possible
because of the generous
support we receive from
our friends in the
Southington Community.
One critical compo-
nent of Bread for Life’s
fundraising efforts is its
Annual Appeal.
Established five years
ago, this appeal has
helped BFL raise the
funds necessary to keep
all their feeding programs
going. This year’s campaign, under the leadership of Bill McDougall,
Board Chairman, and
Lynn Rossini is in need of
still greater results.
“This year, because
of the devastating economic climate, more and
more Southington residents require our assistance. Many Southington
residents are struggling to
obtain the most basic of
life necessities – food,”
stated Eldon Hafford,
Executive Director of
Bread for Life. “The
number of individuals
and families needing
assistance has more than
doubled since last year.”
If you would like to
make a contribution to
Bread for Life’s Annual
Appeal, please send your
tax-deductible check to
Bread for Life, P.O. Box 925,
Southington, CT 06489.
Donations can also
be made to the group’s
website at www.southingtonbreadforlife.com. If
you have any questions,
please contact Eldon
Hafford at (860) 276-8389.
“We have an opportunity everyday to help
one another. There are so
many people who are
truly hurting. If we can
ease their pain by making
sure that hunger is not an
issue, then we have
accomplished our mission,” stated Bill
McDougall.
New dog daycare facility opens on West Street
Pack Tracks Country
Club, a new dog daycare,
has now opened at 1177
West St in Southington
which was formerly
Country Dog. The business provides dog daycare, grooming, training,
and holistic retail products! We invested over
$18,000 in renovations to
the building. The company motto is “Only the best
for your dog!” We live by
that motto:
The business has an
indoor 2,000 sq foot playroom has rubber matting
which provides both
cushion and traction for
the dogs while they play
making play much safer
than the previous concrete floor. The business
also boasts a 4,000 sq foot
play area has stone dust
which is basically kitty litter for dogs which was
formerly packed dirt! It’s
soft on their feet, easy to
clean/sanitize as it drains
very well, the dogs don’t
get dirty even in the rain,
and it’s safe if ingested.
Pack Tracks groomer
Kim Krenek has over 20
years of grooming experience and the products we
use are all natural and
very safe, soap and detergent free.
The owners are
Wendy Shaw, 15 years dog
training experience and
five years nutrition experience, Christina
Kirkwood, seven years
dog daycare experience
and two years apprenticing Wendy for training
and Kim Gravel, nine
years kennel manage-
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Pack Tracks Country Club recently opened.
Pictured above are Kim Gravel, owner, Wendy
Shaw, owner, Christina Kirkwood owner, and
Kim Krenek, groomer.
The boys of Cub Scout Pack 19 from Strong
School in Plantsville proudly display their
sailboats after competing Rain Gutter Regatta
Race held in downtown Plantsville.
The boys made their own boats and raced
them in rain gutters filled with water.
Awards were given out for the fastest times
and also for boat design.
Library Notes
The following events
will take place at the
Southington Library in the
coming weeks.
At Bat: A Book
Discussion Series about
Baseball Greats, with David
Garnes.
Join us at the
Southington Library for the
second of three discussions
about Baseball Greats.
Wednesday November 2
2:00—3:30pm we will hear
about Sandy Koufax: A
Lefty’s Legacy written by
author Jane Leavy. Sandy
Koufax defined and distinguished himself by what he
did on the baseball field
and what he refused to do.
He challenged batters and
stereotypes. On the
evening of September 9,
1965, he pitched a perfect
game against the Chicago
Cubs. Less than a month
later, he achieved another
kind of perfection by refusing to pitch the opening
game of the World Series
because it fell Yom Kippur.
The third and final discussion will be November
16, at Calendar House. Ted
Williams: The Biography of
an American Hero byLeigh
Montville will be discussed.
Ted was The Kid. The
Splendid Splinter. Teddy
Ballgame.
One of the greatest figures of his generation, and
arguably the greatest baseball hitter of all time. But
what made Ted Williams a
legend – and a lightning
rod for controversy in life
and in death? What motivated him to interrupt his
Hall of Fame career twice
to serve his country as a
fighter pilot; to embrace his
fans while tangling with the
media; to retreat from the
limelight whenever possible into his solitary love of
fishing; and to become the
most famous man ever to
have his body cryogenically
frozen after his death?
Light refreshments will
be served for all who come
to hear discussion leader
David Garnes a retired
librarian, University of
Connecticut; Lecturer; and
Manager and Guide at the
Emily Dickinson Museum
Amherst College, author of
poetry, travel and a new
novel with a World War II
setting.
“Second Career
Volunteer” a Lifestyle
option offers free room and
board for your skills
Thursday November 17 @
6:30 p.m. Southington
Library Program Room.
Do you want to travel?
Are you living on a limited
budget? Do you have a skill
to share?
Learn how you too can
volunteer in Alaska,
Florida, Arkansas and New
Mexico and receive benefits that include traveling,
living with low costs, forming new friendships, creating new life experiences
and learning opportunities.
“Second Career
Volunteer” written by
Barbara Traynor covers her
experiences volunteering
for organizations that offer
free room and board for
your time and skills. It
could be for one week, one
month or more.
Young recent college
graduates or fortunate
mature adults interested in
using their workplace skills
learned on their journey to
maturity are encouraged to
attend this seminar.
Barbara will sign
copies of her book “Second
Career Volunteer” that will
be available to purchase.
As we Age - Thursday,
November 3rd 6:30PM
Co-sponsored by the
Resources for Healthy
Aging and the Southington
Library
Worried about aging or
your aging parents?
Interested in services available to seniors and their
families in the community?
Please join Marc
Levesque, Senior Resource
Case Manager from the
Connecticut Center for
Healthy Aging, for a Health
Chat on Resources for
Healthy Aging at the
Southington Library and
Museum 255 Main Street,
Southington Thursday
November 3, 2011 at 6:30
p.m.
For more information
or to RSVP to these events,
visit the library calendar at
www.southingtonlibrary.or
g or contact the
Information Desk at 860628-0947 x5.
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Obituaries
Lauryn Ossola, 2006 SHS graduate
Lauryn E. Ossola,
born in New Haven on
March 7th, 1988, beloved
daughter of Lisa Ossola
and Jerry Nickodemski,
and the cherished sister
of Ellen Ossola, passed
away in a tragic accident
in Bryn Mawr, PA late
Saturday night, October
22.
Ossola was a 2006
SHS alumna, graduating
5th in her class. She was
a four-year member of
the Girls Swimming and
Diving team, serving as a
captain in her senior year.
She was also a member of
the YMCA Stingrays Swim
Team for many, many
years.
At SHS, she was a
member of The National
Honor Society and The
Interact Club where she
especially loved working
for the Every Dollar Feeds
Kids program. She
worked on several community service projects, a
passion she would pursue
for the rest of her life. She
spent her high school
summers lifeguarding at
Mountain Grove Club and
the town parks.
Ossola was a
Presidential Scholar
recipient and graduated
cum laude from Villanova
University in 2010 with a
major in Economics,
minors in Finance and
Math, as well as a concentration in the Honors
Program. She was a fouryear member of the Chi
Omega Sorority, holding
several positions, culminating as the campus
chapter’s president in her
senior year. She represented the chapter at
national events on several
occasions. Lauryn’s
proudest moments at VU
centered on her community service projects. She
travelled to Ecuador on a
mission trip. She led the
funding efforts for Chi
Omega’s annual “Make A
Wish” Drive, sending children with terminal illnesses to DisneyWorld,
the Superbowl, and
Broadway in New York.
She actively participated
in Villanova’s Day of
Service campaign, she
was a member of VU’s
Blue Key Club, The
Ambassador’s Program,
and served on the
school’s Student
Government Association.
After graduation,
Ossola accepted an offer
from PNC and relocated
to their headquarters in
Pittsburgh to work as an
analyst in the company’s
Global Treasury
Management department. She made close
friends quickly and
excelled at work. She
loved having her family,
hometown friends, and
friends from VU visit and
meet her new friends in
Pittsburgh.
She was a source of
laughter, joy, and compassion for everyone she
met. Her passion was her
love for all of her family
and her many friends.
She loved life and had
many overlapping circles
of friends, many consisting of life-long relationships. Her return trips to
Southington were always
filled with dinners with
family and friends, plans
to catch up with friends
in surrounding areas, and
a steady stream of visitors
to the house. She always
made time for everyone.
Ossola leaves behind
too many loved ones,
family, and friends to list.
In addition to her mother,
father, and sister, she
leaves behind her beloved
grandmother, Elizabeth
Ossola of Meriden, grandparents Bill and Alta
Nickodemski of Meriden,
aunts and uncles Barbara
Simmons, Madeline
Martone, Paul Ossola, Bill
Nickodemski, Debbie
DeCarlo, and countless
cherished cousins, neighbors, and friends from
Southington, the
Villanova community,
and Pittsburgh area.
Donations in memory of Lauryn can be made
to The Father Ray Jackson
Memorial Fund, c/o
Villanova University, 800
E. Lancaster Avenue,
Villanova, PA 19085.
Gertrud Parker, worked at Lord & Taylor
Gertrud Parker
passed away peacefully on
Sunday, Oct. 23, at
Southington Care Center.
She was the wife of the
late Victor Parker, who
was a WWII Veteran.
Parker was born in
Frankfurt, Germany, the
daughter of the late Peter
and Anna (Rasback) Ollig.
She lived in Frankfurt
through the war, married
Victor and then came to
the United States. She
became a U.S. citizen,
which she was very proud
of. She had worked for
Lord & Taylor in New York
for 20 years and also in
Hartford. She received and
award from Lord & Taylor
for top achievement from
Dorothy Shaeffer.
She is survived by her
dear friend and caregiver
Mark Gonsalves, two
grandchildren Heather
Hardke and husband
Kevin and Matthew
Connors, two greatgrandchildren, Rachel and
Alexa and a son-in law
Joseph Connors.
Parker was predeceased by her daughter
Margit Connors who had
resided in Hamilton, NY.
She will be greatly
missed by all her dear
friends in Spring Lake
Village, where she was
known as the “Matriarch”
of the swimming pool.
Parker loved going on
her many cruises and
trips, always accompanied
by her long time friend of
30 years, Mark Gonsalves.
Mark and the family
want to thank Gertrud?s
dear friends who were so
loving to the very end,
Francis and Joyce Blake
and Deborah Testa.
In lieu of flowers
donations may be made
in her memory to St.
Paul’s Episcopal Church,
145 Main St. Southington,
CT 06489 or Southington
Care Center, 45 Meriden
Ave. Southington, CT
06489.
William Cowles, had a passion for Harley Davidson
William”Billy”
Cowles, 59, passed away
on October 25, at home.
Born on June 21,
1952 in Westfield, MA,
the son of the late
William and Claire
(Brassard) Cowles.
He is survived by two
sisters, Colette Cowles of
Southington, and Lee and
husband David Beckwith
of Plantsville, two brothers, Carl and wife Sherry
Cowles of Dayville and
Scott Cowles and wife
Janet of MA and several
nieces and nephews.
Billy will forever be
remembered in our
hearts for his keen wit,
his artistic ability, his
love of world history and
politics and his passion
for Harley-Davidsons.
The family would like to
thank all those known
and unknown that
helped Billy along his
journey.
In lieu of flowers,
donations may be made
in his memory to
Community Services,
Town of Southington, 91
Norton St. Plantsville, CT
06479 or the CT Phalanx,
c/o John Adams, 290 Old
Turnpike Rd. Plantsville,
CT 06479.
Joseph Fournier, worked at
Lewis Farms for 50 years
Joseph (Claude)
Fournier, 89, passed
away on Friday,
October 21, 2011 at the
Southington Care
Center. He was the husband of Edwina
(Theriault) Fournier for
65 years.
He was born on April 6,
1922 in Ft. Kent, ME, the
son of the late Frank
and Flavie (Labbe)
Fournier.
Prior to his retirement he was employed
at Pratt & Whitney in
Southington. He had
also enjoyed being outdoors working at Lewis
Farms for 50 years,
where he had the title of
longest serving employee. Claude loved gardening and spending summers at their cottage in
Eagle Lake, ME.
He was a life member of the Knights of
Columbus 4th degree
Council #15 and a
parishioner of St.
Thomas Church.
In addition to his
wife he is survived by
his children, George and
wife Marie Fournier,
Georgianne and husband Ted Krajewski all
of Southington,
Bettyanne Wnuk of New
Britain and Diane and
husband Mike Pelletier
of Southington, a brother Leonard Fournier of
Soldiers Pond, ME, two
sisters, Lorette and husband Alberie Saucier of
Southington, and Erma
Desjardins of ME, 11
grandchildren and four
great grandchildren also
many nieces and
nephews.
He was predeceased
by siblings, Rella Daigle,
Lillian Landry,
Bernadette Berube,
Aldo, Roland and Lucian
Fournier also a greatgranddaughter Morgan
Elizabeth Pelletier.
Donations may be
made in his memory to
Southington Care Center
Recreation and Activity
Fund, 45 Meriden Ave.
Shelley Pierce, worked as a
tech for Fresenius Dialysis
Shelly Pierce, 39,
passed away on Thursday,
Oct. 20, at HCC at Bradley
Memorial after a nine year
courageous battle with
ALS. She was the wife of
Darren Pierce.
She was born in
Hartford on Nov. 1, 1971,
the daughter of MaryAnn
Testa of Southington and
Donald R. Grayson of
North Carolina.
Pierce attended Trask
Elementary School and
Plainville Jr. High. She had
graduated from
Southington High School
and attended Vinal
Technical School.
She had worked for
Fresenius Dialysis as a
Technician in Meriden.
She was a “Dead Head” fan
and followed the Grateful
Dead as often as she
could. Shelly was a very
kind and caring person
and loved to work with the
elderly as well as children.
In addition to her
husband and parents she
is survived by her daughter
Darby Pierce of
Southington, step daughter Shannon of California,
a brother Donald Grayson
of Newington, a nephew
Xavier Grayson and a
niece Hannah.
Private services will be
held at the convenience of
the family. There are no
calling hours.
*Editor’s note-Due to the storm and subsequent power outages, we were not able to
include everything planned in this issue of
The Observer.
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•Observing the Arts...page 14
Good Times
•SHS Sports.......page 17
Our Night on the Town
Jonathan Edwards is back with ‘My Love Will Keep’
Terryville show benefit for man with leukemia
By MIKE CHAIKEN
EDITIONS EDITOR
For the past decade
and a half, Jonathan
Edwards’ recording career
has been focused on
releasing recordings of
live performance.
His last album,
according to his website
(jonathanedwards.net),
was 2008’s “Rolling Along:
Live in Holland.”
But Edwards—who is
best known for the classic
tracks “Sunshine” and
“Shanty” finally entered
into the recording studio
in 2010 and the result was
“My Love Will Keep”—his
first studio album of new
material since 1997’s
“Man in the Moon.”“
Edwards will be
bringing his new songs
and classic tracks to
Terryville on Saturday,
Nov. 12 at 7:30 p.m. The
concert, which will be
held in Terryville High
School, is a benefit to
help offset the medical
expenses for Gary Lass, a
cancer survivor currently
battling leukemia and
who needs a bone marrow transplant.
Calling from Maine,
Edwards said the decision
to record an album of
new material was a result
of a convergence of energy, interest, and time
made available to him to
record in a studio.
When it came time to
begin recording the
album that became “My
Love Will Keep,” Edwards
had some older songs he
had written through the
years but had never gotten to recording. But as
has been his process in
the past, Edwards said he
also decided to write
some new songs specifically for “My Love Will
Keep.”
Besides his own
material on the new
album, Edwards also
offers up an intriguing
arrangement of the
Beatles’ big hit, “She
Loves You.” For the
album, Edwards slows
down the track, removes
the insistent beat guitars
of the original, and transforms the instrumentation into a jazzy elegiac
piano. The new arrangement puts the attention
squarely on the lyrics,
which reveals a much
more melancholy tale
than the original seemed
to suggest.
Edwards said his
transformation of the
Beatles’ song for “My Love
Will Keep” began when he
heard an arrangement
prepared by friend and
collaborator, Eric
Lilliquist. Lilliquist’s
arrangement gave
Edwards the idea to put
his own particular spin on
the British Invasion staple.
Edwards said he
came up with an arrangement. But he felt like
something was missing.
So he played the arrangement for pianist Paul
Sullivan to get some
input. After Sullivan
heard what Edwards had
done, he asked Edwards
to step away from the
piano for the moment.
Sullivan than began playing an idea he came up
with. Edwards loved what
he heard and decided to
scrap his original version.
And then he worked on
the arrangement as it was
played for him by
Sullivan.
On the new album,
Edwards also found himself singing with his
daughter Grace for the
first time. Grace sings
harmony on the track,
“This Island Earth.”
“It was great,” said
Edwards when asked
what it was like to sing
with his daughter. “It was
a dream come true.”
The effort was a quid
pro quo for father and
daughter, said Edwards.
Grace, who is in the band
The Victory Riders (which
is big in France), said she
would record with her
father if her father would
record on one of her
band’s tracks for its next
album.
“I’m so proud of her,”
said Edwards.
Given his own career
in the music business,
how did Edwards feel
about his daughter entering the fray as well? “I
tried to talk her out of it,
but she wouldn’t budget,”
Edwards joked.
Edwards explained
he didn’t have much
influence on his daughter’s decision to become a
musician. “She grew up
with her mom. I didn’t get
to be her daddy for several years.” But Edwards
said Grace’s mother is a
singer-songwriter too. So
Grace “had that in her
gene pool as well as her
behavioral experience,”
said Edwards For his
daughter to become a
musician in her own right
“was a natural evolution,”
said Edwards.
Having com from a
singer-songwriter tradi-
tion and as a continuing
practitioner of songwriting, Edwards was asked
what he thinks makes a
good song.
“It’s good if it tells a
story,” said Edwards. “If it
shows rather than tells.
(It’s good) if the music is
married to the words….
It’s got to have soul, energy, color… I like imagery
that is down home and
real.”
Given his definition
of a good song, it’s not a
surprise that Edwards’
music sometimes veers
into the world of country.
He said he loves the honesty that comes with
country music.
But Edwards is quick
to note that although his
music has a country
tinge, he said he wouldn’t
categorize himself as a
country artist. “I’m somewhere in between. After
over 40 years, I’ve finely
tuned the art of being
uncharacterizable.”
When Edwards
comes to Terryville, he will
be doing so to help out a
good cause. For Edwards,
it’s important for artists
such as himself to help
out in the community.
“I feel a deep sense of
gratitude and compassion
for those less fortunate
then me,” said Edwards.
And he is grateful that he
still has his own health.
“I hope people come
out to the show and have a
nice night out,” said
Edwards.
Edwards said fans
probably can expect to
hear old songs, such as
“Sunshine” and “Shanty,”
as well as songs from the
new album. And Edwards
Jonathan Edwards comes to Terryville High
School on Nov. 12.
said you might even hear
him burst out and sing a
cover song or two. Don’t
be surprised, he said, if
you hear him perform a
rendition of “Proud Mary”
or “Brown-Eyed Girl.”
Jonathan Edwards
will perform on Saturday,
Nov. 12 at 7:30 p.m. at
Terryville High School, 33
North Harwinton Ave.,
Terryville. The show is a
benefit for cancer survivor Gary Lass.
Tickets are $25, $40
for an artist meet and
greet before the show. To
buy tickets, go to
JEBenefit.webs.com. For
more information, call
(860) 967-4748 or (860)
314-2777. For more information about Edwards,
go to his website at
JonathanEdwards.net.
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‘The Witches’ stir up trouble; Art in ‘The Treehouse’
Keep the Halloween
spirit alive for another
week for a bewitched
event in Bristol.
Roald Dahl’s “The
Witches” will arrive on
stage next week at St. Paul
Catholic High School. The
play, recommended for
ages 7 years and older,
tells the tale of a few
witches who plot to get
rid of all the children in
England by taking over
candy stores, poisoning
children with chocolate
and transforming them
into mice. A few kids and
a grandmother try to foil
the plan.
The stage production,
adapted by St. Paul
Performing Arts, will be
presented at 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 11 and Nov. 12, and 2
p.m. Nov. 13. Tickets are
$12 for adults, $10 for seniors and $8 for students.
St. Paul Catholic High
School is located at 1001
Stafford Ave. in Bristol.
For more information, call (860) 584-0911.
GALLERY OPENING:
The grand opening of The
Treehouse in Bristol will
be from 7 to 10 p.m. today
at the gallery, 61 East
Main St. in Forestville
The event is also part
of “Studio Night,” which
starts 9 p.m. and involves
neighbors Lindsey Vigue
Photography and The
Asthetic Asylum.
Photographers will be
roaming the studio and
halls photographing
whatever or whomever
moves them. Visitors are
encouraged to dress as
one likes – bizarre outfits
are welcome.
The event features
finger food, water and
wine, as well as a bringyour-own-beverage
option. A licensed massage therapist will be on
hand, with a suggested $5
donation. Kara Lynch will
bring Poor Me Teas for
visitors to try.
TWO
LOCAL“KAPERS”: The
Kiwanis Club of Meriden
will host the 60th anniversary Kiwanis Kapers show,
“Kapers @ 60 – You Ain’t
Seen Nothing Yet” at
Maloney High School’s
Parisi Auditorium at 7:30
p.m. today and Saturday.
The show will feature
Southington residents
George Hamrah and
Robert “Bob” Bollnick.
Tickets are $15 for
adults and are available at
(860) 628-6500.
OPERA FANS: The
Warner Theatre in
Torrington will begin its
“The Met: Live in HD
2011-2012” series at noon
Saturday with a live simulcast of Wagner’s
“Siegfried.”
Gary Lehman will
sing the title role, while
Deborah Voigt will be
Brunnhilde and Bryn
Terfel is the Wanderer.
Fabio Luisi conducts.
The Warner will offer
a complimentary prebroadcast lecture by opera
expert Nunzio Defilippis
to all ticket holders from
10 to 10:45 a.m.
Tickets are $20; $18
for seniors and students;
and $10 for children 13
years old and younger. A
season subscription for all
11 Met transmissions is
$198. For more information, call (860) 489-7180
ext. 189 or visit
www.warnertheatre.org/
metopera.htm.
DAY-OFF LIBRARY
PROGRAM: A day off from
school means a fun program for kids at the
Southington Public
Library. “Fun with Fossils
and Dinosaurs” will be at
10:30 a.m. Tuesday.
The program brings
the story of fossils and the
adventure of finding fossils to children ages 4 and
up. More than 100 fossils
will be on display for children to observe and
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Please call (860) 628-0947
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ARTIST OF THE
MONTH: Painter Gail
Bannock is the artist the
month for November at
the Southington Public
Library with her exhibit
“Expressions in
Watercolor.”
Bannock’s work has
been widely exhibited in
solo and group shows and
she has received numerous awards throughout
the years. He love of outdoor “plein air” painting
has led her to many locations around the
Northeast.
Bannock is a member
of the Connecticut
Watercolor Society, serves
on the Board of Directors
at Southington Arts and
Crafts Association, is
involved with several area
art leagues and has taught
watercolor classes for
many years locally.
The gallery is open
during normal business
hours of the library, which
is 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Mondays through
Thursdays; 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. Fridays and
Saturdays. For more information, (860) 628-0947 or
visit www.southingtonlibrary.org.
MYTHBUSTERS:
Adam Savage and Jamie
Hyneman, stars of the
Discovery Channel show
“Mythbusters,” will bring
YOUR VISION, OUR
the “Behind the Myths”
tour to The Bushnell
Center for the Performing
Arts in Hartford at 8 p.m.
March 31.
Watch the pair bust a
few science myths on
stage in an evening that
includes audience participation ad video segments.
Tickets, which start at
$35, go on sale on Nov. 11.
They will be available at
The Bushnell box office at
166 Capitol Ave. or by calling (860) 987-5900 or at
www.bushnell.org.
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FRIDAY, NOV. 4
SOUTHINGTON
SOUTHINGTON
WINE TASTING. 7-9 p.m. at
Hawk’s Landing. To benefit
Depaolo PTO. Includes
wine, dessert, music and
prizes.Tickets $30 per person or $55 per couple.
Proceeds benefti Depaolo
Cultural Arts Programs. For
tickets, visit the Southington
Schools DePaolo PTO
webiste or email Liz Francis
at e.francis@cox.net.
BRISTOL
9TH ANNUAL WINE TASTING GALA. Benefit for the
Greater Bristol Visiting Nurse
Association. 7 to 10 p.m.
Wines from around the world.
Hors d’oeuvres, desserts,
silent auction. Chippanee
Golf Club, 6 Marsh Rd.,
Bristol. $30. Tickets available
at VNA office, 195 Maltby St.,
Bristol, Maple End Package
Store, North Street, Bristol or
at the door.
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MILITARY APPRECIATION
DINNER. 4-8 p.m. at the
Southington Elks Lodge.
Free to military members,
$5 immediate family, $10 for
quests. For more info, contact Denise Johnson 7076838.
needed most. Contact the
church for more info, 6288147.
SOUTHINGTON
CRAFT FAIR. 10 a.m. to 5
p.m. at Mulberry Gardens.
$1 admission.
SOUTHINGTON
SOUTHINGTON
WRITERS WORKSHOP.
1:30 p.m. at the Southington
Library. Sponsored by the
Southington Arts Council.
621-2787 for more details.
SOUTHINGTON
ROCKFEST ‘11. Doors at 5
p.m., bands at 6 p.m.
American Legion Hall, 64
Main Street. $10. Numerous
bands.
SOUTHINGTON
FIRST BAPTIST FOOD
DRIVE. 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Food drive to aid
Southington Community
Services for their
Thanksgiving disturbutions.
Thanksgiving themed food
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PLANTSVILLE ELEMENTARY HOLIDAY FAIR. 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. at Plantsville
Elementary School cafetorium. Questions contact
Andrea Smith, 621-8202.
SUNDAY, NOV. 6
SOUTHINGTON
UNICO FALL BIG BREAKFAST BUFFETT. 7:30-11:30
a.m. at the Calendar House.
To benefit UNICO charities.
All you can eat breakfast
foods. $6 adults, children
and seniors $4.50. Kids
under 3 are free. Tickets
available at Faasulo &
Albini, CPA’s, Calander
House or from any UNICO
member. Also available at
the door.
SOUTHINGTON
MONDAY, NOV. 7
SOUTHINGTON
YOGA CLASSES. Four
week session. Mondays and
Wednesdays for all level
students, 7 p.m. Fridays for
beginers at 6 p.m.
Sponsored by the
Southington Arts Council.
Held in the lower level of the
Historical Society. $20 members, $25 non members.
SOUTHINGTON
FINANCIAL AID NIGHT. 78:30 p.m.SHS auditorium.
Paying for college. Carol
Karno, of Educational
Funding Strategies, is the
guest speaker.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 9
SOUTHINGTON
HC WILCOX EIGHTH
GRADEOPEN HOUSE. 68:30 p.m. at H.C. Wilcox
Technical High School.
Questions? Call 238-6260
ext. 6265.
THURSDAY NOV. 10
BENEFIT FOR BREAD FOR
LIFE AND FOOD PANTRY.
4-9 p.m. at he Elks Lodge.
Admission is $15 in food
donations or $20 at the door.
Rock band, cash bar, raffle
and 50/50 raffle. Benefit to
feed hungy in town.
SHOPPING EXTRAVEGANZA. 6-9 p.m. at Flanders
School. Vendors still needed. Contact Jennifer Micacci
at jmiccacci@hotmail.com.
SATURDAY, NOV. 12
SOUTHINGTON
MONDAY, NOV. 14
SOUTHINGTON
BOY SCOUT FOOD DRIVE.
9 a.m. to noon. Donation
bags will be distributed to
homes the weekend of Nov. 5
and will be picked up Nov. 11.
Donation scan also be
brought to First Baptist
Church.
ITALIAN NIGHT DINNER.
6:30 p.m. Testas Banquet
Facility. Sponsored by
UNICO. Reservations contact
any UNICO member. Event is
to raise money for charity.
SOUTHINGTON
WEDNESDAY NOV. 16
HARTFORD
Y OLE COUNTRY FAIR. 9
a.m. to 3 p.m. at Plantsville
Congregational Church.
Various food and baked
goods. Ten percent of profit
will be donated to
Southington Community
Services. For info call the
church at 628-5595.
LINCOLN COLLEGE EDUCATIONAL CONFERENCE
FOR FUNERAL PROFESSIONALS. 12-8 p.m. at the
LCNE Hartford Campus.
Conference will satisfy all
state licensing requirements. $50. For more info,
contact Dr. Paul Warren at
1-800-952-2444 ext. 40923.
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Sports
Our Athletes
The snowball fight
Knights lose to Hall in a rare October storm
Oct. 29
By JOHN GORALSKI
SPORTS WRITER
The green turf vanished in a
blanket of snow. The yardmarkers...gone. The end zones...gone.
On Saturday, Oct. 29, the Blue
Knight football team was fighting
for their playoff lives in a freak
winter storm, but a couple of
early Hall scores extinguished
their hopes.
The Warriors took a 22-0
lead into halftime. They weathered a 30-minute thunder break
and a late Southington score, and
all but eliminated the Knights
from postseason contention.
Football
With
a
22-6
loss,
Southington suffered its third
loss of the season.
“This is one of those crazy
games,” said Blue Knight coach
Mike Drury. “I told the guys that,
VINNY ROSSITTO
At left, Stephen Barmore
plows through the snow
during a 22-6 loss to Hall
on Saturday, Oct. 29.
Hall 22
Southington 6
win or lose, they are probably
going to remember this game.
They're probably not going to
play a lot of games like this in
their careers.”
Hall capitalized early, scoring with a long pass and a short
run before putting the game out
of reach with a 48-yard interception return through the snow
with 25 seconds left in the opening half.
“We just came out on the
short end of some things. We had
some turnovers, and you can't
turn the ball over in weather like
this,” said Drury. “You can't let up
a couple of scores early in weather like this because no one's
going to score late. That was the
name of the game today.”
For their part, the Knights
didn’t go quietly. Southington
emerged from a 25-minute thunder and lightning delay in the
second half to close the lead to
two scores. Andrew Walowski
capped a long drive with a 15yard run as time expired in the
third quarter. Neither team
threatened in the final quarter,
and Hall held on for the victory.
“I thought Southington
played really well,” said Hall
coach Frank Robinson. “They
had some really big plays, but we
were just fortunate enough to
take a guy down so that they
couldn't go the distance. We were
happy that we could tackle in this
stuff because you never know. If
you slip, someone can be gone.”
Now Southington (4-3) will
have to wait for their opportunity
to snap a two-game losing streak.
The Knights’ next contest against
Simsbury (2-5), which was originally scheduled for Nov. 4 has
been rescheduled to Tuesday,
Nov. 15.
Southington’s next contest
will be at home against
Manchester (3-4). Kick-off is
scheduled for Friday, Nov. 11 at 7
p.m.
“We just have to push on,”
said Drury. “Next week is our
most important game of the season. That's it.”
Making the wrong decision to play
I
stood in the middle of a small
group of shivering reporters waiting for coaches to address their
teams before the postgame interviews.
Our discussion didn’t center on the sloppy field conditions, our inability to see
yardmarkers, or official’s ability to make
out-of-bounds calls in the snow. We didn’t
talk about the outcome of the game or
Southington’s probable elimination from
postseason consideration.
We talked about the irresponsible
decision to play a football game in the
middle of a winter storm warning. This
wasn’t a postseason gridiron contest
played in a two-inch dusting. This was a
legitimate storm that had been predicted
for days.
Nobody could have known the extent
of damage caused by the October snow.
Nobody could have known that the
game’s finish would be further delayed by
a half-hour thunder delay in the second
half. Nobody could have known that
power outages would keep students out
of the classrooms for days, but they did
know that it was going to be a legitimate
storm. Every on-line weather service predicted the storm to gain intensity at the
opening kick and continue to build
throughout the night.
I dodged two fallen trees on my way
home with one leafy branch striking the
passenger side of my windshield. Traffic
had already been diverted on the West
Hartford streets. It took more than twice
as long as it normally does to reach my
home in Southington.
The more I thought about it, the
more discouraged I became about the
game-time decisions made by both
schools’ officials. This wasn’t a small error
to play the game. It wasn’t just an irresponsible judgement call. It could have
been a life-threatening decision.
Really? For a regular season high
school football game? To make matters
worse, I didn’t even see the officials who
made those calls wandering the sidelines
for either team.
I realize that the host team makes the
decision to play, but we are the ones that
make decisions about the safety of our
students. We were the ones that decided
to let our bus pull away from the doors of
the school. We were the ones that stuffed
those buses with students, cheerleaders,
and coaches.
Did we ask Hall to change the start of
the game or consider another site? To be
John Goralski
About Town Sports
fair, I do not know. The storm had been
forecast for most of the week, and the
winter storm warning was in effect for
days before kickoff. We had plenty of time
to make arrangements.
Remember, we did relocate one
See STORM, page 21
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Our Athletes
Swimming
The Lady Knights suffered back-to-back losses
last week, but both contests
were decided by a total of
seven points. Southington
avoided a losing record for
the second straight year,
and the team finished with
a 5-5-1 record.
Newington loss
Baribault
and
Sarah
Krzesik for the victory in
the 200 freestyle relay
(1:49.0).
Next up for the
Knights is the Class LL diving championship on Nov.
10 at Hamden and the
Class LL qualifying meet at
East Hartford on Nov. 12.
Volleyball
Haley Marquardt captured the 200 freestyle
(2:11.77) and the 500
freestyle (5:51.05). She
teamed up with Melanie
Mongillo, Laurel Dean, and
Jenny Drozd for a victory in
the 200 freestyle relay
(1:53.38), but Southington
was edged in Newington,
94-90, on Tuesday, Oct. 25.
Mongillo won the 100
freestyle (59.92) and Drozd
captured the 100 breaststroke (1:13.02) in the loss.
Bested by Berlin
On Friday, Oct. 28,
Southington battled for
second and third place in
the final relay, but fell to
Berlin, 87-83, in the regular
season finale.
Marquardt won the
200 freestyle (2:12.64) and
500 freestyle (5:57.72).
Mongillo set the pace in the
50 freestyle (26.26), and
Dean captured the 100
breaststroke (1:12.71).
Mongillo and Dean
teamed
with
Alyson
With three conference
victories, the Lady Knights
capped another perfect
season in the CCC West.
Southington finished the
regular season with a 17-1
record, but captured their
division title with 14 wins
in as many chances.
Despite falling to
Coventry in the regular season, the Lady Knights were
the only CCC team to finish
undefeated within the con-
ference.
Decking Hall
Sam Vitale served up
four aces and no errors in
28 serving attempts, and
the Lady Knights committed just five serving errors
over the entire best-of-five
series.
On Monday, Oct. 24,
the Southington defense
allowed just four points in
Swimmers deal with loss
By JOHN GORALSKI
SPORTS WRITER
Jay Dubinsky's voice
got caught in a sob, and an
awkward silence decended upon the crowd at the
YMCA pool as the assistant coach searched for
the right words to express
his grief.
On Friday, Oct. 28,
Southington’s senior night
celebration was tempered
as the Lady Knights dealt
with the loss of a former
team captain. In 2006,
Lauryn Ossola was a central figure for the Knights.
She wasn’t a teammate
with any of the current
Knights, but the 23-yearold was well-remembered
from her earlier days in
the local Stingray program.
“Any time you lose
Lauryn Ossola
anybody from a program
like this, it's like losing
family,” said Dubinsky.
“That whole group of girls
[in 2006] approached
swimming like a love, and
Lauryn approached everything in the same way. It
was a joy to see her dedication and drive, and she
always followed it up with
her trademark smile.”
At the time, the Lady
Knights were locked in a
tight battle with Berlin in a
game that they would
eventually lose. Dubinsky
said that winning isn’t
everything, and that was a
part of Ossola’s legacy with
the Knights.
High school athletics
are a chance to develop
character and memories.
“Lauryn was the symbol of a student-athlete,”
said Dubinsky. “Her mother approached us and told
us that the swim program
helped shape and build
her character. When I
think back on it, it was
probably the other way
around. It was Lauryn that
made us better coaches,
better classmates, and
better people in general.”
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Corinne Horanzy (18
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Erica Kosienski took
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the Lady Knight soccer
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Championship race
Southington’s cross country season came to an end as
snow began to fall at Wickham Park in Manchester on
Saturday, Oct. 29. Kyle Hamel (17:03) paced the boys
team to a 19th place finish, and overall at the Class LL
state championships, and Amanda Hamel (22:35) led
the girls into the top 20. For complete results, see page
23.
Photos by JOHN GORALSKI
Below, Stephanie O’Keefe (23:13) tries to beat
the storm to the finish line of the girls race.
Above, Jordan
Gray (19:18)
emerges from
the woods at
the end of the
first mile.
At right,
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(19:07) races
up the
final hill.
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snowflakes at
the finish of
the girls race.
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climbs the hill to the finish of
the girls race.
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faces heavy snows at the finish.
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the boys.
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Registration for the following
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Cost is $425 per team, and
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Charlie Klemovich, the 1982
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From page 18
Wershoven spun and beat
Hall’s goalie to the left corner.
“I still think that teams
think it's just the Erica
Kosienski show, butthen
they see how we possess in
the midfield, how we
defend, and they see you
have to worry about Nicole
Wershoven,” said Penta.
“This team is multi-dimensional.”
On Friday, the girls
came within one foal of
their ninth win, but
Simsbury out-lasted the
Knights, 1-0.
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and Sarah Caisse com-
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keep the Knights close, but
Southington concluded the
regular season with an 8-61 record.
Boys Soccer
The Blue Knight soccer team dropped two
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snow-shortened season
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final chances to qualify for
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Southington is 5-9
with two games remaining,
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the state tournament if
those games are canceled.
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get tough.”
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26, Southington trailed by
just one gaol at the half, but
Hall scored three times
after the break to win, 4-0.
Hall out-shot the
Knights, 13-3. Billy Queen
made nine saves in the loss.
Southington’s
best
shot came on Friday in the
home finale. Simsbury
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half, but the Knights
trimmed the lead to one
goal in the second half.
Peter DelBuono lifted
a corner kick in front of the
Trojan net, and defenseman Kyle Connolly scored
off a header with 20:20
remaining. Queen made
nine saves in the loss.
Field Hockey
Despite a loss to one of
the top teams in the state,
Southington moved one
step closer to the postseason. With the storm, the
Lady Knights (5-8) may not
play their final two con-
tests.
Southington is currently under .400, but two
overtime losses have given
the locals enough points to
qualify with their shortened schedule.
Win over Windsor
Sarah Collier scored
once in the first half to
secure a tie at the break.
She scored twice in the second half, and Southington
held on for a 3-2 victory
over Windsor.
Valerie Szmurlo made
nine saves to secure the
victory, and Collier’s gamewinning goal came with
just five seconds remaining
on the clock.
“That was a great ending,” said Lady Knight
coach Erin Luddy. “When
time is running out, you try
not to get bogged down in
the time because you know
that they are going to let the
time run. We kept our composure. We kept the ball in,
and one little touch is all it
takes.”
Nonnewaug loss
Southington trailed by
just one point at the half on
Wednesday, but fell to
undefeated Nonnewaug, 30 in Woodbury. The Chiefs
are currently 13-0-1 for the
season with more than half
their victories by three or
more goals.
Storm: Safety should be our primary concern
From page 17
game earlier this season
from Rentschler Field
because of weather concerns. We made another
decision to delay the start
of that game for one day
because of the threat of
torrential rains. That decision was made to save our
field. Shouldn’t we protect
our students as much as
we tried to protect our mix
of mud and grass?
For once, I will defend
the CIAC. They had a post-
season cross country event
scheduled to start at the
same time as our regular
season football game, but
they took the threat seriously. First, they moved up
the race schedule so that
the final heat would be finished before the first
snowflake appeared. Then,
when the storm hit early,
they made a decision to
postpone the final races.
I’m sure that their
decision will generate
some controversy since
times from all races will be
compared to decide who
will advance to the state
open. Southington ran in
the pre-storm slop with
the boys and girls running
in the early snow. There’s a
good chance that a
rescheduled race will be
run in better conditions, so
the postponed runners
could post better times
than they would have on
Saturday. I’m sure at least
one runner will lose his
chance at a state open
berth, but I still applaud
their decision.
The CIAC website
announced the decision.
“Girls class S, boys class SS
and girls class SS races
have been postponed to
TBA. An update will be
issued on Tuesday after all
factors can be properly
assessed.”
Many schools were
closed on Monday. It will
take a few days for
Wickham Park to be in any
condition to host a cross
country meet, and that will
open officials to certain
criticism. A tough call to
make, but they did it.
So what could we
have done differently
about our football game
since Hall was the one who
made the final decision?
We could have made our
pleas to change the time
and site to avoid the storm.
If Hall refused, we could
have stopped our buses
from leaving even if it cost
us a forfeit. We could have
always filed some sort of
protest to the CIAC. If we
were denied, we could
have taken the loss and
grumbled to the media
that the system isn’t fair.
My point is that we
could have made a decision with safety as our top
goal. Sure, a forfeit would
have been unpopular.
Sure, critics would have
clamored, but at least we
could have defended our
position. How can we
defend the one we made?
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Hall 0
(25-4, 25-11, 25-19)
Cross Country
Boys Results
2011 Class LL
Championship
Saturday, Oct. 29
163 runners, 3.1 miles
At Wickham Park, Manchester
Team results—1, Fairfield
Prep, 81; 2, Danbury, 113; 3, Xavier,
150; 4, Simsbury, 152; 5, NFA, 156;
6, Amity, 159; 7, N.Milford, 177; 8,
Newtown, 188; 9, Staples, 232; 10,
Conard, 263; 11, Glastonbury, 270;
12, Hall, 275; 13, Ridgefield, 358;
14, Cheshire, 405; 15, Manchester,
409; 16, Trumbull, 420; 17, Hamden,
458; 18, S. Windsor, 472; 19,
Southington, 474; 20, Shelton, 507;
21, Greenwich, 565.
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
1, Connor Rog, Fairfield Prep,
15:50; 2, Jake Feinstein, Newtown,
16:10; 3, Henry Wynne, Staples,
16:13; 4, Ed Wilson, Conard, 16:14;
5, Christian Alvarado, Fairfield Prep,
16:24; 6, Kevin Stanko, Simsbury,
16:26; 7, Thomas Moore, Danbury,
12:28; 8, Nicholas Carlsen,
Danbury, 16:29; 9, David Puglisese,
Xavier, 16:31; 10, John Hansell,
New Milford, 16:32; 28, Kyle Hamel,
Southington, 17:03; 58, Nick Garcia,
Southington, 17:30; 127, Damiaen
Florian, Southington, 18:40; 128,
Jacob Harton, Southington, 18:43;
139, Miles Groom, Southington,
19:07; 143, Joe Pappalardo,
Southington, 19:12; 145, Jordan
Gray, Southington, 19:18.
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Going the distance
Bailey Potter swims the 500 freestyle during a four point loss to
Berlin on Friday, Oct. 28.
Girls Results
2011 Class LL
Championship
Saturday, Oct. 29
159 runners, 3.1 miles
At Wickham Park, Manchester
Team results—1, Ridge-field,
83; 2, Glastonbury, 115; 3, Cheshire,
124; 4, Simsbury, 152; 5, New
Milford, 168; 6, NFA, 178; 7,
Greenwich, 183; 8, Newtown, 191;
9, Staples, 217; 10, Manchester,
282; 11, Amity, 283; 12, Danbury,
371; 13, Westhill, 393; 14, Conard,
408; 15, Fairfield Ludlowe, 420; 16,
Hall, 427; 17, Trumbull, 480; 18,
Shelton, 515; 19, Newington, 519;
20, Hamden, 552; 20, Southington,
552; 22, South Windsor, 625; 23,
Norwalk, 643.
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
1, Reid Watson, Glastonbury,
19:03; 2, Brianna Lenehan, NFA,
19:15; 3, Sarah Guillaume,
Ridgefield, 19:48; 4, Abigail
Markowitz, Greenwich, 19:51; 5,
Caroline Koenig, Staples, 19:52; 6,
Kaylie McNally, Newington, 19:54; 7,
Nicole Ambrosecchio, Westhill,
19:58;
8,
Kaitlyn
Hebert,
Glastonbury, 19:59; 9, Caroline Carr,
Ridgefield, 20:01; 10, Sarah
Mattison, Simsbury, 20:03; 96,
Amanda Hamel, Southington,
22:35; 107, Raquel Romano,
Southington, 22:57; 114, Eileen
Germain, Southington, 23:08; 117,
Stephanie O’Keefe, 23:13; 125,
Hannah Chamis, Southington,
23:32;
126,
Laura
Wilcox,
Southington, 23:33; 131, Abby
Guthrie, Southington, 24:01.
Girls Volleyball
23
Monday, Oct. 24
At West Hartford
SOUTHINGTON—Danielle
Kaminsky, 3-for-3 serving, 17
assists, 2 digs; Cyndy Woolley, 3-for4 serving, 1 ace, 10 attacks, 5 kills,
2 assists, 3 digs; Corinne Horanzy,
1-for-1 serving, 5 attacks, 3 kills, 4
digs; Kayla Padroff, 17-for-18 serving, 6 aces, 8 digs; Jordyn Moquin,
2-for-3 serving, 6 attacks, 4 kills;
Sara Malicka, 2-for-2 serving, 1
attack, 5 digs; Tori Broytman, 8
attacks,
5
kills;
Kaylee
Kolodziejczyk, 6-for-8 serving, 2
aces, 10 attacks, 4 kills; 3 digs;
Emily Durocher, 9 attacks, 4 kills, 1
dig; Sam Vitale, 28-for-28 serving, 4
aces, 10 attacks, 7 kills, 5 digs;
Allison McCormick, 6-for-7 serving,
3 aces, 2 attacks, 1 kill, 6 assists, 2
digs.
Records—SHS, 15-1 (12-0).
HHS, 2-14 (0-12).
Southington 3,
Simsbury 0
(25-22, 25-12, 25-15)
Wednesday, Oct. 26
At Southington
Kaminsky,9-for-10
serving,
2
attacks, 2 kills, 34 assists, 8 digs;
Cyndy Woolley, 5-for-5 serving, 1
ace, 11 attacks, 3 assists, 1 block;
Corinne Horanzy, 5-for-9 serving, 2
aces, 32 attacks, 18 kills, 1 block, 10
digs; Kayla Padroff, 6 digs; Jordyn
Moquin, 3 attacks, 1 kill, 1 dig; Sara
Malicka, 2-for-3 serving, 5 digs; Tori
Broytman, 13-for-14 serving, 1 ace,
18 attacks, 14 kills, 1 block, 1 digs;
Kaylee Kolodziejczyk, 5-for-6 serving, 1 ace, 3 attacks, 1 assist; Emily
Durocher, 8 attacks, 2 kills, 1 block;
Samantha Vitale, 16-for-20 serving,
3 aces, 3 attacks, 2 kills, 2 digs;
Allison McCormick, 5-for-6 serving,
2 aces, 1 attack, 2 digs.
Records—SoHS, 16-1 (130). SiHS, 12-5 (9-4).
Southington 3,
New Britain 0
(25-12, 25-15, 25-8)
Friday, Oct. 28
At New Britain
Kaminsky, 10-for-12 serving, 2 aces,
2 attacks, 28 assists, 2 digs; Corinne
Horanzy, 17-for-18 serving, 4 aces,
14 attacks, 7 kills, 4 digs; Kayla
Padroff, 1-for-2 serving, 1 dig;
Jordyn Moquin, 2-for-3 serving, 3
attacks, 1 block; Sara Malicka, 5-for5 serving, 1 ace; Tori Broytman, 6for-8 serving, 2 aces, 28 attacks, 19
kills, 1 block, 2 digs; Kaylee
Kolodziejczyk, 5-for-6 serving, 3
aces, 4 attacks, 1 kill, 1 assist, 1
block, 1 dig; Emily Durocher, 7
attacks, 3 kills, 1 block; Sam Vitale,
9-for-13 serving, 2 aces, 2 attacks, 1
dig; Allison McCormick, 5-for-6 serving, 3 aces, 2 attacks, 1 assist.
NBHS, 7-11 (4-10).
Field Hockey
Southington 3,
Windsor 2
Tuesday, Oct. 25
At Southington
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Windsor
11—2
Southington
12—3
First half—1, Macy Fenlason,
WHS, 14:55; 2, Sarah Collier, SHS,
3:08.
Second half—3, Collier,
SHS, 13:17; 4, Fenlason, WHS,
4:44; 5, Collier, SHS, 0:05.
Shots—SHS, 8. WHS, 9.
Saves—Valerie
Szmurlo,
SHS, 9. Emily Welch, WHS, 7.
Corners—SHS, 4. WHS, 15.
WHS, 3-8-1 (2-1).
Nonnewaug 3,
Southington 0
Wednesday, Oct. 26
At Nonnewaug HS
Southington
00—0
Nonnewaug
12—3
Records—SHS, 5-10. NHS,
13-0-1.
Girls Soccer
Southington 2,
Hall 0
Tuesday, Oct. 25
At Southington
Hall
00—0
Southington
02—2
First half—no scoring.
Second
half—1,
Erica
Kosienski (penalty kick), SHS, 7:26;
2, Nicole Wershoven (Kosienski),
SHS, 5:43.
Shots—HHS, 9. SHS, 12.
Saves—Maddie
Hooper,
HHS, 4; Sarah Caisse, SHS, 4;
Megan McLaughlin, SHS, 5.
Corners—HHS, 4. SHS, 1.
Records—HHS, 9-2-3 (7-23). SHS, 8-5-1 (6-5-1).
Simsbury 1,
Southington 0
Friday, Oct. 28
At Simsbury
Southington
00—0
Simsbury
10—1
Goals—Simsbury: Sydney
Shugdinis.
Shots—SoHS, 8. SiHS, 10.
Saves—Megan McLaughlin
and Sarah Caisse, SoHS, 9.
Records—SoHS, 8-6-1 (6-61). SiHS, 7-6-2 (5-6-2).
Girls Swimming
Newington 94,
Southington 90
Tuesday, Oct. 25
At Newington
200 med relay—1, NHS,
2:02.85; 2, SHS (Sarah Krzesik,
Laurel Dean, Alyson Baribault, Joy
Blanchet); 3, NHS. 200 free—1,
Haley Marquardt, SHS, 2:11.77; 2,
Monica Neu, NHS; 3, Carly Cruff,
NHS; 4, Emily Ferens, SHS; 5,
Bailey Potter, SHS. 200 IM—1,
Danielle Rocheleau, NHS, 2:19.64;
2, Dean, SHS; 3, Baribault. SHS; 4,
Julia Gonsalves, NHS; 5, Jenny
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fireplace and walk-out onto a stone patio, 3
BRs, 2.5 baths, sliders onto a large covered
deck, plus a 2nd deck around the beautiful
newer above ground pool all nicely
landscaped with beautiful views from the
deck. A lot of house and yard for the
REDUCED PRICE OF $229,900
BRISTOL - MOVE IN CONDITION , this
immaculate Cape circa 1994, with a nice
open floor plan, hardwood floors throughout,
a nice eat-in kitchen w/sliders to deck, 2 full
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10-28-11
From page 24
Drozd, SHS. 50 free—1, Hannah
Martin, NHS, 26.32; 2, Melanie
Mongillo, SHS; 3, Krzesik, SHS; 4,
Alexandra Gratchev, NHS; 5,
Blanchet, SHS. Diving—1, Jessica
Goldman, NHS, 169.95; 2, Amanda
Mirando, SHS; 3, Gabriella
Capossela, NHS; 4, Amanda
Tremblay, NHS; 5, Tia Jones, SHS.
100 fly—1, Rocheleau, NHS,
1:05.77; 2, Krzesik, SHS; 3,
Gonsalves, NHS; 4, Kimberly
Oravetz, SHS; 5, Thea Bernabe,
SHS. 100 free—1, Mongillo, SHS,
59.92; 2, Marie Allo, NHS; 3,
Gratchev, NHS; 4, Ferens, SHS; 5,
Blanchet, SHS. 500 free—1,
Marquardt, SHS, 5:51.05; 2,
Baribault, SHS; 3, Neu, NHS; 4,
Cruff, NHS; 5, Alison Mishou, NHS.
200 free relay—1, SHS (Mongillo,
Dean, Drozd, Marquardt), 1:53.38;
2, NHS; 3, NHS. 100 back—1, Allo,
NHS, 1:10.05; 2, Veronika Latawiec,
NHS; 3, Molly Potter, SHS; 4, Dana
Gionfriddo, NHS; 5, Allison
Hammersley, SHS. 100 breast—1,
Drozd, SHS, 1:13.02; 2, Hannah
Martin, NHS; 3, Julie Iskra, NHS; 4,
Dean, SHS; 5, Susan McCormick,
See SCORES, page 26
25
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BRISTOL - 451 WATERBURY ROAD
Price reduced on this beautiful Colonial home featuring
three bedrooms, 2.5 baths, the master bedroom has a
huge walk in closet, 1st floor family room, eat in kitchen
with granite counter tops, the living room with fireplace,
central air, two car attached garage. $279,900
Dir: Route 372 to 451 Waterbury Road.
BRISTOL
The home with the charm of yesteryear mixed with
a modern flair, many updates to this three bedroom
home, two baths, fabulous new bedroom suite with
walk in closet, full bath, original beautiful woodwork,
newer roof, siding and most windows, enclosed
front porch for relaxing. $199,900
BRISTOL
A Must See! Donald Gardner built home unique
and in a class by itself, 4 bedrooms, 5.5 baths, the
kitchen is custom designed with Corian counter
tops and oak paneled appliances, the two story
entry with pillars, the décor is spectacular
throughout, possible in law suite. $550,000
ACREAGE
SOUTHINGTON - Lovely 1⁄ 2 acre lot with
babbling brook just waiting for someone
to build their home, call the listing agent
for details. $134,900
JOHN GORALSKI
Still in the hunt
Danielle Macioci stops a Windsor attack
during a 3-2 victory. The win keeps the
Lady Knights on pace for the postseason.
Eachh officee is
independentlyy owned
andd operated
BRISTOL ~ Just move into
this 6 RM Colonial with 3 BRs,
21⁄2 BAs, great room w/FP,
kitchen, D/Area, formal dining
room, 2 car garage and over
11⁄2 acres of land.
$258,900
SOUTHINGTON
A perfect layout in this 4 year young Colonial home,
great floor plan reflecting today's needs, fully
applianced kitchen with an abundance of cabinets,
master bedroom suite with fulll bath, whirlpool and 2
walk in closets, tray ceilings, office, spa first floor gas
fireplace, two car attached garage. $399,900
SOUTHINGTON
This Colonial set in the Blue Hills section of
Southington awaits you packed with fabulous
features, a beautiful in ground pool, central air, three
fireplaces, newer roof, siding and windows, finished
lower level, two car attached garage. $345,000
SOUTHINGTON - This .28 acre in the area of
a new subdivision of Colonial homes for you
to build your home. $99,900
SOUTHINGTON - Located in Wild Oak Ridge
this 4.5 acres captures the beauty of
woodland privacy we will sell lots separately
or build to suit. $249,900
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BRISTOL: Exceptional 8 room
Colonial has all the features you
can ask for! Family room w/cath
ceilings & FP, kit/DR area w/
sliders that lead to deck, MBR
w/full bath & walk-in closet,
private yard. 4 BRs & 2 1⁄2 BAs.
REDUCED $299,800
BRISTOL ~ Exceptional Townhouse
Style Condo that has all the features
you can ask for. Custum kitchen with
granite counter tops, DR, LR w/FP, 2
BRs, 2.5 BAs, full basement, 1-car
garage, rec room, private deck, C/Air
& much more!
$219,500
BRISTOL ~ Picture perfect
Townhouse Style Condo located
in a small quiet complex. This
unit has 4 rooms, 2 BRs, 1.5
baths, finished rec room, full
basement, EIK w/sliders that lead
to the deck.
$121,900
BRISTOL: ~ Lovely 6 RM
Ranch, 3 BR, 2 bath Ranch set
on a large level lot. LR w/FP,
updated kit, roof, siding, furnace,
three season porch overlooking
large rear yard.
$235,900
SOUTHINGTON:
Spectacular
Vicotrian Colonial completely
renovated. 8 RMs, 3 BRs, 2 BAs,
large kitchen, dining area, FR, LR
w/stone FP, whirlpool tub, C/Air, 3
car garage, workshop and plenty
more to look at!
REDUCED $279,900
BRISTOL: Federal Hill Colonial! A
little restoration is all that this
home needs. 10 RMs, 5 BRs, 2
BAs, sunroom, FDR, living room
w/FP, first flr MBR, wrap around
front porch, 1 car garage.
REDUCED $169,900
BRISTOL: Enjoy the peace
and quiet wit hthis well kept
home located on a secluded
dead end street. 7 RMs, 3
BRs, 21⁄2 baths, FR w/FP,
hardwood floors, inground
pool, EIK, 2 car garage.
ASKING $219,900
BRISTOL: Great starter home set
on over half an acre. 6 RM Cape
w/ 4 BRs, 11⁄2 baths, updated
kitchen, 2 fireplaces, large deck.
Storage shed, 1 car garage,
fenced yard.
ONLY $149,000
TERRYVILLE: JUST LISTED! ~
5 RM Ranch with 3 BRs, 1
bath, new windows, hardwood
floors, vinyl sided, sit on the
deck that overlooks the pond.
ASKING $130,000
BRISTOL ~ Nice 3 BR Cape
features include FLR and DR, EIK w/
pantry that also has kitchen sink,
additional cabinets and dishwasher.
Home also has oil heat, newer boiler,
updated elec., an enclosed porch off
pantry area leading to rear deck and
a detached 1 car garage. House
shows well. Great starter home.
ASKING $144,900
BRISTOL ~ Super clean 6 room
Cape with 3 bedrooms, 1 bath,
large MBR, nice level yard, 1 car
garage, views of Birges Pond,
great private setting.
ASKING $155,000
26
From page 25
NHS. 400 free relay—exhibition.
Record—SHS, 5-4-1 (0-4).
Berlin 87,
Southington 83
Friday, Oct. 28
At Southington YMCA
200 med relay—1, BHS; 2,
SHS (Molly Potter, Laurel Dean,
Alyson Baribault, Joy Blanchet); 3,
BHS. 200 free—1, Haley Marquardt,
SHS, 2:12.64; 2, Kate Piotrowski,
BHS; 3, Emily Ferens, SHS; 4, Holly
Chirico, BHS; 5, Bailey Potter, SHS.
200 IM—1, Kelsey Kazikowski,
BHS; 2, Dean, SHS; 3, Baribault,
SHS; 4, Joanna Wajton, BHS; 5,
Jenny Drozd, SHS. 50 free—1,
Melanie Mongillo, SHS, 26.26; 2,
Briana Cass, BHS; 3, Megan Pitkin,
BHS; 4, Blanchet, SHS; 5, Sarah
Damato,
BHS. 100
fly—1,
Kozikowski, BHS; 2, Sarah Krzesik,
SHS; 3, Arian Silas, BHS; 4,
MaryBeth Simons, SHS; 5, Cecely
Ogren,
SHS. 100
free—1,
Piotrowski, BHS; 2, Mongillo, SHS;
3, Amanda Martino, BHS; 4, Pitkin,
BHS; 5, Ferens, SHS. 500 free—1,
Marquardt, SHS, 5:57.72; 2, Drozd,
SHS; 3, Cass, BHS; 4, B. Potter,
SHS; 5, Drozd, SHS. 200 free
relay—1, SHS (Mongillo, Krzesik,
Baribault, Dean), 1:49.0; 2, BHS; 3,
SHS (Blanchet, Ferens, Drozd,
Marquardt). 100 back—1, Martino,
BHS; 2, Kayla Corvoni, BHS; 3,
Krzesik, SHS; 4, Holly Chirico, BHS;
5, M. Potter, SHS. 100 breast—1,
Dean, SHS, 1:12.71; 2, Baribault,
SHS; 3, Katherine Burek, BHS; 4,
Joana Wojtun, BHS; 5, Tia Jones,
SHS. 400 free relay—1, BHS; 2,
SHS (Marquardt, Drozd, Krzesik,
Mongillo); 3, SHS (B. Potter, Cassy
Wneta, Ferens, M. Potter).
Record—SHS, 5-5-1.
Boys Soccer
Hall 4,
Southington 0
Wednesday, Oct. 26
At West Hartford
Southington
00—0
Hall
13—4
First half—1, David Abunaw
III (Daniel Gomez), HHS, 16:43.
Second half—2, Eduardo
Sebastiao (Brandon Thompson),
HHS, 36:06; 3, Sebastiao, HHS,
27:54; 4, Thompson, HHS, 21:45.
Shots—HHS, 13. SHS, 3.
Saves—Eric Singer, HHS, 3.
Billy Queen, SHS, 9.
Corners—HHS, 9. SHS, 1.
HHS, 11-2-1 (9-2-1).
Simsbury 2,
Southington 1
Friday, Oct. 28
At Southington
Simsbury
20—2
Southington
01—1
First
half—1,
Matthew
Juliano, Simsbury, 34:48; 2, Ryan
Ahrens, Simsbury, 4:11.
Second
half—3,
Kyle
Connolly
(Peter
DelBuono),
Southington, 20:20.
Shots—SiHS, 11.SoHS, 5.
OPEN HOUSE
run (run failed), 2:39.
Hall—Adam Glynn 48 yard
interception return (Bohn run),
0:25.5.
Saves—David McDonald,
SiHS, 4. Billy Queen, SoHS, 9.
Corners—SiHS, 5. SoHS, 2.
Records—SiHS, 10-2-3 (8-23). SoHS, 5-9 (4-9).
Saturday, Oct. 29
At West Hartford
Southington 00 00 06 00 — 06
Hall
08 14 00 00 — 22
First Quarter
Third Quarter
Football
HHS—Ian Dugger 23 yard
pass from George Lund (Devon
Ortiz run), 5:21.
SHS—Andrew Walowski 15
yard run (pass failed), 0.00.
Hall 22,
Southington 6
Fourth Quarter
Second Quarter
No scoring.
Hall—Christian Bohn 5 yard
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