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New year brings new goals toPlainville schools

Homeowners hit by Ireneget buyout from FEMA

By Maura Gaffney The Plainville Citizen

The Board of Educationand school administratorssay they hope to start freshin 2013 with the approval of acompletely revised StrategicPlan for the Plainville Com-munity Schools. The planwas overhauled recently toinclude entirely new goalsfor the school district, a tech-nology replacement plan,and implementation of newstate-ordered teacher evalua-tions and core standards forcurriculum, among otherinitiatives. Schools Superin-tendant Jeffrey Kitching isexcited about the changes

and expectsthe new planwill help theschools makesteady im-provement inthe yearsahead.

The schoold i s t r i c t ’ sStrategic Plan has been un-der construction since Sep-tember, and the Board of Ed-ucation is expected to vote onthe final version in February.“It’s been a long time sincePlainville has looked at thewhole document,” Kitchingsaid. “In the past seven oreight years, the boards havemade a few changes, but they

haven’t looked at entirestrategic plan in about 11years. Now there’s been acomplete revision, so we’reexcited about it.”

One major element of thenew document is the technol-ogy replacement plan whichcalls for continually updat-ing technology in theschools. “We have a five yearplan to systematically re-place older outdated equip-ment, not only the comput-ers students use, but thecomputers the teachers use,the servers and the infra-structure, and our wirelessnetworks. All those things

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Fire prevention everydayWinners of the FirePrevention Postercontest, from TofflonSchool, are: LillyanKroher, Olivia Haddad(grand prize), PaigeLevesque (grandprize), IsabelleBerube, Travis Lavi-gne. For details and acomplete list of all ele-mentary school win-ners go to page 17.

By Maura Gaffney The Plainville Citizen

The Federal EmergencyManagement Agency hasapproved a grant for $2.25million to the Town ofPlainville for the purchaseand demolition of 14homes located in the Pe-quabuck River flood plain.Local homeowners appliedfor the buyout last year af-ter floodwaters from Tropi-cal Storm Irene caused ex-tensive damage to their

homes and forced evacua-tions. Concerns about re-curring floods and associ-ated health risks led feder-al officials to conclude thatthe houses are essentiallyworth more dead thanalive.

The buyout money wasprovided by FEMA’s Haz-ard Mitigation Grant Pro-gram which aims to reducethe loss of life and proper-

Citizen photo by Maura Gaffney

Cheryl and Frank Iris at their flood damaged RobertStreet. Ext. home after officials announce help fromFEMA funds. Behind the Irises are U.S. Sen. RichardBlumenthal, Sen. Chris Murphy, CongresswomanElizabeth Esty and state Rep. Betty Boukas. Also at-tending the Jan. 11 event were Town ManagerRobert E. Lee and Town Council Chairwoman KathyPugleise.

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See Goals, page 16

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Newly appointed fire chief has earned his crew’s trust By Maura Gaffney

The Plainville Citizen

The Town Council cham-ber was filled to capacity onJan. 7 for a ceremony honor-ing Kevin Toner as the newlyappointed chief of thePlainville Fire Department.Fellow firefighters, familymembers and friends cameout to show support for thenew chief and to recognizeoutgoing fire Chief RaySwanson.

Kathy Pugliese, TownCouncil chairwoman, con-gratulated Toner on behalf ofthe town and presented himwith his badge. “I’ve had thepleasure of working withsome wonderful members ofthe company recently on anordinance review, and I haveto tell you, you have somegreat guys in the fire depart-ment and you certainly have

earned the trust and faith ofall of them,” Pugliese said.

“We’ve got a wonderfulgroup of people that turnedout to be about the best team

I could ever imagine being apart of,” said Toner, and hethanked the council for theopportunity to serve thetown. “I’d especially like to


Leatha Toner, with Chief Kevin Toner, pins new “chief”insignia on her husband’s uniform.

thank my family,” he said.“They’ve been through anawful lot of broken meals,missed holidays, and justabout everything else youcould think of. I’d like tothank them and all of the oth-er families who showed uphere tonight in support aswell.”

Chairwoman Pugliese alsothanked outgoing ChiefSwanson for his service. “Youhave certainly brought thecompany through many diffi-cult times and many wonder-ful times, and I’m sure youcarry forward tremendousmemories,” Pugliese said.“Heartfelt thanks for all yourdedication and time that yougave to the town of Plainville,and I hope you’re still going

to be part of this very impor-tant group of people.”

Members of the fire de-partment sent out this mes-sage after the ceremony:“Chief Toner, Companymembers wish you good luckin your new position and welook forward to working withyou. Chief Swanson, thankyou for your eight years ofdedicated service to the de-partment and the Town ofPlainville and welcome backto the regular ranks.”

State of the TownThe State of the Town presentation is scheduled for

Thursday, Jan. 24, 8 to 9:30 a.m., at the Plainville Public Li-brary, 56 E. Main St. The event is hosted by the PlainvilleChamber of Commerce, Economic Development and Leg-islative Affairs Committee. Key speakers are: KathyPugliese, town council chair; Robert E. Lee, town manager;John Bossi, director of technical services; and Mark De-Voe, director of planning and economic development. Theevent is free and open to the public. Coffee and pastriesprovided by Liberty Bank. For information or to sign-upcall Maureen at (860) 747-6867 or [email protected] .

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Decision on Chung property extended to Jan. 22


What to do with this New Britain Road property has been the focus of public de-bate. The Town Council is expected to discuss it again Jan. 22.

By Maura GaffneyThe Plainville Citizen

A public hearing was heldon Jan. 8 regarding a pro-posed $300,000 loan to theowner of the ‘Chung proper-ty’ to help pay for demolitionof neglected buildings on thesite. About a dozen taxpayersvoiced strong opinions on theissue during the hearing, butthe Town Council decided topostpone a vote on the mattersince Councilors Christo-pher Wazorko and RichardDrezek were absent from themeeting.

The property, located at311-349 New Britain Road,was purchased at auction in2011 for $1.3 million by JohnSenese of Calco Construc-tion. The buildings on theproperty had been aban-doned for more than a decadewhen Senese purchased theproperty, and the site has con-tinued to deteriorate over thepast two years. Many resi-

dents have complained thatthe property is an eyesoreand an embarrassment to thetown. According to TownManager Robert E. Lee,Senese has been unable to at-tract new tenants despite his

efforts to market the proper-ty.

The town approachedSenese last year in an at-tempt to help expedite devel-opment of the site. Discus-sions between the parties re-sulted in a proposal for a$300,000 non-interest-bearingloan from the town to Senesewith a few strings attached.

The property owner wouldbegin demolition and re-moval of the run-down build-ings in February and wouldcomplete the work within 60days. Once the structureshave been removed, the townwould issue the loan, andSenese would begin environ-mental clean-up of the prop-erty immediately.

The loan would be securedby a first position lien on theproperty and would be paidpack with the increase in tax-es once the property has beendeveloped. The presumed de-velopment would result in anestimated tax increase of$158,000, so the loan amountwould roughly equate to atwo year tax abatement, ac-cording to Lee.

Among those speaking infavor of the proposal wasKathy Aubrey-Bergonzi,Chairperson of thePlainville Chamber of Com-merce. Bergonzi said theblighted and highly visibleproperty does not reflect wellon the town. “Without someform of intervention, itseems likely that the Chungproperty could remain inthis condition for quite sometime. We believe that it is inthe best interest of the town,its residents and its businesscommunity to get this prop-erty cleaned up as soon aspossible,” said Bergonzi.

Richard Williams, Chair-man of Plainville Chamberof Commerce Economic De-velopment and LegislativeAffairs Committee, alsovoiced his support but addeda few caveats about the struc-ture of the loan. “Because ofthe uncertainty of the timingof the development of thisproperty, we believe it wouldbe prudent for the town to es-tablish a reasonable interestrate for the outstanding bal-ance of the loan, perhaps alow fixed rate for a specifiedinitial period of time andthen indexed to an appropri-ate benchmark rate,”Williams said. “We also be-lieve it would be in the town’sbest interest if there was aprovision within the loanwhereby it would be repaid inthe event that the propertyhas not been developed with-in some specified period, per-haps five years,” saidWilliams.

Lee noted that the preciseterms of the loan have yet tobe negotiated, and that thetown council only needs tovote on whether or not to ap-propriate the funds at thispoint. “The appropriation issubject to an agreement that

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In Plainville’s case, 14homeowners and FEMAagreed it would be more cost-effective to demolish theirhomes than to face the risk ofrepeated floods, evacuations,property damage and health


FEMA funds announced. From left:CongresswomanElizabeth Esty, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, TownManager Robert E. Lee, Sen. Christopher Murphy,state Rep. Betty Boukus and Town Council Chair-woman Kathy Pugleise.

risks from e-coli and moldthat often accompany majorfloods. The properties will beleft as open space after thehouses are brought down.

“These FEMA funds willprovide a permanent solu-tion for the homeowners thatchose to participate in theprogram,” said Town Manag-er Robert E. Lee, who workedclosely with homeownersthroughout the FEMA appli-cation process.

According to Lee, the totalvalue of the homes plus theestimated cost of demolitionis just under $3 million.

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Airport celebrates completion of runway projectBy Maura Gaffney


A ribbon cutting ceremo-ny was held on Jan. 8 atRobertson Airport to cele-brate the recently completedrunway rehabilitation proj-ect.

Representatives from themany different companiesand organizations involvedin the renovation projectcame out to officially recog-nize the completion of a proj-ect that’s been in the workssince 2011. Attendees includ-ed representatives fromLoureiro Engineering,Tomasso Group, Mizzy Con-

struction, Interstate Avia-tion, Anderson Electrical,Plainville Town Council,Aviation Commission andTown Manager’s office.

Town Council Chair-woman Kathy Pugliese saidthe town’s purchase of theairport and subsequent reno-vation is evidence thatPlainville views the airportas a treasured and valuableasset. Federal and state mon-ey paid for the bulk of the $2million runway project, withthe Federal Aviation Admin-istration covering 90 percentand the state covering 7.5percent of the costs. StateRep. Betty Boukus, who helped procure those funds

said the runway project, is atestament to how private andpublic organizations canwork together to benefit thecommunity. “The partner-ship between local and stateis good, and it’s going to getbetter,” said Boukus.

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Commission vice chairman,took a few minutes to thankeveryone involved in theproject as well, particularlymembers of the AviationCommission. Piotrowskisaid the commission is fortu-nate to have volunteers froma variety of different profes-sional fields who have volun-

teered a great deal of person-al time to realize the pur-chase and renovation of theairport.

“This was a new venturefor all of us, and it was suc-cessful because of everyonein this room,” Piotrowskisaid.


The Robertson Airport ribbon-cutting event, Jan. 8, brought out a large crowd.

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the council is going to have toreview and approve. We don’twant to go through a long ne-gotiation and have an agree-ment and then have the coun-cil say ‘We’re not going to ap-propriate $300,000.’ It doesn’tmake sense to put in all thattime and effort if the money’snot there,” Lee said.

Arthur Screen was one ofseveral taxpayers who spokeout against the plan. “Busi-nesses will never invest theirown money when they canget the government to give it

to them. It’s a problem notonly with what you’re pro-posing here, but with thestate and the federal govern-ment also,” he said. “Mr.Senese, when he purchasedthe property at the tax auc-tion, was fully aware of thecondition of the property andthe money involved in clean-ing up the property. If Mr.Senese wants to market thatproperty and get his invest-ment back, he should sink hisown money in there and notuse taxpayer dollars. Whenit’s developed and we knowwhat the taxes will actuallybe on the property, he can ap-proach us for the normal tax

abatement that we give toevery other business in thistown.”

Screen claimed that taxabatements provided by thetown to other companieshave typically been in therange of 20 percent for threeyears and that the amount ofthe loan to Senese representsabout three times thatamount. He based this infor-mation on the minutes ofEconomic DevelopmentAgency meetings from thepast year which are availableon the town’s website.

Val Dumais, chairpersonof Plainville’s Economic De-velopment Agency, disputedthis information. “It’s notmore than other companiesget,” Dumais said. He saidthere were three business ex-pansions in the past year,which brought about 200 newjobs to Plainville, where theEDA granted 40 percent taxabatements over four years.Dumais noted that the pro-posed loan to Senese is ap-proximately equal to thisstandard EDA tax abatementfor a development of thissize.

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Enjoy indoor fun this winter with these local activitiesBy Maura Gaffney


January is the coldestmonth of the year inPlainville, so those who dis-like winter weather are aptto get a little stir crazyaround the house. Findingways to get out and have funwhile staying warm and drycan be challenging and po-tentially expensive. The Cit-izen has compiled a list ofsome fun things to do in-doors on cold winter days.Most of these activities canbe enjoyed right here inPlainville at little or no cost.

The Plainville Public Li-brary is a great place tostart. The bright, spaciousand quiet environment canbe a soothing refuge fromhectic schedules and thecold dark days of winter.Special events such as a Bee-keeping presentation to beheld on Jan. 24 by Jones Api-aries of Farmington (com-plete with live bees) are de-signed to educate and enter-tain.

Plainville residents canalso pick up passes for freeadmission to nearby muse-ums such as the NewBritain Museum of Ameri-

Cheerful staff at The Pottery Piazza,from left: Cheryl Heyl, studio associ-ate, Erikak Novak, project manager,and Heather Dann, claytime manag-er.

Citizen photos by Maura Gaffney

Julie Hein and her son James enjoy acreative afternoon at The Pottery Pi-azza.

Library Director Peter Chase,right, with library patron DennisHerner enjoy a cup of coffee atthe library’s grand opening onJan 6.

can Art or Hungerford Parkin Berlin or to sportingevents. Of course, an abun-dance of movies, music andbooks also are available tohelp transport anyone whomay need to get away for awhile, figuratively at least.

Library Director PeterChase is thrilled that the li-brary is once again be openon Sunday afternoons. “Thelibrary was closed on Sun-

days all last year due tobudget reductions,” Chasesaid. “Now that it’s openagain, we’re really eager toget the word out. People re-ally enjoy the Sunday hoursat the library. Some peoplecome and stay for the entireafternoon. It’s nice to have aplace to come as a familythat’s close by and thateveryone can enjoy.” Sundayhours are from 1 to 5 p.m.through April.

The movie theater makesfor a nice place to escape thecold for a few hours, partic-ularly if tickets aren’t tooexpensive. Loews Theateron New Britain Avenue of-fers reduced ticket pricesfor movies that start beforenoon on weekends duringthe winter season. The dis-counted adult tickets cost

less than half the regularprice.

Next door to Loews The-ater, Lowe’s home improve-ment store offers free Satur-day morning ‘Build andGrow’ clinics for kids whereyoungsters can stop in to

build their own toy. Chil-dren can make a Wheel ofLove on Feb. 9 and MonsterJam trucks on March 9 and23. Clinics are held from 10to 11a.m.

Race fans Dylan Kyle, 10,and Madison Burgess, 8,at Rapid Raceway.

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On Sunday mornings,Lauren Lanes on NewBritain Avenue offers a‘Breakfast & Bowl’ packagefor a reasonable price. Thedeal, available from 9 to11:30 a.m., includes a fullSunday breakfast and threegames of bowling with shoerental.

During the week, the poolat Plainville High School isavailable to residents at nocharge in the evening. Fami-ly Swim, Adult Swim, andOpen Swim hours are listedon plainvillect.com in theRecreation section. Groupswith 25 or more can even re-serve the pool for a privateFriday evening swim.

The Recreation Depart-ment also offers specialevents throughout the win-ter, such as Michael Gra-ham’s Spring Valley PuppetTheater production of Jackand the Beanstalk whichwill be held on Feb. 20 at theMiddle School of Plainvilleauditorium. Details on thisand other upcoming eventswill be available on theRecreation Department’swebsite.

Those who need a bit

Library Circulation Supervisor Sharon Passig and li-brary staffer Simon Yawin.

more excitement can headover to Rapid Raceway onWoodford Avenue where‘There is NO SPEED LIMIT’.The slot car racing facilityfeatures two state-of-the-artrace tracks. (One trackcalled ‘The Whip’ claims tobe the fastest in the coun-try.) Discount coupons offer-ing half-price racing areavailable on the raceway’swebsite, rapidraceways.com.

Creative types might en-joy painting their own pot-tery at The Potter Piazza inthe Olde Canal Square plazaon Route 10. This activitycan be a bit more expensivethan other ideas listed here,but coupons are available atthepotterypiazza.net (on theHours & Information page)and customers can enjoytheir hand-painted potterylong after they’ve finishedpainting in the studio.

Finally, Robertson Air-port can be a peaceful placejust to sit and enjoy thescenery. It’s not uncommon,particularly on cold sunnydays, to find people sittingin their warm cars, eatinglunch or enjoying a cup ofcoffee, and watching theplanes come and go.

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ower ofG e n e v i e v e(Juzwinski)Bartosewicz,of Plainville,passed awayon Jan. 10,2013.

Born in New Britain hewas the son of the late Alek-sander and Sophia (Mickevi-cius) Bartosevicius and livedin New Britain for manyyears before moving toPlainville in 1962. He was aproud U.S. Army Veteran,having served during the Ko-rean Conflict, member ofVFW Post 574 and a parish-ioner of Holy Cross Church.John worked at StanleyWorks, American Tool andRichards Machine until hisretirement. With his wife,

ObituariesCookie, they enjoyed workingin the antiques business andtogether they built a verysuccessful shop at the oldPlainville Railroad Stationthat they ran for many years.He also enjoyed watchinghis beloved UConn Huskybasketball teams. He was aloving husband, father andgrandfather and his greatestjoy was being with his family.He will be remembered forsetting a great example of hiswork ethic and his dedica-tion to his daughters.

He is survived and will bedearly missed by his lovingdaughters with their spous-es, Anne Bartosewicz-Meleand Tony Mele, of West Hart-ford and Joan and L. ScottTaylor, of West Simsbury. Healso leaves his beloved grand-sons, Andrew and BrendenTaylor; his brother, EdwardBartosewicz and his wife,Phyllis, of New Britain; a sis-ter, Sophie Markowicz, ofNew Britain; a sister-in-law,Jane Bartosiewicz, of NewBritain and leaves behindmany special nieces andnephews including Joan,Mike and Peter and his bestfour-legged friend, Max.John was predeceased by hisbrother, Alexander.

Funeral services were heldon Jan. 16, at the New BritainMemorial Donald D. Sagari-no Funeral Home, 444 Farm-ington Ave., New Britain, fol-lowed by the funeral liturgyat in Holy Cross Church. Bur-ial with full military honorsfollowed in Sacred HeartCemetery. Memorial dona-tions may be made to VFWPost 574. For directions or on-line condolences, visitwww.newbritainsagarino.com.

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Church of OurSaviour

Events for Church of OurSaviour, 115 W. Main St., areas follows: scripture study,Tuesdays 12 p.m.; liturgy andlunch, Wednesdays, 12 p.m.;Food For Friends, Wednes-days, 3 to 6 p.m.; and ChoirRehearsal, Sundays, 9:15a.m.

Every Sunday morning at10 a.m., COS worships in mu-sic, word and the Holy Com-munion. Following the serv-ice COS has coffee hour withrefreshments and fellowship.On the second Sunday ofeach month COS offers theSacrament of Healing andon the third Sunday of each

month there is a children’ssermon. Everyone is wel-come.

For more information, call(860) 747-3109.

PUMC events

The Plainville UnitedMethodist Church, 56 RedStone Hill, has the followingscheduled: Church school,Sunday, 9 a.m.; Sunday wor-ship time is at 10 a.m.; Tues-day Ladies meeting, Tues-days at 9:30 a.m.; AA., eachSunday, Monday andWednesday, at 7 p.m.; Al-Anon, Mondays, 7 p.m.; BoyScouts, Tuesdays, 7 p.m.; GirlScouts, last Wednesdays, 6p.m. For more informationcall the church at (860) 747-2328.

Regular church officehours return to 9 a.m. to 1p.m.

Adult Bible Study Wednes-days, Jan. 23 and 30, Feb. 20,27, 7 to 8:15 p.m.

Potluck supper and fellow-ship Thursday, Jan. 17, 24, 31,Feb. 7, 14, 21, 28, 6 p.m.

Choir Rehearsal Sundays,Jan. 20, 27, Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24,following worship.

Methodist Youth Fellow-ship Sundays, Jan. 13 and 27,Feb. 3, 10, 17, 24, 5:30 to 7:30p.m.

United Methodist WomenSunday, Jan. 27, 2 to 4 p.m.

Worship with Holy Com-munion Sunday, Feb. 3, 10a.m.

Hartt School of Music,Winter Benefit Concert Sun-day, Feb. 10, 7 p.m.

Ash Wednesday WorshipFeb. 13, Agapé Meal 6:30 p.m.,Worship with Holy Commu-nion, 7 p.m.

BreakfastAn all-you-can-eat month-

ly breakfast is held on thesecond Sunday of everymonth, at Our Lady of MercyChurch Parish Center, 19 S.Canal St., from 8 to 10:30 a.m.The choice of menu is juice,eggs, western eggs, sausage,ham, hash browns, TexasFrench toast, bagels, dough-nuts and coffee. Childrenyounger than 6 are free. Thepublic is welcome. The nextbreakfast will be Feb. 10.Tickets can be purchased atthe door.

Food programThe ongoing Food for

Friends program is held atChurch of Our Saviour, 115W. Main St., on Wednesdays,from 5 to 6 p.m. Approxi-mately 50 dinners are pre-pared and served by variousvolunteers of the Plainville

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appointment, call (860) 747-5867 or (860) 642-3912.

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ObituariesAlta Saunders

Alta M. Saunders, 97, ofFarmington,formerly ofP l a i n v i l l e ,passed awayon Jan. 9,2013.

Born inB r o c k t o n ,Mass., onApril 8, 1915, she was one oftwo daughters to the lateJohn and Mary (Dube) Saun-ders. She attended schools inBrockton, Mass. and Cam-den, Maine, and graduatedfrom Nashua High School inNew Hampshire. She wenton to attend teachers collegein Keene, N.H., from whereshe received her bachelor’sdegree in education in 1942.While teaching in Dublin,N.H. and Amherst, Mass., sheearned her master’s degreefrom Boston University,where she majored in read-ing. Alta moved to Plainvillein 1949, where she became areading consultant, workingwith elementary children

and teachers in Plainvilleand Newington, retiring in1976 after 34 years. Alta led afull and productive life, as alongtime communicant ofOur Lady of Mercy Church,the Pi Lambda Theta ofBoston University, and theDelta Kappa Gamma, Na-tional Honor Societies forwomen educators, and was acharter member of the Con-necticut Association forReading Research. In her re-tirement years, she pursuedart courses at Tunxis Com-munity College and was amember of the Plainville ArtLeague, where she enjoyedsharing and gifting herpaintings to others, and wasa volunteer at the NewBritain Public Library.

She is survived by herniece, Sandra L. Smith; andmany great-nieces andnephews and their families;as well as a foster brother, S.Francis Lessard and his fam-ily. She was predeceased byher sister, Mildred Danti.

A Mass of Christian Bur-ial was held Jan. 14, at OurLady of Mercy Church.Committal services wereheld privately in Massachu-setts. In lieu of flowers, do-nations are encouraged, inhonor of Rhianna Logan, tothe Children’s Medical Re-search Foundation, P.O. Box

70, Western Springs, IL60558. Bailey Funeral Home,Plainville, was in charge ofarrangements. For online ex-pressions of sympathy,please visit www.Bailey-Fu-neralHome.com.

Jane GerkeJane (Ciecierski) Gerke,

70, of Plain-ville, wife ofAlbert Gerke,passed awaywith her fam-ily by her sideon Jan. 9,2013, at theHospital of Central Con-necticut, New Britain.

Born in New Britain onJuly 14, 1942, Jane was one oftwo children to the lateMatthew and Josephine(Chaper) Ciecierski. Raisedin Plainville, she was a 1960graduate of Plainville HighSchool, and resided in Tor-rington shortly after whereshe raised her family. Janehad a love for children, andwas proudly known to manyas “Grandma Jane”. She en-joyed more than 30 years as anurses technician in laborand delivery at New BritainGeneral Hospital, retiring in2008. She and Al shared 35years together, and enjoyedtheir retirement years travel-ing in their R.V. and made a

hobby of operating her HAMradio, under the handleKB1SNK. She was a memberof the Plainville Senior Cen-ter, and could be found manydays trimming the shrubsand caring for their family’shome. A loving wife andmother, her kindness andsense of humor will be great-ly missed.

In addition to her hus-band, Al, she leaves her chil-dren, Barry Brzozowy, ofTorrington, Paul Gerke, LoriSevigny and her husband,Andre, Linda Lieder and herhusband, Craig, and TracyBoodley and her husband,Andy, all of Plainville. Janewas a loving grandma tomany grandchildren, great-grandchildren and extendedfamily, and leaves manyaunts, uncles, cousins andfriends, including her chi-huahua “Rascal”. She was

predeceased by her brother,Fred.

Family and friends gath-ered Jan. 14, at Bailey Funer-al Home, 48 Broad St.,Plainville. Jane may be re-membered with contribu-tions to the Connecticut Chil-dren’s Medical Center atwww.connecticutchildrens-foundation.org. For onlineexpressions of sympathy,please visit www.Bailey-Fu-neralHome.com.

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Historicalprogram

Nzinga’s Daughters willpresent a program called“Breaking the Chains” onSaturday, Jan. 19, at 2 p.m.,at the Plainville HistoricCenter, 29 Pierce St. Theywill bring the audiencefrom Africa to America,and through song storyand prose will travel fromslavery, to the Civil War tothe Emancipation Procla-mation and re-construc-tion by the Civil RightsAct. Join the group for aneducational program.

For more informationcall (860) 747-6577. Thebuilding is handicappedaccessible.

Closed MLK DayThe Plainville Munici-

pal Center, Plainville Se-nior Center and PlainvillePublic Library will beclosed Monday, Jan. 21, inobservance of MartinLuther King Jr. Day. Allmunicipal offices willopen again on Tuesday,Jan. 22. Refuse collectionwill take place as usual.

CitizenOpinion The Plainville CitizenThursday, January 17, 2013

Letters to the EditorGood neighbors

To the editor:This is a message for my

wonderful Plainville neigh-bors.

I want to express a hearty“thank you” to the goodSamaritan who just restoredmy faith in people today.

As our household trashcans were blowing aroundon their sides at the food tothe driveway, having beendumped by the refuse collec-tor, I went to go get shoesand a jacket so I could gopick them up. As I did so, thecans were mysteriously up-righted by some unknownperson. And I have to saythat that beautiful act mademy day.

So today I was stewingabout my blisters andaching back from all theshoveling I did into the weehours of the morning, andlo and behold someone whodoes not even live in theproperty picked up our

trash cans and restored myfaith in people today. Youknow, it probably took all ofa minute, but I will remem-ber the random act of kind-ness and not be deterred byothers who might leave mebitter. Thank you unknownneighbor. Let’s all pay it for-ward and lead others by ex-ample.

Terry Lynn UmlahPlainville

Christmasconnection

To the editor:On behalf of the United

Way of West Central Con-necticut and our partners inthe community that providehelp to those in need, Iwould like to express oursincerest appreciation to allthose organizations and in-dividuals who made the 2012Joy of Sharing Program asuccess.

For the 14th year in a row,United Way has collected

food, toys, and gifts from lo-cal companies and individu-als and then donated theitems to needy children andfamilies in the area. Thisyear over 3,000 toys and giftshad been requested throughUnited Way, along withcountless food baskets forthe holiday season.

Through its “Joy of Shar-ing” program, United Way ofWest Central Connecticut isable to create a true Christ-mas connection – generousindividuals who wish to do-nate gifts or food during theholiday season are able togive to those who need themthe most and non-profit or-ganizations can ensure thatthey have enough to give tothose they serve.

On behalf of the UnitedWay of West Central Con-necticut and our partners inthe community, we thankthe organizations and indi-viduals that helped to

Government MeetingsThursday, Jan. 17

Economic Development Agency, Munici-pal Center, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 22Library Board of Directors, Library, 7 p.m.Planning and Zoning, Municipal Center,

7:30 p.m.Veterans Council, Municipal Center, 7 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 24Plainville Democratic Town Committee,

Municipal Center, 7 p.m.Monday, Jan. 28

Aviation Commission, Municipal Center, 7p.m.

Veterans Council, Municipal Center, 7 p.m.Monday, Feb. 4

Town Council, Municipal Center, 7:30 p.m.Veterans Council, Municipal Center, 7 p.m.

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Movie review

The New Yearbrings silver liningsBy Tanya Feke, M.D.

Special to The Citizen

Everyone rings in theNew Year in their own way.For me, New Year rides onmy first trip to the theater.Call it superstition, but itis an uncanny truth thatmy first movie choice setsthe tone for my entire year.Choosing an Oscar hopefuldoes not necessarily guar-antee results, and I oftengo with my gut on whatwill move and inspire me.This year there were somany exciting options tochoose from, but I went forthe silver lining.

“Silver Linings Play-book” is more than a “su-perb” movie. It is well-made (enter any of the 24Academy Award cate-gories here) and, as a mat-ter of course, stirs emo-tion, whether that be awe,anger, humor or joy.

There is a genre of whatI refer to as “repeatable”films, movies that drawyou to watch them againand again. These films“never get old” — they arenever too familiar (you al-ways uncover some hiddenjewel) or are so familiar(you yearn to relive cer-tain moments) that it be-

comes a second skin. Superb movies are tech-

nically excellent and uni-versal whereas repeatablefilms are emotionally ex-cellent and tailored to per-sonal tastes. There aremany superb films that arenot repeatable and lesserquality films that are re-peatable beyond compare. Idare say there need to bemore superb, repeatablemovies in this world. “Sil-ver Linings Playbook”manages that feat withflare and finesse.

But when someone en-courages you to see amovie about two peoplewith mental illnessbrought together by lies,you may raise an eyebrow.Especially when you hearthat the male lead aims toreunite with the spousewho holds a restraining or-der against him. The prem-ise resonates a bit disturb-ing. What you don’t expectis a warm-hearted charac-ter study of two peoplewho learn what really mat-ters in life — even if thatmeaning is buried in thelanguage of football gamesand dance competitions.

David O. Russell writes

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LettersContinued from page 14

brighten the holiday seasonfor local families in need.

Colleen BolingbrokeUnited Way of WestCentral Connecticut

Progress madeTo the editor:This past year and again at

the Jan. 7 Town Councilmeeting I had asked ourTown Council chairperson toconsider a proposal to changethe format of Town Councilmeetings, specifically agendaitem one, citizens forum.

I have asked our townchairperson and members ofour Town Council why agen-da item one is not part of the“official” town council meet-ing process, a process struc-tured by the town council, nottown residents, and yet is notpart of the “official” meeting.The Town Council meetingstarts with the citizens’ fo-rum, once concluded there is

the salute to the flag and the“official” meeting begins. Ihave yet to hear an “official”response.

In fairness to our towncouncil, since I presented thequestion/problem, I wouldagain present the solution,eliminate the “citizens’ fo-rum” segment of the meet-ing and open the “oral peti-tion” segment thus allowingtown residents to be able topresent any and all town re-lated questions, within atimed framework, to ourcouncil representatives.Why? Because currently the“oral petition” limits townresidents to speak to old andnew business only, to askquestions other than thatand you are ruled to be out oforder.

I would like to remind ourTown Council that I feel youhave made progress in at-tempting to keep town resi-dents informed and up-to-date regarding town businessand that this process changewould only add to a better in-formational/transparency

flow. Also, bear in mind, thissuggested process change isnot revolutionary, it is onesimilar to Town Councilmeetings conducted in neigh-boring communities.

Concluding, my I also re-spectfully remind our electedofficials, as difficult as it maybe at times, you are there notonly to allow town residentsto speak, but allow them to beheard.

Lou Frangos Plainville

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To the Editor: Here is a summary of my

comments at the Jan. 7 pub-lic hearing on the proposedexpenditure for 311 NewBritain Ave.

The Economic Develop-ment Agency met in Decem-ber and our members votedunanimously to support theproposed $300,000 expendi-ture for the clean-up and sitepreparation of 311 NewBritain Ave., here are the rea-

sons why we supported thisproposed expenditure:

311 New Britain Ave. ispart of a very desirable andimportant site for significantcommercial development.The proposal will provide thedeveloper with a financial in-centive to prepare the site ina more timely fashion.

The financial incentive isapproximately equal to theEDA’s recent tax abatementof 40 percent over 4 years.The town will have a “firstposition” lien on the proper-ty as legal protection.

No funds will be expendeduntil the major scope of theproject is completed.

Clean-up of 311 NewBritain Ave. (formerly Chungparcel) should spur morerapid development of the ad-joining parcels, which coulddouble the total commercialspace available.

The immediate result willbe the removal of a long-standing ugly site/sight aspeople enter Plainville fromNew Britain.

This will be the only finan-

cial incentive offered to thedeveloper. There are morethan sufficient funds in thecurrent municipal budgetsurplus (currently at 7.5 per-cent).

The loss of interest in mu-nicipal fund balance is cur-rently a meager 0.25 percentper annum.

Mr. Arthur Screen con-tended that in his reading ofour agency’s minutes, thatwe had not offered the 40 per-cent over four years taxabatement. Mr. Screen wasinaccurate - the minutesidentify that 40 percent overfour years was approved byEDA on Feb. 17, 2011, (GemsSensors), March 17, 2011, (CTTool & Manufacturing) andAug. 16, 2012, (Mott Corpora-tion).

I urge all Town Councilmembers to vote in the posi-tive on the proposed expendi-ture of $300,000 for 311 NewBritain Ave.

Val E. Dumais, Chairperson

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Veterans’ issues winhigher legislative priority

HARTFORD - After eight years of “select” temporary sta-tus, the General Assembly’s Veterans’ Affairs Committee waselevated last week to permanent “standing” status for the2013 Regular Legislative Session, and all legislative sessionsthereafter. Committee Co-Chairmen Senator Carlo Leone (D-Stamford) and Rep. Jack Hennessy (D-Bridgeport) joinedwith legislative leadership, military veterans and veterans’advocates to make the announcement.

A veteran of the U.S. Air Force, Leone said, “Our nation’scommitment to serve our veterans in their retirement is anongoing and unending one, in recognition of the enormoussacrifices that we call upon them to make. After many years,the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs finally has a permanentstatus commensurate with such an important responsibility.This change has been very important to the veteran commu-nity, and I am excited we were able to accomplish the task forthis new session. I personally want to thank SenatorWilliams and Senator Looney for their advocacy, as well asSpeaker Sharkey and all of the veterans and advocates whoworked hard for so many years to make this a reality.”

Senator Jason Welch (R-Bristol/Plainville), who hasserved in both the United States Coast Guard Reserve andArmy National Guard said, “Allowing the Veterans’ AffairsCommittee equal standing in the legislative process simplymakes sense. Our veterans are facing some very difficult is-sues unique to those who are active military and those whohave served. As a member of the committee charged withoverseeing public policy related to veterans, I am pleased tosee our general assembly take this important step. I wouldlike to extend my thanks to Senate Minority Leader JohnMcKinney and to Senate Minority Leader Pro-Tempore, andVeterans Affairs committee member, Len Fasano for theirstrong support in this ongoing effort. It’s our obligation tolook out for those who serve their country.”

(Submitted by the office of state Sen. Jason Welch.)

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Dr. Tanya Feke is a physi-cian at Middlesex HospitalPrimary Care and guestcolumnist for The Citizensand Town Times weeklies.

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All Plainville schools willhave a shortened day Thurs-day, Jan. 17, for teacher teamdevelopment.

Breakfast and lunch willbe served only at the elemen-tary schools and at the mid-dle school. Dismissal timesare: Plainville High School12:10 p.m.; Middle School ofPlainville 12:45 p.m.; Elemen-tary Schools 1:30 p.m.

All Plainville schools willbe closed on Friday, Jan. 18thfor Professional Develop-ment day for staff.

Schools will also be closedon Monday, Jan. 21st in ob-servance of Martin LutherKing Day. Classes

will resume on Tuesday,Jan. 22nd.

Plainville High Schoolwill have shortened days onJan. 24, 25, 28 and 29 due tomidyear exams. Dismissalwill be at 12:15 p.m. Break-fast will be available but nolunches will be served on theexam days.

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St. Paul honor roll

The following Plainvilleresidents have been namedto the St. Paul Catholic HighSchool honor roll for the firstquarter of the 2012-13 schoolyear:

Ninth grade: First Honors– Zachary Federowicz, MiaLenois, and Caitlin O’Con-nor.

10th grade: Second Honors– Emma Bartley and NadiaLanger-Marshall.

11th grade: First Honors –

Amy Urso. Second Honors –Seung Hwan Hwang.

12th grade: Second Honors– Christina Scurto-DeDo-minicis.

Dean’s list

Daniel Zukerman, ofPlainville, was named to thedean’s list at MisericordiaUniversity, Dallas, Pa.

Recent graduate

Lynsie M. Belanger, ofPlainville, graduated fromThe University of Tampa onDec. 15. Belanger graduatedwith a bachelor of science inpsychology and minor incriminology. Belanger is a2007 graduate of PlainvilleHigh School and is thedaughter of Mark and LorrieBelanger, of Plainville.

At UT, Belanger was therecipient of the 2012 activecitizenship award.

Opportunities forparents andcaregivers

All interested parents,grandparents, andguardians, are invited to par-ticipate in two free parent

engagement, civic leader-ship opportunities in 2013:Parents Supporting Educa-tional Excellence (ParentsSEE) – January 2013: ParentsSEE is a free opportunity forparents to become more in-volved in their child’s educa-tional experience and betteradvocate for their education-al success. Parents SEE

meets on Tuesday eveningsbeginning Jan. 29. Dinnerand childcare are included.For more information, con-tact Rebecca Tuttle, BristolParents SEE Coordinator atthe United Way of West Cen-tral Connecticut, via emailat [email protected] or by phone at (860)-582-9559 ext. 402.

are part of the plan to makesure we have a doable andmanageable plan for districtwide technology,” Kitchingsaid. “It’s going to be a bigthing that will get a lot of at-tention throughout the budg-et process. We started thetechnology replacement planlast year and the board pro-vided funding for it, and myhope is that they’ll do thesame this year so we canmake sure the technologystays up to date.”

Plainville has completed anumber of school buildingprojects in recent years, andmuch of the school district’s

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Superintendent to hold budgetpresentation

Superintendent of Schools Jeffrey Kitching will presentthe Superintendent’s Budget to the Board of Education forthe 2013-14 school year on Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013, at 7:30p.m. The event will be held in the Plainville High Schoolcafeteria, 27 Robert Holcomb Way. The community is en-couraged to attend and learn more about the plan for thefuture of Plainville’s schools.

“One of the most important tasks of the superintendentand Board of Education is the development of the annualbudget. The process begins with the budget presentation tothe Board and community on Jan. 17th and will continuethroughout the winter and into spring. It is essential thatall community members understand the importance ofthe school system’s budget, and the impact it has on thechildren’s education in Plainville. As such, I encourageparents and community members to attend the budgetpresentation on Jan. 17th and subsequent budget relatedmeetings,” explained Superintendent Kitching.

At the monthly Board of Education meeting, boardmembers will approve a budget for the 2013-14 school year.This meeting is Feb. 11, at 7 p.m., in the high school cafete-ria, and open to the public.

technology was replaced aspart of those renovations.However, school administra-tors are concerned that ifnothing is done, the technolo-gy will get old and outdatedand the cost to replace it willbe higher in the long run.“We’re getting close to thatpoint now, because some ofthose projects like the Tof-folon project and the Lindenschool project are four or fiveyears old. We need to startcoming up with a plan to re-place that technology,” Kitch-ing said. “If we don’t do any-thing for a while, the pricetag to get up to date becomesastronomical. You’re talking

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millions of dollars. We’re go-ing to try to stay on a budgetedplan, about $250,000 per year,to start replacing equipmentso it doesn’t get backed up.”

The condition of the schoolfacilities was addressed in theoverall plan as well. “The mid-dle school hasn’t beentouched since it was built over20 years ago, so that’s theplace from a facility stand-point where we have a num-ber of concerns,” Kitchingsaid. “Wheeler school hasn’thad work done in a while. Weneed to do a roof there, andthere are some mechanical is-sues that are going to be com-ing up soon. One of the thingsthe town manager brought upis exploring one large bond-ing project to fix some ofthose issues rather than try tocome up with enough moneyyear after year in the annualoperating budget.”

In the past, Plainville hasreceived roughly 60 percentreimbursement from the statefor similar school buildingprojects. However, given thestate’s current budget issues,

town officials expect to re-ceive reimbursement at a ratecloser to 50 percent.

A new teacher evaluationplan also received a lot of at-tention during the StrategicPlan revisions. New legisla-tive requirements for teacherevaluations are impactingevery school district in thestate. “We’ve been workinghard with a committee ofteachers and administratorsand the board of education todevelop a new plan that meetsthe state guidelines,” Kitch-ing said. “We’re piloting thatthis year. It’s going very well,and we’re looking forward torolling that out next year.”

The new Strategic Planalso calls for implementationof the Common Core StateStandards, a framework forcurriculum and instructionthat outlines what childrenare expected to learn at everygrade level. Connecticut isone of 45 states across thecountry to have signed on toCCSS, so school districtsacross the state, Plainville in-cluded, must ensure that itscurriculum is brought in linewith those standards.“A lot ofour planning has focused onthe common core and the

teacher evaluations,” Kitch-ing said.

The effects of these staterequirements will not bemeasured for some time, butone program Kitching be-lieves has already had a sig-nificant impact across theschool district is the PositiveBehavior Intervention Sys-tem. “Each school’s plan is alittle different, but everyschool has a plan that the en-tire staff has bought into toget kids to understand there’sa right way to treat each otherand a wrong way and thatwe’re going to promote theright way. The focus is on pos-itive behavior, not on thepunitive side. We try to teachkids how to act appropriatelytowards each other and toadults,” said Kitching. Theprogram has been in place forabout five years, and dataclearly suggests that it is hav-ing a positive impact on stu-dent behavior and academicperformance.

“The change in the climateand culture of the schools hasresulted in far fewer disci-pline issues. The number ofsuspensions has dropped,and we hear from our teach-ers that they’re sending kids

out of class far less often. Byimproving behavior of stu-dents, that in turn has had asignificant positive impact onlearning. If schools arecalmer, safer, quieter andmore conducive to learning,academic performance is go-ing to go up as well,” Kitchingsaid.

Overall, Kitching said hebelieves Plainville Communi-ty Schools are performingwell and are in a good posi-tion to continue improving in

the years ahead. “There’s agreat level of satisfactionamong the parents inPlainville regarding the pub-lic schools,” he said, notingthat few students choose toleave Plainville schools to at-tend charter or magnetschools. “There’s not a lot ofunrest, and there’s not a bigreason for parents to searchfor options outside of town. Ithink that’s a testament to theschool system.”

Poster contest for ‘everyday safety’The town’s fire department recently held its annual Fire

Prevention Poster Contest. All Plainville elementary schoolsparticipated. The theme this year was “Fire PreventionEveryone, Every day”.

The contest is sponsored by The Office of State Fire Mar-shal, Connecticut Fair Plan and the state Board of Education.The 2012 Fire Prevention Poster contest winners are

Wheeler School, grade 4 - Anne Roux, Andrew Szymula,Julia Nowak; grade 5 - Abigail Feyerabend, Phoebe Gedi-man;

Linden Street School, grade 4 - Kathrine Guarco,Courtey Ouellette, Zoser Hazel; grade 5 - Milena Baltyn, Kel-ly Russell, Evangeli Collado;

Toffolon School, grade 4 - Isabelle Berube, AshleighBantz, Paige Levesque (first place); grade 5 – Travis Lavi-gne, Lillyan Kroher, Olivia Haddad (first place).

(Submitted by Larry A. Sutherland, fire marshal/ Emer-gency Management, Town of Plainville.)

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Alice was born in Montpe-lier, Vt. on April 6, 1921, oneof six children to the lateHarry C. and Una (Hunting-ton) Jones. A lifelongPlainville resident, she wasretired from Pratt & Whitneyafter more than 25 years. Al-ice enjoyed reading, garden-ing, and vacationing in theCaribbean. A devoted moth-er and grandmother, she wasknown for her excellentcooking, and was happiestwhen surrounded by herfamily at their many gather-ings. She will be greatlymissed, leaving behind manycherished memories.

She is survived by her chil-dren, Diane Watson, of Laco-nia, N.H., Peter and his wife,Donna, of Newington, andMichael, of Bristol; hergrandchildren, Scott, Jim,Karen, Deborah, Robin, andTodd; her seven adored

great-grandchildren; andmany nieces and nephews.She was predeceased by herbrothers, Clifton, Burnham,George, and Harry Jones;and her sister, Harriet Crow-ley.

A celebration of Alice’slife was held Jan. 14, at Bai-ley Funeral Home, 48 BroadSt., Plainville. Committalservices followed at WestCemetery. Alice may be re-membered with contribu-tions to the National KidneyFoundation, 1463 HighlandAve., Cheshire, CT 06410. Foronline expressions of sympa-thy, please visit www.bailey-funeralhome.com.

CatherineWhitney

Catherine (Scranton)Whitney, 74, ,beloved wifeof RonaldWhitney, ofSouthington,passed awaysur roundedby her family,on Jan. 10,2013, at the Hospital of Cen-tral Connecticut, NewBritain.

She was born in NewBritain on Oct. 16, 1938, oneof two children to the lateEdward and Mary (Burns)

ObituariesScranton. Raised inPlainville, she was a 1956graduate of Plainville HighSchool. She met the love ofher life, Ronald, on a blinddate one year later, whomshe married in July 9, 1958.Together, they shared a life-time of love and happiness,raising a family of three.They moved to Southingtonin 1998, and have been long-time members of St. Do-minic Church. Catherineworked in the administra-tive field for many years,though she was best knownfor her caring personalityand love for her family,around whom she centered

her life and was entirely de-voted.

In addition to her hus-band, Ronald, she leaves herdaughters, Lori Legere andher husband, Butch, of NewHampshire, and CathleenGrip and her husband,Christopher, of Plainville;her grandchildren, MatthewLegere and his wife, Heidiand Nicole Riley and herhusband, Jacob; and fivegreat-grandchildren, Con-nor, Brayden, Hunter,Makenna, and Mason; herbrother, David Scranton, ofSouthington, and severalnieces and nephews. Shewas predeceased by her

daughter, Elizabeth AnnWhitney.

The funeral service in cel-ebration of Catherine’s lifewas held on Jan. 15 at BaileyFuneral Home, 48 Broad St.,Plainville, followed by aMass of Christian Burial atSt. Dominic Church. Com-mittal services followed atSt. Joseph Cemetery,Plainville. Catherine may beremembered with contribu-tions to the American HeartAssociation, P.O. Box 417005,Boston, MA 02241-7005. Foronline expressions of sym-pathy, please visit www.bai-ley-funeralhome.com.

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ture tax bill of $158,000, a taxabatement of 40 percent forfour years would equalroughly $250,000, so the loanamount would representslightly more than the stan-dard tax abatement for alarge development. It would

post-development, we’re do-ing it pre-development to in-centivize people to developthe property. There’s no give-away here,” he said addingthat the total cost for Seneseto complete the remediationfar exceeds the $300,000 loanhe would receive from thetown.

Resident John Kisluk wasnot convinced. “We are notresponsible for his (Senese’s)investments. Free enterprisehas risks and rewards. It’s upto him. We can’t afford it. I’mnot here as Plainville resi-dent paying taxes to give himcushy deals,” Kisluk said.

The council is expected tovote on the proposal at itsnext meeting on Jan.22.

be closer to 47 percent forfour years.

Dumais noted that compet-ing communities such asSouthington have offeredeven larger tax breaks tobusinesses in order to spureconomic development; onewas as high as 100 percent forfive years. “All we’re doinghere is what we would do

New hire Mesa, Litchfield, recently announced that Eddie Hollenbeck, of

Plainville, has joined the agency as director of design and digital. Hol-lenbeck will be responsible for overseeing the design vision for theagency and its clients, as well as guiding the development of interactiveinitiatives.

Hollenbeck brings extensive experience in digital design and strategy.Prior to joining Mesa, he held art director and interactive designer posi-tions at agencies in Florida and Connecticut. Most recently, Hollenbeckwas Director of Creative Strategy at Horizon Marketing Group where heworked on nationally recognized brands in the consumer products, foodand beverage and financial services industries. He brings a broad range of skills toMesa, including creative concepting in both the traditional and interactive spaces, aswell as hands on experience in design and digital development. Hollenbeck is also asubject matter expert in augmented reality, gamification and mobile applications.

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By Nick CarrollThe Plainville Citizen

Midseason is right around the corner, and forthe Plainville and Platt boys basketball teams ithas been a rocky road.

With a combined 15 games in the books thiswinter, both were still in search of their first win.

Last year was a tough slough for Plainville andPlatt as well, as the Blue Devils managed just twovictories and the Meriden boys chalked up one.

So there was a sense of urgency in the air whenthe winless Central Connecticut ConferenceSouth Division foes faced off Friday night.

Platt would score the first 10 points of the game,but visiting Plainville refused to roll over. In theend, the Panthers escaped with a 75-65 win.

Although pleased to walk away with a W, Pan-ther coach Chris Hansen wasn’t overly impressedwith his team’s performance.

“I think it was a very sloppy game. We turnedthe ball over a ton,” he said. “Basically we’re justbetter athletes than that team tonight. It was ahard-fought game. The press really hurt them(Plainville), but we still have a lot of work to do onit.”

Kyhree Jackson had a big night for the victors,who improved to 1-7. He scored 14 points, grabbed12 rebounds and had three steals. Hot-shootingKyle Pelcher led Platt with a game-high 18 points.

Eric Fischer paced the Blue Devils (0-9) with 14points. Matt Thomas netted 13 points, and ShanePugliese and Austin Butler had 12 apiece forPlainville.

“We went into the game knowing that we had achance,” said Blue Devil coach Marc Wesoly. “Thathas to be the mindset going forward.”

Rattled by Platt’s swarming press, just 2:30 intothe game, Plainville found itself in a 10-0 hole.

The Panthers’ lead reached 14 before the BlueDevils showed signs of life.

Pugliese scored twice and Thomas drained a 3-pointer as Plainville sliced its deficit to a manage-able 19-11.

Platt, which received eight points from TimSpikes and seven from Jackson in the openingquarter, took a 20-11 lead into the second.

There, the Blue Devils settled into their gamewhile the Panthers looked out of sorts.

Thomas scored the first three points of the sec-

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Struggles continue for boys hoop teamPlainville drops to 0-9

Blue Devil Notes

By Nick CarrollThe Plainville Citizen

The Maloney wrestlingteam got five pins en route to a52-27 CCC South win overPlainville.

“I’m really happy with theway we wrestled,” Maloneycoach Joe Ferreira said.“We’ve had a couple toughmatches over the last coupleweeks. It’s always nice to get awin as you move forward inthe season.”

Maloney improved to 6-9.“Hopefully, this will be a turn-

ing point to get our kids moti-vated and get some more vic-tories down the road,” Fer-reira said.

Plainville fell to 3-8. “Wegave up too many points onforfeits again,” PHS coachRusty Spence lamented. “Youcan’t win giving up 18 points.It’s just too much for us tocome back from against ateam like Maloney.”

The Blue Devils went on tocompete in the Greater Hart-ford Invitational. The localsdidn’t have a great showing,finishing 14th out of 19.

“It was a tough tournamentand I don’t think we wereawake,” said Spence. “Therewas a lot of good competitionthere.”

Plainville’s best perform-ance was turned in by ConnorOakes, who finished second inthe 152 pound class. Blue DevilJon Oliveira was fifth at 170.Plainville’s Mischa Hoffman(160) and Tim West (195) set-tled for sixth.

Newington walked awaywith the team championship,besting runner-up Southing-ton by 12.5 points.

“We’ve still got work to do.We have to keep improving,”Spence said, looking ahead.

Oakes takes second at invitational;Hot stretch for Plachta, boys swim

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Photo by Matt Leidemer

The PHS girls basketball team headed into this week witha record of 5-6. Plainville’s Deja Nolan is pictured in ac-tion during a recent win over Platt.

Photo by Justin Weekes

Plainville’s Eric Fischer, left, and MattThomas converge on Maloney’s Jordan Mar-tin during a recent matchup. The Blue Devilscame up short that night and headed intothis week still searching for their first victory.

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Popular Wheeler Y club turns fivePress Release

Five years ago theWheeler Regional FamilyYMCA in Plainville startedup a Triathlon Club to helpget members involved insomething new. Today theclub is one of Wheeler’smost successful programs,bringing members togeth-er in a non-competitive en-vironment.

When the club started, it attracted YMCA members who were already triathletes and al-lowed these athletes to continue training throughout the winter months. As word spread,the club grew and attracted different types of athletes at various skill levels.

It quickly became the thing to do during the winter.The club kicks off its season each December with a welcome/information meeting.The Tri Club’s calendar is filled with weekly swim and running clinics, monthly bike

clinics and nutritional seminars and indoor triathlons.The club’s first indoor triathlon of 2013 is scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 27. Distances for this

triathlon are a quarter-mile swim, nine-mile bike and a two-mile run. Each month another100 yards is added to the swim, a mile is added to the bike and a quarter mile is tacked ontothe run. The three disciplines are done in the YMCA lap pool, Spin room and on treadmills.

By May, club members will complete a sprint triathlon, which consists of a half-mileswim, 13-mile bike ride and 3.1-mile run.

At the conclusion of the indoor triathlon season, club members will participate in a Am-ica 19.7 Sprint Triathlon.

It is not too late to join the club. Non-YMCA members also are welcome. For more infor-mation, contact Stacia Cardillo at [email protected].

By Jim BransfieldSpecial to The Citizen

ORLANDO, Fla. – It was1,168 miles from here, butboys and girls, it sure feltlike another world.

That’s because, in a lot ofways, a bowl game betweentwo iconic college footballpowers is a long, long wayfrom the world of collegefootball in New England.Here in the professionalsports heaven known as theNortheast, college football isway down the food chain.

Here in the frozen North,it’s Yankees, Red Sox, Gi-ants, Patriots, Jets, Mets,Celtics, Knicks, Bruins,

Rangers ... pretty much inthat order. Then maybecomes UConn basketballand somewhere over therainbow, is Boston Collegeand UConn football.

In New England, collegefootball is 11,000 fans and afew folks walking their dogsat 70,000-seat Yale Bowl. OrUConn doing all it can to say“Me, too” as the Huskiescan’t fill Rentschler Field.Or maybe 1,500 folks plus aguy wearing a python at aWesleyan football game. Thepython thing is true; I’veseen it. And that’s it.

But not in the hinterlands.Out there, college football isking.

WrestlingThe Plainville Wrestling Club traveled to Danbury to par-

ticipate in a 31-team tournament. Finishing first for Plainvillewere Joey Kennedy, Gabe Hernandez and Jason Romano.Placing second were Alex Hernandez and Jordan Root-Yearby. Landing in third place were Parker Hite, Brody Hiteand Ben Root.

Basketball7th-8th grade travelPlainville 41, HYSA 31: Bethany Farina and Destiny Wal-

do played strong defense for the victors. Plainville’s offensewas keyed by Lauren Tanner and Desiree Wesolowski.

Youth Sports

On Jan. 1, I drove from myhotel to the Citrus Bowl, thesite of the Capital One Bowlwhich this year featured twoof the country’s best teams,the Georgia Bulldogs (10-2)and the Nebraska Corn-huskers (10-2).

Georgia came within afew yards of playing for thenational championship, los-ing by a smidge to Alabamain the SEC title game. Ne-braska was 10-2, but as onewriter said, came within 70points of beating Wisconsinfor the Big 10 title. Hey, SECNo. 2 vs. Big 10 No. 2. Not abad game, I figured.

I didn’t know the half ofit.

I pulled up to the CitrusBowl off of seedy OrangeBlossom Trail — ladies ofthe evening, adult entertain-ment centers and the likedot the street — some threehours before the game. Al-ready, the parking areaswere a sea of red. Bothschools feature red as one oftheir colors, so there you go.The accommodating Orlan-do PD directed me a couple

of blocks past the stadiumfor parking and I was able topark on the property ofJones High School. I was as-sured by the lovely lady whowas assisting with parkingthat the $20 would go direct-ly to activities at the highschool.

Cool.I am nothing if not pre-

pared. I unpacked my lawnchair, took out my OrlandoSentinel, tore into a bag ofchips and a package of beefjerky, popped open an adultbeverage – I was also as-sured by the lady in chargethat was perfectly OK – andrelaxed.

Hey, if one couldn’t relaxon this day – a FloridaChamber of Commerce Day,78 degrees and wall-to-wallsunshine – then valium isnext.

So I’m sitting there enjoy-ing myself and up walked amid-50s lady decked out inher Georgia gear, and whilesipping a can of her favoritelemonade, began chatting.They do that in the South,you know. Here in New Eng-

land we nearly have to berun over to acknowledge an-other’s existence. But in theSouth, they jes start talkin’.

We made small talk. I toldher about my Aunt Marionin Clearwater who is 94 andcredits her longevity to anumber of Bud Lights a day.“Heck, if that’s true, I’mgonna live to be 112,” saidthe Georgia Belle.

The conversation turnedto football.

“Lord, I was in the cornerof the end zone when Alaba-ma beat us and for twoweeks I couldn’t stand tothink about that game,” shesaid. “It was like I didn’twant to hear or see anythingabout it. It was so awful los-ing that game.”

She spoke of how shegoes to all the home gamesand several road games. Thefamily was staying at thePop Century Resort in Dis-ney World for their bowl va-cation. See, no matter whichbowl games the Bulldogs

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“We have to make sure we’reready to go a total of sixminutes, every match.”

The girls basketballteam earned a split lastweek. Plainville fell to Bris-tol Eastern, 44-37, but re-bounded to knock off Platt,53-31.

Leading the Lady BlueDevils to the win were KatyDressel and Kelsey Clemens.Dressel had 17 points andeight rebounds. Clemenschurned out 17 points, 10 re-bounds and eight assists.

Plainville headed into thisweek with a record of 5-6.

The boys swim teampicked up a pair of victorieslast week to improve to 4-2.Plainville topped NorthwestCatholic, 91-89, and HartfordPublic, 89-77.

Against NorthwestCatholic, the Blue Devilsneeded to finish one-two inthe final event, the 400freestyle relay, in order topull ahead on the score-board.

The locals did just that.Chris Utley, Justin Fre-

itas, Wojtek Plachta and

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ond quarter and Plainvillepulled to within one, 31-30, ona 3-pointer by Haris Mehovic.

Tracy Rumley and Spikessaw to it that Platt would holdthe edge at the break, howev-er. Rumley tallied threepoints and Spikes chipped ina bucket down the stretch togive their team a 36-33 advan-tage at halftime.

A field goal by Thomasknotted the score at 36 at theoutset of the third, but onceagain the Blue Devils’ come-back stalled.

Jordan Williamson, RickieSanders and Pelcher drained3-pointers and the Panthershit Plainville with a 13-3 run

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play, the family plans a vaca-tion around it. Along withabout 30,000 to 40,000 of theirclosest friends.

“No matter where they go,we go,” she announced. “Ijust love my Dawgs.”

I promised her I wouldcheer for Georgia, she wasdelighted, and off I went tothe stadium.

Outside the park, the bowlorganizers set up a Fanfestarea. Show your game ticketand you’re in. There werefood stands, souvenir stands,places where kids could testtheir baseball and footballthrowing skills. There was abig stage upon which wasperforming some big coun-try music star. I know asmuch about country musicas nuclear physics, but ap-parently this guy was a verybig deal.

He had thousands of fansenthralled and he was thestar of the halftime show.

Georgia and Nebraska fansknew him, but hey, I’m fromConnecticut.

Oh yeah, the game.It was magnificent. The fi-

nal score was 45-31 Georgia,but it was 31-31 going to thefourth quarter. A terrific,rollicking, back-and-forthbig time, college footballgame that had the 60,000fans roaring all game long.

The 77-year old stadium –which is going to be reno-vated beginning almost im-mediately – was rockingwith red-clad folks. TheDawg fans outnumbered theHusker fans maybe 2-1, butthen it’s a lot easier for theGeorgia fans to jump on I-75and I-95 to the City that Dis-ney Built than for Huskerfans to trek halfway acrossthe country. Still, more than20,000 of them did.

Yet while these people aretruly delirious over theirfootball teams, their fanati-cism doesn’t mean they areuncivil to the fans of the oth-er team. I was stunned athow courteous and respect-

ful they were to each other.They mingled in the Fanfestarea and in the stands.

As soon as I took my seat,the Georgia fans on eitherside of me – Dennis and hiswife Sherry from Tampa,and a lovely lady and herhusband (didn’t get theirnames) from Georgia – be-gan to chat. Seems the ladyfrom Georgia is really an Al-abama fan, but her husbandloves the Dawgs, so on thisday, a Dawg fan she was.

Right behind us was afamily from Nebraska.There was grandpa andgrandma – of whom I got thefeeling had been rooting forNebraska since there was aNebraska – grandson andwife and their kids. All ofthem, along with the re-maining 59,986 football devo-tees, cheered their heads offall afternoon.

We all chatted all gamelong. Great time. Not oncedid anyone say a bad thingabout the other team. Notonce. See, football is the reli-gion; the teams are just dif-

Nick Evangelista comprisedthe winning relay. The run-ner-up team consisted ofShayla Beausoleil, JuliusBrown, Jarred Karal andEddy Lee.

“Both relays went outstrong and set best timesand put us ahead when itcounted most – the end ofthe meet,” said PHS coachChris Zagorski.

The first-year coach wenton to praise the work turnedin by his backstroke contin-gent – Plachta, Lee and JoshSchilling – that evening.They “brought us back intocontention when they wentone-two-three in the 100back,” Zagorski stated. “Ithink it really gave the teamas a whole a jolt when theyneeded it.”

Also earning first-placepoints for the victors werePlachta (200 freestyle),Austin Cameron (50freestyle) and the 200freestyle relay team ofCameron, Freitas, TrevorRoy and Utley.

Northwest Catholic talliedmore first-place showingsthan Plainville, but the BlueDevils generated enoughsecond- and third-placepoints to pull out the win.

“I’m extremely proud ofthe tenacity and dedicationthis team showed this meet,”said Zagorski. “It goes toshow you can never countPlainville out. It was by farour best meet this season. Ilook forward to seeing thislevel of effort for the rest ofthe season.”

Notching first-place fin-ishes against Hartford Pub-lic were the 200 medley teamof Plachta, Lee, Evangelistaand Cameron, Freitas (200freestyle), Plachta (50freestyle, 100 backstroke),Evangelista (100 butterfly),Cameron (100 freestyle),Brown (500 freestyle), the 200freestyle team of Cameron,Karal, Freitas and Utley, Lee(100 breaststroke) and the400 freestyle team of Evan-gelista, Utley, Plachta andFreitas.

“There were some goodraces; both against the otherteam and between membersof our team,” Zagorski said.“It is great as a coach to seeteammates consistentlychallenging each other inpractice, and I think thismeet gave the swimmers achance to push each other ina timed, competitive set-ting.”

ferent churches of the samefaith.

When Georgia pulledaway, largely because Dawgquarterback Aaron Murphythrew for 427 yards and fivetouchdowns, everybodyaround us shook hands andwished each other a happynew year. “Heck, it was agood game,” said the Nebras-ka granddaddy.

Somehow I have a hardtime imagining a Yankee fansaying that to a Red Sox fanafter the Sawks win a playoffgame over the Yanks. In-stead, one might hear achant of dubious social ac-

ceptability.But life is different in oth-

er parts of the country. Theytake their football as seri-ously as any fan of any teamin any sport anywhere. Butthere’s always time for a hel-lo, always time to wish theother fan a good day, alwaystime to be nice.

Can do all that and stilllove them Dawgs.

Jim Bransfield is a long-time contributor to Citizenpublications. A retiredteacher, Bransfield’s loves in-clude road trips and writingabout Connecticut highschool sports.

to surge ahead 49-39.Pelcher had a huge quar-

ter. He pumped in 10 points,including a pair of treys,helping his team take a 54-41cushion into the final period.

“Pelcher played a heck of agame,” said Wesoly.

To their credit, the BlueDevils battled on in thefourth.

Fischer followed up a TylerFavreau 3-pointer with ascore in the lane to make it61-55 with 3:20 to play. ButPlatt would not be denied.

“We did a good job. We’reyoung, and we’re learningevery day how to win. Wekept trying to give it awaytonight, but we’re learning.We’ll keep working hard at

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FEMA will reimburse thetown for 75 percent of thesecosts, or $2.25 million. Thetown will seek additionalfunding from the state to cov-er the remaining 25 percentof the purchase price. Thisgrant is likely to comethrough in the spring but isstill subject to approval fromthe State Bond Commission.

The remaining 25 percent ofthe demolition costs will bethe town’s responsibility. Leeestimates this amount will beapproximately $96,000.

Eight of the homes to bedemolished are located onRobert Street Ext., three areon Norton Place Ext., one ison Milo Road, and two are onForestville Avenue.

On Jan. 11, federal andstate lawmakers held a pressconference on Robert StreetExt. in front of Frank and

Cheryl Iris’ home to formallyannounce the receipt of thegrant. The Iris’ house wascondemned after Irene, andthe couple has been displacedsince the storm. Theythanked all of the local, stateand federal officials whowere involved in helpingthem secure the funds.

Jack Whitham of 43 RobertStreet Ext. is another resi-dent who chose to participatein the buyout. “We’ve livedhere 36 years, and it’s gettingworse and worse. It’s time toget out, because it’s going tohappen again,” saidWhitham, who had seven feetof water in his basement af-ter Irene.

Several residents at thepress conference claimedthat the increasingly fre-quent flooding is due in largepart to over-development andfilling-in of other flood plainareas nearby. “They’ve builtso much around us thatthey’ve turned us into a giant

basin here,” Whitham said.“When the water comes in,there’s no place for it to goand it just stays. Before, thewater would come up a littlebit over the road but now itcomes up all the way. I’ve hadit.”

Russell Steadman’s prop-erty at 39 Robert Street Ext. ison the border of the floodplain. “I’m a little uphill and Ionly got 3 inches of water inmy basement, so I don’t qual-ify for the buyout,” he said.“I’m going to stay and watchthe water come up the nexttime and be prepared withsome sand bags.”

Arthur Screen of 62 RobertStreet Ext. did qualify for thebuyout but chose not to par-ticipate. “At the time you hadto apply, it was only for the 75percent. There was no mech-anism in place for the other25 percent that the State issupposedly kicking in. I justdidn’t feel it was financiallyfeasible at the time to take the75 percent. Plus, I’ve lived inthe house since I was sixmonths old, so I’ve got a lot ofmemories here,” he said.

Screen had tens of thou-sands of dollars worth ofdamage to his home andspent four months living in ahotel in Southington. The wa-ter reached his first floor, andthe oil tank in his basementpulled away from the fill pipeleaving everything saturatedwith heating oil. He said the

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it,” said Hansen. “We’re hap-py to get the first win underour belts.”

The news wasn’t all goodfor the Panthers on thisnight. Rumley hit the floormidway through the thirdquarter and, clearly in pain,was slow to get up. The soph-omore dislocated his leftshoulder and would spendthe rest of the night on thebench with his shoulder onice and his arm in a sling.

Platt connected on 19 of its24 free throw attempts in thewin, while Plainville was just13 for 27 from the charitystripe.

“We played a good game.What it came down to wasfree throws,” said Wesoly.“That’s the difference – freethrows.”

aftermath has been difficult,expensive and fraught withred tape.

“I’ve been very frustratedwith FEMA, because imme-diately after I decided not totake part in the buyout pro-gram, all assistance to mestopped,” he said. “AlthoughFEMA is doing a great job forpeople who want the buyout,they’ve basically done noth-ing for me once I decided tostay.”

In hindsight, Screen con-cluded that perhaps it wouldhave been better to apply forthe buyout. “With the factsthat are available today, allthe difficulty dealing withFEMA and with the other 25percent coming through fromthe State, it still would havebeen a hard decision, but Iprobably would have takenadvantage of the buyout,” hesaid.

Screen, however, is notalone. Several residents onhis street also have decided tostay. They’ve made repairsand have taken steps tolessen the destruction nexttime and they assume therewill be a next time.

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Clubs and organizations:Send your announcements aboutregular meetings and specialevents to [email protected] or The Plainville Citi-zen, P.O. Box 57, Plainville, CT06062. Questions? Call us at (860)620-5960.

Jan.17 Thursday

Bingo — Veterans of For-eign Wars Madeley-RobertsPost 574 men hold open bin-go every Thursday, at 6:30p.m., at post headquarters, 7Northwest Drive at the cor-ner of Route 10. The publicis invited. Information: callEarl Carey at (860) 747-5400.

Balloonists meet — TheConnecticut Lighter ThanAir Society meets at 7:30p.m. on the third Thursdayof the month at thePlainville Municipal Center.Information: Web sitewww.lighterthanair.org, [email protected].

Knights of Columbus —The 4th Degree Knights ofColumbus, Council 3544,meets at 7:30 p.m. on thethird Thursday of the monthat 55 Whiting St. Informa-tion: call Malcolm Soucie at(860) 747-4039.

Meeting - The LindenStreet Study Committee, ap-pointed by the Town Councilhas been meeting withschool officials, park andrecreation, historical societyand many others to see whatthe needs are for Plainville.Many agree that the towncould use a community cen-ter for the citizens and chil-dren of Plainville. There willbe a meeting at the PlainvillePublic Library, 56 E. MainSt., on Thursday, Jan. 17, at 7p.m., to determine if thecommittee should save thebuilding or demolish it.

For more information con-tact Helen Bergenty at (860)747-3905 or (860) 302-3783 [email protected] .

18 Friday

Fife and Drum Corps —

The Connecticut PatriotsSenior Ancient Fife andDrum Corps meets Fridays,at 7 p.m., at the MiddleSchool of Plainville, 150Northwest Drive.

19 Saturday

Historical program - OnSaturday, Jan. 19, at 2 p.m.,at the Plainville HistoricCenter,29 Pierce St., Nzin-ga’s Daughters will presenta program called “Breakingthe Chains”. They willbring the audience fromAfrica to America, andthrough song story andprose will travel from Slav-ery, the Civil War to theEmancipation Proclama-tion, re-construction to theCivil Rights Act. Come jointhe group for an educationalprogram. For more informa-tion call (860) 747-6577. Thebuilding is handicapped ac-cessible.

21 Monday

Closed - The PlainvilleMunicipal Center, PlainvilleSenior Center and PlainvillePublic Library will be closed

Monday, Jan. 21, in obser-vance of Martin LutherKing Jr. Day. All municipaloffices will open again onTuesday, Jan. 22. Refuse col-lection will take place asusual.

MS support group - ThePlainville MS SupportGroup meets at the WheelerClinic, 91 Northwest Drivein Plainville, from 7 to 9p.m. on the third Monday ofeach month. For more infor-mation, contact George at(860) 793-9589.

Rotary Club — PlainvilleRotary Club meets at 12:15p.m. Mondays at J. Timo-thy’s Taverne, 143 NewBritain Ave. Information:call Guy Doyon at (860) 793-4113.

Plainville Choral Soci-ety — The Plainville ChoralSociety rehearses Mondays,7 to 9:30 p.m., at the GloriaDei Church, 355 Camp St.,Bristol. Information: callMal Cummings, at (860) 747-5695, or Maureen Deming, at(860) 559-9781.

22 Tuesday

Ancient Free & Accept-ed Masons — Frederick-Franklin Lodge No. 14, A.F.& A. M., meets at 7:30 p.m.

on the second and fourthTuesdays of the month, ex-cept July and August, at theMasonic Temple, 70 E. MainSt., Plainville. For informa-tion, call (860) 410-9112 orvisit the lodge Web site atwww.frederick-franklin14.org.

Friends book discus-sion - The Friends of thePlainville Public LibraryBook Discussion will beheld Tuesday, Jan. 22, at 7p.m. at the library. Thismonth’s book will be TheSubmission by Amy Wald-man. When a Muslim archi-tect wins a blind contest todesign a Ground ZeroMemorial, a city of elevenmillion people takes notice.The book explores a diversi-ty of viewpoints around thisfictional event, bringing inpoliticians, businessmen,journalists, activists, andnormal people whose lives –whether by happenstance,choice or even due to theircountry of origin – getcaught up in the controver-sy. For more informationcall the library at (860) 793-1446.

Plainville Wind Ensem-ble — The Plainville WindEnsemble meets at 7 p.m.Tuesdays in the PlainvilleHigh School band room. In-formation: call the Recre-

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23 Wednesday

Historic center — Toursof the Plainville HistoricCenter, 29 Pierce St., areavailable Wednesdays andSaturdays, noon to 2:30 p.m.The office is open Mondaysand Wednesdays, from 9a.m. to noon. The shop, of-fering many unique gifts, isalso open during tourhours. Information: call thehistoric center, (860) 747-6577.

Food for Friends — TheFood for Friends free mealis served at Church of OurSaviour, 115 W. Main St.,from 5 to 6:30 p.m., everyWednesday of the month.

Frederica Chapter —Frederica Chapter No. 110,O.E.S., meets at 7:30 p.m. onthe second and fourthWednesdays of each monthat the Masonic Temple, 70 E.Main St. Frederica Chapterdoes not meet in July or Au-gust. In March, Novemberand December they onlymeet on the second Wednes-day of the month.

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Chinese culture focus of performanceCurrently on a 100-city world tour, Shen Yun Performing Arts will offer

promotional presentations at local venues this month as well as a perform-ance at the Palace Theatre, Waterbury.

Shen Yun features Chinese dance, music and singing, and is hosted bilin-gually in Chinese and English. The programming draws on the deep innerexpression of Chinese classical dance. It also uses a combination of back-ground scenery, costumes, and choreography to express ancient Chinesevirtues of truthfulness, compassion, and pure beauty.

The performance covers 5,000 of Chinese culture with original dancenumbers, solo vocalists and musicians, and dramatic depictions of storiesthrough dance and music. The main musical accompaniment, the Shen YunOrchestra, employs a unique blend of Chinese and western musical instru-ments to play original scores. The variety of dance performances in ShenYun mirrors the ethnic and cultural diversity of China.

Shen Yun is at the Palace Theatre in Waterbury Feb. 13 and 14. Ticketscan be ordered on-line at www.shenyun.com or by calling 1-888-974-3698.

Shen Yun volunteers have scheduled promotions and presentations forthe public to learn more and reserve tickets in Cheshire, Southington andNorth Haven for the following dates and locations:

North Haven - Promotions are scheduled for Sundays, Jan. 20, at NorthHaven Stop & Shop, 79 Washington Ave.

Southington - A presentation is scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 23, from6:30 to 8 p.m., at the Southington Public Library, 255 Main St.

Cheshire - A presentation is scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 31, from 7 to 8 p.m., at the Cheshire Public Library, 104 Main St.

Photo © 2012 Shen Yun Performing Arts

CalendarContinued from page 25

24 Thursday

Beekeeping - Becky andTed Jones from the JonesApiaries in Farmington willbe at the Plainville Public Li-brary, 56 E. Main St., onThursday, Jan. 24, at 7 p.m. togive a free presentation onbeekeeping. They will bebringing an “observationhive” enclosed in glass withlive bees to show what hap-pens inside the hive. Theywill also bring some honeyfor sale and recipes that useit. Adults and whole families

will have this introduction tohoney bees and their impor-tance in the pollination. TheJones Apiaries makes honeybut also locates their hives ina wide variety of farmsthroughout Connecticut, es-pecially apple and blueberryorchards, for pollination.They will answer questionsand show the way to addi-tional information for thosewho want to try their hand atbeekeeping.

Bingo — Veterans of For-eign Wars Madeley-RobertsPost 574 men hold open bin-go every Thursday, at 6:30p.m., at post headquarters, 7Northwest Drive at the cor-ner of Route 10. The publicis invited. Information: callEarl Carey at (860) 747-5400.

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Pet therapy trainingSouthington Care Center, 45 Meriden Ave., will hold pet

therapy training classes, beginning Jan. 17, on Thursdayevenings. There is a fee for the class, space is limited. Formore information, e-mail Deb Brown [email protected].

State of the Town, hosted bythe Plainville Chamber ofCommerce, Economic Devel-opment and Legislative Af-fairs Committee, is sched-uled for Thursday, Jan. 24, 8to 9:30 a.m., at the PlainvillePublic Library, 56 E. MainSt. Key speakers are KathyPugliese, town councilchair; Robert E. Lee, townmanager; John Bossi, direc-tor of technical services;and Mark DeVoe, director ofplanning and economic de-velopment. The event is freeto attend and open to thepublic. Coffee and pastrieswill be provided by LibertyBank. For information or tosign-up call Maureen at (860)747-6867 [email protected] .

25 Friday

Pasta dinner - Boy ScoutTroop 76 is having a PastaDinner, Friday, Jan. 25, 6 to 8p.m., at Toffolon ElementarySchool in the cafeteria, 145Northwest Drive. There is aprice to attend and childrenfive and under are free. Fortickets or information con-tact Stephen Sarlo at (860)793-9932 or [email protected].

Fife and Drum Corps —The Connecticut Patriots Se-nior Ancient Fife and DrumCorps meets Fridays, at 7p.m., at the Middle School ofPlainville, 150 Northwest


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Linden Street Schoolvolunteer Marta Cruzwas one of 11 individualshonored with a ParentalInvolvement RecognitionAward by the State Edu-cation Resource Centerand Connecticut ParentInformation and Re-source Center as part ofthe National Parent In-volvement Day programcelebrated on Nov. 15.SERC and CT PIRC invit-ed schools and organiza-tions to nominate parentswho have made a differ-ence through volun-teerism and engagementin school or the communi-ty.

Cruz was nominated byLinden Street SchoolPrincipal Paula Eshooand Plainville Family Re-source Network Coordi-nator Donna Cavallaro.

Cruz’ son is in first gradeat Linden as part of theOpen Choice program.She served as a volunteerat Linden and also attend-ed sessions sponsored byPeople Empowering Peo-ple, doing a blog for par-ents and assisting at par-ent meetings and orienta-tion. At Linden she con-tinues to volunteer withthe Plainville Family Re-source Network assistingwith events and interact-ing with children and par-ents. In addition, Cruzwill have an active role inthe upcoming ParentsSupporting EducationalExcellence program to beheld at the Plainville Pub-lic Library beginning inJanuary 2013. The free 12-week program providesstrategies and tools toprepare parents, grand-

parents, and guardians topartner with schools toimprove education forchildren

“I am honored to havesuch an amazing parentso involved in our pro-gram. She began volun-teering with us last Feb-ruary and did so morningand night. She reallymade a difference in ourprogram, and was a trueasset in serving as atranslator for some of ournon-English speakingfamilies,” said Cavallaro.

In Cruz’ nomination,Linden Principal PaulaEshoo stated, “Mrs. Cruzis a role model for otherparents to show being in-volved has benefits, indi-vidually, familiarly, andcollectively!”

Cruz and fellow hon-orees received a certifi-

Volunteer honored for parent involvement

Photo courtesy of Plainville Community Schools

In photo from left: Donna Cavallaro, Plainville Family Re-source Network, Marta Cruz, Amanda Johnston, CREC,and Janette Hernandez, CREC.

cate and a plaque at the Nov. 15awards ceremony that recog-nized them for making a dif-ference as volunteers and ad-vocates in schools and com-

munities.“It was a surprise to be rec-

ognized with this award. I feelhonored and privileged,” saidCruz.

Red Cross blood drives American Red Cross blood drives in the area in-

clude:Friday, Jan. 18 – The Orchards of Southington, 34 Ho-

bart St., Southington, 9 a.m. to 5:45 p.m.Saturday, Jan. 19 – American Red Cross Farmington

Blood Donation Center, 209 Farmington Ave., Farmington,6:30 to 11:15 a.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 23 - American Red Cross FarmingtonBlood Donation Center, 209 Farmington Ave., Farmington,12:30 to 5:15 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 26 – American Red Cross FarmingtonBlood Donation Center, 209 Farmington Ave., Farmington,6:30 to 11:15 a.m.

To make an appointment, eligible blood donors areasked to call (800) RED CROSS (800-733-2767) or visitwww.bloodct.org.

Yoga dancefor charity

Let Your Yoga Dance forCharity at Vital Life Center,100 W. Main St., Plainville, -two special yoga dance class-es - will be held to benefit St.Philip House and thePlainville Community FoodPantry located in Plainville.St. Philip House is a multi-faceted program that ad-dresses the housing and so-cial service needs of peoplewhose lives have beentouched by HIV/AIDS in theCentral Connecticut area.The Plainville CommunityFood Pantry Inc. is a non-profit outreach agency thatprovides food, energy assis-

tance, clothing, crisis inter-vention and referral servicesto individuals in need.

Let Your Yoga Dance® is afusion of breath, yoga anddance set to a variety of pop-ular and world music. Expe-rience the joy of movementto tone muscles, build cardio-vascular health and mentalfitness. All physical levelswelcome. No prior yoga ordance experience required.The classes will be taught byRobyn Brooks, CertifiedLYYD Instructor

Let Your Yoga Dance forCharity is scheduled for Sat-urday, Jan. 26, 11:30 a.m. to12:45 p.m., 100 percent of pro-ceeds to benefit St PhilipHouse; Saturday, Feb. 9, 11:30

Plainville Briefsa.m. to 12:45 p.m., 100 percentof proceeds to benefitPlainville Community FoodPantry. There is a suggesteddonation via cash or check.Pre-registration required bycalling Vital Life Center at(860) 479-0466 to reserve aspot, space is limited.

Recreation newsWinter/Spring program

registration began Jan. 8 inthe Recreation Office at 50Whiting St. The RecreationOffice hours are Mondaythrough Wednesday, 8 a.m. to4 p.m.; Thursday, 8 a.m. to 7p.m. and Fridays from 8 a.m.to noon.

Recreational programs areoffered for youth and adults.Youth activities include: co-ed basketball clinic, grade 4,ski/snowboard lessonsgrades 3 to 8, girl’s volleyballgrades 5-8, toddle time ages 2-3, kidz-r-size ages 3 to 6, pillopolo grades 1-5, gymnasticsages 1-6, youth dance gradeskindergarten-3, moderndance grades 4-8, kempo-kung Fu martial arts gradeskindergarten-7, water safetyinstruction ages 16 and up,lifeguard training 15 and up,synchronized swim programages 8-16, parent and childaquatics 6 months -5 years,

and Red Cross swim instruc-tion.

Adult programs include:adult swim instruction, wa-ter aerobics, zumba, jewelrymaking, co-ed volleyball,yoga, golf clinic, adult fit-ness, men’s basketball,Plainville Wind Ensemble,men’s over 30 basketball,public boating course, dogobedience and knitting cir-cle.

Fee payment must accom-pany registration for pro-grams carrying a charge. Toobtain further informationcall the Recreation Depart-ment at (860) 747-6022.

Accordionistsand fans

The next gathering of theConnecticut Accordion Asso-ciation will be held on Sun-day, Jan. 27, at 1 p.m. at theEast Side Eatery at Farming-bury Hills Restaurant, 141East St., Wolcott.

Featured artist will beFabio Lucarelli. Open micwill follow. Free to CAAmembers. Non-memberswelcome at a fee per person.Reserve by calling Marilynat (203) 272-1202.Visit us onthe web at www.CTAccor-dion.com.

28 The Plainville Citizen — Thursday, January 17, 2013

TAX COLLECTOR'S NOTICE

The second installment of Real Estate Tax and Personal Property Taxare due and payable during the month of January 2013. REALESTATE AND PERSONAL PROPERTY BILLS WERE MAILED INJULY 2012. If you purchased property in Plainville after October 1,2011 and have any questions regarding your Real Estate taxes pleasecontact the Revenue Collection Office. Failure to pay on or by Febru-ary 1, 2013 will evoke an interest penalty of 1 ½ percent per monthfrom the January 1, 2013 due date.

Motor Vehicle Supplemental taxes are due and payable during themonth of January 2013 and must be paid on or by February 1, 2013.All persons who newly registered a motor vehicle between October 2,2011 and July 31, 2012 are subject to pay a Supplemental tax bill bySection 12-7lB of the Connecticut State Statutes. If you have a newlyregistered vehicle between October 2, 2011 and July 31, 2012 or if youregistered a vehicle with temporary commercial plates-between Octo-ber 2, 2011 and September 30, 2012, and do not receive a bill contactthe Plainville Tax and Assessor's Office 793-0221 ext 244-245. Failureto receive a bill will not invalidate the tax or any penalty incurred. Thisbill is not to be confused with the regular motor vehicle bill, which wasdue and payable July 1, 2012. Payment made in person or mailedpayments postmarked after February 1, 2013 will be charged interestfrom the due date of January 1, 2013 at 1 ½ percent per month or aminimum of $2.00, whichever is greater.

IF THERE IS DELINQUENT MOTOR VEHICLE TAXES DUE AND ACLEARANCE SLIP IS NEEDED, THIS CURRENT TAX BILL ANDALL OTHER MOTOR VEHICLE TAXES MUST BE PAID IN CASH,MONEY ORDER OR CERTIFIED CHECK - NO PERSONAL, BUSI-NESS OR CLIENT FUND CHECKS ACCEPTED.

All bills are to be paid in person or by mail at the Revenue CollectionOffice, One Central Square, Room 202. Payments may also be droppedin the Payment drop box located in the rear of the building OR the dropbox in the hallway in front of the Revenue Collectors' Office. Credit cardpayments: www.officialpayments.com or 800 (2PAYTAX) enter juris-diction code 1738 a convenience fee will be charged to the taxpayer.Credit cards are also accepted in the tax office the fee for this conven-ience is 2.45%. "E check" is available visit www.plainvillect.com andclick on "OnLine Tax Payments" the charge for this option is $3.00.Invoice Cloud is offering a online service for credit cards and you can clickon "go green" to obtain this service. Office hours are 8-4 Monday throughWednesday, Thursday 8-7 and Friday 8-Noon. Revenue Collection 793-0221 ext. 239-240-244-245. FRIDAY FEBRUARY 1, HOURS 8-NOONLAST DAY TO PAY TAXES WITHOUT INTEREST.

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WALLINGFORD. 2 BR, 5 rms,1st flr, appliances included, noutils, no pets. $900/mo. Off stparking, avail Feb 1. Off No.Main St. (203) 269-9434

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WALLINGFORD-$314,900. Ele-gant, spacious, unique. Enjoyone of the largest units in oneof the most prestigious com-plexes in town. Library w/wbar, cedar closet in base-ment, beday in mba, cair +more. Call Roy Haynes 203-265-5618


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