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Volume 14, Number 52 Berlin’s Only Hometown Newspaper Thursday, December 30, 2010

The Berlin

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Top 10 favorite stories for2010 — my picks

Unplugging kids fromtechnology a challenge

By Olivia L. LawrenceThe Berlin Citizen

The Citizen publisheshundreds of stories eachyear and we hope you likemost of them. There aremany good and impor-

tant stories that come outof the town and it’s unre-alistic to think that thereis any kind of formulathat would lend itself topicking the best or mostnewsworthy. I didn’t try.The stories I selected for

Canine Officer Titan with Officer AimeeKrzykowski of the Berlin Police Department.

my “Top Ten in 2010” arepurely subjective. Here’sa bit about why I likethem and what went onbehind the scenes.

Dog storiesI have a soft spot for a

good dog story and thisyear there were two thatgave us an appreciationfor the bond between aman (or a woman) and his(or her) best friend.

Last July, Nick Carrollwrote the story Aban-doned in Tennessee, dogfinds home in Kensing-ton.

“An adult golden re-triever, Tami was aban-doned, left tied to a treewithout food or waterwhen her owners losttheir home to foreclosure.It was winter in Ten-nessee. Temperaturesdipped into the 20s. ButTami’s luck wouldchange.

Thanks to HeartlandGolden Retriever Rescue,and a former Marine,Tami has found a goodhome, right here in town.Kensington resident BobQuarti, 73, adopted Tamiin April through theHeartland service. Quartiis a retired rehabilitationcounselor for the state,and served in the Marinesfrom 1956 to 1958. Heearned a Marine of theYear award in 2000, and in1999 received The Chapelof Four Chaplains serv-ice award. He is also thefather of five and grand-father of six.

In August, a profile on

DeFronzo to serve inMalloy administrationBy Susan Haigh

Special to The Citizen

Governor-elect Dan Malloytapped stateSen. Donald De-Fronzo lastweek to lead theDepartment ofAdministrativeServices andadvise him onways to stream-line state gov-ernment and consolidate agen-cies.

DeFronzo, a Democrat, hasseved as New Britain mayor,leader of a nonprofit communi-

ty action agency and a formeranalyst at the state Office ofPolicy and Management. “Heknows how to stretch a dollar,”Malloy said at a press confer-ence announcing his choice.

Beyond running the agencyresponsible for personnel re-cruitment, fleet operations, pro-curement of goods and servic-es, payroll, human resources,and printing and mailing serv-ices, Malloy said DeFronzo willbe helpful to him in reshapingstate government amid tryingfinancial times.

“We’re not going into this

Cyber-bullying,sexting,

overconnectednesssome of the issues


Facebook, Myspace, Twitter,Flixster, linkedin, tagged, class-mates, myyearbook, livejour-nal, imeem — these are amongthe top social networking sitesthis past year. And there areplenty more vying to get you in-volved. These days it seems im-possible not to be globally con-nected via technology — butsome people watching the situa-tion caution that going un-plugged, at least once in a while,is a good idea, too.

A recent poll in The Citizenrevealed that 81 percent of re-spondents considered cyber-bullying to be a real problem. Ofthose answering, 33 percentsaid “it happened to me orsomeone I know.” Nine percent

said what happens on the inter-net wasn’t the “real world” any-way and the remaining ninepercent said “just ignore it.”(Results are not scientific.)

While cyber-bullying can af-fect anyone, this story focuseson issues facing students inmiddle and high school. Ignor-

DeFronzo

See Favorite, page 3See DeFronzo, page 14

See Challenge, page 7

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Readers’ pollHere are The Berlin Citi-

zen online poll results forlast week.

The question was:Do you feel optimistic

about 2011?Yes, it’ll be great. 25%I’ll wait and see how it

goes. 18%Maybe a little, if the

economy picks up. 20%No, it’ll be more of the

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After hearing on high school, plan goes forward 5-2Richer versus

poorer part of thediscussion


The Town Council ap-proved a renovate-as-newplan for Berlin High School,at its meeting last week, aftera public hearing that includ-ed an undercurrent of classwarfare.

The $70 million plan forthe facility, to renovate-as-new, divided the audienceinto at least two discernablecamps, which one speaker de-scribed as; those who can af-ford to drive BMWs and thosewho drive a Ford Focus.

The implication was thatpeople who didn’t have toworry about money were infavor of the plan, while thosewho scrape by wanted thecouncil to look at a less ex-pensive option.

But Council Rachel Ro-chette wasn’t buying thepremise. “I drive a Ford Fo-cus,” she said. Like the rest ofthe Democratic majority onthe panel, Rochette said theapproach presented by archi-tects Silver-Petruccelli + As-sociates was a cost-effectivesolution and “looking out 30years, this is the right thingto do.”

Ultimately, the council vot-ed five to two to move the $70million plan forward forbonding. Councilors DavidEvans and Kari Drost votedagainst the plan asking thecouncil to explore other op-tions, including the possibili-ty of a design-build ap-proach.

After state reimburse-ment, the project will cost the

phasizing that those who areagainst this proposal are notagainst the schools. “To reno-vate-as-new and trash a per-fectly good exisiting buildingto get state reimbursement iswrong.” Paonessa said the$25 million option wouldhave less environmental im-pact. “These are hard timesand this sets a bad example”;and even though there isstate reimbursement “it stillcomes out of our pockets. It’sa huge amount of money.”

Manny Rigas said he cameto this country and workedhard to build a successful ca-reer. The reasons he chose tolive in Berlin; it’s a classicNew England town with agood educational system.“People are talking about dol-lars and not visualizing the

good education” that can becreated with a better facility.While times may be tough,“People should work twice ashard to bring the high schoolback to where it belongs.”

Others spoke about coststaxpayers will face in thenext few years as the statebudget crisis takes its tolland other bonding issues intown hit residents. For exam-

ple, a new police station thatwill cost around $13 million.

“Let’s starting thinkingwhat we can afford,” saidJohn Kilian. He and othersspoke about the economy,people who were unem-ployed or whose hours havebeen cutback, those on So-cial Security and those who

See Hearing, page 11

town about $47.3 million. Therevised plan reduces the costby about $13 million over theplan defeated at referendumlast spring. The original foot-print of the building will re-main and a 20,000 square footscience addition will beadded, space recaptured fromoversized corridors and a sin-gle point of entry created forbetter security. Plans for theproject can be viewed on thetown’s website.

Proponents said this is acost-effective plan that willprovide for the educationalneeds of students and not ap-proach the issues with the fa-cility in a piecemeal way.Those against want to see aless expensive plan, that willfix just the essentials, and notburden people during eco-nomically difficult times.

“We’re spending millionsand millions on a highschool, the leadership has leftin disrepair for far too long,”said Charles Paonessa, em-

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FavoriteContinued from page 1

a canine office with theBerlin Police Departmentgave me a new appreciationfor the work a dog and his hu-man partner undertake inthe story: Mighty Titanbrings new dimension topolice work.

Titan is a working dog.He’s been part of the BerlinPolice Department for a yearand a half teamed with Offi-cer Aimee Krzykowski.

“He goes everywhere I goand participates in all patrolfunctions. He’s always onshift with me, he’s full-time”Krzykowski said describingtraffic stops, alarms, search-es and assaults, back-up andmutual aid functions. He’s byher side in the station whenshe’s writing reports. The three year-old Germanshepherd is one of two ca-nines on the force; OfficerEric Chase and Zeusz, are asecond team. The dogs wearbadges and their names arepainted on the side of thecruisers.

“I’ve had to adjust how I dopolice work, there are differ-ent tactics and considera-tions,” Krzykowski said whohas been on the force sixyears. Sometimes the tactic iscomprised of nothing more

than having a large well-trained dog at your side.

Opinion, oh boyIn July, Nick Carroll wrote

an opinion piece: Trashgate:A year later. With the hot-button issue behind us, we’dhoped a little humorous per-spective on the matter wouldbe well-received. The answerto that, is “yes” and “no.” Afew were not amused, butmost people just took it instride just as they had thegreat debacle itself.

An excerpt:A year has passed since

the automated trash systemwas put in place in Berlin.Surprised to see the townstill standing, still function-ing? Surprised our older citi-zens have managed to sur-vive the new garbage cans?

Certainly, one could be for-given for fearing the worst.After all, we were warned byopponents of the automatedtrash system that the elderlywould be injured attemptingto maneuver the new “Sovietera ‘cart’” — as one gentle-man referred to it — downthe driveway. (“Grandpalived through the Great De-pression and the Battle ofthe Bulge, but that walk tothe curb was too much forhim.”)

We were cautioned that aweek’s worth of trash wouldnot fit into the new can, and

that the overflow of “haz-ardous waste” would be leftbehind. What if that toxicsludge seeps into our drink-ing water?! (“Breaking news!Today, a creature which ap-pears to be part-man andpart-cow attacked a golfer atTimberlin.”)

You liked ’emThere’s no doubt that some

of the Top Ten are my fa-vorites because you likedthem so much. When we get alot of feedback on a story, itmakes our day.

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New generation savors the flavor of fresh-cooked foodBy Olivia L. Lawrence

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Tim Prosinski, head of theschool district’s food servic-es, is expanding his “lunchwith Chef Tim” program.The fresh food and real-timecooking presentation has al-ready proven to be a hit atBerlin High School.

Now Willard ElementarySchool kids, in grades onethrough five, had a chance tocheck out the new, sensory-overload way to enjoy a meal.

The ingredients are sim-ple: fresh locally-grown food,on-site preparation, herbsand add-ins such as garlic to

really get the olfactory sensesin high gear.

It’s all part of Prosinski’sgoal to make lunch a positivebreak, in the midst of a stu-dent’s day, not just a drearyrequirement.

“We try to create excite-ment with aroma, and havefun,” Prosinski said. The chefsets up a cooking stationwhere students can watch themeal take shape. He then goesaround the cafeteria and of-fers students a chance totaste the results.

“It smells good,” was theverdict from a line of fourth-graders waiting for a sample.

During a recent presenta-

tion, Prosinski brought inTyler Ralph, a fourth-grader,to help with the demonstra-tion — as sous chef.

“He’s a very ambitiousyoung man and has shown aninterest. He’s requestedrecipes from me,” Prosinskisaid.

Tyler appeared right athome with a big skillet andsauté responsibilities. Hewas going to try out what helearned later on at home, too,he said.

The school meal was pastamixed with olives, summersquash, green beans anddiced tomatoes. This wasmixed with olive oil andherbs as well as a bit of gar-lic.

Prosinski said he goes a lit-tle easier on the garlic withthe younger grades, than atthe high school, but that it’s

Citizen photo by Olivia L. Lawrence

Tim Prosinski’s “lunch with Chef Tim” program cameto Willard School recently. Prosinski is head of theschool district’s food services.

an important flavor ingredi-ent to introduce them to.

State and federal fundshave been available in thepast three years for the pur-

chase of fresh fruits and veg-etables for school lunch pro-grams. Once a week, Prosins-ki purchases these in bulkfrom an area producer.

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big benefits, lots of bookstouched peoples’ hearts — ittold the story of why it’sgreat to live in a small town:

There is little about theEast Berlin Library Associa-tion that falls within therealm of what might be ex-pected.

First of all, it is more like abook nook — about the size ofa big closet or a small bed-room. Then, there is the oddpairing — the library sharesa building with the EastBerlin Volunteer Fire Depart-ment housed at 80 MainStreet. And while some folksare surprised to hear there issuch a place, the library hasbeen a second-home to gener-ations of East Berlin resi-dents — playing a key role inthe social life of the village.

While the facility is extrasmall, the vitality of theplace is evident as a stream of

visitors makes its waythrough the door during theabbreviated weekday hours.The library hours are Mon-day and Thursday from 3 to 5p.m. and 6:30 to 8 p.m.

No story I wrote last yeargot more reaction than thefollowing: Cook fired over $2sub sandwich:

Amy Audette, head cook atBerlin High School cafeteriafor 15 years, was abruptlyfired from her job Feb. 5. Offi-cials charge that Audettestole a $2 sub sandwich andset a bad example for herstaff. She says there were twosandwiches, which were go-ing to be thrown out, and shebought them at half price —and that she e-mailed herboss beforehand about her in-tentions to do so.

“After 15 years of loyalservice, I think I deserve bet-ter,” said Audette, 50. “I’mvery upset in the way it hap-pened and don’t think thereis any cause for termination.

I know they are trying to cutcosts. I want the town toknow I was wrongly let go. Itwas wrong. I was shafted.”

Audette’s termination let-ter states that she violatedpolicy and exhibited a “bla-tant disregard for your re-

sponsibilities as the manag-er.” She has filed a grievancewith the director of businessoperations, the first step inthe grievance process. Au-dette said she never receiveda verbal or written warning,and that she has had an ex-

cellent relationship with hersupervisor Director of FoodServices Tim Prosinski.

Officials did not commenton the situation. The termi-nation letter from Director

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ChallengeContinued from page 1

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there’s no downtime fromthat,” said Matthew Harnett,principal at Berlin HighSchool. “The pressure is con-stant and it can take on a lifeof its own. Kids say things onthe computer they’d neversay face to face…you can sayanything without being heldaccountable. But once it’s inwriting there’s no deleting itand no controlling where itgoes.”

Harnett pointed out thatcolleges, employers and oth-ers cyber-search; and inchecking students’ back-grounds will often look at do-mains such as Facebook aspart of their investigation.

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Internet safety brochure “Help Keep Your Child SafeOnline” is available from the Berlin Police Department.

it happens to you it’s serious– the incidents were not onthe scale of scenarios thatmake the news.

He estimated that, at thehigh school, “maybe 80 per-cent are on Facebook.” Mid-dle school students often are,too, although technicallythey are not eligible. Harnettisn’t on Facebook.

Boyfriend-girlfriends situ-ations are one example of anarea that can get out of hand.While the romance is on,photos might seem like agood idea, but a couple ofweeks later, these could beused as weapons of revenge.

An incident can feel mag-nified as “if everyone knows—it can be distracting or dis-ruptive,” Harnett said.

The school does not allowcell phone use during school

ences, to The Citizen, andwere allowed to remainanonymous so that theycould speak candidly.

“I know someone who wasa victim of cyber-bullying. Itwas Facebook; it was defi-nitely from an individual; itdid affect them in the realworld, like at school and so-cial life…it was awful; it last-ed for about a month or two,”replied a freshman girl whoresponded to a Facebook in-quiry from The Citizen.“There’s nothing can reallybe done for this situation;this is a serious issue...itleads to many teen suicidesand nothing is being doneabout it. Parents shouldwatch what their child is do-ing on the internet and makesure that they aren’t being

attacked.”Although she had not ex-

perienced cyber-bullying, ajunior girl said, “I do thinkthis a huge issue and that itneeds to be stopped, and thatkids should be aware of whatto do in a situation like this.”

A senior girl wrote abouther experience as follows (inher Facebook style): “yes,like a myspace knock off,ganging up, it was pretty sadbecause it was so harsh itwas like a two week thing,maybe? indirectly related todating, i dont think i toldanyone, i used my awesomewit to combat them verbally,to address this issue, b — sshould be kicked but really,kids should just learn whats

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hours and school computersare set to family-friendlystandards. The school can’tregulate what goes on outsideits boundaries, however, ifthere is overflow from fights,bullying or other internet is-sues, the school will workwith students, and some-times parents or police, to re-solve it.

“There is a strong relation-ship with staff, parents andstudent that helps up keep ontop of situations,” he said.The guidance department,health classes and Upbeatwork with small groups onthese issues.

Sports blogs that takeshots at coaches and studentathletes are troubling, too.“There are kids, 16, 17 —when people start writingstuff about kids, that’s whenyou have to draw the line.”

Harnett said the approachhe takes is to encourage stu-dents to look at how “thechoices we make are aboutwho we are and who we aregoing to be.

“Shut it off, turn it off,”you don’t have to participate,he said.

Students speakThe following students

spoke about their experi-

Cubs are ‘ready’

Pack 41 Den 10 recently visited Kensington FireHouse to complete requirements for Be ReadyAchievement for their Bear badge and require-ments for the Emergency Preparedness Pin. Pic-tured are Josh DeGroff, Matthew Dennis, Tyler De-Groff, Assistant Fire Chief Joe Bajorski, MatthewKrajewski, Jacob Derewonko, Joe Gaffney.

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Inland/Wetlands Commission, Town HallRoom 8, 7 p.m.

Town Council, Town Hall Council Cham-bers, 7 p.m.

Monday, Jan. 10Economic Development, Town Hall Room

8, 7 p.m.Public Health VNA, Town Hall Caucus

Room A, 7 p.m.Tuesday, Jan. 11

Conservation Commission, Town Hall

Room 8, 6:30 p.m.Wednesday, Jan. 12

Berlin-Peck Memorial Library, LibraryBoard Room, 7 p.m.

Housing Authority, Marjorie Moore Vil-lage Community Room, 5 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 13Commission for Persons with Disabilities,

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We get hundreds of Lettersto the Editor every year —Berlin residents aren’t shyabout expressing opinions.The best letters are short andto the point. We hope everyone of our readers will sendus one in 2011! Here are just afew of the missives thatcaught our attention in 2010.

Help is on theway

Sept. 2To the editor:Thank you to the Berlin

police, my unsung heroes.Last week they saved my life.So I am doing some singingthis week.

We all read about the nega-tives, and we read about thebirth they helped with lastweek, that was a positive.

I could not breathe, nomatter how much oxygenwas pumping in. It did nothelp that I had that last ciga-rette puff 10 minutes before.They had to do a neck insert

to get air to my lungs, and ofcourse, I fought. My hero lit-erally threw me in his armsand carried me to the ambu-lance making sure I couldnot remove the tube, andheld me until they got me tothe hospital.

Thank you officer. Thankyou Berlin police. I maygrumble next week if youstop me for driving througha caution light, but this weekI am singing. You did savemy life. You are my heroes.

Jeriann TrowbridgeKensington

Art PowersMay 26To the editor:It’s about time. I was total-

ly amazed that Art Powers isfinally going to be recog-nized for the “hometownhero” he is. When I wasyoung, he would come to thefarm and talk to my great-aunts and great-uncle. Artwould explain what direc-tion he wanted to bring the

town and all the problems hewould incur by doing so. Hehas done so much for thistown, as I have previouslystated, I do not understandwhy such political animositymust be shown to a guy whojust wanted to make Berlin anicer place to live. In myopinion, both sides of theTown Council should get offtheir hands, leave their polit-ical affiliations at the doorand start doing the true workof improving the communi-ty, trying to lower taxes, con-trol spending on both sides ofthe budget -never mind whosaid what -and arguing aboutcost/expenditures of trivialmatters (in my opinionwhich always boils down tocomplaining about yourthree-legged horse that don’tgo fast -but you sure got adeal on the price).

In my opinion, I knowCatherine would be extreme-ly proud to see “Arty” Powersafforded this recognition forworking so hard to try to

make Berlin a better place tolive.

But, to me, he will alwaysbe in my memory the friskylittle school boy who had togo in back of the piano untilhe cooled down and could re-sume proper schooling -in atwo-room school house wayback when.

Bobby McGeeKensington

Dog need parks,too

July1To the editor:Well, it was a matter of

time before someone used the“dog and dog owners havetaken over the park.” Forsomeone whom lives in thatarea, you would think theywould know that other thandogs, I’ve seen trail bikes,people jogging, walking etc.I’m a tax payer in Berlin andthe only place in Berlin totake my dogs is BicentennialPark. I clean up after themand keep them in my site atall times.

I’m sure I can’t take mydogs to Percival pool, or theplayground at Willard or anyother park in Berlin. That’s avery selfish and ignorantstatement. We haven’t takenover; we just needed somewhere to take them. If theyneed somewhere to take theirkids and don’t like dogs -well

there is Willard, a great play-ground made just for yourkids. And the beauty of thatplayground is it’s just min-utes away.

Brian MorrellBerlin

Slow down,people

June 3To the editor:In many of the residential

neighborhoods in Berlin andKensington, the posted speedlimit is 25 miles per hour;however, few vehicles respectand obey those limits, oftentraveling at speeds twice thatof the posted speed limit.

As evidence of this, pleasejust observe the many car-casses of dead birds, squir-rels, possums, skunks, cats,and dogs on the road. Whatwill it take for the citizens ofBerlin to respect the law anddrive at safe speeds? A deadchild lying on the road? Mywife and I obey the speed lim-its as well as slow down andbrake for animals, pets, chil-dren, and pedestrians in theroad. I think it’s called re-spect for life.

I call upon all citizens toobey the speed limits and toreport any observed viola-tors to our local police de-partment.

William BrighentiBerlin

High schoolscene

(A new high school planbrought in the largest amountof letters last year. People werepassionate for and against theproposal. Here are two lettersfrom the dozens we received.)

May 20To the editor:Berlin High School accred-

itation was put on warningstatus with four areas of defi-ciency specified: curriculum,assessment, managementand facilities (the building).This does not mean our highschool will lose accredita-tion. We will only lose it if wedo not submit a feasible plan

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to fix the areas of weakness.Option #2 is only one way

of many to maintain highschool accreditation. Pleaseknow that Berlin High Schoolaccreditation is not on warn-ing status because of defi-ciencies in our buildingalone. The other three areasof weakness are also contrib-utors to the warning.

The Board of Educationhas not educated you, the vot-ers, on the whole story as towhy accreditation is onwarning. They have onlymade you focus on the build-ing.

The other three issuesneed to be brought out intothe light, too. They are theones that involve studentlearning, grading, and howthe school is managed. Knowthe facts before you vote.

Dave KobusKensington

May 20To the editor:I’ve read some passionate

and widely divergent viewson the upcoming referendumand the issue of Option 2 —renovate-as-new. The writersare Berlin citizens and townleaders, a number of whomare former students of minefrom Berlin High Englishclasses, way back when. Ithought it was time I followtheir example and expressmy own view, just as passion-ately.

Simply put, we desperatelyneed to renovate Berlin HighSchool. Its current conditionis detrimental to our childrenand their education, despiteall the efforts of our dedicat-ed faculty. It is a deterrent tonew residents, who in yearspast would choose to movehere because of our fineschools, and thus it has a po-tentially negative effect onour tax base and the growthand vibrancy of our commu-nity. When I read that ourschools are “not adequate” tomeet the educational needs ofBerlin students currently orin the future, it is a source ofgreat concern.

Yet, I would think that theresidents of Berlin would bejust as concerned if the highschool building were deemedto be merely “adequate.” Wenow have an opportunity tomake it truly exemplary, at a

The life of RileyRiley is a rescue pup. He has quite a story to tell. Look

for a special series, The Life of Riley coming, January2011. Only in The Citizen.

relatively low investment,given the amount of fundingand reimbursement avail-able to us, if we act promptly.

It is one of the most urgentmatters we face, made evenmore so by uncertain finan-cial times in which we live.

We owe it to our kids andthe town we love, and to thefuture of both. Enough ofthe band-aid approach tosolving our facilities prob-lems. Vote “yes” for BHS onJune 8.

Carol R. VirostekBerlin

WussificationFeb. 11To the editor:I am a student at Plainville

High School. I am writing inresponse to the Berlin citizenwho felt that the rude fan be-havior displayed by Berlin’sspectators was a completelyacceptable part of sports.(Letter Jan. 28 issue: “Wheredo we draw the line?”) He re-ferred to the bigger problemin this situation, which hecalled “The Wussification ofAmerica.” I am fairly confi-dent that “wussification” isnot a word, and it seems thatthe real problem here is thatpeople are becoming increas-ingly ruder and disrespect-ful, and this is becoming thenorm in our society. Sportsrivalries exist all over thecountry, and they are a sure-fire way to add excitement toany sports match. However,regardless of what sport isbeing played or the level atwhich it is being played, re-spect to both teams’players is

a common courtesy. I under-stand that people get carriedaway with professionalsports, but there is a key dif-ference between attending aGiants vs. Eagles game and aPlainville vs. Berlin game.

Pro sports are about enter-taining people. A footballteam is essentially a busi-ness, in existence to makemoney and provide peoplewith entertainment. Highschool sports, on the otherhand, are a form of educa-tional enrichment, but withadditional emphasis onsportsmanship, characterbuilding, and respect.

Not all professional sportsfans seem to feel that un-couth behavior is allowed.Even Red Sox fans were ableto put aside their dislike forthe Yankees to applaudheartily when New Yorkmanager Joe Torre took thefield during the April 2005ring ceremony. Torre is a re-spected figure in the baseballworld, and it says somethingabout the opposing teamwhen its fans hold him insuch high esteem. So, please,try to understand that herein Plainville, respecting ourown sports teams and theteams we play against is sim-ply the only behavior we willtolerate.

Brittany RoganPlainville

Gratitude tobystanders

July 8To the editor:My family and I wanted to

extend our gratitude to the

Liegeot named

Governor M. Jodi Rell has appointed MaureenLiegeot of Kensington as a member of the Con-necticut Medical Examining Board. The board,which is responsible for reviewing complaintslodged against physicians and physician assis-tants, is a branch of the Connecticut Departmentof Public Health. Liegeot is retired from the Kens-ington Fire District for several years. “This Boardmust address complex circumstances and help tomaintain our high health care standards acrossConnecticut,” Governor Rell said. “Maureen’s lifeexperiences have provided her with an invaluableskill set which makes her an asset to this panel.She is thoughtful, even-handed and pays closescrutiny to details. She is also not afraid to speakher mind. I thank Maureen for her willingness toserve the state.”

Winter Wonderland: an opportunityfor Berlin photographers

What’s your favorite wintertime photo? You could get itpublished in The Citizen. The theme is “Winter Wonder-land.” Send us your best shot of wildlife, storms, sports,sunsets or whatever you think best depicts the cold, cruelworld of January — or the fabulousness of it all.

Please include your name, phone number, and detailsabout the photo such as where it was taken and when.Send the photo (as an attachment) and the required infor-mation to [email protected] and put “WinterWonderland” in the subject line. If your submission is se-lected, we’ll run it Page 1 with a photo credit in a Januaryedition.

many members of our com-munity who stopped to assistand render first-aid to mywife and two children whowere involved in a seriousmotor vehicle accident on arecent Saturday evening onthe Chamberlain Highway. Ifirst received a cell phonecall from someone who hadstopped at the scene and heinformed me of what oc-

curred and where it had tak-en place, I arrived on thescene within minutes andfound several other by-standers talking with andcalming my wife as well asrendering first aid and pre-venting further injury to mychildren. My wife and chil-dren were still in the vehicle

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The Berlin Congregation-al Church has scheduled freeTot Time for Thursdays,from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. at thechurch, 878 WorthingtonRidge. Parents with children1 through 5 years old enjoycraft time, play sessions,

snacks, storytime and holi-day parties. No registrationis needed. For more informa-tion, call (860) 828-6586.

St. PaulSt. Paul Church has sched-

uled New Years Eve Mass forDec. 31 at 7 a.m. and 5 p.m.;New Years Day Mass at 1:30and 4 p.m.; and Sunday, Jan. 2

Mass at 7:30, 9, 10:30 a.m. andnoon.

KensingtonCongregational

The Kensington Congrega-tional Church Christian Ed-ucation program has sched-uled a Parent/Child play-group for Tuesdays from 9:30to 11 a.m. The group meetson a “drop-in” basis, in theReeves Center, 185 SheldonSt. The playgroup is open toall who care for childrenfrom infants to preschoolers.For more information, call(860) 828-4511.

Taize serviceThe Kensington United

Methodist Church offers aTaize service Tuesdays at 7p.m. A Taize service com-bines silent meditation,prayer and simple music. Si-lence is a central part of thisservice and is a gift to thoseleading busy, hectic lives. Itprovides an opportunity tocommune with God throughthe heart and bring a meas-ure of peace to one’s mindand spirit. The service isopen to everyone seekingspiritual refreshment and re-newal.

Prayer shawlministry

The Kensington UnitedMethodist Church prayershawl ministry meets the sec-ond Thursday of everymonth at 7 p.m. While mostshawls are prepared inde-pendently, the group meetsonce a month for fellowshipand prayer. Knitters and cro-cheters of all faiths are wel-come.

Call the church, (860) 828-4222, for the meeting loca-tion.

Saint Gabriel’sSaint Gabriel’s Episcopal

Church has scheduled Sun-day worship at 8:30 a.m. Theworship service is dignifiedbut informal. Saint Gabriel’sincludes children of all agesin worship and welcometheir ‘joyful noise.’ The serv-ices feature music from the1982 Hymnal and on occasionthey enjoy an anthem or in-strumental offering from oneof our congregation’s musi-cians, in addition to the pre-pared prelude and postludeoffered by the organist.

Prayer groupThe 13th of the month

prayer group at St. PaulChurch, Kensington, meetsat noon on the 13th day ofevery month to pray the 15decades of the rosary. Theprayer services begin with apersonal consecration to theSacred Heart of Jesus andthe immaculate Heart ofMary. Within the rosary, theverses of the Fatima song aresung in remembrance tothree shepherd children inFatima, Portugal, in 1917. Formore information call JohnSimeone at (860) 828-0794.

Holy GroundsCoffeehouse

Holy Grounds Coffee-house, 146 Hudson St., hasscheduled Christian Karaokefor the second Friday of eachmonth at 7 p.m. Admission isfree; free coffee, tea andshacks are offered. For moreinformation call (860) 828-3822 or [email protected].

Centerpieces donated

In the spirit of Christmas the Scouts from Troop 41made and delivered centerpieces for the residentsat Covenant Village in Cromwell. Scouts from left:George Davis, Daniel Desroches, Matthew Crenel-la, Greg Costanzo, Connor Jones, Paul Choma,Evan Hansen, Garrett Daigle, Eric Schmitt, MasonPaul, Peter Czepiga, Kevin Kennure, Kevin Roy,Braden McGrath, Andrew Rich.

John ChojnickiJohn Chojnicki of Kens-

ington diedunexpected-ly Dec. 19,2010 at theHospital ofCentral CT.He was 75years old,born March 30, 1935 in NewBritain. He was the son of thelate Alexander and MaryShivdziona Chojnicki.

He attended schools inNew Britain and entered theArmy in 1957. He proudlyserved his country in Ger-many. Upon his return, heworked at Fafnir Bearing Co.and after 20 plus years retiredfrom Tuttle and Bailey ofNew Britain.

In 1961, he married the loveof his life Juanita (Nita)Drake Chojnicki. Besides hiswife, he is survived his twodevoted daughters KimberlyFodor and husband Gaborand Shelly Recck and hus-band Tony. He was the ex-tremely proud grandfather toTaylor, Mackenzie, and Con-nor Recck, their “Hoppa”. Heis also survived by two sis-ters-in-law, Jeannine Cho-jnicki of Burlington and Lu-cille Chojnicki of NewBritain. He also leaves hisspecial princess and loyalcompanion, Kally, whobrought him much joy thelast five years. He also leavesmany nieces and nephews.


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of the late Robert Hall Lash-er and the late Jean (Ei-chorst) Lasher Stabert andstep-father Richard Stabert,he attended Smith School inNew Britain, moved toBerlin and graduated fromBerlin High School, andworked at Okay Industries,Inc. for over 35 years as amaintenance supervisor be-fore becoming productionsupervisor. He served as avolunteer for local charita-ble organizations and helpedlead the holiday food and toydrive for Okay. His many in-terests through the years in-cluded remote controlled

cars, potato cannon, minibikes, coin collecting, andmany visits to the casino, allof which he shared with hisgreatest love, his wife Don-na. He will be rememberedfor his love of life and peopleas well as his sense of hu-mor. Whether for young orold, he always had a bit ofwisdom and wit for every-one.

In addition to his wife, heis survived by a sister andbrother-in-law, Duane andDavid Stacey; a brother, JohnLasher of Port St. Lucie,Fla.; a sister-in-law NancyBlack and her husband

James of Waterbury; a nieceLaura Kramer; and fournephews, Jason and RobertLasher, Michael Kelly, andAlan Sachok.

Services were held Dec. 23,2010 at Porter’s FuneralHome, Kensington. Burialwill be at the convenience ofthe family.

In lieu of flowers, a contri-bution in Doug’s memorymay be made to the Commu-nity Foundation of GreaterNew Britain, 74A VineStreet, New Britain, CT06052.

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have other financial issueseroding their ability to keepup with expenses — and howa tax increase would impactthem.

Deputy Mayor SteveMorelli said the town can’tcontrol rules the state impos-es on how a facility is reim-bursed for renovations. How-ever, the town has an obliga-tion to move forward on thestatement of need the Boardof Education presented, hesaid.

“This is not a preventative

maintenance issue,” saidGary Brochu, president ofthe school board. “This is nota school issue, it’s a commu-nity issue…we can argue therules, but this is the reality. If58 years isn’t oldenough…when will it be oldenough?”

The net cost has been re-duced by 20 percent and theentire facility has been de-clared educationally inade-quate, said officials support-ing the new plan. Not fixingproblems in a comprehen-sive manner, will only costmore in the long run, theysaid.

The resolution to moveforward with bonding theproject was scheduled to bepublished, Tuesday, Dec. 28,giving residents until 4:30p.m., Monday, Jan.10, to file apetition to take the item toreferendum.

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Monday, Jan. 3: Baked stuffed shells with meat sauce,Italian green beans, salad, Italian bread, sliced peaches.

Tuesday, Jan. 4: Baked knockwurst, buttered noodles,sweet & sour cabbage, rye bread, Tapioca pudding.

Wednesday, Jan. 5: Homemade split pea soup withoyster crackers, parmesan chicken breast, rice pilaf,broccoli florets, fresh fruit.

Thursday, Jan. 6: Honey mustard battered fish, ovenbrown potatoes, peas and carrots, whole grain bread,fresh fruit cup.

Friday, Jan. 7: Rosemary pork lion with pork gravy,mashed potatoes, blended squash, whole grain bread, ba-nana crème pie.

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Senior HappeningsAARP

The Berlin AARP Board ofDirectors is scheduled tomeet Monday, Jan. 10 at 10a.m. at the Senior Center.The monthly Chapter meet-ing is scheduled for Tuesday,January 18 at 1:15 p.m. at theSenior Center. SallyCalderone, of the Berlin His-torical Society, an authorityon the history of Berlin, isscheduled to speak. Refresh-ments will follow.

Senior Social atthe Pineloft

Senior Social is scheduledfor the second Tuesday of themonth at the Pineloft Restau-rant, 1474 Berlin Turnpike,from 4:45 to 6:45 p.m. Theevening includes supper andlight entertainment. Formore information and cost,call (860) 828-9797.

Catholic CharitiesCatholic Charities Coun-

seling services are offeredfree of charge on Thursdaysfrom 9 to 11 a.m. at the SeniorCenter.

Appointments withCheryl Eiderdown, MSW In-tern, are required. Eider-down also will schedulehome appointments. Formore information and tomake an appointment, call(860) 225-3561, ext. 335.

Key keeperThe key keeper program is

sponsored by the Senior Cen-ter in cooperation with theBerlin Police Department.This free program providesassistance when seniors mis-place or lose their houseand/or car keys. For more in-formation and an applica-tion call the Senior Center at(860) 828-7006.

Lending librarySeniors are welcome to

borrow two books per visit(on the honor system) from

the Senior Center libraryThe books may be borrowedas long as needed. Libraryhours are Monday throughFriday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30p.m.

Computer useThanks to a donation of a

computer and printer fromthe Friends of Berlin PublicHealth Nursing Services,seniors are invited to use thisequipment free of charge.Sign up at scheduled comput-er time at the Senior Center.

Appointments with CherylEiderdown, MSW Intern, arerequired. Eiderdown alsowill schedule home appoint-ments. For more informationand to make an appointment,call (860) 225-3561, ext. 335.

Senior tripsThe Senior Center has

scheduled the following trips.For more information, call(860) 828-7006.

Jan. 27-28 — Mohegan Sunovernight.

February — Cabaret Luluat Old Sturbridge Village.

March 15-23 — Sorrento,Italy.

March 16 — Boston FlowerShow/Spirit of Boston.

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April 12 — Botanical Gar-dens, New York.

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May 25 — “Oh What aNight” musical tribute toFrankie Valli and the FourSeasons at the Aqua TurfClub.

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and these members of thecommunity, whom I do nothave any names, took thetime to stop and assist and dowhatever was necessary tomake a traumatic experienceless frightening for my fami-ly as they waited to be re-moved from the wreckage.

At a time when we read ed-itorials of Republicans vs.Democrats, or citizens forand against a renovatedschool or citizens upset withfan behavior at sportingevents, or parents upset withvolunteer coaches in oursports programs, I am happyto know that no matter whatcomplaints the citizens inour town air in the media,when it comes to helping acomplete stranger, many willtake it upon themselves anddo what they hope someonewould do for their family inthe same situation.

I want to express mythanks to these anonymousbystanders as well as theBerlin police and fire depart-ments and Hunter’s Ambu-lance Service whom also act-ed in a calm professionalmanner.

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A better worldMarch 11To the editor:As many people know, mid-

dle school could be a very dif-ficult time in a child’s life.

Unfortunately, most of thestories we hear are aboutchildren that have donesomething wrong, and rarelywhat they have done right.

My daughter is a sixth-grader at McGee MiddleSchool. She came home lastweek and told me aboutsomething that happened toher in the lunch room. Shewas sitting alone at a tablewaiting for her friend andwas approached by two girlswho had been sitting at anearby table. She thoughtthat the girls were either sev-enth or eighth graders. Thetwo girls were very nice andasked my daughter if she wassitting alone. She told them‘no’, she was waiting for afriend who was getting herlunch. The two girls then re-turned to their table to have

their lunch. My daughter toldme how happy these two girlsmade her feel. They went outof their way to make surethat she wasn’t going to besitting alone. Such a smallgesture, but it made a hugeimpact.

My daughter and I went tosee Mr. Benigni, principal ofMcGee Middle School, to tellhim what had happened. Un-fortunately, my daughter didnot know the names of thesetwo girls. Mr. Benigni offeredus a yearbook so that mydaughter could try to find outtheir names. After a littlesearching, she found out thatthese two beautiful andthoughtful girls are HollyChirico and Olivia Jacques.

Hearing what Holly andOlivia did really touched me,so I wanted to share this sto-ry with all of you.

If everyone could be as car-ing as Holly and Olivia, theworld would surely be a bet-ter place. These two girls areobviously something veryspecial, and their parentsshould be so proud.

Kelly LagaceKensington

Rotary ThanksgivingInternational students fromAsia, Europe and Africa atCentral Connecticut StateUniversity were the guestsof the New Britain-BerlinRotary Club where they en-joyed a traditional turkeydinner on Thanksgiving.Following the dinner, apresentation of a scholar-ship was made to an Inter-national student with amatching scholarship from Central Connecticut State University. This scholar-ship is given annually in remembrance of Robert Macfarland, a former Rotarianwho was a strong advocate of the International student program. Pictured, sev-eral of the International students pose with Rotary Club President Art Schaller,right and Herb Toback, former Rotary Club District Governor, third from right.


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looking to eliminate anyone’sjob, but we are looking for ef-ficiencies and we are lookingfor help from our state em-ployees in identifying thoseefficiencies and finding outhow we might be able to pack-age these services a little bitmore effectively for the peo-

ple of Connecticut,” DeFron-zo said.

The state budget for thefiscal year beginning July 1faces an estimated deficit ofas much as $3.67 billion, orabout 18 percent of estimat-ed spending.

“I need his expertise. Ineed his relationships with-in government. I need his re-lationships within the not-for-profit community,” said

Malloy, who is set to take of-fice on Jan. 5. “And he will besomeone I will turn to on arepeated basis as we seek toreorganize government inthe coming two years.”

Malloy, who is expected topresent his two-year statebudget on Feb. 16, said histransition staff is reviewingold auditors’ reports andlooking at every state agencyfor possible consolidations

and opportunities to reduceduplication of services. Asan example, the Democraticgovernor-elect said he haddiscussions recently aboutways to streamline servicesthe state now provides to vet-erans.

Other groups are alsolooking at finding efficien-cies in state government. Alegislative panel known asthe Commission on Enhanc-

ing Agency Outcomes recent-ly approved its report recom-mending 30 potential ways tosave money by eliminatingfunctional overlaps and otherredundancies among stateagencies.

The panel says its propos-als would save the state an es-timated $228,941,015 in fiscalyear 2011 and between$241,145,570 and $247,658,418for fiscal year 2012. The com-mission’s report is due to thegovernor and legislative lead-ers by Dec. 31.

DeFronzo, a former co-chairman of the legislature’sGovernment Administrationand Elections Committee andcurrently the co-chairman ofthe Transportation Commit-tee, said the Malloy adminis-tration will attempt to re-align functions of govern-ment and eliminate unneces-sary layers of governmentbureaucracy to save money.

DeFronzo lives in NewBritain with his wife Diana.The couple have two chil-dren. First elected to the Sen-ate in 2003, DeFronzo holds abachelor’s degree from Fair-field University and a mas-ter’s in public administrationfrom the University of Con-necticut.

Besides DeFronzo’s ap-pointment, Malloy also an-nounced last week thatColleen Flanagan will be ap-pointed as his communica-tions director. Flanagan, thespokeswoman for Malloy’stransition team, worked forthe state Democrats duringthe recent campaign. She hasalso worked as a press secre-tary for U.S. Sen. Chris Dodd,later becoming his nationalpress secretary duringDodd’s presidential cam-paign.

Malloy also announcedthat Arielle Reich will be di-rector of intergovernmentalaffairs and special assistantto the governor. She hasworked for Malloy, the formermayor of Stamford, since2006, most recently as hisdeputy campaign manager.

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Financial aidinformation

The Berlin High Schoolguidance department hasscheduled a Financial Aidprogram for Thursday, Jan. 6at 7 p.m. in the school audito-rium.

Carolyn Karno, a formerfinancial aid representativefrom the Connecticut Stu-dent Loan Foundation andnow working independentlyas a consultant for EducationFunding Strategies will pres-ent an informative programto assist parents with under-standing the Financial AidProcess and filling out theFAFSA and CSS Profileforms.

All NightGraduation Party

Reflective house signsThe Berlin High School

Class of 2011 All Night Grad-uation Committee has bluereflective house sign for sale.The reflective signs can helpemergency vehicles to quick-ly locate your house. They’reeasy to install and makegreat gifts. For more informa-tion and cost, call RhondaLapierre at (860) 829-1958 [email protected].

Flamingo FlockingThe Berlin High School

Class of 2011 All Nigh Gradu-ation Committee has coordi-nated a Flamingo Flockingfundraiser. To arrange tohave a flock of bright pinkflamingos fly to a Berlin fam-ily or friend, call (860) 828-6986. The All Night Gradua-tion Party is a fun, safe andmemorable drug and alcoholfree event for graduating sen-iors.

Parent donation requestThe Berlin High School

Class of 2011 All Night Grad-uation Party Committee isasking each family of seniorstudents to donate $50 to helpoffset the expense of theevening. This is not mandato-ry, and no child will beturned away; however, thisevent is very costly and thecommittee appreciates anyand all support. The AllNight Graduation Party pro-vides a safe and fun eveningfor graduating seniors ontheir graduation night. Do-

Mooreland Hill SchoolMooreland Hill School announced the first trimester

honor roll.Highest Honors

Grade eight - Olivia Fischer, Anna Kamradt,Jonathan Plourde.

Grade seven - Samantha Plourde, Nathaniel Reve-naugh, Brian Tomasco.

Grade six - Michael Antonio, Ben Czuprinski, BriannaGambacini.

High HonorsGrade eight - Tyree Burns, Zoe Lavoie.Grade seven - Briana Lugo, Carter Neubieser.Grade six - Michael Fischer.

HonorsGrade nine - Hamish Clark, Christopher Martin, Al-

izae Wineglass.Grade eight - Dahnique Brown, Erin Conry, Mary Sis-

son.Grade seven - Khalil Bradley, Peter Hoyle, Robert

LeConche, Alexandria Martin, Rhianna Miller.Grade six - Kristin Abato, Duane Hinkson, Paige

Miller.High Effort Honors

Hamish Clark, Ben Czuprinski, Olivia Fischer, Brian-na Gambacini, Anna Kamradt, Zoe Lavoie, Sarah LeDuc,Jonathan Plourde, Samantha Plourde, Brian Tomasco,Dennis Villanueva.

Effort HonorsMichael Antonio, Tyree Burns, Erin Conry, Michael

Fischer, Duane Hinkson, Peter Hoyle, Madison Hunter,Briana Lugo, Christopher Martin, Nathaniel Revenaugh,Alizae Wineglass.

Gingerbread judging

Berlin-Peck Memorial Library Friends of the Libraryco-presidents, from left, Nancy Driska and LynnBaccaro join Pam Dennis, family and consumer sci-ence teacher at Berlin High School, in judging theentrees in the library’s first Gingerbread DecoratingContest. The entry pictured is one of the first placewinners.

nations may be sent to EllenCalafiore, 33 Round Hill Rd,Kensington, CT 06037.Checks may be made payableto: BHS Grad Party. For moreinformation, contact EllenCalafiore at (860) 223-6313 [email protected]

ReunionsBerlin High School

Class of 1981 and 1982 areplanning a joint reunion forthe fall of 2011. Classmatesthat “like” the Facebookpage athttp://on.fb.me/bhs81 willbe provided with updated re-

union plans, can post com-ments to the site and recon-nect with classmates.

Berlin High SchoolClass of 1971 reunion is inthe planning stages. To makethis event a night to remem-ber, contact Nancy at (860)604-2134. Leave you name,phone number and best timeto call.

Hartford Public HighSchool Class of 1961 islooking for classmatesnames and addresses for the50th reunion. Please [email protected] or call(860) 667-0578.

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Worthington Ridge shined Christmas EveBy Amy Prescher

Special to The Citizen

Worthington Ridge wasaglow with holiday spirit onChristmas Eve. By sunset, ateam of volunteers, includ-ing Santa and members ofthe Berlin Fire Department,had placed over one thou-sand paper lanterns alongthe side of the road, creatinga magical trail of lightthrough the historic district.

Residents of “The Ridge”,some surprised by the event,were drawn outdoors andawed by the beauty of thenight. Most spectators, how-ever, experienced the lumi-naria from their cars.

Robin Evans, a volunteer

for the set-up, and Worthing-ton Ridge homeowner, no-ticed an increase in trafficvolume and said cars weretraveling at a leisurely pace,rather than speeding by asthey usually do.

Many residents, inspiredby the enthusiasm of the vol-unteers and the festive at-mosphere, hope this will bethe beginning of a new tradi-tion, and that in the future,people might be enticed totake a holiday stroll featur-ing caroling and hot choco-late.

For Chris Rose, whose vi-sion and flawless organiza-tion were behind the event,seeing the luminaria alightwas a dream come true.

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Worthington Ridge was aglow with more than onethousand paper lanterns Christmas Eve.

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Boy Scouts – Boy ScoutTroop 24 meets Thursdaysfrom 6:30 to 8:15 p.m. at theCommunity Center. Stop inor call Joe Tedone at (860)828-0255.

Boy Scouts – Boy ScoutTroop 41, sponsored byBethany Covenant Church,meets Thursdays from 7:15to 8:30 p.m. at the church.For more information, callScoutmaster Joe Greco at(860) 828-8579 or [email protected].

Boys Basketball - BHSvs. New Britain at NewBritain, 7 p.m.

Wrestling – GlastonburyDuels at Glastonbury, 9 a.m.

Jan.2Sunday

SVEA Social Club - TheSVEA Social Club has sched-ule an Eskimo Breakfast forSunday, Jan. 2 at 11 am.Breakfast consists of pan-cakes, eggs, home fries,sausage and peppers, cornedbeef hash, homemade chick-en soup, baked beans, bread,coffee and juice. The publicis welcome. For more infor-mation and cost, call (860)828-9447.

4Tuesday

Willard PTO - TheWillard PTO is scheduled tomeet Tuesday, Jan. 4 at 7p.m. in the school library.

Pasta supper – TheAmerican Legion Post 68,154 Porters Pass, hosts a pas-ta supper every Tuesdayfrom 5 to 7 p.m. The public iswelcome. For more informa-tion, call the post at (860)828-9102 after 5 p.m.

All Night Grad PartyDecorating – The 2011 AllNight Graduation Party Dec-orating committee meets

every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. atWillard Elementary School.Help as often as you can.Drop-ins are welcome.

Boy Scouts — Boy ScoutTroop 256, chartered by theKensington Volunteer FireDepartment, meets Tuesdayevenings at the Kensingtonfirehouse. For more informa-tion, call Ed Alicea, scout-master, (860) 828-8693.

Boy Scouts — Boy ScoutTroop 44, chartered by theBerlin Lions, meets Tues-days at 7 p.m. at BethanyCovenant Church. For moreinformation, call TroopCommittee Chair at (860)829-1832.

Kensington-Berlin Ro-tary – The Kensington-Berlin Sunrise Rotary Clubmeets every Tuesday from7:30 to 8:30 a.m. at the Com-munity Center. Members ofthe club are dedicated to do-ing good works in the com-munity. Guests are invited toattend any meeting. Formore information, callElaine Pavasaris at (860) 463-9193.

Hubbard PTO - The Hub-bard Elementary SchoolPTO is scheduled to meetTuesday, Jan. 4 at 6:30 p.m. atthe school. All parents andguardians of Hubbard stu-dents are welcome.

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Night Grad Party monthlymeeting is scheduled forTuesday, Jan. 4 at 6:30 p.m.at Willard ElementarySchool. All parents are wel-come.

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Financial aid informa-tion - The Berlin HighSchool guidance departmenthas scheduled a FinancialAid program for Thursday,Jan. 6 at 7 p.m. in the schoolauditorium. Carolyn Karno,an independent consultant

for Education FundingStrategies will present aninformative program to as-sist parents with under-standing the Financial AidProcess and filling out theFAFSA and CSS Profileforms.

Junior Women’s Clubof Berlin– The Berlin Ju-nior Woman’s Club ofBerlin is scheduled to meetThursday, Jan. 6 at SagePond Place. Social is at 7p.m.; meeting at 7:30 p.m.

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Free Throw Champi-onship – The annualKnights of Columbus FreeThrow Championship isscheduled for Sunday, Jan. 9at 1:30 p.m. at St. PaulSchool gym. Boys and girls10 to 14 years old may par-ticipate in the best of 15foul-shot contest. The eventis free. Registration beginsat 1:15 p.m. For more infor-mation, contact Terry Le-scoe at (860) 828-9285.

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CitizenSports18 The Berlin CitizenThursday, December 30,2010

Another action-packed year comes to a close

Photo by Matt Leidemer

BHS pitching ace Anthony Marzi struck out 18 batters in a single game.

By Nick CarrollThe Berlin Citizen

Champions were crowned.Records were set. Milestoneswere reached. The followingtakes a look back at some ofthe sports stories locals weretalking about in 2010.

Milestones: The BerlinHigh School boys soccerteam advanced to the semifi-nals of the state tournamentfor the first time in the histo-ry of the program … Kate-lyn Zarotney became justthe sixth female BHS basket-ball player to eclipse the1,000-point mark. Zarotneywent on to become the pro-gram’s all-time scoring

leader … BHS pitcher An-thony Marzi struck out 18batters in a victory overSouthington … BHS volley-ball coach Bob Tarigo col-lected his 400th career victo-ry … The BHS Athletic Hallof Fame held its inauguralinduction ceremony.

Honors: Berlin HighSchool baseball coach LeoVeleas was inducted into theCHSCA Hall of Fame … TheBHS athletics departmentwas selected as the No. 1 ath-letics department in theCIAC Class MM division …BHS athletics director JimDay received the CIAC’s“Friend of Unified Sports”award … BHS’s David Cam-


Armand Cano and the BHS boys soccer team ad-vanced to the semifinals of the CIAC Class L statetournament, a place the program had never beforebeen.


Katelyn Zarotney became the BHS girls basketballprogram’s all-time scoring leader.

pagna received the NorthernConnecticut Chapter of theNational Football Founda-tion & College Hall of Fame’sScholar-Athlete Award …BHS’s Kaitlyn Bovee andDan Hackett were recognizedas top scholar-athletes at theCAS awards banquet … TheBHS Athletic Hall of Fameunveiled its second class. En-tering the Hall will be for-mer BHS coaches Al Pelli-grinelli and Jim Day, andathletes Robert McCann(Class of 1956), Mauro Gozzo(Class of 1984), Rocky Urso(Class of 1987), Ken Pera(Class of 1989), Monica Early(Class of 1990), ForrestConoly (Class of 1991), DavidSwanson (Class of 1991) andLindsey Pulito (Class of2000). The 1958 state champi-onship BHS baseball teamwill be immortalized in theHall as well.

Champs: The Berlin HighSchool football team repeat-ed as Central ConnecticutConference Division IIIchampion. Also, the BHSgridders prevailed in theWishbone Bowl against NewBritain … The BHS girls bas-ketball team claimed theCCC South Division champi-onship … The BHS boysswim team claimed the CCCSouth Division title … TheNewington-Berlin ice hockeyteam earned both the CCCSouth Division regular sea-son and tournament titles …

The BHS cheerleadersplaced first at the CCC SouthDivision competition.

College: Eleven BerlinHigh School seniors whowould be continuing theircareers at NCAA Division Ior II schools came togetherfor a brief ceremony at the

high school library … BHSfootball star Max DeLorenzogave a verbal commitment tocontinue his career at theUniversity of Connecticut …Former BHS soccer playerMaggie Murphy earned a

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College CornerFormer Berlin High School soccer star

Kerry Scalora, a freshman at the Universi-ty of Pennsylvania, was named Ivy LeagueRookie of the Year recently.

A forward/midfielder, Scalora tied for theteam lead in goals (5) and points (12) thisseason, and became just the second player inprogram history to be named Rookie of theYear. Scalora also received second-team All-Ivy League honors, one of just two freshmannamed to the first or second teams.

Scalora helped UPenn claim the 2010 IvyLeague title and advance to the NCAA tour-nament.

Berlin High School alumna KaitlynBovee, a freshman basketball player, wasnamed Roger Williams University FemaleAthlete of the Week recently. The guard/for-ward totaled 23 points and 18 rebounds dur-ing a two-game stretch.

The Berlin High School girls basketballprogram’s all-time scoring leader KatelynZarotney now plays for Siena College. Atpress time, the freshman forward had ap-peared in six games and had tallied eightpoints, nine rebounds and three steals.

The Berlin High School girls basketball

program’s all-time 3-point leader AlexysVazquez now plays for Fairfield University.At press time, the freshman guard had ap-peared in eight games and had manufac-tured six points, four assists and five re-bounds.

Berlin High School alumnus A.J. Mar-siglia helped lead the Bridgton Academyfootball team to a record of 6-4 this fall.

Bridgton Academy is an all-male, post-graduate, boarding school where student-athletes spend a year improving in the class-room as well as on the playing field. Also,Bridgton Academy gives student-athleteslooking to earn a college scholarship an ad-ditional year of exposure.

Do you know of a Berlin resident compet-ing in college athletics? Share the athlete’ssuccesses with the community! E-mail us [email protected].

Former Berlin High School footballplayer A.J. Marsiglia had a solid seasonfor Bridgton Academy, a post-graduate,boarding school.

Soccer ClassicMooreland Hill School hostedCheshire Academy, RumseyHall and Chase Collegiate at itsfourth annual Soccer Classic.In round robin play, Moorelandlost to Chase, tied Rumsey,and beat Cheshire to earn thethird seed in the semifinals.There, Mooreland fell to No. 2seed Rumsey, which notchedthe winning goal with two min-utes to play. Mooreland wenton to defeat Cheshire in theconsolation game. Moore-land’s Dahnique Brown andChristopher Martin were se-lected to the All-Classic team.Pictured: Mooreland’s NatRevenaugh, of Berlin.

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roster spot at Clemson University …Former Berlin High School soccerstar Kerry Scalora, a freshman atthe University of Pennsylvania, wasnamed Ivy League Rookie of theYear … BHS pitcher Austin Barneswill bring his talents to the Univer-sity of Hartford baseball team.

Youth: The Berlin Bash claimedthe U-12 State Cup girls soccer cham-pionship … The Berlin Bash U-11girls soccer team won the 2010 CapeCod Challenge Cup Open (A Group)… The Berlin 11-year-old All-Starbaseball went undefeated en route towinning the Southington Southtournament … The Berlin 11-12-year-old All-Star softball team sweptits way to the District 5 champi-onship … The Berlin 9-10-year-oldAll-Star softball team claimed theDistrict 5 crown… The McGee Mid-dle School girls cross country teamwent undefeated during the regularseason, 13-0, and placed first at theMidstate Middle School League Invi-tational.

Controversy: Backers of BrentPaladino were fired up that he wasnot offered the job of head profes-sional at Timberlin Golf Course.Paladino served as interim head proat Timberlin for several monthswhen former head pro Jeff Coderreresigned … Friends of Berlin Base-ball want Sage Park’s Zipadelli Fieldto be a baseball-only facility. Youthsoccer teams use the field as well …BHS coaches and athletes continuedto be “cyber-bullied” by anonymousbloggers online, prompting BHS ath-letics director Jim Day to considersevering ties with one particularnewspaper which allows such be-havior on its website … BHS’s livelystudent cheering section, The RedSea, took some heat in the Letter tothe Editor section of The Citizen forwhat some saw as unruly behaviorduring a boys basketball gameagainst Plainville … U.S. DistrictJudge Stefan Underhill ruled thatcheerleading is not a sport.

Chips shots: After five years on


University of Connecticut-bound Max DeLorenzo and the Berlin HighSchool football team claimed the 2010 Central Connecticut Confer-ence Division III championship.

the job, Jeff Coderre left his post ashead professional at Timberlin GolfCourse. He was replaced by MarcBayram, who most recently was an

assistant pro at Shuttle MeadowCountry Club … The ninth annualStan Trojanowski Northern Juniortournament drew a talent-packed

field to Timberlin … Local golfer Er-ica Barnes won the ConnecticutState Women’s Amateur golf tourna-ment … Berlin’s Kyle Gallo bestedthe field at the Connecticut OpenChampionship golf tournamentwith a 54-hole total of 200 (10-under-par). It was Gallo’s fourth Open title.

Look who’s here: The HartfordColonials, a member of the UnitedFootball League, used Sage Park’sScalise Field as its practice facility.Practice sessions were open to thepublic … Connecticut Amateur JaiAlai opened for business. The facili-ty includes a 112-foot, three-sided jaialai court, and a mini court forlearning the game … Appearing atKen’s Cards and Collectibles wereformer University of Connecticutwomen’s basketball stars TinaCharles and Renee Montgomery, andprofessional wrestling legend Ted“The Million Dollar Man” DiBiase.

Local connection: The North-west Catholic baseball team cap-tured the CIAC Class S state champi-onship. Berlin residents FanolPrevalla and Patrick Dornfried weremembers of the team, which iscoached by Berlin High Schoolalumnus Cory Carlson … Berlin res-ident Tom Pac’s daughter, Erin, abobsledder, earned a bronze medalat the Vancouver Olympic Games …Berlin residents Ann and Tom Thi-bodeau celebrated their son TomThibodeau’s hiring as head coach ofthe NBA’s Chicago Bulls.

Odds and ends: The CIAC GolfCommittee looked at the possibilityof moving either, or both, the boysand girls golf season from thespring to the fall. In the end, the de-cision was made to keep golf seasonwhere it is … The CIAC Board ofControl unanimously passed regula-tions that sanction a coach whochooses to publicly criticize game of-ficials … Members of the BerlinHigh School bike club rode 45 milesthrough the streets of New YorkCity … Boys lacrosse earned officialclub status at BHS … The BerlinPost 68 American Legion baseballprogram fielded a Junior team … ABerlin baseball team took the fieldin the Wallingford Twilight League… Governor M. Jodi Rell signed abill that requires training for schoolcoaches on the effects of concus-sions in student-athletes. The billalso mandates that coaches mustkeep any player out of a game orpractice if he or she shows signs ofa concussion, and cannot allow theplayers to re-enter until medicallycleared … Race fans converged onthe Berlin fairgrounds for the sec-ond annual Plainville Stadium Re-union.

Happy New Year!

WrestlingThirteen Berlin Minutemen traveled to Bristol for a match

recently. In the Mighty Mite Division, Nicholas Koops andCaleb Orde placed first. In the Bantam Division, Isaac Cortesand Braden Shea placed fourth. In the Intermediate Division,Nathan Orde, Luke Mangifico and Serge Duquette finishedthird. Graeden Boyer was fourth. In the Novice Division,Calvin Johnson placed second, as did Middle School Divi-sion wrestlers Sean Sullivan and Joe Inturri.

The Berlin travel wrestling team opened the season with a66-12 win over Hartford.

Forfeit wins by Daniel Veleas and Nick Arborio gave Berlin

an early lead. Josh Veleas expanded the lead, earning a pinin 45 seconds. Anthony Buccheri then battled his way to athird-period pin. From there, Andrew Zovich fell behind early,but in the third period, came up with a reversal and a pinagainst Berlin’s Noah Villella. Ronnie Watson went on toearn the fastest fall of the night — 26 seconds. Michael Pat-terson followed with a pin. After Jared Zima came up shortagainst Hartford’s most experienced guy, Vinny Biscoglioand Joe Inturri closed out the meet with back to back pins.

Also winning by forfeit for Berlin were Niko Fusco andSean Sullivan. Berlin’s Connor Ruszcyk battled hard, butcame up short.

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of Human Resources DeniseBard, who handled the firing,Bard outlined why Audettewas fired. “You admitted thatyou did take two sub sand-wiches despite (the policy)”which does not allow staff topurchase food or pay in cash.

People to admireI spent many months gath-

ering stories and doing re-search for a story on Berlin’sVietnam era vets. Finally, inMay 27 edition, the story waspublished. It was a privilegeto speak to the vets whohelped us tell about how thewar had changed them andhow they picked up the

pieces and carried on. Therewas one fact that didn’t makeit into this story and that hasbothered me ever since.Richard Benson, who gaveme extensive help with thisstory, wasn’t interested intalking about the medals hewon, he just wanted a chanceto acknowlege all the localpeople who served in thatera. In the end, I decided toinclude information aboutthe Purple Heart he’d re-ceived and put that impor-tant detail in a revision of theoriginal story. However, dueto a technological glitch, theversion I sent to publicationdid not include the revision.Below, this version of the sto-ry corrects the oversight.

Vietnam era vets: life

goes on, but memories stayclose

Some served “in country,”others were part of the wareffort on other fronts, butscores of veterans fromBerlin were part of the tu-multuous Vietnam era. Threeyoung Berlin men were killedin that war and many otherssuffered injuries, physicaland otherwise. Most who re-turned have gotten on withtheir lives, but there is nodoubt the war changed indi-viduals and the country.

Three local veterans —Cleveland P. Huggins, RichSmilnak and Richard Benson— spoke with The Citizenabout their Viet Nam era ex-periences; where they pickedup when they came back toBerlin and how they view theuneasy reconciliation thathas evolved as people re-eval-uate what happened to thecountry during this contro-versial period.

“There are some real he-roes from this town,” saidDick Benson as he listed thenames of several who served;some who were injured, somewho earned Purple Hearts.Benson earned a PurpleHeart, as well, but that’s notwhat he talked about, in-stead, he emphasized thatVietnam era vets live amongus and typically remain quietabout their service. Theirscars often not visible as theyget on with their lives. Inmany cases, they continue toserve their communities —like a Viet Nam era helicop-ter pilot who now flies forLife Star.

Benson went to Vietnam asa noncommissioned officerand served as a squad leaderand platoon sergeant. Hisduty began Christmas day1969. On Jan. 27 1970, afterjust 30 days on the ground, heand several men were severe-ly injured during an ambush.

A Nov. 11 story by MauraGaffney made a big impres-sion on all of us at The Citi-zen and many of you alsocomplimented WAVEShelped pave way for today’swomen in uniform.

When Mary Ann Goodelldecided to join the Navy in1948, at age 20, her friendstried to talk her out of it.

“Mary Ann, nice girlsdon’t join the service,” theysaid. Goodell and manywomen like her disregardedsuch views and proudly went

Mary Labieniec dances with a friend at her 102 birth-day party.

on to serve their country. To-day, Goodell, an 81 year-oldBerlin resident, is a memberof WAVES National, an or-ganization for women whohave served or are currentlyserving in the nation’s seaservices (Navy, Marines andCoast Guard). Goodell andher fellow WAVES share aunique experience that de-serves recognition on Veter-ans Day.”

People who made ussmile

It was just a little story, butmy Irish roots responded in abig way: Irish traditionyields 150 loaves of sodabread for gifts.

The Jones family madeand distributed at least 150loaves of Irish soda bread toneighbors, friends and fami-ly this year — a traditionthey’ve engaged in for thelast decade.

“It’s our great-aunt Mary’srecipe and it comes fromCounty Longford in Ireland,”said Cathy Jones. She andher husband K.C Jones,along with their childrenConnor, a McGee MiddleSchool student, and Shan-non, a Berlin High Schoolstudent (also an Irish stepdancer), work on the projecttogether.

Cathy Jones said the fami-ly recipe is a secret and atleast 100 years old. Sodabread, along with rye bread,is traditional Irish fare and agood complement to corned

beef and cabbage or just onits own.

Soda bread dates back toapproximately 1840, when bi-carbonate of soda was intro-duced in Ireland. The Jones’St Patrick’s Day projecttakes two weekends of cook-ing and five cast iron fryingpans are put to work. CathyJones said it’s the family’sway of saying “thank you” tothe recipients.

Another little story makesthe list: At 102, Labieniecenjoys a wonderful life

Mary Labieniec celebrat-ed her 102 birthday, March 1,with a day-long party at theMcDonald’s restaurant onNew Britain Road. The hon-oree said the event was“wonderful”. She was sur-rounded by scores of friendsand five generations of fami-ly. Labieniec bought a newoutfit for the occasion andfriends noted that this petitedynamo always exhibitsgreat style.

She also knows how tohave a good time and, afterpatiently sitting through arendition of “Happy Birth-day” by the crowd of well-wishers, Labieniec took tothe dance floor with partnerafter partner to show shehad rhythm, too. Labeieniecmoved to Berlin in 1961. Shehas dedicated much of herlife to service to others andone of her volunteer jobs is

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with the Veterans of ForeignWars Ladies Auxiliary.

And finally…It was a lot of work but the

results were worth. Through-out last summer, The Citizenran a series of stories cele-brating Berlin’s 225th an-niversary: How it all began:A timeline of Berlin histo-ry. The timeline was re-searched and created by localhistorians: Beth Stowell,John Winiarski, SallieCaliandri, and Cathy Nelsonof the Berlin-Peck MemorialLibrary. They generouslycontributed their work to theseries and the Berlin Histori-cal Society opened its photoarchives to us in order to pro-vide a visual trip back intime.

Here’s a snippet from theintroduction: 1785-2010Berlin at 225 — a celebra-tion of community life

Today The Citizen launch-es a special 225th anniver-sary year series to highlightthe life and times of Berlin asthe town celebrates this mile-stone during May— andthroughout the year.

The timelines are based oninformation taken frombooks about Berlin, old news-paper stories, microfilmarchives and other historicaldocuments.

The Berlin Historical Soci-ety has over 1,000 photos inits archives and these give aportrait of Berlin in the daysof dirt roads, carriages, alively railroad stop, and acountryside brimming withfarms. Although rendered inblack, white and sepia, theolden days’ photos show a vi-brant town.

Lorraine Stub, from thehistorical society, helpedwith the photos. She recalledthe Memorial Day paradethat, in years past, rotated tovarious routes throughouttown. When the parade routecame to Worthington Ridge“You’d sit on your porch andwatch it go by.”

Berlin celebrates Memorial Day, (way back when.)

The Berlin Police Depart-ment reported the followingarrests.

Dec. 3Matthew Gibson, 31, 174

Parker Ave., Meriden, second-degree failure to appear.

Christopher Horton, 23, 126Carey Ave., Meriden, failure todrive in proper lane, multiplehwy., operating under the influ-ence of drugs/alcohol, operat-ing unregistered motor vehicle.

Dec. 4Michael Letizio, 25, 131

Main St., third-degree strangu-lation, interfering with an emer-gency call, disorderly con-duct/assaultive, risk of injury(family violence related.)

Dec. 5Gary Charette, 53, 1188

Worthington Ridge, disorderlyconduct/assaultive.

Dec. 6Connie M. Tuttle, 33, 140

Wooster St., New Britain, inter-fering with an officer, criminalimpersonation.

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But for those who don’t un-derstand the ramifications oftheir internet activities, theyneed to realize there can bepsychological, school andparental consequences —and even criminal conse-quences if things go too far,he said.

“Technology is growingfaster than the laws can keepup or that parents can moni-tor,” Germain said. He’d liketo see kids get more educa-tion around the issues andfor parents to get more in-volved.

“Think before you hitsend,” Germain said. “Youcan’t take it back and it’s out

there forever.” Parents oftenare not tech savvy and “don’trealize what kids are send-ing.”

There’s a generational di-vide when it comes to theprevalence and importanceof social media in one’s life,Germain said. He worksclosely with Youth DetectiveBrian Dumais who works atMcGee Middle School wherestudents take a pledge not tobully.

“Schools have bullyingpolicies in place and this ex-tends to using electronic me-dia,” Dumais said. Targetinginternet education towardsmiddle school students maybe an even more critical ageto reach, as by high school,kids have a better idea ofwhat to avoid, he said.

There have been a handfulof incidents this year, Ger-main said. “Kids don’t hangout in the park like they usedto, they hang out through theinternet” and at times that“anonymity leads to badchoices.”

The main approach, policeand school officials take, is to

intervene when there is acomplaint of harassment.Whether or not a situationprogresses to a criminal con-cern, depends, Germainsaid, on factors such as whatthe victim wants to see hap-pen, whether parents get in-volved, and if the bullyingstops. Following up with kidswho’ve been the target ofbullying, to make sure thesituation continues to re-main resolved, is an impor-tant step the SRO and youthdetective take.

Germain and Dumais saidthey often operate in a grayarea when navigating a reso-lution, but every complaintor concern is taken seriously.“We do not minimize’ the im-pact of any complaint,” Ger-main said. Police are avail-able to discuss these con-cerns with students and con-fidentiality will be kept tothe extent possible.

An incident that happenson Facebook may end up be-ing brought to school thenext day. But often those inci-dents can be short-circuitedthrough discussion. It’s hap-

pened that the assistant prin-cipals have brought in stu-dents, who were facing off onFacebook, and they are thenasked to talk over the dis-agreement in person.

Dumais said there hasn’tbeen much in terms of “sex-ting” incidents in Berlin.However, boyfriend-girl-friend incidents do occur.Sending explicit photoscould be considered harass-ment if it is done without aperson’s permission. Tapinganother person without hisor her knowledge could fallunder laws regarding inva-sion of privacy.

Dumais said he’s seensome “mean stuff ” on web-sites such as Formspring andmore work needs to be doneto help students understand“the consequences of theiractions.”

He’d like more opportuni-ties for parents to get in-volved, too. He said someschools have hosted parenttraining programs on inter-net topics and these arescheduled, at the school, dur-ing student dances; parents

drop off students and thenhead to class.

“When (cyber problems)are brought into school, we’lltake action. We try to pre-empt and be pro-active.Sometimes we can find theleaders. We ask them ‘howwould you feel’ and get themto realize their actions andhow it affects other people,”Germain said.

While Germain suggestedthat parents keep computersin “public” family spaces, heconceded that’s not altogeth-er practical and that “Par-ents are most often unawareof their child’s behavior.”

(Berlin high school seniorAndrea Pomponio con-tributed to this story.)

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MERIDEN 2-3BRs AptsRecently Renovated.

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APARTMENTSFOR RENT

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MERIDEN $259,900 Spacious3BR, 2.5 bath in private 3/4 acreneighborhood near Middlefieldline. Remodeled kit & baths. Newstainless appls, gleaming HW flrs& Cair. Linda 203-235-3300

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WALLINGFORD $182,900 Greatend unit in much sought aftercomplex. 1360 sq ft, 2BR,1.5BTH, FR in LR, full w/o base-ment with sliders to a privateback yard. A must see! CallDawn 203-265-5618

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F/T Groomer wanted @ CountryDog in Southington. Expandingsalon looking for an energetic,professional and passionategroomer with 1+ yrs exp whocan work independently & effi-ciently. Future growth opportuni-ties within the company are like-ly. Must possess exc customerservice skills & exceptional workethics. Call Cheryl 860-621-7297

F/T Groomer wanted @ CountryDog in Southington. Expandingsalon looking for an energetic,professional and passionategroomer with 1+ yrs exp whocan work independently & effi-ciently. Future growth opportuni-ties within the company are like-ly. Must possess exc customerservice skills & exceptional workethics. Call Cheryl 860-621-7297

MECHANICSSemi-trailer dealership in need

of trailer mechanics for repairfacility. Should have mechanictools. Benefits are available.Pay depends upon experience.

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Around the Clock Heating & Cool-ing, Inc. in North Haven, is seek-ing a licensed residential oilburner technician/HVAC techni-cian. Must have at least 4 yearsexp. and a “B” or “S” license.

Competitive salary, companyvehicle, 401K, medical, paidvacation & holidays. Call 203-239-2226 to setup a confidentialinterview.

PPAARRTT TTIIMMEE DDAATTAA EENNTTRRYYTemp with possible hire inWallingford for someonewho prefers morning hours,has stable work history &good understanding ofsales orders, purchaseorders & invoicing. MUSTWANT PART TIME ONLY.$12. Call AR Mazzotta

(203) 949-4242

HELP WANTED

Human ResourcesDirector

Southington-CheshireCommunity YMCA

The Southington-CheshireCommunity YMCAs is seek-ing a YMCA mission-orientedprofessional to join the Asso-ciation's management team,providing strategic leader-ship to attract, develop andretain the best talent avail-able and to position theYMCA as an "employer ofchoice." Oversees the devel-opment and implementationof talent management/human resources policies,plans and services, includingrecruitment, selection, legalcompliance, employee bene-fits, compensation, employeerelations, diversity and inclu-sion, employment practicesand procedures, employeecommunications and events.

Candidates must have Bache-lor's degree in business,human resources or equiva-lent; Master's degree pre-ferred and have eight or moreyears of professional experi-ence in all aspects of humanresources management andstaff development and/orequivalent combination ofeducation and experience.Must have effective commu-nication skills, be innovativeand have superior manage-ment/ interpersonal skills.

SSaallaarryy rraannggee: $50K-$56K.with 9% retirement, andmedical benefits.

By January 19, 2011, sendcover letter, resume, and 5references. Only completeelectronic submissions willbe accepted.

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