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The Plainville Board of Education met at the mid-dle school Monday to dis-cuss the installation of a teacher-based program, the education system’s energy costs and savings, as well as a contract with the DATTCO transportation company. In addition, a check for $750 from Northeast Utilities was awarded to parent-teacher or-ganizations in Plainville.

Superintendent of Schools Jeffrey Kitching told the

board there have been on-going discussions with DATTCO regarding a new contract because the current one is coming to an end. The BOE approved the superin-tendent signing a new con-tract on its behalf. The BOE will pay DATTCO $1.4 million per year over five years.

“They have amended the contract and worked on our routes to reduce the num-ber of vehicles from 30 to 25. This will save us some money moving forward, and we were able to get them to include extra charter service for field

trips and other things, and we won’t be charged extra. We have also renegotiated some of the language they origi-nally proposed to route field trips to get them to signifi-cantly reduce the rate of field trips locally, both in Plainville and a five-mile radius,” Kitch-ing explained.

Linda Van Wagenen, direc-tor of curriculum, instruction and assessment for Plainville Community Schools, pro-vided the BOE an update on the fixed mindset versus the

BOE discusses new programs, contractsBy Adam StuhlmanThe Plainville Citizen

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Plainville artists get in the holiday spirit

A group of local art-ists came together to do a Thanksgiving mural at 166 West Main St., the home of Joanne Edman. Adorned by two large cornstalks and an American flag, the painting is done in traditional Thanks-giving colors, with painted flowers and a turkey. This is part of a holiday tradition that will include a Christmas mural next month.

Carmine Lalama and Di-ane Sperry, two of the artists who worked on the painting, said it took some time and planning.

“It took six weeks to make, and I got all the wood and painted the sign as well as some of the fruit and leaves, there were six or seven of us and we all pitched in,” Lalama said at the site of the mural.

Sperry, who said there were eight contributors in the group, explained in a phone interview with The Citizen that they met at the Senior Center, and went to Lala-ma’s house to work on the

painting.“We all contributed to the

painting. I did the lettering and some of the painting. Carol Webster did the draw-ing, and Carmine and a few

others contributed to the painting. We are part of an amateur group that meets on Wednesdays. We all contrib-uted, and Joanne Edman was nice enough to let us use her

front yard. It was a real team effort; artists just wanting to say ‘thank you’ and ‘Happy Thanksgiving.’”

According to a copy of an email from Roberta Lalama –

Carmine’s wife – Thanksgiv-ing was “established in 1862 by Abraham Lincoln to boost the morale of the country torn by the Civil War. There was also an attempt by Presi-dent Roosevelt in the 1940s to move it up one week for the purpose of extending the tra-ditional shopping season for Christmas.”

Sperry, who is president of another group, the Art League of Plainville, feels that art is not present enough in Connecticut culture.

“It’s just a nice warm feel-ing to drive by and see that sign that says ‘Happy Thanks-giving,’” she said. “It’s our contribution to the town.”

By Adam StuhlmanThe Plainville Citizen

This Thanksgiving-themed mural, created by a group of local artists, stands at 166 West Main St. | Adam Stuhlman

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Children’s drop-in programs

Drop-in children’s pro-g rams are schedu led through Dec. 19. Classes are free and open to the public. No registration necessary.

Tuesdays from 10:30 to11 a.m. – Mother Goose Rhymes (ages 0-23 months with caregiver, siblings welcome). Stories, nurs-ery rhymes, musical instru-ments, puppets, and more.

Tuesdays from 6:30 to 7:15 p.m. – You Be… (ages 7 and up). Explore read-alouds in-cluding narrative non-fic-tion with lots of interactive fun.

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Thursdays from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. – Tales for Tots (ages 2-3 with caregiver, siblings welcome). Class for two- and three-year olds and their caregivers (sibling are welcome). Stories, finger-plays and songs and the in-troduction of simple crafts and activity stations.

For more information, call the Children’s Department at (860) 793-1450.

November events

Wednesday, Nov. 19 - Teen movie. “If I Stay” at 4:30 p.m. Rated PG13. For more infor-mation, call (860) 793-1450.

Thursday, Nov. 20 - Begin-ner guitar clinic. Frank Macri plans a free guitar clinic for 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Clinic is for teens and adults, 13 and up. Participants should bring a stringed guitar. Registration is required. For more infor-mation, call (860) 793-1446.

Tuesday, Nov. 25 - Music Together. Felice Danielson plans a free interactive mu-sic class for children, up to 5 years old with parents/care-givers. Registration is re-quired at (860) 793-1450.

Friday, Nov. 28 - Family lunch theatre. “Planes: Fire and Rescue” at noon. Fam-ilies should bring lunch. A craft is planned after the movie.


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brary, 56 East Main St., is open Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. (children’s room closes at 8 p.m.); Friday and Satur-day, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call (860) 793-1446.

Chess clubA chess club for adults

is forming at the Plainville Public Library. The club, for players of all levels, plans to meet monthly.

For more information, call the library at (860) 793-1446.

Library Briefs

The Barque Eagle Division of the United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps and United States Navy League Cadet Corps have scheduled drills for Wednesday, Nov. 19, 6:45 to 9 p.m., at the Naval Op-erational Support Center, 1 Linsley Dr.

The USNSCC is open to young men and women ages 13 to 17; the USNLCC is open to girls and boys ages 11 to 13.

The Cadet Corps offers the opportunity to learn ba-sic seamanship and military history, provides physical fit-ness and military precision training, encourages cadets

to develop their leadership skills and gives its cadets a preview of what a military career would be like. Cadets are provided military-issue uniforms, and may advance in rank during their training.

The Cadet Corps seeks to instill the qualities of self-re-liance and patriotism in its members, in a drug- and al-cohol-free environment.

Cadets meet approx-imately three times per month from September to June, with basic orienta-tion and advanced trainings available to qualified ca-dets in the summer months.

Advanced trainings may include SCUBA diving qual-if ication, marksmanship, small watercraft navigation and more.

For more information about the Plainville division of the USNSCC and USN-LCC, contact LT. Brian Nay-lor at [email protected] or visit www.barque-eagle-division.org.

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Congregational Church of Plainville

Angel Fair – Congrega-tional Church of Plainville, 130 West Main St., will host an Angel Fair Saturday, Nov. 22, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Many vendors and readers. Free admission. At 2 p.m., psychic medium Rebecca Anne LoCi-cero will hold a “Messages from Heaven” session. That involves a fee.

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Sleigh bells craft fair - The Plainville Methodist Church, 56 Red Stone Hill, has scheduled its annual Sleigh Bells Craft Fair for Sat-urday, Dec. 6, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Refreshments and lunch will be available. For more infor-mation, call (860) 747-2328.

Weekly events Sunday worship at 10 a.m.

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Religious Briefs

The Plainville United Methodist Church and Disciples of Christ is sponsoring the 9th an-nual “Fill the Truck” event at Gnazzo’s Food Center, 73 East St. The collection is sched-uled for Friday, Nov. 21 through Tuesday, Nov. 25 at 5 p.m. Food and non-food items will be ac-cepted around the clock with volunteers sleeping in the truck.


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“We started talking about this two years ago,” she told The Citizen, “and this year we are seeing a big push. It’s not just a switch that you can flick that can cause all of our kids to have the growth mind-set; this is going to take some time.”

In a presentation to the board, Van Wagenen laid out what she said are the differ-ences between the two mind-sets, and how they affect learning. She said that in the growth mindset, effort is the key to learning, that praising effort has more positive influ-ence on a student than prais-ing intelligence. She also said that people with a fixed mind-set are more likely to avoid challenges, have stunted ed-ucational growth, and have less success.

“Students with a fixed mindset feel that they were born a certain way, and can’t change it, no matter

what they do,” she said to the board. “Students with a growth mindset believe that with hard work and perse-verance, they can get better at anything they are trying to learn.”

Also at the meeting, Lynne Davis, an energy specialist for PCS, said there have been improvements in energy sav-ings by schools across town.

“Our expected electric use in kilowatt hours for this past summer was projected to be a 970,000 kilowatt hours in electricity over the sum-mer months for the three elementary schools, the mid-dle school, and Plainville High School, but came in at 670,000 kilowatt hours –a net reduction of about 31 percent in the summer, which is ab-solutely phenomenal; a cost avoidance of about $60,000 associated with that.”

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Plainville FC to install free smoke detectors

Reports suggest many fam-ilies in the U.S. are without adequate fire protection in their homes. The Plainville Fire Company is doing its part to change that. The PFC has received dozens of fire alarm/smoke detectors from Kidde that they will install, for free, in local homes that need them.

This program was made possible through WTNH, Home Depot and the Bridge-port Hospital Burn Center, according to a press release

from Plainville Fire Marshall Larry Sutherland.

“We inspect residen-tial properties all the time,” Sutherland said in a phone interview with The Citizen. “Our job is to make sure peo-ple have them in there. We don’t visit one- and two-fam-ily homes – we are not re-sponsible for them. That’s why I made the offer to sin-gle- and two-family home owners, because if you live in a multi-family home the land-lord is responsible to provide that.”

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Operation Save a Life, a national program for the past 11 years, expanded into Con-necticut a few years ago.

“We partnered with ABC Television in about 10 mar-kets nationally, doing Phil-adelphia, New York. We’ve been expanding nationwide,” Kidde Community Rela-tions Manager Neal Zipser said.. “Three years ago we thought it was a good idea to reach into Connecticut, and the State Fire Marshall at the time, Rob Ross, was very

open to it.”A March 2014 report

by Marty Ahrens entitled “Smoke Alarms in U.S. Home Fires” that appeared on the National Fire Protection As-sociation’s website, nfpa.org, stated “almost 5 million households still do not have any smoke alarms.”

Kidde requires that the lo-cal fire departments install the alarms to ensure accuracy.

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Holiday fair - Grace Lu-theran Church, 222 Farm-ington Ave., has scheduled its holiday craft fair for Friday, Nov. 14, 5:30 to 8 p.m. The event features ornaments, crafts, a white elephant sale, gift baskets, homemade baked goods and food.

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theran Church, 222 Farm-ington Ave., has scheduled its holiday craft fair for Sat-urday, Nov. 15, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event features ornaments, crafts, a white elephant sale, gift baskets, homemade baked goods and food.

Saturday, Nov. 22Bowling fundraiser -

PARC’s 12th annual bowl-ing classic is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 22, 4 to 7 p.m., at Laurel Lanes, 136 New Britain Ave. A fee is charged. Pre-registration is available. For more informa-tion or to register, call Erica Donovan at (860) 747-0316

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Tuesday, Nov. 25Bake sale - AARP 4146

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Saturday, Dec. 6Sleigh bells craft fair

- The Plainville Methodist Church, 56 Red Stone Hill, has scheduled its annual Sleigh Bells Craft Fair for Saturday, Dec. 6, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Refreshments and lunch will be available. For more information, call (860) 747-2328.

Blood drive - The American Red Cross has scheduled a blood drive for Monday, Dec. 8, 1 to 6 p.m., at The Plainville United Methodist Church, 56 Red Stone Hill. For more information and to sched-ule an appointment, call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or visit www.red-crossblood.org.

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MERIDEN — Shannon Ducas of Meriden lost her Internet service recently and tried contacting Frontier Communications’ customer service department for sev-eral hours. After finally get-ting a representative, she was asked for a phone number three times before being told she didn’t have an account. Customer service then hung up on her, Ducas said.

Service was restored in a few days.

“I’m trying to give Frontier the benefit of the doubt,” she said. “But they hung up on me.”

Ducas is among thousands of customers statewide who lost Internet, some cable channels or on-demand ca-

pability and phone service when AT&T turned its ser-vice contracts over to Fron-tier Communications Corp.

The conversion of AT&T’s wireline, broadband and video operations into Fron-tier’s systems that began Nov. 1 has been a bumpy ride for thousands of customers and Frontier.

“There are people working around the clock,” said Wil-liam Henderson, president of the Communications Work-ers of America Local 1298. “They brought in 200 peo-ple out of state to make sure these problems get taken care of. We met with Fron-tier yesterday to hire 25 more people.”

Stamford-based Frontier bought AT&T’s wireline business, statewide fiber net-work and U-verse operations

in Connecticut for $2 billion. Frontier also services AT&T’s Dish satellite TV customers.

AT&T customers in Con-necticut are now Frontier customers, and about 2,500 employees are Frontier employees.

The union has cheered the deal after years of AT&T lay-offs of union workers in its landline and repair divisions. Frontier will maintain five offices in the state and has promised to add 300 jobs in Connecticut alone, stopping the slow dismantling of the union workforce in the state.

Henderson blamed some of the switchover problems on AT&T, which he said pro-vided faulty information to Frontier during the transition.

“The problem is not Fron-tier’s alone,” Henderson said. “AT&T could have been more

helpful to the resolution to these problems. They have to share the blame.”

AT&T cut its service and repair division Nov. 1, despite having 44 scheduled service calls, Henderson said. And critics have said the state Public Utility Regulatory Agency should have ensured AT&T was part of the tran-sition when it approved the sale.

Henderson also points to the fact that nobody lost 911 or phone service and large numbers of customers who have reported no problems and a seamless transition in places like Meriden and Berlin.

“This is a monumental task before them,” Hender-son said.

AT&T spokeswoman Kate MacKinnon said the telecom-

munications giant is actively involved in the transition.

“We worked closely with Frontier for months to pre-pare for this transition and have been working with them nonstop since the cutover be-gan, but we realize some cus-tomers may have concerns,” MacKinnon said in an e-mail statement. “We know Fron-tier will work very hard to make things right, and we’ll do everything we can to sup-port them.”

Ken Arndt, Frontier Com-munications’ east region president, issued this state-ment Nov. 4:

“This weekend Frontier converted approximately 415,000 data, 875,000 voice, and 215,000 video connec-tions in Connecticut. Given

By Mary Ellen GodinSpecial to The Citizen

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The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy released the State Energy Ef-ficiency Scorecard recently, listing Connecticut as the sixth most energy-efficient state in the country.

Possidento Therrien Elec-trical Contractors LLC, in Plainville, a provider of vari-ous electrical appliances, has worked on numerous ener-gy-saving projects around the state, and here in town.

“We work in a program provided by Connecticut Light & Power, and United

Illuminating,” said Patrick Burns, account manager for Possidento Therrien Electri-cal. “They are commercial energy-efficiency programs. Commercial customers get incentives to make ener-gy-saving upgrades, and the money comes from the Con-necticut Energy-Efficiency fund, which is rate-payer-funded by small charges in electric bills,” he said.

Locally, Possidento Ther-rien Electrical has done work at the firehouse, Town Hall, the library. Currently, the company is doing installa-tions at Linden Street School, and may do work at Wheeler Elementary School and the Middle School of Plainville. That would be part of a larger plan the Board of Education is looking at and would have to be approved at a public referendum.

In addition, Possidento Therrien Electrical also helps local small businesses reduce energy costs with the Small Business Energy Advantage that, according to pteelectri-cal.com, is designed towards commercial and industrial customers who don’t have the money to hire experts to tell them how to reduce energy,

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the magnitude of this con-version, we are very pleased that the overwhelming major-ity of customers experienced a seamless transition from AT&T’s service to Frontier’s. That said, even one customer with a service problem is one too many, and we are aware of some targeted issues. We know that it’s frustrating for those customers who are ex-periencing service issues, and we apologize. We want you to know that we’re working quickly to resolve them.”

Frontier has also set up a Facebook page to keep Connecticut subscribers in-

formed on service issues. Subscribers are free to in-stant message customer ser-vice representatives with their questions.

Mary J. Heslin said her In-ternet service went out Mon-day evening and didn’t return until Tuesday morning.

“It’s fine now, but I’m leery,” Heslin said.

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Burns projects a big future for the light emitting diode – LED – a tiny light bulb that

doesn’t have a filament and is illuminated by the movement of electrons in a semiconduc-tor while lasting the same amount of time as a transis-tor and lasting much longer than incandescent bulbs.

“Energy efficiency is noth-ing new, but it is coming more to the forefront because of high energy costs. The future in lighting is in LEDs; they are the hot product right now

because they give you big en-ergy reduction while lasting a lot longer than typical flores-cent fixtures. In lighting, LED is the way to go,” he said.

Burns pointed out that heating, ventilation, and air conditioning are improving along with lighting as peo-ple are finding new ways to control energy costs in these systems.

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Foster parent programWheeler Clinic, 88 East St.,

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parents. For more information, call (203) 755-4963, (860) 793-7277 or email [email protected].

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Nov. 19, 5:45 to 7:45 p.m., at the New Britain general campus.

The free, interactive pre-sentation is aimed at helping women feel good about them-selves despite illness.

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Watch the winnersTo the editor:Whew! This election is

over.

As usual, the victors are jubilant. The losers are not, and they will be dissect-ing every move they made,

every word they spoke and wonder what did I do wrong? What else could I have done?

For myself and many oth-ers we feel relief. Those an-noying recorded phone calls are done. Thank goodness for caller ID! If we do not recognize the number we do not answer the phone.

For years we have thrown away all political fliers that clog our mail boxes. Next year I will keep every one and on election eve I will separate and count them by candidate. The candidate who sends no fliers will be considered for my vote.

Lawn signs are OK. I love it when I see signs for op-posing candidates in front of the same home. At least, those people are thinking and making a statement.

Now it is up to all of us to watch the winners. Do they keep their campaign

promises?Listen to the TV or radio,

read the newspapers. Go to your local city/town council meetings and consider what is going on. Write letters to the editor. Make your con-cerns known. Applaud them when they do well. Criticize them when they do not.

Above all, be aware! These are our towns and cities that they have been elected to oversee. Realize that our well being is in the hands that have been elected.

Unfortunately, too small a number of voters actu-ally turn out to vote. Do not let you be one of them next year.

Roberta LalamaPlainville

Letters to the Editor

New focus on female veterans November puts the focus

on veterans in numerous ways. It’s Veterans Aware-ness Month, Veterans Ap-preciation Month, Hire a Vet month, Veterans History Awareness Month and, of course, the month that hon-ors veterans on Veterans Day, Nov. 11.

While women veterans are not specifically mentioned in those categories, there’s no doubt that veterans’ services and organizations are giv-ing more recognition to the contributions — and specific concerns — of these veterans.

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs states the women veterans are the fast-est growing group within the veterans’ population.

Connecticut Department of Veterans Affairs reports that nearly 20 percent of to-day’s active armed forces are women and that just in this state alone there are nearly 16,000 women veterans. The state VA also makes note it’s “proud our commissioner Dr. Linda S. Schwartz, Maj, USAF (retired) is a distinguished

woman veteran.” Women in the military are

getting new and renewed in-terest in many forms – this in-cludes services and enhanced recognition of the importance of providing support and ser-vices in a way that works best for this segment of veterans. Outreach efforts and includ-ing women in developing and providing feedback on ser-vices are part of the plan.

According to the VA, women veterans under utilize VA care, largely due to a lack of knowledge about VA bene-fits and available services and their eligibility for them.

In response to that con-cern, the VA has created a woman veterans call center. Women veterans can talk to a person specifically trained to address their questions at (855) 829-6636 (1-855-VA-WOMAN) Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 10 p,m. and Saturday 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

The call is free and con-fidential and also available to individuals calling on a woman veteran’s behalf.

From April 2013 to April

2014 the Call Center received over 9,600 incoming calls and made over 93,000 outbound calls. The WVCC receives, on average, 45 calls per day and makes, on average, 500 calls per day.

Women veterans can ac-cess a wide range of pro-grams that address concerns about health care or help them secure housing, educa-tional loans and grants, or get help with other issues they encounter related to their military service.

The Veterans Administra-tion also is publicizing 20 years of service at its Center for Women Veterans, a pro-gram that monitors and coor-dinates programs specifically for women veterans.

In addition, Women Vet-erans Health Care has devel-oped an outreach toolkit to raise awareness of women veterans’ health care needs and the care VA provides to this rapidly growing vet-eran group. Interested veter-ans can access the Women’s Health Outreach Toolkit (on the VA website) to find bro-

chures, fact sheets, FAQs, health campaign materials, videos for download, and more.

The veterans administra-tion also supports confer-ences and events focused on women veterans issues and provides training opportu-nities for health care profes-sionals to learn more about the needs of women veterans.

The Veterans Administra-tion recently has targeted is-sues regarding what is known as Military Sexual Trauma or MST. Representatives at VA’s Health Resource Center (a national screening program, in which every veteran seen for health care) ask every vet-eran whether he or she expe-rienced MST.

Either sex can experience MST and the VA reports that national data from this pro-gram reveals that about one in four women and one in 100 men respond “yes,” that they experienced MST. (The VA points out that although rates of MST are higher among women, because there are so many more men than women

in the military, there are sig-nificant numbers of both sexes who have experienced MST.)

The VA has this message for women veterans: “Call-ing all women who served in the United States Military. Do you know your veteran sta-tus? Do you have a veteran ID card? Do you receive any ben-efits from the VA, like the GI Bill? Do you receive health care benefits from VA? If you do not know the answers to these questions the Depart-ment of Veterans Affairs es-tablished a call center just for you.”

— Information, including photo, compiled from the U.S. department of Veterans Af-fairs and the Connecticut De-partment of Veterans Affairs.


Election Day

Looney, Duff, Fasano new Senate leaders

HARTFORD — Democrats and Republicans in the state Senate held their traditional post-election caucuses Nov. 6 to formally endorse three top leaders: Martin Looney, D-New Haven, Bob Duff, D-Norwalk and Len Fasano, R-North Haven.

Democrats selected Loo-ney, now the majority leader, as successor to Senate Presi-dent Pro Tem Donald E. Wil-liams Jr., D-Brooklyn, who did not seek re-election. Duff was named the new majority leader.

Fasano succeeds John P. McKinney of Fairfield as mi-nority leader. McKinney did not seek re-election.

The selections formalize what was clear months ago when Williams announced he would not seek another term.

While the caucuses select the majority and minority leaders, Looney will not be become president pro tem until a vote of the Senate on Jan. 7, when the General As-sembly convenes its 2015 session.

Democrats will control the chamber, 21 to 15.

Sen. Kevin Witkos, R-Can-ton will be Fasano’s deputy,

holding the title of Republi-can leader pro tempore.

The GOP picked up one state Senate seat on Election Day and came close in two more races, a disappoint-ment given that the Dem-ocrats were defending five open seats.

“Our guys worked very hard, and it was close,” said Fasano, who has known for months he had the votes to succeed McKinney, who ran unsuccessfully for the GOP nomination for governor.

He conceded a certain frus-tration at watching a Repub-lican tide sweep across the nation, yet barely touch Con-

necticut — aside from a big gain in the state House of Representatives. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, a Democrat, was re-elected with 51 percent of the vote over Republican Tom Foley.

“You look at what hap-pened across the country,” he said, not quite finishing the thought. “The House did a great job.”

After picking up 10 seats Nov. 4, the House GOP is at its strongest in 20 years. Democrats still will control the House in 2015, 87 to 64.

Republicans have gained 27 seats over the past three elec-tions. After the 2010 election,

they were outnumbered, 114 to 37.

House Republicans were to meet to elect a successor to Rep. Lawrence F. Cafero Jr. of Norwalk, who did not seek re-election. Rep. Themis Klarides of Derby is seeking the post.

Fasano, who grew up in New Haven and graduated from Yale and Boston Uni-versity Law School, said he intends to try to broaden the GOP’s legislative reach in the cities as the GOP leader.

“We have a great message for the cities, but we need

By Mark Pazniokas© The Connecticut Mirror

See Senate / Page 11

WASHINGTON — What do Connecticut and Hawaii have in common?

They are among only a handful of states that still have a Democratic governor and totally Democratic con-gressional delegation after a Republican tsunami washed over the nation on Election Day.

The only other true-blue states now are Delaware and Hawaii. (Vermont’s guberna-torial race is still up in the air.) Maryland, the Old Line State, could not hold the line against the Republican tide; and Massachusetts, for long considered a liberal Demo-cratic bastion, also elected a Republican governor.

The Republican gains were mainly attributed to the na-tion’s dissatisfaction with the Obama administration. But what does Connecticut’s loy-alty to the Democratic Party mean in a political world where Republicans have con-trol on Capitol Hill and veto power in many state houses?

The greatest impact of the new political reality on Con-necticut is in the U.S. Senate, because the GOP takeover of

that chamber mean Connecti-cut’s senators have dropped from their position in the majority to the minority. So Sen. Richard Blumenthal will lose his chairmanship of an Armed Services air-land sub-committee and his position as the head of a Commerce subcommittee in charge of surface transportation. The latter helped the senator take on the Metro-North Railroad for its recent failings.

The flip in the Senate also means Sen. Chris Murphy will lose his position as chair-man of a Senate Foreign Rela-tions panel with oversight of European affairs.

With Republicans in charge, GOP senators will win more committee seats to become a majority in each panel and Democrats will lose them. That means there’s a danger Blumenthal and/or Murphy may lose a commit-tee assignment altogether be-cause they have not been in the Senate very long and are junior members on some pan-els. Right now, for instance, it looks like Blumenthal has a tenuous hold on the Judiciary Committee. But senior Dem-ocrats may move from one

Connecticut one of few remaining ‘true blue’ statesBy Ana Radelat© The Connecticut Mirror

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Plainville voters have their say

In an anticipated election, Plainville residents turned out in big numbers to vote Tuesday, Nov. 4.

In Plainville, local vot-ers backed Republican Tom Foley for Governor, Demo-crat Elizabeth Esty for U.S. Congress, Democrat Rob Michalik for State Senator, Democrat Betty Boukus for State Representative and Democrat Denise Merrill for Secretary of State.

In other races, Plain-ville voters favored Repub-lican Tim Herbst for State Treasurer, Democrat Kevin Lembo for Comptroller, and Democrat George Jepsen for Attorney General.

For the most part, Plain-ville voters picked winners.

Foley conceded the race for Governor to Dan Malloy Nov. 5, Esty was victorious over Republican Mark Greenberg, and Michalik was defeated by Republican Henri Martin.

Also, when the votes were tallied, Boukus had defeated Republican Kathy Pugliese. Merrill was victorious as

well, as was Democrat Denise Nappier, who edged Herbst in the race for State Treasurer. Lembo and Jepsen prevailed as well.

Also on the Plainville bal-lot was a vote on the future of the Old Linden Street School. Local voters decided that OLS should remain standing.

Election night was a som-ber occasion at the head-quarters of Pugliese, who attempted to unseat Boukus.

“The hard work is part of the team, and you’ve been the best team anybody can imag-ine. So thank you,” Pugliese, chairman of the Plainville Town Council, told support-ers gathered at their West

Main Street location in town.She is not quite sure if she

will run again in two years.“I have to think about

whether or not I want to run again. It is a little early to de-cide. This is a long haul, it took a lot of time and a lot of effort from a lot of people,” said Pugliese. “You have to think about the landscape in two years, and I need to see what I am doing, personally, and what is going on politi-cally in Connecticut. There is some time to reflect on that.”

Boukus, in a phone inter-view with The Citizen, spoke about what she plans to do

Voter turnout in Plainville was 57 percent, a sizeable number for a midterm election. | Adam Stuhlman / The Plainville Citizen


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committee to another, and it’s impossible to tell right now if the Connecticut senators will lose a committee job until the Senate reorganizes, probably in December.

“Senator Blumenthal serves on committees that are at the forefront of issues critical to the people of Con-necticut, including veterans affairs, submarine produc-tion, rail safety, gun safety and consumer protections,” said Blumenthal press sec-retary Josh Zembik. “He has no expectation of losing any committee assignments.”

Murphy said he’d “cross that bridge when we come to it.”

“Senator Murphy has al-ways fought hard for the peo-ple of Connecticut and will continue to work across the aisle on initiatives that bene-fit them, regardless of which party is in the majority,” said Kaylie Hanson, Murphy’s deputy communications di-rector. “Senator Murphy plans to keep his committee assignments and will con-

tinue to use them as a plat-form from which to advocate for Connecticut jobs, uni-versal health care, anti-gun violence policies, smart na-tional security, and affordable higher education.”

If the election has provided a silver lining for Connecti-cut’s senators, it’s that the loss of at least seven Demo-cratic Senate seats gives them a boost in seniority that will benefit them if the chamber is won back by the Democratic Party in 2016 or later. But no longer will they be able to hold hearings on their legis-lation or be able to push bills forward without GOP help.

Blumenthal said he’d reach out to Republicans on com-mon issues. But he also said the GOP’s control of the Senate does not mean party members will speak with one voice. The number of tea party senators has increased with the election of Joni Ernst of Iowa, Cory Gardner of Col-orado, Thom Tillis of North Carolina and others, and they may push back against main-stream Republican Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who had to

fend off a tea party candidate in a primary.

“The irony is the Demo-cratic minority may be more cohesive than the Republican majority,” Blumenthal said.

In the House, Republi-cans also strengthened their majority Nov. 4, placing Connecticut’s five House members in a smaller pool of colleagues. In this Congress, Democrats held 199 seats and lost at least a dozen and prob-ably many more as the results of many races have not yet been decided.

“What you can’t do is say that nothing can be done,” said Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-3rd District, who won a 13th term in the House.

DeLauro said the delega-tion can still be effective in many ways, including lob-bying federal agencies to help constituents, as she did for veterans in her district who were about to lose their housing.

“You take on the issues that are important and you try to find a way,” DeLauro said.

The Democratic Senate blocked many House initia-

tives, including more than 40 attempts to repeal or amend the Affordable Care Act, from becoming law. But no more, as both chambers are in GOP control. Now President Obama will be the backstop, using his veto to keep some of the legislation Connecti-cut Democrats oppose from becoming law, DeLauro said.

“We lost in midterms all of the time,” DeLauro said of Democrats. “But it’s fair to say its was a tough cycle for Democrats. But I don’t dwell in the past, I move forward.”

DeLauro also said she ex-pects to keep her leadership position as co-chair of the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee in the next Congress, which will be gav-eled in in January.

The silver lining in the election for Rep. Elizabeth Esty, D-5th District, is that her decisive 54-46 percent win over Republican Mark Greenberg has erased her “freshman curse.” Tradition-ally, members of Congress, especially in swing districts like the 5th, are most vulner-able during their first re-elec-tion bid.

The 2014 sweep in Con-necticut by congressional Democrats marks the fourth consecutive cycle in which the party has won all U.S. House elections in the state.

Eric Ostermeier, at the

University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School of Pub-lic Affairs, said the Nutmeg State now has the third lon-gest Democratic congres-sional streak in the nation, behind Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

Ostermeier, author of the Smart Politics website, also says the current undefeated run by the Connecticut Dem-ocrats is by far the party’s best showing in state history.

Before this streak, Demo-crats hadn’t swept all Con-necticut congressional races in even back-to-back cycles since the party was founded in 1828, Ostermeier said.

This year, “Connecticut ran counter to the national trend,” said University of Connecticut political science professor Ron Schurin.

While the governor’s race and some of the contests for constitutional offices, such as secretary of the state, were very close, the Democratic Party kept its lock on the state’s politics.

Shurin said, “Republicans in Connecticut suffer from not having a strong bench.”

In a year that could have been a banner year for Re-publicans in the state, they suffered from not having first-tier candidates or had some who were likeable like

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next.“There are several things

that I have been working on, and will continue to. I spent much of the campaign at the very end working with AT&T and Frontier to make sure residents were receiving their phones and their com-puter networks,” the longtime state representative said.

“I’m also looking into fami-lies with heads of households over 70 that are in the hospi-tal and have been caring for special needs children who are now in their 40s, and try-ing to find what we can do to help these people make sure that they are comforted in knowing where their special needs children will go after having taken care of them so wonderfully in their homes.”

Also on the ballot was a state constitutional amend-ment which would allow the state legislature to “eliminate restrictions on early voting and allow residents greater access to absentee ballots.”

The measure was shot down at the ballot box.

Local resident Francis

Cooley feels that voting is a civic duty, but doesn’t believe the constitutional change is the right way to go.

“If you believe in the civic ritual of voting as a process that binds all Americans to-gether regardless of party af-filiation or political view, the act that we go and vote is what binds us as Americans; not Republicans, Democrats, Libertarians, or Greens, but as Americans,” Cooley said. “By breaking down that sys-tem where we’re not acting as a group in concert fulfill-ing the civic ritual, does that weaken the bond of being American?”

Voter turnout in Plainville was 57 percent.

Said Bruce Barton, election moderator at Greene Hills School in Bristol, “I’m always disappointed with voter turn-out because the heaviest I’ve ever seen in this district is 76 percent. To me, that is unac-ceptable. I want to see it in the 90s,” said Barton, who feels that negative campaign ads lower voter turnout.

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someone to deliver it,” he said.

The only Republican gain in the Senate came in an open race in the 20th Sena-torial District, where Andrea Stillman did not seek re-elec-tion. It was won by Paul M. Formica of East Lyme.

In all, there will be seven new senators taking office on Jan. 7, when the General As-sembly convenes.

The new Republican sen-ators: Formica, Henri Martin of Bristol and Tony Hwang of Fairfield, all winning open seats.

The new Democratic sena-

tors: Timothy Larson of East Hartford, Mae Flexer of Dan-ielson, Ted Kennedy Jr. of Branford, and Marilyn Moore of Bridgeport. Moore un-seated Sen. Anthony Musto of Trumbull in a primary. The other seats were open.

House Republicans un-seated nine Democrats, all but one of whom had voted for the gun-control law passed after the Newtown school massacre. They also won two open seats that had been held by Democrats.

Rep. Michael Molgano of Stamford, who missed ex-tended periods in Hartford because of illness, was the only House GOP incumbent

to lose.The Democratic House

incumbents to lose: Joe Di-minico of Manchester, Tom Vicino of Clinton, Ted Mou-kawsher of Groton, Elissa Wright of Groton, Timothy Bowles of Preston, Brian Sear of Canterbury, Christo-pher Wright of Bristol, Paul Davis of Orange and James Maroney of Milford.

This story originally ap-peared at CTMirror.org, the website of The Connecticut Mirror, an independent, non-profit news organization cov-ering government, politics and public policy in the state.

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Dan Debicella (challenger to Rep. Jim Himes, D-4th Dis-trict) who did not run great campaigns.”

As far as Greenberg, who, like failed 2012 Senate candi-date Linda McMahon, self-fi-nanced his campaign, Schurin said, “Republicans should

learn that nominating mil-lionaire candidates is not a sure path to victory.”

This story originally ap-peared at CTMirror.org, the website of The Connecticut Mirror, an independent, non-profit news organization cov-ering government, politics and public policy in the state.

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Thanksgiving at the Senior Center

Senior Center residents or Plainville residents, 60 years or older, who will be alone on Thanksgiving Day, are wel-come to have Thanksgiving dinner at the Senior Center. Transportation is provided. Dinners will be delivered to homebound residents. The dinner is free of charged, do-nations are appreciated. Res-ervations are required. Call the center at (860) 747-5728.

Happenings

Pinnacle Rock Hike - Fri-day, Nov. 14, 9:30 a.m. Rain date: Nov. 21. Meet at 12 Mo-hawk Road for the 30-minute walk up Metacomet Road. A fee is charged. For more in-formation and to sign up, call the Senior Center at (860) 747-5728.

VA Healthcare benefits - An informational meet-ing regarding VA healthcare benefits and how to apply for

them is scheduled for Thurs-day, Nov. 13, 10 a.m., at the Se-nior Center. Sign up at the Senior Center.

Questions for the social worker - Mondays, Nov. 17 and 24, 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. No registration required.

Grandparents/relatives raising grandchildren sup-port group - Tuesday, Nov. 18 at 10:30 a.m.

AARP Smart Driver Course - Tuesday, Dec. 16, 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. A fee is charged. For more informa-tion and to sign up, call (860) 747-5728.

Computer classes

Computer housekeeping lecture - Friday, Nov. 14, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. A free is charged. Sign up at the Senior Center.

Create your own email address - Monday, Nov. 17, 2 to 3 p.m. Free. Class is limited to six participants. Call the Senior Center at (860) 747-5728 to sign up.

More windows 7 (part

2) - Tuesdays, Nov. 18 and 25, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. A fee is charged. Class is limited to six participants. Call the Se-nior Center at (860) 747-5728 to sign up.

Health care

Flu shots - Flu shots are available for Senior Cen-ter members. To schedule an appointment, call (860) 747-5728.

Foot care - The Senior Center offers appointments for regular and diabetic foot care for Senior Center mem-bers only. A fee is charged. Call the Senior Center at (860) 747-5728 to schedule an appointment.

Blood pressure clinic - Walk-in blood pressure clin-ics are available for Senior Center members only. No ap-pointment required. A clinic is scheduled for Monday, Nov. 24, 1 to 1:30 p.m.

Memory screenings - Free memory screenings are

scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 19, 1 to 3 p.m., by appoint-ment, at Mulberry Gardens of Southington.

Ear wax removal - The Senior Center offers ear wax removal, by appointment, for Senior Center members only. A fee is charged. For more information and to schedule an appointment, call (860) 747-5728.

Cholesterol testing - The Senior Center offers choles-terol testing, by appointment, for Senior Center members only. A fee is charged. For more information and to schedule an appointment, call (860) 747-5728.

Trips

Thursday, Dec. 4 to 5 - Victorian Streetwalk in Sara-toga, N.Y.

Thursday, Dec. 11 - The Texas Tenors “Deep in the Heart of Christmas” show at Foxwoods.

Monday, Dec. 15 - The Di-amonds at the Aqua Turf Club.

Senior Happenings

The Town of Plainville has scheduled leaf collec-tions through Dec. 1, weather permitting.

Leaves must be raked to the curbline as early as pos-sible. Grass clippings, sticks or stones are unacceptable. Bagged leaves will not be col-lected at curbside, but may be brought to the Drop-off Cen-ter on Saturdays, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. During the month of No-vember, the Drop-off Center is scheduled to be open, Mon-day through Friday, 2 to 4 p.m., during November, leaves only.

Every effort will be made to keep the public informed as to the progress of the operation.

For more information, call the Public Works department at (860) 793-0221, ext. 208, Monday through Wednesday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Thursday, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Fridays, 8 a.m. to noon.

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The Plainville Wres-tling Club is a chartered club of USA Wrestling CT and open to all youth (grades three through eight) in the Plainville community. Wrestling is a sport for every child, regardless of size. The season runs from De-cember through Febru-ary. The club is going into its ninth year and is looking forward to an-other successful season. For more information, or to register, contact Rusty or Kris Spence at (860) 620-7008; [email protected].

Youth wrestling

Five TDS for Ferrera; Soccer teams bounced

FootballThe Blue Devils won their third

straight with a 48-24 dismantling of Tolland Friday night to improve to 4-5 on the season.

After entering the half tied at 21, Plainville outscored the Eagles 27-3 in the second half to record its first three-game winning streak since the Blue Devils bested Tolland, Platt, and East Catholic in the 2011 season.

Against Tolland, seniors Dante Correa and Jaeden Ferrera carried the load – literally – for Plainville, as the two combined to score all seven touchdowns on the ground for the Blue Devils.

Plainville, which never trailed in the game, got on the board first with a 26-yard run by Correa to go up 7-0 early in the first quarter. Fer-rera added a 16-yard run later in the frame to put the Blue Devils ahead 14-7 prior to Tolland, once again, ty-ing the contest.

Ferrera scored his second touch-down in the second quarter on a six-yard run to put the visitors up 21-14.

It was more of the same in the sec-ond half, as Ferrera scored for the Blue Devils to put them up for good, 28-14.

But the senior power back wasn’t

done. Ferrera scored twice more in the fourth quarter on runs of 12 and 13 yards to finish his day with five rushing touchdowns. Correa also scored from 13 yards out to complete the rushing clinic put on by the Blue Devils.

Plainville has a chance to make it four in a row when it hosts Bloomfield (4-5) Friday, Nov. 14, Senior Night for the Blue Devils. The contest will be-gin at 7 p.m. at Alumni Field.

Boys soccer

The Blue Devils drive to reach the semifinals for a second consecutive year fell short with a 3-1 third round loss to Tolland in the Class M state tournament Friday.

Senior Nick D’Amico scored the lone goal for Plainville in the con-test. Senior goaltender Brendan West made six saves for the Blue Devils.

The local boys made it to the third round following a strong 5-0 victory over third-seeded Bullard Havens Tech in the second round of Class M play. D’Amico, along with seniors Quentin Lux and Julius Brown, soph-omore Alex Autunno, and freshman Patryk Wnorowski scored for the Blue Devils, while West made five saves to record the shutout.

The Blue Devils postseason be-gan in a much different position than many expected. Despite finishing their regular season with a solid 10-5-1 record, a self-reported yellow card vi-olation resulted in a win over Bristol Central being replaced with a forfeit that dropped the team’s record to 9-6-1. The change in record also dropped Plainville from a possible top-10 seed in the tournament to 19th.

Girls swimming and diving

The Blue Devils were set to com-pete in the Class S state champion-ship meet Tuesday, Nov. 11 at Southern Connecticut State University.

The local girls performed well in the qualifying meet, which was held on Saturday, Nov. 8. The team was led by its 400 meter freestyle relay team, comprised of seniors Megan Dalena, Molly Schade and Nicole Basile, and junior Sydney McGough. The quar-tet placed 10th with a time of 4:08.48. The Blue Devils’ 200 medley relay team also performed well, finish-ing 13th overall. The team of Basile, Dalena, McGough, and sophomore Caitlin Erb completed their race in 2:05.07.

McGough had a strong individual meet, placing 15th in the 100 back-stroke with a time of 1:05.47 and 17th in the 50 freestyle (27.10).

Dalena also performed well indi-vidually, finishing 23rd in the 50 free-style (27.54) and 22nd in the 100 free (1:00.84).

The 200 freestyle relay team com-prised of Schade, senior Nina Golden, sophomore Audrey Gediman and sophomore Angelina Calderoni fin-ished 16th, clocking in at 1:56.45.

During the diving finals, held Nov. 6, Plainville junior Lauren Acey fin-ished 11th overall with a final score of 322.35.

Girls soccer

The Lady Blue Devils were bounced from postseason contention with a frustrating 7-0 loss to Suffield in the first round of the Class M state tournament.

The second-seeded Wildcats proved to be far too much for the 29th-seeded Blue Devils, as goals from Alyssa Bergamini (3), Lindsey Connolly (2), Julia Picard, and Ni-cole Stryjek prevented Plainville from advancing.

Junior goalkeeper Julianna Christy performed admirably in goal for the Blue Devils, stopping eight shots in the contest.

Plainville finishes its season with a 5-9-3 record, using a strong final two weeks that included two wins and a 0-0 tie against rival Berlin to capture a spot in the tournament.

By Nate BrownThe Plainville Citizen Blue Devil Notes

The Plainville Police As-sociation and the Plainville Recreation Department have scheduled a co-ed youth bas-ketball program for grades four through six.

The program begins at Plainville High School’s Wood Gym Saturday, Dec. 6,

at noon. All individuals will play regardless of ability. No fee is required.

For more information and registration forms, call the Recreation Department at (860) 747-6022 or visit the Recreation Office, 50 Whit-ing St.

Recreation basketball

The Plainville High School pool is open to Plainville residents, free of charge, as follows:Mondays, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. family swim; 7:30 to 8:45 p.m. adult swim.Tuesdays, 8 to 8:45 p.m. adult

swim.Wednesdays, 7 to 8 p.m. fam-ily swim; 8 to 8:45 p.m. adult swim.Thursdays, 7 to 8 p.m. open swim; 8 to 8:45 p.m. adult swim.For more information, visit www.plainvillect.com.

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Plainville High School hosted a college fair for students Oct. 24 with more than 115 colleges and universities represented.

OLD TIME FIDDLERS

The Old Time Fiddlers recently performed at the AARP October meeting. Back row, from left: Sally Miller, Carol Perry, Ed Little, Ray Pelletier, Rudy Pelletier, Dave Chase, Bruce Charette, Joe Lavierer. Front row: Char Happe, Mille Little, Paul Biladeau, Gerry Lagace. Missing from photo: Claudia Pinkinstein, Ginny Worrell.

Smokeout commences Nov. 20 The state Department of

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That’s 470,000 users and, just in this state, approxi-mately 4,700 adults will die each year from smoking re-lated causes, according to

DPH data. This computes to about 13 deaths each day. Of those smokers, almost 19 percent are over the age of 45. Smokers over 65 years of age represent 7.4 percent of smokers in the state.

The annual Great Ameri-can Smokeout kicks off Nov.

20. It’s a day smokers can put on their calendars and know that they will have company on their quest to quit. The American Cancer Society of-fice, in Rocky Hill, offers 10 Tips to Quit for the upcom-ing smokeout.

The ACS promotion urges

smokers to celebrate more birthdays and quit smok-ing during this year’s Great American Smokeout.

If you or someone you love is looking to “kick the habit” this year, here are some help-ful tips on how to break free from a smoking addiction.

1) Don’t keep it a secret. In-clude your friends and family in your quitting process; they can offer support.

2) You’re not alone. More and more people are trying to break free from cigarettes and there are lots of sup-port options available. Many communities, employers, and health care organizations have free or low-cost coun-seling and support available to help you quit.

3) Consider using medica-tion to help you quit. There are prescriptions and over-the-counter medications that can help you deal with with-drawal symptoms or even help to reduce the urge to smoke. You’ll want to talk to your doctor first.

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Twelve Plainville students re-ceived the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents’ (CAPSS) Superintendent/Student Recognition Award and Certificate of Excellence at the 27th annual Su-perintendent’s Award Presentation held Nov. 6 during a luncheon at J. Timothy’s Restaurant.

The students are: Isabella Pagh-ense and Matthew Badorek, Linden Street School; Claudia Mizerek, Nicolas Prado, and Nicholas Fa-sold, Louis Toffolon School; Zey-ana Thigpen and Owen Leander, Frank T. Wheeler School; Abigail Czerepuszko and Brandon Zheng, the Middle School of Plainville; and Patrycja Majewski, Jacob Masco and Gabriel Yawin, Plainville High School.

This award is given during Amer-ican Education Week to students who have been nominated by their teachers and chosen by their prin-cipal. Criteria for recognition of excellence include community ser-vice and service to others, academic prowess relative to ability, leader-ship service to the school commu-nity, and other unique qualities.

“This in one of my favorite events of the year because of the qualities we are celebrating in our students. The story behind each student hon-oree includes hard work, commit-

ment, and demonstrated respect and caring for other students,” said Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Jef-frey Kitching. “It is a chance for us to not only recognize an amazing

group of students, but to also thank their parents for the large part they play in their child’s success at school.”

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STUDENTS HONORED AT SUPERINTENDENT’S AWARD PRESENTATION

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6) Stay calm and stay busy. You may feel some nervous energy but it can be coun-tered by physical and mental activities. Take long strolls and deep breaths of fresh air, and find things to keep your hands busy, like crossword puzzles or yard work.

7) Talk to your doctor. Be-fore you begin any plan for quitting smoking you should check with your doctor to see what might be the best approach for you. Quitting smoking is personal and there isn’t one perfect method.

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AARON’S BUYINGOld Machinist Tools,Lathes, Bench ToolsHand Tools, Much

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NAttention MeridenNCollector of vintage/oldNapier costume jewelry!HIGHEST CASH PAID!

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MERIDEN- 1 & 2 BRsstarting $750. H/HW

incld. Off st prkg. Availimmed. 203-886-7016.

MERIDEN- 16 Platt Ave.2nd Fl, 1 BR, 1 BA.Newly Remodeled &

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MERIDEN - 1BR$800 mo. HEAT, HOTWATER & ELECTRIC

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MERIDEN 1 BR, Broad St., Cozy,

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639-9238.

MERIDEN-2BR, 1st floor$800/mo. 1st mo. +security. Credit check.No pets. Call (203)237-0035.

MERIDEN- 2 BR, 2nd flr,54 North Ave. No pets.

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MERIDEN- 3 BR, 1st flr,available immediately.$995mo. + utils & sec.L & E Prop Mgmt 203-886-8808

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MERIDEN- 5 rms, 3/4BRS, 1st flr, 186 GroveSt. No Pets. $850/mo.+ sec. Avail. immed.Call 203-877-4032

MERIDEN- Beautiful 3BR, 2 full baths, walkin closets, HW floors,duplex, Franklin St.

(203) 634-6550

MERIDEN- Crown Vlg 2BR, renovated. H/HWincl. On site laundry.

Pool access. $995/ mo+ sec. Avail immed. L

& E Prop Mgmt203-886-8808

MERIDEN- Lrg 2 BR, 1stflr, handicapped tub,sec 8 approv. No pets/smkg. $850/mo + 1mo. sec.860-305-1642

MERIDEN- Lrg modern3 BR, quiet area, Offst. prkg. W/D hookups.$1,050/mo. + sec.203-886-9902

Meriden - WallingfordLine, Large 2 BR Mod-ern Condos. Laundry.No Pets. $900 + Utils.203-245-9493.

MERIDEN W. Side 1, 2,3, & 4 BR Starting at$595. No Dogs.Clean/quiet/ Sec 8 Ap-proved. 203-537-6137.

MER.- West side 1 BR,2nd flr, inclds H, HW,W/D, & elec. Oak flrs,$1062/mo + sec. Call12p-8p 203-634-1195

SOUTHINGTON- 2 fami-ly house. Near 691, 1stflr, prkg, H & HW incld.$1100/mo. 860-919-

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Southington - Availableapprox. Dec. 1; 2 brdref, oven, wash/dry,off street parking / 2ndflr/ near Rte 84/nopets/no smoking$1,000/mo. incl allutlilities except gasheat. (860) 628-8386.

WLFD- 1 BR, 2nd flr,H/HW, HW floors,

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WLFD- 2nd flr, clean,nice neighborhood,winter off. st. prkg.

$950/mo + sec. Call203-999-2505

WLFD- IN TOWN- 3rdflr, 1 BR, new carpet,clean, washer/dryer,

off st. prkg, $750 + sec& utils. No pets/smoke.

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Condo for sale/rent$111,000/$1,100; 10Broad St., Meriden.Upstairs two brds, cor-ner unit, finished base-ment. Call Paul (owner)(860) 828-1688/(646)573-4187.

CHESHIREBeautiful 4BR w/

Master suite, 2 1/2Bath., 2 car att. ga-rage, private lot on

cul-de-sac.Newly remodeled w/finished lower level.

$2,200/mo.Avail. now. No Pets.

(203) 577-8138

CHESIRE- Avail. immed.Updated 3BR, 2 1/2

BA, great location, S/Sappls, HW, fireplace,

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MERIDEN- 4 BR, 2 BA,Avail 12/1.Section 8approved. Willow St.$1,400 + sec & utils.Bob 203-605-8553

MERIDEN- 4 BR w/master BR, 2 BA, new-ly remodeled, finishedbsmt, off st. prkg, nopets. Avail now. $1,400/mo. (203) 500-9080 or(203) 340-3413.

MERIDEN- New updat-ed dup. 2 BR, 2 BA,utils, heat, gas incld

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12 x 60 2BR, 1 BA, LR,eat in kit, W/D, A/C, 2storage sheds. 55 &older community.Lorings Mobile HomePark, WLFD. Priced tosell @ $49,000 obo.Contact Park Owner203-269-8808

Meadowstone Motel - Off I-91.Satellite TV. Short stay,

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FT. LAUDERDALE -Remodeled Oceanfront

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