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Volume 10, Number 1 Southington’s Hometown Newspaper www.southingtoncitizen.com Friday, January 2, 2015

DANCERS AT ST. DOMINIC NATIVITY

Dancers perform at the fifth annual live musical production of the “Nativity of Jesus Christ” on Sunday, Dec. 21 at the Church of St. Dominic. The original script was written, produced and directed by members of St. Dominic parish Gospel passages of Matthew and Luke. See additional photo page 11. | Photo by Patrick Matthews

Resident’s beef with planning panel is over office building

A resident and the Plan-ning and Zoning Commis-sion chairman sparred via e-mail before another com-mission member sent a strongly worded message to the resident.

On Dec. 2 the commis-sion unanimously approved a medical office building on

Queen Street proposed by Hartford HealthCare. Hart-ford HealthCare owns the Bradley campus of the Hos-pital of Central Connecticut.

Bonnie Sica, a founder of the Community Committee to Save Bradley, is concerned that the medical office build-ing will draw patients from Bradley and allow the health care network to justify re-moving services such as the

emergency room from the hospital.

She and Democratic Town Chairman Ed Rosenblatt pub-licized an email Sica received from Republican commis-sion member Steve Kalkow-ski. Sica had criticized the commission’s approval of the medical office building.

“I am appalled at the con-tents of your email. Who the hell do you think you are?”

Kalkowski wrote in response. “You have just significantly damaged any relationship you might have had with the P&Z Commission and more importantly, our Chairman.”

His email ends with a call for Sica to apologize to Chair-man Michael DelSanto and the rest of the commission.

In the email conversation, Sica criticized the commis-sion for approving the med-

ical office building without doing enough research. She also said the commission ig-nored information she pro-vided and didn’t alert her or her group before the vote on Dec. 2.

In her first e-mail to the commission after the vote, Sica said she felt hurt that she had to learn through the me-

By Jesse BuchananSpecial to The Citizen

See Planning / Page 5

Economic development, a new school superintendent and the quick replacement of a highway bridge were among the biggest news items of 2014.

South ington schools started out the year with the loss of School Superinten-dent Joseph V. Erardi Jr. who announced he was resign-ing to take a job as head of Newtown schools. Erardi was hired by the Newtown Board of Education on Jan. 18.

He had been superinten-dent since 2007.

Karen Smith, assistant su-perintendent, became in-terim superintendent while a search was underway.

In February, Edward Po-

cock III, a former Town Council chairman, retired from his position as police

Time to review 2014By Jesse BuchananSpecial to The Citizen

See 2014 / Page 2

The clock on Southington village green ticks on towards 2015 and The Citizen looks back on the year gone by.

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captain. He left to work on a nonprofit and to return to lo-cal politics.

Pocock works for the J. Al-len Lamb and Edward S. Po-cock III Foundation. Lamb was a local businessman and close friend of Pocock who died in October.

In March a new sewer bill-ing structure was announced that changed how many times bills went out and increase bills for most sewer users. Republican town councilors and officials argued that the sewer plant had been losing money and a new revenue system was necessary to keep it in the black. Democrats and some residents said the new bills put a burden on resi-dents particularly the elderly on fixed incomes.

The new billing system went into effect July 1 when bills became quarterly.

In April, a memo from Hartford HealthCare to Brad-ley Hospital employees was released which announced plans to close the inpatient unit at the campus of the Hos-pital of Central Connecticut. Hartford HealthCare owns the New Britain and Bradley campuses as well as MidState Medical Center in Meriden and other hospitals.

The hospital also planned to move the emergency room to a facility on Queen Street. Both planned changes caused a backlash from town residents concerned about the erosion of services at a hospital that was once com-munity-owned. The out-

cry throughout 2014 and the creation of the Community Committee to Save Bradley resulted in Hartford Health-Care canceling plans to close the inpatient unit and keep an emergency room at Bradley.

In May, the former super-intendent of Oxford schools Tim Connellan was hired to replace Erardi. Connellan, a Southington resident, has nine years of experience as a superintendent.

State Department of Trans-portation officials announced in May that they were at-tempting a new method of fast bridge replacement for the structure carrying Inter-state 84 over Marion Ave-nue. A new bridge would be built alongside the existing one and rolled into place on a massive vehicle. The plan required shutting down both sides of the highway in June and state officials tried to get the word out early to warn motorists.

Construction crews re-placed the bridges during a weekend in late June with-out major incident. Traffic was diverted onto side roads by state and local police but never became the major problem that some worried it might become.

In July the Town Coun-cil approved a lease for the Southington Community Cultural Arts to use the Gura building, former municipal offices on the corner of Ber-lin Avenue and Main Street. The arts group is renovating the building to turn it into performance space and art-ists’ studios.

In late 2012, the coun-cil gave the arts group an 18-month deadline to come up with most of the money needed to remake the Gura building. The group raised $1.1 million in grants, pledges

and cash during that time.The first day of school

fell on Aug. 28 with middle school students returning to buildings under construction. DePaolo and Kennedy middle schools are undergoing $89.7 million in renovations. The work is scheduled to be fin-ished in late 2015.

Plans to draw a sports com-plex to Southington were made public in September. Thirty-four acres on West Queen Street owned by the Sepko family will be mar-keted by the town to a de-veloper that will build and operate the complex.

The town will do the work of getting approval from var-ious regulatory boards and commissions for the project. Southington can then provide a company with a site that’s ready to be developed. It’s a new economic development model that town officials say could work elsewhere.

In November’s elections for state office incumbents representing Southington all maintained their seats. The election also included three referendum questions of which two passed.

Voters approved a $5.2 million upgrade to the Wa-ter Pollution Control Facility and approved $11 million for repairs and maintenance of 276 roads in town. They re-jected the construction of a new sewer line and pump sta-tion on Welch Road at a cost of $2.64 million.

The Southington High School football team finished an undefeated season and won its second consecutive state championship with a 49-0 win over Norwich Free Academy on Dec. 13 in the Class LL-Large final at Vet-erans Memorial Stadium in New Britain.

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WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS FOR NEW YEAR’S EVE?

“We’ll be gathering with friends at someone’s house in a tradition where we each bring something.”

Pam Greene, Physical Therapist, Wolcott

“Be at a party with friends and asleep shortly after the ball drops.”

Megan Palumbo, Senior, Southington H.S.

“Working 3 to 11 shift. Sometimes we watch the ball with patients.”

Mary Ellen Pelletier, Nurse, Southington

“With friends for dinner. Then watch the ball come down together.”

Joe & Carol Fitzgerald, Retired, Cheshire

“Grilling some steaks and watching the ball at home.”

Eric Sajac, Southington

Columnist E. Richard Fortunato asked these six people how they plan to ring in the new year.

Police charge teen in high school bomb threat

Police say an 18-year-old from Southington threat-ened to set off bombs at Southington High School,

prompting the school’s evac-uation Dec. 22.

Benjamin Egan, of 189 East St., was arrested Dec. 23 and charged with first-degree threatening and second-de-gree breach of peace.

Police said Egan posted a message to Yik Yak, an anon-ymous social networking website, from his phone.

Egan is not a student at the high school.

“I’m going to set off bombs today and half of tomorrow at shs!,” Egan posted, according to police.

“Detectives utilized secure law enforcement resources and conducted interviews to determine the identity of the sender of this message,” the

police news release stated.The threat was discovered

Monday and prompted the evacuation of the high school and the cancellation of af-ter-school activities.

Egan was released on a $10,000 bond and is sched-uled to appear in Bristol Su-perior Court on Jan. 5.

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DelSanto responded that minutes and agendas are posted online.

“The PZC has complete transparency and I take of-fense to this email,” he wrote.”I certainly do not need to ‘check in’ with you before I vote on an application that comes before the PZC.”

“Your email to me says it all. You never felt a need to reach out to anyone in op-position to this application before you voted,” Sica re-sponded via email. “I am glad that you take offense to my email because I take offense to the fact that as chairman of PZC you did not think past the paper put in front of you.”

Kalkowski responded to that email with his com-ments to Sica and defended his statements last week, saying he was standing up for the commission and its chairman.

Rosenblatt said if Kalkow-ski had been a member of his party, “I would be having a very serious talk with that person and at least requesting an apology.”

“This represents behav-ior unbecoming on behalf of an official of the Town of Southington,” Rosenblatt said.

Last week, DelSanto said he wasn’t “willing to expand on this more” and deferred com-ment to Republican Town Chairman Brian Callahan.

Callahan said the commis-sion’s vote was non-partisan and that the matter wasn’t a political issue. The deci-sion was made in a “trans-parent and businesslike” manner, according to zoning regulations.

“The comment by Steve may have sounded harsh, but the message was still the same,” Callahan said.

Sica could not be reached for comment. Kalkowski did not return a call for comment.

From Page 1 Ex-SHS teacher appears in court BRISTOL — A Southington

High School teacher removed from school last month after students reported he was in-toxicated appeared Monday in Superior Court on a charge of disorderly conduct.

John Hansen, 47, of 192 Front St., New Haven, was ar-rested on Dec. 9, more than a month after he was removed from school. He resigned on Nov. 14.

Attorney John Donovan is representing Hansen. The case was continued to Jan. 20 without Hansen appearing before a judge.

Outside of court, Hansen

declined to comment about the allegations against him.

According to Han-sen’s arrest warrant, police were notified Nov. 6 that school ad-ministrators had re-ceived reports from students that Hansen was acting like he was “intoxicated or on drugs.” Ad-ministrators removed Hansen from class and brought him to a medical facility to be tested for drug or alcohol use. The results of the test were not available to police.

Students in Hansen’s first-period class said his be-havior became “stranger” and his speech was slurred,

the warrant said. Students in Han-sen’s second-period class said the teach-er’s face was red and his speech slurred. Students said at one point Hansen began swearing at one stu-dent and removed a student from the

class and slammed the door, the warrant said. The student told police Hansen didn’t push or shove him, only grabbed his wrist and led him into the hallway.

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Principal Martin Semmel told police many of the students in Hansen’s first two classes felt scared or worried. When Semmel spoke with Hansen in his office, the teacher was having a hard time walking and was slurring. Hansen ad-mitted to drinking a bottle of vodka the night before, the warrant said.

After the incident, school administration contacted the Department of Children and Families and the parents of the students in Hansen’s first- and second-period classes.

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Police are investigating the hacking of the police depart-ment’s website by what may be a Turkish organization.

On Dec. 21, the southing-tonpolice.com homepage displayed an image of a man holding weapons in front of what appears to be a mosque with several lines of text, in-cluding “Hacked By Ayyildiz Tim International Force.”

Sgt. Jeffrey Dobratz, the po-lice spokesman, said the im-age and website were taken off line Dec. 21. The incident is being investigated, Dobratz said. No other information was available.

In October, the same group took over the website for the Kirk Cameron movie “Sav-ing Christmas,” according to thebuzz.com, replacing the site with a image simi-lar to the one shown on the Southington police website.

Police website hackedBy Lauren SievertSpecial to The Citizen

A screen shot taken of the Southington Police Department website Sunday night, Dec. 21 after the site was hacked by

a Turkish hacker group.

An Old Lyme man accused of voyeurism was released on bond and is due to appear in Bristol Superior Court on Jan. 5.

Christopher Geary, 46,

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Sgt. Jeffrey Dobratz, po-lice spokes-m a n , sa i d Geary turned himself in to police and was released on $10,000 bond.

Police allege Geary re-corded images of a person in their residence without their knowledge or consent. The incident was reported in October.

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A fire in a Budding Ridge Road home caused extensive damage and displaced three residents Dec. 22.

No one was injured in the incident.

The owner of 125 Budding Ridge returned to find smoke coming from the home’s ga-rage, said fire Lt. Glenn Dube.

The fire department was dispatched at about 8:50 p.m., and units were on site just be-fore 9 p.m. By the time fire-fighters arrived, heavy smoke was showing on the first and second floor of the residence, he said.

Units entered the home and located the fire in the kitchen, which they were able to put out within a few min-utes. However, the flames had entered the walls and trav-

eled up to the second floor.Firefighters had to cut into

the walls and ceiling to extin-guish the remaining pockets of fire.

“It was burning in a lot of hidden areas that we had to open up,” Dube said. “It was a very stubborn fire to get out.”

The absence of fire hy-drants on the street com-plicated the effort. Three engines were used in tandem to battle the fire, using a tech-nique called a “relay pump operation.” Between one-half and three-quarters of a mile of hose were used, he said.

It took about an hour to subdue all the flames, but firefighters were able to pre-vent them from spreading to the attic, he said.

The first and second floors suffered heavy fire damage, with the kitchen, the first and second floor bathrooms and

another room on the second floor faring the worst. Both floors and the attic also had heavy smoke damage, and both floors and the basement sustained significant water damage, he said.

The home’s exterior dis-played little evidence of fire. The only indication of it was smoke-stained windows on both floors, he said.

Dube said the timing of the event was particularly unfortunate.

“It’s sad when this happens at any time of the year, but it’s even more sad than it is nor-mally when it’s a couple days before Christmas,” he said.

Budding Ridge was closed in the vicinity until about 11 p.m. when firefighters cleared the scene.

The incident is under investigation by the fire marshal.

House fire displaces three By Jeff GebeauSpecial to The Citizen

A local man was arrested on Christmas Eve after po-lice say he broke into a rel-ative’s house and stole several guns. Most of the weap-ons have not been recovered.

The owners of 93 Visconti Ave. noti-fied police shortly after returning home, on Dec. 24, that their house had been broken into and several guns were missing, said police spokes-man Sgt. Jeffrey Dobratz.

An investigation led to Joseph Testa, 22, of Southington, who was taken into custody and charged with sixth-degree larceny, stealing a firearm and criminal possession of a firearm, Dobratz said.

Testa is a relative of the owners of 93 Visconti Ave., according to Dobratz. A

search of Testa’s residence turned up one of the guns reported stolen. Testa is a convicted felon and cannot legally possess firearms, he added.

The other guns reported stolen were not found at Testa’s residence, Dobratz said.

Testa, held on $100,000 bond, appeared in Bris-tol Superior Court Dec. 26. He is due back in court on Feb. 3.

Last December, Testa was found guilty of fourth-degree larceny and sentenced to a year in jail, according to court records.

Released early, Testa was arrested in November for violating probation. He was released on a promise to appear in Bristol Supe-rior Court on Jan. 6, ac-cording to court records.

Arrest made, but guns stolen from home still missing By Andrew RagaliSpecial to The Citizen

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A Southington woman charged with intentionally crashing a car into her es-tranged husband’s house is being held on $250,000 bond.

The house at 55 Paul Heights suf-fered sub-stantial damage Dec. 23. The es-tranged hus-band was not injured.

Jennifer Luisi, 31, of

Southington, was charged with criminal violation of a protective order, driving un-der the influence, first-de-gree reckless endangerment, first-degree criminal mischief and second-degree breach of peace.

According to statements made during her Dec. 24 ap-pearance in Bristol Superior Court, she has 10 prior do-mestic violence convictions,

seven involving her husband, Michael Luisi, who was the victim in each case.

A public defender ap-pointed for the court hear-ing, entered not guilty pleas to the recent charges. The public defender said Luisi has been married for 12 years and worked for her husband at his business. The public defender added that Jennifer

Luisi may have mental health issues and has a history of substance abuse. A suicide watch was placed on her.

Judge Robert Nastri said he has concerns for Jennifer Lui-si’s safety as well as concerns for the community’s safety. Nastri set bond for $250,000 and continued the case un-

Woman crashes car into estranged husband’s house By Jeff Gebeau and Lauren SievertSpecial to The Citizen

The house at 55 Paul Heights suffered significant damage after a woman drove her vehicle through the front door Dec. 23, police said. | Lauren Sievert / For The Citizen

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Overseeing psychologists, social workers, counselors, and special education teach-ers at 12 town schools are just some of Meg Walsh’s responsibilities.

Walsh, a 1976 Southington High School graduate, started as the Board of Education’s new director of pupil services in late October.

With her 18-year-old daughter, Annie Walsh, away at college, Walsh said it was a good time to take on a new position.

“I have more time to focus on my career,” she said.

Walsh has more than 30 years of experience in spe-cial education. Before taking the Southington job, Walsh

was coordinator of special education and pupil services in New Britain, where she’d been since 1999. Walsh was principal at the Woodstock School from 1993 to 1999, and a therapist at the New Brit-

ain Center for Psychotherapy from 1993 to 1996. She also has been a school psychologist.

“It’s one of the more im-portant positions because special education is a really large portion of our budget —

about 20 percent,” said Brian Goralski, the school board chairman.

The job pays $140,000 a year.

During her first two weeks, she visited each school, in-cluding Alta, the alternative high school. She reminisced when she visited Thalberg School, where she attended kindergarten.

“I want to establish rela-tionships and to understand the lay of the land,” Walsh said.

Walsh said she has a goal to standardize practices across the district and keep every-one informed of state changes or new requirements.

“It would help us function more efficiently,” she said.

Although she has a lot of bare wall space in her new office in the Municipal Cen-ter, she is making the transi-tion to a new job. The staff has helped a lot, Walsh said.

Lisa Bennett, Walsh’s sec-retary, said Walsh has gotten off to a great start.

“You feel like you’ve known her for years,” Bennett said.

“We are all very pleased with the results so far,” said schools Superintendent Tim Connellan. “(Walsh) has im-mersed herself in the work of the district and I believe is making a difference already.”

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til Jan. 21. Luisi drove to the house around 9 p.m. Dec. 23 in an attempt to speak with her estranged husband, po-lice spokesman Sgt. Jeffrey Dobratz said. The husband, who has a protective order against Luisi, then called 911.

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At a recent reception and luncheon at St. Thomas School Cafeteria, Boy Scout Troop 45 and other scouts, adult scout leaders, family and friends gathered for a Court of Honor ceremony for Dan Arnson who officially be-came an Eagle Scout.

Pastor of St. Thomas Church, Fr. Nick Melo, gave the benediction. Melo, an Eagle Scout himself, took a special interest in Arnson’s project. Arnson created a memorial garden for Amer-ican veterans which he and his project team of scouts in-stalled at St. Thomas Ceme-

tery dedicated on Memorial Day 2014.

Representing the Ameri-can Legion, Steve Pintarich and Dennis Beauregard pre-sented a plaque of apprecia-tion to Arnson for his work. Sen. Joe Markley congratu-lated Arnson on his career in scouting, which began at the age of six, and presented him a commendation from the Connecticut State Assembly.

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In today’s global world, we live and work in diverse com-munities. Yet often, we don’t have the opportunity to en-hance our own understanding of various cultures and reli-gious practices to foster bet-ter relationships and a spirit of acceptance among others within our own community. To this end, the St. Dominic Parish of the Future Educa-tion Committee invites you to come and explore a vari-ety of cultural and religious practices. Do you know what a Kanga is? How is a Sikh’s turban, known as a Dastaar, different from what Mus-lims wear? What is the sig-nificance of Yom Kippur? Why do Sikhs wear an iron bracelet?

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Whether it’s singing at the annual Italian and Apple Har-vest festivals, acting in her high school plays, or dancing in shows at the Warner The-ater in Torrington, Autumn Sheffy loves to perform.

T h e 1 7 - y e a r - o l d Southington High School se-nior has been involved in over 25 plays since she got her first lead role in the sixth grade. Her mother, Heidi Lamberto, said Sheffy started perform-ing when she was much younger.

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Sheffy and her mother have both been involved with Southington Community Theater.

“I thought it would be fun to do,” Sheffy said.

When she was 5, Sheffy was part of the group of children called “Southington Stars.” In the opening number of the Miss Southington Pagent in 2002, Sheffy, then in kin-dergarten, sang “Let the Sun Shine.”

Sheffy was the runner up last year in the Connecticut Icon singing challenge, a state competition. She is currently involved in her high school show called “YR’in Town” where she plays Little Becky Two Shoes, described as a “spitball.”

“I’m really drawn to it be-cause you get to immerse yourself in someone you’ll never be in real life,” Sheffy said. “You learn more about yourself when you’re doing it.”

Last winter, Rich McCa-rty was the director of “Je-sus Christ Superstar” by the Southington Steeple Chasers. Sheffy played Herod, tradi-tionally a male character.

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Sheffy would like a career in the arts. She has been au-ditioning for college musical theater programs.

“She’s kind of ahead of her years,” McCarty added. “I would call her a pro. She asks the right questions and never misses her mark when you tell her where to be.“

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As we wrap up the 113th Congress, I’d like to thank you for the honor of repre-senting our great state in the United States Senate. My family goes back generations

in Connecti-cut, and I wake up ev-ery day feel-ing so lucky to represent a state that has meant so much to me and my family. As I wrap up my first two

years in office, I wanted to update you on the issues and legislative fights that have dominated my first two years in Congress, and to ask you to continue to provide me with feedback on how to serve you better moving forward.

As we all remember, trag-edy struck Newtown just over two years ago. Since that day, I have done every-thing in my power to push Congress to pass legisla-tion that will help prevent gun violence in our schools, in our homes, and on our streets. While the legislation I’ve worked on with Sena-tor Blumenthal to reduce gun violence still needs to be passed, we’ve helped lead a national conversation to end our country’s gun vi-

olence epidemic. Just like the Newtown families, I will fight with every ounce of my being, every minute of ev-ery day, to get gun violence legislation over the finish line. Congress must reverse course and take action on common sense legislation, and I won’t stop fighting un-til I see that happen.

One issue that I plan to do much more work on in the upcoming session of Congress is improving our nation’s broken system of mental health care. While improving mental health care will undoubtedly ad-dress the gun violence, it is important to remember that people with mental illness are far more likely to be the victim of violence than the perpetrator of violence. So this year I’ve started con-vening roundtable discus-sions with mental health professionals, providers, and advocacy groups across Connecticut. Too often peo-ple struggling with mental illness have to wait in lines to receive care, and when they get it, it is often uncoor-dinated with the rest of their health care needs. Insurers, and the federal government, continue to make it harder to get care for mental illness than for physical illnesses. We can do better, and I in-tend to introduce legislation next year that will compre-

hensively reform our broken system.

In addition to keeping up the fight for sensible an-ti-gun violence legislation, I’ve been working hard over the last two years to make Connecticut an even more attractive place to grow a business and create jobs. Connecticut’s economy is growing and our unemploy-ment rate is inching down. To support these trends, I’ve introduced legislation to grow manufacturing jobs throughout the state. Spe-cifically, I’ve introduced two pieces of legislation that will strengthen existing standards and prioritize the purchase of American-made goods by federal agencies. My bills, the 21st Century Buy American Act and the American Jobs Matter Act, would close loopholes in federal law that allow the U.S. government to circum-vent buying American-made goods, ultimately leaving our hardworking manufacturers in the dust. The longer these loopholes exist, the more likely we send jobs overseas. It’s time to update these laws so we can maintain and grow jobs here at home.

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Wrapping up the 113th Congress

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Each year at this time, we pause, if only briefly, for a glance through the rear view mirror as the old year passes into history. The media customarily takes a leading role in listing, analyzing and judging the significance of the people and events that have captured public inter-est. Particularly noted are advances in science, the arts, technology and education. The world of sports, enter-tainment and highly cele-brated personalities come under careful scrutiny, too, while some analysts probe deeply into the issues of war and peace and the cross-cur-rents of political and ideo-logical consciousness. All of value, I suppose, but I leave that to others for now.

Instead, the seeds we scatter for your cultiva-tion in thought are a few observed perspectives and insights on our own com-munity. In my two decades as a Southington resident and observer of this town’s scene within organizations that make things happen, I see Southington as having continued to increase its seemingly endless sense of community and generosity. Throughout the year, vol-unteers serving dozens of groups perform hundreds of tasks big and small to help others. Compassionate cit-izens donate food, clothing and other goods and services needed by those who would otherwise do without. As recently reported here, in a special two-hour bell ringing fund raiser for the hungry, the people of Southington donated almost $25,000 which, when matched by Walmart, brought $50,000 to Southington Community

Services to help feed and clothe the hungry this win-ter. And, that was just two hours on one icy and cold day in early December. We can scarcely imagine, never mind quantify, the extent of the town’s generosity in a 365-day year!

But, there’s much more to consider in describing Southington. Folks here re-ally care about their town: what goes on here; where we are strong; where we need to do better; the quality of our public health, safety and law enforcement; a 21st century education for our children; the way we protect our historical treasures and yet recognize what needs to change; population and business growth; munici-pal efficiency utilizing best practices in restoring and rebuilding our roads, infra-structure and supporting technology to the needs of today and the future; the celebration of our achieve-ments and acknowledgment of our needed improvement; respect for our seniors, honoring the service of our veterans and active armed forces and respect for one another through common core values.

Now, I am neither declar-ing Southington to be unique in these qualities, nor am I ignoring the nagging nega-tive news that intrudes on our otherwise essentially peaceful, law abiding com-munity. But in listening to life-time Southington res-idents, what resonates is a strong sense of permanence in belonging to the commu-nity. “Southington is great place to live, work and raise

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stituent services office in Hartford. Helping people in Connecticut get what they are owed, or what they need, from the federal government is the most rewarding part of my job. Over the course of the past two years, my office has saved or recovered mil-lions of dollars for constit-uents across Connecticut. We have assisted individuals in all parts of the state with matters related to federal

agencies such as the Depart-ment of Veterans’ Affairs, the Social Security Adminis-tration, and the Department of Homeland Security. Our work is focused on ensuring that constituents’ rights are respected, that they receive the benefits they are owed, and that any procedural errors they encounter are corrected.

It’s the honor of my life to serve the people of Con-necticut in the U.S. Senate, either by working on legisla-

tion, or helping constituents get the services they need. I hope you’ll stay engaged and continue to share your ideas for how we can make Connecticut and our country even better. I commit to you that I will bring continued passion and work ethic to my job each day in the year ahead. Thanks for a great two years.

Chris Murphy is the junior U.S. senator for Connecticut.

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a family,” they say. Clearly evidenced is a virtually rev-erent sense of history, deep family roots, shared values and faith in the future. The whole enterprise that is

Southington seems to sug-gest to me the re-wording of the phrase that defines my own Big Apple city origins and re-assign it to my ad-opted home as: “Apple Val-ley, the town that works and rests but never sleeps.” As I

see it, Southington pride de-fines the deepest meaning of community.

Happy New Year.

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The Southington Land Conservation Trust has scheduled a curbside Christ-mas tree disposal fundraiser for Saturdays, Jan. 10 and 17, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. A fee is charged.

Proceeds benefit the SLCT

for the purpose of conserv-ing land and wildlife habitat in Southington. Visit www.southingtonlandtrust.org for a request form.

For more information, call Al Fiorillo at (860) 690-2484.

Curbside tree disposal

A public boating course, leading to a Connecticut Safe Boating Certificate and a Per-sonal Watercraft license, is scheduled for the Meriden Power Squadron. The 5-week course is scheduled for Tues-days, Jan. 13 through Feb. 10, 7 to 9 p.m., at Southington High School, 720 Pleasant St. A fee is charged.

The course covers boat handling , navigational aids and rules, required and sug-

gested equipment, knots and lines and more.

An additional two-week course is offered covering topics of chart reading, plot courses, and more. An addi-tional fee is charged.

For more information, con-tact Bill Podlisny at (203) 235-6881 or [email protected] or Ken Bell Sr. at (860) 628-9758 or (860) 621-1040 or [email protected],

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SportsJanney leads 2015 Gold Key field

A former NHL star, a Yale football great, the all-time leading scorer in scholastic girls basketball and a Fairfield County league administrator and coach will receive Gold Keys at the 74th Gold Key Dinner administered by the Connecticut Sports Writers’ Alliance in April.

Former pro hockey player Craig Janney of Enfield, Yale running back John Pagliaro of Derby, former Killingly High and Providence College bas-ketball standout Tracy Lis and longtime FCIAC admin-istrator John Kuczo will be honored at on Sunday, April 26 at the Aqua Turf Club in Southington.

The Gold Key is regarded as one of the highest sports awards in the state, and since 1940 the Connecticut Sports Writers’ Alliance has recog-nized individuals from the state who have achieved ex-cellence on the youth, high school, collegiate and profes-sional levels.

Past recipients of the Gold Key include: Connie Mack (1940), Willie Pep (1961), Walt Dropo (1975), George H.W. Bush (1991), Gordie Howe (1992), Geno Auriemma (2001), Jim Calhoun (2003), Kristine Lilly (2012) and Amby Burfoot (2014).

The Class of 2015 recipients will continue that tradition.

Tickets to the 2015 Gold Key Dinner, which begins

at 4 p.m., can be purchased by contacting either CSWA president Matthew Conyers of The Hartford Courant at (860) 874-4166 or [email protected] or Vice President Tim Jensen of The Enfield Source at [email protected]. Tickets can also be obtained by mailing a check to Connecticut Sports Writers’ Alliance, P.O. Box 70, Unionville, CT, 06085.

Craig Janney

After leading Enfield High to a perfect season and a Di-vision I title in 1983, Janney went on to become one of the state’s most successful hockey players. He played in 880 NHL games over 12 sea-sons, competing for six differ-ent teams.

In his rookie season of 1988-89, Janney placed fifth in the Calder Trophy voting, won by his former Boston College teammate and fellow Connecticut product, Brian Leetch. The following year, Janney scored the game-win-ning goal in Game 7 of a play-off series against the Hartford Whalers, but the Bruins fell to Edmonton in five games in the Stanley Cup finals.

On Feb. 7, 1992, Janney was traded to the St. Louis Blues for another playmaking cen-ter, Adam Oates. Janney en-joyed his biggest statistical season in 1992-93, registering 82 assists and 106 points.

Janney spent his final five

seasons bouncing between the San Jose Sharks, Winni-peg Jets/Phoenix Coyotes, Tampa Bay Lightning and New York Islanders.

He retired following the 1998-99 campaign with 751 points in 760 regular-season games, and 110 in 120 playoff contests.

Janney was named All-State three times, amassing 125 goals and 137 assists. He played his senior season at Deerfield (Mass.) Academy, where he racked up 33 goals and 35 assists in 17 games.

Tracy Lis

Lis has held the state’s ca-reer scoring record in both boys and girls basketball for a quarter century.

A four-year starting shoot-ing guard at Killingly High, Lis scored 3,681 points in high school and broke Wal-ter Luckett’s all-time scoring mark.

A decade ago, Lis was among the 15 players se-lected to the Big East Con-ference’s Silver Anniversary team. She played for Provi-dence College from 1988 to 1992 and remains the pro-gram’s career scoring leader with 2,534 points and ranks third all-time in Big East ca-reer scoring. Her No. 22 jer-sey was retired by the Friars last spring.

Lis was a two-time All-Big East First-Team selection as a junior and a senior and earned Big East All-Tourna-ment accolades three times.

In 1990, Lis helped guide the Friars to their first Big East Conference Tournament championship and advance to the NCAA tournament round of 16. In 1991, she helped pro-pel Providence to its highest national ranking (15th) in the

Associated Press poll. Lis played professionally

in the American Basketball League for the New England Blizzard.

John Pagliaro

Pagliaro was a high school football star at Derby, leading the Red Raiders to back-to-back undefeated seasons in 1972 and 73.

He rushed for 1,047 yards on 137 carries and scored 26 touchdowns as a senior to help Derby earn the No. 1 ranking in the writers’ Top 10 poll. In his final high school game, he rushed for five touchdowns against Shelton.

All-time leading girls basketball scorer also on the docket

Record-Journal staff

Cheshire’s Brian Leetch, left, and Enfield’s Craig Janney pose for a picture at Rentschler Field in East Hartford before an outdoor alumni game between the Boston Bruins and Hartford Whalers in 2011. Leetch, an NHL Hall of Famer, was awarded a Gold Key in 2009. Janney, a former NHL standout, will join the club this April. | Chris Rutsch / Hartford Wolf Pack

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The 5’10, 190-pound Pagliaro also played defense for a unit that recorded eight shut-outs and surrendered just 25 points in his senior year.

At Yale, he became the first back to rush for more than 1,000 yards in successive sea-sons. He twice was named the recipient of the Asa Bush-nell Cup, presented to the Ivy League’s most valuable player. He graduate as the ca-reer leader in rushing touch-downs (34), a mark that stood for 30 years, and second to Dick Jauron on the career rushing yardage list (2,476).

In his final game at Yale in 1977, Pagliaro rushed for 172 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Bulldogs over Har-vard. The win secured Yale’s first outright Ivy League title in 10 years.

Pagliaro was coached by two Gold Key recipients — in high school by Lou DeFilippo and at Yale by Carmen Cozza.

Pagliaro lives in Maryland and works as a media exec-utive. His son John played defensive back at Yale, grad-uating after the 2010 season.

John Kuczo

For more than three-and-a-half decades, John Kuczo has been the driving force behind one of the most successful

high school athletic confer-ences in state history.

In fact, the longtime com-missioner of the FCIAC is one of only two individuals associated with the league all 54 years of its existence. Ralph King, a 2008 Gold Key winner and now assistant commissioner, is the other.

Kuczo’s association with the FCIAC began as a 23-year-old coach in 1961, the same year a group of Fairfield County athletic directors, coaches and principals in-cluding his father — legend-ary Stamford High coach and 1958 Gold Key winner Paul Kuczo — formed the first ma-jor conference in the state. He became an FCIAC adminis-trator as secretary-treasurer in 1968. He held that title for 10 years before taking over as commissioner in the fall of 1978. In 2006, he received the Thomas R. Monahan Honor Award, the Conn. H.S. Coaches Association’s high-est award for professional educators. He was inducted into the National High School Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2011.

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John Kuczo is one of only two individuals associated with the league all 54 years of its existence.

The Southington Police Department announced the Town Ordinances applicable to the winter months.

Sec. 12-72. Parking During Winter Restricted at Night ($10 fine).

It shall be unlawful from Nov. 15 to April 15 for the owner or operator of a vehi-cle to allow such vehicle to stand or park on any street in Southington for more than (1) hour between the hours of midnight and 6 a.m. on any given day.

Emergency Parking BanSec 12-73 Termination of all

parking authorized ($10 fine).The chief of police or his

designee may terminate street

parking on any or all streets of the Town of Southington during a snowstorm or other emergency.

The illegal parking could lead to the vehicle being tick-eted and towed at the owner’s expense.

Sec. 17-2 Maintenance of sidewalks ( $75 + $20 fee= $95 fine).

(c) Whenever any sidewalk adjoining and fronting any land or premises shall be wholly or partially covered with snow, the owner, tenant or occu-pant of such adjoining prem-ises shall cause such sidewalk to be made safe and conve-nient by removing such snow there from within twenty-four

(24) hours after the accumula-tion of the same thereon, and, should ice be accumulated on any sidewalk so that the same cannot be removed, such ice shall be covered with sand or other substance within three (3) hours after the accumula-tion of such ice.

Sec. 17-3 (b) Snow Removal ($25 fine) - Snow Throwing

No owner, tenant, occu-pant or other individual shall throw or cause to be blown by machine or other implement snow into the right-of-way or sidewalks in the Town of Southington. Cul-de-sac resi-dents shall be subject to con-sideration of the difficulties of snow removal in such areas.

Winter ordinances

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