1-6-2012 Southington Citizen

Volume 8, Number 1 Southington’s Only Hometown Newspaper Friday, January 6, 2012

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Southington townofficials mull what

2012 will bring

Lifelong resident andpublisher dies after life of

community service

By Julie SopchakThe Southington Citizen

Every year, a new yearrolls around, with new prom-ise and hope for change forthe better. For town officials,the new year brings on aplate full of issues and agen-das to tackle.

“My biggest concern istrying to keep costs downand weather the economicmess,” said Southington

Town Council Chairman Ed-ward Pocock III. “That forme is priority one.”

Board of education Chair-man Brian Goralski, echoedthat the economy has not im-proved much, and the samedismal situation will carryover into 2012, but he re-mains optimistic that thecommunity will continue to

See 2012, page 35

By Ken DiMauroSpecial to The Citizen

For Anthony L. Urillo, ofSouthington, founder andformer presi-dent of TheStep Saverand TheSouthingtonObserver, be-ing the own-er and long-time publish-er of hisweekly publications was

something he relished, ac-cording to friends and for-mer employees who reactedto news of Urillo’s death.

Urillo, 85, who was born inSouthington, died Dec. 27 af-ter a short illness. He and hiswife, Jennie (Marciniec)Urillo were married Feb. 12,1955 and they had seven chil-dren, Stephanie, Susan,Mary, Marta, Anthony, An-gela and Robert.

During his life, he was

See Publisher, page 6

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Brass Blast to trumpet its wayinto Guinness World Records

Photo courtesy of Southington Brass

Members of Southington Brass including Erik Semmel, back right, prepare tobreak the Guinness World Record on April 21 for the largest trumpet ensemble.


Breaking GuinnessWorld Records seems to bea trend in Southington late-ly.

Barely a day after aSouthington resident beatthe world record for longestkaraoke session, Erik Sem-

mel announced that inApril he will attempt tobreak the world record forthe largest trumpet ensem-ble, which will benefitthree different non-profitorganizations: the Con-necticut Music EducationAssociation, SouthingtonHigh School Band Backers,and the Mill Foundation for

Kids.Semmel, who started

Southington Brass, an en-semble of about 20 trumpetplayers from around townwith students ranging fromfifth grade to sophomore inhigh school, the record at-tempt is an opportunity to

See Brass, page 9

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Local restaurant owner proud of wood-fired technique

Citizen photo by Julie Sopchak

John Pucci, owner of The Fireplace, located on CenterStreet in downtown Southington, stands next to hiswood-fired oven, which cooks everything on hisrestaurant’s menu.


John Pucci came into therestaurant business virtual-ly in the dark, but some lightfrom his wood-fired ovenhelped him grow The Fire-place into a popular restau-rant in the heart of down-

town Southington on CenterStreet.

Six years ago, Pucci waspulled away from his insur-ance job to venture into therestaurant business with afriend. Shortly after, hisbusiness partner came uponanother venture, and Puccibought the restaurant from

him to tackle on his own.“It was a little overwhelm-

ing to take it all on myself,”Pucci said.

His business partner, whohad owned a bar beforehand,taught him a little bit aboutthe bar industry, but to open arestaurant, the necessaryconcentration on food was al-most foreign. Pucci and hispartner also wanted to makesure they understood the in-ner-workings of their uniqueoven, and even traveled out towhere it was manufacturedin Los Angeles to learn aboutit. Pucci said a lot morebabysitting is involved withthe wood-fired oven, since thepizza cooks so quickly, it con-stantly needs to be movedaround so it cooks evenly, andthe cook needs to find wherethe hot spots are, as opposedto a conventional oven wherea cook can just throw a pie inand wait until it’s done.

“It’s something that’s dif-ferent, the smoke from thewood gets into the flavor ofthe toppings and we cookeverything in that oven – ourwings, our sandwiches,” Puc-ci said of his restaurant’s in-tegral instrument. “Every-thing is cooked with thewood-fired oven, so it kind ofgives it a smoked flavor, it’sunique.”

The uniqueness of it musthave caught on, becauseabout two and a half yearsago, Pucci said he had to addanother oven to keep up withthe demand.

But in the six years Puccihas been running The Fire-place, he has caught on towhat else makes a restaurantsuccessful — aside from itsoriginal and unique menu:the service.

“You learn that you’reonly as good as your staff is,”he said. “You can only do somuch as one person, andstaff is huge. If you have agood staff, a consistent staff,that takes your business along way.”

Pucci also learned how im-

portant location is. Beingseated right on Center Street– a thriving hotspot forSouthington nightlife – hashelped keep his businesssteady even in tough eco-nomic times. He’s not even

See Technique, page 14

Holiday hound

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Bosco, a basset hound owned by Ken and AnnMarie DiMauro, of Southington, expresses his ex-citement over the holidays.

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Unloading food supplies are, from left, SurinderSingh, Kulwant Singh Samra, president of theSouthington Sikh congregation, Darshan Singh Ba-jwa, Eldon Hafford, Bread for Life executive director,Brahum Singh, Harpal Singh and Manjit Singh Walia.

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The Southington Citizen

One of the Sikh religion’smajor principles is to helpmankind by sharing and per-forming charitable servicefrom the fruits of your ownwork. When the devastatingearthquake occurred in Jan-uary 2010 in Haiti, the Sikhcommunity responded withmillions of meals, tents,funds and manpower.

“Wherever there is acalamity, we always comeforward. Sikhs help any waythey can,” said Kulwant

Singh Samra, president ofthe Southington GurdwaraGuru Nanak Darbar Sikh,house of worship, located at1610 West St. Service is also away to honor God.

On Dec. 23, this local reli-gious community did nottravel a thousand miles tohelp others but insteadturned to Bread for Life, thefeeding program forSouthington’s underserved.

Members of the congrega-tion shopped at a wholesalewarehouse to purchase hun-dreds of pounds of foodgoods to be used at the Bread

for Life soup kitchen and forsenior citizen meals deliv-ered weekly to all of town’ssenior housing locations.

Throughout the year foodcollections are held, whichare heartily supported byresidents and businesses.However, much of the food,because it is individual- orfamily-sized, goes to the com-munity food pantry, which isadministered by Southing-ton Community Services.

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Group takes annual Santa Flight in memory of memberOn Dec. 17, 16 hot air bal-

loon teams gathered at theAqua Turf Club in Southing-ton for the Third AnnualSanta Flight in memory ofMike Bollea.

The event was organizedby balloonist Jim Regan in

memory of Bollea, an avidballoonist and Farmingtonresident, who died tragicallyin March 2009. Participantsconsider it a very specialflight that takes place everyDecember where all the bal-loon teams dress in holiday

Photos courtesy of Dan Nivison

A hot air balloon lands ina Southington neighbor-hood while more than onedozen others fly over-head.

Balloonists Erik Albrycht, back row, left, and GaryGuertin receive a big welcome from Southington chil-dren, front row, from left, Tim, Chloe and Emily Nivisonand Nina and Edward Fabrycki. The balloonists gavethe children candy canes. Still in the basket was LibbyRichardson.

attire, with Santa and Mrs.Claus along with half-dozenelves all decked out and readyto hand out candy canes.

This year, balloonists werefrom the Connecticut LighterThan Air Society, whichmeets monthly in Plainville,and the Great Eastern Bal-loon Association, with bal-loonists participating fromConnecticut and far away asPennsylvania.

Every December, Bolleawould slip on a Santa suit andfly his balloon, handing outcandy canes to the kids he en-countered along his flight. Hewould always do his best toland at a school yard full ofchildren all excited to seeSanta arrive in a hot air bal-loon bearing candy canes asgifts.

“This flight is special fortwo reasons, one we remem-ber and honor a specialfriend who made a differencein our lives, and the second,because Mike Bollea trulyembodied the Christmas spir-it all-year long in his life.Mike’s annual Christmasflight was only small glimpseof the person and of his gen-erosity,” said Mick Murphy,president of ConnecticutLighter Than Air Society andresident of Litchfield. He is

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heavily involved in many lo-cal civic and charitable or-ganizations. In 1963, Urilloand his wife, JennieMarciniec Urillo, founded

The Step Saver, a weeklyshopper publication.

He worked two jobs simul-taneously, at Stanley Worksas a manager and at homewith The Step Saver, with sixyoung children underfoot.Mrs. Urillo , while pregnantwith her youngest, sold ad-

vertisements, while totingaround the brood. The Uril-los performed many roles atthe new business, serving asofficers, company sales rep-resentatives, proof readersand paste-up artists.

Over the years, The StepSaver publications servedmany communities in thearea. “The Step Saver was atrendsetter, a publicationwhere a customer couldplace a classified ad and it’dbe sold in a day,” said JamesJ. Senich, who was an editorof The Observer inSouthington when it wasfounded and was editor-in-chief from 1980 until 1988.

Senich recalled that Urilloenjoyed his role as publisherand particularly liked over-seeing The Observer after itwas established in December1975.

Arthur H. Secondo, whocurrently is president andchief executive officer of theGreater Southington Cham-ber of Commerce, did manyarticles and columns for TheObserver over the years. Hewas a former editor-in-chief,working in that role in theearly 1990s. When Urillo es-tablished The Observer,there was a need for a good-

quality community newspa-per.

“He had a vision,” Secon-do said, adding that Urillofilled that need, having thereporters come up with well-researched stories as well ascovering the news that af-fected Southington. “He wastough and expected perfec-tion,” Secondo said, addingthat the newspaper earnedmany layout and news writ-ing awards.

When Karen A. Avitabilewas barely in high school,she knew she wanted to workfor The Observer. She startedas a youth correspondentand did some freelance writ-ing for the paper, eventuallybecoming editor-in-chief in1996.

“Mr. Urillo wanted to givethe public something hecould be proud of,” Avitabilesaid. She said the staffersand writers all worked veryhard to put out a qualityproduct. She said Urillo andhis family were trendsettersbecause they published suc-cessful shopper publicationsand a successful weeklynewspaper during a timewhen daily newspapers werestill popular and well read.

“Back then The Observer

was it, the place to be”Avitabile said, adding thatalthough the newspaper did-n’t shy away from coveringnuts-and-bolts news, Urillostressed positive, well-re-searched features readerscould not see from readingother publications. Afterworking as editor at The Ob-server, Avitabile becamemanaging editor at The Mid-dletown Press for severalyears. Today she is editor ofJourneys, several regionalmagazines published forThe American AutomobileAssociation.

Both Senich and Secondorecalled that Urillo and hisfamily liked being involvedin community and fund-rais-ing projects, especially forImmaculate ConceptionChurch, the Elks, Polish Fal-cons and the SouthingtonHistorical Society.

“For some reason, hecould never say no to BettyKroher,” who ran theSouthington Red Cross atthe time, Senich said. Eachyear, he would publish spe-cial promotions for the RedCross.

Kroher said Urillo would

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Blue Knights Marching Band plans its Super Bowl Sub SaleThe Southington High

School Marching Band isonce again conducting itsSuper Bowl Sub Sale. Thesale features 12-inchgrinders – sold, preparedand delivered by marching

band students – just in timefor the big game. Proceedsfrom the effort will help sup-port the SHS Marching Bandin the upcoming 2012 season.

The Super Bowl Sub Saleis one of the largest and most

exciting fundraisers of theyear, according to organiz-ers. Students will team up ingroups and canvas the townon the weekends of Jan. 7and 8, and Jan. 14 and 15 tak-ing orders for turkey, ham,and Italian combo subs. Stu-dents will also be selling ontheir own, taking ordersfrom friends, relatives andneighbors.

“This is a terrific opportu-nity for the students to getout and talk with the commu-nity,” said Brian Robarge,this year’s chairman. “It’salso a fun way to raise moneyselling a quality product spe-cially made for the SuperBowl.”

The students not only sellthe grinders, they also make

them. On Sunday, Feb. 5 —the morning of the big game— students, parents and vol-unteers will gather at 6:30a.m. at SHS to assemble thesubs. Volunteers will fill box-es with hundreds of subsseparated by student withthe appropriate selections.The student’s goal is to thendeliver all the sandwiches byearly afternoon in time forthe recipients to enjoy themwhile watching the SuperBowl.

“Last year, we made anddelivered over 3,000grinders,” Robarge said.“The grinders are fresh, andinclude top quality meatsprovided by Tops Market.They are an exceptional val-ue... They really sell them-

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Bottle and can driveA bottle and can drive to support Boy Scout Troop 32 will be

held Saturday, Jan.7, 8 a.m. to noon, at Recreation Park,Maxwell Noble Drive, Southington. The collection point isnext to the first concession stand and playground. Proceedsgo to support Boy Scout Troop 32. Scouts said the collection isan easy way for people to clean the bottles and cans out ofyour home after the holidays.

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Peter Picone, wildlife biol-ogist andboard mem-ber of theQuinnipiacRiver Water-shed Associ-ation since1986, willpresent atalk, “En-hancing Habitat for Song-birds Using Native Plants,”on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 7 p.m., atQRWA, 540 Oregon Road,Meriden. For more informa-tion, visit the websitewww.qrwa.org.

Picone, a lifelongSouthington resident, is awildlife biologist with theDepartment of Environmen-tal Protection at SessionsWoods Wildlife ManagementArea. He graduated from theUniversity of Connecticutwith a bachelor of science

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“It’s not easy to raise mon-ey the way we were doing it,”Semmel said. “Just playingthese little concerts and hop-ing folks put a dollar in ourlittle trumpet case, so Ithought let’s try to do some-thing bigger.”

Semmel said Guinness ac-cepted his application for therecord attempt, dubbed “TheBrass Blast,” since there isalready a record holder forthe world’s largest trumpetensemble, which was organ-ized by Napoleón Gómez Sil-va in Oruro, Bolivia on Feb.19, 2006. Silva’s record had1,166 participants, so theoret-ically, Semmel needs 1,167trumpeters, but is aiming for1,200. So far he said he onlyhas under 100 registered forthe event that will take place

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Erik’s son, Jake Semmel, isa 14-year-old freshman atSouthington High School andplays trumpet for the SHSmarching band andSouthington Brass. He saidhe liked his father’s idea tobreak the record.

“I wanted to be part ofsomething big so it’s some-thing I could be proud of,”the younger Semmel said.

Erik Semmel said he origi-nally formed SouthingtonBrass about a year ago so hecould enjoy playing trumpetwith his sons and brother,Martin Semmel, principal ofSouthington High School,and also raise money fornon-profit organizations.

“We’ve been all over towntrying to play,” Erik said.“Have some fun and raisemoney for a good cause.”

Martin Semmel he initial-ly said his brother was a lit-tle crazy for attempting this,but after a while embracedthe idea, thinking “whynot?”

“I’m excited about the

ability to bring so many peo-ple together who love musicand play the trumpet,” Mar-tin said. “The opportunityjust to kind of be togetherand participate in somethingthat’s on such a grand scale.”

For Martin, also a memberof Southington Brass withhis daughter, Julia, the bestpart will be participatingwith his family and otherkids from Southington.

“I thought it was a lot tobite off, but he’s [Erik] a com-mitted person and he’s got alot of passion around thisand I share that passion withhim,” Martin said. “So I’mexcited about this.”

For the record attempt,Erik said he has picked outfour different tunes for theensemble to play: “The Star-

Spangled Banner,” “Americathe Beautiful,” “Grand OldFlag,” and “Gonna Fly Now,”which is the theme to the fa-mous “Rocky” movie. Hesaid the music will be e-mailed out to all registeredparticipants and practicewill be left up to them.

“Trumpets and ‘GonnaFly Now’ are pretty muchsynonymous,” Erik said. “Soif you know trumpet, youknow that theme.”

Not having attempted tobreak a record before, Eriksaid the organizationprocess is all new to him. Hesaid participants will choosewhich part they would like toplay in the ensemble, andwhen they arrive, they will

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“In recent years, the network has acted to create a col-laborative committee approach to public policy and advo-cacy on early childhood development issues within thestate. This year, for example, the committee reached outto state legislators to urge their support of important leg-islation (SB 1103, An Act Regarding Early Childhood De-velopment) which would seek to restructure the way ear-ly childhood programs are funded by the state into a morecohesive and efficient system,” Williamson said. “The actwas adopted, and now the committee is working withstate officials and other early childhood advocates to cre-ate the plan which would address the legislation’s re-quirements. I’m excited about this opportunity to helplead our network of community foundations to collabora-tively achieve these types of important initiatives.”

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also the owner of Aer Blar-ney Balloons.

“Mike was the kind of per-son that knew the right thingto do and did it without wor-rying about taking the creditfor his actions. As an exam-ple, Mike walked the WestFarms Mall everyday andduring one of these walks,met an elderly woman whomhe befriended. From the mo-ment their friendship beganevery time you saw Mike,there she was a part of hisfamily and adventures,” ac-cording to Murphy

Shortly after their friend-ship began, she was diag-nosed with cancer and Bolleafinancially assisted herthroughout her battle andtook her to every appoint-ment. He did this quietlyevery step of the way untilshe her death.

“Many people that knewMike did not know that hewas providing all this sup-port. Mike did what he did be-cause he just knew it was theright thing to do and for theright reasons,” Murphy said.

Jude Russell wrote aboutBollea shortly after his pass-ing: “He was a kindly soul,who would never hurt a flyand was always willing tostep up for someone else. Hewas one of those balloonistswho were often on the fieldwithout his balloon — help-ing out a friend by drivingthe chase van, flying for fun,or happy to take some pic-tures of a new balloon — hejust loved the sport and thepeople.”

This year’s flight — as hotair balloons often do — at-tracted the attention of manyresidents along its travels.The Nivison family and otherpeople in the Kingswood Dri-ve neighborhood inSouthington saw at first two,then four, and finally 14 hotair balloons.

“To our surprise, one keptgetting lower and lower, thenlanded right on our neigh-bors’ front lawn. The balloon-ists invited the kids over tocheck out the balloon, andhanded out candy canes,”said Dan Nivison.

“I thank the balloonists forthe joy they brought to mykids,” he said.

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“We hope to see you at nextyear’s Santa Flight,” Murphysaid.

— Robin Lee Michel con-tributed to this story.

Legislativeforum Jan. 10

State Rep. Rob Sampsonand state Sen. Joe Markleywill hold a Tuesday, Jan. 10forum to discuss the upcom-ing 2012 Legislative Sessionthat begins Feb. 8. The eventwill be held at SouthingtonTown Hall, 75 Main Street,from 6 to 7:30 p.m.

For information, contactSampson’s office, at (800) 842-1423.


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Teenagers meet their friends at the start of the annual Crop Walk held this fall in Southington, starting andending at Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church. The Church World Service 4-mile walk raises funds for foodprograms, including Southington’s Bread for Life. At the Crop Walk, Lois Hall, right, receives congratula-tions for her successful fundraising from Eldon Hafford, executive director of Bread for Life. Hall has re-ceived numerous awards for being the largest individual fundraiser at the event.

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“It should be simple, butit’s probably going to be likeherding cattle,” he said. “Butwe have no idea.”

Other things that Erik hasno idea about includes howthe ensemble will actuallysound.

“I don’t know what it’llsound like,” he said. “I knowthat we’re going to have fourdifferent parts, and I justthink it’s going to be an amaz-ing wall of brass sound.”

Jake, along with his twobrothers Matt and Kyle, willbe participating in the at-tempt. Jake said he’ll be play-ing the second part.

“I’m just thinking it’s go-ing to be a great experience,”Jake said. “It’s gonna get usto meet new people and hearother bands.”

Any individual or groupthat plays trumpet and is in-terested in the record-break-ing attempt should contactErik Semmel at [email protected] or retrieve a registra-tion form by visitingwww.southingtonbrass.com .

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“I think we’ve kind of beenin this economy since we’veopened, or the ball startedrolling as the economy start-ed to tank,” Pucci said. “So Idon’t really know any otherway of business right now forme, and I’ve had a lot of suc-cess.”

Successes have includedfive consecutive titles forBest Pizza in Southingtonand awards for Best Bar andBest Night Spot in newspaperpolls. The business also tookfirst place in the 2011 cham-ber of commerce pizza fest.

Over the restaurant’s life,Pucci has added and modi-fied the menu, experiment-ing with different flavors in

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goods to be used when mak-ing meals for the 30 or so indi-viduals who visit the week-day lunch program at theFriendship Hall at the Ma-sons Lodge on Main Streetand for the dinners that goout to the senior citizens. On

the crisp December morn-ing, a half-dozen men un-loaded items such as 50-pound bags of potatoes andcases of cans from a pickuptruck at the door to the foodbank storage area, located atApple Valley Bank on NorthMain Street.

“Every week, volunteersdeliver 600 senior meals and

there are 30 daily mealsserved plus the home mealthat they take home. Folkslike this make it possible be-cause without their supportwe wouldn’t be able to dothis,” said Eldon Hafford, ex-ecutive director of Bread forLife.

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Jan.6 Friday

Legion dinners — Amer-ican Legion Post 72 servesdinners on Fridays at theLegion Post, 66 Main St.,from 5 to 7 p.m. Take-out or-ders are available; if pa-trons purchase four din-ners, the fifth is free. Thedinner for Friday, Jan. 6 ismeatloaf with gravy,mashed potatoes, vegetable,salad, bread and butter. Formore information: call theLegion Post, at (860) 621-4243. Tickets can be pur-chased at the door or pre-paid at the lounge duringthe week.

Silver Tea — Southing-ton Church Women Unitedwill meet on Friday, Jan. 6,at 1 p.m., at Plantsville Con-gregational Church, 109Church St. Soup, sandwich-es and dessert will beserved. There is a cost to at-tend. People interested inattending should call theirchurch representative forreservations.

7 Saturday

Bottle and can drive —A bottle and can drive tosupport Boy Scout Troop 32will be held Saturday, Jan.7,8 a.m. to noon, at RecreationPark, Maxwell Noble Drive,Southington. The collectionpoint is next to the first con-cession stand and play-ground. Proceeds go to sup-port Boy Scout Troop 32.

Christmas tree pickup— The Southington LandConservation Trust is col-lecting Christmas trees fordisposal. Members of theland trust will pick up treescurbside on Jan. 7, 14, 21and 28, between 8 a.m. andnoon. The tree will be recy-cled and the fee will go to

SLCT to conserve land andwildlife habitat in Southing-ton. To have the tree collect-ed, people should call AlFiorillo, at (860) 690-2484, toleave their name, address,phone number and the Sat-urday that they would likethe tree to be picked up.

Concerts With Causes— Concerts With Causes issponsoring a winter concertseries at the Hydeaway Cafe,115 W. Main St., inPlantsville. The concertsbenefit the Hole In The WallGang Camp and theLeukemia & Lymphoma So-ciety Connecticut Chapter.The next concert will fea-ture a double header showwith Angry Again and FarFrom Here on Jan. 7.

Ticket deadline for Mil-itary Appreciation Dinner— A Military AppreciationDinner will be held from 4 to8 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 14 atthe Southington Elks Lodge1669, 114 Main St. This isfree to military membersand veterans and there is acost for family members andother guests. Full buffet din-ner. Open to the public. In-formation and tickets bySaturday, Jan. 7: call DeniseJohnson at (860) 707-

6838.The snow date is Satur-day, Feb. 4.

8 Sunday

Elvis at The Summit —Elvis will be at The Summitat Plantsville, 261 SummitSt., on Sunday, Jan. 8 at 2p.m. The show is open to thepublic and the only charge isa can or non-perishable itemfor the Southington SocialServices Department. Infor-mation: call (860) 628-0364.

Epiphany Bell Sunday— Plantsville Congregation-al Church, 109 Church St.,Plantsville, will celebrateboth Epiphany and its annu-al Bell Sunday on Jan. 8, be-ginning at 10 a.m. Duringthe bell-themed service, wor-shippers “ring” in the NewYear. There’s music by thebell choir, and the congrega-tion can ring their bellsalong with the morninghymns or chancel choir an-them. After the service, the“burning of the greens” willbe held during which ever-green branches are burnt ina small bonfire. A lightlunch of soup and bread willbe served afterward. Infor-

mation: call the church of-fice at (860) 628-5595.

Second anniversaryservice — Abundant LifePentecostal Church, 1049Queen St., Southington, an-nounces second anniversaryservices on Sunday, Jan. 8.Special guest speakers/mu-sicians from Indiana BibleCollege will be ministeringat their 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m.services. All are welcome toattend. Information: call(860) 904-3225.

9 Monday

Southington FestivalChorale — The Southing-ton Festival Chorale re-hearses Mondays, from 7 to9 p.m., at the PlantsvilleCongregational Church, 109Church St. All singers arewelcome. Information: callLiz, (860) 621-2837.

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Southington ChurchWomen United will meet onFriday, Jan. 6, at 1 p.m., atPlantsville CongregationalChurch, 109 Church St. Soup,sandwiches and dessert willbe served. There is a cost toattend. People interested inattending should call theirchurch representative for

reservations.

Anniversaryservice

Abundant Life PentecostalChurch, 1049 Queen St.,Southington, announces sec-ond anniversary services onSunday, Jan. 8. Special guestspeakers/musicians from In-diana Bible College will beministering at their 10:30a.m. and 6 p.m. services. Allare welcome to attend.

For more information, call(860) 904-3225.

Epiphany,Bell Sunday

Plantsville Congregation-al Church, 109 Church St.,Plantsville, will celebrateboth Epiphany and its annu-al Bell Sunday on Jan. 8, be-ginning at 10 a.m. During thebell-themed service, wor-shippers “ring” in the NewYear. There’s music by thebell choir, and the congrega-tion can ring their bellsalong with the morninghymns or chancel choir an-them.

After the service, the“burning of the greens” willbe held during which ever-green branches are burnt ina small bonfire, a symbolicway to wrap up the celebra-tion of the Christmas sea-son. A light lunch of soupand bread will be served af-terward.

For more information, callthe church office at (860) 628-5595.

Pasta dinnerfor mission trip

A pasta dinner, hosted bythe Senior High Youth Groupat First CongregationalChurch, will be offered Sat-urday, Jan. 14, 6 p.m., in thechurch Memorial Hall, 37Main St. There is a charge toattend. Children 5 years oldand younger are free. Pro-ceeds support the youthgroup’s February missiontrip to Miami.

Scarf projectends Jan. 20

The First Baptist ChurchWinter Special OlympicScarf Project at First BaptistChurch is coming to a close.To date, a total of 134 scarveshave been turned in.

If anyone has been work-ing on these scarves, thechurch is asking that they beturned in by Jan. 20. A serv-ice of dedication is plannedfor Sunday Jan. 29, duringthe 10 a.m. morning worship,during which the scarveswill be displayed. Brody Neil-son, a Special Olympic multi-ple gold medal winner, willbe assisting with the service.

Anyone interested in join-ing this time of celebrationis invited to attend. Duringthe following week, thescarves will be delivered tothe CT Special Olympicheadquarters.

‘Souper Bowl’Sunday Feb. 5

First CongregationalChurch will be taking part inthe “Souper Bowl” on Sun-day, Feb. 5. People will be en-couraged to donate $1 as theyleave church on Super BowlSunday. All money collectedwill be given to Bread forLife.

Contemplativeworship

Be Still, contemplativeworship at First Congrega-tional Church of Southing-ton, 37 Main St., is offered onthe third Sunday of eachmonth (Jan. 15) through May,at 6 p.m.

Giving Backfood program

The Tabernacle church, lo-cated at 1445 West St., offersthe food program GivingBack. In collaboration withFoodshare of Hartford, Giv-ing Back sets up a mobilefood pantry every other Tues-day at 9:30 a.m. On Tuesdays,primarily produce is distrib-uted, depending on availabil-ity, also breads and some non-perishables.

On every other Saturday,10 a.m., Giving Back offers amore substantial variety ofgroceries, including whenavailable, toiletries and in-fant products.

The Tabernacle is a con-temporary Christian churchthat strives to meet the needsof the community with food,clothing, encouragement andspiritual support.

For more information, callthe church at (860) 276-0400.Call the church to confirmwhen and where the next dis-tributions will be.

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George Hayes Jr.George F. Hayes, Jr., 82, of

Southington, died peacefullyNov. 21, 2011.

He was born Jan. 13, 1929,in Hartford, the eldest childof George F. Hayes Sr. andEleanor (Eckels) Hayes, andgrew up in Tariffville andSouthington. He served hon-orably in the U.S. Navy inWorld War II, and on the Bat-tleship New Jersey (BB-62)during the Korean War. Hewas the recipient of theBronze Star and the PurpleHeart. Active in politics, heserved as chairman of theDemocratic Party inSouthington and was a con-stable in town for manyyears. He worked in sales ofautomotive aftermarket andwas an avid golfer as a mem-ber of the Pequabuck GolfClub in Bristol. He was a fanof UConn women’s basket-ball and of Southingtonwomen’s basketball and vol-leyball programs.

He is survived by his son,George F. Hayes III anddaughter-in-law, Anne(Charest) Hayes, of WestHartford, and his belovedgranddaughters, Brittany I.Hayes, of Baltimore, andAshley A. (Hayes) Berry andher husband, Sam Berry, ofBoston; his sisters, BonnieBenson and Marie “Tim-mie” Barcomb; longtimefriends, Norman Ingramand Dr. David McGowan;and many nieces andnephews. Along with hisparents, he was predeceasedby his wife, Jane (Thorpe)Hayes; infant son, David; sis-ter, Kay Millhouse; andbrother, John.

In accordance with hiswishes, there were no call-ing hours and he will be laidto rest at the convenience ofthe family at South EndCemetery in Southington.Memorial donations can bemade to the National Multi-ple Sclerosis Society atwww.nationalmssociety.org.

Anthony L. UrilloAnthony L. Urillo, 85, of

Southington,died Dec. 27,2011, at TheHospital ofCentral Con-n e c t i c u t ,B r a d l e yM e m o r i a lcampus. He was the lovinghusband of Jennie(Marciniec) Urillo for nearly57 years.

Born in Southington, Oct.15, 1926, to the late Giuseppeand Agnes (Orlacchio) Uril-lo, he was a lifelongSouthington resident.

During the 1960s, he wasactive in town at variousclubs. He was president ofThe Sportsmen’s Club fortwo years where he started“Game Dinners” as afundraiser for the club. Heserved for six years on themembership committee. Hewas the chairman for the An-nual Fishing Derby for kidswhere he went door-to-doorsoliciting prizes for the chil-dren.

He served as the businessmanager for the SouthingtonCommunity Theater wherehe was also a stagehand andhelped build sets for the vari-ous productions put on bythe group.

Once The Step Saver be-came established, he was ap-pointed chairman of thecommercial division of theGreater Southington Cham-ber of Commerce. He wasalso on the board of direc-tors at the New England As-sociation of AdvertisingPublishers.

He was an active memberat the Southington Elkswhere he served as chair-man of their House Commit-tee. While the chairman, hestarted the yearly clambakeand instituted a horse show,which lasted for two yearsand was very successful.

He organized the first“Santa Claus Parade” in theearly ’60s. The parade ran

from the old Pexto buildingto the center of town and fea-tured Santa Claus (GeorgeKroher) throwing candy andapples to the children in thecrowd. It was very well at-tended for the years it ran.

In 1992, he started theFirst Annual Charity GolfTournament which later be-came the Calvanese GolfTournament.

In 2003, he was appointedchairman of the campaign toraise funds for the Immacu-late Conception Parish tobuild a CCD center. The goalwas $375,000; he raised$450,000.

He also served on the Fi-nance Board at ImmaculateConception Church. He wasa lifetime member of the Pol-ish Falcons, The Elks and theSouthington Historical Soci-ety.

In addition to his wife,Jennie, he is survived by hisdaughter, Dr. Stephanie Uril-lo, of Southington; hisdaughter, Susan Urillo Lar-son and husband, Keith andtheir daughter, Erica, ofSouthington; Mary Lautmanand her children, Heather,Jacob and Sarah Lautman, ofReading, Mass.; Marta Urilloand husband, GiuseppePalumbo and their children,Isabelle, Gianfranco and An-thony Palumbo; his son, An-thony J. Urillo and wife,Kris, of Southington; hisdaughter, Angela Moore andhusband, Ralph and theirson, Samuel, of Melrose,Mass.; his son, Robert Urilloand wife, Susan and theirson, Zachary, of Lakeland,Fla.; and his brother-in-law,Deacon James P. Quinn Sr.,of Southington. He was pre-deceased by his sister, AnnQuinn.

Funeral services wereheld Dec. 30, 2011, from thePlantsville Funeral Home,with a funeral Mass at Im-maculate ConceptionChurch, Plantsville. Burialwill be at the convenience ofthe family. Memorial dona-tions may be made to the

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Hummel Club welcomes allMI Hummel Club is active throughout the area and per-

forms numerous service projects. The organization meets onthe second Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. (Jan. 10) New mem-bers are welcome.

Letters to the Editor

CitizenOpinion18The Southington Citizen

Friday, January 6, 2012

Government MeetingsMonday, Jan. 9

Town council, town hall council chambers, 7p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 10Senior Citizens Commission, Calendar

House, 388 Pleasant St., 6:30 p.m.Zoning board of appeals, town hall council

chambers, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 11Board of finance, town hall council chambers,

7 p.m.Thursday, Jan. 12

Board of education, town hall council cham-bers., 7:30 p.m.

Board of police commissioners, SouthingtonPolice Department Community Room, 69 Lazy

Lane, 6 p.m.Tuesday, Jan. 17

Board of education, Hatton ElementarySchool, 50 Spring Lake Road, 7:30 p.m.

Planning and zoning commission, town hallcouncil chambers, 7 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 19Board of education, Hatton Elementary

School, 50 Spring Lake Road, 7:30 p.m.Board of fire commissioners, fire headquar-

ters, 310 N. Main St., 6 p.m.Monday, Jan. 23

Town council, town hall council chambers, 7p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 24Housing authority, Lincoln Lewis Terrace, 43

Academy St., 7 p.m.

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Thieves, vandalsshow insensitivity

To the editor:I wanted to comment on a

recent theft that occurred ofChristmas lawn ornaments.Today, in the middle of theafternoon, my outdoorChristmas penguin orna-ment was taken from myfront porch. The perpetra-tors rang the doorbell twiceand when they thought noone was home, they took it.

The police were called andthey said they have had nu-merous calls similar tothese. He looked around, butwhomever it was gone and sowas our beloved penguin. Afew weeks ago, there werealso a few houses on mystreet that got hit by a drive-by paint-balling. Luckily, itwas water-based paint andnot real bullets.

I know others at this time

have lost more than lawn or-naments and I understandthe triviality of this loss. It’sjust makes me angry and sadto think there are people outthere that have absolutely norespect at all for others ortheir property. This is espe-cially sad at Christmas timewhen we are trying to enjoythe season and decoratingour lawns is part of that tra-dition.

Vicki GagliardiSouthington

Scouts do‘good turn’

To the editor:Thank you to the towns of

Southington, Meriden,Wallingford, Hamden andNorth Haven comprising theSleeping Giant District ofthe Boy Scouts of America.We asked for your help withour recent food drive to helpthose in need and our towns

responded with great com-passion.

Storm Alfred disruptedschedules and communica-tions, making organizing theSleeping Giant District’s23nd annual Food Drive verytough, but the drive can stillbe considered a success.Over 27,800 pounds of foodwas collected in Novemberby over 550 members of localBoy Scout and Cub Scoutunits, as well as membersfrom a couple of BrownieTroops. Over 8,000 poundswas collected in Southingtonfor Bread for Life andSouthington CommunityServices.

Despite being out of pow-er and facing the spoilage oftheir own supplies, ourneighbors still believe it isimportant to take care of ourfellow human beings. We sin-cerely appreciate your sup-port. We also thank the

Scouts and their leaders fordoing a “Good Turn” andparticipating in this event.For more information aboutScouts, visit the ConnecticutYankee Council website atwww.ctyankee.org or

www.BeaScout.org.Jim Racca

Jim Racca is the food drivechairman for Sleeping GiantDistrict, Connecticut YankeeCouncil, Boy Scouts of Amer-ica.

Alex’s Lemonade Stand

Photos courtesy Chris Palmieri

More than 300 students from DePaolo MiddleSchool volunteered at Alex’s Lemonade Standduring the 2011 Apple Harvest Festival. Theyraised more than $10,000 for pediatric cancer re-search. A pizza party was held recently in order tocelebrate this accomplishment. Pictured with LoriDibble and Steve Nyerick are the three studentsthat raised the most money. They are, from left,Evan Bender, Elizabeth Cassan and Carolyn Calla-han.

Donations neededPeople can make donations to Southington Salvation

Army, 91 Norton St., Plantsville, CT 06479, throughout theyear. To learn more about the various programs provided bySouthington Community Services, contact Janet Mellon, at(860) 628-3761.

SikhsContinued from page 14

“We had a great day today,”said Bill McDougall, presi-dent of the Bread for LifeBoard of Directors, talkingabout the Sikhs’ food deliveryand several other donationsthat arrived that morning.

“I don’t bubble like Eldon,”he said, referring to the effu-sive words the executive di-rector uses when talkingabout how grateful he is tothe community and about thelife stories he hears. “But just

the spirit of the community,not only on Christmas, it hap-pens in July, all of it is good.Gifts like this make it possi-ble to expand the program.”

“We have a passion for peo-ple,” Hafford said. “We justwant to feed people.”

For more informationabout Bread for Life or tomake a donation, visit thewebsite www.southington-breadforlife.com .

For more informationabout the Sikh congregation,visit the website www.ctgurd-wara.com .

19CitizenSchoolsThe Southington CitizenFriday, January 6, 2012

Students ‘Go Green’Open housein Plantsville

An open house will be heldat Plantsville CommunityNursery School, 109 ChurchSt., Plantsville, on Sunday,Jan. 8, from 2 to 4 p.m. Theprogram is enrolling for 2012-13 the school year for chil-dren ages 3 years to kinder-garten age. The nurseryschool offers a well-roundedprogram that prepares chil-dren to enter kindergarten.

For more information, call(860) 628-8878 or email [email protected] .

Open house atLincoln College

An open house will be heldSaturday, Jan. 7, 10 a.m., atLincoln College of New Eng-land, formerly BriarwoodCollege, located at 2279 Mt.Vernon Road, Southington.The event will include anoverview of the academicprograms, student services,campus life, financial aid andcareer services. Campustours will be conducted bymembers of the Student Am-bassador Program.

To register for the openhouse, call the college at (860)628-4751.

Open house at Village Green

Village Green NurserySchool, in the First Congre-gational Church, 37 Main St.,will host its open house onMonday, Jan. 9, from 7 to 8p.m. The open house will of-fer prospective parents of 3and 4-year-olds the opportu-nity to see the classroom andask questions about the pro-gram. Teachers, board mem-bers and parents of currentstudents will be available todiscuss the program.

For more information, vis-it the website www.vgns.orgor call Nan Sheridan, at (860)628-6958. Parents can alsoschedule appointments tovisit the classroom and ob-serve the program.

Power PizzaDay for youths

Southington Youth Ser-vices is sponsoring “The

Power of Confidence: PowerPizza Day” for students infifth and sixth grades. Thefive-hour action-packed pro-gram prepares students formiddle school by working onconfidence, positive peer re-lationships, decision-mak-ing and other asset buildingskills. The next session isTuesday, Jan. 17, 10 a.m. to 3p.m. Students can sign up forany of these dates. Lunch isprovided.

Space is limited. To regis-ter, call youth services at(860) 276-6281. There is a feeto participate.

Computer fairin January

The next Cogan ComputerFair to benefit the Southing-ton High School BlueKnights Marching Band isscheduled for Saturday, Jan.14 at the school in the cafete-ria from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 720Pleasant St. Merchandise in-cludes computers, laptops,printers and ink, MP3 play-ers, Bluetooth devices andelectronic toys. Computerscan also be built to orderwhile customers shop. Freeelectronics recycling is of-fered with paid admission.Appliances, CRT monitors,

tube TVs, and more are ac-cepted for recycling.

For more information,contact John at (860) 628-6809or http://www.shsbands.com/bandbackers/fundrais-ers/coganfairs.htm .

Parents 4 AChange meeting

Parents 4 A Change is hav-ing a meeting Thursday, Jan.19, 6:30 p.m., at WalterDerynoski ElementarySchool cafeteria, 240 MainSt. This meeting will be asupport only meeting with-out speakers. For parentswith an opiate addictedchild, this is an opportunityto spend some quality timetalking and sharing withother parents, giving andgetting support. The publicis invited. An open mix andmingle session will be heldfrom 6 to 6:30 p.m.

Upcoming meetings areWednesday, Feb. 15, with aguest speaker, and Tuesday,March 20, a support grouponly.

There is never an admis-sion fee and refreshmentsare provided. For more infor-mation, call (860) 621-1682.

Scholarshipavailable

Applications for collegescholarships for the 2012-13academic year are availablefrom the SBM CharitableFoundation, Manchester.The foundation annuallyawards scholarships inamounts up to $5,000 peryear to help fund undergrad-uate study at institutions ofhigher learning in Connecti-cut.

In June 2011, $200,000 inscholarship assistance wasawarded by the foundation.

Applications are availableat the foundation web site:www.sbmfoundation.org, orby calling (860) 533-1067 to re-quest that an application besent by mail.

Eligibility requirementsinclude residency in Hart-ford, Tolland, or Windhamcounties; high school stu-dents must be in the top 40percent of their class; col-lege students must maintaina 2.5 grade point average orbetter, and exhibit a commit-ment to school and commu-nity activities. Applicantsmust be a U.S. citizen andplan to attend a college oruniversity in Connecticut.Full time enrollment is re-

quired. Scholarships are re-newable for students whomaintain academic and oth-er eligibility requirementsin college. Deadline is Satur-day, March 31.

For more information, callthe SBM Charitable Founda-tion, at (860) 533-1067.

Full dayof school

Tuesday, Jan. 17, original-ly scheduled as a Profession-al Development Day, is now afull day of school for staffand students for Southing-ton Public Schools.

Schools will be closedMonday, Jan. 16, for MartinLuther King Jr. Day.

St. BridgetSchool event

St. Bridget School inCheshire will have an openhouse on Sunday, Jan. 29,from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Appli-cations will be accepted Jan.29 through March 1. Kinder-garten screenings will beconducted March 12. Screen-ings for children grades onethrough six will be conduct-ed on an individual basisfrom March 13 to 23.

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ObituariesThomas Curtis

Thomas A. Curtis, 78, ofSouthington, died Dec. 17,2011, at The Hospital of Cen-tral Connecticut, NewBritain campus. He had beenthe loving husband of thelate Florence “Flossie” N.Curtis for 50 years.

He was born in NewHaven, on April 21, 1933, tothe late Raymond and Betty(Dunn) Curtis. He had livedin Southington for manyyears. Before his retirement,he worked as a car salesmanand a blackjack dealer at Mo-hegan Sun. He was an avidYankees fan and will begreatly missed by his familyand friends and all those whoknew and loved him.

He is survived by his twodaughters and their hus-bands, Linda and PatrickMusshorn, and Tammy andDaniel Balch, all ofSouthington; eight grand-children, Samantha Balch,Daniel Balch Jr., Jillian andShaun Thorpe, Tayton,Pamela and ThurmanMusshorn, and ElizabethManning; and six great-grandchildren, Colton Thor-

pe, Analeigh Thorpe, Emer-son Thorpe, Rori JoanMusshorn, ZaphyrMusshorn and JaxsonMusshorn; three brothers,Raymond Curtis, Peter Cur-tis and Michael Curtis; andhis sister, Patricia Mueller;and many extended familymembers. He was prede-ceased by his brother, GeraldCurtis.

A celebration of his lifewas held Dec. 29, 2011, atPlantsville Funeral Home,Plantsville. Memorial dona-tions may be made to Frese-nius Medical Care, 341 WestSt., Plantsville, CT 06479.

William MeolaWilliam P. Meola, 84, of

S o u t h i n g -ton, diedDec. 18, 2011,at The Hos-pital of Cen-tral Con-n e c t i c u t ,B r a d l e yMemorial campus. He wasthe loving husband of Diane(Mongillo) Meola.

He was born in Southing-ton, March 31, 1927, son ofthe late Vincenzo and

Katherine (Carbone) Meola.After graduating from highschool, he received an elec-trical engineering degreefrom the University ofKansas under the G.I. Bill.He was a member of the Citi-zens Army Corp and CivilPatrol, a veteran of WorldWar II and the Korean War,serving in the U.S. Navy. Af-ter college he worked in com-mercial broadcasting. Hewas a national sales manag-er of broadcasting and gov-ernment sales for RFS Amer-ica for years. He was anemeritus member of the Fed-eral Communication Consul-tant Engineers Associationand the Old Crow’s Associa-tion of Washington, D.C. Hewas a parishioner of St.Thomas Church and alsowas an usher of the church.He loved good classical mu-sic and was a collector ofclassic movies, and was anavid New York Giant fan, buthe loved his family morethan anything in his life.

In addition to his wife, heis survived by his brother-in-law, Lewis Palmieri; a sister-in-law, Jean Meola; manynieces, nephews; and great-nieces and nephews. He waspredeceased by a brother,James Meola; and a sister,Loretta Palmieri.

The funeral was held Dec.22, 2011, at DellaVecchia Fu-

neral Home, Southington, toSt. Thomas Church for aMass. Burial with militaryhonors was at St. ThomasCemetery.

William RobinsonJr.

William H. Robinson Jr.,79, of Southington, husbandof Rae Kron-c ke - Ro b i n -son, diedDec. 19, 2011,at The Hospi-tal of Cen-tral Con-n e c t i c u t ,New Britain campus.

A New Britain native andformer resident, he was bornDec. 5, 1932, son of the lateWilliam H. Robinson Sr. andEsther (Freberg) Robinson.He attended local schoolsand also E.C. Goodwin Tech-nical. A former New BritainNational Guard member, healso served in Korea in the309th Engineering AviationBattalion, where he receiveda Bronze Star. He graduatedfrom the Connecticut Insti-tute of Horology in NewHaven and was a tool and diemaker for Pratt and Whitneyaircraft in East Hartford andSouthington for more than30 years, retiring in 1992. Af-ter retirement, he operated aclock repair business in his

home for 20 years. He was anactive member of St. Mark’sEpiscopal Church, NewBritain, and served as for-mer member of the churchvestry. He was a member ofthe New Britain Arts Al-liance; the New Britain Mu-seum of American Art; theSouthington Chorale, a vol-unteer usher at The Bush-nell and served as vice presi-dent of the Southington Ge-nealogy Society.

Besides his wife, Rae, heleaves a daughter, Dale AnneWhalen and her husband,John, of New Britain; twograndsons, Thomas Whalen,of San Francisco, and JamesWhalen, his wife, Rebeccaand their son, Finnegan, ofSpencer, Mass.; two broth-ers, Earl Robinson, ofGaithersburg, Md., and Rus-sell Robinson and his wife,Martha, of Berlin; and sev-eral nieces and nephews.

The funeral was held Dec.23, 2011, at St. Mark’sChurch, New Britain. Burialfollowed at ConnecticutState Veterans Cemetery,Middletown. Memorial do-nations may be made to St.Mark’s Church, 147 W. MainSt., New Britain, CT 06052.Carlson Funeral Home, NewBritain, was in charge ofarrangements.

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Entertainment NewsConcerts WithCauses Jan. 7

Concerts With Causes issponsoring a winter concertseries at the Hydeaway Cafe,115 W. Main St., inPlantsville. The concerts ben-efit the Hole In The WallGang Camp and theLeukemia & Lymphoma Soci-ety Connecticut Chapter. Theseries, which is called “WithA Little Help For OurFriends,” will next feature adouble header show with An-gry Again and Far From Hereon Saturday, Jan. 7.

Casinobus trip

American Legion, KiltonicPost 72 has announced a tripto Foxwoods Casino has beenplanned for Saturday, Jan. 28,leaving at 9:15 a.m. from thepost, located at 64 Main St.There is a charge for the trip.Participants must be at least21 years old and are not bingoor poker players for this trip.Sign-ups can be made at thepost home.

Quiltersto meet

A meeting of the AppleValley Quilters will be heldTuesday, Jan. 10, 7 p.m., at

The Summit of Plantsville,261 Summit St. The groupwill play the game Quilto.Participants should bringtheir bags of quarters if theyplan on participating in thesecond Mother’s Day Swap.For more information, visitthe website www.appleval-leyquilters.com.

Chorale offersopen rehearsal

Chorale Connecticut, a se-lect group of mixed voices,will hold an open rehearsalon Monday, Jan. 23 for itsspring concert scheduled tobe performed on May 19. Theconcert is entitled “OnceUpon a Dream,” and thechorale is seeking all voiceparts. Rehearsals are heldMondays, from 7:30 to 9:30p.m., at First UnitedMethodist Church, 159 E.

Main St., in Meriden. Inter-ested singers should plan toarrive after 7 p.m. to talkwith the chorale Artistic Di-rector, Dorothy Barnhart, ofSouthington, about joiningthe group.

For more information, call(860) 621-1653 or visit thechorale website at www.choralect.org.

Peace Cafeconcerts

Two concerts will be pre-sented at Peace Cafe, FirstCongregational Church, 37Main St., 7:30 p.m. Doorsopen at 7 p.m. Goodwill offer-ings accepted.

On Saturday, Jan. 14, SteveNyren & Friends will per-form. On Saturday, Jan. 28, ANite of Jazz with Nicole Zu-raitis will be presented.

‘Godspell’rock musical

“Godspell,” the legendaryrock musical by StephenSchwartz, will be performedby the Steeple Players at FirstCongregational Church, 37Main St., Feb. 3 through Feb.11. Further details will be an-nounced later.

Dance eventbenefits dancer

To help offset the medicalcosts of dancer 20-year-oldLuciana Batista, a benefit isbeing organized by Deniseand Robert Rivera, owners ofCenter Stage EntertainmentDance & Voice Studios,where the young womandances. The benefit will beheld March 3, 6 to 8 p.m., atCentral Connecticut State

University, New Britain. Theevent will feature many tal-ented and professional per-formers, along with an emo-tional opening number per-formance to “Skyscraper.”

There will be a ticket priceper person to attend and tick-ets may be purchased at Cen-ter Stage in Southington at1049 Queen St., Unit 7, orPlantsville at 861 Marion Ave.For more information, call(860) 793-8800.

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classes will be held from 9 to10:30 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 9in the Perry Room at Calen-dar House, 388 Pleasant St.Arrive at 8:30 a.m. whendoors open and receiveforms for computer classeson a first-come, first-servedbasis. Late registration willbe held Tuesday, Jan. 17,same time, while seats re-main open in each class.

Course offerings this ses-sion: Computer Basics forBeginners: a free four-weekcourse for those with little to

no computer experience. It isa pre-requisite for all moreadvanced courses. The ba-sics course is available onone of the following sched-ules: (1) Tuesday, 1 to 3 p.m.,Jan. 24, 31, Feb. 7, 14, (2) Tues-day, 9 to 11 a.m., Feb. 21, 28,March 6, 13, and (3) Friday 9to 11 a.m., Feb. 10, 17, 24 andMarch 2.

Introduction to Comput-ers: an 8-week course for stu-dents who have had Comput-er Basics for Beginners, arecomfortable with the mouseand keyboard and are ready

to move to the next level. “In-tro” is the foundation formore advanced courses. Itprovides elementary in-struction in: 1) how to createfiles and folders; (2) create,edit, cut, copy, paste and saveword processing documents;(3) offers a tour of the Inter-net; and (4) and an introduc-tion to e-mail, learning tocompose, send, reply, for-ward, attachments and emailetiquette. Schedule Wednes-day, 9 to 11 a.m., Jan. 25through March 14.

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ed at 388 Pleasant St., isSouthington’s senior center.For more information or toview the newsletter, visitwww.calendarhouse.org orcall the office, (860) 621-3014.

Support groupfor dementia

There will be a supportgroup for those affected by

Alzheimer’s disease and re-lated dementia on the secondTuesday of the month (Jan.10), 6:30 p.m., at MulberryGardens of Southington, 58Mulberry St. The discussioncovers topics including com-munication techniques, care-giver support, wandering, re-ligion, music, behavior, fami-ly dynamics, validationbreakthrough and more.

For information and regis-tration, contact MarieTerzak, at (860) 276-1020 andcontact Terzak if attendeeswould like to arrange freecare for a loved one duringthe group session.

CaregivingConnections

The next Caregiving Con-nections meeting will be heldTuesday, Jan. 17, at 10 a.m., atthe Plainville Senior Center,200 East St. (Route 10),Plainville. Caregivers of allages and from all towns arewelcome to exchange theirideas and insights aboutcaregiving issues. Refresh-ments will be served.

To register, call Bette, at(860) 747-5728.

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Local doctor leads clinical study on breast densityA study by a local

physician hasshown the value ofultrasound screen-ing in women withdense breasts.

The study, byHospital of CentralConnecticut radiol-ogist Dr. JeanWeigert was prompted by a statelaw that requires breast density in-formation be included in mammog-raphy reports.

In November, Weigert presentedher study’s data at the RadiologicalSociety of North America’s annual

meeting. Study findings are in thearticle “The Connecticut Experi-ment: The Role of Ultrasound inThe Screening of Women withDense Breasts,” which has been ac-cepted for publication in The BreastJournal. Weigert is the article co-author.

A second article related to a mul-ti-center breast-specific gamma im-aging study, also led by Weigert, ispublished in the January issue of“American Journal of Radiology.”Weigert is primary author of thisarticle.

BSGI can distinguish non-can-cerous or benign tissue from cancer

and locate lesions as small as two tothree millimeters. BSGI is a non-in-vasive test similar to a mammo-gram but that uses less compres-sion; the Dilon 6800 Gamma Cam-era was used for the study. Beforeimaging, patients receive an intra-venous radiotracer dye. The dye re-veals as a bright spot during the testif cancer is present since the dye ismore easily absorbed by cancercells, which have a higher metabol-ic activity.

This BSGI study followed an un-precedented, award-winning studyWeigert led that showed measura-ble value of a gamma imaging test

over ultrasound in detecting breastcancer as a follow-up to a mammo-gram.

Weigert said BSGI, while not ascreening tool, was found to be use-ful toward determining further di-agnostic testing.

“I think it just underscores howsuccessful this technology is inworking up these complicated pa-tients,” Weigert said, adding that ifa BSGI test is positive, a biopsy isthe next step and if it’s negative,initial images might be reviewedfurther.

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Health and Wellness Briefs‘MindingYour Mind’

Southington resident andp s y c h o l o -gist, ThomasFinn, willp r e s e n t“ M i n d i n gYour Mind”at the Thurs-days at Tenpresentationon Jan. 12, 10a.m., at the Chiara Center 275Finch Ave., Meriden. Finnwill offer creative solutionsfor staying sharp while deal-ing with cabin fever and win-ter blues. Finn is a clinicalpsychologist on staff at theFranciscan Life Center andin Southington. The presen-tation is free and refresh-ments will be served. Visitwww.flcenter.org for more in-formation.

Lectureon nutrition

On Thursday, Jan. 12, theFriends of the Plainville Pub-lic Library will present MilesEverett, registered dietician,registered nurse and certi-fied diabetes education coor-dinator of Bristol HospitalDiabetes Center. He will dis-cuss new trends in nutritionand how it impacts generalwellness, high blood pres-sure, high cholesterol, dia-betes and aging. People arewelcome to ask questions.

The program will begin at 7p.m. in the library auditori-um, 56 E. Main St., Plainville.Snow date is Jan. 19.

Lecture seton snoring

Dr. Marc Kawalick, of theSleep Disorders Center atthe Hospital of Central Con-necticut, will present a freetalk about the causes ofsnoring. The lecture is setfor Thursday, Jan. 12, 1131

West Street Building, 1 Low-er Level, Southington. Re-freshments will be served at5 p.m., followed by the talk at6 p.m. To register, call the re-ferral line (800) 321-6244.

Information ondrug take-back

CT Prevention Network isholding an informationalsession on Jan. 11 to providedetails about the next Na-tional Prescription Drug

Take Back Day set for Satur-day, April 28. The info ses-sion will cover medicationcollection and disposal poli-cy and procedures, drop boxoptions and successes of thepilot programs. The informa-tion session will be held at

CMHA offices on 270 JohnDowney Drive, New Britain.For registration, contactAisha S. Hamid, at (860) 826-1358, ext. 1620 [email protected].

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ObituariesEleanor Suprin

Eleanor M. “Honey”(Dombrows-ki) Suprin,87, of NewBritain, diedp e a c e f u l l yDec. 20, 2011,at The Hospi-tal of CentralConnecticut, New Britaincampus, surrounded by herloving family.

She was born in NewBritain, April 27, 1924, andwas the daughter of the lateLeon and Mary (Gausis)Dombrowski. She graduatedfrom New Britain HighSchool, Class of 1942. Shewas a parishioner of St.Maurice Church, NewBritain. She was also a mem-ber of the New Britain FireDepartment Ladies Auxil-iary. Her love of dancing washer first form of expressionand when “Bright Eyes”stepped off the dance floor,she channeled her artisticenergy into a passion forpainting that endured herentire life. Her work consist-ed primarily of landscapes,painted with oil, which arecherished and displayed inthe homes of her family andfriends. She leaves us withthe courage she used somuch of, during her long bat-tle against kidney failure,

lung and heart disease, andalso enough love to protectall of her “treasures” for allof our days.

She is survived by her de-voted husband of 65 years,Alexander Suprin, of NewBritain, and a multitude offamily members whom sheloved so well for so manyyears. She was a devotedmom who leaves four chil-dren and their spouses, Pauland Kathy Suprin, of Water-ford, Gail and Steve Peplau,of Fountain Hills, Ariz.,Mark and Jill Suprin, ofSouth Windsor, and Lenoreand Mike Carlone, ofPlantsville; her seven grand-children, Melissa, Al,Rachel, CJ, Amanda, Davidand Kayla; her five great-grandchildren, Nick, Bren-nan, Ryan, Matthew and Na-talie; and many nieces andnephews. Her family wouldlike to thank the staff ofHCC, N-4 and the criticalcare unit for their compas-sionate care and most espe-cially would like to thank theDialysis Unit of THOCC,“her other family,” for theirloving care throughout theyears of her dialysis treat-ment.

The funeral was held Dec.23, 2011, at the Paul A. Shak-er / Farmingdale FuneralHome, New Britain, followedby a liturgy at St. Maurice

Church, New Britain. Burialwas private and at the con-venience of the family in St.Mary Cemetery, NewBritain. Memorial donationsmay be made to The Hospitalof Central Connecticut atNew Britain General Dialy-sis Unit, 100 Grand St., NewBritain, CT 06050.

CarmellaDiBenedetto

Carmella (Perillo)DiBenedet-to, 85, ofS o u t h i n g -ton, diedDec. 20, 2011,at The Hos-pital of Cen-tral Con-necticut, Bradley Memorialcampus. She was the widowof Francis “Frank” J.DiBenedetto Sr.

She was born April 21,1926, the daughter of the lateLouis and Michelina (Audi)Perillo.

She worked for the familybusiness Perillo Coal andFuel for many years. She wasa parishioner of St. ThomasChurch and a former eu-charistic minister. She wasalso a member of the churchcouncil, the St. ThomasLadies Guild, the Altar Soci-ety and the St. Rita’s Circle.She was a longtime volun-

teer for the American RedCross and the BradleyMemorial Hospital GiftShop.

She is survived by herchildren, Marie DiBenedet-to, David DiBenedetto andwife, Patricia, Diane D’Am-brosio, Francis “Frank”DiBenedetto Jr. and wife,Cathy and CarmelDiBenedetto, all ofSouthington, MicheleDiBenedetto, of Plainville,Thomas DiBenedetto andwife, Barbara of Thomaston,and Anthony DiBenedetto, ofSouthington; a sister, Rosa-land Maslak, of Terryville;10 grandchildren; and manynieces and nephews. She waspredeceased by an infantson, Francis DiBenedetto;three brothers, Carmen,Louis and Anthony Perillo;and five sisters, V. JennieChamberlain, Mary Zacchio,Lucy Gualtieri, JosephineTice and Mallie (Honey)Hood.

The funeral was held Dec.23, 2011, at DellaVecchia Fu-neral Home, Southington, toSt. Thomas Church for aMass. Burial followed in St.Thomas Cemetery. Memorialdonations may be made toOur Lady of Calvary RetreatHouse, 31 Colton St., Farm-ington, CT 06034 or theAmerican Red Cross, 209Farmington Ave., Farming-

ton, CT 06032.

Alfred W. Conrod Alfred W. Conrod, 76, of

Southington,died peace-fully sur-rounded byhis familyDec. 19, 2011,at The Hospi-tal of CentralConnecticut, New Britaincampus. He had been the lov-ing husband of Carol Con-rod.

He was born in Bristol,July 18, 1935, to the lateClarence and Margaret(Finn) Conrod. He had been alongtime Bristol resident be-fore moving to Southington.He served his country in theU.S. Air Force during the Ko-rean War. He retired fromGeneral Electric after 40years of service. He enjoyedfishing and sports, especiallythe Red Sox and the BristolAmerican Legion baseballteam.

In addition to his wife, heis survived by his daughter,Bonnie Conrod and Tegan, ofBristol, and their children,TC and Kendalyn; his son,Mark Conrod and wife Nancy,of Florida, and their twosons, Stephen Conrod, andMarcus Conrod and Lisa andtheir son, Damian; two broth-ers, Earnest Conrod and wife,Lois, and Irving Conrod andwife, Lillian; his sister, IrisConrod; and two sisters-in-law Shirley and Betty Con-rod, all of Bristol. He waspredeceased by his sister,Dolly Lessard and threebrothers, Allan, John andClarence Conrod.

The funeral was held Dec.27, 2011, at Plantsville Funer-al Home, Plantsville. Burialwith full military honors fol-lowed in South End Ceme-tery, Southington. Memorialdonations may be made to acharity of the donor’s choice.The family would like to ex-tend a special thank you toTHOCC, New Britain Gener-al Critical Care Unit for theirexcellent care.

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Vitamin Ddeficiencies

A program about the preva-lence of vitamin D deficien-cies and the role of the vita-min in a healthy lifestyle aswell as its relationship to al-lergies, asthma and immuni-ty, will be held Tuesday, Jan.10, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., at theSouthington Library, 255Main St. Dr. Denise Kearneywill lead the program, “Vita-min D, Allergies, and Asthma– Nothing to Sneeze About!”The lecture is sponsored byMidState Medical Center.Free. To register, call (860)628-0947.

Lunch and LearnThe Hospital of Central

Connecticut, 100 Grand St.New Britain campus, holdsLunch and Learn sessionsevery second Thursday of eachmonth. On Jan. 12, featurespeaker Carol Zesut, of theNew Britain Police Depart-ment, will discuss how to pre-pare when disaster strikes.TheHospital of Central Connecti-cut at Bradley Memorial Cam-pus, 81 Meriden Ave., hostsLunch and Learn sessions thethird Thursday every month atnoon. On Feb. 16, the sessionwill feature speaker FrankZimmitti, on how to make themost of the doctor’s visit. Reg-istration begins on the first ofeach month for that month’ssession. RSVP to MarcLevesque, senior resource casemanager, at (860) 276-5293.

Indoor gardenPhoto courtesy of Mulberry Gardens

From left, Becky Cagley,of Mulberry Gardens ofSouthington, ChrisCarter, president ofConnecticut AssistedLiving Association, andBill Hasson, of KBEConstruction, place thenew indoor garden in agathering room at Mul-berry Gardens, a not-for-profit assisted liv-ing, adult day and mem-ory care community. Ca-gley won the garden atCALA’s 16th Annual Meeting and Awards Dinner held in December.

S u s a nMarchetti, ofSouthington,former ownerof Susan’sG o u r m e t ,w e l c o m e sc u l i n a r yq u e s t i o n sfrom resi-dents. Send your queries toher at The Southington Citi-zen, 40 N. Main St., Southing-ton, CT 06489 or e-mail themto [email protected]. Please include yourfull name, town and tele-phone number in case sheneeds to reach you.

Chickpea recipeDo you think you know the

difference between chick-peas and garbanzo beans?

There is none. They areone and the same. Chickpeascan be used for pasta fagiolaand for hummus. Hummus isa mid-eastern dip made bymixing the chickpeas withtahini which is a peanut but-ter made with sesame seedsand with garlic and lemonjuice and salt and pepper totaste in a food processor un-til smooth.

You can also make a streetfood which falafel, which isserved in a pita bread with asauce. You can also make asalad, which I had as an ap-petizer with chickpeas,adding 1/2 cup of canola oil,1/4 cup of vinegar any kind,1 clove of garlic pressed, andsalt and pepper to taste.

Happy eating!

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Martin Luther King Jr. eventThe 16th annual Martin Luther King Jr. celebration

will be held Sunday, Jan. 15, from 3 to 4 p.m., at First Bap-tist Church of Southington, 581 Meriden Ave. This year’stheme is “Living Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy in the21st Century.” Aaron Flagg, dean of the Hartt School atthe University of Hartford, is guest speaker and Sr. MarieRoccapriore will lead the youth group, “Spirit Joy.” Afreewill offering will be taken and refreshments will beserved following the program. For more information, callthe church, (860) 628-8121.

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Expectations are always highfor Southington gymnastics. His-tory says they should be. So evenwith a less-than-desired finish lastyear of second place at Class L andfourth place at State Open, a finishthat for many would be considered

a success, this year’s squad of seven girls islooking to get back to the top of the podiumand continue the tradition of state champi-onships.

“In the last several years we won multiplechampions and the lowest we finished wassecond,” said head coach Byron Knox. “Forus it was sort of a downer.

“But we have high expectations. Everyyear we have a different team. It brings abouta different challenge.”

This year’s challenge is maintaining con-sistency. The 2012 team is the smallest Knoxhas had in a while – just seven girls. But it’squality, not quantity.

“We’re playing to win, make no doubtabout it,” he said.

Returning is a core four: senior AmandaMirando, juniors Toni Penta and Olivia Mor-rell and sophomore Kayla Nati, all who’vecompeted at high levels before.

“We know that those four are pretty good,but who’s going to set them up,” Knox said.

He says his three new freshmen will haveto certainly compete at a level that providesthe top four with a solid back up if the topgroup is to falter.

“Our best defense is going to be not mak-ing mistakes or minimizing those mistakes,”explained Knox.

Where he sees his team the strongest is onthe floor, the weakest on the bars, with thevault and beam two and three strongest, re-spectively.

Last year, Glastonbury was the class of thestate, winning both in Class L and at the stateopen. This year, Knox says, the Tomahawksaren’t necessarily on the team’s radar.

“Our athletes aren’t using [Glastonbury]as a measuring stick. We don’t view theirprogram as we want to be like them. They’renot the team to beat,” he said.

“If anyone’s the team to beat, it’s us, butour athletes have to go out there and prove it.

“We’re going to compete, no matter who’sout there.”

He said they’ll compete to win and if some-

27CitizenSportsThe Southington CitizenFriday, January 6, 2012

Gymnastics ready toreturn to the top

Boys continue tostruggle finding

their grooveBy John Pettit

Special to The Citizen

Southing-ton’s AlexB o r o s k y(game-high 20points) con-

verted an old-fashioned 3-point play to put his teamahead 7-3 just over threeminutes into the game, butthe Cheshire Rams re-sponded with a 27-4 runand never turned back, go-ing on to romp the BlueKnights boys basketballteam, 72-51 on Dec. 28.

Cheshire 6-foot-10 bigman Nate Howard led histeam with 18 points, butdid not score until the 3:39mark of the second quar-

ter. He helped Cheshiregrab a 36-22 advantage athalftime on a turn-aroundjumper, a lay-in and an al-ley-oop dunk off a passfrom Collin Jordan (sixpoints).

Rams head coach DanLee used an 11-player rota-tion, getting 18 points fromhis bench in the first half.Junior reserve RahmiRountree, a transfer fromWoodland-Beacon Falls,scored all nine of hispoints during Cheshire’sgame-changing run.

“I’m still adjusting rightnow,” Rountree admitted.“We’re learning to play to-gether. Nate knows what

File photos

Katelynn Hyde (above) graduated, butToni Penta (left) is in her junior year andlooking to help lead Southington backto the top of the podium.

See Gymnastics, next page

See Boys, next page

Photo by Sarah Nathan

Junior point guard Ted Shaw goes for the lay-up inthe loss to Cheshire.


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With the season now un-derway, Knox has showncomplete confidence andfaith that his team can rise tothe occasion and doesn’tmind the attention Glaston-bury is getting.

“Give them the limelight,we love being the underdog,”the coach said of his girls. “Ithink [we] have something toprove.”

But he followed that up bysaying they can’t rest ontheir laurels, “They need toelevate their game.”

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BoysContinued from page 27

he’s doing down low and thatjust opens up everything forthe people outside.”

The Rams continued theirdominance in the secondhalf. Tyler Barnes, whoscored 13 points, arced in a 3-pointer to put his team ahead52-30 in the third quarter. Af-ter Barnes and Southington’sBorofsky traded treys in finalminutes, Howard put an ex-clamation point on theCheshire victory with a pairof jams, including a left-handed flush in transition.

“It’s great when Nate dom-inates like that because itopens up outside shots fromeveryone else,” Barnes said.

Eric Dietrich finished witheight points on two 3-pointersfor Cheshire, while Kevin Di-etrich chipped in with sevenpoints.

Sean Hammell and ShaneCooper each scored ninepoints for Southington. BlueKnights coach Bob Lasburysaid his team has had troublescoring all season long.

Boys BasketballCheshire 72, SHS 51Alex Borofsky was the only double-figure scorer for

Southington (1-4, 0-1 CCC West) with 20 points, four re-bounds and four blocks in the loss. Shane Cooper had ninepoints, all threes, and Sean Hammell had nine points aswell. Ted Shaw had five assists.

“We’re struggling on theoffensive side of the basket-ball and with turnovers,which lead to easy transi-tions hoops and get the otherteam’s momentum going,” hesaid. “I’m disappointed. Ithought we’d be a little bitfurther along in our develop-ment.

“The second half, Howardreally took control of thegame,” added Lasbury. “Ithought in the first half wedid a good job being physicalwith him. The whole(Cheshire) team runs its setsvery well. It’s not justHoward. Overall, they’ve gota nice team.”

The Cheshire andSouthington football teamsmeet annually at Thanksgiv-ing, but the boys basketballteams hadn’t tangled duringthe regular season in years.Both Lee and Lasbury saidlast year’s CIAC Class LLfirst-round game, a 57-53 winby Southington, led toWednesday’s game. Theteams have also agreed toplay at Southington next sea-son.

GymnasticsHEAD COACH: Byron Knox – 8th seasonLAST YEAR: Class L runner-up, 4th at State OpenKEY LOSSES: Katelynn Hyde, 17th last year in all-

around at State Open, All-CCC.KEY RETURNEES: Sr. Amanda Mirando, All-CCC,

27th All-Around at State Open, Jr. Toni Penta, All-CCC,26th All-Around at State Open, Jr. Olivia Morrell, All-CCC, So. Kayla Nati, All-CCC, 2nd on vault at State Open,25th All-Around at State Open.

KEY NEWCOMERS: Fr. Lexi Rothstein, Fr. LindseySocquet, Fr. Sarah Leahy.

KEY GAMES: 1/18 vs. South Windsor, 1/26 @ Conard,2/7 @ Hall, 2/15 vs. Glastonbury.

OUTLOOK: After a year last season that coach ByronKnox called “sort of a downer” with no state titles, the ex-pectations are still high for this year’s group. It’s the small-est team for Knox in year’s, but no less competitive. Hesays, “My expectations are to compete, to be No. 1.”

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Brennan Pool Boys evenedits record at 1-1 with a 47-33win over MBSA/Bill’s Auto.Brian Brennan scored 16points and Dan Baker added11 for the winners.MBSA/Bill’s Auto (1-1) wasled in scoring by SteveWright and Joe Klien with 10points each.

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Thomson Financial de-feated Stanley Street Auto,62-38, to remain unbeaten at2-0. Todd Martin scored 23points, Tom Szandrocha, 11,and Rob Thomson, 10, for thewinners. Stanley Street was

led by Jim Vesci with 16points.

Crystal Restoration im-proved to 2-0 with a 41-39 winover The Fireplace. RickO’Neil with 15 points andEric Kraemer with 10 ledCyrstal. Fireplace (1-1) wasled in scoring by Ryan Kelly,Shane Hubeny and Jeff Kel-ly.

Domenic’s & Vinnie’s (2-0)defeated Brown & Wimler, 68-37, as Mike Annenberg andMike Middendorf scored 15points each and BrianSolomon and Mike Stokesadded 13 and 11, respectively.B & M (0-2) was led by MikeSheenan with 12 points andDoug Napoli with 10.

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The Lady Knights basket-ball team will be hosting aspecial Pink Zone fundraiseron Thursday, Jan. 12, in sup-

port of the Kay Yow CancerFund. This fund, named forthe former North CarolinaState University headwomen’s basketball coach,supports research focused onwomen’s cancers. The Pink

Zone evening will feature agift basket raffle and pinkcancer support items will beavailable for sale. Join theLady Knights Basketballteam as they host Hall HighSchool on Jan. 12, beginningwith the freshman game at3:45 p.m., the JV game at 5:30p.m., followed by varsity at 7p.m.

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The following Southingtonyouth wrestlers competed atthe Gladiator Kids WrestlingTournament in Bristol, Dec.18. Here are results:

First place: AnthonyMatarazzo, Billy Carr, CalebBrick, Emmett Vitti.

Second place: Cody War-ren, Connor Blanchette, Dy-lan Rodriguez, Ethan Vitti,Giancarlo Dominello, KarterHenriksen, Matthew Merrig-an, Nicholas Buonanni.

Third place: Aidan Hig-gins, Jack Ringrose.

Fourth place: AaronSymolon, Aiden Chesanow,Joshua Silva, Mike Fu-galack, Thomas Buonanni,Trevor Kowalczyk.

Fifth place: Aiden Holton,Evan Kristopik.

Sports passesSouthington High School’s 2011-12 Sports Season Family Passes and Senior Gold Cards

are now available between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. in the Athletic Director’s Office at Southing-ton High School. The Family Pass costs $100 and covers admission for immediate familymembers to volleyball (boys and girls), football, basketball (girls and boys), wrestling andnight baseball. Family Passes may also be purchased at games.

Something new this year, individual adult and student passes are available for purchase.Individual adult passes are $40 and individual student passes are $30. These cards can bepurchased at the Athletic office between the times listed above or at the games and aregood for all regular fall, winter and spring sports in the 2011-12 school year.

Senior Gold Cards are issued free of charge to Southington residents age 62 and over.Those who already have received Gold Cards do not need new ones. Gold Cards are good forall regular season home games. These will also be available at games with proof of age.Any questions, call the Athletic Office at (860) 628-3229 ext. 425 or e-mail:[email protected].

Snow Views

High school race season finally ready to get underwayBy Dave Mongillo

Special to The Citizen

It sure felt like winter for a fewdays this week. The snow guns atMount Southington were pumpingout white gold for three days with-out stopping. All Connecticut skiareas will be in good shape for the

weekend.Unfortunately it was too little too late for

high school ski teams. The season openerscheduled for this past Wednesday, was post-poned for this Tuesday.

Local skiers on the UConn team have beentraining in Vermont for the last two weeksand Coach Gianatti feels they are ready forthe season opening races, today and Satur-day, at Pico, Vt.

While on Holiday break some local highschool racers were training and racing inNew Hampshire.

Southington High racer Austin Florianfinished 21 out of 105 racers in FIS slalom at

Attitash, N.H. on Dec. 20 and then went backto training. He finished 16th out of 180 racersin Tecnica Cup slalom at Loon Mt., N.H. onNew Year’s Eve.

The newest Florian on the SouthingtonHigh team, Erika, came in fifth among 65girls in a Giant Slalom at Attitash on Dec. 29.On New Year’s Day she finished 12th out of 98racers in slalom at Cannon Mountain, N.H.

While some of the team was up North,many SHS racers got in some runs at MountSouthington. With the first race for the highschool team postponed, the skiers that alsorace on the Mount Southington ski team willget into the gates at Mohawk Mountain thisweekend.

With some runs in the record books, andtraining on Monday, most of the Blue KnightTeam will be ready for the first race nextweek.

“We look really good and I expect top fiveteam finishes in every race this season,” saidCoach Florian.

Youth Wrestling ResultsNovice DivisionFirst place: Jacob Cardo-

zo.Third place: Joshua Vitti,

Caleb Chesanow, Tyler Al-bert.

Fourth place: NicholasMorrell, David Armstrong.

Middle School DivisionSecond place: Jason

Calvi-Rogers.Third place: Nathan Sny-

der, Jacob Armstrong,Fourth place: Billy

Kanikowsi, James Ringrose,Jordan Silva.

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Taking a break from training at Pico, Vt. last week areformer Mount Southington racers (from left) Alex Sew-ersky, Sarah Case and Capt. Matt Diamond, all fromUConn.


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Girls BasketballSuffield 66, SHS 48Senior Meg McLaughlin had 18 points and junior

Danielle Charamut scored 14 as the Lady Knights droppedto 3-4 on the year (1-1 CCC West).

Boys Swim and DiveSHS 102, Meriden Co-op 82The boys improved to 2-0 with a stellar road victory.

Jesse Cooney won the 100-back (1:03:04), Mike Smigelskiwon the 100-breast (1:05.32) and Southington got a numberof second place victories including Adam Sokolowski inthe 200-free (1:12.85), Vlad Kiveliyk in the 100-fly (1:01.75),Joe Taglia in the 100-free (57.67) and Bryan Adie in the 500-free (5:56.01). Southington also won all three relays.

WrestlingDanbury TournamentSouthington finished fourth out of 14 squads, with four

members finishing in the top four of their weight class.Zach Maxwell won in the 182-pound class, earning a 5-4 de-cision over Will Jack of Danbury. Tyler Mirando was run-ner-up in the 106-pound class, as he was pinned in 3:20.Fourth place finishes were earned by Austin Sullivan (195-pound), loss by 7-4 decision, and Travis Daly (285-pound),loss by pin, 2:13.

Southington High DualsThe Blue Knights won the tournament registering four

wins over: East Hartford 61-12, Ridgefield 57 - 7, Pine Bush,NY 47 - 26 and Bristol Central 33 -28. The four victoriespush the team’s record to 7-0.

Girls Basketball1/8 @ Farmington1/12 vs. Hall

Boys Basketball1/8 vs. Farmington1/12 @ Hall

Ice Hockey1/7 @ Suffield-Granby-Windsor Locks1/11 vs. North Branford

Wrestling1/7 @ West Side Duals1/11 @ Simsbury1/13 Greater Hartford Tournament

Indoor Track1/13 @ McGreavyInvitational

Blue Knights Week AheadBlue Knights Scoreboard

Check out the sports blog atwww.southingtoncitizen.com

Trips offered to UConn gamesFirst Baptist Church of Southington, 581 Meriden Ave.,

will sponsor trips to two UConn women’s basketballgames. The first game is an away game at Villanova onSaturday, Jan. 14. The coach bus will leave the churchparking lot at 8 a.m., returning at 9:30 p.m.

The second game is a home game at the XL Center, Hart-ford. This is a night game versus Notre Dame on Feb. 27, at9 p.m., returning at 11:45 p.m.

Early reservations are advised by calling (860) 621-3024.

Parks and RecreationThe Southington Parks

and Recreation Departmentis located in the town hall at75 Main St., in the basement.To make reservations, regis-ter or for more information,call the office at (860) 276-6219. Program details andmail-in registration formsare also available on the de-partment’s webpage atwww.southington.org.

Bus tripsset for 2012

The Southington Parksand Recreation Departmentis sponsoring the followingbus trips this winter andspring: UConn men’s basket-ball at Syracuse, Saturdayand Sunday, Feb. 11 to 12;Washington, D.C. cherryblossom centennial celebra-tion, Friday to Sunday, April6 to 8; Statue of Liberty, EllisIsland and 9/11 Memorial,

Saturday, April 21; BostonRed Sox vs. New York Yan-kees at Fenway Park, Sunday,April 22.

A complete list of 2012 bustrips with details and fees isavailable on the Parks andRecreation Department’swebpage at www.southing-ton.org.

Gentle yogaclasses

The Southington Parksand Recreation Departmentis offering a “gentle” yogaclass for the winter. Classeswill be held in the WilliamStrong Elementary Schoolgymnasium on Tuesdays,Jan. 10, 24 and 31, Feb. 7, 14and 28 and March 6 and 13,from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. There isa fee to participate. Class sizeis limited. Pre-registrationand payment is required.

YMCATeen dodgeballtournament

The 2nd annual TeenDodgeball Tournament willbe held Sunday, Jan. 29 at theSouthington CommunityYMCA, 29 High St. There is amiddle school and highschool division. There is amaximum of six players perteam. There is a fee per per-son and it must be paid in fullat time of registration. Pre-registration highly recom-mended. There is an addition-al registration fee per personon game day. There will betwo divisions: sixth to eighthgrade, starting at noon; ninthto 12th grade, starting at 2:30p.m. Non-members are wel-come. Trophies will be givenfor the top team in each divi-sion. A maximum of 16 teamsis allowed in each division.Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis.

Registration is under wayat the YMCA. For more infor-mation, contact Steve Silva,Teen Program director, at(860) 628-5597, ext. 323 or atssi [email protected].

Lifeguard classto begin Jan. 12

The Southington Commu-nity YMCA, 29 High St., willbe offering an American RedCross Lifeguard Class begin-ning Thursday, Jan. 12. Par-ticipants must be 15 years oldto participate. This programis five weeks long and willrun on Thursdays, from 6 to 9p.m., and Saturdays, fromnoon to 4 p.m. Attendance atall sessions is mandatory toreceive certification.

For more information, con-tact Barbara Glaude, (860)426-9553.

Polar Plungeon Jan. 21

The 7th annual PolarPlunge will be held Saturday,Jan. 21, 1 p.m., at YMCACamp Sloper 1000 East St. Theevent raises money to sendunderprivileged children tocamp. To participate or be asponsor, contact Mark Pooler,Camp Sloper, (860) 621-8194,ext. 305 or e-mailm p o o l e r @ s o u t h i n g t o ncheshireymea.org


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Library BriefsThe Southington Library

is located at 255 Main St. Formore information or to reg-ister for a program, visit thelibrary website atwww.southingtonlibrary.organd click on the calendar orcontact the reference desk, at(860) 628-0947, ext. 5, or thechildren’s department, ext.3. Registration is requiredfor most programs unlessotherwise indicated. The li-brary is open Mondaythrough Thursday 9 a.m. to 9p.m., Friday and Saturday 9a.m. to 5 p.m.

Children’stheater group

Children in third gradethrough eighth grade with aflair for the dramatics cancome to the Southington Li-brary and register for the li-brary’s Theater Games pro-gram on Tuesday, Jan. 9, at 4p.m.

An audition for this year’s

children’s play will be heldon Monday, Jan. 23, at 4 p.m.In order to register to audi-tion for the play, childrenmust have attended at leastone Theater Games class.For more information, con-tact the children’s depart-ment.

Couponlecture full

The Couponing 101 lectureon Thursday, Jan. 12 atSouthington Library, 255Main St., is full. No furtherreservations are being tak-en.

Snowshoeingbasics

Chuck Cosgrove will teachSnowshoeing Basics for Be-ginners on Thursday, Jan. 19,at 6:30 p.m., at the library. ASouthington resident, Cos-grove is an outdoor enthusi-ast who continues to enjoynature when the snow falls

by snowshoeing. He willpresent the basics for snow-shoeing beginners; how tolace the snowshoe, suitableboots, pools, gaiters and theimportance of layering yourclothing. The ideal locationto take a first trek is in abackyard or where the par-ticipant enjoys a recreation-al walk such as on packed orbroken trails and paths.

Snowshoeing is an inex-pensive means to appreciatenature: no lift pass needed. Ifanyone owns snowshoes,Cosgrove suggest bringingthem to the program to giveparticipants the opportunityto see the ranges of snow-shoes available.

Libraryclosings

The Southington Library,255 Main St., and Barnes Mu-seum, 85 N. Main St., will beclosed Monday, Jan. 16 forMartin Luther King Jr. Day.

The winner is... Appreciation meal for militaryA Military Appreciation Dinner will be held from 4 to

8 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 14 at the Southington ElksLodge 1669, 114 Main St. This is free to military mem-bers and veterans and there is a cost for family membersand other guests. The buffet dinner includes appetizers,sausage and peppers, chicken, roasted potatoes, vegeta-bles, green salad, rolls and butter and dessert. This isopen to the public.

For more information or to reserve tickets by Satur-day, Jan. 7, call Denise Johnson, at (860) 707-6838.Thesnow date will be Saturday, Feb. 4.

Photo courtesy of Chris Miller

Falcons Nest 307 recent-ly held their children’sChristmas party. Everyyear they raffle off a gi-ant stocking full of toysand candy. This yearTrenton Davis, right,won the whole stockingwith a guess of 64 items.He hit it on the nose. Heis pictured with Nest 307President Jim Sokolows-ki. A total of 104 childrenattended the party.

Pet therapy trainingSouthington Care Center, 45 Meriden Ave., in cooperation with the Jane Haze Memorial Pet

Therapy Committee, is offering Delta Pet Therapy classes to certify the participant and pet tovolunteer. The center is looking for Delta pet partners to volunteer on a regular basis. Class-es are required.

Classes are offered on Thursdays from 6 to 7 p.m. The schedule is: Therapy Dog 1, Jan. 19 toFeb. 23; Therapy Dog 2, March 1 to 29; Therapy Dog 3 (AKA: Paws and Read), April 5, from 6 to9 p.m. Participants should take both Therapy Dog 1 and Therapy Dog 2 classes to be ready fortesting. Therapy Dog 3 is optional. Registration is required.

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Kroher remained gratefulover the years. So much so,she was one of the first in linewhen Urillo and his familywere honored with theSouthington CommunityYMCA’s 2010 Compass Awardwinner for their work in pro-moting the Y’s vision ofbuilding “strong kids, strongfamilies and strong commu-nities.”

Andrew Meade, a formermember of the SouthingtonTown Council, said he alwaysthought that The Observer’scoverage was fair and bal-anced. “He liked helping or-ganizations and helping peo-ple,” Meade said.

Town Historian Carl J.Sokolowski knew Urillo and

members of his family formany years. “They were al-ways interesting and he had agood sense of humor,”Sokolowski said, adding heknew of Urillo’s interest inhistory and helping the his-torical society, especially af-ter he had got out of the news-paper business and retired.He made suggestions on howto raise money and what ex-hibits would attract visitorsto the museum.

Joseph Angelillo, a 62-yearmember of the SouthingtonElks, said he has known thefamily “forever.” He said Uril-lo will be remembered for hisownership and publishingroles at The Step Saver andThe Observer.

State Sen. Joseph C.Markley, 16th Dist., summa-rized Urillo’s legacy. “Pub-lishing a newspaper is not aneasy job,” he said, adding thatUrillo was successful becausehe wasn’t over sentimental.“He was a businessman, arather astute one,” Markleysaid. “Ultimately, he madeSouthington a better place.”

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Post 72, 64 Main St.,Southington, is scheduled tomeet on the second Tuesdayof each month, at 7:30 p.m.,in the upper lounge of thePost Home just off the towngreen. Members and veter-ans who would like to bemembers are welcome tocome to a meeting and be-come familiar with the workthe American Legion is do-ing for the community.

Gentle yoga class — TheSouthington Parks andRecreation Department is of-fering a “gentle” yoga classfor the winter. Classes will be

held in the Strong Elemen-tary School gymnasium onTuesdays, Jan. 10, 24 and 31,Feb. 7, 14 and 28 and March 6and 13, from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m.There is a fee. Registration:Call the office at (860) 276-6219.

Quilters meeting — Ameeting of the Apple ValleyQuilters will be held Tues-day, Jan. 10, 7 p.m., at TheSummit of Plantsville, 261Summit St. The group willplay the game Quilto. Par-ticipants should bring theirbags of quarters if theyplan on participating in thesecond Mother’s Day Swap.Information: visit the web-site www.applevalleyquil-

ters.com.Vitamin D lecture — A

program about the preva-lence of vitamin D deficien-cies and the role of the vita-min in a healthy lifestyle aswell as its relationship to al-lergies, asthma and immu-nity, will be held Tuesday,Jan. 10, from 6:30 to 7:30p.m., at the Southington Li-brary, 255 Main St. Dr.Denise Kearney will leadthe program, “Vitamin D,Allergies, and Asthma –Nothing to Sneeze About!”Free. Register: call (860) 628-

0947, ext. 5.

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Computer fair - The nextCogan Computer Fair tobenefit the SouthingtonHigh School Blue KnightsMarching Band is scheduledfor Saturday, Jan. 14 at theschool in the cafeteria from10 a.m. to 4 p.m., 720 Pleas-ant St. Merchandise in-cludes computers, laptops,printers and ink, MP3 play-ers, Bluetooth devices andelectronic toys. Free elec-tronics recycling is offeredwith paid admission. Infor-

mation: contact John, at (860)628-6809 or http://www.shs-bands.com/bandbackers/fundraisers/coganfairs.htm .

DAR meeting — The Han-nah Woodruff Chapter of theDaughters of the AmericanRevolution will hold a meet-ing on Saturday, Jan. 14, at 1p.m., at First Baptist Churchof Southington, 581 MeridenAve. The speaker is CarlaBue who will present a pro-gram on her collection of an-tique quilts. Members maybring a friend and prospec-tive members are welcome tocome as well. The hostessesare Gwynne Hopko, NancyKannenberg and ToniHeight.

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the web by visiting new websites, and locating informa-tion needed to make more in-formed decisions. Schedule:Thursday, 9 to 11 a.m., Jan. 26through March 1.

Managing Files and Fold-ers: a four-week course tohelp organize files, photos,and folders on the PC. Learnto create new files and fold-ers; find, move, copy, renameand delete files to stay organ-ized. Learn to place relatedfiles and folders into newfolders and to type new docu-ments, find info on line, andsave this info on hard andflash drives. Schedule: Tues-day, 9 to 11 a.m., Jan. 24through Feb. 14

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Computer Basics for Be-ginners is free. There are tu-ition fees for all other cours-es. There are no other costsassociated with the courses.For more information, visitwww.calendarhouse.org orcall the office, (860) 621-3014.

Marine Corps League meets

The Marine Corps Leagueof Southington meets on thethird Tuesday of the monthat 1900 hours (7 p.m.) exceptfor July and August. Basic re-quirements for membership:have served on active duty inthe USMC for not less than 90days; have received and inyour possession an honor-able discharge; have in yourpossession a legible copy ofyour DD-214; and several oth-er stipulations.

The league raises fundsthroughout the year to assistveterans and youth and pro-vide other services to thecommunity.

For more information, con-tact Jack Savage, comman-dant, (860) 628-4827 or [email protected] or jackMcGoldrick (860) 919-5566.


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David J. Yanosy to MichaelR. Delgrego, 20 Belrose Ave.,$220,000.

Daniel J. and Carole S. Mc-Carthy to Peter P. Kidwell andHeather A. Johnston-Kidwell,258 Edgewood Circle,$275,000.

Gisele Sirois to Jennifer Di-tunno, unit 4, 79 Interstate ParkDrive, $215,000.

Leigh A. Cogle to RaymondA. and Kari A. Nagle, 27 Oak-land Road, $225,000.

Edwin A. and Susan A.Loiselle to Nicholas Verdura,108 Reservoir Ridge Drive,$600,000.

Mark Miller to Christopher T.and Teresa M. Babon, 272 PinOak Drive, $395,000.

Douglas D. Schumann to LiZhu and Zhenchao Guo, 1271Flanders Road, $708,000.

Robert J. and Maria Gagnonto Nathan White and LaurenMozingo, 72 Beecher St.,$263,500.

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Dean J. and Christine A.Della Vecchia to LaurenGreen, 36 Milldale Ave.,$159,900.

Jennifer D. Gatto to Manora-ma Sharma, unit 15C, TheMeadows Condominiums,Darling Street, $85,000.

Joseph C. Urbanski to SeanA. Secondo, unit 40-16, Cor-nerstone Court, $187,000.

Michael and Kimberly L. Kel-ly to Christopher J. and TriciaA. Mulhull, 20 Berkley Ave.,$239,750.

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Douglas S. and Anne M.Graham to Matthew P. Meierand Megan A. Thomson, 72Beechwood Drive, $305,000.

Stephanie A. Spagna toAdam P. Blasioli, unit 7, 55Columbus Ave., $191,000.

Allan N. Rae to 628 Associ-ates, 170 Spring St.,$625,000.

Nancee J. Bershof to 628Associates, 170 Spring St.,$625,000.

Bryan F. Meccariello toMichael J. and Kimberly L. Kel-ly, 8 Panorama Drive,$334,000.

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support education the way itdid in 2011, which includedthe passing of the middleschool referendum, an $85million plan to renovate andimprove both Joseph A. De-Paolo and John F. Kennedymiddle schools.

“I’d love to see the econo-my improve, and ultimately Iknow at the end of the day Iknow it’s good that our com-munity does support educa-tion despite the economy,”Goralski said. “I look for-ward to that continued sup-port.”

Pocock said he had a fewmemorable moments of 2011,one being the Republicansgetting the 6-3 majority onthe town council, but passingthe middle school referen-dum, for him, was the biggestmoment.

“What really meant themost to me was the public’sreaffirmation of wanting tomake sure our school systemis strong with the passing of

the middle school referen-dum,” Pocock said. “We justhave an exceptional commu-nity, so last year pretty muchfor me was a reaffirmation tohow great this town is.”

While the middle schoolwas a big deal come electiontime in November, back inthe beginning of 2011,Southington’s first and onlytown manager, John Weich-sel, retired and was replacedby newcomer Garry Brum-back, who now serves as thesecond town managerSouthington has ever had.

“It’s been a wonderful tran-sition to a great community,”said Brumback, who hasbeen in the position for a yearcome Jan. 31.

Brumback said 2012 bringson a number of tasks, one ofwhich involves completingthe North Center School proj-ect and to revamp the plan-ning and developing process.He noted the Capital Im-provement Plan as probablythe “single biggest” event up-coming in 2012, which willmanage the financing andtiming of major public im-

provement projects. The CIPalso provides a list of all cap-ital projects and projects thetown’s capital improvementneeds over a six-year period.

“The one that I’ve beentelling folks, is we want tocontinue to build on the suc-cesses of 2011,” Brumbacksaid. “And really my NewYear’s resolution is to try

and exceed our customers’expectations every day.”

Brumback surprisinglyincluded the number ofweather difficulties as a pos-itive note for 2011, putting aninteresting spin on whatmany people considered anuisance. Brumback saw itas an opportunity to see thetown operate during emer-

gency situations.“If you look at it from my

perspective, that’s kind ofwhat we do,” Brumback said.“It gave us an opportunity toreally demonstrate the valueof the town staff and on thecommunity’s ability to re-cover from these things, andI thought the town staff did avery good job.”

DAR meeting on Jan. 14The Hannah Woodruff Chapter of the Daughters of the

American Revolution will hold a meeting on Saturday,Jan. 14, at 1 p.m., at First Baptist Church of Southington,581 Meriden Ave. The speaker is Carla Bue, who will pres-ent a program on her collection of antique quilts. Mem-bers may bring a friend and prospective members are wel-come to come as well. The hostesses are Gwynne Hopko,Nancy Kannenberg and Toni Height.

Legion servesdinner Fridays

American Legion Post 72serves dinners on Fridays atthe Legion Post, 66 Main St.,from 5 to 7 p.m. Take-out or-ders are available; if patronspurchase four dinners, thefifth is free. The dinner forFriday, Jan. 6 is meatloafwith gravy, mashed potatoes,vegetable, salad, bread andbutter.

For more information callthe Legion Post, at (860) 621-4243. Tickets can be pur-chased at the door or prepaidat the lounge during theweek.

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SOUTHINGTONZONING BOARD

OF APPEALSLEGAL NOTICE

The Southington Zoning Board of Appeals will hold a Pub-lic Hearing on Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. inthe Town Hall Council Chambers, 75 Main Street, 2ndfloor, Southington, Connecticut for the following purposes:A. APPEAL #5893A, Application of Nelcon Service Cen-

ter for special exception approval for the use of thepremises as a motor vehicle repair & towing facilityunder Sections 5-02.3A, 11-03 & 15-05 of the ZoningRegulations, 51 Triano Drive, property of The Carpen-ter Realty Company et al in an I-2 zone.

B. APPEAL #5894A, Application of Adam Pio for specialexception approval for the use of the premises as amotor vehicle repair facility under Sections 5-02.3A,11-03 & 15-05 of the Zoning Regulations, 135 LazyLane, property of Adam Pio in an I-2 zone.

C. APPEAL #5895A, Application of Richard Barry for avariance to eliminate the minimum separation distancefor rear lot access strips where a 200’ distance isrequired to allow a new rear access strip adjacent toan existing one under Sections 11-14.10 & 15-04 ofthe Zoning Regulations, 389 Marion Avenue, propertyof Marion Avenue Associates LLC in an R-20/25 zone.

D. APPEAL #5897A, Application of Southington CountryClub for a 20 sq. ft. variance to allow a 280 sq. ft.accessory structure where 260 sq. ft. is allowed underSections 2-01A & 15-04 of the Zoning Regulations,150 Savage Street, property of Southington CountryClub Inc. in an R-20/25 zone.

E. APPEAL #5898A, Application of Briad DevelopmentEast LLC for a variance to allow a four story buildingwhere three stories is allowed under Sections 5-00.11,7A-00 & 15-04 of the Zoning Regulations, 1096 WestStreet, property of Westcorp LLC in an I-1 zone.

F. APPEAL #5899A, Application of Christopher J. &Rachel Salinardi for special exception approval tokeep a flock of 4 chickens with the option to increaseto 12 under Section 3-04.31B & 15-05 of the ZoningRegulations, 651 Jude Lane, property of ChristopherJ. & Rachel Salinardi in an R-20/25 zone.

Dated this 23rd day of December, 2011ZONING BOARD OF APPEALSROBERT SALKA, CHAIRMAN

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Children from FirstBaptist Church ofSouthington andfriends bring theirvoices and holidaycheer to Connecti-cut Baptist Homesin Meriden andSouthington CareCenter on Dec. 18.They also deliveredholiday baskets tolocal shut-ins.

Christmas tree pickupThis year, a Christmas tree can keep on giving when the

Southington Land Conservation Trust disposes of it after theholiday season. Members of the land trust will pick up treescurbside on Jan. 7, 14, 21 and 28, between 8 a.m. and noon. Thetree will be recycled and the fee will go to SLCT to conserveland and wildlife habitat in Southington.

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PUBLIC/ LEGALNOTICES

SOUTHINGTONLEGAL NOTICE

TOWN OFSOUTHINGTON

A copy of the Town ofSouthington’s audited finan-cial statements for the yearended June 30, 2011 is onfile for public inspection inthe Town Clerk’s office.Dated at Southington, CTthis 28th day of December,2011

Leslie G. CottonTown Clerk

LOST & FOUND

LOST Tiger cat, tan & black.Very vocal, finicky female.Answers to Mya. Vic of VictoriaDr., Meriden. If seen, pleasecall (203) 634-4606 REWARD

AUTOMOBILES

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FOR SALE

22’ MONITOR, Printer & Com-puter Table -$180. Surge Pro-tector $20. Electric Heater $25.VHS Tapes (203) 235-4788

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WALK IN TUB / Safety Bathtub.White Air/Hydro Massage.

Brand New. Best Offer.860-810-2221

WOOD, FUEL &HEATING EQUIPMENT

SEASONED hardwood, pickupor local delivery. Cut & split.Approx 16-18in (mostly 18).$225/cord; $145/half cord.

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WOOD Stove Wondercoal DualBurner. Wood or Coal. Auto-matic Burning Circulator.Includes double walled chim-ney pipe, complete. Excellentcondition. $700. 203-843-6717

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1-2 ITEMS Silverware, China, Glass.

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Always Buying 1 Item to theEntire Contents of EstatesAntique, Gold, Costume

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18 S. Orchard St. Wallingford. 203-269-4975 or 203-284-3786

Open Mon.-Sat. 9am-5pm

PETS & LIVESTOCK

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203-238-1600

KING CHARLES CAVALIER PUPSBorn 11/1, 3 Males, $900 each.Call 203-314-0004

LAB Puppies black & 1 Brindle.Adorable, reg & ready to go.(860) 329-4210

LHASA APSO and Mal-Shi PupsReady to go Saturday.

Well behaved. Excellent withkids. Hair, not fur! $450.

860-335-0169

LAWN & GARDEN

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QUEEN SIZE Sofa Bed Light Brown. $90.

TWIN SIZE Sofa Bed Light Green. $75.

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WWHHIIRRLLPPOOOOLL Microwave - Overthe stove oven w/wall mountingbracket $100. Dinette Table & 2Chairs. Yellow & white. $30.Call (203) 238-2822 to see.

MISCELLANEOUSFOR SALE

POWERMATIC Jigsaw onwheels. 1/3 HP, 115V. Model#95, Serial 8595036. $90. Elec-tric Single Bag Golf Cart. Hillbil-ly. Battery operated. $50. Bothitems good cond. Located inSouthington. Call Ed at 860-384-2862 for additional info & photos.

SILK FICUS TREE Stands 6 and 1/2 feet tall in

basket. Redecorate for theNew Year! Asking $25.

Call 203-265-3427

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AUTOMOBILESWANTED

CASH for your Toyota, Honda orNissan. Any Condition! Run-ning or not! Will consider othermakes & models, motorcycles,ATV’s, etc. 203-600-4431

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CAMPER & TRAILERS

CCAARRGGOO Trailer encl, 2006 AOK.8 x 16 x 6.5 Ft , black w/alu-minum trim. Rear ramp door,7klbs, tandem axles, elecbrakes, 3/4 inch plywood floor,3/8 inch plywood walls, exccond. $3895. 908-797-0285.Wlfd

PETS & LIVESTOCK

ATTENTION DOG OWNERS! Dog Obedience classes starting

January 16 at Cheshire Park &Rec. Bruce Gianetti & PhilHuntington, Instructors. Call203-272-2743 9am-4pm. After6pm call 203-235-4852.

TRUCKS & VANS

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AUTOMOBILES

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HOUSES FOR SALE

MERIDEN. $399,900 HistoricMeriden home features oldworld charm with all the mod-ern conveniences 10 rms, 5 brs2 car garage, 3 full baths,beautifully landscaped privateyard. Call Fred Gettner fordetails 203-265-5618

WALLINGFORD Totally renovat-ed. Move-in condition. In-town3 BR, 1.5 Bath 2 story home.Walk-up attic/full basement.Detached garage. All hdwd flrs.Updated mechanicals. Must seeto appreciate. PPRRIICCEE RREEDDUUCCEEDD$$117799,,990000 Call 203-265-1070

HELP WANTED

BOOKKEEPER/Admin Assistantfor Local Building & Develop-ment Company, part time tofull time, to do a/p, a/r, bankrec’s. Must be proficient inQuickbooks, Excel, Word, Out-look. Min of 3 yrs experience.Must have construction, home-building, property manage-ment experience. A multi-tasker who can work in smalloffice environment. Emailresume & references [email protected]

GARAGE & STORAGESPACE FOR RENT

MERIDEN Do you need to storea vehicle? Garage for rent.

Nice neighborhood. $75/mo. Call (203) 639-8903

WWaalllliinnggffoorrdd//DDuurrhhaamm10’ x 20’ & 20’ X 45’

With electricity & heatAvailable Now. 203-751-1977

HOUSES FOR SALE

MERIDEN-$163,600 Simple &smart scale down & go easy onbudget w/this 2BR ranch. Spa-cious living rm w/fp, EIK,fenced beautiful corner yardw/covered patio & non thru st.Call Sue Farone 203-265-5618

WALLINGFORD-$219,900 Clas-sic in-town 3 BR, 2 full bathcape. Remodeled kitchen andbaths, formal DR, hardwoodfloors, newer windows. Fin-ished lower level. Linda Diana(203) 265-5618

APARTMENTSFOR RENT

WALLINGFORD 2 BR 5 Rooms in Two-Family

2nd Floor, Off Street ParkingNo Pets. Credit Check

$850 + utilities. 203-284-1853

WALLINGFORD 2 BR apts, 1st &2nd Floor. Appliances included.W/D hookups. Off st. parking. Nopets. Must have good credit.$875 each. Call (860) 620-9658

WALLINGFORD Cute 2 BR Town-house. Full basement. WDhookup. Private entrance. Offstreet parking. Walk to school.$850 /mo 2 mos sec + applica-tion fee. No pets. 203-284-0597

WWAALLLLIINNGGFFOORRDD- 1 Bdrm apt.Utilities not included. $750.203-376-2160 or 203-213-6175

WALLINGFORD- 2 Bdrm, 1st FLChoate area. Recently redeco-rated. $1300 per month.Includes heat. Sec & refs. Call203-641-4508 or 203-269-2575

WALLINGFORD-1BR apt start-ing at $750 including heat &HW. No pets. JJ Bennett 203-265-7101

WALLINGFORD. 1 BR, 2nd flr,stove/refrig, off st parking, nopets/smoking. $750 + utils.Sec. (203) 265-6089

WINTER SPECIALMERIDEN- 1BR - $695/month.

Heat, Hot Water, Electricincluded. Private balcony.

1 month free rent. Ask for details.Call for info 203-639-4868

WLFD. 2BR OVERSIZED Town-house, appl’d kit., 3000SF, lots ofstorage & closet space, laundryroom. NO PETS. $1195. Call J.J.Bennett, 203-265-7101.

ROOMS FOR RENT

MERIDEN CLEAN SAFE ROOMSIncludes Heat, HW, Elec, Kit Priv.East Side. Off-st park. $125/wk.+ sec. Call 12-8pm 203-630-3823or www.Meridenrooms.com

GARAGE & STORAGESPACE FOR RENT

MMEERRIIDDEENN 2 car garage for rent.100 Paddock Ave. Please call203-269-4156 or cell 203-430-1623.

APARTMENTSFOR RENT

MERIDEN 2 BR, 1st FL. Newly renovated kitchen.

$700 plus 1 month sec. No pets.203-537-3572

MERIDEN 5 rms, 2nd flr, 2 BRs/used as a 3 BR. Recently remod,w/d hookup, 1 car off st parking.Pets considered. $900/ mo plussec & dep. Section 8 welcome.(203) 530-6716 or 203-213-9474

MERIDEN Large 2 BR, 1.5 Baths,1st FL. WD hookup. Off st park-ing. Randolph Ave. $725 /mo. 2mos security + application feereq. No pets. Call 203-284-0597

MERIDEN- Nice Renovated 2 Br.18 Kensington Ave. No pets.$825. per mo, deposit , credit &references. Call 203-238-1890

MERIDEN-Furnished apart-ment, 1BR, 3rd flr, privateentrance. Laundry, garage.$575 plus util/sec. Nopets/smoking. 203-681-0830.

SOUTHINGTON - 1 1/2 RoomEfficiency. Ideal for seniors andall others. Near I-84. $140/wk.Includes Heat & HW, A/C,Appliances. No smoking. Secdep & refs req. 860-620-0025

SOUTHINGTON 5 Rooms.Large, 1250 Sq Ft. 1 BR. CentralAir, with appliances. LargeJacuzzi. WD hookup in bsmnt.Utils not incl. Near The Hospi-tal of Central Ct. Double Secu-rity req. Call (860) 621-2693

WALLINGFORD 1st fl, 2BR.Appls, hookups. Off st. parking.Dead end st. No pets. Veryclean! $925. Garage extra.Owner/Agent 203-269-7348

APARTMENTSFOR RENT

BMERIDEN 2 BR, 1.5 Baths.Immaculate Townhouse, quiet.Parking, hookups, wall to wall.No Pets/Smoke. Good credit.$975 + utils. 203- 269-9755

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Studio & 1 Bedroom AptsAffordable apts for qualifiedapplicants 50 yrs of age or older

Small pets acceptedPlease call 860-621-3954

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HOME SWEET HOMESOffers Meriden 3 BR & 4BR aptsNewly Renovated! Avail. Immed.Starting @$850

Call 203-240-4688

MER. Furnished Apts. East SideIncl Heat, HW, Elec. 1 BR, 1st Fl,$845/mo+sec. 2BR, 2nd Fl $950/mo+sec. 203-630-3823 12pm-8pm or Meridenrooms.com

MERIDEN -1 & 2 BR apts. Heat,HW included. 19 Guiel Place.Starting at $750. Call (203)376-2160 or (203) 213-6175

MERIDEN -WALLINGFORD LINELarge,2 BR Luxury Condos.

Laundry. No pets.$875 + utilities

Call 203-245-9493

MMEERRIIDDEENN 11 BBRR,, 22 BBRR && SSttuuddiiooStarting at $595 per month.

Heat & HW incl. Off street parking

203-886-7016

MERIDEN 1 BR, Spacious 2nd fl. WD Hookups. Exc conditon

Hardwood floors$650 per month plus utilities

(860) 338-3475

MMEERRIIDDEENN 1,2,3 & 4 Bds apts, 570 Broad St , starting at $ 625.

Just renovated, new kitchens,floors & fresh paint. No pets.Sec & ref . Mike 203-537-6137

MMEERRIIDDEENN 1023 Old Colony Rd.

22 BBRRStarting at $800

Heat & HW incl. Off St. Parking.203-639-8751

MMEERRIIDDEENN 1BR & 2 BRStove, heat & hot water incl.Lease, sec & refs. No pets.

203- 239-7657 or 203-314-7300

MERIDEN 2 bdrm, 1st Fl forrent. Off st parking, washer /dryer hook up. Please call 203-223-0333, 860-990-8303, or203-685-2836

MERIDEN 2 BR 5 Rooms, 1stFloor. All newly remodeled. Offstreet parking. No pets. Avail-able immediately. Call forappointment. 203 238-2412

WANTED TO BUY

Always Buying, Old, used andantique handtools. Carpen-try, Machinist, Engravingand Workbench tools. If youhave old or used tools thatare no longer being used,call with confidence. Fair &friendly offers made in yourhome. Please call Cory

860-613-1108

DDEEEE’’SS AANNTTIIQQUUEESSBuying Collectibles,

Jewelry & Silver. China,Glass, Military, Musical.Anything old & unusual.

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Call Mark 203-235-1546Openings Available

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VVooiiccee LLeessssoonnssAll Ages and Levels Welcome

PPiiaannoo LLeessssoonnssBeginner to Intermediate

DDee FFiioorree VVooccaall && PPiiaannoo SSttuuddiiooRoberta (203) 630-9295

HOUSES FOR RENT

MERIDEN 3 BR Off street park-ing. Available January. HUD orSection 8 approved. (860) 349-1588 or 860-759-5676

CONDOMINIUMSFOR RENT

MERIDEN TOWNHOUSE Old Stagecoach Xing, 2 BR, 11/2 BA, Garage, C/A, W/DHookups. $925 + Util. & Securi-ty. Gas Heat! 860-681-8403


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