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Volume 18, Number 28 Berlin’s Only Hometown Newspaper www.berlincitizen.com Thursday, August 14, 2014

Depot Crossing, Berlin’s first mixed-use transit-ori-ented project, is nearing completion.

The building will feature residential space on upper levels and commercial space on the first floor.

This type of “mixed use” building is new for Berlin, and regulations proposed to Planning and Zoning from the Economic Development Commission would allow

similar projects near the train station, where the New Haven Hartford Springfield Line is expected to enter ser-vice by 2016.

“We’re finishing off the building,” CIL Development President Marty Legault said. Legault said that units have not yet been marketed, but that there has been substan-tial interest. A quarter of the apartments will be reserved for low-income families. “I think the units are going to go very quickly,” Legault said.

Thus far, there have been

fewer inquiries about the commercial space than the apartments, but more are ex-pected once construction is finished and marketing ef-forts begin.

“We are all very pleased with the progress to date,” Town Manager Denise Mc-Nair said.

Although the Depot-Cross-ing project is a for-profit ven-ture and pays all applicable taxes, it is owned and oper-ated by the non-profit CIL,

Depot Crossing nearly finishedBy Charles KreutzkampThe Berlin Citizen

Construction on Depot Crossing is nearing completion. | Charles Kreutzkamp / The Berlin Citizen

See Crossing / Page 9

The Berlin Police De-partment has been re-questing an updated facility for 20 years, and on Aug. 5 The Berlin Cit-izen visited the facility. According to Berlin Po-lice Chief Paul Fitzgerald, police are leading public tours of the department every month through No-vember and welcome the opportunity to inform the public about the condi-tion of the station. Dep-uty Chief John led the tour, which is available as a video tour at http://ti-nyurl.com/BPDTour14.

A public hearing on funding for the new po-lice station project at $21 million was scheduled for Aug. 12 and was to oc-cur after press time. For a breakdown, visit TheBer-linCitizen.com.

Throughout the police

department, rooms that used to serve one pur-pose have been divided to support multiple pur-poses and equipment and files are stored on top of file cabinets and lockers. Some of the major defi-ciencies the department faces are in interview spaces and lockup facil-ities. There is currently only one female cell and three male cells. Suspects can be rearranged if nec-essary, but males and fe-males cannot be housed in the same environment, and, furthermore, juve-niles must be separated from adults, Klett said.

In the 70’s, the dispatch facility was “the Taj Ma-hal,” Klett said, but the old radio equipment has since been replaced by much more bulky computer equipment. The current facility can only house two

Police invite citizens to tour departmentBy Charles KreutzkampThe Berlin Citizen

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Berlin is expecting a “tech-nical” budget surplus for the last fiscal year by returning at least $1.5 million of the $1.8 million budgeted to the fund balance, according to Direc-tor of Finance Jim Wren. The town budgeted money from the fund balance last year to keep taxes down.

“The town will benefit by the fact that the majority of that money, at least $1.5 mil-lion, will go back into the fund balance,” Wren said.

The town anticipated ex-penses to be higher than they were, but also anticipated revenue to be higher than what came in.

Revenue was below budget

for two reasons, according to Wren: a downturn in the number of building permits, and changes in the Medicare rate, resulting in lower reve-nue from the nursing depart-ment. Interest income was also under budget due to the fact that interest rates con-tinue to be so low.

Expenses often come in lower than was budgeted, as the town practices con-servative budgeting to avoid under-estimates.

This is one of the factors, according to Wren, that re-sulted in the town obtaining a higher credit rating ear-lier this year that resulted in record-low interest rates that saved the town $38,000. Conservative budgeting, a healthy fund balance, and

having a contingency fund set aside are all factors that helped the town’s credit rating.

Deputy Mayor William Rasmussen said during a Town Council meeting in May that Berlin “hit a sweet spot with our interest rates when we have a need to re-place much of our infrastruc-ture… interest rates, even a fraction of a percent lower, can have a big impact.”

Rasmussen referred to both the high school project and the new police station currently under consider-ation by the council.

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$1.5 million returning to the town fund balanceBy Charles KreutzkampThe Berlin Citizen

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Most Berlin residents ar-en’t aware that plants grown in their own backyard find a home gracing places like New York City’s Hudson River Park, the Barclay Center, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. But Sunny Borders has been growing such plants in Berlin since 1945.

Few residents have heard of the operation, as Sunny Borders doesn’t sell plants for retail. Plants from Sunny Borders’ seven Berlin grow-ing sites can be found in the highline garden in lower west Manhattan – a one-mile gar-den built on an old elevated railway with benches, seats, and bicycle paths, explained Sunny Borders president Pierre Bennerup.

Bennerup has owned the family business since 1969. Sunny Borders is also known as an innovator – they work with breeders around the world and trial thousands of plants, trashing 99 percent of them in hopes of devel-oping a new genotype. Most of the plants they grow, Ben-nerup explains, are not seed-

Berlin plants making it big in NYCBy Charles KreutzkampThe Berlin Citizen

Less than 1 percent of these experimental plants will be selected. | Charles Kreutzkamp / The Berlin Citizen

See Plants / Page 9

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The Hawthorne is for sale according to Joe Granato, a real estate broker special-izing in restaurants, who is managing the sale.

The Hawthorne is currently owned by Syed Bokhari, who acquired the property in Au-gust 2010 for $1.8 million. The restaurant used to be known as The Hawthorne Inn when it was owned by the Grelak family, who owned the adja-cent lodge, which was sold to Kanji Partners LLC in 2007.

Bokhari could not be reached for comment, but Granato said that he was leaving the restaurant busi-ness to enter the hospitality industry.

Bokhari owns the Litch-field Inn on Bantam Road in Litchfield.

Granato, a former restaura-teur who owned and operated Marco Polo in East Hartford, said the Hawthorne property is being marketed primar-ily as a banquet and confer-ence facility. According to Granato, the property is in “pristine” condition, having been recently renovated for more than $1 million.

According to Granato, he has spoken to the owner and all property taxes have now been paid on The Hawthorne, though the payment may not have been processed yet. Ber-lin Collector of Revenue Da-vid Kluczwski said last week that property taxes for 2013

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Hawthorne officially on the marketBy Charles KreutzkampThe Berlin Citizen

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Berlin Public Schools an-nounced the policy for deter-mining eligibility of children who may receive free or re-duced price meals served under the National School Lunch and School Break-fast Programs or free milk served under the Special Milk Program.

Local school officials have adopted the United States Department of Agriculture’s Income Eligibility Guidelines following family size and in-come criteria for determin-ing eligibility.

Income guidelines will be used in Connecticut from July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015, for determining eligibility of participants for free and re-duced price meals and free milk in the Child Nutrition Programs.

Children from families whose income is at or below the levels are eligible for free or reduced price meals or free milk. Application forms are sent to all homes with a letter to parents. To apply for free or reduced price meals or free milk, households should fill out the application and return it to school. Addi-tional copies are available at the principal’s office at each school. The information pro-vided on the application is confidential and will be used

only for the purposes of de-termining eligibility and for administration and enforce-ment of the lunch and break-fast programs. Note that the district may share your el-igibility information with education, health, and nutri-tion programs to help them evaluate, fund, or determine benefits for their programs, auditors for program re-views, and law enforcement officials to help them look into violations of programs rules. This information may also be verified at any time during the school year by school or other program of-ficials. Applications may be submitted at any time during the school year.

No application is required if the district directly cer-tifies a child based on a household member receiv-

ing assistance from the Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or Temporary Family Assis-tance (TFA) program.

All children in these households are eligible for free meal benefits. If any child was not listed on the eligibility notice, the house-hold should contact the dis-trict or school to have free meal benefits extended to that child.

Households receiving SNAP benefits or TFA for their children should only submit an application if they are not notified of their eli-gibility by Sept. 17. If a child is not directly certified, the household should complete a free and reduced price meal application form. The application for the SNAP or TFA households required

the name of the person in the household receiving the SNAP or TFA benefits and their number. The signature of an adult household mem-ber is also required. House-holds receiving assistance under the SNAP/TFA pro-grams will be notified of their eligibility and their children will be provided free benefits unless the household notifies the school that is chooses to decline benefits.

When known to the dis-trict/school, households will be notified of any child’s el-igibility for free meals if the individual child is “Other Source Categorically Eligi-ble” because the child is cat-egorized as either. Homeless, runaway as defined by law, or enrolled in an eligible Head Start, Even Start or pre-kin-dergarten class as defined by

law.For nay child not listed

on the eligibility notice, the households should contact the district or school about any child also eligible un-der one of these programs or should submit an income ap-plication for other children.

If households/children receive benefits under As-sistance Program or other source programs are not no-tified by the district/school of their free meal benefits, the parent/guardian should contact the school.

Households notified of their children’s eligibility must contact the LEA or school if it chooses to decline the free meal benefits.

Application forms for all other households require a

Berlin Public Schools free/reduced meals policy

See Meals / Page 7

See Traffic / Page 5

School News School TrafficGraduates

Simmons College, Mas-sachusetts - Gabrielle Sobilo of East Berlin.

Dean’s listPaul Smith’s College,

New York - Joshua Paradis of Berlin.

Scholastic achievements

Paige Owens of Berlin was named the recipient of the Scholar Athlete Award at the University of Bridgeport.

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its 65th reunion for Sunday, Sept. 21, 1 to 5 p.m. at the Whinstone Tavern, Stanley Golf Course, New Britain. For more information and to up-date contact information, call Frank Jablonski at (203) 239-3409 or email [email protected].

The Berlin Police Depart-ment reminds motorists to watch for school busses and children waiting at bus stops or walking to school, obey all posted traffic controls and the directions of school

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Berlin High School has scheduled its freshmen orien-tation program for Monday, Aug. 25, 3:30 p.m., in the “B” gym. The program, for par-ents and incoming freshmen, provides information regard-ing the overall high school program and an update on the construction. Students will obtain necessary materi-als and information, includ-ing locker and advisory group assignments. Parents will at-tend a brief presentation and question-and-answer period.

The student-parent hand-book is scheduled to be available, in mid-August, as a pdf at berlinschools.org. A handbook acknowledgment form will be sent home with students on the first day of school.

Incoming freshmen will be photographed by Photogra-phy by Roman in September with the rest of the under-classmen. The photos are used for the yearbook and school identification.

Freshman orientation scheduled for Aug. 25

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Speed limits in the areas of all schools will be strictly en-forced with the aid of both ra-dar and laser. The speed limit in a school zone is 25 MPH and is strictly enforced with a minimum fine of $182.

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Foster children that are un-der the legal responsibility of a foster care agency or court, are eligible for free meals. A foster parent does not have to complete a free/reduced meal application if they can submit a copy of the legal document or legal court or-der showing that the child is a foster children. Addition-ally, a foster child is categor-ically eligible for free meals and may be included as a member of the foster family if the foster family chooses to also apply for benefits. If the foster family is not eligi-

ble for free or reduced price benefits, it does not prevent a foster child from receiving free meal benefits. Note how-ever, that a foster child’s free eligibility does not automati-cally extend to all students in the household.

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Book sale - Berlin Free Li-brary schedules a book sale for Wednesdays, 9 to 11 a.m. All are welcome.

East Berlin LibraryHoursThe library is open Mon-

days and Thursdays, 3 to 5 p.m. and 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

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Armenian Church of the Holy Resurrection: Arme-nian Festival -- Sunday, Aug. 17, noon to 6 p.m. (rain or shine). 1910 Stanley St., New Britain. Festival features tradi-tional Armenian foods, enter-tainment, balloons and face painting, and the Youth Dance ensemble. For more informa-tion, call Gary at (860) 690-5959 or [email protected].

Kensington Congrega-tional Church: Chapel in the Woods -- Sundays, 8:30 a.m., through Aug. 31. The chapel is located behind the KCC Nursery School parking lot, 185 Sheldon St. 10 a.m. wor-

ship in the church.

Kensington United Meth-odist Church: Taize service -- Tuesdays, 7 to 7:30 p.m. Special Taize/healing music service on the third Tuesday of each month, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. All are welcome.

Kensington Congregational: Bible study -- Wednesdays, 11 a.m., in the church parlor. For more information, call (860) 828-4511.

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The Berl in , East Berlin, Kensington and South Kensington Fire Departments are looking for volunteer firefighters.

The dedicated vol-unteers must be at least 18 years of age, of good moral character, must reside or work in Berlin and be physically capable of performing the duties of a firefighter. For more info stop by a fire house Monday evenings, speak with a member, or con-tact Assistant Chief Mike Blais at [email protected]; (860) 329-7738.

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Interest at the rate of 1.5% per month shall be charged from July 1, 2014 on all taxes not paid on or before August 1, 2014, subject to a minimum interest charge of $2.00. Any and all unpaid Back Taxes, Interest and Other Charges must be paid in full before payment may be made on the 2013 Grand List Taxes.

Any person who is liable for these taxes and who does not receive a bill or bills should contact the Worthington Fire District Tax Collector’s Office at once, by phone at 860-828-5630, or in person at 1400 Berlin Turnpike, as failure to receive a bill does not relieve one from liability.

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Planning and Zoning re-cently held a public hearing, July 24, regarding proposed zoning regulations that would include the allowance of mixed-use businesses in the town center similar to Depot Crossing.

The new “village” zones would allow a restaurant with offices on the second floor or a retail shop with apartments above. Under the current regulations, these types of establishments are not allowed, and each busi-ness must have its own, ded-icated parking spaces.

The proposed new rules would also allow businesses that rely on on-street parking.

Although most residents at

the hearing spoke against the new regulations, with many saying they didn’t want in-creased traffic or more busi-nesses near their homes, it is hoped that transit-oriented development could have a positive impact on the town’s finances.

Every tax dollar a com-munity generates via com-mercial activity is a dollar that doesn’t come from res-idents, Planning and Zoning Chair Bruce Moore said at the hearing. Moore thanked the residents for attending the hearing.

The Planning and Zon-ing Commission has not yet taken action to approve or deny the regulations.

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lings: the genetic variation is too great, so Sunny Borders uses techniques like replant-ing cuttings to grow thou-sands of plants from a single progenitor.

“Eighty percent of what we grow is by division, not by seed,” Bennerup said.

Similar practices are wide-spread across horticulture – if you’ve ever eaten an apple or banana, both are grown in a similar way to ensure that ev-ery plant is genetically iden-tical, resulting in consistent taste.

Most of Sunny Borders plants are for gardens and

landscaping, but they do grow a small selection of ed-ibles, including herbs and less common vegetables like artichokes and asparagus. Other plants include flowers, ornamental grasses, tropi-cal plants, ferns, and alpine plants – these plants tend to be hardy and grow in pour conditions. Alpine plants are native to the “alpine” range of mountains, which refers to the area on any mountain above the tree line.

Though the Sunny Borders operation is not registered or-ganic, they use organic fertil-izers and only use chemical pest control techniques in dire emergencies, preferring

to do most of their pest con-trol with botanicals. There is little value in obtaining organic certification when the vast majority of what is grown isn’t edible, Bennerup explained.

Sometimes wild turkeys are known to knock over pot-ted plants as they’re growing. “There’s almost always in-sects underneath,” Bennerup said.

Sunny Borders has been growing plants since 1928. It moved to Berlin from the Bronx in 1945.


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Klett explained to The Cit-izen that the bars on holding cells are no longer used by newer departments because they are a suicide risk. Al-though Berlin officers have seen attempts, no prisoners have successfully commit-ted suicide, however, and the lockup facility is monitored by video 24/7.

There is no juvenile hold-ing facility, and by statute, juveniles must be held sep-arate from adults. There are also requirements regarding

anonymity for juveniles that are difficult to meet, because there is no dedicated space to interview them.

Files that are supposed to be stored in fireproof cab-inets are stored in regular filing cabinets and in some cases in cardboard boxes due to lack of space.

Another issue the police hope a new station will ad-dress is in providing bet-ter spaces for the public to interact with officers. Currently, the police com-mission stores their meeting records in the conference room, and visitors who wish to attend police commission meetings must be let into a secure facility.

When a victim of a crime needs to be interviewed, they also need to be led into

a secure facility, or they must discuss the details of their situation in the public lobby.

Teachers or bus drivers who need to be fingerprinted may even need to be led di-rectly past the lockup facil-ity, which does not have a separate HVAC system. If an imprisoned suspect has an airborne illness, this puts the rest of the department at risk, Klett explained, and in

newer facilities the lockup facility general vents to the outdoors.

The large windows on the facility are also a security concern, Klett explained. The records room is pro-tected from the lobby by bul-letproof glass, but the walls and first-floor windows pro-vide no such protection.

Tours are scheduled forThursday, Aug. 28 at 6 p.m.Saturday, Sept. 13 at 9 a.m.

Wednesday, Oct. 15 at 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 1 at 9 a.m.Police request anyone

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Deputy Chief John Klett points out what used to be a one-way mirror for an interview room. The department was forced to convert the area into office space.| Charles Kreutzkamp / The Berlin Citizen

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Berlin High School has two designated student pick-up and drop-off areas. One pickup/drop-off area is lo-cated inside the student park-ing lot, near the glass doors that lead to the gym. The sec-ond is on the east bound side of Patterson Way directly opposite the teacher’s park-

ing lot, posted with “student drop-off” signs.

The remainder of Patter-son Way is posted “No Park-ing” on both sides of the roadway for the safety of children and motorists trav-eling on the street.

The “No Parking” areas will be strictly enforced for parking violations of C.G.S. § 14-251 and violators will be is-

sued a state infraction in the amount of $92. (A parked ve-hicle is defined in Connecti-cut law as a motor vehicle in a stationary position within the limits of a public highway. Sitting in a stopped vehicle waiting to pick up a student falls under this definition.)

Be aware of the ongoing construction activity related to the high school renovation.

Construction personnel and equipment are active in the area across the street and in the student parking areas.

Berlin High School stu-dents should also be mind-ful of the various laws that pertain to them. Several laws that can result in a 30 or 60 day suspension of driving privileges.

McGee Middle and Gris-wold Elementary schools - Parents must utilize the des-ignated pick-up and drop-off points in the parking areas.

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may be made to the Super-intendent, David Erwin, 238 Kensington Road, Berlin, CT 06037 for a hearing to appeal the decision.

The policy contains an out-line of the hearing procedure. Each school and the central

office of the school district have a copy of the policy which may be reviewed by an interested party.

If a household member becomes unemployed or if household size changes at any time, the family should contact the school to file a new application.

Such changes may make the children of the house-hold eligible for reduced price meals, free meals, or free milk, if the family in-come falls at or below the levels indicated.

For income guidelines, contact the Board of Educa-tion at (860) 828-6581.

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Iron bridge, the Leatherman, Simeon North’s Mill and

more. Free admission. For more information, call (860) 828-5114. Barbeque - The

Sons of the American Legion Squadron 68 of Berlin has scheduled Hot Summer

Country Night Barbeque for Saturday, Aug. 16, 6:30 to

11:30 p.m., at the American Legion Post 68, 154 Porters

Pass. BBQ/raffles/BYOB. Music by “Nashville Drive.” A fee is charged. Proceeds

benefit American Legion pro-grams. For more information, call Tom at (860) 906-6516.

Sunday, Aug. 17Blood drive - The Amer-

ican Red Cross has sched-uled a blood drive for Sunday, Aug. 17, 8 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. at Bethany Covenant Church, 785 Mill St. For more informa-tion and an appointment, call (800) 733-2767.

Tuesday, Aug. 19Boy Scouts - Boy Scouts

Troop 256, chartered by the Kensington Volunteer Fire Department, is scheduled to meet Tuesdays, 7 to 9 p.m., at the Kensington Volunteer Fire Department, 880 Farm-ington Ave.

For more information, call Scoutmaster Ed Alicia, at (860) 828-8693.

Boy Scouts - Boy Scout Troop 44 is scheduled to meet Tuesdays, 7 to 9 p.m., at the Bethany Covenant Church, 785 Mill St. For more information, call Joann Saw-yer at (860) 828-7767.

Sunrise Rotary Club - The Sunrise Rotary Club of Kens-ington-Berlin is scheduled to meet Tuesdays, 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., at Town Hall, 240 Kens-ington Road. For more infor-mation, call Gwen Valencis at (860) 229-3787, ext. 139 or visit www.kensingtonrotary.org.

TOPS - TOPS, Taking Off Pounds Sensibly, a non-profit, weight loss organiza-tion, is scheduled to meet 6:30 to 8 p.m., at Cromwell Town Hall, Suite 219, 41 West St. For more informa-tion, call Betty Water at (860) 635-7020.

Tuesday, Aug. 26Blood drive - The Amer-

ican Red Cross has sched-uled a blood drive for Tuesday, Aug. 26, 1:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the VFW, 152 Massirio Drive. For more information and an appoint-ment, call (800) 733-2767.

Saturday, Sept. 6Tag sale - The New Britain

Youth Museum at Hungerford Park, 191 Farmington Ave. has scheduled its annual tag sale for Saturday, Sept. 6, 9 a.m. to 1p.m., rain or shine; free admission. A preview sale is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 5, from 1 to 4 p.m. A fee is charged for the preview sale. For more information, call (860) 827-9064 or visit www.newbritainyouthmu-seum.org.

Thursday, Sept. 11Sit, knit or crochet - A

knit and/or crochet group, for crafters of all levels, is sched-uled to meet the second and fourth Thursday of the month, 6:30 to 8 p.m., at Bethany Covenant Church, 785 Mills St. Drop-in, no registration re-quired. For more information, call (860) 680-1229.

Thursday, Sept. 25Sit, knit or crochet - A

knit and/or crochet group, for crafters of all levels, is sched-uled to meet the second and fourth Thursday of the month, 6:30 to 8 p.m., at Bethany Covenant Church, 785 Mills St. Drop-in, no registration re-quired. For more information, call (860) 680-1229.

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The Community Foundation of Greater New Britain has awarded more than $5,000 in financial assistance to local events as part of its Community Sponsorship Awards pilot program.

Local programs receiving an award are the New Britain-Berlin YMCA, $750 to fund

the Tinsel Fun Run on Dec. 6 and the New Britain Youth Museum at Hungerford Park, $750 to fund the Pumpkin Palooza Trail Walk on Oct. 18.

For more information about the Com-munity Foundation of Greater New Brit-ain, visit www.cfgnb.org.

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Louise A Petrofsky BERLIN — Louise A Petrofsky, 88, of Berlin, passed away peacefully

on Monday, Aug. 4, 2014, at the Apple Rehab facility in Cromwell. Born in B a s k i n g Ridge, N. J. on Sept. 22,

1925, she was the daugh-ter of the late James and Lorraine Abott. She was a Berlin resident for over 60 years and also spent many pleasant winter seasons at her condo in Palm Bay, Fla. Louise earned a bachelor’s of science degree in bot-any from UConn in 1947 and while in college she met her roommate Ginnie Francois. They developed a lasting friendship which eventually led to Louise buying a cottage on Mon-ey Island, in the Thimble Islands in Branford. This cottage became the des-tination for many pleasant summer family gatherings and is a large part of Lou-ise’s lasting legacy. After graduating from college Louise met Ray Petrofsky who had recently returned from serving in the U.S. Air force during World War II, and Louise and Ray were married on Sept. 18, 1948. They started a family and Louise stayed home to de-vote herself to raising six children. After the children grew up and left home, Louise embarked upon a new career as an artist and had her paintings dis-played in many local art shows and galleries. Lou-ise was a Roman Catholic and attended St Paul’s for much of her life, and later became a regular atten-dant at Wellspring Church.

She was faithfully devoted to her Christian faith and it was the source for pro-viding her with much com-fort throughout the years. Louise led a full life and is survived by a large number of children, their spouses, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Louise was predeceased by her hus-band, the late Raymond Petrofsky; and her daugh-ter, Shirley (Petrofsky) Bors. She is survived by her children, Susan Krupa and her husband, Dr. Jo-seph Krupa, of Augusta, Ga., Thomas Petrofsky, of Prince Edward Island, Hen-ry Petrofsky and his wife, Dr. Ruth Rollin, of Kens-ington, Gerard Petrofsky, of Pompano Beach, Fla., Christine (Petrofsky) Wells and her husband, John, of Plainville; and a son in-law, Jim Bors from Annapolis, Md.; she is also survived by her grandchildren, Kath-erine Oates and her hus-band, Travis, Nathan Krupa and his wife, Mary, Alicia Hutchinson and her hus-band, Buddy, Seth Petrof-sky, Christa Petrofsky, Joel Petrofsky and his wife, Sar-ah, Gabriel Petrofsky and his wife, Tai, Miriam Petrof-sky, Michael Bors, Jeffery Bors, Zeke Wells, Caleb Wells and Macayle Wells. Louise is also survived by six great-grandchildren. A funeral service was cel-ebrated on Friday, Aug. 8, at Wellspring Church, 222 Lincoln St., Kensington and was followed by a burial service at Maple Cemetery in Berlin. Memorial dona-tions may be made to Well-spring Church, 222 Lincoln St., Kensington, CT, 06037. To share memories or con-dolences online, please visit www.berlinmemorial-funeralhome.com


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Sports Reporter – Nate Brown

Executive Vice President and Assistant Publisher – Liz White

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Thursday, Aug. 14Parks & Recreation Com-mission, Community Center, 7 p.m.Planning & Zoning Commis-sion, Town Hall, 7 p.m.Public Building Commis-sion, Education Meeting Room, 238 Kensington Rd., 7 p.m.Monday, Aug. 18Board of Education, Town Hall, 7 p.m.Kensington Fire District, 947

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Geocaching 2: Revenge of the poison ivy

In the second part of this se-ries reporter Charles Kreutz-kamp visits towns served by Record-Journal Week-lies to search for Geocaches. SPOILER ALERT: specific de-tails ahead. For last week’s story, visit http://tinyurl.com/RJCache1.

North Haven holds a spe-cial place for me – my first assignments as a reporter were for The North Haven Citizen – so I was eager to return to search for caches.

The same day we visited North Haven, a new Geo-cache was published titled “Beat the Heat – Lollipop” on a residential front lawn. This cache, a “park and grab” or “P&G” (Geocachers seem to love their abbreviations) was found by three people the same day it went live. This cache was praised by its seekers, and sounded like a fun find.

Meanwhile, HisGirlFriday and Your Friendly Neighbor-hood Reporter (the Geocach-ing names of this reporter and his fiancée, Kate) were driving in circles, failing to

find “micro” sized caches, and walking into poison ivy.

If there’s one thing we learned this week, it’s that preparation is key: When we head out for next week’s col-umn, we’ll be sure to plan

which caches to seek in ad-vance, with plenty of time to consider difficulty and route. One limitation of the free Geocaching app is that it only shows caches near you, but the website has no such

limitations.After our failed attempt

at a micro near the center of town, we scoped out North Haven for a good hiking trail. That is what brought us to the lovely Quinnipiac River State Park – eventually. When we first asked the GPS to bring us to the park, it instructed us to drive up 15. We com-plied, and a couple miles out of North Haven and nowhere near any sort of legal parking, the phone proudly declared, “You have arrived.”

After turning around in Wallingford, we finally found our way to the trailhead us-ing good old-fashioned map-reading. The trailhead, as it turns out, is nestled be-hind a rest stop right off of 15. As Geocacher ctvalleygirl put

it, “Who knew there’s a trail (paved no less) in the back of the rest stop?”

We quickly set off to start finding caches. The first one we went for gave us an excel-lent hint: we would find the cache hidden “in the crotch of a three-trunk tree.”

Once our GPS made clear that the cache laid off the trail and into the underbrush, I found myself hesitating, try-ing to call to mind an image of a specific leaf.

I should have thought to voice my concern before Kate, wearing shorts, walked straight into a patch of poison ivy, which I successfully rec-ognized moments later. Being from Indianapolis, my fiancée

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Majority leader Joe Aresimowicz has been named a “Children’s Champion” by the Connecticut Early Childhood Alliance for making Connecticut’s young children and their families a priority during the 2014 legislative session. The alliance seeks nominees from its membership, taking into account active assistance during the legislative session on issues that are of interest to the membership, as well as availability and access for constituents. Aresimowicz is serving his fifth term representing the 30th Assembly District of Berlin and Southington in the Connecticut General Assembly.

Girl Scout Troop 66312 recently toured the CRRA Trash Museum in Hartford, as part of the “Get Moving” badge. The scouts learned about alternative energy sources, lowering their carbon footprints and better use of resources. With educator Pamela Garry are Katie Terlecky, Grace Cink, Juliana Mancini and Meredith Beers.

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‘Challenge’ has its flaws, but making a difference

I was challenged on Sunday.I can’t lie; I was a little

taken aback by it. I can’t re-member the last time I was

challenged for anything, in-cluding a one-on-one basket-ball matchup, an epic dance battle, or a rousing game of “Go Fish”.

But I was called out by a close friend to take part in the

Ice Bucket Challenge (IBC), a social media sensation that is spreading across New En-gland and sweeping through-out the country like wildfire.

The concept of the Chal-lenge is simple: you have 24 hours to dump a bucket of ice water on your head. Should you choose to accept this challenge, you douse your-self with the aforementioned ice water. Should you opt to remain warm and dry, you’re supposed to, instead, donate $100 to a branch of the ALS Association. Upon complet-ing the IBC, the participant is then supposed to nominate five new individuals to keep the movement going.

This challenge came to fru-ition a few short weeks ago in support of Pete Frates, a for-mer Boston College baseball player who was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) back in 2012. Since the IBC began, count-less celebrities have taken part, and just about every other post in my Facebook news feed has featured some-one drenching themselves for the cause.

Even Frates’ wife, Julie, has seen the benefits of the Chal-lenge begin to unfold. In a recent interview with Sally Holmes of Elle.com, Julie stated that “since Pete was diagnosed, his whole mission has been to spread awareness of the disease”.

“‘I want to make it so clear that this is to raise aware-ness for what the disease is,’ she says. ‘Not only do we not have any kind of treatment, we don’t even know what causes it. Just for people to know the severity of the disease and what we’re up against is all we can ask for.’”

They are raising awareness for a horrible disease. Which is all well and good.

But is the Challenge going about raising awareness the right way?

There are three parts to this trend that don’t quite make sense to me, and ulti-mately bring my list of con-cerns full circle.

First and foremost is the actual awareness the Ice Bucket Challenge is raising. For the common man, ALS may not be the most famil-

iar disease in the world, yet certain sports fanbases across the country are already aware of the illness.

Former New York Yankee and baseball great Lou Geh-rig suffered from ALS, and his name is used as a pop-ular nickname for the dis-ease. Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling gar-nered awareness for the dis-ease in 2004 when he wrote “K ALS” on his cleats during the team’s postseason run. Also, former New Orleans Saints safety Steve Gleason was diagnosed with ALS in 2011, bringing further public-ity to the ailment.

Yet apart from those fan-bases, and now the Boston College Eagles family, what do people really know about ALS, and what has the Ice Bucket Challenge taught me, directly? Unfortunately, not much.

Video after video, people say they’re bringing aware-ness to ALS. Based off the Merriam-Webster definition of the word “aware,” it shows they’re not.

“Aware” is defined as “hav-ing or showing realization, perception, or knowledge,” but 95-percent of the videos I’ve seen have only shown me that all anyone accepting the challenge knows about ALS is the name of the disease.

Instead of telling me the name, tell me something I don’t know. Give me a fact or piece of information about the disease prior to soaking yourself.

I want to know who ALS can affect (Answer: everyone).

I want to know what part of the body ALS affects (Nerve cells of the brain and spinal cord, better known by their medical name of “motor neurons.”)

I want to know how many are battling this disease (Roughly 30,000 Americans at any given time, with ap-proximately 5,600 new diag-noses every year.)

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The Ryan T. Lee Founda-tion began its annual Foun-dation Week Saturday, Aug. 9 with a friendly morning of ca-maraderie and miniature golf at Safari Golf on the Berlin Turnpike.

“I think it’s a good way to start the week,” said Dan Lee, Ryan’s father and a foundation board member. “We decided (mini golf) was a good way to get people involved.”

The event saw 64 people come out to support the cause, while the foundation received great support from Safari Golf itself. The establish-ment, which usually opens at 10 a.m. on Saturday’s, opened an hour earlier for the event. Safari Golf also deferred from charging the foundation for use of the course, allowing the organization to walk away with more funds for the cause.

“The whole week and the whole foundation has grown every year,” said Jim McNair, a foundation board member and the host of the mini golf event. “We (on the board) work to-gether, and just look for ways to perpetuate who Ryan was and what he stood for.”

The foundation has done an excellent job looking for ways to give back during its short existence, as it recently sur-passed the $100,000 mark in donations, a milestone it plans on celebrating in full at the upcoming foundation dinner.

“Last week, for the New Britain Parks & Recreation Department, we made a do-nation for their camp, and they wanted us to have a pic-ture (taken) with all the kids,” McNair said. “The kids made a huge banner for us, and it’s just neat to see tangible results.”

Beyond donations, the foundation has been involved with giving back to the com-munity, as well. Members of the RTLF were set to hold a basketball clinic at the Boys & Girls Club of New Britain Monday, Aug. 11.

The week will conclude with the foundation’s Ryan T. Lee Memorial Golf Tour-nament at Timberlin Golf Course in Berlin. Following the tournament, a dinner will be held at the Aqua Turf in Plantsville.

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thing about the illness would seem to increase one’s aware-ness much more than saying “you’re next.”

Which brings me to my next point: the word “or.”

Left or right. North Caro-lina Tar Heels or Duke Blue Devils. Soccer or futbol.

You can’t have both, so clearly you must choose. The same seemingly applies for the Challenge. This word “or” that so many people have at-tached with their videos puts nominees in an odd conun-drum. Do you choose to raise awareness or donate to the cause?

Frankly, I’d rather help raise awareness and donate.

So many videos I’ve seen don’t tell me that: it’s one or the other.

There have been a few that have altered the parameters of the Challenge: a smaller donation and ice water or a $100 donation, which I find to be a nice adjustment.

Still, for those choosing to remain dry, the starting price to do so seems a bit steep. As far as I’m concerned, a dona-tion is a donation, whether $5 or $100. Despite the total dollar amount in the enve-lope, shouldn’t donating any amount towards the cause matter just as much as ac-cepting the Challenge?

Speaking of the Challenge itself, it brings me to my final rebuttal…

The idea of challenging others seems slightly juve-nile to me.

I’m not saying that peo-ple’s hearts aren’t in the right place. It’s not as though I’m being presented with a col-lege fraternity-type challenge that could have me wind up in a hospital; however, it does seem a bit childish to call out your peers in front of others to either soak up or pay up.

If people want to partic-ipate on their own accord, fantastic. But shouldn’t the decision to get involved and make a difference be up to them and them alone?

I get it; people are taking part and daring others to try to spread knowledge about ALS, which I respect. Yet, cy-cling back to my first point,

how much awareness is actu-ally being raised?

None of what I have said is meant to insult, either the viral phenomenon itself or those taking part in it. The Ice Bucket Challenge is a con-cept that is pure of heart, and has more than accomplished its goal of simply raising an understanding for the illness. According to the Julie Frates interview, donations for her and Pete’s local ALS Massa-chusetts chapter are up 10 times what they were at this point a year ago (Phone calls to the ALS Association to confirm those numbers were, unfortunately, not returned).

I’m quite happy the Chal-

lenge has been able to have such an influence for such a deserving cause. Yet I feel as though it could be eas-ily refined to make an even bigger impact for those who suffer from ALS while better informing the public of this illness.

As for answering the chal-lenge myself? I plan to stay dry and make a donation to the ALS Association.

Not because I was chal-lenged, but because I choose to help out a good cause.

As for challenging other in-dividuals, I choose to abstain.

Instead, I encourage those reading to do what they feel is right.

Should somebody read what I’ve written and choose to challenge their friends, or donate to the ALSA (or any charity of their choice for that matter), that’s fine by me.

If someone reads what I’ve written and has come away from it more informed about ALS than when they first be-gan reading this article, I feel like I’ve made just as big a difference.

So I encourage you all: do what you feel is right.

The clock is ticking. Your 24 hours start now.

For more information about ALS, the ALS Association, or the Ice Bucket Challenge, visit www.alsa.org.

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Trevethan comes out on top in Tennis ClassicThe 36th annual Children’s

Charities Tennis Classic com-pleted play this past weekend at Walnut hill Park in New Britain with many players from the Berlin/Kensington area competing, and perform-ing well.

Top honors from Berlin went to middle school stand-

out Jonathon Trevethan, who was the No. 1 seed in the Boys 16 and Under Singles division. Jonathon earned his way into the finals by defeating Colin Savino of Bristol in straight sets. He continued his win-ning ways by defeating Stan Kukhniy of Newington by a score of 6-1, 6-4.

On Sunday afternoon Tre-vethan faced off against the

No. 3 seed, Rohan Kataria, a standout for Southington High. In a great display of baseline strokes and strategy, coupled with a solid serve, the Berlin resident easily de-feated Kataria in straight sets, 6-0, 6-1 to capture the divi-sion crown.

In other action, Jonathon teamed up with his older brother Matthew and reached

the semifinals of the Boys Open Doubles division.

Jordan Chyra and Andrew Chyra of Kensington also made it to the semis of the Boys Open Doubles.

Autumn Edelson of Berlin, a top standout for the BHS girls tennis team, lost in the semifinals to Macee Buck-ely of Newington in a close match; 5-7, 6-3, 4-7.

In other action over the weekend, Justin Chyra (Boys 12’s Singles) placed third, and Andrew Chyra (Boys 18’s Sin-gles) lost in the semis to the eventual winner, Kevin Yaw-gel of Cromwell.

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Jordan Chyra also teamed up with his father, Ed, in Par-ent/Child Doubles and lost to the Galante’s of Newington, 2-8, in early-round action.

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had never even seen a poison ivy rash in person before, much less the plant.

A quick read of some of the comments on the Geocache might have warned us of the presence of the poison ivy as well – again, preparation was the lesson of the day.

With that ship sailed, we figured we may as well go after our quarry – so we tramped through a sea of the stuff, eyes peeled for a three-trunked tree.

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1972 CORVETTE STING RAY - matching numbers, red, many new parts, 4 speed, T-tops, 9,000K on rebuilt orig. motor, good condit. Call 203-815-3794.

Home Health Aide/CNA needed to work for Franciscan Home Care and Hospice Care, a faith-based home health care

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Meriden - Wallingford Line, Large 2 BR Modern Condos. Laundry. No Pets. $900 + Utils. 203-245-9493.

CHEVY CAMARO 1986, red, new paint, new tires, good condition. Tune in-

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PLYMOUTH 2000 GRAND VOY-AGER- 1 owner, well main-tained, runs good, power steering line needs repaired. $1000 OBO. Call 860-877-3158.

4 BR, 1 BA, Big Yard, Shed in back for storage, C/air, Oil Heat, Partial Finished Bsmt. $1400 mo. Nothing incl. 1 mo. sec. No pets! Southington (860) 621-1165.

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MERIDEN Clean 1 Room Efficiency 2nd Fl. Randolph Ave. Utils included. No pets. $450. 2 mos sec. Credit check required.

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MERIDEN - Modern, 3 spa-cious BRs, walk-in closet, BA and ½, off st prkg, 91 Lincoln St. Interested, (203) 927-8215.

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MERIDEN - 1 BR, 2nd Flr. W/D avail. New carpets, appl., parking, secure building. No Pets! $750 mo. (203)376-1259.

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1966 MUSTANG GT - con-vertible, w/fac. a/c, deluxe (pony int.) beautiful yellow restored body, 289 cu. in. w/holly 4 barrel, 78K orig. mi., only 12520 built this way. Estate sale $13,900. Call 860-620-3789.

MERIDEN - Studios, 1 bed-rooms avail. heat/hot water, incl. Starting at $700-$800/mo. plus security deposit, 1st/last. 203-630-2841.

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MiscellaneousFor Sale

Music Instruments& Instruction

Cindy’s Unique ShopCONSIGNMENT

32 North Colony StWallingford

(203) 269-9341

2 levels, 1800 SF of Con-signed Home Decor &

Furnishings. 30 Day Layaways Available. $5 Off a purchase $25 or more. $10 off a pur-chase $100 or more. Check us out on Facebook. Ample Free Parking in Our Lot. Free Gift w/$15 or more purchase. Hours Mon, Tues, Wed & Fri 9:30-5 Thurs 9:30-6, Sat 10-

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HOT TUB: 6 person, 28 jets w/ all options. Never used.

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ATTENTION churches, music teachers & students. Re-stored anqtique Mendelssohn upright piano $250 OBO. Call 860-877-3158.

Wood / Fuel & Heating Equip

Music By RobertaPerformance &

InstructionVoice Lessons All Ages and

Levels Welcome. Piano Lessons Beginner to

Intermediate.(203) 630-9295

EARLY SALE!Cleanest seasoned firewood in the state! $210 Full cord

delivered. Discounts over 2, over 4 and picked up. South Meriden.

Mike 203 631-2211

Tree Length FirewoodCall for Details203-238-2149

Sporting Goods & Health

PISTOL PERMIT OR LONG GUN CERTIFICATE REQUIRED FOR CONNECTICUT RESIDENTS. 1 SESSION, $110. 203 415-1144

MUSIC MAX CITY - Now open. 18 So. Orchard St., Wallingford, CT. Over 40

guitars in stock, variety of amps. We buy,& sell, same

day pay. Visit us today. 203-517-0561.

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1-2 ITEMSSilverware, China, Glass.

Furniture, 50’s Items.Whole Estates203 238-3499

Furniture & Appliances

AFFORDABLEWashers, Dryers, Refrigerators and

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Will Deliver (203) 284-8986

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Audio Equipment. Antiques.

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STOVE GE Electric - 42” with 2 Ovens. Great Condition. Gold.

$50.00. 860-830-9601.

AARON’S BUYING Old Machinist Tools, Lathes,

Bench Tools Hand Tools, Much More. (203) 525-0608

ONE DIRECTION. 4 Concert Tickets. Gillette Stadium.

8/8/2014. Please call (860) 877-2286 or (860) 793-2156.

DEE’S ANTIQUES - Buying Collectibles,

Jewelry & Silver. China, Glass, Military, Musical. Anything old & unusual. Single item to an estate.

203-235-8431.

2012 Ford E250 Super Duty Cargo Van. Mint condition, only 23K

miles. Call (860) 681-9846. Private owner.

WANTED: Antiques, costume jewelry, old

toys, military & anything old. Open 6 days. 18 S. Orchard St. Wallingford CT Stop by or call: 203-

284-3786.

BROTHER Drum unit (TN-570) and toner cartridge (TN-570) for Brother Copier. Asking $100.00. Call 203-630-3063.

NEW GE COMPLETE HOME GENERATOR - 3K WATT, 200 AMP auto breaker, unit is ful-ly automatic, operates on LP gas, $2,800. (203) 710-6439.

Furniture & Appliances

MERIDEN 1 BR, Off st prkg. W/W Carpets, Appls, $795/mo. Heat & HW incl. No pets. Security & refs req. 203 238-7133

Meriden One BedroomClean, quiet $750 pays heat, hot water, plus cooking gas.Parking, 38 Lincoln.Call 727-565-8362.

SUMMER SPECIALMERIDEN- 1BR $750/month.

HEAT, HOT WATER &ELECTRIC INCLUDED.

Private Balcony.203-639-4868.

WALLINGFORD - 5RMS, 2 BR, 1st fl, 2 fam., own drway, no

pets, $900.+util., 203-284-1853

Apartments For Rent

Rooms For Rent

Meadowstone Motel - Off I-91. Satellite TV. Short Stay/Daily/Weekly. On Bus Line. Visa/MC/Discover 203-239-5333.

MER Clean Safe Rms. Inclds. H, HW, Elec, Kit Priv. E side. off-st park. $130/wk.+ sec. 12-8pm 203-630-3823 www.Meriden-rooms.com

Vacation &Seasonal Rental

FT MYERS BEACH - Florida Condo, 2BR, 2BA, beach view, 3rd floor, screened porch, pool & tennis. 203-235-2106.

Garage andStorage Space

WLFD Storage space for rent. 1200 sq ft, 14’ doors. Great price. Call 203-272-4216.

MERIDEN - 2 bedrm, coin op-erated W/D, storage in bsmt, off street parking, hardwood floors, sec 8 ok. $1000/mo. 203-935-1039 or 203-589-1147.

Stores & Officesfor Rent

Meriden -1800 sq. ft. of prime office space available at

Highview Office Complex, 35 Pleasant St. The suite may be divided into a 600/1200 sq.ft.

priced at $9 a sq.ft. The building has parking for 108 cars, handi-capped access and an elevator. Contact Richard at rcarabetta@

snet.net

MERIDEN - Broad St., Cozy 1 BR, 1st fl., $650 mo. incls. elect. & HW; 2 BR, 2nd fl., lrg. 5 rm, EIK. $795 + utils. New wood flrs., prkg. Robert, (203) 639-9238.

Livestock

HORSE CARE NEEDEDSome AM/PM hrs in ex-

change for riding, etc. Exp pref, but will train. Please call

203-213-8833

Lawn and Garden

A & A LAWN CARESpring clean-ups, attics, bsmnts cleaned. Hedge

trimming, tree, shrub, debris removal. #584101 Jim 203-

237-6638

MERIDEN – 2 BR, 3rd Flr. W/D avail. New carpets, appl., parking, secure building. No Pets! $800 mo. (203)376-1259.

BROYHILL - Childs Bedroom set, light & dark pine, inc. dresser, mirror, desk, chair, and twin bed, very good con-dit. $350. Call 860-621-4201.

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