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Volume 18, Number 43 Berlin’s Only Hometown Newspaper www.berlincitizen.com Thursday, December 25, 2014

WISHES COME TRUE

Berlin High School Interact Club fulfilled the Christmas wishes of 13 children in need this holiday season. The club collected items requested on Salvation Army angel gift tags. Board members then presented the gifts of toys and clothing to Salvation Army Lieutenant Anthony Rivera for distribution to families before Christmas. Pictured: Matt Cohen, Interact treasurer; Lieutenant Anthony Rivera of the Salvation Army; Olivia Jacques, Interact president; Olivia Martino, Interact vice president; Francis Kennedy, Berlin High School principal; Lisa Hatton, Interact faculty advisor, and Mitch Pitkin, Interact Salvation Army chairperson.

What some might call a real-life holiday miracle is happening for a family in Wis-consin, as they receive a very special gift from Berlin resi-dent Elaine Borselle.

Borselle said it was “espe-cially poignant for me” that this surprising turn of events occurred at Christmastime.

“Coincidentally – well, I don’t really believe in coin-cidence, it was a kind of fate – I was cleaning out a drawer a couple of weeks ago and I came across the bracelet,” Borselle said. This bracelet, emblazoned with the name Douglas Ferguson and the date Dec. 30, 1969, suddenly brought back memories of the years Borselle regularly wore it around her wrist in the seventies.

This bracelet was a POW/MIA bracelet, a relic of a proj-ect created by the California group Voices in Vital Amer-ica during the Vietnam War to draw attention to the plight of Vietnam prisoners of war and soldiers missing in action overseas. Borselle answered an ad asking for the bracelets to be worn to raise awareness.

The bracelet was put away after the war and rested out of sight for more than 30 years. After finding the bracelet re-cently, Borselle wanted to know what had happened to Ferguson, so she performed an Internet search.

“I was flabbergasted,” Bor-selle said.

Earlier this year, on March 10, the National Military Ex-aminer published an arti-cle about a Vietnam Captain who went missing. The cap-tain was declared killed in ac-tion in 1976, when authorities learned that he took ground fire while flying a Phantom fighter-bomber on its third bombing pass over a fuel stor-age depot in northern Laos.

As the Examiner reported, the remains of that captain, a Douglas Ferguson who was declared missing in action Dec. 30, 1969, was finally com-ing home after 44 years.

“I was thinking, ‘this must be the same guy.’ I was over-whelmed,” Borselle said. “I contacted the author of the article. She emailed me back and we started a correspon-dence and I thought, I would love to find the family. Now

Gift of closure travels from Berlin to WisconsinBy Charles KreutzkampThe Berlin Citizen

Berlin resident Elaine Borselle shared the amazing story behind this POW/MIA bracelet. | Elaine Borselle / Submitted

See Travels / 0

Power bills will be increas-ing Jan. 1 and Berlin’s state senator Terry Gerratana is not pleased.

There are two increases coming, one for the delivery side of the bill, and another for the supply side that was approved by the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority in November.

Accord ing to CL&P spokesman Mitch Gross, the increase comes out to $25.59 per month for a resi-

dential customer using 700 kilowatts of electricity, with $18.47 of the cost on the sup-ply side and $7.12 on the de-livery side. PURA approved the second increase Dec. 17. Gross said CL&P is still re-viewing the final decision on the rate filing.

“Connecticut families can-not afford this rate increase, and CL&P has not earned it,” Gerratana said in a state-ment. “CL&P’s response to recent storms has been inad-equate at best and dangerous at worst ... I have spoken to people throughout my dis-

trict about this rate hike, and they have been consistent in their opposition to it.”

Gross countered that the increase was necessary due to increasing costs. “The cur-rent spike in the cost of elec-tricity is not only affecting Connecticut, but all of New England, since more than half of the region’s electricity is now produced using natural gas,” Gross said in a state-ment Nov. 17, referring to the supply side increase.

As for the delivery side

Gerratana blasts electric rate hikesBy Charles KreutzkampThe Berlin Citizen

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Retired teacher smiths custom light display

Driving to see Christmas lights is a holiday tradition for many this time of year, and several great displays have been spotted in Berlin, including an enormous Santa Claus and an illuminated tribute to the New England Patriots.

One of the season’s most unique offerings can be found at the home of retired McGee Middle School teacher Daniel Valuk at 204 Carriage Drive in Kensington.

Valuk’s decorations are completely handmade, a hobby he has enjoyed having more time for since retiring in 2009.

Valuk said he has always been passionate about art, which he studied in college as a concentration alongside his teaching degree.

One of the highlights of his teaching career was being nominated for the Teacher in Space Project, a 1984 program announced by then-President Ronald Reagan to increase in-terest in STEM fields. When Valuk was not selected for the program, he said it was ini-tially “the most disappoint-ing thing in my life.”

As it turns out, this disap-pointment turned out to be a blessing, as the first ever participant in the Teacher in Space program, Christa McAuliffe, perished in the Space Shuttle Challenger di-saster in 1986.

The program was subse-quently canceled.

Valuk has four displays at his home this year, including one of the iconic video game plumber Mario, which is set to music, and another of the hugely popular Elsa from Dis-ney’s “Frozen.”

His grand-daughters, Va-luk said, “are crazy about ‘Frozen.’”

Two other more tradi-tional displays are titled “Rising Star” and “Genera-tions,” and labeled accord-ingly with signs. Valuk said he choses titles carefully to accompany each display, and he seeks to make at least one thought-provoking work each year.

What most would call trash, Valuk often sees as the perfect materials to use to create a work of art. His Ma-rio-themed display features the plumber in a mushroom sleigh made using a discarded umbrella, and his “Frozen” display was made using a dis-carded canopy frame.

When his son had scraps of aluminum siding left over from work at his contracting business, he knew his father would appreciate the mate-rial and give it new life. Sure enough, Valuk twisted it into the shape of snails that bend in the wind.

“You wouldn’t believe the things people throw away,” Valuk said.

By Charles KreutzkampThe Berlin Citizen

Above: This lighted sculpture features the popular Elsa from Disney’s “Frozen.” Above right: This sculpture, “Mario’s Magic,” has re-used materials as part of its construction. | Richard Valuk / Submitted

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Gingerbread contest a treasured tradition

This year’s gingerbread contest at the library drew several impressive creations, with winners announced Dec. 17. The entries were judged by two members of the Friends of the Library board and one member of the library board, Head Librarian of Adult Ser-vices Carrie Tyska explained.

Janet Stanchich won this year’s individual over-13 cat-egory with a gingerbread house featuring homemade chocolates and stiff meringue snow. Stanchich said she en-joys participating in the con-test with her family. “It’s a fun tradition,” she said. Her daughter’s family, includ-ing her grandchildren, also submitted a house this year. Stanchich said she thinks the library is a great part of Berlin’s community, praising the tech-saavy staff who give valuable computer assistance.

This year’s youth winner, Landon Viera, took home the 12-and-under category title for what Tyska said she be-lieved is the second year in a row.

Kevin Stafstrom was the only member of the group who submitted the winning

group or family category gin-gerbread house present to hear the announcement.

Stafstrom said he and the other winning Berlin High School students submitted

their gingerbread house as part of a class project for a cooking, baking, and pastry

arts class. Other students who worked on the winning house included Timothy Beardsley, Wesley Cantliffe, Amanda Fu-nari, Kailey Lacasse, Nicholas Sznaj and Nicole Xiarhos.

Friends of the Library Pres-ident Debbie Misiaszek said the Friends of the Library is an independent organi-zation that supports library programs such as the ginger-bread house contest, and en-couraged folks to check out the Friends’ book sale and to consider joining the group.

By Charles KreutzkampThe Berlin Citizen

Kevin Stafstrom and the Berlin High School cooking class’s award-winning creation. | Charles Kreutzkamp / The Berlin Citizen

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CalendarFriday, Dec. 26

Racing show - Racing Ac-tion Today, hosted by Berlin native Larry Mongillo, airs ev-ery Friday, 6 p.m., on Com-cast cable channel 5.

Saturday, Dec. 27Boys basketball - BHS vs.

Kennedy, 3 p.m.Wrestling - Glastonbury

Duals.

Tuesday, Dec. 30Pasta supper - American

Legion Post 68, 154 Porters Pass, schedules a pasta sup-per every Tuesday, 5:30 to 7 p.m. A fee is charged. The public is welcome. For more information, call (860) 828-9102 after 5 p.m.

Boy 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 Kensington Road. For more information, call Gwen Va-lencis at (860) 229-3787, ext. 139 or visit www.kensington-rotary.org.

TOPS - TOPS, Taking Off Pounds Sensibly, a non-profit, weight loss organiza-tion, is scheduled to meet 6:30 to 8 p.m. For more infor-mation, call Teresa Rook at (860) 635-7020.

Wednesday, Dec. 31Wrestling - BHS vs. Mid-

dletown, 10 a.m.

Friday, Jan. 2Boys basketball - BHS vs.

RHAM, 7 p.m.Girls basketball - BHS at

E.O. Smith, 6 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 3Ice hockey - BHS vs.

Wethersfield/Rocky Hill/Mid-dletown, 6 p.m.

Wrestling - Whippet Duals.

Indoor track - Shoreline Invite, 10 a.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 6Boys basketball - BHS vs.

Bristol Eastern, 7 p.m.Girls basketball - BHS at

Bristol Eastern, 7 p.m.Boys swimming - BHS vs.

Hall, 3:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 7Wrestling - BHS vs. Bristol

Central, 6 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 8Boy Scouts - Boy Scout

Troop 24 is scheduled to meet Thursdays, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., at the Commu-nity Center, 230 Kensington Road. Stop in or call Mike Neault, Scoutmaster, at (860) 828-3611.

Boy Scouts - Boy Scout Troop 41 is scheduled to meet Thursdays, 7 p.m., at Bethany Covenant Church, 785 Mill St. For more infor-mation, call Scoutmaster K.C. Jones at (860) 829-1148 or email [email protected].

Ice hockey - BHS vs. Northwest Catholic, 4:10 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 9Boys basketball - BHS at

Platt, 7 p.m.Girls basketball - BHS vs.

Platt, 7 p.m.


Fermi/Enfield/E. Granby/Staf-ford, 3:40 p.m.

Indoor track - Elm City Coaches Invite, 9 a.m.

Boys swimming - BHS at Wethersfield, 5 p.m.

Wrestling - Art Powers Duals at BHS, 9:30 a.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 13Boys basketball - BHS at

Bulkeley, 7 p.m.Girls basketball - BHS vs.

Bulkeley, 7 p.m.Boys swimming - BHS vs.

Manchester, 3:45 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 14Ice hockey - BHS vs. E.O.

Smith/Tolland, 7:30 p.m.Wrestling - BHS at Bristol

Eastern, 6 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 15Girls basketball - BHS vs.

Maloney, 7 p.m.


Maloney, 7 p.m.Boys swimming - BHS vs.

Southington, 3:45 p.m.Indoor track - Yale Track

Classic.


Hall-Southington, 8 p.m. Indoor track - Yale Track

Classic.Wrestling - Eagle Classic

Tournament.

Tuesday, Jan. 20Boys basketball - BHS vs.

Middletown, 7 p.m.Girls basketball - BHS at

Middletown, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 21Ice hockey - BHS vs.

Fermi/Enfield/E.Granby/Staf-ford, 4:40 p.m.

Wrestling - BHS vs. Platt, 6 p.m.


Plainville, 7 p.m.Girls basketball - BHS vs.

Plainville, 7 p.m.Boys swimming - BHS at

E.O. Smith, 3:45 p.m.


Conard, 1 p.m. Indoor track - SCC

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Calendar

Girls basketball - BHS at Northwest Catholic, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 27Boys swimming - BHS vs.

Avon, 4 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 28Wrestling - BHS vs. Malo-

ney, 6 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 29Boys basketball - BHS at

Bristol Central, 7 p.m.Girls basketball - BHS vs.

Bristol Central, 7 p.m.Boys swimming - BHS vs.

Simsbury, 7 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 30Ice hockey - BHS vs.

Rockville/Bolton/Coventry/RHAM, 8:10 p.m.


Rockville/Bolton/Coventry/RHAM, 6 p.m.

Indoor track - CCC Championships, 10 a.m.

Wrestling - Connecticut Challenge Tournament.

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In a typical case, an email will say that the company made one or more unsuccess-ful attempts to deliver a pack-age, and will contain a link to what is supposed to be an in-voice or shipping document. By clicking the link, you will download a virus that can sniff around your computer for personal and financial information.

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Just because an email may

display a well-known compa-ny’s logo or appear to come from a reputable source, it doesn’t always mean that it’s legitimate. Fake email ad-dresses may vary somewhat from the real ones and it’s easy for a scammer to copy and paste a company’s logo or text into their message.

A good rule of thumb is to never click on any links or download files from unfamil-iar email addresses. Remem-ber that a hyperlink may not actually lead to where it’s claiming to go. By right click-ing on it and selecting “copy link address,” you can paste the link in a text document to see its true destination.

If you are expecting a deliv-ery and concerned that there may be a legitimate delivery problem, contact the com-pany directly using verifiable contact information .

Did your package disap-pear? At this time of year, mil-lions of people ship packages to friends and family across the country. Unfortunately, theft of parcels delivered to businesses and individu-als also increases during the holidays. Thieves have even been known to follow trucks to steal packages as soon as they are delivered.

If you place an order on-line, BBB recommends keep-ing a copy of the order form and tracking number, and fol-lowing the shipment until its final destination. Here is a checklist to help make sure your package is received by your intended recipients:

• Insure all packages• Require a signature for

delivery• Have packages delivered

to a post office, UPS, FEDEX, or other carrier’s facility

• Ask a friend or neigh-bor to accept or pick up your packages

• If allowed, ship packages to your office

• Let recipients know that a package is on the way and when to expect it to arrive. Follow up to make sure it was received

If you think a package was lost or stolen:

• Make sure that it’s not a simple mistake such as the driver leaving the package out of sight

• Ask a neighbor if they saw the delivery

• Contact the shipper to verify the items were sent

• If you believe your pack-age was stolen, file a police

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Monday, Jan. 5Historic District, Town Hall,

7 p.m.Tuesday, Jan. 6Inland/Wetlands, Commis-

sion, Town Hall, 7 p.m.Town Council, Town Hall, 7

p.m.Thursday, Jan. 8Commission for Persons with

Disabilities, Town Hall, 6:30 p.m.Planning and Zoning, Town

Hall, 7 p.m.Public Building Commission,

238 Kensington Road, 7 p.m.Youth Services Advisory

Board, Town Hall, 4 p.m.Monday, Jan. 12Berlin VNA, Town Hall, 7 p.m.Board of Education, Town

Hall, 7 p.m.Kensington Fire District, 947

Farmington Ave., 5 p.m.Tuesday, Jan. 13Conservation Commission,

Town Hall, 6:30 p.m.

Veterans Commission, Ameri-can Legion Post 68, 7 p.m.

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Board room, 7 p.m.Town Council, Council Cham-

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If you’re anything like me, your inner Scrooge has been staring grumpily at the over-full post-holiday trash. Every year, most folks fill trash bags with shiny wrapping paper that is seldom admired and immediately discarded sec-onds after gifts are opened. There are some weirdos, of course, who force ev-ery member of their family

to carefully sl ide their fingernails underneath scotch tape to surgically extract pres-ents from the same wrap-pings that have been carefully used and re-used since the Great Depres-sion, but that route removes the pleasure of some good

paper-tearing.I’m certain many fami-

lies keep every copy of The Citizen that has ever been delivered to their home in acid-free glass cases, so of course having a practical use for old newspapers is a huge disadvantage to newspa-per-wrapping. For those few who don’t save every copy of our illustrious paper, newspa-per is readily available, often

Have a merry, frugal holidayBy Charles KreutzkampThe Berlin Citizen

Wrapping presents in advertisements is a great way to embrace the over-commercialization of the season. | Charles Kreutzkamp / Special to The Citizen

Kreutzkamp

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See Birds / Page 9

Winter bird watching is a favorite activity at my house and will ramp up over the next couple of months. Sure, you can watch birds any sea-son, but this time of year the birds are highly visible and with gardening and yard work behind me, I’m more inclined to while away a cold Saturday morning or stormy Sunday afternoon looking out the window.

Bird gazing is a beautiful thing. No computer screen, no 387 TV channels to nav-igate. It’s just a bird, the sky

and a momentary interlude over a sunflower seed that I get to observe.

Some refer to bird watch-ing as a hobby and I supposed it is especially if one learns the names and calls, the pref-erences and habits. To me, it’s a form of dreaming with a bit of meditation thrown in.

There’s a hardy mixed flock in my neighborhood and like most avid birders, one of the joys is anthropomorphizing visitors to the feeder. You know the gang, the cheerful chickadee, the greedy jay, the entitled cardinal. I don’t give

Bird watching makes winter days fly By Olivia L. LawrenceSpecial to The Citizen


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Frugal

colorful, and a great choice for wrapping up presents. If you don’t want to allow your precious copies of The Citi-zen to be torn apart, use one of the advertising inserts. What better way to embrace the over-commercialization of the season than wrapping presents in ads? Plus, I’m sure our advertisers would appreciate the exposure.

I haven’t spent a dime on wrapping paper for years. It may cause my younger sis-ter to roll her eyes, but cost is just one of many perks to the practice. Newspaper wrapping is a great way for parents of disaffected col-lege students to show how hip and environmentally con-scious they are, for example.

Though some families practice free-for-all gift opening – also known as “the

piranha method” – newspa-per wrappings have great advantages for families who open gifts round-robin style. Now, if the attention span of your family is anything like mine, opening even a modest number of gifts can take well over an hour with all the dis-tractions, the calls to family members, and the insistence some gift-givers always have on taking pictures so we never forget these precious

moments. When all else fails, newspaper wrappings pro-vide crucial reading material while your father opens his fourth pair of new socks and explains to all who will lis-ten (see also “nobody”) how much he loves argyle.

One complication when dealing with newspaper wrapping is that the sizes of the sheets are too small for some gifts. A truly deter-mined news-wrapper, how-

ever, can utilize multiple sheets to accomplish virtu-ally any wrapping task.

Just one word of cau-tion before you embrace news-wrapping, though – make sure you take a glance at both sides of the page you’re using, and avoid acci-dentally giving your mother a thoughtful gift wrapped in a tragic obituary – seri-ously, learn from my mistake. Happy holidays!

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OpinionBirds

them cute names like Harry the Woodpecker – at least not yet. But it is a thrill to look out the window and see who has arrived on any particular day. Junco, titmouse, grosbeak, a variety of wrens and spar-rows can all be relied upon to make an appearance even during the gloomiest of days. The purple finch and the nuthatch are two entertain-ing species that are always welcome and bird watchers never tire of seeing a pair of cardinal pull up for snack.

The Connecticut Audubon Society reports that large flocks of pine siskins have recently been seen moving through the area. I must have missed them or misidentified them — no matter how much I study the field guides, it can be difficult to tune into subtle, distinguishing features.

An excellent online re-source on what to feed the birds, their habitat and how to recognize their songs can be found at wvu.edu/~agex-ten/wildlife/winterbrd.PDF. While this West Virginia cooperative extension may seem a far afield, most of the bird species covered also are found in our local towns. This excellent, simple fact sheet advises on banquets for birds and how to stock and main-tain your feeders to cater to the needs of the various species.

The Connecticut Ornitho-logical Association at ct-birding.org maintains lists of sightings and is another in-teresting read. It advises that

“More and more, Connecticut birders record their sightings on eBird and there are many benefits for you and the bird-ing community. After sign-ing up for eBird you can have alerts of unusual sightings in CT and other regions deliv-ered to your email inbox.”

A friend of mine once told me that she’d given her new in-laws a bird feeder and that they had spurned her gift claiming that feeding the birds was a dirty business and they wanted no part of it. Well, I don’t have to tell you how that relationship turned out.

However, feeding stations do have to be maintained and it’s not my favorite part, either (Especially handling suet. That’s a special chal-lenge.) Feeders should be set up in an area welcoming to avian life and safe from squir-rels and cats.

Every year about this time Green Earth Media Group

sends press releases hawk-ing (yes, pun intended) bird food and related accessories for their clients in the bird supply business. Two good tips from Coles Wild Bird Products were passed along. First, there is no research that shows wild birds will become lazy if you feed them or that they will forgo migrating in order to hang out in your backyard. So relax, you won’t contribute to slothfulness in birds.

Coles also reminds bird en-thusiasts to help birds with their fresh water needs over the cold months. “Finding fresh, unfrozen water can be more challenging for birds than finding food in the win-ter.” Heated birdbaths are one option, but most folks I know just set out a shallow pan of water by the feeder each day, perhaps not a perfect solution but it helps.

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Cardinal at feeder. | Olivia L. Lawrence / For The Citizen

The decision by the na-tion’s second-largest phar-macy chain to stop selling tobacco products is a bold move that will cost it money in the short term, but in the long run may succeed in rebranding CVS (now known as CVS Health) as the go-to place for health-care and well-ness needs.

Several factors speak in favor of this change. For one thing, the smoking rate among U.S. adults has been declining by about five percentage points per decade, and is now below 18 percent. Then there are the millions of peo-ple who are expected to gain some kind of health insurance through the Af-fordable Care Act; even if their policies don’t include prescription coverage, a heightened level of health awareness might steer them toward CVS, with its 850 in-store MinuteClinics, its flu-shot programs and its smoking-cessation plan.

And there are millions of baby boomers with some kind of prescription cov-erage who have already quit smoking, or who will sooner or later see the wis-dom of doing so. They, too, might be attracted by the smoke-free ethos at CVS.

On the other hand, the

modern pharmacy has long since become more like a general store, growing in size in order to carry ev-erything from Cheetos to Clorox, from toys to tal-cum powder and from medicine to motor oil. It’s hard to imagine that ded-icated smokers will quit simply because CVS no longer offers them one-stop shopping; after all, every gas station and con-venience store will still be selling cigarettes.

So will the other chain drugstores, as far as we know (Walgreens is the biggest by number of stores, although CVS says it does the greatest dollar volume of prescriptions), along with whatever inde-pendents have managed to survive the onslaught of Walgreens, CVS, Rite Aid and the in-store pharma-cies at supermarkets and big-box retailers. While this move by CVS — which started out in 1963 in Low-ell, Mass., as Consumer Value Stores — may or may not inspire many peo-ple to give up the evil weed tobacco, every little bit helps. And no doubt this action will go down in the marketing textbooks of the future.

— A Record-Journal editorial

Chain store boldly stops selling tobacco


Travels

that he is home, this bracelet should be with him or with his family.”

The Examiner published a follow-up story, and “two or three days later I get an email from (Ferguson’s) sister,” Bor-selle said. Someone had let Sue Scott of Wisconsin know that Borselle was looking for her, wanting to return the bracelet that sought to remind those who saw it on Borselle’s wrist about the plight of the missing soldier and his family.

“I was so overwhelmed with the joy that this had found his family,” Borselle said. She sent the bracelet to Scott with a card expressing her condolences and thanks for Ferguson’s service. Bor-selle received an email from Scott thanking her for “keep-ing the faith” – and the brace-let – for more than 40years.

Borselle said it has been an “interesting journey, espe-cially this time of the year,” to have been able to play her “very small part” in provid-ing closure for the family of a young man who made the ul-timate sacrifice.

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increase, Gross told The Citizen by email that it was needed for “significant ex-penses associated with run-ning a large and complex electric system.” The rates must cover costs so that CL&P can make “targeted investments in Connecti-cut’s electric infrastructure,” Gross said, improving reli-

ability. “2013 was our best reliability year in over a de-cade, with fewer and shorter power interruptions. We are also proud of the savings our merger provided and will continue to manage costs to benefit our customers.”

Gerratana fired back that, as a CL&P customer, she has not seen substantial infra-structure improvements that justify the price increase. “If

2013 wasn’t better than the year before we’d all be sitting in the dark right now,” Gerre-tana said by phone. “Regard-less of what the cost may be to them, they have not proved to us that they are giving us sufficient quality in return for the amount of money we are spending.”

“In Connecticut our elec-tric rates are the highest in the country,” Gerratana added.

The investment research firm Morningstar reports that CL&P (CNTHP) earned more than $200 million in net income every year since 2009. According to Morning-star, the company last posted negative income in 2005, when CL&P lost $253 mil-lion, but the company made a whopping $471 million the following year, the highest recent peak in earnings.

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Members of the Berlin High School Jazz Ensem-ble entertained over 500 Board of Education mem-bers and superintendents of schools from across the state at the recent annual CABE and CAPSS Con-vention held in Groton.

Performing groups from schools across the state were encouraged to sub-mit videos of their perfor-mances and two schools were selected by a panel of judges to perform at the convention based on

the quality of their work.The jazz ensemble in-

cluded Brooke Barney, Andrew Bosco, Chris-topher deRito, Damon Eldah, James Fagan, Kath-erine Frederick, Kathryn Garrison, Christopher Hauptfe ld , Benjamin Kozak, Andrew Leary, Emily Lombardo, Joseph Pagliaruli, Theodore Reed, Anna Reyes, Alec Rich, Maria Rigas, Theo Tom-asitis, and Anna Woodin, led by music teacher Jef-frey Sirois.

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tral Connecticut is looking for volunteers. All prospective tu-tors must be 18 and over with a minimum of a high school de-gree, good writing and speak-ing skills. Observations and support is provided.

Training sessions are sched-uled as follows: Jan. 13, 16, 20 and 23, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at the Bristol Public Library and Jan. 12, 15, 22, 26 and 29, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the New Brit-ain Public Library. Pre-regis-tration is required.

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Cancer Society’s Road to Recovery

The American Cancer So-ciety’s Road to Recovery pro-gram is currently in need,

statewide, for drivers. The program offers transporta-tion to and from treatment for people who have cancer and do not have a ride or are un-able to drive themselves. Vol-unteers don’t only provide transportation, but also offer encouragement and support to the patients.

Volunteers must have a valid driver’s license as well as a safe, reliable vehicle and proof of automobile insur-ance. Volunteers must have a good driving history and be in good health. Once passing a background check, volun-teers will receive training from the American Cancer Society. Drivers are asked to volunteer for at least one hour, one day, once a month. The society matches drivers’ availability and geography with the needs of patients who call.

For more information, call 1-800-227-2345.

Health Briefs

During the holiday sea-son, it seems that all we do is shop, shop, shop.

While not paying atten-tion when you purchase hol-iday gifts places your wallet at risk, not paying attention when you purchase grocer-ies can place your health at risk.

If you don’t take certain safety steps while grocery shopping, you can risk food poisoning.

Grocery shopping is where safe food handling should start, by following these recommendations you can make sure the food you bring home is safe.

1. Keep raw meat, poultry, and seafood separate from other foods in your grocery cart. This will keep the meat juices that may contain bac-teria away from other items in your shopping cart. By wrapping these raw items in an additional plastic bag, usually provided near where meat is displayed, you can further prevent drippings from contaminating other items.

2. Buy cold foods last. If cold grocery items are al-

lowed to stay at room tem-perature for longer than 2 hours, they can start grow-ing bacteria that cause food poisoning. Often when we’re holiday grocery shopping we’re purchasing unusual foods or items in bulk. The extra time it takes to find these items means we move through the store slower. More people in the store shopping also means check-out may take longer than usual.

These delays can quickly add up and your perishable items may be out of refriger-ation too long. By purchas-ing your cold food items last, you don’t have to worry about the time it took you to track down the nutmeg.

3. Ask the cashier to place your raw meat, poul-try and seafood items in a separate bag. This way you won’t have to worry about raw meat juices leaking on ready-to-eat items, like bread or pies.

4. Purchase a meat ther-mometer. If you do not already own a meat ther-mometer, make sure to pick up this cooking essential during next trip to the gro-cery store. A thermome-ter will help you ensure all

your holiday dishes are fully cooked. The color or texture of food does not accurately indicate that it reached a high enough temperature to incapacitate bacteria.

Just as you have a proce-dure for storing your holi-day gifts when you get home, you should have a system for storing your food.

It is important to immedi-ately place your cold items in the refrigerator or freezer to avoid them getting warm enough for bacteria to grow.

When you place items in the fridge, you should be able to place your raw meat, poultry and seafood on the bottom shelf of the refriger-ator where it will not drip on ready-to-eat items.

To f u r t h e r a v o i d cross-contamination from raw juices, place your raw meat on a plate or similar container that will prevent dripping.

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Girls basketballAnother solid week has the

Lady Redcoats sitting at 2-2 after the first two weeks of their 2014-’15 campaign.

The girls fell at the hands of Glastonbury to begin Week 2, 45-29. Despite a strong first half that only saw Berlin down 20-14 at the break, Glastonbury used a 17-4 third quarter to pull away. Senior Alyssa Germano led the charge for Berlin with 10 points. Senior Sam Bilin-sky added eight while junior Sam Lynes added five.

Berlin ended its week on a much higher note, defeating Bunnell by a final count of 49-

39. Down 12-10 after the first quarter, the Lady ’Coats out-scored the Bulldogs in each remaining frame to come away victorious.

Bilinsky led the charge with a game-high 18 points and seven rebounds, while Germano netted 12, includ-ing three 3-pointers. Lynes chipped in six, and senior Abby Underwood (6 points), sophomore Nina D’Amato (5), and Alana Garofalo (2) all contributed towards the victory.

Ice hockeyThe Newington-B er -

lin-Manchester co-op team started its season on a sour note, yet quickly turned the rough start into sweet har-mony to finish its first week of competition at 1-1.

Girls hoops, hockey split

By Nate BrownThe Berlin Citizen

Berlin’s Sam Bilinsky looks to make a move on her defender in a recent game against Bunnell.| Matt Leidemer / For The Citizen

Track competes in New Haven

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The forecast on Friday night, Dec. 19 called for chilling temperatures and a bright, clear sky throughout the evening.

The weather inside Ber-lin’s gymnasium was vastly different.

A mix of heat waves and showers had ’Coats fans cheering enthusiastically, as they watched the local boys basketball team get hot and make it rain 3-pointers on East Lyme en route to a 74-54 victory that was all but decided by halftime.

“We wanted to play up tempo tonight. We wanted to apply some pressure in the half court. We had some success early, obvi-ously, which led to some easy baskets in transition,” BHS coach Mike Veneziano said. “But we just wanted to push the ball. That was our game plan, to push the ball as much as we could.”

The Redcoats’ high-oc-tane defensive approach led to plenty of East Lyme turnovers and Berlin scor-ing opportunities as the Berlin boys jumped out to leads of 11-0 and 21-6 to start the game.

A huge part of the team’s early success, especially of-fensively, came from junior Evan McKinnon, as senior Danny Garofalo kept the good times rolling when-ever his teammate took a rest. Each player scored a game-high 17 points while adding three and f ive 3-pointer’s, respectively. The Redcoats dropped 27 points from long distance throughout the night.

“We shoot a lot of three pointers at practice, for sure. McKinnon is a very consistent shooter and Garofalo is a kid who can catch lightning, and today he caught lightning,” Vene-ziano said. “He’s a kid who can hit five or six shots in a row, and I don’t know how

many he hit in a row today, but he hit a lot. They can both shoot it, for sure.”

With the outside shots falling, the Redcoats were able to easily spread the floor, which led to plenty of work for Berlin’s bigs, including senior Domi-nic Nuzzo (10 points, 8 re-bounds, 5 blocks) and junior Jake McCarthy (12 points), who missed all of last sea-son with a torn ACL.

“(McCarthy) has a ways to go (before he’s playing at full speed), but I think he’s going to have a great second half (of the season),” Vene-ziano said. “He’s been better every game; we’ve had three scrimmages and this was our second game, and he’s getting better and better.

“For him, I think it’s just confidence and being on the court.”

Confidence is definitely a trait that the team isn’t lacking collectively, as Ber-lin’s point guards – senior R.J. Veneziano and junior Kyle Mahoney – were quick to spread the ball, know-ing their teammates can hit from practically anywhere on the court.

Veneziano walked away with 11 assists. Senior Adam Litwinko added 10 points while senior Landon Mur-phy, junior Nick Mozzicato, junior Evan Cornwall, and junior Mike Wojciechawski also scored for the ’Coats (1-1).

Redcoats make it rainBy Nate BrownThe Berlin Citizen

Dominic Nuzzo helped the Redcoats dominate East Lyme Friday, 74-54. Nuzzo finished with 10 points, eight rebounds, and five blocks. | Matt Leidemer / For The Citizen


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The Indians lost at the hands of North Branford 7-3 in the team’s first game of the year. The boys strug-gled to find the back of the net, falling behind 2-0 af-ter one period and 4-0 after two. Dante Gugliotti (2 goals) and Aaron Lassen got NBM on the board, but it wasn’t enough. The Indians forced the opposing goalkeeper to make 19 saves throughout the contest. Berlin resident Cam Criniti made 14 saves during the game.

The boys struck early and often in their next matchup to skate away with a 3-1 vic-tory over East Haven. Lassen, Gugliotti and Luca DiPaola scored for the Indians, while Criniti made an impressive 25 saves throughout the contest.

The team’s next action will take place Monday, Dec. 29 when the Indians take part in a Holiday Classic in Durham, New Hampshire.

Indoor trackBoth the Redcoats and

Lady ’Coats participated in the New Haven Invitational meet this past weekend. The

girls placed 24th, scoring four points, while the boys failed to place.

The girls were led by their 4x200 meter relay team, which placed fifth overall. Comprised of juniors Taylor Budney and Sophia Morell, and sophomores Vanessa Re-imer and Sarah Daddario, the group finished in 1:51.88.

The Lady ’Coats’ 4x400 team also performed well, as seniors Kristen Madeia and Taylor Lupini, along with Budney and junior Jodi DiCicco, finished sixth over-all with a time of 4:23.79.

The girls 4x800 team mir-rored the strong finish of the 4x400 foursome, finishing

sixth with a time of 10:23.42. The squad was comprised of Lupini, Madeia, DiCicco and junior Sarah Hagen, and fin-ished two seconds away shy of a top five finish.

Reimer also had an impres-sive individual performance, in the 55 dash, finishing in 7.71. While her eighth place finish wasn’t quite quick enough to make the finals, Reimer was a mere .06 seconds away from qualifying.

Sophomore Tess Atkinson also performed well individ-ually, in the 200. She finished 10th overall with a time of 28.10, while freshman team-mate Julia Sisti finished 20th overall (29.53).

The Berlin boys were led by junior Connor Ladd, who finished 17th in the 3200. Ladd crossed the finish line in 11:04.94 and was joined shortly by sophomore team-

mate Dan Pearles, who fin-ished 20th (11:22.11).

Junior Kevin Russell com-peted in the 55 hurdles for BHS, finishing 22nd with a time of 9.90.

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The calm before the collegiate storm

I hope Santa is good to you this holiday, but I guess the old elf isn’t in charge of New England weather.

While we received rain this past weekend, Minne-sota picked up two feet of new powder.

So far this season Odin does not favor the east.

I was in Vermont last week to spend some time with the UConn ski team at Okemo Mountain. The racers were training hard and getting in a lot of gates on good firm snow under a gray sky. While the snow hasn’t fallen hard here in Connecticut, there is good, deep, machine-made cover on Eastern ski mountains.

“We have a very talented group of freshmen joining last season’s very successful team and are looking forward to another championship run,” UConn coach Larry Gi-anatti said.

Joining Cheshire’s Kelsie Carlette, now in her second sea-son at UConn, and co-cap-tain Ma-cenzie Ingenito, a senior, are fresh-men Samantha Feinberg from Greenwich, Rachael Lafebvre (Gunstock, New Hampshire), Danielle Sinkowicz, who was on the New Jersey State Ski Team, and Sabina Spofford (Westborough, Mass.)

The UConn men’s team has two newcomers joining the group. Luke Gatti and Roger Hueglin, from Wilton, are joining last season’s fourth place finishers in the National Championships.

“Both the men’s and wom-en’s teams are young, but

experi-enced racers,” Gianatti said. “The new

athletes have all been racing for several seasons, and were members of their high school ski teams last season. They are training well and are en-couraging each other to go

By Dave MongilloSpecial to The Citizen

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The victory, Berlin’s first of the season, helped to remove the sour taste of a season opening 49-39 loss to Glaston-bury from the team’s mouth. Despite holding a slim 22-21 halftime lead in that contest, the Redcoats couldn’t get enough shots to fall to walk away winners. Nuzzo led the way with 13 points in that one.

Yet the matchup with East Lyme never amounted to much of a threat to Berlin, as the locals led 24-13 after the first quarter and 43-26 by halftime.

The Redcoats extended the lead to 64-40 after three quar-ters before giving way to an impressive performance by the team’s reserve players to close out the contest.

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faster.”“We’ll be training at Okemo

until we go home for the hol-idays,” said Gianatti. “Then we’ll be back here for the opening race on Jan. 8.”

“Our goal for the season is to qualify for the Nationals,” said Carlette, speaking on behalf of the women’s team. “We missed making the cut by less than one second last season, and we won’t let that happen again.”

Carlette was injured in the last race of the regular season in 2014, and has spent the en-tire off-season rehabbing and trying to get stronger before the snow falls. “I’m ready to go,” she said, “and I want to win the opening slalom to show the other teams we are stronger than last year.”

Gianatti expects good things from his racers in 2015, but we’ll have to wait until the end of February to see if the UConn ski team will end the season as the big dogs on the mountain.

Enjoy the rest of the holi-day season, get in some good runs, be careful, safe and happy.

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The Bulldogs walked away with the most impressive Week 1 victory in Berlin’s Parks and Recreation third and fourth grade basketball division, topping the Blue Devils 34-14.

The Dogs were led by Zach Skinner’s 10 points, while six other players added to the victory: Kyle Cugno (six points), Terrance Dornfried (six), Rory Mayer (four) Marcus Kelly Johnson (four), Nicholas Vignone (two), and Caleb Orde (two). The Dev-ils were led by Kevin Paren-

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The Hoyas bested the Hor-nets 24-11 behind eight points from Lorenzo Miele. Miele was joined in the scoring col-umn by Bryce Hrubiec (four points), Adam Rice (two), Toby Lavender (four), Mi-chael Fitzsimmons (two), Logan Frisk (two) and Tyler

Dogs rule; Celtics, Slugs earn a tie

The annual Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship will take place Sunday, Jan. 4 at St. Paul School gym in Kens-ington. All local boys and girls age 9 to 14 are in-vited to participate in this best-of-15 foul-shooting contest.

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The performance of state winners will be compared to determine the national winners.

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Bergstrom (two). Michael Palmieri (four points) led the charge for the Hornets as David Clement (two points), River Eberhardt (two), Joshua Clement (one) and Ethan Hurd (one) all contributed.

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In the league’s final game of action, the Celtics and Ba-nana Slugs played to a 16-16 stalemate. Marino Fanelli of the Slugs led all scorers with eight points as Ryan Hines (four), Jacob Hines (two) and Dominic Mongillo (two) all contributed offensively. The Celtics received scoring con-tributions from five differ-ent players: William Gomes (four), Luke Maguder (four), Bret Maynard (four), Kevin Daley (two) and Alex Spen-cer (two).

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Birds

With many bleak and chal-lenging days ahead, I shiver at the thought of even ven-turing outside. Meanwhile, birds with those tiny bodies

somehow endure with nary a feather out of place.

The bulk of winter is ahead of us, so lets fill up the feeder, pull up chair, grab the binocu-lars and enjoy these amazing creatures.

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books, novelty cake pans and DVDs for its collection and weekly book sale.

Donations may be dropped off at the library Mondays and Fridays, 2:30 to 5 p.m.;

Wednesdays, 9 to 11:30 a.m. and 7 to 8 p.m. or any time in the library book drop.

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

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Second grade basketball

The Parks and Recre-ation Department has scheduled second grade girls basketball for Sat-urdays, 1 to 2 p.m., begin-ning Jan. 3, for eight weeks, at Griswold Elementary School.

The program is for in-struction, with limited time set for games. Space is limited.

The Parks and Recre-ation Department has scheduled second grade boys basketball for Satur-days, noon to 1 p.m., begin-ning Jan. 3, for eight weeks, at Griswold Elementary School. The program is for instruction, with limited time set for games. Space is limited.

Men’s 31+ basketballThe Berlin Parks and

Recreation Department is

accepting registration for men’s 31+ basketball. Play is scheduled for Tuesdays, 6 to 9 p.m., at McGee Middle School. A fee is charged. Teams are formed on a nightly basis. Drop-ins are welcome and must provide verification of eligibility.

Women’s 30+ volleyball

The Berlin Parks and Recreation Department is accepting registration for women’s 30+ volley-ball. Play is scheduled for Wednesdays, 6:30 to 8 p.m., at McGee Middle School. A fee is charged. Teams are formed on a nightly basis. Drop-ins are welcome and must provide verification of eligibility.

For more information re-garding Parks and Recre-ation programs, call (860) 828-7009 or visit www.town.berlin.ct.us.

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POLITICS SET ASIDE AT ANNUAL GATHERING

Mayor Rachel Rochette, elected officials, town staff, police officials, and local business owners congregated at the annual Holiday Gathering held at the Baltic Restaurant on Dec. 17. “I think it’s a great opportunity for the business community to celebrate a successful year,” Rochette said, adding that the event helped promote networking, friendship, and cooperation. | Charles Kreutzkamp / The Berlin Citizen

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