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Volume 18, Number 22 Berlin’s Only Hometown Newspaper www.berlincitizen.com Thursday, July 3, 2014

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMERICA

The bronze eagle atop the obelisk at Berlin’s War Memorial greets the morning sun. The Memorial is located at the corner of Worthington Ridge and Farmington Avenue. | Photo by Lee Roski

Joe Lagosz was 12 years old in 1960, listening in to his fa-ther recounting to his mother the scene of a train accident at Norton’s Crossing that killed a woman and seven children earlier that day.

Emily Whitaker lived and worked on the Lagosz farm at the end of Norton Lane, a dead-end road near Silver Lake surrounded by forest. The only way in and out of the farm crosses the railroad tracks.

On March 8, 1960, Em-ily Whitaker was taking her seven foster children to school when her station wagon was hit while cross-ing the tracks. Parts of the station wagon, and its occu-pants, were thrown around the tracks and into a frozen pond on the Lagosz’ property.

All eight were killed in the crash, including 12-year-old Mary Ann DeCruz, who baby-sat Lagosz and his siblings.

Lagosz said his father de-scribed the bloody scene, not

Private railroad crossing was site of horrific crash

The gate near the railroad tracks at Norton’s Crossing in Berlin is the scene of a 1960 accident in which a woman and seven children were killed. | Jesse Buchanan / For The Citizen

By Jesse BuchananSpecial to The Citizen

See Crash / Page 6

Town Council heard a presentation from architect Brian Humes from Jacunski Humes Architects LLC re-garding the new police sta-tion project at the council meeting June 17. Humes has been working with the Public Building Commission since last winter and has also met with the Police Commission to ensure the new station will meet the Berlin Police De-partment’s needs.

The building is “incor-porated as part of a master plan,” Humes said, for further development in the Farming-

ton Avenue area. Councilor David Evans

asked if renovating the cur-rent police station had been considered. Director of Pub-lic Works Arthur Simonian explained that this had been discussed by the building commission, and that the commission had investigated whether it was possible to ex-pand the current space with an addition. Unfortunately, parking is already limited at the current location, which shares the municipal com-plex with the Town Hall, Board of Education, and the Berlin-Peck Memorial Li-brary, and further reductions to parking would be unfeasi-

ble. “There is limited space to expand,” Simonian said. Ad-ditionally, the space needs as-sessment greatly exceeds the additional space available to expand.

“It was looked at,” Simo-nian said.

Councilor William Ras-mussen said that it was worth considering that “Middle-town relocated their police station downtown several years ago and I think if you talk to any business owner they will tell you… it has been the key to the revitalization of downtown Middletown. I think this is a great opportu-

Police station project discussedBy Charles KreutzkampThe Berlin Citizen

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The first-ever Support CT Veterans Car Show held at the American Legion Post 68 June 28 was a great suc-cess according to its orga-nizers, with an unexpectedly high turnout despite the hot weather.

“It was a good turnout for the first year with a nice mix of cars,” said Paul Nelson of New Britain. “But it is too hot.”

The scorching sun didn’t discourage the presence of more than 80 cars, including vintage classics and newer Corvettes. Among the cars present were a 1926 Ford Model T Coupe and a 1959 Chevy Corvette roadster in frost blue.

“The turnout is more than we expected,” said Richard Miller, Connecticut Military Corvette Club president. Miller said the plan for the car show came together after conversations he had with Vinny Trigila, Immediate Post Commander of Ameri-can Legion Post 68.

“We were looking for a venue,” Miller said, and Trig-ila had the perfect place in the land owned by the Amer-ican Legion.

Volunteer Ron Perras ex-plained that the event was supporting four charities, all

dedicated to helping veter-ans and their families.

Charities included the Wounded Warrior Project, Purple Heart Homes, the Connecticut National Guard Fund, and South Park Inn, a Hartford homeless shelter that has 10 beds set aside for

homeless veterans.The event raised money

through entry fees, food sales, and a 50/50 raffle.

“We’re looking forward to next year,” Miller said.

For more photos from the show, visit TheBerlinCitizen.com.

Summer heat didn’t discourage car enthusiastsBy Charles KreutzkampThe Berlin Citizen

The first-ever Support CT Veterans Car Show drew quite a crowd to American Legion Post 68 June 28.| Charles Kreutzkamp / The Berlin Citizen

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American Warrior veterans and guardians gather at the National WWII Memorial in Washington, D.C. during the Day of Honor on April 26. | Photo courtesy of Paul Bonneau

The dreams of 1,000 World War II veterans have been fulfilled thanks to American Warrior, a non-profit organi-zation founded seven years ago. On April 26, 78 WWII veterans and 20 Korean War veterans made the Day of Honor trip to Washington, D.C. to visit the National WWII Memorial and other memorials founded to honor their service to the United States.

To further forge the bond, many of the travelers gath-ered June 21 at Northeast Utilities in Berlin to watch a video about the 14-hour ex-cursion and to reminisce.

The April trip brought the total to 1,000 veterans who have made the trip, at no cost to them. American War-rior, based in Norwich, was founded in 2006 by Connecti-

cut resident Christopher D. Coutu after he and his wife, Nergina, visited the National WWII memorial and noticed there were few veterans of that era present. His own grandfather and six great-un-cles never saw the site.

Coutu, who was then 30 years old, did not want the surviving servicemen and women – including his elderly uncle – to never have the op-portunity to visit the memori-als established in their honor. A U.S. Air Force veteran and an officer in the Army Na-tional Guard, Coutu founded American Warrior and with great community support and his own savings, the first Day of Honor was held Sept. 15, 2007 with 100 WWII vet-erans and 49 guardians - es-corts - taking the excursion, his uncle among them.

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American Warrior veterans reuniteBy Robin Lee MichelSpecial to The Citizen

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The first annual picnic at Willard Elementary School, held June 17, was a great suc-cess, with a high turnout of students’ families, according to Principal Al Souza and grade 2 teacher Lisa Rouleau.

Rou leau approached Souza with the idea for a school-community pic-nic, and the staff thought it would be a nice opportunity to bring the community to-gether, Souza said.

“It took the whole staff coming together to make this event a success,” the princi-pal said, emphasizing the wide range of contributions school staff made to pull off the picnic.

The picnic featured a flash mob accompanied by music played over the intercom sys-tem, which was achieved by holding a phone up to a ste-reo. At the picnic there were also safe tattoos, kickball, volleyball, and a mural fea-turing students’ handprints.

“We were very fortunate with the weather,” Souza

said. “It was a beautiful day out.”

“We have a wonderful PTO,” he added.

Souza explained that al-though the PTO offered as-sistance in staffing the event, school staff refused the help. “We wanted to give some-thing back to the PTO,” Souza said.

Students of each grade level contributed fruit, des-serts, and drinks as the staff prepared hot dogs and more.

First Willard picnic a successBy Charles KreutzkampThe Berlin Citizen

2014 is a banner year for ticks, according to Dr. Kirby Stafford from the Depart-ment of Entomology at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. Accord-ing to the Connecticut De-partment of Public Health, tick population is a major

factor in the prevalence of Lyme Disease.

“Lyme Disease is trans-mitted through the bite of infected ticks, may not have any initial symptoms, can be difficult to diagnose, and re-quires active personal pro-tection participation from you to remove ticks as soon as possible and do what you can to prevent tick bites,”

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Be wary, it’s a banner year for ticksBy Charles KreutzkampThe Berlin Citizen

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knowing his young son was eavesdropping.

“There was a leg that was twitching on the pond,” La-gosz said.

Since then he’s petitioned state and town officials to make the crossing safer but his efforts have been unsuccessful.

“I have been harping on the town and the state to do

something. It’s a dangerous crossing,” Lagosz said.

On June 23, present day, a tree trimming truck was struck at the crossing, send-ing five people to the hos-pital and causing numerous delays along the rail corridor. It’s the latest in a number of accidents at Norton’s Cross-ing since 1960.

A sign facing Lagosz’ property says the crossing

is private and subject to the owner’s control. Lagosz be-gan locking a gate across his driveway near the tracks to keep away trespassers.

The tree trimming crew was stopped at the gate June 23 before the vehicle was hit by the train.

Lagosz said he’d been in contact with Connecticut Light & Power about tree trimming and said he pro-vided his cell phone number so the company could call him to let in the work crew. Lagosz said he never got a call.

Northeast Utilities, CL&P’s parent company, could not be reached for comment June 24.

Since the only road con-necting Lagosz’ house with the town runs over the tracks, he’s vigilant about crossing them safely.

Trains almost always blow their whistle at the crossing but he stops, looks and listens anyway.

Lagosz also takes off his seatbelt at the cross in case he needs to get out of his car

in a hurry. He tells his wife, family and friends not to stop on the tracks.

“You cannot hesitate. You put your foot on the gas and you go,” he said. “If we have company coming over, I’ll meet them at the crossing.”

Berlin Town Manager De-nise McNair said the crossing doesn’t present a problem for emergency personnel.

While there have been ac-cidents, they’ve been few in number and spread over decades.

“That crossing has al-ways existed in the same way it does today,” McNair said. “When you think of 40 or 50 years, it’s not really a problem.”

She said there may be changes planned for the crossing as part of the state Department of Transpor-tation’s plans for increased commuter service through Connecticut.

A message left with the state Public Utilities Reg-ulatory Authority, which oversees rail lines, was not

returned. The state De-partment of Transportation also couldn’t be reached for comment.

Another accident took place in 1964 when a couple became stalled on the tracks and were hit by an oncoming train.

The man, John Sturm of Kensington, and a passerby, Wilfred McKinney of Mer-iden, were trying to push the car off the tracks while the woman, Patricia Murphy of Meriden, stayed in the car.

“The car, with Miss Mur-phy still at the wheel, was al-most clear of the tracks when the train struck,” according to a 1964 Morning Record report.

Although the car was sent flying five feet and “demol-ished” according to the re-port, no one was injured.

The 1964 article includes an interview with former state Rep. Arthur M. Powers, who at the time of the acci-dent was a Berlin first select-man. Powers said that while in the legislature he’d tried to have automatic gates in-stalled at all rail crossings but that no action had been taken to raise the $25,000 necessary.

Powers said he had been successful in getting trains to

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blow their whistles when ap-proaching Norton’s Crossing.

Lagosz also remembers another accident in the 1970s when a pickup truck was hit on the tracks. No one was hurt in that accident.

Curves in the track and em-bankments reduce visibility, according to Lagosz. People also don’t take the dangers of an oncoming train seriously. When Lagosz sees people near the tracks, he tries to warn them of the crossing.

“Most times they say, ‘Oh, is there a train that comes through here?’” he said. “They think I’m a pain, a crank. Peo-ple don’t believe me.”

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Thursday, July 3Boy Scouts - Boy Scout

Troop 24 is scheduled to meet Thursday, 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 Thursday, 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].

Tuesday, July 8Boy 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 organization, is scheduled to meet 6:30 to 8 p.m., at Cromwell Town Hall, Suite 219, 41 West St. For more information, call Betty Water at (860) 635-7020.

Saturday, July 12Historical Society - The

Berlin Historical Society, 305 Main St., is open Saturdays, 1 to 4 p.m. New exhibits in-clude Boy Scouting in Berlin, a permanent toy collection, a retrospective celebrating the museum’s 20th year, Ber-lin tin, Berlin bricks, Berlin Iron bridge, the Leatherman, Simeon North’s Mill and more. Free admission. For more information, call (860) 828-5114.

Swap meet - The SVEA Social Club Inc., 999 Kens-ington Road, has scheduled a swap meet/tag sale for Satur-day, July 12, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., rain or shine. No dumping allowed. Proceeds benefit the 110th anniversary celebration of the club.

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Alan A. Gelmini Sr. BERLIN, Conn. — Alan A. Gelmini Sr., 60, of Berlin, passed away unexpectedly

in Bedford, TX on June 23, 2014. Born in New Britain, Conn., he was the son of Florence (Pas) Gelmi-

ni, of Berlin and the late Alexander A. Gelmini. Alan graduated from Berlin High School and returned to Berlin three years ago after spending 30 years in Tex-as. He was employed as a manager at ADP for over 30 years. Surviving are two chil-dren, Melisa Gelmini and Mark Gelmini, both of Eu-less, Texas; his mother, Florence Gelmini, of Ber-lin; his sister and brother-in-law, Lorraine and Harry Carling, of Berlin; and two grandchildren, Peyton and Ethan; and several nieces and nephews. In addition to his father, he was pre-deceased by a son, Alan Gelmini Jr. Alan was a black belt in karate, owned and operat-ed a karate school (Dojo), and was the master karate trainer and leader (Sensei) at the school. All his chil-dren are also black belts. He also enjoyed fishing and going to the casino. He also enjoyed family gatherings and events. A Mass of Christian burial was celebrated on Tuesday, July 1 at 11:30 a.m. at St. Paul Church in Kensington. Calling hours were Tuesday morning from 9 to 11 a.m. at Erickson-Hansen Funer-al Home, 411 S. Main St., New Britain. In lieu of flow-ers, memorial donations may be made to the Amer-ican Heart Association, 1 Union St., Suite 301, Rob-binsville, NJ 08691-4183. Please share a memory of Alan with the family in the on line guest book at www.ericksonhansen.com.

Betty Ann Blackburn BERLIN, Conn. — Betty Ann Blackburn of Marjorie Moore Village, Berlin, died on Tuesday, June 24, 2014. She was born in New Britain, Conn. to Richard and Marjorie Blackburn, now deceased. Betty Ann, a 1953 grad-uate of New Britain High School, enjoyed a career in the travel business most of her working life. She was a world traveler, and worked in Bermuda for several years. Betty Ann is survived by her niece, Tracey Hill-Ben-salem, of Montclair, N.J; and her nephew, David Hill, of Orange Park, Fla. Her sister, Marilyn, died sev-eral years ago. Betty Ann also leaves dear people who cared deeply about her. Jeanne Stocklen Mc-Quillan, Beverly Stocklen Schreiber, Patricia Mc-Cann, Carol Fields Palm, Lisa Palm, and Susan Palm Siplon were like family to her. A deep, heartfelt ap-preciation goes to her lov-ing aide, Christine Carrier. Betty Ann was a loving soul and will be missed daily. She loved her cat, Casey, a devoted friend. You may wish to remem-ber Betty Ann with a con-tribution to the Connecticut Humane Society, 701 Rus-sell Road, Newington, CT 06111. Abby Cremation in Rocky Hill is taking care of Betty Ann. There are no calling hours or funeral. Her ashes will be scat-tered in places she loved.


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Not the place for a cell phone tower

To the editor:I live in the small, but

steadily growing area of Berlin/Kensington and fre-quently visit friends right next door to Bicentennial Park, which has recently gar-nered the unwelcome and un-wanted interest of AT&T for its newest cell tower location.

I am writing to oppose cell towers in this location for many reasons, the least of which is it being an eyesore and a sure fire way to de-value all the properties in the surrounding area, the most of which is its transmission signals causing major health problems for citizens in its closest vicinity and up to two miles away.

I encourage you to think and act accordingly as if this cell tower were to be pro-posed to go on the property right next door to your home. How much would your home be worth then? How safe would you feel in regards to your family’s health from that

point on?Ask AT&T to find a loca-

tion that is not directly in a residential area directly across the street from a golf course that also hosts jog-gers and dog walkers on a regular basis. Find a location other than Bicentennial Park skirting the property lines of a failing church and home where a family with three growing boys reside.

Too many of life’s most re-grettable decisions are made based on money. Don’t let this be one of them. If The Prince of Peace Church grants AT&T permission to visually and in-ternally poison the people in the location all around the site slated to become AT&Ts next cell tower installation, it gives a failing church the fi-nancial bailout they need, but at what cost?

My grandmother always said, “When you have your health, you have everything in the world, when you don’t, nothing else in the world can make up for it.” So I ask you, why take the chance to risk the health that you and your family enjoy now?

Suzanne HelmKensington

Letter to the Editor

Local landmark will soon vanishA singular Kensington

landmark is about to go the way of the Dodo and the passenger pigeon.

The old Kensington Grammar School has gone from being a cutting edge, “consolidated” multi-class room building to the first public high school in town, to the community center. Now it has been called a hazardous waste site.

Last year, following years of neglect, the building and surrounding grounds became the property of St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church. An inspection fol-lowing the closing revealed a shocking visage of vandal-ism; graffiti, fire damage, a partial roof collapse on the Grove Hill side, extensive water damage, and result-ing mold. The entire struc-ture will be demolished, as the cost of restoration is prohibitive.

The church plans to create a memorial garden and a pavilion as well as add much needed park-ing. The Berlin Historical Society hopes that some of the school’s architectural elements will be incorpo-rated into the design of these spaces. We are also planning to hold a “wake” for the building, which will

give townsfolk a chance to say goodbye and share some stories from the past.

Since so many of us have memories of that old build-ing, let’s take a walk down memory lane, and see how it got its start. You could say the story began with the railroad and the brickyards. During the 1830s, land along Kensington Road and New Britain Road (then called Brandy Street and Beech Swamp Road) was bought by the New York, New Ha-ven and Hartford Railroad Co. Workers came in to dig for the tracks, and found a wealth of clay deposits left over from the bed of Lake Middletown, a vestige left as the Laurentide ice

sheet melted around 20,000 years ago. The clay deposits formed the basis of Berlin’s brick industry, starting in 1842 and mushroomed after the Civil War. Many of the brickyards were in the area of the railroad tracks, espe-cially around New Britain Road.

Starting in the 1880s, Berlin was inundated with immigrants from Europe: the Irish were already here, then came Italians, Polish, Germans, Swedes, French Canadians and newly freed slaves from the South. The population in town went from 2,435 in 1880 to 3,348 in 1900, an increase of nearly 50 percent. The schools, especially those in Kens-

ington, were overwhelmed with students, who brought a variety of languages and different cultures.

Berlin in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries was divided into nine dis-tricts, each independently run by a small committee and headed by a “School Visitor,” who was the ad-ministrator. The schools were either one or two-room buildings in which one or two teachers taught all grades combined, from grade one to grade nine.

One of the oldest schools was called the Northwest School or West Lane School on High Road. It was sit-uated in a few different locations, all nearby the

West Lane Cemetery. An-other school was the Pond School, across the street and to the north of Paper Goods Pond. A third was Ledge School on Kensing-ton Road. The classes in these buildings were often divided, with the young-est children in one group and older ones in another. It was fairly common for one teacher to have up to 50 children in a class, with varying grade levels and an assortment of languages spoken. In 1902, a tempo-rary solution improved the situation slightly; the town leased the chapel building at Upson’s Corner (which is

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now the home of Headmas-ters) for grades 5-8. This left 42 students at West Lane, 38 at Pond, 38 at Ledge 2nd floor, and 44 at Ledge 1st floor. I’m sure that by now all teachers reading this will have passed out, at least momentarily.

Planning began for build-ing a larger, multi-room school in a central loca-tion that might later be expanded to 9th grade and eventually a high school. Simultaneously, things were happening at the state level which brought about con-solidation of the autono-mous districts into a single town board of education. This was embraced by some citizens, and disdained by others. The next few years were filled with contention, as townspeople grappled with a difficult concept: change!

The new school plans were referred to by some as the “Berlin Folly,” yet two sites close to the railway station were selected, one on Grove Hill, the other a little further west on Main Street. The Grove Hill site was eventually chosen. News articles in early 1910 mentioned the need to drill a well on the site, as there had never been a building there before. Electricity was just then being extended from the Peck Memorial Library to the American Paper Goods factory. There was interest in a trolley line from Upson’s Corner to the Paper Goods and on to Meriden, but that never materialized.

The first bit of construc-tion was the drilling of the well. Water was needed to make the mortar for the bricks. The well was on the south side of the building. The cornerstone was laid in May. A copper container with class rosters and news-papers as well as other items was enclosed in the cornerstone. The contents can be viewed in the Local History Room at the library.

One interesting tidbit to come down through time was the existence of an an-cient cornerstone from an earlier Ledge School which

was discovered in the pres-ent building’s basement. It had been “carelessly thrown into the cellar of the new school” (Ledge School). A decision was made to incor-porate the old stone into the corridor of the KGS build-ing. Does anyone remem-ber where it was? Can it be saved from destruction to-day? I hope so.

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Encore - Learn how to use the Encore online catalog system. One-on-one sessions with a librarian are available by calling (860) 828-7126.

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Julia St. Amand of Ber-lin threw her way to a third place medal in the javelin competition at the recent City of Hartford Track & Field Championship meet held at A.I. Prince Techni-cal School.

St. Amand, who just com-pleted her freshman year at Hartford’s Sports and Medi-cal Sciences Academy Mag-net School (SMSA), threw a competitive 71-feet-4 to earn a spot on the podium.

In addition to javelin, St. Amand also throws discus and shot put for the Tigers, and was the 2014 recipient of the Most Improved Par-ticipant award for her ef-

forts in both the indoor and outdoor track seasons at the school.

When not participating as a member of the track and field teams, St. Amand serves as the libero for SM-SA’s freshman and junior varsity volleyball teams, and plays off-season with the Bristol Crush. She is an honor roll student.

SMSA is a 2013 Magnet School of America Blue Ribbon School of Excel-lence, and a Bronze Level 2014 U.S. News and World Report Best High School. The school is located on Huyshope Avenue in Hart-ford and is open to subur-ban students.

Berlin resident places third at recent championshipsSubmitted

Julia St. Amand makes a javelin throw during an outdoor track meet. She took home third place in the event at the recent Hartford Track & Field Championship meet. | Submitted

The Berlin High School boys basketball team, in con-junction with the school’s Up-beat program, is set to hold the Redcoat Upbeat Boys

Basketball Clinic July 7-11, 9 a.m. to noon, at McGee Mid-dle School.

Now in its sixth year, the clinic has served as a two-pronged program the past

Redcoat hoops, Upbeat joining forces againBy Nate BrownThe Berlin Citizen

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In April, history was made as the University of Connecti-cut’s men’s basketball team became the first seven-seed to ever win the NCAA Tour-nament since the 64-plus team format was instituted in 1985.

The UConn Huskies up-ended the young Kentucky Wildcats, 60-54, taking home the program’s fourth title, and the second in two years.

June 26 at Ken’s Cards & Collectibles in Berlin, Niels Giffey – a member of both the 2011 and 2014 title teams, and recent graduate of the univer-sity – recounted all the good fortune that has come his way these past few months, while visiting with fans during a meet and greet at the Mill Street shop.

“It’s just unbelievable how blessed we were, that we went through two coaches and still made it (as champi-ons),” said Giffey, a native of Berlin, Germany.

Yet Giffey, along with Shabazz Napier and Mans-field native Tyler Olander, joined a class all their own after capturing the national title in Dallas. The three se-niors became the first group of Husky men to win multiple national championships.

“It was very different, just the whole experience this year. Because, obviously, as a freshman, you’re not pre-pared for what’s coming and you’re kind of a little more nervous, a little more … not surprised, but impressed by your surroundings. This time, we were just ready for that. But it was just unbelievable the way we won that game, and it was cool that we did it this time,” said Giffey. “It’s just amazing what kind of bonds we created through-out these four years, and just the chance to get to play on those two great teams. It’s

just a blessing in disguise.”Last Thursday also proved

to be an important night for Giffey, as the NBA Draft was simultaneously being held during his time at Ken’s. While Giffey didn’t hear his name called among the 60 drafted that evening, he im-pressed enough NBA teams during UConn’s Final Four run to earn himself multiple tryouts.

Giffey worked out for Utah, Philadelphia, New York, De-troit, Toronto, Dallas, and also took part in a tournament in Italy. Giffey could easily earn himself a summer league in-vitation from an NBA team, or a contract to play at the international level, thanks to his strong NCAA tournament performance.

Yet while The UConn al-um’s name wasn’t called by any NBA executives this night, it was said plenty of times by adoring fans who came out to Ken’s to see the champion.

“We had a girl here who was just so excited. She was visiting family from Arkan-sas. A huge UConn fan who had no idea Niels was com-ing. Her uncle saw (the ad-vertisement) in The Citizen, and they were one of the first ones here, and she absolutely

flipped out,” said Ken Asal, the shop’s owner. “It was so great because she was such a huge fan and she never thought she would see them. She’s visiting her aunt and her uncle for a month in the summer, and from listening to her, it was going to be the highlight of her trip.”

Due to his strong senior season and recent workout schedule, Giffey’s availabil-ity for the Ken’s appearance wasn’t finalized until June 23. With little time to get the word out, Asal turned to his Facebook page.

“I have over 2,000 follow-ers and it’s become the go-to place to tell my customers when I’m having a signing, when I’m having an appear-ance, when a new product comes out, when I buy a col-lection. No better way to find out what’s happening here than to like our Facebook page,” said Asal.

As for Giffey, the visit to Berlin, Connecticut brought back a fond memory. While the small town doesn’t quite compare in size to his home-town of Berlin, which is home to more than 4 million peo-ple, it has served as a step-ping stone on his basketball

National champion visits local businessBy Nate BrownThe Berlin Citizen

Berlin resident Jake Holmes shares a laugh with Niels Giffey, a member of UConn’s 2011 and 2014 national championship teams, at Ken’s Cards & Collectibles.| Nate Brown / The Berlin Citizen


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Senior Bowling

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lin is looking for volunteers to deliver food to the home-bound elderly one day a week, 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Vol-unteers are especially needed Fridays.

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AARP tripsJuly 9 - Twin lobsters at the

Hukelau. For more info and reservations, call Phyllis Fec-teau at (860) 828-4934.

Senior bowling, June 27: Joe Sytulek, 177; Jim Nishioka, 168; Al Bolduc, 156; Ferd Bro-chu, 161; Gene Lemery, 160;

Sam D’Amato, 159; Irene Wil-lametz, 157; Rockwell Rob-erts, 151.

Senior meals are provided by CW Resources.

Reservations must be made 24 hours in advance by calling Doretha Dixon at (860) 670-8546, between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. A donation is requested.

Monday, July 7: Orange juice, white fish with dill sauce, lima beans and corn, Scandinavian vegetables, whole wheat bread, choco-late chip cookie.

Tuesday, July 8: Roast turkey with gravy, cranberry stuffing, peas, dinner roll, fruited yogurt.

Wednesday, July 9: Chicken Scampi, linguini, broccoli with red pep-per, 12 grain bread, citrus selections.

Thursday, July 10: Ap-ple juice, sloppy Joe, mashed potatoes, green beans, cake.

Friday, July 11: Mine-strone soup, cheese egg bake, buttered beets, Pum-pernickel bread, fresh orange.

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One reason for the drop in accidents is more emphasis on safe handling of fireworks. The APA offers the following advice:

Take precautions. Always keep a hose and a bucket of water nearby in case of emergencies.

Light one at a time. Never light two or more fireworks or sparklers at the same time.

Keep it outside. Only use fireworks and sparklers out-doors on flat, hard surfaces in clear areas and away from houses, buildings and dry grass.

Have adult supervision. Never allow young children to light or handle fireworks or sparklers. Be aware of the minimum permitted age in

your state. Adults should al-ways be present when light-ing or handling fireworks or sparklers.

Stay alert. Never mix alco-hol or other substances with fireworks or sparklers.

Stay clear. Never hold a lit firework in your hand. Keep as far from them as possible when lighting.

Let sleeping fireworks lie. Never try to relight fireworks or sparklers that do not ignite. Wait 15 to 20 minutes before approaching them, then soak them with water and throw them away.

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“As we commemorate this national holiday with fire-works and sparklers, it’s im-portant to keep safety top of mind,” said Sherri Fallin, spokesperson for TNT Fire-works East.

Individuals should check local and state laws and only purchase fireworks and spar-klers that are legally per-mitted. Also, people are encouraged to check the label and instructions on both fire-works and sparklers to ensure they come from a reliable, le-gal and licensed source.

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couple years. As a basketball clinic, it has helped partici-pants get better acclimated with the game’s fundamentals, and familiarize themselves with the Redcoat coaching staff. “I think anytime you can get young kids in the gym and teach them fundamentals, it’s going to be positive,” Redcoat coach Mike Veneziano said. “You can’t control how tal-ented the kids are going to be, but coming in with the fun-damentals already with them helps a lot at the high school.”

Aside from furthering the boys’ education of the sport, Veneziano hopes to inform clinic participants about Up-beat, a BHS community out-reach program.

“It’s a great organization that the kids can get involved with that actually gives back to the town. They’re almost at every event in town, helping out behind the scenes doing something, some type of vol-unteer work,” said Veneziano.”

Aside from Upbeat volun-teers, the program’s direc-tor, Alice Mitchell, is slated to come speak to clinic-goers about getting involved.

“We thought it was some-thing that was just a very pos-itive group for kids to join,” said Veneziano. “Coming in as a freshman can sometimes be tough, and Upbeat has peer leaders that really help the

kids get along in school.”The basketball clinic is

open to boys who will be en-tering grades three through nine this fall, and has seen a steady improvement in num-bers since its inception.

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Ticks

lection is ongoing and numbers are not finalized, “I would say tick numbers are higher than they have been in previous years. We certainly saw a lot of adult tick activity this spring,” Stafford said.

Stafford explained that the previous winter may have been beneficial to the arach-nids. In years with a lot of snow, and where the snow is seldom completely melted, the snow forms an insulated blanket that protects ticks from the worst of the cold, as well as providing them with a source of moisture. Stafford said that it was likely many adult ticks survived the win-ter considering the number of adults seen this spring, which indicates a higher population for this year.

Stafford has participated in numerous tick manage-ment studies. One promising method is using biopesticides to control the tick population,

like MET-52, a strain of a nat-urally occurring fungus that Stafford studied in 2005 and 2007. “It’s relatively effec-tive, you can find about 58 to 75 percent control based on my original trials,” Stafford said. Unlike some traditional pesticides, the fungus-based approach has the advantage of “being safe for a lot of non-targets, such as honey-bees and that kind of stuff,” Stafford said.

Stafford also studied bait boxes treated with Fipronil – the same active ingredient in Frontline to prevent ticks

on dogs. Rodents, which are the source of Lyme Disease, are exposed to the Fipronil in the bait boxes, and as a result kill ticks they come in con-tact with, thus preventing the ticks from becoming carriers of Lyme Disease.

The study was done on Mason’s Island near Mys-tic, Conn. where it proved “extremely successful,” ac-cording to Stafford, who em-phasized that although the results of the trial were prom-ising, dealing with an inland residential neighborhood is a different matter.

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All Town of Berlin de-partments are scheduled to be closed Friday, July 4, in observance of In-dependence Day. Town Hall is scheduled to close, Thursday, July 3, at 4:30 p.m.

Trash/recycling col-lections scheduled for Friday, July 4, will be picked up on Saturday, July 5.

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Investor’s Group - July 8 at 1:30 p.m.

Manga and Comics Art Lab - July 9, 16 and 23 at 2 p.m. For students grade 6 and older. Registration is required.

Danny Magic - July 10 at 2 p.m. Comic show for fam-ilies with children 3 and up. Space is limited. Registration is required.

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Parachute Playtime - July 11, 18, 25 at 10:30 a.m.

Mutlicultural Arts & Crafts for seniors and tweens/teens - Tuesday, July 15, 22, 29 from 1:30 to 3 p.m. at the Senior Center. Learn about the art and cul-tures of Japan, Latin America and Africa by creating Japa-nese calligraphy, molas and masks. Registration is re-quired at (860) 828-7126.

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eraged 87 years old and were from 53 Connecticut towns, Rhode Island, New York

and Massachusetts. The old-est traveler was 99 years old and the youngest was 74. The group included three female WWII veterans, including a

Navy nurse. Branches of ser-vice represented were Air National Guard, Army, Coast Guard, Marines, Navy, Naval Air and Navy Armed Guard. A total of 47 guardians and 35 Navy volunteers accompa-nied the veterans, and 50 ad-ditional volunteers met them in D.C.

Veterans from the central Connecticut area included Donald Antonio, Robert Fowler, Herman Sochin and William Wheaton, of Mer-iden; Matthew Callahan, of Cheshire; and John Eshia and Albert Radke, of Plainville.

Several of the men also at-tended Saturday’s reunion to view the slideshow that showcased the trip highlights. They each received a com-memorative booklet and DVD of photographs, taken by vol-unteer Paul Bonneau to com-memorate the experience.

Day of Honor began with the travelers gathering at Bradley International Air-port at 7:30 a.m. where they boarded a chartered U.S. Air-ways flight. Upon arrival at Ronald Reagan National Air-port, the group received a he-ro’s welcome. The four motor

coaches were accompanied by a motorcycle escort to the National WWII Memorial and a wreath was laid at the Connecticut pillar in honor of those men and women who never made the journey. Lunch followed and the day continued with visits to the Korean, Navy, Iwo Jima and Air Force monuments. Upon return to Hartford, 500 patri-ots greeted the travelers.

It takes months of planning to coordinate the trip, bring-ing together the servicemen and women, guardians and other volunteers as well as raising the funds. All veterans fly for free, said Sue Ponder, treasurer of the American Warrior Board of Directors, data manager and primary logistics coordinator.

This group of WWII vet-erans may be the last of that generation who will be mak-ing the American Warrior trip, Coutu said. Organizers anticipate transitioning the focus of the trips to be on the Korean vets, but only if ade-quate funds can be raised.

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Piano Lessons Beginner to Intermediate.(203) 630-9295

HURRICANE spin mop, brand new, never used, $35. Call (203) 235-0140.

MUST SEE!! HP Wireless com-puter printer, never used, perfect, $50; two ladder back chairs, rush seats, matching, good cond., $50. 860-384-1183.

RCA - 1988 Cam recorder col-lectors items, $35; Calvin Klein soft leather bommer jacket L size, $35; New golf driver, Maxfli Titanium, $30; New golf 3 wood Adamsgolf, $30; Hard case golf club travel bag, $45. Call (203) 265-2299.

STAIR CLIMBER - $600; Lift chair, $325; China Closet, $125; Dining set, 4 chairs, $225. Call (860) 829-6216.

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CT.

This booklet size special supplement is a keepsake edition.Don’t be left out! To Reserve Your Ad Space

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MiscellaneousFor Sale

You’ll likethe low cost

of aMarketplace ad.Buying?

Selling? Marketplace

is the answer.

This was the paper that soldthe house that Jack built.

JACK KNEW

Let us help you sell your house!Call today at (877) 238-1953.


Excavating

GRADING, Drainage, Foun-dations, Trucking, Retaining Walls, Pavers, Water/Sewer/Septic. Lic. #1682. Cariati Developers, Inc. 203-238-9846 MC/Visa Accepted.

Fencing

CORNERSTONE Fence & Or-namental Gates. All types of fence. Res/Comm. AFA Cert. Ins’d. Call John Uvino 203-237-GATE. CT Reg #601060.

Attics & Basement Cleaned

GARY Wodatch Demolition Svs Sheds, pools, decks, garages. Quick, courteous svc. All calls returned. Ins. #566326. Cell 860-558-5430 Office 203-235-7723.

Gutters

GUTTERS DON’T WORK

IF THEY’RE DIRTY For gutter cleaning,

Call Kevin(203) 440-3279

Fully ins. CT# 569127

HELPING HANDS - Com-munity Thrift Store offers house clean-outs and a donation pick-up ser-vice. Let the items you donate reduce the cost of the clean-out. Your donations are tax-de-ductible. Call Allen 203-214-3038.

Over 25 years experience.Call today for free est.

Call 203-440-3535 Ct. Reg. #578887

Carpentry

Handypersons

AFFORDABLE Repairs & Re-placement Decks, Porches, Stairs & Railing, Windows, Doors. I can fix it or replace it. Work done by owner. 40+ years experience. Licensed & Ins. #578107 203 238-1449 www.marceljcharpentier.com

A-1 HANDYMAN PLUSCT Reg #606277.

Give us a Call-WE DO IT ALL! Free Estimates.203-631-1325

HOME DOCTOR We do it all. 42 yrs. Family run since 1949. Carpentry,

Plumbing & Electrical to Odd Jobs. CT#635370.(203) 427-7828.

ANDRE’S Carpentry HIC 637223 Decks, Additions, Windows, Siding, Roofing. Total Interior Home Improvement. No Job Too Small. Fully Insured and Licensed. 860-575-6239.

Home Improvement

Child Care

ALL Your Remodeling & Con-struction Needs! Kitchens, Baths, Painting, Decks, Windows, Doors. No job too small, We do it all! Free Est. 40 yrs in bus. Lic & Ins. #539493 203-530-1375.

HOME DAY CARE has open-ings. 24 years Exp., loving home environment. 203-269-6248. License # 26338.

Cleaning Services

Polish/English Speaking woman to clean house w/care. 3rd cleaning 50% off. Ins & bond-ed. Refs. 860-538-4885

A lifetime free from gutter

cleaning

Fully Lic & Ins Reg #577319

203-639-0032

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Concrete & Cement

NILES CONSTRUCTION - Specialist in concrete work. Garage, shed and room ad-dition foundations. Fully ins. 50 years in business. (203) 269-6240.

Electrical Services

T.E.C. Electrical

Service LLCAll Phases of Electrical Work 24 hr. Emergency

Service SMALL JOBS

WELCOME203-237-2122

Junk Removal

WE HAVE DUMP TRUCKREGISTERED AND IN-SURED. FREE ON-SITE

ESTIMATE.ANY QUESTIONS?

CALL ED

Landscaping

Painting& Wallpapering

BILL RUDOLPH LANDSCAPING

Cert. Installer, Paver, Walk-ways, Patios, Stairs, Ret.

Walls, Shrub Replacement, Landscape Design & Ren-ovations, Mulch & Stone, Lawn Repair & Install, NO

MOWING. Drainage & Backhoe Work. In Bus. 30 + yrs. WE’RE ON ANGIE’S LIST! Free Est. 203-237-

9577 HIC#0563661

INTERIOR & Exterior Painting & Window Sill Repair

chrisresidentialpainting.comChris Gosselin, Owner

860 214-6516CT# 625909

Lic. Insured. Free Est.

SIDING, ROOFING,Windows,

DECKS, REMODELING GUTTERS

CT REG#570192(203) 639-1634

Power Washing

Top Soil, Sand & Fill

A-1 Quality Powerwashing Hot water, low rates

Call Dennis 203-630-0008

Spring Clean-ups20% OFF

IF YOU Mention This AdSpring Yard Clean-Ups

Brush, Branches, Leaves, Storm Damage**JUNK REMOVAL**Appl’s, Furniture, Junk,

Debris, etcWE CAN REMOVE

ANYTHINGEntire house to 1 item

removed!FREE ESTIMATES

Sr. Citizen DiscountLIC & INS.

203-535-9817 or 860-575-8218

BEAUTIFUL FARM FRESH Screened Top Soil, Fill, Sand & Stone, Mulch. Picked up or delivered. No min. Cariati De-velopers, Inc. 203-238-9846.

POWER WASHING Is Spring Cleaning ON THE OUTSIDE FREE Estimates

#569127 Call Kevin

203-440-3279

JUNK REMOVAL & MORE!25% OFF

We remove Furniture, Appliances, And Entire contents of: Homes,

Sheds, Estates, Attics, Basements,

Garages & more. **Spring Yard Clean-ups.**

FREE ESTIMATESLIC & INS.

203-535-9817or 860-575-8218

Tree Services

Gary Wodatch LLCTREE REMOVAL

All calls returned. CT#620397Quick courteous service.

Office 203-235-7723Cell 860-558-5430

POWERWASHING Houses, decks, fences. Local co., sat-isfaction guar. Ins. Olsen Oil & Power Washing 203-272-2699

LAVIGNE’S Tree ServiceIn business 34 years

Tree removal. Stump grind-ing.Crane Service. Free Est.

Fully insured. 203-294-1775

lavignestreeservicellc.com

Roofing

ROOFS R US LLC Family run since 1949 from

major roofing to repairs, siding, windows, carpentry.

We beat any quote. #635370. (203) 427-7828.

Prof. Arborist #S3365 75ft bucket truck. Precise Tree CT Reg #562159. Call 203-272-4216.

Roofing, Siding, Windows,Decks, Remodeling

Gutters CT Reg#570192 (203) 639-1634

Lawn & Garden

GARY Wodatch Landscape Svs. Hedge/tree trimming. Trim overgrown properties. Est 1985. All calls returned. #620397. Office 203-235-7723 Cell 860 558-5430.

WE WEED GARDENS NORM THE GARDENERWHERE GARDENING’S

a Passion(203) 265-1460

Siding, Roofing, Windows, Decks, Sunrooms, Addi-tions. CT Reg. #516790 203-237-0350 www.fiderio.com

CALL J & M LAWN CARE Specialized lawn mowing, mulch (any color), junk re-moval, tree service & much more! (860) 796-8168. Masonry

JT’s Landscaping, LLC Lawn mowing & Full lawn maint. Comm/Res. Lic/ ins #616311. 203 213-6528.

A&A MASONRY. 20yrs exp. We specialize in sidewalks, stairs, patios, stonewalls, chimneys, fireplaces and much more! Call Anytime 860-462-6006! FREE EST! #HIC0616290

Roofing, siding,

windows, decks, &

remodeling.

Fully Lic & Ins Reg #577319

203-639-0032

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ALEX MASONRY 30 yrs exp. Patios, Retaining Walls, Steps,

Brick, Stone, Chimneys. #580443 203-232-0257 or 203-

596-0652.

LOPEZ Landscaping is our new beginning. Will mow your lawn, clean yard, do timming for a reasonable price. Call 860-670-3863.

W. BOOBER MASONRY25 Years Experience All Types of Masonry

CT #626708 203 235-4139

A-1 Quality PaintingSpecializing in Wood/Aluminum siding. Low

rates. Reg#533474. Call Dennis 203-630-0008.

PETE IN THE PICKUPJunk Removal and More

No Job too Big/Small We Do it All

860 840-8018

If you can’t find it in

Marketplace it’s not for sale.

Find everything at our Market-place.

Find your dream home in Marketplace.

Always a sale in Marketplace.

Local. Local. Local.Your Marketplace.

See the great selection of used cars in Marketplace.

BUSINESSES& SERVICES

Heating and Cooling Plumbing Siding

CARL’S Plumbing & Heating Speak directly to the plumb-er, not a machine. We snake drains. Cell 203 272-1730, 860 680-2395.

New England Duct Cleaning

HVAC Air Duct & Dryer Vent Cleaning. Fully

Insured. Not to Exceed Pricing. Call 203-915-7714

Local. Local. Local.Your Marketplace.

Find something that belongs to someone else? Find the owner

with a Marketplace ad.

FOUNDADS

ARE FREEOpen 7 days a week,

24 hours a day.Call us:

(203) 238-1953

GO AHEAD,MAKE

SOMEONE’S DAY.

Operators are ready to take your ad now. Call 24 hours a day,

7 days a week.(203) 238-1953

Always a sale in Marketplace.


Fresh California Red or Green Seedless Grapes

$1.99 lb.

Hood Ice Cream or Frozen Yogurt2/$5.00 asst. var./ 32-48 oz.

Yoplait Blended, Greek or 100 Calorie Yogurt

5/$5.00 5.3oz cups

Fresh Baked French Bread$1.29 9oz. loaf

Gatorade 5/$5.00 asst. var./32 oz.

Bumble Bee Solid White Tuna in Water or oil 5/$5.00 5oz. cans

www.rogersmarketplace.comKensington • 45 Chamberlain Highway • ph. 860-828-4157 fx. 860-828-8377Store Hours: Monday through Saturday 7 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday 7 a.m.-7 p.m.

Double Manufacturer’s Coupons • See Store For Details • Postage Stamps Available • Visa, Discover, American Express, Yankee 24, NYCE.

No Card

NeededNo Card Needed

DOUBLE MANUFACTURER’S COUPONS EVERYDAY

Gift Cards Always Available

TRY OUR

CATERING SERVICES

FRUIT & GIFTBASKETS

Look for many more specials that are prominently signed throughout the aisles!

$5 OFF$50 purchase this week

Excludes cigarettes, beer or lottery tickets. Valid 7/3 to 7/10/14.

PLU #10110

4146

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Fresh 85% Lean

Ground Beef

$3.88 lb.Value Pack

Fresh Fieldale Farms

Boneless & Skinless Chicken

Breast$2.49 lb.

Fresh

Juicy Peaches

Extra Large

$1.00 lb

Celebrate Our

Independence!

Fresh Sliced In Our Full Service Deli

Great Lakes American Cheese

$4.99 lb.

Check Out Our FamousGREAT FOR GRILLING MEAT BUNDLE PACKS!Picnic Pack• 5lbs. Ground Beef Patties 80% Lean• 4lbs. Sausage Patties (Hot or Sweet)• 3lbs. Martin Rosols Hot Dogs Natural Casing• 2lbs American CheeseJust $39.99 (please allow 12 hours notice)

Open July 4th • 8-6for your convenience

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