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Volume 12, Number 48 Plainville’s Only Weekly Newspaper www.plainvillecitizen.com Thursday, December 11, 2014

A festive crowd braved the cold weather and applauded as Santa ar-rived on a fire truck Dec. 4 outside the fire house. At the same time, Christmas tree lights at the scene were switched on by Toffolon School first grader Spencer Davenport.

Spencer flipped the switch and then yelled for Santa who arrived on the truck a minute later. Santa greeted chil-dren inside the fire house after climb-ing off the truck.

Prior to Santa’s arrival, the Plain-ville High School band and chorus performed Christmas carols. Rev. Jim Caron from the Faith Bible Church, provided an invocation and town lead-ers, including Robert E. Lee, town man-ager; Scott Saunders, town councilor; Kevin Towner, Plainville Fire Company chief; Lt. Eric Peterson, Plainville Po-lice Department and Jeffrey Kitching, superintendent of Plainville schools, delivered Christmas messages.

Residents enjoyed cider and cook-ies inside the firehouse after the lights were turned on and many attended a Christmas open house at the library

afterwards, with stories read in front of the fireplace and the flute section of the Plainville Wind Ensemble perform-ing holiday music.

Christmas tree lighting draws festive crowd

By Ken LiebeskindThe Plainville Citizen

Ken Liebeskind, a seasoned, well-traveled journalist, is The Plainville Citizen’s new beat reporter.

“My journalism experi-ence goes way back,” Liebes-kind said, pointing out that his first writing job came as a high school student in the ’70s when he covered sports for a local newspaper in Hamden, his hometown.

After graduating from Ham-den High School, Liebeskind attended Duke University and honed his writing skills at the campus newspaper.

After college, with a his-tory degree in hand, Liebes-kind moved to New York City, where he wrote for several trade magazines.

Journalism jobs then took him to Virginia Beach, and, fi-nally, back to Connecticut.

In recent years, Liebeskind has served as the beat reporter for The North Haven Citizen, sister paper of The Plainville Citizen.

“It’s nice to be able to report on a small town,” Liebeskind said. “There’s more going on

The Roadways Division of the Plainville Public Works Department is ready for any-thing the changing seasons might throw its way.

Since leaf removal takes up most of their time in the au-tumn, for Public Works win-ter preparations must begin in the summer. All mainte-nance on town plow trucks and sanders and other snow removal equipment is com-pleted before the first leaf drops. Once the leaves start to fall, there’s no time for any-thing else.

Once the snow arrives, seven employees from the Roadways Department, and one from Water Pollution Control, work until it stops and the roads and sidewalks are clear. One employee re-calls working for 40 hours straight to keep up with a large storm.

The town owns seven trucks equipped with plows and sanders. When they need extra help, they enlist up to 16 private contractors to handle parking lots, sidewalks and building access.

Salt acquisition is also done as far in advance as pos-

Reporter eager to tackle Plainville beat

Public Works ready for whatever

winter brings

By Nick CarrollThe Plainville Citizen

By Jeremy CosterSpecial to The Citizen

See Reporter / Page 5 See Winter / Page 5

Liebeskind

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25 YEARS OF SERVICE

Susie Woerz was recognized recently for her 25 years serving as the Plainville Community Food Pantry executive director. State Rep. Betty Boukus presented her with a general assembly official citation from the state of Connecticut.

Church tree sale will help those in need

If you’re looking for a high quality, reasonably priced Christmas tree that will en-hance your holiday, support a local church and foreign char-ities, get yours at the Faith Bible Church on Unionville Avenue.

Over 300 Canada balsam and Fraser fir trees from

four to 12 feet are available at prices starting at $25.

Balsams have the most last-ing fragrance and Frasers are stronger and good for heavy ornaments, Rev. Jim Caron said. “Our hardy, durable trees are full of sap and will last the Christmas season,” he said.

The prices are low and Caron, who has been selling trees at the church for five years, said he has given them

away to families who can’t af-ford them and may do so again this year if the need arises.

Ten percent of the proceeds will be donated to foreign mis-sions the church supports, which Caron calls a tithe.

One buyer will win 100 gal-lons of heating oil that was donated to the church by American Oil.

By Ken LiebeskindThe Plainville Citizen

Carolyn Kulak, from Bristol, selected a Christmas tree at the Faith Bible Church Dec. 4. | By Ken Liebeskind / The Plainville Citizen

See Church / Page 5

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Council praises leaf collection, debates probate

This year’s leaf collection was widely praised at the Dec. 1 town council meet-ing, where other topics of discussion included the pro-bate court and the old Lin-den Street School. Council Chair Katherine Pugliese (R) praised the “outstanding work” and said that the “ef-fort and timeliness of the job was noticed by many people.” Pugilese added that many towns no longer have curb-side pickup and instead only pick up bagged leaves. “We

are very lucky to keep it go-ing,” Pugilese said. The leaf collection was also praised by other town officials and by residents during public comment.

Town Manager Robert E. Lee gave his financial dash-board report with positive news, saying that the town’s fund balance will be near 15 percent after the purchase of property on Granger Lane, which the council also ap-proved during that meeting. The council appropriated $495,000 for the property following a public hearing. The property is adjacent to

the current Public Works complex and will be used by Public Works.

Lee also said that tax reve-nue is coming in higher than the two year average and that the health insurance fund is having a good year thus far, with claims lower than expected.

Council members also discussed the possibility of changing probate court dis-tricts due to a plan to move the current probate court serving Plainville, located in the Bristol town hall, to a new, larger location in Bris-tol. According to Lee, Bris-

tol officials are in favor of the move, saying the current facility is cramped, and it is likely to go forward, requir-ing Plainville and Plymouth, also part of the probate dis-trict, to share in the cost. Council vice chair Scott Saunders (R) said that he discussed the possibility of changing districts last meet-ing due to the cost Plainville would incur as one of the dis-tricts served by the Bristol probate court.

Lee said that all district towns must agree to the move, and that in the event an agreement could not be

reached the matter would be referred to the probate administration in Hartford. The town manager presented to the council information regarding all nearby probate districts. Saunders said that from information presented, it would be worth looking into moving to join the Farm-ington district, which in-cludes the neighboring town of Berlin. Lee said that he spoke with several area pro-bate judges, and the probate judge in Farmington sounded favorable to the idea of Plain-

By Charles KreutzkampSpecial to The Citizen

See Council / Page 7

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Find the right tree this holiday season

Picking the perfect Christ-mas tree can be a tricky part of the holiday experience, but area growers and sellers have advice to help find the right one. Some folks prefer the convenience of getting an already-cut tree over the cut-your-own experience at a tree farm. For others, picking the perfect tree directly from the spot it has grown is a unique holiday experience.

Marilyn DeMaria of De-Maria Family Farm in Berlin said she thinks the best vari-

ety of tree is, unequivocally, the concolor fir. These trees sport an attractive gray-blue color like the blue spruce, but are far less sharp. They also have a pleasant smell, one DeMaria described as being similar to citrus. “I would say they are the choicest variety,” she said.

“They’re all good,” said Ted Hrubiec of Hrubiec Farms in Kensington.

In Durham, Uncle Bob’s Mike Grenier said that his family usually prefers a fra-ser fir. “The fraisers have a longer needle retention and a nice silverly blue color,”

Grenier said. Jim Dumas of Dumas Tree Farm agreed, saying that his family plans on a fraser this year for the softer needles.

Kris Ellison of The Kens-ington Garden Center said that their business carries fraser fir trees, exclusively. “Just by having those alone, it

reduces the amount of work we have to do to keep them fresh,” Ellison said, though he added that frasers can be more costly than other varieties.

The canaan fir is also a good choice for needle reten-tion, according to Bob Miller of Miller Tree Farm. The tree is very similar to a fraiser or a balsam fir, but will grow in soil that the other trees won’t. Canaan firs are also known for having a good shape and smell.

All fir varieties are known to have softer needles than spruce trees, and some prefer their smell to spruce breeds. Warren Herzig of Herzig Family Tree Farm in Durham, however, said his family will be going with a blue spruce this year, due to the color and shape of the trees.

Dumas said that both white and blue spruce are hardier trees with stiffer branches that do a better job holding ornaments, though they can be more prickly than fir trees. Balsam fir trees have a good

By Charles KreutzkampSpecial to The Citizen

Picking a tree is also an occasion for a walk through some of the area’s beautiful landscapes.| Mark Dionne / Special to The Citizen

See Tree / Page 8

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sible. In recent years, during heavy storms, many towns have run out of salt mid-sea-son. Occasionally, even salt manufacturers have not been able to keep up with demand. It’s something most people take for granted. The road-ways crew, however, has ev-erything under control. They have stored about 600 tons of salt to ensure the town’s ar-teries remain open.

About four years ago, Plainville switched from using sand to salt for de-icing roads. While sand is cheaper, the cost of cleanup – especially the unclogging of storm drains and catch ba-sins – made many towns in the northeast reconsider. In

addition, the local guys use different varieties of salt for specific applications. Straight salt is effective to about 17 de-grees Fahrenheit. When tem-peratures dip below that, salt which has been treated with magnesium chloride is used and is effective to tempera-tures below zero.

Several states with severe winter weather, such as Colo-rado and Michigan, have per-formed studies to gauge the environmental impact of high levels of magnesium chlo-ride in runoff. Reports deter-mined that no serious threats to public or environmental health exist and that magne-sium chloride is easily diluted in runoff and does not accu-mulate in concentrated levels in the water table.

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The trees are on display outside the church and are on sale Monday through Friday, 4 to 9 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday, 1 to 6 p.m.

The winner of the heat-ing oil will be announced on Christmas eve or whenever all trees are sold, Caron said.From Page 2

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faces is that by state statute, Plainville may not change districts until 2019. Lee said that it is possible to dis-cuss the issue with Plain-ville’s state representative to see if it would be possi-ble to change districts early through special legislation.

Pugilese cautioned that the town should consider whether the cost of chang-ing districts may exceed the cost faced by the move of the Bristol probate court. “I don’t want to start making a plan to move and end up having it cost us as much or more,” Pu-gilese said. Council members agreed that more information was needed to make a bet-ter decision. No action was taken at the Dec. 1 meeting.

Several residents spoke during public comment in favor of finding a use for the old Linden Street School building. As previously re-ported in The Citizen, a ref-erendum on demolishing the school failed by approx-imately 61.5 percent. The

building is fenced off because it is considered unsafe and needs more than $5 million in renovations to bring it up to code. Last year a committee determined that no use was found for the building by lo-cal organizations due to the cost of renovations. At the Dec. 1 meeting several resi-dents advocated for using the building as a school to form an educational complex with the school next door, and then closing Wheeler school or converting it into senior housing. Councilors said at the previous meeting that using the old Linden Street School building as senior housing was not feasible due to lack of parking and traffic concerns.

After hearing several

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reputation “staying green and fresh,” and have a pleasant smell, Dumas said.

“Everyone has their own idea of the perfect tree,” Her-zig said.

Growing Christmas trees is more difficult than many people realize. “Most people think you plant the tree and then collect the money,” De-Maria said.

Not so. Trees need to be fertilized, monitored care-fully for signs of insects or disease, and a tree farmer must shear them regularly to keep them healthy.

“It takes a lot of hard work and some luck to get a perfect tree,” Herzig said.

During the off season, it’s important to clear out stumps and other debris. “My daugh-ter trims our trees completely by hand,” DeMaria said.

Deer feeding on trees has also been an increasing prob-lem. “There are so many deer around now,” DeMaria said. “When I was girl, if there was a hoof print in the snow we’d call our friends. Now, when we do hayrides at night

we can often see six or eight deer.”

“Deer damage has been getting worse,” Miller agreed, and can have a devastating impact on many varieties of tree, but they generally do not feed on blue spruce, so several area growers have been planting more of them. Drought can also cause the loss of many trees and seed-lings, but that, thankfully, hasn’t been a problem in the past five years, Miller added.

“I think it’s a good use of the land,” said Herzig. Grow-

ing trees can be a great way to diversify and have a crop that is harvested in the winter, ac-cording to Herzig, and some fields are great for growing trees but less than ideal for other crops.

The best part of growing trees, however, in Herzig’s opinion, is the community. “All the growers in town, we support one another. If I don’t have a tree someone is look-ing for, I send them down the street, and if they don’t have the right tree, they send them to me.”

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Picking the perfect tree requires a close inspection of the needles. | Mark Dionne / Special to The Citizen

Drills

trainings available to qual-ified cadets in the summer months. Advanced trainings may include SCUBA diving qualification, marksmanship, small watercraft navigation and more.

Anyone interested in learn-ing more about the cadet corps is welcome to attend the scheduled drills. More in-formation about the Plainville division of the USNSCC and USNLCC is available at www.barque-eagle-division.org.

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School Briefs

Project GraduationWinter Bash – Winter

Bash is Saturday, Jan. 17, 6:30 p.m. to midnight, at the Pla-inville VFW. Hosted by PHS/YMCA Project Graduation. Food, spirits, DJ, raffles. Fea-turing Chef Vito Bonanno.

Contact Emily Munson (860) 416-6099 or Steve Munson (860) 987-9929 for tickets.

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Darlene Rose (Lemanski) Cox

PLAINVILLE — Darlene Rose (Lemanski) Cox, 58,

of Plainville, entered into eternal l ife on Wednes-day, Dec. 3, 2014, after a long battle with muscu-lar dystrophy.

Born on June 13, 1956, she was the daughter of the late Stanley L. Lemanski, Sr., and Ada (McCray) Le-manski. Darlene attended New Britain schools, marry-ing her high school sweet-heart, Philip, on February 10, 1973 and they settled in Plainville where they raised their family. Darlene was a Brownie and Girls Scout leader, a cheerlead-ing coach for Pop Warner Football, and rarely missed an opportunity to cheer on her children and grandchil-dren at their many sporting events. She had her own home day care for more than 20 years, and, due to her illness, retired earlier this year from AC Moore

where she worked for 15 years.

She leaves her loving and devoted husband, Philip Cox, Sr.; her children, Philip and his wife, Karen, Ken-neth and his wife, Cheryl, and Angela Cox; her be-loved grandchildren, Ty, Christopher, Kealan, Emilie, Delaney, Ramon, Rosalyn, and Rajon; and her puppy, “Bandit”, who will continue to look out the window and wait by the door for Mommy. She also leaves her brothers, Stanley, Rob-ert, and Richard; and sev-eral aunts, uncles; cousins; nieces and nephews; and great-nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her sister, Ada Bissoni.

Family and friend gath-ered in celebration of Dar-lene’s life on Thursday, Dec. 11, at Bailey Funeral Home, 48 Broad St, Plainville. In lieu of flowers, Darlene may be remembered with con-tributions to the Plainville Community Food Pantry, PO Box 133, Plainville. For online expressions of sym-pathy, please visit www.Bailey-FuneralHome.

Emelda MartinPLAINVILLE - Mrs.

Emelda (Gagne) Martin, 96, of Plainville passed

away Friday, Dec. 5, 2014 at her home. She was the w i d o w o f Ro land J . Martin.

Mrs. Mar-tin was born

April 24, 1918 in Fort Kent, Maine, a daughter of the late Henry and Hattie (Voisine) Gagne and was a longtime Plainville resident. She was an avid gardener and was proud of her lawn as well as her flower and vegetable gardens. She also loved fishing and had a great sense of humor and was always ready with a joke or story. Mrs. Martin also loved children, as they always seemed drawn to her. But most importantly was the time that she spent with her family. Mrs. Martin was a Communicant of Our Lady of Mercy Church.

She leaves her son, Mil-

ton Martin, of Berlin; her brothers, Camille Gagne, of Bristol and Leon Gagne, of California; her sisters, Stella LeVesque, of Plain-ville, Vern Caron, of Burl-ington and Celina Winsky, of Oxford, Mass.; and her grandchildren, Keith, Co-ryann and Kevin Martin. She was predeceased by her daughter-in-law, Bar-bara Martin; as well as one brother; and four sisters.

Funeral services for Mrs. Martin will be celebrated on Thursday at 10:30 a.m. from the Bailey Fu-neral Home, 48 Broad St., in Plainville to Our Lady of Mercy Church in Plain-ville, for a Mass of Christian burial at 11 a.m. Committal services will follow in Saint Joseph Cemetery in Pla-inville. Family and friends may gather at the funeral home on Thursday from at 8:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. For additional information or to leave words of con-dolence please visit www.BAILEY-FUNERALHOME.com.

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Library Briefs

KinderMusik The Plainville Public Library

has scheduled a free interac-tive KinderMusik program for Thursday, Dec. 18, 10:30 a.m., for children up to 5 years old with caregiver. For more in-formation and to register, call (860) 793-1450.

Vacation week programs

Tuesday, Dec. 23 - Music Together with Miss Felice, 10:30 a.m. for ages up to 5 with caregiver.

Tuesday, Dec. 23 - Build an igloo, 2:30 p.m. for ages 4 and older. Help build an igloo with empty plastic gallon contain-ers. Donations of containers welcome before Dec. 23 to the children’s department.

Tuesday, Dec. 23 - Family dinner theater - “The Polar

Express”, 6 p.m., for all ages. Rated G. Families are welcome to bring dinner.

Friday, Dec. 26 - Family movie matinée - “Frozen Sing-A-Long”, 2 p.m., all ages. Rated PG. Costumes are welcome.

Friday, Dec. 26 - Knit and crochet circle, 4 p.m., grades 6 and up. Beginners welcome.

Saturday, Dec. 27 - Drop-in craft: Make your own accor-dion book, 1 to 3 p.m., ages 5 and up. Materials are supplied.

Monday, Dec. 29 - Splash Party at Plainville High School pool, noon to 1:30 p.m., all ages.

Monday, Dec. 29 - Winter Tree Silhouettes, 10:30 a.m., ages 6 and up. Register at (860) 793-1450.

Monday, Dec. 29 - Teen Ad-visors meeting, 1 p.m., grades 7 to 12. Middle and high school students welcome to be part of teen programming and volun-

teer in the library. Monday, Dec. 29 - Teen

movie “Guardians of the Gal-axy”, 2 p.m. Recommended for ages 13 and up. Rated PG.

Tuesday, Dec. 30 - Mother Goose Rhymes, 10:30 a.m., for ages up to 2 with caregiver. Sib-lings welcome.

Tuesday, Dec. 30 - Dancin’ With Hoops, 1 p.m., for all ages.

Tuesday, Dec. 30 - Splash Party at the Plainville High School, noon to 1:30 p.m., all ages.

Wednesday, Dec. 31 - Splash Party at the Plainville High School, noon to 1:30 p.m., all ages.

Friday, Jan. 2 - Family Lunch Theater “Dolphin Tale 2”, all ages. Rated PG. Families are welcome to bring lunch.

Friday, Jan. 2 - Knit and cro-chet circle, 4 p.m., grades 6 and up. Beginners welcome.

For more information, call (860) 747-6022.

HoursThe Plainville Public Li-

brary, 56 East Main St., is open Monday through Thursday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. (children’s room closes at 8 p.m.); Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call (860) 793-1446.

Volunteers are needed to donate time and talents in the hospice division of Athena Home Health Care. A comprehensive training program, dy-namic team environment and individual mentor-ing is provided. Opportu-nities in various settings are available to provide terminally ill patients and their families com-panionship, support and assistance. Office help is also sought. For more in-formation, call Jeannette at (203) 234-9355.

Hospice volunteers

The town-wide leaf collection in Plainville has ended. Residents with any remaining leaves may bring them to the Town Transfer Station on Granger Lane. There is no charge.

For more information, call (860) 793-0221. ext. 208, Monday through Wednesday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Thursday, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Friday, 8 a.m. to noon.

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Letters to the Editor

Council concerns To the editor:With every Town Council meeting it appears

a divide between residents and town council members is widening because of the lack of dialogue between the residents and their rep-resentatives. I base this on two agenda items of the town council meeting process, and the on-going “Old Linden Street School” scenario.

The first has to do with town council meet-ing agenda item “Citizen Forum,” this often de-bated issue has taken on a new twist. When three Republican council members were re-peatedly questioned by a town resident on why they voted not to allow the agenda item to be televised for both town council meetings, they sat silent. Strange, if that is their belief then why won’t they “openly” defend it?

Second, agenda item “Oral Petition-new and old business” is now also drawing attention. First of all, I find it odd that residents are al-lowed to petition their elected representatives, but only on items the representatives select to be petitioned on. Also, there is never any “old” business on the agenda for discussion, such as the fate of the “Old Linden Street School.” Perhaps if it were, that issue would have been solved long ago.

Finally, I would like to praise the large number of Plainville residents who “let their voices be heard” on the “OLS” school propos-als, whether they voted for or against demoli-tion. I have a suggestion for the town council, start paying attention and listening to your constituents because although town council meetings may not be packed with residents, voter turn-out showed meetings are being monitored, whether it is watching Nutmeg TV broadcasts or articles in the papers. Be care-ful, there are some councilors who shouldn’t become too complacent, they may be sitting with the residents after the November Town Council elections.

Lou FrangosPlainville

Open space options To the editor: The recent article on the Town of Southing-

ton buying open space land on Marion Avenue is noteworthy to Plainville. It tells of the pur-chase of 220 acres of Crescent Lake property that the Plainville Water Company sold them (which the Town of Plainville had the first re-fusal on) plus 173 acres of other parcels they had bought.

This brings me to point that I am trying to make, that we have an opportunity to add some open space in Plainville.

I voted ‘no’ on the referendum question on the old Linden Street school, not because I did not want it torn down but because I think that corner should serve a better purpose than another parking lot. Think open space. Not a blacktop open space but a park like setting that would benefit all and enhance the new school building. There is a gazebo already there and some plantings that could use some company. A school brick walkway around the property and a couple of benches would go a long way toward preservation of a traditional neighborhood.

Gary EisenhauerPlainville

Martin makes sense To the editor:After reading The Citizen’s feature on our new

state senator Henri Martin (“ Senator-elect fo-cused on economic growth”), I am encouraged.

Martin has the real world business experi-ence necessary to bring fiscal sanity back to the Hartford statehouse. He is committed to lower taxes and making our state more busi-ness friendly.

Our new senator will certainly bring a good dose of common sense to the State Capitol. It was a pleasure meeting and working with him in the election.

Helen BergentyPlainville Republican Town Committee

Chairman

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One of the saddest aspects of the world situation to-day is the conflict that has escalated between radical Muslim fundamentalism and other faiths. Both Islam and Christianity are mono-theistic, have their roots in

Judaism, and share many scrip-tural stories and heroes. In his re-cent trip to Turkey, Pope Fran-cis prayed alongside the Grand

Mufti in Istanbul’s historic Blue Mosque. During his visit to the overwhelmingly Muslim nation he also called for interfaith dialogue to combat religious bigotry and the bitter violence it is producing.

Informed Christians gen-erally are aware that Jesus is viewed by Islam as a major prophet who will return to play a major role in the End Times. No, he is not re-garded as God, nor the son of God. As we move toward another Christmas, however, the story of his birth found in the Quran shows how much he is revered in the Muslim tradition.

In fact, the Virgin Mary receives more space in the Quran than in the Bible, the only woman with an entire chapter named after her. She is called Mariam in Arabic. Her story begins with refer-ence to her birth, which is not mentioned in the New Testament. Her mother,

Anne, hopes for a baby boy who would grow up to be a religious leader: but “God knew best what she brought forth.”

The Quran tells how a divine messenger (Ga-briel?) then visits the young Mariam and announces the coming birth of Jesus, called Isa in Islam. When Mariam questions how can this be possible since she is a virgin, he replies that it is easy for God to do; “it is a matter so decreed.” Mary goes away alone and the pains of child-birth drive her to the trunk of a palm tree. A voice tells her that when she shakes the tree fresh dates will fall to nourish her. Joseph is not mentioned in the Quran.

Mariam shows the new-born child to others, and some begin to condemn her for being unchaste. The Quran then quotes the in-fant Jesus who miraculously speaks up in his mother’s defense and declares: “I am indeed a servant of God. He hath given me revelation and made me a prophet.”

In Islam, Jesus and all the disciples were Muslims. Mariam was a Muslim, too, and we read in the Quran: “Behold! the angels said: ‘O Mariam! God hath chosen thee and purifies thee – cho-sen thee above all women of the nations.”

Despite such parallels, major differences divide tra-ditional Christianity from traditional Islam. The Mus-lims, for example, do not believe that Jesus was cru-

Muslim attitudes toward Jesus, Mary and Christmas

RalphLord Roy

See Muslim / Page 11


Muslimcified, but was

taken up by Allah. Some scholars suggest that Islam was influenced more by Old Testament Judaism than by Christianity. They have similar food restrictions (Kosher and Halal), forbid any images in their houses of worship, and strict Shariah law re-flects such ancient Mosaic laws as stoning to death those found guilty of adultery (Deut. 22:22).

So, how do Muslims in America view Christmas today? There seem to be three prevailing attitudes.

One is deep anxiety and concern. Parents may worry that all the excite-ment, glitter, and television specials could influence their young offspring, and they impress upon their children that the celebration of Christmas in-cludes many pagan beliefs and prac-tices that do not conform to the true teachings of Islam. Muslims, some suggest, should isolate their fami-lies from society as much as possible during this holiday season.

Others try to avoid Christmas fri-volity but use the season to teach their children the importance of re-specting different faith communities and their traditions. Their hope is that Americans of every religion will live in harmony. On Christmas they

are ready to greet Christian neigh-bors with a warm “Merry Christmas,” perhaps even send friends a card. Meanwhile, they often provide at-tractive alternatives for their children during the Christmas season.

Still others came to America well aware that a festive Christmas is an important part of its culture, and they are ready to celebrate it along with their Muslim holidays. Some deliber-ately left countries where a repres-sive form of Islam prevails. Besides, they reason, isn’t Jesus regarded as a revered Muslim prophet whose birth is recorded in the Quran? They will go to the office holiday party and may even attend a choral presentation of Handel’s “Messiah.” They view Christmas as an opportunity to fos-ter interfaith goodwill and reach out with other Americans to help the less fortunate among us.

We can regard as heinous and con-temptible the Muslim fanaticism of such terrorist groups as al Qaeda, ISIS and Boko Haram while recog-nizing that the vast majority of those who practice Islam want to live in an atmosphere of peace and mutual respect.

Ralph Lord Roy of Southington is a retired United Methodist minister. Email: [email protected].

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Adam Hushin, of Plainville Boy Scout Troop 67, Plainville United Methodist Church, recently earned the rank of Eagle Scout. For his Eagle project, he built and installed a bat house at Session Woods in Burlington.

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HappeningsAARP Smart Driver

Course - Tuesday, Dec. 16, 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. A fee is charged. For more informa-tion and to sign up, call (860) 747-5728.

Walk at Bicentennial Park - Tuesday, Dec. 16, 9:30 a.m. Outdoor walk in Berlin. Bring walking stick, walk-ing shoes, water and dress

warmly. A fee is charged. Sign up at the Senior Center.

Holiday Sing-A-Long - Wednesday, Dec. 17, 11 a.m. Sing along with the Toffolon Elementary School Choir. Sign up at the Senior Center.

Holiday Protein - Thurs-day, Dec. 18, 10 a.m. Presented by Miles Everett, RN and Di-abetes Educator at Bristol Hospital, the program dis-cusses protein requirements

and more. Sign up at the Se-nior Center.

Christmas Dinner - Thursday, Dec. 25, 11:30 a.m. The Plainville Senior Cen-ter schedules Christmas din-ner for center members who would otherwise be alone on Christmas. Transportation to the center is available. Home-bound members may have dinner delivered. For more information, to volunteer or reservations, call (860) 747-5728 by Dec. 22.

Health careFlu shots - Flu shots are

available for Senior Cen-ter members. To schedule

an appointment, call (860) 747-5728.

Foot care - The Senior Center offers appointments for regular and diabetic foot care for Senior Center mem-bers only. A fee is charged. Call the Senior Center at (860) 747-5728 to schedule an appointment.

Ear wax removal - The Senior Center offers ear wax removal, by appointment, for Senior Center members only. A fee is charged. For more information and to schedule an appointment, call (860) 747-5728.

Cholesterol testing - The Senior Center offers choles-

terol testing, by appointment, for Senior Center members only. A fee is charged. For more information and to schedule an appointment, call (860) 747-5728.

TripsMonday, Dec. 15 - The Di-

amonds at the Aqua Turf Club.Sunday, Feb. 15 - “Dirty

Rotten Scoundrels” musical at the Warner Theater.

Call (860) 747-5728.

Faith Briefs

Our Lady of MercyOur Lady of Mercy Church,

19 South Canal St., welcomes Richard Wm. Donohue and the New England Chamber Choir Sunday, Dec. 28 at 4 p.m. For 40 years, Donohue has led the members of the New England Chamber Choir in Music for Christmas. This annual program explores the extraordinary repertoire of music inspired by the tradi-tions of Christmas. Music for Christmas XL will fea-ture the New England Cham-ber Choir, Treble Choir and Chamber Ensemble.

A reception will follow the concert. Admission to the concert is free; donations to benefit the work of the New England Chamber Choir are appreciated.

To learn more about this concert or the New England Chamber Choir, visit Newen-glandchamberchoir.org.

United MethodistWeekly events Sunday worship at 10 a.m.

Church school at 9 a.m.Tuesday Ladies Meet-

ing - Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m.; Boy Scouts - Tuesdays, 7 p.m.; AA - Sundays, Mondays and Wednesdays, 7 p.m.; Al-Anon- Mondays, 7 p.m.

Special eventsChoir rehearsal Sundays,

following worship; Christ-mas pageant, Sunday, Dec. 21, 10 a.m.; Christmas Eve wor-ship, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 7 p.m.; Worship with Holy Communion, Sunday, Jan. 4, 10 a.m.; United Methodist Women, Sunday, Jan. 25,2 to 4 p.m.; Choir rehearsal, Sun-day, Jan. 11, 18, 25 following worship.

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SportsSwimming and diving, wrestling looking to improve

Boys swimming and diving

He ad co ac h : C h r i s Zagorski

Asst. coach: noneLast season: The Blue

Devils finished last season with a strong showing in the Class S Finals, taking home 13th place with 129 points.

Key losses: Justin Fre-itas (a state finalist in the 50 and 100 meter freestyle) and Shayla Beausoleil (diving) were crucial to Plainville’s success.

This season: A balance and blend will see contri-butions come forth from all classes: seniors Trevor Roy and Julius Brown, ju-niors Jarred Karal and Josh Schilling, sophomore Lo-renzo Samperi, and freshman Trevor Bloom are expected to make waves this season.

Outlook: Freitas and Beausoleil meant a lot to the program, and won’t be easy to replace. Yet when competing in the CCC South, a division comprised of large schools,

it’s never about the records for Plainville swimming and diving. The growth through-out the season may not re-flect in the team’s record, but it should reflect by the time states roll around. Look for a finish similar to that of last year’s, with several young-sters stepping up along the way.

WrestlingHead coach: Rusty SpenceAsst. coaches: Kyle

Pel let ier, Tim Dalena, Brian Lister, and Doreen Barbargallo

Last year: The Blue Devils finished 14th in the Class S Fi-nals, with 11 of 12 competitors making it past the first round.

Key losses: Robert Filip-kowski came on strong at the end of last season, while Dominic Villardi, Eric Daesner, and Tyler Acey also graduated from the program.

This season: A trio of se-niors –Jonathan Oliveira, Dylan Fusco, and Sam Lind-gren –will epitomize what Plainville wrestling is all about: a willingness to learn, hard fought matches, and

well deserved wins.Outlook: The aforemen-

tioned seniors, along with fellow seniors Justin Plourde, Brendan West, and davis Was, will provide Spence with strong leadership as the pro-

gram continues to grow and develop. While the regular season does them no favors due to the larger competition (Class M and L foes), this group should provide plenty of exciting play in the post-

season. Expect a finish north of last year’s outcome, with several wrestlers –Oliveira and Fusco included –bound for State Opens.

By Nate BrownThe Plainville Citizen

Jonathan Oliveira takes down a Bristol Central opponent during a 2013-’14 match. Oliveira and the Blue Devils will look to build upon last season’s performance. | Matt Leidemer

/ For the Citizen

It’s no surprise.The Plainville boys basket-

ball team has struggled in re-cent years.

Yet none of that matters to the team’s new head coach, Jim DiNello, who takes over the program with big aspira-tions and a clear mind.

“I didn’t know anything, ex-cept that it’s a hard working community with pride in its athletics and the people seem to be grounded and the kids work hard, but I don’t know anything except records and that’s it,” DiNello said.

Over the last three seasons, the Blue Devils’ records have been less than stellar, compil-ing only five wins during that time. The team went com-

pletely winless during their 2012-’13 season.

Despite winning three games last year and with plenty of youth at his dis-posal, former coach Marc Wesoly stepped away from the program, leaving the door open for DiNello, and a fresh start for Plainville.

“They’re not living in the past. They have embraced change. They want to work hard. They’re appreciating the structure and the disci-pline with what we’re trying to bring to this program, and they enjoy the game,” DiNello said.

With the clean slate for the Blue Devils also comes a new coaching philosophy from DiNello and his staff –Paul Brown, Tim Rankin, and Jeff Smedick. The new val-

ues come with a no nonsense policy that could curb the off the court antics that, at times, kept the Blue Devils from reaching their full potential last season.

“When we came into the program, we told the kids that every day, they would be evaluated in four areas, and the most important area is intangibles,” DiNello said. “And that has to do with your academics, how you handle your community service ac-tivities, how you handle your citizenship, how you handle your behavior, and all those things, and they all come be-fore anything else.

“But I think we’ve delivered the message loud and clear at this point. We’re going to

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find out how bad kids want to play. If they want to play badly enough, they’ll do the right thing.”

Leading the group of those that plan on playing to the best of their ability are senior Austin Butler and junior Mi-kal Salmon, two key compo-nents from last year’s team. DiNello noted that Butler has the talent to become a tre-mendous player in the pro-gram, while Salmon could be “one of the better point guards in the CCC South”.

Up and coming players such as Matt Festa, Nick Les-tini, and Andrew Schulman should serve as strong con-tributors this season, while

Tim Dixon could prove to be a fantastic defensive shooting guard for the team.

While still early for Di-Nello and his staff to have a full rotation in place, as well as game plans for the diffi-cult CCC gauntlet that lies ahead, the fresh start should help revitalize a program that was busy competing for state championships not that long ago.

Although the “when” is still very much up in the air as to a return to postseason glory for the Blue Devils, the “how” and “why” will be no surprise.

Plainville will begin its season Wednesday, Dec. 17 when the Blue Devils travel to take on the Bobcats of South Windsor.

From Page 14

Thousands of high school football teams around the country compete each year for the ultimate goal of hold-ing up a state championship trophy at the end of the sea-son. In Connecticut, it is no different; year in and year out teams battle each week in an effort to reach the pinnacle of high school sports and to be forever immortalized in their respective town.

When it comes to Con-necticut, however, one ques-tion always comes to mind; why does the season take so darn long? As you sit (or stand) reading this article on a cold December day, the 2014 campaign still has not reached its conclusion.

In fact, we are closer to the beginning of the winter sports season then we are to the end of football elsewhere in the country.

All practices for winter sports began the Monday af-ter Thanksgiving, at the lat-est. Yet why does the state allow football to drag on so much?

Recently, Connecticut de-cided to adopt an 11-game regular season, on top of a regular season that doesn’t start until the middle of Sep-tember as it is.

This starting date, or Open-ing Day, is the latest start to a football season of any state in New England.

The earliest starts belong to Vermont and Maine, which began play the last week-end of August. Both states’ seasons where done before Thanksgiving.

Every other state began the first weekend of September. Of those states, New Hamp-shire had the quickest season, crowning its state champions

on November 22. The other New England states, Rhode Island and Massachusetts, both finished their respective seasons this past weekend.

Yet Connecticut plays on, deep into the month of De-cember with the season set to finally wrap up with eight state championships game, set for this upcoming Friday and Saturday.

But what if some bad weather comes along that de-lays the championship games this weekend? Well, the pow-ers that be just keep pushing them back, further into the winter sports seasons. Or, if it’s really bad, they may have to cancel them altogether.

Last year, that scenario almost came to pass in the Class LL Championship be-tween Southington and Fair-field Prep. Due to inclement weather, the game had to be played on the CIAC’s third attempt to reschedule the matchup. It was rumored that any more postponements would have resulted in an-other co-championship, but don’t get me started on that ridiculous topic.

Following the debacle that was the 2013 Class LL State Championship game, CIAC associate executive director Paul Hoey told the Hartford Courant, “The time has come to re-evaluate the tourna-ment schedule; we can’t be going this late. There are var-ious options for the [CIAC football] committee [to con-sider], and some may impact Thanksgiving Day games.”

But here we are, 365 days later, in the exact same spot.

Furthermore, football is the only sport that affects an-other season’s sports.

Every other fall sport ended prior to Thanksgiving; as for the winter season, no sport goes past the middle of March, which gives athletes plenty of time to prepare for spring sports.

In my opinion, having the football season go for so long shows disrespect towards the teams and coaches trying to prepare for their upcoming winter seasons. With foot-ball still being played, it af-fects try-outs and practices and it doesn’t give coaches a fair chance to evaluate their teams.

Again, I will turn to South-ington and Fairfield Prep game as an example. The Southington wrestling team, which is always one of the best in the state, was sever-ally affected last year due to the fact that the team had to cancel matches and compro-mise line-ups in others. Much of this was due to that fact that Derek Dion was double booked as the head coach of the wrestling team and fresh-men football coach at for the Blue Knights.

Instances such as the one spelled out above will con-tinue to happen if rather sim-ple changes aren’t made to the season’s current format.

High school football is wo-ven deeply into the fabric of Connecticut high school sports, and it shouldn’t go anywhere.

However, the CIAC and its decision makers have to do right by everyone –players and coaches alike –and start the season sooner.

No matter how exiting or how interesting, football shouldn’t take precedent over any other sport.

Unsportsmanlike conductBy Sam DostalerSpecial to the Citizen

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