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Volume 13, Number 25 Plainville’s Only Weekly Newspaper www.plainvillecitizen.com Thursday, June 26, 2014

June 20, beneath blue sky with sunlight shining down on Alumni Field, members of the Plainville High School Class of 2014 celebrated their graduation.

Salutatorian Marisa Rizzo quoted Dr. Seuss in her speech, saying “sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.”

One hundred-fifty-nine students earned their diploma.

“She has become more of her own person,” said Michael Nelson, whose daughter, Nicole Nelson, graduated. “Her motivation to succeed academically grew since she started high school.”

Nicole will attend Curry College in Massachusetts.”

Nelson was in attendance with his two other daugh-

ters, Alyssa and Katrina, who graduated in 2012.

“Her sisters paved the way, she had a bit of an eas-ier path,” Nelson said of Ni-cole. “She had a smoother transition, had been to the school before. We helped her prepare for college.”

As music filled the air, John Finn spoke about the special relationship he has with his graduated grand-son, Camron Finn, who wants to go into either elec-trical or welding as a career.

John Finn’s advice to his grandson and the rest of the new grads?

“You do the best you can in life; hang in there,” he said. “Some people might get down on you, but it just brings the best out of you.”

Graduate Ryan Franco will stay local for a little while, before reaching for the stars.

“I am planning on study-ing at Tunxis for two years, and then I hope to switch to

Wheaton College to study astronomy,” Franco said.

Another graduate, Maggie Myzka, will study at the Uni-versity of Alabama.

“I want to study mechan-ical engineering, and then move into automobile engi-neering,” Myzka said.

Valedictorian Alicia Gor-ski will study chemical engi-neering at the University of Connecticut.

“My mom taught me to do my best; that okay wasn’t good enough,” Gorski said. “Things aren’t always going to go as planned. I had to learn to overcome if things didn’t go my way with my family. I overcame this.”

Rizzo, the salutatorian, also credited family with keeping her motivated.

Rizzo plans to study ac-tuarial sciences at Bentley University in Massachusetts.

“My parents pushed me

Graduates urged to change the worldBy Adam StuhlmanThe Plainville Citizen

One hundred-fifty-nine Plainville High School students picked up their diploma June 20. | Photo by Patrick Matthews

See Graduation / Page 4

The birth of a baby is in-deed a gift, no matter when the special delivery arrives. According to parent.com, “most women — about 80 percent — deliver sometime between 37 and 42 weeks.”

But for March of Dimes 2014 Mom of the Year, Pla-inville’s Erin Morris, the pregnancy with her now 10-month-old son Griffin was much more stressful than just anticipating the due date and getting the nursery in order.

“At 28 weeks, we had an

ultrasound that showed that Griffin had an enlarged heart. At 32 weeks he was showing signs of distress because his lungs were also underdevel-oped,” Morris explained. “I ended up having an emer-gency c-section. It was very scary delivering early, Grif-fin had to spend two-and-half months in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. He was incubated and had a feeding tube installed in his nose.”

According to a March of Dimes press release, Grif-fin weighed 5 lbs. 8 oz. at

Local mother recognized for ‘courage,’ ‘strength’By Adam StuhlmanThe Plainville Citizen

Plainville’s Erin Morris with her son, Griffin. | Submitted

See Mother / Page 6

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They maintained their fo-cus and drive all throughout high school, and for this Ali-cia Gorski and Marisa Rizzo were named valedictorian and salutatorian, respec-tively, for the Plainville High School Class of 2014.

Like many teenagers, the young women went through their struggles in high school, and they learned from those times.

“We did a lot with the vol-leyball program, with build-ing it up,” Gorski said. “There were some rough seasons when we first started. This taught us leadership.”

Gorski also persevered away from the volleyball court.

“I learned that things ar-en’t always going to go as planned,” she said. “I had to learn to overcome if things didn’t always go my way with my family; and I did this. My mom pushed me to do my best. Okay wasn’t good enough.”

A member of the National Honor Society, Gorski will study chemical engineer-ing at the University of Connecticut.

According to a PHS press release, Gorski served as president of the student council during her senior year, and secretary her ju-nior year. She is also cred-ited with helping plan “many school activities, including drives, homecoming, and class competitions.”

In addition to this, Gorski served as treasurer of the Spanish Honor Society and vice president of the Science National Honor Society.

Rizzo, who will study Ac-

tuarial Sciences at Bentley University, credits her par-ents with keeping her on the right path. She said her folks always pushed her to accom-plish her goals.

Taking all honors and ad-vanced placement classes, Rizzo, a member of the Na-tional Honor Society, main-tained a 4.0 grade point average while keeping busy with work and extra-curric-ular activities.

A PHS press release read: “Marisa’s love for education extends beyond her personal achievement. As a junior, she initiated a peer tutoring club at Linden Street school. Having observed that a lot of students struggle with math, she came up with the idea of recruiting high school stu-dent who excel in math, and are overall good role mod-els, to help elementary stu-dents with math after school hours.”

Top students shined in and out of the classroom

By Adam StuhlmanThe Plainville Citizen

The Plainville Board of Education has been ap-proved for a $75,000 grant from the State Department of Education, according to Assistant Superintendent Maureen Brummett.

The grant will be used to make improvements at Pla-

inville High School by “add-ing two robotics classes, and expanding the culinary classroom through adding new student work stations and ovens,” Brummett said in a phone interview.

Plainville was one of sev-eral towns, including Farm-ington and Southington, eligible for funding.

This grant is a portion of the $750,000 Connecticut had set aside for funding the Open Choice capital expen-diture projects for FY 2014-2015, according to sde.ct.gov.

According to Brummett, a new science, technology, engineering, and math lab is being built with special flooring.

Dave Gaignard, head of the Unified Arts Department at Plainville High School, said $50,000 is expected to be used towards the devel-opment of the lab.

Brummett said a special robot the high school will be using will cost $23,000.

According to Gaignard, this robot is “a Tormach CNC machine that will help create robots,” in the lab.

“We wanted program vis-ibility, exposure,” he said. “People will be able to see what is happening in here with safety glass windows installed.”

Gaignard said that while bids are still being accepted from construction compa-nies, he expects work to be-ing around mid-July, with the project completed in four to six weeks.

“We have been looking at updates for the last two years. We have been looking at making changes for 21st century learning,” Gaignard said.

The remaining $25,000 of the grant will be used to make improvements to the culinary program by improv-ing the demonstration area, according to Gaignard.

PHS Principal Steven LePage feels that this will add to Plainville’s ability to send more college-ready kids into the world, saying “These are improvements to the school which will im-prove our ability to get kids better prepared for college and career.”

Grant will go to improve lab, culinary areaBy Adam StuhlmanThe Plainville Citizen

Gorski, Rizzo are valedictorian, salutatorian

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“Lies, Damn Lies, and Photoshop,” presented by Andy Zygmunt, will take place Monday, July 14, 6:30 p.m. at the Plainville library. This is a Art League of Plainville event, but the public is welcome.

Zygmunt is a local artist and photographer who works in classical art media as well as digital methods. He does digital photographic restoration using Photoshop and other software. He is also a portrait artist and illustrator.

He will discuss and demonstrate the 21st century prin-cipal that all pictures lie. Using image editing software, he will exchange faces, turn photographs into paintings, do plastic surgery on faces, and more.

Arrive to socialize at 6 p.m. before the business meet-ing at 6:30 p.m. Demonstration starts at 7 p.m. in the li-brary’s small conference room.

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SOUTHINGTON — The 12-screen movie theater at 1821 Meriden-Waterbury Turnpike was sold in May to Starplex Cinemas, a Dal-las-based chain that wants to improve the theater and divide the remaining land into two separate pad sites, according to town and com-pany representatives.

“The new movie owner wanted to retain a movie theater and are prepar-ing changes to enhance the

viewer experience,” said Louis Perillo III, the town’s economic development director.

The 16.4-acre parcel will be subdivided into three parcels to allow for a restau-rant or other development in the grassy area in front of the theater. Perillo would not elaborate on the terms of the deal except that it closed, and the sale is a win for the area.

“This is very good news for our town,” Perillo said.

Starplex spokeswoman Traci Hoey confirmed the deal and said more informa-

tion would be released after the theater goes 100 percent digital.

Representatives of the former owner, Rave South-ington LLC, could not be reached for comment.

The Southington theater was one of five Rave Cine-mas locations in Connecti-cut purchased in a $240 million cash deal with Cin-emark Connecticut in May 2013 that added 32 theaters to Cinemark’s portfolio. Cin-emark maintained the Rave brand before selling the

‘New’ competition for Plainville theaterBy Mary Ellen GodinSpecial to The Citizen

The 12-screen movie theater on Meriden-Waterbury Turnpike in Southington has been sold to Starplex Cinemas, which has plans to subdivide the property and make improvements to the 21-year-old theater. | Dave Zajac / For The Citizen

See Theater / Page 5

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to keep going through tough times with academics and friends; to do my best,” Rizzo said.

Touching on the effort it will take for these students to succeed, in his prepared re-marks, Plainville Superinten-dent Jeffrey Kitching spoke about having resolve and a no-quit attitude.

“Those with grit work hard and succeed,” Kitching said. “Have determination and re-solve. Your success will de-

pend to a great extent on your grit. Set a goal, believe in it, and do whatever it takes to make it happen.”

As the crowd looked on, PHS Principal Steven LePage urged Class of 2014 members to find their objectives in life, and to change the world.

“Is the world ready for the Plainville Class of 2014? Our world needs more people like you; more leaders,” LeP-age said. “Seek your purpose and possibly change the world along your way. Once a Blue Devil, always a Blue Devil.”

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Alicia Gorski, class valedictorian, addresses the PHS Class of 2014. | Photo by Patrick Matthews

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Southington and Berlin the-aters to Starplex.

The Southington theater was built in 1993 by National Amusements, according to town land records. It oper-ated as Showcase Cinemas until being sold to Rave in 2009.

Talk has swirled in town for years about the future of the cinema, given the dif-ficulty in the industry and nearby competition in Wa-terbury, Berlin, Plainville and Wallingford.

In March, Chris Gagnon, a civil engineer with BL Cos. in Meriden, won Planning and Zoning Commission ap-proval to develop 1.2-acre and 1-acre parcels in front of the theater.

Commission members said at the time that a po-tential new theater owner wanted to develop the two areas and they anticipated interest in one parcel for a restaurant.

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has been removed from the Meriden-Waterbury Turn-pike road sign and the build-ing. A sign inside the theater lobby reads Starplex Cine-mas, but an employee who identified herself as a man-ager said she did not have permission to speak to the media.

According to www.star-p l exc i n e m a s . co m , t h e discount pricing at the Southington theater will re-main. The theater offers $5 matinees, $7 evening tick-ets and deals for senior cit-izens. Patrons can buy a hot dog for $1, but it wasn’t clear if the expanded concession menu at Berlin Starplex will be offered in Southington.

The theater also offers 3-D and Surround Sound projec-tion, and will be 100 percent digital soon, according to the website.

Starplex operates 32 the-aters and 324 screens in Texas, Oklahoma, Illinois, Washington, Indiana, Ohio, California, Arkansas, Ne-braska, Kansas, Missouri and

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the cartilage in the trachea has not developed properly and caused breathing diffi-culties soon after birth). He spent 77 days in the neonatal intensive care unit at Con-necticut Children’s Medical Center at Hartford Hospital before coming home.

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“It’s a good thing I was in the back seat with him, be-cause if I was driving I would have just figured that Griffin was sleeping,” Morris said. “I saw that his face was turning blue because his heart was pressing on his airway mak-ing it hard for him to breath, and I had to perform emer-

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toll Griffin’s condition has taken on Morris and her hus-band, Jason, there are also fi-nancial stresses. Morris was forced to stop working in or-der to tend to Griffin.

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Morris said for she and her husband, seeing Griffin smile is the biggest reward. “It sends this calm through both of us,” she said.

June 21, 200 women gath-ered at the first-ever March of Dimes Brunch for Babies to celebrate the moms and women in their lives, includ-ing Morris, who was hon-ored with the first Mom of the Year award.

“We are proud to honor Erin as Mom of the Year, for not only her courage and strength through a most dif-ficult time, but for her com-mitment to raising awareness and supporting community efforts so that all babies will one day be born healthy,” said Deb Fafard, state direc-tor, March of Dimes Con-necticut Chapter.

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The Farmers Market of Plainville is scheduled to open for its third season Friday, June 27. Located at Plainville High School, the market plans to be open Fridays, 3 to 6 p.m., through Sept. 12, and will feature vendors for fresh fruits and vegetables, locally raised meats, breads and more.

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SOUTHINGTON — State and local officials explained to about two dozen residents at a May gathering details of the plan to replace the high-way bridge over Marion Ave-nue, a project that will close Interstate 84 for 56 hours and reroute local traffic.

The state Department of Transportation is building a replacement bridge next to the structure carrying I-84 over Marion Avenue. The new bridge will be wheeled into place and installed from Friday, June 27, at 9 p.m. to Monday, June 30, at 5 a.m.

DOT spokesman Kevin Nursick said the replace-ment is the first major proj-ect in the state to use the new method, called accelerated bridge construction. The re-placement is completed over a weekend.

Marion Avenue will be closed as highway traffic is diverted from the highway before the bridge, using the ramps of Exit 30 to return to the highway. Fifteen hun-dred cars per hour will be

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A free breakfast and lunch program will be avail-able this summer for Plainville youth 18 years of age or younger, as part of the Summer Food Program provided by the Connecticut State Department of Education.

The free breakfast program will be served at Veteran’s Memorial Park (next to the town’s Recreation Building on Whiting Street) from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. The free lunch program will be offered at Norton Park on South Wash-ington Street from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Both programs will be available Monday through Fri-day, through August 14, with the exception of July 4.

Free meal program

Transfer stationThe Transfer Station on

Granger Lane is open on Saturday, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Residents must show identi-fication. There is a fee for dis-posal. For more information, call Public Works, (860) 793-0221 ext. 208.

Bulk wasteThe town of Plainville has

an on-demand policy for the collection of bulk pickup. Residents who currently have curbside rubbish and recy-cling collection can request one bulk pickup per calendar year, free of charge, for large items that do not fit in nor-mal rubbish collection. Bulk collection are scheduled for Mondays, through June 30 and Sept. 8 through Oct. 27.

To schedule a pickup, call 1-800-215-2835.

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CHAMBER HONORS SCHOLARS

The Plainville Chamber of Commerce’s 35th Staff Kellam Breakfast was held June 11. The Chamber scholarship recipients were recognized at the event. They are: Stephen Gallo, Carling Technologies scholarship; Andrew Chapman, Mizzy Scholarship; Katelyn Rivers, Manafort Scholarship; Samantha Bradley, Joan Deegan Memorial Scholarship; Kristen Couture, Carling Technologies scholarship; Heather Saunders, PARC scholarship; and Carly Martino, Staff Kellam Book Award. | Submitted

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The dreams of 1,000 World War II vet-erans have been fulfilled thanks to Amer-ican Warrior, a non-profit organization 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. Plainville residents John Eshia and Albert Radke were among the veterans in the group.

Many of the travelers, including Es-hia, gathered last Saturday at Northeast Utilities in Berlin to watch a video about the 14-hour excursion and to reminisce. They each received a commemorative booklet and DVD of photographs, taken by volunteer Paul Bonneau to commem-orate the experience.

The April trip brought the total to 1,000 veterans who have made the trip, at no cost to them. American Warrior, based in Norwich, was founded in 2006 by Connecticut resident Christopher D. Coutu after he and his wife, Nergina, vis-ited the National WWII memorial and noticed there were few veterans of that era present. His own grandfather and six great-uncles 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 opportunity to visit the memorials established in their honor. A U.S. Air Force veteran and an offi-cer in the Army National 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 veterans and 49 guardians - escorts - taking the excursion, his uncle among them.

This year, the veterans averaged 87 years old and were from 53 Connecticut towns, Rhode Island, New York and Mas-sachusetts. The oldest traveler was 99 years old and the youngest was 74. The group included three female WWII vet-erans, including a Navy nurse. Branches of service represented were Air Na-tional Guard, Army, Coast Guard, Ma-rines, Navy, Naval Air and Navy Armed Guard. A total of 47 guardians and 35 Navy volunteers accompanied the vet-erans, and 50 additional volunteers met them in D.C.

Day of Honor began with the travel-ers gathering at Bradley International Airport at 7:30 a.m. where they boarded a chartered U.S. Airways flight. Upon ar-rival at Ronald Reagan National Airport, the group received a hero’s welcome. The four motor coaches were accompa-nied by a motorcycle escort to the Na-tional 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 Ko-rean, Navy, Iwo Jima and Air Force mon-uments. Upon return to Hartford, 500 patriots greeted the travelers.

Eshia, 90, served with the U.S. Army Third Infantry Division, which fought in the invasion of Anzio, Italy. He learned about the American Warrior trip from a friend in Indianapolis who had made a similar excursion. One of the highlights of the journey was being greeted by re-tired U.S. Senator Bob Dole at the Air Force Memorial, Eshia said. It was a trip of a lifetime.

He also attended the June 21 reunion where veterans received a DVD of the slide presentation of photos taken by Paul Bonneau, a volunteer photographer, and commemorative booklet.

Organizers said it takes months of planning to coordinate the trip, bringing 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 Direc-tors, data manager and primary logistics coordinator.

This group of WWII veterans may be the last of that generation who will be making the American Warrior trip, Coutu said. Organizers anticipate transi-tioning the focus of the trips to be on the Korean vets, but only if adequate funds can be raised.

The experience has encouraged some of the servicemen and women to talk about their military service for the first time to their family members. “The sto-ries are amazing,” Ponder said.

American Warrior veterans reunite

Christopher Coutu, founder of American Warrior, welcomes the veterans and guardians during a reception held June 21 to recap the Day of Honor trip to Washington, D.C.| Photo by Robin Lee Michel

By Robin Lee MichelSpecial to The Citizen

Schools

Six Plainville residents were among the 121 students who were awarded a total of nearly $135,000 in scholarships from Main Street Com-munity Foundation. The 2014-2015 scholarship recipients from Plain-ville are as follows:

Bristol Boys & Girls Club Schul-man Fund: Sarah Ercoli

Leger Initiative for Education Fund: Kris Spence

AJR Nocera Memorial Scholarship: Kris Spence

Plainville Blue Dolphins Score-board Fund: Shayla Beausoleil, Me-gan Farmer and Andrew Rottier

Radcliff Plainville High School Fund: Stephen Gallo

The scholarship grants were awarded during the Foundation’s annual Scholarship Reception at Hawk’s Landing Country Club in Southington June 12. The ceremony was attended by close to 230 people.

“The talent and potential for suc-cess represented by this year’s schol-arship recipients is impressive,” says Susan Sadecki, President & CEO of the Community Foundation. “We are thrilled to support these students and grateful to the donors whose gener-osity make these awards possible ev-ery year.”

This year a total of 146 scholarship grants were awarded from 57 named funds administered by the Commu-nity Foundation and established by generous local individuals, families and businesses. Although each schol-arship has unique criteria, all donors seek to assist students in pursuing their education and achieving their goals and dreams; they have a belief that helping students ease the finan-cial obligations of education is an in-vestment in the future.

All scholarships are awarded through a competitive application process and are available to students at varying levels of their academic careers from the towns of Bristol, Burlington, Plainville, Plymouth, Southington and Wolcott as well as other communities.

The Main Street Community Foun-dation is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for both present and fu-ture generations in the communities served by encouraging and promot-ing gift planning, prudent steward-ship of assets, effective grantmaking and community leadership.

Community foundation awards

scholarshipsPress Release

Obituaries

Edna Beveridge Murphy PLAINVILLE — Edna Beveridge Murphy, 96, passed away on Friday, June 20, 2014, in her Plain-ville home. Born on Aug. 24, 1917, in New Britain, she was the daughter of David and Mar-tha (Frieze) Beveridge. Edna was a graduate of New Brit-ain High School and Morse School of Business. She retired from the Financial Aid Department at Central Connecticut State Univer-sity. She was involved with the Mother’s March Against Polio, the Plainville Repub-lican Women’s Club, Girl Scouts, Wheeler School PTA, a teacher and later Superintendent of the pri-mary grades for the Trinity Methodist Church in New Britain. She will be remem-bered for her kindness and consideration of others and as a 50 year breast cancer survivor. Her family reunions will long be remembered for the food, the fun, and the laughter. She was prede-ceased by her son, Timothy; her siblings and spouses, Ralph, Kenneth and Regina, Russell and Ruth, Leslie, Ar-lie and Franklin Devnew. She is survived by her daughter and caregiver, Marliss and Ronald Pavano, of Plainville; and daughter, Meredith Murphy, of Myr-tle Beach, S.C.; as well as grandsons, Robert Kowal-czyk, of Plainville and Mi-chael Murphy, of Florence, S.C.; sister-in-law, Freida Beveridge, of Newington; plus many nieces and neph-ews. Funeral services and buri-al will be private and at the convenience of the family. There are no calling hours. Paul A. Shaker Funeral Home, 764 Farmington Av-enue, New Britain, CT, has charge of arrangements. Donations in her memory may be made to the Petit Family Foundation, P.O. Box 310, Plainville, CT 06062. To extend condolences to the Murphy Family please visit our website at shakerfuner-alhome.com


Opinion

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A s s u m m e r approaches , I wanted to share s o m e t i m e l y information.

Free summer fun sponsored by the state Depart-ment of Energy a n d E nv i ro n -mental Protec-tion (DEEP) is available to all Connecticut se-niors through the Charter Oak Pass. The pass allows residents 65 and older free admission to all state parks and forests.

Our state parks and forests across Connecti-cut are for everyone’s enjoyment. This is an ex-cellent chance for seniors to view some of the nat-ural beauty of the state – and do it free of charge.

To obtain a Charter Oak Pass by mail, send a photocopy of your cur-rent Connecticut driv-er’s license or other legal proof of age and resi-dency to: DEEP Char-ter Oak Pass, State Parks Division, 79 Elm Street, Hartford, CT 06106-5127. Or, call DEEP at (860) 424-3200.

I also wanted to share information on our ef-forts to protect property

owners from util-ities’ sometimes ex t re m e t re e trimming.

We approved legislation this year requiring utilities to obtain written consent from property owners for the removal or cut-ting of trees on private property, and provide no-

tice to property owners abutting public rights of way.

It’s good news for property owners who will now be notified of any plans to cut or prune on their property, it also give them a chance to ap-peal a decision.

Final local authority regarding a specific tree rests with the munici-pal tree warden, with an additional appeal going before the state Public Utility Regulatory Au-thority (PURA). PURA is also required to con-duct a biennial review of a utility’s tree trimming policy with input from the Department of En-ergy and Environmental Protection (DEEP).

Plainville’s tree war-den is Dominic Moschini, (860) 793-0221 x224.

Summer update

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SUPPORT APPRECIATED

The Woman’s Club of Plainville, Inc. thanks all who supported our “Flags on the Green” fundraiser honoring those who have been in the military, past and present.Most of the money raised will help us support our local veterans, including the Vet’s Oasis which is located at Tunxis Community College, as well as some of our Plainville community service projects. So thank you, once again. The Woman’s Club of Plainville, Inc. could not do what we do without your generous support.

The Plainville Relay For Life, held June 7 to 8, was

a great success according to Public Relations Chair Meghan Mitchell.

“It was a great turnout, mind-blowing,” Mitchell said. “Our original goal was to raise $80,000, but we actu-ally raised $137,000, possibly up to $140,000. Donations are being accepted until July ends.”

“The committee went above and beyond,” Mitch-ell said.

Even the weather was ideal.

This was the PRFL com-mittee’s 10th anniversary, so it decided to do something different this time around; having participants get more in touch with their creative sides.

The 60s and 70s were brought back at this year’s Relay, and folks dressed for

the era.In addition to the differ-

ent styles theme, $2,400 was raised through the “Mr. Relay” contest where men dressed in drag to generate more money for the cause.

More than 50 survivors and some 30 caregivers par-ticipated in the Plainville Relay, a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society.

Seventeen teams won the “Up All Night Award” for having members walking throughout the night.

Plainville Relay ‘mind-blowing’By Adam StuhlmanThe Plainville Citizen


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Dean’s ListCentral Connecticut

State University – The fol-lowing local students earned Dean’s List honors for the spring 2014 semester:

Bryan Bigelow, Marc Blazejowski, Brittany Bouch-ard, Lukasz Brodowski, Pa-mela Corson, Karen Cox, Paulina Cwalinski, Cassan-dra Dagata, Kevin Della-Vecchia, Nicholas DeLuco, Jamie DeRevere, Mercu-rio Evangelista, Nicholas Evangelista, Jeffrey Fargo, Christopher Forcella, Isaiah Freeman, Joanna Kacprzyk, Sarah Kane, Damian Kempi, Natalia Konieczkowski, Ste-phen Lachapelle, Adrian Majewski, Alicia Marquis, Heather Martel, Megan Mat-tas, Lilia Miller, Diane Milo, Amanda Patterson, Kyle Pel-letier, Austin Poetzsch, Keith Pomerleau, John Potter, Pa-mela Prado, Joanna Rocco, Jimnalyn Santiago, Amy Sis-son, Patricia Spak, Shawn Thompson, Jane Ventrella, Mikayla Wells, Cynthia Wo-jtaszek, Simon Yawin, Marga-ret Zalewski.

Southern Connecticut State University – The fol-lowing local students earned Dean’s List honors for the spring 2014 semester:

Nicholas Moshier, Jillian Newton, Erik Perrotti, Hec-tor Rivas.

GraduatesMercy High School – Sr.

Mary A. McCarthy, presi-dent and Mrs. Melissa M. Bullock, principal of Mercy High School in Middletown, announced that Plainville’s Aleksandra Malz was a mem-ber of the graduating class.

Also, Malz earned the CT Association of Schools Arts Award.

Bridge

construction site. Accord-ing to DOT project engineer Mary Baker, the department is hiring a filming company to stream the bridge replace-ment live online. That allows people to watch the construc-tion without trying to get near the site.

Baribault said residents of some neighborhoods around the highway will have to show identification to be allowed past officers posted to direct traffic.

He said the intent is to keep

non-residents from parking near the site and walking to-ward the highway.

“There’s going to be a cu-riosity factor,” Baribault said.

Fire Chief Harold “Buddy” Clark addressed questions about the temporary closure of the fire station on West Main Street.

Clark said he didn’t want the detours and ensuing traf-fic to interfere with fire calls. Two engines would be sta-tioned at a school or other public place in the west end of town during the last week-end in June.

“What we don’t want to do is have them in the mid-dle of a construction area or in the middle of any alternate routes,” he said.

Joyce Kogut, owner of Aaron Environmental on At-water Street, said restricted travel won’t disrupt her busi-ness — as long as it’s over Monday morning. Companies on Atwater Street chose their locations for easy highway access, according to Kogut.

“If it goes beyond the four days, it’ll impact the busi-nesses on Atwater,” she said.

Plans call for the bridge re-placement to be done in time to carry work traffic begin-ning Monday, June 30. Trans-portation officials say the new method means fewer delays as opposed to keeping lanes open on a bridge being slowly replaced.

The two bridges and wheeled transports weigh 3 million pounds each, accord-ing to state officials. If there’s more than an inch of rain, or winds of more than 25 miles per hour, the installation will have to wait until the week-end of July 11.

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As the equinox of spring turns into the solstice of summer, now is a better time than any to look back on the recent high school champi-onship season and reflect on what was, and what could have been.

Yet it’s the “what if” sce-narios that have me scratch-ing my head.

What if Southington and Amity didn’t end after 15 innings of softball? What if they kept going long into the night? At what point, if any, would the umpires suspend the game until a later time and date?

What if the Berlin girls golf team had four-peated? Could we possibly be dis-cussing the greatest high school golf program, not only in the state of Con-necticut, but quite possibly the country?

Yet there was one “what if” that has made me ponder more than any other rabbit hole scenario that’s popped into my head:

What if every team had a fair chance at winning their tournament?

This has nothing to do with bias of the teams and schools I cover.

It only has everything to do with making sure that certain teams get a legiti-mate chance to walk away at the beginning of June with a state title in hand.

Consider the following:Eight technical high

schools qualified for the four respective CIAC baseball tournaments.

Only two made it past the first round.

It’s not as though all of the tech schools in question were lower seeds, simply facing higher, more talented teams.

Wilcox Tech was the Class M eight-seed. Wilcox lost to

25th-seed North Branford.Goodwin Tech was the

third-seed in the same bracket. Goodwin was up-ended by the 30th-seed, Vinal Tech, which promptly lost in the second round.

It’s also not just baseball where this issue is promi-nent. Softball tech schools struggled to score, let alone force full games. Two tech schools were mercied after five innings. And some tech sports teams withheld from competing altogether: Wil-cox Tech girls tennis went 9-1 in the regular season, yet chose not to participate in the Class S tournament.

To the naked eye, it may seem as though tech schools just plain stink. But, as with all stories, there is more than one side. And the other side is this: I can’t remem-ber the last time I heard of a student choosing a technical high school for the oppor-tunities they’d have on their athletic teams. Last I knew, tech schools introduce their students to trades that can be used immediately fol-lowing high school to start making cash: electrical, auto body, hairdressing, culinary, this or that with computers. I can’t list off every program every Vinal or Prince out there has to offer. But I can come to the conclusion that students don’t go tech for the athletics (at least not un-til college). They attend for a future outside of the sport-ing world.

With that in mind, why does the CIAC continue to allow these schools to get pounded in the postseason? Why have them square off against private high schools that recruit talent from all over (I’ll get to that in a min-ute) just to get walloped? Why not allow them to face similar competition (i.e. other tech schools, like they do all regular season) and actually give them a fighting

chance?Why not create a Tech

Class in the state tourna-ment to help level the play-ing field. Picture this: “My high school team won the 2016 tech state champion-ship.” It’s got a nice ring to it. Then again, I coined the phrase; of course I think it sounds nice.

The same goes for private institutions around the state, and here’s where my sports coverage bias comes into play.

Berlin softball was bounced in the Class L state semis by Sacred Heart Acad-emy, a school that features a yearly tuition of $13,000-plus. Being a private school, SHA – located in Hamden – is allowed to recruit from the Hamden area, including North Haven.

To me, this doesn’t seem right. Sacred Heart’s pitcher was damn good against Ber-lin, shutting down the ‘Coats for the entire game. Their entire lineup was relatively sound, too.

But who’s to say all those athletes are from Hamden alone? All of Berlin’s ros-ter is comprised of Berlin residents (Kensington, too. Sue me; I’m trying to make a point here). They aren’t allowed to recruit from New Britain, Rocky Hill, or South-ington. They take what they have and make the most of it. The same can’t be said for a private education (cough – athletic institution – cough).

None of what’s been said here is intended to bash the CIAC. In fact, I be-lieve the CIAC has done a fantastic job to ensure that regular season play gives schools an equal opportu-nity against similar competi-tion, whether by school type, school size, school location, or area income (you won’t see Hartford Public squaring

Maybe it’s time to realignBy Nate BrownThe Plainville Citizen

Commentary

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Amy Labas, currently the athletic director and comptroller for Lyman Hall High School in Wall-ingford, has been named Coordinator of Athlet-ics and Extra-Curricular Activities for Plainville Community Schools, ac-cording to Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Jeffrey Kitching. Prior to her current role, Labas held teaching positions in both the Windsor and Hartford school districts.

In her role as Coordi-nator of Athletics and Ex-tra-Curricular Activities, Labas will serve as the primary administrator responsible for organiz-ing the school district’s athletic programs and after-school programs. In addition, she will de-velop, coordinate and manage the athletic and after school program bud-gets, coordinate the use of district athletic facilities, and administer all athletic policies.

Labas holds a bachelor’s degree from the Univer-sity of Florida and a mas-ter’s degree in Education from the University of Connecticut.

Labas was selected from a strong candidate pool that included over 30 ap-plicants with a number of experienced athletic di-rectors from other school systems. A committee of administrators, teachers, coaches and parents par-ticipated in the hiring pro-cess. The board met with two finalists before voting unanimously to appoint Labas, who will begin on July 1.

“We feel fortunate to have someone of Amy’s experience and skill level coming to Plainville to oversee our athletics and extra-curricular activi-ties. She will be an out-standing addition to our school district and help us continue to move our programs in a very posi-tive direction,” said Su-perintendent of Schools, Dr. Jeffrey Kitching.

Plainville gets new ADPress Release

For the first time in over 15 years, there will be no Ju-nior American Legion team in Plainville. After many summers of having high school underclassmen play-ing against teams in their age group, the times and think-ing have changed. The new hope is to expand the Senior Legion roster to include a combination of upperclass-men with high school varsity experienced players, and un-derclassmen with little or no varsity experience.

Dropping the Junior Le-gion team was not an easy decision to make. After all, the program was responsi-ble for two Zone 7 champi-

onships since its inception in the late 1990’s.

Former Junior Legion and now Senior Legion coach Jim Tufts believes the new summer format of baseball is the way to go.

“We decided to take the (Junior Legion program) away because we wanted to enlarge our Senior Legion roster and be more com-petitive on a daily basis,” explained Tufts. “This way some of the younger players can play on the Jaycee Cou-rant team.”

The Jaycee Courant team –comprised of teenagers ages 13 to 15 –offers more manage-able competition for those who may not be ready to

No Junior Legion, no problemBy Brian DostalerSpecial to The Citizen

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off against Guilford any time soon).

But a lot more could be done to ensure that the postseason playing field is leveled.

Add a Tech Class and a Private Class, and the CIAC would be well on its way to giving everyone a fair chance.

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face tougher opponents just yet. Another noticeable dif-ference between the leagues is the use of metal bats for Jaycee and wood bats for Se-nior Legion.

“Swinging a metal bat is better for some younger guys because a wood bat might be a little too heavy for them, which may prevent them from getting quality at-bats,” said Tufts.

When asked if it was fair to say that the Jaycee Cou-rant program has essentially replaced the Junior Legion team Tufts responded, “In a sense. We did bring up some younger players to better them and let them get some varsity type experience in games. We have younger players on the Senior Legion roster to get them ready for the varsity level for next sea-son, which is what our job has always been.”

Playing Legion baseball during the summer has been used to fine tune high school players and keep them in shape for the upcoming high school season.

With the fall of the Ju-nior Legion program, most people would believe that it would hurt the high school team in the spring.

Tu f t s b e l i e ve s t h e opposite.

“I think it is going to make

us a better team and ready for varsity experience. You have freshman and sopho-mores hitting against fresh-man in college and seniors in high school,” said Tufts.

Other towns in the area such as Berlin, Bristol and Newington have also re-cently dropped their Junior Legion programs. New Brit-ain, Hartford and Hebron have never featured a Junior Legion program.

While the departure of the program isn’t necessarily a death sentence for Junior Le-gion in town, it may be quite some time before Plainville fields another team again.

“I don’t see it happening. I like the way the program is working right now and we’re hoping to build on it. Our team is playing at least 44 games this year so that means a lot of at-bats, a lot of kids playing baseball and that’s all that really matters,” said Tufts. “We have our younger players playing with us, so they’re playing extra games with us and playing 22 games with the Jaycee Cou-rant team, which is more than the Junior Legion team played last year.

“So far it’s working out. We will see how it pans out for next year, how it goes for the varsity team next year and we will re-evaluate it next year.”

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Tuesday, July 1Concert - Farmington Bank has scheduled

a “Simply Swing” concert for Tuesday, July 1, 6:30 p.m., at Norton Park. Simply Swing is a 10-piece ensemble specializing in swing music. The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, visit farming-tonbankct.com/CommunityConcertSeries.com or simplyswingmusic.com.

Saturday, July 12Nico’s lemonade - The 5th annual Nico’s

Lemonade Stand is scheduled for Saturday, July 12, 109 Northwest Drive. Proceeds ben-efit the Make-A. Wish Foundation. For more information, call (860) 999-3624.

Calendar

Senior Happenings

Friday, July 18 - Electric violinist, Caryn Lin,10 a.m. Sign up at the Senior Center.

TripsThursday, July 10 - All-

You-Can-Eat Lobster and Comedy Show at The Del-aney House, Holyoke, Mass.

Sunday, July 20 - Dixie-land Jazz Cruise, Cape Cod Canal, Onset, Mass.

Wednesday, Aug. 13 - The Company Men at the Aqua Turf Club.

Wednesday, Aug. 20 - The Shoji Tabuchi Show, His-toric Garde Arts Theatre, New London.

Wednesday, Aug. 27 - Saratoga races, N.Y.

Tuesday, Sept. 9 to Thurs-day, Sept. 11 - Bar Harbor Maine Coast Adventure.

Wednesday, Sept. 17 - Ya-kov Smirnoff at Foxwoods.

For more information, call the Senior Center at (860) 747-5728.

Free blood pressure screenings

Central Connecticut Se-nior Health Services has scheduled free blood pres-sure screening for Thurs-day, July 10, 1 to 2 p.m., at the Plainville Senior Center, 200 East St.

MS support groupThe Plainville MS Sup-

port Group meets the third Monday of each month, 7 to 9 p.m., at the Wheeler Clinic, 91 Northwest Drive.

For more information, call June at (860) 747-0564.

Health Briefs

United Methodist The Plainville United Meth-

odist Church scheduled Sun-day worship for 10 a.m. Regular weekly events planned: Tuesday Ladies Meeting - 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 events: Worship with Holy Communion - Sunday, July 13, 10 a.m.

Religious Briefs

The Plainville Historical Society has scheduled a summer exhibit on the Civil Rights movement, “Equal Rights/Civil Rights, 1866-1964,” through Aug. 27.

The exhibit includes photographs and stories about the Civil Rights Act and events.

The Historical Society, 29 Pierce St., is scheduled to be open Wednesdays and Saturdays, noon to 2:30 p.m. The building is handicapped accessible.

For more information, call (860) 747-6577.

Civil Rights exhibit

The Plainville Community Schools’ Preschool Pro-gram is expanding and seeking Plainville students who will be age 4 by Jan. 1, 2015.

The program will offer students four half-day sessions per week and will be offered at each of the three elemen-tary schools. Transportation will be provided to and from students’ homes and/or childcare providers. This pro-gram is tuition free.

For more information and an application, call Cathy Demers at (860) 793-3270, ext. 142.

Local schools seek pupils for expanded preschool program

The June meeting of the Plainville Democratic Town Committee will be held Thursday, June 26, 7 p.m., in the Council Chambers at the Plainville Municipal Center.

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FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2014BE IT ORDAINED by the Town Council of the Town of Plainville, in meeting duly assembled, that in accordance with Section 7 of Chapter VII of the Charter of the Town of Plainville, funds shall be and are hereby transferred from their original budgetary appropriation as follows:

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Department Account Number Account Description Reason Amount

Elections 0100-133-52330-0000 Operating supplies lower costs $2,000 Assessments 0100-137-51110-0000 Full-time new employee, lower pay 7,500 Gen Admin Serv 0100-165-52330-0000 Operating supplies lower costs 1,985 Fire 0100-210-51120-0000 Part-time less hours/turnover 6,000 Fire 0100-210-52435-0000 Other contractual less hours 25,000 Build & Grounds 0100-310-51110-0000 Full-time new employee, lower pay 6,000 Munic Build Maint 0100-315-53540-0000 Gasoline & diesel lower cost 20,000 Munic Build Maint 0100-315-53562-0000 Telephone - B&G lower cost 15,000 Solid Waste 0100-415-52435-0000 Other contractual lower tons than budgeted 18,065 Debt Service 0100-710-54723-0000 Debt - misc costs no outside costs 10,000 Total Transfers From $111,550

Transfers To:

Department Account Number Account Description Reason Amount

Town Manager 0100-131-51110-0000 Full-time bud 2%, act 2.25%/step $2,200 Human Resources 0100-132-51110-0000 Full-time bud 2%, act 2.25%/step 1,985 Finance 0100-136-51110-0000 Full-time bud 2%, act 2.25% 500 Revenue Collection 0100-137-51120-0000 Part-time unbudgeted cost 4,000 Revenue Collection 0100-137-51140-0000 Overtime office transition in July ‘13 1,300 Town Clerk 0100-150-52450-0000 Maint contracts higher costs 500 Insurance 0100-160-52497-0000 Risk insurance higher reimb claims 17,000 Civil Preparedness 0100-215-51120-0000 Part-time bud 2%, act 2.25% 65 Roadways 0100-305-51140-2012 OT - snow removal more storms 10,000 Roadways 0100-305-52460-2012 Rentals - snow removal contracts ins/more storms 50,000 Engineering 0100-330-54640-0000 Mach & Equip Data collector 5,000 Senior Center 0100-420-51120-0000 Part-time more hours 1,500 Social Services 0100-430-51120-0000 Part-time more hours 2,000 Youth Services 0100-440-51110-0000 Full-time bud 2%, act 2.25% 500 Unclassified 0100-830-52435-0000 Other contractual tax dept outside help 15,000 Total Transfers To $111,550Dated at Plainville, Connecticut this 26th day of June 2014Plainville Town CouncilBy Carol A. Skultety, Town Clerk & Clerk of the Town Council

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TOWN OF PLAINVILLE LEGAL NOTICEREVENUE COLLECTOR’S NOTICE

Notice is hereby given to the taxpayers of the Town of Plainville that the first installment of Real Estate and Personal Property taxes on the Grand List of October 1, 2013, and the Motor Vehicle taxes on the Grand List October 1, 2013 becomes due and payable on the first day of July 2014. Sec. 12-145.If the first installment of Real Estate or Personal Property payment or the Motor Vehicle is not paid on or before Friday August 1st the tax be-comes delinquent and is subject to 3% interest charged from July 1, 2014 including August 2014, and from then on, additional interest of 1 ½ % per month (18% annually) will be add-ed. The minimum interest charge is $2.00 per installment. Sec. 12-146.Hours at the Revenue Collector’s Office, Town Hall 1 Central Square Plainville, Ct., and each business day during July are as follows:Monday through Wednesday 8:00 am to 4:00 pm

Thursday 8:00 am to 7:00 pmFriday 8:00 am to 12:00 pm

Ana M. LeGasseyPlainville Revenue Collector

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$12.99 final price

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Budweiser/Bud Light -30 pk.cans

Corona Extra -LooseBottles

Traveler Curious -12 pk.Bottles

Captain Morgan -1.75ML

Coors/Coors Light -30 pk.cans

Sam Summer -12 pk.Bottles

Sam Seasonal Variety -BostonLager12 oz.Bottles

We will match advertised Connecticut legal price of alcoholic beverages for the current month. The customer must bring in the advertisement. Not responsible for typographical errors.

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