Volume 11, Number 15 Plainville’s Only Weekly Newspaper www.plainvillecitizen.com Thursday, April 12, 2012 The Plainville C it it iz iz en Plan to eliminate citizen’s forum rejected Mixed feelings at budget hearing Raising money for Ethan’s cause By Crystal Maldonado The Plainville Citizen At the April 2 Town Coun- cil meeting, the proposal put forth by Councilman Dan Hurley to eliminate one citi- zen’s forum per month was rejected. The proposal, brought forth at the March 19 council meeting, stated that the Town Council would amend its Rules and Procedures to say that the citizen’s forum, which normally lasts 30 min- utes prior to each bi-weekly Town Council meeting, would take place on the first Monday of each month. The council would use the time allotted for the forum at the second monthly meeting to discuss things such as finan- cial matters and schedule work sessions. In the forum’s place, the council suggested having one council member avail- able the third Thursday of each month to meet with in- dividuals one-on-one. Many residents spoke out against this proposal to say it was unjust. “You work for us,” said longtime Plainville resident Maryellen Wazorko. “Citi- zen’s forum provides a cou- ple of things. It’s not only a place for residents to bring concerns but, more impor- tantly, a venue in which to bring concerns up in a public manner. With that comes ac- countability, a priceless enti- ty that would be lost if this idea was pursued.” Wazorko said she did not wish to share her concerns with one single council per- son because she did not trust him or her to bring her con- cerns forward and express her ideas properly. “If you don’t have time to listen, as an elected official, then you shouldn’t be on the council,” Wazorko said. “As to concerns by some that they have to listen to the same people every two weeks, shame on you.” Fran Heap said she didn’t like the citizen’s forum to be- gin with because it wasn’t considered part of the Town Council meeting. As such, the citizen’s forums are not broadcast on Nutmeg Televi- sion’s government channel. “I felt it was an effort to stifle the people and to make sure their voices were not heard on the television,” she said. Heap said she was even further disheartened, how- ever, to hear the council’s comments regarding cutting one forum per month. “People are supposed to be able to petition the govern- ment as a whole,” she said. “It’s an honor; it’s a privilege to listen to the comments of By Crystal Maldonado The Plainville Citizen Ethan Amundsen is three years old. He has a younger brother named Zachary, likes the super- hero team, The Avengers, is a little shy around new peo- ple and just started pre- school last month, which he loves. Playing in his living room, munching goldfish crackers, it would be im- possible for anyone to know he has chronic kidney dis- ease. “He was basically born with one functioning kid- ney. As far as kidney dis- ease goes, when you’re born with one, you just have to be very protective of it,” his father, Plainville High School social studies teacher Allan Amundsen said. “It requires regular check-ups and things like that. It really doesn’t keep him from doing anything. See Rejected, page 11 By Crystal Maldonado The Plainville Citizen Over 50 people showed up to the April 2 Town Council public budget hearing, which lasted nearly two hours. There was an outpouring of support from parents, teachers and taxpayers who urged the Town Council to restore $200,000 that had been removed from the Board of Education’s budget request. But many who attended said they are struggling fi- nancially and can’t afford an even deeper increase in their taxes. The mood in the room was a stark difference from the March 8 meeting, where everyone was all smiles as council members and resi- dents agreed the BOE budget seemed fair; instead, people on both sides of the issue were angry and frustrated. The BOE initially asked for an increase of $577,309; under the FY13 proposed budget passed on March 26, the BOE would receive an in- crease of $377,309 or 1.15 per- cent. Council members said they felt the compromise was fair, particularly because en- rollment in the Plainville school system had decreased by 343 students over the past 12 years (roughly two stu- dents per grade, per year). “Trying to be aware of those that are struggling, we lowered the budget,” Coun- cilman Dan F. Hurley said. “That’s why I think it was necessary to have done it.” BOE Chairwoman Andrea Saunders said, “While I did- n’t anticipate [the cut] I can- not deny that this is now a re- See Budget, page 15 Citizen Photo by Crystal Maldonado Three-year-old Ethan Amundsen at home. See Ethan, page 23
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Volume 11, Number 15 Plainville’s Only Weekly Newspaper www.plainvillecitizen.com Thursday, April 12, 2012
The Plainville
CCititizizeennPlan to eliminate citizen’s forum rejected
Mixed feelings atbudget hearing
Raising money for Ethan’s cause
By Crystal MaldonadoThe Plainville Citizen
At the April 2 Town Coun-cil meeting, the proposal putforth by Councilman DanHurley to eliminate one citi-zen’s forum per month wasrejected.
The proposal, broughtforth at the March 19 councilmeeting, stated that theTown Council would amendits Rules and Procedures tosay that the citizen’s forum,which normally lasts 30 min-utes prior to each bi-weeklyTown Council meeting,would take place on the firstMonday of each month. Thecouncil would use the timeallotted for the forum at thesecond monthly meeting to
discuss things such as finan-cial matters and schedulework sessions.
In the forum’s place, thecouncil suggested havingone council member avail-able the third Thursday ofeach month to meet with in-dividuals one-on-one.
Many residents spoke outagainst this proposal to say itwas unjust.
“You work for us,” saidlongtime Plainville residentMaryellen Wazorko. “Citi-zen’s forum provides a cou-ple of things. It’s not only aplace for residents to bringconcerns but, more impor-tantly, a venue in which tobring concerns up in a publicmanner. With that comes ac-countability, a priceless enti-
ty that would be lost if thisidea was pursued.”
Wazorko said she did notwish to share her concernswith one single council per-son because she did not trusthim or her to bring her con-cerns forward and expressher ideas properly.
“If you don’t have time tolisten, as an elected official,then you shouldn’t be on thecouncil,” Wazorko said. “Asto concerns by some that
they have to listen to thesame people every twoweeks, shame on you.”
Fran Heap said she didn’tlike the citizen’s forum to be-gin with because it wasn’tconsidered part of the TownCouncil meeting. As such,the citizen’s forums are notbroadcast on Nutmeg Televi-sion’s government channel.
“I felt it was an effort tostifle the people and to makesure their voices were not
heard on the television,” shesaid.
Heap said she was evenfurther disheartened, how-ever, to hear the council’scomments regarding cuttingone forum per month.
“People are supposed to beable to petition the govern-ment as a whole,” she said.“It’s an honor; it’s a privilegeto listen to the comments of
By Crystal MaldonadoThe Plainville Citizen
Ethan Amundsen isthree years old. He has ayounger brother namedZachary, likes the super-hero team, The Avengers, isa little shy around new peo-ple and just started pre-school last month, which
he loves. Playing in his living
room, munching goldfishcrackers, it would be im-possible for anyone to knowhe has chronic kidney dis-ease.
“He was basically bornwith one functioning kid-ney. As far as kidney dis-ease goes, when you’re
born with one, you justhave to be very protectiveof it,” his father, PlainvilleHigh School social studiesteacher Allan Amundsensaid. “It requires regularcheck-ups and things likethat. It really doesn’t keephim from doing anything.
See Rejected, page 11
By Crystal MaldonadoThe Plainville Citizen
Over 50 people showed upto the April 2 Town Councilpublic budget hearing,which lasted nearly twohours.
There was an outpouringof support from parents,teachers and taxpayers whourged the Town Council torestore $200,000 that hadbeen removed from theBoard of Education’s budgetrequest.
But many who attendedsaid they are struggling fi-nancially and can’t afford aneven deeper increase in theirtaxes.
The mood in the room wasa stark difference from theMarch 8 meeting, whereeveryone was all smiles ascouncil members and resi-dents agreed the BOE budgetseemed fair; instead, people
on both sides of the issuewere angry and frustrated.
The BOE initially askedfor an increase of $577,309;under the FY13 proposedbudget passed on March 26,the BOE would receive an in-crease of $377,309 or 1.15 per-cent. Council members saidthey felt the compromise wasfair, particularly because en-rollment in the Plainvilleschool system had decreasedby 343 students over the past12 years (roughly two stu-dents per grade, per year).
“Trying to be aware ofthose that are struggling, welowered the budget,” Coun-cilman Dan F. Hurley said.“That’s why I think it wasnecessary to have done it.”
BOE Chairwoman AndreaSaunders said, “While I did-n’t anticipate [the cut] I can-not deny that this is now a re-
See Budget, page 15
Citizen Photo by Crystal Maldonado
Three-year-old Ethan Amundsen at home.
See Ethan, page 23
The Plainville Citizen — Thursday, April 12, 2012 2
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Voter registration deadlines for the Repub-lican presidential primary on April 24 are asfollows: Applications sent by mail must bepostmarked by April 19. Applications sub-mitted in person must be submitted by noonon April 23. Unaffiliated voters can still en-roll in a major party if they adhere to the vot-er registration deadlines above. The deadlineto switch from one party to another was Jan-uary 24.
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Republicans voting on April 24 will vote atall four polling places in Plainville. District 1,Linden St. School, 69 Linden St.; District 2,OLM Parish Center, 19 S. Canal St.; District3, Toffolon School, 145 Northwest Drive;Wheeler School, 15 Cleveland Memorial Dri-ve.
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Another view of PlainvilleBy Ruth Sharp HummelSpecial to The Citizen
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friend, Paul Blanchette, waskind enough to take me upfor over two hours in “Pega-sus,” as his ‘copter is named.Igor Sikorsky told me thatHelio was the Greek god ofthe sun, which makes senseto me.
While in the helicopter, Isnapped photos of the towngarage, airport, center oftown, historic center, naturepark and a lot of others.
Things look very differentfrom the air and, thoughPaul always knew just where
we were, I didn’t. I tried to lo-cate the remains of theaquaduct by which canalboats crossed the Farming-ton River, just above Farm-ington. As many times as
Photo by Ruth S. Hummel
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State Rep. Elizabeth “Bet-ty” Boukus, who representsPlainville, Bristol and NewBritain in the legislature,said she is pleased the StateBond Commission has ap-proved $2 million in brown-field remediation loans forthe property at 10 NewBritain Ave. in Plainville.
A total of $16 million inConnecticut Department ofEconomic Development mu-nicipal brownfield grantsand loans through the Mu-nicipal Brownfield GrantProgram was awardedacross the state.
Boukus said, “Brownfieldremediation creates jobs andcleans up blighted properties
by turning them into produc-tive sites with an opportuni-ty for economic growth.”
Brownfields are formerfactory, mill and other sitesthat can be converted to pro-ductive use after environ-mental remediation.
The Municipal BrownfieldGrant Program providesfunding to towns or their eco-nomic development agenciesto clean up untreated brown-fields and low interest loansto property owners with thegoal of producing significanteconomic development bene-fits for the municipality.
Boukus was joined at theBond Commission meetingby Plainville’s Director of
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For more informationabout the application processor other brownfield redevel-opment programs visitDECD’s Office of BrownfieldRemediation and Develop-ment at www.ctbrownfields.gov. The office is Connecti-cut’s one-stop resource for in-formation on the programsand services available forbrownfield redevelopment inthe state.
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From left: Plainville Director of Planning and Econom-ic Development Mark DeVoe, Governor Dannel Malloy,Rep. Betty Boukus and DECD Commissioner Cather-ine Smith at the State Bond Commission meeting.
American Red Cross blooddrives in the area include:
Saturday, April 14, Ameri-can Red Cross FarmingtonBlood Donation Center, 209Farmington Ave., Farming-ton, 6:30 to 11:15 a.m.
Saturday, April 14, Hospi-tal of Central ConnecticutNew Britain campus, 100
Grand St., New Britain, 7:30a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Monday, April 16, BethelChristian Church, 750Stevens St., Bristol, 1:15 to 6p.m.
Tuesday, April 17, Farm-ington Library, 6 MonteithDrive, Farmington, 11:15a.m. to 4 p.m.
Red Cross blood drivesWednesday, April 18,
American Red Cross Farm-ington Blood Donation Cen-ter, 209 Farmington Ave.,Farmington, 12:30 to 5:15 p.m.
Wednesday, April 18,Plainville United MethodistChurch, 56 Red Stone Hill,1:30 to 6:15 p.m.
Tuesday, April 24, MaryOur Queen, 280 Savage St.,Plantsville, 1:45 to 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday, April 25,American Red Cross Farm-ington Blood Donation Cen-ter, 209 Farmington Ave.,Farmington, 12:30 to 5:15 p.m.
Friday, April 27, WalkerSystems Support/SCU, 10 Ex-ecutive Drive, Farmington,9:30 a.m. to 2:15 p.m.
To make an appointment,eligible blood donors areasked to call (800) REDCROSS (800-733-2767) or visitwww.bloodct.org.
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Mothers of Multiples provides advice and support
Photo by Ken DiMauro
At the Greater Bristol Mothers of Multiples’ Spring Par-ty/Easter event, the Stilwill family pose with the EasterBunny. That’s mom, Vicky Stilwill, back row, right, dad,Thom Stilwill, left, and twin daughters, Caitlin, frontrow, left, and Paige, right, at the event held at the Bris-tol Public Library. The Plainville parents say the twingirls have very different personalities and interests.
By Ken DiMauroSpecial to The Citizen
The Greater Bristol Moth-ers of Multiples organiza-tion, established in 1982, hasmore than 45 members, some
of whom are parents fromPlainville. The group recent-ly met for an Easter-themedevent held at the Bristol Pub-lic Library.
President of the organiza-tion, Rebecca Mayer said the
group is beneficial to bothmothers and dads placed in asituation where, instead ofhaving one new baby, nowthey have an additional child-- or more -- who needs feed-ing, changing, comforting,clothes and furniture. May-er and her husband Peterhave twin daughters, Theaand Hannah, both 6 ½. Theirdaughters are fraternaltwins and each has her ownpersonality and interests.
That’s a similar experi-
ence to that of Plainvilletwins Caitlin and Paige Stil-will. They enjoy going toschool and have individualfriends. They like their ownhobbies and respective inter-ests.
However, Caitlin andPaige’s births, two minutesapart at Hartford Hospital onDec. 2, 2004, were statistical-ly unusual at only a 25 per-cent likelihood, according totheir mother, Vicky Stilwill.The girls were born as a re-
sult of in vitro fertilizationprocess. When Stilwill foundout she was having a multi-ple birth, she became a mem-ber of the Greater BristolMothers of Multiples. Stil-will and her husband, Thom,who attended the group’sApril 7 Spring Party at Bris-tol Public Library, with theirdaughters, described a posi-tive support organization forparents and their multiple
See Support, page 7
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Library BriefsThe Plainville Public Li-
brary is located at 56 E. MainSt. All programs are held atthe library unless otherwiseindicated. Hours are Mondaythrough Thursday, 10 a.m. to9 p.m., children’s room, 10a.m. to 8 p.m.; Fridays andSaturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.For more information, callthe adult department, (860)793-1446, or the children’s de-partment, (860) 793-1450.
Movie matinee“Tinker, Tailor, Soldier,
spy” is this month’s featureat the Friends Movie Mati-nee on Thursday, April 12 at2:30 p.m. In the early 1970s
during the cold war, the headof British Intelligence Con-trol, espionage veteranGeorge Smiley is forced fromsemi-retirement to under aSoviet agent with MI6. Thismovie stars Gary Oldman,Colin Firth and Tom Hardy.
Photo display A photo display titled
“Here and There” will be atthe Plainville Public Libraryduring the month of Aprilwith a reception for the pho-tographer on Saturday, April14, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Morethan 30 photos were taken“here” in central Connecti-cut and “there” in other
states and abroad byPlainville resident DennisColgan and his wife, Laurel.They have captured imagesover the years of everythingfrom shots in their backyardand around the neighbor-hood to vacations up thecoast of California, down thecoast of Maine, in Italy,Hawaii and spots in betweenthat bring together this ex-hibit’s theme.
A native of Providence, R.I. and now a Plainville resi-dent, Dennis Colgan was bit-ten by the photography bugin the early 1970s when hebought his first SLR cameraand he’s been snapping awayever since.
By the early 80s he was spe-cializing in black and whitephotography in his own dark-room and was makingarchival prints for the Mid-dletown Preservation Soci-ety.
In 1983 he opened PictureFame, a custom picture fram-ing shop in Plainville andhad little time for camerawork. He returned to his hob-by with the advent of digital
Colgan. Other photos featuremigratory birds on SanibelIsland, Fla. and an unusualview of the ancient coliseumin Rome. One of the photos ofan extraordinary sunsetfrom the 13,000 feet highmountain, Mauna Kea inHawaii, was printed in USAToday newspaper.
Library fines forgiven
There is still time to partic-ipate in the Plainville PublicLibrary’s fine-forgivenessweek.
Fines on overdue books orother library materials areforgiven at the PlainvillePublic Library, 56 E. Main St.,in return for a donation tothe Plainville CommunityFood Pantry during NationalLibrary Week, April 8 to 14.
A basket will available atthe library’s check out deskto collect the donations dur-ing the week. The FoodPantry is especially lookingfor cleaning products such aslaundry detergent and sham-poo, but any non-perishablefood or personal care productwill be accepted.
April vacationweek specials
April vacation week spe-cials sponsored by thePlainville Public Library andthe Plainville Recreation De-partment will be as follows:
Photo courtesy of Peter Chase
Dennis Colgan’s photography is on display at the li-brary throughout April in “Here and There.”
photography.One photograph of the
Farmington Canal in NortonPark was taken right after asnowfall; it highlights a clearblue sky and a heavy snowcoating the tree limbs.
“You can almost feel thetemperature of the day,” said
See Library, next page
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children.The organization offers
support and educational pro-grams and classes. For exam-ple, a program held April 4discussed childhood allergiesand sensitivities. At the localorganization’s website –www.bristolmoms.org – oneof the articles gives advice onhow to entertain and keepmultiple siblings busy.
Mayer said events aregeared not only to moms butthe kids and dads, too. Often,the events offer a boost inmorale or fun things for thefamilies to do such as theSpring Party at the library.Not only did the moms, dadsand kids get to interact for acouple of hours, but they atelunch, had an egg hunt andposed for photos with theEaster bunny and a MotherGoose character.
Besides Plainville andBristol members, familiesfrom Southington, Berlin,Middletown, Avon, Torring-ton and Farmington partici-pate as well. There are six or-ganizations in Connecticut,with each affiliated with thenational organization.
There are many miscon-ceptions about having multi-ple children born at once,said the Stilwills, such as onetwin becoming ill or injuredand the other knowing about
it. So far, they haven’t seenthis develop, but rather, theunhurt or healthier sisterwill express empathy for hersibling, the Stilwills said.
The Mayers said that likethe subjects of the fictional-ized television series, “ThePatty Duke Show,” from themid-1960s, their daughterscan be described as “differentas night and day.”
The Sitwells encouragetheir daughters Caitlin andPaige to have different inter-ests and hobbies and that hasworked well for the girls.They are in separate classesat Linden Street School andspend much of their schoolday apart. “They both, how-ever, are interested in dance,”Vicky Sitwell said.
Monday, April 16: Splashparty 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. highschool pool open to all; Kidsin the Kitchen – edible slime1 p.m., at library for kids ingrades 2 to 5, call (860) 793-1450 to register.
Tuesday, April 17: Splashparty 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. highschool pool open to all; familymovie – Alvin & the Chip-munks: Chipwrecked 1 p.m.,at the library - rated PG, freepopcorn.
Wednesday, April 18:Splash party 11 a.m. to 1:30p.m. high school pool open toall; Purple Rock Productionspresents: The Snowmaiden,
based on the Russian folkdance, a puppet show will beshown at 6 p.m., at the li-brary – all ages and familywelcome. It’s a winter fanta-sy performed with mari-onettes, live music and an in-troductory Russian folkdance. This program hasbeen made available by agrant from Carol Kirkstadt.
Thursday, April 19: Splashparty 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. highschool pool open to all; fami-ly movie – The Muppets, 1
p.m., at the library, rated PG,free popcorn.
Friday, April 20: Sciencefun at the library, 11:30 a.m.,for grades 2 to 4 call (860) 793-1450 to register; learn car-toon drawing for kids ages 7and up, 2 to 4 p.m., at the li-brary, call (860) 793-1450 toregister.
Plainville High School islocated at 47 Robert HolcombWay and the Plainville Pub-lic Library is located at 56 E.Main St.
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Business BriefsNetworking group
Plainville Chamber Net-working Group will meetTuesday, April 17, 8:30 to 9:30a.m., at the FarmingtonBank conference room, 129New Britain Ave., next doorto Mozzicato’s Bakery. Jointhe group the third Tuesdayof every month for P.C.N.G.meeting. This will be a freeregular monthly meeting
open to all chamber mem-bers
The format for each meet-ing is the same. Each at-tendee will give the group a30 second introduction aboutthemselves. One attendeeper month will sign up for aseven to 10 minute presenta-tion about the business.Members will share anyleads or referrals for fellowchamber members. There
will be open discussion andadditional networking. Themission is to promote usingfellow chamber members fordaily business and personalneeds as well as to refer oneanother to others.
To register or for more in-formation email the cham-ber at [email protected] call the chamber at (860)747-6867.
Women’s forumCentral Connecticut
Women’s Forum meets Tues-day, April 17, at 5:30 p.m., atCapri Ristorante, 161 Wood-ford Ave., Plainville.
The schedule: 5:30 p.m.,networking; 6 p.m., dinner; 7p.m., speaker Matt Ryan on“Following Your Dreams.”
Reservations and dinnerchoice required by calling
(860) 224-4415 or [email protected] choice is salad withgrilled chicken; stuffed soleor chicken parmesan Thedeadline is Friday, April 13.There is a cost for members
and guests.Bring business cards,
brochures, samples etc. forthe “Information ExchangeTable” at meeting.
Homebuyerseminars
American Eagle FederalCredit Union is hosting twofree Homebuyer Seminarsopen to the public.
Credit Union MortgageConsultants Matt Morrelland Alex Wisz will help getthe participant ready to makea move to home ownership.First-time buyers and repeatbuyers will gain valuable in-formation and honest canlearn about the current realestate market, the mortgagemarket and the home-buyingprocess from pre-qualifica-tion to closing. The seminarswill be held Wednesday, April25 at the Courtyard Marriott,1583 Southeast Road, Farm-ington and Thursday, April 26at Homewood Suites byHilton, 65 GlastonburyBoulevard, Glastonbury bothfrom 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Advance registration is re-quired online at americanea-gle.org. Light refreshmentswill be served. Each regis-tered attendee will receive avoucher for $100 off the clos-ing costs of an American Ea-gle FCU mortgage. Ques-tions, call Sandra at (860) 568-2020, ext. 5360.
Food pantryneeds
The Plainville CommunityFood Pantry is currently inneed of the following fooditems: pasta sauce, peanutbutter, jelly, macaroni andcheese, kid’s cereals, cannedpasta and meats. Non-fooditems are also needed: sham-poo, dish soap, laundry deter-gent, toilet paper and person-al hygiene products.
Submitted by Scott Unnev-er, warehouse manager,Plainville Community FoodPantry
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I’ve taken groups of peopleto that site, darned if I couldfind it from the air.
This trip in the helicopterto take photos was anotherthing in my “want to do list.”
Now let’s see, I’ve pro-nounced a ride in a race carthis summer, and perhaps an-other balloon adventure.
Photo by Ruth S. Hummel
Paul Blanchette took Ruth S. Hummel for a ride in hishelicopter, “Pegasus.”
Parks and Recreation BriefsThe Plainville Recreation
Department is located at 50Whiting St. Office hours areMonday through Wednesday,8 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Thursday, 8a.m. to 7 p.m.; and Fridays, 8a.m. to noon. To register orfor more information, con-tact the office at (860) 747-6022.
Boston tripThe Plainville Recreation
Department, 50 Whiting St.,is sponsoring a trip toBoston on Saturday, May 12.The bus departs from thePlainville Municipal Centerat 8 a.m. and leaves Boston at7 p.m.
The bus will drop off andpick up in the Quincy Mar-ket area where participantswill be free to pursue theirown interests. Participantsinterested in visiting TheJohn F. Kennedy Library andMuseum will be transportedto the museum and returnedto Quincy Market.
For more information callthe Recreation Department
at (860) 747-6022 or reserve inperson.
Community swimThe schedule for commu-
nity swim at the PlainvilleHigh School, 47 Robert Hol-comb Way, is as follows: Mon-days, family swim 6:30 to 8p.m.; Tuesdays, open swim 7to 8 p.m.; Wednesdays, fami-ly swim 7 to 8 p.m.; Thurs-days, open swim 7 to 8 p.m.Adult swims are Monday toThursday 8 to 8:45 p.m.; Sat-urdays, open swim noon to12:45 p.m. until May 24.
For more information callthe recreation office at (860)747-6022.
Pool I.D.The Plainville Recreation
Department is issuing pic-ture identification, renewalstickers and passes for the2012 summer season.
All Plainville residentsages 5 and up are eligible fora picture I.D. pass card. Un-der 5 years of age no card isrequired. Children under 9
years of age must be accom-panied by an adult to use thefacility.
Initial picture pool I.D.card fee is $15/card proof ofresidency is required. Passesare issued in the RecreationOffice only.
I.D. cards must be renewedannually at a fee of $12/cardin the recreation office. Ifthe recreation departmentdetermines that a new poolI.D. card is needed, it will bethe responsibility of thecardholder to do so. This costwill be $12.
Senior Citizens will payan $11 fee for I.D. cards and$10 for renewal (65 and over).
Replacement I.D. card feeis $15 /card issued in therecreation office only (lostcard).
Daily pool passes for resi-dents are available at the feeof $2/each and are limited to10 per season per adult. Min-imum age to purchase poolpass is 18 years of age andproof of residency is re-
See Parks, page 12
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A capella groupCompletely Different
Note, an all-male a cappellagroup from UCONN will beperforming on Sunday, April15, at 2 p.m. at the PlainvilleCongregational Church, 130West Main St.
The group features two lo-cal members: JustinBeauchamp, Bristol CentralHigh School, class of 2008;and Jeff Mailhot, BristolEastern High School, class of2010. There is a cost to at-tend. For more information,visit www.cdnuconn.com.
Tag saleOur Lady of Mercy
Church, 19 S. Canal St., hasscheduled a tag sale on Fri-day, April 27 from 9 a.m. to 6p.m. and Saturday, April 28from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.in theparish hall. There is a smalladmission fee on Friday only.
Ladies GuildThe Ladies Guild of Our
Lady of Mercy Church, 19 S.Canal St., will meet Thurs-day, April 19 at 7 p.m. in room106 of the parish center. Allladies of the parish are wel-come to attend.
PUMC EventsEvents scheduled at the
Plainville United MethodistChurch, 56 Red Stone Hill,are:
Jolly Beggars Celtic andIrish folk music concert atthe church, Sunday, April 15,4 p.m. For tickets call thechurch and tickets will beavailable at the door.
American Red CrossBlood Drive hosted at the
church, Wednesday, April18, 1:30 to 6:30 p.m. Call 1-800-733-2767 or go to www.red-crossblood.org to make anappointment.
Spring indoor clean-upday, Saturday, April 28, 9 a.m.to noon.
Save the date — annualham dinner, Saturday, May 5.
Spring outside clean-upday, Saturday, May 19, 9 a.m.to noon. (Rain date June 2)
For more information, callthe church, at (860) 747-2328.
St. Thomas pasta with the pastor
The St. Thomas LadiesGuild will hold its AnnualPasta with the Pastor on Sat-urday, April 28, at 6:30 p.m. inthe St. Thomas School cafete-ria, 99 Bristol St., Southing-ton. Choose from five differ-ent pasta dishes from thebuffet. Musical entertain-ment is included. Space islimited, so reserve ticketsearly. For tickets, contact FloDeFeo, (860) 276-0570, KathyDaddona, (860) 621-0419 orHelen Kaminsky, (860) 637-
8337. The public is welcome.
Ham dinnerThe Plainville United
Methodist Church, 56 RedStone Hill, is having its an-nual ham dinner on Satur-day, May 5. The dinner willbe served from 4:30 to 7 p.m.and will feature home bakedham with fresh potatoes, veg-etable and a dessert. Therewill be a bake sale as well.There is a ticket price to at-tend and ages four andyounger are free. Reserva-tions are strongly suggestedby calling the church officeat (860) 747-2328.
Thrift shophours
The CongregationalChurch of Plainville ThriftShop, 130 W. Main St., is openWednesday and Thursday, 10a.m. to 4 p.m., and Saturday,9:30 a.m. to noon. The thriftshop will be holding a ‘bag’sale until Saturday, March 17and will provide the bag.
For more information, call(860) 747-2418.
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ObituariesIrene Carucci
Irene Edna (Fradette)Carucci wasborn 1912 inI nv e r n e s s ,Canada. Shewas the thirdof 12 chil-dren born toJoseph andAngeline (Fillion) Fradetteand lived in Plainville beforemoving to Bristol at an earlyage. As a young woman, shewas a member of St. Ann’sDrill Team. She marriedNicholas Carucci in 1936 andwas widowed in April 1974.She was a member of St. AnnChurch, Bristol and theLadies of St. Ann.
She is survived by a son,Peter and daughters andsons in-law, PatriciaGiomblanco (Joseph), LoisHoward and Jean Porter(Charles); her sisters andbrother in-law, MarieFournier, BernadetteMeusel, Fleurette Shinglerand Jeannine Quick (John);and sister in-law, PatriciaFradette; 12 well-loved andloving grandchildren; 14great-grandchildren; andone great-great-grandson;and she also cherished hergodchildren Barbara Vendit-ti, Helen Lozier and SandraMeusel as well as manynieces and nephews. She was
predeceased by brothers,Anatole, Patrick and Ronal-do (Rusty) Fradette and sis-ters, Noelia Ouimet, ClaraBaillargeon, Rita Burke andRachel Fradette.
The funeral was held April10, 2012, at Funk FuneralHome, Bristol, to St. AnnChurch, Bristol, for a Mass.Burial followed in St. JosephCemetery, Bristol. Memorialdonations may be made toThe Marianst Mission, Mt.St. John’s, 4435 East Patter-son Road, Dayton, OH 45481-0001.
Laura Maglio Laura “Shirley” (Parent)
Maglio, 85, of Plainville, diedApril 6, 2012,at the Hospi-tal of Cen-tral Con-necticut atNew Britainwith herchildren byher side. Shewas the widow of RockyMaglio to whom she wasmarried for 56 years and wasthe love of her life.
She was born Nov. 22, 1926,in Lowell, Mass., a daughterof the late Joseph andGertrude (Ally) Parent. Shewas a homemaker, whoselegacy to her family was loveand laughter.
She is survived by her son,
James Maglio, of Altadena,Calif.; her daughters, CathyO’ Dell and her husband,William and Judi Meese andher husband, Frank, all ofPlainville; her sister, DorisSkorupski, of New Britain;her grandchildren, JackieIvaldi and her husband,Michele, Gwen Lostocco andher husband, Michael,James O’Dell, Courtney Bo-dajian and her husband,Joseph and Kelly Maglio;and her great-grandchildren,Nolan, Caitlin, William,Camilla, Olivia, Rocco andNicholas. She was prede-ceased by her sister, Bernie
Parent. The family wouldlike to thank the staff at Brit-tany Farms and more recent-ly the N4 staff at the Hospitalof Central Connecticut fortheir care and kindness, es-pecially, Linda, Sara, Sue,Tracy, Maggie and Dr. Gau-tam.
The funeral was held April11, 2012, at Bailey FuneralHome, Plainville, followed bya graveside service at St.Joseph Cemetery, Plainville.Memorial donations may bemade to the Juvenile Dia-betes Research Foundation,20 Batterson Park Road #302,Farmington, CT 06032.
Annual spring pasta supperThe Plainville Fire Company will be holding its annual
Spring Pasta Supper at fire headquarters, 77 W. Main St., onSaturday, April 28 from 4 to 8 p.m. There is a cost for the din-ner and tickets can be purchased at the door and credit cardsare accepted at the door. Children under 7 are free.
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the people.”Marilyn Shorette said per-
haps there were only a hand-ful of people who spoke ateach meeting, but that num-ber might grow.
“I’m proud that I’m gettingthe courage to be able to beup here. Maybe my voicedoesn’t shake as muchtonight as it did last time. ButI am an important voice,” shesaid. “I help pay the taxes inthis town, educate those chil-dren, pave the streets, pickup the rubbish. I have a rightto be heard and it should betelevised.”
Becky Tyrell said shemight like the opportunity toget up and make an an-nouncement about eventsaround town, but that shefeels restricted under thecurrent format.
“I would urge you to putthe comments back [into themeeting], let them be tele-vised and open them up. Letpeople talk about what theywant to talk about,” Tyrellsaid. “I think it’s a better rep-resentation of the town ofPlainville.”
The council later voted onwhether to accept the amend-ment to the Rules and Proce-dures. Councilwoman QuinnChristopher said she did notsupport the change and nev-er did.
“I ran for this positionknowing I would have to at-tend meetings, spend timeand make the commitmentthat comes with holding apublic office,” she said. “I ammore than happy to spendtwice a month for half anhour listening to citizens’comments and concerns.”
Councilwoman KatherinePugliese said, “When thisidea was floated before thelast council meeting, Coun-cilman Wazorko and Coun-cilwoman Christopher toldme before the meeting thatthey were perfectly in favorof it. They certainly have aright to change their minds.But before the meeting, I didpoll all of the council peopleand they were both in favor.”
It was ultimately voteddown. There are currently noplans to integrate the forumwith the meeting and have ittelevised.
CitizenOpinion The Plainville CitizenThursday, April 12, 2012
Letters to the EditorBudget numbers
To the editor:Every year the proposed
town budget is presented inThe Citizen and I am hopingit will be again this year. Ihave in the past asked forand again am asking that theBOE portion of the budget bepresented in a line item fash-ion, not just a total budgetamount. After all, it is 61 per-cent of the budget.
The more I thought of it,the more I thought I wouldpresent it myself. The lineitem numbers I am present-ing come directly from the2012-13 Board of Educationapproved budget bookletwhich you can be obtain byrequest from the BOE. Bearin mind, the town councilhas reduced the BOE budgetby $200,000 and that is not re-flected in these numbers:Salaries . . . . . . .$21,091,902Benefits/etc . . . .$5,308,477Supplies . . . . . . . .$2,175,813
I am presenting this infor-mation not for the taxpayerto approve or disapprove,merely to give informationon which to base your votingdecision. Remember, thesenumbers constitute 61per-cent of the town budget andjust providing a single BOEbudget amount is not enoughinformation for the taxpayer.
I will conclude by sayingthese numbers representwhat some feel it takes to op-erate the Board of Educa-tion, so please let us addressit as such and not attempt tocontinually justify BOEbudgets based on annual“the children will be hurt”scenario.
Lou FrangosPlainville
DisgustedTo the editor: I was disgusted by the ma-
nipulative emotionalism, thedishonesty and the blatantself-interest displayed by em-ployees and supporters ofthe Board of Education atthe April 2 Town Councilmeeting. They mostly sat enmasse and one by one repeat-ed the same talking pointsover and over. They charac-terized a projected $377,309increase to the BOE’s budgetas $200,000 cut and thenclaimed this “cut” was arbi-trarily made in some mythi-cal “back room” by five (i.e.,Republican) councilors. Thetruth is that the requested$577,309 increase to theBOE’s budget was reducedby $200,000; hardly a “cut”when compared to the 2012budget. Their technique isalways to ask for more mon-ey than necessary in order toinsure an increase in theirbudget. When was the lasttime the BOE was content tosubmit a budget equal to theprevious year’s budget?
Government MeetingsThursday, April 12
Recreation and Parks Board, 50 WhitingSt., 7 p.m.
Recycling and Solid Waste, Municipal Cen-ter, 7 p.m.
Board of Education (special meeting), 47Robert Holcomb Way, 7:30 p.m.
Monday, April 16Town Council, Municipal Center, 7 p.m.Veterans Council, Municipal Center, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, April 17Housing Authority, 20 Stillwell Drive, Sun-
set Village Community Room, 6:30 p.m.Thursday, April 19
Economic Development Agency, Munici-pal Center, 7 p.m.
Charter Study Committee, Municipal Cen-ter, 6 p.m.
Monday, April 23Aviation Commission, Municipal Center, 7
p.m.Veterans Council, Municipal Center, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, April 24Planning and Zoning, Municipal Center,
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They patronized the tax-payer by saying they “under-stood” the difficulties ofmaking ends meet in this badeconomy but then said weneeded to understand thatthe students would “suffer”if they didn’t get their way,proving that they really don’tunderstand the plight of thetaxpayer who is still reelingfrom trying to absorb thebrunt of Gov. Malloy’s oneand a half billion dollar taxincrease.
A very questionable statelaw compels Plainville tokeep whatever budget is en-acted as the new year’s mini-mum budget, meaning thecouncil’s proposed increasewill total over $1 million injust three years. With this inmind, the council should al-ways act very prudently inapproving increases to the
BOE’s budget. The “suffer-ing” student is always usedas a gun to the taxpayer’shead.
I am pro-teacher and pro-education but the essence ofgood education consists ofgood teachers who love toteach and students with thedesire to learn, not theamount of money thrown atthe system. Anyone advocat-ing for the financial respon-sibility is branded as being“hostile” by the supportersof the BOE who arrogantlyassume they someone havethe moral high ground.$32,067,104 is not enough fora small town like Plainville?Emotionalizing the dis-course so never lends itselfto producing rational think-ing or decisions.
David SpencerPlainville
quired. If anyone leaves the facili-
ty, the participant must havea hand stamped to re-enter.Passes are available at thepool or recreation office.
Pool passes are non-re-fundable and non-transfer-able. Passes purchased at theBerner Pool must be used atthe time of purchase.
Residents must show theirI.D. card or a pool pass to beadmitted into the pool area.Rules are strictly enforced.
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Due to the large numbers ofresidents using the BernerPool the recreation office isunable to grant access to thisfacility for groups or local or-ganizations.
Non-residents (includingchildren) may obtain a dailypool pass at a fee of $12.
If the participant leavesthe facility, the participantmust have a hand stamped, toreenter.
Passes are available at thepool or the recreation office.Passes purchased at theBerner Pool must be used atthe time of purchase.
13CitizenSchoolsThe Plainville CitizenThursday, April 12, 2012
Photo courtesy of Plainville Community Schools
Plainville High School senior Nicole Hogan, picturedwith her art teacher, Mario Pires, was one of two stu-dents selected to receive the “Connecticut HighSchool Fine Arts Award.”
Art honorsPlainville High seniors
Katherine Willard andNicole Hogan were selectedas the 2012 honorees to at-tend the 17th ConnecticutHigh School OutstandingArts Banquet, hosted by theConnecticut Association ofSchools.
The banquet was April 9at 6 p.m. at the Aqua TurfClub, 556 Mulberry St.,Plantsville. Willard andHogan were invited to at-tend with their families,teachers and principal.They were presented certifi-cate awards for their accom-plishments and listened toguest speaker United StatesArtistic AmbassadorDaniel Salazar Jr.
The annual banquet hon-ors two outstanding seniorsfrom each of the CAS mem-
ber schools who excel in theperforming or visual arts.They must possess the qual-ities of scholarship andleadership. Excelling in theperforming or visual arts is
of primary importance inthe selection, with scholar-ship and leadership as sup-porting criteria.
Leadershipconference
A group of 25 PlainvilleHigh School students, togeth-er with staff members JohnZadnik, Jennifer Jambard,and Jen Micowski, attendedthe Spring State LeadershipConference sponsored by theConnecticut Association ofSchools and the ConnecticutAssociation of StudentCouncils. PHS senior Marc-quille Johnson served asPresident of the State Advi-sory Board of Student Lead-ers that planned the annualconference. In addition, Mar-cquille sang the National An-them at the start of the con-ference. PHS senior AlleCaponigro was also a mem-ber of the State AdvisoryBoard, and presented certifi-cates to student leaders whowere workshop presenters.The PHS S.A.L.T. contingentwas recognized as an HonorSchool at the event, by meet-ing a number of criteria setforth by CAS and the StateLeadership Board.
Online art galleryThe Plainville High School
Art Department has createdan online art gallery to dis-play student works from allof the art courses taught atthe high school. According tofaculty member Mario Pires,the gallery allows students toshare their creativity withthe school, district, commu-nity and the world via the on-line gallery. The link is:https://sites.google.com/a/plainvilleschools.org/phsart-gallery/
Anyone can access thegallery via a link on the highschool website home page.
Summer coursesRegistration for summer
credit courses is under wayat Tunxis Community Col-lege, at the junction ofRoutes 6 and 177 in Farming-ton. Over 140 traditionalclassroom and online cours-es are offered in five- andeight-week sessions: May 30to July 3; May 31 to July 25;and July 5 to Aug. 8.
Students who attend othercolleges may enroll in cours-es at Tunxis and transfer the
credits earned during thesummer to their baccalaure-ate or associate degree pro-grams. Visit www.tunxis.commnet.edu/summer toview summer credit coursesonline. Registration for sum-mer credit courses can becompleted by mail, fax, webor in person. Financial aid isavailable to those studentswho qualify, and eligible vet-erans can use the GI Bill forsummer courses. Continuingeducation (non-credit) regis-tration is ongoing. For moreinformation, call (860) 255-3500.
Tools forcaregivers
Connecticut’s latest toolfor caregivers, early learningguidelines for infants andtoddlers, is scheduled forTuesday, April 24 with meetand greet and dinner from 6to 6:30 p.m. and the free work-shop from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Thisworkshop will be presentedby the Plainville Family Re-source Network. Choose per-sonalized coaching and re-ceive $100 in free educationalsupplies. The training isopen to family child careproviders, relatives provid-ing care and unlicensedfriends or neighbors provid-ing care.
For more information orto register call (860) 793-6304.
Project Gradupdates
The next Project Gradua-tion meetings will be heldWednesdays, May 2 and 23,June 6, 7 p.m., at the WheelerRegional Family YMCA, 149Farmington Ave. Meetingsare held on the first Wednes-day of the month until it getscloser to graduation whenmeetings will be held morefrequently. Parents ofPlainville High School jun-iors and seniors are wel-come. Any amount of timethat can be donated is appre-ciated. For more informa-tion, call Kris Dargenio, at(860) 302-6627.
The organization is alsocollecting used clothing andother items until Saturday,May 19. Project Grad will re-ceive cash for every pound of
donated goods. Acceptableitems include wearable cloth-ing, shoes, belts, handbagsand linens. The next drop-offis scheduled for Saturday,April 28 from 9 a.m. to noon.Call Jen Slabinski, (860) 793-2803, to arrange a pick up.
“Mr. PHS” is scheduled forThursday, April 12 at 7 p.m. inthe Plainville High School
Auditorium. Senior Boyswill be judged on dancing,talent, swimsuit, formalwear, and question and an-swer. Tickets will be sold atPHS and also at the door thenight of the event. For moreinformation contact Christi-na Tufts (860) 747-3933.
2012 YMCA Project Gradu-ation is having a “Flamingo
Fundraiser.” With springjust around the corner, don’tbe surprised if anyone sees aPink Flamingo on a lawn. Ifanyone is lucky enough to be“flamingoed,” simply followthe instructions on the enve-lope attached to the flamin-go. This fundraiser giveseveryone in the community achance to get involved.
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BudgetContinued from page 1
ality.” With the money it is cur-
rently anticipating, Saun-ders said the BOE will beable to replace tennis courts,implement a new math pro-gram for elementary schools,replace outdated technologyand get a new cooling towerfor the middle school.
“I’m confident that theboard will make the best pos-sible choices for the studentsin Plainville,” she said.
Tabatha Manafort, whoagreed with the restorationof the $200,000 to the BOEbudget, asked what wouldhappen if the budget was re-
pocket,” she said. Councilman Christopher
J. Wazorko estimated thateach person would save ap-proximately $20. Hurley saidthe $20 taxpayers would needto pay in order to restore theoriginal BOE budget doesn’tinclude the roughly $30 in-crease to the taxes that eachperson would already have topay.
“You’re basically savingpennies, but you’re going tohurt a lot,” Couture said.“The kids of today shouldn’t
have to suffer because we’renot willing to give a little bitmore.”
Maryellen Wazorko saidthe council seemed stuck oneliminating $200,000, but shedidn’t understand why thatnumber was chosen.
“I, for one, am more thanwilling to pay my $20 andsomeone else’s $20 to have aschool system that’s a littleahead of the wave than be-hind,” said Wazorko, who’slived in the town for over 50years. Wazorko said she has
seen the school system fallinto dire straits and doesn’twant that to happen again.
“What happens the day Iwant to sell my house? I wanta school system that is a sol-id one. I want one that’sgrowing,” she said.
Several agreed with theBOE cut, citing the poor eco-nomic climate and rough fi-nancial times.
Dominick D’Onofrio said,“I hear a lot about kids suf-
jected. Would the budget becut further or would thecouncil consider returningthe $200,000 to the initial BOEbudget?
“I would have to wait andsee what happens at thattime. I won’t answer thatright now,” said ChairwomanKatherine M. Pugliese, whoagreed (at Manafort’s re-quest) that the council wouldconsider including an adviso-ry question on the poll so thatvoters could indicate if theywere rejecting the budget be-cause they wanted it to be de-creased or increased.
Mary Couture asked howthe $200,000 cut would impacteach taxpayer.
“I want to know how muchmoney I’m going to get in my
See Budget, page 19
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John Kisluk said that he’stotally opposed to the budgetas presented, but not againstthe BOE.
“Maybe this year they willsuffer, but that’s fair becausewe’re all suffering,” he said.“But the reason I’m rejectingthis budget is because of the
BudgetContinued from page 15
town side.” There is not enough trans-
parency in the town’s budget,he said, which could stand toscale back costs in many ar-eas.
Carolyn Coughlin agreedthat times are tough but saidshe didn’t want that to im-pact the school’s money.
“I know when I go to thepump and I fill my car, it’s alot of money. And then in aweek it’s all gone. Then I go to
the grocery store and I spenta lot of money there. Butthen it’s all gone,” she said.“But when we use our moneyfor educating and forPlainville’s children, I con-sider that an investment.”
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CitizenSports20 The Plainville CitizenThursday, April 12, 2012
Softball coaches, players agree:Pushing the pitching circle back no big deal
Plainville 9 off toup and down start
In an attempt to add more offense to games, the highschool softball rubber was moved from 40 to 43 feetaway from home plate a year ago.
By Sean KrofssikSpecial to The Citizen
A year after the highschool softball rubber wasmoved back from 40 feet to 43feet away from home plate,the consensus among mostarea softball coaches is thatthe change has been positivefor the game. The rule changewas made to improve offense,while also taking the pitch-er’s safety into account.
“The change makes thekids more involved in thegame,” Southington coachJohn Bores said. “I think it’sa good thing. I think the ballis being put into play more. Itmakes for a better game withless kids striking out.”
Bores added that anychange in the offensive out-put has not been drastic.
Berlin coach Jason Pireswas all for the mound dis-
tance change when it wasproposed and he hasn’tswayed, saying “it has madesoftball a more team game.”
“It helps to prevent a teamwith a dominant pitcher, andnothing else, from over-whelming teams. More bal-
ance is needed,” said Pires.“It definitely rewards a morecomplete team. I think it hasleveled the playing field a bit.The great pitchers are stillgreat, but you have to begreat now to dominate.”
Plainville’s Jen Micowskiis another coach in favor ofthe mound change.
“I think the change to 43feet has really put the advan-tage in the batters’ hands.They have that extra secondto see the ball and determinewhether to swing or take thepitch,” said Micowski. “Ithink it has increased thescores of many gamesthroughout the state.”
Maloney pitcher AlleSabith said the change was-n’t a big adjustment for her—in the circle or at the plate.
“It didn’t affect me toomuch because I knew aboutit ahead of time so I had plen-
ty of time to practice and getready for last season,” shesaid. “It changes where thepitches break. It was a littlebit harder, but I think it wasthe same for me. It definitelybrought more offense to thegame. It gives the batter a lit-tle more time to read thepitch. When you are at theplate, you notice it, but it’sbeen a year and I am used toit.”
Sabith will pitch at Divi-sion III Western ConnecticutState next year. College rub-bers are also 43 feet from theplate.
Maloney coach ScottAresco was a strong propo-nent of the increased dis-tance. The veteran coach alsosaid he believes the safetyprecautions should go fur-ther.
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Plainville High School’s Tom Dinda unloads a pitchin the Blue Devils’ season-opener against Rocky Hilllast week.
By Nick CarrollThe Plainville Citizen
Two straight defeats is no way to start aseason – or welcome a new coach. So thePlainville High School baseball team madesure that didn’t occur.
The young Blue Devils shook off a sloppy,season-opening loss to knock off St. Paul, 5-3, Saturday at Alumni Field.
“We came back against St. Paul a wholedifferent team,” PHS first-year coach LouMandeville said. “We came back tougher, alot more confident. We came back with firein our eyes. We came back believing in our-selves; and it showed.”
Plainville generated 11 hits in the victory.In their first game this spring – a 5-3 loss
to host Rocky Hill – the locals managed justthree hits.
Against St. Paul, Nick Moshier, Tom Din-da and Tyler Pina each went 2-for-3 with aRBI, and Dinda scored three times.
“Saturday was a totally different atmos-phere,” Mandeville reiterated.
Matt Thomas went six innings, allowed
three hits and struck out six in the winningeffort.
Despite allowing just one earned run infour innings of work against Rocky Hill,Dinda was tagged with the loss in that one.
“He didn’t pitch badly,” said Mandeville.“He’s a contact pitcher, so when you’re play-ing defense behind him, you better be readyto make the plays. We didn’t get that done inthe first couple innings.”
The Blue Devils dug themselves a bighole in Rocky Hill, and never recovered.
“We didn’t get out of the gate very well,”Mandeville pointed out. “We made a few er-rors the first couple of innings and gavethem four unearned runs right off the bat.So we were playing catch up baseball.”
Plainville looked more cohesive by themiddle innings, but the damage was done.
“We have some kids without much varsi-ty experience. I think that came out a littlebit,” said Mandeville. “Overall, it wasn’thorrible. But we would have liked a betterresult.”
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See Baseball, next page
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Blue Devil Notes
By Nick CarrollThe Plainville Citizen
The tennis team didn’thave a great pre-season, butwas ready to go for the realthing, as it shut out an out-matched Bloomfield squad,7-0, to start the year.
PHS coach Chuck Raddasaid his team’s best perform-ance of the day was turnedin by Sam Zaza. The locals’No. 1 singles player won hermatch, 6-1, 6-1.
“There were quite a fewlong rallies,” Radda pointedout, “but Sam’s superiorserving and her ability tomove her opponent aroundmade the difference.”
Radda also liked what hesaw at No. 3 singles, wherethe Lady Blue Devils’ Gio-
vanna Rosetti prevailed, 6-1,6-1.
Also registeringwins against Bloom-field was ChanelMacklin (6-0, 6-0)and NataliaKacpryzk (6-0, 6-0),and the doublesteams of SarahKane and NikkiDow (6-0, 6-0), Amanda Laand Melinda Le (6-1, 6-1) andBecca Lauzier and Kelly Fa-rina (6-0, 6-1).
The girls track and fieldteam came up short againstBristol Eastern, 73-59, in itsseason-opener, but PHScoach Robin Mills saw somepositives in the loss. “It wasa good first meet, with manytimes and distances close towhere their times were lastyear at the end of the sea-son,” she said.
Alle Caponigro was theLady Blue Devils’ big point-getter against Bristol East-ern, besting the field in shotput, discus and javelin.
Teammate Sheliah Newci-ty placed first in the 300 hur-dles, and second in the 100hurdles.
Also, Caponigro and New-city teamed with IsabellaD’Onofrio and MeganCameron to win the 4x400 re-
lay that afternoon.Against Bristol Eastern,
Plainville waswithout the servic-es of distance run-ner Lexxi Carrolland jumper PaulaFrejlich. Both wereout with injury.
In a meet thatwasn’t decided un-
til the final event, the boystrack and field team out-lasted Bristol Eastern, 77-73,to improve to 1-0.
Andrew Rottier led theBlue Devils with three victo-ries (800, 1,600, 3,200), whileteammate Malik Gordonearned two wins (300 hur-dles, high jump).
PHS coach Shaun Berardpointed out that with abreak here or there, the lo-cals could have run awaywith the victory. Instead, themeet was a barnburner.
“It may not be so obviouswatching a track meet fromthe stands,” the coach said,“but they can be excitingand close. One close eventcan tip the balance.”
Gordon and Kevin Waitefinished one-two in highjump to ultimately seal thedeal.
At press time, the softballteam owned a record of 2-1.
Tennis team rolls; four wins for CaponigroThe locals opened the year
with a 22-1 victory overBloomfield.
Leading the way in thatone was winning pitcherJacqui Wuchert, MeganJohnson (3-for-4, RBI, 2 runs)and Erika Kozak (3-for-3, 3runs).
From there, Plainville losta heart-breaker to NorthBranford, 2-1. The winningrun came in the seventh in-ning.
Lady Blue Devil pitcherTabi Arnold turned in goodwork in the loss, and John-son came through with a sin-gle, and scored her team’slone run on a sacrifice flyfrom Cheyenne Dalke.Rachel Lancaster doubledfor Plainville.
The Lady Blue Devils
bounced back to knock offFarmington, 14-4. Arnoldearned the pitching win, andKaty Dressel, Dalke, LindseyAllario and Lancaster pow-ered the victors at the plate.
The golf team came upshort to Torrington in itsseason-opener, 169-179, butPHS coach Steve Guerrierosaid his guys played prettywell in the blustery condi-tions and on an unfamiliarcourse, Torrington CountryClub.
“I’m optimistic that wehad a good start for the 2012season,” Guerriero said.
Tyler Goodall paced theBlue Devils with a 43.Rounding out the PHS scor-ing slate was Richard Han-son (45), Steve Boland (45)and Andrew Chapman (46).
BaseballContinued from page 20
Tony Lo Pizzo had a triplefor the Blue Devils, andteammates Shane Puglieseand Chris Kuzia drove in onerun apiece.
Heading into Week 2, Man-deville was feeling opti-mistic about his team’schances this spring.
“I feel good about thegroup of kids we have,” hesaid. “I just encourage themto come out and work hardevery day, believe in them-selves and keep moving for-ward. Adversity is going tohappen, but you have to finda way to fight through it, andfind a way to get the jobdone.”
Plainville started thisweek off on the wrong foot,falling hard to visitingConard, 10-0, Monday.
Kuzia had the Blue Devils’offensive highlight on thisday, a double.
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Many of the common in-juries we see in golf are pre-
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I am here to tell you tomake it a priority to warm-up prior to hitting that firsttee shot.
Golf is a dynamic sportthat requires ballistic move-ments, where your musclesare doing a lot of contract-ing and lengthening. Be-cause of the dynamic natureof the golf swing, if yourmuscles cannot properlylengthen during the swing,you are setting yourself upfor a bad round or, more im-
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ly on can nag you all seasonand can also affect you offthe course and make thoseonce pain-free activities notso enjoyable.
Many people associate awarm-up as just stretching.That is not the case. Thestretching that is involved ina warm-up is called dynamicstretching. This is stretch-ing that is done while in mo-tion, and the main goal is tohelp increase blood flow tothe working muscles in-volved in the swing. This isnot your typical kind ofstretching where you wouldhold a position for a lengthof time; that is called staticstretching, and should only
be used as part of a post-round cool-down, or if youare looking to gain moreflexibility.
Some examples of goodexercises to perform in a dy-namic warm-up include;neck rotations, arm circles,wrist flexion/extension,standing trunk rotations,lateral side bends, standingstraight leg kicks, arm over-head deep squats and alter-nating wide stance toetouches. These should bedone for 10 to 15 repetitionsin each direction, and it isimportant that you performthese in a controlled mannerwhere there are no quickballistic/jerky motions.
I am a believer that hit-ting balls on the range
should be a part of thewarm-up process, but onlyafter you have dedicated 5 to10 minutes of dynamicstretching. If you do not per-form a warm-up, you mayfind yourself settling intoyour round by the fifth orsixth hole.
And remember, youshould never feel embar-rassed doing any of thesewarm-up exercises at thegolf course, as you are help-ing yourself prevent injurywhile setting an example forother players.
Eric Lunt works at Tim-berlin Golf Course in Kens-ington and is a Certified GolfFitness Instructor throughthe Titleist Performance In-stitute.
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“I think all corner infield-ers and pitchers should haveto wear facemasks,” Arescosaid. “No one wants to wearthe mask. They only put themon after they get hit.”
Platt coach Trish Wodatchsaid a few players on herteam wear face protection
and she said she wouldn’tmind if all of her players didthe same.
“All of my infielders wearmouth pieces,” Wodatch said.“Some of them wear masks.It should be a preference. Theball comes off the bat quick. Idon’t want to scare them, butI would put a thought in theirhead about wearing a mask.”
Wodatch agrees with mov-ing the mound back for safety
reasons, but she’s still notsure how young high schoolpitchers will handle the extrathree feet.
“I just want to make sureit’s a safe distance for 14- or15-year-old girls,” Wodatchsaid. “Their arms have to getstronger to throw those extrathree feet.”
Overall, Wodatch said themound change is a positive.
“You never want to seeanyone get hit in the face,”Wodatch said. “After somepitchers windup, they couldmove up seven or eight feet(towards home).”
It just comes with some di-etary restrictions and con-stant monitoring by his doc-tors at Connecticut Chil-dren’s Medical Center.”
Ethan’s disease fueled a de-sire for Allan and his wife,Whitney, a clinician at a drugand alcohol rehab facilityand a stay-at-home-mom toget involved with the Nation-al Kidney Foundation, whichfunds research and educationfor kidney disease and aidsfamilies who are facingtransplant.
The Amundsens, with fam-ily and friends, started to par-ticipate in the foundation’sannual Kidney Walk underthe name Team Ethan.
Last year, they had a teamof 30 who raised around$2200 and the year beforethey collected $1800. Thisyear, they hope to hit $3500with the help of a fundrais-ing event on April 14.
At 7 p.m., a benefit concertis scheduled at the MiddleSchool of Plainville, 150Northwest Drive., to raisemoney for the National Kid-ney Foundation and TeamEthan.
It was Allan’s sister,Sharon Amundsen, whocame up with the idea.
“She wanted to help ourwalk team this year and seeif she could do a separatefundraiser,” Amundsen said.
Sharon, who is part of thePlainville Choral Society,knew a musical group
known as The Plaids.The Plaids will perform a
special selection from theirhit show, “Forever Plaid.” Allproceeds will go to theAmundsen walk team, TeamEthan, and ultimately bene-fit the National Kidney Foun-dation.
“They were kind enoughto dedicate one night of theirtalent to raise money for theNational Kidney Founda-tion,” he said. “Hopefullywe’ll get a big turnout.”
Tickets for the April 14performance will be sold atthe door. For anyone whowishes to donate to the walkteam, visit kidney.org, clickon “Events” and “KidneyWalk,” select “Support aWalker” and type in “TeamEthan.”
Penny SaleThe 38th Annual Plainville Rotary Club Penny Sale is scheduled for Saturday, April 14 at
Plainville High School, 47 Robert Holcomb Way, doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the event startsat 6 p.m. One of its largest fundraisers, the event will provide over $20,000 in scholarshipsto Plainville High School students, as well as provide funding for civic activities and proj-ects. In addition to the 300 gifts offered each year, the club is offering many other specialprizes, including three Kindle Fires.
Whale song
Photo courtesy of Plainville Community Schools
On March 23, the Toffolon School Select Choir, un-der the direction of music instructor, Greg Wilfrid(pictured leading the chorus), sang “God BlessAmerica” during the second intermission of theConnecticut Whale hockey game versus the Port-land Pirates.
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Mr. PHS — “Mr. PHS” isscheduled for Thursday,April 12, at 7 p.m. in thePlainville High School Audi-torium. Senior Boys will bejudged on dancing, talent,swimsuit, formal wear, andquestion and answer. Ticketswill be sold at PHS and alsoat the door the night of theevent. For more informationcontact Christina Tufts (860)747-3933. Proceeds benefitthe 2012 Plainville HighSchool/YMCA Project Grad-uation, an all-night drug-
and alcohol-free graduationparty for seniors held at theY on graduation night.
Bingo — Veterans of For-eign Wars Madeley-RobertsPost 574 men hold open bin-go every Thursday, at 6:30p.m., at post headquarters, 7Northwest Drive at the cor-ner of Route 10. The publicis invited. Information: callEarl Carey at (860) 747-5400.
Debtors Anonymous —Debtors Anonymous is a fel-lowship of men and womenwho share their experi-ences, strength and hopewith one another to help re-cover from compulsivespending and incurring un-secured debt. There are nodues or fees for member-ship. Its purpose is to offer asafe, anonymous outlet fordiscussing problems and
sharing proven solutions.Weekly meetings are heldThursday nights, from 7:30to 8:30 p.m., at Wheeler Clin-ic (room A1), 91 NorthwestDrive in Plainville. Informa-tion: call (860) 793-3766, orvisit DA online atwww.DAnewengland.org.
Movie matinee — “Tin-ker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” isthis month’s feature at theFriends Movie Matinee onThursday, April 12 at 2:30p.m. In the early 1970s dur-ing the cold war, the head ofBritish Intelligence Control,espionage veteran GeorgeSmiley is forced from semi-retirement to under a Sovietagent with MI6. This moviestars Gary Oldman, ColinFirth and Tom Hardy.
13 Friday
Fife and Drum Corps —The Connecticut Patriots Se-nior Ancient Fife and DrumCorps meets Fridays, at 7p.m., at the Middle School ofPlainville, 150 NorthwestDrive. Information: PhyllisThompson, P.O. Box 243,Plainville, CT 06062 or call(860) 621-6090.
14 Saturday
Benefit concert — OnSaturday, April 14, at 7 p.m.at the Middle School ofPlainville, 150 NorthwestDrive, there will be afundraiser concert to sup-port the Amundsen Familywalk team, Team Ethan, tobenefit the National KidneyFoundation. The concertwill feature The Plaids, se-lections from the show andspecial guest performancesfrom Plainville Choral Soci-ety. Tickets can be pur-chased at the door.
Foster care program —Wheeler Clinic will hold aninformational session onfoster parenting during aninformation session at 88East St., on Saturday, April14, from noon to 2 p.m.This no-obligation meetingprovides information aboutthe clinic’s foster care pro-gram. Interested personsmay stop in to learn about
foster care without makinga commitment of any kind.The Foster Care programworks with foster parents toprovide education, 24-hoursupport, childcare, respiteand compensation for thefoster child’s expenses. Theprogram serves girls andboys, ages 6 to 16, who needfoster homes. Mature adultswho are single or married,working or at home, are en-couraged to apply to becomefoster parents.For more in-formation call (860) 793-7277or www.wheelerclinic.org .
Open reception — A pho-to display titled, “Here andThere”, will be at thePlainville Public Libraryduring the month of Aprilwith a reception for the pho-tographer on Saturday, April14, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Themore than 30 photos weretaken “here” in central Con-necticut and “there” in oth-er states and abroad byPlainville resident, DennisColgan and his wife, Laurel.They have captured imagesover the years from shots intheir backyard and aroundthe neighborhood to vaca-tions up the coast of Califor-nia, down the coast ofMaine, from Italy, Hawaiiand spots in between thatbring together this exhibit’stheme.
Rotary penny sale —The 38th Annual PlainvilleRotary Club Penny Sale willbe held Saturday, April 14 atPlainville High School, 47Robert Holcomb Way, doorsopen at 5:30 p.m. and theevent starts at 6 p.m. One oftheir largest fundraisers,the event will provide over$20,000 in scholarships toPlainville High School stu-dents, as well as providefunding for civic activitiesand projects. In addition tothe 300 gifts offered eachyear, the club is offeringmany other special prizes,including three KindleFires. Admission is free.
Spaghetti supper —Plainville VFW, Madeley-Roberts Post 574, 7 North-west Drive, is having aSpaghetti Supper on Satur-day, April 14, from 5 to 8 p.m.The dinner will includespaghetti, meatballs, salad,beverages and a cash bar.Proceeds from the spaghettidinner will support
Plainville VFW and its mis-sion for community and mil-itary support programs. Alltickets will be sold at thedoor and children under 5years old are free.
Military whist can-celled — The MilitaryWhist that was scheduledfor Saturday, April 14 from 1to 4 p.m. at the PlainvilleHistoric Center, 29 PierceSt., has been cancelled. Forquestions call (860) 747-6577.If there’s no answer, leaveyour name and phone num-ber.
15 Sunday
A Capella Group —Completely Different Note,an all-male a cappella groupfrom UCONN will be per-forming on Sunday, April 15,at 2 p.m. at the PlainvilleCongregational Church, 130West Main St. The group fea-tures two local members:Justin Beauchamp, BristolCentral High School, class of2008; and Jeff Mailhot, Bris-tol Eastern High School,class of 2010. There is a costto attend. For more informa-tion, visitwww.cdnuconn.com.
16 Monday
Plainville Choral Soci-ety — The Plainville ChoralSociety rehearses Mondays,7 to 9:30 p.m., at the GloriaDei Church, 355 Camp St.,Bristol. Information: callMal Cummings, at (860) 747-5695, or Maureen Deming, at(860) 559-9781.
Plainville MS supportgroup — The PlainvilleMultiple Sclerosis SupportGroup meets at the WheelerClinic, 91 Northwest Drive,Plainville, from 7 to 9 p.m.on the third Monday of eachmonth.
For more information,contact George at (860) 793-9589.
Rotary Club — PlainvilleRotary Club meets at 12:15p.m. Mondays at J. Timo-thy’s Taverne, 143 NewBritain Ave. Information:
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LEGAL NOTICEPLANNING AND ZONING
COMMISSIONPLAINVILLE,
CONNECTICUTThe Town of Plainville’sPlanning and Zoning Com-mission will conduct a PublicHearing on Tuesday, April24, 2012 commencing at7:30 p.m. at the PlainvilleMunicipal Center, One Cen-tral Square, Plainville CT onthe following item:
Zoning Text Amendment forDream Maker Holdings toSections 2.02.A.3.1 & 3.3and 2.04.D and add newSection 2.02.A.3.2 to allowlimited retail services in theRestricted Industrial Zone.
The file is available for pub-lic inspection at the Depart-ment of Technical Servicesand the Town Clerk’s Officein the Plainville MunicipalCenter.
At this hearing, interestedpersons may appear and beheard and written communi-cations may be received.
Any person requiring spe-cial assistance in order toattend and/or participate inthis public hearing may callthe Department of TechnicalServices at (860) 793-0221before noon on Friday, April20, 2012.
Respectfully submitted,
David Thompson, Secretary Planning and Zoning Com-mission
Dated at Plainville, CTThis 2nd day of April 2012
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At its April 4, 2012, regularmeeting, the Plainville InlandWetlands and Watercours-es Commission renderedthe following decisions:
APPROVED a declaratoryruling for Brian and ElizabethGrabowski to install a pooldeck within the uplandreview area on propertylocated at 194 Red StoneHill.APPROVED a declaratoryruling for James E. Pelletierto install an addition anddeck/patio in an uplandreview area on propertylocated at 159 CookeStreet.APPROVED a declaratoryruling for the Greater Hart-ford YMCA to remove fallentrees and stumps within anupland review area andwithin a wetland area forday camp activities on prop-erty located at 149 Farming-ton Avenue.APPROVED a wetland per-mit for Bismarck RealEstate Partners, LLC. withconditions for an 8,300square foot Firestone Com-plete Car Care Center andassociated parking, sitegrading and drainageimprovements within anupland review area on prop-erty located at 459 Farming-ton Avenue.APPROVED a wetland per-mit for Phoenix Soil, LLCwith conditions for adaptivere-use of an existing struc-ture for soil processing andassociated access, parking,site grading and drainageimprovements within anupland review area on prop-erty at 60 North WashingtonStreet.
call Guy Doyon, at (860) 793-4113.Specials for vacation — April
vacation week specials sponsored bythe Plainville Public Library and thePlainville Recreation Departmentwill be as follows: Monday, April 16,Splash party 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.,Plainville High School pool, 47Robert Holcomb Way, open to all;Kids in the Kitchen make edibleslime 1 p.m., at Plainville Public Li-brary, 56 E. Main St., for kids ingrades 2 to 5, call (860) 793-1450 toregister.
17 Tuesday
Bingo — Veterans of ForeignWars Madeley-Roberts Post 574Women’s Auxiliary has open bingoevery Tuesday, at 6:30 p.m., at postheadquarters, 7 Northwest Drive atthe corner of Route 10. The public isinvited. Information: call Earl Careyat (860) 747-5400.
Order of the Eastern Star —Olivet Chapter No. 29, O.E.S., meetsat 7:30 p.m. on the first and thirdTuesdays of each month at the Ma-sonic Temple, 70 E. Main St.,Plainville.
Plainville Wind Ensemble —The Plainville Wind Ensemble re-hearses Tuesdays, at 7 p.m., in thePlainville High School band room.Information: call (860) 747-1851 or vis-it www.plainvillewindensemble.com .
Specials for vacation — Aprilvacation week specials sponsored bythe Plainville Public Library and thePlainville Recreation Departmentwill be as follows: Tuesday, April 17,Splash party 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.,Plainville High School pool, 47Robert Holcomb Way, open to all;family movie “Alvin & the Chip-munks: Chipwrecked” 1 p.m., at thePlainville Public Library, 56 E. MainSt., rated PG, free popcorn.
Old Leather Man — ThePlainville Historical Society, 29Pierce St., is presenting a programon Tuesday, April 17, at 7 p.m. Thetopic is The Old Leather Man. Yearin and year out, the Old Leather Manwould walk his established routepassing through towns and becom-ing a legend or a mystery for somepeople. Presented by Dan DeLuca,author, genealogist, and historian.For more information call (860) 747-6577 and is handicapped accessible.
18 Wednesday
Open mike night — An acousticopen mike night is held at Church of
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Our Saviour, 115 W. Main St.Plainville, every first Wednesday ofthe month from 7 to 10 p.m. Thisfolk/country-western program hasbeen running for more than a yearand local entertainers as well asmany from throughout Connecticuthave been performing on a regularbasis. This is a fun evening for a verylow admission fee and refreshmentsare available. Attendees are encour-aged to bring non-perishable fooditems for the Plainville CommunityFood Pantry. Proceeds benefitChurch of Our Saviour and its out-reach programs. The next FirstWednesday Open Mike Night will beheld March 7. Potential performerscan contact [email protected].
Food for Friends — The Food forFriends free meal is served atChurch of Our Saviour, 115 W. MainSt., from 5 to 6:30 p.m., everyWednesday of the month.
Project gradation — The nextProject Graduation meeting will beheld Wednesday, April 4, 7 p.m., at theWheeler Regional Family YMCA, 149Farmington Ave. Meetings are heldon the first Wednesday of the monthuntil it gets closer to graduation whenmeetings will be held more frequently.Parents of juniors and seniors arewelcome. Any amount of time thatcan be donated is appreciated.
Safety awareness program — Afree safety awareness program forpeople with developmental disabili-ties is being offered by PARC, fundedby the Petit Family Foundation. Itwill be held at PARC’s facility, 28 E.Maple St. in Plainville, on the thirdWednesday of the month, 6 p.m., Jan-uary through June. People do nothave to be a member of PARC, how-ever, registration is necessary bycalling (860) 747-0316 or [email protected] .
Specials for vacation — April va-cation week specials sponsored bythe Plainville Public Library and thePlainville Recreation Departmentwill be as follows: Wednesday, April18, Splash party 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.,Plainville High School pool, 47Robert Holcomb Way, open to all;Purple Rock Productions presentsThe Snowmaiden, based on the Russ-ian folk dance, a puppet show will beshown at 6 p.m., at the Plainville Pub-lic Library, 56 E. Main St. All agesand family welcome. This program,made available by a grant from CarolKirkstadt, is a winter fantasy per-formed with marionettes, live musicand an introductory Russian folkdance.
26 The Plainville Citizen — Thursday, April 12, 2012
LEGAL NOTICETOWN OF PLAINVILLE
TOWN COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARINGAPRIL 19, 2012
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that thePlainville Town Council will hold a public hear-ing on Thursday April 19, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. inthe Council Chambers of the Municipal Cen-ter, One Central Square for the purpose ofhearing public comment on the Town Coun-cil's Fiscal Year 2012-2013 proposed budget.
Should the Budget Town Meeting on TuesdayApril 24, 2012 fail to adopt a budget, a publichearing will be held on Thursday April 26,2012 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers ofthe Municipal Center for the purpose of hear-ing public comment on the Town Council'sFiscal Year 2012-2013 proposed budget.
Should the Budget Town Meeting on TuesdayMay 8, 2012 fail to adopt a budget, a publichearing will be held on Thursday May 10,2012 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers ofthe Municipal Center for the purpose of hear-ing public comment on the Town Council'sFiscal Year 2012-2013 proposed budget.
Copies of the proposed budget are availableat the Plainville Library and at the TownClerk's office during regular business hours.
Dated at Plainville, Connecticut this12th day of April, 2012.
PLAINVILLE TOWN COUNCIL
By,
Carol A. Skultety, Town Clerk& Clerk of the Town Council
NOTICEPARTY-SELECTED DELEGATES
TO CONVENTIONS
A certified list of party-selected candidatesfor the Republican Party in the Town of
Plainville for participation as DELEGATES tothe conventions of said Party specified
below is on file in my office at One CentralSquare, Plainville, Connecticut and copies
Dated at Plainville, Connecticutthis 12th day of April 2012
LEGAL NOTICETOWN OF PLAINVILLE
BUDGET TOWN MEETINGAPRIL 24, 2012
THE LEGAL VOTERS OF THE TOWN OFPLAINVILLE and such owners of property asare permitted by law to vote at Town Meetingare hereby duly warned and given notice thatthe annual Town Meeting will be held onTuesday April 24, 2012 between 6:00 a.m.and 8:00 p.m. at the Plainville Fire House,77West Main Street solely for the purpose ofvoting on the budget for Fiscal Year 2012-2013 as proposed by the Town Council andpublished in a legal notice on April 12, 2012.
In accordance with the Charter of the Town ofPlainville, should the Town Meeting fail toadopt a budget at the first so called on theLast Tuesday in April, the Town Meeting shallbe adjourned to the Second Tuesday in Mayand thence to the Fourth Tuesday in May untilsaid budget is finally adopted, in accordancewith the provisions of Chapter VII Section 6 ofsaid Charter.
Dated at Plainville, Connecticut this 12th dayof April, 2012.
Carol A. Skultety, Town Clerk& Clerk of the Town Council
LEGAL NOTICETOWN OF PLAINVILLE
INVITATION TO SUBMIT PROPOSALSCONNECTICUT NEIGHBORHOOD
ASSISTANCE ACT
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Town of Plainvilleis accepting proposals from community-based serviceorganizations which meet the requirements outlined inthe Connecticut General Statutes 12-630aa et. seq.
The Connecticut Neighborhood Assistance Act TaxCredit Program is designed to provide funding formunicipal and tax exempt organizations. Areas thatqualify include but are not limited to Energy Conserva-tion, Employment and Training, Childcare Services,Neighborhood Assistance, and Substance Abuse.
Proposals should be submitted on or before Monday,April 30, 2012, to the following:
Office of the Town ManagerTown of Plainville
One Central SquarePlainville, CT 06062
All proposals must include the following:1. A description of the program.2. The neighborhood area involved.3. An explanation of why the service is needed.4. Goals of the program.5. The estimated amount required to be
invested in the program.6. The plan for implementation.
Applications may be obtained from the Office of theTown Manager at the above address or via the internetat www.ct.gov/DRS.
Dated at Plainville, Connecticut this 2nd day of April2012.
Shirley OsleAssistant Town Manager
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LEGAL NOTICETOWN OF PLAINVILLE BUDGET TOWN MEETING
APRIL 24, 2012THE LEGAL VOTERS OF THE TOWN OF PLAINVILLE and such owners of property as arepermitted by law to vote at Town Meeting are hereby duly warned and given notice that the annualTown Meeting will be held on Tuesday April 24, 2012 between 6:00 a.m. and 8:00 p.m. at the PlainvilleFire House, 77 West Main Street solely for the purpose of voting on the budget for Fiscal Year 2012-2013 as proposed by the Town Council and published in a legal notice on April 12, 2012.In accordance with the Charter of the Town of Plainville, should the Town Meeting fail to adopt abudget at the first so called on the Last Tuesday in April, the Town Meeting shall be adjourned tothe Second Tuesday in May and thence to the Fourth Tuesday in May until said budget is finallyadopted, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter VII Section 6 of said Charter.Dated at Plainville, Connecticut this 12th day of April, 2012.Carol A. Skultety, Town Clerk& Clerk of the Town Council
PLAINVILLE TOWN COUNCIL BUDGET MESSAGE FOR FY 2012To the Citizens of Plainville:
The Plainville Town Council proposes a budget of $53,992,901 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012 through June30, 2013. Expenditures are summarized as follows:
Town General Government $14,987,338 $15,534,464 $547,126 3.65%Board of Education 32,689,795 33,067,104 377,309 1.15%Capital Projects 699,634 800,000 100,366 14.35%Debt Service 4,541,346 4,591,333 49,987 1.10%Total Proposed Expenditures $52,918,113 $53,992,901 $1,074,788 2.03%
The budget totals $53,992,901. This is an increase of $1,074,788 or 2.03%. If adopted as presented, the mill rate isestimated to be 30.89 or 1.91 mills higher than the current mill rate of 28.98, assuming revenues as currently estimated remainthe same. However, due to revaluation, the mill rate increase does not reflect the average tax increase. If the FY 2012budget is factored into the October 1, 2011 revalued grand list, the result is a re-calculated mill rate of 30.28 forFY 2012. Considering this, the average tax increase is 2.01% (0.61/30.28).
PLAINVILLE TOWN COUNCILKatherine Pugliese - Chairperson Rick DrezekScott Saunders - Vice Chairperson Christopher WazorkoDaniel Hurley Quinn ChristopherLee Toffey
2011 - 2012 GENERAL GOVERNMENT CAPITAL BUDGETManager Council
Capital Budget Recommended ApprovedGeneral Government & Education $720,000 $720,000 Return to Fund Balance 80,000 80,000 Total Capital Budget $800,000 $800,000
PROPOSED TOWN OF PLAINVILLE, CONNECTICUTGENERAL GOVERNMENT & BOE EXPENDITURE BUDGET SUMMARY
Actual 2011 - 2012 2012 - 2013Expended Spent To Dept Manager Council
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PRICKER REMOVALRICK’S AFFORDABLE
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AUTOMOBILES
FORD Mustang 1987 2 Door Convertible. 4 Cylinder.
New top and paint. Kept ingarage. $1900. (203) 639-0054
MERCURY Mountaineer 20024 WD. Runs great. $2850
CHEVY Impala 2004 Loaded! Runs great. $2750.
(203) 213-1142
PPOONNTTIIAACC Boneville 1977. Blue,29k, real good cond, familyowned. Call 203-288-6659.
GGAARRAAGGEE to store car year round.Must be reasonable. Preferablyon the East side of Meriden.203-235-1518.
MMEERRIIDDEENN- Family of 3 looking torent house with driveway inMeriden area. 3 BRs, 2 Baths,Finished Bsmt. Willing to pay$1450 /mo. 860-343-8496
BUSINESS PROPERTYFOR RENT
MERIDEN- Complete Salon forrent. Great business opportuni-ty! $1300 a mnth + sec, waterincl. City appr. 203-903-6413.
HOUSES FOR SALE
NORTHFORD. $259,900. Betterthan you would have thought!Remodeled in 2001, spacious 7rm raised ranch- has 3 brs, 2full baths, modern kitchen w/appliances, 2 fireplaces, CA,walk out family room, 200 avgelec & more. Call Fred Gettner203-265-5618
WALLINGFORD. $479,900 Ele-gant 4BR home with incredibleopen space views. Open floorsplan perfect for entertaining.Spacious master bedroom,gleaming wood floors, finishedlower level. Call Linda Diana203-265-5618
HELP WANTED
ADMIN AIDE - Busy office;FT Handle multiple admintasks, phones, intermediateWord and Excel a must-sendresume & salary reqs to:
Good loc. Newly Remodeled. Off-st parking. Appls. WD Hkup. Sec8 Appr. No pets. 203-379-7817
MERIDEN 1 BR. Big rooms. BigClosets. Nice and clean. BroadStreet. Walk to Stop & Shop.Shared laundry. 2 mos security+ application fee. No pets.$650/mo. Call 203-284-0597
MERIDEN 2 BEDROOMPainted, Large.
On-site laundry room & Parking$775
Call 860-810-2941MERIDEN 2/3 BR 1.50 ba.
Clean, East Side. All appls.Garage, Deck and beautiful,fenced-in back yard. $1600,sec dep. (860) 748-0562
Always Buying, Old, used andantique handtools. Carpen-try, Machinist, Engravingand Workbench tools. If youhave old or used tools thatare no longer being used,call with confidence. Fair &friendly offers made in yourhome. Please call Cory
860-322-4367
DDEEEE’’SS AANNTTIIQQUUEESSBuying Collectibles,
Jewelry & Silver. China,Glass, Military, Musical.Anything old & unusual.
Single item to an estate.220033--223355--88443311
FURNITURE &APPLIANCES
GG..EE. Electric slide-in range. Verygood cond. White. 1 yr old, likenew. $250.OBO.860-302-4833.
KING Size mattress set, $150with frame. Call (203) 235-0875
LIKE NEW - 25 CUBIC FEETAMANA BLACK REFRIGERATORWITH BOTTOM FREEZER.
MODEL #ABB2524DEB68 1/2” H X 35 3/4” W X 34” D.
FOUR YEARS OLD. PICK-UPONLY. CALL (203) 284-8962.
PRICE $600.LOVE Seat/recliner, maroon
velour, excellent condition.$150. (203) 238-0566
MMUUSSTT SSEELLLLTWIN Mattresses & Box Springs
Like New. $30/set or bestoffer. Computer table $30
(203) 235-4788RECLINING SOFA
With Matching Rocker ReclinerGood Condition
$200.OBO. 203-269-0742
RED Maple Desk and Credenza,2 Piece Unit $95; Matching TVArmoire, Also in Red Maple,$75. Please Call 203-294-9833.
in Excellent Condition. $99 for 3 Piece Set or $35 Each.
Please call 203-294-9833
MISCELLANEOUSFOR SALE
HOT TUB: 2012 Model, 6 Per-son, 46 Jets, Waterfall, LEDLighting, Ozonator, AllOptions W/Cover, BrandNew - Still In Package,Never Hooked Up. Full War-ranty. Original Cost $8000,Sacrifice $3500. Can Deliver.
203-232-8778
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12 X 10 w/windows. 2 available.Located in Durham Deliveryextra. $2,750. 203-535-9817.
GGEERRMMAANN Shepherd & Husky mixPuppies! $700. Call for info203-915-7950
GERMAN SHEPHERD PUPPIESTop quality. Working lines.3 Males are ready now! Puppieshave shots and are tattooed. AKCregistration. Guaranteed. $1000.Serious inquiries please. Call(860) 655-0889
HORSE LOVERS EXCEPTIONALRiding opportunity in exchange
for 6-8 hours per week. AM and PM time needed.
203-213-8833 or 203-272-6593PPUURREEBBRREEDD CCHHIIHHUUAAHHUUAASS
$15., Tiller Cultivator, 2 cycle,14” till $95. Tiller Cultivator,Lg,26” till 60 HP, Briggs + Stra-ton, Power Rev. Craftsman,$375. 203-235-6176.
LLAAWWNNmmoowweerr 20 HP, commercialwalk- behind. 48 inch cut,Hydrostatic drive w/grasscatcher and sulky attachmentto make it a riding mower. Pri-vately used only. Runs perfect.Asking $3,200. Please call 203-634-1760.
CONSTRUCTION EQUIP& TOOLS
TTOOOOLL & Die Shop Supplies.DoAll Granite surface plate 2x4ft w/stand, Tangent Radiusdresser, shelving, benches, andmuch more! Call for info at860-628-8833 or 860-329-5631.
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Gaylord Hospital, CTs premiere long-term acute carehospital seeks applicants for the following positions:
Per Diem PharmacistIn this position you'll provide pharmaceutical care consistent withsafe, effective medication usage, drug information services, patientmonitoring, and sterile product preparation. REQUIREMENTS: current CT licensure, hospital pharmacy experi-
ence, weekday/weekend schedule flexibility.
Per Diem Pharmacy TechnicianIn this position you'll assist the hospital pharmacist prepare anddispense medication, receive/store incoming supplies, maintainonline inventory records, and other duties as may be assigned. REQUIREMENTS: high school diploma, relevant training and expe-rience, good computer skills. Current CT license a plus. EOE
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HairdresserPart Time - Flexible Hours
Miller Memorial Community, Meriden'schoice for excellence in senior residentialhealth care services, seeks a part-timehairdresser with experience in a healthcaresetting preferred. Proof of license and insurancerequired. Hours are flexible.
Please apply to: Personnel Manager,
Miller Memorial Community, Inc.360 Broad St. Meriden, Ct 06450
CCAARRRRIIEERRSS WWAANNTTEEDDCome join our fast growing team of contracted adult carrierswho earn up to $13,000.00 annually delivering newspapersfor up to 2 hours in the early morning.
It is a great way to subsidize your annual income withoutinterfering with your regular job or quality time at home.
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R.N. 16 hours position available toinclude every other weekend.Long term care experience amust. Supervisory experiencedpreferred. We are a 5-star, Planetree-affiliated leader in healthcareand ready to partner with some-one looking to join with the best.
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RECEPTIONIST Position40 hours (Temporary)
in busy medical practice.Interested parties fax resume
to: ATTN JOE 203-886-0072
TEACHER - Full Time Child CareTeacher needed for a NAEYCaccredited School ReadinessProgram. BS degree in ECE orrelated field. EOE. Please sendresumes by 4/13/12 to All KidsChild Care Center, Attn: Fil, 125Broad St., Meriden, CT 06450
WAREHOUSE Employee Neededto work 3-5 hours a day in AutoParts Warehouse. Basic auto-motive knowledge and com-puter skills necessary. Call860-301-2330. Leave Message.
WELDER/FABRICATOR: MIG/TIGExp w/steel, aluminum andstainless. SHEET METAL Fabri-cation experience pref. Musthave ability to read blueprintsand work independently. Weoffer a competitive wage andbenefit package. Please apply:Specialty Metal Fabrications,235 Cheshire So. Meriden, CT
YYAARRDD JJOOCCKKEEYY Exp with TractorTrailers.12 Hr shifts. BenefitsEOE. Call Kevin 203-741-0019.
SEEKINGEMPLOYMENT
EEXXPPEERRIIEENNCCEEDD self starter seekspart time clerical/admin posi-tion. 10-15 hours per week.Please call 203-265-5880.
HELP WANTED
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HHeeaadd TTeeaacchheerr - Before & AfterSchool Program. Resp forimplementing the program.
Requirements incl Head Teachercertificate or 15 credits in edu-cation, exp. working
w/ children ages 5-12, goodcommunication skills and excwork ethic.
Mon-Fri, 6:45am-845am and/or3-6:15pm
AAsssstt.. TTeeaacchheerr -- The LearningCommunity Toddler Room-Assoc or CDA preferred andexp.
w/ toddlers. Mon,Wed, 3-6pm,Tue,Thu,Fri 11-6
SSwwiimm IInnssttrruuccttoorrss - The Walling-ford Family YMCA is seekingswim instructors needed for
large aquatic program. Week-days, evenings and weekendpositions available. Competi-tive wages
based on exp, flexible hours..
Apply at 81 South Elm St.,Wallingford, CT. Or emailresume to dchappell
@wallingfordymca.org
HELP WANTED
ELECTRICIAN E-2 Growth, Opportunity, Commit-
ment. Join Large EstablishedStamford Co.Benefits inc: Health Ins., 401K.
Call 203-327-6907
KENNEL Assistant PT, includesnights. & weekends. Need CTdriv. lic. Apply in person.Animal Haven, 89 Mill Road,North Haven. 203-239-2641
IPP has full time opportunitiesproviding for direct care needsin a group home setting. 2nd &3rd shifts are available (3rdruns until 9am), pay is$11.50/hr. A HS diploma/GED,car, valid driver’s license, gooddriving record, criminal back-ground check and drug screensare required. Call 203.317.2700x110 for an application. EOE.
RRNN//LLPPNN Full Time w/ExperienceMontowese Health and Rehab
Center is seeking for full timeexperienced RN/LPN (40hrs)8am-4pm every other weekendto work in our short term rehabfacility. Attendance Bonus.Focus is on team nursing. EOE-Excellent Benefits, 401K with50% match. Tuition reimburse-ment, Competitive wagesand/or frills package. Sendresume to Montowese Healthand Rehab Center, 163 Quin-nipiac Ave, North Haven, CT06473 or Fax to 203-789-4433Attn: Helen Raucci.
CNA with ExperienceMontowese Health and Rehab
Center is aggressively seeking24 hr to Full Time ExperiencedCNA’s for Day, Evening andNight Shift. Alternative Week-end, Competitive wages. Applyin person. Montowese Healthand Rehab Center, 163 Quin-nipiac Ave, North Haven, CT
SITE Director - Full Time SiteDirector needed for a NAEYCaccredited School ReadinessProgram. BS degree in ECE orrelated field, must meet CTDPH and NAEYC criteria forprogram administrator. EOE.Please send resumes by4/13/12 to All Kids Child CareCenter, Attn: Fil, 125 BroadStreet Meriden, CT 06450
The Record-Journal is seek-ing a part time CustomerService Representative tojoin our Circulation team.Excellent communicationskills and ability to multitask are needed. Positionincludes data entry, postingpayments, inbound and out-bound sales and servicecalls.
Please apply in personbetween the hours of8:30am–4:30pm at:
RReeccoorrdd--JJoouurrnnaallCirculation Office
11 Crown St.Meriden, CT 06450
DRIVERExperienced Reefer Drivers &
Independent Contractors need-ed for Regional Positions.Top of the line equipment andplenty of freight. Call Today!
877-491-1112 orwww.primeinc.com
DRIVER-CDL-B w/air. Must haveclean DMV record and pass-drug screen for dairy distribu-tor delivering locally Tues-Fri.Apply in person 49 North PlainsIndustrial Rd., Wallingford, CT
DDRRIIVVEERRSS CDL, P & F Endorse-ment. Good pay, free healthbenefits, vacation & gratuities.Land Jet Bus, Waterbury. Excit-ing Job! Call 203-755-1647.
Direct care positions workingw/adults w/developmental/intellectual disabilities in Meri-den, Wallingford, Middletownand Hartford areas. Exper. pre-ferred. CT Driver’s Lic, HSDipl/GED required. Apply onlineat RMS-inc.org EOE
HUMAN SERVICESACORD, Inc. is recruiting FTRes. Mgr., Day Program Coordi-nators and PT HR Clerk posi-tions. Call 203 269-3599 for moreinformation or visit our websiteacordincorporated.com for more positions. ACORD, Inc. isan Equal Opportunity Employer
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