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In this issue ...Calendar..........................5Faith...............................12Government ..................16Schools...........................17Seniors...........................14Sports.............................19

By Eve BrittonThe Cheshire Citizen

Aneri Pattani’s red ToyotaCorolla has one bumpersticker, and it describes herperfectly:

“Got news?”The 18-year-old Cheshire

High School senior is allabout news. She reads it,writes it, edits it, watches it,wants to major in it in col-

lege, and ultimately make acareer of it.

Pattani, editor-in-chief ofthe school’s Rampage month-ly newspaper and daily up-dated website, just won theConnecticut Association ofBoards of Education Awardof Excellence in EducationalCommunication, along withthe newspaper and website’sadviser, Susan Coco.

Coco said when she en-

tered the website in the com-petition she was pretty confi-dent that it would win someaward.

“We were really thrilled toget the top award, really hap-py to hear about it,” she said.The website “is just such astrong communication tool,”she said.

Coco started the website in2010, and had it online witharchived material from the

Rampage that December.Now the website is updatedregularly as articles areturned in to Pattani and sec-tion editors.

“That’s where media is go-ing now,” Coco said.

“I initially didn’t know wewere up for (the award),” Pat-tani said. “Then I looked atother high school’s websites

Cheshire High senior already making news

See Pattani, page 15

Citizen photo by Joy VanderLek

Cindy Forlenzo, president of the Cheshire Dog Park.

Doggie Bowl nets $1,800The 1st annual Doggie Bowlathon for the proposed

Cheshire Dog Park was rescheduled, due to the recent bliz-zard, to Feb. 16.

More than 50 members, fans and friends of the non-prof-it Cheshire Dog Park showed up for an afternoon of fun atApple Valley Bowl in Plantsville.

The Doggie Bowl event brought in $1,798. All proceedsbenefit Cheshire Dog Park scheduled to be built on Water-bury Road.

Citizen photo by Eve Britton

A greenhouse at TowerFarms — seen here Feb.18 — collapsed under theweight of the snow fromthe Blizzard of 2013.


The aluminum irrigationpipes dangle, useless, justinches above the plants andplant beds in a number ofgreenhouses caved in bysnow, the ripped, plastic sid-ing letting freezing air intothe once warm, moisture-filled nurseries.

“It’s pretty dishearten-ing,” said Susan Ostuno, whoowns S. Ostuno Farms withher husband, Sonny. “It’s re-ally sad to see what youworked so hard for de-stroyed.”

The farm lost five of 20greenhouses to heavy,southerly winds thatwhipped through the farmduring the recent blizzard.Some of the destroyed green-houses still had plants inthem and workers spent

Monday moving plants fromthe broken greenhouses intoothers that were still intact.

“We’ve been running thefurnaces on high (in the de-stroyed greenhouses), sincethe snow,” Ostuno said,adding that the cost of doingthat was really adding up.

Greenhouse owners said itwas fortunate the season wasnot in full swing and thatsome of the greenhouseswere empty or only partiallyfilled with the tiny plantsthat feed the state’s agricul-tural industry. Most green-houses are growing annuals,geraniums, fuchsia, pansiesand the like.

“We have only a couple ofhouses with stuff in them,”said Steve Manke, managerof Tower Farms, who addedthat although a couple ofgreenhouses were lost to thesnow, it could have been

worse if it had been a littlefurther along in the growingseason.

“Hopefully we won’t getany more storms,” he saidwhile looking at the snow

Farmers focus on batteredgreenhouses in wake of blizzard

See Farmers, page 3

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By Joy VanderLekThe Cheshire Citizen

In any one of the 365 daysthat make up the calendaryear, Cheshire’s AbilitiesWithout Boundaries knows itcan count on a particulargroup of individuals, organi-zations and businesses tosupport its mission to assistand advocate for the specialneeds community.

AWB staff members anddirectors met Feb.21 , at theManor Inn in Plantsville, toshow appreciation to thosewhose efforts help the organ-ization all year long.

Well-known communitymembers and businesses at-tended, with a majority of

Cheshire-based companies. After dinner, the Annual

Appreciation Reception gotunderway lead by AWB Exec-utive Director Charlie Con-way and Marketing and De-velopment Director SarahMorocco.

Conway expressed grati-tude to all those involvedwith the organization. “It’swhat allows us to expand op-portunities to the clientswhose care we are entrustedwith every day.”

He showed a new promo-tional video for the upcomingCheshire Half-Marathon and5 K.

“It clearly expresses whowe are, what we do, and whatwe believe.” To that end, the

video dispenses with the no-tion that disabilities defineor limit people. Instead, AWBseeks to think of the “limit-less possibilities of individu-als.”

“We are honoring somegreat organizations, compa-nies and businesses,” Moroc-co said.

A few of the many awardrecipients included were:Cheshire High School Com-munity Services (HannahPurtell and Juliana Lewis)and Cheshire High SchoolBest Buddies (Patrick Cary,Jack Ameto,); CheshireLion’s Club, Cheshire Cham-ber of Commerce, and The

AWB gives thanks during annual reception

See AWB, next page

Photos courtesy of Abilities Without Boundaries

Two-time past president of AWB Board of DirectorsClay Yalof, seen here at last year’s HOT COCO 5 Kroad race, stepped down from after two decades ofservice. Yalof received the Lou Colella Award at theAWB annual Appreciation Reception on Feb. 21.

From left: AWB Board of Directors President MikeLenkowski; Founder’s Award recipient Bill Costello;Former two-time president and Lou Colella Award re-cipient Clay Yalof; AWB Executive Director CharlieConway, and Holly Mosier, seated, received the JohnVlahos Employee of the Year Award.

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ners of the Year went to JBSports and Bagelicious,along with Better Life Indus-tries and Hudson News. Thelatter two companies provideemployment opportunitiesfor clients. Sponsors of theYear recipients included:Barker Specialty, WebsterBank; Barter Network; Yale-New Haven Hospital.

A few of the awards wereespecially poignant, notablythe John Vlahos award,named for John Vlahos, aclient who worked for AWBfor many years, and recentlypassed away. Vlahos was alsoa family member of AWB di-rector of Operations, AndreaOber. Long-time AWB em-ployee Holly Mosier was therecipient of the award, givenby Ober in appreciation forher commitment to the mis-

AWBContinued from page 2

sion of AWB. The Lou Colella and

Founder’s Awards werecalled “very prestigious” byAWB Board of DirectorsPresident Michael Lenkows-ki. The Founder’s Award waspresented to former boardmember Bill Costello, thefounder of the highly suc-cessful Cheshire HalfMarathon and 5 K.

Event proceeds are a majorsource of funding for AWB.

Lenkowski bestowed theLou Colella Award to outgo-ing board member and volun-teer Clay Yalof.

The two-time past presi-dent made his impact felt infunding and with his work onthe Hot COCO 5 K.

Citing his vision, drive anddetermination, Lenkowskipraised Yalof ’s two decadesof selfless service.

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FarmersContinued from page 1

stuck in the plastic crevicesof one of his ruined green-houses. “We turned up theheat (in the ones with plants),so as the snow fell, it meltedoff the top.”

Manke and other farmerssaid they’d have to take downthe damaged or destroyedgreenhouses, put up newones and have all the bentand twisted pipes rebuilt in-side.

Round-framed greenhous-es seemed to take the biggesthits. The more triangularones, those with pitchedroofs, fared better under theweight of 30-plus inches ofsnow that fell in town duringthe blizzard. Most of thegreenhouses are situated inrows over many acres, withnarrow walkways betweenthem.

Some farmers saw the po-tential for damage and pre-vented it by uncoveringgrowing areas not beingused.

“I had gone out and cut allthe poly covering and just letthe snow in,” said AlexArisco, owner of AriscoFarms, which has 70 acres inCheshire. “But we didn’thave any damage on struc-tures.”

He said he cut the cover-ings over a 3-acre growingarea to prevent the snow fromcaving in the plastic.

“It was my idea because Isaw the bolts breaking, and ifI hadn’t cut it and left theweight on it, I would have lostthem,” he said.

It is too early, farmers said,to tell how much the damagewill cost. Since it isn’t thebusy growing season, farm-ers said they were going tolook at fixing or replacing thegreenhouses that were lost inthe next month or so.

Contact Eve Britton [email protected].

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Boy Scout Troop 92, spon-sored by the First Congrega-tional Church, has scheduledits annual ziti dinnerfundraiser for Saturday,March 2, from 5 to 7 p.m., inthe parish hall.

Scouts will serve dinerssalad, ziti, bread and bever-age. A fee is charged. Ticketsare available at the door or

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Robyn Housemann at (203)376-5840.

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old. Attendance at all ses-sions is mandatory to receivecertification.

For more information,contact Barbara Glaude atthe YMCA (860) 426-9553.

ARTSDAYThe Cheshire Performing

& Fine Arts Committee hasschedule the 25th annualARTSDAY for Sunday, March10, from 1 to 4 p.m., at

Cheshire Academy. ARTSDAY was created to

take the mystery out of theartistic process by offeringhands-on art workshops. Thefree event features 14 profes-sional artists and is suitablefor children age 5 and older.Children must be accompa-nied by an adult.

This year’s event hasplanned felting, fly-fishinglures, face disguises, cake

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Cheshire ArtLeague

The Cheshire Art Leagueis scheduled to meet Wednes-day, March 6, at the CheshireSenior Center, 240 MapleAve., at 6:30 p.m. The meetingwill feature watercolordemonstration by guestartist Jay Babina.

The demonstration is freeand open to the public.

For more information, callKaren Dwyer at (203) 389-8419or visitwww.cheshireartleague.com.

CheshireWomen’s Club

The Cheshire Women’sClub is scheduled to meet onthe first Thursday of themonth at the Cheshire SeniorCenter.

A business meeting isscheduled for 11 a.m. fol-lowed by a luncheon for mem-bers only. A program open tothe public is scheduled for12:15 p.m. The programplanned for the March 7meeting is a fashion show.

For more informationabout membership, callTrudy at (203) 272-1772.

League of WomenVoters

The Cheshire-WallingfordLeague of Women Voters hasschedule a special forum inhonor of Women in HistoryMonth for Wednesday, March20, at 7 p.m. at the CheshireTown Hall.

The league has scheduledSylvia Nichols and Maura Es-posito of Cheshire and CarolWallace of Wallingford toshare experiences and fieldquestions.

The public is welcome. Formore information, call (203)272-3963.

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March2 Saturday

Ziti dinner - Boy ScoutTroop 92, sponsored by theFirst CongregationalChurch, has scheduled itsannual ziti dinner fundrais-er for Saturday, March 2,from 5 to 7 p.m., in theparish hall. Scouts willserve diners salad, ziti,bread and beverage. A fee ischarged. Tickets are avail-able at the door or fromTroop 92 scouts. For moreinformation, call RobynHousemann at (203) 376-5840.

4 Monday

Floral designs - TheCheshire Garden Club isscheduled to meet Monday,March 4, at 10:30 a.m., atthe Masonic Hall, 9 Coun-try Club Road. Tom Wheel-er, of Plumb Farms, isscheduled to speak aboutunusual floral designs. Theprogram is free and open tothe public. For more infor-mation, call Sue at (203) 631-9340.

6 Wednesday

Grange - The CheshireGrange is scheduled tomeet Wednesday, March 6,at 7:30 p.m., at 44 Walling-ford Road. Visitors are al-ways welcome. For more in-formation, call (203) 537-5213.

12 Tuesday

PTO - The Highland Ele-mentary School PTO isscheduled to meet Tuesday,March 12, at 7 p.m., in theschool’s library referenceroom.

17 Sunday

Postcard club - The Con-necticut Postcard Club isscheduled to meet Sunday,March 17, from 10 a.m. to 3p.m., at the Knights of

Columbus hall, 2630 Whit-ney Ave., Hamden.

20 Wednesday

Grange - The CheshireGrange is scheduled to meetWednesday, March 6, at 7:30p.m. at 44 Wallingford Road.Visitors are always wel-come. For more informa-tion, call (203) 537-5213.

27 Wednesday

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a one day exhibition forWednesday, March 27 from12:30 to 3 p.m. The event is intended for residents todisplay their hobbies, col-lections, art work andthings of interest includ-ing photographers, artists,intarsia, card making, ge-nealogy, Japanese andSwedish cultural items,miniatures, antique quilts, recyclable rock-pettes, and more. The pub-lic is welcome. For more information, call (203) 272-3547, ext. 143.


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Cheshire’s 150-year train history left imprint on the townBy Joy VanderLek

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Imagine two railroads, 20miles of track, seven stationswith seven stops, whichspread out in all directions ofthe compass.

It’s Cheshire in the 1850s —and if you ask train historianRobert Belletzkie, he’ll tellyou, “It’s amazing that thissmall farming community

had all this train activity.”The retired librarian’s love

for trains began in his youthwhen, as an 8-year-old, he andhis sister would bicycle downto Bridgeport to watch trains.

Today, Belletzkie is an ac-tive ferroequinologist (trainaficionado). In 2008, he start-ed his own website, Tylerci-tystation.info and lectures ontrain history throughout thestate.

He often can be found at theCheshire Historical Societywhere he assists in a varietyof areas, including specialevents involving the town’strains and trolley history.

In the early days of travel,trains moved Cheshire resi-dents, factory workers, andproduce. Trains also trans-ported coal, barite and copperfrom the local mines. “Virtu-ally everything moved byrail,” Belletzkie said.

The depots, or stations,were nothing more thansmall timber frame buildings.Except for occasional scroll-work on the exterior, therewas nothing particularlyelaborate about them.

“The four Meriden, Water-bury & Connecticut River RRdepots were built by TracyBros. of Waterbury and notsurprisingly, they all match,Belletzkie said.”

Fares in 1852 were $35 foran annual commuter pass be-tween Cheshire and NewHaven. As of 1887, passengerspaid 40 cents for one-way totravel to the Elm City.

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The odds are good thatyou’ve seen Dan Bortolanand his white chimneysweep van around town.That’s because Bortolan hascleaned chimneys inCheshire for more than 30years. Married to his wife,Cindi, for 22 years, the cou-ple has raised three chil-dren.

While Bortolan is a sweepwith a sense of humor, he isquite serious about safetyand tries to educate his cus-tomers to help keep themsafe.

Q: How did you becomea chimney sweep?

A: I was looking for some-thing to do on the side aftergraduating Southern Con-necticut State University. Ihave a master’s in business-economics. I was working fora chimney sweep part-timeto start. I also worked con-struction. I worked as aFrito-Lay potato chip driver,too. I quit that and starteddoing this full-time. I kind offell into this. Eventually, Istarted my own chimneysweep business, The Chim-ney Sweep Co. LLC.

Q: This is quite theniche job. Are there a lotof sweeps in Connecticut?

A: I’ve outlasted every-body. Everyone else fromwhen I started is no longerchimney sweeping. Do youknow why? They foundsomething better to do … orthey married well.

Q: Is this a full-time job?A: It is full-time. I work 51

weeks a year, six days aweek. And in the past threedecades that I’ve been asweep, I’ve had 400 clients inCheshire.

Q: How does one cleanout a chimney?

A: I set up lots of drop-cloths, put on my respirator,hearing protection and otherprotective gear. I get out thevac, the chimney sweepbrushes, the rods and tools.Most of the rods and brushesare from England. They’regood at making them. I don’tuse chemicals. It takes aboutan hour, hour and a half todo the job. I clean the chim-

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The wit and wisdom of a chimney sweepCitizen photo by Joy VanderLek

Chimney sweep Dan Bortolan has cleaned fireplacesin Cheshire for more than 30 years. He also helpshomeowners with safety checks of their heating sys-tems.

See Chimney, page 11



The Cheshire Public Li-brary was a popular, bustlingplace over winter break lastweek as students borrowedbooks and movies, completedhomework and played gameson the computers.

“I came to look for newbooks, because we’re out,”said fifth-grader Laura Ak-bas, as she checked outbooks. “We come to the li-brary a lot at break, but we’regoing sledding later.”

“Since e-books have be-come so popular, circulationhas gone down, so we alwayslike it when circulation goesup,” said Assistant Director

Maria Brandriff of the in-creased student use of the li-brary. “They keep coming tothe library. We have lots to of-fer.”

For Steven Coelho, a sev-enth-grader visiting fromWolcott, a trip to the librarymeans wearing a black suit,complete with tie and whitegloves.

“I like to dress up. I have 11suits,” he said, tugging at thefingers of his gloves. “Andyou should dress up for the li-brary.”

Coelho said he likes goingto the Cheshire library be-cause it has a large inventoryof books and movies. He andhis younger sister, who don’thave TV at home, were check-ing out DVDs with their fa-ther.

He said he was also spend-ing the week-long break play-ing his saxophone, cardgames, board games andvideo games, but he was con-cerned about how muchschool has been out.

In Cheshire, school hasbeen canceled eight timessince September. There’s alsobeen one early dismissal andone delayed start.

“With all the snow days, itfeels like we’ve been out of

school more than in,” Coelhosaid. “We’ve already had somany days off, I’m worried alittle bit about catching up.”

His father, Jorge Coelho,said he felt sorry that hischildren have had so manyno-school days.

“They had a little bit ofcabin fever,” he said.

And, they were not theonly ones who said the win-ter break is tinged with con-

cern about finishing schoollater in the summer, stayingon top of subjects, and evenfighting off boredom.

“I just did a paper forschool,” said Pablo Flores, aninth-grader, who was play-ing games on a computer inthe library’s Teen Room. “Iwould have much rathermissed some of the Februarybreak to get off earlier in thesummer.”

Library use up with Cheshire schools closed

Citizen photo by Eve Britton

Jenny Solomon, a senior at Cheshire High School,checks out her Facebook page at the Cheshire PublicLibrary.

Jenny Solomon, a senior,checking her Facebook sta-tus on the computer next toFlores, said breaks should becut or shortened.

“I honestly think theyshould cut out the Aprilbreak because we’re going tobe in school almost until theend of June,” she said whileinstant messaging a friend.

Parents said school cancel-lations have put some strainon them.

“We’ve been baking a lot,”laughed Barbara Costello.“The break definitely couldbe shorter.”

Zvonka Akbas, a mother ofthree children, said it washard to find things to do overbreak, especially since theCheshire swimming pool isclosed because its bubble col-lapsed when snow accumu-lated on it during the bliz-zard.

“We’ve been taking walks,going to the library. They’vebeen with friends,” she said.“It’s a bit of a challenge.”


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The train ended up in thecanal, but thankfully, no onewas killed.

TrainsContinued from page 6

“A good-sized 1848 depot”was a prominent West Mainfeature, where Ye Olde AutoBody once stood. It was conve-niently located across thetracks from the Ball and Sock-et Company. The conductorwould call for passengers toboard and they would hoponto trains, “usually pulledby steam locomotives with a4-4-0 wheel arrangement.These were dubbed ‘Ameri-can type’ for their widespreadusage across the country.” Apassenger train, according to

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Tools of the trade include those used since the begin-ning of sweeping, like rods and brushes, along withthe modern-day vacuum.

like a piece of wood leaningon a furnace pipe or some-one put clothing on the fur-nace.

Q: Did you ever clean achimney that belonged tosomeone famous?

A: All my chimney sweepfriends on the shorelinehave lots of actors and fa-mous people. Me? Nothing.Well, there was the housewhere Bush used to live in. Icleaned that chimney.

Q: Is that it?A: Okay, I’ve also been in-

side a lot of “secret soci-eties” too.

Q: Like Skull and Bones?A: I did go in there … and

I got to make a bid. But, no; Ididn’t win that job. It wasbeautiful inside. But I havebeen in others. All thesebuildings at Yale? You don’tknow what they are. But ifthey don’t have windows,chances are they’re a secretsociety. Nice places, too.

Q: So you’ve cleaned allmanner of chimneys?

A: Yes. Big walk-in ones,too, like at a 1700s historicalsociety house.

Q: Which chimneys areeasier to clean?

A: Modern ones. Masonryand pre-fab are both fine.Woodstoves need to becleaned once a year. Theyalso have to be installedproperly.

ChimneyContinued from page 7

Q: Drawbacks to thejob?

A: I’m getting beat upfrom it. I’ve got a knee brace.All the kneeling all the time.I’m kneeling as I speak.Don’t get me going on all thatkneeling.

Q: Worse thing you’veencountered?

A: Lots of dead animals.I’m not making it up. Youname it, I’ve seen it. I’ve tak-en out thousands of deadbirds, squirrels, possums,raccoons; the rare bat(they’re smarter than birdsand don’t tend to get stuck inchimneys.) ... a hawk. At achurch, I took out a heronfrom the chimney. Those arebig birds.

Q: Any other animalproblems?

A: Yes. Dogs biting me.When the owner says, ‘hewon’t bite’ they bite me. Andsquirrels jumping out atyou. One house I went to …the owners called me: theythought there was a squirrelin the chimney. The chimneyhad no cover. There was nodamper and no doors on thefireplace. It was way pastChristmas, but the tree wasstill up. This squirrel leapsout of the fireplace, runsaround the house, and getsin the tree. ‘Hey, that’s noHallmark ornament, lady,that’s a real squirrel.’ I ranlike heck.

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Temple Beth David, 3 MainSt., has scheduled Coffee,Conversations and currentevents for Thursday, Feb. 28,at 11:45 a.m. Join Rabbi JoshWhinston for an informaldiscussion about currentevents that shape the world.

For more information, call(203) 272-0037.

St. Peter’sSt. Peter’s Episcopal

Church, 59 Main St., hasscheduled soprano AliceJackson in a service ofChoral Evensong followed bya mini-recital for Friday,March 1, at 7:30 p.m. The con-cert will feature the works ofPeter Aston and CalvinHampton, as well as Lentenhymns. The concert is free; afree-will offering will be ac-cepted.

For more information, all June Hale (203) 439-2202,ext. 14.

Church of theEpiphany

Church of the Epiphany,1750 Huckins Rd., hasplanned the following Lentenschedule:

Monday confessions,March 4, 11, 18 and 25, from 6to 7 p.m.

Stations of the Cross,March 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29, at7:30 p.m.

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votion of the Sacred Heart ofJesus, stations of the Cross,7:30 p.m.; Exposition of theBlesses Sacrament, 8 p.m.;Rosary, prayers to the Sacredheart Spiritual Reflection,Reconciliation available, 8:30p.m.

For more information, call(203) 272-4355 or visitwww.epiphany.org.

Marriage Doctorrescheduled

The Cornerstone Church,1146 Waterbury Rd., hasrescheduled its free mar-riage conference with Dou-glas Weiss, Ph.D., the Mar-riage Doctor for March 15from 7 to 9 p.m. and March 16from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

The conference is free toanyone interested, but spaceis limited. For more informa-tion and to reserve a spot,contact The CornerstoneChurch at (203) 272-5083 oremail [email protected].

Bereavementsupport

Cheshire’s First Congrega-tional Church has scheduleda six-week Bereavement Sup-port Group for anyone strug-gling with the loss of a lovedone. The group offers a safe,confidential, quiet, peacefulplace to share the burdens ofloss with one another. It issometimes in the sharing ofthe pain that some healingcan begin.

The group is scheduled tomeet at the church, on theGreen in the center ofCheshire, on six consecutiveThursdays from 7 to 8:30 p.m.beginning tonight. Thegroup is facilitated bytrained, confidential StephenMinisters, following thebook series “JourneyingThrough Grief ” by KennethC. Haugk.

Join us if you are grieving,no matter how recent or dis-tant the loss. For more infor-mation, call (203) 271-1377.

St. BridgetSt. Bridget Parish and

School has scheduled Fridayevening Lenten Suppersfrom 5 to 7 p.m. through April22 in the school dining hall,171 Main St. Meal includeshomemade Pasta Fagioli,soup of the week, ziti, salad,bread, dessert and beverage.A fee is charged.

Proceeds benefit St. Brid-get School. All are welcometo join us for an enjoyableevening of good food andfriendship.

ServicesCalvary Life Family

Worship Center, 174 E.Johnson Ave., Saturday – 6 to7:30 p.m.; Sunday – 9:30 to11:30 a.m. (203) 272-1701.

Cheshire LutheranChurch, 660 W. Main St., Sun-day – 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Ser-vices; 9:10 a.m. educationhour. (203) 272-5106.

Cheshire United

Methodist Church, 205Academy Road, Sunday –10:45 a.m. service; Sundayschool, 9:30 a.m. (203) 272-4626.

Christ CommunityChurch, 120 Main St., Sun-day – 10:15 a.m. service; Sunday school, 9 a.m.;AWANA Wednesday, 6:15p.m. (203) 272-6344.

Church of the Epiphany,1750 Huckins Rd., Mass sched-uled for Sunday through Fri-day at 8:30 a.m.; Sunday at10:30 a.m. and Saturday, 4 p.m.Vigil. (203) 272 - 4355.

Congregation Kol Ami,1484 Highland Ave., Wednes-day, 6 p.m.; Thursday, 8 a.m.;Friday, 7:30 p.m. Shabbatservice; Saturday, 10 a.m.service with Torah Study at 9a.m. (203) 272-1006.

Cornerstone Church,1146 Waterbury Rd., Sundayservices 9 and 10:45 a.m.;Youth Sunday 6:30 p.m.,Wednesdays: Alpha 6:30 p.m. and Grapple 7 p.m. (203) 272-5083. Cornerstonecheshire.com.

Fellowship of LifeChurch, 150 Sandbank Rd.,Sunday - 10 a.m. Worship and teaching; Wednesday -7:30 p.m. Revival prayer. (203) 272-7976.

First CongregationalChurch, 111 Church Drive,Sunday – 9 and 11 a.m. servic-es. (203) 272-5323.

Grace Baptist Church, 55Country Club Road, Sunday -Worship, 9:15 a.m. in Man-darin, 11 a.m. in English;Sunday School for all ages -9:15 a.m. English, 11 a.m.adults Mandarin; Tuesday -7:30 p.m. Prayer meeting:Wednesday - small group;Friday - 7:30 Chinese Fellow-ship/youth program in Eng-lish. Joint worship servicefirst Sunday of month at10:30 a.m. (203) 272-3621.

Oasis, 176 Sandbank Rd.,Sunday, 10:15 a.m. Children’schurch and nursery avail-able. (203) 439-0150. www.cele-bratethejourney.org.

St. Peter’s EpiscopalChurch, 59 Main St., Sunday– 8:15 a.m. Rite I; 10:30 a.m.Rite 2. (203) 272-4041.

St. Thomas BecketCatholic Church, 435 No.Brooksvale Rd., Masses: Vigil (Saturday) 4 p.m. EST, 5 p.m. DST, Sunday 8, 9:30, 11 a.m., Confession: Saturday,3 p.m. EST, 4 p.m. DST,(203) 272-5777. www.stthomas-becket.org.

Temple Beth David, 3Main St., 7:30 p.m. serviceFriday, except first Friday ofmonth when family servicesare at 6:30 p.m. (203) 272-0037.

Membership driveThe Friends of the

Cheshire Public Library hasannounced its 2013 member-ship drive. The membershipyear runs from Januarythrough December. Since1887, the Friends of theCheshire Library has workedto meet the needs of the li-brary. Membership dollarshelp provide funding for pro-grams, equipment and serv-ices that would not otherwisebe available through the li-brary’s operating budget.

Membership forms areavailable at the library.

Lego donationsThe children’s department

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Lunch reservations mustbe made 48 hours in advanceby calling (203) 272-0047. A do-nation is requested.

Monday, March 4: Boxedlunch.

Tuesday, March 5:Stuffed pepper, mashed pota-to, carrots, wheat dinner roll,grape juice, lemon cookie.

Wednesday, March 6: Hotopen turkey with gravy onoat beard, steak fries, Califor-

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Seniorhappenings

Hospitality CommitteeMeeting- Tuesday, March 5,10:30 a.m. New members en-couraged to attend.

Spring Fashion Show-Thursday. March 7, 1 p.m.The Cheshire Women’s Clubinvites you to attend itsspring fashion show.

Education and Edibles-Monday, March 11, 11:30 a.m.Lisa King, M.A., CCC-SLP isscheduled to present “MentalSkills and Brain Exercises.’’Normal aging, medications,stress or illness will be dis-

cussed as well as ways to ad-dress these problemsthrough rehabilitation, use-ful strategies and recreation-al activities. Complimentarylunch included. Seating islimited and registration is re-quired. Deadline to reserve isFriday, March 8.

C.H.A.T. Planning Mee-tine- Wednesday, March 13,10 a.m.

St. Patrick’s Day Lunch& Party- Thursday, March 14from noon to 2:30 p.m.

Tommy Hynes and Pa-Holmes present The IrishShow. Corned Beef lunch atnoon; entertainment at 1:30

p.m. A fee is charged forlunch. No ticket required toattend entertainment. Signup by Friday, March 8.

AARP Safe DrivingCourse- Monday, March 18,from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. A fee ischarged. Pre-registrationand payment is required.

Photo ID - Monday, Match18 from 1 to 3 p.m.

Senior Bookworms areHooked on Reading - Tues-day, March 19, 10 to 11 a.m. inthe Senior Center library.Book discussion: PersonalHistory by Katherine Gra-ham. New members are en-couraged to attend.

Military Whist- Thurs-day, March 21, from 1 to 3 p.m.A fee is charged.

Lunch and a Movie -Monday, March 25. Lunch at11:45 a.m.; movie at 12:30 p.m.A fee is charged for lunch.Sign up by March 19. Movie isPoncho Barnes starts.

Cooking with ChefCraig - Wednesday, March27, at 11:30 a.m. Pre-registra-tion is required at (203) 272-8286.

Vinnie Carr MonthlyDance Party- Thursday,March 28, from 1 to 3 p.m.Bring a non-perishable fooditem (including paper prod-ucts and cleaning supplies) tohelp the Food Pantry. Musicprovided by Vinnie Carr.

Connecting with yourgrandchildren

Do you feel disconnectedwith your grandchildren?Would you like to be a bettergrandparent?

Sandra Biller-Rakic will beavailable on Mondays from 2to 3 p.m. to help to becomebetter acquainted with someof the issues and concernsmany families face. Meetingsare scheduled on the first,second and third Monday ofeach month.

Pre-registration is request-ed; walk-ins are welcome. Formore information, call (203)272-8286.

Bus tripThe Cheshire Senior Cen-

ter has scheduled a bus tripto the Amish country inPennsylvania for Tuesday,May 7, through Thursday,May 9.

The trip includes roundtrip motor coach, lodging,dinner theatre, dinner in anAmish home, a show andsightseeing. A fee is charged.Seating is limited.

For more information, callSandy Chase at (203) 641-4817or Rachel Chiginsky at (203)439-7501.

TripsAtlantic City - 2 Nights

Resorts Casino Hotel, March19-21. For more information,call Jennie Hannon at (203)272-6035 or Ruth Waldman at(203) 272-0003.

Parker’s Maple BarnButterflies & Winery -April 2013.

Pennsylvania Dutch anddinner theatre - May 7-9. Formore information, call SandyChase (203) 641-4817 orRachel Chiginsky at (203) 439-7501.

Trips are scheduledthrough the Senior CenterTravel Club. Payment fortrips may be made by check ormoney order payable to:Cheshire Senior Center, Attn:Travel Club, 240 Maple Ave.,Cheshire, CT 06410. Checksmay be dropped off with violetin the main office. Cash is notaccepted.

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Senior CalendarMonday, March 4Indoor walking program,

9:15 a.m.; Get Fit Class, 10:15a.m.; Diet Watch program,10:30 a.m.; Arthritis class,11:30 a.m.; Knit and crochetclass, 12:30 p.m.; Poker, 1p.m.; Senior Board of Direc-tors meeting, 1 p.m.

Tuesday, March 5Crafty Ladies, 9 a.m.; Zum-

ba Gold, 9:30 a.m.; 9 to 5Cards, 10 a.m.; Moderate ex-ercise, 10:15 a.m.; HospitalityCommittee meetings, 10:30a.m.; Yolartis class, 10:30a.m.; Bingo, 1 p.m.; Bloodpressure, 1 p.m.; Pinochle, 1p.m.; Poker, 1 p.m.; SeniorCenter Travel Club Boardmeeting, 1 p.m.

Wednesday, March 6Reiki sessions, 9 a.m. to

noon (by apt. only); BusyBees, 10 a.m.; Chair Yoga, 10

a.m.; Nickel, Nickel, 1 p.m.;Poker, 1 p.m.; Senior Club, 1p.m.

Thursday, March 7Freestyle Art 101 Class,

9:30 a.m.; Team Wii, 9:30 a.m.;Moderate exercise, 10:15a.m.; Women’s Club, 10 a.m.;Pilates, 11 a.m.; Scrabble,12:30 p.m.; Fashion Show, 1p.m.; Poker, 1 p.m.; TexasHold ‘em, 1 p.m.; Writing Se-niors. 1:30 p.m.

Friday, March 8Get Fit Class, 9:15 a.m.;

Golf cards, 10 a.m.;Art/painting make up class,10:30 a.m.; Tai-Chi Beginnerclass, 10:30 a.m.; Bridge, 12:30p.m.; Set Back, 12:45 p.m.;Discussion group, 1 p.m.;Poker, 1 p.m.

Citizen photo by Christopher Zajac

Aneri Pattani holds up her laptop computer to displaythe Cheshire Rampage website. Pattani is editor-in-chief of the student newspaper and website.

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and looked at ours and gotpretty excited.”

In addition to putting in 10to 40 hours a week on thenewspaper and website, Pat-tani has also earned a perfectscore of 2400 on the SATs andmaintains a grade-point aver-age of 4.8. She also writes forthe online magazine IDEAL,and has written articles forthe Cheshire Citizen and theRecord-Journal.

Before Pattani started tap-ping her fingers over a com-puter keyboard, she was mov-ing her body in India’s classi-cal Bharat Natyam dance.She started dancing whenshe was 5 years old and lastyear earned a bachelor’s de-gree in dance from theNupoor Art Academy of Con-necticut.

Despite her success indance, journalism is, and hasalways been, her true pas-sion.

“When I was in secondgrade, my teacher got me re-ally interested in reading andwriting,” she said. “I thoughtI wanted to be an author andtried to write a novel infourth grade. I rememberthinking it was a lot harderthan I thought it would be.”

In the Academically GiftedProgram at HumistonSchool, for fourth, fifth, and

sixth grades, Pattani was in-troduced to the world of newsand newspapers and beganwriting short narratives forthe Dodd Middle School pa-per.

When she started highschool, she joined the Ram-page immediately through ayear-long journalism classtaught by Coco.

In her sophomore year, shebecame the features sectioneditor.

“I wrote a lot of features.At some point I thought I’d

like to be a features writer,but I like reading world newsand I like to travel. ... I’m justnot sure I’d like to writeabout it,” she said.

She added that at the Ram-page some of her greatest les-sons have not been learnedwith pen and paper, but withpeople. With 50 writers and 12section editors, she said re-lating to everyone can be achallenge.

“At first, I was kind ofshocked, I didn’t really un-derstand how you relate to

people, like interviewingteachers and working withother students,” she said.“You really have to learn torespect each other.”

She’s been editor in chiefof the Rampage for the pasttwo years. Now she is lookingforward to going to college tomajor in journalism and mi-nor in Spanish. She has ap-plied to nine schools, shesaid, including Harvard,Northwestern, Columbia andBoston universities. She hasalready been accepted atNortheastern University, theUniversity of Connecticutand the University of Mary-land.

“She is just an awesomestudent,” Coco said. “Youdon’t get many kids like

Aneri, who come along andare so reliable and responsi-ble.”

Though Pattani loves herwork as editor, she admittedit has its downside. She saidshe really doesn’t like doinglayout, a job that takes up 30to 40 hours at the end of eachmonth. But even that doesn’treduce her love of the field.

“As a little girl, when wewould drive into New York,I’d see the New York Timesbuilding. I’d say I was goingto work there,” she said, smil-ing at the memory. “Whatev-er happens happens ... butthat’s my goal.”


March Madness dinnerTickets are available for March Madness, the 2nd annu-

al benefit dinner supporting the Cheshire CommunityFood Pantry. The event is scheduled for Friday, March 22,from 7 to 11 p.m., at the Aqua Turf Club, 556 Mulberry St.,Plantsville.

All proceeds from the MarchMadness event will benefit theCheshire Community Food PantryInc.

The event includes dinner, beerand wine, raffles, a live and silentauction and entertainment. Dressin team attire and cheer your teamon to victory.

Seating is limited. A fee is charged. For more information and tickets, contact Candy Nesbit

at (203) 271-0623 or [email protected].

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The Cheshire CitizenThursday, February 28, 2013

Government MeetingsMonday, March 4

Zoning Board of Appeals, 7:30 p.m.Historic District Commission, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, March 5Inlands/Wetlands and watercourses Com-

mission, 7:30 p.m.Wednesday, March 6

Beautification Committee, 7:30 p.m.Parks & Recreation Commission, 7 p.m.

Thursday, March 7Board of Education, Dodd Middle School,

7:30 p.m.Tuesday, March 12

Town Council, Council Chambers, 7:30p.m.

Wednesday, March 13Environment Commission, 7 p.m.Public Safety Commission, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, March 14Human Services Committee, 7 p.m.

Monday, March 18Historic District Commission, 7:30 p.m.Library Board, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, March 19Economic Development Commission, 7:30

p.m.Inlands/Wetlands and watercourses Com-

mission, 7:30 p.m.Wednesday, March 20

Public Building Commission, 7 p.m.Thursday, March 21

Board of Education, Town Hall, 7:30 p.m.Monday, March 25

Energy Commission, 7 p.m.Planning & Zoning, 7:30 p.m.Youth Services Committee, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, March 27Water Pollution Control Authority/Flood

and Erosion Control, 7:30 p.m.

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By Laura Clementsen Special to The Citizen

The legend saysthat the captain ofthe ship had histhree teenagenephews aboardwhen he sailed fromEngland in 1636. Thestory is further em-bellished with ashipwreck off the coast ofMaine.

Eventually the three broth-ers and their uncle the cap-tain landed in Massachu-setts. Years later Robertheaded for New Hampshire.Thomas came to Hartford.John, my nine times greatgrandfather, made a name forhimself in Ipswich, Mass.His descendants ventured toHampton, Conn. and later toVermont.

More than two centurieslater, in 1869, Roderick, one ofJohn’s descendants, pub-lished a history of the family.One of the last entries wasthe generation of my grand-father Melvin, born in 1860.My brother has added thenames of descendants of thenext five generations, includ-ing our father, us, his ownson, grandson and one of thenewest members of the fami-ly, his great grandson who isjust a few months old.

Last summer my sisterBetty and I decided to explorethe Vermont part of the fami-ly tree in person. Our planwas to find the headstones inthe cemetery in the townwhere our forebears hadlived. I would drive. Shewould handle the money. Un-hurried, we could spend aweek there, but would comehome sooner if we got to thepoint where we couldn’tstand each other a minutelonger — or if we ran out ofmoney.

In West Hill cemetery, we

found the graves of Grandfa-ther Melvin and his wife Mat-

tie. At age 39, in 1896,she had died of con-sumption (tuberculo-sis). Widower Melvinlived another 47 years.In the same cemetery,we discovered his fa-ther Elisha’s head-stone between those ofhis two wives. First

wife Lucina, age 29, died inchildbirth. Her infant alsodied. Soon afterward he mar-ried her sister Sally who boresix children.

Conversation with thetown clerk led us to East HillCemetery, on the other side oftown. We found our wayalong the dirt road, past thethick shield of bushes andtrees, to discover a gem.There were rows of head-stones with our family name.It was like hitting the jack-pot. There was the headstoneof great-great grandfatherDavid and that of his wifeBetsey as well as his fatherEnoch and mother Eunice.The headstone for her par-ents Aaron and Eunice de-clares that they were born inWindham, Conn. and settledin Williamstown, Vt. in 1803.

This discovery spurred usto go farther north and lookfor the graves of our moth-er’s family. That’s a whole dif-ferent story.

We arrived back in Con-necticut on the seventh day. Ihad driven hundreds ofmiles, mostly on back roads.Betty still had money in herpocket. We were amazed andintrigued by our discoveries.We have praise for the townclerk, for those who raisedthe headstones at the gravesand for the groundskeeperswho tend the cemeteries.

(Laura Clementsen is aCheshire resident and fre-quent contributor to TheCheshire Citizen.)

Road trip on family business proves

to be an adventure

Clementsen

CommentaryLettersGood Samaritan

To the editor:On Jan. 1, I was caused to slip and fall due

to an accumulation of ice and snow at myresidence in Cheshire. I wish to thank thetwo good Samaritans who assisted andhelped me after I fell. I was lying on the side-walk, unable to move as they were passing by.They immediately placed a call to theCheshire Police Department and stayed withme until help arrived on the scene. Many,many thanks.

I do not know what I would have donewithout their help.

Due to the pain I was experiencing, I wasunable to get their names. I am hoping thatthis letter reaches them. Thanks to their con-sideration and efforts, I was able to get themedical attention I needed. If these goodSamaritans are reading this, please contactme by email at [email protected]. I trulylook forward to hearing from you.

Susan K. MadrakCheshire

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CitizenSchoolsThe Cheshire CitizenThursday, February 28, 2013

SubmissionsThe Cheshire Citizen welcomes submissions regard-

ing upcoming events happening in the community.These brief items run free of charge. We do our best torun a submission at least one time, however, due to spaceconstraints we cannot guarantee a submission will bepublished on a specific date and content may be edited.Send submissions to [email protected] orcontact Marsha at (203) 317-2256.

If you have specific requirements for a submissionyou must place a paid advertisement. To discuss this,contact Cheshire sales representative ChristopherCullen at (203) 317-2324.

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Property transfers reportedfrom Feb. 11 to 15:

Donald J. Lee and Carolyn J.Brown to Jason Sewell, 54 Cur-rier Way, $185,000.

Maureen C. Levey to LukasD. and Kimberly M. Gilmore,119 Woodland Drive,$270,000.

River Love Estates, LLC toRennie W. and Sharon G. Ver-beek, 85 Boxwood Row Unit 21Castle Heights, $503,107.

PropertyTransfers

Dean’s list University of Pittsburgh

- Douglas McNeil ofCheshire

Vermont Technical Col-lege - Ryan Hobson ofCheshire

President’s list Vermont Technical Col-

lege - Ryan Gilgallon ofCheshire

Scholasticachievements

Douglas McNeil ofCheshire has been selected torepresent the University ofPittsburgh at the 2013 Chi-nese Bridge Competition atPace University in New YorkCity in March. The competi-tion is the regional finals ofcompetition in knowledge ofthe Chinese language andculture. Douglas has alsobeen accepted to a Universityin China for his sophomoreyear of studies.

SAT prepThe Cheshire Public Li-

brary has scheduled a pro-gram on College SAT prepa-ration for Thursday, March 7,at 7 p.m. The program will bepresented by Ellis Ratner, aSAT preparation tutor. Stu-dents and parents are wel-come to attend. The programis free of charge.

For more information andto register, call (203) 272-2245or visitwww.chesirelibrary.org.

ScholarshipsThe Cheshire Women’s

Club, celebrating its 120thanniversary, is planning toaward a total of $5,000 inscholarships. The JosephineBanach Memorial Scholar-ship Award, in the memory ofJosephine Banach, will beawarded to a Cheshire HighSchool senior who plan tofurther his or her educationin the education field. Twoscholarships will be awardedto a Cheshire adult femalewho has decided to go back toschool or to continue her edu-cation. Applicants must beenrolled in an accredited col-lege, university, nursing,

business, technical or voca-tional school and a residentof Cheshire. Past scholar-ship applicants may reapply.For more information andcriteria, call Carleen KenyonScholarship, chairman, at(860) 621-0003. Deadline forcompleted applications isMarch 31.

The Rotary Club ofCheshire is accepting nomi-nations of Cheshire resi-dents for the Rotary District7980 Service Above Selfscholarship. The Rotary Ser-vice Above Self Scholarshipis to award students whodemonstrate high levels ofservice activity along withscholarship excellence. Ser-vice includes work at local orinternational levels. The val-ue of the scholarship is$11,000 for the upcoming aca-demic year for study domes-tically or abroad in under-graduate or graduate school.Applicants must currentlybe studying at the under-graduate or graduate level.All applications must be re-ceived by March 31, 2013. Formore information, contactWendy Farrell at (203) 907-8837 or [email protected].

Lady Fenwidk Chapter,DAR, is accepting applica-tions for an award offered toa woman who is a resident ofCheshire or Prospect, whohas completed a least oneyear of college and main-tained 3.0 or better GPA. Ap-plicants should major inAmerican history, civics,government, social work orallied subjects. Applicationsare available from PriscillaBatty at (203) 272-2073. Dead-line to apply is May 1.

Yellow House The Yellow House is locat-

ed at 554 South Main St.(across from the CheshireHigh School). The YellowHouse offers recreationaland educational programs,club activities and leader-ship training workshops.For more information, call(203) 271-6690 or [email protected].

High school Fridaynight activities

All 9-12 grade Cheshire

residents are welcome to at-tend the Friday events, sched-uled from 6 to 11 p.m. Allevents are supervised byCheshire Youth Service staff.All activities are free andheld at the Yellow House un-less otherwise stated on there gistration/per missionform.

Middle school Saturdaynight activities

All seventh and eighthgrade Cheshire residents arewelcome to attend the Satur-day events, scheduled from 6to 9:30 p.m. All events are su-pervised by Cheshire YouthService staff. All activitiesare free and held at the Yel-low House unless otherwisestated on there gistration/per missionform. Pre-registration is re-quired for all.

Youth Literacy Project The Youth Literacy Project

is designed to promote read-ing among first gradersthrough working one-on-onewith a high school mentor,demonstrating the impor-tance of reading. The two-hour meetings consist of aone-on-one reading experi-ence for each first graderpaired with a high school vol-unteer followed by hands-onactivities related to the read-ing of the day. The programmeets on Saturdays from 10a.m. to noon.

Student Math MasteryClub

The Student Math MasteryClub is designed to promoteconfidence among thirdgraders by working one-on-one with a high school men-tor, demonstrating the impor-

tance of math. The programmeets on Saturdays from12:30 to 2 p.m.

PeaceJam PeaceJam offers high

school students a platform toexplore complex issues fac-ing youth today, including violence, oppression, socialjustice and what it takes to bea leader and peacemaker. As part of the curriculum,each year youth learn aboutthe life and work of one ofthe PeaceJam Nobel Laure-ates, and the strategies theyuse to address pressing glob-al issues. The program alsoincludes the annual Peace-Jam Northeast Youth Confer-ence, where youth spend aweekend with the Nobel Lau-reate, giving them an un-precedented opportunity to

Local honored Peter Talbot, of Cheshire, has been named the Con-

necticut Community Hero for his volunteer work with theBoys & Girls Club of Meriden.

Talbot is a government and public affairs manager atCox Communications. As a result of his commitment, theBoys and Girls Club of Meriden will receive a $3,000 CoxCharities Grant to support the organization.

exchange ideas and work to-wards becoming leaders inthe community. The programmeets twice a month from 6 to7:30 p.m.

For more information andfor listings of upcoming pro-grams, call (203) 271-6691 oremail [email protected].


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Robert Belletzkie, train historian, invites railroad fansto check out his website TylserCityStation.info.

Photo by Joy VanderLek

and located just past the cur-rent wastewater treatmentplant. In the early 1900s, twotrains would stop daily at thatlocation. The next stop wasSouthington Road, now Route10, by Creamery Road. EastSummit was the last stop onthe line. It was located atPlank and Summit Roads.The MW&CR crossed over

the canal line at CheshireJunction, near Peck andJarvis. The bridge abutmentsare still visible today.

Then there was the WestCheshire depot. Believe it ornot, it sat up high on thepromontory, across from theNotch, and right by the quar-ry. Belletzkie said, “Theremust have been quite a stair-case” to get people up anddown from the station. “Thewhole thing was elevated.”What a lot of people may not

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know, he said, is that the rail-road put fill into the wholearea. Where the BP gas sta-tion is located was filled in, sothe “tracks could reach frompeak to peak.”

Back then, he continued,“The only place you could getunder the railroad was onRoute 70, and that was shared— dangerously at times — bythe trolley.”

When rail service stopped,the railroad excavated, andtook the fill away.

Belletzkie calls the con-struction through the ruggedterrain of the Notch “nosmall feat, and one of theday’s marvels.”

“All service, passenger andfreight on the MW&CR Rail-road ended in June 1917 and

the tracks were taken up in1924. Canal line passengerservice lasted until 1926. Thetracks south to New Havenwere gone by 1987, and theright-of-way has since beenmaintained by the Farming-ton Canal Rail-to-Trail Asso-ciation.

Freight service on thetracks north to Southingtonended in November of 1994.”That was the end of the 150years of train history inCheshire; a presence that Bel-letkzie said “changed thisand every town in the state incountless ways.”

To learn more about thehistory of trains go toTylerCityStation.info.

Student contestEnergize Connecticut, in

partnership with Connecti-cut Light & Power and UnitedIlluminating, has scheduledthe 9th annual eesmarts con-test for students in grades K-12.

The eesmarts program is aK-12 energy efficiency andclean, renewable energy edu-cation initiative that annual-ly invites Connecticut stu-dents to showcase their “en-ergy smarts” about savingenergy, efficient and renew-able energy technologies, andsustainability through vari-ous media forms.

Students answer grade-lev-el specific prompts regardingenergy efficient and renew-able energy technologies andsustainability in the form ofa poster, limerick, news arti-cle, song lyrics, persuasiveessay, public service an-nouncement script, speechand a small business propos-al for energy efficiency.

New to the contest thisyear is the “Power ofChange” award category forgrades 9 to 11, which asks stu-dents to propose a communi-ty-based project plan to ad-dress an energy-related is-sue. The eesmarts programpartnered with three Con-necticut-based foundations— the Emily Hall TremaineFoundation, HampshireFoundation, and the Com-mon Sense Fund — to identi-fy three winners in this cate-gory to receive funding tomake their community-basedproject a reality. The threefoundations will togetherprovide grants of $1,000 forfirst place, $1,000 for secondplace and $500 for third place.The eesmarts program willmatch the foundations’awards in this category. Oth-er prizes will also be award-ed.

Finalists for each gradelevel will be honored at anawards ceremony in June atthe State Capitol.

The contest is open to allstudents in Connecticut.Deadline for entries is April26.

For more information, vis-it www.eesmarts.com/con-test.

Boysbasketball

Cheshire 81,West Haven 54: EricDietrich netted six 3-pointers as hostCheshire rolled to a SCC in-terdivisional win over WestHaven.

Dietrich paced the Ramswith a game-high 23 points.Eric Pettit and Collin Jordanalso reached double digits forCheshire with 13 and 10, re-spectively.

West Haven was led byMichael Jennings’ 10 points.

Cheshire improved to 10-9overall. West Haven droppedto 6-13.

Foran 42, Cheshire 41:Bob Notholt’s free throw with4.8 seconds remaining in thegame proved to be the differ-ence as the Lions picked upan SCC interdivisional winover the Rams in Milford.

Notholt finished with ninepoints. Austin Wood had 15points for Foran, 8-12.

Eric Dietrich pumped in 22points for Cheshire, whichmissed a 3-pointer at the finalbuzzer.

The Rams concluded theregular season at 10-10 over-all.

Hillhouse 71, Cheshire52: The No. 8 seeded Ramsgot off to a strong start, lead-ing No. 1 Hillhouse of NewHaven 23-19 after the firstquarter, but the Academicsbattled back, outscoringCheshire 26-14 in the secondand third quarters combinedto come away with a SCCTournament quarterfinalvictory in Branford.

The Academics had 26 freethrows, making 18. The Ramswent to the line only fourtimes.

Bobby Bymnum Jr. had 22points, including three 3-pointers, and Raiquan Clark

added 19 to sparkHillhouse, 20-1.

Andrew Yamin ledCheshire, 10-11, with15 points, Collin Jor-dan had 14 and ErikPettit totaled 11, in-

cluding three 3-pointers.

WrestlingThe Cheshire contingent

compiled eight points andfinished 63rd at the StateOpen in New Haven.

The Rams’ best perform-ances were turned in by JakeCervero (132) and Dan Mas-succi (138).

Danbury claimed the Opencrown.

HockeyGuilford 3, Cheshire 2:

Zach Cattanuza’s goal earlyin the third period enabledthe Indians to absorb a laterstrike by Cheshire’s LukeVendetto in a SCC crossovergame at Northford Ice Pavil-ion.

Cattanuza’s goal extendedthe 2-1 lead Guilford had tak-en into the final period. MikeRing and Matt Horton scoredsecond-period goals for theIndians (9-6-2).

Joe D’Errico got Cheshireon the board in the first peri-od and assisted on Vendetto’sgoal in the third. Alex Bauschand Ben Klanica also had as-sists for the Rams (4-13-0).

Guilford goalie BrandonMaio made 33 saves. JackNaramore had 21 forCheshire.

Notre Dame-West Haven7, Cheshire 1: Bill Vizzoscored twice to give theGreen Knights a 6-0 lead be-fore Chris Stevens scored forthe Rams 2:52 into the thirdperiod, spoiling Paul Sliwins-ki’s shutout bid.

Vizzo added a goal in the

19CitizenSportsThe Cheshire CitizenThursday, February 28, 2013

Photo by Justin Weekes

Molly Jalbert, pictured grabbing a rebound, and theCHS girls basketball team opened Class LL state tour-nament play this week.

Ram Notes

By Ken LipshezSpecial to The Citizen

The Cheshire High boysbasketball team has grownaccustomed to playing withfire.

The Rams, runners-up toAmity in the SCC HousatonicDivision, played four gamesagainst some of the best com-petition the state has to offer.

Twice they encounteredWilbur Cross and lost by sev-en on the road and nine at

home. They dropped a 13-point decision to Wilby,ranked in the state’s top 10 allseason, and drew second-ranked Hillhouse in the firstround of the SCC Tourna-ment Saturday morning.

Cheshire (10-11) will nowleap from the fire into the fry-ing pan to meet Simsbury onthe road in the first round ofthe Class LL tournamentslated for Monday, March 4.

The Trojans, led by 6’3sophomore shooting guard

E.J. Crawford, earned the topseed in the Central Connecti-cut Conference Tournamentafter posting a 17-3 regular-season mark.

The Rams graduated fourstarters from last year’s 13-10Housy champions so theyfaced some on-the-job train-ing as they traveled the di-verse landscape offered bythe SCC.

“We had great opportuni-

Tough schedule molded Cheshireinto potent team

Young Rams open tournament play next week

See Notes, page 21

By Bryant CarpenterSpecial to The Citizen

Back in the pre-digitaldark ages, when records andrankings weren’t a mouseclick away, there was actuallya degree of drama on daysCIAC tournament pairingswere released.

Look who’s playing who.Or, better put, there could

be a pairings day surprise forcoaches averse to doing theirown calculations in advanceto narrow down the pool ofpotential opponents to bescouted.

“When I first started out(at North Haven) with EdCrisafi, he’d be calling news-papers and different schools(for information) and he’dcome in with a legal pad and,for the last couple of games,he’d be going through the dif-ferent scenarios,” recalledSheehan girls basketballcoach Mike Busillo. “He wason top of it, so we were neversurprised.

“It was a lot more fun backthen,” Busillo added. “It was-n’t so easy, but it was morefun.”

Now, the CIAC data base,which ranks teams statewideby class, enables teams to sizeup brackets once the regular

Class LL girls basketball fieldfilled with hurdles Wrestlers battle at Open;

Swimmers bested byBranford, 99-84

See Tough, page 21

See Class LL, page 21


By Nick CarrollThe Cheshire Citizen

The CIAC football statechampionship games may beon the move.

“I think there’s a strongpossibility of it happening,”said John Capodice, a mem-ber of the CIAC football com-mittee.

The past three years, EastHartford’s Rentschler Fieldhosted the high school foot-ball finals, and by all ac-counts, athletes and coachesloved playing at the modern,40,000-seat stadium, home of

the University of Connecti-cut gridders.

The state championshipgames haven’t drawn enoughfans to make the Rentschlertitle tilts profitable, however,which has led the CIAC toseek out a smaller – yet stillimpressive – venue.

Central Connecticut StateUniversity’s Arute Field mayfit the bill.

The football committee isexpected to tour the CCSUfootball complex in March.

Speaking of the potentialmove, Capodice, head coachof the Berlin High School

football team, said: “I kind ofhave mixed emotions on it.”

This past season,Capodice’s Redcoats wereone of the eight teams to com-pete for a state title at TheRent, and the experience isone he will not soon forget.

“We were very fortunate to

have the opportunity to playthere, and it was an amazingexperience,” said the coach.“You’re talking a Division Istadium with the sound sys-tem, the locker rooms, thefield, the environment, thesky boxes; it’s a real specialthing to play a football gamethere. It would be a little dis-appointing to see that thekids don’t have that opportu-nity anymore.”

“I’m sure (CCSU) would doa great job as well,” Capodiceadded. “But that Rentschlerexperience was pretty neat.”

While Capodice would be

happy to see the finals re-main at Rentschler, othercommittee members areready for a change.

“Listening to the commit-tee, I think opinions are real-ly mixed,” said Capodice.“There’s a lot of open discus-sion in regards to the sites.”

With a record of 6-4, theCheshire High School foot-ball team fell short of theplayoffs in 2012, but the Ramsare no strangers to the post-season. The CHS griddershave appeared in nine statetitle games, claiming sevencrowns.

CIAC eyeing new home for football finalsTitle games may land at CCSU

Shown left, John Candolora and 4C’s Marcia Dean,wearing pink with white boots.

Mike Carr andhis wife, LeAnn(not shown) travelled to the dance fromthe Uncasville\Montville area.

Citizen photos by Joy VanderLek

The 4C’s Square Dance Club (Cheshire and Durham)hosted about 25 square dancers at the Cheshire YouthCenter Feb. 17. Dancers came from as far away asAgawam, Mass. The Rockin’ Roosters came from New-town, and one couple from Uncasville/Montville whodance for South Windsor made the drive in. Bill Mager,from Andover, was the caller; Sue Lucibello was thecuer.

By Elisabeth KennedySpecial to the Citizen

After 40 years of dancing,the Durham Cogin Chuggersmerged with the CheshireCats in 2011 due to decreasedmembership in both clubs,forming the 4C’s SquareDance Club. “It was a matterof survival. [Square dancing]is an activity that is past itsprime,” opines Alicia Morse,of Durham. “There are somany other avenues to ex-pend leisure time now; noone wants to make the com-mitment of time to learn to[square] dance.”

Morse, who also volun-teers for the Connecticut As-sociation of Square DanceClubs, has watched member-ship in both organizationsdecline. “Twenty years ago,

10,000 people attended theCASDC convention,’ she said.“Last year, attendance wasless than 1,000,” which Morsefeels is reflective of howmuch interest and participa-tion in square dancing hasdecreased. The number ofclubs in Connecticut hasdropped from 50 to about 10.“We’ve tried mightily,”shared Morse, “but peopleare not coming.” The clubcan no longer afford to offerclasses, which would requirehiring teachers for 20 weeksof classes, which includessquare dancing, round danc-ing, and line dancing.

Other challenges New Eng-

land clubs face are “snowbirds,” as nearly half of theclub winters in Florida. For-tunately, square dance clubsare doing better in otherparts of the country, likeFlorida, where weather is nota factor and there are larger,more concentrated popula-tions of older people. “It is aperennial conversation atCASDC,” said Morse. “Howdo we involve young peopleand keep this art alive?”Morse added, “It is pretty tosee, people should come outto watch!”

If you’d like to watch the4C’s, the club alternates itsdances between Durham andCheshire, meeting at Brew-ster School one week and

Cheshire Parks & Rec YouthCenter in Cheshire the next.Another wonderful opportu-nity to see the beautiful art ofsquare, round and line danc-ing is at the 55th New Eng-land Square and RoundDance Convention on April26 and 27 at the ConnecticutConvention Center and theMarriot Ballroom in Hart-ford. More information onthe convention can be foundon the Eastern DistrictSquare and Round Dance As-sociation’s (organization ofsquare dance clubs and asso-ciations in the New Englandarea) website: edsarda.com.

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ties to play against somehigh-caliber teams,”Cheshire coach Dan Lee said.“The fact that we played hardagainst them bodes well forthe postseason.”

Collin Jordan, a 5’10 juniorguard, has emerged as theRams’ most indispensableplayer.

“He’s high energy. He does-n’t come off the court much,”Lee said. “Last year he wasmore of a distributor but thisyear he’s in more of a scoringrole.”

Jordan is averaging about13 points and five assists pergame.

“He also does a lot on de-fense, covering the opposi-tion’s best ballhandler,” Leesaid.

Senior Eric Dietrich, head-ed to UConn on a golf schol-arship, is one of the finestshooting guards in schoolhistory. He broke the recordfor most 3-point goals in aseason, including five in agame against Foran.

His leadership will be es-sential if the Rams canspring a first-round surprise.

“He makes sure everyoneis in the right spot on de-fense,” Lee said.

Six-foot-two senior for-ward Erik Pettit, a veteran offour years in the program, isanother cerebral playerwhose intangible assets arecritical for Cheshire’s suc-cess.

“He has a high basketball

ToughContinued from page 19

Class LLContinued from page 19

season is complete. Statisticsare all over MaxPreps.

No suspense, no mystery.Southington knew it would

be playing Newington,Cheshire knew it drewDarien, Lyman Hall knew ithad Tolland and Sheehanknew it had Ellington beforethe pairings for this year’sCIAC girls hoop tournamentwere officially announcedFriday morning.

No suspense, no mystery.Heading into its Class LL

tournament opener Cheshirehadn’t played in over a weekand lost its last two regular-season games. But the Ramsdid make an overnight team

trip to New York City, whichmeans they were riding somesisterly bonding and are ac-customed to long drives.

No. 22 Cheshire (9-11) wasto face a No. 11 Darien team(15-6) led by 1,000-point scorerMeg Marren, a 6-0 senior cen-ter, Tuesday night, after presstime. Marren has been ham-pered by injury lately, butwas still averaging betterthan 15 points.

And while much of the of-fense goes through Marren,Cheshire coach Sarah Miknoted that the Blue Wave arevery balanced, very athleticand look to run.

“It’s not something that wehaven’t seen,” said Mik.“We’ll see if playing a No. 1(SCC crossover) schedule

third to complete a hat trick.Cheshire fell to 4-14. ND-

WH improved to 15-4.

Boys swimBranford 99, Cheshire

84: The Rams slipped to 8-6

NotesContinued from page 19

IQ,” Lee said. “He maximizeshis position because he’s al-ways defending a taller play-er.”

Tim Covel, the Rams’tallest player at 6’4, is anoth-er two-sport athlete who willbe playing the other sport atthe next level.

Covel, a lacrosse playerheaded for Conn College,“does all the little things thatdon’t show up in box scores –he makes the extra pass on of-fense and takes the charge.Wherever we need him, he’sright there to fill the void,”Lee said.

The emergence of sopho-more guard Andrew Yaminhas Lee excited aboutCheshire’s future.

Yamin hadn’t even reachedthe junior varsity at the mid-way point of his freshmanseason. A year later, he’s play-ing a prominent varsity role.

“We put him on the otherteam’s best player so he’splayed against some of thestate’s best and held hisown,” Lee said. “To go fromnot even practicing with thevarsity until the latter part oflast season shows how great ajob he’s done learning thesystem and learning to playwith the others.”

Forward Tyler Post hasalso been a key cog this sea-son and should be even moreso as a senior next year.

“I’m pretty excited abouthaving Collin, Andrew andTyler back next year,” Leesaid. “It’s been a rarity hereto have that many comingback with varsity experi-ence.”

comes out to our benefit.”Cheshire senior forward

Molly Jalbert led the defenseby taking on Marren. On of-fense, junior point guard Mis-sy Bailey shows the way.

“Molly Jalbert has done agood job on defending bigsthis year,” said Mik.

“It’s just a matter of, offen-sively, if we can get in syncearly. With Missy, she’s got tolead us.”

Mercy, Class LL brides-maid for three years running,most recently to Newtown, isthe No. 1 seed at 21-2.

The Tigers, who featuresenior Jordyn Nappi ofSouthington, will be glad Ca-reer is on the other side ofthe bracket. Career, the No. 6seed, is the only team to beatMercy this year, once in theregular season and again inthe SCC tournament final.No. 4 Glastonbury (21-2) isred hot, riding a 19-game win-ning streak and last week’s52-30 rout of Southington inthe CCC tournament final.

SEA DOG race and expoThe Cheshire Community YMCA has scheduled its

fourth annual SEA DOG Road Race and Healthy LivingExpo for Sunday, May 19 at Bartlem Park. The event fea-tures the SEA DOG 5K run/walk, a 10K run, the Kid’sDoggie Dash Fun Run and The Cheshire Y Cup Elemen-tary School Relay.

To register for the races, visit www.cheshire-healthylivingexpo.org.

Adults can begin a free 10-week training program forthe 5K. Weekly training schedules and other informationfor beginner runner will be sent via e-mail. To subscribefor the free service, send your e-mail address to [email protected]. E-mails will be sent every Sunday be-ginning March 10.

For more information, contact Donna Paxton at (203)272-3150, ext. 311.

overall with the SCCcrossover loss at Branford.

Cheshire got wins fromKyle Shadeck (200 yard IM,2:09.5), Mike Goodrich (50freestyle, 24.09) and KarlBishop (500 freestyle, 5:16.07).

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ROOFING

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SIDING

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HANDYPERSONS

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CARPENTRY

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FENCING

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GUTTERS

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(203) 634-3933

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The ideal candidate will haveintermediate level comput-er knowledge, experienceor training in inventory con-trol and excellent customerrelations skills.

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Send resumes to:[email protected]

An Equal OpportunityEmployer

HELP WANTED

MANUFACTURINGManufacturer seeks

the following:

F/T, P/T, 4 day work week. Apply in person:

Lyman Products475 Smith Street

Middletown, CT 06457

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NUCAP (FKA) Anstro MFG. isseeking a 1st & 2nd shift quali-ty Inspector for the Watertownlocation. Efficiently use meas-uring instruments. Perform 1stpiece inspection of parts. Veri-fy & keep records on inspec-tions. Must read, write, &speak English. Must bedependable and reliable. Fillout an application at: 1 FrostBridge Rd. Watertown, CT06795 Or send resume to [email protected]

PART TIME AdministrativeAssistant: Provide support toSummer Program Directorfifteen to twenty hours perweek. Excellent computer andcommunication skills required.

Please send resume to:Cheshire Academy

Summer Programs Office10 Main St., Cheshire, CT 06410

No Phone Calls. We are anEqual Opportunity Employer

TTEEAACCHHIINNGG PPOOSSIITTIIOONN(Long-term Substitutes)

Wallingford Public Schoolsis seeking candidates for thefollowing long-term substituteteaching positions:

HHiigghh SScchhooooll LLeevveell:: Spanish -Position begins inMarch for approximately 12weeks. Italian - Position beginsin March for approximately 12weeks.

Please fax resume andcertification to (203) 949-6551.

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BusinessDevelopment

SalesRepresentativeThe Record-Journal is looking

for an energetic, creative,forward thinking individualto work full time to helpdevelop print & digitaladvertising at this familyowned media company.

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members working towardscommon goals

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package & benefits.

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Mechanical contractor loookingfor a FULL TIME BOOKKEEPERDuties include AP/AR/PR/GL,Monthly Financial Closings.Reports include Certified Pay-roll Reports, Union Reports andConstruction Reports. Excelreq. CF Data a Plus. 5 yrs expdesired. Benefits offered.Submit resume by 3/1/13 to:

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An Affirmative ActionEqual Opportunity Employer

APARTMENTSFOR RENT

WALLINGFORD Clean, updated2 BR Apartment. Quiet neigh-borhood. Water & Garbage incl.

$900-$950 Per Month. (203) 464-0766

ROOMS FOR RENT

MERIDEN CLEAN SAFE ROOMSIncludes Heat, HW, Elec, Kit Priv.East Side. Off-st park. $125/wk.+ sec. Call 12-8pm 203-630-3823or www.Meridenrooms.com

NORTH HAVENMeadowstone Motel- Off I-91.

Satellite TV. Short Stay/ Daily/Wkly On Bus Line. 203-239-5333

WALLINGFORD Private BR andPrivate Bath. All Utilities, CableTV, Laundry, Private Entrance.$160 /week, plus 2 wks security.

Call 203-626-5786 or 203-980-1441

HOUSES FOR SALE

MERIDEN- $274,900. Just likenew with plenty of room togrow! Spacious, open and airy,great room w/ cath. ceiling,4BR. House completely rebuiltin 2004, 3 full BA w/ whirlpools,master suite, add. office/library, oversized 2c gar. Amust see! Call Nicky Waltzer203-265-5618

MERIDEN- $153,900 3Brs 1st fl,2BRs 2nd fl. 1st fl Slider todeck, new furn, newer HWheaters, Close to schools.Shopping, hwys, motivatedseller! Bring your offer! CallRoy Haynes 203-265-5618

NORTH HAVEN- $194,000 Spa-cious end-unit w/cair, 2BRs, 2full BA, EIK, DR/LR combow/FP & skylights. Laundry rmw/washer/dryer combo. Pri-vate patio, gar next to unit.Mins to I95, I91, Yale, Quinn,Shopping, Golf. Call DeeGrazioso 203-265-5618

APARTMENTSFOR RENT

MERIDEN 1023 Old Colony Rd.22 BBRR AAvvaaiillaabbllee

Ask About One Month Free!Starting at $800. Heat & HW incl.

Off St. Parking. 203-886-7016

MERIDEN 1BR 2nd Flr Apt inTwo-Family House, Quiet DeadEnd St. WD Hookup, Heat &HW included. $800/mo. Call860-736-1169 or 860-502-5619

MERIDEN 2 Bedrooms, 5Rooms, newly remodeled, offstreet parking, w/d hookups,no pets, $900 plus utilities, ref-erences. 203-671-9644

MERIDEN 2 BR Apts HubbardPark Central Air/Heat. 775 WestMain St. $945-$995/mo. + utils.No pets. Call Niki 203 992-5605or Chino 203 935-6224

MMEERRIIDDEENN 22 BBRR AAvvaaiillaabblleeHeat, Hot Water & Appliances incl.

Off-Street parking. Available forimmediate move in. Starting at$800 per month. 203-639-8751

MERIDEN 2 BR, 1 Flr. Liberty St.Recently renovated. Stove &refrig. WD hookup. Off st park-ing. Yard. Bsmnt storage. Sec 8approved. $850. 203- 506-6398

MERIDEN 3 BR 2nd Flr. No Pets,Gas Heat, W/D Hookup. Off St.Parking $850/mo + 1 mnth sec& rent. Call 203-213-9896

MERIDEN 3 BR. 1st Fl. Clean.Well maintained. 6 Gold St.Lg BRs, Sunny Kitchen. WDhookup. $925. Avail March 1. Sec8 appr. Call Will 860-834-2876

MERIDEN Crown Village. Large2BR Recently Remodeled w/ HWFloors. $900/mo. includes heat &hot water. Call 203-856-6472

MERIDEN EFFICIENCY CUTE 2 ROOMS

Off street parking. Broad Street.$525. 2 mo sec. Credit ck req.

No pets. Call 203-284-0597

MERIDEN Fully Furnished,Central Location. 1BR, LR,Kitch, BA. $675/ mo. Lease &Sec. Deposit Required. Nopets. Call (203) 235-2372

MERIDEN STUDIO Efficiency Apartment.

Utilities Included. Security & Lease Required.

$650 per month. (203) 235-6988

MERIDEN. 3 BR, 3rd flr, recentlyrenovated, new carpets. Clean,spacious, off st parking. Availimmed. $875. Pets considered.140 Foster St. Walt 203-464-1863.

SOUTHINGTON - 1 1/2 RoomEfficiency. Ideal for seniors andall others. Near I-84. $145/wk.Includes Heat & HW, A/C,Appliances. No smoking. Secdep & refs req. 860-620-0025

WALLINGFORD 1 BR Very neat& clean, Off St. Park, Stove &Refrig, W/D Hookup, Storage,No Smoking/Pets. 1 mnth sec& lease $700/mo. 203-631-5219

WALLINGFORD 1BR, 1st FL. Downtown location.

$750 Per Month Available Immediately.

Call 203-284-0212

WALLINGFORD 2nd Flr 2 BR W/DHookup. Near Library. No Smok-ing/Pets. Sec + Ref Required.$850/mo. 203-269-1426

WINTER SPECIALMERIDEN- 1BR - $695/month.

HHEEAATT,, HHOOTT WWAATTEERR && EELLEECC--TTRRIICC IINNCCLLUUDDEEDD.. Private bal-

cony. 203-639-4868

WANTED TO BUY

AAllwwaayyss Buying All Contents ofEstates. Antique, old toys &

collectibles. furniture,costume jewelry, etc.

Call or stop by Frank’s, 18 S. Orchard St. Wallingford. 203-269-4975 or 203-284-3786

Open Mon.-Sat. 9am-5pm

CITY RECYCLING will PPAAYY CCAASSHH for scrap steel,

copper, aluminum, cars &trucks! CALL 860-522-927330 Fishfry St, Hartford, CT

DDEEEE’’SS AANNTTIIQQUUEESS Buying Collectibles,

Jewelry & Silver. China,Glass, Military, Musical.Anything old & unusual.

Single item to an estate.220033--223355--88443311

WANTED Fishing & HuntingTackle - Local Collector look-ing for old or new rods, reels,lures. Highest prices paid.Dave any time 860-463-4359

MUSICAL INSTRUMENT& INSTRUCTIONS

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HOUSES FOR RENT

MERIDEN House for Rent3 BR, Available March, No Pets.Sec 8 approved. 203-631-5848

APARTMENTSFOR RENT

CHESHIRE - 4 RoomsAppliances, 1 Level, Deck.

No Pets. Convenient to 691 & 84. $1225/Month. Includes Heat &

Garage. Call 203-393-1117

CHESHIRE 1 BR, Eat-in Kitcfhen,Lg Family Rm. Front & RearPorch. Off st parking. Dog orCat OK. $875. (386) 490-0112

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Studio & 1 Bedroom AptsAffordable Housing for quali-fied applicants 50 yrs of age orolder. Amenities Include: Com-puter Learning Center, TV/Games Lounge, Laundry Facili-ties, Off Street Parking, FreeBus Service to local shoppingctrs. On site: Resident Serv.Coord. Small Pets Accepted

Please call 860-621-3954 forinformation. TTY: 711

MER. Furnished Apts. East SideIncl Heat, HW, Elec. 1 BR, 1st Fl,$845/mo+sec. 1BR, 2nd Fl $801/mo+sec. 203-630-3823 12pm-8pm or Meridenrooms.com

MERIDEN - 2BR, 5 Rooms Completely Remodeled

Deck, Off-Street Parking Section 8 Approved

$950/mo+sec. 203-980-0215

MERIDEN 1 BR Spacious, Appli-anced, Secure Building, Laun-dry. No Pets/Smoking $750/mo.+ Security. 203-376-1259


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