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By Eve BrittonThe Cheshire Citizen

Local schools bested otherarea schools, in many casesby a 20 percent margin, in therecent state Fitness TestStandards because studentsare very involved with after-school sports, district offi-cials said, and are taught thebasics of physical fitness be-ginning in elementaryschool.

This success comes despitestudents being offered onlyone physical education classper week, down from twomore than a decade ago, saidCathy Sullivan, director ofphysical education for

Cheshire schools.“A very large percentage of

kids participate in some kindof after-school activities,”Sullivan said. “We’re justhoping we spark an interestin physical activity and theyfollow through.”

Cheshire students, alongwith students throughout thestate, including Wallingford,Southington and Meriden,were tested in four basic ar-eas of physical fitness fromSeptember through Novem-ber.

Students were tested in theone mile run/walk, push-ups, curl-ups, and sit-and-

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Though you won’t seehomeless people roaming thestreets in cast-off rags or dig-ging through dirty Dump-sters in Cheshire, the rela-tively affluent town has morethan a few scantily stockedkitchen cabinets.

In the 2010 U.S. Census,Cheshire’s poverty rate wasreported as 1.7 percent. Butthe last two years has seenthe number steadily rise,with more and more towns-people needing assistance.

“I don’t believe there areany homeless issues,” saidPolice Administrative Super-visor James Fasano. “If therewere a homeless person, wewould certainly reach out tothem and try to help them.”

While homelessness maynot be an issue here, hungerclearly is, according to PattyHartmann, executive direc-tor of the Cheshire Commu-nity Food Pantry, which pro-vides food to 116 families aweek, with 260 clients eligiblefor food assistance. Clients’eligibility is determined byadministrators with thetown’s Department of Hu-man Services.

“Over the past few yearswe’ve been seeing a pretty

steady increase in peopleneeding assistance,” saidMichelle Piccerillo, the hu-man services director.

Piccerillo said the increaseis no surprise becauseCheshire residents are just asaffected by the overall U.S.economy — including jobcuts and cost-of-living in-creases — as those livingelsewhere.

“It’s more temporary,though,” she said. “A commu-nity like this is hit relativelyhard by those particular situ-ations than having someoneliving here who is steadily

under the poverty level. Ithink most people are seek-ing assistance to get back ontheir feet.”

The U.S. Census Bureaudefines living in poverty as asingle person making an in-come of $11,139 or less and afamily of four bringing in$22,314 or less. The median2010 household income forCheshire was more than$110,000, while the state medi-an was about $70,000, accord-ing to the Connecticut Eco-nomic Resource Center,which compiles figures fromthe Census Bureau.

Nationally, 15.3 percent ofU.S. residents were living be-low the poverty line in 2010,while the state figure was

No poor side of town, but there areneedy in Cheshire

See Basics, page 7

Citizen photo by Joy VanderLek

Erica Anderson tastes the snowflake quality duringthe Jan. 28 storm that forced schools to let out ear-ly. She’s shown on a local neighborhood pond thathadn’t frozen over in many years. For more photosfrom this snow day, see page 15.

Frosty treat


Ethan Liu makes craftsat the Chinese New Yearprogram held Jan. 26 atthe Cheshire PublicLibrary under thedirection of the ChineseLearning Academy. Formore on this program,see page 6.

Chinese experience

Citizen photo by Eve Britton

Jacob Pratt of East Haven, a volunteer, stocks shelvesat the Cheshire Community Food Pantry Jan. 29.

Teaching basics calledkey to fitness in schools

See Needy, page 11

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Romance y Trova musicians, from left: Carolyn González (vocals/flute);Cheshire resident Cristina Piedrahita (vocals/percussion); and GermanBermúdez (percussion: bombo, congas).

Book driveCheshire High School PTSO has scheduled a

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Books may be dropped off in bins, located outside theCheshire High School main office, through the end ofFebruary.

The musical group Romance y Trova performed to a full-capacity house at CheshirePublic Library’s Sunday Showcase series Jan. 27. The music played by the group has itsroots in Latin American rhythm. The friends have played together for a decade, but it’sonly been within the past few years that they have decided to present their music to audi-ences.

Selections included musical influences from Brazil, Cuba, Spain, Argentina and Mexi-co. Songs featured simple love ballads in the form of traditional boleros and trovas as wellas songs written with national and political undertones.

Hemán Yepes, playing an acoustic-electric guitar, explained each selection, and itstranslation. Sometimes finding the equivalent word in English was an imperfect process,but the musicians still managed to convey the correct message, he said.

The free concert was made possible by the Friends of the Library. - Joy VanderLek

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Wanting to sort himselfout and “make a plan” aftergraduation from ColumbiaUniversity in New York City,

Chalmers went to stay withhis best friend’s family inCheshire. “I was thinking I’dstay for the summer,” saidChalmers. “I ended up livingthere for a decade.” That wasback in the late 1980s. At thetime he lived on Holly Road,Chalmers was laying thegroundwork for his future.

The family with whom theyoung graduate stayed wasactive in town. Through themhe was introduced to a lot ofpeople, and for a guy wholiked to cook and entertain, ithelped with his decision tolaunch his first business: anevent planning company.Chalmers fondly recalls hegot to meet “some amazingCheshire folks who were thefirst to trust my cooking.”

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changes will “change theworld before bedtime.” Thatwould become his missionstatement for life and for hislife’s work. From this van-tage point, Chalmers createdand now heads his own com-pany, called Earth2, a social-ly-responsible, forward-thinking company originat-ed in the spirit of “compas-sionate capitalism.” Thecompany helps non-profitswith varying products andprograms. Earth2Edibles isa line of specialty food prod-ucts, of which sales benefit

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On a book signing stopwith “Change the WorldBefore Bedtime,” are co-collaborators and friends,from left: Mark MoultanKimball, Josh Chalmers,and Karen Hillard Good.


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Meriden students failed tomeet the state standard bothoverall and in each compo-nent, in some cases withmore than a 20 percentagepoint difference compared toCheshire students. Cheshirestudents ranked above thestate average in every area.

Statewide, 51 percent ofstudents met the fitness stan-dards, while 63.1 percent ofCheshire students did. Inevery category, Cheshire stu-dents ranked in the 80th per-centile, while other local dis-tricts students ranked in the50th through 70th per-centiles.

Sullivan said that whileshe cannot pinpoint the exactreason Cheshire studentsfared so much better thanother students in the state,she did say she thought thedistrict’s philosophy of in-stilling a passion for “life-time leisure activities andwellness activities,” con-tributes to the overall physi-cal fitness of district stu-dents.

“The focus in physical edu-cation classes is on fitness,”said Assistant Superinten-dent Scott Detrick. “But it’shard to know why we did sowell. I do think our kids areactive, but all kids are ac-tive.”

In elementary school,Cheshire students are taughtthe basic skills that precedeactual sporting activities,such as throwing, catching,and hitting. In middle school,students put the skills theylearned into sporting activi-ties, like volleyball, flag foot-ball and softball. In highschool, students branch out abit more by fine tuning theirskills, including adding othersports like golf and other ac-tivities. Project Adventure,which includes rock climb-ing, using a compass andmaps, is very popular, Sulli-van said.

“And, you have to have a lotof upper body strength to dothese things,” she added, say-ing that may contribute tothe students’ success in theFitness Test Standards.

Contact Eve Britton [email protected].

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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 leadershiptraining workshops. Formore information, call (203)271-6690 or email [email protected].

High school Friday nightactivities

All ninth through twelfthgrade Cheshire residents arewelcome to attend the Fridayevents, scheduled from 6 to 11p.m. All events are super-vised by Cheshire Youth Ser-vice staff. All activities arefree and held at the YellowHouse unless otherwise stat-ed on the registration/per-mission form.

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 twohour meetings consist of aone-on-one reading experi-ence for each first graderpaired with a high school vol-

School NewsScholasticachievements

Zach Ziobrowski ofCheshire is a member of theAviation Engineering team

at Xavier High School whichis scheduled to representConnecticut at the RealWorld Design Challenge na-tional competition in Wash-ington, D.C.

ScholarshipThe Rotary Club of

Cheshire is accepting nomi-nations of Cheshire resi-dents for the Rotary District7980 Service Above Self

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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

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Doggie Bowl-a-thon

Cheshire Dog Park’s firstannual Doggie Bowl-a-thon isscheduled for Saturday, Feb.9, from 1 to 3 p.m. at AppleValley Bowl, 1304 South MainSt., Plantsville. Admissionfee includes unlimited bowl-ing, shoe rental and pizza.

Proceeds benefit theCheshire Dog Park scheduledto be built on Waterbury Road.

For more info, call Greg at(860) 459-5044 or email [email protected].

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Baby ShowerSt. Bridget Ladies Guild is

sponsoring its annual BabyShower to benefit New Begin-nings at St. Mary’s Hospitaland Hope Pregnancy Centerin Cheshire. The Guild iscollecting new, unwrappedbaby clothes, infant supplies(diapers, wipes, baby sham-poo and other toiletries, for-mula, crib sheets, crib toys,or any other infant items).Educational toys, books, orother items appropriate forpre-school age siblings arealso needed. Collection box-es are located in the foyer ofSt. Bridget’s School and at allchurch entrances throughFeb. 11.

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The number of peopleseeking assistance with fuelcosts, one-time rental andmortgage payment, food andelectricity, also has beengrowing the last few months,with single-parent house-holds the fastest-growing seg-ment of the population need-ing services, Hartmann andPiccerillo said.

“I was surprised myself,when I looked at the figures,”Hartmann said. “I alwaysthought that it was mostlyseniors coming in, but wehave single-family house-holds with children, we evenhave some three-generationfamilies. It’s the wholegamut.”

A few months ago, the foodpantry was providing food toabout 90 households weekly.That number grew to 116 byDecember, and Hartmannsaid she sees it possibly grow-ing even more.

“We’ve seen it go up just inthe last few weeks,” she said.“In the last month we’ve seen10 more families come in here.... That’s pretty significant.”

Hartmann added that atthis point, it is a struggle for

the food pantry to maintaininventory, and the goal is tobe able to give each clientmore food than it is now pro-viding, especially fresh dairyproducts, which are alwaysin scarce supply.

Piccerillo added that while

she sees the number of peo-ple needing help growing,she also sees people getting“back on their feet and givingback,” she said. “It’s a testa-ment to the character of thepeople in the community.”

She added that people in

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“Be aware that there arepeople out there who needhelp,” she said. “Supporteach other.”


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In Y program, leadership skills take hold in formative yearsBy Joy VanderLek

The Cheshire Citizen

Leaders aren’t born.They’re made. And to set kidson the right path, the CheshireYMCA’s Leader’s Club hashelped young people learn tobe their best for more than twodecades.

“We want the kids to takeaway a number of things frombeing in this club,” said Pro-

gram Director Michelle Spre-da. “We want them to feel con-fident talking in front of theirpeers, we want them to feelcomfortable working in a teamsetting, and we want them towant to lead.”

Spreda has been associatedwith the YMCA since she wasin high school and this helpsher to see situations from thekids’ viewpoint. She’s been thedirector for both the middle

school and high school Lead-ers programs for three yearsnow.

“What’s nice about the clubis that most kids who start inDodd Leaders continue to HighSchool Leaders so they spendabout six years in the club,”she said. The length of time isbeneficial, because it allowsSpreda and her assistant, ReillyTabor, to really get to know thechildren.

Both CHS and Dodd Leadersplan their own projects, whichare community-service orient-ed. “Some projects we do areleaf rakes and car washes,”said Spreda. Dodd Leadershave had a hand in organizingbreakfast with the Easter bun-ny and the Halloween carni-val. One year the kids chose to

have a bowl-a-thon. Partici-pants obtained their ownpledges, she said, and all themoney went to a charity thatthe group chose.

Dodd Leaders picked theCUREchief Foundation lastyear. The High School Leaders,Spreda explained, usuallyraise money for the YMCAStrong Kids Campaign. It“gives less fortunate familiesthe opportunity to participatein YMCA programs such aschildcare, and youth sports.”

Along with communityservice and fundraising proj-ects, children in the Leadersgroups are allowed to run theirown group. “This year westarted taking turns running

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Asked what they get out ofit, the seventh and eighthgraders responded that it givesstudents confidence in otherareas of life when they getback into their schools andclassrooms. It’s not so muchthat they train us, but that theyshape us, said one of the chil-dren.

Jack Stanton, who is in theDodd Leaders group, said, “Ithink that the Y program is agreat and fun place for kids,that I look forward to everyweek.”

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Milone announced that thenet Grand List for Oct. 1, 2012is $2,882,017,184 which is anincrease of $18,332,524 or .64percent over the Oct. 1, 2011Grand List. At the currentmill rate of 27.23 and the cur-rent collection rate of 99 per-cent, this will generate an ad-ditional $494,203 in revenue.

The growth in the netGrand List is reflected in thefollowing components: Real

Estate grew by $10,355,142 or.41 percent, Personal Proper-ty increased by $10,547,917 or9.67 percent and Motor Vehi-cles decreased by $2,570,535or 1.16 percent.

Property owners wishingto appeal their 2012 GrandList real estate, business per-sonal property assessment,or their 2011 supplementalmotor vehicle assessment be-fore the Board of AssessmentAppeals must submit a writ-ten application to the Boardof or before Feb. 20, 2013.

These forms are currentlyavailable here and from theAssessor’s Office in the TownHall at 84 South Main St.

By state statute, an appealcan be heard only if the writ-ten request has been submit-ted on the prescribed form tothe Cheshire Board of As-sessment Appeals by Feb. 20,2013.

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Temple Beth David, 3 MainSt., Cheshire, has scheduledTuning Torah Yoga for Satur-day, Feb. 9, and every secondSaturday of each month from9 to 10 a.m. at Temple BethDavid.

For more information, call(203) 272-0037 or visitwww.tbdcheshire.org.

St. BridgetSt. Bridget Parish and

School has scheduled Fridayevening Lenten Suppers

from 5 to 7 p.m. from Feb. 15through April 22 in theschool dining hall, 171 MainSt. Meal includes homemadepasta fagioli, soup of theweek, ziti, salad, bread,dessert and beverage. A fee ischarged.

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

ServicesCalvary Life Family

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11:30 a.m. (203) 272-1701.Cheshire Lutheran

Church, 660 W. Main St.,Sunday – 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.Services; 9:10 a.m. educationhour. (203) 272-5106.

Cheshire UnitedMethodist 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; Sun-day school, 9 a.m.; AWANAWednesday, 6:15 p.m. (203)272-6344.

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; Fri-day - 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.stthomasbecket.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.

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For more information, call(203) 271-2372 or (203) 272-0070.

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“ Wi n t e r,cold winter,blows hardagainst thew i n d o w -pane” makesme want tostay indoorsand fix somec o m f o r tfood, maybe a bowl of heartycorn chowder.

What is corn chowder, youask, and what makes ithearty? My scale of soupheartiness goes like this.

Least hearty would beclear broth or consommé, theperfect dish to precede aplateful of roast beef, mashedpotatoes and green beancasserole. Next is vegetableor tomato soup, the kind froma can served alongside agrilled cheese sandwich.Then comes chowder, an old-fashioned New Englandtreat. Finally comes theheartiest: stew with lots ofmeat and vegetables.

Consult the cookbooks,Betty Crocker, Martha Stew-art or even a Shaker or “downhome” cookbook, for a recipefor corn chowder and what doyou find? Recipes for a cornsoup made with chickenstock and crab meat or chiles.Most also insist that youmust start with fresh cornand cut the kernels off thecob. Not likely in a New Eng-land winter.

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slices of bacon into bits andbrown them in a medium-sized pan. Remove the bitsand put them aside. Cut asmall onion into pieces andcook in the bacon fat until itis transparent. Don’t let itburn. Dice a medium-to-large potato and put it in thepan with the onion. Addsome water, enough to barelycover the potato. Cover andlet cook until the potato istender, about 10 minutes.Add one 15-ounce can ofcream-style corn and the ba-con bits. Allow it to heat. Fillthe corn can with milk andpour it into the pan. Contin-ue to heat but do not allowthe chowder to boil.

Add salt and pepper totaste. Pour into bowls. Makesfour skimpy or three gener-ous servings. Serve with oys-ter crackers, saltines or, myfavorite, homemade bread.

I remember one occasionwhen corn chowder savedthe day. It was a cold, rainysummer’s day at a rented cot-tage at a lake in northernVermont and my cousinmade corn chowder for agang of us. It really hit thespot!

Corn chowder is the signa-ture soup for at least two localchurches, Cheshire’s FirstCongregational andYalesville’s UnitedMethodist. It is always servedat the holiday bazaar lunch-eons. People look forward toits heartiness.

(Laura Clementsen is along-time resident of Cheshireand contributor to TheCheshire Citizen.)

Citizen photos by Joy VanderLek

What to do when school lets out early?Hit the ice with your sticks. Below,Michelle Anderson brooms snow froma neighborhood pond during the Jan.28 snowstorm. At left is her daughterErica Anderson. The skaters in themiddle are P.J. Marcouiller and his old-er brother, Lucas. Locals said it hasbeen a long time since the pond hasfrozen over. At right, Marcouiller broth-ers try out the ice.

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Boys swimming -Cheshire vs. Daniel Hand atCheshire Community Pool,7 p.m.

Boys basketball -Cheshire vs. Lyman Hall atCheshire, 7 p.m.

9 Saturday

Doggie Bowl-a-thon -Cheshire Dog Park’s firstannual Doggie Bowl-a-thonis scheduled for Saturday,Feb. 9, from 1 to 3 p.m. atApple Valley Bowl, 1304South Main St., Plantsville.Admission fee includes un-limited bowling, shoe rentaland pizza. All proceeds ben-efit the Cheshire Dog Parkscheduled to be built on Wa-terbury Road. For more in-formation, call Greg at (860)

459-5044 or email [email protected].

Meeting - The Connecti-cut Federation of Democra-tic Women’s Clubs is sched-uled to meet Saturday, Feb.9, at noon at The ManorInn, 1636 Meriden-Water-bury Turnpike. Mary Fritz,State Representative forCheshire/Wallingford andSheila Horvitz, of the RoseConrad Memorial Fund, arescheduled to speak aboutDomestic Violence in Con-necticut. A fee is charged.For more information andtickets, call Debra Dickey at(860) 822-1140.

Ice hockey - Cheshirevs. Watertown at Tafts-Mays Rink, 7:30 p.m.

10 Sunday

Piano concert - TheCheshire Library hasscheduled pianist PaulBisaccia in concert on Sun-day, Feb. 10, at 4 p.m. Theshow, “The Great AmericanPiano Revisited” includesthe works of Gershwin,Scott Joplin, Irving Berlin,Billy Joel, John PhilipSousa and more. The con-cert is free and open to thepublic. For more informa-tion, call the library at (203) 272-2245 or visitwww.cheshirelibrary.org.

11 Monday

DAR - Lady FenwickChapter of the DAR isscheduled to meet Monday,Feb. 11, at noon at Highlandhealth Care Center, 745Highland Ave. The programis A Visit to China.

Girls Basketball -Cheshire vs. Daniel Hand atDHHS High School, 7 p.m.

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Ice hockey - Cheshire vs.Amity at Bennett Rink,West Haven, 6:30 p.m.

8 Friday

Pasta and jazz - A pastaand jazz dinner is sched-uled for Friday, Feb. 8, from6 to 9 p.m. at the CheshireHigh School. The event willfeature the Cheshire HighSchool Jazz Ensemble, theCheshire High School Jazzimprove students and theDodd Middle School JazzBand. Proceeds benefit theCheshire High School JazzEnsemble events. For moreinformation and tickets,call (203) 605-8653. Ticketswill also be available a thedoor.

Wine and beer tasting -The Cheshire Lions Clubshas scheduled a wine andbeer tasting for Friday, Feb.8, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Ma-sonic Temple Hall, 9 Coun-try Club Rd. Hors d’oeuvreswill be served. A raffle isfeatured. A fee is charged.For more information andtickets, contact JoyceWruck at (203) 213-1508 or [email protected] orany Lion member. Ticketswill also be available a thedoor.

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Senior Bookworms -Tuesday, Feb. 10, at 10 a.m.Book discussion - A Widowfor One Year by John Irving.New members are welcome.

Brain Health - Wednes-day, Feb. 20, at 10 a.m. MariaTomassetti of theAlzheimer’s Association isscheduled to speak. The pro-gram is free, but registrationis required by Feb. 15.

Cooking with ChefCraig - Wednesday, Feb. 20, at11:30 a.m. at Highlands

Health care Center. Space islimited. Transportationavailable on request.

Mature Driver SafetyProgram - Thursday, Feb. 21,from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Li-censed drivers are welcometo have a free and confiden-tial driver safety screening.Pre-registration is requiredat (203) 272-8286.

Cooking Demo withSarah Bird - Thursday, Feb.21, at 11:30 a.m. No fee, regis-tration is required.

Roundtable discussionwith Judge MatthewJalowiec - Thursday, Feb. 21,at 1 p.m. Topics discussedwill be conservatorship, and

more. Advance registrationis required by Feb. 19.

Lunch and a movie -Monday, Feb. 25. Lunchserved at 11:45 a.m. A fee ischarged. Movie, at 12:30 p.m.,is Valentine’s Day.

Photo ID - Monday, Feb.25, from 1 to 3 p.m.

Monthly Dance Party -Thursday, Feb. 28, from 1 to 3p.m. Bring a non-perishbalefood item for the food pantry.Music provided by VinnieCarr.

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Monday, Feb. 11: Boxedlunch.

Tuesday, Feb. 12: SeniorCenter closed in observanceof Lincoln’s birthday.

Wednesday, Feb. 13: Fishalmondine, baked potato,French green beans, wheat

dinner roll, vanilla puddingwith strawberries.

Thursday, Feb. 14: Noelderly lunch programserved.

Friday, Feb. 15: Fish withFlorentine sauce, mashedpotatoes, green and waxbeans, wheat bread, mixedfruit punch, oatmeal raisincookie.

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Share Our Strength™, amovement to end worldhunger by 2015. Chalmersguarantees a minimum of$25,000 to the cause. There’salso the successful ARTra-geous™ and WELLfed™ pro-grams.

ARTrageous™ bringsartists to schools, wherefunding for those types ofprograms have been cut.WELLfed™ is Chalmers “cre-ative dining experience” thatcreates funding to build cleanwater systems in developingcountries.

Most recently, Chalmersand his friends collaboratedto release a children’s bookfrom Schiffer Publishing,called “Change the World Be-fore Bedtime.” The bookearned a gold Mom’s ChoiceAward® almost as soon as itwas published.

Chalmers’ co-authors arenoteworthy children’s bookcreators, Mark Kimball Moul-tan and Karen Hillard Good.Moultan is a prolific authorwith 22 books to his credit.He’s also an accomplishedphotographer. Hillard Goodis a renowned illustrator andartist. For this shared effort,Chalmers assisted in creatingcontent concepts, while Moul-tan wrote and Hillard Good il-lustrated.

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Pennsylvania Dutch anddinner theatre - May 7-9. Formore information, call SandyChase (203) 641-4817 or RachelChiginsky 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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servance of Lincoln’s birth-day.

Wednesday, Feb. 13Reiki sessions, 9 a.m. to

noon (by apt. only); BusyBees, 10 a.m.; Chair Yoga, 10a.m.; VC.H.A.T. planningmeeting, 10 a.m.; AssistiveTechnology Demonstrationprogram, 1 p.m.; Everyone

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Thursday, Feb. 14Advanced line dancing,

9:30 a.m.; Freestyle art 101,9:30 a.m.; Team Wii, 9:30 a.m.;Computer Basics, 10 a.m.;Moderate exercise, 10:15a.m.; Beginner line dance,10:30 a.m.; Pilates, 11 a.m.;Scrabble, 12:30 p.m.; Poker, 1p.m.; Texas Hold ‘em, 1 p.m.;Writing Seniors. 1:30 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 15Get 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.; Set Back, 11a.m.; Bridge, 12:30 p.m.; Dis-cussion group, 1 p.m.; Poker,1 p.m.

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world.” He said, “I wantthem to make it a habit to beheroic about doing good andkind things.”

The trio has been busytouring with book signings.Chalmers has even biggerdreams for other Earth2 proj-ects as he continues to intro-duce his book to as many

children and communities ashe can. Cheshire is one“memorable” town that heplans to visit as well.“Cheshire has a special placein my heart, and there arepeople there and memoriesthere that will always inspireme,” he said.

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Valentine’s Day Ball - AVictorian House Open Valen-tine’s Day Ball is scheduledfor Friday, Feb. 15, at the Wa-verly Inn, 286 Maple Ave.Dinner is at 6:30. Dancing tothe music of TheBernadettes at 8:30 p.m. Pro-ceeds benefit the WoundedWarrior Project. A fee ischarged.

Boys basketball -Cheshire vs. Career Magnetat Career Magnet, 7 p.m.

SEA DOGS Races scheduledThe Cheshire Community YMCA has scheduled its 4th

annual SEA DOG Road Race and healthy Living Expo forSunday, May 19 at Bartlem Park. The event features theSEA DOG 5K run/walk, a 10K run, the Kid’s Doggie DashFun Run and The Cheshire Y Cup Elementary School Re-lay.

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 email. To subscribefor the free service, send your email address to [email protected]. Emails will be sent every Sunday be-ginning March 10.

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

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By Kyle Swartz

While crafting municipalbudgets in upcomingmonths, civic officials mustkeep in mind that Connecti-cut faces a projected $1-bil-lion deficit in fiscal year 2013-14. This significant shortfallalmost certainly will meanthat — unlike in the currentfiscal year — state fundingfor municipalities will de-crease. Each town and citymust plan accordingly.

“There will be some paingoing around,” Gov. Dannel P.Malloy inauspiciously toldtown leaders at a recent con-ference on Connecticut budg-eting (The Connecticut Mir-ror, 1-17). In the last twoyears, Malloy and his peersavoided causing this painwith methods of fiscal relieflargely other than munici-pal-money reductions. Butwith a red-ink gap the size of$1 billion to close, GeneralAssembly has run out of al-ternative treatments.

Tax increases are off thetable this time, following thegovernor’s historic $1.5-bil-lion tax hike of 2011. More-over, when Malloy in 2011commendably closed a $3.6-billion deficit inherited fromthe previous administration,he negotiated numerous con-cessions from state unions.In return, he guaranteedthese organizations no lay-offs or wage alterations forfour years. Thus, another op-tion unavailable in 2013.

So who will feel the pain?Twenty-two percent of Con-necticut’s current $20.5-bil-lion budget is funding fortowns and cities, including$3.5 billion in grants and $930million in teacher-pensionpayments. Expect these num-bers to decline.

Unfortunately, big budgetcuts could befall a public in-stitution which can least af-ford them — schools. “Educa-tion systems in the state are...where the greatest level of

savings can be achieved,” cu-riously suggested Connecti-cut House Speaker J. Bren-dan Sharkey. While there’scertainly a lot of money tiedup in academics, we wouldurge any reductions here bemade with utmost careful-ness and prudence.

Shrinking school fundingnegatively affects student po-tential. Teacher layoffs causeincreased class sizes, andpupils will receive fewervaluable, one-on-one interac-tions with instructors. Elimi-nation of creative arts pro-grams and electives removeseducational avenues throughwhich kids can become more-well-rounded adults. Main-taining high levels of schoolfunding is essential in allow-ing for a successful future foryounger generations.

One intriguing alternativeproposed for red-ink reduc-tion is changing a state lawwhich limits municipal lead-ers from asking that employ-ees contribute more to coverretirement and healthcarecosts. This could save townsand cities millions in pay-ments. Workers in privatesectors have been in similarcontribution systems foryears. It’s time for publicstaff to accept a lessening oftheir still-generous benefits,a financial reality of themodern economy.

Connecticut has a deepdeficit to overcome. A steepdip in state financing for mu-nicipalities is probable. Tak-ing that into account, civicdecision-makers must buildbudgets this year with cir-cumspect consideration ofwhat programs and servicesare essential — and what canbe trimmed without severelydamaging the community.

Kyle Swartz is editor ofThe North Haven Citizen andan editorial associate at theRecord-Journal, Meriden.

State deficit is municipalbudget buster

Commentary

Tuesday, Feb. 12Town Council, Council Chambers, 7:30 p.m.

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

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

Monday, Feb. 18Historic District Commission, 7:30 p.m.Library Board, Cheshire Library, 7 p.m.Public Building Commission, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 19

Economic Development, 7:30 p.m.

Inland/Wetlands and Watercourses Com-

mission, 7:30 p.m.

Monday, Feb. 25

Energy Commission, 7 p.m.

Planning & Zoning Commission, 7:30 p.m.

Budget concernsTo the editor:The Town Council will begin the process

of developing the operating budget for fiscalyear 2013-2014 in the coming months. TheBoard of Education transmitted its$64,858,180 budget to the town manager Jan.23. The education budget advances an in-crease of $2,355,305, slightly less than 4 per-cent over last year’s adopted budget.

The town manager must develop his budg-et including the education budget, which hemay adjust in the final budget that he deliv-ers to the town council. That budget will bein excess of $100 million. The council,through public meetings and workshops,will reshape the budget to account forchanges it deems necessary to deliver townservices.

The public is encouraged to participate inthe process, but if past is prologue the inputfrom the public will be minimal. I feel par-ticular angst for taxpayers who have beenscolded by Board of Education ChairmanGerry Brittingham for whining about tax in-creases. I’m disturbed that a member of thepublic, Joe Schmidt, has predicted thatTown Council Republicans will slash andburn the education budget.

I’m further disturbed that he has bashedtaxpayers for supporting the waste watertreatment plant upgrade. A decisive majori-ty of taxpayers recognized that this was atown need not a Republican pet project.

I also fully understand the sense of gleeexpressed by Dr. Florio citing the BOE’scourage to fund and by default the TownCouncil’s obligation to properly fund andmaintain our school buildings and town in-frastructure. Why wouldn’t he be ecstaticwhen the BOE added to his budget.

We are maintaining our schools and theoperating budgets and capital budgets bearthis out. The council is working on perform-ance contracting initiatives that may helpfund significant infrastructure improve-ments in our schools and other public prop-erties without additional tax burdens on thepublic.

As the budget process unfolds my goal isto be fair. That fairness must be weighted to-wards the average taxpayer who pays for thewhole budget, not only the increase. My jobis to get it as right as I can without breakingyour back.

Tim Slocum,Chairman

Cheshire Town Council

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In Googling it, be carefulCommentary

Photo by Dave Zajac

In November 2012, William Aubertin, a driver forCheshire based A.J. Waste Systems, operates thecompany’s new truck, which is equipped with a robot-ic arm that picks up bins from the side of the road anddiscards its contents into the truck.


Trash isn’t exactly beingturned into gold, but it isturning into savings andcleaner streets, as the town’snew recycling program headsinto its third month of opera-tion.

New, closed-top, secure re-cycling bins went out to 8,500households in November.From then until the end ofDecember, the town diverted40 tons of what would havepreviously been treated asgarbage into recycling. At $68a ton, the town has alreadysaved nearly $3,000 in dispos-al fees, according to TownManager Michael Milone.

“In the short run, every-thing is positive,” Milonesaid, “but we’re still in thelearning curve. We’re goingthrough behavioralchanges.”

He said he expects to seemajor growth in the recy-cling program in the next fewmonths, as people get used tothe idea of recycling more.

“People are realizing thereis no end to the amount ofstuff you can put in recy-cling,” Milone said. “I justwish we had done it sooner.”

Bill Bonaminio, presidentof Cheshire’s BeautificationCommittee, said he has seenthe difference in the streetsalready.

“Everything is in the con-tainer, not blowing around inthe street, and the raccoonscan’t get to it and drag cansand things all over,”Bonaminio said. “We’re justa wasteful society and this isa lot more efficient. It savestime. It saves money.”

He agreed with Milonethat the program should havebeen started years ago. Healso added that he wishes thebins were a little bigger.

“We fill it up pretty quick,”he said.

The new recycling pro-gram takes the place of thebin system that had been inplace for years. The bin sys-tem required residents tosort materials for recycling,then place the bins curbsidefor pickup.

Often, animals would getinto the bins and drag materi-

als out, and wind would scat-ter newspapers and otherlight materials around thestreets and lawns.

In addition, residents weremore limited as to what theycould place in the bins. Thenew program allows moreitems to be recycled. Now res-idents can put anything from

aluminum foil and food traysto plastic utensils to all sortsof cardboard in the contain-ers.

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By Jeffery Kurz

Whenever I feel somethingcoming on, or begin to sus-pect I may be suffering fromsome exotic affliction, whichhappens more often than Iprobably want to tell youabout, the first thing I do iscall my doctor. No. Of courseI don’t do that. What I do isGoogle. Google is great be-cause not only can it be usedas both a noun and a verbyou can type just about any-thing into it and get somekind of response. It’s theelectronic Answer Man (orwoman - Google does not ap-pear to be gender specific).Google is now such a funda-mental part of my life thatit’s easy for me to forget thatI’ve spent most of my lifewithout it. How did I manageto get along?

Several years ago, I rathersheepishly admitted to usingthe internet for self diagno-sis to my doctor. I was halfexpecting a stern lecture butI didn’t get one. It turns outdoctors like it when you takean active interest in yourown health.

It also turns out that I amfar from alone. A study re-leased by the Pew ResearchCenter this week found that35 percent of Americanadults have used the internetto diagnose a medical condi-tion. That could be for them-selves or for someone else.

Interestingly enough, thestudy says Americans havealways had a penchant forself diagnosis — as in, I sup-pose, mom and pop reme-dies. Think of how an apple aday keeps the doctor away.The internet has simply ex-panded that opportunity, andnow at least a third of Amer-icans, including yours truly,are taking advantage.

Seventy-seven percentsaid they started research-ing health conditions with asearch engine, like Google,or Bing. So I’ve got plenty ofcompany.

The risk, of course, re-flects the nature of the inter-net itself, a glorious universeof information that is alsochaotic and sloppy and notalways trustworthy. You can

go to an online forum and seethat for the same health com-plaint one commentator willtell you it’s nothing while thenext will advise heading tothe emergency room imme-diately.

One aspect of online med-ical sleuthing the study foundencouraging is that peoplearen’t often seeking answersfrom the web but using it tohelp figure out whether it’stime to see a doctor.

Doctors now will also ad-vise that you go online to getmore information about ahealth issue. The key is thatyou should do your investi-gating using reputablesources, which is a goodguideline both online andoff. Supportive web sites canhelp when you need a treat-ment plan, for example.

So while I Google, I alsoknow that my adventures insurfing will land me both insolid and misleading hands.

Just the other day, I typedin “empty nest syndrome”because my college graduatemoved out after six monthsof living at my home and Iwas finding it unnervinghow the place I returned to atnight was exactly the way ithad been when I’d left in themorning. I had gotten usedto things changing while Iwas away. I wasn’t expectinga lot of reputable advice, andwas surprised to find a gooddiscussion of empty nestsyndrome at the web site ofthe Mayo Clinic.

“It’s very important thatthe patient understands thatyou just don’t Google some-thing.”

That’s what a doctor toldme five years ago when I dida story about using the inter-net for self diagnosis. Youhave to be a little suspicious,he said.

For that story I listed theMedical Library Associa-tion’s online list of 100health sites “you can trust.”Just Google it and you’ll findthe site.

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Shadeck, Bishop power swim team;Girls basketball drops pair, falls to 8-9

Ram Notes

Boys swimmingCheshire 98, Hamden 78:

Kyle Shadeck was a double-winner for the Rams in a SCCconquest on the road.Shadeck placed first in the200 IM (2:12.6) and the 100butterfly (58.2).

Other individual victorsfor the Rams (6-4 overall)were Michael Goodrich inthe 50 freestyle (24.82) andKarl Bishop in the 500 free(5:09.7). Matt D’Andea wondiving with 138.9 points.

Cheshire also claimed tworelays. Brian Johnson,Patrick Morley, Shadeck andGoodrich took the 200 medleyin 1:53.02. Johnson,Goodrich, Bishop and MattPinciaro touched the wallfirst in the 200 freestyle(1:43.21).

Cheshire 102, Nau-gatuck 83: Freshmen KarlBishop and Kyle Shadeckhad big nights to help theRams record the nonconfer-ence home win at The Bub-ble.

Bishop bested the field inthe 200 freestyle (1:54.09) and500 freestyle (5:07.01).Shadeck took the 100 butter-fly (57.49) and swam on twofirst-place relays. He teamedwith Brian Johnson, PatrickMorley and MichaelGoodrich on the 200 medley(1:47.73) and with Morley,Bishop and AlexanderCheruk on the 400 freestyle(3:41.38).

Morley took the 200 IM(2:17.35). Johnson touchedfirst in the 100 backstroke(1:00.65).

WrestlingBranford 48, Cheshire

21: Gabe Vega picked up apin at 172 pounds forCheshire in the SCC loss tothe Hornets in Branford.

Winning by decision forthe Rams (9-14) were 138-pounder Daniel Massucci(94), 145 Steve Bergeron (4-0),160 Josh Hunihan (21-6) and182 Billy Janes (12-4).

Lyman Hall’s ClaytonAhearn, who wrestles with

Cheshire as an independent,earned a 6-2 win at 195.

CHS swept: Cheshire 138-pound captain Daniel Mas-succi, 182-pounder BillyJanes and 170-pounder GabeVega all won three matcheson an otherwise tough day forthe Rams, who fell to highly-ranked Glastonbury (52-15),Guilford (54-13) and Sims-bury (51-25) at Guilford HighSchool to fall to 10-17.

Massucci had one win bymajor decision to improve to34-5 on the season. Janes wontwo matches by pin and oneby major decision to improveto 24-9 and Vega had one pinand one major decision to im-prove to 21-7.

Jacob Cervero won a majordecision at 132 pounds and isnow 26-6 on the season whileJosh Hunihan recorded a pinat 160 pounds and stands at

17-15.Clayton Ahearn (195) from

Lyman Hall recorded twopins wrestling independentlywith Cheshire to improve to12-1 on the season.

Girls basketballMercy 56, Cheshire 36:

Southington’s Jordyn Nappipoured in a game-high 17points on four 3-pointers asthe Tigers cruised to the SCCinterdivisional win over theRams in Cheshire.

Maria Weselyi chipped inwith 14 points for Mercy,which is now 15-1 overall.

Missy Bailey, Jill Howardand Bry McIntosh each fin-ished with six points forCheshire (8-8).

Career 55, Cheshire 44:The Rams let an early 13-9lead slip away in suffering

the SCC interdivisional de-feat in New Haven.

The Panthers, who im-proved to 16-1 overall, gotdouble figures from TanayaAtkinson (16), Alyssa Alston(15) and Kelsey Gibbons (12).

Cheshire (8-9) was pacedby Missy Bailey’s 11 points.Sara Como hit a pair of 3-pointers and finished with 10points.

Photo by Justin Weekes

The CHS girls basketball team headed into this weekwith a record of 8-9. Cheshire’s Missy Bailey is pic-tured in action in a game against Lyman Hall.

By Sean KrofssikSpecial to The Citizen

Cheshire’s five-game win-ning streak came to a haltJan. 30 in a 65-47 defeat atXavier, but the Rams are stillin position for a strong fin-ish.

The two SCC interdivision-al foes were tied 28-28 at thehalf, but the Falcons explod-ed for a 16-4 run to open thethird quarter and that wasjust too much for the Rams toovercome.

“They just came out withmore energy in the secondhalf,” Cheshire coach DanLee said of the victors. “Theyplayed tremendous defensein the second half. That’ssomething that has carried

us through the season andthey kind of emulated thattonight. That’s why theywere successful.”

The Rams got to withinseven at 52-45 with 6:16 left inthe fourth on a trey by EricDietrich (12 points). But thatwas the last Cheshire fieldgoal of the game. Only a pairof free throws by ReidDuglenski with 38 secondsleft halted a 10-0 Xavier run.

Cheshire could do nothingagainst Xavier’s man-to-mandefense, shooting 23 percent(7-for-30) in the second half.

Standout point guardCollin Jordan carved his waythrough the lane for 16 pointsin the contest to lead theRams offensively. The junioris the heart and soul of the

Cheshire team – its up-tempooffense and the head of theman-to-man defense.

“I’ve been very happy withthe way the season is going,”Jordan said. “I’ve been doingmy part at the point guard po-sition. I just do what I havegot to do.”

Jordan tallied six ofCheshire’s first nine pointsas the Rams got out to a 9-6advantage. He added twosteals in the opening stanza.

The teams traded bodyblows throughout the firsthalf, but a late flurry byCheshire, including a trey byDietrich and a bucket and apair of free throws by An-drew Yamin (eight points),

Hoopsters’ division title hopes take a hitCHS falls to 5-2 in Housy with loss to Shelton

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year old said. “I thought Iwasn’t going to make it be-cause you usually get pickedat a younger age. There’s a lotof talent out there, so this is abig thrill for me.”

Dunham is no stranger tothe national spotlight. Shewas selected to last year’s Na-tional Development Camp inLas Vegas.

She is a versatile player. InCalifornia, she’s playinggoalie. For Cheshire Acade-my, she plays in the field. Catscoach James Luis said thechange in landscape on thepitch has been a great benefitto Dunham.

“All of her life she hasbeen training as a keeper for

Prestigious invite forCheshire native Dunham

By Sean KrofssikSpecial to The Citizen

D a r i e nD u n h a mjoined elitecompany thispast weekendwhen she suit-ed up for theU.S. Women’sUnder-18 Soc-cer Team.

Dunham, a junior atCheshire Academy andCheshire native, is trainingwith the national team Feb. 2-9 at the Home Depot Center inCarson, Calif.

Dunham said last week shewas pleasantly surprised byher selection.

“I was astonished,” the 16-

Dunham

See Invite, page 25


By Eric VoSpecial to The Citizen

Even before new guide-lines were released last weekby the U.S. Department ofEducation’s Office of CivilRights, area school districtswere accommodating to stu-dents with disabilities andproviding them with anequal opportunity to partici-pate in athletics.

The guidelines releasedJan. 25 aim to “clarify andcommunicate schools’ re-sponsibilities under Section504 of the Rehabilitation Actof 1973 regarding the provi-sion of extracurricular ath-letics.”

Under Section 504, dis-tricts are required to providestudents with disabilities anopportunity to participate inextracurricular activities.

In the new guidelines,school districts would haveto provide modifications tosports if the student re-quires it, so long as the modi-fications do not give the stu-dent an unfair advantage. A2010 report by the U.S. Gov-ernment Accountability Of-fice, which led to the releaseof the new guidelines, foundthat students with physicaldisabilities had “fewer op-portunities ... because fewerprograms were designed forthem.”

Area schools have madethese adjustments for stu-dents with disabilities. AtWallingford’s Lyman HallHigh School, Athletic Direc-tor Amy Labas said theschool has made the modifi-cations if they are needed.

“These modifications aremade more along the lines of

the individual sports, suchas swimming and track andfield,” Labas said.

Sheehan High School Ath-letic Director Vincent Sarul-lo said the school puts in sig-nificant effort to make modi-fications to make sure stu-dents with disabilities aretreated equally and fairly.

Cheshire High Schooldoesn’t need to make modifi-cations at this time, but Ath-letic Director Steve Trifonesaid the school would “makeaccommodations for any stu-dent if they needed it, as longas safety is kept in mind.”

If a school cannot make amodification for a student,there must be an alternativeprogram for them to partici-pate in. Each district creditsits Unified Sports programwith giving students withdisabilities equal and fair op-

portunities.Southington High School

Athletic Director Eric Swal-low said the Unified Sportsprogram became district-wide five years ago and “hasbeen the guiding force to ac-commodating special needstudents.”

At Cheshire High, theUnified Sports program hasbeen expanded since its im-plementation nine years ago,Trifone said.

“It gives these students anopportunity to compete on ateam,” he said. “They’retreated the same way as anyother athlete here.”

In Wallingford, Sarullosaid that, because of theUnified Sports program atSheehan, there is no discrim-ination and all students aregiven the same opportunity.At Lyman Hall, the programgives students a chance toparticipate in basketball, soc-cer, track and field, volleyballand, most recently, cheerlead-ing, Labas said.

Wallingford School Super-intendent Salvatore Menzosaid he was proud of theUnified Sports program atthe high schools.

“The Unified Sports pro-gram offers great opportuni-ties for students with andwithout disabilities to notonly develop athletically, butalso in social skills and teamwork,” Menzo said.

Officials in all districtssaid that despite the newguidelines, they don’t foreseeany future obstacles to over-come or challenges to face.

In Meriden, School Super-intendent Mark Benigni saidhe doesn’t expect any diffi-culties because accommoda-tions have often been madefor students with disabilitiesin the classrooms.

“We made accommoda-tions for students in thepast,” Benigni said. “Comingup with accommodationstakes a team effort. It in-volves the school system, stu-dents and parents. We’vedone it so much in the class-room that we’ll just continuethe conversations into the ex-tracurriculars.”

While the guidelines mayseem strict, the athletic di-rectors say they would bene-fit the school systems.

“(The guidelines) are goodand healthy for the school en-vironment,” Trifone said.“From what I understand,most schools have adaptedand put new things intoplace.”

“All students, includingthose with disabilities, bene-fit from the positive effectsthat physical activity andschool athletics have on anindividual’s health, socialwell-being and self-esteem,”the 2010 GAO report states.

Area schools act proactively on athletics for disabled

HoopstersContinued from page 23

squared the game at 28 at thehalf.

Cheshire defeated Xavier71-66 back on Dec. 18. Thistime around, the combina-tion of James Sullivan andNick Napolitano, who eachfinished with 16 points, weretoo much for Cheshire.

Napolitano did his damageoff the pine. The home squadcontrolled the boards, limit-ing Cheshire’s second-chancepoints.

“Cheshire is a super-toughteam to play,” Xavier coachMichael Kohs said. “CollinJordan is a super penetratorand they have kids that canshoot the ball around him.We know they are a toughteam and they are a team that

can put a run on you in a hur-ry.”

Lee said the loss was alearning experience for histeam, which has improved asthe season has gone on. TheRams fell to 8-5 overall and 5-1 in the SCC Housatonic Divi-sion.

“We are returning onestarter from last year and weare still learning as we aregoing along,” Lee said. “Thisis the next step of being thebest team we could possiblybe. Hopefully, we can takeaway something from thisloss.”

The Rams were coming offof a huge 50-43 Housy winFriday at home against Ami-ty (11-3, 5-1). The victory end-ed a nine-game Amity winstreak and allowed the Rams

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10-12 months a year,” Luissaid. “We have another high-level keeper. We told her itwould be good for her to playon the field so she couldwork on her foot work, coor-dination and see other play-ers’ tendencies in the field.That was a huge benefit forher. It was good for her tostill be involved in the gameand not as a goalkeeper.”

Luis is familiar with Dun-ham’s talent. He has alsocoached her for several yearson the club circuit for theCheshire-based AcademicaFutebol Club.

“To be chosen amongst thetop 40 kids in her age groupin the most-played sport inthe country is a tremendoushonor for sure,” Luis said.

Dunham’s high school ca-reer started at Cheshire HighSchool. As a freshman, shewas the starting keeper forthe Rams and earned All-Housatonic honors thanks to11 shutouts.

She transferred toCheshire Academy after herfreshman year and has beenthe leading scorer for the

InviteContinued from page 23

Cats the past two seasons as acenter-forward. She had sixgoals as a sophomore and sev-en as a junior. The Cats fin-ished 3-8 last fall.

The 6-foot Dunham, whoalso plays basketball atCheshire Academy, has thepedigree to be an outstandingathlete. Her parents, Dionneand Robert, spent their col-lege days on the UConn trackteam.

Dunham is following intheir footsteps. Last fall, sheverbally committed to theHuskies.

“I’ve gone on a few unoffi-cial visits, but I think I will bea good fit for the team,” Dun-ham said.

She added that UConn alsooffered her a significant ath-letic scholarship. Otherschools that Dunham consid-ered were N.C. State, BostonCollege, Boston Universityand Virginia Commonwealth.

Luis said Dunham has bigpresence on the field.

“Her physical abilities aremassive,” Luis said. “She’ssix feet and very athletic withagility, strong hands and she’sable to read flight of ball. Allof that make her who she is.”

HoopstersContinued from page 24

to control their own destinyin getting at least a share ofthe division crown.

With a win at Shelton (6-8,2-4) and a victory over LymanHall (1-14, 0-7) at home theRams could do no worse thana tie for the Housy title.Cheshire won the divisionlast year for the first timesince 2000.

“We work very hard atwhat we do,” Lee said. “Weweren’t ranked high on a lotof prospectuses coming intothe season. So to be whereright now is a good feeling.”

Shelton 74, Cheshire 56:Cheshire’s hopes of defend-ing its SCC Housatoniccrown took a major hit with adivisional loss to Shelton.

The big blow was the sec-ond quarter, when the Gaelsoutscored the Rams 20-3 totake a 38-16 lead into half-time. It was a deficit Cheshirecould only dent with a 27-17third quarter. With the loss,the Rams fell to 8-6 overalland 5-2 in the Housy. Thatputs them a game behindfirst-place Amity (12-3, 6-1).

Each team has one divisionalgame left to play - Cheshireagainst Lyman Hall, Amityagainst Shelton.

Shelton was led by Christ-ian Federici’s game-high 21points. Benjamin Malaycanned four 3-pointers enroute to 16 points. CraigPacknick and Casey Beladeadded 12 apiece for the Gaels(7-8, 3-4 Housy).

Cheshire stumbled despitesix 3-pointers and 20 totalpoints from Eric Dietrich.Andrew Yamin added 11.

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MMEERRIIDDEENN 22 BBRR AAvvaaiillaabblleeHeat, Hot Water & Appliances incl.

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MMEERRIIDDEENN 2 BR, 2nd FloorOff street parking, freshly paint-ed, washer/dryer. $850 per mo.Section 8 approved. Grant St.

No dogs. Call 203-213-3951

MERIDEN 92 Columbia St.5 Rooms, Washer, Dryer, Stove &Refrigerator, $1000/mo + securi-ty. No pets. Off st parking. Pvtbsmnt, fenced-in yard. Duplex.Sec 8 approved. Available in Feb-ruary. Leave message after 6pm860-347-2992 203 887-8805

MMEERRIIDDEENN Crown Village 2 BRJust renovated. Heat & HotWater included. Pool access.$845 per month plus security.L & E Prop Mgmt 203-886-8808.

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.$550. 2 mo sec. Credit ck req.

No pets. Call 203-284-0597

MERIDEN Large 2 BR, 1.5 Baths,1st FL. WD hookup. Off st park-ing. Randolph Ave. $695 /mo.2 mos security + application feereq. No pets. Call 203-284-0597


OPEN POSITIONS!Miller Memorial Community, Meriden's choicefor excellence in senior residential Healthcareservices, has the following openings.

RN Supervisor, 3 p-11 p, Full Time RN Supervisor, 11 p-7a, Full Time(Includes Every Other Weekend)Supervisory Experience Preferred

MMCI offers very competitive wages and benefits(where they apply). Drug testing and criminalbackground check required. Applicants must beConnecticut licensed. If you are willing to go theextra mile for your patients and are truly interestedin person-centered care, please apply to:

Personnel ManagerMiller Memorial Community, Inc.

360 Broad Street. Meriden, CT 06450 Fax 203-630-3714 or email: [email protected]

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If you are interested in being contracted on a route orbeing a substitute in Wallingford, Meriden,

Southington or Cheshire - Please call Record-Journal Circulation

(203) 634-3933

DIGITAL CONTENTEDITOR

(Full Time-40 Hours)Experienced journalist needed to oversee andmanage flow and presentation of digital newscontent on myrecordjournal.com and weeklyweb sites. This position requires the ability tobuild and maintain online and mobile newssections and manage social media presenceand digital news alerts. You will work withreporters, photographers and other contentproducers on newsgathering, including videoand leverage digital content for print use.

You must have experience in writing and/ordesigning for the web; strong communicationand interpersonal skills; ability to prioritizeand manage multiple projects at once; techni-cal know-how for creation and production ofgraphics, photos, audio, video, web pages,and other online content.

If you are interested in joining our Record-Journal family, please email your resume toEric Cotton at [email protected].

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HELP WANTED

POLICE OFFICER Looking forPolice Officer to do PrivateInvestigation work. Sendinformation to PO Box 373,Middlefield, CT 06455

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Part-time temporary posi-tion available. Responsiblefor a variety of tasks toinclude general cleaning ofkitchen equipment, floorcare, dishwashing, potwashing & delivery of foodcarts. Dependable & aresponsible team player.Apply in person M-F,8:00am – 7pm, Weekends10 – 2p.m. 140 Cook HillRoad, Cheshire, CT. Nophone calls please. EOE,A/A, M/F, D/V.

HELP WANTED

HUMAN SERVICESACORD, Inc. has immediate

openings for Program Instruc-tors to support individualswith developmental disabilities.

FT/PT/Subs All ShiftsEmail resume to

[email protected] fax to 203 269-1980. EOE

INVESTIGATOR Police Officerlooking for same for privateinvestigation. Reply: PO Box373, Middlefield, CT 06455

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Looking for energetic person tohelp with lot and auctionduties. Great pay and benefits.Experience preferred. ContactHarold Oliver at (203) 235-1669

PLUMBER/SPRINKLER FITTERS Licensed Required

Apprentice Positions alsoavailable & experience a plus.

Call Sheehy Plumbing Mon - Fri 8-4 (203) 284-9100

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Hunter’s Ambulance Service,Inc. has an ideal opportunityfor a dynamic individual to joinour team. The position will beresponsible for a variety of HRduties, including but not limit-ed to recruiting, training, pay-roll, and department organiza-tion. The ideal candidate willhave a minimum of 3 years ofexperience and excellent inter-personal and computer skills.Only resumes with a coverletter and salary requirementswill be considered.Please forward your resume to:

[email protected] Opportunity and Drug

Free Employer. www.huntersamb.com

HELP WANTED

HOBSON & MOTZER, INC.A leading developer of progres-

sive dies & precision metalstampings is currently seekinga GRINDING SPECIALIST forour VISUAL GRINDING DEPT.The candidate should have aminimum of 2 yrs generalgrinding experience with theability to use sine plates, tool-makers vises, inspectionequipment etc... Strong math& blueprint reading skills arealso required. We offer a com-petitive salary & benefits pack-age, including 401(k) & prof-itability bonus. Please sendresume to: HOBSON &MOTZER, INC. Attn: HumanResources 30 Airline Drive,Durham, CT 06422 or apply inperson between 9:00am -4:30pm daily M/F EOE

HELP WANTED

DDIIEETTAARRYY AAIIDDEE -- PPTTPart-time position - Respon-sible for various tasksincluding assisting in foodproduction, operating &cleaning food serviceequipment & restockingsupplies. Must be depend-able person, able to workevery other weekend & hol-iday. Apply in person M-F,8:00am – 7pm, Weekends10 – 2p.m. 140 Cook HillRoad, Cheshire, CT. Nophone calls please. EOE,A/A, M/F, D/V.

DRIVER Wanted Tuesday-FridayDays. Neat appearance. Yourvehicle for local pickup & deliv-ery of paperwork. We pay gas.

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CONDOMINIUMSFOR SALE

MERIDEN. For Sale By Owner: 3BDRM Condo at 73 MattabassettDr., East side of Meriden. 1.2Baths, Finished Basement,Garage. Completely new Floor-ing and Carpeting throughout.Completely New Kitchen with allNew Cabinets. Many New Appli-ances, inc. W/D, Dishwasher,Microwave, Disposal. CentralA/C. Gas Heat. Pool. Easy Accessto all Highways. Please callowner at: 860-558-6286. PriceReduced to $159,900.

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ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANTFor property management com-pany. Full Time or Part Time.Must have knowledge of Quick-Books, Word, Excel, Outlook andexcellent organizational skills.Position includes A/P, A/R andgeneral office duties. PropertyManagement Exp Preferred.

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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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Since 1887, the Friends of the Cheshire Public Library have worked to meet the needs of the Library. The Friends providefunding for programs, equipment, and services that would not otherwise be available through the Library’s operating budget.

ARE YOU A MEMBER?The Friends of the Cheshire Public Library Need Your Support

Programs Your Membership SupportsChildren/Family Programs: Storytelling, performances,art and music to entertain all members of your family.

Thursday Evening Programs: For adults: Lectures andseminars on a wide variety of topics from self-help tobook discussions.

The SundayShowcase Series:Sunday afternoonprograms that featureperforming arts andmusical concerts.

The Cheshire Public Library104 Main St., Cheshire, CT

Name: Address: Town and Zip Code: Email: Phone: Membership Level: Please Select One: New Renewal

Annual Membership

Level Dues NotesAngel $200 Free giftSupporter $100 Free giftPatron $50 Free giftDonor $30 Free giftFamily $20 Free giftIndividual $10 Free giftSenior $8 Free gift

Membership runs Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2013

Please complete the information on this form and mailwith check to Friends of the Cheshire Public Library,104 Main Street, Cheshire, CT 06410 or leave form

and check with any library staff member. Thank you!

❑ Additional Contribution❑ I would like to help with Friends activities.❑ I would like to receive library news via email.

FREE ADMISSIONFunding provided by the Friends of the Cheshire Public Library

Call 203-272-2245 for further details or visitwww.cheshirelibrary.org

Paul Bisaccia - More Great American PianoVersatile performer of classics and Americana, Paul Bisaccia isknown for his virtuoso performances as well as his entertainingstories, which delight his audiences.February 10, 4:00 p.m.

Neal Fitzpatrick & Samantha Talmadge - Guitar and VoiceLyric soprano Samantha Talmadge pairs up with guitarist Neal Fitzpatrickin a wonderful blend of sound.March 10, 4:00 p.m.

Kerry Boys with Pierce Campbell - Celtic TrioFormer state troubadour Pierce Campbell performsCeltic and Irish music with his trio The Kerry Boys.April 14, 4:00 p.m.

Peter Biederman - GuitarPeter Biederman has been playing, writing andperforming original music for over 25 years. His musicincludes a combination of acoustic elements.May 5, 4:00 p.m.

Sunday Showcase Series Winter/Spring 2013

Summer Reading Program: Help keep up yourchildren’s reading skills while earning fun prizesduring school vacation.

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