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Southington residents.Currently, the station is

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Over the last severalmonths, concern has beenmounting about some resi-dents who are using thestation multiple times eachday.

The town hopes tohave the new rules for thestation in effect by March 1.

“We will have to printdecals and labels, but themost important thing is theeducational part of this,”said Public Works DirectorAnthony Tranquillo.

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The act of a Grinchalmost ruined Christmas fora Southington family lastyear, but instead it ralliedthe Southington PoliceDepartment and helpedestablish Saturday’s Stuff aCruiser event.

During the daytimehours last Christmas Eve,officer Tom Porter respond-ed to a call from a womanwho said a thief had stolenher families Christmas pres-ent from her porch. Thewoman had ordered thepresents online and wastold that the delivery service

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A team of four stu-dents from DePaoloMiddle School saw theircamaraderie and experi-ence rewarded with a spe-cial distinction at a recentstate competition.

Mike Rogalski, DanConnolly, Alex Queen andJohn White attended theannual Connecticut FIRSTLego League RoboticsState Championship com-petition at CentralConnecticut StateUniversity (CCSU). Theeighth-graders were thereon behalf of their ProjectDiscover class.

This particular team,named “Knight Fire,” hasqualified for the stateevent during each of theirthree years at DePaolo.This year, they were givenan award for their team-work.

“This team has beensuccessful at the event forthree years now,” saidProject Discover teacherTrish Kenefick. “All thatexperience is part of whythey won again.”

FIRST Lego League isa partnership between theLego toy company and

FIRST (For Inspiration andRecognition of Scienceand Technology), a non-profit organization thatworks to inspire interest inscience and engineering inmiddle-school students.The annual competition issponsored and organizedby The School ofEngineering andTechnology at CCSU andthe state’s department ofeducation’s TechnologyEducation Office.

The challengesrequire a remote-con-trolled robot to independ-ently complete certainobjectives.

“We’re a smaller teamand we have had more timeto bond,” said Dan Con-nolly. “It makes us worktogether really well.”

The team has some-thing of a reputation afterthree years worth ofaccomplishments at thetournament, but they saidthey knew better than toget too confident.

“The challengeschange every year, butwe’re still more preparedthis year,” said AlexQueen.

Each year, the compe-tition has a unifying

theme. This time it wastransportation. The stu-dents are required put

together a presentationabout the theme that isessentially separate from

the robotics element of theevent.

The team researchedthe possibility of movingcars on tracks similar tocable cars, which wouldostensibly eliminate caraccidents (everyone wouldgo at the exact samespeed) and be more fuel-efficient.

As high schoolapproaches, the studentswere unsure if they wouldparticipate in the similarprogram at SHS, which hasa far larger membership.However, they said theirexperiences with the

DePaolo program hadbeen very valuable.

“It’s good for engi-neering, which is some-thing we’re all interestedin,” said Matt Rogalski.

In addition to experi-ence, the robotics chal-lenges also taught moregeneral life lessons.

“It teaches a lot ofpatience,” said John White.“Anyone who has donethis knows that it will notwork the first time no mat-ter how good you are.”

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A four person team at DePaolo recently took home ateamwork award.Pictured above, from left, John White, Mike Rogalski,Alex Queen and Dan Connolly.

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School board addresses capital concernsThe Board of Education

approved a capital expendi-ture plan for the 2010-2011fiscal year, but the officialsanticipate another toughbudget season once the newyear begins.

As defined by the townof Southington, capitalexpenditures are projectswith a price tag of over$100,000. These projects arenot meant to be recurringexpenses like most otherbudget items. They aremeant to fix a significantmaintenance or safety issuefor the long-term.

Last year, the BOE wasgiven approximately$117,000 to construct anadditional driveway atDePaolo Middle School.This addressed safety con-cerns and made it easier tocars to enter and exit theschool and Pleasant Street.

Several other projectshave remained on the capi-tal plan for years. SchoolBoard Chairman BrianGoralski said it was impor-tant to keep a master list,even though the totalamount of money requiredto complete the projectsseems unrealistic.

“Whether these proj-ects are funded or not, we’reobligated to showcase theneeds of our buildings,”Goralski said. “If we don’tlist needs, nobody knowsthey exist.”

A similar project on thelist is a repaving and expan-sion of the parking lot atKelley Elementary School,which has become aheadache for staff and par-ents.

Other proposals inc-lude exterior masonryrepairs at Derynoski School,replacing the baseball bl-eachers at SouthingtonHigh School, and boilerreplacements at both Der-ynoski and North Centerschools.

In past years, the capi-

tal plan had asked for a newdividing wall in the gym atSouthington High School,an expense of about$130,000. This year, the offi-cials opted to drop thatrequest and deal with theissue by putting up a cur-tain, a much cheaper solu-tion.

On the other end of thespectrum is the proposal torenovate some emptyrooms at Southington HighSchool into new class-rooms. These rooms wereleft behind when theVocational-Agriculture (Vo-Ag) program moved into itsown building. The space inthe high school has beenvacant ever since.

The cost of this project

is estimated at about $1.3million, though Goralskipredicted that a great dealof this cost would be reim-bursed by grants if the townmoved forward with it.

“This is very difficultwork,” said SuperintendentDr. Joseph Erardi. “It’s easyfor us to make a case for anyof these projects to be num-ber one.”

In the interest of not

elevating one proposal overanother, the board took aconsensus vote to sort thelist by letters rather thannumbers. This way, there isno “number one” project.

“We need to send amessage that everything onhere is important,” saidboard member Kathy Ric-kard.

Fellow board memberPatricia Johnson felt that

many other importantpotential projects had notbeen addressed in the plan,and to leave them off thedocument was a bad idea.

“This sends a confusingmessage,” she said.

She was the only mem-ber to vote against the capi-tal plan and the documentwas approved by a 7-1 vote.Board member David Dery-noski was absent.


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College Avenue, wascharged on Nov. 23 withthird degree burglary,third degree conspiracy tocommit burglary, thirddegree larceny and seconddegree criminal mischief.He was held on a $25,000bond for a Nov. 24 courtdate.

Brandon E.Rodriquez, 18, of 143Winding Ridge, wascharged on Nov. 14 withsecond degree criminalmischief, second degreeconspiracy to commitcriminal mischief, thirddegree criminal mischiefand third degree conspira-cy to commit criminalmischief. He was held on a

$500 bond for a Dec. 14court date.

Donald Fee, 57, of1400 Meriden Road, Unit3-6, Meriden, was chargedon Dec. 1 with two countseach of third degree rob-bery and sixth degree lar-ceny. He was held onbonds totaling $100,000.

Howard Sabins, 50, of64 South Center Street,was charged on Dec. 4with disorderly conduct.He was held on a $1,000bond for a Dec. 4 courtdate.

Marlene Desmaris,46, of 575 West Street, wascharged on Dec. 7 withsecond degree forgery andfourth degree larceny. Shewas held on a $2,500 bond

for a Dec. 7 court date. Patrick Salsbury Jr.,

36, of 19 Brandegee Lane,Berlin, was charged onDec. 7 with second degreefailure to appear. He washeld on a $500 bond for aDec. 21 court date.

Michael A.McDonough, 48, of 6Peach Orchard Hill Road,Plainville was charged onDec. 7 with credit cardtheft, three counts of cred-it card fraud, three countsof sixth degree larceny andviolation of a protectiveorder. He was held onbonds totaling $27,000 fora Dec. 8 court date.

Robert JamesBoucher, 35, of 323 MainStreet, was charged onDec. 7 with third degreeburglary, two counts ofsixth degree larceny, firstdegree criminal trespass,and sixth degree criminal

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Bryan Pelletier, 19, of12 McArthur Drive, wascharged on Dec. 4 withsixth degree larceny, twocounts of third degreeburglary, second degreeburglary, tampering with a

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David A. Rideout, 19,of 1272 MeridenWaterbury Road, wascharged on Dec. 5 withsecond degree failure to

appear. He was held on a$2,500 bond for a Dec. 14court date.

Adam M. Hotham, 19,of 3 Sunrise Terrace, wascharged on Dec. 8 withsecond degree breach ofpeace and interfering withan officer. He was held ona $10,000 bond for a Dec.9 court date.

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The police departmentrecently unveiled aFacebook page (searchSouthington PoliceDepartment) and Twitter(username Southingtonpd).

The idea was developed

over a few months and wasput into practice last week.

Police Spokesman Sgt.Lowell DePalma said thedepartment was starting offslow and just listing items ofpublic interest. He addedthat the page was notdesigned for discussion, butrather just to get word out ofany needed public safetyinformation.

DePalma said the police

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The Grinch is not coming to town It started out much like the clas-

sic Christmas movie “How the GrinchStole Christmas.”

Last Christmas Eve, theSouthington Police Departmentreceived a call from woman who hadher family’s presents stolen off of herporch. The woman told Officer TomPorter that she had ordered the pres-ents online and was told by the deliv-ery company that the presents wererecently left on her porch. However,before the woman was able to bringthe gifts inside, some Grinch took itupon themselves to steal the items.

The police were unable to trackdown the Grinch, but if all is well inthe world, they will get their come-uppance.

Upon returning to the stationlater that day, Officer Porter passedalong the story to his fellow officers.The story tugged on the officer’sheart strings and they began takingup a collection to do whatever theycould to help out the family.

The woman had told Porter whatwas stolen and the officers calledaround town to see if any area storeswere still carrying the items. The offi-cers then headed over to Wal-Mart topurchase the gifts.

After hearing the heart breakingstory, Wal-Mart also went ahead anddonated some items of its own.

This is not the first time that theSouthington Police Department hasgone above and beyond the call,

mostly behind the scenes to help outin town.

Southington CommunityServices Director Janet Mellon saidofficers from the department routine-ly donated toys and presents, moneyand even turkeys on Thanksgiving. Allon their own accord.

Mellon called the SouthingtonPolice Department the “silent hero”and said they “go above and beyond.”

This is not the first time that wehave written about the good, unher-alded deeds of the SouthingtonPolice Department. However, the sto-ries are usually one sided, as the offi-cers typically do not return calls forcomment, seeking no glory for theiractions.

This does not mean they are notsingled out on them from time totime. Every once in a while, we

receive letters praising officers forgoing above and beyond the call ofduty.

One such letter involved an offi-cer taking a few minutes to help aresident set up a fence that had fall-en over. A simple task and no onewould have faulted the officer forleaving the man up to his owndevices. But the officer stayed andhelped.

One can also think back to therecent awards banquet for theSouthington Police Department.During the presentation, Lt. EdPocock III talked about how he hadgone through the officer’s jackets inan attempt to see which awards theywere qualified to receive.

Pocock mentioned how many ofthe officers had letters from the pub-lic, which praised the officer for thework they had done in the communi-ty. A lot of the officers had multipleletters.

We routinely talk bad about offi-cers and curse them out because theypulled us over for speeding or the like.Rarely do we show them support.

If you can this weekend, stop byWal-Mart and donate a toy to theStuff a Cruiser toy drive. Or, if youwould rather, donate to any of theother numerous toy drives going onin town.

A small, simple donation can puta smile on a child’s face and helpkeep the Grinch away another year.

Ed HarrisThoughts around town

Christmas gift giving advice for guys OK, fellas, wake up. It is now

December 18th, which meansChristmas Day is exactly one weekaway.

It seems like December 1st wasjust a couple of days ago, doesn’t it?You thought you had all the time inthe world to get the perfectChristmas gift for your wife, didn’tyou? You said this year would bedifferent, and you wouldn’t racearound in a last-minute panic likelast year, right?

But then what happened? Yougot distracted. You sincerelyplanned to go to shopping weeksago, but something urgent came up,namely a crucial football game.(“Crucial” being defined as anygame at all that is broadcast on TV.)

Now you’re starting to panic,aren’t you? You’re beginning to havefrightening visions of the “Ghosts ofLousy Christmas Gifts Past,” horri-ble specters that Dickens originallyplanned to include in his classicstory, but removed at the lastminute because he only wanted toscare people, not traumatize themfor life.

Well, get real, men. After all,we’re guys. The odds of us doingChristmas shopping early—this yearor any year—are the same odds thatOsama bin Laden will be named thenext pope.

You see, as men, we were bornwithout the “gift-giving” gene. Thisdoes not mean we have no desire tobuy something very lovely andexpensive for our wives.

It just means we have no clue

what will make her truly happy. Since I have almost three

decades of experience of how not todo it, as a public service I will sharesome of my horrific “Ghosts ofLousy Christmas Gifts Past.”

If you simply buy your wifesomething that is not on my list,you have a great chance of makingher happy.

There are two common traits ofbad Christmas gifts. The first isfunctionality. The more functionalan item is, the less “special” it is. (Iput the word special in quotesbecause, frankly, I have no ideawhat it means. I just know fromtrial-and-error experience the morepractical and useful a gift is, the lesslikely it will make her happy.)

So this means the followingitems, which I bought as gifts formy wife over the years, are not goodchoices, despite the fact they are allvery functional and very necessaryproducts: washing machine, toasteroven, vacuum cleaner, mop & buck-

et, spackle, frying pan, leaf blower,motor oil, ice scraper, snow tires,and the 10-disc DVD boxed set“History of the Boston Red Sox.”

The other trait of bad Christmasgifts is whether it’s a multi-useritem. In other words, can someoneelse besides your wife enjoy it? If so,its “specialness” is diluted. (Again,in quotes. I don’t get it, but it’strue.)

A big-screen TV is a great gift,right? Wrong! Even though your wifewill watch it sometimes, be honest.Over 80-percent of the time the TVwill be tuned to crucial footballgames.

So it’s really more of a gift foryou than for her. The same goes forcomputers, concert tickets, restau-rant gift cards, cruises, and mostespecially, negligees.

So it really boils down to a sim-ple formula. The perfect Christmasgift must have no discernable func-tion and must be enjoyed ONLY byyour wife. One item fits the bill per-fectly: jewelry.

So, men, get out there thisweekend and find a jewelry store.And remember, it’s your patrioticduty during this recession to stimu-late the economy.

The bigger and shinier the bet-ter.

Or, if you’re on a budget, buyher something else that fits the bill:a tattoo.

Bill Dunn is a freelance writerwho resides in Torrington. He can bereached via his Web site at:www.boomertrek.com.

Yes, there is a Santa Claus Eight-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon wrote a letter to the

editor of New York’s Sun, and the quick response was print-ed as an unsigned editorial Sept. 21, 1897. The work of veter-an newsman Francis Pharcellus Church has since becomehistory’s most reprinted newspaper editorial, appearing inpart or whole in dozens of languages in books, movies, andother editorials, and on posters and stamps.

“DEAR EDITOR: I am 8 years old. “Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. “Papa says, ‘If you see it in THE SUN it’s so.’ “Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus?

“VIRGINIA O’HANLON.“115 WEST NINETY-FIFTH STREET.”

VIRGINIA, your little friends are wrong. They have beenaffected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do notbelieve except [what] they see. They think that nothing canbe which is not comprehensible by their little minds. Allminds, Virginia, whether they be men’s or children’s, are lit-tle. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, anant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless worldabout him, as measured by the intelligence capable ofgrasping the whole of truth and knowledge.

Yes, VIRGINIA, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as cer-tainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and youknow that they abound and give to your life its highestbeauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if therewere no Santa Claus. It would be as dreary as if there wereno VIRGINIAS. There would be no childlike faith then, nopoetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. Weshould have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. Theeternal light with which childhood fills the world would beextinguished.

Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believein fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch inall the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, buteven if they did not see Santa Claus coming down, whatwould that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is nosign that there is no Santa Claus. The most real things in theworld are those that neither children nor men can see. Didyou ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, butthat’s no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceiveor imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeablein the world.

You may tear apart the baby’s rattle and see what makesthe noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseenworld which not the strongest man, nor even the unitedstrength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tearapart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can pushaside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beautyand glory beyond. Is it all real? Ah, VIRGINIA, in all thisworld there is nothing else real and abiding.

No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives, and he lives forev-er. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten times tenthousand years from now, he will continue to make glad theheart of childhood.

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“A time to spendwith my family.Also, a time to helpthe less fortunatethan ourselves.”

What doesChristmasmean to you?

“Family.” “Spending time withthe family and ofcourse, the true mean-ing of Christmas, thecelebrations of Christ’sbirth.”

“Spending time withfamily, sharing ourfaith and havinglots of fun. It’s thebest time of year.”

“Friends and family.I am thankful for alot of things.”

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Soldiers home for holidaysBefore he’s deployed to

Afghanistan, Sean Conroywill get to see his 19-month-old son, Reydon, open pres-ents on Christmas Day.

Conroy, who serves inthe National Guard, wascalled to duty last monthand has been receivingtraining in Indiana since Nov21. He’s scheduled to bedeployed in January. With the help of a statewideinitiative, Operation Homefor the Holidays, Conroy willbe able to celebrateChristmas with his son at hiswife’s parents’ home inBristol.

“It’s that much morespecial because he has a lit-tle one now. He’s extremelythrilled to get the pass tocome home,” said his wife,Elissa Conroy. The couplelives in Manchester.

The program waslaunched by Gov. M. JodiRell in October and hasraised more than $140,000 tobring Connecticut NationalGuardsmen home duringtheir 10-day holiday break.

The goal is to raise$200,000, which will coverthe cost of chartering coachbuses to bring 700 troopshome. They’ll leave Dec. 23and return Jan 2.

Although Conroybought an one-way airplaneticket home, just in case thefundraiser didn’t pan out, hewill ride the bus back to hisbase in Indiana with fellow

troops. Many soldiers wouldotherwise be unable toafford the cost of the trip.

Local service and veter-ans organizations have con-tributed to the cause.

Wolcott’s AmericanLegion Post 165 has donated$2,000 for Operation Homefor the Holidays. In addition,the group has been collect-ing donations at its twice-weekly bingo games.

Butch Hansen, pastcommander of Wolcott’sAmerican Legion, knows thefeeling of not seeing familyat pivotal moments in life.

He missed his 25th wed-ding anniversary and hisdaughter’s first birthdaywhen he was deployed in theConnecticut Air Guard in2003.

“I don’t mind beingdeployed, the only thing thatbothers me is not being ableto see my family,” Hansensaid.

Other local organiza-tions, including churches,also have raised significantsums of money forOperation Home for theHolidays.

Arlene Clement, who’sReydon’s aunt, helped spear-head a collection drive at St.Maria Goretti Church inWolcott.

She said the return ofSean Conroy will make theholidays more enjoyable, butshe shares his wife’s sadnessabout his departure. “It’s kind of a bittersweetthing - it’s nice to have himback, but then there’s the

drama of separation again,”Clement said.

Conroy, whose unit isbased in Southington, hasn’tbeen deployed since 2006and didn’t know he’d beaway for the holidays. Hehopes he’ll be able to returnfor the birth of his next child,who’s due in May, but hastold his wife it’s hard tomake promises when you’restationed overseas.

He will be deployed forat least 10 months inAfghanistan, but becausehe’ll be activated for 400days, he could have to staylonger.

Conroy joined theNational Guard after com-pleting an ROTC program atthe University ofConnecticut.

Ever since his frienddied in the Sept. 11 WorldTrade Center attacks, he’shad an especially strongsense of national pride.Although he enjoys servingthe country, he has qualmsabout leaving his family, hiswife said.

With a child nearing theage of 2, and one more onthe way, Elissa Conroy, a cer-tified teacher who tutors stu-dents in Wethersfield, hashad to make sacrifices, too.

“It’s definitely a changebecause there aren’t twopeople to share the responsi-bilities, but right now I knowhe’s in the (United) Statestraining, so it hasn’t totallyhit me,” she said. “There’snot the added stress of won-dering if he’s OK.”

By ANDREW LARSONSpecial to The Observer

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The DePaolo Middle School National Honor Society students took the time tohelp out at The Arc of Southington’s annual Holiday Party which was held onFriday, December 4, at the Calendar House.The students were extremely helpful and did an outstanding job.

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What it means to be a witness in the court systemYou are traveling on

Queen Street inSouthington, and began toslow for a light that hasturned yellow severalyards ahead.

Suddenly, a car turnsinto the intersection vio-lently colliding withanother vehicle.

You are a witness. In anutshell, here is someinformation that may helpyou if you are required tocome to court to testify ina civil lawsuit about whatyou saw.

What is a witness?At its most basic, a

witness is a person who isrequired to come to courtto answer questions aboutfacts that he or she saw orheard first hand.

The answers that awitness gives in court arecalled evidence.

How will I know if Ihave to give evidence incourt?

You will usuallyreceive a subpoena fromone of the lawyersinvolved in the case. Asubpoena is a legal docu-ment that compels you toappear to testify.

The subpoena willindicate the date, time,and court location wherethe testimony will betaken.

It must give you at

least 18 hours noticebefore the date and timeof the court proceedingand it is valid for 60 days.

Trial witnesses remainunder subpoena until thecase is over or the courtdischarges them.

It often happens that atrial is rescheduled, post-poned, or continues formore than one day.

If that is the case, as awitness you must appearin court each time you arenotified to do so.

Must I attend if I amsubpoenaed?

Absolutely. Unlessyou have a reasonableexcuse, if you do not cometo court on the specifieddate and time you may bearrested, fined, andordered to pay damagesassociated with your non-appearance.

Witnesses who believethat they have been sub-poenaed for an improper

reason, such as for pur-poses of annoyance orharassment, may file amotion asking the judge toexcuse them from havingto testify.

Will I be paid? You will be paid, but

not much. In Connecticut,witnesses are entitled to50¢ for each day theyattend the trial and travelreimbursements for eachmile traveled to and fromcourt.

Some employers willpay you while you are incourt, but employers arenot required to pay youwhen you testify.

However, you cannotbe fired or otherwisepenalized for attendingcourt under subpoena.

What should I do if Iget a subpoena?

You should arrange fortime off work so you cango to court. Look at thesubpoena to find outwhich lawyer has askedyou to testify.

It is a good idea tocontact the lawyer a fewdays before the court date,just to make sure that thetrial is still going forward.

What should I take tocourt?

You should take thesubpoena and any docu-ments or other itemsrequested.

What can I do to getready to testify?

A few days before yougo to court to testify, takesome time to think aboutwhat happened.

Try to rememberdetails, like what day andtime it was, who else wasthere, whom you talked toand anything else thatmight be important.Again, be sure that yourmemory is based on whatyou actually saw andheard and not based onwhat you think probablyhappened.

What is a deposition?In some lawsuits, one

of the parties may wantyour testimony under oathbefore trial. The taking andrecording of a testimonybefore the actual trial iscalled a deposition, usual-ly conducted in the officeof one of the lawyers. Aword-for-word transcriptis made of the deposition.

A deposition helpseach party in the lawsuitprepare his or her case. Insome cases, the evidencein the deposition encour-

ages the parties to settlethe lawsuit before the trial.

What if I am uncom-fortable testifying?

Some people find ithard to talk about whatthey saw, especially whenthe offending person is inthe courtroom. It mayhelp if you focus on thelawyer asking the ques-tions or turn towards thejury.

Just stick to the goldenrule of telling the truth,the whole truth, and noth-ing but the truth, and youshould find the wordscoming to you. While thecourtroom is open to thepublic, usually only thejury, the court personnel,and the parties with theirlawyers are present.

What should I keep inmind when I am givingevidence?

Just tell the truth. Infact, knowingly making afalse statement under oathis called perjury and it is afelony. If you do notunderstand a question, askthe lawyer to repeat orexplain it. Don’t guess if

you are not certain and tryto stick to facts. Know thatyou will not be expected toremember every detail.

Try not to lose yourtemper. Lawyer ‘s cansometimes seem aggres-sive and even picky. It isthe lawyer’s job to advo-cate for their clients and totry to find problems withyour story. The judge willkeep the lawyers in line.

If you are a witness toa matter that goes to courtyou may be called to giveyour recollection of whatyou saw or heard.

Remember the goldenrule and tell the truth, thewhole truth, and nothingbut the truth.

The ability to call wit-nesses to testify is animportant right in ademocracy and by testify-ing truthfully in court youwill have participated inan important way in thejudicial process.

Tony Sheffy is a locallawyer. His column is notintended to substitute forlegal advice. If you needadvice, contact a lawyer.

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You probably knowsomeone who is facing ahardship during thesetimes. A friend, a familymember, or colleague mayhave lost his job or is fac-ing economic hardship.Those who depend onpublic assistance are find-ing that funding is eitherdiminished or no longeravailable.

Folks in our communi-ty are relying on our YMCAfor help. For over 80 years,we have been here for peo-ple in good times and inbad.

Parents want theirkids engaged in safe, qual-ity programs that the Yoffers such as Child Care,Swimming lessons, YMCACamp Sloper, after schoolcare, youth sports, andteen programs.

Donations to theYMCA’s Strong KidsCampaign help the Y keepour doors open to every-one, no matter how tough

times get. Our YMCA strives to

not turn anyone away dueto economic circum-stances. With help frommany, the Y’s Strong KidsCampaign has supportedpeople during toughtimes. We strongly believethat every child deserves aYMCA experience.

Our programs teachimportant life-long skillsand build confidence.They teach young people

to be strong in spirit,mind, and body. Theyteach the core values ofcaring, honesty, respect,and responsibility.

We greatly appreciatethe support that our com-munity has shown to our YStrong Kids Campaign inthe past. Please help ustouch the lives of over1,000 children this year bymaking a tax-deductiblegift to the 2009 YMCAStrong Kids Campaign.

With your help, wecan provide positive expe-riences to children whocannot afford Y programsand membership. Yourgift will directly impactthose in Southington whoneed our help now.

If you would like moreinformation about makinga charitable gift to theYMCA, please contact me,Donna Ayer at 869-426-9510 or e-mail me [email protected].

We’re all familiar withthe mechanism of action-and-reaction in the worldof sports. Pitcher-and-bat-ter is an action-reactionduo in baseball. A basket-ball guard driving to thehoop and a defender leap-ing to block the shot isanother example. A racecardriver negotiating a tightturn at speed is executing acomplex series of actionsand reactions.

Actions and reactionsmay also refer to choiceswe make in our daily lives.Someone cuts you off asyou’re trying to get into theleft-hand lane. That’s anaction. Yelling and shakingyour fist in the direction ofthat driver who by now islong gone is one sort ofreaction. Taking a deepbreath and simply releasingyour tension is another sortof reaction.

We may also takeaction on our own behalfor be reactive to events as

they unfold. These are per-sonal choices and, ofcourse, there’s no “right”way to be. However, theoutcomes and conse-quences of an active vs. areactive approach mayoften be different.

These differences areapparent when we considerour approaches to personalhealth.

For example, the num-bers of people affected by

chronic diseasessuch as cardiovas-cular disease, type2 diabetes, andcancer continue toincrease. In theUnited States oneout of every threepersons has achronic disease,and most of thesepeople have morethan one chronicdisease.

It’s also well-known that two-

thirds of Americanadults are overweight orobese. The majority ofthese disorders are relatedto people being reactivewhen it comes to theirhealth. For example, themajority of cancers are pre-ventable.1

Eating more food thanyour body needs for energyis a choice. Over time theseextra calories accumulatein the body and one ormore chronic diseases is

the result.Finally, your doctor

informs you that you havetype 2 diabetes. You reactto this news and declareyou’re going to cut downon junk food, lose weight,and really get serious aboutexercise. You’re in reactionmode.

But there are conse-quences. Type 2 diabetes isassociated with increasedrisk of developing cancer 2

as well as cardiovasculardisease. Once you have adiagnosis of type 2 diabetesit’s certainly important tobe reactive, but an activelifestyle approach couldeasily have prevented long-term consequences.

Likewise with cardio-vascular disease. You’venever felt you needed towatch your weight, but asthe years have gone byyou’ve gradually gainedweight and now you’re con-cerned. Your doctor mayinform you that both your

blood pressure and yourcholesterol levels are waytoo high and recommendseveral lifestyle changesthat have been shown to bebeneficial. Now you’re inreactive mode and youeagerly desire to make achange.

Again, there are conse-quences. High blood pres-sure and elevated choles-terol levels are importantrisk factors for heart attackand stroke. 3 Engaging inhealthful actions in the firstplace helps to reduce theserisks.

Regular chiropracticcare is an important com-ponent of a healthylifestyle. Chiropractic carecan be reactive, helpingyou to recover from aninjury to your back or neck.

Chiropractic care canbe of even greater benefitfrom an active perspective.Chiropractic care helps toensure that all of your bodysystems are working effi-

ciently and working in har-mony. Chiropractic helpsyou maximize the benefitsfrom your lifestyle actionsof a healthy diet, regularexercise, and sufficient rest.

1 American CancerSociety: Cancer Preventionand Early Detection. Factsand Figures. Atlanta, GA,ACS, 20082 Currie CJ, et al: The influ-ence of glucose-loweringtherapies on cancer risk intype 2 diabetes.Diabetologia 52(9):1766-1777, 20093Robinson JG, et al:Atherosclerosis profile andincidence of cardiovascularevents. A population-basedsurvey. BMC CardiovascDisord 9(1):46, 2009

Dr. Carol Grant, a localchiropractor, does notintend this column to sub-stitute for medical advice.She urges you to alwaysconsult with your personalphysician before changingany current program.

Dr. Carol GrantAlternativelySpeaking

Actions and reactions: how this affects our healthOur Healthy Lifestyles

Donna AyerSouthingtonYMCA

Many of us are worriedabout putting on weight.But when it comes to ourdear parents in their lateryears, losing weight can bea very significant problem.Exhorting them to eat morewill have about the sameeffect as when they told youto eat your lima beanswhen you were a kid. Ugh!

While our metabolismsinevitably slow down as weage, a significant factor fora surviving widow or wid-ower living alone, is thateating alone is simply notmuch fun. And that leadsone to the observation thatin some situations, losingweight may be a symptomof a different problem thanmetabolism. That problemmay be lack of socializa-tion, especially for a parentliving alone.

Most of us enjoy thecompany of others to onedegree or another. Theremay be the occasionalcrusty old curmudgeon whoprefers the company of his1940s short wave radio, (hey,my parents had one), andfour walls, but those folksare few and far between.

The causes of lack ofsocialization are as simpleas growing old. You outliveyour friends. You lose yourability to drive. Your friendslose their ability to drive.You lose some mobility andit is harder to jump insomeone’s car to go shop-ping. Your kids visit, if theylive nearby, but they arealso busy with their lives.

The result, slowly butsurely, is more hours alonein your home, and fewerhours out and about withothers. And getting out andabout to see and do thingswith other people is asmuch fun for an 80-year-

old as it is for a toddlerescaping the playpen (with-out the squeals of delight).

If your mother or fatherstarts mentioning “I can’t goanywhere”, or “No one vis-its” or “I feel like I’m alonehere” or “I’m bored,” thoseare sure signs that moreinteraction with other peo-ple is needed and they feeltrapped.

For the person witheasy access to transporta-tion and the ability to use it,encouraging routine tripsfor shopping or sightseeingmay help. But the personwithout easy transportationmay need a more compre-hensive, yet simple solu-tion. That solution is assist-ed living.

One of the biggestvirtues of assisted living isthat there are numerouspeople around, all of whomcan walk to everything theywant to do in the samebuilding. So mom or dadcan join others for exerciseclass, for book reading, formovies, for ice cream onThursdays, for social hours,and inevitably fierce bowl-ing competition on the Wii.Most important, is thatmom or dad will be sittingdown to eat with others. Ican relate from personal

experience with my 90-year-old mother, that shegained 12 pounds in threemonths after moving intoan assisted living facility.And that’s with skipping herlima beans.

In her case, the lessonwas clear. Being aroundothers much of the day canbe the difference betweenthriving and decline.Assisted living was the per-fect answer for her. How doI know? Every time I stop byher apartment unan-nounced to see her, she islike the cat,Mephistopheles, in themusical “Cats,” she simplyisn’t there. Probably outraiding the snack tray withsome of her friends.

And one last thoughton assisted living. It is moreexpensive than an apart-ment. But it includes food,utilities, and many otherservices. And for veteransor widows of veterans, therecould be substantial VAbenefits to help pay thecost of the assisted living.So on balance, the extracost may not be that much,and the joy of easy social-ization may easily outweighthose costs.

Attorney Stephen O.Allaire is a partner in thelaw firm of Ruggiero,Ziogas, and Allaire, mem-bers of the NationalAcademy of Elder LawAttorneys, Inc., with officesat 271 Farmington Ave.,Bristol, (860) 584-2384), oron the web at www.rza-lawyers.com. If you have aquestion, send a writtennote to Attorney Allaire atRuggiero, Ziogas, andAllaire, 271 FarmingtonAvenue, Bristol, CT 06010,and he may use your ques-tion in a future column.

Stephen AllaireElder Security

Weight loss and gain has its reasons You can help the Y build strong kids

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The clinics are sched-uled for Monday, Dec. 21,

10-11:30 a.m. and Tuesday,Dec. 22, noon-1:30 p.m.Both clinics are to be heldat the Southington HealthDepartment.

The shot is available toany Southington orPlaniville resident.

Appointments can bemade by calling 276-6275between 9-4 p.m.

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Grade 6, First Honors:Kelsea Allen, AngelaBalaoing, Quinn Becotte,Nathan Blitz, James Brino,Rachel Bruno, SamanthaButlien, Jacob Buzzell,Kevin Byrnes, Ryan Carter,Raegan Casarella, VictoriaCastillo, Kays Cetin, KatelinChamberland, Luis Chavez,Timothy Cocozza, JenniferCongdon, Grace Conklin,Adam Cormier, Ethan Daly,Anna Decroce, LiamDelahunty, ChristieDizenzo, Sarah Dolan,Clairice Drexler, RachelDufresne, Stephanie Edick,Megan Enright, Tyler Fox,Hannah Francis, NoahGalbreath, MichaelaGanezer, Sarah Gerrish,Natalia Gimenez, TrevorGodston, Niole Groll, JohnGuzauckas, Jessica Howe,Mark Howland, DanielleHughes, Danielle Jaffer,Jenny Johnson, AlexanderJohnson-Barnes, SamanthaJones, Jessica Kane, KaylaKavanagh, SheaKozakiewicz, Caitlyn Krar,Carter Krzesik, Sarah Lamb,Logan Laporte, JessicaLappen, Sylwia Lewkowicz,Reilly Lincavicks, KristinaLinehan, SamanthaLohneiss

Salvatore Magnano,Justin Makles, EmilyMankus, Glen Marion,David Mccormick, ColtonMcInnis, StevenMcPherson, AnnieMongillo, John Morach,Jacob Morrell, ParkerMulholland, David Nelson,Nicole Nyerick, Austin Pare,Ryan Partiss, Kyle Partyka,Alissa Paul, ChristianPelletier, Emily Penta,Brandon Porter, BaileyPowers, Devin Prive, AlexRasten, Allie Rinaldi, JohnRivers, Andrew Rogalski,Benjamin Sadlowski,Amanda Sao, DamianSavage, Morgan Shubert,Patrick Smith, KelseySnodgrass, Kyle Somers,John Stevens, Erin Sullivan,Brett Swanson, MelanieTedeschi, James Terray,Katherine Trykowski, JennaUba, Diana Verderame,Matthew Verrilli, NatalieWadolowski, AlexandriaWalach, Ryan Wells,Christopher Wolfe-McGuire, CatherineWormer, Joseph Zembko

Grade 6, SecondHonors: Michael Aberizk,Christian Aguayo, PaigeAllen, Matthew Andrini,Timothy Anop, AndrewArdolino, Joshua Barry,Matthew Becotte, Wiktor

Bernicak, Kylie Blazek, RyanBleau, Aries Borysewicz,Ashley Brasile, JoshuaBraziel, Sage Bristol, CodyBrown, Austin Bull, DanielButterly, Lauren Cafasso,Cassandra Callaghan,Brooke Camden,Christopher Campochiaro,Cassandra Cardello, LexyCelella, Matthew Chandler,Nicole Christensen, JeremyCorley, Joshua Cormier,Samuel Cyr, PatrickDabrowski, Tessa Daly,Anthony DeGennaro,Margaux Degumbia,Marissa Drivdahl, GabrielDubey, Kristen Elliott,Nicholas Falco, ConnorFenn, Kayleigh Ferguson,Victoria Gentile, VictoriaGlennon, Manuel Gonzalez,Ryan Gorr, Kaylee Graef,Cole Griffin, Justine Griffin,John Hammersley, VeronicaJohnson, Orana Kaja,Krzysztof Kasinski, TaylorKavanah, Rachel Kuhr,Rachael Kurtz, DillonLacasse, Kevin Lalla, KyleLalla, Emily Landino, KellyLappen, Logan LaRosa, IanLawrence, Keegan Leahy,Jessica Lee, Kaitlyn Lindsay,Maya Litke

Angel Mange, EricaMasse, Ryan Mclin, SpencerMcmanus, John Meade,Abigayle Mire, KelseyMolina, Max Mongillo, AleaMoore, Melissa Morelli,Ashley Nafis, NathanielNagorski, ChristopherNiemierowko, OliviaNyerick, Tiffany Palmieri,Sofia Possidento, GriffinRamey, Arianna Ramirez,Rachel Ramos, FaithRitchie, Savanna Rivera,Monica Robinson,Christopher Scanlon,Michael Scarpati, BrettSimms, Thomas Skawinski,Alexander Smith, AndrewSpitz, Daryelle St. Laurent,Mark Stalter, AmandaThompson, Jason Tosta,Nathan Truong, NikoleUccello, Ryan Van Linter,Lucas Vernale, JamesWagner, Jacob Walasewicz,Kayla Ward, Madison Wells,Dariusz Zajac, JosephZavorskas, Aaron Zerbe,Gabriella Zuk, Andrew Zysk

Grade 7, First Honors:Alexandria Abacherli,Meagan Asklar, AlexandraBarmore, Andrew Barmore,Kyle Barry, Kayla Beaupre,Erik Bergland, Jessica Berry,Christopher Bouyea,Colleen Bowes, MatthewBriscoe, Kaitlyn Budrow,Michael Burek, EthanButtery, Cassandra Camilli,Kayley Carrier, Bert Casale,Jenna Casey, AshleyChristensen, BridgetCorcoran, ElizabethCostello, Erin Cova, Emily

Csuka, Dakota Curtis,Matthew Daigle, TylerDiTunno, Kateri Downes,Olivia Ende, Patrick Etter,Olivia Fischer, ErikaFlorian, Kendra Friedt,Ryan Goldstein, NataliaGrosfeld, Benjamin Herms,Shane Holley, Connor John,Bailey Kahl, Sarah Knight,Matthew Koczera, HaleyKolesnik, Jessica Lee, EmilyLippincott

Catherine MacKay,Angela Masciangioli,Morgan McCarthy,Samantha McGrail, JakeMoise, Jennifer Monte, JackMyers, Rebekah Najarian,Sarah Palko, Kyle Partiss,Emily Pestillo, LucasPfanzelt, Bailey Potter,Dustin Pratt, Cassidy Race,Jonathan Rappi, Erin Reilly,Julia Reilly, MarysssaRomano, Jacob Semmel,Jose Silva, DanielSmolinski, RyannSnodgrass, Kayla St. Pierre,Austin Sullivan, RiannaSusco, Victoria Swartz,Thomas Taber, MichaelTaylor, Julia Tinyszin,Nicole Tombari, CurtisTopper, Adam Viviano,Colleen Walsh, NicholasWells, AlexandraWestbrook, DanielWilliams, Caitlin Young

Grade 7, SecondHonors: Umar Ahmed,Nurcan Aykit, MitchellBaker, Ashley Belcourt, LilyBernabe, Cheyenne Bevans,Jacob Bocek, DamianBorysewicz, Nickolas Brazil,Zayda Broderick, JennaChubet, Nicole Chudy,Jordan Clarke, ChristianDavila, Angela DeGennaro,Thomas DelBuono, TroyDeltano, Andrea DiCesare,Geraint Downey, MersadesFaison, David Falvo,Mackenzie Flanigan,Kayleigh Flanigan, KaylaFolcik, Destiny Fullwood,Jessica Galatro, IsabellaGarvey, Jared Gavronski,Allison Gibney, Mack Golos,Alexander Gorr, SzymonGorski, Jocelyn Gregor,Antoine Harris, ZacharyHayes, Abigail Heller, MarkHoranzy, Amanda Hudick,Ali Hussain, Kunal Kataria,Leo Kavanah, Devin King,Vanessa Kleinhen,Benjamin Landrette,Stephanie Lemire, CollinLitke, Griffin Litke, ZachLupton

Dominic Macary,Annelise Mackiewicz,Matthew Madore, SaraMagnanini, JulianMarcuccio, Kylie McCarthy,Gwyneth Mcfall-Gorman,Angelo Moccio, TheodoreMourges, Zachary Murillo,Grant Ogrin, ConnorO’Hara, Mikayla Otis,

Kathryn Palinkos, MeganPalumbo, Kaitlin Paterson,Suhail Pathan, Lee AnnPelletier, Gabriella Pernal,Thomas Perzanowski,Anthony Renzi, FrancescoRicigliano, Destiny Ritchie,Sara Ritondo, AlyssaRomano, Raquel Romano,Courtnie Roy, DanielSaucier, Miranda Saucier,Amanda Scheffler, ShelbySchroeder, Brett Shaw, AnaSkenderi, Andi Skenderi,Ian Smith-Fries, ZacharySpooner, Matthew Steeves,Victoria Stepien, ZacharySusi, Alexa Taylor, MorganTerry, Michael Theriault,Shelby Thurston, TylerTrzcinski, Jonathan Tumolo,Veronica Viturale, VedantVyas, Jake Wallach, BrittanyWilliams, Tyler Winarski,Maghen Zagryn, AngelikaZajac, Jolanta Zajac

Grade 8, First Honors:Austin Atashian, MichaelAylett, Stephen Barmore,Andrzej Bielecki, JessicaBocek, Paige Braziel, PaulaCalandra, QuintonCarmichall, BrandonCarney, Niole Chubet,Nicholas Cianci, DanielConnolly, Olivia Corriveau,Kelly Craven, Taylor Curran,Joseph Daigle, Mark Daly,Nicole DiMasso, JoshuaDobratz, Muriel Drexler,Alexis Dziubek, JoAnnaGendreau, Tomasz Giza,Emily Gray, AbigaelGuthrie, AllisonHammersley, DianeHassanieh, Lilian Herman,Quoc Ho Lam, AndreaHoyt, Rachel Klem, TessaKolaczenko, Stephanie Krar,Erika Landino, MatthewListro

Melissa Martin, AllisonMcCormick, Ethan Min,Amber Morelli, ColinMurphy, Nicholas Nagorski,Sylvia Nguyen, Paige Petit,Olivia Premus, AlexanderQueen, Michael Rogalski,Mitchell Rossitto, WesleyRushing, MadelineSadlowski, Annalisa Sega,David Shaughnessy, JulianSherwood, Jaime Simard,Lindsey Starr, ElizabethStearns, David Swanson,Joseph Taglia, IsabelleTedeschi, Marissa Tedeschi,Meghan Teel, NikolasThomson, Justin Truong,Tanner Walsh, SamanthaWelch, John White, AnnaWilliams, Anisa Xhurxhi,Alyssa Zaorski, CarolynZesut

Grade 8, SecondHonors: Samantha Aberizk,Matthew Albrecht, AliciaAnop, Ana Aquino, AustynArmbruster, Kenneth Baker,Tyler Bard, Josef Barry,Kayla Bassingthwaite,Samantha Becotte, Kaycee

Belanger, Michael Bielecki,Malik Blackwell, AndrewBottiglieri, GabrielleBoudreau, Kristen Butler,Anthony Califano,Cheyenne Capobianco,Nicole Carrier, AntoniaCavallo, Devonne Chandler,Tommy Chen, Jimmy Chen,Peter Christiano,Christopher Cianchetti,Katherine Cichon, MylesClarke, Courtney Clavette,Kyle Cole, Conor Combs,Audrey Conklin, RachelConte, Austin Cormier,Nicole Cova, Tyler Crooms,Taylor Daddona, DanielDaly, Jordan D’Andrea,Sean Danko, TaylorDeBishop, GisellaDelBuono, AmandaDePonte, Nishi Desai,Matthew Dizenzo, RachelDube, Melissa Dube,Benjamin Fabian, BrianFalco, Damiaen Florian,Andrew Foertsch, BreaGalbreath, Carlos Gil, FinnGordon, Jaclyn Godston,Rylee Gothberg, RalphGross , Hannah Guilmette,Kathry Hobson, NicholasHoward, Shanza Hussain,Aimin Iftikhar, Justin Irace,Kamil Jez, Carolynn Keal,Christopher Kelly, DenisKelolli, Patrick Kiernan,

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Kennedy Middle School Honor RollFirst honorsGrade 6—Andrew

Ackerman, Evan Aiudi,Leandro Antonio Alejandro,Griffin Alix, Kayla Allaire, ErinAngelillo, Alicia Badorek,Mikayla Bedell, ShallynnBeerbaum, Jake Bentz,Michael Bernard, AlexandraBieniek, Alexa Bracken,Nicole Breedlove, Kyle Bunko,Brandon Burns, RebeccaCaisse, Anthony Cammuso,Grace Cardozo, AngelinaCaruso, Benjamin Chasse,Payton Chiaro, AnnaChristiano, Aiden Chubet,Mckenna Colasanto, JacobD’Alessandro, Sarah Delaney,Adam Dell, Aaron Desprey,Jack Dietz, Steven Dorzens,Ryan Duncan, Dante Egidio,Daniel Fagan, Drew Farkas,Luke Ferreira, Jarod Florian,Katrina Furgalack, JessicaGagnon, Victoria Gagnon,Cassandra Gaudio, MichelleGlowasky, Dylan Grant,Garrett Gugliotti, MeganHamilton, Kayla Judd,Alexander Kim, JacobKligerman, Gregory Kloczko,Laura Koba, Visal Kong, RyanKosienski, Ashleigh Kristopik,Reed Kroll, Kyle Kupstis,Michael Lambert, MarissaLanger, Katie Lindberg, JeffreyLockwood, Scott Lucian

Emily Maciejewski,Lauren Macri, Gage Marshall,Kyle McLaughlin, MorganMcNamara, ChristopherMinkiewicz, Kaylah Miron,Caroline Mongillo, HaleyMullin, Gabrielle Napoli,Alexis Negron, KaseyNewman, ShannonO’Connor, Mckenna Ohlson,Nicholas Ottalagana, SarahParzych, Giavonna Paulus,Katherine Peccerillo, LaurenPerkowski, Briana Petta,Nicholas Pierson, Jami Pliego,Kali Pliego, Cassandra Punzo,Renz Rebeca, Natalie Rickard,Erin Roach, Trever Rogers,Jasen Rose, Domenic Rossi,Michael Ruszczyk, StephenSalmon, Brenna Sarantides,Emily Sargent, MatthewSchmidt, Lauren Semataska,Amy Serrano, Sarah Sherwill,Justin Sliker, StevenSokolowski, Jason Soltys,Amelia Sponauer, NicoletteSt. Amand, AlexanderStatkevich, Aaron Tiscione,Kahli Travers, KrystaTsangarides, Blakely Vinal,Mark Vitali, James Wadman,Alexandra Wyluda, AngelinaZollo.

Grade 7—Megan Albert,Alaina Albino, JoannAmarone, Hayley Arduini,Rachel Babon, Caroline Barry,Jonathan Blain, KyleBorawski, MelissaBorysewicz, MichaelBotsacos, Tyler Brinton, AliciaBrocki, Zachary Bylykbashi,Jack Canning, Lauren Carney,Timothy Carrier, KristianaCeta, Madison Chapman,Caroline Charlton, AidenColasanto, Brett Daigle, JamesDanielson, Ryan DeAngelo,

Kyle DeAngelo, Nick Difusco,Helen Dinnan, DominicDiscepolo, Isabella Donahue,Kevin Drexler, MatthewDuszak, Collin Edgerly,Lauren Estell, ChristopherFalk, Julie Falk, MichaelFazzino, Nicole Fischer,Alexandra France, MelissaGeffken, Elena Gomez,Jessica Goralski, MathewGraham, Julia Granato,Patrick Gustavson, AmandaHamel, Evelyn Hamilton,Kendra Hill, Abigail Hodges,Aubrey Jalbert, Nathan Keen,Meghan Kelley, Arooba Khan,Leah Kligerman, SharonKwok, Ellie Lefkovich, KristenLoose

Jarrod Marotto, NicholasMauriello, Matthew Maxwell,Marissa Mayo, ShannonMcDonald, Adalain Meier,Margaret Mellitt, KatherineMellitt, Haley Messenger, EricMinton, Evan Misiorski, JacobMolgano, Talia Nanfito,Rachel Nardi, Luke Nichols,Daniel Normandin, ZayaOshana, Franklin Pac, RyanPadden, Michael Pagano,Daniel Parzych, Priya Patel,Ian Powell, Mitchell Raczka,Christian Raczka, JonathanRichards, Nicole Ricker,Anthony Roccasecca,Caroline Rodman, AlexandraRothstein, Isabella Russo,Gaetano Sabino, MarissaSisco, Lindsey Socquet,Matthew Sorrentino, NatalieSoto, Kathleen Spagnoletti,Marilyn Sporbert, KellyToomey, Matthew Torrisi,Rebecca Tsangarides,Elizabeth Veilleux, RyanWackelin, Nicole White,Timothy White, JeanetteWiese, Jennifer Wong, LaurenZazzaro.

Grade 8—RachelAndelin, Zainab Aslam,Gabrielle Baker, AndreaBaldick, Alyson Baribault,Dillon Bauchiero, DevenBernaiche, Justin Blake,Connor Brennan, StephanieBrilla, Colin Burke, AllisonCarangelo, Tyler Cardoso,Christa Case, Kevin Cop,Shania Crawford, JuliaD’Alessandro, Makenna Daly,Samantha D’Angelo, LukeDavis, Erika DiNeno, BrendanDonahue, Mara Dubnicka,Lauren Durand, KaylynFagan, Margaret Fagan,Megan Fazzino, SydneyFerrante, Thomas Fischer,Rachel Flodquist, Eric Flood,Michaela Gee, ElizabethGeorge, Deanna Goutzos,Taylor Grucza, ElizabethGwara, Abigail Harris,Courtney Hedges, BiancaHilerio, Andrew Hoffman,Michael Hoffman, CarolynHricik, Benjamin Johnson, TiaJones, Daniel Kane, HeatherLeClerc, William Lefkovich,Alexander Martin, AmandaMastroianni, ZacharyMaxwell, Kelsey Meenan,Carissa Mirando, AlexaMitchell, Sarah Mongillo,Valerie Murphy, Natalie

Nyerick, Matthew Pestillo,Andrew Petracca, VictoriaPlante, Dylan Roach, JamieRobertson, Olivia Roth,Gianni Sabino, Bushra Saqab,Kylie Sarantides, Julie Saucier,Nicholas Siarkowski, StevenSica, Kala Slade, AnthonySmith, Tyler Sweetman,Silvana Tellerico, AlexanderThomas, Zoe Tyz, AmandaVollaro, Lianna Wodzicki.

Second HonorsGrade 6—Robert

Albrecht, Hailee Aldi, KaitlynAnderson, DominicAnnunziata, JacobArmstrong, Ciara Backus,Jesse Bellemare, JosephBernetti, Kimberly Biela,Brandon Birmingham,Thomas Birmingham,Christopher Borkowski,Krystiana Bouchard,Christine Brilla, Ryan Burrill,Nicolas Caiaze, AngeloCalandra, Taylor Carpenter,Jacob Chasse, CourtneyChristino, MatthewCianciolo, Sarah Cipollini,Emmerson Colasanto,Hannah Comparone, HayleyCrafts, Olivia Cranney,Connor Crean, Brandon Day,Andrea Defeo, HunterDeFrancesco, GabriellaDelGreco, Kyra DeLuco,George Desiderio, NicoleDionne, Kealey Donahue,Adam Dorau, Jonathan Doty,Bryan Doucette, RebeccaDunphy, Spencer Eaton,Matthew Fay, VincenzoFiorello, Charles Foulk, RileyFreehling, Jordan Freeman,Justin Freeman, DariaGagnon, Paul Gambardella,Julia Gilbert, Michael Gioia,Kaylee Goodrich, KatherineGreer, Gavin Griffis, JamieGryk, Richard Hamilton,Ethan Havis, AustinHochstrate Hamera, ThomasInfante, Christopher Iverson,Julia Izydorczak, KylieJohnson, Timothy Judd, SarahKaufmann, Sana Khan, AlyssaKizilski, Dylan LeBlanc,Destiny Lewis, MarkLindberg, Bryce Lynch

Michael Majchrzak,Pierce Martin, DesireeMathers, Lindzay Medeiros,Jordan Meier, Logan Miller,Jonathan Moller, BrandonMurray, Catherine Najarian,Matthew Natelli, AndrewNewman, Heather Northup,Kaitlyn Norton, MackenzieParks, Kushal Patel, AlexanderPatrick, Kaylee Pawlak, DanePenksa, Christopher Pestillo,Nicholas Petro, RebeccaReinhard, Alyxis Rodriguez,Jennifer Rodriguez, TylerRoecker, Kalista Ruoff,Gabriel Rzadkiewicz, JorgeSanchez, Fatima Saqab,Samantha Schiffer, AlexisSchipritt, Jessica Seitz, ColeSimoneaux, Eric Sims, KaneSpielman, Michael Stafko,Carmela Stewart, AlexisStohmal, Daniel Summa,Alyssa Swanson, HannahSwearsky, Alexa Sweetman,

Andrew Szandrocha, ParisTesta, Jacob Testa, LeahTheriault, Jennifer Turci,Amanda Valerio, Mikaela VanEpps, Griffin Vanduinen,Delana Veilleux, EdmondVitcavage, Codie Wershoven,Lindsey Witte.

Grade 7—AnneliseAlfieri, Ardian Alka, MassimoAngelillo, Marissa Asal,Cameron Babin, AidanBaldwin, Zachary Bauer,Brandon Bayron, ErichBender, Tiffany Blancato,Elizabeth Boccardi, SarahBrown, Adam Brush, DanielCammuso, ChristinaCantone, Vincent Carbone,Julian Cardozo, AlexanderCasey, Jake Castico, MatthewChasse, Cameron Chubet,Daniel Cinnante, SarahColston, Alana Conti,Catherine Coppola, ReeceCorarito, Jordan Corey, SierraCostanzo, Timothy Delaney,Joseph DePaolo-Boisvert,Matthew Dieckhaus, RyanDionne, Christopher Doherty,Jessica Dos Santos, DarianDube, Brandon DuBois,Stefanie Dzierlatka, MaxwellEldridge, Michaela Falk,Marissa Feeney, Haley Flagge,Amanda Gaedeke, EvanGagliardi, Harrison Garrett,Miranda Gazaferi, NickolasGilbert, Matthew Gioia,Alexander Habzda, EmmaHermann, Derek Hinton,William Holian, Kurt Holyst,Raegan Honyotski, ThomasJudd, Sana Khan, ColinKochol, Antonella Kuziak,Megan Langdeau, AustinLeroux, Zachary Levesque,Natalie Liquindoli, ZacheryLucente, Alexa Luponio

Kyle MacLean, ErinMartin, Kaitlin Martocchio,Steffan Mayette, RichardMcCarty, Emily Mendoza,Kayla Michalic, David Michel,Vincent Milardo, IsaiahMushrall, Flora Nardi,Catherine Natelli, JessicaNelson, Taylor Nichols, JohnPac, Michael Pattison, PeterPino, Gennaro Punzo, KaileyRichardson, Nicholas Rivera,Nicholas Rosario, RebeccaRyan, Lillian Shaw, AutumnSheffy, Jarod Shurack, CarissaSirois, William Smith, ConnorSocha, FrancescaSophroniou, Connor Sperry,Zachary Spratto, Alana StJohn, Morgan Stanley,Shannon Sullivan, BrianSzuba, Brett Taricani,Christian Testa, Preston Testa,Jake Thayer, MatthewThomson, Brian Topper,Brandon Toth, ChristinaTrovato, Bryce Tyminski,Benjamin Upadhyaya,Zachary Verdi, AbigailWadman, Adam Wilson,Elizabeth Woods, DominicZmarlicki.

Grade 8—Alex Angelillo,Daniel Arnson, TanmayAthreya, Cody Backus, JuliaBailey, Christopher Baker,Blake Bauer, Kayla Belanger,Megan Belcourt, Kevin Bellis,

Matthew Bennett, JoyBlanchet, Emily Bonomi,LeeAnne Boucher, AdamCampochiaro, RachelCarmody, Marisa Caruso,Desirae Casiano, AmarildoCeta, Sarah Charlton, LisaCianciolo, Colleen Coleman,Salvatore Conti, Kristy Cook,Marissa Cusano, AlyssaD’Agostino, Laura Day, JaredDeFeo, Megan Desorbo,Joseph Fazzino, SamanthaFerla, Shane Florian, PatrickFreer, Joseph Freer, ShawnGaedeke, Matthew Geffken,Matthew Gerrish, MeganGraham, Victoria Gray,Katherine Hartford, HeatherHendricks, Ethan Hilliard,Alaura Hinton, NicholasHubeny, Christopher Hupper,Tyler Hyde, Ian Jacobs,Zachary Jamele, ClaudiaJaslowski, Emilee Kemnitz,Robert Kofsuske, VisoudKong, John Konikowski,James Kritz, Richard Kudla,Emilie Labouliere, NicholasLamb, Kasey Lebel, AndrewLevin, Matthew Lombardi,Renee Luna

Alicia Maffiolini, Brionna

Magnoli, Brian Mahon,Christian Marciano, EmilyMason, Peter Masters,Michael Mazur, JohnMcCarthy, Neil McMahon,Megan Medeiros, BrianMinahan, Lauren Mitchell,Mikayla Mueller, SusanMurphy, Siera Murray,Samuel Najarian, NicoleNardello, Jimmy Nardi, KaylaNati, Edward Norman,Zackary Ostrout, JeffreyPaquet, Stephen Peccerillo,Scott Perretta, AmandaPerriello, Joseph Petruzzi,Kaileen Pfeiffer, FrancescaPicone, Samantha Potter,Megan Power, Dalton Quint,Jonathan Rauch, MeganRitchie, Joseph Rivera, JessicaRodriguez, Erika Rusczek,Brian Sadusky, Neal Schassler,Mackenzie Shea, Jian Siadat,Sarah Smith, Nicholas Stafko,Megan Steele, BenjaminStolfi, Kyle Summa, ShawnaToppi, Connor Tynan,Michael Walczak, ChristopherWalsh, Stephanie Whelan,Elana Wojenski, SarahWysocki, SamanthaZgombick, Tyler Zygmunt.

How long have youbeen connected toSouthington?

Since the fourth grade.About 12 years.

What do you like aboutthe town?

I like the Apple Harvest.I like the group of people Ihave gotten to know here.

What is your favoritemovie?

“Donnie Darko.” It’s afun movie to watch morethan once.

What is the best pieceof advice you have everreceived?

Don’t give up.If you could meet any-

one in the world, whowould you like to meet?

Audrey Hepburn. I likeher style.

Each week we interview a ‘regular person’ like you forour Faces in the Crowd. This week we meet sales clerkMarie Orsini.

Don’t give upMarie Orsini

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Our Night on the Town

If you read DesireeApolonio Bassett’s list ofinfluences, you would guessthat she was a woman whowas at least in her 30s.

After all, her list is filledwith guitarists like 1960sguitar gods Jimi Hendrixand Eric Clapton, RikEmmett of the 1970s powertrio Triumph, and 1980sshredder Joe Satriani (now amember of the supergroupChickenfoot).

If you listen to her gui-tar skills on the album,“Power and Force II,” you’dalso swear the mature andself-assured playingemanates from a womanwho has been playing foryears.

Well, in that respect,you’d be right, Desiree hasbeen playing for years.Fourteen years to be exact.

But she is far frombeing a woman in her 30s oreven 20s.

Desiree is just 17.Desiree and her band

will be taking over theMohegan Sun Wolf Den inUncasville on Monday, Dec.28 at 7 p.m.

Desiree, a student atE.O. Smith High School inStorrs, explained she firststarted showing interest inmusic at age 2. While mostkids were suffering the terri-ble twos, she started singing

songs in the crib.Desiree said, at age 3,

after watching her dad Danplay guitar, she wanted toplay as well. So her dadbought her a child-sizedguitar and began teachingthe little girl everything heknew about the instrument.

By age 5, Desiree’s dadbought his daughter herfirst full-sized guitar. Shebegan practicing on thatinstrument. The first songshe learned to play on thatguitar was Joe Satriani’sinstrumental, “Always withMe, Always with You.”

In her young career,Desiree not only has twoCDs to her name, theAshford, CT resident hashad a chance to rub musicalelbows with some seriousnational acts. A YouTubevideo on her website showsher playing her ax behindSammy Hagar (Van Halen,Chickenfoot) at the MGMGrand at Foxwoods. Shealso has played with LivingColor, members of theAllman Brothers, and theMarshall Tucker Band.

Asked how it felt to playwith such name acts,Desiree said, “It’s just awhole new experience forme.” Once she gets over theinitial nervousness, shesaid, it’s just fun playingwith these acts. “It’s likeplaying with my band.”

And ultimately, no mat-

ter who she is playing with,Desiree said, “I’m doingwhat I love.”

As is clear by her list ofinfluences, Desiree is a fanof classic rock.

But what is it 17-year-old girl like about a soundthat solidified and thriveddecades before she wasborn? “Classic rock happensto be one of my favoritegenres, as is blues… Rockhas this driving forcebehind it. It gets peoplemoving.”

And as a performer,said Desiree, “I can writejust about anything to rock.It’s an easy genre (to workwith).”

Not only is Desiree anaccomplished guitar player,she is an accomplishedsongwriter. On her latestalbum, “Power and ForceII,” Desiree handles song-writing duties by herself onall but two tracks. And thosetwo tracks, she has her handin the writing as well.

One of the tracks whereshe shared songwritingduties, “Thru It All,” Desireeactually teamed up with herdad for the finished prod-uct. Desiree explained herdad came up with a guitarline and played it for her.That got her creative gear-box moving and she beganwriting a song around thatline. “Writing with my dad isa lot of fun.”

Like her hero, JoeSatriani, most of Desiree’ssongs are rock instrumen-tals. However, she is begin-ning to explore includingmore of her singing onrecord and in concert.

Desiree explained, ini-tially, she wasn’t comfort-able with singing andaccompanying herself onthe guitar. But she beganpracticing in an effort to getit right. So the next albumwill be split equally betweeninstrumentals and trackswith vocals.

As she moves intosinging, Desiree is still min-ing the same musical heroesas her guitar playing. Hen-drix and Rik Emmett ofTriumph continue to befaves. “I sing along withtheir tracks and expand onmy range.”

Even though her bandmembers are older than sheis by a considerable numberof years, Desiree is fully incharge. Admittedly, shesaid, the age gap could bean issue for the young musi-cian. “It’s a little bit intimi-dating.” But, she said, “They

are open and willing to lis-ten to what I want… They’rebehind me and are support-ive of what I do.”

At this point, since she’sstill in high school, Desireehas not become a slave tothe road. Her gigs tend torevolve around Connect-icut. Except for one trip tothe West Coast, she has onlytraveled as far as RhodeIsland, Massachusetts orNew York.

Dec. 28 isn’t Desiree’sfirst stint at the Wolf Den.She played there back inAugust for a 2 ½ hour set.

This time around she plansthree sets with 30 songs,totaling 3 ½ hours of music.

Ironically enough, ifDesiree wasn’t on stage, shewouldn’t be able to be in theWolf Den, which is 21-plus.For her peers who want tohear her play, Desiree saidthere is a hallway near thestage that’s open where theycan watch.

Currently, Desiree hasbeen laying down thegroundwork for her followup to “Power and Force II.”She already has beenrecording the lead parts and

rhythm guitar parts. Herbassist and drummer wereheading into the studio thiscoming week to lay downtheir parts. The plan calls forDesiree to record 13 tracks,and the finished productshould be out by Spring2010.

Desiree Apolonio Bas-sett will be performing in afree show at the MoheganSun Wolf Den on Monday,Dec. 28 at 7 p.m. The show is21-plus.

For more information,go to DesireeBassett.com.

Age ain’t nothing but a number for rockerBy MIKE CHAIKEN

EDITIONS EDITOR

Desiree Bassett will perform at the Mohegan Sun Wolf Den on Dec. 28.

Desiree Bassett in action.

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Celebrate the holidayswith some family-friendlyentertainment.

The SouthingtonCommunity Theatre willpresent “The BestChristmas Pageant Ever”tonight through Sunday atThe Southington CalendarHouse.

The Christmas taledetails a couple strugglingto put on a churchChristmas pageant. Theyare faced with casting theHerdman kids, likely themost awful kids in history.The production features 37local performers and is

directed by Lisa Carroll. The show is sponsored

by The CalvaneseFoundation. Performancesare at 7 p.m. today, 2 and 7p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m.Sunday.

The SouthingtonCalendar House is locatedat 388 Pleasant St.,Southington. Tickets are$10 in advance or $12 atthe door. Tickets are avail-able at Just For You...Country Gifts in Plantsvilleand The Music Shop inSouthington.

For more information,call (203) 213-2421.

A “Nutcracker” gearedto kids will entertain fami-lies this weekend at theUniversity of Hartford.

The Hartt CommunityDivision of the Universityof Hartford will presentthree performances of the“Nutcracker Suite.” Theversion has shorter run-ning-time and a comedicapproach to the battlescene, which is suitable forfamilies with young chil-dren.

Local dance studentswill appear in the title rolesof the Sugar Plum Fairy,Cavalier, Snow King andSnow Queen, Clara,

Drosselmeyer, the Rat King,and, of course, theNutcracker. The youngestcast members are 4 yearsold, and guest dancers fromThe Hartt School dance andtheatre divisions and theNational Ballet of PuertoRico will join the produc-tion.

The performances willtake place at 7 p.m. todayand 2 and 7 p.m. Saturdayin Millard Auditorium onthe University of Hartfordcampus, 200 BloomfieldAve., West Hartford.

Tickets are $20 foradults, and $15 for kidsunder 18 years. Tickets areavailable at the Universityof Hartford box office. Call(860) 768-4228 or visitwww.hcd.hartford.edu.

ARTS AND CRAFTSFOR KIDS: The ManrossLibrary in Bristol will host a“Winter Holidays Make &Take” at 11 a.m. Saturday.The program, for kids ages4 years and older, will fea-ture a fun holiday craftproject.

The program is free,but registration is required.The library is located at 260Central St. in Forestville.For more information or toregister, call (860) 584-7790.

HOLIDAY CONCERT:Gloria Dei LutheranChurch in Bristol will hosta holiday concert thisweekend.

The church’s choirs willcombine with PlainvilleMiddle and High SchoolChamber Choirs for the

performance at 2 p.m.Saturday at the church, 355Camp St., Bristol. Thegroups will performVivaldi’s Gloria, along withseparate holiday piecesdone by each group.

Tickets are $15 foradults and $5 for students.To purchase tickets, call(860) 582-0629 or [email protected].

FESTIVE COLLEC-TION: The Hill-SteadMuseum in Farmington ishosting “An AmericanCollector’s Christmas”through Jan. 3.

The museum willshowcase the holiday envi-ronment of a well-to-doNew England family at theturn of the 20th century,

viewing dozens of rarelyexhibited decorative artobjects, books, prints andphotographs from theAlfred Atmore Pope collec-tion.

Hours are 11 a.m. to 3p.m. Tuesdays throughSundays. The program isfree with museum admis-sion. Hill-Stead Museum islocated at 35 MountainRoad, Farmington. Call(860) 677-4787 or visitwww.hillstead.org.

TWAIN’S CHRISTMAS:The Mark Twain House &Museum in Hartford willshowcase a 19th-centuryChristmas throughout theholiday season.

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wreaths, a “kissing ball” inthe front hall and evenSanta’s boot-print on themarble near the fireplace.

The second-floorguest suite, where Twain’s

mother and mother-in-lawstayed when they visited,is newly reopened for thepublic to view and deco-rated for the holiday. Theroom was considered aluxury room with wall-to-wall Brussels carpet, asmall cozy fireplace and anadjacent bathroom.

On Saturday, themuseum will host a specialevent, “The ConnecticutYankee Christmas DinnerTour.” The two-hour, reser-vation-only packageincludes a savory buffetdinner in the MuseumCenter cafe followed by aChristmas-themed eveningtour of the house.

Tickets are $50 foradults and $35 for childrenages 12 years and younger.Seatings begin at 5 p.m.and reservations arerequired. Call (860) 280-3128.

The house and muse-um, at 351 FarmingtonAve., Hartford, are openMondays throughSaturdays from 9:30 a.m.to 5:30 p.m., and Sundaysfrom noon to 5:30 p.m.

For more information,call (860) 247-0998 or visitwww.MarkTwainHouse.org.

Send arts and enter-tainment news and list-ings, including informa-tion on local musicians,artists, theater, film, booksand more, to [email protected].

The Southington Community Theater will be pre-senting ‘The Best Christmas Pageant Ever’ this week-end. Above, Heidi Bass-Lamberto portrays GraceBradley, who directs the church Christmas pageant.Below, the cast of the show.

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NOW THROUGH DEC.31BRISTOLCAROUSELS OF THE 21STCENTURY. The Art of JeffreyBriggs. New England CarouselMuseum, 95 Riverside Ave.,Bristol. Monday to Saturday 10a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday noon to5 p.m.

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ObituariesLori Curran, enjoyed fishing, Red Sox

Lori (Krampetz)Curran, 53, of Carter Lanepassed away on December2, at Bradley MemorialHospital. She was the wifeof Joseph P. Curran Jr. forover 13 years.

Born on Dec. 6, 1955,

in Waterbury, she was adaughter of Ruth (Morin)Krampetz of FL.

She enjoyed thebeach, camping, fishing,and was an avid Red SoxFan.

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band and mother, she issurvived by her daughterJaime White and husbandMicah of Bristol, 2 grand-sons, Josiah and GabrielWhite, two brothers StevenKrampetz of FL and DavidMorgan of PA, three sisters

Donna Neuman ofMiddlebury, Lisa Freemanof FL, and Wendy Taylorof NY.

She was predeceasedby a sister Lila Krampetzand a brother JohnMorgan.

Mary Negrich, enjoyed playing card games Mary Elizabeth (Dubko)

Negrich, 90, of Spring LakeVillage, passed away onMonday, Dec. 7, surroundedby her family at the MasonicCare in Wallingford.

She was the wife of thelate Captain Martin Negrich.

Born July 27, 1919 onStaten Island, New York, shewas the daughter of the lateAdam and Josephine Dubko.Mary attended schools inNew York and graduatedfrom The Scudder Schooland New York University.

In her early years, shewas an accountant forHopeman Brothers in NewYork City, and she laterworked for her husband’s

businesses. Also, she wastreasurer of numerousorganizations.

Negrich lived inPortland for 47 years beforemoving to Southington.Upon retirement shebecame very active in senioractivities in both Portlandand Southington. InPortland, she was a tourleader, an aerobics instruc-tor, and the treasurer of thePortland Senior Center forthirteen years.

In Southington, shebecame active as a tourleader, and the treasurer ofboth the Senior Y.M.C.A. andSouthington TOPS. Shemade many friends playing

cards, Bingo, and herfavorite pastime Bridge atthe Calendar House, SpringLake Village and theOrchards.

She was a proud moth-er and grandmother. Herhappiest times were spent atthe dinner table surroundedby her family.

She is survived by twodaughters, LorraineMorganti of Cheshire andJoan Kawecki and husbandHilary of Torrington. She

also leaves her grandchil-dren; Michael Morganti ofCheshire, Lauren and ChrisConnelly of Fairfield, Greggand Abbey Kawecki of LosAngles, CA, and Kristen,Todd Pierce of Hoboken, NJand a special friend LouisTibbals of Cheshire.

In lieu of flowers dona-tions may be made to theMasonicare Home Health &Hospice, 33 North PlainsIndustrial Rd., Wallingford,CT 06492.

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whether the work is paid orunpaid. Students interestedin participating are askedabout their career interestsand the chamber works tofind a business compatiblewith their aspirations.

Dee Babkirk, theChamber’s director of com-munications, said the expe-rience was meant to simu-late the “working world” asmuch as possible.

“It’s not a situationwhere they just walk in,”she said. “There will be awhole interview process.”

The internships mayalso provide the studentswith connections thatwould be valuable oncethey have graduated andare looking for careers. In

particular, they could pro-vide options for studentswho do not go to college.

Working high schoolstudents tend to be associ-ated with retail businessesor restaurants, but some ofthe businesses already par-ticipating in the programinclude law firms, a den-tist’s office, and several oth-ers.

Financial planner JimGarstang already has anintern in his office, and heand his staff are providingpractice with the variouselectronic systems andpractices involved with thework.

Garstang is also vice-president of the Chamber’sboard of directors.

“The idea was to findkids interested in things

that weren’t typically cov-ered by work/study pro-grams,” Garstang said. “Itplaces them in a businessenvironment where theycan learn more about whatthey may want to do.”

Melissa Ericksen, whohas acted as liaisonbetween the Chamber andthe high school, also plansto welcome an intern at ABalanced Life, her eventplanning group whichfocuses on health issues.

She said even if anintern did not want to planhealth events for a career,learning the principles ofevent planning would bevaluable for several othervocations.

“Instead of just saying‘I want to be a lawyer’ orsome other profession, they

can actually get a lookinside these careers,”

Ericksen said. “Learningabout the work beforehand

could have a big impact ontheir future.”

Toy drive: police look to help outhad left the shipment onher doorstep, where someGrinch stole them.

Police were unable tocatch the Grinch.

Porter told other offi-cers about the situation andin no time they had takenup a collection and set offto Wal-Mart for new gifts.Wal-Mart also donatedsome presents after learn-ing of the story.

“That tugged at theheartstrings of everyonehere,” Police SpokesmanSgt. Lowell DePalma said.

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fresh on the minds of offi-cers this holiday season andOfficer Mike Kahn had sug-gested the Stuff a Cruisertoy drive to help outSouthington’s CommunityServices Department.

The officers are donat-ing their time and theSouthington PoliceDepartment is providing acruiser that, once full, willtransport the toys to com-munity services.

“The SouthingtonPolice Department hasbeen wonderful,” saidCommunity ServicesDirector Janet Mellon. “TheSouthington police officers

go above and beyond.”Mellon said the toys

would help her departmentas the number of requests isgoing up.

She added that mem-bers of the SouthingtonPolice Department havealways helped out behindthe scenes, whether it isdonating money, toys or aturkey for Thanksgiving.

“They’re the silentheroes,” Mellon said ofSouthington’s officers.

Stuff a Cruiser is takingplace Saturday, Dec. 19 infront of Wal-Mart from 8-4p.m. Gift donations shouldbe unwrapped.

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For an oversize truck ortrailer (larger than 4 x 8feet), a permit can bereceived that is good for sixvisits during the year.

In a situation where aSouthington resident isborrowing another vehicle(which does not alreadyhave a permit), the personmust prove residencyand/or taxpayer status toreceive a “special pass”allowing for unlimited visitsfor one day.

Though the counciland the town administra-tion plan to be very vocal

about the upcomingchanges, several officialswere still nervous aboutpotential problems at thestation when the rules areimplemented.

“I can guarantee thatno matter how much weadvertise this, there will bepeople who still show up atthe gate without a permit,”said Councilor ChrisPalmieri.

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Officials had no ideawhat to expectwhen they tossed

the puck onto the ice last win-ter. Players from Southingtonand Hall raced to the red line.Coaches were optimistic, butwhat would happen whenthese two programs met at cen-ter ice? Confusion or harmony?What would it be?

“We were coming into thefirst year of a co-op and we did-n’t know what to expect,” saidJeff Anastasio, the former headcoach for the Hall program andthe lead man for the secondyear of the co-op. “I think weput together more wins thanboth teams did the year before.We won the regular seasonconference title. We won theconference tournament andgot a first round bye in theplayoffs.”

The combination waslethal. The Warrior-Knightssped out to a 15-3-2 regularseason. They won back-to-backgames to claim the CCC Southconference title and a postsea-son journey that came to anend in the CIAC division IIIstate quarterfinals.

Accolades rained down onthe first-year co-op. Joe Harveywas named as a first team all-

state wing. Connor Rowntreewas named as a second teamdefenseman. Eric Muroski,Matt McCarthy, and Harveyeach were named on the all-conference roster, and TylerMankus received the HobeyBaker Award from the CT HighSchool Coaches Association.

“We accomplished morelast season than we everdreamed of and more thaneither program individually hadin a long time,” said Anastasio.“Even though the end of the

season might have felt a littledisappointing, maybe we setour sights so high that wecouldn’t appreciate all of thethings that we did accomplish.”

So what’s in store for yeartwo? Can the boys return to thetop after the loss of 12 seniorstars?

“I think the big questionmark right now is the fact thatwe have 14 new players in thelineup,” said the coach. “I don’treally know what to expectwhen the puck drops. Overall,

the lack of experience isour biggest questionmark, but that’s alsoexciting. We have onlythree seniors on theteam. While wehave high expec-tations for thisyear, it’s reallyyear one of atwo-yearteam.”

Last year,the Warrior-Knights won with theiroffense, outscoring teams120-56 in 23 contests. This year,Anastasio expects to be moredeliberate. The expectationsremain the same.

“We set the barhigh every year, nomatter what thecircumstances are,”Anastasio said. “Atthe very minimum,we feel that we are aplayoff team and aplayoff program. Ourgoal every year is tomake the playoffs andsee how far we canadvance. In a single-elimi-nation format, you canbeat anybody on a goodday.”

Senior captain AndrewGreen will anchor thedefense. Junior captain KevinSanAngelo will be the spark-plug for the offense. Seniors

Andrew GreenCaptain

In the first minute of thesecond quarter, Manch-ester’s Ashley Perez drainedher third three pointer. Twominutes later, Lyndsey Nashhit the team’s fourth.

On Thursday, Dec. 10,Manchester built a 20-pointlead at the break and held onfor a 59-31 victory over theKnights. After being swept bythe Knights in 2008, theIndians were taking nochances against the young,Southington shooters.

“When we playManchester, it's who's goingto enforce who's will onwho?” said Lady Knightcoach Jim DiNello. “Last year,we had a couple of opportu-nities to impose our will onthem, and [this year] they wedid a little bit better job tak-ing care of the basketball.”

Freshman guard JordynNappi led the Knights with10 of her team-high 14 pointscoming after the break.Mariah Berry scored sixpoints, while Tori Munsonand Val Mazrek added fourpoints apiece, but theKnights had no answer forPerez (27) and Nash (19).

“I think the whole waythe game broke is a credit toManchester,” said DiNello.“They pressed us. We got intofoul trouble early, and theywere shooting 1-and-1something like 4.5 half min-utes into the game. Tori's

out. Ellen [Donohue]'s outwith three fouls, and AshleyPerez is knocking downeverything. They came as useven harder, and there youhave it.”

The Knights had littletime to regroup. On Friday,Southington matched bas-kets with Hall in the secondhalf, but couldn’t overcomean early, 20-point deficit atthe break.

Munson scored sevenpoints. Sam Nappi andJordyn Nappi scored sixpoints apiece, but theKnights fell to Hall, 57-34, inWest Hartford.

DiNello said that theKnights, loaded with under-classmen and inexperience,will continue to grow as theseason unfolds.

“You have to look at thebright side as well,” he saidafter the Manchester loss.“We came into this with a lot

of sophomores and fresh-men on the floor, gainingexperience. We're going toget better from this.”

At this point, DiNello islooking for effort. “We talkedabout it at halftime,” he said.“Forget the scoreboard aslong as we play a better sec-ond half, and I think we did.Our level of intensity ondefense was a little bit better.I thought our kids communi-cation was better. To look onthe positive side, I think wegot better as the night wenton.”

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VINNY ROSSITTO

At left, Tori Munsondrives past aManchester defenderduring a 59-31 loss onopening day.

By JOHN GORALSKISPORTS WRITER

Dec. 10Manchester 59

Southington 31

Girls Basketball

Trial by fire for the KnightsYoung team opens the winter with a pair of losses

Dec. 11Hall 57

Southington 34

Kevin SanAngelo

Captain

Working together againHockey co-op has high hopes for a winter sequel


Ice Hockey

We set the bar high every year, nomatter what the circumstances are.

At the very minimum, we feel that we are a playoff team

and a playoff program. Our goal every year

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“

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Jeff Anastasio,Hall-Southington ice hockey coach

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Athletes of the Week

• Kristen Rossi,Central CT State University diving:Named as the Northeast Conference’sDiver of the Week for three consecutiveweeks to start the season.

TOP FEMALE PERFORMANCES TOP MALE PERFORMANCES• Erin Saucier,SHS indoor track team:Cleared nine feet to place third overall inthe pole vault at the New Haven develop-mental meet on Dec. 12.

• Dean Bauchiero,Pro Ambitions Hockey Pee Wee skater:Won the Mite Division at the HockeySkills Challenge on Friday, Dec. 4 at theMullins’ Center in Amherst, MA.

To nominate an athlete, send anemail to sports writer JohnGoralski at [email protected]. Include name andphone number.

• Stephen Barmore,Southington Travel Knights football:Eighth grade quarterback was named asa Youth All-American at a Pop Warnerbanquet in Hamden on Dec. 3.

Jordyn NappiSouthington High School girls basketball

Jordyn Nappiopened the fourthquarter with a

long three pointer, but thefreshman guard was farfrom finished. In less thanone minute, Nappi scoredfive points, forced aturnover, and grabbed asteal as the Lady Knightstried to overcome a bigsecond half deficit.

Not bad for her firsthigh school basketballgame.

“I’m really proud ofher,” said Lady Knight

coach Jim DiNello “For afreshman, she showed alot of composure. She hada good game.”

The Lady Knightseventually lost, but thatcouldn’t shake the lusterfrom Nappi’s strong start.The freshman led theKnights in scoring with 14points, including 10 pointsin the second half.

“I really liked herintensity on defense, andshe was very aggressive onthe offensive end,” saidDiNello. “That's what I

like. When you play a teamlike [Manchester], youhave to have people thatare looking to get to therim and looking to score.When Jordyn had a shot,she pulled the trigger andmade most of themtonight.”

The following day,Nappi was at it again,scoring six points in herfirst road contest.

For her outstandingathletic accomplishments,Nappi is our highlightedfemale athlete of the week.

Class: Freshman

Reason: Scored 20 points in two games, including a team-high 14 points inthe season opener.

Pat ConatySouthington High School indoor track

Pat Conaty re-leased the poleand floated gen-

tly over the bar at HillhouseHigh School. On Saturday,Dec. 12, Conaty launchedhimself into the winter sea-son with a first place polevault at the New Havendevelopmental meet, clear-ing 10 feet, 6 inches in hisfirst competition.

“He came right in, andhe was ready to go,” saidBlue Knight assistant coachMatt Shea. “He's beenworking on the pole vault

all summer, and you couldsee it. He's coming into thisseason where he left off lastseason without missing abeat.”

Conaty burst onto thescene during last year’s out-door season. But the seniorco-captain has been work-ing hard in the off-season,and it’s already paying off.

“It's his dedication tothe sport,” said Shea. “Hejust wants to pole vaultevery minute that he can.”

In fact, Conaty needslittle guidance from the

staff. He met his coach atthe end of the contest witha list of criticisms about hislater attempts.

“He knows exactlywhat he's doing wrong, andthat's the best thing aboutPat,” said Shea. “I just seehim getting better and bet-ter. He's definitely got thestrength and the speed, andhe knows what he needs towork on to get better.”

For his outstandingathletic accomplishments,Conaty is our highlightedmale athlete of the week.

Class: Senior

Reason: Cleared 10 feet, 6 inches to winthe pole vault at the New Havendevelopmental meet.

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RED SOX BUS TRIP—The St.Paul Catholic High School soft-ball team will host a bus trip toFenway Park on Sunday, Aug. 1,2010 for a game between theRed Sox and the Tigers. Cost is$89 per person, which includesbeverages on the bus and ableacher seat at the game. Avoucher will be available for thosegiving tickets as holiday gifts.Contact: garyhov@ aol.com.

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8 WEEKS TO A BETTER YOU(OPEN TO NON-MEMBERS)—Registration begins Dec. 19.Program runs Mondays,Wednesdays, and Fridays fromJan. 4-Feb. 26, 10:30 a.m.-11:30a.m.. This free fitness program isoffered by the SouthingtonCommunity YMCA through col-laboration with the SouthingtonHealth Department. Participantsmust be Southington residentsaged 18 years and older. Thisprogram is open to non-YMCAmembers. Participants will beguided through a fitness consul-tation and equipment orientationby certified staff and progress willbe charted. Women have theoption of using the Women’sHealth and Wellness Center forthis program. Babysitting serviceis available for a fee. Enrollmentmust be made in person at themembership services desk.Space is limited.

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The week ahead in Southington High School sports...

TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY

FRIDAY SATURDAY MONDAYBoys Basketball vs. Masuk (JV-5:15,V-7:00). Boys Swimming atBulkeley Relays (V-TBA).

Boys Ice Hockey at East Catholic(V-8:10 @ Champions Skating Rink,Cromwell). Wrestling at Waterford(V-7:00). Wrestling at JV Pete SepkoTournament (JV-7:00). IndoorTrack at Yale Developmental Meet(V/JV-10:00).

Ice Hockey vs. Newington-Berlin(V-7:00 @ Veteran’s Memorial Rink).

No games scheduled.Wrestling vs. Farmington (V/JV-6:00).

Boys Basketball vs. Simsbury (FR-3:45, JV-5:30, V-7:00). Ice Hockey atSheehan (V-7:00 @ ChoateRosemary Hall). Boys Swimming atFermi/Enfield/Somers (V/JV-3:45 @Fermi). Girls Basketball atSimsbury (FR-3:45, JV-5:30, V-7:00).

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developmental meets aredesigned for two things—gettingin shape and setting the roster.Before that, indoor track is aseries of time trial races in thehallways of the high school,patient waiting for open space inthe gym, and squeezing in work-outs as the weight room becomesavailable.

Before New Year’s Day,Southington coach Andy Whytealways struggles with preseasonpredictions.

“We just haven’t had achance to see them, especiallythe freshmen and sophomoresthat didn’t do it last year,”said Whyte. “We really don’tknow how good these guysare. We hear that this onecan run really fast or thatone can jump really high.They’ll all get a chance to provethat, and we’ll see.”

In recent years, the Knightshave closed in on the top compe-tition across the board. Of the 20school records set in indoor track,all but five have been recordedsince 2004. But for the first timein recent years, Southington startsthe season without a record-hold-er on their roster.

Whyte doesn’t seem overlyconcerned. “We’re going to beokay,” he said. “We might not beas strong as we have been overthe last few years, but you neverknow. We have some freshmenand sophomores, but we reallywon’t be sure for a few weeks. Weneed to have a couple of meetsand see how everybody does.”

Don’t feel too badly for theKnights. They return a solid coreof distance runners, including co-captain Bryan McGrane, last sea-son’s sixth place finisher at theClass LL Championships in the1,000m. McGrane will anchor agroup of five letter-winners in thedistance events, including co-captains Zack Albert, along withZach Vasile, Will Kaseta, and TimBrown. With their experience andtalent, the Knights should be hardto beat in the longer track events.

“That distance crew looksreally good,” said Whyte. “BryanWilcox has never done indoortrack before, and now he’s goingto give it a shot. Based on howwell he did in the cross countryseason, he’s got a really good shotat getting us points and makingsome noise to help out this dis-tance crew. Thisis where Ithink ourstrengthwill be onthe boysside.”

TheKnights maynot start the seasonwith a record holder, butWhyte thinks there’s a goodchance a record will fall beforethe season is over.

“The distance guys really settheir sights on the boys 4x800mrelay (8:28.49),” he said. “BryanMcGrane is looking towards the1,000m (2:35.53), but that’s atough record because JimRosenberger was really strong.Right now, the problem is findinga meet where they run the 800m.They used to run it at the Yalemeet, but they don’t. That record(2:02.83) might stand for a while,but it’s good that the distanceguys are looking at it.”

Co-captain Pat Conaty, alongwith sprinters Jordan Grzesczykand Ravin Walters, will anchor therest of the field. At the NewHaven developmental meet tokick off the preseason, Conatywon the pole vault event, clearing10 feet, 6 inches in his first com-petition. Grzesczyk and Walterswill anchor the sprints, but theKnights have some question

marksthroughout the

rest of the line-up.

“Yesterday, acouple of the guys

asked me who wasgoing to hurdle for us,”

said the coach. “I said,‘You are,’ and they all sort

of laughed. Over the last few

years, ChrisKelly won the Hartford

Public meet twice. He was theCCC champion last year andcame in third the year before. Hisloss is definitely going to be felt.”

By the time that the confer-ence meet and the postseasonarrive, Whyte said that theKnights will be ready.Southington has the athletes. Therest is up to them.

“We’ve got great kids

excellingat what

they like todo,” said

Whyte.“Track is a

very basicsport. You run

fast. You throw far,and you jump high.

It’s sport at its mostbasic level. You can’t

really blame the other team forpulling a new defense or anythinglike that. It’s just you against theclock or the tape measure. You geta chance to put your best outthere, and that’s what I like aboutthis sport.”

Will this season’s Knightsmeasure up? Time will tell.

To comment on this story orto contact sports writer JohnGoralski, email him at [email protected].


Bryan McGraneCaptain

Zack AlbertCaptain

Knights are going the distance

2009-10 Preview

Coach: Andy WhytePostseason: Chris Kelly

won the 55m hurdles, and the Knights finished 14th overall at the Class LL meet. Bryan McGrane, Kelly, and Tyler Sadowski advanced to the state open.

Key returning players (captains*):Bryan McGrane*, Zack Albert*, Pat Conaty*, Jordan Grzesczyk, Will Kaseta, Zach Vasile, Ravin Walters, Tim Brown.

Key losses:Chris Kelly, Tyler Sadowski, Brian Casale, John Cooke, Dave Doherty, Rich Flodquist, Holland Florian, Evan Rodriques.

Outlook:Coach Andy Whyte boasts a strong dis-

tance core and expects a handful of Knightsto compete at the conference level. “We'regoing to be okay,” said Whyte. “We might notbe as strong as we have been over the last fewyears, but you never know. ”

Boys Indoor Track


Boys Indoor Track

Boys track will rely on runners

Pat ConatyCaptain

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Our Athletes

From page 25

2009-10 Preview

Coach: Jeff AnastasioLast season: 15-3-2Postseason: The Knights won

twice to claim the CCC South tournament title but lost to NW Catholic in the Division III quarterfinals.

Key returning players (captains*):Andrew Green*, Kevin SanAngelo*, Tommy Carr, Steve Breault, Greg Zmarlicki, Nick Carpenter, Nick Mastroianni.

Key losses:Joey Harvey, Tyler Mankus, Eric Muroski, Matt McCarthy, Brian Zmarlicki, Connor Rowntree, Jake Mockler, Nolan Lautier, Nick Perez, Mike Smith, Max Warchul, Skyler Calibey

Outlook:The Hall-Southington co-op will have to replace 12

seniors in the program’s second season, but Coach JeffAnastasio has high expectations.. “Our goal every year isto make the playoffs,” said Anastasio, “and see how far wecan advance.”

Ice Hockey

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Ice hockey: winter previewSteve Breault and TommyCarr will be counted on fortheir leadership. To navi-gate a challenging schedulewith 12 new faces in theirroster, the Warrior-Knightswill focus on team defenseand a controlled forecheckto avoid last season’s high-scoring shootouts.

“Our strength is ourdepth,” said Anastasio.“Last year, we had somereal weapons on offenseand a strong goalie. Thisyear, top to bottom, we area deeper team. I think we’llhave the ability to playthree lines with three sets ofdefensemen. Last year, werelied heavily on one lineand almost exclusivelyrelied on two. We may not

have the same fire power,but we do have moredepth.”

That could mean thedifference in a close con-test. With fresher legs, Hall-Southington could outlastmost division III teams. Theschedule has less travel

time than last season, sothe team will focus on cen-tral Connecticut opponentsas they set their sites on thepostseason.

“This team is prettygreen right now, headinginto the season, but I’d liketo see us be stronger and

more competitive in Marchthan we are in December,”said the coach. “I thinkwe’re a playoff team. Ourgoal is always to fight for aplayoff spot, but moreimportantly, every time youstep on the ice you want tobe competitive. We have theability to do that.”

One thing’s for sure.The co-op will be a success.

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Avisitor asks about his team’schances this winter, andAndy Whyte motions to the

indoor track record board mounted onthe wall of the high school cafeteria.The names of six seniors are sprinkledthroughout the list—two individualsand one relay team.

On paper this is one of the mosttalented girls indoor track teams at thestart of any winter season.

“Our long jump record holder andour pole vault record holder are back,”said Whyte. “The girls 4x200m teamthat broke the record last year is allback. A couple of them are a littlebanged up right now. I don’t know howthey’ll be at the beginning of the sea-son, but it’s the end of the season wherethey usually break it, anyway. We’rehoping they get healthy, andwe’ll see what happens.”

The race for therecord board is alreadyunderway, and thathas Whyte excitedabout the upcom-ing season. Evena few of theother schoolmarks arereachableby thisseason’sseniorcore.

“Basedon the girlssprint medley, thatrecord could be beatable,”said Whyte. “They can’t do itright now, but maybe by the end ofthe season. We have four people thatmight be going for it. If they stayhealthy, we may have a shot at it. I justtalked to Alexa Cox the other day aboutthe 300m record because that might berealistic for her, so she’s going to getherself ready for that.”

Southington continues to makestrides in the indoor community, and itstarts with these fallen records and itshows itself with growing numbers.

This preseason brought more than85 girls to the high school hallways fortime trials with almost 35 freshmenthrowing their hats in the ring. TheKnights still trail schools with indoorfacilities like Glastonbury (whoboasted almost 200 people at try-outs), but the Knights are closingthe gap.

“We’re getting there,” saidthe coach. “It’s the biggest groupthat we’ve had in a while, sowe’ll see how they do.”

In addition, the Knightswelcome a core of solid contribu-tors. Nicole Lulevitch, the MVPduring last spring’s outdoor season, iscompeting in her first indoor season. Ahealthy Kathryn Malinowski could spelltrouble for opponents in the middledistances, and Jess Monson shouldanchor the Knights in the throws.

“We’re going to be competitive, butthat’s really hard to say for sure,” saidWhyte. “The league has expanded to 32teams, and there are teams there thatwe’ve never seen before. We’ll get achance to see some of them, but thisgroup of senior girls is pretty good.

Hopefully, they’ll step up andshow us something this year.”

At the start ofthe season, the Knights will rely ontheir proven talent. Senior co-captainsErin Saucier (pole vault) and TanayeWhite (long jump) will try to return tothe state open and hope to go evenfarther. Cox, another co-captain, willteam with Ashley Sisk, Alissa Muñoz,and Alex LaPorte to take a shot atbreaking their own 4x200m record.

Co-captainIsabelle Palumbo willhelp balance the attack, and therewill be no question aboutSouthington’s pre-season strength.

“It will definitely be in the relays,the jumps, and the jumps with Erinand Tanaye,” said Whyte. “Erin justseems to get better and better, sohopefully she’ll be able to break herown record once again and even gofurther in the postseason.”

With no wins and losses, the post-season becomes the gauge for a suc-

cessful season.Whyte will meas-ure his team’sdevelopment withpersonal bestsand schoolrecords. Theywill measure thecompetitionduring thedevelopmentalmeets and invi-tationals.When thepostseasoncomes, thisteam couldturn a corner.

“If someof our girlscan score inthe top fiveat the CCCmeet, thatwould be a

huge success,” said Whyte.“Maybe we can get a few girls into thestate open or farther. We haven’t had agirl go to New Englands since LaraDalidowitz in 2005. It’s been five years,so that would be really nice.”

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2009-10 Preview

Coach: Andy WhytePostseason: The Knights placed

19th at the Class LL meet. ErinSaucier and Tanaye White advanced to the state open.

Key returning players (captains*):Erin Saucier*, Tanaye White*, Alexa Cox*, Isabelle Palumbo*, Alissa Muñoz, Ashley Sisk, Maddie Altiweis, Shannen Corrigan, Alex LaPorte, Alisha Washer.

Key losses:Kaila Fazzolari, Katherine Roth, Heather Turek.

Outlook:Andy Whyte returns a strong core of girls, including a

number of school record holders. “Maybe we can get afew girls into the state open or farther,” said Whyte. “Wehaven't had a girl go to New Englands since LaraDalidowitz in 2005. It's been five years, so that would bereally nice.”

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Southington (31)—EllenDonohue, 0-0-0; Tori Munson, 0-4-4;Mariah Berry, 2-2-6; Steph Johnson,0-0-0; Val Mazrek, 1-2-4; Sam Nappi,0-0-0; Jordyn Nappi, 5-2-14; EmilyDurocher, 0-1-1; Emily Sherwill, 0-0-0; Mirela Sawicka, 0-0-0; KrystaValerio, 1-0-2; Katelyn Kujawski, 0-0-0; Meg McLaughlin, 0-0-0; StephanieO’Keefe, 0-0-0. Totals: 9-11-31.

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