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Rocky Hill farmers learn their options for land preservation

Farmers in Rocky Hill learned about what it may take to protect their properties from develop-ment at a meeting in Town Hall Tuesday.

The town can borrow up to $10 million from the state to purchase development rights from local farmers through a program voters gave their approval of by referendum last November. It’s called “preservation in perpetuity” and allows the landowner to keep the title of and continue working their property.

“Many of our farmers in town have been here 100 years or more and they have a real attachment to the land — almost like a love

affair,” said Barbara Surwilo, chairman of the town council’s land acquisition and farmland preservation committee. “They don’t want to see houses on it, especially if it’s good soil,” she added.

The dozen-or-so farmers who attended the meeting learned about conservation options from Katherine Winslow, property agent

By ERICA SCHMITTSTAFF WRITER

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Kids the focus of Connecticut Trails Weekend in Wethersfield

Kids are the focus of Connecticut Trails Weekend in Wethersfield this year, with events aimed towards sparking young interest in the envi-ronment.

On Saturday, families have their pick of two educational walks and scavenger hunts at the Great Meadows Land Conservation Trust’s Wood Parcel.

“One of the big themes of the land trust alli-ance over the last couple of years is where does the

next generation of environmentalists come from,” explained GMCT Stewardship Chairman Jim Woodworth, who works to clear the trails every year and even took his two young grandchildren there to explore on Easter.

“We all had experiences with nature when we were kids, but today’s kids are always behind a screen, so we’re trying to catch them early,” he added.

They are enticed by stickers and snacks before


Erica Schmitt | StaffIn honor of Connecticut Trails Weekend, Wethersfield will host a number of events meant to spark children’s inter-est in nature. Events will take participants through the Connecticut River Floodplain, Old Wethersfield’s Heritage Trail and the Great Meadows Land Conservations Trust’s Wood Parcel.

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Local teen wins national equestrian competitionWethersfield teen Emelie Burgess

recently took first place in the National Interscholastic Equestrian Open Championship, held at the New York Fair Grounds in Syracuse, N.Y. She was also named Leading Hunt Seat Rider of the Year.

As if her win wasn’t thrilling enough, last week she was also fea-tured in a Sports Illustrated column, “Faces in the Crowd.”

Emelie, 16, was born in Stockholm, Sweden and soon after, her family moved to Wethersfield,

attended Corpus Christi School prior.

The Interscholastic Equestrian Association represents 8,000 riders in 879 teams in eight different zones across the nation.

Emelie worked her way up through competitions over the course of the last year before she finally reached the finals in late May.

“It was wonderful; we were taken by surprise because she had a dif-ficult year so it was so nice to see her move her way up,” said her mom, Catherine Burgess.

After taking second place in the

regional competition, she was sent on her way to “Zones” to compete among 20 other young people. She took fourth place there, went on to the nationals competition and came in first.

The IEA assigns competitors horses from the particular farm serv-ing as the competition’s venue, so Emelie was not riding her own horse when she won.

He lives with her trainers Armand and Martha Chenelle at Windcrest Farms in Hebron. He’s a Belgian Sport Horse who’s “barn name” is Emmett but who’s competition name is Fidato, which is Italian for trustworthy. Emelie named him.

It was actually her mother who first convinced her to take up the sport when she was just 9 years old.

“She competed in the Short Stirrup Beginners Class, and then went up to the Children’s Class at a national level,” said her mom.

Nowadays Emelie takes lessons twice a week and rides five days a week.

“It’s a challenge sometimes because of the amount of time I spend at the barn, keeping my grades up is harder while also keeping my horse exercised. It’s like a major sport you try to keep up with,” she said.

She’s must have mastered this bal-ancing act, because Emelie is taking all advanced placement and honors classes at Mercy High School, and plans on pursuing neurobiology in college.

“School is first, riding is second,” said her mom, who remembers a time when Emelie almost gave up the sport because it became to dif-ficult to make time for.

“When she was in ninth grade she thought maybe she wanted to quit. It was her first year of high school, she was on the basketball team, it was a lot to handle,” Catherine recalled.

But when she took Emelie to a riding competition later that year to see a friend compete, all doubt went

out the window.“When she got in the car and we

started driving home she said to me, ‘Boy, I miss this,’” added Catherine. “Ever since, she just has really been dedicated to it and done very well.”

When Emmett had an injury last August and spent eight months rehabilitating, Emelie waited patiently, anticipating his recovery.

“Now he’s back, but she never lost hope,” said her mom.

Emelie is hoping to get a college scholarship to continue riding, but if a school she likes doesn’t offer it, that

won’t affect her decision to apply.Although her plan is to become

a neurosurgeon someday, Emelie always wants to continue riding.

“I love the interaction with the horses and getting to know them,” she said. “When I’m standing in the ring waiting for my turn, my heart always flutters. It’s nerve-racking sometimes, but once I step in the ring it all goes away — I just focus.”

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Emelie Burgess, of Wethersfield, recently took First Place in the National Interscholastic Equestrian Open Championship, in Syracuse, N.Y. She was also named Leading Hunt Seat Rider of the Year. She was also featured in Sports Illustrated’s “Face in the Crowd” feature.

Autopsy inconclusive in student’s deathFARMINGTON (AP) — An autopsy on the

dismembered remains of an Eastern Connecticut State University student has failed to reveal how she was killed.

The state medical examiner’s office on Tuesday listed the cause of death for 20-year-old Alyssiah Wiley as “undetermined.”

Wiley’s partial remains were found on May 17 in a wooded area in Trumbull, about a mile from

the Bridgeport home of her longtime boyfriend, Jermaine Richards.

State police said the remains had been cut by a human using a sharp tool.

The 30-year-old Richards has been charged with murder. He is due back in court on June 25.

Wiley, a sophomore, was last seen alive on April 20 near the campus in Willimantic.

Friday, May 31, 2013 | 3WETHERSFIELD POST Local News

Wethersfield voted among top 10 Connecticut townsIsn’t it a little ironic that Wethersfield

— the same town where General George Washington planned the end of the Revolutionary War in 1781 — was voted among the top 10 “Still Revolutionary” towns in Connecticut?

Although overall winner of the Connecticut Office of Tourism contest was Niantic, Wethersfield still received some of the most votes and Town Planner Peter Gillespie estimates it came in at around number nine.

“I think we certainly have tried to take advantage of the tourism office’s ‘Still Revolutionary’ campaign given the history that occurred here during the Revolution,” he said.

Washington is said to have stayed in the Joseph Webb House on Main Street during his deliberations with the French Commander in Chief, the Count de Rochambeau, to plan the Battle of Yorktown, which marked the end of the Revolutionary War.

The house is now owned by the Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum, who welcomes in thousands of visitors yearly to its three historic properties in the village.

It’s just one of many historical attrac-tions that draw tourists in to town, along with the Wethersfield Cove and other landmarks.

“There are a lot of things residents are proud of,” Gillespie added. “When people think of Wethersfield they tend to think of Old Wethersfield — the historic dis-trict, museums.”

Town officials, including the Wethersfield Chamber of Commerce, began a Facebook campaign earlier this year to encourage residents to vote for the town.

Niantic, the winning town, will be featured in a promotional video online and across the Office of Tourism’s social channels, highlighting its unique and innovative qualities. Niantic will also be featured in the 2014 Connecticut Visitor’s Guide and receive widespread public relations and social support, along with bragging rights for all of 2013.

But there may be another contest next year, according to state officials, so Wethersfield has another chance at the top spot.

“I think its quite an honor anyway,” said Mayor Donna Hemmann, who lives in Old Wethersfield.

The eight other runners-up were Mystic, New Haven, Putnam, Old Saybrook, Essex, Hartford, New London and Wallingford.



The Wethersfield Cove (above), The Solomon Welles House (bottom center), The Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum (bottom left), and a number of other historic locations were among the at-tractions officials said led to Wethersfield being voted among the top 10 towns in Connecticut, according to a recent poll conducted by the state Office of Tourism.

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the walk, then their interest is peaked as leaders point out the variety of wildlife that frequents the Beaver Brook area.

“One of the neat things about nature is it’s different every time you come, depending on the sea-son, the weather or luck you get to spot something different,” said Woodworth, who counted a total of 25 turtles in the pond off of the trail this past weekend.

He also spotted a woodchuck, a muskrat, and a big snapping turtle. This weekend he’s hoping a few red-tailed hawks might even show their stuff.

The Central CT Health District’s A.C.H.I.E.V.E. coali-tion has partnered with local environmentalists like the GMCT. to sponsor Trails Day events in their four towns, which includes Wethersfield.

“We received a grant from the CT Cancer Partnership and the CT Department of Public Health to look at policy change that would positively affect the health outcomes of our residents by addressing physical activity, nutrition, and tobacco use,” said Paul Hutcheon, CCHD Director of Health. “We plan on this being a sustainable event in our commu-nities.” he added.

The $50,000 in grant fund-ing has been implemented over

the last two years in a variety of capacities. Residents may remem-ber CCHD hosting gardening and cooking classes this year, and those who use the town’s food pantry will find some new items on the shelves very soon.

“We’re having farmers donate their produce to the towns’ food banks so lower-income folks get access to fresh fruits and vegetables, which aren’t always affordable,” explained Hilary Norcia, commu-

nity health coordinator, who is to secure more funding to continue these efforts well into the future.

Facilitating this weekend’s outdoor fun is a simple way for the CCHD to improve residents’ health.

“We just want to promote healthy activity and getting fami-lies together to walk and we want to make people aware of the trails in their towns because a lot of peo-ple don’t know they exist,” Norcia added.

Above, the last surviving founder of the Great Meadows Conservation Trust, Joe Hickey, a Wethersfield resident.

Erica Schmitt | StaffWethersfield will host a number of events meant to spark children’s interest in nature this weekend in recognition of Connecticut Trails Weekend.

Saturday, June 1: 9 a.m.-noon: Nature walk at the Connecticut River flood-plain, meet at 100 Great Meadows Road, in the Putnam Park parking lot.10:30-11:30 a.m. or 1-2 p.m.- Family fun at the Wood Parcel, 160 Middletown Ave.Sunday, June 2, 9 a.m. to noon: Historical 15-mile bike ride on Old Wethersfield’s Heritage Trail, beginning at Wethersfield Cove, to Rocky Hill’s Ferry Landing and back.For details on all of the Trails Day Weekend hikes and walks use the link found on the Connecticut Forest and Park Association web site, http://ctwoodlands.org/CT-TrailsDay-Weekend2013 or contact Jim Woodworth at [email protected].

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CT Trails Weekend aims to encourage health, love of nature Continued from Page 1

Advocates say nearly 85,000 will see cuts in food stamp eligibility, benefits

Dolores Yevich of Orange had no problem paying for food until her husband died in February.

Then the household income sup-plied by two Social Security checks shrunk to one Social Security check.

“I was desperate because I was destitute,” Yevich said.

Yevich, 70, applied for to the Supplemental Assistance Nutrition Program, a federal program com-monly known as food stamps.

Now she receives $174 a month in SNAP benefits to help stock her pantry.

But the food stamp program, a favorite of farmers and anti-hunger advocates, has never come under so much fire in Congress. The heated debate over the program is expected to continue when lawmakers return from their Memorial Day break next

week.But it’s almost certain benefits will

shrink as well as the roster of those eligible for the program.

Mary Parizo of End Hunger Connecticut! predicts 85,000 SNAP recipients will see their benefits cut or will lose them entirely.

Yevich said she’s a “good shopper” who hunts for bargains. But if her SNAP benefits shrinks or disappears “then I’ll end up not eating healthy foods.” Nutrition programs like SNAP account for the lion’s share of the farm bill under consideration in the House and Senate. That makes them an appealing target for budget cutters.

In addition, the number of Americans on food stamps has dou-bled since the recession began in the fall of 2008 –- and the cost of the program has more than doubled to nearly $80 billion.

At the end the end of 2007, there were 26.5 million Americans ben-efitting from the SNAP program. In February of this year, that number was 47.6 million.

Connecticut experienced a similar surge.

According to the Connecticut Department of Social Services, at the beginning of 2008 about 250,000 Connecticut residents participated in SNAP. More than 410,000 did at the end of last year.

SNAP “has come under attack and I believe that’s because partici-pation has increased in the last two years,” Parizo said.

Numbers have dropped a little this year, a sign of the economy’s recovery.

But food costs are increasing, making it harder for low-income people to buy groceries, especially those who aren’t poor enough to

qualify for SNAP.According to the Consumer Price

Index, the inflation rate has been around 2 percent annually for the past several years. But the cost of food has been rising at more than double that rate, between 3 percent and 5.5 percent a year.

Yet Congress is under pressure to cut billions from the farm bill, which will set spending levels for all farm and nutrition programs for the next five years.

The Senate farm bill would cut $4 billion from SNAP over the next decade. The Senate also voted unan-imously last week to bar convicted felons from the program.

Meanwhile, House farm bill negotiators approved $20.5 billion in cuts to SNAP over the next 10 years. That would push nearly two million people from the program, according to The Center on Budget

and Policy Priorities.“The House bill is a disaster,” said

Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-3rd District, a champion of food programs. “This is certainly going to be a fight, a big fight.” There’s another threat to the program. Money in the stimulus bill that increased the average monthly benefit by about $60 will run out on Nov. 1.

Mary Ingarra, spokeswoman for the Connecticut Food Bank, said food stamps cuts “could not come at a worse time.” “We keep hearing the economy is improving but it’s not for people who are suffering from hunger,” she said.

This story originally appeared at CTMirror.org, the website of The Connecticut Mirror, an independent nonprofit news organization covering government, politics and public policy in the state.

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Friday, May 31, 2013 | 5WETHERSFIELD POST Local NewsRocky Hill residents among 11 inducted into Northwest Catholic Tri-M Music Honor Society

Rocky Hill residents Justin Drisdelle ’15 and Adam Vancisin ’15 were among the 11 students inducted into the Northwest Catholic chapter of the Tri-M Music Honor Society on May 22nd. Daniel Kowalczyk ’11, the first presi-dent of Tri-M at Northwest Catholic, was the guest speaker.

To be invited into member-ship in Tri-M, students must maintain a 3.5 grade-point average, be nominated by their peers, and demonstrate pro-ficiency on their instrument or with their voice. Students should excel in music, and are required to give at least ten hours of service to the commu-nity each year.

Kowalczyk spoke about the role music has played in his life. He said his involvement in the music program at Northwest Catholic “was the greatest deci-sion I could have made at the time.” Daniel added that music “shaped me into a person I would never want to change.” From left, Tri-M inductees Justin Drisdelle Class of 2015 (left) and Adam Vancisin Class of 2015.

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The American Diabetes Association will host a Family Link program Saturday, June 15, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Dinosaur State Park, 400 West St., Rocky Hill. This is a great way for parents and children to meet others who share the same concerns while having fun. The park does have an exhibit area filled with many activities — note there is a small fee to enter the exhibit area. Our group will meet outside in the picnic area. Families may wish to pack a picnic lunch and spend the afternoon the park.

Everyone is welcome to join us; kids can bring their best friends — grandparents and other caregivers are encouraged to attend as well. The program is free but pre-regis-tration is required.

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Sitting in the third row of chairs were five of the seven Meisterling brothers, whose dairy farm is on France Street.

“We’re hanging onto it as long as we can,” said Adam Mesiterling, who is uncertain if any of his or his brothers’ kids will decide to take on the tough work of running the farm someday.

“We certainly hope they will,” he said.

His France Street neighbors, Edward Backiel and his sister Joan Bryck, were sitting right behind them, there to gather information about preserving their own land — the 200-acre Riverside Farm.

“We were offered about 8 million for the farm and we’re looking to see if the town will give us half of that,” Backiel explained.

The Hintz Family Farm, located on the Rocky Hill-Cromwell town line, has been on the market for more than four years. Owner Art Hintz, 55, would rather the town purchase development rights to the farm to ensure its use remains agri-cultural, instead of selling it to a developer. He’s got a few broth-

ers living on the west coast and is considering joining them in his retirement.

Hintz brought his mother Dorothy to Tuesday night’s meet-ing, who married into the Hintz family in 1943 and worked the farm for years.

“I remember milking cows there back then,” she said Tuesday.

Tony Straska, who owns Pierczyk-Straska Farms on Rt. 160, is hesitant to sell his land “in one shot” because of how much of a dent tax deduc-tions might make in his profit.

He thinks selling it in install-ments would lessen the amount taken out by taxes.

“Between state and federal tax if you sell over $1 million, they take between 60 and 65 percent,” explained Straska, who said he wasn’t planning on being at the forum too long Tuesday evening because “it’s planting season.”

To learn about the opportunities for farmland conservation, con-tact the Connecticut field office of American Farmland Trust at (860) 683-4230 or visit farmland.org/Connecticut.


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Kristina Tougas and Bryant Molloy were honored on May 5 by the Connecticut Association of Schools and Con-necticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference as the 2013 Scholar-Athletes of Wethersfield High School. The award is given in recognition of excellence achieved both in academics and athletics. This year, Kristina was co-captain of the Girls’ Swim Team and Bryant was co-captain of the Boys’ Basketball Team and they are the valedictorian and salutatorian of the WHS Class of 2013.

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Man sentenced to 6 years for gun, drugs found during Wethersfield traffic stop

A Hartford man was sentenced to six years in prison Tuesday on charges a Wethersfield police officer found a loaded gun and two pounds of marijuana in his car during a routine traffic stop last year.

Isreal Olmeda, 23, of Hartford, was pulled over on Dec. 29 on the Berlin Turnpike after a Wethersfield officer noticed he had no driver’s side mirror and a license plate viola-tion, New Britain Superior Court prosecutor Helen McLellan said.

The officer found two pounds of marijuana and a loaded .38 caliber handgun in the car, she said.

Olmeda had never been in seri-ous trouble before he turned 23, his attorney William Gerace said.

He had held legitimate jobs and was a father and could be “a real citizen” if he turned his life around, Gerace added.

Olmeda was on probation for a previous weapons-related convic-tion, New Britain Superior Court Judge Hillary Strackbein said. “Getting a new charge of guns and drugs is something society can not tolerate,” she said as she sen-tenced Olmeda to six years in prison followed by three years special pro-bation.

“You are a parent, you’re supposed to be a role model,” she said. “Drugs and guns are a deadly combination.”

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Another home is a late 18th century colonial home on Main Street, originally the home of Capt. Francis Bulkley, his wife Elizabeth and their sons. The present owners have furnished the home with antiques such as an original Peter Blinn sunflower chest, two Wethersfield highboys and a sideboard that once belonged to Wethersfield’s Colonel John Chester of Revolutionary War fame. The oldest home on the tour is the Waddams-Dickinson House, ca 1720. Built into the side of a hill, the home looks like a classic Colonial style house from the front, but a single story gambrel roof Cape from the back. It features three bake ovens, including one of the earliest types located in the

back of the fireplace. The kitchen was redone in 2010, and, while it is a modern space, its style is in keeping with the feel of a Colonial home. The House Tour Committee, chaired by Dorene Ciarcia, has been at work since last fall selecting homes for the tour. The tour book, which all visitors will receive as their ticket, will have brief backgrounds on the houses and insight into the renovations and restorations they have undergone. In addition, guides in each of the rooms on display may provide specific information on that home’s special features. There will be a Tour Boutique in the restored carriage house of the historic Silas Robbins House at 185 Broad Street from 10am-4pm on tour day. The boutique will also be open from Friday-Sunday that weekend. The Wethersfield Academy of the Arts at 413 Hartford Avenue will be open for visitors that day as well. The house tour will be held rain or shine and is not recommended for children under 12. For more information on ticket purchase, call the Wethersfield Historical Society at 860.529.7656 or visit the web site: www.wethhist.org. Wethersfield Historical Society is a membership-supported private non-profit organization offering year-round educational and preservation programs to the public.

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Animal therapy bill aims to help victims of tragediesHouse Bill 6465, which passed

May 9, calls for creation of a state animal-assisted therapy response team by 2014 to assist children in the event of tragedies like the Newtown shooting.

The bill, drafted by Democratic state Rep. Diana Urban of Stonington, was developed in response to prob-lems animal-therapy groups faced in attempting to aid survivors of Sandy Hook. It goes next to the state senate.

Kate Nicoll, founder of the non-profit animal-assisted therapy group Soul Friends, said state resources weren’t utilized to their full potential in Newtown.

Urban said she has long been a proponent of using animals to assist children with trauma. “Children have a natural affinity to animals, and animal-assisted therapy makes use of that bond,” she said.

“A trained handler and animal are brought in to visit the child. The child can hug, pet, and speak to the animal about their feelings without pressure, and it will listen to them and show them love. With this bill, DCF (Department of Children and Families) would deploy an animal-

therapy team along with a social worker in the event of, God forbid, another tragedy like Newtown.”

Nicholl explained that “we had a wealth of knowledge and expertise available to provide assistance to the children and families of Newtown. We had a list of 295 volunteers ready to help, but we wanted to go through the official channels. We didn’t want to just arrive on the scene. Instead, it was handled by groups that came in from out of state. That’s why we wanted to institute a system for coordinating a statewide response and establishing training protocols for registered therapy animal teams in state.”

The bill was drawn in response to Newtown, but it would not be restricted to aiding children. It would ease the way for local animal therapy groups to assist anyone — child or adult — in times of crisis.

Sandy Lok, president of the non-profit animal-assisted therapy group Tails of Joy, said she became a sup-porter of the bill after animal-therapy organizations struggled to assist in Newtown.

“At first I just didn’t feel it was necessary,” she said. “However, after the Sandy Hook tragedy, I received

communications from a number or organizations struggling to make contact. I came to recognize there was a need for a coordinated state effort. Rep. Urban was kind enough to meet with me a few times. I pro-vided her materials to help re-word the bill so that it included all animal therapy teams who were properly

trained.”Urban urges people to call their

senators to help get it passed.“Tell them we want our own ther-

apy team,” she said. “The more they know the closer it comes to passing.”

For more information on Soul Friends, visit http://soul-friends.org

or call Kate Nicoll at (203) 510-6926For more information on Tails of

Joy, visit http://www.tailsofjoy.org or call Sandy Lok at (860) 646-2460.

Brian M. Johnson can be reached at 860-225-4601, ext 216, or [email protected].

By BRIAN M. JOHNSONCORRESPONDENT

Kate Nicoll and Bear, her 10-year-old corgi-shepherd mix therapy dog. At right, State Rep. Diana Urban, D-Stonington, and her dog, Indiana Jones.

Ginger, Nutmeg and Sandi Lok of Tails of Joy with Adele Martin at Mulberry Gardens at Marian Heights Adult Day Care Center, Southington.

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Connecticut lagging behind in using aid for Storm SandyAs Connecticut’s shoreline con-

tinues to struggle after Superstorm Sandy pummeled it seven months ago, tens of millions of dollars in federal assistance the state is eligible for has not reached those who need it.

Some of the delay can be attributed to Congress, which took months to approve Sandy aid. Some is due to the routine bureaucracy of the federal gov-ernment. But some of the lag is unique to Connecticut, which has not yet decided how it will spend any of the money it was awarded from a key part of the Sandy relief bill Congress passed in January.

The federal Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), which will allocate $16 billion of the money from the relief bill, has so far announced $72 mil-lion for Connecticut. Nearly four months after that announcement, the state has yet to submit its plan for using that money, which must then be approved by HUD.

“It’s enormously frustrating,” said state Rep. Diana Urban, D-North Stonington. “Listen, if we don’t get this money on the street, I don’t care how much you say there is, I don’t care how much you say you want to help. Wanting isn’t getting it there.” State officials say they will meet the deadline for

submitting a plan, which is June 11. But New York City, New York state and New Jersey submitted theirs months ago, and homeown-ers there are already applying for the billions of dollars in assistance.

“Obviously, we seem to be a little bit behind the curve up here,” said Mark Barnhart, direc-tor of economic development in Fairfield. “I don’t know why that is.” In the town’s beachfront neighborhood, the telltale signs of storm damage -– large dumpsters and storage pods -– are in almost every driveway or backyard. Many homes are marked for demolition or have already become empty lots.

More than 1,300 homeown-ers in Fairfield suffered enough flood damage to register with the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and nearly 900 of those still have “unmet needs,” which means money from FEMA won’t cover enough of their expenses. Many of them are also still wait-ing for that money and fighting with their insurance companies, Barnhart said.

For them, the possibility of even just a few thousand dollars of the $72 million in federal assistance could be crucial. Barnhart said he knows of dozens of families in the Fairfield beach neighborhood who are staying with family or even in motels, waiting to return

to their homes.The story is very much the

same in the neighboring town of Milford, where 1,070 people registered with FEMA and 646 of them are estimated to have “unmet needs.” Tom Ivers, a Milford official, said that number is likely too low.

Waiting for the state to fig-ure out how to administer the Sandy relief money, he said, is “very costly. For every month that goes by, that’s another month’s rent that somebody’s got to find the money to pay…it’s just tre-mendously frustrating.” The state Department of Housing, which is administering the funds, has said it expects to use $56 mil-lion to give grants to owners of single- and multi-family homes to repair storm damage and raise their properties out of the flood-plain. Some $4 million will help small businesses, $2.2 million will go toward repairing public facili-ties, and $6 million will be used for administration and planning.

But the agency has provided few other details beyond that. It must submit a more formal, detailed “action plan” to the fed-eral government before the money begins to flow and homeowners can apply for assistance.

The Department of Housing’s commissioner, Evonne Klein, said she expects homeowners to be

able to apply starting this summer. Still, the agency says it will need 10-15 durational employees to help administer the funds, but has not yet posted any hiring notices.

Klein began working as com-missioner a few weeks ago.

“This was something that, when I walked into the job, I didn’t know would be part of at the time,” she said, referring to the Sandy relief money. She added, “I’m the only employee in the Department of Housing so far.” The agency is racing to complete its action plan in time. It has not yet taken the required step of releasing a draft to the public for a seven-day public comment period. The final draft is due June 11.

Ivers said it’s hard to believe that the state will have any time to incorporate any of the comments into the final plan. But, he said, “I’d rather deal with that than go another week.” Klein and other state officials insist there is no delay in preparing their plan for the Sandy relief money, despite the fact that New York state, New York City and New Jersey are already beginning to administer their own funds.

“Connecticut was in a very dif-ferent position than New York and New Jersey,” said Andrew Doba, spokesman for Gov. Dannel Malloy.

Not a ‘focal point’ For those

states, Sandy was a “focal point,” Doba said. “But for us, it wasn’t. It wasn’t as bad here.” Local offi-cials disagree. They say they are clamoring for help, not just for homeowners who suffered dam-age and want to protect their houses against future storms, but also for their own infrastructure.

They hoped the Sandy relief dollars would also help repair beaches and coastline infra-structure, and to protect critical structures, like sewer treatment plants, power plants and public housing complexes, from future storms.

Norwalk, Stamford and Bridgeport need hundreds of mil-lions of dollars to either raise public housing on the waterfront or move the complexes out of the floodplain altogether. Bridgeport alone asked for $50 million of the Sandy relief dollars to relocate one of its complexes which suffered significant damage during Sandy and Irene the year before.

In Stonington, as legislator Urban said, “We had significant structural homes to a lot of homes and a lot of businesses. We definitely got slammed.” Urban speculated that the delay in Connecticut’s plan for the money may have something to do with other matters that have been pressing for the governor and the legislature, including gun control and the budget deficit. But that makes quick administration of federal dollars even more impor-tant for the state, she said.

“The state is strapped. You know what’s going on with our budget … we are waiting on that money.”

This story originally appeared at CTMirror.org, the website of The Connecticut Mirror, an independent nonprofit news organization cover-ing government, politics and public policy in the state.

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The push and pull of immigration politics played out over a marathon House session that began Wednesday with bipartisan consensus on one bill and ended Thursday in partisan rancor on another.

In a vote likely to reverberate in the 2014 races for governor and General Assembly, the House voted 74-55 after sunrise Thursday for a bill allowing people in the country illegally to obtain a Connecticut driver’s license, beginning Jan. 1, 2015.

The same legislators began their workday a little after noon Wednesday with a 132-0 vote for a bill that limits the circumstances under which state and local law enforcement officers can detain illegal immigrants for deportation.

“The bookends of the day tell a very different story,” said House Minority Leader Lawrence F. Cafero Jr., R-Norwalk.

Democrats led by Rep. Gary Holder-Winfield, D-New Haven, worked with the GOP on the detainer bill, but Cafero said Democrats prematurely dissolved a biparti-san working group on the driver’s licenses and forced a vote calculated to reinforce the Democratic Party’s support among Latino vot-ers.

Both bills now go to the Senate, where Democrats hold a 22-14 advantage. If passed, Connecticut would join a handful of states to

provide driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants. Colorado passed a similar bill two weeks ago.

“It’s been a long, exciting, but tiring day,” said Ana Maria Rivera, a legal and policy analyst at Junta for Progressive Action in New Haven, part of the Connecticut Immigrant Rights Alliance. At 5 a.m., she was one of seven spec-tators in the House gallery, six of whom were awake.

Debate began at 10:10 p.m. Wednesday and concluded at 5:48 a.m. Thursday.

Rep. Juan Candelaria, D-New Haven, who was the lead sponsor of the legislation, said the bill would improve pubic safety by allowing illegal immigrants to drive legally and with insurance.

The nonpartisan Office of Legislative Research estimates that 54,000 immigrants would obtain licenses under the bill over the next three years.

Applicants would have to prove identity with a passport, consular identification or other document and show that they had been living in Connecticut for at least 90 days. The bill would establish a working group to examine methods to verify foreign documents.

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said last month he supports the bill as a matter of public safety.

“I want every driver in the state of Connecticut to prove that they are a safe driver, regardless of where they came from. You are visiting from Australia for an extended amount

of time, you should get a license,” Malloy said. “Why even ask where someone is coming from? I don’t feel obligated to do that.” Eleven of the General Assembly’s dozen Hispanic legislators sponsored the bill. The exception was Sen. Art Linares Jr. of Westbrook, the only Republican in the group.

Republicans complained that House Democrats abruptly scheduled the debate at the urging of Democratic State Chairwoman Nancy DiNardo and the party’s executive director, former state Sen. Jonathan Harris.

“So all of a sudden this went from being a policy debate to a political debate,” Cafero told reporters.

“Total fiction, based on nothing,” House Speaker J. Brendan Sharkey, D-Hamden, said of Cafero’s charge of political interference by DiNardo and Harris.

The bill was supported by the Service Employees International Union. An SEIU affiliate, 32BJ, represents many contract janitors from overseas. Some of their members work the overnight shift cleaning the State Capitol.

“We’re a union of immigrants, low-wage workers, service workres, janitors and nursing home workers, school bus drivers, and they all have family and friends and are close to an issue like this,” said Paul Filson, the political director of SEIU. “There are a lot of folks who care about this issue.” Cafero said Republicans care, too. But he said Democrats rushed passage,

rejecting a GOP proposal to conduct a study, then prepare a bill for action in 2014 — still faster than the effective date of Jan. 1, 2015, in the Democratic bill.

“There is a fundamental philosophical dif-ference between the proponents of the bill and the opponents,” Sharkey said. “We’re com-mitted to do it. Republicans want to study it. They are not committed to doing it.” Nine Democrats joined 46 Republicans in opposi-tion. Fifteen Democrats and six Republicans did not vote.

The 74 votes in favor were less than a major-ity of the House, which has 150 members and one open seat. But with only 129 members present, passage required only 65 votes.

GOP displeasure over the late-night debate was expressed in a one-sided political talk fest. Speakers peppered Candelaria with questions, trying to demonstrate the bill’s weaknesses as they stretched out the debate.

Others made objections heard in any debate over whether to extend some rights and privi-leges of citizenship to those without legal status.

“We are unfairly rewarding folks who don’t necessarily deseve it,” said Rep. Robert Sampson, R-Wolcott.

This story originally appeared at CTMirror.org, the website of The Connecticut Mirror, an inde-pendent nonprofit news organization covering government, politics and public policy in the state.

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$43.8B Malloy budget has no new taxes

HARTFORD — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy said Tuesday he and legislative leaders have agreed to an outline for a state budget that does not impose new taxes but may extend taxes that are set to expire.

“There’s still work to be done in the next day or so but we’re going to have a budget,” Malloy told report-ers. The legislative session is set to end on June 5.

Malloy’s two-year spend-ing proposal and a plan approved by the Democratic-controlled Appropriations Committee were about $43.8 billion, up about 9 percent. The Appropriations Committee plan would increase total net spending by $49 million beyond the governor’s proposal.

Malloy said the budget does not increase taxes, fulfilling a prom-ise he made after pushing through increases in the state income and sales taxes in his first year in office in 2011.

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extend certain taxes set to expire this year. Those taxes would be imposed on power plants, based on kilowatt hours of power generated, and a surcharge on the corpora-tion tax.

“That is entirely possible, yes, but we are not increasing taxes or creat-ing new taxes,” he said.

A key business lobbyist sees no difference between increased taxes and extended taxes.

“Anyway you call it, it’s still a tax on businesses,” said Joe Brennan of the Connecticut Business and Industry Association, the state’s largest business organization.

The corporation tax, which is expected to generate about $721 million in revenue, includes a 20 percent surcharge.

Brennan said he hopes nego-tiations in the last eight days of the legislative session will lead to cost-cutting rather than higher taxes that will dampen a weak economic recovery and stubbornly high unemployment, which was 8 percent in April.

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Massachusetts and Rhode Island also have criticized the tax on gen-erating electricity, saying it will add to the burden of New England ratepayers.

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A trust fund should be estab-lished to ensure the upkeep and safety of the nation’s rail system, U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal said Wednesday, labeling the recent derailment in Connecticut and other accidents a call to action.

Blumenthal, fellow Sen. Chris Murphy, U.S. Rep. Jim Himes and Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch appeared at news conference Wednesday in response to the May 17 accident near the city that injured more than 70 people on two commuter trains.

Blumenthal said the Connecticut crash, a derailment near Baltimore on Tuesday and other accidents point out the need for a fund, which he said would similar to those already in place for highway construction and the dredging of ports.

“Lack of public trust and con-fidence in safety and reliability threaten to undermine the entire rail system,” Blumenthal said.

The National Transportation Safety Board has ruled out foul play in the Connecticut acci-dent, which occurred on the New Haven line of Metro-North, a rail service used by tens of thou-sands of commuters north of New York City.

The NTSB has said that a cracked joint bar, used to hold two sections of rail together, had been repaired last month and that rail sections in the area of the derailment have been shipped to Washington for further exami-nation.

Adam Lisberg, a Metropolitan Transit Authority spokesman, said the joint bar was replaced. Metro-North is conducting an inspection and inventory of all the joint bars on its main tracks, said NTSB, which is continuing to investigate the derailment.

Authorities also are looking into a fatal accident on the same line Tuesday, when a Metro-North foreman was struck and killed by a train at a station under construction in West Haven.

“The safety of our custom-ers and our employees is the highest priority for Metro-North Railroad,” the railroad said in a statement Wednesday.

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Grade 9: Alexander Bartis, Mia Bell, Gabrielle Bielak, Zachary Birdsall, Valentina Birritta, Andrea Bucknam, Summer Budaj, Lorenzo Burgos, Matthew Burwell, Dilan Cabral, Rachel Caruk, Alexandria Casertano, Veronica Catricala, Lillian Ciarletto, Samuel Cook, Austin Cronkhite, Leiah Cutkomp, David Dale, Abigail Davis, Christina DeAngelo, Alyssa DiFiore, Zoe Direnzo, Carter Dizes, Stephanie Emmanuel, Megan Fabi, Christina Faienza, Rosmarie Faienza, Kristina Feliciano, Pierre Franklin, Barbara Freitas, Kacey Friedman, Dareca Garib, Kasey Gilbert, Brenden Griffith, Peter Hahn, Destini Hall, Rebecca Hine, Megan Hoisl, Andrew Hrdy, Roxanne Jacobs, Jacob Johnson, Laura Kelly, Leonie Koellmer, Hazim Korkutovic, Katherine Lamberti, Amanda Lamore, Paige Landers, William Lank, Caroline Logozzo, Anthony Machado, Jack Malizia, Toryn Malone, Julia Martin, Melissa Matarazzo, Anna Mayo, Matthew McAlister, Cameron Molloy, Abigale Monasterial, Emily Moody, Connie Nguyen, Grace Nichols, Agnes Ning, Madelyn O’Connor, Hailey Olesen, Hayley Orkins, Bhavya Patel, Kishan Patel, Carissa Peckrul, Navarre Pratt, Charles Renaud, Jordan Rivera, Gabriela Rizzo-Velez, Delia Rondinelli, Yoselin Rosales, Ajani Sampson, Daniel Sanni-Thomas, Venezio Santoro, Jessie Sanzo, Daniel Schroeder, Caroline Schryver, Taylor Scutari, Christopher Shimwell, Brianna Shive, Olesya Shturypita, Diana Sitnik, Jacob Skowronek, James Slayton, Joseph Sottile, Troy Stegman, Maura Stickley, Meaghan Szilagyi, Rongwei Tan, Mikayla Toce, Madeline Turcotte, Riggs Unajan, Gianmarco Venditti, Allison Weed, Richard Williams, Karol Wroblewski, Maya Yurko

Grade 10: Lucas Amestoy, Shayla Bailey, Christina Bobbitt, Julia Buyak, Pasquale Cannata, Alessandro Capossela, Chelsea Carilli, Kasandra Castillo, Brookelyn Cornelio, Emily Derick, Alyssa DeRocher, Echevarria Diaz, Nicole DiLoreto, Jennifer Elmasllari, Ruth Eragene, Caroline Even, Jordan Everett, Andrew Forgetta, Jason Gallo, Solomiya Golovatska, Daniel Gwozdz, Merisa Hamidovic, Dennis Harrington, Abigail Huntington,

Joseph Iallonardo, Christopher Jablonka, Stanislav Kamenytskiy, Marko Kaurin, Chloe Knapp, Esmeralda Korkutovic, Morgan Krom, Jaime Lacus, Hoang Lam, Evan Laske, Anthony Libera, Kayla Litke, James Malizia, Yianni Mantziaris, Samantha Martin, Patrick Mozzicato, Michael Orsini, Alexandra Paulakos, Ashley Perez, Anthony Portonova, Matthew Schuberth, Nicole Silva, Brittany Sitler, Wojciech Skowronek, Kevin Smith, Liam Stickley, Sulman Tanveer, Christopher Tawrel, Gage Turcotte, Matthew Turcotte, Jeremy Vargas, Gauri Verma, Joseph Wallowitz, Gloria Zhu

Grade 11: Michael Albino, Alvi Aliaj, Aurora Amadeo, Alexander Ambrose, Demi Arroyo, Samuel Baldwin, Emily Ballard, Stephen Ballard, Kassandrah Banks, Michael Barry, Jr Bielak, Timothy Braren, Danielle Bromberg, Faith Burnett, Taylor Buysse, Daniel Camilliere, Sierra Chandler, Mark Cloutier, Alexandra Comeau, Gregory Corning, Brittney Dalkowski, Lukasz Dawidziuk, Thomas DeAngelo, Rachel DiNatalie, Rosa Dubnansky, Sidney Eragene, Teaghan Fallon, Kiran Fatima, Tatiana Feliciano, Lauren Glendon, Kaitlin Glynn, Benjamin Goldman, Margaret Gornicz, Rachel Hansen, Brendan Hickey, Dmytri Johnson, Connor Jones, Benjamin Kaminski, Kenneth Kaminski, Christopher Klepinger, Philip Ky, Andrew Lucibella, Sabrina Maldonado, Analissa Mandile, Kelly McDonald, Paige McDunnah, Nicholas Munroe, John Murphy, Elizabeth Neilan, Jacob Nicoletti, Matthew Nicoletti, Ryan Nowak, Daniela Ospina, Lukas Pearson, Joel Perez, Kristany Perez, Jamie Piscitello, Filiza Preniqi, Daria Repoli, Amelia Roberts, Ashley Robles, Katelyn Rutty, Alexandra Saharek, Briana Santana, Tsampika-Kitsa Savvis, Manuel Silva, Kara Sitnik, Geoffrey Skowronek, Zacarias Slater, Christina Slayton, Jenna Snide, Samuel Solberg, Helen Stec, Gabriella Stefano, Brendan Stewart, Kelsey Sullivan, Zane Tatro, David Thomas, Joshua Torres, Cindy Trinh, Nopell Wong, Jozef Wroblewski, Sebastian Wroblewski, Jason Yanaros,

Grade 12:, Brandon Adamowicz, Patrick Adams, Keli Anderson, Cara Balesano, David Beldzinski, Jenna Brown, Justin Caporiccio, Elissa Coleman, Sierra Colon, Abigail

Coogan, Nicholas Cottone, Valerie Crawford, Joanna Cropsey, James Dignoti, Emily Even, Michael Fallon, Amanda Fazzio, Tiffany Flores, Peter Fulton, Danielle Gionfriddo, Brianna Godlewski, Benjamin Grant, Alecia Griffin, Marissa Gulioso, Alexandra Hoffman, Katlyn Hogan, Emma Huntington, Olivia Hurley, Philip Iannucci, Rosa La, Alexander Lojko, Rachel Lombardi, Kyle MacRae, Grace Maluccio, Lindsay Murphy, Daniel Murray, Paige Nichols, Sarah Nicoletti, Natalie Pace, James Peak, Carolyn Polomsky, Kassandra Pugliese, Jason Renaud, Liliana Silva, Brendan Smith, Andrea Spagna, Kristi Spiri, Kristina Tougas, Samantha Walter, Matthew Wilson, Jacob Zapatka

GENERAL HONORS

Grade 9: Alicia Ademi, Alyssa Ajodhi, Natalie Albrecht, Madison Albright, Mediha Alihodzic, Claudia Barone, Briley Bartone, Nicholas Bialka, Mark Blanco, Cassidy Bourassa, Jeffrey Buysse, Nadia Byczko, Elizabeth Byrne, Julian Campbell, Lauren Cardenas, Matthew Cloutier, Matthew Colangelo, Taylor Corazzo, Dionna Davis, Emma Detrick, Donato DiCioccio, Samuel Doffek, Patrick Dowd, David Edwards, Kristina Ercolani, Elizabeth Estifanos, Jacob Figueiredo, David Gagnon, Harris Gallari, Taylor Galusha, Brandon Garcia, Taylor Garrey, Sawyer Gaunt, Ian Gingrave, Emily Gjuzi-Pantaleon, Lewis Glynn, Aleysia Green, Alexis Gwynn, Joshua Halla, Jacob Hickey, Meagan Humphrey, Nick Huynh, Andrew Iannucci, Alex Irizarry, Taylor Jones, Nicholas Kallajian, Redona Karamanaj, Michael Kelly, Scott Kelsey, Jacqueline Klepinger, Ildi Koni, Evan Krol, Alan Ky, Stavon Lassiter, Benjamin Lepo, Amy Lewis, Rachel Llorens, Barbara Lombardo, Adam Lynch, Jessica MacLean, Christopher Manousos, Matthew Marena, Mitchell Marena, Gladys Martinez, Cameron McFarlane, Sydney Mercier, Paulina Migliorati, Tea Morin-Scata, Alexander Morris, Xheni Muco, Natalia Negron, Daniel O’Brien, Rachel Ocasio, Myranda Olwert, Meghan Orkins, Susannah Orzechowski, Julio Peguero, Daniel Purinton, Joseph Rago, Kaeleigh Rakus, Andrew Reardon, Stacy SantaCruz, Amina Siljkovic, Colin Stewart, Luke Surawski, Amina Turkovic,

Colin Tyler, Brian Vieira, Megan Ward, Matthew Wilson, Michelle Yanaros, Maria Zelez, Paul Zocco

Grade 10: Sebastian Amodeo, Zachary Angelucci, Jacob Arcouette, Tristen Banks, Frank Barone, Ana Benic, Gianna Bielenda, Joseph Bocompani, Samantha Bonfiglio, Alexis Bourassa, Anthony Bruno, Monika Buzas, Amanda Clark, Jay Clement, Claire Copeland, Emma Copeland, Gina Cornelio, Samantha Cosme, Andrew Cravero, Brandon Cruz, Jaclin Das, Susan Davis, Tyler Dawkins, Julianna DeBarge, Michael Dikegoros, Andrew Dowd, Thomas Duggan, Dijana Dujmovic, Julie Ercolani, Teresa Feijoo, Luke Feltes, Emily Fote, Madeline Fulton, Kayla Generis, Gabrielle Gionfriddo, Tyler Godlewski, Amina Hamidovic, Briana Haripaul, Zahid Hassan, Zachary Hetherman, Nicholas Hock, Benjamin Hodzic, Lian Hoffman, Jacob Houlihan, Sydney James, Justin Jensen, Brandon Johnson, Leaja Johnson, Kyle Kelley, Megan Kieselback, Katherine Kolaczenko, Emily Lauzon, Alexander Lin, Timothy Linnartz, Kayla Litwinko, Mona Mahmoud, Hope Mathis, Estefania Maya, Taylor Melillo, Joshua Mikoleit, Daniella Minichino, Hannah Morris, Patrick Murphy, Radiyah Mutasim, Jarrod Nelson, Candis Nunez, Dylan O’Hagan, Molly O’Keefe, Michael O’Leary, Laurie Peluso, Christopher Piccione, Andrew Pugliese, Taylor Ramos, Alexia Reyes, Taylor-Jean Rodriguez, Zachary Rosa, Quynasia Rose, Lorenzo Ruglio, Jasmin Sabanovic, David Scales, Gabriella Serrao, Kyle Setzko, Rachel Sharp, Shane Sullivan, Gerard Tessier, Erica Teti, Jessica Thibeault, Lisa Trinh, Shivangi Vansadia, Ashley Vasel, Tate Veley, Cazima Velic, Max Walter

Grade 11: Jaclyn Accarpio, Connor Albrecht, Carlos Almanzar, Griffin Bartone, Elvedin Begzadic, Bianca Bobadilla, Joseph Bodington, Chilonia Box, William Brannigan, Matthew Brothers, Kate Burkell, Emily Buyak, Ryan Byrne, Christopher Candee, Kaelie Caulfield, Heather Ciarletto, Victoria Cipolla, Ethan Clark, Victoria Cormier, Colin Curtin, James D’Elia, John D’Elia, Haley Daniels, Anne Davoren, Rena Dixon, Matthew Dow, Brazos Ebner, Semra Efendic, Jason

El-Hachem, Justin Evans, Shawnee Flores, Olivia Gilbert, Michael Gingrave, Mariah Gonzalez, Marisa Gonzalez, Jessica Goyette, Jessica Gray, Catherine Gutierrez, Kenan Hodzic, Jimmy Huynh, Cassandra Kauffman, Matthew Landrigan, Gina Lanzano, Ksanthipi Lapa, Sara Luiz, James MacGovern, Carlos Maile-Estrella, Hunter Malon, Jordan Manchester, Mario Marena, Nicole Marques, Archely Martinez, Paul Matarazzo, Ryan Melillo, Alexandra Meredith, Katrina Meucci, Jenisse Miranda, Xhesi Morena, Alexander Mullin, Zachary Mullin, Carly Nasatka, Taylor Nyari, Olivia O’Connor, Kamila Orzechowski, Asia Paige, Kayla Parmanand, Stephanie Peterson, Michael Rago, Calin Reeves, Brennan Rhodes, Jamie Sanzo, Giancarlo Serrao, Rachael Sidote, Andrew Silva, David Skau, Rebecca Skowronek, Robert Sollima, Alexander Sommers, Brad Sozanski, Jordan Stephenson, Daysha Stewart, Jessica Tallo, John Tarascio, Jessica Tucker, Nicole Varca, Marisa Vasconcelos, Lindsey Vieweg, Dominik Ziolek, Joseph Zocco

Grade 12: Nathan Arroyo, Robert Bloom, Raymond Brunelle, Jalyn Campbell, Michael Cantin, Miranda Carlone, Thomas Catricala, Molly Cavanaugh, James Cavasino, Hazel Colon, Jeffrey Colon, Vanessa Cunha, Jack Dempsey, Daniel DeVaux, Cristina DiBacco, Patrick Dowd, Patrick Drake, Kevin Drennen, Megan Duffy, Matthew Duggan, Noah Feltes, Brian Fichman, Kellie Fortin, Sara Garrey, Matthew Gerarde, Julissa Gonzalez, Matthew Gwozdz, Kelly Hoisl, Marc Howes, Sara Hubbard, Anna Jensen, Melissa Kemp, Susan Kieselback, Fabio Koellmer, Khrystyna Kukhtyn, Corey Ky, Cassandra Lamarre, Kevin Lamo, Nicholas Laurito, Daniel Leon, Iraklis Mantziaris, Clara Melchreit, Christopher Melendey, Kent Menefee, Bryant Molloy, Alexander Nicki, Luke Niedzielski, Ryan O’Keefe, Harsh Pandya, Lindsay Pederson, Danielle Peruta, Veronica Pita, Aubrey Poisson, Nicolas Pytel, Tyler Raymond, Jake Rodriguez, Juliana Santapaola, Alyssa Santos, Molly Scherban, Gregory Schroeder, Rachel Silva, Brianna Stefano, Mario Suljoti, Jonathan Tedone, James Turcotte, Lucy Ungaro, Melissa Weed, Mary-Jean Yardley, John Zambrello,

WETHERSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL HONOR ROLL


The following hometown resi-dents were awarded degrees during Salve Regina University’s 63rd commencement on Sunday, May 19: Courtney Anna Fleming of Wethersfield was awarded a bach-elor of science degree in Business Administration; Teresa Jean Laurito of Wethersfield was awarded a bach-elor of science degree cum laude in Special Education. Laurito is a member of Delta Epsilon Sigma national scholastic honor society for students of colleges and universities with a Catholic tradition; Christina Lynne Perez of Wethersfield was awarded a bachelor of science degree in Early Childhood Education.

Keene State College has released the Dean’s List for the spring semes-ter 2013. Among the 1,321 students named to the Dean’s List are: Chelsea L. Griswold of Rocky Hill, and Cody James Figueiredo of Wethersfield.

Keene State College has released the Dean’s List for the spring semes-ter 2013. Among the 1,321 students named to the Dean’s List is Cody James Figueiredo of Wethersfield.

Lyndon State College held its

101st Commencement Ceremony under sunny skies on Sunday, May 19. Brian Wilcock of Rocky Hill was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in Recreation Resource & Ski Resort Management; Michael Howard of Rocky Hill was award-ed a Bachelor of Science degree in Television Studies.

On May 20, Lauren Elisabeth Hoisl, a 2009 graduate of Wethersfield High School and daughter of Frank and Elisabeth Hoisl of Wethersfield, graduated Magna Cum Laude from Seton Hall University in New Jersey with a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics with distinction. She has accepted an assignment in the Peace Corps and will be stationed in Mozambique.

The following local residents received student achievement awards at the annual Honors & Awards ceremony at Connecticut College on May 8. Andrew Duarte, a senior at Connecticut College, was awarded the Paul Abel Schwartz Memorial Prize, for excellence in chemistry offered by the late Mrs. Max Epstein ‘20 in memory of her brother, Dr. Paul A. Schwartz of Norwich..

Duarte, a 2009 graduate of Rocky Hill High School, is the son of Teri and Tony Duarte of Rocky Hill.

Maura Hallisey, a senior at Connecticut College, was awarded the Film Studies Theory/Criticism Prize, to a senior film studies major for outstanding achievement in writ-ing film studies theory, history or criticism, the Film Studies Service Award to a senior film studies major for outstanding commitment and service to film studies at Connecticut College. She also received the Holleran Center Activist Scholar Award to a senior for outstanding commitment to social justice and the integration of academic and com-munity learning and the Sociology Department Prize to a graduating senior who has achieved excellence in the major and who, as a consequence, is inducted into Alpha Kappa Delta, the International Sociology Honor Society. Hallisey, a 2009 graduate of Wethersfield High School, is the daughter of Catherine Mohan and Brendan Hallisey of Wethersfield.

Jillian Sandler, a senior at Connecticut College, was awarded the Ruby Turner Morris Prize, to a

senior major for excellence in eco-nomics offered by the economics department in honor of the late Ruby Turner Morris, Lucretia Allyn Professor Emeritus of Economics. Sandler was presented with the award at the annual Honors & Awards cer-emony at Connecticut College on May 8. Sandler is a 2009 graduate of Kingswood-Oxford School.

The following local residents were among 1,340 students from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) named to the university’s Dean’s List for academic excellence for the spring 2013 semester. Ben Franzluebbers of Wethersfield is a senior majoring in chemi-cal engineering; Lindsay Hock of Wethersfield is a junior majoring in biomedical engineering; Nicholas Perez of Wethersfield is a sophomore majoring in mechanical engineering.

Nathan Miller, a senior music production major from Wethersfield, has been named to the spring Dean’s List at Malone University.

Rocky Hill resident Laura Pulcini, a member of the Stonehill College Class of 2013, was inducted into the Beta Alpha Psi Honor Society, Finance Honor Society.

Wethersfield resident Nicole

Dikegoros, a member of the Stonehill College Class of 2014, was inducted into the Upsilon Phi Delta Honor Society, Healthcare Administration Honor Society.

Danielle E. Lindquist of Wethersfield received a BSED in Elementary Education K-6 from the University of Vermont.

Michael Scanlon of Rocky Hill received a Master of Science degree in Secondary Education from Eastern Connecticut State University.

The following area residents received a degree from Quinnipiac University during a commencement ceremony held May 12 at the TD Bank Sports Center.

Vanessa Colon of Wethersfield, Master of Science in Nursing; Melissa DiBacco of Wethersfield, Master of Health Science in Medical Laboratory Sciences; Guy Drapeau of Rocky Hill, Master of Business Administration; Jason Hale of Rocky Hill, Master of Science in Information Technology; Faisal Ijaz of Wethersfield, Master of Science

in Nursing; Nicholas Leonard of Wethersfield, Master of Business Administration; Lauren McGrath of Rocky Hill, Door of Physical Therapy; Courtney Riley of Rocky Hill, Master of Science in Interactive Media; Ryan Tacey of Wethersfield, Master of Science in Information Technology; Marie Tang of Rocky Hill, Master of Arts in Teaching Elementary Education.

Eastern Connecticut State University’s 123rd Commencement took place at the XL Center in Hartford on May 14. In all, 1,256 undergraduates and 41 graduate stu-dents earned their degrees.

Joseph Angelico III graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics. Angelico III is a resident of Wethersfield; Kimberly Carew graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology. Carew is a resident of Wethersfield; Ronald Escalante graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology. Escalante is a resident of Rocky Hill; John Hirsch graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. Hirsch is a resident of Rocky Hill; Kelsey Hutchinson graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Communication. Hutchinson is a resident of Rocky Hill; Russell Jones graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. Jones is a resident of Wethersfield; Clifton LeSure graduated with a Bachelor of General Studies degree in Science. LeSure is a resident of Wethersfield; Brittany Mancini graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Communication. Mancini is a resident of Wethersfield; Rachel Novello graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology. Novello is a resident of Rocky Hill; Kathryn Satagaj graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration. Satagaj is a resident of Rocky Hill; Alicia Saunders graduated with a Bachelor of General Studies degree in Biology. Saunders is a resident of Rocky Hill; Anthony Tallo gradu-ated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Communication. Tallo is a resident of Wethersfield; Michael Varney graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics. Varney is a resident of Rocky Hill; William Villalba graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology. Villalba is a resident of Wethersfield.

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS


SECOND SATURDAY CINEMA: Second Saturday Cinema at Wethersfield Library meets June 8, for a 1:30 p.m. showing of Vincent Minnelli’s 1950 film “Father of the Bride,” starring Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett and Elizabeth Taylor. A father of a young woman deals with the emotional pain of her getting married, and the financial and organizational pain of ar-ranging her wedding. Second Saturday Cinema is free and open to the public. Registration is not required. Light refreshments are provided by the Friends of the Wethersfield Library. For information call the Library at (860) 257-2811, or visit the library.

WETHERSFIELD LIBRARY ADULT SUM-MER READING PROGRAM KICK-OFF WITH GINA BARRECA: The library is pleased to announce that Dr. Gina Bar-reca, professor, writer and humorist, will be the guest speaker at the 2013 Adult Summer Reading Program kick-off. Join us Monday, June 10, at 7 p.m. in Town Hall Council Chambers (adjacent to the library) for a lively and entertaining evening. Barreca is the author of “It’s Not That I’m Bitter: How I Learned to Stop Worrying About Visible Panty Lines and Conquered the World” (St. Martin’s). She has

appeared on 20/20, The Today Show, CNN, the BBC, NPR, Oprah, and Dr. Phil to discuss gender, power, politics, and humor. Gina, whose columns from The Hartford Courant are distrib-uted worldwide, is Professor of English and Feminist Theory at the University of Connecticut. A new member of the Friars’ Club, a “Voices and Visions” honoree of CT Women’s Hall of Fame, winner of UConn’s most distinguished teaching award, Barreca can be found in the Library of Congress or in the make-up aisle of Walgreens. This pro-gram is free of charge. Admission will be by ticket. Registration is required. Registration for Wethersfield residents is limited to four tickets per person. Tickets may be picked up at the library any time. Walk-ins allowed only if space permits. For further information about the kick-off program or to regis-ter check out the Wethersfield Library website at www.wethersfieldlibrary.org, call the Library at (860) 257-2811 or visit us at 515 Silas Deane Hwy.

CHILDREN’S SUMMER READING PROGRAM: Plans are underway at Wethersfield Library for the 2013 Children’s Summer Reading Program. This year’s theme is Dig Into Reading! Read during the summer and receive

prizes. Register in person or register and record your reading online! See flyer for more information. Dig Into Reading! registration begins Monday, June 3. SteveSongs kicks off the Wethersfield Library’s 2013 summer reading program Monday, June 17, at 6:30 p.m. with a fun-filled family evening outdoor concert. This year the concert will be held outside the Pitkin Community Center by the basketball courts. In the event of inclement weather the concert will be held at the Silas Deane Middle School auditorium and tickets will be required. Registra-tion for the kickoff program begins June 3 for Wethersfield residents. Non-residents may register starting June 14. Children must be registered for the Summer Reading Program in order to register for SteveSongs. For information on this and other chil-dren’s programs, visit the library, go to www.wethersfieldlibrary.org/kids.htm or call the Children’s Department at (860) 257-2801.

JUNE COMPUTER CLASSES: The Wethersfield Library will offer two computer classes Monday, June 17. “What’s So Great About Windows 8” meets at 2:30 p.m. Learn the basics of the latest Microsoft operating

system. This class will emphasize Windows 8 versus previous Microsoft operating systems. “Introduction to PowerPoint (2010)” follows at 7 p.m. Learn what a PowerPoint presentation is and how to create one. Learn how to add graphics, music and photos. Learn how to share your presentation on the web and more! On Wednesday, June 19 “Introduction to Computers” meets at 1:30 p.m. Learn the basics about the hardware and operating system of a computer. This is a great class for those new to computers and an excellent refresher course for all others. Then at 3 p.m. “All You Need to Know About Email” meets. Learn how to send, reply and forward email. Also learn about receiving and sending attachments. You do not need to own a computer to have an email account. These classes are conducted in a lec-ture format. Registration is suggested. You may register in person at the Wethersfield Library or by calling the Adult Services Information Desk at (860) 257-2811. You may also email registrations to [email protected].

TUESDAY NIGHT MOVIE: Join us Tues-day, June 18 at 6:30 p.m. at the li-brary for a free showing of “Argo” star-

ring Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston and Alan Arkin. Directed by Ben Affleck and based on real events, the movie chronicles the life-or-death covert operation to rescue six Americans, which unfolded behind the scenes of the Iran hostage crisis. “Argo” is rated R for language and some violent im-ages. Tuesday Night Movies are free and open to the public. Registration is not required, but seating is limited. Light refreshments are provided by the Friends of the Wethersfield Library. For information call the library at (860) 257-2811, or visit the library at 515 Silas Deane Hwy.

CHILDREN’S EVENTS — WEEKLY AND YEAR-ROUND: EVERY WEDNESDAY: 10 a.m. to noon, Drop-in Playtime and 11 a.m., Short & Sweet Storytime: all ages. Drop in family fun with a story and a song.

EVERY FRIDAY: 10 a.m. to noon, Drop-in Playtime and 11 a.m., Short & Sweet Storytime: all ages. Drop-in family fun with a story and a song.

EVERY SATURDAY: 10:30 a.m. Satur-day Stories: all ages. Drop-in fun with books, songs and movement for the whole family.

WETHERSFIELD LIBRARY CALENDAR

WETHERSFIELD EVENTS CALENDARTENNIS COURTS AT MILL WOODS PARK LIT: The Wethersfield Parks & Recreation Department announces that the Tennis Courts at Mill Woods Park will be lit in the evening hours between 7 and 9 p.m. from Sunday through Saturday through Sept. 30.

VOLUNTEEERS NEEDED FOR WHS SAFE GRADUATION PARTY: The Safe Graduation Decorating Committee needs parent volunteers from any grade at Wethersfield High School or community volunteers to set up and decorate for the Safe Graduation Party. Decorating begins Monday, June 17, and continues through Sun-day, June 23, from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Contact Sheryl Fallon at (860) 558-4624 with your availability. Junior parents, this is a great opportunity to see how Safe Grad is done.

BASEBALL TRYOUTS: R.C.P. [Rocky Hill, Cromwell and Portland] Post 105 American Legion Baseball for Seniors [19 and under] and Juniors [17 and under] tryouts will be held at the Cromwell High School baseball field Saturday, June 1 (9 a.m. to 7 p.m.) and Sunday, June 2. Sunday’s sched-ule will be determined on Saturday. Players should expect to be there all day and need to provide a lunch and beverages both days. Questions can be directed to Jay Hickey (860) 635-0594 or Jim Nursick (860) 788-2631.

RICHARD M. KEANE FOUNDATION’S 12TH ANNUAL 5K WALK/RUN: The Richard M. Keane Foundation’s 12th Annual 5K Walk/Run sponsored by Stop & Shop will be held at Standish Park in Old Wethersfield, June 2, at 11 a.m. (Take I-91 to Exit 26 /Old Wethersfield. Follow signs to Depart-ment of Motor Vehicles/ Standish

Park). The certified, flat-track course begins in Standish Park near the DMV and follows Garden Street, taking the runners through beauti-ful Old Wethersfield, circling the Broad Street Green twice and back to Standish Park. This event is fun for the entire family. Race Day registra-tion is $15. Children 10 and under are $5. Registration will be from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. in Hanmer School gym. Please be prompt as runners will not be registered after 10:45 a.m.) Mail your check to: P.O. Box 290742, Wethersfield, CT 06129-0742. For information or volunteer opportuni-ties, call (860) 563-6762 or (860) 563-3387. Visit www.keanefounda-tion.org for more information and a registration form.

ARTS WORKSHOPS: The Wethersfield Academy for the Arts is offering three workshops this summer. June 20-22, there is a three-day Casting (into Plaster) Workshop with Elizabeth Allison; July 1-12 is a 10-Day Still Life Painting Workshop with Christina Mastrangelo, and July 29-Aug. 1 is a Plein Air Painting Workshop with Ray Hassard. Visit: wethersfieldarts.org. for details. Also, on June 5, at 6:30 p.m. is a poetry reading: Two Voices, Two Poets with Joan Kunsch and Adam Chambers. Public is invited for a suggested donation.

GRISWOLDVILLE DAY: Griswoldville Day will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 8, free, in the Griswoldville Chapel, 176 Griswold Road. There will be an open house and tours of the chapel, historic mills in Griswoldville tours by Martha May-er, booth by Windingbrook 4-H Club, Boy Scout Troop 50 ( their relationsh-iop with the chapel), partnering with

Wethersfield Volunteer Fire Depart-ment Co. 2, (see the fire apparatus), view history of Company 2, some activities for children, and Gilbert Farms plant sale. Light refreshments will be offered.

ANCIENT BURYING GROUND TOURS IN OLD WETHERSFIELD: The Wethers-field Historical Society’s popular Burying Ground walks are back. Tours are $5 for nonmembers and free to members and children under 16. Meet your guide in the parking lot of the First Church, 250 Main St., Old Wethersfield. Tours will take place Thursday, June 13 and Saturday, June 15. Thursday tours will begin at 1 p.m. and Saturday tours will begin at 10 a.m. For more information about these tours or any other events of-fered, call the Wethersfield Historical Society at (860) 529-7656 or email us at [email protected].

THE RALEIGH RINGERS IN CONCERT: The Raleigh Ringers, an internation-ally-acclaimed handbell ensemble from Raleigh, N.C., now in its 24th performance season, will present a concert Sunday, June 23, at Wethers-field High School. The concert begins at 4 p.m. under the direction of David M. Harris and will include a variety of music. The performance will also include original handbell composi-tions and, of course, the group’s trademark classic rock-and-roll selections. Tickets are now available by contacting the Ministry of Music at (860) 529-1575, ext. 209 or [email protected]. For more information contact Linda Henderson at (860) 529-1575, ext. 209.

12TH ANNUAL CHARITY GOLF CLAS-SIC TO BENEFIT MIKEY’S PLACE: The

12th annual charity golf tournament will be held Saturday, June 22, at Goodwin Golf Course in Hartford to benefit Mikey’s Place, a wheel-chair accessible playground and for research of Spinal Muscular Atrophy. The shotgun start will take place at noon with a scramble format. Reg-istration fee of $115 per golfer also includes light lunch on the course and dinner after the tournament. Singles welcome or sign up a four-some. There will be prizes, contests and raffles. Mikey’s Place was the vision of Mary and Dan Daversa and their daughter, Danielle, and was a way to memorialize their three-year-old son, Michael, who passed away in 1998 from Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Together with the Daversa’s, the Wethersfield community and its surrounding community neighbors helped to raise the funds necessary to construct the park in the Fall of 2000. Hundreds of volunteers came together and installed and completed the 25,000 square foot playground located in Old Wethersfield along Garden Street. The amount of chil-dren and families that have enjoyed and benefited from Mikey’s Place is countless. Proceeds from this special event will benefit both the Mikey’s Place Preservation Fund and Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy. Families of S.M.A. is a national, volunteer, not-for-profit organization dedicated to raising funds for research of Spinal Muscular Atrophy. For further infor-mation and registration forms, please visit www.mikeysplace.org or contact Paul Huffman at (860) 965-8551 or the Daversa’s at (860) 529-2711 or email the Daversa family at: [email protected].

FREE BOOK GIVE-AWAY: The Atrium at Rocky Hill will be offering a free book give away for those attending its Alzheimer’s and Dementia Sup-port Group every second Saturday of the month at 2 p.m. We will distrib-ute “Learning to Speak Alzheimer’s: A Groundbreaking Approach for Everyone Dealing with the Disease” by Joanne Koenig Coste. For more information on The Atrium at Rocky Hill, or our Support Group, contact (860) 563-5588.

BASEBALL TRYOUTS: R.C.P. [Rocky Hill, Cromwell and Portland] Post 105 American Legion Baseball for Seniors [19 and under] and Juniors [17 and under] tryouts will be held at the Cromwell High School baseball field Saturday, June 1 (9 a.m. to 7 p.m.) and Sunday, June 2. Sunday’s schedule will be determined on Saturday. Players should expect to be there all day and need to provide a lunch and beverages both days. Questions can be directed to Jay Hickey (860) 635-0594 or Jim Nursick (860) 788-2631.

COMEDY NIGHT: The Rocky Hill Republican Town Committee will present An Evening of Great Comedy With Comedian-Extraordinaire, Dave Reilly, Saturday, June 29, at the Sphinx Temple, 3066 Berlin Turn-pike, Newington. Buffet dinner at 7 p.m.; show starts at 8 p.m. Tickets are $75 per person and $125 per couple. Call (860) 670-2652 for tickets or more information.

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ROOFINGLA RICH, LLC - Master Elite Roofing Contractor with over 500 satisfied customers. Our workmanship is warranteed for 20 years by shingle manufacturer. Best warranty in writing. “Quality you can count on for years.” We do roof repairs, vinyl siding, windows, seamless gutters. Honest, competitive pricing. No hidden costs. Free estimates. Fully insured. Written warranties. Clean and courteous installers. CT Lic #565709. GAFELK ME #11852. 860-622-9800 or 860-747-4427. www.larichroofing.com

TREE SERVICETOTAL TREE SERVICE & LANDSCAPING, LLC - Fall Cleanup & Lawn Maintenenace. Commerical & Residential. 75 ft. bucket truck. Chipper, firewood, land clearing, stump grinding, tree removal. Registration #608808. Fully insured.860-529-8389 or 860-538-0980.

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