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An Independent Newspaper -- ()pen To All Parties -- Influenced By None
Volume 11, Number 3
South•ngton, Connecticut 06489
Thursday, December 19, 1985
"One sectmn, 16 pages
Newsstand price: 20c
School Board seeks funds
to renovate town schools
by Beth Utke
staff writer
"... and they shall call him Emmanuel."
The creche on the Town Green displays a scene familiar to many. The birth of the Christ chdd.
Special Christmas services planned
The holy season of Christmas is at
hand. Churches in Southmgton ha•e
scheduled ser;lces for Christmas
week, must •,llh special music
Hours and hours of rehearsal have
been spent preparing for the OCcaSlOB
Here is a listing ot the churches
in town who cnntactcd The t )bser; er
V, lth their listings
First Congregational
First Congregational Church •lll
hold ItS Church School Classes for
all grades on Sunda•, December 22,
10 a m At the same time, the Christmas Sunda$ serxlce x•lll be held, to
be followed b• a felhw,'shlp-coffee
hour at 11 am
First Congregational •lll feature
its Ser'•lce of Carols and Candles on
Tuesday, December 24, 7 p m
Grace Umted Methodist
At Grace Umtud Methodist
Church, a Christmas Exe scrxlce is
being planned for Tuesda.•, December24, at7 30 and 11 pm Pastor Rolland French •111 celebrate the
Candlelight Serx ICe of Scripture and
Carols The Chancel Chmr also will
be in attendance
First Baptist
First Bapnst Church's theme for
its Sundas, December 22, 10 a m
v,t rshlp ts 'The Humlhty of the
Highest ' The serxlce •lll be
chmaxed bx the Ordinance of the Behever's Baptism
The Christmas Exe Candlelight
Serxlce is at 11 p m December 24
Its theme Is 'You and the Light
the World '
The ceremony, •s concluded with
worshippers gathering around the
doe, ned but not replanted outdour
Christmas tree After meditating.
lent Night •s sung
St Thomas
St Thomas Church has scheduled
sexeral Mas•es tor Tuesday, l)ccomber 24 At 4 p m at the chur•.h.
organ and chmr are planned. ,ahllc
at the same time m the sch•d, there
u, lll be a lUnlor Iolk group perlurmlng At 5 30 p m . organ mu,• t,
planned in the church, to be repeated
at7pm
Board of Education members
voted Monday mght to request funds
for work aimed at updanng fire
•at-•ty and handicapped codes in
town schools
Officials decided unammously to
tell local officials what is needed tn
update codes
"Thes would find xt lmposs,blc to
give us a date when they'd be frec
to
inspect
uur scht•.)ls,"
he
explmned
•yne sa•d that when the state does
get around to mspecung the braidrags, items which tns•ctors deem
Elementar', and Southmgton High
Schools Cost estimates and updates
needed were primarily based on
work done at those schools.
The list of items to be worked on
will not be complete untd an architect Is hired for the prolect and"
can detail what's necessary., accordlng to Pvnc
process, and ',,,'Ill ask the Town
Courted to appoint a budding tommmee
a•.nut,I •_',•tcm• azc mandated by
la• to beg•n code compliance, and
local officials have specifically
targeted Kenned.',' Junior High
School, DePaolo Jumor High
School, Kelles', Flanders, Hatton,
South End, ]qorth Center, Plantsvllle, Strong, and Central Elementar• Schools
"We Irave a pretty good idea of
what would be required in our
schools fi•r updating," said John
P3 ne, scht•)l superintendent
He provided the school board
members with list of update •tems al
the • arlous schools, explaining many
items pointed out by the local fire
marshall have been incorporated into
the list
According to Pvnc the current
work load at the state education department means their inspectors will
not be able to check each school and
local hst will be added to •t and not
considered a violation.
The •,wk ,,, l•,,n• sch,•l•" ,.'3A,'
compliance will not •e undertaken
until the 1987-g8 scherzi '•ear, Ps'ne
explained If the state approves local
prolect plans for updating codes,
over 63 percent of the cost will be
reimbursed
Board ol Educatmn members agreed to appls fiw the state grant, and
as a guideline ha•e put work at the
tv, o lunlor high schools and Kelle•,
and Flandcrs elementary schools as
first prlorlt'•
Accurdmg to P}ne, updates to
local schools should be completed
'*lthln three •ears from the time
the• 're begun
Althuugh there is no date bs • hlch
the local school board must cumpl•,
V.lth update requirements, P.• ne said
v, ork shnuld bc done bx 199,•
Cost to update each school •s esw
mated at $20,000 and such update
work has alreads begun at Thalberg
and handicapped code updates prepared by the school adrmmstratmn
a.,2.,• pr.:een',ed t'a ',he Beard ef Ed'a
cation is as follows
DePaolo JHS:
• ExL•,sed wood surtaces in lobby
area must be painted with a Class B
intumescent paint
•Provide better accessible, usable,
ph•,slcally handicapped toilets, present dt•r not proper width. Recommendatmn bring the budding into
conformance to Federal 504 standards, presentl} does not conform
• Install auxlharv battery backup
svstcm lor intercom system
• Install elevator in order to meet
Federal 504 handicapped requirements
Janitorial custodial space requ•rc, prmklcr protection, recommcndatum seek modification to in(continued on page 3)
Vo-Ag students at SHS in holiday spirit
by Beth Utke
staff writer
Hollda• spirit is ah•e, well and
thriving at the x ocatlonal-agrlcuhure
•.cnter ot the high scht•l
There, hail'says arc filled ,aith a
•arletS ol wreaths and hohda} centerpieces made almost from scratch
from students studying plant set-
their own hohda• spirit
'A lot of things I make I glxc
iv.a,. ," said Bc•.k', Kuhr "Ihe centerpieces l gl',e to ms mother and
m• mothcrX friends ';
Corsages she made earlier this
•cck cons,sled ol httlc dolls •lth a
bright red bow attached Surroundlng the top ol the bo• •ere holh-hke
leaves and a small pine cone, both
adding to the spirit of the decoration.
"• hen you make corsages, espe,_tall,, .ncs with flowers, you wire
them and tape them, then you put a
boy, or whatever you want on them,"
Beck• explained
(continued on page 5)
For the past couple weeks.
freshmen and sophomores ha•e
transformed an eve•'da• classrtx•m
mto a •IHUa] elves' fforkshop, turn(continued on page 4) mg out volumes of hohda• •tems to
make the season brighter
Students have alread} completed
about 450 wreaths, and are stdl Decmg together more F•ve days a •eek,
these Santa's helpers churn out a
cent figure if nee, legislation rcqmrcd" bounty of seasonal splendor
"Th•s •s a treat for us," sa•d Shern
less." Kopec said, expressing
Onofno,
a h•gh sch•l minor "h
concern
He also recommended a stray, p.ll gets us into the Chnstmag mood a
be taken in the area involved to ascer- h,t earher and Ws fun, too
Shem and eleven other students
tain ho• man3 homeowners •antcd
are
enrolled •n •he class, and bemdes
tn adupt the leg•slatmn
• ulende
decorauons
"h was suggested •c ha•c another provld•ng
cocktail paris and pass out htcraturc •hrough thmrclass work, they'll also
cxpla•mng the ordinance Then •c add to the coffers of the Future
can do a straw poll and see where •c •armers of America
Proceeds from the sale ol •reaths
stand," Kopec sam "If it saxs 51
percent, and the la• •ull rcqmrcs 75 •ull go back into that orgamzatu,n,
percent, •c'll know wc still ha•c a
',ohed benefits
Those •ho'•c
lot ot •ork to do "
placed
orders
recmxc
frcshh made
The proposed ordxnancc x•ould
:toms and students learn ahuut rctad•ng while the• also h,•lcr hohda•
sum ot fi•e members and lhrcc alI•r
Pizza man wants historic recipe
by Tom Mendela
staff writer
The Historic D•strlct Stud•, Cnmmltteee appoxnted b'• the Tov.n
Council to prepare a sample
nance not onl,, u.rapped up final
loose ends on the prolect Mnnda'.
night, but also attracted Plants,,lllc
business owners interested In a similar prolect
At the start of Mimda•,'s meeting
meant to finalize a sample hlstnrtcdistrict ordmance condensed from
state statutes and similar ordinances
in other Connecticut tov.'ns, Plantsvllle pizza retailer Robert Kr'•stopa
asked the group's help tn restoring
While the committee could not
suppl} him •lth many answers on
an actual restoration, thes sent him
awas with a smile and a plan to get
the ball rolhng
"The •mportant thing •s to make
•t,ur idea knox•n and get e•erxbodv
m that area lnxohcd," +ommlttee
chairman Mark Knpec told the
businessman
According to the chairman, the
state is considering a change m the
number of households xotmg to ac
cept an historic dcstgnatmn, possibly
lowering the current 75 percent
reqmremcnt to 66 ur 51 percent
"I mould hkc to ask the town altornex that fl •c qart nm•. would •c
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Athletes honored
Art student
Bowling
Christmas serv,ces
Classifieds
Douglas, Bob
Editorials
Elks student•
Engagements
Famlk l.t• •ng
Ho Jo's
Housing Authorlts'
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DAle mt'm•cr• to bt' ,Ipl•,U•lt'd b•
Lndcr the ordinance.
•ould be rcqmrcd to mamla•n
properties 'in •ood order ,l•d
Should an m•ncr dc•dc the
nancc •s •ausmR h•m a hardshq•.
non ol the allotted ox•ncr
A questmn-and-an•cr pamphlcl
prm•ded b• the state h•stort•
rcntk 5,000 buddmgs lotatcd m
,.•t be',t.'" sa•d R•hard
.f the vo•atmnal-argleuhurc departmont. "The}Xc bccn dumg wreaths
t,,r a number of •Cal• add each year
•hc demand for lhcm •n.rcascs "
Whdc •reaths remain p.pular
hundred •cntcrpm•c• haxc bccn produccd,
CenlcrDcccs arc •h•cll• a •ludcnl
rcsp(mMblhlv, wllh cash •..un•stcr
p,I}mg prodU•lltl• expenses and
lhcn rclaflmg the •tcm
Each student determines
tlallon ol a• indt• tdual
and some Mudcnl•
Finishing touches
Terry Green of vocatmnal-agnculture center at Southlngton High School
completes work on a Christmas wreath
2--news
The Observer. Thursdcry, December 19, 1985
Housing Authority
kept watchful eye
Passing•the bucks
•"• •
Housin•Authority recently returned money to the town, as related in accompanying story. Some
from seed money the town had given for the elderly project on Pleasant Street. Left to right: Joseph
Zdunczyk, president of Housing Authority, Ceil O•mstead, executive director; Town Manager John
Weichsel; and Edward Brickett, director of Finance Department
Javcees selling trees presents its prot)lems
Zoning Board of Appeals
chrec•ve to "eaforee the
regulauons" wola_ted_ by
the Soutlamgton Jay•es
who are selling Christmas
needed a pernut. We hat e
mstu'ance and the Y's perrots.sign, and i'tg•ared mat
was
enough,"
he
exvlamed
]3uflchng Department
head Pat DeltaVeechia
smd he felt a letter warnmg the group to obtain a
permat or ZBA exception
m the future would be sufficient
"Takang a strong stance
is not the thing to do so
close to Christmas." Della
Vecchia sa•d
Schonek sa•d recent
newspaper articles ab•)ut
,e perrmt actuall• helped
sales bs attracting curious
people "•,ho ended up bu•, mg w'hen the• had heard
the w'hole sto•
Marginal profits• tree
thefts and hear', competiuon make the fundoratsmg e•ent a minor item in
the group's actl• lties
Other hohdav programs
include To',s i'or Tots and
Ele'•'en Days of Chrastmas, a food drive
"'I en)o•ed the Christmas tree sales," Schoneck
stud, explaining he ran the
tov,'n officials have sent a
warmng letter, maintainmg the lapse was unmtenfaunal
"Look at what you
make me do," Zomag Enforcement officer Mm.am
Adommus cbaded ZBA
members,
remmdm
them it was Christmas
The g•st of the ZBA
order was that Bo.• Scout
Troop 25 had requested,
and received, the board's
approval to w.a•ve a $50
pertmt usuall5 requwed to
sell trees next to the Congregataonal Church on
Mare Street, and the
Ja)Cees did not No permat had been sought by
the civic group either, It
was pointed out
Ja.•7.ee president Jeff
Schoneck explained that
thts was the first ",'ear zoning officials ha• e approached them m theLr
five years of rinsing funds
by selling trees next to the
20% OFF
first JayCee proleet "I am
st.dl on the lot e', er", das "
ap,amted in people who
tell the• could lust wMk
a•a• •th the tr• •lthout •aymg
"'une mor•g, lust
fore •e o•n•. •e dro•e
up to • one •n wMkmg out •lth two trY,"
he expl• Instead ot
f•g chugs, the •ould• shop•ter gas Mlo•ed
to pax for his "purcha•s Pohce base •n ask•
to kccp a,'•
for the lot, but the JayCxe
president adrmtted the•
could not be ever2,.'where
"Our lot is a httle out
ol the •a•, and hard to
watch at some points," he
•d
"You can't chain them
down," he sa•d, gasang
this .vear's loss as 15 trees
stolen
Trees, ranging from 2
feet tall to o• er 5 feet tall.
range m price from $15 to
$35
"We negotiate,"
explamed
he
Superfund authorized
Sixth Dlsmct Congressw oman
Nanc•
Johnson, •ho has pushed
for legislation to accelerate clean up and elmunalion
of
the
nation's
hazardous •,aste sites, reports that the House of
Representatixes has approved a strong, progresslve new version of the
federal Superfund toxac
w'aste clean-up program
-['he SlO btlhon, fi',e-
year Superfund amendmment d|reets the federal
Envu'onmental Proteetaon
Agency to schedule ur
gend', needed clean-up ul
at least 600 sites and ILft
legal hurdles to swift ,,ettlement of to•c waste
damage liability
George Ackerman was
the first president ,)t the
local Rotar,, Club
Keeping a watchful eve
on the construcuon of •
elderl.•-housmg umts on
Pleasant Street allowed
the Housing Authority to
return $35,000 to the
town last week m a short
ceremony m the town
manager's office
Housing
Authont.•
Manager C_,ed Olmstead
and
board
chairman
Joseph Zdunc•.k handed
two cheeks to Town .Manager John Weichsel last
Wednesday, whach represented $7,118 62 saved
in the construcuon of the
40 umts m phase one of
the
prolect,
and
$28,044.69 on the second
20 umts m phase two
Originally, the town
had advazSced $30,000 m
seed funds to the authorItS, with the remmnmg
cost to be footed by the
state
'+Wb.en we saw we had
enough land left over, w.e
teh we could erect another
_3 0
reached a heft,, $712,000,
she =s•.d
"• e started with esumates based on construeugh plans," Olmstead
explamed thesurplus
"As •ou build you save
mone'." as changes are
madeand expected .problems do not arise,' she
mad
The 40 units of phase
one were occupied on December 1, 1978 The fmal
20 umts ',,,ill be read.', for
tenants b• June of next
Zdunc•k
adrmtted
there was a need m town
for more elderly-housmg
UralS, but there are no
plans on the b•ard
"Not for the tune
being At least, not this
year," he said. noting that
Southmgton's
public
housing prolects are of a
qualit> a notch abo•e
most other towns
Bloodmobile visits
during the holidays
The urgent need for
blood never takes a
hohday Thus, two
bloodmobile visits are
scheduled m the area
over the hohdays
December
On
23rd, Monday, Plantsvdle Congregational
Church wdl sponsor a
bloodmobile
visit
from 10a m to3pm
And on Monda.•,
December 30th, St
Dorrmazc Church will
sponsor
a
bloodmobile visit from 1-6
pm
Bett.• Kroher, who
has headed up the
local Red Cross unit
for •ears, stresses that
hospitals all over the
state are in dire need
of datl• blood umts
througl:tout the )ear.
The local chapter,
hke man) others, throes on volunteers
who run the bloodmobde vtsits. The•e
people
also
work
through the hohdays
getung the "g•ft of
life."
'Malt Chaffee and
his wife Kay w, ll oversee the bloodmobile
visits," Kroher tells
The Observer. "Ruth
Hoyt wdl handle the
scheduling of workers
and Joyce Nell will be
in charge of mechcal
histories."
Then there are the
Girl Scouts, who meet
at Plantsvdle Congregational
Church.
With theu" chrector,
Barbara Morand m
charge, the Scouts
prepared some 1,000
post cards as rememberances to past blood
donors that there will
be a bloodmobde v•sit
on the 23rd
"We can be proud of
UFI!Tg_ ,"
explained the
phase two
btrth
of
The town then supphed
*.50,•0 m s,,,'*ed mone5
State funds m•ol•ed m
the entire 60-umt prolect
lects," he stud
The town manager, a
man of fe'• v, ords. ac.ep'.ed the .becks and
prormsed to "put them in
the bank '"
United Wav update
The Executive Dtrector
of th•s •ear's Umted
campa|gn.
G
Robert
Tr•ano sums up lus feelings as the 1985 carnpa•gn
comes down the stretch
"Th•s •ear more than
e•er. the •'mted Wa• has
received more pub•lcit•
than e•er before, especlall5 b• people m•ol•ed
in professional spor•s who
ha•e attempted to make
people aware of how •mportant the Umted Wa• •s
to a commumt•.
"The annual Umted
Was drl• e of Southmgton
is drawing to a clo•e
within a few short '•eeks
and as •et, v,e ha•e not
atta'.ncd our campaign
goaJ. t,,r 1985
'Our thanks to those
who ha•e suppor'ted the
Umted \X a• in the past
and whose concern and
generosity, made it
hie for us to continue to
provide the human services necessarx to the
•oung and elderl• in our
COITLrnumtx ,"
Zukley's Jewelry
44 Center St. South•ngton
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C. J. PERILLO, INC.
LouIs PERILLO OIL COMPANY, INC.
FAMII RESTAURANT
Farm Shop
ce•flcates
make great
"stoc•ng •tuffers•
news-- 3
rhe Observer, Thursday, December 19, 1 •85
Howard Johnso
Civic minded establishment
The people at Howard 20th birthday
Johnson's Motor Lodge
on Queen Street have the The businessmen are espeChrtstmas sprat all year cially excited because the
around, not just m De- Howard Johnson's Motor
Lodge is celebrating its
cember.
anmversary
this
The motel's manager, 20th
Roy Pntchard, and owner, month.
When the form o•ened
Clayton S. Hicks, are
m
December 1965, Queen
mensely interested m
what's going on m South- Street was surrounded by
region. As a result, the farm land. Except for the
men have become re- factory across the street
volved m the town's civic and the auto dealer, the
affairs.
Pntchard is acuve with
the local Rotary Club. He
is vice-chairman of the
Central Cotmectacut Convenuon and Visitors Dls- (continued from page 1)
mct, a non-profit group
created to Dnng more stall one-hour fire rated
tourists to the Southmg- door with closer, provide
smoke detector within
Perhaps
the
men's space, provide self-closing
biggest conmbuuon has device on door.
been their donauons of
• Fire alarm system
shall be updated for contune and energy to the
Red Cross and Umted
formance w,th Connecticut Fire Code and FedWay.
eral
504 handicapped
According
to
Red
standards
Cross' office manager m
• Kitchen door must be
Southmgton,
Betty
replaced with one-hour
Kroher, the motel has
fix• latcd dt,• •quapp•d
bent over backwards to
with a closer
provide its conference
• Pass doors between
room for free to the orplace of punic assembly
p.',"*Uo- The o'rnl in'{
and l•tchen must be reannual recogmtlon day
placed wnh one-hour fire
ceremomes are now held
rated d•3r •_ e, p • pwd w•t h
proper closers
• Provide proper hand$80.
rafts at side entrance, entrIn adchuon, Kroher
ance exit to stage
stud, Pntchard and Hicks
provide the little items
• Door through proscemum
v, all
between
needed for the social
stage and place of public
event. "E•eryone here is
assembly must be reso cheery," Kroher sa•d.
placed with a one-hour
"The people there treat us
fire rated door equipped
well."
Pntchard explmns his
with a closer
• All general storage
commumtv involvement
this way 'cI feel we should
areas throughout the entire buftdmg will require
return something here
After all, we make our hy- one-hour fire rated doors
equipped w•th closers,
ing m Southmgton."
Hicks and Prttchard ex- present doors are equipped with louvers.
plain they have chosen the
Red Cross and Umted
• Replace supply storWay as their charities be- age room door with a onehour fire rated door
cause they do a lot of good
for the town. Unfortu- equipped with closer
• Replace book storage
nately, they cannot donate
room door, provide selfthe conference room to
closing device
every orgamzauon that
• Paint classroom parucomes around, but the
men feel good about the
tigris.
• Detectors to be instalones the)' have chosen to
led m following rooms and
help.
mmaedtate area was pasture. Hicks' nearest neigh-'
bor was a herd of da•'y
cows. "I've even got a
photo of a cow lookmg
through the window into
one of the rooms," he
says. Back m those days,
the ammals used to get
loose and graze on the
motor lodge's lawn.
Those years were lean
ones for Hicks Interstate
84 was not completed to
Hartford. He knew if he
stuck tt out, Southmgton
would be a viable locauon.
The interstate highway
was finished in 1968.
Over the past few
months, the Queen Street
motel has been undergoing extensive interior renovation Twenty rooms
have been completecl so
far, with another set to be
done sometime in 1986.
Recently, to mark the
20th anmversary, Hicks
and .Prltchard gave a combination Christmas and
anniversary party for their
employees. The two men
sa.• that much of the
motor lodge's success depends on
the staff.
"They've been great,"
Pntchard said, noting
many of employees have
been with the facdity for
man•. years
Board se( ks funds to update schools
connected to the fire
alarm system Audlo-\hsual room, second floor,
gym storage room, equipment room, boys' locker
equipment storage rooms,
girls' locker equipment
storage rooms, room no
75, storage closet.
• All custodian rooms
and lamtor closets, first
and second floors, shall be
protected b•, automatic
sprinklers, per Section 93 5 2 of Connecticut Fire
S,•f•b Cvd•
Kennedy JHS
• Fxposed w•tt •orlaces m lobby area must
be painted with a Class B
ble, usable, physicall',
handicapped toilet, present door not proper
width Recommendation
bring the building into
conformance to Federal
504 handicapped standards, presentl,• does not
• Install auxihar• battery backup systemfor mJanitorial
space requires sprinkler
protection, recommendation seek modlficauon to
install one-hour fire rated
door with closer, provide
smoke detector within
•PeaCe, provtde self-closing
-. Fire alarm system
shall be updated for conformance v, ith Connecticut Fire Code and Federal
504 handicapped
standards
• Kitchen door must be
fire rated door equipped
with one-hour fire rated
,h•r•
eqmpped
with
• Provide proper hand• Door through proscenlum
wall
between
stage and place of public
assembly must be replaced v, ith a one-hour
fire rated door equipped
equipped with a closer
• Replace supply storage room door with a onehour fire rated door
equipped with closer.
• Replace book storage
room door, provide selfclosing device.
• Paint classroom patti• Detectors to be mstalled and connected to fire
alarm sxstem In I,•3e folloV*ll•g areas room 210
,.,•,...... • .... and bo)'•'
Io•ker rooms and adlacent
means of egress m the fol-
Flanders School:
hie, usable, ph}sically
handicapped toilet, pre-
Visit from Santa Lucia
• All general storage
areas throughout the entire buftdmg w,ll require
proper
one-hour
fire
doors equipped with dos-
w•dth Recommendation
bring the building into
conformance to Federal
504 handicapped standards, presentl) does not
custodial
DR. VERNON TOMPKINS
621-3344
772S Ma•nSt. South•ngton.(Plants•dleCenter)
GROCERIES, INC.
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Sonja Breer portrays Santa Lucia for first graders at Urbin T. Kelley School.
Students of teacher Heidi Bass were learning about the holiday celebration
around the world. In Sweden, Dec. 13th is St. Lucia's Day with students learning
about the tradition of being greeted with a song and damsh.
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The Observer, Thursdc•, December 19, 1 785
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From the pulpit
by Bishop R•chard A Green, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day 5amts
Most precious gifts are from the heart
Trumpeting the season
Joseph "rranquiBo rehearses with hts trumpet for spe.clal pro•am of music at St. Dominic Church during
the V'kgil Mass Christmas Eve. Admiring the youngster s talent is the pastor, Father Walter F _Geraghty.
Churches h vo enocinl CF ristmas services
(continued from page l)
with a Choral Eucharist
and Sermon follov, lng at
Mldmght Mass is plan- llpm
St Paul% •lll hold a 10
ned for earl`, December
a m Choral Eucharist and
25, with the organist and
Sermon on l)ecember 25
choir at the church and
The
D-,t-(,hrr, tmas
the semor folk group at
schedule ts as halley,', l)ethe school
cember 26. lO a m .
Officials also note that
Eu•.hanst, l)c•.t mber
on Christmas [)as, there
l0 a m ttol`, ku,.harp, t.
will be an orgamst at the
• l)o.cmber 2'9. • a m
church Mass at 7
Hob. kucharl',t and at
and 11 a m
Confessions v, lll be a m . t hrp, tma', l.c'•s'
heard
Saturda`,,
l)c- and Carols l.a',tl`,, on Decomber :q.
p m the
cember 21. 10 a m
ll 30 a m and 3 to 4 30 ttol`,
p m and on Mondas, De- "lear', \ lgll and
cember 23. l0 to 11 a m , Pot Lm.k lhnncr vdll be
held
3 to 4 pm, and pm
First E,•angehcal LutheSt Paul's Eptscopai
ran
St
Paul's Episcopal
Church is planning se`, eral
ceremomes on Chnstma',
Week On Sunda`,, December 22 the 4.th Sunda•. of Ad`,ent, at g a m
there
•.lll
be
Ha\
Eucharist, at 10 a m blok
Eucharist and the
Tree,at 11 a m The parish
Christmas tree ',,,ill ix." decorated
• On Tuesda`,. December
24, at 5 40 pm
the
parish Christmas tree
be lighted F•e minute,
later there v, fll be a tarulc
sing m the chun.h The
Famds Choral Eu,_harv, t
vqth the Christmas
v, dl folk• at 6 p m \t
1045 p m therev, ltlbc
Carol Sing in the ,.hur,.h.
klr,,t I.uthcran (.hur,.h
• 111 ,D*n•or it', Cinldren's
Program on Sunda`,,
comber 22 at 3 pm l'he
program r, entitled. 'The
[mdc •,tar A Chrl,tma,,
t'anta,,•
Chrl,,tma, E•c
l)c•cmbcr 24 at e, •o p m
'.,.ill
feature
the
Candlehght Ser'.lce and
Famds Worship, v, ith the
Candlelight Ser',lce at
Hols Communion scheduled lot 11 p m
l,astl`,, on Chrsnma,
l)a`,, 10 a m there `,,.ill be
a bcrx•.c oI ttok Comtaunton
St Dominic
I hc ( hrlstma',
Program
lot
Saint
1)atomic Chur•.h. I-athcr
\\alter F Gcraght',. Pa,,tar. has been announc,.:d
b`, Ja•.quehnc Bou,.hard.
I)lrc•tor of M.us•c
The Stunt
I)omim,.
Jumor Choir `,,.ill sing the
December 24th 5 p.m
Vigil Ma•.s The •.htnr
begin thmr program at
4 30 p m `,,,tth a Con,.crt
of Liturgical Christina,,
Music
Featured at th• \
.".lass v.lth the Jumur
Choir `,,,ill be 10-`,ear-uld
Joseph
Tranqudlo
trumpet Hc •s the son
.Mr and Mrs Anthem
Yranqudlo at Southington
Kath`, Spring `,'.ill stag
the Responsorial Psalm
l'hc Christmas Midnight Mass`,,.dl feature the
Saint
l)ommic
Adult
Choir The progr'arn will
begin at 11 30 p m with
,,c',cral readings tram tht
"Fesmal of Lessons and
Carol'," and the choir "..'.ill
At tl•s special time el
year, when our thoughts
are centered on gifts and
giving, how do we pause
to ponder on those countless wonderful gifts that
our Father m heaven has
so lovingly bestowed upon
each of us? The trnportam
challenge we all face us to
recogmze the gifts and talents we possess and to
de`,elop them to the best
of our abdity, not onl} for
our own benefit, but for
the benefit of others
What are these gift&
When we speak of the
gifts of God, we •mmediateb think onb
spmtual gifts, such as
froth, etc These are special gifts, but the Lord has
bestowed other gifts u•m
us that are v, onderfulthe gift of commur,acatmg
one ;`,lth antither, the gift
at
an
underst aq,.:hng
ing to imitate these talents
rather than to search out
and de'.elop those with
which we oursel`,es ha`,e
been blessed.
One of the best stories
that emphasizes the
parlance of disco'.ermg
and using our gifts or talents •,,Msel,, is contained in
the parabie told b.• Jesus,
"For the •ngdom of
heaven is as a man ira', ellng into a far count• v, ho
called his ov, n ser,,ants,
and deh•ered unto them
his gates And unto one
he ga`,e fi`,e talents, It;
another tv, o. and
another one, to e`, er'. man
according to Ins abihts,
and strmghtav.a`, took Ins
iourne`,
Matthev,
25 14-15 The star) cont.nues v.ith the descnp-
cheerfulness, and the gilt
of loo•ng for and magmf}lng
the gtx•d
in
others-all these arc gilts
from God
Far tin; man`, of us lad
to recogmze the man'. talents and gifts `,,.lth v, inch
•.e are endov.ed We lt•ak
at some olour friends and
acquaantances ,,`,ha seem
it; be talented and '.ush
had similar accomphsh-
thn-d ser'.am buried his in
the ground, •,.lth the result that '.`,hen the master
returned, e`,en the httlc
v, inch had been gl'.en him
v, as taken av, a`, The important fact is that unless
,ae develop and use the
gifts `,`,e ha•e been given,
v,c `,•lll lose them As
de', clop our talents unsell
make the mistake oI tr'.-
used their talents prc,ducuvels and e'<panded and
more blessed to gl`,e than
Fhe
real
spirit
Christmas is the sprat of
sen'ice to others, remembering that the most precious gifts are those centered in 1o`, e, thoughtfulness, kindness and other
gifts from the heart Such
galls cannot be wrapped in
paper and ned v, ith a ribNan, but they v, fll outlast
those that hands create
and `,,.dl bring us deeper
lo} than all the riches m
the world With these
gifts, v.e can ha`,e the
sprat
of
Christmas
throughout the sear and
throughout our lives
"The best thing to gwe at
Christmas is forgiveness
to your enemy, to an opponent, tolerance; to a
friend, your heart; to your
cinld, a good example; to
a father, deference; to
your mother, conduct that
•vdl make her proud of
vou, to,ourself, respect:
io a•i men, chanty." (Balfour .
May the true sprat of
the Christmas season-•ts
Ioy, beauty, hope andfroth be with us as we celebrate the birth of our
Savior, Jesus the Christ
Christmas program
at .First Lutheran
The Sunda} Church
School children, Pre-ktndergarten through Grade
Program at First Lutheran Church, Soutinngton
at 3 pm December 22
Man`,
chddren
are
memorizing and practicing so lhat this can be a
special exent for the camThe pla`, is called "The
Little Star A Christmas
Fantas`, " The Starhghter
lights all the stars but one
The httlcst star •s `,er', sad
until
In addmon to v, atcinng
the pla.'., the congregation
will have an opportumty
to stag some tradmonal
Ch., :-. u::-", h.', :::::'-,
merits will be served after
the pr -,'am.
The speaking parts will
be played by Tracy Stemnagel, Katie Elshire, Greg
Hall, Jason N,ezgorstu,
Sara Josephs, Knsten Andemon, Tracy Flssette,
Gretchen Albnght, Justin
Bradle.', and Paul DellaBma
(continued from page 14
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students at SH5 have 'spirit'...
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there's a lot of different
sIZeS "
Most of the items made
by the students can be
made by others at home,
ff they want to spend the
time and money
"A lot of people do ttus
kind of thing on thetr own
during the hohdays," said
,d,epartment head Jones.
Ifthey have their own ornaments and stuff, they
"You have to remember to leave room for
the bow," added Shorn
One(rio, a one-year veteran of wreath-making.
Those making centerpieces start with a polystyrene square, then cut
pieces of evergreen and msort them around the
sides When the greenery
ts
placed
as
the
craftworker likes it, decorations are attached.
Candles are placed in
the center, with items
such as bright ornamental
bulbs, figurines, and pine
cones attached to a circle
of greenery.
While sophomores and
lUmOr students do the
bulk of the Yuletide
course work in their plan,•
science class, Jones also
gets his other students
into the spirit
Can do It "
"For a lot of people,
though, by the nine tt
takes to braid tt and buy
the materials, they could
lust as easily buy an
item," he added. "It all
depends on the person."
Materials used to make
hohday decorations melude bows, bulbs, pine
cones, decorative cranberries,
decorative
holly
leaves, bells, spray paint,
r•relystvrene plasuc and
sh •reeneD'
Although the round
wreaths
were bought
wholesale and then decorated by students, youngsters also went out and
gathered branches for use
the centerpieces
"The other greens we
picked up this year,"
Jones stud "Robin LcBrun, a Vo-Ag teacher,
had a tree in her front .yard
got a supply from that "
Depenthng on the likes
and
dislikes
of the
craftworker, a variety of
evergreen branches will
work in making hohda$
decorations
For freestyle hanging wreaths, the
designer wilt cut •hat's
needed and then decorate
tt
Items such as pme
cones can be found in
One more wreath
"'"'• "
completes
work
on another Christmas wreath.
their natural hahltat, and
ma3 be used 'as •'
spra•,cd wllh glitter -r a
Pine cones can usualh
be hmnd m craft
also artificial cranbcrnc•,
holly, cand• canes, and
lust about •}thing clsc
appropriate tot a hohdas
wreath
To dc•oratc a •rcath
all one needs to do IS
inch •/iue dlld ',htk Iht'lll
on
Students
decorating
Fhc pattern called for a
bunch el cranberries to bC
the
•rcath, then lot pmc
pla•cd
m
three
other
on some ol the items.
m the case el attaching
pine cones, thc• should
dip them m a special hot
ZBA chairman
Last week's article on
the Zoning Board of Appmals gave some of the
issues which might appear
before the town's zoning
"court of last resort."
We continue this week
with
ZBA
Chmrman
Robert Wood giving more
detml to the criteria used
in arriving at decisions
whether a proposal is
beneficial
to
town
interests
"The maxamum use of
space is not always advantageous to the town as a
whole,"
Wood
then
""'•
bHb Vo-Ag student Victor Cunha
pl•k the right •lzc bo•,"
explained V•ctor Cunha
"'If we can fit it into the
schedule, we try to let
each student, both lumors
and seniors, get in for a
da• and make at least a
centerpiece," hc said
Vocational agrtcuhure
hate bccn making wreaths for a number
ot •cars, •lth students
cootlnuaily chip%trig tlae
hands-on experience and
the hohda• spirit
"You learn and you
ha•c fun at the same
time." said Victor Cunha
,dudcol',
The tsschc students
wnrkmg tin the hohdax
greenery haxc spent close
to an hour and a halt cscr•
dax, Monda• through Friday, working tin hohdav
decorations
\
Kelly School Christmas Fair
Budget talks
tit. Ida.tot tn passing or falling an issue before the
ZBA
"I don't think we appease people's wants," he
said, explaining that the
rabbits •erc disallowed
because the) v, cre farm
ammals, the breeding of
which ts not allm•cd by
zomng la•s
"If •ou •ant a flock of
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t}ia lhur•Jix. Januar•
1•, lhcrc •ll[ bca Board
basic lc•cl, but it e• ¢lh:•.-
and see us." he stud
If a gre• area does not
casih fall into hght or
dark dominance, a prop-
tire," hc said
The four
mcmbcr•
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Stephen M H•le
Thomas El- Juli• Hannlfin
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Dick Bandy
Charles d Barber
Bradley Barnes
Prof Fdna M Baxter
James H Berry
Wilfred Et Guy Blais
Dewey S Blakeslee
Stanley•HelenBobrowiecki
Almv A Bouher
Chester Bout,her
OscarBoutlher
Ross Broad
Robert Bullock
John Calvanese, Sr
Kathryn Calvanese
David Carbone
John C•rbone, .Jr
Earl D Carle
Carolina Chludzlnskl
Mary "Cook" Chmura.
WayneD Clark
Hans-Peter Colella
Mr EtMrs AngeloCoppola
Edgar "Ned" Curtms
Benlam,n S Douglas
Sarah L Douglas
Douglas d DNscoll, Ji
Rosalie Earl
Marqaret H Falrbanks
J Hamilton Fish
Jack FIqk
Andrew Fontana
Mary A frledm•m
AllceE Garber
n,•,• g Gather
Herbe,t Gard•e,
Noel 8 Luclenne Gehnas
Ida Glaser
Alice Goodman
PhiIGoodrow
Joseph Ingala
Erlon f:t Deha Jones
Leonard k•/ .Jell
•nthon¥P kahoud
.Jerry kanten
George Lawson
F Douglas Lewis
Marley Marshall
RebeccaE Mann
Fredermk • Hennetta Mauch
Jeremiah McKenne¥
HarryA McKeon, Sr
Florence McLeod
JosephP Myers
Nardlno Family
Andrew Nicholas
Genevieve Pellecchm
George Putnam
Marion Renda
Nicholas Romano. Jr
J Charles Silva
EricStmrnons
Francis H Snow
PeterE Solomon
Mary Spauldlng
Marion Stone
Marian Splaine
H Theodore Strand
Joseph Thalberg
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The
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h,l• ",<hedulcd ihrc¢ ni¢ct-
explains criteria used
explained, Dnnung out
that input is sought from
the town planner •hen
more data ts needed v,
which to weigh individual
rights against the public
good
Individual
hardship.
the ke• concern of the
ZBA, is a two-sided coin
used in makang decisions,
sometimes requiring additional research or field
trips to ascertam sold facts
upon •hich to base decisio,n,s upnn - •
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The Observer, Thursdaz, December 19, 1985
From the desk of Senator Markley
by State Senator Joseph C. ,•la4h'• • Ibth)
'Tis the season to be making a few laws
Jennie M. UriIlo, secretary/treasurer
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Merry Christmas!
It truly is a magac tame of year
We hope each and everyone of our
readers can enloy the Christmas season with famaly and friends.
Many feel ttus beauttlul season has
been touched with too much commercudism Maybe so, but don't let
it spod }'our holidays
flaere will • man• v, ho will forget
the true meamng of Christmas as the
l,uthdatc of Jesus Christ. who st,rod
tot peace and lo•e on earth However, there are many who won't
forget that glorious fact
Then too there are some po)mve
angles to the commercial aspect of
Christmas
Consider. it proudes lobs for
many desperatel.', m need of one
That's enough m itself It gives the
country's economy a positive }oh
You can't argue that point
There are some who argue against
a creche being placed on town and
city propemes Some of those people
stand to benefit econormcally from
Christmas Take away Christmas
and merchants would have lean
books to look at at the conclusion of
their fiscal years
It is also aume when fnendshps
are renewed. For some reason these
same friends and acquaintances are
veritably ignored during the veal
but that bond blossoms again at
Christmas ttrne Maybe you won't
hear from or contact these people
again until next Christmas, but at
least at one ttrne of the \ear, you
remember each other Maybe it'll
last Wouldn't that be •u•nderful
P•ple who never write to lrxnds
and relataves all year long take the
urne to do so wit•. a Christmas card
at Ihas tune o1 the year Instant commumcauon Wonderful
And shut-ins suddenh receive
some much needed guests Yes. it
can be a lonely' ume af •ear f.r man•,
but there are roans who are conand fnendshap with a ".lSlt to least
once a year Christmas ume
Any maybe it'll remind some that
these people are in need ot this kind
of relauonshlp all year round Ma•bc
it'll last
So the birth of Jesus Christ maretams its magic down through the
years One man's birth has had such
a profound effect on this earth A•
for the commercialism, don't kno&
it Use It in a poSltlX'e
And have a safe Christmas Season
Dnnkmg and dnung has caused
many hardships at this time ol the
vearl and the rest of the \ear as \+ell
•ut parties are abound at this time
of the .','ear providing the backdrop
for accidents mushing drunk drners Don't sly.hi the beautiful Christmas season with a tragic accident
One can enloy the occasmns ot the
season without drmk*ng much If it
takes alcohol to enlov the season,
look within, there\ something missing
Mere, Christmas to all our readers
Historic precedence
Soutl'nng•on residents will shortly
lace the opuon of adopting historic
districts as well as a local ordinance
to restrict the demolition of buildrags over 50 sears old Caution
should be used in making a decision
•,hether a well-meaning minority
shnuld be alhm ed to impose its legislation upon the consttutlonal rights
.l the individual home Or, her
Proponents of the cnncept claim
that the decision v, lll be left to the
homeov, ners. pointing to a requirement that 75 percent of a district •ote
in fa• or of adopting the designatnm
That still leaxes a 25 percent mmor•tx upon v, hlch a strict use d regulatnms v, lll be lm!•sed Architectural
•mprmements, modermzatmn and"
ewn the color u•u mas paint •our
home can be regulated b• hismrlcdl,,mct ru h:'s
\• one can argue ruth the argument that hN•+rlc homes lend a rich
tou&
to
a
tov.n
But
not
all homes uxer 100 \ears old are
,*orth', ot resturation A lt•+k at
aim.st-candidates behind (•uldo's
3,hrket tm +\hm St max lend some
perspeutlx c to this '.,.all-meant quest
•.re&cr s ball ;,.hi& sit un the edge
5 et ,,v.ncr• v.ould be required to
91, rid',- beluIe kanng dov, n
these structures should an ordinance
be passed requiring rh:..! htmx-s 50
\ears uld ur more \X'e agree that
s.me uld h.mes are hlsh*r•. •,a,•,•tl bits Age-rdated legislation &ms not
not be prodded into accepum, a h>
torte destguat|on thruugh edu,.at>n
and tax benefits, perhaps the •ausc
is not trub that "of the W.pk
On the other side olthc .ore, th,,w
gtshmg to present the d&r qru.tures m Southmgton •tnt ,•ut the
fact that the to•n should haxc been
considering a }hsturk [)Nnd •ar•
ago
Since 1965. •e •c h,q the Phntsvdle Train Stat>n
the I V
While pressing lo•.al concerns,
such as the machimst stoke at Southmgton's Pratt & Whitney plant are
occupying our attention laid), members of the Connecticut l•slature
must also pay aRe•tlon Iu lhc upcoming 1986 session of the bcnc•
Assembh Lawmakers are •urrently
wor•ngup bdls on the state budget
since the 1986 •sslon is an c•ennum•red year and onh bills •htch
have budgeta• impact can be considered, unless a matter l• raised by
comttee
W•s ts where •ou. m• constltuents, enter the picture
Now is the single best umc ol the
•r to make } our VleA 5 un qak go• ernmem •o•n If u•u haw •dcas
on proD•sed leg•sla/>n, ,,t tl •ou
ha•c a ia• m um,d .....•, •.]d hkc
to See pass, dun't hcMldlC to u,ntact
me As umr •talc Senator, 1 am at-
• t\ t }no ol the guiding pnnc•ples o!
.,. Rupubhcan Parh is tu keep
.p•ndmg vuthm expedcd rcwnuc
.•.,
I .\P(.ONN
plan
that v, ould
tn 1986 mdudc m.rc ux and •nd-
;x, ndmg and taxing v.lll bc rem:,,du•.cd tn 19•.6 attcr being xct.ed
crNs A surplu• ol %0 mflhon •
cxw, tcd m 19•-g6 and prc•urc •
,u. ,,thor cdu•.ational mattcp,
state education aid should enable
towns to attract and retain better
cahber teachers for public schools
Wtule it is not a cure-all, a minimum
starung salary for teachers will also
be considered
Additional lob trmmng tnmatlves
are al• on the agenda Connecticut
faces a speciahzed labor shortage and
has man+• mdmduals on welfare rolls
who lack emplmable skills, lob
training would allow these people to
become self-sustaining members of
their communmes.
Insurance availability and affordabdlty has become a malor problem
for municipalities and businesses
Both ha•e faced sk+•rocketmg premiums, diminished coverage and in
some cases mid-term cancellations of
nece•a.,3. ,n,,l•c•e• The 19R6 legislature is h•klng Into the reasons this
is happening and will take steps to
find the best solutions
I '*.,utd als,, urge u,u, the po,ph
I represent to come to the Capitol in
ttartlord or attend regional hearings
and make '+uur leeimgs known on
the Issues that most con,2ern vou
Publk hearings arc rcgularl• hd'd on
matters of importance to '•our daily
hies and it •s olten the legislatne
committees holding the hearings that
On and Off the Record
tt• th#+ l)ougla•
Insurance camps readying for a legislative battle
the present 9,stem •ontcnd it's the
onl', v, ax man,, •lctims can get a
lawser lo take a case
R Battle) Hollaran. President ot
the Connccucut Trial Lav,.,,ers Association, told the task force that
hmmng awards for damage hurts the
x lCtlms most
The Insurance companies are
•u•rking to change the cp.'d lustlcc
3hould the (}cncral A•scmbh sunsider making malor &angc• to make
It
casxr
lot
lndn uals
and
munlclpahlleS to get lnsuran+-c at
reasonable prkeA battle o• the utans •s shaping
at the State Capmd the [au•ers t c
h's tt• carl\ h+ pred." the
u+me. onh h+bbxlqs h,r Nqh .2o
should profit m the m,,nth, ahu+d
A 6mcrnor • Ta•k }',,r.c .n
•uramc Cost• and
l•+kmg tntt, the pr,,<cm
a pn+D,•al to hmlt 'he
mtmc• t•t +an • a• trdcd m
to •appmg finanu£ aaard,
The minted and •Mm> ,,I
dent. apwarcd •t a re.on:
CaDtol pub\ Ecarme t,, .pv*•
Insurance executives •urned that
uninsurable risks are grovung as the
courts gr, e out large a•ards in lay,suits
against
businesses,
munlclpahtles, and others
Reforming the legal s•stem to
soh e insurance ax adabiht•, •roblems
ts a complex and an explosne issue
for lay. makers to contemplate during
an,,thcr p,,ht,dalh scnxltlxe issUe,
the .,,ntmecn.• Ice s• stem x•. hcr• the
ol damage• that .an N
The task Ior.c > aN,
It's a malor challenge for legislators v, hn prefer putting off tough
issues during an dectlon }ear and
it's an issue that has the cxccutne
The •xork ot the task force gnes
Gov "•'llham O'Neill time and an
opportunity to obtain testimony
from those seeking someffung different from the insurance system But,
it's a problem that has the state's
elected municipal officials screarmng
for help
The insurance and lawyer lobbies
don't .ueld power The two sides are
digging in and lawmakers are preparing for a bruising fight
There Is concern the consumer
will lose if legislators don't have the
stomach to stand up to the insurance
companies and the lav,yers
A woman testifying before the.
special task force noted the committee was minus persons representing
consumer interests
That statement irked Insurance
Commissioner Peter Gillies, v.ho
v.anted it known that he v.as there
to protect the pubhc+s interest
g,'e'll see
Speaking Out!
Republicans propose reform to insurance industry
•hu •'.lsh to du business in (-onnecallo•cd m Connectkut •h•ch thc•
The Rcpubhcan I.cadcrsh•p ol the
( onncdlcut Genial Asscmbh contmue• to bc phflosophlcalh op•)sed
to the concept ol Wttlng arbltrarx
hm•ts un the •aluc ot human pain
and •utlcrmg •Vhdc •aps ol tht• nature m•ght ap•ar tt• be a s•mple sol-
' 1.'
h.mes arc mcrh aged and v.orn out
[ruh historic properties bring mcrcasmg prices on the real estate, markct
Perhaps a •rogram of education pursued with the zeal of this
upcoming
legislation could a•.cnmphsh the same results wllhout
stepping on the toes of the lndindual
America •s guided N. a c.nqltulion •,,'hich has ,.,.tthstt•M one assault
after another br 2• •ears [t proudes a doctrine of mdiudual rights
,ahde disdaining the emotional will
-t ma>ntx rule lfhumeo•ncrs tan-
introduce many of the bills the General Assembly considers These pubhc hearings are one of the most du-ect
ways the general pubhc can assist m
the governmental process and offer
new views on old problems•
Schedules for these pubhc hearlngs are available from the House
and Senate clerks' oflkes at the
Capitol and often are published m
area newspapers. If a cormmttee in
whch you are interested does not
pubhsh" a schedule, contact me and
my office will gladly send you a copy
or tell you the information you need
over {he telephone
My phone
number in Hartford is toll-free
1.800-842-1421
With all the hustle and bustle of
the season ahead, don't forget that
your state government will work best
for vou if you voice your opimons
If v•)u have any questions about the
le•lslauve process, ideas for laws you
rh.nk should be passed or repealed.
or tI •.ou have concerns on any state
issues,
please
contact
me
tn
Hartford Sen Joseph Markle.•, Sc
nate Republican Malorlt•, Office,
State Capitol, Hartford, CT 06106
Or .•ou can call me at the Capitol or
at my home in Southington at 6280165
}h:xe•er, part ol the proposal hmlts
hTr•,• .%7;7•,'t affornc•s •ull be able to
•tabtht• •¢tt•mcntsor
a•ards, sub+
Under the proposal. •tatc statutes
• ill be amended to prm tdc tnr a sx stom under •ht& each delendent
haNht• llunc•rc•ms•blelor25",,.
than 25".of the a•ard h raises from
$1.5(•) Io $1(I,0(•} the hm•ts nn cases
to bc heard m the small claims courl
to cx•d•te w•tlcmcnts ah•ch do not
rcqmrc la•ers ur •hc lull
pro•ess h proudes that. m award.
mg pare and suffenng damages,
lump sum sclllemenls ma•
larger than $250.000 Awards exceedmg that amount must be paid,
•lth interest, met a ten year period
or to the predictable life expectancy
of the beneficlar',, whichever is less
Republicans ha•e also come up
ruth some important proposals to be
•mplemented in the area of municipal habiht.s, such as limiting its
scolx This would be accamph•hed
by defining the scope of Municipal
[ taNhtv •n the Gcncr)l qtatute•uch a dehmtwn vqll limit the creeptng expansion of mumc•palitv habll•ts occasioned by court decisions and
wdl retain municipal hab•hty where
it can be shov, n that the municipality
kncv, or should ha•e know about the
neglhgent n•re of its actlvmes
It is alsomffessars to tgrevent duphcate payments bx estabhhsmg a
"u•llateral source" rule requiring
that courts be advised of any recto erles will be made t,, the plaintiff
through other sources Finally, the
protx•sal discourages frivolous suits
by making it easter to countersue
That is, in all civil cases in which
damages are sought, the court must
rule on whether the suit was frivolous and must enter its finding on the
record
"We hope these changes will make
a difference and ease the current
crisis." concluded the lawmakers
leffers fo fhe newspaper
your pagc
7
The Observer. Thursday. December 17. 1985
Open letter to police commission
Gentlemen:
We are MOST disturbed about your recent
approval of Chief D'Agostmo's removal of the stop
signs on Hart Street.
As you know, we have
pleaded our case for many
months with a good
number of us personally
voicing our oblecuons to
this acuon at public meetlngs. Your decision can
only be construed as showmg no considerauon for
the safety of the children
in our area and we are unable to understand and accept this
More than 100 residents
signed a petition requesting that the signs be replaced to make the area
safer for their children a fatahty to get a traffic
How you can ignore the light installed We do not
feelings of so mare people want to find ourselves in
is beyond our comprehen- the same sttuanon
As a group of neighsion. It is certaml3' fair to
say that all of you are more bors, we strongly oblect to
concerned about going your decision and feel that
along with the Town Man- you are not acting in the
ager and the Police Chiel best interest of the citizens
than with the safety of the
children John Weichsel ,s
concerned
about posstble
liability :laims
due to
rear-end collisions How
can he compare a rear-end
colhsion to the hte of a
child? He and all of 3'ou
will face a much larger
lawsuit if a child ts hit b•
a car.
Years ago, residents oI
South End Road had a
traffic problem and tt took
Regpo.n.se was overwhelming
To the Editor:
I asked you to place
a notice m your paper
on behalf of the Sisters
warm clothes. I was
overwhelmed with the
responses.
Mr
Sweeney picked up 72
bags and boxes of
clothes and 104 coats
and lackets for their
shelter.
We thank you for
your help God bless
you and your staff, and
and hat and gloves bless
you too
Your friend in Christ,
Ellen Sweeney
of your town We intend
to pursue this issue until
actions are taken to make
our neighborhood safe
again
Mr. David Carey
386 Hart Street
Southington
n't get r
id
of ou r
ambulance service
Penny-wise and pound
foohsh N' This was our
first
reaction to the
rumors we heard of the
town farming out our ambulance service, tivmgon
the outskirts of Southmg-
been for the care she recived by our wonderful
ambulance service.
We do not believe that
by gettmg rid of our ambulance service we will tinprove our fire department
and we will certainly loose
a great deal in the personal
do not sleep as peacefull3
In 1973 we lost uur barn
to fire It v, as reportedly
the oldest framed building
in town, once having been
a house l'`'e often v, on-
serve
as
our
towns
E M T's
We beheve that by adding to our paid firefighters, v,c will not only
pro•e the quahD•_of our
read•
be able to keep our ambu-
To the Editor:
to roll could ha•e
sa•cd this historic budding
In 1981 our daughter
was hit head on bv a pickup truck She •ould not
be ahvc todas tl tt hadn't
ser• ice, and it would
unly cost each household
a nominal fee
lance
Respectfully,
Mr. & Mrs. E. B. Meyer
'Her name was Mary; it said so on the door'
by Terry Marotta
for The Observer
When you walked past
her room, VISltlUg someone else at the nursing
home, you found you
couldn't look at her -couldn't look at her, and
couldn't look away.
She was no one you
knew - an old woman,
with neither name nor history that intersected with
yours
But seeing her
bnce, seeing her each time
you came to that place,
you found you couldn't
forget her
Her name was Mary, it
said so on the door of'her
She lay on her back m
there - all day, every day
- and looked up at the
ceiling.
She was beautiful, m
the way that Katherine
Hepburn is beautiful still,
with high cheekbones and
a mimmum of excess
flesh Her hair was white,
and it settled Iff,e a small
cloud about her head.
Her eyes, dark and
deep, made sharp contrast
with the pallor of all that
surrounded them. Their
lashes were long, improbably long and healthylooking. They fringed her
eyes like ferns around a
pond. It was these eyes
that
you remembered
most, recalling tt afterward. The)' k)oked hkc
flowers strewn onto her
face, the), looked hkc
stars.
She turned on •ou as
you hurried by, lmghng
your car keys and smelling
of the wide outdoors She
regarded you with a
you could never quite decipher, for all the nmcs
you puzzled over it later
Was it an express,on uf
supplication
you
sa'a
there? A testimony to suffenng? Some brave mute
effort to speak that lifted
her brows so n'unutel•,
and widened her hds• It
seemed to be all of these,
it seemed to be none
She never called out as
you passed her, in the wa3
that so many of the other
residents did
This one cried, "Help'
Please help me'" in a thin
and
wavering
whenever anyone at all appeared in the hallwa'.
That one laughed up at
you, passing her worn.
and pointed )o3t)usl) Io
her tedd)' bear `'`' lth a kind
of wild conspirator's glee
Others still simpl• smiled
as they le,oked up from
their supper tra•s, composing their faces into the
ready and pleasant lineaments of soctabdlt• that a
P&WA striker says
thanks to everyone
To the editor:
I would like to thank all
those fine people of
qouthmgton who supported us during the recent strike They are the
merchants who donated,
the people who stopped to
give us mnral support, the
owners of The Hand)'
Store who allowed us to
park on their property;
on and on, and I can only
begin to name a few.
Without your support, it
would have been a lonely
struggle out there.
The Southmgton Police
did an excellent lob of
keeping neutrality despite
some snide remarks by
strikers and non-strokers
Many of us had a vision
of attack-dogs and mace
These men dispelled that.
When a non-striker attempted to get out of a van
with a baseball bat, the
Southlngton Pohcc had
hold of him belt)re hc had
both feet on the ground
I don't think that there
Sincerely,
Harold E. Gerrish, Jr.
(Membor• Iocal 1746-A.
IAM
Maude Orr was Southregion's oldest hvxng resident at 107, when she died
in JanuaD', 1984
Samuel Woodruff Is
generally considered as
the 'Father ol bouthmgton '
Criticism ofpriest, staff was baseless
To the Editor:
dlllcrcn•cs on
)zrccn
the town
] hc cntt•_lsm ol l-arbor
Ocraghtx and his •tall is
tor •onttnucd
guidance
to those %`'hi)kin)v, ]'athcr
Gcraght• Ills dcdt•att()n
w his rchgums tamik m
parucular and people m
•erek interested in
spiritual
Aim Marie l)a• ano'• let-
to the editor appearing a most personal and pnThe Obscr`'cr issue ot •atc matter It should be
sttnng position, and then
back again, first to the left l)c•cmbcr 12th •aptt.ncd more than lust a physical
"Qucstummg )udgcmcnt th•me- through- the mollon',
side and then tO the right
Her legs fell open hke the
priest. •talf," find• mc
legs of the tiniest babes questioning the lodgment
and the-'•),, Iht. ()•.(.aslon h)r a maof Mrs
taken suddenly m repose
editor
ture,
dchbcratc, PERThe pain that you felt,
,•(,)NAI,
dcclsmn w belt*>king at her, was your
I question that the sub- come a member of a parShe had a television, to •am, .though, and not
ers •ou supposed her to lect ol the letter is proper. tl,.ular rchglous family It
v, hich she paid not the
one doesn't wish to
shghest heed
It yam- be at peace m this place
a
pubhcatlon
lot
the
genthe rulc• and pra•.n•cs.
And
she
may
have
been
mered away, selling food,
eral
public,
t+)nc
d.csnt
•hv go through the
Ltutking
up
at
the
ceding
selhng sex, selling youth,
in its customar3 "¢olce of ts what you did yoursell at shout about •ntra-lamfl`' Yo•rI%X t)l (•onfirmant)n;
one time in your life For
hearts false ammauon
She ne',er glanced at tt hours un end, no doubt,
drinking in the sun's hght
once
Nor did she glance at reflecting off it, harkening
the stuffed kitten some- to the distant sounds
Conned.flOUt
( ckbramunltiCS arc being urged
one had put on her win- the household below walttlon
:&q0,
Inc
,,`'lll
to ,.ondm, t Leremtlnles Io
dowsill, or the school mg for the large and bus•
h,nor their local heroes
snapshots of nameless people to bring 3ou the "Hometo`",n Hcrocs m
t-urthcr
•nformauon
each ol the Start,
chddrcn curhng m the next e•ent
•.,m bc obtained through
To look and to
frame ol her dresser's mirthe (( •50 ()fficc at 49
seem fit Occupation tot of the •50lh anmxcr•ar•
ror
\\ ctherq-leld
A`'enuc,
She stmpl• lay in that one at life's beginning
ttarth,rd. CI (16114 522bed, and let the attendants Who is to sax tt is not fit nounccd b• Dcpul•
•al•
do `'`'hat thc• v, ould with occupation a• well for one
at life's end ?
her
Medal of Honor
Mata.' saw some things Chairman Peter F Burn•
Sometimes thes hea`'ed
t .,nm.,.ncut •`'dl mark
her into a chair and tied m that cehng m`'lsiblc
another
national
first
the rest of us, v, tth our clt•¢cnsthe populantx
her Iooselx v, hde the3
•`'hcn
tt
honors
ItS
Conthank
md•x
•duals
changed her hncn, laugh- shoppmg lists and loud
•rcs,qona[
.\lcdal
ol
have comrlb•tcd to
xng and gossiping together voices
[h)nt•r
recipients
next
quaht•
ol
htc
m
their
h•al
Then
one
da`'
she
as the sheets snapped
\prt[ a• part ol the •tatc'•
smartl`', hkc flags, m their no longer there m her
gq0th
anm•cr•ar• cclcbracapable hands
room, her name tag,oxen, hermc dccd• and
t•
mcs,"
sa•d
Burn•
Somctm•cs thc• bathed stripped from the door
"h is I]ttlOR durme
her in the bed, pulling her Who knows what ghmcs
(m,.•.rnor (Y\clll said a
httlc Sod`' toru.ard into a she looked upon then •
plaque, bearing the name
ter
hlettme's habit had taught
them
Mar,, did none uf these
thmgs
Mar• lUSt looked at
you, then looked back up
at the ceding
press ',oung people '*nh
the Ia•.I thal Confirmation
should be more than }uM
h• lcadcrshq• ,is a man ol
God I am sure that l-arbor
Gcraghlv v.tll apprc(,late
an 3 pra`'crs on his bchall
II 31rs
l)a•,tnt• is •,ln-
mg her dtllcrcm.c',
her pastor, •hc might I
talk to thc pastor, 2 mcct
`'`'llh the parish
lrlcnds and neighbors,
•ntc to the .\r•hblshop.
4 •rlte to the P-pc.
rather than appeal to readers()l lhe (Ibscr•cr
Sincerely,
C. J. Lapsis
State seeking to honor hometown heroes
Making a mockery of
the Catholic Church
To the Editor:
In regards to the letter
`'•hlch appeared last week
about SI I')omtmc's refusmg to confirm students
•ho •crc not church
goers, I totall• agree •nh
h•'
acodent during •hc la
days That speaks for •tself of a lob v, ell done
Thank '• ou
Frolicking among the Chrigtmas trees
lom Nardt-and his •riend Eric Johnson have some fun while selling Christmas trees downtown They also
have a TV set on the tree stump to left of photo. The local Jaycees were sponsonn•the tree sale on the
corner of High and Main Streets.
I alhcl
kk ,lilct
}
Geraght'. dcc•on
I am sick and ured ol
seeing •oplc married m
•.u.•. •..,, ncvcr intend
to appear there until thmr
funeral ()r chddren mad
tngthmr Commumunand
are never seen aRaln h is
a larcc, hyprucrlsy Is •t
the part} they m•ssed?
The presents •
As a proud parent myself, we all attend church
"regularlC'. We, as pareros, sc• the example
Look ar,,und
each3ear
a• Chn•ma• and Easter
lhc churches are full to
capacn• Who are these
•ople loohng • Themselect. I guess
I have relanve• who
•cm from church m
church to shop h)r
(,heaper stipend for tht
marnageceremonv Thcs•
people have not been
church except to chnslcn
the chddren These art
the pcoplc who made
mockcr• t)f the Cath,
m
the
Hale.
sprat ol Nathan
•ho •as designated
(q
the
74
(•onncctlLUt
p•(,plc •h(, ha•c ro.cl•cd
th• klcdal ,)I }hmt)r •n•c
plaque •tll mark the first
State
ot
its
Medal
of
mg to records at the Freedom Foundatmn m \allc•
othcrstates
Fh)rldaand
()rcgon
ha`'c pubhshcd
biographical
pamphlct•
bccn c,,tabhshcd in a state
l-he (,morrow said the
Dluba,.
ol
l)luba,., a `'ctcran t.! the
Korean and Vlelnam
fll•.ts, ha', ,,pcm nearl'.
h)ur '.cars rcscar,.hlng the
prolctl
lnmal design •alN h)r a
•.hronoh•gi•.al hstln• •t rcLlplenl',,
their
rank,
and d•`' •s•on ol the Armed
the q, eld()`'`'
Bronze ( .rp(,-
()1 Medal -I fh,n,r mcmMedal ol ltonor recipients
v, as made b`' a group
`'ctcran• led b`' Paul
$4.500 ( ( •15(1 ha', •()ntrl
butcd $ l,•()l)
Thanks from Soccer Club
-I
To the editor'
N x ten •
\\ h, >It ",,tic
I •.uld hkc ),, pubh<lx
b• cqabhshcd at an ap-
sa•d
Stalc'• 350th anmxcr•
ackno•lcdgm• •h-• • •,n
I h•
%•cdal (q
( (,ngre•slona[
H()n(•r • the
}h,o•lcr
(lub
annual
banqut I
ihr,,ueh
I heir
great pla• m •lu•h h,
and •ork." l•u:r>
chul•h
qhese arc the pe,pk
who should examine
consciences
l)o thc•
children --.It.......
confirmed • Why;
tause n •s the thing
Because
thmr parcm,
want them to? Or their
mends are, ERher xou art
a pracncmg Cathoh• or a
Cathohc m n•e only
In speaking abou•
I have been reformed tha•
there were several other
quahficatmns revolved for
the preparation and sc•eral children first •a•d
they didn't •ant
bother Therefore, the Ic•ter from the irate parcn•
is onl• one-sided and does
not tell all the
Linda W. Drozd
,rod
lht
t•tx(•nd
•all
,,t
lhank, ,h.uld al•,, b• •x
•c,ir i, w• h.)k b,kk
lhc ,i<hic•cmcrlt• i,l (
Town Board me ting
r(,•<n
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The Observer, Thursday, December 19, 19,85
8
Kozlowski Berg are cho.,•el• for Elks h )nor
l•a Kozlowski and
Scott Berg, semors at
Southmgton High School,
have been selected as Elks
Students of the Month for
their academic and extracumcular
achievements at the high school
Acuve m the Key Club,
Lls• Kozlowski is a
meifiber of the Nauonal
Honor Society, is acurines editor for the
school newspaper, the
Emblem, andis m the
Latin "Club where she
serves as proconsul Lisa
is a p•rtmtpant m many
semor class funcuons
During her itmaor year at
the high school, Lisa was
chosen to attend Laurel
Girls State
Lisa has distinguished
herself m the Discoverer
III, Gifted and Talented
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Kozlowski
An excellent student,
Scott is a member of the
National Honor Socler,.
the Ke) Club and is a
three-vear s arsltS member
of theSoccer .Te•n where
he served as Co-Captain
this year In the spring,
Scott'was selected as a delegate to Boys State
Also a member of
Who's Who Among American High Scht•fl Students, Scott is the son of
Donald and Joan Berg ot
50 Annehse Asenue
Berg
Program Interested in
medicine with a special mterest tn diabetes, Lisa
spent time during the last
year and a half at the
i%diamc Diabetes Clinic
at the UConn Health
Center m Farmmgton
doing research work m
diabetes In addition, Lisa
was selected for the 1985
Jttmor
Science
and
Humamnes Symposium
at Wesle) an Umversity.
A member of Who's
Who Among American
High School students,
Lisa is the daughter of
John and Irene Kozlowski
of 909 Pleasant Street
Raczka-Cavanagh
Young COP to sponsor
dance to benefit needy
Salern 9' is named
The Southmgton High
School Art Department
has announced that semor
Tamm) Salerno has been
chosen as December's Artist of the Month This
award honors students
with outstandmg talent
and achievement in art
Her work w•ll be on display at the main office of
the Southmgton Savings
Bank during banking
hours
Salerno, of 53 Round
Hdl Road, is the daughter
of Rachard Salerno and
Mrs Donna Pelleuer
has completed courses m
Drawing,
Adsanced
Drawing. Painting. Advanced Painting and is
presend3
enrolled
m
Photograph,
Tamm, has been mterested m all ever sznce
elementax-• school and is
elementar•
currenth taking pn,ate
lessons m painting She •s ,
President of the Semor
Class, Scott Berg has been
acuve in a variety of club
and class functions Durmg his lumor )'ear, Scott
served as master of ceremonies of the Jumor Fashion Show and participated
in the Jumor Prom and
the Junior Variety Show
als• involved with the Discover• 1Ii program at the
high school '.,,here her
stud) is tn the field of fashion design Tammv is also
working on the Senior
Class Mural which revolves
designing
and
transfemng her own original design onto a large
secuon of corndor wall on
the lower level of the
school That Is a demandmg but rewarding experience for art students
Working part time at
Nutmeg Baked and bemg
on the art staff of the
school's ?earbook, The
Chmmcle, rounds out her
acuvmes this ).ear
Salerno would like to attend Caze,nona College m
Xe• York with e,ther a
Commercial ll]ustrauon
or Archatectural Deszgn
malor and hopes to stud•
m Pans to further her educa, t)on
members o! the Young Repubhcans v, fll personalls
"search"
out
needs
farmhcs in Southington
and then pubhcall? donate the profits from the
benefit to them
The •k•ung Republicans
have sent Letters nf mvlta-
The Southmgton Young
Republicans •,fll begin a
year-long prolect to a•d
the need) onzens of
Southington v, ith a hohdas benefit dmner•dance
on Saturda), JanuaD 11.
at the Mary Our Queen
Church hail on Savage
Street in Southington
The evening wdl begin
at 7 p m , and there will
be a full-course buffet at
8 p m Free beer and wine
will be served throughout
the night Southmg•on's
own disc iockes Dave
Landmo •,lll provide a
variety of droner and
dancing music dunng the
mght Tlcke•s are avadable at Racoo s and also at
the door.
The•oungrepubhcans
plan to cbsmbute the profits from the benefit in a
ver• unique wa• The
Southmgtun asking their
full supD)rt, and thes
hope the effi)rt s• ill be supported b• all the carmg
churns of Southangton
The event •fll mark
onh the first ol man? eltorts in a-planed ?ear-long
pro!eel to help Southington s less-fortunate erazens
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Mrs FranlOm Crov, le) of
54 Cath• Drive
Miss
Morrison
graduated in 1981 from
•,outhmgton H,gh School
{.urrentl'•. she is a semor
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graduate of St Paul Oathohc Htgh School in Bristol In addition, he obtained hts Bachelor ol Science in Medical Laborator', Science frnm Northeastern L'nl, erslt• in Boston He is emplmed as an
account representauve for
Clba Cormng Diagnostics
of
Medfield,
Massachusetts
A Juh 11 •.eddmg *s
planned at St I'lommic
Church in to,,n •s being
planned
High School and from the
Umvers•t• o! New Haven
m 1984, ',,nth a bachelor's
degree in Business Administration He is a pitcher
for the Bahmaore Orioles
AA Baseball Team m
Charlotte, North Carolina
this year
An October 18 wedding
is being planned at M.ary
Our Queen Church m
Sopthmgton
The current Town Hall
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The Observer, Thursday, December 19, 1985
liwng-- 9
The Southington Connection
'Bees" were a good wa y for early settlers
to beat the angry 'sting" of loneliness
By 1750, there were
about 700 people m the
area we know as Souttungton. The vast malonty of
the people hved on farms
and were poor There
were few famal•es tn the
center village w*th other
occupauons. Even these
skilled workers spent
much of their ume tendmg gardens, field crops,
rinsing amrnals to meet
most of the*r needs.
Each fanuly ,n the commumty took care of ,ts
own needs of food, shelter, and clotlung, with the
mothers and chddren
working along with the
husbands, even though
most of the work was &vided by sex roles
When a family moved
to Soutlungton, or a
newly-married
man
purchased land, the first
task was to make a clearmg and build a house, so
corn, rye, and buckwheat
could be planted.
Since
most
farm
fanuhes m South•ngton
were relatwely isolated
from the,r neighbors, they
took advantage of every
possible opportunity for
sociahzmg The primary
source of contact between
neighbors at that ume was
in the form of work parties, called 'bees '
One way to get the new
farmly started was to have
a chopping bee to,clear the
land. Many of the strong
men came earl} and soon
all were chopping at the
trees After working many
hours, a favorite way of
bnngmg the day's work
and excitement to a chmax
was by a 'drive.' Ttus was
done by chopping halfway
•nto the trunks of a great
group or circle of trees, so
they'd all fall at the sayne
ume Then the rum, ale,
or cxder would be passed
out, and the men would
laugh and Ioke.
After, the trees were felled, ,t was no lot•ger a 'cut
down,' but anVopenmg '
Many of th,e•'•rees were
hauled b} oxen and horses
to the local saw nulls that
were being established
throughout the town. The
rest of the trees were then
set on fire, leaving the
great charred tree-trunks
Later, there was a piling
bee, where the trunks
would be dragged into a
vast pile, and again set on
fire The smoke and polluuon must have been
great
throughout
the
town
The crops were plante•
•ween the fallen logs
stumps A stump-pulling was another friendly
way to clear off and put
the fields into shape. And,
of course, there was the
stone-hauhng or stonebee, the results of wktch
you can stall see m many
iowns, fields, and woods.
Questions to mu•:
1 Wh_v were the bees so
important to early settlers •
Wackadoo Zoo
2 How did the settlers go Gad Uccello's kin•lergarten class at Hatton School put on the popular play, "The Wackadoo Zoo." In the
about cleanng the farm above photo, the 'animals' happily perform for the audience.
land;
School news
Kennedy JHS honor roll
Strachel
The following ninth
grade students at Kennedy Junior High School
received first honors for
the first marking period
by earumg an average of
90 or above in academic
sublects
ford Kulas, Duanc Lockhart,
Susan
Matuslewic;,,
Alison
McCarthy,
Ellen
McComb,
Shannon
McNelhs
and
David
Mlkosz
Also Justin Murphy,
K•mberly
Murphy,
Knsta Pawlosku ChristFirst honors:
Mary Ellen Abramson, opher Petersen, Denise
Mlchelle
Arsenauh, Reardon, Mehssa Rlccio,
Ehzabeth Boone, Doreen Robyn Rlzzuto, ChristBoutote, Debra Brez,ck•, opher Rusnco, Chnsuna
Ktrnberly
Camera, Spreda, San& Stanhope,
Stasiuk,
John
Tracey Cello, Casey Ches- Dana
Stefanczyk,
Kerry
key, Lisa Conran, Chert
W
Bruce
D'Angelo, Susan DeHart, Sweezey,
White,
and
Wendy
Angela DeLuca
Also, Robert Dom- Whyte
Ninth grade students
browsk•, Ahson Doty,
earnmg
an average of 85
Thomas Dowme, Patncia
Doyle, Scott Dunn, L•sa to 90 in academic sub)ects
Feeley
and
Elmne received second honors.
Gamber.
Also, Cmthxa Gormam Second honors:
Leann Blssom, MarConnne Greco, Megan
Heath, Knsten Kapell, hyn Bogdam Andrew
Catherine Kelly, Stacie Brush, Stafame Carbone,
King, David Klyak, Chf- Rachard Casey, Richard
Danko, Lisa DePaolo, Tlmorth•.
McLaughhn,
Jason Fernandez, Lawr- Marc Mlchalak, Phylhs
ence Gill, Mark Gre- Norman. Claudeen Ouelgoretn, Dawn Hall, Chf- lette, KannPrior, Rlchele
ford
Hmsler,
David Pulaski,
Karen Pyne,
Hubbs, Schon Hubeny, MaryLou
Spadlinska,
Susan
lacobucci, April Terznu, M,artm
Jonathan Keen, David Webster,
Rob,n
Kochol
and
Karen Wlnarsk•, Tiffany Worth,
Kolevich
Lisa
Yother,
Janet
Also, Nicholas Land- Zabohonski and Dana
lno,
Robert
Lewis, Zuccaro
Hall hired at agency
A former Southington
resident has been h•red as
one of the three new starfers for the Madisonbased Connecticut Society
to Prevent Blindness
Sarah Hall, currently of
Walhngford,
lived
in
Southmgton most of her
life
She will handle
medaa relauons for the
non-profit agency
Brmn Strachel, a student at Southington High
%•hool, has been named to
the high honor list at
(modwm Satellite School,
Bristol
Brian •s *n the electromcchamcal program at
the satellite school
Molusis
Southlngton
resident
l)a•ld Molusis •.`as named
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the hsl
spring
l)ean's
at semester
Western
(•onnectlcUt State Wmversity, DanbuD
Molusis ts a business
malor at the Ancell School
ol Business. Qualifying
•tudents took at least 15
•emester hours of credit
•.ourses and had at least a
35,Bplus average
Georgie
bouthmgton s
Gl}ms
Mar).' Georgie has been
awarded her master's degree in Library Science at
Indiana University
Lombardo
Berklec
College
,Music sophomore Frank
A Lombardo of Southregion was featured in the
acclaimed 'Berklee Large
BeBop Ensemble' when
the dynamic
14-Dote
band was spotlighted in a
concert recently,
Lombardo •s malonng
in Tradmonal Performance at the Boston col-
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Berklce t• v.cllknown as the international center for education
In professional music, renowned for its lllustrmus
lazz facuh} and practical
career preparation
Bernard
Robvn Bernard, daughter of Ron and Teresc Bernard of Southinglon, and
a senior malormg in commumcatmns at the SUNY
College at Oswego, has
cent]} received the l)lstingmshed Mlhtary' Student
award and the Reserve Ofricer Training Corp', Recondo Badge
Bernard has shov, n outstanding leadership qual-
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The Observer, Thursdc•, December 19, 1985
10-- livlng
Briarwood student wins travel internship
Lisa KovalsVa, of Hatfield, MA, and a Briarwood
College
senior
malorlng in travel consultlog, is one of eight college
students naUonwlde who
was selected to participate
as a student intern at the
1985 American Society of
Travel Agents (ASTA)
55th World Travel Congress
The week-long congress was recently held In
Rome, Italy.
This was the second
straight year travel malor
from Briarwood College,
in Southlngton, has received the intern award
from ASTA Last year,
Karen
Kuczenskl,
of
Middletown, was named
an ASTA Intern and partlclpated in its congress in
Las Vegas, NV. She was
graduated from Briarwood last June, with an
Kelley Christmas fair
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Beth Traini looks over the items on sale at the Christmas Fair held recently at Kelley School. More than
2,000 crafted items were on hand at the Kelley-PTO sponsored event,
St • P-au I h onor
St
Paul's
Catholic
yellin Brtstol has
as
High School
released the names of
Southington
residents
who are on the honor roster for the first quarter
Seniors obtatmng second honors include Laura
Adamowicz,
Ursula
Ferullo, and Susan Potrepka.
Junior Cary McMlllan
is named to the first hen-
ro
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Wear
F,,r.'l II ¢),+ca•i,,n•
FREE
Tuxedo
Lisa Kovalski
field.
Student interns were
selected from apphcants
nauonwlde on the basis of
an essay each wrote on
their oblecuves in the
sultlngA
S degree in travel con-
ors list
Jumors making ,second
honors include •llham
Acousti, David Blelsl•,
Geoffrey
Bussierc,
Pamela Frame, Richard
King, Robert K•schell,
Darlene Llstro, Dean
Newman, Laurie Scursso,
Oliver Sommer, Brian
Stack, and I)avtd Wood
Marc Llepts and Jon
Quigl•', are among the
sophomores named to the
first honors list
Sophomores obtaining
are
second
honors
Mlchelle Albert, Donald
Descoteaux, Ma•' Doran,
Elizabeth
Dzllenskl,
Karen ElhotL. Kathlecn
Frame, Lanell Hcsslon,
Mane Lenueux, Matthew
Llstro, Ann Marie Massuccl, Shannon Montage,
Deborah Snow, Jeffrey
Sudol,
and
Krlstln
Zanavlch
Freshman Adam Ton-
throughout
the state
Each club may recommend only one applicant
who is then considered
with all other applicants
Rlnson ,sun the hrsl Ironors roster
Freshmen
obtaining
second honor• arc Christlnc Bclvln, Kc•th (•rm•lc•. Christine l)a), Kathleon l)oran, C•nthla l)•ndcr, Sha•na Eh•ell, J•nnllcr Ftshcr, Man Kelly,
Knstcn Kcnncx. Ktmbeth K•r•thncr. landa
Massucc•
Knstm
Mcl)ougall,
Jcnmfer
Necks, Mzchcllc Orlando.
Kc•m Potrcpka. and Stc-
ho• I became fascinated
with the travel lndustrs, I
cnlox the field very mu•h
Ihls past summer I
,•orkcd pan tm.c tn a
travel agency I kwe to
deal with people The
-XSTA internship award
has been a great honor,
and I spent an exciting
time working and learning
at the ,:ongress In Rome,"
•hc notes
A 1984 graduate of
•,mlth Academy, in Hatfield, MA, Miss Kovalski
tsthcdaughter of Mr and
.Mr• Charles Kovalska of
114 Prospect St, Hat
Applications may be
obtained from Mrs Ann
West Center Street
originally was known as
Wolf Hall.
Southingrmn!
Frank N astri's
'Tb. poon!
*e *,,sh all out • friends
EMILIE
ALICE
JILL
RAY
GLENN
TOM
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NEW 12-month CO rate
Ogluzed ASTA member
college or university.
The eight intern reoplents each received free
hotel room, event registration and official funcuons entry from ASTA, as
well as free round-trtp
transportauon on TransWorld
Atrhnes.
The
American Express Card
provided funding for personal expenses incurred
during the congress.
The intern prograni
gives travel and tourism
students an opportunity
to work direcdy w•th
travel professionals, prorides famtharizauon with
a new city, and gives
meeting plarmmg experience.
Other student interns
were from Nauonal College, Rapid City, SD; The
University of Las Vegas,
NV; Brandywine College,
Wilmington, DE; Webber College, Babson Park,
FL;
and
George
Washington University,
Washington, DC.
Students performed admimstrauve tasks under
the &recuon of ASTA's
Education and Traming
Department.
Yoo Hod,
become a travel agent
after graduation from
l!narw•d in June, 1986
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The
Southmgton
Woman's Club, Inc announces a college scholarslup which ts available to
any Soutlungton woman
who has completed two or
more years of college toward a bachelor or master's degree. The scholarstup IS sponsored by the
Connecticut State Federauon of Women's Clubs
and wdl be awarded at the
State Convention in May.
The applicant must
have achieved a grade
point average of 3 0 or
hagher It is called the
Phlpps Memorial Scholarshap, and each year as
many as 17 scholarships
have
been
presented
travel industry, and students were also ludged on
another essay they composed on how parumpauon m the congress would
help their careers. Other
requtremenrs were endorsements from thentravel professors, having
earned a 3.0 or lugher
grade average, and being
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The Observer. Thursday. December 19. 1985
Confident Lady Knights
open with OT victory
Out with
the Crowd
by V [
Takosmn
The quest for coaches
Honesty is always the best polIcy •n the appointment of quahfied
viable candidates for vacant head
or asmstant coaches in high school
and collegiate athletic ranks
When it became obvious that
there were not an} head coaches
available in the Southlngton
School Department to fill vacancies in the girls soccer and bovs
swimming varsity programs, Dr
David Larson, assistant superintendent of schools, spent considerable time in appointing head
coaches in these two sports
He
appointed
Winston
Thompson as head coach for the
Southlngton High girls soocer
team and Mustafa Ja.l:tla•as head
coach for the SHS bins
team this season
Dr Larson deserves commendation for h,rlng two experienced
men outside the school system
While we are defit•tel), in faxor
of aptxnntlng qualified members
of the school facuh+x to head or
assistant coaching positions in the
Southmgton High School system,
the School Department should
persevere in hiring top-m•tch
coaches who arc well xersed in
their specialties even if the',' are
not School Department employees
•Thompson, who directed the
ady Knights soccer team to the
Central Connecticut Conference
Southern Division championship
in his first season, has a wealth of
European soccer background and
the team was able to utilize this
knowledge on the field
Jabbar, a resident ol New Britain, also has a wealth of knowledge as a swimming coach and has
been involved for more than 12
years m public and prt`. ate aquatic
•rograms throughout the state
Jabber has started to pass on
his coaching knowledge to the
Blue Knights swimming team and
there is evidence that the swimmers will clnnplle a successful record this season
Last season Brett Bohn as head
coach for the Blue Knight swimmers and was appointed to the
post because nobod`' else was interested in running the squad
While Bohn was a member of
the SHS facult.•, he didn't have
the experience to emphasize the
various fundamentals to the entire
squad and as a result, the squad
wasn't veI3 competitive against
the more competltl`.e teams in the
state
Bohn was sincere with his
squad and worked `'•lth them He
left the school department last
summer m accept a tcacoblng posItion In Cahfornla
\Vhen additional coaching vacancies od:ur at SHS, onl} qualifie candidates `.•lth •lde knmqedge of their sport should get involved
When there aren't quahficd can
dldates tn the school system,
Southlngton High School administrators should make 1I their
business it, attract quahfied can&dates outside the school svstem
Sm.ccslul •.and,datas u.'d• then
be required to obtain a Provisional
certification in First Aid before
they arc allowed m assume coachlng roles
It is the athlete that is lclt out
m the cold when he or she does
not have a qualified mentor teachtng them the fundamentals.
While Southmgton High head
football coach Dom D'Angelo saxd
during the gridiron season that he
was unable to attract high calibre
coaching
candidates,
head
coaches at Plait and Malones
High Schools in Mertden and
Lyman Hall High of Walhngford
had an abundante of well vcrscd
assistant coaches
In fact, some of these schools
had the benefit of assistant
coaches from the private sector
The players were manned with
fine assistant coaches and w.yre
able to utilize their skills to +,.h.e.
best of their ablhty this season
CCC football below par
There IS no question in our
minds that the calibre ol competition in the Central Connecticut
Conference Southern l)l`.lSlOn in
football left a lot to be desired as
thge 1'-)85 "'powertmuses" dldn t
measure up to the 1984 season
Coaches' and sports writers'
weekl.• ratings often times mean
nothing until the final week of the
schoolboy gridiron season when
class prevails
\'+'hen Glastonbu•+` ranked at
the top or near the top In the
Hartford Courant poll, and Hall
High of West Hartford, another
high ranked grid power, were
upset in the Iradlllonal post-season games in their classes, it
proved again that the coaches and
sports writers participating in the
voting are not alwa`.s the best
lodges
In fact, M+ddletown High, also
top ranked fur several weeks In
the Hartford Courant poll, also
was beaten in post-season action
Glastonbury, the 1984 defend"hag Class LL champion, was defeated by Trumbull 27-21 after
compiling a regular season 11-0 record. Trumbull was beaten twice
during the regular season, but
faced tougher competition than
the Tomahawks did
The
same
is
true
with
Middletown, which also was undefeated during the regular season
until tt faced I.yman Hall of \Valhngford two weeks ago Thc• also
played a tougher schedule in the
Housatomc
League
than
Mlddleto`.`.n, which competed in
the Northwest Conference, in'. oh mg \Xblcott, St Paul, Farmlngton, Plalnvllle and Berlin
Yet, Lyman Hall, which scored
320 points and allov, ed but 124
points while compiling an 11-1 record, played in a tough conference
and wound up with a No 2 rankmg b,, the Hartford Courant
Glastonburv, 'mhlch wound up
fourth in the (•ourant poll, scored
405 points and ga,.c up 166 points
while compiling an 11-1 record
Hall High, which finished second in the CCC Western Dp. lSlOn,
was beaten by Wlhon H•gh b`' a
21-3 score In the Class L title
game
Hall High, as a result, v.ound
up In tenth place •n the Courant
poll v.'hlle compiling a 10-2 record,
scoring 284 points and limiting
12 opponents to 99 points
Hlllhouse of Nev. Ha`.en, the
onl+',
undeleated and unued
schoolbm grid team m the state
12-0 v.as the top ranked school
in the state m the Courant poll,
edging out Lvman ttall b`. a 382358 margin in the final coaches
",otlng Hlllhouse deteatcd Masuk
16-6 for the state Cla,,'- M'q championship
In 1994, (;lastonburx and
Southlngton, wcrc ranked among
the top in the Courant poll alter
the Tomahawks defeated 4he Blue
Knights 23 17 before more than
O,2(lu spectators at .\lu//• F,.id
in Bristol
Southlngton v, as ranked No 1
for six successlx e u:eek• before
was upset b,,' Glaslonbur`., which
mo•,ed Io the top
It IS unfortunate that the two
lop st.hools in the Courant poll
couldn't face ea•.h other m another
battle because it would
determine the REAL state grid
pou, er Th•s game would also attrat.t m,+rc than ",till{) spcctators
because it would be a statcwldc
attraction
by Jim Senich
editor
pomts and hauled down 12 rebounds
against the Lady Knights
However, lUSt seconds before regulation rime ran out with both teams
tied at 52, Ranando re-mlured ligaments In her left thumb She had
lust tied the game on two pressure
baskets
There was something different
about South•ngton High School's
g•rls basketball team when It played
Holy Cross High School in Waterbury last Saturday night It was an
air of confidence
With the big center on the bench
Even though the Lad.,,' Crusaders
had the lead for most of the game, V, lth her hand `...'rapped in ice, Hob
one could feel It was lust a matter of Cross was missing an important inume before the Lady Knights would gredient going into nvcrttme
"Fhev missed her, to be sure,"
stamp this with a "W."
The game went into overtime, but said coach Daddlo
Said coach Generalh, "'We sure
SHS pulled it out, 58-54.
Some 500 fans attended the game could have used l.ynnc, but that's
in Waterbur7 and the}' were treated the breaks of the game. It happens
You lust ha•c to adlust Southmgton
to some exciting basketball.
outplayed us and thc• `.son "'
"It was a great game to watch
"I v, as ver`. impressed with Spagna
Those fans saw two very good
teams, said Holy Cross coach Ed and Closck Thc• held them togcther The}' lUSt kept going to those
Generalh
SHS coach Joe Daddlo echoed two girls and thc• responded "
Bolh It'am• h a,• a •h,*l a• ,x ran!rig
O,:n,:r+_!!_,', feehr, g,, a.J,'hng,
the
game in regulation time Krls
Cross is a good team. The}' are wel[Mach
gas on the hml line `.slth 05
coached under Generalh. I knew
left
and
the score tied. but she missed
going in we would be facing a tough
opt•ment H•qv Cm• wdl glve,,a lot a foul shot
I'he atr of confidences.factor was
discussed b.• coach Daddio, whose
teams year in and }'ear out are ex
tremely competitive
"I drill into our kids the fact tf we
keep the game close going into the
fourth quarter, the game should be
ours I don't '.+'ant them bmng cocky,
but confident."
The Lad', Knights were led by a
double-barrelled tandem in Angela
Spagna and Trace',' Closek Spagna
gunned in 22 wh•ie Closek had 20
Both made some big hoops cormng
down the stretch
"The thing I liked about Angela
and Trace.•," commented coach Daddlo, "was the),' wanted the ball durmg crunch time. When we really
needed a hoop the}' wanted the ball
in their hands."
,,,,,,
and called umcout When thc• lnboundcdthc ball 5+`ar• Beth LesSor',
raced to halfcourt and let fl• with a
shot that hit off the ba•.kboard at the
buzzer ttad the shot gone in, ttol`'
Cross v, ould have had a dramatic `.ittor•
Role Players
The Lady Knight's head coach
also added that last season both
Spagna and Closek were "role
players" with Llnda Lee and Rose
Mlcacc• handling the front positions
"The.• weren't used to getting the
ball when the game was on the line,'
he added, "but they delivered m our
first game That's great.'"
It was game number one Ior both
Holy Cross and SHS The Knlght•
had a week of rest and practice before
heading for Hartford Frlda• fi•r a
battle with Hartford Bulkele•
Going into the Holy Cross battle
SHS knew it would not have a hmght
advantage So what else is ne`.s •
"We never have a height ad`.an
rage," laughed coach Daddm "In
m• six years here we have ne`.er had
a team with height. We knov, gom+z
into ever)' game we have to battle for
rebounds and,,play good, tough defense to win
Hob Cross has a 6-2 center m
Lynne Ranando She scored l-
Overtime
But in mcrtlmc Southmgton went
right to •ork and put the game awa•
Ihc confidence ta•.tor •sas there
Closck hit a baseline lumper l.asbur} tollo`.`.cd`.•lth a baskcl from onderneath for l-:hfl`' Cross, but Closek
•anned a loul shot to g•`.c St|S a one
polnl edge. Spagna put lhe •clng on
the v,m with another basket
Coach Daddio was pleased ,x•th
the role playing of some ol his
players
He pointed out Krls Math "Kris
played some great basketball fi•r us
She rebounded, pla•cd thmr tall
pla`.er well and gave us a great allaround game "
"Jill Perrm `.•as an •mportant Ia•.tor in that "#,in She keeps her hand
in the face ot the shooter, I•oxes out,
getss°mereh°und+'andmakess°mc
good passes
Southington's Tracey Ciosek drives baseline during a recent scrimmage.
Cic•sek gcored 20 points in the Kt;i•ht's e•--ning game against Holy Cross
in Waterbury, making some clutch shots.coming down the stretch. SHS
won in ore€time,58-54.
Knights head for gulkelev
The Southington High School
girls varsity, basketball team will be
seeking its second win ol the season
and first in the Central Connecticut
Conference. Southern Division Fndax alterno¢,n at Bulkelev H,gh of
Harttbrd
The Lad`. Knights, who came
through lmprcssl`.el• in defeating a
`.etcran Hol`. Cross of \Xhterburv in
mcrtlmc bv a 58-54 score, will be
fa•lng a well-balanced Bulkeley
thgh team, ,ahlch features eight
senlors, onelunlorandasophomore
The junior `.arslt'+ contest will
start at 3 15 p m and the `. ars,t`' battie set fur 4 45 p m
Bulkclc`., v, hlch wound up with a
6-14 record last season, and directed
lot the second season by AI Phflhps,
p•tenually can score as many as 60
points per game this season as four
ot their starters from the past season
are back
Coach Phdlps said Jacque •;htson
and Regina l.ong arc the captains
"\Ve also have good bench
strength," Phillips added They are
seniors Aretha Mmioll, Tma Ehfio,
Jacquehne Hall, Katrma Foster and
sophomore Tracy Green
"We ran tmo some bad luck last
season as lour of our losses were by
small margins and the recond could
have been 10-10," Phillips stud
"We are well aware that Southmgton has anolher outstanding team
thls season and thc key to our success
will be fi+cused on defense and rebounding," added the Bulkeley
High mentor
Bulkele)' v, as supposed to open its
season last Frldav against Bloomfield, but the game was postponed
because of bad weather They were
set to plax Tuesday
While
Bulkele',
finished
in
seventh place in the CCC Southern
l)lVlSlOn last season, •t will be facing
some of the best schools in the CCC
as Plait and Maloney are considered
powerhouses, Phillips added
Under 30 basketball
Tool now 2 0
"AndMehndaSd,ai,
solmpor-Southington
tam
to our team She bnngs
the ball
up and mines it art•und, pla`.s
greal dclcnse,
"These role plaxcr, arc the plascrs
Southlngtun -fool notched its secthat make this team tick." sa•d a ond strmRht ,*•n of the season m the
most apprccmmc •ua•h l)addm
South•ngmn Recreatum Under 30
Last vcar SHS pul thd• Cross Lca•c last •cck. defeaung Popular
a•a• card\ •th the Kmghl's prc•- Restaurant, 60-44
sure dclcnsc drying the l.adx
[ratl•ngl•-10m•d•a•throughthc
Crusaders •razx It &dn't happen first hall. South•ngton Tool went on
th•s vcar
a rampage, s•urtng 31 points whdc
"I •as •mprcsscd bu• not sur- holdmgPopulartofourtochnchthc
prised '.`.lth the wa,. }h,lx (.ross hand- game
led our press.'" said u•a•h 1)eddic
.",hkc l)ckc• v, as the top scorer
"'I knm• Eddic Gcncralh and I fi- for the •mncrs •th 17 points •hde
•red •lh h•m coaching •c'd bc m kXa•nc (.hopus and Bill l)eFco each
for a tough mght "
•ontnbutcd 10 Bill Glass and Ra•
M•hanc/•k each scored 13 points
Boys hoop Knights start
season with home games
The Southlngton High 8ch..l
bo,.s basketball team will open it,
season this week playing two game,
at the local gymnasium
Head Coach Dick Lorenzo sa•d
the Knights will face non-contcren,c
Slmsburs High Thursda.s v.lth the
lumor varsity game set for 6 p m
and the ", arslt)' contest at 7 45 p m
Lorenzo will rely on five scmor,
m his probable starting lineup
Bill Barr', and Rob Thompson at
Iorward posltums, David McQuccn
regarded as the team's top reN,undcr, ",,.'ill start at ,.enter, U, lth (•,lp•a.t
.",+.arc Lampkm and Pete Betzgold
the guard posts
Lorenzo also singled out t•,,
mnmrs and three sonhomurcs h,•
considerable action this
They are Jeff White and b,+.ar•
garo" as the lumors and the
mores are Brian Otis, Lento \\alt•q*
and Chris Roberge
"I will complete my 12-man •arSlt• squad after two scrlmmagc•,
L•;renzo added The Knights ta•¢d
Berlin High at the latter's •ommumtv Monda.• and played host to Kcnned• High of Waterbury Tuc•da•
The fundamental-stressing
has been impressed with the porch
tlal the •arslty squad has d•spla•cd
dnrmg the last two weeks and t',
Baseline move
lng ahead optlmlst•.al[x h•r a
season
"This squad v.fll bca last
one and should score m,,rc than
point ++, In man`. games,'" I
said
It ma; take scxcrat game', bch•rc
the top flight pla`.crs v, lll bc ash:
work together as a unit b,', ,rose the',
ha`.c to get acchmalcd ,.,,llh C,l,.h
other's stxlc ol plax, the
out
The Knights •fll bc pla,,•ng tn•.•r
first three Fames at lhc h,cfl
naslum and tht: home •t,url ad•,ah rage v.dl certaml'• pie\ a kcx r.h. In
getting off lhc •_ampalgn in
ful fashion 1 hc Knight,, last
dropped their opening fi•c gamt_•
the campaign
Saturda`"s game. •th llulkch.•
High will feature the lumor xarslU,
at 6 p m and the `.ar•stx contest
gel underwav around 7 -15 p m
Ra• Kastncr, BIll M•tchcll and
• ml kfl•pck each svorcd 20 •unts
61 l)cnms Stanck scored 22 points
asKas•ncrdctcatcdJadcHomc,,73l-r the loscr•, hfllo•cd bx Pctc R•c,.I- and Go,r•z•. Kanlv.e•. ,x•th IR and
17 polnls.
I he (,•n•-c!?'+-lOnS also •on their
d.ublc •*•crumc, 78-69 The
•crc •parkcd bx lhe fi• c starters x• •th
double figures Bob Smcdlcx led
•th 19. hdh,•cd bx AI Burnslcm
16, k•nt I fl•pck, 13, bob
1•. and "Spider" Stcx•art •lh
and 16, respectlvel',
Ron Ingrlselll scored 16 points as
Jade Homes defeated the YMCA,
54-32 Bob D'Angelo scored 11 for
the winners Lance Vasser was h•gh
scorer for the losers with eight
points
Stanek's, behind Ed Donovan's 16
points and Ton`. Molusls' 15 points
handed TullCs their first loss b} a
56-50 score I)crims Stanek and Rick
Becklns each scored 13 for the w•nners and Peter R•ccu• scored B for
the losers
In other Under 30 Lea•e results,
[humas, Speedv's and Bakers •mprmed their records to 2-0
Mark Thomas scored 17 points
and Jace Pcr• and GaD' Stmone
each 16 as Thomas defeated V•s•bfl•tx, 72-43 Ron ttcwtns, •ck Perry.
Garx Hc•ns and Jim Gustafson
cash •c.rcd 10 for the losers
M•kc Baker •c.rcd 22 Dunts and
Brian Baker added 14 as Bakers deIcatcd •cc•cr's Constructmn, 61-42
J• (nctak so,red B and Stoic Sulh•an added l(I for the losers
Sp¢cd•• t.pped Tullx's 71-52 as
Mark Gut.,•sk•. Barr• DePaolo, J•m
IXlh•,h,,p and Mark Bunun
m double figures Sle•e O'Keelc
.... red I < marker• whde
•hdux•s and R•tk Be•kms each reg•
•er•d 14 Dun•s tor lhe
CYO basketball results
(.,,a,.h
ja•.k
i|oh_ombX
•.t
an cx•Aung 40-39 win
•_uachcd b'+ Ra`. Pomlan
Icskl, mp scorer with 12, and l)axc
3,+.urphx v+dh eight v+crc the leading
su¢crst.rthcw•nnersJackLmdcn-
l,,r Mar• Our Queen St Thomas is
,.,,a,_ncd •,`. t•rcg Brczl.gi and Larr•
l}cPa,,h, d•rctts Mary Our Queen
81 Joseph.coached bv Rev Mark
Jctlc. •,utclasscd lmmaculatc Conccptlon. 62-22 Matt Seuss scored 11
points h,r Coach John (itll's Immacu
late Corn.opium cagcrs
•,t Alms•us defeated St Stant•[at>, 64-53 l.cadmg the way lor
l)ax•d
MunuX
St
Aloys•u•
houpstcrs •crc Jim Bra•ton with 18
p-tin,, t,ql-wcd bx Doug ('aver w•th
14andR•bMontl•lth 13 St Slams
I,u> • v.a•hcd b• l)axe Artkop
The Observer, Thursday, December 19, 1985
12--sports
Honors for SHS fall athletes
Several awards highlighted the annual football
banquet for the Blue
Knights by the Southmgton Gridiron Club last
week at the Aqua Turf
Club.
Captains Rob Thomson
and Rob Monu each recraved two special awards
The Abate Famdy Ofo
fenswe Award went to
Thomson for his outstanding runmng and passing
Thompson also
received the Scholar-Athlete Award from the
Southington
Gridiron
C!ub. This award is prosented to a three-year
.
The Gridiron Club also
presented
mdividu.a)
aw,a,rds to Southington res•dcnts for their dedicaLion to Snuthmgton High
Unsung Blue Knight
Dan Lunn of the SHS football team receives his plaque upon being named The Observer's Unsung Blue
epc ter V.E.
%.E. Takesian
3'akesim
Knight for this past season. Making the presentation is reporter
Stingrays defeat Va Iley Shore; now 2-0
and hnc Wrote also sLorcd
for the locals
D Girls - 1)•.namite Ahson McBride won the 100
yard mdixidual medle`,
and the !00 yard lrcest',lc.
Sue l)unn won the 50 `, ard
backstroke Placing were
C C Buchanan. Paige Teller, Stephame Raider and
Am', ttoward
I) Bins - I)cvm Pouher
started the locals with
wins in the 50 •ard and
100 •ard freestyle Eric
Crispmo showed the was
taking
the
50
yard
breaststroke and 100 vard
mdi,. tdual medic`, Jeff
Kotvk tt•ak do,.,,n the 5u
sard backstroke Big placing supporters were Belan
Shirvanm, Sean Qmnn.
Brian Bmclho and Matt
Moneymaker
E •url• - Pla•lng were.
Sarah
Hov, ard
and
Courtnc• l)nvle
E Bo?,s - Jeff Buckle•
led the bins tn winning
the 25 :,ard and 50 yard
lrecst?,lc
Placing were
Mike Earl•, Ned Stone,
Adam
i.lndberg
and
Scotty l)ocrflcr
The locals '.,,ill host Walhngtord this Saturday
St.
Tho,m,as
Jumor
H•gh School s boys basketball team won lis openlng two games of the Immanuel Lutheran Christmas
Tournament
last
weekend in Bnstxfl
The victories made the
Tiger • 5-0
St Thomas won its
opener, 40-26, over Our
Lad,' of Mero,' of Plain,. ilk Bdl Fritz ied the v,'a3
with a 12-point performance and added :•onle
great defensl`,'e plas
Jason Lanterl scored
nine points while Ken Decker, Chris Holcomb and
Steve Elhott had two
points
aDece
Chris
Hlerpe also got in the scoring column with a fiml
shot
Guzda led the losers
with 10 points
In game number twoof
the
tourncs
for
St
Thomas,
the
Tigers
bested the host Immanuel
Lutheran team, 33-29.
Pmnt guard Lanten had
another great game directmg the offense w•th propoint passing for eight asststs. He also scored 11
i-•mts, completing three
of four shots and was fivefor-eight from the chant.•
stripe
Bob Doran and Ste',e
Elhott sealed the win for
St l'homa• h• d•rectmg
the offense in the last two
rmnutes after the team'•
startmg guards had fouled
out Grabbing some big
rebounds for St Thomas
were Dave Lopatosky and
Rlno Feole
The Tigers were mflitte with their first loss
of the season b', St. Stan's
of Bristol, 55-•.8. Lanteri
and Fritz combined for 30
points ff)r St Thomas
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which found its record at
5-1
Plavmg a,gamst a solid
6-1 Si Start s, the Tigers
played their best game of
the'season. Lanten had 16
points
while
Fritz
pumped in 14 Feole contmbnted emht. Elhott
five, Doran three and
Lopatoskv two.
St. Th6mas is the only
team in their eight-team
league playing pnmardy a
man-to-m•n defense ttus
season and had difficulty
matching u• ,with a
omcker St. bran s
DePaol,o girls win
The DePaola JHS G*rls
basketball team opened its
season impressively last
week. defeating the North
End Rams and Lyman
Hall Fresh handdy.
In the first game, the
Patriots, coached by Wdllam H McKernan, outclassed North End, 49-12.
In fact, the Patriots took
an 18-0 lead after the first
quarter and widened the
gap to 24-2 at halftmae
Mary DeBlsschop and
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Beaupre, Arthur Matchell, Sean Boyle, Jeff
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Girls Soccer: Captains
Alhson Dmsmore, KLrn
All Conference
Souttungton High ath- Gamber and Dawn Landleuc cordmator, Dora too, Melod•e Johnson,
D'Angelop
also
an- Chris ZLmmer and Lisa
nounced the names of Matukams.
Boys Soccer: Co-capSouthington High fall varo
slty athletes selected to the tam Rob Lewandowstu,
Central Connecucut Con- Tom Pmtras, Chris Calciference Southern Division nan and Henry Cence.
All-Star Team in" • six
Girls •blleyball Team:
sports.
"-"
Tma Mlcacci
Football
Captains,
Girls Swimming Team:
Rob
Thomson,
Rob Stacv
Towne,
Beth
Monu and Leon Grant
Pru•hmc and Jamce CosCross Country' Cap- tello
School football during the
past several years They
are AI Gmia, AI Ingnselh,
Arthur Badlargeon and
Dick Landmo '
St. Thomas boys win tournament games
"1
v, ere Jim Kntyk, Tim Bellamv and John I)lener
C G•rl', - Parade of w•nnor', were Ahson Dean, 50
',ard Irccsp, lc and 50 ',ard
buucrfi•, Ann,. Mdk,-'•,
200 `,ard lndl`,•dual medle•. Amanda Carlson doubled the 100 xard treest`,'lc
freestyle, Jill Korm. 100 and 5/) `,ard backstroke,
yard
buttcrll'..
Jod{'• Ctnd`, "I'o,.•. nc garnered the
200 •ard trccstslc Alsn
Pruchmc, 200 s ard frecstvle Christine tlartmann
scoring v.crc Jane .Milkc`,,
aced the 201/ `,ard indi- Klm Brennan and Mars
vidual medic', Al,,o plan.- lhcncr
me were [.aura l)cPahL
Lynn Del•alo and 1)cbblc
( lhv,,,- Big Jim lhanco
l.averm
atcd the 100 • ard freestyle
and s0 •ard trecstvle,
•B Bm•-h,ps•nncrs M•kc BoulaL not to be
were Ben Docrllcr.
buttcrfl`, and 200 xard inyard buttcrfl• and
yard trcc•hlc. Brother dry,dual medley, Mark
Danny took down the q)O (}rcaw• lollowcd wnhh his
I reesyard lrecst 31c and 100 doublc, thc200vardlreesyard backstroke. Tom hie and ql yard backGresh took the 200 •ard stroke. l•m McBride
md+x+dual mcdlc• and fin+sht• the smtmp bv takMike Braun won the 200 mg
the
ell
yard
yard Imcshlc
Placing breaststroke, J•m Arct/
athlete with a fine scholastic rating.
Monu
received the
Abate Family Dt.fensive
Award and the John Mattas Award presented by
the three sons of the late
John Mattas Thepresentanon was made by
Leonard, Mark and John
Mattas
" The Soutlungton Gridiron Club presented Aaron
Flonan
the defensive
"Brian Blanchard Award "
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Neadq.arters
Dawn Lanuere combined
for 13 first quarter points.
In fact, both of these
girls wound up with 12
points each and s•x rebounds. Lanuere also had
four assists Juhe Sdva
had six points and as malay
rebounds.
Stacey
Slkorowicz led the team m
rebounds with 10 and contributed
four
points.
Betty Yoon was credited
with four assists
spor•s-- 13
The Observer, Thursdcrg, December 19, 1985
SHS swimmers start campaign
Bowling results...
Captains Dave Pass- date in diving. Walter
arelh and Rich Anderson Mackm
Besides Anderson and
will lead the Southlngton
High School boys swim- Passarelh, the other reming team when it opens turning veterans are Jeff
its season Friday at 3'30 Guzauckas, Dan Forster,
p m, playing at Enfield Todd Smith and Pat
High in a ram-conference Cunha
meet at the Southington
YMCA Pool
Guzauckas Is an expertPassarellt will compete cnced swimmer In the
tn the 100-yard freesD'le, butterfly event and the
200-yard medley relay 200-yard individual medand the 4 by 100-yard ley event
Forster, a junior, IS exfreestyle relay
perienced in the 100-yard
Anderson,
a lunlor breaststroke
Smith, a senior, is exsprinter, v, lll participate
in the 50 and 100-yard perienced In the 200- and
freestyle events, and the 4 500-yard freestyle events
and also competes in the
by 100-yard rela} event
• Head coach Mustafa 4 by 100-yard relay
Cunha, a lumor, will
Jabbar has only one candl-
Banner Girls Bowling
December 5 results
Souttungton Twm Dnve-ln
Fraggles
The Tooth Factory
Prospect Dairy Mart
Lefty's Package Store
Judy's Gang
Associated Realty
4-0 over
3-1 over
Fas•aion Conscious
23 Excuses
Back Together Again
Krys' Pizza
Level Acres Ranch
AcuCut
High Singles:
Paddy Dowd
Sharley Ballard
Gern Roper
Mary Lou Teele
2 %- 1 •,'2 o•er
2-2 tie
R.G Landry Woodworking
Rex Forge
P.Q Controls
Rosa Home Improvements
G&G Maintenance
Wishful Thinkers
Mlrando's Service Center
Perdlo Oilers
Home Decorating
Plantsvdle General Store
Holm Corrugated Containers
Amer & For Transmissions
The Jewels
High Series:
Paddy Dowd
Phyllis Morelh
Gad LaPomt
Gem Roper
201
193
193
190
535
514
510
509
Team:
Won:
Banner Bowl
Sheet Metal Mfg
Rated X
Bristol Wrecker Service
American Electro Products
Carl's Signs
Gughot ti Construction
Fearsome Five
98
84
80 ,
80
78
74
72
70
Maxed Nuts
Wooden Raft
All-Five Tool
Burton-Van Houton
Last Chano.
C-21 Mark IV Reahy
Spare Me
Tech Machine & Tool
Bermes TV
Fireball Five
Superior Steel
Fansteel VR Wesson
F.K Bearing
68
66
64
60
58
57
57
50
48
48
44
44
28
Boemmels
High Indiv. Series:
Bob Nlebhng
Bob Doma
Mike Cloffi
Rated X
Superior Steel
F.K. Bearing
Lo t:
Avg:
30
44
'*o
48
50
54
56
58
5x
60
62
64
68
70
71
71
78
80
8(I
84
84
10•
977
968
9, •
942
955
957
956
953
942
955
937
932
932
935
940
937
934
928
911
925
922
880
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Wrestlers in Penney tourney
Kevin Dineen
Emanon Men's League
252
220
214
High Indiv. Se es:
Bob Nlebhng
Steve Frazier
Bob Doma
666
582
577
1034
1018
Rated X
Sumner
2971
2973
Wt
ler comes to town
•ln•c he lotncd the \X halor, midwa• through the
1•,4-8s season has been
L•ud•.d b'. th•
thousands ol Whalers fo•lm•crb at the Hartlord
('ix •c Center
in Ic• than a season, he
has been elevated to the
kk h,dcrs mp s•orlng hne
by V.E. Takesian
staff writer
Hocke} League goal-scorSouthlngton
Fndax
to
mt.s's Hartford Whalers
fans
Raght •lnger Kexm Dlneon, one of the top
youthful t•t)-•sa% players
k)r
the
lmpro', lng
Hartford Whalers, wdl be
featured at the Queen
Street Automotive Co
showroom from 4 tn 6 30
p m. signing autographs
and talking ho•_ke•.
Dmeen, who comes
from a hockex famdy,
headed bx his •ather Bill
Dmeen, •ormer coach for
the New England Whalers, ts a dedicated hardnosed hocke• pla•er who
emo}s fighting for the
puck •tth opponents w•th
a center and lettw•ngcr
S• h am Turgeon
Fhts skdled hne has
been responsible tot 39 of
the tcam'• 111 goals or 35
percent, and Dmccn tn 18
games has scored 10 goals,
assisted on 12 goals for 22
The Southlngton High pound class this season
School
boys
varsity LaPorte will start in the
wrestlers wiil open the 138-pound class.
Coach Sepko believes
season Saturda}, competSolomon
max go all the
ing In the Penney Tourna¢, av this season because he
ment in East Hartford
The first round will start is fast and has various
skalls tin the mat
at 11 30am
bepko said It wlll • ddThe iu•.ais, directed by
successful coach Peter ficu to repeat 14-5 reSepko,
have
a
fine cord last season because
group of athletes com- there are many new faces
peting in the xartous on the team
There is stiff competi• eight classes this season
More than 60 boys turned tion going tin in the 155out for the squad
pound class as the tup canSeiners Rick Solomon dlda•es
are
Kevm
a,nd Chris I aPorte are the McKnernev, Mike FerKnsl•lhotr•3,ptall•t year's •aor• BT•laC•,nnolh and
Class LL champion •n the
138-•und clas•, will •c
competing in the 14.-
Results
E•cr sm•e coach Jack
Exans moved Dmeen on
the same hnc with Franc•s
and Turgeon, the Whalers
s•orlng production has increased substanualb as
the Hartford club has
along the,boards
Dlneen s •mprmement
Why watt for rates to go up '...hen they are already there
waiting game Lock rote Ihese attractwe rates today
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The Observer, Thursdczy, December 1•, l ?85
Churches plan 2 ristmas s e wces
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Early Chrmstmas
g •|t for P&WA fam " l i e s
•
Tom Mendela
•aff•fiter
ehm•nated wtll e•ther be agmn •we •s-•ad our through t•s. You must
(con•u• f•m •e 4) cember24.•e•wdl
12, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., gauo• Ch•ch w• f••tr•ne• for ano•er •s- •em•rs•p."
fight •or what•,fi•'.'
• a •dmght mass to cel- •d 3:30 to 4:45 p.m.; tu• a C•n's C•istiuon wttmn the company
Most worke• entering
Asked
•s
musicS,
Shob•
If 1• mdust• were or g•ven up to $1,5• to- the Soul.on gates re•rcuss•on
offer C•s•s •ems. eb•te the •g•g of Sunday, December 22,
'
- stdl followm the rao wards learnmgncwshlls
S•day mght exposed non-str•g worke•,,•e
•e •gs will • •ad C•ls•as Day.
7:30 to 8:30 p.m. •n- Sh• a •cle on S•
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On Chrisms, p•y, n•ce se•e; • • day, December 22 at 5 uce, Southtngton would
Sout•ngton
pickets saus•acuon w•m contract como omy nu• •.
Page, T• Kaye •d Dr. masses •e sc•edm• mr day, Decemner z•, m:•o p.m.
have he• the st•g d•d not leave the• •sts te•s, •ough fewer we•
Thorn cross•g picket
De•ol Rudmck.
8 a.m., 9:30 a.m. and 11 to 11.30 a.m. and 3:30 to
On C•s•as eve at 5 whistle blow Sunday at
until 1.3 Saturday after- wring togr•tmte•mws hnes the past few w•ks
•e cho• w• stag the a.m.
4:30 p.m.
p,m.,
the
F•y •dmght, m•g t•e noon, retmnmg their high or let the• n•es • used faced shou•g p•ckete•
•dleh ht Se•ce will start of Pratt &W•tney s spirits to the end.
•n •e few co•ents they who t•k •e• ptct•,
contem•r• "Mass of
Confessmns will be held
tt•e Cherub Cho• first fully-manned shift
"'•e have a umon sprat we• wflhng to shoe.
wo• plac•ds pro•smg
C•afion" '
by
M•y Saturday, December 3:30 Holy Tfini• Po•sh Na- f•tu•
,
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s•nce umon workers left that •s second to none m,
Most explained that they
would remem•
Haugen. Flora Lomc• to 4:30 p.m., Monday, tional
an •tet w•th Bob B•d, the*r obs fgr •cket hnes the State of Connecucut. • they feltthe•wasnot•ng your face, ,, and c•l
will stag •e R•nmnal Decem•r 23, 11 a.m. to
Ken Bell, Phylhs Krom,
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on Decem•rmprotestof We re the most orgamzed, to be ginned through them •cab.
.
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n•n and 7 to 8 p.m., •d
Holy Trinity Pohsh Na- B
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ro Wend• For- the corn • 's contrac• Our membership •s the further griping and that
,Earn •r• has ,,
The • Chns•as December 24, 11 a.m. to uonal Cathohc Church ,,•.nen• o,
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mor•g D•em•r 25• n•n
wdlfeatureamassonaun- •, Ethel Messmer •d offer,
most umon oriented,
they were anxious to re- mageme*rownocc•lon,
Mm• will be c•tomd
day, December 22, 8 a.m. V•gmm Pratt from •e
When
the
East Romelmlh stud.
turn to the*r lobs
one worker •d. Temby M• PM•zo at 8:30 St •oysius
(m Enghsh), followed by Chancel Ch•, •e solo
Hartford plant f•ed to
South,ngton members
Would you dolt allover •rs mayhave•nahttle
a.m. Cyr M• at 10:00
a Holy •a)•t 9:30 •.m. In T•s Ve• R•m su• •om str•ers from South- bear no dl will towards again ffth•soutcomewere hgh to begin w•, •ut
b Qndy Cayer, and D• m•on M,ddletown and East Hartford workers for •own beforehandL
will q•et. do•'n. We re
a.m.•d•olynArub•
St. Aloys*us .Church A Sc•tot•(*s•,•w- •rster w*th Ken Bell North Haven, umon and not lommg the B-day
"Yes, you bet,
one part oI me mternauonm
at 11"30 a m
wdl celebrate Cnns•as mg Ginss will • nelo at
la m
trom•ne •d company negouato• sat strike, a move the umon worker stud w•th a broad Assoc,auonofMach•sts.
•C°•s'°nSfor
Monday,•esched-De. V•lDecem•rMasses24Onat TuesdaY,5
and 7 8.45Thesdav,a.m. December 24, •t.
back down at the barge- representauve
clawed s•le. "Feehngs ran h•gh, •hey •ave,,to hve w•th
cem•r 23, 7:30 p.m. and p.m. Preceding •e start 11 p.m. "will feature a
At
the
II
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mg table to produce a 3- will not repeat tn the fu- though no one hkes to go memse•ves.
on Tue•ay, Decem•r of Christmas Day, the• Christmas Eve Mass.
C•dlehght Se•lce, •e year agmment accepted ture
.
24, 10 a.m. to n•n •d wfllbe•nutesofcarolOn Christmas Day, Chancel Cho• will be by the [• and file in a
"'East
Hartford has •/;•;•;• •l,,•c•
from 2:30 to 4.30 p.m.
mg, Then, the Mass wfll Mass wfll be celebrated at staging four c•ols s•c- 10t•.l•oteSunday.
been •n a rebuilding VI31•III• I•H/2U IIIUUtlII•
• celebrated.
10 a.m.
•ly arranged by John
Under the new agree- •nod Th•s •s the most
M• O• Queen
On C•ts•asmommg,
The church w•l cele- Rutter, under the d•c- ment, set ,to expt• •n mdttant t•,ev have •en
The South•ngton •sit- one complete phys•c•
the• wdl • masses at 8 brate St. Stephen s Day tion of org•st •d choir 1988, P&W s t•luM wage since 1971.' hesmd,•mt- tng Nurse Assooation •- exa•nations we• •rM•
O•
Queen a.m., 9:30 a.m. •d 11 on December 26, 7 30 &rector,
Bill
Deg•
package of 3/2 •rcent mg to the amountofc•p- cently held its annual
foxed dunng the ye•.
Ch•h w• hold its a.m.
p.m w•th a s•ctal mass, There will •1o s•g bonuses m 1986 •d 1987, er•ond•splayedasa•s•- meeting and, e•ecuons I]
C•xs•as Eve Mass at 4
Confessions • sched- •d on•ece•r •7,•30 by P• DePaolo. Ken and a 3 percent wage•st tl,,• sign.
was re,rico mat a iota,
Anyone
w•hmg
to
• • O• T•'•SAoY, •e- uled qaturdav. Decem•r Dm.. St
jonn s •ay B ell •d Dan Forster will
n 1987 remmned unThee ve•s
from now, of 6,195 nursing visits
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services Ollereo oy
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Mass will be celebrated,
prowde brass accomp•uuched. •brk•r gains thc•. '11 bc t,ght,,m hnc. •tth •c•c made during the y• the Sout•nmon
Holy Masswfll•celebt on the carols
came tn the fo• of lob everyone else, he stud
ending June •0, 1985. ot • .....• A•,nrt,n may
•/•tm•a*t,•ra,•,•,•mlR•m•
rated (in Enghsh) on De- men
secunty•presentedby•Rbmel•alh
sa•d
the these, 4,57•s•ts yere d'•y'•l•-•'o•
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tfammg progr•s and strike also taught P&WA made t • ho•eo6uno pa- h•, •
•• ua.r • itaekino •
there wdl • a second
semontv n hts
negouator J
Thomas ucnts ,. 'he Care of the
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Immatulate
ConcepDiscrimination clmms Bouchard that the umon Sick Program l•e re- tiers a• not Mwavs neces• •mu $•m • v,v•nm.. •
massat930am
non Church will hold it's arc now gnevable, making was a force to bc •eckoned mamdcr we• non-s•lle• sa•' to recewc se•lces.
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Con•ega- Mldmgdt mass on De- tt no longer necessaD' to w•th in. the futu• Pickets visits for thexpur•Senan°I
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Now we have to ,mprove monstrated that most magers prov•oeo t,,• M•, l,•,t•
uDmtt,"•d Southmg-umon,mberswouldre-hoursofse•'tcetoSouth-•;•.•.•--•v•j,
ton umon Labor Repre
spect the hnes, hesaid, ac- m•on residents A corn- Mrs Ann Mane Hosenh
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ZBA chair
explains
his board
(continued from page 5)
backed up by four alternares, must vote a 4-1
majority for a measure to
pass, further assurance
that town interests come
first m grantmg excepuons to the rules.
"There are many safety
valves burls m to assure a
malonty
opimon
for sale
|egai notices
,o,.r,oo
sChedule
,n
the
Ot
°on¢onhdenhal
charges
tol
Such
the things that come before us," he explained h•s
mou_v,auon for serving.
"It s refresh,,_ng, forcing me to go out and look
at these propert,es beforehand," he stud.
Editor's note: Next
week, reporter Ken DiMaaro researches the
beginnin• of zoning regulations with regard to the
PZC and ZBA.
Military News
Navy Seaman Recruit
Lon A. Lee, daughter of
Donald W. and Eleanor
R. Lee of 338 Jude Lane,
has completed recruit
training at Recruit Trmnmg Command, Orlande,
Fla.
During Lee's etghtweek trmmng cycle, she
studied general rmbtary
sublects destgned to prepare
her
for
further
academic and on-the-lob
trammg m one of the
Navy's 85 basic fields.
Lee's studies included
seamanstup, close order
drdl, Naval h•story and
fast md.
A 1981 graduate of
Southmgton High School.
legal nottces
NOTICE Of" HEARINL]
ES'fATE OF
MARION B MAC DONALD
ESTATE OF
GERALDM GtNGRAS
1986 al 2 30 P M
FOR SALE: Refrigerator,
almost new, 14CUD•C feet
747-5816. 12/18
FOR SALE: Apt sized
gold
Lady
Kenmore
washer $150 Reg. gold
Whirlpool
dryer $100
583-6301. 12/18
FOR SALE: 1984 Mazda
Pickup sport truck. AM/
FM stereo, bedhner sliding rear window, undercoated, excellent cond•tion $4,900 628-8885 12/
18
FOR SALE VW Super
Beetle,
1971.
Rebudt
motor Must sell. best
offer takes •t Call 7479420 12/18
FOR SALE: 1980 Datsun
Longbed P•ckup anginal
owner, 621-5300 after 5
Exc conddlon 12/18
FOR SALE' 1975 Chevy
Nova Auto trap.s, A/C.
good tires, new transmission plus many other
new parts Asking $1200
Call 621-2064 12/18
FOR SALE 1980 Renault
LeCar runs but needs
head gasket F•rst $550
takes d 621-6157 12/18
Ma•n
Street
South,ngton
130 N
Con
FOR SALE. 1975 Datsun
280Z
Excellent condohen, low mdeage, must
be seen Asking $3,900
Call 628-9143 12/18
FOR SALE
Restaurant
equipment - large, small
tables,
booths,
mdk
mach•ne, stools Call 5896111 after 5 12/18
FOR SALE.
'80
F•at
Strada 5-speed, $800
Call 589-3318 after 4 p m
12/18
FOR SALE: 1980 aids
Reg 98, loaded, asking
$5400 Call 628-6916. 12/
18
The Bank of South,ngto•
FOR SALE
sklls and
b.ndmgs
Elan
150
lumors
and
Nordma
bootsUS8 Call 621-0041
after 5 pm 12/18
FOR SALE
'68 C-20
Chevy
Good
shape
$1500, best offer 5825340, 583-4337
FOR
SALE
General
Motors engine and transmission (1979 Buick) 231
cu •n V-6wRh350trans,
25,000 m•, $650. 6214768 12/18
NOTICE "OCREDITORS
FOR SALE 1982 Mazda
GLC Cuss. 4-dr, a•r, 5 sp,
AM/FM cass, sun roof,
ong owner, exc. cond
582-7510 12/18
Regional attica
The
regular members of the
board are very representauve of the town's cluzens," he stud, noung that
members come from all
walks of hfe.
"I think we work extremely well as a group,
blending mcely m presenting good cases for discusslon," he satd.
"Working on the PZC
is a gratifying experience.
It I• interesting berau• of
miscellaneous
automobiles
FOR SALE' 1977 Chevy
Caprice 4dr, V8, AT, PS,
PB, no rust, $2000, 6210227 12/18
FOR
SALE
Celebrity
1982 front wheel drive,
V6, 4 dr, one owner, excellent Call 584-0134 12/
18
FOR SALE' 1981 Camaro
Berhnetta 6 cyl automatin, PS, PB, mr, T-top, PW,
PL, cruise, AM-FM cass,
rear
defrost,
spode•
alum.
wheels,
hnted
glass, 43,000 mdes, m•nt
Call 628-5910 between 6-9
p.m. Best offer 12/18
FOR SALE VCR Sharp
Video Recorder
$125
621-6157 12/18
FOR SALE 1984V20mm
GLH black h•gh performance sedan 0-50 5.7
sec, stereo, B O. over
$6200. 283-5688
Call
after 5 p m. 12/18
FOR SALE: Minolta "H•Mahc 7" 35 mm camera
w/case
$75. 621-6157.
12/18
FOR SALE: 2 snow blowers, older models, need
m•nor repair $25 for
both. 621-6157. 12/18
FOR
SALE
1979
Chevette, AT, new radml
hres, needs motor, $450
621-6157 12/18
FOR SALE Two 9x7 garage doors with track and
hardware $75 each 7470440 12,'19
FOR SALE 1977 Monte
Carlo
Loaded,
needs
work Best offer Cal18285488after 7 30pro. 12/18
FOR SALE. Lad•es 6
prong "tiffany Dmmond
ring in 14 kt yellow gold
setting, 35 points, s•ze
6%, cost new $1200 Sell
for $600 Call 628-4322
12/18
FOR SALE
1980 aids
Omega, PS, PB, AT, AC
71,000 miles, excellent
rend $2800 589-3606
12/18
FOB SALE 1978 F-600
Ford tru(k wRh •6 body
New V 8 motor less than
5000 m ,as, new t•res on
front, •jood rubber on
rear, body needs work asking S5000 Can be
seen at The Step Saver,
213 Spring St, Southmgton "IF
for sale
urniture
FOR SALE Over-stuffed
chmrs L•kenew 14"electnc snow blower 7 ft
Chnstrq,•s tree w•th ornaments T.,I 628-9964 12/
18
FOR SALE Lwlng room
set, neutral tones, con
s•shng of 2 love seats, 1
end table 1 coffee table,
1 wall table Best offer 1
beautdul room d•wder
16" w•dth X 79 '• length has cabinets on bottom
wdh dry s•nk top All •n
very good condd•on Call
after 5 p m 747-6986 12/
18
FOR SALE D•nmg room
set, 6 chairs, 2 leafs Includes hutch wrth budt-•n
hght Onlylyearold Askmg$550 621-9297 12/19
FOR SALE, Custom made
hutch,
pm"e
fimsh
brushed brass fittings
wooden dowels used, ex
reliant coqd=hon,
$750, Be 879-9845 after
6 p m 12/18
FOR SALE
Old oak
bureau •n jood cond•
ben, asking $65 or best
offer CaH584 0539 12'18
SEWING MACHINE w•th
cab=net and chmr, men's
golf clubs - left hand,
five p=ece kdchen set.
Best offer All =n good
condR•on Call 583-5077
after 4 30 pm 12/18
FOR SALE Black, scroll
base, black vinyl covered,
"Love Seat " New $60 00
"Whale" electric sewing
machine, maple cabinet,
$60 00
"Corona"
Kerosene heater, 17,000
BTU w•th 50 gallon drum
and stand $6000 Call
628 2418 12/18
FOR SALE' One Bmlett•
pasta maker, still m ong•hal box, $50 Call 7478908 12/18
FOR SALE Large white
dresser
wRh
built-in
closet $150, 50 gal fish'*
tank, $85 Call 582-6660
12/18
FOR SALE Two Cabbage
Patch Mds Small baby
faces stdl m boxes 6213944 12/18
FOR SALE 12" monoc
hrome maturer for Apple
IICor Commodore Excel
Cond $100 Call 621-4488
after 6 p.m 12/18
FOR SALE Horse drawn
market sleigh, excellent
condition From Crane
Estate, Dalton, Mass 5075 yrs old $50000 Call
after 5 pm 1-802-6941432 12/18
FOR SALE
RCA color
video camera complete
and ready to runw•thyour
VTR, $400 272/3933 12/
18
FOR
SALE:
Wurhtzer
Organ Senes 30 Excellent condd•on, must selF,
best offer takes d Call
747-9420 12/18
FOR SALE The Bnstol
GaP Town Commmee •s
selhng Entertainment '86
books Fur more •nfo or
to order call 583-6345 or
582 2404 12/18
TYPEWRITER'
SmithCorona Coronet XL Electric,
cartridge-type,
eraseable, manual, case
Perfect for school, home,
office
Excellent $125
584-9470
evemngs/
weekends 12/18
ALUMINUM SHEETS 008
thick x 23 x 35 Used
as pnnhng plates 5for$2
while supply lasts at the
Step Saver, 213 Spring St ,
Southmgton
NEWSPRINT
off wh,te
paper end rolls when av
affable Ideal forshelwng
p•cmc table topp•ng, etc
$1 00 per roll at The Step
Saver, 213 Sprrng St,
South•ngton, CT
FOR SALE: Radio control
MRC four wheel dnve hot
shot car, complete with
all extras Ready to use,
$250 Call 747-1262 12/18
FOR SALE Elan Jr sk{s
w/o bindings 150 cm,
$50, b6ots, s•ze 8, $30,
s=ze5,$15 Caii628-5407
12/18
FOR SALE Player
refinished, rebudt
cludes 20 roils,
Call 747-0149 after
12/19
prone,
- =n
$1800
6 p m
FOR SALE 4 brand new
Cabbage Patch dolls no boxes, $?4 Large refrigerator,
J
cush•on
tweed couch, baby carrmge and stroller, gas
stove 747-8809 or 7470037 12/19
PRINTING/MAIL
CLERK
WESELL
Propane Gc s
and
HELP WANTED Secretary,• good
telephone
skdls, some hght bookkeeping, excellent salary
Downtown Southmgton,
pleasant working condllions
Send resume to
PO Box 57S, South=ngton, CT06489 12/18
PARTTIME laundromat at
tendant South•ngton Io
cat•on Weekends&acre
s=onal weekday hours
Call Mrs Wash Laundromat, 628-9385 12/18
HELP WANTED Apphcatlons now being ac
cepted for part hme help
wdh the Southmgton
School Lunch program
Working
the
school
schedule
Apply
49
BeecherSt Southmgton
between 8-4 40 12'18
LEGAL SECRETARY If
yot• have closing experience this area firm wdl
start.•o $•7,000 Benefits
& feu paid Ca;, Janet
Bowen, 30 W Mare St,
Wtby, 574 0830
LOST
on v.ctmty of
Prospect St andWestSt,
South•ngton Box of sac
car equipment
Please
call .f youve found Re
•,ard I 621-3541 12,18
FOUND
Husky -- Men
dent Southmgton area
€or more tufa call 621
7237 after 10 p m . Men ,
Tues ,Thurs other days
any hme
miscellaneous
HOLY ,SPIRIT you who
made me see everything
and showed me the way
to reach my •deal You
who gave me the d•wne
g•ft to forgwe and forget
all the wrong that •s done
to me and you who in all
•nstanees of my hfe w•th
me and •n th•s short
d•alogue want to thank
you for everything and
confirm once more that I
never want to be separated from you no matter
how great the materml
desire may be I want to
be wdh you and my loved
ones •n your perpetual
glory Thank you for your
love reynard me and my
loved ones
Say this
prayer 3 days without
asking wish After third
day wish wdl be granted
no matter how d.fflcult ,t
may be Prom•seto pub
hsh prayer as soon as
favor •s granted 12/18
FOR SALE "980Yamaha
440 SRX •nowmobfle,
very fast, $;500 or best
offer 582 7£12 12/18
GOVERNMENt HOMES
from $1 •b re0mr) Also
dehnquent "a' property
Call 805-687 u000 Ext
GH-4128 for • ,formahon
12/18
or rent
FOR RENT Seuthmgton
- new 3 BR ot,plex, 1%
baths, WD h,)(,kup, large
basement,
c•shwasher,
selfcle]n r.rqe, refng
Large 1or on dead end st
No pets G•s heat $625
month,y, uh s extra 6288685 Avad J,•n 1st 12/
18
FOR RENT Southmgton
-- new 3 8R duplex, 1'5
baths, WD hookup, large
basement,
d•shwasher,
self clean range, refng
Large lot on dead end st
No pets Gas heat $625
monthly, uhls e•tra 6288685 Avad Jan 1st 12/
18
FOR RENT SOUTHINGton office space avadahie central Iocahon, next
to hospital, all uhht•es •neluded Ample parMng
Call 621 5040 12/18
to rent
FOR RENT. 2 BR, first
floor, 4 room apartment,
sun porch. $400 monthly.
589-1503, 5-8 p m. 12/18
services
RED'S PAINTING •ntenor
full-time pmnter, 25 years
experience
Free estimates, tel 584-1776 12/
18
ROOFING #ND SIDING"
installation of new roofs,
re-roofs, s•d•ng, w•ndows,
porches, fully insured and
free eshmates, call Roy
Bouchard 667-4872 12/26
HANDY MAN
seeking
work Sheds, decks,=nsulaban, pa•nhng, fimsh
basement sheetrock, suspended rmhng, house
maintenance, etc, 6219238 12/18
CARPENTRY
remodel•ng, w,II also do handyman's repairs, leaky s•nk
and tu:!ut ,qstau deadbolt No lob too small For
free estimates call 6280107 12/18
KEELING CO
making
high
quahty
stained
glass lamps and custom
windows for over a decade All =terns m stock
50% off list price untd
Dec 241h 3 pm 156
Qu=nmpmcSt..Wlfd 2657311 12/18
wanted
WANTED TO BUY old
d•mes, quarters & halves,
1964 and older for $4 00
per dollar Gold cams &
sdver dollars Call Tony
Calvanese 628-5888 1588
Menden
Wtby
Rd,
Mdldale TF
SENIOR
COMPANION'
needed •n exchange for
room aqd board Call
747-1737 after 5 12/18
SECRETARIES
CARPET & VINYL
INSTALLERS
Apply Personnel Dept
Call for appom tmen t
AMERICAN
RED CROSS
J.M. BENSON, INC.
Commercml FI0onng Specialists
1485 Pahsado Ave
209 Farm•ngton Ave
Fdrm•ngton CT
Windsor, 688-4961
HELP WANTED
Recording Secretary
Jot) Sl)-rd•rat.}rl'• for a S•'r r*'tnrv to Drr'l))re the MtnutcL'-. of the
Southtr]¢}tof• Pldrlr3•n(] • Zr)r•lrl( t
Waitresses
January" 7, 21
February 4, 18
March 4, 18
April 1, 15
G•od
interpersonal
skdls reqmred Apply
Personnel Dept
$1150 cr Be Must sell.
621-8648 12/18
583-1724 12 18
FOR SALE Bflco metal
hatchway door set Complete, bra0d new 7475816 12/19
FOR SALE
Coal-wood
furnace Complete sysFOR SALE Anens Snotem,
for
ho.t
water
Thro,
4 H,P, two stage
baseboard
Includes
24" electric start, good
water jacket orculator
628-9922
mPe $900,583-4139. 121 * .•end•hon.
Evemngs 12/18
18
FOR SALE. 1975 Chevrolet van, 84,000, s•x cylinder,
standard,
cus-
FUR
SALE
Corvette
paraphernaha
and
memonblha, hke new, collectors •tems Everything
FOR SALE: Prone, upright, reconditioned &
tuned
guaranteed
by
prone craftsman Perfect
for student $750 6280288 12/18
wanted
American Red Cross
209 Farmington Ave
Farmington
I EOE
M•F ,
.$lake a I0,000 foot career jump.
TUMBLEBROOK COUNTRY
CLUB
376 Simsbury FloBd
Bloomfmld
May b, ZO
June 3, 17
July 1, 15
August 5, •9
September 2, 16
October 7, 21
November 5, 18
December 2, 16
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