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The back room at Gifts of Love in
Avon becomes a blur of activity
on Thursday mornings as volunteers stuff more than 150 backpacks with food for school children and their families. PAGE 13
Waterline
project causes
congestion
A waterline project in Simsbury
has caused problems with a local road. The town is working to
reduce traffic congestion, First Selectman Mary Glassman said, and
to address some additional concerns. PAGE 13
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The West Point Band’s Jazz Knights held a master class for Canton High School students Wednesday, Sept. 25 prior to giving a free performance in the
high school auditorium that evening. The Canton High School Jazz Ensemble opened the show. Read the story on page 6.
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“I have to explain
to them that the process
will be longer and more
expensive. …
It’s wasteful.
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Leonard Alderman, the town historian in Burlington, has roots in the Farmington Valley that date to 1786.
His ancestor, Eli Alderman, was in Simsbury in 1786 and moved to Burlington in 1795. Alderman, who is
90, will be honored with a day all his own. Leonard Alderman Appreciation Day will be Sunday, Oct. 6. See
the story on page 13.
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Local students named Ensign-Darling fellows
By Jennifer Senofonte
Staff Writer
Three of the seven talented
vocalists chosen for this year’s Ensign-Darling Vocal Fellowship at
The Bushnell are from the Farmington Valley.
Stephanie Evans of Avon, Emily Bautista of Simsbury and Lucy
Tomasso of Farmington were accepted into the full scholarship vocal training program.
For 12 years, the fellowship has
fostered the education and careers
of young, serious singers through
private voice lessons, vocal coaching, musical skills, master classes
and performance opportunities.
Bautista and Tomasso are
juniors at their town’s respective
high schools and are also students
of the musical theater program at
the Greater Hartford Academy of
the Arts.
They both share an honor and
excitement for being accepted into
the Bushnell fellowship program
because of the opportunity it presents for them to better their talents,
they said.
“I think having a very intense
program on voice is really good for
me. I think that I will be able to expand a lot and grow a lot from this
program,” Bautista said.
She has performed at local events, including singing the
national anthem at the annual
Wreaths Across America ceremony, Little League games and serving
as a cantor for Mass at St. Mary’s
Church. She’s excited to be able to
practice year-round with the fellowship, she said.
Tomasso concurred and said
that while she was previously taking voice lessons every other week,
now she will be able to do it every
week.
“I love being able to work more
on my voice because before this,
I was more of a dancer, so this is
a good transition,” Tomasso said.
“And I get to rehearse in The Bushnell theater itself. It’s so beautiful
and historic. I’m thrilled to work
with such talented people. It’s really
inspiring.”
The two said they applied for
the fellowship, in part, because of
the performances of which they
will now be a part. Additionally,
they both plan to pursue musical
theater beyond their high school
years.
Brenda Lopez, program manager for The Bushnell, said the
program helps students determine
their paths musically.
“We have graduates of this
program that not only have gone
onto amazing colleges and universities, but are performing. They’re
making it their career,” she said.
When developing the program, they geared it toward the
young singer and the basic knowl-
edge they need to have a successful
start in the business.
“These are high school kids.
This is about developing your talents right here, right now. This is
obviously something you want to
pursue and we see it,” Lopez said.
“Those students who have
decided to go on to conservatory
or university music programs, this
fellowship has allowed them to
get into better schools, help with
scholarships and, most importantly, when they actually get to college,
they are placing out of some basic
level courses other kids have to
take.”
“I think that I will be able
to expand a lot and grow a
lot from this program.”
-Emily Bautista
Because Tomasso and Bautista are juniors, they will automatically receive the fellowship again
next year.
Lopez said that Evans, a senior
at Avon High School, auditioned
for the fellowship program last year
and wasn’t selected, but they liked
what they saw in her and asked her
to be an alternate.
This year, it was a “no-brainer,”
she said, to accept Evans as a fellow.
“These three young women,
they’ve got tremendous talent,” she
said.
The Fellowship is made possible through a gift from the Darling
family of Simsbury, and is named
in recognition of both its Ensign
family heritage and its long-time
interest in The Bushnell, where the
late Robert Darling was a trustee
and honorary trustee, according to
a press release. The Ensign-Bickford
Foundation of Simsbury also provides funding for the program.
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Photos by Natalie Pollock
Band teacher Thomas Johnston (left), his student Eric Burt, choral student Elizabeth Hammond, and music department chair Leslie Imse of Farmington High School recently found out that the students have been selected
for the 2013 NAfME All-National Honors Ensembles program.
Avon High School students (front left to right) Katherine Holobinko, Stephanie Evans and (back) Devon McLane and Max Connor, all choral students
of teacher Andrew Brochu, have achieved national recognition.
Music students selected for elite national honor
By Natalie K. Pollock
Valley Press Staff
Four music students from Avon
High School and two from Farmington High have been selected for the
2013 NAfME (National Association
for Music Education) All-National
Honors Ensembles program and
will be performing at a gala concert
Oct. 30 in Nashville, Tenn.
They join only 49 students from
Connecticut who have achieved
this distinction.
Maxton Connor, Stephanie
Evans, Katherine Holobinko and
Devon McLane are chorus students
in Avon. Eric Burt, a band member,
and Elizabeth Hammond in chorus,
are from Farmington.
The All-National Honors Ensembles consist of a concert band,
symphony orchestra, mixed chorus
and jazz ensemble, and students
qualified by auditioning for the
state-level honor program. In the
gala concert there will be 170 instrumentalists performing, as well as
350 vocalists.
In addition to serving as chairman of the music department at
Farmington High, Leslie Imse teaches an advanced placement music
theory course and conducts the
chamber singers.
“There is a good music program in kindergarten through 12th
grade. That’s why we have huge participation here. Music is compulsory in elementary grades with the
string program and band,” said Imse.
The high school offers five orchestras, five bands and five choirs
taught by a total of four teachers.
Hammond is one of Imse’s students,
and Burt plays in a band that Thomas Johnston instructs.
“In addition to general music
classes, we have kids who do many
other things – they are leaders in
student government and varsity
sports. They are well rounded,” said
Imse.
Some of the most actively involved music students continue
participating in music after high
school, but not all. Imse has seen
many of them continue to study
music programs in college, but not
necessarily as their major. However,
a music scholarship or distinction
can pave the way for college admission.
In order to qualify for All-Nationals, the students must have
been selected for All-State in Connecticut. This year, many other
students opted to audition for the
biennial All-Eastern program, competing against students from up and
down the Eastern seaboard.
Both Farmington students are
advanced in Imse’s music theory
course. Burt has also been chosen
for All-State regional conference
chorus and band, and Hammond
was selected for All-State All-Eastern last year and All-National that
performed at the Kennedy Center
in Washington, D.C.
“They are both seniors and
are involved in the senior capstone
project. Seniors select a course in
which they have a passion. In ours,
they are required to go from performer to podium, so they progress
from being a player to the leader/
conductor of a group,” said Imse.
Hammond also participates
in chamber singers and the elite
Madrigal Singers group. She is an
advanced-level dancer and pianist. With the Madrigal Singers,
Hammond performs in the community at Rotary Club events, the
state Capitol, and for senior citizen
groups.
A member of the crew team,
Burt also plays in the wind ensemble and jazz band, and performs in
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At Avon High School, students
interested in pursuing music can
choose among four choral groups,
three bands and three orchestras.
These ensembles are taught by
three teachers who coordinate their
programs without a chairman. In
addition, the program offers elective
courses in guitar, music technology
involving production and composition, and music theory, with one
advanced placement theory course.
Andrew Brochu teaches chorus, and it is his students who were
selected for All-Nationals.
“Nationals is a major honor
because it is heavily competitive,
against all All-State students across
the country. To be selected they are
required to submit a recording and
their All-State scores. Stephanie
has competed in nationals before.
For the other three, this is their first
time, but they have gone to Eastern
Regional festivals. They are all passionate, dedicated, hard-working,
disciplined and respectful kids,” said
Brochu.
He also serves as the adviser for
the Tri-M Music Honor Society at
the school, an extracurricular activity that music students may apply to
join. It is sponsored by NAfME, and
involves two meetings a month and
performing in the community.
“The society’s members raised
$800 last year at a benefit night they
called a coffeehouse at the high
school,” he said.
Many of the other ensembles
also perform regularly around town.
One of the bands plays at home
football games and in the Memorial
Day parade. A choir offers caroling
every year, as well as singing at the
9/11 annual commemoration by the
fire department and the National
Day of Prayer at the town green. An
orchestra entertains at the library
from time to time.
“It’s the love of music that
drives their passion. These students
are great human beings. It’s an honor and a privilege to work with all of
them,” said Brochu.
Local reaction to ruling on the inherent nature of horses
By Jennifer Senofonte
Staff Writer
Horse lovers are not hard to
find in the Farmington Valley.
Last week they, along with
others across the state, banded
together to defend their horses,
whom most consider part of their
families. They’re speaking against
a court ruling that could change
the large equine industry in the
state by deeming horses as an inherently vicious species.
The case stems from an incident in 2006 when a young boy
was bitten in the face by a horse
at Glendale Farms in Milford. His
family subsequently sued the farm
owners.
The court dismissed the case
on summary judgment, but the
appellate court overturned the
dismissal on grounds that horses
are naturally vicious and therefore
the owner would have known the
horse could bite, as stated in the
case report.
Attorney Doug Dubitsky, who
represents the Connecticut Horse
Council and Connecticut Farm
Bureau, said that decision is being
appealed and the state Supreme
Court is now ruling on the “fairly
narrow issue of law as to whether
or not the viciousness of horses
shall be judged on a specieswide
basis or on an individual basis.”
The case is currently remanded for further proceedings according to law, including an appeal
hearing last week in which Dubitsky filed a friend of the court Brief
on behalf of the horse council and
farm bureau.
“It’s difficult when people
make blanket statements and it’s
supposed to cover everything,”
Granby Horse Council President
Heather Hicks said. “My horse just
loves children to death. She will
stand there all day with my niece
and nephew and be petted.”
The Granby Horse Council
is an affiliate of the Connecticut
Horse Council. It is the group’s
mission to educate the public
about safety, including how to approach a horse, interact with and
touch a horse. Hicks said it’s when
people don’t understand these
things that incidents can happen,
but that doesn’t mean horses are
a species that should be categorized as innately vicious.
“It’s just sad that people who
obviously do not understand horses at all are saying these things.
And, hopefully, [the court] will
listen to these horse owners and
our stories and how many beautiful, amazing horses are out there
that are safe and well taken care
of,” she said.
While the impact this ruling
would have on the state’s many
horse farms, barns and the Granby Horse Council is not entirely
clear at this point, Hicks said it
would impede everything that
people do with horses and make
having horses more expensive
than it is already.
Dubitsky said it would make
Connecticut the only state in the
nation to view horses in such a
way and said, “Somebody who
previously had a horse who was
very calm and was very unlikely
to injure anybody suddenly finds
themselves owning a horse that
belongs to a species that is viewed
as inherently vicious under Connecticut law.”
Simsbury’s Folly Farm barn
and road manager Maari Wilbur
concurred, saying it could make it
more difficult or even impossible
to insure the property.
“It could definitely affect all
the farms in Connecticut because
it could affect insurance because
a vicious animal is obviously not
something that you can say is safe
for children to come take care of
and ride, which is very unfortunate because [horses] are the opposite,” Wilbur said.
“Most are super gentle. Obviously, any animal, if provoked
or put in a situation where they
might have to protect themselves,
would. In general, they don’t have
vicious tendencies at all. They just
don’t.”
Wilbur said the gentle giants
are used for many forms of therapy at places like the Hole in the
Wall Gang Camp in Ashford, Angel Horses in Granby and Wounded Warrior Project programs
across the country. She said people with motion disabilities can
feel movement beneath them
when they are on a horse, simulating walking.
“Riding is a very calming pas-
Photo by Jennifer Senofonte
Jenna Dauria is pictured on her horse, Remi, at Horse Central Stables on
Open Farm Day in Granby Sept. 7. Local residents are upset by a court ruling, currently being appealed before the state Supreme Court, that deems
horses an inherently vicious species.
time for people,” she said.
Hicks said that Wounded
Warriors coming back from service benefit from horses in therapeutic ways because while the
veteran may not be able to communicate with other people, “they
make that connection with horses.”
The equine industry in Connecticut, she said, is very large
and she is concerned about the
impact the court ruling could
have. “I think, in Connecticut,
we’ve driven enough small businesses out of business. It would
just be sad for therapy places,
other barns and stables and businesses to be impacted by this one
strike of a pen. It just doesn’t make
sense.”
Granby Agriculture Commission Chair Michelle Niedermeyer
said she is disappointed that categorizing horses as an innately
vicious species is an issue for any
court and that the impact could
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“It will be difficult for children to find riding programs, and
farms that derive some or all of
their revenue will probably be
impacted financially,” she said.
“It sounds like they are drawing
a very broad conclusion from one
incident. There are many other
examples of horses being affectionate, gentle. I don’t understand
how one event can trigger such a
draconian response.”
Niedermeyer added that she
has three horses and they are
members of her family. She said
she can’t imagine them hurting
anyone unprovoked and characterized them as gentle herd animals that want to be with other
horses, dogs and humans.
Westmoor Park manager
Doug Jackson said he respectfully
disagrees with the appellate court
ruling that all horses are vicious.
Having been around horses since
childhood in Texas, then working at a ranch around a herd of
about 30 horses, and at Westmoor
Park where they have two horses,
he said, “I have never, in all that
horse exposure, found horses to
be vicious. Some of them learn
tricks, they’re intelligent animals
and they may try to get one up on
you as the rider, but they’re not
vicious.”
Because Westmoor Park is a
municipal park self-insured by the
town of West Hartford, Jackson is
unsure how the ruling could affect
the horses at the park in that way,
but he did say they would have to
take extra safeguards or get rid of
any animal that was deemed vicious.
“I have never found our animals to be vicious after years and
years of experience. … If one of our
animals became vicious or was, in
my professional opinion, untrustworthy around people, it would
be an individual animal, not as a
species.”
Dubitsky said the Supreme
Court will decide whether or not
to overturn the appellate court’s
decision and maintain the common law that considers horses on
an individual basis, including its
propensity to bite.
The process can take a few
months, he said.
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Pictured above: Students in Canton High School’s jazz ensemble took part in a master class led by three members of the West Point Band’s Jazz Knights Sept. 25 prior to a free performance
for the community that night. Above, right: Mike Reifenberg, lead alto saxophonist for the Jazz Knight’s, can be seen in the background conducting the group during the master class.
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to Canton High School students
during a master class held Wednesday, Sept. 25.
The class was a precursor
to a free performance by the Jazz
Knights that evening in the high
school auditorium.
The Canton High School Jazz
Ensemble opened the show.
In the band room that afternoon, Sgt. 1st Class Mark Tonelli,
who plays guitar in the Jazz Knights,
Sgt. 1st Class Mike Reifenberg, who is
the lead alto saxophonist, and Staff
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the ensemble as they rehearsed.
“There are so many more intricacies to playing slow and soft than
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In addition to listening to one
another, the three noted the importance of good physical habits while
playing, such as posture.
“You don’t want to start bad
habits this early in the game,” Cooper said.
The three men have a range of
experience in the Jazz Knights: Tonelli and Reifenberg have been in the
band for eight years while Cooper
joined just over a month ago.
They talked with the students
after rehearsal about the lifestyle of
being a musician and the stability
that comes with being part of a military band.
They advised the students to
focus on developing their performance skills and being “the best
performer that you can,” if they plan
to pursue a career in music.
Ultimately, they told the students they sounded “outstanding.”
“You are as good or better than
college bands we’ve worked with,”
Reifenberg said, adding, “You guys
obviously have a great director who
knows the right things to teach you.”
Tom Scavone, the K-12 music department chair and director of instrumental music for the
Canton public schools, was present throughout the rehearsal and
thanked the men for spending time
with the students.
He said afterward, “To have a
top band in the country come here
and work with the kids, and that
night they are going to apply what
they learned, it’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be able to work
and mingle [with the Jazz Knights].
The whole experience is so memorable.”
Local radio host Mark Channon coordinated the ensemble’s visit to Canton. He said prior to their
performance that he was excited to
have a band of their caliber perform
in such an intimate setting.
“A lot of times the military
bands want to play the bigger venue, so for them to do Canton High
School, which is, of course, a smaller venue, is very special,” Channon
said.
Channon, who hosts Thursday
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and serves as operations director
at 89.9FM & 105.1 FM WAPJ in Torrington, has coordinated more than
50 concerts statewide with a few in
Massachusetts and New York, he
said, mostly with military bands.
“The West Point Band’s Jazz
Knights present the best in big
band favorites, popular music, and
original compositions and arrangements for jazz ensemble,” according
to the U.S. Military Academy website.
“Members of the group are
graduates of some of America’s
most prestigious music schools
such as the University of North
Texas, Eastman School of Music,
Indiana University, Berklee School
of Music and the Manhattan School
of Music. They are recruited and selected through a competitive audition process specifically for service
in the U.S. Military Academy Band
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By Jennifer Senofonte
Staff Writer
Though the Farmington Valley Visiting
Nurses Association has been in its Granby
location for 30 years, it can officially call 248
Salmon Brook St. its permanent home.
The VNA had been renting the space
from the town of Granby, and, at the end
of the 30-year lease in 2011, the town and
VNA came to an arrangement that the
VNA would purchase the building. Soon
after, the organization launched a capital
campaign in which more than $350,000 was
raised to keep the VNA’s home in Granby.
It received an overwhelming response,
and Farmington Valley VNA Executive Director Incy Muir said it exceeded its fundraising goal thanks to the contributions
from the Hartford Foundation for Public
Giving, John G. Martin Foundation, and 705
businesses, organizations and community
residents who supported the initiative to
remain in town.
The Granby building houses the VNA’s
health and wellness programs, the Granby Food Bank program and manages the
school nursing program for the Granby
Board of Education.
With the building project 95 percent
complete, Muir is encouraging the public to
go to the VNA for a tour and see how the
donations were used.
Muir said the Farmington Valley VNA
is the only nonprofit home health agency in
the area and the only in Greater Hartford
to be recognized with the 2012 Homecare
Elite Designation. It was one of three Connecticut agencies to receive the award and
was in the top 100 nationwide.
“We provide an absolutely mission-driven level of service that will address
any health needs that individuals have, and
we provide essential services, which other
agencies do not at this point,” she said. “Our
patient satisfaction, clinical outcomes,
quality assurance and financial support are
superior to the rest of our colleagues nationally, and we are very proud of that.”
The Farmington Valley VNA has been
in existence since 1908, serving the community for more than 100 years as a free-standing home health and hospice agency and
one of the few free-standing agencies in
operation. Muir explained that most agencies today are owned by bigger hospitals or
larger health care chains.
As an independent agency, the VNA
also provides charitable care, making it
stand out from others, she said, in that they
are willing and able to provide care to people who don’t have insurance. It has offices
in Granby and Simsbury.
“We have a strong presence in that
Photo by Jennifer Senofonte
The VNA had been renting space on Salmon Brook Street from the town of Granby, and now as
the result of a capital campaign in which more than $350,000 was raised, it has a permanent
home in Granby.
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Remembering a titan of sales
Walter Mitchell of Mitchell Auto Group passes away
By Alicia B. Smith
Staff Writer
A drive along Hopmeadow
Street would be a very different ride
without the familiar Mitchell Auto
Group. What began as a local garage
grew into an impressive dealership
with Walter Mitchell at the helm
serving as president and CEO.
Mitchell passed away Sept.
15 at the age of 93. He is survived
by Mary, his wife of 66 years, their
three children, Mark Mitchell, his
wife Amie, Robert Mitchell, Steven
Mitchell and his wife Susan, and six
grandchildren.
Walter Mitchell was born on
a farm in Metcalf, Ill. in 1920 and
served in the Navy during World
War II, onboard the USS Enterprise
where he served as an aviation metalsmith.
In 1945, his ship came to port
in New York City, which celebrated Navy Day and the end of the
war. He was invited to a party by a
young woman, and ended up stuck
in a corner with one of the hostess’
friends, Mary Pringle, who was a
student in merchandising school in
the city.
“There wasn’t a soul he came
across that he didn’t tell that story
to,” said Mary Mitchell, who became
his wife on June 7, 1947.
Walter Mitchell began his
career with Pratt and Whitney. In
the early years of his marriage he
worked days and attended Hillyer
College (now the University of Hartford) at night. He would purchase
his late father-in-law’s business in
Simsbury, Weatogue Garage. Robert
Pringle had begun the business in
1922 in a barn on Canal Street, later
moving the business to its current
location after expanding into car
sales.
“We went way out on a limb,”
Mary Mitchell said of purchasing
the business. “We took out a huge
loan,” adding that they began with a
Pontiac franchise.
Walter Mitchell would go on to
grow the business to include dealerships in Simsbury, Canton and Torrington. Over time, his three sons
would join the business and now the
fourth generation is working there,
as his granddaughter, Jill Mitchell,
has come on board.
In 1960, Walter Mitchell would
go on to become one of the first
franchises for Volvo in this country,
having seen the vehicles at the New
York Auto Show. Volvo was reluctant to offer him a franchise, so he
purchased the cars from a dealership in Hartford and sold them in
Simsbury. Eventually, Volvo gave in.
Later, he added Saab. The business
would eventually expand to include
Chrysler/Dodge, Land Rover, Subaru and Volkswagen.
In 1970 the business would
debut a new showroom and would
continue to grow, adding a body
shop and a Dodge dealership, and
starting dealerships in other communities. A second showroom was
added to the Simsbury location in
1988.
Mary Mitchell worked at the
dealership doing public relations
and, eventually, their three sons
would begin to work there as teenagers.
Steven Mitchell began his work
in the family business by going after school to sweep the showroom
floors and wash cars.
“I learned a lot about life and
customer service,” Steven said, including his father’s motto “to treat
customers the way you would want
to be treated.”
Steven said he has great memories of his dad, including the times
when he was 15 and would drive his
Walter Mitchell purchased the
Weatogue Garage following his
father-in-law’s death and built the
business into the Mitchell Auto
Group on Hopmeadow Street.
father around town in a limousine
that had been obtained as a tradein. The two shared many good conversations on those rides. Steven
also remembers as a child the way
his Dad and he would share a hug.
“We would be good friends and
best buddies,” he said.
Family friend and neighbor
T.J. Donohue grew up on the same
street as the Mitchells and “have
been friends ever since.”
Like the Mitchell boys, Donohue worked at the dealership’s gas
station and the dealership, too,
starting as a teen. “One of my favorite memories of mine of Walter is,
after a long winter, in the spring one
of the worst jobs was sweeping the
sand off all the parking lots,” he said.
“He would leave the president’s office, take off his jacket and help me
sweep and shovel.”
Donohue said it was “extraordinary” the impact that Mitchell
Auto Group, and Wagner Ford, too,
had on the community in terms of
the number of people the businesses employed and their contributions
to the community through charity
work.
“It underscores the importance
of Mitchell Automotive to Simsbury
and the importance of the automobile industry to our country,” Donohue said. “He was a leader and he led
in every way, in particular by example. He was an American classic.”
Courtesy photos
Mark Mitchell takes his dad, Walter Mitchell, out for a spin in one of his
favorite kinds of cars, convertibles.
Mary Mitchell attributes the
success of the business to her husband’s work ethic, something he
learned growing up on a farm.
Details of Walter Mitchell’s life
were put into a booklet he wrote
about his life after his wife had done
a similar one about her life. The
booklet, called “The Trails of My
Life,” includes stories and photos
about events and the people that
shaped his life.
One of the favorite stories in
the book is the one where Walter’s
father, Ira Mitchell, promised him if
he could get the old Model T running, he could drive the family, his
parents and two brothers to the
1933 World’s Fair in Chicago. Walter
managed to get the car going, and
the family drove the 150 miles to the
city. He was 12 years old.
Mitchell also shared stories of
attending a one-room schoolhouse,
his childhood home being fitted
with electricity and his memories of
the Great Depression.
He also shares some funny stories of his early days as a car salesman. The first car he sold, he did not
know how much it cost. He looked
up the serial number, found an invoice and added $400 to the price.
As a way to drum up business,
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surrounding communities with
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brochures about the vehicles he
had for sale. He met many potential
customers with this unique method,
but could not convince the owner of the Hartford Chevy dealer to
purchase from him. He had rang the
bell of Hy Dworin. Mitchell wrote
that for years the two salesmen had
a good laugh about that experience.
Other notable events included
stories of the family pets and health
issues that he endured, including a
sudden heart attack in 1976, which
would inspire him to get out and
walk, a habit he continued for years.
Mitchell spent his retirement
traveling between Simsbury, Florida
and West Hill Pond in New Hartford,
although his wife, Mary Mitchell
said in many ways her husband never retired and always maintained an
interest in the business.
Mary made a point of mentioning her husband’s love of grilling and
the name his family gave him, “the
grill master,” a fact that was mentioned in her husband’s obituary.
“It’s true,” she said. “He wouldn’t
use gas. It had to be charcoal.”
When the couple celebrated
their 60th anniversary, they threw
themselves a party. When asked the
secret of their long marriage, Walter
responded that forgiveness was key,
adding that being able to handle
life’s ups and downs was important,
too.
Granddaughter Jill Mitchell,
daughter of Mark Mitchell, said she
moved back to her hometown of
Simsbury to join the family business,
becoming the fourth generation to
do so.
“For me, I came to a point in my
life where I wanted to ground myself
and feel rooted,” she said. Jill works
in the business as head of communications and public relations.
As to her grandfather, Jill Mitchell described him as a kind man.
“He treated everyone as his
equal,” she said. “He was not a pretentious person. That’s something I
learned from him.”
“We had a wonderful life together,” said Mary.
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Simsbury
Heritage Day
Simsbury Heritage Day will
take place Saturday, Oct. 5 from
10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Phelps
Homestead at the Simsbury Historical Society, 800 Hopmeadow
St. The day will be highlighted by
an encampment of the Second
Continental Light Dragoons of the
Revolutionary War. This is a chance
to experience the life of a common
soldier, and the music and games of
the era. Sheldon’s Horse, or Second
Continental Light Dragoons, will
present sword drills, dismounted
dragoon drills, mounted exercise
drills and crossed sabers cavalry
demonstrations. Veterans are encouraged to participate in the libation service to be conducted by the
unit at 1 p.m. in the Simsbury Center Cemetery. The memorial service
will be conducted in honor of those
who have died serving the country.
The original Second Continental
Light Dragoons had a Simsbury
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During the winter of 1780, a regiment of the Second Dragoons withdrew from the front in Westchester,
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games and to take part in the drilling by the soldiers of young recruits
from the public. Tours of the Phelps
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during the event. Other Simsbury
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to participate. Kane’s Catering will
be available for food purchases.
Suggested donation is $5.
Annual Pumpkin Fair
St. Alban’s Episcopal Church
will hold its annual Pumpkin Fair
Saturday, Oct. 5, from 10 a.m.-4
p.m. The event draws fairgoers of all ages from toddlers to
grandparents each year. There is
literally something for everyone.
There will be an area where fairgoers can make their own scarecrow. All materials are provided:
a frame, hay and plenty of clothes
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hay ride, games, food, crafts and, of
course, pumpkins to decorate. Also
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Day named
in honor
of town
historian
By Sloan Brewster
Senior Staff Writer
BURLINGTON – Leonard
Alderman, the town historian
in Burlington, has roots in the
Farmington Valley that date to
1786.
His ancestor, Eli Alderman,
was in Simsbury in 1786 and
moved to Burlington in 1795.
Alderman, who is 90, will
be honored with a day all his
own. Leonard Alderman Appreciation Day will be Sunday,
Oct. 6.
Alderman has written several books, maintains 180 pages
of up-to-date cemetery records
for six towns and has compiled
much history in the 20 years he
has been the official town historian.
Much of the history he has
researched has featured the
folks of Burlington and can be
found in the Burlington Room
of the Burlington Public Library, the Connecticut State Library, the Connecticut Historical Society and the Mormon
LDS Family History Library.
He also has a collection
of photographs from the 1955
flood that was the basis of an
exhibition at the library, according to a press release.
Some of his history, including one of his books, is about
his own family.
See ALDERMAN on page 25
Photo by Sloan Brewster
Volunteer Jennifer O’Dea stuffs backpacks for the weekend backpack program in the food pantry at Gifts of Love.
Hundreds of children served by weekend backpack program
By Sloan Brewster
Senior Staff Writer
AVON – The back room at
Gifts of Love in Avon becomes
a blur of activity on Thursday
mornings as volunteers stuff more
than 150 backpacks with food for
schoolchildren and their families.
“It’s crazy camp,” said Gifts
of Love Executive Director Diana Goode. “Thursday morning is
backpack crazy camp.”
The weekend food backpack
program has expanded and this
year serves 152 children, Goode
said. The school year started off
with a large number of children
already in the program.
“We were slammed this year,”
she said. “This year everyone
signed up again. That doesn’t usually happen, so we started with
[about] 100. Normally, it’s [about]
40.”
In addition to the children
who returned to the program, the
CREC Reggio Magnet School of
the Arts in Avon added about 50
more, bringing the total number
enrolled to 152, Goode said.
Children in the program drop
an empty backpack off at their
school on Monday mornings and
See PACKS on page 25
Backpacks ready to be delivered as part of the weekend program
Waterline project causes congestion, officials address related flooding
By Sloan Brewster
Senior Staff Writer
SIMSBURY – A waterline
project in Simsbury has caused
problems with a local road.
Brian McDermott said a water main that broke while the waterlines were under construction
on Woodland Street and Woodland Place left a flood on the
roads.
“Water’s been trickling down
the street for 2 1/2 weeks,” he said
Monday, Sept. 23. “It’s like a stream
going down the road.”
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A resident is concerned that, if Woodland Street is not adequately reconstructed following work on a waterline, when snow plows come through
this winter the road will be destroyed.
His plan was to call First Selectman Mary Glassman and ask
her to do something about the
problem.
By Friday of that week, he was
singing a different tune. He said
he contacted Glassman and she
swiftly took action to mitigate the
situation.
“They’ve been working diligently and within 24 hours the
thing was fixed,” he said.
“I called her on Monday, they
had it stopped by Tuesday afternoon.”
McDermott, while pleased
with Glassman’s successful intervention, said the water leak and
other problems with the project
were still a disturbance.
“But two weeks of water flow,
that’s quite a bit of water,” he said.
“I’m not even kidding you, a small
sailboat could’ve gone down the
road.”
Glassman said that as soon
as McDermott contacted her, she
called Director of Public Works
Tom Roy, who went out and inspected the road. Based on his
October 3, 2013
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Trail repair scheduled for next spring Chamber working to boost
Seniors Job Bank usage
By Sloan Brewster
Senior Staff Writer
BURLINGTON – Plans are under way to repair the old section of
rail trail in Burlington.
The $800,000 project, which
will be funded jointly by the federal
and state governments, is scheduled for the spring of 2014, according to officials at a public information meeting Sept. 24.
The bidding process will begin
in December of this year, said First
Selectman Ted Shafer.
According to Robert Barneschi of WMC Engineering, it will
Photo by Sloan Brewwster
take about two months to comThe bidding process for an $800,000 project to repair an old section of rail
plete the job.
The portion of the trail to be trail will begin in December.
reconstructed is a 9,500-foot or 1.8sprout colonies that choke out namile stretch that was built in 2000, orated with root intrusion.”
Director of Public Works Scott tive vegetation along streams.
he said.
The project will include reconBetween May 8 and June 9 of Tharau has complained of the
this year, the Central Connecticut same problem in the past, as have structing the trail, removing the
Regional Planning Agency per- bicyclists who frequent the trail. invasive trees and roots, adding a
formed a study of trail usage, Barn- Bicyclists, especially those who root barrier and shifting the trail
eschi said. It was determined that ride with thin-rimmed tires, say in certain areas to accommodate
approximately 293 people use it they are forced to dismount the safety improvements, such as adper day, with more than 1,000 do- trail and ride the road through the ditional guard rails, Barneschi said.
That portion of the trail will
ing so on peak days, such as week- section.
Tharau has blamed invasive be closed while the construction is
ends.
About 60 percent of those black locust trees for the problem. under way.
The highly resilient trees have
The Federal Highway Adminpeople are walkers or runners and
the remaining 30 percent are bicy- root systems that are very close to istration is funding 80 percent of
the soil surface and can grow as the cost of the job through a grant
clists, he said.
He added that fishermen also long as the trees grow tall, Tharau that will be administered by the
has said.
Connecticut Department of Transuse the trail to access the river.
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Chamber of Commerce is working
with its members to help provide
seniors with employment through
the Seniors Job Bank.
Canton residents 55 and older
are eligible to participate in the Seniors Job Bank and can do so by filling out an application at the chamber office, at 220 Albany Turnpike,
or at the Senior and Social Services
office, 40 Dyer Ave.
Chamber Executive Director
Phil Worley said the job bank has
been around for about five years,
but it has been “rather dormant”
and they are doing a number of
things to invigorate it.
Worley said the chamber currently has about 20 or so applications on file and a large majority of
them are retired people.
The applicants come from
varied backgrounds, with some of
them coming from careers in which
they held management positions,
while others are retired handymen
looking for home repair jobs or yard
work. “Since virtually all of them are
looking for part-time work, many
are willing to do easier jobs,” Worley
explained. “Because they’re retired
or mostly retired, I think many of
them just want things to do to keep
busy.”
The employers who contact
the chamber are looking for part
time and seasonal help. When an
employer indicates that they have
an opening, the filed applications
are consulted and the employer is
given the contact information of
applicants who match the desired
skill set. “We let them communicate with each other,” Worley said,
explaining that the chamber functions as a liaison between the seniors and the employers.
Within the next few months,
Worley said the chamber hopes
to have its job bank join the larger
Greater Hartford Seniors Job Bank,
which will make the program “bigger and better.”
Kristin Oswald, the chamber
liaison for the Seniors Job Bank program, said the current employment
situation means many people can
benefit from the job bank.
“Given the environment in
which people are losing their jobs
or move and need to find new opportunities, [we want to provide]
as many avenues as they can for
people who are seeking work and
for people looking to hire someone,”
she said.
“It’s a win-win situation,” Worley said. “I know there are seniors
looking for part-time work, and I
know there are employers looking
for part-time help. As a chamber
of commerce, our primary interest
is helping our members in any way
we can. This is one of those ways.”
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Avon BOE will hold public information session on new standards
By Alison Jalbert
Assistant Editor
AVON – Due to the pending
adoption of the Common Core
State Standards, the Communications Subcommittee of the Avon
Board of Education will be holding a public information session
Oct. 29 to address questions and
concerns.
Superintendent Gary Mala,
in his Sept. 23 letter to the community, said the CCSS will continue to remain the focal point of
“an aggressive curriculum revision
process embarked upon in Avon
approximately one year ago.”
During a CCSS information
session held by the board of ed
in February, Donna Nestler-Rusack, assistant superintendent for
teaching and learning, explained
that the Common Core initiative
was formed in the spring of 2009,
motivated by the fact that each
state developed its own standards
and they varied accordingly.
The goal of the CCSS initiative was to develop national
standards that ensure students
gain the knowledge and skills that
will prepare them for success in
post-secondary education and in
the global arena.
The Common Core standards
are a set of K-12 expectations for
English language arts and math
adopted by 47 states. Connecticut’s state Board of Education adopted them as the standards for
English language arts and math
July 10, 2010.
Along with the CCSS, Connecticut will also be associated
with the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium, which
develops assessments aligned to
the standards. SBAC’s assessment
system includes two interim assessments through the year and,
in the last 12 weeks of the school
year, performance tasks and an
end-of-year-adaptive assessment.
The interim assessment and summative assessment both use the
Computer Adaptive Assessment
model, which is a computer-based
test that adapts to the test taker’s
ability level and chooses questions accordingly.
Avon is in the process of implementing the English language
arts and mathematics standards
through 2014, while science and
social studies will be rolled out
through 2015.
An additional public information session is being planned for
Nov. 21, during which the newly
implemented safety and security
measures in Avon public schools
will be reviewed, along with a discussion on the future security upgrades in all schools.
As of press time, locations
and times had not been set for either information session. Look in
the Valley Press’ calendar for updated information.
Selectmen adopt ordinance to combine planning and zoning commissions
By Alison Jalbert
Assistant Editor
CANTON – The Canton
Board of Selectmen unanimously
adopted an ordinance to create a
planning and zoning commission
and abolish the separate planning
commission and zoning commission.
Town Planner Neil Pade explained that by combining the two
commissions, it would improve
the permitting process and solidify land use boards, as well as make
the Plan of Conservation and De-
velopment involvement easier.
The new commission will be
made up of seven members with
three alternates, according to
Chief Administrative Officer Bob
Skinner.
Prior to the Sept. 25 board of
selectmen meeting, a public hearing was held on the combination
of the two commissions. While
only five members of the public
spoke, all were in support of the
ordinance, citing it as a move that
will make the town’s processes
more effective and streamlined.
Resident Dave Markowitz,
who is also a Bloomfield-based
land use attorney, said he has
been advocating for a combined
planning and zoning commission
in Canton for over a decade.
He called the decision “intelligent,” explaining that as a
representative for developers, his
clients often come to him with
questions about Canton’s processes. “I have to explain to them
that the process will be longer and
more expensive. … It’s wasteful.
This ordinance will eliminate that
and I urge you to adopt it.”
Current Planning Commis-
the
sion member David Evens felt
that the ordinance has many good
merits and will make the town
more efficient.
Skinner explained that members from the two current commissions will be considered to fill
the planning and zoning slots.
The ordinance calls for two
regular members and one alternate appointed for a term to expire in June 2015, three regular
members and one alternate appointed for a term that expires
June 2016 and two regular members and one alternate appointed
for a term that will expire June
2017.
After that, as the term of
each member in the commission
expires, the successors will be
appointed to serve for a term of
four years, in accordance with the
Town Charter.
The seven planning and zoning members and the three alternates will be appointed at the Oct.
9 Board of Selectmen meeting.
The new commission will
take effect Oct. 10, with its first
organizational meeting to be held
Oct. 16.
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Letter to the
EDITOR
Cast your vote
for Lisa Heavner
To the editor:
Nicholas B. Mason
Simsbury Board of Finance
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Lisa Heavner is highly qualified to serve as selectman in the
town of Simsbury in many ways.
As a member of Simsbury’s
Board of Finance, I have worked
closely with her in two important
financial roles: the development
of the Board of Selectmen budget
and the town’s Pension Sub-committee oversight. Lisa was instrumental in bringing in the lowest
town budgets in memory.
As the deputy first selectman, she has worked diligently
with First Selectman Mary Glassman and the town department
managers to develop a workable
spending plan, which balances
town services, public safety and
our quality of life.
Lisa has also been a key
member of the town’s new pension sub-committee, which has
implemented a variety of changes
to reduce costs to town residents
and secure the services of a financial pension adviser. Please join
me and vote for Lisa Heavner for
selectman on Nov. 5, in Simsbury.
540 Hopmeadow St.
Simsbury, CT 06070
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EDITORIAL
Be informed before casting your vote
With only one month left before Election Day,
the annual reminder bears repeating: mark your calendars and remember to vote.
More importantly, perhaps, take this next
month to become informed on the issues before
casting your ballot.
In a time of changing education systems, a
tough economy, growing technology and everyday
uncertainty, those who don’t vote in an election may
later wish they had.
Each citizen has the right and responsibility to
question our leaders, but if you care enough to complain, then care enough to cast a vote. Should your
candidate win or lose, you have done your part. Every vote does count. Despite any amount of polling
or statistics, each vote in an election has the chance
to change the course of history.
A vote is a meaningful thing; each voter should
make sure they know each candidate’s position on
the important issues before making their choice.
Read candidate statements, attend debates and
otherwise do research before choosing a candidate.
One month remains before each citizen is asked
to bubble in the ballot.
Statistically, this area saw a strong turnout at
the polls last year for the presidential election.
While that election may seem to hold higher
importance than the election of local leaders, both
should be held in equal regard.
It is the leaders we elect on the municipal level who will work with each other to make residents’
voices heard, to protect town resources, schools and
to ensure quality of life in our communities.
The problems facing the country are problems
we also face in our small towns.
A dip in the percentage of registered voters
reaching the polls this election would be an unfortunate thing. Most local officials are people volunteering their time and they deserve the attention of
the voting population as they share their views and
goals for a better tomorrow.
Take the precious time that remains in the
coming weeks to become familiar with the issues
facing your community and the campaign platform
of those who hope to lead.
Remember to vote this year on Nov. 5.
Letter to the EDITOR
Important things to know about election law
To the editor:
The League of Women Voters of Canton wants to ensure
that all area residents know
about two new election laws enacted by the state legislature that
will impact upcoming elections
on Nov. 5.
Under the new laws:
-Connecticut residents will
now have the opportunity to
register to vote on Election Day.
Each town will have one designated same-day registration location where you will be able to
show proof of eligibility to register
and vote at the same site. While
voters should still make every effort to ensure that they are registered ahead of time, Election Day
registration offers an important
protection for those who do not
October 3, 2013
have the opportunity to register
earlier.
-Any eligible voter who is
permanently physically disabled
will be able to receive an absentee ballot automatically for each
election, primary or referendum
held in the voter’s town. You
must complete an application for
an absentee ballot and submit it
to the town clerk. You will need
to ask your medical care provider to send a letter certifying that
you are unable to appear in person at your polling place to vote
because of disability. (State law
requires that your doctor’s certification containing your medical information remain private
and confidential.) Your absentee
ballot should arrive about one
month before the November
election.
To learn about the specifics
of the new laws, the League of
Women Voters of Connecticut
has developed informational
brochures – Election Day Registration and Important Change
for Voters with Disabilities: Permanent Absentee Ballots.
These are available in English and Spanish at www.lwvct.
org/for-voters or by contacting
203-288-7996. Additional information is available from the secretary of the state at www.ct.gov/
sots and the Office of Protection
and Advocacy for Persons with
Disabilities at www.ct.gov/opapd.
Jane Latus
President
League of Women Voters
of Canton
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Han Asian Cuisine in Granby celebrated its ribbon-cutting ceremony with
the traditional Asian-style Dragon Dance.
Han Asian Cuisine opens
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By Jennifer Senofonte
Staff Writer
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14. Orange-red spinel
15. Hunted beings
16. Be obedient to
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19. Lose hold of
21. Highest card
22. Western Union message
27. The “Show Me” state
28. Early photo process
33. A public promotion
34. A group of statues
36. A single thing
37. Ireland
38. A raised speaking platform
39. Leavened bread
40. Farm animal shelter
41. Oral polio vaccine
44. Chinese fine silk silver
45.
Chocolate-colored
acidic pulp pod
48. ____ off
49. Hagiographa
50. Manuscripts, abbr.
51. Over the sea
CLUES DOWN
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3. Converts hide into
leather
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5. 13th Hebrew letter
6. Dentist’s organization
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8. Kill violently
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10. Refereed
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fur
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44. Opposite of LTM
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New Granby restaurant Han
Asian Cuisine celebrated its ribbon-cutting ceremony with the
traditional Asian-style Dragon
Dance for the community to enjoy.
The new dining destination opened its doors with a soft
opening at 10 Hartford Ave. in the
Granby Village Shops in May, and
the Chamber of Commerce held a
ribbon-cutting ceremony Sept. 21.
Present were restaurant owner James Chen, his family and staff,
board of selectmen members and
residents.
“A lot of people came down.
We did the Dragon Dance, a traditional Asian-style dance,” Chen
said of the ribbon cutting, which
was held in conjunction with a
fellow new business in the Granby
Village Shop called New Beginnings.
Chen has been in the restaurant business since he was a teen
and now owns three Connecticut
restaurants including Green Tea
in Simsbury and Jimmy Chen’s in
East Windsor. His interest in the
field started in the family and took
off from there.
“I think the restaurant business is fun for me. I get to know a
lot of people,” Chen said.
He had been looking to open
a restaurant in Granby for about
six or seven years since Green
Tea had been doing so well in the
neighboring town.
“I was always thinking about
opening one in Granby and finally
this opportunity came up and it’s
great,” he said, noting that restaurant goers have welcomed Han to
the area.
“They love our food and
they’re very happy to have a nice
restaurant in town. They welcomed us and I’m very happy.”
Han’s menu includes an
Asian-fusion style, he explained,
with special seafood items and a
gluten-free menu. He added that
he uses lots of organic ingredients
to offer healthier options to patrons of Thai and Chinese cuisines,
plus sushi.
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Tips and traps for RMDs
Another
strategy
The tax-deferred
is to “bucket” your IRA
compounding you get
and retirement-plan asthrough a traditional
sets. This means dividIRA or a company reing assets into cash or
tirement plan enables
cashlike buckets to help
you to grow your savings without having
address upcoming RMD
to pay taxes on your
and other income needs.
Essentially, you’re creatinvestment earnings
Nancy Fellinger
ing a cash reserve in adyear in and year out. At
vance of market dips to
some point, though,
required minimum distributions avoid having to sell an asset under
(RMDs) will take effect.
pressure. You’ll also have intermeAll retirees must take RMDs diate-term assets that are next in
from their tax-deferred retirement line for distributions, followed by
plans by April 1 of the year follow- longer-term assets. It’s possible to
ing the year in which they turn age work this planning strategy with70½, and continue to take distribu- in a single IRA account, but some
tions by Dec. 31 of each year there- people find it easier to physically
after. Just remember that if you separate shorter-term and lonwait to take that first RMD, you’ll ger-term holdings.
Putting RMDs on autopilot
need to take two distributions in
one calendar year. You exert more to avoid the last-minute rush is
control than you might think over another approach that works well
the timing of your RMDs as well as for some people. If you go the auwhich accounts or assets you tap, topilot route, just be sure to mainso it’s worth considering all of your tain enough cash assets in your
options. Here are just a few tips for accounts to avoid having to sell
getting the most out of your RMDs, an asset that you would have prealong with some traps to avoid.
ferred to hold, or at least be able to
Some tips. Even though provide instructions about which
you must calculate your RMD assets should be liquidated if needamounts for each of your tradition- ed and in what order.
Some traps. If you miss the
al IRAs, you can draw your RMD
from the investment that’s most deadline, you’ll owe a tax penalty
advantageous for you. If you’ve as- equal to 50 percent of the distrisessed your asset allocation and bution amount you should have
determined it’s time to rebalance, taken but didn’t, in addition to the
for example, take your RMD from taxes that are due on any retirethe IRA assets where you need to ment-plan distribution.
lighten up. You might also conBefore you rush to pay the tax
sider spacing your distributions penalty, though, the IRS’s website
throughout the calendar year indicates that the penalty will be
rather than taking a lump sum at waived “if the shortfall in distribuyear-end, and by doing so, obtain tions was due to a reasonable error
a range of sale prices for your lon- and that reasonable steps are beger-term assets.
ing taken to remedy the shortfall.”
If you’ve missed a distribution or
didn’t take as much of an RMD as
you should have, you’ll need to fill
out an IRS form as well as submit
a letter detailing why you had a
shortfall in your distribution and
what you’re doing to remedy the
matter.
Plan how you’ll spend your
RMDs ahead of time and decide
whether the funds are for splurging
or an essential part of meeting your
living expenses. And be careful
about taking RMDs and then opening or adding to a Roth IRA without doing your homework first.
You need to have enough earned
income (such as income from a
job) to cover the amount of your
Roth contribution. For example, if
you want to contribute $6,000 to
a Roth, you’d need to have at least
$6,000 in earned income to do so.
Unfortunately, income drawn
from your retirement accounts
doesn’t count. It’s also important to
note that you can’t make additional
traditional IRA contributions after
age 70½. Sometimes even within
a set of requirements we have options. It’s good for many reasons
to have options, so make sure you
have the full range before you. And
please, always remember that you
should consult with your financial
or tax professional for any advice
that’s specific to your situation.
Nancy B. Fellinger, CLU®,
ChFC®, CFP®, CRPC®
Nancy Fellinger is a Certified
Financial Planner™ professional
at Wellspring Financial Advisory
Partners with Coburn & Meredith,
Inc. in Simsbury. She is past president the Financial Planning Association’s Connecticut Valley Chapter. Her practice is devoted solely
to the investment management,
income and financial planning
needs of women who are single,
widowed or divorced and of couples who are retired or interested
in planning for retirement. Contact her directly at 860-784-2605
or at nfellinger@coburnfinancial.
com, or visit www.wellspringfinancial.com. isrposes only and
does not constitute investment or
retirement planning advice.
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Anything Preppy started as a website almost two years ago, and now has
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Anything Preppy opens
in Simsmore Square
By Jennifer Senofonte
Staff Writer
During a friendly game of
tennis, the balls aren’t always the
only thing bouncing back and
forth over the net.
Tennis talk can lead to productive outcomes, and in the case
of local residents Paula Kille and
Robin Cowling, they bounced
ideas during a tennis session that
led to the start of their own business, Anything Preppy.
Anything Preppy started as
a website almost two years ago,
and now has a physical shop that
opened Sept. 13 in the Simsmore
Tennis Club, 530 Hopmeadow St.,
Simsbury.
“We envisioned a store
that was a little bit different – a
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including trade shows.
“Tennis has been the common denominator for all of this,”
Kille said. She and Cowling met
on the Simsmore Tennis Club
courts 10 years ago when conversations started about different
business endeavors, including
dog attire and pet accessories,
other online shopping destinations that started before Anything Preppy.
Tennis club owner Tim Ruark opens the club to the public,
although members get special
privileges and pricing for court
use, thus allowing Kille and
Cowling to open Anything Preppy within the space and have it
open to the public.
“He gave us the opportunity to highlight the things we do
online into a brick-and-mortar
store. There’s a real community
there,” Kille said, noting that having Anything Preppy apparel and
items closely available to club
members is convenient for them
as target customers.
With the store’s opening,
they are offering various upcoming specials, including a Vineyard
Vine event that began on Monday, free babysitting on Wednesdays, holiday gift items including
dog and pet accessories, monogram events and a sports emphasis for football season.
The two go to trade shows to
find their product lines with a focus on “made in America” items.
For more information visit
anythingpreppy.com or call 860651-7900.
To see Kille and Cowling’s
online pet apparel and accessory stores, visit mybigdogs.com,
mypreppypuppies.com.
To submit an event for the calendar, email Sally at sedwards@thevalleypress.net
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First
Friday
Dinner
at
Avon
Congregational Church Oct. 4, 5:30-7:30
p.m., chicken pot pie, $12/$6, dine in or take
out (860-678-0488)
“Whale of a Sale” infant and children’s
consignment sale hosted by Avon Junior
Women’s Club Friday, Oct. 4, 5-8 p.m., $5
admission and Saturday, Oct. 5, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.,
free, at Avon Senior Center, 635 West Avon
Road (www.ajwc-ct.org, 860-693-8495)
Avon Senior Center, 635 West Avon Road,
860-675-4355:
• Movies at the Avon Library Thursdays, 1:30
p.m.: Oct. 10, “Chinatown”
• Oktoberfest in Canton Tuesday, Oct. 8,
noon, meal and fun, $2, R.S.V.P. by Oct. 4
• Travelogue of Antarctica Tuesday, Oct. 8,
1:30 p.m. at library
• Lunch & Learn Wednesday, Oct. 9, noon2 p.m. at Arden Courts, topic: Managing the
Needs of Your Loved One sign up
• Winning on Wall Street Thursday, Oct. 10,
10 a.m., sign up
• How Posture Impacts Your Life Thursday,
Oct. 10, 12:30 p.m., sign up
• Flu Clinic with VNA Friday, Oct. 11, 10-11:30
a.m., call 860-653-5514 to sign up
Brandeis National Committee’s festive
“gathering” Sunday, Oct. 6, 3-5 p.m., at
home of Linda and Steve Revis, 1 Abbotsford,
speaker Leslie Pearlstein, register with Marcia
at 860-214-8148
Mothers of Preschoolers – MOPS meeting
Monday, Oct. 7, 9:15-11:30 a.m., at Valley
Community Baptist Church, 590 West Avon
Road, Room 206 (avonmops@gmail.com)
Senior Citizens Organization of Avon,
635 West Avon Road, Monday, Oct. 7, board
meeting at 10:30 a.m., pizza and bingo at
noon
“The Uses of Stone in the Garden” with
Gordon Hayward, garden designer, writer
and lecturer, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 7 p.m., Room
F, Canton Community Center, co-hosted
by Cherry Brook Garden Club and Canton
Library, register at 860-693-5800
Free Medicare prescription and
insurance assessments for 2014 coverages
at Canton Senior Center with insurance
volunteer Tuesdays, Oct. 8-Dec. 3, 9 a.m.noon, call 860-693-5811 to make appt.
East Hill Writers’ Workshops-Poetry
Workshop Wednesdays, Oct. 16-Nov. 20,
6:30-8:30 p.m.; New Writers’ Workshop
Thursdays, Oct. 17-Nov. 21, 7-9 p.m., both in
space over the Sweet Shoppe in Collinsville,
visit EHWW at www.easthillwriters.com or
call 860-693-0504, 860-836-8416
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Chasing Breath 5K Trail Challenge Sunday,
Oct. 6, 11 a.m., at Winding Trails, 50 Winding
Trails Drive, adults $75/children $25, proceeds
to Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, register at
Connecticut.cff.org/chasingbreath (860-6733885)
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Simsbury High School open house for
parents/guardians of students in junior and
senior classes Thursday, Oct. 3 beginning at
6:45 p.m.
Tunxis Senior Citizens Association
meeting Monday, Oct. 7, 1 p.m., at the
Community and Senior Center (860-6734474, 860-673-5797)
Simsbury Land Trust programs:
• Bird Walk Oct. 12, 8 a.m., at Great Pond State
Forest with Roger Preston, call to register
• Dirty Boots Kids Club Oct. 19, 10:30 a.m.,
Rosedale Farm Walk and Corn Maze, sign up
by Oct. 12
Unionville Museum’s “It’s a Dolls’ World:
1860-1960” exhibit at the Unionville
Museum, Wednesdays, Saturdays and
Sundays, 2-4 p.m., until Nov. 10 (860-6732231)
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Morning Bird Walk Saturday, Oct. 5,
7:30-9 a.m., at Roaring Brook Nature Center,
70 Gracey Road, 860-693-0263, all levels,
$2/$3, not geared for very young children
Simsbury-Granby Rotary International
Harvest Thursday, Oct. 3, 5:30-8:30 p.m., at
Tower Ridge Country Club, 140 Nod Road,
Simsbury, $50 per person
Canton Artists’ Guild Gallery on the
Green Autumn Member Show in the
Downstairs Gallery thru Sunday, Oct. 6;
Kristin McNally and Kim Wysocki in the
Upstairs Gallery and Margaret Wilson in
Spotlight Gallery, Friday-Sunday, 1-5 p.m.
At the Granby Senior Center, 15 North
Granby Road, 860-844-5352:
• Enfield Mall trip Friday, Oct. 4, 9:30 a.m.
• iPads Simplified Tuesdays, Oct. 8, 15 and 22,
1:30 p.m., $15
• CHOICES counselor Tuesday, Oct. 8, by
appt., 860-844-5350
• Setback Tuesday, Oct. 8, 3 p.m.
• On Grief and Loss every other Wednesday
at 2:30 p.m., thru Dec. 4
Burlington Library, 1 Library Lane, 860-
Guiding Eyes for the Blind Puppy Raising
open house Monday, Oct. 7, 6-8 p.m., First
Congregational Church, 219 North Granby
Road (845-490-0143, mhollis@guidingeyes.
org)
At the Hill-Stead Museum, 35 Mountain
Road, 860-677-4787, Sunday, Oct. 6: Hay Day,
noon-4 p.m.; First Sunday Gallery Talk, 1 p.m.;
First Sunday Estate Walk, 2 p.m.
Registrar’s office hours before Nov. 5
election: Wednesday, Oct. 9, 8 a.m.-1 p.m.;
Oct. 12, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.; Oct. 16, 8 a.m.-1 p.m.;
Oct. 23, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., Oct. 29, 8 a.m.-9 p.m.,
Nov. 4, 8 a.m.-1 p.m.
­ von Public Library, 281 Country Club
A
Road, 860-673-9712, www.avonctlibrary.info
• Teen Bingo Friday, Oct. 4, 3-4 p.m., drop in,
candy prizes
• Friends of Avon Library Annual Book
Sale Friday, Oct. 4, 4-8 p.m., $5 admission;
Saturday, Oct. 5, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Sunday, Oct.
6, noon-2:30 p.m., free with Sunday “Bag Sale”
• Antartica Travel presentation Tuesday, Oct.
8, 1:30-3:30 p.m.
• Andy Lockwood College Admissions &
How to Pay for College Tuesday, Oct. 8,
7-8:30 p.m., register
• Classic Movie Matinee Thursday, Oct. 10,
1:30-4 p.m., “Chinatown”
• Lego Club Thursday, Oct. 10, 4-5 p.m.,
grades 1-3, sign up
• Classic Book Discussion: Love Through the
Modern Age Thursday, Oct. 10, 7-9 p.m.,
“Revolutionary Road” by Richard Yates
• Teen Friday Minute to Win It Oct. 11, 3-4
p.m., grades 7-12, drop in
• “Our Service in Vietnam” exhibit from VFW
Post 3272 on display until Oct. 31, veterans
available to talk with you between 11 a.m.
and 3 p.m. most Saturdays
Dedication of Recreation Community
Center at Salmon Brook Park Saturday, Oct.
5, noon, R.S.V.P. to Pat Chieski at patchieski@
granby-ct.gov or 860-844-5300
Hill-Stead Museum’s Farmers Market
Sunday, Oct. 6, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., live music by
Dr. Charles Kaplan
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at the library
13th annual Empty Bowls benefit Saturday,
Oct. 5, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., East Granby
Senior Center, $14 for pre-registration, $16 at
the door, contact Alicia Van Neil at 860-6534371 or visit wceg.org
“The Truth About: How to Obtain and
Maintain Excellent Health” seminar
Thursday, Oct. 3, 6:30-7:30 p.m., 7 Deer
Park Road, Weatogue, donations at the
door to benefit Gifts of Love, offered by
Tolk Chiropractic & Wellness Center and
Bikram Yoga Simsbury, contact Joanna@
secretstohealing.com or 860-463-2749
National
Depression
Screening
Day Thursday, Oct. 10, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.,
in Administration Building at Tunxis
Community College, call 860-255-3548 for
info
Support Canton Land Trust at Flatbread
Pizza in The Shoppes at Farmington Valley
Tuesday, Oct. 8 beginning at 6 p.m.
Antique Engine & Tractor Show Saturday,
Oct. 5, 9:30 a.m.-3 p.m., Salmon Brook
Historical Society, 208 Salmon Brook St., over
20 exhibitors showing off tractors and hitand-miss engines (860-653-9713)
673-3331, www. Burlingtonctlibrary.info
• Botanical Gardens of the World Wednesday,
Oct. 9, 6:30 p.m., register
• AM Book Discussion Oct. 15, 11 a.m., “Dry
Grass of August” by Anna Jean Mayhew
Canton Public Library, 40 Dyer Ave., 860693-5800:
• Coffee and… Monday, Oct. 7, near adult
sitting area
• Navigate the Affordable Care Act: A HowTo Guide Thursday, Oct. 3, 6:30-7:30 p.m.,
register
• Afternoon Matinee Tuesday, Oct. 8, 12:303:30 p.m., Clint Eastwood’s “Invictus,” ages 13
and up, register
• iPad Support Group Workshop Thursday,
Oct. 10, 6-7:30 p.m.
• PJ Story Time: Puppies and Dogs! Thursday,
Oct. 10, 6:30 p.m., ages 3 and up, registration
required
Farmington Library, 6 Monteith Drive,
860-673-6791, www.farmingtonlibraries.org
• Afternoon at The Bijou Thursdays, 2-5 p.m.:
Oct. 10 “Having a Wonderful Time”
• Magic: the Gathering Club Fridays, 3-4 p.m.,
teens grades 7-12
• Chess Tournament Saturday, Oct. 5, 9 a.m.5 p.m.
• Daddy and Me Saturday, Oct. 5, 10:30-11
Simsbury Senior Center at Eno Memorial
Hall, 860-658-3273:
• Friday Lunch Café Oct. 4, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.,
New England clam chowder, seafood salad/
egg salad sandwich, $2 per sandwich, $2 per
soup, eat in or take out
• Wednesday Lunch at Eno Oct. 9, noon,
meatloaf, $3/$4, reservations by noon on
Friday the week before
• Lunch and Learn Tips for Staying Healthy
during the Months Ahead Thursday, Oct. 10,
noon-1:30 p.m., sign up by Thursday, Oct. 3
• Flu clinic Thursday, Oct. 10, 3:30-5:30 p.m.,
call 860-653-5514 for appt.
Sensory-friendly movie “Cloudy With a
Chance of Meatballs 2” for families affected
by autism and other disabilities Saturday, Oct.
5, 11 a.m., doors open at 10:30 a.m., Hoyt’s
Simsbury Commons 8, 530 Bushy Hill Road,
860-658-0303 and option 4 for info
vie for the kids 6K trail run and farm
dinner Saturday, Oct. 5 at Ethel Walker
School, registration at 8:30 a.m., run at 9 a.m.;
evening event features meal prepared at
Rosedale Farm by Millwrights and Caseaus
restaurants, info at vieforthekids.com
a.m.
• Monday Night Film Oct. 7, 6:30 p.m.,
“Death in Venice”
• “In the Midst of the Jovial Crowd”: Young
James Boswell in London, 1762-1763 exhibit
thru Friday, Oct. 4 at the Lewis Walpole
Library, 154 Main St.
• “Oil and Water Do Mix,” a two-person art
show of work of Jane Carroll and Gil Fahey
for month of October with reception to
meet artists Tuesday, Oct. 8, 6-8 p.m.
Barney Library, 71 Main St., 860-673-6791,
ext. 2
• Carolyn Newell Art Opening Saturday, Oct.
5, 1-4 p.m.
• Movie Matinees Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2 p.m.,
“Happy”
Granby Library, 15 North Granby Road,
860-844-5275
• Something about the Author Monday,
Oct. 7, 1:30 p.m.
Simsbury Library, 725 Hopmeadow St.,
860-658-7663, www.simsburylibrary.info
• Business/computer programs, preregister: Excel Tips and Tricks Saturday,
Oct. 5, 10-11:30 a.m.; Microsoft Excel Basics
for Business: Create a Simple Inventory
Worksheet Monday, Oct. 7, 6:30-8 p.m.;
Wednesday Night Is Business Night, Act
check it out
“From Stuttgart to Springfield –
Gertrude Failing Groff” program Saturday,
Oct. 5, Simsbury United Methodist Church,
breakfast at 9:30 a.m., program at 10:30 a.m.,
$5 per person or $15 for families, learn about
the experiences of a 20th century immigrant
as she begins her new life in the United States
Simsbury Volunteer Fire Company open
house Sunday, Oct. 6, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., at the
Main Station, 871 Hopmeadow St.
Retirement Living Luncheon Series
Monday, Oct. 7, 12:45-2:30 p.m., at The Village
at McLean, Burkholder Community Center,
100 Sarah Lane, register at 860-658-3786 –
“Preparing Your Home for Sale and Selecting
a Realtor”
Simsbury Woman’s Club meeting
Tuesday, Oct. 8, 11:30 a.m., at Eno Memorial
auditorium, concert by Hartt School students
of Greg Babal and Intonations followed
by luncheon and business meeting, public
welcome (860-408-9453, 860-844-0308)
Simsbury Retired Men’s luncheon
Tuesday, Oct. 8, noon, fellowship hall of the
First Church of Christ, Hopmeadow St., $8 for
lunch, talk on “The Simsbury ABC Program,”
contact Dane Woodberry at 860-658-7996
Westminster School admissions open
house Tuesday, Oct. 8, 6:30-8:30 p.m., on
campus at 995 Hopmeadow St., call 860-4083060 to register
St. Mary’s School, Hopmeadow St.,
hosting author Fern Michonski and
illustrator Christine Kornacki Thursday,
Oct. 10, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
The Second Chance Shop’s three-day
Columbus Day Sale Thursday, Oct.
10-Saturday, Oct. 12, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., at 12
Station St., everything in store except jewelry
50 percent off
Simsbury artist Deborah Leonard
showing her landscape paintings in The Ethel
Walker School library gallery thru Oct. 11
SHS Class of 1993 20 year reunion
Saturday, Oct. 12, for information, e-mail
simsbury93@gmail.com or join the Facebook
page
Westminster School’s Chapel Gallery
featuring first exhibition of five visual
arts teachers thru Oct. 13, Mondays 11
a.m.-12:30 p.m., Wednesdays from 11:30 a.m.1 p.m. and Fridays noon-1:30 p.m., on the
lower level of the Andrews Memorial Chapel,
995 Hopmeadow St.
The Cobb School, Montessori open house
Wednesday, Oct. 16, 6:30 p.m., call Sallie Ann
Jacobs to register at 860-658-1144
Simsbury High School Class of 1983 30th
Reunion Saturday, Oct. 19, 6:30-11 p.m.,
Hopmeadow Country Club, e-mail weiss.
renee@comcast.net
Now! To Achieve Your Goals Wednesday,
Oct. 9, networking at 6:30 p.m., program
7-8:30 p.m.; LinkedIn for Job Seekers: Setting
Up a Profile Thursday, Oct. 10, 10 a.m.-noon
• Piano Recital with Anastasia Seiefetdinova
Sunday, Oct. 6, 3-4:30 p.m.
• Classical Music in the Afternoon Monday,
Oct. 7, 1-2:30 p.m.
• Simsbury Camera Club Seminar: How to
Use Photoshop Elements 11 Monday, Oct. 7,
6:30-8:30 p.m., do not need to be a member
to attend
• Adult Book Discussion Group Thursday,
Oct. 10, 7-8:30 p.m., “Girls of Atomic City” by
Denise Kiernan
• Friends of Simsbury Library fall bus trip to
Hudson Valley, New York, for tour of Kykuit
and Union Church Oct. 16
Children’s/teen programs
• Discover Dance Friday, Oct. 4, 10:30 a.m.,
drop in
• Lego Mania Saturday, Oct. 5, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.,
ages 5 and up with an adult, drop in
• Conversational Russian Monday, Oct. 7, 6-7
p.m., for ages 5-12, drop in
• Halloween Baking: Jack-O-Lantern Brownie
Wednesday, Oct. 9, 4-5:15 p.m., grades K-2,
register
• Crafty Kids: Bats Thursday, Oct. 10, 1:30
p.m., ages 3-kindergarten, register
COMING ATTRACTIONS
Auditions for the Simsbury Light
Opera Company’s production of “The
Mikado” Saturday, Oct. 5, 2-5 p.m. and
Sunday, Oct. 6, 6-9 p.m. at Basingstoke,
5 Herman Drive; prepare 32 bars of
Gilbert and Sullivan and bring music for
accompanist, contact Elizabeth White at
pianoewhite@gmail.com or 860-521-8469
with music selection
At Infinity Music Hall and Bistro, 20
Greenwoods Road North, Norfolk, 860542-5531: Oct. 4, 8 p.m., Rockapella; Oct.
5, 8 p.m., Rusted Root’s Michael Glabicki;
Oct. 6, 1:30 p.m., Capitol Center Jazz
Orchestra – Tribute to Benny Goodman;
Oct. 6, 7:30 p.m., Average White Band; Oct.
8, 8 p.m., UFO; Oct. 10, 8 p.m., Take 6; Oct.
11, 8 p.m., Coco Montoya
At Maple Tree Café, 781 Hopmeadow
St., Simsbury, 8:30 p.m., 860-651-1297: Oct.
4, Gracie Curran & The High Falutin Band;
Oct. 5, The Colbys
At Bridge Street Live, 41 Bridge St.,
Collinsville, 860-693-9762: Oct. 4, 9 p.m.,
Respecting Rodney – An Evening of
Comedy in tribute to Rodney Dangerfield;
Oct. 6, 8 p.m., Ellis Paul with Jay Sousa; Oct.
8, 8 p.m., Rickie Lee Jones; Oct. 11 8 p.m.,
John McCutcheon
Farmington Valley Stage’s “Bermuda
Avenue Triangle” final performances
Friday and Saturday, Oct. 4 and 5 at 8
p.m. at Canton Town Hall, 4 Market
St., Collinsville, tickets $25/$22 at www.
FVStage.org
At Mark Twain House, 351 Farmington
Ave., Hartford, 860-247-0998:
• Writing Workshop Saturday, Oct. 5, 1-4
p.m.
• Sue Grafton, Alice Hoffman, Scott Turow
in conversation with David Baldacci in
“Mark My Words” event Wednesday, Oct.
9, 8 p.m., at the Shubert Theater in New
Haven, $68/$48/$28, call 888-736-2663
• An evening with Benjamin Griffin,
Mark Twain papers project editor, in
conversation with Steve Courtney, Mark
Twain House historian, Thursday, Oct.
10, 7 p.m., discussing the just-published
“Autobiography of Mark Twain, Vol. 2”
followed by book signing
Connecticut Authors Meet and
Greet Saturday, Oct. 5, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., at
Farmington Valley Arts Center, Avon Park
North, Avon – presentations in Fisher
Gallery: special guest Margaret Greenberg,
co-author of “Profit from the Positive,
Proven Strategies to Boost Productivity
and Transform Your Business” at 1 p.m.;
Melissa Croghan, “The Tracking Heart,”
10 a.m.; Jan Mann, Cruising Connecticut
with a Picnic Basket, 11 a.m.; Chuck
Miceli, “Amanda’s Room,” 11:45 a.m.; Eileen
Kaplan, “Laughter Is the Breast Medicine”
12:30 p.m.
Priscilla Herdman, Saturday, Oct. 5, 8
p.m., at Sounding Board Coffeehouse at
the Universalist Church of West Hartford,
433 Fern St., West Hartford, $20/$18, call
860-635-7685 for reservations, $17/$15
Nutmeg State Orchid Society’s “Come
with Me to Western China and See the
Fascinating Orchids” with Dr. Holger Perner
from China Monday, Oct. 7, 7 p.m., at the
Lions Club, Camp Happy Hill, 87 West
Avon Road, Unionville, $10 nonmembers
“Othello” at Playhouse on Park thru
Oct. 20, Sunday performances include talk
back with cast and crew, tickets are $22.50$32.50, visit www.playhouseonpark.org or
call 860-523-5900, ext. 10
Holly Near in concert with Emma’s
Revolution Saturday, Oct. 5, 8 p.m.,
Unitarian Meeting House, 50 Bloomfield
Ave., Hartford, $25, 860-233-9897
Cartoberfest Sunday, Oct. 6, 10 a.m.-3
p.m., in the parking lot of the Collinsville
Antiques Building, Route 44, New Hartford,
to benefit the New Hartford Volunteer
Fire & Rescue, suggested donation $10,
door prizes, live entertainment and food,
all welcome to show off cars, trucks,
motorcycles, etc.
October 3, 2013
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Water usage rate increase brought down to 8.6 percent
By Sloan Brewster
Senior Staff Writer
SIMSBURY – A decrease to
a hike in the water usage rate in
Simsbury is too little, according to
selectmen.
On Sept. 24, Connecticut’s
Public Utilities Regulatory Authority ruled on Aquarion Water
Company’s proposal to raise water
usage rates, according to a press release from PURA.
In a February letter to First
Selectman Mary Glassman, Aquarion Water Company President
and CEO Charles Firlotte advised
her that the company had notified PURA of its intent to request
an increase in water service rates.
Firlotte stated that the 16.8 percent
increase was necessary to cover the
costs of infrastructure upgrades.
In another letter in June, the
company proposed an even higher
increase of 19.4 percent
The ruling brought the increase down to 8.6 percent, or
approximately $14 million, including a 2 percent infrastructure surcharge previously approved as an
add-on to customer bills, according to the press release.
“The approved rate design
moves Aquarion’s companywide
rates closer to statewide equalization and will become effective following regulatory review of an October compliance filing,” the press
release reads.
Simsbury selectmen sent letters denouncing the original and
secondary hike proposals. Both Republicans and Democrats signed
the letters, which went out in
March and June.
In March, when the board
discussed the matter, Deputy First
Selectman Lisa Heavner called the
17 percent hike “dramatic and concerning in these economic times.”
She pointed out that higher
costs for water services would have
a significant effect on the town’s
budget as the town is responsible
for maintaining fields and landscaping.
The board was also concerned
that the hike would be passed on to
homeowners.
Selectman Sean Askham’s
frustrations included that the hike
was based on a plan to mitigate infrastructure issues in other towns.
Selectmen were none too
pleased with the new numbers either.
Republican Nancy Haase noted that the increase is now “cer-
tainly less than it was.”
She added that it would be
unacceptable if people were forced
to add to household budgets such
an increase in all utilities and said
it is equally unacceptable in the
case of just one.
“It’s not something that we
would ever expect anyone to maintain,” she said.
Heavner said that selectmen
were pleased that the increase
went down, but added that the
town does not approve budget increases by that much. In fact, she
said, for the past several years, local budgets have had zero percent
increases.
“We would never consider
coming in with an 8.6 percent increase,” she said. “Eight percent is
still beyond anything we would
ever allow in any of our budgets.”
Subway in Simsburytown Shops reopened
By Sloan Brewster
Senior Staff Writer
SIMSBURY – Subway in the
Simsburytown Shops has been reopened.
On Monday, Sept. 30, the shop
was bustling with activity with
employees making sandwiches for
lunchtime customers.
“It should never have been
shut down the first time. It’s just
that [state officials] don’t communicate,” said franchise owner Ken
Crocker, who spoke on the phone
from Florida. “Anyway, I had to fly
up there and get it reopened.”
The store was closed for four
days from Sept. 16 to 20, due to unpaid sales taxes, according to Sar-
ah Kaufman, media spokesperson
for the state Department of Revenue Services.
A posting on the door to the
store said the company’s sales license was pulled Sept. 10, but that
date was not the actual date the
store was closed, Kaufman said.
The order to close the store was
issued on the 10th but was not delivered until Sept. 16.
On Sept. 20, the license was
reinstated.
Several customers on Sept. 30
said they did not know it had ever
been closed.
On Sept. 17, Kaufman said the
store owner, whose name she did
not know, owed “a little more than
$312,000” to the state.
Photo by Jennifer Senofonte
Subway was reopened Sept. 20 and bustling with activity Sept. 30.
Crocker said he had straightened the matter out and that the
sales taxes he actually owed were
less than that.
“It’s with interest and penalties, it’s a lot less than that,” he
said.
He also said that the added
on costs had “been taken care of.”
Kaufman explained on the
17th that DORS has an amnesty
program that knocks 75 percent
off interest and cancels the penalty if the business owner can pay off
the taxes, but on the 30th she said
she could not give any new details
about the taxes owed or paid.
“His sales license has been
reinstated. That’s really all I can
comment on because taxpayer
info is considered confidential,”
she said.
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report, she got in touch with
Aquarion, the town’s water company.
“They went out to address
the situation immediately,” she
said. “They addressed it immediately and corrected it.”
That is not the end of the
matter, however, because the
water company has more ongoing projects, she added.
“This is a bigger issue, because Aquarion has budgeted a
lot of money to improve infrastructure; we’re seeing a lot of
construction on Route 10 and
Woodland Street and Woodland
Place. The old waterlines are
being replaced with new, which
is definitely needed,” Glassman
said. “[But] it’s causing some
traffic constraints and delays.”
The town is working with
the water company to oversee
the work and reduce traffic congestion, she said, and to address
some additional concerns McDermott mentioned, namely his
fear that the road won’t be adequately reconstructed after the
project is completed.
“They put notches in the
road every five feet, every 10
feet,” he said. “My concern is that
they repave that road.”
There will be bigger problems this winter if plows are
used to clear snow off the road
and the notches left from the
construction are not smoothed,
McDermott said.
As soon as snow falls, if
they don’t repave this road, it’s
going to be ripped to shreds,” he
said.
Glassman said she raised
this issue with the water company.
“We have been assured by
Aquarion that the project will be
done to the town’s satisfaction,”
she said.
Glassman also pointed out
that it was a good thing McDermott contacted her. She encouraged other residents to do the
same if they encounter delays or
problems with local projects.
“Until Mr. McDermott
called, we didn’t know that there
was a problem,” she said. “We
encourage residents to help us
do our job by calling us.”
McDermott had one additional concern, which he didn’t
bring up to Glassman.
“[Contractors] actually had
no problem using residents’ water,” he said.
On two different occasions
during the project, he came
home to find his water on, he
said.
“My hose in the front of my
house: the water was left on to
the point where I actually went
and banged on somebody’s back
loader,” he said.
He said he told them that if
they were going to use his water
without permission, they could
at least turn it off when they
were finished.
PRESSSports
Gray
Matters
By Scott Gray
Jackson
5-for-5
Photos by David Heuschkel
Lewis Mills junior Jackson Morrow, left, won the first five cross country races this fall, leading teammates (from left to right) Jesse
Quinn-Alger, Mike Mudgett, Tim Forella, Sam Wazorko and Cameron Fletcher across the finish line.
Morrow: the leader of the pack
By David Heuschkel
Sports Editor
BURLINGTON – Jackson
Morrow was the first runner to
cross the finish line in his first
four races. Yet the junior on the
Lewis Mills boys cross country team was more nervous
than usual as he prepared for
the Sept. 24 dual meet against
Nonnewaug and Northwestern. The 3.1-mile race, featuring several of the top runners
in the Berkshire League, was
somewhat of a sneak preview
of the conference meet later
this month.
Morrow won the first three
dual meets this fall with teammate Mike Mudgett, a senior,
as his closest pursuer. Morrow
also finished first in the Varsity
3 race at the Windham Invitational Sept. 14, his winning
time (16:34) faster than the
other 147 runners in the field,
but he noticed it wasn’t faster
than another runner in a different race at Windham.
Nonnewaug senior Vincent Pistritto was runner-up
in the Varsity 2 race, finishing
with the same time as Morrow.
So, when the two lined up next
to each other for the start at the
dual meet last week at Lewis
Mills High School, Morrow admitted to being a bit jittery.
“I hadn’t raced against
Vince this season yet,” Morrow
said. “Back at Windham we got
the same exact time, so I was a
little nervous that it would be
a really close race. Like a deadout sprint to the finish.”
It wasn’t a sprint. Morrow,
who finished first in 17:09, was
surprised to learn his time was
16 seconds faster than Pistritto, the runner-up. Mudgett was
third (17:35), helping Mills beat
Nonnewaug 25-34 and Northwestern 21-35.
It was the fifth win in as
many races for Morrow, who
hopes to win all six dual meets
this fall. Another goal is to finish first in the BL championships Oct. 18. As a sophomore
last year he was the No. 2 runner at Mills behind Kevin Sullivan. He never beat Sullivan,
who graduated, and they had
a 1-2 finish at the conference
meet, leading the Spartans to
the team title.
“Jackson’s mission is to
run Kevin’s time as a junior
that Kevin ran as a senior,”
Mills coach Tom Giorgetti said.
“And it’s good because Mike is
right behind him.”
Mudgett’s goal is to earn
All-Berkshire League honors
by finishing in the top nine at
the league meet. He finished
ninth a year ago. Another goal,
a more challenging one, is to
finish ahead of Morrow. He has
been chasing him the same way
Morrow was trying to keep up
with Sullivan last fall. The same
way Pistritto will make another
run at Morrow at the Berkshire
League championships Oct.
18 at Black Rock State Park in
Thomaston.
“Coming into this race I
was thinking if I win, it’s going
to motivate him more,” Morrow
said. “If I lose, he might gain a
lot of confidence.”
By winning the dual meet
last week, Morrow and Mills
will be the favorites to win
the Berkshire League championship. Last year, Sullivan and
Morrow finished 1-2 to lead the
Spartans to the title. Giorgetti
said losing by two points in 2011
was the primary motivator.
What’s motivating the
team this time around?
“To not be a one-year wonder,” Giorgetti said.
“To try to build a legacy
and try to keep it going,” Mudgett said. “We won it once and
it’s in our sights again.”
Morrow is especially motivated to win after finishing second to his teammate last year.
Sullivan, who is running cross
country at Boston College, also
had some words of advice.
“He said win Berks next
year. That was one of my motivational things from Kevin,”
Morrow said.
After early losses, Granby girls discover winning ways
By David Heuschkel
Sports Editor
GRANBY – Usually, the
Granby Memorial girls soccer
team will play a game or two
before meeting the best teams
in the NCCC. The Bears are
used to having a win or two
before matching up against
perennial contenders Avon,
Ellington and Suffield.
That was not the case
this fall.
For the first time in
Gerry Trieschmann’s five years
as Granby coach, the Bears
began the season by playing
the top teams in the conference. And for the first time in
his tenure the team opened
with three consecutive losses,
equaling the total number of
losses in the month of September the previous four seasons.
Playing Avon, Ellington or
Suffield is always challenging.
Beating any of them is downright impossible when you fail
to score. Granby was shut out
in all three games. The last
time the Bears did not score
in three straight games was
October 2006.
“Not a fun way to start,”
Trieschmann said.
Compounding that 0-3
start was an injury to senior
See GRANBY GIRLS on page 22
I’d hate to beat a dead horse, but this is one horse
that doesn’t want to die. The shaky future of UCONN
athletics can be pretty much assessed by the numbers
this week, and none of those numbers bode well for
the Huskies.
As I pointed out in this space a few weeks ago,
recent comments by the commissioners of the five
established power conferences in the NCAA (the Big
Ten) ACC, SEC, Big 12 and Pac 12, indicate a desire by
those leagues to make one of two moves: establish a
separate division with football as its foundation or split
from the NCAA. The first option would relegate any
programs not playing in one of those five leagues to a
status equivalent of the old 1-AA, which in turn would
diminish the value of all other sports, which would be
left to play in leagues of diminished value. The second
option would diminish the status of the entire NCAA
with the majority of the television dollars, more than a
billion a year, following the “Big Five” conferences.
Piggybacked on those comments was a later
affirmation by NCAA President Mark Emmert that
the NCAA was firm in its opposition to paying college
athletes, saying the majority of college presidents had
no desire to make athletes “paid employees” of their
institutions. By taking that position the NCAA may
have forced the hand of the “Big Five,” who lead the
“pay athletes” discussion, speeding up their next move. That’s where it becomes a numbers game, one that
UConn has to watch very carefully. If the “Big Five” decides to complete the expansion process they began three years ago, the one that
left the Big East decimated and forced the remnants of
that league to become part of the low-profile American Athletic Conference (AAC), it’s quite likely those
leagues will resume on a course designed to reach
their final configurations between this academic year
and next. As I had previously pointed out, the clock
is ticking.
Keeping in mind that I’ve been right about how
this would play out at just about every turn over the
last decade and a half, here’s how I view the landscape
of college sports when the dust has cleared.
I see the five power leagues all expanding to 16
teams, which will allow them to split into two eight
team divisions. Assuming that number to be accurate,
because it makes so much sense in terms of setting up
a post-season conference championship game in each
league while maximizing membership, I see 11 current
openings, not all of which would be available to UConn. There are more likely to be only between five and
eight availabilities UConn can hope to be in a position
to claim when expansion time comes.
The Pac 12 currently has 12 teams, leaving four
slots available for expansion to 16, but they won’t go
to East Coast teams, which in turn would have no interest in the travel costs that would come with playing
the entire road schedule for all sports on the West
Coast. That reduces the number of possibilities for
the Huskies to 11.
The Big 12, as a result of being raided by the PAC
12 and the SEC, currently has 10 teams, but UConn,
even with the best of credentials, would be at the bottom of that list if the Big 12 began expanding. From
UConn’s own league alone, there are at least two
teams the Big 12 would find much more attractive for
geographic reasons, Houston and SMU. At best that
reduces UConn’s hopes to nine “Big Five” openings. The Southeast Conference has 14 teams, translation, perhaps two openings. For a league that likes
to keep things as geographic as possible, East with
a Southern leaning, at least one other ACC school,
Memphis would be more attractive. It’s not likely UConn could hope for a berth from the SEC, reducing their
potential openings to seven, leaving the ACC and the
Big 10 as the most likely landing spots, if there’s room.
See GRAY MATTERS on page 24
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Unhappy ending for Spartans
By David Heuschkel
Sports Editor
BURLINGTON – The best
girls soccer team in the Berkshire League met the worst
team last week as Lewis Mills
hosted the Gilbert School of
Winsted. The result was predictable, an 8-1 win by the first-place
Spartans, who improved to 5-0.
But when the players walked
off the field, their expressions
did not reflect the final score.
Lewis Mills was stoic and Gilbert
was all smiles.
Despite the seven-goal romp
by his team, Mills coach Jason
Stock was displeased how the
game ended. In the closing seconds,
Gilbert’s Lexi Denning kicked
a ball from midfield in the air
toward the offensive end. The ball
bounced over Taylor Anderson’s
head and into the net before the
senior goalkeeper could bat it out.
Stock has stressed to his
team to play from start to finish regardless of the score, so he
was visibly agitated. Not that
an opponent scored – it was the
fourth goal against Mills in five
games – but how it happened.
“I think it just came from us
Photo by David Heuschkel
Lewis Mills senior Julia Pearson takes aim and scores one of five
first-half goals by the Spartans in an 8-1 win over Gilbert last week.
switching off,” Stock said. “Not
playing properly like we should
have done, taking it too easy, and
letting them in.”
Mills made it look easy,
outshooting Gilbert 26-1 and
keeping the Yellowjackets on
their heels throughout much of
the first half.
Bailey Pace scored 40 seconds in and added three more
goals, giving a dozen in the first
five games. It was her second
consecutive four-goal game.
Sophomore Alessandra Santacroce and junior Rachel Lord
became the 11th and 12th players on Mills to score this season.
Mallory Buys had three assists
and Santacroce two. Julia Pearson had a goal and two assists,
including a through ball to Anna
Marinelli for a goal that made it
5-0 at 23:45.
“I like the way we’re playing
together as a team,” Stock said
about the team’s overall play in
the first five games. “There’s a lot
of good ball movement. A lot of
working together off the ball has
given us a lot of options.”
The result has been plenty
of goals. The Spartans have outscored their first five opponents,
38-4. A year ago, Mills didn’t
score their 38th goal until the
11th game.
“It is what it is when we go
out there. We want to play our
way, do what we can,” Stock said.
“Our goal pretty much the whole
second half [against Gilbert] was
to just win a corner.”
But the main goal remains the
same. Anything short of repeating
as Berkshire League champion will
be a disappointment.
Photo by David Heuschkel
Julia Mazzotta scored her third goal of the season in a 1-0 win over
Enfield last week.
GRANBY GIRLS
from page 21
captain Lauren Grashaw, an
All-State player, in a 6-0 loss
to Suffield.
The next day, Trieschmann
said Suffield coach Dave Sullivan told him he could see the
Granby players become deflated after Grashaw rolled her ankle early in
the game and headed to the bench.
With the team’s best player
sidelined, others needed to step
up. Junior Julia Mazzotta scored
two goals in the next game, a 3-2
win at Bolton, and she had the
only tally in a 1-0 win over Enfield last week in Granby’s first
game on its new field.
Mazzotta, a shooting guard
on the basketball team, equated
her role on the soccer team to
what she is expected to do on
the hoop court.
“My job is to score in both
sports,” she said.
In the win over Enfield,
Mazzotta scored off a rebound
of a shot by senior captain
Nicole Paggioli early in the
second half. After the game,
Mazzotta praised the play of
junior goalkeeper Paige Holden,
who made 10 saves.
“She doesn’t get as much
recognition as she should.
She’s awesome,” Mazzotta said,
pressing an ice pack to one of
her shoulders.
Mazzotta said she appreciates all the hard work by the
people responsible for Granby
having a synthetic turf field.
“It’s like a pillow to walk on,”
she said.
Trieschmann said Mazzotta
is neither soft nor soft-spoken.
Last winter, she played basketball with stress fractures in
her legs. Her soccer coach said
Mazzotta has a competitive spirit and used words like “fiery” and
“alpha” to describe her.
“She’s a junior and she’s
not afraid to say anything,”
Trieschmann said. “She’s a very
positive alpha.”
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Soccer
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Robert Zaino, a senior on the
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Things are looking up for junior Caroline Hendershot and the Simsbury girls volleyball team. The Trojans won
their first seven matches this season, six in straight sets.
Simsbury takes down Southington,
takes aim at Farmington
By David Heuschkel
Sports Editor
The name on the jersey can
be a little intimidating. And when
that name is a school that has won
four straight CCC West volleyball
championships and lost only two
conference matches in that span,
it can make players on the other
side of the net jittery.
Simsbury
coach
Dan
Franczek said his players were a
little nervous at the start of their
match with Southington last
week. Certainly, playing in front
of a larger-than-usual gathering
in the Simsbury High gymnasium had a little to do with it, but
Franczek thought more had to do
with the visiting team.
“A lot of it was the Southington mystique. You’ve got to
overcome that, and Southington
knows they have an advantage
when they walk into a gym because of that,” the Simsbury girls
volleyball coach said. “It takes a
lot to overcome that.”
After losing the first set, Simsbury won the next three for its
first victory over the Blue Knights
since both teams moved into the
CCC West in 2009. The scores
were 15-25, 25-20, 25-20 and 25-15.
“It was a nice win for us. Very
nice,” Franczek said.
It didn’t matter to Franczek
that Southington has just one senior, or that the Blue Knights lost
most of its starters from a team
that shared the CCC West title with
Farmington last year. It was the ninth
straight season that Southington
won its division championship.
“We’re to the point now
where three years in a row our JVs
have beaten them at least once
and we’ve been getting closer at
the varsity level. Finally this year
it happened,” Franczek said. “But
we’ve got to keep working at it to
stay with them because they’re
going to keep producing good
teams. I’ve got a lot of seniors this
year. So, if we weren’t going to get
them this year, who knows when
we were going to get them.”
Simsbury won 14 matches
last fall, the most by the Trojans
since Franczek returned as coach
in 2006. His first stint was 1978-94.
Franczek credits former player Erica Hendershot for playing a
major role in turning the program
around three years ago. Caroline
Hendershot, Erica’s sister, is a junior on the Trojans this fall. She
had 12 kills in the win over South-
ington, which catapulted Simsbury
to No. 12 in the state coaches poll.
In their next match two days
later, the Trojans beat Conard in
straight sets (25-15, 25-22, 25-15)
to improve to 7-0.
“Shelby Seaman played very,
very well for us,” Franczek said
afterward. “My two setters, Katie
Amarell and Madi Kodak, played
well. My libero, Catherine Stine,
did a good job passing.”
Developing players at a young
age is the key to maintaining a
successful high school program,
Franczek said. His assistant and
JV coach, Nancy Perrotta, runs
an intramural program at Henry James Middle School, the only
feeder program in town.
“Fortunately we’re starting to
get players who have played and
continue to play during the winter
even at a younger age, which is the
way you get better,” Franczek said.
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FHS volleyball goes to 8-0
The Farmington High girls volleyball team won three matches
last week, improving to 8-0 for the first time since 2008, the year the
Indians moved into the CCC West.
Farmington defeated New Britain and Hall in straight sets. On
Friday, the Indians came from behind to beat Bristol Eastern 3-2. The
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Farmington coach Laura Arena said Devon Michaelis, who had
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Three quick strikes
beat Simsbury boys
By David Heuschkel
Sports Editor
SIMSBURY – It’s not at the
same fever pitch as playing a team
on the other side of town, but the
boys’ soccer teams at Simsbury and
Conard high schools have developed a relatively heated rivalry since
the Trojans moved into the CCC
West four years ago.
Simsbury has held the upper
hand since, winning seven of the
nine matches, including a firstround match in the 2011 state tournament on penalty kicks. Seven of
the other eight games were decided
by one goal, two in OT.
The most recent matchup,
played Sept. 27 on Simsbury’s Holden Field, appeared as if it would be
another one-goal outcome until
Conard star Matheus Souza suddenly developed a hot hand – foot,
actually – that burned Simsbury’s
backfield.
Souza showed why he is considered the best soccer player in
the CCC West, scoring three unanswered goals in less than 8 minutes
late in the second half to give the
Chieftains a 4-1 win over the Simsbury.
“We had a defensive meltdown,
that’s basically what it was,” Simsbury coach Ed Lynch said. “It wasn’t
that they kept the pressure on. We
just made some fundamental mistakes in the backfield.”
In his 26 years as the Trojans
coach, Lynch has rarely, if ever, witnessed his team meltdown in such
a hurry. It was the soccer equivalent
to a batter watching three pitches
over the heart of the plate and walking back to the dugout shaking his
head. Baseball or soccer, it is not a
common occurrence in either sport.
The three quick goals were
orchestrated by Souza and Erik Ribeiro, a junior who assisted on three
of Conard’s four goals. Ribeiro set up
the first and third goals by Souza,
one that broke the tie and the other
that completed his natural hat trick
in a span of 7:19. Ribeiro also assisted on Conard’s first goal by Tommy
Litchfield in the opening minutes.
“Erik is someone who probably
doesn’t get enough credit,” Conard
coach Adam Linker said. “He’s got
tremendous vision, tremendous
touch. He’s the quarterback of our
team. He knows not only where
Matheus is. He knows where everybody is.”
Souza was quick to credit Ribeiro, saying his teammate was the
“main reason” that allowed him to
score three.
“But also I never stopped working,” Souza said. “The second half
Photo by David Heuschkel
It all seemed like a blur to Simsbury soccer players Rick Olechna (23), Spencer
Ralphs (19) and Keegan Rice (21) as Conard junior Erik Ribeiro bends a free
kick around the wall, setting up Matheus Souza for his third unanswered goal
in only 7:19 that gave the Chieftains a 4-1 win.
I knew I had to do better than the
first half and finish.”
Conard got off to a good start
when Litchfield converted a pass
from Ribeiro at 1:42. The Chieftains
maintained that 1-0 advantage until the midway through the second
half when Simsbury’s Patrick Shea
scored off a corner kick, heading in a
ball from Spencer Ralphs with 17:26
remaining.
“After tying it up, we had some
very good momentum,” Lynch said.
But it did not take long for
the momentum to swing back to
Conard. Less than two minutes after the Trojans tied it, Souza headed in a ball from Ribeiro to put the
Chieftains back on top.
A little more than five minutes
later, Souza ripped a shot from the
40 just inside the right post to make
it 3-1 with 10:19 left. And just 2:19
later, Ribeiro bent a free kick around
a Simsbury wall and onto Souza’s
foot for another goal.
“Simsbury has been traditionally a skilled team that works really
hard and is really athletic and really
physical, and that’s given us a lot of
trouble,” Linker said. “Frankly, we
lost twice to them [by a goal last
year] because of that and I had a
great team last year. For this year, we
were talking seriously about how we
had to make sure how our skill was
going to be able to compensate for
that, keeping the ball really moving
so there was no physical confrontation. I was putting as much of a
skilled team out there to make sure
that was going to happen.”
Avon volleyball: win one, lose one
By Tim Jensen
Correspondent
AVON – The Avon girls volleyball team, in the words of its coach,
stumbled out of the gate. But it didn’t
take long for the Falcons to recover
from the season-opening loss to
Lewis Mills.
Avon proceeded to win its next
six matches, all in straight sets, including a road win against Granby Memorial last week. The Bears
opened their season with a win over
Coventry, ending the state’s longest
winning streak at 76 matches.
Two days after beating Granby
on Sept. 23, Avon saw its winning
streak end with a 3-0 loss (25-16,
25-16, 25-22) to Coventry. Suddenly, the Patriots were on a six-match
winning streak and back at the top
of the NCCC.
For the second straight year,
Avon had an early six-match win
streak halted by Coventry. Two years
ago, the Falcons had a seven-game
streak ended by the Patriots, who
have won seven straight Class S
state titles.
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lot of their top talent from last year,”
Avon coach Curt Burns said. “What
they still brought was very good service pressure. Their servers are very
tough and we struggled with that. By
struggling with that, we couldn’t get
our offense going.”
Coventry used a six-point run,
including five straight service points
by Rachael Trudon, to capture the
opening game. Brenna Marquis then
served a pair of aces in the opening
three points of the second game, setting the tone that enabled the Patriots to grab a 2-0 lead.
GRAY MATTERS
from page 21
With the arrival of Louisville next year
and the departure of Maryland to the
Big 10, the ACC will have 14 teams, 15 if
you count Notre Dame, which is not a
football member, and have two openings,
one if they maintain an opening in the
event Notre Dame determines conference membership is necessary for being
part of a future driven by the “Big Five”. UConn’s hopes are then reduced to six,
which would include two in the Big 10
after Louisville and Rutgers arrive next
year. Academically, UConn would qualify for the Big 10 and that would certainly work in its favor. As much as football
drives the bus, in the Big 10 the first consideration is the academic qualifications
to belong to the Association of American
Universities (AAU). In the third game Avon ran off
six straight points, highlighted by
a double block by Madison Mains
and Abby Laszewski, to take a 7-4
lead. However, Coventry responded
by winning the next five points to
regain the lead. The Falcons managed to tie it following a long volley,
extended by Caitlin Cunningham’s
highlight dig.
The Patriots regained the upper hand and took a 20-15 lead.
Avon won four straight points, but
Coventry’s quarter of strong servers
ultimately prevailed. “We’re always
going to be motivated when we play
Assuming there are six available
slots that UConn might be considered for,
how many programs would they be competing with for those slots? Cincinnati
can be expected to use the same tactic
Louisville used to steal that last invitation
to the ACC from UConn. Comparing the
two football programs, Cincinnati wins
by a landslide. By virtue of their play this
season Central Florida has already passed
UConn out of its own league and South
Florida would be a more attractive geographic fit for at least the SEC. If UConn is
not one of the teams expanded elsewhere
out of the AAC, what’s left of the AAC will
leave it looking, basically, like the Atlantic
10, not a good position for a program that
has spent the last three and a half decades
in the fast lane of college sports. The fall
would be dizzying.
With the clock ticking on the “Big
Coventry because we know how
good their program is,” Burns said. “I
had no doubts we would play hard,
but Coventry served consistently
tough and negated a lot of our size.
We did block well, which we had to
bank on because we knew we had
the size advantage, but when we had
really good physical matchups in
the front row we couldn’t pass well
enough to exploit that.”
Top performers for Avon
were Laszewski (10 kills), Cunningham
(12
digs),
Brooke
Fisher (15 assists) and Caroline Ren-
deiro ( five solo blocks).
Five” to make a move and the number
of availabilities dwindling, UConn has to
move quickly to demonstrate that it is
committed to becoming a football-first
institution after a quarter of a century of
putting basketball first at the expense of
football. For a team with an 0-4 record
and on a collision course with its third
straight losing season, it will have to be a
very bold statement. With this in mind, UConn Athletic Director Warde Manuel had only
one bold move to make. He made it
earlier this week by firing head coach
Paul Pasqualoni. And that move lets the
nation know UConn has finally become
serious about football. This is not to
suggest Pasqualoni couldn’t eventually
get the job done at UConn given the
time, but time right now is the one thing
UConn does not have.
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from page 13
pick up a full one on Friday afternoons. The full one is jam packed
with food, including a meal to prepare for the weekend, and snacks.
Children in free or reduced
lunch programs are offered inclusion in the program.
“We have 100 kids who received free or reduced lunch in the
Farmington River Valley,” Goode
said. “Those are really the kids
that we target.”
Nancy Carlson, the volunteer
in charge of the program, took a
break from stuffing the packs to
talk about the program.
Carlson purchases the food
to put in the bags. She has an account with Foodshare and takes
regular trips to grocery stores and
BJs, she said.
This week, everyone except
children with allergies, got peanut
butter and jelly, a loaf of bread, a
meal for the weekend and snacks
including a Hostess Twinkie and
cupcake as well as granola bars,
Carlson said. For peanut allergy
sufferers, there were different offerings such as mac & cheese.
“What we try to do each week
is to provide a family with a meal
and peanut butter for a staple,”
she explained. “The premise is
we try to give them a meal every
weekend.”
Meals are limited to items
that will fit into the backpacks
and can’t be frozen food, so are
usually canned goods and items
that won’t spoil before the children get them home, Carlson said.
She added that she would like to
Volunteers stuff backpacks in the Gifts of Love food pantry
add cereal, but said it can get costly.
If someone wants to make a
donation to the program, one idea
would be to donate bags of cereal, Carlson suggested, adding that
boxes won’t do, as they are too big
to fit into the backpacks.
During the summer, the
backpacks also contained fresh
produce, such as apples, peppers,
tomatoes and bagged lettuce from
the Community Farm of Simsbury, Carlson said.
In months when someone is
having a birthday, there will be a
cake mix and frosting in the pack,
she said. And during the holidays,
children usually get “more of a
treat” and families get a gift card
to Stop & Shop.
“We want the kids to be excited about coming to pick up their
bags each week,” Carlson said.
Emily Williams, the social
worker from Reggio, said packs
are going over well.
“They are very excited. We’ve
gotten nothing but positive feedback from the parents and the
kids,” she said. “I’m getting kids
coming in saying, ‘Can I get a
pack?’”
This year, the program, which
helps children in five towns and
27 schools, was funded in part
through a $5,000 grant from the
Ronald McDonald House Charities, Goode said. The program is
completely anonymous and confidential and runs the entire duration of the school year.
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and one of them was about
[Manna Alderman], the peddler
who went to North Carolina and
his brother [Truman Alderman]
in Burlington,” Alderman said.
“The peddler moved to North
Carolina and he sold his goods
there and he liked the place so
much that he stayed there.”
The brothers, two of Eli’s
10 children, corresponded back
and forth while Manna, who left
town in 1816, was out of state.
Alderman found the letters
in a chest that had belonged to
Manna, he said. He transcribed
them and put them into the
book.
“It was remarkable,” he said.
The men wrote the letters
before envelopes were inverted,
so the paper had to be folded
just so and sealed with wax, Alderman explained.
One of the letters that Alderman recalled was from Truman Alderman, the brother who
remained in Burlington.
“He wrote down, ‘I’m going
to build me a cider mill,’” Alderman said.
Truman completed the mill
on Punch Brook Road in 1827.
“You can still see the ruins,” Alderman said. “You have
to look carefully, but they’re still
there.”
Once the mill was built, the
letters were about the challenges of shipping brandy, which
Truman produced at the mill,
and trying to get paid for it.
“They didn’t have money,”
Alderman explained. “So, they
devised all kinds of ways to get
paid.”
In one letter, Manna said he
would “send [Truman] one half a
bill. If it arrives, I’ll send you the
other half,” Truman said.
In 1827, Manna returned to
Burlington for a visit and was
excited to tell about all he had
done in the years he was away.
“I have so many stories to
tell you,” he told Truman.
Unfortunately, he took ill
and died three days later, leaving
a wife and daughter.
Generations later, Alderman’s grandfather, Elliot Alderman, who lived from 1860 to
1942, built another cider mill
in town. The property was on
Barnes Hill Road, up from Burlington Brook, and produced
cider, hard cider and brandy. Alderman even remembers watching them make the brandy there
when he was a boy.
“That was the biggest cider
mill in Connecticut. It was a very
flourishing place,” he said. “They
used to buy apples by the carload.”
Alderman, however, did
not go into the cider- and brandy-making business.
According to the press release, he is a retired machinist
who worked for New Departure
in Bristol. In addition, he served
on the town’s inland wetlands
commission for many years and
as the historian of the Burlington Congregational Church. He
also raised and sold blueberries. He and his wife, Lois Alderman, also a Burlington native,
have two sons, Bob and Gary.
Alderman takes calls from
people from all over the country
who are looking for information about ancestors from Burlington, said Burlington Public
Library local history specialist
Ann Mazeau.
“Personally, he’s helped me
tremendously,” she said. “I didn’t
grow up in town, so I’m always
asking him questions.”
The public is invited to a
reception in Alderman’s honor
Sunday, Oct. 6 from 2-4 p.m. at
the Burlington Public Library,
34 Library Lane. A program and
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Office: (860) 426-1578 Fax: (860) 426-1676
Email: chassebuild@aol.com
Bathrooms • Kitchens • Additions
Basements • Doors • Windows • Decks
Fire & Water Damage Restoration
Fully Insured. CT License #0621224
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HOME IMPROVEMENT
LANDSCAPING
KITCHENS • ADDITIONS
CARPENTRY • DESIGN
SMALL REPAIRS?
ASK ABOUT OUR
HANDYMAN SERVICES!
860-614-8551
bill@yourtotalhomecare.com
CT HOME IMPROVEMENT REG 0634018
TOTAL HOME CARE
FREE ESTIMATES, INSURED, REFERENCES
Arboretum
LANDSCAPE & DESIGN
Tree Removals
FALL CLEAN-UPS
Expert Tree Climbers & Crane Service
Stump Grinding • Power Washing • Brush Clearing
Land Clearing • Plantings • Shrub Removal
Hardscaping • Patios • Retaining Walls
Sidewalks • Concrete Work • New Lawn Installations
860-906-6736
CT LIC# 0630444
FULLY INSURED
MASONRY
MASONRY
LANDSCAPING
MASONRY
MASONRY
FALL
LANDSCAPE
CONTRACTORS
• Pool Patios
• Poolscapes
• Lawn Installation
• Tree & Shrub
HYDROSEEDING
Planting
EROSION CONTROL
• Pruning
Based In & Serving The Farmington Valley • Walkways
For Over 18 Years
& Patios
Fully Licensed & Insured
• Walls & Steps
• Yard Drains
• Excavating
• Grading
cell: 860-250-2908
• Snowplowing
• Bucket Loading
SPRING SPECIALS
32 Years Experience
Bluestone • Sidewalks & Steps
• Bricks & Tiles • Chimneys
• Stone Walls • Fireplace
• Stucco • Retaining Walls
• Waterproofing • Tiles
• Basement Remodeling
• All Mason Repairs
024514
• Senior Discount • FREE Estimates • Fully Insured
CT Lic. #568259
Call (860)585-7474 Cell (860)655-0860
PAINTING
PAINTING
MASONRY
KC MASONRY TOMORI’S
All Types of Masonry Work.
Stonewalls • Brick Walls
Bluestone • Steps
Fireplaces • Chimneys
Patios • Sidewalks
We can also do all
Masonry Repairs!
Quality Workmanship
Free Estimates • Lic#0604514
Ken (203) 558-4951
• Stone Walls
• Sidewalks
• Patios
• Steps
• Pavers
• Retaining Walls
• Chimneys
• Repairs
PAINTING
PAINTING &
CEILING REPAIR
Small renovations,
home repair, carpentry
& painting.
Complete prep.
PAINTING
860-897-1735 or 860-706-7479
CT Lic #610615
203-695-2689
PAINTING
Simsbury’s Hometown Painting Company
VALLEY PAINTER
Serving the Valley since 1980
FULL CREW READY TO GO
FULL
CREW READY
TO GO
EXTERIOR
SPECIALS
EXTERIOR SPECIALS
SCHEDULING
INTERIORS
T.C. Home Improvement
Cell 860-916-6287
Free
Estimates Home 860-523-4151
ANY JOB AROUND YOUR HOME
Painting, Carpentry, Roofing, Drywall,
Tiling, Masonry, Hardwood Floors,
Kitchen & Bathroom Remodeling,
Power Washing & Roof Washing
Quality Craftsmanship • Competitive Prices
Call Peter Sottile 860-658-7745
Insured - Interior & Exterior • CT Reg. #562798
POWER WASHING/GUTTERS
GUTTER CLEANING
POWER WASHING
ROOF CLEANING
PAINTING
ROOFING
Roofing - Roof Repairs
Gutters - Windows
ROOF CLEANING
Get rid of those nasty stains!
Chemically Cleaned.
No Damage to Roofs.
Call B A R R E T T B U I L D E R S
860-658-1601
Licensed & Insured. CT LIC 569293
TREES
ROOFING
A&J
Quality Roofing LLC
Quality Always Comes First
OUR FAMILY SERVING YOURS SINCE 1956
Gregory Erisoty (860) 836-9427
Jim Erisoty- Founder (860) 693-2803
www.a-jqualityroofing.com
LICENSED ( HIC0503809) & INSURED
Roofing, Siding, Gutters, Chimney Flashing & Carpentry
WINDOW WASHING
New England Arborist
Tree Care, LLC
Mr. Joseph
ALL WORK Many satisfied customers. Joseph
Pontillo Pontillo
Owner
Owner
Power
Washing
•
Staining
•
Carpentry
GUARANTEED
Faded
Vinyl Siding
We alsoAluminum
Spray Paint&
Aluminum
& VinylSpray
Siding
Paintedwith
with
15Year
Year
Written
Guarantee
a 15
Written
Guarantee
Insured
Lic. #062380
ROOFING
CT State License
Call 860-454-7866 Arborist #S-5664 B2706
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ROOFING
ROOFING • SIDING
• WINDOWS • & more...
Lic #:HIC0607969
HARMONY
Call now.
Roofing
& Siding
Sale!
Home Improvement (860) 645-8899
Creating HARMONY
between customer,
contractor & community
SIDING
Fully Insured
FREE Estimates
Lic. #604200
TREES
VINYL SIDING SPECIAL
SAVE 30% OFF regular prices.
Ranches/Capes, $7000.
Colonials, $8000.
Fall Cleanup & Lawn Maintenance
Commercial & Residential
Free estimates. Absolute lowest prices possible!
Deal direct with owner.
REPAIRS/ROOFING
AVAILABLE FOR STORM REPAIRS AND GARAGES.
Ct Lic. #547581. Fully licensed & Insured.
Hann’s On Home Improvement
860-563-2001
WINDOW WASHING
(SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO)
Commercial & Residential
• Free estimates • Fully Insured & Bonded • Uniformed • Reliable
Commercial & Residential - Year Round Services
All aspects of Tree Care,
from pruning to removals.
Paints & Stains
ESTIMATES
860-970-9516 SENIORFREECITIZEN
DISCOUNTS
WE CLEAN WINDOWS!
A higher standard
PAINTING
Experts
Joseph’s Quality Painting Co.Exterior
Since 1950
We offer roof stain prevention.
860-982-3300
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Manoel
Paulo
WINDOW WASHING
Jonathan’s
Window Washing
Invest in a bright future,
have Jonathan clean
your windows!
Commercial & Residential
Glass Restoration Specialists
A BETTER VIEW
WINDOW CLEANING, PLUS
(203) 284-8836
860-249-1558
www.fishwindowcleaning.com/3053
860-693-6898
www.jwwct.com
Serving the Valley since 1990
Free Estimates • Insured